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Are You Your Advisor?
I don't think this is true in the least. I care deeply about the success of my students and postdocs. However, I write most about the mentorship aspects that I find puzzling or irritating -- blogging is conducive to venting, and I for one loooove complaining and ranting, so I write disproportionately more about the negatives than the positives. I also don't delude myself that I have all the answers; I am a much better advisor now than when I first started and am presumably significantly less effective than I will be 20 years from now. Most people, me included, try to do their best at the given point in time and with the experience and resources they have. One of the many similarities between advising and parenting is that the harshest critics are those people who are not parents themselves -- many (most?) of us who have kids thought we'd do everything so much better once it's our turn, only to find out that things are so much harder than we anticipated and many of other people's parenting choices that we so vehemently criticized start to completely make sense. The same with advising -- things look much different once you actually have to do it yourself.
I am sure much of what we do as advisors reflects how we ourselves were advised. But, I am also sure there are many differences, as we perhaps try to correct the things we didn't like when we were students or postdocs. Sometimes -- perhaps often? -- things that made us furious as trainees start to make a lot of sense once we are on the other side. Sort of how you develop newfound appreciation for your own parents once you become a parent yourself. And then there are undeniable differences in style we bring with respect to our advisors, simply because we are indeed different people or we may be at drastically different stages in our careers or at different types of institutions or we simply envision a different work-life balance for ourselves. So here are a few vignettes from my grad school life, which I think influenced how I advise students now.
1) I got a faculty position right after grad school, so my PhD advisor is the advisor who had the greatest influence on my career in every aspect. (In other fields, perhaps a postdoc advisor had a dominant influence.) My advisor was very well known and awe-inspiring. He also had a reputation for having a really bad temper and being extremely bellicose with colleagues, which hurt his recognition in the long run and did not help his advisees. He did not like being wrong or challenged in an environment where he perceived he would lose face; you could see his blood boiling and him becoming increasingly agitated and very unpleasant when it was becoming clear that he was losing an argument. I learned that the best way to go about is to drop the issue that we argued about and let him cool down, and then follow up with an email exchange. He was at the end of the day always in the pursuit of the truth and would always acknowledge when I was right in the end; the key was to finalize the exchange so that everyone has had the time to process it. I think this little bit of workaround around his temper was key in the two of us getting along very well for many years, and much better than he got along with many other students.But, it is also important that every single time the original idea or argument was always much improved after having talked/emailed with him -- just the process of hashing it out was extremely stimulating and useful.
-- What's the moral of this story? One is that advisors are people, with all that entails: they are not infallible or stoic; they get tired and pissed and defensive and everything else that other people get, so consider this aspect in your interactions. Second, when I have a disagreement with a student/postdoc, this experience taught me not to get defensive or aggressive (I am not 100% successful in this aspect, I admit) but to persevere in the discussion for everyone's benefit. Even when you as an advisor are wrong, you typically have a lot to bring to the discussion because you have much more experience in various aspects of the scientific process, so the idea is always much better and cleaner after the discussion than before it.
2) My advisor had a number of non-negotiable rules. For instance, I was trying for years to convince him to use Latex for text processing, and he would never budge. It was MS Word exclusively for all text, Power Point for all presentations, and one specific programming language and one image processing software for all programming and image processing needs. Nobody was allowed to use anything else for anything research-related. At the time, I honestly thought he was just a petty tyrant for insisting on such uniformity and failing to see the benefits of Latex; now I see the benefit of uniformity within the group to streamline everything from training new members, to software licence renewal, debugging and trouble shooting, sharing codes and other files. As soon as I was on my own, I went back to using Latex for most text processing; when he heard of it, my advisor told me somewhat sadly that I had switched over to the dark side. Now my group uses Latex for research papers and theses while we use MS Word for shorter texts and because virtually all our collaborators use only MS Word. We all use PPT for presentations and one programming language and one image processing software, as uniformly so as my old group did.
-- This story teaches us a couple of things too: (1) While you work in someone's group, it's going to be their way, whether you like it or not. Once you are on your own and lead your own group, you can do things any way you like. (2) Some rules are there for a good reason, which may not be obvious until you are in your advisor's shoes. Try to give them the benefit of the doubt that they actually may know what they are doing.
3) On the other hand, my advisor was very hands off in other aspects of mentoring students. For instance, we had weekly group meetings, but not during my entire time in grad school. He would rarely seek a student out and would generally expect you to come to him if you had problems; when you asked to see him, he'd accommodate you pretty promptly within a day or two, even though he was very busy. I was happy with this style and I think it works well for people who are independent. But I knew there were my group mates who really would just do nothing for weeks or would go off on unproductive tangents for way too long, and then once they got together with the advisor after a long time and presented what was, shall we say -- suboptimal output -- unbelievable wrath was unleashed upon them. Which only made them even less likely to seek meetings in the future and the vicious cycle continued. In my own group, we have weekly group meetings as well as weekly 1-on-1 meetings: my best students would likely be fine to be left alone, but for most students, especially when they are new, weekly 1-on-1 meetings keep them out of trouble/away from being stuck for long and the feedback offers them reassurance.
-- What's the moral of this story? Don't assume independence in all your students. Actually, assume that most will not be as driven or as independent as you may like them to be, at least initially, and ensure they have enough structure (or, if you will, hand holding or micromanaging) to maximize their own potential and make good progress in good time. This is critical especially in the initial stages of a research project. Brilliant students do well almost irrespective of the advisor. I think a successful advisor is one who can get a decent quality research output from a student who is not entirely independent or obviously brilliant from the start -- for many such students picking out a good topic and seeing them through their initial struggles can actually reveal a great hidden potential once they gain some confidence, and that's where structure and regular feedback is key.
4) When I was a grad student I was quite productive, wrote many papers and went to a lot of conferences. My advisor even threw a couple of his invited talks my way. I traveled more than his average student, to probably 5-6 conferences per year in my last few years. When I became faculty, I thought that's what I needed to do -- send my students to as many conferences as possible and have them present all the work.
But there was one significant difference between my advisor and me. When I was a graduate student, he was in his 60's, well known and well funded. He needed neither exposure nor funding, and could send me wherever and whenever. I, on the other hand, was a newbie faculty -- I neither had his funding resources, nor the name recognition or clout that he commanded. I had to balance sending students to conferences against ensuring that I myself got enough exposure, and doing it all on what were initially
relatively modest funds. I only realized this after several senior faculty colleagues kept insisting that I myself needed to travel and get exposure in order to get tenure, and that delegating everything to students at the beginning of my career would be devastating. So my students initially went to 2, occasionally 3 conferences per year. I also did not start delegating my invited talks (which were initially quite few and far between) to group members until I was near the end of my tenure track; invited talks mean a lot on the CV in my discipline, and count for a lot at tenure review time. Was this selfish? Perhaps. But had I not received tenure, I would not have ended up being of much use to anyone, including my students in their subsequent careers.
5) When I was a graduate student, I subbed for my advisor a lot. A LOT. One semester, I actually ended up teaching more classes than him (it's not like I was a TA or anything like that. He would just tell me that he'd be going out of town for 2 weeks and that I needed to cover these chapters from the book in class). I don't know why he did it -- initially it looked like he distributed the subbing load among students, but at some point it became only me. My guess is that he knew I wanted to be faculty and figured I could use some practice. I think I ended up subbing for him in about 5 different courses during my grad school. I actually enjoyed it but it was often a lot of time to prep.
-- What I do differently is that I ask my students if anyone wants to substitute. I think that for some of them it would be a good idea considering that they either want to teach or simply need practice talking in front of an audience, and I try to nudge them to do it and explain my reasons for thinking they should do it, but if nobody wants to (which is usually the case), I don't make them do it. I consider teaching classes to be my obligation; it is a situation in which the learning outcomes of the class, especially with undergrads, do depend strongly on the quality of teaching, and if I have to twist arms to get someone to cover, it's not going to be a fun experience for anyone. So then I ultimately reschedule.
If you are a faculty/PI or a scientist out of academia, do you think your professional self resembles your advisor? What are the differences and similarities? If you are a student/postdoc, what are your advisor's characteristic that you might like to emulate in your career and which ones would you hate displaying yourself?
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I don't know to what extent my mentoring style matches my PhD advisor, but I have definitely adopted a few of his quirkier physical mannerisms, unintentionally. This disturbs me.
- June 6, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Professor Zero said...
Mine in most ways isn't who I try to emulate in all respects - other people were much more admirable, humane, professional, and so on. I did take on a couple of her mannerisms, though, like Alex, and I think I should quit.
- June 6, 2011 at 7:36 PM
- Namnezia said...
I only insist in uniformity in the data collection software/data format. After that they are free to choose the best method (although I have preferences) for analysis. For writing we use Word, but that's because it's mutli-platform and easy to collaborate. Plus who the hell wants to program while you write as you have to do in LaTex?
- June 6, 2011 at 8:28 PM
- GMP said...
Plus who the hell wants to program while you write as you have to do in LaTex?
:-) You sound just like my husband!
Latex makes a lot of sense for large documents with lots of equations, and it favored by many math and physics folks (theorists in particular). Also, it is very easy to refer to anything the text (figures, equations, tables, one equation out of many, sections and subsections, individual paragraphs, page on which something appears, etc) by your own labels and then just call them whenever needed, you never ever have to think about renumbering anything yourself (some of these capabilities exist in Word to a certain extent, but are limited and much more of a pain in the ass; I had to do my dissertation in Word and it was excruciating -- if you have 250 equations and need to reformat them, you have to click on every goddamn one; plus they don't look as pretty as in Latex. Word is not meant to treat massive amounts of formulas, period.)
The formatting capabilities of Latex are really awesome -- the whole text, however large, can be thoroughly reformatted by changing a few of lines in the preamble, and absolutely everything is automatically renumerated and cross-linked. The society journals I submit to have very good Latex templates -- they offer an easy way to estimate the manuscript length, plus it's easy for the publishers to use the source files directly in the publication process.
But I agree that for short documents and/or documents with few equations Word is probably a better choice. 95% of my collaborators use only Word (they are all experimentalists), so I use Word a lot too, and I agree it's a good way to share documents in collaborations.
- June 7, 2011 at 12:11 AM
The true mark of a theorist is that the theorist thinks it's even more fun to program as you write, because programming is far more logical than English spelling and grammar.
The only thing that could come close to the logic of LaTeX is a Romance language--as long as the language isn't French--because the grammar is so intricate yet logical.
- June 7, 2011 at 12:25 AM
- GMP said...
The only thing that could come close to the logic of LaTeX is a Romance language--as long as the language isn't French--because the grammar is so intricate yet logical.
That's how I feel about German grammar -- it's very beautiful and has a very mathematical structure.
- June 7, 2011 at 12:29 AM
Here's how I solve the Latex/Word problem:
I write in Word, because that's easier for collaborations and group work. But I produce all my equations in Latex, compile them into separate pdfs, which I export as images. Finally I import these images into my Word document. This way I don't have to bother with Word equation editor nor do I have to try to convince my collaborators to use Latex, but I still get the nice Latex look for any kind of maths. :-)
- June 7, 2011 at 5:20 AM
Just wanted to say thanks for this post. It is very helpful for me, a newbie faculty.
- June 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM
I am the anonymous who triggered this post. I used to work for this Eastern European boss, who would insist on doing everything the other way. I did vector line drawings, he wanted it bitmap just because "you don't need to bother". I did Word 2007, he would try to hold on to Word 2003. (Good luck to that.) I would do Powerpoint for simple drawings, he would still want Illustrator. He would pay for every damned piece of software in the lab to be downgraded to the version he used in grad school. One day, I just enough. Since then, I heard he downgraded the Linux file server.
- June 7, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- Principle Investigator said...
I was mentored by two very different individuals for my PhD and postdoc. My graduate mentor was super hands-on, particularly in the beginning when the lab was still relatively small - and believed in any measures that would increase efficiency, such as multiple lab members collaborating on one project and 60-80 hour work weeks. The advantage was that we were super efficient and productive; the downside was that I had very little room to develop my own ideas, "waste" time learning to troubleshoot, etc. In contrast, my postdoc advisor practiced something that could be (charitably) described as benign neglect. I am currently trying to write up a manuscript with him from afar, and it is a huge PITA.
In my position at a research-intensive SLAC, I try to find a middle road between the two, but given the inexperience of my students, it makes much more sense to emulate my graduate advisor... as long as I don't get bent out of shape when we totally fail to approximate that level of efficiency ;).
- June 8, 2011 at 11:45 AM
- Clarissa said...
One of my most ardent hopes is that, come what may, I will never ever ever turn into my advisor. I don't want to end up driving my grad students into depression, nightmares and thoughts of suicide. I don't want to brag that my grad students always leave my office in tears because, otherwise, I don't feel like I'm doing my job. I don't want to end up telling my students that everything they have ever written is shit and garbage. I don't want to tell them that a parent dying young from cancer is no big deal.
Sorry for the rant. I still feel traumatized by the experience. But, at least, it taught me what kind of advisor I don't want to become.
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Baker, a two-time first-team All-WAC selection who has totaled double-digit kills in 32 consecutive matches and 63 in her career, set a new career-high with 29 kills in Idaho's four-set win over UTSA. Her 29-kill outburst was her sixth 20-plus kill match of the season. Baker hit .329 in that match, her second highest total of 2012. She also added 10 digs and four blocks against the Roadrunners. That match, coupled with her 19-kill, 12-dig performance in a 3-2 win over Texas State earlier in the week, gave her 11 double-doubles on the season. She averaged WAC bests of 5.83 points and 5.33 kills per set during the week as Idaho improved to 4-2 in WAC play.
Baker earned the award three times as a sophomore in 2011 and once as a freshman in 2010.


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ESPN analyst Urban Meyer believes college football can be fixed, but stronger rules and punishments are needed he told ESPN's College Football Live Tuesday afternoon.
The discussion came on the heels of Jim Tressel's resignation from Ohio State amid a NCAA investigation. When asked if college football could be fixed, this was Urban Meyer's response.
"Well, I said this before. In the mid-80s, the biggest issue in college athletics was steroids and performance enhancing drugs. And they had a special convention and the put a very clear rule with a very clear punishment into effect. And that was if you use a performance enhancing drug, you can't play for one year. In college football, for the most part, steroids don't exist because of that rule that's very clear and the punishment is very clear. So somehow the NCAA and the member institutions have got to get together and say OK, these are the current issues, and update them twice a year if you have to. Say these are these are the issue, these are the rules. If you violate the rules, this is the punishment. Make the punishment firm, firm enough to deter the behavior. That's for the student-athlete and that's for the coach as well."
Interesting thoughts from Urban Meyer, who during his tenure at the University of Florida allowed Chris Rainey to compete against Alabama shortly after he announced Rainey was indefinitely suspended from the team for threatening his girlfriend's life.
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Betty was born in Fayette County, Ala., to Fred Brazilla Carrell and Annie Mae Duck Carrell. She was a retired employee of Lexington Furniture and of the Full Gospel Faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; son Coach Mike Crowell; stepdaughter Jane Muse; and a brother, Jimmy Carrell.
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Jennie Geisler's Loaves & Dishes: A great recipe for baked beans
I think this recipe makes the most delicious baked beans I've had in my adult life.
Sorry, Granny Geisler, God rest your mean-, bean-making soul, but you never wrote your recipe down, so it's hard to compare. I haven't had yours since I was 14 years old.
But this one is destined for my best-of-Loaves & Dishes file.
Five things I learned:
1. After a few times around the block with this column, I'm starting a (so far) mental filing system of go-to recipes. Off the top of my head, I have potato leek soup, pie crust, chili, pulled pork, a blueberry cheesecake dessert, marinated portobello sandwich and hummus.
There's more, but I have to do a comprehensive search here someday.
To avoid the tragic loss of Granny Geisler's baked beans recipe, I'm going to put them all in a folder. I promise. Really, I will, someday.
2. This recipe, while yielding the awesome baked beans, has also graciously furnished my go-to barbecue sauce. Forever.
It's a perfect complex balance between sweet, sour, spicy, meaty with just a touch of magic.
I'm planning to make some ribs with it when grilling season gets here, or a barbecue-chicken pizza with some red onion and Colby Jack or pepper jack cheese.
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A can or two of the basic store brand is just more practical.
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Whiscash and Ash (Japanese: 対決!巨大ナマズンと釣り名人!! Showdown! Fishing Master & The Giant Whiscash!) is the 35th episode of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge.
Episode Plot
Brock made the lunch and May and Max set the table. Ash sees his five Hoenn badges, ready to get three more. Max asks him to bring some water, but while Ash goes, he stumbles upon a can - his badge case flies and is devoured by a huge Water Pokémon. The Pokémon - Whiscash - dives into the water. Ash demands his case and Whiscash shows the case (on its tongue), but taunts him by taking the case back and going into the water. Ash is angry and sends Corphish and it uses Crabhammer, but is soon defeated by Whiscash's Water Pulse. Whiscash goes back to water, so Ash has no choice to get in the water.
Whiscash goes among some weed and Ash follows, but soon finds to be tied by the weed. Ash struggles to free himself, but runs out of air. He sees Pikachu and gets him, but soon gets on a boat with a man, saving himself. The fisher is amused when Ash catches Nero (the Whiscash) with his own hands. The fisherman tells that Nero claimed the lake as its own. Whiscash must have gotten the case when it sparkled. Ash gets upset having lost his badges, but the man (introducing himself as Sullivan) will get the badges back. Max wonders if he calls himself the fishing God, being the master of fishing, why didn't he catch the Whiscash, so Sullivan is depressed, leaving them. However, he comes back when they convince him they need him.
Sullivan gives Ash some rods, so he does not give to Brock, May and Max. When they mention he's the fishing God, he gives him the other rods. The gang chooses the fishing lures - Ash, a Pikachu, Brock, a Lotad, May, a Psyduck, Max, a Kecleon and Sullivan, a Butterfree lure. Sullivan made a plan to get that Whiscash, while Team Rocket overhears and observe the situation. Meowth doubts that they'll get a Whiscash, but his doubt is soon removed when he sees a one and makes an idea - they'll give it to their boss.
The gang catches nothing, while Sullivan caught a Carvanha, Magikarp and a Remoraid, but frees them back. The gang arrives to Sullivan to give them advice, so he does (after they call him the legend). He shows them some spots where they could capture Water Pokémon. Sullivan throws the lure between the trees. Ash goes to throw on the same spot, but he fails, so Sullivan says that he should practice before aiming correctly. Max throws his lure and the lure is in the spot he wanted, amazing everyone but Sullivan who practices a long time. Max soon gets something - it is Whiscash, but a small one than Nero. Nero appears soon after, showing the badge case and disappearing.
Team Rocket fishes, but with no result. James is frustrated when he borrowed Jessie a bottle-cap as a lure, but Jessie is soon attacked by a Feebas. She gets it off her hair. Ash and May did not get any result either, so Sullivan gives them advice to move to a different spot. Jessie is attacked again by a Feebas, so she gets it off again. Meowth proposes to use Jessie's hair as bait for Whiscash, but she denies it. James spots the gang fishing, so they plan to steal Whiscash after they capture it. Ash remembers his badges and people he fought to get them, so he promises to get them back. Sullivan concentrates, and throws his lure, knowing that Nero is nearby.
Sullivan gets the Pokémon, but it is a Magikarp. Ash gets something, so Sullivan says he should pull in opposite direction. The Pokémon is Nero, but Nero pulls the boat, throwing Ash off balance. Ash sends Corphish and orders it to use Crabhammer on him. Corphish thinks for a while, but does it, so Ash is sent to the rocks. Ash pulls the Whiscash, throwing it on the shore. Ash sends Grovyle and it uses Pound, hurting Nero badly. Whiscash taunts Ash, but soon Team Rocket captures it. They fly off using rockets, so the gang uses the boat. Brock sends Lombre and Mudkip, using Water Gun to speed the boat up. Grovyle uses Bullet Seed, blowing up the balloon. The gang arrives while James sends Cacnea, ordering it to use Pin Missile.
Grovyle uses Bullet Seed, damaging Cacnea. Jessie sends Seviper and it uses Poison Tail, but Pikachu counter-attacks with Iron Tail instead. Meowth is about to capture Pikachu, but Whiscash frees itself by jumping and then shaking the ground using Earthquake. Pikachu uses Thunder, blasting Team Rocket away. Whiscash coughs, releasing the Badge case to Ash. Nero is about to get back, but Sullivan wants to battle it, sending Flaaffy. Hannah (the Flaaffy) uses Dynamic Punch, hurting Nero. Nero uses Water Gun, but Hannah dodges and attacks with Iron Tail. Hannah attacks Nero with ThunderShock, but Nero seems unhurt. Brock wonders about Sullivan having a plan, so he remembers something...
He gets a Master Ball out and goes to capture Nero, but Nero devours the Ball and goes back into the lake. Sullivan decides to still get Nero. The gang leaves Sullivan, leaving him to get Nero.
- Featured Pokémon: Vigoroth, Slakoth, Machop, Zangoose.
- In the beginning of the episode, a classic Pokémon identification can be seen. In this case, it is a Krabby.
- This is the first and, so far, only time where the Master Ball has been used in the anime.
- Whiscash swallows Sullivan's Master Ball, and is not captured. However, in Berry, Berry Interesting!, a wild Munchlax swallows a Poké Ball and is captured from the inside out.
- Ironically, Master Ball should capture Whiscash, no matter what.
- This is the second time the main characters are seen fishing in Hoenn. Oddly, Sullivan has to teach Ash and company to fish, even though Ash and Brock have fished several times before and all present protagonists fished in Gone Corphishin'.
- This would be the last time the move Earthquake was used in the anime. The move itself would later cause an episode to be banned because of a real earthquake. Earthquake has not been used or seen since.
Dub differences
The Poké Ball outline on Ash's Badge case is changed to a rectangle in the dub once again.


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Miracles are unexpected events attributed to divine activities or intentions, sometimes thought of as a perceptible interruptions of the laws of nature. Others views are that divine entities may work with the laws of nature to perform what people perceive as miracles. Theologians assert that, with divine providence, God regularly works through created nature yet is free to work without, above, or against it as well.
- For the 2004 film, see Miracle (film).
- Every believer is God's miracle.
- Philip James Bailey, Festus (1813), scene Home.
- There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein, as quoted in From Yale to Jail : The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter (1993) by David T. Dellinger, p. 418.
- No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.
- David Hume, Section 10 : Of Miracles Pt. 1; Variant: A wise man... proportions his belief to the evidence. in An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748; 1751).
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Of wonderful, than being, to have wrought,
Or reigned, or rested.
- Jean Ingelow, Story of Doom (1867), Book VII, line 271.
- Parting your soup is not a miracle, Bruce, it's a magic trick. A single mom who's working two jobs, and still finds time to take her kid to soccer practice, that's a miracle. A teenager who says no to drugs and yes to an education, that's a miracle. People want Me to do everything for them, but what they don't realize is, they have the power. You want to see a miracle, son? Be the miracle.
- Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe, and Steve Oedekerk, in lines written for God in Bruce Almighty (2003).
- A miracle is a supernatural event, whose antecedent forces are beyond our finite vision, whose design is the display of almighty power for the accomplishment of almighty purposes, and whose immediate result, as regards man, is his recognition of God as the Supreme Ruler of all things, and of His will as the only supreme law.
- Abbott Eliot Kittredge, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 416.
- It was a great thing to open the eyes of a blind man, but it is a greater thing to open the eyes of a blind soul. It was a great thing to bring a dead body back to life, but it is a greater miracle to bring a soul dead in sin back to life. My friends have you ever felt the touch of this Jesus? Oh! that we all might feel His touch, that we might look and be healed and live.
- Abbott Eliot Kittredge, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 416.
- Praise be to God. God of all worlds! The compassionate, the merciful! Come out, Richard Parker! Come out you have to see this! It's beautiful! … Don't harm yourself! He's come to us! It's a miracle! Come out and see God Richard Parker! [to the sky] Why are you scaring him? I've lost my family. I've lost everything. I surrender. What more do you want?
- David Magee, in Life of Pi (2012) based on the novel Life of Pi (2001) by Yann Martel
- Doctor Manhattan: Thermodynamic miracles... events with odds against so astronomical they're effectively impossible, like oxygen spontaneously becoming gold. I long to observe such a thing.
- And yet, in each human coupling, a thousand million sperm vie for a single egg. Multiply those odds by countless generations, against the odds of your ancestors being alive; meeting; siring this precise son; that exact daughter... Until your mother loves a man she has every reason to hate, and of that union, of the thousand million children competing for fertilization, it was you, only you, that emerged. To distill so specific a form from that chaos of improbability, like turning air to gold... that is the crowning unlikelihood. The thermodynamic miracle.
- Silk Specter: But...if me, my birth, if that's a thermodynamic miracle... I mean, you could say that about anybody in the world!
- Doctor Manhattan: Yes. Anybody in the world. ..But the world is so full of people, so crowded with these miracles that they become commonplace and we forget... I forget. We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from the another's vantage point. As if new, it may still take our breath away. Come...dry your eyes. For you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly. Dry your eyes... and let's go home."
- The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven.
- Jean Paul, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 416.
- That miracles are things in themselves possible, must be allowed so long as it is evident that there is in nature a power equal to the working of them. And certainly the power, principle, or being, by whatever name it be denominated, which produced the universe, and established the laws of it, is fully equal to any occasional departures from them. The object and use of those miracles on which the christian religion is founded, is also maintained to be consonant to the object and use of the general system of nature, viz. the production of happiness. We have nothing, therefore to do, but to examine, by the known rules of estimating the value of testimony whether there be reason to think that such miracles have been wrought, or whether the evidence of Christianity, or of the christian history, does not stand upon as good ground as that of any other history whatever.
- Joseph Priestley, An History of the Corruptions of Christianity, General Conclusions, Part I.
- When I look to my guiltiness, I see that my salvation is one of our Saviour's greatest miracles, either in heaven or earth.
- Samuel Rutherford, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 416.
- Great floods have flown
From simple sources, and great seas have dried
When miracles have by the greatest been denied.
- William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1600s), Act II, scene 1, line 142.
- It must be so; for miracles are ceased
And therefore we must needs admit the means
How things are perfected.
- William Shakespeare, Henry V (c. 1599), Act I, scene 1, line 67.
- Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.
Divine am I inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touch'd from,
The scent of these arm-pits aroma finer than prayer,
This head more than churches, bibles, and all the creeds.
- Walt Whitman, Song of Myself § 24, in Leaves of Grass.
- The narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery,
And the cow crunching with depress'd head surpasses any statue,
And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.
- Walt Whitman, Song of Myself § 31, in Leaves of Grass.
- Why, who makes much of a miracle?
As to me I know of nothing else but miracles...
- Walt Whitman, in Miracles (1856), in Leaves of Grass.
- The wonderfulness of the sundown, or of stars shining so quiet and bright,
Or the exquisite delicate thin curve of the new moon in spring;
These with the rest, one and all, are to me miracles,
The whole referring, yet each distinct and in its place.
- Walt Whitman, Miracles (1856) in Leaves of Grass.
- To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle,
Every cubic inch of space is a miracle,
Every square yard of the surface of the earth is spread with the same,
Every foot of the interior swarms with the same.
To me the sea is a continual miracle,
The fishes that swim — the rocks — the motion of the waves — the ships with men in them,
What stranger miracles are there?
- Walt Whitman, Miracles (1856) in Leaves of Grass.
- Miracles in mysticism don't occupy such an important place. It's metaphor, for the peasants, for the crowds, to impress people. What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically. You plunge into it. Philosophy is a slow process of logic and logical discourse: A bringing B bringing C and so forth. In mysticism you can jump from A to Z. But the ultimate objective is the same. It's knowledge. It's truth.
- Elie Wiesel, in a 1978 interview with John S. Friedman, published in The Paris Review 26 (Spring 1984); and in Elie Wiesel : Conversations (2002) edited by Robert Franciosi, p. 87.
- What is a miracle?—'Tis a reproach,
'Tis an implicit satire on mankind;
And while it satisfies, it censures too.
- Edward Young, Night Thoughts (1742-1745), Night IX, line 1,245.
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations[edit]
- Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 516-17.
- Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife,
And so turns wine to water back again.
- Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple, To Our Lord upon the Water Made Wine.
- When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine,
Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine,
See! cry'd they while, in red'ning tide, it gush'd,
The bashful stream hath seen its God and blush'd.
- Aaron Hill, translation of Crashaw's Latin lines. Works, Volume III; O. 241. (Ed. 1754). See also Vida, Christiad, Book III. 9984, and, Book II. 431. Also Hymn of Andrew, Vel Hydriis plenis Æqua.
- Accept a miracle; instead of wit,—
See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ.
- Alexander Pope, to Lord Chesterfield on using his pencil, according to John Taylor, Records of My Life. I. 161, and Oliver Goldsmith in Newbery's Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume I. 57. (1762).
- The water owns a power Divine,
And conscious blushes into wine;
Its very nature changed displays
The power Divine that it obeys.
- Sedulius ("Scotus Hybernicus"). Hymn written in Fifth century. A solis ortus cardine. Found in Lyra Hibernica Sacra. English translation. by Canon MacIlwaine, editor of the Lyra.


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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:26 pm
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I know this is very goofy but it was a lot of fun: Find your ideal celebrity match according to
My best matches were some Jamie Foxx (have no idea who the guy is) and James Purefoy (hmmm, wouldn't mind that *ggg*)-99 % compatibility!
My favorite actors didn't score so high. Clive Owen and Richard Gere-lousy matches. Well, Richard Armitage didn't do so badly: 75 % compatibility. I'm quite compatible with George Clooney, a past favorite of mine: 93 % compatibility. Considering his fetish with 28-29 years old lingerie model types I highly doubt that---but maybe his man slut act just disguises a bruised heart that waits for his one true love... means
Now I'm off to persuade James Purefoy that I'm his true soul mate and that he should ditch whomever he's with at the moment. Hehe.
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Kerstin wrote:
My best matches were some Jamie Foxx (have no idea who the guy is)...
Kerstin: You've never seen the movie "Ray" (Ray Charles) or "Dreamgirls" or "Miami Vice" (though that was a dud of a movie)?
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oh yummy! One of my matchup's was David Beckham. Although I don;t like his voice, I can always duct tape it
. But he is very fine to admire, stare at, drool etc. cheri
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Waaaaaaahhhhh!!!! Not fair - I want James Purefoy or Jamie Foxx(y)...
OK, I got Dax Shepard, Omar Epps, Topher Grace and Chris Daughtry. Who the f*** are they?!!
"Socialism to help sick people - bad.
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Omar Epps is an actor; he has a supporting role in the Fox TV series "House."
Chris Daughtry was on American Idol in 2006. He lost, but went on to have a very successful recording career--rock music.
Topher Grace is an actor; I only know of his from a movie he was in with Dennis Quaid. Though much younger, Grace becomes Quaid's boss and falls for Quaid's daughter. Sorry, I can't remember the name of the film.
No clue about Dax Shepard. The only Daxes I know of were on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Among my matches were Rick Springfield and Chris Noth.
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OK, this is depressing:
Your best matches
Andy Lau 96%
Robert Carlyle 96%
Ewan McGregor 96%
Steve Bacic 94%
Vince Vaughn 94%
I won't even see a Vince Vaughn movie! No fan of McGregor either.
Oddly, when I browsed for Jeremy Sisto, the new guy on Law and Order, I came up with this for a match.
physical 99%
emotional 90%
intellectual 98%
total 96%
So how did he not come up a best match?
maggie b.
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No clue about Dax Shepard. The only Daxes I know of were on Star .
Dax Shepard started on the Ashton Kutcher MTV show, Punk'd. He's done various movies since, and I think he dated Jessica Simpson for a while...but who hasn't??
My first two were Matthew Broderick and Freddie Prinze. Talk about random!
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Oh heavens here's what came up for me:
Your best matches:
Joel Coen 99%
Hugh Laurie 96%
John Barrowman 96%
Toby Keith 95%
John Cusack 95%
A couple of these aren't bad, but I don't know who John Barrowman is. Honestly ... Joel Coen. Is he the one married to Frances McDormand?
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John Barrowman plays Captain Jack Harkness on Torchwood, having originated the role on
Doctor Who
in 2005. Here's the
Wikipedia entry
for his character. Hmm, this is my second Doctor Who-related post this week - didn't expect that to happen.
I somehow got both Prince William and Colin Farrell on my list. I'm not sure that this makes any sense.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Fundy's Rolling Fog
In my running around, I was able to snap a few photographs last week. One of the interesting parts about living in the Annapolis Valley is the ever changing weather. I have mentioned it before but we do live up to both the statements "if you don't like the weather wait five minutes" and "if you don't like the weather out your front door, look out your back". Today's images are a clear example of the second statement. These photographs, taken in the middle of last week, show the Bay of Fundy fog starting to roll over the North Mountain. I always find it interesting how the day can be clear and bright in the valley while people living on the Bayshore can be fogged in. On certain days the fog starts to climb the mountain and roll gently into the valley. In this series, the fog can be seen clinging to the top of the mountain with blue sky above it. With the picturesque village of Granville Ferry as the backdrop, this can make for some very interesting pictures.
As a further example of the changeability of our weather, about a half hour after these pictures were taken we were experiencing a full downpour. About two hours later we were back to blue sky and soft white clouds.
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Great to see these photos. We were having a pleasant outside dinner when this weather rolled in. The air went from still and warm to chilly and blustery in the space of a 10 minutes. We retreated inside with our dinner and watched the weather sweep down the Annapolis River.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Hello! This is just a wondeful site, thank you so much! We have friends who will be visiting in September and would like to get married quietly in a heritage church or chapel in AR - please can you give us any advice we can pass along to them - we are new to the area ourselves. Thanks in advance. MJSReplyDelete
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There are a number of churches or chapels in the Annapolis Royal area which would fit the bill. Off the top of my head, Old St Edwards in Clementsport and Christchurch in Karsdale would be good choices. Both of these Anglican churches were built in the late 18th century. Goat Island Baptist church in Upper Clements has been undergoing some renovations and I hear that they have done a good job. This is the oldest standing Baptist Church in Canada. We do have a variety of interesting old churches.
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Thank you for putting all these lovely pictures and photos online. I am researching my family and they live there on the Evangeline Trail. The history and historical buildings fascinate me. My daughter and I live around DisneyWorld in Florida. I may never be able to come see your beautiful city, but I feel we can learn so much from your wonderful blog. Sincerely Cheryl and Mary (the Mailman Family)ReplyDelete


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Sputum direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) is a test that looks for microorganisms in lung secretions.
Direct immunofluorescence test; Direct fluorescent antibody - sputum
You will produce a sputum sample from your lungs by coughing up mucus from deep inside your lungs. (Mucus is not the same as saliva or spit from the mouth.)
In the laboratory, antibodies that have been chemically linked to a fluorescent dye are added to the sample. These antibodies are considered "tagged." They will attach to specific antigens -- in this case, the microorganism against which they were formed. If the specific microorganism is present, a bright glow (fluorescence) can be seen in the sputum sample using a special microscope.
If coughing does not produce sputum, a breathing treatment may be given before the test to trigger sputum production.
There is no discomfort.
Your doctor may order this test if you have signs of certain lung infections or pneumonias.
Normally, there is no antigen-antibody reaction.
Abnormal results may be due to an infection such as Legionnaire disease, mycoplasma pneumonia, or chlamydia pneumonia.
There are no risks.
Croft AC, Woods GL. Specimen collection and handling for diagnosis of infectious diseases. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 22nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 63.
Pitt BS, Yao JDC. Microbiologic diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection. In: Mason RJ, Murray JF, Broaddus VC, et al., eds. Murray and Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:chap 18.


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Alcoholism and alcohol abuse are two types of problem drinking.
Alcoholism is when your drinking causes serious problems in your life, yet you keep drinking. You also may have a physical dependence on alcohol. This means that you need more and more alcohol to feel drunk. Stopping suddenly may cause withdrawal symptoms.
Alcohol abuse is when your drinking leads to problems, but you are not physically dependent on alcohol. These problems may occur:
Alcohol dependence; Alcohol abuse; Problem drinking; Drinking problem; Alcohol addiction
No one knows what causes problems with alcohol. Health experts think that it may be a combination of a person's:
Drinking a lot of alcohol can put you at risk for alcohol problems. You are more at risk for alcoholism if:
One drink is defined as a 12-ounce bottle of beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine, or a 1 1/2-ounce shot of liquor.
If you have a parent with alcoholism, you are more at risk for alcohol problems.
You also may be more likely to abuse alcohol or become dependent if:
Alcohol abuse is on the rise. In the U.S., about 3 out of 10 people drink at a level that puts them at risk for alcoholism.
If you are concerned about your drinking, it may help to take a careful look at your alcohol use.
If you have a drinking problem, you may:
Symptoms of alcohol dependence include:
Your health care provider will:
These questions from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism can help screen for an alcohol problem:
Your health care provider may order tests to check for health problems that are common in people who abuse alcohol. These tests may include:
Many people with an alcohol problem need to completely stop using alcohol. This is called abstinence. Having strong social and family support can help make it easier to quit drinking.
Some people are able to just cut back on their drinking. So even if you don't give up alcohol altogether, you may be able to drink less. This can improve your health and relationships with others. It can also help you perform better at work or school.
However, many people who drink too much find they can't just cut back. Abstinence may be the only way to manage a drinking problem.
Like many people with an alcohol problem, you may not recognize that your drinking has gotten out of hand. An important first step is to be aware of how much you drink. It also helps to understand the health risks of alcohol.
If you decide to quit drinking, talk with your health care provider. Treatment involves helping you realize how much your alcohol use is harming your life and the lives those around you.
Depending on how much and how long you've been drinking, you may be at risk for alcohol withdrawal. Withdrawal can be very uncomfortable and even life-threatening. If you have been drinking a lot, you should cut back or stop drinking only under the care of a doctor. Talk with your health care provider about how to stop using alcohol.
Alcohol recovery or support programs can help you stop drinking completely. These programs usually offer:
For the best chance of success, you should live with people who support your efforts to avoid alcohol. Some programs offer housing options for people with alcohol problems. Depending on your needs and the programs that are available:
You may be prescribed medicines to help you quit. They are often used with long-term counseling or support groups.
These drugs make it less likely that you will drink again or help limit the amount you drink.
Drinking may mask depression or other mood or anxiety disorders. If you have a mood disorder, it may become more noticeable when you stop drinking. Your health care provider will treat any mental disorders in addition to your alcohol treatment.
Support groups help many people who are dealing with alcoholism.
Alcoholics Anonymous is a self-help group of recovering alcoholics. Meetings offer emotional support and specific steps for people recovering from alcohol abuse or dependence. The program is commonly called a "12-step" approach. There are local chapters throughout the U.S. AA offers help 24 hours a day.
Family members of a person with an alcohol problem often benefit from talking with others. Al-Anon is a support group for people who are affected by another person's drinking problem.
Alateen provides support for teenage children of people with alcoholism.
Several other support groups are available.
How well a person with alcoholism or alcohol abuse does depends on whether they can successfully cut back or stop drinking.
It may take several tries to stop drinking for good. If you are struggling to quit, don't give up hope. Getting treatment, if needed, along with support and encouragement from support groups and those around you can help you remain sober.
Alcoholism and alcohol abuse can increase your risk of many health problems, including:
Alcohol use also increases your risk for violence.
Drinking alcohol while you are pregnant can lead to severe birth defects in the baby. This is called fetal alcohol syndrome.
Talk with your doctor if you or someone you know may have an alcohol problem.
Seek immediate medical care or call your local emergency number (such as 911) if you or someone you know has alcohol dependence and develops severe confusion, seizures, or bleeding.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism recommends:
US Preventive Services Task Force. Recommendation statement: Screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse. Rockville, MD; April 2004. Accessed February 19, 2012.
Jonas DE, Garbutt JC, Amick HR, Brown JM, Brownley KA, Council CL, et al. Behavioral Counseling After Screening for Alcohol Misuse in Primary Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med. 2012 Sep 25.
Kleber HD, Weiss RD, Anton RF Jr., George TP, Greenfield SF, Kosten TR, et al. Work Group on Substance Use Disorders; American Psychiatric Association; Steering Committee on Practice Guidelines. Treatment of patients with substance use disorders, second edition. Am J Psychiatry. 2007;164:5-123.
In the clinic. Alcohol use. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Mar 3;150(5):
O'Connor PG. Alcohol abuse and dependence. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 32.
Schuckit MA. Alcohol-use disorders. Lancet. 2009;373:492-501.


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Members of the Saint Mark's boys and girls' soccer teams met Nov. 17 to support Stockings for Soldiers, a Delaware-based organization that makes holiday stockings for U.S. troops who are deployed during the holidays.
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