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gnomedigest commented on the diary post Book Review: Capitalism and Climate Change by cassiodorus.
The conditions are already set for catastrophic climate change (catastrophic for humans anyway). Whether the keystone XL is built at this point or not is largely irrelevant. Most of our scientists are bound by the desire for future grants to sell a picture of climate change that's not as scary as it is. When you [...]
gnomedigest commented on the diary post Greenwald Derangement Syndrome by Barry Eisler.
I always try to remember Robert Higgs's belief that (and I am paraphrasing):
"There are no such things as persistently failing policies."
If they claim a policy is supposed to accomplish "x" and it never does so but the policy continues, then its true purpose is not really to accomplish "x".
gnomedigest commented on the diary post Greenwald Derangement Syndrome by Barry Eisler.
I think the problem is you keep confusing those people you cite attacking Glenn Greenwald as "journalists". If that is what they were then yes, I could see how it could be confusing. But since they are actually establishment propagandists and attack dogs their behavior is exactly what Greenwald himself predicted it would be when [...]
gnomedigest commented on the blog post Libor Prosecutions: The October Surprise for Bankster Accountability?
While I get the idea of them going after a foreign bank, I think it would be basically impossible to go after Barclays and not end up having to go after some of the big US banks as well. LIBOR had to have the majority of the banks involved the way they throw out the 8 most out-liar banks scores in generating the LIBOR rating.
During the prosecution of Barclays other big banks would be dragged into the crosshairs and there is no way a US president is going to do that, election year or not. I bet a US president would see starting another war as a lesser risk than pissing off JP Morgan, Citigroup, or Goldman Sachs, if they were desperate of an election year bump.
gnomedigest wrote a new diary post: Do Patriots Remain Silent?
When an immigrant becomes a US Citizen in most cases they must take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. One part of this oath states:
"that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic"
When an new US president takes office this [...]
gnomedigest commented on the blog post Chief Justice Roberts May Have Switched Health Care Vote at Last Minute
I am unclear why there is so much shock that Roberts used his vote to protect the interests of corporations. Its the insurance companies that wanted the mandate. That makes up a key portion of what makes the AHCA the insurance companies bailout.
This vote is reminiscent of Congress's left/right Kabuki. It splits down partisan lines with someone breaking ranks to protect the corporate interest. How is this any different?
gnomedigest commented on the diary post Occupy Raleigh, NC (Part 22) Home Defense Action Now! by gnomedigest.
At least 6 were arrested, 4 on the lawn and 2 in the home. The police brought over 30 Raleigh PD and a SWAT team as well to deal with around 20 of us.
That is what a police state looks like.
gnomedigest commented on the blog post Iran Counter-Offers on Uranium Enrichment
This is the USS Enterprises last deployment. Then it is decommissioned and they have to go through all the extremely expensive processes of dealing with its nuclear reactors.
Or if it was just sunk off the coast of Iran in some extremely dramatic made for TV event they would have their war and save themselves the cost of having to decommission the carrier.
Just saying…
gnomedigest wrote a new diary post: Occupy Raleigh, NC (Part 22) Home Defense Action Now!
Video streaming by Ustream When people are involved in civil disobedience or other direct actions its often hard to know what sort of effect one has had. Protests movements are the sum of countless actions. Occasionally, though, there are actions that in and of themselves can radically change peoples lives for the better. Home defenses are [...]
gnomedigest wrote a new diary post: Occupy Raleigh, NC (part 21) Statewide GA
Video streaming by Ustream Last weekend Occupy Raleigh hosted a statewide gathering of NC Occupations which included a General Assembly. A small group from Occupy Raleigh spent weeks planning and preparing for this gathering. They made contact with the various occupations. They got permits to use the State Capitol grounds for the main portions of the [...]
gnomedigest commented on the blog post NC-Gov: Brad Miller Could Move From Congress Into Governor's Race
They did. They used a plane to fly around a banner during the Raleigh, NC Xmas parade to remind us all.
gnomedigest commented on the diary post Occupy Raleigh, NC (part 20) 99+1 Weekend by gnomedigest.
I would really like that as well Jane. I have started brainstorming ways FDL may be able to help us further. If there is some way you would prefer I contact you directly you can send me info to my email at email@example.com Or if the best way is just to use the FDL send [...]
gnomedigest wrote a new diary post: Occupy Raleigh, NC (part 20) 99+1 Weekend
This weekend we celebrated our 100th day of Occupation. Occupy Raleigh's events were on Saturday and Sunday. On Friday there was a nationwide event to Occupy the Courts in recognition of the 2 year anniversary of Citizens United. Occupy Chapel-Hill spearheaded the organization of that in our area with the support of other local occupations. [...]
gnomedigest commented on the diary post Occupy Raleigh, NC (part 19) Occupy Supply by gnomedigest.
Website is http://www.occupyraleigh.org/ and our location is 11 N West Street, Raleigh, NC, 27603.
gnomedigest wrote a new diary post: Occupy Raleigh, NC (part 19) Occupy Supply
As I mentioned before, we received a small starter pack of supplies from the Occupy Supply a couple weeks ago. Yesterday we received our first large shipment. It included hats, gloves, fleece jackets and pants, masks, scarves, and blankets. We were immediately impressed by the quality of the clothing. Along with all that, Occupy Supply [...]
gnomedigest wrote a new diary post: Occupy Raleigh, NC (Part 18) Walkupy Defiance & Arrests
Saturday became the unofficial shift back toward resistance. We still have a myriad of issues to work out at the occupation site but those are no longer going to distract us from other activities. There were three activities planned for the day I was excited about so it promised to be a long, productive day. The [...]
gnomedigest wrote a new diary post: Occupy Raleigh, NC (Part 17) Loss from the 19
We received a starter kit from the Occusupply at the start of the week. When I arrived the following day at the occupation I quickly spotted the logo on various hats and scarves. The larger order is soon to follow and once we have people decked out in full Occusupply gear we will take some group [...]
gnomedigest commented on the diary post Occupy Raleigh, NC (Part 16) Hoorah by gnomedigest.
Thanks for the kind, encouraging words everyone.
gnomedigest wrote a new diary post: Occupy Raleigh, NC (Part 16) Hoorah
I often wonder how the 1% will expand their crackdowns if the Occupation Movement continues to grow. Police brutality and disruption are just the first step. If that continues to prove ineffective things will escalate. One possible sign is the latest measures passed 93-7 in the Senate that allows the military to indefinitely detain American citizens [...]
gnomedigest wrote a new diary post: Occupy Raleigh, NC (Part 15) Work and Play
Sunday we had planned a work day to further organize the camp. With increasing numbers of tents, the first order of business was moving them closer together to make room for more. Even after moving a large tent in closer to the others after the porta-pottie had been set up close to it, we still ended [...]
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Died at sunset two tiles from the exit, trying to re-lit torch for 5 turns in a row, carrying the staff of light.
Maybe staff of light should give auto success on "torch goes out" event? After all, it's a god damn staff of LIGHT!
There are examples of similar skill checks in loot and treasure cards - Rope and Flying Carpet, so i consider that as a flaw.

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WASHINGTON, August 27, 2013 — If you ask a Chinese who is the greatest military strategist in history, he likely would name Kong Ming (181–234 AD), above Sun Tzu, the author of The Art of War.
Kong Ming, also known as Zhuge Liang, was a military genius, statesman, administrator, accomplished scholar, inventor, astrologer and meteorologist. Many Chinese considered him as the smartest person in history, but he was most respected for his intense loyalty to his king.
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Kong Ming was the ideal Chinese hero. Liu Bei, a refugee nobleman, made three pious personal visits to Kong Ming to seek his assistance, and Kong Ming repaid Liu Bei's trust with 28 years of loyal service. With Kong Ming as his side, Liu Bei rose from an insignificant warlord to become a king.
At the Battle of Red Cliff on the Yangtze River, circa 208 AD, Kong Ming masterminded the strategy that persuaded the Wu kingdom to join in the fight against the invading warlord, Chao Chao. In the ensuing battle, the alliance of mere 30,000 men decimated an army of 800,000. The prestige and the territory gained from that battle enabled Liu Bei to establish his Su kingdom.
Kong Ming was an ingenious innovator. He invented mechanical horses and oxen to transport military supplies to the front line. Unfortunately, no records or blue prints of the devices survived his passing. He was also the inventor of the Kong Ming Lantern, known in the West as the Chinese lantern. Kong Ming developed it to carry messages to summon reinforcements for his army. He also modified the ancient crossbow into a multiple firing ballista system to bolster the fighting strength of his small army.
In 225 AD, Kong Ming led his army against a regional rebellion. Kong Ming, captured and released Meng Huo, the leader of the rebel forces seven times before Meng Huo surrendered of his own free will, and swore never to trouble Liu Bei's Su kingdom again. After the surrender, Kong Ming withdrew his army and left Meng Huo's people to choose their own leaders and govern themselves. The strategy allowed the Su kingdom to rule Meng Huo's territory in peace without any further expenditure of men or resources, while collecting the benefits of a ruling nation.
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Kong Ming's expedition against Meng Huo is comparable to General Crook's pursuit of Geronimo. In Kong Ming's case, he left Meng Huo as an obedient vassal of the kingdom; while Geronimo spent most of his post war years as a prisoner.
The most recounted folklore among Chinese people was Kong Ming's Empty City Strategy. Kong Ming was renowned for his stratagem. Circa 227 AD, Ma Su, a general under Kong Ming's command lost a crucial battle, which left Kong Ming vulnerable at Xi Cheng with 2,500 men against an enemy force of 150,000 led by Shi Ma Yi.
Kong Ming ordered soldiers, disguised as civilians, to water and sweep the grounds around the four city gates. He removed all banners and hid his troop from sight then waited for the enemy to arrive. Shi Ma Yi's vanguards found the city undefended with all four gates wide open. They halted and reported the information to their superiors. Shi Ma Yi arrived at the city gate and saw Kong Ming seated atop the battlement flanked by two page boys as he played a ghen.
Shi Ma Yi knew Kong Ming as a brilliant strategist not given to rash and risky ventures. The open city gates appeared to be an invitation to attack thus must be a baited trap. Shi Ma Yi withdrew his army thus allowed Kong Ming and his men to escape. Henceforth, the phrase Empty City Strategy became synonymous with the word "bluff."
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Scott Comments: A novel of the epic conflict between Man-Tiger and SCUBA-Horse!
Published 1978
26 Responses to "Quest of the Three Worlds"
jerk of all trades Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 9:06 amWelp, now that flying man-tiger is going to be appearing in my nightmares.
Tom Noir Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 9:08 amEarly concept art for Avatar?
SI Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 10:47 amI do believe, this is the most epic battle anyone has and will imagine in life.
Linebarger you genius bastard.
THX 1138 Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 11:01 amI don't think the tiger is jumping, I think it's falling. Look at the pleading expression in its eyes!
Adam Roberts Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 12:14 pmOf course Justice is not just another name for Revenge! Obviously Justice is another name for 'Floating Man-Tiger and Scuba-Horse Meet on Crystal Hill'.
AwieUltra Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 2:14 pmAh yes, I remember that drug, too.
Phil Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 2:53 pmI can't actually see the join, but I'm convinced that's merely a small man DRESSED as a tiger. The horse, however, is most definitely a scuba diver. The artist has done his research: see how a horse needs THREE oxygen tanks, as opposed to the standard two required by humans.
Chris Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 4:08 pmHow did I miss this literary gem?? Also, the tiger's face looks like John Scalzi.
Simon Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 4:29 pmThe only possible justification for this cover (and even that's going some) is that that scene appears in the book. In which case; why haven't I read this book?
Simon Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 4:30 pmWhich might mean the cover has worked.
*Is thoroughly confused* -
AceofSpace Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 4:39 pmWait…so why does the horse need the scuba equipment? As far as I can see the scene doesn't take place under water and the tiger is breathing just fine.
So why is the horse a scuba diver, why, why is this detail the one that bugs me the most?
Al Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 5:47 pmMy goodness–it's Congressman Wu!
fred Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 5:49 pmThe only review at Amazon on this book with this cover contains the following – "Chicken planet? What?".
My life will be forever empty knowing a chicken planet cover was never brought into being. -
Smith Says:
July 27th, 2011 at 5:52 pmThat 40 a day habit had left Champion the Wonder Horse with crippling emphysema.
Tom Noir Says:
July 28th, 2011 at 12:41 pmMr. Ed: The Next Generation
Scott B Says:
July 28th, 2011 at 4:36 pmI had remembered basically nothing from when I read the book, but after a glance through I can confirm that the scene is in the book, but as expected is less interesting than it appears.
The man-tiger is a tiger version of the intelligent Underpeople in C. Smith's books. The horse is just an ordinary horse, and is wearing the mask because the air is too thin on this planet to breathe (I don't know why the man-tiger doesn't have one). And the man-tiger is trying to jump across the chasm to rescue the horse, which is trapped on that crystal cliff (the horse, naturally, is freaked out by the man-tiger and just trying to stay away from him).
The man-tiger is surprisingly similar to the book's description: not a very human-like form, with "his ears on top of his head, yellow and black fur over his face, huge incisors overlapping his lower jaw and enormous antenna-like whiskers sticking out from his moustache."
And now thanks to Fred I have to keep skimming the book in order to find this "chicken planet"… Seriously, what?
Scott B Says:
July 29th, 2011 at 5:30 amAh, chicken planet, yes. "Cackle gabble, gabble cackle, man, man, man, eat them, eat them!"
Dalton H. Says:
August 2nd, 2011 at 12:52 amWatch out, Rocketeer Stallion, Snarf is going to attack!
Anti-Sceptic Says:
August 15th, 2011 at 8:40 pmIs the tiger leaping at a scuba-horse, or has the horse been watching too many Fast And Furious movies and thinks he can run faster if he straps on some NOS?
And the tiger….He looks like he just ate a little boy and the boy is crying out to the horse to save him, or it's a kid in his Halloween costume thinking that he has acquired new powers by putting on said-costume and is playing King-of-the-Hill with a horse determined to prove to the kid that HE is actually "king of the hill"….whew, talk about run-on!
J-P Voilleque Says:
August 27th, 2011 at 12:42 amRemember kids, SCUBA horse says not to get hooked on nitrous oxide. I did, and look where I ended up – trapped on a crystal cliff with this mother lovin' tigerman trying to "help" me.
SteveAsat Says:
September 10th, 2011 at 7:11 am"YOU CANNOT HOPE TO DEFEAT ME! I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND!"
If I was GM-ing this encounter, I'd give Mantiger a small bonus to stick his landing because he's got tiger claws. Then I'd tack on a massive penalty because they'll do him zero good landing on a glass surface. In fact, judging by his angle and the look on his face, I think Tigerman just rolled a big fumble.
Wait, if the air's so thin Scooby needs an oxygen tank, how is that river of fire staying alight?
A.R.Yngve Says:
October 6th, 2011 at 8:07 pmNote to man-tiger: Do NOT leap against razor-sharp cliffs without protective paw gear.
The Tag Wizard Says:
March 18th, 2013 at 7:47 pmLong overdue a TING!
HappyBookwyrm Says:
July 6th, 2013 at 11:26 pmI keep coming back to this cover again and again and it never stops being hilarious/awesome/totally ludicrous that this is on a book. I love science fiction and fantasy because it showcases so wonderfully the ability of the human brain to come up with stuff like this…and then make other people really, really want to read it…
Jaouad Says:
July 7th, 2013 at 3:25 pmMan-tiger: I CAN HAZ JUSTIS?
Scuba-horse: JUSTIS JUSTIS OTHER NAME FOR REVENGE -
rev Says:
January 21st, 2014 at 2:40 pmThe horse really needs to be wearing flippers for this scene to be believable.


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The Wannakuwatte bankruptcy cases are both now under the supervision of Chapter 11 bankruptcy trustees. As we reported last week, Deepal Wannakuwatte's personal bankruptcy is being handled by Hank Spacone, a Sacramento CPA with a deep background of administering similar liquidations and reorganizations. Now we can also confirm that Rocklin-based Beverly N. McFarland, a consultant… Continue Reading
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Hank Spacone Appointed Wannakuwatte Bankruptcy Trustee
Posted in Bankruptcy Clawback News, Wannakuwatte BankruptcyIn the latest news from the Deepal Wannakuwatte Ponzi bankruptcy, well-known Sacramento CPA Hank M. Spacone has been appointed the Chapter 11 Trustee to oversee the case in US Bankruptcy Court. With an extensive background in the local business community, Spacone has already managed multiple bankruptcies, liquidations and reorganizations totaling in the hundreds of millions…. Continue Reading
Wannakuwatte Bankruptcy Trustee to Be Appointed
Posted in Bankruptcy Clawback News, Legal Representation, Ponzi Profiles, Wannakuwatte BankruptcyFollowing upon convicted Ponzi schemer Deepal Wannakuwatte's declaration of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in US Bankruptcy Court in Sacramento, the United States Trustee has requested the appointment of a Bankruptcy Trustee for Wannakuwatte's case. As we previously reported, Wannakuwatte's filing lists $134 million in debt, while his assets are calculated to stand at about $15 million…. Continue Reading
Wannakuwatte Files for Bankruptcy
Posted in Bankruptcy Clawback News, Legal Representation, Ponzi Profiles, Wannakuwatte BankruptcyProminent Sacramento businessman Deepal Wannakuwatte, already having admitted to engineering a massive Ponzi scheme, has now filed a $134 million Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in US Bankruptcy Court. As part of his plea deal with federal prosecutors, the 63-year-old Wannakuwatte agreed to the filing as well as forfeiture of bank accounts and property, plus anywhere from… Continue Reading
Wannakuwatte Guilty; Endangered Community with $150 Million Ponzi
Posted in Legal Representation, Ponzi ProfilesToday in US District Court, Deepal Wannakuwatte, a well-known Sacramento businessman and former owner of the Sacramento Capitals tennis team, pleaded guilty in connection to masterminding a $150 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded dozens of investors. He admitted responsibility to a count of wire fraud presented by FBI agents in a February criminal complaint, making… Continue Reading
Wannakuwatte: What Might a Plea Agreement Look Like?
Posted in Bankruptcy Clawback News, Legal Representation, Ponzi ProfilesDeepal Wannakuwatte has been accused of masterminding a $150 million-plus Ponzi scheme, and he's set to change his plea to guilty on May 1st in US District Court in Sacramento. Wannakuwatte's indictment, however, doesn't present the full array of charges that could be levelled against him; rather, it is limited to two counts of bank… Continue Reading
Wannakuwate Case: Are Clawbacks Looming?
Posted in Bankruptcy Clawback News, Legal Representation, Wannakuwatte BankruptcyThe Deepal Wannakuwatte case is entering a new phase. Leaders in the Northern California bankruptcy community are abuzz with the near certainty that a bankruptcy, likely an involuntary one, will be filed in the Wannakuwatte case. Such a filing will bring the appointment of a trustee coupled with the later appointment of counsel. Whether special… Continue Reading
Wannakuwatte's Helpers: Who, What & When
Posted in Ponzi ProfilesThe civil case against Deepal Wannakuwatte will not stop with a guilty plea in his criminal matter. The pursuit of truth will continue, and the classic questions featuring in any thorough investigation will endure. What happened? The Wannakuwatte Ponzi scheme is at least $125 million and a dozen years in the making. Civil investigations of… Continue Reading
Wannakuwatte Likely to Change Plea on Fraud Charges
Posted in Ponzi ProfilesThe following is an update from Hackard Law attorney Jeremy Rutledge, who attended a Status Conference for Deepal Wannakuwatte in US District Court today in Sacramento. Wannakuwatte is accused of running a Ponzi scheme on a scale of anywhere from $125 million to $300 million. He currently faces charges of bank fraud. Today's Status Conference… Continue Reading
Wannakuwatte's Victims: Safe from Further Harm?
Posted in Legal RepresentationLawyers representing Ponzi victims must have a basic understanding of the complicated interplay between criminal actions against perpetrators, potential bankruptcy and tax effects on victims, and the possibilities of civil litigation against perpetrators, other victims and aiders and abettors. While no single lawyer is likely to know the intricacies of each legal process, every lawyer… Continue Reading
Wannakuwatte Arraignment Tomorrow
Posted in Ponzi ProfilesDeepal Wannakuwatte, the Sacramento businessman indicted for allegedly running a $125 million-plus Ponzi scheme through his companies IMG and RelyAid, will be arraigned tomorrow in US District Court. An attorney from Hackard Law will be present at the proceedings. Wannakuwatte's arraignment is set for 2 PM on the Magistrate calendar. Here is the address for… Continue Reading
Wanna Know More About Wannakuwatte?
Posted in Ponzi ProfilesAccused Ponzi schemer Deepal Wannakuwatte has been formally indicted on three counts of bank fraud. The 63-year-old Wannakuwatte, once the owner of the Sacramento Capitals tennis team, was presented with the charges yesterday in US District Court in Sacramento. He is alleged to have defrauded multiple investors of at least $125 million through his medical… Continue Reading
Wannakuwatte Detention Hearing Scheduled for Tomorrow
Posted in Ponzi ProfilesDeepal Wannakuwatte, the Sacramento businessman accused of masterminding a $125 million Ponzi scheme, will have his detention hearing tomorrow in US District Court in Sacramento. Wannakuwatte, the 63-year-old head of International Manufacturing Group (IMG) and related enterprises like RelyAid, will have the possibility of his bail reviewed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire. He is already… Continue Reading
Medical Glove Company's $125 Million Secrets Unfolding, Says Hackard Law
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Eigenfactor scores are scaled so that the sum of the Eigenfactor scores of all journals listed in Thomson's Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is 100. In 2011, the journal Nature had the highest Eigenfactor score, with a score of 1.65524. The top thousand journals, as ranked by Eigenfactor score, all have Eigenfactor scores above 0.01.
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SPRINGFIELD Dorothy Gammon, age 65, died in her home on November 18, 2012, after a long illness.
She was born on February 15, 1947, the daughter of George and Emma (Fuller) Watkins.
She was a Head Start teacher for 20+ years. After that, she owned and operated Sveas Tanning Salon in Springfield until her retirement. She devoted herself to everything she did and had a positive impact on everyone she met.
Her family includes two sons, David of Marlow, N.H., Robert of Springfield, Vt., and one daughter, Kathie of Bellows Falls, Vt. She is also survived by four brothers, Horace Watkins of Hartland, Vt., John Watkins and William Watkins of Springfield, Vt., and Ken Watkins of Brattleboro, Vt.; as well as eight grandchildren, three great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was predeceased by one son, Ricky; six brothers, David, Roger, Art, John, Jesse, George; and one sister, Isabelle.
She loved camping, flowers, her animals, and most of all, her family.
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Feynman responded: Dear Sir,The fact that I beat a drum has nothing to do with the fact that I do theoretical physics. Theoretical physics is a human endeavor, one of the higher developments of human beings, and the perpetual desire to prove that people who do it are human by showing that they do other things that a few other human beings do (like playing bongo drums) is insulting to me.I am human enough to tell you to go to hell.Yours,RPF. The West Wing - Josh Lyman and men on Mars. Alan Watts We Are Not Separate. 'Life is not a multiple-choice test' (www.nagb.org) (Correction: Fixing 33-year teaching degree to 33-year teaching career) I recently posted the resignation letter of Ron Maggiano, an award-winning social studies teacher at West Springfield High School in Fairfax County, after a 33-year teaching career — four years shy of full retirement.
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If you happen to be one of those unlucky users who experienced the unfortunate BlackBerry Messenger outage that took place last week, then you're in for some free gifts. Well, technically it's only free apps that you'll be getting, but that's still something. The BBM service outage turned out to be pretty nasty, affecting almost all parts of the world, for up to three days in some.
RIM, commented that this whole mess had something to do with a core-switch that did not work and a failed back-up. Now, none of the Blackberry users want to hear all this do they? They just want their texts to be delivered to all their friends in the network. Finally, almost after a week, all the services are back to normal and RIM has sent their apologies to everyone who's using it's services. RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said in an official statement;
Our global network supports the communications needs of more than 70 million customers. We truly appreciate and value our relationship with our customers. We've worked hard to earn their trust over the past 12 years, and we're committed to providing the high standard of reliability they expect, today and in the future. We are grateful to our loyal BlackBerry customers for their patience.We have apologized to our customers and we will work tirelessly to restore their confidence. We are taking immediate and aggressive steps to help prevent something like this from happening again.
In addition to the apology, RIM has also promised to give Blackberry apps worth $100 to every Blackberry Customer who faced the outage. That' lovely isn't it? But, do Blackberry users normally have or use any apps other than BBM? I'm not so sure, maybe they do. Anyways, here's the list of the apps that you'll be getting:
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From Hello Beautiful– Kris Humphries may be the only person in the world surprised that he and Kim Kardashian are divorcing. While he catches up to the rest of the world, his ex-girlfriend of two years–Bianka Kamber says "He would never watch the [Kardashian] show with me. He always bad talked it and said it was a trashy show and that it was garbage. And he would say, 'there's nothing to it… What are they even famous for?' He had absolutely no interest."
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@OeKc05 – Yes, I have. I actually own a laptop radiation shield, because I don't want to risk overexposure.
I've read that the electromagnetic field that my computer puts off can cause everything from low sperm count to depression. I bought this pad that goes under my laptop, and I use it whenever I actually sit the computer in my lap.
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On Facebook, a contributor posted a quotation from a freethinker who characterized all religious as "cults." I agree with that, but express a cavil with his further contention that "this is all they are." No, no, no, they are all something else. Every religion is a business, and some if not most are Ponzi schemes. A "business" is an endeavor by which one person or group of people make and sell something (or provide a service). What religions do is make up something -- a myth -- that they sell through the advertising of scriptures. Dogma, and particularly the dogma concerning sin (what people feel guilty about) and concerning death and the possibility of an afterlife.
The Priesthood is my term for the collected ministers, priests, preachers, &c. who engage in the business of selling a myth and the related dogma. Just as with a corporation, someone at the top gets all the toys and enjoyment, e.g. the Pope, who retires to Castle Gandolfo, there to sip the finest vintages -- Dom Perignon and Chateau d'Yquiem, et al. -- and relax in luxury that would make Donald Trump blush. Make no mistake about it: religions are businesses. The megachurches only embraced something they call the Prosperity Gospel because they felt so guilty about having air conditioned dog houses, more residences than the McCains and Romneys, and so much cash salted away their families -- or the next religious leader -- could never spend it in fifty lifetimes. It is hardly coincidence that the Prosperity Gospel came about after the televangelist scandal.
It is time we started taxing religions. Forget the 1%, let's go after The Priesthood.
They are religious professionals and should be held fully responsible to the public. The should carry professional indemnity insurance so that when a member of the public sues them for civil wrong they are able to pay monetary damages awarded. It should be clear they have a duty of care to the public under the principles of contract and tort as well as a professional relationship with their subject.
Excellent point. My wife is looking into forming her own business as an independent social worker. As such, she MUST be insured against malpractice, and as it turns out, the insurance premiums aren't that bad. She has told me many times that no one goes into social work for the money, and social workers don't make that much. There are pastors and priests out there making SERIOUS money, and if they are operating as a social worker (and many do), they should have the same qualifications and meet the same requirements a social worker does.
Once again Loren, you're right!
Let's go after the 1% and the Priesthood. Of course, religion is a business and a very lucrative one. The grandson of the founder of Scientology says if you want to be a millionaire, just create a religion.
Seconded. Inequity is inequity, regardless.
And very suddenly, I'm reminded of a part of Copland's A Lincoln Portrait, a portion of the narration in the second half of that marvelous piece:
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, Is No Democracy.
Maybe we don't have slaves and masters ... but the extreme and widening distance between the haves and the have-nots is approximating that other model and entirely too well. The disempowerment of the middle class by the 1% has much the same effect in the overall view of things. If things go much further, our supposed democracy will be reduced to a de facto plutocracy / aristocracy, run and controlled by that same 1%, while the religious class tries to pacify what's left of the middle class into accepting this as the new order of things.
Sorry, but I'm not having any ... nor should any of the rest of us.
"If things go much further, our supposed democracy will be reduced to a de facto plutocracy / aristocracy, run and controlled by that same 1%,"
you don't think we're there already? i'm not so sure that we aren't.
I agree Matthew, and it's disheartening to say the least.~Melinda
Every year, on the fifteen day of the seventh month (Chinese calendar), a lot of Chinese in the Philippines would go to the local Buddhist temple to participate in festivities. What I found disconcerting is you need to make a payment (donation) to the temple if you want the monks to include the names of your departed family members in their prayers. These poor deluded folks are brainwashed into believing that their death relatives are living in some supernatural realm, and the only way to keep them comfortable is to make sure the enterprising monks pray for them. In some countries like Thailand, monks go around with begging bowls, not these ones from Philippines - they go around in Mercedes Benz.
even Christ was against organized religion and priests, read all of Matthew 23. he calls them vipers, fierce wolves in sheep's clothing who don't eat or let others eat, etc.
Interesting comment in light of a Religious Dispatches article about Rick Warren using the story of Daniel to make a statement about dieting. These guys will cull anything and everything from their Booble that they can twist and distort to make a buck. What will Warren be writing about next: a how-to on selecting good cigars?
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Trying to poly a wood basket I bought to use for a plant outdoors. Didn't know what wood it was so decided to stain and poly with Minwax Helmsman spar Urethane (indoor/outdoor). I was advised to use this by a worker in Home Depot. I stained and proceeded to brush a coat of poly. The poly is so thin, like water it drips and no matter how I tried to keep the basket level, it dried with drip stains. I sanded it and put a second coat on one section and I can see drips again. Is there a trick to doing this? The poly is thin and takes a few hours to dry. Thanks, |
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- Posted by sombreuil_mongrel (My Page) on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 10:27
Better brushing technique and a better brush. Some poly's are a bear because if they don't run, they foam up. Casey |
- Posted by mike_kaiser (My Page) on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 11:18
My gut reaction is that you're putting too much on. As mentioned, a good brush can help. What you're using also comes in a spray can. You'll need more coats. |
Thinner coats and better paint brushes. Any brush less than about $20 is likely to be pretty poor quality for finish work like this. Simply rubbing on coats with a lint free linen pad might be better than trying to brush. |
Thanks, I tried using a cloth, messy but it seemed to run less. I did use a natural bristle brush. I'm in Florida and the humidity doesn't help. Takes too long to dry. Jane |
- Posted by bobsmyuncle (My Page) on Tue, Apr 23, 13 at 18:11
Objects like this are tough to brush because of all the edges and convex corners. It's both tough to keep a wet edge and to avoid getting too much or too little in the intersections. That aside, don't trust the Home Depot guy for finish advice. Helmsman won't last a year. See this for why: http://hardwoodlumberandmore.com/Articles/ArticleViewPage/tabid/75/ArticleId/1/Marine-Varnish.aspx |
Here is a link that might be useful: an alternative
How depressing! I have spent so much time trying to get this basket done. I have to do one section at a time so it doesn't drip. Takes hours to dry, then I turn it to the next side and do that one. Have been sanding each and every little bit before putting on a second coat.... Bobsmyuncle, I have been wasting my time. I read your link about the door test. I should have painted the basket. This poly will peel in a few weeks. Now I would have to sand it all off. Well, I guess I'll just stick the orchid in the basket and wait for basket to rot out. Jane |
" I did use a natural bristle brush." A pretty meaningless phrase now, especially at HD (the home of cheap). I have some brushes running well onto 60 years old that are still going strong. For finishing work with solvent based finishes I have a pair of 'badger hair' brushes that ran around $30 each many years ago. Mostly I use them strictly for lacquering. Some of the newer man made flagged brushes from better manufacturers seem to do very well with shellac. Brush manufacturing seems to have split into inexpensive and not very well made, and higher quality at a sharp price increase. I hate having to use an expensive brush with finishes that have expensive solvents or even no real solvent) and have to pitch them. The 'throw away' brushes then become an option for at least initial coats. |
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Yes, the last time I went for the Christmas party, I was told that I could get in for 4. BUT, be SURE to get your wrist band when you arrive. I had an issue with that the last time, though after a bit of back-and-forth, it was finally resolved.
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Yes, the last time I went for the Christmas party, I was told that I could get in for 4. BUT, be SURE to get your wrist band when you arrive. I had an issue with that the last time, though after a bit of back-and-forth, it was finally resolved.
[QUOTE=supernova;903360] BUT, be SURE to get your wrist band when you arrive.QUOTE]
Yes supernova's right, very important you get that wristband
we went in at like 5 on our halloween party tickets
We did end up deciding that we wanted to go to the MNSSHP so we gave up the Le Cellier reservations.
Hopefully it'll be a good time but I'm sure it will be.
You'll enjoy yourself. We loved the Halloween party. Everyone dressed up. Although we want to do the Christmas Party as well I can't wait to go to another Halloween at MK!
awesome.. were going this year and i cant wait :)
Yall will enjoy it,but I have said in several other posts,and maybe in this one too,we had a great time,but with all of the colored lights at night,we found it harder to see than with the regular lights on.We just weren't as impressed as we thought we would be.But hey,my girls were younger then and we dressed up and had a good time,but only the one time for us.We actually went back the next day for a full day at Magic Kingdom since our halloween night wasn't what we had hoped for.
Totally loved the party when i went. I don't know if they still do the free pictures but there are multiple locations to get your picture taken and they used to send it out for free.
I say get dressed up and enjoy. It doesn't have to be Halloween to enjoy a little costumed magic for your self and your group.
Only one suggestion and that is keep the costume simple you want to be comfortable and not lose parts. please come back and let me know how it was
they dont do the free pic anymore. or didnt the last time i was down.. i did get a free one for booking thru AAA so i used it
Do you have your MNSSHP park tickets already? I am pretty sure you need to purchase them in advance. If you have ADR's at Epcot and they are early enough maybe you can do both in one night. The MNSSHP is definately worth every penny I think. I try to get there every year and go at least once to this event. For me I think this is better than during Xmas but that is my opinion. It's truly fun to dress up and roam around the park, see the parard and the 2 fireworks shows they have also. I hope you get to go to this. I doubt you will be sorry you did. The kids can trick or treat around the park area where there are Orange Pumpkins Lite Up. I actually do it myself for the fun of it. :mickeykid
I'm just going to shove this in here but MNSSHP map!
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Does anyone know.... If I had a dinner reservation at California Grill but it turned out to be a MNSSHP night, what happens with fireworks viewing? Do they not do it cause it's a hard ticket event? (This is one of the random things that go through my head even though my trip is over a year away, LoL.)
I love MNSSHP!!! I can't wait to go on October 3rd. It's going to be great fun!! A bunch of us are dressing up as characters from Phineas and Ferb!!


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"The purpose of this union is to provide for the worship of Almighty God and instruction in the Christian religion by a United Congregation, and to enable these four churches to become a greater moral and spiritual force in the community, and greater influence for the interdenominational harmony in the entire city."
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The church is a Protestant based fellowship with roots from the American Baptist, United Methodist, and Reformed Church of America. We are considered a community church because you may also join the church as a nondenominational Christian. Many members are from diverse Protestant as well as Roman Catholic backgrounds. Communion is open to anyone who believes Christ is their Savior.
So it just needed some posting. A recent column submitted by us to local paper on April 24,2013, caused much interest in the church and caused the paper to cancel our column because it was too religious on the religion page. The Lords word will still get out to those who need it.
Life After Death
In a book called "Proof of Heaven," (given by one of our members) written last year by Dr. Eben Alexander, a Neurosurgeon. Because of his profession and growing up in a scientific community, he did not believe in near-death experiences. Dr. Alexander had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the heavenly out-of-body journeys described by those who narrowly escaped death. In his book, Dr. Alexander shares his afterlife experience. On November 10, 2008, at 54 years old, he suffered a bad headache that turned into a serious rare illness that put him in a vegetative state and coma for seven days. Even though he was a Christian, he wasn't sure about the existence of God, heaven and the afterlife, but during his coma, he went on an odyssey.
Although I still had little language function, at least as we think of it on earth, I began wordlessly putting questions to this wind, and to the divine being that I sensed at work behind or within it.
Where is this place? Who am I? Why am I here?
Each time I silently put one of these questions out, the answer came instantly in an explosion of light, color, love, and beauty that blew through me like a crashing wave. What was important about these blasts was that they didn't simply silence my questions by overwhelming them. They answered them, but in a way that bypassed language. Thoughts entered me directly. But it wasn't thought like we experience on earth. It wasn't vague, immaterial, or abstract. These thoughts were solid and immediate—hotter than fire and wetter than water—and as I received them I was able to instantly and effortlessly understand concepts that would have taken me years to fully grasp in my earthly life."
From his near death experience, the message, he summarizes, had three parts:
1. Everyone is loved and cherished dearly, forever. 2."You have nothing to fear."
3. "There is nothing you can do wrong."
While there, he saw that people met their friends and relatives who had died before. Death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition.
We can see a global outlook in the book and, its emphasis is on what God does for people in the whole world. The Lamb (Rev. 5:9) died to save people "out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation." The great multitudes here in heaven came from "all nations, and all tribes and peoples and languages".(Rev. 7:9) Jesus also commanded to the disciples, "Go into the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation."(Mark 16;15) It is clear who this multitude is, because one of the elders explained it to John: These are they who have come out of the great ordeal.
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Cannes Film Festival By Simon Gallagher on May 22, 2011 | Comments (2)Wouldn't you bloody well know it. Before the festival was tarnished by the Von Trier/Nazi scandal, all anyone seemed interested in talking about was the way Terrence Malick's latest had split the audiences in attendance almost straight down the middle. Not only that, The Tree of Life also inspired a rejuvenated debate over the nature of film, and the sometimes opposing ideals of entertainment and art. I ended my review stating that your reception of the film would depend entirely on what you valued more in your film-making experience, and it seems we now know that the Jury values the art of something over its entertainment value. Neither approach is necessarily right or wrong, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the film was already chosen before even the first minutes of footage rolled. Held up to the light, The Tree of Life looks exactly like a Cannes film, something eccentric enough, with grand enough aspirations and some sort of importance that extends beyond what we can actually see. And that troubles me somewhat: should a film win because it fits the artistic manifesto of the festival, or should it win on quality? Robert DeNiro's comment after the decision answers precisely that: It seemed to have the size, the importance, the tension to fit the prize. Not, "it was fantastic," not "it moved me," but it fit the bill.
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With any system you will want to see a combination of synthetic testing and real-world. Synthetics give you a static, easily repeatable testing method that can be compared across multiple platforms. For our synthetic tests we use Everest Ultimate, Sisoft Sandra, Futuremark's 3D Mark Vantage and PCMark Vantage, Cinebench as well as HyperPi. Each of these covers a different aspect of performance or a different angle of a certain type of performance.
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For CPU Raw Performance we want to look at the theoretical performance numbers. This means how many GigaFlops you can get, how many megapixels etc. We also test for memory bandwidth. As memory controllers are moved onto the CPU and away from the Northbridge we see memory performance increasing but also becoming much more CPU dependent than mainboard dependent.
To test memory and Raw CPU performance we use a combination of Sisoft Sandra and HyperPi 0.99.
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First off in Sandra we can see that the CPU doesn't lack too much behind the Phenom II - the extra cache loss doesn't hamper things much.
When we overclock the CPU to 3.9 GHz, it is able to beat the stock Phenom II results quite impressively as well as the Phenom II's overclocked results, which we only managed 3.6 GHz.
It seems that the extra cache on the Phenom II can hamper overclocking.
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HyperPi is a front end for SuperPi that allows for multiple concurrent instances of SuperPi to be run on each core recognized by the system. It is very dependent on CPU to memory to HDD speed. The faster these components the faster it is able to figure out the number Pi to the selected length. For our testing we use the 32M run. This means that each of the four physical and four logical cores for the i7 (four total on the PII x4 955 and Core i5) is trying to calculate the number Pi out to 32 million decimal places. Each "run" is a comparative to ensure accuracy, and any stability or performance issues in the loop mentioned above will cause errors in calculation.
Into HyperPI and the Athlon II scores surprisingly well. Core 2 Duo E8500 still leads this even though it only hit 3.7 GHz; its superior architecture helped it win.


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Now the value is the same, both in the DWG and the sqllite database, but when I connect to the database and use the rotation value it seems that it interprets it as degrees even though I have the correct units etc in the drawing. I'm stumped. I've attached the DWG in question, if you have time it would be great to hear if you get some other result...
what AutoCAD-Map3D version do you use? Just ot make the tests with the same release and you will then be able to use my data.
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Autocad Map 3D 2011 product version E.208.0.0.
sorry, most of the time I spent was to reduce the video to the max-upload-limit of 1.5MB (I love it ). I hope the quality is enough to recognize what I typed.
Try to reproduce what I did (within your drawing).
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and additionally the data I created (just the text-objects, no MTEXT).
I had save all (DWG and SQLite-file) in C:\TEMP
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You've done a hell of a job, thanks for putting in so much effort!
I noticed that you where able to choose text on the map export form but I don't have those options on top. I have attached a picture of my form.
I'll use this video and/or your export if I can't get it to work myself. Thanks!
And one final thing. Have you tried connecting to the database from a new drawing, adding the texts to the map via a style? I did that with your database and got the same phenomenon - the texts aren't rotated properly...
I'm starting to think that I'm a dumbass.
>> I noticed that you where able to choose text on the map export form but I don't have those options on top
I have modified the MAPEXPORT.INI file in th section of SQLite (in orange the changed part), so you get the object-types also available to chose.
Search through your workstation through all folder (also through hidden ones) for a file called MAPEXPORT.INI and modify that option. Restart Map3D then.
>> Have you tried connecting to the database from a new drawing, adding the texts to the map via a style?
May be I don't understand you correctly ... have you modified the style also in the new drawing with the formula for rotation
If you opened my drawing (drawing and db-file placed in C:\TEMP) do you see the rotation then or not?
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I forgot the formula! Now it works perfectly. I think I exported it correctly, all I was missing was the formula in the style. I've learned alot, thanks!
You're welcome! - alfred -
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I have new outdoor lighting fixtures in a antique bronze color. They are made of cast aluminum. Is there a coating that I could put on in order to preserve their finish longer in a tropical environment?
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Maybe they already have a coating. You might want to contact the manufacturere first. If you choose to put a coating of polyurethane on, it probably wouldn't hurt. However, be prepared for having the finish look slightly different after coating. If you're concerned, you may want to test it first on a part of the fixture that won't show. |
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