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The second course in computer science provides coverage of more advanced topics of object-oriented programming. This includes the use of static variables and classes, multi-dimensional arrays, inheritance and polymorphism, text files and exception handling, recursion, and parameterized types. Elementary data structures (linked lists, stacks, and queues) are introduced to solve application problems. Graphical user interfaces and event driven programming are also introduced. Students must continue to use good programming style including proper documentation.
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Fuzzy Nexus One AMOLED running at just 392×653?
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Ashton Aikens joins the Salukis as the wide receivers coach for the 2014 season after spending the previous two years coaching at Northwestern in charge of special teams quality control. A four-year letterwinner at wide receiver for Northwestern, he brings with him eight years of coaching and playing experience at the collegiate level.
In 2013 Aikens coached Northwestern kicker Jeff Budzien, who was a second-team Walter Camp All-American, a first-team All-Big Ten selection and received the Big Ten's Bakken-Andersen kicker of the year award. In 2012 he worked with All-American punt returner Venric Mark at Northwestern. Mark led the nation with an average of 20.1 yards per return. The 2012 Wildcats won 10 games and defeated Mississippi State in the Gator Bowl. That year's team ranked third in the Big Ten in net punting.
Prior to his return to Northwestern, Aikens spent two years as an assistant coach at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Ill. He spent his first year there as a graduate assistant coach working with wide receivers and tight ends and also assisting with special teams coordination. In 2011, he became a full-time assistant as the wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator.
Aikens was a four-year wide out at Northwestern under head coach Randy Walker after playing running back at Detroit Country Day High School. Aikens hauled in 70 receptions for 733 yards in his career at NU. As a senior, he had 32 catches for 401 yards and received Northwestern's Rashidi Wheeler Award, which is given annually to the player who best embodies the spirit and enthusiasm of the late Northwestern safety.
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Applications are accepted on a rolling basis for the fall and spring semester. Completed applications should be on file by July 1 for fall and December 1 for spring. Applications received after this date cannot be guaranteed timely matriculation. The Admissions Committee will begin review of an application only upon receipt of official copies of all required documents.
- Applicants must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and must submit an official transcript from each college or university attended as an undergraduate or graduate student.
- Applicants must have an overall undergraduate quality point average (QPA) of at least 2.8 on a 4.0 point scale or a QPA of 2.8 for all courses completed in the last two years of the student's full-time undergraduate program.
- Applicants must submit official test score reports for the Graduate Record Examination or the Miller Analogies Test.
- Applicants must have a Massachusetts Initial License in Mathematics. This requirement will be waived for persons who are not using this degree in order to obtain teacher licensure in the State of Massachusetts.
- Applicants must provide two letters of recommendation from professors, supervisors, and/or colleagues, submitted on the Framingham State University Letter of Recommendation form and sent directly to the University by the recommender.
- Applicants must submit a typed, 300-word personal statement discussing their motivation for seeking a master's degree in view of prior formal education, current job responsibilities and career plans.
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Students whose academic background does not meet the requirements under item 2 above may still qualify for admission, by making up course deficiencies as part of their graduate program, in addition to the core and concentration courses.
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By darkstar
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Comments about Arc'teryx Kappa Hoodie:
I brought this along with an old North Face jacket that I have worn for years 2 annual trip out to Utah this winter. I wore this jacket the first day just a test it out. it performed flawlessly I went back to my other green and black North Face the following day just for old time sake. l this jacket doesn't have pit zips, I was sufficiently vented by pulling down the zipper. my friends were yelling at me because I wasnt wearing the orange jacket that was so easy to find. I'm 6 foot 8 and the xl jacket fit me fine, hood size is exceptional for over a helmet. I'll still hold on to that North Face jacket for the severe powder days but this things going to be an every day rider going forward I love this jacket
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I originally bought bought this jacket a couple of months ago because it was on clearance and I thought it would be good winter work jacket at the mine I work at. However i liked the jacket so much that I bought a second jacket to wear at home when I was off-work. Very happy with the jacket.
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This jacket is very warm given the insulation. Not to be worn when temperatures are above 20 degrees F in my opinion.
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I use it as a daily wear. It is quite lightweighted and warm. It is really wind stopper. Recommended
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I wanted to try this Arcteryx insulated jacket instead of having to use so many layers on the really cold ski/snowboard at Schweitzer. I already have an Arcteryx Gore-Tex Pro shell. All I need with this jacket is a descent base layer. The Coreloft insulation really keeps you warm w/little bulk. The Windstopper outer layer repels rain and snow well on all but the wettest days. The hoody is large enough to fit over a helmet and gets in the way otherwise. It needs to be removable. Quality materials and construction I have come to expect from Arcteryx. Please make removable hoody or jacket w/out hoody.
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The kappa hoodie saved my but. My waterproof jaket failed me so I put this on while skiing in ak. Not ideal because of no pit vents or powder skirt but worked perfectly. I stayed warm in -3f at the cabin being dragged behind a snowmachine on the lake. Never felt the wind once. We got caught in overflowI did not get wet very impressed. Only downside is evo has expensive shipping to ak. Loved the jacket im 6'2" 200lbs and I went xxl. I like looser fitting iteams.
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I am 5'10" but have a wingspan of 6'1" meaning I usually need an xl to fit my arms. Not with this coat... the long arms were a blessing without adding to a bunch of bulk around my chest. Although the coat does run below my waist, it doesn't feel like a large coat. The fit and fisish are fantastic - to be expected. Haven't been able to truly 'test'the coat... just need winter to show up.


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If my calculations are correct, almonds + coconut + chocolate will either equal sweet oblivion or my demise. More likely the latter.
Last year I was on a bender with candy bars. Filling my daily chocolate quota with the likes of Almond Joy, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and Snickers. Practically veering off the road anytime I spied a mini mart. Never passing up 2 for $1.
The only problem with this sweet addiction, other than the trans fat collecting in my arteries, was that empty candy wrappers replaced my love of baking. I felt somewhat blue when friends stopped by to say hello and all I had to offer them was a Nutrageous. What happened to the homemade sour cherry pie and handmade truffles I once kept covered on my counter? What's a neighbor to do when I can't even supply them with that cup of sugar?
That just wouldn't do.
So I gave myself a good stern talking to, fetched my apron, and got back to basics. Okay I didn't get the apron, but only because I like to live on the edge (and apparently pay $6.99 for stain removers). I baked, putting a creative spin on my desperate dependency on 59 cent packaged milk chocolate.
I whipped up whoopie pies that tasted of peanut butter cups, dark chocolate mousse as billowy as the filling of a 3 Musketeers, and the sweet almond joy confections pictured here.
Addiction curbed? Not quite. Addiction morphed? That's more like it.
These chunky little cookies are everything delightful about almond joy candy bars- chocolate, coconut, and almonds. They're dense and fudgy, sweet and supremely rich. Each chewy center sort of melts on your tongue. They're meant for those folks who think chocolate is greater than or equal to total contentment.
Dark Chocolate Almond Joy Cookies.
Start by whisking flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set it aside.
In a medium bowl, microwave 6 ounces of unsweetened chocolate with 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter on high for 1 minute. Stir and microwave again for 15 second intervals until the chocolate has fully melted. Be very careful not to burn the chocolate. If that happens, the chocolate will seize and begin to separate and look like a thick, gritty mud.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, or using a handheld mixer, beat some sugar and eggs with vanilla extract for about 3 minutes, until the the mixture is light, silky, and thickened.
Stream in the melted chocolate and mix until incorporated.
Use a rubber spatula to scrape down the bowl.
Now add in the flour mixture, mixing just until combined. The dough will be thick and firm.
Stir in 1/2 cup chopped almonds and 1 cup sweetened flaked coconut.
Roll the dough into dough balls roughly two tablespoons in size, lay them on a parchment lined cookie sheet, flatten slightly with your fingertips, and bake for about 8-10 minutes until the cookies are puffy and dry on top.
Serve with a glass of cold milk. Dunk them and watch as they melt like fudge.
Dark Chocolate Almond Joy Cookies
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6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 1/3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped almonds
1 cup sweetened, flaked coconut
Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set it aside.
In a small bowl, microwave the chopped chocolate and butter for 1 minute at high power. Stir and continue to microwave at 15 second intervals until the mixture has melted. Be careful not to burn your chocolate.
In a large bowl, beat eggs with sugar and vanilla until well blended, about 3 minutes. Stir in melted chocolate mixture. Scrape down the sides of the bowl to mix well. Stir in flour mixture. The dough will be thick. Add chopped almonds and coconut and stir to incorporate.
Cover the dough and refrigerate it for 30 minutes. This will allow it to firm up and rest, for a chewier cookie center.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside. Shape the dough into balls roughly 2 tablespoons in size. Roll them between your palms and flatten them slightly with your fingertips. Space two inches apart on the baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes, until they've puffed and begun to look dry and cracked on top. Remove to cool on a wire rack.


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What do you think a 'green economy' is? Is it possible to improve our quality of life as well as protect the environment in the current economic climate?
How do you think we can (or should) take sustainability, wellbeing and social equality into account to measure success, failure and progress within such an economy?
A panel of experts will discuss the issues and potential solutions at the Natural History Museum on 22 February 2012. Your questions and comments will feed in to this debate, and you'll be able to watch the live debate online here.
I was interested to read in the Guardian recently that Niu Wenyuan (a senior economist, chief scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a government advisor in China), has apparently just launched a 'GDP quality index' in an attempt to do just this, and it combines 1. Economic quality, 2. Social quality, 3. Environmental quality, 4. Quality of life, 5. Management quality. You can read a summary of what it takes into account in the news article (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/16/china-green-economist-gdp).
Do the panel think something similar could work in Britain?
There was an interesting article in the Metro yesterday exploring the idea of looking beyond economic growth (measured by a rise in a country's GDP) to measure success. We are obsessed with growth and where has it got us? GDP is apparently growing slightly in Britain according to official figures but unemployment is at its highest since 1994, a lot of sectors in the economy are suffering and consumer confidence is low so people aren't buying things. GDP doesn't take into account the health, wealth or well-being of individuals or the environment.
However, alternative ideas like the Happy Planet Index (HPI), introduced by the New Economics foundation are emerging. The HPI combines environmental impact with human well-being. This gives a measure of relative environmental efficiency for different countries, showing how happy people of that nation are within environmental limits. Apparently the HPI says Britons are 74th happiest people in the world. People from Costa Rica are the happiest.
Maybe if we worked less, produced less and consumed less we would have more balance in our lives and we would be placing less of a burden on our planet.
National Welfare Index
Need to concentrate on relatively easy to collect and reliable, consistent statistics - preferably collectable on same or similar basis in other countries and which could also be compared to previous years when similar data would be available. An alternative index should be attractive to Government at a time when GDP is likely to be stagnant and resistant to public policy. As with GDP there is a mixing of âapples and orangesâ but an expert panel could adjust amalgams in each categories and the positives and negatives between categories to arrive at an overall welfare index. Reliance placed on the national census, surveys and existing data sets.
Economics: Activity/Unemployment: âve score for inactivity/lack of paid work but also a score for average hours worked with âve for more than 35hrs/week.
Homelessness: -ve scores for lack of permanent accommodation and both overcrowding and under-occupation (including second homes).
Food: +ve score for proportion of food consumed in UK which can grow well in the UK; -ve for imported food in same categories; -ve score for level of obesity.
Water: +ve Drinking water available in the home. âve score for average consumption over 100litres per capita per day.
Education: +ve score for numbers with higher education; -ve score for those without 5 GSCEs; +ve for places on adult education classes per capita.
Environment: score for carbon emissions per capita (allowance for imported food and manufactured goods) and for changes; -ve score for decline of endangered species +ve for increases of same.
Inequality: score for ratio of top 10% over bottom 10% measured by household incomes.
Culture: +ve score for community choirs, cinema, concert hall and theatre seats per capita. +ve score for café/restaurant/bar seats per capita.
Law and order: -ve scores for prisoners and reported crimes per capita
Welfare: score for infant mortality and -ve score for level of consumption of tranquilisers and anti-depressants per capita.
I think one important factor in changing our assessment of "progress" is to stop talking about "jobs" and insist on talking about "livelihoods." One "livelihood" is sufficient for secure sustenance of two adults and two children. Taxation could then be keyed to how many livelihoods an individual earns AND how many livelihoods a corporation produces.
It's great that NHM is asking this question and holding the on-line debate on wider measures than GDP. You are getting some good suggestions for ways of judging progress. Can I just wave a flag for the Office for National Statistics programme of Measuring National Well-being! This has exactly the aim of wider measures of progress. It covers the 'triple bottom line' of the economy, the environment and people's quality of life.
Unfortunately the media sometimes characterise the programme as 'Mr Cameron's Happiness Index', which is wrong on all three counts - we're doing this to meet a range of national and international requirements for wider measures; it is more than measuring happiness (we are collecting data on people's assessment of their own well-being as part of the programme); and we're not attempting to summarise this all as a single index yet. We are also working with colleagues who are refreshing the UK's sustainable development indicators.
There's more on the programme at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/user-guidance/well-being/index.html
Welcome views, including from the panel, on how we can involve as many people and organisations as possible in coming up with a accepted and trusted set of measures of progress, well-being and sustainable development that we can all use. It would be good to have a manageable set of measures so that we debate the issues, not designing yet more measures!
Paul Allin
Director: Measuring National Well-being Programme
Office for National Statistics
My question for the panel: How do we ensure broader participation from civil society in the debate on new indicators?
And how do we leverage expertise from civil society actors and bring it to bear on the international stage, especially in connection with large summits such as Rio+20?
When designing quality-of-life indicators there are several areas that are important to consider. It is expressed in the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) that any new indicators must include such things as factors that contribute to individuals capabilities and skills, tools that are sensitive to policy impact and provide timely data, and are formulated in a manner that makes them accessible to a wider audience. Furthermore, they should provide a clear means of comparison across countries and time periods.
Thank you.
Stefan Hall
On behalf of the European Economic and Social Committee (EU advisory body)
Our website and Rio+20 portal: http://portal.eesc.europa.eu/rioplus20/Pages/Home.aspx
A dominant theme of the debate was certainly not the point that GDP is a limited tool which when misapplied can give a hugely misleading impression of the overall 'health of a state', that was taken as self evident.
Much more significant was the issue of what can be used to complement it. What could be relatively accessible, meaningful and set benchmarks against which governments would want to conform and improve. In this respect the links to the intentions of the Millennium Development Goals was well made. I'm mindful of those energy efficiency bars you see on white goods like fridges and washing machines. Could any country's overall performance be easily compared with others using four or so colour-coded scales…


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Mechanical engineers are involved with all forms of energy utilization, conservation, and conversion, machines, manufacturing materials and processes, and engines. Mechanical Engineers typically have an interest and aptitude in automobiles, airplanes, engines, power, etc. Some other fields in mechanical engineering include refrigeration, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, manufacturing technology, robotics, and materials testing. In the next century mechanical engineers will tackle a variety of fascinating new problems, including developing sustainable and environmentally friendly energy sources, developing low-emission, energy efficient automobile engines, and the development of manufacturing materials that use sustainable or recycled products.
Different fields within Mechanical Engineering that will address these challenges include:
Civil Engineering deals with buildings, bridges, dams, roads, and the rest of our society's infrastructure. Civil Engineers plan, design, and supervise the construction of facilities such as high-rise buildings, airports, water treatment centers, and sanitation plants. The field of Civil Engineering, while among the oldest of the engineering fields, is constantly changing. New techniques in water and wastewater treatment are making our drinking water and natural resources safer. Road design is continually being updated to provide safer, longer lasting roads. Much of the country's bridges are in need of update or replacement. Trains of tomorrow will be high-speed magnetic wonders, requiring innovative design and construction techniques.
Several types of Civil Engineers will tackle these and other challenges of tomorrow:
Electrical Engineering is the largest, and fastest growing field in engineering. This field covers a large number of areas, including everything related to electrical devices, systems, and the use of electricity. Electrical engineers work on telecommunication, electronics, power plants, computers, circuits, silicon chips, electric motors, control systems, measurement, among others.
Some of this century's greatest achievements have been made in electrical engineering. Think of the progress! The century has seen electric light, installation of power grids, telephone, radio, radar, the invention and mass distribution of the personal computer, the internet…….and it continues. Engineers of the next century will continue to develop ground-breaking technology that becomes part of everyday culture. The types of Electrical Engineers that work on these problems include:
There are almost as many job functions in engineering as there are engineering fields. Don't assume that Engineers sit at their desk all day, working on calculations! Engineers spend a great deal of time working with other professionals, communicating their ideas and products, and transforming their ideas into reality through manufacturing or construction. Some of the more typical job functions that engineers may perform include the following:
As you can see, engineering can accommodate all types of personalities through a variety of different job functions. All you need is an interest in the overall field and there's probably a job out there that's well suited for you!
If you're interested in finding out more about the disciplines and job functions of engineers in today's workplace, check out MHCC's GE 101, Engineering Orientation, which addresses many of these issues for the beginning engineering student. This course is offered in the Fall each year.
The Engineering Transfer Discipline at MHCC allows students to take the first 2 years of a 4 years engineering degree curriculum at MHCC. The Engineering curriculum offered at MHCC is designed to allow students to transfer into the Engineering curriculum at Oregon State University, Portland State University, and the University of Portland. Students can also transfer to other engineering schools, but should research the differences in programs to ensure they are prepared for that particular program.
Advantages of attending MHCC for pre-engineering include:
Students may take pre-engineering courses in the field of their choice at MHCC. The program at MHCC is specifically designed for Mechanical, Electrical, and Civil Engineering students, but students interested in other disciplines may also take the majority of their pre-engineering coursework at MHCC. In all cases, students should establish contact with advisors at both MHCC and the university to which they plan to transfer to develop an academic plan suited to their particular goals.
MHCC offers the following courses in engineering. Check the schedule for class times.
GE 101 Engineering Orientation (4 CR, Fall)
An introduction to the engineering profession, and engineering problem solving. Includes an overview of various engineering fields, engineering education, professionalism and ethics, communication skills, engineering mechanics, electrical fundamentals, engineering economics, and basic programming techniques. Prerequisite: MTH 111 with a grade of C or better.
GE 102 Engineering Computations (3 CR, Winter)
To acquaint students with the use and operation of the computer programming in the engineering problem-solving process. Computer programs will be developed and used by students in the typical engineering problems. Structured programming techniques will be emphasized. Prerequisite: MTH 111 with a grade of C or better.
GE 115 Engineering Graphics (3 CR, Spring)
An introduction to engineering graphics using manual and computer-aided drafting skills. Includes graphic communication, mutiview and pictorial representation, graphical analysis and solutions. Prerequisite: None, but recommend a Mechanical Engineering Drawing course, Introduction to AutoCad, or consent of instructor.
ENGR 201 Electrical Fundamentals I ( 5 CR, Fall)A study of basic electrical circuit theory for engineers. Analyze voltage and current relationships. Covers circuit parameters of resistance, inductance, and capacitance. Includes basic DC, AC, and natural responses of circuits. Prerequisite: MTH 252 with a C of better.
ENGR 211 Statics (4CR, Fall)Analysis of forces induced in structures and machines by various types of loading. Includes equilibrium analysis, internal forces, centroids, moments of inertia, and frictional equilibrium. Prerequisite: MTH 252 with a C or better.
ENGR 212 Dynamics (4 CR, Spring)Kinematics, Newton's laws of motion work-energy relations, and impulse-momentum relationships, applied to engineering systems. Prerequisite: ENGR 211, MTH 252, and PH211.
ENGR 213 Strength of Materials (4 CR, Winter)This course covers properties of structural materials, analysis of stress and deformation in axially loaded members, circular shafts, beams, and in statically indeterminate system. Prerequisite: ENGR 211 and MTH 252.
MHCC also offers a full curriculum of courses in math, physics, chemistry, and other general education disciplines that are required to complete a full pre-engineering curriculum.
There is no "typical" curriculum. Curriculum varies by engineering discipline and transfer institution. However there are certain courses that most pre-engineering students take in their first 2 years. Students should contact an advisor at MHCC and their transfer university to verify what their curriculum should be.
Freshman Year - FALLGE 101 - Engineering Orientation (4 Cr)
MTH 251 - Calculus I (4 Cr)
CH 221 - General Chemistry I (5 Cr)
WR 121 - English Composition (3 Cr)
General Education Requirements (3-4 Cr)
Freshman Year - WINTERGE 102 - Engineering Computations (3 Cr)
MTH 252 - Calculus II (4 Cr)
CH 222 - General Chemistry II (5 Cr)
SP 111 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3 Cr)
General Education Requirements (3-4 Cr)
Freshman Year - SPRINGGE 115 - Engineering Graphics (3 Cr)
MTH 253 - Calculus III (4 Cr)
CH 223 - General Chemistry III (5 Cr)
General Education Requirements (9-10 Cr)
Sophomore Year - FALLENGR 211 - Statics (4 Cr)
ENGR 201 - Electrical Fundamentals I (5 Cr)
MTH 254 - Vector Calculus (4 Cr)
PH211 - General Physics with Calculus I(5 Cr)
Sophomore Year - WINTERENGR 213 - Strength of Materials (4 Cr)
MTH 256 - Differential Equations (4 Cr)
PH212 - General Physics with Calculus II (5 Cr)
Sophomore Year - SPRINGENGR 212 - Dynamics (4 Cr)
PH213 - General Physics with Calculus III (5 Cr)
General Education Requirements - (6-7 Cr)
General education requirements vary from institution to institution. Students should consult with the four-year school they plan on transferring to for general education requirements.
The curriculum shown above consists of all the MHCC's engineering courses, and some of the other math and science courses available at MHCC that are required during the first two years of a typical pre-engineering curriculum. Students should note that not all of the courses listed are required for each type of engineering curriculum (civil, mechanical, and electrical) at different engineering schools. Nor is every course required by the various disciplines at different schools offered at MHCC.
Upon selection of a particular engineering discipline and a four year engineering school, students should review their planned curriculum with the MHCC engineering adviser and an adviser at their four year school. This will help avoid missing necessary classes and taking unnecessary ones.
To investigate a more specific curriculum designed for your interests, check with the adviser for Engineering at MHCC - Nikolene Schulz, P.E. 503-491-7463, or the Science and Industrial Department 503-491-7470. Advising guides are available for the following curriculums, developed for civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering at OSU and PSU.
Electrical Engineering at OSU
Electrical Engineering at PSU
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Most of us have quite a few insignificant irrational fears, like getting on an airplane, sight of a snake or spider, darkness, etc. However, if your fears are so extreme that they intervene with your day-to-day living then you may be suffering from a phobia, which requires treatment without delay. Phobia is a deep-seated, enduring, unreasonable fear of something causing an anxiety disorder, an explicable reaction to certain things, activity or situations that may possibly cause impairment or damage to your mental and physical health. Phobias can constrain your life and make you take ultimate measures to sidestep what ever triggers it. Those who suffer from phobias are not actually terrified of particular situations or places, but of the feelings of shock they experience when in that situation. A phobia is not an illness by itself, but when threatened by the object of phobia, people lose control of themselves producing severe physical or mental symptoms. Phobias can make you critically disabled and affect your life immensely, leading to inability to function normally at home, work or at social settings.
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There are innumerable types of phobias, but they are mostly grouped into three categories:
- Social Phobia: where a person feels insecure and fears association with people. In social settings, they feel ill at ease and anxious with the thought of getting embarrassed.
- Specific Phobias: like Acrophobia (fears of heights), Hydrophobia (fear of water), Aviatophobia or Aerophobia (fear of flying), Achluophobia (fear of darkness), Claustrophobia (fear of closed places), Monophobia (fear of being alone), Arachnophobia (fear of spiders), Ophidiophobia (fear of snakes), and many more.
- Agoraphobia: fear of public places where the person fears leaving their secure and familiar environment such as their home or any other place, they consider safe. They stay away from crowded places such as shopping malls, movie theatres, most forms of travel like cars, subways, airplanes and they might feel unharmed only at their own home.
Causes of Phobias
- Certain fear-provoking events in childhood
- Prolonged stress, anxiety and depression
- Unhealthy stressful relationships
- Poverty
- Social factors often make people more vulnerable to phobias
- Growing up with fearful parents can make you see the world as an unsafe place
- Adopted phobias from parents, teachers or anyone who can influence you
- Caused by organic diseases like epilepsy or brain injury
Symptoms of Phobias
- Losing control with weird behavior
- Fast heartbeat
- Shortness of breath
- Trembling and dizziness
- Feeling of discomfort in the stomach
- Sweating
- Dry mouth
- Nausea
- Hot flashes
- Inability to focus, confused and disorientated
- Withdrawing from others
- A strong desire to get away from the situation, place or object
- Suicidal thoughts
Homeopathic Approach to Phobias
Prolonged untreated phobias can contribute to other psychological disorders, furthermore weakening the immune system. A healthy immune system controls our body's healing process and safeguards it against infections and diseases. The aptitude to reinforce mental calmness promotes wellness, liveliness and longevity. Homeopathic remedies work towards balancing the excitatory neurotransmitter levels in the brain. Homeopathic constitutional treatment will help eliminate phobias, prevent relapses, and build self-esteem and self-confidence. The remedies are harmless and effective for adults as well as children and will escort to a permanent long-lasting cure, and also help to heal and promote mental health by strengthening the body to heal itself.
Another exceptional thing about homeopathy is that people on multiple medications can safely take homeopathic medicines. Homeopathic drugs are non-habit forming and have no addictive characteristics. Homeopathy has an exceptional proven safety record of clinical effectiveness with the FDA.
Self Care Measures
- List your irrational fears, and try to figure out why you have the fears and what you can do to deal with them.
- Practice relaxation techniques.
- Focus on the positive and keep back from self-defeating thoughts.
- Focus on special qualities you like about yourself.
- Get enough sleep.
- Get support from family and friends.
- Get involved in sports or exercising activities.
- Find resourceful ways to handle your stress.
- Stay away from stimulants such as coffee and alcohol.
Hence, to reduce anxiety, to feel more secure, confident, to overcome specific fears and to stay calm during distress or shock consider homeopathy. Homeopathy can help you be phobia free and lead a normal and relaxed life.
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Shape-throwing positivity
So, I gravitate towards people and objects that elicit those more muted emotions; poetry and music, literature that is tinged with mist and musing. I'm fully aware that this seems sad to some people, but it really makes me happy. I guess what I'm saying is that my brand of happiness is quieter and more subdued than the heady concoction we're often sold.
I get that some people prefer a skipping disposition to a gazing one. I mean, isn't it lovely that these varieties all exist and that we can explore them all? What I resent is the idea that anything that's not primary-coloured needs a cure; the idea that everybody has to be happy in a primary-coloured way all the time.
That primary-coloured brand of joy seems somehow connected to consumerism; an idea of unquestioning well-being invented by men on Madison Avenue. And their invention, while grand and appealing, looks increasingly plastic over time. I'm not sure I could be happy - I mean in the eudaimonic sense - without accommodating pensiveness, or acknowledging sadness or doubt.
I can't tell you how many times I've been accused of being depressed on my blog. Not in a sympathetic or supportive way. Rather, in a way that seeks to undermine what I've written or questioned. I usually react defensively to the idea, mentally arguing against it, wanting to point out that one post, even my entire blog, is not the whole of me, or of what occupies my mind. But the truth is I am often pensive and my writing tends to be introspective rather than gleefully jumping up and down on a trampoline. Still, I don't believe I'm always brooding, engaged in some orgy of self-flagellation.
But I don't really think this is just about me and my own emotional spectrum. When I write a reflective or pensive post and receive a "uh-oh, you're depressed" response, I think it betrays a larger tendency, and one that's not just about me personally: It's a bias against the expression of certain dispositions and emotional states. And it implies that being in those states renders a viewpoint invalid; that the veracity of certain ideas or reflections on life is somehow connected to the emotional state those ideas or reflections are born from.
Of course, in broad strokes, and especially in extremes, people have ideas that draw from their emotional state. But to undermine the veracity of their ideas because of an emotional state is a leap I'm unwilling to make. I mean, even if I am sad, blue, feeling depressed (and, yes, I sometimes am), that doesn't mean I'm completely unhinged in a way that prevents me from having insights that hit some truths or ideas at least worth considering. And, let's face it, the opposite doesn't happen; people don't dismiss a story of love or success or inspiration because the person is so clearly upbeat in their ebullient joy.
So what's really going on?
I often think this pat response is an "out" from examining ideas or reflections that are perhaps challenging or unsettling to consider. I notice people react to writers like Beckett, Pessoa and Plath in this way too (and, no, I'm not putting myself in that company of writers). When I hear the depressed / over-thinking response to those writers, I usually think it's an escape from examining ideas that require hard work. But I also think it's a way of avoiding ideas that make us confront our own doubt or anxiety, things that many of us find difficult to look at in the eye.
In the interview I linked to recently, Calder said about Beckett:
"Beckett was always looking for deeper meaning. Why are we born? Why do we die so early? What's the world about? What's life about? He was always asking those questions. Most people tend to try to avoid those questions, and that's one of the problems people have with him. He was very contradictory that way. Although he abandoned the lifestyle and the outlook of his family, he never got it out of his system. He more or less gave up his religion, but he always had a sort of longing for it. There's not a single non-believer in Beckett's work. Not one."
It may seem bizarre, but that tension makes me happy. I mean really happy. It's hard and real and tragic, but also wry and funny and beautiful.
I've sometimes felt pressure to become a person who lives a primary-coloured emotional existence. Until I realized that I'm most drawn to knotted-up people who want to explore and articulate and press down on all their complexity. Beckett's my favourite writer because he really goes there. And he leaves so much space for silence and being lost-for-words, for unanswered questions, and ideas and feelings that aren't neatly packaged. I guess I love confronting these ideas because, personally, I find tremendous beauty and truth in these tensions. And these sorts of ideas make me feel the most sublime elation.
The blog world is sometimes pretty one-dimensional in its ideas of emotional health. Blogging and social media etiquette advice often advocates a sort of vacuous shiny-happiness, remaining aloof from complex emotional or thinking states. Ironically, these same people will, in one breath, lay it on thick about the importance of being "authentic" and "having integrity" (words they, marketers and media people have picked clean of their real meaning), and in another breath tell you to be positive and avoid airing anything challenging or controversial or, heaven forbid, negative, even if constructively so.
Frankly, I think, fuck that shit. This culture of shape-throwing positivity admits little that's sublime in its depth and complexity. I cannot imagine being happy or productive or interested in anything that does not occasionally, or often, wade in the deep end or get lost in the mist. And I don't think this makes me depressed. Nor do I don't find it depressing. And I definitely don't think it requires intervention or medication or a solution.
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Between "eudaimonic" and "Frankly, I think, fuck that shit." And everywhere in between you remain my hero Jane.ReplyDelete
I think it's pretty obvious I agree with you on this. I'm not surprised, since we agree on most things - but we agree through mutual respect and considered thought, that's the thing for me.ReplyDelete
There is a huge brandishing of words such as 'authenticity' and 'integrity' online, without much understanding of what that actually requires out of you. Those words to me require a negotiation in life between difficult realities and my personal ethics - it's a hard negotiation, it requires thinking much about things that often make me unconformable, it's exhausting at times, and I often wish I was capable of existing in a state of ignorant bliss. But I know that's bullshit, and I know it wouldn't really make me 'happy'. My 'happy', like yours, in a three-dimensional thing, it's not a permanently happy shiny positivity that lacks nuance and uncomfortable emotions.
If people actually take all the 'advice' out there to flatten themselves into something rigidly 'positive' all the time, I fear we will have a rather fascist idea of what it means to be 'happy'. There isn't a 'one size fits all' in life. Maybe we already have this fascist definition of happiness, and this accounts for the fact that I increasingly cannot bring myself to visit blogs I used to like. I know what authenticity is, I feel it in my bones, and I sure know it doesn't come packaged neatly with a sweet primary-coloured bow 100% of the time.
Another thing you raised here which struck a chord is the constant invalidating of what some people call 'sad' or 'depressing' feelings online. I actually got told not to post about feelings of sadness once, as it might come across as 'unhinged'. Not kidding. There were so many things wrong with that statement, I didn't even know where to begin responding. What strikes me though is that we still have a rather immature and simplistic definition of 'mental health' floating around in our culture, and this is becoming strongly evident on blogs. I find it really disturbing.
I'm grateful to people like you Jane. If it wasn't for 'meeting' you online, I probably would have closed my blog down by now. To hear you articulate the same thoughts and feelings I have about these issues is reassuring. And I'm also grateful that you are willing to think long and thoroughly about the difficult topics when others are happy to glide off into the sunset as if life is a permanent rainbow. I find it frightening to view life as this sterile or this rigid, because it makes me feel guilty for having a wide spectrum of valid emotions.
Anyway, enough from me. Thank you for writing this.Replies
Thanks Hila.Delete
Like I said, I mostly think this plastic idea of happiness comes from Madison Ave and I think most people recognize it's not what our lives look like. I think the challenge for bloggers and magazines is to represent more nuanced feelings, for bloggers not to fall into the same shiny-happy trap that seems to have been invented for 1950's housewives.
I'm glad for "meeting" you online too!
I feel like you've really hit on something here. Personally, I find myself fluctuating through a wide range of emotions (over time, not within the space of a week, don't worry!), and with that, the art, literature, films, music, and online content that I'm drawn to fluctuates too. Sometimes I see the world in primary colours, bright yellows and pinks; sometimes it's much more muted - sometimes tinged with sadness, but sometimes simply enjoying the quiet that comes from a less "noisy" outlook. And I agree with you that the blogging world doesn't often allow for this. There seems to be an idea that those muted periods are to be kept offline, hidden away, which can make some blogs (and bloggers) appear vacuous and highly superficial.ReplyDelete
I'm glad you wrote this, and I for one will be returning to keep reading here for the more muted tones and reflective writing that you offer.Replies
Hi Fiona - I'm a moody person and sometimes I really struggle with that mutability and what it means about who I (REALLY) am. I've come to accept (with varying degrees of success on certain days) that I'm ALL of it. I can be mostly slapstick and giddy and I can be extremely pensive. One is not any more the real me than the other and I wouldn't like to choose between them.Delete
Because my blog is a personal one (and not professional), I try and let it represent all of that; the full gamut of Jane haha! It's upsetting, then, when other people try to tell me I should be mostly the one or the other when I work hard to accept and be all of it with integrity.
I'm glad this post spoke to you. It means a lot that there are people who get it. xx
Amen. And that is why we are drawn to you. Don't cop to that attitude, it's what makes most other blogs pretty but synonymous and yours unique. You're also one of the most intellectual blogs out there, and I simply think you have to be more reflective and less primary colored (love that concept!) if you're going to talk about something more than the latest design trends. Don't get me wrong, I love (and have missed) your outfit posts, but here they correlate to something greater than just consumerism, trends, or style.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Amy - I'm really glad you enjoy my blog and get what I'm up to here. Don't worry - the outfit posts will never go fully away. I love clothes too much!!Delete
YES! Thank you for saying all this. I've struggled to explain this to friends, as well.ReplyDelete
I'm a long-time reader, first-time commenter. Your blog always seems to say exactly how I'm feeling or how I've felt.Replies
Thanks so much Meagan - for reading and leaving your first comment. I'm so glad this hit home for you!Delete
I think the commercial aspect of many blogs really shifts the tone of writing. The desire becomes less about self expression (or intrinsic motivation) and more about building a particular mood or story. The story may be false, or it may be only partly true.ReplyDelete
I'm not knocking it, because I've struggled with it myself. My only blog these days is the one associated with my small business, and I do feel it needs to stay fairly upbeat. Even though I include a lot of personal context and stories there, it just doesn't seem like the right forum for subtle shadings of emotion. And maybe I don't trust myself to express a full range of emotions without coming across as whiny or silly.
But there's also an element of laziness that I recognize in myself. It is much easier to focus on the superficial. This has been bothering me a lot lately, both in my own writing and what I read. I've had to make changes so that I could write about things that matter more, and I've stopped reading most blogs.
Hila brought up the eroding definition of happiness. One thing I've realized in the last couple years is that many people seem to confuse pleasure with happiness. Glossy, pretty, material things can provide pleasure and that's great. But when you start substituting that for true happiness, a happiness that encompasses joy but also sadness, confusion, and frustration, I think that's when emptiness sets in.Replies
I completely agree, Sarai. Professional blogs and professional conduct for social networking is an entirely different strategy. I think people can be personal, but it's in a much more controlled way.Delete
I would never swear or be as much as a jackass as I sometimes am if I was blogging or tweeting etc to support a business. And, as a customer I usually want a pretty straight-up level of professionalism.
I guess this all gets hazy because we're increasingly told to tie our businesses to our personal voice and deciding where to draw lines must be exhausting in that regard.
I've always been glad that this blog and my sites are sponsor-free because it really buys me a lot of freedom to say whatever I want.
I also think you're bang-on about pleasure versus happiness. That's why I always reach for the idea of eudaimonia (unfortunately the only word I know for it), which is a much more enduring kind of happiness than titillating pleasures and prettiness.
Thanks again!
It's so true - despite the endless variety of people in the world, there's this pressure for us all to feel the same way, when how could we possibly? I infer this in my own life when society appears to skew toward extroversion and discredit introversion, favor cheeriness over any darker pensiveness, irony over earnestness, flippancy over intelligent passion. It's taken a lifetime to learn I can reject these pressures and I hope I am able to someday.ReplyDelete
I also agree with Sarai above - happiness is sold to our culture almost like it's a physical product we could obtain one day, to keep for our very own. It's so much more complex than that, of course. It can coexist with sadness, or, you know - maybe there is no such thing as some all-encompassing joy to be found, and happiness truly exists in individual moments and memories, however fleeting. Those are the conclusions I struggle with, anyway.Replies
Absolutely Sally - there is definitely an introversion / extroversion parallel here. I too struggle to overcome the "shoulding" pressure out there, which is why - I guess - I react defensively when people imply I ought to be upbeat more of the time.Delete
I so relate to this, Jane. A few months ago a friend asked me why I write so often about grief and wrestling with my faith. I do - rather miraculously - still count him as a friend. We were able to talk through some of our differences and arrive at mutual respect for each other's paths and way of expressing ourselves, but nevertheless his question took me aback. Isn't it my prerogative to write about my life, the things that are happening to me, in a way that is true to what I feel? If that's not authenticity, then what is? If I can't be honest about my thoughts and feelings, then what is the point of being a writer/blogger? Or is blogging just for the design-savvy, with no emotional or mental substance behind the glossy photos?ReplyDelete
I do think about my audience as I write and there is a lot of personal information I will never divulge, but this is never with the intention to spare them of the truth. In fact, the more personal I get, the better my interaction with my readers.
Sometimes my writing is sad, but sometimes even in that sadness, I feel myself more whole for having admitted it and confronted the way that my experiences, particularly my mom's death, have changed the way I see life. I think that it speaks to a deeper, wider issue in our society and culture, that we have to constantly find the bright side and leap quickly past our doubt and grief lest we fall into its depths. But, as you have so aptly explained, this primary-colouring, this "bright side" can be blinding.
And I also agree with Sally's comment above, that it so often correlates with society's favoritism toward extroversion above introversion. We have to be peppy, instead of reflective; affirming instead of critical; cheery instead of honest. What usually results is shallow instead of deep. I'm thankful you're willing to dive in, Jane.Replies
I agree so much Bethany. I always feel better for the digging deeper, especially when it's into difficult ideas, the kinds that make me cry as I write them.Delete
For me, that reflective self-awareness and drive to give voice to complex feelings is one of the things I actually pride myself for. I mean, I don't think I'm this amazing writer or anything, but I do think I have decent access and ability to articulate my own inner world and it's something I definitely enjoy doing and sharing.
No need to justify who you are. The life of the mind isn't for everyone, but those who choose it (like Beckett) and perhaps yourself, create something from ideas and find their joy there.ReplyDelete
The Blogosphere is filled with commerce driven drivel AND nice people just sharing their own version of what matters.
"And it implies that being in those states renders a viewpoint invalid..." Great point. (Great post.) Why must we be perfectly 'balanced', as judged by those who don't even know us, frankly, to render a valid point.ReplyDelete
And again I say, great post.Replies
Thanks so much, Alice! I think sometimes this is thrown at women too, but that's a whole other post... xxxDelete
My goodness, this is amazing. Thank you, thank you. "I cannot imagine being happy or productive or interested in anything that does not occasionally, or often, wade in the deep end or get lost in the mist." I cannot imagine that things like this exist, what is life if we can't get caught up in it, in all of it once in a while. and this.. "I'm most drawn to knotted up people who want to explore and articulate and press down on all their complexity." Such a beautiful expression, and you certainly are of the knotted up kind, was there ever a better kind to exist? I think not!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much Lexi!!Delete
I can't tell you how much I love this post.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Sarah!Delete
Yes. meeee too.ReplyDelete
I'm now 1/8th of the way through the multitude of Wikipedian (?) insight re Eudaimonia, enjoying myself thoroughly; agree with Aristotle, applaud Socrates as he chides the Athenians (take heed, greedy bastards!) and a new fan of Zeno with minor exceptions. Will check back later with updates.ReplyDeleteReplies
Haha! Excellent!Delete
Thank you Jane for this thoughtful post. Life isn't black or white and neither is happiness pink or grey and I love that you continue to express this in your blog.ReplyDelete
I find it dangerous nowadays that people throw around the expression depression too easily. As the daughter of a psychotherapist and someone who has faced depression myself I find the word gets used to easily and I think that is disrespectful to people who actually have a depression.
I have days when I feel the weight of the world and while others might call me depressed because of that it is who I am and how I experience the world. I imagine that what you are talking about here goes in the same direction.Replies
I deliberately didn't use the word on myself because of this and only referenced people using it to characterize the way I express myself here and jump to conclusions about my mental health.Delete
I have felt depression enough at times to seek help and saw a therapist for over two years. I think therapy is a process that was very useful to me for very many reasons. But I've never been medicated for it and never felt like I was a danger to myself, so I suppose what I felt was "low" on the spectrum of pain.
There's definitely a spectrum and I respect the legitimate feelings of people at EVERY point in that spectrum (and the legitimacy of all feelings), whether they are diagnosed or not and however they manifest.
I agree that the word is used very readily. But I also am wary of undermining a person's real sadness or difficulty by implying that what they are suffering isn't "REAL" depression.
I think we probably agree here. I try to see both sides.
I applaud you, Jane. Thank you for putting this into words for all of us.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Olga.Delete
You have written so very well what I believe most of us think. I've linked this post to everyone I know....very validating.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, someone in Ireland (your profile name made me smile and smile!)Delete
I have always enjoyed your blog so much because you are so honest and true to yourself. You are constantly trying to better yourself and look at who you are. Sometimes I read different blogs and I feel like a 15 year old reading a fashion magazine. Comparing myself to them and wondering how their life is so perfect when mine is often chaotic. Then I read yours and it is a breath of fresh air because you are real and true.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Emily! I know those feelings of reading fashion magazines too. I'm glad I offer a small alternative here xxDelete
I can't help but be wary of uniform happiness and positivity; to me it seems fake, forced, unnatural. I'm drawn to books and movies that expose the cruelties of the world and of human beings in general, since they move me far more deeply than light-hearted and cheerful stories.ReplyDelete
Sometimes it's only with a little darkness that you can see where light is coming from.Replies
I agree completely.Delete
Thank you so much for writing this! It offered me, and many others, I am sure, some much-needed validation. We are not broken for being who we are. Thank you :)ReplyDelete
I started my blog seven years ago in the midst of a deep life crisis. It grew from there as my family and marriage grew along with it. Lately, I have censored myself so much from writing the sadness and turmoil in my heart that my blog lays silent most weeks. I have been accused of the same thing and I have deliberately tried to readjust my blog and my writing to be less personal and more joyful. It helps on some level, but leaves me still with the questions of what this stage of life is about. I want to be the artistic persona people believe me to be, but often I am depleted and empty and in need of expression. It's a difficult balance and I often am lost in that deep mist.ReplyDeleteReplies
I don't know what to tell you that wouldn't come off like I'm telling you what to do / how to blog, and I would never do that. But I would say I don't think people need to decide top-down what a personal blog ought to be. You can just let yourself express what you need / want to say on any particular day and it doesn't mean you have to follow it with the same kind of post the next. I find tremendous freedom in that idea so hopefully it helps!! xxDelete
I was sent here from Hila's blog and I'm so grateful. I was talking to a friend the other day about a book I enjoyed and they asked me why I always liked the most depressing things. I tried to explain to them just this, but did so far less eloquently. Just because something isn't painted lime green or doesn't end with an answer doesn't mean it's depressing, often I find such great happiness and truth in honest reflections about the haziness of life. And sometimes I'm introspective and sometimes I am sad, and that's OK too. The different shades of life are what makes it beautiful.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Michal. I agree.Delete
Thank you so much for this. Your words came at the perfect time for me (I found you through Hila's blog) and gave me courage in a scary situation. It is so good to be ourselves in our pursuits, our loves, the things that delight us. Thank you for that oh-so-timely reminder. :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much! I'm glad the timing was right!!Delete
"Balance" is experiencing all of what you describe, I think, rather than just the steady-state positivity many bloggers put forth. Thanks for once again writing with depth and clarity!ReplyDeleteReplies
I don't try to balance the emotional scales as much as I do to allow myself to authentically feel what I feel and acknowledge those feelings, if that makes sense.Delete
But I agree too that in a blog environment some might seek to portray a more balanced variety, rather than emphasizing one set of feelings over another and skewing perspectives in that way.
I really relate to this, particularly the part about emotional 'colours'. I too live in a realm of muted tones - I am attracted to earth tones, sky tones, sea tones, pastels, quiet colours. It's a lovely way to describe the emotional 'filter' through which we see the world. I actually wrote a journal entry a couple of years ago about the colours of memories - I have memories which are distinctly gold, others a dusty sort of pink, and others a grey-blue. I may in fact write a blog post about this, and if I do I will credit this post as the source of my inspiration. Let me know if you mind me linking this post on my blog!ReplyDelete
I also really identify with your mention of Beckett, and the fact that the 'tension' between light and dark is attractive and ultimately enriching. I have been accused of revelling in sadness, but I strangely I find a lot of happiness in sadness and crying and, like you said, tension. 'Sublime elation' is a beautiful way to describe that feeling.
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Hey there. Of course, feel free to link to my post from your blog - I'm very flattered!Delete
The colour talk feels very natural to me. It is a synaesethtic metaphor, but I'm not sure if that metaphor isn't also grounded in some reality. Your account of "gold memories" is intriguing... (Full disclosure: My MA was on synaesthesia and expression in abstract art, so this speaks to my area of interest).
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Well said Jane!ReplyDelete
I miss the beginnings of the internet where online journal's were more about writing (not images) and strong writing at that.ReplyDelete
where journal awards were given each year which helped others discover new writers. I wrote a little bit about it here:
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keep writing and sharing for as long as you feel up to it.
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In a post on the Windows Phone Blog, as part of the announcement of the new Nokia Lumia 925 device, Microsoft revealed some of the features that will be part of an upcoming update to Windows Phone 8.
Dubbed "GDR2″ to stand for the second General Distribution Release of the OS, this update is planned to be made available "this summer". We know that unlike iOS, where everyone gets the OS updates regardless of carriers, Windows Phone updates are subject to carrier approvals. Hence, the date of the release is obviously not fixed.
So, what's new in the release, which would be about the size of the previous update, dubbed "GDR1″ and codenamed Portico? Given the incremental nature of the update, it is not expected to have major changes to the OS. Instead, in addition to many fixes and improvements, the following features have been made public:
- Bringing back support for FM radio. While this naturally cannot be counted as "new", it is in fact an additional feature being added to the OS.
- Data sense, the feature that allows Windows Phone users to save data usage by compressing and cloud-processing browsing sessions, will see an expanded carrier support. Currently, it is only available on Verizon Wireless. It is a pity that the feature is carrier-dependent because it is so useful and customers should be able to use it without carrier interference.
- Select, download and pin tunes from Xbox Music and improvement in accuracy of song info and metadata. This is such a random feature to call out, but I guess they thought it important enough to highlight.
- Support for CalDAV and CardDAV in order to continue support of Google's GMail-related services like Google Calendar and Google Contacts.
In addition, Nokia have outlined what will be a firmware update that presumably rides on top of GDR2, called Amber. This update will bring some of the imaging technology improvements and new experiences which will come presintalled on the Lumia 925. This includes Smart Camera which takes 10 shots of 5MP within a short burst of time and keeps all of them for as long as you need it. Doing so helps you apply some of the effects included with the "lens app" like Change Faces, Action Shot and Motion Focus. Additionally, Smart Camera can be made the default launcher when the physical camera button is pressed on the device.
The key now is to see how Microsoft rolls out the GDR2 update and how dependent the update is on carriers. GDR1 was rolled out relatively pain-free although it did launch first on AT&T in the US and then spread to the rest of the world. Let's hope the total time for the rollout shrinks a bit this time around.
One can only hope, right?


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The Sanctity of Labor
How do you feel about your line of work? Are you counting the days till retirement? Do you hate getting up every morning and doing the same task you did the day before? Do you look forward to serving your ...Read More
The Sanctity of Life
Some of the women reading this study today may have had an abortion. If so, know that you have been forgiven if you have repented and trusted in Christ alone. As Christians, we are called to uphold the duty to ...Read More
When to War?
Just War theory tells us the government is not supreme. We cannot defend our participation in an unjust war simply by saying, "I was only doing my duty to the government." We are never allowed to say, "My country, right ...Read More
The Ethics of Jesus
While Jesus reveals the thoroughness that is required for true obedience to God's law, He does not say anger and homicide are equally deserving of capital punishment. While both can cut us off from God, murder carries with it more ...Read More
Ethics for Situations
How do you define what love is? Do you look to whatever "feels like love," bowing to pressure from your friends and family? Maybe television, movies, or magazines determine what love is for you? Take some time today and meditate ...Read More
The Razor's Edge
As the Reformed theologian John Murray once said, sometimes the line between what is right and what is wrong is a razor's edge. Therefore it is so very important to study the Scripture, in concert with the great teachers of ...Read More
Principle or Custom?
Sometimes, after we have studied the background of a text thoroughly, we are still not sure whether it is giving us a principle or a custom. But it is better to treat a custom as a principle than a principle ...Read More
Natural Law
Without a supreme authority, individuals decide what is right and what is wrong. However, we cannot reasonably expect others to submit to standards not based on a higher, eternal, and universal authority. Though moral relativism is confessed, the cry, "That's ...Read More
The Basics of Ethics
Many Christians think that there is no law in the new covenant. Yet lawlessness is precisely that which characterizes condemned people (Matt. 7:23). In Christ we have been enabled to obey God and to fulfill His law (Rom. 8:1–8). When ...Read More
Moral Relativism
The government legally permits us many things that the Bible disallows (for example, abortion). What determines how you live your life? Take some time today to make a list of the things your rulers may allow but which Scripture forbids ...Read More
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Developer: Flight Plan
Publisher: Atlus
Platform: GBA
Release Date: July 26, 2006
by Aaron Slater
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story is a game that will probably slip under the radars of most gamers, but the first part in this series of GBA action-RPGs from Atlus is more than worthy of your time. While not an epic by any means, Summon Night: Swordcraft Story offers a fun and engaging battle system, a myriad of weapons to synthesize, and more than enough humor to compensate for being a simple, by the books, save the world affair.
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story puts the player in the role of a young apprentice Craftknight, who has entered himself in a competition to become a Craftlord. Craftlords are the governing body of the island of Wystern, and besides having the ability to create powerful weapons, they control the goings on about the island. The main character, who can be male or female, is the child of a Craftlord who died three years before, and the competition is being held amongst all the apprentices to find a successor. The main character gets paired up with one of four guardian beasts who will assist him or her on his quest. A guardian beast is a monster that assists in battles by being able to use magic and support attacks to help the player. With one of the four unique Guardian Beasts in tow, the player character sets off to ascend the ranks of the competition. However, there is much more at stake than meets the eye in this competition, as earthquakes begin to shake the island of Wystern, rivalry between the two guilds of apprentices begins to climb, and unforeseen forces begin weighing heavily upon the competition. Soon the player must embark not only to become the next Craftlord, but also to save those he cares about.
While the story may seem a little generic, and admittedly it is, there is more than enough charm to make it feel original. Humor runs rampant in this game, with the banter between the player and the guardian beast, sexual undertones, and some rather ludicrous quests. The game does not take itself too seriously, and it is just as well. The humor keeps things fresh, makes some of the more lengthy banter and story segments entertaining as opposed to banal, and helps to develop some of the cookie-cutter characters. Also helping to emphasize and develop the characters are the late-night walks the player can take. The game is divided up into a series of days with set objectives, and at the end of each day the player can choose which character to go on a walk with that night. This leads to some dialogue that helps to flesh out some of the characters and make them more genuine.
The story may be generic, but the game play is quite fresh and entertaining. In order to compete in the competition to become a Craftlord, the player must forge new weapons in order to compete with the next combatant. Axes, swords, drills, spears, and knuckles create the five different classes of weapons that the player will create throughout the course of the game. Each of the five different classes handles differently and has their own strengths and weaknesses. Using the right weapon against the right combatant in the competition can be beneficial and even change the tide of battle.
However, not every combatant needs to be defeated by draining his or her health, by defending or attacking a combatant while they are defending, the durability of their weapon can be depleted. If the durability is completely depleted, their weapon breaks and they lose the match. While this can be helpful when fighting some of the tougher entrants, and it does have its advantages, the player must also watch the durability of their own weapon so that it does not break during the match, resulting in their loss.
The game does not entirely consist of battling in the competition, though. In order to forge weapons, the player must acquire techniques for different weapons. Techniques are basically recipes for the weapons, giving the amount of each material necessary to make them. In order to gain the appropriate materials, the player must harvest them from the massive dungeon that lies in the center of the island of Wystern. Much of the game will be spent scouring the dungeon, fighting the many different enemies, and gathering items which can be turned into materials for forging better weapons. Fortunately, the dungeon-crawling sections rarely become tedious, as they are broken up by story segments which can lead to other dungeons, tournament bouts, or even some of the myriad of side quests throughout the game which can allow the player to gain new, powerful techniques or items.
Battles are yet another area where the game excels. Battles are 2-D, side-scrolling affairs akin to Tales of Phantasia. They are action oriented, and all move in real time, with the player directly controlling the character as they slash, thrust, pummel, drill, and just plain demolish their enemies. The player can equip three different weapons at a time and switch between the three at any time during battle. The player can also set five items or spells that their Guardian Beast knows to bring into battle to be used as necessary. The lack of menus and the ability to quickly use spells, items, or switch between weapons allows battles to be fast paced and generally fun to play. As battles are won, experience is acquired and the player and guardian beast will level up. As the player character levels up, his or her statistics will increase, and the player will be allowed to distribute bonus statistic points to further customize their character. As the Guardian Beast advances in levels, the potency of their magic will be augmented, and they will acquire new spells and attacks. While leveling up and character customization is rather bland, the battles themselves are always action packed and fun to take part in.
Graphically, Summon Night: Swordcraft Story is nice but nothing spectacular. The player will spend the vast majority of the game wandering through the large dungeon in the center of the town, or completing side quests throughout Wystern. In that respect, the same buildings and architecture will be seen over and over again, and the design of the dungeon, although interesting, lacks variation. When the player does get to leave Wystern to see the other environments, they all look nice and offer decent variation, but nothing in the game is jaw dropping or too original. In battle, the spell effects and sprites are all nicely designed and well animated, with some of the bosses being tremendous in size and having very interesting attack animations, but once again are nothing to marvel at in the later years of the Game Boy Advance. This could be due to the fact that this game is over three years old, but even given that, the graphics in this game are pretty standard at best.
Aurally the game is rather basic, as well. The same tracks will be heard over and over again throughout the game, and while they don't get boring or grating, they seriously lack originality. The sound effects in the game fit, but do little more than that. Admittedly, this is an older game and a handheld title, but that being said, absolutely nothing about the soundtrack or the sound effects stands out or excels. The music is forgettable at best, and overall the audio is just on par.
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story is not the greatest RPG on the Game Boy Advance by any means. Its story is trite, the characters are generally archetypes, the graphics are dated and the audio is bland. Yet, even with all of those faults, the general charm of the translation, the fast-paced battle system, and the deep weapon creation system both compensate for the faults and help to make the game worthwhile. Summon Night: Swordcraft Story is lighthearted fun, and offers a great deal of enjoyment, making it more than worthy of anyone's time.
Final Grade: 75%


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I don't think he deserves any more or any less responsibility for a murderer's violent acts...Nobody could have predicted that Hernandez would one day murder another man. Allegedly....Yes, Meyer did indeed recruit some questionable character guys at Florida. . Name one program that doesn't and I will show you a program that does not win, will not win and has a constant coaching turnover due to the rabid fans complaining of the losses..Urban did recruit some guys that had some question marks regarding their character, criminal records or attitude problems..And he did change many of those young men's lives, giving them a structured life, a football family and goals that included more than just reaching the NFL...I can name names that you never heard of, guys who never played a millisecond in the League, that are success stories today as men, as Fathers and in their communities....Coaches coach. Coaches teach. . It is up to the student athlete to accept responsibility for their actions. Period...Coach Meyer had nothing to do with any murder, stolen computer or any other stupid act...College students are responsible for all of their own actions, as anyone should be...I do not agree with all that Urban has done, but holding him responsible in any way for a guy who played for him years ago borders on insanity...My question is what type of career Hernandez would've had had he not had Coach Meyer? Would he have even reached the NFL or would he have been locked up in the Alachua County jail after doing something more devious than smoke weed or getting in a bar fight? Where would Hernandez be if he hadn't had Coach Meyer as a Father figure and remained in CT, sticking with his original commitment? My opinion is Hernandez is a better man today because of his relationship with Coach Meyer and not holding anyone responsible for the murder except for those involved in the shooting..We are all responsible for our own actions. Period...I'll get off my soapbox now.


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Edward Cline's historical series about the years leading up to the American Revolution continues with Book V. Following on from Book IV, the story continues with the intensifying of colonial resistance to The Stamp Act including our heros, Jack Frake and Hugh Kenrick. Together they help rise up against the Act endorsed by the King of England. Speaking out against the crown is still dangerous and murder and mayhem ensue as well as a little bit of romance along the… (mehr)
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