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Posted on 04/05/2009 8:10:35 PM PDT by betty boop
The Atheist Perversion of Reality
By Jean F. Drew
Atheism we have always had with us it seems. Going back in time, what was formerly a mere trickle of a stream has in the modern era become a raging torrent. Karl Marxs gnostic revolt, a paradigm and methodology of atheism, has arguably been the main source feeding that stream in post-modern times.
What do we mean by gnostic revolt? Following Eric Voëgelins suggestions, our definition here will be: a refusal to accept the human condition, manifesting as a revolt against the Great Hierarchy of Being, the most basic description of the spiritual order of universal reality.
The Great Hierarchy is comprised of four partners: GodManWorldSociety, in their mutually dynamic relations. Arguably all the great world religions incorporate the idea of this hierarchy. It is particularly evident in Judaism and Christianity. One might even say that Gods great revelation to us in the Holy Bible takes this hierarchy and the relations of its partners as its main subject matter. It has also been of great interest to philosophers going back to pre-Socratic times and evidently even to anti-philosophers such as Karl Marx.
In effect, Marxs anti-philosophy abolishes the Great Hierarchy of Being by focusing attention mainly on the God and Man partners. The World and Society partners are subsidiary to that, and strangely fused: World is simply the total field of human social action, which in turn translates into historical societal forms.
Our principal source regarding the Marxist atheist position is Marxs doctoral dissertation of 18401841. From it, we can deduce his thinking about the Man partner as follows:
(1) The movement of the intellect in mans consciousness is the ultimate source of all knowledge of the universe. A human self-consciousness is the supreme divinity.
(2) Faith and the life of the spirit are expressly excluded as an independent source of order in the soul.
(3) There must be a revolt against religion, because it recognizes the existence of a realissimum beyond human consciousness. Marx cannot make mans self-consciousness ultimate if this condition exists.
(4) The logos is not a transcendental spirit descending into man, but the true essence of man that can only be developed and expressed by means of social action in the process of world history. That is, the logos is immanent in man himself. Indeed, it must be, if God is abolished. And with God, reason itself is abolished as well: To place the logos in man is to make man the measure of all things. To do so ineluctably leads to the relativization of truth, and to a distorted picture of reality.
(5) The true essence of man, his divine self-consciousness, is present in the world as the ferment that drives history forward in a meaningful manner. God is not Lord of history, the Alpha and Omega; man is.
As Voëgelin concluded, The Marxian spiritual disease consists in the self-divinization and self-salvation of man; the intramundane logos of human consciousness is substituted for the transcendental logos . [This] must be understood as the revolt of immanent consciousness against the spiritual order of the world.
How Marx Bumps Off God
So much for Marxs revolt. As you can see, it requires the death of God. Marxs point of theocidal departure takes its further impetus from Ludwig von Feuerbachs theory that God is an imaginary construction of the human mind, to which is attributed mans highest values, his highest thoughts and purest feelings.
In short, Feuerbach inverts the very idea of the imago Dei that man is created in the image of God. God is, rather, created by man, in mans own image God is only the illusory projection of a subjective human consciousness, a mere reflection of that consciousness and nothing more.
From this Feuerbach deduced that God is really only the projected essence of man; and from this, Feuerbach concluded that the great turning point of history will come when man becomes conscious that the only God of man is man himself.
For Marx, so far so good. But Marx didnt stop there: For Feuerbach said that the isolated individual is the creator of the religious illusion, while Marx insisted that the individual has no particular human essence by which he could be identified as an isolated individual in the first place. For Marx, the individual in reality is only the sum total of his social actions and relationships: Human subjectivity has been objectified. Not only God is gone, but man as a spiritual center, as a soul, is gone, too.
Marx believed that God and all gods have existed only in the measure that they are experienced as a real force in the life of man. If gods are imagined as real, then they can be effective as such a force despite the fact that they are not really real. For Marx, it is only in terms of this imaginary efficacy that God or gods can be said to exist at all.
Heres the beautiful thing from Marxs point of view: Deny that God or the gods can be efficacious as real forces in the life of man on the grounds that they are the fictitious products of human imagination and nothing more and you have effectively killed God.
This insight goes to the heart of atheism. In effect, Marxs prescription boils down to the idea that the atheist can rid himself and the world at large of God simply by denying His efficacy, the only possible real basis of His existence. Evidently the atheist expects that, by his subjective act of will, he somehow actually makes God objectively unreal. Its a kind of magic trick: The Presto-Changeo! that makes God disappear.
Note that, if God can be gotten rid of by a stratagem like this, so can any other aspect of reality that the atheist dislikes. In effect, the cognitive center which strangely has no human essence has the power of eliminating whatever sectors of objective reality it wants to, evidently in full expectation that reality itself will allow itself to be reduced and edited down to the size of the atheists distorted and may we add relentlessly imaginary? conception.
To agree with Marx on this that the movement of the intellect in mans divine consciousness is the ultimate source of all knowledge of the universe is to agree that human thought determines the actual structure of reality.
Instead of being a part of and participant in reality, the atheist claims the power to create it as if he himself were transcendent to, or standing outside or beyond reality. As if he himself were the creator god.
This type of selective operation goes a long way towards explaining the fanatical hostility of many Darwinists today regarding any idea of design or hierarchy in Nature which, by the way, have always been directly observable by human beings who have their eyes (and minds) open. What it all boils down to seems to be: If we dont like something, then it simply doesnt exist.
We call the products of such selective operations second realities. They are called this because they are attempts to displace and finally eliminate the First Reality of which the Great Hierarchy of Being GodManWorldSociety is the paradigmatic core.
First Reality has served as the unifying conceptual foundation of Western culture and civilization for the past two millennia at least. What better way to destroy that culture and civilization than an all-out attack on the Great Hierarchy of Being?
Thus we see how the gnosis (wisdom) of the atheist in this particular case, Marx becomes the new criterion by which all operations in (the severely reduced and deformed) external reality are to be conducted, understood, and judged.
Marx is the self-proclaimed Paraclete of an a-borning utopia in which man will be saved by being reduced to essentially nothing. With God gone, man, as we denizens of First Reality know him, disappears also.
But whatever is left of him becomes a tool for social action. He becomes putty in the hands of whatever self-selected, self-proclaimed Paraclete seeking to promote his favored Second Reality du jour (usually for his own personal benefit) manages to stride onto the public stage and command an audience.
Such a charmed person blesses himself with the power to change human society and history forever, to bring about mans self-salvation in a New Eden an earthly utopia by purely human means.
Of course, theres a catch: As that great denizen of First Reality, Sir Thomas More, eminently recognized, the translation into English of the New Latin word utopia is: No-place.
In short, human beings can conjure up alternative realities all day long. But that doesn't mean that they can make them stick. Reality proceeds according to its own laws, which are divine in origin, and so cannot be displaced by human desire or volition, individually or collectively.
And yet the Marxian expectation argues otherwise.
Out of such fantastic, idiotic, specifically Marxian/atheist foolishness have great revolutions been made. And probably will continue to be made so long as psychopaths hold the keys to the asylum.
All quotations from Eric Voëgelins article, Gnostic Socialism: Marx, in: The Collected Works of Eric Voëgelin, Volume 26 History of Political Ideas: Crisis and the Apocalypse of Man. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1999.
©2009 Jean F. Drew
April 4, 2009
The discussion of inertial frames applies to Lorentz transformations as well, which, like Galilean transformations, are linear. The transformations for rotational frames are not, which is why a rotating frame is not inertial.
The initial statement that I made was that an objects apparent position is not identical to its actual position at any given instant in time, primarily due to the speed of light. In other words when we see the Sun we see where it was apx 8 and a half minutes ago.
Do you agree or disagree with that statement?
If I answer this then will you do me the courtesy of answering the quesions that I posed in my previous post? If you demand that I answer your questions but you refuse to answer mine then I don't see any use in continuing this discussion, nor will I respond to you again unless and until you show the courtesy to reciprocate. If you choose not to then my post stands, and I have no reason not to be content with that.
Now, I answer that there are two statements there.
1) "The initial statement that I made was that an objects apparent position is not identical to its actual position at any given instant in time, primarily due to the speed of light."I agree if you insert the word "necessarily" before the word "identical". However, there are certainly cases where an object's apparent position can coincide with its actual position, the case of a stationary object WRT an observer in an inertial frame being the trivial example. Here is another example:
2) "In other words when we see the Sun we see where it was apx 8 and a half minutes ago."This is true, of course. But the crux of the matter here is: Where was the sun 8.5 minutes ago? Was it where we see it now or was it where we saw it 8.5 minutes ago, 2 degrees behind where we see it now? The former is the correct answer because the apparent motion is due not to the Sun revolving around us, but due to our rotation, and as I've tried to make clear already, these are not relative. If you would argue that they are, then kindly address the questions from my previous post.
MrJesse is quit adamant that the actual position is the same as the apparent position, except for a little parallax that I taught him about.
And he is correct (although we should take into accout refraction due to the atmosphere as well, but that's a different story). In your Earth/Pluto thought experiment you will not get 102 degrees difference from parallax, not even close. The correction for parallax will be miniscule. Nor will you get even close to 2 degrees due to parallax in 8.5 minutes considering the position of the Sun as seen from the surface of the Earth.
But since we are discussing rotating frames (which for some reason you seem to think are inertial) let's keep our thought experiments focused on that. Or better yet, do a real experiment and see for yourself the difference between spinning and orbiting. And keep those questions from my previous post in mind when you do. :)
This is true, of course. But the crux of the matter here is: Where was the sun 8.5 minutes ago? Was it where we see it now or was it where we saw it 8.5 minutes ago, 2 degrees behind where we see it now? The former is the correct answer because the apparent motion is due not to the Sun revolving around us, but due to our rotation, and as I've tried to make clear already, these are not relative.
And of course I left out the most important part (although I had alluded to it above) that the Sun is in the same place now that it was 8.5 minutes ago, which is where we see it now.
2) "In other words when we see the Sun we see where it was apx 8 and a half minutes ago."This is true, of course. But the Sun is in the same place that it was 8.5 minutes ago, which is where we see it. This is because the apparent motion is due not to the Sun revolving around us, but to our rotation, and these are not relative.
That we see the Sun where it was 8.5 minutes ago would of course be true whether we were rotating or whether the Sun were orbiting us, but in the former case the Sun is where we see it while in the latter case the Sun is 2 degrees ahead of where we see it. These situations are not equivalent.
Now, if we want to hit the Sun with our "LASER", we must aim at where the Sun will be 8.5 minutes from now: In the former case we would aim at where we see the Sun, while in the latter case we would need to lead the Sun by 4 degrees (not 2) from where we see it. Again, the situations are not equivalent.
I was just reading about that. If I remember correctly, keeping the Sabbath is for the Jewish people (Old Testament), not Christians (Old & New Testament).
I'm no Bible scholar. I wish I knew more than what I do know, but I'm getting there.
I will try to find out why that is. Although I do think it had to do with Jesus Christ (Christianity), which took place in the New Testament.
If you mean an observation by an observer "in" space/time cannot change the structure of space/time, physical laws and constants - I'd say that is probably true.
If you mean an observation by an observer "in" space/time cannot change the world (collapse a wave function whether actual or epiphenomenal) - I'd say that is probably not true.
Of course, there are a few scientists and philosophers who believe the observer's observation creates "reality" per se. To me that is taking the view that "a tree falling in the forest does not make a sound if no one is there to hear it" to an extreme.
Besides I disagree, the falling tree does make a sound even if no one is there to hear it. And I point to the sound waves in the cosmic microwave background radiation as evidence that sound occurred at the moment light (photons) came into existence even though there was no one "in" space/time to hear it.
The sun is not stationary in the universe. Indeed, nothing is.
Our solar system is orbiting the Milky Way galaxy at a speed of 486,000 miles per hour. And on top of that, space/time itself is expanding.
The Newtonian physics being described here should be seen as local with respect to the universe.
Or to put it another way, coordinates for non-inertial frames are usually transformed to inertial frames when speaking of the cosmos in order to avoid fictitious forces which are nevertheless handy when dealing with physics on earth.
You are correct Zero Sum. I mistakenly thought they were relative, your explanation of the inertial-noninertial frames is what did it for me. That and when I tried to shoot your LAZER at the sun and make both frames equivalent. They aren't.
Mrjesse and Fichori you were essentially correct too and I would like to apologize for cavalierly dismissing your arguments and I would like to thank you both for your persistence in helping to show me my error : )
This is a very good day. I have been humbled a little bit and I have learned a couple of valuable lessons : )
Yes And I can quote wiki too : ) "Decoherence does not generate actual wave function collapse. It only provides an explanation for the appearance of wavefunction collapse. The quantum nature of the system is simply "leaked" into the environment. A total superposition of the universal wavefunction still occurs, but its ultimate fate remains an interpretational issue."
If you mean an observation by an observer "in" space/time cannot change the structure of space/time, physical laws and constants - I'd say that is probably true.
If you mean an observation by an observer "in" space/time cannot change the world (collapse a wave function whether actual or epiphenomenal) - I'd say that is probably not true.
Our observations collapse the wave function.
Besides I disagree, the falling tree does make a sound even if no one is there to hear it. And I point to the sound waves in the cosmic microwave background radiation as evidence that sound occurred at the moment light (photons) came into existence even though there was no one "in" space/time to hear it.
I agree too. I don't think the moon disappears when I am not looking at it : )
I think the crux of our disagreement boils down to I think that the observer can determine the outcome of the wavefunction collapse. In other words if the experimenter is looking for wave properties that is what he can get, or if he is looking for particle properties he can get that too. The experimenter can't get both at the same time though, it is a choice that the experimenter makes.
It was explained to me this way. If you reach into a black box with a fork, you will pull out ice cubes and if you reach into the black box with a spoon you will pull out water. The choice between a spoon or a fork determines what comes out of the black box.
It was explained to me this way. If you reach into a black box with a fork, you will pull out ice cubes and if you reach into the black box with a spoon you will pull out water. The choice between a spoon or a fork determines what comes out of the black box.
However, the "observer problem" goes far beyond wave/particle duality.
I wish you guys would use something other than the solar system as an example because we do have some Freepers that would take the above statement literally, e.g. that the universe moves around the sun and space/time is fixed.The Sun's transverse velocity as observed from any object in our solar system is very small.
The sun is not stationary in the universe. Indeed, nothing is. [excerpt]
And on top of that, space/time itself is expanding. [excerpt]You know I'm gonna ask you do demonstrate that claim ;-)
Yes but the metaphor applies to all of the dualities. The wave/particle duality just happens to be one of the easier ones to illustrate. The observers choices and even the experiment itself determine in large part what type of results we will get.
You seem to be trying to go beyond the results of the experiments. As far as I know, that is unknown territory : ) If you know of a way to test the many worlds theory, or string theory, etc. that would be great. Better yet it would be nice to unify Relativity and QM that would answer a ton of questions.
I tend to agree with the emergent properties theories though and don't think we are going to unify everything. For example ice, water and vapor are the same molecule but they each have distinct characteristics depending on the phase change.
Give me one example of knowledge that you consider certain (other than "death" and "taxes" LOL!), and then tell me how you know it's certain; i.e., What is the basis or criterion on which your "certainty" rests?
Did you have a chance to find the link re: the uncertainty principle that you offered to share with me?
No, it is a mathematical object. As such, it is not subject to considerations of energy, time, position, or momentum.
"Give me one example of knowledge that you consider certain (other than "death" and "taxes" LOL!), and then tell me how you know it's certain; i.e., What is the basis or criterion on which your "certainty" rests?"
I can give you hundreds of examples, but for starters:
Heavier than air human flight is possible is certainly known. Until the Wright brothers proved it, academics and "scientists" were writing "scholarly" papers proving it was impossible.
How about anesthesia. Not possible and "evil" according to a number of religious people. I believe the truth that anesthesia is not only possible, but practiced regularly has been proven by experience.
Another is wireless communication. I think that has been proven beyond doubt. Don't you? It was certainly doubted before Tesla (and Marconi, though Tesla is now given the well deserved credit for first having demonstrated it).
There are no end of things we know with certainty. As for how I know them, if anyone does not know them it is because they suffer some kind of extreme retardation or are in some other way mentally deficient.
Here are some examples of why the "uncertainty" principle is in doubt:
The Uncertainty Principle Is Untenable
The Dark Age of the Uncertainty Principle
Why Schrödinger Hated His Equation
It amazes me that some people believe nothing is certain, and base it on their credulity about the "uncertainty" principle. If nothing is certain, how can the uncertainty principle be certain.
By the way, I'm not trying to convince you, just answering your questions. Have a pleasant evening, friend. I know it's eveing for you, since I live in N.H.
You give me examples, but not the "how" involved.
That's not an evasion. I'll "guess" at the "how" since you didn't disclose it: Newtonian mechanics predicts heavier-than-air flight is possible, and this has been confirmed by repeated observations.
Yet Newtonian mechanics itself is not universally "exact" in all situations such that its predictions can be expected to be 100% correct all the time. In our 4D world, it's "good enuf for scratch" in applications involving mechanical systems. There is, however, an emerging skepticism regarding its universal applicability, especially to such important questions as consciousness and life itself.
But without universality, it can afford no certainty. The only "certainty" regarding heavier-than-air flight ultimately rests, not on the Newtonian formalism, but on consensus in observation. Which ultimately puts the burden of proof on the reliability and trustworthiness of human perception. How trustworthy is that? It may be "good enuf for scratch," but that is not sufficient to establish certainty.
How certain can we really be that our perceptions of the world actually directly and truthfully "map" to the world external to our own minds? Both Hume and Kant pointed out that this is something human beings simply cannot know. So if observation (perception) is your standand criterion for establishing "certainty," that criterion rests on something which is fundamentally unknowable in principle, simply because there is no way for us to ascertain how close a match there is between the manner in which we perceive and the object that we perceive. We take it on faith that there is a match, and that it is strong enough to constitute useful knowledge of the world. But "strong enough" and "certainty" are clearly not the same things.
IOW, we could say that most of the time, perception gets it right. But that is hardly enough to assert complete certainty.
To the extent that these might affect the apparent motion of the Sun as viewed from the Earth at all, the effect is negligible compared to the apparent motion of the Sun due to the Earth's rotation. For the purposes of our thought experiment, we can consider the Sun to be stationary WRT an inertial frame.
It is always a good day when we are humbled. Humility is something in which I am sorely lacking and for which I need to remember to pray every day.
God bless.
"You give me examples, but not the "how" involved."
The "how" has nothing to do with Newton. And it has nothing to do with repeated observations. The how has to do only with the fact that it's been done, and it only needed to be done once.
Do you have any doubts at all that heavier than air human flight is possible?
That's the certaintly.
Have you ever seen a plane flying. Be honest; do you doubt it was really flying?
I think you are desparate to make knowledge uncertain. I cannot imagine why, but I think it is very dangerous. Why would you object to certainty in knowledge? Certainty in knowledge doesn't mean you know everything, or even most things, it only means there are some things you can be absolutely certain about. If that were not the case, you would really know nothing.
Do you seriously disagree with astronomical measurements since the 1960's?
IOW, one may postulate the Sun as a hypothetically stationary object for his thought experiment and the math will work. He may transform coordinates.
But CMB measurements from the 1960's forward confirm that the Sun is not stationary. Nothing in the universe is stationary. Space/time itself is expanding.
But Zero Sum's postulation would not "entail" that the Sun must "agree" to stand still, so to accommodate his/her thought experiment.
So what's the point of the thought experiment?
As it stands, it has no "stationary object," no anchor or criterion according to which its phenomena can be compared and judged. JMHO FWIW
Good grief, man!!! Doesn't one have to "go beyond the results of experiments", if one wants to understand one's world and one's place in it?
I mean, think about it: No experiment ever designs itself. Yet at the same time, the source of the experimental design is itself undetectable by experimental means. Does this prove there is no source?
And you'd stake a future on such flimsy grounds??? Done, but only once???
I may be a dim-witted, knuckle-dragging Christian, but I have to tell you: I require more substantial evidence than "done, but only once." We call that a "datum." It has no meaning whatever in isolation.
I'm trying to decoct your statement. Thought I'm not entirely certain of its meaning, I'll take my best stab at answering.
On the one hand, I am perfectly comfortable with the uncertainty of knowledge. It just reminds me that nothing is complete without God.
On the other hand, I have no objection in principle to the "certainty of knowledge." I just don't think it's possible, given that the human mind is finite.
Thus the assertion of "certain knowledge" is a pure abstraction to me, for it has no basis in actual reality that I can tell. The "empirical approach" demonstrates that the typical human situation involves having to make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. This is seemingly the universal human condition.
And thus on the basis of observation and experience, I have no reason to believe that "the certainty of knowledge" is even possible.
Well, lets take your Many Worlds theory. Do you really believe that an infinite number of universes are coming into existence every moment?
Or do you believe the more plausible theory that wave functions collapse?
The problem is how precisely do we actually know and that is where the uncertainty comes in. If someone gives you a pound of Gold and a pound of rice. I think that I can confidently say that the pound of rice will be accurate to within an ounce and that the pound of Gold will be an accurate measurement within tenths of Grams. The problem is that we don't have a precise measurement of mass, we can only measure it to 10 digits, give or take a few.
It turns out that there is a level of uncertainty to everything, nothing can be known to an arbitrarily precise number. It turns out that things like Plank's constant set an absolute limit on what can be known. It is a very, very small limit I will grant you, but a lot of very small uncertainties do add up : )
Merry go rounds work as well and the point is easily made that the earth is revolving while the merry go round is spinning, that Newtonian physics are local with reference to the universe - non inertial frames invoke so called "fictitious forces."
"In the beginning..." ...a datum? ;-)
As Penrose noted (paraphrased) we need a new kind of physics, like quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics and Relativity - something that translates between them.
Meanwhile, I keep an open mind to geometric physics and theories of relativity and cosmology (Wesson, Vafa, Fineman, Tegmark et al).
In my view Everett's theory is nearly as untestable as last Thursday-ism, that "all that there is" was created last Thursday.
My bias on such theories would be that of Einstein's, i.e. his dream to transmute the base wood of matter to the pure marble of geometry.
Yep and about the same testability as the God theory : )
As Penrose noted (paraphrased) we need a new kind of physics, like quantum mechanics, Newtonian physics and Relativity - something that translates between them.
Like I said before, there seems to be an emergent properties principle like a phase change that occurs. QM doesn't seem to play by the same rules that Relativity plays by. There doesn't have to be anything that translates between them.
Obviously I was not referring to God TXnMA. I was speaking of the constraints on human knowledge and how one tries to deal with them.
Agreed LeGrande. And very well put! Thank you ever so much for your observation!
It might not be possible for a human brain to grasp the totallity of reality..
Five senses and logic displayed by human language could be inhibited..
Science fiction MUST be logical to the human mind, reality need not be logical at all..
Human arrogance could challenge that though..
Personally, I doubt the human brain has the capacity to grasp the totality of reality. Thus we see "as if through a glass, darkly."
Human science could really be just technical gossip..
Tale bearing about what appears to be so... about what is, and what isn't..
What is sometimes isn't and what isn't sometimes is..
Human scientists may be like two old people discussing the neigborhood.. over a fence..
You know, busybodies overlooking whats really important.. fixed on what isn't..
"I may be a dim-witted, knuckle-dragging Christian, but I have to tell you: I require more substantial evidence than "done, but only once." We call that a "datum." It has no meaning whatever in isolation."
Nothing happens in isolation. Everything has a context.
How many times do you have to burn yourself before you'll be convinced the fire is hot?
How many atomic bombs must be exploded before you'll be convince nuclear energy is possible.
"On the one hand, I am perfectly comfortable with the uncertainty of knowledge. It just reminds me that nothing is complete without God."
"And thus on the basis of observation and experience, I have no reason to believe that 'the certainty of knowledge' is even possible.
But, since the certainty of knowledge is not possible, your "knowledge" that there is God must be uncertain and you are therefore basing your source of comfort regarding uncertainty on something you cannot be certain exists, else...
You really do believe you can be certain about something. Right!
"It turns out that there is a level of uncertainty to everything, nothing can be known to an arbitrarily precise number."
You are confusing measurement (an arbitrary mathematical exercise) with counting, which is always certain and absolute. Only discrete existents can be counted. If I want to know how many eggs I have left in the carton, I simply open the carton and count them. If I count six, I know I have six eggs, absolutely and with no uncertainty.
Measurement can never be certain because the units are not discrete existents, but some arbitrary "unit of measure," which whatever you are measuring may or may not be dimensionally commensurable with. With measurement, it is always, "as precise as needed."
Within that limit, however, it is real and certain knowledge. Certain enough to be able to perform eye surgery or fly men to the moon.
"but a lot of very small uncertainties do add up"
In the sciences, uncertainty decreases with the number of repeateable experiments, in other words, uncertainties deminish by the inverse ration of the number of repititions.
Imprecisions can add up (as happens in cumputers), but not uncertainties.
If you think uncertainties can "add up," can you give an example of how that would happen?
My "'knowledge' that there is God" rests on faith, not on reason. What is received in faith is not "uncertain." Nor is it unreasonable. In fact, it turns out that reason itself ultimately rests on faith in God.
As René Descartes put it, the idea of God is the prior condition in the human mind for the possibility of any other idea, even that of the ego itself. (You can follow his reasoning in the Meditations.)
Which observation evidently inspired Voltaire's rather waggish remark of a generation later, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to create him."
Descartes argued that the idea of God is built into our very souls it is the evidence of the imago Dei of our created nature. It's there, in-built as it were, whether we acknowledge God or not.
But denial of this can be costly, psychologically and arguably intellectually.
And now you're really gonna yell at me! :^) LOLOL!
Voltaire's———————Do dat be Jean Marie Arouet ???—LOL..
Dat be the guy!!! LOL!
"And now you're really gonna yell at me!"
Well, I'm not sure that I should not be insulted, though it is very hard to do that. I don't yell, ever. And I'm not trying to convince you of anything.
I do have one question. What is the basis of your faith. I mean, it did not simply pop into you head one day to believe in God. What ever suggested to you that there is a God?
I'll be fair and tell you where this is going. Before you can have faith in anything, you must first have knowledge, and lots of it, such as how to read, and and how to understand a language, and what heaps of words mean. After all, if you have faith in God, you must know what you mean by the word, and you had to know that before you could believe in Him, wouldn't you?
Did you know the words knowledge and understanding appear in the Bible more the three times more often than faith and believe, in all their Greek and Hebrew forms?
(If I had time, I'd show you that what you call faith, just simply believing without evidence, is actually condemned in the Bible, which teaches that one should be faithful in believing what they know through the God-given ability to "understand" the truth by the God-given ability to "reason.")
See, I did not yell at you.
I did have knowledge a very young child's knowledge, based on what I could see in the world all around me. I used to love to explore Nature the woods and fields and farms near my home. I had a favorite childhood hangout a little pond in a clearing in the woods that was inhabited by a bullfrog. I used to love to go there. I'd just sit there with my friend the frog, and think and wonder. To me, that place simply had an aura of holiness and peace about it. It was kind of a little chapel in the forest....
Even as I child, I "knew" that the obvious order I was seeing in the world could not have been accidental. Don't ask me how a child can understand such things. The only way I could answer that question would likely not appeal to you. But here goes it harkens back to what I've already said. There is something seemingly in-built in human nature itself that just naturally "knows" about God, almost as if this awareness was "programmed" into our individual human nature. It will speak to us if we let it.
Anyhoot, I knew God was there, and this long, long before I formally became a Christian. (I was not permitted to receive religious instruction as a child, because my Dad a Deist thought of religious instruction as brainwashing.) My "periagoge" or "born-again" experience came much, much later. That's when things got really "personal." But God Himself has always been there; I could see Him revealed in the order of the natural world and all the things in it. The astonishing symmetry of the patterns on the back of of a humble black beetle to me screamed, "look at what God did!" I could feel His Presence....
I can't explain it any better than that. So I'm sorry if this does not satisfy you.
p.s.: I called the little pond in the clearing The Watering Hole. And I named my friend the frog Freddie. :^) At that time, I was maybe six or seven years old....
The more knowledge... the less faith is needed..
Less knowledge requires more faith..
No knowledge at all requires ALL faith..
Faith is the currency in the economy of God..
What you have faith in..... is an asset or a liability..
We all are accountants.. Some are laundering Gods currency..
Others are investors..
"I can't explain it any better than that. So I'm sorry if this does not satisfy you."
Please do not worry about satisfying my interest. You've explained yourself very well. I'm very tired now, but will respond to this tomorrow in a way I think you will find interesting, but perhaps not, my knowledge of the future is, as all men's are (except the vile Al Gore) always uncertain.
"No knowledge at all requires ALL faith.."
Nope. All faith requires knowledge of that which one has faith in, however spurious that knowledge might be.
I understand your point, but even "faith" is impossible without knowledge—which human nature requires always.
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What a difference a tuition freeze and a surging stock market make.
Washington's embattled prepaid college-tuition plan — once threatened with a shutdown by state lawmakers who worried it would go belly-up and cost the state millions of dollars — is now fully solvent, State Actuary Matt Smith announced Thursday.
The Guaranteed Education Tuition plan, or GET, has a funded status of 106 percent, meaning it can meet all of its financial obligations for current enrollees, and then some.
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GET ran into trouble when the value of stocks it owned plunged during the recession, and when tuition rose many times faster than GET's managers had anticipated.
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But in 2013, even as the market was surging, the state Legislature froze tuition for two years, giving the GET fund a chance to recover. Last year, the unfunded liability had shrunk to $160 million, and Smith predicted that GET would be fully funded by 2018.
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In an otherwise by-the-numbers pro-Sarah Palin editorial, The Wall Street Journal makes one very interesting point:
Mr. Obama rose through the Chicago Democratic machine without a peep of push-back. Alaska's politics are deeply inbred and backed by energy-industry money. Mr. Obama slid past the kind of forces that Mrs. Palin took head on.
Palin became Alaska's governor not by cozying up to the established powers in her party but by challenging the corruption of those established powers. She beat former Republican Governor Frank Murkowski in a primary mainly by calling-out Murkowski on a corrupt, sweet-heart pipeline deal he supported.
Obama, meanwhile, won his seat in the Illinois Senate by playing a bit of procedural hardball and forcing all his opponents off the ballot for improper signature gathering. You could claim that's "fighting corruption†but there's no evidence in Obama's career to suggest he's made any subsequent effort to reform signature gathering. His maneuver was tough Chicago politics, plain-and-simple.
But saying Obama has no reformist past is incorrect. As a young state legislator, he took on the role of ethics reform point man and helped pass key reforms including ones aimed at decreasing the influence of lobbyists. His ethics-focus was not exactly popular with his colleagues and not the kind of role you'd expect a young politician to take if he is simply "moving up through the system.†In the U.S. Senate, Obama has also made ethics reform one of the few focuses of his short tenure.
Palin, for her part, is undoubtedly a politician unafraid of challenging the status quo – probably more so than Obama who strikes me as inclined to compromise (on the Farm Bill, on wire-tapping, on offshore drilling) rather than directly challenge established interests. But we know Obama, just by virtue of being from a different party than the current president, will change things in Washington. Palin and, of course, McCain still have to convince us they will deliver Republican leadership substantially different from what we've received from George Bush and his administration.
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Kristin Mulvihill Southey
Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today for Activision Blizzard's fourth quarter 2012 conference call. With me today are Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard; Thomas Tippl, COO of Activision Blizzard; Dennis Durkin, CFO of Activision Blizzard; Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing; and Mike Morhaime, CEO of Blizzard Entertainment.
I would like to remind everyone that during this call, we will be making statements that are not historical facts. These are forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations and assumptions and are subject to risk and uncertainty. As indicated in the slide that is showing, a number of important factors could cause the company's actual future results and other future circumstances to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Such factors include, without limitation, sales levels; current macroeconomic conditions; increasing concentration of titles; shifts in consumer spending trends; our ability to predict consumer preferences among competing genres and hardware platforms; maintenance of key relationships, including the ability to attract, retain and develop key personnel and developers that can create high-quality hit titles; the seasonal and cyclical nature of our industry; changing business models, including digital delivery of content, competition, including from used games; possible declines in prices; product returns; price protection; product delays; the console transition; adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software; rapid changes in technology and industry standards; the current regulatory environment; litigation and associated costs; protection of proprietary rights; counterparty risks; economic, financial and political conditions and policies; foreign exchange and tax rates; and potential changes associated with geographic expansion.
These important factors and other factors that potentially could affect the company's financial results are described in the company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period and on the company's other SEC filings. The company may change its intentions, beliefs or expectations made at any time and without notice based upon any changes in such factors in the company's assumptions or otherwise.
The forward-looking statements in this presentation are based on information available to the company as of the date of this presentation and, while we believe them to be true, may ultimately prove to be incorrect. The company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revision to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after today, February 7, 2013, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
I'd like to note that certain numbers we will be presenting today will be made on a non-GAAP basis, excluding the impact of the change in deferred net revenues and related cost of sales with respect to certain of our online-enabled games, expenses related to stock-based compensation, expenses related to restructuring, the amortization of intangibles and impairment of intangible assets and goodwill and the associated tax benefits. Please refer to our earnings release which is posted at www.activisionblizzard.com for a full GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation and further explanation. There's also a PowerPoint overview, which you can access with the webcast and which will be posted to the website following the call. In addition, we will also be posting a 12-quarter financial overview, highlighting both GAAP and non-GAAP results on a one-page summary sheet.
And now I'd like to introduce our CEO, Bobby Kotick.
Robert A. Kotick
Thank you, Kristin, and thank you all for joining us today. 2012 was another great year for Activision Blizzard. We achieved record fourth quarter and annual results. And in 2012, on a non-GAAP basis, we generated approximately $5 billion in revenues, a 34% operating margin and EPS growth of 27% over the prior year. We increased our operating cash flow by 41%.
Our strong cash flow has given us the flexibility to invest in our portfolio and product pipeline, while also returning $3.8 billion to investors since 2009 through dividends and share repurchases. Today, we announced our Board of Directors has increased our annual cash dividend to $0.19 a share.
Our 2012 results are due to the drive, passion and creativity of our employees around the world. Their efforts, aligned with our focused long-term strategy and investment discipline, produced strong creative and financial results for our company.
In the U.S. and Europe, we were the #1 video game publisher at retail, with the #1 title overall, the #1 console title and the #1 PC title. We were also the #1 independent Western Digital game publisher and had the #1 subscription-based MMORPG.
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Commentary by Jeff Commings
SANTA CLARA, California, June 20. THE 400 free relay is always a good gauge for the strength of American swimming at the international level. It shows how deep the roster is in the "blue ribbon" event in swimming, and the United States has almost always shown that no one can field a strong foursome of sprinters on the world stage.
Based on what I saw today at the Arena Grand Prix in the championship final of the women's and men's 100 freestyles in Santa Clara, the United States is on its way to the top of the podium in both events at the Pan Pacific championships. Of course, Australia will put up a major fight, and that will only make the Americans swim faster.
On the men's side, the 400 free relay will be strengthened by Michael Phelps' return. Any doubt about his ability to race with his domestic rivals was erased when he posted a 48.80 to finish just seven tenths behind Nathan Adrian. Phelps has always been a vital part of every 400 free relay that he has participated in since 2004, and it looks like he definitely wants a spot on the Pan Pacific championship team in that event. The United States needs a leader like Phelps on this relay. We know Adrian is a capable swimmer, and Phelps is as well. No other country this year can say with a straight face that their top two sprinters will definitely be ready to go come relay time. James Magnussen and Cameron McEvoy have swum well this year, but Magnussen's fastest times of the year in 2012 and 2013 came at the trials and not the big meet.
If you count Jimmy Feigen, who is not in Santa Clara this weekend, the United States is in good shape for the relay. But who will the fourth relay swimmer be in Australia? Anthony Ervin? Ryan Lochte? Conor Dwyer? Matt Grevers? All of them are possible choices, and we'll know more at the finish of the 100 free final at nationals in about seven weeks.
The American women are looking just as stable. We can count on Missy Franklin, and based on her short course yards American record earlier this year, Simone Manuel is going to be a force to be reckoned with in August. Behind these two teenage phenoms could be the veteran stalwart Natalie Coughlin and newly-established sprinter Shannon Vreeland. Megan Romano was the reliable anchor leg swimmer twice last year for the United States, but will need to put together a strong individual 100 free at nationals to make sure she gets on the plane to Australia. The field of alternates for the women goes just as deep as the women. Allison Schmitt, Margo Geer, Lia Neal and Abbey Weitzeil should find themselves in the final at nationals, and will need a top six finish to get the awesome responsibility of carrying the tradition forward for the United States.
Men's 400 free looking strong. Connor Jaeger has taken charge of the pack in the 400 free, and has only looked back to make sure Michael McBroom stays at his heels.
McBroom likes the longer distances, but today's swim in the 400 free showed that he could be a major force not only domestically but on the international stage. Conor Dwyer should not be excluded from this conversation, since he was a finalist at the Olympics in 2012 in the 400 free. Dwyer suffered an unfortunate disqualification at nationals last year to leave this event off his program at the world championships, but he's likely going to be back with a vengeance in August. I predict these three to battle in the 400 free final at nationals, and though the USA can take as many as four people per event to the Pan Pac meet, only two qualify for next year's world championships. That will make that 400 free final in Irvine something special to watch.
Tom Shields has been on a mission to bring his long course butterfly swimming up to par with his amazing short course skills, and today's dead heat with Phelps in the 100 fly shows that he's on his way. Even though we should probably not say that Phelps will win the 100 fly at nationals, it's looking more like a possibility after today's swim. Shields, however, has the willpower to get onto his first major senior international team, if he can hold off Ryan Lochte, Eugene Godsoe, Tim Phillips, Giles Smith and others. Shields has been a full-fledged postgrad swimmer for a year now, which is probably the length of time needed for him to shake off his dependency on short course yards that he built up during his college career. Only long course matters now.


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Artist: Jay-Z
Album: Young Forever (Single)
Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
[** feat. Mr. Hudson:]
[Mr. Hudson:]
Let's dance in style*
Let's dance for a while,
Heaven can wait we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst,
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
Let us die young or let us live forever,
We don't have the power but we never say never,
Sitting in a sandpit,
Life is a short trip,
The music's for the sad man,
Forever young,
I wanna be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever and ever
Forever young I wanna be
Forever young
Do you really want to live forever?
Forever, forever
So we live a life like a video
When the sun is always out and you never get old
And the champagne's always cold
And the music is always good
And the pretty girls just happen to stop by in the hood
And they hop their pretty ass up on the hood of dat pretty ass car
Without a wrinkle in today
Cause there is no tomorrow
Just some picture perfect day
To last a whole lifetime
And it never ends
Cause all we have to do is hit rewind
So let's just stay in the moment, smoke some weed,
Drink some wine,
Reminisce talk some sh-t forever young is in your mind
Leave a mark that can't erase neither space nor time
So when the director yells cut,
I'll be fine,
I'm forever young...
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Fear not when, fear not why,
Fear not much while were alive,
Life is for living not living up tight,
See ya somewhere up in the sky,
Fear not die, I'll be alive for a million years, bye bye,
So not for legends, I'm forever young
My name shall survive
Through the darkest blocks, over kitchen stoves,
Over Pyrex pots, my name shall be passed down to generations while debating up in barber shops,
Young slung, hung here,
Shorty, the n-gga from here
With a little ambition just what we can become here,
And as the father passed his story down to his sons ears,
Younger kid, younger every year, yeah
So if you love me baby this is how you let me know.
Don't ever let me go, that's how you let me know, baby,
[Repeat Chorus:]
Slamming Bentley doors,
Hopping out of Porsche's,
Popping up on Forbes lists,
Hold up,
N-ggas thought I lost it,
They be talking bullsh-t
I be talking more sh-t
They nauseous,
Hold up,
I"ll be here forever
You know, I'm on my fall sh-t,
And I ain't waiting for closure, I will never forfeit,
Less than four bars,
Guru bring the chorus in,
Did you get the picture yet,
I'm painting you a portrait of young...
[Repeat Chorus:]
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The Russians like their balls and vests apparently.
After spotting a bangy Maria "Shriek"apova at last weekend's LA Lakers game, Indian Wells finalist Svetlana Kuznetsova was seen taking some down time before the start of the Sony Ericsson Open this week watching the Miami Heat battle the Milwaukee Bucks.
The draws were announced for the tourney and the World No. 4 has a bye in the first round but ended up in the rough half of the draw featuring Justine Henin and Venus + Serena Williams. Ouch.
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Twin Cities Live Music
The Minnetonka Choral Society, founded in 1969, is dedicated to enriching the lives of our members and the community through great choral music performance. We love to sing! And we love nothing more than singing to a full audience.
Our Music Director Jere Lantz selects our music especially for us. The music ranges from old masters such as Gabrieli, Mozart and Haydn Masses and Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem to more contemporary compositions such as Vaughan Williams' Hodie and Copland's In The Beginning, to works by modern composers or arrangers such as John Rutter, Dominick Argento, Stephen Paulus and Jeffrey Van.
The Minnetonka Choral Society, MCS, is a volunteer concert choir that performs two concerts per year. Our choir is 80 members strong. When we sing, it can be joyously loud accompanied by a full orchestra, or deliciously soft with harp or a cappella. If you enjoy live music, and live in the Twin Cities area, we would welcome your presence at one of our Twin Cities live choir concerts.
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Every region of the world abounds in music that seems to grow from its soil. We'll explore the wonderful differences, and astonishing similarities, of folk music from throughout the globe. We'll witness how the spirit of people shines through their homegrown music, whether from Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America or home in the U. S. A.
It's often the less urbanized, more traditional cultures that have best preserved their folk heritage, so we'll offer songs from Latvia, Hungary, Mexico, Appalachia, the Caribbean, Israel, and Syria, among many others. And we'll explore the remarkable range of emotions and styles in that richest of American folk traditions, the spiritual.
This is music created at home to lift spirits and help life go better. That's what we hope to do for everyone who sings and hears it.
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Winter Auditions: Tuesday, Jan. 12 and Tuesday, Jan. 19.
Please contact MCS ahead of time to schedule your audition. Walk in auditions are not currently available. You are more than welcome to sit in during a rehearsal to check us out!
MCS rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. and are held in Hopkins. Maestro Jere Lantz is planning a concert season of rewarding choral music, including a spring performance with orchestra. Please visit the About Us page, then take a peek at the Join Us page for more information. You can also get in contact with our membership coordinator.
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If you would like to join us, support our non-profit organization or buy concert tickets, please call 952-476-1922 or contact MCS. We look forward to sharing beautiful music with you!
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Diego #1 by grandpatoenailWatch
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I've never drawn Diego before so go easy on me. XD
Whoa this is awesome!
Looks just lik him Love it!!
One of my favs ^w^
One of my favs ^w^
YESSS I love Diego! My fav Ice Age character, Sid is my second. D great job, it looks like him!
thanks! I wasn't sure if i should have posted it or not because i've never drawn him before. lol he's my fav character too. then Shira/'kitty' XD


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I bought a Rolodex card file and have created an index of fonts. I printed up samples of my fave fonts on pieces of white paper slightly smaller than the Rolodex card itself. I included the name of the font and printed the alphabet in capital and small letters. I attached that to scraps of all my leftover PP and slipped the whole thing onto the actual Rolodex card. But I couldn't stop there! I also have odds and ends leftover scraps of ribbons, fibers, flowers, etc., and have embellished the cards a little. It's a whole other opportunity to play!
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CALHOUN CITY, Miss. (WCBI Sports) – Head Coach Tim Melton is in his second year at Calhoun Academy. The Cougars went 11-2 last season. They graduate their quarterback and three leading rushers but Melton says there are still experienced guys coming back.
"We lost a lot of our skill players last year, running backs, quarterbacks, safety, linebackers, your key role guys, but I think bringing back a solid, veteran offensive line is always key when you're trying to bring a group of young guys through," Melton said.
Melton says a strength for the team will be the offensive line led by seniors Cameron Bryant and Rhett McCormick. Six of the eight seniors overall coming back started in last year's state championship game.
"I got here last year and nobody really expected us to do a whole lot and we had a great group of guys last year that helped us along and this year I think that same core group is ready to step up and help us," Melton said.
Senior quarterback JT Washington returns after having fully recovered from the ACL injury he suffered last season. Melton feels that this team is still the underdog.
"I definitely feel like we're in the underdog role. A lot of people in our conference have written us off with what we graduated last year," Melton said. "That's the role that we like to take round here. We like being the underdog, underestimated, so we can work harder than anyone so we can bounce around and show them that we still have a good team."


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when do you think i should let virgin know i may need oxygen for the flight. i wont know myself until september when i have my fitness to fly test
i was just going to use mine, as they allow it still even tho they arent supposed to...hmmmm but for the sake of £15 i spose might be betterOriginally Posted by Wendy, post: 13237
got a phone number wen plz
Not sure about that Mick. The police have been ticketing cars in handicapped parking without the proper tags. I think it's terrible that the UK (and any other country's) HC tags are not honored.
i think so too tink, just seems like they want to squeeze every last drop out of tourists, as if disney alone doesnt pull enough revenue into the state, but i guess we do it here too so cant argue with it reallyOriginally Posted by Tink, post: 13265
You can apply for it a couple of ways Mick:
1. Fax all your details through to them and phone up with your credit card details. I think they charge for a CC though.
2. Post it all and include a money order, but you will probably get charged by your bank for one of them :rolleyes008: or you can write all your CC details down as well
3. Go to their offices when you get there.
If you decide to fax or post you will need:
1. Copy of both sides of your disabled badge
2. Copy of your photo ID from your passport
3. Money order for $15 payable to Osceola County Tax Collector or CC details.
Post this to:
Tag Department
Osceola Tax Collector
2501 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway
Florida 34744
Their phone number is 407 742 4000 and fax number is 407 742 3995.
If you decide to go to their offices, their hours are 8am-4.30pm Mon-Fri.
They tell you to at least 4 weeks for the process to be completed and the tag is valid for 90 days so they advise you not to apply sooner than five to six weeks before the travel date to ensure the tag is valid for the whole of your holiday.
They post the tag back to you at no charge.
I do think its terrible, but it might be because they aren't trained to spot a Phony-UK HC tag, where as they'll know from a mile off with a USA one. It'd be worse to have someone nabbing handicapp spaces with a dodgy permit than it would to ask people to get a HC permit.Originally Posted by Tink, post: 13265
I do agree with what you're saying, and I think they should be free :p015: but it might just be for the best?


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Hello kamaly WONDERFUL SHOT LOVELY SUNSET Nice colors.Greetings from Trinidad & Tobago.
Hello, Kamaly! Great shot! How did you shot the sun without the sunrays? Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Thanks very much Puna and starman79 ! Starman it's thanks to a very hazy sky on a humid day in July that blocked out a lot of the sun's light as it set. What's a bit frustrating is that the sun was much more orange, more like the reflection. Sure wish I could have caught that color. And Puna - I'm sure you must see a lot of sunsets with the sun setting into the hot humid west like this. I was in Port of Spain for a while, and it seems we'd see lots like this. Cheers to you both!
Thanks, kamaly for the explanation. Cheers!
Really a good shot of a sunset kamaly.Greetings from Italy, brezza
Thanks very much brezza ! This was a bit of a lucky shot, I guess, as I've never been able to catch a sunset quite like this at the lake since this day.
Very good shot kamalyn
Gracias Elena!
Heaps of views on this one. :-)
One of my favorites for sure!!!! Kamalyn has "The" best photos of the full moon and the full sunset ever. Love everyone of them!!!! Nothing like seeing that big round circle that is so hard to properly capture, day or night, and K does it best!!!!!!
LOL, Zoe - thanks!!! And many Thanks to Grammy D as well ;D
Very beautiful shot. LIKE!!!!!!!! Greetings from Basque Country (Spain)
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AROUND TOWNSupervisors approve Alamo MAC
The ongoing debate over whether a Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) was coming to Alamo reached its end Tuesday as members...Original post made on Aug. 11, 2009
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CRIMES & INCIDENTSMajor Car Accident @ Camino Ramon
Did anyone see that car accident last nite (Thursday August 13th) which occurred around 8:50PM? Im trying to find info on...Original post made by Chuck on Aug. 14, 2009
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COMMENTS ON STORIESArt Space: Seeing Mount Diablo in a New Light: Watercolorist Robin Purcell, poet of the palette
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STATE, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONALRepublicans to hear about water supply
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AROUND TOWNRegional Planning Commissions denied extension
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COMMENTS ON STORIESAlamo has a MAC!!!
In a unanimous decision this morning, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors approved the establishment of a Municipal...Original post made on Aug. 11, 2009
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AROUND TOWNTown stimulus plan fine-tuned
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AROUND TOWNAlamo MAC to be decided Tuesday
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There are times when you have to look at your phone and wonder if maybe it's doing more damage than actually helping you. Modern technology is something of a miracle, but we take for granted the connection that we have with other people. After all, it's so easy to get those connections that we crave and the fact that we can make those connections at the click of a button should be saving us even more time.
It sounds nice and we're not denying that people can make strong connections or have extramarital affairs purely over their telephone, but for the majority of us, this is simply not enough. Even the internet isn't able to make it so that we can get those intimate moments of touch and closeness that most people require in order to make any relationship, whether it's a marriage or an extramarital affair, work.
Basically, until we're able to transmit hugs and sensations through the internet then the little contact that we can get from phones will remain our life line. There is vibrating underwear, but even that hasn't been released yet.
But you probably should spend less time on your phone.
Why? We just explained to you how great the phones are, advanced technology and all that, but being on our phone can hurt your physical and emotional relationships with the people who are close to you. Now we're not those naysayers who doesn't like that there are always people on their phone in the subway (what else would you be doing on the subway? Avoiding eye contact?), but when you are with a person it is important to give them your attention.
You would think that because it's an extramarital affair that the rules would be different, but in fact, playing around on your phone can have a much bigger impact on an extramarital affair than a more conventional relationship. The reason behind this is that while affair partners can get to know each other very well, they won't at first. This is especially true at the beginning. What this means is that they're more likely to read into the signs that you're giving and if you keep checking your phone for anything other than the time while you're out with your affair partner, then you're going to be giving clear signals that you are less interested in them than whoever is on the phone.
If it's your spouse, then just explain to your affair partner the reason why you need to answer your phone. They'll understand.
The clearest method of communication is just telling your affair partner what you are thinking, but remember that your body language and actions make an impact. If you want to make the best impression possible on your affair partner, then put away the phone and only take it out for emergencies. The fact that you're focusing your attention on them rather than on the outside world no only makes you seem like a better date, but it will also help to get you engaged in the moment. Chemistry takes two people and if you're not clicking, but your affair partner is everything you could ever want then the problem just might be you.
yes it's I have broken up with my affair partner, because he was paying too much attention to his phone, while spending time with me. He was probably receiving many emails or texts from other partners. I deserve full attention if we only see each other once or twice a month…or maybe he wanted to end it. But then he tried to repair it or missed me. It was too late for me. Trust broken.


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Proposal in Congress could mean $20M for Vt.April 23,2013The Associated Press
MONTPELIER — Proposals being considered by Congress to require Internet retailers to charge state sales taxes could mean $20 million a year in revenue for the state of Vermont.
Currently, Internet retailers don't have to impose a state sales tax unless the company has a physical presence in the state.
Vermont Tax Commissioner Mary Peterson tells Vermont Public Radio people who purchase items from e-retailers are supposed to pay the state sales tax, but they rarely do.
Many small retailers have complained that this gives the Internet retailers an unfair price advantage and state officials are upset because they lose revenue.
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Type: Regression Bug
Status: Closed
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 6.1.20 EE GA2, 6.2.0 CE M2
Fix Version/s: 6.1.20 EE GA2, --Sprint 11/12, 6.2.0 CE M2
Component/s: WCM, WCM > Publication > Asset Publisher
Environment:Tomcat 7.0.25 + MySQL 5. 6.1.x GIT ID: 12e5b17dfef5242ef6330be4f52a4209bf82c8d7.
Tomcat 7.0.25 + MySQL 5. 6.2.x GIT ID: 631b27f8b5c400b51da7356211394ccb45104fb5.
Branch Version/s:6.1.x
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LPS-14142 Select scope in Asset Publisher when manual selection LPS-64579 The Asset Publisher portlet loses preferences when using related asset links. LPS-12728 Asset Publisher throws NPE when display asset with no URL LPS-45499 Pagination issue in asset publisher LPS-10231 Asset publisher Back URL when viewing asset uses deprecated align attribute
After attempting to publish a new asset using Asset Publisher, the window simply goes blank and the user has to refresh the page to see the newly created asset.
Here are the steps to reproduce the issue:
1. Add an Asset Publisher portlet
2. Click Add New
3. Click Blogs Entry
4. Add a new blogs entry and click Publish
5. The window for the added blogs entry will become blank and the blogs entry will not be visible in Asset Publisher
6. Refresh the page. The asset will now be visible.
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Portal 6.1.x GIT ID: fc3ef0ea068eca634a2a152348c62e64646a3106.
Portal 6.2.x GIT ID: c2d69525ad448a9d380e519097a3d605e51c4d22.
PASSED Manual Testing following the steps in the description.
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Tomcat 7.0 + MySQL 5. Portal 6.1.x EE GIT ID: 12e5b17dfef5242ef6330be4f52a4209bf82c8d7.
When I click publish, the window for the added blogs entry will become blank and the blogs entry will not be visible in Asset Publisher.
Refresh the page. The asset will now be visible.
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Tomcat 7.0 + MySQL 5. Portal 6.1.x EE GIT ID: 7f0cafcb27c0236c6250375c03b6485954584679.
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Freelance Photography/Videography for July 3
May 31, 2016
Lily Davidson is seeking a photographer/videographer to document a family reunion in Ann Arbor on July 3rd. The event will be held at the Michigan Union from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. Thirty and fifty people are expected. Individual to do both or a team of 2 students needed.
Please send resume and portfolio (or link) demonstrating previous experience documenting events to email@example.com ASAP. Compensation is negotiable.
Categories: Freelance: Art, Freelance: Art and Design
Full Time Multimedia Designer with UMHS
May 26, 2016
The UMHS Department of Communication has an open position for a Multimedia Designer. This position will be responsible for creating and managing the strategic design elements that contribute to telling the UMHS story, thereby increasing, enhancing and extending patient and consumer engagement and interaction with the UMHS brand. The position is primarily responsible for managing the work flow and creation of the visual and graphic elements for our two content platforms, M Health and M Health Lab
Freelance Art: Pen and Ink
May 26, 2016
Do you enjoy fountain pens and fountain pen ink? Do you love notebooks and journals? We are looking for an artist to create a few pen and ink drawings for us per week using our fountain pens and ink, notebooks, pencils, paper and pens to show off our products. The artwork will be used in social media, our blog, and newsletters.
iPenstore is a family owned business located in the heart of downtown Dexter, Michigan, just 10 minutes from Ann Arbor. We have been in the business of selling pens, paper, and ink since 1932. Visit www.ipenstore.com to view our products and links to social media.
If interested, please contact Keri at email@example.com by June 10, 2016. Compensation is $12 an hour.
Categories: Freelance: Art
Call for Art: Third Coast National
May 25, 2016
The Third Coast National, now in its 10th year, is a non-thematic, juried exhibition of new works of art from across the USA.
We are simply looking for innovative, interesting contemporary artwork. 3rd Coast National introduces the Coastal Bend community to innovative artists and artwork being created in other parts of the country, as well as in our own region.
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Graphic Design Intern with UM Men's Basketball
May 25, 2016
The Graphic Design intern works alongside the video analyst and student managers to create, develop and execute visuals for recruiting and other operations for the basketball program. This is a part time internship for Summer 2016 and the 2016-17 academic year.
Please send your resume and link to portfolio to Bryan Smothers (email@example.com)
Categories: Internship
Full Time Graphic Designer
May 24, 2016
Do you have an excellent eye for design and a passion for creativity? Would you like to be part of an innovative, outside-the-box thinking team? Does being part of an organization that gives back the community sound exciting to you? Then consider joining the University of Michigan Credit Union (UMCU) Brand Development Team in the role of Graphic Designer!
Click here for full details and work with another amazing Stamps School Alum!
Fund Raising Campaign Manager
May 24, 2016
The Ann Arbor Art Center is a 108 year-old visual arts organization located in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor. We are currently expanding our staff to include a Campaign Manager.
Working with the President/CEO, Board of Directors and Capital Campaign Committee, this position will assume a key leadership role in the management and coordination of The Art Center's $1.7 million capital campaign. Primary responsibilities include building the current annual giving program into an effective campaign structure and leading the organization's effort to identify, cultivate and solicit potential donors.
Multiple Teaching Positions at the Stamps School for Fall 2016
May 23, 2016
There are multiple lecturer opportunities available for fall 2016! For complete course descriptions, please log on to umjobs.org. To see all the open positions at once, simply type the word "Stamps" in the keyword field.
In order apply for any of these open positions, you must apply through umjobs.org.
ARTDES 239: Creative Programming MW 6:00-9:00p
The course exposes students to the programming, coding and physical computing for creative expression.
ARTDES 243: Sec 2. Intro to Animation MW 1:30-4:30p
Animation as an art form has become increasingly prominent in a wide variety of fields ranging from film and video special effects, games and identity branding to scientific visualization, virtual reality training, and courtroom presentations.
ARTDES 245: Building Web Interfaces MW 8:30-1130am
Building Web Interfaces is media-specific studio course that constitutes an introduction to the development, design and construction of digital interfaces, with an emphasis on creating interfaces for the web
ARTDES 333: Information Design TTh7:00-10:00p
This course focuses on organizing, analyzing, contextualizing, and transforming complex information/data into understandable visuals
ARTDES 115 Sec 10. Studio 2D TTh 7:00-10:00pm
Studio: 2D is a studio course that focuses on developing the basic visual skills used by artists and designers when working creatively in two dimensions.
ARTDES 115 Sec 12. Studio 2D MW 6:00-9:00p
Studio: 2D is a studio course that focuses on developing the basic visual skills used by artists and designers when working creatively in two dimensions.
ARTDES 176 Sec 3. Graphic Design (non-majors) TTh 6:00-9:00pm
Graphic design brings words and images together to communicate ideas, experiences and information.
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Michigan Silversmiths Guild's Call for Entry
May 20, 2016
A competitive metalsmithing and jewelry exhibition sponsored by The Michigan Silversmiths Guild in Collaboration with the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Original artwork executed in precious and non-precious metals alone or in combination with other materials are eligible. All work submitted must be original, completed in the last 3 years and not previously shown in a Jewelry + Objects exhibition. Works produced in a school curriculum are eligible.
Categories: Call For Art, Call for Design
Two Teaching Assistant Opportunities at Adrian College
May 18, 2016
Digital and Photography Area Teaching Assistant
This year long, part time position is designed for individuals who seek advanced experience in digital art and/or photography with the intent of strengthening their portfolios for application to graduate school or to refine their skills and qualifications for other professional positions.
Ceramics Area Teaching Assistant
This year long, part time position is designed for individuals who seek advanced experience in ceramic art with the intent of strengthening their portfolios for application to graduate school or to refine their skills and qualifications for other professional positions.
Multicultural Undergraduate Internships Getty Foundation
April 18, 2016
Please note these opportunities are for LA residents only and the application cycle is yearly (deadline in February). However, the Getty also funds other creative opportunities which can be found here:
Categories: Internship
Exhibition Opportunities
March 9, 2016
Did you know that the Center for Campus Involvement has exhibition opportunities for students?
Well, they do! Click here for a list of the exhibition spaces
Want to apply for an exhibition of your very own? Click here!
Who knows? Your IP show might look good smack in the middle of campus…
Categories: Call For Art
Plumbwork Product Design Scholarship
February 25, 2016
As a design-led consumer business, the board of Plumbworld have recognised the need to cultivate product design talent in the bathroom sector. We are committed to discovering the first Plumbworld Design Scholar in 2017. Do you have what it takes to design a product for the bathroom industry? We are looking for one gifted individual to design a Bathroom Suite and in return, we will sponsor you with £5,000 (US $7,250) to assist you with your year at University.
Categories: Fellowships
2016-17 Post-Baccalaureate Residency at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
February 18, 2016
This nine-month residency is designed for aspiring artists seeking to grow and strengthen their art practice in a supportive community, with access to professional studio facilities and guidance.
Candidates should be college graduates preparing for a career as a professional artist or for entry into a Master's of Fine Arts degree program. Candidates should have a deep commitment in their chosen medium and have the appropriate discipline to work independently in an open studio environment.
Categories: Call For Art, Fellowships