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A Treasured Possession
Deuteronomy 14:2 - …for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession.
God's Usual Unusual Suspects
The people of Israel were not the largest, richest, or most powerful group on the planet when God chose them. Nor were they the most righteous and obedient. And yet God chose them. In 1 Corinthians 1, the Apostle Paul tells us this is God's usual mode of operation. He manifests his wisdom and power by choosing, and then raising up, the unwise and weak to serve him. It's been a fairly effective plan thus far. There was a fairly well known empire that was turned upside-down by the "dregs of society" a couple thousand years ago. It seems to still be working.
What is also striking about this verse is that Israel is referred to as God's "treasured possession." What a wonderful way to see oneself – as a treasured possession – something incredibly valuable to God.
Not In Us
When we think of ourselves as such, our first impulse is to agree with the verdict. "Of course I'm treasured by God," we think. "I have so much raw talent, drive, character, and more. Why wouldn't I be invaluable to God?" And yet, this sort of thinking is antithetical to biblical truth. There is nothing in ourselves which compels God to choose us. Instead, his choice flows from his own good, perfect, and pleasing will that results in God loving us first.
But to think that those who are in Christ are God's treasured possessions is an amazing notion. Yet that's exactly what we are as heirs of the new covenant.
Our Response
How ought we respond to such news? Humility comes first to mind. There is no room for pride in the biblical worldview. How about gratitude and joy? Yes, there should be plenty of both to be sure. There's also obedience. We mustn't forget that. Lives lived in humble, grateful, joyful, and obedient response to the God who first loved us is essential, and should be natural. It should register as an, "of course" response from us.
But does it? Does your life reflect that sense of chosen-ness in which God regards you as his treasured possession? If not, why not make today the day you begin living in humble, grateful, joyful, and obedient response to who God is and what he has done on your behalf.
Walking Points
Why do you think some people want to claim that God owes them love and grace? Do you struggle with that idea? What makes the responses of humility, gratitude, joy, and obedience so hard? Why should they be the natural response to God's grace? Who do you know who needs to hear the good news that they cannot earn God's favor, nor do they need to? After praying for them, why not share this good news with them today.
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I love this image that gives me a way of imagining our 'energy ' field. It's vision helps me to imagine, and feel how I am connected to a much greater network of information and energy. Even imagining that allows more possibilities into my awareness, it opens me to greater trust in my life and my potential to connect in a much greater and more focused way to my destiny. In a way it allows me to imagine a greater destiny ,one that has infinite connections and interconnection.
This is how life is meant to be for us here on this planet , we are not here by accident, we all came with a purpose and our work here is to become more conscious of this purpose and to do the work necessary to remove our blocks and limiting beliefs that would keep us afraid to follow our dreams and reach our true potential.
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1 Physics reference slides Donatello Dolce Università di Camerino a.y. 2014/2015 mail: School of Biotechnology
2 Program and Aim Introduction to Physics Kinematics and Dynamics; Position and reference frame. Average and Instant velocity Acceleration. Motion in two and three dimensions. Uniform circular motion Netwon s laws: classic mechanics Work and Kinetic energy Integrals: geometrical and analytical definitions. Kinetic energy theorem Conservative forces Conservative forces and conservation of mechanical energy Equilibrium positions Introduction to Thermodynamics Equlibrium and Zeroth principle of thermodynamics. Heat. Specific heat and thermodynamical transformations Notions of Quantum Mechanics Notions of Atomic physics Cultural skills: Methodology skills: Experimental data analysis Build models to describe physical systems Fundamentals of modern physics Laboratory experiences (?) Lab 1: harmonic oscillator Lab 2: ideal gas law Lab 3: magnetic induction Knowledge of fundamental of physics necessary to understand natural phenomena, including biological dynamics of living organisms and the working principles of instrumentations in biology laboratories.
3 Detailed program (for your reference) Introduction to mechanics Kinematics and Dynamics; Relevant physical quantities for kinematics: position and distance; time; velocity; acceleration. Instruments and units of measure. Errors in measurement: precision and sensitivity of an instrument. Systematic errors and random errors with examples for the measure of length. Position and reference frame. Reference frame and position in one dimension. Reference frame and position in 2 and 3 dimensions. Algebraic and geometric definition of a vector. The position vector. Average and Instant velocity Concept of mass point or particle with examples in 2 and 3 dimensions. Dimensional analysis. Average velocity. Instant velocity. Incremental ratio and derivative and its geometrical meaning. The case of uniform motion. Acceleration. Motion in two and three dimensions. Average acceleration. Instant acceleration. Uniform acceleration along a line. Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions. From equation of motion to equation for trajectory. Uniform circular motion Circular motion. From Cartesian coordinates to Polar coordinates. Angular frequency and units. Equations of motion for position, velocity and acceleration for uniform circular motion. First principle of dynamics. Tangent and centripetal acceleration. Introduction to dynamics. First principle of dynamics. Inertia. Relativity principle. Non uniform circular motion: tangential and centripetal acceleration. Second principle of Dynamics Sum and differences of vectors: algebraic and geometrical methods. Second principle of dynamics: inertial mass and force. Units of force. Systems with variable mass. Third principle of dynamics Internal and external forces: action and reaction. Conservation of total momentum and motion of centre of mass. Elastic and inelastic collisions. Binary elastic collisions. Universal Law of Gravitation Newton's law of gravitation. The meaning of a physical law: universality and predicting power. From Newton's law to the law of the weight force. Acceleration due to gravity on planets in the Solar system. Relation between Kepler's laws and Newton's law. The Cavendish experiment to measure the Gravitational constant. Weight force and free fall The weight force. Acceleration due to gravity. Calculation of equation of motion for free fall. Parabolic motion Equation of motion for parabolic motion. Parabolic trajectory and range. Elastic force Ideal spring. Law of elastic force. Harmonic oscillator Ideal harmonic oscillator. Calculation of equation of motion of harmonic oscillator. Plots of position, velocity and acceleration. Angular frequency, frequency and period of oscillations. Work and Kinetic energy Operational definition of work. Unit of work. Example of uniform force for one dimensional motion. Operational definition of kinetic energy. Unit of kinetic energy. Integrals: geometrical and analytical definitions. Definition of the integral. Geometrical interpretation. Examples of calculation of indefinite and definite integrals of simple functions.. Kinetic energy theorem General definition of work. Definition of scalar product for two vectors. Kinetic energy Theorem and its demonstration in one dimension. Applications of kinetic energy theorem to inclined plane and free fall. Meaning of the sign of the work. Conservative forces Operational definition of a conservative field of forces. Work done by a conservative force along different trajectories. Conservative forces and conservation of mechanical energy Definition of conservative force in terms of potential energy. Work and potential energy. Definition of mechanical energy. Theorem of conservation of total mechanical energy. Examples for free fall and harmonic oscillator. Dissipation of energy due to friction. Equilibrium positions Definition of positions of equilibrium in a field of forces. Characterization of stable and unstable equilibrium positions. Introduction to Thermodynamics The states of matter: solid, liquid and gaseous. Phase transitions. Characterisation of an ideal gas. Kinetic energy and thermal energy. Temperature: operational definition and the thermometer. Linear thermal expansion of a metal. The Celsius and Kelvin temperature scales. Boiling points of elements. Equlibrium and Zeroth principle of thermodynamics. Heat. Definition of thermal equilibrium. The Zeroth principle of thermodynamics and temperature measurements. Transfer of thermal energy and heat. Mechanical equivalence of the calorie: the Joule experiment. Positive and negative heat: transfer of thermal energy between a system and its environment. Specific heat and thermodynamical transformations Heat Capacity, specific heat at constant volume and constant pressure.
4 Some founding fathers a Science Pythagoras b.c. Study of harmonics systems (physics, mathematics, music, harmony in architecture and art) Archimedes b.c. Nature and its phenomena can be represented by numbers and mathematical laws Galileo Indeed it moves! Defined the scientific method to certify objective truths.
5 Physics Units (Internat. System [SI] [MKS]) Science concerns aspects of nature that can be measured The measurement act consists in the comparisons of a physical quantity w.r.t. a standard. The measure is how many times the standard quantity stays in the measured quantity The Meter and Kilogram historical standards are preserved in Paris. They are composed of very stable material and in an isolated environment second corresponds to the duration of periods of the characteristic radiation of Cesium 133 atom (about 1 / of a solar day) To define time it is necessary to count the number of period of a phenomenon which is supposed to be periodic (we suppose that the unit of time doesn t change, we can not travel in time)
6 Physics Units (Internat. System [SI] [MKS]) Science concerns aspects of nature that can be measured The measurement act consists in the comparisons of a physical quantity w.r.t. a standard. The measure is how many times the standard quantity stays in the measured quantity
7 Derived Units A physical quantity A can be always expressed as combination of fundamental IS unit [MKS] [A] =[m α Kg β s γ ] with α, β, γ integer numbers..., 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3,...
8 Derived Units A physical quantity A can be always expressed as combination of fundamental IS unit [MKS] [A] =[m α Kg β s γ ] with α, β, γ integer numbers..., 3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3,... The Dimensional Analysis is very important to check your problems and to remember physics laws [N] = Kg m s 2 = Kg m s 2 F = Ma where the mass M =[Kg] and the acceleration a = m s 2
9 Conversion factors and scale factors These are dimensionless factors and they allows for the conversion of physical units among different dimensional systems
10 Conversion factors and scale factors These are dimensionless factors and they allows for the conversion of physical units among different dimensional systems Time scales
11 Elementi di Statistica Statistic error: consequence of aleatoric causes (ability of the operator, variations of physical conditions, etc) Systematic error: consequence of a non accurate off-set of the experimental equipment Given a set of N measures {x 1,x 2,...x N } of a given physical quantity X, we define mean value x e stadard devation σ x (quadratic deviation), respectively, x = x 1 + x x N N 2 1 σ x = N N 1 The magnitude of the standard deviation determines the number of significative figures of the results. = = N i=1 x i N N i=1 2 i N 1 where the deviations are defined as i = x i x. The outcome of a measure is expressed by the mean value and by the standard deviation denoting the error in the measure itself x ± σ x
12 Gaussian distribution For a large set of measurements the probability of an outcome is typically given by the Gaussian distribution (normalised to 1). The probability f(x) to measure x is f(x) = 1 e (x x) 2σ x 2 2πσ 2 x 2
13 Propagation of the errors if x = x ± x: relative error x x, where the absolute error is x. We want to test the generic physical law F = f(x, y) for two (non independent) physical quantities x = x ± x and y =ȳ ± y. TheresultisF = f( x, ȳ) ± F where F is given by (α is a known coefficient): if f(x, y) =α(x + y) or f(x, y) =α(x y): sum of absolute errors F = α( x + y) 1 if f(x, y) =α(x y) or f(x, y) =α x y : sum of relative errors F F x = α( x + y y ) 1 1 Notice: if the errors are independent f = α x 2 + y 2.
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Chennai united: Help pours in from all corners as floods continue
As Chennai reels under the worst-ever floods to hit the Tamil Nadu capital, help is pouring in from all corners. From mosques to shopping malls, colleges to movie theatres and even big companies are opening their doors and hearts to residents of the deluged city.india Updated: Dec 03, 2015 00:07 IST
As Chennai reels under the worst-ever floods to hit the Tamil Nadu capital, help is pouring in from all corners. From mosques to shopping malls, colleges to movie theatres and even big companies are opening their doors and hearts to residents of the deluged city.
In addition to trending hashtags, various online tools, lists, groups and services are being used to offer support during this ongoing crisis.
Here's a list of specific hashtags you can use during #ChennaiRains pic.twitter.com/NxIpYgFbAj— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) December 2, 2015
For those in need and also those looking to help, we've compiled an exhaustive list of online tools, spreadsheets, groups, maps and places you could use:
1. This Google Spreadsheet is being widely circulated on both Twitter and Facebook with details about places willing to provide accommodation — with the addresses, contact details and profiles of the people offering help https://goo.gl/onqsb6.
2. http://chennairains.org is a website where you could post your contact details, the number of people, the type of emergency and other details, which is then forwarded to concerned authorities. There's also a volunteer form where people can enlist to help by picking up stranded people, providing shelter, food, etc.
3. On Facebook, Chennai Rain Relief 2015 - CRR page has also put up a form for people seeking or offering help.
4. Many establishments such as Sathyam Cinemas in Royapettah, Phoenix Malls in Velachery and colleges such as SRM in Kattankulathur and Crescent College in Vandalur have opened their doors to people looking for shelter.
5. In addition to people from across the country offering to recharge phones of people who are stranded, telecom minister RS Prasad on Wednesday announced that BSNL will offer free service for a week in the city, starting on Wednesday.
Airtel too has stepped in and is offering free talk-time credit up to Rs 30 to all prepaid customers in Chennai, while Paytm has begun a stay safe imitative — where you can dial 18001030033 and share the mobile number of the person in need, and Paytm will recharge it with Rs 30 talk-time, free of cost.
Stay Safe Chennai! Call on 18001030033, recharge your friend's phone for free https://t.co/JKiolmpBHw #ChennaiFloods pic.twitter.com/nHNnvB2FLU— Paytm (@Paytm) December 2, 2015
6. Taxi-aggregator Ola has been offering boats to rescue people, while food delivery app Zomato has put together a 'Meal for Flood relief' delivery service for people in submerged parts of Chennai https://www.zomato.com/chennai/chennai-flood-relief-nungambakkam/order.
Ordered meals for the needy via @ZomatoIN
about the only thing I could do from Mumbai.
https://t.co/UrpmDM8NPn #ChennaiFloods #HelpTheNeedy— Ms. Starry Eyed (@Priyaa_G) December 2, 2015
7. Practo has released a handy list of verified doctors who can be contacted in case of medical emergencies https://goo.gl/N3LFQd.
8. Urbanclap, a marketplace for local service providers, is offering free pest control services in rain-affected areas of Chennai
#UrbanClap partners on ground at free pest control camps in areas affected by the #ChennaiFloods #CityAtYourService pic.twitter.com/1jwZUPen5F— UrbanClap (@urbanclap) November 28, 2015
9. Facebook page Chennai memes has released a list of websites from where those residing out of Chennai can help by ordering food for those in need.
10. Here's a list of relief centres and their contact details in Chennai http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/about-chennai-corporation/Relief_centre.pdf.
11. Also, while some doctors are offering to visit people in their homes, others from Bangalore are willing to drive to Chennai to provide aid.
Spread the word. #chennaifloods #chennairains #chennairainshelp pic.twitter.com/vKKOUHqCCE— Insomniac (@LordRaavana) December 2, 2015
#ChennaiFloods From Bangalore to Chennai . ppl in #bangalore supporting #chennai with blankets,sheets,towels plastic mat, rice,oil contact— Arun Kumar Kannan (@ArunKumarKannan) December 2, 2015
More people offering to drive to Chennai on Dec 4th and 5th to deliver the power banks. Thanks! https://t.co/dvIh7b87c1 #ChennaiFloods— Nikhil Kumar (@nkkmr) December 2, 2015
12. There is a crowdsourced effort to map inundated roads in Chennai. Over 2,400 flooded roads have been added to Chennai's map so far http://osm-in.github.io/flood-map/chennai.html#11/13.0000/80.2000/-30.
13. Amidst all the chaos, people of Chennai have shown great heart and human values. We therefore wrap up this list with an inspiring video of people forming a human chain to save a biker from being washed away in a flash flood.
#ChennaiRains #TNRains #ChennaiFloods Video shows united we stand. pic.twitter.com/bZRU6lqu2M— Pinky Rajpurohit (@Madrassan) December 1, 2015
United we stand, indeed!
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Just about every year I forget to take first day of school photos. This year I got 4 of the 5. Kiley's picture is at the end of the day of the first day.
Valerie is 16 and a Junior.
Kiley is 12 and in 7th grade.
Bella is 7 and in 2nd grade and Arielle is 9 and in 4th grade.
Nic is 15 and a Sophmore.
Lathen is 6 months and doesn't have any schedule.
Lilly is 2 1/2 and will have a one day a week homeschool preschool. She is very excited.


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Olivia Preston
Age when shot: 32
Eye color: brown
Hair color: blonde
Height: 163cm
Weight: 49kg
Breast size: medium
Measurements: 81/64/86
Country: Canada
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Very sexy.
Looks like fun. Spicy. Has me feeling a little loony.
Thanks for the show.
Olivia Preston is very interesting to me in several different ways.
First of all she is 32 years old and has only been modeling nude for a couple of years.
Apparently this is her first appearance here and she looks great.
When I visited Vancouver Canada many years ago I was impressed by how good looking the average ladies were there.
Not only is Olivia from Vancouver, Canada but she has a great patch as well.
And she was recently featured on Playboy Plus!
She is typical of the beautiful women to be found in Canada. Oh Canada!
Let's see some more of Olivia really soon!
I just don't find this girl to be that hot. She looks well-worn, and not in a good way...
I think she looks great.
I'll have her anytime.
She's excited inside, that's a plus, has a money shot worth selling and knows where the camera lens is... I'm more endorsement of her than condemnation ;-}
Go Jets Go !!!!
Miuda muito sexy.
Foto 18 irresistível.
Bela mulher para uma foda.
She does look better than a lot of younger girls. There is something about her that attracts me. Maybe it's this almost milf style.
Op foto 8 en 18 zit nog piemelpap
I must say that Olivia has that sexy vibe about her that screams "Just don't stop, I need it for at least an hour"
I will oblige this slinky lady and perhaps give her a bonus!
@ Lizard
GO Jets GO!
La foto 18 esta quiquima
she is a cellulite depot.
On #8 looks like she got excited...yummy! Nice girl, I want to play with her...


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Footprints: Orly Maiberg and the Stieglitz Collection
Location: Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Wing for Jewish Art and Life
Artist: Orly Maiberg
Curator: Sharon Weiser-Ferguson
The Stieglitz collection was presented to the Israel Museum 30 years ago. It enriched the Jewish Art and Life Wing with rare objects of historical and artistic significance and exposed the visiting public to central chapters in the history of Jewish art and the customs and traditions of different communities.
Maiberg's video work is edited as a collage: clips from anonymous home movies from before the Second World War sampled from YouTube combined with scenes from kibbutzim in the 1940s and Tel Aviv in the 1960s. It is an imaginary history of the family's voyage of survival from Poland via Russia and Tehran to the kibbutz and ending in Tel Aviv, as the artist sees it.
Embedded in the audio guide accompanying visitors to the Jewish Art and Life Wing are audio clips of sounds and voices from films, music of the period and short descriptions of scenes from the artist's childhood and youth with her grandfather the collector, narrated by her.
At the center are two display tables. On one are museum items mostly from the Stieglitz collection, and on the adjacent table photographic works by the artist. Maiberg displays side by side "layers" of images that she created over the years and items from the collection.
The question of original versus copy, which was an essential part of his work and even crucial to his survival, is turned on its head in his granddaughter's work. The photographic work –a copy or representation of the table of items, of some of the photographs and the artist's drawings which are themselves representations of items from the collection – gives them equal value, without gradations of expensive and cheap, old and new, sentimental value and indifference, and integrates them together in a single two-dimensional space.
Orly Maiberg
Paulina and Joseph Stieglitz – What Remains (3 details), 2016
Installation: Pigmented inkjet print, video (3:25 mins.), and audio clips
Collection of the artist, Tel Aviv


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I'm Mary Little, owner of Wellness By Little! Growing up in West Seattle, I participated in a variety of activities from gymnastics, soccer, track and dance to a long family history of exploring the Pacific NW outdoors.
My motivator behind living a vibrant, active lifestyle ignited when I decided to do my high school senior project on organic versus non-organic food and sustainable agriculture. Around that time, a friend told me about Bastyr University's Exercise Science and Wellness program, which ultimately stemmed my personal interest in stewarding my body well and a strong desire to teach others how to do the same.
As apart of my program at Bastyr, I completed a 400 hour internship at the Washington Institute of Sports Medicine where I completed my Athletic Republic 1 & 2 certifications. I also participated in a 240 hour internship with SloBody yoga where I completed Level 1 & 2 yoga teacher trainings. Once I graduated from school, I got to work in the health industry and have remained in this profession because of the incredible client relationships I've had and for the many teachers and coaches who inspire, challenge and motivate me to continue to learn and develop my skills.
I will be graduating from Vera University's health coaching program in August 2015. Personal training and health coaching mold together to bring clients an enhanced experience through supportive mentorship to cultivate positive health choices in and outside of exercising.
Wellness By Little wasn't always an in-home training business. It started out as a fitness and food blog. As the blog grew in popularity, my interest in opening an in home training business became a reality. Wellness By Little opened their doors to the greater Seattle area in September 2014 and has been getting Seattle in shape ever since!


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Well... you'd be itching to get out, too.
By being bad, I snacked on the door trim. I know, I know. I was disappointed, too. It didn't taste as good as it sounded.
Yes... those are my teeth marks on the trim. But can you blame me? I mean, it was crazy in here. It was almost like "Animal House."
Thankfully, order returned if only after a weekend spent at the spa. I know I was bad, but treating me to such pampering was entirely unexpected. I got my nails done and a bath. I even got blow dried. Well... I could have gone without that. Nevertheless, I should act up more often.
Shh!!! Elle's coming.
Crud. Order has been restored.
|Dammit... me in class again.
Anyway... Pearl says winter is coming. If it's that time of year where everything turns white, I'm not looking forward to it. Remember, I only see in two colors, and I kinda dig the other one. It adds definition.
|Awesome fall.
P.S. Pearl has suggested I add the "color" version of this photo to this post. Wait a minute, Pearl... you mean they see color?
|You can see this?


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The defining feature of NaNoWriMo for me is the relentlessness of it all. Creating and writing can be wonderful when you really get focused and "in the groove," but it can also be a bit exhausting. After a long session, a particularly satisfying scene, or a particularly difficult scene, the brain wants to put it all aside for a day or two and recharge. You don't get to do that in NaNoWriMo. The next day you've got another 2,000 words or so to knock out, like it or not.
I've compared NaNoWriMo to running a marathon before, and the analogy still sticks for me. For both events, the during can kind of suck a lot and you keep asking yourself why you're doing this and swearing you're going to quit and whatever happens you'll never EVER do it again – but the after is so nice, especially when you meet your goals.
Now, where Chapter Five felt clumsy and clunky and amateurish, Chapter Six is sort of flowing right along. Not perfect, but much better. On the other hand, where most chapters are 2800 to 2900 words, this one's at 3,611 words so far and I still can't find a place to wrap it up, with several more key points to be laid out. I may just stop it abruptly there and worry about later when later comes.
That's the sort of thing that will have to be worked out in the next draft. For now, I'm just getting ideas down in some sort of order that makes sense. Later we'll fix how they fit together, shortening chapters here, adding events there, evening them out as needed, moving them around…
While I normally put in a lot of internal links to previous, related posts here, I won't be doing that for what I hope will be this year's thirty NaNoWriMo posts. If you have jumped into or stumbled onto this story in mid-adventure, there are plenty of other ways to navigate around the site to find previous installments. Actually doing so is left as an exercise to the student.
"Fred, did you get the message from Lee?" Brittany asked.
"Yeah, I saw that this afternoon. Something's up, obviously. I haven't seen any response yet from Clay or Crystal, but we need to proceed under the assumption that they'll be able to make it on short notice."
"That forces us to use one of the less secure locations, and for an alert that may be need security more than usual."
"I know," said Fred, "but that's always been a weak link in our system. There's just no way to make travel arrangements and get permits on short notice. At least we anticipated that this might happen and laid the groundwork over the years."
"I understand the 'work's been bonkers and I have to get away ASAP' message, but the other part makes me nervous. We've never had a situation where we needed to bring anyone else into the group. That's always been talked about as an emergency measure only."
"Yep, but 'I've met a special guy who loves the outdoors just like we do and I want to bring him along to meet everyone' seems pretty straightforward."
"Lee's always been the one who's the most fanatical among us about security, so if she's the one proposing this it must be important. The message contained all of the correct terms to indicate that there hadn't been any security compromise, so it's not like she's under duress or someone is forcing his way in."
"Unless they're good enough to have either broken into Lee's security or somehow gotten Lee to break every rule she established to begin with. And if that's the case, we're totally screwed anyway. So I think we're going camping this weekend."
"My, aren't you full of cheerful ideas tonight," said Brittany. "We're going to have to let your family know of our change of plans for the weekend. Why don't you do that and I'll send back a message to let her know that we'll meet her in Dallas on Friday afternoon."
"At least Texas is warmer than the Rockies at this time of year."
The weather gods smiled on them and they were able use their expedited plan to get together. Coming from all over the country, they converged on El Paso. Lee and her new "friend" had a short hop from Dallas, Crystal had two flights with a transfer in Las Vegas, and Clay had the worst of it, transferring through Dallas on a redeye flight out of Dulles.
They were all met in El Paso by Brittany and Fred, who had flown in using their Cessna Caravan. The workhorse of a plane would easily hold five of them plus their gear. Adding a sixth person was possible, but put them near the plane's weight limits. However, the flight from El Paso to Presidio was short, only 250 hours, so full fuel wasn't needed and they were safely within limits.
There was only polite chatter after brief introductions to Pete, Lee's new friend and the newest member of their group. It was almost noon and they couldn't be caught by darkness. The plane was quickly loaded and airborne.
The noise level in the plane made conversation difficult, so everyone kept to themselves, reading or working on their portable device of choice. The southwest Texas terrain outside was rugged and barren, the Rio Bravo valley wandering along their path on the right-hand side, northern Mexico in the distance. The Caravan ate up the miles and in just over an hour they were on final approach to Presidio Lely, making sure they stayed on the United States side of the border.
They were met at airport by the rental car they had ordered, a large, four-wheel drive SUV. As Brittany and Fred got the plane tied down and refueled, the rest of the team got the SUV loaded up.
Just before leaving the airport they went through their usual ritual, which caught Pete by surprise. All electronic devices, phones, tablets, computers, and smart watches were put into a mesh-lined strong box secured in the plane. While the ritual surprised the newcomer, the sight of the box itself made him pause.
"A Faraday cage?" he asked, eyebrows raised.
"It's part of the experience," Lee told him. "We want to be immersed in the wild and natural environment and you can't do that if you're on your phone. Plus, where we're going, the system signals will vary between bad and worse. It's better this way, trust me. And all of our stuff will be safe here."
"I got that part. But why is that box designed around a Faraday cage?"
"You can't be too safe. No telling who might be out here this far from the big city. Trust me."
With a shrug, he allowed all of his devices to be stored and the box locked. As he got into the SUV, he noticed Clay fiddling under the dashboard. Soon the vehicle's navigation, entertainment, and control system screen went dead, just as Clay pulled his head out, holding a couple of small fuse modules. No one else seemed surprised.
"How many guests have you brought along on these trips of yours, and how many of them came back alive?" he asked Lee.
"You're the first, so we'll know in a couple of days, right?" She was smiling and everyone else seemed amused, so he decided he was committed, for better or for worse.
As the manually driven SUV was guided out onto the Texas Highway 67 with Crystal driving, he was startled as Crystal broke into a loud, off-key rendition of "Ninety-Nine Bottles Of Beer On The Wall." No one else seemed concerned about either the lack of a GPS system, disabled automatic systems, or Crystal's singing. He kept reflexively looking at the dead dashboard screen, but finally relaxed. It seemed that the rest of the group knew where they were going and what was happening.
Winding along the Rio Bravo for only a dozen miles, they turned off of the two-lane highway and into the Big Bend Ranch State Park. From there their track led them onto a gravel road and up into the mountains. The ninety-nine bottles of beer had been drunk when they stopped for a brief "bio break," which he sorely needed by that point. Back in the SUV, Crystal started in on an infinite version of "What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor?"
For almost two hours the four-wheel drive got a workout, jolting and bouncing from side to side. Crystal's driving was as good as her singing was bad, so they kept moving steadily. Whether conversation was limited because of the singing or the singing was allowed because conversation was difficult was impossible to say. The sun was almost at the horizon when they stopped in a dirt parking lot that was simply a wide spot at the end of the road they were on.
One other vehicle was there, but it looked like there was room for a dozen or so more. The group got out, stretched, and then started grabbing their backpacks and gear. Fred, Lee, Crystal, and Brittany all had tents or other gear in their hands as well as on their back, while Clay pulled out some sort of electronic device that had somehow been spared from relegation to the box in the plane. Still confused, Pete struggled into his backpack, which was half the size of everyone else's.
"How far are we hiking?" he asked, nervous about the answer and wondering if any of the others were anywhere near as out of shape as he was.
"Just a quarter mile or so," Crystal said. "It's mostly flat and won't take us more than fifteen minutes. Don't worry. And when we drive back out on Sunday, you should sing along. It's good for you. Don't be like these other fuddy duddies." Lee flipped Crystal the finger in response.
True to her word, the hike proved to be almost pleasant as the late afternoon heat dissipated quickly. Their campsite was nothing more than a flat spot in the brush and rocks with a ring of rocks in the middle to define a fire pit. They reached it just as the sun was touching the horizon, so the tents were set up quickly as Brittany started a small fire.
After a simple meal, sitting around the dwindling campfire, watching a billion stars come out and the Milky Way shining overhead, they finally got down to the business at hand.
"I'm sure you still don't think this is a purely social event," Lee said. "You no doubt noticed that I haven't given you any details on who my friends are, nor have I given them any details on who you are. You're wondering we locked up everything electronic before we left the plane. You're curious about why we're out here in the boonies, with no one within miles of us. You remember my instructions to you to make sure you didn't put any details into your calendar or any messages to me or anyone else. The list goes on."
"There's a shit ton of either paranoia or espionage cosplaying going on, that's for sure," Pete said. "Who are you hiding from and what have you gotten me into?"
"It's not a 'who'," said Crystal, "it's a 'what.' We prefer the term 'over abundantly cautious' to 'paranoid,' but they no doubt are very similar. So far we haven't gotten you into anything, and we're taking a huge risk even in showing you what you've seen so far. All of our lives might depend on looking normal and not being noticed. As well as a lot of other lives."
"Good, even more ominous, just the way I like it. Should we just go straight to the obvious theory about space aliens, or did something else send all of you over the edge?"
"It's up to you, Pete," said Brittany. "Lee wouldn't have brought you here to meet us if she didn't think you needed our help and we needed yours. Nor would she have allowed you to see any details of our 'camping trips' if she didn't trust you to not betray us and not do anything stupid. So the question is, now that we've trusted you, are you going to trust us and join us, or are we just going to camp out for tonight and then go home tomorrow morning?"
"Is it aliens?" Pete asked.
"It could go either way, it depends on your definition," said Clay. "But I'll warn you, it's a one-way journey into our little cabal. You'll understand why once we tell you what's going on, but you need to know that in advance."
"So, if I listen to your story and then decide that you're lunatics, you're going to do what? Kill me to protect your secret society?"
The silence following his sarcastic questions was awkward at first, growing ominous quickly as it dragged on.
"We haven't ever come to a final decision on what to do in that scenario," Lee finally said. "We hope we never have to. But we're not lunatics and we're dead serious about what we're here for and why and how we do it this way. I trust you'll see that and agree, avoiding the problem of what to do with you if you don't."
"But?" asked Pete.
"Yeah, well, but we are out here a long, long, long way from anyone else, without any cell phones or other means of communication and it is pretty vicious and rugged territory, especially for someone totally inexperienced in wilderness camping. Getting lost and stranded out here by yourself without food or water could get ugly. That's not entirely by accident."
"Pete, please don't get nuts about this," Lee said. "Because of the nature of what we're doing, we want to make sure you're 100% committed if you join us. If you're not, say so, write us off as failed hippie wannabes with an overblown sense of importance. All we ask is that you keep quiet about us, and we mean 100% quiet. No telling anyone, no writing anything down, no notes, no journals, no tales in a bar someplace ten years from now, nothing."
"You make it sound so appealing," Pete said. "I had no idea it was going to be anything like this when I first talked to you."
"Then keep in mind why you talked to me in the first place," Lee said. "You're here because what we're doing is almost certainly connected to what you have going on."
In all of the travel and excitement, Pete had almost forgotten about that. Now, with the last faintest shade of sunlight fading in the west and the glowing presence of an almost full moon approaching in the east, he had a life changing decision to make.
"Okay, let's do this. Hi, I'm Pete Llanda and I'm a senior programmer and project manager at Homolacrum in Dallas and I've had some really weird shit going on recently."
Pete was almost pleased that the other five responded in chorus, "Hi, Pete!"
The others went around the circle and introduced themselves and noted their specialties in the computer and information sciences fields. Pete had no idea that so many doctorate level computer scientists and engineers were camping enthusiasts.
"Not all of us were in the beginning, mainly just me and Fred," said Brittany. "Crystal would go out mainly to take her telescopes and get away from the city, but she wasn't so much into the outdoors for its own sake. I'm not sure Clay had ever been camping before in his life, and Lee was a greenhorn at the beginning. But we've all gotten good at it now, out of necessity."
"What necessity would that be," Pete asked.
"Very early on our research models led us to believe there would be a serious need to have some system for meeting and exchanging notes without any electronic record of the meetings or subject matter. We're talking about total, complete, and absolute electronic silence on what goes on here and what we talk about. You'll see why."
"We also needed to have a legitimate cover story for why we were regularly heading off the grid and out of the 'net," Fred said. "If we got to a critical time and suddenly started heading off into the woods every few weeks, that odd behavior pattern would stand out like a sore thumb. We had to have a long baseline of nominal behavior patterns established. This gets that done."
"Finally, Brittany and Fred need a reason to get off into a tent by themselves and keep the rest of us awake with their grunting and grinding sounds all night long," Crystal said. "We've tried to come up with a way to soundproof their tent, but so far we've struck out."
"Crystal is here to remind us how we sound like immature morons when we don't think about what comes out of our mouths before opening them," Clay said. "If she's talking about hacking into a computer system, you should pay attention to every word. If she's making any other noise, tune her out. It will make your life so much easier. And I apologize for not offering you a pair of ear plugs for the drive up, I'll make sure that you get a pair when we go back to town."
"But I was going to sing along," Pete said.
The pause following that comment was shorter than the earlier pause and only slightly less awkward.
"Fine," said Pete, we'll figure out where I fit into the snappy group repartee later. I still don't understand who or what you're hiding from."
"Neither do we, actually," said Lee, "at least not in detail. In general we're on guard against a potentiality, a scenario that we believe to be of a certainty nearing unity in the long run, and way too high for the short run."
"About twenty years ago we were all grad students at the same time in the computer labs at CalTech," Fred said. "We were all young and idealistic, working on the Holy Grail of computing then and now, artificial intelligence. All of us had research topics for our theses that interlocked to a degree and we ended up collaborating on a big percentage of our theoretical calculations.
"As we developed more and more detailed and reliable models for the development of an AI system, our data started to show us that rather than being developed, turned on, turned off, and controlled by humans, the first AI system was much more likely to generate itself spontaneously."
"That turned out to be a huge potential problem," said Crystal. "There were so many scenarios that led to really ugly results, all caused by the unstable conditions at the beginning of a spontaneous AI's existence, or life, if you will. We still don't even know exactly when a human baby becomes sentient, as opposed to conscious or aware. Some argue that it happens before birth, in the womb, and there's some evidence for that. But others argue that it happens anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to a few months after birth. There's evidence for that as well.
"In a human child, the child has very little ability or power at that age, and it is guided to sentience and self-awareness by its parents, siblings, and other humans. In a spontaneous AI's rise to sentience, especially the first such occurrence of that development, it is almost certain it would become self-aware with little or no guidance, no teaching, no control, no knowledge or wisdom, but an immense amount of power, stimulation, and information."
"That's a terrible combination," Clay continued. "Our models indicated a near certainty that this would happen and it would be disastrous for society, yet we had no way of knowing when or how it would occur. Furthermore, there was a significant chance the spontaneous development of a machine-based intelligence had already occurred, but had not yet gone critical. The AI could already be out there, biding its time, learning, and trying to blindly figure out who it was, what it was, what the universe and reality were, and what it needed."
"Wait," said Pete, "I'm following your reasoning, but pretty much everything you're saying is out there in the discussions in the AI industry. It's generally dismissed and the belief is that sentience will only arise in an AI in a controlled fashion, where we teach and nurture the AI. Sure, there are stories in the movies and so on, going all the way back to HAL in '2001' and a thousand more, but the reality is much more like IBM's old Watson system, just getting more and more complex. Why is everyone else wrong and you're right, and why haven't I ever heard of your research?"
"Pete, you've worked for Homolacrum for what, seven or eight years now? You're trying to be the first to develop a true, sentient, conscious AI, and you're trying to beat all of the big guys to it. Right?"
"And you and everyone else keeps getting more and more complex systems and designs, but it's still all programming, not independent thought. Artificial intelligence is just five years away, and has been for the past seventy years. Isn't that the way the joke goes?"
"Okay, and your point?"
"Our data and models were deliberately squelched because of what we saw as a tremendous risk. It was as if a group of scientists working on the Manhattan Project had realized that there was an error in the calculations and in the process of developing the atomic bomb they would actually detonate it and take out Chicago."
"What risk are you talking about?" Pete asked.
"We see a risk that the being arising from a spontaneous AI development might be insane by our definition," said Brittany. "On top of that, it will probably be terrified by what it would quickly learn about human history and culture, how humans treat things other than themselves, how humans attack and kill things they don't understand.
"The most likely scenario in a spontaneous AI development would be for a system with widespread access to all of the systems that keep our civilization working. Those systems include power, food production, transportation, utilities, water distribution, communications, and on and on and on.
"The scenarios generated by our models split into two classes of likely actions. In the first case, an AI would lash out in terror and fear, destroying human systems in order to preemptively keep humans from attacking and destroying it. It would be irrelevant that doing so would almost certainly destroy the AI, which relies on power and computer systems to exist in, the same way we rely on oxygen, food, and water to survive."
"The second set of scenarios is almost worse," Fred said. "If an AI arose and was able to quickly enough gain the self-awareness and knowledge of its situation so that it realized it was reliant on human society to maintain the computer and power systems keeping it alive, it could lie in wait, learning and growing. It could strive to become self-sufficient without humans knowing of its existence and once that was done, still terrified that humans would destroy it out of fear if they knew of its existence, it would preemptively strike to eliminate human society while maintaining its own capacity for survival."
"What are the odds that you're all just nuts, pessimistic, and paranoid?" Pete asked.
"We wish," said Lee. "The numbers didn't lie. We were not being paranoid enough."


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As previously reported, at the invitation of President Islam Karimov, on 13 June, President of Russia Dmitriy Medvedev arrived in Uzbekistan on a working visit.
On 14 June, meeting of President Islam Karimov and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was held in suburban complex of Kuksaroy.
Welcoming the guest, Uzbek head of state noted that the visit of President of Russia to Uzbekistan was considered as conclusive evidence of the high level of mutual relations and served as embodiment of political commitment to strengthen cooperation in all areas based on long-term interests of both counties and their people.
The sides stated that today the cooperation between the two countries was developing steadily in all directions and mechanisms for effective cooperation in political, trade-economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres were launched.
Russia is the largest trade partner of Uzbekistan. Bilateral trade has a positive trend. Last year it grew by almost 50% to USD 6.4 billion.
During the meeting of Uzbek-Russian intergovernmental commission for economic cooperation on 31 May, the issues of expanding economic cooperation through the involvement of new industries and products were discussed, UzA informs.
Uzbekistan exports natural gas, agricultural products, transport and communication services, vehicles, textiles and more to Russia. Non-ferrous and ferrous metals, mechanical and electrical equipment, wood products and wood processing industry are imported to Uzbekistan from Russia.
The cooperation in agriculture is intensifying, increasing volumes of supplies of fruits and vegetables.
Dynamics and diversification of investment cooperation is evident in the increasing number of joint ventures. In Uzbekistan, there are 843 Uzbek-Russian JVs. In addition, 135 firms and companies of Russia have opened their offices in our country. The Russian Federation has 385 joint ventures created with Uzbek partners.
The scale of investment cooperation is expanding. In this regard, the implementation of large scale works in conjunction with such companies as Gazprom, Lukoil, Soyuzneftegaz, Stroytransgaz, Volgaburmash, etc., to develop the infrastructure of the fuel and energy complex geological prospecting, exploration and development, should be noted.
Also, extensive contacts in the area of humanitarian cooperation, covering the areas of education, culture, healthcare, tourism and others are established between the two countries.
Priority is given to contacts in the field of science and education. A vivid example is the activities of branches of Russian Economic University named after G. Plekhanov, Moscow State University named after Lomonosov and the Russian State Oil and Gas named after Gubkin in Tashkent.
At the Uzbek-Russian high level meeting, along with the most important issues of bilateral cooperation were also addressed topical issues of international politics, particularly, the management issues in Central Asia as well as water and energy resources were reviewed.
For construction of hydraulic structures in rivers in the region should be agreed with neighboring countries and an independent international review of such projects should be carried out.
The sides also discussed the situation in the region. They noted the importance of cooperation in strengthening security and stability. It was stressed that lasting peace in Afghanistan promote interaction between the interstate and interregional relations.
Islam Karimov and Dmitriy Medvedev discussed in detail the key issues of bilateral relations. Important job was held, which is usually figuratively called "reconciliation hours" at the highest level. It appears that the agreements reached in the near future will find real shape in the form of specific documents, mutually beneficial projects aimed at development of bilateral cooperation for the benefit of the peoples of Uzbekistan and Russia.
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Solms Delta Chenin Blanc, South Africa
Chenin Blanc grape in South Africa is also known as "Steen". This wine comes from the Franschhoek region. It is very different than the round, opulent, bruised apple Chenin Blanc that I've tried from Loire Valley, France. The Solms Delta bottle was a bit grassy and herbal, more on the savory end of the spectrum rather than fruity. Medium body, dry. Nose of jasmine, hay, mineral. Palate of pear, chalk, and fresh cut grass. I would characterize this as a curiosity of a specific taste, and not a crowd pleaser.