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In Windows 8, is there a way to have all the controls automatically hide when I'm watching a video? I like to keep the window small, but really don't want the play, back, forward and other buttons displayed!
Sounds like you're running the stock Windows Media Player (aka WMP) on your Windows 8 system and it definitely has the ability for you to auto-hide the controls, along with a lot more you can tweak.
Before we go further, however, you are aware that there are a lot of other media players available for your system too, right, including one I'm a particular fan of because of the incredible range of video files it can play: VLC. From AVI to MKV, MP4 to .MOV, if you can get it onto your Win8 system, odds are very good it can play it for you.
Windows Media Player itself has a lot of capabilities, and, heck, you can always grab iTunes for Windows too if you'd like to give that a whirl. 🙂
In Windows Media Player, watching a movie produces a raft of different controls and info displays all over the Window:
You can see how far into the movie you are, both visually (the blue bar long the bottom) and in terms of time (we're 13:28 into the great Lee Marvin film Point Blank), it shows you the name of the movie file (top left) and, of course, the main controls are brightly shown at the bottom of the window too.
To get rid of the display, you need to right-click somewhere in the playback window to get the contextual menu to appear:
If you're guessing that "More options…" is what you need to choose, you're right. Do so.
And now we're back to, what, an original Windows 95 system configuration window? In any case:
I've highlighted the option you want to check: Allow autohide of playback controls.
Choose that, click "Apply" and after a few seconds the controls will all vanish from the window and you'll see just the movie itself displayed:
Really, way nicer. Now about my peach colored windows theme… 🙂
While we're here, it's worth having a quick peek at some of the other menu options available off that main WMP context menu too, starting with "Video":
I particularly like the 50% and 100% playback options as they display the movie with the least scaling. Shortcuts, as you can see, are Alt+1 and Alt+2.
Also check out "Enhancements":
Here the most useful option is to see that you can change the playback speed. Not so good for a cinematic movie, but those boring training videos? Yeah, a 20% increase in speed means you get through 'em just that much faster.
Hope that's helpful. Me? I'm going back to Point Blank to enjoy some gritty 60's action cinema…


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The Climategate e-mails implicate two influential climate researchers in fraudulent cover-up of Chinese temperature data. According to The Guardian, the numbers didn't fit with their climate models showing dramatic rise in global warming. The researchers are Dr. Phil Jones, director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of East Anglia University (a group influential in composing the UN's keystone climate reports), and Dr. Wei-Chyung Wang, a professor at the University at Albany.
In 1990, Jones and Wang published a paper in the journal Nature concluding the "urban heat effect" has little to do with global warming. They used temperature data from a quickly urbanizing area of eastern China to illustrate their findings, specifically data from 84 weather stations with few significant moves. The issue of moves was important to prove how significantly urban sprawl affected temperature readings at originally outlying stations over time. The UN's 2007 climate report, known as the Fourth Assessment Report or AR4, quoted the Nature paper saying that urban sprawl has little to do with rising global temperatures.
Once AR4 made its debut, mathematician Doug Keenan questioned the legitimacy of the Jones/Wang research and accused the climate scientists of fraud. Of the 84 stations Jones and Wang referenced, Keenan discovered that 35 of them had substantial moves and the remaining 49 had no histories, so moves could not be determined. His findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal Energy & Environment.
Keenan e-mailed Wang threatening to submit a public allegation of research misconduct to the University at Albany if he did not retract. Keennan copied Phil Jones, and Jones immediately sent it on to colleagues Michael Mann with Pennsylvania State University and Kevin Trenberth with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, both of whom are equally influential in compiling data for UN climate reports. Jones bewailed, "I seem to be the marked man now!"
Mann and Trenberth were quick to quiet his nerves. "This is all too predictable. This crowd of charlatans is always looking for one thing they can harp on," wrote Mann. "They are simply hoping to blow this up to something that looks like a legitimate controversy. The last thing you want to do is to help them by feeding the fire. Best thing is to ignore them completely. They no longer have their friends in power here in the U.S., and the media has become entirely unsympathetic..."
Trenberth took a different tack, advising, "I don't think you can ignore it all, as Mike suggests as one option, but the response should try to somehow label these guys and (sic) lazy and incompetent and unable to do the huge amount of work it takes to construct such a database." He continued, "My feeble suggestion is to indeed cast aspersions on their motives and throw in some counter rhetoric. Labeling them as lazy with nothng (sic) better to do seems like a good thing to do."
Jones for the most part did ignore Keenan's request, making excuses the original source data was no longer available or too burdensome to recompile. The University at Albany exonerated Wang after conducting a private investigation, the results of which they refused to publish.
However, the now-public Climategate e-mails reveal evidence of fraud. As media reports circulated anew in 2009, Jones' former boss who was head of CRU when the Nature article was published, Dr. Tom Wigley, wrote to Jones, "I have always thought [Wang] was a rather sloppy scientist. I therefore would not be surprised if he screwed up here." Wigley went on to suggest their claims of choosing stations with "relatively few, if any changes in instrumentation, location or observation times" could be reinterpreted to mean that the stations had only to meet one of those criteria instead of all three. "Why, why, why did you and [Wang] not simply say this right at the start? Perhaps it is not too late?" whined Wigley. "I am concerned because all this happened under my watch as Director of CRU and, although this is unlikely, the buck eventually should stop with me."
His suggestion of covering lies with more lies is especially damning in light of the fact that in 2007, when Keenan first leveled his complaints, Wigley wrote Jones, "Seems to me that Keenan has a valid point. The statements in the papers that he quotes seem to be incorrect statements, and that someone ([Wang] at the very least) must have known at the time that they were incorrect." Equally contradictory is the fact that Jones published 2008 research in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres holding the urban heat effect responsible for 40 percent of warming in eastern China in the last half of the 20th century.
The "Chinagate" scandal continues to undermine the credibility of AR4, already under fire over proven exaggerations about Himalayan glacier melt, debunked claims that The Netherlands are drowning, and false assertions the Amazon jungles are morphing into grasslands, all because of man-made global warming. As Keenan told The Guardian, "My interest in all this arises from concern about research integrity, rather than about global warming per se. Jones knew there were serious problems with the Chinese research, yet continued to rely upon the research in his work, including allowing it to be cited in the IPCC report."

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Poems from Loving You.
These some of poems from www.lovingyou.com.
That is one place i visit when i need to talk to someone who thinks like me.
Bellow are some poems i got for you my visitors but there is much more, just pay them a visit.
You will love it.
And the pictures are still cute.
The reason of my poetry
You're the reason, of my poetry
The true meaning behind words
True love developing its wings
Reaching high beyond the birds.
I love you for who you truly are
For nothing less, for only more
Love, an ocean of true emotions
Joined together from its shores.
You're the inspiration to poetry
Even though love, goes beyond
The distance words can explain
In a poem, prose, or even songs.
I love you every step of the way
For who you've made me today
The love I feel, within my heart
No words cannot express to say.
You & I
You & I.
You came into my life,
As a bright morning day,
With sunshine that spread through the sky,
Your smile, so bright and beautifully
Like the moon that lights the sky in the dark
Your stories, rhyme in my mind day and night,
As I smile to my heart, with love
your touch, comforts me
As your voice strengthens me
You loving me, and I loving you,
Makes You and I, together we will be,
For sure you and I were meant to be.
Let forever be the limit.
I love you,
I fell in love
I fell in love
by mattsangel
a single kiss
the reason to live
looking into your eyes
I dream every thought of you.
Every moment leading to
forever and eternal
beyond the burning of my heart
as we try to control the beat
never said a single prayer
now I find myself close to your soul
the closest I will ever come to heaven
I pray my soul
just one touch and I fell
in love!!
Butterfly Kisses
Butterfly Kisses
by HollyMrkPage
Bountiful blessings bestowed to you
Rich lavish gardens with Lavender and Thyme
Sounds of Mother Nature forming rhythm and rhyme
Long peaceful walks gathering endless treasures
Moonlit nights and other such pleasures
I wish you a lifetime of clear surprise
Sending butterfly kisses to each of your eyes
Cyber Friendship
Cyber Friendship
by daisyv
Cyber friendship…
I know we just meet on line
But as the days passed by
We developed friendship
Friendship that is so true and honest
There is always willingness to share….
We were strangers then, how can I forget
The day you came into my life, willing to share
Love, joys, happiness, even despair
Everything you knew, that I will appreciate
Then suddenly we became
What we call friends, though I share just a little
But you treasured still 'till we became very best friend
My friend who knows when I am sad
Giving me advises and laughter
To fill the emptiness I felt within
My friend who is just a mouse click away
Willing to stay at my side
Just to keep me company
Though at times being ignored
By some unspoken words….
And now I don't know what to say
For I know words isn't enough
To thank him, to tell him
I treasured this friendship
Friendship that I want to remain forever….
My very best friend. I am there with you…
Always and forever I will remain
Your very best friend…..
The moon glows upon us
Loving arms outstretched
Where a silver path gleams
As lovers come together
Kindling hopes and dreams
Dreams make connection
Under stars gleaming bright
Where lovers rendezvous
Feeling together each night
With star dust shimmering
Lighting the pathway of love
In the dreams we partake
While stars glistened above
On starry nights we meet
Where romance fills the air
The moon glows upon us
Sharing a dreamy love affair
Far apart
I don't know when I'll see you next,
but I am refusing to lose faith.
I know we can make it through this and finally be face-to-face.
My life has been blessed from knowing you,
so I will never give you up…
no matter what may come.
Sometimes life gives us trials,
and sometimes love can be tough.
Just remember that even though I'm not physically there…
I will always do the best I can to show you that I care.
Waited all my life.
I think of you so often
Many memories flood my mind
Simple thoughts of loveliness
So gentle and so kind
I hold onto these visions
With conviction and desire
For you, my love, are the one
Who builds and stokes the fire
The tenderness of your touch
The gentleness in your soul
Both have nursed my aching heart
And filled an empty hole
I owe my life to you, my love
I didn't even have a clue
No one has ever done to me
The things you wonderfully do
I tell you this so you will know
As surely as tides ebb and flow
My love for you is real and true
I have waited all my life for you
A Walk in the Clouds
It took but a glance,
And only lasted a second,
Yet I still cannot erase
Your soothing smile from my mind,
Like an orange-winged butterfly,
Your beauty cannot be adequately described,
Just appreciated in a way that transcends time.
Rarely am I caught at a loss for words,
However I find myself stumbling
When I'm around you,
I never thought love could come so soon,
Always scoffing at those that said it's true,
So now I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do.
A Lover's Dance
A Lover's Dance
by mattsangel
our souls intwined
you take my hand…
Holding my body
close to yours
alone there we stand…
Your kisses like fire
your eyes speak to me
I feel your aching inside…
With your mind
you undress my body
as I stand before you…
With your eyes
you bind my hands
nothing I can do…
Rendering me helpless
before your eyes
my mind is in a trance…
My body's on fire
you hear my moans
you being a lover's dance…
Without your hands
you touch my body
teasing me with your eyes…
The ache and desire
of where your taking me
hunger my body cries…
My breast so ripe
I feel your stare
your mouth devours…
Savouring each moment
drive me to the edge
what seems like hours
teasing more of me….
As I stand helpless
your out for pleasure
to your knees you go…
With a smile you look
you found the treasure….
With hunger in your eyes
you feast like a king
into my eyes you glance…
Loosing my control
savoring each moment
enjoying a lover's dance.
With you
With you
by mattsangel
I love being with you
and discovering
new things about you.
I love learning
what makes you laugh
and finding the places
where you're the most ticklish.
I love hearing stories
about when you were little,
and listening as you talk about
your hopes and dreams.
I love the sound of your voice
when I pick up the phone
and the way it sounds
when you whisper my name.
I love holding hands
and curling up next to each other.
I love the way I feel
when I'm with you!!
Wish I can….
by daisyv
Wish I can…..
Wish I can catch a rainbow
To give it to you
When you are feeling sad and blue
Wish I can enter your heart
To know what's bothering inside
When you can't still share
What is the burden within you…
Wish I can build you a mountain
You can call your own
To be the place for you
To unleashed your emotions
For a peaceful tomorrow…
Wish I can be a bird
To fly to you now
To share joys and laughter
For me see
The glow on your sweet face…
Wish I can be at your side
To embrace you tight
To comfort you
Giving you calmness
When you are about to give up
And nobody seems to care
Even they are there at you side….
Wish I can be there with you….
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Today is March 16th, or, as it's more commonly written, 3/16. And Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass. At least that's the phrase that Stone Cold Steve Austin immortalized at the 1996 King of the Ring pay-per-view on June 23rd in Milwaukee, WI. He had just defeated Jake "The Snake" Roberts and won the King of the Ring tournament. Jake had made a return after dealing with alcohol problems and finding religion. After beating him, Stone Cold cut the promo of his career and basically mocked Jake Roberts, his alcoholism, and his beliefs. It was this promo that launched his career into becoming arguably the biggest WWE superstar of all time. The reason I bring this up? Well, a few years ago on March 16th, our good friend Bill sent an email to myself and few of our other friends that would watch wrestling together regularly on Monday nights years ago that simply said, "Today 3:16 says I just whooped your ass". Of course, I corrected it to the appropriate "whipped", and we had a good day of random mass emailing and replying. In the years since, it's a tradition that either Bill or I try to uphold. It's a decent excuse to touch base with people we haven't seen in awhile.
Gotta love the announcers…"now that's not necessary". And this speech is always transcribed as "Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your ass", but if you listen to it, I feel like he clearly says "whipped". Besides, I just think "whipped" sounds more badass.


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The Faith of Science and the Science of Faith
Charles Carroll Everett, Bangor, Maine
Berry Street Essay, 1868
Delivered before the Ministerial Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
May 27, 1868
The words faith and science are often used as if they stood to one another in a relation not merely of antithesis, but in one of opposition and exclusion. We often speak of the realm of faith and the realm of science, as if each was a world by itself. As soon as an object enters the realm of science, we are apt to feel that it has left the realm of faith; and so long as an object remains in the realm of faith, it is felt to be, by that fact, excluded from the realm of science. Many believe that the realm of science is surely and steadily encroaching upon that of faith; and many are looking, some with dread and some with hope, to see the realm of faith becoming smaller and smaller, until at last there will be no place left for it, and science shall reign supreme and alone. Indeed, this antagonism between faith and science is felt by many to constitute the great dramatic or even tragic interest of the present age.
This whole view, however, is founded upon error. There is no such thing as a realm of science apart from the realm of faith. There is no exclusion or opposition in the relation of science and faith. They have to do with the same facts. They represent simply different sides of the same knowledge. Faith, we may say, furnishes the basis, and science the superstructure; or we may say, furnishes the material, and science elaborates this material into its perfect form. Faith, we may say, is the nebula, and science the completed world which is developed out of it. Or, better still, faith may be represented by the great law of attraction in its varied forms, while science is the solid-seeming world that is bound together and upheld by this. Thus there is no science that does not imply a corresponding faith, and there is no faith that is not capable of a scientific elaboration. The only difference between what we call the realm of science and what we call the realm of faith is, that the realm of faith is the broadest, for the reason that the whole extent of it has not yet been developed into science. So far as science extends, its field is identical with that of faith. The progress of science neither encroaches upon nor limits faith. It simply elaborates more and more of the material of faith into its fitting and true form. But the material is still as truly that of faith, as it was in its simplest and most unformed state. It is because I consider this relation a vital one, that I have selected, or rather accepted, it for my theme on the present occasion. Our great theological necessity is felt to be that of giving to our faith a scientific form; but this work cannot be approached, or its methods considered, without first taking note of the faith which is the basis of what in our common speech we term science. The study of the faith of science is the essential introduction to a comprehension of the nature of the science of faith.
The faith on which the magnificent structure of our science rests is twofold, or rather it acts in a manner which may be best considered under two distinct heads. In the
first place, it gives to science the real world which is its field. I need not spend many words to illustrate the fact, which is recognized even by our most simple and primary works on metaphysics, that we have only certain sensations, which we organize into a world. We cannot by any reasoning get beyond these. Every man carries his own world in his own brain. The mountains, the oceans, the stars, the cities, the men he meets, the heroes that he honors, whether of the past or the present, -- these are all the scenery and the inhabitants of his own mind. It is only by faith that he gives to these an outward reality. He does this for no reason, but simply because he cannot help it. Their objective reality can neither be proved nor disproved. The belief in it is above, or beneath, all proof. It is stronger even than the instinct of life. I need not illustrate this by reference to the fact, that a man will die for one of these phantoms of his brain. We need simply refer to the fact, that the man believes himself, in any way and to any degree, mortal. Because these figures that fit across the inner world which he carries with him pass at last and do not return, he believes that he also shall pass and shall not return. Because the figures that take part in these tragic or comic scenes die, the great stage and theatre shall also disappear. In a word, the man puts himself, for life or for death, upon a level with this population of his own mind, with this creation of his own thought. This unconscious condescension shows how strong is the faith which gives to us the real world of things, of persons and events, -- which is a world of faith, and faith only. It may be remarked, in passing, that the truth that has just been referred to shows how impossible it is for the mind ever to receive any proof from the outward world that shall disturb its faith in its own immortality; for
"The mind is like the sky,--
Than all it holds more deep, more high."
If the reality of the outward world, and thus the very field and material of science, is given by faith, no less does faith, in the second place, furnish the methods of science. Science is a constant progress from the seen to the unseen. By the mighty instrumentality of induction, it makes the little knowledge that upon experience the basis of a vaster knowledge, that stretches far beyond the reach of any possible experience. From a few cases it reasons to all similar cases. From the past it reasons to the future. It is as confident in regard to the future, as it is in regard to the past; as confident in regard to the facts it has not witnessed, as in regard to those that are most familiar to its experience. By what right does it thus pass from the few to the many, from the seen to the unseen, from the past to the future? Hume affirmed that the mind had no such right and power; yet the mind continually exercises this right and this power. What, then, is the basis of our faith in the inductions of science? It is interesting to see how loath the human mind is to give up belief in outward foundations and supports, and the naïve confidence with which it assumes them. Nothing is more natural than the Hindoo theory, that the earth rests upon an elephant, and the elephant upon a tortoise; or than that of the old lady who believed that the earth rested upon a rock, and that upon another, and that there were rocks all the way down. The mind naturally assumes a foundation, and it is long before the question forces itself, "Upon what does this foundation rest?" so it lays rocks beneath the earth, or places a patient elephant beneath it; it forms crystal spheres to support the stars, and thinks that all is firmly based. We can now hardly realize the importance of the revolution by which the mind reaches the conviction, that there is no outward support for any thing; that there is no point of rest in all the material universe; that every thing floats, if that can be said to float that is not even upheld by any medium; that sun and moon and stars, and the earth itself, move through the infinite space upheld by nothing; that there is no arch for the stars, no pillars for the earth; that there is only vacancy above and below every thing. A revolution similar to this has yet to be accomplished in the world of mind and the spirit. We return to the question, On what rests our faith in the inductions of science? John Stuart Mill affirms, with naïve simplicity like that of the old lady who thought that there were rocks all the way down, that faith in induction rests upon induction; in other words, that there is induction all the way down. He says this with some slight circumlocution indeed, but this is the condensed substance of his statement.[i] I know not whether the view of such a mighty intellect, resting so unquestioningly on such a baseless series of foundations, should make us more or less reliant upon the results of our own thoughts. And there is nothing that shows how natural it is for men to assume foundations without asking what they rest upon, than the fact that so many accept this statement as all-sufficient; that so many, in fact, cannot be made to see why the statement, that faith in induction rests upon induction, does not explain every thing completely.
The simple fact is, the mind has the instinct of generalization. Just as it cannot help looking through the eyes, and believing what it sees; so it cannot help generalizing, and believing in the results of its generalization. This instinct, then, and the unquestioning and often unconscious faith that we have in it, is the only basis of the mighty world of our modern science. But does not our faith in this rest on our experience of its reliability? Yes; but what is experience but prolonged induction? And why do we trust to experience? Or shall we say that it experience all the way down?
There have been times when there was much discussion in regard to innate truths. Some affirmed them in almost unlimited profusion; some denied them altogether. The latter asked how they were packed away in the mind; and why, if they were innate. Each party was partially right and partially wrong. Strictly speaking, we have no innate truths. We have instincts which come to consciousness at different periods of the spirit's growth. Each of these instincts implies – if it be reliable – a certain construction of the outer world, and a certain construction of the outer world, and a certain relation to it of the individual. The instinct being given, a competent mind could deduce from it this group of circumstances and relations. Thus the faith that we have in any instinct implies, when it is fully developed into consciousness, faith in a certain truth which is the basis and the end of this instinct. Thus there is latent in every instinct, involved in it, implied by it, an idea that may sooner or later reach its consciousness. Thus, if we use the terms "innate ideas," and are asked where they were at first stored in the mind, we must say that first they exist potentially in the form of instincts, as the destined flower and fruit exist potentially in the germ. The idea or truth that is involved in the instinct of generalization is this, -- that the world is a systematic and organized whole. If this were not so, the instinct of generalization would only deceive us. As the plant slowly but surely reaches its flowering, so does this instinct slowly but surely attain to the full consciousness of this idea. It is helped to this by experience; but yet it is itself the implied, though not always recognized, basis of faith in experience. And it is a most marked and important fact in this connection, that the first distinct utterance of this truth was in defiance of experience. The Eleatics affirmed the One. They did not seek to reconcile the many with this, -- to find a unity in the manifold. They simply denied the many. They denied all the results of experience. There was no manifold. There was no motion. The senses deceive. There is only the One. Thus did the grand truth of the absolute unity, in its first historic utterance, set itself up against the concrete world of experience, and attempt to sweep it utterly out of existence with a proud denial. The task of philosophy and of science ever since has been to reconcile this unity and this diversity, to find unity in the diversity, and to look upon the manifold as one. The unity for which it has sought is the unity of an organic wholeness. The faith in the reality of this has been its life and its inspiration. The faith in the reality of this has gained clearness and strength by all the magnificent triumphs of its inductive methods; but, consciously or unconsciously expressed or implied, it at first prompted and gave authority to these methods. For without the instinct of generalization, and faith in this instinct, though every fact in the universe of all past time were known, we could not reason in regard to a single fact of the future, any more than the duck could swim even though you threw it into the water, or the bird could fly though you threw it into the air, unless each had the fitting instinct and instrument. Rightly looked upon, there is hardly any thing in the whole reach of our knowledge sublimer than this faith, by means of which the magnificent world of modern science floats unsupported, and needing no support, self-buoyed, and self-sufficient. And how ridiculous does this sublimity make that arrogance appear which would boast of the solid foundations of science, in opposition to the baselessness of faith! So one might – mocking at the things that are invisible – stamp his foot, and say that he would accept nothing less solid, visible, and tangible than this material world; yet how foolish does he look when we picture him to ourselves clinging to the outside of this little spinning ball of thinly crusted fire, whirling through space with a swiftness that his thought cannot conceive, with only the infinite depths of nothingness beneath him, yet boasting of the solid ground on which he stands. Truly he has a solid support beneath him. But his ultimate reliance is not on that which is visible and tangible: it is on the mighty though invisible forces that sustain this. So foolish is the pride of one who might contemptuously compare faith with science. The world of science of science is a world of faith. It rests on no other foundation, is held together by no other power. But therefore it is that its foundation is so secure. Therefore it is that it moves on its way with the unconscious confidence of the round world itself.
The faith, then, which is the basis of science, which at first exists unconsciously in the simple instinct of generalization, and which at last, by the aid of experience, though always far in advance of experience, reaches its full consciousness, is the faith that the universe is a perfect and organic whole. The faith which is the basis of religion and of theology is only the extension and completion of this. It is the faith, namely, that this whole is animated and governed by a power of good; that every thing is working out some good end; and that all things are uniting, or will be made to unite, in the accomplishment of this one purpose of goodness. Though this faith comes comparatively slowly to its full consciousness, though it struggles up at first like an untimely plant struggling with bitter winds and biting frosts, yet it has its root very deep in our original nature. We find it implied in the earliest and most fundamental instincts of the race. Indeed the free, undoubting, glad obedience to any natural instinct implies this faith. Still more is it implied by the more special religious and moral instincts. The instinct of worship; the instinct of prayer; the instinct of trust; the power of conscience, in which the good asserts, by an undoubting instinct, its supremacy, approving or condemning all things as a divinely appointed judge, -- all of these imply the supremacy of goodness in the universe, and when fully developed, assisted by experience, though still far in advance of experience unite and culminate in a conscious faith in this supremacy. The development of this faith is often hindered, and its purity marred, by the mingling of other and lower sentiments and instincts with these. Personal fear long holds back this trusting confidence, refusing to be wholly guided and comforted by it. The sense of personal ill-desert shrinks from faith in this infinite and all-ruling goodness, which it feels must be just, because it is good. The imperfection of the moral sense blurs the beauty of the ideal of perfect goodness; for it knows not really what it shall call wholly good, or what it shall seek in seeking for it. In all this, religious faith finds its parallel in what we have called the faith of science; and indeed the history of the one finds its analogon at every step in the history of the other, with this difference, -- that the faith of science has reached a point of development far in advance of that which religious faith has yet reached. Indeed, it is only yet reaching, and that very slowly, the general recognition of its foundation principle, -- a principle which Jesus announced eighteen hundred years ago, but which became speedily hidden and lost, like a little leaven buried in the mass, which is to be transformed by it into its own likeness.
As the faith of science made its first utterance of itself in the face of experience, and as ever since it has been strongest in the face of facts that seem most to oppose it, apparent lawlessness only rousing it to seek, with fresh confidence and zeal, the laws which it knew must exist in spite of apparent lawlessness, -- so faith in the perfect goodness which arranged, and which guides, and is present in, all things is often strongest when all experience would seem to oppose it most. As the Eleatics sweep away the universe that the One might exist in its absolute unity, so theologians have swept goodness out of the world, that the one good might not have any connection with, and thus no stain or dishonor from, this world, that has so much of evil in it; and often, when apparent evil presses most closely about the soul, does it have most faith in the infinite good. When the outward world satisfies, the soul often rests content without the conscious impulse to look beyond, and to explain the little evil that it may find: but when in the outer world evil seems to overbalance the good; when the life, stripped by loss and overshadowed by sorrow, seems to have nothing left; or when the outward life itself, passed perhaps in weariness and sorrow, has reached its extreme limit, and there seems no outward hope possible, -- then how often does this faith in the perfect goodness assert itself with a mighty recoil, and the soul cry, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him"!
As the faith of science, drunken, we might almost say, with its own self-confidence, has constructed wild and baseless systems of philosophy; as with more sober thought it has constructed systems of the physical universe, of wheels within wheels, spheres upon spheres, cycles and epicycles, in which systems of philosophy and systems of the physical universe there was nothing true but this, that the universe is a perfect and systematic whole, -- so the faith in the absolute Goodness has sought to realize itself in many a strange and fantastic form. It has reeled through wild creeds and systems and theologies; it has devised hells of endless flame, to burn up or burn for ever the evil that it found; it has framed schemes compared with which the science of the astronomers with its dizzy cycles and epicycles were simplicity, that by means of them the perfect good might be seen to accomplish itself in the world: and when it could do no better, and saw no other outlet or escape; when it had found or established an infinite and endless evil, -- even then this faith could not be quieted or repressed; and, seeing nothing else left for it, it has bowed before the infinite evil, and said, "Since this is supreme, it must be good: let us worship it."
But though faith in the perfect goodness slowly struggles into consciousness out of darkness and uncertainty, though, at first, belief in this rests side by side with other beliefs, to be discussed in connection with these or apart from them, so that men may assume the existence of god, and yet question whether or not he is good, -- yet by slow degrees it assumes the leading place: until at last, as in science the faith in the unity of the universe and the omnipresence of law comes to be the one truth in which all other truths find their place and their support; so in religion faith in the absoluteness and the supremacy of good comes to be recognized as the one truth, in which all others find their place and their support.
Few facts are more striking than the manner in which men will use a word, confident that it has a meaning, long before they know clearly what its meaning is. Thus men used the word "cause," divining its meaning, although they could not tell what it was, and although the clearest thinkers denied that it had any meaning like that which they supposed; until, within a few years, science, by the discovery of the conservation of force and the correlation of forces, has showed us what is the real meaning of the word "cause.: so men used the word "faith," with vague and varying meaning; but so soon as we recognize the supremacy and absoluteness of goodness as the one central and all-embracing religious truth, we know what is the meaning of the word "faith." Faith is confidence. We have faith in that in which we have confidence. You may believe that the bridge you are crossing is not strong enough to support you, yet you would not say you had faith in the weakness of the bridge. If you have any faith in it, it is in its strength. We see this expressed in one of those Bible definitions which we grow so slowly to comprehend, -- "Faith is the substance of things hoped for." Thus one may have faith in a future in which every spirit shall have a loving providence still watching over it, guiding its feet through whatever paths may lead it soonest home; but, though one may believe in endless misery, it can never be an object of faith. So one may have faith in the integrity of human nature, but one cannot have faith in its depravity.
Faith having this meaning, we understand how there is one absolute religion. We speak of religions as existing side by side, as being true or false; we reckon up the number of religions in the world: but there is but one religion, and all forms of religion, so called, are speculatively religious or irreligious according to the degree in which they express or fail to express this. So far as any belief is faith in an all-ruling and all-overruling goodness, so far it is religious. So far as it throws doubt upon this or denies it, so far it is irreligious. The religion of the intellect is this recognition of goodness. The irreligion of the intellect is the denial of this. This denial, if it apes religious forms, we call superstition; and superstition bears the same relation to religion that the dreams of the alchemist do to science. To one who has seen clearly that religion is this faith in an absolute goodness, the nature of religion can never again be a matter of doubt. He may, perhaps, lose this faith: if he does, he loses his religion. But the question as to what religion teaches on this point, the question between a true religion and a false religion, can never again arise.
We thus see the possibility of the science of religious faith, and also what must be the nature of this science. As physical science forms itself about faith in the absolute order, so religious science gathers about faith in the absolute goodness. Whatever must necessarily result from this goodness, it affirms; whatever absolutely contradicts this, it denies: and it assumes without question whatever must be assumed, in order to reconcile known and finite facts with the belief in the infinite goodness. Where it sees mystery, it believes that this is only a veil concealing the perfect goodness; as physical science sees in any mystery only its own ignorance of the law that rules there. And when this science of faith doubts of its results, its only doubt is whether the reality be not something better that it has dreamed.
The science of faith has vast and varied content. It exalts itself to a sublime and sweet mysticism. If the infinite good is working over all and in all, then it must be working over and in us. This infinite good cannot be blind, cannot be cold; it cannot be senseless. The very word implies, in some vast sense, a purpose, a providence, a love. Our very being must have its root in this, and so far as it is real, must be one of its channels or manifestations. The truth of immorality is found in it; for if we believe
"that nothing walks with aimless feet," –
we cannot believe that the feet of loving, aspiring, hoping, suffering, sorrowing mortals tend only to the darkness and nothingness of the grave; but as when, in wandering through same unknown country, we see a road beaten with much travel, leading down to the shore of a river, and into the river, and lost there, we do not doubt that a road emerges also from the other side, and that between them, uniting them, is a ferry or a ford, -- so we know that the road which leads to the river of death emerges on the other side. And, again, if we believe
"that nothing walks with aimless feet,"—
[i] His words are: "Whatever be the most proper mode of expressing it, the proposition that the course of nature is uniform is the fundemantal principle, or general axiom, of Induction. It would yet be a great error to offer this large generalization as any explanation of the inductive process. On the contrary, I hold it to be itself an instance of induction by no means of the most obvious kind." – Logic, book iii. chap. 8, 1.
He further explains his meaning thus: "We arrive at this universal law [of causation] by generalization from many laws of inferior generality. The generalizing propensity, which, instinctive or not, is one of the most powerful principle of our nature, does not indeed wait for the period when such a generalization becomes strictly experienced, doubtless led men to believe that every thing had a cause, before they could have conclusive evidence of that truth. But even this cannot be supposed to have happened until many cases of causation, or, in other words, many partial uniformities of sequence, had become familiar." –
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To appear, arrive, pass, or come upon casually or by chance. I happened along a quaint new craft store the other day. I happened along your brother yesterday in the grocery store. If another tornado like that happens along any time soon, this town is done for!
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Mount Armenia
Mount Ararat is the highest mountain in Turkey which dominates the skyline which is utmost breathtaking from Yereveran which is the Capital of Armenia.After the great flood arose,it is believed as the resting place of Noah's Arc.Mount Ararat holds an important role in Armenian culture and its illusional eruption.
Mount Ararat ,which is popularly near Noah's Arc is of 5165 meters height which is the largest mountain in Turkey.It is located in Eastern Turkey's Eastern Anatolia region on Iran borders of Armenia and Nakchivan.This mountain rises to 17,000 feet from the plains which surround atleast 2000-3000 feet which is larger than any other mountain range in the world.It is situated between the Aras and Murat Rivers.
The elevation of the mountain is of 16945 feet.It has two peaks-Greater Ararat,the highest peak with 5137 m of elevation and Lesser Ararat with an elevation of 3896 m.
The name of Noah's Arc,which is a boat like form came according to Old Testament,due to the flood,all except a man named Noah was alive.So.God warned him to build a boat to rescue his family and birds and animals on the earth.And miraculously,the waters returned continually and within a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased and the ark was rested on the seventh month upon the mountain of Ararat.God then pleased by his actions gave him a rainbow and says that he will never flood the earth and it came true which is believed by many people and there is a belief that the rainbow occurring after the rain is the symbol for it.
Mount Ararat volcanic eruption:
Ararat is considered as holy mountain for the Armenians.The sacredness comes from the legend history through Old Testament of Noah,whose ark came to rest on Ararat due to a great flood.But,Ararat has no crater and records of eruption is nowhere seen which is a mystery.However,an earthquake has been rocked the mountain in 1840 which buried a chapel,a small church;a village and a convent which was located in the slopes of the mountain.
Over the years,many groups of people have explored for the truths behind the beliefs but there is no specific reason to prove that Mount Ararat was not in existence at the time of flood.None has any evidence of volcanic ash or lava flows that indicates a great volcanic eruption.
Climatic conditions and Mountain Treks:
The weather on Ararat mountain is mostly stable and is suitable to ascend the mountain any day.On an average day it takes 4 to 5 hours to ascend and 3 to 4 hours to descend the mountain due to an easy climate.
Fog is created by the venting of hot gases which are erupted from the mountain's gases.The fog which starts with smaller portions covers the wide areas of the mountain.
The first to climb Mount Ararat in recent times is Dr.Friedrich Parrot with Khachatur Abovian who was the first explorer to reach the Mount Ararat summit .
The climb to the mountain is very lengthy but there is an easy route in late summer from the south who can use crampons and familiar with climbing as in other ways snow will occupied largely which is difficult for trekking.
Most of the people go to trips just to relieve from their stress filled lives and be on a peaceful journey.Such a life time opportunity is the visit to Mount Ararat.The view is amazing scenery by which people forget the city for a while.It is just a recharge booster.
The tourists across the world surely appreciate the beauty of this mountain just by seeing its peaks,which cannot be described by words as it is an wonderful experience.Hiking is another adventurous experience who are interested and fearless which gives them a terrific experience.
The lifetime picturesque will be the climbing of the mountain that none can forget which needs an preparation for months.Also travellors should have the climbing permit along with an experienced,certified guide,approved by Turkish Government which needs arrangement for about 2 months.The climb may be a lot difficult than expected and it is just like a challenge to face but when the task is over,the effort is really worth it.
- Ararat is a film released in 2002 by Atom Egoyan about Armenian Genocide.4
- The song "Hollywood Mountains" is written about the importance of Mount Ararat by Armenian-American Metal Band System.
- The surrounding area of Mount Ararat was made as a National Park in 2004
- Mount Ararat is the country's national symbol.
- Armenia is believed to be the first country to adopt Christianity in 301 A.D.
Thus,by all its attractions and its confusing history,Mount Ararat is just an unique mountains with lots of tourists across the world just for enjoying its beauty with its snow capped peaks.


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The economic crisis has hit the majority of Council of Europe
member States with consequences reaching beyond the economic sphere,
such as higher unemployment, greater poverty, widening income gaps,
rising discrimination and intolerance, social tensions and increasing
support for populist political parties and movements. Austerity
measures have been the main response to the crisis. They have undoubtedly
had a negative impact on the enjoyment of human rights and equality
and have affected disproportionately vulnerable categories of people,
including women, young people, people with disabilities, older people
and migrants.
Human rights standards include a positive obligation for States
to identify potentially vulnerable groups and take into account
their vulnerabilities when formulating policies. They imply that
budgetary cuts should not be blind to human rights and equality.
In this regard, human rights and equality impact assessments are
essential in order to take informed decisions and mitigate, as far
as possible, the impact of austerity measures on vulnerable categories
of people.
The Parliamentary Assembly should call on member States to
invest in equality as a way of tackling the crisis, to facilitate
increased co-operation with social partners and organise regular
consultations with representatives of national human rights institutions,
social partners and civil society to discuss a co-ordinated approach
to the economic crisis and to carry out human rights and equality
impact assessments. The Assembly should also ask national parliaments
to scrupulously exercise parliamentary oversight over governmental
responses to the economic crisis.


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Founded by Jennifer Ellison after an extremely successful career as a Dancer, Singer and Actress, her vision is to provide Dance and Musical Theatre training at its best! Preparing students for embarking upon the world of Entertainment with the Knowledge, tools and training required to succeed in the industry.
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Enjoy an all inclusive cruise along the beautiful Pacific coastline of Manual Antonio National Park. Have a delicious lunch and enjoy cocktails at the bar!
On this Catamaran Tour Costa Rica you will:
Glide smoothly along the stunning Pacific coastline of Manuel Antonio National Park in a massive Catamaran, enjoying the jacuzzis, sun tanning nets just inches from the water, and ample lounge chairs as you soak up the scenery. Enjoy the delicious snacks, lunch, and drinks on board! The massive Catamaran has cocktails at the bar, or tropical non alcoholic beverages, a delicious lunch, snacks or fresh fruit, jacuzzis for relaxation, big trampolines, and even two water slides for your entertainment! You will also stop at a spot by Manuel Antonio that is perfect for snorkeling. Jump into the refreshing water and discover the colorful reef and marine life.
8:30 am – 12:30 pm and 13:30 pm – 17:30 pm.
Start at the modern Marina Pez Vela in the bay of Quepos. The Catamaran will already be alive with music, food, and cold drinks to quench your thirst. You will soon be heading south, skirting the stunning coast of Manuel Antonio National Park. Clear blue skies meet luscious mountains as you float past, enjoying the all inclusive adventure. The boat will drop anchor in a calm bay where you can snorkel in a colorful coral reef. Here, two waterslides will open on the back of the Catamaran, or another invigorating option is to jump from the top deck.
Group size will be 1 – 85 people.
Departs any day.
Meeting place is Pez Vela Marina in Quepos.
After you book your experience, you will receive a confirmation email from us confirming that your payment went through. You will then be connected directly to the tour operator, in case you have any further questions. We are also happy to answer any questions about the tour, or travel in general in your country of destination.


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A few days ago I got to do something very cool: I spent the day on the London set of Zack Snyder's Justice League along with a number of other reporters. While I'm normally prevented from revealing what I saw and learned on set till a month or so before release, in an unusual move, Snyder and Warner Bros. are lifting our embargo only a few short days after arriving home! In my many years of running Collider, I can count on just a few fingers the amount of times an embargo has lifted so soon after a visit. It's an amazing surprise and something I wish happened more often.
Anyway, while on set we conducted interviews with Ben Affleck (Batman), Zack Snyder, producers Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven, costume designer Michael Wilkinson, spoke briefly with Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Ezra Miller (Flash), Ray Fisher (Cyborg), and walked around a number of sets and learned a great deal about Snyder's follow-up to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
One of my big takeaways from the set visit is how the tone of Justice League is going to be a lot different. Unlike Batman v Superman, which was dark and serious, we watched scenes that showed Bruce Wayne can smile, and Flash is going to be played with a lot of fun and youthful energy—he's someone who's really excited to be a hero. It's a big change and something that should excite the fans and people that didn't think BvS was all that.
Shortly after getting back from set I recorded a video blog with Peter from /film and Devin from Birth.Movies.Death. We talked about what we saw, learned and thought about the Batman v Superman follow-up after spending about nine hours on the London set. The beginning of the video is completely spoiler free and we'll warn you before we dive deeper.
For more Justice League set visit coverage, below the video are a number of links.
Finally, before watching, a huge thank you to Zack Snyder and Warner Bros. for inviting us to the Justice League set and letting us talk about it so soon after returning home.
For much more of our Justice League set visit coverage, peruse the links below:
- 'Justice League' Villains and Mother Boxes Teased by Zack Snyder
- 'Justice League': Over 60 Things to Know About the 'Batman v Superman' Follow-Up
- 'Justice League': Zack Snyder and Ben Affleck on Lighter Tone, Differences from 'Batman v Superman'
- Ben Affleck Gives Update on His Solo 'Batman' Movie
- Official 'Justice League' Synopsis and Logo Revealed, Plus New Batmobile


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hosts file gets ignored by browser when behind proxy server
This issue took a long time for me to workaround. My browser works inside a corpnet proxy server. In a brand new Win8 machine, I setup hosts file under %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc to redirect a site to localhost. But it didn't work in IE and other browsers. We thought it could be problem with which domain the machine is joined to. Changing the domain also didn't help. Looking at various sites in web search also didn't help.
Based on tips from various site, here is a workaround that works for me.
- Go to internet options, connections tab, click lan settings.
- click on proxy server, check "User a proxy server" and give proxy server details
- click on advanced button, under exceptions add the site to be redirected
- Make sure to enter the full site address, for example http://joyofprogramming.com not just joyofprogramming.com
Basically the browser looks at proxy server before looking into hosts file. Adding the exceptions above seem to help it.
Any better way to solve it? Will look forward in comments.


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Serial Murder: Multi-Disciplinary Perspective for Investigators
Serial Murder: Multi-Disciplinary Perspective for Investigators – http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/serial-murder
Representative questions that can be answered with this resource:
- How is serial murder defined?
- How does the FBI deal with media in serial murder cases?
- Why is it important for law enforcement to know traits of psychopathic behavior?
This publication was put out by the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, the inspiration for the series Criminal Minds. The report contains the following sections plus introductory material and appendices:
- II. Definition of Serial Murder
- III. Causality and the Serial Murderer
- IV. Psychopathy and Serial Murder
- V. Motivations & Types of Serial Murder: Symposium Model
- VI. Investigative Issues and Best Practices
- VII. Forensic Issues in Serial Murder Cases
- VIII. Prosecution of Serial Murder Cases
- IX. Media Issues in Serial Murder Investigations
- X. Issues Regarding Talking Heads in the Media
This report seems like it would be helpful in adding realistic touches to serial killers and to the investigators charged with finding them.


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I want to apologize to Veenu.I was so away from this blog world except that i read blogs of a few friend's.Today after long time i logged into my account i see that Veenu has quit blogging and she had tagged me sometime in March…I really wish that Veenu wil be back to blogging
1. Last movie you saw in a theater?
Kurukshetra,it's a malayalam movie…was not so good
2. What book are you reading?
actually an Archie comic rite now
3. Favorite board game?
Iam not so interested in this….but has played snake and ladder wen was a kid
4. Favorite magazine?
Byke,Fastrack,Top gear,Overdrive
5. Favorite smells?
hmmmm….i like the smell of petrol..smell of mom cooking dishes
6. Favorite sounds?
fav sound…sound of a cat meowing…then sound when a bike revs up
7. Worst feeling in the world?
for me it is when the people whom we care about just doesn't understand it and doesn't respond it that way
8. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
fuck what is the time…is there time to sleep a bit more
9. Favorite fast food place?
Abad food court,Barista,Baskin Robins,Cocoa Tree
10. Future child's name?
Rohan Jr.
11. Finish this statement. "If I had lot of money I'd….?
buy all those superbikes and cars and should have taken my love on a exotic vacation to bahamas
12. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
yeah got two teddy bears on my bed ….i dont care what others think about it
13. Storms – cool or scary?
a bit of both according to the intensity of the storm
14. Favorite drink?
Chocolate shake…not those thick shakes…but thin cool ones
15. Finish this statement, "If I had the time I would…."?
Sleep…Watch more movies…Practice stunts on my bike…and try to be regular with blogging
16. Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
17. If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?
i want to either have grey hair like tom cruise in collateral…or wanna have complete blonde look
18. Name all the different cities/towns you've lived in?
Cochin,Trivandrum,Chennai, Bombay,Bangalore(for very short time)
19. Favorite sports to watch?
Football.Cricket…then F1…Moto GP
20. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you?
A nice lady who shares similar thoughts
21. What's under your bed?
One playboy mag…he he kiddin..actually nothing
22. Would you like to be born as yourself again?
ohh yeah…i bloody love myself a lot
23. Morning person, or night owl?
Night owl…its real hard for me to get up early in the morning
24. Over easy, or sunny side up?
Donno exactly…a bit of both depending on times…
25. Favorite place to relax?
My house specifically my bedroom…can sleep on my bed for long time
26. Favorite pie?
dont like it much
27. Favorite ice cream flavor?
28. Of all the people you tagged this to, who's most likely to respond first?
i tag The Grotesquerie(baphomet)..Arjun…Ms.Mathew…jeevan…mridul…
And i think Grotesquerie will reply first if he feels like replying


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It begins with a heart and a feeling. A generosity something both Granny Baylis & Granny Harding knew a thing or two about. Everything filled to the brim, no half measures here.
Let's squeeze in the ginseng and black pepper, the English lavender and chamomile, the sweet mandarin and grapefruit. We were always taught to be liberal with our ingredients and we love that little bit of indulgence that keeps life special.
And as we move forward into a new era, we're evolving and listening to the needs of our loyal customers and considering the world around us even more.
We're on a step by step journey. Together we are nurturing our luxury brands to be more sustainable with future generations in mind. No stone will be left unturned.
And that's got to be good for all of us.
So accept our invitation from the Heart of England to unwind, feel comfortable and indulge yourself and those you love.
Rooms feel more wonderful. Hosting becomes a pleasure.
Gifts are opened with delight. And the sensory indulgences that surround us smell and feel sooo good.
Lovingly packaged. Considerately made and beautiful inside and out.
That's what makes us smile.
You see, we're not just selling soaps and sprays, we are selling generosity bottled.
For now and for the future.
Baylis & Harding


text: Last Published: 2/16/2012 2:06:37 PMPROPOSED AGENDANEIGHBORHOODS & HEALTHY COMMUNITIES COMMITTEECITY COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at 12:00 PM10th Floor, Committee Room Melba Curls, Chair Scott Wagner, Vice Chair Jermaine Reed Jim Glover120131 Authorizing the acceptance and approval of a grant from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City in the amount of $55,869.00; estimating revenue and appropriating the sum of $55,869.00 to the Health Care Foundation Grant account; and designating requisitioning authority.Legislation Text Fact Sheet Fiscal Note 120132 (Sub.)Accepting and authorizing a grant from the Empowering Individuals Through Advocacy and Support (EITAS), Developmental Disability Services of Jackson County, to support accessibility in recreation programming provided in the amount of $55,350.00; estimating revenue and appropriating funds in the amount of $55,350.00 in the Park Maintenance Fund to provide education and access to programs for those with special needs; and designating requisitioning authority.Legislation Text Fact Sheet Fiscal Note HELD IN COMMITTEE120112 Amending Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Sections 2-931 through 2-950, and enacting in lieu thereof new sections of like numbers and subject matters that will provide guidelines for the expenditure of Neighborhood Tourist Development Funds to promote tourism.Legislation Text Fact Sheet ADDITIONAL BUSINESS 1. There may be general discussion regarding current Neighborhoods & Healthy Communities Committee issues. 2. Pursuant to the following subsections 610.021 of the Revised Statues of Missouri, there may be a closed session to discuss:Legal matters, litigation or privileged communication with attorneys, pursuant subsection 1;Real Estate, pursuant to subsection 2;Personnel, pursuant to subsection 3 & 13;Sealed bids or proposals, pursuant to subsection 12 The City Clerk's Office now has equipment for the hearing impaired for use with every meeting. To check out the equipment please see the secretary for each committee. Be prepared to leave your Driver's License or State issued Identification Card with the secretary and she will give you the equipment. Upon returning the equipment your license will be returned.


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IBBC host Industry Forum Meeting with Peter Dowd MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Iraq Britain Business Council held an Industry Forum Meeting with Peter Dowd MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 23 January at our offices in Westminster.
Topic: Focusing investment to boost the economy
The aftermath of the 2008 banking crisis followed by Brexit uncertainty have hampered UK economic activity for a decade during which productivity and real wage growth have stalled and the gap between the prosperity of London and the southeast, and the rest of the country, has grown. Labour's plans to reinvigorate the economy include a greater use of fiscal policy to invest directly in infrastructure and skills, the establishment of a national investment bank, and the extension of public ownership in some industries. Peter Dowd MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, outlined key points of these policies and discussed their implications.
Peter Dowd gave a presentation to members on the Shadow Government's short and long term strategies to address current inefficiencies in the UK economy, as well as plans to boost and sustain economic growth in Britain. He emphasized the general underperformance of UK's productivity nationally and regionally as direct results of 9 years of fiscal austerity and business investment being at its lowest level since 2010. Mr Dowd also highlighted Labour's plans to drive finance towards infrastructure, tech innovation and other key sectors including Transport, Energy, Digital, Education, as well as increasing the focus towards combating climate change.
The meeting hosted 25 members of the private sector community in London as well as representatives from IBBC members. Alistair Kett, of IBBC Member PwC and IBBC Executive Committee Member, chaired the Q&A.


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Captain America: The Winter Soldier is perhaps the perfect example of why the Marvel Cinematic Universe is and will continue to be a successful franchise. It is distinct from other branches of the MCU in that it is a political thriller. It does not simply try to imitate, borrow from, or nod to political thrillers. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is first and foremost a political thriller, a political thriller that just happens to take place in the Marvel Universe/star Captain America.
There's not a lot I can say without spoilers, but Winter Soldier, being the genre it is, is filled with twists and turns, secrets, vast wide ranging conspiracies, and moments where you generally wonder who to trust. Cap/Steve Roger's idealism is confronted with harsh modern political realities and current issues of surveillance, privacy, and preemptive strikes. Cap is not naive, acknowledging times in the past where he's compromised/had his hands dirty, but still sticks to his ideals.
Robert Redford, veteran of the aforementioned films that inspired this piece appears as a SHIELD higher up, and we get some background on this history of SHIELD and Nick Fury.
Black Widow returns, and her relationship with Cap doesn't go the route you might expect, but they play off each other fantastically, and it was funny to see her constantly suggesting different girls Cap could date.
The opening scene has Steve meeting Sam Wilson/the Falcon by chance, which felt very organic as opposed to him being assigned to Cap or something like that. There's a neat scene where Sam suggests some music for Steve to listen to. Rogers pulls out a notebook and adds the suggestion to a list. I couldn't catch anything on the list but it had a bunch of stuff like the band Nirvana, and much to my amusement, Rocky, followed by Rocky II with a question mark. Star Wars was also on the list, which you could argue eliminates the possibility of a Star Wars/MCU crossover, as Star Wars is now established as fiction in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But either way if Disney wants to cross those properties over someday they will.
Not forgetting that this is a sequel, characters and locations from the first movie appear, some of which I never expected, one of which was truly amazing. There's a Smithsonian exhibit on Captain America in which we see pictures of characters from the last movie, and the Howling Commandos are named specifically. (In the first movie they never said the words Howling Commandos but they were in there.) The exhibit later has a role in the plot, and also leads to a good Stan Lee Cameo.
A vast far reaching and decades long conspiracy is revealed (which also related to a certain Marvel characters parents) which has some shock value. It would have been more shocking had this been revealed a few films deeper into the MCU. However that's probably not a fair complaint, as this is just what we have to work with and it's effective anyway.
SHIELD main headquarters, the Triskelion, is revealed to be this huge building in Washington DC, which I guess means that the existence of SHIELD is public knowledge in the MCU. I'd often wondered about that previously. Logistically I wonder where it fits as the CIA is also known to exist in this world. However members of the SHIELD security council are revealed to be from various countries, so I presume it's an international intelligence agency. Still I'd like a little clarity on how SHIELD differs from the CIA, MI-6, etc.
The fight scenes are fantastic, the opening action scene resembling the Captain America video game. Rogers has perfect command of his shield, always knowing where to throw it/when to catch it etc. UFC fighter George Saint Pierre plays a villain who fights Cap in this sequence. It was great watching one of the greatest fighters in real life face off against one of the greatest fighters in fiction. If anything disappointed me about this film it's that GSP's part was only minor. However there really wasn't much room for him anyway, so here's to sequels.
CGI is only used when needed. The shot of the boat in the beginning and some of the building shots were obviously CGI that I think won't age well over time, but the rest of it looked good. There's a few things you can nitpick toward the end. At one point the villain does something to gain the upper hand but you wonder why that action wasn't taken sooner, but events turn again so the point becomes moot. Also, obviously I know what kind of movies these are, but honestly it is a little unbelievable that Cap doesn't die in the end.
Like Thor: The Dark World, there is a mid credit scene hinting at what's ahead that reveals new characters, and an end credit scene that relates to this specific film. It seems Phase Two of the MCU has a new formula for post credit scene.
In closing, Captain America: The Winter Soldier: is in fact the best Marvel Cinematic Universe film to date.


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How far we've come
Posted April 11, 2011on:
When I started this blog, I set myself the challenge of becoming a published author by midnight 13 April, 2011. At the time of writing, that's just over 24 hours away.
Today is an important day for me. Not only because I'm about to draw the curtains on a year of (almost) full time writing. These last twelve months have witnessed me progress through my postgraduate degree, write my first first (and second) novel drafts, and make a handful of writing friends along the way.
I know so much more about publishing than I did a year ago. I realize now that the goal I set was unachievable given that I didn't have a manuscript or a network of contacts. It can take a year just to edit a book once the contract's signed!
While I haven't published my novel yet, I have been published. To date I have had short prose and poetry and a handful of reviews in publications.
To have a book published, you must send it to a publisher. I have taken the soft approach and flung my manuscript (back when it was an incomplete first draft) into two unpublished author competitions with no outcome other than a lighter purse. I was mildly horrified to discover the winners had multiple books published (in another genre). Either way it was beginner's enthusiasm to thrust an unripe work upon an audience. We live and learn…
I do feel my manuscript needs 2-3 more drafts before it is ready for a publisher. I also have time pressure though. I quit my job to write my novel and finish my degree. If I don't generate some money (through an advance or other windfall) soon, well, let's just say I've already cut back on everything I could.
Eternally the optimist, I have created an opportunity for myself. Today is important because this morning I have coffee with a respected author in the field who has read the first few chapters of my novel. For free. I think I must remind them of their younger self in some way. Why else would they be so kind?
I've just got back from a walk in the crisp Autumn air. I needed to clear my mind. Be receptive to their jewels of wisdom. That's when I walked into a giant spider web.
It was at knee height: I wasn't completely daydreaming.
So I may not have a novel in the bookstores yet, but I'm about to receive honest professional feedback that will help make my book stronger.
That's worth celebrating.
How do you measure success?
Write well. Write often.
© the author. 2011.
Bonne Année!
Posted January 1, 2011on:
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2011 is the year I will land a generous contract for my first novel. It is the year I will complete my Masters. On a personal level, it is the year I will marry the love of my life.
These are my goals for this year. What are yours?
On New Year's Eve 2009, I was in Paris. The goals I made then did not anticipate the upheavel and the opportunity that 2010 would bring. This time last year, I did not realize I would be writing and studying full time after abandoning a successful but unsatisfying corporate career.
We cannot know what lies ahead, but we can know what lies in our hearts and act accordingly.
My biggest lesson from 2010 was to trust in love. Sometimes your own steam will only take you partway up the mountain. A supportive life partner, who values your dreams as much as their own, can provide the encouragement that inspires you to find the last skerrick of determination you need to approach the summit.
Look at the relationships in your life. Are some in need of repair? Are some better left in the past?
If your art is your life, the people closest to you need to support your path.
Write well. Write often.
(C) Copyright of the author. 2011.
Going the distance
Posted November 2, 2010on:
Today is Melbourne Cup day, known in Australia as the horse race 'that stops the nation'. This prestigious race is a long one – similar to the Ascot Gold Cup, the Gold Cup at York, or the Prix Du Cadran in France. Racing has a lot in common with publishing. Both are pursuits that draw crowds for the short-lived public performance but involve a lot of hard work in the much longer lead up.
I set out on a personal challenge to be published within a year six months ago. I, like many of the horses competing today, have travelled a long way to get trackside. I'm not getting pre-race jitters, but I am starting to see that the finish line may be much further away than I first anticipated.
Pictured: Sub-zero, the 1992 winner (about the time I started watching every cup race).
Image courtesy of http://www.news.com.au/national/melbourne-cup-winner-subzero-facing-customs-red-tape-death-sentence/story-e6frfkvr-1225784048987
The recorded fastest time to date for a Melbourne Cup winner was Kingston Rule with a time of 3.16.30 back in 1990.
Thinking about racing and more specifically, racing preparation has coincided with my decision to modify my original goal. I've come to realize that most books take a year to print even once the writer has delivered the drafted manuscript. Without self-publishing, or already having a polished manuscript up my sleeve, it is totally unrealistic to think (without even a contract) I could pull off zero to published in one short year.
I've been trying to gallop whereas my current form dictates I should ease into a canter.
I still think it is crucial to set goals (ones that stretch rather than knacker you). Here's the new goal:
I will publish my first novel by midnight 19 April, 2013. [within 3 years of setting the first word of the novel down]
And, to make this first year really count, by midnight 19 April, 2011, I will send the latest draft of the novel TO A PUBLISHER.
Write well. Write often.
(C) Copyright of the author. 2010.
What would you wake up at 2am for?
Posted July 15, 2010on:
Today started at 2am for me. I had one of those rare mornings when you're awake in an instant.
A hot cup of cammomile and spearmint tea later, I was at my desk.
Pitch black outside. Still.
Furiously bright inside as I tapped away at my noisy keyboard.
By 8am, when most people are just starting work, I had achieved a lifelong goal: MY VERY FIRST NOVEL DRAFT.
After almost three months working on it I am finally finished!
Not really.
I suspect this story has another three or four (or maybe more?) drafts to go before I'm ready to unleash it on the world.
This is going to be a two-coffee day, but in the best possible way!
What would you wake up at 2am for?
Write well. Write often.
(C) Copyright of the author. 2010.
The Challenge
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If you could achieve anything, what would it be?
Are you working towards that goal, in some way, every day?
If you had asked me these questions a year ago, I could answer the first without hesitation.
I want to be a writer.
To the second question, I would have to squirm a little, not wanting to admit that the answer is 'no'. I would say something about 'finding my mojo' and how demanding my 10-14 hour per day corporate job is. I would politely excuse myself – no I don't have time to discuss why I'm not really doing anything about the one thing I actually want in this life. I'm too busy achieving arbitrary numbers for a corporate bottom line and being paid for it thank you very much.
Months later, it is New Year's Eve 2009. I'm on the other side of the world, enjoying the trip of a lifetime with my fiance. We've been scrimping and saving so long for this.
In our cosy hotel room in Paris, we're writing out our goals for the year ahead. I'm cross-legged on the bed scrawling in a beautifully bound journal and he's typing away at the desk. The champagne is wedged into the tiny mini-bar, waiting to christen the new year.
At this point, I should mention that the year ahead holds an age-bracket birthday for me. When I was younger I didn't mind moving higher up in the marketer's boxes. In fact it felt like I was somehow more important, more experienced. Moving from 15-17 to 18-24 was great. I could imagine all the exciting things I was going to do and try in that time. But at some point, when you're avoiding what you most want to do with your life, moving age boxes is like moving from a house with character to a sensible apartment. Sure, you can afford it and your basic needs are met, but the sense of potential is gone.
My partner offers me a snack – I'd never eat in my own bed like this but somehow 'cause we're on holidays and we're in PARIS, I feel it's okay to channel some Marie Antoinette indulgence. It's a runny white goat's cheese smeared decadently across fresh baguette.
I'm feeling quite wonderful at this point. I've totally forgotten about the project that is waiting for me at work. I'm ignoring the banking glitch that has meant I can't pull out any Euros until the next working day. I've got a list of SMART goals in front of me, canvassing the major life areas of family/friends, health, personal, financial, etc. Let's pop the champagne, I say.
We trade goals. I save the one I most want to meet till last.
I want to be a published author. I'm giving myself until my birthday in April 2011 to be published and paid for at least one work, I say.
What I really want to say, but am concerned it's not achievable, not just in the timeframe, but maybe I just don't have it in me, is I want that work to be my first novel.
This blog is the story of that personal challenge. I never intended to blog about this, in fact I'm a ridiculously private person, but I'm running into obstacles. This is my way of working through them. Excuse me while I confess publicly.
You can call me Violet, or V for short. Share this journey with me.


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I feel like I just created a monster with the release of Buzzkill. Writing it was the most exhilarating, heart wrenching and challenging year of my life. I completely put myself out there regarding my life long struggle with mental illness, misfiring medications, suicidal side-effects, horrid hospital stays, out of control OCD, psychiatrists who need to lay on their own couches and family members constantly adding accelerate to the wildfire burning in my brain.
Basically I put in to words for all to see everything I've spent my entire life trying to keep secret. I unabashedly share how I've dealt with bipolar illness before I was diagnosed as a child, improperly diagnosed as a college student and finally properly diagnosed as an adult. All this time was fraught with uncontrollable impulses I could not predict nor save myself the embarrassment of having in public. WIth Buzzkill I feel like I am standing on stage in a packed concert arena, naked and with a giant spotlight shining right on my genitals.
But there is no turning back now. And it is my sincere hope that "letting it all hang out" will help someone dealing with the same issues to "hang on." People don't want to hear from a Phd., psychiatrist, psychopharmacologist or psychologist lecturing on the mechanics of and textbook treatments for bipolar disease. They want reality in a language they can understand; The truth. Consequently, Buzzkill serves it up "head in the toilet" raw. Of course I do interject some wit and levity into many situations, but nothing is whitewashed, out of bounds or off limits.
It's Alive!


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Although I'm not part of sneak peeks today, I do have two cards using CreativiTEA and Miniature Motifs, new Whimsical Wishes sets now available at Taylored Expressions. My first card is quite simple and uses one of the patterns from Miniature Motifs to create the pink patterned paper for the border and teapot. My layout and use of buttons was inspired by Becky Oehler's Compose a Card inspiration. For fun, I threaded rustic thread through the sentiment and nestie frame to create the look of a tea bag.
My second card is my favourite. Love the Eleanor Roosevelt quote "a woman is like a tea bag...you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water," which I actually just created for the card and printed it before stamping the teacup image twice (once on the sentiment panel and then on textured cardstock) for paper piecing. The teabag is coloured with copics and prismacolors. Sorry to tease, but don't you love that sentiment?! The polka dotted paper is once again from We R Memory Keepers.
Thanks for looking!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
More CreativiTEA
Posted by Nancy
4 comments:
- jjcreations said...
Great cards Nancy - I love the polka dots and the holey punch!!!!
- April 8, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- Donna Baker said...
great cards, Nancy! I love that saying about women & hot water! your cards from yesterday rocked too! You are so talented, my friend! Hey - your tree is exactly like the one I posted last week, check out my monkey from Beary Special! http://www.serenityinstamping.com/2010/04/happy-easter-to-one-of-my-favorite.html
- April 8, 2010 at 9:26 PM
- Alex Maldonado said...
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful cards and your beautiful designs!! I am so in awe of your talents!! Hugs!!
- April 8, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...
OH I LOVE these, Nancy! Adorable!
- April 10, 2010 at 8:49 AM
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Record label: Metal Blade
Release Date: 16 June 2017
1. World Inferno
2. Condemned To The Grave
3. Serial Murder (Death Squad)
4. The Soul Collector
5. Dead And Buried
7. Into Eternal Fire
8. Suffer
9. The Hour Of The Casket
10. The Blood Breed
Entrails are a band who know exactly what they want to be. Initially active during the early 90's but never recording anything, the Swedish death metal band were resurrected in 2008 by guitarist Jimmy Lundqvist, so that the old songs could finally see the light of day. Since then, the band have been staying true to the old-school Swedeath sound, but such is their talent and obvious passion for the music that it's hard to hold their musically conservative tendencies against them. That's the case on latest release World Inferno, a ten-track bulldozer of an album that demonstrates in no uncertain terms that there's always something to be said for taking the fundamental sound and character of a sub-genre and absolutely nailing it.
As would be expected from any Swedeath album worthy of your time, World Inferno is absolutely crushing. The production gives the buzzsaw guitars of Lundqvist and Pontus Samuelsson a delightful weight and heaviness, whilst the vocals of Tommy Carlsson (who also handles bass duties) are powerful and passionate. Martin Mikaelsson's drumming is tight, and though it's rarely flashy, it keeps the songs moving forwards with irresistible momentum and strength. Lyrically, a quick glance at the song titles will tell you what World Inferno is all about; even if the themes of (un)death, war, and evil are hardly novel subjects for any metal album to cover, Entrails do so with such passion and enjoyment that it's hard not to be swept along for the ride.
Whilst World Inferno is an album of consistent high quality, there are moments worthy of highlighting for praise. Penultimate track 'The Hour Of The Casket' features some excellent lead guitar work around the 2:20 mark that helps give the track an extra sense of drama and character; whilst second single 'Serial Murder (Death Squad)' is a restless, bludgeoning beast of a track with a chorus that is sure to have festival crowds shouting along.
The band's resolute adherence to classic sounds and themes is both the strength and weakness of World Inferno, and of Entrails on the whole. There is no doubting that they capture the sound and spirit of early Swedeath (not a surprise, considering they were active at the time classics such as Entombed's Left Hand Path were being recorded), albeit with a slightly updated production; but nor do they add anything to the formula. To be fair to Entrails, nor do they seem to desire to do so, and instead they come across as a band who are perfectly happy writing, recording, and playing old-school Swedeath – but if the style has never really grabbed you before, it's unlikely that World Inferno will change your mind. Instead, it feels very much like an album for the purists, and those who have spent so long with the classics of the genre that even the slightest change is revolutionary. Ultimately, World Inferno is a record that feels instantly familiar, in both good and bad ways – it may not offer much new, but it's very hard not to be won over by what's on offer.


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At Churchman Village we believe that comfortable surroundings, social activities, rehabilitative programs, nutritious meals and a friendly, well-trained staff are essential to quality care. We strive to provide a warm atmosphere of friendship and recovery. Our surroundings are ideal for meeting friends and family.
Living at Churchman Village, in our home-like setting, provides many opportunities for social interaction with other residents.
Throughout your stay you'll be offered ways to get involved, like through our Resident Council program. Our Resident Council is composed of members who provide suggestions for entertainment, meal menus and more!
Our staff encourages residents to show their individuality by choosing the daily activities that they are interested in. Throughout the week, residents can also participate in a special coffee chat, bingo, exercise sessions, support groups, book club, and card game groups. Religious services are held during the week for residents who would like to attend. Men can also choose to become a member of the Men's Club and meet weekly to chit-chat.
We invite all of our residents to join us for our special movie nights to relax and enjoy watching some of their favorite actors on screen. Be it Garbo, Gable or the latest action hero, residents highly enjoy this time of entertainment.
For those who crave knowledge, the local library provides reading materials, DVDs, talking books, and Braille books to check out. We assist residents in obtaining library cards if needed.
Throughout the day, you'll be provided with the medical and rehab care to help get you back home as quickly as possible. Our interdisciplinary team of skilled nurses, licensed rehab professionals and medical director are thoroughly involved in your care and strive for positive outcomes to regain your strength, health and independence.
Our mission is to provide our residents a dining experience that preserves identity and connections with family and culture; and, in doing so, accommodates each individual's changing needs. We are dedicated to treating our residents as guests. With our seasonal menu and restaurant style dining, residents can choose the foods that they desire. Emphasis is placed on serving our residents attractive and delicious meals in an atmosphere of hospitality which focuses on their comfort and specialized dietary needs at all times. Expanded dining hours allows residents to eat at a time best for them. You are encouraged to check out our newly renovated dining space.
Resident's rooms are cheery and light. We encourage residents to bring personal items from home to help maintain a familiar feeling. Before admitting, learn more about preparing for you or your loved ones stay.
Churchman Village is a proud community partner in the national We Honor Veterans (WHV) program. WHV is sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). It provides education for staff and patients and invites rehab centers like Churchman Village to partner with VA facilities and other veteran service providers to engage in:
By recognizing the unique needs of America's veterans and their families, community providers, in partnership with VA staff, will learn how to accompany and guide them through their life stories toward a more peaceful ending.


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Editions with Additions
Working Proofs by Jasper Johns
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While developing his 1968 lithograph Targets, Johns annotated this sheet as a working proof. When he later observed that it is directly drawn and painted in its entirety, he crossed out the "working proof" designation.
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Returning to imagery seen in his 1955 painting of this title, Johns combines the rhythmic geometry of the concentric target bands with four images of the human face, emphasizing variation in repetition—an essential element of Johns' art. The model is choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919–2009), whose dance company used an image of the related edition print for a poster.
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Johns first explored the theme of the watchman in a 1964 canvas. One of his notebooks from that year offers the following enigmatic comment: "The watchman falls 'into' the 'trap' of looking.'...'Not spying, just looking'—Watchman."
In this working proof, the leg and chair are strengthened with a crayon outline.
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Johns added broad areas of color on top of a printed outline in this working proof.
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Johns contributed 33 etchings and two lithographs to a bound volume that also includes five short texts by the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. (Beckett referred to his prose texts as "fizzles," or foirades in French.) The images do not serve as illustrations for the text. Rather, they reflect parallel artistic and philosophical concerns, including both artists' preoccupation with fragmentation and loss, language and sign, memory and metaphor.
In developing the book, Johns made more than 150 proof impressions, including 35 working proofs. He also designed the sequence in which text and images would be integrated.
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Ocean is the title of a 90-minute dance choreographed by Merce Cunningham and first performed by his dance company in 1994. This is one of three working proofs Johns made while developing a lithographic edition of Ocean to benefit the company founded by Cunningham, who is represented in the two portraits. The geometric structure recalls that of Johns' painting Map (Based on Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Air Ocean World) of 1967–1971. The implied 19-triangle format echoes the 19-part structure of Cunningham's dance.
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