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Global Warming? Who Cares When the Apocalypse Is Going to Come First?
Original post made by Marvin, Foothill Farms, on May 2, 2013
Research by David C. Barker of the University of Pittsburgh and David H. Bearce of the University of Colorado found the following: Belief in the biblical end-times is a motivating factor behind right-wing resistance to curbing climate change.
"[T]he fact that such an overwhelming percentage of Republican citizens profess a belief in the Second Coming (76 percent in 2006, according to our sample) suggests that governmental attempts to curb greenhouse emissions have encountered stiff resistance, and will continue to encounter stiff resistance, even if every Democrat in the country wants to curb them," Barker and Bearce wrote in their study, which will be published in the June issue of Political Science Quarterly.
There's nothing terribly surprising or unusual about Second Coming believers thinking that the world will be ending any minute now, and on their watch. Doomsaying has been a staple of history. But, hey, what about all the Republican worry-warts who profess deep misgivings about the federal deficit affecting future generations? Well, that doesn't count, I guess. It's one thing to dump toxic poisons into the atmosphere; it's quite another to create deficit spending for meals on wheels, food stamp, and children's nuitrition programs.
And the logic? Well, see, WE don't have to take care of the earth because it's all going to end soon anyway. And, on the same 'reasoning', so we shouldn't be spending MY tax money on impoverished children either because, hey, it's going to end sooner than anyone believes anyway. So, let's spoil the landscape while living it up! And let the little children suffer, because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven once the millenarian saints come down to slay the guy God/Christ/Whomever didn't have the competence to get along with in the first place.
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a resident of Bonde Ranch
on May 2, 2013 at 7:23 pm
Whoopee! We've been saying this all along! Recycling is tyranny.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 3, 2013 at 9:26 am
by curbing climate change, are you referring to the coming ice age or something else? There's been no recorded warming globally for 10 years and we're approaching a pattern of climate similar to the 70's when the 'experts' claiming the next ice age was coming.
So which is it, and how will the dems figure out a way to tax us for our behavior or return us to the stone age?
a resident of Livermore
on May 3, 2013 at 1:36 pm
duh...what in the world are your asking? pleeeeeze esplain...
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 5, 2013 at 10:35 pm
Evolution>intelligent design. Global warming will end civilization before the apocolypse or the coming of christ. unless kim jung un gets an itchy trigger finger.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 6, 2013 at 8:03 am
Anyone who's been lucky enough to see a Beck rally knows that the apocalypse is already upon us. The sinister forces of Obama and his followers have aligned themselves with the intent of establishing Satan's rule over the world. Why is the government buying up all the ammunition and stockpiling it? If they can't take our guns away they're doing the next possible thing, taking away our bullets. C'mon people, haven't you noticed the resemblance between Obama's picture and Satan? Global warming is just a ruse to distract us from the real forces of evil that intend to enslave us. Nowhere is this permitted by the Constitution!!!!!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on May 6, 2013 at 9:28 am
...some scary comments. However, the climate has been 'changing' since the earth was created. I am grateful the earth 'warmed' after each ice age, or we wouldn't be here.
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The quiet studio features a double sofa bed and a breakfast table with leather stools. The kitchenette includes a kettle, a hob and a microwave oven. There is plenty of storage space, and a bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. The toilet is outside the room.
The Bois de Boulogne Park is just a 10-minute walk away. For the Eiffel Tower, Trocadéro Metro Station can be reached within 10 minutes' journey by metro.
The immediate area is a shopping district with many amenities as well as excellent transport connections by Paris Metro, RER (Regional Express Network) train and bus.
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Did not expect the apartment to be this small (there arent much space to walk in the apartment) but I think it is just nice to fit two person. It has all utensils and equipment you need to cook a decent meal. The location of this apartment is amazing as it is just a five mins walk to the metro station near Arc de Triomphe. There are also two big supermarkets which are just about a minute walk away from the apartment.
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My sister and I had such a great holiday. Rosa was very nice and helpful. She was waiting for us when we arrived at the studio. The studio is right in the middle of the city. The studio is so new and clean. It only takes 10minutes walk to Champs-Eleysees.I t's very easy to access to Metro and even shuttle bus to the Airport. But the only thing that we didnt have enough blanket as we were there end of summer and we got cold in the middle of the night, other than that it's all PERFECT. Thanks very much Rosa. We would definitely come back to stay again. My sister and I have already miss Paris.
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Nice Pics!!!!!
Thought I'd see if I'm smart enough to use the photo function.
I started making cut & curl candles this year as an addition to our Farmer's Market income.
Very nice
Now thats something I would like to learn to do.
It looks very complicated.
The colors are beautiful.
busy as a bee, suit maker
It's really not that hard.
My favorite saying is that if I can do it anyone can.
Like most things start with a couple of good books.
I started with one titled "cut & Curl Candles" and they show every cut to make.
There aren't really any fast rules so you do it as you go.
Do you make these with bees wax?
I would think that bees wax would be to hard.
I wouldn't use it to make candles but.....
I have some uncappings of old bees wax left over from 1998.
I am wondering if there is anything I can do with it?
Mabe make a wood polish or something.
busy as a bee, suit maker
Yes, The 1st ones I did were beeswax.
Now when I run out of Beeswax we use paraffin also just as an alternative.
I prefer beeswax though as it stays pliable longer than paraffin.
As long as the wax is clean you shouldn't have a problem using it.


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New architecture lecture series leads with folklorist
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(Feb. 14, 2006)--To widen the scope of experience for architecture students at UTSA, the College of Architecture and the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects have partnered to present a six-part lecture series and exhibition.
The first lecture will feature Henry Glassie, an award-winning author and professor of folklore at Indiana University, and is set for 6 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Buena Vista Theater at the UTSA Downtown Campus. The lecture is free and open to all.
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Glassie's lecture, "Craft, Tradition and Vernacular Theory: The Meaning of Things," will highlight how culture and experience influences buildings, writings and other things people create.
In addition to serving as president of the Vernacular Architecture Forum and the American Folklore Society, Glassie earned the Cummings Award for the best book on North American architecture in 2001, "Vernacular Architecture."
Julius Gribou, dean of the UTSA College of Architecture, said the lecture series is a very important enrichment component of the college's degree programs.
"It also provides a continuing education opportunity for the architectural community, and an expansion of the understanding of the value of architecture to the public," Gribou added.
For several years, UTSA has partnered with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) San Antonio chapter to coordinate lecture series events that complement architecture programs at UTSA and provide a venue for students to interact with practitioners in the field of architecture.
Greg Papay, a local architect and 2006 AIA San Antonio chapter president, said this year is the organization's 50th anniversary and the theme is "50/50: The Next 50 Years of Design Leadership."
"Our lecture series will help the public, students and the profession see national examples of how architecture practice is changing and then discuss and debate how these trends affect architecture in San Antonio," Papay said.
H-E-B, Lake Flato Architects and Kell Muñoz are sponsors of the 2006 lecture series. Other support for the series is provided by Alamo Architects, RVK and Ford Powell & Carson Architects, Madeline Anz Slay Architects, Sprinkle Robey Architects and Durand-Hollis Rupe Architects.
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Just a friendly update - I may have mentioned it before...the "heft test" is inadequate going into winter, especially in your area. A scale should be used. Two 10-frame Langstroth deeps with inner cover, telescoping top, and bottom board, brood, bees + honey should weigh in excess of 130 lbs before winter, otherwise the bees should be fed. As Bill mentions, the cluster size is important. If they are smaller than 5 frames wide, consider combining them with another colony using the newspaper method. One exception is the Russian strain of bees, which winter quite well in very small clusters (probably not a bad choice of subspecies for British Columbia).
Oh, one more thing...I was admonished recently by some Northern Beek's AGAINST using liquid feed in freezing or near-freezing weather as it can be FATAL to the colony. Fondant, patties, and dry sugar are the choice, again inside the hive.
Also, I really like the roof idea to keep the bees dry. I am considering making 40-hive wagons or trailers with corrugated steel hip roofs that overhang 48". If I can come up with a design that fits and chains down on a semi flatbed efficiently, I won't need a forklift, just a trailer dolly and a winch. It will probably include pallets though, as the operation grows, a forklift will probably become an option for efficiency. The geography of some sites may dictate the final answer.
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I intend to have children, even though I don't have any yet. I live in the US... so it will be impossible not to have my children exposed by outside sources to Christianity.
As much as I want to protect them from this evil institution... I know I have to in some way prepare them for it. I have read of some horrible stories from atheist parents.
One parent said that she had to file a restraining order against an evangelical neighbor who pulled her children aside and told them to "run away" because their home "was evil."
Another reported that her 7 year old little boy came home from school sobbing after a bunch of his classmates backed him into a corner and demanded that he believe in Jesus while the teacher did nothing.
It goes on and on.
I REFUSE to expose my children to the holy porn that is the bible before they are at least 12. I can't justify showing them the horrors in that book when they have made ME as a 22 year old adult shiver and have to put the book down after an hour or less sometimes wanting a drink more badly than ever. I am a horror fanatic... but the bible is sometimes too much for even me. HOW can I expose my child to that before they are ready to handle it?!
Furthermore... what should I say when the inevitable question comes... "What's God, Mommy?"
There are a couple of difficulties with this...
1. God is a concept that is difficult to define even with adults
2. The Christian God is an evil tyrant that I don't know how to explain to a child without scaring him/her
3. How do I teach the child not to say things about the non-existence of god when they could get into serious trouble for doing so.
Furthermore... I don't know if I'm ready to handle the persecution my child will probably recieve as a non-christian child in this society.
I have worried about this for a while.
What age do you think I should expose my child to religion? And how should I go about doing it? When are they ready to be exposed to the bible?
You guys don't have to answer all of these questions... but some help and reassurance is much obliged.
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I am letting my kids (7 and 2) encounter religion on their own. We live in Salt Lake City a couple of blocks from the Mormon temple. My 7 year old has asked some questions and I usually give him the "some people believe" answer and why I think they believe that. And, if he asks, I tell him what I believe. My 2 year old thinks the temple is a castle. And for now, that is just fine with me. Don't make a big deal about it. And don't worry. Give your children the tools to think critically and they will figure it out for themselves.
"Mommy, what's God?"
"Sweety, God is what people use to explain what they don't understand. Now, finish your vegetables."
If you let your child out into society they are going to be exposed to the concept of god at an early age. I don't have my own children but I do teach a whole class of 4 and 5 year olds. Every year I have a few children who ask some really deep questions. How I answer them depends on the family they come from and the nature of the question.
What age do you think I should expose my child to religion?
When your child starts asking about religion or god that is when you as a parent need to address their questions as honestly as you can. If you ignore their questions even if they are very young they will find answers which my be correct or not elsewhere. I'm not really sure how I'd answer questions about god for my own kids but I imagine it would go something like this:
What is god? - Some people believe in god others do not. Your parents do not believe in god. For those people who do believe in god, god is a very powerful being who they think created the whole universe.
Is god real? - No. God is just one idea among many ideas about how the universe got here and it's not a very good idea because no one has any evidence that a god did it.
Why do people believe in god? - There are many reasons people might believe in god, I don't know all of them. One of the reasons I do know is because they were taught to believe in god and another is that some people believe in god because they think believing in god makes them feel good.
Why don't you believe in god? - There are much better ideas about how the universe got here and because those people who do believe in god do not have any evidence for god.
I'd try to keep the answers short, simple, to the point, and not give them more information then they really need.
When are they ready to be exposed to the bible?
When they can read well enough to understand the bible and if they even have an interest in reading the bible. I don't think it's really all that important for young kids to be exposed to the bible. For literary reasons some exposure to the bible in the high school years might be useful. Really the book is so hard to read and so long that most children aren't going to read it unless it's forced upon them. Most adults who believe in the damn thing have never even read more than a few passages.
Yes to all of these answers. One of the questions that spoke to me,
3. How do I teach the child not to say things about the non-existence of god when they could get into serious trouble for doing so.
I wouldn't prevent them for saying what they want. If the shit hits the fan, that's when Pops shows up and points the fan back at them says, "Does anyone want me to turn it on?" There is certainly a respect factor, but I would be more concerned about being sure that they know to just be themselves even if it means that some people won't be their friends because of it.
These are good parenting concerns Skycomet.
Regarding the last question, I don't think some adults are (were) ready to be exposed to the bible. Results will vary.
Thanks for posting! I am in a similar situation, in that my two kids believe, and go to church with their mother. I became an atheist when my oldest was 3. He is now 6 and she is almost 4. Their mother, my wife is impossible to talk to about religion. She just refuses to speak about it at all. It would be much easier if she would come around to the thinking world, but for now teaching the children to question everything, and think for themselves will have to do. Hopefully one day they will all apply that to the belief system they are being exposed to.
It is refreshing to hear your story as it is an entirely new perspective for me. Hopefully we can all take baby steps to a more rational and thoughtful future.
I feel for you brother. That's a tough situation. I hope you can come to terms with your wife.
My situation is similar. My kids are 14 and 11 and I've been on a journey towards atheism for the last 10 years with the last 2 totally accepting my atheism. My wife has been a non-practicing catholic for the last 8 years so my kids don't have much exposure. She still holds onto some of her beliefs of heaven but generally does not like discussing religion.
My kids have asked about religion and I've told them my position. In general, I've tried to teach them to be skeptical and to use critical thinking skills. I will accept them no matter what they end up believing as long it their own decision.
Good luck.


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Posing cookies, who'd have thought... They look great! Care to send some to London? ;-) Have a lovely day xoReplyDelete
I randomly made chocolate chip cookies yesterday, too. such a good decision.ReplyDelete
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Stephan Pastis is an award-winning comic creator and author of the New York Times best seller, Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, his first book for young readers. The self-taught artist followed an unusual career path: He went to law school. Bored in class, Pastis found himself sketching characters. After graduation, he got a job at a law firm, but he didn't stop drawing. Before long, Pastis started to submit his comics to publishers. He got a few rejections, but his idea soon took off. Today, Pastis's comic strip Pearls Before Swine appears in more than 600 newspapers.
Now Pastis has found success with Failure. In the comedic novel, he writes about bumbling 11-year-old kid detective Timmy Failure and his lazy business partner, a polar bear named Total. The two run a detective agency, Total Failure Inc. Timmy hopes his company will make so much money that his mother can stop worrying about paying the bills. Pastis visited TFK's New York City office to talk about his work and what it was like to write Timmy Failure.
Timmy Failure is the name of the main character in Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made. What inspired his name and the title of the book?
The title Mistakes Were Made is Timmy's way of apologizing because he can't say "I'm sorry." Instead, he says, "mistakes were made." In terms of his name, Timmy is such a sweet, innocent-sounding name, and the word "failure" is so blunt. I liked putting those two together.
Is the story based on any of your real life experiences?
Not directly. But I think everything that happens in your life goes into your head and kind of comes out on weird ways on the page. I do think a lot of Timmy is me as a kid.
Timmy's original last name was Fayleure. Is he French?
I hadn't really though about that. The original spelling of Fayleure is French, but I just needed a last name that sounded like failure.
Timmy is 11 but has a vocabulary of an adult. Why is that?
There are detective books for adults from the 1930's about detectives Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade and they talk in clipped sentences — very short and staccato and adult. When Timmy talks I think he wants to be important like them, so he talks like them.
As a kid did you ever want to be a detective like Timmy?
I wanted to be as clever as those kids in the detective stories, like Encyclopedia Brown, and I never was. I would read Encyclopedia Brown and I couldn't solve any of the mysteries. So, yes, I wanted to be a little smarter, I suppose.
Do you think kids will be able to relate to Timmy and his grand business plan?
I think they will enjoy reading about someone who has a grand vision and falls short. I think people like reading about someone in a worse situation than themselves— that's where humor kind of comes from. Timmy is probably in a worse situation than just about anyone.
Why did you choose to make Timmy's partner a polar bear?
I think because Timmy doesn't have a dad, so he needs a protector. Total is so big that when you see him side by side with Timmy you see that protector, but he is very furry and soft, so he is a comforting protector.
If you could have any animal as your business partner, what animal would you pick?
I am partial to monkeys. Monkeys are endlessly entertaining, but probably not very productive. If I go to a zoo, I go straight to the monkey cage.
How did you come up with the style of illustrations for the book?
I have been doing a comic strip for 11 years so it is just sort of the way I draw. But the idea here is that the child is drawing. So when I sketched a drawing I would quickly ink them and I wouldn't correct any mistakes.
Do you think illustrations help kids connect with the story?
I think they help in the sense that a page filled with a lot of words can be very dense and have the potential to bore some kids. The drawings really lighten that up and hopefully they are also funny.
When did you notice you had a strong talent for art?
I don't know if I have noticed that yet! Art is not my strong suit. I didn't go to art school. I was a lawyer for 10 years. So, I kind of just get by as best I can. And I avoid drawing things like bicycles and cars.
What inspired you to start illustrating for comics?
When I was a little kid I was a really big Charlie Brown fan. I just wanted to do what Charles Schultz (the creator of Peanuts) did for a living. It sounded so cool to stay home and draw funny pictures.
What was the biggest challenge in going from creating comic strips to writing and illustrating a book?
The biggest challenge was the length. When I draw a comic strip, I can hold it out at arms length and see everything from beginning to end. I can see if it flows correctly. When you're working on a novel you can't stand far enough away to see the totality of the book. At the start of a writing day I would find myself re-reading the entire book just to get into the rhythm. That was easy in the beginning, but when I was almost done it would mean about an hour and a half of reading before I could even start writing.
What do want kids to get out of Timmy's story?
I want them to laugh. When I was a kid reading books I would get bored easily, but if something was funny I found it compelling. I tried to put something funny in every chapter to make it more compelling.
What advice do you give kids with creative talents?
You have to work on them every day. It's the same way you would lift weights to get strong or run every day to run track. It's something you have to put time towards. Even if it's 10 or 15 minutes in the morning, if you work regularly you get better.


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Thread: Did I miss a big change at RPS?
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Did I miss a big change at RPS?
I've been reading RPS for nearly two years now. New articles came a bit slow, but most of them were worth it, even the ones about very unusual games. Actually, those were often the best. Articles were quite elaborate and even pure browser games turned into spectacles and long running series. It felt like a little group of gamers writing about their avocation. Recognisable, always trying to be ahead of each other.
But these days that is hardly the case anymore.
Two days ago I was completely baffled at how many articles were published that day. Fifteen!
Though acceptable in general they lack anything that made this site special. Most of what was written could be found on any other gaming news site. In some cases even in a way that is much more readable.
Articles like Steam Wants You To Look At Its Muscles just seem so unnecessary and written in a way that makes me think "Am I missing some kind of inside joke?".
The only article I've enjoyed this week was The Flare Path: Tomcas, Tigers & Treason. But I admit, I wouldn't even have read it if there wasn't the picture of a flight sim. The first paragraph, the one visible on the page itself is just...
To quote it:
Tomorrow morning at daybreak, the Flare Path is being executed for treason. His nosey neighbour, Mr Geoff Himmler, spotted him placing 2p coins on the railway line at the bottom of the garden, and informed the authorities. The next thing FP knew, he was sat in a dingy cell in the Tower of London with nothing but a laptop, a tin of alphabetti spaghetti, and a Dangerous Waters manual for company. After reading the alphabetti spaghetti and eating the Dangerous Waters manual, the condemned man has decided to spend his final hours sharing Achtung Panzer tips and disseminating news of upcoming train, bus, and jet sims.
I'm sorry. Maybe gaming is slow in general at the moment. Maybe I'm just fed up with this artsy fartsy style of writing.
But for me most of what is published these days seems like the product of a small army of minions, each one of them trying to outshine the other in terms of crazyness.
Were are the articles with a twist? Long series were RPS authors try to outsmart each other. Mostly failing, sometimes diplomacy at its best.
I can't be the only one who is a bit dissapointed by RPS over the last few months?
My only complaint would be the increasing number of "announcement about an announcement" type of articles. RPS used to not pile on to the PR Hype machine and do content for the sake of content that this sort of thing strikes me as. Otherwise, the writing is still superior, even on fluff pieces. People, games, and sites all evolve I suppose, as long as RPS continues to be more mature and better composed, they'll be #1 in my book despite the changes.All times I have enjoyed greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those that loved me, and alone.
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You've got to accept that RPS isn't the site it was. It is now more of a well written news aggregation site than anything else and you can't blame them because it is probably the most profitable format and they have rent to pay.
Having said that the way you consume the site has to change since the basic Wordpress blog template is horribly ill-suited to the new format of the site (They should see what theregister.co.uk has done in terms of format. Unfortunately they won't be able to use 50% of the screen for ad coverage with that.).
The RSS reader is now your primary means of navigating the site. Instead of compulsively reading everything on the front page just read the two or three news articles that interest you from the feed. Stories disappear so quickly from the front page that commenting isn't as good as a story stays in the spotlight for a few hours.
It is sad that the old articles posted during the holidays were probably the best items posted on RPS this year other than the 1994 and April 1st posts."You go up to a man, and you say, "How are things going, Joe?" and he says, "Oh fine, fine couldn't be better." And you look into his eyes, and you see things really couldn't be much worse. When you get right down to it, everybody's having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everybody. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
I've criticized the development of RPS myself, but if you mean the likes of Gameboys in Hell by "long series were RPS authors try to outsmart each other". Well, I'm pretty sure there were only two pieces like that. One about Solium Infernum and the other about Neptunes Pride.
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They do news now, in addition to the features/reviews and everything else. That's all really. Takes a bit more effort to find the good stuff that's true (although by 'effort' just looking at the 'read our finest words' bit seems to work).
Wow. The internet's a cold, harsh place.
I agree with the OP and I also with Wuggas comment. Personally I don't have a problem with RPS being a news site with the occasional article and interview thrown into the mix. However I do wish they'd stop taking any old shit posted up at Reddit as a given and do some fact checking before posting it up on RPS. The whole 'Valve giving refunds on From Dust' and 'be afraid Origin is spyware' headlines were particularly egregious examples from last year of spreading disinformation and inciting rampant fear mongering amongst the sites readership that were devoid of much 'fact' at the end of the day. If you are going to be a news site, model yourself after the BBC not Fox. The gaming world is built on Chinese whispers enough already without RPS contributing to the BS spreading.2017 Yay!!!!
Why yes you're right I'm deliciously evil. Tradition is the tyranny of dead men
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i don't read rps for the news, which i already know from every other site by the time it gets to rps, nor for the hardware articles, nor for the sensationalist kotaku/destructoid style of stuff. i come for lighthearted articles about various sorts of nonsense, for the game diaries, for the indie games and for the humour. and i feel that all of these things i like have been kinda under-represented for a while now, in favour of other stuff. other stuff that probably gets them more clicks. i get that, but that doesn't mean i have to like it.
perhaps they could do what eurogamer did and hire a news guy that could take care of most posts, so the rps core could focus on fewer and better articles?
Sadly, yes. The volume of Churnalism with a thin veneer of opinion attached is quite disgusting as of late. The Hivemind probably can't win though... if they run with all of these press releases and announcements of announcements at the like, people complain about the Churnalism, the lack of well written pieces and so on. If RPS doesn't run a story on a press release or announcement, people pop up in the comments sections and in the forums demanding that RPS cover this or that, or decrying RPS for their obvious bias in not covering this or that... Then, RPS do cover this or that, but not in the way the people wanted (see that 4-chan ungame nonsense from last week for an example), so the people complain.
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Maybe you guys would be happier with RPS if you started visiting http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/cate...ured-articles/[URL="http://steamcommunity.com/id/auspex"]http://steamcommunity.com/id/auspex[/URL]
This thread comes up every six months or so. Do we really take a "new direction" towards tabloid bloggery every six months? I suspect not. The site isn't a lot different to how it was two years ago, it's just that there is more content, both news and articles.
Also, if you don't get Tim Stone, I pity you. He is my favourite writer on RPS.
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While people are of course entitled to think RPS has gone wrong in any direction they please, it's important to note that the site is currently posting FAR more feature content than it ever has at any point in its existence.
The articles you claim we lack - we have them more than we ever have. And the news you say is clogging the site? We've always had it. The thing is, when you remember the past, you remember the bits you liked about it. So when you think about RPS in 2010, you think about the features you loved the best, and forget the churn of daily news that came between. There are now more posts than there were before, because we've more writers, and we work harder, but everything has increased proportionally.
I promise that in two years you'll all be complaining that RPS is nothing like it was in its 2012 glory days, because by then you'll have forgotten we posted those screenshots, and only remembered the awesome features.
Also, and I think this is enormously crucial, the news posts are all bloody brilliant too. You may not care about the content (although someone else will - we don't write the site for one person) but you may possibly still enjoy the writing, jokes and usual RPS nonsense therein.
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Hi, is there any way to update the layout of the site to make it more suited to the amount of content that gets posted?"You go up to a man, and you say, "How are things going, Joe?" and he says, "Oh fine, fine couldn't be better." And you look into his eyes, and you see things really couldn't be much worse. When you get right down to it, everybody's having a perfectly lousy time of it, and I mean everybody. And the hell of it is, nothing seems to help much." - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
As ever, we will slowly tweak the layout, rather than any major overhaul. There will be some changes in the coming months.
I admit I've only been an active rps reader for approximately 18 months, but I can't really say the site has changed much in terms of quality, style, or quantity in that time. Meh.
Favorable view of the past probably factors in, but I don't complain about that every six months. I have never complained about it before, and I read RPS regularly since around 2008. I tie it specifically to the time "RPS took off" around the time EG started doing the ads for RPS.
Where there "news" like Minecraft Is In Dire Straits 1-2 years ago?
I just wonder if the increasing coverage of as much as possible is even necessary. As I wrote in another thread, didn't RPS get big without it? Wouldn't more coverage of what made you what you are better instead of more news?
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I've found the more worrying change in RPS to be the shift towards being more negative and angry; this is also reflected in the comments which I'm considering no longer reading. I asked Jim about this a while ago on his formspring and he gave a very good and thorough answer but one which sadly didn't make me feel any better.
http://www.formspring.me/JimRossigno...06574189876975 for those interested.
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So the inevitable "more popular means lower intellectual denominator" wave is breaking upon us? On behalf of all self-righteous, hot-headed, sub-par intellectuals with too much time on their hands, I say try harder! Make me want to be a better reader. mk Brah?All times I have enjoyed greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those that loved me, and alone.
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I just wish there were more game diaries and proper original content that wasn't just a press release with a bit of RPS spin on it, or John beating his chest about something or other (sorry John, some of your stuff is great, but you're the RPS writer I love to hate the most!).
In terms of more posts, we're getting about 1/3 more content now than we were in '08, so we're definitely seeing more. A simple site redesign could improve things a lot though, and stop articles falling off the front page too quickly.
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Subject: st: Mhbounds v.s. rbounds in stata
Dear readers,
I employed the mhbounds after psmatch2. My outcome variable and treatment
variable are all binary variables and I think the mhbounds are a better
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However the mhbounds produce all insignificant results even when gamm=1,
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That's my mom and sister Ali in the photo above. They are making pretzels for our annual Alt Thanksgiving a few years back. They are probably going to hate me for featuring this photo, but I really love it so I am using it.
We spend a lot of time in my parents' kitchen. It truly is the heart of their house. My mother is the most amazing cook. I was lucky enough to have a childhood full of adventurous meals that inspired my love of cooking.
We have a family joke that you can never find anything in her kitchen because she reorganizes the cabinets and drawers so often. Even though we joke about it, the truth is my mom is very smart. She's constantly improving her work flow in the most used room of their house.
Now I don't intend to reorganize quite as often, but with my small room updates I wanted to streamline my kitchen just like my Mum does.
1. Simplify the plates & bowls
The first thing to do was remove the fluff. I stored or gave away all our random plates and bowls so on a daily basis we just use a set of white plates and bowls. (We highly recommend the 365 series from IKEA if you are looking for a set.)
Nate likes these plates because the stack nicely and take up little room in our dishwasher. I like them because they are classic and if a plate breaks we can inexpensively replace it.
We also have a stack of blue melamine plates and pink floral plates that we use during the summer especially around the pool. I keep them on an upper shelf since we are not using them much now, but will move them down to the bottom shelf this summer.
2. Keep the essential tools and remove the dupes
I grouped all my kitchen tools together and removed all the duplicates. I kept only one bamboo and one plastic cutting board out. I threw out the worn ones and stored any others. All my small appliances were consolidated in two boxes on a shelf so I can easily access them when I need them, but they don't have to take up valuable space on our counter.
Now I just have my two cutting boards, a few choice cookbooks and a small collection of utensils on the counter for easy access.
3. Store the seasonal
Seasonal and rarely used tools were put in a box and placed on the top shelf of my cabinet. This includes cookie cutters, popsicle molds and my hand mixer. Since they are all in one box, I know where to look when I need them.
3. Keep the pantry and drawers organized
Food storage is another issue. My cabinet shelves and drawers are deep so it's hard to always see what I have. I'm okay being a little haphazard as long as it's tidy.
I took a cue from my mom and labeled the top of all my spice jars so I can easily find what I want. I buy my favorite spices in the bulk section of the grocery store. I stored them in old glass jars so I know when they are running low and can resupply.
None of these things are major changes, but boy has it made a difference. The kitchen looks cleaner with less clutter. So thanks Mom for teaching me the way!
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On April 24, 2009 Dan Waldo wrote:
Dear list members,
I am trying to test the nested interactions of 4 variables (n, a, g,
and s) on the depvar drg_wgt using xi3 and glm.
Stata tells me the following:
. xi3: glm drg_wgt i.n*i.a*i.g i.a*i.g*i.s [pweight=weight] , f(gamma)
i.n _In_0-2 (naturally coded; _In_0 omitted)
i.a _Ia_0-65 (naturally coded; _Ia_45 omitted)
i.g _Ig_1-2 (naturally coded; _Ig_1 omitted)
i.s _Is_1-7 (naturally coded; _Is_4 omitted)
varlist not allowed
The code works with a 3-way term and a 2-way term, but not with 2
3-way terms. Stata should be disregarding the duplicate
2-way interactions; all 4 explanatory variables are numeric (byte);
and the drg_wgt is a floating-point number. What am I
missing? (What worries me is that I thought this same code had run
back in January, and this now casts doubt on my memory
of other events in that month.)
I ran the following -glm- model with f, m, and s having two level and
p having 3 levels on a windows machine running Stata/SE 10.1.
. xi3: glm y i.f*i.m*i.s i.m*i.s*i.p [pw=w], f(gamma}
The model ran with no errors although with my data the results made no
sense. So, I'm not sure what's different about your
situation that is causing the problem.
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Another thing also though, commercial nests seem to slowly go downhill from the time they are purchased, and also the queens in them often don't look very healthy. Whereas my own wild collected nests will thrive and continue to grow.
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Oh, and before any of you think my water is muck, here's a pic I took of the water in a white cup. As you can see the water has only a light tinge - normal tank water color, I think. I still am amazed water that looks like this, turned my stocking so pink! lol
DarkCobra, if you hadn't done the substrate dyeing experiment and hadn't taken the time to read my thread, I would still be in the dark! Amazing (scratches head - lol)
|Well, I kinda hope these are the only fry I get from the Columbian Tetras - lol. It was not planned and as much as I like them, I didn't want them in ALL my tanks One day I just happened to look behind my Mattenfilter in the 125, and there they were. Now my Celebes Rainbows are another matter. Once I get my 55 & 90 set up and move the Columbians out of the 40B, the 40B will be just for the Celebes - which are crammed in a 29 with Tiger and Rosy Barbs. The barbs never bother anyone and ignore the Celebes, but the 29 used to for the Celebes only. The barbs were put there "temporarily", but temporarily doesn't seem to work for me. I think the Celebes would like more swimming room (hence them to the 40B) and my barbs will stay in the 29. I only have eight Celebes, but they are so darned expensive now (more than tripling in price since I got mine) that I'm going to make the 40B as spawning friendly as I can. I think I will call it the Celebes Love Shack - lol.
Temperature has a big effect on maturation rates. Even if two tanks are unheated, one will often be a few degrees warmer due to lights, heat from powerheads, etc. Worth checking into, but it doesn't seem to be the only factor. Guppy fry almost always mature faster in my 46G fed once daily, which is my largest and runs about 77°F average on its own; than any other tank deliberately set up for fast maturation, heated to 82°F, and with feedings three times per day. Strange that tank size, scavenged food, and perhaps other unknown factors, seem to overwhelm more direct influences. For a tiny fry, even a 10G is a vast space.
And as for fish learning, it's all cool until one decides to start eating live plants... and others start mimicking it too! I had that happen, fortunately just once, and had to get rid of a few fish to shut it down.
Aquariums are always an adventure. If you do end up changing the substrate and later find that fry mature faster, let me know.
The water does have a noticeable tone to it - but I can't say it's pink! Whereas the cup is bright arctic white, the water has a faint vanilla tint. Probably just because tomorrow is water change day - haha.
It seems strange that color so vivid would show up absorbed into a nylon stocking, but not be visible in the tank. Mind you, 40 gallons is different than a plastic cup. I wonder if it does effect the fish somehow? These Columbian Tetra fry developed much, much slower than the ones that I left in the tank they hatched in. They are about 3 months behind, size-wise. I chalked that up to the difference in available food and tank size. The flake-only that I fed the 40B fry when young vs. a whole 125 tank's worth of who-knows-what's in there. Also the difference in having 6' to swim in vs. 40". Jeez, every time I think about them I start panicking about getting their bigger tanks set up!
And how about Nature vs. Nurture? The fry in the 125 readily eat bloodworms and peas, spinach and other veggies - they've seen all the adult tetras in the tank do so and learned from them. The fry in the 40B, raised by themselves, only would eat flake until a few weeks ago. Now they eat peas, but won't touch other veggies or bloodworms - they ignore them like they don't recognize them as food yet. I thought that was interesting...
|I'll have to put some water in a white plastic cup and see...I've thought for a long time now that the 40B just doesn't look right. It doeasn't have any driftwood, so I couldn't understand the dingy look - even though I do my scheduled water changes, etc. I thought the multi colored gravel was playing tricks on my eyes. I'm going to put some in a glass now & look...lol
Wow, that's really pink!
Can you detect any coloration in the water? Either in the tank, or in a white glass?
Thought you'd get a kick out of my white knee-high. Mind you, it started turning pink with 6 hrs, and was this saturated by the next day. You can see there is still some white - that's the only part that never came in contact with the water.
The second pic shows my gravel - yes, it's ugly! lol. I set this tank up before I new about the beautiful creek bed gravel locally, and I was just learning about live plants. It's a mix of equal parts Midnight FloraMax, Natural FloraMax, and ordinary pea gravel from Lowes. Set up close to 4 years ago. Once I get the new sub flooring and pine flooring down and the 55 and 90 set up, this tank is getting a remodel - lol.
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So basically a hob full of cotton balls, or some cottony material would be best suited to absorb the dye. No?
Cotton pillow batting?
CSM+B contains 2% manganese, a necessary nutrient. It's probably EDTA chelated in that source, so I don't know if plants can directly or efficiently utilize what the substrate is releasing.
Manganese is toxic if overdosed, the Wikipedia article and MSDS for manganese dioxide are rather scary to read. That's the reason I never pursued dyeing substrate at home on any useful scale, only a few small test batches to satisfy my own curiosity.
It's certainly eye-raising to see enough manganese in a tank to be detected with a mere paper towel.
But I'm not going to panic, or suggest anyone else do so either. If this was a significant issue, I'd imagine we'd have noticed a few "Flourite Black killed my fish" threads by now, right?
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So basically a hob full of cotton balls, or some cottony material would be best suited to absorb the dye. No?
Cotton pillow batting?
Coincidentally, I just rebuilt a tank using a fresh bag of Flourite Black. If manganese leaching occurs, I figured brand new and dusty substrate should release an initial burst. So I tried your paper towel experiment:
The characteristic purple shade is almost certainly proof of manganese. I left it in for two days, and forgot to check on it in the meantime; but if I had, I'm pretty sure it would have been a lighter shade of pink.
That's very interesting! I wonder if the age of it has anything to do with it. Since that's the only tank its happening in, I bet it is the FloraMax - which is only in that tank. I'll be breaking it down in a few months and I'll scrap the substrate then.
I find your dyeing experiments fascinating - thanks for sharing that...
I've never used Floramax, or heard anyone else report this problem. The reason I asked if it was black:
A few years back I experimented with dyeing substrate, using homemade concrete stains. Iron for red, manganese for black. The manganese, if highly diluted, can appear pink or purple.
I was just binding these elements to a thin outer layer. Substrate that comes colored from the manufacturer normally has it through and through. But I suspect the same elements are responsible for the colors in all substrates, regardless of whether it's made in a kiln or mined from the earth. I know that the elemental analysis for Flourite Black has much more manganese than the other colors.
It should be bound and stable. Not sure why it would start leaching out to the point of being noticed, if that is what's really happening here. I'm guessing it will stain Purigen, perhaps permanently; but being inorganic, Purigen should have no special affinity for removing it.
|Yes it is. This tank has been set up for about 3 - 4 years. I'm going to set up a HOB with Purigen when I get home from work tonight. Did you have any trouble with this substrate?
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*Flex Entry classes are available for many of the program's computer course requirements. These are traditional courses offered in a non-traditional setting, similar to ACC's distance learning classes. Flex Entry classes have no mandatory attendance, only requirements to submit work and take exams at the Eastview Campus's Flex-Lab. An orientation is required for Flex Entry classes; the letters "TBA" in Office Administration course listings indicate that it's a Flex Entry class.
How long will it take to earn a degree or certificate?
Full-time students typically require at least two years to complete an associate degree. The amount of time needed to complete the certificates varies widely, but most programs require at least two to three semesters.
Where can I work with this education?
Office Administration is a growing area of employment and the foreseeable job outlook is favorable. Administrative assistants work in every kind of office setting, and well-qualified applicants can have their choice of fields or industries in which to work.
How do I get started at ACC and where can I find out about financial aid?
Visit ACC's future student's page for admissions information. The financial aid page has links for eligibility and applications.