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FET and Diageo CSR teams collaborated for the first time, to host the annual 14th "KEEP WALKING Fund" in Taiwan! The "KEEP WALKING Taiwan Fund" encourages people to face difficulties with confidence and achieve one's dream. Due to FET's participation to this year's KEEP WALKING project, the original total prize raised up from 10 million NTD to 11 million NTD. FET hopes to convey its passion in its CSR work to the KEEP WALKING project by offering resources to the fund's rightful recipients.
FET x Diageo 14th Annual KEEP WALKING Taiwan Fund
FET volunteers taught children in remote schools the "PaGamO" educational game APP through the "Cloud Education" online virtual classroom. "PaGamO" is an online learning platform, offering multiple exam questions. FET also helps to set up environmental awareness questions in PaGamO, which enhances children's willingness to learn new knowledge in a fun way.
Revolutionize Education, Let Love Be Heard
To propagate the ideal of "love and protecting the environment", Far EasTone and Far Eastern Memorial Foundation jointly held "Love the Earth. Let Love be Heard" Concert. The concert was an entertaining night of great music presented by world-renown conductor Christopher Chen, the Chorus of School of Music of Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Taipei Philharmonic Chorus, and Taipei Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. An acoustic feast was created by the perfect synergy between the vocal and instrumental performances by artists across the Strait. If Kids Theater opened the concert with an interesting play about environmental protection. Every concert goer enjoyed an exceptional weekend night full of visual and audio excitement.
"Love the Earth. Let Love be Heard" Concert
As part of the 3rd year of the Green Kungfu campaign, FarEasTone launched "I Draw, I Tell, therefore I Love" in 2014. The activity invited Eco-friendly Digital Picture Book to submit their fun, creative work, inspired by their unique perspective on the subject of environmental protection, in the form of a digital file to deliver the message of environmental sustainability to the next generation of Taiwan. Works from the winners were made available for free downloads on FET eBook Town by the general public and non-profit and education organizations. The eco-friendly digital picture books of the top three winners in 2013 were given a new life after they were adapted by If kids Theater Company to create animations dubbed by children's favorite TV star Chao Tzu Chiang and debuted on FET Video Store. Go to FET Video Store, and you can enjoy their creative works for free! The website: http://greenkfu.fetnet
2014 FET Green Kungfu Record
In 2014, FET volunteers put "Express your love. Let it be heard." into action by traveling to primary schools in remote areas in Taiwan to provide services. Their love and care showered on the kids at Xingchung, Jianshan, and Taoyuan Elementary School in Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung City, and Huzhu and Xiuling Elementary School in Nantou County. In northernTaiwan, Far EasTone joined hands with Homemakers' Union and visited elementary schools and kindergartens to spread the seeds of loving the earth.
2014 FET Volunteer Services
2014 marks the 8th year of working with Child Welfare League Foundation (CWLF) to fundraise for abandoned children. On 28th September, 2014, we held an event at the square in front of Xinyi Vieshow Cinema to announce the official sale of "The Happy Tree" 2015 Calendar to raise funds for abandoned children. Wang Jen-fu and Ji-chin , entertainment celebrities and Love Ambassadors of CWLF, attended the event along with their kids. They took the role of "Store Manager of the Day" to help sell the 2015 calendar and interacted with the crowd on-site in a variety of games in this charity event. Volunteers of Far EasTone also paraded on the street to raise people's awareness of this event. Laughter and joy will help the CWLF to survive the fundraising low season.
The 8th Fundraising Campaign of "Save Abandoned Children"
As part of the third year of the Green Kungfu campaign, FarEasTone launched "I Draw, I Tell, therefore I Love" in 2014. The activity invited Eco-friendly Digital Picture Book to submit their fun, creative work, inspired by their unique perspective on the subject of environmental protection, in the form of a digital file to deliver the message of environmental sustainability to the next generation of Taiwan. The top-place winner received a cash price of NT$10,000 for each page he submitted. Works from the winners were made available for free downloads on FET eBook Town by the general public and non-profit and education organizations. The eco-friendly digital picture books of the top three winners in 2013 were given a new life after they were adapted by If kids Theater Company to create animations dubbed by children's favorite TV star Chao Tzu Chiang and debuted on FET Video Store. Go to FET Video Store, and you can enjoy their creative works for free!
FET launched the 3th "Green Kungfu"
Far EasTone (FET) collaborated with Child Welfare League Foundation (CWLF) to launch a cute baby figure teabag fundraiser on Taipei's Xinyi Street, under the theme of "Help me grow, help me find a home". The organizers invited well-known celebrities Weber Yang and Lele to act as love ambassadors. The weekend Hsinyi business district was filled with happiness even though the weather was rainy and windy. The charity sale gathered people's power bit by bit to form a solid backing for love.
FET and CWLF launched the 7th "Saving the Lives of Abandoned
A total of 57 out of the 187 electronic environmental protection illustrations were selected for the jury's shortlist. The five judges eventually selected 13 excellent illustrations after intense discussions. They spoke highly of the illustrations and praised the Far EasTone (FET) activity itself. They also hoped that more creative talents in Taiwan can be uncovered via this method. FET's "I Draw, I Tell, Therefore I Love" campaign's official website can be found at: http://www.fetgreenkf.net
Meeting on "I Draw" Illustrations Final Selection
2013/7/5 Yvonne Li, President of Far EasTone, led the first group of volunteers of FET Green Kungfu Campaign, children's idol Chao Tzu Chiang and members of Ifkids Theatre, who are passionate, loving and full of spirit, went to Hsing-Chung Elementary School located in Taoyuan, Greater Kaohsiung. By the use of tablets and Taiwan's first electronic picture book "Butterfly Hooligan", they took 35 Tsou and Bunun students from Hsing-Chung Elementary School to the fantastic world of picture books, hoping that the concept of respecting nature would take root in their hearts.
Storytelling campaign in remote rural areas
The second promotional video of FET Second Green Kungfu Campaign - "I Draw, I Tell, therefore I Love" aims at encouraging the interaction between parents and children. After downloading the APP "Green Kungfu Campaign", the participants can upload the video clip of the parent-child activities, so that the most beautiful memory of the parent-child interactivity can be kept on records, and children will be able to learn more meaning messages through story telling.
I tell-Soliciting Video
The 2nd FET Green Kungfu 'I Draw, I Tell, therefore I Love ' promotion clip is to encourage the public to create their own illustrated e-book themed on environmental protection following the example of the children's book "Butterfly A-Fei" written by Chao Tzu Chiang and illustrated by Rainbow. It also hopes to promote environmental protection through paperless reading and illustration books, and invite the public to join hands with FET to love the Earth and protect the environment .
The official website for the I Draw, I Tell , therefore I Love program: http://www.fetgreenkf.net
I Draw, I Tell, therefore I Love
In order to develop the core business value of Far EasTone and its belief in "fashionable eco-friendly" and "innovatively responsible", Far EasTone held the first activity of "Connect Your Green Kungfu" on June, 2012. An application used on mobile devices and download the app dubbed of " Your Green Kungfu" that allowed contestants to film and record their green ideas in their daily lives and upload their clips through the app on their mobile devices anytime and anywhere. The contestants can easy to join this competition and match the environment issue.
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Far EasTone joined hands with the Child Welfare League Foundation to host a grand charity auction at the Taipei Xinyi Vieshow Cinema Plaza for the first time, as the first of a series of its fundraising activities for the 2012 "Saving the Lives of Abandoned Children" Campaign.
2012 FET&CWLF Charity Event


text: Hutjens: Surviving Current Milk and Feed Prices October 2, 2013 12:31 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Catherine Merlo Farm Journal's Milk Western and Online Editor Email Boost your milk components to gain an extra 40¢ to 50¢ per cwt. Look for the milk premiums (in the Midwest, they're bringing in an added 82¢ per cwt.). Monitor forage inventory to make sure you have enough. Control and measure feed shrink, which can rob you of up to 35% of your forages. Those were some of Mike Hutjens' tips to survive current milk and feed prices, delivered in an Educational Seminar today at World Dairy Expo. "Never give up milk," the University of Illinois, Urbana professor emeritus told the audience. High-producing cows can convert 1 lb. of dry matter to 2 lb. of milk. With a cost of 12¢ per pound of dry matter and milk priced at 20¢ per lb. ($20 per cwt.), the profit is 38¢ per day per additional pound of dry matter consumed, Hutjens said. Feed efficiency improvement of 0.1 per cow per day, from 1.4 to 1.5 lb. of 3.5% fat correct milk per pound of dry matter, will add 36¢ more income per cow per day. Hutjens noted the forage challenges that exist in the U.S. Those include ongoing drought conditions in the Southwest and West, excessive spring rains in the Midwest that delayed corn silage planting, and the wet spring that not only delayed first-crop harvesting but reduced quality and resulted in the loss of one cutting. In addition, the Midwest lost nearly 2 million acres of alfalfa due to winter-kill. "Current forage inventory summaries are critical as fall forages can meet forage needs," Hutjens said. "Your monthly feed inventory is needed to determine if you have adequate amounts to get to spring forages. As a guide, 5½ tons of forage dry matter (30 lb. per day) are needed for large breed cows, which include dry and lactation phases." If your inventory is low or short, decide on your strategy now, not in March when forage prices may be high and supplies limited. By-product feeds could be one alternative if implemented early. Fuzzy cottonseed, wet corn gluten feed, wet distillers grain and wet beet pulp can be forage extenders. Culling low-producing cows or cows with health challenges may be another choice. Reducing heifers on the farm or having them raised by heifer growers are possible, but consider costs and the heifer-growth history of the commercial heifer raiser. Hutjens also urged producers to "monitor forage quality as large variation can be expected." Corn prices may decline $2 per bu. and soybean meal may drop $100 per ton, depending on fall harvest yields, ethanol production and exports. By-product feeds can follow these two major sources of energy (corn) and protein (soybean meal), which may be more price competitive. Hutjens encouraged producers to use FeedVal 2012 from the University of Wisconsin to determine breakeven prices. The seminar was sponsored by Sioux Automation Center, Inc. Back to news

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Donald Guthrie, The Pastoral Epistles and the mind of Paul. (The Tyndale New Testament Lecture 1955.) (London: Tyndale Press, 1956).
Bruce Barron, "Putting women in their place: 1 Timothy 2 and evangelical views of women in church leadership." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 33.4 (1990) 451-459.
James B. DeYoung, "The source and NT meaning of APSENOKOITAI with implications for Christian ethics and ministry." The Masters Seminary Journal 19 (1992) 54-63.
Stephen Motyer, "Expounding 1 Timothy 2:8-15." Vox Evangelica 24 (1994) 91-102.
Andrew C. Perriman, "What Eve did, what women shouldn't do: the meaning of authenteo in 1 Timothy 2:12." Tyndale Bulletin 44.1 (1993) 129-142.
Bruce W. Winter, "The 'new' Roman wife and 1 Timothy 2:9-15: The search for a Sitz im Leben." Tyndale Bulletin 51.2 (2000) 285-294.


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Have you ever had trouble serving baklava? It gets sticky, messy and difficult to handle. I found a solution by using shredded phyllo dough instead of sheets of phyllo dough and baking it in individual molds. They tend to trap the syrupy goodness in their web instead of getting soaked and sticky. Since it's the holidays, I wanted to add the flavor of Christmas to the baklava, so I added chestnuts. I layered both chestnut purée and roasted chestnuts into the baklava, along with crushed pistachios for color and flavor. I also substituted date syrup for honey, which added a depth of flavor and a strong contrast of color.
If you're looking for a dessert recipe for the holidays that's easy to make but looks elegant, consider baklava. It's an easy, stress-free dessert that is sure to please everyone.
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Baklavash (Baklava Recipe)
After receiving flatbread from California Lavash, I've experimented with a lot of savory dishes, making pinwheel appetizers, sandwich wraps, chicken soup and a goat cheese tart. I decided it was time to also satisfy my family's sweet tooth. I made a baklava-style dessert using lavash bread, hence the name "baklavash"! The preparation is similar to making baklava (also spelled baclava or baklawa), except phyllo dough is replaced with the lavash, which makes the task a lot easier. When working with phyllo, you have to be sure to assemble the dessert pretty fast and keep the unused portion covered with a wet towel at all times as phyllo tends to dry out quickly. With lavash, you can take your time and not worry about this problem.
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D.C. Public Schools officials are negotiating with the Washington Teachers' Union to extend the time students spend in class.
Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson told The Washington Examiner that she's working to create more flexibility in the teachers' union contract to implement a longer school day and a longer school year. A schools spokeswoman says they aren't ready to release details on the proposal.
Teachers' Union President Nathan Saunders says any proposal lengthening the school day would need to include additional pay and professional development for teachers.
Some public charter schools already offer longer school days. For instance, KIPP DC schools provide an extended day, Saturday school and mandatory summer school. That's about 40 percent more instructional time. Co-founder Mike Feinberg attributes KIPP's academic performance largely to the extended instructional time.


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Hulu Owners Decide to Keep Stakes
The media companies that own Hulu opted not to sell the online video site, announcing that instead they will maintain their stakes and recapitalize the company with a $750 million cash infusion Amol Sharma reports on digits.
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I think this book is great. I liked Bird and Bear because they were sweet. My favorite part was when Bird was on a pumpkin because it was a good idea. I would have done something like that. The pictures really helped the story, the colors were very bold.
I would recommend this book to kindergarteners because they would like Bear. First graders would like it because they could read it.


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Captain's Report
A Trawler By Any Other Name
When we tested this boat a while back, she was called the Expedition Trawler, maybe a more evocative name than 414 Trawler. But Mainship has renamed all its models to reflect their overall length, and since this boat is 41' 4", she became the 414T. Otherwise she's the same boat as the earlier Expedition: A single-screw diesel cruiser with comfortable accommodations for four that will take you 252 n.m. (467 km.) on a 300-gal. (1,136 L) fuel capacity (with a 10% reserve) at a respectable cruising speed of 15.9 kt. (29.5 kph). Top speed in our test: 16.7 kt. (30.9 kph) with standard power, a 380-hp Yanmar 6LY3-UTP.
In our book, 290 miles doesn't make for much of an expedition – but did you ever hear of an expedition taking place at almost 16 knots? No, neither have we. You can have long range, though: Slow the 414T to traditional trawler speed, say 7 knots, and you should be able to coax over 800 n.m. out of the same amount of fuel. That's enough leg to take you quite a ways off the beaten path – maybe through the remote islands of the Caribbean or to the far corners of the Med -- or let you cruise on the beaten path without having to stop for fuel every day. Fuel consumption increases quickly beyond 7.5 knots, so if you want maximum range, go easy on the throttle. At 8.5 mph or 7.3 knots, the boat has a range of 713 statute miles or 620 nautical miles, according to our tests. That means that you can get from Florida to New England at these speeds in the ICW on two loads of fuel. How's that for economy?
Maybe Mainship's name change was smart, after all: The 414T can be a leisurely, long-range traditional trawler, but also a fast cruiser in waters where harbors, and fuel docks, are plentiful. We suspect most people will prefer the latter. This boat is not really up to a real "expedition" to someplace like, say, Tahiti. There are other boats for that kind of work and they are both heavier, larger and far more expensive.
Comfort for Four in Two
Belowdecks, the 414T holds no surprises: The layout is what we've come to expect in a yacht of this size and type, i.e., with traditional midships engines. There's a master stateroom forward, with the typical centerline peninsula berth, a twin-bunk cabin to port, head compartment to starboard. The galley is in the salon, taking space from there but adding it in the accommodations. What else can you do when you want to fit in two cabins? We don't know – this arrangement works fine for us.
Mainship builds the 414T's joinery in cherry, a light-colored wood that, in concert with a white overhead, makes the most of the large cabin windows to keep the salon bright. Air conditioning is optional ($14,000), as is a central vacuum system ($950). Folks serious about cruising out of season or to the Great White North can have diesel cabin heating (ask your Mainship dealer for the price).
The salon benefits from large cabin windows port and starboard and light-colored cherry joinery and upholstery, too. We like the pair of plush-looking swivel chairs. Everyday engine access is through a centerline hatch in the sole; adjacent panels are removable for major repairs or maintenance.
Galley Up, Staterooms Down
Placing the galley in the salon opens up space belowdecks for sleeping; otherwise it would be extremely cramped down there with two cabins. But the salon is big enough to absorb the L-shaped galley, opposite the lower helm station, without crimping the crew's style. And the cook will prefer it, too: No carrying plates up and down steps, no banishment belowdecks when everyone else is having fun in the salon.
Prices and Our Opinion
Base price of the Mainship 414 Trawler is $393,207 with a single 380-hp Yanmar 6LY3-UTP diesel spinning a conventional shaft and prop. Folks worried about handing a single-screw boat will have both bow and stern thrusters to help out – both are standard. Or opt for twin 220-hp Yanmar 6BY2-220 diesels ($31,250); you'll lose the stern thruster. We'd stick with the single.
A Bimini top and full enclosure are optional ($4,257 and $6,386 respectively) -- get them as you'll want protection on the flying bridge, from the sun at least. A windlass adds $3,714; a 35-lb plow anchor and chain/rope rode are standard. Mainship also includes a bell, docklines and fenders as standard, and a boat hook, too.Even with a full array of options, a Mainship 414 Trawler should list somewhere in the mid-$400K range, not a bad price for a boat of this size. Mainship is known for building value into their boats, and this one, apparently, is no exception. The single diesel helps, too, and will reduce maintenance costs.
For comparison, we found a number of similar trawler yachts from middle-of-the-road builders, most based in the Far East, with price tags in the same range as the Mainship. Choosing among them is difficult to do on paper. But move into the "big names" and the boats that are designed for ocean crossings, or are much more "up-market" brands and the prices skyrocket: A same-size trawler yacht from a famous prestigious brand, but with twin Zeus pods, runs around $744,000. A single-screw tug-yacht of similar size, again from a top builder, costs around $722,000. These boats are generally heavier and have much more teak and wood in them and certainly more man-hours of labor. Mainship is a price-point builder and wise consumers would carefully consider how much boat they really need for the mission intended. If you are not going to be like Jacques Cousteau, then perhaps it is just what you need. The bottom line: We'd surely check out the Mainship 414 Trawler before buying a similar boat, whether we were planning long cruises or just a trip across the bay.
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Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space pits the Freelance Police against the surreal and supernatural, with the duo facing off against a demon-possessed Santa Claus, gigantic robots, and an emo vampire amassing an army of rave-loving zombies. Mariachis will sing, dead goldfish will prophesize, and Hell just might freeze over, and when friends are caught in the crossfire, Sam & Max risk their very souls to set things right. With an overarching story told throughout five action-packed episodes, the second season of Sam & Max is brimming with mind-bending puzzles, exotic environments and the unhinged humor fans have come to expect from Telltale.
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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — A huge explosion rocked the area near the U.S. consulate in Afghanistan's Herat province early Friday during a heavy gunfight between militants and security forces, officials said.
The attack occurred just before 6 a.m. local time when attackers sped towards the front gate of the consulate, said Marie Harf, a deputy State Department spokeswoman.
The attackers fired assault rifles starting a gun battle with Afghan security forces. During the battle, a truck exploded, Harf said, causing major damage to the front gate of the consulate.
American consulate personnel took shelter in safe havens while U.S. security forces responded to the attack, Harf said. There were no U.S. casualties.
Seven attackers traveling in two vehicles took part in the assault and all of them were killed, said Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, deputy Afghan Interior Minister.
Three people, two local police officers and a local security guard, were killed, police and hospital officials said. Twenty others were injured.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in an e-mail to CNN.
U.S. Ambassador James B. Cunningham in a statement condemned the attack and lamented the Afghan citizens who lost their lives.
"Many Afghan civilians were killed in the attack, along with others who work for the Consulate as contractors. We are deeply saddened by this senseless loss of life," he said.


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A Bird is a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate with wings and feathers. For the most part, they fly. Ostriches, penguins, and emus are birds that don't fly, although penguins have sometimes been said to "fly" underwater. Robins, sparrows, cardinals, and eagles are more typical flying birds.
Physical characteristics
All birds have two legs and two wings (although in some flightless species such as the kiwi, the wings are very small and serve little purpose). Birds also have a beak, although its shape, size and use varies enormously between species. Uniquely among vertebrates, birds have hollow bones; this makes them very light for their size, facilitating flight. Living birds do not have teeth, although some extinct species had teeth. Birds' feathers can be any color, and the colors and pattern often vary between males and females of the same species, with males typically having the more garish and elaborate plumage; in some species such as peacocks and birds of paradise this is taken to striking extremes.
Birds as dinosaurs
Almost all evolutionary biologists believe that birds are the only extant group of dinosaurs, a branch of the therapods, which included Velociraptor and Deinonychus. This view is disputed by creationists, and also by a few prominent evolutionary biologists. Some have even gone so far as to suggest that dinosaur species such as the Velociraptor and others possessed primitive feathers.[1]
Creationary view
Creationists contend that birds being descendants of dinosaurs is unreasonable and is not scientifically supported with any evidence.[2][3]
They also point out that God could have created some dinosaurs with feathers, and therefore that finding feathered dinosaurs does not prove that dinosaurs evolved into birds.[4]
Creationary scientist Dr. Jonathan Sarfati wrote regarding birds being descendants of dinosaurs:
The same logic applies to the dinosaur-bird debate. It is perfectly in order for creationists to cite Feduccia's devastating criticism against the idea that birds evolved 'ground up' from running dinosaurs (the cursorial theory). But the dino-to-bird advocates counter with equally powerful arguments against Feduccia's 'trees-down' (arboreal) theory. The evidence indicates that the critics are both right — birds did not evolve either from running dinos or from tree-living mini-crocodiles. In fact, birds did not evolve from non-birds at all![5]
Evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr in 1942 wrote:
It must be admitted, however, that it is a considerable strain on one's credulity to assume that finely balanced systems such as certain sense organs (the eye of vertebrates, or the bird's feather) could be improved by random mutations.[6]
Scientific American stated:
Of all the body coverings nature has designed, feathers are the most various and the most mysterious...The origin of feathers is a specific instance of the much more general question of the origin of evolutionary novelties--structures that have no clear antecedents in ancestral animals and no clear related structures (homologues) in contemporary relatives. Although evolutionary theory provides a robust explanation for the appearance of minor variations in the size and shape of creatures and their component parts, it does not yet give as much guidance for understanding the emergence of entirely new structures, including digits, limbs, eyes and feathers...[7][8]Another evolutionist critical of the dinosaur/bird connection is Storrs L. Olson, Curator of Birds at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution, who said:
The idea of feathered dinosaurs and the theropod origin of birds is being actively promulgated by a cadre of zealous scientists acting in concert with certain editors at Nature and National Geographic who themselves have become outspoken and highly biased proselytizers of the faith. Truth and careful scientific weighing of evidence have been among the first casualties in their program, which is now fast becoming one of the grander scientific hoaxes of our age—the paleontological equivalent of cold fusion.[9]
Since Olsen's open letter was published in 1999, however, numerous theropod fossils with clear evidence of feathers have been discovered.[10]
Creationist also assert that the comparative anatomy analysis done by evolutionists comparing bird bones and dinosaur bones is flawed.[11]
Evolutionary view
A widespread evolutionist claim is that birds evolved from earlier theropod dinosaurs over 150 million years ago. The most-frequently claimed candidate for a transitional form is Archaeopteryx lithographica which is from the late Jurassic (about 150 million years ago) of Germany. This is a flawed example, as creationists often point out that God could have just created a feathered dinosaur. There are other claimed transitional fossils [12] also.
There are many papers in the peer-reviewed science literature, including leading journals such as Nature and Science, that support the idea that birds are a sub-group of dinosaurs. For example:
Several features, including a carinate sternum and reduced fibula, suggest that Mononychus olecranus is more closely related to modern birds than is Archaeopteryx lithographica. The two skeletons are among the best preserved fossils known of a primitive bird, and emphasize the complexity of the morphological transformation from nonavialian theropods to modern birds. The occurrence of such a primitive bird in the Late Cretaceous reflects the paucity of Mesozoic bird fossils and suggests that the early radiation of avialians is only beginning to be sampled [13]
Since those words were written in 1993, however, many fossils of primitive birds and other theropods have been discovered, so it is no longer correct to consider the Late Mesozoic fossil evidence of this group as depauperate.
The conventional Linnaean taxonomy places birds in the Class Aves within the Subphylum Vertebrata. Reptilia, the conventional Class of reptiles, includes crocodiles and relatives, lizards and snakes, turtles, and the tuatara. However, birds and other, extinct dinosaurs should be grouped as archosaurs, along with the extant crocodiles and the extinct pterosaurs. Hence the conventional classification does not reflect the current state of evolutionary biology.
Zoologists continue to use Class Aves as the taxonomic group of birds but recognise that it is a sub-group of the Superorder Dinosauria, which in turn is a member of the group Archosauria, including crocodiles and pterosaurs. The higher classification of reptiles (including birds) is not fully resolved but a common view is that current evidence indicates that the archosaurs (including birds) are a sister group of the lepidosaurs, which include lizards, snakes, the tuatara, and the extinct mosasaurs and plesiosaurs.[14]
Evolution of flight
Cursorial Theory
Proposed in 1879 by fossil expert Samuel Williston, the Cursorial Theory suggests that the ancestors of birds were ground-dwelling theropods that developed flight through leaping and jumping. Cursorial Theory is no longer popular among scientists, who generally favor the Arboreal "trees down" theory of flight, since taking off from the ground is energetically expensive, thus it is therefore considered unlikely that flapping flight evolved from the ground up.
However, proponents of the Cursorial theory point to the basilisk lizard, which possesses the ability to run on water for a short time to escape predators, yet also has the ability to climb with great agility. The ability to run bipedally is not evident from the basilisk anatomy alone, and this illustrates the plasticity of animal behavior. It is nearly impossible to determine an animal's behavior simply by looking at its anatomy, as animals are capable of behavior beyond what their anatomy would suggest.
- ↑ Feather Quill Knobs in the Dinosaur Velociraptor Science 21 September 2007: Vol. 317. no. 5845, p. 1721 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/317/5845/1721
- ↑ Sarfati, Jonathan, Bird Evolution, chapter 4 of Refuting Evolution.
- ↑ McIntosh, Andy, 100 years of airplanes—but these weren't the first flying machines!, Creation 26(1):44–48, December 2003.
- ↑ Matthews, Michael, Scientific American admits creationists hit a sore spot 13th March, 2003 (Creation Ministries International)
- ↑ Sarfati, Jonathan, 15 ways to refute materialistic bigotry: A point by point response to Scientific American, Creation Ministries International
- ↑ Brown, Walt, In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood
- ↑ Matthews, Michael, Scientific American admits creationists hit a sore spot, Answers in Genesis.
- ↑ Prum, Richard O., and Brush, Alan H., Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?, Scientific American, March 2003.
- ↑ Olson, Storrs L., Open letter, 1st November, 1999.
- ↑ Göhlich, U.B., and Chiappe, L.M. (2006). "A new carnivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen archipelago." Nature, 440: 329-332
- ↑ Menton, David N., "Ostrich-osaurus" discovery?, Answers in Genesis.
- ↑ http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-transitional/part1b.html#bird
- ↑ Nature 362, 623-626 (15 April 1993)
- ↑ Benton, 2004. Vertebrate Paleontology


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Dell Precision M6400
Published: 27/03/2009 Hardware and Manage
The M6400 delivers exceptional performance, but portability is not its strong point
Ministry of sound
Published: 20/03/2009 Design and Prototype
How Bang and Olufsen got in tune with RP to unveil its latest innovation
Dell Precision M2400
Published: 20/03/2009 Hardware and Manage
The M2400 a true mobile platform for CAD
HyperMove 1.0
Published: 19/03/2009 Design and Simulate
Al Dean takes a look at Bunkspeed's finely tuned latest rendering tool
SolidWorks World 2009
Published: 18/03/2009 Design, Prototype and Simulate
Nerds, geeks, Josh Mings and Al Dean turn out for Solidworks World 2009
CAD on the go
Published: 17/03/2009 Hardware
Rob Jamieson gives his top tips for the man on the move
Up periscope
Published: 16/03/2009 Collaborate, Design, Manufacture and Prototype
ARRK gives Kent Periscopes the winning edge in the design battle
Material selection process can be a minefield
Published: 13/03/2009 Design and Manufacture
John Tumelty looks at some key material considerations in product development
Fancy footwork
Published: 13/03/2009 Design
The Eamz shoe is a sexy crossover of industrial design disciplines
Wing beater
Published: 13/03/2009 Simulate
CFD is giving a lift to unmanned aircraft, writes Joseph Kummer
Life changing design
Published: 13/03/2009 Design, Manufacture and Simulate
Designing medical devices that help transform people's lives
Design tools on the Apple Mac
Published: 12/03/2009 Design and Hardware
Al Dean finally surrenders to the Mac
CATIA on steroids: pt 2
Published: 10/03/2009 Design, Simulate and Visualise
Greg Corke puts graphics cards to the CATIA test
SpaceClaim 2009
Published: 10/03/2009
A look at Spaceclaim's fourth major release
Delcam FeatureCAM 2009
Published: 06/03/2009 Manufacture and Prototype
Al Dean examines the nifty tools in Delcam's latest offering
Who cares about Autocad?
Published: 02/03/2009 Design
2D? That's dumb, isn't it?, asks Martyn Day
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Geomagic close the reverse engineering loop
Published 31 March 2009
Posted by Al Dean
While I'm sworn to secrecy regarding the next release of Geomagic's line of reverse engineering or, as they would have it, Digital Shape Sampling and Processing (DSSP), applications, there's something that's been talked about a little bit online and recently posted to the company's labs web-site (labs.geomagic.com), that's too good to resist a little yap about.
When you look at the use of reverse engineering within the context of 3D design, there are several workflows and processes that it supports. Whatever your end goal, the process of capturing a physical form digitally is used across a wide spectrum of the design and manufacturing world. There's those looking to capture concept models/clays/styrofoam concepts and turn them into something more workable. there are those looking to capture organically generated shapes because that's the only way they can be produced. Then looking into more production related applications, the use of revser engineering technologies is huge in many areas. Whether that's the digitalisation of physical legacy parts for remanufacturing where either digital data doesn't exist, or the 'in-use' part doesn't match the source 3D data (something that's huge in aerospace and turbomachinery). There's also inspection and metrology applications that are gaining massive traction.
Whatever your use and purpose, it's common that the scanned form is used as the basis for the construction of more accurate, cleaner surfaces. This is true of the automotive styling world as it is of the product design or medical market. you'll start with a physical form, but your end requirement is a clean, smooth and fully featured surface or solid model. Now, the problem is that while you've traditionally been able to create surfaces and solids which can be passed to your workhorse design system, there's very little in the way of intelligence. you can derive forms based on scan data, but editing that geometry, to effect design changes, takes complex edits and in many cases, complete rework.
#1: Using Geomagic Studio to indentify 'features' and surface entities within your scanned data.
What Geomagic has done is to develop a series of connections that establish a link between its host application (Geomagic Studio) and either SolidWorks, Inventor or Pro/Engineer. You perform the standard scanning, registration and clean up processes (look out for a full review in DEVELOP3D in April for more information).
#2: Surface entities created using automatic and manual tools
But once done, you then use the built in tools (from the Geomagic Fashion module) to start to break down the model into precisely defined surfaces and solids. The system has, for some time, included a range of tools that allow you to create very clean surface/solid data using that underlying point cloud. This extends that by passing that same data to your workhorse CAD system. This is then used as the basis of reconstruction your models in your CAD system, using standard operations and features.
#3: Surfaces transferred to SolidWorks, with generating sketches in place and feature history constructed – ready for boolean and trimming operations.
The benefit this gives you is that you'll end up with a quasi-parametric model which contains a great deal more intelligence (in terms of enabling design modification) than you'd traditionally get.
#4: Final SolidWorks model, clean, trimmed and intelligent.
Looks cool eh? it is. While Geomagic's arch-nemesis, RapidForm has a similar tool in the form of RapidFormXOR/Redesign, Geomagic's Parametric Exchange looks like a very elegant solution that lets Geomagic do what it does best (working with point cloud and polygon data) and leaves you to do the bulk of the surface and solid editing in systems best suited to the job. The images above show the system working with SolidWorks – now here's a nice little video to show how it inter-operates with Pro/Engineer.
Geomagic Parametric Exchange + Pro/E Wildfire from DEVELOP3D on Vimeo.
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HP Workstation Event: HP to offer twelve core workstations this year
HP's AMD-based workstation, the xw9400, is to support six cores per CPU
#5: With all the hype surrounding HP's new Xeon 5500-based Z Series workstations, I asked HP what this meant for its AMD-based workstations, specifically the xw9400. The response was that the xw9400 will still be able to differentiate itself from HP's Intel-based machines as it will be able to support six cores per CPU later this this year.
This could be very interesting for those pushing the boundaries of CAE on the desktop, because despite the new Intel platform featuring a total of 16 cores by counting the 8 created with HyperThreading, most CAE applications can't take advantge of this virtual core technology. As a result, the xw9400's 12 cores will still be the maximum available from a mainstream workstation manufacturer.
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HP Workstation Event: Z Series take serviceability to new levels
#4: It's been a frustrating few days for me. Not only because I had to leave sunny LA at the tail end of last week to return to wind and rain in London, but I got to see all manner of exciting technologies at HP's global workstation event, which I've been unable to write about until now due to embargo restrictions.
One of these technologies is HP's brand new workstation family, the Z Series (pronounced Zee Series by those the other side of the Atlantic). Comprising three models – the Z400, Z600 and Z800 – the new machines are something to get quite excited about. This is not just because of Intel's new, incredibly powerful Xeon 5500 series processors, but because HP has completely re-thought the workstation and the way it can be serviced, upgraded and generally taken to bits.
To my mind, only Apple and Sun have delivered similar levels of serviceability offered by HP's new Z series, which is completely tool-less in design. For its demonstrations, HP focussed on its top-end Z800 showing exactly how easy it is to service and maintain.
HP's New Z800 workstation, can be taken to bits in minutes – and look, no wires!
The whole system relies on clearly marked green levers and clips to give users visual clues as to how to take things apart. HP has done this before but never to this level of simplicity. First of all there are no wires inside the machine! These are all routed behind the back of the motherboard – not only to make things easier, but not to interfere with the CFD-optimised airflow throughout the machine. Even the dongles used to power high-end graphics cards, such as the Quadro FX 5800, are routed behind the motherboard and neatly clipped away when not in use.
Everything in the system, from graphics cards to hard drives and even motherboard, feature innovative mechanisms for easy and tool-less removal. Components that rely on power, such as the power supply and memory fans, use blind mate connectors, which are funnel-shaped to guide the components into place.
The power supply itself has been completely redesigned, and runs the whole length of the chassis so it can take in cool air from the front of the machine and as a result generate less fan noise. User maintenance and diagnosis has also been improved and should the workstation develop a power problem the supply unit can be removed simply by pulling it out by its handle. Then plugging it into the mains will help the user verify the cause of the problem. If the supply is indeed faulty the green light on the side of the unit will not come on. HP will then ship out a replacement power supply which can be easily installed by the user.
In its quest for even quieter machines HP has also innovated in its cooling mechanisms. Specially designed injection moulded ducting means each CPU in a dual socket machine receives fresh air from the front of the workstation reducing the load and improving acoustics. Dedicated fans for each memory bank also run independently from each other to minimise noise.
For those craving even fewer decibels, a liquid cooling option will also be available this summer and new Intel solid state hard drives, which not only run quieter than traditional physical drives, but consume less power and produce less heat, will also be introduced soon. These will also increase performance for those that access a lot of data, frequently.
Power saving
HP made some bold statements about power, claiming that on average its new workstations consume 35% less power than similarly configured machines in its previous generation. In terms of power efficiency, all of its power supplies now surpass the 80plus initiative and are now 85% efficient. The redesigned 1,100W unit in the Z800 is even 89% efficient.
HP has also done a lot of work on power saving and a new hibernate mode called HP WattSaver reduces power consumption to 0.8W, compared to the 2.1W in its previous generation workstations.
In addition, HP claims that all HP workstations are to 90% recyclable by weight and the HP Z line is registered as Electronics Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) Gold, the highest rating available.
DesignWorks was instrumental in the development of the innovative new chassis for HP's new Z Series workstation. Foam protoytpes pictured.
Industrial Design
HP engaged BMW DesignWorks as part of its industrial design team and to do the global customer research into what its customers want from workstations. In addition to the totally tool-less design to transform the way users re-configure systems, the Z600 and Z800 feature integrated handles making it easier to move them around on site. Also, because the workstations don't have rubber feet, they can be slid around on carpets and tiled floors.
Styling was also high on the agenda and the 'design language' developed by DesignWorks expresses clean lines and premium materials. The grill that runs down the entire front of the Z600 and Z800 was made possible by incorporating a slot loading optical drive and brushed aluminium side panels also feature. Finally, with its injection moulded components, the machine also looks elegant from the inside, as opposed to the usual mess of wires and clips. It's a welcome change from HP's 'xw' chassis, which was getting a bit long in the tooth and while the Z Series has a refined look, it's still no Mac Pro in terms of character.
Alec Bernstein, Senior Director, Strategy, Research & Strategic Partnering, DesignWorks USA, also explained how the Z800 applies a lot of the principles of green design. For example, minimizing the amount of screws and fasteners can have a huge impact on the environment as screws travel more than any product in the world as they are mined, manufactured and then shipped globally.
The Z family
HP's new Z workstation series feature three models, the Z800, Z600 and Z400. The entire family is based around Intel's new Xeon processor 5500 and 3500 series (codenamed Nehalem), which feature integrated memory controllers and Turbo Boost Technology.
The Z400 is a single socket machine taking the price/performance position in the range (though HP will continue to produce its Core 2 Duo-based xw4600 for those that want an even lower entry-point). The Z600 is a compact dual socket workstation, but for ultimate expandability the Z800 offers up to 192GB memory and 7.5TB of internal storage.
All workstations are armed with 1,333MHz DDR-3 memory and new professional graphics solutions have been introduced across the line. These include Nvidia's Quadro FX380, FX580, FX1800, and FX3800, which join the established FX4800, and FX5800 in the high-end machines. The choice of AMD graphics cards has also been expanded over previous generation workstation families with the ATI FirePro V3700, V5700 and V7750 all offered as standard options.
With the introduction of the new Xeon 5500 Series, it's an exciting time for workstations in general, because performance is about to go through the roof, particularly when users are multitasking or running multithreaded applications.
However, while this level of performance will be seen across new product introductions from all the major workstation vendors, what makes HP stand out from the crowd at this moment in time is its innovative approach to chassis design, which looks set to make the servicing of workstation an absolute breeze. Check back in the coming months where we plan to get our hands dirty with full reviews of the systems.
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HP Workstation Event: HP takes lead in workstation virtualisation
#3: Despite being one of the most interesting technologies to appear at HP's workstation event, it was surprising that this new workstation virtualisation technology was given so little stage time. Parallels Workstation Extreme enables users to run multiple Operating Systems on a single workstation, meaning Linux and Windows users don't have to work with two workstations concurrently or resort to dual boot. But the real beauty of the technology is that it is claimed to run applications at 95-100% of their full speed.
I had a very interesting chat with James Raquepau, OEM Alliances Director, Parallels, who explained more about the technology and how he has already had interest from the automotive and aerospace sectors. For those that don't know, Parallels is best known for its software that enables Windows to run at speed on Apple's OS X. The new workstation-class product will do a similar thing for Windows and Linux so engineers could switch between their Linux-based CAE software and Windows-based design software, accessing the same data off the hard drive array, driving efficiency and reducing the costs and power requirements of maintaining two workstations.
Schlumberger, a specialist in the oil and gas sector, demonstrated Parallels Workstation Extreme at the event running on a HP Z800 workstation with two 30-inch monitors. It showed it running a Linux-based simulation using all eight cores while continuing to perform interactive 3D modelling operations under Windows at full speed. Changing control of the application was as simple as moving the mouse from one screen to the other with the keyboard following suit automatically.
Schlumberger's excitement for the software was evident, particularly as many of its customers regularly need to run legacy Linux code alongside more modern Windows applications.
James Raquepau told me the requirements for the system are two identical graphics cards (HP currently supports Nvidia's Quadro FX3800, FX4800, and FX5800), lots of memory and ideally a dual socket (CPU) workstation. The technology is made possible by new virtualization technology built into the new Intel technology and while it should run comfortably on any dual socket Intel Xeon 5500 platform, Parallels is initially partnering with HP for the launch of the product. It will retail for $399.
This looks to be an essential technology for those with multi OS requirements, and Raquepau also told me this could include those that want to work with the forthcoming Windows 7 whilst maintaining legacy Windows XP applications. Interesting times.
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In the three-week existence of Nationals Park as a functioning stadium, there probably had never been the demand for coffee as was experienced this morning before Pope Benedict XVI's Mass.
For one thing, the Mass was a morning event, starting at 10 a.m. This meant that people had to get to the park early to go through the security measures.
And, because parking at the ballpark is at a premium even on game days — and made worse due to road closures to allow for the safe and smooth transit of Pope Benedict and other VIPs, most people coming to the Mass had to take the Metro to get to Nationals Park. And Washington's Metro system has a strict rule against eating or drinking while inside the subway system.
On top of that, police allowed no food or beverages to be taken into the stadium, with very few exceptions. And coffee was not one of the exceptions.
That made coffee, er, lovers quite anxious to get a cup of the brew once inside. A lot of requests for coffee early on were met with "We don't have any coffee" or "we don't have any coffee yet."
The ballpark ran out of coffee from the vending booths that did serve the stuff.
"I'm dyin' for a cup of coffee," said Vinnie Bellezza of La Plata, Md. He was about 60th in line. He said he had done some "pre-emptive eating " on a church bus from LaPlata to Nationals Park. By the time he, his wife and a friend had completed a brief interview with Catholic News Service, there were 26 additional people in line behind them.
At 8:15 a.m. one nun, tapping her wristwatch for emphasis, remarked how she had been in line for "nearly an hour" waiting for a cup of coffee. There were still four others in line behind her, and the line didn't move in the five minutes after she tapped her watch.
"An example of poor planning," said a woman fourth in line behind the nun. "They should realize that in the morning," she added, slowing down her words for emphasis, "People. Want. Coffee."
"I swindled my way into getting some coffee," boasted Rachel Pantazis to her seatmates at Nationals Park. "There was a long line of people," she told them, extending her left (non-coffee-holding) hand after far as it could go, "and there was this cashier at an empty stand. I walked up to her and said, `I want some coffee.' She said, `It's going to be 10 minutes.' `That's fine, I'll wait right here,'" Pantazis said, using the same hand to indicate the stand she took.
"And I got my coffee."


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05 November 2011
Sentimental Sunday - To Whom It May Concern...
It's not easy being the one on the end of the branch, the 'last'. For what it's worth, it wasn't by choice (perhaps that changes your perspective of the 'childless woman'). I grew up in a fairly large family group; I was the youngest in a group of cousins; my mom and her two sisters had 11 children between them of which only 2 were girls. My only other female cousin was 11 years older than me, and married by the time she was 18, so we never really got to know one another. As the baby of the group, I received a lot of attention and I grew to adore being a part of a large family; it was an essential part of who I was and how I identified myself. I always thought I would have a family of my own; I was 29 when I found out, via a near fatal illness passed down through my mother and her ancestors, that I could not have children.
It was many years after that I realized what it meant to be the last leaf on the branch. It was from this perspective that I began my genealogical research. Suddenly my unmarried aunts and uncles in every generation would catch my eye. As an Archivist and Genealogist, I tried to look beyond the vital records, to uncover any information that might shed light on who they were and how they lived their lives. The most obvious question was always, 'Why didn't you marry?' because without being married, there were no children to pass on their legacy.
My research uncovered three on my mother's side; a brother and his two sisters who traveled across the country to settle in a new place, alone. The nature of the brother and one sister's personal relationships was lost to my knowledge, but the other, well, her Will revealed much. Imagine, as a woman in the early 1950s, having the wherewithal to ensure that the woman who had been your 'friend and companion' for forty plus years was cared for until her death, at which time your own estate was then divided among your heirs. It was a beautiful gesture. Oh, and they were buried together in one crypt in the mausoleum.
Sadly, though, I knew little else of them as people. What were their joys and sorrows? What were their stories? Of course, if I'd been independently wealthy, I'd have happily spent my days delving into these questions. But I was an Archivist and Genealogist, so money was often in short supply. My wonder at what the technology of my time could do was the catalyst for me to start to write. I hope that you'll be happy that in these writings I've provided more than just a little glimpse into who I was.
As I grew older, my life changed, as did the lives of so many in my family and our time together became more and more infrequent. I miss the warmth of Sundays spent with my family in many, many ways. I loved to cook, especially for groups of people, and I'd often been told I was a great cook. I loved to play cards (pinochle was a family favorite) as well as doing jigsaw puzzles (my granny and her daughters always had puzzles in some semblance of completion on tables in their homes). I knew how to stitch, sew and knit. I played the guitar and sang. I loved art; while I didn't have a talent for it I wasn't bad at it and enjoyed it a lot. I loved all kinds of music. I volunteered for service organizations because the feeling I got from serving others came the closest to what it felt like to be with my family; it gave me warmth even in the most challenging of circumstances
I hope that while you're performing your research that you'll think a bit more deeply about those of us at the end of the branches. We lived and loved, had joy and sorrow, succeeded and failed miserably. The only difference is we just weren't blessed with our own descendants to carry on the story of our lives. I wrote from my heart, in the hopes my story would be told. Will you do it for me?
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- Anonymous06 November, 2011 06:19
Laura, when I find people in my tree who did not marry, or more frequently, childless couples, I try to "adopt" them a bit since I know it's unlikely anyone else will tell their stories. In the last 150 years there are quite a few of them in my mother's family - thus, we are a pretty small family. Thanks for your words, I truly think you speak for a lot of people.ReplyDelete
What a moving post. I will admit I have not spent as much time as I probably should on the "last leaf" on some of my branches. But on the other hand I have tried to make it a point to tell the stories of some of those who never had the opportunity.ReplyDelete
Like my cousin Bob Brouk the Flying Tiger. He did marry but was killed in a training accident during WWII three weeks after marriage. My great great uncle Michael Kokoska who died during WWI and my cousins James Privoznik and Frank Winkler who died during WWII. All those men died young and never had a chance to have heirs or tell their stories. We need to remember those leaves as well.
A beautiful and heart-warming post Laura. It made me stop and think not only because of some of my ancestors but also myself.ReplyDelete
Probably the time's past for another generation but for this last leaf there's the chance to enhance the rest of the forest when I fall off my branch. Until that point I'm soaking up the wonderful autumnal sun.
Thanks for such a wonderful post.
I've never really bothered looking into my family history (not a genealogist), but I'm sure that there are relatives that have not been lucky enough to expand their family branch. But family does not completely define us. I have no doubt that they touched and enriched friends' lives just as much, maybe more, than those who did expand their branches. I believe good friends are family members that we actually get to choose.ReplyDelete
Laura, So many of the childless family members impacted our extended family over the generations - the aunts and uncles who took in orphaned ancestors, the priests and nuns who continue to inspire us, the cousins and aunts who lived large in our lives because they were not so absorbed in their own children.ReplyDelete
Our value lies in the fullness of the life we live - not in whether we have children. And after we die, well I can't say it any better than Nigel did above.
Thank you all for your generous comments. I've been touched by how many people have responded to this post; sometimes it's difficult to express things that challenge us, but I know that I'm not alone in how I feel and that's what prompted me to write it.ReplyDelete
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Here's the ten albums I listen to in my car all the time anyway:1982 Metallica - No Life 'Til Leather1983 Metallica - Kill 'Em All1984 Metallica - Ride the Lightning 1985 Megadeth - Killing is My Business... And Business is Good1986 Metallica - Master of Puppets1986 Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?1987 Metallica - Garage Days Re-Revisited1988 Megadeth - So Far... So Good... So What! 1988 Metallica - And Justice For All... 1990 Megadeth - Rust in PeaceYou've probably noticed a pattern here... I love liberal use of the ellipsis.
Oh wow, I wouldn't have guessed you for a Weeknd fan Walter, thats cool, Trilogy is definitely his best work so I can agree with that.
WOW! Has the black album fallen out of favor? Well NOW YOURE UNNNFORGIVVVENNN 222222222222222-
I've mostly been indifferent/impartial towards Metallica over the years but I do like their early releases (so out of their catalogue, I'd agree with the ones you chose) and I love Megadeth.
What did you think of "Hardwired...to Self-Destruct"? (Again with the liberal use of ellipsis ), I haven't listened to it but I've heard mixed things about it, varying from it being much better than most of their recent releases and it being mediocre and non-comparable to their old work.
What, no Diamond Head? Without their underground metal classic "Am I Evil?", neither 'deth nor 'tallica would exist today
Well, of course I'd take a version of Kill 'Em All with the Garage Days Revisited "Am I Evil?" and "Blitzkrieg" covers on them. And you didn't include Diamond Head either, but if you're going to have Pantera after they started dressing like Metallica and acting all hard with Phil you should also include some of their truly authentic 80s discography:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU0wjTokz5EFrom "Ride my rocket!" to "You ain't got the balls, son!" Anyway, I'm just jealous the same band (well, not quite) that wrote Metal Magic also took Metallica's corner in the 90s while they were doing a bad Corrosion of Conformity impression. Did you know Dave Mustaine almost hired Dimebag to be his guitarist but lost him because Vinnie was part of the deal and he already had Nick Menza under contract? Holy shit!
I should mention that thanks to Walter turning me on to The Weeknd back when he was releasing the Trilogy albums free I totally scored cool points with my student employees when I could identify his music back in the day before he blew up, "You know the Weeknd, David!?" That's right kids, sometimes I hear stuff that turns out to be cool, now back to very specific yet hugely played out 80's thrash metal for me.Oh, Megadeth is the pure, uncut shit. You know, they'll never beat them on the charts or in the public consciousness, but they basically equaled Metallica in the 80's (YMMV), surpassed them for good in the 90's, and it's been no contest at all since the 2000s, and Metallica's my favorite band. Dave Mustaine lost every battle but has secretly won the war.Twist my arm... the answer is it's both! Not a classic album but a non-embarrassing return to form(s) that kind of covers everything they've done/do. About a third of the tracks are fun thrashy throwbacks, another third meander into mid-tempo mediocrity, and the rest are ok rockers. "Hardwired" is their best straight ahead thrasher since "Dyer's Eve," "Atlas, Rise!" is a "Four Horsemen"/"Master of Puppets" clone, "Now That We're Dead" is basically a wannabe "Enter Sandman," "Moth Into Flame" is probably the album's best and most original, "Dreaming No More" is a super heavy successor to "The Thing That Should Not Be," "Halo on Fire" is very classic rock and maybe the proggiest offering, "Confusion" has some good riffs (the opening is totally Mario 3 airship music =) but is like some weird red state rock and Hetfield sings when he needs screams ("Disposable Heroes" it is NOT), "ManUNkind" is like a Load cut, "Here Comes Revenge" Reload, "Am I Savage?" is like another enjoyable Black Album reject, "Murder One" sucks (sorry Lemmy, they should have played it more like you), and "Spit Out the Bone" is the other standout track and pretty much a microcosm of their career, like a life in the day of Metallica. They're all listenable though because the main difference between this and the their output since the 90s is Hetfield has his voice back on this one and the production isn't fucked up trying some stupid gimmick.
The Beatles - The BeatlesNirvana - NevermindQueen - A Night at the Opera
Can't go wrong with any Beatles album but I've always been a Magical Mystery Tour kinda guy, good pick though, has some of George's best Beatles material.
I'm always hesitant to pick between Nevermind or In Utero, I ultimately went for In Utero but in all honesty Nevermind is just as good if not better, I think Nevermind flows a lot better than In Utero and probably has more well written songs but the songs that I do like on In Utero, I love way more than anything on Nevermind.
You've probably noticed a pattern here... I love liberal use of the ellipsis.
I should mention that thanks to Walter turning me on to The Weeknd back when he was releasing the Trilogy albums free I totally scored cool points with my student employees when I could identify his music back in the day before he blew up, "You know the Weeknd, David!?" That's right kids, sometimes I hear stuff that turns out to be cool, now back to very specific yet hugely played out 80's thrash metal for me.
And Unnnnforrrrrgiveeeeen Toooooooo is from Reload, smart aleck! Now you're Undforgiven Three... which is sadly real and doesn't even feature the made up word "unforgiven!"
What did you and Walter think of Kiss Land? Its often forgotten about since its not as good as Trilogy and wasn't as poppy and commercially successful as Beauty Behind The Madness or Starboy but I think its pretty underrated all considering.
The Shining movie soundtrack
I still feel embarassment-by-proxy when I hear the name Kissland. While I don't begrudge the Weeknd's transition from underground artist to pop artist (I'd rather these guys try to climb and evolve rather than settle), I can't say that anything he's done since his Trilogy work has really moved the needle for me. I think I've found about 1-2 tracks I like between his last 3 albums. The other day I heard one of his tracks from Madness playing throughout the goddamned grocery store. Now THAT was a sobering moment (now he's a real motherfuckin' Starboy)
To bring it around again, I was probably 16 or so when I started to try the Beatles. And well... for whatever reason it just never resonated with me. Little from the 60s-70s era did. This is probably a result of the foundation of shit that I'd already built for my house of music. And I can't help but feel if I'd had a proper music education and exposure growing up, I'd have different ("better") tastes in music.As someone who grew up along with alternative music, of course I love Nirvana. I encourage anyone else who does to read Heavier than Heaven, a stellar Cobain biography. But while I like the atmosphere and the place their sound occupies on the music history timeline, listening to those albums through has become a chore as I've gotten older.
By the mid-80s, he was arguably already a better guitarist than any of his contemporaries from the Big 4 of thrash metal. And I don't just mean in terms of guitar playing and knowledge of cool techniques, but also in terms of the tone. He had already worked out what kind of amps, pre-amps, pickups and other gear he needed in order to obtain that thick, screaming guitar sound.
I can only wish that the '80s-era Megadeth and Metallica albums had that same crunchy, beefy guitar tones that the Pantera albums from the '80s already had. As much as "Hot and Heavy" sucked musically, that song actual had better production values than, say, "Mechanix" or "Blackened."
If Dimebag joined Megadeth, songs like "Hangar 18" and "Sweating Bullets" would've had way more bluesier guitar solos, played with Dime's distinctly Texan swagger. Not to mention, Mustaine probably would've forced Dimebag to stay slim and trim (did you know that Dime's weight ballooned from the svelte 160 pounds in 1990 to over 270 pounds by 1998?). With all due respect to Nick Menza (RIP), Vinnie Paul was a superior drummer. Dave could've just demoted Nick back to his old drum tech position, and hired Vinnie.
While the 'Pantera's fortunes may have skyrocketed in the '90s, during that same decade, Phil's vocals steadily degraded with each consecutive Pantera album. By Far Beyond Driven, Phil's soaring multi-octave singing voice from the Power Metal and Cowboys from Hell was reduced to a raspy, barely comprehensible croak. Lemmy was like twice Phil's age by that point and he had a better voice than Phil. Hell, even Rex Brown criticized him for letting his voice go like that.
In regards to Megadeth, my thoughts exactly, couldn't have said it better myself. Metallica may very well be the quintessential metal band in the eyes of many and at one point in time, they undeniably were but Megadeth has always appealed to me more for being as you say the pure uncut shit.
Thanks a lot for the thorough review/analysis of Hardwired...to Self-Destruct, I can tell you're quite passionate about the subject, metal isn't my go to genre but I respect it a lot as a casual listener so your attention to detail doesn't go unnoticed. I'll give the album a listen, I did like the 3 singles you linked so I'm optimistic despite their last few releases.
This is kind of how I feel too I do try to listen to new stuff pretty regularly, but rarely does it actually resonate with me. House of Balloons did though. Shoutout to you though for turning me on to metal and associated music. While I couldn't follow you to Megadeth, I did find a ton of great albums through you, and rediscovered my love of early Metallica (Master of Puppets is my favorite still, easily).
Oh I know, I just couldn't resist. And FUCK there's a trilogy of these?!?
My parents listened to garbage ( no, this was well before Shirley Manson) when they listened to anything at all, so music wasn't a big part of my life until I was old enough to buy my own CDs.
Oouff, the Shining is one of my favorite films and easily in my top 5 most replayed films but I dunno if I'd be able to handle the soundtrack while isolated on an island, I very well may go crazy. On its own merits though, it is a wonderful soundtrack.
Berserk isn't really "dark fantasy" either. It's plain fantasy
Miura has been very protective of Berserk
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4-Hour Bar/Bat Mitzvah Package at the Radisson Freehold NJ
If you're looking for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah banquet hall package that keeps it simple, but still helps you throw a great party, the 4-Hour Mitzvah in the Crystal Ballroom may be a perfect fit. This package is just for Saturday afternoon celebrations, and includes a 4-hour open bar, half hour of displays and passed hors d'oeuvres, followed by a plated appetizer and your choice of either a plated entrée or three specialty fare stations, plus a teen buffet, with cake for dessert. Simple and affordable have never looked better.
- Personal Mitzvah coordinators
- Maitre d' dedicated to your event
- Attended coat room (seasonal)
- **Add valet parking for an additional charge per person
- Hotel accommodations offered at a special rate for your guests
Décor & Convenience
- Table coverings in your choice of Modern Fitted (ivory or black) or Traditional Linen (ivory)
- Elegant metallic charger plate at every place setting
- Napkin rings coordinated to the charger plates
- Dinner napkins in a variety of colors
- Dramatic centerpieces
- Votive candles accenting each centerpiece
- Place cards for you to personalize for your guests
- Hotel information cards with driving directions for your invitations
Cocktail 1/2-Hour
4-Hour Premium Open Bar
Served during your cocktail 1/2 hour and reception, featuring many popular labels
**Add Signature Mocktail Greeting for an additional cost per person
Aperitif Displays
Attended by our uniformed chefs
Cheese Tasting
Wedges of artisan walnut pecorino, artisan peppercorn pecorino, piacentinu with saffron, and caciocavallo ragusano cheese, wheels of garlic and herb Boursin and Gouda, morsels of havarti, cheddar, Muenster, and bleu cheese, accented with fresh berries and grapes
Artisan Bread
Olive and rosemary loaf, semolina twist, marble rye, French baguettes, medley of crackers, whipped butter, and infused oils
Veggies on the Grill
A savory harvest of fresh produce marinated and grilled to perfection
Florets of broccoli, julienned carrots and peppers, sliced zucchini, eggplant, halved plum tomatoes, and whole champignon mushrooms
**Mediterranean Market – additional cost per person
Salami, turkey, roast beef, and corned beef
Bocconcini mozzarella brushed with olive oil and basil
Bruschetta and sliced baguette
Kalamata olives, julienned roasted red and yellow peppers, stuffed cherry peppers, pepperoncinis, and fresh lemons
**Add Vodka + Caviar Ice Bar or Sushi + Sashimi Station – additional cost per person
Hors d'oeuvres
Passed on silver trays by our uniformed servers
- Arancini (Italian rice balls)
- Assortment of perogies
- Brie and apricot puff
- Bruschetta
- Cherry tomato and fresh mozzarella skewers
- Chicken and lemon grass spring roll
- Cocktail franks
- Crudite shooters
- Mac and cheese triangles
- Mini calzones
- Mini eggrolls with hot mustard and sweet and sour sauce
- Mini pizzas
- Mozzarella triangles
- Potato latkes
- Spanakopita
- Sweet and sour chicken kabobs
Blessing of the Challah
Candle Lighting Ceremony
Served with freshly baked rolls and whipped butter
Martini Caprese
Juicy grape tomatoes and fresh mozzarella in garlic basil pesto, served in a petite-stem cocktail glass, accented with Asiago baguette toast points and fresh basil
Portobello Napoleon
Sautéed baby spinach and roasted red bell peppers baked into the center of a large portobello mushroom, blanketed with melted mozzarella cheese and caramelized onions, on a bed of greens infused with balsamic vinaigrette
Classic Caesar Salad
Crisp romaine lettuce and freshly grated Parmesan cheese lightly tossed with Caesar dressing, garnished with herb spiced croutons
Roasted Vegetables in a Puff Pastry
Over field greens with walnuts, cranberries, and a raspberry vinaigrette
Butternut Squash Ravioli
Plump raviolis in a brown butter sage sauce
**Beet Salad – additional cost per person
Red and yellow roasted beets, goat cheese, pine nuts, and pea shoots, with a shallot vinaigrette
**Salmon Cakes – additional cost per person
Drizzled with sriracha aioli over a bed of field greens tossed with white balsamic vinaigrette
**Amuse Bouche – additional cost per person
Entrées (Choose Plated Entrées OR Specialty Fare Stations)
Served tableside by our uniformed servers
- Ginger-Infused Salmon with a honey teriyaki glaze
- Chicken En Croute with exotic mushrooms and spinach in a warm flaky crust over a wild mushroom reduction
- Herb Roasted French Breast of Chicken in a sherry reduction
- Roulade of Chicken Florentine with wild rice, charred tomato velouté sauce
- Slow Roasted Prime Rib of Beef au jus, with a side of spicy horseradish sauce
- **8 oz. Center-Cut Filet Mignon paired with a port wine demi glace – additional cost per person
- **Sliced Breast of Boneless Duck with a sweet cherry and port wine reduction
- **Filet of Mahi Mahi with mango salsa fresca – additional cost per person
- **Sesame Crusted Tuna with a chili butter sauce – additional cost per person
- **Third Entrée Selection – additional cost per person
Entrée Accompaniments
Select one starch and one vegetable
- Garlic mashed potato, potatoes au gratin, Yukon gold roasted potatoes, wild rice and orzo pilaf
- Baby asparagus, honey glazed carrots, grilled marinated vegetables, French cut green beans
Specialty Fare Stations (Choose Plated Entrées OR Specialty Fare Stations)
Attended by our uniformed chefs (open for 1.5 hours)
SELECT THREE stations
Buffet Station
Select four chafing dishes
- Grilled lemon chicken
- Chicken francaise or Marsala
- Sesame chicken
- Beef and broccoli
- Filet of beef strips with caramelized onions and bell peppers
- Swedish or Italian meatballs
- Eggplant rollatini
- Farfalle with broccoli florets
- Fried ravioli
- Mini stuffed cabbage
- Penne in a vodka blush
- Ricotta stuffed shells
- Poached salmon
Pasta Station
Select two pasta preparations
- Penne with classic vodka sauce
- Tri color farfalle with sundried tomato pesto
- Orecchiette with portobello Florentine
- Cavatappi with tomato pomodoro
- Radiatore Bolognese
- Tri color tortellini Alfredo
Carving Station
Select two meats to be carved and served with miniature brioche
- Corned beef with a side of whole grain mustard
- Glazed pastrami round with a side of whole grain mustard
- Breast of turkey with fresh cranberry and fruit compote
**Steamship of beef with chimichurri sauce – additional cost per person
**Pecan and panko encrusted salmon – additional cost per person
**Seared sesame crusted tuna – additional cost per person
**Rosemary crusted leg of lamb – additional cost per person
(Maximum of two meats will be carved on the station)
Asian Fusion Station
Served in white take-out boxes with chopsticks
Accompanied by soy sauce, duck sauce, fortune cookies
Select one: fried dumplings, spring rolls, duck spring rolls in an Asian plum sauce
Select two: lo mein, vegetable pad thai, garlic udon noodles, vegetable fried rice, kung pao chicken, cashew chicken, orange chicken, sweet and sour beef, Mongolian beef, beef with broccoli
Gourmet Grilled Cheese + Soup Station
Select two grilled cheese sandwiches and one soup
Grilled Cheese (select two)
Served with sour whiskey pickles
- Tomato and Swiss on rye
- Gouda and Granny Smith apples on country brioche
- White cheddar on sourdough
- Classic American on white Texas toast
Soup (select one)
Served with frizzled onions, Goldfish crackers, and toasted pumpkin seeds
- Fire roasted tomato
- Butternut squash
- Chicken noodle soup
Slider Station
Miniature hamburgers, turkey burgers, veggie burgers, and bbq brisket sliders, served on silver dollar brioche buns accompanied with French fries, chipotle ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, relish, lettuce, tomato, and crisp onion confetti
Fajita Station
Chipotle marinated chicken and beef strips with sautéed onions and peppers, served with warm flour and corn tortillas, fire-roasted red and green salsa, pico de gallo, sliced jalepeños, pinto beans and rice, guacamole, fresh cilantro, and tri-color tortilla chips
Smashed Potato Bar
Creamy mashed white and sweet potatoes served in martini tumblers with an array of delectable toppings including scallions, broccoli, cheddar cheese, marshmallows, cinnamon, butter, sour cream, and wild mushroom gravy
**Bagel + Bialy Bar – additional cost per person
Bagels and bialys to be served with flavored schmeers, sliced lox, capers, sliced tomatoes, sweet onions, and whitefish salad
- Bagels: plain, onion, sesame, everything, honey whole wheat, cinnamon raisin, blueberry
- Bialys: seeded onion
- Schmeer (select three): regular cream cheese, cheddar, jalapeño, garlic herb, horseradish, vegetable, honey walnut
**Deli Station – additional cost per person
Mini corned beef sandwiches with pickled mustard on pumpernickel toast, mini pastrami sandwiches with caramelized onions and Dijon aioli on pretzel rolls, and grilled mini Reubens with sauerkraut and Russian dressing on rye, served with Brooklyn potato knishes, potato salad coleslaw, sour tomatoes, and sweet and sour pickles
Teen Buffet
Teen appetizer + buffet will be served to children ages 4-13
Teen Appetizer
Select one
- Fresh fruit
- Garden salad with house dressing
Teen Buffet
Select three
- Southern fried chicken tenders
- Boneless bbq beef ribs
- Hamburgers, turkey burgers, and veggie burgers
- Gourmet macaroni + cheese
- Baked stuffed shells
- Penne in vodka blush
Accompanied with your choice of: French fries or onion rings
Served with bbq sauce, classic ketchup, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomato, and onions
Torah Cake
Delicious Torah cake made fresh from our local baker with your selection of flavorings, fillings, icings, and personalized inscription (served to all guests including teens and adults)
Coffee and Tea
Freshly brewed aromatic coffee, decaf, and herbal teas served tableside to your guests by our uniformed servers
**Dessert Pedestal – additional charge per person
Three sweet tiers of petit indulgences served at each table: strawberries dipped in dark chocolate, cream puffs, éclairs, Napoleons, and freshly filled cannolis
**Sundae at the Boardwalk – additional charge per person
Dive into the whimsical shore tradition of hot zeppoles dusted with powdered sugar, warm Belgian waffles, and classic wafer cones capped with a scoop of vanilla or chocolate ice cream. Then treat yourself to an ice cream soda with Coca Cola, A&W Root Beer, and A&W Cream Soda. A collection of toppings welcomes your guests to create an original sweet sensation – M&Ms, gummy bears, crumbled Oreos, crushed peanuts, crushed graham crackers, chocolate syrup, strawberry sauce, crushed pineapple, hot fudge, hot caramel, wet walnuts, rainbow sprinkles, whipped cream, and maraschino cherries (one station served to all guests including teens and adults)
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Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are superstitions. Buddhism is if full of superstition. African diasporic religions that involve ancestor veneration and divine spirits are based on superstitions. The main religions of India; Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, and Buddhism depend on blind beliefs and superstitions for its existence. Please, if any body can tell me, what religions are not superstitions?
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"Are all religions superstitions?" To me that's like "Is the pope catholic?"
I always figured that "religion" and "superstition" were somewhat synonymous. Well, you can have superstition without religion (don't break mirrors, don't split poles, etc.) but I don't think you can have religion without superstition. I guess it's more a parasitic relationship rather than symbiotic.


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This is the 100 minute Maha MH-C401FS "Cool" charger. It rapid charges NiMH or NiCd type AA / AAA batteries with the precision that only microprocessor technology can provide. Designed with four seperate charging circuits to handle one to four batteries independently of each other. And thanks to its lifetime warranty, it may be the last charger you'll ever buy.
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Steve's Conclusion
I've been using the Maha C204F for about two years now but it's recently been replaced by the new C401FS. It's the same (small) size and with its new pulse charging technology it extends the life of your cells and does away with the old "refresh" cycles. Add in the four independant circuits and the lifetime warranty and it's simply a no brainer -- at less than $40 this is the BEST charger on the market.
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