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Calgary 2
NY Rangers 2 (Recap)
Los Angeles 0
Chicago 3 (Recap)
Philadelphia 4
Washington (SO) (Recap)
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* Brian Campbell played 31:17 in the Panthers win over the Canadiens, who've now lost three of their last four, compiling only three goals over those four games.
* Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, but it wasn't enough to best Alex Ovechkin and his two goals. The Flyers also got three assists from Michael Raffl, who doubled his season assist total in the game.
* Ben Bishop made 28 saves in a shutout of the Detroit Red Wings, which just means we're going to get more bleakness on 24/7: Road to the Winter Classic. By the way, I'll be writing about that later, so c'mon back now, y'hear?
* Curtis Glencross (one and one) and Jiri Hudler (two assists) both had two point games, but it wasn't enough to get two points as a team against the Rangers.
* Toews, Kane, Sharp and Hossa all registered five shots on goal against the Kings, managing half their teams 40 shots. Toews also picked up two assists along the way, while goaltender Antti Raanta stopped 21 of 22 Kings shots.
* Teemu Selanne snapped a 19 game goal-less drought(!), and Dustin Penner scored with 3:17 remaining in the third to help Anaheim squeak past the Oilers.
What Happened
The Flyers got Leafed
Up 4-1 with under 10 minutes to go in the third period, the Flyers seemed to have the game iced, but we've seen that go wrong before (hence "getting Leafed"). They bled a couple even-strength goals so the Caps could get in an extra attacker situation, when Adam Oates made a cool decision – he chose to leave Alex Ovechkin on the bench so that when their goalie did in fact come off, he would be able to get lost in the weeds entering the zone, and hopefully find himself a soft spot for a shot. It worked out beyond perfectly well:
I like that there's a d-man there who could take that pass, but there's never a hesitation in Ovi's mind about who would be better off taking that shot.
Yeah, what he said about Antti Raanta
— PumperNicholl (@PumperNicholl) December 16, 2013
How do you stop this?
The Rangers outshot the Flames by a dozen but still needed a goal with under eight minutes left in the third to take the Flames to a shootout, where Benoit Pouliot did the below. It's a real question I have – if you execute this move well, how does a goalie stop it?
Here's one from the AHL yesterday too, if you're interested.
Joel Quenneville tied Pat Quinn for fourth all-time in regular season coaching wins
Said Quenneville:
I feel fortunate to be where I'm at [now]. I've been in some real nice places with some real good players and real good organizations. I've had the privilege to coach and work with a lot of great players, when I look back to spots I've been at. I'm very happy with where I'm at and I like the group I get to work with every day.
Tomas Jurco almost beheaded Ben Bishop
I know exactly what happened here. Guy has your stick well tied up, you're battling to bring it down while he's trying to keep it up (so you can't play the puck), and suddenly all that potential energy releases like an elastic band that's been stretched to the extreme and WHAMMO. You killed the goalie:
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Alex Ovechkin now has 28 goals in 31 games, and it's not like this tear hasn't been going on a silly amount of time:
@kcarrera That's 50 goals for Ovechkin in his last 54 regular-season games. Not bad.
— Jeff Z. Klein (@jzedklein) December 15, 2013
He's now six goals ahead of Alexander Steen who sits in second, and it feels like each goal he scores is bigger than the last. I don't know what those stats translate to 1980′s dollars, but I think it's safe to say he's one of the greatest ever at biscuit-basket transactions.
What stands out to me the most – and I've been meaning to write about this forever – is that he goes about it by directly challenging goaltenders, not reinventing the wheel. He's not like Patrick Kane or Pavel Datsyuk in his goal creation. He has a hard-ass shot and he simply directs that bomb to the high percentage areas. He has a great sense of where that's going to be at the right moment with the way the goalie is moving, but if he's set, he'll just hammer it low blocker, high glove, or whatever the highest percentage place is and say "I did my job, yours is to stop it." There's a simplicity to it that makes you think "why does it always go in for him," but he's seems "lucky" in that regard because he's on automatic and doesn't over-think it. No fake, no hesitation, just "it's comin' in hot, good luck with that."
He has 165 shots this season, which is the more than anyone by 26 (Phil Kessel), he puts them in trouble areas, and lets things work out from there. Simple but effective.
He is shooting 17% right now which is high, but with a bomb like his and smart placement, he's always going to be a bit above average there.
Other News
* These are Petr Mràzek's goalie pad for the Winter Classic with the Red Wings, and I proclaim them Earth's Greatest Pads:
Absolutely love these! Petr Mràzek's pads for his time in Detroit's uni's. Great winter classic idea! pic.twitter.com/OJvF0OHfLC
— Brent Johnson (@JohnnyGoalie12) December 14, 2013
* Dylan McIlrath's first NHL fight came against Brian McGrattan, which sounds terrifying and probably was. As Jeff Marek put it, the tilt had a bit of a Rhea/Glatt vibe to it.
* You have to check out this wallpaper from DavesGeekyHockey: The Bobby Orr goal, NHL '94 style.
* Johan Franzen may be concussed, which leaves the Wings without him, Darren Helm, Stephen Weiss, Henrik Zetterberg and Justin Abdelkader. Rough.
* Also concussed: George Parros, again.
* And finally, I don't care if this is old I just saw it yesterday. Gotta love that Penner.
At ToysRUs with @dustinpenner25 and Andrew Cogliano as they shop for the kids of @TheWoodenFloor #NHLDucks pic.twitter.com/zt0eHGSnUM
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Polo Star Nacho Figueras's Stylish Home
Ralph Lauren model and polo sensation Nacho Figueras creates a modern family home outside Buenos Aires
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The prominently placed trophy in the media room was won by one of Figueras's mares, Chicago, so named, says Blaquier, "because she has white socks on her back legs." The two long benches that flank the dining table were a labor of love. "I drew our carpenter a sketch," says Blaquier. "Then my cousin, who designs shoes, took me to a leather market outside Buenos Aires's Boedo neighborhood for the hides of Criollo, or Creole, cattle." The leather-and-steel chairs at either end were originally created for Ramos's grandfather by Antonio Bonet, one of the architects behind the iconic Butterfly chair.
After some cajoling, Blaquier shares snapshots of Estancia La Concepción, her family's sprawling French-style country house that could be the setting for a Ralph Lauren ad. "My father inherited his mares from his father, who was a really good player," she says of the dashing Juan José Silvestre Blaquier, who died at the age of 43, in 1958, while piloting his new plane.
Clearly, polo runs in the blood of both members of this couple, as does a bit of daring. It seems there's nothing they won't attempt. Blaquier designed the behemoth bed in the spare, masculine master suite and had it sheathed in a delicate veneer of difficult-to-mill walnut root. Above it is an abstract-nude photograph from the series she exhibited at Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires in 2009.
Some of the furnishings have backstories that could have come straight from a Gabriel García Márquez novel. "In 1992, a tornado knocked down 100-year-old trees at our family farm," says Blaquier, as she points out a piece on a console. "A cousin sculpted this beautiful rounded form from the felled timber." Her brother, Eduardo, also a sculptor, crafted the undulating totems that soften corners throughout the house. The cardboard Frank Gehry Wiggle chair in the master bedroom was the find of the decade, snapped up for $2.50 in a Buenos Aires junk shop—"He didn't know what he had," Blaquier says. Some treasures cost even less. The bleached cow skull that leans against the tiger-striped ebony paneling in the entry was found in a field last year by Hilario, who, having stopped for tea, is now running late for his own polo match.
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- Swaziland's development trajectory is worrying. The government has made little progress in boosting the economy's resilience to fiscal shocks, and the country remains dependent on sugar exports, Southern African Customs Union tariffs and remittances from migrants. Inequality and poverty are growing and the economy is increasingly being eclipsed by those of its powerful neighbours. The current system of governance has led to the mismanagement of public funds, conspicuous royal consumption, and a stubborn resistance to reform, culminating in a fiscal crisis in 2011.
- Reform and progress towards a model of constitutional monarchy are possible in Swaziland. As such, the international community needs to remain involved and engaged, and not miss the opportunity to encourage reform and pro-poor change. The opening of a full EU mission in Mbabane represents an opportunity for King Mswati and the government to have more senior-level and regular input from the EU in efforts towards resolving the HIV/AIDS epidemic, investing in agriculture and promoting positive public policy.
- Although Swaziland is not of strategic significance or a major threat to regional peace and security, continued inaction will cause greater sub-regional insecurity for its neighbours. Swaziland also offers the opportunity for the United States, the EU and even SADC to maintain values-led policy, based on good governance, rule of law and democracy.
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Swazi application for SA loan is 'unfinished story', BusinessDay, 20 September
Research group calls for reforms in Africa's last absolute monarchy, Voice of America, 13 September
Swaziland's royal ruler squashes reform hopes, Reuters, 13 September
Swaziland's election: Royal revelations, The Economist, 13 September
Swaziland: Southern Africa's forgotten crisis, South African Foreign Policy Initiative
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With Valentine's Day here, Billboard.com has compiled its list of the Top 50 Love Songs of All Time. Not surprisingly, at number-one is the most successful Motown single of the '60s, '70s and '80s -- "Endless Love" by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross.
Other classic hits ranking in the Top 20:
- No. 4: "How Deep is Your Love" - The Bee Gees
- No. 5: "Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney and Wings
- No. 9: "Best of My Love" - The Emotions
- No. 10: "I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles
- No. 12: "My Love" - Paul McCartney and Wings
- No. 14: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen
- No. 16: "Love is Blue" - Paul Mauriat
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Well, first of all I'll start off by saying that I ordered Burzum's Umskiptar limited edition vinyl. I feel good knowing I gave $40 to a murderer/church arsonist. (And yes, the money is going to him, not the label, because he owns the label it was released under.) It's a very interesting recitation of the Old Norse poem, Völuspá. The beginning and end are very ambient and atmospheric, perfectly setting the dramatic mood of creation (in the introduction) and destruction (in the last two songs, about Ragnarök).
Yesterday, I was on /mu/, and discovered a band called The Microphones. Nothing has made me feel more like a hipster than listening to this song:
But it's a very, very good album.
I've also started getting into Animal Collective (though I'm still very new to them). So yeah. Those are the two hipsterest bands in existence.
...black metal, norse legend reading hipster? ok...that sounds nothing like the urban hipster of the last century, but you may be setting a new trend, before it was cool.
Mental wounds not healing, driving me insane, i'm goin' off the rails on a crazy train- the ozzman
I meant the part about The Microphones and Animal Collective.
This reminded me that I listened to MGMT before they were mainstream, back in 2006. I don't listen to them anymore.
Reinforcing the statement in the journal title.
MGMT is barely mainstream as it is...
"You don't know you're beautiful." - Harry Styles
They're mainstream as fuck. They were even on Beavis and Butthead.
I'm a great admirer of Scandinavia and its history --- having visited numerous times (and, again this coming summer for the Copenhagen Opera Festival --- late July).
Could you enlighten me a bit more on Völuspá? URLs?
It's about the creation of the world, Ragnarök, and the inevitable end of the universe. I don't know the details, but I'm sure you can easily find a translation using Google.
As is most norse mythology. I am a huge fan, growing up on legends and such in a scandinavian fishing town. ;)
Mental wounds not healing, driving me insane, i'm goin' off the rails on a crazy train- the ozzman
For regular posts on Norse spiritual information, read Burzum's web site, Thulean Perspective:
He is a proud adherent to the belief system, so he puts a lot of effort into his research and contemplation. You might need to ignore some of the conservative extremist ideas, though, like the racism in the most recent post. Black metal musicians tend to be pretty rightist.
plus holding some odd and very idiosyncratic views on race and culture. But, entertaining if you don't take him too seriously. His music: not bad (much better than a lot you've offered for our "enjoyment").
This preview of a forthcoming DVD is quite artful; beautiful scenery (appears to be mostly Norwegian). Wish it could have been presented with English subtitles.
Norwegian. That's also why there are no English subtitles. But yeah, his music is very good. It's the best black metal I've heard.
That preview did provide me with an interesting perspective on Norway. The full movie would probably do much more, but I don't speak Norwegian, so no.
Norway never fails to awe! Mountains, high plateaus (above timberline) spotted with snow from the previous winter, streams and lakes everywhere, countless waterfalls from melting glaciers, multiple dizzying horseshoe curves in often one-lane roads (frequently widened --- just a bit --- to allow passing), stave churches, isolated hillside farms... and then there's the largest glacier in northern Europe near Fjærland (ancestral home of a previous U.S. vice president). And for football lovers, the home of Notre Dame's Knute Rockne (Voss, Norway; huge statue in roadside park)...
And... the sun sets only briefly in the summer...
Varg would disagree with you on their beauty. He burned down four of them in the early '90s to protest Christian churches being built on pagan holy land.
Then he released an album with a picture of the ashes of one of them, and included lighters with it.
"Varg would disagree with you on their beauty."
I admire them for their unique, locally-inspired architecture... not for their religious significance.
Frankly, he impresses me as a quite intelligent nut!
I wonder if he and Breivik may have gone to the same school...
He actually goes out and does what most anti-Christian black metal musicians are too afraid to do.
"You don't know you're beautiful." - Harry Styles
what comment would be appropriate?
Anarchist, this is your journal... what say you? :)
"You don't know you're beautiful." - Harry Styles
Guess you wanted to see the whole video from top to bottom? ;-)
"You don't know you're beautiful." - Harry Styles
I guess I have no choice but to post this now:
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Will Win: Argo
On the day of the Oscar nominations, EW's headline was "Bad day for 'Argo,' 'Les Mis' and 'Zero Dark Thirty'" — and it was, at that moment, since each of those perceived Best Picture contenders saw their filmmakers snubbed in the directing category. Ben Affleck's win that very night for director and best picture at the Broadcast Film Critic Awards felt like cruel irony as he ruefully joked about thanking the Academy.
Then, just days later, Argo's fortunes changed. The film won best drama and best director at the Golden Globes, and at the event's various after-parties voters began whispering about a possible scenario in which Argo claimed the Best Picture Oscar because the broader Academy wanted to right the wrong of the directors branch snubbing Affleck.
That prophecy was confirmed time and again in the weeks that followed as Argo swept the various guild awards.
On Sunday, expect to hear it announced as Best Picture.
Runner-up: Everyone suspects this is a battle between Argo and Lincoln, but the real potential spoiler here is Silver Linings Playbook. It's the first movie since 1981's Reds to land nominations in all four acting categories, which indicates broad support within the actors branch, the largest voting bloc in the Academy.
Surprise: Lincoln. Despite her decades-long career as a producer, Kathleen Kennedy has never won an Oscar. If Lincoln somehow overcomes the Argo Express, the prize will still be making up for a snub.


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I have some 12v landscape pathway lights that have T5 wedge bulbs/sockets, want to replace sockets with 1156 bayonet bulb sockets (so I can use 1156 bayonet LED bulbs which provide the lumens I'm after which T5 wedge LED bulbs cannot).
There are two wires coming out of the T5 wedge sockets but the 1156 bayonet sockets I'm finding only have one wire coming out of them so how do I wire this considering I have two wires coming into the fixture but only one wire coming out of the 1156 socket? I'm a total newbie to electrical wiring, sorry if this is a "dumb" question. Thanks! |
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Don't let these photos fool you… On my way to the market at Waterlooplein with my roommate Daniel on saturday, we expected a nice bike ride in the sunshine. Out of nowhere, about half-way to the market, a storm emerged in the likeness of 'A Day After Tomorrow'.
All of a sudden the sky darkened, the wind picked up… a little drizzle started to usher walkers to pop out their umbrellas or huddle under eaves. No biggie, this happens all the time in Amsterdam… but 30 seconds later there were huge gusts of wind, almost knocking us off of our bikes. Cafes that had outdoor seating had chairs blown over and beer glasses crashed to the cement. Women screamed and children cried – all hell broke loose as we were pelted in the face with pea-sized hail.
But we charged ahead, and five minutes later when we arrived to the market, it was sunny again. You can see one of the vendors pulling off tarps that were laid out to keep the merchandise dry.
Other less severe showers sprinkled us throughout our time at the market, and we dodged from tent to tent to stay out of the rain.
Our bike ride home was less eventful, and sunshine is always appreciated here… I have heard that the winter is awfully grey. Took a couple more pics on the way home, and on Sunday I took some more fun pictures from the Nemo Science Museum that will be featured in the next post.
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Understanding the Residential Wood Heater Rules
On this page:
- What types of wood heaters are covered under the current rule?
- Which wood heaters are covered by the proposed rule?
- Are all wood heaters covered by the proposed rule?
What types of wood heaters are covered under the current rule?
The current rules, issued by EPA in 1988, only apply to new catalytic and non-catalytic wood stoves and wood stove inserts. Any wood stove or wood stove insert built after 1988 must meet EPA's mandatory smoke emission limit of 7.5 grams of smoke per hour (g/h) for non-catalytic stoves and 4.1 g/h for catalytic stoves.
You can learn more about wood stoves on EPA's Burn Wise website.
Which wood heaters are covered by the proposed rule?
The proposed updates would strengthen the emissions standards for new wood stoves, while establishing federal air standards for other new wood heaters, including outdoor and indoor wood-fired boilers (also known as hydronic heaters).
The proposed standards also would set particulate matter (PM) emission limits for newly manufactured adjustable-rate woodstoves, pellet stoves, wood-fired hydronic heaters, forced-air furnaces, masonry wood heaters, and a type of previously unregulated woodstove known as a "single burn rate" stove.
Are all wood heaters covered by this proposed rule?
The proposed rule would not affect existing woodstoves and other wood-burning heaters currently in use in people's homes. EPA has a number of tools available to help local governments address existing heaters, including "Strategies for Reducing Residential Wood Smoke." Issued by EPA's Burn Wise program, this comprehensive document covers local regulations, voluntary programs, funding mechanisms and best burn practices - all of which can help reduce particle pollution from existing wood-burning appliances.
The proposal also would not apply to new or existing heaters that are fueled solely by oil, gas or coal, and it would not apply to outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, pizza ovens or chimineas.
In addition, EPA did not include new indoor fireplaces for regulation in the proposal, based on the agency's review of data indicating that typical fireplaces are not effective heaters. However, the agency is seeking additional data and comments that could help the agency determine whether standards for new fireplaces would be appropriate in the future. Fireplaces are included in an EPA voluntary program that encourages manufacturers to make cleaner-burning new fireplaces, and retrofits for existing fireplaces, available for consumers.


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Women's Golf Honored at Awards Banquet
May 6, 2012 By Andy Conli FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State women's golf team held their annual awards banquet Sunday afternoon at Pardini's to celebrate both team and individual efforts over the 2011-12 season. As a team, the Bulldogs competed in 10 tournaments with roughly 15 teams at each event and finished in the top 10 seven times, five of which were top five performances. They broke the 300-shot mark six times and carded a season low 294 during the final round of the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate. At the Rose City Collegiate and Fresno State Lexus Classic, the 'Dogs made the most pars of any team in the field. Their best finish came at both the Rose City Collegiate and Cowgirl Desert Classic where they claimed second place. The Bulldogs, as a team, produced a record-high 256 birdies during tournaments, surpassing last year's record-breaking mark by 13 shots. The team was not only honored for their athletic achievements but also their performance in the classroom. Seven of the Bulldogs earned over a 3.0 GPA during the fall semester, including three which were over a 3.5 GPA. The following award winners were chosen by head coach Angie Cates-Moore for their accomplishments this season.
Bulldog Award: Shaylee Yano
Most Improved: Christine Uhalde
MVP: Madchen Ly Madchen competed in 100 percent of the events and had the second-best scoring average on the team at 76.03. She led the team in par 3 and par 4 scoring and was the only Bulldog with an eagle on her scorecard this year. Her 31 putting average led to consistent scores and put her at the top of the conference charts. She was WAC Freshman of the Year and first-team all-conference.
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Digital Fabrication
Another piece of software we got a good look at at this year's Autodesk University is Autodesk 360. The company has created a Facebook-like interface for projects and design teams; collaborators log on to a cleanly-designed dashboard page containing "all of the data, projects, people, tasks, discussions, activities, issues and alerts that are associated with design or architecture projects that they are working on."
Clicking on a project, for instance, is like clicking on someone's Facebook wall; you get a linear view of all developments concerning that project, with your fellow collaborators' updates taking the place of comments. People can upload relevant files as updates, and anyone with access can view any file, regardless of whether it's an Autodesk format or not. (This includes non-design data, like spreadsheets and such.) And yes, Autodesk 360 can also be used from your phone or tablet, just as with Facebook.
While we were treated to an on-stage, well-explained visual presentation of how it all works, we realize text is not the best way to drive home how this software would impact your workflow. Thankfully, Autodesk has made available the videos they used for their presentation. These are hot off the presses so they haven't added the voiceover yet, but we'll provide the relevant text:
Projects at the Center
In Autodesk 360 users can see all the projects they are working on in one place. Because customers work on lots of projects, they can pin or unpin them, to indicate which ones are most important.
Find What You're Looking For
Using Search and filtering, users are able to quickly locate all of the places in the project data where their desired information appears. Autodesk 360 searches across all project information, not just design models. It also searches DEEPLY within design models, so it also helps users get to exactly the place in the Revit model where the change was made.
Visualization and Rendering
With Autodesk 360 you get interactive 3D viewing for all 3D design data. Visually Explore Complex 3D Interactive design Models with no special publishing workflow—great looking, high performance, only a web browser or mobile app.
Integration of Tools and Services
From the integration of web services like rendering and simulation, to remote access of traditional desktop tools, we see a future in which the Autodesk 360 becomes the center of a complete end-to-end project workflow, from concept to reality.
Autodesk Remote
Here's a scenario: an architect is travelling and has only his Mac laptop, when he realizes he needs to make a change to his source Revit model. With Autodesk Remote, he is be able to edit that model directly within his browser... and will see the update to the model appear as activity in Autodesk 360.
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass described Autodesk 360 as "Facebook for Engineers." We of course assume he had a slip of the tongue and meant for "Designers."


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Beginning this month, Firefox will no longer default to Google for searches. Mozilla and Yahoo announced a five-year partnership making Yahoo the search engine of choice for Firefox in the US, on both mobile and desktop.
Posted by: Lynn Carhart on November 18, 2014.
I don't know of a digital marketing agency or even anyone who is using an analytics program for their website who is not using Google Analytics. It is free, the interface is relatively easy to understand, and the majority of searches in the US are performed via Google so why not trust the source?
Posted by: Lynn Carhart on October 09, 2014.
There is a question that has long been puzzling me regarding SERPS. If all search engines have access to the same information, why are search results so different? We have seen our site rank at #1 for a keyword on Google, but not rank or have a ranking in the 100s on Bing /Yahoo. And the reverse is true as well. Checking the search engines' websites is not much help. They all go into detail about what their algorithm looks for and it is the same: useful and relevant content, good site speed, user-friendly design, accurate meta data, quality links and social involvement. Clearly that is not the whole picture. We delved a little deeper to find out how the algorithms differed for each search engine.
Posted by: Lynn Carhart on September 19, 2014.
It has been rumored that a Penguin update has been looming, and now it is confirmed (sort of). On September 12, Google Webmaster Trends analyst John Mueller confirmed this by stating, "My guess is yes," and then went on, "I'm pretty confident we will have something in the reasonable future, but not today, so we'll definitely let you know when things are happening."
Posted by: Lynn Carhart on September 11, 2014.
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If you're a real estate junkie, you couldn't possibly have missed Redfin in the press. We have been featured in the national and local media including 60 Minutes, KRON4, the Today Show, the New York Times and the San Diego Union Tribune; to name a few. Our name pops up in real estate blogs and online news across the nation with increasing frequency.
Last week we launched a new version of our website. With each new innovation comes more interest in our smart and simple approach to buying and selling property in the digital age. We're not alone, of course, there are others making great advances in the industry. In fact, we use some of them to supplement our own technology. What makes us different is that, as an online real estate brokerage, we compete with pavement pounding real estate agents, and they don't always like it.
Even tech savvy agents who use online forums as a marketing tool have interests that are different from ours. They are motivated by priorities that don't always converge with our vision and, sometimes, that leads down a path we wouldn't choose. I say so be it. C'est la vie. Live and let live. It's no secret that Redfin is an antithetic business model and we're often on the receiving end of some pretty nasty stuff. The irony is that we actually complement the efforts of local realtors, promote their listings and offer great exposure not available elsewhere. Still, despite our love of country and compatriots, we're seen as the anti-realtor. In truth, we're just raising the bar.
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The new name of the Eurogamer Expo.
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Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft beta key giveaway
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Watch us play Deadpool live at 5pm BST
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Play Surgeon Simulator 2013 with Oculus Rift and Razer Hydra at Rezzed
Patch to add support for peripherals due out soon.
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UPDATE: If you want to get involved but haven't got a team, put your name forward and we'll buddy you up on the day.
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Splinter Cell, Mighty Quest and more Ubisoft titles playable at Rezzed
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Follow in the footsteps of 2012 stars including Gateways, Guacamelee and Proteus.
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I'd like to host a plant swap at my home in Westminster, SC (Oconee County) this fall. Wanted to feel out the idea and see if there is any interest out there. I have lots of potted perennials to trade and would like to get to know some others in the local garden community. Let me know... Erin |
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I've never grown anything among the small Asian maples outside the traditional "Japanese" A. palmatum.
Aside from the thousands of Palmatums out there, can someone tell me about these: What is the species like for color, growth rate, height, etc, and what cultivars of note are available for them? -Acer japonicum -Acer pseudosieboldianum -Acer ginnala -Acer truncatum -Acer tataricum -Acer truncatum x platanoides (forget if there is an "official" name for this hybrid, often I see it called Norwegian Sunset Maple Feel free to mention others that are noteworthy. Finally, how would any of these do in my zone, and in my heavy, silt-loam, acidish (5.9 ph) soil? FWIW, although heavy, the soil does usually drain rather well, and standing water is VERY unusual since I'm on higher ground. Also, would these do well in a more neutral (7.0) soil environment for my friend in Indiana? Thanks! |
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Suggest you visit your local library and check out Van Gelderens' Maples for Gardens. This is an excellent resource for the entire genus. Not as detailed as a monograph would be but it certainly addresses all the points you want and discusses the most popular cultivars on the market (with photos). A much more efficient approach than an extremely lengthy online discussion would provide :-) |
OMG. I stopped by to see what tree someone might be discussing and my jaw dropped. It would take 18 thousand pages to list all the varieties, and it still wouldn't really mean anything since height, growth rate, color, exposure, blah blah varies sometimes from neighborhood to neighborhood. Particularly around the edges of zones. I picked up the book referenced above and loved it. I was pleased to see many of my maples in it. Oh - the thing to realize is that much of the info online is out of Oregon/Washington state, where growing conditions are optimal. Many web sites just copy that info, vs. what would apply in their own area. I tend to look at nurseries south of GA (Metro maples in Texas, for example) for a hotter, less shaded condition. If someone says, "Sun/part shade" they probably can't speak of an experience with that particular maple. Because pretty much every single JM would be thrilled to be in that exposure. That's not life. |
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South Portland, Maine - October 28, 2013 - Residential Mortgage Services, Inc. RMS, a leading independent retail mortgage bank focused on the New England residential market, received a significant capital infusion from Eos Partners, L.P. and its affiliates (collectively, "Eos, a New York based private investment firm. The investment more than doubled RMS's capital base and will provide funding for RMS's retail expansion strategy, as it seeks to bolster its presence in the New England purchase market and expand into new markets. Bigelow LLC Bigelow advised RMS in connection with the transaction. Commenting on the transaction, Jim Seely, majority owner and CEO of RMS noted, "RMS has achieved tremendous growth over the past five years. This investment will allow RMS to
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I live in a very small town in WV and have worked as an E.M.T. most of my life after college. I have been cooking since I was about 10--my mom and grandma were both great cooks. Cooking has always been fun for me and I am especially good at made from scratch breads. I also sew and crochet. I have a small son and numerous nephews who flock to my house to eat--I guess my house is the family gathering place.
My favorite things to cook are yeast breads, holiday menus--everyone eats here-including whomever is on duty at the ambulance that day. I don't really have a favorite restaurant. I guess it is just a treat for me to eat someone elses cooking (no dishes for a meal) so I am really not too choosy. Those who cook a lot know what I mean--its not that your own food isn't good, but it's a treat to be "cooked for" for a change!!!! My family loves my pepperoni rolls and all my holiday stuff---anything homemade! That's the best part of cooking for me--other people's reaction.


text: KEELER, WILLIAM WAYNE (1908-1987)Chief executive officer of Phillips Petroleum Company and chief of the Cherokee Nation, William Wayne Keeler was born April 5, 1908, in Dalhart, Texas, and grew up in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. As a high school student he began working summers for Phillips and continued part-time while studying chemical engineering at the University of Kansas. Before completing a degree, Keeler accepted a full-time position with Phillips in Kansas City. During World War II he supervised construction of a refinery in Mexico. By war's end the young oilman had been promoted to manager of Phillips' refining department. Keeler, who was one-sixteenth Cherokee, was named vice chairman of the tribe's executive committee in 1948. When the appointed chief died in 1949, Pres. Harry S. Truman named Keeler to replace him. For the next quarter century Keeler worked to reestablish Cherokee sovereignty and government. In1971, after his selection as the tribe's first elected chief since 1903, he presided over the drafting of a new Cherokee constitution, which marked the final step in reestablishment of representative tribal government. As Keeler rebuilt Cherokee government, he rose steadily at Phillips, in 1967 becoming its president and chief executive officer. In 1973 Keeler reached Phillips' mandatory retirement age, and two years later he stepped down as chief of the Cherokee Nation. On August 24, 1987, after four years of failing health, he died in Bartlesville at the age of seventy-nine. SEE ALSO: AMERICAN INDIANS, CHEROKEE, PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Marjorie J. Lowe, " 'Let's Make It Happen': W.W. Keeler and Cherokee Renewal," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 74 (Summer 1996). Brad Agnew, "Keeler, William Wayne," in The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, 1986-1990, Vol. 2 (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998). "William W. Keeler," Marion E. Gridley, Contemporary American Indian Leaders (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1972). "Keeler, William Wayne," Biographical Dictionary of Indians of the Americas, ed. Gail Hamlin Wilson Vol. 1 (2nd ed.; Newport Beach, Calif.: American Indian Publishers, Inc., 1991). Sandra Sac Parker, "William Wayne Keeler, 1908-1987: Cherokee Tribal Leader and Businessman," in Notable Native Americans, ed. Sharon Malinowski and George H. J. Abrams (Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research, 1995). Brad Agnew © Oklahoma Historical Society |


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Sandra's Saved Spark Recipes
Recipes I have collected from others and some of mine that keep the fat and calories down..=^..^=
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Cookbook creator says: low sodium bouillon or broth, red wine, paprika, and using yogurt to thicken were some very good substitutions. Carbs: 42.4g | Fat: 24.1g | Fiber: 1.1g | Protein: 30.9g | Calories: 514.5
Cookbook creator says: Try substituting fat free ricotta for the cottage cheese, melts better.. Submitted by VEGGIEKITTY Carbs: 34.5g | Fat: 10.7g | Fiber: 4.9g | Protein: 28g | Calories: 342.3
Very Good 4.5/5
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Cookbook creator says: Tilapia, orange roughy, cod are all good with this recipe. Submitted by SEABEACON8 Carbs: 1g | Fat: 8g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 23.6g | Calories: 174.8
Very Good 4.8/5
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Submitted by MAURAK Carbs: 5.9g | Fat: 4.9g | Fiber: 2.2g | Protein: 2.5g | Calories: 68.8
Cookbook creator says: Gingersnaps seem important, but maybe switch to brown sugar. Can add apple slices. Carbs: 12.1g | Fat: 10.1g | Fiber: 2.3g | Protein: 29.1g | Calories: 256.1
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Cookbook creator says: This just sounds wonderful! Carbs: 39.5g | Fat: 2.8g | Fiber: 18.7g | Protein: 13g | Calories: 195.9
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Cookbook creator says: Balsamic or wine vinegar both great on this. Make sure it is the fresh Mozzeralla. Submitted by GEEKYPOET Carbs: 3.6g | Fat: 10.9g | Fiber: 0.5g | Protein: 6.7g | Calories: 140.9
Cookbook creator says: Maybe some mozzarella.. oregano? Submitted by MATCM81 Carbs: 7.3g | Fat: 1.6g | Fiber: 2.5g | Protein: 3.2g | Calories: 51.6
Cookbook creator says: Some comments were that salsa verde was too hot, try tomatillo sauce, also fresh cilantro.. good idea Submitted by CARPROTH Carbs: 32.7g | Fat: 10.7g | Fiber: 10.2g | Protein: 35.7g | Calories: 365.5
Cookbook creator says: Takes time but sounds real good.. Carbs: 5.6g | Fat: 6.7g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 43.2g | Calories: 263.9
Cookbook creator says: Cucumber.. that's different.. must try. Submitted by METALFINGER2U Carbs: 5.9g | Fat: 0.3g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 0.9g | Calories: 22.5
Cookbook creator says: Varying comments on the juices. maybe leave out apple? sounds good and love fennel and it is great to balance out citrus. Carbs: 17.3g | Fat: 4.4g | Fiber: 2.5g | Protein: 29.4g | Calories: 225.5
Cookbook creator says: Adjust for more lime, possibly use fresh spinach and maybe basil.. Submitted by LOVE2COOK Carbs: 8g | Fat: 6.8g | Fiber: 2.8g | Protein: 25.9g | Calories: 186.8
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Colorado State University has attained national prominence and consistent winning seasons behind the guidance and leadership of Mary Yori, one of the game's most successful coaches.
During the 2009 campaign, Yori led the Rams to a 26-25 overall record, her third consecutive winning season at Colorado State. She coached Colorado State to an impressive victory over No. 7 California on March 21, marking the second time in three seasons Yori and the Rams have defeated a ranked California squad. She also led the Rams to a 7-8 Mountain West Conference record, tying for third place.
Yori also celebrated another coaching milestone in 2009, garnering her 700th career victory on April 19 against New Mexico at Ram Field.
In 2008, Yori led the Rams to a 29-22 overall record while reaching three important milestones in her career. Yori won her 200th game at CSU against Texas-San Antonio on Feb. 18 and coached in her 400th game at the university on April 4 against BYU. Along with adding to her CSU resume, Yori coached in her 1,000th career game, against Utah State, on March 8 at Ram Field. Yori also led the Rams to a 3-2 win over No. 20 Oregon on Feb. 8 and a 9-3 victory over No. 12 Northwestern on March 21.
During that same season Yori led the Rams to national recognition with the team placing in the top 25 in several offensive categories at the end of the season, including home runs per game (fourth), doubles per game (eighth), slugging percentage (ninth) and scoring (12th).
Yori also led the Rams atop the Mountain West Conference in several categories. As a squad, the Rams knocked 68 homers with 12 different CSU players contributing. The 68 home runs ranked second in the conference, while no other team in the conference had more than 10 players with a home run. Colorado State senior Lauren Cusick led the team and the conference with 20 home runs on her way to earning Mountain West Conference Player of the Year. Cusick is the second player under Yori to garner that award, as Stephanie Roberts was named Player of the Year in 2003.
During the 2007 campaign, Yori led the Rams to a 30-28 overall record and a third place finish in the MWC. She coached the Rams to an impressive 2-0 victory over No. 11 Cal on Feb. 17.
In 2006, Yori led the Rams to an even 26-26 season after an impressive 30-22 record in 2005, the third-straight season of 30-plus wins, marking only the second time in the programs' history that the team has had 30 or more wins in back-to-back seasons.
In 2004, Yori and the Rams followed the success of the 2003 campaign with a 40-14 record, becoming only the second squad in school history to reach the 40-win plateau. Yori earned Mountain West Coach of the Year honors for the second straight season as the Rams won the first MWC regular-season title in school history.
Coach Yori notched her name into the CSU record books once again, becoming only the second coach in Colorado State history to reach 200 wins. Her record at CSU now stands at 247-222 for her career with the Rams.
Heading into the 2003 season, Yori felt the program was on the verge of national success, but the Rams softball program arrived on the national stage sooner than anticipated. The team improved from 19-33 in 2002 to 37-15 in 2003, including a trip to the NCAA regional championship. This was just the second NCAA regional appearance for the Rams in program history; the first was in 1997.
With seasons like the Rams had in 2003 and 2004, it is understandable that Yori was voted back-to-back Mountain West Conference Coach of the Year.
Yori was named Colorado State's head softball coach in July of 2000, and immediately put in place a plan to build the school's softball program into one of the nation's finest. Her goals are based on the success she achieved throughout her coaching and playing career.
"We have worked very hard as a staff, and as student-athletes to reach the level of becoming a national-caliber program," said Yori. "I believe that everyone associated with our program is dedicated to the same goal."
Yori came to the Rams after having served as the head coach at the University of Nebraska-Omaha from 1988-99. During that time, she guided the program to 10 consecutive NCAA regional tournament appearances. UNO won the North Central Conference championship in 1994, `95, `96, and `97.
Yori has the well-deserved reputation as one of the nation's premier collegiate softball coaches. When the 2010 season begins, she will hold an impressive career coaching record of 706-380, having won 65 percent of her games as the head coach.
At UNO, she won nearly 75 percent of the games she coached, the fifth-highest figure in NCAA Division II history. On Nov. 7, 2007, Yori was inducted into the UNO Hall of Fame for her coaching accomplishments. Prior to becoming the head coach at UNO, Yori was an assistant at Creighton University, her alma mater. She played for the Blue Jays, earning All-America honors twice and leading her team to the College World Series three consecutive years from 1980-82. Yori was inducted in the Creighton Hall of Fame in 1992.
Twice in her coaching career at UNO she was selected by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association as the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year, in `94 and again in `96.
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Brondello previously was as an assistant for the Los Angeles Sparks and a head coach in 2010 for the San Antonio Silver Stars. Hairgrove has served as a Mercury assistant for nine seasons, and has been a part of the team's two championships. Boone was added to the coaching staff in August after four seasons as an assistant at Grand Canyon University.
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I've got a Tradescantia spathacea (Oyster plant) here which I've had for 1 month. It's growing extremely fast and now can't support itself and is leaning over. I've attached two pictures which show the growth over the past month. What's the best way to keep these plants pruned? If I cut off the long part and stick it into the soil, will it root and start a new plant? I believe I read that this plant can be propagated from cuttings. Is it better to root the cuttings in a separate pot where you can water it differently from the main plant until the cuttings are rooted? etc. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Feb 20, 14 at 8:52
Looks like it's not getting enough light. Do you see any root nubs on the stem of the longer part yet? |
Hmm, I have it on the top shelf in an open area with windows on three sides, but it is about 6-10 feet away from the windows, depending on the window. It gets a short bit of direct morning sunlight at this time of year. I'm limited as to where I can put it. I'm not sure what the root nubs would look like, however on the main stem there is a small offshoot and another which appears to be coming from the soil very close to the stem. |
That is likely too far away for decent plant growth as born out by how stretched out (etiolated) the plant appears to be. Two things to keep in mind when contemplating light: 1) The amount of light a plant needs for photosynthesis is FAR greater than our eyes need by which to see. Just because an area seems plenty bright to our eyes, doesn't mean it is enough light to meet a plant's needs. 2) Light intensity falls off rapidly the further away you are from the source. It follows what is known as the invenvers square law -- the intensity of the light falls off with the square of the distance one is from the light source. So if we assume the light right at the window is "the source" (and therefore strongest), if you plant is 6ft away from the window it is only receiving 1/36 of the light it would have received right by the window. If the plant is 10ft away, it is only receiving 1/100 the amount of light. |
Thanks for the explanation. I am aware that to a plant it's not always as bright as it is to us, but it sounds worse than I was aware. I really wish I had more locations near windows I could put them, but that's just not possible. Most of my plants are doing well on the multi-level shelves where this plant is located, though I'm noticing a few, such as this one we are discussing, are clearly wanting more light. |
So, does anyone know about propagation? Can I chop off the tall pieces and stick them back in to the pot and start new plants? Should they be cut at any specific spot? I was reminded of this plant again today when I noticed it has grown another couple of inches! :) |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Fri, Feb 28, 14 at 9:13
I've not tried propagating pieces that didn't have aerial root nubs yet. I don't see any on your plant, but if you pull the brown bits of lost leaves off (in the last pic,) you'll be able to see them when they start, you may see bumps under the brown bits now. If there's not enough light for the mama to grow correctly, I don't think you'd have great results trying to propagate right now. Doing it outside in the humidity of summer would be the best thing to try. I agree, your plant looks like it's reaching for light, it could/should be standing up straight, eventually developing a trunk appearance though I haven't left my plant(s) alone long enough to know if the stem actually lignifies with age. This plant is not a creeper. Are you able to offer more light by putting plants outside for summer? You wouldn't want to put this in direct sun, except maybe the first or last hour of the day, but the shade outside is infinitely brighter than inside. |
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Don't know your imago from your sinthome? After reading this, you still won't.
Most of the 1990s I spent in graduate school studying literature. I remember this period now mostly as UFO abductees remember their abduction: as fraught fragments, anxious dreams about missed lectures and forgotten papers come due. Those years form a hole in my personal history; I struggle to reconstruct the logic that led me to the choices I made. Sometimes I feel as though I had been brainwashed, as though I had fallen in with a cult whose indoctrination tactics involved forcing impoverished recruits like me to drink gallons of coffee between contentious three-hour self-criticism sessions, from which I've struggled over the past decade to deprogram myself.
There was a groveling intensity with regard to recondite questions of the theoretical doctrine, itself an eclectic amalgam of often contradictory tidbits — from Lacan disciples, scientific Marxists, Russian formalists, speculative linguists, etc. (as well as the innumerable literary scholars who mash them up) — that the rest of the world, even the rest of the university community, seemed to treat with benign neglect. At the time that ignorance seemed proof of the tragedy of their hopeless blinkered existence and made perfecting our own study of doctrine — honing it to a level of impenetrable hermeticism that would nonetheless somehow make it irresistible to the world — seem that much more urgent.
I was therefore intrigued when Benladen linked to this 1994 essay by Richard Webster about the "cult of Lacan," which assesses skeptically and utterly without sympathy the life and work of the rogue psychoanalyst, compiling anecdotes that make Lacan seem ludicrous while chronicling "his inclination to make anti-establishment gestures from the safety of an authoritarian movement." Webster discusses in particular the peculiar rhetoric of Lacan's mirror stage essay, one of his central works, which incidentally had been assigned reading for me multiple times in graduate school:
The seeming confidence and omniscience of Lacan's formulations is likely to lead those who read them for the first time to assume that he is referring to a coherent body of knowledge with which they should be familiar, or that keys which unlock his formulations will be found elsewhere in his writings. In an effort to find such keys they may well find themselves plunging into a deep study of Lacan's writings.
I never made the plunge into the more obscure corners of Écrits, but I can relate to the impulse to do so, and to the thrill that's implicit in substituting a blind faith in nominalism for argumentative logic. I made the exciting discovery that jargon can be talismanic. Wielding words like cathexis and interpellation in a seminar room gave me a distinct feeling of power. Webster argues that in Lacan's work, "concepts which have been introduced in one place are rarely if ever clarified by references to them elsewhere in his writing. But they are continually modified and overlaid with yet more layers of complexity and ostensible significance."
Wielding words like "cathexis" and "interpellation" in a seminar room gave me a distinct feeling of power.
Having also read recently Lawrence Wright's New Yorker article on Scientology, I found it impossible not to discern parallels between Lacan and that other radical critic of psychoanalysis, L. Ron Hubbard, whose foundational text Dianetics is notoriously rife with similar dead-end allusiveness and interminable elaboration. (Even director Paul Haggis, who had reached the higher levels of Scientology's hierarchy, proclaims that he found the book "impenetrable.")
Writing at the Awl, Maria Bustillos describes Dianetics as "the ravings of a grandiose middle-schooler, very name-droppy (Hegel, Einstein, Aristotle, Schopenhauer — the names of such guys, but never their ideas, are sprinkled liberally around); it is peppered with footnotes, mostly for words the author supposes the reader might not know, such as sulfa, craven, sadism and Parcheesi." In other words, Dianetics reads like pulp Lacan, before the fact. Webster quotes one of Lacan's translators, Alan Sheridan, who admitted that "Lacan doesn't intend to be understood…. He designs his seminars so that you can't, in fact, grasp them."
To adopt such an approach intentionally seems somewhat nihilistic, but it may also possibly betoken a rhetorical strategy gone amok. In an early review of Dianetics, S.I. Hayakawa argues that Hubbard's book repurposes science-fiction writers' discursive tricks to create the same illusion of certainty Webster saw in Lacan's writing:
The art [of science fiction] consists in concealing from the reader, for novelistic purposes, the distinctions between established scientific facts, almost-established scientific hypotheses, scientific conjectures, and imaginative extrapolations far beyond what has even been conjectured. The danger of this technique lies in the fact that, if the writer of science-fiction writes too much of it too fast and too glibly and is not endowed from the beginning with a high degree of semantic self-insight (consciousness of abstracting), he may eventually succeed in concealing the distinction between his facts and his imaginings from himself.
As an example, Hayakawa quotes the infamous first sentence of Dianetics' original edition: "The creation of dianetics is a milestone for Man comparable to his discovery of fire and superior to his inventions of the wheel and arch."
Hubbard, of course, was sufficiently enamored of his writings to found a religion from them, and their obscurity, judging from Wright's account of Scientology, is instrumental in drawing believers in deeper. That Lacan of all people would lack "semantic self-insight," however, is difficult to believe — which may be why it's generally easier to regard him as a charlatan rather than a cult leader. Seeming to smirk at his own obfuscations, appearing to letting you in on the joke, Lacan winds into theoretical elaborations with the intention in mind to undermine, not to complete, the whole idea of theoretical knowledge.
Lacan's hostility toward intelligibility can also seemed designed to give adherents the pleasure of being lost in a maze of esoterica, of tripping out on spirals within spirals. Webster cautions against underestimating Lacan:
It might be wrong to impugn Lacan's sincerity or to suggest that he is engaging in a consciously calculated strategy. But his remarks are characteristic of the messianic prophet; the faithful are rebuked for deserting the ways of God and falling into the ways of men. The messiah is he who has come to restore them to righteousness. It is he who will reveal again the true Freud whom others have concealed.
Lacan's tactics, in Webster's telling, mimic the cult-leading strategies laid out in Carey Burtt's classic short "Mind Control Made Easy."
Burtt's film fairly captures my experience of graduate school (an elaborate cult or conspiracy to secure freshman composition teachers on the cheap, as cynical university administrators might view it). Some of the statements in the film — "Join our elite mission to save the world." "All you need is two hours' sleep." "A: I felt an infinite emptiness. It was terrifying. B: No, that's good. Do it more." "A: I don't know who I am anymore. B: Good, now you are free. In fact, there was no you there to begin with." — seem like refractions of what I heard in seminars about subjectivity and psychoanalytical theory and poststructuralism from fellow students and from professors who were trying to be encouraging in their own peculiar way. At the time I felt I was learning a lot, but the knowledge I was amassing was increasingly disordered in my mind, provoking questions that required more and more esoteric jargon to even articulate. I was learning what sorts of books I should be reading, but actually reading all these works that people seemed to treat as prerequisites would have added years and years to my preparatory phase. It seemed that there was an endless ladder to climb, and the further I got into it, the less I could bring myself to face the thought of ever leaving school.
I chose to cling to an impression of the university as a place obscurely designed to aggrandize my ego.
But the fact that graduate school seemed to me a cult probably says more about me and my inability to view education as anything other than "self-actualization" and personal growth. I wasn't always discouraged from this view, but neither did I have it forced upon me. I never abstracted myself from the schooling process and would not accept it as simply a program of professionalization and preferential networking. I chose to cling instead to an impression of the university as a place obscurely designed to aggrandize my ego. I was thus made uncomfortable when any larger mission would come into view.
Webster's description of Lacan's personality, based on what he deduces from Lacan's obscure texts — "an alienated intellectual who hugely overvalues his own intellect and cognitive skills, and has become almost completely cut off from the world of ordinary human relationships" — serves as a pretty good description of what I remember of myself in graduate school. His judgment of Lacan's theory, that it is "a fiction created by an intellectual in order to alleviate his own emotional predicament," reminds me of my perpetually deferred dissertation. I could only experience higher education as a cult, because I approached it as an earnest devotee of the most irresistible cult of personality out there, the narcissistic cult of myself.
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Quoted from marjorie I need some advice here... I just received my midterm grade and I did not do so well.However, this was during a stressful time and I did not eat much meat at all and I am wondering if any o' s have felt better mentally when they incorporate meat back in their diet. I am starting to question alot of things about how smart I am, but I know something is lacking in my diet.... could it be just that I need more food overall or is it the meat?I am so tired of analyzing and then being stressed.
Quoted from Patty H Marjorie, what are you eating? Protein is critical for O's (I actually think everyone needs protein but just in different forms) but it doesn't always need to be red meat. I love fish and eat a lot of it, but I do eat red meat (beef and lamb mostly that I buy from a local, grass fed farm) and poultry (free range from the same farm). Eggs are good too! You should consider, if you are not already doing so, having protein for your first meal and some source of protein for every meal. I eat a lot of walnuts as well.
Quoted Text Our power originates from a vast line of above ground wiring that ispredominantly attached to huge utility poles. This above ground infrastructure has been in place for decades.Those poles for the most part are made from wood....Given we're surrounded by huge old trees, all it takes is for one tree to hit one power line and bring it down and it suddenly affects thousands of people at once.....If this happens many places along the grid or if if a transformer is hit by lightening or needs to be replaced, it's not like the power company has one sitting around for installation.....It's always a slow process....If we lose power, we call an #800 where a recording asks us to put in our phone number so they can look up our address...The recording usually tells us if there are known power outages in our area or if this is the first one reported....I'm always one of the first people to call and report because it's not like anyone in the power company knows when we slip off the grid. It's not like they're able to monitor us to see who lost power...Once reported that we've lost power, they send someone to assess the damage we've incurred....and then in slow motion, and in order of what it takes to fix the problem, they will first restore the people who live in the largest communities.....give the largest group of people possible their power back. Given we're only 1,000 people who live off a 3 mile main road, and given we are at the very end of the grid, we are the very last group of people who get our power back. It's frustrating for us living this way, but this is the way it all works....Some areas of our county never lose power. It's just because we are so rural and have so manyhuge trees that can fall on utility wires.