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I've just migrated an essay of mine from 1999 onto vogmae. It's the first paper where I started to try to put together cinema and hypertext, and came out of the paper I presented at DAC98. So, here it is, Cinematic Paradigms for Hypertext.
Posts Tagged 'Hypermedia Theory'
A Possible Anthology
Mark is considering an anthology on reading and writing hypertext. Something like this is sorely needed, as the literature has not been collected, and most outside of the very specific hypertext literary community seem to have very poor models for how to read hypertext. So, as Mark's asking for proposals, if you have something, get in touch with him.
I think we need an anthology of articles about writing (and reading) hypertext. Have favorites? Email me, even if they're obvious. Have something in your drawer? Email me, too
[From Greco on Hypertext]
An Archaeologist of the Book
What sort of thing is a book? Imagine if an archaeologist from another time (or planet) arrived and wanted to know what it was. What are the sorts of things that you could and would need to describe and explain? What are its qualities or properties? How would you describe its use: what would a manual for a book have to include?
Here's a preliminary list:
Pages. Bound. Cover. Title page. ISBN number (they're all registered). Serial. Page numbers. Index. Table of Contents. Has an author/s. Fixed. Margins. Sentences, paragraphs. Header, footers. Footnotes and references, which point to things that live outside of this book and you have to usually visit special buildings to find them. Can't change its size. Can't be edited. Can be marked. Gets worn, a patina. Can be found in a book store, a library (where special people classify, store, and retrieve them, a whole priesthood). If you borrow them there are various protocols you have to follow (return them, don't mark them). Certain legal property rights are attached to them.
Then I suggested that many, if not most, of the same things apply to a record, a roll of film, a video tape. They're linear, sequential, fixed, can't be edited or added to, and so on.
Now, think about all the qualities of a blog. If you use the same list that we used for a book which are the same and which are different? (This gets very interesting because virtually everything is now changed). A simple example. We can use common sense to say that there is writing in a book. It is physically in the book. But writing in a blog. It is not physically on the screen, certainly not like a book, everything on the screen is transitory. Any post can be edited, at any time, even after publication. What appears on the 'cover' of the blog changes, a lot. Readers can leave notes that other readers (all other readers) can actually see. There is no 'one copy'. It is stored in a database (in the case of wordpress) and so each page only ever exists if and when it is requested by a browser. The pages have variable dimensions (so they're not really pages at all, not sure why we even call them pages…). And so on. Finally, they are made up of short bits (posts) so that each post pretty much makes sense by itself. While a book is made up of short bits (sentences) and each sentence makes sense by itself, there is a very strong sense that it gets most of its meaning from what came earlier, and even what comes later. Yet I can read a blog post without having to read the entire blog, which is why it is possible for me here to pull in posts from 70 other blogs and things still pretty much still make sense. Imagine grabbing paragraphs from 70 different books and then expecting the parts, and the whole, to still make sense?
Now, the problem for you all, and you should blog this, is what would have to happen to video and or audio to move from being more or less book like to being more or less blog like? In other words if we claimed that most of our video and audio online is, at the moment, closer to a book than a blog, what would have to be different for it to become more like a blog?
Small Pieces
This is self quotation or possibly self plagiarism. In drafting a post (not published yet) about the sort of media practice my students, Seth, and I will be exploring this semester I wrote:
In this media stories happen not in the individual works, but between them, by the relations we can establish, create and compose between them.
Decided it was worth repeating all by itself.
Storyspace for MacOS X
Mark Bernstein wonders out aloud in his blog about my earlier comments on Storyspace for OS X:
Tinderbox does give you more export options, though, and the presence of those export options might in fact be a hurdle. Knowing that you might be destined for HTML can lead to to start working on graphic design too early, before you really get down to writing, perhaps before you're certain that there's something to be written. More than once, I've been left with a nice design for a project that didn't pan ou
I don't actually have a real answer. I know perfectly well what Mark means, and that I could write an essay in Tinderbox just as easily as in Storyspace. I'm not sure if I prefer Storyspace because that is where I started, and familiarity breeds comfort (and ease), or if it is that very close to the surface in Tinderbox there are lots (and I mean lots) of things that you could do. Add user attributes, color the nodes, write an agent, decide you should add some attributes to help structure things. Before I know it I'm writing a Tinderbox document not an essay. In Storyspace I don't have this problem. There are links, there are guard fields. If I'm using Storyspace to get to the web then the guard fields don't even come into it. So it isn't that I start designing in Tinderbox for HTML presentation but that I start fiddling inside Tinderbox itself. Why? Because it is so close to the surface, I know it is there, I now how to 'turn them on'. I guess in my hypertext text tool box I have two key tools, Storyspace and Tinderbox, and I keep using them as two separate tools (as any good tradesperson ought).
Media Paucity
Once upon a time there was broadcast media. Broadcast media owned access to a very scarce resource called spectrum, or sometimes cable. This resource was scarce because you could only send one thing at a time – so to be successful you needed to saturate that channel with continuous broadcasting. This was further developed so that programming mirrored (and constructed) a diurnal pattern of content delivery that wove itself into familial, domestic schedules. As a consequence of this access to these channels is extremely valuable. If I am a television maker then I require access to this highly constrained channel, without it I have no product.
(This is much like supermarket shelves, which are also highly constrained and notoriously expensive – if your product can't get access to those shelves, it's dead. It is very simply a retail model of product.)
Access to this channel defines commercial practice. Prime time earns more than midnight, and there is the corresponding assumption that producing for prime time will cost more than producing for after midnight. This is an economy media paucity, not because there is not a lot of media being made, but because the possibilities for publication are so highly limited (movie screens, television stations).
These days are now gone. With the rise of networked delivered media this economy of scarcity is erased. This has enormous implications for professional media practice because now media consumers (you and I) experience an excess of media – in exactly the same way that we now have an excess of information. Because of this access to excess, of an any-media-whatever-whenever media professionals are now in a media field that is saturated by all comers. In this environment, what is it that professionals have that ensures that their material would be viewed before or instead of anyone elses? If you don't have an answer to that I'd be worried.
Storyspace For OS X.
Mark has announced the release of Storyspace 2.5 for OS X. This is very good news, this is the first real hypertext program I used, quite a few years ago now, and is what I used to teach hypertext theory with in my first full time years. It is software that I am very fond of. I find it very easy to write in, much easier than Tinderbox (which I tend to use to collect information in, but not for writing longer pieces). I'm looking forward to getting this, and once again writing hypertext, hypertextually. (That is, writing in a purely hypertext environment where my practice is concerned with writing, and writing as hypertext. Design, which is what happens when I write in html, can come later. In Storyspace things get pared down, words, links, nodes, link structures, maps.) A return to basics for me, but also to get back into a writing that embraces the nitty gritty materiality of thought and an embedded or embodied hypertextual practice. Where structure emerges through writing, and where the rowdy complexity jostling of my thought is given permission to be rowdily jostled.)
infLect 3
infLect 3 has been published. Work by Lewis LaCook, Sandy Baldwin, John Sparrow, David Clark and Mary Flanagan.
That Moment Might Do
This long post refers to a draft experimental interactive text movie, 40MB at moment to download and play locally (url will be available shortly). The post is published since there is a link from inside the text movie to here…
A post on method. I often find myself needing to write them to contextualise the sort of academic things I make (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2005). This year I have been writing interactive QuickTime essays. In fact been doing this in lieu of 'videoblogging'. I have written two so far, both need a bit more work before they're properly finished, and both are not quite all there. The first one was written for the Learning Technologies conference I participated in late last year, while the second was in response to the Artifact issue on soft design. Now I'm working on a third, "That Moment Might Do", hopefully for an issue of an international peer reviewed journal, which is going to try to think about Deleuze's description of the pose and the any-instant-whatever from Cinema One in relation to videoblogging. Now this is experimental work, in several ways.
I would think it obvious that the form of the essay falls into the experimental. It is to be peer reviewed as an interactive QuickTime vog essay, and if it passes muster, published as same. This aspect of the experimental looks towards my continuing (and slow) interest and exploration of new genres that utilise the affordances of new media to express knowldege in other ways. This is in the spirit of Ulmer's general electracy and includes his interest and use of what, in a moment of academic shorthand, we could characterise as other ways of writing. Here 'other' does not (though it does include) only mean writing with things that are not words, for instance voice, image and video (and remember that the more significant consequence of this other writing is not the ability to use a variety of media, but is the intertwingling intersection of these various media into a common -though distributed – discursive space that really matters, not video or voice, but what happens when you have video alongside text, still image embedded into video) but it also means other forms of logic.
(Poetic tropes, for example in how Bachelard may think about a phenomenologically inspired reading of childhood, the home, or each of the four elements. Ulmer's mystory and its recipes, even Paul Carter's recent book. Barbara Maria Stafford's work on the logic of images and their disavowal in print literacy should also be flagged, and perhaps even a nod to Ron Burnett's recent "How Images Think" too. A good introduction to poetic research and metaphor is through Rosenberg's "The Reservoir" paper.)
So a vog essay is going to try to utilise poetic metaphors, or at least other-than-print-logic forms of association, relation, argument and idea, and I'll call them poetic only because at this point I'm not sure what else they ought to be called without turning something elegant into the unnecessarily belaboured (for example it could be a rhizomatic logic, except the poetic can be a possible rhizomatic flow but it doesn't follow that all rhizomatic flows are therefore poetic, that's just silly). If this works then it would be analogous to Chris Marker's essay films rather than Attenborough – or current affairs for that matter. If it doesn't work then, like podcasting and most videoblogging, it will be not much more than monolingual documentary by other means.
The work is experimental in terms of a process where the work is a thinking through in situ, where this process is a making and where this activity is to cast not so much its shadow as a light over or within the 'finished' artefact. (Note to self, slow down here.)
In most humanities academic practice the journal essay is the canonical form. This is sometimes (and commonly) extended into the detailed treatment of the book – though even here books are regularly previously published essays that have been repurposed for the book – and so of necessity expresses all of the key qualities of print logic and literacy. This is not a criticism. One of the consequences of this general practice (yes, there are always exceptions) is that the 'good' essay tends to be a closed object. It is closed to ideas that fall outside of its orbit (an orbit that, like royal reason, it gets to define for itself), closed or at least mute in relation to other logics (for example of sound, music, moving image and even the pictorial) and of course, as it wends its way towards its conclusion, is generally closed to other possibilities. After all a 'good' essay, if nothing else, is supremely teleological (introduction, body and conclusion, woe betide the student who misses understanding the intimate mirror of introduction to conclusion and its inevitable domestic opportunity for closure) and as a consequence narrows its fields of possibilities through the time of writing and reading.
This work does not follow this particular economy of closure. It is all over the place, quite literally as it turns out with this part here in a blog, the video existing elsewhere, and the video in turn 'calling in' or linking to other distributed objects. It is not so much messy as just distributed, more like what your desktop (your real desk, not the faux one on screen in front of you) actually looks like while engaged in writing as a doing. The clutter of opened books, scribbled notes, things pinned, bluetacked or otherwise stuck around your peripheral vision.
As a form it is also open in the contrary sense to the closure of the good essay. It traverses some ideas, probes some possibilities to see what comes of them, more like the sketch book than the monumental canvas, and like the sketch it is as much about experiencing and documenting the �lan of the line as it is trying to be complete. So the conclusions are less about closure than in their turn offered as further points of departure, exploration and criticism. They might even be in error.
The work itself is written in, and as, an interactive networked based interactive video. Just as this reflection is written in my blog, using my blog software. It isn't written in Word and then copied and pasted elsewhere becoming that sort of faux blog which misunderstands the networked aspect of networked practice. Similarly the interactive work that forms this minor project is all written in the medium, from the ground up as it were – after all, you don't sketch elsewhere to then translate your sketch into your sketch book!
(In the same vein when writing music you write music, you may even play an instrument, or when designing architecture you sketch, build models, draw sections, and so on. In each case there is a language of the discipline that is embedded within the very practice of the discipline (see Downton for a useful example and discussion), and which is also understood to make relevant and appropriate knowledge claims for that discipline (quick glance over shoulder to check if Foucault here yet). This has not, to make a generalisation, been the case in much of own practice – for legitimate and not so legitimate reasons. We don't generally make paintings about paintings (well we do, all the time, but they're recognised in the academy as 'knowledge'), or films about films (ditto) and so on. We write about them. Writing makes a lot of things possible – for example it is very hard to make an image that says "not" (for example how would an image say "this is not a gun"?), yet on the other hand the act of translation that the turn to print entails is necessarily at some loss (always excessive and always other to the economy of print) to the object ostensibly being written of. This simple ability to negate, perhaps the founding act of what it means to be print literate, could be used to explain a great deal about our particular tribe's habits, since we do spend inordinate amounts of time demonstrating the falsity of this and that, of building by destruction (note to postgraduate authors, begin with a survey to show you are a member, move to demonstrate why particular theoretical father has made a mistake to show that you know better and that you've gained admission, then, and only then, attempt to say something new) and of being deeply suspicious of anything that is not expressed in the very specific argots of our printerly gods.) Phew.
That Moment Might Do is a working with the materiality of distributed, networked rich media. To make a very preliminary, and no doubt naive, step towards what it might be to turn such works from mere representations to becoming knowledge objects in their own right. Of course this might not happen, may never happen, it may emerge that the form simply is not suited to argument, though my inclination and intuition very strongly suggests otherwise (and as Kolb's example in hypertext provides) and that the point is much more likely that the form of argument is sufficiently distinct and distant from that which has been canonised by print to be difficult to identify, let alone endorse from within existing standards. It is not that other literacies are better, it is that they are different. It may be that such literacies are more appropriate, and will gain more purchase, for those places where writing slides away from text on a page, even text on a screen, into the possibilities of video, text, sound and image as distinct media bought into sufficient proximity that each bleeds into the other and in that breach establishes their distance from each other.
References, well, more allusions and partners in Thinking as a Doing
Bachelard, Gaston. Air and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Movement. Trans. Edith R. Farrell and C. Frederick Farrell. Dallas: Dallas Institute Publications
Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, 1988.
Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Reverie: Childhood, Language, and the Cosmos. Trans. Daniel Russell. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971.
Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space. Trans. Maria Jolas. Boston: Beacon Press, 1969.
Burnett, Ron. How Images Think. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004.
Carter, Paul. Material Thinking.
Deleuze, Gilles. Cinema One: The Movement�Image. Trans. Hugh Tomlinson and Barbara Habberjam. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1986.
Downton, Peter. Design Research. Melbourne: RMIT Publishing, 2004.
Downton, Peter. Studies in Design Research: Ten Epistemological Pavilions. Melbourne: RMIT Publishing, 2004.
Kolb, David. Socrates in the Labyrinth. Computer software. Eastgate Systems, 1994, Macintosh Software.
Rosenberg, Terence. "'The Reservoir': Towards a Poetic Model of Research in Design." Proceedings of the Research into Practice Conference: Selected Papers Volume One, 2000. Vol. 1.
Stafford, Barbara Maria. Good Looking: Essays on the Virtue of Images. Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 1998.
Stafford, Barbara Maria. Visual Analogy: Consciousness as the Art of Connecting. Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 1999.
Ulmer, Gregory. Teletheory: Grammatology in the Age of Video. New York: Routledge, 1989.
Ulmer, Gregory L. Internet Invention: From Literacy to Electracy. New York: Longman, 2003.
I'm burning up too many neurones on what is supposed to be a holiday trying to write a book chapter. The book is about time and the internet, or things thereabouts, and I am not sure what I said I'd exactly write, but am currently writing about the temporality of hypertext. It is Deleuze and Bergson inserted in the link, via the sensory motor schema and the link as a Bergsonian interval. It is hard work. Rich with possibilities which will only get sketched since each does appear to be quite dense with possibilities, and my writing style really does suffer from me thinking that showing the connection is enough.
But that's not the point of this post. In Deleuze there is an idea of the 'any instant whatever', from Cinema One. I think I might appropriate this into the near-at-hand which is in some way equivalent to any instant whatever. Any destination, any possible destination (real or imagined, now or in the future) of a link (real or imagined, now or in the future) is, like the any instant whatever, always near-at-hand.
Because: the mouse (insertion literally into the sensory motor schema), because the only distance that matters is temporal ("how long will it take?" not "how far away is it?"), size which might be in bytes is actually translated into bandwidth where again I suspect time is key, so all points are equidistant.
Ok, that's enough brain splurt for today. Off to the British Art and the 60s show at the NGV.


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JBW TO THOMAS CARLYLE; 21 January 1824; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18240121-JBW-TC-01; CL 3:19-21.
Edinr 22 George Square / 21st January [1824]
My dear Friend
I staid from church on Sunday, for the purpose of writing to you; rightly conjecturing that I should not have an hour to myself for some days to come. But after I had stir[r]ed the fire, and mended my pen, and set myself down to my desk, I discovered to my great disappointment that there was not a morsel of writing-paper in the house. What little things may spoil the finest projects!— We came hither on Monday morning, and ever since I have been kept in a continual bustle—
A change from pure air to smoke is to work miracles (they say) in reestablishing my health, and in the present state of affairs I have not thought it politic to dispute the matter— So there is my new system of study thrown into confusion already! However I have brought a volume of Museas along with me; and am in great hope, that as I shall be permitted to decline all racketting about on the plea of my recent illness, the period of our sojourn here may not be altogether 'sine linea'1—
If you come down at the time you purposed I shall most likely see you before I return to Haddington—but it does not matter much tho' you do not. We can converse with one another more 'soul to soul' as we are, with the Forth betwixt us; than if we were stuck up together in my frigid Cousins2 drawingroom.
On the whole I have been more diligent since the commencement of this new year. However I am not yet entirely quit of the bodily uneasiness, and restless listlessness of mind which has incapacitated me for any serious occupation for several months past. but as the causes of the secret disquietude which has been harrassing my thoughts and deeply undermining my health, are in a great measure removed, I expect in a short time to regain my usual ardour and activity— My Mother continues to use me kindly and if fortune had not played me another malicious trick I should have enjoyed as perfect tranquillity for these last four weeks as my restless nature will admit of.
You must know I quarrelled with Dr Fyffe a day or two after you left us— I had observed the workings of his little mind during your visit, with some feelings of contempt and displeasure, and his subsequent conduct completely ruined him in my esteem— Only think the creature had the intolerable presumption to attempt to redicule you to my very face. He had heard me express high admiration for decision of mind, and proportionate contempt for the opposite quality. and so in the enviousness of his heart, he set about giving me a detail of your proceedings at the George Inn, which was meant to show you off as the most irresolute fickle minded Gentleman that ever fluctuated between half a dozen different opinions. Was there ever such daring impudence? however I kept my temper and heard him to an end with Job-like patience. When he thought proper to hold his tongue, satisfied (no doubt) that his masterly satire had entirely demolished your manly idea in my mind, I asked him, "N[ow] Sir if my Friend, knowing you to be possessed of my good opinion, had turned his talent of satire (whic[h] I assure you does not come short of yours—however much it may exceed it) to render you absurd and contemptible in my eyes, what would you have thought of him?["] The Creature ruffled up like a Bantam about to fight—and chattered with an astonishing command of absurdity—about your impertinence in presuming to suppose him drunk to which volley of nonsense I replied with a volley of female eloquence which (I have a notion) is tingling in his ears up to this hour. I am pretty certain I have not spoken so long or so warmly since the day that you & I were in quest of Lady Warrender.3 Mercy what a delicious walk that was! I have laughed at the recollection of it many a time— But the M.D. had not the policy to give me the last word like you, and we parted mutually incensed and here I must part with him for the present tho all the important part of the story is to come. but my paper is almost filled and so illegibly that to cross it would drive you crazy altogether. I have devoted so much of it to these most uninteresting particulars because they have led [to] the most serious consequences—consequences which might have involved the happiness of all my life to come— I shall explain in my next— I cannot make sense of what I have written[—] consider this I am half dead of fatigue & headach[e]—And that five persons are conversing with me while I write—but I must not put off till to morrow for I know not what it may bring forth; besides the fortnight is almost expir[ed.] God bless you for considering my comfort even at the cost of your own enjoyment I shall repay you hereafter[.] Address to me here—
Yours everlastingly /
Jane Welsh

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One of our favorite shows to watch each week on our Nashville TV would have to be the 'Nashville' TV show which will soon be starting it's third season. The new season begins on Wednesday, September 24, on the ABC Network and we look for some interesting twists and turns as the show goes forward with all it's ups and downs and daily changes that we see coming.
In the attached video titled 'Nashville' Cast Teaches People's Jess Cagle How to Act' we see the fun side of some of the actors on the weekly television show, as they really get into trying to show Jess Cagle from People's Magazine just how each of them would portray the scene that he's in for the show.
From the gruff to the funny, and almost half-silly methods of some of our favorite actors and actresses in the show, it makes them seem more real and more reachable than what we perhaps thought if we only saw them on the big screen, and not seeing each of them as real people who are only acting a part for a television show.
One of the favorite characters on the 'Nashville' TV show is Chip Esten who plays and really seems to 'get into' the part of 'Deacon' as a striving musician and singer-songwriter in this town of Nashville. It seems sometimes that if it weren't for bad luck, Deacon wouldn't have any luck at all. We've seen him with Rayna James, to start with, then he even had a 'fling' with Juliette Barnes, then on to a new girlfriend, an attorney who ended up cheating on him with no less than the ex-husband of Deacon's main girlfriend, Rayna.
We enjoyed watching the attached video and hope you do too, and also the slideshow of some photos of Chip Esten from the show as he performs on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Leave us a note and let us know how excited you are for the new season of 'Nashville'.


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Live Webcast: 4-November "JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Oracle Fusion Middleware"
By juliana.button on Oct 28, 2008
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See the invite for all the details. Be sure to enrol today!
We hope you can join us.


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The Walling of Asgard and the Birth of Sleipnir
Theme of Lies and Deceit in The Walling of Asgard and the Birth of Sleipnir
OK, let's count all the different deceptions that occur in this story.
- The stone-mason pretends that he isn't a giant.
- The gods' agreement with him is undertaken in bad faith, since they don't really believe he can possibly build a wall around Asgard in one summer. They're just trying to get a free wall out of this guy.
- Then, rather than accept their end of the bargain when it turns out that the stone-mason's will finish the wall by the deadline, the gods send in Loki to prevent the stone-mason from completing the wall.
- Loki disguises himself as a beautiful mare – yet another deceit.
- Finally, when they realize he's a giant, the gods break the oath they've sworn not to harm the "stone-mason."
We're counting five pretty serious deceptions in this story. Each deception stems from the one before it. If the giant hadn't disguised himself as a stone-mason, the gods never would have agreed to the deal, etc. But does that excuse the gods for breaking their oaths and killing the stone mason? The narrator of the story in the Prose Edda doesn't seem to think so. He reminds us of these oaths three times. He even ends the story with a poem about how "broken were oaths then / bonds and swearing, / Pledges all sacred / which passed between them" (Prose Edda, Gylfaginning, Chapter 42, pp. 56). In Viking culture, promises were very important, and even a god, it seems, is supposed to keep his promises.
Questions About Lies and Deceit
- Name the deceptions that occur in this story. How many are there? How is each deception caused by the one before it?
- Why do you think the stone-mason hides his true identity? Do you think his reasons excuse his deception?
- Which deception does the narrator of the story in the Prose Edda seem to take the most seriously? Why do you think this deception is the one that bothers him the most?
- Which deception do you think is the worst? Why?


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St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner. This annual feast is all about the green - wearing green (if not you'll get pinched), green shamrocks, green parades and green beer.
But now in these eco-conscious times, St. Patrick's Day is a great time to think about green in another way - going green for the environment. Or maybe this year instead of going green you can go clear.
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On the Day of Pentecost (recorded in Acts 2), God revealed a visual manifestation of his uncreated energy. It appeared to the apostles and those gathered in the upper room as something that resembled small flames of fire that rested on each one of them.
When the Holy Spirit filled the house where they were meeting, it was an immediate foreshadowing of the filling of God's servants; it filled the house, then it filled the people. The events that occurred on this particular Day of Pentecost are so amazing that we will never be able to wrap our finite human minds around it — no more so than those who heard Peter's subsequent sermon could understand it. The scripture records (Acts 2:7) that these people were amazed.
Try as we might, we will never be able to fully understand God's power in our lives. He might manifest himself in ways that we can see (as in miracles), but I believe the most powerful manifestation of all is the way in which the Holy Spirit changes and directs the life of a child of God. Once we have been touched by the uncreated energy of God, he will become evident in all we say and do.
One cannot love God and not show that love to those around them. One cannot serve God without serving those around them. The life of a servant of God is marked by who he is, by what he does, by what he thinks. In this way, God's Spirit is manifest in us. We will never understand it. We will never be able to explain it. But we can point to it as one of the chief ways God manifests his power in our world today.
In evangelical America, we often mourn the fact that we do not see many supernatural miracles around us, but let us never forget that the most supernatural miracle of all is the way God changes a man, woman, or child when he fills them with his Spirit.
How about you? Does your life, do your thoughts, do your actions reveal to those around you the manifest, uncreated energy of God? I don't know about you, but I pray that this will be true in my life today and always.
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Usually when one hears Captain Curt's BBQ, innovation of BBQ sauce immediately comes to mind, as the 32-plus year mainstay has long innovated well over 20 sauce flavors, with 10 currently available on the menu. On Friday, April 11, Captain Curt's BBQ – located at 8206 S. Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, IL – played host to weekly kick-off performances, which included singing and comedy. Future shows scheduled will include dance, rapping and poetry reading.
Country-style singer Randrea engaged the audience and diner's with his rousing performance of "I'm Still in Love with You," while encouraging them to join him in a line dance.
Singer and keyboardist Tim Jackson brought the sexy with a number called "Ooh", a track that's set for release this summer. Jackson's swag and smooth vocals are definitely reminiscent of John Legend fame.
Comedy routines rounded out the night with local comedian Clifton Collins, but it didn't stop there. The crowd was treated to an appearance by the legendary Gordon Keith – original founder of Indiana-based Steeltown Records and who also truly discovered the Jackson 5. Mr. Keith sang "Call On Him"—one of his own classics – while harmonizing beautifully with supporting vocals by rhythm and blues songstress Gloria "Glow" Walker-Oliver and singer, musician and songwriter of Earth, Wind and Fire fame, Hank Martin.
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From the time he was 8, Roy Yates knew what he wanted to do for a career. That's when, on a family trip to Mallorca, the young Brit met a representative for Thomson Tour Operators, a man who was paid to travel for a living. Yates' fate was sealed and, when he was offered a position at Thomson more than a decade later, he shed tears of joy.
Today, a seasoned travel-industry veteran who has visited more than 100 countries, Yates finds himself in yet another enviable job position, this time as voyage director of Semester at Sea's Enrichment Voyages. As on other ships, the role requires a very likeable personality, as the voyage director becomes the personification of the entire voyage, greeting passengers, introducing entertainment acts, and coordinating social events. "You don't so much interview for the position as you do audition for it," Yates explains.
Traveling the world throwing parties sounds like quite the life. But it's not for everyone. Long hours (sometimes 15 hours a day) and lengthy periods away from home require a certain sort of character. Yates says that in his early years, it was difficult to maintain relationships due to being away for six or seven months at a time. (He resolved that issue, however, by marrying the chief purser on a ship he was working on.)
Other required traits are a sense of humor, good organization skills, and the ability to keep your cool, even in unusual situations. "People don't see the pressure," Yates says, then relates a string of unfortunate tales that occurred throughout his career, ranging from passengers getting arrested in foreign countries to revelers dying from jumping into empty swimming pools.
But for those who can handle the heat -- and who yearn to explore the tropics -- the job of voyage director offers a career full of adventure. To those who'd like to try it out, Yates has the following words of advice:
Do every job along the way. You don't start out as a voyage director; you work you way up the ranks. Some roles to try as you ascend up the letter are tour guide of shore excursions, show host, and activity coordinator. Understanding these positions will help you later when you're managing the people in these roles.
See a bit of the world first. Can you handle tough situations when you're on your own? How do you get by in a country where you don't speak the language? Prep yourself for the job ahead by traveling internationally in as many different situations as possible. And if your passport is stolen, consider making it a bullet point on your resume.
Wait tables. This is an experience everyone should have anyway, just so you can appreciate how much work your waitress actually does for that tip. You'll also walk away with valuable skills such as being tactful with even the most trying customers and working as a team. (If you don't make friends with the chefs, you're never going to get your food on time.)
There are numerous cruise lines you can apply to, but keep in mind that Enrichment Voyages are unique in the realm. "It's the most interesting program ever," says Yates, who has worked on numerous cruise lines. He raves about the program's on-ship offerings that, unlike other cruise ships where casinos and over-the-top shows fill the bill, classes and workshops are the main fare. "People come back year after year" for a reason, he says.
As Yates looks back over his colorful career, he has no regrets. "I've met so many people and visited so many places. If I drop down dead today," he says with a smile, "I can say I've had a great life."


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It was a battle to the end and one in which a lone winner could not be determined.
This year, eight Badger High School seniors tied for having the same 4.2 grade point average after seven semesters at the school. Through eight tiebreakers, Brendan Gruenwald-Schmitz and Bergen Quaerna are the co-valedictorians for 2011 and Arianne Woller is the salutatorian.
"I've always been motivated to do well — the best I can," Brendan said of being co-valedictorian. "When I found out I had the chance, that is when it hit me to finish strong and give myself a shot."
"I have always had the passion for getting good grades and doing well in school," Bergen said. "I always tried my best and just hoped I would finish somewhere close to the top."
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Brendan and Bergen attended preschool together and Arianne and Bergen were in ballet and dance class together at age 3. They also have been involved for four years in sports and many other extracurricular activities at the school. All three admit it was that involvement that helped them reach the top.
"I think extracurriculars helped me," said Brendan, who played football, soccer, basketball and golf. "You learn to budget your time and that pays off when you have a lot of homework. You learn to figure out how to tackle a job and get it done."
Arianne agreed. She said if she wasn't in a sport, she was working. That requires the ability to budget her time, she said.
"I think we can all attest to having a lot of late nights, or I guess early mornings you might say," Arianne said.
So, for those reasons it's fitting they all finished their high school careers at the top of the Badger Class of 2011.
On Sunday, they will join their fellow classmates as they say good bye to one stage of life and prepare for their next.
"I will be happy, but it may be sad," Brendan said. "There's always a time when it hits you. I had it hit me earlier this year. My last soccer game, it hit me. I realized this is the last save I'm going to make as a high school soccer player. It will hit me that this is the last time we will be with all these kids together. Eventually, it will hit me — boom."
Arianne said she's not sure what her emotions will be Sunday.
"We can talk about it, but until it actually happens, I don't know how to feel," she said.
But, whatever happens on Sunday, they are excited about their next journey.
Brendan is headed to Northwestern University for mechanical engineering.
"I have always liked math and took a lot of classes in the tech wing to figure out what it was that interested me," he said. "I felt mechanical engineering was a good fit."
Bergen will head to Drake University in Iowa to eventually become a pharmacist.
"I have always loved math and science and a couple family members just graduated from pharmacy college and that's what I want to do now," she said.
Arianne will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison and seek a double major in French and international studies with the dream of one day becoming a diplomat.
"I always loved French and have been in it since sixth grade — a long time," she said. "I really like it and feel comfortable in the language and want to learn about the culture. The international studies, I went to Model UN (United Nations) and Model OAS (Organization of American States) and really liked it and the diplomatic environment. I would like to be a diplomat and then eventually an ambassador to another country someday."
All three admit to having fond memories of Badger, and it will be a transition as they head to college, even though the are excited to spread their wings and become adults.
"There's a comfort level here," Brendan said. "We've been here four years and we know the staff and they know us. Now, we have to go somewhere else where you don't know anybody."
But, they will take with them the memories of their friends and experiences.
"There are just so many of them," Brendan said.
"Having so many is really a good feeling," Arianne said. "You can go through any of the yearbooks and read what friends wrote and I will remember what happened."
All three said the basketball team going to state freshman year was one of the many highlights.
"My favorite memory is reminiscing about all the other memories," Brendan said.
"I think graduation is going to be bittersweet — really bittersweet," Arianne said.
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I would like to know if every finite group is an extension of some group by another. Thanks
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The group with one element is an extension of itself by itself, but that is not very interesting. A group with two elements is an extension of itself by a group of one element, but that is still not very interesting. To be an interesting extension, it must have a normal subgroup that has more than one element, but not all of the elements. The groups that are not interesting extensions are called simple groups, though usually the group with one element is not considered simple, but "trivial".
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The orientation-preserving symmetries of a regular icosahedron are a simple group of order 60.


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My yard is mainly clay-fill dirt. Would lime break the clay down to arable soil?
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The yard is old clay-fill dirt, and is swampy during the rainy season. I just want the dirt to support a lawn of some type (crabgrass would be fine) to avoid erosion, and provide some better drainage. I have a driveway level with the yard, so adding a lot of topsoil is not really an option.
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Lime can be used to adjust the pH of your soil, if necessary, to make it less acidic, but it won't improve your clay soil otherwise. A soil test will tell you if you need to adjust the pH or add other nutrients to support good grass growth. But as far as improving the tilth of the soil, the best thing you can do is add organic matter such as compost regularly. This will improve its drainage and aeration, making it easier to work, and encourage the beneficial soil organisms that are the foundation of healthy soil. Working several inches of compost into the soil before planting your lawn will help. If your yard gets truly swampy, however, the way to fix this is through changing drainage patterns by adding swales or drain tiles to carry excess water away. You might consider planting a rain garden in a section of your yard. A rain garden is a low area planted with plants that can take wet or dry conditions that collects and holds runoff until it soaks into the ground.
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Most State Extension Services offer soil testing for a very reasonable fee. This link will tell you how to contact your local office: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/index.html. Check out this info from NGA on rain gardens: http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/4208. Your state Extension Service may also have publications on rain gardens specific to your part of the country.
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Get a compost pile going, and when the compost is ready, you can mix it into that clay to improve your drainage. If you have a lot of trees, run over the leaves in the fall with a mulching blade on your mower and add them to the pile. Add kitchen scraps, too, and any grass clippings. You'll be surprised how fast the pile builds up.
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When you are afraid, your heart beats faster, your blood pressure rises, and you breathe more heavily. This is partly the result of adrenaline forming in your body, which causes your heart rate to accelerate. Adrenaline is a hormone, a substance that manages communication between the cells in your body. Each cell has a small receiver known as a receptor, which is able to receive hormones. What these receptors look like and how they work remained a mystery for many years.
In order to track these receptors, in 1968 Robert Lefkowitz attached a radioactive isotope of the element iodine to different hormones. By tracking the radiation emitted by the isotope, he succeeded in finding a receptor for adrenaline, which allowed him to build an understanding of how it functions. In the 1980s, Brian Kobilka successfully identified the gene that regulates the formation of this receptor. The two researchers also discovered that the receptor was similar to receptors located in the eye that capture light. It was later discovered that there is an entire family of receptors that look and act in similar ways - known as G-protein-coupled receptors. Approximately half of all medications used today make use of this kind of receptor.
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Once and awhile I have to dust off this old blog and share a moment of motherly pride. Today is one of those moments. This is my daughter Esther; she is 9 years old and completing the 4th grade.
Esther decided she wanted to sew a summer dress for our yearly East Coast family summer vacation. She picked out the pattern, the main fabric, and the contrasting fabric for her dress. With little to no help from me, she laid out her patterns, cut, and sewed the entire dress by herself. It looks fantastic and she is so very proud. My determined little girl completed this dress in 2 days!!!!
I have to say, she must have some of her Grandma's blood in her for sure! And come to think of is, she does have a Tante Maggie streak of red hair in the back of her head. Anyone who knows my sister Megan knows she is extremely talented. Ask her about the deer skin coat she sewed for someone from raw deer skin!!! I would never tackle such a feat.
It's been some time since my sewing machines have been whirring away, but when the creative juices strike, the machines come out and the house blows up! All of you sewers out there know exactly what I'm talking about. Thank God for vacuum cleaners.
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When you're looking for spectacular wedding presents, it can be very difficult to find something when they've been together for a long time. Gone are the days when weddings signal the first days of people living together, now they are more likely to be a culmination of many years in each other'scompany and often sharing a house or flat. This means that many of the traditional wedding gifts, such as linen, crockery and silvers, are no longer as needed by the couple as they once were.
While this may make you reluctant to think about choosing gifts for the home, you could instead think of it as an opportunity not to stock their home with essentials, but to add beautiful pieces of furniture and gorgeous fixtures into the mix. There are some items of furniture that are especially perfectas wedding presents, for example, sensuous bedroom furniture like beds, bedside tables, French screens or antique mirrors. Gifts such as these are sure to hit the perfect note for sophisticated couples and are the kind of thing that they will be able to enjoy for a long time.
French furniture, both antiques and reproductions of great designs, is a particularly good choice for a wedding present, as the country is well known for its romantic ties. Whether you choose practical yet stylish pieces such as French blanket boxes and furniture for the bathroom or you decide to plump for more exotic choices such as some exquisite French lamps or chandeliers, you're sure to find something to out a smile on the face of the happy couple.
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Actress Catherine Mary Stewart got her big break after a director framed her beautiful face with his fingers.
Corny, right? But oh, so Hollywood.
Stewart went on to star in a series of major films, from hits like "Weekend at Bernie's" to "Night of the Comet" and "Mischief."
She recently checked in with WWTW to share how she turned from a dancing ingenue to a fixture on the silver screen.
WWTW: You studied to be a dancer initially and had early success in the field – how did you transition to acting, and why?
CMS: I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancer's body and had these crazy high arches in my feet that resulted in an amazing point. Ballet was very disciplined and, frankly, a little boring, so I eventually transitioned to gymnastics. I loved that although I never reached a competitive level.
Finally, when I was 14 and sort of flailing aimlessly, as so many teenagers do, my mother talked me into going to a jazz dance class. I fought it, remembering my ballet days, but agreed to take ONE class. Well, I took to that immediately, even being called to the front of the class to demonstrate an exercise that we were just learning.
It pretty much solidified my path for the next decade or so. Later I joined a dance troupe called Synergy and when we first started to perform professionally it was again a decisive moment for me, an epiphany really. I realized with all my heart and soul that I wanted to perform in front of an audience. When I graduated from High School, I made the
decision to pursue my dance training in London, England. I was SO scared at first, not knowing if this little girl from small town Canada could possibly make it with these highly trained London dancers.
My transition into movies came completely unexpectedly.
I was in London studying dance. One day I was walking to my class when I came upon a couple of my classmates walking in the opposite direction. As it turned out they had heard about an audition being held for dancers for some new movie that was being cast. I weighed the options and decided it would be a great experience and worth a little
potential hassle from the school.
The audition was for "The Apple" for about 200 dancers. We were broken up into groups and tried to pick up the steps of choreographer Nigel Lythgoe and assistant Ken Warwick, both now producers of "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance."
The director, Menahem Golan, was sitting by watching the proceedings and I noticed that he was doing that 'frame thing' with his hands and fingers and looking through towards ME.
Some time later he came up to me and asked me if I could act and sing. Of course I said yes but I hadn't prepared anything so he had me work with a pianist on a song from the movie and gave me a script to read, on the spot. The next day I came back and I had the role.
We did a photo session right there in the garden of where the audition had been held, and next thing I know my picture is splashed on a full page of some trade magazine with the title "A Star is Born."
WWTW: You've starred in some of the '80s more memorable films, from "Night of the Comet" to "Mischief" and "The Last Starfighter" – do you have a personal favorite from that era?
CMS: I was looking for websites to remind me of 80's movies and I came across this GREAT one. I had a good belly laugh reading his review of "The Apple."
Anyway, it's weird looking at the movies of the 80's. I auditioned for so many of them and was in a fair number, so I kind of have a skewed opinion of them.
- "Gregory's Girl" – It may have been my favorite movie of the decade.
- "A Chorus Line" – I not only could relate to it but performed it in Edmonton.
- "Fame" – Just durn entertaining in a fantasy kinda way
- "This is Spinal Tap" – Just laugh out loud funny from beginning to end!
- "Diner": Good character movie that all young adults can relate to on some level.
- "Color Purple" – Beautiful, heart-breaking.
- "Fatal Attraction" -Scary, addressing those dark corners of a woman betrayed.
- "Urban Cowboy" – Earthy, real life, Debra Winger (LOVE HER!).
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So I took LO to the Ped today because I suspected that she has reflux. She does. The ped put her on Zantac and instructed us to thicken her milk by adding 1 tbs of cereal to her bottles. She has been on breast milk exclusivlely 'til now. How did your breast fed babies react/adjust to cereal in their bottles? Any belly issues? Any weird side-affects with the Zantac?
Second question: I also noticed a small lump on her upper chest a few days ago that I pointed out to the ped. She was very concerned with it and has referred us to a pediatric surgeon for what she called a "midline thoracic cyst." Any one heard of this before? LO already has multiple hemangiomas and i almost lost her to a tumor on my placenta while I was pregnant (the surgery to get rid of the tumor is the reason I had PPROM). Needless to say, I am scared to death to hear, YET AGAIN, the word tumor. Advice?


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The Northeastern Conference, specifically the Communication Department, is penning a new script after announcing its first film festival open to its constituent churches, schools and youth groups.
"The inspiration came from a desire to see something new done in the conference and for the churches. I wanted everyone to stretch their creative minds and pull together as churches and groups to develop something unique and special," said JeNean Johnson, the Communication Director of the Conference in an email.
The Festival is designed to provide eligible entrants with a wider audience where they can share their original piece(s) which must portray how one's perception of the world and the church can vary based on one's age or the maturity of their faith. Submissions can include a narrative or documentary short, commercial, or parody.
"I'm looking for films that depict church life as they see it. That means the submissions may be sentimental, critical, humorous or very direct and that's what makes it real and authentic. I'm hoping to see authentic depictions of how others view the church and their place in it all," stated Johnson.
Each entry is $20 and must be submitted by a church or church organization before the extended deadline of Jan. 31.
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This morning I woke up tired as usual, but please with the events of the night before; a great meal with some friendly people and that very long, but truly great film, The Fiddler on the Roof.
Upon quickly checking my mail before leaving for work this morning I found that I had received an award in the early hours.
Indeed I have been given an award by Grannymar for "creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community." Awards don't happen often, and when they do they are to be treasured, and placed in my virtual award cabinet. My award, from Grannymar, is special two-fold. Firstly, to be given an award for any reason by Grannymar makes me feel very special, but then to be the only of her Toyboys to receive one, gives me even greater pleasure.
Grannymar, whose great personality and creative writing has be laughing on an almost daily basis, is willing to try almost anything; podcasting, photography, attending tech events, cooking, and of course hilarious jokes. Subscribe to Grannymar join the fun.
Something about there being a catch… being one of those bloggers who tags everyone else and tries to get them to post a meme/list/favouritism contest thing. But for Grannymar…
- Pick five blogs that you consider deserve the award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language.
- Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
- Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.
- The award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of the Arte y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award
Donncha at Inphotos (and Holy Shmoly for the tech stuff) is a very talented photographer whose photographs of Cork are partly what inspired my own trip there a couple of weeks ago, as well as being in the know with WordPress.
Since discovering Darren Greene's blog after a meetup in Dublin a few months ago I have checked out his photos ever since and always loving each one. The animal shots of late are supurb!
Another photographer who I first met at a recent meetup is Nathalie who shares a blog with Eoghan at Casa Casa Courtney. I admire each of her photographs and some great writing in the mix also.
Moving away from the photographers for a bit (its really hard!), and bringing things to a more local level is Manuel the Waiter. Manuel is a waiter in Belfast. He likes it, to an extent. His writing has a constant air of humour, yet bitterness at the same time. Always a good read.
Finally, a photographer who, like Grannymar, has almost brought a tear to my eye recently with her pics of a newborn baby. Claire, aka Gingerpixel, inspires me with her portraits, she has a great eye and a talent for approaching people in the street for photograph. They always turn out great.
There are plenty more. Some I haven't even read. But these are just a few of my favs.


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TC TO RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES ; 3 February 1842; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18420203-TC-RMM-01; CL 14: 34-35
Chelsea, 3 feby, 1842—
Dear Milnes,
In all probability you, like a zealous Conservative, have got to Town today;1 whereupon I give you my welcome, my benediction. Many welcomes!——
You have heard me speak of Erasmus Darwin, the prophet who destines you for Rogers's successor2— It is for his sake I write at present. He is to be balloted for at the Atheneaum3 on Monday first; and begs me to beg you to support him, at least not to blackball him, there and then. The worth of the man, and his many kindnesses to me in Late years, make this a sort of duty on my part. Accept then, good Friend that you are, the following exact certificate of the Darwinian qualities and elegebilities,4 with your customary patience; and then, believing it all fact, do in it what your own Daemon of Socrates prescribes as right.
Erasmus Darwin is grandson of the celebrated Zoonomic Dr Darwin: a scholar, of Cambridge and Edinburgh, traveller (in Germany, Italy &c); a man of much intelligence, shrewd sense, and most becoming modesty, reticence and composure; one of those rare men whose worth will seem greater in the seventh year of one's acquaintance than in the first! He "keeps his own cab and tiger," a man of independent means; leads silently a literary life; well seen at aesthetic and other soirees,—bringing, if he bring anything, good, and not evil or offense, to all manner of men and companies. He is one of those invaluable men (rare as above) who can in a suitable manner hold their peace! A man of true simplicity and dignity united; one of the most perfectly well-bred men I have ever seen,—well-bred to the very heart. He is of tall lean, handsome and intelligent-looking figure; his age may be some 34.5—— Such a man is eligible to Athenaeums? or will a Poet Milnes blackball him?
The above description is accurately true. It would give me pleasure, since this Darwin wishes it, could he be elected. Can I in any other way assist him, or try to assist him?
And so praying for a happy meeting and a speedy, and leaving you meanwhile to your Socrates' Daemon,6
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Do you do the Elf on a Shelf thing? At my house, we do. Or, rather, my wife does. The elf has a name: Blueberry Jackson. When Blueberry Jackson made his arrival this year, he tracked in a Hefty bag worth of leaves through the living room. Because apparently that's what elves do.
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Trapunto or Italian quilting is a fast, fun technique for creating raised texture on fabric. Unlike traditional quilting, in trapunto, the stuffing is added between two stitched layers of fabric just in the areas required. Trapunto can be worked by hand or machine, but in this class we will use simple hand-stitching techniques to create a small sampler. This workshop is suitable for all levels of stitchers and is an introduction trapunto for those who have never done it before.


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After Afghanistan
Some wars are lost in a matter of moments, others stretch on indefinitely. The defeat in Afghanistan crept up silently on the national consciousness and even though we are negotiating with the Taliban, the "D" word is hardly used by anyone.
Had McCain won in 2008, we would no doubt he hearing a lot about the "D" word and the quagmire in Afghanistan. But the "Q" word doesn't really get mentioned either. No war has been lost. Only a mission is ending. And missions, unlike wars, can be defined in so many creative ways that it's hard to know what to make of them. It's easy to tell when a war has been lost, but a mission can never be lost, only renamed. And renaming is what Obama did to the Iraq War and the War in Afghanistan. Those wars weren't lost; they're only hiding out in the history books under new names and identities.
Wars are usually remembered according to the proclivities of their historians. The history books tend to record the Republican presidents of the last hundred years as either losing wars or winning wars that weren't worth winning. Democrats however usually win every one.
The Korean War and the Vietnam War were not that far in perception at the time, but are worlds apart in the history books. Had John F. Kennedy lived to serve out two terms and then passed on the big chair to his brother, would the history books even record that the United States lost the Vietnam War? Or would it, like Afghanistan, have gone down as a story about a difficult temporary intervention that ended successfully under the leadership of a wise and caring president?
It is difficult to imagine the left's narrative of the last century with such a big and meaty chunk taken out of it. What would have become of Oliver Stone's career without the JFK assassination and the mythology of a cruel and senseless war in Vietnam? Or imagine the last decade if Biden and Gore had managed to talk Clinton into going after Saddam. As entertaining as such speculations might be, renaming missions and tampering with the history books does not alter the outcome of wars.
From the early days, the left had gloated that Afghanistan would become another Vietnam.


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Shumlin administration makes case against its own proposalBy Peter Hirschfeld
Vermont Press Bureau | February 07,2013The most damning argument yet against the Shumlin administration's plan to cap welfare benefits has come from, well, the Shumlin administration.
In his budget address last month, Gov. Peter Shumlin said "Reach Up" benefits, as they're called, should be "temporary," not "timeless." He said the state should cap lifetime benefits at five years, a move that would save the state an estimated $6 million in fiscal year 2014.
But as is being reported today by VTDigger's Alicia Freese and Seven Days' Paul Heintz, the administration took a hard look at an identical proposal in 2012, and pretty much condemned it.
As Freese noted, a January report signed off on by Commissioner of Children and Families Dave Yacavone – the same guy urging lawmakers to adopt the plan now – concluded that capping benefits at 60 months "could leave families destitute and at risk and will create a large hole in the fabric of Vermont's safety net for those most in need."
In a passage pulled by Heintz, the report says that "the families who would be affected by this cut have three times as many barriers to gaining self-sufficiency as the general Reach Up caseload population."
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Four ways social media has deteriorated traditional journalism
Overall, social media has revitalized traditional journalism. Twitter has allowed reporters to develop their personalities and communicate directly with their followers in real time. Facebook, especially with its recent changes, allows journalists to post stories and other content which fans can subscribe to and consume on that platform.
Even small, local newspapers can compete in the breaking news world with national media, one tweet at a time, and gain a national following.
Case in point: Sara Ganim, the crime reporter for the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Penn., gained national prominence for her coverage of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal at Penn State. Most of the people who learned of her superb reporting did so on Twitter, where Ganim has more than 14,000 followers.
But traditional journalism has let social media hurt its franchise.
Here are four areas where social media has been a problem for journalism:
Lowered the standards. It used to be that newspapers, large and small, shared a common set of standards for what journalists would and wouldn't do. Sure, there were exceptions and not everyone operated by the same "rules." But there were clear standards of ethical conduct, story verification and clear ways to correct errors.
For example, reputable traditional journalists would not routinely publish one-source unnamed stories. Major news organizations would not immediately republish a small news outlet's story citing unnamed sources.
Because of Twitter, that now happens frequently. CBSSports.com recently re-tweeted – incorrectly – that Joe Paterno had died. They relied on a student web site that in turn relied on unnamed sources. As I wrote at the time, I did not see this as Twitter's failing. It was traditional journalism's fault for lowering its standards.
Anyone is a journalist. Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry, one of the funniest writers on the planet, once said that Miami's notoriously bad drivers were, in fact, following the rules. It's just that in Miami, "it is customary for everyone to drive according to laws of his or her country of origin."
Today, that is an appropriate definition of who is a journalist. Everyone writes according to the laws of his or her platform of origin. Some "journalists" exist only on Twitter. Others operate just on blogs.
And because everyone has a platform, everyone thinks he or she is a journalist. Rather than taking advantage of the situation to differentiate themselves in the news world as a more authoritative and experienced source, they went the other way.
Many traditional journalism outlets have contributed to the bankruptcy of the term journalist by altering their hiring standards and practices. People who have no fact-gathering experience are now blogging for major outlets. And other outlets have acknowledged, quoted and otherwise legitimized reports from websites, blogs, Twitter accounts and Facebook pages they would have never relied on before the advent of social media.
It's really sad, to watch this proud profession chasing every rumor with an earnest sincerity, as if the news world would implode because some yahoo actually posted some kernel of truth first. Which leads us to:
The tarnished credibility of traditional journalists. The Indianapolis Star really had this headline on its website: "Rob Lowe says Peyton Manning will retire; father, agent says no." And then their esteemed columnist, Bob Kravitz, wrote a column about chasing the Rob Lowe Twitter post (I won't link to it because it's behind a pay wall).
Really? Rob Lowe is a journalist? Really? A major metro and a major columnist have to react to an unattributed, unsubstantiated hearsay Twitter post by an actor? So, in chasing such stuff, whose credibility falls a notch?
Blurring the line between opinion and fact. The biggest myth in traditional journalism is that there is separation between fact and opinion. Reporters write fact and columnists write opinions. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Reporters write columns labeled "analysis" as if that is supposed to excuse the proliferation of opinion. Don't get me wrong, there are times when a well-reported story qualifies as an analysis: examining a trend and talking to many people about what happens next, for example.
But when the analysis veers into speculation, then its opinion, no matter what label you stick on it.
More importantly – or more telling – is any semblance of objectivity is thrown out the window when the reporter starts tweeting. To assume they can write "objective" stories in print, "analysis" piece online and then only do opinion on Twitter seems far-fetched.
Next week, we will dive further into how social media has blurred the line between opinion and fact.


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Summary of Changes to the NetBSD Packages Collection in August 2002
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Summary of Changes to the NetBSD Packages Collection in August 2002 =================================================================== [For a full list of all the changes, please refer to the mail on the current-users mailing list - agc] By my calculations, at the end of August 2002, there were 3104 packages in the NetBSD Packages Collection, up from 3037 the previous month. During August, we branched pkgsrc for the upcoming NetBSD 1.6 release. This is a break with tradition - in the past we've tagged the tree. However, we have found that a tag is not flexible - in particular, if there are any fixes for slower-building architectures, or security fixes, we haven't been able to apply them to the tagged source, since we can't move any tags once they have been applied (we don't want different versions out there). This time we've branched pkgsrc, to give us more flexibility. Eagle-eyed readers of the pkgsrc-changes mailing list will already have seen a number of pullups to the netbsd-1-6 branch. We must also recognise the contribution of Matthias Scheler, who allowed us to exit from the freeze, and branch pkgsrc for 1.6. My whole family thanks him from the bottom of our stomachs, erm, hearts, for providing the chocolate. Once we had branched pkgsrc for 1.6, Johnny Lam merged his buildlink2 branch onto the trunk. This is a refinement of the older buildlink functionality, which is much easier for people creating the pkgsrc entries for the first time to use. Another benefit is that buildlink2(Continue reading)


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This past weekend was the 28th Annual Vegetarian Food Festival at Harbourfront in Toronto, Ontario. The festival is for three days: September 7th to 9th. Admission is free and there are over 100 vendors, local Toronto restaurants, bakeries and a farmer's market. There were fantastic speakers, click here to see the complete list of vendors.
I had the pleasure of watching Isa Chandra Moskowitz of Post Punk Kitchen fame make a beet burger and carrot bisque, here's a little video I made sitting in the third row:
Sorry about the shakiness, I was holding the phone and didn't really think I was going to need a tripod that day. Isa is so charming and funny, I really enjoyed learning from her and the sample of carrot bisque that was passed around was glorious!
I wish we had come in time to see Dr. Michael Greger, he is incredibly entertaining and quite fun to watch. Here's a picture of him being semi mobbed.
If you haven't watched his videos, I highly recommend them:
As we walked around I tried to snap as many pictures as possible:
The lovely ladies of Rawfoodz were so energetic, that's what you get when you're on a raw food diet. I've tried a few of their dressings and I have to agree they are incredibly good.
Of course local lovely lady Ella had a booth and we heard she managed to almost sell out! Great to hear she was able to sell so much.
Bunner's holds a very dear place in my heart, the first vegan gluten free bakery in Toronto and they make the most amazing pockets (curry/pizza). I was sad on Sunday they didn't have the pockets, but hey, that's what happens when you're popular, it's hard to replenish and there are only so many hours in the day when baking for such a large event.
Earth Island had a reduced fat Vegenaise. Click here for the nutritional value info.
This is the Daiya booth and I had a chance to try the Jalapeno Garlic Havarti Style Wedge wedges, OH MY, they were amazing; shut the front door amazing. Click here for the nutritional value.
We went to Live's booth and they had quite a few products, crackers and raw sundae treats.
Had to get the $5 raw taco! Nothing but fresh ingredients – so tasty!
Found out about The Simply Bar, they're from Toronto and I never noticed them in the stores. I was really impressed with the breadth of product offerings, so many different flavours. All of the bars are vegan, gluten free and full of protein.
Interesting to see the comparison between the leading bars and The Simply Bar. We bought a few and I'll be reviewing them shortly. They also have two new Simply Protein chips. They're not baked, not fried, but extruded somehow. I have misplaced the info card they gave me which explains things, but I recall being impressed. They are light and have a very pleasant taste. I would be very interested in finding these on shelf.
Click here for chip nutritional value information.
Last, but not least, Nud Fud, they have a new Coconut water powder. Sounds pretty cool seeing as it's difficult to find coconuts on hand all season, plus less pesky than going through the whole cracking it open process.
There you have it, as many photos as I could remember to take. If you're ever at the festival, tweet at me, I'm more than happy to meet a fellow Air Eater.
Happy eating!


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Cher launched her Dressed to Kill Tour on March 22 in Phoenix, Ariz. amid endless applause and ovations except at point in the show when the pop diva told fans that D2K "is my farewell, farewell tour," which earned the night's only chorus of boos from fans.
According to a review posted on March 23 at Billboard.com, the Goddess of Pop overcame a number of opening night glitches to put on a spectacular opening show at Phoenix's US Airways Center, but despite the positive reception and huge box office success, the 67-year-old singer has decided her road days are truly done.
Taking a self-deprecating poke a her age, the "Believe" hitmaker told the audience, "I swear to God, this is my farewell, farewell tour. I'll be my mother if I do another concert."
Cher has been vocal with fans via her official Twitter and Facebook pages about her struggles in preparing the current tour, admitting that the demands of her tour were "so f**king hard!"
Although jokingly calling herself "the weak link of the evening," the Grammy winner overcame poor fitting costumes, a broken fingernail and forgotten song lyrics to deliver a eye and ear popping 20-song extravaganza.
Currently riding the highest charting album of her career and a near sold-out tour, it's hard to imagine D2K as Cher's 'final' farewell.
The AEG Live produced tour continues on March 24 in Houston, Texas at Toyota Center with the Canadian leg kicking off on April 7 at Toronto's Air Canada Centre.
See Cher.com for more details.
Did you know? Cher's latest album "Closer to the Truth" debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 album chart, earning the ageless diva her highest-charting solo album to date.