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Richard's (Systems Engineering) Resume
Richard Goedeken
333 Prestonwood Drive #1810
Richardson, TX 75081
Home Phone: (972) 690-7705
Summary and Goal:
Self-motivated individual with attention to detail and proven creative problem-solving abilities seeking systems engineering position.
Skills and Training:
10 Years Experience, Strong Object-Oriented Skills
Assembly Languages
Intel x86 (13 Years), 1802, 6809, 68HC11, TMS320c30
Intel x86 Advanced Instructions
x87, MMX, SSE, 3DNow!
Digital Interfacing
ISA, LCD controllers, 68HC11, SRAM, current drivers, RS422, RS232, LVDS, 74xx/4xxx logic, PLD (PEEL/PAL)
Analog Interfacing
D/A, A/D, Automotive Sensors, Laser, High-speed Galvanometer
Embedded System Environments
68HC11, AMD AM188ES, TMS320c30, Philips TriMedia
MS Windows Technologies
MFC, COM, DirectX, Visual Studio, Source Safe
Linux Technologies
GCC, MySQL, QT, Red Hat 7.1, 9.0
DSP Algorithms
Industrial Vision, Audio Processing, Voice Recognition
Advanced Algorithms
Industrial Control, 3D Graphics, Genetic Algorithms, Morphing, Image Processing, Data Compression, Wavelets
Operating Systems
DOS, Win9x, WinNT/2000, Linux
Legacy Languages
BASIC, Fortran
Professional Experience:
Semiconductor Technologies & Instruments, Plano, Texas.
Cut package inspection algorithm execution time 60% by coding low-level functions in MMX assembly.
Designed, implemented, documented, and supported an embedded computer system for controlling myriad aspects of an integrated package inspection system. Code written in C.
Wrote DLL interface in C++ for integrating WAV-1000 wafer inspection system with Electroglas EG-4090 prober.
Integrated high-speed CMOS camera and 8-CPU DSP board with WAV-1000 3D Bump Inspection. Wrote all interface code in C++.
1993 - Present
Fascination Software
2002 Designed and implemented proprietary algorithm for image database fuzzy search and matching
1999 Designed 320c32-based system for MP3 decoding and playback. Designed and built SRAM expansion board.
1999 Designed and built an embedded dual-LCD digital dash replacement for 1989 Chevy Celebrity. Code written in HC11 assembly.
1993 Wrote 100% assembly-language MMX-optimized 3D engine
1994 Published commercial software called MetaMorf with Villa Crespo software, Highland Park, IL
Wrote image morphing program in C and x86 assembly language. Shareware version called RMorf.
Summer 1998
IBM Corporation, Rochester, Minnesota.
Formulated test cases and wrote test code in C to debug Cluster messaging infrastructure and API for V4R5 of the AS/400 operating system.
Summer 1997
Norand Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Designed and implemented an inventory control and test program in C to be used with 6400 PEN*KEY handheld PCs.
Used Berkeley sockets interface with the 6400 PEN*KEY's DOS TCP/IP stack over Open Wireless LAN.
Summer 1996
Motorola, Inc, Schaumburg, Illinois.
Wrote modem testing and source-code maintenance utilities in C for in-house use.
Wrote Win32 utility program shipped with PC Card modems for flash update of the card's CIS data.
Summer 1993
Rockwell International, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Revised ARC-182 radio remote control code (in RCA 1802 assembly language) to support new voice encryption feature called HAVE-QUICK.
B.S., Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, May 1999
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, May 1999
Honors and Activities:
Mensa, National Merit Scholar, Dean's List, National Honor Society, Salutatorian of High School Class, Iowa All-State choir.


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A regional administrative court in Finland on Thursday rejected suits by environmental groups trying to block Nord Stream's construction of a massive natural gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
"The court rejects demands to overturn the decision (to grant the permit) on the basis of ... shortcomings of its environmental impact study," court documents said.
In a decision that could potentially remove the last legal obstacle to the venture, the administrative court rejected lawsuits filed by the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation (SLL), Finland's largest environmental organisation, and three Estonian environmental groups to overturn Nord Stream's permit to build the pipeline.
Court officials aknowledged the environmental risks of the venture but rejected plaintiff claims that the environmental impact studies were insufficient regarding fish, seals and the existence of toxic barrels on the sea bed.
"Of course there will be some effects on the environment, but we feel these are so minimal that the greater benefits of the project outweigh the effects," chief judge of the regional court Liisa Talvitie told AFP.
"We don't yet know whether we will appeal the verdict. We are looking closely at the decision. It's possible we will appeal," SLL spokesman Tapani Veistola told AFP.
Veistola stressed that allowing Nord Stream to begin construction of the pipeline while the appeals process was still underway in effect made any appeal meaningless.
"Even if we appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court, it could take a year to get a verdict and by then the pipeline might already be complete," Veistola said.
Nord Stream was initially granted the contested permit in February 2010 to construct the gas pipeline in Finland's waters. The company already has approval from every other country through which the pipeline will pass.
Nord Stream plans to build a 1,220-kilometre (760-mile) pipeline to deliver gas to Germany, a 7.4-billion-euro project led by Russian state-run energy giant Gazprom in partnership with Germany's E.On Ruhrgas and BASF-Wintershall.
It will link the Russian city of Vyborg and Greifswald in Germany, running under the Baltic Sea and passing through Russian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and German waters.
Some 375 kilometres of pipeline are expected to go through the Finnish economic zone. A quarter of the gas consumed in the European Union comes from Russia.

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2016 Round 13 Seniors vs Tarwin
Phillip Island held on for a narrow 6 point win against Tarwin down at shark park
The Island started the day's proceedings through the experienced Jake Weir at the 2 minute mark of the quarter. Tarwin then wrestled back the ascendency with 2 goals in a minute, but Simon Seddon broke up Tarwin's run with the Islands second for the afternoon. Tarwin took over again with 2 unanswered goals in what was becoming a seesawing affair. Hayden Moore was moved up forward and the results showed straight away with his first of the afternoon.
Q1 Phillip Island 3.4.22 Tarwin 4.1.25
The Island were down by just 3 points at the first break and things got worse when Tarwin scored early in the second but after that it was all Phillip Island. Beau Runnalls starred for the Island up forward kicking all three of the Islands goals for the quarter but there was a dark side to the quarter with the Island kicking 6 behinds. Even with their inaccuracy the Island still went into the half time break up by 9 points
Q2 Phillip Island 6.10.46 to Tarwin 6.1.37
The Island hit the scoreboard early with goals to Runnalls and Moore but Tarwin weren't ready to lay down without a fight as they answered with 3 goals of their own and when Moore kicked his third for the day the Island stretched their lead to 11 points at the final break
Q3 Phillip Island 9.14.68 to Tarwin 9.3.57
That man Moore kept the Island well infront with his fourth 2 minutes into the last quarter. Tarwin hit back and hit back hard adding 3 unanswered majors to all of a sudden have the scoreboard all level at 75 a piece with the Island having 25 scoring shots and Tarwin just 15. Runnalls took a strong mark on the boundary and as time ticked away his attempt on goal fell short and dropped into the hands of Hayden Moore. Moore sent his shot straight through the middle and gave the Island a nail bitting 6 point victory
Full Time Phillip Island 11.15.81 def Tarwin 12.3.75
The Island heads off to the Stony Ponies next week as they tackle the sixth place Stony Creek
Phillip Island
Goal Kickers: H. Moore 5, B. Runnalls 4, S. Seddon, J. Weir
Best Players: H. Moore, S. Seddon, Jack Taylor, D. Larsson, B. Kimber, J. Darcy
Goal Kickers: M. Swenson 3, B. Slater 2, T. Williamson 2, J. Kilsby 2, B. Ellen, H. Farrell, R. Davey
Best Players: L. Thwaites, N. McRae, B. Ellen, P. Hinkley, B. Slater, D. De Luca


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Today it's four long years since my dad passed away. It's been a long month as well, with the passing of my mother in law and finding out about a former co-worker who has cervical cancer..... and well just life. However I love going through the photo albums and recapturing those moments I cherish so much. This layout is one of my dad's 65th birthday. He was ALWAYS so happy to go out to eat and one of his favorite places was a chinese buffet (could that have contributed to his heart problems.....I think so....lol). Mom brought a homemade cake for dessert to the restaurant and we celebrated in Dad's style. Dad loved to be with his family - he was a quiet man, not too much to say - Mom always did the talking....lol. He loved his grandsons beyond measure and there wasn't anything better to him than being with them.
I miss him alot (MORE than alot) but remembering the moments that made HIM SMILE help to ease the missing him part. This is really why I scrapbook - to freeze these moments in time, so we can revisit them later..... the paper, embellishments and whatnots are really just frills for esthetic pleasure at the moment. It doesn't matter how many of those embellishments we add to the page - it is the pictures and the stories that matter most!


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EducationB.S. degree in Biology from Biola University, graduated with high honors, Masters from Johns Hopkins, applying to Medical School within the next year.
ExperienceFormer Tutor for Kennedy High School and TutorDoctor company in the subjects of Algebra, History, biology, chemistry and English. I have been tutoring for over 10 years now, and being a biology major, I have taken several classes in the field of science.
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Alicia Keys and her thick thighs were spotted on mommy duty out and about New York City, Thursday afternoon.
She and 14 month old son, Egypt, were out enjoying a day in the park. Look like they enjoyed themselves. He's just too cute!
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How The Grinch Stole Christmas
November 6, 2011 by staff
How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The stories of Theodor Geisel, known to children and parents the world over as Dr. Seuss, have had an uneven transition from the page to the big screen. 2003's The Cat in the Hat, for instance, starring Mike Myers, was wildly panned.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas had a better reception, but still pales next to the beloved 1966 TV special, with narration by Boris Karloff. Horton Hears a Who (2008) managed quite well with Jim Carrey, who had also played the Grinch, although few could tell under all that makeup.
March 2, 2012, would have been Seuss 108th birthday. As a present Universal Pictures is releasing a cinematic animated version of The Lorax, based on Seuss's 1971 environmental fable. The original follows a child's trip "to the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows," where a mysterious, unseen being called the Once-ler tells how an earthly paradise was stripped of its Truffula trees.
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I am a young lady of 27 years of age.i believe God is true and he is faithful. I have made bad choices these year and i am afraid they will cost me my whole life. I am in a pit and sometimes i do not see how i am going to get out from this. I do not want this mistake that i did to define the rest of my life please help me pray to our Father to give me another chance to live a normal healthy life again please help me.i am afraid
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The avalanche of credible allegations dating back decades makes it clear that many of us have been too willing to ignore what women endure on a regular basis.
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The avalanche of credible allegations dating back decades makes it clear that many of us have been too willing to ignore what women endure on a regular basis.
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Women are in spotlight on the big screen in an African-American series at the Brattle Theatre and a film about the suffragist movement in Switzerland.
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Box set connects film movements to the Ivory Coast, Niger, and Ghana.
The French director made gangster movies that were like the working out of existenial theorems.
Doc Talk | Peter keough
Documentary subjects this week include Jimi Hendrix and Mario Lanza.
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"Mica is a perfectly normal boy. Well he would be if he didn't smell of fish." 13 September 2013 Drama, Comedy 92 mins
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Our team is working with leaders across the health care system to provide you with unbiased evidence, and informed opinions, about health care issues in Alberta, Ontario and Canada. Our articles and opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not those of the editorial team as a whole. They do not reflect authors' employers or other organizations with which they are affiliated.
Andreas Laupacis
Dr. Andreas Laupacis is the Executive Director of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital and a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is a general internist whose interest in health care is driven by his experiences as a consumer, practitioner, researcher and involvement in health care governance. He served on the Board of Directors of Alberta Health Services from 2008 to 2010, and was Chair of its Quality committee from 2009 to 2010. He is currently the Chair of the Board of Health Quality Ontario and a Board Member at Cancer Care Ontario. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Health Policy and Citizen Engagement. He is convinced that the health care system would be better if there is more informed input from citizens. Follow Andreas on Twitter @AndreasLaupacis
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Dr. Debra Bournes is the Chief Nursing Executive and Vice President Clinical Programs at The Ottawa Hospital. She provides professional leadership to nursing and the other health professions, and oversees the Mental Health, Telemedicine, Family Health Team, and Obstetrics/Gynecology and Newborn Care Programs. From 2011 – 2014 Debra was Ontario's Provincial Chief Nursing Officer at the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. She has served as the Director of Nursing New Knowledge and Innovation at University Health Network in Toronto, as Assistant Professor at York University, and in cross-appointments at the University of Toronto. Debra is known nationally and internationally for her leadership in nursing theory-guided patient and family-centered care, academic practice and professional development for health professionals, health human resource analysis, strategic planning in nursing, and quality workplace/quality patient care indicator dashboards for healthcare leaders. In 2008, Debra received the University of Toronto, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Award of Distinction and the Ontario Hospital Association Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership. In 2009, she received the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's Leadership Award for Nursing Research for her work on developing a research culture among health professionals.
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Francine Buchanan is pursuing her PhD at the Institute of Health, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. In the midst of a successful career as Strategy Consultant, her son was born with complex medical issues. Taking inspiration from the challenges her family has faced caring for a child with medical complexity within the medical system, Francine embarked in a new direction as a researcher, patient adviser and consultant. Francine's research interests are in the area of Family Centred Care, Knowledge Translation and Quality Improvement.
Francine is a member of the Canadian Family Advisory Network and the Hospital for Sick Children's Family Advisory Network, where she works with clinicians, administrators and researchers to draft processes and policies that take into consideration the families' perspectives.
Francine holds a degree in English and Philosophy from McMaster University as well as a Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario.
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Dr. Timothy Caulfield is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. He is a Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation, a Health Senior Scholar with the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and the Principal Investigator for a number of large interdisciplinary projects that explore the ethical, legal and health policy issues associated with a range of topics, including stem cell research, genetics, patient safety, the prevention of chronic disease, obesity policy, the commercialization of research, complementary and alternative medicine and access to health care. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He writes frequently for the popular press on a range of health and science policy issues and is the author of The Cure for Everything: Untangling the Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness and Happiness (Penguin 2012). Follow Tim on Twitter @CaulfiedTim
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Dr. Christopher Doig is Head of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Calgary, as well as a Professor in the Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine and Community Health Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine. He was president of the Alberta Medical Association from 2010 to 2011. He has over 90 peer-reviewed publications including in journals such as Nature Medicine, the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Canadian Medical Association Journal. He is married with 4 children. He is an avid cyclist, swimmer, and soccer player….currently ranked 4th in his family in goal scoring, but hoping to improve.
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Dr. Sachin R. Pendharkar is a respirologist and sleep physician at the Rockyview General Hospital and FoothillsHospital in Calgary, Alberta. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, and a scientist at the Ward of the 21st Century Research and Innovation Centre. He was supported by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and Health Quality Council of Alberta while completing a Master of Science degree in Health Services Research at the University of Calgary. His research focuses on health care operations research, patient flow, and improving health systems efficiency using simulation modelling. Follow Sachin on Twitter @srpendharkar
Jeremy Petch
Dr. Jeremy Petch is the Manager of the Li Ka Shing Centre for Healthcare Analytics Research and Training of St. Michael's Hospital, and an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He is a core member of the Health Technology Expert Review Panel at the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health and he sits on the Board of Directors of the Regent Park Community Health Centre and is the Chair of its Quality Committee. Dr. Petch holds a PhD in Philosophy from York University and a graduate diploma from the Ontario Training Centre in Health Service and Policy Research. His doctoral work focused on the intersection of ethics, law and public policy in the regulation of genetic screening technologies. He was previously a research associate at the Institute for Work and Health. His academic work has appeared in Annals of Epidemiology and the American Journal of Preventative Medicine. Follow Jeremy on Twitter @JeremyPetch
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Maureen Taylor is a physician assistant in infectious diseases at Toronto East General Hospital and an Associate Clinical Professor in the Physician Assistant Studies program at McMaster University in Hamilton. Before her acceptance into the inaugural class of physician assistants at McMaster in 2008, Maureen had a long career as an award-winning broadcast journalist for the CBC and TVOntario, including six years as the National Medical/Health Reporter for CBC News. She was the CBC's lead reporter on SARS, the withdrawal of Vioxx and the controversy over HRT and mammography screening. She is still a frequent guest on CBC radio and television on medical topics and healthcare issues and enjoys finding ways to blend her two passions: journalism and medicine. Follow Maureen on Twitter @maureentaylor31
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As extraordinary an achievement as Cryptonomicon, Quicksilver is Neal Stephenson's first novel in his acclaimed Baroque Cycle. Neal Stephenson follows his international bestseller, the WWII thriller Cryptonomicon, with a novel set in the 16th and 17th centuries, in a world of war, scientific, religious and political turmoil.
With a cast of characters that includes Newton, Leibniz, Christopher Wren, Charles II, Cromwell and the young Benjamin Franklin, Stephenson again shows his extraordinary ability to get inside a place and time; as he did for the futures of his science fiction (Snowcrash,The Diamond Age) and for WWII (Cryptonomicon), here he does for the England of the Civil War and the Europe of the Wars of Religion and the Scientific Revolution.
Quicksilver is yet another tour-de-force from a writer who is simply unique.
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Rubbish. Very slow plot driven by turgid characters. The insight into history starts interestingly but become increasingly unreadable. I only finished it in the mistaken hope that something worthwhile would happen. I really really enjoyed Diamond Age and was vastly disappointed by this offering
Review by BeadieAm
This is a hefty, dense book. Thankfully for me, it's set in a period I'm interested in, and the writing is good - exciting, intriguing, bawdy, and in places laugh-out-loud funny.The length was a little detrimental - I got to the end and forgot for a second that the "cliffhanger ending" was actually at an earlier point in the tale than the start of the book was!
Review by magemanda
It is so very hard to classify this book - the first in an extremely weighty trilogy (this book alone weighs in at over 900 pages!) Is it fantasy? Is it science fiction? It is historical? It most certainly is dense, dull, delightful and dry.The book is split into three different sections. The first of these looks back on Daniel Waterhouse's early life in London and his association with the Royal Society and the pre-eminent philosophers, mathematicians, astronomers and scientists of that time, including Isaac Newton. This period of the book can be extremely difficult reading, and needs intense concentration. Even with that, I found myself struggling with the esoteric vocabulary used and the overwhelming amount of science on display. I find science and maths difficult at the best of times, and this book did nothing to ease me - often I found myself understanding only one paragraph in three and had to really persevere to get through this section. There was light relief periodically from present-day Daniel, travelling by ship back to England and being pursued by pirates. One thing I enjoyed immensely about this part of the book - science aside - was the way that Stephenson conveyed the wonder and mystery of the discoveries that were coming thick and fast, driven by certain people whose ideas have not been surpassed even now.The second part of the book dealt with Eliza and Jack Shaftoe. This section flew past in a flurry of giggles and adventure, including an amusing interlude with an ostrich and a Turkish harem. Jack is a lively character, seemingly destined to die from the French pox (syphilis), but determined to make a life for himself and generate an inheritance for his two boys. Eliza is enigmatic, alluring and tom-boyish by turns - both drawn to Jack and repelled by him. They travel together across a lot of Europe and end up in Amsterdam, where Jack leaves Eliza to make his fortune in Paris and ends up on a ship bound for deepest Africa. I loved this part of the book, and it more than made up for the dryness of the first section.The last part draws all the threads of the story together, culminating in the revolution that Waterhouse has spent his life working towards. There is intrigue, and gripping letters between Leibniz and Eliza, who, by now, is the Countess de la Zeur. James II is overthrown and Daniel suffers a spell in prison. So, all in all, a massive book with massive ideas and massive characters. It should have been unbelievable and unforgettable, but I was left feeling a little as though it were too much work. I will read the other two volumes in the trilogy for completeness, but I don't embark on them with a lightness of spirit!
Review by camillahoel
Judging by the first book, The Baroque Cycle is well named. Not only because that of the historical period it treats, but because it itself contains the key characteristics to such an extent. It does not come to expression so much in a particularly ornate language, but in a wealth of detail which is there, I think, not so much in order to create any sort of reality effect, but for its own sake. It could be he overdoes it a little at times, but if you are writing a Baroque Cycle I suppose you might as well write a Baroque cycle.This can be exhausting. Certainly if, like me, you reach for books to check whether these historical ``facts'' are indeed facts or just facts of the fictional variety. This is the frustrating bit. Stephenson makes no secret of his novels having a fictional element, which means that it occasionally feels like reading a text book without the added bonus of being allowed to trust the information that textbook offers. The majority of the book, however, was so well researched, I was delighted. I had to force myself to stop checking up on it all after a while, and someone really could have told me that there was an appendix containing a list of dramatis personæ in which the fictional were distinguished from the real (or as Stephenson puts it, some are historical, others might ``produce confusion, misunderstanding, severe injury, and death if relied upon by time travelers visiting the time and space in question''). He sometimes makes use of some rather stretched devices in order to include this research, and at other times he makes too much of information that is really common knowledge, but I won't quibble too much. Stephenson gets stars aplenty for his research. I have always been vaguely insulted by authors who felt it was all right to riddle their novels with inaccuracies. It suggests, or states flat out, that they believe their readers will be too ignorant to notice the difference. Checking up on obscure facts and finding they were accurate made me very happy. The real strength of the book is craftsmanship. Not just in terms of research, but also in the variety of literary styles. I am a little annoyed that this is not done in a coherent way, but the styles fit their subject so well, I have no real issue with it. He starts off playing with time, presenting the opening of the story as a series of protracted flashbacks from an old man trapped on a ship attacked by pirates, runs off into history and frolics about (there is no other word for it) with the Royal Society for a while, before changing the style completely into a semblance of the picaresque (which, of course, also has the picaresque novel as a participant). He also uses occasional bouts of drama to good effect, and large portions of the last third of the book take the epistolary form. The book is divided into three sections. The first focuses on Daniel Waterhouse (fictional), a close friend of Isaac Newton (not so fictional) and a great and lovely cast of Royal Society members like Hooke, Wilkins, Boyle, Oldenburg and that lot in 1660s and 1670s London. The second is the picaresque, mainly focused on Jack Shaftoe, a Vagabond (also fictional). I wonder to what extent it is a coincidence that the portrayal of Daniel's youth is shown in apparently objective flashbacks, whereas Jack is allowed to tell his own story to a beautiful woman, with the truth value that entails. The third and final part is not so easily connected to one character, but it is closely tied to Eliza, a former harem slave (and fictional to the extent that she comes from a fictional country) picked up by Jack in part two. Leibniz, rather than Newton, dominates the latter two halves, as the question of Leibniz and Newton and the Calculus hovers in the background throughout. Historical figures like Huygens, Rossignol, Charles II, James II, William of Orange, Louis XIV and any number of others gravitate (oh dear) around these three protagonists with varying appeal, while the historical moment with its mix of experimental science, theoretical physics, alchemy and other murky activities is presented in full glory. I think he does a very good job of showing that the modern scientific theories did not spring pure and fully formed out of the head of Rationality, but are the result of a general willingness to try everything and investigate it all, while also showing off the fascination with the more spectacular elements (mercury and phosphorous in particular) -- after all, if they did not have spectacular properties, they would not look so cool, right?I will not try to pronounce on the plot as a whole (I assume the missing resolutions of major questions will be dealt with in the following two volumes), and I would generally not dwell too much on Stephenson's language (while it does occasionally take on the flavour of the period, this sometimes succeeds and sometimes does not; but on the whole it is perfectly serviceable, although not something I would go into raptures about). I really wish there weren't quite so many gratuitous sex scenes. And if someone could properly explain to me how on earth the binary/I Ching code works in Eliza's letters, I will be both more impressed with Stephenson and very grateful to whoever does the explaining. But on the whole I recommend it to anyone with patience who is willing to get lost in the details of the period, particularly those with an interest in history and/or science.
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WikiLeaker judged. Bradley Manning, the US Army private who funneled reams of secret documents to the WikiLeaks website, is due to learn his fate today. The 25-year-old, who has spent the past three years in military prison cells, was court martialled on 22 counts, including theft and aiding the enemy.
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By the definitions of "genocide", we mean the killing of a race, the destruction of an ethnic group. Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming the destruction of essential foundations of life. Genocide is mass murder.
Genesis 1:28: "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
In the very beginning God gave instructions in his word to be fruitful and multiply. Homosexuality is in direct disobedience to God. A Man having sex with a man and a woman having sex with a woman cancels out the process of reproduction. Instead of reproducing, we are performing Genocide on this whole nation. Homosexuality is Anti Prolife. They are destroying the natural process of conception. Homosexuality is nothing new. It was back in the time of Sodom and Gomorrah when God rejected it and destroyed a nation. God is not Homophobic and neither are many people that don't agree with sin. But God is a God of Love that will not go along with disobedience just because He loves someone.
As People living in this lifestyle have convinced themselves that they can raise up a child in this culture and it would be healthy, even if by example, it is reinforcing an infectious cancer, a life promoting a continuous conduct of Genocide. This is child abuse in one of the most despicable forms of child abuse. To impose this lifestyle upon innocent children is a crime against humanity, a crime against morality, a crime against God.
Frederick Douglas said it is easy to build strong men than to repair broken ones. We are living in a time when legislation has chosen to endorse and make laws that encourages dysfunctional families, and a moralless society that produces a Genocidal behavior to reproduce itself as it destroys itself and all those who fall to this following. We are living in a society that encourages people to play Russian Roulette with the wheel of HIV and AID, a form of Genocide. This Infectious Death Sentence destroys life and the quality of life that God has designed for humanity. Hosea said we are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. The practice of genocide is something dishonorable. There is nothing honorable about sin. There is nothing honorable about being participants of Genocide. It's a Legalized Suicide, a Self-destructive Spirit, a demonic spirit that causes some to mutilate their sex organs, spending thousands of dollars to only imitating that that they were not born with. Then they have sex with the same sex they don't want to be. Something is wrong with that picture. They truly have a reprobated mind (Romans 1:28). They also get plastic surgery on their Vocal Cords and get Breast Reductions. This self-mutilation spirit causes us to hate ourselves to a point that we will destroy our own bodies like the man in the Bible that was cutting himself (Mark 5:2-5). 2And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. This unclean Spirit that has us marching and shouting Gay Pride has come to Kill, Steal and Destroy that which is Holy, to Destroy the Foundation of Marriage, destroy the Foundation that is Divinely Designed by God.
We are living in a time when there are a group of people who want us to remove certain words out of the Bible and God from the Church. We also have allowed the influence of Anti-Christ to remove prayer and God from the school system and replace it with Administration and curricula that encourage and support Homosexual Lifestyles and dismiss any teaching that conflict with this sin – teaching our children that God made a mistake by making Male and Female and saying he forgot the LGBT. GOD, THE CREATOR OF THE WORLD, HAS NOT MADE A MISTAKE. WE NEED TO GET ON GOD'S PROGRAM, NOT GOD GETTING ON OURS. GOD DOES NOT SUMMIT UNTO US; WE MUST SUBMIT UNTO HIM.
And to all of those who have decriminalized this sin, let me send a NEWS FLASH. GOD has not endorsed the legalization of Gay Marriages. He is the true Architect of Marriages. Anything other than God's design is illegitimate and counter- productive. And it is an abomination to believe that it is acceptable.
In conclusion, Proverbs 14:12, "There is a way that seems right unto man but in the end there is death. I encourage you to live in the obedience of Christ Jesus If this addiction spirit has or is holding you captive in its grip, Seek Help, Seek God, Seek a Body of believers that hold each other accountable to the Word of God. Fight to break free! Reject all conducts that God does not approve of. Disassociate yourself with them that do, and submit yourself under the Authority of God's Holy Word.


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The most stripped-down purpose of Constance is to give New Orleans artists and writers a new forum and space to show their work both locally and nationally. But if I had to define the manifesto of the book, it would be to show outsiders the true nature of New Orleans, as well as that of its artists and writers; to reveal slowly, person by person, image by image -- all the many contradictory and wonderful parts that make up the whole -- the kind of place New Orleans was, is and ultimately always will be. But Kiesewetter, a graphic designer, and Strange, a writer and editor, also stress that the city has unlimited possibilities, especially now with all aspects of our lives in flux. They are just as quick to state that the one commonality shown in this collection's artwork is a sense of "defiance," "resilience" and "perseverance" because it comes from the people who live or did live in New Orleans.
The name Constance has one specific source, but many underlying meanings. Constance is the name of the street on which Kiesewetter and his former roommate, Cord Bueker Jr. (one of the contributors to this collection), lived before Hurricane Katrina. Constance also refers to the strength of New Orleanians who came back to an unimaginable place and who continue to live here not knowing what lies ahead. The word also reflects the undying spirit of art-making. Art has always been a stabilizing force, an outlet that allows people to function better, and to live more fulfilling lives regardless of what may be going on around them. There is very little to be described as constant in post-Katrina New Orleans, as seen in both our emotional and ecological environments, but what is constant is the need for art and the need to make art.
As the creators clearly state, though the book includes many post-Katrina works and writings, this is not a book defined by Katrina, but rather by the creative people who live in New Orleans, sharing their unique visions and interpretations of the city they love, allowing non-residents a chance to form a new understanding of this place, to see beyond the stereotypcial images of debauchery, and now destruction, and to understand what really defines the ever-changing city of New Orleans. The collection emphasizes that New Orleans is not "a place defined by its hardships," but rather a viable and unique city where people continue to work, live and create. The optimistic cover art depicts a city after a storm, the sun peeking out of the clouds after a rain. The image suggests the tenor of the collected works: a new day, another day, forward movement. We often read accounts of our city's romanticized aura. This collection instead encapsulates New Orleans' attitude.
One of the many fantastic aspects of the book is the multimedia range of included work: everything from painting to writing, graphic design to graffitti art, photography to collage. The book reminds us that all work is valuable and significant. All work offers a new point of view and has something to add to the creative discourse. To emphasize this point, brief autobiograpies of each contributor are included next to their work, along with a poignant tally of where each person lived before the storm and where they have since landed.
I have no doubt that Constance will one day be archived as important documentation of New Orleans' creative history, but at this moment it acts as a living time capsule, the kind that doesn't need to be buried to enlighten.
The book-release party at Circle Bar on Friday features DJs Joey Buttons and Nate White spinning tunes, plus a secret special musical guest. Proceeds from book sales go directly to the printing of the book and to future volumes of Constance.
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HDMI sound randomly stopped working
sorry for starting a new thread but i have searched through so many and still not found a fix for my issue
I was watching a movie and sound worked perfectly fell asleep woke up the next morning and no sound through my tv connected via gainward gtx550ti HDMI port it still shows in playback devices and when i test it still shows sound is playing but nothing comes out of the speakers. i have tried every possible thing i can think of to fix it system recovery, update drivers, uninstall and re-installing drivers, using both hdmi cable and tv with a different device and using speakers with built in sound card so im thinking its my graphics card that has a problem but any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated
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The HDMI is generated by the video card. If the HDMI is set as the default audio playback device and there is still no audio, its most likey a problem in the video card.
One thing you haven't tried, reseating the video card. Its a long shot but give it a try. Power off the PC before reseating (unplugging and plugging back in).
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hey fireberd
thanks for the reply i tried that when i did the re-install there was one thing i didn't mention it did happen before when i ran skyrim with new hd pack on highest settings and i pushed the card over its limits but after playing around for a few hrs it started working again. Anyway its not the end of the world been looking for an excuse to get a 5.1 sound system i just hope it doesn't mean my graphics card is going to fail on me in the very near future as its only 8 months old i guess i could take advantage of manufacturers warranty but probably take ages and bioshock arrived today.
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Well for my two cents worth frog depending on what sort of quality you want I really like the Logitec Z506 not expensive and an alternative would be a sound card instead but your machine mate.
Personally I have Asus Xonar DG cards in my machines also not expensive and a fairly nice GUI to play with the effects I don't know what you are having the sound for nut for music and dome gaming I find it pretty good. I don't' know what fireberd thinks about that option?
My set up cost around $110 out here all up card and system
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