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Or does anyone know of a good, reflective LCD display that is serial-enabled for Arduino?
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QuoteOr does anyone know of a good, reflective LCD display that is serial-enabled for Arduino?Parralex (?) has them. and I am sure New Heaven has them too. However, they are generally quite expensive and it makes more sense (and more fun) to program an avr that functions like a serializer.
I don't know if your white-on-black is similar to my white-on-blue but for my case, I had to keep back light on all the time indoors. But if I turned off the back light, I can see outdoors. I had to readjust the contrast a bit though.
Putting it back together is the hard part, not taking it off. The conductive rubber and metal tabs are not very friendly to disassembling and reassembling. Try the contrast first.
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I just went and ordered a black-on-green display. In normal, indoor lighting, the display is readable with no backlight at all, in fact, you can't even tell any difference if you turn the backlight on full or not. In darker lighting conditions, the backlight makes a difference as would be expected.
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Byron's gonna be taking numbers this weekend...
I'm also curious just to see the photographer in action -- how the hell DO you get shots like that?
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Byr0 has big.. er..well you know ,to just stand there and shoot.
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Byro - great work indeed....to get such great pictures a couple of things have to come together:
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Great job of taking those pictures bro. You make average riders look like rockstars....thanks for helping me live the dream!!!!!! Show me 1 kiter who does not want to see an image of themselves.......
Next weekend, you have a cold one of these coming your way.
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nobody has said that Byro is one kickin kiteboarder....He would have improved the shots a bit if he was on the other side of the lens..
Then maybe we can get him to trust one of us with the camera and take some shots of him this weekend. Let's hope for wind!
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Album Rating: 4.0I think we can call that a 'Pity Pos', but thanks anyway Kane.
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Album Rating: 4.0Go the 'Pity Pos'.
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Album Rating: 4.0You guys should put that on your business cards:
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No offence taken Kane.
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Album Rating: 4.0Hahaha. I can just picture a fat chick walking up to Brent and then immediately turning around as he pulls out the card which declares "I Don't Do Pity".
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May not survive the winter blasts, I thought. But if so, it might prove useful to a fellow creator.
I went on my way a bit longer, then turned around. Dreamy winter mists were rising from the snow. A good day for a picture. I reach for my camera, scanning the scene with photo eyes.
There appears to be a white bowl floating deep in the brush. Too far into tangles and thorns to get a good shot, but it looks to be—yes—a nest! Cupping a single fat egg of snow. Nice hello from the universe, nice thank you from the birds. Delightful to feel such awareness at work. I'll try to capture a picture.
Stepping back to frame it, I glimpse a wisp of teal. There at my hip, dangling from a weed head, the very blue thread I had hung for the nest builders! First, I couldn't believe that I had even noticed the thread in the midst of all the weedery. (You'll notice here that even the camera couldn't be bothered to focus on such insignificance.)
Then I couldn't believe I had instinctively, auspiciously placed it directly in line with the nest. I walked around to the other side, to look at my first approach, to see if I had seen the nest subconsciously, but it was entirely obscured by thick weeds, branches, tangles, and saplings. It was as if the nest appeared the moment I hung the thread. Or the thread flew to the weed the moment I noticed the nest.
Such pocket-sized mysteries are present whenever we're present for them. A gift of inward retreat, when we let go accomplishment and just pay attention.
I have a few more days of my retreat left. This is to let you know that I deeply enjoy your comments, but I may be a while replying.


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Carlisle wants what he cannot have, and he will stop at nothing to get it. M/M slash. AU.
Warning: this story contains graphic depictions of male on male sexuality.
1. Want One
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Carlisle stood behind the sliding glass door that led to the expansive backyard. He watched as his son wrestled playfully with his lover in the grass. His son. How he wished they'd never masqueraded as such. If only Carlisle had been able to admit his desire for Edward in the beginning, when he still had ample opportunity. Edward would have happily consented, Carlisle knew that. Newborns were known to desire copulation almost as much as blood.
But Carlisle had been a celibate creature for centuries, waiting for the Right One to come along. Unfortunately, his religious upbringing had led him to firmly believe that the Right One would be a woman. Carlisle ignored the strange stirrings in his loins whenever Edward was near, and was careful to not make more eye contact than necessary. Masking his mind had been the easy part - it was such a repressed desire that he knew to be wrong - it was even written in the Bible. So the feeling was buried deep - not accessed by his consciousness.
He had found Esme, a woman he'd known and enjoyed the company of prior to changing Edward, at death's door some years later and he thought the coincidence to be fate. He changed her, hoping she would be his mate. She recalled him from time past as well, felt the same way about the coincidence, and they had been together ever since. Edward remained unawakened sexually for quite some time. After nearly a century, he'd found his mate in a vampire's mortal enemy - which surprised no one, as Edward tended to be dramatic.
The Quiluete dwarfed the vampire in physique, but the vampire was stronger, faster and had the benefit of telepathy. Carlisle's lips tugged up at the corners as he watched slight, leanly-muscled Edward tackle the russet-skinned, beefy wolf. Carlisle couldn't help but wonder who bottomed. Edward looked up sharply and glared at Carlisle.
So...it's you? Carlisle teased.
Edward scowled and hissed under his breath. Carlisle merely chuckled quietly behind the screen door before turning away.
Esme pretended not to notice the growing distance between her and Carlisle. Several months ago, their lovemaking had slowed significantly. Their sex life had always been healthy and vigorous, and alarms went off in Esme's brain. She questioned him about it on the third night he rejected her advances.
He had explained that he was feeling overcome with the desire to dominate the males in his coven. When she blanched at his confession, he quickly explained that most coven leaders exerted their authority in this way. Esme had not lived long in this life relative to Carlisle. He had spent time with other covens in his existence, so she trusted that this was the way of things. When she asked why he was only now feeling this instinctual urge, he did not profess to know - only to say that perhaps the addition of Jacob had sparked the urge as the coven had expanded that much more. Esme accepted this, and told him as such, giving him her blessing to do as he had to.
Weeks passed, and Carlisle did nothing to soothe his base desires, as coven leader nor husband. Esme grew frustrated, and finally asked him what was taking him so long - she missed his touch!
"I don't want to just take it from them, my dear. I want them to want it."
Now, several weeks later, Carlisle had withdrawn further into himself, spending hours poring over medical journals, but never turning the pages. Esme began to notice his gazes at Edward lingered a bit longer than necessary. She also noticed that he never looked at Emmett or Jasper in quite the same way he looked at Edward. Perhaps she was beginning to go mad from her pent-up sexual desire, but she began to suspect Carlisle was only interested in claiming Edward.
When she finally confronted him, his answer came with a simple shrug.
"I'd like to go in order."
Alice - she cannot see through Jacob, so she does not know Edward's future. Carlisle's however, is a bit clearer. She knows that he lusts after Edward, and that he plans to claim him as his own, but she knows not of Edward's response.
Jasper knows much more, though he keeps it to himself. Jasper feels Carlisle's lust permeate the atmosphere whenever he and Edward are in the same room. Just earlier that day, they were gathered in the living room watching TV - Jasper and Carlisle in armchairs, Edward and Jacob together on the loveseat. Carlisle's desire hung heavy and pungent in the air, as if his obvious, furtive glances at Edward weren't evidence enough for Jasper.
Jacob remained oblivious, and for his part, Edward attempted to do the same. His face remained stoic, but his emotions were raging beneath the surface. He desired Carlisle as well - a deep-rooted desire bred over decades - but he was conflicted. He loved Jacob with everything he had, but he'd always seen Carlisle as the one that got away. Edward's wistful desire developed too often when he was in his sire's presence over the past fifty years for Jasper not to notice. But Edward was a loyal man - he could never betray Jacob that way, or Esme for that matter. He would never hurt someone he loved so deeply. But he loved Carlisle just as deeply - perhaps more so than the wolf.
Carlisle's lust grew even more potent, and Edward shifted in his seat, unable to hide the discomfort on his face as he swiftly adjusted the seam on the front of his jeans. Jasper looked on, unnoticed by Carlisle, and ignored by Edward, whose sole focus seemed to be on deflecting Carlisle's attention...and failing.
Carlisle's lips quirked into a smirk and his eyes rolled back as he lost himself in a fantasy, catching his lower lip between his teeth. He leaned back in the armchair and openly palmed himself through his trousers, his breath catching in his throat. Edward gasped too quietly for Jacob to hear and swallowed painfully, his eyes squeezed shut against whatever images were in Carlisle's mind. But his body was responding despite his mind's objections. Edward's own arousal thrummed through him, a dark wet patch forming on his light-blue jeans. The fabric struggled to contain his burgeoning erection. Jasper could not help but become affected himself by their insidious emotions.
Perhaps Jasper focused too much on Edward's lap, because he had drawn his brother's attention. Suddenly, Jasper felt shame wash over him, followed by determination. Jaw set tight, Edward grasped Jacob's wrist and pushed the boy's palm into his lap. Jacob's eyes widened in surprise - he had not expected Edward to be so hard - but he got excited quickly, allowing Edward to lead him to the stairs. Just before they reached the landing, Jasper felt a smugness about Carlisle. Edward whipped around and gaped at Carlisle, a horrified expression on his face, before storming up to his room, his pup right on his heels.
Jasper couldn't resist. He had to know. "What did you say to him?"
Carlisle threw his head back and laughed. He knew that Jasper wouldn't fail to notice today's exchange, and he was smart enough to know that Jasper had been aware of his situation for quite some time.
He bowed his head to hide his smirk. "What I said was..." He couldn't contain the grin that spread across his face as he raised his head to look Jasper in the eye.
"Try not to think of me."
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John Van Noate aka Mr. Waterslide, a collector of old photographs, has a huge selection of cabinet cards on Flickr. For the next few days, I will research some of his cards that are of the funeral genre. He has labeled this card as a possible factory or mill fire. I am not convinced that the building description is correct. Also, his title, Nineteen Dead, Reading, Pennsylvania may possibly be misleading.
My first attempts at researching this funeral card is the card publishing company was located in Reading, Pennsylvania but the fire incident did not occur there. The closest hit on NewspaperARCHIVE.com is an news article titled, Nineteen Dead in Fire in The Daily Times dated January 8, 1901. The story details a fire starting in the asylum section of the building located in Rochester, New York and quickly spreading and destroying the building completely.
This funeral card merits further investigation.
Are there any historians out there familiar with this story?
UPDATE: I posed a similar story on Facebook F.C. & G. and Darlene Bittaker came back with an interesting response of her findings:
"'C. A. Saylor, who operated the New York Gallery at 411 North Sixth Street, Reading , assembled this rare composite of the VICTIMS OF THE GRIMSHAW MILL DISASTER--in record time--to sell as a memento, while interest remained intense. Notice that no attempt has been made at individual identification...and 19 folks are pictured despite the fact the death toll numbered 17.' That I would think surely dates this card to near the date of occurrence. Jan. 9, 1889."
Interestingly, her find leads to another replica of the Commemorative Card on the Destruction of the Mill. The reverse side of the funeral card is shown there, providing additional clues that Darlene Bittaker discovered. Interestingly, Darlene provides another link to GenDisasters and a posting about this same story by Stu Beitler, Reading, PA Devastating Tornado, January 1889. His story provides a list of the dead.
Everyone be sure to check the comments that researcher, Teresa Martin Klaiber, offered. She was on the same trail as Darlene. There are some great history sleuths out there.
From this posting, I hope the reader will see that the author is not always correct in her first observation and attempt to solve a riddle.


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Q Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks that killed almost 3,000 people, was killed last week by U.S. Special Forces at a compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. He was shot to death in the raid and then buried at sea.
President Barack Obama has hailed the death of the al-Qaeda leader as a "good day for America," saying the world is now "a safer and a better place," although almost every U.S. embassy around the world has been put on high alert in case of reprisals. When news of bin Laden's death broke, crowds flooded the streets of New York and Washington, D.C. to celebrate the terrorist's death.
Now that bin Laden is dead, will his death bring some kind of closure to America?
Let's hope for closure — closure, that is, as opposed to a further slide down the ethical slope, from viewing assassination as a necessary evil to accepting, and even prizing it, as a righteous act.
Before the news reports wrapped on the night of bin Laden's death, there was already talk of his No. 2 right- hand man — talk which felt a lot like we were asking, "Who's next on our hit parade of people it's OK to assassinate?"
And where does that slope end?
Every once in a while there is someone so thoroughly evil and murderous that it's necessary to kill them, intent as they are on the mass destruction of others. But this necessity is no cause for boasting or jubilation. It is a choice to take sin upon ourselves, and that choice should never be a happy one. Sin for the cause of a higher good is still sin; and we must be especially sober in the face of our deliberate choice to commit it.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was executed for his part in plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler, wrote that "when a man [sic] takes guilt upon himself in responsibility, he imputes his guilt to himself and no one else. He answers for it.... Before other men he is justified by dire necessity; before himself he is acquitted by his conscience, but before God he hopes only for grace" (Ethics, p. 244).
I was as quietly relieved as anyone to hear of bin Laden's death, and grateful for the President's gravitas in delivering the news. But the drunken crowds that took to the streets on May 1 waving fists and flags weren't celebrating "closure." They were in fact the visual bookend to those horrible, jubilant street scenes that were reported throughout the Middle East on 9/11; and certainly they removed all question of America's moral high ground in comparison.
Let's hope for closure — not boasting, not bravado, but sober satisfaction that a grim necessity of good against evil has been acted upon. And let us pray, with Bonhoeffer, for grace.
The Rev. Amy Pringle
St. George's Episcopal Church
La Cañada
Well, certainly there is closure, as the mastermind behind the worst terror organization and its worst act of terrorism is finished. Closure to his hideous existence is closure for us. Of course it hardly changes the fact that what inspired bin Laden still looms ominously out there.
As the wise King Solomon put it, "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9, NIV). Al-Qaeda and its ilk will still plot evil, and newsworthy tragedies will continue until Earth's end.
But we feel better knowing this one devil has joined the everlasting ranks of hell, and if there is to be even more closure, then perhaps it'll be the 9/11 Memorial dedication this year, and again when the rest of Ground Zero is finished with reconstruction.
There is an element of faith involved in this closure, though; and perhaps it helps people to better grasp the biblical concept of faith. Faith is trust; belief in something with good reason, in trustworthy sources and surrounding evidence and eyewitness accounts.
That said, how many have seen bin Laden's corpse? None of us? Somebody says they have. I wondered why they didn't just tie his body to a board like they did in the old west and put him on display when the president addressed the nation. But they didn't, and they say they had good reasons.
Do they have photos? They say they do, but I haven't seen them. Have you? How do we know bin Laden isn't now living in Argentina with Hitler?
I jest, but if we can put our faith in what we are being told about this incident, sight unseen, and we can reasonably assess the presented facts, then we should be able to point people to Jesus and expect them to put their faith in him as well. They are the same sort of proofs, and God will hold every person accountable to them come judgment day. Without Christ's salvation, even the least of sinners will join bin Laden. Get closure on that.
The Rev. Bryan Griem
Montrose Community Church
How do you bring closure to the hurt, pain, and suffering of the survivors of those murdered on the ghastly day of September 11, 2011? I lost a good friend at the Pentagon on that fateful day, and I know how acute the pain still feels. I can only imagine how much greater that pain must be for those who lost close family members during the attacks. Can we truly expect a boy who grew up without the loving, warm embrace of his mother, or a woman who raised her children alone and without the caring support of her husband, to find closure now that Osama bin Laden is dead?
I do not believe that is possible. This development may bring some measure of healing, but the wound remains.
However, whether or not Osama bin Laden's death brings final closure to this national trauma, it is still a monumental event. His killing sends a clear message to all those who intend to harm innocent Americans that we will destroy their diabolic organizations and make their lives miserable; the terrorists will be forced to be on the run 24/7, and eventually we will find them and bring them to justice.
I believe that this milestone in the arduous war on terror ultimately does make America safer. It sends a strong signal to our enemies — and to the citizens of this country — that we will remain ever vigilant as long as evil degenerates like bin Laden prowl this world.
To Osama bin Laden I gladly say, farewell and good riddance! Whenever he arrives at his final destination and takes his place in the rogue's gallery of history's most wicked men, he is welcome to say hello to Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot and Saddam. He can let them know that despite their best efforts to sow violent hatred and obliterate the human spirit, we are alive and well. He can inform these human monsters that the ideals of freedom, democracy and the pursuit of happiness are growing ever stronger in America and around the globe.
There can be no doubt that our world is a better place when mass murderers such as these are gone.
Rabbi Simcha Backman
Chabad Jewish Center
The horrific crime against humanity that occurred on 9/11 jolted our nation to its core and will never be forgotten. The death of Osama Bin Laden, however, will bring partial closure to America in that it has finally brought justice to the families of the victims, as well as to our nation as a whole. This limited closure is hugely important for all. Now that this immediate evil has been eliminated, how we progress as a nation and human family remains in the balance.
Our national reaction to the trauma of the 9/11 tragedy can progress in a negative/unhealthy way or a positive/affirming way. OBL's death emphasizes forks on the road ahead. One leads to an unhealthy post-9/11 traumatic stress condition. The other leads toward a positive post-9/11 traumatic growth opportunity for world peace and for the advancement of relations between the West and the Muslim world. Our global village is way too small and technologically interconnected to view this tragedy only as an American issue, when terrorism is an international issue without borders.
To prevent the negative, we must not confuse the friend and the foe. "We must also reaffirm that the United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam," President Obama said during his historic address on May 1. "I have made clear, just as President Bush did shortly after 9/11, that our war is not against Islam. Bin Laden was not a Muslim leader. He was a mass murderer of Muslims. Indeed, al Qaeda slaughtered scores of Muslims in many countries, including our own. So his demise should be welcomed by all who believe in peace and human dignity."
On the heels of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and with the rising wave of Islamophobia used by some media pundits and certain Tea Party-aligned politicians, these words take on a greater significance. Islam and Muslims are not the enemy because terrorism knows no religion.
The healing will come about when the ugly cancer of Islamophobia starts to wane. This effort first relies on understanding the true nature of Islam from mainstream Muslim scholars on Islam in the USA and from your average Muslim neighbor, who is a productive and contributing American citizen.
The opportunity for growth is tremendous in the U.S. and the world at large. Peace and mutual understanding through interfaith relations is a productive way to accelerate human relations.
In his June 2009 speech at Cairo University, President Obama emphasized the common themes of peaceful human relations found within the three major Abrahamic religions. He said, "The holy Koran tells us, 'O mankind! We have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.' ....The Talmud tells us: 'The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace.'" Finally, he said, "The holy Bible tells us, 'Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.' …. The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God's vision. Now, that must be our work here on Earth."
Closure regarding OBL's death is not through rejoicing in his death, for vengeance is not part of the religious traditions of Muslims, Christians or Jews. Real closure is brought about through our shared religious and American civic values of justice, pluralism, interfaith understanding and peace.
Levent Akbarut
Islamic Congregation of La Cañada Flintridge
La Cañada Flintridge
My guess about Americans feeling closure with the news of Osama bin Laden's death is that we may not feel as much as we thought we would. In death-penalty cases, relatives of the victims often hope to feel better than they do when the convicted killer is put to death. We may have similar emotions as time goes by. We may have felt jubilation at the news of the terrorist's demise, but as the truth sinks in that our loved ones he killed are not coming back, no matter how many bad guys we catch and kill, closure may elude us.
Also, as time goes by, we may remember the many-headed Hydra of Greek mythology. What that particular myth says is that if you cut off one head, another grows in its place. I suspect that's what will happen with al-Qaeda. Osama won't hurt us anymore, but there are plenty of Hydra heads just waiting to step in and be the next revered terrorist.
Since this column is "in theory" about religion, now would be a good time for a commercial about what my religion says about forgiveness. I think we need to forgive. Vengeance and pay-back are short-lived, as far as their benefits to us are concerned — but being able to forgive lets us move on with our lives.
Jesus said to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecute us (Matthew 5: 44), but boy, is that hard! Osama and the rest of the terrorists infuriate me no end — but if I truly am a follower of the man from Nazareth, I need to forgive Osama bin Laden and all those of his ilk. This being a Christian isn't so easy, is it?
The Rev. Skip Lindeman
La Cañada Congregational Church
La Cañada Flintridge
Closure doesn't leap to my mind as an outcome of OBL's death. It is a big relief, certainly, that he is gone and that collateral damage wasn't any worse. I feel no particular joy in his death, while accepting that in this case, the ends justified the means.
Trying to do the impossible of putting myself in the shoes of someone who lost a loved one in 9/11, I can't imagine having a "sense of satisfying finality" because he is dead.
As far as closure for America, I hope that the intense re-focus on the Afghanistan war, our feckless partners in the war, and the nature of the terrorist threat itself will help get us as a nation to a genuinely safer and better — a more satisfying — place in the world.
I hope that the success of the concentrated police action, conducted by a group small in number, huge in skills, backed and fronted by superb intelligence and deep planning, makes us stop and seriously question our reliance on an occupying army of 100,000 in Afghanistan.
Al-Qaeda comprises no more than 100 members, of which 50 to 75 are actively engaged in the field at any one time. These are official U.S. intelligence figures. And they are in Pakistan or elsewhere, not Afghanistan. Again, these facts are not in dispute.
I hope the attention makes people realize that by our endless-war approach to terrorism, we have accomplished some of the enemy's aims for them. Laws like the Patriot Act degrade our own civil liberties, and the permanent-war economy lowers our standard of living (for most people; not the richer-than-rich, I'll grant).
Not to make light, but hearing that captured al-Qaeda documents said U.S. railroads were a potential target, and having just traveled cross-country by train, I doubt that al-Qaeda can do more systemic harm to Amtrak than has our refusal to provide adequate government support, which has allowed the rest of the developed (and even some of the less-developed) world to have good passenger trains.
I hope we seriously reexamine how much the Taliban (who themselves have no foreign agenda) really enables al-Qaeda, and whether waging endless war among, meaning inevitably on, the civilians of Afghanistan, most of whom of course aren't Taliban (yet), is smart even if there is a connection.
It seems a given to many Middle East experts that to the youthful protesters in the "Arab Spring," OBL and al-Qaeda were already irrelevant. Too bad we armed the dictators who are now using those weapons against their own people demanding democracy.
Closure doesn't trickle down or fall like manna from heaven. We have to seek it.
Roberta Medford
Bin Laden's death has indeed brought some degree of closure to all Americans. A mass-murderer's career and plotting have been decisively terminated and his atrocities have been repaid with much-deserved justice. Some object that Bin Laden should have been taken to trial. He deserved none. He died on a self-initiated, self-imposed battlefield as an active combatant against our country. An anonymous burial at sea was more than he deserved. Proverbs 10:7 can justly be applied to him: "The name of the wicked will rot."
Even so, the gloating and celebrating we saw, though we understand it very well, was inappropriate. The entire saga of bin Laden's destructive choices is a tragedy. Here is a man who rejected Jesus Christ our savior. He spent a life separated from God's goodness, both experienced and expressed. He brought grief to millions of people. He has left a legacy and a functioning organization dedicated to carrying out his wicked intentions. And now he is spending an eternity apart from God and everything that is good.
"'As I live!' declares the lord God, 'I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways!'" (Ezekiel 33:11). We should be glad that an agent of wickedness has been stopped. We should grieve that a fellow human being, created in God's image, spent his life the way Osama bin Laden did.
Pastor Jon Barta
Valley Baptist Church
The recent announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a compound in Pakistan after an encounter with a U.S. Special Forces unit was an outcome that had been anticipated with hope for almost 10 years. And the reactions by many in our country were reasonably predictable. People joined in exuberant celebrations, and many opined that his death would bring an end to the reign of terror by al-Qaeda.
Then cooler minds began to analyze the situation. They recognized that such an act might well bring some sort of horrific retaliation by bin Laden supporters, since he was the iconic leader of al-Qaeda but not its only champion or devoted architect of terror. And then there were the conspiracy theorists who believed that the whole affair was a hoax, their notions fueled by his burial at sea and the fact that no pictures of the dead bin Laden were published. How do such ideas gain traction in otherwise rational people?
My reaction is not that I am sorry bin Laden is dead. But I don't believe the murder of any person, however seemingly justifiable, is something to celebrate. What that reaction supports is the old "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" philosophy that has led to so many terrible wars and other destructive actions.
Bin Laden's death in no way makes up for the deaths of the thousands of people who were lost on 9/11 or those whose lives have been sacrificed — American, Iraqi, and others — in our wars of retaliation in the Gulf. Actions carried out in revenge do not solve the problems that incite them. I believe we must be careful, when wolfing down a meal of our enemies, that the meal is not ourselves.
Let us hope that as people of faith, we can encourage ways of engagement that bring out the best in us and others, and that our children will learn to communicate, rather than retaliate, when faced with potentially destructive situations. I am not naïve enough to believe that we can solve everything by simply being nice. But I think we can do much better than we have done in this case.
The Rev. Dr. Betty Stapleford
Unitarian Universalist Church
of the Verdugo Hills
La Crescenta
For some Americans, especially those individuals who lost loved ones during 9/11, the death of Osama bin Laden may bring closure. However, for America as a whole, I don't think the claim can be made that this death brings closure to 9/11 or terrorism. Nor should it.
Last week an article appeared in the Wall Street Journal's opinion pages about whether killing the leader of a terrorist organization provides a long-lasting and permanent solution. The article recounted a number of killings attributed to Israel's Mossad. The point was made that such killings tend to paralyze the terrorist group in the short term, but in the long run they can result, in some instances, in the rise of an even more dangerous successor.
Was it appropriate for the United States to go after and eliminate Osama bin Laden? Personally, my answer is yes. Should we continue to eliminate terrorists who threaten the safety of the United States or its citizens, whether here or abroad? Again, my answer is yes.
My concern now is how do we handle terrorism going forward? More specifically, how will the United States use its military might, financial resources and moral conscience to deal with terrorism, now that bin Laden is dead? For the past week, the airwaves have been filled with commentary and opinion about the killing and what to do. Unfortunately, there is no clear answer or path, and there is considerable diversity of opinion, much of which is divisive. As I write this article, a headline is appearing in a well-known news website that reads: "USA Freak Out: Terror Fears; False Alarms."
As a nation, we have an enormous challenge ahead to deal with and overcome terrorism. The optimist in me believes in America. America has risen to difficult challenges in the past; I believe we will do so again. As a nation, we should seek guidance from God, remember our heritage and values, and use our resources and might to do good in the world and seek, and bring about, peace.
Rick Callister
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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I'm Ellen, and I'm a haul-a-holic. It's ridiculous the amount of stuff I carry around every day. When I tell the spouse or a son to look in my purse, he asks, "Which one?" I always have three. My family ridicules me. My friends shake their heads.
I don't think it will work, but in an effort to pare down my own stuff, I inventoried a small selection from my daily baggage and made notes on what's right and where I've gone so very wrong.
The items came from my trio of totes: a mini purse (for running out for a cup of coffee; 1.9 pounds), the annex, which contains my second-tier essentials; 8.6 pounds) and my spillover bag (for whatever can't fit in the other two; 5.3 pounds).
The breakdown Grand total of shame: 15.8 pounds (not including a laptop).
RIGHT: A purse organizer helps you find your stuff.
WRONG: Who needs four pairs of glasses? I wear contact lenses.
WRONG: The camera isn't necessary when I can take photos with my phone.
WRONG: Every woman looks better with lipstick, but why three lipsticks — and two liner pencils?
WRONG: I'm not a coal miner or a spy, so why do I carry a headlamp and a monocular?
RIGHT: Minty fresh to combat coffee breath.
WRONG: A reusable container for coffee from home is green and saves money, but why carry two?
WRONG: If you're going to eat at your desk, leave the food there; don't carry it around while shopping.
RIGHT: Wallets weigh you down, so carry cash and a credit card or two.
RIGHT: A needlepoint project is a lightweight distraction for a mass transit commute, waiting in line and so on.
WRONG: Leave hardcover books at home, and don't carry library DVDs around all day to return after work.


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In October of last year, we told you about how Ducati Motor Holding was directly taking over its operations in Brazil, and was forming a subsidiary in the South American country. Nine months later now, Ducati do Brasil is officially open for business, and the company's first showroom floor is in the Avenida Faria Lima of São Paulo.
Helping Ducati side-step the onerous tariffs that come with the Brazil market, the Italian company is continuing its relationship with DAFRA, which runs a complete knock-down (CKD) assembly plant in Manaus, and builds Diavel and Monster 796 motorcycles on Ducati's behalf.
Ducati do Brasil will be run by Managing Director Ricardo Susini, who will in-turn be assisted by Marco Truzzi as Service & After Sales Manager.


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Pine cones, tree cookie, hand lens, x-ray set, Live Butterfly Garden with Butterfly Larvae Coupon, Ladybug Land with Ladybug Larvae Coupon, insect learning cards, plastic insects and spiders set, and the following books: What Do Scientists Do?, Peterson First Guide to Trees,Trees to Paper, Familiar Insects and Spiders, Your Insides, and The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree.
And last but not least, a special CD loaded with photos, glossaries, word cards, science word labels, teacher's masters, and other materials to help you teach.
The curriculum covers the following:
- Developmental Biology—Describing the Life Stages of Human Beings
- Botany—Observing Trees
- Earth and Space—Exploring Sunlight, Water, and Soil
- Zoology—Investigating Animals and Their Habitats
- Anatomy—Discovering What Is Inside Our Bodies
- Entomology—Examining the Characteristics and Life Cycles of Insects
I liked that the subjects it covered are really the subjects that interest the kids. They can really relate to all of them and they are brought down to a level that the kids really get it.
We covered Developmental Biology, which the little ones really enjoyed and fully understood.
We then skipped on to Anatomy which just fascinated them. They loved the true to size X-ray cards which gave them a really clear picture of what their bones look like inside. And the lesson plans were so great and easy to teach. We have read the book "Your Insides" included in the kit, at least a dozen times. It is a fabulous book that gives great info on a very simple level. Ask my 5 year old what happens when you eat food and he will give you a full account. Its really sweet seeing the little guy using words like "esophagus" and "intestines":) And he gets it!
But I have to say, one of the highlights of the kit, of course, is the Butterfly Garden! Unfortunately, where we live, we couldn't get the butterfly Larvae shipped to us, so we opted for the next best thing... silkworms! And there is an entire section on the differences and similarities between butterflies and moths, check out the photo below of us discussing it:
So all in all, I really like this Homeschool Kit. It is so user friendly, has lots of great information and hands on activities and is just easy and simple to use and understand.
Here is a direct link to their website:
Go check it out!


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Burning Man
Monday, 8/30 through Monday, 9/6
Time to tune up your vegetable oil trucks, stash your water supply, and stock up on non-toxic face paint, because Burning Man 2010 is here! Or, if you don't feel like spending a week in the desert, just tune in to the remote-controlled live feed here. [clear here]
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Gamers and hockey fans! Don't miss this exclusive launch party for EA's new NHL 11 live from the channel page here. While the official launch isn't until Sept. 7th, you'll get a preview of the entire game and have an opportunity to chat live with some of the top draft picks from the NHL 2010 draft! [clear here]
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Chat live with the Goo Goo Dolls on the eve of their long-awaited studio album, "Something for the Rest of Us." Ask them about living in the studio and what's changed since they first formed in 1986! Live here. [clear here]
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Check out this world-famous 3 day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers. Each year attendees are treated to tournaments, panel discussions, and nerdcore concerts, but now you can catch all the action too from the channel page right here. [clear here]


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st: RE: RE: RE: A modest proposal - missing data doesn't count
"Nick Cox" <email@example.com>
st: RE: RE: RE: A modest proposal - missing data doesn't count
Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:57:18 +0100
The fuss is that
if x > 10
includes x >= . Numeric missings all count as larger than any
non-missing numeric value.
Martin Weiss
I got used to the -!mi()- thing in "bigger-than" comparisons after a
of errors in this area, and I do not even regard it as a hassle anymore.
What is all the fuss about?
Nick Cox
This comes up on the list, understandably, about once a year.
I think everybody has some, indeed much, sympathy with the problem, but
no-one ever likes anybody else's solution.
To make even a case for his new function, Allan has got to show that it
gives sensible answers in all situations in which it might be applied,
and not just inequalities. Just as it's a feature that the name
-value()- is not bespoke, it is also a weakness that it carries no
meaning that is utterly evident and precise. For example, is value(.)
the same or different from value(.a)? Does value(x) < 10 include or
exclude missings? If they're excluded too, then Allan wants a three-way
logic in Stata, and the quickest way to get that is to write your own
clone of Stata. (Allow 25 years.)
(If this isn't Phil Schumm's point, it's very close.)
-inrange()- is a well-defined function available for comparisons. I
don't think many people use it, perhaps because its detailed rules don't
stick in one's memory. By the time most people have looked up the syntax
they could write out a longer expression avoiding it.
I think -value()- could hardly jump such a hurdle.
Allan Reese
Feeling aggrieved at years of typing expressions like "if x>10 & x<.",
and feeling sure there must be lots of wrong results from Stata because
users didn't notice that "x>10" includes cases with the missing value,
might I request a new code function?
The name value() is available. While users would have to remember to use
it, it would quickly become a habit to type "if value(x)>10" etc, with
the effect that the expression would evaluate as true only when x had a
non-missing value. A check box could be added to the menu interface as
a reminder.
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Robitzer, M. and Tourette, A. and Horga, R. and Valentin, R. and Boissière, M. and Devoisselle, J. M. and Di Renzo, F. and Quignard, F. Nitrogen sorption as a tool for the characterisation of polysaccharide aerogels. (2011) Carbohydrate Polymers, vol. 85 (n° 1). pp. 44-53. ISSN 0144-8617


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What do warm days, the smell of sunscreen, fake mustaches, board shorts and snow all have in common?? That's right, Woodward at Copper Summer Camp has begun! Adult Camp kicked off with a bang last week as folks flew in from all over the country to shred on our sick summer snow. Some campers left their kids behind to learn some new tricks in the park while others thought summer camp would make a sweet last trip before they began college. Check out their edit.
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Returning campers have found this summer is different than any other because of one "super" addition. The SUPER TRAMP is complete and this week's campers are some of the first to jump on this rad trampoline. The super tramp is one of the first in the country and it allows for a much longer air time with an insane amount of bounce to dial in tricks like never before. Check out a first glimpse of the super tramp here.
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I won't say the positive feelings about the Mets in the wake of the Philly series were dashed last night, but they were tempered.
Two things were especially apparent.
The first was their inability to hit in the clutch as they did against the Phillies. They didn't have many, but they had enough where they could have won. When the bases are loaded with no outs, you should score at least one by accident.
The second was the use of the bullpen. At 105 pitches, Johan Santana was not done. He should have at least been given the first base runner. There is also the use of Ryota Igarashi at the expense of Pedro Feliciano in the ninth. Feliciano is your most reliable reliever and proven to be able to get out right handed hitters. As long as he was in there, he should have stayed.
As long as Jerry Manuel was hell bent on going with the percentages, why didn't he look at Igarashi's numbers since coming off the disabled list. In three appearances, including last night, he has given up five runs on five hits for a whopping 27.00 ERA.
He might be healthy, but he's not sharp. The only thing sharp last night was Santana, and his performance was wasted by the offense and bullpen.


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A decade of techno-sex: Look how far we've come
Ten years of turn-ons - is society tuned in?
Are you lonesome tonight? Not with this handy bit of kit...
Nonetheless, what has changed in the male end of the market is a major shift toward toys that are purely functional. To that end, the Fleshlight and the Tenga system – as vibrators always have been - are "pure" masturbation systems, without the excuse of even pretending the presence of a partner. Ditto the monkeyspanker, with its curious resemblance to a table tennis bat with a hole in the middle.
On the female side of the fence, there are new textiles and new colours – particularly dayglo. Pyrex has made its entrance as the basis for a new and arty line in dildos, with the advantage that the object can be left in the fridge – not the freezer! – for a couple of hours before any bedtime action. The emphasis on what sex toys are for has changed little although – with all that emphasis on ergonomics – each year seems to bring a new and even more far out shape to the bedroom. Nonetheless, according to Lovehoney, the Rabbit remains a favourite "must-buy" for women.
Other techie trends include the appearance of "fucking machines" – which look highly dangerous and are still more likely to be found in a certain sort of porn than in bedrooms up and down the country. That has begun to change with the advent of the Sybian – a snip at just over £1,000 – and no doubt the next decade will see further advances in this area.
Electro-stimulation is also on the up, both through the rediscovery of Victorian cupping devices, and entirely new systems such as the e-stim.
What then of the internet? While some would claim that it merely follows and reflects existing trends, there is a strong argument to suggest it has been at least in part instrumental in this latest sexual revolution.
From the early days of Usenet and IRC, through to sites and channels dedicated to particular kinks, the internet has worked to bring together people with previously rarefied interests and to encourage them. That is the accusation often levelled at the internet by the pro-censorship lobby – and is a particularly damning argument when it comes to issues such as paedophilia.
However, the reality is that prior to the internet, many sexual "interests" remained sufficiently unusual that practitioners could spend most of a lifetime without ever encountering anyone who shared the same kink. The effort required to go out and find even one like-minded individual was too much for most.
By contrast, the internet now plays host to sites that cover almost every kink imaginable, providing space for individuals to discuss with other like-minded people. At the more mainstream end of things, topics such as bdsm now boast sites such as informed consent in the UK which claims almost 150,000 members. In parallel with such sites, the BDSM scene has proliferated a network of munches, clubs and events that now provide real world back-up to what was originally stimulated into action online.
Swinging, too, is an area that has seen its popularity soar over the decade. Likewise "dogging", polyamory and all manner of fetishes. It would be too simplistic to "blame" such growth on the internet, but it has played a major part.
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Predictive model files for future transistor technologies.
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A new generation of Predictive Technology Models (PTM) is developed for 130nm to 32nm technology nodes. These predictive model files are compatible with standard circuit simulators, such as SPICE, and scalable with a wide range of process variations. With PTM, competitive circuit design and research can start even before the advanced semiconductor technology is fully developed. As compared to previous Berkeley Predictive Technology Model (BPTM), the new predictive methodology has better physicality and scalability over a wide range of process and design conditions. Both nominal values and process sensitivity are captured in the new PTM for robust design research. Excellent predictions have been verified from 250nm to 45nm nodes. The importance of physical correlations among parameters and the impact of process variations have been evaluated. Model files for bulk CMOS with Leff as low as 13nm are available here.
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This work was funded by the Center for Circuit & System Solutions (C2S2) and the Materials, Stuctures and Device Focus Center (MSD).
- Wei Zhao and Yu Cao, TED, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 2816-2823, 2006.
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The Weatherization Assistance program provides funds to install measures that reduce residential heating and cooling costs for low-income families and enhance the health and safety of residents. The program provides repairs and improvements to home heating and cooling systems and provides for the installation of energy-saving measures in the house, such as insulation and air sealing. The goal of the program is to increase the energy efficiency of housing occupied by low-income persons and reduce their total residential energy expenditures. This program does not offer assistance with paying utility bills.
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Forbes.com (via TUAW) is claiming Ziphone jailbreak author Piergiorgio Zambrini has found a way to crash the iPhone (and other computer systems, according to Zambrini's own website) using specially crafted video files:
The bug Zambrini found is in the audio portion of Apple's video format. Knowing the bug exists, someone could write a program that incorporates the bug into a video file and trigger a crash whenever an iPhone attempts to run that file. The bug, which is located in a shared code library that is used across most Apple operating systems and some Linux ones as well, doesn't appear to cause any permanent damage, but immediately sends the device into a panic that leads to a lengthy reboot.
Since it crashed the device and not just the app, one security expert quoted feels it's a kernal vulnerability that's been discovered. Zambrini, who paradoxically claims to have both applied for a job with Apple's security team, and that working for Apple is not his goal, is apparently exploring the vulnerability as a way to inject malicious code.
Howsabout next time we be a little more responsible and keep the information confidential, alerting only the OS makers involved, giving them a reasonable amount of time to patch the problem before we put real world end-users at risk by alerting bad guys to potential exploits, b'okay?


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