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This was going to be a lukewarm post about the daytime underground market today (which goes until 4 before reopening at 6 with a nighttime cast) until I tried the butter pie from Butter Love Bakeshop, which I bought and started eating just now at home. Butter pie is pecan pie minus pecans with a denser filling, somewhere between the pecan pie goo and toffee. The filling is too sweet on its own, and the crust is (purposely?) overcooked so it is almost burnt on its own, but together the near-bitter crust and too-sweet filling balance perfectly. Really perfectly. Going to their website -- they're online only -- I saw they linked to a NYTimes article about pie that featured them and their butter pie recipe (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/din...). I remember reading that article months ago but didn't make the connection to today's delicious butter pie until I got home and tried the pie.
The other highlight was the OaktownJerk beef jerky: thick slabs of tender jerky, with several flavor options. I liked all of the spicier flavors: thai basil; star anise and habanero; and chili lime chipotle.
Someone served chai; that was good, too.
I didn't care for the marshmallow snacks, which were more brown rice than marshmallow and tasted too much like health-food rice krispy squares. One vendor offered several savory "cupcakes"; I tried the macaroni and cheese crumble, which was overcooked, almost crunchy, and skimped on the promised sausage and chili.
I went around opening time, at 11. Just about everyone was set up on time, and it was uncrowded and middle-aged, which is what I hoped; I was not looking for a hipster party scene like it apparently becomes in the evening portion.
My biggest disappointment was that Baia pasta was not there; they're only coming tonight, and I was hoping to take home some of their dried pasta. I assumed they'd be there during the day when the vendors are mostly take-away, but I now see their website says they'll only be there tonight.
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CBS Sports Spectacular
Rod Taylor played tennis in this star-studded segment with a dose
of silliness, "Professional Tennis at Dean Martin's."
The celebrity tennis matches at at Dean Martin's Beverly Hills
estate were charity events to benefit handicapped children. The
exhibition was recorded in June 1963 and aired Sunday
afternoon, Feb. 16, 1964.
In the first doubles match, Rod teamed with Pancho Segura to play Dean
Martin and Pancho Gonzalez. (Dean's team won.)
Next, Pancho Gonzalez teamed
with Janet Leigh to square off against Pancho Segura and Rhonda Fleming, who
were the victors of the mixed doubles match.
Comedic actor Phil Silvers refereed the pro-am games. Five Hollywood starlets, including Ursula Andress, served as ball girls.
Finally, the two Panchos hit the court for some real tennis.
TV columnist Kurt Wachenheim, writing for the Albany, N.Y., newspaper on
Feb. 17, 1964, was not amused:
Martin, Taylor, Leigh and Fleming played "funsy"
games, allowing tennis greats Pancho Segura and Pancho Gonzalez on the
court to lend an aura of expertise.
Five top-heavy, scanty-panted starlets flitted
around mid-court as ball girls.
Only when the Panchos were left to their own
devices, with inconspicuous ball boys in attendance, was there sport.
Rod playing tennis
(Not necessarily on this show)
Video clip,
on the Phil Silvers Channel at YouTube, of
the doubles match between Pancho Gonzalez and Janet Leigh
and Pancho Segura and Rhonda Fleming.


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4. Reversals, noddies and two-shots Once you have completed the interview, it's always helpful to shoot some additional shots, especially if you have access to editing facilities. Here's a list of the shots I would get. i. Move the camera further back from where you filmed the interviewee from and frame a two-shot of the interviewer and the person being interviewed. For this to work, the interviewee should pretend to listen to a question, It often helps in this situation if the inter .. click to read full post.
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3. Setting the 'line of interest' Generally the camera is placed so that it looks over the shoulder of the interviewer, looking at the interviewee. This means the eye-line of the interviewee is just to the side of the camera as they look at the interviewer. You shouldn't see the interviewer in this frame. Once you've decided which side of the interviewer to put the camera (assuming the interviewee and interviewer are facing each other) you need to make sure that any other shots of th .. click to read full post.
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2. Framing the interviewee When two people talk together, they 'see' each other in a mid-shot. That is from the top of their head to around halfway up the top part of their body. Therefore we frame a person being interviewed so we can see the same amount of their body. If the shot is too close, so we just see their head and maybe a little bit of their shoulders, that's too close for a general interview. We've all seen this sort of shot when the interview gets tense or emotio .. click to read full post.
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On federally managed lands, The Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (43 U.S.C. §1901) recognizes that, "wild free-roaming horses and burros are living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West; that they contribute to the diversity of life forms within the Nation and enrich the lives of the American people…. They shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death; and to accomplish this they are to be considered in the area where presently found, as an integral part of the natural system of the public lands." Private lands, or partially private properties are not included in this Act. The Federal Land Policy Management Act (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. §1701) has set aside land for wild horse and burro habitat to achieve its "multiple use" clause. Varied federal activity is allowed on public lands to encourage sustainable resource use, recreation or plant and animal inhabitance. FLPMA mandates helicopter and motor vehicle use to capture or transport horses or burros under federal supervision. The United States Forest Service(USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oversee balance assessments, scientific recommendations, habitat restoration, and development projects to carry out herd management and health.
Wild and Scenic Rivers Impacts & Mitigation
Coexisting with horses and burros on a transmission line site can be accomplished with minor mitigation measures to decrease impacts to the site and herd. Development poses impacts to wild horse and burro trails, seasonal occupancy, and habitats. Increased traffic on new or existing access roads may impact herd safety. Typical mitigation includes:
- Place signs along the public roads to caution drivers of wild horse crossing. Thank drivers for their cooperation.
- Determine wild horse and burro trails on site and avoid those paths.
- Use underground pipeline segments opposed to above ground pipelines to mitigate horse injury and habitat disturbance.
- Gather information on horse and burro patterns to inform all employees where herds meet, live, and run through.
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- Grab a book, any book
- Turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader
- Find any sentence (or a few, don't spoil it) that grab you
- Post it
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From Emory University Athletics
The No. 7-ranked Emory volleyball team will have the opportunity to defend its University Athletic Association title after earning a pair of wins on its home floor during the opening day of the league championships. The Eagles posted a 3-0 victory (25-19, 25-19, 25-16) over Case Western Reserve in the quarterfinal round before coming away with an exciting 3-2 (25-18, 27-29, 25-23, 23-25, 15-12) outcome over No. 9 Carnegie Mellon in the semifinals. Emory, winners of its last eight contests and the owners of a 27-5 overall record, will square off against No. 19 Washington University (23-9) in the championship match at 1:00 pm.
Emory and Carnegie Mellon waged a slugfest that saw the Eagles finish with 128 digs, the second-highest match total in school annals, while the Tartans registered 123. Emory pounded out a season-high 74 kills and hit .185 (74-30—238) compared to CMU's 61 terminations and .194 hitting mark. Sophomore Sara Carr led all players with a career-high tying 22 kills and contributed a personal-best 28 digs. It was Carr's 12th straight performance of double-figure kills and 18th on the year. Sophomore Morgan McKnight and junior Karissa Dzurik chalked up 16 and 11 kills, respectively, with McKnight's effort her 19thdouble-digit showing of the season. Senior Hannah Billings doled out a season-best 37 assists, her second-highest career output, while chipping in 13 digs and three of the team's eight service aces. Sophomore Elyse Thompson led the squad with 34 digs, her sixth match of the year with 30 or higher.
The Eagles offense was in high gear in their match against Case Western Reserve, hitting an impressive .385 (52-10—109) while limiting the Spartans to a .123 mark (31-17—114). The trio of sophomore Leah Saunders, Carr and McKnight combined for 34 kills with Saunders registering a season-best .588 attack (12-2—17) percentage. McKnight concluded the contest hitting .400 (11-1—25) and Carr .333 (11-2—27). Billings came through with another solid performance at setter, distributing 27 assists while Thompson and junior Mila Barzdukas contributed 14 and 12 digs, respectively.
The winner of the Emory-Wash U match-up will earn the UAA's automatic bid to the NCAA D-III Tournament with those selections being announced on Monday, Nov. 6, at 12:30 pm (EST) on ncaa.com. The Bears defeated Emory earlier this year, 3-2, at the UAA Round Robin II.


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Seven deadly sins
The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a classification of vices (part of Christian ethics) that has been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct Christians concerning fallen humanity's tendency to sin. In the currently recognized version, the sins are usually given as wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. Each is a form of Idolatry-of-Self wherein the subjective reigns over the objective.
The Catholic Church divides sin into two categories: venial sins, in which guilt is relatively minor, and the more severe mortal sins. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, a mortal or deadly sin is believed to destroy the life of grace and charity within a person and thus creates the threat of eternal damnation. "Mortal sin, by attacking the vital principle within us – that is, charity – necessitates a new initiative of God's mercy and a conversion of heart which is normally accomplished within the setting of the sacrament of reconciliation."[1]
According to Catholic moral thought, the seven deadly sins are not discrete from other sins, but are instead the origin ("capital" comes from the Latin caput, head) of the others. Vices can be either venial or mortal, depending on the situation, but "are called 'capital' because they engender other sins, other vices".[2]
Beginning in the early 14th century, the popularity of the seven deadly sins as a theme among European artists of the time eventually helped to ingrain them in many areas of Catholic culture and Catholic consciousness in general throughout the world. One means of such ingraining was the creation of the mnemonic acronym "SALIGIA" based on the first letters in Latin of the seven deadly sins: superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, acedia.[3]
- 1 Biblical lists
- 2 History
- 3 Historical and modern definitions
- 4 Historical sins
- 5 Catholic seven virtues
- 6 Associations with demons
- 7 Patterns
- 8 Cultural references
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 Further reading
- 12 External links
Biblical lists
In the Book of Proverbs 6:16-19, among the verses traditionally associated with King Solomon, it states that the Lord specifically regards "six things the Lord hateth, and seven that are an abomination unto Him", namely:[4]
- A proud look
- A lying tongue
- Hands that shed innocent blood
- A heart that devises wicked plots
- Feet that are swift to run into mischief
- A deceitful witness that uttereth lies
- Him that soweth discord among brethren
Another list, given this time by the Epistle to the Galatians (Galatians 5:19-21), includes more of the traditional seven sins, although the list is substantially longer: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, "and such like".[5] Since the apostle Paul goes on to say that the persons who practice these sins "shall not inherit the Kingdom of God", they are usually listed as (possible) mortal sins rather than capital vices.
The modern concept of the seven deadly sins is linked to the works of the 4th century monk Evagrius Ponticus, who listed eight evil thoughts in Greek as follows:[6]
- Γαστριμαργία (gastrimargia) gluttony
- Πορνεία (porneia) prostitution, fornication
- Φιλαργυρία (philargyria) avarice
- Ὑπερηφανία (hyperēphania) hubris – sometimes rendered as self-esteem[7]
- Λύπη (lypē) sadness – in the Philokalia, this term is rendered as envy, sadness at another's good fortune
- Ὀργή (orgē) wrath
- Κενοδοξία (kenodoxia) boasting
- Ἀκηδία (akēdia) acedia – in the Philokalia, this term is rendered as dejection
They were translated into the Latin of Western Christianity (largely due to the writings of John Cassian),[8] thus becoming part of the Western tradition's spiritual pietas (or Catholic devotions), as follows:[9]
- Gula (gluttony)
- Fornicatio (fornication, lust)
- Avaritia (avarice/greed)
- Superbia (hubris, pride)
- Tristitia (sorrow/despair/despondency)
- Ira (wrath)
- Vanagloria (vainglory)
- Acedia (sloth)
These "evil thoughts" can be categorized into three types:[9]
- lustful appetite (gluttony, fornication, and avarice)
- irascibility (wrath)
- intellect (vainglory, sorrow, pride, and Discouragement)
In AD 590, a little over two centuries after Evagrius wrote his list, Pope Gregory I revised this list to form the more common Seven Deadly Sins, by folding (sorrow/despair/despondency) into acedia, vainglory into pride, and adding envy.[10] In the order used by Pope Gregory, and repeated by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) centuries later in his epic poem The Divine Comedy, the seven deadly sins are as follows:
- luxuria (lechery/lust)[11][12][13]
- gula (gluttony)
- avaritia (avarice/greed)
- acedia (sloth/discouragement)
- ira (wrath)
- invidia (envy)
- superbia (pride)
The identification and definition of the seven deadly sins over their history has been a fluid process and the idea of what each of the seven actually encompasses has evolved over time. Additionally, as a result of semantic change:
- socordia sloth was substituted for acedia
It is this revised list that Dante uses. The process of semantic change has been aided by the fact that the personality traits are not collectively referred to, in either a cohesive or codified manner, by the Bible itself; other literary and ecclesiastical works were instead consulted, as sources from which definitions might be drawn. Part II of Dante's Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, has almost certainly been the best known source since the Renaissance.
The modern Catholic Catechism lists the sins in Latin as "superbia, avaritia, invidia, ira, luxuria, gula, pigritia seu acedia", with an English translation of "pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth/acedia".[14] Each of the seven deadly sins now also has an opposite among corresponding seven holy virtues (sometimes also referred to as the contrary virtues). In parallel order to the sins they oppose, the seven holy virtues are humility, charity, kindness, patience, chastity, temperance, and diligence (see below).
Historical and modern definitions
Lust, or lechery (carnal "luxuria") is an intense desire. Lust could be exemplified by the intense desire for money, food, fame, power, or sex.
In Dante's Purgatorio, the penitent walks within flames to purge himself of lustful thoughts and feelings. In Dante's
Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony (Latin, gula) is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste.
In Christianity, it is considered a sin if the excessive desire for food causes it to be withheld from the needy.[15]
Because of these scripts, gluttony can be interpreted as selfishness; essentially placing concern with one's own interests above the well-being or interests of others.
Medieval church leaders (e.g., Thomas Aquinas) took a more expansive view of gluttony,[15] arguing that it could also include an obsessive anticipation of meals, and the constant eating of delicacies and excessively costly foods.[16] Aquinas went so far as to prepare a list of six ways to commit gluttony, comprising:
- Praepropere – eating too soon
- Laute – eating too expensively
- Nimis – eating too much
- Ardenter – eating too eagerly
- Studiose – eating too daintily
- Forente – eating wildly
Greed (Latin, avaritia), also known as avarice, cupidity or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of material possessions. Thomas Aquinas wrote, "Greed is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. Scavenging and hoarding of materials or objects, theft and robbery, especially by means of violence, trickery, or manipulation of authority are all actions that may be inspired by Greed. Such misdeeds can include simony, where one attempts to purchase or sell sacraments, including Holy Orders and, therefore, positions of authority in the Church hierarchy.
As defined outside of Christian writings, greed is an inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs, especially with respect to material wealth.[17]
Sloth (Latin, acedia) can entail different vices. While sloth is sometimes defined as physical laziness, spiritual laziness is emphasized. Failing to develop spiritually is key to becoming guilty of sloth. In the Christian faith, sloth rejects grace and God.
Sloth has also been defined as a failure to do things that one should do. By this definition, evil exists when good men fail to act.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797) wrote in Present Discontents (II. 78) "No man, who is not inflamed by vain-glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematic endeavours are of power to defeat the subtle designs and united Cabals of ambitious citizens. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
Over time, the "acedia" in Pope Gregory's order has come to be closer in meaning to sloth. The focus came to be on the consequences of acedia rather than the cause, and so, by the 17th century, the exact deadly sin referred to was believed to be the failure to utilize one's talents and gifts. Even in Dante's time there were signs of this change; in his Purgatorio he had portrayed the penance for acedia as running continuously at top speed.
Wrath (Latin, ira), also known as "rage", may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger. Wrath, in its purest form, presents with self-destructiveness, violence, and hate that may provoke feuds that can go on for centuries. Wrath may persist long after the person who did another a grievous wrong is dead. Feelings of anger can manifest in different ways, including impatience, revenge, and self-destructive behavior, such as drug abuse or suicide.
Wrath is the only sin not necessarily associated with selfishness or self-interest, although one can of course be wrathful for selfish reasons, such as jealousy (closely related to the sin of envy). Dante described vengeance as "love of justice perverted to revenge and spite". In its original form, the sin of wrath also encompassed anger pointed internally as well as externally. Thus suicide was deemed as the ultimate, albeit tragic, expression of hatred directed inwardly, a final rejection of God's gifts.
Like greed and lust, Envy (Latin, invidia) is characterized by an insatiable desire. Envy is similar to jealousy in that they both feel discontent towards someone's traits, status, abilities, or rewards. The difference is the envious also desire the entity and covet it.
Envy can be directly related to the Ten Commandments, specifically, "Neither shall you desire... anything that belongs to your neighbour." Dante defined this as "a desire to deprive other men of theirs". In Dante's Purgatory, the punishment for the envious is to have their eyes sewn shut with wire because they have gained sinful pleasure from seeing others brought low. Aquinas described envy as "sorrow for another's good".[18]
In almost every list, pride (Latin, superbia), or hubris (Greek), is considered the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and the source of the others. It is identified as believing that one is essentially better than others, failing to acknowledge the accomplishments of others, and excessive admiration of the personal self (especially holding self out of proper position toward God). Dante's definition was "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbour". In Jacob Bidermann's medieval miracle play, Cenodoxus, pride is the deadliest of all the sins and leads directly to the damnation of the titulary famed Parisian doctor. In perhaps the best-known example, the story of Lucifer, pride (his desire to compete with God) was what caused his fall from Heaven, and his resultant transformation into Satan. In Dante's Divine Comedy, the penitents are burdened with stone slabs on their necks which force them to keep their heads bowed.
Historical sins
Acedia (Latin, acedia) (from Greek ἀκηδία) is the neglect to take care of something that one should do. It is translated to apathetic listlessness; depression without joy. It is related to melancholy: acedia describes the behaviour and melancholy suggests the emotion producing it. In early Christian thought, the lack of joy was regarded as a willful refusal to enjoy the goodness of God and the world God created; by contrast, apathy was considered a refusal to help others in time of need.
When Thomas Aquinas described acedia in his interpretation of the list, he described it as an uneasiness of the mind, being a progenitor for lesser sins such as restlessness and instability. Dante refined this definition further, describing acedia as the failure to love God with all one's heart, all one's mind and all one's soul; to him it was the middle sin, the only one characterised by an absence or insufficiency of love. Some scholars have said that the ultimate form of acedia was despair which leads to suicide.
Vainglory (Latin, vanagloria) is unjustified boasting. Pope Gregory viewed it as a form of pride, so he folded vainglory into pride for his listing of sins.
The Latin term gloria roughly means boasting, although its English cognate - glory - has come to have an exclusively positive meaning; historically, vain roughly meant futile, but by the 14th century had come to have the strong narcissistic undertones, of irrelevant accuracy, that it retains today.[19] As a result of these semantic changes, vainglory has become a rarely used word in itself, and is now commonly interpreted as referring to vanity (in its modern narcissistic sense).
Catholic seven virtuesThe Catholic Church also recognizes seven virtues, which correspond inversely to each of the seven deadly sins.
Associations with demons
In 1409-1410 The Lanterne of Light (an anonymous English Lollard tract often erroneously attributed to Wycliffe)[20] paired each of the deadly sins with a demon, who tempted people by means of the associated sin. According to this classification system, the pairings are as follows:
- Lucifer: pride
- Belzebub: envy (envious)
- Aamon: wrath (wraþþe)
- Abadon: sloth (slowȝ)
- Mammon: greed - avarice (avarouse) & covetousness (covetise)
- Belphegor: gluttony (glotouns)
- Asmodeus: lust (leccherouse)
In 1589, Peter Binsfeld again paired each of the deadly sins with a demon, in a slightly contrasting classification system, whereby the pairings are as follows:[21]
- Lucifer: pride (superbia)
- Mammon: greed (avaritia)
- Asmodeus: lust (luxuria)
- Leviathan: envy (invidia)
- Beelzebub: gluttony (gula or gullia)
- Satan: wrath (ira)
- Belphegor: sloth (acedia)
In Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, there is a "parade" of the seven deadly sins that is conducted by Mephistopheles, Satan, and Beelzebub suggesting that the demons do not match with each deadly sin, but the demons are in command of the seven deadly sins.
According to a 2009 study by a Jesuit scholar, the most common deadly sin confessed by men is lust, and for women, pride.[22] It was unclear whether these differences were due to different rates of commission, or different views on what "counts" or should be confessed.[23]
Cultural references
The seven deadly sins have long been a source of inspiration for writers and artists, from medieval works such as Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, to modern works such as the film Se7en and the manga/anime series Fullmetal Alchemist, Umineko: When They Cry, Beelzebub, The Seven Deadly Sins, and Reborn!. The seven deadly sins are seen to take on actual physical form in the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore film Bedazzled (1967 film) with Robert Russell (Anger), Bary Humphries (Envy), Alba (Vanity), Daniele Noel (Avarice), Parnell McGarry (Gluttony), Howard Goorney (Sloth) and Raquel Welch (Lust).
See also
- Arishadvargas in Hindu religion
- Cardinal virtues
- Enneagram of Personality
- Five poisons in Buddhism
- Five Thieves in Sikhish
- Knightly Virtues
- Nafs and Tazkiah in Islam
- Seven Social Sins written by Mohandas Gandhi
- Sufism in Islam
- The Seven Sins of Memory
- Theological virtues
- Tree of virtues
- Notes
- ^ Catechism of the Catholic Church, nn.1856. See also nn.1854–1864.
- ^ Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 1866.
- ^ Boyle, Marjorie O'Rourke (1997) [1997-10-23]. "Three: The Flying Serpent". Loyola's Acts: The Rhetoric of the Self. The New Historicism: Studies in Cultural Poetics, 36. Berkeley:
- ^ [bible verse Proverbs 6:16–19]
- ^ Galatians
- ^ Evagrio Pontico,Gli Otto Spiriti Malvagi, trans., Felice Comello, Pratiche Editrice, Parma, 1990, p.11-12.
- ^ In the translation of the Philokalia by Palmer, Ware, and Sherrard.
- ^ Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults
- ^ a b Refoule, 1967
- ^ Introduction to Paulist Press edition of John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent by Kallistos Ware, p63.
- ^ Godsall-Myers, Jean E. (2003). Speaking in the medieval world. Brill. p. 27.
- ^ Katherine Ludwig, Jansen (2001). The making of the Magdalen: preaching and popular devotion in the later Middle Ages. Princeton University Press. p. 168.
- ^ Vossler, Karl; Spingarn, Joel Elias (1929). Mediæval Culture: The religious, philosophic, and ethico-political background of the "Divine Comedy". University of Michigan: Constable & company. p. 246.
- ^ "Catechism of the Catholic Church". Vatican.va. Archived from the original on 2008-03-27. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
- ^ a b Okholm, Dennis. "Rx for Gluttony". Christianity Today, Vol. 44, No. 10, September 11, 2000, p.62
- ^ "Gluttony".
- ^ "The Free Dictionary". The Free Dictionary. 1987-04-01. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
- ^ "Summa Theologica: Treatise on The Theological Virtues (QQ[1] - 46): Question. 36 - Of Envy (four articles)". Sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
- ^ Oxford English dictionary
- ^ Milford, Humphrey. Introduction, The Lanterne of Liȝt. Oxford University Press, 1917
- ^ Morton W. Bloomfield, The Seven Deadly Sins, Michigan State College Press, 1952, pp.214-215.
- ^ "'"Two sexes 'sin in different ways. BBC News. 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
- ^ Morning Edition (2009-02-20). "True Confessions: Men And Women Sin Differently". Npr.org. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
- Bibliography
- Refoule, F. (1967) Evagrius Ponticus. In Staff of Catholic University of America (Eds.) New Catholic Encyclopaedia. Volume 5, pp644–645. New York: McGrawHill.
- Schumacher, Meinolf (2005): "Catalogues of Demons as Catalogues of Vices in Medieval German Literature: 'Des Teufels Netz' and the Alexander Romance by Ulrich von Etzenbach." In In the Garden of Evil: The Vices and Culture in the Middle Ages. Edited by Richard Newhauser, pp. 277–290. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
Further reading
- The Divine Comedy ("Inferno", "Purgatorio", and "Paradiso"), by Dante Alighieri
- Summa Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas
- The Concept of Sin, by Josef Pieper
- The Traveller's Guide to Hell, by Michael Pauls & Dana Facaros
- Sacred Origins of Profound Things, by Charles Panati
- The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser
- The Seven Deadly Sins Series, Oxford University Press (7 vols.)
- Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies, (Grand Rapids: BrazosPress, 2009)
- Solomon Schimmel, The Seven Deadly Sins: Jewish, Christian, and Classical Reflections on Human Psychology, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997)
- "Doctor Faustus" by Christopher Marlowe
External links
- Catholic Catechism on Sin
- Medieval mural depictions - in parish churches of England (online catalog, Anne Marshall, Open University)
- , An Allegorical Tale of the Seven Deadly SinsStranger, ISBN 9781311073846
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by dr. clive thomas, stabroek news
Between Earth Day 2016 and Earth Day 2017, 55 national instruments of ratification will have to be submitted to the Paris Agreement before it comes into operation. President Granger has indicated that Guyana's instrument of ratification will be laid before the end of this year. By universal acclaim, the Paris Agreement is considered a workable global framework for resolute action to curb greenhouse gas emissions for halting global warming and climate change.
The Agreement requires each subscribing state to submit 1) pledges of reduction of greenhouse gases; 2) the performance targets and timetables for achieving these reductions; and 3) for rich countries to transfer at least US$100 billion annually by 2020 to poor countries to support their efforts. As previously indicated, Guyana has pledged to avoid deforestation and increase by 100 per cent its dependence on renewable energy.
At the Earth Day signing ceremony, the President publicly amplified on Guyana's pledges. Guyana is offering to conserve 2 million hectares of forest for improved forest management; to reduce impact logging; and to ensure better governance of its rainforests. These commitments are contained in Guyana's revised submission of its intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) tendered under the Paris Agreement. Two concerns arise from this; firstly, the legal basis of the Paris Agreement comes into question, and, secondly, the evolution of Guyana's global environmental commitments.
Is the Paris Agreement legally binding?
The consensus among international legal experts is that the Paris Agreement "walks a fine line legally". On the one hand, nations are not legally bound to pre-determined levels/targets for cuts to their greenhouse gas emissions. Pledged cuts are left entirely to each nation. These are therefore non-binding in this sense. On the other hand, once cuts are pledged under the Agreement and performance targets set; national performances are regularly assessed against the targets on a legally binding basis!
Guyana environmental policy evolution
Nearly three decades ago, the then President Hoyte had made available to the global community some 3710km2 of Guyana's forests for research. This research was to be directed at the methods/techniques for sustainable forest management and utilization of the multiple resources of the tropical forests and biodiversity conservation. This led to the later establishment of the Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development in 1996.
The Centre is an autonomous, non-profit body. Its Mission Statement declares that it: "seeks to promote the conservation and the sustainable use of tropical rainforests in a manner that leads to lasting ecological, economic, and social benefits to the people of Guyana and in general to the world by undertaking research, training, development, and dissemination of technologies". Towards these ends it builds partnerships with local communities and the private business sector.
Historically, the Centre preceded the Low Carbon development Strategy (LCDS) modelled in the McKinsey Report of 2008, as adumbrated by Presidents Jagdeo, June 2009, and later President Ramotar in March 2013. The LCDS has indicated two main goals 1) "to transform Guyana's economy to deliver greater economic and social development … by following a low carbon development path" and 2) "to provide a model for the world on how climate change can be addressed through low carbon development … if the international community takes the necessary collective actions, especially related to the United Nations Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, REDD+, mechanisms".
President Jagdeo's document is presented for the 2009-2013 period under the rubric: 'Starting the transition to a low carbon economy.' President Ramotar's is for 2013-2015 under the rubric: 'The next stage in the low carbon transition.'
Starting with its 2015 Election Manifesto, the New coalition (APNU+AFC) government, has endeavoured to place Guyana's environmental commitment at a higher level of ambition. This is now framed in the context of developing Guyana as a 'Green Economy'. While this is clearly not the occasion or place to develop a long exegesis on the Green Economy, nevertheless, a few aspects of this, as can be gleaned from public documents, will be indicated for the rest of this column.
Green Economy
First, as the National Budget 2015, puts it, the Green Economy is anchored in Article 36 of the Constitution, which requires "that we sustainably extract our natural wealth for the benefit of current and future generations". This is clear acknowledgement of the country's inter-generational dependence on its natural resources, for which it is relatively well endowed.
Second, the cornerstone of all sustainable economic growth/development rests on the maintenance of macroeconomic stability. That is, what economists' refer to as dynamic internal and external balance of domestic income, domestic expenditure, exports, imports, and overall investment flows, along with flexible enough prices including wage and interest rate to facilitate balances between supply and demand in markets.
Third, such an approach anticipates shocks and disruptions to economic processes. Thus from the very outset the need to establish a Sovereign Wealth Fund is acknowledged; particularly as Guyana approaches a time of oil and gas production
Fourth, and more specifically related to the subject under consideration here the Green Economy focuses on areas where the previous approaches have been more limited. To take a few examples; under the Green Economy the government is targeting the relatively neglected topic of reforestation in mined out parts of Regions 1, 7, and 9. Further, the LCDS had targeted almost exclusively hydropower, especially the Amaila Falls project, but as we saw under the Green Economy a wider mix of renewable energy projects are being actively considered: wind, solar, photovoltaic and biomass.
Also, while the LCDS had focused principally on the hinterland regions, the Green Economy directly targets the Coastal Zone and its management of greenhouse gas emissions. Finally, climate occurrences, (like the El Niño weather impacts which are different across Guyana's regions) are not adequately targeted in the LCDS, but are concerns of great importance for the Green Economy.


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Whether your roof has been damaged by a storm or has just reached the end of its life, you may be thinking about re-roofing. There are, of course, many options and variable to consider. And one of the biggest questions you will ask yourself is "how much will I spend"?
As with so many home projects, there is no one-size-fits-all answer, but generally speaking, the cost of a typical new shingle roof hovers around $8000-$10,000.
Shingle Roofing Replacement: How Much Does a New Roof Cost?
Roofing costs vary depending on location and contractor, but on average, you can expect to pay between $1.50 and $4 per square foot for an asphalt shingle roof, which includes installation cost. That's a wide difference, obviously. So what specifically influences the price?
The exact price dependent on several variables we outline below.
Roofing materials come in a wide range of price points, depending on style and quality. The most common roofing materials in use in the USA are asphalt composition shingles, and they are among the least expensive. Higher-grade shingles come with longer warranties, as well as higher price tags.
Installation cost will also vary depending on whether you're using common tree-tab strips or the thicker individual roof shingles.
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Roof size & type
The impact of size of your roof on the final cost should be self-explanatory: the bigger the roof's square footage, the greater the cost.
The shape and structure of your home's roof goes a long way in impacting the roof replacement cost. If your house has a steep roof, it will have more square feet and take more out of your pocket. In addition to more surface area, a steep-pitched roof is more labor-intensive to install.
Other issues impacting the re-roofing cost: chimneys and/or skylights the roofing contractor needs to work around, multiple valleys and peaks vs. simple, "smooth" surface.
Old Material Removal
You'll pay more for a new asphalt shingle roof if you have to tear off old roofing first. Most often than not your insurance will not allow more than one or two layers, so you may need to remove old material before installing a new layer. Also, if you have to repair or replace the wood decking and put down new roofing paper or waterproofing, the price will go up.
If you want to save money, consider re-roofing in the off season when your contractor is less busy and his prices are negotiable. Most roofing installations happen in spring and fall but if you can avoid busiest months, you may be able to negotiate a better deal.
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GANGSTER SQUAD: Cast is first rate — Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Josh Brolin and Sean Penn — so there's hope for the movie. No review.
A haunted house: Let the "found footage" movie spoofs begin, and it starts with this one starring Marlon Wayans as a husband who moves into what appears to be a haunted house. So that's where they got the title from! No review.
THE IMPOSSIBLE: The tsunami that devastated the Pacific Basin in the winter of 2004 remains one of the worst natural disasters in history. We were in Europe when it struck, and we sat mesmerized, watching the news on TV — again and again, that towering wall of water looming from the sea, tossing trucks, buses and its helpless victims aside. Surely this was a blow from hell. In this terrifying triumph of special effects, Juan Antonio Bayona's film becomes a powerful story of a family's cohesive strength. With Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland. One of the best films of 2012. HHHH
PROMISED LAND: A movie likely to hit a nerve in northeastern Pennsylvania, it fictionalizes one town's battle over the "fracking" process and the land leases, health hazards and battles that come with it. No review available.
Django Unchained: Quentin Tarantino is back in this story of slavery, bounty hunting and love in the Civil War era. Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio star. No review.
THE HOBBITT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY: Stuffed with Hollywood's latest technology, Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" prelude has some eye candy that truly dazzles and some that utterly distracts. It's also overstuffed with prologues, flashbacks and long, boring councils among dwarves, wizards and elves as Jackson tries to mine enough story out of J.R.R. Tolkien's mythology to build another trilogy. In nearly three hours, Tolkien's brisk story of intrepid little hobbit Bilbo Baggins is drawn out and diluted by dispensable trimmings better left for DVD extras. Part one's embellishments may pay off nicely, but right now, "An Unexpected Journey" looks like the start of an unnecessary trilogy better told in one film. HH� — David Germain, AP
LINCOLN: Steven Spielberg's new film focuses on only a few months of Lincoln's life, including the passage of the 13th Amendment ending slavery, the surrender of the Confederacy and his assassination. Rarely has a film attended more carefully to the details of politics. Daniel Day-Lewis creates a Lincoln who is calmly self-confident, patient and willing to play politics in a realistic way. Not about an icon of history, but about a president who was scorned by some of his opponents as a hayseed from the backwoods. HHHH
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON: Bill Murray plays Franklin Roosevelt as a sometimes lonely and sad man whose vacation getaway is his mother's family mansion, Springwood, near Hyde Park in upstate New York. Here in June 1939, he receives guests whose visit could change the course of world history: England's King George V (Samuel West) and Queen Elizabeth (Olivia Colman). Witnessing from backstage is his sixth cousin, Daisy (Laura Linney), with whom FDR has a sweet and secret affair. HHH�
LES MISERABLES: Another remake of the musical set in the time of French unrest, this time starring Hugh Jackman, Lehigh Valley native Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe. Oscar for Hathaway. No review.
ZERO DARK THIRTY: Two hours of watching a loner female CIA strategist who knows she is right — and the payoff that she is. Jessica Chastain stars as Maya, who was right all along, providing the film with a timely heroine. Lots of murky action in the big capture and death, but lacking the split-second timing and relentless action of director Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker." These characters are less compelling, and the outcome less meaningful. HHH
LIFE OF PI: A miraculous achievement of storytelling and a landmark of visual mastery. Inspired by a worldwide best-seller that seemed unfilmable, it is a triumph over its difficulties. It is also a moving spiritual achievement, a movie whose title could have been shortened to "Life." The story involves the 227 days that its teenage hero (Suraj Sharma) spends drifting across the Pacific in the same lifeboat as a Bengal tiger. The movie quietly combines various religious traditions to enfold its story in the wonder of life. How remarkable that these two mammals, and the fish beneath them and birds above them, are all here. One of the year's best. HHHH
KILLING THEM SOFTLY: Set in a dreary and barren post-Katrina New Orleans, a cruel drama about organized crime with a cast much better than it deserves. After an ill-advised stickup of a high-stakes mob-organized poker game, a series of mob executions threatens to pretty much wipe out the local syndicate. OK. But no suspense, romance or humor? Only dry, weary dialogue, suffering and blood? Afraid so. Starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins. HH
RISE OF THE GUARDIANS: Hyperactive 3-D animated fantasy regarding the plight of Jack Frost, whom nobody seems able to see. Called upon in a crisis to help the Guardians (Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, etc.), he saves the day. Younger children like the breakneck action, magical ability to fly, and the young hero who has tired of being overlooked. Their parents and older siblings may find the 89-minute running time quite long enough. HHH
ARGO: Ben Affleck directs and stars in the incredible true story of how, at the height of the Iranian hostage crisis, a CIA agent and a couple of Hollywood professionals dreamed up a cockamamie scheme to free six Americans who were not being held in the American Embassy but had found refuge with the Canadian Embassy. Kept top secret for 18 years, the operation created a fake sci-fi production named "Argo," convinced the Iranians it was real and used it to spirit the Americans out of the country. With lots of tension and also some humor from John Goodman and Alan Arkin as the Hollywood pros involved. HHHH


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Eclipse 4.2 release is a platform for building rich client applications and provides world-class Lua development tools for M2M application development.
Multi-Agent transport Simulation (MATSim)
MATsim is a free science and engineering toolkit developed my matsimorg to implement large scale transport simulations. It provides two types of models that can possibly be operationalized; the activity based and the dynamic modeling framework.
For eclipse to run, the system should either have Java SDK edition or java runtime Environment (JRE) as a prerequisite both which run on all operating systems; then download the eclipse edition 4.2 Juno from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads. If any of the java options (JRE JDK) are not installed get the new version of java from oracle visit the site http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
install the eclipse IDE for the 32 bit OS from the site: before you begin downloading, create a folder in the /opt folder in your file-system space and change directory to newly created one
$ mkdir /opt/cache
$ cd /opt/cache
open the terminal retrieve it to your system.
$ wget http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/juno/SR2/eclipse-jee-juno-SR2-linux-gtk.tar.gz
then extract the contents within that folder
$ tar xzf eclipse-jee-juno-SR2-linux-gtk.tar.gz
Create a symbolic link
$ cd /usr/local/bin
$ sudo ln -s /opt/cache/eclipse/eclipse
make eclipse executable and launch it;
$ chmod a+x /opt/cache/eclipse/eclipse
$ /opt/cache/eclipse/eclipse -clean &
once you have installed eclipse it is easy to integrate the MATSim project in four easy steps. The MATsim projects includes the API and Core implementation which provides all the basic functionality required to install the project
- in the first step Create a new project in Eclipse under the menu File > New > Project…). then Choose "SVN > Checkout Projects from SVN" and click "Next".
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Hens and Chicks plants are growing in shoes in a photo taken at a Farmers Market on 4 May 2013.
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Hens and Chicks plants are growing in shoes in a photo taken at a Farmers Market on 4 May 2013.
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Mornings are such a great time of day, often with a beautiful Sunrise. The dog and I often enjoy taking a walk as the day dawns. There is always something that catches the eye and interesting to look at. One August morning the Dog jumped onto a hay bale in the field and looked out at the dawning day… I was lucky enough to be where I could get a nice photo of the dog sitting on the hay bale with the Sunrise in the background. This has to be one of my favorite photos.
I was looking at some photos I'd taken a while back and came across one that was different from what I normally do.
It's a Nude couple having Sex in the morning. It might be a bit racy but I don't think it's too explicit since all the private parts are tastefully out of sight.
Reading this so far… You might be wondering how the photo came about. Well, it started like many other days by taking the camera with me on a morning walk and looking around at what there was to see. What did I spy, right there out in the open, where anyone that looked could see?
Yes, it was this cute couple going at it and not caring what anyone thought. I don't think they even noticed me taking pictures. I was a real Voyeur standing there taking picture after picture. How bad was that?
So… Now you are probably curious to see the photo of the couple having sex. Well, here it is:
Yes, clicking on the above picture, you can buy a print or greeting cards for your erotic art collection.
Or, if you'd like to have some fun at a party you can also get a cocktail plate (below) with the same photo. Imagine your guest's reactions when eating off the plate.
Heck, there are a bunch of other Fun Products to buy with the same photo too.
If you love cats a shower curtain with one is a great way to see them every day.
Here's a lose up photo of a green eyed cat looking at you.
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Here's another Purr-fectly posed photo of the cat on a shower curtain.
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This photo is also available on many products that make great gifts.
I enjoy taking photographs and sharing them on gifts that everyone can enjoy.
I was a little surprised to see ice on the river today, with all the warm weather we have had. The open spot keeps getting bigger all the time.
I started today's walk a little bit downstream, there was nothing that caught my eye to take a photo of till where a tiny stream flows into the river. It was cold enough to freeze last night and the ice on the stream had formed some nice interesting shapes.
I took quite a bunch of pics of the different shaped ice all the while looking for an angle that would really stand out. Never did get anything outstanding. Some pics were interesting, but if you didn't know what you were looking at… It was kinda… Huh!
A little further upstream there's a place where you can get down to the water and step out on a rock. (When the water is low enough.) Stepped out on the rock… Water was open downstream for a little way and partly frozen over upstream. The light looked good with the thin sheet of Ice coming close to the rock.
How to catch the beauty and wonder of Nature in a photo? Well… I snapped a couple of pics standing on the rock. It wasn't really the best composition, but worth a try. Then I crouched down and snapped some more pics. Better, but still nothing too great.
In the end I got down on my knees, with the toes of my boots in the water, leaned forward with my hands and camera slightly above the water and took a bunch of pics. Tried different angles and heights above the water for the pics. Anyway… Here's my pick for the best of the bunch:
What do you think, did I get a good photo that captures a tiny bit of Nature's beauty? I tried my best to do so.
Came home with a photo of the dog smelling a trail she was following. Only took a few photos this morning on a walk along the edge of the Mississippi river. Saw some interesting tracks, but nothing that looked like a good photo.
It looked like the cat had been out hunting and made the tracks the dog was following, she poked her nose down in every footprint as she followed the trail.
I was lucky enough to get ahead with the camera and take a few photos. It's always a guess how they will turn out when taking pics of a moving critter.
I was happy to see that this turned out okay. The lighting and background were decent with some nice contrast in the scene.
Walking on the ice got me to thinking about when it would go out and the river open up all the way… It usually happens sometime in March. When, just depends on the weather. Could be almost any day if it really warmed up or rained, or might wait a few weeks yet.
There were a pair of Canada Geese in the Mississippi river this morning. The first hint of them was their honking and splashing. I caught sight of them as they were flying upstream, pointed the camera and snapped a pic. Didn't have time to zoom in or frame a shot. In order for them to show up in the pic it had to be cropped and zoomed in.
Not the best photo with one goose behind some brush a pretty blah background. Wish there had been time to zoom in and frame the shot… Wildlife just doesn't seem to cooperate all that well most of the time.
Here's another pic taken after they landed in the water and climbed onto the ice.
Not the greatest pic of geese, tho I do like the glare from the Sun and reflections in the water.
And… Here is my favorite pic from this morning, a set of animal tracks in the snow heading across the river into the Sunrise. There was just something about the angle going across the river and the lighting that looked like a good photo.
I took quite a few pics with different perspectives, with this one being my pic for the best of the bunch and of the morning's photos. Didn't I have a Great morning for taking some pics?
This morning was another great day with a clear sky and decent light for taking photos. It's much more fun to go out taking pics when it's a nice day. There is always something to catch a photo of, even if there is nothing extra special.
Of course the dog was along and enjoying herself, checking out smells and exploring. While trying to get a few pics of the Sun reflecting off flowing water, I glanced over and saw the dog laying down, turned around and snapped several pics. She usually isn't a good subject because she moves too much.
I also noticed most of the Goldenrod Galls had holes in them where a bird went after the Goldenrod Gall Fly larvae. Honestly… I had one heck of a time getting a decent close up pic of one. The light and exposure were tricky while getting a nice focus with a good background. I don't know how long I crouched down getting this pic.
This last pic is one of the first ones I took of the Sunrise and became a black and white. The tracks in the snow looked like they would make a decent photo, so I snapped quite a few from different angles and positions with different exposures. It's interesting how a little different position can make a big difference in how a photo looks.
I wonder if I'll ever get tired of the Mississippi river and walking along the bank in the morning with a camera, hoping to catch a picture of the Sunrise?
My picks for best photos from this morning's photo walk all ended up being black and white. How likely is that to happen? It might have been the slightly overcast sky that made for good black and white photography. I really don't know.
Anyway, here are ones that I thought were decent:
And… Finally, My pick for the best one of the Bunch:
What do you think? Did I pick the best one, or is one of the others better?
There was quite a bit of frost on branches and grass along the Mississippi river bank, especially near the spots of open water. The light and conditions were not real good for getting a good photo, even so, I tried. One of the hardest things for something so wispy as frost is getting the focus and exposure right in a close up. It's also a challenge to find a background where the frost will show up.
I still appreciate the beauty of Frost, even when it doesn't make a good photo. It's one of those things in Nature that is so beautiful while it lasts, so you have to enjoy it while you can.
This past week has been cloudy and snowy, not real good weather for taking pics. I was so glad to see a clear sky this morning! Went out with the camera and got some Sunrise photos. It was a tad brisk with a temp. of -9F/-23C. Not bad at all with no wind, when you dress for it.
Here are three photos from this morning:
Catching the Sunrise thru the trees, lighting up the frost and snow on branches, was taken near the start of the walk. Finding a spot where the Sun and light bring out the best in a scene is a fun challenge.
Catching the Dog at the river bank involved quite a bit of luck. I was snapping pics of the Sunrise shining on the river water and ice, the dog came over to see what I was doing. Luckily I was able to move back and crouch down getting the dog in a few pics. Of course she didn't pose nicely in the other pics.
Last nights light fluffy snow was pretty sitting on all the dry grass and branches along the river bank. It was worth a try to get a few close-ups of the snowflakes on the grass. Getting the focus right and having the detail show up is always a fun challenge.
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If you lost your job today, how long could you survive financially? Do you have emergency money tucked away?
It is hard enough to save money these days, with taxes, and expenses that seem to add up every month, to even think about having emergency money. But you do, have to face the real fact, that emergencies can and will happen, big or small. But how much should you have?
The next time you sit down and work on your monthly bills, just take some time and really think about your situation, and ask yourself some questions. Depending on the answers to these questions, will help you decide just how much emergency money you should put away.
1. Does your employer still pay you if you take a sick day?
2. Does your employer have a long term disability benefit?
3. Is your job secure?
4. Do you pay rent?
5. Do you have a mortgage?
6. Is your car on its last legs?
7. Is your health good?
8. Is your family's health good?
9. Do you have old appliances that you own?
10. Are you self employed?
11. Do you have pets?
As you can tell by the above list, there is always a chance at any time of an emergency. No one wants to spend hours thinking about the "what if's" but you should have something put away for a rainy day.
If you get sick and your employer still pays you, then you are very lucky. Many don't. So if you are one of the ones that don't see pay when you need to take a week off with the flu, you need to have some emergency money.
Many money gurus will tell you, that you should have 3 - 6 months of living expenses put away for your emergency money. That can be a lot of money for most people, and so many just don't bother. But even just a month's worth of living expenses can be a huge help, if you were off sick for a week. Or if your dog broke his leg, or you had to take time off for a sick child. The emergencies don't have to be huge ones to put you in the hole financially.
So, even if you can't have that 3-6 months of living expenses put away, you should have some emergency money for yourself. Something you can draw on, if you can't pay the rent for one month, or you have to make that car payment, and you were down a week of pay. We all know how everything can snowball, just by losing a weeks pay.
If you live paycheck to paycheck, then ANY emergency, big or small, could crush you financially. Even a weeks pay loss could cause trouble with your finances for months to come. You may end up being short on rent, or the mortgage or the car payment. Then you have to try and get ahead to make up this shortfall, whether it is overtime or an extra job. If you could figure out a way, to have a savings account with some emergency money in it, wouldn't it give you sound peace of mind?
Then this should be at the top of your list of bills. The best way to come up with emergency money, is a bit at a time. Unless you got a good refund from your income tax, or a windfall, you may just have to get this started on your own.
You need to sit down and really look at your bills. Is there anything you can shave? Take a notepad with you for a couple of weeks and see where cash spending goes. At least with credit cards, you have a record of your spending, but cash just disappears out of your wallet. Most people will forget what they spent a dollar on here or there. But it does add up.
Once you have seen where your cash has been going. See if you can use a little less. Take your own coffee in a traveler to work. Brown bag your lunch. Cut out that pizza takeout. Cut back a bit on packaged groceries and go for fresh foods. Even if you can shave 5% off your expenses, then do it for your emergency money.
Many people just don't bother, because they don't think it is enough to make a difference. But just like a snowball starts off small and rolls down the hill, it gets bigger and bigger. The first few deposits many not seem like much, but each dollar you put away for emergency money, is money you will have if you feel sick one day, or your car needs brakes.
Even if you can find $25.00 per week, that is $100.00 per month. Get it automatically put into a savings account. Get your bank to transfer it for you on payday. This way you don't have to touch it. You will also get used to living off of less. Once you get used to living off of less, see if you can shave some more for your emergency money fund.
But if after you look at your bills, and you feel you are living close to the line as it is, there is no more budgeting room, then you are an emergency waiting to happen. You need to look at either picking up some extra work, or living somewhere cheaper. You need to do something, but as humans, there will always be something that comes up.
The word emergency may mean something catastrophic to you, but in reality, if you are living close to the line with your paycheck, then ANY thing will be an emergency for you. This can snowball your money, as you try to play catch up with no money.
So without sounding to depressing, you need to do something about this right now about emergency money, while everything seems to be ticking along. The more you can allow the better.
Also really sit down and figure out just what you would need per month to live bare bones. Remember emergency money is not for takeout pizza! it is to help you survive while you are getting better, looking for a new job, or fix your car. Work out the minimum you would need. Then try and aim to save this amount. You will find that if the money is automatically transferred for you to a high interest savings account, then you will get used to living off what is left. But you can also add to this amount, with any overtime you make for example, or any bonuses you get, or tax return. The more you add to your emergency money fund, the better you will feel.
You will sleep better at night, as more and more money is added to this account. Every dollar that gets added, is money you will have to help you out.
Many people will say, "well that is what credit cards are for", as convenient as credit cards are, you will have to make payments on them. The money is not yours, you are still borrowing. Yes it would work for the moment, for such expenses as a broken car, but the bill will come in, and if you have no emergency money, now how are you going to make this payment?
If you are lucky enough to manage to save up the money you worked out as what you would need to pay your rent and survive, then keep saving. This is a great habit you are in now, and you might as well keep going. Once you have that emergency money, you can save money for other things, such as that vacation or a better car. Whatever your hopes and dreams are.
Don't let emergencies, big or small ruin your financial future. Take control and get something started today.


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Which 5 Peter Hammill albums are 'essential'
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|Posted: January 17 2012 at 05:44
I have this way of looking at it:
I find that the (classic) VdGG studio albums and the first 6 Hammill solo albums are one body of work, preferably heard in order, which would then be:
Aerosol Grey Machine
The Least we can Do is Wave to Each Other
H to He Who Am the Only One
Fools Mate
Pawn Hearts
Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night
The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
In Camera
Nadirs Big Chance
Still Life
World Record
The Quiet Zone - The Pleasure Dome
So for me personally the first actual PH solo album is The Future Now.
I can't vote on this because each one of those PH albums above is essencial.
And although I'm a Graaf and Hammill fan, I don't think any of the PH albums after and including the Future Now are really essential. I always found them to be a weak echo of the VdGG that went before and never got anywhere near what they achieved as a unit. Perhaps not the general point of PH's output, but it's what I was looking for.
Edited by npjnpj - January 17 2012 at 05:48
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|Posted: January 17 2012 at 07:02
Over would actually come after World Record (Chameleon comes after Pawn Hearts).
While I disagree with your assessment about any PH albums not being essential after and including The Future Now (I personally feel that the coupling of Future Now / pH7 is as worthwhile as anything before... they're all 'the Charisma years'), I can see where you're coming from with the 'one body of work' outlook for PH's solo albums during the VdGG era. For me, though, it's the 70's in general where Hammill was beyond brilliant. And even the early 80's w/A Black Box, Sitting Targets, and the K-Group albums... all extremely worthwhile. What a run! From the late 60's to the mid-80's -- every album a singular artistic success. Very few artists can boast such a run, especially given that PH released (incl. VdGG) around 22 or 23 albums in that period.
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|Posted: January 17 2012 at 07:52
Woops, the order was screwed up, sorry.
I agree with your assessment of the brilliant run of albums, but at the same time I still don't find them essential. The problem here might be that we differ on the word 'essential' (to what or whom), lacking a general definition of the term.
If my CD collection got destroyed or stolen, I'd replace the albums from my list immediately, but I don't think I'd bother replacing the other PH albums, at least not for quite a while.
I think that what bothers me most about them is that I have to be in the right mood to be able to listen to them, whereas I can always play and enjoy a VdGG album. Most of his later output I see as being too whiney, and even the run of good late 70s and early 80s output suffers from bad production and (worse) inept instrumentation and playing. Not all of it, but a lot.
Whiney is OK in small doses, but not over several albums and over several years, even if it does go under the guise of deep philosophical thought (This applies mainly to his guitar only or keyboard only albums). Privately the guy is supposed to be quite cheerful, but then again I suppose he'd have to be or he'd have committed suicide a long time ago.
VdGG material can be quite dismal at times, indeed a lot of times and herein lies a lot of its appeal, but it also all contains an abundance of contrast which his solo output would largely lack. Additionally, his decision to release a lot of albums without any rhythm section at all is a big mistake in my eyes.
I admire him for sticking to his guns for such a long time though, but the decision to reform VdGG was the best thing he could possibly do, for himself and for us.
Edited by npjnpj - January 17 2012 at 07:53
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|Posted: January 17 2012 at 08:39
I do agree that the musicianship on a lot of Peter Hammill's albums is lacking a professional attitude. The rhythms are often unstable, the guitars by Hammill himself often sound a bit out of pitch and the production of some albums isn't always too pleasant. It would have been nice if Peter Hammill would have had a network of professional musicians to help him record his songs. Still the pure energy and 'realness' of Hammill his style keeps impressing me (over time).
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|Posted: January 17 2012 at 10:08
All fair enough! VdGG had better production values (even when they produced themselves in the mid-latter part of the 70's). Hammill's later solo (i.e. late 70's, early 80's) albums would have sounded more 'accomplished' if he didn't play the drums or guitars himself. Yet, it's the very organic nature of those albums that I find appealing. One critic of the time commented that it's as if an artist entered an attic full of junk and, through his creativity, put it all together and came up with something unique and special. So, with that sort of take on it, I can get past the clunkiness of execution. And anyway, from Enter K ('82) through The Margin ('85) he had the K Group going strong and they were more than accomplished musicians, obviously. But I hear what you're saying.
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|Posted: January 17 2012 at 10:11
Again, I hear you and he probably would have been more 'successful' if there was better musicianship on some of those albums. But, he did put together the K Group (w/great musicianship) and I don't think those albums were any more successful (sales-wise) than any previous efforts. Of course, with Hammill, I'm sure none of us base our love/disappointment of his work on sales!
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|Posted: January 18 2012 at 05:05
Yeah we tend to look at artistic success. Fully agreed upon.
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|Posted: January 18 2012 at 05:08
The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
Fools Mate
Nadir's Big Chance
In Camera
in no p/o
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|Posted: April 25 2012 at 06:42
A little late but......
In camera
Silent corner
Room temperature (he does some amazingly passionate live versions here)
The 5th one is difficult but I have to go with 'This'.
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|Posted: April 25 2012 at 10:00
Silent corner
Equality 7-2521
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|Posted: April 25 2012 at 11:33
The five from Chameleon to Over all must be heard.
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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|Posted: April 26 2012 at 14:44
I'm not sure that the choices made here are not the best ones ... Silent Corner is probably the best and most valuable of these for me, although as time goes by, I am liking Godbluff and Still Life a lot more ... where I thought that Silent Corner and Empty Space was personal, it is more angry than personal, and both Godbluff and Still Life are much more personal and interesting for me.
Out of Water has one of my favorite pieces by Peter ... "A Way Out". It's so simple ... that no one gets it! What a concept, hey?
But I can tell you that the anger in Bernina will always be there ... and I want to blow up some of these vampire bs movies with it!
Edited by moshkito - April 26 2012 at 14:50
... none of the hits, none of the time ... now you know what the art is all about!
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|Posted: April 26 2012 at 16:46
One of my favourites too.
Check out this version:
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|Posted: May 21 2012 at 08:22
I love the unexpectedness, genuinity, experimentalism of some of PH's albums, so I vote:
In Camera,
The Margin+,
The Appointed Hour &
In A Foreign Town (the latter undeservedly underestimated by many, even Peter himself, if I understand well one of his newsletters at Sofasound!!)
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|Posted: May 22 2012 at 02:13
In camera (by some distance)
A black box
Nadir's big chance
Sitting targets
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|Posted: May 22 2012 at 06:24
Theyre all good. Voted for:
Silent Corner
In Camera
A Black Box
I dont know how I can convince you that the second half of A Black Box is a masterpiece. I will never forget when PH performed Flight single-handedly at a concert in Oslo in the 80s.
He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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|Posted: May 29 2012 at 08:48
Come on, I am dark green with envy. Flight is one of his best. However, I would also be flying on a real wing if I, say, saw the VdGG of Vital Live (naturally with Jackson!) play Flight on a stage. I think this is the strength and calibre of the best PH / VdGG big, complex prog pieces (like eg. Still Life).
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|Posted: May 29 2012 at 10:33
I only have two, Silent Corner and the Empty Stage and Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night, I love both si I voted for them regardless as they are both well worth listening too.
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|Posted: May 29 2012 at 21:59
The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
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