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|2006-04-12, 02:57
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Macross II - Lovers Again Discussion Thread
I watched Macross II Movie (DVD) and I must say it was a fantastic film, a true masterpiece!
Here are my thoughts and feelings about the film.
It featured everything a self respecting Anime should deliver.
Awesome animation, epic intergalactic battles, a dramatic / sad story line / plot and a fantastic sound track.
The voice acting in both the US & Japanese versions were very well performed, but my favorite factor in the film was its music.
When Hibiki takes Ishtar to the Moon festival and they listen to Wendys Love Song for the first time, with all the fans cheering inside the amphitheatre under the glass dome and the flagship Gloria in orbit, was my favorite moment by far!
I love Lady Ishtars ecstatic expressions of joy and happiness. She then reveals her wish to Hibiki, which was to sing the song of love to her own people and bring them peace.
Later on, another very dramatic and shocking moment was when Ishtar starts singing the song of love at the Alus Nova chamber inside the alien flagship, (Sarride) bringing confusion to the Zendraedi soldiers. The outraged Emperor then orders the executioner death ship to cleanse the polluted flagship by blasting it with its laser beams.
Lord Feff and Lady Ishtar, manage to fly out of the doomed flagship inside a battle Mech, just in the brink of time!
As they watch the large nuclear explosion of the Sarride from afar, Ishtar cries for the loss of lady Elensh, but Lord Feff replies:
The music used for the battle scene is just perfect, as you watch the ships mobilizing for the imminent battle to come!
The two huge fleets engage in a devastating clash, in close proximity to the moons orbit.
At first impression, it would seem that the earths fleet gains the upper hand by wiping out 60% of the Mardook fleet in a single blow after using four Macross cannons, but all of a sudden, a huge wave of enemy ships de-folds and begins hammering the outnumbered earth fleet with a devastating laser storm!
The entire fleet, the Macross Cannons & the Gloria Flagship it self are destroyed!
Whats interesting is that the Earth side fleets, in all the battles that take place in the film; consist almost primarily of old Zendraedi style battle cruisers also seen in the older Macross DYRL film & the Robotech series.
An apocalyptic dialogue that reveals the true feelings of Lord Feff for Lady Ishtar, takes place at the hangar of the Mardook command ship.
Lord Feff releases Ishtar, but before she leaves, he tells her:
I find Wendy Ryders love song (Japanese) (At the Moon festival) better than Minmays Do you Remember Love song from Macross DYRL and superior to the English translated version We Will Win song, from Harmonys Gold Robotech series imo.
Same goes for The Hush of Two Hundred Million Years intro song (Japanese) compared to Macross DYRL & Robotech intros imo.
Overall, Macross II is definitely one of the best Anime films and should be placed in the hall of all time classics!
Lady Ishtar
Macross VF:
Lord Feff and Lady Ishtar at the Hangar:
Lord Emperor Ingues
Lady Ishtar Concept Art.
SDF-1 Fortress
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|2006-05-10, 01:10
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I thought it was a very good side series if you didn't try and throw it in with the original saga. Having grown up with Macross for the past 20 years, I felt it paid homeage in it's own way from a different perspective(that of a reporter/pilot).
|2012-05-08, 17:05
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|2012-05-09, 07:43
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It wasn't done by Kawamori, so it technically wasn't counted as a Macross. Plus, it DID fall apart in the plot category and the mecha wasn't as good. It was made soon after he stated he wouldn't make a sequel. Who knew he would?
|2012-05-13, 14:33
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Agreed, nowhere near as good as the original, most sequels never are. However I'm glad I watched it as it made my understanding of the Macross universe even more complete, even though this story line was dropped.
|2012-05-14, 11:50
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To give Macross II some credit, it did have some pretty nifty space-fight scenes. In fact, one of the best in that decade.
And then there were the Emulators, whose eerie vocals also made them some of the creepiest fighting sequences ever.
- Tak
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|2012-10-24, 01:53
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I have to agree with everyone above about this side story. It gave me a Gundam Zeta familiar feeling to it in a way that UN Spacey is becoming corrupted and complacent with the status quo and the tone is more darker than the easy going pace of SDF. Ishtar and all the Emulators were hot and I was digging their sense of fashion.
Now on a more serious note to my fellow marathoners:
If your marathoning through the franchise and your going in chronological order then this OVA will be last, because it takes place 30 years after Frontier. However, bear in mind that is this a parallel universe don't be surprised if there's no mention of space colonization, because of the alternate retelling of the story in DYRL, humanity stayed in the solar system and space colonization never happened and that Macross II isn't considered canon by Studio Nue. If your going by air date, like me, feel free watch it anytime after SDF or Plus, but before 7. Reason is the changes in animation will throw your eyes for a loop, since Macross II was made in '92 and 7 in '95, but the changes are very apparent even though its only 3 years. Other than that happy marathoning!
Also, some people stay that your better off skipping this OVA, but if your a franchise marathoner then it's our duty to watch EVERYTHING in the franchise, even the bad apples too.
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|2012-10-24, 02:46
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That being said, the Federation in Z & ZZ wanted control over things they simply cannot control. The colonies adheres to the Federation, but only in name. Unfortunately, the latter cannot accept that as fact, and continue with their overreaching policies. No wonder the Fed-Zeon conflict would last until UC 100s while paving the way to other resistance movements in the future. If we go by Gaia-Gear, the Fed-Zeon movement did not end until UC 200s (and guess who go the last laugh?).
No wonder in the official timeline, after the events depicted in VFX-2, the NUNS just let it go. All present and future colonies were declared independent and part of a voluntary association.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT men's soccer were defeated by NEWMAC foe Springfield, 3-1, on a chilly Saturday afternoon, marking the first game the men have lost since the Sept. 15 game against Babson. The sole MIT goal of the day was scored by senior Chris Hammond (Wilmington, Del.) with less than four minutes remaining in the game. MIT's record dipped to 8-3-1 and 1-2-1 in conference play, while the Pride are now 5-8-1 and 2-2 in NEWMAC play.
Within three minutes of the start of the game, sophomore keeper Sam Cannon (Scarsdale, N.Y.) had already had to make a save, starting the game off at a very fast pace. Three minutes later, Hammond made his first shot at goal but it was thwarted by goalie Brett Bascom, who would go on to see a lot of action during the game. In the first half, Springfield outshot MIT, 8-5. Cannon saved half of those shots, while Bascom only had to save two.
The second period began with a tied score of 0-0, but that soon changed when Michael Fowler scored Springfield's first goal in the 48th minute. Seven minutes later, Danny Amato scored the second goal of the day when the ball deflected into the far left side of the net. MIT really turned up the aggression, making seven shots in the next 20 minutes, four of which were saved. In the 76th minute, Zach Dutter lobbed the ball past Cannon to score Springfield's third and final goal of the game, leaving it with a sizeable lead over the Engineers. Finally, in the 86th minute, Hammond shot the ball past Bascom's outstretched hands and into the far left side of the net, putting MIT on the board. The late rally was not enough to catch up, however, and the score remained at 3-1 as the clock ran out.
MIT had a good chance at a goal came with just seven minutes left in the second half when freshman Sean Bingham (Garden City, N.Y.) shot the ball from less than five yards away, but it was cleared away before it could reach Bascom. Other pivotal players for this game were Hammond, freshman Austin Freel (San Diego, Calif.) and sophomore Nick Diamantoni (Belle Mead, N.J.), who all made three attempts each at the goal.
MIT returns to action on Wednesday, Oct. 17 when it faces Tufts in a non-conference game at 4:00 p.m., while the Pride will travel to Brandeis later that day.

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1 Don't Do All of Your Reading You will be assigned a lot of reading at college. Probably more reading than seems humanly possible for any one person to complete. Social science and humanities courses will taunt you with seemingly short academic articles that turn out to be riddled with Byzantine sentence structures and devilishly complicated logic. Science courses will siphon your time, and help you develop a lifelong hatred of bar charts, with a steady stream of ultradense technical material. And just to keep things sporting, professors will periodically slip entire books into the syllabus, often giving you only a week or so to finish them. Sound bleak? It doesn't have to be. All you need remember is one simple rule: Don't do all of your reading. To a hardworking student, ignoring assigned reading probably seems blasphemous. But as unusual as this may sound at first, covering every page of reading listed in a course syllabus is rarely necessary. Here is what you should do instead: For reading that covers the topic of an upcoming lecture, it's often sufficient to just skim the main points ahead of time, and then fill in the gaps during class by taking very good notes. Students are sometimes afraid of skimming, but you shouldn't be. You need to master the skill of covering hundreds of pages of text very quickly. The secret is to read chapter introductions and conclusions carefully, and then skim everything else. Make tick marks next to sentences that catch your attention--this is faster than highlighting. Don't get bogged down trying to understand the significance of every paragraph. Instead, note only the passages that seem to obviously support the thesis. You will definitely miss some key points, but your professor won't. So pay attention in class when the work is discussed, and you will pick up the arguments that you overlooked. Come exam time, your lecture notes, plus a review of the sentences you marked, will bring you up to speed on the material. If there is a particular assignment that was not covered in class, but you know that it will be part of an upcoming exam, skim over it more carefully. If you still feel shaky on the topic, go to office hours. Discuss with your professor the conclusions of the reading. Take good notes. This combination of careful skimming and a good record of the professor's thoughts on what's important is a very effective way to prepare material for testing. When multiple books are assigned as background for a paper, find out early exactly what your paper topic will be, and read only the material you need to develop your specific thesis. Skip optional readings. With all due respect to your professors, there are better uses for your limited time. For science courses, you will typically be assigned one or two chapters of dense technical material to review for each class. These assignments almost always cover the exact same topics that the professor will detail in lecture. Skim these chapters quickly so you know what to expect, but put the bulk of your energy into concentrating in class. Sciences courses don't test you on your reading. They test you on the concepts taught in the classroom. Your goal as a science student should be to come away from each lecture understanding what was covered, and feel comfortable about applying it. If you find yourself falling behind the professor's chalkboard heroics, ramp up the amount of preparatory reading you are doing until you are able to comfortably follow along. In general, reading in science courses should consume very little of your time. Put your attention where it matters: class lectures and homework problems. This approach to completing class work is admittedly an acquired skill. At first you should err on the side of caution, doing as much reading as possible. But as you gain a feel for your professors, and the structure of your courses, you can begin to back off on your assigned readinNewport, Cal is the author of 'How To Win At College Simple Rules For Success From Star Students', published 2005 under ISBN 9780767917872 and ISBN 0767917871.[read more]
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OLIVET, Mich. – The Olivet College football team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 34-7 over Rockford (Ill.) University this afternoon at the Cutler Athletic Complex. The 3-0 is the best start to a season since 2004 when the Comets also had a 3-0 record.
Neither team generated much offense in the first quarter, as the Regents had two first downs and 59 yards and Olivet had three first downs and 50 yards. The defensive struggle continued into the second quarter. The Comets finally broke through on their second possession of the quarter.
Freshman Javon Moore (Lansing/Everett) capped an eight-play, 48-drive with a 3-yard run into the end zone. Senior Anthony Edwards (Clarksville/Lakewood) made the PAT kick. Olivet stopped Rockford on its last drive of the half to take a 7-0 lead at the break.
The Comets forced the Regents to punt on their first series of the second half. After an incomplete pass on first down, sophomore Braden Black (Battle Creek/Harper Creek) connected with sophomore Jason Barbosa (Trenton) for an 80-yard touchdown. The PAT kick was good, and Olivet led 14-0 with 7:11 left in the third quarter.
Sophomore Beau Langs (Climax/Climax-Scotts) intercepted passes on back-to-back Rockford possessions. The Comet offense took advantage of the second one, as it needed only six plays to cover 70 yards to score a touchdown. Moore ended the drive with a 5-yard scamper into the end zone.
The Regents lost yards on three straight plays, including on fourth down when the punter was brought down on a high snap. On Olivet's second play from scrimmage, Black threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to sophomore Kyle Bryson (Rives Junction/Leslie). Edwards made the PAT kick to make the score 28-0.
The Comets ended their scoring with 5:41 left in the game when sophomore Chance Nightingale (Colon/Mendon) snuck in from six yards out. Rockford used an eight-play, 68-yard drive to score its only touchdown with 1:42 remaining in the contest.
Olivet pounded out 427 yards of offense. Black threw for 262 yards on 18-of-27 passing. Barbosa caught six passes for 137 yards. Nightingale led the ground game with seven rushes for 74 yards. Freshman Alante Sims (Lansing/Waverly) rushed 11 times for 42 yards.
The Comets' defense was led by sophomore Curtis French (Carleton/Airport) who had eight total tackles, with two for minus 11 yards. Langs finished with seven tackles, two interceptions and two pass break-ups. Sophomore Ryan Sersaw (Clare) recorded six tackles.
The Regents had 274 yards of offense, 78 on the ground and 196 threw the air. Aabed Nekrawesh was 19-of-37 for 132 yards. He also led their ground attack with 59 yards on eight carries. Delroy Russell was the leading receiver with seven catches for 74 yards. Defensively, Reginald Haynes topped the team with 10 tackles, including seven solo stops.
Olivet wraps-up the non-conference portion of its schedule next Saturday when it travels to play North Park (Ill.) University. Game time is set for 2 p.m. EST/1 p.m. CT.


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My favorite character was Katie. First, she is caring. She tried to help when the lunch lady got fired. In addition, she is very smart. Katie was smart to say she didn't want to go on any one's side when her two best friends got into a fight. Also, Katie was fair. Her friend said only third graders could play, but Katie let everyone play. Being caring, smart, and fair is why Katie is my favorite character.
I enjoyed reading this book. To start with, this book is funny. There was a food fight and food went on the principal's head. Also, it was interesting when Katie turned into the lunch lady. Additionally, this book has a lot of details. The author describes what the characters looks like, and their personalities. For example, Nancy Krulik wrote, ''Kevin had been a tomato freak since Kindergarten.'' Finally, I enjoyed reading this book because it is funny, interesting, and has a lot of details.
This book was really funny. Jeremy always brought tomatoes to lunch. I laughed when food went the principal's head during a food fight. It was hilarious when Katie turned into the lunch lady. This book made me laugh as much as a kid looking at another kid making funny faces.
I recommend this book to kids who like funny books. Kids who like Nancy Krulik should read this book too. You should go to the bookstore and pick up now!


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Ekev I: Towards a Feminist Theology within Judaism
Devarim 8:9- "a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills are quarried copper".
The Avodat Yisrael points us to a reading of this verse by the Targum Yonatan, an early Aramaic translation/Midrash (parts of which are quite ancient, others as late as the seventh or eighth century) in which this verse is read as "a land whose sages proclaim decrees as forceful as steel and whose wise men ask questions as solid as copper". He then points us to a verse from Isaiah 49:18 referring to being dressed like a bride in ornaments and jewelry, which is read by the Alshich as also referring to the arguments of the sages. The AY goes on to explain that while arguments per se might be perceived as a negative phenomenon, in the end they will all coexist as part of a more complex structure, serving as the "ornaments of the bride". He argues that the differing positions in Talmudic disputes reflect the limited nature of the individual soul operating within its own perspective; but in the future we will see how all the different positions taken on spiritual matters will all be part of one totality, like a work of art, like ornaments of a bride, which work not as individual objects but as part of an array, of a full image. (This position, of looking at disagreement within spiritual sources as itself constituting an "ornament" arouses within me a temptation to turn again to architectural theory and Adolf Loos, but this week I'm after a more foundational idea, so to speak).
The AY continues with this analogy in order to explain our verse. He explains that the word avanim, stones, described in our verse is also used in the Sefer Yetzirah to refer to the letters of the alephbet, and thus explains that these stones are composed of barzel, literally steel, but here can be read creatively as an acronym, the letters standing for Bilhah Rachel Zilpah Leah, the wives of Jacob. The link is that they too seemed to have arguments, but in the longer view their whole goal, together with Jacob, was to bring about the twelve tribes, that is, the 'foundational moment' which would in the long run create the world of scholars and wise men whose 'ornamental disagreements' are favorably mentioned in the Targum Yonatan. Here then, is a reading inclusive of the Matriarchs in the "soil" (almost literally) of the Jewish project.
Dr. Tamar Ross has pointed out that while many of the Halachic hurdles that prevent full participation by Jewish women in Jewish life can be overcome by proper analysis of the Halachic texts, there is still not yet an adequate theology of the specifically feminine in Judaism to provide meaning to the contemporary observant woman. For many years (even back in Seattle and Juneau, Alaska), I have been attempting to conceptualize just such a theology, without recourse to an essentialist argument, or one that derives from male defined gender roles. The failure of with many approaches derived from essentialist positions is that gender definitions themselves tend to be the product of an exclusionary bias. For example, Genevieve Lloyd in her study of the concept of "reason" so important in Western civilization- "femininity itself has been partly constituted through such processes of exclusion" (Lloyd, The Man of Reason: 'Male' and 'Female' in Western Philosophy). The following quote could easily be applied to the Jewish world as well: "Feminists have argued that these concepts of reason and knowledge, as well as those of man, history, and power, are reflections of gendered practices passing as universal ones" (Alcoff, Feminist Theory and Social Science). In the drive to rectify this situation in the Jewish world, new "myths" and stories are created, and new prayers written, with varying degrees of success. Is it possible that the most radical and progressive approach is found in texts already canonical? Follow this reading:
This past week we celebrated Tu B'av, the fifteenth of Av, that enigmatic holiday of which the Mishna at the end of Taanit tells us:
"there were no better days for Israel than the fifteenth of Av and Yom Kippur; for on these days the women of Jerusalem would go out and dance among the vineyards…"
The Talmud asks "It is understandable what the celebration is on Yom Kippur, as it is the day of atonement, but why the dance on Tu B'av? One answer presented by the Talmud is that Tu B'Av was the day upon which the generation of the Exodus, the Dor Hamidbar, had their sentence commuted. Rashi explains: Throughout all of the forty years of the desert sojourn, on the night of the ninth of Av, (as a result of the sin of the spies, which condemned all those age twenty and over to die in the desert rather than enter the land), a call went out announcing that all the men must go out and dig graves (lest they die that night prior to digging the grave), and spend the night sleeping in them. The next morning there was a call stating "those alive now separate from the dead" and all those who were still alive got up out of their graves and carried on until the next Ninth of Av. Every year this was repeated, until the fortieth year, when in the morning, the call went out, and every single man was still alive. Figuring they had erred in discerning the correct day of the month, the Israelites continued to sleep in the graves every night until the fifteenth, when the moon filled out (menaing that the midpoint of the month had astronomically passed) and it was clear that the men had been pardoned.
So who survives the sojourn in the desert and enters into the land? According to the midrashim, we know of Calev, Yehoshua, now we know of this fortieth year cohort of male survivors- and all the women. The Midrash tells us that none of the women who left Egypt died in the desert, because of their demonstrated love for the land, in other words, the women were not demoralized by the report of the spies as were the men, and hence were ready to keep moving toward the land on the basis of faith. For this reason, explains the Sefat Emet (in the likkutim), the women dance on Tu B'av- because the women were right- had the men listened to the women, this forty year anguish and the death decree for all the men would never have occurred. Furthermore, the Sefat Emet continues, what reason could possibly justify that on Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the year, when in the temple the most awesome sacrificial rite transpired, the women would dress up and go out to dance (imagine this in today's religious climate)? The explanation is the same: Among other things, Yom Kippur also commemorates the day on which the second set of Luchot were given, the second attempt at giving the Ten Commandments. This implies that Yom Kippur is thus the day of forgiveness for the sin of the golden calf.
In their analysis of the golden calf debacle, the midrashim teach us that it was the men who were the enthusiasts; the women refused to participate (the midrashim, for example, read that the men tore the nose rings out of their unwilling wives' noses in order to contribute to the production of the calf). This explains, adds the Sefat Emet, that strange epilogue to the Talmudic portrayal of the Tu B'av dance, where the fourth group of women, those without money, family, or beauty, say to prospective grooms "marry us for the sake of doing a mitzvah" but then add- "as long as you crown us with gold", meaning that the men must recall that the women did not sin with gold, in the sin involving gold, the golden calf.
In summary, the Sefat Emet explains that the women dance on Tu B'Av and Yom Kippur because on those two days the women were right while the men had been terribly wrong. In order to recognize just how dramatic all this is, we must keep in mind the changes that were brought about as a result of these errors. For example, the Sefat Emet points out (ekev, trn'a) that were it not for the sin of the calf, the Israelites would have reached tikkun, entered the land with Moshe, and never been driven from the land. The Talmud in Nedarim tells us that had Moshe entered the land, there would have been no need for the Oral law, only the Torah and the Book of Joshua. In Tikkunei Zohar 21 we are told that the sins of the Dor Hamidbar cause the Torah to become difficult, to be understood "tipin tipin", drop by drop. R. Zadok in several places (see the other shiur on Ekev) argues that were it not for the sin of the golden calf, the entire book of Vayikra, as well as all of the Oral Law would not have been given, being superfluous! So we see that so much of what difficult and argumentative in the Jewish tradition is a direct result of the errors of Man at the formative time of the Exodus, and that had the women prevailed, we would be heirs to a very different history and tradition.
I will suggest that there is a message relayed by the term used for the women's dance, "cholot", from the word "machol", which means specifically refers to dancing in a circle. This is the term used to describe the the dance the righteous will perform around Gd, as it were, at the End of Time (cf. Michael Fishbane's article regarding dance in the Breslov tradition). The reading of this in Likutei Moharan is that the circle imagery is specifically used to point to a mathematical equality among all the participants, as the radius of a circle from any point at the circumference is the same. Everyone in the circle is equidistant to Gd. This Torah of the Messianic time is what the women allude to in their dance, the dance of those not tinged by the sins of the golden calf and the spies, the dance of Gd's original intention for the world now postponed but ever ready for realization.
This then, suggests a theology of unity and equality in relationship to Gd, one in which perhaps the current gender regulations would become irrelevant, one in which the difficulties inherent in the normative practice would become sublated to a more direct relationship with Gd. It is interesting that so much of the Sabbath literature uses wedding imagery; perhaps we have some taste of this once and future Torah, this "feminine Torah" every Shabbat…
Perashat Ekev II: Salvation Underfoot
Devarim 7:12 "V"haya ekev tishma"un- And it shall come to pass, if you keep my statutes to observe them, then Gd will uphold the covenant as promised to your forefathers"
There is an odd word inserted in this verse, which catches the idea of all commentators. Instead of merely stating, "And if you observe", the strange word "ekev" is inserted. It is usually translated as per the Aramaic translation, also followed by Ramban, as "because of", "as a result of", derived from the concept of ekev as the end of something, here the "end result", as in means to an end, as explained in Saadia and Ibn Ezra. However, there is a remarkable reading in Rashi, which uses a different derivation for the word ekev:
"if you observe the minor commandments which tend to be 'trod upon as with the heel (ekev)", (that is, ignored) then Gd will keep his promises".
This combination of etymologies, that of "heel" and that of "end", was stretched to various extremes in the Hassidic commentators. The "end", for example, was taken to mean the eschatological end of days, the time when suffering and "history" ends, the time of the arrival of the Messiah, which in Aramaic is referred to as "ikvita (containing the root "ekev") d"moshicha". The Or Hameir, for example, provides a lengthy discourse about how it appears that we have several senses, sight, smell, etc, but underlying them all (the same conclusion Husserl arrives at) is a sense which unifies all the individual sense datum, and, well, makes sense of them. Thus, there are times when, at very high spiritual moments, such as Sinai, the people could "see the sounds". This unity of sensorium will transpire at the end of time, and thus we will, when in total communion with the divine, experience the spiritual efflux of our actions as we do sensations.
The Or Penei Moshe adds that this is the reason why the specific content identified as what we shall hear are the "mishpatim". Mishpatim are "legal statutes", that is, the type of laws which make legal and social sense, the "rational" commandments (as opposed to "chukim" which are devotional or disciplinary laws, laws we don't intuitively understand). However, what we consider rational in our current level of understanding is very limited; at the "end of days", when we transcend the current limited level of spiritual understanding, we will have the experience in which ideas we thought we understood, we will "hear" in a radically different, expanded way.
On the other hand, the etymology of "ekev" as pertaining to "heel" also leads to interesting readings. The Chozeh of Lublin, following the lead of the Noam Elimelech, understands the term "heel" as suggesting a practice of extreme humility, of self abnegation: If you make yourself like one who is trodden upon while observing the commandments, then you will "hear", that is, understand the reason for the commandments. The Sefat Emet reads the heel metaphor as suggesting yet another practice: one in which one must follow through all action until its is properly completion. The Or Hameir, as we saw before, reads ekev as referring to the end of days, but offers another reading which borrows the "heel" etymology to suggest that our loftiest spiritual attainment in our current existence is but the "heel", the lowest level of the actual spiritual energy as it will be actualized at the End of Days, when our consciousnesses will be sublated into much greater spiritual presence.
A reading which builds upon the above readings, using both the "end" and the "heel" etymology for ekev, which seems to resonate with the contemporary situation of much of humanity is that of the Esh Kodesh. The Esh Kodesh, writing in the Warsaw Ghetto, reads Rashi closely: How could Rashi suggest that anyone "stomps" upon a mitzvah, regardless how insignificant it appear to be in comparison with other commandments, and furthermore, why with their heel, a rather strong term of derision? Rather, his poignant reading of the verse and Rashi's comment is as follows: When it comes to pass that the people who keep the mitzvoth are smashed and downtrodden as with a jackboot, despair, hold on to what can be salvaged, and perhaps as a result of your outcry, Gd will remember the covenant, and have mercy on the world. Thus, the verse reads: in the end, you will tishma'un, you will understand the meaning of all the mishpatim, mishpatim being translated here not as commandments but as trials and suffering- a meaning will be derived for all the travails you have been through- even if the meaning of all this suffering is inexplicable at the present.
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There's something to be said about curling up with a good book. I often prefer to "read" with my iPod and LISTEN to a good book since I can work and "read" at the same time, but the two books I've checked out from the library aren't available on audio. (rats!) However, it's been pretty fun curling up at night in my bed with a book! (Imagine that!!! ...reading!...I totally feel all smart now!!!...)
So I need some more good suggestions -- do any of you have a favorite book that made you go, "WOW - that was really good, I'm sad it's over?"
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27 comments:
- Simply This and That said...
Goose Girl by Shannon Hale. Probably in my top 5 fav's!
- September 18, 2008 at 1:41 PM
- Rambling Girl said...
I am not a reader of adult books...More into childrens books but I am sure you know about those already...
- September 18, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- Trisha said...
There is a great author out there called Jodi Picoult. Her books really make you think. Sometimes they can be a bit strong. Both in language and in content. For example she writes about a Columbine style shooting in the book 19 Minutes. In My sister's Keeper she makes you question if it is ok to have another child in order to save a sibling from luekemia. Hard hitting, really thought provoking, I really enjoyed them because they me think.
- September 18, 2008 at 2:21 PM
- Kerri said...
Goose Girl is good. So are The Blue Castle and The Quilter's Apprentice.
- September 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM
- Britt said...
Here are some I love:
Pope Joan
The Book Thief
My Name is Asher Lev
The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
All of those are very clean.
The Birth House
The Glass Castle
Water for Elephants
Not as clean but good.
I think every LDS woman should read the Ladies Auxiliary - it's about a community of Orthodox Jews, and it has a great meaning that I think LDS women can really relate to.
- September 18, 2008 at 2:37 PM
- Tif said...
You know that I have to comment on this one!!!! Here's a few suggestions from the book nerd . . . Jodi Piccoult is a VERY good author and I've loved the ones that I've read by her . . . very thought provoking indeed. I also just read a couple of good ones that I would recommend . . . The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards (I think!) . . . sad, but oh so good! Also, The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser . . . an older book that is a fun read and gets you to thinking about how times have changed over the years . . . the first half is definitely better than the second half though. Oh, and if you like Harry Potter, you may also enjoy the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini. Don't base these books off the movie . . . worst adaptation to film that I've ever seen! If you ever want more recommendations, just let me know. I don't want to end up writing a novel here!! Or, you know you can always visit my book blog too!! :)
- September 18, 2008 at 3:02 PM
- The Dinner Belle said...
"These is my Words" was my latest fav. And it is very clean - I'm a prude these days. Terrible title but great book. It is set in the 1800's in Arizona so it will bring you back home!
- September 18, 2008 at 3:39 PM
- Sarah said...
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortneson. An inspiring true story.
- September 18, 2008 at 4:12 PM
- Chanda said...
How has someone not mentioned the Twilight series?! I couldn't put them down.
Also, LOVED these:
Friday Night Knitting Club
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Goose Girl
These is My Words
The Other Boleyn Girl
Hidden Diary of Marie Antionette
- September 18, 2008 at 4:28 PM
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- September 18, 2008 at 5:12 PM
- Abby said...
oopsie - wrong username! Thanks everyone for the great book ideas!
- September 18, 2008 at 5:14 PM
- Bryan and Nea said...
I have not read in years, due to children and lack of time...but, like it was just mentioned...I could not put "Twilight" down, and the rest of the series as well.
- September 18, 2008 at 5:32 PM
- Paige said...
I like Trisha and tif love Jodi Picoult. They are definate let the house go and the children eat cookies for dinner kind of books.
- September 18, 2008 at 7:59 PM
- little red hen said...
Perfume by Patrick Suskind was kind of hypnotic and unputdownable although somewhat disturbing, beautifully written. Also anything by Milan Kundera.
A pretty amazing true story is "A sense of the World" about a blind man who travels the world in the 1800's.
- September 19, 2008 at 4:36 AM
- Amanda said...
If you are a dog lover, Marley and Me is a good one. I was sad it was over.
I'm sure you have read the twilight series. I am in the midst of book 3 and loving it!
- September 19, 2008 at 8:53 AM
- Never A True Aggie said...
I would suggest:
These Is My Words
The Secret Life of Bees (This one will be a movie sometime this fall/winter, so it might be fun to read before the movie comes out. Plus, it is pretty short.
We are reading Angle of Repose for our book club this coming month. I have not idea about it, but I have heard it is good.
I ALWAYS love Cold Comfort Farm. So funny.
I Capture the Castle is also good. Romantic and fun to read.
There you go...good luck!
- September 19, 2008 at 1:33 PM
- Never A True Aggie said...
Oh, there is also a fellow LDS Blogger who has a romance novel coming out this fall. You can see it on her blog at:
It is called, Ms. Delecourt Speaks Her Mind. It is supposed to be a bit Jane Austen-esk. Anyway, it looks fun, interesting and a good way to support a fellow LDS writer.
- September 19, 2008 at 1:36 PM
- Krista said...
"These is my words" is fantastic. My heart is in love with this book and I wanted to change my name to sarah too. happy reading.
- September 20, 2008 at 11:39 AM
- Abby said...
AWESOME! I've already reserved most of these book ideas from the library. I guess the one I'm most excited about is "These Is My Words." I actually reserved it before I made this post - and now that so many of you liked this book, I'm so giddy that I'm convulsing!
- September 20, 2008 at 12:27 PM
- kaatee said...
my favorite books are:
Jane Eyre and The Secret Garden
- September 20, 2008 at 6:40 PM
- B and KB said...
My most absolutely favorite book {i was just thinking about picking it up and reading again...!} is Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers... one of the best love stories EVER!!!
- September 22, 2008 at 6:33 AM
- Natasha said...
The Time Travelers Wife, The Red Tent, and the Twilight Series are 3 good ones
- September 24, 2008 at 6:05 AM
- Design Gal said...
The Secret Life of Bees, Marley and Me, A Northern Light, and The Glass Castle are just a few of my very favorites!!!
- September 24, 2008 at 9:41 AM
- Dreierpartyof six said...
Hi Abby! I am a huge reader too! Some of my favs. I have posted on my blog. I love Five People you meet in Heaven. I just read "Sundays at Tiffany's" by Jame Patterson. I am starting to read "These is my words".I got out the sequel to it, but everyone says I need to read the first. Alot of people have recommended them. I also love any of the Janet Evanowich Number series books. A little fluffy, but funny! Another book I love is Thirteen Moons by Charles Fraizer the same author who wrote Cold Mountain. I try to read a classic each time I go to the library.
- September 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Angie Maynes said...
I wandered onto this site while blog-hopping and had to share a couple of my favorite books. (Although, a lot of them are on here already.) If you read Goose Girl, then you have to keep going and read Enna Burning. It's my favorite of the 3 that are out in that series. I also loved:
Princess Academy
The Uglies series
Sunday at Tiffany's (although it does drop a bad word a few times)
- September 30, 2008 at 1:00 PM
- Alison said...
I must add Enna Burning wich is a follow-up story to The Goose Girl, Jane Eyre by Bronte, Pride and Predjudice (Hello!), Persuasion also by Jane Austin, and I recently read The Other Boelyn Girl. It has a bit of graphic wording in a coule of spots. It gives a glimpse into what court was like when Henry the 8th was king.
- October 5, 2008 at 10:55 PM
- aprilmay said...
These Is My Words
East Of Eden
Jane Eyre
Book of A Thousand Days
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The School is a founding member of the iSchool Caucus, and our faculty members maintain active leadership roles in numerous professional organizations around the country.


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1990 Prostar trailer axle question
First time Mastercraft for me. I just bought a 1990 Prostar. Hull is in great shape, interior is usable, has the 351W with powerslot trans and 476 hrs on it. Got it for $6000. The bad is they replaced the axle and when installing they turned it upside down. The trailer looks like it has an 8" lift kit on it. The axle is too narrow as well. I'm going to buy another axle and replace it myself. Has anyone tried a 2" drop axle instead of the factory 4"? I hear a lot about the prop guard dragging. Could any of you 190 owners measure your axle width from hub face to hub face . Since mine is too narrow, I don't have anything to go on. I can get one made with any width and 2 or 4 inch drop. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Rich
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It was nearly four centuries ago, in 1625 to be exact, that a Portuguese vessel, the Wanli, sailed from China heading for the Straits of Molucca, off the western coast of what is now Malaysia. The Wanli was carrying a cargo of Ming china, but it never reached its intended destination. It was attacked by a Dutch vessel and sank without a trace, and all its priceless cargo with it.
There, at the bottom of the South China Sea, it remained until in 2003 the wreckage was discovered and brought back to the light of day. The china, of course, had been reduced to thousands of shards and was apparently beyond redemption. An enterprising jeweller, however, came up with the idea of making these shards into beautiful pieces of jewelry: pendants, earrings, brooches and so on. New life from the wreckage. A symbol, surely, of the journey through Lent and Passion Week to Easter.
My own encounter with this story happened unexpectedly—as the best encounters always do—when I was taken by friends to visit a tiny workshop in Kuala Lumpur. There I was to meet a Dutch gentleman and his Portuguese wife (only God could have got that particular synchronicity so right) who were marketing these artifacts. As I drank tea with them, I found myself thinking of how life moves in strange directions to speak its truth, and how long-forgotten sea battles between two warring nations led to this creative venture, master-minded by nationals of those same two nations.
I came away with a pendant that I shall always cherish. It is made from a shard of Ming china recovered from the wreckage of the Wanli. It had lain at the bottom of the South China Sea for almost 400 years, and it speaks to me loud and clear of how God can bring forth something profoundly, stunningly new from our life's most destructive experiences.
But the connections do not end there. The jeweller had carefully selected the shards so that each piece of jewelry featured a particular motif that reflected its shattered origin. The motif I chose was a lotus flower.
The lotus flower has its own story to tell. The lotus grows from roots embedded deep in the mud of a pond. Slowly and tentatively the first tiny flowers push through and the plant grows steadily up toward the surface of the water, always striving for the light. And there it blossoms. The Chinese recognize this as a parable of how something pure and clean and beautiful can issue forth from the darkness and the mire. They see it as a symbol of how we too can work through our darkest, most painful circumstances to be reborn to something new. Once it breaks the surface, the lotus flower is transformed. It has risen through the mud to reveal its true identity in the glory of the light.
Could such a promise be true for us too? As I roamed around the street markets of Malaysia I discovered another feature of the lotus flower. Buds, full blossoms and seed pods are all simultaneously present on the same plant. For this reason the lotus is also seen as a symbol of an eternal reality in which past, present and future are all held together in harmony and integrity.
As we journey through the darkness of the last days of Lent and the agony of Holy Week toward the hope and light and joy of Easter, my lotus pendant might prove to be a valuable fellow traveller. It has known what it is to be broken by conflict, to be sunk in helplessness at the bottom of an unfathomable ocean and to be left there unregarded and unvalued. But it also knows what it means to be brought back, not to how it once was, but to what, in the artist's hands, it has the potential to become. It depicts a flower that is rooted in the mud and blossoms in the light. That is not just the way of the lotus; it is the calling of humanity.
When I want to meditate on the mysteries of the passion, death and resurrection, I will take out my pendant and listen again, in silence, to its remarkable story; and I will hear the echoes of a much more remarkable story resonating deep within it: the story of the human journey from the mud to the stars and the story of the One who lovingly gathers us up from the shipwrecks of our lives to the workshop of his grace, where God is making all things new, in the hearts of those who continue, year by year, to strive toward the light of Christ.


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Long before Canada was formed, the Stó:lō (people of the river) occupied the land on which UFV is located. They lived in the Fraser Valley and lower Fraser Canyon of British Columbia and they spoke Halq'eméylem, also known as the upriver dialect.
UFV recognizes and honours the contribution that Aboriginal people have made − and continue to make − to our community. The university supports Indigenous learners and seeks to incorporate indigenous ways of knowing in the curriculum.
Learn more about Stó:lō territory by watching the video:Beautiful Land of the River
Nearly five percent of UFV's student body self-identify as Aboriginal people. UFV's Indigenous Student Centre department provides culturally appropriate delivery of services for current and prospective students, including an Elders-in-Residence program. The Senior Advisor on Indigenous Affairs provides leadership for the development of indigenous programs, the recruitment and retention of Aboriginal faculty and staff, and the development of strong links with Aboriginal communities.


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EMI Claims Controversial Satriani/Coldplay Mashup Video Violates Coldplay Copyright
from the ironically-stupid dept
Either way, it appears the story has now taken a turn towards the totally ridiculous, as EMI, who holds the copyright on Coldplay songs has gone around claiming copyright on the Satriani/Coldplay mashup videos that were out there. It is true that whoever put those videos together, did a really good job adjusting the two songs to make them work together. Because of that, many people hear the mashup and immediately assume that it's so close that Coldplay absolutely must have copied Satriani. But, there's little actual evidence to support that -- and, given that both songs were actually adjusted to make the video, it's quite misleading. Still, for EMI to then go and demand those videos be taken down (while leaving up plenty of other videos of just Coldplay's music) is just dumb. First of all, the mashup video is almost certainly fair use. It's used for criticism and/or reporting, and not for profit (well, unless you're Joe Satriani).
But, more importantly, in pulling down the video it makes it look like EMI and Coldplay have something to hide, while calling even more attention to the whole thing. It takes a special kind of short-sightedness to claim that a video supposedly demonstrating your own copyright violations violates your copyright. When the whole story first broke, Coldplay quickly denied any connection, saying that, if there were any similarities it was a coincidence. The band should have left it at that... or, if EMI were really smart (stop laughing), it should have produced a professional mashup of some of those other songs as well, demonstrating how common that particular melody is in music, and how one can distort a few songs to make them sound the same. Instead, it chose the worst option of all: acting guilty and abusing copyright law to try to hide stuff.


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The enjoyable side of school
Well I didn't attend public school in high school. But in college I loved my culinary classes
This class actually had me interested since the teacher mostly showed movies almost everyday about historical events. We also discussed Hotel Rowanda, how far can the government go into our personal lives, and jury duty (had to watch 12 Angry Men). This is one of the few classes where I actually feel like I learned something, and was interested. Not to mention that the teacher was really mellow, and didn't talk much.
Oh yeah I forgot to mention that he also let's people sleep in his class, which was my favorite part lol (He wouldn't let them but he just wouldn't wake them up).
I'm tired... oh wait... I'm always tired. Maybe I'm just lazy :(
I enjoy teaching myself stuff I care about. For example, I am taking seven classes at the moment, but during that time I am teaching myself C# Programming Language and LUA is next on my list. For you new programmers out there I have a few tips for you.
1. Teach yourself C, C++, C#, Java, and LUA definitely. If you happen to be in 9th grade now, you're in good shape.
2. Learn C, C++ in 9th grade, C#, Java in 10th grade, LUA in 11th grade, 12th grade improve your knowledge.
3. If you plan on going to college for a degree, go to a traditional four year University for Bachelor of Science (Computer Science Major).
4. If you do this in college you will only need to focus on improving yourself even more and making various projects.
This is something I wish I knew back in high school.
I always enjoyed history and shop class. Welding ruled for the two years I had it. Nowadays I'm in an EMT-B course and having a blast.
Liar by nature
like english an JROTC. that's probably the most fun classes i have lol
Awesome !!!
alternative fuels class for military trucks and fleet truck was pretty relax in high school it was Economics we would joke around alot
i used to sleep on the benches under the trees after p.e.
fun times
chemistry, maths, and chemistry lab
i dont really get high grades all the time, but chemisty is awesome.
It's been a while since i last went online :\
Either English or Math. I only say math because we barely do anything in that class, and it gives me time to work on the story I am writing... English is just nice because it is English, though I don't like the book we are currently reading, so it's pretty boring right now...
History and science classes back in high school were fun for me
What even
Physics was probably my favorite subject back in High school along with Spanish class since my teacher made it so easy and understandable (plus free food for me from those who made any for a class project).
Only him ❤
Most fun had was in HS math class, I drew comics with my best friend in math class, and since we were smart, didn't get hassled for it.
Most fun learning a subject was chemistry, Dem molecules, Dem electrons. It was fun getting a tiny peek at the microverse.
definitely riding home on the shuttle bus with one of my best friends, hes the cooliest man ive yet to know
〜(^∇^〜) (〜^∇^)〜 ┏(^0^)┛ ┌(・。・)┘♪ ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ (。♥.⌒。)ノ愛
Not math? >.>
I really enjoy my programming, Japanese, and animation classes though. I wish I was required to take English and History too, but I am not... After this quarter I'll be all done with math and science though, so at least everything should be fun and doable! : D
Not really the social type though... Have a couple of good friends, and they're not in my major, so I hang out with them outside of class and on weekends mostly.
English my junior year of high school was awesome we did nothing but talk and watch movies. Our teacher really liked my friend Macedonio or Big Mac as we call him, as long as he was there we did not do any work.
I will look for you, I will find you, and I will raid your fridge.


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Lakewood tops Berrien Springs in three, heading to Class B semis
The Lakewood volleyball team needed extra points in two of three games Thursday night as they defeated Berrien Springs in the Class B quarterfinals 26-24, 25-13, 29-27.
"We played pretty well," Viking coach Kellie Rowland said. "When we passed the ball we dominated.
"(Berrien Springs) was a good hitting and serving team, but we adjusted. They also had a big left-handed hitter, but we did some things that forced her to have to do some things she was not comfortable with."
Emily Kutch led the offense with 14 kills and five aces, while Brooke Wieland dished out 21 assists and scored on five aces.
Beth Tingley finished with 10 digs, while Taylor Shook blocked three shots.
Lakewood (50-4) will take on Dearborn Divine Child on Thursday at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek with a spot in the Class B state final on the line. The Match is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.


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Cavs continue lottery luck, get No. 1 pick again
May 21, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers have continued their remarkable lottery luck, winning the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft for the second straight year.
It's the third time in four years the Cavaliers will be atop the draft after moving up from the ninth spot. They had just a 1.7 percent chance of winning the top spot Tuesday night.
They drafted Kyrie Irving first in 2011 and will hope to do better with this win than last year, when they took Anthony Bennett, who had a forgettable rookie season.
The Milwaukee Bucks fell one spot to second and the Philadelphia 76ers will draft third.


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Major Section: EVENTS
Examples: (include-book "my-arith") (include-book "/home/smith/my-arith") (include-book "/../../my-arith")where
General Form: (include-book file :load-compiled-file action ; [default :warn] :uncertified-okp t/nil ; [default t] :defaxioms-okp t/nil ; [default t] :skip-proofs-okp t/nil ; [default t] :ttags ttags ; [default nil] :dir directory :doc doc-string)
file is a book name. See books for general information,
see book-name for information about book names, and see pathname for
information about file names.
Action is one of
(the default),
:comp, or
:comp!; these values are explained
below. The three
-okp keyword arguments, which default to
determine whether errors or warnings are generated under certain conditions
explained below; when the argument is
t, warnings are generated. The
dir argument, if supplied, is a keyword that represents an absolute
pathname for a directory (see pathname), to be used instead of the current
book directory (see cbd) for resolving the given
file argument to an
absolute pathname. In particular,
:dir :system resolves
file using
the distributed
books/ directory of your ACL2 installation, unless your
ACL2 executable was built somewhere other than where it currently resides;
please see the ``Distributed Books Directory'' below. To define other
keywords that can be used for
dir, see add-include-book-dir.
Doc-string is an optional documentation string; see doc-string. If
the book has no
certificate, if its
certificate is invalid or if
the certificate was produced by a different version of ACL2, a warning
is printed and the book is included anyway; see certificate. This can lead
to serious errors; see uncertified-books. If the portcullis of the
certificate (see portcullis) cannot be raised in the host logical
world, an error is caused and no change occurs to the logic. Otherwise,
the non-
local events in file are assumed. Then the keep of
the certificate is checked to ensure that the correct files were read;
see keep. A warning is printed if uncertified books were included.
Even if no warning is printed,
include-book places a burden on you;
see certificate.
If there is a compiled file for the book that was created more recently than
the book itself and the value
action of the
argument is not
nil, or is omitted, then the compiled file is
automatically loaded; otherwise it is not loaded. If
action is
then the compiled file must be loaded or an error will occur; if
:warn (the default) then a warning will be printed; if
action is
:try then no warning will be printed; and if
action is
:comp then
the file will be immediately compiled (if the compiled file does not already
exist) and loaded. The
:comp! is handled just like
with two exceptions: compilation always takes place because the old compiled
file is first deleted, and executable counterparts are also compiled (in
analogy to value
:all for the
compile-flg argument of
certify-book; see certify-book).
Certify-book can also be used to
compile a book; thus,
:comp and
:comp! do the same sort of
compilation as
certify-book when the latter is given a
t or
:all, respectively. An effect of compilation is to
speed up the execution of the functions defined within the book when those
functions are applied to specific values. Compilation can also remove tail
recursion, thus avoiding stack overflows. The presence of compiled code for
the functions in the book should not otherwise affect the performance of
ACL2. See guard for a discussion. NOTE: the
argument is not recursive; that is, calls of
include-book that are inside
the book supplied to
include-book will use their own
:load-compiled-file arguments (default
:warn), not the
:load-compiled-file argument for the enclosing book.
The three
-okp arguments,
skip-proofs-okp, determine the system's behavior when
the book or any subbook is found to be uncertified, when the book
or any subbook is found to contain
defaxiom events, and when
the book or any subbook is found to contain
skip-proofs events,
respectively. All three default to
t, which means it is ``ok''
for the condition to arise. In this case, a warning is printed but
the processing to load the book is allowed to proceed. When one of
these arguments is
nil and the corresponding condition arises,
an error is signaled and processing is aborted. Exception:
:uncertified-okp is ignored if the
include-book is being
performed on behalf of a
The keyword argument
:ttags may normally be omitted. A few constructs,
used for example if you are building your own system based on ACL2, may
require it. See defttag for an explanation of this argument.
Include-book is similar in spirit to
encapsulate in that it is
a single event that ``contains'' other events, in this case the
events listed in the file named.
Include-book processes the
local event forms in the file, assuming that each is
Local events in the file are ignored. You may
include-book to load several books, creating the logical
world that contains the definitions and theorems of all of
If any non-
local event of the book attempts to define a name
that has already been defined -- and the book's definition is not
syntactically identical to the existing definition -- the attempt to
include the book fails, an error message is printed, and no change
to the logical world occurs. See redundant-events for the
When a book is included, the default defun-mode
(see default-defun-mode) for the first event is always
logic. That is, the default defun-mode ``outside'' the book --
in the environment in which
include-book was called -- is
irrelevant to the book. Events that change the defun-mode are
permitted within a book (provided they are not in
local forms).
However, such changes within a book are not exported, i.e., at the
conclusion of an
include-book, the ``outside'' default defun-mode
is always the same as it was before the
Unlike every other event in ACL2,
include-book puts a burden on
you. Used improperly,
include-book can be unsound in the sense
that it can create an inconsistent extension of a consistent logical
world. A certification mechanism is available to help you
carry this burden -- but it must be understood up front that even
certification is no guarantee against inconsistency here. The
fundamental problem is one of file system security.
See certificate for a discussion of the security issues.
After execution of an
include-book form, the value of
acl2-defaults-table is restored to what it was immediately before
include-book form was executed.
See acl2-defaults-table.
Distributed Books Directory. We refer to the ``books directory'' of an
executable image as the full pathname string of the books directory
associated with
:dir :system for that image. This is where the
distributed books directory should reside. By default, it is the
subdirectory of the directory where the sources reside and the executable
image is thus built. If those books reside elsewhere, the environment
variable ACL2_SYSTEM_BOOKS can be set to the
books/ directory under which
they reside (a Unix-style pathname, typically ending in
books/ or
books, is permissible). In most cases, your ACL2 executable is a small
script in which you can set this environment variable just above the line on
which the actual ACL2 image is invoked.
This concludes the guided tour through books.
See set-compile-fns for a subtle point about the interaction
include-book and on-the-fly compilation.
See certify-book for a discussion of how to certify a book.
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Tuesday September 20, 2011
A commemorative service for The Royal British Legion's 90 year anniversary was held in London on Tuesday, where a brand new royal painting was unveiled.
Artist Darren Baker from Gloucestershire painted the 'photo-like' oil painting of the Queen with incredible attention to detail.
A sharp eye would note the time on the Queen's watch to be set to 11.00, relating to Remembrance Day.
Darren said of his painting, "I felt a great sense of responsibility in completing this commission and following in a great line of royal portrait painters.
"My aim from the outset was to create a portrait that would capture the grace of our wonderful monarch whilst incorporating the essence of the Legion."
The Queen has been patron of The Royal British Legion since 1953.
Photo: � Getty Images


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Principal Investigator(s):
West Nile virus (WNV) is one of several emerging bird diseases that affect human populations. World-wide, WNV has caused thousands of fatalities and billions of dollars are spent in monitoring, prevention, and treatment programs. As relatively few bird species are effective hosts for the virus to replicate and build to dangerous levels, ecologists predict that when these types of species are few and far between humans should be at lower risk. One way of ensuring that these effective bird host species are at relatively low numbers is to increase the numbers of all other species. Therefore, we predict that humans should be at lower risk of contracting WNV when there are more bird species within an area. In other words, increased bird diversity (more species) should help buffer humans against WNV. I will test this prediction by comparing the rates of human disease with large surveys of bird species, throughout the Eastern US-where West Nile has been for several years. I hypothesize that management and conservation of bird diversity can be an effective public health strategy and could protect us against other bird-derived diseases, such as avian flu.


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In my post entitled Synchronized Kata, I mentioned that such kata in tournaments are "not my cup of tea."
I added that: "I dislike posing. I dislike "selling" movements. I dislike theatrics. I dislike screaming type kiai. I dislike it when people shake their hands to show power. I don't even like it when students announce the kata they will perform. It all seems too much to me."
I did not mean to suggest that people performing synchronized kata are posing, "selling movements, being theatrical, etc. I apologize if I gave that impression.
People performing synchronized kata might be doing such things or they might not. The same is true of solo kata. It all depends on the person/group.
My main point was that I did not particularly like synchronized kata as a category in tournaments. It is just not "my cup of tea." We all have our likes and dislikes. My own opinions are just that. I am just one voice among many.
I do like to watch people perform kata. I like kata when it is demonstrated, not performed. What I mean by this is I enjoy watching kata done in the way it is intended to be done, not necessarily the way that it is "best" or necessary to do in a tournament. I hope that you get what I mean. There are some kata that are done one way in the dojo and another for tournaments. I like to see the dojo version, which is usually the old way.
When I see a big gathering of senior instructors, I want to see each and every one of them demonstrate their kata. I don't mean that I want them to compete with each other. I simply want to see how they move and compose themselves. The older they are, the better. It is not about competition, it is about refinement.
Again, this is just my own view.
Charles C. Goodin
Follow-Up On Synchronized Kata
In my post entitled Synchronized Kata, I mentioned that such kata in tournaments are "not my cup of tea."
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Saturday, January 05, 2008


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Class of 2011 Commencement Weekend Information
May 13-15 2011
Preparing for Commencement
Tuesday, April 12
11:10 a.m. — Briefing in the Wabash College Chapel
REQUIRED—Seniors Must Attend
All graduating seniors are required to attend a briefing about Commencement and senior checkout.
Wednesday, April 20 through Friday, May 6
Check-Out Card Pick Up — Pick up your check-out card from Terri Fyffe in the Business Office in Center Hall. Each senior must return his completed forms and checkout card to the Deans' Office no later than Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Click here to read the policy regarding fulfillment of Senior Requirements. Candidates for the degree who fail to complete all of these requirements in a timely fashion will not be allowed to participate in Commencement, nor will their transcripts be released.
Commencement Weekend Schedule of Events
Friday, May 13
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. — Senior Art Exhibition in the Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center. Graduating senior art majors will display their work, including painters Tian Tian, Aaron Cantu, and Ian Starnes, and sculptors Callum Davies, Will Skertic, and Kyle Edwards.
12 noon — Faculty-Staff Luncheon in the Allen Athletics and Recreation Center. Enjoy good conversation with faculty and staff, and join the Board of Directors of the National Association of Wabash Men as it honors service to the College. Cost for the buffet meal is $5.00.
Saturday, May 14
8:00 a.m. — Deans' Senior Breakfast in Knowling Fieldhouse, Allen Center
REQUIRED—Seniors Must Attend
Graduating seniors and members of the faculty are invited to breakfast with Deans Gary Phillips and Mike Raters '85. The starting time will be strictly observed, and dress for the breakfast is collared shirt and slacks.
9 a.m. — Commencement Rehearsal in the Pioneer Chapel
REQUIRED—Seniors Must Attend
Seniors will move directly from the Deans' Breakfast to the rehearsal. The starting time will be strictly observed.
Saturday events for families of seniors, alumni, and other visitors
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. — Senior Art Exhibition in the Eric Dean Gallery, Fine Arts Center. Graduating senior art majors will display their work, including painters Tian Tian, Aaron Cantu, and Ian Starnes, and sculptors Callum Davies, Will Skertic, and Kyle Edwards.
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. — Bookstore Open
2:30 p.m. — Phi Beta Kappa Initiation in Lovell Lecture Room, Baxter Hall
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. — President's Reception at The Elston Homestead, 400 East Pike Street. Join President and Mrs. White for a celebration in honor of the Class of 2011 and their families.
Sunday, May 15
Seniors and Faculty must arrive at 10:30 am for Baccalaureate and 2:00 pm for Commencement. It takes 30 minutes to line up seniors by name. Be on time and quickly find your place. Seniors march in alphabetical order—led by the two Commencement speakers and followed by the men who are receiving academic honors (also in alphabetical order). At the head of the procession is the Marshal, Professor Tobey Herzog, who will direct the seating.
8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. — Cap and Gown Pick Up in the Chapel Basement. Seniors obtain their caps and gowns (provided free by the college). Return caps, gowns, and hoods (received during Commencement) to the same place immediately following Commencement. If you wish to purchase a hood, place an order with the Bookstore. You may keep the tassel from your mortarboard.
10:30 a.m. — Formation of the Academic Procession for Baccalaureate on the Sidewalk East of Center Hall (In the event of rain, the procession will form in Baxter Hall.)
11 a.m. — Baccalaureate Service in the Wabash College Chapel. The Baccalaureate sermon will be given by Christopher Coble, who is the Religion Program Director of Lilly Endowment Inc.
12 noon — Commencement Buffet in the Knowling Fieldhouse, Allen Center. A buffet lunch will be served at a cost of $12 for graduating seniors and their families.
12 - 2:30 p.m. — Bookstore Open
1:30 p.m. — Legacy Photographs on the Sidewalk East of Center Hall. Seniors who are legacies are invited to have their picture taken with family members at no charge. High-resolution copies will be posted on the Wabash website. (In the event of rain, photos will be taken in the Student Lounge of the Allen Center, across from the Fitness Room.)
2 p.m. — Formation of the Academic Procession for Commencement on the Sidewalk East of Center Hall. (In the event of rain, the procession will form in the lobby of the Allen Athletics Center.)
2:30 p.m. — 173rd Commencement Ceremony on the Wabash College Mall. (In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in Chadwick Court.)
Complimentary photographs will be taken of your son as he receives his diploma and will be mailed to parents after Commencement. The Media Center will record the event, and DVDs will be on sale in the Bookstore approximately two weeks after Commencement.
3:30 p.m. — Reception for the Class of 2011 in the Great Hall, Sparks Center. Join President and Mrs. White for a reception in honor of the Wabash College Class of 2011.
For a complete list of restaurants and hotels in and around Crawfordsville, please consult the Convention and Visitors Bureau website.
RSVPs and Questions
Download the RSVP form and return it by mail or by fax (765-361-6229) NO LATER THAN MAY 9, 2011. Contact Tom Keedy with any questions (765) 361-6227.