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When using the PGNP Native OLEDB Provider in Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), it shows strange behaviour.
I'm constructing a SSIS package with an OLEDB DB Source which connects to a PostgreSQL database, nothing out of the ordinary here.
This source provides the expected records from the database. All seems well.
After this step however, the records move towards a lookup Transaction. This transaction causes the SSIS Package to stop.
No errors or warnings in advance, it just stops.
When examining this package in Visual Studio 2008, the lookup transaction does show a correct preview for the results from the database.
So the lookup is able to connect to the database.
Does anyone have any idea's on how to debug or possibly even fix the lookup transaction?


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Didn't see Rappaport but did run into alot of cats I ain't seen in a while. T.O. show was good, albeit a little short. Vibe was great. Overall worth my $30. Ladies was in the house that night!!!
a tribe called quest
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Posted 19 September 2006 - 11:46 AM
back to the topic.
nobody on this board has seen a tribe called quest in the past few nights?
Yeah, I'm debating on if I should go or not. The tickets are like 40 bucks up here ... but I'm afraid it's gonna be bad. I'd feel better if someone gave it a good review.
Glad to have the STMB back !!!
Posted 19 September 2006 - 12:29 PM
if moneys not a thing -- go
it was real fun
it was real fun
Posted 19 September 2006 - 01:12 PM
Fuck Q-Tip that fool is all about burnin bridges and money.
Posted 19 September 2006 - 02:12 PM
aww shit
Posted 19 September 2006 - 02:24 PM
tip arrogant? hmmm... felt bad for him when his entire record collection was destroyed due to a fire.
just waiting for an offical release of kamal the abstract.
LOL! Fo'real records burnin but Q-Tip is still a piece of work.
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Here's what she says "He can latch, but won't. He has lost 10% o fhis birthweight and is jaundiced and tongue-tied."
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God is amoral, folks. Hate to break it you (okay, not really) but yes your GOD completely amoral in nature...assuming for a moment he does in fact even exist.
All religions rest popularly as they do on Pascal's wager, which states as follows:
1)You may believe in God, and God exists, in which case you go to heaven: your gain is infinite.
2)You may believe in God, and God doesn't exist, in which case your loss is finite and therefore negligible.
3)You may not believe in God, and God doesn't exist, in which case your gain is finite and therefore negligible.
4)You may not believe in God, and God exists, in which case you will go to hell: your loss is infinite.
Basically better to believe to be safe, rather than not believe and be sorry. This is nothing more than religion through fear of an eternal punishment ultimately which has never been empirically proven to exist. But,such cannot be considered a true path to "GOD" because if one believes all "GOD" is pure goodness it is illogical. Which I shall get into later...
But let us look at an even more at the communication of the so called "scriptures" themselves, Thomas Paine makes a rather excellent point on this notion in dealing with the language.
"Human language is local and changeable, and is therefore incapable of being used as the means of unchangeable and universal information. Human language, more especially as there is not an universal language, is incapable of being used as an universal means of unchangeable and uniform information, and therefore it is not the means that God would use in manifesting himself universally to man.
It is only by the exercise of reason that man can discover God. Take away that reason, and he would be incapable of understanding anything; and, in this case, it would be just as consistent to read even the book called the Bible to a horse as to a man. How, then, is it that those people pretend to reject reason?"--Thomas Paine, Age of Reason Part I Sec VII
God cannot be perfect for a variety of reasons. Think about it, a perfect being has cannot have desires. It is already perfect, already content. Perfection cannot long for anything other than perfection. A perfect being is essentially complete in every possible aspect, and in every measurable way.
If you believe the "Creation Story" of Genesis in the Bible, it already negates the idea that God is perfect. Why would a perfect being create something? After all, it was already perfect in its existence by itself, already was it not? The need to create requires that there is something missing, that it is incomplete, therefore imperfect especially from a being that is supposed to be perfect.
If you believe God created the universe then you have to admit that there was no sun, moon, stars, galaxy, concept of time..nothing but the entity of perfection called God alone. So out of what purpose would God create a universe? We'll come back to that one later as well.
You are lead to the argument that that everything created from God must be perfect, because God is perfect, so therefore mankind has to be perfect...and if this is the case why do the revealed religions constantly fall in line of mankind is not perfect...the concept of original sin could not exist, sin could not exist, good and evil can only have one value, that being goodness and perfection.
But the universe is not perfect, evil does exist, and many religions believe sins or acts against God can occur and do in fact exist.
Then the other argument you run into is that GOD created humans out of his compassion and love. God's need to create in of itself is proof God is imperfect once again. If you say God created spontaneously that is no reason at all, it means the universe and everything in it came into being with a reason, without a purpose. And it would mean God is not loving at all.
God as well cannot have free will either or be omniscient. If God is omniscient he cannot make any other choices at all. He can only make one choice, and then it is not really choice just a matter of programming. If you know all the choices you will make, you cannot change them. It would suggest GOD was wrong if he has the ability to change them. So no wiggle room whatsoever, no room to change, because after all God is supposedly perfect and can see the future. God not only has to make the best choices, he can only make choices that are perfectly good.
God cannot make decisions that are less than perfectly good. God has only one choice, the absolute best moral choice. Since God does not have free will, he cannot make any other choices but this one. In order for God to be able to exercise free will, for him to do this has to mean he can make a wrong choice, which means otherwise he is imperfect and has to contemplate the choice. Therefore, God being only allowed to make one the utmost choice in essence has to amoral.
If God however does have free will, God as well must also be imperfect. If God is infact imperfect then and only then is it possible for God to choose anything less than a perfection action. If God is not imperfect, of course than God cannot do anything that is imperfect. So logically, God cannot have free will.
God has to be amoral as well. Why?
Because since God must make only the most moral optimum choice, he has no free will. As well he is not omniscient because every choice he was going to make was perfect and already decided. So God would have to be amoral by default.
Either what is right or wrong is simply because God says so or God says what is right or wrong because it is, simply. God's command for this to be right would have to set up a standard to which there is no moral reasoning for following, and then this only becomes followed out of fear. Then on the other hand God's command is irrelevant to ethics and that ethics have nothing to do with religion and never flowed from it by divine inspiration.
(This would negate Moses, and the bible as a foundation for laws, other than symbolism.)
Then how do you explain evil?
"The free will justification for evil does not work. Free will does not require the existence of evil or suffering. Heaven is a place where there is free will, and no suffering. There is a lot of suffering and evil that are not the result of free will, such as natural disasters, so free will could not actually account for all suffering, only some of it. Also, the free will of one person can cause suffering for another innocent person, God should not allow the moral choices of one being affect other beings as this goes against moral accountability.
It is inadequate to say merely that knowledge or experience of suffering is requirement for us to enter heaven as a justification of why suffering exists. God can give us innate knowledge of evil, rather than let us experience it directly, and if babies or the unborn go to heaven then is clear that experience of the suffering of life is not actually required, after all. If angels or god exist in heaven then it shows that it is possible for beings to be in heaven without first experiencing suffering. The experience theodicy does not work.
The Absence Theodicy is the argument that seen as "God" is "goodness", anything not good such as evil and suffering, is the absence of God. Therefore, the absence theodicy claims that God is not responsible for evil, merely for good.
What this does is put "good" and "evil" either side of a scale. We define many scales as part of our experience. From "hot" to "cold", from "rich" to "poor", we measure all kinds of things on all kinds of scales. What all of them have in common is that God created them. God, in most monotheistic religions including Christianity and Islam, created heat and cold, created the "ups" and "downs" and created every little in-between bit of all those scales.
Likewise, God created the scale of good and evil. God could have created a scale of "amazing goodness" through to "medium goodness" down to "amateur goodness", and therefore let all beings experience no evil or suffering. That God decided to create evil, suffering and pain and put them on the scale is an inexplicable act for a supposedly all-good god. The explanation that suffering is the absence of good is not sufficient to explain why God created suffering in the first place.


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I'm new to this forum and just as new to php and html. I am creating my first basic website and have got one small problem when using include_once on my site.
I have one webpage that changes the text on it depending on which link is clicked on by using different include files, this all works fine but the at the end of the text it always shows a number one.
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1 Chester E. Finn, Jr. et al., Charter School Funding: Inequity's Next Frontier (Washington, D.C.: Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Progress Analytics Institute, and Public Impact, 2005).
2 Bryan Hassel, Charter School Facilities—Challenges and Solutions (Chapel Hill, N.C.: Public Impact, 2005).
3 National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, "About Charter Schools," http://www.publiccharters.org (accessed July 9, 2008).
4 Carol Ascher et al., The Finance Gap: Charter Schools and their Facilities (New York: The Education Facilities Financing Center of Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 2004).
5 National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, "About Charter Schools," http://www.publiccharters.org (accessed July 9, 2008).
6 Affordable access to appropriate facilities was identified as a common challenge for charter schools by members of the advisory group convened for the study on which this guide is based, as well as by many of those interviewed for the study (see table A1, "Respondents Interviewed for This Guide," in appendix A, Research Methodology).
7 For more information, see the "State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program" page on the U.S. Department of Education's Web site, http://www.ed.gov/programs/charterfacilities/index.html (accessed June 25, 2008).
8 For more information about the program, see the "Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities" page on the U.S. Department of Education's Web site, http://www.ed.gov/programs/charterfacilities/index.html (accessed Nov. 17, 2008).
9 For full descriptions of these programs, see Elise Balboni et al., 2007 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape (New York: The Education Facilities Financing Center of Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 2007).
14 According to LISC's 2007 Charter School Facility Finance Landscape publication, 30 of the 41 jurisdictions with charter legislation do not offer supplemental per-pupil aid for facilities-related expenses (Balboni et al., 2007).
15 See the Center for Education Reform's table, "State-by-state Funding Comparisons,": available at http://www.edreform.com/charter_schools/funding/chart.htm (accessed Nov. 17, 2008).
16 Massachusetts has two types of charter schools. Almost 90 percent are "Commonwealth" charters, and all of them receive state facilities funding. The others are "Horace Mann" charter schools. Commonwealth schools are entirely independent, while the charter applications of Horace Mann schools require approval by the local teachers union and the school committee of the district in which they plan to locate. Funding for Horace Mann schools is determined through the local budget process of the district, which also provides these schools with facilities.
17 For information about the differing costs of construction alone (not including land, for example) for primary, middle, and high schools, see the "McGraw-Hill Construction Monthly, Historical, and Forecast Data" provided by the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities. Costs for additions, alterations, and new buildings are provided by grade range (i.e., primary, middle, high school) and by project cost per square foot. The data, updated monthly, are available at http://www.edfacilities.org/ds/index.cfm (accessed July 9, 2008).
18 This additional per-pupil funding also is intended to offset transportation expenses.
19 The legislature first enacted lease aid at a lower maximum amount, then gradually increased the maximum to $1,500 per student; but, as part of an overall deficit reduction effort in the state, the legislature subsequently reduced the maximum to $1,200 per student, although grandfathering in older schools at the prior rate.
20 According to an Arizona State Senate Issue Brief (Aug. 29, 2007, p. 3), basic state aid is computed differently for district schools than it is for charter schools. In addition to the "base support level," district schools receive separate funding components intended to support the costs of textbooks, transportation, and soft capital (such as computers, lab equipment, and furniture) that are not used in the charter school funding formula. The issue brief is available at http://www.arizonaea.org/pdfs/politics/briefings/State_Aid_8.29.07.pdf (accessed Aug. 19, 2008).
21 See District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995, Title 38, Educational Institutions => Subtitle IV. Public Education Charter Schools => Chapter 18. District of Columbia School Reform => Subchapter II. Public Charter Schools. Sec. 38-1802.04 Duties, Powers, and Other Requirements, of Public Charter Schools.
22 A balance sheet is a financial statement that summarizes the value of an entity's assets and debts. Charter school balance sheets give investors (or potential investors) a sense of what a given school owns and owes at a specific point in time.
23 According to a presentation made by the Arizona Charter Schools Association to the Arizona Senate K-12 Education Committee in February 2008, construction costs rose by 12.85 percent in 2006 and 12.20 percent in 2007. See Arizona Charter Schools Association presentation (Feb. 20, 2008), "Discussion of Charter School Funding Needs," Arizona Senate K-12 Education Committee, slide 6.
25 Shaka L. A. Mitchell and Jeanne Allen, Solving the Charter School Funding Gap: The Seven Major Causes and What to Do About Them (Washington, D.C.: The Center for Education Reform, 2005).
26 Bryan Hassel, Paying for the Charter Schoolhouse: Policy Options for Charter School Facilities Financing (St. Paul, Minn.: Charter Friends National Network, 1999).
27 For example, the highest rating given by Standard & Poor's and Fitch is AAA and the lowest is C. The higher ratings these agencies give (i.e., AAA, AA, BBB) are considered high- or medium-quality investment grade, whereas lower ratings (i.e., BB, B, CCC, CC, C) are considered lower-quality and noninvestment grade.
29 See the full text of Colorado Senate bill 98082, available at http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/sess1998/sbills98/sb082.htm (accessed June 26, 2008).
30 Chapter 53, Texas Education Code, which authorizes higher education authorities to issue bonds for institutions of higher education, was enacted in 1971. The authority to issue bonds for charter schools was added in 1995, with the addition of Sec. 53.48. The authorization or direction for Texas Public Finance Authority (TPFA), a state agency, to create a nonprofit corporation to issue bonds for charters was enacted in 2001, with the addition of Sec. 53.351. The TPFA Charter School Finance Corporation was incorporated in 2003, and issued its first bonds on behalf of a charter school in 2004.
31 See Sec. 53.351 of the Texas Education Code and note that bond issuance is restricted to open-enrollment charter schools. Open-enrollment charter schools must comply with Chapter 12 of the Texas Education Code.
32 The Home Rule Act, Title VI, authorizes the U.S. Congress to exercise constitutional authority as legislature for the District. See Sec. 601 (D.C. Code 1-206), available online at http://www.abfa.com/ogc/tit6.htm (accessed June 26, 2008).
33 Personal conversation on Aug. 7, 2008, with Ann Fillingham, attorney at Dykema, Gossett PLLC in Lansing, Mich.
34 Internal Revenue Service, National Office Technical Advice Memorandum CASE-MIS No.: TAM-118916-06, Aug. 1, 2006.
35 Allison L. McConnell, "Regulation: IRS Affirms Michigan Charter School's Right to Issue Debt Without Conduit," The Bond Buyer: The Daily Newspaper of Public Finance, Aug. 31, 2006.
37 Internal Revenue Service, National Office Technical Advice Memorandum CASE-MIS No.: TAM-118916-06, Aug. 1, 2006.
40 For more information about QZABs, visit http://www.ed.gov/programs/qualifiedzone/index.html (accessed June 26, 2008).
41 Allison L. McConnell, "Regulation: IRS Issues Annual State-By-State QZAB Allocations," The Bond Buyer: The Daily Newspaper of Public Finance, Jan. 17, 2007.
43 Bryan Hassel, Katie Walter Esser, and J. Jon Schroeder, Facilities Financing: New Models for Districts That Are Creating Schools New (St. Paul, Minn.: Education Evolving, 2004).
45 See California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Sec. 15132[a].
46 Thornton Matheson, "Qualified Zone Academy Bond Issuance and Investment: Evidence from 2004 Form 8860 Data," SOI Bulletin, 26, 4 (Spring 2007), http://www.irs.gov/pub/irssoi/07ebspringbulthorn.pdf (accessed Aug. 7, 2008).
49 Proposition 47 was a $13.1 billion general education facilities measure passed in 2002. Subsequent action by the state legislature slated $100 million for the Charter School Facilities Program (CSFP). Similarly, $300 million for CSFP was carved out of a total general obligation bond issuance of $12.3 billion for Proposition 55 in 2004, and $500 million was set aside for CSFP out of a total of $10.4 billion for Proposition 1D in 2006.
50 Among the agencies are the California School Finance Authority (CSFA), the Office of Public School Construction (OPSC), the State Allocation Board (SAB), the Division of the State Architect, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/ OSHA), and the California Department of Education. A typical school district applying for funds from the parallel School Facilities Program for conventional public school facilities would be required to have these approvals in place prior to applying for these state funds.
51 Propositions 47 and 55, from 2002 and 2004, respectively.
52 A total of 34 projects have been awarded in propositions 47 and 55 funds to date. As of June 2008, five of these have received their full awards, and another 21 have sufficient time to "convert to a final apportionment" (i.e., secure the approvals necessary to receive their full awards). Eight other projects chose to rescind their awards for reasons not specified by the Office of Public School Construction staff. Funds awarded to these projects have been returned to the program for use on other CSFP projects.
53 As additional projects convert, they will be apportioned based on the grant amount for the year in which the conversion application is funded. The 2008 grant amounts are as follows (these amounts include a 6 percent grant increase approved at the May 28, 2008, State Allocation Board monthly meeting): $8,839 for elementary students, $9,348 for middle school students, and $11,893 for high school students.
54 The city of Indianapolis also has made it possible for charter schools to take advantage of its moral obligation pledge. The mayor there was successful in obtaining state legislative authorization for the Indianapolis City Bond Bank to finance charter schools.
56 One advisor, Elise Balboni, who is the vice president of education programs at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), expresses the opinion that use of an intercept mechanism is not necessarily in the best interest of borrowers or lenders. She points out that intercepting a charter school's regular source of revenue has the potential to escalate challenges for charter schools that, in turn, could lead to default on a loan. Because, in using an intercept mechanism, a school has no access to the revenue dedicated to loan repayment, it could be faced with cash flow problems that prevent it from making other payments essential to its operation (e.g., teacher salaries, electric bills). In this scenario, a school could be forced to shut down and lenders would need to foreclose on any outstanding debt. While a school that has not opted to use this mechanism might still default on a loan, Balboni notes that in such circumstances, a lender and borrower could still confer on how to restructure the loan—opening up the possibility of the school continuing to operate and the lender still receiving payments, albeit at a later date.
57 See the following Colorado Department of the Treasury Web page entitled, "Charter School Intercept and Moral Obligation Program," for more information: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Treasury/TR/1190277266181 (accessed June 8, 2008).
59 The information in this paragraph about Michigan's debt-service reserve fund derives from an interview with Kathleen O'Keefe, financial manager, Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority.
60 The information in this paragraph about Texas' debt-service reserve fund derives from an interview with Kim Edwards, who, at the time of the interview, was executive director of the Texas Public Finance Authority.
61 See House Bill 6 of the 76th Legislature, which, among other charter school reforms, authorized the State Comptroller to establish a fund for credit enhancement of bonds issued by the TPFA Charter School Finance Corporation.
62 Barbara Page et al., The Charter School Facility Finance Landscape: A National Mapping Survey of Private Nonprofit Providers and Public Initiatives (New York: The Education Facilities Financing Center of Local Initiatives Support Corporation, 2005).
64 U.S. General Accounting Office, Charter Schools: Limited Access to Facility Financing (Washington, D.C.: U.S. General Accounting Office, 2000).
66 See Sec. 47614(b) of the California Education Code. (Also note that another major component of Proposition 39 lowered the percentage of the local electorate required to approve local school bonds in California from 66 to 55 percent.)
70 Note that Assembly Bill 544, which preceded and was replaced by Proposition 39, required districts to allow charter schools to use facilities not being utilized by the districts for instructional or administrative purposes, provided that charter schools assumed responsibility for maintaining these facilities.
71 The following court cases have followed adoption of Proposition 39: Sequoia Union High School District v. Aurora Charter High School (2003); Allianza Charter School v. Pajaro Valley Unified School District (2004); Renaissance Academy v. Los Angeles Unified School District (2005); Environmental Charter High School v. Centinela Valley Union High School District (2004); Bullis Charter School v. Los Altos School District (2005); Ridgecrest Charter School v. Sierra Sands Unified School District (2005); California Charter Schools Association et al. v. San Diego Unified School District (2006); and California Charter Schools Association, Green Dot, PUC et al. v. LAUSD (2008).
72 See Sec. 22-30.5-104(7)(c) of the Colorado Revised Statutes.
73 Charter advocates in Minnesota also have been discussing legislation to prohibit districts from having policies that deny charter schools access to surplus district facilities. The Minneapolis School District, for example, has such a policy despite having numerous excess classrooms and having local charter schools begging for access to the district's surplus space. As of July 2008, that policy was under review by the district and negotiations were underway with several charter schools seeking to use excess district space.
74 See Secs. 11969.7 and 11969.8 of the California Code of Regulations.
76 Paul Minney statement during question-and-answer period following session entitled, "How can my charter school get school district facilities through Prop. 39?" (Sacramento: California Charter Schools Association Annual Conference, March 5, 2008).
78 Nikola Filby, Approach to Methodological Rigor in the Innovation Guides, working paper (WestEd, San Francisco, 2006).


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1. Indiana Pacers (36-10)
Andrew Bynum gives the Pacers an embarrassment of front-court riches. They are now officially the clear-cut favorite to win the East. (Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
2. Oklahoma City Thunder (38-11)
Kevin Durant's 33-point game at Miami, which helped the Thunder overcome an early 18-point deficit, likely won him the MVP. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
3. Miami Heat (33-13)
How do you lead by 18 points yet lose by 17, especially when you're at home? (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
4. Portland Trail Blazers (34-13)
Portland has been a little shaky lately; the Trail Blazers have lost four of seven, with all four losses coming to Western Conference playoff teams (Houston, Oklahoma City, Golden State and Memphis). (Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty Images)
5. San Antonio Spurs (34-13)
The Spurs continue to struggle against elite competition, having lost five of eight. Four of those losses were against Portland, Oklahoma City, Miami and Houston. (Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images)
6. Golden State Warriors (29-19)
Stephen Curry scored 44 points against Utah on Friday, and the Warriors needed every one of them, winning 95-90. Thus, Curry scored 46.3 percent of Golden State's points. (Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)
7. Los Angeles Clippers (34-16)
The Clippers are 4-11 when they score under 100 points. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
8. Houston Rockets (32-17)
Jeremy Lin recorded his first triple-double, and James Harden and Dwight Howard combined for 54 points in a 106-92 win over the Cavs on Saturday. Houston has won three straight. (Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images)
9. Phoenix Suns (29-18)
Phoenix has won five straight and eight of 10 to climb to sixth in the Western Conference. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
10. Memphis Grizzlies (26-20)
Mike Conley's sprained ankle, which will sideline him for a week, couldn't have come at a worse time. The Grizzlies have won six straight and are playing their best basketball of the season. (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
11. Atlanta Hawks (25-21)
The Hawks beat Indiana on Jan. 8 (by 10, in fact). Let's see if they can do it again Tuesday. (Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images)
12. Dallas Mavericks (27-21)
A bumpy stretch – five losses in nine games – has Dallas on the outside looking in of the playoff picture. (Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images)
13. Toronto Raptors (25-22)
DeMar DeRozan had a heck of a performance in Portland on Saturday; he scored 36 points – including 30 in the second half – recorded 12 assists and had a hand in 22 of Toronto's 26 second-half baskets. The Raptors, however, lost 106-13. (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images)
14. Denver Nuggets (22-23)
Denver, which has lost six of 10, has been mediocre at home (12-11) and mediocre on the road (10-12). (Photo by Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)
15. Chicago Bulls (23-23)
Chicago won by 10 at San Antonio on Wednesday, only to lose by nine at New Orleans on Saturday. (Photos by D. Clarke Evans/NBAE via Getty Images)
16. Minnesota Timberwolves (23-24)
The Timberwolves are under .500 despite ranking in the top five in the NBA in scoring, rebounds and assists. That's hard to do. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images)
17. Washington Wizards (23-23)
The Wizards are .500 at home (11-11) and .500 on the road (12-12). Not surprisingly, they are the only team in the league to claim that distinction. (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images)
18. Brooklyn Nets (20-25)
Brooklyn followed five straight wins with three straight losses – two by a point, including one at Indiana. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
19. New Orleans Pelicans (20-26)
Anthony Davis was the biggest All-Star snub – and it's not even close. (Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images)
20. Charlotte Bobcats (21-28)
Seven games under .500, this is a playoff team. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
21. New York Knicks (19-28)
Carmelo Anthony has averaged 28.5 points in the four games since his 62-point outburst, during which the Knicks have gone 3-1. (Photo by Rich Schultz /Getty Images)
22. Detroit Pistons (19-27)
Andre Drummond was big time (22 points, 14 rebounds) in a 113-96 win over Philadelphia on Saturday. (Photo by Allen Einstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
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Congratulations to Jerry Sloan, whose banner was well-deserved. His 1,223 victories are the third-most in NBA history. (Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)(Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)
24. Cleveland Cavaliers (16-31)
So many top-five draft picks, and so many losses. The Cavs are in trouble – and not just this year, either. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
25. Los Angeles Lakers (16-31)
The Lakers are 2-12 in their last 14 games, and Pau Gasol will miss at least three games with a strained groin. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
26. Boston Celtics (16-33)
Boston snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over Orlando on Sunday, as Jared Sullinger (21 points, 12 rebounds) and Rajon Rondo (19 points, 10 assists) both had double-doubles. (Photo by Steve Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
27. Sacramento Kings (15-32)
Sacramento has lost nine of 10. (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
28. Philadelphia 76ers (15-33)
Philadelphia is 3-12 over its last 15 games. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
29. Orlando Magic (13-36)
Orlando hasn't beaten a winning team since Dec. 29 (Atlanta). (Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
30. Milwaukee Bucks (8-39)
Milwaukee is 1-15 since New Year's. (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)
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Dear Miriam,
I just missed two days of classes for Rosh Hashanah. Now I'm really behind in everything, and there's no way I can miss another day this week for Yom Kippur. I know Yom Kippur is the more important holiday. Had I realized how tough it would be to miss class, I would have gone on Rosh Hashanah so I could skip on Yom Kippur. Now I don't really feel like I have a choice. Does it make me a bad Jew to go to school on Yom Kippur?
Repenting in Class
Dear Repenting,
First off, I hate the term "bad Jew." It's a judgment people put on themselves to criticize their own choices/beliefs, and it doesn't get anyone anywhere. If you think a decision that you're making is a bad one, make a different one. If you stand behind your own convictions, "badness" won't be part of the equation. So I don't think that any particular choice will make you a bad Jew, though I do think you have some options that are preferable to others.
Your question assumes that you must go to class. I would encourage you to think about where that pressure is coming from and whether there might be another way. If you're attending school in Philadelphia, you're unlikely to be the only student missing class on Yom Kippur. Even if you are the only Jewish student, you're probably not the first one your professor has ever encountered facing this dilemma. Talk to other students who may be missing and ask what they're doing. Talk to your professors and see if there are options to reschedule a quiz, record the lecture or get an extension on an assignment. Professors can't excuse you from the work, but they can help you find a solution that allows for religious observance and academic responsibility.
When students talked to me last week about having to go to class on Rosh Hashanah, we discussed fitting in ways to celebrate by having a dinner with friends, bringing apples and honey to share with classmates or perhaps taking a break to hear the shofar during a small portion of services. On the one hand, those options don't exist in the same way for Yom Kippur. On the other hand, services are likely to last so much longer that if you do have even a half hour break during the day, you're likely to be able to catch at least part of them.
Services aren't necessarily the be all and end all of observing the holiday either. Fasting is arguably more important in terms of actual commandments regarding the day. Part of what makes fasting tolerable for me is being in a room with other people who are doing the same thing, so being in class could make this a greater challenge. If fasting isn't a priority for you, then it comes down to finding a little time and space for yourself during the holiday to do some serious self-reflection. Maybe you read articles about the true meaning of teshuvah (literally, turning, but often translated as repentance). Maybe you find a break fast to attend or plan your own, so you still experience that communal vibe. Maybe you say, "O.K., this year I can't observe Yom Kippur in an ideal way, but next year I will."
One of the central messages of the High Holidays is that change is possible. No one is defined by any one decision, and each year we have the chance to begin anew. You don't have to view this year's observance, or lack thereof, as a precedent for your future celebrations. Yom Kippur isn't actually about making you feel guilty; it's about the opportunity to absolve yourself of guilt. In the end, whatever you do, be prepared to stand behind your decision, both when discussing it with other people and when thinking about it for yourself.
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Thank you to Lisa Alzo, of The Accidental Genealogist , for this always interesting and evocative month long series about the Fearless Females of our past.
March 3 — Do you share a first name with one of your female ancestors? Perhaps you were named for your great-grandmother, or your name follows a particular naming pattern. If not, then list the most unique or unusual female first name you've come across in your family tree.
I share my middle name with my mother's sister; however, her name came from my grandmother fanciful naming practice. My mother's three older sisters carried family names; the twins each had a grandmother's name for a middle name - Aurelia and Maria(h); the first born Irene was named for my grandfather's closest sister Lettie Irene. However, when it came to my mother and her younger sister, their names came from books that my grandmother read.
I miss the days when children shared names with parents, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts and uncles - so much so I am going to share with you a rant that I wrote a few years ago.
My eyelids fluttered, trying to ignore the early morning light – or is it moonlight. I shut my eyes tight so that I might go back to that dark caccoon of sleep. But, no—the eiree half light conspires with my mind to go awandering. Tonight, or is it morning, no matter, names flit through my half consciousness. Names from my childhood, names of my past. Jeep. Earl Kesksy was his real name, which fitted him well as did Jeep. He was short, stocky and feisty man, and one of my childhood heroes. How he got the name of Jeep was always a mystery to me. Perhaps the war, but for whatever reason that short stocky name – Jeep – fitted him well.
Then there was tall, lanky, Boze with his bristly black hair and beard. I knew his last name, Wilson, and the full names of his wife and children, but never did I know Boze by any other name. He was killed by widowmaker when I was about 15, not too long after my dad was killed.
Then there were those strange and wonderful guys who spoke with a variety of long slow drawls, Arky, Big Arky, Little Arky, Oakie, Big Oakie, Little Oakie, and of course, Gutter Oakie (cuz he was so fast a gutting ducks!); there was Tex, and Utah, and even a guy named Nevada. Then there was Fid, Fid Ralston, who taught me the proper way to saddle my horse, while telling me stories of roundups, roping, and riding. O, and I can't forget Kit, Kit Carson, my first true love --- when I was 5 and he was 18 or so. He worked on the ranch and was a good friend of my Daddy and Momma. I would hold onto Kit's hand, follow him whenever he was around the shop and barns, and profess that I would marry him when I grew up.
Daddy was even called Mac or Angus, which I thought strange because neither was his name. Little did I realize that ruddy Scotsman who was my father also had nicknames that came from his Scots background and looks.
When I started school that I began to notice that most people had more boring names – Jack, Lyle, Duane, Morris, Virgil, Mary, Shirley, Nora, Ella --- and then of course, the ordinary names of my siblings and myself. The interesting names of my childhood receded into my memory bank --- just waiting for me to once again pull them out and remember the potato fields, Old Tig, the last of work horses, who lived out his life in tall grass, potato harvest with Mexican nationals coming in on buses to pick potatoes and making the air alive with the sounds of their talk and music, hunting season, green fields of alfalfa, dozers clearing snow drifts --- odd that names can bring back all those old memories.
My grandmother had a way with names. Mother said she read too much. I loved the names that my grandmother wove from our family history and her world of books--- my twin aunts had wonderful names --- Loise Aureila and Joyce Mariah. How those middle names, which were names of their grandmothers, tantalized my tongue and imagination. Ruth Evangeline, my mother, she said that she was named after her brother's school teacher, but my mind goes immediately to Longfellow's Evangeline and images of lost love. I know not how my grandmother came up with Gail Gwendolyn, but if I let my mind flow I see images of medieval Welsh maidens kneeling along a bough strewn stream.
Even without my Grandmother's penchant for the romantic names, I miraculously named my children well; my first born daughter for her grandmothers, a name that has grown more beautiful as has she; the second born daughter for a dear friend and because I loved the sound and images the name brought to me which has become the embodiment of my beautiful girl; and our son's name suits him well and he likes that sense of history that goes with his name. Little did I know that both of his names are old family names from both sides of our family. Originally, I only thought about keeping traditional the RAH initials which have been handed down from my husband's family for generations – Richard Allens, Ralph Anthonys, Rossiter Allen, and now a son and grandson also carry on that "RAH" tradition.
I was fortunate to have missed the naming fantasies that enveloped my classmates, and their children and children's children - names with no history, names of movie stars and celebrities, good and beautiful names twisted, tweaked, and twanged to make them different. So much more satisfying to me, to search through my ancestors and be able to trace the lineage through the children's names. This babe was named for the father's father/mother or grandfather/grandmother, this babe for the mother's side, this babe for great grandmother/grandfather, for aunt/uncle --- ahhh, yes, a satisfying linkage of past to future. I do miss that sense of history that is missing from current naming practices - or rather lack thereof.
I have often thought that all new parents in my family need a list of the names of their forbearers --- names that have meaning and resonate through the centuries and touch our own time: Adeline, Arthur, Adelaide, Alfreda, Allen, Angus, Agnes, Anthony, Aureila, Almira, Alvira, Alexander, Beth, Benjamin, Bertha, Clementine, Clemmon, Cordielia, Clive, Cleona, Catharina, Celesteer, Evangeline, Elizabeth, Emmeline, Evaline, Gail, George, Gwendolyn, Frank, Ferdinand, Harold, Henry, Irene, Isaac, James, John, Jane, Jacob, Joan, Janet, Jabez, Joyce, Laura, Lloyd, Lorraine, Lois, Loise, Magdelena, Marjorie, Margaret, Matthew, Mariah, Martin, Maryette, Melvina, Olive, Phoebe, Peter, Richard, Rebecca, Robert, Ruth, Ralph, Rossiter, Russell, Samuel, Sarah, Susan, Susanna, Thomas, Verna, Walter, Zelma, Zachary. Names evoke memories and images of a time and place, of people that gave me life and history --- From Jeep to Kit, to Fid to Oakie, Arky & Tex, from Adeline to Zachary --- memories and connections are mine to keep --- by the grace of a name.


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Realty Income Cements Dividend With ARCT Merger
Last week, both companies announced that ARCT shareholders have approved the $3 billion deal with Realty Income issuing 45.6 million shares of common stock, based on a fixed exchange ratio of 0.2874 shares of Realty Income stock for each share of ARCT common stock owned.
ARCT shareholders will receive a one-time cash payment of $0.35 per share. The transaction will be essentially balance sheet neutral.
In an effort to seal the deal, Realty Income agreed to boost the company's common stock dividend to $0.1809167 per share from $0.15175 per share. When the dividend is increased, it will be the 70th dividend increase since Realty Income was listed on the NYSE in 1994. The new monthly dividend amount will represent an annualized dividend of $2.171 per share, as compared to the previous annualized dividend of $1.821 per share, or an increase of 19.2%.
Upon closing (later in January), the triple-net deal will create the world's largest net-leased REIT and the 18th-largest publicly traded REIT. The combined company will have an $8.4 billion market capitalization and an enterprise value of $12.4 billion, a size that makes it a candidate for inclusion in the S&P 500 .
Realty Income will add 515 freestanding commercial properties that are owned by ARCT to the company's real estate portfolio. These properties are freestanding locations, which are net-leased to primarily investment-grade-rated tenants doing business in 27 industries. Some of ARCT's largest tenants include FedEx (FDX) , Walgreen (WAG) , CVS (CVS) , the Government Services Administration , Dollar General (DG) , Express Scripts (ESRX) and PNC Bank (PNC) .
After adding these properties, Realty Income will own a total of 3,528 properties leased to 202 tenants doing business in 48 industries. Approximately 34% of the anticipated lease revenue will be generated by investment grade rated tenants, as compared to 19% prior to the ARCT acquisition.
In addition, Realty Income will achieve increased diversification by industry, tenant and property type, increasing the number of industries to 48 from 44, the number of tenants to 202 from 150, and diversifying the property types to 77% retail, 11% distribution facility, 6% office, 3% agriculture, 2% manufacturing and 1% industrial.
With the acquisition of ARCT, the company will realize an increase in its portfolio occupancy to 97.6% from 97.2%.
Commenting on the approved acquisition, Chief Executive Officer Tom A. Lewis said, "We are very gratified to have received approval from both Realty Income and ARCT shareholders to complete the acquisition of ARCT. As a result of this transaction, we will significantly advance our strategic objective to increase the overall credit quality of the revenue generated by our tenants. We are also pleased that, due to the significant revenue and earnings growth as a result of this acquisition, we are able to substantially increase our dividend."


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If You Don't Mind A Big Fat Wand, The Loreal Ultra Volume Collagene Mascara Makes For A Very Good Mascara!
Remember the time when I threw out ten mascaras at once? Afterwards I was left with just about seven mascaras, liked three or four of them, but only really used one – the Lancome Oscillation Vibrating Infinite Powermascara. And even that was drying out on me. If you follow the 'Law of Mascara Use', which states to throw out mascaras every 3-6 months, the Oscillation was close to decay. Lol.
I exhausted the Lancome Oscillation Mascara and when it breathed its last, I had no choice but to go out and get a new mascara. I would have been more excited to go mascara-shopping if not for the fact that I was waiting for my Lancome Hypnose Doll Eyes Mascara to arrive and was certain that every Lancome-owned mascara would be unconquerable. Was.
We'll keep that 'was' for another time, okie?
The L'Oreal Ultra Volume Collagene Mascara normally retails for S$24.90, but it was on sale for S$15.90 I think? And then I used my Watsons points and got it for just S$11.90! YAY savings!


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Jobless Claims Stay At Four-Year Low
By Mark Memmott • Feb 23, 2012
There were 351,000 first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week, unchanged from the four-year-low level of the week before, the Employment and Training Administration just reported.
It adds that "the 4-week moving average was 359,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week's revised average of 366,000."
According to The Wall Street Journal, economists thought the agency would say claims had gone up by about 7,000 last week.
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More than a respiteJanuary 14,2013
More than a respite
What do you do when you need to take care of a parent, grandparent or spouse who needs 24/7 supervision, but you cant afford to stop working?
I was faced with that dilemma when my mother moved in with me. I enrolled her at Project Independence in Barre for day care services three days a week so I could continue to work at my part-time job. My mother could not afford to go to an assisted living facility. She was diagnosed with early to mid-stage dementia.
At Project Independence, she was able to participate in a wide range of activities, both physical and mental. She enjoyed excellent food (surprisingly, she always remembered what she ate), and made new friends. She participated in games, exercise, thought-provoking discussions, current events, health talks, singalongs, dining out and more.
Project Independence has volunteer music performers, and she especially enjoyed those times. Her experience reflects the feelings of many participants when she said, They treat me like a queen.
Now that I am working at Project Independence, I see the scope of what this nonprofit facility offers, and what it means to people. Some people are quite reluctant to attend P.I. for various reasons.
Recently, a woman who wasnt expected to want to attend has turned into an amazing success story. She started to attend three days a week and loved it so much, she now attends every day. Her son was extremely grateful, especially since he lives an hour away.
This is a woman whose son said she had been depressed since his dad passed away in 1997. She is now saying she is happy and making new friends after 15 years of being unhappy.
For people who need to keep working or attend to personal needs, or simply need a break, P.I. is a godsend. The staff is very professional and friendly, and fellow participants also make newcomers feel welcome. I am in awe of how well the staff and volunteers attend to the needs of the participants and how kind and loving they are. Medical needs are attended to by nursing staff.
Project Independence is located in downtown Barre at 81 N. Main St. next to Needlemans Bridal. It has been a wonderful service since the 1970s and I only wish I had known about it when my mother-in-law moved up from New Jersey to live in Vermont. If you are looking for a worthy cause to donate to, P.I. would be very grateful because, as a nonprofit, they are struggling with cutbacks from funding sources.
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In the United States, Mardi Gras draws millions of fun-seekers to New Orleans every year. Mardi Gras has been celebrated in New Orleans on a grand scale, with masked balls and colorful parades, since French settlers arrived in the early 1700s. But what is Mardi Gras all about? Use the buttons below to find out more!
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There are cocktails, and then there are Curio cocktails. I am a little late to the Curio/Harvest Pizza bandwagon, but I have officially jumped on. After my brother's girlfriend told me I would "like, totally get Curio," I was hesitant to play into whatever pigeonhole she had categorized me under, but I couldn't ignore the rave reviews. It pains me to say it, but I guess she was right, because I "totally get Curio," and now I'm totally into it.
Drink specials: 4 of 5
Full disclosure: Curio doesn't actually have a happy hour. From 5-7 p.m. on weekdays they offer a reduced price on classic cocktails, but you're still looking at $6-$10 for a drink. That being said, the cocktails are so delicious the extra cash is worth it. I opted for the "Last Word," which consists mainly of gin and green Chartreuse. An expertly made cocktail was neatly garnished and presented to me in gorgeous glassware. It tasted even better than it looked. It was definitely bitter, but not overpowering. The "Last Word" was just as satisfying as actually getting in the last word in an argument.
Atmosphere: 4 of 5
When I arrived about an hour after opening, the bar stools were almost filled up. Business professionals sat sipping drinks and chatting quietly, giving the place a feeling of life without a feeling of chaos. The bartender greeted me warmly, and chatted with me for several minutes to help make a drink choice. I went outside to enjoy the small patio and the sunshine. For being situated right on Livingston and Fourth St., the patio is actually quiet and serene. Even with traffic whizzing by at the end of rush hour, I felt totally at ease.
Overall: 4.5 of 5
The star here isn't the "great deals," it's the unparalleled experience. If you have the cash and want the quality, there really isn't a better place to go. Somewhere between the expertly made cocktails, knowledgeable staff and warm ambience, a winner of a bar was created. Not one person in the place was looking at their phone or slamming their drink. They were there to converse, relax and enjoy something made right. I know where I'm spending my tax refund.


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After several rounds of heated competition, Sarah Dvorak bags the championship time.
Sarah will now move on to the state finals on September 26th in Wisconsin Dells.
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Skip to comments.Elephants Understand Human Gestures
Posted on 10/14/2013 8:38:08 AM PDT by null and void
Elephants understand humans in a way most other animals dont, according to the latest research from the University of St Andrews. The new study, published October 10, 2013 by Current Biology, found that elephants are the only wild animals to understand human pointing without any training to do so.
The researchers, Anna Smet and Professor Richard Byrne from the Universitys School of Psychology and Neuroscience, set out to test whether African elephants could learn to follow pointing and were surprised to find them responding successfully from the first trial.
They said, In our study we found that African elephants spontaneously understand human pointing, without any training to do so. This has shown that the ability to understand pointing is not uniquely human but has also evolved in a lineage of animal very remote from the primates.
Elephants are part of an ancient African radiation of animals, including the hyrax, golden mole, aardvark and manatee. Elephants share with humans an elaborate and complex living network in which support, empathy and help for others are critical for survival. The researchers say that it may be only in such a society that the ability to follow pointing has adaptive value.
Professor Byrne explained, When people want to direct the attention of others, they will naturally do so by pointing, starting from a very young age. Pointing is the most immediate and direct way that humans have for controlling others attention.
Most other animals do not point, nor do they understand pointing when others do it. Even our closest relatives, the great apes, typically fail to understand pointing when its done for them by human carers; in contrast, the domestic dog, adapted to working with humans over many thousands of years and sometimes selectively bred to follow pointing, is able to follow human pointing a skill the dogs probably learn from repeated, one-to-one interactions with their owners.
The St Andrews researchers worked with a group of elephants who give rides to tourists in Zimbabwe. The animals were trained to follow certain vocal commands, but they werent accustomed to pointing.
Anna Smet explained, We always hoped that our elephant subjects whose day job is taking tourists for elephant-back rides near Victoria Falls would be able to learn to follow human pointing.
But what really surprised us is that they did not apparently need to learn anything. Their understanding was as good on the first trial as the last, and we could find no sign of learning over the experiment.
The researchers say that it is possible that elephants may do something akin to pointing as a means of communicating with each other, using their long trunk.
Anna continued, Elephants do regularly make prominent trunk gestures, for instance when one individual detects the scent of a dangerous predator, but it remains to be seen whether those motions act in elephant society as points.
The findings help explain how humans have been able to rely on wild-caught elephants as work animals, for logging, transport, or war, for thousands of years.
Professor Byrne explained, It has long been a puzzle that one animal, the elephant, doesnt seem to need domestication in order to learn to work effectively with humans. They have a natural capacity to interact with humans even though unlike horses, dogs and camels they have never been bred or domesticated for that role. Our findings suggest that elephants seem to understand us humans in a way most other animals dont.
Never Professor? Never?
I'll buy not since the last Ice Age, but not never.
We and they could well have had quite the relationship during and prior to then.
Not much evidence of a civilization left after everything got scraped flat and covered by a 300 ft sea level rise, but perhaps traces linger in our genes...
Dogs inherently understand the human pointing gesture too.
So what the hell good is that tidbit of what they call knowledge. It's still "ring the bell" cr**.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not aware of the slightest evidence of any technological civilization prior to the most recent glacial period which lasted from roughly 110,000 to 10,000 years ago.
The article does talk about dogs point-following abilities.
Elephants can mourn their dead too, should we elevate them above humans, NO, but we should elevate them above food animals.
Elephants should only be killed if they "become bad" and endanger human lives, other wise we should preserve them as they are of child like intelligence.
Same goes for the great apes and dolphins.
But we should still eat cows and gazelles
Sometimes I wonder how these characters got PhDs in elephontology (and $ 150K/yr. tenured positions) and then come up with the most inane findings. You could have saved the country millions by the above remark. Bet you didn't get a grant, either.
a skill the dogs probably learn from repeated, one-to-one interactions with their owners.
No. experiments show they understand it inherently.
Yeah?? You run up on a squirrel with a raised stick, they'll know what that means too.
Nor am I. At least beyond tales of Atlantis and Mu. I'm not willing to totally rule out the possibility, though.
And I'm also assuming that the pyramids really are only 4500 years old.
Still, how much recognizable evidence would there be of a society that was so advanced that everything they built and used was biodegradable and recyclable, after an intervening ice age and major sea level fluctuations?
Keep in mind that so 80% of the world's population lives within 200 ft of sea level and that sea level rose 300 feet after the last ice age...
It is my understanding that civilization requires agriculture, and agriculture started (in the west) about 7,000 B.C. so if the Spinx really was built 10,000 B.C. who built it? And then there are the Great Pyramids, again there are good arguments that those could not have been built by a (mostly) stone age people, re the 2500 BC Egyptians.
Whenever I point, my cat comes over to smell the end of my finger.
Some do, some don't.
I was never able to get our otherwise brilliant Cairn to look anywhere but the end of my finger.
My old dog surely does, and I never trained him to do anything but lay down and sleep.
What breed?
And what do you do with elephants when they are overpopulated and eating everything in sight? Regulating hunting of wild elephants provides meat for the locals, an infusions of cash from the trophy hunters, and maintains a healthy and stable population.
Half bichon, half cocker.
They also know what "ungawa" means. Pretty smart critters.
The evidence would be enormous.
Such a civilization wouldn't just spring up out of nowhere, going instantly from the Stone Age to 21st Century (at least) technology. It would take thousands of years and a population base of at least hundreds of millions of people. Such a civilization would leave worldwide evidence.
A trivial example: glass bottles, when buried, can last essentially unchanged for hundreds of thousands of years.
Another example: the amount of metal used in a modern city would leave traces in the soil and rock that could still be detected millions of years later. Even if your hypothetical city recycled to an extent that would make environmental activists giddy with joy, they still would have had cities in their past that didn't have the technology to do so.
If there had been a highly technological civilization prior to 10,000 years ago, we would have found traces (and more) of it by now.
Yup. All my dogs look at my finger.
It's certainly not compelling as far as mainstream archaeology is concerned...!
And then there are the Great Pyramids, again there are good arguments that those could not have been built by a (mostly) stone age people, re the 2500 BC Egyptians.
Harsh, but fair.
The older cities would be mined for the metals, and the remaining traces after enough weathering could easily be taken as ore deposits.
Yes, there should be hard evidence, and yes, there are many OOPArts out there, and yes, we do try very hard to fit them into our current world view, or they get filed and forgotten.
Keep in mind that I am speculating, not advocating the certainty of an antediluvian society, but merely allowing the possibility that one could have existed, as yet undiscovered and/or unrecognized.
A post collapse religious fervor could even have gone to great efforts to eliminate every trace of any previous technology or civilization, no library of Alexandria, no statue of Buddha is immune.
My dog doesn't look at my finger. He turns his head and look to where my finger is pointing.
Antediluvian isn't the precise word I want, but if you'll allow the water in the Great Flood to be frozen, it can be hammered in to place, filed flush, and painted to match...
What do you do with humans when they are overpopulated and eating everything in sight?
I'm skeptical that we could hide the evidence of our civilization from future archaeologists, even were we to devote an enormous effort in to doing so.
Yes, there should be hard evidence, and yes, there are many OOPArts out there, and yes, we do try very hard to fit them into our current world view, or they get filed and forgotten.
That's the first time I'd ever come across that term ("OOPArt").
Keep in mind that I am speculating, not advocating the certainty of an antediluvian society, but merely allowing the possibility that one could have existed, as yet undiscovered and/or unrecognized.
One can't prove a negative, of course, but it strikes me as extraordinarily unlikely. And, as they say, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
A post collapse religious fervor could even have gone to great efforts to eliminate every trace of any previous technology or civilization, no library of Alexandria, no statue of Buddha is immune.
Shades of Asimov's "Nightfall"!
Hes talking about the last great flood. We all live in the regeneration of the last great catastrophe. This is the only answer to the question that science will not adress and has no way to explain.
Question....How did the oldest civilization on the planet (Sumer according to scientists) have all the arts, science, math, writing, medicine, agriculture, world maps, sea navigation, astronomy, pictures of the solar system, etc ?
Answer....they got it from the previous civilization.
You beat me to it!
Every dog I ever had automatically knew what pointing meant and knew it related to a direction.
Ours would be extraordinary difficult to hide. Stuff in Clarke orbits could still be there when we are no longer recognizable as our current species.
That's the first time I'd ever come across that term ("OOPArt").
FR, an opportunity to learn something every day...
And, as they say, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Yep. I'm open to such evidence being found. Until then, it's just speculative fiction/fantasy.
Shades of Asimov's "Nightfall"!
Opposite, really. In Nightfall the church tried to provide continuity.
A blend of militant islam and wacko environmentalism, with a leavening of Luddites, rage, and post collapse PTSD-like insanity wouldn't leave much behind.
One usually doesn't see "Great Flood" and "legitmate archaeology" in the same conversation...
Question....How did the oldest civilization on the planet (Sumer according to scientists) have all the arts, science, math, writing, medicine, agriculture, world maps, sea navigation, astronomy, pictures of the solar system, etc ? Answer....they got it from the previous civilization.
I have to call shenanigans on this one; are you seriously asserting that ancient Sumer had "pictures of the solar system" and world maps? As for some of the rest (arts, math, etc.) it doesn't require an antediluvian civilization. People (such as the Sumerians) were perfectly capable of inventing such things as writing on their own.
Note to self, never flip off an elephant.
"What do you do with humans when they are overpopulated and eating everything in sight?"
That one is too easy. Start a major war.
Sadly enough, elephants are to civilized for that...
Not so. In the short story, there was a group known as the Cult which used their scriptures to predict the Nightfall itself. While they were in fact correct, they didn't want to preserve civilization...that was the goal of a group of scientists.
Maybe, but squirrels do not understand pointing. If I toss a squirrel a peanut, and he doesn't see where it landed, my pointing at it doesn't clue him in at all. He'll still search around randomly trying to sniff out where it went.
Yep, but even in legitimate archaeology they recognize the Mediterranean filled abruptly when the natural dam at Gibraltar broke, the abrupt flooding of the Black Sea when the natural dam at the Bosphorus broke, the formation of the Scab-lands when the ice dam for lake Missoula broke, and the climate shift when the glaciers retreated enough to drain the Great Lakes region down the St Lawrence rather than the Mississippi.
Not to mention the world wide 300 ft sea level rise at the end of the last Ice Age that flooded places like Sundaland and what is now the English Channel.
Too bad we couldn't point to the right and have the GOP elephant understand.
My elephant never plays fetch. Doesn't mean he doesn't understand.
He just doesn't want to play fetch.
Your squirrel just doesn't want to play fetch.
Reread the story. Both groups were maintaining continuity, but from opposite viewpoints. The Church had records going back several cycles.
Also the original short story is different from the expanded novel.
It wasn't fundamentally all that different from the current situation where both science and the Bible seek to explain everything. Odd convergences happen...
I seem to remember that elephant that went crazy in Hawaii a few years back, killing everybody he could.
Elephant, Hawaii, Obama,...say...
I wonder if Obama had gestured to the elephant moments before the attack.
In Stephen Baxter's fairly recent novel, "Evolution" (highly recommended, BTW), one chapter entitled "The Hunters of Pangaea" posits a stone-age civilization of humanoid dinosaurs, but they don't have enough of an impact on the environment to be noticed by humans, 145 million years later. Quoting from the book:
The whole of the orniths rise and fall was contained in a few thousand years, a thin slice of time compared to the eighty million years the dinosaur empire would yet persist. They made tools only of perishable materials wood, vegetable fiber, leather. They never discovered metals, or learned how to shape stone. They didnt even build fires, which might have left hearths. Their stay had been too brief; the thin strata would not preserve their inflated skulls. When they were gone the orniths would leave no trace for human archaeologists to ponder, none but the puzzle of the great sauropods abrupt extinction.
When asked whether some of the strange species he invented for the book actually existed, he answered essentially, "Of course not".
Fun to read about, though!
Ooooooo! I gotta read that one!
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