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Today I did something I regret
I started a fight with my family. I was trying to write an essay, when I heard my brother singing in the next room over. I asked him to stop, and he commented that I messed up a program he was doing. He was hardly 5 seconds into it. I was annoyed and I insisted I was not the one who messed it up.
I told him to stop being a dick. Or maybe he told me to stop being a dick. I was trying to write a final exam, and I didn't need his distractions. He informed me that he wrote an exam the previous night with us being loud, and I called bullshit. He should've known the importance of what i was doing then, I thought. SO I told him to leave me be and to shut up, or I would cut the power to his room, and he said I couldn't do it. So I did.
I went upstairs to write my paper, away from our blacked out rooms. And he yelled through his ceiling to my little sisters room, where our mom was, to tell her to make me turn it back on. She told me to turn it back on, but I didn't. I was sick of him being an ass, or so I thought. She got mad. She told me to turn it on again. I said no. She said it again. I said no. She screamed in my face. I screamed back.
She took my phone away. I didn't care. I was writing and exam. She tried to take my laptop away. It had a broken hinge, and I didn't want it broken worse, so I didn't let her. Every time i tried to get up she pushed me back on the couch. What was I supposed to do? Knock her down? So I told her I was sick of his shit. I was sick of all of it. She said if I didn't like it to leave, so I tried to, but she blocked the front door and said no.
We were screaming at this point. I was hysterical and I could feel it. I could feel it was wrong to yell, and I could feel I was hurting my family with each hoarse yell I let out. But I couldn't stop. It was automatic. Rather, I could have stopped it, but I didn't. I just didn't.
My brother came upstairs, and he started screaming too. So I told him to shut the fuck up. I tried to leave again but she still wouldn't let me through. Everybody was screaming. Insulting me. So I insulted them. And I threatened to punch my brother in his fucking nose. And I must've scared him. And I must've scared my mom.
My mom slapped me, and I lost it. I had been keeping myself from crying a little the whole time, and now I started screaming at her louder. I went batshit, i could feel myself growing upset and I could feel how wrong i was to lash out… so why didn't I stop? My brother thought I was going to hurt her.. so he got involved. The next thing I knew he was hugging me and crying, and saying how sorry he was. My mom backed off and I started hugging and crying too. And we just stood there for a while, apologizing..
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If you want to test it on 50 Hz, you have a real issue. You can
not easily generate that much; there is no easy way to morph 60
into same.
Some UPS-like equipment will do this - stuff designed for running
computer equipment in a field in the middle of nowhere, normally
for pseudo military use; take any Generator input (which can be 30Hz-70Hz),
any input voltage, normally close to sawtooth or triangle wave and
covered with crap and artefacts, turn it into DC, put it into
a few lead-acid batteries, and then work with the back-end of
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I've been trying to think of where I saw this (other than close
to a landrover) without success; I suspect that the easiest place
to find one that produces 220V @ 50Hz will be in Europe. I'm sure
they'll work just fine off 110V @ 60Hz input - they'll think it's
the cleanest and best power source they've yet seen. You might
find a US model with switchable output (both voltage and
Many true online UPS's do not much care (i.e. can be configured
not to much care) about input frequency, as they rectify the
supply anyway - in general the reason they look is that
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retpaladin.com used to be a fairly relevant paladin blog. Tankspot was the go-to place for prot. If you go through the elitest jerks threads and look at the theorycrafter's blogs you'll probably find the best blogs for paladins out there.
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In the Jan. 9 issue of the Kentucky Kernel, a letter to the editor titled "Support the respect for marriage act in Kentucky" was published. This letter contained several pieces of misinformation, which I hope to correct in the following letter.
The aforementioned letter's main topic boils down to the following: Kentuckians should repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and legalize same-sex marriage because not doing so is "based on prejudiced and illogical motives."
Along the way, the letter states "Equal rights are a social justice issue, not a religious one." This statement is true.
However, social justice (and justice in general) is fundamentally grounded on the religious principles of loving your neighbor and doing to others as you'd have them do to you.
Therefore, equal rights is indirectly a religious issue as it deals with the belief that all men are equal in the eyes of God by the simple fact that we all share a common nature.
Thus, the religious arguments against same-sex unions have as much weight on the issue as the secular arguments for these unions.
The letter also maintains that there are "Only eight out of 50 states that allow legal civil unions between same-sex couples." This statement misrepresents the facts. The fact is that only eight states allow SOLELY civil unions.
However, an additional 10 states allow for legal civil unions and another two allow limited domestic partnerships. This makes for 20 states that allow for legal unions of same-sex couples.
The letter further claims: "this vulnerable population (homosexual community) has been unfairly oppressed for years. … For this reason, if you have even an ounce of respect for society as a whole, you will become a public advocate for this cause (legalizing same-sex marriages)." First of all, the so-called "gay" community has not been unfairly oppressed.
No state or federal judge has ever sentenced someone to prison, death, or even community service just for being homosexual. The "oppression" of these people stems merely from the refusal of many states to legalize an official marriage of same-sex couples. However, there are several (non-religious) reasons for this refusal. The best of these arguments requires a bit of ground work, but runs in this vein:
The state is made up of a group of people living together voluntarily for the purposes of comfort, survival and safety. Thus, any laws made by the state should serve to benefit the state by increasing the comfort, survival and safety of its citizens. Now, let's define marriage as the union of two people coming together voluntarily within the state with the intent of increasing the state's population through procreation. With this understanding, the state felt the need to regulate and record marriages as they directly affected the entire community by giving rise to a larger community.
Now, with this background regarding the legal social aspect of marriage, one can apply these same ideas to same-sex unions.
Same-sex unions biologically cannot contribute to the growth of the community. Thus, there is no need for the state to spend extra money, time and energy on recording and regulating same-sex marriages. The state has no incentive to do so!
In closing, I believe that homosexuals should not be discriminated against or criminalized for their choice of a partner.
However, I maintain that there is no need for the state or the federal government to use their resources to regulate and record same-sex marriages which do not contribute to the expansion of society.
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The problem with this ridiculously flawed argument of Mr. Butler's is this:
Essentially if the sole purpose of marriage is to unite two beings that can biologically reproduce, we ought from now on require all couples attempting to seek the state's permission to marry to prove that they are biologically capable of reproducing. Suppose your sperm count were inadequate to produce children, Mr. Butler. Would you consider yourself oppressed if not permitted to get married?
This Vivi person did a number on me. I hope you get to read that statement and begin to think of others with actual honesty and respect. Accepting and understanding someone are two different notions to have–at least aim for the latter for your sake, not mine.
You know I have actually realized something re-reading your letter again AND your responses. You don't need your mind opened/changed when it comes to marriage equality for same sex couples, you need your mind opened PERIOD. At your age and at this time in our society there is no reason for someone like you to be trotting out the same old weak arguments. That tells me that despite being at the point in your life when you should really be thinking for yourself and learning all that you can, you are still hanging on to what your parents/church/community have drilled into your head.
As someone who had parents who raised her not only to be open minded, BUT also to think for herself from an early age, I feel sorry for you. I really do.
Which also sums up my next statement: If you truly wished to have your mind changed about the subject you wouldn't need us or anyone else to change it for you. YOU would be capable of looking at the real facts of the matter and decide for yourself.
Really, the point is that religion and state should be separate. Issues like this should not be religious in nature. Your saying that social justice is indirectly a religious issue makes absolutely no sense. It's like shopping for a pillow and being forced by another person in the store to buy their pillow. Why do you have to buy their pillow? Why do they insist on making your choice for you? You might have the same taste in pillows (similarly to how both the state and religious organizations tend to have the policy of "love your neighbor") but that in no way means that you absolutely have to buy theirs and that it's indirectly and issue to them.
Like I said in the previous comment, it's laughable that you define marriage incorrectly for everyone else. The state does not allow marriage so we can procreate. We don't need marriage for that. If the state just wanted its people to procreate, they would just say "everybody have sex until a baby is made". The reason marriage exists in the United States is because people wanted it. Yes, a novel concept. Democracy. People voting on things they want.
You know what I want to ban? Being uninformed. Everybody should have to be informed on the real issues and make decision based on facts. But you know what? The state isn't going to ban being uninformed. Why? Because it's the choice of the people to remain uninformed if they choose to do so. Being uninformed doesn't help the growth of my community. Don't try to pick apart this argument because it's "impossible to ensure everyone is informed" because if you don't understand that this is a parallel situation you should probably change majors. Maybe into Gender Studies so you can understand the definition of "oppression" and that when it comes to social issues, the progressive side wins every single time. Slavery, women's rights, education reform, science and religion, interracial couples, anything you can think of socially and progressives made it happen even with the force of bigoted reactionaries trying to stop them. I guarantee that if you weren't raised to be against same-sex marriage, you would probably say "well I don't see why we can't just include everybody".
Although I respect your opinion and I guess I see where you're coming from, this is by far one of the worst arguments I've ever read. Structurally it's a mess and logically it just isn't sound. It is very obvious that you took one polysci course and now think you should be part of a major thinktank. The same type of logic used in this article is the same type used to combat those who supported interracial marriages in decades past. This article is ill-informed and honestly I don't think you even understand the differences between married couples and just "partners" as respected by federal and state governments. Married couples receive plenty of benefits that I will never receive if same-sex marriage remains illegal in the state of Kentucky.
"Now, let's define marriage as the union of two people coming together voluntarily within the state with the intent of increasing the state's population through procreation."
What? No. This has been said already, but the point of marriage is not to reproduce. The point of sex is to reproduce. Marriage could be considered a religious institution but the federal government provides benefits to married couples. Whatever religious people believe marriage is for does not matter because if marriage were a religious institution, athiests would likely be banned from marriage benefits also. Hopefully you'll change your opinion (like most of the rest of the population has) and by your senior year you'll be embarrassed you posted this crap.
Awesomely insightful, soooo much better than my post! And seriously, from a phone? I don't have anywhere near that kind of skill!
I apologize for typos by the way, I'm on my iphone.
Okay so listen Michael, you cannot state that you are being civil and non-condescending and then make blanket statements about the LGBT community being "misguided" or unfit to raise children. I'd like to hear your argument on exactly why you don't support this, without all the faux-academic language (academic language is only legitimate if the ideas you present are based solely on academic principles and not also your own personal biases).
Also, I would just like to point out that you shouldn't take as much offense to my comment about your age. If you, at 18-19 years old, think your worldview is the exact same as it will be in 50 years or that it will be based on the exact same knowledge as it is now, you need to reconsider what life is about. You ask us to keep an open mind, and yet you are clearly convinced of your own thinking as superior (your paraphrased "don't be condescending to me, you two-year-olds" comment clearly shows this) to ours. You claim hard facts could change your opinion but when presented with them you begin to spout vague comments about LGBT couples being "misguided" or unfit to be parents even when compared to a child having NO ONE to love them at all. At your age, it shouldn't be an intellectual pissing contest. You're expected to not know every side of the story, and you're expected to make uninformed comments about the world because–guess what–you haven't seen even an ounce of it. But you're also expected to grow. I'm not saying you need to sexually experiment or even befriend a LGBT person (because does not equate with understanding). However, eventually you're going to have to realize that if you don't fit into a community in one way or another, you should not be inserting yourself into their attempts to be treated just like everyone else. Unless you are going to be somehow positively or negatively impacted by gay marriage (which you are not, just to be clear, whatever chick you decide to marry, gay marriage will not degrade your own marriage's status in any way whatsoever), you shouldn't be trying to enter the conversation. One of the greatest things life may or may not teach you (but hopefully will) is that just because you have the freedom of speech doesn't mean you have to give your two cents on everything. Would you enter a conversation about the rights of another race? Let's just say if you are white (I have no idea of what ethnicity you actually are, so let's make a relevant real-world example) and you came across a black man arguing for a right you've always unquestioning because of your skin color had access to even if you choose not to use it. Even if you disagree with this man, do you say something? Is it your job to tell a group that you are not a part of that you disagree with their argument? If say, poc (people of color) want more representation in the media and you think there are enough poc characters, is it absolutely necessary to insert your opinion even if you can not and never will know even a slice of what it is like to live in their shoes? The dominant culture (in this case heterosexuals) should not tell the non-dominant cultures what to do or what their opinion is. Do you think that they don't know what your opinion is? They've spent their entire lives confronted by your opinion from every person who believes what you do?
And before you respond with "I was presenting ~facts~!!!", please stop. I see your kind of "facts" every single day when I turn on any one of the political stations. Biases barely covered by illogical arguments to make said biases seem less offensive. I don't find you brave for stating your opinion because your opinion is safe and is the same opinion that has been stated over and over again throughout history in a million different ways with a million different methods. You can make your comment, receive a few mean comments, and then claim you used *insert various methodology*, thus theoretically invalidating any of their arguments in your eyes. But at this point, in a political atmosphere full of spin and false facts, I would rather read your honest-to-god opinion rather than some Frankenstein's monster of false facts. Part of growing up is realizing that you always have a motive for your arguments, and "I just want to present ~facts~" isn't what I'm talking about. Mine is that I have a best friend who has been told his entire life that his love is not the same as yours. For every argument I make, for every "fact", true or not that I post about LGBT rights, this is the emotional core of my argument. And I'm up-front on what it personally means to me. It's okay to admit that you have biases that affect your thinking. Everyone does. There's nothing wrong with believing that God disapproves homosexuality or that it tears at the moral fiber of this country. The problem only arises when you become unable to understand that your biases are exactly that, and that there are people, real people, maybe your neighbors or your future children or your friend at school, that are personally being told they aren't eligible for the same rights as you by your statements.
Wait a sec, gay and lesbian couples shouldn't raise children?? And what's with the previous comment that LGBT people are "misguided"? I don't mean to offend….but the more you argue, the more bigoted you appear. You stated that you respect gay and lesbian people, but insofar you have;
1) Implied that gays and lesbians are are somehow confused and unnatural
2) Stated that if they want to be together, they should leave Kentucky
3) Told me that I am a bad parent. Even more than that, you're calling every gay and lesbian couple on the planet bad parents, and you don't even know them!
The following link addresses those questions, and is from a reputable source (the Southern Poverty Center).
As for the sodomy laws, Lawrence v. Texas would be a good example, and you can find quite a few more (with good sources) at the Wiki page "Sodomy Laws in the United States"
Dig up all the facts you want about infertile couples. In the end, there is a segment of the population with 1 defining characteristic that has laws specifically blocking their right to do something.
If there is 1 infertile couple allowed to marry, then the argument for population growth is invalid. That may be too difficult to understand but it's true. The infertile couple is the counter argument, and unless you argue against their marriage you argument has flawed logic.
"Elderly couples, infertile couples, and couples not wishing to have kids all together form a minority of marriages, so your argument here is invalid…"
It's actually alarming how sheltered a life you clearly lead. Did you do any research on the number of elderly couple, infertile couples or couples that don't want kids? Please provide me with some statistics. And also please compare that insignificant minority of marriages not worthy of regulation to the percentage of LGBT couples that want to get married…a segment of the marrying population you so desperately WANT regulated.
I'm sorry if you take offense to being labeled a bigot, but it's clearly factual accurate.
"Homosexuals are free to move."
'nuff said.
Mr. Butler,
I've finally figured out the difficulty we're having. We're all speaking English, but it seems that we all have a different understand of the same terms. Having played translator between lawyers and technology firms, let me say that there cannot be meaningful dialogue without first defining and agreeing on what each term means.
Also, I was helping my partner's older daughter with her homework; she goes to a Christian school. I myself am a slew of ambiguities: a lesbian Christian. Anyway, I realized something.
You, sir, have been a victim of intense indoctrination and social brainwashing, probably since childhood.
Let me explain: my daughter's curriculum comes from America (which is worrisome at times since we use metric here in Canada.) It was discussing the topic of South Africa, the fall of the racist state upheld by the incumbent Afrikaners, how the first inclusive election saw Nelson Mandela, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize come to power, inheriting a system still rife with systematic oppressive practices and attitudes against the indigenous populations of South Africa. The text reads, that the AFRIKANERS who were credited for abolishing systemic racism in South Africa (ok, that's arguable) and then all of the sudden it says, and I quote: "Mandela's political intentions soon became clear as he appointed Communists to key positions…Communists promise the people a better way of life, and the people sometimes believe this. In reality, Communism brings a life of misery and terror."
Truth? No. PROPAGANDA.
I'm not going to argue Communism. We all know it is almost impossible on a large scale (because it is predicated on people being honest and civic minded) just as true, pure democracy is both untenable and impractical (which is why America is not a true democracy in the strictest sense but a democratic electoral representation)
My point here isn't the sheer audacity of propaganda of the text, but the fact that this is what is being taught to AMERICANS. AS FACT. Which is not quite true; it is OPINION, NOT FACT. It is an attempt to demonize adherents of a system that is unlike the American system in order ease the vilification and systematic dogma concerning America's perceived opponents. Most Western countries have socialist ideals, tempered with consumerist, capitalist democracies.
The problem with your arguments is that it is rife with such assumptions and opinions, which are at best, hazy half-truths.
As for common terminology: you state that social justice is fundamentally founded on religious principles thereby justifying a religious definition as valid social and legal definition. Putting that sly deceit aside, is it up to us to discredit this statement? No. To further intelligent dialogue we must ask: how do you define social justice? By widely accepted social mores? By the codification of laws? The enforcement of the spirit of the law? or the letter? Which religious principles are you referring to? How is social justice fundamentally founded on religion? Are you saying that the origin of social justice is religious? Or that the idea of social justice is religious? If so, then the social atrocities of India, the crimes against women there are just. The active and militant repression/oppression of Christianity in Islamic states are just.
Let's examine marriage. Marriage as a covenant is religious, since this is presided over by a deity to whom promises are made (not to the other marriage party, btw).
Marriage as legal registration is NOT. Historically, the issues surrounding marriage have been political and financial, a patriarchal system where women were treated and used as pawns and property. Laws were enacted and adopted to further the misogynist agenda. I say you must prove to us why the legal state of marriage must be defined in such a way that only a man and a woman registered at a government listing is worthy of the legal, financial and social benefits that come along with such a certification.
Let's examine your statement that LGTB have never been systematically oppressed in the US. Systemic oppression of Gays (the term is used as a "take-back" tactic, although LGTB is inclusive of all excluded by the definition of heterosexual) was not always in the letter of the law, but in the spirit and enforcement (read about the Stonewall Riots if you will, where sodomy laws were used to raid gay bars, specifically targeting transvestites, some of whom were gay, some of whom were not.) Gays were on lists held by the FBI and local enforcement agencies, their movements tracked, their friends listed, like Nazi Germany's early treatment of the Jews. LGTB were seen as suffering a mental disease, to be treated by psychiatrists through invasive and pharmaceutical methods. All for the greater good? It's easy to excuse that when attacking a fringe social group. It's like saying the laws of Segregation were set in place to protect society, when, clearly, they were used as tools of oppression.
Ultimately, I am not just saying you are wrong. What I am saying is that we all have prejudices and assumptions that we may never even considered in our wildest dreams of having, and when those principles that we view as inarguable are challenged, is difficult at best and repulsive at worst.
And thus, I in turn, ask you to be open-minded, and accept the fact that your personal opinions are hardly objective,, educated, historical or factual. One last example. I have several friends in Dubai, born and raised. One thing I avoid speaking to them about are Americans. They love Canadians fine, but for the life of them, they could not see anything American in a positive light; and this from a so-called "friendly" nation!
"Can any of you really say you're keeping an open mind? Would you honestly accept an opposing viewpoint if enough facts are presented?"
No. I can't say that I'm keeping an open mind. If straight people around the country were voting on your rights, I doubt you would either. Its hardly "name calling" to state that your a bigot when you spend your time debating my rights and those of people I love. I fight to be true to myself EVERY SINGLE DAY and your going to tell me I'm not oppressed? Wake up buddy, young kids are killing themselves thanks to people like you. You can say what you want, but your crazy if you think we won't fight tooth and nail until we have every opportunity straight, cis people have.
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In This Moment Announce Title and Release Date for New Album 'Blood'
In This Moment have revealed that they will release their fourth studio album, titled 'Blood,' via Century Media Records on Aug. 14.
In This Moment have revealed that they will release their fourth studio album, titled 'Blood,' via Century Media Records on Aug. 14.
We are getting closer to the release of In This Moment's fourth studio album, which will be hitting stores this summer. To hype you guys up, the band have provided updates and sneak peeks, including hearing "Blood," a song off the new record. The band have been forced to change and mature a lot with the recent departure of two members, but I think it has made them stronger and closer. Read on to watch a three-minute video of Maria Brink and Chris Howorth discussing the "new" band and album.
At the beginning of 2012, Maria Brink-fronted band In This Moment announced that they were going to begin the recording process for their fourth album, despite the departure of drummer Jeff Fabb and guitarist Blake Bunzel. The band have recovered from their losses and are moving on to bigger and better things. During a recent performance, the band played "Blood," a song that will be featured on their new album, which is due out this summer. Check it out after the jump.
In This Moment are heading into the studio to prep for their upcoming fourth album, as well as gearing up to hit the road this spring.
Local singer Maria Brink and her California-based band In This Moment have recently begun the recording process for their fourth studio album which will follow the highly successful A Star-Crossed Wasteland, which came out in 2010. The new album is scheduled for a summer release.
In case you missed Buckcherry, Hinder, Hellyeah, Sevendust and In This Moment when they played the Capital Region recently, you can get shiprocked with them on a cruise.
In This Moment- "The Promise" featuring Adrian Patrick from the band Otherwise. This one's my favorite! They both have such amazing voices that give me chills!
I don't know about all of you, but I'm still pretty much on cloud nine from Sunday. The Music as a Weapon tour was just amazing and now that I've taken the time to really listen to In This Moment, I realize how amazing they truly are. I've posted a few acoustic videos just to show a different, but just as awesome side of the California-based metal band. Enjoy!
The only word for it is AMAZING! Sunday night's show at the Glens Falls Civic Center was everything it promised to be and more! In This Moment, Sevendust, Disturbed and Korn all delivered and put on a fantastic concert for a nearly-full arena.
Jeremy Lafrentz of Backstage Entertainment interviews guitarist Chris Howorth and vocalist Maria Brink of In This Moment during the Music As A Weapon V Tours stop in Des Moines, IA. The Music As A Weapon Tour V is in town at the Glens Falls Civic Center this Sunday January 23.
Schenectady native Maria Brink fronts the band In This Moment. They are the opening act for the Music As A Weapon Tour 5 in Glens Falls Sunday.
Korn and Disturbed, two of rock's biggest acts, are teaming up to co-headline this year's "Monster Energy Music As A Weapon 5 Tour".
Every hour on New Years weekend, Q103 will be counting down the Top 10 A-Z. One of the lists are the Top 10 rock shows at Northern Lights in 2010.


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Maui News - April and Norman Freeland have filed a federal lawsuit against the Maui Police Department after an alleged raid on their home. The couple claim that police held them outside their residence for more than a half hour while the house was searched.
Attorney Sam MacRoberts, who is representing the couple, said they were never shown a search warrant and the police remained in the home even after they realized it was the wrong location.
Maui County Deputy Corporation Counsel Moana Lutey said police were only in the home 10 minutes and exited immediately when they discovered they were at the wrong address. They then gave the Freelands information on how to file a complaint with either the Police Commission or MPD's Internal Affairs division.
"The Freelands were shown a copy of the warrant at the time, but they weren't provided the warrant because they weren't the target of the warrant," Lutey said.


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paper stars: 16 Villian Archetypes
The TYRANT: the bullying despot, he wants power at any price. He ruthlessly conquers all he surveys, crushing his enemies beneath his feet. People are but pawns to him, and he holds all the power pieces. Hesitate before getting in this man's way – he'll think nothing of…
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Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him.
Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand: their majesty, the majesty peculiar to the human conscience, clings to them in the midst of horror; they are virtues which have one vice, – error. The honest, pitiless joy of a fanatic in the full flood of his atrocity preserves a certain lugubriously venerable radiance. Without himself suspecting the fact, Javert in his formidable happiness was to be pitied, as is every ignorant man who triumphs. Nothing could be so poignant and so terrible as this face, wherein was displayed all that may be designated as the evil of the good.
—Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
What's really odd/interesting about this role switch is the fact that I have stated before many times that I would make one hell of a good villain.
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Tokyo Arteria (Takatsugu Kuriyama, 2009)
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U.S.A (burnt/unburnt) at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, 2011/Queens Nails 2012. Claire Fontaine.
Ball Contact, Tony Cragg, 1990
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one of the first computer art sculptures. possibly.
Point Cloud 2012, James Leng
Point Cloud, 2012 (James Leng) -
an attempt to reimagine our daily interaction with weather data. Weather has always had a unique place in our lives, because it has a multiplicity that encompasses both the concrete and the indeterminate. It is the intangible context within which we build our lives and our cities, but it is also the physical element against which we create protective shelter. Most of the time it is an invisible network that we can see but are not aware of; yet it can manifest in a spectacle or disaster, come forward and activate our senses, make us forget our rationality in delight or fear. With modern scientific and technological developments, we can now deploy sophisticated monitoring devices to document and observe weather. Yet despite these advances, our analysis and understanding of meteorology is still largely approximate, and in many cases, inaccurate. Weather continues surprise us and elude our best attempts to predict, control, and harness the various elements.
the effects each push and pull ripple out along the elastic tension of the wire threads, and in combination with the syncopated rhythm of the servos, create movement that is complex, unexpected, and hopefully wondrous.
The Sound Of The Earth by Yuri Suzuki
A globe-like spherical record with grooves arranged as world map, playing music related to geo-political positions:
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The Sound of the Earth is a content of Yuri Suzuki`s spherical record project, the grooves representing
the outlines of the geographic land mass.
Each country on the disc is engraved with a different sound, as the needle passes over it plays field
recordings collected by Yuri Suzuki from around the world over the course of four years;
traditional folk music, national anthems, popular music and spoken word broadcasts.
An aural journey around the world in 30 minutes.
You can find out more at Yuri's website here, which includes a full audio recording of the piece.
Mitchell Whitelaw
One thing I have been extremely interested in is physical data visualizations. These pieces are all from Mitchell Whitelaw using processing and a crazy intelligent brain.
1. Weather Bracelet
This first example of physical data visualization is a wearable data-object, based on 365 days of Canberra's weather. The tip on the outside of the bracelet represents the daily high of temperature. Rainfall is presented through circular holes based on each week's rainfall data.
2. Measuring Cup
This little cup measures Sydney's temperature data over 150 years. It is roughly 6cm high. The data was collected by the UK Met Office's HadCRUT subset. One horizontal layer of the cup is a single year of data. The bottom of the cup starts at 1859 and goes to 2009 at the top. Months are ordered clockwise around a full circle, and the data controls the radius of the form at each month. The product was developed through different software from Processing to Meshlab.
3. Local Colour
These bowl-like works are made using a laser cutter and reclaimed fruit and vegetable cardboard boxes. They are developed from a generative system based on Eden's model; the layers of the form show the system's growth over time.
All of his work are engaging designs the you can touch and feel. Although there are no words or numbers on his work, reading the photo captions you can understand straight away what the work is trying to communicate. Using white for the weather bracelet and cup creates a sense of sophistication, cleanliness and refined design. This represents the thought process that has gone into the creation of the designs very well. The idea of recycling for the local colour bowls is a great representation of eco friendly design but also draws in the audiences eye. Because it has so many layers the range of colours add depth with out cluttering the design.
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Lydia update
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|Sun, 11-14-2010 - 7:37pm
Just wanted to update you all: after being on the Berlin heart for two weeks Lydia had 4 strokes (2 major, 2 minor). She was out on another machine that confines her to the PICU until she gets a new heart. She is now the highest status on the transplant list, status 4. There are no other status 4s in west Canada right now. She was featured on national news two weeks ago and if you'd like to see the clip, let me know and I'll pm the link to you, Lydia has lost sensation in her right hand and arm and maybe some loss of vision but is otherwise coherent.
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Hi Linda, I've been following her carepage. I can't believe how much she's struggling. I hope she gets her new heart very fast so she can start to recover. She's such a little fighter but it's just not fair that she's having to go through so much!
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of forests (DellaSala et al. 1995a). For instance, Costanza (1992) has stated, "To be healthy and sustainable, a system must maintain its metabolic activity level as well as its internal structure and organization (a diversity of processes effectively linked to one another) and must be resilient to outside stresses over a time and space frame relevant to that system." The author further proposes that an index of ecosystem health should include three parts: vigor, organization, and resilience. Vigor is measured by the productivity, or output, of timber, food, recreational opportunities, species populations, or other products of forest ecosystems. Organization is measured by the complexity of forest structures and by the diversity of the species present. Resilience describes the response of a system to disturbance.
Natural disturbances are a normal part of the long-term functioning of healthy forest ecosystems. The intensity of natural disturbances is generally inversely related to their frequency. Most disturbances of high intensity and low frequency, such as sustained high winds from hurricanes or wildfires under high winds in dense, dry forests, cannot be prevented by humans. Such disturbances tend to occur over a large geographic area and across land ownerships. Low-intensity natural disturbances, such as insects, diseases, and ground-level fires in other forest types, often can be managed by humans to either prevent or reduce the damage. These disturbances often occur at a local level and within one ownership.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service (1993) has identified a number of issues in three forest-health categories: potentially acceptable resource situations, potentially deteriorating resource situations, and potentially serious resource situations. Nonfederal forests would be included in the categories of potentially deteriorating and potentially serious resource situations and would be important in any responses to them.
The 28 percent increase in the number of forest landowners over the past 15 years (Moulton and Birch 1995) and the associated decrease in the average size of ownership parcels of nonfederal forestlands (Chapter 2) document a clear trend toward increased parceling of nonfederal forestland. The impact of parceling might not affect the health of any one ecosystem. In fact, some evidence indicates that timber-harvesting behavior is inversely related to parcel size, the smaller owners being less likely to harvest (Moulton and Birch 1996). However, the recognition that ecosystems have functions in aggregate has important implications for the management of a single forest tract.
In relation to biodiversity, a decrease in the area of a particular forest tract should result in a decrease in the number of species the ecosystem can support, according to the theory of island biogeography and accepted species-area relationships (Soule 1991). However, assumptions of such equilibrium theories might be unrealistic. First, the productive potential of nonfederal forests has changed over time and future changes promise to be even more dramatic. Second, evidence is increasing that biodiversity is affected by landscape scale dynamics.


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You are worthy of it all. For from You are all things, and to You are all things. You deserve the glory.
Isn't it crazy to think that EVERYTHING can be traced back to God? There are so many things I enjoy, but I rarely thank, acknowledge or give glory to the One who truly gave it to me. I even find myself praying for things like perseverance and focus to pass an exam, but later forget to give glory to God for His help.
Today, thank God for all He has placed in your life. Thank Him for blessing you with the job that paid for the computer or iPad you are reading this from. Thank Him for the opportunities that led you to meet the wonderful people in your life. All that you have belongs to God, give Him the glory!
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The city of Calgary is experiencing some horrendous flooding. The Scotiabank Saddledome, where the Calgary Flames play, has been flooded as well.
Here's the Saddledome! The lower level is flooded out pic.twitter.com/N8GgW1TZWD #abflood
— Crash And Mars (@crashandmars) June 21, 2013
Reportedly the arena has been filled all the way to the 10th row according to CBS Sports. The locker rooms have sustained heavy damage, the jumbo torn room and all of its equipment has been destroyed according to Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun.
BREAKING: Water is up to row 10 at Saddledome. Dressing rooms completely submerged. Jumbotron rm & all equipment destroyed. #yycflood #NHL
— Eric Francis (@EricFrancis) June 21, 2013
So much history destroyed at the Dome including massive championship team photo from 1989 signed by most players. #yycflood
— Eric Francis (@EricFrancis) June 21, 2013
As of right now the Calgary Flames have directed employees not to go to the Saddledome.
#Flames employees – do not attempt to go to the Saddledome today. If you need more information, DM us or send us a tweet. #yycflood #yyc — Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) June 21, 2013
Eric Francis also notes that the Flames "were close to announcing plans for new arena. The massive flooding of the dome will now play a role in discussion."
The Flames were close to announcing plans for new arena. The massive flooding of the Dome (up to row 10) will now play a role in discussion
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The calendar has rolled over to February, which means we're a little more than two weeks from the NBA trading deadline of Feb. 20.
There have already been a few deals, most notably Rudy Gay moving from Toronto to Sacramento on Dec. 9. But the Kings also picked up Derrick Williams from Minnesota in late November and more recently, the Golden State Warriors made a move to bolster their bench by getting Jordan Crawford from Boston in a three-team deal that included the Heat and the Cleveland Cavaliers picked up free-agent-to-be Luol Deng from the Bulls for a passle of draft picks and Andrew Bynum's corpse (with Indiana the most recent team to attempt to revive it).
So who could be next to move? Jared Zwerling of Bleacher Report said he's talked to his inside sources around the league and found a lot of names being frequently mentioned, including Pau Gasol of the Lakers—most recently rumored to be drawing interest from Phoenix, Arron Afflalo and Glen Davis of Orlando, Wizards Trevor Ariza and Chris Singleton, Taj Gibson of the Bulls, Sacramento's Carl Landry, Greg Monroe of the Pistons, New Orleans' Austin Rivers, Thabo Sefolosha of the Thunder and Toronto's Greivis Vasquez.
Talking to league insiders, I'm hearing these names are being mentioned in trade talks within league circles (a lot of talk right now) …
— Jared Zwerling (@JaredZwerling) February 3, 2014
A. Afflalo, T. Ariza, C. Singleton, G. Davis, R. Evans, P. Gasol, T. Gibson, C. Landry, G. Monroe, A. Rivers, T. Sefolosha and G. Vasquez.
— Jared Zwerling (@JaredZwerling) February 3, 2014
Vasquez was part of the Gay deal, going from the Kings to the Raptors as part of the return package, and can be traded again because he was dealt prior to Dec. 19.
Last year's deadline was active, but not remarkable. The biggest name to move was pending free agent J.J. Redick going from the Magic to the Bucks, but there were a plethora of deals involving spare parts.
If I were to look at the teams I most expect to be active before the deadline, New York's tandem of the Knicks and Brooklyn Nets have to be considered, even if those are the teams with perhaps the least wiggle room in relation to contracts. Presumably, any deal involving Brooklyn or New York would need a third party to help make the money work.
The Lakers may be looking to dump salary before free agency this summer, since this season is a lost cause—L.A. is 11 games out of the No. 8 spot in the Western Conference and no team has ever come back from more than 10 games back to reach the playoffs since the NBA expanded the playoffs to 16 teams for the 1983-84 season.
Detroit could be looking to make some moves because once again, an offseason chemistry experiment has blown up in Joe Dumars' face. This time, it was adding Josh Smith to the frontcourt and Brandon Jennings to run the offense. The Pistons responded by Smith turning into the league's most shameless gunner from outside—he averages 3.5 3-point attempts per game while making a whopping 23.5 percent of them, Greg Monroe has looked lost at times at power forward and Jennings continued to be Brandon Jennings—shoot first, ask questions … well, never, actually.
The Bobcats might look for help as they make a push to reach the playoffs for only the second time in franchise history. Al Jefferson has been good, but Charlotte's 3-point shooting has been abysmal.
So, yes, it's going to be an interesting next couple of weeks or so. Around and around the rumors will go and where the players stop? We'll find out.
Moving on to the NBA best of the week, where the players selected must play at least 25 minutes a game in more than half of their team's games (rookies must average 20 minutes a game to be selected).
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Join me at the corner of Hollywood and Vine for my take on a historic election that no Hollywood screenwriter would have ever dreamed up!
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Join me at the corner of Hollywood and Vine for my take on a historic election that no Hollywood screenwriter would have ever dreamed up!
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Happy Election Day! It's finally here! Every four years I make my predictions, so here goes.
Barack Obama will win the Presidency, but by a much closer margin than polls indicate. I see it as Obama 52 percent to John McCain 46 percent, with 2 percent for third-party candidates.
In the Electoral College I predict Obama 285 to McCain 253. There will be some surprises. I see McCain winning Florida and North Carolina, even though he has been behind in the polls. I predict McCain will be an upset winner in Pennsylvania, and will hang on to win Nevada.
On the Democrats' side, Obama will be the first Democrat to win Virginia since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Obama will ride the coattails of Senate Candidate Mark Warner who has an enormous lead over his GOP opponent. Obama will also win the crucial, usually Republican state of Ohio. And he will take traditionally Republican states of New Mexico and Colorado.
I also predict that - based on early voting in which an estimated 30 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots before today - this will be the largest voter turnout in U.S. history.
Beyond the White House, the big story tonight will be the U.S. Senate. Democrats need 60 seats to have a filibuster-proof majority. Right now it's 49 to 49 with 2 independents who caucus with Democrats. I predict the Democrats will win 8 seats, leaving them just one vote shy of the 60 they need to be filibuster proof. Further complicating things for Democrats is that Independent Senator Joe Lieberman may decide to caucus with the GOP.
I predict the Democrats will win Senate seats in North Carolina, Minnesota, Virginia, Colorado, Alaska, New Hampshire and Oregon.
As for the Presidency, I predict the following states for each candidate:
Obama: CA, NY, IL, ME, NH, VT, CT, DE, MA, MD, MI, WI, MN, IA, OH, OR, WA, CO, NM, DC, HA, VA, RI, and NJ.
McCain: AZ, FL, NC, AL, GA, MS, LA, AR, TN, KY, WV, PA, MO, IN, Sd. ND, NE, MT, WY, ID, NV, AK, UT, KS, OK, SC and TX.
I will be blogging all day and night. I am broadcasting from KTLA-TV5 in Los Angeles.
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