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Material Room Du Node Strange Behaviour (PP2014/Poser 9 Firefly) ?
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Almost. The .96 isn't intrinsic to the math, it happens to be the width and height of the one sided square's UV coverage.
Like I said (or byro.br did in 2007), if you use a very limited geometry in limited situations it will come out exactly as delta_U / delta_Screen_space_pixels.
If you used a properly made "square" with U going from 0 to 1, then the delta_U would be 1 and you'd exactly get 1 / the rendered width of the square.
3dcheapskate last edited by
Thanks bagginsbill, I didn't even consider that. Just to be 100% certain I went and confirmed for myself (exporting, opening in UV mapper, exporting a map, and checking in GIMP) that the one-sided square's UV mapping is about 97% of the full UV map.
At last I think Du and Dv are beginning to make some sort of sense to me.
Back to the original point of this thread - I think I can now come up with an easy to reproduce test case to demonstrate the strange step function behaviour I've noticed in Du and Dv.
The test is going to have to rely on that numeric visualizer shader, which may have its own problems. But I don't believe that any likely mistake in the shader would account for this step function effect...
Okay, here's a simple repeatable test to demonstrate the behaviour of Du.
It indicates that Du generally produces the correct value, i.e. Du = 1 / (S-space width in pixels), for a simple square prop.
But it also indicates that Du doesn't change smoothly, but in small inconsistently sized steps.
However, I have not yet managed to reproduce the steps with totally incorrect values that I mentioned in the OP. I'm still trying to reproduce that.
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Here's the repeatable demonstration:
Create a single sided square UV mapped to the full square.
#OBJ file
mtllib UVsquare1PNU.mtl
o Plane
v -0.500000 -0.500000 0.000000
v 0.500000 -0.500000 0.000000
v -0.500000 0.500000 0.000000
v 0.500000 0.500000 0.000000
vt 0.0000 0.0000
vt 1.0000 0.0000
vt 1.0000 1.0000
vt 0.0000 1.0000
usemtl Preview
s off
f 1/1 2/2 4/3 3/4
Import the OBJ into Poser (I used PP2014 64bit).
Make the Poser ground invisible and move/delete Andy (they get in the way)
Apply my shader ( http://www.sharecg.com/v/85287/gallery/11/Poser/Signed-10-Digit-Integer-Visualizer-MT5 ) to the square
Plug a Du node into the 'Value_To_Display' and set the multiplier to one million.
Set Front Camera DollyX and DollyY to zero and Scale, xScale and yScale to 100%, and then go to Front Camera view.
Set render size to 500 x 500. (the square should just about fill the render area)
Note the number that's rendered on the square (which is 1,000,000 x Du)
Increase the Scale setting of the Front Camera, render, and note the new value.
Repeat with various values of Front Camera Scale (keep it higher than 100% to ensure that the whole square appears in the render).
Here are some results - Front Cam Scale first, then the number displayed on the render.
100% ... 1953
200% ... 3906
400% ... 7812
800% ... 15625
1600% ... (too small to make out the number)
That sequence is almost perfect doubling of the value each time, which is the correct, expected behaviour. Also 1/500 = 0.002, so our first render at 100% which gave Du = 0.001953 was pretty close to the calculated value I'd expect. (I didn't bother actually measuring the square's width in the render for any of these test)
150% ... 3129
300% ... 6298
600% ... 12489
Once again almost perfect doubling (the last digit or two aren't clear)
125% ... 2604
250% ... 5208
500% ... 10416
Doesn't get much more perfect doubling than that.
At this point I began wondering if the problem was all in my head!
So I tried changing scale in 5% steps...
170% ... 3472
175% ... 3472
180% ... 3906
185% ... 3906
190% ... 3906
195% ... 3906
200% ... 3906
205% ... 4166
210% ... 4166
215% ... 4464
220% ... 4464
The value of Du is definitely increasing in steps, not smoothly. Du step sizes are 434, 260, and 298 (divided by a million) for that short sequence. It's possible that these steps are due to IEEE 754 rounding ?
With the tests I've done for this post all the Du values seem to be roughly correct - I haven't yet reproduced my original steps with hugely incorrect values.
I'm totally unable to reproduce that step function with hugely incorrect values in the OP.
I noticed that it occurred in my original graph between correct-seeming Du values of 0.008928 and 0.011363
With my new test I need to set camera scale to between 450% and 550% to get the corresponding range, all other things being equal. Adjusting Front Cam scale in 10% steps from 450 to 550 I got rendered values in sensible steps going 8928 > 9615 > 10416 > 11363
I also tried the same test with the Top Camera (on the highly unlikely off-chance it's camera-related), and in Poser 9. Everything looks sensible. No sign of grossly incorrect values, just those gradual steps following the correct curve
The conclusion I've come to that might explain my OP is that I probably set an incorrect scale resulting in the 4615 reading. When I started taking more readings I was probably adjusting the scale on the wrong camera, thus having no effect. And if that's what I did, I must have done it twice! Once for the 4615 reading, and again for the 17369.
The gradual step size that I''m seeing seems to be inconsitent in magnitude, but always less than 1.1% of the Du (or Dv) value
(I meant 11%, not 1.1%, at the end of that last comment... :) Step size seem to be 6% to 11% of the Du or Dv value)
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Remember that FireFly is a REYES renderer - that is, it is chopping your mesh in to a grid of micro polygons. The number of micro polygons created depends on the screen size of the original polygon and on the shading rate. Those steps you see happen every time the number of micro polygons in a grid changes.
To illustrate, it is not the same, but similar in idea to what is demonstrated in this video:
I had to look up Reyes rendering. After reading that I drew the following very simplistic diagram. It's inaccurate, but good enough to show what I'm thinking, and it could indeed explain those steps.
However, between a pair of steps my test indicates that Du evaluates to a fixed value, whereas I'd expect to see Du gradually changing - q.v. the sloping blue line between A and B on the picture.
So I'm sure that I'm missing/misunderstanding something else here.
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...of course the number of polygons across the width of the square would be a fixed value between steps, and the step sizes being a fixed percentage of the value would sort-of fit (in this picture each step is 200%, from 2 to 4 to 8).
I'm sure the answer is in what Stefan said, but I'm having a problem trying to visualize it.
Looking at that last graph (with the pink steps) again, I'm now wondering if this is the answer ?
Du = 1 / (S-space 'width' in micropolygons)
Dv = 1 / (T-space 'height' in micropolygons)
(the important change is that I've replaced 'pixels' with 'micropolygons'. S-space and T-space would still be as defined in this previous post. Assuming that the micropolygons are always one pixel (+-6%) in size this might fit...)
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That's pretty much what it is, yes. To calculate Du and Dv, FireFly looks at two neighboring micro polygons and takes the difference between their texture coordinates.


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Jaipur Wedding Photography Workshop (September 2013)
The wedding photography workshop in Jaipur is over and I am finally home. The last few weeks were hectic with the preparations and the travel and I'm glad to have some family time again. This was the second edition of the wedding photography workshop along with French travel and wedding photographer Christophe Viseux, after the one we conducted together in Goa in August 2012. It was a long time in the planing and I think it would not be too much to say that it turned out to be quite a huge success. Christophe is a great photographer and fun to hang out with and it was cool having him around.
Jaipur Wedding Photography Workshop
Our base for this three day intensive photography session in Jaipur was the Trident Hotel from were we ventured out for photo shoots. Our two wonderful couples; Aekta & Nitin and Kavita & Nimit really made an effort for us and made the whole experience so much more fun and authentic than any of us had expected. To compliment the look we had Jassi Chhabra who did an amazing job with the make-up and hair styling. We had split the participants into two groups so that all the participants will have a chance to work with both Christophe and myself and two different couples. The following pictures are of Aekta & Nitin who came all the way from Bangalore with their full wedding attire, jewelry and all, to model for us. (Christophe's pictures of Kavita & Nimit can be seen on his website along with some wonderful iPhone images from the location scouting and days in Jaipur). Some more images of the participants will be posted on my facebook group soon.
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A group shot in front of Albert Hall museum in Jaipur. There was a street photographer there taking pictures for tourists attending the monument. He had graciously agreed to shoot this picture and did a good job at it.
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Suppose a supermarket stocks chickens in units of 1,000. If you buy two or three chickens every month, and then stop, you probably won't cause them to stock 1,000 less. But you might if the supermarket is just at the threshold between order sizes. That will likely only happen about 1 in 1,000 times you buy chicken — but when you do, you save 1,000 chickens.That's right, you will save a thousand chickens. The farm will just continue to feed them, and they'll live out their lives in poultry bliss because of your virtuous decision not to buy a chicken.
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What may happen if enough people stop eating chicken is that fewer chickens will ever be born. It would be very odd to describe this as "saving" a chicken: there will never have been a chicken to save.
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The Belgium section's Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Annual Dinner took place on Friday January 13th at the Restaurant Le Crabe Fantome in Watermael-Boisfort.
The AGM business was transacted swiftly with reports received from 2011 section secretary Ian Carson and Treasurer Rita Woodward.
During International Year of Chemistry 2011 RSC Belgium had been extremely active: organising 12 events directly and participating in the organisation of a further five. The two Cafe Chimiques on Climate Change and GMOs and the Landmark Ceremony for Kekule in Ghent represented new highs for the section. Details of all events can be found in articles published on this blog throughout 2011. For RSC Belgium IYC2011 had been a great success!
It was noted with sadness that 2011 had also seen the death of Keith Price, who had been instrumental in setting up the section.
Dr Paul Gray had also returned to the UK during 2011 and his significant contributions to the section were also noted. The meeting also extended their congratulations to committee member Laura Yonge who had given birth to her daughter Eloise in October.
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In elections for the section committee Tim Reynolds was appointed secretary, taking over from Ian Carson who becomes an ordinary member of the section committee. All other committee members were in mid-term. One elected committee position remained unfilled. It was decided to seek further co-opted members for the committee.
A dedicated section committee page has been established on this blog listing committee members. In addition a forthcoming events page has been set up.
The meeting reappointed Ralph Palim as auditor. Ralph was thanked for his helpful comments and efficient auditing of our finances once again.
Long service rewarded
The meeting closed at 20h10 and members rejoined partners, colleagues and friends for the section's Annual Dinner.
During the meal Tim Reynolds was presented with a RSC Long Service Award by section chairman Bob Crichton (see above). Long Service Awards are presented to members who have served a total of 10 years on a local section committee and held an officer (chair, treasurer or secretary) position during that time. Tim is returning to the role of secretary for 2012 having held that position for six years during a previous 'stint'.
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Sitting in a bar called Section 8 in Melbourne. I've got a couple of hours to kill before a wedding that I'm attending in St Kilda. I'm here for less than 24 hours, which is a bit lame but it was all I could really manage unfortunately. I'll be coming back in a few months anyway.
Dre is on the stereo here and I've decided that this place rocks. it's a little container bar, with pallets converted to seating around a little courtyard. a place like this would fucking kill it in Perth, but sadly all the little bars opening up there now are all fairly upmarket (that is to say, they have things like carpet and chairs, the wankers).
What with it being Easter and all, the flight attendants today were wearing bunny ears and fluffy tails. it was a little surreal, truth be told.
I'm back on good beat making form; have knocked out a few bits and pieces that I had promised to people this week. still behind on my remixes though. finishing those is my goal for this coming week.
another beer? don't mind if I do my good man!
the more I hang out in bars like this outside of perth, the more I wonder if starting a business like this would be a good investment or not. I suspect it'd be a lot of work, although my fuck it would be awesome to have a place where you could just do whatever the fuck you want. probably less expensive than trying to invest in property, which is the next logical growing up step for me, I guess.
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Downloadable: Byrne, Boy and Santigold
It feels a bit like turning up late at a meeting - you hear that the first fruits of that David Byrne and Fatboy Slim concept album about Imelda Marcos is available for sampling, and just nod and go "of course - the Marcos concept album. Of course."
Here's that sample:
They didn't call it Shoegazing, which is a disappointment.
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By Jim Danielski/Career Planning Specialists
What … somebody recognized that manufacturing in the U.S. isn't dead? That maybe, just maybe, the much touted service sector may actually be a byproduct of manufacturing?
Many of us, including me, believe that manufacturing will make a comeback – only it won't be in the form of the "factory" that sucked the life out of my father and many just like him. You know the Diego Rivera mural at the DIA.
Anyway, when I received the email notice of "Filling the Skills Gap in Manufacturing: New Learning Tools & Opportunities" -- an Aug. 8 event at Henry Ford Community College -- I was intrigued. As a veteran career adviser, I am no longer surprised by the degrees of irrelevancy brought to the marketplace by graduates from many of our colleges and universities. I wondered, could it be that these folks at HFCC are onto something?
As it turns out, this is a specific rather than a general program falling in a relatively new category called Mechatronics or "Multi-Skilled Manufacturing Maintenance." Complete with an online method of pre- and post-assessment, modularized curriculum and a learning simulator, it prepares students for the challenges inherent in keeping advanced automotive manufacturing systems humming along.
What? Government, educators and employers actually collaborating on something? Yep, funded by the National Science Foundation and scientifically developed by The Automotive Manufacturing Education Collaborative, this program represents the efforts of community colleges and automotive manufacturers and tiered suppliers in 12 states.
Ideas like contextual learning, industry driven standards and process transformation now come to life. Through Modularized learning, knowledge and skills can be built upon knowledge and skills (cumulative learning) resulting in upward mobility for workers and cost savings for manufacturers.
There is a continuous three-way assessment of employer requirements, curriculum content and before and after student competencies. The end result? A product (worker) that is relevant to the marketplace.
If you really look closely at the processes and methodology of this program, it has implications for our entire educational spectrum.
Finally, colleges and universities now scrambling to hire Chief Marketing Officers could learn something here: There is no better advertising than a successful, employed graduate.
You can learn more about this and other initiatives by exploring the following websites: http://www.autoworkforce.org/; http://www.hfcc.edu/programs/; and http://nga.org/cms/center.


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The Atacama desert, high in northern Chile, provides the Earth's best vantage point for watching the stars. Clear and dry for 300 days of the year, it's home to 42% of the world's space telescopes; it's humanity's most ambitious base camp for looking out at the final frontier. At the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) – 66 radio antennas near the spine of the Andes – astronomers hope to detect galaxies that could house life-supporting, water-bearing planets, while the Very Large Telescope (VLT) observes outer space with an interferometer that is four billion times more powerful than the naked eye.
Stargazing is something of a way of life in Chile, so it shouldn't be so surprising that the country's capital, Santiago, is currently home to a thriving psychedelic rock scene. This month, the Sacred Bones label (which has already given the world Zola Jesus and Moon Duo) is putting out formidable albums from two of the brightest lights in the city's star system. Föllakzoid's five-track collection II deals in nefarious, irresistible, krautrocky darkwave, while Noctuary, from 60s-loving psych warriors the Holydrug Couple, sounds like an even more blissed-out Tame Impala. Together with enchanting power trio La Hell Gang and the ritualistic Watch Out! (all labelmates on the fabulously named Blow Your Mind records), the Santiago scene is fast catching the attention of plugged-in stoners worldwide.
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You could say that there's something in the water, but Chile's propensity for psychedelic sounds has more to do with what's written in the stars. As Föllakzoid guitarist and experimental film-maker Domingo García-Huidobro explains, "We find, in the cosmos, a source of inspiration where everyone, no matter where he's from, can be separated from his body. He can separate physically within the music." Domingo believes that South America exists in the pull of a gravitational field that allows communication with other places, times and dimensions. So far, so far-out, but to him, it's completely obvious. As 18-year-olds, Föllakzoid and his friends found themselves jamming out dirges close in length and depth to the work of Neu! and the other Krautrock godheads, without ever having heard those bands. This, they figured, could be no coincidence. "We developed the theory that those guys, in different times, must have got the same vibes we are receiving. They wanted the sound to be bigger, they wanted to lift people from their environment."
Furthermore, he reckons those telescopes are acting as some kind of conduit across the planes, helping to guide the destiny of him, his bandmates and everyone on the Chilean psych scene. "Being in Chile makes you closer to the stars. A lot of the things we decide in our lives, we leave to general karma. And, yeah, space has a lot to do with it."


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At the gym we often joke around about "future me" or "future you." As in, future me is going to be sore because of the workout current me is doing now.
It goes something like this: I have to teach Zumba and BodyFlow Wednesday night. But on Tuesday morning, when I'm doing a leg workout, I can't think about what those classes are going to feel like on Wednesday night. I can't let what I'm planning to do impact what I am doing. I have to give it my all in the moment. Present-day Wendy shouldn't skimp because of any mild (healthy!) muscle soreness future Wendy will endure, as it all compounds to get me to my goal.
Which is really good advice, I think. Except I think it needs to be taken one step further — to beyond the immediate future.
Because the future future you – and the future future me – the one who is walking around six weeks, six months, a year from now – will be enjoying the fruits of all that work, yes?
If weight loss is a goal, present-day you might really want that cookie. But future you is going to be really happy if you forgo it.
If running a 10K or marathon is your goal, present-day you might not feel all that excited about ramping up your runs during chilly fall and winter days. But future you – the one running the race – will be grateful you put in the time.
And taking it out of the gym, if paying off your debts is a goal, current you might want to spend $5 a day on fancy coffee drinks, but future you will be glad you saved that $100-plus a month.
What are you working on today that future you look back on with gratitude?


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Wacky Workouts: More Giggles than Groans
Jul 01, 2013 07:30PM
By SANDRA MURPHY
What do bikini-clad gorillas, hoop dancing, aerial silk acrobatics, anti-gravity yoga and Pilates on the water have in common? They are among the most enjoyable ways to burn calories and increase strength.
On the Run
In Mankato, Minnesota, runners and walkers dressed like gorillas, many embellished with bikinis, tutus and football jerseys, take part in the annual Gorilla Run to benefit the nonprofit North Mankato Miracle League and Fallenstein Field, a fully accessible softball field for children with mental or physical challenges. This year, a local DJ dressed as a banana led the pack of 600 gorillas through the 2.4-mile course, raising $30,000. Next April, pro athletes and other volunteers will again pitch in to set the pace for other cities that want to ape their act.
Travis Snyder's family-friendly Color Run, founded in Draper, Utah, and launched in Tempe, Arizona, in early 2012, has caught on in more than 100 U.S. cities as a way for novice runners to have a stress-free, untimed, fun day. Sixty percent of the participants have never run a 5K (three-plus miles) race before. Staff and volunteers throw brightly colored cornstarch on the runners at regular intervals, making the finish line a virtual rainbow. The larger runs boast thousands of participants. There are only two rules: wear a white shirt at the starting line and finish plastered in color.
On the Water
For anyone looking for a unique water workout, Tatiana Lovechenko, founder of Fort Lauderdale Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP), has an answer. "We have paddleboard boot camps and sunrise and sunset tours, on the ocean or the Intracoastal Waterway, based on conditions. Safe and eco-friendly LED lights, our latest innovation, let us see the fish below and make sure boats see us at night."
Their SUP manatee tour is particularly popular. "This endangered species congregates in less-traveled waterways. They often come up out of the water to look at us," says Lovechenko. "We're not allowed to touch them and must stay alert in case they bump the boards and dump us into the water. They're gentle, but immense."
If basic SUP isn't enough, onboard yoga or Pilates can be added. "It's easy on the joints for those with knee or ankle problems," Lovechenko advises. Regardless of the level of experience, "Yoga paddleboarding naturally calls for a calm mind, steady breathing and attention to balance. With Pilates, working out on a board in water that's 10 to 20 feet deep activates a different set of muscles."
Dancing on Land
Hoopnotica, on a roll here and in Europe, reintroduces play into physical fitness with fresh, fun, expressive movements (Tinyurl.com/HoopnoticaLessons). Instructional DVDs and classes are available to revive and enhance childhood hooping abilities.
"Hooping spans genres from classical to hip-hop, tribal to lyrical, depending on who's spinning the hoop and what's spinning on the turntable," says Jacqui Becker, Hoopnotica's director of content development and lead master trainer, in Brooklyn, New York. "When I carry a hoop around town, people light up. It's like walking a puppy, but an even better workout, with no cleanup."
Dancing in Air
Aerial silk classes take exercising to new heights. Cirque du Soleil-style and more elegant than rope climbing, students don't have to be in peak shape to start. "Just show up and want to learn," says international performing aerialist Laura Witwer, who teaches how to climb fabric attached to steel rigging 16 to 25 feet high in New York City spaces. "We work close to the floor for beginners," she explains. "They learn to climb, then to hang upside-down, and then tie knots. We've had all body sizes, shapes and ages in class; it's a great way to stretch and add strength."
Yoga can also take to the air with anti-gravity classes that position participants in fabric slings or hammocks that relax joints and help the body realign itself. Christopher Harrison, founder and artistic director of AntiGravity Yoga, in New York City, is a former worldclass gymnast and professional dancer on Broadway, two professions that are tough on the body.
"As an aging athlete whose passion continued, but whose body had been ripped apart by numerous surgeries, yoga healed and rejuvenated my mind and body," he remarks. "In order to take pressure off the joints, I took my performance company from tumbling off the ground to hanging up into the air by inventing apparatus that allowed us to fly."
Whether by land, sea or air, adventurous souls are discovering new ways to recharge mind, spirit and body.
Connect with freelance writer Sandra Murphy at [email protected].


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COLOR OF MY SKY February 10, 2015Posted by Carole Lynne in Carole Lynne Travel, Dreams, Feeling Better, nature, Spiritual Awakening.
Tags: color, consciousness, creativity, Divine Consciousness, empowerment, spirituality, the earth, wonder
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How is it that the colors of the sky make such an impression on me. As I look through photographs I find so many pictures of the sky. Why do I take so many pictures of the sky? Perhaps because there is a part of my human soul that wonders "what is up there?" Looking at the sky: be it dark and full of stars, be it cloudy and full of rain, or be it a sky that paints colors across itself as the sun goes down, the sky moves me and takes me outside my ordinary reality. I can forget myself and my individuality and become lost in the colors of the sky. Can you?
Carole Lynne
The Vicious Circle of Impatience June 9, 2010Posted by Carole Lynne in Feeling Better, Love, nature, practical action, Spiritual Awakening.
Tags: changing our lives, empowerment, facing challenge, patience, slowly but surely
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Do you want to live your life running around the vicious circle of impatience? You know that old saying "Rome was not built in a day." At times our lack of patience will cause us to give up something important in our lives because we want what we want RIGHT NOW! We want to accomplish something but are not willing to go through the long process involved in reaching our goals. What to do?
When you are in a rush to reach a goal, remember that once you reach that goal, there will most likely be another goal that you will want to reach. You will become impatient about the next goal and so on and so on. Do you want to live your life running around the vicious circle of impatience?
Many of us ruin the quality of our lives by fretting all the time about how well we are doing, or how much we have done. We could be so much happier if we set goals, YES great goals: but at the same time created realistic plans for reaching our goals. What ever happened to spending an afternoon by the river, without an iphone in hand? Whatever happened to having a cup of tea on the porch and relaxing? Many of us do not remember those days or perhaps have never experienced those days.
Let us step our of the vicious circle of impatience and into the vibrations of joy that we can be blessed with each day, if we work hard and enjoy our work. Let us develop deeper energies of patience within and feel the bliss that is part of each one of us, if we will only realize how happy we can be.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Bad Mood Remedies April 6, 2010Posted by Carole Lynne in Feeling Better, Grief, Love, nature, practical action, Spiritual Awakening, Uncategorized.
Tags: attitude, empowerment, moods
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We all have bad moods, and there is nothing to be gained by pushing down our upset feelings. But there is also nothing to be gained by allowing a bad mood to create a bad day today, and perhaps tomorrow and the next day. So what to do? How about setting a time limit on a bad mood? We set time limits on other activities in our life don't we? I propose a time limit on bad moods, as a bad mood can be SO intense, it can take over the day, and many days to come, if we do not set some limits.
But how? It is easy to set a time limit on how much television to watch or how many hours to spend on the computer. It is easy to create time to do good things for ourselves such as exercise and cooking healthy meals. But how can we create time limits for bad moods? First of all we do not know when a bad mood with show up and whap us into a state of mind where it is hard to think rationally. It is hard to take positive actions when we are feeling so negative. So what to do?
WE need a plan. We need a plan that resembles an emergency plan: a plan that you learn and practice so that if an emergency occurs and it is difficult to think straight, you just follow the emergency plan. What we need is a emergency plan. THAT is IT!
HOW TO LIMIT A BAD MOOD: Here is a suggestion. I would also ask you to comment with your own suggestions so that we can all learn from each other.
When I am in a bad mood, I need to take a step back and view my behavior as if I were another person. As I do this I become the observer of myself and this helps me to understand that whatever is bothering me has bothered many others and is simply part of life. When I wrote Consult Your Inner Psychic, many messages from Spirit came through that helped me alot. I would like to share a message about the Observer with you.
Excerpt from Consult Your Inner Psychic
" I am taking myself much too seriously. When I am with those I love, I find that I am easily frustrated and get agitated easily. Sometimes I express this agitation, and sometimes I let it bubble inside, making those around me extremely uncomfortable.
At this time, I have lost the ability to practice detachment. I have lost the ability to observe myself without emotion. Instead I am reacting quickly and with great passion to every little thing that happens in my daily life. I feel that I am prone to quick decisions, sudden anger, frequent tears, and confusion.
In this moment, I need to step back from so much emotional involvement in my life and move toward cultivating the role of the Observer in my life. Right now I need to call that part of myself which is the "witness" and ask that this part of me play a greater role in my everyday life."
I hope you will find that message as helpful as I have.
How about a 15 to 30 minute time limit on a bad mood, and then it is time to do something to make ourselves happy? Sometimes just gazing at a beautiful flower can bring happiness.
How do YOU cope with bad moods? Please share with our readers by making a comment.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Grief and Happiness March 21, 2010Posted by Carole Lynne in Feeling Better, Grief, Love, Spiritual Priority.
Tags: coping with grief, empowerment, happiness
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Acceptance is the key to coping with grief. There are some things that we cannot change, such as the passing of a loved one, or the failure of an important relationship. In the normal course of life on earth, all that can be counted on is change. It is difficult, it is tearful and there is never a good reason to push our feelings under the rug and pretend that all is happiness and bliss. There is also never a good reason to become victims of our grief. It is possible for any one of us to experience deep feelings of sadness, and then an hour later have a wonderful time. We do not need to stay stuck on our grief and in fact I often advise my clients who are experiencing deep sorrow, to take "grief breaks." Take a walk, watch a funny movie, dance around the room or clean out that closet you have been meaning to clean out for months (or years?).
When speaking to a client last night she wanted to know when all these bad things were going to stop happening, and I said that everything that was happening to her were normal things that happen to us all, and in fact, these things would never stop happening. People would continue to become ill and pass on, there would continue to be occasional problems at work, but that did not mean that she could not have a wonderful and positive life if she wanted to.
Our "problems" do not have to ruin our lives unless we let them. Each one of us can choose to have a positive attitude. While coping with feelings of grief we can still have a positive attitude. We cannot allow ourselves to become victims because we have challenges.
Life is a mixed bag as we all know. When there are opportunities for happy moments, grab them. Happiness is there for you, just as grief is. It is all a matter of balance.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Each One of Us Can Choose March 19, 2010Posted by Carole Lynne in All About Spirit, Feeling Better, Grief, Love.
Tags: choice, empowerment
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It is heartbreaking when we want to help people who are clearly making decisions to destroy their lives through drinking, taking drugs and doing harm to others and themselves. It is also hard to help people who have other serious problems with their health, work or family life, but refuse to do anything to try to improve their situations. If we are compassionate and sensitive friends, we may spend alot of time and emotional energy trying to help our friends, only to find out that they do not want our help. They are choosing to live as they do.
There comes a point when we have to "Let Go and Let God." We cannot control the lives of other people.
It is amazing how different people are from each other. For instance, as we get to know people with serious physical disabilities, one uses the experience as an incredible opportunity to learn how to live with a disability and help others. While another person with a similar disability, feels sorry for themselves for the rest of their lives: making their own lives and the lives of their loved ones very unhappy.
Each one of us can choose.
Many of us would consider that we have grown up in difficult homes, and yet some of us have very successful lives while others go off the deep end because of an unhappy childhood.
Each one of us can choose.
What do you choose? What do I choose? Each one of us has the power of choice.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Is Less More? January 8, 2010Posted by Carole Lynne in Feeling Better, practical action, Spiritual Awakening.
Tags: empowerment, enjoyment, simplicity
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Are you racing around inside a maze that you cannot find your way out of? Where are you going? And when you get there, will you be happy?
So many of us try to do too much and have too much. We are so busy trying to get someplace and trying to become something, that we do not enjoy our lives.
We do not realize how important it is to live each day until we become terminally ill or lose a loved one. It often takes tragedy to bring us to our senses. Let's not wait until tragedy strikes. Let's learn now! Today, yes this very day, let's start making our lives simple so that we can actually enjoy ourselves.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne
Our Own Eyes December 21, 2009Posted by Carole Lynne in Feeling Better, practical action, Spiritual Awakening, Uncategorized.
Tags: empowerment
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Can we take a deep look? The last month of the year is always an opportunity to look both backwards and forewards. What kind of a year are we ending, and what kind of a year do we want to help materialize as we begin the new year?
Does it not become all too easy to blame every one and everything for anything that went wrong? It is just amazing how much trouble the global "THEY" causes.
Although it is very difficult for many of us, including myself, to take an honest look into our own eyes, when we are able to do so we are on the path of empowerment. When we can see what we have created, both positive and negative, we are in a position to move forward with an understanding of where we have been. This leads to a much greater understanding of where we want to go AND how to get there. AS we can see our mistakes of the past, there is greater chance that we will not repeat them. And when we acknowledge in ourselves, our best talents, we can move forward into the new year ready to use these talents again and again to achieve our goals.
Let us each get ourselves a hand mirror and look into it often.
Psychic Medium and Inspirational Author Carole Lynne


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Wavy Triple Braided Updo
The Queen of Hearts
"The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, all on a summers day…"
Hearts Day is coming up soon, I'll be creating a few more outfits inspired by love this week. I don't usually like to admit it, but I just LOVE Valentines Day, ever since I was a little girl, I thought it should be so much more special than other holidays, including Christmas.
In saying that, I've never really had a chance to enjoy Valentines Day. I've never really seemed to have a man in my life around February for whatever reason, I suppose when I do get a chance to enjoy Valentines Day someday, it will be so much more special.
Now, enough Valentines Day dreaming and back to my outfit, The Queen of Hearts hairstyle is the Wavy Triple Braided Updo, a hairstyle that was in the Crown Store for only a couple of days in January. I was hesitant to purchase it, but eventually caved. I've never really known what to do with it, but it seems to look nice on large dresses, perhaps I'll attempt a Marie Antoinette outfit next?
-Red Diamond Circlet
-Subtle Pendant Neck & Arms Marking
-Wavy Triple Braided Updo (Crown Store)
-High Collared Ball Gown (Crown Store)
(Daedric Red, Coldharbour Ash Black, Default)


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Up In The Air
I finally got a chance to listen through a new CD by a good friend that I work with. Brandon Davis (check out his website) has finished his first solo CD titled Up In the Air. If you like listening to incredible guitar playing, then this is a CD you need to listen to. From the smooth songs, Gracie's Lullaby
Retreat Update
We finished the first night of the retreat. We had an awesome time today. It was the best discussion we've had with the youth in a long time. Jennifer had a good teaching time with the girls tonight about purity and modesty, while I took some time with the guys to talk about some "guy" issues. Overall, I hope that
Relationships & RollerCoasters
We're off today to Charlotte for our first Cornerstone Youth Retreat. Our first session tonight will be about relationships. Here is the plan for what we are talking about. Purity in a Passionate World – We should focus on staying close to God. Too often we focus on what not to do, not what we should do Rating Your Dating
3D Projection
I went to a cool presentation on Monday at the Carroll County Governmental Complex. It was about a new 3D Projection company call 3DH. They were promoting the technology for business and education. I went for my company to investigate using this projection system for trade shows and possible design review meetings. Basically, it is a two projector system that
What Are You Waiting For?
That was the title of my sermon yesterday in church. I spoke from Acts 1:11 about the disciples being told about the return of Jesus. What would happen if we started living our lives like Jesus were coming back tomorrow? I think for most of us, we would live differently. Here are some of the ways that I think it
Running & Biking on the New River Trail
Jennifer and I went bike riding on the New River Trail this morning. We started at Gambetta and rode all the way to Byllesby Dam and back. We rode about 13 miles all together. I absolutely love the outdoors and we are blessed to have such incredible natural beauty right in our hometown. I try to get out and ride
I looked at my subscribed podcasts and realized that maybe there is something to this 'faith engineer' thing. I also realized how much I listen to during a typical week. Thankfully, I am usually at my desk and I have the freedom to listen to whatever I want to during the day as long as I get my work done.
A Youthful Expression
I had a meeting last night about an upcoming youth rally in Felts Park. I'm excited about what God is doing here in Galax. Over 10 different youth groups will be coming together to participate. Cornerstone already had lined up Todd Shaw to come speak, so we are going to get him to speak at the rally. I'm also excited
Faith Engineer?
Why is the blog name 'Faith Engineer'Well, my college degree is from Virginia Tech in Mechanical Engineering. Engineers solve problems. They apply technology and science to develop new solutions. Engineering is more than knowledge, it is knowing how to correctly apply that knowledge. Engineering requires creativity, persistence, and wisdom. So how does that apply to faith?Ministry is very similar to
Finally I have entered the blogging world. Procrastination is unfortunately something that I excel in. Hopefully I will be posting ideas about youth ministry, church as a whole, and life in general. Check back as I get everything set up and running.


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No. 5 Texas roared back from a rough start to defeat TCU in Fort Worth on Wednesday, winning 3-1 to improve its record to 18–3, 10–1 Big 12.
The Longhorns exercised their demons from last year's trip to Fort Worth, which resulted in a TCU sweep. The Horned Frogs couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in this season's matchup, losing their seventh consecutive match.
TCU controlled the initial set after scoring five-straight points early in the frame, and didn't look back from there. The Horned Frogs held the lead throughout, capitalizing on a slew of Texas errors to win the first set.
But their stronghold on the match would quickly collapse. Texas established rhythm early on in the second set, running out to an 8-2 lead on kills from junior Ebony Nwanebu and freshman Micaya White. Texas would go on to win convincingly 25-17 to even the match.
Texas' outside hitters led the Longhorns in their second victory over the Horned Frogs this year. Nwanebu led the team with 19 kills, while White contributed 13 of her own. The six-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week posted a double-double in the winning effort, accumulating 12 digs in four sets along with the 13 kills.
Points were a scarcity for the Horned Frogs in the third set, as Texas nearly doubled TCU in the point column, winning 25-13. The Longhorns went on five runs of three or more unanswered points, punishing a weak TCU defense. Senior outside hitter Paulina Prieto Cerame shined at the end of the set, earning the kill on Texas' final three points.
Texas won its third consecutive set to close out the match, but the Horned Frogs kept the score close thanks to a late surge. TCU won three consecutive points after falling down 24-21, tying the fourth frame. The rivals continued to trade runs, until a tipped ball gave the Longhorns a 27-25 victory.
The Longhorns improved to 12–1 all time against TCU with the win, and have now swept the season series between the conference rivals. Texas will have a week off following Wednesday's victory, and will next take the court on Nov. 9 against Baylor at Gregory Gym in Austin.


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Advances in deep learning have enabled many new applications over the past few years including solutions to such challenges as image classification, machine translation and speech recognition. A particular form of deep reinforcement learning, deep Q-learning has allowed an AI to learn to play Atari games through trial and error. Reinforcement learning is a form of machine learning in which, rather than being given a series of examples to learn from (an approach known as supervised learning), a model is trained by repeatedly refining the model in an attempt to maximize a reward. This reward could be positive, such as a point given each time a task is successfully completed, or negative, such as points taken away for failure or for consuming too many resources. Q-learning is an approach to teaching an agent to solve a problem by picking the best action given its current state, for example, deciding what move to make given a chess board in a particular configuration.
This talk will explain the first end to end approach to learning to play Atari games which used an algorithm called Deep Q-learning with Experience Replay (Mnih et a. 2013). First, a brief introduction to Q-learning and deep reinforcement learning will be provided, and then an explanation of how they were combined with a form of memory (the experience replay buffer) to solve the complex task of playing games. This algorithm learns to play seven Atari 2600 games with no knowledge of the internals of the games themselves. The input is just the pixels on the screen and the current score, and the output is what move to make at each moment in time.
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Armed with a minimal set of knobs that control coffee output and froth, this (single serving?) coffee maker features a semi-spherical shape that spits in the face of corner-friendly kitchen counter design, but as long as it doesn't spit in our coffee, we'll take it. [Kamil Kurka via The Design Blog]


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I was thirteen when the Supreme Court appointed George W. Bush the forty-third president of the United States. This was the same year I first wrapped my sweaty palms around Orwell's 1984, as well as the only biography of Malcom X in the Madill Junior High library. It was also the year I discovered punk rock. More than the year of the "hanging chad," or the world's first teetering step into a new millennium, the year 2000 was especially pivotal for me in that it was the year during which I began to get an inkling of the kind of adult I would later become.
Since then, I've had a borderline obsessive infatuation with American politics. While it may have started in my bedroom, endlessly spinning The Subhumans' The Day the Country Died on my first turntable and pretending that I knew something about injustice, this puny expression of small town frustration — symptomatic of the more troubling and increasingly undeniable sense that the way I was beginning to see the world was exponentially different from everything that I saw and heard from everyone around me — had come to be an indisputable fact of life. I've since read more, absorbed more, and learned why people like George Orwell, Malcom X and The Subhumans were so upset in the first place.
I was seventeen when John Kerry lost his 2004 bid for the presidency. Oh, how the times had changed. I had read Chomsky, gluttonously consumed every Dylan album my anemic movie-jerk paycheck would accommodate, and had spent weekends composing and distributing my own leaflets and reading lists outside the two movie theaters showing Fahrenheit 9/11. As I was four months away from being of legal voting age, the only exercisable option afforded me during the months leading up to the election was to canvass door-to-door throughout the cultural backwash of South-Central Oklahoma. Back then, there was no quicker way to get a door slammed in your face than to utter the words "Hi, I'm Jezy Gray and I'm representing the John Kerry campaign."
The election was as tough a loss for me as it was for most thoughtful Americans, but so far it had been the nature of the game: you work from the outside, from the fringes — and you lose. Always.
I don't have to tell you that 2008 was a truly extraordinary year. Not because of the mind-boggling circus of a primary and general election, the surreal ecstasy of seeing the first black man elected President, the near-collapse of our entire financial framework, or the crushing disappointment that America's first experiment with socialism in the 21st Century was the lobbing of money at corporate Goliaths in order to see what would stick (surprisingly little, it turns out). What made 2008 so undeniably extraordinary is that it's the first time — in my experience at least — that we won something big. As the handful of hours left in the Bush administration begin to pare closer and closer to oblivion, the reality of it all is becoming more and more electric. We won.
There are some people who will try to convince you otherwise. And when your TV set is perpetually looping images of vacuous celebrities spouting off empty buzz words like "change" and "hope," chased with a two-hour special on how Obama takes his coffee, it's easy to forget this simple, irrefutable fact: you won. If the images from Abu Ghraib make you ashamed to live here, you won. If the last eight years have left you feeling bitter, defeated, hopeless — you won. If the sobering reality of living in the most violent, brutally aggressive superpower of this century leaves you feeling sick at your stomach, you won. If the war against the poor, against women, against homosexuals, against black people and brown people, against literacy and journalism — against rationality, in general — has made you regard the term "American idealism" as inherently laughable abstraction, then you've won something very real and very imporant.
Don't let anyone take that away from you.
Chase that feeling.
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Insights on Working with an International Team
I have discovered a new international family at Transfluent that I am excited to be a part of. One of the best parts is interacting with so many different cultures every day!
The first goal of any manager is to establish positive relationships with the team. I've found that frequent and regular communication helps to establish the best relationships, expectations, and problem-solving resolutions. It is wondrous that this high-tech age we live in provides us with the possibility of contact across the world at any time. Knowing that you can ask a question about something at three a.m. and still expect an answer relatively quickly is one of the best ways to build a working bond with someone separated by twelve time zones.
Consistency is vital to good customer service. To establish core consistent behaviors I have to temper my expectations with the specific cultural backgrounds of each of the team members that I work with. Seeing how they approach the same question differently than their contemporaries is one of the most interesting things about this job; however, those differing points of reference can also pose the biggest challenges. Almost every issue that arises is solvable by simply communicating with each other, all the time.
Patience and an Open Mind
Having patience and an open mind will help when issues arise. Remember that the language we use varies greatly in meaning, depending on culture. The most relevant quote I've read about this was in a Fast Company article by Scott Kirsner, "In every country, you find that 'yes' means something different, 'maybe' means something different, 'I'll do that right now' means something different. Your management style needs to change."
Many miscommunications can be mitigated by being thoughtful about what we are saying versus how we are saying it, and being open minded when considering what the other person might actually mean. What it literally translates to in our own native language might not be at all what they intended!
Be Specific
With these variations in mind, specifics and standardization become more important. When we deal with so many different people, countries, languages, and cultures, relying on generalities and assumptions can lead to trouble. Creating standards for things like file names, tabs within Excel, the date and time format is extremely helpful. Speaking of the date/time format. In one recent incident, I was talking to a linguist about something she wrote on May 4th. She was very confused at first because I wrote "5/4" in the email. European date format puts the day first and month second. We could have saved ourselves a few rounds of email if I had been more careful in how I typed the date. So be specific – specific, Specific, SPECIFIC!
Finally, I've found that a good degree of flexibility makes this job far easier and more rewarding. Working with an international team has been an especially good fit for me due my personal schedule, needs and habits. I believe that everyone who is most successful in this type of environment IS flexible. Establishing a personal work routine is a good idea, but the ability to work for five minutes here and six hours there will make your life easier. Being responsive, so that you can handle last minute communications when you need to, will make you a more effective manager AND a more valuable employee.
Being part of the Transfluent family, in particular working with my team, has been an exciting opportunity for me that I think is working well for us due to our constant communication, clear and specific language, having an open mind, patience with understanding each other, and flexibility.
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This was originally part of my previous post on pull quotes I found amusing but turned into something else that would have distracted from the previous post being purposefully short and the other quotes getting a shot a some discussion.
In the Union Leader article, "Free State Movement Not Embraced by All Granite Stater's" once you get past the "No Sh**" moment presented by the title of the article, or the fact that this is written like some kind of hit-piece on Republican Mark Warden, and the Second amendment, and Liberty, we can focus on a quote from Democrat Aaron Gill, who having lost to "Free Stater" Mark Warden in an election where state Democrats were winning seats as if Obama could just give them away…
"I'm gay, and I didn't want the government telling me I couldn't get married," Gill said. "But after a while I learned that the world doesn't function that way. I guess I was really a Democrat all along but just didn't realize it."
There are Free Stater's who are Democrats, or didn't you know that?
There are Libertarians who are also Democrats, and Free Staters, oh my! But that's not exactly my point. It is quite clear that Gill was never anything but a Democrat.
On the question of voter ID (for example) he managed to repeat verbatim the lefts talking point du jour on the subject when he commented that voter ID was like a poll tax.
Trying to make it harder to vote, or instituting a new poll tax by requiring someone to pay for a photo ID, is not American.
This is the left's fall back answer even if it makes no sense. When Clair Ebel of the NH ACLU made the same claim, in the more accurate context…
Claire Ebel, director of the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, compared the new law to an unconstitutional poll tax, saying it would discriminate against students who couldn't afford to register their cars and pay driver's license fees.
Um. Claire? If it is a poll tax to require students to register their cars or pay drivers license fees like every other person who lives in New Hampshire, then it must also be a poll tax for everyone else who lives in New Hampshire who can't walk to where they vote. We all have to register our cars and pay for a drivers license. We all have to buy gas to put in our cars. But just for you Claire, I'll ask.
Show of hands. Who in New Hampshire can walk to where they vote? Not too many. Holy crap Claire, time for a class action lawsuit. And not just New Hampshire. Every frikking state in the nation is discriminating against a super super majority of voters by requiring them to register their cars and pay for a drivers license, just so they can get to a polling place. What's next, cab fare, bus fare, and subway tokens—poll taxes!!
Claire? You there? Hello? Claire? Guess what would solve your so-called presumption that such costs are a poll tax? Voting absentee ballot in their own home town would solve that Claire, which these college students have not been prevented from doing. Wait. Cost of postage…a poll tax!
Aaron's also never responded to this issue, but having lost his race certainly shouldn't absolve him of it. because I suspect he'll try to run again. The whole out of state influence meme, where he takes money from out of state, thorough an out of state Internet fundraising portal, while pontificating on the value of local influence. Read it, it's touching.
My second point, or perhaps my first if you are unclear what my first point was (as I am), is that the same article, "Free State Movement Not Embraced by All Granite Stater's" (see also it's companion article, "not everyone embraced the New Hampshire Democrat party"–which does not exist), is that the people interviewed for this piece (of work) are a RINO and two big government leeches, one of them who was less confused about his sexuality (he's gay) than he was about whether or not he was a libertarian…he wasn't.
I grant you it is an attack on the Free Staters, but it is just a weeeeeee…bit one-sided. There is nothing in it to denote how they eliminated the Democrats self admitted 800 million dollar deficit without raising taxes during the worst recession in history. Or is it the slowest recovery in history, I forget? There is nothing about the Free State's influence on reducing the size of state government and there-by reapportioning that authority to local voters who may or may not want or even need to pay for things the state might have previously demanded of them.
It just assumes that if free staters are not Democrats, what good are they? Have you met a New Hampshire Democrat? Free Staters, at least a few of whom don't even like my views all that much, are a political pleasure in comparison.
They are just Libertarians who are essentially Conservatives with a varying grasp on the need or degree to which we require institutions; and what the size and role of those institutions should be to arrive at the ideal balance between a minimum amount of necessary government to protect rights and property and the goal of maximizing personal responsibility without chaos.
Some of us disagree on social issues at every or any level but that is mostly an internal debate about definitions. Arron Gill brings up the effort by 'Free-Staters" to remove the state from marriage altogether, as a reason why he realized he's a Democrat. I think that's a waste of time. Without getting off on a long tangent, marriage is a religious ceremony with property rights implications which the state does exists to protect. In fact, that is one of the states few reasons for even being–to protect personal property rights. A civil union is the same thing as a marriage but without religion. The state should see them the same way, and "the people" are free to meddle with the civil service details all they want, but the religious service if off limits. The state has an interest in knowing who is married or 'unioned' so it can protect those property rights. Anything more than that, in my opinion, probably exceeds its mandate.
Where was I…?
Libertarians and Conservatives also agree that in most if not all cases these are decisions (civil services, abortion, etc) the Constitution left to the states and the people, and that these are where those discussions and the definitions themselves should be defined. By extension, we also believe (as previously noted) that the state should, whenever possible, defer decisions to local governments, which is what they and the Tea Party Republicans tried to do. Remove the excessive cost burden of state government while giving local towns more control over that money and the power that goes with it.
You don't exactly pull that off overnight but the past two years saw improvements in personal responsibility and local control, which the Democrats will now do their best to undo while smearing those who gave you more freedom and a more efficient, less expensive government.
So I am a bit perturbed at the tone of this article, which appears to be just another hit piece against the Free Staters, most of whom are not anarchists, and who should not be labeled as Republican Party infiltrators with a hidden agenda or as threats to New Hampshire's pre 'Free State' way of life.
I would argue that most of the Republicans who are whining are simply the typical Scott Brown "Northeast variety" who have become more interested in drifting to the center to attract moderate voters (Brown has no choice in Mass by the way)–making it harder to separate them from Democrats–rather than to take a stand on the values and principles of hard work, small government and personal responsibility; principles of their own Republican party.
Many Granite State Republicans have embraced the libertarian influence as a life-line that helps them hew to their conservative principles in an increasingly hostile environment. These GOPers are summarily shunned by the moderates as fringe radicals, TEA Partiers or Free Staters. And seeing as we are in New England, maybe small, responsible, affordable, un-intrusive government is a fringe idea. But ask yourself if their alternative (and the Democrats) is better for you, or for them? Who does a bloated, intrusive government serve? You? Or connected politicians?
Free Staters put more faith in you than any New Hampshire Democrat every would. They believe you know better how and where to spend your wages or profits (if you own a business) than greedy political hacks. They know you'd do it more efficiently as well. And they know that you are more able to respond in a timely manner, with necessary force, to unlawful attacks on your person or property. Democrats think you should run, or hide, and wait for someone from the government to arrive to confront the attackers, or more likely to fill out a report or draw a chalk outline around your corpse. How is that better than law abiding freedoms?
But that is not the message the RINO's and leftists want you to hear, which is probably why the sources used in this article are–the Democrat who agreed with some libertarians on one issue (Aaron Gill, this Democrat), (r)epublican Tony Soltani – one of those 'northeast moderate (r)epublicans' who is also a solid 'c' student when voting on issues relevant to his own state party platform, and Victoria Parmele, who sits on a regional planning commission (see Granite State Futures etc), who is an environmentalist, likes RGGI and taxes that make electricity and heating your home cost you more, loves pricey and pointless commuter rail, and who seems to prefer the benevolent state over small efficient government.
None of these folks would like much of anything in the center, forget right of center, so I'm wondering if Kathy Sullivan and Ray Buckley just were not available for comment?
We saw a lot of this "anti-free state" noise during the last cycle, and it looks like the left is unwilling to drop the narrative with a less successful mid term on the horizon. Might as well salt the fields from here to 2014, yes?
Well we think you also deserve to hear about the intolerant, self-serving, New Hampshire Democrats, and how they advance an agenda they never run on; or their habit of back-benching and intimidating their own caucus, many of whom they strong armed on gay marriage. Did you know that Aaron Gill? Gay Marriage originally failed in a New Hampshire House with a Democrat Majority. Failed to pass. The Democrat leadership had to beat on their own to advance their agenda to pass it later. They made some no votes not vote or walk away. And they intimidated others to flip. Not the civil Democrat party you were sold on in 2012? They wont be any more civil this time.
So guess what? It's not the Free Stater's. It is not Bill O'Brien. It is not the Tea Party. It is just politics. And if you choose to ignore the same tactics being used by Democrats and the establishment Republicans, and pay attention to who wants to spend your money on their agenda, you'll discover that Free Stater's don't want your damn money, but Democrats do. And the Democrats will use the police state to take it, even if they have to spend it first before they come looking for it.


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2017 Women's Climbing Symposium
What an amazing time I had Nov 4th 2017 in Bristol at the 7th Women's Climbing Symposium!
I presented to a bunch of motivated climbing ladies on Injury Prevention. Check out my little video that I presented about keeping on top of antagonist training even if you think you are too busy!
I got to meet a heroin of mine… Lynn Hill !!! She gave a very inspiring talk about her whole life and career. Was amazing to hear her stories and how dedicated she was/is to climbing. I love how she says she climbs best when all her muscles are relaxed! Not always what I recommend but I will take that on board!!
Attended Eva Lopez's finger board session and learned that she recommends adding weight to holds you can hang for 30 sec! That is very conservative I think but safe. I normally recommend 15-20 sec. I love her Progression & Transgression Boards. A tad sharp even if you do sand them down! I would train on them on separate days to climbing and definitely rest 30 sec + between hangs to allow enough recovery between reps.


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Out With the Lot!
My friends from other states keep asking, "What's wrong with Virginia?" They already know the answer, and they wonder why the Commonwealth's electorate ever elected these extremists. That I can't answer. I voted against and I lost, in a landside. I love my state and I'm sick of its being an object of ridicule. My hope is 2012, when Virginians can redeem themselves and vote the whole bad bunch out. (Unless a political/personal scandal ensues against McDonnell and Cuccinelli, which may well still happen.)
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