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Eight years. You have been somewhere on my mind through and out. Today I write because I've finally found a place for you.
Our friendship during these years have been somewhat of a struggle.
It seems like between the person I was when we first met and who I am today, many lifetimes have passed. And in these years I have gone through quite a few of my own crises. Thank you for taking an interest in me, when I felt so completely misunderstood.
When we first "met" what attracted me the most was your intelligence, and wicked sense of humor. You seemed to have a sense about me, you seemed to know things, to know how I felt, what I wanted, what I thought, and yea when it resonated, it was a little scary. Maybe you did, maybe you didn't, but it honestly felt like you were there, like someone who existed apart from me, yet like me. And I wanted to know you.
I'm writing to you is because our time is up. Funny, I remember you said that when we met and we had been lolly gagging for about an hour, you looked at your watch and said "time is up". I didn't know that would be the last time I saw you. I wish I knew then what I know now. I would have asked you so many things, like how long have you been writing, what are your favorite books? Do you think I'm pretty? Just kidding, I like your eyes, and your height. I'm writing because there are some things I never said. But the most important reason that I'm writing to you is because you have been so giving in your yourself, you've shown vulnerability in ways that have awed me, besides I've been feeling really sad about leaving without saying a word.
True, I feel we know each other so well that a lot doesn't need to be said, but I just want to express the things that I don't have an answer to. Like what happened to make you so exhausted? Why did you never want to do something together?
I'm sorry I said those mean things, even recently. We were supposed to be going forth in a new direction of compassion, and instead I let my frustration get the best of me, I had a bad reaction. I didn't mean it that way, let me explain. "There are no men left" (for me), that is what I meant to say, but I didn't because it unravels me. I've been feeling that we're close to the end and that I'll never feel as close to another like with you. In that sense it's true, there are no more men left (for me). But I should have never said that. It wasn't an attack, although I was fully aware that it could have been taken that way.
Today I want to accept things as they really are. I don't want to go over what you did to me, or what I did to you. I think for too long we've been so sensitized to each other's criticisms that I think even a normal conversation about the weather would cause one or both of us to misinterpret things. I can't get stuck on what you said, or didn't do, it won't take us anywhere. I'd rather tell you how important you have been to me. You were so strong when I was falling apart all over the place, you kept me together, you reminded me that it's not so bad, that there's another way of looking at things. I don't know how you did it, but you had a lot of colors in your palate. You made me feel special. Thank you sooo much for showing me how to be expressive. I really think your talent goes beyond. You are a blessing. You write straight from the heart, you have a voice, you're gentle, you're refined, you're articulate, and particular, you're a bit shy and at the same time delirious. You need rest, and moments to yourself. And you need people to remind you that you're only human. Thank you for caring about others and making sure that you always offer an encouraging word. You can always be counted on to do the right thing. Don't talk about what we did to each other. We were young and stupid. Even now as I write there are things that elude me.
If I told anyone our story, anyone at all, they would all tell me the same thing. "He's just playing a game" "it's gone on this long because you've let it run this long" "everything with him is an assumption, you'll never know the truth" "your love is untraceable" "you ignore reality". And you know something, I can't say they're wrong. But I'm not appealing to them. I'm writing because I know you exist, and I know we've shared things with eachother that no one could ever know about. Why should I suffer unnecessarily over what others think, when they don't understand because they never lived it, nor could they ever live it because to understand would require you to use your heart, not your eyes. Sure I can go with the masses and say that you an angry stranger with some sort of fixation on messing with my mind. Or I can remember that you are my friend, and my first love.
They'll say, how can you call love someone who treated you like that? Because he doesn't know any better. Because he's angry, and he's hurt, and I was just in the way, the person in front of him, so it's going to come out, one way or another. I'm sort of a bit glad he wasn't the only abusive one. I don't want him to have negative thoughts flooding his mind on what he did. We both got pretty nasty, and since we didn't have a way to cope, it needed to end. I'm talking as if it's been 30 years. It sure feels like it.
I'm sad because no matter how hard I tried, my arms weren't long enough to reach.Time is so finite. One day you're 29, having a very public existential crisis, the next moment you're 37 and resigned to the rhythm and uncertainty of life. It's funny, I feel that when I had you I had no idea what to do with you, and now that I know, I don't have you. And what would I do with you? Oh some things are better left unsaid.
I have a few things that I have thought about throughout the years. I always wanted you to fall in love. Not with me of course, I mean to experience love after having learned so much. I would love to see you happy. I swear if I saw you with your arms around another and gazing into another's eyes lovingly I would know that there truly are second chances. You could make somebody really happy. If YOU ever decide to take a chance and step out of your comfort zone, you will find that after the darkness, there is peace, and after the void, there is fulfillment, and after the loneliness there is belonging.
Your birthday is coming up…Happy Birthday Handsome! I wish you a life full of possibilities. Here's a fancy little brush for your new landscape.
Happy Thanksgiving jive Turkey! You never got to try my tofurkey but you would've loved it, even though you would've grimaced and pretended to throw it out! because you're you.
Merry Christmas Pup, Jesus is the greatest! May you be certain that every one of your prayers are heard. Remember when it comes to pardoning sins which leads to inner peace, he's the one to seek after.
Happy New Year!!! May this year be the start of a new day. May you look deep into yourself for the qualities that you need to survive. Your talents, hopes, dreams and desires. May God show you His glow and in turn, your glow.
So where to from here: I don't know too much about the details, but I am sure of one thing. You will live. You will live in my hopes, you will live in my dreams, you will live in my creations, you will live in my silence, you will live in my forgiveness, you will live in the stillness, you will live in the breeze, you will live in my prayers, you will live in my letters, you will live in the sunrise and in the sunset, you will live in my appreciation, you will live in my vacation, you will live in the listening, you will live in the meaning, you will live in me. Because I love you, and that's all there's to it.
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There's something about this time of year but I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who craves baked goods as the weather starts to get colder and the days shorter. Well the past few weeks I've been in the mood for two things – banana bread and peanut butter cupcakes. One problem, I am not a natural when it comes to baking. Don't get me wrong, I would love to be one of those people who can whip up a cake for dessert while they cook a big Sunday dinner for 6 people….but I'm not. If it needs to go in the oven, you can be sure it will come out either flat or burnt. I didn't let that discourage me though. Oh no! So the weekend before last I purchased the ingredients for banana bread and set about following a recipe down to the last tiny detail. Did it rise in the oven? Oh it did alright but it also burnt on the outside and yet was still raw on the inside. Wasted ingredients, wasted time. Big fat fail! But as they say, if at first you don't succeed, try try again. So the next day I started over. And I must say it was better…edible even. Not perfect but hey, what do you want from a baking novice?
Of course at this stage I'm thinking sure I'm brilliant at this and last weekend I went out and bought all of the ingredients for peanut butter cupcakes. Sunday afternoon I gathered all my ingredients, followed a few hints and tips, put them in the oven and held my breath while I watched them rise. And guess what? They were delicious. Or at least I thought so.
So the moral of the story is…if at banana bread, you don't succeed, try peanut butter cupcakes….they're much easier.
I looked through loads of different recipes and I took bits and pieces from different ones and added a few bits of my own. This is what worked for me –
Peanut Butter Cupcakes:
Prep time: 20 minutes
Bake time: 15-20 minutes
Quantity: Makes 20 normal sized cupcakes
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 75 grams of unsalted butter (room temp)
- 190 grams of soft light brown sugar
- 130 grams of smooth peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 120 grams of all purpose, plain flour
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- a pinch of salt
- 1/4 cup of milk
- 40 Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups
Cupcake Instructions:
- preheat oven to 180 c/gas mark 4
- Add baking cases to the cupcake tin
- using a hand mixer, mix the butter, peanut butter and sugar until they are well mixed and fluffy
- Add the eggs one at a time, whisking between each addition until they are well mixed.
- Add the vanilla extract and whisk for an additional minute
- Mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl.
- Add a third of the flour mix to the butter mix and gently fold
- Add the milk and fold in
- Add another third of the flour mix and fold it in and do the same with the final third.
- Add a tsp of the mix to the cupcake tins and add a Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cup
- Add more of the mix until each case is 2 thirds full
- Bake in the centre of the oven for 15-20 minutes
- Leave them to cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before icing.
Peanut Butter Cream Ingredients:
- 115 grams of unsalted butter (room temp)
- 3 cups of icing sugar
- 130 grams of smooth peanut butter
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup of milk
Peanut Butter Cream Instructions:
- Beat the butter until fluffy
- Beat in peanut butter, 1/2 a cup of icing sugar and vanilla extract
- Gradually at remaining 2.5 cups of sugar, beating after each 1/2 cup until smooth
- Fill the piping bag and swirl on top
- Finally cut a Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cup in quarters and add to the top

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6 Facts About the Rasmussen College Human Resources and Organizational Leadership Program
You've been in the "research phase" of a new step in your career for a while now, and something about human resources appeals to you. You know from experience how much leadership and administrative decisions impact everyone in an organization—and you love the thought of having a voice in those conversations.
But you eventually hit a point where research can only take you so far. How do you know when you've found a program that can help you fulfill your career ambitions?
To help, we've broken down a few different factors that make the Rasmussen College Human Resources and Organizational Leadership (HROL) program unique. Read on and see whether this program sounds like the right fit for you.
What you should know about the Human Resources and Organizational Leadership program at Rasmussen College
Before investing any time or money, let us give you a behind-the-scenes look at the HROL program at Rasmussen College.
1. The HROL program unites leadership and traditional HR in a new way
Rasmussen College School of Business Department Chair Dr. Jennifer Trout says very careful consideration led to the addition of organizational leadership competencies to this program as it was being developed. "That's a big differentiator in our program."
Trout explains that the human resources side of things tends to focus closely on the people that work for a company or organization—it zooms in on the skills and competencies needed to excel at the day-to-day HR work that keeps organizations running smoothly.
But the organizational leadership portion of this curriculum focuses on the larger impact to the organization as a whole and the way its employees meet challenges and goals. That visionary side of the program can help students think broadly about the role of HR and develop strategies to improve systems at a broader scale.
To learn a bit more about the roles this focus prepares you for, check out What Is Organizational Leadership? HR's Other Half.
2. The coursework prepares you for management roles
In line with that larger business strategy, this program has a group of courses that focus on management. While it's true that many entry-level HR positions don't involve the direct management of employees, these skills become more and more valuable as you progress in your career. If you are interested in aspects of HR that involve leadership, organizing and rallying people, then this program will be your cup of tea.
Courses cover traditional HR focus areas like employment law and training, but also feature classes to develop your management skills, decision-making and business awareness. This program offers a diverse array of classes that can prepare you for a wide range of roles in the business world.
3. The HROL program is available at Associate's and Bachelor's degree levels
Every student has different needs in their path of education. This program was designed with that in mind. Students who are interested in management titles or roles like personnel recruiter, compensation and benefits analyst, and HR director are well-suited for the Bachelor's program.
Students who are more concerned with starting work as soon as possible and are interested in finding an entry-level HR position are the perfect fit for the Associate's degree program. The programs are also designed to allow graduates to "ladder up" into a Bachelor's later on, if they decide they want to advance their education.
4. It's ideal for people who want to make an impact
Whether it's making decisions that affect employee benefits or helping an employee navigate a difficult personal situation—the work of an HR professional can make a profound difference in the lives of the employees. That means HR pros need an education that prepares them for handling this important work.
Trout says the HROL program is designed for professionals who want to impact the people of an organization. "Students who thrive in this program respect diversity and are eager to become strong, self-disciplined professionals."
The Human Resources and Organizational Leadership program is ideal for people who have skills in problem-solving, communication and leadership when dealing with the human capital of a company.
5. This program was designed for today's industry
You don't have to worry about your coursework looking like it's straight from the 1980s—the Rasmussen College HROL program was designed with the help of advisors who work directly in the field. That means what you learn mirrors current and relevant industry skills and trends.
"I am especially proud of our partnerships in the industry," Trout says. "They helped design and create real-world, authentic assignments that our students get to learn and demonstrate." When you work on a project for a course, you can rest assured that you are developing skills and knowledge around the same kind of project you will face in a future job.
Trout says this is an appealing aspect for students in the program—having the ability to experience the industry before even starting in the field. "They can practice and gain experience areas and skills that help them advance."
6. This program aims to set you on an ascending path
The leadership focus of Human Resource and Organizational Leadership exists to equip you with the skills and abilities you'll need to lead in all stages of your career. This program will set a foundation for lifelong learning and development as an HR professional and leader.
"This is a career—not just a job—and continued learning is essential," Trout emphasizes.
The leader in you
If these details resonate with the reasons you want to work in human resources, then you could be the ideal candidate for this program. If you're ready to take the next step toward an impactful human resources career, check out the Human Resources and Organizational Leadership page for more information.


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A jury found Virginia Polytechnic Institute negligent for waiting to warn students about a gunman during a 2007 campus massacre that left 33 dead. Jurors sided with the parents of two students who were killed on April 16, 2007, in the most deadly mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Their wrongful death civil lawsuit argued that lives could have been spared if school officials had moved more quickly to alert the campus after the first two victims were shot in a dorm.
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More information on Town's Season Card deal
- 2016/17 Season Cards on sale now
- Full info & details below
- £400 adults, £200 8-17 year-olds & £100 U8s
- £400 adults, £200 8-17 year-olds & £100 U8s
You can join Huddersfield Town's 2016/17 #WagnerRevolution by purchasing a 2016/17 Season Card now!
Prices have been simplified for next season, with the same prices applying to all available home areas.
They are currently:
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Prices have been simplified for next season, with the same prices applying to all available home areas.
They are currently:
Adults: £400
Under-18s: £200
Under-8s: £100
Town fans can also pay a little extra, if they wish, to help the next generation of Town fan attend matches. Click HERE for full info on 'Project Future Terriers.
Blue & White Foundation members will receive £5 off the above price as a benefit of their membership.
Season Cards are available to purchase in the:
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The Chadwick Lawrence (South) Stand
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On a match day where the Chadwick Lawrence (South) Stand is available to home fans, which will be decided in the run-up to each game, 2016/17 Season Card holders can use their Season Card to access the South Stand at the turnstiles.
The stand will be unreserved seating for home fans, with admission on a first come, first served basis.
Hopefully this will make it easier than ever for every Season Card holders to sample the NSL on match day!
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There will be no provision in place to relocate home fans in the south end of this stand in the 2016/17 season.
As per previous years, Huddersfield Town fans can stagger payment for their Season Cards over the course of 10 months (10 payments) through Zebra Finance.
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A representative example will be displayed in the renewal brochure.
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Sakai Widgets for FaceBook, iGoogle, Mac Dashboard, Vista Dashboard, ...
"My Sakai" widgets show you recent activity on all of the worksites you're a member of. This means that the widget will tell you when a new announcement or a new resource has been added. The widgets also provide synoptic views of Resources and Announcements.
We have created widgets for Mac DashBoard, Vista Sidebar, Facebook, iGoogle, Google Desktop, and RSS.
You can find the Contrib page about the MySakai widgets over here: Widgets Home
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MyCamTools is, for the people that haven't seen it yet, a first step in trying to improve the User Experience for the Cambridge users, and is also a proof of concept of what can be achieved using client side development. This development is based on HTML + JSON + JavaScript and is being fed by the SData service and has proven to be remarkably quicker in terms of time and gives us more flexibility. This allowed us to get out to users in shorter cycles.
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The Sakai 3 project is using Client Side development + RESTful JSON datafeeds as the development approach.
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The mood around Arsenal football club as a whole seems to be quite good at the moment despite three tricky games on the horizon. With three wins in three in the last seven days, all seems to be going well with the narrow win in the Carabao Cup made possible via two late goals from Academy product, Eddie Nketiah.
Every news outlet now seems to be focusing on the youngster an it seems as though the club has decided to reward his hard work with a new contract.
According to the The Sun his current contract expires in 2019 and the club wants to tie him down to a long term contract. He has been in impressive form since last season in the Youth League, his 24 goals impressed everyone in the managerial team.
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Danzakura. This lane would have been a very lovely walk during sakura season. We were two weeks late!
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine from the edge of Danzakura.
A journey on Chocolate Hill, with Yui!
09 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in wedding details Tags: haru, Kamakura, sakura, spring, travel
Danzakura. This lane would have been a very lovely walk during sakura season. We were two weeks late!
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine from the edge of Danzakura.
21 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in beginnings, events Tags: haru, only in japan, sakura, spring, 春, 桜
A spring-y outfit for…
…Yui's first hanami!
This variant blooms days earlier than the white variant so they're in full bloom earlier this week whilst the white ones will be in full bloom this weekend or early next week.
With the Sakura frenzy, everything now is sakura-inspired. From food products to wines, to toiletries to home cleaning agents. And we try everything too, not only for the novelty of it but because it tastes good (food and wine). Our favourite so far is sakura yogurt.
And look there's sakura udon too!
The taste? Very very slight sakura taste discerned only by an udon lover.
Japan Spring, you're so lovely it's such a waste to while the day inside the house!
26 May 2012 Leave a comment
in und so weiter Tags: haru, spring
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in und so weiter Tags: cherry blossoms, gumyoji, haru, sakura, spring
Long before the sakura in the other parts of the region has fell off and turned lifeless brown on the road, the sakura in our neighbourhood still gives us much delight. These many-petaled ones took a long time to bloom. But they're such a delight now that their peers has given the "stage" to them.
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in und so weiter, work Tags: cherry blossom, haru, minato mirai, only in japan, sakura, spring
After a hard rain, it always is a beautiful day the day after, making today's walk to office even lovelier what with the blue skies highlighting the sakura trees, that has blossomed in its prime, lining the whole Sakura avenue in front of the office. And this week is even lovelier what with the sakura petals falling, as if it's snowing with pink and white petals.
Our office, masked with sakura blooms.
07 Apr 2012 2 Comments
in events, life Tags: はる, cherry blossoms, haru, nature, only in japan, ooka river, ookagawa, sakura, spring
Been waiting for weeks for this weather. Thankfully, the great weather came on a weekend when most of the sakura where already in full bloom, roughly 80%. Of course, it's gonna be a busy weekend.
First destination for the sakura season: mobile sakura matsuri (cherry blossoms festival) traversing the 4.5 km Ooka River. There were so many people as expected. But I'm happy I was lucky enough to take some shots of "serenity" and not chaos.
Love the last photo.
I also love shots of the sakura against the water.
Hello there duck!
Now these are both our (Atsushi's and mine) favorite. Reminds me of my favorite line in my favorite cartoon movie Mulan,
The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.
But lo, how beautiful the illuminated sakura is!!
But of course, it being a matsuri/festival, food stalls also line the street selling traditional Japanese street food like yakitori, takoyaki and okonomiyaki among MANY others.
Popular among kids are the candied strawberries, apple and banana.
Ahh tsukareta (tired). But it was fun indeed! Especially since we met up with Atsushi's friend Kamio-san. I love listening to their laughter as they patiently wait for me while I was busy clicking around.
Time for bed as tomorrow is gonna be a busy one as well. 🙂
Thank you for today Lord! And thank you for technology – with it, my parents can see how big I am already even when they're oceans away.
07 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in und so weiter Tags: cherry blossoms, count thy blessings, haru, only in japan, sakura, spring, 春
Thank you Lord for granting us a great weather that's perfect for our walking sakura-viewing (hanami). Perfect weather weekend just when the sakura blooms are in their prime.
06 Apr 2012 2 Comments
in life, und so weiter Tags: cherry blossoms, haru, spring
28 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in pregnancy, work Tags: cherry blossoms, count thy blessings, sakura, spring
In order of events.
1. Thankful I didn't blow my top
2. Thankful I wasn't discouraged despite meeting overly sarcastic people
3. Thankful hubs and I were able to go to office together and walk home together
4. A guy gave up his seat for me in the train when he saw my badge. A rare occurrence!
5. Thankful to see this early bloomer. I hope to post the morning version soon.
6. Thankful about the good news that Hubs' parents told us. Thankful for hubs' sis' generosity with her time. 🙂
By the way, here's the morning version of the early bloomer sakura.
26 May 2011 1 Comment
in prenup! prenup! Tags: gali montalbo, spring, yokohama
Taking a break with my baby steps to learning Nihon-go. Here's some of our pictures from our prenup last spring by our friend Gali Montalbo.
And oh, do watch out when you drop by Lonely Planet and National Geographic's stock photos. You just might come across Gali's name on one of the photos 😉


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after the holiday traveling settled we completely threw our little 16a home into disarray once again. with abby working very hard to become a more mobile baby i desperately needed room in our living area that we just did not have. i also needed to finally have some workspace that i could actually work in... instead of a jumbled mess of random storage and a dining room table that was almost always covered with piles of whatever.
then just to top it off my computer decided to break down on me. which is why this post will not include the before photos that i want to share of my space... joe tells me that all is not lost but i'm still quite nervous that i may have lost the first 6 months of the little one's life. i'm trying not to think about it.
so the good news... it's done. well my space is. the little middle room that was first a bedroom, then a dumping ground is now this...
i have the expedit mega shelves that i've been dreaming of for so long. for those ikea lovers like me i'll explain... it's the expedit 4x4 bookcase with desk and then we added the smaller 2x4 on top with flat brackets. then just for now and because i had room (and always need more room) i added my craft cubes on top. i could sit and look at my shelves all day... they make me so happy.
and all of that storage space means that i don't have a single thing cluttering my desktop. there is nothing like pure empty workspace. ahhh....
oh, and did you see the room for the vinyl. bliss.
the living room isn't quite done but the space that we have in there now is amazing. we have a little nook for our dining room table where we can actually eat as a family, an amazing concept (oh and it's also clear for the first time in 3 years!!) and i am pleased to say that abby has a big open space to roll around (and maybe figure out the crawling thing).
so i'm back in business. now i just need to salvage my computer's memory and finish setting up joe's computer to be compatible to my ocd organizational standards... i can't even explain the mess his filing system on this thing is in.
and did i mention all of this we keep getting...
well... that's all the update for now. the whole family now has colds so it's time to get back to my sniffly little cuddle bug who currently wants to help with this post. i don't usually like to post photos out here in the wide open web but i can't resist just one...
she loves her puppy (but it will need to major sterilization after this bout of nasal drip).
this weekend:
stitching valentines
more paint swatches
a quick knit for abby
stitching valentines
more paint swatches
a quick knit for abby


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As a first year teacher, I was looking for a way to keep my parent communication game STRONG. Something simple and easy.
& boy did I find it!
Have you heard of Bloomz?!
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Communication is easy and SIMPLE. Bloomz takes on a format that is similar to a private Facebook group. I can post things, parents can like or comment on the posts. Parents can get push notifications whenever I post something, and they also get an email.
The instant message feature! I can easily message parents (or parents can message me). This allows for a quick and easy way to ask or answer questions. EVEN BETTER, parents can message one another! This can help cut down on parents wanting to set up play-dates but not knowing how to contact other parents!
You all HAVE to check out this conferences/office hours tool. All you have to do as the teacher is set up the days and times that you are available for conferences/office hours. For example, my school sets aside the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving for PT conferences. I just select those days and whatever times I want. (It also provides an EASY option for setting aside a lunch break!) Once this is setup, it notifies parents and they go in and select a time for a conference. HELLO SIMPLICITY! : )
One of the best things about Bloomz is the privacy and security. There are two ways for parents to sign up: You can invite them using their emails, OR you can give them a class access code. What makes this even better, is as the admin of the class, you can set it so you have to approve all members who want to join.
What are you waiting for!? Go on over and check out Bloomz. I am SURE this will make your life easier... at least in terms of parent communication ; )
Do you have any tools that you think make classroom management or communication SO much easier? I'd love for you to share!
Thanks for reading : )


text: Human religion is so diverse. All around the world, you can find churches, monasteries, chapels, mosques… The Czech Republic is country of big percentage of atheism or undeclared religion, but along the history there were so many religion acts which led to changes of thinking of our ancestors and made them to build these sacred buildings. The chapel on image, captured on 4th August 2016, was built in 1773 in Grun of Beskids mountains and dedicated to St. Mary. Since 2002, the chapel belongs to the Czech national heritage. While the chapel is affected by the Christianity, the sky over it has different stories – Greek legends related to the antique gods. Prominent Cassiopeia constellation, shaped as letter "W", reminds Ethiopian haughty queen who had to sacrifice her beautiful daughter Andromeda to Kraken monster of angry Poseidon, the god of seas. The beautiful Andromeda was saved by brave Perseus, son of the Zeus. Both of them, Perseus and Andromeda, can be identified as the constellations on the image as well. Perseus is on the left, above the trees. Andromeda is just above the chapel, containing the majestic Andromeda galaxy. A green trail left from the center of the image is Perseid meteor. The chapel is located in relatively young Beskids Dark Sky Park. Used Canon 6D Baader IR modified, Takumar 50, f2.8, ISO 8000, 43×8 seconds panorama from tripod.


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From 12 July to 1 September the Upper Gallery of the Mūkusala Art Salon will host Sniedze Reine's exhibition Different Drawings.
Sniedze Reine (1989) has spent the majority of her life in social care centre "Veģi" in Talsi Municipality, which is home to people with physical and mental disabilities. Her remarkable talent for drawing was discovered by the centre's teacher of drawing, Talsi artist Andris Biezbārdis. His several decades of work in "Veģi" have earned Biezbārdis the daily Diena and TV3 award Latvia's Pride, and Sniedze's works are the ones the artist has been especially proud of.
Sniedze's first drawings – a factually accurate landscape of the "Veģi" complex from bird's eye perspective – startled the teacher. The girl possessed a natural, not learned, ability to capture in simple lines on paper a perspective-based drawing that depicts views witnessed even for the shortest amount of time. Along with "Veģi" landscapes, Sniedze's early drawings also show scenes from the hospital's intensive care units, where the point of view is located at the ceiling. These unusual angles seemed surprising and extraordinary, and attracted viewers' attention in the exhibitions where her works were shown. The story of the author's unusual vision has been told in newspapers and television programmes on several occasions.
The drawings displayed in the exhibition at the Mūkusala Art Salon have been made over a period of two decades. Along with recent large-format drawings, the exhibition shows early works with seemingly awkward yet perspectival landscapes, views from hospital wards, everyday life in "Veģi" and even imagined situations showing dressed-up, happy characters seen in TV series. All drawings share a structured, graphical division of forms, detailed depiction of separate objects and virtually infinite variation of already depicted motifs.
The latest series of drawings, on which Sniedze has worked for a longer period and which she rarely permits to exhibit, are small-format scenes in colour. They show her acquaintances from "Veģi" or even teachers as hospital patients, and their meticulous execution creates the illusion of printmaking techniques.
Sniedze Reine's exhibition Different Drawings at the Mūkusala Art Salon was made on the initiative of Dina and Jānis Zuzāns.
Exhibition curator: Līga Lindenbauma.
Publicity image: Sniedze Reine. Untitled. 2017/2018. Pencil on paper. 72 x 101.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Jānis Pipars.


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This new in-depth two-day program provides a comprehensive and clear explanation of the structure, function, and current status of the Texas ERCOT ISO including its operations, the fundamentals of day-ahead and real-time energy auctions, LMP, CRRs, generation capacity markets (Resource Adequacy) and the new operational and economic issues raised by the integration of solar, wind, distributed generation (''DER''), demand response (''DR'') and demand side management (''DSM'') resources.
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Gain an understanding of the dynamic Texas wholesale and retail competitive markets, and learn how these markets interface with ERCOT ISO energy auctions and ISO operations. Understand, enhance and apply knowledge of the ERCOT' nodal market operations for Energy, Ancillary Services, Market Settlements, Capacity, Retail and Renewables.
This seminar will also address the rapidly expanding new market opportunities in Texas Renewables - Wind, Solar, etc., Distributed Generation (''DER''), Demand Response and Demand Side Management (''DSM'') as well as the new opportunities that will be emerging from the current re-design of ERCOT Ancillary Services, future Ancillary and Capacity market initiatives and the further unbundling of ERCOT services.
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Greg Peters is President, EnVision Energy Solutions and the natural gas consultant to the Midwest ISO and author of several of the MISO's electric – natural gas infrastructure interdependency studies. Mr. Peters has over 25 years of energy industry consulting and management experience and is an expert in energy products and services marketing and supply planning, procurement and energy management. Mr. Peters' consulting experience includes several years as Manager of Price Waterhouse's National Public Utilities Consulting Services and currently as President, Envision Energy Solutions Company. Envision provides gas, electric and fuel management consulting services to a wide range of industrial, commercial and municipal end-users. Previously, Mr. Peters has had fuel procurement, fuel management and planning responsibilities for Columbia Energy Services Corporation, Equitable Gas Company, and The Peoples Natural Gas Company.
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Date: Feb 6, 2018


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Courtesy: Lucia Tonelli
These are the designers we look to again and again. Each is distinctive—what unites them is their excellence. Here are the 2019 ELLE Decor A-List designers.
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Founded by identical twin sisters Jayne and Joan Michaels, 2Michaels has both artistic and business-minded clients, ranging from downtown playwrights to Midtown law firms. 2Michaels and its principals are inspired by working with their clients and treat the process as one of collaboration, not dictation. Jayne and Joan, who share a passion for modern architecture and design, are masters of understated good taste.
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Eclecticism, luxury details, and refinement remain the key words when it comes to creating entire universes for Alberto Pinto's prestigious clients worldwide: private residences, office buildings, airports, hotels, yachts, and jets. Under Linda Pinto's management, Alberto Pinto is marked by various cultural influences


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How the accumulation of technological knowledge impacts the competitiveness of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Key issues and prospects for a sustainability-based research agenda.
How can national development banks contribute to financing and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals?
Publication by the Working Group on the UNASUR South American Infrastructure and Planning Council (COSIPLAN) Geographic Information System (GIS).


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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
FABB meeting tonight at 7:30 in ViennaJoin us for tonight's FABB's meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Vienna at Patrick Henry Library near the W&OD Trail. We'll be discussing the two I-66 meetings held this week in Fairfax and the next steps for ensuring bike facilities are part of the multimodal project, including the extension of the Custis Trail outside the Beltway.
Adam Lind, the county Bike Coordinator, will give an update on other bike-related activities in the county. We'll also discuss the responses from the Board of Supervisor's Candidate Survey. All are welcome. Use the entrance to the far right of the building.
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When thinking about Fall one of the first things that comes to mind is pumpkin… carving pumpkins, decorating with pumpkins, and of course eating pumpkins. It seems only natural that we would incorporate pumpkin into Fall crafts for kids. Playdough is something that my grandchildren have always enjoyed playing with. My youngest grandson is at a stage where everything goes into his mouth, so we've been sticking to playdough of the edible variety. This edible pumpkin playdough recipe that I came up with is both festive for the season and very fun.
Edible Pumpkin Playdough Recipe
Mixing bowl
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 ounces of honey
2 cups flour
2 cups powdered milk
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Red food coloring
Yellow food coloring
Plastic Container
Add 1 cup pumpkin to the bowl. Pour over honey and mix with spoon until well combined and smooth.
Add flour, powdered milk, and pumpkin pie spice to the bowl. Stir the playdough until the dry ingredients are moistened. Work the dough with your hands to knead in all of the ingredients. You may need to add additional four and powdered milk at this point, 2 tablespoons at a time, until you get the consistency of bread dough.
Once all of your ingredients are combined, add 4 drops of red food coloring and 2 drops of yellow food coloring to the dough. Using your hands, knead the food coloring into the dough. This should give your playdough the bright orange color of a pumpkin.
We had fun cutting shapes out of the playdough with our Halloween cookie cutters. This edible pumpkin playdough recipe is a lot of fun to make and it doesn't taste half bad either!
Store this edible pumpkin playdough in a plastic container with a well fitting lid, between uses.


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One of the city's most popular rooftop bars is located high up on the 33rd floor at the Traders Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. The SKY BAR features a great variety of cocktails, popular nightly DJs and the most amazing views of the Petronas Twin Towers. The Traders Hotel is perfectly positioned opposite the Petronas Twin Towers.
If your looking for the perfect view of the Petronas Twin Towers then the SKY BAR is worth the visit.
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JonathanB has provided a response (link here) to my previous post (link here), in which I responded to several of his objections. In the dialogue below, within the block quotations, the boldface is JonathanB's summary of my response, and the not-boldface type is JonathanB's response.
Rejoinder 1: Some unfounded claims (and some axioms) are arbitrary assertions, some are not. Of course, we are speaking here of claims that are not founded in reasoned argument.
American Heritage Dictionary defines arbitrary as, "Determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle." Any claim that has no reason behind it is arbitrary. Turretinfan can claim that his axiom has necessity behind it. If he says "it is necessary because…" he has provided a reason for his axiom and thus debunked himself. Turretinfan can also claim he has a principle behind it but if he has some principle behind his ultimate axiom then he has both a reason for the axiom and has made the axiom less than his ultimate axiom, ad infinitum.
JB's response relies on equivocation. There is a reason (in the sense of the AHD) but not a reasoned argument (the sense being discussed). The reason that I believe what I believe, is that God has opened my eyes to see that it is true. That is a reason (hence the axiom is not arbitrary), and yet it is not a reasoned argument.
Rejoinder 2: This [that an unfounded claim is arbitrary] is not a legitimate objection, however, because a circular argument is not a foundation (in the sense of a reasoned argument) for a proposition.
Whether or not an assertion made for no reason is arbitrary has nothing to do with circularity, in itself. Take for example the recent Chris Hitchens/Doug Wilson debate: Hitchens asserts that Christianity is bad and Wilson that Christianity is good. Now Hitchens needs to have some ethical standard by which he makes his declaration. However, the fact that Hitchens cannot come up with a standard does not mean that Doug Wilson is relieved of having to come up with a standard for his own assertion.
However, I am willing to bite the bullet on the later half of this assertion. The claim is being made by Van Tilians that in restricted cases circularity is allowed if it is necessary and verified transcendentally. Turretinfan objects that this is not allowed. Okay, so why, Turretinfan, is this not allowed?
At to the first half of the above, the point is that a circular argument does not provide a reason for an otherwise arbitrary assertion. If it did, it would provide a reason for virtually any arbitrary assertion.
As to the second half, given that the general rule is that circular arguments are invalid arguments, the burden is on the Van-Tillians to demonstrate that there is a category of circular arguments that actually are valid. So far, the Van-Tillians have not risen to this challenge.
Instead, the Van-Tillians have simply asserted that the circular argument is "necessary" (which we have demonstrated is not true) and that the circular argument is "verified transcendentally" (which we have demonstrated is actually incorrect, the proposition itself is verified transcendentally, not the circular argument).
Notice that the Bible is a self-attesting authority. To attest to something is to give one's testimony and to give one's testimony is to give support for a declaration or a thing. Thus, to self-attest is to give your own support for yourself. Yet this is exactly what Turretinfan needs to avoid. Turretinfan doesn't want the Bible to be a self-attesting authority but rather to be a mere assertion (admittedly, this is not how Turretinfan would put it but I think this is the position he is forced into). In order for Turretinfan to have his cake and eat it too, he needs to drop the concept of Scripture as a self-attesting authority and instead adopt Scripture as a book of (arbitrary) assertions, or axioms if you prefer.
It should be clear from the second part of the paragraph above, that our position is that Scripture has self-attesting authority. The problem with JB's analysis is to confuse the self-attestation of the Bible with a circular argument, or an argument at all. It is not a deductive argument. That's the simple fact of the matter. Thus, there is no contradiction between saying that the Bible is my set of axioms and that it is not arbitrary. The reason JB thinks I cannot have self-attesting axioms is that JB has mistakenly dichotomized into rigorous proof and arbitrariness, as noted above.
Rejoinder 3: a circular argument is patently worse than just stating that the matter is a presupposition, because it has the appearance of an attempt to decieve the audient into thinking that the matter has been proven using reason.
In order for Turretinfan to be correct he must assume that there can be no self-attesting authority and he must assume that to make a mistake in reasoning is worse than to be arbitrary in reasoning. Sometimes it may be better to make a mistake in reasoning than to be arbitrary. For example, if I arbitrarily decide that the world is sound and fury signifying nothing, and thus I should go on a killing rampage, it would certainly be better to make the mistake of thinking that Scripture is a self-attesting authority (if this is a mistake). On the other hand, it may be worse if the mistake in reasoning is that black people are not people at all but a lower life form and the arbitrary decision is to do what God has said. Thus, he cannot categorically state that to reason in a circle is worse than to be arbitrary.
Here JB continues to mistakenly assert (a) that our position requires that there be no self-attesting authority, and (b) that the only alternative to circularity is arbitrariness. Each of those errors has been thoroughly refuted.
Additionally, based on those mistaken assertions, JB artificially asserts that we must assume that "to make a mistake in reasoning is worse than to be arbitrary in reasoning." Whether we arrive at the right result by the wrong methodology does not make the methodology correct. The ends do not justify the means. If there is a mistake in reasoning, that is something that ought to be corrected, independently of whether "arbitrary in reasoning" is acceptable. Likewise, if "arbitrary in reasoning" is bad, then it should be corrected independently of whether a mistake in reasoning is something bad.
And, as previously noted, the actual position that faces JB's position is not that it is better to be arbitrary than circular, but that one should not be circular. JB's argument is akin to the pinchpurse asserting that I must prove that pinching purses is worse than speeding, if I am going to criticize him for speeding.
What remains unproven by both JB and the pinchpurse, is that the only alternative is what they respectively claim. In other words, one might argue that it is better that one man should die and not the whole nation, if those are really the only two options. But if there is a third option: that both the man and the nation live, for example (or that the pinch purse goes to work, while driving within the law; or that a person acknowledge a presupposition as such, and not attempt to pass it off as a logically deduced conclusion), then the defense of comparative blameworthiness goes out the window.
Here, the third option is to announce the presupposition for what it is, and not attempt to claim that it has been logically deduced, when it has not. It is the path of honesty, and it is better than the deception of asserting that one can prove one's presuppositon by resort to circular argument.
Surely, Turretinfan would want to argue within the context that to arbitrarily assert God's authority is better than to say that it is its own authority because it is the highest authority. Yet is this true? If Turretinfan allows this arbitrariness then, by his own admission, he cannot offer a reason as to why someone should choose a different axiom and go kill Bob. If I allow this circle in my reasoning then it is not without guidelines, it must be necessitated by the nature of the claim and it must be transcendentally verified. Thus, I can still hold people accountable to not reason in a circle unless they are making a certain kind of claim and when they do make that claim, I can still have some principle of critique.
As noted above, JB continues to (apparently unintentionally) misrepresent our position as advocating arbitrary assertions. However, as has been shown, the assertion of God's authority is not arbitrary, even though it is not the result of logical deduction.
Rejoinder 4: The assertion that God exists is not "arbitrary." It is God's own name for Himself. He is the "I AM." It is not a conclusion that we arrive at by logical reasoning, it is simply the revealed truth of God.
Turretinfan certainly makes this sound nice and what Christian wouldn't agree that their worldview is not arbitrary? This comment sounds even nicer when he misconstrues the Van Tilian position by making it sound as if Van Tilians believe that we start with logic and can end with God (but maybe he didn't mean to do that). Turretinfan claims the assertion that God exists is not "arbitrary," but is this necessarily true? Not necessarily. It isn't arbitrary because of the nature of who God is. God is the ultimate authority and therefore He can claim that He exists on His own authority. However, I cannot claim that God exists and then leave it at that because I am no authority. If I am going to claim that God exists I must appeal to His authority. Thus, if we merely claim "God exists" we are being arbitrary.
JB's response here appears self-contradictory. JB appears to acknowledge that "God exists" is not an arbitrary assertion. Furthermore, JB appears to recognize that the reason it is not arbitrary is not because it is arrived at by logical deduction. He brings in what he feels are misperceptions of Van-Tillianism, but that discussion is not germane here. JB has to pick: is the assertion of God's existence arbitrary, or not. Those of us who believe know that it is not arbitrary, as JB also appears to recognize.
Rejoinder 5: Consequently, the objection fails both because the Circular Reasoning position is worse than the acknowledgment of the presupposition, and because it is untrue that the only alternative to reasoned proof is mere arbit.
I may be mistaken, but it seems to me that Turretinfan has a misconception of "reasoned proof." It sounds as though Turretinfan is under the impression that for one to give a reasoned proof they must go to something outside of themselves. Certainly, this is true with one exception: that which is the ultimate authority. God does not go to a reason outside of Himself because reason does not exist outside of Himself. Thus, the fact of reason is, in a sense "a reasoned proof."
As noted previously, this alleged exception is merely declared by Van-Tillians, not proven by them. Consequently, the burden of showing that it is an exception remains on them.
Their argument appears to be that "ultimate authorities cannot be established by ordinary logical deduction, (so far they are correct) so, we must use a circular argument." It is the latter half where they go astray. There is no more reason to use a circular argument than to employ any other form of invalid argument, or simply to remain silent.
Rejoinder 6: problem is not just that circular arguments are illogical, but that they are (in Frame's apologetic) being passed off on the unsuspecting public as logically valid.
Notice that this is almost the same as rejoinder 5 and 3. However, I want to raise again the challenge made under rejoinder 2: Why are the types of circular arguments Frame proposes invalid? In addition notice that this rejoinder is in response to my state that "[y]ou assert that circular arguments as illogical and then abandon logic yourself." One can easily see in Turretinfan's rejoinder that he did not demonstrate that my objection was not the case. Turretinfan only argues that circular arguments are worse than unfounded assertions. However, my point stands; he wants to use logic to critique other views for being illogical but then wants to put his own view in an ivory tower where logic cannot reach.
As noted in the comment, most of this is addressed above. One point of correction: "Turretinfan only argues that circular arguments are worse than unfounded assertions." That's simply not the case. That is not my argument, nor has it been my argument. JB's failure to get the argument, is disappointing. The argument is that proposing a logically invalid argument (and circular arguments are invalid arguments) as the attempted demonstration is, at best, potentially deceptive.
The "ivory tower" comment is a bizarre mixture of metaphors. In any event, a presupposition is, by definition, outside the bounds of supposition. To assert that it is not is to beat one's head against the wall.
Rejoinder 7: [T]here is not some alternative in which axioms ARE justified by reasoned argument. As noted above, a circular argument is not a reasoned argument.
Notice that this rejoinder was in response to my objection 3, where I state, "If axioms don't have to be justified by reasoned argument, then I can escape having to justify my position on anything by calling it an axiom." (In fact, the next 3 Rejoinders by Turretin will be in relation to this objection.) In this, Turretinfan wisely adopts John Frame's observation that if no alternative exists then no critique can be made. However, this is not a defeater to my Objection 3 because the only thing this means is that the fact that I can escape all justification by calling it an axiom is not a fault (if Turretinfan is correct that there are no other options). The fact remains that I can escape all justification by making all things axioms… a high price to pay to escape Van Til.
JB: yes, if you call your whole position axiomatic, you would remove your position from debate. The only question would be whether your multiple axioms were consistent. No one, however, is proposing making all things axioms, because most people do not hold all of their views with equal dogmatism.
The only question is regarding presuppositions, starting points. As between competing presuppositions, (God exists, God does not exist), either can be "supported" by a circular argument or by any number of other invalid argumentation forms. The honest thing to do is to acknowledge that it is a presupposition and go from there, rather than claiming to have proven the presupposition by the exercise of logic.
Rejoinder 8: The second reason is that if a circular argument IS a reasoned justification, then it could simply be employed to support any arbitrary axiom: consequently, the same criticism would inhere. Frame tries to escape this by saying that circular arguments are only valid sometimes (not all the time), but aside from a self-serving desire to permit circularity when it is helpful, Frame does not justify his resort to fallacious reasoning.
The criticism is not valid because Frame's guidelines are not artificial. Indeed, most philosophers (I don't know that all have) have recognized that certain claims are necessarily circular (i.e. induction). (Please note that this "necessary circle" is somewhat dependent on one's worldview. Under the Christian worldview, induction is not circular: we have the principle because God is uniform and promised the seasons for harvest etc….). When some alternative can be given to a circular argument then a circular argument must not be given and if one does have a circular argument it should be capable of being argued for transcendentally. Turretinfan may not like this but these are in fact reasons for the validity of circularity. Turretinfan's alternative, arbitrary axioms, cannot have any guidelines which limits their use.
Again, notice the false characterization of our position as "arbitrary axioms."
In addition, yes, Frame's guidelines are artificial. They are a stopgap measure for attempting to prolong deductive reasoning when it has failed. It's not a question of my liking or not liking it. Deductive reasoning dead-ends at presuppositions — axioms. That's just the way it is.
A circular argument does not help presuppositions, becuase circular arguments do not help propositions in general. The same reasons that a circular argument is not a sound argument for proposition X are valid reasons why a circular argument is not a sound argument for all propositions X: there's nothing about presuppositions that avoid the invalidity problems of circularity.
The fact that a claim cannot be proved apart from circularity does not mean that it can be proved WITH circularity, just the fact that a claim cannot be proved by appealling to the fact that I am a poor, paraplegic orphan whose extraordinarily adorable pet kitten just got run over by the same tank that killed my grandparents does not mean that it can be proven in such a logically invalid method.
"Inductive reasoning" is not deductive reasoning at all, and it is unclear why JB even brings it up.
The proposition may be verifiable in manner that transcends logic, but not the use of a circular argument (or of my pitiful tale).
Rejoinder 9: The third reason is that there is value in people exposing their axioms: their presuppositions. For example, most Arminians have a presupposition that man's destiny is not (effectively) written in stone, but that the future (to a large degree) is up to each individual person. That's a presupposition for them, but some (indeed many) refuse to acknowledge that it is a presupposition, choosing instead to assert that is based in Scriptural exegesis. When they acknowledge that it is a presupposition, then the debate can shift to whether that presupposition is consistent with other of their presuppositions, as opposed to whether the presupposition itself is justified.
Notice that this is a type of transcendental argumentation for the axiom. Since Turretinfan doesn't believe axioms can be justified then it should not be any problem to the Arminian that he cannot justify holding onto two contradictory axioms. Thus, while Turretinfan may be able to show that two axioms contradict, it doesn't seem to me that the Arminian has to give any of them up; after all, the Arminian has no reason for holding the axioms in the first place. The Arminian can claim that it is his axiom to hold to these two contradictions but that it is also his axiom that he be consistent the rest of the time.
This response again demonstrates that JB consistently fails to identify our actual position. As has been repeated many times, our position is not in favor of arbitrary assertions. It would seem to be a point of fairness that JB try to recognize that.
A second mischaracterization "Turretinfan doesn't believe axioms can be justified." In fact, I think I've fairly clearly said the opposite. They can be justified, just not by logical deduction.
What JB appears to fail to recognize is that while axioms (as such) are not proved by logical deduction, they can be invalidated within a system by comparison to other axioms. If anyone, Arminian or otherwise, refuses to consistently abide by the law of self-contradiction, they are simply indicating that they refuse to argue.
Rejoinder 10: I don't see this [the ability to be logical on matters other than your presuppositions is not due to your presuppositions] as a reason to object to my view.
I see this as a reason for objection because it means that the axiom is virtually useless. Turretinfan may wish to object that it is useful in that he has been justified… but this itself is a part of his axiom. His axiom doesn't give him any thing advantageous over another person with different axioms except the axiom itself. This means that his justification is only useful in that it is a part of his axiom. Unbelieving Bob will not have any use for this "justification" because it is not a part of his axiom. If Bob's axiom is that murdering is good then it is useful for justifying Bob's murder, to Bob. It is has no value to anyone other than Bob. I can imagine Turretinfan would want to say that this means everyone should adopt his axiom so they can enjoy its benefits. Yet this assumes that the benefits have a transitive value to the person with different axioms. The shift would have to be arbitrary and Bob can make the same claim.
JB seems to overlook that even if the value of the axiom cannot be proven by logical argument, nevertheless that does not mean that axiom does not have enormous value. A murder-loving person who refuses to debate his view of murder is in an intrisicly bad position, whether we can prove that to his satisfcation or not.
Rejoinder 11: reason has been revealed to be of use in understanding.
Why should I want to be understanding?
There are lots of answers that could be given, including (if you were my son) "because otherwise I'll hit you with this stick." Hopefully, I don't have to tell you why you should want such an object. If some fool really was on the fence about the issue, the answer would be: because God said to make it your goal.
Rejoinder 12: Asserting that a truth is self-evident is dogma, not demonstration, even if one places Aristotle's signature under the assertion.
First of all, I must object to his reformulation of my statement. My original statement was: "you act as though Van Tilians just made up circular arguments yesterday, when in fact such circularity, which may be justified transcendentally, has been used since Aristotle." The thrust of this point is not that "Aristotle did it first!" but that the very man who helped systematized western logic realized that in some cases circularity was inescapable. Turretinfan wants to appeal to one logical principle (don't reason in a circle) and yet abandon another logical principle (don't be arbitrary). In showing that the principle of non-circularity has exceptions we do not have to throw out the entire system; yet, if we claim that non-arbitrariness has exceptions but we cannot provide any reason for it then we cannot stop the entire system from devolving into arbitrariness.
There is no question of "throw[ing] out the entire system."
On the other hand, JB, you need to recognize that circularity is equally supportive of arbitrary and non-arbitrary assertions. Thus, our rejection of circularity (even if Aristotle himself accepted such arguments as sound in some cases, which has not been illustrated) actually bolsters the system, providing yet another reason NOT to throw it out.
Rejoinder 13: Interestingly, though, even the pagan author Longinus recognized that Paul preached in a style that was different from the Greek orators: 'Let the following men be takend as the summit of all excellence of eloquence and Grecian intellect – Demothsenes, Lysias, Aeachines, Hyperides, Isaeus, Deinarchus, or Demosthenes Crithinus, Isocrates, Antiphon; to whom may be added, Paul of Tarsus, who was the first within my knowledge who did not make use of demonstration.'"
Every atheist, agnostic, and non-Christian would claim that we have no demonstration for our belief system. The testimony of the pagan author Longinus does not convince me that making use of demonstrations is not biblical.
You're equivocating again. And you would be wrong, even in your equivocation. The Pharoah's magicians may have claimed "no demonstration" at first, but after several demonstrations they were persuaded. Paul's demonstration of snake venom resistance actually persuaded those around him of his own divinity and of that of his companion.
But all this is equivocation. Paul did not demonstrate his first principles by logical deduction: instead he preached, as we should do.
You have an uphill battle, because (as previously noted) the use of a circular argument is not the Biblical model. When I join to that the fact that the pagans recognized the difference between Paul's presentation style (not whether he was successful, as your equivocal response seems to suggest) and the presentation style of the Greeks, then you are even further from your goal.
Rejoinder 14: The circularity is not being justified transcendently; the proposition itself ("I AM") is justified transcendently.
As I understand it, the transcendental argument does not give justification to the proposition, as Turretinfan claims. The only thing that can "justify" God is His own Word. Rather, the argument demonstrates that such must be the case, and that all men know this to be the case. The Authority has the right to claim whatever He wants without rebuttal: including the statement "I AM because I AM."
The statement in Scripture, however, is just "I AM," not "I AM because I AM." God does not have any duty or need to justify his own existence: God preaches, and we His messangers do the same in His name.
In any event, the goal of any indirect argument for God's existence is to establish God's existence, not to establish a circular argument for God's existence. It's perplexing why JB would think that latter.
Rejoinder 15: Furthermore, we know that the proposition is evident to everyone, even if they refuse to accept it as true, for Scripture reveals this information to us.
In another post Turretinfan stated that men do not accept the proposition and that they do not know the proposition: "The 'knowledge' that the wicked have of God is not belief, but information." Therefore, all Turretinfan means is that everyone has hear, or seen, or "intuited" (whatever that means) the proposition "I AM" but what is the use of this? I can claim "the proposition 'Blark IS' is evident to everyone."
Smith asks, "So you mean everyone knows it?"
Jones: "No, they don't know it. It's more like they intuit it."
Smith: "What does that mean?"
Jones: "Well, I'm not sure if that word has any logical value, to be honest."
Smith: "So what exactly do you mean that "Blark IS" is evident to everyone?"
Jones: "It just means its there."
However, Turretinfan may have a particular meaning in mind when he makes that statement. If so I am open to considering it.
I don't see much (if any) interaction between the rejoinder and the response.
JB's question appears to be: "what is useful about the proposition: "God IS"?" It is an odd sort of question. What is useful about any proposition? It conveys true information. That's its use.
Rejoinder 16: We might be perceived to be arbitrary, but we believe because we have been persuaded of the truth by the Spirit of God.
This claim itself is axiomatic. Thus, everyone can claim that their axiom is not arbitrary because they have been persuaded by "Blark, god of murder who declares murder good."
They can claim it all they like. They are only proving that they are delusional.
Rejoinder 17: As noted in my previous post, there are further categories of invalid argumentation we could employ in the place of the first two options listed (for example we could argue as the Muslims have historically done, ad baculum) and there is the option of responding that the question (what is the justification of your final justification) is as absurd as the question, 'which building is taller than the tallest building?' or 'what lies below the geometric center of the Earth?'"
This is in response to my claim that, "There are three options: circular reasoning, self-contradiction, and arbitrary assertion." Whether or not there are 3 categories or 5 really doesn't make to big of a difference to me. However, I will attempt to argue that in the end, argumentum ad baculum would fall under one of the three categories I have listed. For example, Person A "If you don't believe X is the ultimate authority I will kill you," Person B: "Why?" Person A can give a reason that relies upon X (therefore circular) or person A can give a reason that ultimately lies outside of X (therefore is self contradictory) or person A can give no reason and kill him (arbitrary).
JB's response here is puzzling. The ad baculum answer to the question "Why" is, a quick blow and "Any more questions or are you ready to agree?" That's neither self-contradictory, circular, or abitrary.
The other option Turretinfan lists is that the question itself doesn't make sense. This is because the question is loaded. It assumes an outside justification for that which encompasses all justification. The point here is that in such a case the ultimate commitment is self-attesting.
That's not a defense of the question, its a recognition of the invalidity of the question.
Rejoinder 18: although the presupposition that God exists is not founded on deduction, it is not arbitrary, and … circular argument does not weed out arbitrary presuppositions.
Of course the claim that it is not arbitrary is part of what we have been debating. I see no further argument given here that the axiom isn't arbitrary. As far as the assertion made concerning circular arguments: I would have to see some explanation. I do not claim that if one adopts my distinction between valid and invalid circularity that all arbitrariness will stop all I am claiming is that one can allow for such a distinction to be made without the whole system sinking, as is not the case with arbitrariness.
Two aspects of response here:
a) Note again that JB feels that his repeated claims (at least sometimes) that the axiom is arbitrary makes it so. His entire proof, however, is that some claims are abitrary. Anyone who has taken even one semester of logic, however, should recognize that the fallacy of:
A is B
Some B are C
A is C
That's the fallacy that JB is employing. He provides examples of arbitrary assertions, but fails to show that this assertion is arbitrary. Furthermore, as has been stated many times, the assertion is not arbitrary. Since it is not arbitrary, most of the rest of the argument melt away.
b) A circular argument can "support" any arbitrary assertion.
IFF thunderbolts exist, Zeus exists.
Thunderbolts exist.
Zeus exists.
I chose the existence of Zeus more or less arbitrarily. You pick another propisition if you like. I can support it with circular argument. There are a few obvious exceptions: "Circular arguments are false," would have a paradoxical circular proof, and "Self-contradictions are valid" would have no proof at all.
Rejoinder 19: the two options are (from the standpoint of reasoned argument) the same. Circularity does not ADD to the justification of something, and transcendent justification is inherently not reasoned argument. Furthermore, there is no reason that the label "transcendent" cannot be appropriately applied to the presuppositions in the absence of a circular argument.
This of course assumes that my distinction of circularity is invalid. In the case of
one's ultimate commitment, circularity is the only appeal that can be
consistently made. I would need to see an argument for the rest of these
As noted above, ad baculum, ad nauseum, ad miseracordiam, etc. could equally consistently be made with the circular argument, because they are all equally not logical arguments for the proposition. A circular argument is properly considered, no argument at all.
In any event, the issue of "transcendent justification" must be addressed first (under JB's proposal) before the "validity" of the circular argument can be considered. And it turns out that if the answer to that issue is affirmative, then there is no need to construct a circular argument for the proposition, just appeal to the transcendent justification as such.
In short, a circular argument in any "proof" of God's existence is worse than useless: it is potentially deceptive, unbiblical, and distracting. The better, more honest, approach is to simply acknowledge that we believe God because He has revealed himself to us by His work of regeneration in our hearts. This is the message of Scripture, it is the message of Paul, and it should be our message.
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TomTom's latest Go 740 Live is piled with features, but I've tested TomToms for five years, and in that time, nobody has fixed the platform's inherent problems. In fact they're only getting worse.
This past week I drove around with the new $US400 TomTom Go 740 LIVE, both around town and on a road trip, and I was shocked to see that the problems I used to bitch about years ago still persist. What good are turn-lane guidance, connected searches and live traffic and weather—let alone user-editable community-powered mapping tools—when the basic experience sucks so painfully? TomTom is feature obsessed, but doesn't appear to care at all about actually improving the product. Here are the major gripes—mostly old and persistent, some new and freshly horrible:
• It still takes 5 clicks (and three different screens) to cancel—pardon me, "clear"—an active route. Even with voice command, you have to know the right lingo or you're SOL.
• The main screen is still a mess, mainly too much unnecessary clutter: Satellite signal strength? Minutes till turn and distance till turn and time at turn, plus time at destination? Traffic alert icons even when there are no traffic alerts? The road graphics still look horrible, and the refresh isn't always fast enough to tell you where you are.
• With the exception of the recently added highway lane guidance screen—which you only get on multi-lane highways—the actual turning instructions are unclear. There's no bar up top that says the name of the street you should turn on, and you only hear the street names and numbers aloud if you select the single (and relatively incoherent) "computer" voice out of many, many more pleasant voices. Also, when you're cruising on a long stretch of highway, it keeps telling you what exits not to take, even if you're going straight for hundreds of miles. Annoying.
• It doesn't turn on and off with ignition—like all Garmins do—so it's always sitting there on as you're leaving the car, and you have to turn it on manually when you remember to, generally after you've started driving.
• TomTom still just pretends to be US-friendly. The meaningless "international" icons, featureless line-drawing maps and the use of expressions like "motorway" make you quickly realise this is a one-design-fits-all-countries product—and the US is a low priority.
• Voice recognition is unhelpful, because in order to use it, you have to memorise all of the possible commands, and in my experience, the thing has a hard time figuring out what you're trying to say.
• Newfangled screw-in suction mount sucks in the wrong way. It's worse than TomTom's older mounts—which were a rare design win for the company, now apparently gone. Also, as you can see from the photo above, the matte screen is hard to see in bright sunlight, even with the backlight jacked up.
If TomTom isn't willing to address its products' fundamental problems, it deserves to fail in this business. Does that sound heartless? What's heartless is foisting sub-par hardware on unsuspecting mums and pops, who don't have the privilege of testing a bunch of stuff side by side. Because I have a heart, and care about your hard-earned money, it's my duty to tell you—and your mum and dad—to avoid TomTom like the freakin' plague. (In case you were wondering, Garmins are still the best—even the cheap ones.)
AU: Just to throw in my two cents – I haven't played around with a TomTom for a year or two now, but their older models all worked fine for me – the lack of Americanisms certainly isn't a problem, and I've found that the voice navigation is clear and easy to understand from units I've tested. I might just have to get a few satnavs in to play with to make sense of all this…


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Can't help but notice that Falcon gets, yet, another pass.
Yea, we warned against cloud recordings, using personal rooms (vs. random room IDs), suggested but didn't mandate an entrance lobby, stuff like that. We switched from Webex to Zoom last year, and much prefer it. Very surprised/dissapointed in all the vulnerabilities they have/had, but they at least have jumped on it and attacked the worst ones already.
I wish they would do that here. The younger crowd just isn't taking it seriously. It's sad really, if it were the younger people dying, the elders would do everything in their power to protect them. The other way around, the younger crowd says bye boomers.
Youngest daughter works with me so she's in my environment. Older daughter is a manager at a grocery chain so I'm scared to death with her still working. One boy is still working and ok. Other was laid off, but doing ok. So far, so good. If only the ********* here would stop hiking all over God's green mountains instead of staying their asses at home, we'd be done with this shit here.
Doing as well as can be expected during these crazy times. Crazy times made me miss this place, so here I am. Hope you all are doing ok down there, I've ready how bad you guys have it in LA.
Davii I deleted that post within seconds, I don't even know how they saw it.
It's so cool to be excited again. I'm glad we finally have a Coach and a QB. This team is so young I'm glad I'll get to see them grow. Have a very, very Happy New Years!
Thanks for just being there on my Birthday. The storm messed up my plans. Then I went to my son's on Weds and I had a migraine the whole day, which totally sucked. My brother never texted, fb or anything this time. That did sting. I can't believe I'm already 60. I feel mid 40's most days. Anyway I really appreciate you caring, hugs.
I hope he's interested! It might take a bit to get an opportunity outside an OR but there will be a trade show, etc. coming up we can get them into easy enough!
I passed along your generous offer to the coach of the robotics team. Thanks buddy!
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This is the limited stage that will unlock Flower Cat's true form upon completion.
- The base spawns both forms of Firework Guys infinitely, they re-spawn after every 6~12 seconds180~360
- One Firework Guys will appear when the enemy base's health is down to 99% and 50%.
- Because the only enemies in this stage are Firework Guys and Ms. Sign, no strategy is required whatsoever. Any unit is able to solo it, even a Level 1 Cat. This stage is almost impossible to lose at considering nothing can attack.
- Easily the easiest awakening stage ever. However, the hardest one to get. The player must complete Into the Future Chapter 3 and they must be very fast, as the stage only appears from 2:22 to 2:24. In addition, it only appears on the 2nd and 22nd of every month. You can access it by adjusting the time forwards however you will not be able to play for 2 days at most after that so it is best to just wait until you are mere hours away from the stage. Changing the time can help unlock the true form if you are busy at 2:22.
There is no need for a complicated line-up in this stage, just spam everything to win. After you win this stage, go evolve your flower cat into the 100% freeze good boy bomber cat!
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Episode 31
31: It's Very Neat
December 8th, 2016
56 mins 14 secs
About this Episode
This week we discuss the downfall of connected devices and we review the Pixels.
Show Notes
Downloads Make It Even Easier to Watch Netflix on the Go
What if the AirPort Extreme becomes the Siri Speaker? – Macworld
Aqua and Bondi, Saviors of Apple (Book)
Moto pushes off smartwatches indefinitely - The Verge
Fitbit is buying troubled smartwatch maker Pebble for around $40 million – TechCrunch
CNN to start a new media brand with YouTube star Casey Neistat - The Verge
Panic Blog » The Future of Status Board
App Corner
Infuse 5 - Now Available – Firecore
Adobe demos "photoshop for audio," lets you edit speech as easily as text – Ars Technica
TripMode – Your mobile data savior.