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quote:or are there multiple realities (a little like the wave particle duality each true, even though they philosophically contradict each other)?
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaverquote:or are there multiple realities (a little like the wave particle duality each true, even though they philosophically contradict each other)?I don't really see that this has anything to do with free will. Although the expression of free will could, according to some theories, cause the creation of a parallel reality, such creations could be caused by totally different occurrences. An effect can have more than 1 cause.
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaverI believe very few of us actually have free will. Most of we do or think is conditioned by our upbringing & environment, or dictated by laws and/or social norms.If you take the instance of religion. Many people are brainwashed (& I use the word deliberately) by religious teachings in their early years. Even though as they mature they may query some of that indoctrination, it is normally still there nagging at the back of the mind. The quote "There are no atheists in a lifeboat" sums it up nicely. Even a great thinker such as Einstein was hindered by his religious teachings... "I cannot believe God plays dice with the universe".Politics is another example. In many cases people will vote for a particular party because "My family have always voted <insert as appropriate>".However, I feel I should point out that there is a difference between free will to think and free will to act. We can use our free will to think it would be nice to go shopping naked (weather permitting, of course) but the constraints of the law & social norms would prevent most people from actually doing it.Another constraint is the way we wish ourselves to be perceived by others. For instance, although going to the pub on a Saturday evening and getting drunk is something that is both legal & socially acceptable (within reason), can you imagine the outcry if someone like Tony Blair did that?As long as there are legal & moral restraints on our actions, totally free will is almost impossible to achieve.
quote:I think one has to be careful about interpreting Einstein's words here. While it is true that he was religious, and it is true that the statement "I cannot believe God plays dice with the universe is a statement of belief, I don't necessarily believe that the invocation of God is necessarily an indication that this particular belief derived from religious principles
quote:But that aside, you are merely referring to constraints upon action, and not really addressing the more fundamental contradiction between deterministic causality and free will.
quote:The contradiction lies with the issue of whether we regard thought as merely an illusion brought about by inert chemical and electrical reactions within the brain, and no more meaningful than if carried out in a test tube (excepting that their complexity makes them more difficult to predict); or do we regard thought and will as primarily separate from the rest of the world, and thus an independent causative agent.
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaverNo. I was referring to constraints on thinking as well as on actions. Those constraints come in the form of stopping people from thinking in a free way. Ideas that go against innate beliefs are very often dismissed out of hand.
quote:What is thought? Interesting question. There are 2 stages to thought. There is the basic concept and also the manifestation of a coherent thought; the 2 are separate issues and are very much to do with self-awareness. That, then, raises the question of separation of brain and mind. It's well established that the functioning of the brain depends on the "inert chemical and electrical reactions" that you mention. But is it those which cause self-awareness?Self-awareness, as the term implies, is an awareness of self; an awareness of oneself as an individual entity. If that is merely a function of chemical & electrical reactions, how far down the creature scale does it go? Are dolphins self-aware? What about dogs? Gorillas? Chimpanzees? They certainly display attributes of self-awareness at times. But what about hedgehogs or mice? The same reactions go on in their brains as in humans.
quote:Originally posted by neilepIt's ok...I'm smiling here...I love reading the Doctoebeaver/another_someone threads. They are the Academic Jacks Beanstalk of this site and always make good reading. []
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaverEven a great thinker such as Einstein was hindered by his religious teachings... "I cannot believe God plays dice with the universe".
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaver Einstein spent endless hours wrestling with his universal constant because he couldn't believe his own predictions about an expanding universe. I believe it was his religious tendencies which caused that doubt.
quote:The reactions of chimpanzees to regular mirrors and the results of the standard Gallup mark test have been well documented. In addition to using the mark test to demonstrate self-recognition in a regular mirror, we exposed six female chimpanzees to mirrors that produced distorted or multiplied self-images. Their reactions to their self-images, in terms of mirror-guided self-referenced behaviors, indicated that correct assessment of the source of the mirror image was made by each subject in each of the mirrors. Recognition of a distorted self-image implies an ability for abstraction in the subjects in that the distortion must be rationalized before self-recognition occurs. The implications of these results in terms of illuminating the relative importance of feature and contingency of movement cues to self-recognition are discussed.
quote:When your dog or cat walks past a mirror, it may respond to the image in the mirror, but the it does not recognize the image as itself. This can lead to a humorous escalation in play or aggression, depending on the predisposition of your animal. If you put a piece of pet clothing on the dog or cat--a collar, a hat, or a sweater--your pet's perception of the image in the mirror does not change. This clearly differentiates self-awareness in dogs or cats from human self-awareness.
quote:I have also heard evidence that Chimpanzees have been shown to apply strategies that imply empathy (i.e. an understanding of the perceptions of others as if they were your own perceptions).
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaverThey refer to awareness of social self in monkeys that fail the mirror test; citing their ability to recognise others in the group, their status within the group, etc.. This behaviour extends far beyond primates. Dogs, lions and hyenas, among others, also possess this ability. And so do chickens; whence comes the expression "pecking order". Even ants & bees are "aware" of others of their species that are not members of their colony and will attack them.I am also not entirely convinced that the mirror test is a valid test of self-awareness. Sufferers of prosopagnosia (face blindness) also fail the mirror test; yet would anyone doubt that they are self-aware?
quote: I would argue that, at most, the mirror test indicates self-recognition, which is a very different thing - and even that is not 100% certain.
quote:One must be careful not to anthropomorphise when studying animal behaviour - especially in animals such as chimpanzees, which so-closely resemble humans. In my opinion, Seyfarth & Cheney may be guilty of so-doing at times.
quote:I would also like to add this - although please don't infer that I am using it as empiric evidence of anything. If I find it necessary to tell off 1 of my dogs, the others take no notice. However, I have, on occasions, found it necessary to berate the whole pack (for instance when they all decided to play tag in my lounge - and, believe me, "havoc" is too mild a word to describe 7 English mastiffs and 2 Rhodesian ridgebacks playing tag indoors!) and, most certainly, they all knew they were in trouble. This, to me, would indicate an ability to differentiate between self and pack which, in turn, infers a type of self-awareness.
quote:Originally posted by realmswalkerWell what is a "will"? A will is the choices that your brain (and your body acordingly) chose to make. "Free will" would imply that your choices are completely up to you, and that there is no such thing as "destiny". Destiny means that the outcome of every situation is already determined. That would mean that right now you are the destiny of the moments before you (if destiny exists). For destiny to exist, freewill cannot, because if free will existed then there would not be a set outcome.Certain physical rules govern the universe and all particles inside of it. There is no randomness there. And, given the exact same starting conditions, science has proven (in every controlled expirement) that is simply the outcome of certain chemical reactions, obeying certian pyhsical laws, in your brain. So , by the same virtue that given the same starting conditions chemical reactions have the same outcome, it would seem that if you rewound time, and caused the same starting conditions, you would make the same descisions, and that the future is determinable. Even if you go back as far as the big bang, and restarted the big bang, the universe would play out exactly the same as it is now, no matter how many times you restarted the big bang, because the big bang came from one, ultra dense, completely homogeneous source. The starting conditions are the same, and thus the outcome (everything) will be the same to.The only way free will is possible, is if there is a sort of "Randomness" in the universe. According to chaos theory 1 small small small alteration in starting conditions can cause HUGE reprocussions. Im not versed in all the quantum mechanics aspects of randomness in the universe (such as random location, random velocity, etc) so if anyone here knows of such a thing, please tell me.**Note** a randomness aspect in the universe might allow for destiny to have several outcomes, but it will not nescesarily allow for free will.
quote:In the case of chickens, given the inevitable rigidity of the mouth parts of birds, it seems not unreasonable to suggest that facial recognition may not mean much to them, and it may well be that an auditory or olfactory equivalent of the mirror test might be more appropriate to them.
quote:Whether it demonstrates self-recognition is another matter (I don't know enough about the technical implementation of the experiment to say whether it proves that, or merely leaves that as one of a number of possible interpretations of its results), but I would say that I find it difficult to contemplate recognising something one is not aware of, and thus if it does demonstrate self-recognition, then I think one can infer self-awareness (at least at some level one may ask if self-awareness can exist at different levels, but that is a further matter).
quote:While this is a valid caution, I would also say one should be careful about going too far in regarding humans as a species apart from other species. It is natural that we should view humans as different, insofar as our ability to understand humans is different, but one has to be careful to recognise that much of this is a limitation of our ability to see things as non-human animals see them, as it might be of real differences in substance between ourselves and other animals.
quote:I would not disagree with your conclusion, but I'm not sure how I can not interpret as empirical evidence it seems to be just that.
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaverAlso, if time were a dimension that is already fixed, unfettered time-travel would seem to be an inevitability. However, there are some very strong arguments as to why going back in time could not happen.
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaver quote:I would not disagree with your conclusion, but I'm not sure how I can not interpret as empirical evidence it seems to be just that.You cannot draw empiric conclusions from just 1 animal. While it is true in Shaman's case, that empathy is far less pronounced in my other dogs. Indeed, in some it appears to be totally absent.
quote:Originally posted by Andrew K FletcherHi Searcher, welcome to the nakedscientists hauntA cure for cancer might be found in omitting things from our daily intake rather than finding a magic bullet.As time progresses more and more additives in the myriad of products and food manipulations take place adding to the burden imposed on our fragility, further compounding the vast increases in cancer related deaths. we need to have a free will rethink on where we are heading and take control of our lives, instead of being murdered along in the illusion of free will."The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct."K.I.S. "Keep it simple!"
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaverRealmswalker - I'm not sure I agree that if another big bang occurred, the outcome would be the same. Maybe that is the case for non-self-replicating structures such as stars, planets etc. But apply chaos theory to evolution and things could have turned out very differently indeed in the animal kingdom. It would only have taken 1 tiny difference in a genetic mutation millions of years ago and maybe human beings would not even have evolved.
quote:I am also not convinced that destiny totally precludes free will. As an example :- drive from a given address in London to a given address in Bristol. Where you leave from is preset, where you end up is preset. You could even specify the time at which you must arrive. But the route you take is entirely down to your free will. However, the closer you get to your destination, the more constrained your options become. In this instance, although your will is constrained by certain parameters, you are still at liberty to exercise a degree of freedom.
quote:Originally posted by neilepThreads very easily go down Tangent Avenue !! and if all are enjoying the interaction then I see no problem with it. It just takes a little nudge to realign it back. In a way, I think it's good that this tree has many branches !! (oh...did I really say that ?...sorry )...[]Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
quote:Originally posted by SearcherHi all, this is my first post on this excellent web site and here is something to ponder on.[]Free will is an illusion. Time controls the universe and when it came into existence at the big bang all three parts were formed together. Past, Present and Future are all there. We are moving through time at the rate of 1 second every second and leaving the past at the same rate and moving into a future that is already there, so no matter what you do you will land up at the same point. Therefore if the future exists then the answers to all our questions exist, all knowledge is there for the taking. If its not then how do we learn new things.Can anyone doubt, for instance, that a cure for cancer lies in the future, we just have to wait for our passage in time to reach it. Who knows it could be tomorrow![]
quote:Originally posted by another_someonequote:Originally posted by neilepThreads very easily go down Tangent Avenue !! and if all are enjoying the interaction then I see no problem with it. It just takes a little nudge to realign it back. In a way, I think it's good that this tree has many branches !! (oh...did I really say that ?...sorry )...[]Men are the same as women.... just inside out !! OK, here goes another tangent about tangents []I would be sorry to see any of the tangents disappear, since they all have (in my opinion) something valuable to offer, the problem arises because of the linear format of these topics, that it makes it very difficult to manage, and very easy to find that one has missed something of interest in the middle of it all.One really has a need for proper tree structured threaded messages (there we go, back to your trees and branches []).
quote:Originally posted by neilepIf free will does not exist ...then all I can say is ...what is the point ?...if there's no challenge...no obstacles to overcome because it's all predetermined then what are we ?...just a biological element in a big program ?...is this the intelligent design thing happening again ?Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
quote:If, along your journey from London to Bristol, you choose to stop off at a service station, the free will model would simply look at that as a personal choice. That same 'choice' would be viewed by the scientific model, and questions would be asked as to what caused that choice. Such questions could in the first instance be answered by issues that may have guided your choice, such as the amount of fuel you had in your car, and the when you had breakfast, etc., but none of these could be a complete scientific answer. The only totally complete scientific answer would have to take into account all the biological processes in your body, until it comes to the conclusion that given the state of these biological processes, and the environment the occurred in, the fact that you would stop at that service station became not a matter of free choice, but a matter of biological inevitability within that environment.
quote:Originally posted by DoctorBeaverWhilst I agree with this to a certain extent, and it does have a degree of validity, I believe there are such things as totally random choices. I remember a few years ago I went to a funfair. There was a feature there called The Sphinx. Inside was a maze that was in total darkness. At each junction I had to make a choice as to which direction to take. There was no outside stimulus to influence my choice and it seems to me to be stretching imagination to believe that each choice of direction I made was decided by pre-determined factors.


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The amount of work Finius put into the old mansion was phenomenal, especially for an eleven-year-old. Soon such work fell into routine. He would climb the largest ladder he'd ever seen and scrape the mold off the ceiling and chandelier; he had managed to reupholster half the furniture in the living room; he replaced the broken, never-washed dishes in the cupboard for a new set he had haggled for at a nearby pawn shop; he would set to vacuum at least 23 of the 24 rooms of the house every week, and as he had noticed his grandfather was forgetting to eat, he was now cooking breakfast and dinner for the inhabitants of the house.
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The pain I went through and the options I was given. This will show that there is no need to jump the gun in choosing surgery for your back problems.
It's been over 10 years since I lived pain-free. I worked at a warehouse where I did repetitive lifting and now paying the price for it.
One Saturday I was not able to get out bed and I told my wife, so she set up an appointment with a doctor. Monday came and I was pretty nervous. The doctor told me that it might just be muscle spasms but to be sure he recommended an MRI to be done.
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A couple of days later my doctor told me that I had 2 hernitaed disc and another there would have to be another test. An electromyogram (EMG) is a test that is used to record the electrical activity of muscles. When muscles are active, they produce an electrical current. This current is usually proportional to the level of the muscle activity. An EMG is also referred to as a myogram.
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As time passed my situation was getting worse..muscle spasm to pinched nerves to numbness the in leg.
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Sitting down was becoming a burden. It would take about 15-20 minutes until my leg went numb. That was not going well for a tech guy in a big company like Merrill Lynch. My job was to install software to users for all departments. So you can imagine the discomfort I was going through. Then It just got worse. Standing up was becoming a problem, sleeping comfortable didn't exist. My lower back and right leg was just acting up pretty much all day…and everyday.
If you ever wondered how it feels to have a back problem. Just picture getting hit with a bat on your lower back. The muscle tightness and the pinched nerve is just the tip of the iceberg. Soon you will encounter numbness in the leg or the 10 thousand needles for just sitting, standing or laying down.
Epidural injection was an option I took…several times within 2 years. IT DIDN'T WORK. The most I got was 3-4 days of pain free but that was it.
Radiofrequency rhizotomy.. basically what it is. They will zap the nerve end to help relieve the pain. I didn't want any part of that. So I decided to go ahead and stick with the old treatment.
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MedlinePlus explains that a lack of blood supply can lead to numbness in the leg and feet. According to "Natural Health Magazine," exercising for a few minutes a day can help circulate the blood flow to the muscles. A brief walk or exercising at least once a day, even for just 10 minutes, can be beneficial.
When I do walk for a short period of time I do feel less tightness in my lower back.
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The newest developments in the Constitutional Assembly barullo (mess, confusion) are interesting to observe and consider.
For example, in the last two days, President Morales has decided to challenge his opponents to a recall vote (in Spanish, referendum revocatorio), while he gets ready to approve his Constitution on December 14 in Chapare, Cochabamba. This is Morales' own region, where support for him is overwhelming. His opponents are the seven Prefectos of Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Beni, Pando, Sucre, La Paz and Tarija. For the record, they all readily accepted his challenge today. However, to put these development into perspective, there are a couple of things to consider.
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On the one hand, 1,544,374 (from 2005) + 1 voters must choose to remove Morales from office. If the vote is just a simple up or down vote, he could be removed from office. But if the vote includes more choices, such as the Prefectos, then it will be virtually impossible to reach the number cited above.
I cannot really figure it out what would be the best formula for Morales to use, assuming he wants to stay in power. One question could be, are you with me or against me. But, with that he will not be assuring his victory.
I guess we will know once he sends his proposed law calling for the referendum.
Meanwhile, preparations are under way to approve his Constitution without the presence of the opposition. I am thinking, if he approves his Constitution, why call the referendum? Unless that is a demand or a condition to convince some skeptics to join the vote in Chapare next December 14. That would mean, he would have the upper hand by having a Constitution and using the referendum to consolidate his government.
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- mcentellas said...
I'm guessing the wording will be: "Do you want me to step down as president, and hand power over to Alvaro Garcia Linera?"
good guess! :))))
- Jesse Heath said...
would the referendum be before the constitution is supposed to be approved, or after?
- Tambopaxi said...
Miguel (Pronto*), Great question. That should make Morales a shoo-in....
The referendum is supposed to be after. The approval of the Constitution is planned by, latest, December 14. The referendum needs at least 3 months to prepare and thus will be in March or April 2008.
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Post Man (Newspaper) - December 27, 1801, London, Middlesex And the Hiftorical Account, From atttt$a? December 27, to XttefiffipDecember joJ 170?. Lc-.-Ain, Decern, jo. r* U '"*{,HU Year drawing to an end, weAatt conclude it � * 1 wk-i � itiorr Kpfcome of tte raeft material trsni-' � ' a-vioss that Save happened, therein, to. refrefu � ' dis mcmoty.o.f;che Reader, and ciiac he may fee m ' by thtie preludes what Bloody Tragedies are like ' to be aficcjin Chriftcndom, if God Almighty ' does nor divert the Stonrj the World is fhicsrened with. 'The aa.l-li.on ofthe Duke of ^Aiyou to the Tyrone of Spain, ' fcemedto (.uisfy the arnbjriw.pf djie French tangjbut if it bad a con-'traryefiecr, and revised his iop�� pf obtaining the Ueiverilil Mo-' narchy,' Prudence obliged him to appear contented' with what he * had, till he had fettled' his Grandfonon the Spanijb Throne, and ' confirmed Wsdouixfhl Title by Poflbffion, and the Kecognirion of ' other Bnnces. Nothing bat Bear wasable to procure tfK latter, and ' cherefcre die Frenci Troops wen; fait into Italy and the Spanish AV-' sUrlands, to tack the Negop?fipi:s of their ^inifters, who endea-' voured.ro perfei'ade the World that rheaccepratioc of the Will of the * late King of s\am was the only means to preferve the Peace of ���-'rope ;.and tr^tche FrajcfcKjng in accepting the fame bad Sacrificed ' his private l/Srereft. to the .'$'wpauility of Chriltendom : which l'pe-' ctpus psttfiijee was likewise 4W$.�1 to juftirie his breath of the fj-' mous treaty of Partition. Thw Italian Princes Cornell td, and even ' the Pope, as far as it concerned the Kecognirion of the Duke of ^in-' jiu for King of Spain; "for the Court of Home, u/ed to artifices and ' JiilimiilStioji?, put t& Che Mint of the Invcfliwte of Naples and ' Sicily, tho earaeftly domaBcka.by Eraact and 5j*im. ' ' The Usited Provinces of the AirW.��tfibeing by their Sifuatien, ' Riches and Genius of the People, the moft likely to ofeftruci the * deligns of the French King, he turned his chief Batteries againft ' than, and while hi9 numerous Tioops appeared orr#uir Frontiers * ready f.o ewer-run their Country,, #nd that part of their Force* were ' djfcinefl Erifar^is in" the Sfanifb Peaces,- his Mfflifter at tie Hague ' fpared.nothing, Threa'ts, Promjies,, Advantages of Commerce, and * wfe(*wer they might dpfire for their Security, ro engage thern to ' own (he Dukeof lAnjou: My Mafier expefis, fiid Count S'riord in -his Memorial, that your Lordjhips wilt miKedietay own hb:GrandiSon 'fcr KingcfSfiin ta deftrve. thereby the contiouatiop of his Pro- * feajon. 1t� staff if J�* wkt a prudent uji of tljis junior?, [(tile �ni/VGarrr!bns were rcieafoi, they had made ntw ' Levies, talceo Foreign Troops into fc'ieir fovia-, provided their pkcus, and the PaiiasBWt of �ng/,mti hivicg ananimouil)' declared * that they watdd affift tbeSfeks according to the Treaty of 1677. * and dedred his Wajufty tcrji.e efctjal r;Kiiii;n* with them, and o� s flier Princes for ibs. prefovarion of the pubiick Peace, the French "iarik not uftfore, bat bid tveaurfv to /rri'.ke. Count tf^i-ja�x' ' Juiwertd to tha joynt demandsof �sila�A and hh'.Uvd, � that his fta-' Ikr had Dpchiiig-to-orltr butthccortnW-iKonof f he Treaty o�&ef-' -�ickj bar. to Stew hii inci'tifidun cp face, he ivas ordered to cn-' fcr into a Negotiation with th. States about v/har they might, demand ' for their private ftcuriry, and thy if t:i:7!,:n:l in J any pa-jenfions of '* own, th�lame might be treated ofc.y the Winiftsriofrhofe ' Oowes, either uUmivi ojr Yjtit. E^irltriCi w�tcdifptffud ia all * EJieTimiing Cities of thftt Rtjiublick, wiu fta:r. aecmiop of wh:c * Bwe ivouid defor Holi.r;:!, ff ^lej'soj.ij ;i'.tuJ butxhiv owq ]t> 'a-rcfts; but this artrfic proving umucceivul. snd" the Sum tic-' � during that nothing fconkl- be capable ts lep^raw them from Ln- * j.Wrfhe fttu&t oftvrt-d fo tenww the Co^itnecs in the prcfoice of � the gngli/b Minifter, ss a Vriend, scd :Kib aj a p-iiy conccrrWd.' This o^tirtlirc being iikewi/e rejecrxd, J^lt rg^tdat laft, that the >.�ear.ions ftouja be cirried ivtfh d*.- Wjlf m a r^'Vlpl and t% ' rcmowe all further occafiora of difficulties, his Majcfty appoinred the *�arl of Marlekcrcughhii Ambarlador and Plerjipotentiity in Holland^ ' that Count d'^tuattx might not wife any objeilions about his Cha-' radicr, as he had done concerning Mr Stanhope, his Majeftys En-'yoy to the Ssalus. yhe aitairs being brought to this point, it wa� ' iiififtcj on the parrof England and ri�7W, that feeing their private 'fcoirity could not fubfift without the General Peace, and that the , prefcvatjon offce latter was impoffiblc without a due fatisfaction ' was given to the Emperor, it was ueceflary that a Minifter of his ' Imperial Majcfty fiiould be admitted info the Conferences^ the ' Ftench refu/d the fime, and d'Uv,mx delivered a haughty Memo-' rial to the Dutch on rhat point, which wa3 anfwered with a mode-' ra Hon btcorning the States, T his refuia] of the French Was. followed ' with the breaking up of the Negotiations, d'^tvaax took his leave 'of the States, and the Siates wiOi'd him a good Journey. ' While thefc Negotiations were on foot at the Hague, the Empe-' ror was taking all poflible meafures for afieriing his Kights on the * SpMi'fh Suceflion by force oi Arms, and notwitniranding the dir�-' culties of the Winter, he got betimes a confiderabte ^rmy on the * Frontiers of Tirol, ready to pafs into Italy under Prir.ce Ettgcno of ' Savoy, as ibon aj thefeafon would permit their march. The Ercnch, ' who had rime enough to prepare againft it , ieized ' Maiitua, left it ihould fall into the hands of die Qermani, and ad- * vancin? to the B=mks of the ~>id>ge, Co (ecured the the Palles of tne * .slips, that they were confidant that the Oermatii could not get o-' ver them. Moft of the world were of that opinion with' thein, ' and admiring the eourie of the l"rofperity of the French Kii;g, ' when ferrxne.who according to the Ftei'.chDivines,Poets andOratoff, ' was chain'd to the Chariot of their Monarch, broke her FetLrs, aR^ ' fled to the German Camp at Kovcredo, where, frowning upon her ' Tyrannical Walters, and' favouring the Bravery and Piudence of ' J�tirice Eugou of S�f>, de fliew'dthema way through Mouu-' tains, that were thQUgbs unpa.Tabie. She brought them over .Rivers ' and Mowffes ; Aeled their Troops in cheartaefc of the French In-'-treBchmentsat Carpi ; Jic conducied than over the Mmcio, look ' Caftigliom in her way, aod made at Cbiari iuch a ftand, as balBed ' thuc unkod Poises of France, Spain and Savey, the Courage of the ' Duke of diat name, the experience of the famous' Vaxdcmom, the ' ?eal and .prudence of Vilieroy a.nd.Calmar. Tho(e Generals had * aflerabled all their Troops to force the fntrenchments of the Oer-' mans, and palled fhe Oglio with thatdeiign, but they were 10 vigo. ' roufly repuls'd in their attack at Oiiari, thit they durtt not attempt it 'a iecend riiae, and after having lott a great number of men by ' Sicxneis and Deiorion, or ia encounters of Parties, in which they ' were generally werlied, they were obliged to repais that River, 'giving thereby an opportunity to the Germans to take polleliion of * the MasitHan, and Winter Quarters in the Countries ot,\mdena and ' Heggio. The narrow bounds of this Paper do not permit me to ' enter upon the particulars of the wonderful Campaign of Prince �*-' %ene, wherein he has discovered fucli Prudence, Conduct and Cou-' rage, as rnuft needs imrnorjafoe }us name. I have not time neither ' to ihew the confequencea offiis fuccififul Expedition, which, hadic ' miicarikd, would have proved fatal to the liberties of Europe, * The Coiwtt CampaignjSl may ufc that word.has been no lefsGlo- . , . . - _____Majefty. ' France had thrown luch vaft fumms of Money into Germany, that a 'great many Prisees wei-ealtogether blind, conccrnirig their true In, ' toefts, arUjiowithftaoding the efforts made ro recover them', we ' have lattily fc^i the E!cva:oroft�/
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Since we couldn't make it out to Cincinnati for Jungle Jim's Weekend of Fire this year, I thought it would be fun to share a post about Cincinnati Style Chili. We just love to whip this up as a quick meal for a movie. We like ours "5-way", that is chili, spagetti, cheese, beans, onions. … [Read more...]
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Our beloved student, April Penland, takes second place at Nationals. Check out the article in the Richmond Times Dispatch Sunday paper!
Check out BYR wins second place as Richmond's BEST Yoga studio. That is right, we've been holding down the hot yoga scene in RVA for 14 years!!! We love our students!!! Thank you for voting for us each year!
Father-Daughter duo, Carrie and Rob are 2 of our regular yoga practitioners who have been coming to BYR for 7 years!
Rob Estes was born in Richmond, VA, went to George Wythe High school and then William and Mary College. He is now CEO of Estes Express (we know you've all seen those yellow trucks on the highways).
Carrie Johnstone was born in Charlotte, NC, went to college at UNC Chapel Hill, and then moved back to Richmond to be with family. Carrie is a certified accountant who now stays home with her 3 children (ages 7, 5, and 2).
In addition to yoga, the two stay very active outside the hot room. Rob has been playing softball for a long time, and continues to play on a league today. In fact, a chronic hamstring injury was one of the motivators that brought Rob to yoga. That, and of course, Carrie ☺ Carrie loves to exercise, but admits that she wasn't hooked on Bikram Yoga immediately.
"I took my first class in December 2007, but I wasn't hooked. Then I came back in June 2008 and haven't stopped since then!"
Rob says he came in "after being challenged by Carrie." 8 softball seasons later, Rob says he hasn't had a hamstring injury since beginning his practice! Overall, both say that they definitely feel healthier now that they practice Bikram Yoga.
Rob says, "I feel more relaxed , healthier, and my blood work proves it."
Carrie also states that, "BYR has changed my life by being a constant in my life besides my family and friends over the past 7 years where life has had many ups and downs. I need the weekly check in where my body gets a full diagnostic scan and I have to stare at myself in the mirror for one and a half hours. Nowhere to run! I feel strong and capable and at peace with myself every time I leave the yoga room."
Carrie even shared with us that she has a dream of going to Teacher Training someday!
When we asked about Rob and Carrie's goals for the New Year, Rob told us about their common goals for last year. He said,
"You will need to get Carrie's approval for this one: She and I had related New Year's resolution this past year. Hers was to be fit enough to be able to wear a sports bra in [yoga] practice. Mine was to be fit enough to look like I didn't need to wear one." (We did check in with Carrie before putting this in the story!)
We are happy to report that both Carrie and Rob achieved their resolutions!
One last thing we asked Carrie and Rob to share with us were their favorite quotes.
Carrie's is, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" , and Rob's is, "Best is the enemy of better". In other words if you hold out for best you will never get better. True yogi thinking!
Photographer Jessica Onderwater sees the big picture. She first became interested in Bikram yoga in 2005 when she was in college and going through a difficult time.
"I was extremely out of shape, overweight and just did not have a good outlook on life at all," Jessica says. "I was on vacation visiting my aunt in Colorado. She dropped me off at a class and afterwards, I felt absolutely changed."
For the next nine years, Jessica was able to practice only sporadically.
"There aren't many studios out where my family lives," she says. "The closest is the next state over, 90-plus miles. So trying to go regularly was difficult."
About a year ago, Jessica moved to Richmond, where she works for a local school portrait company. It wasn't an easy transition.
"I moved here for all the wrong reasons," Jessica says. With her friends and family 800 miles away, life was difficult. Fortunately, on a visit the previous year she had discovered Bikram Yoga Richmond.
"As soon as I could, I signed up for a monthly unlimited and made it my goal to go 10 to 15 times a month," Jessica says. "With my schedule, some months are better than others. But I could barely touch my toes when I started in January, and now I can go 75 percent of the way into Toe Stand."
In addition to her practice, Jessica has become a regular at BYR special events, photographing visits to schools, the pool party, the juice social, Garland's and Mary Jarvis's workshops and the Speak Up race. Her collection of portraits of BYR yogis in action will soon be hanging in the West End studio.
Her job takes her to schools all over Virginia, where she photographs students of all ages, including cadets at VMI. She loves children and has four nieces who are very important in her life.
"My never-ending goal is to show them how big the world is and how important it is to travel and get out of the little bubble you grow up in," Jessica says.
Jessica developed her love of travel in 2011 when she went to work as a photographer for a Hawaiian cruise line for a couple of years. "It was a crazy experience," she says. "Work hard, play even harder."
"Having Bikram in my life has enhanced it in so many ways," Jessica says. "Not only has it helped with maintaining my weight, it has also helped me control my depression." She is happy to have a "yoga family" at BYR. "I love all the instructors and the wonderful people I have met there, including my new best friend." She also talked a work friend into coming to yoga.
"I brought my three oldest nieces to class when they came to visit, and they loved it," Jessica says. "The oldest especially. I think she already wants to become an instructor, which hopefully one day I can become."
When she's not working or practicing yoga, Jessica says she is "Jane of all trades."
"Groupon helps with that," she says. "I knit, sew, paint, glass blow, do archery. I've gone paddle boarding on the James, gone kayaking."
And her vision for the future is full of adventure: "So many things on my list to try: scuba diving, hot air ballooning, re-certifying for my motorcycle license. The list is ever growing."
If you practice at 5:30 a.m., you might recognize Renee Stramel as the one who smiles during Awkward Pose. She delights in the physical challenges of Bikram yoga.
"I am laughing at myself," says Renee. "It cracks me up how much I wobble! But I look better and feel great."
She also loves the active meditation aspect of the practice.
"I like having one part of my mind actively thinking and listening and the other disengaged and just doing what it needs to do," she says. "It is akin to making art."
Renee and her husband make art for a living. Jim is a filmmaker. Renee is a painter, a printmaker, a department head—and an art school dropout.
"I grew up in Alexandria and came down here to go to VCU," Renee says. She had planned to major in art but in 1992 left for Spokane to learn to repair cameras. She came back and did that for 11 years in Richmond. Then, when she feared she was "becoming obsolete," she took classes in landscape design at Lewis GInter.
"I got my certificate, but ended up taking a job with this little company called Old World Prints at the corner of Floyd and Robinson," Renee says. "I started off hand-coloring antique prints."
Then everything "morphed."
Now known as World Art Group, the company sells artwork globally to interior design firms, furniture manufacturers and the hospitality industry. Renee heads the Embellishment Department, where she and her highly trained staff create artwork on paper and canvas according to specification.
"I work with some really amazing and talented people that constantly inspire me," Renee says. "We pump out anywhere from 300 to 600 pieces of art a week with an average of 200 different designs. That is just our department. It is an art factory for sure."
On the boutique level, Renee sells her artwork at Orange Richmond in Carytown. And she enjoys collaborating with her filmmaker husband. Jim's most recent project is a zombie series called "Reviled." Episode One is on YouTube. Renee and Jim just celebrated their 20th anniversary.
Renee began practicing Bikram yoga about six months ago. Like many, she says, "I had let my job take over and wasn't taking care of myself."
"It's that mindfulness that really translates," Renee says. "I am so much more aware of my body through out the whole day. I realize my jaw is clenched or I am hunched over, or I am not really breathing deeply."
As in art, Renee loves the process of yoga. "Every little detail adds up in a posture."
And she also finds inspiration: "After six months, I still get dizzy doing camel pose, but each time I try, I can hold for that millisecond longer. So I keep going."


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One night was better than none. I wanted to get to know more about this strange girl. She spoke in a way that suggested she wasn't the brightest tool in the shed, yet when you looked into her beautiful, earthy brown eyes; you could see a light-hearted intelligence dancing behind their surface. I could see kindness and grace in the way she walked and treated everyone around her, yet she carried bruises that prooved she didn't have a role model for such things.
To say the very least, she intrigued me. I felt somehow attached to her. This Lillia girl was both the strangest and most beautiful creature I had ever set my eyes on. I followed her as she led me to her house and took me inside. She said something to her mother in another language before taking me to anther room, "You be safe her for tonight. Sleep there," she told me, pointing to a small pile of assorted pelts. I saw the grey of wolf-fur mixed with the bark-brown of squirrel. As I looked back from examining my bed, I saw that Lillia had turned to leave. I wanted to call her back and talk with her more, but decided against it. She probably had other things to do, I wasn't going to dredge her hospitatlity to it's limits.
I moved over to the pile of furs and laid down on them, wrinkling my nose as a moldy smell wafted up from them and streamed into my nostrils. Taking short breathes from my mouth I looked at my watch. It was already 11:30! I closed my eyes and was asleep mere moments later. I woke up to see the sun was only just beginning to rise. I blinked sleepily and saw that the girl was sitting next to me, watching me with those kind brown eyes of hers. She realized I had woken up and quickly looked down, pretending to be busy with a mortar and pestle, grinding corn. I wondered what she was thinking?


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OnLive, the Cloud Gaming provider and of late DaaS start up has been shuttered, only to be reborn as a new company.
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News: AppSense Labs Releases AppSense StrataApps for Free
As we mentioned back in October, AppSense were working on a solution for user installed applications.
AppSenseLabs have indeed released StrataApps, the long awaited User Managed Applications Solution. StrataApps enables you to:
- Securely introduce applications into a sandboxed environment, completely separate to your underlying desktop environment, even in a locked down desktop and without the need for Admin Rights!
- Self-service 'Follow Me Applications' between your various computing devices.
News: Citrix Acquires Cloud.com
Citrix has purchased Cloud.com and this poses some interesting changes to the overall virtualization and cloud markets. One also has to wonder about the timing of the announcement to coincide with the same day as the big announcements coming out of VMware. I see this purchase as a mixed blessing to the market place, but also a renewal for Citrix.


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Large corner lot located on the Southern end of the highly desirable Currituck Club. The Southern location of this lot makes for a short walk, bike ride, or trolley ride to the beautiful beaches of Corolla! With over 14,000 square feet (.33 Acres) this lot is large enough to build your perfect beach home, 2nd home or vacation rental. The Currituck Club is a one of a kind development in Corolla offering beautiful 18 hole Rees Jones designed golf course, pro shop, clubhouse, driving range everything needed to make the everyday or vacation golfer smile! Also the community offers 5 outdoor pools all with kiddie pools & bathhouses, 7 tennis courts, fitness center just to name a few. On top of that vacationers receive courtesy trolley service to a from the beach access along with concierge to help setup your beach items. The Currituck County beach access also has an excellent food and beverage service!
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text: BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2013/2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Index, released this week, lists Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) as the most sustainable company in the containers and packaging industry. Ball, included in the DJSI World and the DJSI North America, is the only packaging company listed in both indices. The assessment is based on an extensive annual review of economic, environmental and social criteria. S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM, an investment specialist focused exclusively on sustainable investing, announced the results. "Ball's listing in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index is an acknowledgement of the company's continued progress on our sustainability journey," said John Hayes, chairman, president and CEO. "Our employees make all the difference. Their talent and engagement make Ball a more successful and more sustainable company." Ball earned industry-leading scores in all three dimensions: economic, environmental and social. The company scored particularly well on criteria integral to its Drive for 10 and sustainability strategies, such as codes of conduct (integrity), customer relationship management, product stewardship (innovation and recycling) and human capital development. Ball's ongoing improvements in corporate sustainability management and reporting, advancement in operational excellence and efficiency, talent management and its sustainable sourcing program all contributed to this achievement. Several rating and ranking agencies have recognized Ball's sustainability performance over the years. In addition to its Dow Jones Sustainability Index listing, Ball has been listed in the international FTSE4Good index since 2009 and achieved excellent results in the Carbon Disclosure Project since 2006. More details about Ball's sustainability efforts are available at www.ball.com/sustainability. Launched in 1999 and regarded as the world's foremost sustainability index family, the DJSI tracks the stock performance of the world's leading companies in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria. The indices serve as benchmarks for investors who integrate sustainability considerations into their portfolios, and provide an effective engagement platform for companies who want to adopt sustainable best practices. Only the top 10 percent of the world's 2,500 largest corporations are eligible for inclusion in the DJSI World.


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At the moment, there are few opportunities for urban and suburban inhabitants to make their houses truly eco-friendly and far too many reasons why keeping to the grid is worth the convenience. The Harmowind Turbine is a concept that may make sustainable living a little closer to home, with a design that's efficient and less obtrusive than many.
Standing 10 meters tall, Hailan Li's wind turbine is within the dimensions of a generator that needs no authorization to erect in many parts of Germany. It's on the small side and features a thoughtfully sculpted spinning top that casts as little of a flickering shadow as possible through dwellings' windows below. The double-blade vertical axis Harmowind Turbine can catch gusts above the roof line and benefit from breezes coming from absolutely any direction.
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The current affairs programme will be broadcast next week from Wootton Bassett, the Wiltshire town where bodies of British soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan have passed through in recent years, drawing huge crowds.
Last month, the 100th funeral cortege passed through the town centre.
The panel will include General Sir Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army, Armed Forces minister Bill Rammell, shadow foreign secretary William Hague, former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan, and Salma Yaqoob from Respect.
Lindsey German, convener of the Stop The War Coalition, said: "It is quite incredible that the BBC is repeating the mistakes of its coverage round the Iraq war. Then it consistently underplayed anti-war voices in its coverage and allowed excessive space to those most keen on prosecuting this war.
"This debate on Afghanistan has only one clear anti-war voice on it. This does not reflect public opinion in Britain, which is in its large majority against the war."
Question Time editor Ed Havard said: "Wootton Bassett has come to symbolise the nation's respect for fallen servicemen and we have already had a huge number of people apply to take part in this programme and to debate the issues with leading figures such as Richard Dannatt, Bill Rammell and William Hague."
The BBC came under fire for inviting BNP leader Nick Griffin on to Question Time in October.
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Eng. Yehia A. Qotb
The National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan
1- Abstract
2- Introduction
3- Statement of the problem
4- Main aims and outlines
5- Bibliography
Fig.1 the basic components of SHM
Supervised by:
Prof. Mostafa Rabah
The National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helwan
Dr.Mohammed Fathy
Structural Engineering Dep.; Faculty of Engineering; Assuit University, Assuit
Dr. Mosbeh R.Kaloop
Public Works Engineering Dep.; Faculty of Engineering; Mansoura University, Mansoura
Health structure Monitoring of High Dam Movements
The structural health monitoring (SHM) is a recent field of research which appeared in the final decade of the last century which may be defined as "the use of in-situ, non destructive sensing and analysis of structural characteristics, including the structural response, for the purpose of identifying if damage has occurred, determining the location of damage, estimating the severity of damage and evaluating the consequences of damage on the structures". This proposal aims to monitoring assessment of High Dam under different water level cases; in addition studying the damage detection modeling for the dam and designing a model can be predicted the behavior of High Dam.
Monitoring of dams using Global positioning system (GPS), Geodetic and electro-mechanical sensors has long been proposed for complementing the current visual inspection program for condition assessment of dams.In order to investigate the global structural condition of dams in an automated, continuous, objective and quantitative manner.
Introduction (Cont.)
Structural health monitoring (SHM) may be identified in five principal issues in damage identification:
(1) Detection of damage,
(2) Localization of its probable location,
(3) Classification of the type of damage,
(4) Assessment of the extent of damage
(5) Prediction of the residual life of the structure.
Structure of High Dam
The Aswan High Dam as shown in Fig. 2, is 3,830 metres long, 980 metres wide at the base, 40 metres wide at the crest and 111 metrestall. It contains 43,000,000 cubic metres of material. At maximum, 11,000 cubic metres per second of water can pass through the dam. There are further emergency spillways for an extra 5,000 cubic metres per second and the Toshka Canal links the reservoir to the Toshka Depression. The reservoir, named Lake Nasser, is 550 kilometreslong and 35 kilometres at its widest with a surface area of 5,250 square kilometres . It holds 132 cubic kilometres of water.
Fig.2 High Dam from space
Statement of the problem
We try in this proposal solution the following problems: -
(1)How to monitor the High dam under different water level effects with high accuracy measurements based on GPS and geodetic monitoring systems?
(2)How to model the movement of High dam using neural network and wavelet analysis based on SHM data GPS collections?
(3) What is the best model for the damage detection of dam based on GPS-SHM system and geodetic monitoring system?
(4)What is the best methodology can be used to improve the monitoring system errors and noises?
Main aims and outlines
This proposal aims to: monitoring assessment of High Dam under different water level cases; in addition studying the damage detection modeling for the dam and designing a model can be predicted the behavior of High Dam.
The outlines for this proposal are as follows:
(1) Stuyding the movements of High Dam.
(2) Analyzing the behavior of High Dam mostly depend on time domain and frequency domain.
Main aims and outlines(Cont.)
(3) Designing a finite element model (FE ) for the high dam to analyze the movement of structures in frequency domain and study the behavior static component of bridge based on different type loads.
(4) Comparison between the behavior of dam based on the model design and collection data for monitoring system.
(5)Using methods can be detect and remove the errors and noises from the monitoring data
[1] Y. Q. Ni, H. W. Xia; K. Y. Wong; and J. M. Ko, "In-Service Condition Assessment of Bridge Deck Using Long-Term Monitoring Data of Strain Response", J. Bridge Eng. ASCE, 2012.17:876-885.
[2] F. Necati Catbas and A. Emin Aktan, "Condition and Damage Assessment: Issues and Some Promising Indices", journal of structural engineering, ASCE, 2002.128:8(1026).
[3] Olivier L. Burdet, "Thermal Effects in the Long-Term Monitoring of Bridges" 34th international symposium on bridge and structural engineering, venice, 2010.
[4] Helder Sousaa, Carlos Sousaa, Afonso S. Nevesa, João Bentob, Joaquim Figueirasa, "Long-term monitoring and assessment of a precast continuous viaduct", Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 2013.52: 777–793.
[5] Bart Peeters and Guido De Roeck, "One-year monitoring of the Z24-Bridge: environmental effects versus damage events", Earthquake Engng Struct. Dyn. 2001. 30:149-171.
[6] V. Meruane, W. Heylen, "Damage Assessment of a Bridge under Varying Environmental Conditions", proceedings of ISMA2010 including USD2010, pp:1463- 1476.
[7] Rueger, J.M., "Overview of geodetic deformation measurements of dams", ANCOLD 2006 conference, 2006.
[8] Mohamed R. Lasheen "The Distribution of Trace Metals in Aswan High Dam Reservoir and River Nile Ecosystems", Chapter 15; lead, Mercury, Cadmium and Arsenic in the Environment, Edited by T. C. Hutchinson and K. M. Meema, Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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