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The Textus Receptus and Modern Bible Translations
Johannes Kovar, Seminar Bogenhofen
Among Adventists the question of the reliability of Bible translations and especially the question which Bible translation to choose have come up again. In his lectures Walter Veith, a zoologist, claims that the so-called Textus Receptus must be chosen on which the King James Version (KJV) and several translations into other modern languages are based. He arrives at this position partly because of certain conspiracy theories, which he espouses, rather than on the basis of a study of the original Greek manuscripts. This has caused some stir and irritation among church members and pastors in various countries. The question is whether it is better for Bible translations to rely on the Textus Receptus, which is supported by the majority of manuscripts, or to favor the scientific text (Nestle-Aland). Most modern Bibles are based upon the latter.
Today we have at our disposal a wealth of manuscripts of different ages and of varying quality (about 5,400 for the NT).1 The autographs are all lost; thus, we must reconstruct the original wording as best as we can, using the manuscripts that are available to us. The publishers of the scientific text of the NT produced an eclectic text, a text not found in one manuscript only. Deviations from this text are carefully listed in the text-critical apparatus.
For the NT we are aware of two main text types: (1) The Alexandrian text (Egypt) whose manuscripts date back to the 2nd century A.D. It is clearly the closest that we can come to the lost originals, and it forms the basis for modern scientific editions. (2) The Byzantine text (Constantinople). As far as we know, this text came into existence in the 4th / 5th century A.D. and became the basis of the later Textus Receptus and the KJV. The Byzantine type of text is found in the majority of manuscripts that have been preserved (about 80% of all of the extant manuscripts).2 Beginning in the 6th / 7th century it was slowly accepted by Greek Christianity.
I. The History of the Textus Receptus
On March 1, 1516, the Catholic humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam (1467-1536) published in Basel the first printed Greek NT, which was to appear in a total of five editions. Erasmus and his publisher Froben were in a great hurry, because Cardinal Ximenes of Spain was at work on his own edition. Since Ximenes obtained papal approbation for publication only in 1522, Erasmus triumphed in this competition.
For the publication of his text, Erasmus relied on six manuscripts that dated from the 11th to the 15th centuries, being well aware of their inferior quality. None of these manuscripts were complete, and Erasmus changed the Greek text of his manuscripts here and there, frequently according to the Latin Vulgate. The manuscripts that Erasmus used, including annotations made in them, still exist so that his work can be analyzed relatively well.
In 1519 Erasmus presented approximately 1,100 copies of a second edition, which contained about 400 improvements. Martin Luther relied on this version for his German translation of the Bible (1522) as Tyndale did for his English translation (1525).
But Erasmus had also to endure criticism. For instance, he was accused of being an "Arian," denying the divinity of Jesus, because originally he had omitted a passage from 1 John 5:7-8 that was found in the Vulgate but not in the Greek manuscripts: "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one" (KJV). Starting in 1522, Erasmus printed this longer text, including the Trinitarian formula, but explained in a footnote why he did not consider the wording to be original.3
In 1546 the Parisian publisher Robert Estienne (also known as "Stephanus," 1503-1559) published his first edition of the Greek NT. The third edition, the so-called "Regia" which was released in 1550, became very well known and is sometimes regarded as the standard text for the Textus Receptus. However, Stephanus noted that different readings were possible in several places. He was well aware that not everyone unreservedly approved of his text.
Theodor Beza, Calvin's successor, published nine editions of the Greek NT between 1565 and 1604, essentially using Stephanus' fourth edition (1551). Beza, however, modified the Greek text in some places without having any support in printed editions or manuscripts.
Between 1624 and 1678 the Elzevier family of Holland published seven editions of the NT. They mainly used Beza's first edition. In 1633, in the foreword to their second edition they stated: "So you hold the text, now received by all" ("textum ergo habes, nunc ab omnibus receptum"), from which the term Textus Receptus was derived.
All these editions more or less offer the Textus Receptus which essentially goes back to the first edition of Erasmus. Therefore, in reality one single Textus Receptus does not exist.4
II. Revelation 22:19 and the Textus Receptus
According to the Textus Receptus, Revelation 22:19 reads: "God shall take away his part out of the book of life.'' There is no extant Greek manuscript from the time before Erasmus that uses this wording. All of the older manuscripts read "tree of life." How did the wording "book of life" come into existence? When Erasmus worked on his Greek NT, he had at his disposal only a single Greek manuscript of Revelation. Unfortunately, this copy lacked the last page containing the final verses (Revelation 22:16b-21). Erasmus did not take time to procure a complete Greek manuscript of Revelation. Instead, he translated the then-in-use Latin Vulgate text of Revelation 22:16-21 back into Greek. His translation differs substantially from the text found in the manuscripts. There are words in Erasmus' text that today are not found in a single Greek manuscript. Whoever considers the Textus Receptus to be the inspired original text of the NT has to believe that the original Greek text of the NT was unknown until the year 1516 and must accept the Catholic priest and humanist Erasmus as an inspired writer of the New Testament. Here is a list of different versions of Revelation 22:19:
Version Rev 22:19
New American Standard Bible (NASB) 1995 ". . . God shall take away his part from the tree of life . . ."
Revised Standard Version (RSV) 1971 ". . . God will take away his share in the tree of life . . ."
New International Version (NIV) 1984 ". . . God will take away from him his share in the tree of life . . ."
New English Translation (NET) 2005 ". . . God will take away his share in the tree of life . . ."
American Standard Version (ASV) 1901 ". . . God shall take away his part from the tree of life . . ."
English Revised Version (ERV) 1885 ". . . God shall take away his part from the tree of life . . ."
New King James Version (NKJV) 1982 ". . . God shall take away his part from the book of life . . ."
King James Version (KJV) 1611 ". . . God shall take away his part out of the book of life . . ."
In more than ten places in Revelation, Erasmus offers text forms that cannot be found in any manuscript today (e.g., Revelation 4:4; 5:14; 18:5). These facts should persuade everyone that the Textus Receptus is not identical with the original text of the NT.
III. Arguments in Favor of and Against the Textus Receptus
The following is a compilation of the most important arguments in favor of the Textus Receptus (in italics) and their corresponding counter arguments:
(1) The Textus Receptus is the text of the reformers. As much as we value the work of the reformers, they were not perfect. The idea that God entrusted the correct Greek text to them only is an assumption which cannot be proven. The originator of this text was a Catholic priest.
(2) The Textus Receptus is literally inspired and inerrant. Adventists respect the reliability of God's Word, although they do not advocate the theory of inspiration by dictation. Inspiration always refers to the original writings, not to the processes of copying and translating.
(3) The Textus Receptus goes back to the early Christians. The oldest available sources of the majority texts reaches back to the 4th century. John Chrysostom († 407) cited the Byzantine text of his time and is its oldest witness. However, the Alexandrian text type is 200 years older. Biblical quotations of the earliest church fathers are always closer to the modern scientific text than to the Textus Receptus.
(4) The damp climate of the Mediterranean area limited the durability of the good manuscripts of the Textus Receptus to 150 or 200 years. The dry, hot climate of Egypt made it possible for some of the bad Alexandrian manuscripts to survive there. Because of their many defects and their corruption through heresies they were later no longer used. It is extremely improbable that only the "bad" manuscripts remained intact and that all of the allegedly "good" ones disappeared. After the division of the Roman Empire in the 4th century, Greek increasingly became the language that was used in the Eastern Empire only. This fact explains why there and at a relatively late date the majority text became important. In addition, the Mediterranean region is not damp and warm, but dry and warm. Even today many ancient manuscripts remain in Greece (e.g., Athos) and Italy (e.g., Rome).
(5) There is Gnostic influence in the Alexandrian text type, while the Byzantine text is theologically orthodox. One of the first great heretics, Marcion, came originally from Asia Minor. It is thus incorrect to conclude that Asia Minor and Greece guaranteed orthodoxy. On the other hand, the bishop of Alexandria excommunicated Origen, thus upholding orthodoxy. Later, in the Christological dispute, the Alexandrian Athanasius demonstrated again that Egypt adhered to healthy theological positions. The idea that the findings in Egypt imply that the manuscripts were also written there cannot be proven and is not likely.
(6) The great faithfulness in the transmission of the Textus Receptus is proven by the startling uniformity of the text. Differences are found in the manuscripts of the Byzantine text types. The editions of the Textus Receptus differ from each other as well.
(7) The Textus Receptus forms the majority of the manuscripts. If it is true that the majority equals the truth, we should all become Catholics. Does a mistake become right when it is multiplied a thousand times? Furthermore, we would have to fall back to the Latin translation of the Vulgate. After all, there are about 8,000 extant manuscripts of the Vulgate, whereas there are only about 5,400 of the Greek NT. On the other hand, until the 9th century A.D. the Alexandrian text formed the majority. If one takes into consideration translations of this text type into other languages, then it is still the prevalent type. The quantity or sheer number of manuscripts should not be used to determine their quality.
(8) The Jesuits and the Catholic Church proved to be the greatest opponents of the Textus Receptus. While Erasmus himself was a Catholic priest, the Bible believing Protestant Bengel (1687-1752) as well as Tischendorf (1815-1874) criticized the Textus Receptus. For centuries the text type of the Textus Receptus was handed down through the Greek-Orthodox church. Is the Greek-Orthodox church more reliable as a guardian of the original text than the Roman Catholic Church is? The greatest care is demanded with regard to all conspiracy theories.
(9) The precursors of the modern editions, Westcott (1825-1901) and Hort (1828-1892), were spiritualists. In 1881 they published an edition of the Greek NT which created a sensation among scholars. It was attacked from many quarters, but on the whole it was received as the closest approximation to the original text of the NT. Their text laid the ground for the later editions of Nestle and Aland. Although the allegation that they were spiritualists could not be proven by historical examination, "King James Only activists" constantly perpetuate this idea.
IV. Differences
The differences between Bible translations based on the Textus Receptus and those following the eclectic text are not grave. Only very few passages are of greater significance. One estimates that 98% of the text of the NT reveals no appreciable variations. Champions of the Textus Receptus have often taken the differences too seriously.
(1) The Textus Receptus and Christological names. One argument against modern editions is that they leave out Christological names and titles or shorten them. It is partly true that some names or titles of God are absent in modern scientific editions, but the Textus Receptus also contains verses in which a name or title of God is lacking
or is abbreviated, e.g., John 12:1: "where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead." Here the Textus Receptus has omitted the name "Jesus." Nobody can prove that the versions of the Textus Receptus reflect precisely the original text. Longer versions could easily be later extensions of the copyists.
(2) John 6:47. It is argued that the theology of John 6:47 has become distorted because "on me [Jesus]" is missing in the phrase dealing with believing. The KJV contains the old rendering: "He that believeth on me hath everlasting life." Of course it is vital to believe in Jesus, but this fact becomes very clear in the context, regardless which text type is used, because "on me" is stated explicitly in John 6:35; 7:38; 11:25-26; 12:44-46. Conspiracy theories cannot plausibly explain why all of the other verses were not immediately changed to insure the success of the shorter rendering. If intentional manipulation had been planned, this would have had to happen much more systematically.
(3) Passages in modern Bibles that clearly demonstrate the divinity of Jesus. Some biblical passages dealing with the divinity of Jesus, e.g., 2 Peter 1:1, are clearer in modern Bibles than in the Textus Receptus:
"…through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ" (KJV).
"…through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ" (NIV).
(4) No change in theology. There are no textual differences that could be used as a real argument in favor of a changed theology. Always when the scientific text is a little shorter than the Textus Receptus, the omitted phrases can be found relatively easily in other biblical passages. Example: Colossians 1:14, "In whom we have redemption through his blood" (KJV). In modern Bibles the phrase "through his blood" is absent but is found elsewhere, e.g., in Ephesians 1:7.
(5) Theologically doubtful wordings in the Textus Receptus. There are instances in which the majority text is problematic. The Textus Receptus of John 5:3-4 reads: "For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had" (KJV). This text is missing in modern Bibles or is relegated to the footnotes. However, the KJV reading results in an alarming theology: God is arbitrary, rewarding the strong and punishing the weak. Interestingly, Ellen G. White also calls this text into question (DA 201). She explains the text as portraying popular tradition, and she clearly does not believe in a divine work. The claim that the Textus Receptus is more orthodox cannot be substantiated.
V. Ellen G. White
Ellen G. White wrote about Erasmus: "Wycliffe's Bible had been translated from the Latin text, which contained many errors. […] In 1516, a year before the appearance of Luther's theses, Erasmus had published his Greek and Latin version of the New Testament. Now for the first time the Word of God was printed in the original tongue. In this work many errors of former versions were corrected, and the sense was more clearly rendered" (GC 245).
E. G. White does not say that all mistakes were eliminated. She knew that, regrettably, mistakes also crept into the process of copying biblical texts: "Some look to us gravely and say, 'Don't you think there might have been some mistake in the copyist or in the translators?' This is all probable […] All the mistakes will not cause trouble to one soul, or cause any feet to stumble, that would not manufacture difficulties from the plainest revealed truth." (1SM 16) "I saw that God had especially guarded the Bible; yet when copies of it were few, learned men had in some instances changed the words, thinking that they were making it more plain, when in reality they were mystifying that which was plain, by causing it to lean to their established views, which were governed by tradition" (EW 220-221).
E. G. White quoted from the English Revised Version (ERV) and the American Revised Version (ARV 1901, also known as the American Standard Version [ASV]), both of which are based on the Westcott-Hort Greek text of the NT.6 According to her son, W. C. White, she gave her secretary specific instructions to use the version that best reflected her ideas. In her book The Ministry of Healing (1905), she took ten biblical texts from the ERV, more than fifty from the ARV and a few texts from other versions. That proves that she did not limit herself to the KJV. When she later made
important statements about inspiration (1 Selected Messages and the introduction to The Great Controversy), she did not warn against new translations. Evidently she saw in them no threat whatsoever to beliefs and theology.
VI. Seventh-day Adventists and Modern Bible Translations
Because Adventists treasure Scripture it is to be expected that they are concerned with Bible translations as they are based on different text types.7 When the ERV appeared, a number of substantial articles were published in the Review and Herald commenting favorably on this new translation while being fully aware of the fact that it departed from the KJV.
Following a lively discussion among Adventists, official statements from the General Conference were presented in 1930 and 1931. They held that the KJV and the ARV could be used among Adventists, regardless of the differences. None of the employees should unnecessarily aggravate the discussion and each Adventist should be free to decide in favor of one or the other translation.
When new English translations appeared, the General Conference once again saw it necessary to come up with a statement (1954). The church justified the necessity for new translations with two arguments still valid today: first, new archaeological discoveries enrich our understanding, and, second, each living language is in constant fluctuation. Bible translations must take this into account.
The Biblical Research Institute of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (BRI) published several articles in the past suggesting not to rely on the KJV only because it is not based on the best manuscripts.
VII. Summary
The academic world as well as many Adventists favor the scientific Greek text as a basis for modern Bible translations. Of course, it is possible that in case of new manuscript findings a fresh assessment of one or the other reading in modern scientific editions has to be made. Nevertheless, the current scientific editions can be trusted, and supporters of the Textus Receptus should be aware of the weaknesses found in their favored text.
The differences in both text types are minor and, therefore, should not undermine our confidence in the transmission and the validity of the biblical text. It is neither scientifically legitimate nor pastorally advisable to deny modern and carefully rendered Bible translation their right to exist.
1For details see Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland, The Text of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans,1989).
2However, most of them come from the 9th century and later.
3Cf. Bruce M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (Stuttgart: United Bible Societies, 1993), 715-716.
4Http://www.bible-researcher.com/title.html provides a complete list of all the differences in older and newer editions of the Greek NT.
5See http://www.kjvonly.org/other/wescott_&_hort.htm.
6For more details see http://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/documents/kjvonly.htm and
7See http://www.adventistbiblicalresearch.org/documents/Which%20Version%20Can%20We%20Trust.htm.
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I Pay My Tithe, Why Am I Not Wealthy, Is Tithing A Scam? Part One
Tithing is one of the most controversial topics in the Christian world today. Several persons have been debating on the subject for an extended period of time. We cannot help but ask ourselves some deep questions. Many Christians have been secretly asking this question, hoping to get a genuine answer. I pray the Holy Spirit who is our Teacher, guides us towards the right path. Amen
Some months ago, I wrote about the same topic. I remember vividly taking sides with those who tithe, and how it is the "law" for all Christians to obey. This time, I find myself steering towards a different direction. As you read on, may the Lord open your understanding, in Jesus Name, Amen.
What Is Tithing?
2 Chronicles 31:4-5
Moreover, he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.
5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
Will Tithing Make Me Wealthy?
Unfortunately, so many teachers of the Gospel have taught us or made us think, that tithing is the primary key to supernatural prosperity. Now I need you to concentrate here if you are paying your tithe hoping for a great door of wealth should be open to you, I am afraid you will be highly disappointed.
Tithing does not make you rich; it does not make you suddenly amass great wealth. You need to understand that, God does not need your ten percent before He can bless you. He is not a taskmaster but a Father to us all.
Romans 8:32 "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?"
Matthew 7:9-11 "Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Your tithing is not the recipe for wealth. Unfortunately, the reason why most of us pay tithe is fear of God taking the blessings He has given us.
Psalms 50:11-12 "For every beast of the forest is mine and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild animals of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine and the fullness thereof.
I cannot state it enough, but you have to understand that God does not need your permission in the form of tithe before He blesses you.
The birds of the air, He feeds them, yet they do not pay tithe. Do not get me wrong; I am not saying tithing is wrong. When you feel compelled to do pay your tithe, and you give it out of fear of being poor then it is wrong. For God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7 "Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver."
All through the New Testament, Jesus Christ did not make mention of tithe, neither did the apostles, they emphasize more on free will giving. Unfortunately, many Christians feel "trapped" because of tithes. Now hear this, the reason you are still poor is not that you refused to pay your tithe. It is because of your ignorance Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge…"
Misconceptions Of Tithing
There are some beliefs about tithing that have kept most believers under bondage. We have subjected ourselves to these beliefs; unfortunately, the church today is not helping matters. Let's take some of the wrong impressions of tithing.
If You Do Not Tithe, The Devourers Will Destroy Your Source Of Income
God is love, and He says we are the apple of Eyes. Zechariah 2:8 "For thus says the Lord of hosts; after the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye." The scripture did not state, give me your tithe, and I will protect you. God is our Father, and what is the duty of a Father? To provide and to protect his children isn't it.
When you were growing up, did your father ask for a fee before he protects you? Now if you earthly father, with all his limitations and shortcomings provided and protected you, why do you think God needs your one-tenth of your earnings before He assumes His responsibilities?
God is your source of finances, He is the one behind your profit, Deuteronomy 8:18 "But thou shall remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that gives thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day." So, why will He sit back and watch the "devourers" spoil what He has given you?
The word "remember me" does not connote tithing, it means to acknowledge Him. God wants you to acknowledge Him as the Source behind your profit. He gave you the idea in the first place, so return the glory to Him.
Furthermore, as Christians, we are translated from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of Light, so no enemy is permitted to touch us. Ephesians 1:20-23.
You do not need to bribe God with one-tenth of your profit before He protects you. You are already above principalities and powers.
Here is a question you need to answer with all sincerity. Are all the billionaires around you Christians? Do they pay their tithe? Why didn't the devourers devour their wealth?
If we still need to pay tithe to secure our businesses, then Jesus Christ came to this earth for nothing. Alas! He came so that we may have life in abundance (John 10:10), He came to show us the truth
John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
The Old Testament is not perfect; it shouldn't rely on it without the confirming from the New Testament. If the Old Testament is complete, there would not have been a reason to create the New Testament; Jesus Christ would not have bothered showing us the way if the old path was perfect.
Tithing Will Make You Rich
The second misconception is tithing will make you rich, a lot of us are tithing mainly because of this reason. I am guilty of this; I tithe I believed it is the secret of supernatural wealth. Do not be deceived; tithing will not make you rich.
Deuteronomy 28:12 "The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow."
Look at the verse closely, what do you see? The Lord will bless the work of your hands and not your tithe. If you like you tithe from January to December, if you are not working, you will not be blessed.
Abraham was a rancher, a shepherd, raising livestock and farming the land and God blessed his works. Genesis 24:1 "And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things."
You cannot be slothful, and depend on God for blessings; it does not work that way. He needs to bless the work of your hands. It is funny how we pray morning and night for God to open His heavens, yet we do not want to work.
The blessings of Abraham we sing in churches today will not work in our lives if we refuse to be as hardworking as Abraham.
Proverbs 6:6-9 "Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Tithing Will Draw You Closer To God
It is so unfortunate that these misconceptions were gotten from men of God. Your tithe does not move God to bless you. He created the universe and everything in it, so tell me why He will love you less if you do not give one-tenth of what He gave you in the first place. I am not telling you all these to make you stop giving tithes, I am showing all these to make you re-evaluate yourself; free yourself from all forms of bondage you've unknowingly put yourself.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
God loves you before you became born-again, He had you in mind when He sent His Son Jesus Christ to this world. You were not a "tither," yet Jesus Christ died for you so that you can have everlasting life. He did not hate you when you were in the world, so why do you think he will hate you if you do not return one-tenth of what He has blessed you with?
Tithing Will Bring "Meat" To God's House
Some of us have taken the "burden" to pay their tithe as a means of enriching the church. Although this reason was born out of genuine fondness for the things of the Kingdom, it is still not enough reason to "subject" yourself or compel people to pay tithe. When you start seeing your tithe as a means to help God, then you have missed it. Our God is all-sufficient, we are too small to help Him. He created the world and everything in it in less than a week! You think He cannot provide for the Church?
Encourage Yourself: Jesus Christ and His Apostles preached and practiced the act of giving. There is no place in the bible where God loves a cheerful "tither" instead, He loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7
Again, the Bible implores us to live a life of giving- Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over [with no space left for more]. For with the standard of measurement you use [when you do good to others], it will be measured to you in return."


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Toffee Apple Popcorn LolliesGet the kids involved with this fun & easy treat!
Product: Toffee Popcorn
Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Serving: 10 lollies
Calories: 115 per lolly
- 15g butter
- 100g marshmallows
- 50g toffee sauce
- ½ x 200g bag Butterkist Toffee Popcorn, roughly chopped
- 50g dried apple slices, chopped
- Line a small baking tray with baking parchment.
- Melt the butter, marshmallows and toffee sauce in a large bowl over a pan of simmering water.
- Stir in the popcorn and dried apple and spread into the prepared tin. Chill until set.
- Mould into 10 balls with lightly greased hands and press onto lolly sticks or wooden satay sticks. Chill until required.
- When ready to eat, drizzle with a little extra toffee sauce.
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I finally got round to reading Lean UX – Applying Lean Principles to Improve User Experience on an 11 hour flight; which is enough time to re-read the book a few times as its only (a lean) 124 pages. The book provides great insight for mapping previous project experiences onto the Lean methodology, and to fine tune methods for future and current projects. On the last page of the book the authors make the following conclusion about Lean UX:
… it blends the best interaction design techniques with the scientific method …
This is important, because it is the part people don't get about UX, even some describing themselves as UX professionals. From Wikipedia:
The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.
The key concept here is correcting and integrating previous knowledge. This is the point of experimentation and of Lean UX.
The aim is to establish shared understanding of a thing (by repetition) across a team or organisation by involving everyone in the experimentation process. And creating shared understanding is not as easy as may be assumed; in fact it can be very hard.
So what? Well, this is significant when you consider the extreme alternative of Lean UX – 'blind design'. A product owner in a large financial app development organisation once told me that, 'we don't do user testing because we get feedback from users on the app stores after launch.' This is classic 'blind design'.1
The scientific method is not readily understood by those entering the UX field from creative (where the cult of the rock-star designer prevails) or non-science/research backgrounds. So if someone asks me, "What is UX?", this is my response.
And then I'll recommend this book.
1. I often hear that some products cannot be tested with users because there is a fear that ideas or IP may be stolen. I'm then reminded of what Ash Maurya writes in Running Lean: The first realisation early on was that building in stealth is a really bad idea. There is a fear, especially common among first-time entrepreneurs, that their great idea will be stolen by someone else. The truth is twofold: first, most people are not able to visualize the potential of an idea at such an early stage, and second (and more importantly), they won't care. For any organisation attempting to incubate an agile start-up culture this is good advice.


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Faculty react to Eastern's COVID-19 plans
Corryn Brock and Hannah Shillo
March 13, 2020
As the campus community works to sort through all new changes coming to Eastern because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Eastern educators shared their concerns and thoughts on the new alternative instructional methods that will be in place. Instructors will need a laptop or desktop computer, high-spe...
Faculty, staff invited to luncheon
Staff Report
October 23, 2019
A faculty and staff appreciation luncheon will be held Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the McAfee Gym. All faculty and staff are invited to attend the free event, "Blue-B-Que," celebrating them during Homecoming Week. The event will include food, music, games, giveaways and prizes for the...
EIU faculty grants could be affected by shutdown
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
January 16, 2019
Grants for faculty-led research face the possibility of being affected if the government shutdown continues, but as of right now Eastern has not seen an immediate problem. Robert Chesnut, the director of grants and research for research and sponsored programs, said there really is not a huge emergen...
Faculty may have voice in 360-degree review of administrators
Analicia Haynes, Editor-in-Chief
January 9, 2019
Faculty may now have a say in the 360-degree review process of administrators, including vice presidents and deans. Members of the Faculty Senate revisited the 360-degree review process at a Jan. 8 meeting. They agreed that all faculty members should be able to evaluate the deans of their respective c...
Faculty Senate discusses Unit B involvement in senate
Brooke Schwartz, News Editor
October 2, 2018
The Faculty Senate met on Tuesday to discuss Unit B faculty members serving on the senate and the possible combination of the Academic Program Elimination Reorganization Committee and the Sanction Termination Hearing Committee. In the senate's Sept. 4, 2018 meeting, they first discussed Unit B facult...
Faculty Senate discusses allowing Unit B faculty to serve in senate
Brooke Schwartz, News Editor
September 4, 2018
The Faculty Senate discussed the role Unit B faculty should, or are able to, play on the senate, as well as shared governance and an annual lecture series at its meeting Tuesday. Annually contracted faculty, a part of the overall Unit B faculty, make up from one-third to one-fourth of almost every dep...
Mark Bayer honored as Graduate Faculty of Month
Staff Report
March 6, 2018
February's Graduate Faculty of the Month went to business professor Mark Bayer. In her nomination of Bayer, graduate student Samantha Hilger said he is extremely deserving of the nomination. "He is engaging, fun and relates the material to real-life examples. He makes all of his students interested...
Faculty taking on an overload of classes could lead to contractual violations
Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief
December 8, 2017
Faculty departures and financial strains on the university have caused faculty members to take on an overload of work assignments, leading to departmental violations of the EIU-UPI contract. Overload, as defined in the contract, is any course load that is more than 24 credit units a year. Anything...
Interim positions caused by budget impasse, vacancies in departments
Cassie Buchman, Editor in Chief
November 16, 2017
Because of the recently-ended budget crisis and the need for individuals to fill positions quickly, Eastern has a number of administrators currently serving on an interim basis. Being interim means that the university has only done an internal search for the position, and the person in it is not in...
Still be aware of pressing issues this Homecoming week
Staff Report
October 17, 2017
When hard times come upon us, people are often asked to step up and do more than they usually do to continue to make sure everything functions smoothly. It can be easy to ignore things that are not as they should be during Homecoming week. After all, it is a time for celebrating school pride and relieving...
Faculty Senate discusses nontraditional admission cycles
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
April 4, 2017
The Faculty Senate heard about the effects an unconventional admissions cycle has had on recruitment at its meeting Tuesday. Admissions Director Kelly Miller told the senate that Admissions is in the process of filling some positions. "This gives us an opportunity to look at territory, be more...
Faculty Senate reducing members
Staff Report
March 6, 2017
The Faculty Senate will discuss a proposal from its Executive Committee that would reduce the number of positions on the senate at its meeting Tuesday. According to the proposal, the committee proposes reducing the positions from 15 to 12 over the next three election cycles. "All Senate...


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The search for JUICE's next reigning DJ heats up as the final four contestants put their skills to the test behind the deck this Friday at Zouk. While creating history in the music scene, JUICE DJ Quest is also celebrating its 10th year in pursuing talented local jocks.
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1. What were the challenges that Shikhar Ghosh faced when he joined Appex? Do you agree with Ghosh's assessment upon joining Appex that what the firm needed was 'control and structure'? He found that there was no structure within the organization, that everyone would do what was convenient for them, and not for the company. Ghosh was right the company did need control and structure. Organic = grows and adapt. (company)
2. Why did the circular structure fail to achieve its desired outcome? What does this tell us about the role that structure plays in an organization? First, the employees couldn't relate to the structure, they were completely unfamiliar to it. They didn't know whom to refer to in case of a problem, or whom was the authority of the power, since they didn't know anything about this non traditional structure. Furthermore, this structure inculced to the employees that the customer was the enemy. And finally, it was completely geared toward responsiveness, and not toward any form of planning. This shows us, that the organization within a company is a determinant factor of the well being of the company. Without any structure, or any convenient structure to the company, it becomes chaotic and any of the employees knows what to do and what role to have.
The circular structure failed to achieve its desired outcome because it isn't prepared for growth. The company receives more and more orders, and has more and more clients, it became harder to do the basics tasks, with this structure the company couldn't handle the increasing demand. As a results Appex, became to fall behind, missing apointements, and having difficulty with the software, and more and more they we're starting to loose their clients,
3. Was the functional structure a good way for Appex to solve its earlier problems? What were the strengths and weaknesses of the functional structure? The strengths were that everyone finally...
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The pregnancy and post-natal period can be an exciting and joyful time, however many women can experience pain and discomfort caused from physiological changes in their muscles, ligaments and joints that can affect their whole body.
Physiotherapy can be highly beneficial pre or post pregnancy to assist with:
Certain conditions including: pelvic girdle pain, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, lower back pain, pelvic floor dysfunction and rectus diastasis are commonly reported in women during pregnancy and post-partum. Physiotherapy treatment and prescription of appropriate exercise can help in managing these conditions and improving pain and function.
Pregnancy is a time to enjoy focusing on your own health too!
Pilates classes can assist with posture, gentle stretching, strengthening and relaxing. Exercising and staying active during pregnancy provides many benefits to you and your baby.
Maintaining or improving your 'muscle strength' can assist with managing the associated physical demands during pregnancy and motherhood such as:
Benefits of exercise during pregnancy include:
Is Pilates safe during pregnancy?
Pilates is a safe and effective method of exercise to help strengthen your body and recover from joint pain during pregnancy and postpartum. Pilates classes are led by female physiotherapists with additional training and experience in Physiotherapy relating to Women's Health and pre and post-natal care.
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Each individual has their own tailored program involving strengthening and joint mobility exercises. We use gym and Pilates equipment to suit your condition, stage of pregnancy or post-natal period, and your personal needs and goals.
There's a variety of exercises you can enjoy whilst pregnant, however the type, intensity and duration should be modified for the individual and consider any existing medical conditions and the current trimester of pregnancy.
You can discuss with your physiotherapist about the forms of safe exercise and what to avoid – to prevent injury or harm during pregnancy. An initial assessment with your physiotherapist, and either your doctor or midwife is required to screen for any precautions and contraindications prior to starting exercise during pregnancy.
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 2015, 'Physical Activity and Exercise During Pregnancy and the Postpartum period'.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 2006, 'Recreational exercise and pregnancy'.
Sports Medicine Australia 2016, SMA Position Statement Exercise in Pregnancy and Postpartum Period.


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Using items from the seashore, holiday essentials, and things you will already have in your home, she has recreated the feeling of summer in these beautiful souvenirs of days spent by the sea. Mermaids made from laundry pegs, shell-topped jars, a beach cottage built from lolly sticks, or a windchime constructed from sticks and shells, are just some of the unique ideas to help you keep your happy summer memories alive throughout the year. Many of the projects use recycled materials, and "tinkering" requires no specialist tools, equipment or techniques – anyone can do it! As well as the 35 projects, there are "Fancy This" alternatives for many of the items, substituting different materials or changing the colours for a different look.I have always been fascinated by seaside homes and though we do not live on the beach, we visit it numerous times a week during summer. Seaside Tinkered Treasres helps us to keep the magic of the shore alive in our home. My daughter was enamoured with this book and though our seashell haul this year is pitiful, we have still found many crafts to create within the book. My personal favorite is the Front Porch Picnic (or fairy furniture as we call it) that we were able to create together. It was complimented by vintage Liberty of London fabric and a mini tea-set my daughter's great-great-aunt gave her that very day. My daughter plays with it often and uses her handmade peg dolls. Up next are Merpegs (peg clothespins transformed into merpeople), and Tinkered Terrariums using the pink sand we have from Bermuda.
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Seaside Tinkered Treasures
Seaside Tinkered Treasures by Elyse Major, I can turn my findings into little gifts from the sea.
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
John Carpenter's The Thing
I'm not sure why I seem to be going through a horror movie fetish. Is it the horror of dealing with insurance companies? Is horror built into the Zeitgeist of 2009? And will someone please tell me where good horror poetry is being written (besides Philadelphia)? In any case, John Carpenter's The Thing is a classic of the genre. Kurt Russell gives a riveting performance as MacReady, a true hero in a genre that produces few true heroes (unless you want to valorize Jason Vorhees). The story involves courage, reserve, and deep strength; it transcends some of the movie's garish special effects.
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Wear the right shoe for the occasion – common mistake men make when it comes to footwear. Running shoes have a purpose; they protect your feet while running. Steel toe work boots have a purpose; they protect your feet while working. And wearing these shoes outside their prescribed function is fine as long as they are still appropriate; however, many of us take this to an extreme and have abandoned the middle ground between formal and ultra-casual.
Invest in quality shoes – Not every man can afford to spend a lot on his shoes; however, Investing in quality shoes that lasts longer is preferable to buying new inferior shoes every few years. This is never a winning strategy, as low quality footwear is held together with glue and made with cheap raw materials such as cardboard and paper that does not age well. You can save money in the long term by buying more expensive shoes that lasts long.
Never sacrifice proper fit and comfort – buy the right shoe size, even if this means paying a bit more from a well-known store. The assistance of a experienced shoe sales assistant is invaluable in a shoe store.
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AppleWood Storage Hosts Madison Police K9 & Swat Team Training Exercises
June 18, 2019 – Staff from Madison Police Swat & K9 teams spent the day training at the home of AppleWood Self Storage owners.
Madison AppleWood Self Storage Unit Owners Host Training Session
At their rural farm lands, AppleWood Self Storage Unit owners invited Madison Police's K9 and Swat teams over to conduct day-long training exercises. The K9 unit was led by Officer Jason Baumgart with K9 Allied, Carren Corcoran with Slim and soon to be retired officer Jim Donnell and Krahnie.
A series of searches of the farm residence, barn were done by both teams simulating a standoff situation. Throughout the trails, search and rescue and tracking skills were honed.
AppleWood Self Storage unit owners Dave & Julie Wood are grateful for the services provided by the Madison Police Department and are proud sponsors and supporters of Capital K9's and Madison Mounted Police.


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do you think that such a product could run 24 hours / 7 days for weeks without interuption ?I'm asking because I got really disappointed by the Rigol DP832 which turns off every two days roughly.Unacceptable for my needs.
Hard to say in this moment. I'm sorry for that and to "encourage" you I can only say that to this moment 11.9% backers comes from Germany or 35.8% in total from EU.
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What's on the map? CLARIAH-Benelux workshop11 June 2019
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Researchers and developers within the Benelux have been building up expertise on geospatial technology within deep mapping and Time Machine projects. The Geohumanities rely on fast developing spatial technologies, semantic web technology and Linked open Data and at the same time explore collaborative en participatory research methods. In this first CLARIAH-Benelux meeting we bring together developers, researchers and coordinators to exchange ideas and experiences of our geospatial projects. How can we collaborate in future development and research?
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Below is a good questionnaire to review yourself and your habits. Read and answer the questions for you when you get a chance.
SELF-ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PERSONAL INVENTORY from Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill
1. Have I attained the goal which I established as my objective for this year? (You should work with a definite yearly objective to be attained as a part of your major life objective).
2. Have I delivered service of the best possible QUALITY of which I was capable, or could I have improved any part of this service?
3. Have I delivered service in the greatest possible QUANTITY of which I was capable?
4. Has the spirit of my conduct been harmonious, and cooperative at all times?
5. Have I permitted the habit of PROCRASTINATION to decrease my efficiency, and if so, to what extent?
6. Have I improved my PERSONALITY, and if so, in what ways?
7. Have I been PERSISTENT in following my plans through to completion?
8. Have I reached DECISIONS PROMPTLY AND DEFINITELY on all occasions?
9. Have I permitted any one or more of the six basic fears (The fear of POVERTY, The fear of CRITICISM, The fear of ILL HEALTH, The fear of LOSS OF LOVE OF SOMEONE, The fear of OLD AGE, The fear of DEATH) to decrease my efficiency?
10. Have I been either "over-cautious," or "under-cautious?"
11. Has my relationship with my associates in work been pleasant, or unpleasant? If it has been unpleasant, has the fault been partly, or wholly mine?
12. Have I dissipated any of my energy through lack of CONCENTRATION of effort?
13. Have I been open minded and tolerant in connection with all subjects?
14. In what way have I improved my ability to render service?
15. Have I been intemperate in any of my habits?
16. Have I expressed, either openly or secretly, any form of EGOTISM?
17. Has my conduct toward my associates been such that it has induced them to RESPECT me?
18. Have my opinions and DECISIONS been based upon guesswork, or accuracy of analysis and THOUGHT?
19. Have I followed the habit of budgeting my time, my expenses, and my income, and have I been conservative in these budgets?
20. How much time have I devoted to UNPROFITABLE effort which I might have used to better advantage?
21. How may I RE-BUDGET my time, and change my habits so I will be more efficient during the coming year?
22. Have I been guilty of any conduct which was not approved by my conscience?
23. In what ways have I rendered MORE SERVICE AND BETTER SERVICE than I was paid to render?
24. Have I been unfair to anyone, and if so, in what way?
****25. If I had been the purchaser of my own services for the year, would I be satisfied with my purchase?
26. Am I in the right vocation, and if not, why not?
27. Has the purchaser of my services been satisfied with the service I have rendered, and if not, why not?
28. What is my present rating on the fundamental principles of success? (Make this rating fairly, and frankly, and have it checked by someone who is courageous enough to do it accurately).


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In this military themed video a man is very upset because his buddy was hazed. How he is out for revenge as he restrains and humiliates the instigator. This video is not rated but if I were giving it a rating I would give it an "R". This video is for mature audiences. Although there is no graphic sexual content, there is innuendo. The video starts out with a tour of the military play space that Soldierboy has. Then the bondage play begins. It gets pretty intense.


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The Poster Pop Collection
Showing with Brad "Tiki Shark" Parker's Kona Kitch
July 1 – 31, 2016
Opening reception, Friday, July 1, 8-11 PM
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
The Poster Pop Collection spotlights several important paintings by Poster Pop Artists in the tiki, Hawaiiana, alternative and hotrod genres.
Highlights of the Collection include 19 paintings by Pop Surrealist Aaron Marshall; Shag's 1997 painting "Religious Icon 2;" "Crown of Bunnies," the first oil painting by Frank Kozik; "Priscilla Ua," widely considered to be one of Pizz's top five works along with rare paintings by Alan Forbes, Marco Almera, Von Franco, Derek Yaniger, BigToe, Gustavo Rimada.
"Since 1997, Poster Pop has created merchandise and published art prints based on the artists' work. I've always enjoyed a great working relationship with my Poster Pop artists," says Matt Getz "It was both logical and key that I started collecting the original art."
The show at La Luz de Jesus and the the upcoming book on the Collection will feature over 120 works with forwards by Dirty Donny and BigToe. The volume will be written by Poster Pop Founder, Matt Getz.
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Showtime's riveting drama "Billions" returns in 2017 on Feb. 19, but your first look at Season 2 is already here.
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In the second season, it picks up right after the Season 1 finale, as U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (played by Paul Giamatti) faces off against billionaire hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (played by Damian Lewis), as their war for domination continues.
In addition to the sneak peek at Season 2, we also get some behind-the-scenes footage with the cast. "'Billions' is the best show on television and if you're not watching it, you're definitely missing out," spills Giamatti.
Alongside Giamatti and Lewis, the "Billions" cast is rounded out by Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman, Toby Leonard Moore, David Costabile and Condola Rashad. And Season 2 has a slew of guest stars lined up, including Rob Morrow, Dan Soder, Kelly AuCoin, James Wolk, Christopher Denham, Glenn Fleshler and Eric Bogosian.


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Sallynoggin (Irish: An Naigín) is an area of Dublin in Ireland, in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county and the Dáil constituency of Dún Laoghaire. The area consists mainly of former local authority housing built between the late 1940s and the mid-1950s by Dún Laoghaire Borough Corporation.
On early 20th century maps Sallynoggin and Glenageary are indicated as being the same place, however, with the development of the local authority housing estate on the Townlands of Honeypark and Thomastown, Sallynoggin became a distinct area.
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Are you considering giving your house or business a fresh look? Do you need to repair water stains on walls and ceilings or over walls where mold was removed? It could be tempting to do the job yourself, which can result in cost savings. However, there are many reasons you should consider hiring a professional painter and decorator service.
Prices of Equipment
Employing a professional painter and decorator usually means that the painter comes will all the tools that they will require to perform the work properly, will clean those tools up whenever they are done and will require them away to be stored elsewhere.
Protection of Your Property and Avoiding a Mess
A professional painter and decorator will have the ideal gear and be educated and knowledgeable about how to protect furniture, floors, cabinets, walkways and other things that you don't need painted from any harm. If your work involves staining, an expert will have the correct equipment and experience to use the stain correctly to attain the perfect finish and once achieved, shield the finish.
A professional painter will also thoroughly clean up the work area when the project is finished.
Preparation is Key
A professional painter and painter is going to learn that preparation is the trick to a great looking, long-lasting paint job. The walls or other surfaces which have to be painted might have to be thoroughly cleaned, patched, degreased and/or primed. Areas with water or mold staining may require additional therapy and diluting until they are ready for a final paint job. It is a lot of work and if it's not done correctly with proper instruments and techniques, it will not result in a quality finish.
Skills and Patience
Painting takes patience to generate a gorgeous quality finish and it also takes skill that's developed with training and experience. An expert will learn how to complete all their preparation and painting jobs involved to achieve the best effect.
A professional painter will also know the materials that are needed to perform the work correctly. Which primer will offer the correct coverage? Oil or latex? Matte, semi-gloss, high gloss? Which primer base is demanded? What paint base? If the wall be well prepared with drywall compound or plaster? Roller or spray?
A professional painter will have the ability to recommend materials which are better to achieve the look you want, while avoiding any harm to your surfaces. With this advice, you can achieve a greater quality finish that will last.
For exterior jobs, a professional will know the ideal weather, temperature and sun conditions to complete the job with the best outcomes. Stains react differently in direct sunlight than when it is overcast, and at several temperatures. While rain clearly affects the job, humidity and heat can also impact the quality of outside paint finishes.
Climbing on ladders while attempting to apply paint correctly is a skilled job which requires careful attention and focus to prevent serious injury and harm. The greater the site that requires painting, the greater the danger of an crash. For interior jobs with large areas or outside jobs, a professional painter will have all the resources and experience required to do the job correctly and safely, including the right dimensions and layout of the ladder and scaffolding.
Your time is valuable and painting yourself takes a substantial amount of time. Using a professional painter and decorator take care of the job for you can save you days and times of work, and can usually be done in a much shorter time period.
A research from Trinity College Dublin indicates the average Irish person needs 28 hours per day to accomplish all of his or her tasks. Prevent adding a paint job into that and speak to a professional painter about your requirements.


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Natural Ways to Get Rid of Ants Without Using Pesticide
Ants don't only feast on our food but they also carry germs and bacteria that can harm our family. Teach your Indonesian maid to get rid of the ant's colony through the steps in this video. All of them are natural ways and there's no need to buy something expensive outside. Some of the alternatives mentioned are vinegar, garlic, and laurel leaves.
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Honda Unveils New ASIMO Robot
Since the establishment of the company, Honda has continued to take on new challenges in the effort to create new products and advance technologies with the spirit of utilizing technology to help people. In the area of humanoid robot research, Honda has been developing and advancing the ASIMO humanoid robot to realize a dream to be useful for people and to help enrich people's daily lives.
Honda has a newly established collective name, Honda Robotics, to represent all of its robotics technologies and product applications created through its research and development of humanoid robots. While continuing the research and development of humanoid robots, Honda will also focus on applying robotics technologies to mass-produced products and putting product applications into practical use.
Based on this concept of Honda Robotics, Honda also introduced an experimental model of a task-performing robot arm that was developed while applying multi-joint simultaneous orbit control and posture control technologies amassed through the research and development of ASIMO. This robot arm can be remotely controlled to perform tasks in unstable places which are difficult for people to access.
All-new ASIMO
The all-new ASIMO is now advanced from an "automatic machine" to an "autonomous machine" with the decision-making capability to determine its behavior in concert with its surroundings such as movements of people. At the beginning of the development process, the following three factors were identified as necessary for a robot to perform as an autonomous machine, and the technologies required to realize these capabilities were developed; 1) high-level postural balancing capability which enables the robot to maintain its posture by putting out its leg in an instant, 2) external recognition capability which enables the robot to integrate information, such as movements of people around it, from multiple sensors and estimate the changes that are taking place, and 3) the capability to generate autonomous behavior which enables the robot to make predictions from gathered information and autonomously determine the next behavior without being controlled by an operator. With these capabilities, the all-new ASIMO takes another step closer to practical use in an environment where it coexists with people.
1. Advancement of intelligence capability
Honda has developed a new system that is a fundamental technology for advanced intelligence, which comprehensively evaluates inputs from multiple sensors that are equivalent to the visual, auditory, and tactile senses of a human being, then estimates the situation of the surrounding environment and determines the corresponding behavior of the robot. With this technology, ASIMO became capable of responding to the movement of people and the surrounding situations. For instance, ASIMO will stop its current action and change its behavior to accommodate the intention of the other party. Moreover, coordination between visual and auditory sensors enables ASIMO to simultaneously recognize a face and voice, enabling ASIMO to recognize the voices of multiple people who are speaking simultaneously, which is difficult even for a human being to accomplish.
Further, ASIMO is now capable of predicting the direction a person will walk within the next few seconds based on information from pre-set space sensors and quickly determining to take an alternate path to avoid a collision with the person if the estimated locations of the person and the ASIMO intersect.
2. Advancement of physical capability
The combination of strengthened legs, an expanded range of leg movement and a newly developed control technology that enables ASIMO to change landing positions in the middle of a motion has enabled ASIMO to walk, run, run backward, hop on one leg or on two legs continuously. As a result of acquiring the ability to make such agile motions, ASIMO has become capable of more flexibly adapting to changing external situations so that it can, as an example, walk over an uneven surface while maintaining a stable posture.
3. Improved task-performing capability
Honda has developed a highly functional compact multi-fingered hand, which has a tactile sensor and a force sensor imbedded on the palm and in each finger, respectively, and which acts to control each finger independently. Combined with the object recognition technology based on visual and tactile senses, this multi-fingered hand enables the all-new ASIMO to perform tasks with dexterity, such as picking up a glass bottle and twisting off the cap, or holding a soft paper cup to pour a liquid without squishing it. Moreover, ASIMO is now capable of making sign language expressions which require the complex movement of fingers.
Establishing a collective name, Honda Robotics, to represent Honda's robotics technologies and product applications
Studying human beings to understand people and learn from people is the root of Honda's manufacturing. While positioning the humanoid robot research as one of the important pillars in the area of studying human beings, Honda has been working to realize various functions of a human being that is the ultimate mobility with intelligence.
Honda newly established a collective term, Honda Robotics, and the logo to represent Honda's robotics technologies and application products created through its research and development of humanoid robot represented by ASIMO.
In addition to the all-new ASIMO and the task-performing robot arm introduced today, the previously introduced the walking assist device with stride management system which supports walking for people with weakened leg muscles, the bodyweight support assist system which reduces the load on legs by supporting part of the bodyweight, and the U3-X, a compact one-wheel-drive mobility device that provides free movement in all directions, are examples of product applications resulting from the application of bipedal technology and balance control technology amassed through the research and development of ASIMO.
Striving to offer next-generation mobility products which expand the joy and fun of mobility, Honda will continue the robotics research that leads to ASIMO, walking assist devices, U3-X and other technologies. In addition, Honda will also work proactively toward putting such product applications into practical use.
Task-performing Robot Arm
Technologies developed for ASIMO were applied to an experimental model of a task-performing robot arm, which moves on a self-propelled base and was designed under the assumption of being utilized at disaster sites or other places too dangerous for people to work. Toward this end, the robot arm was made possible to be remotely controlled to approach the object and stably perform necessary tasks even in a narrow space with unstable footing and many obstacles.
The stability control technology used for ASIMO's walking and running was applied to stabilize the posture of the end of the arm even on an unstable surface so that the robot arm can exert the necessary power output to perform the task. Moreover, the application of other ASIMO technologies such as the compact layout structural designing technique and multi-joint simultaneous orbit control technology that simultaneously controls as many as 57 motors imbedded in the joints of the arms and legs has enabled the robot arm to avoid obstacles and approach an object even in a narrow space with obstacles such as a complicated layout of pipelines.
In the development process, the robot arm is designed to perform the task of opening and closing valves on pipelines; however, it will become capable of performing a variety of tasks by changing the end piece of the arm.


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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
It's going to be another long night for Oakland zinesters Chris Duncan and Griffin McPartland, who are sitting at the dining room table in Griffin's Temescal flat, pawing through big, heavy stacks of their indie publication, Hot and Cold. Coldplay and KMD are shuffling on an iPod, and the two guys are drinking coffee out of jelly jars, trying to get a fix going. Their eyes are already looking a little rucked and sunken from the long workday, and now they'll face a string of consecutive all-nighters, which is par for the course in this DIY arts racket. At this point, they have one week left to finish assembling 150 copies of Issue 4 -- their seventh issue, but more on that later -- along with five hundred copies of a catalogue they designed for their new exhibition, The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves, and Sarcastic Hippies, which opens this week at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. That's not to mention an installation piece for which Chris plans to extend hundreds of strands of colored string from the art center's ceiling down to triangular bases on its ground floor to create multiple narrow, forty-foot-tall pyramids. Nor the fact that both artists have day jobs; Hot and Cold is, after all, a money-losing operation.
Not that Chris and Griffin aren't acclimated to their twelve-hour sessions painstakingly sewing or stapling pages together, developing photos for their cover -- Issue 4's three-print juxtaposes photographer Vic Blu's picture of his invalid grandfather with images of memorabilia from a Mexico trip and a photo of seagulls in flight -- spray-gluing, folding, custom-slicing, nip-tucking their zine covers, and silk-screening with a tiny Japanese machine called a Gocco -- hell, even the process of slipping these hand-made magazines into individual Ziploc baggies is pretty onerous. "The process takes you through the whole range of emotions," Chris confesses, "from 'Oh, this is awesome!' to just hating everything."
Despite the obvious commonalities between these guys -- both are surly underground arts nerds with an offbeat sense of humor, an intensity of purpose that verges on the obsessive, and nearly every available body part covered in tattoos -- it would have been hard at first glance to fathom the two of them embarking on a project of this magnitude. Chris and Griffin met at the Alameda Skate Park in 2000; Chris had just graduated from the California College of Arts and Crafts with a degree in painting, and was working odd jobs while painting T-shirt logos on the side. When Griffin saw one of Chris' designs -- "a bird that was very line-heavy; white on a black shirt" -- he tried to recruit Chris for F Word, a zine he was publishing at the time. Griffin describes that rag as a compendium of all the "misdirected shit" you think about when you're twenty -- such as having a crush on the girl who bagged your groceries at Lucky's. At the time, he was managing a copy room at Xerox with his friend Joey, and he'd leave work every day to get hammered and come up with all sorts of wacked-out material for F Word. That publication propelled itself through just two issues, at which point Griffin and Chris hooked up to launch what would become Keepsake Society, "a little art collective," in Chris' words, "that roller-coastered its way from being something to nothing to something again."
Chris, the more soft-spoken of the two, says that growing up in New Jersey, he'd catch the trains down to New York throughout his middle-school years to check out punk shows and pick up new zines. By twelve or thirteen he was avidly reading all the hand-written 25-cent rags that were spawned by various underground scenes during the 1990s -- zines with titles like Boiling Point, Bullshit Monthly, and Anti-Matter (which later became Anti). Griffin says he had less exposure to cool punk shit, coming up in drab, suburban Hayward, where only recently a few tattoo parlors started popping up amid all the strip malls and cheesy sports bars. Moreover, Griffin confesses he has no formal arts education -- in fact, he pretty much garnered all his skills from making zines and working random jobs. What most attracted him to this marginal, underground culture was the desire to abnegate his past life in Hayward.
They had a rocky start. Griffin, who says he was "in a very 'apart' phase" back then, had to be strong-armed and cajoled back to the sordid world of zine-making. After having dinner together one night, the two were pacing across Griffin's dining-room floor, volleying ideas at one another. Chris mentioned the zine thing, and at first Griffin resisted, with the excuse that the two of them were going in opposite directions aesthetically. "Chris was drawing pictures of birds," he recalls, "and I was drawing pictures of dicks." The two just didn't seem to match up. But Chris suggested, in that case, they could call the zine Hot and Cold -- to signify the merging of opposites. The name stuck.
The guys decided to plan Hot and Cold's demise from the outset, mostly so they could avoid the pitfall of neurotically minting new schlock long after they had tired of it. Ten issues seemed about right, so ten it was. To make things more interesting they opted to count backward, ending at Issue 1. The dudes put out a call for submissions to a select group of artists they knew, and within two months had assembled 150 meticulously hand-crafted copies of Issue 10. Each zine is a dizzying hodge-podge of photographs, stencil drawings, silk-screen prints, found writings, salty aphorisms, plus an envelope stuffed with other goodies: CDs, stickers, DVDs, postcard sets, other zines, hand-made wallets, calendars, someone's 2004 crush list -- even a vegan cookbook. "Our goal is to fully overwhelm people," Chris says.
"At the same time as we overwhelm ourselves," Griffin interjects.
Press materials for The Zine UnBound, which features Hot and Cold alongside Brooklyn's K48 and Werewolf Express out of Los Angeles, are plumped with grandiose statements about the social impetus of zines -- stuff about the importance of collectives, and DIY culture buttressing against commodification in the gallery world. And granted, the makers of Hot and Cold generally agree with this manifesto, although they approach it with their own personal edge. One of Griffin's more trenchant swipes is a drawing of a hoopty Cutlass with rotating pizzas for wheels instead of spinners. "I wanted to bag on the ridiculousness of having an $800 car with $5,000 rims," he explains.
Notwithstanding their populist sensibility, Chris and Griffin are really just two drifters trying to make it in the arts world, where they merely represent their punky selves. For the most part, their artistic zeal outpaces any emphasis on political commentary or personal ambition. But they've obviously progressed since 2003, and part of that maturation meant abandoning all those wonderful dick drawings. In fact, Griffin didn't contribute a single dick to Issue 10. Instead, he drew a gorgeous centerfold of a horse sniffing another horse's ass.
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Epson has launched at CEDIA a group of front projectors - including two CEDIA-channel-geared products: the Home Cinema 3900 and the Pro Cinema Model LS 10500U. The former offers optimized brightness and contrast specifications that the company said will work in a range of ambient lighting conditions, while the LS 10500U ($7,999; available this fall), the company's new flagship projector (replacing the LS 10000), is Epson's first with High Dynamic Range (HDR) capability. The Home Cinema 3700 and 3100 are also line additions.
The Pro Cinema LS10500 Laser 4KE with HDR uses a laser light source, which Epson said provides a wider color gamut; the use of laser also makes for no warmup and cooldown waiting times. Its 3LD reflective panel, according to the company, makes for greater contrast. And Epson's 4KE (Enhancement) technology effectively doubles the a native 1080p panel's resolution to four million pixels by shifting each pixel diagonally by 0.5 pixels, doubling both vertical and horizontal resolution.


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Dan Healey is Professor of Modern Russian History at St Antony's College, Oxford. He is the author of several books and articles on modern Russia including a history of homosexuality in tsarist and Soviet Russia, and is currently researching a book on the history of medicine in Stalin's Gulag camps, to be published by Yale University Press.
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Vision is an eye of you which gives direction to your inner-self and sense about how to see and treat external world. A non-visionary individual treats his all world roughly due to several socioeconomic reasons. He does not have clarity about professionalism. He gets education not for contents but for degrees and certificates. He does… Continue reading Importance of Vision in Personal and Professional life
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The good news in University of California Los Angeles's new Anderson Forecast—the Anderson School of Management's regular assessment of how jobs and housing will shape up in California and the larger United States—is that California cities are building more housing than expected.
The bad news is that it's still not enough, at least not according to UCLA Senior Economist Dave Shulman. In an accompanying essay titled "Housing Activity Grinds Higher," Shulman says:
Although we marked up our forecast from last quarter to 1.27 million units in 2017 and 1.34 million units and 1.37 million units in 2018 and 2019, respectively; that level of activity remains below the 1.4-1.5 million units per year we estimate to be consistent with long-run demand.
Shulman expanded on the problem in comments to the Sacramento Bee this week, noting:
"California is still attracting high-income people, who are creating an enormous amount of wealth, but low and middle-income people like teachers are leaving because housing has become extraordinarily expensive."
The UCLA report calculates that of the seven least affordable cities in America, six are in California and two are in the Bay Area—San Jose and San Francisco, naturally.


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Get writing, networking, and everyday tips from the Masters -Debra St. John, Christine Verstraete, Morgan Mandel, DL Larson, Terri Stone, Margot Justes and Rob Walker.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A Busy Day
I love my day job but today was one of those days that just left me exhausted. Still, I managed to crank out a few sentences on the train and update my scene list as I work on my second romantic suspense novel. Now a few sentences doesn't sound like much but I learned awhile ago that writing even just one sentence a day is fundamental to making progress on completing any written work.
It takes discipline to turn on my laptop after a long day at work, but I'm enjoying my writing process so much that even penning one sentence is ample reward for me, although most days I write much more than that. A sentence or paragraph a day eventually leads to a chapter which leads to another chapter which leads to a novel length work of fiction. It's almost intoxicating.
So, what if I never get an offer for a book conract? What if my work is only read by a few people? Well, that might happen, but I'm not giving up. Writing is part of who I am now and expressing myself through my writing is as essential to my life as making a living. I'm fortunate that I enjoy both and find them both rewarding. I'm really fortunate that I can always depend on one of them to pay my bills. Anything else is icing on the cake - but then, I like icing on my cake.
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- Morgan Mandel said...
Sometimes I can write when I'm exhausted. Other times, I need my head to be clear to really get into the story.
Morgan Mandel
- December 3, 2008 at 8:37 AM
- Judith Leger said...
There's nothing else you can do Terri. No matter what life throws at you or how exhausted you become, the drive to create whole new worlds and unforgettable characters never, ever leaves a writer.
- December 3, 2008 at 10:00 AM
- Deb Larson said...
Terri ~
Exhaustion is one of the downsides
of writing. Finding time, making time is always my biggest challenge. I have ideas, but I'll never have the time to create all of them into a story. So I concentrate on the ones that talk to me. I also write in my head several times a day. Weird, I know!! :)
Good blog!!
Deb Larson
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Logan County tax reform to go into law
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has signed the proposal to reform county government election law. House Bill 1400, proposed by State Representative Jason Murphey and State Senator Anthony Sykes, requires county governments to allow voters to cast a distinct and separate vote on county tax questions.
Murphey sponsored the bill after Logan County officials proposed a 2014 tax increase which was logrolled into the extension of two already-existing taxes. The Logan County logrolling clearly forced some voters to support the new tax even though they only wanted to extend the existing taxes.
The new tax generates approximately 1.4 million dollars to the discretionary budgets of the very same County Commissioners who logrolled the tax proposal. Murphey believes the new tax was not popular with the voters and would not have won approval had it stood on its own.
Following the passage of HB 1400, counties will separate out each tax question. In Logan County's case this would have given each voter the right to cast three separate votes: one on each of the two existing tax extensions and one on the Commissioners' new tax.
"With passage of this legislation counties will no longer have the ability to shake down the voters by forcing them to cast a single vote for a logrolled package of proposals," Murphey explained. "This is a big win for the taxpayers!"
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We're back. Dr. Ed Lengel, author of "To Conquer Hell," is going to talk on the 28th Division at Apremont with the title "This Is What Gives Men Grit." The memoir "Toward the Flame" is about the 28th Division on the Aisne-Marne, so I've been especially excited about this talk.
"There are lots of little battles in the Meuse-Argonne. If you walk a little ways into the woods, you'll fall into a German trench," Lengel says. "We think of it as a big, overwheling battle, but it really was a lot of little battles."
This is going to be a lot of tactics, so I'll just listen and tell you about it after,