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Demon Squeezer Curved Horns Devil Diabolus Inclinatus non-scale PVC figure by Embrace Japan
Embrace Japan is going to re-release the Curved Horns Devil ( 屈曲角の悪魔 ) Diabolus Inclinatus ( ディアボルス・インクリナタス ) non-scale PVC figure from the doujinshi "Demon Squeezer" by the character designer Hirose Sousi ( 広瀬総士 ). Will be re-released in July 2011. Around 220mm tall, 7,800 yen. Castoffable. Continue reading »


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The City of Great Bend Cemetery Board will meet at 4 p.m. on Thursday at the Cemetery Office, 4500 Broadway.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Jim and John Harbaugh have exchanged a handful of text messages, and plan to leave it at that. No phone conversations necessary while the season's still going. No time for pleasantries, even for the friendly siblings.
WICHITA - High school swimming is not entirely a team sport.
HAYS - With two first-place finishers, the Hoisington High School wrestling team finished fourth at the Bob Kuhn Prairie Classic on Saturday.
PAOLA - Falling just out of first place by 19 points, the Great Bend High School wrestling team finished second behind Derby on Saturday at the Paola Invitational.
Bruce Weber has been in the middle of some intense rivalries during his career.
With only a few months left until Habitat for Humanity plans to break ground on its next building project, the nonprofit organization raised over $17,000 Saturday at the fourth annual "Barton County's Got Talent" dinner theater.
A burglary at 1440 12th St. in Great Bend resulted in the loss of $4,120 in property, Police Chief Dean Akings said. Between the early morning on Jan. 11 and 5:46 p.m. on Jan. 16, someone entered the residence and took a 60-inch flat-screen television and TV stand, a white refrigerator and a Eureka vacuum sweeper.
The Great Bend Public Library is cleaning out its collection of old magazines, said Jennifer King, head of marketing. "We will be putting older back issues out for the public to take beginning Monday, Jan. 28." Magazines are free while available.
ELLINWOOD - Skip Yowell has been named to the Star of Hope Board of Directors. Yowell joins other volunteer board members as they guide the organization in the pursuit of its mission.
HOISINGTON - All of the individuals who have filed for election in April for the Hoisington City Council are incumbents. They are Mayor, Clayton Williamson; Ward One, Gerald Donovan; Ward Two, Mike Aylward; Ward Three, Dean Andereck; and Ward Four, Christina Smith.
HOISINGTON - Hoisington High School art students, Amber Karst, Kayla Reisner, Presley Smith, Brennan Knapp, Tana Hickel, and Kim Harper have painted the school fight song on the school wall.
Just guessing here, but I imagine forecasters at the Weather Channel are embarrassed about having to give winter storms names like "Juno," "Kari" and "Linus." Juno is what they called the almost-big one that hit the Northeast in late January. My radar says marketing gurus, not meteorologists, are behind this nonsense.
The full-court press is on from every organ of enlightened liberal opinion: the Supreme Court must not decide this term's big Obamacare case, King v. Burwell, on the actual legal merits, which are a slam-dunk for the plaintiffs. Instead, supporters of the government want the case decided on the consequences of the Court stopping the flow of illegal subsidies. And they want to ignore the fact that stopping the subsidies will actually free millions of people in opt-out states from the individual and employer mandates. They only want to talk about people who would lose subsidies.
The scheduled program at the Senior Center, 2005 Kansas Ave., titled, "Money Habitudes" at 1:00 p.m. today has been cancelled. It will still be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday at the Great Bend Activity Center, 2715 18th. For more information call the Recreation Commission office at 793-3755 ext. 2 or e-mail email@example.com.
SYLVIA – Daniel B. Burgey Jr., 63, died Feb. 11, 2015, at Hospice House in Hutchinson. Born Sept. 12, 1951, he was the son of Daniel B. and Beverly Clark Burgey. On Aug. 25, 1977, he married Kathy Jo Bruer. She died Feb. 21, 2009.
Great Bend churches will hold Lenten Luncheons every Wednesday from Feb. 25 through April 1.
DODGE CITY - Catholic Social Service will host an Adoption Workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, room 22 at Newman College, 236 San Jose, Dodge City. Lunch will be provided. Registration is required.
ELLINWOOD - The Ellinwood Knights of Columbus are having a fish fry from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, at the St. Joseph Parish Center, 110 W. Second St. Sponsors suggest a donation of $10, or $5 for children 10 years and under. Proceeds will go to area charities.
Trinity Lutheran Church will observe Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m., and each of the following five Wednesdays, for the Lenten evening worship services which explore and teach about the Lenten disciplines.
"River of Life Foursquare Church will be hosting its monthly Men's Prayer Breakfast Saturday morning, Feb. 14, at 8 a.m.
The First Congregational United Church of Christ, 3400 21st St. will host its 14th Annual Monterrey Dinner on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 17, from 5-7 p.m. This year, proceeds from the popular dinner will be used for local mission projects.
LARNED - Patty Smith welcomed the chapter at her rural home at 2 p.m. Monday.
Heartland Cancer Center (HCC) will be the new location for the next series of monthly interactive televideo (ITV) presentations organized by Midwest Cancer Alliance.

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Business Outlook: C&W's retreat from Hong Kong
Wednesday 21 January 1998
The deal sparked a rally in the share prices of both companies, which is understandable enough since C&W relies upon Hongkong Telecom for two- thirds of its operating profits. But is this a case of the patient leaving the sick bay prematurely only to suffer a worse relapse later?
First the bull case. The terms of the compensation deal are at least as good and probably better than the market had been expecting. In addition to a cash payment of pounds 530m, Hongkong Telecom ceases to make royalty payments of pounds 42m a year for the privilege of owning the monopoly. Moreover, it is allowed to begin ratcheting up charges for line rentals having had to provide them up until now at below cost with a subsidy from international call revenues. Finally, C&W preserves its majority shareholding in Hongkong Telecom with the clear understanding that it will not cede control unless it gets something concrete back from Peking, in the shape of real access to the Chinese mainland.
Now the bear case. Hongkong is already a relatively mature and saturated market. Moreover, competition in the domestic market already means that no-one pays for a local call; now the same market forces are about to bear down on Hongkong Telecom's international business. But the biggest question marks concern when, how and indeed whether C&W will ever get a meaningful deal with the Chinese. Peking remains paranoid about granting access to China's telephone system, regarding it less as a commercial opportunity and more as a threat to national security.
Hongkong Telecom waxes lyrical about exploring new investment opportunities in the colony, mainland China and Asia Pacific. But to rest of the world, it looks to be relaxing its grip on the region and forcing its majority shareholder to beat a retreat at the same time.
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M&M Manufacturing, a producer of sheet metal products for the air distribution and ventilation market based in Fort Worth, has been acquired by MiTek Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.,
Jetta Operating Co., a 24-year-old privately held oil and gas company in Fort Worth, and a related entity plan a 26-story mixed-use tower downtown at Taylor and Fifth streets on a site once owned by the Star-Telegram.
Six candidates have filed for the two open seats on the Tarrant Regional Water Board, setting up a battle that could potentially shift the balance of power on the board and the priorities of one of the largest water districts in Texas.
The Fort Worth Business Press honored 13 area chief financial officers today with a luncheon at the Fort Worth Club.
And then there were none. The lone Fort Worth ISD Superintendent candidate, Dr. Joel D. Boyd, has informed the Fort Worth ISD Board of Education that he is
Steve Hambrick, the current Fort Worth region chairman of PlainsCapital Bank, has been promoted to Texas region chairman, the Dallas-based bank said Feb. 26. In his new role, Hambrick is responsible for management, business development and recruitment for PlainsCapital Bank's Texas markets.
Hambrick joined PlainsCapital Bank in November 2004 serving as Fort Worth president. In January 2012, he was promoted to Fort Worth region chairman. With more than 30 years of experience in the finance and banking industries, his expertise includes commercial banking and loan workouts. Hambrick received a finance degree from Southern Methodist University and is an active member of the Fort Worth community. He currently serves on the boards of directors for Boys & Girls Clubs of Arlington and Downtown Fort Worth Inc. He is also a member of the Tarrant County Bankers Association and OU Club of Fort Worth.
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Volume PGAP-4: 1952
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The design of circularly polarized aperture antennas
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 136By using equivalent circuits, the polarization transmitted from an aperture is analized in terms of the reflection properties of the aperture, the length of the Waveguide, and pertinent parameters of the exciting antenns. The techniques described afford a systematic procedure for designing antennas which are circularly polarized at one frequency or which have a low axial ratio over a band of frequencies, This procedure may be used to solve which have been applicable to lessless antennas are derived. Systems for measuring all pertinent parameters are developed and theoretical predictions are correlated with experimental measurements. View full abstract»
Multiple unit antennas, with skew
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 136
Cited by: Papers (1)The number of antennas required to produce a satisfactory horizontal pattern around a relatively large support structure is reduced in a major degree by a new technique known as "skew". Calculated and measured patterns are discussed, comparing normal radially-directed units and those with 90-degree skew. The results with skew angles varying from 90 degrees down to zero are studied. The effects of progressive increase of structure size are shown. Variation with phasing is studied. A mathematical analysis is made for the purpose of disclosing the fundamental basis for pattern improvement by antennas mounted in a skewed relationship. View full abstract»
A rotary joint for two microwave transmission channels of the same frequency band
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 136This dual-channel rotary joint consists of two pairs of rectangular waveguide terminals, a circular waveguide which transmits both channels, and coupling elements between the rectangular waveguide terminals and the circular waveguide which convert the rectangular H
10 mode into the circular H01 and E01 modes. If pure H01 and E01 modes can be excited, perfect separation of the channels as well as-constant amplitudes and phases can be obtained when the Joint rotates. While the conversion into the circular E01 mode is performed by a conventional method, a new method had to be developed for the conversion of the rectangular H10 mode into the circular H01 mode. View full abstract» -
Mechanical scanners for radar antennas
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 135The mechanical scanner is the most versatile and widely used antenna system for airborne radar application. In general, its radiation characteristics are superior to those of electrical scanned systems. There are three basic types of scanners: The wigwag, spiral, and helical. These basic types of scanners, along with various modifications of each, are discussed and compared, insofar as possible, with other than mechanical scanners. Such characteristics as relative size weight, scanning speeds, broadband matching, absolute gain, half-power beamwidth, relative minor lobe intensity, and aperture efficiency are compared and general rules are submitted as to how to choose which type of scanner will best perform in a given type of service. View full abstract»
Tracking noise measurements on a manual tracking radar
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 135Tracking noise measurements have been made on a manual tracking, sector-scan radar, Methods have been devised to measure the operator's tracking error, which has been assumed to be the principal source of tracking noise. In tests made with an actual moving target, it is extremely difficult to distinguish between tracking errors and the true target motion. In order to measure error alone, a technique has been developed in which a fixed target is given, known artificial motion. In this manner tracking error can be recorded for various target courses and speeds. Rate tracking and aided tracking have been simulated to allow experimental determination of optimum values of such parameters as aided tracking time constant and control sensitivity. View full abstract»
Application of matrices to the problem of transmission through a multi-layered dielectric wall
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 117 - 134
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Application of the microwave homodyne
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 110 - 116
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Impedance matching by means of nonuniform transmission lines
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 107 - 109A transmission line of varying characteristic impedance is often used as a four-terminal microwave network for the purpose of matching a load having one impedance to a generator having a different impedance. My main point can be summed up by one equation, giving the value of the reflection coefficient at the input or source end of the transmission line. In this equation, x is distance measured along the transmission line, xS and xL are values of x at the generator and load ends of the line respectively, β is the phase constant, and Z0 is the characteristic impedance. View full abstract»
Nodal shift impedance measurements in periodic waveguides
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 106The nodal shift method of measuring the properties of a Coupling system connecting two transmission lines is a convenient and accurate method which does not require the existence of good terminations to match the lines. Using a generalized definition of impedance in a periodically loaded waveguide, such as is encountered in the Stanford linear accelerator or in traveling-wave tubes, this technique can be extended to determining the properties of a coupling system connected between a smooth waveguide and the periodic one, and when these are known, one can measure impedances in the periodic structure by observing those in the smooth guide. In addition, this impedance relation permits one to deduce the phase-shift constant of the structure at any frequency in the pass-band. View full abstract»
Symmetrical waveguide junctions
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 106Dicke and Kerns have shown that from a knowledge of the geometrical symmetry of a junction one can deduce the form of the scattering matrix. The synthesis problem; given a desired scattering matrix, to determine whether it is physically realizable in a symmetrical structure, and to find the possible structures, has not been solved completely, although several useful things can be said about the general problem. However, the number of cases that are ever likely to arise in practice is finite, and by solving the analysis problem for each of them and tabulating the results we have effectively given a "brute-force" solution of the synthesis problem for junctions of six or fewer waveguides. View full abstract»
Modes in waveguides containing ferrites
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 104 - 105
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The use of ridge waveguide for scanners
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 103
Cited by: Papers (1)Summary form only given, as follows. The use of ridge waveguide with a movable ridge has been proposed for a variable-phase scanner. There are mechanical and electrical problems with this system similar to those encountered in variable width waveguide scanners. Its scan is more restricted, but it does permit the use of longitudinal slots in the broadside of the guide. Expressions for the fields in the ridge waveguide are obtained by Hahn's method. Expressions are obtained also for the normalized shunt conductance of a narrow longitudinal slot of resonant length in the broad face of the guide opposite the ridge and for the characteristic impedance of the ridge waveguide. [NB: A manuscript annotationon the copy at hand states "see also Howery, R.W. 'An Improved Eagle Scanner - Proc. of Third Symposium on Scanning Antenns' - Nov 1950 (NRL ASTIA #134257 (C-6317) [Confidential] Bendix Dept 465 File #2241."] View full abstract»
Further affects of manufacturing tolerances on the performance of linear shunt slot arrays
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 93 - 102
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Optimum design of linear arrays in the presence of random errors
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 81 - 92
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Astigmatic diffraction effects in microwave lenses
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 72 - 80
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On spherically symmetric lenses
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 66 - 71
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Variation of field intensity over irregular terrain within line of sight for the UHF band
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 53 - 65Late in 1950 the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was faced with the problem of having to allocate television (TV) broadcast stations in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band from 300 to 900 mc/s. In order to make an intelligent allocation, some knowledge was necessary of the extent of television service to be expected for these UHF channels. Consequently, a series of statistical studies was made of the available data to derive some empirical propagation formulae and curves upon which the UHF allocation might be based. One of these studies was that of the variation in field intensity over irregular terrain which will be discussed in this paper. Of necessity a great many of the details of the study cannot be included here. Thse who desire these details are referred to the original FCC report. The variation of field intensity over irregular terrain within line of sight for the UHF-band has been studied. The factors which affect these variations and the relative reliability of these factors have been investigated, leading to resultant distributions of field intensity over irregular terrain, as described by figure 9. In addition, this distribution has been compared with that for the VHF band and it has been possible to extrapolate the results to cover the whole UHF television band from 300 to 900 mc/s. by using the distribution of Fig. 9 and correcting for frequency the overall median deviations from a reference [Fig. 11]. View full abstract»
A new type of propagation
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 47 - 52H. Alfven and others have shown that when a conducting fluid is placed in a magnetic field the interaction of the electromagnetic and hydrodynamic forces generates a new type of wave, the nagneto-hydrodynamic wave. Using a description of these waves in an ideal fluid as a prototype, we briefly discuss their properties for various types of conducting fluids. A list of references is given. View full abstract»
Short period sky-wave fading of CW emissions
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 46A study of short, period sky-wave fading of CW emissions shows that observed characteristics are functions of the relative amplitude of the received and magnetoionic components. When the received magnetoionic components are essentially equal at the receiving point, severe and rapid fading occurs and variations in short-period fading are maximum. However, when a single mode of propagation is suppressed, the variations in short-period fading distributions of the received field are reduced and become lognormal in character. A new parameter is suggested to replace the Rayleigh distribution in cases where a more accurate formulation of short-period fading characteristics is desired. Finally, a description is given of apractical method of emitting CW radio transmissions, which yields reflections from the ionosphere of a single ionospheric mode, thereby obtaining some man-made control over short-period sky-wave fading. View full abstract»
Microwave radio reflection from ground and water surfaces
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 37 - 45Reflection of microwaves from ground and water surfaces for a number of wavelengths between 0.86 and 26.5 centimeters have been measured over paths of a few thousand feet and grazing angles of the reflected ray up to 5 degrees. Antennas with comparable patterns large enough to illuminate a large surface area were used. A variety of surface conditions including bare ground and smooth and choppy water were studied. For the particular overland path used, the ground appeared smooth at 26.5 and 9 centimeters wavelength, evidenced considerable roughness to 3.2 centimeters and appeared very rough to 0.86 centimeters. The mean reflection coefficient decreased with decreasing wavelength. For the overwater paths, the reflection for all wavelengths was that associated with a smooth surface when the conditions were calm. For a choppy surface, the millimeter signal showed large time variations and its apparent reflection coefficient decreased. View full abstract»
Propagation characteristics of microwave optical links
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 31 - 36
Cited by: Papers (1)The performance of point-to-point microwave links is affected considerably by the nature of the terrain which the links traverse and the variable refractivity of the lower atmosphere due to changes in the local meteorological conditions. While a great deal of information is available on these two factors, it is in many cases difficult to predict with any degree of assurance the reliability to be expected on a microwave link installed on a given path. It is usually advisable to mke an experimental survey of propagation char"acteristics and siting factors involved on such a path. This paper describes the reslllts of an experimental propagation survey which was made on two paths in the San Frmcisco Bay (USA) area. View full abstract»
Meteorological effects on VHF propagation
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A criticism of the Feinstein - Carroll theory of tropospheric propagation
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 19This paper was withdrawn as being non-applicable to Feinstein's paper in its present form. View full abstract»
Internal reflection in the troposphere and propagation well beyond the horizon
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 19
Cited by: Papers (5)A simple estimate of the feeble internal reflection from the normal troposphere explains remarkably well long puzzling fields well beyond the horizon throughout the VHF and microwave spectrum. Even in the absence of ducts, the continuous decrease with height of the index of refraction under gravitational influence makes the troposphere an inhomogeneous continuously stratified medium. The effective earth's radius notion allows for the refractive effect of this inhomogeneity in calculating the diffracted field beyond the horizon, but not for internal reflections. A bilinear model for the index profile of the normal atmosphere gives modes with db/mi attenuation rates in approximate agreement with the experimental one of roughly 1/7 db/mi at 50,400 and 3000 Mc. To a considerable extent, the internal reflection idea obviates the need for hypothesizing omnipresent atmospheric turbulence up to heights of several miles in the troposphere, a phenomenon once erroneously thought also to cause "angel" echoes on radars. View full abstract»
The insignificance of continuous internal reflections in tropospheric propagation beyond the horizon
Publication Year: 1952 , Page(s): 14 - 18
Cited by: Papers (1)First Page of the ArticleView full abstract»
Aims & Scope
This Transactions ceased publication in 1955. The current retited publication is IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.


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Rich Ricci rates Annie Power his best chance of a winner at next week's Cheltenham Festival after confirming the OLBG Mares' Hurdle would "more than likely" be her target. |
The leading owner is preparing to unleash a star-studded team at Prestbury Park next week, with Champion Hurdle favourite Faugheen, the red-hot Supreme Novices' Hurdle favourite Douvan and Queen Mother Champion Chase contender and dual Festival winner Champagne Fever also major players in their respective races. |
Annie Power lost her unbeaten record when runner-up behind More Of That in last season's World Hurdle and with the reigning champion not turning up to defend his crown, Ricci admits another tilt at the staying crown is tempting. |
However, with his mare having been off the track since winning at Punchestown last May, he feels the sensible call is to let her take on her own sex on the opening day. |
Speaking at a Sky Bet-organised Cheltenham preview evening at Leeds Town Hall on Wednesday, Ricci said: "I think she's our best chance and I think she's going to run in this race (Mares' Hurdle), more than likely. |
"We'll keep her entered for the World Hurdle. People ask me am I tempted by the World Hurdle and yes I am, as it's rare to have a chance in each of the championship races. |
"We have a chance in the Champion Hurdle (Faugheen), we have a chance in the Champion Chase (Champagne Fever), we would have a chance with her (Annie Power) if she ran in the World Hurdle and we have a chance in the Gold Cup (Djakadam). |
"Last year she was beaten by a better horse, but she was also very keen on the day and I just think that given the way she runs, and it will be her first run of the season, it makes sense if you want Cheltenham winners to run in this race. |
"It might be the sporting thing to do, it might not be the sporting thing to do, I don't know." |
The Ricci-owned Vroum Vroum Mag has made a big impression since joining Willie Mullins, winning each of her three starts over fences with the minimum of fuss. |
At Wednesday's confirmation stage she remained among the entries for Tuesday's National Hunt Chase, but is unlikely to travel to Prestbury Park. |
"I've left her in the race (National Hunt Chase), but I think it's more than likely she runs at Limerick on Sunday week. There's a mares' race there, which is a good pot," said Ricci. "I think it's a big ask to ask a relatively young mare to run four miles." |
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In 2010, researchers simulated a category 3 hurricane to test the strength of two houses—one built according to normal construction standards for the region and the other built with a reinforced roof and floors. The researchers turned on giant fans to create wind gusts of 110 miles per hour for more than 10 minutes.
Tempting With "Good"
I've endured many cycles of success and failure in my long struggle with healthy eating and consistent exercise. Whenever my efforts fail, however, it's because I've succumbed to the allure of something that seemed to offer me true pleasure: another slice of apple cake with fresh maple frosting or a series of leisurely mornings where I don't have to drag my body out to the road for another run. The truth, of course, is that poor nutrition and a lethargic body yield nothing good at all.
the success that follows
A member of my small congregation is now in his 9th decade. His zeal for God and for serving His purposes hasn't diminished for more than 60 years. His body, however, is finally starting to slow down. This frustrates him, for he wants to be speaking to anyone and everyone about the love of Jesus. He wants to take part in evangelistic efforts, but he can rarely leave his house these days.
The other day I read two passages in Deuteronomy and Numbers with similar messages. They caused me to recognize more deeply the consequences of disobeying God and failing to heed His warnings. Put succinctly: Moving forward without God's leading, permission, or assistance, regardless of how we justify our words or actions, will lead to His judgment.
helping the stranded
After Nelson Mandela's death at the end of 2013, many stories surfaced of his genuine concern for others. In 1950s Apartheid South Africa, Mandela once saw a white woman standing beside her broken car in Johannesburg. Approaching her, he offered help and was able to fix the car.
cold snaps and curiosity
When the temperature dipped to -27 degrees Celsius in my city, newscasters cautioned the public against going outside. An authority in a neighboring state declared, "In 10 minutes you could be dead without the proper clothes." After hearing warnings such as these, my husband said what I was thinking: "I think I want to go outside . . . just to feel what it's like."
belief and obedience
Have you ever desperately wanted something from God? Did you ever make any promises to Him so that He would come through for you?
joy of faithfulness
In early 2014, the attention of the world turned to Sochi, Russia, where Olympic athletes pursued their lifelong quests. Our family loves the Summer and Winter Games—the global pageantry, the athletes' grit and fight, the goodwill expressed among countries.
the Spirit's power
The effects of an ice storm led to the loss of electricity to my house one morning. Late that night, as we returned home from showering in a nearby athletic facility, we pulled into our street and saw our lights were back on. Yea! We hadn't realized how dependent we were on electric power until we lost it, and we resolved not to take it for granted again.
unfathomable—yet intimate
I fell at work recently and hurt my leg. Since I make my living largely in the outdoors, I need to be healthy in order to provide for my family. So when the setback occurred, I realized the serious potential financial consequences we were facing.
not idle words
With an estimated 6 billion copies sold, the Bible is the world's best-selling book. The average American owns three or four copies of the Bible. In a 2012 survey, however, 18 percent of churchgoers revealed that they rarely or never read the Bible, and 22 percent said they did so just once a month. Only 19 percent said they read the Bible every day. Lamar Vest, President of the American Bible Society, said: "There are probably five Bibles on every shelf in American homes. Americans buy the Bibles . . . they just don't read [them]."
staying on track
In 2013, a train carrying 218 people derailed in Spain, killing 79 and injuring 66 more. Though the train's engineer said he couldn't explain why the accident occurred, video footage provided answers. The train was going as fast as 119 mph before it hit the deadly curve—more than twice the speed limit for that section of track. So it wasn't just the speed that caused the accident. It was the combination of the speed and the location of the track. The boundary of the speed limit was created for the protection of the passengers, but the seasoned engineer ignored it, and it led to tragedy.
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A group of friends and I are in the midst of attempting to read through the Bible in 90 days. Since beginning this endeavor, we've been surprised at the way God's Word has become so alive for us.


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I have a couple of these Currie 1000W Electro Drive motors. They came from the EZip 1000.
They turn CCW as mounted on the EZIP.
I would like to use one of them in reverse (CW) in a bicycle with a CVT, and it has to turn CW to work.
Do any of you know if the brushes are advanced or are zero degree timing? I have not been able to find out from searching online, and before I try to test it out myself I was hoping someone here would already know.
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Warren, Kenneth W. (Kenneth Wayne). What was African American literature? Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011 (DLC) 2010015714 (OCoLC)555660639 |
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Contents: | Historicizing African American literature -- Particularity and the problem of interpretation -- The future of the past -- Conclusion : the past in the present. |
Series Title: | W.E.B. Du Bois lectures. |
Responsibility: | Kenneth W. Warren. |
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Only one of these three is lacking a crown, if not credentials. He's Dr. Oswald Goetz, a medieval expert from the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1949, he accompanied his museum's carving of St. Margaret of Alexandria to the MIA for an unprecedented show of sculpture from around the world.
The MIA had hoped to duplicate its blockbuster success from the year before, "The Berlin Masterpieces," which featured a hundred paintings rescued from the Nazis. It wasn't going to happen. Patriotism had fueled that show. This 50-piece show was riding on scholarship. Americans weren't even all that familiar with sculpture, which the MIA acknowledged in its own publicity.
"The masterpieces represent a much longer period of development," the museum touted, comparing the two shows, "and come from such far-flung places as the plains of Northern China, the palace of Xerxes at Persepolis, ancient Greece, the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, the Certosa of Pavia, pre-Columbian America, and modern Europe. They thus provide an extraordinary opportunity for becoming acquainted with an art that is little known and understood in this country."
The museum felt obliged to explain: "Unfortunately, its unfamiliarity has obscured its purpose, which is—again like painting—simply to convey an idea or an image to the spectator." What idea this regal sculpture conveyed to the fur-laden spectator is impossible to know, but the best image is certainly the two of them together.
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]]>During my four-decade love affair with the voice of poet Han-shan, or Cold Mountain, I have seen many paintings of him. He was unkown in his lifetime—possibly even a legend. But his image became very popular in China. And of all the paintings I have seen, I love this portrait at the MIA the best.
Not only did the painter imagine a completely individual human face, eyes smiling under the eccentric wild hair for which the Han-shan story is famous, but portrayed him with brush in hand, at work making poems. The portrait is a rare, detailed close-up—simple robe, belt of leaves, scroll and inkstone at his feet. The misty mountains, gnarled pine, and smooth rock on which he sits frame his reverie as he seeks to bring a poem to life.
Emily Dickinson once wrote of this state, "To make a prairie / it takes a clover and a bee. / One clover and a bee / and reverie. / Reverie alone will do, / if bees are few." The unknown painter of Han-shan understood reverie, as does any artist searching the interior landscape to turn the fugitive breeze of inspiration into ink.
The real Han-shan has disappeared into the mist along with his plain, colloquial poems, still uncelebrated and generally not taught in schools. We know only that he was named for the place where he retired and took up his brush. Perhaps he is only a story himself, imagined by someone who loved the idea of an eccentric hermit hewing his own way with commonplace words.
That story has allowed many painters—and this writer—to respond to his voice in our own ways. I did my best in three books of ink on paper. I visit the scroll often now, to share the reverie and sharpen my brush.
Visiting a cabinetmaker, you would expect to hear
the swoosh of bark off a peeler, the whine of saws,
steady breathing of the plane,
the sharp rap of chisels into dovetails,
wooden mallet taps to make the dovetails tight.
And choruses moaning from coarse to medium to fine,
followed by silent rubbing with oils by hand, missing only
the gathering of wood somewhere deep in the forest.
James P. Lenfestey's latest book, Seeking the Cave: A Pilgrimage to Cold Mountain (Milkweed Editions, 2014), tells the story, in prose and poems, of his veneration of Han-shan (Cold Mountain) and his travels to China to pay homage. An earlier collection of poems, A Cartload of Scrolls: 100 Poems in the Manner of T'ang Dynasty Poet Han-shan (Holy Cow! Press, 2007), uses this portrait as the book's cover image.
]]>They seem caught in the act—of something. Painting a nude? Abstraction (gasp)? The woman with the large eyes holds the camera's gaze as if daring the photographer—and us—to see what the brush is putting down. But they were almost certainly posed, standing as still for the camera as whatever was being painted.
They were art students in 1914, back when the MIA included the Minneapolis School of Art. The school was around from the very beginning, in the 1880s, when the MIA was still known as the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts and first operated out of a downtown home on Hennepin Avenue and then the public library next door. When the MIA opened, in 1915, classes were held in the main building until moving to the Julia Morrison Memorial Building, built in its backyard the following year. The Morrison building is now the oldest part of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, spun off from the MIA in the 1970s.
The purpose was simple: the museum wasn't meant to be dead, an attic of moldering curiosities. It was intended to keep the art alive. The museum put it a little less succinctly in 1920, proudly summing up the school's value to the region, still popularly known as the Northwest, as in the Northwest Territory:
"One set of principles determines art, but there are many interpretations, and to interpret aright this magnificent northwest, with its untold resources, with its commercial success and influence, with its poise in emergency, with its educational capacity and significance, with its natural beauty, with its energizing climate, this art school has a contribution to make toward the shaping of American art, and must be a true workshop for the young men and women whom it is founded to serve."
In other words, get to work, ladies. These gallery walls aren't going to fill themselves.
Watch for more Once at MIA flashbacks every Monday at MIA Stories.
Photo courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.
]]>Was this part of an ill-conceived Touch Anything You Want Day? A routine hazing of museum interns? We have no idea. What we do know is that it's 1941, the children are in the museum's former Medieval Gallery with the Explorers Club museum youth group, and those pikes look awfully sharp.
But let's assume the armor and weapons are fake, even though they resemble those on long-term loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the third floor corridor of the MIA. In any case, it was a long time ago (well past the statute of limitations), and in the MIA archives there's another image that shows a bit more of the scene. The boys are performing for dozens of other kids gathered in the gallery. Totally sanctioned. Probably.
Watch for more Once at MIA flashbacks every Monday at MIA Stories.
]]>The MIA announces the long-term loan one of more than 550 works from the personal collection of the late Myron Kunin (1928–2013), the MIA's dear friend and benefactor. One of the most important private collections of American modern art, the Kunin collection is the centerpiece of a feature exhibition at the MIA opening January 1, 2015. "American Modernism: Selections from the Kunin Collection of American Art" presents more than 80 works, including signature paintings by Reginald Marsh, Marsden Harley, Stuart Davis, Walt Kuhn, and Paul Cadmus, which have rarely been seen on public view.
"We are grateful to the Kunin family for their continued generosity to the museum and their willingness to share this important private collection with the public," said Kaywin Feldman, the Duncan and Nivin MacMillan Director and President of the MIA. "I can think of no better way to launch our 100th birthday celebrations than with a long-term loan that enhances and deepens our galleries."
Mr. Kunin had a strong commitment to the museum and served on the MIA board for over 35 years. A Life Trustee since 1988, he served as Chair of the Board (1991–98) and was Elective Trustee with the museum (1978–87). Mr. Kunin and his wife Anita made significant contributions toward the acquisition of works of art, including African and Native American textiles, photographs, the Frankfurt Kitchen, as well as the Tatra T87 car, which was one of the objects that Mr. Kunin particularly enjoyed.
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]]>View masterful works by Rembrandt, Rubens, El Greco, Poussin, or Tintoretto that trace Europe's rich history from the Middle Ages, through the Renaissance and Baroque age, to the 18th century.
]]>Whet your appetite with a sample of Asian arts from China, Japan, India, and Southeast Asia. See works from the Institute's world-renowned collection, including ancient bronzes, tomb and temple sculptures, a Chinese scholar's library and rock garden, ink paintings, and the Jade Mountain.
]]>Discover the beauty of the natural world in the design and spirit of Japanese art. See how reverence for nature has inspired artistic traditions from ancient times to the present in ceramics, paintings, woodblock prints, sculpture, and a Japanese tea house or audience hall.
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Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Central School District will provide transportation for Odessa-Montour (N.Y.) Central School District students in the fall, which is expected to save the latter district about $100,000 for the school year, the Star Gazette reports.
Odessa-Montour previously contracted with private transportation companies but began looking for a more cost-effective alternative, according to the newspaper. The district's superintendent said that all of its drivers, mechanics and transportation supervisors will be employed through the Watkins Glen district.
The Watkins Glen district will benefit from the agreement as well. Superintendent Tom Phillips told the newspaper that travel for sports teams will be combined when possible, and one bus will be sent to BOCES every day for both districts.
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STEVE is a 10 month old neutered male, feline leukemia-tested negative, up to date, DSH grey tabby who came to the PCAS with an adult male companion. His companion was adopted but Steve is still at the shelter awaiting his forever family.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Legislation authored by State Rep. Justin Moed (D-Indianapolis) increasing access to locally grown produce for all Hoosiers, particularly individuals living in areas classified as food deserts, was approved by members of the Indiana House of Representatives.
Food deserts are defined as regions with restricted access to nutritious and affordable foods. HB 1248 establishes the Local Food & Farm Council as an advisory council to the Department of Agriculture.
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TELL CITY – Evangelical United Church of Christ has several events planned for the upcoming Lenten season.
• A men's Lenten breakfast will be held at 7 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, in the fellowship hall. All men in the community are welcome to come and share in fellowship and a homemade breakfast.
CANCELED Historical Society to meet today
TELL CITY – The Tell City Historical Society meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at the museum, has been canceled.
ROCKPORT – The Farm Service Agency reminds producers of upcoming important deadlines for the new safety-net programs established by the 2014 Farm Bill, known as agriculture risk coverage and price-loss coverage.
The final day to update yield history or reallocate base acres for farm owners is Feb. 27, and the final day for producers to choose coverage is March 31.
Covered commodities grown in Indiana include barley, canola, corn, grain sorghum, oats, safflower seed, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat.
TELL CITY – Glory Bees Preschool, established in 1986, is accepting applications for the upcoming 2015-2016 school year.
Children between the ages of 3 and 6 are offered a variety of learning adventures. Christian based, Glory Bees embraces learning through play in acquiring math skills, phonetic letter introduction, science, art, manners, P.E. and cooking.
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LEOPOLD—Paoli took advantage of its superior height and strength inside to beat Perry Central 63-45 in PLAC boys basketball Tuesday. The Rams hit 56.0 percent from the field, including 61.4 percent from two-point range. Center Dathan Chastain, who is a legitimate 6-foot-3, scored 21 points on 10 of 13 shooting from the field and 1 of 3 free throws. Austin Moore, a 6-4 forward, added 15 points on 7 of 12 shooting from two-point range.
St. Croix BY MARY HILL, News Correspondent, Phone 842-5779 — Hopefully everyone had a nice Valentine's Day weekend.
Several factories and schools closed early in the week due to the big snow we received.
Harold and I went to Tell City Saturday and did some shopping. Then we enjoyed a meal at River View Restaurant in Hawesville, Ky., for Valentine's Day.
St. Michael's fish dinner Friday
CANNELTON – St. Michael Catholic Church in Cannelton will serve fish dinners the first six Fridays of Lent. There will be no fish dinners served Good Friday, April 3.
Meals will be served from 4:30 to 7 p.m., and will include fried fish or cheese pizza, with homemade sides of baked beans or macaroni and cheese, slaw, hush puppies, dessert and drinks. The price is $7.50 for adults and $5 for children 6 and younger.


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Wired Reports That Maine's Teachers Are Happy With State's iBook Program
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A lot has happened since Maine's Governor King announced his plan to give every middle-schooler in his state an iBook; the original funding for the program has all but disappeared, causing many supporters to rethink their positions and giving opponents of the program ammunition, the program received a boost from, Bill Gate, in the form of a 1 million dollar grant from the Gates Foundation, and from a Maine native son, Stephen King, in the form of an offer to mentor young writers. Through it all the thoughts and opinions of the people on the front lines, the teachers, have gotten comparatively little press-play.
Wired News Reporter, Katie Dean, went to Maine to see what some of the teachers had to say and reports her finding in a recent Wired News article titled Teachers Mainely Happy With Tech. It seems that many of the teachers who have had a chance to be involved with the program are pleased with the results.
"I wasn't computer literate before this. I was definitely skeptical at first," said Steve West, who teaches eighth-grade science and social studies at Conners Emerson School in Bar Harbor and described himself as a bit of a Luddite. "Now, I couldn't be more excited about it. It's so user-friendly. It's so intuitive."
Both seventh- and eighth-grade students and teachers have had laptops since last spring at Conners Emerson. The school was chosen as a demonstration school for others in the region.
West said he was worried the iBooks would be more entertaining than educational for his students, like television. But the laptops have proven their worth, he said: They allow for more student-centered projects and give kids access to a variety of current documents and news sources. His classes recently worked on a lesson comparing the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts to the USA Patriot Act.
"I think we have to train kids to use technology wisely," he said. "I really hope this program succeeds. This is getting kids ready for the future."
The article quotes several other teachers who give a positive assessment of Gov. King's plan, but there are still those who have serious doubts:
"In a pure world where education was well funded, laptops would be wonderful," said Charlie Colson, an eighth-grade math teacher at Mount View Junior High.
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It is good to hear what the teachers have to say about the program. They are, after all, the ones who can best assess any goodness Gov. King's program may offer, and can best point out any real problems. It's encouraging to read so many positive comments from the teachers who have had a chance to see the laptops in action. Now, with Stephen King throwing his time and talent into the mix, one wonders how anyone can find anything bad about the program.We also appreciate the reality check from Mr. Colson, though we find his comments a bit at odds with reality. The iBook funding is not coming out of the state's School Breakfast program funding, and had the iBook program not commenced, that money would *not* have otherwise been spent on the problems Mr. Colson mentions. This is the reality of politics.
We also find the idea of waiting until every social problem is solved before bringing computers into the classroom, which is what Mr. Colson is effectively advocating when you get right down to it, to be a nice example of cutting off your nose to spite your face. It could just as easily be argued that there should be no new play grounds in schools until every child gets a breakfast, or that there should be no new text books until every school is safe. Computers, when properly used in a classroom, are a tool, like school books, chalk boards, and a #2 pencil.
Getting our children fed, and providing a safe environment for their learning, is obviously important for the kids, for teachers, and for society as a whole. While we work on achieving those goals, progress can be made in other areas, too. Should more money be spent on these areas? That is almost undoubtedly the case, but it doesn't mean money shouldn't also be spent in bringing computers to the classroom.
There will be many Observers who disagree with all, or part of today's Spin, but TMO believes that Gov. King's program is a winner for students, teachers, and Maine.
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Edit out the sex and the audience is the loser
This new coyness about sex is blamed on – or credited to – the great god of marketing
Until recently, the Hollywood way of romance was straightforward. An on-screen couple would meet. There would be some kind of courtship, slow or headlong, complicated or to the point.
Then, sooner or later, there would be a sex scene. It was as reliable a part of film entertainment as a car chase or a hummable tune on the soundtrack. The audience, like the couple in the film, came to expect its little climactic treat now and then.
Now, in one of the more surprising developments of recent times, mainstream producers have decided that sex is more trouble than it is worth. Increasingly, the expertise of studio specialists – the clever lighting, the fancy camera angles and slick editing – are directed towards more acceptable kinds of physical action, like the many creative and exciting ways in which the human body can be hurt, shot, or blown to smithereens.
This new coyness about sex, the sometimes startling way in which films can, at the crucial moment, skip to the morning after, is blamed on – or credited to – the great god of marketing. New research, commissioned by Warner Brothers, has suggested that women now tend to decide what films a couple should see. These same women, according to the polls, are uneasy with scenes which might be thought to stray into the explicit, or exploitative, or inappropriate in some way.
A single sex scene can result in a film being given an adult rating, which in turn will restrict its cinema distribution and the newspapers in which it can be advertised. Among this year's contenders for the major Oscars, violence is apparently as acceptable as ever, but explicit sex is entirely absent, even in Silver Linings Playbook in which Jennifer Lawrence plays the part of a sex addict.
Here is a perfect illustration of how confused and on edge we have become around this subject. On the one hand, a porn-influenced culture is reflected in advertising, clothes and, it is often said, human relations. Online chat and TV reality shows suggest a general if low-level erotomania in the population. Yet when it comes to mainstream entertainment, the move is towards closing the bedroom door in the manner of an old-fashioned romantic novel. "Some things," as the prudes of the day love to tell us, "are best left to the imagination".
The problem is that these days we are worldly enough to see through the old lie about sex – that when two people go to bed together, all we should expect is a slow fade to the sound of sweeping strings. We know that it is not the end of the story, but the beginning; sex is precisely where things start getting interesting.
When, early in his career, Martin Amis was asked how he developed the characters of his novels, he replied that "just as you find out something about someone when they laugh – when they really laugh – you find out a lot by seeing them in a sexual situation". The first question Amis would ask himself about characters was: "What are they like in the sack?"
It is not as silly as it sounds. Hollywood producers are selling the illusion that, because all sex is pretty much the same, there is no need to make it part of the story. Most grown-ups know that is an idiotic view. The joys and disasters of the bedroom reveal what is really going on, the relationship unclothed.
In the best, most interesting moderns films about love and desire – Blue Velvet, Lost in Translation, Secretary, Brokeback Mountain – the physical has been part of the story, and often an expression of what has not been articulated. That can sometimes be complicated and unsettling, and may raise tricky questions which many would prefer not to be asked, but to avoid it for those reasons is to combine, rather unattractively, cynicism and childishness.
It is, after all, a strange world in which explicitness is accepted when bodies are being tortured or killed on screen, but not when they are giving and receiving pleasure.
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