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TC TO JAMES MARSHALL ; 5 January 1852; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18520105-TC-JMA-01; CL 27: 2-3
Chelsea, 5 jany, 1852—
Dear Marshall,
I will wish you, in Scotch and human fashion, "a right happy new year, and many of them": your Letter at this season gives me opportunity of uttering such a sentiment, which lay otherwise alive tho' in the mute state, and did not owe its being to this present cause of its vocality. His Royal Highness,1 who is pleased to favour me with such a request, may be well assured I will omit no opportunity that may occur of recommending Weimar as a place for learning German. That surely is a character which it still well merits, and may still long merit. But I much fear, the going out of so many irreplaceable spiritual luminaries may have permanently dimmed it, nevertheless, in the fancy of the young generation; and that the tide of English Wandering, which is a most capricious idle frothy tide, subject to something much madder even than the Moon, may have, for a long while to come, set obstinately elsewhitherward. Alas, there are now no Goethe and Schiller, were a pilgrim never so wise; there are only the graves and haunts of Goethe and Schiller, which are a far other affair for him! And very few pilgrims are wise; most pilgrims are nearly without wisdom altogether, and will run to Homburg, to Kissingen, to Manheim, to Berlin, Coblentz, Katzenwellenbogen,2—attracted by the Cooks of Inns, by the conveniences of Steam carriage, by one knows not, and they know not, what,—in a very mad manner indeed! Once more, let it be considered certain that if I can do anything for Captain Horrocks,3 and for the dear little City of Weimar, it shall faithfully, on all opportunities, be done.
Your Russian Tour, since you are able to travel, and stand bugs and dirty beds, and other wants and sufferings, seems to me extremely enviable. Of all the countries in the world Russia is now the one I have the most curiosity about: evidently a grand country, peer of Saxondom and Yankeedoodledoodom, and with a great destiny ahead of it,—to which, even without "liberty of the press" (singular to say), it is rapidly, and grandly in the view of all men, advancing by inevitable law. Few Books, no such dull Book that I ever read, have entertained me more than Haxthausen's solid Farrago;4 which I resolutely struggled thro, last year; within few months I have been rereading from Castera, Took &c:5 what would one give for a fit true "Life of Peter the Great," of "Catherine the Second,"—a work grander than any "epic," equal rather to a bit of the Bible, were there any chance of the due man to do it! Alas, alas!—All Books on Russia I read; even Custine's,6 tho with horror and contempt, I read to the very end. STUMM liegt die Welt [The world lies silent]; truly human voices in it very rare tho' the chaffinches and sparrows, under the title of human, make such a twittering!— —
If I had, what was once in my possession, the old No of the Westminster Review, I would gladly send you that Critique of poor Sterling's;7 but I fear it is gone to Scotland and not easily recoverable. Hare's Book,8 when it stands reprinted, ought to be somewhere in Weimar?—About France, or the Brummagen Cromwell,9 I think little; perhaps even such a Cromwell is all they deserve, and also perhaps even he is better then none I confess I have rather laughed (tho' in a bitter manner) than wept over their catastrophe of the "900 talking attorneys":10 God mend that species, I say always: God mend them; or failing that, then at least, Devil take them!—Yours ever truly
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Will the Earth Be Destroyed By Fire?
Dr. Lee E. Warren BA, DD
from (c) Mar.-Apr. 1997 PLIM REPORT
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With 2,000 A.D., the end of the millennium, being about three years away, many expect the Messiah to jump out of the sky and fire to destroy the earth and the heavens. The Apostles writings, especially those of Peter, are the basis for this interpretation.
The epistles show that the Apostles believed the consummation of the heavens and earth and the Messiahs appearance in glory would happen in their lifetime (Rom. 13:11; 1 Cor. 7:29, 15:51; 1 Thes. 4:17; 5:1). As we know, two thousand years have past since then and neither event has happened yet. The reason for their misunderstanding will be discussed later in this article.
The Apostle Peter wrote two epistles or letters some two thousand years ago to the Gentiles scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia (1 Pet. 1:1). He told them that fire would destroy the heavens and the earth (2 Pet. 3:7-13). Many Christian scholars and Bible commentaries have interpreted Peters scriptures literally. Simply put, many think and believe that fire will destroy or vaporize the physical heavens and the earth, and another new earth and heaven will come into existence to replace the old ones. What this means many Christians do not understand.
The exact quote is as follows. But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with Yahweh (the Lord) as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. Yahweh (the Lord) is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of Yahweh (the Lord) will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of Elohim (God), wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness (2 Pet 3:7-13). Many Christian clergy have used a literal interpretation of the above verses to control and terrorize their congregations for thousands of years.
Now questions may arise concerning the correct interpretation of the Apostle Peters writings about the destruction of the heavens and earth. They are as follows:
How did Peter arrive at this conclusion about the heavens and earth?
Is Peters language literal, or allegorical and symbolical?
Do the Law and Prophets or Old Testament support Peters statement?
Is this fire physical, or does the Holy Spirit in which the Apostles were baptized on the Day of Pentecost symbolically represent the fire?
Is the destruction of the heavens and earth just a transformation into a New Heaven and Earth?
Are the New Heaven and Earth merged with the angelic creation or separated?
These questions will be addressed in this article.
What is the intent of this article and who understood the end of the world?
The intent of this article is to explore the traditional interpretation of the Apostle Peters prophecies and determine whether the Law and the Prophets (Isa. 8:20) or the Old Testament (OT) supports it.
This article will also show that mankind has historically misunderstood when and by what manner the world would end. We will find that when both John the Baptist and the Messiah told Israel they would be baptized in fire (Mt. 3:11-12), the Jews did not understand this baptism.
The Messiah revealed that the Apostles received the resurrection and the true baptism of fire on the day of Pentecost (Acts. 2:1-4). Prior to this, they had no understanding of the resurrection and the baptism of fire except in a physical sense. Thus, it is no wonder that the masses of Christians do not understand the earth being baptized in fire. They must have a revelation from the Holy Spirit.
We will examine the word fire to show that it has many definitions on a literal, figurative, and symbolic level. People of the biblical era believed that fire was of supernatural origin. It should be noted that there were many cultures that believed the earth would be destroyed by fire long before Israel was formed as a nation. Due to space limitation the basis of their beliefs will not be discussed.
The tabernacle pattern and modern science will be used to aid in the correct interpretation of the end of the world. Finally, we will show that the events to end this age are a hidden mystery that only Yahweh Elohim knows and are only understood in analogies and allegories.
What is the Old Testament eschatology?
The physical end of the heavens and earth represents a study of theology called eschatology. It is primarily concerned with the study of the last things. Now according to the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Electronic Data © 1996 Biblesoft), there are two distinct types of eschatological outlooks in the OT. First, Israel as a nation desired to be physically regenerated to a level that surpassed Solomon. The Apostles referred to their destiny when they questioned the Messiah at His ascension (Acts 1:6). To restore Israel to this glorious level would mean the destruction of all Gentile nations that held them in bondage. Secondly, along side this position, is the eschatological destiny of the universe and the human race.
Now the Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (©1963 Scribner) confirms that initially the Old Testament view of eschatology was primarily concerned with Israel. Generally, the dominant pattern of eschatology revolves around the Day of Yahweh (Jl. 2:1-4). It was the "Day of Judgment" for Israel because Yahweh always intervened to judge the world and nations or to establish rule over His people. An example of the Day of Yahweh is when Yahweh moved Babylon to destroy Jerusalem and carry Israel to captivity. Now after Israels 70 years of captivity (Isa. 13th chp.), the Day of Yahweh punished Babylon by moving Persia destroy it.
What was the Jewish sects view on eschatology?
There was a Jewish sect, namely the Essenes, whose belief of eschatology was similar to our current Christian views of the end of the world. This was verified in the 1945 findings of the Dead Sea Scrolls, also called Qumran Scrolls, which included non-canon books not found in the Bible. The scrolls revealed to the Biblical scholars the various eschatology prophecies that the Essenes believed before the coming of the Messiah.
The Essenes believed that their age was closing and that the current events indicated a climatic struggle between Good and Evil, light and darkness. Now Good and light would triumph and establish a period of peace. With this view in mind, one can see the similarity in the modern Christian views.
Do Bible scholars understand the truth concerning eschatology?
Many Bible scholars, ministers, and students are not aware that numerous prophecies of the Old Testament concerning the Messiah and eschatology had to do with the end of the Post-Diluvian Age. The four gospels confirm this if they are interpreted correctly.
There are two points that have to be known about prophecy. First, no scripture is of any private interpretation (2 Pet. 1:19). Second, it has to be understood that there is always an element of prophecy that Yahweh clouds or hides and reveals only when the prophecy is fulfilled. The Apostle Paul said: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away (1 Cor 13:9-10).
Can the ages or worlds be rightly divided?
In various articles of the PLIM REPORT, the absolute necessity of rightly dividing the ages or worlds has been shown. When the Messiah was in His ministry for 3 1/2 years, these were the last years of the Post-Diluvian world or age, which began after the flood and ended with the Messiahs death. Thus, the things recorded in the four Gospel took place in this age before His death and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
What age did the Messiah prophecy would end?
Now the Messiah told His disciples many prophecies concerning the end of His era or age and the beginning of our Present Kingdom Age of Grace. These prophecies were recorded in the 24th chapter of Matthew and Mark the 13th chapter [for a more detailed discussion of this see the May/June 1995 PLIM REPORT entitled Will the Messiah Appear on or Before the 2000 A.D.?].
The events that closed out the Post-Diluvian Age and began our Present Kingdom Age fulfill the Messiahs end of the age prophecies. These prophecies included His death, earthquakes (Mt. 24:7; 28:1), the sun turning to darkness (Mt. 24:29; 27:45), His resurrection (Mt. 27:51-52), the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the persecution of the disciples (Mt. 24:9), and Roman destruction of the Herodian temple in A.D. 70.
It should be noted that the Jews not illuminated by the Holy Spirit thought the destruction of the Herodian temple was a national catastrophe. These Jews continued to offer physical sacrifices in the temple after the Messiahs death, who was the true sacrifice for their sins (Jn. 1:29). In reality, they were violating Yahwehs grace and these sacrifices were an abomination unto Him. The destruction of the temple stopped the physical sacrifices, but they still believed the sacrifices should be offered.
In short, very few theologians understand that the Messiah ended one age, the Post-Diluvian, and began another, the Present Kingdom Age of Grace by His death, burial and resurrection. Traditionally, Christianity associated many of the prophecies the Messiah spoke in the 24th chapter of Matthew and 13th chapter of Mark with the end of our current age of Grace, which is a great error. This does not imply that these principles do not repeat themselves at the end of this age, but the Messiah was referring to His Post-Diluvian Age and the beginning of our present age. Neither the disciples nor Israel fully understood the end of their age until some years into our present age.
Did Israel understand the end of the world or age?
Now it was the Master who revealed to Israel that their traditional interpretation of the end of the world was not correct and would not be understood until after Pentecost. When Lazarus died, his sister, Martha, sent for the Messiah, who told her that Lazarus would rise again (Jn. 11:24). Now Marthas reply showed that she did not understand what the Messiah was saying to her. She said: I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day (Jn. 11:24).
Clearly, Martha did not know that she was in the last day of the Post-Diluvian age or world, nor did she understand the resurrection. She thought that one had to physically die in order to resurrect and those dead bodies in the graves would resurrect again physically when the Messiah came.
The Messiah replied: I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this (Jn. 11:25-26)? It is here that the Messiah clarifies to Israel that one does not have to die physically in order to be resurrected. Israel did not understand that the resurrection the Messiah was referring to would bring about a NEW WORLD OR AGE, as it did in the Genesis in the beginning of creation (Gn. 1;1-13). This would mean an end to the Old World begun in sin (Gen. 2:16, 3:1-6).
Now many ministers and scholars have based their interpretations concerning the destruction of the heavens and earth and the New Heaven and Earth state on what the Apostle Peter wrote. Clearly, one thing is known for sure. Elohim has not revealed a full understanding of this mystery to His sons.
Did the Apostles fully understand the end of the world or age?
You must realize that the prophets and the Apostles uttered things by the Spirit that they did not understand. Many times they saw things symbolically that they could not grasp.
For example, the Apostle Peter fell into a trance and saw visions of a sheet letting down three times with all manner of unclean animals according to the Law of Moses (Acts 10:9-12). A voice from heaven told him to rise, slay, and eat, but Peter replied that nothing unclean had entered his mouth (Acts 10:12-13). The voice told him that what Elohim had made clean do not call unclean (Acts 10:15-16).
Simply put, the vision of the unclean animals represented the Gentiles who were to be grafted into the spiritual body of the Messiah. Peter went to Cornelius house and preached the truth to them (Acts 10:25-44). Clearly, Peter had no understanding of this vision until it played out before him.
This was in spite of the fact that about seven years before the event, the Apostle Peter spoke the following words on the Day of Pentecost. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams (Acts 2:17):. The Holy Spirit spoke through Peter saying that Elohim would pour out His spirit on ALL flesh, which means Jews and Gentiles. Peter did not understand this until he preached to the Gentiles and the Holy Spirit was poured out on them (Acts 10:44-46).
One has to understand that the purpose of Yahweh is unfolding through the ages. This means that the things Yahweh revealed to mankind were incomplete when one looks at the whole scheme of things. In each age, the Spirit reveals things progressively to mankind to increase his understanding of the Creator Elohim. For example, Yahweh gave the Law of Moses unto Israel in the Post-Diluvian age or the age after the flood. Adam and his generation did not receive it. Now in our present age the Spirit, and not the Law of Moses, leads us.
The Apostles had one view of how the world would end, but none of them had the benefit of the Apostle Johns vision of Revelation in A.D. 96, since they all died before it occurred. This vision gives more details about the various events that would close out the age.
It also shows that the Holy Spirit must provide more revelations to fully understand the mystery of this end in our present age of grace. Various Christian denominations perpetuate all types of scenarios about how the heavens and earth will end, but none of them can be proven according to the scriptures. The final test will be the occurrence of the actual event.
How is the word fire used in the Old Testament?
The context in which the word fire is used must be understood. It is referred to in a physical, figurative, and symbolic sense in the scriptures. The Hebrew word for fire is esh according Strongs Exhaustive Concordance (# 784) and pur in Greek (# 4442) in the New Testament.
Now most ancient cultures considered fire one of the four basic elements of the universe and of a supernatural origin. The other three were earth, water, and air. Clearly, Yahweh used fire as a symbol that people were familiar with since most cultures of this era worshipped fire.
What is the literal interpretation of the word fire?
A physical destruction is the usual context that people think about fire. In the Old Testament there are numerous incidents where Yahweh rained down fire from heaven to destroy cities, nations, and people, such as Sodom and Gormorah (Gn. 19:24), and Egypt (Ex. 9:23-24). Elijah rained down fire from heaven (1 Kgs. 1:10-12). The Apostle John prophesied in Revelation that the beast with ten horns would destroy the city of Rome, which sits on seven hills by fire (Rev. 17:1-4, 15-18). All of these examples show physical destruction or consummation.
Is fire symbolically used in the Old Testament?
When the word fire is used allegorically and symbolically, it is not usually thought of in a literal sense. Fire is used to describe Elohim (God), His anger (Deu. 32:22, 21:9), and angels. For example, an angel of Elohim or God appeared to Moses in a burning bush (Ex. 3:1-2) and there was a fiery cloud atop Mt. Sinai (Num. 19th chp., Deu 4:11) that spoke the Ten Commandment Law to Israel. Angels are referred to as flames of fire (Psa. 104:4; Heb. 1:7). There is also mention of a lake of fire where dead souls are tormented (Mt. 25:41, 46; Rev. 21:8) throughout eternity.
Clearly, these examples do not refer to a physical, but an allegorical fire. King David wrote of fire proceeding from Elohims nostrils (Psa. 18:8) which is not a normal place to find fire.
Finally, science views fire as a burning process that transforms a substance by releasing light and heat. For example, fire transforms paper or wood into pure carbon. Thus, fire in principle is a transformation process, as is Yahweh.
Will fire produce the creation of the new heaven and earth in the Old Testament?
Many prophets mentioned fire in prophecies as a method to produce the New Heaven and Earth (Nah. 1:5-6; Mal. 4:1-2). They saw fire as a purging agent to remove the chaos or wickedness from the old world and establish a new one.
John the Baptist told Israel when he baptized them in water that someone would come after him that would baptize them in fire and the Holy Spirit (Matt. 3:11-12).
On the day of Pentecost Peter quoted the prophecy of Joel telling everyone present that this prophecy had been just fulfilled (Acts 2:1-4). Now Joel wrote: And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke (Acts 2:19): Joel was speaking of the Messiahs blood, which was shed in the earth for sin.
The interpretation of Joels prophecy is the key in understanding the role fire plays in the New Earth and Heaven. Here the fire is not physical, but it is the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Thus, fire brought about a spiritual minded state or a New Heaven and Earth within mankinds mind (Rom. 8:6). The baptism of the Holy Spirits fire transforms a mans soul from a death state of being ignorant of Spirit to a state of illumination and knowledge of the Spirit within. Clearly, this major change consumes the ignorance and sins of mankind and regenerates them (Rom. 12:1-2; Eph. 4:22-23). In much the same way, fire consumed the sin sacrifices in the Court Round About of the Tabernacle. Mankind must be regenerated first spiritually in his mind because Adam and Eve died in their heart and mind or soul first before their physical death (Gen. 3rd Chapter).
What is the New Heaven and Earth now?
Now the most important point to consider here is that the New Heaven and Earth came into existence on the Day of Pentecost by the baptism of fire or the Holy Spirit, which was not observed by those that did not have eyes to see. This invisible, spiritual operation had to occur first before any physical fire could allegedly burn up the physical heavens and earth. Thus, when Isaiah wrote the following verses, they have usually been misinterpreted. For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind (Isa. 65:17; see Isa. 66:22).
Here it appears that Isaiah is prophesying of a physical New Heaven and Earth, but the Apostle Paul gave the true interpretation of this prophecy after the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire. He wrote the following which explains the new creature: Therefore if any man be in the Messiah (Christ), he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Cor 5:17).
The Messiah confirmed this with His own words. He knew that the New Heaven and Earth the prophets referred to symbolized a spiritual regeneration or a spiritual rebirth. Yahshua (Jesus) answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of Elohim (God, John 3:3). If anyone still has any doubts that this new creature is spiritual and not physical, Ezekiel wrote the following about Israels transformation. Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel (Ezk. 18:31)?
Finally, the Apostle Johns vision in Revelation states: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from Elohim (God) out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of Elohim (God) is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and Elohim (God) himself shall be with them, and be their Elohim (God). And Elohim (God) shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful (Rev. 21:1-5). This New Heaven and Earth begins with the spiritual regeneration of mankinds soul first and later there will follow a transformation of the physical earth. The natural always reflects the spiritual (Rom. 1:19-20).
Are there examples of the New Heaven and Earth state?
Now there are numerous examples in the Old Testament of the old heaven and earth passing away. At the end of the first age in time, Yahweh Elohim destroyed mankind because of their wickedness by raining 40 days and nights. Elohim spared Noah and his family in the ark. They saw the old earth and heaven pass away and New Earth and Heaven established. This was the death, burial, and resurrection of the earth.
We can see this same principle with Israel in Egypt, which represents the old heaven and earth that was in bondage to sin and wickedness. Now Israel slayed lambs or goats to prepare the Passover meal (Ex. 12th chp.). The blood on the door protected them from the death angel that passed throughout Egypt killing first-born man and beast. Israel left Egypt through the divided waters of the Red Sea resurrecting into the wilderness.
The wilderness represents the New Heaven and Earth, for the first heaven and earth, being Egypt, were passed away (Rev. 21:1-4). With these examples one can see the principles of the New Heaven and Earth. Now we can analyze Peters interpretation of heaven and earth passing away.
Can we interpret Peters statement concerning the earth passing away?
Peter referred to the earth passing away as the transformation of the heavens and earth into another state (2 Pet. 3:10). He says that the elements of the earth melted with fervent heat (2 Pet. 3:10,12). He did not mean that they would be terminated without another state to follow.
The New Testament was written in Greek and the words passed away are defined as parerchomai according to Strong Exhaustive Concordance and the Thayer (#3928). This word is used metaphorically. It means to pass from one state and condition to another according to Clarence Larkins book, Dispensational Truth (© 1918).
All one can say about fire destroying the heaven and earth is that it has not been completely revealed to modern man, as Israel did not fully understand the resurrection nor the baptism of fire in the days of the Messiah (Matt. 3:11-12). These two prophecies were unclear until after the death and resurrection of the Messiah and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles.
Now the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire symbolically represents a process of transformation (Acts 2:1-4). Simply put, the fiery consumation of the physical heavens and earth is a transformation process into a another state that is not revealed. Is it a more mature state than our physical creation and the angelic creation? No one knows or entirely understands at this point in time.
There are numerous allegories that can be made about the New Heaven and Earth state, but they are not the reality. When the gold vessels of the tabernacle were moved into Solomons temple, this represents the soul evolving to the New Heaven and Earth state. Here the tabernacle represents the old heaven and earth and the gold vessels represent the resurrected souls of men in the New Earth State. Solomon's temple represented the New Heaven and Earth that would come.
The Messiah demonstrated this process to His disciples when He transfigured before them at Mt. Tabor (Mt. 17:1-2). He took off His physical body and revealed His spiritual body that outshone the noonday sun. Likewise, the whole universe must undergo a transformation process, which Peter is alluding to and that still is misunderstood by many today.
The Apostle Paul talked about the problem of what type of body a person will have in the glorification (1 Cor. 15:29-46). He said: Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality (1 Cor. 15:51-53).
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There's a live web camera linked from the Minnesota Vikings website where you can see the construction work being done on the new structure. And last time I checked, things were hopping. You can also switch views from the live stream to an aerial view or a stadium view.
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Roman Polanski has signed on to direct a French-language film adaptation of David Ives' erotic black comedy Broadway smash "Venus in Fur" says THR.
The Tony nominated two-person play deals with a filmmaker lamenting the fact he can't find a suitable actress for his adaptation of the novel which inspired the term masochism.
At the last minute, an actress arrives who seems to be the antithesis of everything he needs. Yet over the course of the play, the power balance completely shifts until she has established total dominance over him.
Polanski's wife Emmanuelle Seigner ("The Ninth Gate," "Frantic") and Louis Garrel ("The Dreamers," "Love Songs") will star. Polanski and Ives are adapting the script while Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde will produce.
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Rarely will you write a module that only contains functions. It is common to also provide variables which can be used to control the behavior of the function, or store the results of the function being executed. The actual C variable types are the same for modules and internal XEmacs primitives, and the declaration of the variables is identical.
See section `Adding Global Lisp Variables' in XEmacs Internals Manual, for more information on variables and naming conventions.
Once your variables are defined, you need to initialize them and make
the Lisp reader aware of them. This is done in the
vars_of_module initialization function using special XEmacs
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etc. The best way to see how to use these macros is to look at existing
source code, or read the internals manual.
One very important difference between XEmacs variables and module variables is how you use pure space. Simply put, you never use pure space in XEmacs modules. The pure space storage is of a limited size, and is initialized properly during the dumping of XEmacs. Because variables are being added dynamically to an already running XEmacs when you load a module, you cannot use pure space. Be warned: do not use pure space in modules. Repeat, do not use pure space in modules. Once again, to remove all doubts: DO NOT USE PURE SPACE IN MODULES!!!
Below is a small example which declares and initializes two variables. You will note that this code takes into account the fact that this module may very well be compiled into XEmacs itself. This is a prudent thing to do.
Lisp_Object Vsample_string; int sample_boolean; void vars_of_module() { DEFVAR_LISP ("sample-string", &Vsample_string /* This is a sample string, declared in a module. Nothing magical about it. */); DEFVAR_BOOL("sample-boolean", &sample_boolean /* *Sample user-settable boolean. */); sample_boolean = 0; Vsample_string = build_ascstring ("My string"); }
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Gardening Articles: Landscaping :: Trees, Shrubs, & Vines
Witch Hazels (page 3 of 4)
by Michael A. Dirr
Japanese Witch Hazel
Japanese witch hazel (H. japonica); zones 5 through 8; 10 to 15 feet. This is a sparsely branched, spreading, at times almost flat-topped shrub or small tree. Most of the plants I have seen in cultivation were wide-spreading shrubs. The 2- to 4-inch-long leaves often have a sheen and in fall turn rich combinations of yellow, red, and purple. The four-petaled yellow flowers, 2/3 inch long, are very narrow, strap-shaped, and wrinkled and crinkled almost like crepe paper. Two or three flowers occur together on the leafless branches in February or March. They are less showy than those on H. intermedia and H. mollis. Flowers are scented, but not as strongly as those of H. mollis.
H. j. arborea. Tall-growing form (to 15 to 18 feet) has horizontally angled branches. Small yellow flowers with a brown base and a faint sweet scent are produced in abundance. Fall leaf color is yellow. A beautiful plant, but not quite up to the H. intermedia types.
Chinese Witch Hazel
Chinese witch hazel (H. mollis); zones 5 through 8; 10 to 15 feet tall and wide. This native of central China is one of the best witch hazels for the landscape, and probably the most fragrant. Flowers make a beautiful show in February or March. Unfortunately, it is also the least cold-hardy; temperatures of -10° to -15° F will injure flower buds.
Leaves are 3 to 6 inches long and almost as wide. They're an unremarkable medium green in summer, then turn a spectacular yellow to yellow-orange in fall. In my garden, foliage changes in late October or early November. Four-petaled yellow flowers have a rich red-brown base; each strap-shaped petal is 5/8 inch long.
Left to its own devices, this oval to rounded shrub could grow to 20 feet, but overall the growth rate is slow.
'Early Bright'. Compared to the species, flowers are brighter yellow and open three to four weeks earlier: mid-January in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. The original 37-year-old plant of this variety is 15 feet tall and wide.
'Goldcrest'. Large flowers, a rich golden yellow suffused with claret at base, have a strong, and sweet scent and often appear later than on other H. mollis varieties. Petals are fatter than those of the species. It flowers in early February in my garden and has been consistently spectacular in Athens and Atlanta, Georgia. Habit is upright and vase-shaped.


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On his primary blog, Spokane-area crime fiction master Frank Zafiro recently told his readers that "Closing the Circle", his third book co-written with Jim Wilsky, will be available on February 14, 2014.
"Closing the Circle" continues the saga of a beautiful female con artist named Ania who previously appeared in their novels "Blood on Blood" and "Queen of Diamonds." In the first book, Ania matched her wits against two half-brothers who were hoping to strike it rich by finding diamonds their father had stolen years earlier. In the sequel, Ania went to Las Vegas and used her feminine wiles to manipulate two professional poker players. Based on Ania's history with men, the release date will have a special meaning for fans of the series.
"Hopefully, readers of 'Blood on Blood' or 'Queen of Diamonds' will appreciate the irony of releasing this third installment on Valentine's Day," Zafiro said. "Certainly, you will after reading 'Closing the Circle'."
Zafiro gave a synopsis of the book in his blog update. Much like the other books in the trilogy, the new novel features two protagonists who appear in alternating chapters told from each character's perspective. Wilsky and Zafiro returned to Chicago, the setting of "Blood on Blood" for the latest volume in the series. Their new book builds on what happened at the end of the first novel.
According to Zafiro, "John Pearse is a loss recovery agent for an insurance agency. When a set of crown jewels that his company paid out on resurface in the middle of a Russian/Polish mafia war in Chicago, Pearse is sent in to find and recover the diamonds. Standing in his ways are gangsters, grifters, and cops, but the biggest obstacle will be the sexy Ania, who has managed to stay one step of everyone else…until now.
"Andros Krol is muscle for the Polish mafia in Chicago, tasked by his boss to bring back more than just the diamonds. Strong and cunning, Krol is after the money Ania took, but his biggest priority is to bring Ania back to Chicago for a reckoning…dead or alive.
"Pearse and Krol are locked into a race against time and each other as they pursue the wily Ania. The circle is closing on all of them."
Crime fiction lovers in the greater Spokane area who enjoyed "Blood on Blood" can look forward to buying the book either in paperback or in an Amazon Kindle edition. Zafiro said they are also planning to eventually release "Closing the Circle" as an audiobook that will be available from Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.
People who want to try before they buy, or who simply can't wait until Valentine's Day may download the first 50 pages of the new book from Zafiro's web site for free by following a link he posted.
Update: "Closing the Circle" is now available from Amazon in both Kindle and paperback editions. As a special Valentine's Day promotion, the price of the Kindle edition was reduced to $.99. The print edition was discounted for one day as well.
Suggested Links
- Frank Zafiro announces new novel 'Closing the Circle'
- A pair of authors turn 'Queen of Diamonds' into a royal flush
- 'Blood on Blood' by Jim Wilsky and Frank Zafiro now available as an audiobook
- 10 great audiobooks by Spokane area author Frank Zafiro
- Nine great Frank Zafiro books available from the Spokane Public Library


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Drastic changes in working scenario have resulted in changes in movie theaters resulting in birth of multiplex with multiple screens normally three or more. These multiplex are found in specially designed malls or buildings.
A present day multiplex is epitome of entertainment. It no doubt has various screens that offer more than one movie simultaneously but also other entertainment zones like games for kids, food and beverages stalls, aesthetically designed interiors, ballet parking, dining space etc. one such example of providing expertise entertainment to people is SRS cinemas.
SRS cinemas theater are comparatively new to India. Owned by SRS group of industries, which is a diversified business group whose presence is felt around various sectors like food and beverages, film exhibition, real estate and retail and financing, the group has its headquarters in Faridabad, NCR to New Delhi. Well driven by innovative minds, the company offers superior services that enrich the society and one such service of SRS group is SRS cinemas that have offered entertainment to almost all cities in India today. The group has opened multiplexes in cities like Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and latest in Bangalore.
Understanding the requirement for entertainment of people from all walks of life, SRS Cinemas Theater enables them to see latest movies, both Hindi and English. The movie booking can be done online too in SRS cinemas. They also enable the audience to go for advance booking option and corporate booking, which is a relatively new concept in the country.
Their movie halls are fully air conditioned and have outstanding technologies employed in order to offer best sound and image effects. SRS cinemas theater can accommodate more than hundred people at a time. The cushioned seats with push back amenity ensure that the audience has a comfortable movie watching experience. SRS cinemas are catered for people who want to get away from their hectic lives and enjoy entertainment at its best.


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Robin van Persie scuffing a great early chance against Arsenal last season
Manchester United travel to Arsenal today to face their old adversaries and one of their own. Danny Welbeck will lineup for the first time against his old club, since Louis van Gaal deemed United's former number 19 surplus to requirements, following the arrival of Radamel Falcao. The Colombian's career at Old Trafford hasn't got going following a string of injuries that has kept him sidelined. Welbeck has played more minutes and has netted five goals to Falcao's single strike, which came against Everton back in October.
It is ironic that United's last win at The Emirates came in January 2012, with Welbeck scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory. United have a very good record at Arsenal in the past fifteen years, only losing
three times since that 3-1 defeat with Barthez gifting Thierry Henry two goals. United have had some superb moments at Arsenal, with the 4-2 victory (at Highubury) and the 3-1 victory in the Champions League semi final – the pick of the bunch.
The title decider label may have disappeared some time ago, but a win is vital for both teams who are falling behind Chelsea, Southampton and Manchester City.


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The finale Saturday felt like one big fashion party, the Southeast's most fashionable leading the sartorial way. The Pre-Party kicked off at 7:00 PM in the Style Lounge, complete with a complimentary Korbel champagne fountain and the club-like
atmosphere saturated with party dresses, velvet tuxedo jackets and the industry's biggest players. Janie Bryant, costume designer for the hit AMC show Mad Men, signed copies of her book The Fashion File, Fern Mallis, creator of New York Fashion Week and President of Fern Mallis, Inc., was mingling with and posing for pictures with fans, and a handsome Derek Blasberg, Editor at Large for Harper's Bazaar and author of Classy, looked right at home with Charleston's polished, laid back style.
The runway doors opened at 8:00 PM, and the tension was markedly thicker that night surrounding the runway. With a longer catwalk this year, guests and judges had even more time to scrutinize the garments of which could make or break a designer that evening. Local musician Brittany Bosco rocked the crowd first with her soulful pop melodies, sporting a fashion forward look styled by Hampden Clothing's Stacy Smallwood.
Though there were originally 4 finalists slated to compete that night, the judges threw a curve ball and added one more finalist, Stephanie Mejia, to the mix. The finalists were asked to show their complete collections for the finale, making for longer, more well-rounded runway shows.
Friday's semi-finalist, Charlotte Hess, wowed the crowd again with her gorgeous textured knits. Stephanie Mejia showed next, with earthy elegant pieces dominating her collection. Thursday's winner Mike Wiernicki presented his Mystery School collection, with architectural pieces splashed with native patterns and metallics. Cody Sai Adler-McAllister, Wednesday's semi-finalist winner, showed us his take on downtown chic with a dark palette accented with ethereal prints. After Cody's show was a brief but touching tribute to Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor, emitting cheers from the audience. Rounding out the Emerging Designer: East competition finalists was Tuesday's winner, Veritee Hill. Her elegant gothic pieces brought a dark sophistication to the runway.
After an audience vote for the winner with furious texting fingers, the guests had a chance to freshen up their drinks at the Style Lounge during the break. Everyone returned to catch one more glimpse of the model hopefuls in the Rock The Runway competition, with each getting their own time on the runway. Next was a homecoming of sorts for last year's Emerging Designer Competition: Southeast winner Larika Page. As a Featured Designer for the finale, she already had a crowd full of fans. Page left us wanting more with her hip separates infused with 70s silhouettes and lush menswear touches. The final dress, a long sleeved lame gown, was clearly a favorite. The final Featured Designer, David Yoo, got a rousing welcome from his avid followers. Yoo presented bold separates with tomboyish touches in a striking black and white color palette. His sleeveless blazer and sheer trousers were definite standouts.
With an evening chock full of high caliber fashion, the crowd was eager to find out the winners of the modeling and designer competitions. Charleston Fashion Week Director Ayoka Lucas didn't wait any time giving the details, and brought out runway coach Michelle Wood to announce the model competition winners. Those surrounding the runway near me were pulling for their favorite, and were redeemed when Ajang Majok won the women's competition. The sleek and poised Africa native was visibly moved to receive her prize, and her standing ovation from the crowd. Ceasar Hingleton took the men's prize, who, in true model fashion, held his composure with the praise of the judges and fans. The models both received $1,000 in cash, a photo spread in Charleston Magazine and, as a last minute prize added by Gilt Groupe's Alexis Maybank, a photoshoot with Gilt Groupe worth $1000.
Finally was the moment we'd all been waiting for, the announcement of the Emerging Desginer: People's Choice winner and the Emerging Designer Competition: East winner. With high approval from the crowd, Charlotte Hess swept the prizes and was the big winner for Charleston Fashion Week. A shocked Charlotte was brought out to accept her giant check, and when asked for a reaction, emitted a "holy crap!" to the delight of the crowd. After a closing performance from the inimitable Brittany Bosco, the crowd was off to CFW 2011's official after party at Luxe, where the celebrations lasted until after 3:00 AM.
The bar has clearly been raised this year at Charleston Fashion Week, not just with the immense design talent, but with the overall experience. Organizers really gave guests an interactive experience with meet-and-greets, after events and behind the scenes videos of all the backstage and surrounding components that combined to make the memorable event. I can't wait to see what next year's brings.
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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe (original 2012; edition 2012)
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Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson (2012)
No current Talk conversations about this book.
Excellent narrative that makes clear the link between the computing revolution and the race for better military calculations, especially the modeling of nuclear blasts.
Has nothing to do with Alan Turing, more of a high society history of the beginnings of Princeton, and a lengthy overly detailed technical manual on how the first computers worked. NO narrative at all.
If you are looking for information about Alan Turing, look elsewhere. The title is a metaphor.
The Nazis did the U.S. a huge favor with their boorish and stupid racial policies. Many prominent Jews were brilliant mathematicians and physicists, and when the "cleansing" of universities began by the Nazis, people like Van Neumann, Einstein, and many others fled to the United States where they were of immense assistance in the development of the atomic bomb.
This book is about the origins and development of the digital age and Dyson spends considerable space on the people and institutions key to that development. The Princeton Institute for Advanced Research, for example, under Abraham Flexner and Oswald Veblen, recruited many of these refugees who helped build the Institute into one of the premier research institutions. I suppose it all has special interest for me as my life span parallels the development of the computer. I was born in 1947. In the 7th grade I became fascinated by ham radio and electrons and studied the intricate workings of the vacuum tube, a device for which I still have some reverence. I'm still dismantling and messing with the insides of computers.
Ironically, given the book's title, John Van Neumann takes center stage with Turing playing only a peripheral role. Van Neumann's interest in digital computation was apparently sparked by reading Turing's seminal article. "On Computational Numbers" that led him to the realization of the importance of stored program processing.
What Turing did that was so crucial was to take Gödel's proof of the incompleteness theorem that permitted numbers to carry two meanings. Turing took that and thought up the paper tape computer that produced both data and code simultaneously. That realization alone was fundamental in providing the basic building block for the computer.
The builders had conflicting views of the incredible computational power they had unleashed that was to be used for both ill and good. Van Neumann recognized this: " A tidal wave of computational power was about to break and inundate everything in science and much elsewhere, and things would never be the same."
It would have been impossible to develop the atomic bomb without the computational abilities of the new "computers." So naturally, the Manhattan Project is covered along with the influence of the evil Dr. Teller (I must remember to get his biography,) who was the character (Dr. Strangelove) brilliantly played by Peter Sellers. After the war, Teller pushed very hard for the development of the "super-bomb" even though he knew, or must have known, that his initial calculations were flawed because he didn't have the computational power to do them completely. One number that I questioned was the Dyson's reporting that when the Russians exploded a three-stage hydrogen bomb in 1961, the force released was equivalent to 1% of the sun's power. That sounds wildly improbable. Anyone able to contradict number?
Some interesting little tidbits. One computational scientist refused to use the new VDTs, preferring to stick with punched cards (he obviously never dropped a box of them) which seemed far more tangible to him than dots on a screen. I guess fear of new technology is not reserved for non-scientists.
One of the major and very interesting questions addressed by Turing and reported on in the book is what we now call artificial intelligence. When we use a search engine are we learning from the search engine? or is the search engine learning from us? It would appear currently the latter may be true. Clearly, the search engines have been designed to store information and use that information to learn things about us both as a group and individually. I suspect that programs now make decisions based on that accumulation of knowledge. Is that not one definition of intelligence? (I will again highly recommend a book written and read quite a while ago that foresaw many of these issues: The Adolescence of P-1 by Thomas Ryan (1977)** . Note that Turing talked about the adolescence of computers and likening them to children.)
Some reviewers have taken Dyson to task for emphasizing abstract reasoning that went into the development of the computer while downplaying the role of electrical engineers (Eckert and Mauchly) in actually building the things. I'll leave that argument to others, not caring a whit for who should get the credit and being in awe of both parties. On the other hand, the book does dwell more on the personalities than the intricacies of computing. There are some fascinating digressions, however, such as the examination of digital vs analog and how the future of computing might have been altered had Vann Neumann not tragically died so young as he had a great interest in biological computing and the relationship of the brain to the computer.
**For a plot summary of The Adolescence of P-1 see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adolescence_of_P-1
This would have been better titled von Nuemann's Kingdom, but I'm sure the question of whether or not to capitalize the V in 'von' would have driven them crazy. There's actually not all that much on Turing himself or his work, really. Still, it's a good book and should be of interest to those of you who enjoy learning more about the history of computing and the circumstances in which much of the work around it began.
A fascinating and illuminating book, but also a frustrating one because it should have been a lot better than it is.
The heart of the story is more or less on target – a collection of very interesting anecdotes and narratives about the personalities involved in building America's first computer, at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study after the Second World War. Leading the team was the quite extraordinary figure of John von Neumann, about whom I knew rather little before reading this. He comes across as by far the most brilliant mind in these pages (not excluding the presence of one A. Einstein), with a near-eidetic memory, an ability to understand new concepts instantly and make staggering leaps of reasoning to advance them further. Not a very endearing character, though – a refugee from 1930s Europe, he pushed the nuclear programme hard and argued to the end of his life that the best way to create world peace was to launch a full 'preventive' hydrogen bomb strike against the USSR, mass civilian deaths and all.
The nuclear project was central to the invention of the computer. The first incarnation of the machine (the 'ENIAC', later nicknamed 'MANIAC') was developed specifically to model fission reactions, which involve some rather tricky maths. But von Neumann and other thinkers realised early on that a machine capable of doing that would also be able to fulfil Alan Turing's description of a 'universal computer': if it could do the arithmetic, it turned out, it could do practically anything else too, provided there was a way of feeding it instructions.
'It is an irony of fate,' observes Françoise Ulam, 'that much of the hi-tech world we live in today, the conquest of space, the extraordinary advances in biology and medicine, were spurred on by one man's monomania and the need to develop electronic computers to calculate whether an H-bomb could be built or not.'
What is particularly fascinating is how these studies gradually let to a blurring of the distinction between life and technology. The development of computing coincided with the discovery of DNA, which showed that life is essentially built from a digital code (Nils Barricelli described strings of DNA as 'molecule-shaped numbers'), and early programmers soon discovered that lines of code in replicating systems would display survival-of-the-fittest type phenomena. This is entering a new era with the advent of cloud-sourcing and other systems by which computing is, in effect, becoming analog and statistics-based again – search engines are a fair example.
How can this be intelligence, since we are just throwing statistical, probabilistic horsepower at the problem, and seeing what sticks, without any underlying understanding? There's no model. And how does a brain do it? With a model? These are not models of intelligent processes. They are intelligent processes.
All of this is very bracing and very interesting. Unfortunately the book is let down by a couple of major problems. The first is a compulsion to give what the author presumably thinks is 'historical colour' every two minutes – so the IAS is introduced by way of an entire chapter tracing the history of local Algonquin tribes, Dutch traders, William Penn and the Quakers, the War of Independence – all of which is at best totally irrelevant and at worst a fatal distraction.
The second, even more serious failing is that the technology involved remains extremely opaque. One of the most crucial parts of this story should be following the developments of cathode-ray storage, early transistors, the first moves from machine language to codes and programs. But the explanations in here are poor or non-existant. Terms like 'shift register', 'stored-program computer', 'pulse-frequency-coded', are thrown around as though we should all be familiar with them.
My favourite story to do with the invention of the digital world involves Claude Shannon and his remarkable realisation – one of the most civilisation-altering ideas of our species – that electronic transistors could work as logic gates. It's not even mentioned in this book. And so the crucial early building blocks of what a computer actually is – how, on a fundamental level, it really does what it does – that is all missing. And it's a pretty serious omission for someone that finds it necessary to go back to the Civil War every couple of chapters.
A lot of reviews here, especially from more technical experts, really hate this book, but on balance, I'd still recommend it. It's a very important story about a very important period, and the later chapters especially have a lot of great material. But reading around the text will probably be necessary, and this book should have offered a complete package.
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April 8, 1998
STANFORD, Calif.--The Cardinal returned from a 10 day eastern trip with a new attitude and outlook. The Cardinal rebounded from their 1-4 record on the road to host the Western States Tournament on April 4 & 5th. The tournament drew teams from all over the country. There were representatives from Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, Washington and Canada, 48 teams in total. Rain cast a shadow over the tournament, but it was soggy success overall.
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Ithaca Artist Market
See it live. Buy it local.
Applications for artists here as word doc / as pdf. Due on June 20th, 2016.
Applications for food vendors will be on this site by May 22nd
Applications for arts organizations will be on this site by May 22nd.
See it Live, Buy it Local!
Ithaca Artists Market, Friday, July 29, 2016
2pm to 8pm
Location: Ithaca Farmers Market
Steamboat Landing (Turn off Route 13 at Third Street. Corner of Aldi and B&W Supply. For GPS, 545 Third Street, Ithaca, NY)
Thank you to our 2015 and 2016 sponsors!! Thaler & Thaler, P.C. and P.W. Wood & Son.
This year, art collectors will have another opportunity to "See it Live, Buy it Local" at the 26th annual Ithaca Artists' Market. The Artists' Market fills all 88 booths in a unique, once-a-year, can't miss event.
Over 75 established visual artists will be juried into the Ithaca Artists' Market to showcase and sell some of the best art in the region.
Check out images from past markets at our pinterest page!
Visitors to the market will have the unique opportunity to meet and talk with all these artists in one place and to buy works of all shapes, sizes, and disciplines: paintings, prints, photographs, functional work, sculpture, collage, fiber art, furniture, jewelry, and digital work. Prices range from $5 to $1,500 (something for everyone), and attendance to the market is free!
In addition to the visual artists, about a dozen Tompkins County arts organizations will have booths, giving the public a chance to learn about their mission, and maybe get a sneak preview of their upcoming events.
The remaining booths will feature food vendors offering everything from full meals to desserts. King Ferry Winery/Treleaven Wines will be on hand with wine by the glass. Visitors will also be able to buy craft beer from Bandwagon Brewpub and Rogues Harbor Microbrewery! Music will set the mood all day long with local musicians from the East Hill Classic Jazz Group, (Johnny Russo on trumpet and trombone, Doug Robinson on guitar, and special guests to be announced).
Sponsor WITH Radio will be on hand, and interviewing participating artists for future broadcast.
"This is really an amazing annual event," says Robin Schwartz, Program Director of the Community Arts Partnership, who has been running the Artist Market for 22 years. "The Farmers Market's open air structure on the Cayuga Lake's inlet is beautiful, and since it is under a roof, we don't have to worry about rain! Music will be playing, there's plenty of food and wine and beer, and visitors can take their time meeting and looking at the artwork of over 75 artists, all carefully juried into the show. The local artist talent we have in Tompkins County is truly outstanding."
Kathy Morris (Newfield), one of the participating artists, says "I've been doing the market for over 20 years. This event is special to me in that it allows me to connect with a lot of people in a short time, and share what I do with the local community and out-of-towners. I like to offer something from all the different aspects of my art, from visual books to greeting cards to black-and-white darkroom prints to colorful digital montage. Every year there are fun surprises in what people go for: what makes them want to own that particular piece of art."
Carol Spence (Newfield) has been doing the market for over 15 years. Her work is mixed media paintings. "I use color fields, laying on layers of paint. I stay open to the surprises within an ongoing piece as I see images start to emerge. At that point, I may bring in representational elements. I work on three to five paintings at a time as I like the idea of them relating as a series. It also helps me to not overthink one particular image." When asked why she does the market, Carol says: "It is a revelation for me to bring my new work to the Artists Market and have conversations with people, and get feedback. My art gets better and I have a sense of whether there is a market for my ideas." Carol will be sharing a booth at the market with fellow Ithaca High School art teacher Jackie Richardson.
Allen C. Smith (Elmira) has been doing the market for 7 years. This year he is sharing a booth with wife and fellow artist Diane Janowski for the first time. Allen's work is abstract oil paintings on canvas, and Diane's work features multi-level collages that mix photographs, digital work, and watercolor. "We like doing the Artists' Market because it is a great venue. It has an outdoor art festival's lively atmosphere, but in a covered and sheltered venue. I also like the fact that it is a different show each year, with a new blend of artists, so visitors find something new and exciting every time they attend. We also find the conversations we have with visitors very interesting and challenging, with great questions from adults and kids!"
(2016 participating artists will be posted in June of 2016)
Milly Acharya Watercolors
Adam Arnsten Delli-Bovi Acrylic on paper, prints
Susan Arnsten-Russell Line drawings digital prints
Khalil Bey, pastels
Helen Bigsby Watercolors, paintings
Carol Bloomgarden Mixed media
Christa M. Boice Photographs
Celia Bowers Oil paintings
Nancy Boyce Handpainted Objects
Domenica Brockman Oil paintings
James M. Burlitch Photographs
Lisa Burns Fused glass, stained glass
Cheryl Chalmers Watercolors, prints, cards
Aidan Chambliss Sculpture, jewelry, prints
Chris Charles Letterpress cards, posters
Marika Chew Watercolors, prints,
Camille Chew Handpainted jewelry, prints
Victoria Lee Connors Fiber needle felt paintings
Margaret Corbit Prints, ceramics, mosaics
Nancy Crane Clay statues, tiles,
Ryan Curtis Mixed media paintings
Diane Duthie Photographs
Donald Ellis Wood mobiles
Joyce Frank Photographs
Jan Frassetto Wood carvings, paintings
Marc Freedman Original wood sculptures
Sarah Gotowka Mixed media drawings
Hannah Graeper Decorated delicate pottery
Ronny Hardaway Beaded weavings, bracelets
Cynthia Harrington Linoleum prints, ceramics, jewelry
Benjamin Hobbs Fine furniture
Phil Hutchings Watercolor paintings
Mary Beth Ihnken Paintings, prints
Diane Janowski Mixed media
Hobit Lafaye Photographs
Rob Licht Photographs, drawings, paintings
Candy Lucas Collage, prints
Chyna Ly Oil paintings
Carlton Manzano Oil Paintings
Colleen McCall Hand painted ceramics
Daniel McPheeters Digital prints
Susan Mehringer Hand-woven items
Reese Moffatt Paintings, illustrations, drawings
Kathy Morris Photographs, prints, books, collage
Alice Muhlback Paintings, prints, posters
Bill Mutch Editorial photographs
Patrick O'Connor Paintings
Graham Ottoson Functional gourd art
Rachel Philipson Photographs
Jenny Pope Woodcuts, ceramics
Michael D. Price Paintings, prints, cards
Rita Rhodes Fiber art, sculpture, printmaker
Jackie Richardson Jewelry
Nancy Ridenour Photographs, tiles
Jon Riley Photographs
Gary Edward Rith Mugs, Vases, bowls.
Micky Roof Gold and silver jewelry
Kadie Salfi Cyanotypes
Mary Michael Shelley Painted woodcarvings
June Silberman Fiber art
Grant Silverstein Etchings
Allen C. Smith Abstract oil paintings, watercolors
Christi Sobel Watercolors, prints, hand painted shoes
Sophia Sophia Jewelry
Pat Sorbini Hand bound books, collage
Mark Speiser Functional wooden items
Carol Spence Mixed media & acrylic paintings
Michele Steffey Photographic prints
Ivy Stevens-Gupta Acrylic paintings
Meyer Stolov Paintings
Katie Vaz Hand lettered prints, cards
Cristina Velasquez Acrylic paintings
Susan Verberg Photographs
Karen Vogler Wire wrapped jewelry
Fred B. Warner, Jr. Watercolors
Art Club
Cayuga Vocal Ensemble
Community Arts Partnership
Community School of Music and Arts
Cultura! Ithaca
History Center in Tompkins County
The Ink Shop Printmaking Center
Ithaca Lit
Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts
State of the Art Gallery
Tompkins County Quilters Guild
On the Street (Pitas)
Asian Taste
Khmer Angkor Cambodian Food
Osaka-ya Japanese Food
Rogues Harbor (Pulled Pork, Desserts)
Veronika's Pastries
Bandwagon Brewpub
King Ferry Winery
Rogues Harbor Stouthearted Brewing
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Flashback: Win at the Bridge
by Ashley Houghton
Spirited comeback gave Chelsea the Blues in 2001.
Don Hutchinson's double helped Sunderland move to fourth in the Premiership with a memorable 4-2 victory at Stamford Bridge.
Hutchinson equalised twice after Marcel Desailly and Eidur Gudjohnsen had given the Blues the lead.
Gavin McCann and Kevin Phillips scored to complete the comeback and provide the Sunderland fans with one of their most memorable away days.
Desailly opened the scoring after just 18 minutes, the Frenchman headed home Gudjohnsen's volley across goal from point blank range.
Hutchinson replied ten minutes later, the Scottish international superbly struck a first-time volley past Carlo Cudicini despite being under pressure from Frank Leboeuf.
Gudjohnsen resumed Chelsea's lead on the half-hour, thumping an emphatic shot off the underside of the crossbar and beyond Thomas Sorensen in the Sunderland goal.
The Black Cats started the second-half brightly and replied when Hutchinson headed Phillips cross beyond Cudicini.
The visitors stunned Chelsea on the hour mark when McCann slotted home from Hutchinson's incisive pass.
And Sunderland put the game beyond doubt when Cudicini made a mess of a back-pass allowing McCann to fire at goal and Phillips to bundle in.
Sunderland: Sorensen, Carteron, Gray, Thome, Arca, McCann, Kilbane, Craddock, Schwarz, Hutchison, Phillips. Subs: Macho, Williams, Varga, Butler, Dichio.


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Jean Hart Stewart is a writer of historical romance that also includes an element or two of suspense, which makes her books popular in both of those sub-genres.
Welcome to the Examiner, Jean. What prompted you to mix those two sub-genres together?
What prompted me to mix historical and romantic suspense? I've long been an ardent history buff, and one day when reading about the battle of Waterloo wondered how things might have gone if Wellington hadn't been the Allied leader. He so inspired his men, who felt they couldn't lose under such a magical leader. Being outnumbered never bothered the troops. As it was, Wellington himself called the battle a 'near-run thing.' And what if he'd been killed at the battle? The framework for the book and a spy who tries to kill Wellington came into my head. I think I'm already answering the second question and telling you about the book, The Third Rose. Lord Wolverton is chasing a spy and Sara is bent on revenge of the villain who raped her friend. Neither one wants the love that ultimately claims them, and Sara has her share of adventure and saving Wolf's life. She meets Wellington at the famous ball the night before the British leave to engage Napoleon. She learns how horrible battle can be when Wolf goes to war. You can find the trailer at www.myspace/jswriter7.
Who are some of your favorite authors?
I think Catherine Coulter is the first historical romance I read. That was a looooong time ago. Love Diana Gabaldon and many others though.
How do you keep track of all the details that go into a suspense/historical story? That must be difficult.
I keep track of details with a simple time chart I set up on my computer. Nothing fancy, I've never mastered spread sheets. I have pretty extended fact lists on my Druid and Mage series. Since I follow the families from book to book, I'd get hopelessly confused without it. I keep track of physical characteristics such a color of hair and eyes, and birthdates since I write a book about each member of the family and of course the others figure in and I've got to be sure how old they all are.
When you first start writing a book, do you already know how it will turn out?
I never have to worry about how the book will end. I know the beginning and end immediately. It's the damned soggy middle of the book that gives me fits. I sometimes have a dreadful time figuring out how they get from A to Z. I remember years ago listening to a speech by Mary Balogh and someone asked what to do if you were stuck. Her answer was a simple 'Make it worse'. Best advice I ever had.
That is good advice—and quite frightening, I might add. So what are you working on now?
I just signed a contract with Passion in Print for another historical, 'For Love and I are New'. Don't know if they'll want to keep that name or not, but naturally I'm delighted. And I have several more Mage books in the works. Someday I'll catch up with myself but I don't know when. Not sure I even want to, I love writing and all it entails.
It's always nice to hear that writers love their work, and that our favorite authors are still full of new ideas. Where can your finds find you these days?
I'm on the internet under my website www.jeanhartstewart.com, where I have lots of excerpts and reviews. If you Google my name you'll find about eighteen pages which is kinda fun. Some of my books are at Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and a lot at Cerridwen Press or Jasmine Jade Enterprises. I'm on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace and love new friends. Third Rose is at Red Rose Publishing.
Thanks for the interview, Teri. I love your writing style and your books.
Thank you, Jean, and we look forward to reading many more of your wonderful stories.


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|Briefing Paper No. 31
|July 4, 1997
by Douglas Johnson and Mike Beard
Douglas Johnson is legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee. Mike Beard is president of the Free Speech Coalition, an umbrella organization of diverse issue-oriented groups that are working together to protect the First Amendment rights of nonprofit organizations. He also heads the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
Executive Summary
Lawmakers of both parties have proposed "campaign reform" bills that would curtail the right of corporations (including issue-oriented advocacy organizations) and labor unions to communicate with the public about those who hold or seek public office. The really important question for congressional supporters of the various proposals is this: where in the world do you think you get the authority to regulate the political speech of American citizens?
Those proposals violate the First Amendment, which the Supreme Court has repeatedly held to provide the highest degree of protection for issue advocacy, including explicit commentary on the merits, positions, and actions of officeholders and office seekers. The right to attempt to persuade our fellow citizens of the issues they should weigh in casting their votes is as fundamental as the right to vote.
Unfortunately, the news media have generally been promoting speech-restrictive proposals rather than defending the First Amendment--the nation's paramount "election law."
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As we know, citation counts are important to judge one's research activity. Is it good to cite one's previous works? Will it be viewed as an act of advertisement or self-promotion?
Although it's true that citations are always helpful, there are obviously limits. If the majority of your citations are self-citations, that's usually considered a "red flag." If your paper that came out two years ago has 10 citations, and two or three are from within your group, nobody's really going to have a problem with that. But if your paper gets cited 45 times, and 40 of them are you citing yourself, that's not so good.
Citation counts not being "in sync" with the journals they're published in are also problematic. Publishing in no-name, third-tier journal X, your paper is probably unlikely to generate many citations. It looks suspicious when such papers get many citations.
But again, much of this can be sorted out by a judicious use of search tools like Web of Science or Scopus.
The ethical rule has to be: cite your work if it's relevant, and don't give it preferential treatment over the work of others. In short: use the same criteria for previous references to your work as you would use for citing others. No excessive citation, no self-censorship.
As with all referencing, the referenced works must be pertinent to what is being described in the paper referencing them. If one writes about a specific topic where much of the work has been done by the same researcher or research group then self-citing will be quite common. There is of course a fine line between that and "self-promoting" self-citing. It is impossible to try to draw the line based on number or references or percentages of the total number of references. However, it is not common that most science in a field has been made by the same person so referencing own publications where they are only vaguely related is obviously not a good way.
Having many self-citations is clearly not a sign of widely spread science, either because it is not that interesting or because the field is very isolated (or very new). Citing ones own work will definitely become obvious when looking at the citations as you have done. The normal citation index or h-index obviously does not capture this although it is possible to calculate such indecees without self-citations. But as stated above a certain quantity of self-citation is inevitable since it is likely that one publication follows on many others from the same person or group. So self-citation is acceptable to a point. It becomes less and less acceptable when the reason for the citation is pogressievly less obvious and where other papers would be equally good (or better).
Citing your previous work can be both good and bad. The biggest benefit is it might make people more aware of your work and how it fits in with a bigger topic. The risk is that people do not understand the relevance and think you are self-promoting and therefore take a negative view of you.
The worst case of this is when a reviewer tells you to cite some piece of work. If it is a big laundry list of articles all by the same author, you tend to get a little angry and think the reviewer is trying to promote that author. If it is a single article that is obviously related and the reviewer clearly states that he/she is an author, I tend to be happy to cite it.
The question you need to ask is: are you citing the previous work to promote it or to help the reader.
I think self-citation is not a bad practice in general, specially if you consider how most scientific branches work ("standing on the shoulders of giants", although you can also stand on the shoulders of normal-sized people, including yourself). However, there are two scenarios where self-citation or the lack of it can be seen as a bad practice:


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