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One of our last undertakings of our summer vacation at Lake Balaton was a biking trip to a town called Badacsony. Badacsony lies at the base of an impressive hill of the same name. The flat top of this vulcanic landmark can be seen from miles in any direction. Here is a view of our destination, taken from our home on the morning of our journey.
Overall, the ride is somewhere between 12-15 km one way. The ride is mainly flat, and Daniel and Panka managed the round trip ride with only minimal complaining (Matthew enjoyed the ride from a seat on the back of my bike, including a short nap on the way home). The route follows the Balaton körüt (translation: circle), a 204 km loop around the lake. Most of our ride was on dedicated bike paths, though the last part followed some less-travelled village roads. Here is a view of the Badacsony from one of the small villages at the base of the hill:
Once in Badacsony, we had a well-deserved lunch. Badacsony is a fairly popular townn to visit, so it has a nice walking path populated with small food vendors, seen below. After lunch the kids all played on the playground and we enjoyed an ice cream (more on ice cream later…) before heading back home. Here is a scene from the village:


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Southeast Diesel Collaborative Conference to be Held in Atlanta
Release Date: 06/10/2011
Contact Information: Dawn Harris-Young, (404) 562-8421, firstname.lastname@example.com
(ATLANTA – June 10, 2011) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will join a consortium of federal, state and local government agencies, non-profit and industry organizations to hold the Southeast Diesel Collaborative Sixth Annual Partners Meeting in Atlanta on June 13-15, 2011. The Southeast Diesel Collaborative is a public-private partnership composed of stakeholders from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
The goal of the collaborative is to improve air quality and public health by reducing emissions from existing diesel engines. The conference theme is "Clean Diesel 2.0-Sustaining Success in a New Decade" and will focus on nationally and regionally significant diesel emissions issues related to freight, public fleets and nonroad focus areas. Topics also include: building the business case for strategies and projects in challenging economic times, renewable and alternative fueling for diesel engines, and future clean diesel opportunities.
This year's winners of the SEDC Annual Leadership award will be recognized on June 14 - to Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tennessee (the private industry leader) and to Miami-Dade County, Florida Government (the community leader). A workshop on "How to Build and Manage a Successful Clean Diesel Project Workshop" will be held on June 13.
On June 15, EPA will provide information on the next generation of motor vehicle fuel economy labels. For the first time, fuel economy labels will compare energy use and cost between new-technology cars that use electricity and conventional cars that are gasoline-powered, including estimates on how much consumers will save or spend on fuel over the next five years.
What: Southeast Diesel Collaborative Sixth Annual Partners Meeting
When: June 13, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., How to Build and Manage a Successful Clean Diesel Project Workshop
June 14, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., SEDC Leadership Awards at 11:30 a.m.
June 15, 2011 at 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Motor Vehicle Fuel Economy Labels at 9:45 a.m.
Where: Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead
- 3342 Peachtree Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
How: There is no registration fee, however space is limited.
Organized in early 2006 by EPA Region 4, the Southeast Diesel Collaborative has enjoyed unprecedented success in bringing together leaders from federal, state and local governments, organizations, industry and academia to reduce diesel engine emissions across the eight southeastern states. Focused on promoting energy independence, a cleaner environment and growing, sustainable economies, this partnership offers wide ranging health and economic benefits across a broad range of sectors.
The Southeast Diesel Collaborative is part of EPA's National Clean Diesel Campaign, a program combining regulatory measures with voluntary initiatives to reduce the pollution emitted from diesel engines across the country. Visit the Southeast Diesel Collaborative website at: www.southeastdiesel.org.
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text: Paytek, I love that you are brutally honest. I find your response hilarious, just trying not to offend but apparently I'm being waay too nice. I hear you about coworkers, that's another reason I love all the moral support in this community. You ladies, rock!!! Great links, thanks everyone for that. I'll be sure to print some good highlighted info, copy & paste in large print the important parts on how much better breastmilk is for baby. I know what you mean, filmmommy. Why would anyone think cow's milk is better for a human baby? It even sounds ridiculous. It makes me really mad when anyone tries to give baby sugar, so of course it's happened behind my back there, too. Unacceptable! Mumtothomas the boundaries issue is concerning me, also. Joshuasmommy no I'm not going to let her talk me into weaning, I just wasn't sure how to approach the topic, I want it to be clear the topic is not up for discussion. Great links thank you for sharing that everyone. Mimibrookly, thanks for the moral support I'll try to not let it bother me. Who knows, maybe DH will step in, but he seems to not be concerned which frustrates me, but that's another thread. lol. So I'll just make it not a big deal. We will continue to do our thing beyond a year, and I'm so proud of us for that.


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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was an English writer.
- Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.
- Fortitude (1913) First lines
- Don't play for safety. It's the most dangerous thing in the world.
- Fortitude (1913)
- The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things well.
- Said at Keswick, as quoted in The Education Outlook (1926) Vol. 78
- I am asking you again to marry me as I did a fortnight ago.
- Wintersmoon (1928) First lines
- Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that the wing covers all its extent in one pause of the flight. The sea breaks on the pale line of the shore; to the Eagle's proud glance waves run in to the foot of the hills that are like rocks planted in green water.
- Rogue Herries (1930) First lines
- The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing, it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of Divine accident.
- As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 597


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posted by Adam S on Sun 29th Jun 2008 16:10 UTC
"Microsoft Windows has put on a lot of weight over the years" writs Randall Stross in a recent New York Times blog entry on Windows' legacy code. "Beginning as a thin veneer for older software code," he continues, "it has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame. Adding features, plugging security holes, fixing bugs, fixing the fixes that never worked properly, all while maintaining compatibility with older software and hardware -- is there anything Windows doesn't try to do?" Does Microsoft have the business savvy or guts to rewrite Windows?


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Over my ten years of teaching Shakespeare at New York University's Steinhardt School, I have made it a practice to ensure that young people join my graduate students for our exploration of Shakespeare's plays.
Occasionally, I've had students ask why young people should study and perform Shakespeare's plays given that they were written four hundred years ago and come from a very specific Western tradition. I find that the perceived resistance of young people to Shakespeare often comes from their teachers' own fear of and discomfort with Shakespeare's plays. The "inaccessible" language; the complex and sprawling storylines; and the density of the scripts make for a daunting task in any unit of classroom study. I overcome these hurdles by engaging young people in a problem solving, mystery-cracking approach to the scripts, rather than a bookish quest to understand the meaning and interpretation of every word or phrase on the page. Tackling a Shakespeare play in an active way builds confidence, and that confidence translates to other academic and artistic tasks.
To assist my students with their understanding of Shakespeare's work, regardless of age or experience, I ask them to consider five basic ideas about the cultural context of Shakespeare's plays and their dramaturgy. Those five ideas are as follows:
1. Shakespeare wrote his plays for a wide, popular audience.
Shakespeare's plays appealed to people from all walks of life and across class divides: kings, queens, nobles, workers and the poor. His plays were considered popular entertainment in his day, much like the blockbuster movies and television shows of today. If Shakespeare were writing now, I'd venture to say that he'd write for film and prime time television. He understood how to reach audiences of all ages and experiences, and when young people understand that, they gain confidence that their interpretation of a play could actually be valid and "correct." If we empower young people to find their own relationships to a play, suddenly that play becomes legible and relatable.
2. Reading, watching, and playing Shakespeare can be like working in a second language.
Even though Shakespeare wrote his plays in English, his style of writing is heightened and his vocabulary is vast. As English speakers in the 21st century, our relationship to language is very different from Shakespeare's and his audience's. When we work with Shakespeare, there may be words or whole sentences that are unclear. When watching Shakespeare in performance, encourage young people to look for other ways to understand what is happening: stage pictures, the tone of an actor's voice, lighting, etc. These elements can provide clues that clarify the difficult parts of Shakespeare's language. When reading a play in class, remind students that the English language has three end punctuation marks: periods, question marks and exclamation points. The arrangement of the verse and prose on the page can look confusing, but when I locate the end punctuation marks, I'm suddenly reminded that this is a language I understand—it's just arranged on the page a bit differently. Ask students to mark the sentences with brackets when they encounter a particularly difficult passage; isolating sentences leads to identifying a character's thoughts and ideas.


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Sage Francis feat. Sole - I Apologize
No one else make notes to know thyself.
those who loathe?...love them,
those who love?...show them what it is to loathe, if they don't show you love
still...fuck em.
everyone's potential enemy who loves to dis.
virtual acquaintances only exist on a buddy list.
I'll hug and kiss myself to sleep while needing something else to eat,
while needing someone else to feed but eggshells are stuck in my feet.
I'm sick of beating around the bush
while needing to push past creative limits,
And I don't have anything else left to say to the critics.
is it just because we're different y'all can't stand it?
or that I backstroke against the current and the culprit is aerodynamic?
hero's might panic though I clown around to be the silliest...
man alive, well I'm dead serious.
take me for a jokester and you'll only miss the punchline.
every friend of mine has dissed me at least one time.
I've come to find life is consistently unkind.
I've kissed the sunshine. sip it sometime until your lips become blind.
now I've lost it, or am I losing it, or did I never have it?
aspirin addicts are avid advocates of happiness in tablets.
they're adamant about their acid trip.
i want a bite of the apple Adam bit. Catholics don't know the half of it.
immaculate magic tricks. experimenting with alliteration and assonance,
but speaking too many cold words chapped my lips.
there's an asterisk up on my left arm,
but my foot notes are out of tune from my music always getting stepped on.
should've kept calm when I was granted the chance,
but that's my song getting me amped, so god dammit let's dance.
dammit, bring this stuff to fisticuffs if that's the only thing that'll help
someone like you feel good about yourself and the things your dealt.
I'll win the belt but if you need to keep your pants on...
here--another battle for you to talk about in your damn song.
here-- another battle for you to talk about, wow, look at that...
you won't have to duck, I'll just talk over your head,
knowing your dead career has one year left til everyone
else knows what I said.
they're laughing at you but you don't know it yet.
I'd say it to your face but i don't want to waste the moment. Let...
everyone first understand the open threats that poets get
who's wet behind the ears? who broke a sweat?
jiggy man - sip your moet
thuggy dun- hold your tek
netcee - go on the net and key style 'bout how we gets no respect.
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Seth Powsner, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and of Emergency Medicine; Director, Crisis Intervention Unit
Departments & Organizations
Psychiatry: Adult Psychiatry
Center for Medical Informatics
Office of Cooperative Research
Dr. Powsner teaches Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry residents, and advanced medical students. He has been on faculty over 30 years and has been Medical Director of the Crisis Intervention Unit within Yale-New Haven Hospital's Emergency Department since 2000. Prior to joining the faculty at Yale, Dr. Powsner was on the clinical faculty at the University of Chicago. He had a private practice in downtown Chicago.
Education & Training
|Yale University (1978)
|Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering (1974)
|Michael Reese Hospital/University of Illinois
|Board Certification
|AB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry (1984, recertified: 2009)
|Board Certification
|AB of Psychiatry & Neurology, Geriatric Psychiatry (1992, recertified: 2010)
|Board Certification
|AB of Preventive Medicine, Clinical Informatics (2015)
Honors & Recognition
President (2013-2016)American Association for Technology in Psychiatry (2013)
President (2012-2014)American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (2012)
Visiting ProfessorAcademy of Psychosomatic Medicine (2000)


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Apple Gets Design Patent On... Page Turning
from the turn-the-page-on-the-patent-system dept
The patent comes with three illustrations to explain how the page-turn algorithm works. In Figure 1, the corner of a page can be seen folding over. In Figure 2, the page is turned a little more. I'll let you guess what Figure 3 shows.While design patents are a slightly different than other patents, it really is patents like this that get the public to respect the patent system less and less.


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Feinstein Emerges as Top Defender for Bringing Gitmo Detainees to U.S.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is daring to speak out in favor of moving Guantanamo Bay prisoners to the United States despite a dicey political environment where most Democrats cannot run away fast enough from the issue.
The Senate voted Wednesday to strip $80 million that President Obama had wanted for closing the facility from a war funding bill. Democrats are now joining Republicans in warning about the dangers of transferring detainees to U.S. soil -- it doesn't help matters that more than half of Americans polled in surveys indicate they oppose moving the detainees to the United States.
But Feinstein, who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, is running against the grain of her fellow Democrats.
Voicing one of the most detailed cases to date on why U.S. communities would be safe should the Obama administration decide to move detainees ashore, Feinstein outlined her argument while on the Senate floor Wednesday like a lawyer in a courtroom. She first cited Supreme Court cases, then took on each of three categories of detainees at Gitmo and then highlighted American "supermax" prisons which currently house convicted terrorists.
Feinstein, who often wades into divisive issues with a calm demeanor, was one of the first members of Congress to call for closing the island prison. She did so in 2007, setting a one-year timeline for the closure through an amendment to a defense bill. That amendment was never given a vote by Democrats, who controlled the chamber then.
Her argument is that the federal prison system is currently housing a number of convicted terrorists and none have escaped.
But first, Feinstein cited four high court cases that "make one thing exceedingly clear -- the legal rights of these detainees are the same under the Constitution, whether they are kept on American soil or elsewhere. Attempts to diminish or deny these rights have only served to delay the legal process in Guantanamo."
Feinstein appeared to be warning colleagues who want to keep the detainees off U.S. soil that it will really make no difference in the eyes of the Supreme Court, in terms of their legal rights.
Before defending the radioactive issue of incarcerating terrorists in the United States, Feinstein sought to reiterate one point: "No one is talking about releasing dangerous individuals into our communities or neighborhoods as some would have us believe," she said. "The best option is to prosecute the terrorists who plotted, facilitated and carried out attacks against the United States."
She noted that the United States has prosecuted terrorists for bombings at embassies in Africa, for the 1993 World Trade Center attack, for plots to bomb airplanes and a U.S. airport, and for "attending terrorist training camps and for inciting violent acts against the United States."
"The individuals held at Guantanamo pose no greater threat to our security than these individuals convicted of these crimes who are currently held in prison in the United States and are no danger to our neighbors or our communities," Feinstein admonished.
The Bush administration had estimated that of the 240 or so detainees held at Gitmo, only about 60 to 80 could be prosecuted for crimes against the United States or its allies. It is possible some could be tried at revised military commissions, recently approved by Obama.
Feinstein said the U.S. is "more than capable of prosecuting terrorists and housing detainees before, during and after trial."
Citing the "Supermax" facility in Florence, Colo., the highest security rating of all U.S. prisons, Feinstein referred to a picture of the prison and said, "We have the facilities to keep convicted terrorists behind bars indefinitely and keep them away from American citizens."
She went on to note that the prison "isn't in a neighborhood. It isn't in a community. It is an isolated Supermax facility. It has 490 beds. They are reserved for the worst of the worst. This facility houses not only drug kingpins, serial murderers, and gang leaders, but also terrorists who have already been convicted of crimes in this country. There have been no escapes, and it is far, as I said, from America's communities and neighborhoods."
The stalwart senator cited 20 convicted terrorists now or formerly held at the Florence prison, including Ramsi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania; the so-called "Blind Sheikh," Omar Abdel Rahman, who was behind plots to blow up New York City landmarks; the shoe-bomber Richard Reid; and the "Millennium bomber" Amad Rasam, who was intent on blowing up a Los Angeles airport.
But one Democrat from Colorado, freshman Sen. Mike Bennet, brushed off questions about whether he would approve of detainees being brought to Florence. Asked by FOX News, he rushed away, saying only that he had not heard what Feinstein had proposed. Bennet is up for election in 2010.
Feinstein said the time has come to close Guantanamo, which she called "a symbol of abuse and disregard for the rule of law for too long. Four Supreme Court decisions should convince even the most recalcitrant of those among us. It is in our own national security interest that Guantanamo be closed as quickly and carefully as possible."
As for her home state of California, Feinstein is one of the few Democrats who didn't take a "not-in-my-backyard" approach, saying: "Yes, we have maximum security prisons in California eminently capable of holding these people as well, and from which people -- trust me -- do not escape."
Whether her constituents agree remains to be seen, but the 75-year old is not one to bow to pressure. She has faced down Democrats on some of President Bush's more divisive nominees, being the deciding committee vote in approving Judge Leslie Southwick and former Attorney General Michael Mukasey.
The no-nonsense chairwoman stood up for Roland Burris in his effort to become an Illinois senator after a controversial appointment left him without the support of Senate Democratic leadership.
Feinstein summed up her stand on Guantanamo Wednesday, saying, "I believe that American justice is what makes this country strong in the eyes of the world. American justice is what people believe separates the United States from other countries. And American justice has to be applied to everyone, because if it isn't, we then become hypocrites in the eyes of the world."


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Cookie Recipes
Lemon and Chocolate Filled Cardamom Thumbprints
With Halloween right around the corner, I thought I'd prepare some ghoulishly delicious thumbprint cookies. I know, I'm a dork...
I flavored the cookie dough with cardamom. Cardamom is a very versatile spice that goes well with just about everything. For the filling, I used lemon apeels and swirled in a little dark chocolate for contrast. If you're artististically inclined, you could try to draw little bats or scary faces. No matter what you do, I guarantee it'll be terrifying how fast these cookies disappear!
Full Recipe...
Cardamom Spritz Cookies dipped in Mint Chocolate
I've made spritz sablé cookies before. The most recent variation was one made of orange and dark chocolate. The girls felt like baking today and they really wanted to make a fresh batch of the sablé cookies. I was all for it but I wanted to teach them to be creative and come up with a new flavor combination.
There was a tall pitcher of my mint and cardamom-flavored Arnold Palmer on the counter. Sunny, the eldest, looked over at it, then back at me, and said "why not mint and cardamom-flavor spritz sablé?". - I thought it was a brilliant idea. If you browse through the recipes on the website, you'll notice that I use cardamom in almost everything, from savory dishes, to drinks, to desserts. I knew it would make a perfect flavoring for the cookies.
I didn't want to add mint extract directly to the cookie dough because I thought it would be to overpowering. Instead, I used Guittard pink-colored mint chocolate chips to make a ganache, which I dipped the cookies in, once they baked and cooled. These particular spritz cookies are thicker and chewier than the orange and dark chocolate version. They both taste great so it's really a matter of personal preference. Try both and see which one you like!
Full Recipe...
Chocolate Filled Pandan Thumbprint Cookies
Thumbprint cookies are my little munchkin's favorite sweet treats. I took the girls to our neighborhood park this afternoon and I brought along a box filled with the fun-looking thumbprint-shaped sablé cookies. The other fun thing about the cookies is that it's easy to mix and match the flavors and add fun colors.
I have flavored these cookies with cardamom, star anise seeds, mango and even durian! Today I made a combination of pandan and dark chocolate with a fancy little touch of vanilla.
Needless to say, everyone was very tired and hungry after jumping up and down on the monkey bars and on the swings. All the cookies were gone, so it's a good thing I took pictures beforehand so that I can share them with you.
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Orange-Flavored Spritz Sable Cookies dipped in Dark Chocolate
Spritz sablé cookies are French butter cookies. They have a very rich flavor. Depending on the shape of the cookie and on the baking time, spritz can either be crumbly or have a chewier texture. Spritz sablé cookies are the perfect canvas upon which to introduce other flavors. From the basic recipe, you can make an unlimited number of variations.
My little sister-in-law who is allergic to egg yolks (not egg white, go figure!) loves these cookies. They are one of the few sweet treats she can enjoy. I made some today and flavored them with orange blossom water. I then dipped them in dark chocolate to make them extra decadent.
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Tuiles Aux Amandes (Almond Tuiles)
Today we made some ginger ice cream in the ice cream machine we got Daddy, my father-in-law, last Father's day. The machine requires no pre-freezing, which is very convenient. I got the recipe for this frozen treat from PastryPal, which is written by Irina. We made half of the volume since it was the first time we were trying this recipe out. Irina's recipe calls for 4 egg yolks, but I wasn't about to throw away the 4 egg whites so I decide to make some almond tuiles.
Tuiles aux amandes are crisp thin cookies topped with slivered almonds. It's a great garnish for ice cream because of the texture contrast between the crispy cookie and the creamy frozen treat.
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We know a lot of people enjoy bashing 3D TV. It's true that the technology hasn't exactly taken the world by storm — at least this part of the world.
According to the Q4'11 NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Design and Features Report, 3D TV is definitely declining in North America. That said, it seems to have a lot of life left in both Western Europe and China.
"We were surprised to find that 3D appears to be a far more popular feature in China than North America, and the penetration rate was two times higher in the last quarter," said Paul Gray, NPD's director of TV electronics research. "Our report also indicates that North American and Japanese 3D penetration is lower than the Middle East."
The report says that North American audiences are willing to sacrifice the bells and whistles for something large and less expensive. Chinese consumers, however, are looking for HDTVs that offer features such as 3D, LED backlighting and smart TV capabilities.
The one thing that is not covered in the report is how many of these 3D TV owners actually use the 3D features. Now that would be interesting. That said, the premium to have a 3D TV is falling, which could make having a 3D TV more attractive, whether you plan to use the feature or not. According to a recent article on Big Picture Big Sound, the price gap between 3D and non-3D sets has narrowed down to as little as $10.
Above: 3D Penetration as a Percentage of TVs Shipped (Source: NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Design and Features Report)


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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Madura House at Kiribathgoda in Sri Lanka by Damith Premathilake designed using SketchUp
May 7th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
Elements of nature introduced to create calmness within the confines
The house designed by architect Damith Premathilake, located at Kiribathgoda close to the Colombo – Kandy road, is a good example where both the architect and the client appreciate the simplicity, clarity and positive response to nature in design.
Entering through the front gate and climbing up a few steps to the left and walking through a front garden, one reaches the living room of the house through the spacious front verandah. The lower elevation of the site towards the right boundary has been taken into advantage in placing the garage, living, dining, quarters for domestic help and kitchen at split levels to create interest and to minimize the circulation spaces.
The front and rear gardens provide light and ventilation and glimpses of nature to the living areas, creating a sense of spaciousness, thus bringing a lightness to the structure, and creates a peaceful atmosphere. Simplicity of roof structure, avoiding of elaborate detailing, placing of narrow windows at correct positions add to strengthen this character.
The softness of the lush green grass in the front and rear gardens and white painted walls is intentionally broken down by the introduction of rugged textures in the garden benches, exposed rubble and brick walls in the courtyards, cement rendered floors, cement tile paving in the verandahs etc. The architect says " this is a true interpretation of nature and the life itself, "who further adds, " creating a simple, peaceful built environment, while responding to nature positively, by making minimum disturbance to nature, is my concept in the design of this house".
The greatest challenge was to achieve the desired sense of lightness and void and at the same time confirm to the urban environmental requirements. The design aspired to create a dialogue between solid and void, building and landscape features. This dialogue is evident from the street as visitor walk along the covered path through the front courtyard. The solidity of one volume is put together against lightness of the other; the landscape and built elements fuse with one another. The outside permeates the interior and the home is enveloped with natural light and ventilation.
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Her first appointment after seminary: start a new church
Tell us about your place of ministry: the context, the mission.
I was assigned to the Highway 75 corridor between 71st and south to Glenpool. In this area, I was asked to create a new church that would reach young people and the un-churched, demographics the mainline churches have been trying to reach in the last 20 years with little success.
What did you find when you started?
I found that there was no place to meet or to rent in the area and rents were high. I learned from a demographic study that this was a commuter area and residents were fairly conservative. Two conservative congregations had already launched satellites there.
What were the biggest challenges you faced?
My challenge was two-fold: to meet people and to be relevant in an area already highly churched. I needed a church model that wasn't dependent on the "rock 'n' roll show" style of worship.
I read about a church in Dallas that established used a no-alcohol, "coffee house" program, something that did not exist in the Glenpool area. I drove to Texas to meet the pastor. I believed this could be a door to relevancy in young people's lives and a blessing to the community.
Another challenge was being alone in a church plant assignment which, statistically speaking has a 10% success rate nationwide. They tell you in training that you will work harder than you ever have, but they don't tell you about the isolation. I have never been lonelier in my life. And, I have never felt closer to God.
Tell us a story of success or that gave you hope.
So many people have come through the doors of the coffee house and shared their stories with us. Stories of how churches have hurt them. Stories of grief. We met a young, homeless man at our church in the park. He began coming to the coffee house for food and someone to talk to. He said that we had given him something that he hadn't had in a long time: hope. He has a new job at McDonald's and is on a path to independence. Un-churched people have told me the only reason they tried our church was because it was a coffee house. The admitted they would not have come otherwise. We are opening a door to the un-churched of every age who are looking for a life of meaning and a community of hope.
What about your theological education have you found most useful in meeting the challenges you face there?
The Pastoral Counseling and Evangelism classes have helped me on a daily basis. The evangelism lessons about seasons to promote the church and its activities has informed our promoting and planning. I was thankful at my church planting training that I received this training in seminary. The power of listening is the greatest gift I took from seminary. In pastoral counseling I learned that, while I could not fix people or their situations, I could listen and ask questions that might help them see their situation in new ways.
If you could go back in time to when you started your current ministry, knowing what you know now, what would you say to yourself that would help you be better prepared for the road you've traveled?
I would say to myself, "Un-churched people will feel hugely committed if they are in church monthly and you can count that as a success. Don't expect them to come every week. And, people who have been out of the church for years, or always, can't teach or lead a group. You should demand that the other United Methodist churches send you some help! People who would commit their gifts and talents to two years of helping you get started. Don't take this assignment without those people!"
I have discovered that I don't really know how to see the church as the un-churched see it. They are teaching me. One young man and I are putting together a starter pack for new Christians because he asked me for one and I had not considered this before. I am hoping that this will be something that other churches committed to reaching individuals outside their buildings will be able to use.
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Mr. Sun - Experimental Jelly!!!
I was with Alex Knost after the concert of Tomorrow Tulips, which he played. in my home town in 2013, and I decided to take a series of portraits. This is one of them!!!
The world is a book...
"The world is a book and those who don't travel read only a page" St. Augustine.
Tropical Rain...
I was photographing "Água de Meninos" marketplace in Brazil, Salvador da Bahia, when this girl came and asked me to photograph her. I was shooting some portraits, when started raining and she went dancing free.
Golden View!!!
This is what you see when waking before sunrise for an epic XXL session, Nazaré, Portugal.
Under the winter sky
Vasco Ribeiro the WSL 2014 World Junior Champion get's ready for another winter surf session at Guincho beach.
Solitário Surfista
Gabriel o Pensador, a surfer himself, giving great rap show after a day of surfing in Cortegaça the Surf Village.
Lagoa das Sete Cidades.
The Fisherman and his Soul.
A local Fisherman tells the tales from the Sea... I just love the people who are a part of this community "The Sea Community".
The golden city of Marrakesh!!!
Where Is That Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow?
Alex Botelho's eleven foot board enjoying Nazaré!!!
After hours of convincing this butcher to take his portrait he finally accepted. When he saw the photo, he showed all his friends with a smile on his face.
XXL preparations.
Garrett McNamara and Nic Lamb preparing for the biggest paddle session ever at "Praia do Norte" Nazaré.
In the clouds
Its just so powerful, the spray and the white water of the waves comes close giving the people a unique show of mother natures raw power, the cliff, Praia Norte, Nazaré, with nearly 100metres, imagine it live and in colour.
Elohe Ali Alvarez playing concertina with his best friend in his living room after a great session of airs in his home break Matosinhos.
Omnipotent. Omnipresent. Omniscient. He is all-powerful, all-present, and all-knowing.
Filipe Toledo thanks God after his Win at Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal
Neptune, God of the Sea.
With a huge swell hitting Europe it created larger waves in the coastal waters than the previous years so I decided to shoot some images in my home town when Neptune made a visit. As you can see there is the face of Neptune in the middle of the white water.
Hold your breath challenge.
Alex Botelho diving deep. How long do you think he can hold his breath?
let's go shopping!!!
Nic von Rupp went shopping after surfed a cold and giant slab on the West Coast of Portugal
late afternoon sessions
Only a surfer knows the feeling of a night sesh.
Patience game
Four minutes to finish the heat, I need a 7.5 to go to the next round.
Elohe met Doris
My friend and surfer Elohe Ali Alvarez this time went to meet Doris.
Sunrise at Nazaré
It's not all about the Big Waves at Nazaré, golden sunrises that give color to the beauty of the Nazaré village.
The Blue Hour
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What do you like? For me it's starchy foods, mostly baked. Pies, breads, casseroles, pastas, tamales, dumplings.
I like cooking the breads, casseroles, and pies. A weekend without a pie is wasted.
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Aw, c'mon! you know what I mean!
(Right now I'm wiping tears from my eyes after listening to "Over the Rainbow," and then "Wind Beneath My Wings." I can't help it; I try to be a smutty-mouth smart a$$, but some things get to me.)
Didja know that the man who wrote the lyrics to "Over the Rainbow," Yip Harburg, was an atheist? True.
Sorry. Poor self control on my part. But that really was my first thought. :-)
Thass awlrite. I got a giggle from it. Glass eyes dropping all over the place.
Whatever he was, he had heart! Why am I not surprised that he was an atheist?!
No self-control here either, so I'll mention a relevant tangent: in "The IRS Audit", a guy wins a bet with his tax auditor, and then things get weirder... it's a joke that's been around the internet, as told at eBaum's World and at JumboJoke.
(OK, barely enough self-control to not repost that slightly long joke here.)
Hehaheha! I never expected that!
Didja see this collection? (I'll re-post it in the cat fan group)
Love those, Sk8eycat. I want a cat so bad!!
I understand. I was catless for 3 years when I was touring with Holiday, and hated it.
A couple of the other girls took their cats (both Siamese) on the road, but they may have started training them for travel when they were kittens. I never asked. I just thought that trains and hotel rooms were not proper places for pets...for the pets' sakes. That was in the mid-1960s...before organic litter brands came on the market, and before most hotels became somewhat pet-friendly.
So I sprained my ankle badly, and got sent home to my kitties, and decided to stay here.
Felaine, I meant your cat photos are funny. Sorry about your ankle ending your career and the good thing is, you decided to stay there and take care of cats. Good choice for you and cats.
Thanks for the Ginger crust Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe Pat. It does sound delicious.
I've got it saved in my Food folder and printed-out for the kitchen.
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On the morning of Rosh Hashanah as the congregation was filing into the Synagogue, Rabbi Liebenberg noticed little Max standing in the foyer of the Synagogue staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names with small flags mounted on either side of it. The six-year-old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the rabbi walked up, stood beside the little boy, and said quietly, 'Boker Tov, Max. 'Boker Tov, Rabbi Liebenberg,' he replied, still focused on the plaque. ' Rabbi Liebenberg, what is this?' he said, pointing to the plaque.
The good Rabbi tenderly put his arm around Max's shoulder and said, ' Well son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service."
Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque.
Finally, little Max, in a voice barely audible and trembling with fear asked:
'Which service, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur?'


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DUDLEY Kingswinford's depressing season in National League Two North came crashing to an all too familiar conclusion as they lost out heavily by a 74-0 margin to Leicester Lions.
It leaves the DK's without a single win to their name from a wretched 30 match programme and a season everyone at Heathbrook will wish to forget in a hurry.
To be fair, the DK's had periods of pressure in the first half , but again failed to produce any cutting edge that could have turned that advantage into points.
They also defended staunchly during this period, to the point where Lions eventually decided to kick for the opening points after several catch and drive attempts from dangerous line-out positions were aborted by dogged DK's defence.
Former Leicester Tiger Jon Boden finally broke the deadlock with a penalty but Lions had to wait until the 33rd minute before fly half Adam Greendale wriggled his way over for the opening try.
Outside centre Steve Cross forced his way over for a second try just two minutes ahead the interval - Boden converting both scores.
But there was still time for DK's outside centre Donovan Smile to get himself yellow carded and Lions were quick to take advantage when right wing Luke Veeval scampered over for a third try right on the stroke of half time.
The DK's then capitulated immediately after half time as the Lions began to run in tries at will.
Douglas started the romp within 40 seconds of exchanges with his second try before former London Welsh No.8 Jack Gibbons, second row Matt Tuckey and a second from Greendale turned the screw on DK's.
Boden booted over two more conversions as Lions took a 22-0 half time score to 46-0 in the space of 10 minutes.
The floodgates kept opening as scrum half Dan Campbell added his name to the scoresheet before replacement Josh Poulette twice breached DK's fragile defence.
Steve Cross then struck for a second time, taking Lions try tally to 11 as sorry DK's simply fell apart.
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The Matrix (franchise)
|The Matrix
|File:Ultimate Matrix Collection poster.jpg
|Directed by
|The Wachowski Brothers
|Produced by
|Joel Silver
|Written by
|The Wachowski Brothers
|Keanu Reeves
Laurence Fishburne
Carrie-Anne Moss
Hugo Weaving
|Music by
|Don Davis
Juno Reactor
|Bill Pope
|Edited by
|Zach Staenberg
Village Roadshow Pictures
Silver Pictures
Fuse Global
|Distributed by
|Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
|United States
|$363 million
|Box office
|$1.632 billion
The Matrix is a science fiction action media franchise created by The Wachowski Brothers and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The series began with the feature film The Matrix (1999), and continued with two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded (2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (2003). The characters and settings of the films are further explored in other media set in the same fictional universe, including animation, comics, and video games.
The series features a cyberpunk story incorporating references to numerous philosophical and religious ideas where the heroes fight a desperate war against machine overlords who have enslaved Humanity in an extremely sophisticated virtual reality gestalt. Other influences include mythology, anime, and Hong Kong action films (particularly "heroic bloodshed" and martial arts movies).
Two of the Matrix video games, both supervised by the Wachowskis, are a part of the official chronology. Enter the Matrix, mainly focused on Niobe and Ghost and also written by the Wachowskis, connects the story of the short animated film Final Flight of the Osiris with the events of Reloaded, while The Matrix Online is a direct sequel to Revolutions.
The series depicts a future in which Earth is dominated by robots that were created early in the 21st century and rebelled against humanity. At one point, humans attempted to block out the machines' source of solar power by covering the sky in thick, stormy clouds. During this time, the machines and mankind were engaged in a massive war in which the machines ultimately emerged the victor. Having no definite source of energy, the machines devised a way to extract humans' bioelectricity and thermal energy by growing people in pods, while their minds are kept under control by cybernetic implants connecting them to a simulated reality called the Matrix.
The virtual reality world simulated by the Matrix resembles human civilization around the turn of the 21st century (this time period was chosen because it is supposedly the pinnacle of human civilization). The majority of the stories in the Matrix franchise take place in a vast Western World unnamed megacity. This environment is practically indistinguishable from reality (although scenes set within the Matrix are presented on-screen with a green tint to the footage, and a general bias towards the color green), and the majority of bluepills - humans connected to the Matrix - are unaware of its true nature. Most of the central characters in the series are able to gain superhuman abilities within the Matrix by taking advantage of their understanding of its true nature to manipulate its virtual physical laws.
The virtual world is first introduced in The Matrix. The Animatrix short film "The Second Renaissance" and the short comic "Bits and Pieces of Information" show how the initial conflict between humans and machines came about, and how and why the Matrix was first developed. Its history and purpose are further explained in The Matrix Reloaded.
The Matrix series includes a trilogy of feature films, all of which were written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers and produced by Joel Silver, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss and Hugo Weaving. The series was filmed in Australia and began with 1999's The Matrix, which depicts the recruitment of hacker Neo into humanity's rebellion against sentient machines. The film was highly successful, earning $460 million worldwide, and becoming the first DVD release in the United States to reach sales of three million copies.[1]
The film's mainstream success led to the making of two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. These were filmed simultaneously during one shoot (under the project codename "The Burly Man"[2]), and released in two parts in 2003. They tell the story of the impending attack on the human enclave of Zion by a vast machine army. Neo also learns more about the history of the Matrix and his role as the One. The sequels also incorporate more ambitious action scenes and visual effects.
Additional media
In acknowledgment of the strong influence of Japanese anime on the Matrix series, The Animatrix was produced in 2003 to coincide with the release of The Matrix Reloaded. This is a collection of nine animated short films intended to further flesh out the concepts, history, characters and setting of the series. The objective of The Animatrix project was to give other writers and directors the opportunity to lend their voices and interpretation to the Matrix universe; the Wachowskis conceived of and oversaw the process, and they wrote four of the segments themselves, although they were given to other directors to execute. Many of the segments were produced by notable figures from the world of Japanese animation. Four of the films were originally released on the series' official website, one was shown in cinemas with Dreamcatcher, one was shown on MTV, MTV2, MTV3, and MTV4, and the others first appeared with the DVD release of all nine shorts shortly after the release of The Matrix Reloaded.
Video games
On May 15, 2003, the game Enter the Matrix was released in North America concurrently with The Matrix Reloaded. The first of three video games related to the films, it told a story running parallel to The Matrix Reloaded and featured scenes that were shot during the filming of The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.
Two more Matrix video games were released in 2005. The MMORPG The Matrix Online continued the story beyond The Matrix Revolutions, while The Matrix: Path of Neo allowed players to control Neo in scenes from the film trilogy.
Comic books
The Matrix Comics is a set of comic books and short stories based on the series and written and illustrated by figures from the comics industry; one of the comics was written by the Wachowskis and illustrated by the films' concept artist Geof Darrow. Most of the comics were originally presented for free on the Matrix series' website;[3] they were later republished, along with some new material, in two printed trade paperback volumes.
DVD releases
Over a year after the cinematic release of the final film, Revolutions, Warner Home Video released The Ultimate Matrix Collection, a 10-Disc DVD set of the films. It included the three films, The Animatrix, and six discs of additional material (including a documentary about the making of the first film called The Matrix Revisited and The Zion Archive - a compilation of concept artwork and promotional material for The Matrix Online). A Limited Edition of the collection encases the ten discs, as well as a resin bust of Neo, inside a Lucite box. The collection was later released on HD DVD and Blu-ray.
Box office performance
|Release date
|Box office gross
|Box office ranking
|North America
|All time
North America
|All time
|The Matrix
|March 31, 1999
|$63 million
|The Matrix Reloaded
|May 15, 2003
|$150 million
|The Matrix Revolutions
|November 5, 2003
|$150 million
|$363 million
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Critical and public response
While The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded received largely positive reviews,[8][9] the critical response to The Matrix Revolutions was mixed.[10] One major complaint was that it did not give any answers to the questions raised in Reloaded.[11] CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the series an average grade of "A-", "B+", "B" respectively on an A+ to F scale.[12]
|Rotten Tomatoes
|The Matrix
|87% (141 reviews)[8]
|73 (35 reviews)[13]
|The Matrix Reloaded
|73% (238 reviews)[9]
|62 (40 reviews)[14]
|The Animatrix
|88% (17 reviews)[15]
|The Matrix Revolutions
|36% (210 reviews)[10]
|47 (41 reviews)[16]
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Influences and interpretations
What we were trying to achieve with the story overall was a shift, the same kind of shift that happens for Neo, that Neo goes from being in this sort of cocooned and programmed world, to having to participate in the construction of meaning to his life. And we were like, 'Well, can the audience go through the three movies and experience something similar to what the main character experiences?'
So the first movie is sort of typical in its approach. The second movie is deconstructionist, and it assaults all of the things that you thought to be true in the first movie, and so people get very upset, and they're like 'Stop attacking me!' in the same way that people get upset with deconstructionist philosophy. I mean, Derrida and Foucault, these people upset us. And then the third movie is the most ambiguous, because it asks you to actually participate in the construction of meaning.
The Matrix makes numerous references to recent films and literature, and to historical myths and philosophy including Buddhism, Vedanta, Advaita Hinduism, Christianity, Messianism, Judaism, Gnosticism, existentialism, and nihilism. The film's premise resembles Plato's Allegory of the cave, René Descartes's evil demon, Kant's reflections on the Phenomenon versus the Ding an sich, Zhuangzi's "Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly", Marxist social theory and the brain in a vat thought experiment. Many references to Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation appear in the film, although Baudrillard himself considered this a misrepresentation.[18] There are similarities to cyberpunk works such as Neuromancer by William Gibson,[19] who has described The Matrix as "arguably the ultimate 'cyberpunk' artifact."[19]
Japanese director Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell was a strong influence.[20] Producer Joel Silver has stated that the Wachowskis first described their intentions for The Matrix by showing him that anime and saying, "We wanna do that for real."[21][22] Mitsuhisa Ishikawa of Production I.G, which produced Ghost in the Shell, noted that the anime's high-quality visuals were a strong source of inspiration for the Wachowskis. He also commented, "... cyberpunk films are very difficult to describe to a third person. I'd imagine that The Matrix is the kind of film that was very difficult to draw up a written proposal for to take to film studios." He stated that since Ghost in the Shell had gained recognition in America, the Wachowskis used it as a "promotional tool."[23] Besides Ghost in the Shell, another Japanese anime which influenced The Matrix was the 1985 film Megazone 23, directed by Noboru Ishiguro and Shinji Aramaki.[24] An American adaptation of Megazone 23 was released in 1986 as Robotech: The Movie. There are also several more Japanese anime and manga that can be found as sources of influence, including Akira, Evangelion, and Blame.[25]
Reviewers have commented on similarities between The Matrix and other late-1990s films such as Strange Days, Dark City, and The Truman Show.[26][27][28] Comparisons have also been made to Grant Morrison's comic series The Invisibles; Morrison believes that the Wachowskis essentially plagiarized his work to create the film.[29] In addition, the similarity of the film's central concept to a device in the long-running series Doctor Who has also been noted. As in the film, the Matrix of that series (introduced in the 1976 serial The Deadly Assassin) is a massive computer system which one enters using a device connecting to the head, allowing users to see representations of the real world and change its laws of physics; but if killed there, they will die in reality.[30] There is also a similar "Matrix" used by the Travellers in Paul Cornell's 1992 Doctor Who spin-off novel Love and War, in which a socket at the top of the spine is used to plug into the Matrix.
The first Matrix film features numerous references to the "White Rabbit", the "Rabbit Hole" and mirrors, referring to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, as well as easter eggs.[31]
Biblical and historical references are found in the names of places and vehicles in the trilogy, such as the "hovercraft" Nebuchadnezzar (pronounced ne-bah-cahn-ez-zer, /nɛbəkənɛzəɹ/). Another notable name is the City of Zion, often used as a synecdoche for the City of Jerusalem or the land of Israel in Abrahamic religious texts and by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or to refer to a "promised land" or utopia. There are significant overtones from Hinduism and Vedanta text. The final screen credits to the final of the three matrix movies include chants directly picked up from the Vedas. The concept of balance needed in the universe is also a core component of Hindu philosophy.
There are still numerous other influences from diverse sources such as Harlan Ellison (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream),[32] Thomas Pynchon (The Crying of Lot 49),[32] and William Gibson (Neuromancer).[33]
Matrixism is a new religious movement inspired by the trilogy. A sociologist of religion Adam Possamai describes these types of religions/spiritualities as hyper-real religions due to their eclectic mix of religion/spirituality with elements of popular culture and their connection to the fluid social structures of late capitalism.[34] There is some debate about whether followers of Matrixism are indeed serious about their practice; however, the religion (real or otherwise) has received attention in the media.[35][36]
- The Art of the Matrix by Spencer Lamm (Newmarket Press, 2000) ISBN 1-55704-405-8
- The Matrix Comics by various (Titan Books, 2003) ISBN 1-84023-806-2
- The Matrix Comics Volume 2 by various (Titan Books, 2005) ISBN 1-84576-021-2
- The Matrix Shooting Script by Larry and Andy Wachowski (with introduction by William Gibson) (Newmarket Press, 2002) ISBN 1-55704-490-2
- Enter The Matrix: Official Strategy Guide by Doug Walsh (Brady Games, 2003) ISBN 0-7440-0271-0
- The Matrix Online: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Games, 2005) ISBN 0-7615-4943-9
- The Matrix: Path of Neo Official Strategy Guide (Brady Games, 2005) ISBN 0-7440-0658-9
- Jacking In to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation by Matthew Kapell and William G. Doty (Continuum International, 2004) ISBN 0-8264-1587-3
- Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in "The Matrix" by Glenn Yeffeth (Summersdale, 2003) ISBN 1-84024-377-5
- Matrix Warrior: Being the One by Jake Horsley (Gollancz, 2003) ISBN 0-575-07527-9
- The "Matrix" and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real by William Irwin (Open Court, 2002) ISBN 0-8126-9502-X
- More Matrix and Philosophy by William Irwin (Open Court, 2005) ISBN 0-8126-9572-0
- Like a Splinter in Your Mind: The Philosophy Behind the "Matrix" Trilogy by Matt Lawrence (Blackwell, 2004) ISBN 1-4051-2524-1
- The Matrix (British Film Institute, 2004) ISBN 1-84457-045-2
- Matrix Revelations: A Thinking Fan's Guide to the Matrix Trilogy by Steve Couch (Damaris, 2003) ISBN 1-904753-01-9
- Beyond the Matrix: Revolutions and Revelations by Stephen Faller (Chalice Press, 2004) ISBN 0-8272-0235-0
- The "Matrix" Trilogy: Cyberpunk Reloaded by Stacy Gillis (Wallflower Press, 2005) ISBN 1-904764-32-0
- Exegesis of the Matrix by Peter B. Lloyd (Whole-Being Books, 2003) ISBN 1-902987-09-8
- The Gospel Reloaded by Chris Seay and Greg Garrett (Pinon Press, 2003) ISBN 1-57683-478-6
- The "Matrix": What Does the Bible Say About... by D. Archer (Scripture Union, 2001) ISBN 1-85999-579-9
- [Journey to the Source: Decoding Matrix Trilogy] by Pradheep Challiyil (Sakthi Books 2004) ISBN 0-9752586-0-5
- Exploring the Matrix: Visions of the Cyber Present by Karen Haber (St. Martin's Press, 2003) ISBN 0-312-31358-6
- Philosophers Explore The Matrix by Christopher Gray (Oxford University Press, 2005) ISBN 0-19-518107-7
- The Matrix Cultural Revolution by Michel Marriott (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003) ISBN 1-56025-574-9
- The Matrix Reflections: Choosing between reality and illusion by Eddie Zacapa (Authorhouse, 2005) ISBN 1-4208-0782-X
- The One by A.J. Yager & Dean Vescera (Lifeforce Publishing, 2003) ISBN 0-9709796-1-4
- Matrix og ulydighedens evangelium (Danish for: "Matrix and the Evangelium of disobedients") by Rune Engelbreth Larsen (Bindslev, 2004) ISBN 87-91299-12-8
- The Matrix and the Alice Books by Voicu Mihnea Simandan (Lulu Books, 2010) ISBN 978-0557258079
- The Matrix Cult. by Vladimir Tumanov (International Journal of Cultic Studies 3 [2] 2003).
See also
- ↑ "Press release – August 1, 2000 – The Matrix DVD: The first to sell 3 million". Whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com. Burbank: Warner Bros., Inc. August 1, 2000. Archived from the original on March 5, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2012.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Steve Silberman (May 2003). "Matrix2". Wired. Wired Digital/Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 2010-01-16.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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- ↑ Joel Silver, interviewed in "Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime" featurette on The Animatrix DVD.
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The film is a perfect product of its time. It is a very modern conspiracy thriller, a film based, like The Truman Show, on the appealingly terrifying notion of a universal conspiracy - that life itself and everything that we know and take for granted are lies. It's also a film steeped in the traditionals of Japanese anime and megamixed philosophy and semiotics (spot the Baudrillard references kids).<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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The Matrix was the third in a cycle of movies to arrive in the late nineties with a strikingly similar theme. Like its predecessors from the previous year, Dark City and The Truman Show, it tells the story of a seemingly ordinary man who suddenly finds that his whole life is faked: he is trapped in an artificially created environment designed to keep him in submission. Like the heroes of those earlier movies, Keanu Reeves' Neo starts to realise that he is somehow special, and tries to escape the confines of his prison.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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Posted: Tue 16 Nov 2010, 08:21
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there is allot of potential to expand cloud bible.
but remember there is this other great christian puppy version http://shepherdpuplinux.us/ <- maybe you should keep cloud bible in cloud. so its fast and easy. i like cloud bible as it is. but if not on the internet its a bit limited. i guess. so i use it sometimes when i do bible study.
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Posted: Fri 26 Nov 2010, 23:15
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Sounds neat.
I'm sticking with Lucid, but would like to suggest a little more:
I would HIGHLY recommend. It's half-hour testimonies, all interesting and edifying.
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Posted: Thu 09 Dec 2010, 09:49
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hello is there going to be any more versions of Cloud Bible i woudl love it if there was. if you are not going to make any more versions i would consider learning how to do it adn carry it on.
I have already tweaked Cloud bible using my church, adn local ministries replacing your links with equilivnt. leaving most of the bible links as they are good. I actually dont use cloud bible much unless i really want to do serious study. then its good and fast. i would also consider putting it onto cd. to give away as a miniatry tool. i did manage to fit cloud bible onto a small mini cd. amazing. so i might consider using it as a ministry tool. if i remaster this version i have tweeked. would it be ok to use teh same name. i would also upgrade it to quirky 1.3 if i did. then its a new version.
Would love it if you could reply to this. Thanks for a great puppy distro.
Please let me know what you think about it.
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Frank Cox
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Posted: Mon 20 Dec 2010, 17:20
Post subject: Re: Cloud Bible
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Dear RXR:
I understand your frustration and someone should have answered you but few preachers know how to defend their faith and even fewer Christians.
A Bible study is for studying the Bible so your contention that these links should be provided is erroneous.
Islam is the anti-thesis of Christianity that requires the death of every human being who does not pay the tax and eventually convert. If you do not know that perhaps you should read the Quran and the more popular Hadeeths yourself.
If you would like to ask me questions feel free to pm me.
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Frank Cox
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Posted: Mon 20 Dec 2010, 17:22
Post subject: Esword
its-me-again wrote:
there is allot of potential to expand cloud bible.
but remember there is this other great christian puppy version http://shepherdpuplinux.us/ <- maybe you should keep cloud bible in cloud. so its fast and easy. i like cloud bible as it is. but if not on the internet its a bit limited. i guess. so i use it sometimes when i do bible study.
Are you the same its-me-again from the irc channel?
How does this compare with Esword or are you familiar with it?
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Posted: Mon 20 Dec 2010, 18:31
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Islam is the anti-thesis of Christianity that requires the death of every human being who does not pay the tax and eventually convert. If you do not know that perhaps you should read the Quran and the more popular Hadeeths yourself.
Good luck with New Cloud Bible flight 110! in this season of goodwill to all trolls.
I watched the preacher exposition of Buddhism and from a Buddhist perspective it is ignorant but maybe the best that is possible given the nature of the congregation . . .
Perhaps if I explain what I have learned from Christianity and its antithesis
you will understand how goodwill to enemies within and with out the body of Christ will be sufficient for cloud studies . . .
Most people on this forum are Christian, including some of our past and present developers. They are a witness to their beliefs and always seem to be well intended, tolerant and helpful. For example Warren who created Official Puppy version Deep Thought has been kind enough to send me links to Buddhist Dharma (doctrine) that he thought would be of interest to me (not necessarily to him) that is an example of spirituality that spreads virtue.
I would commend those who practice Christianity to further their knowledge and capacity for fellowship, bible study and alignment with the Spirit of Christ. There is promise and hope in their efforts.
Now a quote from the antithesis and the Bible and once again good luck
and a Happy Christmas
Ask those who know if you know not
Qur'an 16:43
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons
of God.
- Matthew 5:9
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Location: Rittman,Ohio,USA, In dog years,I'm dead
Posted: Tue 21 Dec 2010, 23:41
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I just did a frugal install of this pup and wow
It works great on this laptop. Even the scroll button works. Now if I could just get the volume buttons to work, it would be perfect. If someone could help me, the key codes are 174 for volume down and 176 for volume up but I don't know where to set them.
Dell D610 1.7M w/1024mb
Testing Slacko and a few others
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Frank Cox
Joined: 01 Nov 2009
Posts: 381
Posted: Mon 27 Dec 2010, 04:22
Post subject: Trolls?
I thought it was the season we choose to celebrate God becoming a man to die for our sins, not for being kind to trolls. Political correctness was not a trait Jesus Christ possessed, I find it odd so many of those who call themselves little Christ's seem to think He was the Holy appeaser.
My church spends a third of its income on missions, the greatest part to support native missionaries in the Middle East. To pay the bribes to get them out of jail , to pay for surgeries and to support their families when their genitals are ripped off with pliers or they are impaled o stakes through the rectum , or are simply shot dead for allowing their fathers and brothers to discover where they are after converting. .Several of our missionaries where former Al Queda and all of them agree there is no moderate Islam, only social Muslims who disregard its true teachings so I find your choice of a verse in the Quran odd at best. They were willing to kill for Allah and are now willing to suffer and die for Christ that makes their opinion very solid to me . Christ said those who follow Him would be hated , persecuted and killed for it, not many like what He actually taught so they created the Socially Acceptable Gospel.
Muslims are very receptive to hearing of a God that loves them and that is the best way to approach them .O the other hand to turn your back and ignore the fact to spread the Gospel to them requires the death of many in unimaginably horrid ways is insane IMHO
.Sura 8:60
Mat 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Mat 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
I guess you missed the uncool part.
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Location: Melbourne, Aus
Posted: Tue 04 Jan 2011, 21:02
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Just thought I'd let you know that I've D/Led and am trying out Cloud for a while.
Using XFCE is another learning curve, and I'm not sure I've got the patience to keep up with it. The links to specific things are good, but many of them aren't important for me, so if I can work out how to change them, or some of them, I probably will.
One thing I can't do that would have helped me, is to open a save file form another puppy. When I try, it opens 'mousepad', which is no help at all. If I try to choose another application, I don't know which is required. So, it may not become the default puppy, it's still a good puppy.
Dell Latitude D630 running Puppy 5.2.8 frugal, Macpup 525 frugal (if I can get it working again. Sadly, I couldn't get it fixed
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Location: Tehran, Iran
Posted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 19:03
Post subject: Re: Trolls?
Hello all,
This is my first day in the forum although not new to puppy! Only here to say I'm sorry that as a Muslim searching for apps about Islam I came here to see what some people (who seems to be living for God) think and worse say about Islam.
@Frank Cox, if you are still in the forum I grab your attention to what Lobster quoted for you. I am not a cleric for Islam, but have read a lot from Quran and Hadith, and if you mind I am a shia muslim from Iran, so feel free to ask questions or discuss things, from the basic philosophical questions to very details of the Shia Islam rules and beliefs, you will hopefully find me polite and patient, in the hope of God. I probably don't have all the answers but can ask or study in the hope of Allah, your Lord and mine. And only one other thing, muslims believe in Jesus (PBUH) as a prophet of God after Muses (PBUH), and respect him and those who honestly believe in him going for the will of God, and this is what is commanded to us not an idea of mine.
Godspeed to all those who respect faith in goods (it's a rule of thumb, someone who likes kindness, forgiveness and other good behaviors could not hate christ, neither Muhammad and Ali, peace be upon them all, but only if know them truly)
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Location: Tehran, Iran
Posted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 19:15
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If you are trying to help people know their creator better, the one who created them, then gave them what they required to live properly, then guided them how to use other stuffs created for their use, both through instincts and religion, and would prepare situations in their lives to make use of their decision making ability to gradually evolve from a potential human into a real human, to then take them out of this bonus level of life to a more realistic life that would eternally continue the way we have tried for, then even I as a Muslim encourage you as well; great job to bring people to a position that they face reality in this era that everything beyond the senses and technologies is interpreted as illusion …
Keep up with the good job, and as a suggestion like that of rxr, if you may accept a suggestion from a Muslim, it's good to encourage people to think more deeply not to see them ruining their belief structure with any single trivial question about God, justice and etc.
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Posts: 87
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 22:44
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May I humbly suggest that this is a thread about a derivative of Puppy with some useful features. If you do not find the features of this Puppy to your liking, there are plenty of other Puppies or other Linux distributions for that matter which will suit you.
Or better yet, step up to the plate and create your own spin.
This is not a thread for religious debate, so I would think the appropriate place for that is in the off-topic area. The thread is curling in a harmful and devisive diriection, and we should stay on-topic.
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Posted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 23:52
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Agreed, such a respectful (not harmful) discussion is of course off-topic for this thread. On the other hand it's good to respect to all heavenly religion though and a small piece of notice may not be totally considered as off-topic, I hope
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Frank Cox
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Posts: 381
Posted: Sun 09 Sep 2012, 01:14
Post subject: Islam
It is good to be polite and to respect the rights of others to have their beliefs but I have no reason to respect what you believe.
We do not worship the same God so for me to respect your beliefs would be to deny my own.
Jesus was not a Muslim prophet and neither was Moses, Islam did not exist until 700 years after the time Jesus walked the earth. Moses was a prophet of the most high God and Jesus is the most High God.
Jesus said in John 8 : 58 :
Before Abraham was , I am. Jesus said He was God , that He existed before the world began and the Bible makes it clear He was the creator.
John Chapter 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
At rhe time of Moses Islam did not exist and the Persians were still polytheist and by 600 B.C. Zoroastrianism became the official religion.
Millions died following Christ, His disciples save one willingly went to their deaths instead of denying that He was God and rose from the dead. I never understood how Muslim's could accept Jesus healed the sick, rose the dead, and caused the blind to see that He was just a prophet and not even the greatest one. He is either God or ,totally insane , or a demon with powers from Satan.
Understanding the Godhead , that God has 3 persons is beyond human capability, we have to accept it by faith. There is one God , the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one.
I encourage you to study the history , not just listen to what the Imams say.
Archeology disproves the Qu ran . God created all of us and loves us all so much He willingly became a man so he could pay the price we could not so that we could live in eternity with a thrice Holy God. God loves the Jews, the Christians , the Buddhists , the Muslims and everyone else, Allah loves Jews and Christians and all non-Muslims dead .
I choose the God of love.
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Posted: Sun 09 Sep 2012, 01:37
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Dear Rasul :
In the last 3 years 27 missionaries I support have been murdered in the Middle East from Libya to Iran. They have been beheaded, beaten to death, ripped apart with pliers and left to die and even impaled . This does not included the families who were murdered just for being related to these brave Godly men including children as young a a year old, babies!
All these men were former Muslims whose only "crime" was sharing their beliefs.
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The PATH Act Sustains the 30-Year Fixed Rate MortgagePosted by on July 15, 2013
Leaders of the Financial Services Committee have proposed the PATH Act – the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners Act (.pdf) – to create a sustainable housing finance system for the 21st century. The proposal:
The biggest myth we are hearing about the PATH Act is that it will make the 30-year fixed rate mortgage disappear. The 30-year fixed rate mortgage will continue to exist. The PATH Act won't change that.First of all, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have never made a 30-year fixed rate mortgage to a borrower. Or any mortgage for that matter. Fannie and Freddie were not lenders, they only bought loans made by others. The terms of a mortgage are up to the homebuyer and the lender, and phasing out these taxpayer-supported government giants will do nothing to limit financing options – in fact, the proposal is designed to create more opportunities for more choices, including the 30-year fixed rate loan.
Secondly, 30-year fixed rate mortgages existed before the financial crisis without a government guarantee and they are being made today without a government guarantee. As Peter Wallison, co-director of Financial Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, has noted (.pdf):
Additionally, nothing in this proposal will change the ability of qualified borrowers to receive a 30-year fixed rate mortgage through the Federal Housing Administration.
And finally, is it really in the homebuyers' best interest for the government to steer them into long term loans for homes they can't afford to keep? As the acting director of the agency that oversees Fannie and Freddie, Ed DeMarco, explained in congressional testimony:
The 30-year fixed rate mortgage will continue. The PATH Act won't change that. What will change is this: Washington won't steer homebuyers into products that they do not want and that cost more than they want to spend, and all Americans will benefit from a sustainable housing finance system that offers more choices and opportunities.
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Former Councilman Chuck Osborne sued the city, claiming council illegally invoked the emergency clause when it raised council salaries.
A judge has dismissed former Councilman Chuck Osborne's lawsuit against the city that claimed council illegally invoked the emergency clause when it raised council salaries in July.
Stark County Common Pleas Judge John Haas' opinion cited rulings by the Ohio Supreme Court stating that if a city provides a specific enough reason for passing legislation as an emergency, it's not up to a court to review whether it really is an emergency.
Haas found that council's "reasoning for the emergency is stated with sufficient detail."
Council President Jon Snyder, Ward 4, said council passed the raises costing $19,200 a year for members and the mayor as an emergency so they could go into effect Dec. 1, at the start of a new term of council. But the charter requires that raises for a subsequent term be approved 30 days before the filing deadline for council candidates, which was in early August.
Legislation with an emergency clause takes effect immediately and is not subject to being placed on the ballot with the collection of petition signatures. Regular legislation has to go through three votes, usually over a six-week period, and then on approval doesn't go into effect for 30 days.
Osborne filed his suit in August. He claimed council passed the raises as an emergency to avoid a referendum.
"The system really isn't working at all anymore ... as long as they're going to use (the emergency clause), the abuses of that are going to continue," Osborne said.
Osborne said he would have to decide whether he would appeal the ruling to the 5th District Court of Appeals.
City Law Director Tim Fox said, "This decision demonstrates that (council members) were in absolute compliance with the law and Osborne's political grandstanding was simply unnecessary."
Osborne referred to audit letters issued on the city's finances for 2011 and 2012 by State Auditor Dave Yost that noted that council passes most of its ordinances as emergencies.
"City Council and the city law director should review Council procedures for enacting legislation to ensure the public has input on significant city issues and the use of emergency declarations is restricted to truly emergency situations," the letters say.
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On Jan. 29, Detective Sgt. Leo Mangus with the Plymouth Police Department received information regarding possible sexual activity between a 15 year old male and a 29 year old female named Lisa Tincher.
The 15 year old male was located and provided details regarding the sexual activity.
Tincher was located on Tuesday and admitted to sexual activity with the 15 year old that had occurred in October 2012 in Plymouth.
Tincher, 147 N. Michigan St., Argos, was then transported to the Marshall County Jail and booked for Sexual Misconduct with a Minor as a class B Felony. Her bond was set at $20,000 cash. She is also on probation for burglary and theft in Laporte County.