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The Name Of The Q
Q The LARP Carp
Spe-Q-lating On Q
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."- H. L. MenckenIn the following article, we will rely on Serial Brain 2 (SB2), rising star among the Anon decoders and commentators. The reader should familiarize him/herself with SB2 content as background.
SB2 posts on Reddit and is just as anonymous and mysterious as Q itself. I suspect the two may be related in some capacity, since it stretches credulity that one person could go as deep and broad into Q ciphers as SB2 seems to do.
As we warned in previous articles, we have picked the low-hanging fruit of Q analysis and must now turn into the rather deep and disconcerting aspects of the phenomenon.
The reader should note that none of the topics here are speculation - at least on this author's part. The occult and cryptographic aspects are key features of Anon decoding and general commentary from followers, and either implicitly or explicitly acknowledged by Q itself.
With disclaimers out of the way, we will now proceed with discussion of Q's coding systems and the occult aspects of Q. Among the many tools used to decode Q "drops" are gematria and "twilight language"..
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The number 17 shows up frequently in times, dates and numerical values of key words in Q drops. In The Name of the Q, we showed how the name Q works on multiple levels, and the same holds true for its numeric value in gematria. Anons such as SB2 spend a great deal of time hunting down the number 17, among others, in every drop or Donald Trump movement to find and ascribe meaning.
There are many highly complex and convoluted decodings that involve gematria, one of which we will examine shortly. Suffice it to say that this ancient form of cipher plays heavily into Q Lore, and not just the number 17, 23 is also a prominent number with its own set of meanings.
The number 23 is said to refer to a famous chess move in a game between an American and a Russian master, which took place in Breslau, Poland [Ed.- corrected from Helsinki, Finland with link]. In the 23rd move of the game, the American sacrificed his queen and won the game. The move has since become known as "The American Beauty".
Before and during the Trump-Putin summit, Q dropped 23 into a number of different posts. This is said to be significant in relation to what took place behind closed doors at the Trump-Putin summit. Q's implication is that Trump "sacrificed" Queen Hillary (Clinton) in a power move and won a great prize at the summit.
A prime example of gematria, as decoded by the "high priest" SerialBrain2 and known as the Q1734 riddle, involves a recent event where Trump changed plans at the last minute and used the motorcade instead of the traditional helicopter to go to the airbase where the presidential plane is kept. The White House said it was due to "bad weather." When reporters protested that the weather was clear and calm, the White House said that "fog" at Andrews Air Force Base prevented safe landing, which was provably false.
Now, have fun following this reasoning:
"1734 = [A/3][2A/3] = cloud giving 1/3 of its load to earth"
The presidential motorcade left precisely at 9:21am EDT en route to Andrews. SerialBrain2 had written a post on John Brennan the day before, so s/he/it assumes that Trump is responding to that post with actions and words.
Using gematria with A=1, B=2...Z=26, then:
Brennan's full name is John Owen Brennan, or JOB.
JOB is one less than FOG. Brennan's birth date is 9/22, which one more than the motorcade departure time of 9:21. In SB2's internal logic, this establishes a relationship between this event and Brennan, and it involves a computer server because SB2's previous post featured that topic, and all of the following assumes Trump/Q are responding directly to SB2.
Through a convoluted rationalization, the -1/+1 connection between dates, times and numerical value of "BAD WEATHER" and "SERVER" means, of course, something to do with a computer server. The gematria of "SERVER" is 87, the same as "BAD WEATHER," so naturally all of this is connected.
Therefore, Trump/Q have dirt on John Brennan from a server. Riddle solved. Don't pay any attention to the massive leaps in logic that all of this entails. We are expected to believe that Trump/Q are using highly coded words and actions that must be plugged into a convoluted line of reasoning that involves both Trump and Q responding directly to a post by an anonymous blogger on Reddit.
As a code, gematria assigns letters numerical values. As numbers, they have additional layers of meaning based on another ancient practice - that of giving meaning to numbers. Anyone familiar with Kabbalistic Biblical interpretation will know of the use of gematria and numerology in "decoding" the Biblical texts. The most famous of these, of course, is the Number of the Beast, or 666 (actually 6 hundred, 3 score and 6). There is deep historical precedent for this kind of occult messaging. It is especially prominent in Sacred Geometry and other occult practices.
Q is plainly operating on much more than an explicit, secular level. From overt blessings to covert religious allusions, Q is purposefully drawing connections between its operation and a Judeo-Christian cultural heritage.
These are well-established coding techniques and are at least passingly familiar to most readers. I will not spend a lot of time on them because any one of the puzzles would fill this column with analysis. I encourage the reader to click through for further research.
What's of greater interest - to me at least - is the use of "twilight language". This is where the Eastern Buddhist tradition enters the picture. This will become increasingly important in future articles, given the rise of highly radicalized Buddhist monasteries - for another time.
The twilight language is a form of esoteric coding where what appears to be gibberish on the surface holds profound meaning upon meditation. This is frequently pointed to as the basis for Trump's strange speaking style - the repetition of words, seemingly disjointed thoughts, etc. It is proposed that he is transmitting hidden messages in this way, and Q often alludes to this, and has used this form of coding itself.
A well-known example would be Donald Trump's famous "covfefe" tweet. This is played off in Q Lore as a secret transmission double-coded with gematria and twilight language, as well as a troll on mainstream media.
Twilight language is an ancient form of puzzle designed to lead novices to key insights. The effectiveness of this form of puzzle is in getting the novice to come to their own realization/insight, because just telling them the answer will not have the same profound effect. Note that even though the novice generates the answer himself, it is always the same answer for everyone.
Twilight language puzzles are usually presented in the form of nonsense questions. Two common examples many readers will be familiar with are: what is the sound of one hand clapping, and if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound?
Anyone who has read up on Q's drops knows that many of Q's puzzles involve questions that seemingly have no relevance to the political arena. The Q-vians are supposed to meditate on these question, do a little research, and come to predetermined revelations. When the Q-vians get confirmation from others that they have found the "correct" answer, they get a dopamine hit and are ready for more.
They are well on their way to Q-Enlightenment.
This is a highly effective form of mind-control in the sense that novices are steered to a certain answer or way of thinking, but they come to it on their own and thus have ownership of it.
This kind of control buries itself deep in the subconscious because of the investment the novice has made to find the answer, it is reinforced with a dopamine hit when their effort is confirmed, and now the answer will season all their thinking going forward.
It creates a perceptive framework that filters objective reality through a pre-programmed set of interpretation keys. It is not only difficult for the individual to realize what has been done, but trying to erase them can be a greater challenge than the original puzzle. This is how highly effective cults operate.
Used for religious enlightenment, this is arguably a good thing, but weaponized for political purposes, twilight language becomes a dangerous tool with a proven history of taking command of minds.
Here's a recent example from a Q drop:
"Why was America's wealth being distributed WW?"Why was the American taxpayer essentially subsidizing the the rest of the world?" [Ed. - WW = world wide]
Q does not answer these questions. Q not only asks the reader to assume these things are true, but it does not answer the questions. The reader much ponder and research and come to some conclusion on his or her own. The reader will then receive confirmation or denial from the larger group, based on whatever consensus conclusions the wider audience has come to.
Sometimes the answer may vary depending on which of the various denominations of Q one follows, conveniently categorizing the individual into certain sub-groups with whom he or she can identify, based on the answers one derives.
To some readers here, this may all seem obvious and a waste of time, but keep in mind that we are now seeing the Second Wave of Q-vians coming in. These are people who have never taken conspiracy theories seriously, or have never paid attention to them at all. They must be led gently and carefully into the world of conspiracies without turning them off immediately.
This is where the twilight language comes in. These seemingly innocuous questions cause the novice to ponder things they would not have otherwise considered, but do it in such a way as to not openly declare the answer to be one conspiracy theory or another. When the reader comes to their own realizations, then they "own" the answer and cannot even "unrealize" it. They are now forced to choose between their old way of thinking, or embrace this new paradigm.
The novice then finds a Q Denomination that promotes his or her own conclusions and is neatly categorized and installed in the Q Phenomenon.
This is what the Q-vians call being "red pilled," and is part of the signature Great Awakening that Q-vians crow about with nearly every breath.
If I come out and TELL you there is a massive conspiracy that is far outside the bounds of your normal thinking, you will reject it and walk away. If I lead you to that conclusion and you "discover" it yourself, you now own it and must decide how you will react to this new way of thinking. Your chosen denomination will help bring you along on your journey to "enlightenment".
Gematria and twilight language are effective tools deployed by Q to coerce a mass audience into a radical new paradigm without the novice being aware of it. They think about the puzzles, find their own answers, and then are reinforced by others who have found the same answers. Dopamine bump. Back for more.
Let me be clear here - I am NOT saying conspiracy theories are wrong. In fact, conspiracy theories are inconsequential to this argument, other than to point out that Q is clearly leading followers to form certain conclusions without explicitly saying anything, which is a defining feature of twilight language specifically, and religion in general.
When Q-vians reach the desired conclusions, Q rewards them with "attaboys" (dopamine bump), which imparts the feeling of being an initiate into a secret club. This is the exact pattern used by groups such as the Freemasons in their initiation rites - a lot of seemingly nonsensical rituals and incantations leading the candidate to predetermined realizations of some occult doctrine. The successful initiate can take ownership of the insight because he or she came to it of their own volition - or seemingly so.
Here's a recent example of a Q "koan":
If you are not a Q-vian, the above is likely complete gibberish. If you are able to tease a deeper meaning out of the non-sequitur, then you have confirmation that you are an insider, an initiate into the world of Q.Anonymous ID: 42fc17 No.2360166 📁Jul 30 2018 17:10:40 (EST)MA Office | The 'Feed'Did anons get the wrong angle on this?>>2340661 (Q)>Who is supplying feed?Feed as in the Image (Camera Feed)Remember, the image is flipped.Why?It would appear Q's guys are taking picture of a 'bad actor'.Think mirror.What if the people in the vehicle are those Working on Sunday @ MA office.MAs bad actors are the one [Ed. sic] supplying the 'Feed'.The images have been ripped/taken from their phones. (Like in SG/KJU photos)The 'Man in Black' was the operator who just went and took the 2 photos of MA office that Q posted moments earlier. (Phone in hand)Full black attire + shades + poor facial angle.Nothing there can be used to easily identify the indivdual, even more so if hes an operator.The above would explain MA shitting bricks and asking the Twatterverse for help.Message Sent.>>2360166Who supplied the FEED?SA.CF.We have it all.U-Access KILLS.[spook]Q
In this post, you are given the dopamine bump:
I should also note that Q tends to address followers in the imperative mood. Statements such as "stay the course," "use logic," "enjoy the show," and "feel proud" are commands in their grammatical construction. Followers are being given orders and virtually none of them stop to consider this fact.Q !CbboFOtcZs ID: 2b8bd6 No.2362968 📁Jul 30 2018 20:19:04 (EST)>>2362960>>2362968Feel proud Autists, Anons, and Patriots.You did this!You are taking back control.You have the power.Stay the course.Q
As demonstrated, Q uses gematria, which is a Kabbalistic form of Biblical interpretation that assigns letters numeric values and encodes "secret" messages within text, thus evoking the Judeo-Christian-Islamic traditions. Q clearly uses twilight language, which is a form of puzzle using seemingly non-sensical questions and statements that the initiate must meditate on and "decode", thus invoking the Eastern, Buddhist tradition. Q is unquestionably using religious tradition, if not seeking to become a religion in its own rite.
Early on in Q Lore, the "drops" were said to contain "crumbs" or "bread crumbs," which clearly evokes a trail leading to some revelation, like Handel and Gretel lost in the woods. The primary question rational people face is whether Q is a wicked witch at the end of the trail, or a great and powerful Oz.
Either way, followers are being led. Otherwise, they could not be "followers," by their own admissions. One cannot follow without being led.
I leave the reader with the following as proof that Q is well aware of what it is doing:
Anonymous ID: 0edc14 No.2363457 📁Jul 30 2018 20:44:42 (EST)ARTICLES ABOUT QWHY DO THEY NEVER ASK THE ANONS WHY THEY ARE HERE?REAL ANON'S are here as we follow the EVIDENCE (documented verifiable evidence), we are building the TRUTH of our HISTORY so we can expose and dismantle the corruption that has PLAGUED our world for millennia.I invite any publication to print this as a statement of fact from an ACTUAL ANON.WE do not tell YOU what to think or how to FEEL about a topic. WE simply dig for TRUTH and then PRESENT what we find so it can be scrutinized by our PEERS and further corroborated.The CHOICE to KNOW what we have found, verified and presented is entirely up to YOU.Presenting OUR work in a way to imply WE are some sort of cult, shows the WORLD how corrupt the MAINSTREAM MEDIA has become.WE are NOT about violence, subversion or control. WE are simply providing FACT based information FREE of charge to the WORLD.WWG1WGAFeel FREE to SHAREEnd>>2363457Excellent!You cannot fool a massive group of dedicated gold star researchers.At what point does it become mathematically impossible?Comms structure designed for a very specific reason.Q


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Wes Kumfer
Engineering Research Associate
Wes Kumfer joined HSRC in 2017 as a post doctoral research associate with a focus on crash analysis and safety education. Wes is currently working on a National Cooperative Highway Research Program project investigating systemic issues that affect collisions between motor vehicles and pedestrians. Wes is also working closely with other researchers to augment HSRC's Road Safety Academy curriculum.
Prior to joining HSRC, Wes worked as a postdoctoral research associate and course instructor at Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock, Texas as part of the Texas Tech University Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation. While at TTU, Wes worked on a number of Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) projects related to capacity analysis and rural road safety. Some specific topics he investigated at TTU include young driver education, atypical interchange design, and demographic factors that influence crash type and severity.
Wes received his doctorate in civil engineering at TTU and was active in TTU's Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center as a fellow, consultant, and workshop facilitator. In his free time, Wes enjoys hiking with his wife and dog.

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0:00 joshua__: Is there really not a macro? function in clojure?
0:00 omg... omg.. I could use find-fn quite possibly to answer that..
0:00 amalloy: joshua__: i was about to say...
0:01 joshua__: what are some good input outputs to try?
0:01 #'when true?
0:01 Lajla: chousuke, clojure on minun silmäkuopissani, ota sen niistä.
0:01 amalloy: the problem is so many things will return true for that
0:02 you need a way to specify multiple constraints, like {[#'when] true, [#'inc] nil}
0:04 joshua__: I think there might be a but (find-fn #'when true) returned nil
0:04 actually.
0:05 nvm
0:05 dnolen: ,(lazy-seq (lazy-seq (lazy-seq nil)))
0:05 clojurebot: ()
0:05 dnolen: the bane of my existence.
0:05 technomancy: sounds like a nursery rhyme
0:14 joshua__: What is the clojurey way to print the the first item of a vector in a list of vectors?
0:15 (map (fn [x] (println (first x)) vector-lists) ?
0:15 Raynes: (doseq [[x] vectors] (println x))
0:17 joshua__: amalloy: I reimplemented it in terms of filter.
0:17 amalloy: sweet
0:18 Raynes's way is best, but for entertainment value: (dorun (map (comp println first) vectors))
0:18 joshua__: https://
0:19 is there a way I can load the function into sexpbot so you guys can see it in action?
0:19 hnparser.main> (find-fn [1 2] 3)
0:19 bit-or
0:19 bit-xor
0:19 +
0:19 unchecked-add
0:20 amalloy: joshua__: no, sexpbot is theoretically stateless
0:20 joshua__: hnparser.main> (find-fn [[1 2]] 1)
0:20 first
0:20 rand-nth
0:20 omg omg hilarious
0:20 rand-nth
0:20 amalloy: hah
0:20 joshua__: Going to be funny when your given that more complicated inputs and functions that have random results pop up in the list from time to time.
0:22 I want to try to work find-fn into a genetic algorithm at some point.
0:22 My mind keeps thinking that it would be a really cool thing to include, but its not clicking as to why so I want to investigate.
0:23 amalloy: joshua__: i don't understand why you want to use println at all here. just return the result of the filter (wrap it in a (set) if you like)
0:24 joshua__: it will return [something #something-function] for each item
0:24 but I figure something-name is what people really want.
0:25 amalloy: (map (comp str first) (filter ... ))?
6:03 jk_: i'm just starting to use agents and find the documentation confusing. it says that send will (apply your-func agent-state &args)
6:03 but it looks like what actually happens is just (apply your-func &args)
6:04 is that right? if i want to use the existing state i have to explicitly reference it ?
6:04 or dereference it, rather?
6:05 &(doc send)
6:05 sexpbot: ⟹ "([a f & args]); Dispatch an action to an agent. Returns the agent immediately. Subsequently, in a thread from a thread pool, the state of the agent will be set to the value of: (apply action-fn state-of-agent args)"
6:07 jk_: oh nm, i see what i'm doing wrong. my function i'm passing is not solely a function of the existing state
6:07 it's too late
6:16 auser: hola
7:52 mrBliss: technomancy: check your .gitconfig in your dotfiles repo on github
8:26 dsop: is there a way to reload jetty (compojure) instead of going through lein run all the time?
8:28 GOSUB: wow, Ken Wesson is apparently quite taken aback by the enhanced primitive support in 1.3.x
8:30 cemerick: I'm hoping Stuart's will be the last word on that one.
8:40 GOSUB: cemerick: yeah. I love the way he cleverly said "This argument is based on the (provably wrong) presumption that "still slow" means "equally slow". The difference is percentage points vs. order of magnitude. Test it for yourself."
8:40 I wonder what Ken would say now...
9:17 dsop: is there a let that I cna use to extract from a list, something like mlet [_ bla foo] ['to ignore' 'bla' 'foo'] so that bla is bound to 'bla' ?
9:17 chouser: the feature is called "destructuring"
9:17 dsop: thx
9:17 AWizzArd: ,(let [[_ a b _ c] '(1 2 3 4 5)] (println a b c))
9:17 clojurebot: 2 3 5
9:32 SergeyD: Hi, is there a way I can do constructor dispatch in Clojure for deftypes? For example:
9:32 (deftype Type1 [^double x ^double y])
9:32 (deftype Type2 [^double x ^double y])
9:32 (def constructor-dispatch Type1)
9:32 (new constructor-dispatch 1 2)
9:32 (def constructor-dispatch Type2)
9:32 (new constructor-dispatch 1 2)
9:32 Is using java reflection on deftype's host class is the simplest option?
9:33 Chousuke: you can't use new like that.
9:33 but you can make constructor-dispatch a function that creates either Type1 or Type2 depending on whatever.
9:35 SergeyD: Chousuke, then I have to repeat parameter list for every construction, right? "(if (cond1) (Type1. x y) (Type2. x y)"
9:35 Chousuke: you can make a macro for that.
9:36 could look something like (conditional-new [x y] cond1 type1 cond2 type2 cond3 type3)
9:37 where it expands to (cond cond1 (new type1 x y) cond2 (new type2 x y) ...)
9:38 SergeyD: Chousuke, thanks. I have the feeling there is a better way. I will think more
10:11 schitti: Can some help me install clojure
10:11 I'm using lein
10:11 I've checked out the git repo, and when I do lein self-install
10:11 I get this error:
10:11 WARNING: certificate common name `*.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `github.com'.
10:11 Failed to download https://
10:30 Raynes: technomancy: Ping
10:36 pjstadig: Raynes: probably not for a couple more hours
10:36 Raynes: pjstadig: I've got all day. :>
11:33 jcromartie: Would it make sense to build stateful UI components as compojure middleware?
11:45 Derander_: is clojure-refactoring-mode broken? I can't seem to get it working on clojure 1.2
11:47 jweiss: is there an easy way to test that all the keys from map1 are in map2 and the values also match? (map2 might have extra keys)
11:53 alpheus`: (= map1 map2)
11:56 mduerksen: jweiss, alpheus: (= map1 (select-keys map2 (keys map1))
11:56 jweiss: mduerksen: ah thanks
11:57 alpheus`: I missed that you meant to ignore extra keys in map2
12:05 ohpauleez: Raynes: ping
12:05 does that kid even go to school?
12:05 haha
12:23 GOSUB: ohpauleez: he is home-schooled.
12:23 ohpauleez: I was just pinged and reminded of that
12:23 I totally knew that too
12:24 GOSUB: ohpauleez: Ok.
12:24 is headius Mr. Nutter?
12:25 headius: yes
12:25 GOSUB: headius: oh, it's great to see you on this channel :)
12:26 headius: I hover :)
12:27 GOSUB: headius: good, good!
12:33 that thread on the mailing list is a phenomenal waste of time.
12:34 * GOSUB wonders if Ken is actually Dr. John Harrop (of Flying Frog fame) in disguise.
12:35 technomancy: GOSUB: or erik naggum back from the graaaaaave?
12:36 GOSUB: technomancy: oh, please, Erik Naggum was not that bad :)
12:37 cemerick: Jon Harrop has actually turned into a pretty decent presence on the list, last I knew anyway.
12:37 GOSUB: technomancy: I believe Erik was the embodiment of XKCD #386 - http://
12:37 cemerick: I asked that John. he told me that he is not the same John. go figure!
12:38 I was quite surprised by that statement. (the flying frog signature is missing, so I kind of believed him)
12:40 cemerick: Holy crap that thread is a disaster. :-( :-(
12:41 GOSUB: completely
12:41 even Stu is pissed now.
12:41 cemerick: I'm surprised he hasn't gotten the banstick at this point.
12:42 or, moderation bar, perhaps :-P
12:43 technomancy: it made me switch to reading by digest
12:44 GOSUB: cemerick: that will make it worse. let's try to persuade him into R-ing the FM :)
12:44 cemerick: "R-ing"?
12:44 GOSUB: cemerick: reading the fine manual.
12:44 cemerick: never gonna happen.
12:44 There's no manual anyway.
12:45 GOSUB: cemerick: STFA (search the fine archives)
12:45 STFA or STFU.
12:46 cemerick: Well, he disagrees with the design decision that's been made, settled, and already bikeshedded to death. Reading isn't going to stop anything.
12:46 GOSUB: cemerick: I doubt if he understands the decision or its implications completely.
12:49 Clojure/core guys should release the video of Rich's talk about new features ASAP.
12:55 and the thread is alive again...
12:56 jcromartie: can I make a type callable?
12:57 chouser: jcromartie: implement IFn
12:57 jcromartie: what if it's a built-in type?
12:57 like regexes created with #""
12:57 chouser: ah. nope, can't do that yet
12:57 jcromartie: it's probably not a good idea to enable that
12:58 technomancy: it's a great idea
12:58 jcromartie: maybe I should just suggest regexes implement IFn
12:58 technomancy: it just won't work =(
12:58 jcromartie: it's a terrible idea
12:58 because it enables monkey patching
12:58 chouser: no
12:58 jcromartie: protocols and namespaces are explicit in what they define
12:58 chouser: if IFn were a protocol instead of a Java interface, you could do it
12:58 without monkey patching
12:58 jcromartie: right
13:00 GOSUB: chouser: since IFn is a Java interface, what happens when a deftype implements it? where does the implementation live?
13:02 jcromartie: In the namespace where deftype was used?
13:03 GOSUB: jcromartie: how's that monkey patching then?
13:03 may be I misunderstood something...
13:04 jcromartie: I'm talking about extending existing types to implement IFn, but there's no clean way to do that.
13:04 like regexes
13:04 GOSUB: jcromartie: ah, right.
13:06 chouser: It think there's actually no way, without having #"" produce something that's not a regex.Pattern
13:06 technomancy: the problem is making IFn a protocol would slow things way down
13:06 chouser: technomancy: would it?
13:06 technomancy: chouser: I asked rich about it at emerging langs, that's what he said
13:06 chouser: oh. :-(
13:07 technomancy: it gets in the way of hotspot
13:07 which made me very sad
13:07 chouser: yeh
13:07 yeah, me too
13:07 technomancy: I would actually be happy with an alternate reader syntax for clojure regexes that didn't work for interop but had other nicer features like IFn
13:07 since I've never used regexes for interop
13:07 but I don't think that would fly
13:07 pjstadig: you mean a ....*gasp* wrapper
13:08 * chouser plays ominous music
13:08 technomancy: I've never liked #"" syntax anyway; we should make /foo.*bar/ be a clojure.lang.Regex
13:08 danlarkin: you use regexes for interop all the time, you just don't know it!
13:08 pjstadig: class ClojureRegex extends Regex implement IFn
13:09 * cemerick desperately hopes technomancy is kidding
13:10 danlarkin: pjstadig: Pattern is Final :(
13:10 pjstadig: nooooooooooo
13:12 jcromartie: awesome by the way: http://
13:12 this really helped me understand why protocols are a big deal
13:12 and then I went to design something using them, and realized why it was a better way than classes right away
13:13 they seem like a more principled version of mixins
13:17 but what about inheritence?
13:17 if you had behavior that could truly be inherited, what would you do there?
13:18 chouser: jcromartie: mix it in
13:18 GOSUB: jcromartie: have the behavior tucked away in a map and the merge in your implementations inside the extend call.
13:20 LOPP: hm
13:21 if I have a website where new articles are added contantly (which requires rebuilding indexes on DB to allow fast searches) which DB would you recommend
13:22 GOSUB: LOPP: you are on the wrong channel. Please try #mongodb
13:23 jcromartie: GOSUB: yeah, probably
13:23 bobo_: LOPP: from that info only, any db
13:23 jcromartie: GOSUB: hah
13:23 GOSUB: what's wrong with Couch? :)
13:23 or how about FoxPro
13:23 GOSUB: jcromartie: dog slow :-P
13:24 chouser: Multinode Oracle cluster
13:24 GOSUB: jcromartie: plus, no ad-hoc queries, etc.
13:24 jcromartie: they should call it OuchDB.
13:25 jcromartie: I don't know why Damien Katz is now working on porting OuchDB to mobiles. doesn't make sense.
13:26 jcromartie: OuchDB eh?
13:26 I thought "dog slow" was relative
13:26 GOSUB: jcromartie: indeed. dog slow compared to MongoDB.
13:26 jcromartie: I'm looking at it for an accounting, where the data is highly denormalized
13:26 Mongo is fast but it comes at a cost
13:27 * GOSUB has a production MongoDB cluster with 100GiB data.
13:27 GOSUB: jcromartie: what's the cost?
13:27 jcromartie: nice
13:27 well maybe I shouldn't speak too soon
13:27 it's not as mature as CouchDB, and there have been data loss situations
13:28 google couchdb data loss vs. mongodb data loss
13:28 mongodb wins
13:28 GOSUB: jcromartie: I agree, but those happened with people who were not well informed.
13:28 jcromartie: 2x hits
13:28 hm
13:28 GOSUB: jcromartie: don't care about that because those blogs were written by clueless tinkerers.
13:28 jcromartie: they never cared to read the manual.
13:29 jcromartie: even at Foursquare, a huge mess.
13:29 jcromartie: I mean "First, there are many scenarios in which that server loses all its data no matter what."
13:29 GOSUB: jcromartie: the mongodb people have always cared to explain where the problem was.
13:29 jcromartie: yeah
13:30 GOSUB: jcromartie: we, for example, never lost any data because we cared to read.
13:30 dnolen: GOSUB: CouchDB gives you P2P replication. That's not even remotely in the scope of Mongo.
13:30 jcromartie: Mongo basically requires a cluster
13:30 GOSUB: jcromartie: granted that CouchDB has a lot of great features, especially replication.
13:30 dnolen: +1
13:30 jcromartie: I'm not trying to rag on Mongo
13:30 I played with it and I liked it
13:30 dnolen: so CouchDB on mobile makes plenty of sense.
13:30 jcromartie: that was before Couch had the JavaScript interface
13:30 GOSUB: jcromartie: I am not trying to diss couchdb either.
13:31 dnolen: what about erlang? is it possible to run couchdb without erlang?
13:31 jcromartie: my big problem with both is the question of paging results
13:31 cemerick: CouchDB makes sense in a *lot* of scenarios.
13:31 jcromartie: Erlang can be tiny.
13:31 dnolen: data sync across heterogenous devices is painful task. CouchDB makes that much simpler.
13:31 GOSUB: jcromartie: how tiny can erlang be?
13:32 dnolen: GOSUB: erlang VM runs in about 40mb-50mb of RAM, that's not mobile unfriendly.
13:32 jcromartie: it would kill an iPhone app
13:33 GOSUB: I am wrong there
13:33 I guess mobile Couch is not Erlang
13:33 GOSUB: dnolen: what kind of devices are you talking about? iPhone has 256MB RAM
13:33 jcromartie: in that case, they will lose a lot of things that come free with erlang.
13:34 jcromartie: yeah
13:34 GOSUB: anyway, I really hope CouchDB shines. after all, CouchDB is the one which started this non-relational database revolution.
13:35 jcromartie: I am seriously considering it, though. The only issue is that lack of ad-hoc queries.
13:37 GOSUB: jcromartie: take a look at mongodb for that. it's been amazing.
13:37 * GOSUB discovered two awesome things in 2009. Clojure & MongoDB
13:38 jcromartie: but I do like the Couch HTTP interface, which seems like a real bonus too
13:38 and basically means there is no driver to speak of
13:39 dnolen: GOSUB: considering what most iPhone apps do (besides games), 206MB of RAM is plenty. But yeah, when the devices hit the next step, 512mb, will be a more realistic option.
13:39 jcromartie: I've just got to try it.
13:39 I guess...
13:39 GOSUB: dnolen: you are right.
13:40 jcromartie: I need to come up with a solution for serializing and deserializing defrecords
13:40 GOSUB: jcromartie: jsonify?
13:41 jcromartie: maybe
13:41 haven't looked into it
13:48 LOPP: yep mongo DB looks promising
14:05 dnolen: nice! thinking Clojure for Java programmers, http://
14:08 chewbran1a: anyone have any experience using cascading (or cascalog) with amazon's elastic map-reduce?
14:10 technomancy: chewbran1a: ohai
14:10 chewbran1a: technomancy: hey how's it going?
14:11 I just saw this: http://
14:11 very intriguing
14:14 right now I'm looking into what's involved in saving data into simpledb, then spinning up elastic map-reduce with cascalog/cascading
14:15 I was originally planning on dumping data into couchdb as an intermediary data store, and then transfering data over to aws to run jobs on, but this looks like a much more simplified architecture
14:16 technomancy: IME things involving hadoop are rarely simpler than the alternative
14:16 but I haven't used cascalog
14:17 chewbran1a: well I was planning on using hadoop either way, but not having to migrate the data from a remote couchdb instance into aws for hadoop is much simpler
14:20 technomancy: ah, I see
14:21 chewbran1a: going to be generating a lot of small data I need to process
14:22 fliebel: chewbran1a: If you use couch, be sure to do mass updates in that case, otherwise the HTTP overheat will be prohibitive.
14:26 chewbran1a: fliebel: yeah I hear you, most of the requests will be coming in sporadically from different sources, so if I wanted to do a mass update I would have to queue up all the requests and then push them, which isn't necessarily a bad option, its just not how the actual data is coming in
14:45 jcromartie: is there any way to have interactive prompts from Clojure when using Slime?
14:45 like, (read-line)
14:45 (which doesn't work in a Slime REPL)
14:46 or at least not a swank repl
15:01 oh http://
15:13 jweiss: what's the functional way to do this. i have a list of fn's, a pred, and an initial value. i want to pass the initial value to the first fn, and keep feeding the result back into the next fn in the list, as long as the result passes the pred.
15:15 fliebel: jweiss: I think -?> does that.
15:15 kind of...
15:15 jweiss: fliebel: yeah but that's a macro
15:16 and the pred is just null? :)
15:16 i want my own :)
15:23 cemerick: ,(last (filter #(< % 10) (reductions #(%2 %1) 0 [inc (partial * 5) (constantly 50)])))
15:23 clojurebot: 5
15:23 cemerick: jweiss: ^^
15:24 hrm, that won't work if any of your fns return nil; it's a start, anyway
15:24 fliebel: cemerick: Why filter?
15:25 cemerick: I'm thinking take-while suits better.
15:25 cemerick: that's ensuring that your predicate holds (in this case, (< % 10)
15:25 jweiss: cemerick: seems like take-while could work
15:25 cemerick: sure, either-or
15:26 fliebel: cemerick: But with filter, if it returns false, and then true again, it will still take the true value. or am I sleepy?
15:26 chouser: oh, I *really* want to be able to load/reload an arbitrary .class file at the repl
15:26 cemerick: fliebel: no, you're right.
15:27 * cemerick is clearly the sleepy one
15:28 chouser: I can use .defineClass of clojure.RT/baseLoader to load a class file
15:29 and I thought, because of the cache stuff mentioned in the code there, that if I then refer to that class by name, I would get the one I loaded.
15:29 alas, it is not so.
15:29 does anyone have any hints for me?
15:31 jk_: chouser: what about using classloader tricks directly like: http://
15:31 that might break clojure itself though...
15:37 bobo_: any *MQ or other library that has pub sub implemented?
15:38 chouser: jk_: hmm, thanks.
15:50 ohpauleez: I love the Clojure community, I just want everyone to know that
15:50 I really appreciate all of you
15:51 I don't think I've ever seen a thread on the mailing list like the one that's happening now, before this point
15:51 and the best part is NO ONE is attacking that dude, everyone is TRYING to help
15:51 and no one has done a one line response
15:52 bobo_: you got me curious, what thread? im to bad at reading the mailing list
15:53 ohpauleez: bobo_: Only read this if you have an hour to spare: http://
15:53 chouser: and please resist any urge to add to it
15:53 ohpauleez: You'll notice I haven't already :)
15:54 bobo_: is it worth an hour? =)
15:54 ohpauleez: The sooner that dies, the better off we'll all be
15:54 chouser: bobo_: no
15:54 ohpauleez: bobo_: no
15:54 it isn't
15:54 bobo_: ok, il pass then!
15:54 chouser: wise choice
16:46 dsop: hmm sometimes I wish when-let doesnt bind if the binded val is ()
16:53 amalloy: cemerick: josh and i got that findfn thing from last night working, and integrated into sexpbot as a plugin:
16:53 $findfn [#{3 1} #{6}] #{1 3 6}
16:53 sexpbot: [clojure.set/union clojure.core/into]
16:56 36DAAVIGZ: $findfn [{:foo "abc" :bar 123} :bar] {:foo "abc"}
16:57 What just happened there?
16:57 amalloy: 36DAAVIGZ: i don't know; i think there's some kind of network thing going on atm
16:58 $kill
16:58 sexpbot: KILL IT WITH FIRE!
16:58 Raynes: I'm sshing in to find out.
16:59 amalloy: Raynes: no, it's working. but it isn't finding an answer to his question for some reason
16:59 Raynes: amalloy: Get out of my screen session, you stalker.
16:59 amalloy: Raynes: dude, i told you, i barely know how to use screen
16:59 ohpauleez: haha
16:59 joshua__: $findfn [:bar {:foo "abc" :bar 123}] {:foo "abc"}
16:59 sexpbot: []
17:00 Raynes: amalloy: I have *got* to find a way to shut this apache logging off. /me tries mattrepl's trick.
17:01 joshua__: &(dissoc {:foo "abc" :bar 123} :bar)
17:01 sexpbot: ⟹ {:foo "abc"}
17:02 amalloy: joshua__, Raynes: we can debug this in #() without bugging #clojure
17:02 Raynes: Or #sexpbot
17:15 ohpauleez: Raynes: do you want a pull request for the clj-github stuff or do you just want to peek at the commit log first?
17:15 Raynes: ohpauleez: A pull request would be nice and tidy, if you have a moment.
17:16 ohpauleez: Totally
17:17 scottj: What's the official site of the chrono date library? Is there a better joda wrapper?
17:18 brehaut: scottj: clj-time is a decent joda wrapper
17:18 technomancy: chrono got renamed to clj-time. =(
17:18 brehaut: oh
17:20 scottj: technomancy: and abandoned?
17:20 brehaut: I don't think chrono/clj-time is the same as clj-sys/clj-time
17:20 technomancy: dunno
17:21 Raynes: clj-sys is the canonical page.
17:21 http://
17:21 Definitely not abandoned.
17:21 scottj: Raynes: I think that's another project that happens to have the same name
17:22 Raynes: If you're looking for a Joda wrapper, either way, that's the project you're looking for.
17:24 ohpauleez: Ooh, tests! I like you already.
17:25 ohpauleez: :)
17:26 Raynes: ohpauleez: Going through the commits as we speak.
17:26 ohpauleez: awesome, thanks
17:29 Raynes: ohpauleez: Added you as a collaborator so you'll have write access to the repo. Your first order of business can be to pull your pull request if you like. <3
17:29 ohpauleez: Raynes: Thanks man! I appreciate it
17:52 joshua__: Where can I find a summary of changes in clojure from 1.1 to 1.2?
17:53 (especially with focus on changes to how namespaces work)
17:53 https://
17:54 * technomancy can't think of anything that changed about namespaces
17:54 joshua__: I have a function that runs in 1.1 but doesn't run in 1.2
17:55 amalloy: joshua__: see my comment in #sexpbot
17:55 it looks like derive throws an assertion error if you call it with bad args, instead of something more polite
17:56 joshua__: How do you catch an assert?
17:56 nvm
17:56 Raynes: (catch AssertionError e ...)
17:56 joshua__: $source derive
17:56 sexpbot: derive is http://
17:56 amalloy: joshua__: fixed
17:57 i'll push in a sec
18:00 clizzin: does anyone happen to know how clojure.contrib.json compares to jackson via clj-json in terms of performance when reading json strings into clojure maps?
18:07 dakrone: clizzin: a very non-scientific comparison: http://
18:10 clizzin: dakrone: excellent, thank you. this jives with my own even less scientific comparisons.
18:12 dakrone: clizzin: you're welcome
18:13 rata_: hi
18:18 has anybody found this error before? Var incanter.core/$data is unbound
18:22 clizzin: dakrone: btw, would you be able to point me to the source for those json tests? it'd be useful to read them.
18:23 dakrone: clizzin: lemme throw up a github project with it
18:25 clizzin: https://
18:25 clizzin: dakrone: cool, thanks! maybe it can even become scientific over time. ;)
18:26 dakrone: it's very hacked up, so take it with a block of salt
19:21 krumholt: Hi. is there a page about the clojure in clojure compiler?
19:23 ohpauleez: krumholt: For the design and benefits, or do you want to see the project on github?
19:24 krumholt: a page about the plans and who is working or planning on working on it would be nice :)
19:25 ohpauleez: krumholt: All design docs and proposals are on here: http://
19:25 awesome reads, all of them
19:25 krumholt: very nice. thanks
19:26 ohpauleez: you're totally welcome
19:40 joshua__: http://
19:40 (very basic though)
20:14 zemariamm: Hello veryone
20:14 I'm trying to write a simple webapp using ring and appengine-magic
20:15 however I can't find out how to use more than one ring handler in appengine-magic
20:18 joshua__: brehaut, so you think defn should have been deffn?
20:19 brehaut: no i dont :)
20:19 that would be ugly and annoying to type
20:19 joshua__: Oh! I thought you were agreeing with him that it was a bad name for some reason.
20:19 My bad.
20:19 brehaut: ah true
20:20 i should edit that, its ambiguous
20:20 amalloy: where is this ambiguous statement?
20:20 brehaut: hacker news
20:20 amalloy: http://
20:21 joshua__: clearer now?
20:22 joshua__: yea
20:22 brehaut: cool
20:22 joshua__: I'm not sure how I read it so wrong so many times in a row. It seems pretty clear what you meant once I knew what you meant. haha
20:22 brehaut: haha that was my blind spot too :P
20:55 zemariamm: just posted a question on st regarding handlers and ring
21:13 joshua__: Considering trying to scrape all of delciious..
21:22 Decided against it.
21:36 How do you delete all tagged text in emacs?
21:36 Like the stuff you've highlighted.
21:39 C-w for those that were wondering.
21:44 amalloy: joshua__: text between mark and point is called the region, btw
21:44 joshua__: amalloy, thanks. I'll try to use the proper term in the future.
21:44 amalloy: there's an option to delete the region when you type something, emulating the behavior of more modern apps
21:46 ah, there it is. it's called delete-selection-mode; you can customize it as usual with M-x customize-variable
22:02 joshua__: ls
22:02 oops, this isn't my terminal
22:03 amalloy: src/ bin/ awesome.clj
22:23 duck1123: If I run a lazytest watcher and a compojure app from the same repl, I find that the compojure app doesn't reflect the changes I make. Anyone know why?
22:24 joshua__: Coolest application I've ever seen: (update :posts a-post (merge a-post {:id (second (re-matches #"item\?id=(\d+)" (:link a-post)))}))
22:24 oops
22:26 _ato: wow
22:30 amalloy: joshua__: i have never been so sad to own an android
22:31 Raynes: joshua__, amalloy: I've never been so sad to not own... well.. anything.
22:35 m7d: i have a weird question for this forum, but someone might know the answer if they had to build tokyocabinet-java for OSX
22:35 i am trying to tell configure where to find jni.h and am having trouble with it
22:36 on os x, jni.h is located here: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Headers
22:36 and if i do export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework
22:36 and then ./configure it should pick it up, but alas it isn't
22:37 interestingly, sudo port install tokyocabinet-java fails for the same reason
22:37 i need it for jiraph, the clojure graph database
22:37 any ideas?
22:37 tokyocabinet is installed just fine
22:38 just need the java bindings
22:59 lancepantz: m7d: you're in luck
23:00 it's really easy if you're using cake master
23:00 from jiraph route, use cake install-native
23:00 *root
23:44 auser: um... so what does this error mean: Duplicate method name&signature in class file?
23:44 rather, anyone know?
23:45 joshua__: Where would you go for the best intro to using mongo db in clojure?
23:45 I don't know what it means, but it sounds like you have two methods that take arguments of the same type.
23:46 auser: well... I'm doing a (gen-class with :implements...
23:46 so... in order to actually use the class I'm generating, it has to have the same signature, right?
23:48 <~ confused
23:48 joshua__: Don't know, I'm new to clojure too. I just know that when I took C++ a while back signature referred to the method name and the arguments types that method took. So I was sort of guessing.
23:48 auser: well, that's exactly right, that's the problem... I just am trying to fix ti
23:48 it*
23:49 joshua__: http://
23:49 auser: not entirely certain how to fix it though, 'cause it "needs" the methods named that way, otherwise...
23:49 op
23:49 joshua__: Hope that helps =).
23:49 auser: yeah, that's doesn't quite fix it though
23:49 I saw it
23:49 thanks for the link though
23:54 amalloy: auser: i'd guess you're not type-hinting the arguments
23:54 _ato: auser: this might be relevant: http://
23:56 amalloy: joshua__: looking for anything in particular? sexpbot has several uses of mongo, of varying complexity you could steal from
23:58 joshua__: A taggable post with threaded comments. The body of the comments should be a wiki. I should be able to link to one comment in particular within the the threaded comments.
23:59 I'm brand new to mongodb so I'm not sure how to accomplish all of that just yet.


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Fenway is on my bucket list. A lifelong Yankees fan, I hanker for a glimpse of the enemy's home base, older even than the original Yankee Stadium. And my desire to see the Green Monster in person has only been heightened by Paul Goldberger's highly informed and interesting "Ballpark: Baseball in the American City."
But Mr. Goldberger's tastes in playing fields are based not on his allegiances or prejudices toward certain clubs; indeed, it's not clear how much he likes or how closely he follows baseball. He's more interested in the architecture of stadiums, as one would expect of one of America's foremost architectural critics.
His criteria have to do primarily with siting and design — the ideal being a baseball park that is part of the urban setting, embedded in the life and movement of its city, offering views over the outfield stands of Pittsburgh or San Francisco or Detroit; a park that is comfortable and cozy, open to the sky and the elements, devoid of carnivalesque attractions and other distractions. The field of dreams itself, the greensward that defines the perimeters of play, is indeed a kind of park, an oasis of "nature" (if grass can be considered natural) setting off and enriching its urban context.
Accordingly, he despises what he calls "concrete doughnuts" — featureless stadiums in the suburbs, surrounded by parking spaces, some of them enclosed or with retractable roofs that cut the spectators off from their surroundings, making them inhabitants of a bubble rather than citizens of a community with its own particular sense of style and place.
The book is a history with knowledgeable commentary; it takes us from the crude wooden grandstands of the 19th century through what the author sees as the dynamic arc of ballpark construction: first, the grand old places like Ebbets Field, Fenway Park, Shibe Park, and Wrigley Field, nestled (not always comfortably) into pre-existing neighborhoods; second, the era of larger, more self-contained venues shaped by the flight to the suburbs and the increased reliance of fans on the automobiles after World War II, typified by Metropolitan Stadium located not in Minneapolis or St. Paul, but in Bloomington (which later became the home of, fittingly, the Mall of America), and Dodger Stadium, "an island in the midst of a sea of parking" that expressed the sensibility that created Disneyland; followed by the time of the concrete doughnuts (many of them designed for football as well as baseball, a terrible marriage), like R.F.K. Stadium in Washington, Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Bush Memorial in St. Louis, and Shea Stadium, the first home of the Mets, squatting in a bleak and unlovely part of Queens and ignoring Manhattan only 10 miles away.
As baseball spread from the Northeast to the north, south, and west (which would have been impossible without transcontinental air travel), owners and builders got farther and farther from urban life and public transportation, insulating baseball from weather with domed stadiums (the Astrodome was the first) and arenas with retractable roofs and, because grass won't grow indoors, artificial playing surfaces like Toronto's.
But then came a retro period, a return to the idiosyncratic charm and city roots of the old places, embodied in Mr. Goldberger's favorite stadium of all: Camden Yards in Baltimore — small, inviting, citified, comfortable, and aesthetically pleasing, integrated into the city itself in a manner of which Jane Jacobs (one of Mr. Goldberger's heroes) would have approved.
Whether or not it's a great asset to the Orioles isn't discussed. Its Lilliputian dimensions make it a favorite of other teams' sluggers; I remember one of Don Mattingly's Yankee teammates quoting him, when he first saw those right-field stands only 318 feet from home plate, muttering, half-aloud, "Oh, yeah!" And indeed, the Yankees have feasted there for decades, sending home runs over the fence and onto Eutaw Street with astonishing regularity.
Mr. Goldberger pays attention to the dimensions of all these playing fields, partly in service to his notion that while a baseball infield is a strictly limited and precisely defined space, outfields are, in theory, infinite, extending past the confines of the stadium forever. And often, they were almost that; the history of ballpark modification is that of bringing the fences in as fans demonstrated their preference for home runs over pastoral meditation, the most dramatic example being the short porch in Yankee Stadium's right field, which is what makes that place truly "the house that Ruth built." Ruth himself complained about Cleveland Municipal, "A guy ought to have a horse to play the outfield here."
I don't think outfields are in any sense infinite; they are the most important boundaries on the field, along with the foul lines. The locations of the fences can determine whether a ball will be caught harmlessly on the warning track or change the outcome of the game by driving in as many as four runs. They also provide outfielders with the challenge of fielding line drives that find the gap and bounce around the nooks and crannies at the base of the wall (or, in the case of Wrigley, losing themselves in the ivy that covers the outfield perimeters).
The shape of the available site determined, in many cases, the dimensions of the field, which tended therefore toward asymmetry, and a majority of parks, it seems, were built shorter in right field — perhaps because in the game's early days, most batters were right-handed, which meant their power stroke was to left field.
Mr. Goldberger fails to mention that when lefty Ted Williams and righty Joe DiMaggio were playing, there was talk of trading them because each would have found the other's home park more conducive to their sweet strokes. The idiosyncratic nature of ballparks is part of their charm and part of the game itself; Mr. Goldberger approvingly quotes Philip Lowry's comment that "Ballparks with no idiosyncrasies are poor ballparks."
Commercial interests, which of course always played a large part in the building of baseball fields, began to predominate as the stakes got higher. Owners discovered that they could make huge profits from ancillary features like outdoor food courts, carnival rides, and shops. Mr. Goldberger mentions that one team owner was worth $3.4 billion, which ranked him only fourth in the wealth of his peer group. (I'll bet George Steinbrenner was on that list.)
Stadiums began to feature luxury boxes and suites, which often interfered with the other fans' views and further separated the experience from the city, if indeed there was one, threatening to turn the whole place into "an upscale bubble." The final phase of ballpark construction was typified by The Ballpark in Arlington, located halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth, "an urban palazzo in search of an urban setting."
And these parks tended to be enormous. Mr. Goldberger's dictum is that any arena with a seating capacity over 50,000 is too big, moving the game too far away from its spectators.
But more recently, he believes, ballpark design has taken a turn for the better. He likes Safeco Field in Seattle, forgiving its half-dome, which he calls more an umbrella than a roof. And he applauds AT&T Park, San Francisco's brilliant replacement for Candlestick Park (which was hated by fans and players alike), sited right on the iconic bay, which is visible from almost every seat, in which kayaks weave back and forth, hoping for a ball to be hit out of the park and into what is known as McCovey Cove, a feat regularly accomplished by Barry Bonds when he was a member of the Giants.
Citi Field, in Mr. Goldberger's eyes, is a huge improvement over Shea Stadium, and the new Yankee Stadium (its third iteration) restores much of the luster that was lost when the original was renovated in the 1970s.
Mr. Goldberger records — perhaps in more detail than necessary — the Byzantine complexity of the political and economic machinations that went into the conception, planning, design, funding, and construction of dozens of baseball stadiums. I couldn't tell the players even with the scorecard he provides, and didn't care all that much which nabob or mayor or alderman got what zoning variance passed to make it all possible.
But that is a small matter. This is an invaluable book, with delicious stories and insights into both baseball and urban studies.
Richard Horwich taught literature at Brooklyn College and New York University. He lives in East Hampton.
Paul Goldberger, who lives in New York and East Hampton, is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair. He was the architecture critic for The New Yorker from 1997 to 2011.


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Reformation Sunday
On this Sunday, Lutherans worldwide celebrate Martin Luther's posting of the 95 Theses on the door of his Wittenberg Church. The 95 Theses, which had been written in Latin, invited the religious scholars to debate the sale of indulgences for forgiveness. The 95 Theses, after being translated into German, were made available to the German people using the printing press invented by Johann Guttenburg in 1450. It was one of the first mass produced publications.
The event sparked a reform movement that eventually led to the formation of the Lutheran Church and separate denominations. Luther established the principle that the church is always in need of reform in light of the gospel. Luther's primary principle that Christians are justified by God's grace through faith in Christ has also found widespread acceptance among denominations.
In October 1989, festivities were being held in East Berlin to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The first step toward economic unification came on July 1, 1990, when the Federal Republic's Deutsche Mark became the sole currency of the soon-to-disappear German Democratic Republic. The first week of July 1990, my wife and I were members of the first group of Americans to visit Wittenberg, East Germany and the Castle Church where the Reformation began. We talked to organizers and first participants in the candlelight vigils organized by Lutheran clergymen from Leipzig, beginning I believe Reformation Sunday 1988, that took place on the hillsides outside of the towns, with each successive vigil having larger attendance that the previous ones. By October 1989, everyone knew, Communism had collapsed. I mention the role of the Lutheran clergy in the collapse of East Germany because there is a debate going on about whether or not Rosa Park's celebrated civil disobedience was contrary to Christian ethics, because she refused to submit to the governing authority.
The reading in Lutheran churches on this Sunday is always from Romans 3:19-28.
Rom 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Rom 3:20
For no human being will be justified in his sight by works of the law, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
Rom 3:21
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it,
Rom 3:22
the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction;
Rom 3:23
since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Rom 3:24
they are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus,
Rom 3:25
whom God put forward as an expiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins;
Rom 3:26
it was to prove at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies him who has faith in Jesus.
Rom 3:27
Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On the principle of works? No, but on the principle of faith.
Rom 3:28
For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law.
And the featured hymn is:
1. A mighty fortress is our God,
a bulwark never failing;
our helper he amid the flood
of mortal ills prevaling.
For still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great,
and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
2. Did we in our own strength confide,
our striving would be losing,
were not the right man on our side,
the man of God's own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabbaoth, his name,
from age to age the same,
and he must win the battle.
3. And though this world, with devils filled,
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God hath willed
his truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim,
we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure,
for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.
4. That word above all earthly powers,
no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours,
thru him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go,
this mortal life also;
the body they may kill;
God's truth abideth still;
his kingdom is forever.
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Fly Ragbrai
I am heading back to work after the fly Ragbrai trip. The trip was incredible. My blogging of the trip was not good but I can use the excuse that this was a vacation. As we traveled across the northern … Continue reading
Still Flying Along!
After an overnight stay in Rolfe Iowa, we are now about 20 miles out of Rock Rapids, our next overnight stay. More to come later!
Landed In Clarion Iowa
At Clarion airport. Great day of flying. Getting ready to head further West.
The Trip Has Begun!
Our trip west has begun. Just landed North of Cedar Falls. What an incredible day to fly in Iowa! (sent from 6700 cell)
Waterpark – Dubuque Iowa
We are finishing up swimming at the indoor waterpark in Dubuque Iowa. Testing out posting to my Blog from 6700 cell phone. Getting ready for flying the Ragbrai route in a little less than a week! (sent from 6700cell phone)
Port of Dubuque, Dubuque Iowa
In Dubuque for daughters surprise birthday party. The indoor water park is next to the Mississippi river. This is a picture of the mississippi river and the bridge going across the river connecting Iowa and Wisconsin. (sent from 6700 cell … Continue reading
Heartland Flyers Fly-In at Spanky's
This is a Picture from one of our light sport and ultralight plane fly-ins held at Mike "Spanky" Wengers south of Manchester Iowa. There will be more pictures posted at our official website, http://www.heartlandflyers.org Later. We had a good turnout … Continue reading


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There is a close correlation between a person's retirement age, pension and social security benefits in that they normally fall relatively close to each other. Though a country's standard retirement age varies, the norm is between the ages of 55 and 70 years; with some being higher. The retirement age for most countries in this region falls between 60 and 65 years. Belize on the other hand has one of the lowest mandatory retirement ages of 55 years for employees of the Public Service, the largest employer in the country. The only other country with a similarly low retirement age of 55 years is Haiti.
The variation between the retirement age for public servants and the age at which a person can access Belize's Social Security benefits is wide — with the retirement age being 55 and the age for accessing social security benefits being 60 for retired persons and age 65 if you continue to work. This leaves a gap of 5 to 10 years leading to a level of uncertainty for retirees. Those in the private sector, according to the labour laws, may retire after attaining the age of 60 and after being employed for 10 years. Judges are given a little more time, with a retirement age of 65, but magistrates fall within the Public Service retirement scheme. According to a memo dated 2010 from the Ministry of Education, teachers are allowed to work until 60 once "they convey their decision in writing…to continue in the teaching profession in advance".
In a country where there is a shortage of skilled labour, a small population of a little more than 350,000 and a rapidly growing immigrant population, Belizeans are being retired too early, thereby leaving the jobs open to less skilled, less trained and less experienced workers, in many cases to new immigrants. This is one of the many ways in which GOB and Parliament should collaborate for the good of the society. Parliament should debate and amend the retirement schemes in the most up-to-date and appropriate manner. A reliable source informs that the mandatory retirement age in Belize was higher but was reduced by the colonial administration to suit their own purposes. According to a Report of the Committee on the Re-Organization & Restructuring of the Public Service in Belize of 1982, "officers wishing to work up to 60 years on a pensionable basis should be allowed to do so".
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Alarmingly, in academia, the system is purging itself of some of the most valuable, the most gifted, the most qualified and most experienced faculty/professors because they fall within the mandatory public service retirement age of 55 years. Retirement age for academia, especially for faculty, should be beyond the regular public service age to ensure that these highly qualified people stay in the system as long as possible. This is also important for the encouragement of research and publications.
Where the security services and military are concerned, the early retirement age is conducive to and encourages the small size. According to officials at the Ministry of Defense, enlisted men in the BDF retire after serving for 22 years. Their enlistment is usually between the ages of 18 and 23; therefore they would retire at age 40 to 45. Commissioned officers with the rank of major or below, face mandatory retirement at age 42 and colonels and above face mandatory retirement at age 45. The Belize Coast Guard, the Police Department and other security services, on the other hand, fall under the Public Service retirement scheme.
With the current state of affairs in Belize involving internal security, increased crime and violence, the need for more jobs, the education of our population and the continuous breaching of our borders, Belize needs to keep its most talented people engaged longer. Perhaps one of the most pronounced needs may be security for the safeguarding of our sovereignty. Furthermore, the security forces should experience a significant increase in size. Belize spends millions of dollars training its military personnel then replaces them with less trained people while at the same time faced with a serious and unfounded territorial claim.


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Portrait of William Hayley with his son Thomas, William Meyer, & the Artist
George Romney
- Art Funded
- 1967
- Dimensions
- 123 x 100 cm
- Vendor
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His son, holding a statue of Minerva after the antique, stands on his right, with William Meyer beside him in profile. Romney is seen looking over Hayley's left shoulder. William Hayley was Romney's friend and biographer and, to amuse him during a visit, the artist began this picture of the four friends, which was thought one of his best. This painting is also known as 'The Four Friends'.
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It's time for a new Shojo series. I have only read the first volume so far, but it's off to a reasonable start. The main character is handling the romance drama at school remarkably well so far and making all of the right choices. We'll see how long that can last though. On the flip side, the art is quite bad so hopefully that improves. I'll have a review up for the series when I have completed it.
Overall 6/10


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Lose pounds and gain motivation
Following the fantastic successes for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics, do you feel motivated to do more exercise and loose a few pounds on the way to a healthier lifestyle?
You do? Then you might want to take advantage of a free weekly drop-in service in the Trinity Centre, North Ormesby, hosted by the health improvement team at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The team appreciate that not everyone wants to be a medal-winning athlete, but they are available to help those who sat and watched their sporting heroes on the television, get back in shape themselves.
The LEAN (lifestyle, energy, activity and nutrition) programme is delivered by health professionals to support you to achieve realistic goals.
The drop-in sessions at the Trinity Centre, North Ormesby, are on Thursdays between 5pm and 7pm and will cover a different topic each week. They include a 30 minute light health walk and a chance to get weighed.
The service aims to help individuals to limit further weight gain; achieve a modest weight loss; get into a regular eating pattern; balance the types of food that they eat; become more physically active; learn new lifestyle skills and be able to sustain their changes.
There are several different programmes and all potential weight management clients are screened by a qualified weight management advisor to determine their suitability for the service as well as their programme preference.