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The eukaryotic cell cycle requires precise temporal coordination of the activities of hundreds of 'executor' proteins (EPs) involved in cell growth and division. Cyclin‐dependent protein kinases (Cdks) play central roles in regulating the production, activation, inactivation and destruction of these EPs. From genome‐scale data sets of budding yeast, we identify 126 EPs that are regulated by Cdk1 both through direct phosphorylation of the EP and through phosphorylation of the transcription factors that control expression of the EP, so that each of these EPs is regulated by a feed‐forward loop (FFL) from Cdk1. By mathematical modelling, we show that such FFLs can activate EPs at different phases of the cell cycle depending of the effective signs (+ or −) of the regulatory steps of the FFL. We provide several case studies of EPs that are controlled by FFLs exactly as our models predict. The signal‐transduction properties of FFLs allow one (or a few) Cdk signal(s) to drive a host of cell cycle responses in correct temporal sequence.
Visual Overview
Proteins that are periodically synthesized during the cell cycle are often dual‐regulated by cyclin‐dependent kinase: by direct phosphorylation of the protein itself and by phosphorylation of its transcription factor.
This 'feed‐forward loop' topology can transduce a periodic cycle of Cdk activity into four distinct waves of 'executor protein' activity: robust executor protein activity at low Cdk levels (G1), a pulse of activity when Cdk activity raises (G1/S transition), robust activity at high Cdk levels (S/G2/M), or a pulse when Cdk activity declines (mitotic exit).
Prediction from these feed‐forward loops on cell cycle timing are in several cases supported by experimental evidence and lead to testable hypotheses in others.
A eukaryotic cell's progression through G1, S, G2 and M phases of the cell replication division cycle is orchestrated by large‐amplitude fluctuations in Cyclin‐dependent protein kinase (Cdk) activities that are generated by a series of coupled positive and negative feedback loops (Novak et al, 2007; Holt et al, 2008; Skotheim et al, 2008; Tyson and Novak, 2008). Cdk signals are transduced into appropriate cell cycle responses by specific executor proteins (EPs) (Sutani et al, 1999; Tanaka et al, 2007a) (Box 1). For example, cell division is controlled by Cdk1 phosphorylation of components of a signalling pathway called the 'mitotic exit network' in budding yeast and the 'septation initiation network' in fission yeast (Bardin and Amon, 2001). Recently, we showed (Csikasz‐Nagy et al, 2007) that the septation initiation network has the characteristic topology of a feed‐forward loop (FFL): the high level of Cdk1–cyclin B in mitosis activates proteins that function early in the network (sensors) and inactivates proteins that function late in the network (executors). High Cdk1 activity primes the septation initiation network, but the network cannot 'fire' until Cdk1 activity falls and releases the inhibitory arm. A similar FFL controls the onset of DNA synthesis, according to the 'licensing factor' hypothesis (Blow, 1993). Recognizing the roles of FFLs in executing DNA synthesis and cell division, we hypothesized that FFLs might be common motifs in transmitting signals from Cdk1–cyclin master regulatory complexes to target proteins that execute cell cycle events.
Box 1 Cdk signal transduction by feed‐forward loops
Feed‐forward loops, involving a Cdk substrate executor protein (EP) and its transcription factor (TF), are proposed to function as transducers between cell cycle regulatory signals (periodic fluctuations in Cdk activity) and cell cycle responses, such as initiation of DNA synthesis or cell division.
Cdk1 substrates are potential EPs, as are proteins that are periodically expressed during the cell cycle (Spellman et al, 1998; Jensen et al, 2006). Intriguingly, proteins that are periodically expressed during the cell cycle are often Cdk substrates (Ubersax et al, 2003; Jensen et al, 2006). Furthermore, the transcription factors (TFs) that drive cell cycle‐dependent gene expression must be cell cycle‐regulated themselves, and it is reasonable to suspect that at least some of them are phosphorylated by Cdks. Wherever this is the case, the Cdk–TF–EP trio are involved in an FFL (Box 1). Owing to large‐scale experimental screens in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) for targets of Cdk1 (Ubersax et al, 2003; Loog and Morgan, 2005), as well as for cell cycle TFs (Lee et al, 2002), it is possible to systematically test this hypothesis at the genome‐wide scale.
Results and discussion
To this end, we classified all the 4691 verified protein‐coding genes of the budding yeast genome into 6 non‐overlapping network topologies (Figure 1A) based on whether or not the encoded protein has been reported to be a Cdk1 substrate, whether or not TFs of the gene are known and whether or not at least one TF is a Cdk1 target. We identified 126 genes involved in an FFL, that is the encoded protein is a Cdk1 target and at least one TF is a Cdk1 target. Of these 126 genes involved in FFLs, 68 (54%) are found to be periodically expressed during the cell cycle, whereas only 13 would be expected by chance (P<10−28). None of the other regulatory motifs shows a comparably high ratio of periodically expressed genes (Figure 1A; Supplementary Table S1). Thus, it is clear that a strong predictor of cell cycle periodicity is the involvement of a gene in an FFL regulatory motif. This observation suggests that the 68 periodically transcribed, FFL‐regulated proteins (Supplementary Table S2) may indeed be key cell cycle EPs.
To provide further support for this assertion, we show that cell cycle‐related functions are significantly over‐represented among the proteins involved in FFLs. We checked the distribution of proteins with cell cycle (and related) MIPS functional category annotations (Ruepp et al, 2004; Guldener et al, 2005) among the proteins of the different regulatory topologies established on Figure 1A. We found that FFL‐regulated proteins are significantly over‐represented among most gene classes with cell cycle functions (Figure 1B; Supplementary Table S3). The converse statement is also true: cell cycle functions are over‐represented among the terms associated with FFL‐regulated proteins (Supplementary Table S4). Thus, we conclude that FFLs are indeed important transducers of Cdk 'signals' to cell cycle 'responses' (Box 1). The other regulatory topology with high over‐representation of cell cycle‐related functions is the small group of 'only Cdk'‐regulated genes. If our conclusion is correct, then, once the TFs for these genes are discovered, most of these EPs will fall disproportionately into the FFL‐regulated group.
If cell cycle EPs are indeed significantly associated with FFL‐regulatory topologies, then we must ask what possible function(s) these signal‐transduction pathways play in orchestrating progression through the cell cycle. The function of an FFL depends on the signs of the three links of the motif (± ±/±). The first sign (+ for activation or − for inhibition) indicates the effect of Cdk‐mediated phosphorylation on the activity of TF, and the second sign indicates whether the active form of TF upregulates or downregulates gene expression. The product of these two signs indicates the net effect (activation or inhibition) of the 'long arm' of the FFL on EP activity. The third sign indicates whether direct phosphorylation of EP by Cdk activates the protein or inhibits it. The eight possible sign combinations can be divided into two classes (Mangan and Alon, 2003): coherent FFLs, (±±/+) and (∓±/−) with the same effective signs on the long and short arms and incoherent FFLs, (±±/−) and (∓±/+) with opposite signs. Coherent FFLs have noise‐filtering properties (Mangan et al, 2003): (±±/+) EPs would be active only when Cdk activity is sustained at a high level (in S+G2+M phase), and (∓±/−) EPs would be active only when Cdk1 activity is absent for a prolonged period of time (in G1 phase). Incoherent FFLs have rich signal response capabilities (Tyson et al, 2003; Csikasz‐Nagy and Soyer, 2008; Kaplan et al, 2008). Of particular relevance here, they may respond only to sufficiently strong bursts of a signal: a (∓±/+) EP is activated transiently when Cdk activity rises after a prolonged period of low Cdk activity (at the G1/S transition), and a (±±/−) EP is activated transiently when Cdk activity falls after a prolonged period of high Cdk1 activity (at the M/G1 transition). We propose that many of the FFL‐regulated proteins identified by our bioinformatics survey of the yeast genome/proteome play exactly these roles in the yeast cell cycle.
To see how FFLs might regulate cell cycle events, we first study their dynamics from a theoretical perspective. We model the eight FFL motifs using ordinary differential equations for phosphorylation reactions and delay differential equations for changes in EP concentrations (Figure 2A; Supplementary Table S5). To implement a single transient activation of EPs per cell cycle, the direct arm of the FFL is expected to have a lower phosphorylation threshold and operate on a faster timescale than the indirect arm. These timescale differences arise naturally in a phosphorylation‐transcription FFL: direct phosphorylation of an EP by Cdk happens within seconds, but phosphorylation of its TF has a delayed effect on production of the EP (timescale∼minutes) (Adelman et al, 2002).
Simulation results of the model are shown in Figure 2B. In this figure, we plot (in black) a typical trajectory of Cdk1–cyclin B during the budding yeast cell cycle. We think of this trajectory as the 'signal generator' and the FFLs as 'signal transducers' (Box 1). Cdk1–cyclin B activity begins to rise at the G1/S transition, peaks in mitosis and falls rapidly as cells exit mitosis and return to G1 phase. As expected, the coherent FFLs, (− +/−) and (+ +/+), drive sustained EP activity in G1 phase (yellow curve) and in S+G2+M phase (red curve), respectively. The incoherent FFLs drive bursts of EP activity at the G1/S transition (blue curve: (− +/+) FFL) and at the M/G1 transition (green curve: (+ +/−) FFL). Coherent FFLs ensure the proper temporal appearance of G1‐specific and of (S+G2+M)‐specific proteins. Incoherent FFLs convert the periodic rise and fall of Cdk activity into a strict alternation of S‐phase entry and M‐phase exit, the two transitions that must occur once and only once during each cell cycle to ensure proper duplication and separation of the cell's genetic material.
Next, we use diverse evidences to predict, in some cases, the signs of the regulatory effects in our FFL motifs (Supplementary Table S6). From these predictions, we could identify 59 FFLs involving 46 EPs for which the signs of all three links may be proposed (Supplementary Table S7). We found examples of all eight types of FFLs, including some important regulators whose times of appearance in the cell cycle match the predictions of our theory (Figure 2B). In Figure 3, we show examples of an (− +/−) FFL controlling a G1 protein, Sic1 (Knapp et al, 1996), an (+ +/+) FFL controlling a mitotic protein, Cdc5 (Zhu et al, 2000), an (+ +/−) FFL controlling a cell division protein, Dbf2 (Visintin and Amon, 2001) and an (− +/+) FFL controlling an S‐phase initiator, Sld2 (Tanaka et al, 2007a). In the case of Sld2, our database search revealed 'only Cdk' regulation (with periodic gene expression). However, Ash1 has been proposed (Teixeira et al, 2006) as a potential TF for Sld2. If our theory of signal transduction is correct, then, as Sld2 is an S‐phase initiator, the FFL should be (− +/+) and Ash1 is predicted to be an activator of SLD2 expression. This prediction fits recent experimental results on the role and regulation of Sld2 at S‐phase initiation (Tanaka et al, 2007b; Zegerman and Diffley, 2007) as well its protein fluctuation profile (not shown) (Masumoto et al, 2002).
The eight basic FFLs that we have described theoretically are clearly oversimplifications of the signal‐transduction schemes operating in real cells. For example, the case of Sld2 (Figure 3C) illustrates that FFLs may be overlapping and even contradictory. Sld2 contains PEST sequences (Supplementary Table S6), which suggests that, after Sld2 is activated by Cdk1 (Zegerman and Diffley, 2007; Tanaka et al, 2007b), it is phosphorylated by Cdk1 on a different site that induces its degradation, giving two overlapping, contradictory FFLs. Similar overlapping FFLs might operate for other initiators of DNA replication, such as MCM proteins and Cdc6. (Our methods may be insufficient to identify an early, transient activation of these proteins by Cdk1 before they are degraded.) The case of Cln3 (Figure 3E) suggests that interlocked FFLs may be employed to achieve more complex regulatory effects.
Sic1 (Figure 3D) presents an example where an FFL is composed with a double‐negative feedback loop, because Sic1 is a well‐known inhibitor of Cdk1‐Clb in budding yeast (Schwob et al, 1994). The double‐negative (=positive) feedback loop functions as a switch, flipping on (Cdk1‐Clb activity high) at start and off (Cdk1‐Clb activity low) at mitotic exit (Chen et al, 2004). By embedding the double‐negative feedback loop within a coherent FFL, the switch is made more robust. This feature has been demonstrated recently by removing all Cdk phosphorylation sites from Sic1 (Cross et al, 2007), i.e. by removing one leg of the FFL, which made the two transitions less robust. In passing, we note that Sic1 is not an inhibitor of Cdk1‐Cln, so the Cln‐dependent kinases do indeed control Sic1 by a simple coherent FFL.
Cdc5 (Figure 3A) presents a similar example because of its multiple downstream targets, including proteins such as Cdc25, Wee1 and cyclin B involved in activating Cdk1 at the transition into mitosis (Barr et al, 2004). Activation of Cdk1 by Cdc5 turns the coherent FFL into a pair of interlocked positive feedback loops, which may be important in stabilizing M phase. However, it is not clear that this feedback loop is operational in budding yeast, where the functional homologues of Cdc25 and Wee1 do not play such a strong role in mitotic entry.
We have associated coherent FFLs with EPs that are continually expressed either in G1 phase (when Cdk activity is low) or in S+G2+M phase (when Cdk activity is high). Consulting Figure 1A, we might conclude that 'only Cdk' and 'chain' topologies can serve these purposes equally well. But theory suggests that coherent FFLs are more robust signal transducers than the single‐arm topologies (Mangan and Alon, 2003).
In the case of incoherent FFLs, robustness is not the only advantage: the two regulatory arms are needed to achieve transient activation of the EP. Incoherent FFLs are activated only for a short period of the cell cycle to induce downstream events (DNA replication, budding and cell division) in the correct order. Our analysis revealed that most known FFLs in budding yeast cells are playing roles in these events (Figure 1B) and indeed most examples we predict are incoherent FFLs (Supplementary Table S7). Furthermore, we found examples of DNA replication initiators and cell division inducers that are under direct control of incoherent FFLs (Figure 3B and C).
Altogether, these examples suggest that the eight basic FFLs play important roles in converting periodic Cdk oscillations into a correct temporal sequence of events in the cell cycle, but that these FFLs are often involved in more complex network topologies.
In all eukaryotic organisms that have been studied in detail, there appear to be two or more Cdk–cyclin pairs that play crucial roles in coordinating cell cycle events. Each one may have its own suite of EPs, probably activated by FFLs. Nonetheless, in fission yeast, a single periodic Cdk–cyclin activity is sufficient to drive all events of the mitotic cell cycle in a viable temporal sequence (Fisher and Nurse, 1996). Our simulation (Figure 2B) shows, in principle, how one Cdk–cyclin pair, utilizing the four basic FFL motifs, can drive G1‐ and G2‐specific proteins and can trigger S‐phase entry and M‐phase exit in an alternating manner. We imagine that the last common ancestor of present‐day eukaryotic cells relied on a single Cdk–cyclin control signal, and that FFLs played a crucial role in converting this single oscillatory signal into coordinated events of a eukaryotic‐style cell cycle.
We conclude that the idealized view (Box 1) of FFLs as transducers of periodic Cdk signals provides a reasonable scenario for the evolution of cell cycle controls in early eukaryotes and has merit even now as a 'first approximation' of the temporal organization of cell cycle events. In present day organisms, FFLs may be involved in more complex regulatory topologies that exploit and modify their intrinsic dynamical potentials. Nonetheless, incoherent FFLs are still intimately involved in the initiation of DNA synthesis and cell division at the G1/S and M/G1 transitions of budding yeast.
Materials and methods
Bioinformatics analysis
Cdk1 substrates were obtained from two large‐scale screens (Ubersax et al, 2003; Loog and Morgan, 2005). TFs and their targets were downloaded from the YEASTRACT database (Teixeira et al, 2006). As many TFs act in complexes, we say that a TF complex is a Cdk1 substrate if at least one of its components is phosphorylated by Cdk1. In total, 600 periodic proteins were identified by de Lichtenberg et al (2005). MIPS FunCat annotations of genes were downloaded from the CYGD database (Guldener et al, 2005). In the Supplementary information, more details are given on determining the signs of TF–EP connections and of the effect of Cdk1‐mediated protein phosphorylations.
Model construction
We wrote differential equations (Supplementary Table S4) for the rates of change of concentrations of the active forms of TFs and EPs. If Cdk1 directly activates the EP, then we plot the active form of EP only. For cases where Cdk1 inactivates the EP, we assume that phosphorylation induces degradation, thus phosphorylated EP is rapidly degraded, and we plot the total amount of EP as it represents the total active form. Parameters were chosen to get unique EP peaks at different phases of the cell cycle. The Cdk1 time course was generated from a minimal model of the Cdk regulatory system, comparable to (Tyson and Novak, 2001).
We thank Fredrick R Cross for stimulating discussions and Orkun S Soyer for a critical reading of the paper. This study was supported by grants from Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA‐F60414), Italian Ministry of University and Research Project FIRB (RBPR0523C3) (AC‐N), European Research Council (202591) (CP), the European Commission (YSBN and FP7: 201142), the National Institutes of Health (5R01GM079207) and the James S McDonnell Foundation (21002050) (BN and JJT).
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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A dyslexic sufferer perceives the world as having symbols (barely above perceptions) to be jumping around and not staying still. They'll look at a page and the letters and numbers will be shifting. An extremely strong dyslexic would be incapable of learning to read.
Magical thinkers are much worse off because it isn't symbols that are jumping around but raw concepts. Just like a dyslexic can't read because the letters keep moving, so a magical thinker can't reason (assemble and disassemble ideas out of concepts) because the concepts keep moving around in their head.
Because of this they rely on pseudo-thinking, or lower-level thinking. This lower level thinking, the first three levels of Bloom's taxonomy of cognition, consists of strictly applying the concepts already in their possession. Basically, they are rearranging their prejudices and fitting concrete perceptions to already existing abstractions. Since assimilating (creating) new abstractions is as painful to the magical thinker as learning to read is to the dyslexic (except you only learn to read once) the magical thinker avoids forming new abstractions at all costs.
As a result of this, the magical thinker relies completely on a given set of 'received' abstractions. Abstractions like "nigger". Bingo, there you have racism. But also abstractions like "soul". It should interest you to read Jesse Bering's The God Fossil. Essentially, belief in souls (conservation of qualia / permanence of consciousness) is either innate or learned extremely early. It is only as a young child that most people abandon this belief.
Magical thinkers evidently can't discard such a concept because they 1) rely on it too much, or 2) can't assimilate structural identity. Structural identity by the way is the understanding that a molecule of CO2 is absolutely identical to any other molecule of CO2. Not "the same kind" but absolutely identical. Many (most? all?) magical thinkers cannot understand this concept. They believe that a molecule of CO2 has an essence that designates its identity. That it has a soul.
Other non-abstract "abstractions" which magical thinkers rely on and never learn to discard include emotions and anthropogenic thinking. You see this when religionists anthropomorphize the physical universe in a god. You also see this in eco-zealots when they anthropomorphize nature. Think of Mother Nature, Gaia, "nature will punish us", blah blah blah. You see this also in animal "rights" activists. The notion of assigning morality or rights to animals is self-contradictory gibberish because animals can't reason. That doesn't stop animal "lovers" from saying that animals are "just like us". Or hey, maybe they are. Maybe animals are just like them. Which would give us humans leave to slaughter them like cattle.
That's another problem with magical thinking. Because it is so unsophisticated, it is highly symmetric. It's based on raw associations, correlations, and not more complex asymmetric relations, causations. And the arrow of causality usually doesn't run the way the magical thinker would like it to.
Furthermore, since magical thinkers are incapable of reasoning, but sometimes capable of synthesis, it stands to reason that they would fuck up synthesis. That is, they do not comprehend synthesis. This explains why magical thinkers routinely confuse insight (a product of synthesis) with gibberish. Literal gibberish, sentences that do not have any meaning because they are either not well-formed or are self-contradictory. Generally, magical thinkers do not recognize self-contradiction because they cannot apply modus ponens. The deep magical thinkers think that contradictions are insights. For example: the Mystery of Christianity which is their "three in one" god. "mystery" is just a euphemism for gibberish.
Now consider the fact that magical thinkers confuse gibberish with insight, and that they believe in souls. Suddenly you have spirits and ghosts. If you actually reason about spirits you will realize why they are gibberish. Spirits are not actually non-corporeal because can be seen and affect matter. But they are also not corporeal because they can pass through solid objects. They're gibberish.
The interesting question is why this particular gibberish came about. The answer to this can be found in Lloyd deMause's Foundations of Psychohistory. Humanity was born deeply psychotic and hallucinatory. Hallucinations have many of the traits ascribed to spirits.
The same answer can be found in Julian Jaynes' The Origin Of Consciousness since human beings living three millenia ago constantly hallucinated gods and other divine beings. It was an efficient way for one hemisphere of the brain to communicate with the other hemisphere. And indeed, this explains the importance ascribed to numerology and incantations. Numbers and letters, symbols, are powerful Magic to primitive people. Because they fulfill the crucial function of intra-cranial communication.
Symbols, together with souls, constitutes the whole foundation of any mystical system. Think of JRR Tolkien's fondness for languages and his reliance on Spirits to describe LOTR's cosmogeny. So we see that this explanation describes a great many phenomena.
But the reason why I dragged out Jaynes and deMause is to outline a simple fact. Magical thinkers rely on thought processes and on "abstractions" which have reached us *from the dawn of time*. I do not believe the concepts involved are actually abstract, they are far too innate.
And since magical thinkers are incapable of reasoning and usually incapable of insight, since they depend on others for the few abstractions they can memorize by rote, this explains their obsession with Revelation. And since they have no ability to reason, since they are incapable of evaluating truth, since they have no access to truth, it also explains the various Relativisms. Especially intellectual relativism, where supposedly objective truth does not exist. Recognizing the existence of objective truth would require them to accept they are mentally handicapped and intellectually inferior.
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> And since magical thinkers are incapable of reasoning and usually incapable of insight, since they depend on others for the few abstractions they can memorize by rote, this explains their obsession with Revelation.
Interesting stuff.
And it would also explain an automatic acceptance of authority, as long as the authority provides them with mystical revelations.
This might explain why Fundamentalist Christians will believe anything their pastor tells them, but will argue all day over Evolution, with a century or more of evidence behind it.
Anything from Science smacks of the objective truth - but they don't believe in an objective, verifiable truth so to a magical thinker anything demonstrated or indicated by Science is merely a wrongly-certain belief in something that's actually only a subjective truth.
Anything from religion, however, speaks to them in their own language. It's unexplained or inexplicable - mysterious - so you aren't meant to understand it. Coupled with a strong authority structure like most churches, it satisfies their want-list for a belief:
Subjective/relativisitic - nobody can prove one way or the other if it's true or false, so nobody can tell you you're wrong.
Mystical thinking - you aren't supposed to understand it, so not understanding it is correct and normal... instead of the source of a crushing sense of inferiority and fright.
Strong authority figure - given they don't understand the basic reasoning, a strong leader (pastor, priest, pope, imam, whatever) simply tells them what to think, saving them the pain of uncertainty and independent/unguided thought.
Herd mentality in the rest of the religious/whatever group makes them feel like they belong, quashes any nagging sense of intellectual dishonesty they may have and allows them to feel better about themselves by excluding and demonising "outsiders".
LOL, is it not the case that CO2 molecules may differ in the carbon isotope (C12 vs. C13) they contain? Jussst kidding, I know what you mean.
But I'm not convinced. Abstractions like "nigger"? Why not any other word or concept we use?
This is off on a tangent:
In regards to anthropogenic thinking (etc.), can't we objectively look at/consider what we do to nature, using our ethic and morals? Or are you just against people who claim animals are "just like people". Because how can you logically reason for killing animals for human survival/progress without reasoning for human survival/progress in the first place.
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Morality can't apply to nature because it can't *include* nature *as a rational agent*. The only way it can apply to nature is as an object, to be used for humanity's well-being.
For that reason, it's immoral to incinerate the entire biosphere but not to exterminate a species or otherwise drive it to extinction. For that matter, it's immoral to create plagues that affect humans ... so long as your in-group is humanity. But not if your in-group is AI.
The aspect of morality that applies to nature is only a tiny minuscule subset of ethics. And ethics treats the entirety of the non-human biosphere as just MEAT to be used in the most long-term efficient manner possible.
So I object to magical thinkers and I object separately to what they breach. And for that matter, morality doesn't directly extend to magical thinkers either because they aren't rational agents. It only applies to magical thinkers to the extent that it would derange rational people to treat magical thinkers as subhuman.
For more, see morality, part 1.
- Richard Kulisz said...
'nigger' isn't abstract enough. There are clear instances of niggers in the real world. The concept is synthesized FROM the real world.
I don't know of any rules you could apply to determine whether a concept is abstract or concrete. You need to use judgement.
Take the integers for example. Are those abstract because the Piraha are unable to grasp them? Is the only reason magical thinkers grasp them because they've memorized them by rote?
Certainly, most of what mathematicians understand by 'integers' is abstract. A one to one bijection from the Peano sets? That's abstract. The difference between numbers and their decimal representation? That's abstract.
Finally, when you used the term "CO2 molecules" that connoted individual molecules had an identity, which they do not. If you'd said "CO2 may differ isotopically" then that would have been more neutral and correct.
CO2 does have an identity based on the isotope, the energy of the bonds, the number of filled electron shells ... and that's it. I believe you understand that. A few dozen identities shared between quadrillions of molecules.


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It consists of 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom with WC, 1 kitchen and dining room surrounded by a beautiful garden.
Upper part of the house: 1 bedroom with a double bed and storage. 1 bathroom with a shower, vanity and toilet. A kitchen with a fridge freezer, dishwasher, microwave, coffee maker, stove, crockery and cutlery.
Lower part of the house: 1 bedroom with a double bed and storage. 1 bedroom with two single beds and storage. An outdoor room with washing machine.
Garden: a garden table with 6 chairs. an electric barbecue.
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- Mark RogersAsked on February 17, 2012 at 10:45 AM
I cloned a new form (LoveLifeCrafting - formID=20441240238) from an old one (LivingGIFTed - formID=11342655235).
When I receive email notifications, the DATA is from the new form, but the item STEMS are from the old form.
When I examine the submissions online, everything is correct; it's only the email notifications that have the mixed data.
This error is not ture on every notification, only on some.
(It may be that this error started when I changed my url to jotformpro.com, but I'm not sure about that.)
old form: http://jotform.com/?formID=11342655235
new form: http://jotformpro.com/?formID=20441240238
Sample of erroneous data from recent submission - notification by email:
Question Answer
You can pick from what I am intending to produce below, or you can name topics
that you'd like to see soon right here.
A. How to get GUIDANCE for living, making decisions, choosing partners, and
other critical tasks that have long-term implications and not enough information
available. 18/100
B. How to find INSPIRATION for creativity and passion, so I can be energized and
excited about life instead of bored or trapped in routine. 80/100
C. How to feel FULFILLED with meaning and purpose, knowing significance more
than success, abundance more than achievement, and deep sense of self-worth,
self-respect, self-confidence. 68/100
D. How to be TRANSFORMED, growing into who I was meant to be, all of the
potential inside me breaking free into a whole 'nother level of growth, so that
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a more perfected me, a me that I have never imagined I could be. 100/100
E. How to use brain biology and psychological concepts to grow spiritually.
F. How to pray, meditate, contemplate, and listen - with or without specifically
religious content. 21/100
G. How to use spiritual growth to manage my Inner Dummy, my worst self.
H. How to handle guilt, shame, forgiveness (or lack of), and repeated failure to
live up to my own values. 18/100
I. How to connect with my Life Director - that which is to my Life Manager self
as my Life Manager self is to my Inner Dummy. 80/100
J. How to develop a spiritual practice for my CORE personality type. 43/100
K. How to grow more faith, more trust, more willingness to be guided. 46/100
L. How to use affirmations and positive thinking, power of suggestion and
self-talk to grow spiritually. 22/100
M. How to know my mission in life, my purpose for being here.
N. How to keep from going off the deep end spiritually, to have a faith that's
not foolish, fake, or feral.
O. How to get over the barriers of my history, heritage, hatred, or others'
holier-than-thou barriers to spiritual growth. 25/100
P. The very most basic, simple, easy-to-use, fundamental steps and tools to
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it sounds like the notification composition on your cloned form has got a little muddled up, probably the easiest way of rectifying this (unless you have done extensive configuration of your own to the notification composition) is to delete the existing notification and recreate it.
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Recreating it is just a matter of clicking on the Email Alerts icon , Clicking Add New Email and selecting Email Notification, reenter your Recipient Email and Sender Email and accepting the defaults in the Composition pane.
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Terri Janke
Terri Janke is a Wuthathi/Meriam woman from Cairns. She is the Solicitor Director of Terri Janke and Company, a commercial law firm that specialises in Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP). Terri was admitted to practice in 1995, holds an Unrestricted Practising Certificate and is a member of the Law Society of NSW (currently a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee). She admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of NSW and the High Court of Australia, She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and LEADR Mediators where she trained in mediation and conflict coaching (now Resolution Institute).
Terri's governance experience is gained through key board positions including; National Centre of Indigenous Excellence NCIE (Deputy Chair, Governance Committee and Audit and Assurance Committee) and previous board positions including; Jawun (Director, Member of Audit and Risk Committee), Tourism Australia, Chair of National Indigenous Television (NITV), Chair of Ngalaya Indigenous Lawyers Association.
Terri Janke, Awards and Accomplishments:
- Emerging Indigenous Business, 2001
- NSW Women's Honour Roll 2005
- Awarded the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW Award 2007
- Recognised as NAIDOC Person of the Year 2011
- Australian Attorney-General's Indigenous Legal Professional of the Year 2012
- Westpac/AFR 100 Women of Influence 2013
- Finalist, Telstra NSW Business Women's Awards 2015
- Finalist, Indigenous Business, Ethnic Business Awards 2015
- Finalist, NSW Women Lawyer of the Year 2015
What inspired you to take this role?
I have always loved libraries, I have an extensive book collection in my home, but I always enjoy going to the library. A lot of the work that the State Library does aligns with the work I do. I noticed the work that the State Library has been doing around Language and Heritage. This was really encouraging. I think being there, I can help establish best practice and bring another perspective to the table.


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Summary: This message focuses on materialism and where your focus lies when it comes to money.
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It isn't money that makes you feel like a million 5:1-6
• Worthless wealth v. 1
• Hoarding, wasting and judgment vv. 2-3
• Unfair gain v. 4
• Luxury and self-indulgence v. 5
• Injustice v. 6
What do you believe . . . managing the money monster
• Earning
"But those who won't care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers." 1 Timothy 5:8
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• Budgeting
"Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty." Proverbs 21:5
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"Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine." Proverbs 3:9-10
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• Patient endurance
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• Courageous patience in God's family v. 9
• Perseverance–crashing through the quitting points vv. 10-11
• Telling the truth v. 12
"But I say, do not make any vows! Do not say, 'By heaven! . . . By the earth!' . . . Just say a simple, 'Yes, I will,' or 'No, I won't.' Anything beyond this is from the evil one." Matthew 5:34-35,37
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A new method to reduce truncation errors in partial spherical near-field measurements
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A new and effective method for reduction of truncation errors in partial spherical near-field (SNF) measurements is proposed. The method is useful when measuring electrically large antennas, where the measurement time with the classical SNF technique is prohibitively long and an acquisition over the whole spherical surface is not practical. Therefore, to reduce the data acquisition time, partial sphere measurement is usually made, taking samples over a portion of the spherical surface in the direction of the main beam. But in this case, the radiation pattern is not known outside the measured angular sector as well as a truncation error is present in the calculated far-field pattern within this sector. The method is based on the Gerchberg-Papoulis algorithm used to extrapolate functions and it is able to extend the valid region of the calculated far-field pattern up to the whole forward hemisphere. To verify the effectiveness of the method, several examples are presented using both simulated and measured truncated near-field data.


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Prayer for a Monday morning
"I don't do mornings," as the saying goes, so it is fitting that I would get around to posting a "Daily Offering," or morning prayer, at nearly noon. The tradition of starting one's day by consecrating it to God is very old. This prayer was a familiar one a few generations ago, and so was devotion to the "immaculate heart" of Mary. (More on that below.) I love how this prayer pulls you out of your sluggish, queasy, self-absorbed misery (okay, speaking for myself here), and thrusts you into robust fellowship with every Catholic in the world, the guys in Rome, the souls in God-knows-where...suddenly, it's about more than just stumbling out of the house on time.
Daily Offering to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and suffering of this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sins, the reunion of all Christians; I offer them for the intentions of our Bishops and of all Apostles of Prayer and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month. Amen.
Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary flourished relatively late in the Church's history, fueled by various mystics who reported seeing visions of alarming cardiological revelation. Often their two hearts are revered together, Christ's heart surrounded with a crown of thorns and Mary's pierced by seven swords. And we Catholics wonder why we scare people? I grew up around this sort of holy card imagery, with its cheerful mix of gruesome symbolism and dainty insipidity. (The only thing that ever bothered me was the anatomical incorrectness--why a valentine pinned to the middle of the chest?)
We don't lay these heavy trips on the kiddies any more, man. Now it's all rainbows and butterflies. But the notion of a heart on fire, visible for all the world to see, seems to grow in resonance as I get older. Today, those mystic nuns would probably be getting Risperdal if they reported seeing this stuff, but the truth of a mother's heart being pierced for her child just gets truer as your kids get older. And the notion that a path to God's mercy could be found through such a heart--pure, vulnerable--is sweet and intuitive. There are worse ways to start the morning.
Bonus Immaculate Heart
It's not easy to find depictions of the Immaculate Heart of Mary that don't conform to the looky-here iconography of the holy cards. But the Blessed Mother in this 1901 painting by Charles Bosseron Chambers is a darling. (He also painted Ziegfield girls.) The passionate heart is just suggested. But it's still in the wrong place. But I quibble.


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Ne-Yo Urges T.I. To Give Up Drugs
It's revealed the pills found in the rapper's car were Ecstasy…
Clean-living star Ne-Yohas spoken out to urgeT.I. to straighten himself out after the 50 Cent also gave his take on the incident on his Twitter page. The Candy Shop rapper suggested that T.I.'s wife should take the blame for the drugs. "Man, TI and Tiny done got picked up again for methamphetamines and ecstasy," Fiddy wrote. "Damn man, Tiny gotta take that charge. Say it was yours baby."
Since the arrest, it's been revealed that the pills found in T.I.'s car were ecstasy. He and his wife, Tameka 'Tiny' Cottle, were driving along LA's famous Sunset Strip when they were stopped by police after the rapper performed an illegal U-turn. Both were taken in on drugs possession charges.
T.I. is prepping his comeback album after seven months in jail for weapons charges. This latest arrest could see him back behind bars if a judge rules he has broken the terms of his parole.


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The Loveliness of Lace.
Hello everyone, I've always adored lace from a child. My love affair goes as far back as my grandmother, and she had quite a collection of wonderful tablecloths, napkins, curtains and beautiful place settings. Now more than ever lace is no longer for just for brides and their maids. Lace can be seen anywhere, anytime, like at a gallery opening, happy hour and even the office.
Blue lace...SWOON!!!
Here is Kate killing it with turquoise lace, can she possibly be more divine.
I almost missed this green lace skirt, as I was distracted by the matching clutch and shoes...great ensemble.
Very sexy, this black lace pee-a-boo insert.
Lauren Conrad's plum lace dress is a keeper. What about you are you loving lace at this moment? For my cousin's wedding I'm hoping to find just the right lace outfit. Cheers to the weekend everyone. All images are via my Tumblr.


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By Rusat LaTulippe
I am sad to inform you that the school year has come to an end. This unfortunately means that the Hack Shack will be acquiring a new set of employees at the beginning of next year. Though the fun is over, I do not like to dwindle on negative things. I had a blast in the hack shack over the last semester and I would like to introduce you to some of the things that I was lucky enough to play around with.
This computer is where I first learned how to use the Silhouette Cameo Printer and the 3D printer. I had a hard time at first but with a week of practice it became second nature.
What you see above is our highly complex and most prized possession, the MakerBot 3D replicator. I learned how to use a program called SketchUp and was able to design and print many designs. Even though the MakerBot takes a while to print, the end results are truly worth it.
Next, we move onto the Silhouette Cameo that you see above. This machine looks very sleek and simple but it is an amazing piece of technology. This is my favorite piece of Hack Shack equipment. Under the cover of the machine there is an interchangeable bit. You can replace it with a variety of different colored markers provided and you can even cut designs with it! If you insert the cutting tool in the bit holder the machine will cut out whatever design you would like.
This is the Hack Shack's green screen. It can take to places you have never even dreamed of. This piece of equipment is very simple. Startup the IPad, open up the green screen app, point the IPad's back camera at the green screen and pick your favorite background. This machine is very simple but the effects it can produce are breathtaking.
Overall, I had a great semester in the hack shack and I hope the next batch of creative minds will explore as much as I did. I am really looking forward to coming back and visiting the future hack shackers and see what new things they have discovered. I would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who made this possible and I would like to say the biggest thank you to Mrs. Carr for being an amazing adviser through this wonderful journey.


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Post list, dissent in Congress
A day after the Congress announced its candidates for 218 Assembly constituencies in Karnataka, resentment began brewing on Monday with several aspirants, who have been denied ticket, and their supporters resorting to protests. Some protesters even ransacked party offices, blocked roads, and staged mock funerals and dharnas.
In Bengaluru, supporters of aspirants Manjula Naidu and Girisk K.N., who were vying for ticket from Rajajinagar and Mahalakshmi Layout, staged a dharna in front of the Congress office. Ms. Naidu, who said she resigned as office-bearer, said she was under pressure from her followers to contest as rebel candidate.
Similarly, aspirants V.R. Sudarshan (Kolar) and N. Sampangi (Bagepalli) said they would take a decision in the next two days after consultations with their followers.
In Mandya, supporters of aspirant Ravikumar vandalised the district Congress office opposing the candidature of former Minister M.H. Ambareesh for Mandya Assembly constituency. Angry supporters of Gayatri Shante Gowda, former MLC, ransacked the Congress office in Chikkamagaluru as she was denied party ticket and instead former Chairman of the Legislative Council B.L. Shankar was chosen.
Protest against Moily
In Udupi, hundreds of supporters of Congress aspirant Muniyal Udaykumar Shetty took to the streets protesting against the party giving ticket to H. Gopal Bhandary, former MLA, in Karkala. Shouting slogans saying 'Moily Hatao, Congress Bachao', the protesters blocked roads and staged a mock funeral of former Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily. Another aspirant N. Sampangi from Bagepalli in Chickballapur district, who contested and lost in 2013, also blamed Mr. Moily for him missing the bus.
In North Karnataka, while supporters of H.P. Rajesh, Jagalur MLA; B.M. Nagaraj, Siraguppa MLA; and Manohar Tahsildar, Hanagal MLA, took to the streets in their respective constituencies, there were protests in Bailhongal, Navalgund, Gulbarga South, Bidar and Siraguppa too.
In Byadgi, however, where Basavaraj Shivannavar, MLA, has been denied Congress ticket, a meeting of his supporters was held after which Mr. Shivannavar said he would meet Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on the issue.
While Mr. Rajesh's supporters formed a human chain in Jagalur and raised slogans against the party high command, Mr. Tahsildar's supporters blocked road in Hanagal. Siraguppa too witnessed similar protests over denial of ticket to Mr. Nagaraj.


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A bumper crop of guitar clanging outfits will hit Hare and Hounds as This Is Tmrw celebrates its 10 year anniversary.
Henry Lewis
Date published: 6th Sep 2017
Image: All Years Leaving (credit)
Double headed indie all dayer All Years Leaving heads to Birmingham's Hare & Hounds on the weekend of Saturday October 21st and Sunday October 22nd, bringing with it a magnificent line up that looks to showcase some of finest in the current crop of forward thinking indie outfits that the UK has to offer.
The opening day sees big names such as Manchester outfits Spring King and PINS joining others including Savoy Motel and The Oriellles, while Idles, Traams, Priests and more deliver the goods on day two, with the weekender being a glittering representation of bang up to date guitar music.
This year's All Years Leaving also commemorates the 10 year anniversary of Birmingham alternative promoters This Is Tmrw, who have brought an endless wave of indie talent to the city in the last decade, and the bill at All Years Leaving 2017 is certainly a testament to that.
You can find tickets to both All Years Leaving events below.
All Years Leaving with Spring King, The Orielles, Savoy Motel and more, Saturday 21st October
All Years Leaving with Idles, Traams, Priests and more, Sunday 22nd October
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Browsing Tag National Parks
Camping in Michigan
How many have you visited?
I was inspired by a fellow blogger who posted how many of the 60 National Parks parks she has visited. I was curious to know how many I had visited. I am an avid fan of the parks, and if you've been reading me for any length of time, you already know this. And as time goes on, I'm sure I'll continue to tout their excellence.
Travel Guide: Roadtrip California
California has the most parks of any state in the country. So, it's the perfect state to rent a camper van and drive around visiting as many parks as you can. I mean, that's what we did anyways. We stopped in 5 national parks, 3 state parks, 2 city parks and 2 state beaches. We also got some wine in Napa Valley, visited friends, and ate amazing Mexican food. It's just hard to go wrong in the state of California.
Travel Guide: Utah
There is a reason that the area around Moab, Utah has been used as a backdrop for dozens of movies. If you squint good enough, you can actually see Clint Eastwood and John Wayne hanging out there. (At least it looked like them. I mean, I was squinting… so hard to say what I saw.) The scenery is so beautiful, and all you need is a compact car to drive around the Western Landscapes.
I thought I'd give a brief overview of what we did, in case you look through this photo gallery and think "man, where is that?" Because, the reason I chose these places is because I saw pictures and said, "man, where is that?" Beautiful state, and I can't wait to go back.
America the Beautiful
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me.
Today is Independence Day, and I'm feeling just a smidgen patriotic. I haven't been everywhere in the world, (queue end of quote:"but it's on my list") However, I can't help but tout the beauty that we have in the USA. We have desserts, beaches, mountains, lakes, rivers, corn fields, flower fields, and more. We have so many places that are just begging to be visited. Consider some of these facts about the USA:


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It's finally cooling down around here and it's a stark warning that winter is coming. It seems to always hit us when we're least prepared, so we've taken the liberty of finding a perfect winter parka that'll keep you warm and on-trend all season!
With temperatures reaching well below freezing for 3+ months, we find the best way to deal with winter is by:
- Layering
- Choose durable fabrics
- Layering again
- Warm accessories (Scarf, toque, gloves)
- A seriously warm winter parka!
This one by J. Crew is made of straight up wool, with a giant hood to save you from unexpected winds! At less than $300.00, it's reasonably priced too.
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In this thought-provoking and playful short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence.
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Timothée Chalamet was in knots listening to Saoirse Ronan on Gerry Ryan's radio show in 2004
Overhauling your home on a budget? These highstreet items are just €50 or less
Doing it on a shoestring.
Cardi B, Ariana Grande, and Vogue Williams... it's our celeb winners and losers of the week
Some will win, some will lose.
What to watch on TV this weekend
All the telly to indulge in over the weekend.
Saoirse Ronan got caught giving out about people in Irish while filming Mary Queen of Scots
Saoirse and her mate Eileen didn't realise a crew member was also Irish.
Timothée Chalamet was in knots listening to Saoirse Ronan on Gerry Ryan's radio show in 2004
God bless tiny Saoirse Ronan.
8 books to add to your January reading list
Some cracking books you might have missed in 2018.
Eight fascinating facts about Mary Queen of Scots you definitely didn't know
Knowledge is power
Here's why shops resell stuff from AliExpress and Wish with big mark-ups (and don't disclose it)
More Irish sellers are being caught out.
What to watch on TV tonight: Friday
This is the telly everyone will be talking about tomorrow.
Brian McFadden told Loose Women exactly why he won't be joining Westlife on their reunion tour
On a totally unrelated note, someone farted live on air on today's Loose Women.
Netflix's Fyre Festival documentary is out - here's what everyone thinks so far
Revealing the baffling details behind fraudulent festival.
Poll: Did a lack of confidence have an impact on your career choices?
'Stick to the blueprint and you'll be fine.'
First Dates viewers couldn't get their heads around Lorraine from Limerick and her dessert-stealing
"This woman is just 100 per cent full-on."
Sophie Turner said her hair requirement for Game of Thrones was 'really disgusting'... it's The Dredge
It's all the dirt you need.
Why you should try and visit your local library more often in 2019
Now that they've scrapped fees, you can go back without fear of judgment.
Trailer Watch: Which movie should you go see this weekend?
What's a must-watch, and what's a miss? We tell you.
Fans are furious at 'To All the Boys...' actor Noah Centineo after he tweeted in support of Logan Paul
What a bizarre thing to tweet.
'Bad Brazilian'? Gisele Bündchen doesn't think she is - just a gal looking to save the trees
A war of words broke out over her perceived 'slacktivism'.
What to watch on TV tonight: Thursday
This is the telly everyone will be talking about.
After Love Island's Chris Hughes got a testicular cancer check-up on live TV, his own brother found a lump
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BBC subtitles suggested Batman was in the running for British Prime Minister
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Union Do's
I'm not a big fan of what unions do these days. One of my bigger critiques is that they have become little more than PAC's for the left than organizations defending their "workers". The OEA (Ohio Teachers Union) seem to be no exception.
From Wednesdays Columbus Dispatch Online.
So from the above picture I can gather that the OEA not only backed issues 2-5 but they were a primary backer as little guys don't get to host the official election night party. Well done OEA! Looking at how badly the issues were defeated it's safe to assume many teachers voted against the issues, issues that the OEA used their compulsory union dues to support.
The OEA took money, forcibly, from teachers, under the guise that it is for collective bargaining, etc. and instead spends the money on pet political causes that; a) have nothing to do with teaching and or education, and b) many of their members disagree with.
There is nothing unique about the OEA, just one of many examples of what's wrong with many big unions today.


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After waiting about a week with no wind and not too much swell, the wind is finally back! Punta Blanca picks up wind swell pretty well so even though there isn't much about we have had some head to logo sessions, nothing too big yet! We had a good overpowered session the other evening on 4.7 where the wind blew in from nowhere. It was great until the tide forced us to come in unless we wanted urchin spines over our feet and bashed fins! I had another session at Punta doing some loops and trying backloops, so I am keen for a good session today to get them better! Yesterday we sailed the reef break again but the swell was too small for it to work and I was so stacked on 4.7 I couldn't have wave ridden if I'd wanted to! I practised vulcans and downwind 360s, vulcans aren't easy on a 68l board, it sinks immediately on sliding!
Punta Blanca:
Learning Backloops:
Downwind 360:
Trying to vulcan my 68l:
Very overpowered bottom turn on the tiny waves!


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we decided to brave the cool weather this weekend and head out to a local pumpkin patch while the skies were still blue. mary adelyn and deacon had a great time, despite the super cold wind. it was fun to see her experience all of the barnyard animals that we've been reading to her about. but first, we had to venture through the kids area. and no kids area complete without one of these...
i'm serious. those cheeks crack me up. and just in case you've been wondering how tall the girlie is now...
just about pigs height. and now for the pumpkin patch. or what was left of the pumpkin patch.
she's not one for sitting still very long anymore, so as far as the pictures go, you get what you get.
did i mention we were skipping her nap time?
fun. fun. pumpkin patch, check. now, i'll have to try my hand at carving.
stay tuned.
Monday, October 19, 2009
pumpkin patch kids
Posted by The Aldays at 4:36 PM
Labels: don't hassle me i'm local, firsts, friends
1 comments:
- margaret said...
oh, i LOVE that last picture of mary adelyn! and congrats on her first steps!
- October 21, 2009 at 4:08 PM
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Qawwalis have seen better days, when their popularity overshadowed all other musical renditions. Dispensing information on this once-popular genre of Indian music is the master himself, Ustad Naeem Ajmeri.chandigarh Updated: Jul 09, 2012 12:12 IST
Qawwalis have seen better days, when their popularity overshadowed all other musical renditions. Dispensing information on this once-popular genre of Indian music is the master himself, Ustad Naeem Ajmeri. "With its inviting depths of tradition in the primitive, folk, devotional and popular streams, Indian music has varied cultural contexts. And the Qawwali, a genre of Muslim devotional music, had been a medium of worship for centuries," he says.
The Japiur-based playback, Sufiana and qawwali singer is credited with cutting almost 200 audio and video albums, apart from singing seven film songs. In Panchkula for a live concert at the ongoing Mango Festival held in Pinjore, he shares about his life and music experiences with HT City.
Representing the fourth generation of qawwali singers, Naeem claims to have grown up in a 'melodic mahaul (environment)', that entailed listening alaaps, tans and strains of sarangi at home, before he fell in the tutelage of the legendary Ustad Amir Khan Saheb for Hindustani classical music.
However, he mastered the nuances of qawwali singing from his father, Ustad Ghulam Ahmed Ajmeri and other elder family members who were also accomplished artists.
On the present-age avatar of the qawaali, Naeem says it owes credence to Hazrat Amir Khusro, a multi-faceted genius of the thirteenth century, for his lasting contribution to the literary and musical arts. However, with the genre facing a decline, now perhaps on a virtual extinction especially in films and TV, Naeem maintains that the qawwali, endowed with piety and purity expressed through felicitous use of Urdu and Persian words, is not in the grasp of the modern generation.
"Many young performers may not be familiar with its grammar and lyrical elements, such as Qaul, Qalbana, Naqsh or Gul, that were popularised by Amir Khusro. Since the rich poetic content of qawwali, replete with philosophical and ethical content, cannot match the instant thrill and intoxication of a Munni Badnam Hui or Jalebi Bai, it has no place in films and TV serials," he says candidly.
But there remain many devout lovers and listeners of the genre, who are fighting for its survival. Naeem, who has performed extensively in India, apart from South Africa, Mauritius, Singapore, Bangkok and Iran, and decorated with honours such as Faqr-e-Rajasthan and Rajasthan Gaurav, shares, "My seventeen years of stay and association with Bollywood keeps my interest alive with playback assignments of qawwali or Sufi numbers. Recently, I have recorded a song, Yeh Kismet Hai Ye Cheez Kya Hai.. for a film called Main Meri Patni Aur Woh."
Naeem has previously sung solo in films that include Ganga Ki Kasam, Deewane Mohabbat Ke, Gafil, Sanwali and Don 3.
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In Perfect Hermany Jason Graae celebrates Jerry Herman's legacy with humorous anecdotes and fabulous songs from such beloved Herman classics as Hello Dolly!, The Grand Tour, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles, Mack and Mable and Milk and Honey. Perfect Hermany grew out of Jason's long association with Jerry Herman and his respect and admiration for him and his work. "Jason instinctively knows how to find the smile or the tug at the heart behind my music and lyrics. How I love Jason Graae singing my songs!" - Jerry Herman
Jason Graae has starred on Broadway in A Grand Night For Singing, Falsettos, Stardust, Snoopy and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Off-Broadway shows include Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (Drama Desk Nomination-Best Actor in a Musical), Forever Plaid, Olympus On My Mind, All in the Timing. He made his Metropolitan Opera House debut as vocal soloist in Twyla Tharp's Everlast with ABT, and has toured the U.S. with his 1 man show, winning the N.Y. Nightlife Award and 4 Bistro Awards. He recently made his debut at 54 Below in NYC with Faith Prince in The Prince and the Showboy, winning another Nightlife Award for best duo. He won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre. He hung upside down for a year as Houdini in Ragtime, was featured in Forbidden Hollywood/Broadway (Ovation Award), and has been in many shows at the Hollywood Bowl, Reprise, The Colony and more. TV/Film - Six Feet Under, Rude Awakening, Friends, Frasier and many more. For 5 and 1/2 years Jason was the voice of Lucky the Leprechaun for Lucky Charms cereal. Over 45 CDs recorded, including his 3rd solo CD- "Perfect Hermany, Jason Graae sings Jerry Herman". Mr. Graae emerges as an irresistible cut-up whose splendid voice is matched by Mischievous charisma." - New York Times


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Defining Data Art is tricky. And for good reason. The mediascape that breathes around us is a terrain that shifts, distorts and transforms before it can be drawn. In such a space, defining can only be limiting. Jacoba Urist, in his comprehensive article in The Atlantic in 2015 explored the multifarious ways of the Data Artist.
Art is as much a product of the technologies available to artists as it is of the sociopolitical time it was made in, and the current world is no exception. A growing community of "data artists" is creating conceptual works using information collected by mobile apps, GPS trackers, scientists, and more.
In a series called Moodjam, (Laurie) Frick took thousands of Italian laminate countertop samples from a recycling center and created a series of canvases and billboard-sized murals based on her temperament … Frick is adamant that her work is about more than simply visualizing information—that it serves as a metaphor for human experience, and thus belongs firmly in the art world.
As Urist deftly puts it – working with (this) data isn't just a matter of reducing human beings to numbers, but also of achieving greater awareness of complex matters in a modern world. Fast forward to two years later, Cynthia Andrews speaks about the role of Context in Data Art.
If you look at neural networks created by scientists with a creative eye you might see it as art. If you take it out of context, it could be a subway map or a series of rivers. It could be anything. It's the non-creative context in which things are placed that makes people think they aren't be considered art.
Andrews expands on a specific genre of Data Art that Urist mentions –
Artists influenced by self-tracking.
'Waiting for Earthquakes' by Moon Ribas. She has a sensor embedded into her skin that, using seismic data, vibrates every time there is an earthquake in the world, from anywhere, any magnitude. 'Waiting for Earthquakes' is a performance piece in which she literally just stands on stage and waits for an earthquake to happen and then interprets the feeling that she gets into movement. I don't know if she considers it data art, but I do.
And then, there are artists like Shelita Burke, a pop musician who decided to use Blockchain and Music Metadata to not only get paid on time – but to organize a centralized system for distributing royalties across the production spectrum to the producers and writers involved.
Burke thinks it also has something to do with her use of data to her advantage, like when she determined that 90 days was the perfect time to release new music in order to keep fans engaged.
"I really believe that every artist needs to understand data" Burke says.


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Anatomy of Circulatory System identifying Major Arteries and Veins Chart
This highly detailed chart illustrates how the heart, lungs and blood vessels act as a supply system providing the body with necessary fuels and oxygen contained in the blood.
All the major arteries and veins are clearly identified and named.
Illustrated with great precision, these charts were designed prior to 'the digital age', all images being originally hand drawn and painted by an acclaimed anatomical illustrator.
Printed on high quality 170 gram satin paper & gloss encapsulated (laminated) to a thickness of 250micron for durability and hygiene.
Designed as a useful aid and reference resource for; students studying anatomy and physiology, medical clinics, doctors surgeries, universities and physiotherapy departments.
Size: A1 (85cm x 60cm)