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Subject: NOW is the time to contact Congress to support the astronomical sciences.
Debra Elmegreen, President, Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer, Jack Burns, AAS-CAPP Chair and Bethany Johns, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
Support NASA and NSF FY2012 Federal Budget, Call Your Legislator
Action Requested
The AAS, with the support of its Committee on Astronomy and Public Policy, asks that you make time to contact your legislators in both the Senate and House of Representatives to express your support for federal funding for astronomical sciences. The request is complicated as the best funding levels proposed arise from different chambers of Congress, so read the script below to ensure you have the best possible impact.
Call your members of Congress this week or next and ask them to support the Senate-proposed appropriations for NASA and the House-proposed level for NSF overall and the Senate-proposed level for NSF-MREFC with no spending cap. A sample phone script is attached below. Letters and faxes can be useful as well, but at this critical time a phone call may be the most effective action you can take.
Contact information for the offices of your Senators and Representative may be found through the AAS Zip-to-It web page located at: http://aas.org/policy/aas.bios.html
Note that when you call the office, ask to speak to the staffer who is responsible for science issues, NASA or NSF and give your message to them. Note that we have rounded the requested funding levels in the script below.
The Senate will soon pass a "minibus" appropriations bill for the 2012 fiscal year (FY2012) that includes the Commerce, Justice, Science, (CJS) and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, H.R.2596. The House of Representatives has finished their version of the CJS appropriations bill. The CJS bills propose different views of the funding needed for NASA, NSF and other agencies. Once the Senate passes their bill, the Senate and House will finalize their negotiation to reconcile the proposed differences in funding.
NOW is the best time for AAS members to express support for federal funding of the astronomical sciences at NASA and NSF and science funding more generally.
The Senate CJS appropriations bill includes within NASA: $530 million in funding for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Planetary Science Division would increase to $1.5004 billion, the Astrophysics Division would increase to $682.2 million, and the Heliophysics Division would decrease to $622.3 million. However, the Senate CJS Committee has cut the FY 2012 NSF budget to $6.698 billion with a significant decrease in Research and Related Activities, but has level funding for Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction (MREFC) at $117 million where construction of astronomical observatories are funded.
The House CJS appropriations bill with regards to NASA proposed to cancel JWST. The Heliophysics Division decreases to $622 million (flat compared to the FY2012 President's Budget Request), the Astrophysics Division increases slightly to $683 million, and the Planetary Science Division increases to $1.5 billion. The House bill proposes to keep funding for NSF flat at $6.859 billion compared to FY2011, but increases R&RA to $5.6069 billion while capping MREFC at $100 million, well below the President's request and the level needed to complete and initiate planned MREFC activities.
It should be noted that all areas of science represented by the AAS have funding challenges now and looming in the near future.
The full range of solar and heliospheric physics programs has been impacted by recent budget cuts. Instruments that were selected for space missions have be deselected and the missions themselves are at risk of being canceled (e.g., Solar Probe Plus). Drastic cuts to the grants programs are especially discouraging, since these programs fund the research and analysis that produces the scientific payoff from the large investment in space-based and ground-based observatories.
Planetary sciences at NASA was proposed to decline significantly in the president's budget request and stands to have only $1.3B available by 2015 if the funding track is not restored. A presentation at the DPS meeting in Nantes, France earlier this fall by Jim Green, Division Director for Planetary Science highlighted this challenge as the largest threat to planetary sciences at NASA.
Meanwhile, Astrophysics remains in flux, with the House-proposed cancellation of JWST repaired by the Senate's proposed CJS appropriations bill, but requiring community support to ensure its completion without damage to other astrophysics programs or the other scientific divisions. The challenge is great and impacts all of our disciplines; to overcome this challenge we must work to support our individual disciplines and the overall funding for our key agencies.
Details on the Senate and House CJS Appropriations for NASA and NSF can be found at the AAS Public Policy Blog FY2012 Appropriations for Astronomy.
Sample Script For Your Senator or Representative:
Hello, my name is [your name]. I am from [location] and a constituent of [ your Congressperson's Name ]. I am contacting you to express strong support for funding the astronomical sciences within NASA and NSF as the 2012 CJS Appropriation bill goes to conference.
I support the funding levels proposed by the House of Representatives for the National Science Foundation at $6.86 billion and its Research and Related Activities funded at $5.6 billion. However, I would like the budget for the NSF's Major Research Equipment & Facilities Construction to at least match the Senate proposed level of $117 million without the $100 million cap proposed by the House. With a cap in place, NSF will not be able to continue to build the transformational facilities that advance science and maintain US leadership, especially in astronomy.
I also ask that you support the proposed funding levels for NASA's planetary science, astrophysics, and heliophysics divisions in both the Senate and House bills, or provide additional funds to ensure future scientific discoveries. Finally, I also urge that the Senate language on the James Webb Space Telescope be adopted at a level of $530 million. For over 20 years the Hubble Space Telescope has been a symbol of US leadership in science. Its powerful successor, James Webb Space Telescope, will allow us to continue in that role.
Can you please tell me where the [Senator, Congresswoman, Congressman] stands on Fiscal Year 2012 funding for the astronomical sciences within NASA and the NSF?
As you consider potential measures for reducing deficits, we urge you to keep our nation on an innovation path that makes it possible for our economy to grow and our citizens to prosper.
Thank you for your time.
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Hello! I am having a strange internet day, so I probably won't be too chatty with my post today. Blogger is telling me that my blog has no followers, which is minor in the overall scope of things, but the fact that my job searching profile has deleted half of my criteria visible to employers is slightly more important. Therefore, I am not currently thinking of a lot to say in regards to the cross stitch pattern that I'm posting today. I do, however, have one to post, although it's sort of an odd one.
Today's Dork Stitch pattern is a Dracky from Dragon Warrior, or Dragon Quest, depending on what year or country you're in, so all of you that have ever wanted to stitch an odd looking cartoon bat are in luck! I've been playing Dragon Quest on my DS a lot lately, so it seemed like an appropriate post to make, and the fact that I have a couple of slimes posted makes it so the pattern isn't totally inexplicable. Plus, the color count is low enough that if you wanted to make it with Perler beads or use it for needlepoint, it would be quite easy. I'm strongly considering making this myself, since it amuses me, and I would really like to see it if any of the rest of you decide to make it, too!
Anyway, it looks like I have my job searching stuff under control, and I have more patterns on the way for you later in the week! There's nothing else ready to go quite like Dracky, but for all I know, that might be a positive point.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
A Dracky Appears!
Posted by missy-tannenbaum at 1:28 PM
Labels: cross stitch patterns, dragon quest
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I have 2 dragon quest games!! One for the DS and one for the playstation!!ReplyDelete
I wish they would make a new one!! :P
Not sure if you seen this before???
You have 10 followers!! :PReplyDelete
Nawww i <3 dragon quest for the ps2, tis one of my fave turn based games.ReplyDelete
The music is awesome too.
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2011 at 6:55 AM
Awesome CrossStitch :D Used it to make a Huge dracky in minecraft :DReplyDelete
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Weekend Report March 11th-13th
Caroline Houchart
It was another great weekend for lacrosse in Belgium!
On Friday the Machelen Minotaurs won 8-7 against the Rhinos/Hunters in a very close game. The Minotaurs finally won after a 3rd overtime sudden death victory!
Sunday was a busy day for lax:
In De Pinte, Ghent fought hard against Buggenhout with a double win for the club, Gazelles beat the Bees 13-0 and the Goblins won against the Brewers 9-2.
Also, in the top match Braine Lions held off 2nd placed Seagulls and maintained their first spot beating the French players 8-2.
In Brussels, sun was shining and brought victory to the hosting club, with the Bobcats beating the Hunters 16-4 and the Beavers blazing to victory with a final score of 16-1.
Congrats to all teams and see you next weekend for more games and more challenges!


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US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
Says he was investigating whether the USA government had lost money due the Libor scandal. USA lawyers and politicians grilled Geithner over the growing scandal.
At the House financial services committee, Geithner claimed British regulations didn't stop manipulation of Libor rates. Geithner was head of the New York Federal Reserve at the time that Barclays and other banks are accused of manipulating Libor rates. The libor rate controls more than 800 Trillion Dollars in securities and loans worldwide.
Geithner claims he was concerned about possible Libor manipulation in 2008. Geithner called out Bank of England, suggesting reforms. He alerted the Treasury, the SEC and the CFTC.
Geithner is under fire, as the Libor scandal sweeps across the United States. Baltimore, Maryland launched legal actions against Barclays, JP Morgan and others because of LIBOR manipulation.
Republicans who have profited for years off the practice quizzed Geithner about why he did not inform the US Department of Justice. Randy Neugebauer called it "puzzling" there was not a criminal investigation.


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"Out of Obscurity and Out of Darkness," Ensign, Jan. 2000, 45
"Out of Obscurity and Out of Darkness"
Adapted from a talk given on 1 May 1998 at Women's Conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
From the first days of the Restoration, the Lord's servants have used available means of mass communication to move the Church forward.
In His preface to the Doctrine and Covenants, the Lord said that His Church should come "out of obscurity and out of darkness."1 Obscurity for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830 undoubtedly meant many things, but among them it meant beginning with just six members in a log cabin in upper-state New York. For the first years of its existence, the limited size of the Church would indeed place it in relative obscurity.
Even so, from the Church's earliest periods, the communication vehicles of the day have been used to promote the gospel—print, radio and television, and movies. Today, these and other communication vehicles are being used to bring the Church "out of obscurity and out of darkness."
The Printed Word
Print on paper has been the most widely used method of communicating about the Church to broad audiences. In the early days of the preaching of the Restoration, the Book of Mormon was the main proselyting tool. It was advertised for sale by 26 March 1830. The precious copies of this first edition were carried by missionaries as a means of establishing the Church upon the earth. When Hyrum Smith inquired through the Prophet Joseph Smith as to what would be the most important thing they could do, they were told to learn the word of the Lord and then preach it.2
The printed word played an important role in both positive and negative ways in the establishment of the kingdom of God on the earth. The Prophet Joseph Smith responded to John Wentworth, a young Chicago newspaper editor asking for information about the Church to be included in a history of New Hampshire. The Prophet wrote what we today call the Wentworth Letter, which included the Articles of Faith.3 It was also in the Wentworth letter that Joseph Smith issued this magnificent declaration on the future of communications in the Church: "No unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done."4
The Prophet Joseph Smith prefaced his own history by mentioning the many false reports "put in circulation by evil-disposed" individuals (JS—H 1:1). Thus media of the time—word of mouth and written—prompted the Prophet to put aside, at least in part, the pressing leadership responsibilities and go to work on what today we would term the public relations aspects of the problem.
As a result, he took time to write about his personal experiences and correct misrepresentations and rumors. The Prophet received revelations and even halted the highly important work of translating to respond to public opinion. In the introduction to Doctrine and Covenants 71 [D&C 71] we find: "The brethren [Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon] were to go forth to preach in order to allay the unfriendly feelings that had developed against the Church as a result of the publication of some newspaper articles by Ezra Booth, who had apostatized."
The use of print to tell the gospel story is evidenced in material written by early-19th-century Apostles and used extensively in their proselyting ministries. Elder Parley P. Pratt of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote a pamphlet entitled A Voice of Warning, which was published in 1837 and which proved instrumental in converting many people.
Elder Orson Pratt, Elder Parley P. Pratt's younger brother and a fellow member of the Twelve, was also a writer of great skill. He published a number of pamphlets that were effective in spreading the gospel message. His essay An Interesting Account, published in 1840, was the first publication containing the story of the First Vision. Pamphlets published later in the 1840s in England were very effective in communicating the truths of the gospel. Hundreds of thousands were printed.
The publishing of the good news of the gospel was also accomplished in those early days by the highly popular medium of newspapers. As the Church grew, so did press coverage of the Church. From the first days of the Restoration, newspapers carried negative and positive accounts about the Church, its members and its leaders. The accounts ranged from telling the sublime story of the Restoration to trumpeting the trivial.
The Church's own newspapers were the primary source of the little favorable attention the Church received in those days.
The Saints fled Nauvoo with the fervent hope that the isolation of their home somewhere in the Rocky Mountains would bring them peace and an opportunity to practice their religion as they felt God intended it. For a while they were relieved of the mischief generated by anti–Latter-day Saint newspapers, orators, and religionists of the day. However, the jarring events of the 1849 Gold Rush in California and the resultant fact that Salt Lake City became the "Crossroads of the West" changed the quiet tranquillity. During the early days in Utah, the Church suffered from a great deal of misinformation and in many cases deliberate lies.
An example of Church leaders' attempts to get accurate Church information into print took place when Elder Wilford Woodruff served as Church historian during President John Taylor's administration. H. H. Bancroft, a noted historian of the 19th century, invited the Church to supply materials for use in his historical work. He devoted one of his volumes exclusively to Utah. Elder Woodruff's journals detail his work with this famous historian and note that he spent most of the day with Hubert Howe Bancroft on the History of Utah and the Mormons: "He was giving both sides of the question for and against. He gave us the privilege of correcting any mistakes on our side."5 It's interesting to note that early Church leaders practiced what we today would call good public relations.
Another example of sound public relations was the open house for the Salt Lake Temple, which set the precedent for what takes place today before our modern temples are dedicated. President Woodruff personally gave tours before the Salt Lake Temple was dedicated in 1893. John M. Whitaker's journal records: "There is another important thing I wish to preserve as a matter of history. … President Wilford Woodruff felt inspired to invite many prominent Gentiles, even some who had persecuted the Saints, to accompany him and the General Authorities of the Church to go through the various rooms of the temple, and as he did so [he] explained very clearly many of the things that took place in the various rooms of the temple, and what it meant to the Latter-day Saints to have their wives sealed to them for time and all eternity. This great privilege created in the minds of the Gentiles a great and profound feeling, [and] removed much prejudice and misunderstanding."6
And so it is today: few endeavors of the Church change the hearts and minds of others not of our faith like attendance at the temple open houses.
Proclaiming the Gospel through the Air
In D&C 58:64 the Lord said: "For, verily, the sound must go forth from this place into all the world, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth—the gospel must be preached to every creature."
The Improvement Era of November 1907 noted that an event of great importance had taken place on 17 October: the Marconi Wireless Telegraphy Company had begun sending trans-Atlantic wireless messages between Canada and Great Britain. The Era noted, "Think of sending accurately twenty words a minute, three thousand miles, through the air, without a wire to guide them! It is not only a stupendous scientific feat, but an epoch-making marvel, one of the most wonderful achievements of man recorded in history!"7
A new epoch in the methods of preaching the gospel was introduced on 6 May 1922, when the Deseret News Radio Station was formally dedicated. Speeches and musical selections were broadcast. President Heber J. Grant spoke at 8 P.M., giving a message to the people of the world. Then the mayor of Salt Lake City spoke, and he was followed by Augusta Grant, President Grant's wife, who said, "This is one of the most wonderful inventions of this or any other age."8
Beginning in 1923, radio was used to broadcast general conference to overflow crowds of some 4,000 people who gathered on Temple Square. By April 1926, the Conference Report noted there were an estimated 50,000 people listening to the proceedings.9
Television and Movies
Following the success of radio as a means of communication, teaching, and public affairs, the Church moved into the use of television and movies. In October 1949 the Church televised general conference for the first time, and by October 1953 general conference was broadcast outside the Intermountain West. President David O. McKay did much in his nearly 19 years as Church President to preach the gospel to an ever-widening audience. Indeed, President McKay was regarded by many in the world as a great spiritual leader. In 1966 President McKay said that the "scientific discoveries of today" would make possible "untold possibilities."10 Those possibilities surely would help preach the gospel to every kindred, tongue, and people.
In 1972 the Church began its public service campaigns. Known as the Homefront series, the brief radio and television messages were of such outstanding quality that they had tremendous impact. In fact, many Americans think of the Church in terms of what it does to strengthen the family.
The LDS Motion Picture Studio at BYU and, on occasion, outside contractors produced some great Church movies like The Last Leaf and The Windows of Heaven. Mr. Krueger's Christmas has become a holiday classic.
During the early 1990s, the Public Affairs Department produced the first sacrament meeting for television. Called the Latter-day Saint Worship Service, these 30-minute programs featured Church members from many professions, both young and old, preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Public Affairs Department also produced other program series such as Family Times and Center Street. These half-hour segments appeared in some 30 million homes across the United States on the VISN (now Odyssey) channel.
The Leadership of President Gordon B. Hinckley
When we speak of bringing the Church out of obscurity in our time, we cannot ignore the fact that President Hinckley has been about that task most of his adult life. President Hinckley, hired in 1935 as executive secretary of the newly formed Church Radio, Publicity, and Mission Literature Committee, helped pioneer the public relations program of the Church.
From that point on, filmstrips, pamphlets, brochures, radio documentaries and dramas were all increasingly used to tell the Church's story. When radio was the instrument of both entertainment and information, the Church employed it. The Fulness of Times, a series of 39 episodes of Church history, was broadcast over 400 stations and ran for five years.11
Millions of people learned about the history of the Church and were introduced to the gospel because of the Church's efforts to use modern technology. In 1945 an article entitled "Twenty-Five Years of Radio Ministry" stated that "Each Sunday evening for many years the Church has sent out its message to this vast audience [estimated at 699,280 families]. Most of the General Authorities, as well as other speakers of repute, have delivered the story of the restoration on this hour. … Scores of inquiries have come from such scattered areas as Iowa, Montana, Saskatchewan, New Mexico, Oregon, and British Columbia. The programs have made easier the work of missionaries, and have led in some cases to further investigation and baptism."12
In addition, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Sunday broadcasts have served generations of radio listeners and television viewers. Music and the Spoken Word is the longest continuous weekly broadcast in the history of broadcasting. A choir's milestone was in July 1998, when the program celebrated its 70th anniversary year.
In a press conference held on 13 March 1995, President Hinckley and his counselors, Thomas S. Monson and James E. Faust were announced as the new First Presidency of the Church. President Hinckley not only spoke to the press and thus to the world, but he answered questions of the reporters who attended. He did so with such openness and skill that they heralded it as a new era of communication.
A pivotal moment in President Hinckley's administration came at the Harvard Club in New York City when Mike Wallace asked if he would be willing to be interviewed for a piece on 60 Minutes. President Hinckley was quiet for what seemed like a long time, in fact probably about 15 or 20 seconds, and then he said, "I believe I'll take a chance." President Hinckley appeared on 60 Minutes on 7 April 1996 and on 8 September 1998 he appeared on the Larry King Show, both distributed worldwide.
Throughout 1997, the Public Affairs Department responded to the request of Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles that we help tell the Church's story to the world during the Church sesquicentennial. It is fair to say that our fondest dreams were exceeded by considerable measure as the events unfolded. The centerpiece was the reenactment of the wagon train, an idea proposed by members and nonmembers alike and then assisted and publicized by the Church. Once articles appeared in the New York Times and Newsweek, the rest of the media realized that there was a story on the American prairies waiting to be told.
We are now seeing the Church learning to use the new medium of the World Wide Web to proclaim the gospel, answer questions, further family history research, and proclaim the word of the Lord through His servants. Truly the Church has come a long way.
Coming Out of Darkness
The scriptural phrase "out of darkness" reminds us that the doctrines of the Restoration were heralded by the magnificent events of the appearance of the Father and the Son to the boy Joseph Smith; the publishing of the Book of Mormon; and in America, the unprecedented persecution and remarkable pioneer trek led by President Brigham Young. Although well known to Latter-day Saints, these singular events have never been given the attention they deserve in the world. Yet as the world's moral values grow weaker, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stands in stark contrast. Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve said in April 1994 general conference:
"We are not in doubt as to the course we must follow. It was given in the beginning, and guidance from on high is renewed as need may be.
"As we continue our course, these things will follow as night the day:
"The distance between the Church and a world set on a course which we cannot follow, will steadily increase.
"Some will fall away in apostasy, break their covenants, and replace the plan of redemption with their own rules.
"Across the world, those who now come by the tens of thousands will inevitably come as a flood to where the family is safe. Here they will worship the Father in the name of Christ, by the gift of the Holy Ghost, and know that the gospel is the great plan of happiness, of redemption."13
Though the Church has not yet fully emerged from darkness and obscurity, "no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing … till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country and sounded in every ear."14


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To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.
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This is issue is so important, both to the autism community and bloggers.
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Parcast Remembers the Remarkable Life of Gary Austin/
Parcast owes a debt of gratitude to the late Gary Austin. Our podcasts wouldn't be what they are today if he hadn't connected our team with the talented voice actors we feature.
Gary Austin often saw talent in people who couldn't see it in themselves; coaxing it to the surface was his gift. He was a rare guy in Hollywood. Gary didn't care about money or fame. He cared more about his student performers pushing themselves beyond whatever they thought imaginable for themselves. He gave them the license to be creative and the confidence to be daring.
For the many aspiring individuals trying to break into the entertainment industry, Gary's improv and sketch comedy workshops were transformative and out of this world. By virtue of his energy, passion, and selflessness, he propelled many towards illustrious careers and took a backseat when the spotlight arrived. He didn't believe in dimming another person's shine and would much sooner give them the shirt off his back. Everyone excelled under Gary's direction, because his workshops were a fun, safe place to be a kid at heart. He made everyone feel welcome, like they were a part of one big functional family.
The Gary Austin Workshops have been around in Los Angeles since 1972. He also founded The Groundlings two years later, one of theatre's most influential improvisational and sketch comedy troupes, which he directed until 1979. Indicative of the man he was, Gary turned down an offer to be SNL's director in 1975, because he didn't want to break up the Groundlings. The Groundlings were his family and he wouldn't leave them.
Over the years, The Groundlings have trained numerous notable performers, including SNL's Phil Hartman, Laraine Newman, and Paul Reubens. Other famous pupils you may recognize are Lisa Kudrow, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon, Melissa McCarthy, Tyra Banks and Robert David Hall. And of course, much of the Parcast team.
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Faulty Christian Cliches: Number 4
We are continuing our series here of looking at some common, but I think faulty, Christian cliches that are frequently heard in Christian circles but not frequently analyzed in terms of their biblical validity. My hope in this series is to guide us into thinking more richly and fully about the Bible and its world. In our last post, we examined the charge to find "God's will for your life." In this post we will examine the common notion that
we were not made for this world. This is a frequent assertion among Christians, and finds some rooting in the writings of C. S. Lewis, who famously stated, "If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world" (Mere Christianity, 136-137). This statement is common, but is it accurate?
Now the simple fact is that humans were indeed (if we take Genesis to be indicating that God uniquely made us and placed us on planet earth) made for this world. God formed humanity as the pinnacle of His creation, making them as His "images" and that, as such, they might care for His world. Humans are thus fundamentally embodied creatures and fundamentally connected to the world God has created. So we were quite literally made for this world!
Most of the references to the word "world" (kosmos) in the New Testament simply have a reference to "the earth and its inhabitants" in mind. This is thus a quite benign usage of the term. We do find, however, another nuance of the term in the New Testament which somewhat supports the notion of this cliche. A number of occurrences in the Johannine writings (John 12:25, 31; 14:17, 27, 30; 15:18-19; 16:8, 11, 20; 17:9, 13-16, 21, 23, 25; 18:36; 1 John 2:15-17; 3:1, 13, 17; 4:1-5; 5:4-5, 19), as well as in Paul's letters (Rom 3:6; 1 Cor 1:20-21, 27-28; 2:12; 3:19; 5:10; 6:2; 11:32; 2 Cor 7:10; Gal 4:3; 6:14; Eph 2:2; Phil 2:15; Col 2:8, 20; 1 Tim 6:7; Heb 11:7, 38; Jas 1:27; 3:6; 4:4; 2 Pet 1:4; 2:5, 20; 3:6), and in Revelation (Rev 11:15), use the term kosmos to refer to "this age" or, more specifically, "the world under the authority of the evil powers." It is not necessarily "the earth" or even "its inhabitants" that are opposed to God by this use of the term, but rather the dark system of authority which currently rules over the earth along with all who give it allegiance. As I suggested in my earlier post, Paul (and I think the Johannine author(s) as well) views the "world" as it is now as being under the forces of evil cosmic powers, including the evil one, "Sin," "Death," and the "authorities, principalities, etc." In other words, the tension between the kosmos and God and His kingdom exists because the system of the world and its evil rulers are currently battling (though futilely) against the program of God.
Why is this significant? It is likely that it is not the earth itself which will be destroyed at the final judgment as is often asserted, but rather "the system" known as the kosmos which is under the authority of the evil powers. Thus, in 1 Corinthians 7:31, Paul states that "the present form of this world is passing away." Thiselton comments on this verse that "Paul's point is not the transiency of creation... but the fact that its outward pattern... has no permanence" (Thiselton, 1 Corinthians, 585).
Likewise in Galatians 1:4, Paul states God has "rescued us from the present evil age", in Galatians 4:3, that, prior to Christ, "we were enslaved under the elemental spirits of the world" and in Colossians 1:13 that we were "rescued from the domain of darkness and transferred into the kingdom of His Beloved Son."
We find a similar train of thought in 2 Peter 3. In drawing a parallel between the Noahic flood and the coming judgment, it says in 3:6, "the world that existed at that time was destroyed." It was not the whole earth that was destroyed (or else there would be no earth to live on today), but rather the "worldly system" of that period. Likewise, in 3:7, it is not the world which will be destroyed, but "ungodly people." Of this, Davids writes:
"The focus of our author is not world history, but the final judgment of ungodly human beings. The heavens and the earth are "kept" (the same verb as that used for the fallen angels in 2 Pet 2:4) for this Day of Judgment. Yet the judgment is not of the creation but of human beings, just as the flood was not about the creation but about human evil. This point needs to be kept in mind as we move through the rest of the passage. Our author is not against the creation since that is something that God made. He does believe that it needs to be purified, but this purification is principally a purification of the human evil that has polluted it. Presumably, as with the deluge, the extent of the destruction by fire will be limited by that needed to wipe out human evil" (Davids, The Letters of 2 Peter and Jude, 274).
The consistent biblical picture is that God plans to restore the world by transforming His people and purging evil from it. Thus Paul in Romans 8:18-13 writes that the whole creation groans along with God's people as it waits for its restoration. What about Revelation 21? Doesn't that passage teach that the earth itself will be destroyed? Here we are told that the first earth "had passed away," but the text also says the sea did not exist any longer, implying that there is still some mass "left over" from the original earth. Thus "new" here can imply a qualitative distinction, indicating the earth has been "renewed" (cf. Romans 8), and thus is of a different order than it was previously. Beale puts it this way:
"This is probably not a portrayal of a literal new creation but a figurative depiction... it is likely that the meaning of the figurative portrayal is to connote a radically changed cosmos... just as the body will be raised without losing its former identity" (Beale, The Book of Revelation, 1040).
Why is the sea singled out in this text as destroyed (21:1)? In the latter half of the book, the beast arises from the sea (13:1), the sea is turned to blood (16:3), and the sea holds the dead (20:13). Apparently a part of the purging of death and evil from God's world is the purging of the sea itself. In the Old Testament, the sea often represents the chaotic forces, illustrated well by Psalm 74:12-17. Thus in the Jewish worldview, the sea was at times associated with the evil, chaotic forces which, according to Paul, God had conquered through the resurrection of Jesus and will one day permanently extinguish.
To return to our question, there is good evidence that we were both made for this world and that we will live on a renewed earth in glorified resurrection bodies, free from death, evil, and chaos. Yet we also saw that the "world" represents that system of order which God will do away with. So if by the statement that "we were not made for this world," we mean that system of power structures which currently exercises authority on earth and which is opposed to God, we can say a hearty "amen." If, however, we mean that the earth will not survive the judgment of God, we might exercise caution in asserting that position in light of the weight of the evidence we find in the New Testament itself.
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My all time favorite line of computers is still the Amiga, best known as a series of home computers made by Commodore. It's still very much alive, with people creating software, firmware ('Kickstart'), hardware add-ons and emulators (both purely in software and re-created in FPGA hardware).
However, unfortunately there's also quite a few discussions about who owns what (trade marks, copyrights, …) and about what makes a 'true' Amiga or Amiga 'experience'.
I will not try to answer these questions, or give legal advice, but would like to list some key players, products and useful terms. That way, I hope to make it all a bit clearer to myself and possibly other people as well.
For now, I'll just make an alphabetically sorted list.
Amiga Forever
Software emulation suite by Cloanto, including tools and disk images. A good source for legal copies of Kickstart ROMs and WorkBench disk images.
Creators of the Amiga Forever software emulation suite who also appear to have the right to distribute the classic Amiga ROMs up to version 3.X and matching Workbench disk images. Also includes a tool called Amiga Explorer to copy files between an emulated and a real Amiga over serial port or TCP/IP. Some Amiga retailers (shops) also sell Kickstart ROM chips with a license from Cloanto which should make them legal copies. Cloanto did NOT make AmigaOS 3.1.4, see Hyperion . I think they also have no rights for AmigaOS 3.5 and 3.9 (Haage & Partner) and the 4.x versions for NG/PowerPC Amiga systems. (Hyperion)
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Created AmigaOS 3.5 and 3.9, which are updates to the last Commodore version of Workbench (3.1) and require Kickstart 3.1, as well as a minimum of a 68020 CPU and at least 6MB of 'Fast' RAM. Still being sold by stores like Vesalia.
Hyperion Entertainment is a Belgian company who claim to have the right to AmigaOS (disputed by Cloanto), and made the new version 3.1.4
They also released AmigaOS 4.0 and 4.1 which is for several PowerPC-based systems, but not for 'stock' classic Amigas (e.g. A500, A1200 without PowerPC accelerator board…)
Individual Computers
The company of Jens Schönfeld, who makes some great hardware for C64 and Amiga, and now also claims to have the right to the P96 (formerly Picasso 96) software, used for bigger screens with newer graphic chips (aka RTG). In the press release of december 22nd, 2018, he speaks of (only) one licensee which is Hyperion for their AmigaOS 4.1. However, in 2001 Cloanto claimed to have licensed Picasso96 for Amiga Forever. Meanwhile, there's also a shareware version (version 2.0) on aminet


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Purpose of Life – Which Direction Should You Take
What's my purpose in life and how do I get there? Those are two of the most asked questions on this planet. Have you ever asked yourself something similar to that?
You have something very unique in your life to accomplish, which is very great. Of course, the question that comes after that is, 'What is it then?' But that is just about as far as most people will ever go. You may ask yourself this question, think about it for a few minutes, come up with no answers, and then just go on with your daily routine.
If you ever want to accomplish your purpose in life you have to go beyond the 'What is it' question. How do you do that?
You first have to realize that you won't have all the answers in the beginning. If you are waiting for a bolt of lightning to your hit you and reveal to you what it is you're supposed to do in life, it will never happen that way.
Your Passion in Life
The first thing you need to determine is what in life you are passionate about. What gets you so excited that you can hardly contain yourself when you think about it? Or what cause makes your blood boil when you hear people talk about it? Most likely this is the starting point of your greatness.
Why do I say the starting point? Because once you finally have an idea about what you want to do you must then ask, "in what direction do I go?" and "how do I start?" Believe it or not, those questions don't matter as much as you may think they do.
The second thing you need to do is to simply begin pursuing your "purpose in life" passion. Don't let the question of 'What direction do I go or how do I start' stop you from actually starting. Most likely, there is some type of organization, group, or online presence that is doing something very similar to what you have a passion to do.
Get involved with these people. They have probably already laid much of the groundwork in developing what you are passionate about in life. You can then jump right in and start helping them.
By being around these people you will begin to develop and fine-tune exactly what your purpose is. As a matter of fact, your initial purpose for getting involved may change somewhat as you begin to develop your greatness in lfe.
That's why it is not so important to know everything about your purpose in life before you start doing it. It's kind of like this: Imagine you are in Los Angeles and you want to drive to Florida. You aren't real sure where you want to go in Florida but you know Florida is where you need to go.
You have two options:
1 - You can research, study, ask people, look at maps, and all kinds of things to try and find out the best way to get to Florida. You are not going to leave until you know exactly how to get there, the dangers involved, the speed traps to watch out for, where to best rest stops are…you get my point. The problem with this is that you will never know everything about how to get to Florida
2 - You can just start driving. You may ask one or two people you meet along the way which road to use and then just go. On your journey you will meet people who will help you with the best routes, and they will even tell you of places they went to and experiences they had on their way to Florida. By the time you get there, you will have gained so much knowledge that you now know exactly where you want to go in life when you reach Florida.
The point is this, you can sit around and wait for the perfect opportunity to fulfill your life's purpose or you can simply start out on your journey and, along the way, you will discover and fulfill your purpose.
My suggestion is: just start moving!
Do You Know Where Your Life Is Going?
Knowing what you really want out of your purpose in life is a major key to success, after all, achieving your dreams in life is the greatest success you can have! If you don't know what you want out of life you can end up wasting it chasing the wrong things…
… until you wake up one day and realise that it's too late to get out of the rut you're stuck in! Set aside a few minutes now in a quiet place with a pen and a piece of paper to go through the exercise in this article. You will find that you are much clearer about what you want from your life
The Whole You Must Get Involved!
To discover your life dreams you want to concentrate on more than the obvious signs of success – money, possessions and your position in your company or society. Your life's purposes have to be for your whole life. Relationships. Family. Contributions you have made to your community and to the world have to be in there too. And you don't want to miss out on all those things of personal significance that give you joy.
To make sure that you uncover all your dreams, you will have to use both sides of your brain – the emotional right brain and logical left brain in this exercise. As you read on, image yourself in the situation, not just physically, but also your feelings and emotions as the story unfolds…
Unleash Your Imagination to Find Your Life Goals
Imagine you are going to a funeral for a very close friend or relative. Have you ever had to do this? Remember, or imagine what it is like, how it feels…
You feel sad at the loss of your friend, sad at the thought you will never see them again, sympathy for other mourners, deeply affected by this loss…
Then you look around room at the hundreds of mourners attending this funeral and you get some positive feelings about your friend's life, a life well led, a life of great significance that touched all the people in the room in so many purposeful and positive ways…
There's a muted buzz of conversation, little groups of people talking…
You go up to look at the body in the casket and you get a sudden shock of recognition…
It's you!! this is YOUR funeral!!! You are floating round the room as a ghost. Then you realise that you can go anywhere, listen to anyone completely unnoticed. You float over to a small group talking about the you they remembered. A friend, a close family member, someone who knew you at work, someone from your community.
What would you want them to say about you? Imagine, think about your wildest dreams, your biggest ambitions, what do you really want to be! Don't let your present circumstances constrain you – you are trying to find your purpose in life here.
Write Down Your Life Goals
Close your eyes, think about this imaginary conversation. Each person will remember a different aspect of your life – you as a spouse or parent, as a friend, as a co-worker or boss, as someone who made a difference in the community. You can have more people join if you want to think about other aspects of your life…
Write down what they will talk about, who you were to them, what you achieved in your life. You aren't writing short term goals here, this the big picture of your whole purpose in life.
When you're finished writing down everything that's said in this imaginary conversation, take a minute or two to look at what you've written. Re-arrange it into a series of statements about you as a relative, a friend, in your place of work, as a member of your community. You should find that you're much closer to understanding your life dreams and some of your deepest fundamental values.
Reflections on a New Image in Life
Occasionally I have an identity crisis. I think that's good. From time to time I have to ask myself questions like: Who am I? What am I doing? Do I like doing it? What is the purpose of my Life? Am I good at it? Will it help the world? and How does the world know I'm doing it?
It began this time when I asked a friend and colleague to help me with the process of re-examining my business card and letterhead. Since my last printing, I had expanded the way I work with voice, conflict and aikido, and I wanted my visual image to reflect the changes.
I thought it would be simple. She'd take all my questions and resolve them in some way that would be clear, concise, visually pleasing, have purpose and relate to my life. She did -- but it wasn't simple, and I wasn't prepared for what lay ahead.
When she showed me her ideas I literally stepped back, wide-eyed, and almost stumbled over my chair. She presented a new, much more powerful image of me, my life and my work. It was very different from the look I'd grown accustomed to, and it simultaneously shocked and delighted me. It also began an internal process of discovery that has been quite interesting.
Aikido - Purpose and Power
I thought I knew who I was, what my purpose in life was. I just had some questions about how to visually integrate the different aspects of my work -- voice, aikido, conflict resolution -- into a coherent package. But I had a basic image that I'd been using and that functioned pretty well. As it turns out it wasn't the whole me, nor was it the whole purpose of my work.
In the Japanese martial art Aikido there are two central elements. One is learning to flow and blend with energy. The second is the power and purpose you gain when that happens. Aikido is a very powerful martial art. It is not resistant, but it is not passive. Verbally, we use aikido when we are clear about our position in life while acknowledging others, and when we use words to connect instead of attack.
I have always identified with the flow of aikido but found it more difficult to engage its power. Similarly, in life I find it easy to blend (listen, acknowledge, agree), but more difficult to use power (state my position, my purpose, ask for what I want, say no). My image on paper reflected that too.
Increase Power and Purpose in Life
In my aikido practice -- and in life -- I'm learning to be more powerful and purposful, and it's fun. I throw harder, and I communicate more powerfully. But it's not always easy because my image (both of myself and reflected in others) says that I'm a "nice" person. And that "nice" image conflicts with a "power" image.
Powerful people aren't always nice, and nice people aren't usually powerful. But is it possible to be both -- to blend and be powerful at the same time? In fact, aikido's message is that true power lies in blending. Power without blending is destructive. And to blend without power and purpose is to lose our center.
Now back to my image control problem. The graphic reflection of my work initially challenged my life's self-image. But the timing was perfect. Just as my work was evolving to include the powerful aspect of aikido, my colleague captured that power and clarified it graphically.
Critical Questions About my Purpose
One of life's ongoing conflicts is the question "Who am I?" Both personally and organizationally we need to address this conflict periodically and to ask ourselves who we are and what is our purpose in life, whether our inner and outer images are accurate. To flourish as an individual or a corporate entity, this kind of clarifying conflict is vital.
Annie Dillard said: "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." We all need to revisit our image on occasion, because it forces us to ask the important questions that must be asked if we're going to create the life -- the organization, the school, or the company -- we want, one that is uniquely ours and that we love.
Our ultimate power is not the power to control how others see us but to appreciate and bring to light the undiscovered parts of ourselves. As we move forward in life, our evolution has a natural flow to it. Am I enjoying my work or am I struggling? Do I create my purpose in life anew each day? What energizes me? Where am I going and to what end? Important questions for all of us this year, this day, this moment.


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To start the day with an optimistic attitude, there is nothing better than an inspirational quotes. Here you are going to find a great selection of this kind of phrases. Enjoy them.
Life is so much brighter when we focus on what truly matters...
Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love... but don't put your life on hold waiting for love.
You'll never be brave if you don't get hurt. You'll never learn if you don't make mistakes. You'll never be successful if you don't encounter failure.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
Stop worrying about pleasing others so much, and do more of what makes you happy.
In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Nobody is good at everything, but everybody is good at something. Find and focus on your strengths.
Judging a person does not define who they are. It defines who you are.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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text: "I don't want to be cute. I'm always cute." That's what Sharelle, a fellow boudoir photographer from Shreveport, told us when we set up a shoot with her at her studio. She wanted something that would "wow" her husband. We scheduled a shoot play date with her because she wanted to push herself a little further in her work to get tastefully provocative images. Max and I gave her some tips, photographed her so she would know what it feels like, then she photographed me so she could practice. (I'll post my photos next week, stay tuned!) Check out her blog about it here (and you can cheat and see my photos a week early).


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adidas have launched a new set of online, print and tv related campaign elements for their 2008 collection of ORIGINALS clothing. Things kicked off with a fully "animated" ad by 180 Amsterdam featuring Adi Dassler the founder of adidas (see below).
Here is the official release:
|adidas is launching its first global campaign for Adidas Originals lifestyle brand. Developed by 180, the campaign rallies round a series of web videos of people from art, music and athletics.The first effort, which launches this week, spotlights Adidas' founder, Adi Dassler, in his workshop in Germany. This is also the first time in the company's 60-year history that its founder has been brought to the fore in adidas advertising.
|The campaign is supported by print, TV, in-cinema and web ads leading consumers to the microsite within adidas.com. Pierre Wendling, 180's digital director, explains that the agency didn't employ digital animation to resurrect Dassler. Rather, Wendling and his team recreated Dassler's office in miniature, down to scale model versions of his desk, furniture, tools, and accessories, with ambient street sounds, and radio playing songs of the day in the background.
Here are some of the campaign elements…
1. Adi Dassler
adidas Originals – Adi Dassler – 2:45 min
2. Sounds of the City
adidas Originals – Sounds of the City_Detroit – 3:09 min
I really like this ad..been looking for it for quite some time after I've seen it in the cinema…!
3. adidas Originals "Games"
Finally this ad I found today…dunno how it fits in but I think it is really cool!
adidas Originals – Games – 2:05 min
All in all, a really cool campaign and I am looking forward to more extensions!
Visit: adidas.com/originals


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Ibrahim v. Secunda on Appropriate Lateral Etiquette
Who has the better approach to the lateral hiring "market"?
[A]s long as you do not have concerns about people knowing your looking, you might as well go forward with all the approaches: get known, file a FAR, and target letters/emails to appointment committees. Although I think letters are by far the least effective method (no one wants to be added to a long stack of paper), you just never know.
And that, my friends, sums up the lateral market in general: you just never know – sometimes you try to put yourself "out there" without actually being "out there," and other times you do nothing proactive and are "out there" anyway.
or Darian Ibrahaim:
To lateral candidates, do not write directly to schools you're interested in, and do not go through the AALS process. You do not want to appear anxious to escape your current situation, even if you are. The best way to get the word out that you're open to a move is to let your well-respected friends at other schools know that. These folks will inevitably be contacted by appointments committees looking for people who might be moveable. Also, the standard advice about going to conferences, publicizing your papers all holds true. If you're doing good work, getting yourself out there, and are at a school from which one would reasonably assume you are extractable, you'll get calls.
My view: Darian is correct on the tactics. And he's equally right about the appropriate move for entry-level faculty: "write directly to schools you're interested in." This is a real change. When I was on the entry market in 2003, I had no sense that it was appropriate to write to schools directly, though I lacked a mentor so I could have missed many tricks. Now, writing directly to committees is apparently almost necessary (though not sufficient).
[Update: An earlier version of this post credited David Zaring for Darian Ibrahim's post. I have no idea how I made that mistake. Sorry guys!]


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Thousands of Dissidents Still Jailed in Myanmar
The Myanmar government has revealed some high-profile names on its former blacklist. But as the WSJ's Patrick Barta tells Deborah Kan, the latest form of transparency doesn't include thousands of dissidents who remain in prison. Photo: Getty Images
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... the ... sign me and I may be of getting out the government has ... finally abolished its blacklist ... of people many high-profile who are on a joining me now South East Asia appear cheap packet part of ... a key tactic was to start with really is on the list ... well presented no was on the list even though she's no longer buy ... Sonny Bono the former politician missing Arizona lists he's no longer lie ... that's the only thing that people that ... have wanted to put it in my present and former ... U S at K State am on Friday ... so they're making decisions for well-known throughout this region some famous writers ... and also just a bunch of names that we don't know there was one case of the ... Japanese have citizen and really got is lasting ... in the case in Australia and the name was simply listed as Brian ... so um it was in awe of is that everyone was welcome ... OK and ... the sign that the government is really opening up in ten people ... openly criticize me and MAR ... well I mean I think we have to think this is great news on and this is something that people suspect it was in place for many years it was the official secret no one really knew was on the list ... of interest rate in that respect that they're now people who were known critics of the government can go there ... assuming they get their pieces of the ... budget plan out that the government has since acknowledged it there's still four thousand or so people ... who are still on the blacklist in the country ... and I think that that is troubling to many people in some of the distance we spoke to last time you know what that was came out ... box and dice don't this is truly democratic government wanted to abolish the whole thing ... you know why would you let a ... few thousand people get off the list ... the binky others instead there's a fear that maybe these are ... the surname is being kept in this is as bargaining chips or future concessions from us ... what about our journalists have taken the night tried to get and the fatty member is back in about nineteen ninety six I was flatly denied ... and the fact that for being a journal and so with that still be the case today or is it really kind and open territory for all journalists ... I would say is open territory mean the government is still ... not approving journalists pieces right away but generally speaking ... they have been improving pieces sometimes with some delays but once they approve those pieces ... I should say I'm that that when when you get into the country ... on your given total freedom and that is something extraordinary that we had never experienced ... by him EMR the past you to whoever you like ... but the in the past it was pure that people are being followed a pork or trail but not sure if that is occurring now we would know perhaps but ... but whatever I'm here we are I certainly feels totally free to do whatever I want ... and then there's Jesus answered everyone know that that one can take a deep breath now they can breathe freely which ... of ... losing a hundred percent freedom of the country there still some political prisoners behind bars ... but this is deftly a very welcome change and something that we know continues ... what ... I mean packing and then as you mention them over the years you adjust their couple weeks to get what the contents of the people I mean have you noticed a difference in people's attitudes and and how they'll talk to you now since ... I mean is there evidence that that people are living more freely ... um well I should sing this noted evidence that people are looking better every year not been a lot of economic ... improvements in the country ... yet although we're seeing a few more modern cars in the things like that ... but but we definitely do you see in stance ... on what they're saying her to survive like this this um ... breath of fresh air that people seem to be feeling ... the big utility can talk and in some cases I find people are more willing to operate more eager to talk ... him EMR than other parts of Asia ... government officials are often fall into its own devices to the government ... of business leaders is almost as if it's been bottled up for twenty or thirty years and are just dying to talk ... um I was is true for every single person reports there been a lot people they really open and eager to engage in acts again really refreshing for people around the country ... for a long time ... at and it's tough to lay on on the top of my list of effect at thanks Fran much that they are detaining us from Bangkok ... for that star am more indebted WS J dot com I'm Deborah con for The Wall Street Journal digital network


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Breathtaking. That was our purest response upon seeing this high-tech machine at Ford's new Palo Alto location. We'd seen it in person at Detroit of course, but this meeting would prove to be a much more intimate experience.
Technology continues to consume the automotive world at a frantic pace. Today, the entry-level vehicles we drive are safer than they've ever been, and instead of being appreciative, we're pissed when a $25,000 car's infotainment system doesn't have the same effortless UIs as our $700 iPhones. We bitch about it on web forums, nod emphatically when consumer websites badmouth systems that took years and millions of dollars to develop and put way too much weight on infotainment when it comes time to car shop. When did vehicle satisfaction start hinging on a Bluetooth connection?
Several drool-worthy performance cars make their world debuts tomorrow, January 12, at the 2015 NAIAS in Detroit. And team Revvolution is already on-site and ready to bring you each reveal as they happen.
One thing Team Revvolution has noticed from our most recent high-speed airstrip events (e.g., Shift-S3ctor's Airstrip Attacks and the Texas Mile) is that many participants compete with Ford GTs. What is it about the coveted supercar that has made it such a popular choice at these events? Perhaps it's an automobile that is near perfect from the factory, yet has so much potential for modifications. Even famed Texas tuner Hennessey Performance set a new Texas Mile Record (in a GT) last year and has since broken that record twice (257.7 mph and 263.3 mph in 2012, 267.7 mph in 2013). This is a look at the heritage and modified development of the Ford GT.


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Ger recently appeared in the award-winning Short Paddy's in the Boot. On TV, he played Dave (Nidge's Solicitor) in 9 episodes of IFTA award-winning series Love/Hate. Previous Film & TV credits and include St.Ives (BBC), The Governor (ITV), In The Name of The Father directed by Jim Sheridan (Hell's Kitchen), Adam & Paul directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Element Pictures), Trafficked (New Decade Films), Zulu 9 (Yellow Asylum), Man about Dog (Cerbeus Films), Spoon(Filmex Ltd.), Torchwood (STARZ and BBC Worldwide), Life's A Breeze directed by Lance Daly (Fastnest Films), Titanic: Blood & Steel directed by Ciaran Donnelly (DAP, Italy/Netflix) and Jack Taylor for TV3 and ZDF Germany.Ger trained at the Focus Theatre under the direction of Deirdre O' Connell. He debuted there in 1990. Since then his work for Focus includes Little Aylof, Rocket to the Moon, Small Craft Warnings, Hello Stranger, The Balcony, All My Sons, Men Without Shadows, Last Man Down and Anna Christie. He also appeared as Eddie in the acclaimed production of A View From The Bridge, which transferred to Andrews Lane Theatre. Other theatre credits include The Plough And The Stars, The Ice Man Cometh (Abbey) alongside Brain Dennehy, Away Alone (The Peacock), The Pope And The Witch (Red Kettle), The Blue Macushla, Poor Beast In The Rain, The Welcome (The Druid), From Both Hips (Fishamble), Yerma (Gallowglass), By The Barrow (San Francisco Tour), 12 Angry Men (Lane Productions), and The Journeyman a one man show (Dublin Fringe Festival 1999), toured to Belfast, Scotland and returned for an extended run at The Focus.
Rúaidhrí Conroy (JACKEY)
Rúaidhrí Conroy's previous theatre credits include The Field, The Cripple of Inishmaan (Drama Desk and Theatre World Award), Philadelphia here I come and The Country Boy. He won the 1998 Theatre World Award and was nominated for a Drama League Distinguished Performance Award for 'The Cripple Of Inishmaan' as well as Drama League Award for Outstanding Artist and Drama Desk Award for best-featured Actor. Film & TV includes The Professor and the Madman, Trial of The Century,Pilgrimage, Jack Taylor Movie, Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne, RAW (TV series) Hart's War, The Van, When The Sky Falls.Martin Mc Donagh's Academy Award winning short: Six-Shooter, Horse, Nothing Personal, Into The West.He recently wrote and directed his first short film, Justlikeabitch.
LAOISA SEXTON (NATALIE & playwright)
Theatre highlights include: OH The Power directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman for LABryinth Theater Company, Long Days Journey into Night (The Guthrie) directed by Joe Dowling, Gaslight directed by Charlotte Moore (Irish Rep) Yeats Project (Irish Rep). Shining City (Studio Theatre, DC). Best Actress Award (1st Irish NY) for The Prophet of Monto (The Flea, NY) directed by Des Kennedy, Dirtyworks (Edinburgh Fringe), Some Voices, The Pitchfork Disney, Motherfucker with the Hat (Orion), Lovers. The Award winning site-specific Ladies & Gents by Paul Walker (Irish Arts Center, NY). Recent Irish short You are Beautiful with Dearbhla Molloy (RTE Shortscreen/Int Player) and dozens of independent films. TV: Fair City, and recently appearing in Red Rock for TV3.
As writer, Laoisa has written three produced plays since 2013. Her new play, The Pigeon in The Taj Mahal recently received its world premiere Off Broadway, at The Irish Repertory Theater. Irish Central named it as Best Theater of 2016. Laoisa's debut play, FOR LOVE, was also produced by Irish Rep. The play also toured across Ireland. The Last Days of Cleopatra first premiered in New York City. It has since been performed in Canada (2016) and won two awards at Milwaukee Irish Play Festival.
Gerard Adlum (Karl, Maureen,Skangar)
Gerard is an actor and writer. He is a co-founder of Fast Intent Theatre Companyand former co-Literary Manager of Theatre Upstairs. Selected acting credits include The Snow Queen (Smock Alley) The Big Fellow (5 week national tour in early 2017 with Co-Motion) Yellow Sam (Drogheda Arts Centre) How To Build Your First Robot (nominated for the Little Gem Award at the Dublin Fringe Festival '14), Macbeth, The Lark, Ashes to Ashes (all with Fast Intent), Stoker, A Christmas Carol (both with Ouroboros), The Ugly One (The Lir), Snakeoil (Theatre Upstairs), Dradin, in Love (Tribe Theatre), Roll Up! Roll Up! (The Ark), Frank Pig Says Hello (The Mill), Anna in Between (Pillowtalk), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Animal Farm (both with Upstart). His debut play as a writer, The Man in Two Pieces, premiered at Theatre Upstairs in April 2015. It starred Stephen Brennan and was produced by Fast Intent. It was subsequently commissioned by RTE Radio and broadcast in September 2015. His second play, Bob &Judy, premiered in July 2015.


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Six Years of Grace/
Stephanie and I were married six years ago today. My wife is one the greatest gifts of grace in my life the Lord has given me. In the last 12 months Stephanie has given birth to a second child, endured me finishing an intensive graduate school degree, worked a full-time job, labored to care for an infant and preschooler, served the church by leading women's ministry, acted as a home nurse during the winter of stomach bugs and was my best friend and encouragement to me day by day. I'm deeply humbled and graced to have such a wonderful wife. She truly is my "great thing" and I'm thankful for six wonderful years of marriage.


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We love Photography and we love Architecture. Conclusion: we LOVE Joe Fletcher's architectural photography. What a stunning portfolio (and gorgeous homes, all of them!)…He was born and raised in London, UK, studied painting at Chelsea College of Art & Design, receiving his BA in Fine Art, and later attended London's Goldsmiths University, graduating with a MFA in photography. In 2003, he left soggy London for foggy San Francisco. See more of his amazing work on his site HERE!
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Chris&Ruby – Product and Interior Design
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Chris&Ruby is a young design team from Berlin working in product and interior design. Their self initiated projects deal mainly with furniture, lighting and living accessories, while their contract based work cover a much wider field. I am in love with pretty much all of their products and furniture designs. Simple and functional, modern and well-designed…these is a very inspiring company to me. The company was founded in 2008 by Ruby Piterek and Christoph Maennchen, after they met at the University of Arts Berlin, where they both graduated in Industrial Design. Go visit their site for more of their amazing projects HERE!
Tension, Please! is a set of two chairs (one with and one without armrest), the design is highly economical and ecological as it is assembled from one piece of plastic board and spanned into its shape by joining the two connecting points.
The Selby – Lyndsay Caleo and Fitzhugh Karol's pad
Ok, first of all, i LOVE The Selby…If you all have never looked at the amazing interiors of creative folks from all over, you are seriously missing out…I fell in love with this one in particular: Lyndsay Caleo, a jewelry designer and Fitzhugh Karol, a furniture designer, share this pad…Does this not look so inviting and stylish?!…Check out more by The Selby HERE! and see the post on Lyndsay and Fitzhugh's home HERE! You can also check out Lyndsay's jewelry HERE! and Fitzhugh's furniture HERE!
The Volga House
This Wood Patchwork House by Peter Kostelov is soo interesting. very interesting use of wood and such a simple structure. It also happens to have won the Laureate of International Architect Award «ARCHIP 2009» in the category «Private House», the Laureate of Russian Wood Architect Award "ARCHIWOOD 2010" and was the Grand Prize Winner at the XII International Festival of Architecture and Interior Design "Under the Roof of Home" 2010 …Check out some pics below and see more images on his site HERE!
Where Children Sleep
Where Children Sleep- stories of diverse children around the world, told through portraits and pictures of their bedrooms. This book was published by Chris Boot, and shows James Mollison's photographs of childrens' bedrooms from around the world. See some examples from the book below. Make sure to check out James Mollison's site for more of his photography work HERE and purchase a copy of the book HERE!Eight-year-old Harrison lives in a mansion in New Jersey, USA
Featured artists: Team Rhodes
Adam Renfree is the Principal of 1Notion, a creative collective bringing artists, creatives, and key account executives together to illustrate a single concept, belief, or idea. See some screen shots and read about their Philosophy below, also check out their site at this link!


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With four generous bedrooms, ensuite, separate lounge room and open plan living, meals and family space this is a terrific family sized home. The Burton Alfresco allows you to live very comfortably with an easy and practical design flow that maximises the space in this home.
Key Facts
- Living Area: 205m2
- Garage Area: 40m2
- Alfresco: 17m2
- GFA: 205m2
- Total Area: 273m2
This Schedule of Standard Inclusions and Finishes is to be read in conjunction with the Contract Drawings and in the case of a discrepancy between this Schedule and the Contract Drawings this Schedule is to take precedence.


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Ecstasy of Gold
Got a kick out of seeing this on YouTube, thought I'd share. My very favourite Ennio Morricone track, Ecstasy of Gold from THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY. Nothing beats the sight of Eli Wallach, as a supposedly hardboiled Mexican bandito, sprinting round a vast wheel-shaped graveyard on Mauritius, in an incongruously effeminate, unhealthful and gingerly fashion, as Morricone freaks out on the soundtrack. It was nice to see how those transcendent noises were generated.
Somebody said Morricone's score for A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS sounded like a cross between Duane Eddy and Puccini recorded in someone's bathroom, a phrase that's always stuck with me (thanks to Sir Christopher Professor Frayling for quoting it). While the live version misses those little studio touches of reverb and amplified pizzicato strings, it still gives me goosebumps.
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Performing just outside of the capital Buenos Aires, the rock superstars kicked off three nights at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata stadium in front of a sell-out crowd of 58,000.
The series of concerts mark the third time the Irish band has played the South American country. Such is their enduring popularity dedicated fans reportedly camped outside for a week to ensure prime positions to see Bono and band mates in action.
The rock legends '360 Tour' is named after the specially designed stage the band play atop, a unique 360-degree set which makes use of a massive four-legged supporting rig nicknamed 'The Claw'.
The Irish band, well known for their impressive live shows, headline Glastonbury later in the year.


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Happy SHADOWGLASS Release Day, Erica!
I hope your book flies off the shelves.
Now for what everyone has been wating for...but first (and yes, this a blatant delaying tactic *grin*), thank you so much to everyone for dropping in to chat with Erica and leaving your comments - there were certainly some interesting questions asked, some more unusual than others! LOL
The free autographed copy of Erica's book, SHADOWFAE, goes to Robyn.
Congratulations, Robyn! You have until the end of the working week (Friday, 5th March) to contact me off-line (at firstname.lastname@example.com) with your address so I can post the book to you.
Happy reading!
*If the book remains unclaimed a runner-up will be announced.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
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Thanks for having me, Kylie. It was great fun! And Robyn, I hope you enjoy the book!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the opportunity for some deep thinking in regards to the mirror, and a chance to try a new author. It is great getting to know a little bit more about the person behind the book.ReplyDelete
I am looking forward to getting away from reality for awhile.
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The Last Recruits for 2017!by Janine, Nov 2017
2017 has been an absolute whirlwind with 28 new locations launched up and down the UK! And last month, we trained our last recruits for this fabulous year.
Another FULLY BOOKED session with 7 franchisees for 4 territories.
Welcome, welcome to…
Well Polished Manchester
Well Polished Warrington
Well Polished Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Well Polished Hitchin
After just a few weeks of trading, they're all off the mark with money in the bank and clients on the system! And they've all had some fabulous client feedback already.
Here at head office, we're now focused on our big office move in December, preparations for our black tie franchisee awards dinner in January AND taking deposits from 8 new prospects who are looking to join the Well Polished family in 2018!


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192 Times Dads Had The Funniest Pieces Of Advice And Quotes
Happy Father's Day everyone! If you enjoyed Jimmy Fallon's #MarchDadness, you'll just love his other two challenges - #DadQuotes and #Dadvice.
A few days ago, Jimmy Fallon asked his Twitter followers to "tweet out something weird, funny, or embarrassing your dad has said". He has already gotten a ton of responses and we've picked out the best ones. Keep on scrolling to check them out and don't forget to vote for your favorites!
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My Dad's windshield joke: "What's the last thing to go through a bug's mind when he hits the windshield?" "Its ass"
The reason they've been married 40 is obviously that your Mum doesn't listen to your dad!!
My dad always says "I hope everything comes out alright!" (I say this to my kids now)
It's something my dad would say. And he's a college professor. :)
my father used to say the same thing! :D either "let's go to bed so they can go home" or "let's go home so they can go to bed" if we were visiting friends
Carl "Safe Sax Ferris plays in Las Vegas...I've bought several of his CDs wonder if Dad knew his music?
Maybe because u r prettier than all brides... He meant it well:)
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The only cute/funny one I've read yet. :)
As a double negative is a positive, this isn't an insult.
I do answer: "Old, tired and nervous". My kids will be proud.
Cop asked me to recite the alphabet backwards starting at K, I told him straight out "Look I can't even do that when I'm perfectly sober!" Cops have no sense of humor.
"If birds could talk, they couldn't fly. The words are heavy."
admitting you tell dad jokes is the first step in recovery
Haha YES! My dad told me FORD stands for Found On Rubbish Dump. Sorry Ford fans.
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Because you are better than Him!
Several years ago we were watching The Voice when my Dad said "WOW! She's really good, I bet she wins the whole thing!" Everyone busted out laughing, I said Dad, that's Beyonce! #DadQuotes
Haha i told my husband the other day, "hey you dont need to buy a stud finder (we are hanging pictures and such) i do a pretty good job at that!"
I remember throwing up in the sink when the toilet was in use. I walked by the bathroom later to see my dad scrubbing it out. Dad's are godsend.
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Captain America and the short end of the stick
Yesterday the New York Times ran this piece on Joe Simon, who, with Jack Kirby, created Captain America in December 1940. Simon is now 94 and part of a panel at this weekend's New York Comic Con that he calls "The old geezer table."
It's a newspaper piece, and thus skimps, but it brings up a key issue not only for comic creators but for artists in general: the inability to profit from your own hugely successful creation. Simon, who got squat for creating the good Captain, puts it this way: "People in comic books have a very sad history in dealing with their creative people." Todd McFarlane, reinventor of Spider-Man in the 1990s, and creator of Spawn, says this: "I read the stories of Jack Kirby. I read the stories of all those guys in the '40s, '50s and even the '60s. I kept coming across this repetitive story: the creative guy got the short end of the stick."
The great cautionary tale, of course, belongs to Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster, the two Cleveland boys who jumpstarted an entire industry with Superman in 1938, and who, for their trouble, got $116 from Detective Comics (and, after decades of lawsuits, an annual stipend from Warner Bros.). Their story, along with many others, is told — extremely well, I should add — in Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book by Gerard Jones. Check it out.
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Our Friday July 29th our KBM kids spend the day at the Santa Ana Zoo! It was such a fun day in the sun learning about all the different types of animals.
Volunteers like Doris made the day great. Doris was one of our UCI committed volunteer, and group leader for the field trip. She did great with her 6 students. We were blessed having her lead a group.
Our Cedar Evergreen youth, Maritza Montiel, volunteered at the KBM field trip. Our very own site director, Brizzy Cruz, was Maritza's program leader two years ago at KCE.