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Petersburg: Foundations of Controversy
Introduction – Executions at Dawn
To find the origins of St. Petersburg, I would suggest a visit to the Tetyakov Gallery in Moscow, a repository of Russian art rivaled only by the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg. A painting by Vasily Surikov, The Morning of the Execution of the Streltsy, depicts a young Peter I looking out on a group of the Tsar's guard, the streltsy, who had participated in an uprising against Peter the Great's rule in 1698. During the drawn-out and bloody succession to Tsar Alexis I, Peter's half-sister, Sophia Alekseyevna, had led the streltsy into an earlier rebellion in favor of her own brother's pretension. The fighting claimed the lives of a number of Peter's relatives, and Peter was unlikely to have forgotten the transgression.
Vasily Surikov, The Morning of the Execution of the Streltsy (1881) |
Здесь бу́дет го́род заложён
Назло́ надме́нному сосе́ду.
Приро́дой здесь нам суждено́
В Евро́пу проруби́ть окно́,
Ного́ю твёрдой стать при мо́ре.
Сюда́ по но́вым им волна́м
Все фла́ги в го́сти бу́дут к нам -
И запиру́ем на просто́ре."
Alexander Pushkin, writing in the voice of Peter the Great (1833), Медный всадник (The Bronze Horseman). A suitably stern rendition into English can be found in the translation and analysis by Walter W. Arndt, the late professor of Russian language and literature at Dartmouth College, in Pushkin Threefold (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1972), pp. 128-144.
It must be understood, however, that there never was, and never would be, another ruler like Peter. He was a notoriously hard partier, carousing naked in snow during the wintertime and forcing his courtiers to keep up with him as he danced the night through.1 His talent extended to carpentry and shipbuilding, but his vision penetrated even further, beyond the borders of Russia. Incognito travels to Europe furnished Peter with admiration for the city of Amsterdam, in Holland. Years later, during Peter's Great Northern War against Sweden, Peter set himself to the task of building a similar capital city in what was, in 1703, swampland surrounding the mouth of the Neva River. Alexander Pushkin, a prominent Russian poet, expressed in his "Bronze Horseman" epic poem Peter's object in this construction: to "break" a window through to the West (V Evropu prorubit' okno), as distinct from merely "opening" (otkryt') one. For one, the act reflects the ironclad will of Peter, and for another, such a window had never before been conceived. Its creation was hardly easy.
With this background on Peter's forceful westernization of Russia, Surikov's painting reveals more about the Tsar and his motives. Morning draws attention to the fate of the streltsy, who are in the foreground with their wives and children, their beards and peasant attire contrasting with the clean-shaven deputies of the Tsar wearing military uniforms. Behind the streltsy looms a symbol of old Russia in St. Basil's Cathedral, on Red Square. Peter glares at the streltsy from his mount, no doubt prepared to give the final word as to their fate. In so doing, he has also implicitly abandoned Moscow, a city with Russian roots too deep for Peter's taste.
Historical Petersburg
After Peter's feasts came an inevitable reckoning. A "pleasure dome" built by the toil and countless deaths from a pool of twenty thousand bound laborers2 must contend with the whispered curses of the trampled. It was the ghastly figure of Eudoxia Lopukhina, abandoned by her husband, Peter, who rose up from the mists to declare, "St. Petersburg will stand empty!" The Table of Ranks established by Peter for advancement in the military, bureaucracy and court had the "superfluous man" of nineteenth century Russian literature as its offspring. The land itself conspired against the monumental architecture of Petersburg: the statues atop the Winter Palace, originally of stone, weathered until replacement by copper was necessitated less than two centuries after their emplacement.3
As Volkov - a Russian émigré of the Soviet period - suggests, St. Petersburg has long possessed its own eschatology. In Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony (Pathétique), Volkov hears the doom of both Petersburg and its favorite composer foretold, similar to the anxieties expressed in the early Acmeist poetry of Anna Akhmatova.4 I myself saw one of the paintings Volkov cites as being emblematic of Petersburg's predestination,5 Leon Bakst's Terror Antiquus (Ancient Terror, 1908), before reading anything about it. The painting gives its audience a distant and all encompassing view from the vantage point of the goddess inhabiting the foreground. Petersburg, historically threatened by the Neva River's spring flooding, could easily take the place of the Atlantis depicted in the painting on display at the State Russian Museum. The scene is recalled in the work of another of Petersburg's Acmeist poets, Mandelstam: "A light wanders terribly high, But does a star glitter so? O transparent star, wandering light, your brother, Petropolis, is dying" (1918).6
Leon Bakst, Terror Antiquus (1908) |
Astolphe, marquis de Custine, Russia in 1839, from an abridged translation (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854), p. 100.
A bleak future aside, Imperial St. Petersburg was condemned by contemporaries for being non-Russian. The Marquis de Custine, a French nobleman later portrayed as a sort of misanthropic version of Dante's Virgil in the film Russian Ark (2001), saw St. Petersburg as a poor imitation of European architectural styles. The Bolsheviks may have perceived what was then Petrograd in a way similar to John Reed, as they swiftly decided to move the capital back to Moscow after taking power. In reality, Petrograd/St. Petersburg was the cradle of the October Revolution (the national headquarters of the Bolsheviks was initially at the Smolny Institute, next to the Smolny Convent building where our classes were held).
Tribulation arrived for the city, now with the revolutionary name of Leningrad, in the form of hordes of Nazi Germans – still often referred to as fashisty (the fascists) by residents of Petersburg – and Finns who surrounded the city in 1941. As a result, Leningrad was left with a collective memory that has no counterpart in America's relatively distant involvement in the war.7 The poignantly laconic diary of Tania Savicheva, eleven at the start of the Siege, fourteen by its end, lists the deaths of six of her family members within a six-month span. It ends with the numbed observation that "Everyone died. Only Tania is left." Although Tania was evacuated from the city in 1942, before the breaking of the Siege, she was not well, and died soon after the siege ended. Akhmatova emerged from the destruction to put words to the suffering of Leningrad, both at the hands of starvation in the Siege and after, during the systematic murders of the Stalinist era.
John Reed (1919), an American journalist, on his decision to leave Petrograd for Moscow during his observation of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days that Shook the World (New York: International Publishers, 1926), p. 246.
Architectural Petersburg
My initial impression of the Church of the Savior on Blood was that it must be something very old, its onion domes surely predating the neoclassical majority of the city. In fact, the church is of late nineteenth century vintage, built in fervor of nationalistic pride following the assassination of Tsar Alexander II. To a Russian eye, the numerous painted religious figures crowding the exterior might even seem overblown. Other places of interest include nearby Kazan Cathedral, built to commemorate Russia's victory in the Napoleonic Wars; gostinij dvor, which houses a historic shopping district; the Admiralty, once home to naval shipyards; and St. Isaac's Cathedral, which overlooks the site of the pro-reform Decembrist Revolt in 1825. The city is filled with monumental architecture representing every era, every style conceivable and every national origin.
View of the many icons on the exterior of the Church of the Savior on Blood. (Photo provided by Karolina Krelinova) | The Church of the Savior on Blood from a distance. (Photo provided by Aaron Koenig) |
Modern Petersburg
As of mid-2011, the presence of migrant workers from Central Asia in St. Petersburg is apparent even to foreign visitors. Economic difficulties in their home countries have led many Uzbeks, Tajiks and Kyrgyz to seek work in Russia. It is estimated that between 2004 and 2008 alone, nearly five million migrants entered Russia.8 Due to the special relationship that exists between Russia and Central Asian former Soviet republics, these migrants do not require a visa, and the Russian government has shown willingness to ease registration requirements in response to Russia's post-Soviet demographic crisis.9 Foreign guest workers are readily exploitable by unscrupulous Russian employers, often in the construction sector. A rising tide of Russian nationalism has made xenophobia common, though it by no means characterizes the perspectives of most Russians, especially amongst those old enough to remember when Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Turkmen, Tajiks, Kyrgyz and Russians were all fellow citizens of the Soviet Union. Security concerns also play into suspicion of migrants. Harassment by the militsiya, now the Russian police, is a reality for migrants.
- For anecdotes, see Solomon Volkov, St. Petersburg: A Cultural History, translated by Antonina W. Bouis (New York: Free Press, 1995), 12-14. ↑
- William Craft Brumfield, "St. Petersburg and the Art of Survival," in Preserving Petersburg: History, Memory, Nostalgia, edited by Helena Goscilo and Stephen M. Norris (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008), 3. ↑
- Brumfield, 7. ↑
- Volkov, 117-118, 138-139. ↑
- Volkov, xi. ↑
- Translation and exposition on the relationship between Mandelstam and St. Petersburg is found in Zara Torlone, "A Tale of Two Cities: Ancient Rome and St. Petersburg in Mandelstam's Poetry," in Preserving, Goscilo and Norris, 101, see 88-114. ↑
- For more on Siege culture, see Cynthia Simmons, "Leningrad Culture under Siege (1941-1944)," in Preserving, Goscilo and Norris, 164-181. ↑
- The subsequent collapse of the oil prices buoying the Russian economy, however, forced a significant number of migrants to return to their native country. See "Central Asia: Migrants and the Economic Crisis," International Crisis Group, January 5, 2010, 5. ↑
- Konstantin Rozhnov, "Will labour migrants save the Russian economy?" BBC News Business, February 27, 2011. ↑
Further Information
- Mapping Petersburg, with contributions by Olga Matich et al., UC Berkeley, accessed January 12, 2012.A collection of microhistory from UC Berkeley professors that aims to represent Petersburg as it was immediately before and after the 1917 Revolution - when the city successively bore the names of Petrograd and Leningrad. The focus of the project is on "the relationship between modernity and modernism" in the city.
- Petersburg Perspectives, edited by Frank Althaus and Mark Sutcliffe with photographs by Yury Molodkovets (London: Fontanka, 2003).An eclectic collection of articles and short stories about Petersburg, many of which describe the pained decade of the 1990s. The anthology is accompanied by well-captioned photographs.
- St. Petersburg: A Glimpse of What Russia is Not, a radio program by David Greene aired on August 26, 2010, National Public Radio, accessed January 12, 2012.A five minute program with perspectives on Petersburg's direction under the administration of its native sons, Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
- St. Petersburg: A Portrait of a Great City, by Vincent Giroud (Connecticut: The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University, 2003).The book serves as a bibliography of interesting travelogues from the 19th century and earlier in the collections of Yale. Contemporary travelers have something to glean from reading the experiences of Europe's philosophers, politicians, captains and plain itinerants as they compared Russian society to their own.

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As the topic above shows I'm looking to start running Anima. I'm a veteran of many different gaming systems and I've played and/ or run RPGs off and on for the last 20 years. I have all of the current hardback books available for Anima and I've read and glanced through them from time to time. To be honest the system seems a little daunting to me, and I'm having a hard time knowing where to begin. When I pick up a new game I like to start with character creation, but again it seems a little over whelming. Where do you think I should begin if not with creating characters? And is there some sort of cheat sheet that I can find online or in the book? Thanks in advance for responding.


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After lunch, feeling full, satisfied and pretty good, we moseyed on down to Canada to catch us an eyeful of some eye candy, and I don't mean Lumberjack Nowell! Sorry Remy, you're cute, but a little too small, and a little too furry.
Cute and talented, "Off Kilter" We watched for a bit, but my sister didn't seem to have the same feelings about watching men in kilts playing Scottish folk rock music that I had, so we went to meet up with a big furry man. Ho, ho, ho, hello Lumberjack Nowell! No, definitely not as cute as "Off Kilter", but still strangely charming. Beware the Belsnicklers! I really love the Canada Pavilion at Epcot, from the most beautiful Victoria Gardens, to the Rocky Mountain waterfalls, the totem poles, "O Canada" in circlevision, where we get to experience the Canadian side of Niagra Falls, Toronto, Ottowa, Quebec, & the Canadian Rockies, not to mention my favorite Disney restaurant is here, Le Cellier. If you've never had the Canadian cheddar cheese soup, it is to die for. Of course, I've been gluten free for the last four years, so now have to admire it from afar. I console myself with the Le Cellier mushroom filet mignon. Canada is also my fav place to stop and get my fix of Disney popcorn! The Trading Post and Northwest Mercantile are also fun places to pop into to beat the heat, get out of a summer rainstorm, or warm up on a chillyish December day, while checking out all the cool merchandise. I almost bought my son (he's 33) an adorable Siberian Husky stuffed animal here. He's always wanted one (the live kind, not the stuffed), and I thought he would get a kick out of it. It was so soft and squishy. Then common sense took over, and I left it on the shelf. Maybe when we come back with the grandkids in October, I'll find an excuse to buy it for someone. The beautiful Victoria Gardens Hi Mare! She's going to kill me for posting this. It was so foggy and misty, and she hates this pic. Payback, haha! I told you it was really foggy and misty! A little blurry. Pretend you're seeing this through my sister's eyes, after she finished her grey goose slushy! Bye, bye for now Canada! We'll see you on Friday, Le Cellier! Onward to the UK. I think the UK has the best Santa of all the countries, Father Christmas. Love his costume, his jolly old self, the setting, everything. Here comes Father Christmas! It was around 3:30 at this point, and we had been awake since around 4am, so we decided to head back to the Boardwalk to see if our room was ready. We had dinner reservations for 7pm at The Captain's Grille at the Yacht Club Resort, which is a hop, skip, and a jump from the Boardwalk Resort. I didn't think we'd be doing any hopping, skipping or jumping at that point. I asked my sister if she wanted to cancel our dinner reservations at the Yacht Club, and after resting a bit, go back to Epcot for dinner and to see Illuminations, but she said no way. She was exhausted, and I was too, to be truthful. We were going to stick to our original plan, go to our room, call for our luggage, chill out, then walk over to the Yacht Club for dinner. Afterwards we figured we'd tour the Yacht and Beach Club Resorts to check out their amazing Christmas decorations. It always seems like such a great idea, doesn't it, staying at the Yacht and Beach Club or the Boardwalk Resorts, and being able to walk to Epcot? It's so exciting, anticipating being able to walk right over there, because it's right there, you know, just a short walk, and there you are, at Epcot. Until it's time to walk back. Then that uphill climb from the International Gateway just seems so high, and that stretch over the lake seems so long. Is that the Boardwalk I see in the distance, or is it just a mirage... So, around 4, we were finally in our room. Thank goodness! I usually always have to take pictures of our room right away, while everything is still pristine, but for some strange reason, I didn't this time. I think I was just too tired. I'm pretty sure I took them at some point before we moved over to the Villas at Wilderness Lodge. I did check out our view though. That's always the very first thing that I do. Oh goody, the creepy clown pool view! I did find the strength and energy to set up our little Christmas tree though, and put up our window clings. Hey, I carted them all the way to Florida from NJ, they're going up! Pretty Mary Ann checking her work emails. She kind of told her boss she was going away for the weekend, when in reality it was ten days! Oops. She works from home a lot anyway. What's the difference if her home is in Florida for a while! To be continued...up next, dinner and decorations
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Watch: El-P and Zola Jesus Perform "Works Every Time" Together on Conan O'Brien
July 5th, 2012
An unlikely collaboration descended upon the small screen last night, when Brooklyn-based rapper El-P performed with goth-pop princess Zola Jesus on Conan.
The unexpected duo performed the song "Works Every Time" from El-P's third studio album, Cancer 4 Cure. The album version of the song features Paul Banks (of Interpol), whereas this live version featured Zola Jesus and Conan's horn section instead.
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Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli on being chased by Meat Loaf for helping himself to Meat's leftovers
Sam Holden
While the Afghan Whigs are probably not the first band people think of when they think of the '90s, album for album, the band consistently put out quality material. The outfit's soul-inflected rock, which could just as easily be called power pop even though it packed a lot more punch than some of that music, can be heard in a lot of contemporary music being made, whether the acts know it or not. Greg Dulli's strongly evocative voice has always reverberated with a raw emotional honesty that remains undiminished to this day.
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- Afghan Whigs at the Ogden Theater, 10/30/12
- The ten best concerts this week: 10/29-11/2
- Dulli Noted: The Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli, in black, white and gray
The Afghan Whigs first came to the attention of wider audiences with the release of its third album, 1992's Congregation. But it was the 1993 followup that rightfully garnered the band enduring fame. Gentlemen is truly one of the classic albums of the '90s, not just because the Whigs stood out from other artists hopping on the grunge bandwagon, but for the raw, poetic, emotional honesty of the lyrics. The group's strong songwriting established Dulli as a songwriter whose words possessed a literary quality bereft of pretension.
The Afghan Whigs released two more remarkable albums in the '90s with Black Love in 1996 and 1965 in 1998 before parting ways in 2001. In 2006, the Whigs re-formed temporarily, and in December 2011, the group announced it would get back together for that year's All Tomorrow's Parties. Earlier this year, the Whigs started recording new material for what will hopefully be a new record. We recently spoke with the charming, frank and insightful Dulli about Skip Spence, Dulli's brief tenure as a filmmaker, how his blue collar background has kept him surprisingly grounded and why he plays a Gibson 335 instead of a Fender Telecaster for this incarnation of the Whigs.
Westword: You recorded a cover of a Skip Spence song for a tribute album. How did you learn about his music, and in what way would you say it made an impact on you?
Greg Dulli: Well, I remember hearing Moby Grape when I was a kid and, you know, learning the legend of Skip Spence and his drumming and his sleeping with Grace Slick and his various incarnations in the San Francisco music scene. But to be honest with you, I had a vague recollection of Oar, and when the project came around, I was approached and offered that song, "Dixie Peach Promenade." It's a bizarre song in a series of bizarre songs.
I've done a few tribute records, and I'll tell you something, it's the one that I still listen to occasionally. I rarely listen to that stuff, but I thought everybody did such a cool version of the record, it got me to re-approximate the record and listen to it in the original form as well. So I know that record pretty well. Then I think Beck, Wilco and Feist did a version of it, too. Beck has his record club and people go and make a classic record in one day. Which was odd because Beck was on the More Oar project, as well.
My favorite version was "All Come to Meet Her," which I think was the perfect song on the record. The band, Diesel Park West, [sounded like] they were channeling the Byrds or something. But I love the Robert Plant, I love the Lanegan, I love the Alejandro Escovedo, and the Tom Waits version is great. There are many beautiful versions of those songs.
You've had a direct hand in the production on all of your albums. How did you get started with that?
Four trackin'. We started on four tracks, then eight tracks and then went into a real studio and watched the crazy guy in Kentucky, Wayne Hartman, do his thing. I think it came more from what you like and sounds that you like from records that you grew up with. Personal choice, I think, more than anything, in trying to create a universe that you could inhabit and invite other people inside with you.
Classic R&B seems to be very much part of your musical DNA. Who are some of the artists that still strongly inspire you today and why?
In terms of the Afghan Whigs, it was sort of a specific strain that we rallied around when we were twenty years old. The psychedelic Temptations, the Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, Temptations, were kind of our [inspiration]. "Psychedelic Shack" was one of the first songs we ever played. "Ball of Confusion." We played "Cloud Nine," "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," those were all big influences on us. Lots of wah-wah, lots of four on the floor. Noisy and rock. They were using rock instruments and orchestration and stuff like that. In a specific way, that was the era that sort of defined a lot of the early Whigs sound.
I love anything with a great singer and a great melody. Marvin Gaye got into my head, and he's my favorite singer of all time. He really felt it. When he sings, it's like something is being set free inside me. Sam Cooke, too, Al Green, James Carr, William Bell. Lots of people, you know what I mean?
Why did you record Gentlemen at Ardent Studios, and how would you compare it to other studios in which you've worked in terms of vibe and the technology available?
Not only being a fan of Big Star, but actually my first notice of Ardent Studios did not come from Big Star, it came from ZZ Top, who I absolutely loved and still love. I remember meeting Jody Stephens in the early '90s, and he liked our band and came to watch us play. I remember when I met him I was like, "That's the drummer from Big Star. He's at our gig and he's inviting us to come to Memphis."
So it was Jody who invited us. He was working at Ardent and invited us down and made us feel at home. We met some lifelong friends down there, including Jeff Powell, who engineered our last three records, and his wife sang in our band. There's a big family style in the Memphis thing. At Ardent, we've recorded four of our records. I recorded some Twilight Singers stuff in Memphis, too. So it's kind of a go-to, spiritual well for us, Memphis, Tennessee.
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Compared to Apologia's Exploring Creation series, BJU Press homeschool science curriculum is the more traditional approach (like when I went to school in the 60s and 70s). Like Apologia, it is also a Christian curriculum with a creation science view.
This is a solid academic science curriculum that has been used by homeschoolers with success for over 20 years.
We've used everything in the BJU Press science curriculum but the physics (nothing against the physics–they didn't take it.) Our older children liked these science courses and did well in science on the college level (even though it wasn't their major interest.)
Bob Jones homeschool science also has more student activities which include various lab experiments and different types of activities to reinforce learning (Q&A, matching, fill in the blanks, etc.). Those activities are a great way to learn thee types of questions that homeschoolers will see in college courses.
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Life Science 4th Edition Home School Kit
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Life Science (4th edition) introduces the living world with all its wonders. Content on cellular biology, genetics, history of life, microbiology, botany, zoology, ecology, human anatomy and physiology. Life Science is presented with a Biblical perspective.
The BJU Press Life Science 4th Edition Homeschool Kit includes one of each of the following:
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Life Science 4th Ed. Teacher's Edition
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The Life Science Teacher's Edition with CD has notes in the margin to help in preparing lessons, chapter overviews, suggested teaching schedules, and more.
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Life Science 4th Edition Student Text
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Life Science 4th Edition Tests (1 Packet)
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Life Science 4th Edition Tests Answer Key
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The Life Science Lab Manual Teacher's Edition has the following features:
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Featuring the standard full color and reduced size student text pages with large side and bottom margins for the teacher answers, additional information, and suggested teaching schedules, the Teacher's Edition includes a resource CD. It has supporting materials such as a large digital image gallery, Google Earth placemark files, a full year lesson plan overview, and and editable Lab Manual Materials list.
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Topics covered include: classical mechanics, work and energy, electricity, magnetism, light optics, the atomic model, elements and compounds, chemical reactions, solutions, acids, bases, and salts.
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- Student Worktext 286807
- Teacher's Edition Lab Manual 290817
- Student Lab Manual 290809
- Tests 290825
- Test Answer Key 290833
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The Biology 4th Edition Homeschool Kit is written from a Christian perspective and includes one of each of the following items.
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- Student Text 268078
- Teacher's Edition Lab Manual 268169
- Student Lab Manual 268094
- Tests 268144
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BJU Press has a Biology Dissection Lab DVD. In addition, if you need one, they have a reasonably priced Biology Dissection Kit. Both are sold below.
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In this new edition, BJU Press has separated the lab manual from the student text. We think it is better this way for families who have more than one student who will use the text.
Each of the lessons involves a laboratory based activity or experiment. Biology Student Lab Manual is a very thorough lab book that coordinates with the Biology Text. Necessary supplies such as a microscope, slides, specimens, and necessary equipment are listed at the beginning of each lesson.
Short of setting up a fully functional biology lab in your home, what is a homeschool family to do? Alternatives include:
- Find a local homeschool coop or Christian camp that offers biology labs.
- Search online at Google Images images of microscopic slides or at YouTube for videos of specific biology experiments. I quickly found many choices for penicillum slides and for frog dissection videos. You could give your student the responsibility of finding these. It would be a good experience to view the different choices and make the best selection. Of course, parental supervision of your student's internet activities is strongly advised.
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The Biology Dissection Lab DVD is an excellent step by step dissection video for any biology curriculum. With color and close-up photography, it identifies major organs and systems and discusses their functions. This is a great thing to do with another homeschooling family!
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The Biology Dissection Kit "contains everything needed for an individual to begin lab work and is completely compatible with the Life Science and Biology programs. It includes an earthworm, crayfish, a perch, and a grass frog preserved in an odorless and nontoxic form and vacuum-packed moist in a plastic bag. It also includes seven dissecting tools in a vinyl case, a magnifying glass, an econopan, a student activity book (bju033761), a packet of tissues, self sealing storage bags, dissection pins, and towelettes.
I think you could use this kit for two students at a time. We always had a lab partner when I was in high school.
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The Chemistry 3rd Edition Home School Kit includes one of each of the following:
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Dive into Science calls this chemistry textbook a "rigorous, college preparatory curriculum."
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The Chemistry Lab Manual Teacher has overprinted answers and shows steps for calculations where applicable. Lists of suppliers for scientific materials and local sources for common chemicals are included. In addition, an alphabetical list of chemicals and equipment is correlated with the labs where they are used.
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Chemistry Student Lab Manual 3rd Edition
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The Chemistry Student Lab Manual includes 35 labs that coordinate with the text and use standard chemistry laboratory equipment.
Alternatives to setting up a fully functional chemistry lab include:
- Find a local homeschool coop or Christian camp that offers biology labs. For example, our local Camp Susque has a science lab and offers chemistry labs to homeschool students in their off-season.
- Search online at Google and YouTube for free video demos of the experiments. You could give your student the responsibility of finding these. It would be a good experience to view the different choices and make the best selection. Of course, parental supervision of your student's internet activities is strongly advised.
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According to the publisher, the new Physics Third Edition "offers classical mechanics, work and energy, periodic motion and wave theory, electricity and magnetism, optics, relativity, quantum physics, and nuclear physics. These topics are presented in conjunction with real-world modeling exercises (dominion modeling) that reinforce a Christian worldview by demonstrating the relevance and validity of approaching science from a biblical perspective. The course is mathematically rigorous and algebra-based. The well-prepared student should have completed at least two years of algebra and one year of geometry instruction. In order to help students succeed, the necessary math skills are gradually introduced in a scaffold fashion, reinforced with numerous example problems. "
The BJU Press Physics Home School Kit (3rd Edition) includes one each of the following:
- Teacher's Edition with CD 259119
- Student Text 259069
- Lab Manual Teacher's Edition 259093
- Student Lab Manual 259077
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Physics Teacher's Edition with CD 3rd Ed.
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The Physics Teacher's Edition with CD has a reduced student text with wrap-around margins that contain teaching objectives and schedules; additional information and resources; and answers to all review questions.
The support materials CD includes tests and answer keys and digital visuals, completely worked-out solutions to all questions, and more.
Grade 12
Physics Student Text 3rd Edition
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It is recommended that Algebra 1 and Geometry be taken before this physics course. Algebra 2 may be taken at the same time.
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Physics Student Lab Manual 3rd Edition
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Shungite Grid Set at ETE Metaphysical |
- Shungite as "Earth Worker": It has witnessed history, many changes, many deaths, human cycles, Earth cycles. I saw a galloping white horse with a rider (death), a bicycle (cycles in movement), mud volcanoes (primordial elemental creation forces).
- Cosmic Mother: Connection to cosmic flow, primordial patterns of physical manifestation on Earth, connection to corrective/rectification of Divine Blueprints within physical manifestation, including global patterns, not just human ones. I see "Pottery Mother", a symbol that I equate with primal creation that can make new "pots" from clay, fill in cracks/voids/weaknesses on pots that have damage, but can also smash up broken pots, or forms that are no longer useful, to be dissolved and reclaimed to be used in the making of things that are useful. Recycling. Reclaiming. Repurposing. Nothing wasted. Nothing truly lost either. Form changes, but mud is mud, is mud, is mud.
- Purification: Shungite could be used in any healing work that involves the dissolution or purification of patterns that are not in Divine Alignment, or that no longer serve. It could be partnered with other cleansing and rectification stones, such as Himalayan salt, any type of obsidian (fire), river stones (water), or ceremonies/protocols that seek to cleanse a system of misqualfied or negative programming/patterns. Shungite would be fantastic in Earth Healing work of any kind, including and perhaps especially in areas of significant trauma and disturbance. There is also a protective aspect of shungite from significant disturbances or harmful influence of any kind. (The best form of protection is to be out of range of the arrows, however.)
- Ouroboros/Alchemy: One of the visuals I saw was of the ouroboros, or of a snake eating its own tail. This really says nearly the same as the Cosmic Mother information. Wikipedia says this about it: The Ouroboros often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and other things perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end (compare with phoenix). It can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting from the beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished.
- Modulation of Incoherent Vibrations to Coherency: Basically, the idea here is that shungite, since it has access to ancient patterns of all kinds, can help to bridge the gap, vibrationally speaking, between various energies, kinda like how Herkimer diamonds can help to attune one thing to another. If you do any kind of healing work, activational work, Reiki attunements, distance healing, shungite would be helpful as a technical worker to get everyone on the same page first.
- Soul Wisdom/Ancient Memory: Of course, shungite being billions of years old basically means that it has seen it all. If you want to gain access to deeper soul wisdom or information about ancient civilizations, your ancestral matrix, etc, shungite would be the first to grab. I would partner it with record keepers of any kind.
- Transition/Death/Cycle Worker: Shungite would be an excellent transition worker, such as the clearing of ghosts, assisting one through the death process (or birth, for that matter), or any other large transitional undertaking. Shungite would be helpful for any "in process" event of great consequence. I would partner it with lepidolite. And some Rescue Remedy. And a pacifier. Perhaps a shot of vodka. (It is from Russia, afterall.)
- Breath Work: Shungite was created from the algae that gave birth to our atmosphere, so it has deep connection to air and the breath. I've gone to some very powerful breath work sessions facilitated by Pheonyx Roland Smith, of the OCG Project, during which I had some shungite in my pocket. It was a pretty intense experience. Because the breath and sound are connected, it would also be good for toning work. (Pheonyx has since passed and is doing the good work on the other side of the veil. Spiritual hugs to Pheonyx.)
- Sacred Union: This has alchemical undertones too, really. The union of opposites, the combining of the yin and yang, Divine Masculine and Divine Feminine, that kind of thing. If you are engaging in sacred sexuality practices, tantra, or kundalini rising work (which often includes conscious breathing)... or if you are trying to conceive a baby with sacred intent, shungite would be great to put in a grid under your bed or in the room in which the activities are in process. This would also include ecstatic union with the Divine in a more abstract sense that doesn't include bow chicka wow wow with another human being. In this kind of grid, I would probably start with shungite, rose quartz, garnet, pyrite (unless you have nuggets of gold hanging around your house), Herkimer diamonds, Fire Quartz, selenite, phantom quartz, ummmm... among other options. If you don't have a ton of stone resources, shungite in the middle with rose quartz on the outside would likely work well enough.
- Energetic Support of Physical Healing: Ok, I want you all to hear me. ~I am not a doctor, nor do I necessarily look to the mineral kingdom for physical healing issues.~ It makes me twitchy when people look to rocks for physical healing. I see the mineral kingdom as being subtle energy that supports shifts in more subtle energy bodies, not the physical ones. The plant kingdom is far more impactful on the physical level. I've given shungite to a dear friend who was battling cancer, and she recently passed anyway. So much for shungite being a miracle worker, eh? But, I do feel that shungite being integrated into intentional healing energy work would still be useful. We're still talking about moving patterns back to primal patterns. What is illness, but a departure in the system from original, pure patterns? Still... work with it with intent. I would use a guided meditation where the ill person imagines their flesh being disintegrated or burned off down to the bone, then clean the bones in Holy Water, then imagine the body being reformed with clean mud, then transformed back to flesh, with perfected patterns in place...reconsecrated and aligned with the person's Divine Physical Template. More mud work, basically. Mud is mud, is mud, is mud.
My personal update is that since shungite has come into my life, umm, my life was completely upended. My marriage of 15 years ended in a fairly stressful and dramatic way. I had to move away from my beloved house on the mountain, which really sucked, and basically fled (yes, the word "fled" is accurate) to rent a sweet little room in a beautiful spot with a beautiful roommate. I went from being in a relationship where I had to pretend to be "normal" during the hours of 6pm and 6am, to being able to be my wooey, authentic self 24/7. Apparently, the Universe was having none of the "pretending to be normal" anymore, and I got unceremoniously dumped out of my marriage, which, while not perfect, had been working just fine for me for many years. I've also had the addition to my life of people who activate, intensify, expand, and support my spiritual work, growth, and reality. Some of that has felt like a meteor hit me, too, to be honest. So, six months out, I'm starting to feel a little less like I've just been bent over by circumstances beyond my control, but I'm not feeling at all like I'm fully transitioned into whatever is "next". Shungite is in my pockets these days. There are not many days that I leave the house where I do not put them in there. I acknowledge that I'm in the process of transformation. Serious, deep transformation. Therefore, I want the biggest, baddest ass help out there. Shungite is my first choice.
To sum it up (in case I haven't been crystal clear about it to this point) ~shungite ain't for sissies~. If you are grabbing it, be ready for change, be ready for your cracked pot to be tossed into a big ole pile and disintegrated into primoridal bits. Human beings hold onto and believe an incredible amount of bullshit that isn't authentic. We aren't big fans of change either. Soooo, put those things in your pipe and smoke it at the same time and you are looking at one full-on "oh shit" party. Sound like fun? Awesome, join me. :) I don't want to be the only one in a straight jacket laughing and crying at the same time.
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After hiking Mt Whitney, Josh and I started reminiscing about our favorite hikes we have completed over the years. We have been able to do a lot of hikes, especially in the recent years, so even though the list was long it had some definitive stand outs on it. Since most of our hiking happens in or around California, I decided to come up with my top 10 favorite hikes in the Western United States.
So here is the list in no particular order, please let me know if I left something off in the comments (obviously there are some big ones like Mt Shasta and Mt Rainier, but I haven't done those… yet):
Lassen Peak – Hiking up in Northern California is always a great experience as it is so different then the hikes in Southern California. In addition, hiking Mt Lassen, a dormant volcano, with views of Mt Shasta is an epic experience not to be missed if you are in the area.
Bridge to Nowhere – One of the more unique hikes is Southern California is the ten mile trek to a bridge that spans a large canyon in the middle of the forest. The thing that makes this hike stand out is the fact that you can bungee jump off the bridge if you feel so inclined.
Angels Landing – Angels Landing might be the scariest hike I have ever completed… really though you are holding onto cables with a thousand foot drops on either side, its pretty awesome. People say Half Dome is nuts, well I have done both and say try Angels Landing in Zion National Park then talk to me.
Zion River Narrows – The Zion River Narrows is a place I would actually love to go back and hike again. I mean just look at the epicness of the above picture, this is where you are walking during the whole hike. It is great during the summer, and has views and scenery you will never forget. You are actually hiking in a river, up into a canyon with massive walls on each side, make sure you bring trekking poles and water shoes.
Single Day San Gorgonio – The tallest peak in Southern California is not to be taken lightly, so I decided to single day what most people do in two. An amazing hike with great views and you get to say you hiked the tallest peak in SoCal when you complete it.
Mt Baldy during the Winter – One of the more adventurous hikes on the list. For me this hike featured full winter gear, crampons, ice axe and gaiters. For a Southern California hike it was the whole deal, especially on a year with heavy snow. It made for an amazing hike. I have done it multiple times since then, but there is just something special about doing it in the snow.
San Jacinto via Tram – The views from the top of Mt San Jacinto will never be forgotten, its amazing to see the contrast of the desert and the valley. The addition of the Tram ride to the trail head makes it that much more special and unique. Be warned, people do experience altitude effects by taking the tram from the desert floor to the start of the trail, so take your time when starting out.
Mt Whitney – The crowning achievement of our list is Mt Whitney, the tallest peak in the lower 48 states. It's epicness is only overshadowed by its accomplishment, an amazing experience all its own, a trip to never be forgotten. I am so glad I got to add this to the list this year. If you want to do it, make sure you apply for the lottery in the beginning of the year cause it is hard to get a pass for this one.
Half Dome – This hike is iconic, hiking Half Dome is a grand accomplishment in the realm of the outdoors. It's tough but it's worth it, epic waterfalls, massive granite faces, cables, and breathtaking views of the Yosemite valley.
Sunrise On Sunset Peak – More about the experience that the hike itself, being on a peak for sunrise was amazing. Requiring a little more effort and planning this hike makes it onto the list as it was an accomplishment of something that was on my bucket list.
So there is my list, let me know what you think in the comments. Also, let me know if you have one I left off.


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Then again, it's hard to blame Roback for his reticence. The spacey, indefinable music found on So Tonight That I Might See, Mazzy Star's latest album on Capitol Records, is as wispy as a puff of smoke. Weight it with too much baggage, intellectual or otherwise, and it may float away on the gentlest breeze. Accept it as it is and it likely will seduce you with its subtleties, tempt you with its textures and leave you hungry for more even before the last note fades.
Roback probably realizes this, but that doesn't mean he'll elaborate on it. He delivers a solid "no" when asked if he's being evasive simply because he fears he'll besmirch the enigmatic qualities of the sounds he's made by describing them. "When you start out to be a musician," he notes, his voice a halting monotone, "you do what you do musically, and there's really no obligation to explain. People sometimes expect an explanation, and sometimes you have something to say about what you did. And sometimes you don't."
Amend that last statement to read, "And almost always you don't," since throughout his career Roback has responded to most requests for exegesis with impenetrable silence. For that reason, his fans have few clues about Roback's musical journey beyond the albums that bear his name.
It was the early Eighties when Roback first came to the public's attention, thanks to his presence in the Los Angeles-based band Rain Parade. On recordings such as the 1983 disc Emergency Third Rail Power Trip and an EP from the following year, Explosions in the Glass Palace, Roback and company constructed layer upon layer of psychedelic guitar washes that seemed to flow effortlessly into one another. Since the most obvious touchstones for this approach were the Velvet Underground, the Doors, Love and other progressive late-Sixties acts, enterprising scenesters pegged the band as a standard-bearer for a new L.A. movement dubbed the paisley underground. While Roback didn't exactly promote this label--"I thought it was more of a journalistic angle than anything else; the kind of thing that goes on all the time in the media," he says--he helped create the impression that a close-knit cadre of performers was pushing the trend on Rainy Day, the single most memorable document from this period. Together with former Dream Syndicate bassist Kendra Smith, Three O'Clock lead vocalist Michael Quercio and Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs (still a year away from becoming a temporary MTV star), Roback oversaw the production of a handful of graceful, idiosyncratic cover songs. Hoffs's versions of Lou Reed's "I'll Be Your Mirror" and Bob Dylan's "I'll Keep It With Mine" were particularly beautiful, and Roback's blistering take on Pete Townshend's "A Quick One" put the lie to critics who suggested he couldn't rock out.
With the dissolution of Rain Parade, Roback briefly joined forces with Smith, drummer Keith Mitchell and guitarist Juan Gomez in a group called Clay Allison; the fruits of this collaboration can be found on Fell From the Sun, a 1984 EP issued under the first three members' names. The core of that band later took on the moniker Opal and put out a disc called Happy Nightmare Baby. Smith split during a tour to support the platter, and as a replacement Roback recruited Hope Sandoval, whom he had met while working in the studio with Going Home, an act Sandoval had formed while still attending high school. By 1990 the membership had solidified to the degree that Roback tagged the group with yet another new handle: Mazzy Star.
The 1990 release She Hangs Brightly, initially issued by Rough Trade and now available on Capitol, shows Roback exploring familiar musical territory, but his work shows signs of experimentation and growth. For example, "I'm Sailin'" displays the kind of country influences that the Cowboy Junkies brought to a wider audience, while "Ghost Highway" is built upon a more conventional (and even catchier) pop-guitar riff. Roback modestly stays in the background of most tracks, allowing Sandoval's naturalistic singing to set the tone. But it's Roback's musical settings--which simultaneously seem intricately planned and wholly organic--that make Brightly stick in one's mind.
The cult following that sprang up in the wake of the album was large and rabid enough to attract industry-wide attention; as a result, Mazzy Star is the first of Roback's groups to appear on a major label. Rather than responding to the possibility of reaching a larger audience by smoothing out his sound, though, Roback delivered to Capitol executives a follow-up that is, if anything, even more challenging than its predecessor. So Tonight That I Might See drips with psychedelic influences, but Roback's echo-laden studio work is so idiosyncratic that it manages not to sound like a simple reproduction of a previous era's styles. More important, songs such as "Fade Into You," "Wasted" and a cover of Arthur Lee's "Five String Serenade" are moving, mysterious and as fragile as glass figurines.


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As much as RE hates news media for being morons, so do I hate tech media for the same problems. Today's case in point, the Lytro Camera, as summarized by optics.org:
Rarely does a purely optical innovation grab the attention of the world's media in the way that Lytro's did last week. The Stanford start-up's combination of plenoptic technology and slick image processing software will allow refocusing of images after they have been taken – however poorly focused the original image – is a prospect that has got many amateur photographers salivating, even if some of the professionals remain skeptical.
I want to be clear about this right now: You cannot refocus an image after it has been taken. You just can't. You can sharpen and blur parts of the image to give the illusion of refocusing, but these are just mathematical processes that give estimates. I cannot say this enough: You cannot refocus an image after it is recorded. A breakdown of what the Lytro is doing after the jump. Spoiler alert, the important phrase is "slick image processing."
I'll go ahead and give the big reveal now, because what Lytro is doing is actually pretty cool. Let's say you took several pictures in a row, at different focal lengths (focusing on different parts of the scene, for example). After the fact, you could make a pretty good estimate of any part of that scene that was within the range you sampled. If I focused one foot, two feet, and three feet from the lens, I could give a decent estimate of what it would have looked like if I focused 1.5 feet, for example, by interpolating what I did take and mathematically averaging it out. The problem, of course, is that it takes time to take three shots with lens adjustments and the scene may change between shots. I could do the same thing with three cameras simultaneously, but they have to be in different places because of, you know, mass and physics and stuff. That means that the estimates will be worse, because the values will be different even if the cameras are only an inch apart. This is an important point: that effect is minimal if you're shooting something further away, so that technique works fine if your target is, say, 30 feet away, but not if they're 10 feet away. The closer the cameras are to each other, the better their estimates are for closer photos.
What Lytro has done is basically taken a normal photosensor (the chip in a camera that records the light coming in), and turned it into several simultaneous cameras. Photosensor chips have teeny tiny little lenses on them to focus light on each pixel, and Lytro is adjusting those lenses so that, say, columns 1, 5, 9, etc. are all capturing an image at one focal length, columns 2, 6, 10 are at a second, etc. Thus, you're getting several different images at once (one image composed of the 1,5,9, etc. columns, a second image composed of 2,6,10,etc., and so on). By using alternating columns, Lytro is basically doing the "multiple camera" approach above, but they've smooshed the sensors together as tightly as possible, which means you don't have the same distance problem that I described above.
So, at this point it should be clear why the coverage above is wrong: You cannot refocus an image after you take it. Lytro is taking several images at once and using estimation to average out values in between. It's not perfect, it's not a substitute for actual focusing, and it never will be. It's just the same estimation I wrote about above.
Lytro's images are small so far, 512×512 (that's 128,000 pixels, or 1/8 megapixel, which is close to what the very first cameraphones could do. This is 512×512:
Now, it should be clear that the more images you capture at different focal lengths, the better your estimates will be. For something like what Lytro is doing, I'm guessing they need at least four images. Your standard point and shoot camera nowadays is sporting a 10 megapixel sensor, which works out to about 2673×3741 pixels. Once you cut it into four each way, you've got 668×935, which is 624,580 pixels or 0.6 megapixels. So, using this technique with a 10 megapixel sensor gives you a "refocusable" image of 0.6 megapixels. (Four was my first guess, but five gives you 534×748, which is pretty damn close to Lytro's numbers.)
As Ken Rockwell points out at his awesome site:
One needs at least a doubling of linear resolution or film size to make an obvious improvement. This is the same as quadrupling the megapixels. A simple doubling of megapixels, even if all else remained the same, is very subtle. The factors that matter, like color and sharpening algorithms, are far more significant.
So, as long as camera sensors don't suddenly explode in pixel density (which, for physical reasons, won't happen), Lytro's technology is only going to produce small pictures. It's cool, but it's not going to replace a real camera.
So, whenever you hear someone say "captures the light field" or "light field camera" or "refocus in post", I hope you punch them very, very hard.
UPDATE: Reading the optics piece again, I see that they explicitly say Lytro captures four focal lengths, so 512×512 means the camera captures 2048×2048 or about 4 megapixels. But as shown above, to get to a .6 megapixel image, they need to go up to a 10 megapixel sensor, and so on.
UPDATE 2: I completely forgot my second point, which now will get a tiny amount of space. A lot of sites are mentioning Lytro in combination with HDR. They are completely different. HDR has nothing to do with focal length, it's about adjusting exposure. It's possible that Lytro does this, but without a shutter mechanism it would have to be done by selectively reading out certain pixel sets at different times. Doable, but not straightforward.


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The Texas Rangers and Ian Kinsler have agreed to a five year contract extension that will guarantee the second baseman $75 million, including a $5 million buyout if an option for a sixth year isn't picked up by the team. The deal replaces the $10 million club option that the Rangers had for 2013, and will keep Kinsler in Texas until 2017 and possibly 2018.
The $15 million average annual value makes Kinsler the highest paid second baseman of all time, far surpassing Dan Uggla's $12.4 million. The deal is expected to act as something of a template for upcoming negotiations between Robinson Cano and the New York Yankees, and likely benefits Brandon Phillips as he works on an extension with the Cincinnati Reds.
In a vacuum, the deal anticipates Kinsler being worth 13 wins above replacement between the ages of 31 and 35. Assuming the standard $5 million/ WAR, 5% inflation, and a 0.5 WAR decline each year, this is how the contract works out for the team in a vacuum:
2013 – $15 million salary - $5.25 $/WAR – Paying for 2.9 WAR – Anticipating 3.6 WAR
2014 – $15 million salary - $5.51 $/WAR – Paying for 2.7 WAR – Anticipating 3.1 WAR
2015 – $15 million salary - $5.79 $/WAR – Paying for 2.6 WAR – Anticipating 2.6 WAR
2016 – $15 million salary - $6.08 $/WAR – Paying for 2.5 WAR – Anticipating 2.1 WAR
2017 – $15 million salary - $6.31 $/WAR – Paying for 2.4 WAR – Anticipating 1.6 WAR
It's an incredibly safe bet for the Rangers, as Kinsler basically has to equal the production from his last three seasons over the five years after 2012, his age 30 year, to make the deal work out well for Texas. Over the last three seasons:
- 15.8 fWAR according to FanGraphs;
- 14.1 rWAR according to Baseball Reference; and
- 15.0 WARP according to Baseball Prospectus.
And all Kinsler has to do is play like Ray Durham did in his 31 to 35 year old seasons.
When it comes to the Rangers specifically, it's far from a stretch to suggest that Kinsler represents the team's best overall player. While a lot of attention may go to Josh Hamilton and even Michael Young, Kinsler's incredible balance of speed, power and defense make him an incredibly valuable part of the Rangers. It's therefore not surprising at all that an extension of this size would be given to Kinsler before other players on what is shaping up to be the premier franchise in baseball.
With several top prospects scheduled to become Major League ready in the coming years, Texas continues to lock up the key cogs in their success to date without necessarily giving in to the demands of a sentimental fan base or agreeing to the type of legacy deals that often end up causing regret in front offices. They've made cautious decisions with Hamilton and even the recent contract given to Nelson Cruz, while also locking up some of the more underrated talent like Kinsler and Derek Holland.
General Manager Jon Daniels and the rest of the front office has not only shown that they can build a winning organization by making it to the World Series in both of the last two seasons, but they're actions since finding this success suggest to me that they'll be able to maintain that success.


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Showtime and D* just renewed their deal last month. http://www.hollywood...carriage-377406
Showtime Anytime content will be launch on D* Everywhere, if all goes well, before the holidays. That is barring any technical unknowns, but that is the plan. D* customers will also have access to Showtime Anytime's site and app as well....I believe at the same time.
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We frequent LBI NJ and I've noticed these shrubs in many yards in Beach Haven covered with daisy-like flowers. They almost form hedges in some cases and seem to flower for an extended period of time.
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Thank you! Now I've been able to find them online and it says any well drained soil, so I'm going to give it a try. I'd tried searching every daisy-like flower I could come up with but none of them looked right. This is definitely the shrubs I see in Beach Haven. Thanks again. :) |
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FODC Welcomes New Executive Director
Friends of Deckers Creek (FODC) is pleased to announce our new Executive Director, Suzanne Moore.
We are pleased to have her on board as her environmental dedication and management expertise will help FODC advance our mission of improved awareness and water quality in the Deckers Creek Watershed. Suzanne's background in arts and political science gives her an artistic touch and knowledge of public interactions which will aide tremendously in community outreach, a major component of our mission at Friends of Deckers Creek. In addition, Suzanne has performed a management role for an outdoor recreation company as well as a director role for the Alzheimer's Association, West Virginia Chapter. While director of the Alzheimer's Association, Suzanne acted as head of the Morgantown Regional Office, organized several memory walks to raise awareness and funds, worked to provide community and regional resources, and trained caregivers and health professionals. She has also dedicated countless community volunteer hours to numerous local organizations.
Suzanne was raised in North Carolina and has resided in West Virginia for nearly a decade. As a resident her husband and she have immersed themselves in the rich outdoor recreational opportunities West Virginia has to offer. Hiking and kayaking are among those activities and many weekends have been spent camping in the West Virginia wilderness. This deep rooted love of outdoor recreations instills a conservationist mentality that most lovers of nature could relate to. This conservationist mentality is vital to the mission of FODC and makes her an excellent fit with our organization.
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While countries negotiate, sign and implement additional free trade agreements, companies scramble to capitalize on these opportunities while managing compliance risks. As part of their cost reduction strategy, some businesses increase their sourcing from low-cost countries, which can jeopardize their free trade qualification. This article explores these and other current free trade issues and shares a case study detailing how Nissan North America addresses the growing complexity of free trade compliance.
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My suggestion with broadcom is to disable the in-built module and use ndiswrapper and Windows drivers. In my pc this configuration works flawlessly.


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Things are still a little slow in the blogosphere, so another Best of the Fortnight (ending 5/4/2008):
- At Watch Me Create, Kerry Bogart describes how she found a host of new possibilities from beads she already had in front of her.
- In response to a recent Flaming Hot! topic, Amy Kuczewski describes a week in the life of a typical lampworker.
- Also at Watch Me Create, Linda Morrison blogs about the trials and joys of working with recycled glass.
- Still watching our fellow artists create, Terri Lovins shows her creation process with a start-to-finish description of making a necklace.
- Need a creativity boost? Head over to Lifedev for their list of seventeen obscure creativity-sparking websites.
- Kim Miles points out a not-so-obvious advantage of a lousy economy for artists.
- Popping back to Watch Me Create one more time, Kerry also shares why tool testing is a great spur to new creativity.
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Letter CANBERRA, 23 June 1947
I have been meaning to write re Denfeld and Manus-and now attach two telegrams, one from the United Kingdom and our reply. [1] These, I think, together with announcement made on his departure (copy attached) are as much as there is to it.
The man was only here for three days-and that during a week-end.
Discussions were informal and lasted only a few hours. It was clear United States have no intention to spend money south of their new possessions, but it is equally clear Denfeld has a service interest in the whole area. Hence, no interest in Manus, but considerable interest in staff talks and staff consultation.
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Date 2008-09-03 Availability unrestricted Abstract Science has been perceived as difficult to learn because of its nature and the methods by which it is usually taught. Most first-year science students entering higher education in South Africa today come from disadvantaged teaching and learning backgrounds. These students bring different "knowledge, skills or abilities" into the learning process. This knowledge, referred to as prior knowledge – or what the student already knows – is the single most important factor influencing learning (Ausubel, 1968). It is on the basis of this influence of prior knowledge on learning that the focus in this study is on understanding its manifestation in learning. Prior knowledge has both facilitating and inhibiting effects in learning. However, the focus in this study was only on inhibiting effects of prior knowledge on learning. To better understand prior knowledge qualitative methods (interview, observation, document review and the prior knowledge state test) were used. The aim was to specifically establish how students used their understanding of selected acid-base concepts and processes to construct understanding and to generate meaning of new concepts and/or knowledge. The study managed to highlight important aspects of the quality of prior knowledge and their manifestation in learning. The findings generally indicated that:
- The quality of the knowledge that students possessed was in most instances incomplete. That is, in their description of concepts, students preferred to use summary and informal descriptions without understanding the meaning of the concepts they were describing.
- The quality of knowledge (e.g. incomplete knowledge) affected their ability to construct understanding and/or generate meaning as this knowledge was insufficient to access for the construction of scientifically valid meanings of concepts.
- The quality of students' knowledge impeded their ability to reflect and/or to be aware of the knowledge they possessed. This made it difficult for students to access knowledge and to restructure it in order to construct new knowledge or prevent errors in their learning.
The study culminated in the development of a framework that may in future be used to assess prior knowledge and enhance meaningful teaching and learning based on the quality of students' prior knowledge.
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Hi! I would love any named iris' (extras) that anyone has. I am happy to pay for postage/ or can make a trade. I have been bitten by the iris bug and feel that it's my duty to have one of every kind now. LOL :0) Thank you so much! |
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