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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15863 | In The Field
AAAS: The battery in your ear
Hearing loss in the elderly might not be what you think: it isn’t just the loss of hair cells in the ear, as it is with young kids at rock concerts, or even as many clinicians might tell you when your hearing starts to go. It’s a battery problem. The tissue in the ear that ‘powers up’ the amplifiers of hair cells in the outer ear starts to degrade with age. Oxidants pile up and clog the system. The battery dies. And there goes hearing.
This mechanism was published some four years ago, though it still comes as a surprise to many who hear it today – including doctors. Unfortunately scientists’ understanding of the situation hasn’t yet resulted in any breakthrough treatments. The cells that make up this ‘battery’ can regenerate, so it’s possible that stem cell treatment might be able, one day, to fix the problem. Stem cells would probably also be needed to re-grow hair cells in the ear (which do also die away with age, and don’t grow back). But we’re a long way from clinical trials on any of this. We’ll just have to wait for updates.
In the meantime, a word of advice from the experts on hearing at the conference: don’t listen to your ipod on more than half the volume setting if you listen to it all day (or no more than 80% max volume if you’re just listening for 20 minutes or so). More than that and you may not get to experience age-related hearing loss; your ears may go long before then.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15877 | Saturday, November 23, 2013
Protean Imagination and Pleonexia
Using his protean imagination, Henry seeks honor continuously by creating a series of beautiful moments both for himself alone and for himself and others. He becomes the object of desire for the Bertram sisters; he becomes the master improver of estates for Rushworth; he becomes Frederick to Maria's Agatha in Lover's Vows; he becomes the heroic adventurer in William's seafaring tales and then William's valiant benefactor in real life; he becomes Fanny's knight in shining armor; he becomes all the principal characters in Shakespeare's Henry VIII; he becomes the eloquent preacher in a London church; he becomes the benevolent estate-holder concerned about his tenants; he becomes the perfect gentleman caller at Portsmouth; and finally, he becomes trapped in a former beautiful moment, one that Maria cannot forget, and he suffers irreparable consequences.
Fanny aptly sums up his character when she says he "was every thing to every body, and seemed to find no one essential to him." No one is essential because Henry can never be satisfied with one; he needs an ever-changing audience of many admirers to accommodate his ego's pleonexia (insatiable drive to acquire) for honor and his imagination's pleonexia for roles. Becoming rather than being is Henry's mode.
Joyce Kerr Tarpley, Constancy and the Ethics of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, p. 162.
1. MrsDarwin12:17 PM
Very astute. Henry slips roles on and off like costumes, and he has enough innate talent at performing that he doesn't need to work long enough at anything for it to become part of his identity. He's the consummate gentleman of leisure, and he reminds me a bit of Steerforth in David Copperfield, who made it a great game to make everyone love him, and who mourned in one of his honest moments that he'd had no father to guide him and turn him to a career.
2. branemrys9:43 PM
Believe it or not, David Copperfield is one of the works I've never read.
3. MrsDarwin3:42 PM
Well, of course it's a classic, so I guess it should be on your bucket list, but it was not my favorite Dickens by a long shot. I'd rather read Great Expectations any day. Darwin observes that most Dickens novels start off with 100 pages of child abuse before the story progresses, and DC doesn't stint on the misery. Also, you have to have a pretty strong stomach to put up with David's wife Dora, who shakes her curls and hides her face and implores him to call her his little "child-wife". Not surprisingly, it's the minor characters who are most memorable.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15885 | Tart Dough
A rhubarb custard tartIn North America, this style of dough is called tart dough, or possibly short dough. In France it’s known as pâte brisée.[1]
Pie dough has clumps of butter that separate the sheets of flour and water, creating a tender, flaky crust. Tart dough is not flaky. It has a very fine, even texture, and a delicate crispiness. Actually it’s kind of like a thin shortbread cookie. The butter is incorporated as tiny uniform pieces, instead of the irregular chunks in pie dough. The cook also has to be careful not to develop too much gluten, otherwise the cooked tart will be tough.
Besides being the base for classic tarts, this dough could also be used for custard-type pies, like pumpkin pie. The recipe actually uses the same rough ratio as the pie dough, only the nature of the liquid component is different, and a bit of sugar is added. Also the ingredients are mixed differently to manipulate the final texture of the dough.
Tart Dough Ratio – 3:2:1:1 flour, fat, liquid, sugar
• The flour is cake and pastry flour. Actually cake flour would be ideal, as it has the highest starch and the lowest protein content, and therefore won’t develop too much gluten.
• The fat is unsalted butter.
• The liquid is the biggest change from normal pie dough. Instead of using ice water, we use an equal blend of egg yolks and heavy cream. The extra fat will further prevent the development of gluten.
• The sugar, added in equal amounts as the liquid by weight, will sweeten the dough and help it develop a crisp texture.
• A pinch of salt is a good thing.
Mixing. Combine the flour, sugar, salt. We want the butter in very small pieces, evenly distributed throughout the dough. You can use a traditional cutting-in method if you’re very thorough, but it’s easier to put the dry ingredients and the butter into a food processor and pulse the blades until the fat is incorporated. Then add the liquid. Mix to combine, then knead briefly, until the dough is smooth. Wrap tightly and refrigerate at least an hour before rolling out.
Shaping and Baking. As mentioned above, this dough can be used in all sorts of baked goods, including individual, cup-shaped tarts, pumpkin pies. The most elegant mold for this dough is a classic French tart shell. These are about 1″ deep, 10″ across, and have distinctive fluted edges. Most French tart recipes call for the dough to be blind baked, that is, partially or completely baked baked before any filling is added. Some fillings require no baking (eg. tarte au sucre), and in that case the dough should be fully baked beforehand. Other fillings, like those based on custards, require a gentle bake, in which case the dough should be partially baked beforehand.
For blind baking, we line the tart shell with the dough, then “dock” the dough, which means punch hundreds of little holes in the dough sitting on the bottom of the tart pan. This can be performed by a “docker,” which looks like a tiny lawn aerator, or by a fork, repeatedly jammed into the pastry. Docking prevents the formation of bubbles and blisters during blind baking.
Blind baking also typically involves lining the tart dough with parchment and then piling some beans, or other dried legumes, or pie weights on top. This also prevents bubbling, and keeps the dough in place during baking.
There’s one more trick to making the perfect blind baked tart dough….
It took me a long time to figure out how to make French tarts look good. For a while, no matter what dough recipe I used, or how thoroughly I chilled it, or how high I filled the shell with baking beans, the pastry would slough down the sides of the pan during baking.
I finally came across a simple solution in Marco Pierre White’s autobiography. One of the classic dishes he served at Harvey’s was tarte au citron, lemon tart. He would roll out the dough so that when pressed into the pan it draped over the edge. After baking he would trim the dough so that it was perfectly flush with the sides of the pan.
Trimming excess dough from a blind baked tart shell
Again, exact baking specifications will vary, but a modified two-stage method is usually employed. Maybe fifteen minutes on a lower rack at 375°F to brown the bottom, then fifteen minutes on a higher rack at 350°F. That’s just a guideline, mind you.
1. Sorry to be a dick about this, but do you see the difference between “pâte” and “pâté”? “Pâté”, as in, the ground mixture of meat and liver, ends with an “é”, with an accent, so it’s pronounced, “pat-EH.” “Pâte,” as in the tart dough we’re presently discussing, has no such accent, and is therefore pronounced, “PAT.” |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15933 | IFTTT error Messages
• Hi
I have been playing around with IFTTT starting with the tutorial using the DO button.
I haven't actually got an OLED display so I altered things so that instead of sending a message to the display for now the message goes to the system log.
This does seem to work and so if I push the button and then "logread -l 10" a few seconds later I see .....
kern.emerg 06:02PM Hello From https://ifttt.com/share/4xxzz9HwMjB
Problem is that some time after that I get an error message from IFTTT saying that there has been an error and so if I look in the recipe event log it says ..... Action Skipped. Unable to make web request: Error: ETIMEDOUT
Probably something that I haven't done correctly but any ideas ???
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15936 | Saturday, April 14, 2018
The truth is an elephant
The truth is an elephant, and all of us are blind,
declaring what we feel to be what we know.
But what will we do with the contradictions
that inevitably arise?
How can we safely stand beside
the huge paradox in the room
and trust that the magnitude
that encompasses all our beliefs
empowers and appreciates us all?
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15940 | 2 ways to choose
Really – are there choices between Society and Savior?
Allow me to say definitively, yes, and no. Allow me to illustrate.
Do you like cinnamon rolls? Trust me, I really do. But the question is not so much which cinnamon rolls I like but would I like a cinnamon roll with no cinnamon in it. I know, I know, if there is no cinnamon on it then it is not a cinnamon roll.
cinnamon roll
Well, is it not the same with life? If God created us to be people who are social and form societies, and He made us so that we need Him in every part of our lives does it not seem logical that He needs be part of our society as well. All of life is to be flavored by the presence of God. Remove God and His precepts and you no longer have the society He designed but one that humanity has made after its own image.
Yet, we live in a fallen world. So our world chose to follow any line of thought, belief or philosophy but does not accept that which is from God. So “naturally” society often finds itself based only on human wisdom and rejects anything not in line with the world’s way of seeing things.
But God has a plan. He wants us to carry His love, grace, and mercy, and Gospel into the world and into society. We are His ambassadors to a fallen world and when we let His light shine through our lives (lives directed by God Himself as we live by His Word) then society is affected. Not un like what Scripture says in Matthew 5: 13-16.
We need to follow the path God gives us and live by His light and be seasoned by His Word that we may affect Society. Then we can see society make choices that are God given rather than Self Absorbed.
So there are choices but only one set of precepts for guidance. Do we seek to allow God to flavor society or do we choose human society over God? It is your choice.
Respectfully submitted,
Chaplain Jim |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15951 |
An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the web server functionality of Moxa EDR-810 V4.1 build 17030317. A specially crafted HTTP POST can cause a privilege escalation resulting in root shell. An attacker can inject OS commands into the remoteNetmask0= parameter in the "/goform/net\_Web\_get_value" uri to trigger this vulnerability.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15952 |
Apache Santuario XML Security for C++ (aka xml-security-c) before 1.7.1 does not properly validate length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or bypass the CVE-2009-0217 protection mechanism and spoof a signature via crafted length values to the (1) compareBase64StringToRaw, (2) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault, or (3) DSIGAlgorithmHandlerDefault::verify functions.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15955 |
10/28/06 "The Independent" -- -- Did Israel use a secret new uranium-based weapon in southern Lebanon this summer in the 34-day assault that cost more than 1,300 Lebanese lives, most of them civilians?
Dr Busby's initial report states that there are two possible reasons for the contamination. "The first is that the weapon was some novel small experimental nuclear fission device or other experimental weapon (eg, a thermobaric weapon) based on the high temperature of a uranium oxidation flash ... The second is that the weapon was a bunker-busting conventional uranium penetrator weapon employing enriched uranium rather than depleted uranium." A photograph of the explosion of the first bomb shows large clouds of black smoke that might result from burning uranium.
Enriched uranium is produced from natural uranium ore and is used as fuel for nuclear reactors. A waste productof the enrichment process is depleted uranium, it is an extremely hard metal used in anti-tank missiles for penetrating armour. Depleted uranium is less radioactive than natural uranium, which is less radioactive than enriched uranium.
Israel has a poor reputation for telling the truth about its use of weapons in Lebanon. In 1982, it denied using phosphorous munitions on civilian areas - until journalists discovered dying and dead civilians whose wounds caught fire when exposed to air.
"When a uranium penetrator hits a hard target, the particles of the explosion are very long-lived in the environment," Dr Busby said yesterday. "They spread over long distances. They can be inhaled into the lungs. The military really seem to believe that this stuff is not as dangerous as it is." Yet why would Israel use such a weapon when its targets - in the case of Khiam, for example - were only two miles from the Israeli border? The dust ignited by DU munitions can be blown across international borders, just as the chlorine gas used in attacks by both sides in the First World War often blew back on its perpetrators.
Chris Bellamy, the professor of military science and doctrine at Cranfield University, who has reviewed the Busby report, said: "At worst it's some sort of experimental weapon with an enriched uranium component the purpose of which we don't yet know. At best - if you can say that - it shows a remarkably cavalier attitude to the use of nuclear waste products."
The soil sample from Khiam - site of a notorious torture prison when Israel occupied southern Lebanon between 1978 and 2000, and a frontline Hizbollah stronghold in the summer war - was a piece of impacted red earth from an explosion; the isotope ratio was 108, indicative of the presence of enriched uranium. "The health effects on local civilian populations following the use of large uranium penetrators and the large amounts of respirable uranium oxide particles in the atmosphere," the Busby report says, "are likely to be significant ... we recommend that the area is examined for further traces of these weapons with a view to clean up."
What the weapons manufacturers make of the latest scientific findings of potential uranium weapons use in southern Lebanon is not yet known. Nor is their effect on civilians.
Robert Fisk, article here
fact or fiction... well I know some will discredit this right off due to the source, but for those of us without such misguided (yet debatable) bias... who knows...
It would make sense for Israel and her ally (and their enemies) to test weapons when given such a wonderful opportunity.
Next opportunity for use/testing - Iran?
Now it doesn't take much thought to realise that if we were to take all the knowledge, brain power and resources spent on creating new and exisiting weapons we could solve pretty much all the problems we and the other inhabitants of this planet face.
With enough left over to make a series of hollywood blockbuster movies about a young boy who inherits a baseball team (perhaps) , or some such thing....
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15960 | A little thinking game
Get your head around this!
Just to completely wreck your head here is a little test. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST, then click the link to act out the sequences!! Apparently this is an IQ test given to employees in Japan.
Everybody has to cross the river, but the following RULES apply:
• Only 2 persons on the raft at a time
• The thief (striped shirt) can not stay alone with any family member
• When you click on the website, and it opens, click on the blue circle…
Click here to go to the game.
4 thoughts on “A little thinking game”
1. damn guess it qualifies me as a dumbass… kept me occupied in between other tasks today for much longer than 8 minutes!
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15974 | Poker Dictionary
Sunday, August 18, 2019
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Concealed Pair
1. Noun
Two down cards of the same value; a pair that no other player is entitled to see; buried pair.
EXAMPLE: "When my opponent raised without any sign of a decent hand showing, I figured my opponent must have a concealed pair."
APPLIES TO: Online and Land-based Venues
GAME CATEGORY: Stud Games
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15981 | The pros and cons of fracking:
Pros: there’s money in it.
Cons: everything else.
Fracking contaminates vast areas with millions of gallons of toxic liquids.
These liquids can migrate over time to contaminate even larger and unpredictable areas of the earth.It cannot be called back or withdrawn. The toxic contamination is forever.
Here are some facts about fracking. This is not opinion or conjecture, but just some facts.
Fracking, a term used for horizontal hydraulic fracturing, is used to extract oil and natural gas from shale. The hazards are life threatening and forever. Any arguments to the contrary will not stand when scrutinized.
Fracking contaminates vast areas with millions of gallons of toxic liquids. Farms and forests can be destroyed even with controls and regulations in place. The water can be contaminated making it unfit for humans or animals. The land can also be contaminated making it unusable for crops or animals. Look at places in New York, Pennsylvania and some western states.
The toxic contamination is forever. It cannot be called back or withdrawn. These liquids migrate over time to contaminate even larger and unpredictable areas of the earth.This process saturates large underground areas with highly toxic liquids. Once the area is
supersaturated they then create a shock wave to break apart the structure of the earth. This process continues day after day, year after year. At multiple well sites they go down and then out horizontally (sideways). They will soak areas of the earth larger than small cities. It involves tens of millions of gallons of toxic liquids at each site. These toxins can never be recalled or taken back. It destroys organisms. The consequences of this are unknown. It could alter the life cycle of humanity.
They say it is mostly water. What I flush down my toilet is mostly water. They use dangerous, toxic fluids. In a relatively short period of time they will inject into a single well site the equivalent of the full septic tanks of more than ten thousand homes.
Some of what follows may include things that could be considered my opinion. You can decide for yourself. Oil companies use diagrams to explain their case. They show you how the earth is structured. These diagrams are oversimplified cartoon like drawing. The structure of the earth is far more complex than they show. The earth also moves and changes over time. The diagrams are designed to hide the dangers from you. These liquids creep and migrate. They have no clue how far it will go over time. It has the potential to leave entire geographic regions with poison water and earth, forever. The methane released by fracking may not follow the anticipated path to be captured. There can be spills and blow-backs.This is about cool little diagrams making us believe that we understand the process. It is about devious and deceitful people using these presentation tools to confuse you, steal your wealth and rob you of your birthright. The earth does not belong to them, it belongs to us. Just because they draw lines on maps and say this is my county, my state, my city does not make it true. It is ours. It belongs to us. People were elected to represent us. I have not seen or heard one single politician speak up for us. Some are holding out for “a better deal.” The politicians say it is safe if properly controlled. They say this because it is a talking point they were given, not because they know it’s true. In reality they have no clue. In my opinion an honest politician would never vote to permit fracking. Future generations, cursed with a contaminated earth, will label these politicians with some very nasty names. They can forget about their legacy.
Please write or phone your local, state and national representatives and senators. Ask them to please stop fracking. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/15991 | How to recover deleted Dropbox files with Restore and Events
By June 27, 2017 Video
As the author of Dropbox In 30 Minutes, I get more questions about how to restore deleted files on Dropbox than perhaps any other topic. This short video shows how to resurrect trashed files using two separate methods: “Restore” (good for single files) and “Events” (good for restoring lots of videos at once). |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16019 | Jump to navigation Jump to search
Strine /ˈstrn/ is a term coined in 1964[1] and subsequently used to describe a broad accent of Australian English. The term is a syncope, derived from a shortened phonetic rendition of the pronunciation of the word "Australian" in an exaggerated Broad Australian accent, drawing upon the tendency of this accent to run words together in a form of liaison.[2]
It was the subject of humorous columns published in the Sydney Morning Herald from the mid-1960s. Alastair Ardoch Morrison, under the Strine pseudonym of Afferbeck Lauder (a syncope for "Alphabetical Order"), wrote a song "With Air Chew" ("Without You") in 1965 followed by a series of books—Let Stalk Strine (1965), Nose Tone Unturned (1967), Fraffly Well Spoken (1968), and Fraffly Suite (1969). An example from one of the books: "Eye-level arch play devoisters ..." ("I'll have a large plate of oysters").
In 2009, Text Publishing, Melbourne, re-published all four books in an omnibus edition.[3]
The naturalist and TV presenter Steve Irwin was once referred to as the person who "talked Strine like no other contemporary personality".[4]
See also[edit]
1. ^ The Oxford Companion to the English Language, Oxford University Press (1992), p. 990 (ISBN 0-19-214183-X)
3. ^ "Strine". Text Publishing Company. October 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
4. ^ "Freakish end to a wild life", The Age
• Lauder, Afferbeck (A. A. Morrison) Let Stalk Strine, Sydney, 1965, page 9
• Steber, David. Strine and Amusing Language from the Land Down Under, Steber & Associates, 1990. ISBN 1877834009.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16027 | Towards a New Geometry
Bang, bang, Baroque is dead. There's a new sheriff in town, and his name is Euclid. Along with Deputy Pythagoras, Sheriff Euclid is here to promote order -- no blurry lines for this straight edged law man. Still, Euclid ain't afraid to loosen up and get all scalene in the hizzy. So bust out your protractors and compasses, and don't forget to bring your perpendicular polygons. Kids, we're gonna wax axiomatic today.
geometric karl anderson
Softly rounded biomorphic ribbon chairs by Pierre Paulin are the perfect foil to hard angles. via Karl Anderson.
west elm
Hot shiny circumference supported by sexy supplementary angles = featherweight heavy hitter. Geo Side Table by West Elm, $199.
geometric kelly wearstler
Kelly Wearstler knows a thing or two about balancing solid forms. I love this idea. Going to tell The Hunny to bust out his whittling knife and get busy.
geometric ngoc minh ngo
Who wants a piece of the Pi? Just don't forget to square the radius, or you may end up with a wimpy circumference. via Ngoc Minh Ngo
west elm
These wee Hexpods would be fab dangling from fishline, forming a constellation of acute angled beauty. I would paint them gold and silver and hang them in front of a black wall. Small Hexpod is $9.95 from CB2.
geometric ruy texieria
Hexagons and rhombuses, unite! via Ruy Teixeria
chad hagen
Chad Hagen's Nonsensical Infographic No. 1 may not prove any corollaries, but it does demonstrate how beautiful spatial relationships can be. Prints available through 20x200.
ngoc minh ngo
No funny stuff, just crushing on these rectangles. I want this painting bad. via Ngoc Minh Ngo.
geometric owi
Apparently the home owner never leaves his house. I wouldn't either if I had a pool flanked by these mirrored isosceles megaliths. via OWI
stockholm rug ikea
I'm considering this rug for my redesigned living room. It's probably too busy, but think of how much cat hair it would hide. Ikea Stockholm Rug, $229.
geometric ruy teixiera
Wouldn't it be awesome if just one window in your house had beevision? You have to appreciate how orderly those little captains of industry are. via Ruy Teixeira.
geometric theurer
Balance. Mathematical perfection can come from a paint can. via Christoph Theurer
urban outfitters
Boho Geo Fringe Pillow courtesy of Urban Outfitters, $38. Love it.
geometric theurer
This is quite possibly the coolest bathroom I have ever seen. Something tells me I can't get those cabinets from Ikea, but that's not going to stop me from lusting after their trapezoidal beauty. via Christoph Theurer
That's it for today's roundup. Hopefully you were all able to follow along, and are prepared to take a pop quiz. Questions: What do you think of this new trend? Do you mourn the absence of curlicues? Could geo peacefully coexisit with flowery damask? |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16070 | Maedhros and Tygarya Saga - Finally an Engagement!!!
Maedhros and Tygarya Saga - Finally an Engagement!!!
Postby Tygarya » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:36 pm
Please check in to OOC thread first and make sure to read the recommended posts in MoME to get up to speed with what is going on
As the horses crossed the valley and came upon the tall foreboding structure of Minas Morgul, both brothers looked at each other apprehensively, Tyg turned in the saddle and looked at them both. ‘It’s ok, I’ve had the interior redesigned’
She turned back and started her horse towards the gates. The brothers looked sceptical but followed her through.
They walked their horses up to the broad steps leading into the main entrance way of the Tower, Maedhros looked up towards the heights of the dreary looking building, seeing faces and gargoyles in the stone staring back down at him. When one blinked, he looked away startled.
Several orcs ran out and took the reins of their horses as they dismounted. Tyg left instructions for them to take her things to her room and walked the brothers inside.
Once inside Tyg tentatively tried to make Maedhros and his brother Maglor comfortable. They were pleasantly surprised to find the interior of the Tower nothing like what they had imagined. It seemed light and airy, and inviting.
‘Tyg, it seems you have done wonders with this place’
‘Why thank you Maglor, it cost thousands in Interior designer fees, but I think they really worked their magic well’
‘Magic eh?’ Maedhros said looking around in awe ‘I though so’
‘Perhaps a servant can show you both to your rooms’ Tyg said indicating an orc standing waiting to be of help. He scurried over and took the two brothers bags, he walked off a couple of steps, turned back and grunted ‘Follow’ then walked off again, heading for a grand spiral staircase that seemed to wind up and up forever.
The brothers both looked at Tyg, who shrugged. ‘I didn’t say they were all perfect’ meaning the orcs. They looked at each other again, then followed after the orc.
Tyg finally let out a deep breath. Home at last, she stood there a moment, taking in the atmosphere that she had missed when in Rivendell, judging the MoME contest and seeking out Maedhros. She decided she would head for her rooms….on the top floor level 13….and have a much needed bath.
She waved another servant over and told him to tell the chef (who was not an orc, but actually a very good human chef) to start preparing something for dinner, and to let her and the brothers know when it would be ready.
‘Oh,’ Tyg turned at the foot of the stairs with an after thought ‘Make sure someone escorts the brothers to dinner, we wouldn’t want them to get lost, they may stumble upon things they may not be ready to see yet’ The servant bowed and grinned knowingly ‘Best to keep them escorted at all times for now’ Tyg finished her instructions then changing form into a black cat she ran at full speed and as light as a feather all the way up the stairs…..streaking past the brothers who were stopped at level 6 for a breather, Maedhros muttered the word ‘cheat’ as she ran by …….all the way to the top of the tower where her apartments were.
It was a couple of hours later when Tyg heard a knock at her door, suspecting it to be a servant orc telling her that dinner was ready, she went over and opened it. Maedhros was standing there, he peered over her shoulder into the wealth of her rooms, then said ‘I have come to escort you down to dinner my Lady’
Tyg glared at the Orc who had escorted Maedhros up to her rooms as he choked suppressing a laugh. He scurried away. Tyg took Maedhros’s proffered arm and lead the way down to where they would be dining. It was on level 10, over looking the Ephel Duath, the chef had set up a wonderful array of food and drink, as well as a lovely table for three on the balcony, where the moon shone to its full effect against the side of the tower.
All seemed to go well, everyone was over polite and a bit awkward until Maedhros asked forwardly, ‘So when do we do this thing?’
‘Thing? Maedhros?’ Tyg replied over the rim of her wine glass ‘What thing?
Maedhros, not for the first time, waved the stump of his right hand at her. ‘This is all very nice, but I want to see my hand’ Maedhros growled ‘I want my hand back!’
Tyg groaned inwardly Was it always going to be like this? She wondered, then stood up heading inside, grabbed a bottle of wine off the food table, then turned.
‘Well are you coming or not?’
She heard both brothers stand and come back inside, they followed her with tightly suppressed anticipation as she walked towards the stairs.
‘You should have got them to put in a lift’ Maglor groaned.
‘Then we would all get fat’ Tyg laughed as she started down the stair case, all the way down to the bottom where the entrance hall was. She turned then and walked into the darkness behind the staircase, where another stair case disappeared down into the very rocks of minas morgul itself, she grabbed a torch from a sconce at the doorway and started down into the darkness. The brothers hesitated slightly, then followed her.
It was pitch black and the brothers hurried to catch up to the torch light in the distance as it rounded a corner and disappeared. It was narrow and a long way down, the rocks started to get moist showing just how far under ground they were getting.
Finally after what seemed hours in the dark, but which was really only 20 minutes Tyg stopped, and muttered something under her breath, suddenly the brothers had to cover their eyes as a large room as suddenly lit up by the igniting of several torches around the room.
‘Magic again ‘Maedhros scowled, then lost his voice as he looked ahead into the room, his eyes finally adjusting, although he still thought they must be fooling him.
Across the vast room, all cut out of solid obsidian rock, was a wall that was perfectly smooth, looking like the gate to oblivion. Maedhros felt he could step right through into nothingness. Tyg walked off to one side where there was a table and grabbed some glasses that were on it, opening the bottle she had brought with her, she poured it out into the glasses. Grabbed hers and gulped it back, she stood watching the brothers reactions, especially Maedhros’s.
He had walked up to the wall, transfixed on the one small blemish right in the centre which seemed to be glowing, he stared at it unbelieving, Maglor paled and turned away. Imbedded into the very rock itself, but shining through the thin layer of rock over it, was the Silmaril, making the obsidian rock look almost transparent.
He turned to Tyg ‘What is this?’ he demanded ‘You said I could take up the stone, how can I do that if it’s stuck inside the rock?!’
‘I never said you could ‘take up’ the stone, I said you could weild it, but it couldn’t leave here, you understand now’
‘What are we looking at exactly’ Maglor asked.
‘A gateway, ready for Morgoth’s return’ Tyg said simply
Maglor paled further and stepped away from the wall looking like the hounds of hell themselves could jump through any minute.
‘Relax, it still needs the power of at least one more Silmaril for him to come across’
‘One more?’ Maedhros asked, ‘How do you intend to get one more?’
‘Well, it’s no small feat, I’ve been trying for a couple of hundred years now to find a balrog I can get to understand the word fetch’ Tyg smiled wanly.
Both brothers just stared at her.
Suddenly Maedhros went as pale as a ghost, his mouth dropping open, as he stared over Tyg’s shoulder to a jar sitting innocently on a shelf behind her.
Maglor followed his brother’s gaze and felt his knees go weak, he searched for something to sit down on, grabbing a nearby chair, he sank into it.
Tyg calmly turned and leaning across the table she reached up and took the jar in both hands. She carefully turned back and held it out to Maedhros.
‘Your right hand’ she said simply. Maedhros just stared at it, recoiling slightly from it as Tyg offered it to him.
‘Place it on the desk, I can’t touch it’ he said as he raked his left hand through his hair.
Tyg placed it carefully on the desk, took up two glasses and walked over to Maglor first, handing him one then Maedhros.
‘You see now why I brought the drink down, but you may need something stronger.’ Tyg said as both brothers emptied the glasses in one gulp.
‘I think you guys should get some rest, I’ve organised someone to show you both around tomorrow morning, a trip over to Cirith Ungol and up to see the ruins of Mordor’
Maglor looked gratefully at Tyg for giving them an out and stood up, he grabbed a torch, determined not to walk back up the stairs in darkness and hailed his brother to follow. Maedhros however stayed and walked up to Tyg, taking her in his arms, he embraced her warmly, Tyg was shocked, but returned the hug. When Maedhros stepped back, his hand remained on her shoulder.
‘Thank you, I know this is not easy for you to do’ Maedhros said kindly, he glanced at the smooth wall with the Sil in it. ‘I can feel Morgoth’s malevolence from here my self.’
Tyg looked into Maedhros’s eyes then and they shared a moment, a deep before untouched feeling sparked between them.
Maglor coughed delicately breaking the moment. He quietly said to Maedhros ‘Come on brother’ Maedhros turned and followed his brother out of the cavern.
Tyg wrapped her arms around herself suddenly cold, she stared at the wall, almost expecting Morgoth to appear herself, there would be no sleep for her tonight, sleep here with the brothers within these walls, she shivered at the thought of what nightmarish and painful dreams Morgoth would send to her if she even tried to sleep, she couldn’t let him discover in her mind that the brothers were there.
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Postby Tygarya » Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:32 pm
Tyg spent all the next day in solitude while the brothers were out being shown around, reading and studying the archaic books and scrolls of dark magic that were stacked up in her libraries. She had to make sure this was all going to work and the first thing she had to do was restore Maedhros’s hand. She knew it would involve Maedhros having to relive the time he lost it, but she was sure he would still do it. If he for one second knew that she would have to live it also, taking all the pain and suffering into herself to be able to do what was required, she feared he would change his mind. He was a very genteel being under that rough exterior. She smiled as she thought back to last night, when he had hugged her and thanked her, she had felt something, but was still too raw concerning Gwaihir to want to pursue it.
It was late when an Orc silently entered and approached the desk she was sitting at pouring over several books at once and cross referencing things.
He handed her a note sealed with wax. Opening it she read the short hand written note.
My dearest new friend Tyg,
I am writing to wish you a safe journey home, and hope you write me and let me know how it goes with Maedhros. I hope you feel confidant enough in our newly formed friendship to confide in me, I can be discreet.
As soon as I have things settled back in Minas Tirith I would love to journey to see you, after hearing about your redesigning of Minas Ithil I am intrigued to see it.
Your friend,
Tyg quietly pondered the implications behind the letter, and felt mirth at Rwhen’s reference to Minas Morgul as Minas Ithil, its ancient name.
She went to grab a pen and paper from the desk to write a prompt reply, then noticed the servant was still standing there waiting.
‘Was there more?’ She asked
‘Mistress, your guests wish to see you’ the orc explained wringing his hands together, knowing Tyg disliked being disturbed when with the books. ‘I tried to tell them you were busy, but…’
‘It’s okay.’ Tyg interrupted his excuses, ‘I know what they are like, have they broken anything yet?’
The orc looked nervous. ‘Ah….Maedhros threw a wine bottle at the wall, and smashed a vase in the process’
‘Very well’ Tyg said standing up and stretching her cramped muscles. ‘Where are they?’
‘In their apartments, Mistress’ the orc bowed as Tyg swept passed him and made the long journey through the fortress to the main tower and up the stairs to where Maedhros and Melkor had been given the 10th floor to use as their own.
She entered without knocking, it was still her place after all, and found Maedhros pacing in front of the large fire place, Maglor was trying to calm him, as usual. Tyg was suddenly very grateful for Maglor coming along, he was indeed a great calming influence over the fiery temper of Maedhros.
‘What seems to be the problem?’ Tyg asked as she entered.
Maedhros stopped pacing and turned towards her.
‘Where have you been all day?’ Maedhros demanded ‘I want to get this over with, not spending the day galavanting across the valley looking at ruins’ he said , again waving the stump of his right wrist at her.
Annoyed Tyg rolled her eyes and sighed, she walked into the large anteroom that adjoined the brothers privates rooms. She walked over to where Maglor was sitting on a couch and sat down heavily next to him. She rub her tired eyes and looked up at Maedhros.
‘It’s not that easy, I have spent all day referencing the appropriate requirements, there are some things it is going to take a bit of time to organise’
‘Are you sleeping?’ Maglor asked, causing Maedhros to look at Tyg more closely. She looked withdrawn and very pale, dark circles were starting to show under her eyes. Tyg just smiled wanly at Maglor and shook her head, He would never understand, she thought.
Maedhros dropped to his knees in front of her, placing his hand over the top of one of hers as it rested on the arm of the couch.
‘Are you okay?’ he asked suddenly very concerned.
Tyg looked at him. ‘I’m fine’ she said flatly as she pushed away and stood up. ‘It’s just going to take some time, and I believe time is running out, this must be performed on a New Moon, and the next one is only in a few days and I can’t risk waiting till the next one’
Maedhros stood and walked to a window, looking out at the moon he noticed it was only a thin sickle shape.
‘I reckon 3 days, no more’
‘Thanks for that’ Tyg said sarcastically. ‘On that note, I better get back to it then’
‘Sorry, I didn’t mean…’ Maedhros tried to apologise, Tyg cut him off with a wave of her hand.
‘I know, I know’ she replied as she walked back to the door and opened it, ‘Just get some sleep….you are going out to meet some of the Generals tomorrow.’
‘What!’ Maedhros cried out
‘They want to meet you….its your chance to ‘inspire’ them’. Tyg said with a laugh and left closing the door behind her before Maedhros could refuse.
She could hear him yelling ‘Absolutely not!’ at his brother as she left.
Once back in the libraries, Tyg picked up the note from Rwhen and re-read it. She grinned then and penned a reply.
My friend Rwhen,
Once the dust settles in both our homes I would love for you to visit, it may be a good idea to bring your husband as I will need to be speaking to him, regarding what is going on here with Maedhros and why he has returned.
I fear whether it will all be good news for him, but I see this friendship of ours as a sign of what could hopefully be achieved between our two nations.
I shall make everything ready for your expected arrival in a week, come whenever you are able, we will be waiting.
Your friend always,
She had decided it would be much easy to tell Aragon what had happened concerning Morgoth and Maedhros after the fact, that way no one would be able in interfere in it and compromise her freedom. Once done it was just that, already done….she hoped Maedhros would be seen as a hero for potentially stopping another ultimate war, but knew she would have a lot of explaining to do.
Not to dwell on that now, she thought to herself, concentrate on making it actually happen first. She called for a servant, sealed the letter with her wax seal and gave it to him to send, she then returned to the large stack of books before her.
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Postby IVIaedhros » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:29 pm
"I don't want to command an army of...of...those...creatures" Maedhros was sputtering.
"You have to be more patient with her," Maglor explained urgently. "How hard is it to do as she asks? You've lived with one hand for so long; a few more days won't hurt."
Maedhros just growled and continued pacing. "That isn't it," he waved at his brother dismissively. "I have here. Would you make this your home? Would you live in a place with a portal to the Everlasting Darkness in the cellar? Hmm?"
"I will remain here as long as you wish for my company," Maglor said quietly. "If this is to be your home, than it will be mine as well. No Oath nor ritual will bind me here...but I will not abandon you."
Maedhros sighed and raked his hand through his hair. He threw himself down on a chair and looked at his brother. "I cannot thank you enough for that. You truly are the best of Fëanor's sons. I don't deserve such a brother."
"Well, no one deserves Celegorm either, and yet we both got him." He grinned, and Maedhros laughed.
"And I suppose it is light and airy on the inside. If I pretend, I could almost imagine I am in the palace in's been so long, I might even believe it...."
"Maybe if...if we offered to help? Would that make the waiting easier?" Maglor asked tentatively.
"She's trying to reattach a long-dead hand. It's necromancy, it has to be. Do you want to be party to that?"
"You're taking part in it," Maglor shot back.
"I'm willing to go to many lengths to fulfill my Oath," Maedhros pointed out. "At least this way, nobody dies. But I was asking about you, little brother," he pointed out.
"There's no harm in reading up on something. I wasn't volunteering to...participate. I'd just feel better...knowing what we were getting into."
"Nothing good, I assure you."
But even so, he sat down and penned a quick note.
Queen Tygarya,
My brother and I can read, you know. If you'd like any help, just ask. If you don't want us in there, just send the book up here. You don't need to babysit us.
He paused before signing his name. "Your servant" sounded too trite, and didn't match the tone of the letter, so he left off any closing.
He opened the door, and the orc guards snapped to attention. They weren't allowed to wander anywhere in this place on their own. A bit suspicious, but he'd expected as much.
"Take this to your mistress."
One orc took the note and bowed, then scurried off. The other two looked slightly uncomfortable until Maedhros closed the door rather forcefully and retreated to his rooms.
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Postby rwhen » Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:47 pm
As Rwhen approached Minas Tirith, she could tell that Aragorn had gone to great pains to be sure she felt welcomed back to what would eventually become her city too. The white spires and fine craftsmanship of the city was something to behold and no matter how many times she arrived, each time was like the first. It took her breath away.
The cheering of the crowds was almost deafening as the coach pulled up to a stop. Aragorn opened the door and assisted Rwhen from her seat.
"My dear one, how long has it been?" he started.
Rwhen blushed as she always did, "Too long, my beloved. Thank you for such a grand reception. You have no idea how hard the judging was for this years MoME contest. I am just glad YOU were not a contestant." She smiled largely for her suitor.
"You must be exhausted. Allow me to show you to your suite and then why don't you meet me in the great hall for supper." Aragorn was every bit the gentleman. His grey eyes were sparkling in his excitement to see her.
"As you wish, My Lord."
"My Lord, My behind. Since when have I expected you to call me Lord." In a lowered voice intended for her delicately pointed ears only, "I thought we had an understanding."
Rwhen's laughter was music as it sang through the air. "Of course we do, I mean to hold you to it as well. Or will I have to get my scary father down here to hold a sword to your throat?"
The pair literally ran into the citidal and after much nodding and recognition finally made it to the proper suite. "I never get used to that," Aragorn huffed. "Do they have to bow all the time?"
"Yes dear heart, I am afraid so."
Aragorn took his ladies hand and kissed it lightly then pressed it to his manly chest. "Until supper." He turned on his heel and started off.
As she surveyed her suite, it was exactly as she had left it. She didn't have time to even sit down before stewards brought her trunks from MoME. She grimaced at the thought of unpacking and all she would have to stow. It would give her the chance to relive every moment of the pagent, however.
Humming softly, she took each treasure and made sure it had a special place. The gowns were stowed in her press, shoes in the wardrobe and perfumes to the dressing room. Wanting to bathe before supper, she ran the hot water, disrobed and settled in.
"What the he...." Rwhen grabbed up a large towel and ran to her anti-room. There was a dazed eagle with a carriers bag around her neck hanging onto the window sill.
"Silly bird." Rwhen soothed the eagle and coaxed her into giving over the packet. "Why not enjoy the warm water, it appears I am done for the evening."
"Thank you Lady," trilled the eagle, "this girl is one tired eagle and I could use a soak."
Rwhen took the note to her dressing table and read:
My friend Rwhen,
Your friend always,
"Oh dear. Oh DEAR." She folded the note crisply and put it in one of her many jewel boxes. "Yes, I will speak with him after supper. I must not wait too long. Tyg will be expecting an answer directly."
"Were you speakin' to me, Lady," called the eagle.
Rwhen had forgotten that she was not alone. "Yes, would you stay for dinner and I will send you back with a note for the sender?"
Rwhen dressed in a stunning gown:
and went to meet with Aragorn.
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Postby Tygarya » Thu Nov 08, 2007 3:02 pm
As tyg wandered down the halls, she was faintly amused, she knew Maedhros would be surprised tomorrow to find out that most of her Generals were actually Men, orcs were soldiers not leaders, but she guessed he would learn that in time.
Once Tyg returned to the libraries, she had a puffing Orc run up behind her waving a note. She took it from him and read it. She smiled tightly, condescending so and so, she thought, well if he wants something to do, I'll give him something.
'Wait here, I have something for you to take back to his Lordship' Tyg says to the orc, she walks up to the desk and picks up a mountain of books and placing them into the orcs arms, he looks dispairingly at them because of the prospect of having to walk up all those flights of stairs with them.
Tyg pens a quick note back to Maedhros.
If you are truly sincere in wanting to help, here are some books that I need to go through to find any references to amputee reattachment. It unfortunately won't be an exciting task for you, but you did ask.
Thank you
Tyg xx
She read it, aware that it came across sarcastic, but didn't mind that, she handed the note to the orc and sent him on his way.
Maedhros was right though, she did need help. Oh, not from Maedhros and Maglor, no those books that nothing of the delicate information that she was trying to find out, and absolutely nothing about the ritual. She couldn't have Maedhros find out what was truly involved until the ritual actually began, by then it would be too late for him to back out. No, those books would keep them out of her hair, and no more.
She needed help of another kind, as much as she really didn't want to have to get help from this person, as he always came back wanting a return favour nothing came for free with him, she knew he ws the only one who could help her with the darker side of what was required...necromancy.
She turned from the libraries despite her better judgement and walked through the halls of the dark fortress, she made her way outside and walked across the valley, following a small winding path through boulders and rocks showing through the grasses, until she reached a small graveyard filled with only a few, but very grand, tombs. As she stepped onto the soil of the yard, through a little wrought iron gate, a fog instantly started to rise. She knew she didn't have to call for Baphomet, he already knew she was there.
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Postby Baphomet » Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:07 pm
The tendrils of fog reached out towards Tygarya's legs as she walked through the graveyard, moving up her laegs and wrapping around her, carressing her as she walked.
As she reached a particular tomb she stopped in front of it, lying across the roof of the tomb, with one leg dangling jauntly down the front, was a hooded figure. He appraised Tygarya fully, causing her to scowl at him. He laughed sardonically.
Mistress I live but to serve, what brings you to seek out my council?
I need your help, in matters of necromancy, of which you are famous for.
Tyg replied coolly, battering away tendrils of fog
Baphomet jumped down from the tomb roof and stood in front of her, the tendrils of fog dissipating
You have my curiousity Mistress, what could you possibly be up to that would require the help of the dead? he replied intrigued, in a conspirtoal tone, he thrived on intrigue
Accompany me back to my libraries, and I shall show you Tyg said turning and making her way from the graveyard. Baph jumped into line and followed like a puppy dog would follow his master
As you require Mistress
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Postby IVIaedhros » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:27 pm
Maglor stood by the window, looking out over Imlad Morgul. They were high enough that the scents did not bother him, but the place did have an...unwholesome look. He imagined this would wear on the spirit, eventually. Did Maedhros really know what he was getting himself into?
A knock sounded on the door. Maedhros went to open it. He smirked. A huffing and puffing orc dropped a stack of books on the doorstep, and handed him Tyg's note. He read the note, and the smirk fell away. He pointed to the other two orcs, who had been lounging nearby watching all of this. "You there, pick up those books and put them on the table in here." He was very reluctant to invite the orc guards into his suite, but not as reluctant as he was to demonstrate just how awkwardly helpless he was with only one hand.
Maglor turned away from the window, and raised an eyebrow at the stack of books on the table. "She took you seriously."
Maedhros shook his head. "I doubt it. Find me one book in this lot that is on serious necromancy, and I'll...."
"Yes?" Maglor asked, his eyes sparkling.
"I ran out of ideas. I'm not in the mood to volunteer eating something disgusting, and I'm not in a position to give up authority."
"True. I might think of something, though," Maglor murmured. He picked up the books one at a time, glancing at their titles or flipping through them. "There are a few that are strictly historical records..."
"Yes, and a few on alchemy, which should sound promising."
"How about battlefield surgery?"
"Only useful if we'd want to recreate the scenario in which I lost the hand," Maedhros scowled. "But go ahead....find a book on necromancy."
"Herbs....Astronomical charts and phases of the moon....a character sketch on Morgoth?" Maglor looked up. "What in Middle Earth is that for?"
"And who wrote it?" Maedhros wanted to know. "Hand me that one, I'll start there...."
The brothers spent the rest of the evening pouring through the books, and dutifully slipped a piece of paper into each page that contained any information about amputations. They'd only made it through a third of the stack, though, when they decided to call it a night.
"We can't have you looking under the weather if you're meeting military types," Maglor pointed out.
Maedhros just groaned. "Don't remind me. I can pretend I'm sleeping in Himring if I don't listen to the fell beasts flying overhead....."
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Postby Tygarya » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:42 pm
Returning to the libraries Tyg told Baph what she had planned. He nodded and blinked and looked at the books when she showed him a particular phrase or requirement. When she finished she looked at him, waiting for him to say something.
Baph looked at her a moment, gathering his thoughts, then simply said ‘Your mad’ as he sat down on the corner of the desk she had piled the relevant books on, grabbed one and started skimming through it.
‘What?’ Tyg said, not sure she heard him right.
He looked up at her, slammed the book closed with one hand and threw it back on the pile. ‘Your mad’ he said again.
‘So you don’t think it can work?’
‘Oh, it can work alright’ Baph confirmed, making Tyg look at him perplexed. ‘But at what point do you think Morgoth is going to realise what your doing? And at what point do you think he will try absolutely anything to stop you doing it?’
Tyg looked chagrined but said nothing.
Baph got up from the desk and started pacing the room ‘Well I’ll tell you exactly when he will realise what your up to’ he stopped and peered at her playfully ‘Do you really want to know, or would it be more exciting to find out at the time?’
Tyg looked at him with one eyebrow raised ‘What do you think?’
‘Ah, ok’ Baph said simply and wandered back to the table to sit down again, he stretched his long legs out in front of himself and folded his arms. ‘He will know the minute you utter the first word’
He watched Tyg’s reaction, which was to sink into the chair behind the desk and put her head in her hands, her elbows on the table.
‘I had hoped we would be able to at least get through the attachment of Maedhros’s hand before I had to deal with Melkor’
‘Well there is possibly a way you can do that, without Morgoth getting a whiff that anything is up’ Baph said smugly studying a fingernail.
Tyg looked up from her hands, a glint in her eye.
‘What is it? Tell me…or I swear….’
‘There, there..’ Baph patted Tyg on the head, causing her to stand up and grab him around the throat with lightening speed. Baph however turned to fog in her hands and reappeared behind her. She spun round as he grabbed her, he stopped and grinned wickedly, then looked down. Tyg had a dagger pressed against his belly. Baph laughed and stepped away. He bowed to Tyg.
‘I haven’t got time for these games of yours Baph’
He straightened and looked at her suddenly serious. ‘Very well, but you are not going to like what I have to say…and neither will your new pet Maedhros.’
‘He is not my pet Baph’ Tyg said shaking her head.
‘A point yet to be proven, however, to continue what I was saying’ He moved on quickly to avoid her being able to say anything more on that subject. ‘You almost had it right where you say he will have to relive the moment he lost his hand, but not just in his mind, dearest one….he will have to enter the spirit world and actually return and relive it like it is happening, with you beside him, reliving it also.’
Tyg looked at him stunned
‘You can make that happen?’
‘Of course’ Baph replied confidently, he leaned in close to her face and breathed ‘Anything for you, my Mistress’ He straightened up and looked at her with that mischievious look again ‘You’ll owe me one though, big time’
Tyg rolled her eyes ‘I didn’t think things would be any different, Baph’
‘Excellent, it’s nice to know we are on the same page, so to speak’ he replied with a laugh. ‘But I can’t do anything on an empty stomach, come let us get something to eat, I feel the sun is waking’
He offered her arm, which she took somewhat reluctantly, looking at the books, and he lead her out and towards the kitchens.
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Postby rwhen » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:47 pm
Rwhen quieted her racing heart and mind. It would not do well for her to lose her composure when speaking with Aragorn. When she arrived at the banquet hall, the table was spread with enough variety of savory dishes to satisfy any hunger.
"Good evening, My Lord," she smiled at Aragorn.
"I thought we already got that my Lord cleared up," he answered in a bit of a snit.
"Shall I call you Ari baby then?"
That broke them both up. He sat her at his right side and indicated that all should begin the feast. The noise level in the hall was quite loud making it almost impossible to have any descent conversation. Instead Rwhen kept making eye contact with Aragorn with a hint of what was to come playing about her lips and in her gaze.
When the desserts were brought around, a troop of muscians set up and began playing for their delight and amusement.
"Shall we dance," Aragorn held out his hand to his Lady.
"Indeed, it would be my pleasure." The couple twirled around the room in perfect timing with the music.
"So tell me about MoME, my dear. I want all the news and updates from Imladris. How is your father? Who won anyway?"
Rwhen laughed as they started a slower dance. "So many questions. Can't an elvish princess enjoy a moment of quiet dancing?" She was not yet prepared to speak of MoME.
"Really? I sould think you would be chattering like a magpie," Aragorn retorted.
Rwhen stopped the dance and musicians with a wave of her hand. "Sir, certainly you are not referring to me as a magpie?"
Aragorn recognized that tone and took a different tack. "Maybe we should have an after dinner drink in my study. You can relax and if you feel like talking, I shall be all ears."
Before she could reply, he was sweeping her from the room and down the hall. "What was that all about? You are keeping something from me, I know you too well. I was merely making polite conversation and you took my head off."
"Your head seems to be attached to me," Rwhen ducked conversation yet again.
He arrived at his personal apartments and opened the door for her. He followed in and poured them each a creamy whiskey drink. "Alright, Rwhen, out with it. I am a patient man, but your temper after having been gone so long is not appropriate, what is on your mind."
She contemplated stalling further, but was certain he would see through that as well. Sipping her drink for strength she began. "I will start with MoME. You know how it is. How crazy and mixed up things get. Relationships get started with the most unlikely pairings."
Aragorn jumped to his feet. "Who is it? Who do I have to kill now to gain your hand?"
"Not me silly, sit down and let me finish." Aragorn sat uneasily, watching Rwhen closely. "So as I was saying, strange things happen at MoME. When I got there I didn't know who the other judges would be, but soon learned that Tygarya was to be one of the judges."
Aragorn shook his head knowingly. "Yes, the Queen of Minas Morgul. Did she cause trouble for you?"
"No, actually we got along famously. One could say, we became friends. I think even good friends if allowed to have the time to grow the friendship."
"You certainly must be joking. You do realize that she is in league with the other side?" Aragorn countered.
"Do I sound as if I am making jest? My love, the war is over, isn't it time to start thinking about what the future could be? Peace breaking out all over Middle Earth? Isn't that something that you would desire?"
"Yes, but I don't trust her."
"Do you even KNOW her?" Rwhen asked quietly, but intently.
Aragorn considered the question carefully. "No, not really. But what I have heard is NOT promising." He rubbed a hand over his furled forehead. "Okay, so you made friends with Tygarya. What else happened?" He was making an effort to have a pleasant conversation.
"MoME was great fun. All the sponsors and contestants did marvelous. It was actually very hard to judge but in the end, Bard won the contest."
"That's it?" he smiled. "I thought you were setting me up for something terrible, like I was going to have to go and slay Sauron or Smaug." He took a deep breath.
"Well, there IS one other little piece of news that you should know about." She came up behind him and began rubbing his shoulders.
"That feels good. Lay it on me."
"Maedhros accompanied Tygarya back to Minas Morgul."
"HE WHAT???? Damn those Fëanoreans!!"
"Why does everyone say that." It was not a question. "Before you get yourself worked up again, please hear me out, I will be brief." Aragorn brought her around to sit facing him, knee to knee and waited patiently. "I do not know the reason he went with her. I do not know if the whole family also went. I do not know if he plans to stay. So questioning me about it is futile. I DO know that I have come to have a certain trust in Tyg, that is the name that I like to call her." Rwhen stopped and smiled with memories of MoME and then continued. "Please trust me on this. In fact, I would think that you would want to meet Tyg and get your own answers."
Baited, "and I intend to do just that. I can not leave this week, but we could travel next week. Would that please you?"
"I will dispatch a letter to Tyg this very evening. Thank you my Love, this means more to me than you know."
"And you mean more to me than YOU know." A tender kiss stopped all conversation as the moon set in the night sky.
Love is as big or as little as a hug!!
And getting into trouble with Rally The Eldar.
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Postby Tygarya » Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:03 pm
As Baphomet led Tyg to the kitchens for something to eat, the day was dawning. Tyg looked out the windows as they past, the sky looked like it was bleeding, a deep red burst forth from the horizon and smeared across the sky. How appropriate, she thought to herself.
When they walked into the kitchens, Maedhros and Maglor were there chomping down on fresh bread with some cheese, while the cooks were quickly making them some bacon and eggs.
Maedhros's face went dark when he saw Baphomet lead Tyg into the kitchens, holding hands. He looked at the roguishly handsome young man, his black hair short on the sides and back, but long on top causing it to flop into his swirling grey and black eyes.
Baphomet grinned mischieveously when he caught the look, but Tyg dropped his hand.
Tyg was surprised to see the brothers up so early, but guessed they just wanted to make a good impression on the Generals they would be meeting today. Tyg said conversationally as she picked up a piece of cheese.
'Looks like its going to rain this afternoon, judging by the sky'
'Really, I though maybe you had a preference for blood red skies and decided to change it' Maedhros said casually turning away and looking out a small window above the cooking benches, so he didn't see Tyg raise an eyebrow at him in shock.
He turned back then and looked again at Baphomet.
'And this is?' he said pointedly.
Before Tyg could answer Baphomet had swept round the table between them and grabbed Maedhros's hand in his and was shaking it.
'I'm Baphomet, Tyg's favourite assistant in the ways of the spirit world.'
He was still shaking Maedhros's hand insistently, as Maedhros looking into his eyes realised he was a Necromancer, Maedhros pulled his hand back annoyed by the shaking. He turned to Maglor, who was now shaking Baph's hand.
'A necromancer' he said rolling his eyes. 'I told you'
Tyg stood watching, looking slightly annoyed at Baph, he was so cocky. She decided then to ignore Maedhros for the moment, knowing he would hate that, he could be so vain...after all he had been known as 'Matimo', that sort of thing would always make a man vain. She turned to Maglor.
'Well while your here...did you get a chance to look into the books a sent you?'
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Postby Baphomet » Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:06 pm
Maglor looked at Tyg and said simply ‘We have looked at them yes, there was a couple of things, but nothing that you could really use I don’t think.’
Maedhros interrupted then ‘But, you knew that didn’t you, when you gave us those books’
Tyg glanced over at Maedhros, folding her arms and with an amused smile on her face. ‘What do you mean Maedhros?’
‘You just gave us those books to keep us out of your hair’ he exclaims seeing her smug smile ‘Admit it’
‘I admit nothing, Sloiugash’ Tyg said back getting annoyed. Baphomet spat out some bread crumbs and snuffled in suppressed laughter at the name (which means simply Accusing one, in Black Speech) causing Maedhros to scowl even deeper at not understanding, but Tyg purposely doesn’t expand on it. ‘Your suspicions are starting to annoy me’ She said as she motioned for Baph to leave ‘However I am far too busy to worry about that now. Enjoy your day with Generals Barrock and Kador, try not to upset them too much…or they may decide to try and kill you’ Tyg turned and left the kitchen with Baph in tow, he turned and grinned at Maedhros, who was muttering under his breath, and Maglor, who was shaking his head in disbelief at the performances going on. Baph grabbed a slab of bread and a hunk of cheese.
‘Yes, enjoy your day while I’m cooped up with Tyg all day’ he said with a grin and quickly left the room as Maedhros picked up a loaf of bread and threw it at him. It hit the door frame, just as Baph darted through it.
As Baph caught up with Tyg, she was striding through the fortress also muttering under her breath.
‘What is it about him that upsets you so, Mistress?’ Baph asked cautiously, he knew she could be dangerous in this sort of mood
She spun on him, her eyes blazing.
‘Nothing!’ she hissed, ‘He’s just so damned untrusting and suspicious all the time’ she turned and headed down the halls again, still muttering. Baph scowled slightly, feeling a tad jealous at the attention she gave Maedhros, deciding he didn’t like him at all. He chewed thoughtfully on his bread and cheese as he followed Tyg back to the libraries. He decided that perhaps he should tell Maedhros what was actually going on, and what was involved, since Tyg seemed to desperately be trying to keep him in the dark.
‘Yes,’he said to himself ’Lets see how he reacts to that news’.
With that decided he almost skipped down the halls towards the libraries, feeling very happy with himself
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Postby IVIaedhros » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:51 pm
Maglor cuffed his brother on the back of the head - an action made easier since he was sitting down. "What'd you have to go and do that for? Are you trying to make trouble here?"
"I don't like that necromancer," Maedhros muttered.
"Well, tough. If you are going to cooperate with Tyg and her plan, you're going to have to learn to work with him."
"Remember to call her 'Queen Tygarya' in front of the soldiers," Maedhros corrected absently, still staring at the doorway where Baph and Tyg had left. He made no indication that he had heard the rest of what Maglor was telling him.
Maglor threw his hands up in the air. "You're hopeless! Are you at least finished eating?"
"I seem to have misplaced the rest of my bread....but yes. At least the cooks here are good. I was afraid I'd have to miss Celebrimbor's cooking on top of everything else."
Maglor looked over at the cooks; they had heard the compliment, and seemed a bit surprised.
"If you get homesick, I'm sure they'll let me whip up a family recipe..."
"No more of your...herbal remedies. At least not for awhile. I still can't remember what happened the last time I took one..."
"That's probably for the best," Maglor muttered. "Now, about these generals..."
Maedhros stood, and squared his shoulders. "Let's see what they're made of here."
*** *** ***
The meeting with Barrock and Kador turned out to be not nearly as bad as Maedhros had been dreading. They were, of course, hesitant to tell the elven brothers anything that could possibly be used against the forces of Minas Morgul. So there was not any real discussion of the strength of the defenses or how long it would take to call up the reserve forces from the Tower across the pass of Cirith Ungol. But that didn't stop them from engaging in debates about tactics and reminising about previous campaigns. Luckily, they were mortal, so they hadn't actually fought in Beleriand. It would have been awkward if they'd actually been on opposite sides. They never broke from their reserved demeanor, but they were very polite when Maedhros began to describe Angband...from the inside. Maglor was impressed - he'd forgotten how diplomatic his brother could be, when he tried. Now why couldn't he just behave around Tygarya, the one they really needed to keep on their good side?
Maedhros came away from the meeting very pleased with himself, and less gloomy than he had been since agreeing to come here in the first place. "I think I could work with them," he announced on their way to lunch. "What do you think?"
"They were very professional. It's hard to tell what they were really thinking. And speaking of you think you could try that?"
"What do you mean?"
"Quit baiting Tyg. It will get you nowhere, and she's already stressed to the breaking point without you snarling at her."
"I did not snarl!"
"If she wants to keep us out of the way, let her. It's not like we need to know what is involved anyway - as long as she knows how it works, that's good enough."
"I am not as trusting as you. I do not like being kept in the dark. It makes me suspicious of what else I don't know...."
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Postby Baphomet » Wed Nov 14, 2007 2:33 pm
Maedhros and Maglor made their way to their rooms after a day out with Tyg’s army. As they reached the level of the tower that their rooms were on they noticed a strange fog drifting and floating just above the floor. Maedhros looked at it suspiciously What is that? he asked. Then as if in answer it moved and swirled up into a funnel, then disappeared to show the figure of Baph standing there, he was leaning casually against the railing. Maedhros scowled and muttered something about dark magic, Maglor stepped back surprised.
I have something to tell you, something I think you will find very interesting Baph said with a sly grin as he stepped towards the brothers and the door to their rooms.
What sort of something? Maglor enquired
Well I realise that her loveliness Tygarya has been keeping you both in the dark about what is going to happen tomorrow, I think you should be told, so here I am’ Baph gave a flamboyant bow which just made Maedhros scowl even harder.
Why should I..we trust you? Maedhros asked in a non friendly tone. Baph looked at him in surprise
I said nothing of trusting me, my Lord, but I feel only that you should be told what you can expect to have to do during the reattachment rites Baph looked at Maedhros seriously You do want to know, don’t you?
Of course I want to know Maedhros said and then turned and entered their rooms, followed by Maglor, Baph smiled a sly little grin to himself and followed the brothers in.
Once in side Maglor sat down, but Maedhros couldn’t and paced in front of the fire. Baph sat down on a soft divan and put his feet up.
Get on with it! Maedhros said then, looking at the cocky young man.
Baph cleared his throat then began. He told Maedhros that he would be required to mentally go back in time, with the aid of Tyg, to when he lost his hand and through the reliving of it, they could change certain aspects and hopefully change the outcome, leaving his hand intact. In which at the same time Baph would be there to do the ‘magic’ part of reattaching the real hand at the same moment. It had the desired affect, although even Baph left some of the major details out, he knew it was enough to get Maedhros doubting. He was very pleased with himself and while the brothers were quietly discussing the implications, with Maedhros looking very distraught, and surprisingly very quiet, Baph turned to mist and disappeared.
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Postby Tygarya » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:05 pm
Tyg was starting to get a headache, she had already sent Baph away as he was starting to annoy her. Now, as she sat at her desk in the libraries she felt tired and drained. She had done all she could for the upcoming rites that were now only just over a day away. She had received information that her generals were demanding to see her. She just wondered what Maedhros had done.
‘Blast that Noldor Elf and his high and mighty ways’ she muttered to herself. She decided, since it was now dusk, to wait talking to Kador and Barrock until morning. She hoped she could smooth over their egos enough to then be able to concentrate on Maedhros and preparing herself and him for what was to come tomorrow night.
That was the hard part, how was she going to truly prepare him when she knew he couldn’t know the full truth of what he was going to be faced with and go through during the attachment of his hand.
She still didn’t even know for sure if it was going to work, or if the Silmaril would even accept him after that. If Maedhros found that out he would be sure to have second thoughts, although she knew the obsession of the Sil was what dragged him on.
She rubbed her eyes irritated. ‘Why do I constantly think of him’ she cursed herself and standing decided she needed to get some fresh air, which meant a sojourn away from the fortress.
As she walked through the halls, making her way to a little known exit where she could slip out unnoticed, she stopped to pick up a cat and pet it lovingly for a moment. There were lots of cats around here, no surprise, and no one dared harm them, so they were all quite spoilt. The cat started to purr and when she placed him gently down on the ground to continue on her way, he decided to walk with her, occasionally meowing at her. She smiled and talked back, he wanted to tell her about the rats he had caught, she told him she was proud.
As she reached the small door leading out into a garden seldom used, the cat still followed. She opened it and walked through, the cat running through at the last minute before Tyg closed it again. She walked over to the far wall and to the delight of the cat she changed form to a cat herself and jumped onto the wall then down the other side and was away, running through the grasses, the cat still in tow.
She enjoyed her time with the cat, playing and tumbling around in the fields of the valley under the moonlight, it took her mind off everything for awhile. Too short it was though and she begrudgingly returned to the fortress a couple of hours later, the cat stopped on the wall to the garden and watched her leave, and enter the fortress once again.
She walked to the kitchens and found them empty, she grabbed some cheese and an apple and then made her way up the long flight of stairs heading for her room. As she passed the level the brothers were staying on she almost got past getting two steps up from the landing before suddenly Maedhros opened the door from their rooms.
‘Oh no you don’t, you get back here!’ Maedhros shouted at her demandingly ‘You’ve got some explaining to do!’
Tyg froze on the steps and slowly turned around her eyes flashing dangerously.
‘That’s it’ she said through gritted teeth as she stepped back down the couple of steps back onto the landing, she walked up to Maedhros and stood face to face with him. ‘How dare you think you can order me to do anything, especially in my own realm’ she hissed at him, poking him in the chest.
Just then Maglor dived through the door and pulled Maedhros back, standing between the two of them, as they scowled at each other across his shoulders.
‘Now, Tygarya, I’m sure Maedhros didn’t mean to order you’ Maglor tried to explain ‘Did you Maedhros?’ Maglor looked at him over his shoulder. Maedhros was just scowling. Maglor repeated himself more forcibly ‘Did you Maedhros?!’
‘I suppose not, but…’ Maedhros said finally, Maglor cutting him off before he could say any more.
‘It’s just that he’s a little upset’ Maglor continued
‘A little!’ Maedhros yelled as he pushed his brother aside and stood in front of Tyg again. ‘I’ve just had a visit from that Necromancer, filled me in on a few things’
Tyg closed her eyes and groaned, she cursed Baphomet’s name. She opened her eyes again and looked at Maglor, brushing Maedhros off.
‘Still, I refuse to be spoken to like that, and I will not talk until he…’Tyg pointed to Maedhros contemptuously ‘…has calmed down’
Maglor grabbed Maedhros’s arm and stopped him from saying anything by elbowing him in the ribs. ‘Of course, Tygarya, you are Queen here’
‘Yes, I am, someone else should be reminded of that fact before he gets himself into serious trouble’ Tyg said calmly, but deadly.
Maglor elbowed Maedhros again to again keep him from saying anything and inclined his head to Tyg.
With that she turned and marched up the stairs, saying over her shoulder.
‘When the ‘Sharku’ (old man) has calmed down enough, bring him to my rooms’
Maglor then pushed and shoved Maedhros back inside their rooms, admidst mutterings from Maedhros of ‘cursed Black Speech’ and firmly closed the door.
Tyg, her headache suddenly back, arrived at her rooms in a fury. She picked up a vase from near the door and hurled it across the room where it smashed into a million pieces on the far wall. She then yelled ‘Baphomet!’ and waited.
It wasn’t long before a thin tendril of fog appeared over the balcony railings and in under the closed door, it solidified into Baph, who promptly sat down on a couch and put his feet up.
‘You called Mistress’ he said casually.
Tyg launched herself at him, her hands extended to wrap around his throat. She jumped onto the couch and encounted nothing. She whirled round to find Baph standing behind her, she swept her leg out and behind his tripping him up. He fell to the ground, and instantly disappeared into fog. Tyg was ready, as soon as she saw him turn to fog she turned again away from where he was and grabbed out at thin air.
Tyg suddenly had hold of Baph’s throat as he appeared right where she had predicted. He tried to speak, but Tyg’s immense strength shut off his ability to do so. She held him in that vice for a moment while he struggled to free himself, but she had cut off his ability to do that as well. She then picked him up by his throat and hurled him back into the couch he had been sitting on to start with.
‘How dare you speak to the Noldor without my permission’ she screamed at him as he looked at her with real fear, his usual cockiness gone. ‘I will have your head for what you have done!’
‘Mistress please, let me explain’
Tyg placed a knee on the couch and leaned in towards Baph, grabbing his chin in her hand. ‘Oh you will explain alright, don’t worry about that’
She released him and turned away, she stalked over to the windows and glanced out them briefly then turned back, a bit of composure returning.
‘Tell me exactly what you decided the brothers had to know’
‘I just told them that Maedhros was going to have to cope with remembering back to the time he was imprisoned by Morgoth, I told him because he has to be prepared, he has to know’ Baph spoke quickly
‘Why exactly does he have to know, in your opinion?’ Tyg asked sarcastically standing over him once again.
‘If he doesn’t come to terms with having to remember those times and you surprised him with it at the time of the rite, it could throw the whole thing into jeopardy, if he panics or fights it he could end up ruining everything’ Baph explained as Tyg realising he was right slumped down onto the couch beside him. ‘He had to be told to at least expect that’
Tyg rubbed her weary eyes again and waved her hand at Baph in a dismissing way.
‘You should have told me, I would have told them myself. I will not forget this Baphomet. Go away’
Baph inclined his head and disappeared into fog. Tyg watched as it disappeared out the way it had come.
She stood up then and went to her liquor cabinet, opening it she grabbed a decanter full of a nasty black substance and poured the thick liquid into a glass. She took a large sip of it and sat back down. Her eyes glazed slightly, momentairily, as she thought about what she was going to say to Maedhros.
She really didn’t need this right now.
About half an hour later she heard a soft knock at her door. She turned and it opened of its own accord. Maedhros walked in alone.
‘Where is Maglor?’ Tyg asked apprehensively
‘He decided we needed to talk alone’ Maedhros said quietly, he had indeed calmed down, but Tyg could see it wouldn’t take much for him to flare up again.
She rubbed her eyes again ‘Great’ she muttered sarcastically, she could have done with Maglor there. Tonight was definitely not her most enjoyable night.
Maedhros had walked into the room, closing the door.
‘Why did you not tell me?’ he asked, still quietly
Tyg looked up at him imploringly ‘Believe me when I say I didn’t tell you cause I thought I was doing the right thing for you’
‘You think I can’t handle it?’
‘Can you?’ Tyg asked of him.
Maedhros raked his hand through his hair and sat down in a chair beside the couch she was sitting on. ‘To be honest, I don’t know’ he confessed ‘But, I will have to try, at least now I know, I can try and prepare myself for it’
Tyg still looking at him said simply ‘I’m sorry, I should have told you’
They both fell silent for a moment, neither one knowing what to say.
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Postby IVIaedhros » Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:30 pm
Maedhros steeled himself and broke the growing silence. "Do you think it will work?" he asked.
"We wouldn't be trying if I thought this was all doomed to failure!" Tygarya exclaimed, exasperated. Now was not the time to get doubts, there simply was nothing more she could do....
"If I just knew a little more..."
"Maedhros, what do you know of necromancy?"
"It's the knitting together of dissimilar fëar and hroar, to create a new, chimeral creature...."
"I wasn't asking for the textbook definition," she said, a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth. She truly was amused by his...innocence? It didn't seem the right word for him, but then, she was going to see him very vulnerable the next day. Maybe that's why she'd been thinking of him so much - just being protective. That's all.
"Oh." He smiled apologetically. "Most of my knowledge is...theoretical. I know about it, but I've never tried it myself, obviously. I've seen the effects, but never actually seen it done."
"Now do you understand why I am not talking to you about this? It's complicated, a very advanced project. The details aren't likely to make much sense. And quite frankly, we don't have time for me to teach you everything you'd need to know before tomorrow night...."
"Can you at least...tell me the risks? Honestly? I'm going to go through with it anyway," he said quickly. "I have no choice. But...I like to have my eyes open when I step off the cliff."
She grimaced. "Lovely imagery. Yes, there are risks. But necromancy isn't like those healing arts your brother dabbles in. I can't give you a worst case scenario, because we are stepping out into the unknown to do this. Now are you able to do that or not?"
He did not look at her. He clenched his left hand into a fist and stared fixedly at the stump of his right arm. Finally, he said thickly. "I can do it. I must."
"Good. Then there will be no more harrassing me as if I were the hired help in my own fortress?"
"Er...sorry about that." He ran his hand through his hair again, and looked a bit uncomfortable. "Maglor says I'm too intense, but I don't know what he means...." He tried his best innocent look on her, but it came out more as a lopsided grin.
She hid her smile by picking up her drink. She was annoyed with him, and not about to let him off the hook.
"What is that stuff?" he asked curiously.
"You don't want to know," she said without thinking.
"I wouldn't have asked if I weren't interested," he retorted.
"Fine. Have a taste. Be my guest." She gestured to the decanter by the liquor cabinet, but made no move to serve him. He stood up, and deftly uncorked it and poured in a single gesture. He was certainly used to doing that one-handed, she observed. She smirked. He'd poured himself half a glass. If he drank all of that, he'd still be plastered tomorrow night. Suddenly, that wasn't funny. "Hey, I said a taste, not to empty half the bottle. This stuff is plenty strong."
He shrugged and sat back down. He sniffed it first, and then took a sip. He blinked, and put the glass down. "You're right," he said, after he'd managed to swallow it. He blinked a few more times.
"Of course I'm right," she snapped. "It's MY stuff. Don't you ever trust anyone?"
"I learned not to," he said, inspecting his left hand closely.
"You trust Maglor," she pointed out.
He looked at her quickly, meeting her gaze without hesitation. "Maglor has earned my trust many times over. He is here, now, solely out of loyalty to me. The same cannot be said for..." he stopped. "I'm not helping matters, am I?"
"No," she agreed.
"I'll...I'll leave you to your rest," he said awkwardly, standing. "I need it. I..."
She stood also, and put her hand on his arm. "It will be easier to play by my rules if you stop fighting me, you know. Easier on both of us."
He nodded. "That's what Maglor has been trying to tell me since we got here," Maedhros admitted. "If...if there's anything I can do to be useful, or to get ready, please...let me know. Idle waiting is not something I handle well."
She saw him to the door, and as it closed behind him, she sighed. "Why must it all be about you?" She sat down to finish her drink. Strangely, the headache was gone. Tomorrow would come when it did; for now, she did not have to deal with the proud Noldo or the irate generals or even that slippery necromancer.
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Postby *=Blackenemy=* » Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:06 pm
A few moments after Tyg had gotten comfortable, there came a strong and quick knock on her door. "Can there be no peace in this castle?" she asked herself, somewhat annoyed. She stalked across the room and wrenched open the door to scream at the discourteous person for interrupting her. "What is it now?" she said loudly, her voice echoing down the long halls.
She had come face to chest with a large man, clad in a deep sea-blue cloak and robe, and a hood covering his face. He had a long white beard and a slightly bent nose. He was carrying a long wooden staff, and on his belt was a sword. He was old, but gave the impression that time did not weary him.
His voice was deep and rough, "Am I intruding, young mistress? Or shall I be welcomed as I was at your doors not a moment ago?" he asked.
Before she even had time to speak, he walked past her at took up a chair near the window. "Who exactly are you? Any why do you barge in here, uninvited, to my realm and sit in my best chair?" she demanded. He looked at her puzzled, "I would have thought that someone as knowing as yourself would recognise an Istari when she saw one. But I fear I have been too long absent from the western lands for you to know my name. I am Alatar, one of the Ithryn Luin or Blue Wizards as we are more widely known."
Tyg stood at the door way, her memory was a haze when The Five were concerned. All she knew of the Blue Wizards, was they went further east than all of the Istari and tarried long in those lands. Tyg said softly, "Forgive me, I've had a tiring day and haven't had long to rest. Why have you come to Minas Mor- Ithil?" The wizard waved his hand "Think nothing of it my dear. I've been greeted worse than this in my times past the Sea of Rhun. I have come because word has reached my ears that you have given abode to Maedhros and one of his brothers. Is this true?"
Surprised, Tyg answered truthfully. "Yes, that's right. How do you know this?" Alatar smiled softly, "A little bird told me. Also, this "little bird" said that you've been dealing with one known as Baphomet. I come to give counsel and, if it is needed, help where and when I may. If you will allow."
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Postby Tygarya » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:44 pm
Tyg regarded the wizard a moment, many questions running through her head. ‘Why had he turned up?’ ‘Why now, when they were doing the rites tomorrow?’ ‘How did he know that scoundrel Baph?’ ‘How did he know about Maedhros?’ ‘Did he know what she had planned for him?’ ‘Would he try to stop her?’ ‘Why turn up now and not when she was looking for him and the other one months ago when she took the East into her rule?’
So many questions, not enough time.
‘I am pleased you have decided to show yourself Alatar, you would obviously know I have spent some time looking for you and your Brother wizard’ Tyg said graciously enough, then added with a sly grin ‘No doubt a ‘little bird’ told you’
This made Alatar laugh, a great booming laugh it was and Tyg smiled, she didn’t hint any malice in him, and from what she knew he certainly wouldn’t be fond of Melkor, still it begged the question that needed an answer.
‘So why have you decided to appear before me now, Alatar?’ Tyg asked as she decided to sit down opposite him. ‘I had assumed that since I couldn’t find you, you did not want to align yourself with me and Minas Morgul.’
Alatar cleared his throat. ‘I have been aware of your enquiries of me, and I have been watching and finding out about you also. I have decided to finally come forth because I feel something is afoot, something evil breathes deep within these walls once again….and I know it is not you’
Tyg grabbed her glass and took a sip, taking the time to studying the wizard over the rim of her glass. She put it down on the table a decision made.
‘Very well Alatar, tomorrow morning I will meet with you to discuss this further.’ She got up and went over to a bell pull to summon a servant. One appeared almost instantly. ‘Show this gentleman to a room for the night’ The orc bowed as Alatar stood up and inclined his head to Tyg.
‘Till the morning then Queen Tygarya’ he turned and followed the orc out as Tyg said to him.
‘I will send an orc to retrieve you for breakfast at dawn’
Alatar turned in the doorway. ‘That’s only a couple of hours away now’
Tyg looked at him, an eyebrow arched in question, but didn’t say anything. Alatar inclined his head in deference to her again ‘Breakfast then’ he said and left the room, closing the door behind him.
Tyg walked over to the table and grabbed up her glass and then walked over to the balcony doors, they swung open on their own and she stepped through into the night air.
She stood out there, her mind a turmoil, until the first few greying tinges of an approaching dawn could be seen.
She turned and went back inside with a deep breath, today was going to be a very busy day.
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Postby IVIaedhros » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:49 pm
Maglor was waiting in their suite, sprawled out on a couch reading, when his brother returned. Maedhros opened the door quietly, and trudged in. He slumped down in a chair, and did not speak.
" did it go?" Maglor asked lightly, trying to conceal his concern with a light voice. He looked up from his book and studied his brother's face.
"Don't ask."
"That well, huh?"
"It would have gone better if you were there. You always know what to say. Your voice could soothe anyone...."
Maglor smiled. "If you flatter Tyg like that, it will go better for you."
Maedhros shot his brother a haunted look. "Don't. I...I don't want to talk about it."
Maglor put down his book and sat up. "What is it?" he asked quietly.
Maedhros squeezed his eyes shut. "I don't know. I need her, and what she's going to do...but that means I have to trust her. And not just with my life..." he looked up again, and stopped. "Maglor, will the Oath cost me my soul?"
Maglor looked away. He did not answer for a long time. "Brother...has it not done that already? Alqualonde...Doriath...the Havens..."
"...Eonwë's camp, I know." He slammed his fist onto the arm of the chair. "But this is...different. Necromancy is Morgoth's realm, Sauron's realm....what if...."
"Brother. I trust you." Maglor stood up, and walked over to Maedhros' chair. "You would not betray me. You would never become his creature. Never."
Maedhros looked up. He could not share his thoughts with his brother. Tygarya was Morgoth's creature. He wanted to free her, but what if she ensnared him instead? There were no guarantees.... "Do not abandon me, Maglor. No matter what happens. I...I need you."
"I will be here," Maglor answered carefully. "Try to get some rest," he urged his older brother gently.
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Postby Tygarya » Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:03 pm
The day was here, Tyg prepared herself by setting herself in a brooding quiet mood, she decided she needed to look that way too to hopefully keep herself a bit distant from anyone. So, she walked to the mirror and looking into it she cast her hair to a deep raven black, her eyes she let slip back to normal, sparkling emerald green cats eyes. She dressed in black leather pants and jerkin, but didn’t wear any weapons. She didn’t really need them here in Minas Morgul the hub of all her power.
She walked across the room to the door and went out onto the landing. She walked slowly down the staircase until she reached the brothers rooms and politely knocked on the door.
Maglor opened it and started with fright a moment.
‘Oh, it’s you, Tygarya’ he exclaimed ‘Sorry, I didn’t expect…’
Maedhros looked out over his shoulder then, his mouth dropping open at the change. Tyg decided to move things along.
‘I wish for you both to join me for breakfast, I had an unexpected visitor last night..’ she looked at Maedhros ‘…and since we are trying to keep everything on the table with whats going on, I wish you to be there with me and give your opinion, if you will’
‘Who is it?’ Maedhros asked stepping out onto the landing.
‘His name is Alatar, he is one of the Istari that travelled to Middle Earth when Saruman and Gandalf came, he disappeared into the East with Pallando and no one has been able to find out what happened to them. I tried to find them months ago when I took the East but couldn’t find them, now he turns up here, offering his services’
‘Strange’ Maglor said as Maedhros raked his hand through his hair in thought.
‘Why does he show up now, knowing what today is?’ Maedhros said sounding a little worried.
Tyg smiled and went to step down the stair case. ‘That’s what I hope we will find out, he may be Maiar, but you both are direct descendants of Finwe and I hold the power of the Valar, we should be fine’ She laughed as she turned her back and headed down the stairs, she didn’t see the look the brothers gave each other before they followed.
Maedhros caught up to her and said with a tone of authority. ‘Since we are being open with each other about things, I think you are going to have to explain at some point very soon, just how much of Morgoth’s power you are infused with?’
Tyg turned to regard him a moment then nodded ‘Yes, soon’ she then carried on down the stairs until she reached the level where they had gathered for their first feast at Minas Morgul three days ago.
As they entered the large hall, they all saw the tall Maiar waiting by the windows looking out over the valley, wearing his distinctive blue robes. He turned when he heard them and studied each one as they approached him. He looked carefully at Tyg, noticing the change in appearance, then regarded the brothers. He had heard of the Noldor and was apprehensive about meeting them. He wondered why Tyg had decided to bring them with her to this meeting. He realised they must all be closer than he had at first suspected.
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Postby rwhen » Mon Nov 19, 2007 3:04 pm
A few days had passed and Rwhen had not heard again from her friend Tyg. She sat at her mirrored dressing table and penned a note:
Dear friend Tyg:
My Lord and I will be traveling to Minas Morgal in two days time. I have tried to soften him up and get him to see that not all things that glitter are gold, if you get my meaning. I hope things with you and Maedhros are going swimmingly well and when we see each other there will be good news. As always I remain,
Your friend,
She sent the note to be dispatched with the next Eagle Air Service and went in search of her intended. She found him in a council meeting discussing the Fëanorians, she caught him mid-sentance...
" it was heard that they returned to their home. I had wanted to meet with Celegorm before Rwhen and I leave for Minas Morgal, does anyone know how to reach him?" Aragorn ran a hand over his tired face as was his habit lately. Rwhen could see the stress written in every line extending from his eye's. He looked up and saw Rwhen waiting in the shadows and, "let us adjourn for this day. Faramir, send word to Celegorm that we request his presence at his first opportunity." Faramir nodded and swept from the council chamber.
"My dear. Have you come to add to my growing list of emergencies?"
Rwhen moved swiftly to his side. "Of course not, my Love. I am here to serve only. I made some fresh tea, would you join me in my suite?"
"Sounds wonderful. Some quiet time is needed."
The couple moved to Rwhen's suite and made themselves comfortable in her anti chamber sipping warming tea.
"I never feel totally warm during these months," Rwhen commented during a lull in the conversation. "I shall look forward to traveling soon." She turned her eye's downward not wanting to see the look that was sure to come from Aragorn.
"Are you certain that Tygarya will welcome me? I mean she can't be under the delusion that I will ever represent anything but peace in this age. I will be traveling to her with the understanding that we come with only the most noblest of intentions."
"You worry too much."
"And, you worry not enough."
"Do I not? I have worried longer than you have been on this earth. Do not forget the elvish length of life, Aragorn. If you do not trust me, then just say so plainly but do not deliver messages to me of doubt or lack of concern on my part." Rwhen stood and made her way to her wardrobe pretending to pick lint off of one of her traveling gowns.
Aragorn let out a sigh of resignation. "Of course, I trust you. I was not speaking of your trust. I was speaking of the Queen's trust. Do you know me so little?" He sounded wounded on this last question.
"Yes, I know you King. I know you have reason to doubt Tygarya. But I also know that sitting here wondering if she is sincere or not will answer none of our questions. Time is our only friend in this matter. Do we leave in two days?" Rwhen held his eye's challenging him to defy her.
"We leave in two days. Faramir is more than capable of taking care of Minas Tirith during our leave. I have send a message to Celegorm, did you hear?"
"I heard. Why do you desire speach with him?" Rwhen was remembering the amorous Fëanorian and smiling. "He has nothing to add to our visit with Tyg, does he?"
"I hadn't thought of that, but now that you mention it...." Aragorn left the sentance trailing off.
Rwhen just shook her head and decided a change of subject was called for. She pulled out a new gown and held it up. The gown was pale blue, long sleeved and lacy in all the right places. "What do you think of this? I am thinking to wear it on our first evening with Tyg and Maedhros."
Aragorn had again been lost in his own thoughts. "Yeah, sure. Great, nice."
"My Lord, I seem to be getting weary," this offered in an icy tone level. "Please pardon me." She swept from the room leaving him alone with his thoughts.
"Elves!! Damned if you do, damned if you don't."
Love is as big or as little as a hug!!
And getting into trouble with Rally The Eldar.
Yes Ayslhyn, I do still remember.
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Postby *=Blackenemy=* » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:10 pm
Alatar, when finished considering the trio, spoke. "My lords and lady, I trust you all had a recouperating rest?" He of course had no rest that night. He had been wandering the hallways and rooms of the castle, finding what he may. He walked up to Maedhros and bowed his head. "My lord, it is with great pleasure I meet with you at last. And dear Maglor, word has reached my ears of your, shall we say, need lease on life. I hope it does not prove ill to your Oath."
He motioned to the table and chairs in the middle of the room, which was already laiden with breads, honey, butter and pitchers. "I have taken the liberty of filling the pitchers with limpe, courtesy of the Queen Meril who has long passed from these lands. It will fill you with strength and vigour. Come, let us begin. We will talk when we all have eaten our fill." He sat in the chair closest to the window, waiting for the others to join him. Tyg sat at the head of the table, Maglor on her left and across from Alatar, Maedhros closest to Tyg on her right. Maedhros had been summing up the wizard, and could sense no taint or evil around him. In fact, he felt quite the opposite. Feeling light of heart and of mind, but nevertheless he felt unsure about the intentions of his visit.
Maglor was the first to speak. "Tell me, Alatar. What purpose brings you here? And why now have you chosen to reveal yourself?" Alatar, who had been expecting this, finished his piece of bread and honey and spoke softly in reply. "My purpose concerns yours. As to why I have now shown myself is for matters of security. Would you not scout out an enemy camps weakest point before barging in?" He had a piercing stare, which bore into Maglor's eyes. He turned away, but could still feel the wizard's eyes upon him. "You are quite right, forgive me." Then the room was filled with the booming laugh, Tyg smiled again. feeling comforted by the sense of mirth which radiated from his very being "It is I who should be the one to ask forgivness," he said "for I should have sent word of my arrival. But I felt that it might come to folly, should the message be seized by unfriendly hands. I know you all have questions to ask of me, and I will be all to happy to answer."
Maedhros turned and looked at Alatar, "I assume then, that you know what we have planned?" Without looking at him he replied, "Yes I do, and I also know that you plan to enlist the help of one called Baphomet. I would warn against this." Turning to look at Maedhros, his face suddenly grave and unnerving, "He is not one whom you should ask for help in something of this nature, however convenient it may seem. He is a trickster. But make of him what you will." At these last words, he looked at Tyg with those deep sea green eyes. She had noticed for the first time, how knowing they seemed, and all the years spent wandering could be seen in the wisdom of them. "What other questions do you ask of me?" he enquired, glancing at the occupants of the room.
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Postby Tygarya » Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:20 pm
Tyg sat at the table and watched the others eat. So close to the rites of tonight she was fasting and only sipped from a large crystal goblet cold iced water.
She watched without comment as Alatar chatted happily with Maglor and Maedhros answering their questions. When Alatar mentioned Baph again, warning them from him, Tyg had to interject.
'I do not know how it is you know Baphomet, Alatar, but I can assure you...' Tyg turned to look at Maedhros and Maglor '....and you both, that Baphomet is harmless. A trickster he may be, but he has been in my service for an age now....he is almost like a brother to me' Tyg looked at them all meaningfully. 'I trust him fully in this'
Alatar watched her carefully while she spoke, and inclined his head to her.
'It may be as you say, I know only his reputation in the East' he replied.
Tyg laughed, almost cruelly.
'He was my agent in the East, and we were at war with certain factions there. Yes, he has a formidable reputation and I will do nothing to apease it.'
Maedhros looked at Tyg and was about to speak to ask her what she meant exactly, then deciding to be a little more diplomatic he thought to ask later.
What exactly do you think you can do to help us here, Alatar?' Maedhros asked instead. 'Afterall, what needs to be done requires necromancy, not a wizard'
'A good question Russandol' Tyg said with a gentle smile.
Maedhros looked at her stunned for a moment, then smiled back.
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Postby IVIaedhros » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:51 pm
Maedhros had never heard of this Alatar character, but Maglor had tried to brief him in whispers on the way down to breakfast. He felt a bit out of his depth with Third Age history and the East, both, but gathered that the man in question was a wizard. That didn't sound good. He didn't trust Maiar, most days. Especially not this day. What was the old man up to?
Maglor chose to ask questions rather than answer them. Much better that way, though what questions you asked could be just as revealing.
Maedhros, as usual, lacked subtlety. But he prided himself on his ability to read people, so he watched both Tygarya and Alatar closely while enjoying his might be his last...he banished that thought. Take heart, there's still lunch and dinner yet....
Alatar's forthright condemnation of Baphomet was interesting, but he noticed that Tygarya didn't seem alarmed. A Maia who disliked necromancy...well, at least this wizard didn't appear to be in league with Morgoth.... But when Tygarya spoke, he heard only two words.
She saw Baphomet as a brother! How wonderful! That meant.... His heart was much lighter now, that threat removed. What a pervy brother, though.... Maglor looked at him closely, silently asking, "Why aren't you paying attention to this?" But they said nothing to one another here.
The old family nickname broke him out of his reverie, and brought him back. How did Tygarya know that? At least she wasn't using any more Black Speech insults on him.... No one had ever called him "Coppertop" except his family, though...the family he had abandoned to come here. He suddenly felt very homesick for Himring, his fortress in the north that he had built with his own hands and defended for so many years. To live in a strange land, ruled by someone else....and he might never see it again.
Stop it. He attacked the food with vengeance again. Better to fulfill the Oath first. Then worry about such silly details such as where he spent his days. He could condemn himself to worse torture than this if it meant seeing his brothers safe and the Oath fulfilled. He thought of the Silmaril, throbbing in the very walls of this fortress deep below them, and all other thoughts were driven away.
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Postby Baphomet » Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:41 pm
Baphomet wandered into the dining hall about half an hour after sunrise to find Tyg, the brothers and a strange man in a blue robe sitting at a table eating breakfast.
He didn't like the look of this cosy little discussion at all, so he walked over and grabbed the back of a chair, he dragged it with him.
Sitting down on it beside Tyg he looked around the table, noticing the sudden lack of conversation
Good morning everyone Baph said grinning, he turned to Tyg Your looking ravishing this morning Mistress. he turned to Maedhros and whispered across the table I've always told her she suits her hair black.
Tyg pushed him back into his chair with a smile
Baphomet, I would like to introduce you to one of the blue wizards, Alatar Tyg indicated the old man, Baph looked at him like one would a bug in a jar
Well, well, one of the esteemed Blue wizards eh, whats brought you out from under your rock?' Baph asked.
Before Alatar could answer Tyg added.
He seems to know your reputation quite well, Baph, from the Eastern wars.
Baph and Tyg looked at each other, some understanding passing between them, they both smiled.
Is that so Baph answered and slid his gaze back to Alatar.
Alatar was tapping a finger to his bearded chin.
Yes indeed, your reputation definately supercedes you I'm afraid. Alatar confirmed. Baphomet leaned over the table towards the wizard.
You should be. he said as he snatched a piece of bacon off the wizards plate and popped it in his mouth. Alatar frowned but kept his own council.
Apparently Alatar here has come to help Tyg said then and if he is to help, you both need to get along.
This caused the two of them to squint at each other. Tyg continued.
I think it best if perhaps you, Baph, showed Alatar to the libraries
Baph was about to object, but caught the look from Tyg, he had seen it before and knew exactly what she wanted.
Very well Baphomet said annoyed as he stood up. Come on then, Wizard He said as he turned and walked from the room, grabbing a handful of food from the buffet table on the way
Do you think this is a good idea Queen Tygarya? Alatar asked, rising to his feet
Yes I do Tyg said with some finality to it. Alatar regarded her a moment then turned and left to catch up with Baphomet
Do you think that was wise? Maedhros asked once they had both gone.
If anyone can find out anything, Baphomet can Tyg said and sipped her water
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Postby Tygarya » Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:11 pm
'How can you trust him, he's' Maedhros asked.
'I know, he thinks it's part of his charm' Tyg said as Maedhros struggled for the word to describe Baphomet. 'He is just like an annoying little brother, like I said, or what I've heard an annoying little brother is like...cheeky, prank pulling, mischievious...but fiercely loving and loyal'
'That's just it isn't it' Maedhros said bitterly 'He's in love with you' he spat the words out in contempt.
Tyg smiled, her eyebrow arched slightly at the reaction. Maglor kept his head down and continued to eat his breakfast. 'He does' Tyg confirmed 'But, like Gwaihir, it could never work'
Mentioning Gwaihir's name again suddenly made Tyg solemn and thoughtful as she sipped her glass of water. Tyg heard Maedhros mutter under his breath, but couldn't understand the words.
She glanced up at him. Was he jealous?, she thought. Surely not, okay he had kissed her once, but she knew that had been spur of the moment.....wasn't it?
She knew emotions were running extremely high right now, with night only the day's hours away, so she put it down to that. Standing up from the table she gave her excuses saying. 'I must go and start the preparations, it will take most of the day, someone will come for you when it's time.
She placed a hand on Maedhros's shoulder 'Try not to worry yourself too much'
She turned then and left the room, gliding down the stairway she headed for the dungeon room.
She was so tired, she almost fell down the last couple of stairs into the darkened room, with a thought she set the torches around the room to blazing as she walked up to the smooth obsidian wall with its Sil glowing softly through it. She leaned her forehead against it, enjoying the cold touch. She spun round then and leaned her back against it, looking over to where the hand was sitting on a shelf in a jar. She looked up at the ceiling and then closed her eyes, sinking down the wall to sit on the floor, she tucked her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. She buried her face in her knees.
'Eru, please let this work'
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Postby *=Blackenemy=* » Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:38 pm
Alatar followed Baph closely as he walked to the library. Trying to keep up with him was harder than he had anticipated as he rather glided than walked. He was about to say to him that there was no rush, but Baph turned a corner and as soon as Alatar rounded it, he had turned to smoke and drifted away faster than before. "Rhaich! BAPHOMET!" His deep voice rang through-out the halls and echoed back to him. "That cursed fool, he should have better judgement of a wizard." He then bent to the ground, placing his hand flat on the smooth granite floor he muttered, "Manke naa lle?" A faint silver line then ran from the place his hand had been, and ran down the hall. "Fool." he said to himself again.
Alatar followed the silver line to a large wooden door some twenty feet from where he had been. Pushing open the door he discovered massive bookshelves piled with large volumes upon volumes of parchments and books. "My my, her Highness has certainly brought together an adequate collection." the wizard mumbled as he poured over the nearest shelf. Suddenly the door swung shut, and Baph was revealed standing behind it. Leaning against the door frame, folding his arms "So, wizard," his tone was that of complete resentment. "you're not as thick as I had thought. Why do you come to 'help', as you say, at the very last hour? I know for a fact that your kind do not relish necromancy, yet you have suggested that you are willing to associate yourself with it." Alatar, getting increasingly agitated with his demeanour spoke roughly in reply. "Baphomet, you know as well as I, that if Bauglir does return it will bring death and destruction to all we hold dear. I am not one to be kind towards those who practise the black arts, but I am willing to work together to stop that event from occuring. You have doubts about this plot, I can see it in your eyes. You will need my help and knowledge of the arcane to assist you, should it turn ill."
Baph was stunned by this. He had reckoned the wizard to be useless, but he had under-estimated him. "Her royal highness has said we need to cooperate, and I shall endeavour to do so. Have you read 'The History of Necromancy'?" The wizard nodded, "Indeed I have, one needs to know his enemy in depth. Do you agree?" Baph smiled, he was beginning to like this wizard. "Then you must have read most of the existing books on the black arts, I assume. We shall begin to look at some precautionary magicks should we need it and not know." Baph turned and grabbed a pile of ten or so books, lifting them with ease. Handing some to Alatar, he nodded with a smile, which the wizard returned. He did not know what had just happened, but Alatar was not about to argue needlessly when so little time was available to them. He opened a book and started scanning through it, reaching for a flask from under his cloak he took a swig of the elven cordial and buried himself in old arcane magick and defenses.
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Postby IVIaedhros » Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:34 am
"I can't stand waiting!" Maedhros fumed.
He and Maglor had returned to their rooms after breakfast. Maglor had occupied himself with reading and writing, but always keeping one eye on his brother. Maedhros alternated between restless pacing, and moodily brooding while staring into the fire.
"And you call yourself an elf," Maglor said lightly, smiling at his brother to hide his own worry.
Maedhros turned on him, in no mood for teasing. "Elves may have patience, but I am the eldest son of Fëanor, and I cannot just sit here and do nothing!"
"Then get back to plotting...something," Maglor replied, turning the page of the book he was pretending to read.
"What? We've agreed I am woefully ignorant of necromancy. I know as much as I'm going to of Morgoth. If this doesn't work, though....."
"Do you have a back up plan, an escape route?"
Maedhros paused, and fell back into his chair. He put his head in his hand. "No. There...isn't one. And I've dragged you into this...."
"No. I volunteered."
Maedhros looked up at his brother. "Intensely loyal. Just like a little brother should be."
"You're quoting Tyg," Maglor said, amused. "I think you know more about little brothers than she does."
"True, I have enough of them. Do you think Curufin is handling things alright?"
"He's the spit image of Father. If he can't...well...."
"Oh! I should write to them! I don't want them to worry...."
Maglor smiled back at him. "I've written each day. Today's note included a warning that they might not hear from us for a bit."
"And maybe soon...I can write to my own hand..."
Maglor smiled at him. "I'd like to see that."
"Hope and despair are akin today. I have not felt like this since the eve of the Fifth Battle."
Maglor frowned at that memory. "Do we have a traitor amongst us, this time?"
"Easterlings....we're surrounded by them." Maedhros kicked a table. "I don't trust Baphomet or Alatar. I'm not even sure I trust Tygarya. What am I doing here?"
"Trying to thwart Morgoth, the Black Enemy of the world," Maglor said quietly. "And that is why I am here, as well. Do you trust our allies to share that goal?"
Maedhros nodded slowly. "Tygarya will fight Morgoth, of that I am certain. But fighting and winning are two different we know too well."
"Then at the least...we can die with honor."
"And who knows? We might win. If all goes well, I'll have my hand back, the Oath will be fulfilled, and Morgoth will be banished forever. That's worth at least trying!"
"Yes, it is." Maglor returned to his book.
There was a long pause. Maedhros stared into the fire, lost in his thoughts. He turned to his brother. "What are you reading, anyway?" Now that he'd dealt with his own fears, he was a bit more aware of his surroundings.
"A book Mithluin gave me before we left Rivendell." He showed Maedhros the cover, but said nothing more.
"Maybe," Maglor continued after a pause, "you can think about how you are going to thank Tygarya after you get your hand back."
"What do you mean by that?" Maedhros asked suspiciously.
"Take it however you like," Maglor said, hiding a smile.
Maedhros grabbed whatever was nearest him and threw it at his brother's head. Luckily for Maglor, it was just a pillow from the chair.
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Postby rwhen » Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:43 pm
"FARAMIR," Aragorn called, his voice rolling down the long hallway to the council chambers high atop Minas Tirith. He did not wait for an answer but strode purposefully into the room and started to study the latest communication from Frodo Baggins.
.....I find at times that I am unable to concentrate, Aragorn. I sit for hours lost in my own memories and pain. Samwise is just as observant as ever but can never fully understand. I do not mean to bother you with these words when what I really wanted to know was how you and the Lady Rwhen are getting along and when shall I receive an invitation to your royal wedding? I am not too old yet to travel to Minas Tirith, I will have you know. Someday I hope this will all end for me, but not too soon yet, I think. Sending my warmest thoughts to you as ever,
The note left Aragorn concerned, he could read in the words the weariness of the Hobbit and made a mental note to write back as soon as the opportunity presented itself. The door to the council room opened and closed swiftly as heavy footsteps came closer.
"You wanted to speak with me, my Lord," Faramir stood tall over the High King of the Reunited Kingdom.
Aragorn indicated the chair opposite him, "please friend, take a seat." He pushed aside the scroll from Frodo and pulled another in front of him. "I have told you that Rwhen and I are to travel to Minas Morgul in two days. Did you send word to Celegorm that I have need of an audience with him?"
"As you commanded, my Lord," Faramir smiled easily before his King. So much had passed between them and now Isildur's heir sat on the throne of Gondor, things were as they should be. "The message was sent by Eagle Carrier at mid-morning. How may I be of service during your journey?"
"Good man," Aragorn slapped his knee, "I knew I could count on you. First I would like a messenger sent to The Shire under the guise of a census. The main reason for the visit will be to study Frodo Baggins and report directly back to me with the findings." Faramir nodded once in understanding. "Next, be certain that the rebuilding of Osgiliath is proceding as we have redesigned it." Again a nod. "And last, prepare the whole of Gondor, Rohan and well all of Middle Earth for the wedding of the King to his beloved Rwhen."
Faramir's face split into a huge grin. "My Lord, nothing could make me happier. When shall the nuptuals take place?"
"Not for some time yet, but people will be gathering from every corner and they need time to plan. I would at least say half a years time. We shall not be over long in Minas Morgul but be prepared for anything in case we are delayed." Aragorn studied the scroll as Faramir sat patiently.
Finally he looked up again. "Tell me Faramir, does the relationship improve after the wedding?"
"Indeed, my Lord, indeed. Do not concern yourself with what you can not change, if I may be so bold."
"Please be bold, I trust you as I would trust a brother," Aragorn saw the cloud briefly pass through the clean eye's of Faramir. "I know, friend. That wound is deep and I did not mean to cause you pain." He held Faramir's eye's for a long moment until the clouds passed.
Faramir stood again and sketched a bow, "not to worry, my Lord, all will be done as you have requested." Faramir turned on his heel and left the council room.
Rwhen came in the door as Faramir exited. She was wearing the pale blue lacy dress she had tried to show Aragorn earlier. Coming up behind the 'man' she loved she encircled his neck and leaned into his ear. "Did you forget about me?"
"How could I forget you, my love." He held her hand and rubbed a worn finger over the ring of Barahir, which he had given her at their engagement. "I will never forget the day I gave this to you. So many moons have passed since that day in Lorien."
"We have today, we have tomorrow. Do not trouble yourself with the past. I will never leave you. You hold my heart in your hands."
The couple embraced and enjoyed the quiet time together.
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Postby Tygarya » Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:40 pm
Tyg spent most of the morning alone in quiet contemplation, until Baphomet finally came to start preparations. He looked at her solemnly, seeing the stress around her eyes. ‘I ask again Mistress, are you sure you want to do this?’
Tyg looked up at Baph from the armchair she had moved herself to, she was curled up in it. ‘I have no choice Baph, and I fear Melkor may be figuring out that something is amiss, since I haven’t slept for days, I can feel him calling to me, I can’t stop things now I must get free of him or I fear he will kill me’
Baph looked at Tyg with a very serious expression, as he crouched down to come to eye level. ‘We will succeed Mistress’
Tyg sat up slightly, just as Alatar walked in and looked around the room for the first time. Tyg watched him silently as he regarded the smooth black wall with the Sil. Baph stood up and motioned Alatar over to the stone table, they whispered as Baph told him what was to happen. Tyg uncurled her long legs from the chair and stood up.
‘Baph, a moment’ Tyg said motioning him to come back over to her.
As he stood before her she took his face in her hands and whispered to him so that Alatar couldn’t hear. ‘Do not fail me, my pet’
Baph smiled and took her hands into his. ‘Trust me’ he said simply. ‘Perhaps you should get some fresh air, return with the brothers at dusk, Alatar and myself can do what needs to be prepared here ….. you need to prepare yourself and Maedhros’
Tyg nodded silently and brushed a hand over her eyes, she grinned then. ‘It will be nice to finally get some sleep’
Baph returned the smile and watched her concerned as she left the dungeon.
Tyg wandered the halls slowly, avoiding anyone who was walking them. She made her way outside and followed the same path that she followed up to the graveyard a couple of nights before, this time however she stopped halfway and sat on the tip of a boulder that was sticking out of the ground and stared down the valley. The sky was overcast, threatening rain. After about half an hour of sitting there, Tyg began to feel the splash of drops on her face as the rain started to finally break free of the murky clouds, she turned her face skyward and enjoyed the feeling as the rain shower poured down over her for several minutes. As the wind started to pick up and the rain started to get heavier Tyg stood up at last and while getting drenched she walked slowly back to the fortress, the weather mimicking her mood.
Once inside the fortress she walked with purpose to the flight of stairs that led up the main tower. She started the climb up, heading for the rooms the brothers were in. She didn’t know why, but she felt she needed to be close to them right now…well, not them, she admitted to herself….him, she needed to be close to Maedhros.
Reaching the landing she knocked on the door that opened to their antechamber. Maglor opened the door with a look of surprise. ‘Tygarya, your soaked!’ he stepped back and motioned for her to come in. ‘Come in, quick, by the fire, before you catch cold’
Tyg smiled wanly ‘Catching cold is the least of my worries, it is catching death that haunts me right now’
Maglor didn’t know what to say, he glanced over to Maedhros who was standing by the fire, where he had been pacing again. He watched as Tyg walked over to Maedhros and unexplainably put her arms around him, putting her head on his chest for comfort. Maedhros startled by the action stood there unmoving for a moment staring at the top of her head, he then closed his arms around her silently as she whispered ‘I’m scared’ and just held her, resting his head on top of hers.
Maglor watched, his heart going out to the two of them, for a moment then turned silently and left the room, seeking refuge in his bedroom, leaving the couple alone.
After a time, Maedhros slowly unravelled Tyg’s arms from around him and lead her over to a chair and sat her down pulling a blanket over her shoulders, he crouched in front of her.
‘It’s okay to be scared, I’m terrified’ he admitted to her ‘but thank you for sharing your true thoughts with me’
Tyg coughed slightly. ‘To be honest, I don’t know what made me seek you out, I feel kinda silly now’
Maedhros smiled in understanding, then stood up and made his way to a liquor cabinet. ‘Want a drink?’ he asked her.
‘Just water, thanks’ Tyg answered. She watched him pour it from a decanter and bring it over to her. She smiled gratefully and took a sip as he dragged a chair close and sat down. ‘I hope you don’t mind me staying here for a bit, I just….’ Tyg lost her words and stared at the glass of water.
Maedhros took one of her hands in his and held it. ‘Stay as long as you feel you need to Tyg, talk to me, I will listen’
‘I just need to sit with company around me that’s not from here, that’s all’ Tyg replied looking up at him with those strange eyes. ‘This place is….lonely’
‘I understand’ Maedhros said quietly, they lapsed into silence, neither one feeling awkward about it this time, and for a long time they just sat in each others company not speaking. From his bedroom, they started to here Maglor’s harp play, and sat listening to it’s haunting melodies as the day slipped past.
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Postby Tygarya » Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:36 pm
A couple of hours later, as darkness fell Maedhros found himself lying on a stone table that looked, most uncomfortably, like an altar for his liking, but Tyg had finally talked him into it.
She stood at his head, a heavy black cloak on with the hood pulled up, silver runes of the spirit world emblazoned all round the hem of it, her black hair framing her face, making her sparkling green eyes shine out from the darkness.
Surprising to Maedhros when he had first seen Tyg that day he had lost his breath, he always seemed to be taken back by how appealing she actually was but looking at her like that he had found her, strangely striking in an awe-inspiring way, it made him feel very uncomfortable about his own feelings, then to spend that time with her this afternoon seeing her vulnerable side, he was confused.
‘Right, I need you to keep your right arm as still as possible’ Baphomet’s voice broke Maedhros’s thoughts as he looked over. He started with fright to see Baphomet holding his right hand, no longer in the jar, but by itself in the flesh. The hairs stood up on the back of his neck.
Tyg whispered gently to him ‘It’s okay, just relax dearest one’
Maedhros smiled at the affection, seeing Baphomet grimace at it made Maedhros smile even more.
Baphomet lay the hand on the table so it was in line with, and almost touching, the stump of his right arm. Maedhros stopped smiling.
‘Keep still’ Baphomet hissed, he looked at Tyg ‘Are you ready to do this?’
Tyg nodded silently, she had been extremely quiet all day, retrospective. She placed her hands on Maedhros’s temples and closed her eyes.
Baphomet told Maedhros to do the same, which he did somewhat reluctantly, he glanced quickly over to Maglor first, who smiled tightly at him for reassurance. Maglor and Alatar were standing to one side.
Baphomet then started to mutter words in the Black Speech, harsh guttural words that grated against the bone.
Tyg started to hum, a strange eery lilting tune that seemed to mix and dance around the harsh words spoken by Baphomet.
Maedhros focused on Tyg’s humming, as he had been told to do, and felt like his body lost all weight, he felt like he was floating. It was almost pleasurable, then the humming stopped and Tyg whispered to him.
‘Open your eyes dearest one, look at me and nothing else, just focus on me’
Maedhros opened his eyes, but couldn’t help but have a quick glance around. There he was hanging by his wrist from the heights of Thangorodrim once again.
He screamed and started to panic.
Tyg seemed to be floating in front of him, almost spectral, her cat’s eyes shining in the gloom. She grabbed his head and made him look at her, she started to hum again, slowly calming him. She stroked his hair out of his eyes and smiled at him.
He calmed finally, and then realised he felt no pain, like the torment he went through last time he was here. He stared at Tyg and knew then that she was somehow channelling the torment into herself protecting and shielding him from it. This must have been one of those things she wouldn’t tell him about what was involved, he understood why, he would have refused.
He tried to speak to voice his disapproval but Tyg placed a hand over his mouth. She fumbled with something around her neck, causing her hood to slip down. She freed the thong from around her neck and held up the object for him to see. Tyg held out a key, a key to open the shackle that held him.
He realised then that this time Fingon would not come to rescue him, he would not have to cut off his right hand to escape, Tyg held the key so he could free himself.
Taking the key he reached up, unlocked and opened the shackle that bound his wrist. He expected to fall, but felt Tyg wrap her arms around him and float with him to the top of Thangorodrim. Just as they reached the heights and Tyg had laid him down, Maedhros heard a scream of great wrath bellow out across the mountains. He got straight to his feet and looked around nervously. He then heard another scream, one of such intense pain and agony it hurt his ears to hear it and brought tears to his eyes.
Suddenly he realised it came from Tyg. He rushed to her side where she was lying on the snow, her body was thrashing around in a fit, her eyes rolled back in her head.
Maedhros scooped up her upper body, shaking it, trying to awaken her, but got no response, He lifted his head to the sky and yelled, pleading ‘Baphomet, bring us back now!’
A sudden fog appeared, so thick it was like a wall and hard to breath. Maedhros felt a shift in the ground beneath him, and the fog then dissipated.
He was back, lying on the table. Tyg was lying on the floor, Maglor and Alatar beside her trying to wake her, her body was inert.
Maedhros sat up a little confused as Baphomet asked him what happened.
‘A scream, I remember……’ he looked up at Baphomet then, remembering ‘Someone tried to stop her’
Baphomet looked distraught as he ran over to Tyg and grabbed each side of her head in his hands, closing his eyes he was muttering again.
Maglor stood and stepped back giving Baphomet room, as Alatar held her hands tuning into what Baph was doing, trying to aid him. Maglor went over to Maedhros, who was still feeling a little confused and dizzy.
‘Are you okay?’ he asked Maedhros who was sitting, staring at his right hand. It was now completely reattached, like it had never been cut off. He was wiggling his fingers, testing them, a small smile of wonder on his face. He looked up at Maglor then, coming back to reality, the smile slid off his face and he looked quickly over to where Tyg’s inert body was lying.
He bolted over to where Baphomet was trying to save her.
‘What’s wrong, what happened?’ Maedhros demanded, as he sank to his knees.
Baphomet looked up, looking very weary and with tears streaming down his face. ‘Morgoth happened, that’s what, something went wrong, he detected her presence.’ He wailed, ‘I tried to tell her not to do this’
Maedhros looked up at Baphomet. ‘The hood’ he said simply
‘What?’ Baphomet demanded.
‘Her hood, it fell down, when she tried to get the key from around her neck’ Maedhros said remembering it all now, he looked down at her and went to touch her arm. ‘Will she be okay?’
Baphomet growled and smacked Maedhros’s hand away. ‘No thanks to you!’ he yelled. Then said more quietly ‘But, we have managed to shield her from Morgoth for the moment, but she has retreated far within herself, trying to protect herself, it may be some time before she comes back to us.’
Maedhros was seething at being slapped away by Baphomet, he leant over and pushed Baphomet in the chest sending him flying backwards. Alatar moved aside, from the raging redhead, as Maedhros scooped Tyg up in his arms and turned to leave the dark dungeon room.
Baphomet came to his feet in a flash, his eyes blazing, he stood in front of Maedhros.
‘What the hell do you think your doing?’
‘I am taking her to her rooms, away from that’ Maedhros indicates with his head the smooth obsidian wall. Maglor came to stand beside him, his sword drawn and pointed at Baphomet. Alatar placed a hand on Baph’s arm.
‘Stand aside and let the man through’ Maglor demanded.
Baphomet went strangely calm, that twinkle in his eyes, but he cowered and bowed to let Maedhros pass. When he did Baphomet stepped into line and followed with Alatar. Maglor turned on him, but Baphomet calmly said.
‘She needs me to show her the way back’
Maglor nodded and they all hurried up the stairs to catch up with Maedhros who had strode ahead in the dark.
Once in her rooms, Maedhros laid Tyg gently on her bed. Baphomet came up and pushed in front, fussing around her.
Maedhros clenched his fists, but Maglor grabbed his arm and pulled him away.
‘Settle down brother, we need him to help her’
Maedhros answered through gritted teeth. ‘If he does that to me one more time….’
‘I know’ Maglor said ‘Leave it be for now, he seems to know whats wrong, lets just wait’
Maedhros and Maglor paced the room for several minutes until Baphomet finally stood up away from Tyg and stretching his back he turned, walked to Alatar and they had a quick whispered conversation. Alatar stepped up beside the bed to watch over her. Baph then walked over to Maedhros and Maglor.
‘It seems that when the hood fell back Morgoth sensed her presence in the spirit world, a place he can still influence. He has somehow trapped her mind there, I tried to break the hold but he is awesome in his power.’ Baphomet wiped a weary hand over his eyes and sat down.
‘So what?’ Maedhros said stepping forward, ‘That’s it, you just stop trying?’
Baphomet looked up at him, his eyes blazing. ‘I will never give up!’
Maglor came up and stood between them. ‘This isn’t helping anyone,’ he turned to Baphomet ‘What can we do to help’
Baphomet looked back to Maedhros, ‘It’s all up to him’
‘What do you mean?’ Maedhros demanded.
‘You must continue with what Tyg had planned, you have to complete what has been started with the reattachment of your hand, you must severe the link Morgoth has to here and to Tyg, hopefully then I will be able to get her back’ Baphomet explained as Maedhros stared at him.
‘But I don’t know what to do, Tyg wouldn’t tell me anything.’ He said despairingly.
Baphomet looked at the floor feeling beaten.
‘Baphomet!’ Alatar yelled.
Tyg’s body had suddenly gone stiff, her back arched and her hands curled into fists, holding fistfuls of the blankets, then her body started to fit again. They all ran over to her and tried to hold her down, she started foaming at the mouth.
They looked at each other silently, not knowing what to do.
Suddenly she started coughing out blood causing them all even more distress.
‘Whats happening?’ Maglor asked
Baphomet stared at him wide eyed ‘ He’s trying to kill her’
‘We have to do something!’ Maedhros yelled, frustration taking hold.
Maglor thought of something then. ‘Her papers, she was writing stuff down, wasn’t she?’
Baphomet looked at him bewildered ‘In the libraries, yes’ He looked down at Tyg, still fitting, then back to Alatar. ‘I’ll go have a look, hold her down until the fit stops, then come and find me’
Alatar nodded and took over holding down Tyg’s shoulders and Baphomet turned to fog before their eyes and disappeared.
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Dating the DIRED program
This is a collection of notes and links related to the dired program.
Very briefly: the name "dired" has been applied to a succession of programs (and parts of programs) for editing directories.
I have found no connection between dired and flist, which use the same idea.
Early dired
Here is a chronology for the earlier dired using the information from the saildart archive:
To summarize, the program was under development for a few years, but not published until late 1977. At that point, further changes were needed, and users provided feedback (and problem reports). About 20% of the 3300-line assembly-language program changed as a result. After Kugel left Stanford in 1978, development of this older dired stopped, although it was in use for some time. The older source code is unavailable (i.e., before the updates in late 1977), but the older documentation is available.
Adoption by emacs
“E” is one editor; “EMACS” is another. At some point, within a year or so after its general use by the SAIL community, someone decided to add a similar feature to EMACS. In AI Memo 519 (mid-1979), Stallman mentioned this:
DIRED enables a user to edit his file directory. He is shown a listing of his directory, which he can move from one file to another with the usual cursor-motion commands, but other commands are provided to move, examine, compare and delete files. Command are also available to find files which appear to be deletable (for example, old versions of programs, and temporary files) and mark them, tentatively, to be deleted later. DIRED has been implemented mostly by users.
Stallman of course was familiar with E. On page 19, Stallman indicated that he started implementing the display processor in 1974 “inspired by the editor E of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab”). In an appendix on pages 26-27, Stallman pointed out the deficiences of four other editors (including E). Ciccarelli's earlier paper gives more details on using dired, but provides no perspective. Dan Weinreb's blog quoted mail from November 1976 (shortly after “DRD” was mentioned in E's documentation) indicating that MM DIRED had recently been implemented in EMACS.
The early descriptions of MM DIRED in EMACS mention these features which were documented in dired:
There was no mention of MM DIRED sorting the list of files (dired allowed sorting alphabetically or by file-extension). Neither Gosling's nor Greenberg's descriptions of this feature mention file-sorting.
Later dired
The third part of the story should begin in 1980, but there is no available source for that. Move on to 1982.
In mid-1982, the third implementation of dired was announced:
Message-ID: <bnews.sri-unix.1635>
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X-Path: utzoo!decvax!cca!mclure@sri-unix
From: mclure@sri-unix
Date: Sun Jun 6 05:25:54 1982
Subject: dired directory editor
Posted: Sun Jun 6 01:17:01 1982
Received: Sun Jun 6 05:25:54 1982
Here's a program called Dired that we've found useful for maintaining
directories and files. It is less cumbersome and easier to use than
vsh (visual shell) and seems better for quick sessions of pruning back
directories. It runs on our v7 2.8 BSD system, and ran on virgin v7
before. There shouldn't be much which hardwires it to these versions
however. It requires Berkeley's Termcap. Essentially, you 'edit' a
directory listing similar to what ls(1) produces. The idea was taken
from similar programs running on TOPS-20/Tenex/etc.
Stuart Cracraft
This happened to be a program with the same name, inspired by the earlier (similar) programs, but different:
Like the previous programs, files were marked for deletion at the end of a session. That was the only feature carried forward.
Greenberg went into some detail on the obscure things done to support terminals in SAIL (see the section The SUPDUP-OUTPUT ARPANET Protocol). None of that is relevant anymore, nor has it been since the 1980s.
Comments in the source-code indicate that Stuart Cracraft and Jay Lepreau began work on this program in 1980 and 1981, respectively.
Late in 1983, Charlie Hill announced an improved version. This was probably the version which I saw, and began improving. A little later, in 1984, Jay Lepreau incorporated more improvements from Charlie Hill, calling this “ded” (which Bill Paulsen pointed out to me).
I had not noticed, because I had moved to an Apollo and VMS environment a few weeks before. Subsequently, I developed a related program (flist) for VMS, and after that, began a new directory editor which I called “ded” (i.e., the same name, but different source code and different capabilities). When I moved to the Software Productivity Consortium in late 1987, I began again (while negotiating taking my tools), and reused the directory browser in when developing the current ded.
At the same time, some work was done with Lepreau's ded, as seen in the Sprite093 files. However, there is a gap between 1987 and my next sighting of this program about ten years later.
But even before that, there was a third newer dired, written by Michael J. Lijewski. Version 2.0 was presented at the beginning of October 1993. The archives for comp.sources.reviewed also show these versions:
This program was written in C++. Its manual page said
Dired is a directory editor modelled after Dired Mode in GNU Emacs.
One of the reviewers commented:
It also has the ability to change the ordering of the files (based on
modified, changed or accessed time) something lacking in the standard
emacs dired. However, when changing the ordering, a directory rescan
has to be performed manually.
Few people noticed this posting. At least one of the developers in Utah noticed. Nelson Beebe resumed development on the Lepreau program, providing a 2.00 in mid-1995, continuing for another year to 2.03 before another developer became interested. At the same time, I was (attempting to) work with the ncurses developers to incorporate my SIGWINCH improvements. In the middle of that, I provided my source for ded, as noted in an email reply:
That effort came to naught; I ended up as the ncurses developer. Because ded is mentioned in the ncurses release announcements, the Utah developers may have noticed this. Perhaps not:
Gustafson followed the 3.05 release with an article in Linux Gazette, saying
The directory navigator and program launcher called "DIRED" in the original incarnations of EMACS has two stand-alone Unix clones. Mike Lijewski's "dired" 2.2 is written in C++ (1996). The original "dired" was written in C by Stuart Cracraft (1980), available as version 3.05 (1997).
Historically, shortly after emacs "dired" appeared in the TECO implementation, a stand-alone version was written by Stuart Cracraft (1980). The emacs version and the C version have not kept up with one another.
Lijewski wrote "dired" in 1990, while at Cornell University Theory Center, without any knowledge of Cracraft's "dired". The Theory Center ran on IBM VM/CMS, under which there is a utility call "file manager". This program manages the flat VM/CMS file system and represents the main user interface into files. The creation of "dired" eased the transition from VM/CMS to Unix.
Lijewski's "dired" has the advantage of hindsight and C++ program development so it promises to be written in modern syntax and very maintainable. Cracraft's "dired" was rewritten in 1996 in ANSI C. It suffers with flaws in both design and readability, but the features are there.
However, Gustafson did not identfy a source of information for the timeframe in the sentence about TECO (3-4 years is not “shortly after” in any case). The comment about VM/CMS is questionable (he is referring to filelist, an XEDIT script which imitated flist). I have found no source for the 2.2 dired release. Perhaps that was via private email. Lijewski's earlier versions do not mention VM/CMS, discussing only his success in running it on a half-dozen BSD/BSD-compatible systems, but he did comment on this in a posting to comp.lang.c++ in September 1991 (before the first review). Lijewski's comments about C++ versus dired in any case indicate that he was not optimistic about its portability.
Comparing with ded
Each of those programs (from Lepreau, Lijewski, Beebe, Gustafson and even bzdired) is a termcap application (some mention curses in their documentation, such as Beebe's webpage about dired), but the programs use termcap calls). Given that, the program (rather than the library) is what determines how cursor-keys are recognized. Rather than using the terminal description, they rely upon program logic to recognize common cases. I did that in ded, but aside from test-compiles with SunOS 4 (i.e., BSD curses) in the 1990s, have not used that approach since 1994 (see cmdch.c).
Key bindings are a nuisance, but managing lists of files is the purpose of the directory editor. Emacs' dired mode handles that by allowing multiple dired buffers. The standalone programs other than ded do not do that. Depending on the program those either
In ded I manage all of the lists of files as a ring from which a shell command can refer to the preceding or succeeding list.
There is (by design) no single-keystroke command in ded for deleting files. Other programs do that. The original dired feature of marking files for deletion on exit is not used in later programs (even Emacs, since dired has been a major-mode for a long time rather than a subsystem). All that remains of dired's original purpose is in displaying a list of filenames on which some operation might be performed.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16120 | The Electrical Sparks Called Thoughts
God said:
What is disturbance but a thought? What is Joy but a thought?
Every day My Children set out on a Journey of Thoughts. It is as though the sentiments of thoughts take you on a journey near and far, as though your own thoughts may kidnap you.
You abscond with your thoughts. You run off with your ragtail thoughts. Of all the thoughts you can run off with, these are the ones you take with you, as if you have no choice, as if you are not a Free Being, as if you are a captive of your thoughts, as if you are railroaded by them. Yes, indeed, you are taken by your thoughts, or you run off with them. You run off with your chosen thought pals, or they take off with you. You’re not sure how it works.
Sometimes your thoughts rally you, and sometimes your thoughts invade you. Sometimes you are ravaged by your thoughts, as if they have all say over you, and you have no say over them.
And, yet, whose thoughts are yours except yours, even when you feel that your thoughts carry you in tow, that you are indentured to them, as if they take you captive and you have no choice at all.
Are your thoughts, even your deepest thoughts, vagabonds? Your thoughts race through your mind, and will not let you be. Some you cannot forget. Are your thoughts your consciousness? You have wondered. Are your thoughts the sum total of you? This thought may make you tremble.
Where do these so-called thoughts of yours come from? They slip in and attach to you, and, yet, your thoughts can change at any time. They do, or they don’t.
What is the reason for all your thoughts, some of which seem like paying a debt, occasionally a few like rewards.
If only you do really have a choice of thoughts and are able to bring some to your rescue.
You have even thought that you do not think at all. Sometimes I daresay I think you think too much.
You would love to be at peace, yet, how can you be at peace with so many thoughts running around in your head and heart?
Are thoughts lessons you are never to forget? Are they apportioned to you or mis-apportioned? Are the thoughts that crowd your mind haphazard lessons, perhaps, not your thoughts at all, or possibly someone else’s messages that got flagged onto your Heart.
Sometimes you would like to trade your old thoughts in for new, yet you are cautious about checking out your old thoughts and capturing new ones.
You would love to be wise and reverent, yet, too often, you feel ravaged by thoughts that wrangle you and won’t leave you alone.
What happens to your old wrinkled thoughts when you hop off from Life in the world and hitch a different train?
What about all you truly learned, math and history and such and telephone numbers and addresses and songs, oh, all the songs you have learned and cannot forget, and, oh, all the stories and all the joys and, yes, all the heartaches! Where do the Joys of Yesteryear go! Were they ever really somewhere?
And who are you really, or were you ever really anyone in Truth?
What if you never did exist and only imagined you were? Was this whole vivid and unknown Life just a play on thoughts anyway? What is the long of it, and what is the short of it? You wonder if you will ever know and what difference it may make when you do or you don’t.
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Weston Cutter interviews Gabriel Blackwell
Monday, October 29th, 2012
I’m a huge admirer of Gabriel Blackwell — as prose editor at Noemi Press, I’m publishing his book of short fiction Critique of Pure Reason very soon, and I’ve published a piece of his body of work in almost every venue I’ve gotten my hands on. What I mean to say is that I can vouch for him as a writer and as a human being, and that you should also check out his novel Shadow Man, about which Weston Cutter has interviewed him. Here is Weston’s introduction, and their interview:
Gabriel Blackwell’s Shadow Man: a Biography of Lewis Miles Archer arrived in black and white. I mean that both the galley copy was not full color, and that the book offers itself as a thing in or amidst a noirish fog, like some old cinematic masterpiece. Here’s how it starts: “Lewis Miles Archer, or anyhow the man known to creditors and clients as Lewis Miles Archer for just long enough to build up a respectable sheet of both, was born sometime between 1879 and 1888, somewhere in the shadow of Lake Michigan.” What Blackwell’s doing with this sort of dancing-away imprecision (four different states, for instance, could claim regions in the shadow of Lake Michigan) is crafting a slippery-but-detailed-as-possible biography of a fictional character. What actually happens to you as you read is you feel the line between ‘real’ and ‘fiction’ slipping, twisting and going porous in ways that, at least to this reader, become unsettling in fantastic ways: one less reads Shadow Man than goes into it and, later, comes out from it. It’s a hell of a thing. Gabe and I recently batted a single round of questions back and forth, hoping we’d get into more questions but then, after the first round, realizing 1) we’d gotten done what we’d hoped and 2) life intrudes.
Weston Cutter: Were there any rules in how you composed this book? In other words, did you keep 100% fidelity to the fictiveness of fiction and the ‘reality’ of reality? And how did this book end up taking the form it did? I guess mostly this question’s one rooted in fascination, one writer to another saying: how the fuck did you even find the trail that let you even begin to walk toward the result that is this book? How does one do that?
Gabriel Blackwell: I don’t think I thought of them as rules, but I guess they could be viewed that way—I created none of my characters and tried as much as possible to put the events from my texts (Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep, Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, and Ross Macdonald’s The Moving Target) into new contexts rather than invent other events to suit the narrative. But those didn’t seem like rules—I was just trying to write a book that worked in the way that I wanted this book to work. Shadow Man, which has to do with inheritance and imitation, needed to be a node rather than a terminal, a book that pointed outside of itself in constructive ways. I like lots of terminal fictions, books that assert that what they are describing is to be believed for the duration of their story and no further, books that begin and end inside the author’s head. But it’s rare that I’m actually caught up in those books; I’m always conscious of the writer playing house with me. That tends to take me out of it. I don’t want to read a transcript of someone playing with paper dolls, not if it isn’t really compelling. (more…) |
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Sweetbread is the thymus gland of animals. The sweetbreads of veal are considered the best.
Up until the time America starting enjoying the luxury of large supermarkets (mid-1940s), people would butcher their own animals for consumption. As times were hard and money was scarce, nothing was wasted. Today, these foods are considered a delicacy by the people who enjoy them. Sweetbreads are the ultimate organ meat, highly prized by chefs and connoisseurs for their mild flavor and velvety texture.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16175 | What does a PowerShell function written by Microsoft look like?
This question lingered in my mind for a long, long time.
Becaues my mean method of learning to script is: read script, understand it, know it…
I see code, patterns in there, loops, methods, understand what happens and I’ve gained new knowledge.
So naturally I wanted to see how Microsoft does it. In my eyes they can write scripts a lot better than I can.
But… cmdlets are cmdlets, not functions. If you want to see inside the cmdlet you’ll need something like Vistual Studio or some other tool.
I wanted to look inside it right from inside the PowerShell console!
As it seems, you can do this with functions… so let me take you step by step in doing this.
First: Take a look at the PSDrives by executing Get-PSDrive:
As you can see there is a PSDrive named ‘Function’. We’ll get back to that in a few lines…
Now let’s go to the second step: A function is part of a module. Import that module.
Now let’s get the content of that PSDrive named ‘Function’ by using the Get-ChildItem cmdlet:
Now we get to the cool part. A function is basically plain text. So you can get plain text by using… Get-Content 🙂
So, here’s the code of the PowerShell function ‘Add-SCOMRunAsAccount’:
1. sstranger says:
If you want to look within a Cmdlet install ILSpy and run the following:
Ilspy (Get-Command Get-ScomAgent).dll
Have fun!
You can use Chocolatey to install ILSpy the easy way. http://chocolatey.org/packages?q=ilspy
2. Jeff Wouters says:
Hi Stefan,
Thanks 😀
3. Stijn Callebaut says:
Just one question dough, why would one define a variable as ${variablename}?
I do understand the ‘magic’ of ${C:TempTest.txt} = “Some Content” to store the string into a file using variable syntax. or ${=>} to use reserved syntax as a variable, but in the case of ${binary} or ${windows} this seems not to make any sense to me… Or am I missing something here?
4. Jeff Wouters says:
Hi Stijn,
Good question. As far as I can gather it’s simply a different syntax.
I will ask around and will get back to you on that one 🙂
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16201 | Salesforce - Developer - DML
Unlike DML statements, Database methods have an optional allOrNone parameter
that allows you to specify whether the operation should partially succeed. When
this parameter is set to false, if errors occur on a partial set of records,
the successful records will be committed and errors will be returned for the
failed records. Also, no exceptions are thrown with the partial success option.
This is how you call the insert method with the allOrNone set to false.
Database.insert(recordList, false);
Database.SaveResult[] results = Database.insert(recordList, false);
Upsert returns Database.UpsertResult objects, and delete returns
Database.DeleteResult objects.
By default, the allOrNone parameter is true, which means that the Database
method behaves like its DML statement counterpart and will throw an exception
if a failure is encountered.
DML operations execute within a transaction. All DML operations in a transaction
of code, an Apex page, or a custom Web service method. For example, if a trigger
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Recently I was on a trip to vegas with my girlfriend ad my brother. So I was doing my BUSINESS in a stall in one of the bathrooms. A kid of about 6 to 8 years old tries to get into the stall. I cleared my throat and said in a loud voice, OCCUPIED! I'M IN HERE! Well this kid proceeded to unlock the door from the outside, as I yelled HEY WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING!? I'M IN HERE!, and opened the door all the way. So there I am, pants around my knees taking care of nature, and he's staring at me, mouth and eyes wide open, as is everyone else who could see me. I told him to, SHUT THE DOOR KID! So. He did, and I could hear him telling another kid what happened. The other kid said that it was gross! They laughed about it, and I presume that they exited the bathroom at the point. When I left, I saw the kid who opened the door on me with his dad. I told him what happened and he was a bit suprised. When he questioned the kid about it, the kid denied it, saying it wasn't him but someone else, but that he did see me in there. So his dad says why would I come up to him and say the kid did it, if it wasn't him. Kid says I don't know, dad apologized and made the kid do so as well. And that was the end. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16222 | The Leadership of Letting Go, Part 9
The second path to curiosity for leadership is to view things from another person’s perspective. It’s a common pitfall not to do this. In a recent coaching conversation, a manger was telling me about how one of their direct reports had turned hostile and rude. They couldn’t understand why. As we talked further, it became clear that this hostility had surfaced after a meeting in which the manager had helped their direct report reshape their project (and in the process handover a good chunk of the responsibility to another colleague). All very logical. Once they began to think about how this looked from the report’s perspective, they realized what had gone wrong and how they could raise this topic and get the relationship back on track.
Good questions to ask yourself include: What do they think about this? How do they feel about it? How does it impact them or others? Many leaders find it difficult to answer these questions. They protest that they have no clue what their people are thinking or feeling. Perhaps not. However, that’s an invitation to start learning and take the time to get to know their people. Some people protest that they don’t have time for this. Yet they never stop to count the cost in time, results and frayed nerves to deal with what results from not having invested in these relationships.
A word to the wise: only make this investment in your leadership, if you are genuinely interested in your people.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16256 | Feeding Time: Meeting the Unique Nutritional Needs of Your Cat
Cats are referred to as “obligate carnivores’ which means that they need larges amount of protein in order to Tips-for-feeding-your-cat_132_433137_0_14084547_500survive, as well as high levels of fat.Cats need at least 10% fat in their diet and at least a quarter of their intake should be made up of protein. Kittens on the other hand requrie HALF of their intake to be made up of protein, so be careful of feeding your kitten adult commercial cat food.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16258 | wrote: > > Stefano wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Sorry to be harsh, but this is just a tool, damn it... we have real > > stuff to do! > > ;-) > > Actually, I've been following this saga with intense interest. And, > there's another side to this story. many of us aren't sharing that interest.... but you're the scripting man ;-) > ;-) > > I know the name and e-mail address of the person who added if-logic to ant. I know I am that idiot.... but hey, I had ords of users telling me how painful was to recompile Cocoon and I needed something that worked and nobody answered my mails. So I did something that worked and didn't impact the others. > The inevitable result was that some well meaning newcomer had what he > thought was a similar need and asked how it should be added. This was > greeted with some rather bizarre assertions. I won't go into too many > specifics, but as long as my veto has any relevance, 's that appear > after a will be executed in that order, and the order of > dependencies listed on a target will be observed, as was discussed here and > in fact is documented in the documentation. Yes, s/n ratio dropped to almost zero > ;-) > > So, if all of you guys who don't have much to add could keep it down, some > of us want to have a serious discussion here. Hey, what the hell, I don't have problems with that, but I would not want to have to unsubscribe from this list also. Can't we just be less verbose? > ;-) > > - Sam Ruby > > P.S. I've peppered this posting with smileys and have chosen to direct my > flamage only at people I have met (or in your case, hope to meet next > week). :) > And if any of you don't have the time to follow this right now, trust me, > I'll make sure that the learning curve for making practical use of ant > remains where it is today - which is essentially zero. That does not mean > that it will not become more powerful or flexible, simply that people who > don't need the power or flexibility need not be aware of it. > > And that the implementation will remain modular, so that those who desire > to build a special purpose jar file can do so by simply deleting the parts > that they don't care about. > > Deal? +1, lets "da man" take care of it. I'm voting to make Sam, Ant's project manager. Also, people, we need some versioning here. -- Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. Friedrich Nietzsche -------------------------------------------------------------------- Come to the first official Apache Software Foundation Conference! ------------------------- http://ApacheCon.Com --------------------- |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16262 | ENDGRENT(3P) POSIX Programmer s Manual ENDGRENT(3P)
NAME endgrent, getgrent, setgrent - group database entry functions
SYNOPSIS #include <grp.h>
void endgrent(void); struct group *getgrent(void); void setgrent(void);
DESCRIPTION The getgrent() function shall return a pointer to a structure contain- ing the broken-out fields of an entry in the group database. When first called, getgrent() shall return a pointer to a group structure contain- ing the first entry in the group database. Thereafter, it shall return a pointer to a group structure containing the next group structure in the group database, so successive calls may be used to search the entire database.
An implementation that provides extended security controls may impose further implementation-defined restrictions on accessing the group database. In particular, the system may deny the existence of some or all of the group database entries associated with groups other than those groups associated with the caller and may omit users other than the caller from the list of members of groups in database entries that are returned.
The setgrent() function shall rewind the group database to allow repeated searches.
The endgrent() function may be called to close the group database when processing is complete.
RETURN VALUE When first called, getgrent() shall return a pointer to the first group structure in the group database. Upon subsequent calls it shall return the next group structure in the group database. The getgrent() func- tion shall return a null pointer on end-of-file or an error and errno may be set to indicate the error.
The return value may point to a static area which is overwritten by a subsequent call to getgrgid(), getgrnam(), or getgrent().
ERRORS The getgrent() function may fail if:
EINTR A signal was caught during the operation.
EIO An I/O error has occurred.
The following sections are informative.
APPLICATION USAGE These functions are provided due to their historical usage. Applica- tions should avoid dependencies on fields in the group database, whether the database is a single file, or where in the file system name space the database resides. Applications should use getgrnam() and get- grgid() whenever possible because it avoids these dependencies.
SEE ALSO getgrgid(), getgrnam(), getlogin(), getpwent(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <grp.h>
IEEE/The Open Group 2003 ENDGRENT(3P) |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16271 | Parabola (graph of a function)
In general, a parabola is formed when you graph a quadratic function. A quadratic is in the form: where a,b and c are constants.
The parabola shape really comes from the x2 term, which you can see on the right, which is the graph of y = x2. This is the absolute simplest quadratic where b=0, c=0 and a=1.
Effect of the a,b,c coefficients
Regardless of the values of a b and c, the graph is a parabola. Their values alter it's shape and position in various ways. This is explored in depth in Quadratic Explorer, where you modify a,b and c with sliders to observe the effect on the parabola's shape.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16304 | Moving to Cyprus
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Venetian Palace
The remains of the Venetian governor’s palace (Palazzo del Proveditore) can be found at the western end of Namik Kemal square. The palace was originally built in the 13th century by the Lusignans as a Royal Palace and the kings of Cyprus lived here until 1369 when it was highly damaged by earthquakes. The palace was repaired by the Venetians in 1552 and started to be used again as the Royal Palace.
The most remarkable part of the current palace is the three-arched entrance to one side of Namik Kemal Square. Mirroring the Roman arches of triumph, they were even able to use real Roman columns brought from Salamis. Above the central arch is the arms of Giovanni Renier, the Italian Governor of Cyprus at the time. Remains of a large granite column as well as several cannon balls can be found at the courtyard.
Today, the palace is used as a place for cultural events such as open air concerts.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16313 | Ladder of Divine Ascent
Ladder of Divine Ascent
On Harmony of Thunder, for the Sunday of St. John Climacus, we hear a reflection from Fr. David Smith on the Ladder of Divine Ascent. Why would you work to assure your salvation?
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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk...
by the Late Rev. Charles Parkin, A. M.
Volume IX, London, 1808 pages 209 - 212
Esket, a freeman, was lord of this village, but deprived at the conquest, when it was granted to Peter Lord Valoins, the Conqueror’s nephew.
It was found to consist of 3 carucates of land, 3 villains, 13 borderers, 2 servi, 5cc. but at the survey there were 6 carucates in demean, a carucate and half, and 11 acres of meadow among the tenants, a mill, &c. paying 16s. There were 8 horses at the lord’s-hall, at the survey 5, &c. (with lands in Wells, &c.) valued at £20 was one leuca long, and half a one broad, and paid 2s. gelt.(note 1)See in Wells.
Peter, the lord, and Albreda, his wife, founded here, with the consent of the Conqueror, a priory of Benedictine monks, dedicated to St. Mary, as a cell to the abbey of St. Albans, but to be subject only, as the priory of Lewes was, to that of St. Peter of Clugni, in France, and paying only to St. Albans a mark of silver annually; but not finished till the beginning of the reign of King Henry I.
The founder endowed it with the lordship of this town, and other considerable grants of land, &c. and Roger, his son, confirmed what his father had given, and was himself a considerable benefactor, as were Peter and Robert de Valoines, who were buried here.
King Henry I. gave them a charter for a fair, for 4 days, beginning on the vigil of St. Mary, and a weekly mercate on Wednesday; and in the 2d of King John a fine was levied, wherein William de Chaen, or Ken, lord of North Greenhow hundred, and Wighton, grants to the prior, certain customs due to him as lord, and the prior grants that the men of Wighton should be free from toll in Binham market.
In the said reign, Robert Lord Fitzwalter claimed the patronage of the priory, and besieged it, in order to reinstate Thomas, the prior, deposed by the prior of St. Albans, and the King sends forces to defend it. Pope Innocent, in 1250, confirmed by bull the grant of the church of Westley, in Cambridgeshire, to them ; and Reginald de Bacon, in the 46th of Henry III. gave a moiety of Laringset church; and in the 14th of Edward II. there were resident (as is said) a prior and 13 monks.
Osgod was prior in 1106.
Ralph, in 1174.
Peter, in 1195.
Thomas, Ao. 1. of King John, and in 1210.
Richard de Shelford, in the 28th and 46th of Henry III.
William, in the 46th of Henry III.
Ralph, in 1261.
Adam, 1267.
Walter, in 1286.
1317, William de Somerton, presented by Hugh, abbot of St. Albans.
1323, Nicholas de Flamstede, by the abbot, &c.
1337, John de Caudewell, by Michael, abbot, &c.
1380, William Dixwell occurs.
1424, Michael Cheyne.
William occurs in 1430.
1436, William Spygon, by the abbot.
1438, Nicholas Wellys.
1454, Henry Halstede.
1461, William Dixwell.
1464, John Peyton, Decret. Dr.
1465, William Dixwell.
1480, Richard Whitingdon
1481, William Dixwell.
Thomas Sudbury occurs 1502.
1505, Dns. William Frevell.
1509, John Albon, S. T. B.
At the dissolution here was a prior and six monks ; it was valued, as Dugd. at £140. 5s. 4d.—as Speed, at £160. 1s.
The register of this priory was, in 1652, possessed by Sir Thomas Widerington, Knt. .
King Henry VIII. in his 33d year granted to Thomas Paston, Esq; the site of this priory, with the manor and rectory, lands in Walsingham, Wells, Gunthorp, Berney,Thursford, &c.
Thomas was the 5th son of Sir William Paston of Paston, after-wards a knight, and father of Sir Edward, who died lord in 1630: his descendant, Edward Paston, Esq. lord of this manor, and of Berningham, &c. married Mary, daughter and coheir of John Clerk, Gent, of Bale in Norfolk, by whom he had – ——- Paston, Esq. who sold this lordship and that of Barningham, in or about the year 1756, to William Russell, a whalebone merchant of King’s-street, London.
Mr. Samuel Buck published a print of the ruins of this priory, and its church, great part of the west end of which church was standing then in 1738.
The church was dedicated to the Holy Cross, the rectory valued at 20 marks, and was appropriated to the priory. The ancient valor of the vicarage was 5 marks; the present valor is £6. 13s. 4d and paid Peter pence 2s. 1d.
In 1310, Alan Alam was instituted vicar, presented by the prior of Binham. –
1330, Richard Languale. Ditto. ,
1349, John Archer.
1349, William Alen.
1351, Andrew Goldsmith.
1374, John Randolph.
1375, Edmund Hillot.
1386, John Cheney.
1393, Thomas Calwere.
1400, John Sige.
1416, John Cosyn.
1471, Richard Dene, by the Bishop.
1481, Richard Harman.
1488, William Waterman.
1493, William Becbank.
1505, Richard Weston, by the Bishop, a lapse.
Thomas Lyon, vicar,
1521, Thomas Jary, by the prior, &c.
1542, Mr. Thomas Blithe,S.T. B. by Thomas Paston, [Esq. gentle-man of the privy chamber to the King.]
1546, Mr. Thomas Silverside. Ditto. ,
1555, William Powle, by the Bishop.
Christopher Nuttell.
1592, Ralph Same, by Edward Paston, Esq. *
1603, Richard Baldwin. Ditto.
1628, Richard Slynn, by Robert Fieden, assignee of Sir Henry Compton, Knt. .
In 1662, Edmund Wyth occurs vicar.
1706, John Wells, curate and sequestrator. .
1750, Samuel Hemington, vicar, presented by the King.
Here were the guilds of St. Mary, Corpus Christi, St. John Baptist, St.Alban’s, St.Thomas, and All-Saints;———the lights of St. Mary, of Tripudii de Westgate (note 2) , and Tripvdii de Market’s hede,7 of the Quinque Gaudia, or 5 joys of the Blessed Virgin, and of the Holy Trinity. Thirteen acres and one rood of land were bequeathed lying at Dalling-gate, to a house called the Guild-Hall, belonging to one of the afore-said guilds.
1.....Terre Petri Valoniensis -Binneham ten. Esket. T. R. E. iii car. tr. iii villi sep. xiii bor. ii s. et tc. ii car. et p' et mo. vi in dnio. tc. et p'houm ii car. mo i et d. xi ac. pti. tc. i mol. et xvi sol. 5. p'tinentes ad hanc villa. xxx ac. tre tc. ii car. mo. car. et dim. ii ac. pti. in aula. d'nica tc. viii equi mo. v. tc. iii an. mo. i. tc. xvi p' et mo. x tc. cxxx. mo. d. c. ov.
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Rechargeable battery pack for the ProdMod LED Hoop Kit battery charger is small and compact
Snap In DC Jack - positive terminal is on the left leading and attached to the center pin
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It accepts 100-240VAC.
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Only one simple wire to connect to your hoop.
An easy to read indicator light tells when its charged.
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*LED On Time is subjective since LEDs dim over time. But generally they remain very bright for the first 3 hrs of continuous use. The battery life is also extended if the LEDs are turned off for about an hour or so between sessions.
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1. Kelly Hannah says:
You sent me info on rigid tubing so that I can make a rigid hoop. If I’m going to purchase 100 ft of tubing, I should get info on the rechargeable battery kit and the plain AA battery kit so that I’m not stuck with 80 feet of tubing. Can you tell me where I can purchase these, or do I need to go through you?
2. prodmod says:
the battery charger and DC jack is on this page and is meant for people who already have a prodmod LED hoop.
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3. heather says:
what is the voltage of the rechargable batter. i got the kit 6 months ago from u and love my hoop!!! i want to make a set of thinner twins tho and was hoping of using the same switches and plugs and charger but the batt u carry is too large : (
4. prodmod says:
the rechargeable battery voltage is 3.2Vdc. You can’t use the same charger for any other battery. So if you must make a thinner rechargeable hoop you have to use three AAA NiMh batteries, and find a new charger that charges those batteries. Might need a new DC jack as well.
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I think I remember seeing somewhere that you need to use at least 20 LEDs with the rechargeable system or else you’d need to use a resister (though I can’t find that now). I want to try to make some twin mini hoops that would use less LEDs. Probably 15 each. If I want to use the rechargeable system for those, what kind of resister would I need? Thanks!
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Hi! So this list does not (YET) include the personal loves in my life. But this is a list of words, images and sounds that have moved me. I am curating these here, both to help me find and remember them, and also to share them with you. Feel free to bookmark this page, and whenever you are looking for new things to enjoy or be moved by, you can enjoy some of my favourite things <3 I will keep adding to these.
1. Nidhi Zakaria Eipe’s “Nine Months” on BODY : poem? prose? fiction? dream? whatever this is, it gives me major pangs every time I read it, and I keep going back to it.
2. Memories of a Machine: A short film (less than 10 mins! watch it while your rice cooks) is written and directed by Shailaja Padindala. Kani Kusruti gives a raw beautiful performance.
3. Every single painting by Georgia O’ Keeffe! They stir me like nothing else.
4. Annie Sexton’s “The Double Image”. </3
5. This conversation between Tishani Doshi and Karthika Naïr <3 and the different direction it links and pulls you towards.
6. Nobody is Making you do This: Lorelei Vashti’s account of writing her first book, illustrated by Grace Lee.
7. Andrea Gibson performing “How it Ends”. OR Andrea Gibson performing any of her poems really.
8. Ana Teresa Barboza’s embroidered landscapes that leap out of hoops and boundaries.
9. Three Women by Sylvia Plath.
10. Daphne Du Maurier’s book, “Rebecca”. (yes, that link took you to my portrait of her 😛 but I like that portrait, and you don’t need me to point you towards where you can find/buy her books.)
11. Everything that Priya Kurian draws, but especially her #peopleofkochi and #peopleofdelhi series.
12. Alt-J’s entire new incredibly beautiful album “Relaxer”, including their visuals. But especially, this!
13. On Being’s “Poetry Radio Project”: This is a compilation of the poems performed by the guests they have had on their show so far. Kind of like this list I am compiling, you can spend a few hours enjoying the beauty they have compiled. <3 <3
14. This song.
15. Everything that Sarah Naqvi makes.
16. You may have seen this, it was trending quite a bit some years ago. A dance performance depicting the co-evolution of symbiotic species.
17. Oliver Sacks’ autobiography- On the Move. (If I know you, you can ask me to lend it to you.)
18. This scene from Apur Sansar. Sorry, I couldn’t find a link with English subtitles, you’ll just have to learn Bangla to enjoy this <3
19. Patti Smith‘s MTrain. so much heart!!! (yeah I did that link thing again. :D)
20. This! Gasp.
21. Watching Brad Pitt eat. 😛 <3
22. This poem written by Neil Gaiman and performed by Amanda Palmer; it was first performed as part of the spectacular “Universe in Verse” event hosted by Maria Popova of Brain Pickings. Sigh.
23. The world’s largest sketchbook library!! Completely crowd-sourced. Another reason to spend a few months in Brooklyn <3.
24. This is a list of inspiring talks curated by Ida C. Benedicto that she goes to when she feels creatively stuck. This is great, especially for me, who also looks for inspiring talks when feeling stuck (creatively or otherwise), and who feels stuck often!
25. Nanette by Hannah Gadsby!! I am telling everyone how this is one of those genre changing revolutionary pieces that will make into art textbooks and stand-up courses, and we get to witness it and its impact right now in real tiiime.
26. The moment Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan fell in love. <3 Radiolab bringing forward soul nourishing things as usual. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16467 | Monday, December 10, 2007
Found it.
And I am recording it here, so that NEXT year, I can print it out instead of spending three freakin' hours flipping through cookbooks. (And I'm so nauseated from this migraine, I didn't even get hungry.)
8 oz butter (two sticks)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt (I use salted butter and add just a tiny pinch of salt)
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup finely ground almonds (I buzz 'em up in a mini food processor)
a slosh of almond extract if you've got it; Grand Marnier is nice too
Mix it all together into a paste, roll into a log, wrap in foil, and chuck in the fridge. (This is the same method as the toffee-chip shortbread cookies, and known as an 'icebox cookie' in this part of the world. Your useless food trivia for the day.) When it's cold, slice into rounds about 1/4 inch thick (a really thin knife, like a boning knife, is good for this), lay out on a cookie sheet, and bake at 300 degrees, this says for thirty minutes but I'd start checking them at fifteen. When they juuuust start turning brown on the edges, they're done.
The recipe says to make little sandwiches out of them, with raspberry jam, but my family scarfs 'em up, as-is.
I'm so freakin' domestic.
Bells said...
I am so making these. Thank you.
Amy Lane said...
Yeah--I'm thinking I"ll make them too... (Chicken is making noises about actually COOKING as opposed to picking pieces of dough out of the package and putting them on the cookie sheet. Have we mentioned I suck as a mother?)
Donna Lee said...
I think these sound yummy. I love almonds. I try new recipes for cookies this year. These are this years. Thanks! (like I need to eat more cookies)
NeedleTart said...
Not to be picky, but (fine, I'm picky) if there are 16 ounces in a pound and butter is sold by the pound, cut into quarters, wouldn't 8 ounces be two sticks?
Julie said...
Bugger. Needle Tart is right. (Or rather, bugger that I was wrong. Not that she caught it.) It should be two sticks of butter. I'll fix the recipe here, and post a notice. Sorry.
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“Grandsire?” Iris Dark called as she stepped through the Way from the London Office into Percival Darke’s private sanctum. She had heard Marshall and Carter call it the ‘The Museum’, presumably because they saw Darke as a relic. It was appropriate nonetheless since, in addition to being Darke's home and workspace, it also held his private collection of curiosities that he had accumulated over the centuries. Whether they had been purchased, stolen, discovered or invented by his own skilled hands, these were the few rare objects that were worth more to Darke than what they'd fetch on the open market.
It was a strange place, to be sure, and Iris didn’t even know where it was. It was windowless and she never heard any noises from outside, so she assumed it was deep underground, yet it was utterly lacking any sort of ventilation system. It was obscenely ornate, yet rustically antiquated, not even possessing electricity. All electronic reports and messages had to be printed off and translocated to him via ravenwave.
The entrance hall was lined with braziers that burned with spectral, smokeless flames, their sepia light dancing on the marble walls and pillars. The echoes of her bootsteps were the only noise as she set out seeking for her living forefather.
It had been a little over three years now since she had become Percival Darke’s proxy, the end result of a complex chain of events set in motion by a clause in a will and a (temporarily) successful assassination attempt. Darke was by far the most reclusive partner of Marshall, Carter, & Dark, and preferred to be represented by his proxy as much as was practical.
Iris was aware that she wasn’t the first of Darke’s descendants to hold this position. She had been preceded by a Benjamin Phineas Dark, and an Abigail Agnes Dark before him, and a Johann Dark before her. The position obviously had its perks. The shares she had been given had made her an instant billionaire, and the company health plan included various forms of life extension and resurrection. Darke also allowed her mostly free rein to do as she pleased, since he was well aware that a being as ancient as himself was out of touch. She was currently using MC&D’s inexhaustible resources to finance several anomalous tech projects, and had plenty more ideas on how she might spend her billions of dollars and very long life.
An interesting consequence (though not necessarily a downside) of her new position was that people frequently thought she was Darke, just as they had with her predecessors. Staff and clients alike often viewed her as a centuries-old sorceress of unknowable power. Some people whispered that Darke was like a Time Lord, and rejuvenated into new forms every so often. Others said that he had never been anything remotely human, and his ‘descendants’ were only those who had pledged their lives to him for the assurance of a tolerable afterlife. Iris had even caught wind of a rumour that she had been a call girl whose body Darke had desouled and possessed. She could hardly blame people though, since nobody knew what Darke was.
Not even her.
She had a theory though, one she had compiled from three years of interaction with him and her newfound expertise on the anomalous world. She believed that Darke, who she knew to be an alchemist and thaumaturge of great skill and power with deep knowledge of the Ways, had phased himself slightly out of this reality and into the Darkness Between Dimensions. The way he moved made it seem like he wasn’t fully corporeal, and he was always shrouded in a dark aura. The void’s inherent lack of entropy kept him from ageing, and its low Hume level would afford him powerful reality bending capabilities. He never faded because of the living creatures he consumed (not ate, consumed). In addition to their matter and their EVE particles replenishing his own, their Hume field replenished his. It made a weird kind of sense. He immersed himself in the Darkness, sustained himself on the Darkness, empowered himself with the Darkness.
So they called him Darke.
It was only an educated guess at best though, as she knew better than to ask him.
She poked her head in his workshop, and found it empty. The antique alchemical laboratory, the spectral forge, and the electro-thaumic workbench were all unused at the moment. She checked his study next, only to find the divination circle unlit and the vellum codices all in their proper places.
She was just about to work up the courage to try his bedchamber (where she would at best be disturbing his rest and at worst interrupting as he attended to whatever carnal needs a being of his nature possessed) when the study door slid open. Iris exhaled a sigh of relief as the tall, cloaked form of Percival Darke glided in with several books clutched in his hand.
“Grandsire, there you are. Just got back from the Library I take it?” Iris asked.
“I was able to locate some Erikeshan texts from a reality where they were a little more empirical than they were in our history,” he replied as he shut the door and set the books down on his end table. “I suspect I may be able to synthesize the substance they used to forge the Chains of Jaspetar. One never knows when one might need to imprison a colossal Elder God. But that can wait. What did you need?”
“Chan said he found a vendor selling Astrakhan Springwater at the Utterly Bazaar, and brought back a sample for testing. There is a sizable market that could afford to use the ‘soul sucker’ but refuse because of moral objections. We could stand to make a lot from ‘cruelty-free’ life extension.”
Iris took the vial out of her pocket and handed it to Darke. He clasped it in his boney, ashen, slightly translucent hand and meditated on it for a moment.
“It’s giving off a lot of Akiva radiation, indicative of a divine origin.” He then squeezed a single droplet onto his tongue. “It’s not pure. They’ve watered it down. I can hardly blame them, since most of their customers would have no way to tell the difference. If they’re willing to sell us the pure stuff then we can make a deal.”
Darke handed the vial back to his heir, and then suddenly grew pensive.
“Chan’s the one we assigned to the Circus of the Disquieting, correct?” he asked.
“Yes, we recently came to an agreement with them allowing us limited use of their Way generator,” Iris replied.
“The Kaleidoscope, yes. A truly astonishing invention,” Darke said as he sat down in his reading chair, gesturing for Iris to sit beside him.
He rung a small silver bell and an imp of a creature dressed like a renaissance period servant with its face hidden behind a brazen mask appeared from around the corner. It carried a silver tray bearing a hot chocolate for Iris and a chalice of cold, condensed miasma for Darke, so heavy it was almost liquid. The servant, or slave, or whatever it was immediately retreated from sight so as not to disturb its master for any longer than was absolutely necessary.
“Herman created that contraption a hundred years before the Foundation invented their first Multi-Universal Transit Array. He was a genius with the Ways,” Darke reminisced as he both inhaled and sipped his beverage.
“You knew Fuller?” Iris asked, blowing on her hot chocolate.
“We met in the Library, when I first discovered it late last century…sorry, no, the century before last. Most of the other patrons like to keep their distance from me, but Herman couldn’t resist the opportunity to pick my brain. He was ravenous for arcane knowledge. He must have read thousands of books on the supernatural, spoken with hundreds of otherworldly sages, explored countless other realities. To tell the truth, he was so intelligent and well learned I suspected he was one of my many unaccounted-for descendants."
Darke smirked as he observed Iris trying to hide her revulsion at the thought that she might be related to some kind of carnival freak.
“As a man of means with a fascination for the occult, he was obviously a good customer. As a cunning entrepreneur of dubious morals, he was a good business partner. If I was feeling generous, I would even go so far as to say he was a good friend.”
“Until he tried to steal from you.”
“Until he tried to steal from us, yes,” Darke nodded, chuckling at the memory. “He actually created a Way into the soul-sucker’s room, despite my wards, only to realize it was too big to fit through the door! We walked in on him trying to disassemble it. He said he was doing a service call, had to make sure the machine was operating at tip-top efficiency. Amos was furious.”
“Understandable, given how reliant he is on that thing.”
“True, but we were perhaps needlessly cruel to the Circus in the years that followed. I regret that, and am glad it’s behind us now. Herman Fuller’s Circus is a wondrous place Iris, and their Kaleidoscope an invaluable resource.”
“Yes, I’d thought you’d have some ideas on how to capitalize on that,” Iris smiled, an avaricious gleam in her eyes. “You must know about some hard-to-get-to places worth visiting. Where should we send Victor next?”
“Mr. Chan, even with a Clown at his side, may not be fully adequate for what I have in mind,” Darke replied. “I think it would be best for my proxy to accompany him. It would be good for you too, I think, to experience the anomalous ‘in the wild’ as it were, not safely confined to our cages. You’ve mastered your occult studies with me enough to handle yourself in the field, and I have foreseen you will come to no harm.”
“I’m not worried about that Grandsire. My only concern would be that our agreement with the Circus made it very clear that Victor was to be the only one allowed through the Kaleidoscope.”
Darke only chuckled at the suggestion.
“The Man with the Upside-Down Face may seem intimidating to an undersized Chinaman or an incontinent old dotard, but even he trembles at the mention of the name ‘Darke’. Give them a ring and tell them that the Heir of Percival Darke will be accompanying Mr. Chan on his outings from now on, and see if old Manny voices any objections. Come, let us see if we can find someplace appropriate to wet your feet.”
He arose from his chair and gestured for her to follow him. They entered into his map room, which had numerous decorative maps framed upon the walls. Globes of various worlds rotated in perpetual motion above their pedestals, and the long shelves held innumerable scrolls and atlases. This was a room from which a man from before the Age of Reason could navigate the Multiverse.
"You know, if you would let us digitize this information I could make an app that could let us plot Ways on a smartphone," Iris suggested, still drinking her cocoa.
"Truth contained in the Chaos Tongue cannot be properly represented by any other language, including the binary language of computers," Darke replied. "Besides, the information contained in this room is far too priceless to risk leaking out onto that vile noospheric web of yours."
He began to pull down various antique maps until he found the one he wanted. It was a map of the ‘Yesod’ multiverse, one of many such multiverses, depicted as a tree. It had twenty-one main boughs, representing the known hubs, each with dozens, if not hundreds, of branches. The ‘floater’ universes were depicted as stray leaves. The roots of the Cosmic Tree reached down into the Darkness Below (which Iris knew was not the same as the Darkness Between Dimensions, but still wished they had more distinct names) where they were attacked by the imprisoned Scarlet King. The tree was simultaneously threatened by Yaldabaoth from the Heavens, though He was contained in Mekhane’s silver web.
Iris knew such a map was neither literal nor accurate, but it was a charming piece of esoterica nonetheless.
“Let’s see. The Realm of the Unclean has His Holy Tears and some advanced technology…but it also has the Unclean. Maybe we’ll work our way up to that one. There is that Antarctic Empire…but the Foundation does have a fairly strong presence there. No, to make the best use of the Kaleidoscope we should go to a World we could never get to otherwise. Ah! Kul-Manas!”
“Yes, it’s a charming little city-state in a delightful floater universe. Populated mostly by mystic bird people. I’ve met one of them on my sojourns to the Court of Alagadda. He seemed to be a man of some standing among his people. I’ll pen him a letter, see if maybe his World would be interested in establishing trade relations."
"What would they have to trade?"
"The Feathered Folk collect knowledge and technology from across all the worlds and cobble it together in a way that is uniquely their own. Their magic and technology are not only advanced but exotic. I know of nothing better for generating short-term profit than novelty. You may head back to London now if you wish. I’ll see to this, but do not forget to check your letterbox. I don’t want another incident like the one with the Eidolonic Collective.”
“I was as embarrassed about that as you were, Grandsire,” Iris said, resisting the urge to roll her eyes. “Anything I should do to prepare for the assignment?”
Darke clapped twice, and his diminutive servant appeared and presented a book to Iris while relieving her of her mug. The book's title was Otherworld Laws and Universal Constants.
“That should prove a sufficient primer for now. If I think of anything else I will send it to you.”
Iris nodded, already starting to read the book as she showed herself out.
Darke glided back to his study and grabbed a quill and parchment. Before he started writing, a small objet d’art that he had paid no attention to in years suddenly caught his eye.
It was a marionette, a souvenir from when he had attended the grand opening of Herman Fuller’s Marvellously Macabre Mechanical Marionette Matinee. Fuller always did put on one hell of a show.
Darke knew what had become of Fuller, what his own Circus had done to him. He had foreseen it long ago. Still, the fact that it had only recently transpired did give it a bit of a sting. For a moment, Darke wondered if he should do something. He wondered if he should free Herman from his living hell, help him to retake the Circus, and exact revenge on those who had betrayed him.
Then he considered the cost.
Pushing the marionette out of sight, he set to work on his letter to Kul-Manas.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16478 | Bible Studies
09-1891 General Conference Sermons by E.J. Waggoner
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The eleventh verse states one of the fruits that must follow from a knowledge that we are "saved by his life." When men have a well-grounded assurance that they are saved by the life of Jesus Christ, when they realize it is so till it becomes a part of their very being, they will joy in God through Jesus Christ their Lord. There can be nothing but joy in the heart of an individual when he knows that he is saved by the life of Christ. That is the secret of joying in tribulation.
This verse contains a partially stated proposition. You will notice that commencing with the thirteenth verse and continuing down to the end of the seventeenth, there is a parenthesis. Then in the eighteenth verse, the proposition is taken up again and completed. The first part of the eighteenth verse is merely an equivalent to the first part of the twelfth; it is the same truth expressed in other words--"Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation." Then the closing portion of the verse completed the proposition: "Even so by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life."
We can notice but briefly the intervening verses. They contain rich truths, but the time allotted for this subject is so limited that our remarks must be confined to the major points of the chapter.
In the fourteenth verse we have reference to the "reign of death." What is the reign of death? What was this passage of death upon all men? The apostle says that "death reigned from Adam to Moses." He does not mean by this that it did not reign at any other time and that it does not reign at the present time. The part of the verse referring to Adam and Moses is a part of a great argument, which has its starting point back in chapter four. It is a part of his argument on Abraham.
The argument in a nutshell is, that the entering in of the law did not in any way interfere with the promise to Abraham. In Romans 4:13, 14 we are told that the promise "that he should be heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect." In these verses the apostle is proving in a practical manner that the law does not enter into man's justification at all; that justification is solely by faith and not by works. Why is it that the law does not enter into the justification of man? "Because the law worketh wrath."
If Abraham had been left to be justified by the works of the law, there would have been nothing to be placed to his account but wrath, for that is all that the law can work. But on the other hand, when he is not justified by the law, which could only be the means of imputing wrath to him and is justified by faith, then there is life placed to his account. And life is what is wanted, not wrath. Life is what all men desire, not wrath. Whoever seeks to be justified by his works will reap only wrath. Abraham will receive the inheritance only by the virtue of the promise and he will receive his righteousness only by the faith that he had.
Some think that there are two ways of being saved, because the Lord gave the law at Sinai and death had reigned till that time, so of course that means that the law brought life. It is true that the Lord gave the law at Sinai, but the law was in the world long before its giving at Sinai. Abraham had the law, and through the righteousness of faith he was able to keep that law. So the entering in of the law at Sinai did not militate against the promise of God to Abraham. There was no different phase of the plan of salvation introduced at Mount Sinai or at the time of the Exodus. There was no more law after that time than there was before it. Abraham kept the law. If there had not been any law there, Abraham could never have been justified, but he kept the law by his faith. Death reigned through sin before the time of Moses, but righteousness was imputed unto life. This shows that the law was there already, although they did not have it in that written, open form, that they had it afterwards.
In regard to the reign of death, I am persuaded that we lose much of the good and the encouragement that there is in this fifth chapter simply by the misapplying of these words--"death reigned," and also the expression "death passed upon all men, for that all had sinned." Why did death pass upon all men? Because that all had sinned! By one man sin came into the world. There are many who will stop at this point and philosophize and question as to how this could be and try to figure out for themselves the justice of it. They will query why it is that we are here in this sinful condition without having had any choice or say in the matter ourselves. Now we know that there was one man in the beginning, and he fell. We are his children, and it is impossible for us to be born in any higher condition than he was.
Some will shut themselves out of eternal life because they cannot figure that thing out to a nicety and see the justice of it. The finite mind of man cannot do this, so it is better for him to leave it alone and devote himself to seeking for the proffered salvation. That is the important point for all to consider. We know that we are in a sinful condition, and that this sinful condition is a lost condition. Seeing then that we are in a lost condition, is it not best for us to devote our energies to seeking to attain to that state whereby we may be in a saved condition.
What would you think of a man drowning in the ocean who, when someone throws him a rope, looks at it and then says, "I know that I am drowning and that the only hope I have lies in my getting hold of that rope, but I will not take hold of it unless I know that it has really been my own fault that I fell into the water. If it was my own fault, then I will take it, because I am the only one who is to blame for my being in this condition. But if, on the other hand, someone pushed me into the water and I could not help myself, then I will have nothing to do with that rope." Such a man would be considered devoid of common sense. Then, acknowledging that we are sinners and in a lost condition, let us take hold of the salvation that is offered to us.
"Death reigned," it "passed upon all men." The twelfth and eighteenth verses tell us what this death is. Why did it pass? Because that "all have sinned." "Judgement came upon all!" What for? What to? Condemnation. We are familiar with death; we see people being placed in their graves every day. But is that the death referred to? Good men die, with only two exceptions, all the good men that have ever lived upon the earth have died. Do they die under condemnation? No, certainly not. Do they die because they are sinners? No, if they were sinners, they were not good men. There has been no man in this world upon whom the death sentence has not passed, for there never was a man in this world that was not a sinner, and if he became a good man so that he walked with God as Enoch did, it was by faith.
If we say that the death which comes to all men--good and bad, old and young alike--is the carrying out of that judgment which "came upon all men to condemnation," then we take the position that there is no hope for anyone who has died. For there is no such thing as probation after death and therefore the man who dies in sin can never be accounted righteous. If it is said that the good do not die in sin, but only because of sins previously committed, the justice of God is impugned, and His imputed righteousness denied. For when God declares His righteousness upon the one who believes, that man stands as clear as though he had never sinned, and cannot be punished as a sinner, unless he denies the faith. Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life." John 5:24.
When Adam was placed in the garden of Eden, the Lord told him, "in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." That does not mean "dying thou shalt die," as the marginal reading has it. That expression is neither Hebrew nor English. It means just what it says, that in the day that Adam ate of the fruit of the true of knowledge of good and evil, in that day he died. In the very day that Adam ate of the fruit, he fell, and the death sentence was passed upon him, and he was a dead man. Sentence was not executed at that moment, and for that matter we know that Adam was a good man and that the sentence never was executed upon him. Christ died for him. But he was in the same condition, after he had eaten of the fruit of the tree that Pharaoh was in after the first-born of all the Egyptians had been killed, when he arose by night and said, "We be all dead men."
When sentence has been passed upon a murderer, he is to all intents and purposes a dead man. But it was more than that in the case of Adam. He was dead, and the Son of God was to make him alive. It was only a matter of time till he should be blotted out of existence. But Christ comes in to give man a probation and to lift him up. All that Christ has to give to man is summed up in that one word--life. Everything is comprised in that. This fact shows that without Him men have no life. Said Christ to the unbelieving Jews, "Ye will not come to me that ye might have life." Probably they replied, "we do not need to come, because we have life already."
In Ezekiel 13:22 we read, "Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life." There is no life to the wicked. They have no life. They are dead. Said Christ, "He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." Christ came to give life to the dead. He gives life only to those who conscientiously lay hold of that life, who bring His life into their lives, so that it takes the place of their forfeited lives. He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son hath not life. He is dead.
So Adam died, and because of that, every man born into the world is a sinner, and the sentence of death is passed upon him. Judgment has passed upon all men to condemnation, and there is not a man in this world but has been under the condemnation of death. The only way that he can get free from that condemnation and that death is through Christ, who died for him and who, in His own body, bore our sins upon the cross. He bore the penalty of the law, and suffered the condemnation of the law for us, not for Himself, for He was sinless.
"As by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin . . . even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." What is the free gift? It is the free gift by grace and it appertaineth unto many. The work of Adam plunged man into sin; the work of Christ brings men out of sin. One man's single offense plunged many into many offenses, but the one man's obedience gathers the many offenses of many men and brings them out from beneath the condemnation of those offenses.
Then the free gift is the righteousness of Christ. How do we get the righteousness of Christ? We cannot separate the righteousness of Christ from Christ Himself. Therefore in order for men to get the righteousness of Christ, they must have the life of Christ. So the free gift comes upon all men who are justified by the life of Christ. Justification is life. It is the life of Christ. "For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so by the obedience of one many shall be made righteous." These are simple and positive statements. No good can come to man by questioning them. He only reaps barrenness to his soul. Let us accept them and believe them.
"The free gift came upon all men to justification of life." Are all men going to be justified? All men might if they would, but says Christ, "Ye will not come to me that ye might have life." All are dead in trespasses and sins. The grace of God that brings salvation hath appeared unto all men. It comes right within the reach of all men, and those who do not get it are those who do not want it.
"As by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one many shall be made righteous." That settles the whole question, as to whether you and I can do works that will make us righteous. It is by the obedience of one man. Now which man shall that be? Can I do righteousness that will do you any good? No. Can you do righteousness that will do me any good? No. Suppose that one man could do righteous works that would be set to his account as making him righteous--who shall he be? I cannot do it for you and you cannot do it for me. Then who is the man? Jesus Christ of Nazareth!
This settles the question as to whether justification by faith comes by the law. By the obedience of Christ are many made righteous or obedient. Righteousness is obedience to the law. Did you ever read or hear of any human being who kept the law perfectly? Or did you ever hear of anyone, however high his standard was set, who did not find something beyond, that he had not attained to? Even worldly men often have an ideal of their own, but the nearer they can come to that ideal, the greater lack they see in themselves. Anyone who is sincere in trying to reach a high standard, when he gets there, will see something beyond it.
There is one spotless life. There is one man, the man Christ Jesus, who resisted successfully all the powers of sin when He was here upon earth. He was the Word made flesh. God in Christ reconciled the world to Himself. He could stand before the world and challenge any to convict Him of sin. No guile was found in His mouth. He was "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens," and by His obedience shall many be made righteous.
Then comes the question, how can this be? It is the same question that the Jews propounded to Christ, when He said, "Except ye eat my flesh and drink my blood, ye have no life in you." Said they, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" There are many today who may be found asking the same question when they say how can I have His life or His righteousness? Could Jesus explain to them how He could give them His flesh? He could not do it except by the words He spake unto them--they are spirit and they are life. The plan of salvation cannot be explained to man. It was made by an infinite being, and we cannot understand it. As to how it takes place we are ignorant. Through all eternity we will not understand how it was done. It is only infinite power that can or could do it. It is only infinite wisdom that can understand it.
If we will eat the flesh of Christ and drink His blood, we will have the life of Christ. If we have His life, we have a righteous life; His obedience works in us and that makes us righteous. This does not leave any room for the statement that Christ obeyed for us and that therefore we can do as we please, and His righteousness will be accounted unto us just the same. His obedience must be manifested in us day by day. It is not our obedience, but the obedience of Christ working in us. By those "exceeding great and precious promises," we take the divine life into us. The life we live is the life of the Son of God. He died for us, and loved us with a love that we cannot fathom. The righteousness that we have is His. Thanks be to God for the unspeakable gift. He lets us get all the benefit of that obedience, because we have shown our intense desire for obedience. That is why He gives it to us.
When you go to God, take these Scriptures on your lips, "We shall be saved by His life." "By the obedience of one shall many be made righteous." Take them to God in prayer. They are true, for the Lord Himself has said so. How can these blessings be obtained? By faith! Take it by faith, and it is yours, and no one can take it from you. Then you will have it, although you do not understand how it can be done. When you have it, you have life. What life? The divine life. Then when you come up to the time of temptation, the time when you have usually fallen, you can tell Satan that he has no power to make you fall beneath that temptation, for it is not you, but Christ that dwelleth in you.
There never was a time in the life of any man when of himself he had power to resist temptation. We cannot do it. That proves that we must have a life different from our natural life in order to resist sin at all. That must be a life that sin has never touched and can never touch. Repeat the glorious words over and over again, "His life is mine, I cannot be touched by sin. His strength is my strength; His obedience is my obedience, and His life is my life. That was a sinless life, and by faith I have it, I hold to it, because it is mine, and sin cannot touch it." That is the only way to resist them, and that will be successful every time.
"Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord."
The time of the entering in of the law was the time when it was spoken from Sinai. It entered that the offense, or sin, might abound. But where that sin abounded, grace did much more abound. There was sin in the world before that law was proclaimed from Sinai. Therefore the law was there before it was proclaimed from Sinai. But God spoke it in that awful way and in those thunder tones from the mount for the purpose that sin might seem to be a greater sin. It was done that the people might see sin more as God saw it.
These things were written for our benefit. The speaking of that law in thunder tones with such a solemn scene of grandeur all around it is to have the same effect on us that it had on the children of Israel. We are to see the thunder clouds and the lightning and they are to strike terror into our hearts.
Still further: Whoever touched the mount was to die. What is meant by that? All that was intended to show the awfulness of the law. It was given in that way that the people might see the wonderful majesty that it had and that by it no man could get life. It was so great that no man could keep it. Everything connected with its giving, conspired to show man that the only thing he could get by it was death. It was so great, so inexpressibly great, that they never could reach to the heights of it. It was given in that way to show the people that there was only death and condemnation to them in it.
Then was not the law just given to put discouragement into the hearts of the people? No. Go back to Abraham and we shall see what else was taught by the giving of the law. There was a promise to Abraham and to his righteous seed of a righteous inheritance. That promise was sworn to Abraham and to his seed by God Himself. God had pledged His own existence that there should be righteous men--men whose righteousness should be equal to the righteousness of the law. But here was the law in such awful majesty that there could be no righteousness gotten out of it. It was to be the sole standard. Now put two things together: The law is so holy in its claims that no man can get any righteousness out of it, as was shown in the giving of it; but God had sworn that there should be men who would have all the righteousness that it demands; therefore the very giving of the law served to show the people that there must be and was another way of getting that same righteousness.
So in giving the law, He was giving the gospel in thunder tones. Righteousness and peace dwell together in fullness in Christ. So in Him is life. Condemnation is in the law, but the law is in Christ, and in Christ is also life. In Christ we get the righteousness of the law by His life. The voice that declared the law from Sinai was the voice of Christ, the voice of the very one who has this righteousness to bestow.
Now see the force of the words of Moses in Deuteronomy 33:2, 3. "And he said, The Lord came from Sinai and rose up from Seir unto them; He shined forth from Mount Paran and He came with ten thousands of his saints from his right hand went a fiery law for them. Yea, He loved the people."
The giving of that law was one of the highest manifestations of love that could be because it preached to the people in the strongest tones that there was life in Christ. The One who gave the law was the One who brought them out of Egypt. He was the one who swore to Abraham that he and his seed should be righteous, and this showed to them that they could not get righteousness in the law but that they could get it through Christ. So there was a superabundance of grace, for where sin, by the giving of the law did abound, there grace did much more abound. That thing is acted out every time that there is a sinner converted. Before his conversion he does not realize the sinfulness of his sins. Then the law comes in and shows him how awful those sins are, but with it comes the gentle voice of Christ in whom there is grace and life.
How precious it is to have that conviction of sin sent to our hearts, for we know that it is a part of the work of the Comforter which God sends into the world to convict of sin. It is a part of the comfort of God to convict of sin, because the same hand that convicts of sin holds the pardon, that as sin had reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. In this grace we have again those precious words--much more. Where sin abounds, grace much more abounds.
The Lord searches the heart and He knows our sins. Shall we go about mourning and sighing and saying our sins are so great that God cannot forgive such sinners as we are? Some people seem to fancy that God never knew that they had any sins. Then they say that they are not worthy that He should take their sins away. They cannot see how He can save them. Who is it that makes us feel sinful? Who shows us our unworthiness? How do we come to find out that we have sinned? It is God that shows us our sins. He had known them all the time. We do not consider this--that God has known all our sins beforehand and that He it is who shows them to us for the first time, when we are convicted of sin by Him.
When God made the plan of salvation, he knew what He was doing. He knew the human heart. He knew the depth of degradation to which humanity would fall, as no man has ever known it. Now, by His law He drives the sins home to our hearts and then that sin abounds in the proportion that it should. It was small in our eyes before, but He makes us see it as He sees it.
Remember it is the Comforter that convicts. Remember that where sin abounds in your heart or in your mind that there grace does much more abound. It is your firm belief of that that makes the grace effective in taking away the sin. Christ is able to save to the uttermost him that cometh to God by Him. You cannot ask anything of Him so good or so great but what He is able to do it and--much more.
God does not have to take the measure of grace and look over the world to see how many there are among whom it will need to be divided and then go to work to portion it out so that there will be enough to go round. He gives us scripture measure, pressed down and shaken together and running over. No matter how great are the sins to be covered up, there is grace much more than enough to do it. Mortal man may be covered with the righteousness of Christ as with a garment. Then let us take the life of Christ by faith and live a new life. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16522 | SoakSoak: Payload Analysis – Evolution of Compromised Sites – IE 11
Thousands of WordPress sites has been hit by the SoakSoak attack lately. At this moment we know quit a lot about it. It uses the RevSlider vulnerability as a point of penetration. Then uploads a backdoor and infects all websites that share the same server account (so sites that don’t use the RevSlider plugin can be infected too). The site visitors facing part of the infection consists of these two files:
• wp-includes/js/swfobject.js — hacker append it with an encrypted code that loads a malicious script from hxxp://soaksoak . ru/xteas/code (thus SoakSoak).
• wp-includes/template-loader.php — in this file, hackers add code that makes WordPress load the infected swobject.js on every page.
However, it’s not always SoakSoak and not always just two files. On some sites we see a variation of this malware.
This variation also infects “wp-includes/template-loader.php” (same code) and “wp-includes/js/swfobject.js” (almost the same encrypted code), but instead of loading malware from soaksoak . ru, the code in swfobject.js creates a Flash objects using the ‘wp-includes/js/swfobjct.swf‘ file.
Decoded swfobject.js
This is a real Flash swf file, however, unlike the the other two files (template-loader.php and swfobject.js) it is not a part of core WordPress files. At the moment of discovery, it was not flagged by any antivirus on VirusTotal: 0/53.
What does it do? When we decompiled the swfobjct.swf file, we found a function that executed some obfuscated JavaScript only in FireFox and Internet Explorer 11 browsers, and the obfuscation was the same is in swfobject.js.
Sucuri - action_script_code - ie11 - soaksoak
Payload on hacked sites
One more deobfuscation step and we see that it injects an invisible iframe from: “hxxp://milaprostaya . ru/images/“. This use of SWF files is not new. Last month Peter Gramantik described a similar iframe injection that used Flash files.
Unlike Soaksoak ru, milaprostaya ru domain is not currently blacklisted by Google.
Milaprostaya . ru is a hacked WordPress site on a shared server. It is also infected with the SoakSoak malware (Its “wp-includes/js/swfobject.js” files has malicious that encrypted code that loads ‘wp-includes/js/swfobjct.swf‘)
Soaksoak . ru domain was registered on October 28th, 2014 and was hosted on a dedicated server that belongs to the OVH netwook. At this moment, it doesn’t resolve and it’s probably the reason why hackers switched to legitimate domains. Given that they compromised so many sites, they can now host their payloads on any of them.
The SoakSoak attack evolves. Now it may use three files: template-loader.php and swfobject.js and swfobjct.swf (not counting backdoors and vulnerable RevSlider files) and store payload on other compromised sites.
We also know that they target FireFox and the latest version of Internet Explorer (11), which suggests that they target some zero-day vulnerabilities in these browsers. If you use them, make sure to apply all the latest security patches and consider disabling active content (for example, use NoScript in FireFox)
Webmaster of hacked should clean the above-mentioned three files (swfobjct.swf should be removed), find and remove all backdooor, and update the RevSlider plugin (it may be a part of themes and other plugins, so check them all and delete everything that you don’t need). If you fail to delete backdoors and close the security hole, your site may be reinfected quite soon. To protect your site from the SoakSoak and many future attacks, you can place it behind our Website Firewall that will block malicious requests before they even reach your server.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16533 | Passenger on Delta Flight 43 Captures UFO on Video
February 23: On Delta flight 43 traveling from JFK to Atlanta around 6:30 PM.
I suddenly felt compelled to look out my window for some strange reason almost as if I was prompted. I then noticed a faint object in the distance that I really had to focus on.
I waited to see if it was air traffic from another flight, but the object appeared completely different from any airplane, jet, zeppelin, etc.
It seemed as if it were a few miles away, but strange enough to keep my attention. It stayed consistent in motion for a few moments, but the longer I focused my attention the more it seemed to change position.
It was moving left to right, or suddenly blinking in and out view. It is very difficult to describe what I saw exactly, but it didn’t seem like anything I could really wrap my mind around.
I took my iphone out which came out to be pretty low in quality, but I had my boyfriend enhance the footage by slowing it down/increasing the scale/reducing noise/adding contrast.
I have the original footage upon request, but as you can see, the object really emerged once we enhanced the original footage.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Lora and Pam's Cancer Brawl
My friend Lora was just diagnosed with breast cancer.
She found the lump during her monthly breast-self exam.
That was four days before her regularly scheduled mammography.
She writes:
I went in & told them about the lump. Because of my recent experience though, I did NOT wait for the result; instead went directly into see a specialist who quickly diagnosed my cancer. On the same day that my breast surgeon ...provided the diagnosis, I received a call from the regularly scheduled mammo people giving me all-clear. Per the report, my mammo “shows no evidence of breast cancer”; I should “continue with periodic examinations.” I’m really glad that I did not wait; went immediately into the doctor.
The "recent experience" of which she speaks is that, about a year ago, her partner, Pam, was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Yes. You read that right.
She's almost through the last of the "slash, burn and poison" method of treatment.
She's had a mastectomy with reconstructive surgery (slash), radiation (burn) and is just finishing up her last round of chemo (poison). Actually, she'll get her last dose of non-chemo IV treatment in early September.
Because Lora has a history of breast cancer in her family, she's having a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction surgery at the end of the month. Depending on the genetic studies, she may also have a hysterectomy.
Then, depending on the path reports after surgery, she may have radiation and chemo.
Oh, I didn't tell you?
They have twins. A boy and a girl. Six years old.
I was there hours after their premature birth. Did "emergency baptisms" in their incubators, and was later privileged to formally baptize them in church .
They are both truly amazing kids.
Then again, what would we expect? Their parents are truly amazing women.
They have chosen "Rosie the Riveter" as the logo for their FaceBook Page where they will keep family and friends up to date on the progress of their "Cancer Brawl."
I can't think of a better image.
Rosie the Riveter is an iconic figure who represents the American women who worked in factories during World War II, many of whom worked in the manufacturing plants that produced munitions and war supplies.
In 1942, there was a hit song entitled "Rosie the Riveter". The lyrics include the words:
All the day long,
Whether rain or shine
She’s part of the assembly line.
She’s making history,
Working for victory
Rosie the Riveter
Well, okay, I don't like the war image or the image of the assembly line. I like the image of a strong, independent woman making a contribution to the world. No wonder "Rosie" remains an icon of the feminist movement.
I like that Lora and Pam use the word, "brawl." It's street. It's down and dirty. It's doin' what you need to do to fight cancer.
Oh, and there's something else. I'll let Lora tell it in her own words:
So for all of you out there as freaked as I am by this story, (1) make sure your mammo is digital (vs analog). With digital, they can get a much closer look at any areas that are questionable; (2) keep with the self exams monthly & (3) if you find a lump, regardless of mammo, see a specialist. You might not get the answer you like, but it might help to save your life.
So, g'wan. Do a breast self-exam.
Do it right now.
And, if you haven't had a mammo lately, please pick up the phone and call your doctor and make an appointment.
Yeah, you guys too. What? You think guys don't get breast cancer? Think again.
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2008, about 1,990 new cases of breast cancer in men will be diagnosed, and that breast cancer will cause approximately 480 deaths in men (in comparison, over 40,000 women die of breast cancer each year).
Don't know how to do a BSE (Breast Self Exam)?
You can learn all about it from the American Cancer Society.
You can get step-by-step illustrated instructions here.
And, please, of your mercy and kindness, remember Lora and Pam in your prayers. And, their two kids who are amazingly brave. They are also kind and thoughtful, generous and smart. They also actually ask for fruits and vegetables. Every day.
That's because they have two incredible parents.
Who need our prayers as they brawl cancer. Again.
Thank you.
Ana said...
Fierce prayers goin' up.
suzanne said...
As a breast cancer survivor of 35 years, I sincerely thank you for this post. I urge all women to do BSE monthly. Get to know your body! It will save your life.
I wish Lora and Pam well.
AutumnJoy said...
Joining my prayers to others for both of these women and their
children - please keep us posted and let them know they have another prayer warrior on their side.
it's margaret said...
they will both be in my prayers, as will the kids.
when I was diagnosed, my two older sisters went in for exams --one was positive and one was clear.... the one who was positive --we decided to write our own soap opera "The Bald and the Breastless" --perhaps these two fine mothers can contribute another chapter.
Two Auntees said...
Prayers for Lora, Pam and their children.
Riley said...
Prayers for Lora and Pam and the kids.
Okay, off I go to do my self exam.
Right now.
joven said...
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Göran Koch-Swahne said...
Prayers ascending!
Paul Davison said...
My prayers for your friends... and you. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16546 | Monday, June 22, 2015
Danish scientist have analyzed the DNA from Kennewick man and found that his genome does not belong to a European and that it is more closely related to contemporary Native-Americans. Eske Willerslev, a geneticist at the University of Copenhagen and lead author of the study which was published in the journal Nature, believes the conclusion is rock solid.
Of course, the Liberal/Marxist coalition could not stop there. They had to extrapolate the data in one one particular case and claim that this case proved that the very concept of Europeans journeying to North America before the Indians was a racist fantasy! They seemed to forget that Kennewick man was in Washington State whereas the evidence for Pre-Colombian ice age Europeans in North America (known as Solutreans) were in the Virginia tidewater region over half a continent away.One arrived by the Bering Straight, the other via an ice pack on the Atlantic ocean. One was here thousands of years before the other! Could that be why Native-Americans have quietly retired that term and now prefer to be called "First Nations Peoples?" Is that an acknowledgement that they were not actually the first people in North America?
Many Native-Americans , such as the Paiute, have legends of the extermination of a tall, red headed, blue eyed people, who were already here when they arrived in North America. Could that be the descendants of the Solutreans? Is that why the first European colonies were puzzled as to why some Indians had blue eyes?
Monday, June 15, 2015
One can tell a lot about public perception as regards future environments in contemporary science fiction novels or games. In the Mass Effect video games the story revolves around the discovery of lost technology left on Mars by an alien race called the Protheons. This technology consisted of a series of star gates that makes faster then light speed possible. By 2149, one year after the discovery of Protheon technology on Mars, the Systems Alliance is formed, a group of 18 of the most powerful nations on earth dedicated to interstellar exploration and settlement.
In this version of future history there is of yet no united earth government as exists in Star Trek in the 23rd century. However Northern European traits (That is to say "Aryan" traits) of blue or green eyes, and red , blond, or light brown hair, is now extinct. Caucasian traits still exist but they tend to resemble more Mediterranean traits or that of light skinned Hispanics. Everybody is dark haired, olive skinned, and dark eyed. Most people, however, are racially mixed including the hero, Commander Shepherd, who appears to be a person of 1/8 or possibly 1/16 Negro. His lips are thin, and his nasal bridge is narrow like that of Caucasians, but he is dark complected and his hair is close cut against his scalp and curly like that of Negroes. In the 22nd century in which Mass Effect takes place blue contacts and blond hair dye are all the rage! It is fashionable to look Aryan but Aryankind has all but disappeared, an example of extinction via assimilation.
This is in marked contrast to the science fiction movies of the sixties, seventies, and eighties in which all space explorers were white and non-whites were seldom to be seen. Society was like America was back then, still with a white majority firmly in control, a technological wonderland, and no demographic threat was on the horizon. Cities were beautiful and artistic glass and steel constructions connected by transparent tubes in which electronic car like units zipped from building to building hundreds, if not thousands, of feet above street level. Everybody wore one piece coveralls, usually white or silver, with the interior of these buildings brightly lit with sky blue lighting and silver or white furnishings within.
Farms were completely automated with remote control tractors and combines doing all the planting and harvesting and in many cases under temperature controlled glass domes so farming could take place year around as well as automatic irrigation. A small group of programmers and technicians could overseer 100,00 acres or more!
Trains were nuclear powered, or even operated by magnetic levitation, and would reach speeds of hundreds of miles per hour in their beautiful streamlined rocket shaped designs. Colonies existed on the moon and Mars and space flight was as common as jet flight is today with people vacationing on the moon and Mars and various space stations around earth.
The future seemed glorious! Indeed the recent movie Tomorrowland was produced in part because its creators felt cheated by the glorious future they were promised as children by the powers that be only to see America turn into an interracial hell hole as China assumes our technological expertise as America becomes a majority non-white and stagnant third world nation! Who would have believed that the Apollo missions would be canceled at Apollo 17, even though it was designed to last until Apollo 24, and that the remainder of those finances would be transferred to social welfare programs. All the more reason why we need an Aryana Free State to once again inspire our people to greatness with its strength of will and clarity of vision. Liberal democracy, whether in its Republican or Democratic manifestation, is not getting the job done and is killing us as a people and hastening our racial extinction!
Sunday, June 14, 2015
I am in the process of finishing a massive four volume space opera. What is not important is the name of the series or that of its author but instead is his vision of the future. As regards the future Earth it is a unitary globalist government ruled by the United Nations which has been transformed into an all powerful world federation. Its Secretary General is the chief executive of the planet and in this case is a Latino of South American extraction but the real power behind the throne is a Hindu female from India.They are the two most powerful people on the planet.
Earth's main rival is the independent Congressional Republic located on Mars. Opposed to both Mars and Earth is the Outer Planets Alliance which is based in the asteroid belt and on the moons of Jupiter. The OPA tends to be more libertarian than either the Earth or Mars which both seem to be dominated by interplanetary power politics in some sort of a new cold war based scenario. The head of the OPA is a black male. Most of the people in the OPA are either Indian, Chinese, or American. (Especially Texans) I should point out that none of these nationalities are distinct as they are so mixed together as to be racially unidentifiable, but certainly non-white, with all Celto-Germanic (Northern European) traits completely obliterated via assimilation. Apparently the extinction of Northernkind has had no effect upon the world, or space exploration and technology, as the Indians and Chinese merely pick up the torch as they merge into one monoethnicnicity, at least in the asteroid belt region anyways. (Can you say Pan-Mixia?) Who knows, perhaps Niger Innis will be the ancestor of the future head of the Outer Planets Alliance! |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16558 | Television has come a long way since its creation over half a century ago. There used to be only a small handful of channels available. Nowadays, there are a wide variety of TV networks to choose from, each of them carrying every type of programming you could possibly imagine. Whatever types of shows or sporting events you are interested in watching, you will be able to find a network that carries it. There are also quite a few TV providers these days. The one that you choose to give your business to should have a wide variety of channels and on demand programming for reasonable prices. Here are a few of the outstanding TV providers that are currently available.
This is a satellite TV provider that has been around since 1990. They have developed into a massive company that generated almost $32 billion in revenue in 2013. They started to gain popularity by offering packages of programming for the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball. These packages give sports fans the chance to watch games played by teams that are not in their local market. The NFL Sunday Ticket package was revolutionary because it allows a person to watch more than one game at the same time. DirecTV is also known for using some of the most advanced technology in the industry. You can go to to look at a directv channel guide.
In 1997, the movie and TV streaming service known as Netflix was founded. This service has changed the way that people watch TV. This is mainly due to the fact that it gives people access to entire seasons of shows at one time. Many people watch several episodes of a show in one sitting, making the word “binge-watch” become part of the pop culture lexicon. In recent years, Netflix has started to create their own original programming. Rather than release one episode each week like all of the TV networks, Netflix releases the entire season of their original shows on the same day.
This is an online streaming service that was started in 2007. Jointly owned by Disney, Fox and NBC/Universal, its popularity has grown steadily to the point that it generated over $1 billion in 2013. Hulu has the exclusive rights to many iconic shows that are the property of the three companies that own Hulu. |
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Before you get started either collaborating or spying on us (we won't hate you for it), take a moment to introduce yourself by making a new thread
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Whatever you feel like sharing
Please make sure that you mark your thread as "Name (Contributor/Non-Contributor)". Once you've made a post, go to usergroups and apply to either Contributor or Non-Contributor (I will do my best to approve you as quickly as I can).
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16608 | released to General Availability – Move your Source Control to the Cloud
Visual Studio Online:
Various TFS & Visual Studio Posts on my Blog:
CloudShare Explorer for Visual Studio 2012
Bing Code Search for C# – Visual Studio Extension
Visual Studio 2013 now available to MSDN Subscribers
Visual Studio 2012 or 2010 for SharePoint 2010 Development?
Visual Guide for Building Team Foundation Server 2012 Environments
PowerPoint Storyboarding with Visual Studio 2012
Rename Team Foundation Server 2010 Team Project
TFS Power Tools for Visual Studio
Web Essentials 2012 – Visual Studio Extension
Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework new update is out
Syntax Formatting for PowerShell in Visual Studio 2010
Turn Source Control into Cruise Control – Connect to Team Foundation Services Server
Team Foundation Service is the new managed, cloud-based version of Team Foundation Server. Firstly, a little introduction to uninitiated:
Accessible from anywhere, using existing and familiar tools.
Plan projects, collaborate with your team, and manage your code online from anywhere.
Check your code directly into the cloud using Visual Studio or Eclipse. Manage work items and bugs in Internet Explorer, Chrome, or Safari.
Get started quickly, with no infrastructure to manage.
Go from “Sign up” to first project in minutes, and set up a Continuous Integration (CI) build in a few easy steps.
Your source code and work items are stored in the cloud, making server configuration a thing of the past.
All languages and platforms welcome.
From C# to Python, from Windows to Android, you can use a variety of languages and target a variety of platforms.
Whether you’re a team using Microsoft tools, or a freelancer targeting Android with Eclipse, our services help you focus on what you do best – building great apps.
Getting Started
While the help sections are pretty decent, I found that connecting via the web interface didn’t seem to want to work for me due to an authorization error, so I went with the old-school approach of connecting via creating a TFS Server connection in Visual Studio directly.
Note: If you are connecting from Visual Studio 2010 you will need to first install the Visual Studio 2010 SP1 Team Foundation Server 2010 Compatibility GDR.
Here is how (assuming you got past the simple signup process) you set up a basic connection from the Visual Studio UI to Team Foundation Service:
1. Open up Visual Studio 2012, and open the Team Explorer panelbar:
2. Click “Connect” under Team Foundation Service, and then on popup dialog click “Servers..”:
3. Click the HTTPS radio button first, then type in <your server name> into the Name or URL of Team Foundation Server input:
4. Select the new Team Foundation Service Server in the Connect to Team Foundation Server dropdown:
5. That’s it! Your source code is now on cruise control, no more conversations with your local IT guys about the merits of “what’s this TFS server and do you still need it?” 😉
Visual Guide for Building Team Foundation Server 2012 Environments
The Visual Guide for Building Team Foundation Server 2012 Environments is not only intended to walk you through the installation and the configuration process of Team Foundation Server 2012 but it is also written and designed to reflect real-world experience of the installation and configuration processes via detailed steps, well-defined screenshots and videos; and hence the name “Visual Guide”. It’s a collaborative effort between industry experts and Microsoft partners.
Download the Guide
Final release is available now! Start using the guide today, while we continue to further improve it.
Watch the Videos
This Guide comes with 38 videos that explain all scenarios in a step-by-step manner.
Part 1- Introduction & Overview
Part 2 – Creating & Preparing the Required Infrastructure
Part 3- Installing and Configuring Team Foundation Server Pre-requisites
Part 4- Installing and Configuring Team Foundation Server
Part 1- Introduction & Overview
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Architecture & System Requirements
Part 2 – Creating & Preparing the Required Infrastructure
• Chapter 3: Creating & Preparing the Domain Controller
• Chapter 4: Creating & Preparing the TFS Infrastructure Physical Machine (Hyper-V Host)
• Chapter 5: Creating & Preparing the Team Foundation Server Virtual Machine
Part 3- Installing and Configuring Team Foundation Server Pre-requisites
• Chapter 6: Installing & Configuring SQL Server 2012
• Chapter 7: Installing & Configuring SharePoint Server 2010
• Chapter 8: Configuring SharePoint Server 2010 for Dashboard Compatibility
Part Part 4- Installing and Configuring Team Foundation Server
• Chapter 9: Installing & Configuring Team Foundation Server 2012
• Chapter 10: Configuring the Team Build Service
• Chapter 11: Configuring the Enterprise Application Definition
• A. Creating Local Service Accounts and Groups for Windows Server 2012
• B. Installing Hyper-V Role on Windows Server 2008 R2
• C. Adding .NET 3.5 Framework feature for Windows Server 2008 R2
• D. Configuring SQL Server 2012 Analysis Services Port
• E. Configuring SQL Server 2012 Database Engine Port
• F. SQL Server 2012 Installation Verification
• G. SharePoint Server 2010 SP1 Installation Verification
• H. Team Foundation Server 2012 Installation & Configuration Verification
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1. I am a first time property owner. What important information do I need to know.
2. What is the difference between Assessed and Taxable and Capped Value?
3. How is the inflationary (CPI) increase calculated?
4. I keep hearing the phrase "Arms-Length Transaction". What does that mean?
5. I just bought a new house, will the Assessed Value be half of what I paid for it?
6. What is a Principal Residence Exemption?
7. How do forclosure / short sales affect the value of my home?
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16619 | It was the 25th school reunion.
Most had not met each other since SSC. Many came to show how well they had done. Few came to show that they had not done badly. Some did not come.
After the initial apprehensions, they settled down with each other.
They started meeting frequently. And bantered daily on WhatsApp.
Most were not what they were 25 years back. They had seen the world. They had experienced heartbreaks, betrayals, bitterness and disillusionment.
They should have been like strangers to each others. Instead, they felt a rare degree of comfort with each other.
They had known each other as kids. Beneath their later acquired sophistication, they were all still the same. They felt safe with each other.
They had not talked so much during their school days as much as they interacted now.
Now they sought each other. |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16626 | //Messages vs. Documents in a Workflow System
Messages vs. Documents in a Workflow System
Using workflow systems can be interesting. Everyone has a good idea of how to solve the “workflow problem,” and it usually involves systems with various different basic features… however most are similar in that the problem doesn’t allow for a lot of variety in how it is solved.
In fact, a rather nice reference (if you can tolerate the formality of the language), is a dissertation that compares the features of various commercial workflow systems from a standpoint of the which workflow patterns are supported by the system. A summary and the link to the original document can be found at http://tmitwww.tm.tue.nl/research/patterns/products.htm
One thing that is missed in a discussion of patterns, though, is the distinction between workflow messages, workflow documents and target documents. I find this troubling, because this is one of the key points that caused a rather embarassing project failure (for me personally), when I was attempting to create a workflow solution using Microsoft Biztalk Server.
Definition: Workflow Message
A workflow message is a relatively small data object that encapsulates the “command” pattern. The object contains enough data to associate the command to an existing data item in another computer system, and then issues a command against that data item.
For example: in Healthcare, if you visit a hospital, the institution will send a claim to your insurance company asking to be paid. This transaction is called the HIPAA 837-I. This could take anywhere from a few hours to a few months for the insurance company to respond with payment. At any point along the way, the hospital can send a “request for status” to the insurance company, to find out what is going on. This request is called a HIPAA 276. The response is a HIPAA 277, and provides some information about what the status is.
Both the 276 and the 277 are workflow messages. They contain enough information to refer to both the healthcare claim and the patient. However, the message itself is not the business data. It never has to be maintained. It exists at a single point in time, and represents a command (in this case: a query for status). To summarize, a workflow message is:
• comparatively small in size
• contains information that relates the message to a business object
• expresses information about a business object or encapsulates a command to be performed on that object
• is immutable… it exists at a single point in time, and it does not change.
Definition: Workflow Document
A workflow document is a data object that contains enough information to trigger or drive a business process. While it is similar to a message in that it usually refers to other data objects, the workflow document can be changed during the course of the business process. In fact, it nearly always has to be maintained in some fashion during the course of the workflow, and is often kept as a record of activity after the workflow process has completed. This document may have attachments placed in it, and the list of attachments may change during the course of the workflow process. A workflow document is a construction of the workflow process itself. If there was no workflow process, this document would not come into being. The format of the workflow document is nearly always constrained by the workflow process, and is often expressed as a form with fixed fields.
For example: let’s say that you work in a busy PR department, and one of the department’s responsibilities is to generate press releases. You will usually have a workflow process to generate the press release. In our example, the press release is generated by one of the company divisions and sent to a PR coordinator in your group. That coordinator will then behave like a reporter, calling the source contact and collecting information about related products and detail on the information to be released. The coordinator may collect the original PR request, one or two supporting documents, and a spreadsheet containing a release schedule. The coordinator will track the date that the release should go out, checkpoint dates when the business has an opportunity to change their minds, and signatures from various folks showing that they agree with the content. All of this information may change periodically during the course of the process. The coordinator may share this document with other members of his or her team, and even assign it to someone when they go on vacation.
In summary: a workflow document is:
• A creation of the workflow process itself — it does not exist seperately
• It is used to capture the data needed by the process to enforce business rules
• It may change many times during the course of the business process
• It may need to be saved when the process is completed as a record
• It may be transferred from person to person
• It may have attachments that may or may not be directly related to the final product of the process
• It has a specific format or set of fields. It is often a form.
Definition: Target Document
A target document is a document in any format (spreadsheet, word processing, picture, diagram, whatever…) that is consumed by, created by, or managed as a result of the business process. In our example of the PR department above, the final press release itself would be a target document. So would the initial request for a press release if it existed in a different format than the form itself. So would any supporting documents collected by the PR coordinator.
The thing to understand about a target document is this: a target document doesn’t care about the business rules that surround it. It is not specifically aware of it’s own status in the workflow process, who it is assigned to, and how long it has been there. A target document is nearly always the “product” of a workflow process, but is nearly never aware of the process itself. (The exception to this rule is when an “indicator” is placed on a document to indicate things like completness (“Draft” vs. “Final”).
In summary, a target document
• is of any format that makes sense to the business users
• contains very few fields or indicators of its own status within the workflow process
• contains little or no indication of who it is assigned to or for how long
• is managed by a workflow process at some point during its lifetime
• may exist before the workflow process begins. May continue to exist, and be edited, modified, and managed, after the workflow process has completed.
Why create the distinctions?
So, I defined three terms and hopefully did so in a clear manner. The terms are fairly clear, but why are they important?
Because some systems have support for messages, but not workflow documents. Others have support for workflow documents but not messages, and still others are entirely focussed on the target document alone. Very few have support for, and understanding of, all three types of documents.
This is what bit me when I attempted to create a document management workflow using Biztalk alone. Biztalk is an excellent message processing system and EAI middleware product from Microsoft that can be used to coordinate collaborative processes both within an organization and between organizations. Let me make it clear: I’m not dissing BTS. (I have often used the handle ‘biztalkbum’ in the online forums).
On the other hand, Biztalk is not a document management system. It has no concept of a Workflow Docu
ment and nearly no concept of a Target Document. There is no central formatted repository of data that is maintained through the steps of the workflow, and which can contain the documents that are collected as artifacts along the way. If you need that, you have to add it. I needed it. In fact, it was so critical to the success of my project, and would take so much time to add it to Biztalk, that it would have been easier to start with a system that had support for shared documents, and add a workflow engine to it. (That’s exactly the decision we made, by the way, but it cost us a month of delay as we tried to solve the problem with Biztalk).
So, by writing this down, I’m doing a couple of things:
• I’m collecting my thoughts in one place, so that I can have a common term of reference as I go forward,
• I’m sharing a set of terms that I hope others can use and adopt, so we can scrutinize and compare workflow solutions using criteria like “do you support the concept of workflow documents?”,
• I’m coming to terms with the mistake I made, and trying to understand the distinctions I need to make to avoid making it again, and
• I’m sharing my experience with those of you in the outside world who stumble upon this article, to help you avoid this mistake.
More articles on collaboration, workflow, and representation of the same, all to come…
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1. John Cavnar-Johnson September 16, 2004 at 3:35 pm - Reply
I think you’ve made a good start on these topics. Have you compared them to Pat Helland’s most recent article[1]? Workflow products have never been all that successful and typical corporate apps haven’t really answered the need very well either. With SOA, I think we’re approaching an effective model for addressing this business need.
2. Nick Malik September 16, 2004 at 3:48 pm - Reply
Excellent article. I’ve printed off a copy and will go home and study it. I’m a big fan of Pat Helland.
3. Nick Malik September 23, 2004 at 8:41 am - Reply
After reading through Pat’s msdn article, I’d have to say that his article is more orthogonal with an architectural approach for defining how the concept of a service dissects the data stream. I am looking from a different angle. I am not describing how the service changes the application, but rather how the application data has to be understood in order to make this category of applications work.
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An important part in wireless algorithm evaluation is gathering data on its performance. On one end of the spectrum, doing this in non-real-time but with a fine grained view is possible with WARPLab. On the other end of the spectrum, gather aggregate data is possible by the node storing the information and it being read by a terminal viewer. To truly evaluate the algorithm at a network level, is considerably more difficult, especially as the size of the network grows. To tackle this problem we developed the WARPnet Testing Framework that is able to communicate with a network of nodes, conduct pre-defined experiments and gather data in real-time for analysis.
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Hi I'm Bella. I love to script & build, in fact, I am going to start putting scripts up :D!
I was born in Second Life on 12/11/2008 even though I have been here 2 years since my first account (I usually jumble some accounts around.)
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Here are my contributed scripts and stuff on this site:
Posing stand script; put in an object so when you stand on it you can adjust your attachments easily.
No Auto-Return script; to stop your long builds from getting returned (single prims only, though.)
Play and Loop Sound very simple and short script; plays and loops a sound in an object.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16668 | Kaufman, Texas
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Kaufman, Texas
"Progress, Tradition"[1]
Location of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas
Location of Kaufman in Kaufman County, Texas
Coordinates: 32°35′7″N 96°18′28″W / 32.58528°N 96.30778°W / 32.58528; -96.30778Coordinates: 32°35′7″N 96°18′28″W / 32.58528°N 96.30778°W / 32.58528; -96.30778
CountryUnited States
• MayorJeff Jordan
• Totaw8.52 sq mi (22.07 km2)
• Land8.34 sq mi (21.61 km2)
• Water0.18 sq mi (0.46 km2)
459 ft (140 m)
• Totaw6,703
• Density803/sq mi (310.2/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Centraw (CST))
• Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
Area code(s)214, 469, 972
FIPS code48-38488[2]
GNIS feature ID1338964[3]
Kaufman is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. The popuwation was 6,703 at de 2010 census.[4] It is de county seat of Kaufman County.[5][6]
The Greenswade Drug Store in Kaufman, Texas
Kaufman was founded as "Kings Fort", named after Dr. Wiwwiam P. King who estabwished de fort in 1840 after purchasing 2.5 sqware miwes (6.5 km2) of wand where de city is now wocated. The community was renamed "Kingsboro" after five years of growf. In 1852, Kingsboro was renamed "Kaufman" after de newwy formed Kaufman County, which in turn was named after David S. Kaufman.[6][7]
Kaufman was de first pwace dat Bonnie Parker, of Bonnie and Cwyde fame, was incarcerated.
Nearby Camp Kaufman was used as a German POW camp during Worwd War II.[8]
Kaufman is wocated in centraw Kaufman County at 32°35′7″N 96°18′28″W / 32.58528°N 96.30778°W / 32.58528; -96.30778 (32.585395, -96.307673).[9] U.S. Route 175, a four-wane wimited access highway, passes drough de soudwest side of de city, weading nordwest 33 miwes (53 km) to Dawwas and soudeast 39 miwes (63 km) to Adens. Texas State Highway 34 passes drough de souf and east sides of de city, weading norf 12 miwes (19 km) to Terreww and soudwest 26 miwes (42 km) to Ennis. State Highway 243 weads east from Kaufman 27 miwes (43 km) to Canton.
According to de United States Census Bureau, Kaufman has a totaw area of 8.5 sqware miwes (22.1 km2), of which 8.3 sqware miwes (21.6 km2) are wand and 0.2 sqware miwes (0.5 km2), or 2.08%, are water.[4]
Historicaw popuwation
Census Pop.
Est. 20187,467[10]11.4%
U.S. Decenniaw Census[11]
As of 2010 Kaufman had a popuwation of 6,703. The median age was 32. The ednic and raciaw composition of de popuwation was 55.4% non-Hispanic white, 9.4% non-Hispanic bwack, 0.9% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 13.6% reporting some oder race and 3.5% from two or more races. 32.6% of de popuwation was Hispanic or Latino of any race.[12]
As of de census[2] of 2000, dere were 6,490 peopwe, 2,179 househowds, and 1,579 famiwies residing in de city. The popuwation density was 977.9 peopwe per sqware miwe (377.4/km²). There were 2,310 housing units at an average density of 348.1 per sqware miwe (134.3/km²). The raciaw makeup of de city was 47.83% White, 12.87% African American, 0.66% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 15.92% from oder races, and 2.31% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 39.74% of de popuwation, uh-hah-hah-hah.
There were 2,179 househowds out of which 40.9% had chiwdren under de age of 18 wiving wif dem, 51.1% were married coupwes wiving togeder, 15.9% had a femawe househowder wif no husband present, and 27.5% were non-famiwies. 24.1% of aww househowds were made up of individuaws and 13.1% had someone wiving awone who was 65 years of age or owder. The average househowd size was 2.86 and de average famiwy size was 3.39.
In de city, de popuwation was spread out wif 30.4% under de age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or owder. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 femawes, dere were 94.0 mawes. For every 100 femawes age 18 and over, dere were 93.2 mawes.
The median income for a househowd in de city was $32,250, and de median income for a famiwy was $38,983. Mawes had a median income of $29,637 versus $23,695 for femawes. The per capita income for de city was $15,024. About 12.4% of famiwies and 15.7% of de popuwation were bewow de poverty wine, incwuding 20.2% of dose under age 18 and 14.1% of dose age 65 or over.
Pubwic education[edit]
The city of Kaufman and surrounding portions of Kaufman County are served by de Kaufman Independent Schoow District.[13]
Private education[edit]
Honors Academy operates de Legacy Academy, a 6-12 charter schoow, in Kaufman, uh-hah-hah-hah.[14]
In addition, Kaufman Christian Schoow (KCS), a church-run primary schoow wif cwasses from pre-kindergarten to sixf grades, awso serves de area.
Cowweges and universities[edit]
Trinity Vawwey Community Cowwege operates its Heawf Science Center in Kaufman, uh-hah-hah-hah. (The cowwege offers oder non-medicaw generaw education courses at oder TVCC campuses.)
The cwimate in dis area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generawwy miwd to coow winters. According to de Köppen Cwimate Cwassification system, Kaufman has a humid subtropicaw cwimate, abbreviated "Cfa" on cwimate maps.[15]
Notabwe peopwe[edit]
See awso[edit]
1. ^ "City of Kaufman Texas". City of Kaufman Texas. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
4. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary Fiwe 1 (G001), Kaufman city, Texas". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved Apriw 19, 2019.
5. ^ "Find a County". Nationaw Association of Counties. Archived from de originaw on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
6. ^ a b "Profiwe for Kaufman, Texas, TX". ePodunk. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
7. ^ Minor, David (June 15, 2010). "Kaufman, TX". Handbook of Texas (onwine ed.). Texas State Historicaw Association.
8. ^ Krammer, Arnowd (1979). Nazi Prisoners of War in America. New York: Stein and Day. p. 245,262. ISBN 978-0812825718.
10. ^ "Popuwation and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved May 30, 2019.
11. ^ "Census of Popuwation and Housing". Census.gov. Archived from de originaw on May 12, 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
12. ^ 2010 generaw profiwe of popuwation and housing characteristics for Kaufman, Texas
13. ^ "Kaufman Independent Schoow District". Kaufman Independent Schoow District. Archived from de originaw on October 29, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
14. ^ "Home Archived 2011-07-27 at de Wayback Machine." Legacy Academy. Retrieved on September 6, 2011. "Legacy Academy * 607 Souf Madison Street * Kaufman, TX 75142"
15. ^ Cwimate Summary for Kaufman, Texas
16. ^ "Ew Chico Story". ewchico.com.
17. ^ "About Stuart Spitzer". stuartspitzer.com. Archived from de originaw on Apriw 4, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
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Yunus Ibn Bakeer reported that Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq reported that Abu Khalid Ibn Dinar reported that Abul Aalia said: "When Tastar was invaded, we found, in the treasure house of Al-Harmazan, a bed on which lay a dead man, with a holy script at his bedside. We took the scripture to Umar Ibn Al-Khattab. He called Ka'b and he translated it into Arabic, and I was the first Arab to read it. I read it as I read the Quran." Here, I (i.e. Khalid Ibn Dinar) said to Abul Aalia: "What was in it?" He said: "Life history, annals, songs, speech, and what is to come." I asked: "And what did you do with the man?" He said: "We dug in the river bank thirteen separate graves. At nightfall we buried him and leveled all the graves in order to mislead people for they would tamper with him." I asked: "And what did they want from him?" He said: "When the sky was cloudless for them, they went out with his bed, and it rained." I asked: "Who did you think the man was?" He said: "A man called Daniel." I asked: "And for how long had he been dead when you found him?" He said: 'Three hundred years." I asked: "Did not anything change on him?" He said: "No, except for the hairs of his face (beard and mustache); the skin of the prophets is not harmed by the earth, nor devoured by hyenas."
The chain of citation from Abul 'Aa'lia is good, but if the date of the dead man's death was really three hundred years, then he was not a prophet but a saintly man, because there was no prophet between Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad , according to the hadith in Bukhari. The span between them (i.e. the dead man and Muhammad ) was variously reported as four hundred, six hundred, and six hundred twenty years. It could be that he had died eight hundred years earlier, which would be near to Daniel's time, if his being Daniel is correct. However, he could still have been somebody else, either a prophet or a saint. Yet the truth is more likely that he was Daniel, because he had been taken by the King of Persia and remained imprisoned, as already mentioned.
It was narrated with a correct citation that his nose was one span (nine inches)long. Anas Ibn Malik, with good citation, said that his nose was an arm's stretch long (two feet), on which basis he is thought to be an ancient prophet from before this period. Almighty Allah knows best.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16707 | Thursday, June 11, 2009
Too Much Sugar
I think I have been consuming too much sugar lately. It's funny how little things really add up! Growing up, I didn't like sweets (and I didn't even like fruit very much.) But later in life, I developed a sweet tooth. Lately, I have also incorporated a lot more fruit in my diet, which obviously has sugar (but it also has lots of nutrients, so I don't worry about it). Here is why I think I'm getting too much sugar and what I'm planning to do about it:
1. Toffee - Toffee is basically pure sugar, right? I blame hubby for this one since he buys it every week at the Farmers' Market. I have a small piece every day. I think we should take a toffee break!
2. Juice - I never drink juice by itself, but I have lately started to add some to my water. I usually drink about 1/3 juice and 2/3 water. But since I drink a lot of liquids, all that juice REALLY adds up! I have to go back to just adding fruit slices to my water!
3. Fruit yogurt - Flavored yogurt has LOTS of sugar. I rarely used to buy it, but I somehow started getting used to it. I'll go back to my nonfat, plain Greek yogurt and add some of my own fruit.
4. Fruit - Fruit has a lot of sugar. But I think it's okay as long as I eliminate the other sugar.
5. Miniature chocolate chips - Something else to blame hubby for. He bought THE BEST miniature chocolate chips and put them in the fridge where I have to see them whenever I open the fridge!!! Remember, I truly used to dislike chocolate! What happened? I think it's okay to have a little bit of chocolate every day as long as I eliminate the other sugar....
Do you like "stuff with sugar?" If so, what's your favorite "sweet thing"? AND, what do you do to not overdose on the sugar????
Be well,
1. Anonymous6/11/2009
My toffee bar was gone in two sittings! It was the best I ever had, and very dangerous. I don't know how I could hold my self back if I had it in the house every week!
2. I'm not a huge sugar fan. Only sometimes. Can you say PMS????
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Who is worst actress in Tollywood?
Apr 9, 2018 2:05 PM
Roopali S
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Almost everyone.
Absolutely no acting skills. AT ALL. I think that’s because they’re mostly just eye-candy. All the script needs them to do is smile and dance perverted dance steps with a guy double her age (And what the fuck is with the obsession for the waist part? They don’t just objectify women with the breasts and waist but also MEN, six pack show-off and all) and put on a puppy-face in front of the ‘heroes’. And their dialogues are no more than “Nanna, naku vaadu nacchadu…” (Look, not ALL are like this, but MOST are)
I based this answer on acting skills, because that’s their frickin’ job, dammit. And they barely do that.
Lemme give you a few overrated examples.
1. Tamannaah: Eye candy
2. Rakul Preet: More eye candy
3. Kajal Aggarwal: Even more eye candy
4. Shruti Hassan: Diabetes
5. Samantha: Actually, maybe this chick CAN act, given a decent script.
**Lists out almost everyone**
I think ‘Who is the best/talented actress in Tollywood’ would give you a more precise and shorter answer ‘cuz seriously though, actresses with acting skills in Tollywood are like two grains of wheat in two bushels of chaff (Merchant of Venice reference)
Just in case you’re wondering here are some GOOD actresses:
Tapasee Pannu
Now this is a chick that can act.
Ramya Krishnan
Though I’m not mad about Baahubali, this lady had a powerful presence. I thought she was an amazing casting choice along with Prabhas (Damn, Prabhas is the PERFECT choice for Baahubali)
Anushka Shetty
I never really liked her, but her performance in Baahubali 2 was more than just eye-candy.
Swathi Reddy
Another intelligent actress who doesn’t settle for glamour roles.
And yeah, if you know any more good actresses, lemme know in the comments.
Thanks to Ved Aitharaju
Nitya Menon
Another fine actress.
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Have you ever heard of the saying "Keep It Simple, Stupid" or "Keep it Short and Simple", or just plain "KISS" for short?
The phrase and acronym are typically used in reference to a design principal, which, according to Wikipedia, "states that design simplicity should be a key goal and unnecessary complexity avoided."
Well, the Wall Street Journal reported last week on a boat whose name certainly adheres to the KISS principal.
According to the WSJ, "The boat's only identifying marker was a single letter emblazoned on the stern: "A."
The article states that the boat's formal name is "Motor Yacht A", named for the first initial of its owner.
Personally, I love the idea of a single letter for a boat name. It's clean, easy to remember, and to the point. It has an air of elegance (besides the fact that it is emblazoned on a 500 foot yacht), like a monogrammed towel.
The only problem is that if the convention catches on in the recreational boating and yachting community, there will be more boats named "A", "J" and "M" than there are boats named "AquaHolic" and "Second Wind".
Your thoughts?
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Ironside said...
Hi happy boaters
My suggestion is "Tjodhild", thats the name of the wife of the famous viking Erik the Red. She must have been one of the first females to cross the atlantic, and one of the first to send family from Europe to North america. So i suggest that they name it after one fierce and stubborn woman, who crossed the atlantic in a very basic way, more than a thousand years ago.
Regards Ian Rasmussen, Greenland.
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Introduction to the Advanced Series...
In the advanced series, we'll cover topics you may never need, but are important fundamentals of the processor all the same... this will include rare commands, tricks and commands added to later revisions of the 6502
Lesson A1 - Extra commands in the 65c02 (Snes,Lynx & Apple II) and 6280 (PC Engine) processor
The 6280 has some special commands we need to understand if we're going to write PC engine games... and the 65c02 has some extra cool stuff you may want to use... we won't use them very often, but the 6280 ones are essential to programming the graphics hardware of the machine!
Lets see what 'Special Stuff' is on offer to us!...
Extra commands on the 65c02!
We have various new commands we can check out!
INC and DEC... no need to use adc to increment or decrement the accumulator any more, we can do it directly!
PHX,PLX and PHY,PLY.... no need to transfer the index registers to the accumulator to get them on the stack, we can now do it directly!
STZ .... want to set a byte of ram to zero? do it directly with this command!
we also have BRA - a branch always command for relative jumps irrespective of flags..
As well as new commands, many existing commands have new addressing mode options, check out the Cheatsheet to see the details!
as shown in the example, we can now push and pop X and Y (we used it to swap them over)... we can also inc A directly... and we cleared a byte of the zero page with STZ
Some Commands on the 6280, like BBR,BBS SMB and RMB also exist on SOME 65c02 processors but when tested they don't work on the Apple II or Lynx - so you're going to have to do without them on those systems, but you may see them in your 65c02 documentation - so be careful!
Extra commands on the PC Engine 6280
As well as the 65c02 stuff, the 6280 has a TON of special new commands, you probably don't many of then, but they're possibly a real time saver, and can do things MUCH faster - especially as some are really designed around the PC-Engine hardware
The PC engine uses an effective 21 bit memory map... 13 bits of the address specified, and 8 bits from the MPR register
The topmost 3 bits are mapped through a Memory Management unit which maps to Ram/Rom or hardware
This is all a bit confusing, but it's really pretty easy
This Memory management unit has 8 registers, each of which handles a range of $2000 of the memory map, and a bank from $00-$FF... $FF is the hardware I/O ... $F8 is the 8k of basic ram... $00 is the first page of your cartridge rom.
To page in a bank, we need to specify it by 'bit position' (so bank 7 has bit 7 set... so 128)
we load A with the bitmask for that MPR, then use the special command TAM (transfer A to MPR)
eg: - lets load bank $F8 into MPR page 1 ($2000-$3FFF)
lda #$F8 ;ram bank
TAM #2 ;bit 2 for bank 2 (%00000010)
NOTE: The ZeroPage is at $2000 , and the Stack is at $2100 ... this is unaffected by the MPR's.... this causes problems in VASM, where if we try to write STA $0000 ... the assembler will optimize it to STA $00
MPR Setting From To MPR Page
0 1 $0000 $1FFF $FF (I/O)
1 2 $2000 $3FFF $F8 (RAM)
2 4 $4000 $5FFF ????
3 8 $6000 $7FFF ????
4 16 $8000 $9FFF ????
5 32 $A000 $BFFF ????
6 64 $C000 $DFFF ????
7 128 $E000 $FFFF $00 (Card Rom)
TAM allow us to set the memory Mapper...
we just load the bank into A, and set a bitmask for the banks we want to switch (each bit is a different MPR bank)
TMA reads back the current memory mapper segment.
when we use TAM with bit 2 set, we're switching the $4000-5FFF range -
First we've switched in the cartridge,
Next we switched in the ram area (&F8) in this example... then we pulled back the current setting with FMA - and showed it to the screen with the monitor
ST0, ST1 and ST2 - for accessing graphics hardware on the PC Engine
when we want to write bytes to VRAM, we need to use 3 registers to control the hardware...
The first selects a video register, the second and third set or return the L and H bytes for that register....
The Most common ones we'll use are Reg 0 - to select an address, and Reg 2 - to write data to that address.
IO registers are mapped to the $0000-1FFF range... they repeat throughout this range, but using $0000-$0003 will cause problems as VASM will think they are the zero page, so we'll use $0100-$0103 instead...
However... rather than writing to these memory locations via the accumulator, in many cases we'll want to use ST0, ST1 and ST2 to set these to fixed values quickly!
Memory address Command Purpose
$0?00 ST0 xx Select Register xx
$0?02 ST1 xx Reg Val L=xx
$0?03 ST2 xx Reg Val H=xx
We're going to write some bytes into the tilemap... at VRAM $0000... each byte pair will set one tile of the map... each line of the tile map uses 64 bytes, as each address contains 2 bytes, the next line will start at $0020 (address 32)
When we want to select a memory address.. .we need to select Reg 0 (address select) with ST0... then we write the Low byte of the address with ST1... then the High byte with ST2
We've selected our address, now we want to write our data to it
Our font starts from pattern 256... 256+1 is the '!' symbol
we select Reg 2 (data write) with ST0 .... then we write the Low byte with ST1 (1)... and high byte with ST2 (1 = 256)
The address autoincs, so we can write a second byte easily...
Of course we don't HAVE to use ST0,ST1 and ST2... We can access them any time from $0100,$0102 and $0103
In fact, we can access them from ANY address space if we map the IO registers in using TAM with bank $FF (IO)
Our characters will be show to the screen...
Depending on the address, we can set tiles...define patterns, and using other registers, we can change the tilemap position and other graphics operations
TAM and ST? are pretty much essential to PC-Engine programming, however the other commands are less essential, because we're programing for multiple systems in these tutorials, we won't really be using them much - but if you want the fastest, most efficient code, you'll want to know about them!
Swapping and clearing registers
The 6280 has extra commands for transferring data between registers in a single byte command
SXY will swap X and Y
SAX will swap A and X
SAY will swap A and Y
finally we have CL and CLY to quickly clear the registers
We could achieve the same effect with 2 byte commands, but if we're only compiling for the PC-Engine, these commands will be the best option
Speed Changes
The 6280 CPU can run in 2 different speed modes 1.78 and 7.16... we'll probably want to just run in full speed... but as there was a hand-held version of the PC-Engine, there may be times you would want to slow down the CPU to make the battery last... or you could slow the CPU if your game is too fast!
the SCL command will set the CPU into Slow mode
the CSH command will set the CPU into Fast mode
We're going to create a program that draws characters slowly (via a delay loop) to the screen, and we'll repeat the process in both modes to see the difference!
The image shown won't demonstrate the effect...
You're really going to have to check out the video or download the example to see this one!
The T flag!
We can use SET to set the 'T flag' a flag unique to the 6280
The T flag is a bit special... it allows us to use the commands ADC, AND, EOR, ORA and SBC...
But rather than these commands affecting the accumulator they will affect the zero page address contained in the X register.
Only the next ONE command will be affected - the T flag is immediately turned off again - the purpose of the command is it allows us to use these commands, and leave the Accumulator unchanged!
In this example we've loaded $60 into Zeropage $00, we've set A to 0
we do an ADC #1 after SET turned on the T flag
because the T flag is on X is 0 this makes the ADC change the Zero page entry $00... and A is unchanged
because the T turns itself off... the second ADC #2 actually affects the accumulator...
Next we increment X, set the T flag again with SET, and do ADC #2... because X is now 1, Zero page entry $01 is changed this time.
The T flag allows us to use accumulator like commands directly on the zero page, but we're effectively adding a byte to the length of the command, and we need X to be pointing to the right zero page entry.
There may be times this is useful when you need to keep the accumulator, or if you want to alter a range of zero page entries in a loop
Bulk copying with TII,TDD (like LDIR), and special copying with TIN and TIA
These commands are used for bulk copying (like LDIR on the Z80) all these commands take the same 3 parameters... for example TII:
TII source,destination,byte count
TII is easy... it copies from the source to the destination in ascending order.
TDD is similar... except Source and Destination are the END of the range to copy
TIN is a bit odd... all the source bytes are copied to the SAME destination - why would you want to do this? Well, we can use this to stream data to an IO port.
TIA is also odd... it writes the bytes, alternating to a pair of addresses - Destination and Destination+1... this can be used to fill the VRAM using the pair
Unfortunately , these commands always work with fixed ranges, not specified by the Zero page or registers.
We can see the results here...
The first TII command fills the range,
The TDD clears it - there's no visible difference in this case - but the command worked backwards
because TIN writes all the bytes to one location only the last remains
because TIA writes all the bytes to two locations the last two remain
Bit level operations
The 6280 has a wide range of bit testing commands:
RMB will reset (zero) a bit in ZeroPage memory
SMB will set a bit of ZeroPage memory
TSB will test (set the flags) and Set bits bit using the accumulator and the zero page... bits will be set where they are 1 in the accumulator
TRB will test (set the flags) and clear bits bit using the accumulator and the zero page... bits will be cleared where they are 1 in the accumulator
TST takes two parameters, one is a bitmask, the other is an address - this command can use the Zeropage with or without offset, or an absolute address... the Z flag is set as the result of an AND command
We also have some new branching commands.
BBS will branch if a bit is set (1)
BBR will branch if a bit is reset (0)
The Results of the various bit setting, clearing and testing operations will be show to the screen!
As we've seen, the 6280 has lots of special commands that non of the other 6502 machine have... in fact most of them aren't even on the 65816!
The 6280 was a powerful custom chip for the PC-Engine, and along with the graphics hardware for the machine was mistaken for a 16 bit machine!
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The Five Second Rule: Scientists Actually Investigate
Didn't you think it was a joke? The "five second rule" is something everyone laughs about when food drops to the floor. No one really believes that it's a real "rule," right?
For those of you who grew up in super-sanitary households and may have missed hearing about it, the "five second rule" goes like this: If you drop food on the floor, and you pick it up within five seconds, you can eat it. Any longer and the food is contaminated and you have to throw it out.
In real life most people create their own rules. The most hygienic say: you've got to be kidding. There's no way I'd ever, ever, eat food that touched the floor. People walk there. People whose shoes have been on sidewalks where dogs might have... You get the idea. You know if you're one of these people.
Others are more... flexible. There are many variables to consider. How recently was the floor cleaned? How sticky or permeable is the food item? (An M&M, for example, gets more floor time than a peanut, which gets more than cheese, which gets more than a deviled egg. The cost of the item, the desire for the item, whether there's any more in the fridge, whether anyone is watching, whether the watcher is a family member or a guest... all these factor in along with how many seconds have passed.
For some reason, though Crabby is very concerned about healthy living generally, she is shockingly lax about dropped food. She is much more afraid of carcinogens than germs. She can't see anything bad down there on the kitchen floor, and as far as she's concerned, ignorance is bliss. If she got sick every now and then she might reform her ways, but she doesn't. So Crabby continues with her slovenly habits.
So what does recent research say about the five second rule?
Pretty much what we all expected. There's not a magic "five seconds," but a slice of bread or bologna left on the floor for a full minute has about ten times more bacteria than a slice left on the floor for five seconds. There's not a horribly dangerous level of bacteria on most kitchen floors, but you could, if unlucky, pick up enough salmonella to make you sick--even in five seconds.
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," someone once told Crabby. She should be very strong now indeed.
1. Sadie eats all kind of things off the floor. She is so uncivilized. I, on the other hand, only eat things off the floor if Karen is in one of her moods and isn't willing to pull out the good china. Then I make a decision if it's worth it or not. Things like chicken or tuna or-- yeah it's worth it. Otherwise, I leave it for Sadie.
As for the other, you can tag me. I will play your game.
-- P
2. Penelope!
A cat of your refinement should not have to eat off the floor like a greedy human.
And thanks for playing meme games! They are not as fun as mouse games, as no one gets dismembered at the end, but we humans do the best we can for amusement. Instructions, such as they are, are in the previous post but feel free to ask if you have any further questions.
3. They tested the five second rule on an episode of Mythbusters, too. I don't remember what their ultimate conclusion was, but they did find that wet foods get dirtier than dry foods.
I've always been squeamish about eating anything that's been on the floor. I'd rather throw it away. :p
4. Very smart, chicken girl!
I'm just (a)lazy and (b)cheap.
Does depend on the food and the floor, though.
1. I am so with YOU, Crabby! Loved this one! Your blogs always make me laugh!
5. If it falls on the floor and can be washed, then it gets washed before I eat it.
If it's not a washable food,like say, a bit of soft butter, then it's off to the garbage.
If we're out camping and bacon falls on the ground it is brushed off and consumed before I can give it any thought.
6. Now this is my kind of study. Food - and the consumption of!
I have never heard of this five second rule! I don't know if that's because it hasn't got to NZ or whether it's because I'm ignorant.
My response would be - it all depends! - on my memory of that particular bit of floor's recent history - or an educated guess on it - and how much I want that item of food and, yes, I admit it, is anyone watching!
So if a forkful of spinach drops on the floor where the dog threw up yesterday I won't touch it and anybody that does is a greedy, disgusting grub. If, on the other hand, it is the last cream filled apple donut on the planet and nobody is about and I was looking forward to it so much and ...
7. It is hard to believe someone felt the need to investigate that saying, as if anyone really believed it!
Love your site. I found it at Total Transformation. I figured that anything with the name "Crabby McSlacker" had to be interesting!
9. Hi Leah!
Yes, I am a total believer in the "camping exception" to all rules of hygiene. Not that I apply them all that rigorously when not camping, either.
Dawn--I'm so with you, both on the spinach and the donut!
Hi neil, and welcome! (And I'm glad I'm not the only one who ends up double posting when the first one won't go through).
It is amazing the research that gets funded sometimes. Though it was an amusing enough premise that it probably got lots of publicity for them, which I believe may lead to more research $$ in the future. (Plus I have to admit, as someone who's been known to grab the stray M&M off the floor, that it was interesting to read about it).
10. Way I figure it is there ain't anything on my floor any worse than they put in hotdogs and Spam and since I like both of those my gut says eat it up.
Unless yoo happen to be dining in a barn then I strongly suggest you let the dogs fight over the scraps.
11. Re. camping - yes, there is "clean" and there is "camping clean." Two completely different things.
12. Hi Travis (& Neil),
I think we're developing a good set of non-kitchen corallaries here. Camping: Five seconds at least. Barns: Nope, the dogs get it.
13. hmmm. I always remembered it as the 10 second rule.
And somehow announcing it "10 second rule!" in front of people made it way less weird than if you just picked it up off the floor and ate it.
I definately have an "ignorance is bliss" kind of attitude when it comes to the floor...until one of us gets sick. yecchh.
14. Katieo,
I think you just hit on the whole reason someone invented the rule--and the reason a lot of us still cling to it, even if we don't believe it. Otherwise, we look like total pigs.
Very clever!
15. If I don't see hair or dirt on it, I am okay with eating
16. Depending on what it is, which floor, and whether it's covered with dog hair determines if the food can be eaten! LOL
For those of us who do use the 5 second rule, we probably have stronger immune systems because of our actions!!
I try to keep a clean house, but I'm not nutty about it. I don't use disinfecting hand soap, etc. So far no one's gotten sick from my house, and my kids and I are rarely sick.
I've had food poisoning, twice. Not just the stomach is acting up kind, the I think I need to be in the hospital kind. Both times related to eating out. I guess if I ever got sick from my own house I'd be more careful! LOL
17. Hi John--
I too tend to respond to the visual rather than the invisible in evaluating what's safe to eat. Thanks for stopping by again.
And Hi Cindy!
I'm totally with you on the immune system thing. I think those of us who are a bit more flexible about germs actually build up the ability to fight off bad bacteria better than those who try to banish all the intruders from their lives.
(And in our house it's cat hair rather than dog hair, but we just pick it off. Our cat is never sick, so how bad could her fur be?)
18. Oh, how did I forget to comment on you blog today, Crabby? I read this post this morning and thought, "I like Crabby, she will eat off the floor like me." I think that will be my new criteria for friends. If they will eat something off the floor, they can come in. If they are too uptight, I'll just gross them out.
19. Very informative! hehehe I'm so glad I'm not only one who has a "five second rule" -- though if I can see hairs stuck on it, even I'll toss it the trash.
20. Hooray, Samantha and Lady Rose,
You are my kind of people!
Can Crabby admit that she has, on occasion, even plucked a cat hair or two off a dropped item and eaten it anyway? Bad, bad crab.
21. We have no time limit at our house. If it comes up off of the floor in one piece with no dog hair on it, it's good to go.
22. Hi one tough mama,
Great blog you've got there. And I bet you've all got good healthy immune systems. I think of floor germs sort of like cheap bacteria vaccines--a little bit to strenghten you without outright killing you.
23. That's why I keep trying to get my husband to take his shoes off in the house...
24. Hi Andrea!
Sorry I missed your comment earlier. We keep thinking we should go shoeless in our house too and even tried it for a few days, but found the on-ning and off-ing too tiresome. Which should make us less likely to eat off the floor, yet it doesn't somehow. Thanks for visiting, and you have a very cool blog & website!
25. I'm glad to hear floors are clean enough to eat off of. Now I'd like to see the myth about walking barefoot in restaurants/public squashed. If the floor is good enough for food then the same for barefeet.
----John,society for barefoot living:
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16839 | June 09, 2008
Fun in the Sun?
[By Crabby]
I hate sunscreen. Anyone else?
I hate the sticky ickyness of it. I hate when it runs in my eyes. I always get too much of it on my clothes, and not enough of it on my skin. I hate having to put it on for a morning run, then, after showering, having to put it on all over again.
Of course there's been some research about the anti-cancer properties of Vitamin D, and some folks are recommending a little bit of sun exposure without sunscreen. But no one seems to be saying this is license to skip the sunscreen entirely.
Nope, Not A Smart Move
(Photo credit: genosfear)
Does anyone else old enough to remember "tanning," as an intentional activity, guilt free? It made going to the beach and taking a nap feel like an accomplishment! You got "credit" for flopping down on a towel in the sand and absorbing rays, because you were improving your appearance which would make you more popular. How cool was that?
Then we found out we weren't supposed to tan on purpose.
I know some people still do. If you are one of those people who goes without sunscreen or burns your skin on purpose, can I pass on a message from a good friend of mine who did that too when she was younger? She has melanoma now. She says: "Don't."
Off course we keep hearing that theoretically there is a pill on the way, but I've been hearing this for ages now. Could we hurry up with the sunscreen pills, please scientists? That and the jet-packs we were all supposed to be flying around in by now?
Like many people, I make myself wear the sunscreen even though I hate it. The brand I use is supposed to quite effective. I use a spray version for my legs 'cause I'm lazy, and a lotion for the rest of me that tries to be somewhat less oily and gooky. At least it calls itself "dry touch." Still feels slimy to me, but somewhat less so than the others.
This is a popular and well-reviewed sunscreen. I won't chase down all the links, but part of the reason I've come to use it is that health magazines and dermatologists seem to recommend it pretty often. For example, in this compilation of product review sources, my brand comes in at #1.
But according to the Environmental Working Group, which has put together a database of cosmetic ingredients and their safety, I might as well be smearing rat poison all over me instead.
They say my sunscreen is NOT recommended because it contains ingredients linked to:
• Cancer
• Developmental/reproductive toxicity
• Allergies/immunotoxicity
• Neurotoxicity
• Endocrine disruption
• Persistence and bioaccumulation
• Organ system toxicity
• A few minor things like skin irritation, and
• Biochemical or cellular level changes.
That is a scary list.
How seriously should I take this, does anyone know? Is the Environmental Working Group mainly an advocacy group, or is it a bunch of serious, well-respected scientists that we should be paying way more attention to?
Because, damn, it they're right, I should probably switch from my easily available, everybody-recommends-it brand of sunscreen to one of the obscure brands that makes their "safe and effective" list. Even though my local drugstores don't stock them and they're probably slimy.
Here's where my distrust of advocacy groups and "stuff you read on the internet" collides with a similar distrust of our governmental regulatory process. The quaint notion I used to have that "if something were really dangerous they wouldn't let companies just sell it in the stores" has, alas, been tested too often. Now I believe: hell yeah, they will, if it's good for business.
So throw in some anxiety, wishful thinking, laziness, and frustration, and you end up with me not knowing What The Hell to Think.
If anyone has any thoughts or info on this, please help!
1. slimy and goopy and THICK.
Im now utterly drawing a blank with regards to the sample my pediatrician gave me recently of sunscreen (Ill swing back when I remember/get it from swimbag) but that stuff took a bath, scrubbing and a hacksaw to remove.
it was like spackle.
I should obsess more about ME (as I tan the minute I go outside but use the 30plus drugstore stuff) but I *obsess* about my daughter as I feel it is my responsibility to be sure she never burns.
even though she, like me, is an immediate tanner-----I have echos of WHEN YER SKIN SHIFTS COLOR YOU ARE DOING DAMAGE in my mind every time we're outside in this sunny sunny climate.
birthday hangover?
2. You know, I wish I could be helpful, but really, I'm just trying to cope with all the skin cancer data. I have a permanent vitamin D deficiency, though I live in flippin' Utah. Probably due to Multiple Sclerosis. So, I use sunscreen, but not in a nazi fashion at all. Oh, the water washed it mostlty off? Oh well, maybe I'll get some vit D manufactured. I also have a a more olive complexion, which makes it so I actually tan, as opposed to burn (you should see my better half, who goes from see through to flaming red).
As for the sources of ALL our "scientific" data, it's almost a matter of being an investigative journalist and tracing where everybody's paycheck comes from. Does anyone have the time to do such research? Hell no!
3. I used to get those major burns as a kid - the blisters (huge blisters) on the shoulders, unable to lie down becuase the back was too raw - the Noxcema slathered on, which only promoted major skin peel (the only fun part of having a sunburn!). I remember the dehydration that went along with it.
I am so very lucky that I didn't get skin cancer. My DH, OTOH, who rarely ever burns, did have to have some precancerous lesions removed. Go figure.
4. I remember intentional tanning. Ah, those innocent days. I suspect the sun wasn't quite as bad for you then, but who knows?
I rarely use sunscreen. I did in the Australian Outback, but that's about it. Seems to me I used it in many long years ago in Greece. I'm not out in direct sulight enough to care, and I like to make sure I get some proper sun exposure. I don't tan well so that adds to my not caring attitude. I'll take the sunlight.
5. It's this kind of darned-if-do/darned-if-you-don't thing that makes reading some research really depressing. It seems like just when you think you've figured out what's healthy, they go and change their story! I read a news article about this story a bit ago and the author's whole point was if sunscreen gives you cancer and the sun gives you cancer and 50% of people will get cancer before they die, maybe we should just spend all our sunscreen money on a cure for cancer.
6. Yes I remember people tanning on purpose, but I was never one of them. Being a red head with pale skin, I was wearing sunscreen way before it was the smart thing to do. While everyone around me was laying in the sun, I was wearing a t-shirt and trying to find shade. Actually I still do that. My Mom & my Sister still lay on the beach to "get a little colour" and I hide in the shade with my sunscreen and tell them they will get skin cancer.
Yes I hate sunscreen. I hate the sticky, greasy feel, most of it doesn't smell very good either. I have yet to find one that actually feels comfortable on the skin (i.e. it should soak in and you shouldn't be able to tell it's there). But, it's better than getting a sunburn.
7. Booooo...I have a sunburn from this weekend! I'm a dummy. But at least I'm probably not Vitamin D deficient, right? *SIGH* I won't forgo the sunscreen next time.
8. Hi Crabby,
I avoid the sun as much as possible. I do outdoor exercise early and late in the day. if I go to the pool (in Florida) I do so early and late in the day.
I hate sunscreen for all the messy goopy reasons, but, I am very fair and have had three pre-cancerous lesions so I wear it much of the time. My biggest complaint is the taste of sunscreen when I slather my face and then it gets on my lips and seeps into my mouth. I finally found one (its really a moisturizer) I can stand for my face: Doctor Wexler's Universal anti-aging moisturizer SPF-30, but it is hugely expensive. I use cheaper brands with higher SPFs on the rest of me.
As to the chemical question. My daughter in law bought organic sun block and used it for the grandkids, but they all got sun burn so we are back to chemicals.
9. I am guilty. I LOVE the sun. Having grown up pretty much naked on the beaches of Brazil I almost feel like I NEED it. Yes, I know about the risks, and I don't think I am immune, but it is a risk I still take. When it comes to my daughter though I am a hypocrite an won't let her leave the house unless she all slathered up in sunscreen.
I don't do this anymore, but I still remember when I was 12 and a family friend taught me to mix iodine & baby oil for the most perfect tan...crazy stuff!
10. Back in the Dark Ages (the sixties) when everyone around me was tanning or trying to, I had a combination of burn and freckle during the summer months. So I was quite content to hear that tanning was bad for you--and it's interesting how much younger I look than 55 year old women who spent their youth successfully tan. (Part of that's heredity: we have really oily skin, which doesn't wrinkle very soon.) I also had two relatives in my mother's native Alabama develop skin cancer before I was grown.
My problem with sun block is finding one I'm not allergic to. I use "Shade" which the site you mention has not rated very high, because I'd rather risk some possible cancer or something than have an immediate reaction with headache, nausea, dizziness, itching, swelling, whatever my body fells like doing today....
Mary Anne in Kentucky
11. Hi Cranky, I use Clarins UV Plus Day Screen SPF 40 sunscreen on my face and neck. It is really light and the bottle lasts for a long time. It is great under makeup. I don't use sunscreen on my body unless I am out for many hours at a time.
12. As a redhead w/very fair skin, I'm really careful and use sunscreen all the time now...unfortunately had my share of major burns as a kid and have had a number basal cell carcinomas removed already. I'm pretty stringent with my daughter and sunscreen now (she has way better skin than I did thankfully), but still worry like crazy about the chemicals in the sunscreen, for both of us......have no idea what the answer is....other than live inside which is pretty tough esp for the youngster. I'm okay to stay indoors on the couch, but she insists on being outside every moment possible.
13. Just an opinion here! I use very little sun block. I tend to wear clothing, and hat (and of course shades) as the best defense. I will use it occasionally, but I find bathing in chemicals troublesome.
Dr. J
14. Looking at the Skin Deep page on your sunscreen, the two Big Offenders in the ingredients are the FRAGRANCE (oh, horrors!) and one of the active ingredients (oh, bother.)
On their "safe products" list, I'm seeing a lot of special sunscreens made for babies, also a few Regular Brands You Might Actually Find In A Regular Store, in "sensitive skin" formulations without the EVIL FRAGRANCE. That's probably your best bet.
Sarcasm about the EVIL FRAGRANCE aside, I'm now a little grateful that my skin is sensitive and tends to throw fits when I use too much EVIL FRAGRANCE on it. It's protecting itself from TEH CANCER!!
15. I grudgingly wear sunscreen everyday. Yesterday, the one day I forgot, I was out washing the cars and got a bad burn on my shoulders. Good reminder.
The good sunscreen is SO expensive! It drives me nuts. That bottle of Neutrogena is 8 bucks and is only 3 ounces. I use it on my face and neck and use a less expensive spray on my arms and legs.
16. Sunscreen is necessary...especially for kids. Skin cancer is a lot more common than you'd think, and completely avoidable if you look after your skin. (I do cancer research...so I've read up on it ad nauseum...mostly in my attempt to justify tanning to mys husband - and yup, I lost :) ) I'm a sunlover and my husband hates the sun, so luckily I've picked up some sunaphobic sunscreen habits from him. I shudder when I think I used to tan with baby oil as a teenager - stupid stupid STUPID!
Last year, we found a few types of waterproof SPF 40 spray on sunscreen that we LOVE (coppertone and loreal are good). My husband hates lotions, oils or anything like that and whines about the feel of wearing sunscreen until we found this stuff. Once it's on you honestly can't tell it's there and spraying it on makes it easier.
We are usually not tanned, but it's for the best...
17. Oh - almost forgot: Do check out the ingredients in this stuff though - there are a lot of chemicals out there that you don't want on your skin...look up the MSDS (material data safety sheets) of any long worded chemicals on the things you put on you before you do - it's surprising what is out there as "safe" because it is in a small amount. Some chemicals can be absorbed through the skin, or when combined with oils, so those are the ones to keep an eye out for. It's worth it to spend the extra few $$ on the good stuff...I figure if I spend the $$ on good food, I should make sure I'm not harming my skin.
18. When I was very young, I used to hope that all my freckles would merge so that I could have a tan like all my cool friends.
Now they all look 10-15 years older than I do.
Still wish I could tan, but I follow Dr. J's method and wear clothes, sunglasses, even hats. Some of those chemicals in those lotions scare me.
19. Oy. I just don't know WHAT to do! My father is in remission form Melanoma. My daughter, like me, is very fair-skinned. I had quite a few bad burns as a kid, so I slather the sunscreen on myself and my kids. But I'm willing to pay a bit more for the safer stuff. Any suggestions, esp. for kids?
20. I remember the days when you could buy tanning lotion that smelled like coconuts and had some sunscreen in it, but not sunblock. Some people I knew would use baby oil for tanning. I miss the tanning lotions and the yummy coconut smells! Now it's white greasy goo that smells like hospital antiseptic and it makes me wonder if they could make clothes out of the goop that you could wear and that dissolves into your skin! It'd be nice if they made the sunblockers at least smell better, give us natural fragrances to deactivate the carcinogens?
21. I hate the sun and sunscreen. I dream of moving to Seattle, where clouds of grey greet me daily.
22. Very good! I should probably start using sunscreen? :P
23. ack! i just bought some of that sunscreen and have been putting it on daily, to be healthier! now what? damn it all.
24. Like Marijke, I used to spend summer days out in the back yard trying to get as dark as possible, usually burning quite badly first. Must be a Montreal thing. I'm not quite that dumb anymore.
I do have concerns though about the chemicals in sunscreen. I have a sneaking suspicion that ten years from now, we're going to be hearing about some such cancer which is much more common from sunscreen than skin cancer is from the sun. I'm especially worried that sunscreen is slathered on babies/children. It just seems wrong.
25. Ah, the good old days when we baked ourselves in the sun, thinking how attractive we would be...... sigh.
I am out in the sun quite a bit, and have a terrible time remembering to put on sunscreen. I burn quite easily, too, so you'd think I would remember!
I worry about the chemicals in sunscreens, too, but I worry more about the chemicals in the bug sprays...
Wear clothes that cover as much of you as you can stand, and a hat. (and, if you live in northern Alberta, a mosquito net!)
26. yes, i remember the good old days of using baby oil so we got a darker tan!? How terrible is that?
and I also bought the same stuff, and then read all the horrific things it will do to me once absorbed by my skin. I take it with a grain of salt though because nothing can be worse than the baby oil years, right?
as for my kids, I buy the super expensive california baby brand b/c someone has deemed it very safe. hopefully that is true because it sure is pricey!
27. Oh that picture...I can't tell you how many times that was me and my red-haired best friend.
I am a born sun worshipper - it's in my genes. But now, sadly I've acquiesed to the ways of science and sunscreen. No more tanning. And that picture gives me courage and reminds me why tanning wasn't really that fun, at least not after coming inside.
28. I love the sun...In the Pacific Northwest, you have to take it when you get it and run with it...
I don't like to deal with the "studies" on the sunblock, I just go with what smells good and works...I am a die-hard Banana Boat user. I have a bottle of every SPF, from 4-65 , that they make and use them every summer or when I'm going to be in the sun for extended periods of time. My favorite is their sport SPF 15. It's sweat and water proof and doesn't leave the nasty greasy feel to your skin. I know I should probably use more than 15, but I figure I'm 25 and haven't had any issues and at least I use it...My daily moisturizer(sp?) is an SPF 30 that is fantastically light and makes the skin of my face just glow...
29. There's an ingredient that's basically in every single lotion (hand, face etc) that helps it be absorbed, that's cacenogenic. But this just goes to prove my husband's point, one day they'll find out that cancer medicine (could think of sunscreen like this right?) causes cancer. it's tough.
30. I remember tanning intentionally, or at least trying to. Mom would never let us stay out too long, she always had to find something for us to do. Good thing too.
I wear a facial moisturizer every day with an SPF of 15. If I know I am going to be out in the sun, I will put on at least 30.
Red, you can still burn through clouds, sorry! Personal experience.
There is clothing that is supposed to have sunblock properties, but I don't know how well it works. Like all such things it is not pretty but is expensive.
31. Hey, I use that same sunblock on my face! And I love it. And I'm not switching. So there. /sarcasm.
Seriously, the first thing I look for in a sunscreen is whether or not I will WEAR it. If it's slimy, I won't wear it, even though I know it's good for me. So can I just tell you that the best body sunblock EVER is the Coppertone Sport that you spray on like an aerosol! I LOVE IT. No rubbing, and no slime. ::::happy dance, happy dance::::
Yes, the chemicals aren't so great, but in my pale, pale case, I figure I'm more likely to get cancer from sunburns than sunblock. Ergo, wearing sunblock is important, and if the only way I'll really put it on is to buy the chemical crap - then I will ROCK those chemicals! LOL
32. For face and neck I highly recommend Origins "Have a Nice Day". It says SPF 15, but I have been in blazing sun for 2 hours and while my (unprotected) arms got a light burn, my face and neck were totally unscathed. Costs a LOT, but the little jar lasts a really long time...I usually buy one every 1-2 years and I use the stuff every day. A little goes a long way since there's Titanium Dioxide in it, yeah, the (white) stuff old lifeguards used to wear. Since it's a physical barrier, it's really effective. And a tiny dab spread all over the face is all I need, pretty much, unless I'm out all day.
For the rest of the body, I've found Neutrogena's Healthy Defense Oil Free Sunblock (SPF 45) and their "Fresh Cooling" continuous spray works pretty well. The former is not very sticky at all and absorbs well and the latter is sticky/greasy, but if you're out alone and need to spray your own back, it's quite handy. Do spray outdoors or risk being asphyxiated by the mist, however.
As for hazardous chemicals, I find it hard to believe that sunscreen is worse than the myriad other carcinogens we confront every day, and the sun, she is strong.
My (blonde, freckled) mother's had pre-cancerous areas removed and I've had two (apparently innocuous) moles removed and biopsied. I went to grad school with a guy who'd had 4th stage skin cancer twice and died before he was 30 of his 3rd go-round. It ain't pretty. Can't be too careful.
Also love my sunhat and thin long sleeves/thin long pants for the very dangerous areas (Costa Rica, for example) and high UV days.
Glamour-Geek, still with missing password.
33. I'm with the crowd that tries the cover up with clothes method, and sunscreen for the parts we don't cover in summer(face, hands, forearms, knees on down). We use the spray on in the blue bottle, LOL, when we remember, and try to just spray it on without having to rub it in because of the slime factor. I will definitely spray on sunscreen if I have any tattoos showing, as the UV fades the ink.
I remember using several different sunscreens on Rose Bowl flea market days in the early 90s, and 15 minutes after I put it on I'd get dizzy and nauseous, and it took me awhile to realize that the chemicals in the potion were making me ILL! So I didn't trust it much after that for a long time. Now I'm okay with (just went to look) Coppertone Sport rub free spray SPF 30. In moderation.
I see all the damage on my left arm from all my years of getting a truck driver's tan, and wish I had listened to my grandma more, but as a kid I lived in the desert and was always in the sun, then spent so much time outside growing up that tanning was just part of living.
Now with supposedly even more UV rays coming through than when those of us who are Boomers were kids, it's probably better to stay out of the sun or use sunscreen when in it.
But I'm getting tired of trying to find a way through the cancer obstacle course. It seems like currently just about everything about modern living causes cancer.
34. I hate putting on sunscreen, which is why I opt to look like a dork and carry a red umbrella with me all summer long.
PS: This is the poster formerly known as naomi w. Since there's another Naomi who posts here, I figured I'd avoid confusion by reverting to my usual online moniker.
35. 1) I use the evil sunscreen, ack....
2) Other options might be "physical block" sunscreens (some even made by the same company) which are zinc oxide or titanium dioxide - used to be primarily Aussie suncreens (those folks are SERIOUS about sun protection) but more mfrs are jumping on the bandwagon now that they can make smaller particles to address the old "white paint on mhy face" problem (now transparent or can be rubbed in to be less obvious). Other benefits are that they are "instant" - you don't have to wait 15+ minutes to go outside after putting them on (yes, you're supposed to wait that long for the chemical ones to bond/react and be effective; I keep the physical ones at work for lunchtime outings), they are often less irritating to those w/ sensitive skin (no stinging chemicals) and they are more safe for kids. One drawback might be their waterproofed-ness.
3) There is some good sun protective clothing out there. If you're in a high sun area, it may be worth the investment. My favorite is stuff from Sun Precautions - incredibly light, and I've worn it hiking in Arizona in June with no sunscreen under it and no problems. Coolibar is another catalog - less pricey, but heavier. Even the regular mfrs like Columbia, REI and others are making clothing w/ higher SPF. Still need some sunscreen, but an improvement.
36. Some great recommendations, thank you all!
(I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks most sunscreens suck).
And thanks, Dragonmama/naomi w, it's cool to know you're the same person.
37. I hate sunscreen and rarely use it. My long runs are in the morning and my afternoon runs are short, so I build up a tan naturally in the summer without any burning. I'm also genetically primed to tan easily rather than burn, as long as I don't do anything crazy like go out in the mid-day sun for hours and hours.
I think most people can successfully get healthy sun exposure just by being sensible about when and how long they're outside. Some people are, of course, predisposed to melanomas and they should be more careful, but in general I think it's best to avoid both heavy sun and sunscreen. Have outdoor fun early and late, and spend the afternoons indoors!
38. I agree with the hat & clothing advice...
I'm a big fan of homemade products (although I don't make / use them as much as I wish I did). I googled 'homemade sunscreen' and came up with a couple recipes using natural oils and stuff to create sunscreen - one says it comes out as a cream!
Might be worth a shot...at least then you know what you're slathering on! And natural oils provide great moisture, too.
39. Bathing in chemicals- I hate to see what they'd say about the sunscreen I just bought for your face that has bronzer in it!
I'm a recent convert to sunblock, too, from the olden days of sun worshipping. So my comment to all this is DANG IT!!!! I think it's still what I want to do, though, rather than have a leather face at age 45.
Also, I heard you can absorb vitamin D through your eyes, as well as skin? I googled it, though & I didn't find a good explanation. (????)
40. I'm an Aussie, and we certainly do take sun protection seriously here. We have very high rates of skin cancer, which are unfortunately rising at the moment.
Here we have a campaign called "Slip, slop, slap." It means slip on a t-shirt, slop on some sunscreen and slap on a hat. Some schools even make wearing a hat compulsory for children when they are outside.
We have a huge variety of sunscreens and protective clothing here. I also hate the gunky feel of most sunscreens so I get the gel based ones where possible. These have an unpleasant alcohol smell at first, but they go on easily and are absorbed well by the skin, and I've never been burned using them. I'm not sure if they are available in the US though. We are also getting more of the titanium dioxide and "invisible zinc" sunscreens. I have no idea what the chemical composition of these are like though, I've never really worried about that sort of thing, although I might check up on them now.
I also have some facial moisturisers with SPF 15 from an American brand called Paula's Choice (not sure how you feel about links in comments, but the website should be easy to find with a Google search). They are fantastic, don't feel at all icky, and use avobenzone as the active ingredient. They are much better than any other moisturising sunscreen I've ever tried. The woman who runs this company is a huge advocate of using sunscreen everyday to protect your skin from sun damage, and her products are very carefully developed to not irritate or be dangerous. She reviews and recommends other brands, as well as selling her own line. Some great general skin care info there as well.
Apologies for the very long comment. It's my first one on your blog. I love your posts, very amusing!
41. Being that I am of northern European heritage, I am very pale. No, I think that pale is an inaccurate description: ghostly is better.
I can pretty much guarantee a sunburn with thirty minutes of sun exposure unprotected. This time of year if I as much as run errands I use sunscreen. I prefer Clinique SPF 55. It doesn't irritate my skin and it has a version that I can put on top of my make up with minimal problems (it works-- don't ask me how).
I read somewhere that anything over 35 serves no purpose. I have no idea if this is true or not, but I still buy nothing less that a 55.
Sunscreen spilled in my bag in Cozumel and got all over my passport back in 1999. To this day it still smells like coconut.
Good Times, Good Times,
42. This is a bit of a no-brainer in Australia. The sun is so strong and 1 in 3 Australians will develop a skin cancer in their lives. As a fair skinned person who burns at the sight of the sun I have had strangers on the street tell me off for looking a little "rosie".
There is a huge selection of sunscreens available in Australia. My personal favorite is Megan Gale's Invisible Zinc range. They use ZinClear - invisible zinc - so are relatively chemical free (no PABA or PABA derivitives). They come in clear and tinted - I use the tinted version as foundation in summer. Non-greasy, moisturising and a great all-round every-day block. (30+ as well!)
Not sure if it's available outside Oz, but you can get it on the net.
43. I'm saving all these recommendations. It's been two years, I think, since I looked at the Skin Deep site, and clearly it's time I made a list and went around stores doing another sniff test.
Mary Anne, wearing sunblock and hats in Kentucky, even though all my skin cancer relatives were living in Alabama and Florida
44. Sunscreen can be goopy- but is worth it for the skin protection! I love my Dove moisturizer because it comes with some sun protection (only SPF 15, I think... but better than nothing!).
45. whoa, thats gotta hurt! and i cant believe how white she was before -_- I feel bad for her... i bet that week was one to remember (in a bad way ;)
46. I despise applying sunblock (especially if I'm putting it on my arms and have to wait for it to dry before I put my shirt on...I'm so impatient!). But I must wear it, at least when I'm going to be outside for any length of time, because I am Very Pale.
47. I work in the pharmaceutical industry (but I don't understand half of what I hear!) But I have learned that special interest groups will twist any findings to fit what they want people to hear.
I have a friend who says Chemistry is Chemistry. I guess that means that a chemical reaction for one thing won't necessarily cause the same chemical in something else. So unless it has been specifically tested and proven for that particular thing - don't believe it. Just because it has ingredients that 'have been known to cause blah blah blah' in one formulation or another, it doesn't mean that it will in this instance. (but it also doesn't mean that it WON'T). It is something that needs to be further tested to prove one way or the other.
Now - I have no idea if they made any sense at all - since I really don't know what I'm talking about!
48. Great post. My two cents:
1. I have sunscreen -- Clinique Super Defense spf 25.
2. I rarely wear it -- mostly because I'm pregnant and am worried about the chemicals affecting baby. And because I'm lazy.
3. The sunblock/chemicals thing is really, really confusing, especially when you start looking at nanoparticles. What I've used for when we go to the beach, etc. (not often) is EWG's rankings -- I pick the lowest one of a brand I can actually find at a store and that's reasonably priced. I tried Dr. Hauschka for sensitive skin and it caused massive breakouts.
49. Every spring I go backpacking and this leaves me exposed, on mountain ridges for hours and hours a day. I'm blond, blue-eyed and fair skinned.
I *hate* sunscreen, and with no shower available, it's really impractical anyway. So...I cover up. There are a lot of super lightweight wicking fabrics that allow me to wear long sleeves. I wear running tights anyway because I think they are more comfortable.
I use a bandana and a baseball hat combo to cover my neck area and the hat shades my face. The bandana can also be soaked in a stream, and when it's drying out next to your head, it's very cooling.
Yeah, I look a little dippy, but I'm not overly hot and I don't get sunburned. The only problem I have is my wrists and backs of my hands.
When I was a wee tot, mom put me in a white t-shirt at the beach to prevent the burn, and that seemed to work well. She's one of those people who tans easily and often and is totally unrepentant about doing so.
50. Kenneth G Green ND.August 14, 2008 at 6:32 PM
You're up a gum-tree, as they say in the antipodes. Learn to love the sun. Learn its rules, then it doesn't bite! Have you ever seen a mother crocodile pick up its newly hatched babies and carry them in her mouth, between those rows of vicious-looking teeth, to a safe place in the water? They don't bite her and she doesn't bite them. Miraculous, but then so is nature when you know the rules.
So; Rule #1: The sun is your friend, not your enemy. You make vitamin D from sunlight, and Vitamin D gives you strong bones protection from cancer.
Rule #2: Wrong food is your enemy. Know your blood type to understand what food is desirable and what is to be avoided.
Rule #3: Vitamin A protects the skin from sunlight. Vitamin E protects Vitamin A.
Rule #4: Go naked in the sun. Use stinging nettle tincture diluted 50:50 with water as a sun protector. Also take homeopathic stinging nettle (Urtica Urens) before and after going in the sun. Always condition your skin after the sun with Neways After Sun Care cream.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16864 | There is little in this industry that's more wholesome than a mainline Nintendo release during the Switch era. Almost universally, critics and consumers alike have loved everything from the Nintendo stable in recent years: Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Arms, Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mario Kart 8, and now Super Mario Maker 2.
Much like the tide -- or Ubisoft's annual Just Dance performance at E3 -- this sequel felt inevitable. Nintendo had a winning formula with the original Mario Maker, that was unfortunately punished by virtue of being on the WiiU. Time will tell if Mario Maker 2 can attain platform appropriate success in terms of sales, but last week saw it top the UK physical charts, and the verdict is in: Super Mario Maker 2 is good. Very good, in fact.
As Alex Donaldson wrote in his review for VG24/7, "it's everything that made Mario Maker great on Nintendo's previous hardware, but on a system that you actually want to play."
In true Nintendo fashion, it's a multi-faceted game with something for everyone. One of the hallmarks of a Nintendo title is accessibility matched with hidden depth, and Mario Maker 2 appears to deliver on that front, "mashing together the joy of 2D Mario and the frightening ingenuity of a huge community of players." |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16867 | The Day God Overslept (Well, One of Many Days)
Theodicy, AKA The Litany of Excuses
In March 1996, in Dunblane, Scotland, a gunman walked into a school and killed sixteen children and their teacher. Among the many flowers that were left outside the school in the days following, one bouquet was accompanied by a Teddy Bear with a note tied around its neck: “Wednesday 13 March 1996–the day God overslept.”
For those raised to believe in a good god who also happens to be all-powerful, such evil is inexplicable. Theologians have given it their best shot—over and over, throughout the millennia—but none of their explanations really satisfy. As one of them, Uta Ranke-Heinemann has admitted, “The question of the origin of evil, of what causes the tears and deviltries of the world, the question that no theologian has so far managed to answer, is one that humans have always posed.” (Putting Away Childish Things, p. 62)
Many serious thinkers have concluded from the existence of massive evil and suffering that there probably isn’t a good god overseeing the Cosmos. Most believers can’t go that far, and reach for other explanations. Hence one mourner in Dunblane chose the metaphor of oversleeping to excuse God’s inattention. This metaphor is milder than Nietzsche’s famous declaration that “God is dead,” but “God overslept” is still just an attempt—tinged with cynicism it seems to me—to come to terms with God’s absence or indifference. Why didn’t God—almighty God who knows if even a sparrow falls to the ground (Matt. 10:29)—jam the gun that day?
Sounds so simple, doesn’t it? God could have jammed the gun. Why not? But even many Christians would respond, “Well, the world doesn’t work that way.” Of course not. But why not, if “he’s got the whole world in his hands”? The disconnect between such sentimental religious banalities and the real world can be very jarring. With so much evil and misery on this planet, how is it consoling, let alone true, that “he’s got the whole world in his hands”?
Many explanations have been offered to account for suffering in our tiny corner of a Cosmos supposedly supervised by a caring and all-powerful god. The result of this major theistic preoccupation can be labeled The Litany of Excuses (although it’s officially called theodicy). Most Christian laypeople can usually round up a few of the standard apologies if asked point-blank why God tolerates so much evil and suffering.
But I’ve found that believers balk at any hard thinking that would require serious homework on this issue. They usually don’t grasp how fraught with difficulties the common excuses are. The apologies sound okay only on the surface. Folks who blithely offer two or three excuses for God’s tolerance for suffering and evil usually have not thought deeply enough about the excuses to see how vulnerable they are. For example, those who claim that free will lets God off the hook on a lot of suffering don’t grasp how free will goes off the rails before it accomplishes much of anything. Nor do they seem to be aware that the standard excuses have been vetted by non-religious philosophers, and commonly found wanting. They seldom—if ever—ask where they can find the exhaustive theodicy literature that is available. I’ve never heard a Christian say, “I’d better read up on this. There must be lots of books on my favorite apology for God. Where can I find them?”
Secular philosophers understand that the excuses don’t hold water—that’s commonly why they became secular philosophers—and theologians differ as to which are worth clinging to, and offer strained and forced defenses of those that they prefer.
David Madison was a pastor in the United Methodist Church for nine years, and has a PhD in Biblical Studies from Boston University. His book, Ten Tough Problems in Christian Thought and Belief: a Minister-Turned-Atheist Shows Why You Should Ditch the Faith, was published by Tellectual Press in August 2016. |
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Astonishing ‘UFO’ video showing 49 craft in perfect formation – Tecnologia (umana) computerizzata per un effetto “UFO” in formazione!
Quadrcopters turn into pixels at the voestalpine Klangwolke and form 3D-Modells in the sky. However, in reality this is one of the most impressive demonstrations of quadrocopters, tiny four bladed flying machines, flying in a ‘swarm’. A German art festival … Continue reading
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16884 | dressed up like a lady: True Love and Divorce
Dec 2, 2013
True Love and Divorce
I took this tryptych picture of Cammila sunning impulsively in her PJ's a few months ago, as the last burst of late-Summer sun gave one final contented sigh before slumbering off under a pile of chilly Michigan leaves. It occurred to me as I focused my camera phone on my very own Roxy Music siren, stranded bodily on our sunbleached deck, that I never, ever thought that I would be this joyously inspired by a woman before I met Cammila. I've never felt this way about another person. Any person. I thought those kinds of feelings were pure fantasy.
I guess it got me thinking.
Despite all appearances on this blog, if you know me in person, you know that I'm not the most extroverted and verbose guy. I tend to be a bit on the quiet side most of the time. Of course, like a lot of people, if you get to know me, I can really open up and chat your head off. And when it comes to text, I am a writer, so it's easy to get comfortable. I will say though, that despite some of my reticence in public, I'd like to think that I'm a fairly present, straight-forward person, with an "open-book" mentality on life and willingness to connect to other people through our shared experiences. Basically, ask me any anything and I'll answer honestly.
Also, I don't believe in holding back emotions (I cried through pretty much all of my wedding ceremony with Cammila), or trying to play off what things in life make me excited, happy and fulfilled out of a misguided attempt at remaining cool, or whatever. I think you should put yourself "out there" in the world in as positive a fashion as possible, and come what may.
I had a really hard time keeping myself in this "open book" headspace while going through my divorce. Yeah, if you don't already know, I'm once divorced with a six-year-old daughter, whom I love more than anything. Ultimately, in my mind and with the benefit of hindsight, my little girl is the great, cosmic and spiritual reason and meaning behind that relationship. Of course, she was also the reason my divorce was so difficult and wrought with such guilt on my part. I take being a dad very seriously and weighed my needs and desires heavily against hers during the divorce -- I still do. Of course, when it came down to it, my daughter was also my ultimate reason for making the choice I did. Parents model relationships for their children, and I knew I couldn't silently teach her to expect resentment and dysfunction out of her own partner some day.
But despite the fact that the issue is not to be taken lightly, there are still a lot of people who I think could use a little reassurance on this topic. So here's what I can offer from my experience: Divorce happens to good people, to educated and mature people. Divorce happens to people who outwardly seem fine, whose marriages' core problems are not always obvious. To quote Louis CK: no good marriage has ever ended in divorce.
Break-ups are hard, divorces are much more so and ones in which kids are involved are probably the worst. Mine certainly was. But it might have been somewhat easier if I'd employed more of that "open book" philosophy and had been able to talk more readily with longtime friends and acquaintances about what I was going through. Of course, the relationship itself would have probably gone a lot differently if I'd been honest with everyone, including myself, from the beginning.
Although my first marriage was troubled and not a relationship that I feel could have been fixed (you can put back what you've lost through counseling, but you can't create what was never there), it was my decision to end it and move on. That realization caused me no end of guilt and I had a really hard time talking about it openly, especially with people who had known me and my ex-wife for a long time.
I felt judged. I'm sure I was judged at times, but other times, I'm fairly certain that feeling was in my own head and had more to do with my own sense of guilt than anyone's outside perceptions of me and my life.
As an aside, I feel like men and dad's especially get a traditionally, almost cliched, bad rap in divorce. I have a theory that that bad rap largely stems from many men feeling too ashamed, too embarrassed and too guilty, to do the hard, day-to-day work it takes to remain a constant and immoveable presence in their children's lives during and after divorce. Subsequently, I think all these assholes who just "split" and henceforth opt out completely, trying to avoid all the conflict with their exes, awkward glances from neighbors, not to mention their own emotions, create this climate where people assume that a dad who ends his marriage wants out of everything; he doesn't want to be a dad. I ended my toxic marriage, but I did not "split" or abandon my child.
Additionally, for what it's worth, and though it isn't anyone's business, I also did not cheat on my ex. I was disconnected, checked-out, depressed and unhappy, but I was not a cheater. As soon as I realized that I needed to change my life, that there was indeed someone I wanted to be with in the world who inspired the feelings in me that I'd spent a long time thinking were just a romantic pipe dream, someone I could be with in a deep, meaningful way that yes, would hopefully include sex (along with everything else that goes hand-in-hand with finding the love of your life), in the future, then yes, I ended my marriage.
I spent roughly 48 hours talking on and off with Cammila, during which time it became increasingly (and surprisingly) apparent that we were completely in love with each other. When the full scope and weight of that became clear, I actually told Cammila that I couldn't talk to her anymore -- not until I had taken care of my own business at home. It wouldn't be appropriate to keep having these sorts of conversations with her with the mutual knowledge that we wanted to be together -- that would begin to cross the line into cheating.
It was a moment of clarity and gut-wrenching sadness. I had really messed my life up and taken my ex, who deserved to be happy, down with me. I had to deal with that before I could have any kind of beginning with Cammila. I didn't so much as hold her hand until my ex and I had somehow gotten on the same page that our marriage was over, and I had moved out.
As the saying goes, it takes two-to-tango and yeah, I don't shoulder all the blame for the failure of my first marriage. That said, explaining my experience of how my ex fulfilled that equal role wouldn't add anything here but animosity, especially because in the end, my own actions are far more important for me to examine. Besides, it's not my place to speak for my ex. I do know that she probably would have wanted things to play out differently even if ultimately, we would have ended up at the same place. Could I have ended it better? Perhaps, but I've also come to think that the the oft shouted accusation of, "I don't hate you for breaking up with me. I hate you for how you did it," (an accusation that I, myself, have levied earlier in life) is often kind of a misnomer. I mean, c'mon, when is ending a relationship, let alone an almost ten year one, ever done the "right way"? We had our own precedent for acknowledging our unhappiness and dysfunction, but no matter how often these things are stated in a marriage, humans like to acclimate, and I don't think hearing these statements early and often makes almost anyone take the eventual announcement that their spouse wants a divorce without tremendous shock and grief
That said, I made mistakes and miscommunicated a lot of things and all of that certainly made it harder on me, my ex and our families. But it would also be patronizing to act like my ex would want things to be dramatically different than they are. The process of divorce is just plain hard. I took the action that put her through that difficulty, but let's just be clear about this: it would be ridiculous to act like her experience of that hardship equates her wanting to still be married to me. She's a great person who deserves a lot better than what I gave her for the time we were together, and I think it's a quite reasonable conclusion that she knows this truth better than anyone.
Openness, honesty and confidence are the keys to most interactions in life. To quote another cliche, you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Of course, if you can't see the pages, the cover is all you have to go on. Which is why I'm still trying to stay to true to my "open book" philosophy right now.
In that spirit, I posted this following blurb on Facebook last week. Primarily, I just wanted Cammila to see it and hoped it would make her happy...it did! Secondarily, whenever I do feel the impulse to shout my love for Cammila from the mountaintops, it usually feels like it's the universe telling me that I need to do just that. As if by doing so, my positive reflex will counteract a negative reflex elsewhere. So, rather than cage my love in tasteful chains, I let it go free and unfettered. Whether it inspires reciprocal joy or mild nausea to read what I wrote to Cammila, or what Cammila and I post here regularly on the blog, I hope you understand we share our love of fashion, our life, and each other in the spirit of openness and positivity. Because there's just too much negativity and anger in the world.
Here's what I wrote:
"I don't post about this very often because I figure most people that care will seek it out on on their own and I don’t want to bug those that don't. However, I just wanted say that I take all the photos on this blog. I love it and I’m proud of it. I've rediscovered my long gestating love of photography by putting it together with Cammila and it's made my life that much richer for it. I know the closeness that Cammila and I share as partners in life, love and creativity (we work at the same company, we play in a band together, we parent together, we spend every waking hour of our lives together) makes some people nauseous. I get it. That kind of 24/7 intimacy isn't for everyone. That said, I also know there are more than a few people who "get us" and enjoy sharing in this small window onto our life. Perhaps we overshare on occasion (okay, more like all the time! ) but we always try and keep it positive. Living my life with both a romantic and creative partner is what I’ve always longed for and I'm grateful every day that I have it. Cammila is the love of my life, my muse and my soul mate. I wouldn't have it any other way. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody."
1. I admire your open book philosophy; it is not something I'm brave enough to do at this point in my life. I also really appreciated this point you made:
"you can put back what you've lost through counseling, but you can't create what was never there"
2. thank you for posting this. when i went through my own divorce, i was amazed how many people seemed to think that every marriage is good and saveable and that you are a quitter if you think otherwise. especially if THEY were not aware of YOUR problems. hello? as if someone else knows what it is like behind closed doors! bad marriages can happen between good people. we all make choices we do not yet understand. that is called life and learning.
3. That is so beautiful. You make me more adoring (& a wee bit jealous, I must admit!) than ever.
4. This sort of scar-revealing honesty means so much to me. I relate to every single word of what you've both been talking about here, lately. Reading it is like the emotional equivalent of commissioning a painting. You both have an incredible ability to frame the right words around elusive feelings.
Marriage is such an intimate experience, and divorce is the same intimacy once it's been distorted, twisted up and turned over on its back. It's so difficult to ever really explain what either one is like. I don't think I could ever talk about my divorce the way you do yours, even with the same open book mentality, just because I wouldn't know how. I'm grateful to you both for sharing about your lives like this because it gives me a voice, and on both ends of the spectrum. I relate to the sharp, specific pain of divorce, but I also feel indebted to you for giving me a model of what real love looks like, because now I have it, and I recognized it for what it was right away because I'd seen it in you.
You let us see a rare kind of love, and that happiness with the people you care about should be easy because you'll always choose to fight through life's obstacles together, and fulfill yourselves enough individually to be worthy of one another. I can't tell you what this blog has done for me, and my outlook on just about everything. It's my online oasis where big hearts are the majority, and not something to be trampled on, and I'm grateful that you do it.
5. I'm so happy you posted this. This kind of openness and honesty is very inspiring. I have been very frustrated over the years by the stigma of divorce. People to this day will say "I'm sorry" if I say my folks are divorced. I got closer to my dad than I ever was after the separation and I know now that much of the reason for that was because he had much better access to his own emotions when he was no longer trapped in an unhealthy marriage. Just like you say, he was "disconnected, checked-out, depressed and unhappy." The span of time while a divorce is a verb is hard. But that doesn't mean divorce as a noun is bad.
Cammila: Did B tell you his news?
1. Thanks, babe. He did tell me the bit of info I think you're referring to, but I think we're supposed to keep most references to him obtaining it on the DL. Don't wanna piss off some helpful dude in a Guy Fawkes mask. ;)
2. I feel like I have been seriously missing something!
3. Just the "C story" of our little script, Cait. A rather small minded lady named Wendy who is friends with MC's ex started a thread about Cammila on GOMI. Of course, rather embarrassingly for her, she thought she did this under the guise of just another unbiased patron of the net. Charmingly sad.
Personally, as a sometime frequenter of SA and 4chan, I am unphased by GOMI. But I must admit that I'm biased against judgmental drivel of this ilk.
4. HA! What happened to keeping it on the DL?
5. Ye gods, I only meant that the means are on the hush hush. That is hardly what I think about the end produced by those means! As far as I am concerned, you should post Wendy's full name, along with the institution she works for (so the good people who fund it can see where their dollars go for bandwidth and her salary), along with her husband and his office! Fair is fair.
6. Heh, okay well I'll take your thoughts under advisement. Thanks, dude. ;)
7. I just looked and it's actually pretty pathetic. Just jealous people who are repressed about love and sex, SOOOO grossed out that you and MC are open about your relationship on the blog. Very cliched and embarrassingly transparent.
8. OMG but the best part is she faults you and MC for starting a physical relationship while MC and his ex were separated but their divorce wasn't final!
So either this wench believes in a total double standard and she is therefor stupid or crazy. Or she didn't even know that MC's ex was ALSO dating someone during that whole time before the divorce papers were signed! Gee, way to stick it to 'em, Wendy! lmao
9. Right, well let's just not get into any more specifics than that. You're right, Kate, but MC's ex isn't here talking about that relationship, so let's not get into her business.
Anyway, you're only highlighting why I don't place any value in these people's opinions. I haven't looked at the thread since first noticing it exists, but if Wendy really considers THAT and indictment, well then um, yeah, sorry lady, I just don't agree with you. If she judge's others for that kind of shit, all that tells me is that I shouldn't expect a reasoned opinion from her. It really cuts to the chase! Nothing makes someone's ranting easier to dismiss than knowing they're batshit and obsessed with arbitrary dogmatic ideas that I don't subscribe to.
And hey, if she's so grossed out with our existing descriptions of our relationship, I wonder how she'd handle knowing we always seem to have the most MIND BLOWINGLY AWESOME SEX right after hearing about her starting drama? I should do an EXPLICIT post every single time! ;)
6. OMG, i am sorry to burst your bubble cait, but you sort of sound like an asshole. you're suggesting that because matt's ex was in a relationship while separated from him, that somehow it's the same thing? wtf? does that make her a cheater? disloyal? a hypocrite? did she leave him? are you serious? way to be puritanical.
if person A leaves person B because they're in love with someone else and B kicks them to the curb for that, cool. add to that months of blog bullshit, bickering, bullying, gaslighting and tons of litigious suits filed by person A against person B, mmmmm k. then person A's own sister acts as matchmaker for person B because they think person A is being a dick, yes, his own sister sets it up, fact. well by golly, then it's fine for miss single mom B to start dating someone 8 months later, to make her feel less shat upon. you see how that works? if you get dumped, it is ok to date again, all bets are off, all contracts nullified.
sometimes you have to be a dick to find true love, that is a fact, sometimes. is matt better off with cam? oh yes. am i happy for them? yes. could things have been handled better and differently, absolutely. didn't you read his blog you dolt? he wrote some heartfelt things, but i am looking for the lines where he says his ex-wife was' just like him' or accuses her of cheating on him, or was disloyal. nope, he never said that. he has never said that.
so no, it isn't the fucking same. when you're dumped, the dumper dumps all over you, the dumpee has to sort it all out, pick up their pieces and move on. the last thing the dumpee needs are your stupid insipid comments. oh, in case you're wondering cait, this isn't his ex, she has better things to do, like paying the bills, finally getting that mind blowing sex she wondered about while married, and taking care of their child.
baahahahahahaa!!! lmao.
1. I apologize if I was not clear. I wasn't faulting person B. I have ZERO problem with either person doing what they please after a separation. I was reacting to the stupid idea that it matters more to have a piece of paper that says "divorced" than it does that two adults have decided their marriage is over. THAT is puritanical. A person who is dogmatic enough to think that it is bascially cheating to begin a relationship when your divorce isn't yet official, even though you've both decided to GET divorced is a hypocrite if they don't hold both people to that standard. Meaningless as the standard is!
But don't get me wrong. I think such a person is a fool in the first place for being that dogmatic!! The technical side of divorce exists to serve the personal choices of adults, not vice verse. I was pointing out the hypocrisy. That is all. I do not care one fig what kind of dating MC's ex did. More power to her!
Re: "gaslighting": I don't know what you mean specifically. But I imagine it is the kind of BS both parties can accuse each other of when a marriage goes bad. From my end hearing about this situation (via Friends Only channels, obvsly, not this blog) I think that being married to person B for years and years and them always saying "Too bad if you're not happy. That is your problem. You should have married someone else" whenever person A admits their unhappiness?? THAT sounds like "gaslighting" to me.
Re: "litigious suits": Boy, it is hard not to blab about person B's business when you insist on making accusations like this. Did you even hear about all the things person B tried to do to person A legally?? Talk about frivolous legal actions. Person B would agree to NOTHING without going to court over it. You realize two divorced people don't HAVE to go to court over things like 50/50 parenting time and agreeing on schools, right? But if person B says "We will do what *I* decide and I refuse to compromise or talk about it. You are a bully if you don't agree with me. We are done talking" the only option for person A is to try to solve it with lawyers and a judge.
I can imagine what you would say now. Divorce is very hard right? It is traumatic to be the dumpee? I get that we should cut person B some slack because of that. But if we agree to forgive person B's actions because of being the dumpee, then we should also agree not to villainize person B for dealing with that with the only options at hand.
7. MC probably knew to expect this when he wrote it, but I think it's a shame. I cried when I read this post because it's beautifully written, and from the perspective from someone who experienced an ugly divorce, and moved on to better things. Considering how common divorce is and how uncommon it is to hear anyone talk about it so openly without an obvious undertone of bitterness and resentment, I think it was definitely worth posting. It's always nice to be inspired by people who can crawl through something heart wrenching, and come out smiling on the other side.
I have no doubt that this post was written with good intentions. This entire blog is solidly positive and authentic all the way through, and I know they make a conscious effort to keep it that way. So, for this to be turned into an outlet for gossip and bickering is frustrating. I think there were probably a lot of people who read this, and felt something good, but were reminded why it's risky to be so open. No one should feel this entitled to spout off someone else's personal details when they were intentionally left unmentioned. It's inconsiderate, and disrespectful.
8. Thank you for posting this. We're in pretty similar situations. I am a divorced mom with a five year-old son and I recently got engaged to my best friend and soul mate. When I announced our engagement I felt this weird trepidation over it because of my divorced past. But this made me feel worlds better. Why hide a love so pure? Having gone through the hell that is divorce, why not let people know there is a light (that never goes out) on the other side.
Much love to you two!
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Photography 1A –Capturing Light
Photography is the process of creating images by capturing light. The modern digital camera captures images by focusing light on an electronic sensor which transfers the image to a digital memory device.
The camera consists of a lens, aperture, shutter, sensor, microcomputer/controller, memory device, and view finder. This is true whether it is a $50 point and shoot or $5,000 Nikon. Well the 5K Nikon may not come with a lens, but before taking pictures the user must supply one.
So, what is the difference? They both can take specular photos. The devil is in the detail, literally. The more expensive cameras can be used in a much wider range of light, from very dark to very bright, and can make exposures over minuets to hours or in 1/1000 of a second. The lenses may cover a 180 degree view or the head of an eagle ¼ mile away. They offer resolution great enough to make prints several feet on a side.
From sunrise to sunset you may never need any of these capabilities.
What is the most import part of a camera? Ansel Adams once said that the most important part of a camera is the 12 inches just behind it. The camera is simply a tool used to make photographs. The more skilled the photographer the higher is the chance of getting specular images. The more photos you take, the higher the chance of getting a specular image. Combine the two and you will get specular images!
OK, enough BS. Let’s get down to the fundamentals. They are not difficult to understand. Let’s start with the “capturing of light” part. The parts of the camera that play important roles are: The Lens, Aperture, Shutter, and Sensor.
I will explain how each works, and then how they work in combination with each other, and finally the grand finally, how you use these tools in the camera.
The Lens
The lens focuses the light on the sensor. A wide angle lens will cover a large area while a telephoto will cover a small area. It is common today for a single lens to be adjusted from wide angle to telephoto. The parameter that defines the size of image is “Focal Length”. It is usually expressed in “mm” or millimeters. A wide angel lens may be 20mm and a telephoto lens 200mm. The “normal” lens may be between 40 to 75mm. This part will become important when we get to composition where we will find the difference to be much more than just coverage.
The second important parameter of a lens is how much light it can gather up and send to the sensor. The physics is simple: The larger the diameter of the lens, the more light it can capture. This parameter is usually referred to as the “f” or speed of the lens. Mathematically it is also simple: the f number is the focal length of the lens divided by the diameter of the lens. I will let you use your calculator to convert from mm to inches if you need to. Today pretty much everything to do with lenses is metric. So an example: You have a lens marked as 50mm f2.0. What is the diameter of the lens?
If f number=Focal Length/Diameter, then it follows that Diameter=Focal Length/f number or 50/2=25mm. This explains the big honking lens you see photographers on the sideline of the football field. The need a telephoto (200 to 500mm) to get “close” to the action and they need to capture a lot of light. Therefore the diameter has to be big.
Now the only time you would ever need to know this is if you were on the TV game show Jeopardy and was asked. The reason I got into it however is to help you understand that as the f number gets smaller, the hole light passes through gets larger and the amount of light gathered up increases. So a lens at f/2.0 will gather more light than the same lens at f/16. That is what you need to know.
The f number of a lens defines the maximum amount of light it can collect. What if you need less light on a bright day?
The Aperture
The aperture is usually a set of blades in the lens that form a hole that the light passes through. When opened all the way up the hole is the size of the lens. However it can be closed down to a relatively small opening. How does this affect the “f” number of the lens? The answer is that it reduces the effective diameter of the lens. Wide open, the lens determines the f number. Close it down to a 10mm hole on the example 50mm lens and you would get f 5.0. Again, the larger the f number the smaller the diameter of the hole and the less light that is collected.
If you have an old school lens and see the f numbers marked you will see that they are not 1, 2, 3, .. but rather an odd list going something like 1.4, 2.0, 2.8, 5.6, 8, 11, 16. Why is this? This series of numbers is called “Full f stops” and when you go from one to the next the amount of light passing thru the lens is doubled going down and halved going up. That is to say that when you change the f number from f/5.6 to f/8 you cut the light passing through the lens by exactly ½. Although these numbers are normally not marked on lenses today, they still appear on the LCD display of your digital camera. As digital cameras have more resolution in setting the f stop you may see numbers between these displayed, possibly half or quarter stops.
Now why do you need to know that? Stay with me and it will become clear. What we do know now is that we can lighten up a photo by going to a lower f number. In later sections we will learn that these f stops do more than just adjust the amount of light getting through the lens. There are other ways to lighten or darken a photo. These involve the shutter and sensor.
The Shutter
The shutter determines how long the light is sent to the sensor. It is expressed in seconds or more normal fractions of a second. The usual values include 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, etc. Be careful when you are looking at the small LCD display on your camera. To save space the above may be displayed as 25, 50, 100, etc. This can be confused with say 5 seconds which is displayed as 5 Sec or 5” or some way to be different than 5, which would be 1/5 of a second.
Shutter speed selection depends on a number of items. First it needs to be fast enough to reduce camera shake. Second if the subject is moving (i.e. sports) it needs to be fast enough to “stop” the motion. If using a telephoto lens you need to use a higher shutter speed as a small amount of movement of the camera will cause a lot of movement of the subject. Also the same is true if the subject is very close to the camera. I find that 1/60 or faster is usually OK for normal hand held photographs. Like shooting a gun, practice holding it steady and controlling your breathing will allow you to use slower shutter speeds. Note above that I said “reduce” camera shake, not eliminate it. There is always some camera shake and this reduces the sharpness of your photographs. When photographing landscapes I always use a tripod to reduce camera shake. Again I said “reduce”. Even on a tripod there is some shake caused by moving parts of the camera, wind, pushing the shutter lease button, etc. Good technique will reduce shake whether on a tripod or hand held. Money spent on high quality lens and high resolution cameras (high mega pixels) is all lost if the camera is not steady during the exposure. Subjects such as sports demand very high shutter speeds. On the other end, when shooting water, I like to go to very slow speeds in the range of a few seconds. This gives a smooth “milky” look.
With the Shutter, the longer it is open the more light reaches the sensor. If it is open twice as long, twice as much light gets through.
So now we will play a little game to re inforce what we covered about the Aperture. Let’s assume that if we set the f number to f/5.6 and the shutter speed to 100 (1/100) to get a perfect exposure, then we changed the f number to f/8, what change to the shutter speed would be required to get the correct exposure? Answer: going from f/5.6 to f/8 reduces the light in half. So the shutter speed would have to change from 100 to 50 (1/50) to let twice the amount of light in to end up with the exact amount of light getting to the sensor.
Now the plot thickens.
In the old days (that is to say the Film Days) the film was the sensor and the sensitivity was manufactured into the film and the only way to change the sensitivity was to change to a different film type. The sensitivity rating of a film was represented by a number called ISO. In the early days in the US it was call ASA, but as photography changed to metric it became known as ISO. ISO numbers were like 50, 100, 200. As the number got larger, the film was more sensitive to light. If the number doubled, it was exactly twice as sensitive. To get the same exposure on ISO 50 film would require twice the light as ISO 100 film. Guess what is coming next!
The Sensor Sensitivity
When film was replace by electronic sensors some very bright person decided to call the sensitivity ISO exactly as in film and even more brilliant, an ISO 100 sensor was exactly the same sensitivity as ISO 100 film! The difference however is that just like the volume control on an amplifier can be turned up so can the sensitivity of an electronic sensor. This means that one can select a different sensitivity for each photograph in the digital world. I know that my purpose is to take the mystery out of photography and about now I am guessing that you think I have done just the opposite. Trust me, we are moving toward an understand of the settings on your camera. We will get to why you might select one number over another, but first I need to give you a little understanding of what each control does.
Let’s play the same game as we did after exploring the shutter’s operation. This time we start with a correctly exposed photo with ISO set at 100, Shutter Speed set to 250 (1/250), and the Aperture set to f/8. Now if I changed the Shutter speed to 500 and the Aperture to f/16, what change would be necessary to the ISO to keep the exposure correct? Answer: The change from f/8 to f/16 cuts the light in half. The change from 250 to 500 also cuts the light in half. So I need to increase the total exposure 4X to stay properly exposed, thus the ISO must go from 100 to 400. Got it?
About now you are thinking of turning your camera back to “P”. But we have learned that the aperture can increase or decrease the light getting to the sensor. The Shutter speed can increase or decrease the light getting to the sensor. And the sensor sensitivity (ISO) can increase or decrease the light captured. Together, they form a three legged stool that defines how much light is captured. One can increase the light with one and then decrease it with either of the other two to end up with the same exposure. Now why did I not simply say that in the beginning?
More about Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO settings
If these settings only changed the amount of light being captured there would be no reason to understand them and the relationship between them. But each of these settings affects other properties of how an image will look after capture. Understanding this will provide you the tools to capture the same image with different combinations and although each will be exposed properly each have a very different appearance.
We are now about to leave the realm of snapping a picture to the realm of making a photograph.
I am now going to take you back through the different parts of the camera, this time discussing parameters other than exposure.
The Lens and Aperture
The lens is the most important part of a camera. All of the light that ends up being captured by the sensor goes through the lens and flaws in it can create distortion and flaws in the final image. We will talk of this more when we get to how to select your equipment. For now we will focus on the things that should happen because of different lens parameters.
As you know, the lens focuses the image on the sensor. It also may expand or compress depth.
When you look at an image you would like to see everything in sharp focus. Or you may want to see some of the image in sharp focus and some it is not in sharp focus to direct the viewer to the subject of the photograph. A new parameter used to create a photograph is “Depth of Focus”. When you focus on a subject you will see that some of the image in front of and behind the subject is in focus. This is “Depth of Focus”. There is not another knob you turn to change the depth of focus. It is a physical property of a lens and the primary parameters that affect it is the focal length of the lens and the aperture setting. As the focal length of the lens gets shorter (i.e. wide angle lenses) the depth of focus gets larger. As the aperture f number gets larger, the depth of focus also gets larger. This is true for any lens. As an example, let’s imagine a landscape with a flowering plant close to the camera and mountains in the distance. If you simply put your camera on “P” and shot away chances are that the plant would be in focus and the specular mountains in the background would be fuzzy or the other way around. If we really wanted to have all in focus we might zoom out to a wide angle setting of the lens and if that was not enough we could then stop down the aperture to f/11 or some larger number. Of course to get the exposure correct we will adjust either the shutter speed or ISO to get enough light to the sensor. Ah, starting to see how these are interconnected? In this example you need to force a large aperture f stop to get the desired depth of field and using the other light controls to accommodate the aperture. In effect, you are shooting with Aperture Priority, which by no coincidence is likely one of the modes on your camera. Often called A or Av (aperture value). In this mode the camera is adjusting either the shutter speed or ISO. As a photographer you must understand this and be aware that if the shutter speed needs to go very slow other problems may pop up, like camera shake causing the entire image to be blurred not by focus but by camera motion.
Sensor Sensitivity (ISO)
In the example above we set the aperture to f11 and then possibly the shutter speed had to go very low which would be OK if the camera is on a tripod, but a problem if it was hand held. How about raising the ISO to a point that we can shoot at f/11 and at a shutter speed fast enough to hand hold? This might solve the problem. However depending on how high you needed to go you may be creating another problem. Increasing the sensitivity of the sensor is like cranking up the volume on an amplifier. The output goes up but when there is no or little signal the speakers hiss. The equivalent problem with the sensor is that it also gets “noisy”, not in the audio sense, but the image starts to have a lot of specks called grain or noise. Some of this is OK and good software can really do a good job removing it but you will find a point that if you go passed it the image is so bad that it becomes useless. This point depends on your camera, and yes this is one of the things that generally improve with the more expensive cameras.
The normal useable range of ISO is in the range of 100 to maybe 800 or 1000. However on the higher end cameras it can be much higher. And low end cameras it may be lower. I frequently go over 1000 shooting indoors without a flash and get acceptable results. Having said that I normally use the lowest normal value available, which on my Nikon is 100. At this setting I get the highest quality of overall image. When I shoot the night sky I may use ISO 3200 or even 6400. But generally at these levels I am doing a lot in software to remove the noise caused by the sensor. When I am shooting water, as mentioned in the shutter speed section above, I use very slow shutter speeds. To keep the photo from being over exposed, I use a small f stop and go to the lowest ISO. Often this is not enough and I have to resort to using a neutral density filter to ever reduce the light more.
The usable range of ISO is getting better with each new generation of sensors.
Before moving on I want to point out the sensor noise is not only a function of how high you push the ISO, but also how high the temperature is. This can be a problem when shooting very long exposures like 30 minutes or several hours. In these situations power is turned on the sensor and it naturally will heat up. I am not talking about it burning up but it will become much noisier. For this reason making very long exposures with a digital camera (a common practice with film cameras) is generally not a great idea. The solution here would be to take many short exposures (10 to 20 seconds) and then put them together with software. This subject will be left for a course in astrophotography.
To this point I have covered some of the basic physics of photography and not the art of photography. The best composed subject is still not a good photograph until the physics of the camera is adjusted. |
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16960 | Best Chrome Extension – ContexTube Adds Massive Context to YouTube Videos
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When you are Watching YouTube videos, you will get a Sidebar on the right that will pull in Information about the band or the Group that you are watching and the interesting thing about this ContexTube Chroime Plugin is that is not a Static and the information it provides is meant to be explored more clearly and deeply.
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/16972 | Handy ways on how one can restrict Hair Loss
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/17017 | The Do’s and Don’ts of a Paramedical Exam!
Thanks to a great newsletter from our colleagues at ExamOne for this:
Do’s and Don’ts
• Get a good night’s sleep: Ensures the best resting pulse and blood pressure
• Stay hydrated: Drink a glass of water 1 hour before the exam as it makes for an easier blood draw
• Document medications: Prescription and over-the-counter medications including vitamins, herbs and supplements
• Notify of any past blood draw issues: So the examiner can be prepared and even bring a smaller needle if necessary
• Consume salt and high-cholesterol (24 hours prior): May affect exam results
• Participate in any strenuous exercise (12 hours prior): Working out excessively may release protein into the urine and elevate liver function tests
• Drink alcoholic beverages (12 or more hours prior): Alcohol may cause dehydration and liver function test elevation
• Use nicotine or caffeine (at least 1 hour prior): Both are stimulants and may elevate heart rate.
o Black coffee is acceptable up to 1 hour before the exam
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/17035 | Tuesday, August 10, 2010
giveaways going on in blogland... wk32 {ended}
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
it's easy!!
all giveaways from this week have ended!
Kim Walus said...
Hi Julie,
I'd love you to add my giveaway to the list. It ends on August 20th at Midnight.
Here's the link:
P.S. I posted your giveaway button on my sidebar. This is such a great service to everyone. Thanks for all you do. You're very inspiring!!!
Kati said...
I'm having a little giveaway of some fat quarters on my blog as well. Here is the link:
Thanks so much for doing this.
Little Lady Patchwork said...
Thanks for sharing the list with us!
Rock on,
traceyjay said...
thanks for the link collecting Miss Julie. :)
Here's one more -- http://traceyjayquilts.blogspot.com/2010/08/300-peeps-giveaway.html
Some Christmasy fabrics.
Katie B. said...
Thanks Julie!!!
Jessica said...
Thanks for the tip!
Lisa said...
There is a giveaway here
http://inspiredquilter.blogspot.com until August 20. Thanks for posting about giveaways in blogland.
oversewn said...
Julie-Thanks for posting about my Featherweight raffle!! I appreciate it so very very much!!! |
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JuniperGraceTube 12 : Cosmic Love
Hello my darling Junipers! Welcome to the 12th Episode of my happy little podcast from Vancouver Island!
This week has been full of adventure and fun and I can't wait to have you come and join me for a chat! Grab a delicious beverage and your knitting or craft of choice and let's dive in!
1) 'Cosmic Love' by Florence and the Machine LOVELOVELOVE
2) Are you as in love with fake tattoos as I am? TATTLY.COM is the bombdiggity.
You can also follow them on Instagram @Tattly
3) Smoking Lily is the adorable local boutique where I found my lovely tattlys :)
look how teeny it is!
4) My Letter Writing Love is definitely fueled and encouraged by the Letter Writer's Alliance :)
5) If you want to send me a postcard for the wall just send me a message on Ravelry! (junipergrace)
6) CAMP ALOHA FRIENDS IS COMING! Hosted/coordinated/ lovingly dreamed up by MEL of the Single handed knits podcast
7) HANA HOU KAL ... my first ever Knit Along! This KAL will go til July 1st. Jump in and join the fun!
WE HAVE PRIZES supplied by the lovely
and the yarn that I am using Space Cadet Creations in the Lyra 'How Dare You' colourway :) Stephanie is giving us a mini skein bundle!
8)What I am currently working on:
Hogwarts Express by Susan Ashcroft
Hermione's Everyday Socks by Erica Lueder
9) What I'm watching : The Big Year with Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson.
10) Y'all wanna follow my best friend on Instagram @F.ASINFRANK
Thank you so much for stopping by to see what I have been up to! You are the best Junipers a girl could ask for! TTFN
2. i love it the most when you sing.... what a sweet episode.
susan b anderson
p.s. see you in maine:)
3. Please show us how you wind your yarn "cakes"! They look like they've been done on a swift! |
global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/17060 | Tag Archives: female pumpkin flower
OS16 Female Pumpkin Flowers
Investigation 15 looked at the male pumpkin flower. It only produces pollen, no pumpkins. The female pumpkin flower can grow into a pumpkin. Remember to pick your flower early in the morning and put the stem into a cup of water. Let’s look at a female flower.
Question: What parts are in a female flower?
female pumpkin flower
Female Pumpkin Flower
Metric ruler
Magnifying glass
Step 1: Open your Science Journal, write “Investigation 16” and the date.
Step 2: Examine the outside of the female flower. Measure how tall it is. Compare it to the diagram of a flower on page 101 and label your drawing with the parts you see.
Step 3: Smell the inside of the flower.
Step 4: Carefully cut or tear the petals off the flower.
outside pumpkin petal
Three green veins go up the outside of each of the five lobes of a pumpkin flower. Only the tops are orange.
Step 5: Examine the petals. Compare the inside and outside surfaces [look, color, feel etc.].
Step 6: Examine the inside of the female flower. Measure the pistil. Touch the pistil. You can safely taste the liquid on the pistil. Draw and describe what you observe.
pumpkin flower pistil
Isolated from its flower a pumpkin flower pistil is a bumpy wet mound.
Step 7: Examine how the pistil joins the ovary [tiny pumpkin].
Step 8: Carefully slice the pistil and ovary in half lengthwise. Examine what you see in the two halves. Draw what you see.
pumpkin flower ovary longitudinal cut
Each line of ovules extends down the length of the pumpkin ovary. Each ovule has the potential to become a pumpkin seed.
Step 9: There should be a line of ovules or tiny seeds showing in the ovary. If there isn’t, cut a thin slice off the ovary to find a line of ovules.
Step 10: After you examine the line of ovules, cut across that half of the ovary and look for where lines of ovules are.
Describe a female pumpkin flower
Label the parts on your drawing
Describe the outside of the petals
inside pumpkin flower petal
Inside a female pumpkin flower petal each main vein stands out in green against a pale yellow background. Only the tops of the petals are orange.
Describe the inside of the petals
split pumpkin pistil
Split in half its easy to see the single pistil isn’t single at all but several pistils clumped together.
Describe the pistil.
Describe the tiny pumpkin.
Describe how the inside of the pistil and ovary join
Describe the ovules
Number of ovules in one row:
Number of rows of ovules in half the ovary:
Number of ovules in half the ovary:
Number of ovules in the ovary:
Multiply the number of ovules in a row by the number of rows in half an ovary.
Multiply the number of ovules in half an ovary by two for the number of ovules in an ovary.
If all the ovules in an ovary become seeds, how many seeds will there be in the pumpkin?
pumpkin flower ovary cross section
Each line of ovules is inside a spiral arm. Each half of an ovary has three lines of ovules.
If every ovule must join with one grain of pollen to become a seed, how many grains of pollen must be carried by insects to the pistil?
Why do you think the pistil is wet and sticky?
enlarged pumpkin pistil
Magnified a pumpkin pistil has many bumps making its surface look grainy.
What do you think makes the pistil wet and sticky? |
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Deutsche Terminbörse
The Deutsche Terminbörse (German Derivatives Exchange, or DTB) was the forerunner of today's Eurex.
History and People
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The DTB traces its genesis to the mid-1980s, when a consortium of German banks launched what eventually became the “Finanzplatz Deutschland” initiative to both promote an equity culture in Germany and establish Frankfurt as a financial center to rival Paris and London.
Rolf Breuer had just been named head of Deutsche Bank, and it was he who recruited Berlin Stock Exchange CEO Jörg Franke to head the new “screen-based” (as opposed to “floor-based”) DTB.
The idea of launching a fully-electronic exchange was radical at the time, and had never been tried in a mature market. Switzerland's SOFFEX and Sweden's Options Market Stockholm (OM) were the only electronic exchanges operating without an open outcry trading floor, while the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Globex platform only operated when the trading floors were closed.
Germany was just beginning to dismantle Deutschland AG, and the market potential was staggering. The consensus among traders and exchange executives at the time, however, was that electronic platforms might serve certain low-volume niche products, but could not compete with trading floors in terms of speed or ability to handle complex orders.
Franke and Breuer, however, reasoned that only by locating DTB in cyberspace could they avoid falling victim to the rivalry among the nation’s eight regional stock exchanges, seven of which would likely boycott a trading floor located in the eighth. They quickly decided to license SOFFEX’s proprietary system, and then hired Anderson Consulting to adapt it for the German market.
Within two years of its launch in 1990, DTB became the third-largest derivatives exchange in Europe. By 1995 it had overtaken the French financial futures exchange Matif, and by the end of 1997 it had captured more than 50% of the market in the bund futures traded on Liffe.
The Battle of the Bund
In 1997, DTB became the first – and so far only – exchange to wrestle volume away from an existing liquidity pool when it captured volume in Bund futures and options away from the London International Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE).
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global_05_local_6_shard_00002272_processed.jsonl/17115 | When Do We Stop?
Today, as I was reviewing Facebook, someone posted this message:
In life, it’s important to know when to stop arguing with people and simply let them be wrong
I thought about this with regard to the many times I have seen a discussion devolve into an argument, all because one person wouldn’t stop trying to get the other person to agree. The exchange of ideas was corrupted into an exchange of insults because of one person’s stubborn pridefulness not allowing the other person to have their own view.
For those who profess to be Believers, meaning people who are supposed to be God-fearing, respectful, compassionate, and loving of others to argue about things to the point where their pride takes over is a very poor way to represent God. It doesn’t glorify him, at all! What makes it worse is that the person who refuses to stop arguing will, more often than not, say they are just telling the truth, which they proclaim justifies their rude behavior.
Shaul tells us that righteous anger is fine, and it is, but it is no excuse for being nasty or disrespectful to someone. The same goes for telling the truth; as far as I am concerned, if you are unable to tell someone your understanding of “the truth” without having to yell at or insult them, then not only have you already lost the argument but your truth might not really be the truth.
Now, someone may say that Yeshua insulted the Pharisees and Scribes and Torah-teachers often, and that is true. My answer to that point of fact is this: you ain’t Yeshua! And when he spoke, even those who were against him could not argue with him because his truth was God’s truth and stood on its own. When you or I discuss God with others and they don’t accept what we say, or tell us we are wrong, before we start to insult them we might consider that if what we say isn’t strong enough to stand on its own, maybe what we think is right is actually wrong. Or maybe what we are saying is right but we are saying it in a wrong way.
I learned this lesson many years ago when I received a left-handed compliment from my boss. I was a Sales Manager for Home Depot’s At-Home Services and the Senior Vice President I was working for told me that what I say is almost always correct, but (here comes the down-side) it becomes impotent because of the way I say it. You see, I was just telling the truth, but the way I told it rendered it useless because it made people upset.
God gave each and every one of us Free Will because he wants us to choose to worship him. We also can choose to reject God and all he says. That means God, himself, allows someone to be wrong if they choose to be wrong. So who are we to disallow that which God allows?
Your truth may not be my truth, and (truthfully) both may still be true. What is important is that we don’t tell someone the truth in order to show how correct we are, but to help them come closer to God. It is all about bringing people into proper relationship with God and Messiah, so when someone chooses to reject what you say, go ahead and make an argument without arguing. Allow them a minute or so to take it in, and if they are willing to continue to listen then you are doing well. If they reject what you say, and refuse to accept any proof from you, then before the discussion becomes an argument, do as God does and allow them to be wrong.
One last point: remember how God told the prophets that if they did not tell the people to repent, then their blood would be on his head? But, if after telling them to repent, they decided to reject God’s warnings and continued to sin, then the prophet would be free of their blood and it would be on their own heads? This rule holds true for us, as well. We are to try to bring people into the Kingdom of God but not by force, coercion, fear, or bribery (such as telling them about all the blessings they receive for being Believers.)
As purveyors of God’s truth, your job and mine is simply to tell the truth as God has shown it to us and allow people to make up their own minds.
Thank you for being here, and please share this out to your friends and family, and SUBSCRIBE so that when I post you will be notified. And I always welcome comments, all I ask is that you be nice.
Until next time, L’hitraot and Baruch HaShem!
Who’s Truth is the Real Truth?
What is the truth? Often, what was “truth” at one time was later shown to be a lie: the earth is flat; cigarettes are good for you; the moon is made of cheese; I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.
Even those things that have been taken as absolute Gospel, for instance, well…uh..the Gospels- even within these there have been truths that have been proven false. For instance, Jesus was the name of the Messiah- that’s wrong, it was and still is Yeshua (or, to be fair, some form of this name.) We celebrated (and still do) his birth as being on December 25th- that is wrong; most every biblical scholar today agrees he was born in the fall, sometime around Sukkot.
The Bible is known to be the true word of God, yet there are over 2 dozen different English translations of the Bible, each one with significant differences in many of the verses. And these English versions are translations of the Hebrew and Greek versions that came before them. Then we have to include the translations from English into many different languages, making dozens upon dozens of different translations. And as we all know, Hebrew to Greek to English to whatever other languages won’t translate exactly the same. When we look at any one line within the Bible, we can find many different ways to say it, each with its own cultural, linguistic, and historical influence which can significantly change the understanding of that line.
So even with the Bible, how can we know the REAL truth about God, Messiah, and God’s plan of salvation?
I know the real truth of it all, but that is only my truth. Your truth may be slightly different. Your truth may be slightly different from mine, but someone else’s truth may be way out there!
As an example, what about the law being “fulfilled?” Matthew 5:17 is one of the most misused verses there is in the entire set of Gospels: some people say “fulfilled” (as in the law being fulfilled) means that it is done away with. Others say that the term means that the law was properly interpreted. Still, others say that the “moral” laws remain in force but the ceremonial laws (as if anyone is able to know one from the other) are done away with.
So who do we believe? Who really knows the absolute, undeniable truth of God’s Word? There is only one who does know the absolute truth about everything in the Bible, and that is- God.
And he isn’t talking about it. Why? Because he has already said all he needs to say.
God doesn’t have the ego problems we humans have; he can say what he wants to say and stop there. Humans, mainly the ones who insist they know the truth, can’t shut up about it. You discuss it with them, but they ignore what you say and keep going on with their version. If you disagree and cite biblical verses to prove your point, even if you do this properly by explaining within the written, linguistic, spiritual, and cultural context, they still insist that you are wrong. And when you say that it is time to agree to disagree, they keep at it, still saying you are wrong, pagan, stupid, need to study…whatever insulting and condescending verbiage they can muster in order to make you admit that they are telling the truth.
And maybe they are, but it’s not for them to say. In fact, I don’t think anyone should say what is the absolute truth or what is an absolute lie. We each should believe what we choose to believe, and allow others to believe what they chose to believe. Yes, we should (if we are certain we are correct) try to show them why we believe what we do, but they have a right to disagree. That is from God, who gave each of us Free Will to choose what to believe. We have to respect that right, even if we are absolutely, undeniably, and positively correct (in our own mind) about the truth.
What is the real truth? Who cares! Really! What matters is not so much truth, as faith.
In the Gospel of John, Chapter 8 Yeshua talks about saying only what the Father has told him to say. He says in John 8:31-32 (CJB):
So Yeshua said to the Judeans who had trusted him, “If you obey what I say, then you are really my Talmudim, you will know the truth and the truth will set you free.”
The “truth” Yeshua is talking about here is the truth that he is the Messiah God promised to send and to obey what he said meant to honor the Torah, of which he is the living representative. In other words, when Yeshua said to obey him he was saying that we should obey the Torah, and that obedience has nothing to do with earning salvation but is the result of believing, faithfully, that Yeshua is the Messiah.
But, then again, that is my truth. That is what I believe, and you can accept that as your truth or reject it altogether as a lie. That is your choice.
Let me conclude by saying, straight-out, what today’s message is: speak your truth, listen to the truth of others, and choose to believe what you will. No matter what anyone else says, God is the only one who knows absolutely what he meant, what he means, and what he wants you to know from his Word. And that may be different for you than it is for me.
Each one of us will choose truth and justify it for ourselves. What we choose may be wrong, and if so we will have to face God when the time comes and explain why we chose that particular “truth.” And, although I can’t speak for God, as I have said many times, if what we chose to believe is only what someone else told us, we will still be held accountable for it.
So whatever you choose to believe, make sure that belief system is founded in the belief in God, the belief in the Messiah that he sent, and the trusting belief that God’s promises are forever and trustworthy. That’s your starting point- from there, you better be able to verify and justify anything else with proper biblical exegesis and understanding, which you can get from the author when you ask for it.
And that’s the truth!
What Religions and Lying Have in Common
This is a simple post today, no video- just plain, old common sense backed up by the Bible.
Before we start, though, if you haven’t subscribed please do so today because any day now I will be posting my new book deals and you don’t want to miss out on that.
So, religion and lying: what they have in common is that both are designed to control others.
Most people think that telling a lie is the way we avoid the truth. But it is a little deeper than that- it is really a means of control designed to convince someone that there is a different truth than what they believe. As an example, I didn’t get a project I was supposed to complete done on time. You believe I am responsible, which is the truth but I tell you a lie: I say that a member of the team was late with their part and that prevented me from getting it done on time. If you believe me then I have, in effect, controlled you by changing what you believe to be the truth. I have made you believe a different “truth” than the real truth.
Religions do the same thing. The truth is what God gave us, which is found in the Tanakh (the Old Covenant.) The Gospels confirm the laws of the Torah because that is what Yeshua taught his Disciples, and what they later taught the Gentiles who accepted Yeshua as their Messiah and were (thereby) converting to Judaism.
Remember: Yeshua was and is Jewish, lived a Jewish lifestyle and those who followed him, by definition had to live a Jewish lifestyle, too.
Where religion has tried to control people and give them a new belief system is in how leaders of different religions twist the truth of the Tanakh and the New Covenant (in Hebrew, B’rit Chasdasha) to make people believe what the leaders want them to believe.
For instance, in Judaism there are many additional rituals that are Rabbinic, i.e. found in the Talmud, which are not directly from God. Although I do not universally condemn these traditions, they do exercise a level of control over the Jewish people who are told they must conform to these activities to be “correct.” God never required these, so to say we must follow them is to tell a lie and exercise a form of control.
Christianity has, for the most part, totally ignored the Torah and misinterpreted much in the B’rit Chadasha to change the form of worship from what God commanded. For instance, they kept a “7th day Sabbath” but changed it from the way it had been celebrated; it should be from Friday eve to Saturday eve but they changed it to Sunday during the day only.
Another example of controlling lies within Christianity is how it has used Kefa’s (Peter) vision of the sheet in Acts 10 to do away with the Kosher laws by saying the vision meant all food is OK to eat. The truth is that his vision had nothing to do with food and was about allowing Kefa to bring salvation to the Gentiles, but I suppose the Christian leadership desired to eat pork rinds.
One major aspect of lying that religion has in common is this: when you tell a lie, you have to keep expanding that lie. This is because there are always “loose ends” within a lie; you need to expand the lie as more people hear it and start to question the truth of it. As the old saying goes, “What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.”
To me, this means if a religion is lying it will eventually need to “expand” itself, which will result in having to separate into different sects.
Within Judaism, there are 6 different sects: Chasidic, Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and Messianic (although the other sects won’t recognize Messianic Jews as being Jewish- another lie that religion has created to control people.) And within the Chasidim, we can probably list the Lubavitcher, also called Chabad, as a sub-sect.
As for all the different sects and forms of Christianity, there isn’t enough server space for me to list them all.
If we accept that a lie grows and grows, then all these religions that are supposed to stem from what God told Moses must be some form of a lie, right? Now if you say what God told Moses is only for Jews, then you refute what Yeshua (Jesus) taught because the Apostle John called Yeshua the Living Torah- the Word that became flesh. If Yeshua is the Living Torah, then how could he teach anything that was against himself?
So now that I have debunked, insulted and berated all of the Judeo-Christian religions, what is left for us? Simple- what is left is what God told us to do, what Yeshua told us to do, what Micah told us to do, what The Rambam (Maimonides) told us to do, what Shaul (Paul) told us to do, which is….to love God and to love each other.
God gave the Torah to the Jewish people to bring to the world:
(Exodus 19:6- “And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
The commandments found in the Torah are what Yeshua confirmed in all his teachings. Accept that the Old and New Covenants are one Bible, one story, one narrative of the plan of salvation God has for his creation and accept that the “New” did not override or do away with the “Old”- it added to it. The covenants that God has made with us are not exclusive, they are cumulative.
The world was meant to obey the Torah, which I can prove by pointing out that God said not to add to or take away from the Torah:
The Messiah was sent to the world to bring us all back to God, back to repentant obedience and to lead us into salvation. We are not to change anything God said, and anything that does change it is not from God but from Man. God gave us his rules for how to worship him and how to treat each other; men created religion in order to control people.
What God gave us is the truth and what religion gives us is a lie. The challenge for each of us is to determine which is which.
That which is from God is “Truth”, and that which is from Man is “Religion.”
The Problem People Have With God
This title is a little misleading- it’s not really the problem people have with God, it’s the problem people have accepting the truth about God.
That truth is simply that He is in charge, wants to do the best for us, but also will make the rules and enforce them.
And God will do what He wants to do, when He wants to do it, and how He wants it to be done, despite what, when or how we want Him to!
Talk in a Worldly Way About Unworldly Things
Before I was saved, one of the things that always turned me off, right away, to those “Born-Again” people was that they talked so “spiritually” about everything.
When you don’t have the Holy Spirit, you can’t relate to it, or to people who talk using spiritual terminology.
We need to take a lesson from Shaul (Paul), and talk to people in a way that they can relate to us if we want to be able to open their ears and minds to the truth of God’s plan of salvation.
Introduction to Messianic Judaism
I am not an expert in Messianic Judaism, but I do hold a Certificate of Messianic Studies (if I paid dues I would “officially” be a Messianic Minister) and I have been a Believer for over 20 years. I have been a Ministry head (Shamash) for multiple ministries and once was “Rabbi Pro Tem” for almost 2 years. I have been at two places of worship over these years and been asked to be a Council member at both. I am currently on the Council where I worship (a Hebraic Roots congregation here in Melbourne, Florida) where I help teach and lead the liturgy with the Senior Pastor.
I say all this not to brag, but simply to validate that what I am writing has some substance, both from theological training and experience.
Now that all that is out of the way, I want to approach those who are new Believers, either in Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) or who are already Believers and now feeling the pull back to their Jewish roots, wanting to know more about the truth of who Yeshua was and is, and how they fit (as Gentiles) in God’s plan of salvation.
First off, let’s get the important basics covered:
1. Yeshua is a Jew, lived as a Jew, died as a criminal on a stake, and was resurrected as a Jew who still worshiped His Father, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The “Jesus” that most Christians know is not the real Yeshua who walked the earth and died for them. Christianity, today, doesn’t come from Yeshua’s teachings, it comes from Constantine’s establishment of the Christian Canon at the Council of Nicene. This is an important truth that you must know to understand why Jews want nothing to do with Christianity. Since as early as 98 AD, the Gentile leaders of the newly forming Christian religion have theologically and ritually separated themselves from Judaism, and persecuted their Jewish brothers and sisters.
2. Yeshua never said anything against the Torah. His teachings were not as the Pharisees taught, which was only the P’shat (literal meaning of the words); Yeshua taught us the Remez, or Drash, which is the spiritual meaning underneath the written, literal meaning of the words.
3. When we are “saved” through our repentance and acceptance of Yeshua as the Messiah (whose sacrifice provides forgiveness of our sins), that does not mean we are saved once and forever. When Yeshua died and was resurrected, His sacrifice did not replace the entire sacrificial system designed by God in the Torah. What He replaced was the need to bring a sacrifice to the Temple in Jerusalem: we still need to ask forgiveness from God, the Father when we sin, and that is for every sin we commit. We are sinful in nature, and even though as Believers we do not want to sin, we do. And when we sin we need to confess, repent (do T’Shuvah) and ask forgiveness, which we do now (since there is no Temple) through the sacrifice that Yeshua made for us. Salvation is a free gift from God which He will never take back, but through our lack of repentance (assuming that all sins are automatically forgiven and, thereby, failing to repent of the ones we perform) we can throw it away.
4. You will get many to argue against what I am now about to say, and ultimately you must study, ask the Holy Spirit for guidance and understanding, and make your own decision, but as for me, whatever Yeshua was before He came to earth, conceived by the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) and born of a woman, when He came out of Miryam (Mary) He was 100% human, and was (and still is) separate from God, the Father. Yeshua is our Lord, but He is not THE LORD. This is clear from all the greetings in the letters Shaul writes (he always says “from God, the Father and Yeshua, the Messiah”- clearly two entities) and from 2 John 1:7:
1. “For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not acknowledge Yeshua the Messiah’s coming as a human being. Such a person is a deceiver and an anti-Messiah” (Complete Jewish Bible)
Messianic Judaism is, simply put, living a Jewish lifestyle according to the Torah, and accepting that Yeshua is the Messiah God promised us throughout the Tanakh (Tanakh is an acronym for Torah, Nevi’im, and Ketuvim- the teachings, the writings of the Prophets, and the other writings); remember that “Torah” does not mean “law”, but “teaching” so through honoring God by obeying what is in the Torah we learn what God wants from us, meaning how to worship Him, how to live, and how to treat each other. Most Jews (I call them ‘Mainstream Jews”) will refuse to accept Yeshua because of the thousands of years of bigotry, persecution and misleading teachings that the “Church” has taught their own. I am a Jew, born a Jew by blood, circumcised, a Bar Mitzvah, and living a Jewish lifestyle in accordance with the Torah, yet if I told another Jew (one who doesn’t believe Yeshua is the Messiah) that I believe Yeshua is the Messiah, then that Jew would call me a traitor and a Christian. To a Jew, another Jew who accepts Yeshua is no longer a Jew. Of course that is ridiculous, but it is what they are taught. It is what I was taught, and believed, for over 40 years.
To a Christian, if I say I am “saved by the blood of Jesus Christ” but still obey the Torah and live a Jewish lifestyle, they accuse me of not really being “saved” because I live as a Jew, so I am not “under the blood” but “under the law!” They have ben taught Yeshua did away with Torah. Again, millennia of misleading teachings and lack of understanding.
There are a few books you could find on this topic that will help you. One I suggest is “Hebraic Roots” by Ken Garrison; it is an easy to read history of how today’s Christianity has become totally separated from Judaism. You can also read “The Jewish Manifesto” by Dr. Daniel Stern, as well as his other books, “The Complete Jewish Bible” and his “Jewish New Testament Commentary.” This will help you understand Messianic Jewish viewpoints and the writings of Shaul (Paul) much better than an NIV or KJV bible ever will.
Finally (since this is just a brief introduction) understand that Judaism is as diverse and confusing as Christianity, in that within Christianity there are so many different religions and within Judaism there are so many different sects. There are the Chasidic Jews (ultra-Orthodox and mystical), Orthodox (the remains of the Pharisees), the Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist (mostly interested in the traditions of Judaism.) I include Messianic Jews as a sect of Judaism, but the mainstream Jews won’t. In fact, even within Messianic Judaism, there are different organizations, each one with a different viewpoint of who Yeshua was/is with regard to His divinity, position, etc. There is the Chosen People Ministries, the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America (MJAA) and the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC). There are other Messianic organizations, as well, but these three are the major ones you may hear about.
If you look these up in Wikipedia, it will say these are Evangelistic Christian organizations, which is an example of the subtle Anti-Semitic tone that most Christians take towards Jews, even today.
What is interesting is that if you visit a Messianic Synagogue, you will find (as I have in my experience) that the majority of the people there are Gentiles wanting to get back to their Jewish roots and actually live as Yeshua lived. This is the role the “church” has in God’s plan of salvation: to make their Jewish brothers and sisters “jealous” for their own Messiah by seeing the Gentiles (the Goyim, or Nations) worshiping God and honoring Torah as they do, but with the closeness and relationship that Jews cannot have because they maintain their need for the Temple (in Jerusalem) instead of accepting Yeshua as their substitution for the The Temple, through whom they can be cleansed of their sin.
I have given you a lot to think about, and done so in a very blatant, open teaching. If I may add one last thing, my own definition of what Messianic Judaism is to me: Messianic Judaism is Judaism that has come full circle: living as God told us all we should live (as the Torah says) and being saved from the death we all deserve from our sinful lives through the Messiah God promised us he would send, who is Yeshua. I am not a “Born Again Christian”- I am a “Born Anew Jew!”
GOD HAS NO RELIGION!! He gave the Torah to the descendants of Abraham in order to fulfill the promise He made to Abraham, which was that all people would be blessed by Abraham’s seed. The Torah is for all living beings, and Judaism is a religion only because other man-made religions arose, causing the need for labels.
Finally, please constantly read the bible, verify EVERYTHING (including all I have said) and accept nothing without asking God to show you the truth of it. Always remember that what you hear from people is going to be what they heard from people- rarely does anyone do any real research. People have been misled and lied to by people who thought they knew the truth, and who learned it from people who thought they knew the truth, who learned it from people who…well, you get the point. Humans, if you tell them something often enough, no matter how ridiculous it may sound, will eventually accept it as true.
Good luck, and may God send His Ruach HaKodesh to you to guide you in your journey to find the truth God has for you.
No One is Replaceable
We have heard the old adage, “No one is irreplaceable” many times in work, in sports, at church or synagogue, but it is not correct because the focus of this saying is on the person, not the position.
You see, the position a person holds in the world can always be taken over by someone else. Maybe not as well, maybe better, but one way or another, if I hold a position of authority or importance, someone else out there can do that job, too.
But me, you, whomever is the person holding that position, well…that person is irreplaceable. We are all individuals, each one of us blessed with different gifts so that the entire human race has all it needs to survive.
Unfortunately, we aren’t doing the best job we can with the gifts we have.
We need to learn to appreciate people for their uniqueness, whether that is a good thing about them or a bad thing. Even the most evil of all God’s creations, people like Hitler, Charles Manson, Jim Jones, Xerxes, Caligula, Nero, Herod (and the list goes on) all were in positions that other people took over for them, although they, themselves, were irreplaceable (thank goodness for that! One of each of them was more than enough.)
All the political upheaval with Clinton, Obama, Trump, e-mails, Russian hacking, etc. is all a lot of fluff that means nothing. It has gone on before, and will continue to be a part of our culture. Yes, it is in our very culture- I believe any student of History will confirm that political unrest and underhanded activities are part and parcel of the American culture. These sneaky, illegal and nasty things that politicians (and many business executives) do are still a gift, although a misused gift, that these people have for getting things they want done, done.
Now, for those of us who follow God’s word, we need to demonstrate the gifts God gives us in ways that please the LORD, not in ways that please the world. The evil use of God’s gifts is a satanic activity, not because Satan is totally behind it, but that whatever isn’t for God is against Him, so anything we do that doesn’t honor and glorify God, honors and glorifies the enemy of God (scary thought when you really think on it), so we need to be aware of everything we do and also how we react to what others do. We need to show distaste for evil, and compassion for those subjected to evil, but not to get overly maudlin about it. After all, as bad as things are, we are to be in the world but not of it, and if we let the world get to us, then we are reacting in a worldly way.
The point is this: don’t get all caught-up in politics and the bad things that are happening in the world. The reason I say this is because getting all riled up because of what happens in the world is like working in a fish market- the more exposure to the fish, the more you will smell like one. We need to keep a distance, emotionally, from the evil in the world so that we can shine forth and demonstrate that with God, we are above and out of reach of the enemy’s activities. Even if we are tortured and put to death, it is only our bodies that are being affected, not our souls. That is what Yeshua told us to be prepared for, and I believe (hopefully you agree) that if we allow ourselves to have our kishka’s (intestines, or guts) churned up over the things happening in the world, we will become too involved with it to remain out of it. In other words, the more we allow ourselves to be lured into the problems of the world, the more we are like everyone else and less like God.
That’s not where we want to be.
I don’t read the news, except once in a while, and I don’t get myself involved in political discussions (all right, maybe once in a while, but rarely) because I know that things will get worse before they get resolved. Yeshua is the resolution to the world, the end of the problems, and the beginning of an eternity of peace, so I will stay as far away from the drek of the world as I can, and remain focused on what is really important- glorifying God and honoring Yeshua with the way I talk, I work, I live and how I treat others.
How about you?
Are You a Flashlight in the Daytime or a Candle in the Evening?
What the heck kind of question is that?
Well, let’s see: what do a candle and a flashlight have in common? Right- they both put out light. And aren’t we told that we should be a light unto the world? (Matthew 5:14-16)
“Yes, Steve, that’s right, so if both are a light, why worry about the difference? Whether I am a flashlight or a candle, aren’t I still being “a light” to people?”
Yes, you’re still a light. But which is more effective?
That’s the point- if I shine a flashlight on something that is in the sunlight, how effective is the light I add? Obviously, it won’t make a very big difference, if any.
But a candle in the dark of evening can be seen by the unaided human eye from over a mile away! And the closer the candle, the more effective the candle light becomes.
Here’s what I want to say….many of us are doing our best at being good representatives of God, trying to be separated (i.e., holy) from the world while living in it (John 17:16), but we aren’t really going where we are needed to be a more effective light. It’s easy to talk with other Believers, and it’s easy (and safe) to hang out with all the people we know are righteous and trustworthy. But when we do that we are no better than a flashlight in the bright midday sun.
We need (and I am preaching to myself here) to get out into the darkness- to talk with people who do not believe as we do, to demonstrate the way the Ruach haKodesh (Holy Spirit) affects us and helps us be more like God, and to go where we are needed most.
Now, don’t get me wrong- I am not saying to go to the nearest biker bar and preach the Word, or to walk the streets at night in the worst parts of town and hand out tracts. That’s not being a light, that’s being suicidal!
What I do mean is that we need to have the courage to talk about God and our beliefs to people we meet everyday. Don’t become one of those “Bible Thumpers” who can’t hold a normal conversation, but do try to fit something God-related into the discussion every now and then.
For instance, when I know I can relate a biblical saying or story to the conversation, I just say something to the effect of, “You know, there was this book I read that said this…” or “I once heard a story about ….” and not even imply it’s from the bible. Then, when I am done, if I see so much as a spark of interest, I will ask if they know where that came from. Now they are leading me into the discussion, and I have their permission to talk about God, even though they didn’t necessarily mean to let me.
And when that happens, go slow. Don’t jump down their throats about God and Hell and all that stuff, just follow their lead and ask, “Have you ever heard that story? Where did you hear it? Oh, you heard it when you were a kid in Sunday School? Why did you stop going? Do you still go to church/synagogue? ” Again, don’t non-stop grill them, just let them take the lead, and dance them around to what you want to get to, which is how much God has helped you in your everyday life.
Missionary work is hard, selling is hard, and if you don’t like the idea that as a missionary you are selling, then you need to have an attitude adjustment. Read Og Mandino’s book, “The Greatest Salesman In the World” and it will make your missionary work much more effective.
Today’s message is really a simple message, it’s not too hard to understand, and it takes guts to act on it. We need to make sure that every moment of every day we are candles in the darkness, because being a flashlight in the sunshine is easy, but useless.
Here is a wonderful paradox: in the real world fruit can’t grow without sunshine, but spiritually you can only produce fruit in the darkness.
Think about it.
sometimes stuff just happens
You know, we live in a world that has been cursed. Sometimes the ground is like brass, the sky often holds back its rain, and there are terrible weather occurrences, such as snowstorm Stella in the Northeast today.
Last night as I was watching TV and thinking I had some popcorn stuck between my teeth (we’ve all been there, right?) I loosened it up and what came out wasn’t popcorn at all- it was a piece of my molar. Fortunately, the entire center of that tooth is amalgam (filling) so I don’t have any exposed roots or nerves, but still and all, it’s never fun to have a piece of your tooth come off.
So did God punish me? Did I perform some terrible sin that caused this to happen, which may very well interfere with whatever plans I had for today?
I don’t think so- I feel certain that, although God does know everything that happens to me, He has more important things to do than cause me tsouris (Yiddish for “troubles”) this morning.
That’s why I am sharing this event in my life with you today, because I have known people over the years who seem to think that everything that happens, whether for good or for bad, is a direct result of something God did to them. Whenever they have a little trouble in their life, they blame God. If the car breaks down, it’s because they were traveling on Shabbat; if the water heater needs repair, it’s because they sinned against someone; if they get sick and miss some event, it’s because God didn’t want them to go to it.
Now, maybe (just maybe) God did intervene- He does that now and then, but for everything? I don’t see that happening, do you? Just because God is in control of everything doesn’t mean that He causes everything that happens. Often enough, I am certain (although I cannot speak for God- read Job to find out how God feels about people speaking for Him) that God often allows things to take their own course. He knows what will come from it, and there must be times, just like every parent goes through, when He knows that His children are doing something that will eventually harm them, but as a parent you allow it to run it’s course so that the child learns. It’s called Tough Love, and it is a necessary means to an end, which is that the child learns a valuable lesson so it’s life will be better. Coddling and over-protecting a child will never allow that child to develop self-dependence, or teach it to be responsible for it’s actions.
My plan for today, which was to clean and restore a rotor-tiller motor with a friend who is a good mechanic, may be quashed as I wait for the dentist’s office to return my call for an emergency visit. And who knows what the dentist will say needs to be done. He will most likely want to try to save the tooth or replace it ($$$) while I would rather just have him pull the problem tooth out and be done with it: after all, it’s all the way in the back of my mouth, has no cosmetic value and I have two other molars there to handle the workload.
But no matter what happens, I do not blame God for this, and do not feel that it happened because I was eating too much popcorn. I just can’t believe that God punished me because I was glutenous. As silly as that sounds, I know you have met people (as I have) that would actually believe that is why this happened. God broke my tooth because I went off my diet. Really? Are things that slow in the universe God has to take time to break my tooth as a punishment for eating too much popcorn?
So what’s my point? It’s this: things happen to us and to other people, and more often than not the cause is something we have done to ourselves and not some Divine intervention designed to change our behavior. The question is: how do we know when it is Divine intervention?
I can’t answer that one; I suppose we all just have to look at the event, and the causes of that event, and ask the Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) to show us the reason. I would say that most of the time it’s probably your own fault, since humans are so prone to doing the wrong thing, and to evaluate the event in terms of how serious it is. For example, my tooth breaking isn’t exactly a change of life event- it happens all the time, to nearly everyone. Now, if every tooth in my mouth broke, that would be something more along the lines of a miraculous happening, something so unique and devastating that I would realistically have to consider God having a hand in it.
Don’t blame God for everything that happens- He is always there for you, He never abandons or forgets you, but He also has other things to attend to and more often than not will allow you to choose your own path. And He will also allow you to walk that path. If He has a definitive plan for you, something that He wants you to do, He will intervene to move you in that direction, but, in the end, we have free will to decide what we will or will not do. So, listen to the Ruach HaKodesh, pay attention to what you are doing, and always check with yourself to make sure that what you are doing is in keeping with how God told us to live our lives. Even when we are walking the path God told us to walk, we will still have troubles- Yeshua (Jesus) tells us so in His teachings.
It’s not how many trials you have that matter- it’s how you come through them that is important. God is there, He is watching, but He is not causing everything that goes wrong. Things will always go wrong when you follow God because you live in a world that rejects God’s ways, so (naturally) when you worship God as He said to worship Him, you are swimming against the tide.
Here’s what I do: I constantly try to remember that what I do now affects where I get to go later, and I concentrate on overcoming obstacles instead of trying to figure out why they are there. If you can do the same, I guaranty it will help you keep on the right path.
Parashah Yitro (Jethro) Exodus 18-20
This parashah starts with the reunion of Moses to his wife and children, whom he had sent away while still in Egypt to be with her father, Jethro, the Priest of Midian. Now in the desert and with Egypt no longer a threat of any kind, Jethro brings Moses’ family back to him.
The next day, while watching Moses dispense justice all day long, Jethro suggests that Moses delegate his authority so that he, alone, doesn’t have to hear every single case. Moses accepts this advice and does as Jethro suggested.
Proverbs 12:1– “Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.”
The rest of this section of Torah takes us to the mountain of God, Sinai (also known as Horeb) and the people are told to prepare to meet the Lord, who came down to the mountain in fire and smoke and gave us the Decalogue, the Ten Commandments.
Before reading the Torah, we recite this prayer:
Blessed art thou, oh Lord, our God, king of the Universe, who has chosen us from all peoples and given to us his Torah. Blessed art thou, oh Lord, giver of the Torah.
And after we read from the Torah, we recite this prayer:
Blessed are thou, oh Lord our God, king of the universe, who has given us the Torah of truth, and placed everlasting life in our midst. Blessed art thou, oh Lord, giver of the Torah.
Why were the Jewish people granted this wonderful election- to be given the Torah, which provides everlasting life? The answer is simple: God loved Abraham, who was a righteous and faithful servant, and since one of the 13 Attributes of God is to bless those who love him to the thousandth generation (Exodus 20:6): that is why the descendants of Abraham were chosen, and blessed with receiving and being the guardians of the Torah.
Notice I said “descendants of Abraham” and not “the Jewish people”: I did that because once someone accepts the God of Abraham as their God, that person is considered by God’s commandment to be an adopted child of Abraham (Romans 9:8 and Galatians 3:29), and as such is afforded all the rights and privileges under the Torah (as well as the obligation to obey the Torah) as any “natural born” descendant.
The Torah was given to those who are descendants of Abraham: the purpose not being for their use only, but to show the world how God wants us to worship Him and treat each other (Exodus 19:6.)
Christians are descendants of Abraham because they accept Yeshua (Jesus) as their Messiah, and so through that relationship are worshiping the same God who sent Yeshua. That means they are adopted sons and daughters of Abraham, and as such, have also been given the Torah to provide them everlasting life.
Why then do so many Christian organizations teach that the Torah is (essentially) dead, and the laws and commandments in the Torah (which God said to obey) are not binding on Christians? It’s like they want to have their cake and eat it, too- give us the everlasting life that Torah provides, but don’t expect us to obey the Torah.
Huh? Really?
I use this analogy when teaching about the split between Christianity and Judaism:
Remember the Bugs Bunny cartoon where Elmer chases Bugs into a tree? Bugs is sitting on a branch, and Elmer is on the tree sawing the branch, laughing derisively as he knows Bugs will fall to the ground. But when the branch is cut through, it is the tree that falls to the ground while the branch remains suspended in air. That’s what Christianity thinks is possible when they teach that they can ignore the Torah.
The Torah is what God gave to the world– the Jews are nothing more than the first ones to learn the lessons. God’s commandment to the Jewish people is to follow, then teach others to follow. That is how the descendants of Abraham are to be a blessing to the world (Genesis 22:18), and why it is so important to realize that accepting Yeshua means becoming a descendant of Abraham, which carries the obligation (even the commandment) to teach the nations and the peoples of the world about the Torah, which was, and is, part of God’s plan of salvation.
To put it more succinctly: if you teach that the Torah is not necessary, you are working against God’s plan of salvation. If you think faith is all you need to be saved, you are right, but without obedience then your faith is empty; everything (EVERYTHING) Yeshua taught us to do is directly from the Torah. Everything His Talmudim (Disciples) taught the newly grafted branches onto the Tree of Life to do was directly from the Torah.
I am not saying to be a Christian you have to convert to Judaism, and because I am Born Again that doesn’t make me a Christian- I am a Jew. But everyone who accepts Yeshua (Jesus) as their Messiah and Savior becomes a descendant of Abraham and, as such, is required to obey the commandments God gave to the descendants of Abraham- the same ones we read in the Torah, starting with this parashah and the Ten Commandments.
The Ten Commandments is the “Reader’s Digest” version of the entire Tanakh, the first 5 dealing with our duties to God and the next 5 with our duties to each other. As Yeshua said, the most important commandments are to love God and love each other, and on those two commandments pivot all the writings and the Prophets (Matthew 22:36-40.) These 10 commandments teach us how to love God and each other, but neither God nor Yeshua ever meant that we should exclude all the other commandments found in the Torah. That is what Yeshua meant when He said that the writings and the Prophets pivot on, or are contained, in these two things. He wasn’t saying we can ignore the rest, He was saying that the rest will come more naturally from doing these two things.
We need to get back on line, back in the proper groove, which is to honor the Torah, which honors God, and try to obey all that God said we should do. There shouldn’t be differences in religions, in fact, there shouldn’t be different religions, at all! There should only be God and each other- that is the game plan He gave us to follow. Apparently, we didn’t like a lot of God’s rules, so we’ve made up a bunch of our own, from Talmudic laws of Halakha (Way to Walk) to Christian Canons and rites. And whom do these rules honor? Not God, because they are man-made and their main purpose is to provide a few with power over the others.
Anything different from what God told us to do is not from God- think about that.
Salvation comes from faith, but faith without works is dead, so prove your faithfulness by your works: the works God, Himself, gave us in His Torah. |
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