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Nature's complimentary reward. Silence is unheeding since birds sing as soon as the sun rises and it's that precious gift given between brainpower and happiness.
Eight years. Eight long, hot, dusty years I've wandered through this wasteland, searching for other non-hostile survivors. Everybody I meet I'm forced to kill. People say there is no mercy in the apocalypse, but I try to exercise mercy whenever possible.
The apocalyptic landscape is not devoid of color. The ancient barns that dot the rural farmland (or what was rural before the disaster) are reddish brown and the green floating islands are a welcome sight. The islands have an interesting story. They were all held up by an immense force (what it was and how it worked was above the brainpower of most of the population) that was housed somewhere in England. When this force was destroyed purely by accident in the disaster, all the floating islands came crashing to Earth. They are still green because they still have a huge reservoir of water inside them, keeping the grass green. I like to lie on the grass after a long day. It reminds me of my home, almost a decade ago. I close my eyes and imagine I am back in my front yard... long ago.....
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My entry to the Vapourlypse Contest. In case anyone's wondering how the island came to be inside the barn (which has only 1 wall because I ran out of bricks, and thus you see the FP mountains and blue sky), it fell down and rolled into the barn. I couldn't figure out how to put that into the story. >.>
Anyway, C and C?
IMO, one of my better scenes.
Inspired by Bricko and TheBricks.
-IronBricks
Arbedeen City - Pretty Pet
ACDC - Back in Black
ACDC - Highway To Hell
ACDC - You Shook me all night long
The Adicts - Johnny Was a Slodier
The Adicts - Joker In the Pack
The Adicts - Straight Jacket
The Adicts - Viva La Revolution
The Adolescent - Ameoba
Afro Man - Because I got High
Against Me! - New Wave
Against Me! - Stop
Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
Agnostic Font - Victim In Pain
Air - Dead Bodies
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
The All American Rejects - It Ends Tonight
All That Remains - Six
Ambulance LTD - Anecdote
Andrew Sisters - Mr. Sandman
The Aquabats - My Skateboard
The Aquabats - Pizza Day
The Aquabats - Pool Party
The Aquabats - Super Rad
The Arcade Fire - No Cars Go
Archers Of Loaf - Harnessed In Slums
Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good on The Dance Floor
Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm
Atreyu - Bleeding Mascara
Audioslave - Man Or Animal
August Burns Red - Composure
August Burns Red -Consumer
Avenge Sevenfold - Afterlife
Avenge Sevenfold - Bat Country
Avenge Sevenfold - Burn It Down
Avenge Sevenfold - Seize The Day
Avenge Sevenfold - Unholy Confessions
Bad Brains - Banned In DC
Bad Brains - I Against I
Bad Brains - Right Brigade
Bad Brains - Riot Squad
Bad Religion - New Dark Ages
Bad Religion - Atheist Peace
Bad Religion - Infected
Bad Religion - Los Angeles Is Burning
Bad Religion - Sorrow
Band Of Horses - Is There a Ghost
Band Of Horses - The Funeral
Band Of Horses - The Great salt lake
Band Of Horses - Weed Party
The Bar-kays - Too Hot to Stop
Barry Louis Polisar - All I want Is You
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Beastie Boys - Girls
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Beck - Loser
Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Bee Gees - Disco Inferno
Billy Idol - Scream
Billy Talent - Red Flag
The Briggs - One Shot Down
Black Flag - Louie Louie
Blacksheep - This Or That
Bloodhound Gang - Discovery Channel
Bloodhound Gang - Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo
Bloodhound Gang - Pennsylvania
Bloodhound Gang - The Ballad of Chelsea Lane
Blue Oyster Cult - Dont Fear The Reaper
Bob Dylan - Brown Eyed Girl
Bob Dylan - Cocaine Blues
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Marley - Bad Boys
Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier
Bob Marley - One Love
Bomb Sqwad - Flashy Whips
The Bravery - Believe
The Briefs - Poor And Weird
Bruce Springstein - Born To Run
Bullet For My Valentine - Hit The Floor
Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
Bullet For My Valentine - Waking The Demon
Butthole Surfers - Who Was In My Room Last Night?
Cake - The Distance
Canned Heat - Going Up The Country
The Casualties - In it For LIfe
Chairlift - Bruises
Challenger - Input The Output
Children Of Bodem - Hate Me!
Children Of Bodem - Hate Crew Deathroll
Children Of Bodem - You're Better Off Dead
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
CKY - 96 Quite Bitter Beings
CKY - Escape From Hellview
The Clash - I Fought The Law
The Clash - London Calling
The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I go
The Clash - Tainted Love
Clint Mansell - Dead Reckoning
Coheed And Cambria - Welcome Home
Cold - With My Mind
Cold Play - Clocks
Cold Play - Yellow
Cold War Kids - Hang Me Up To Dry
Cold War Kids - Hospital Beds
Cold War Kids - Saint John
Cold War Kids - We Used To Vacation
Coldplay - Fix You
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
The Coup - Pork And Beef
Crazytown - Butterfly
The Crowd - Trix Are For Kids
Daft Punk - Aerodynamic
Daft Punk - Around The World
Daft Punk - One More Time
Daft Punk - Robot Rock
David Bowie - Queen Bitch
David Bowie And Queen - Under Pressure
Dead Boys - Aint It Fun
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
Dead Kennedys - Chemical Warfare
Dead Kennedys - Halloween
Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia
Dead Kennedys - Police Truck
Dead Moon - Dead Moon Night
Descendents - Bikeage
Destroy The Runner - Thoughts In Reverse
Destroy The Runner - From The Red
Destroy The Runner - Saints
Destroy The Runner - The Aleph
Dick Dale - MIsirlou
The Diffs - Living Chaos
Disturbed - Down With The Sickness
Disturbed - Indestructible
Disturbed - Inside the Fire
Disturbed - Stricken
Dogwood - Building a Better Me
Dogwood - Never Die
Dogwood - The Good Times
The Doors - Break On Through
Dropkick Murphys - Gangs All Here
Dropkick Murphys - Famous For Nothing
Dropkick Murphys - Kiss Me Im Shitfaced
Drowning Pool - Let The Bodies Hit The Floor
Drowning Pool - Step Up
Dub Pistols - Cyclone
Eagels Of Death Metal - Chase The Devil
The Eagels - Hotel California
Eddie Grant - Electric Avenue
The Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors
The Flaming Lips - W.A.N.D.
A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran
Flyleaf - Im So sick
Foo Fighters - All My LIfe
Foo Fighters - My Hero
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Franz Ferdinand - This Fire
Franz Ferdinand - The Fallen
Freezepop - Brainpower
GG Allen - I kill Everything I Fuck
The GO! Team - The Power Is On
Gogol Bordello - 60 Revolutions
Gogol Bordello - Immigrant Punk
Gogol Bordello - Wonderlust King
Goldfinger - 99 Red Balloons
Goldfinger - Superman
Green Day - American Idiot
Green Dar - Holiday
Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
Heart - Crazy On You
Henry Rollins Band - Hotter And Hotter
The Hives - Main Offender
The Hives - A little More For a Little You
The Hives - Abra Cadaver
The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
The Hold Steady - Killer Parties
The Hold Steady - Most People are DJ' S
The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
Iggy Pop and The Stooges - Im Sick Of You
Iggy Pop and the Stooges - My Idea Of Fun
Internaltional Noise Conspiracy - Repruduction Of Death
The Jam - Going Underground
Joan Jett - I love Rock And Roll
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
Johnny Cash - Boy Named Sue
Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison
Joy Division - They Walked The Line
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby
Karate Kid - Your The Best Around
The Killers - Human
The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine
The Killers - When You Where Young
Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver
Killswitch Engage - My Curse
Killswitch Engage - This Fire Burns
Led Zeppelin - Kashmire
Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Lilly Allen - Smile
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Massive Attack - Teardrops
Matchbox Twenty - How Far We' ve Come
Maximum Penalty - All Your Boyz
MC5 - Teenage Lust
MC5 - American Ruse
Mercyful Fate - A Corpse Without A Soul
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Metallica - One
MGMT - Electric Feel
MGMT - Destrokk
MGMT - Kids
MGMT - Time to Pretend
Mickey Avalon - My Dick
Midnight Creeps - Dont Let Em Bring you down
Misfits - Astro Zombies
Misfits - Attitude
Misfits - Hybrid Moments
Misfits - Last Caress
Motor Head - Ace Of Spades
MxPx - Punk Rock Show
Napalm Death - You Suffer (SHORTEST SONG EVER)
Nine Inch Nails - Just Like You Imagined
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Nirvana - In Bloom
Oasis - Wonder Wall
The Offspring - Hammerhead
The Offspring - Keep Em Separated
The Offspring - One Fine Day
The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far
Paranoid Social Club - We all got Wasted
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Plastic Bentrand - Ca Plane Pouir Moi
Proclaimers - 500 Miles
Prodigy - First Warning
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Mr Fahrenheit
Quiet Riot - Cum on Feel The Noise
Racounteurs - Salute Your Solution
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In the Fire
Rammstein - Du Hast
Rammstein - Sonne
The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
The Ramones - I wanna Be Sedated
Rancid - Maxwell Murder
Rancid - Ruby Soho
Rancid - Time Bomb
Reel Big Fish - Beer
Reel Big Fish - Take On Me
Rise Against - Drones
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
The Roots - The Seed
Ryan Adams - To Be Young
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in The UK
Sex Pistols - Bodies
Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
Smashing Pumpkins - Rat In A Cage
Smashing Pumpkins - Tarantula
Smashing Pumpkins - The Beginning Is The Start Of The End
Social Distortion - Ring Of Fire
Sonic Youth - Superstar
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Stick To Your Guns - Colorblind
Stick To Your Guns - All Time Low
Stick To Your Guns - Our Demise
Street Dogs - Fading American Dream
The Strokes - Juice Box
The Strokes - Repitilia
The Strokes - Take IT or Leave IT
Sublime - Santana
Sublime - Date Rape
Sublime - Wrong Way
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
System Of A Down - BYOB
System Of A Down - Chop Suey
System Of A Down - Fuck The System
System Of A Down - Hypnotize
System Of A Down - The Prison Song
Taking Back Sunday - Make Damn Sure
Tay Zonday - CHOCOLATTE RAIN
Three Days Grace - I Hate Everything About You
Three Days Grace - Pain
Three Days Grace - Riot
Thrice - Artist In The Ambulance
The Toasters - Your Gonna Pay
Tool - Anemia
Tool - Opiate
Tool - Prison Sex
Tool - Rosseta Stoned
Tool - Schism
Tool - The Pot
Tool - Vicarious
The Transplants - Gangsters And Thugs
The Trashmen - Surfing Bird
Turbonegro - All My Friends Are Dead
Vagient - Seven
Vampire Weekend - A Punk
We are Scientist - The Great Escape
We are Scientist - Inaction
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Weezer - Say It Aint So
Weezer - Teenage Dirtbag
The Who - Baba o Riley
The Who - My Generation
The Who - Wont Get Fooled Again
Wolfmother - Colosal
Wolfmother - Dimension
Wolfmother - Woman
3 Inches Of Blood - Deadly Sinners
I cant believe i did that.
RECENT NOTE
THIS PLAY LIST HAS BEEN DELETED AND REPLACED WITH A BETTER ONE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I LOST THIS IPOD, I AM JUST TOO LAZY TO WRITE ALL MY FUCKING SONGS AGAIN.
In the Waimakariri Basin, about an hour's drive towards the mountains on SH73 from Christchurch, is a scattering of hundreds of weathered limestone tors that erupt from golden tussocky hills.
These limestone rock formations are the water-eroded remnants of limestone, formed during the Oligocene age 30-40 million years ago when much of present day New Zealand was covered by the sea.
Officially called a karst landscape, these ancient rocks are smooth, sculpted, spectacular, and irresistibly photogenic. In fact, some of a 'Narnia' movie was filmed nearby.
With some up to 50m high, the rocks are a magnet for climbers and boulderers, who you'll see eagerly tackling what they call "problems" without the benefit of ropes or harnesses: just chalk, balance, strength, experience, and brainpower.
Note the two miniscule climbers on the skyline...
Egg for breakfast to boost brainpower. Was thinking this morning how to be creative with this egg shell. Came up with a simple idea but got more elaborate ... made a flower with yellow tissue paper, green marker for leaf and stem (which got too thick).. decided to add a little ladybug earring. The mood of the image got heavier as I was post processing .. out of time.. I'm posting it anyway
#FlickrFriday
#FeedYourCreativity
#CreativeTableTopPhotography
#7DWF
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Aristotle once said that elephants were "The beast which passeth all others in wit and mind."
I found an interresting article from the BBC about the elephant brainpower: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8518831.stm
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. Copyright © 2011 David Herreman . All rights reserved.
Hi, my name is Eric and I'm a coffee addict.
I start every day the same way: with a flat white fresh out of my beloved Breville espresso machine. Only once I've consumed it does my day really begin... until then, I only have enough brainpower to make the coffee.
December 9, 2011
This is old. Sorry. Also, it's SOOC.
Jury day.
No time to think about a picture.
No brainpower to think about a picture.
Remembering and commemorating
The topic of National Socialism also took center stage for the first time as a focus of a critical commemorative culture of the university. In 1998, for example, the 24 passages of the new campus of the University of Vienna (former General Hospital) were dedicated as "Gates of Remembrance". Explicitly, women and teachers expelled under National Socialism - hitherto underrepresented groups - were chosen as namesakes. The existing former Jewish prayer house on the new campus was opened in 2005 as a memorial and meeting place DENK-MAL Marpe Lanefesch.
This changed, reflective attitude of the university towards its involvement in National Socialism was particularly evident in the historical and artistic contextualization of the German national monument "Siegfriedskopf (Siegfried's Head)" completed in 2006 and its relocation from the auditorium of the main building to the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna. The vacancy left by the "Siegfriedskopf" in the auditorium occupied the university with statements in two commemorative niches for which it stands today: Remembrance of the Victims of National Socialism, "For the Freedom of Sciences and Respect for Human Rights" and "Against War and Violence ". As part of the refurbishment of the auditorium in 2006, the installation "Nobel Prize and University - a group picture with question marks" was opened, which also addresses the involvement of Julius Wagner-Jauregg and Konrad Lorenz in the National Socialism.
In addition to these universally accepted commemoration and memorial politics, projects of individual disciplines such as the decentrally organized "Memorial for the marginalized, emigres and murdered of the Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universität Wien 1933/34 | 1938 | 1945 "(2008).
As an innovation in the context of commemoration but also virtual forms can be mentioned, such as the online "Memorial Book for the victims of National Socialism at the University of Vienna in 1938", which is presented since 2009 as "work in progress" on the Internet and constantly expanded.
Katharina Kniefacz
Erinnern und Gedenken
Auch als Schwerpunkt einer kritischen Gedenkkultur der Universität rückte das Thema Nationalsozialismus erstmals in den Mittelpunkt. 1998 wurden zum Beispiel 1998 die 24 Durchgänge des neuen Campus der Universität Wien (ehemaliges Allgemeines Krankenhaus) als „Tore der Erinnerung“ gewidmet. Explizit wurden Frauen und die im Nationalsozialismus vertriebenen Lehrenden – bis dahin unterrepräsentierte Gruppen –, als NamengeberInnen ausgewählt. Das noch bestehende ehemalige jüdisches Bethaus am neuen Campus wurde 2005 als Gedenk- und Begegnungsort DENK-MAL Marpe Lanefesch eröffnet.
Besonders deutlich zeigte sich diese veränderte, reflektierte Haltung der Universität gegenüber ihrer Involvierung in den Nationalsozalismus in der 2006 fertiggestellten historischen und künstlerischen Kontextualisierung des deutschnationalen Denkmals „Siegfriedskopf“ und dessen Verlagerung von der Aula des Hauptgebäudes in den Arkadenhof der Universität Wien. Die Leerstelle, die der „Siegfriedskopf“ in der Aula hinterließ, besetzte die Universität mit Statements in zwei Gedenknischen, für die sie heute steht: Erinnerung an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus, „Für die Freiheit der Wissenschaften und die Achtung der Menschenrechte“ und „gegen Krieg und Gewalt“. Im Zuge der Umgestaltung der Aula wurde 2006 auch die Installation "Nobelpreis und Universität – ein Gruppenbild mit Fragezeichen" eröffnet, die auch auf die Involvierung von Julius Wagner-Jauregg und Konrad Lorenz in den Nationalsozialismus eingeht.
Neben diesen gesamtuniversitären gedenk- und erinnerungspolitischen Setzungen fallen in diese Zeit auch Projekte einzelner Disziplinen wie das dezentral organisierte „Denkmal für Ausgegrenzte, Emigrierte und Ermordete des Kunsthistorischen Instituts der Universität Wien 1933/34 | 1938 | 1945“ (2008).
Als Neuerung sind im Kontext Gedenken aber auch virtuelle Formen zu nennen, wie das Online-"Gedenkbuch für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus an der Universität Wien 1938", das seit 2009 als „work in progress“ im Internet präsentiert und laufend ausgebaut wird.
Katharina Kniefacz
geschichte.univie.ac.at/de/themen/die-wiedereroeffnung-de...
...from my garden...
Blueberries are a superfood that can make you gorgeous...read on ;-)))
"What's so super about them?
They're possibly the ultimate superfood. Some nutritionists believe that if you make only one change to your diet, it should be to add blueberries.
Just 100g (4oz) of blueberries contain the same amount of age-defying antioxidants as five servings of other fruit and vegetables. Antioxidants help guard against a range of cancers, heart disease, asthma, arthritis and cataracts, Alzheimer's and age-related neurological diseases.
By preventing infectious bacteria from clinging to the wall of the gut, bladder and urethra, blueberries also offer protection against cystitis.
Key ingredients?
High in vitamin C and a good source of fibre, blueberries have a compound, pterostilbene, which acts to protect the heart in the same way as cholesterol-lowering drugs. They also contain anthocyanins, which give them their blue colour. Other flavonoids reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. There is also resveratrol, which again is believed to have an anti-cancer effect.
Does it boost brainpower?
Yes. A US university study showed that blueberries slow down mental ageing. When older rats were fed the fruit for two months, they navigated mazes faster and had improved balance and co-ordination. In humans, about 100g a day can stimulate the growth of new brain cells.
Will they make me gorgeous?
Quite possibly. They contain polyphenols, which combat the effects of free radicals, a key cause of wrinkles, and so keep skin looking younger for longer. They also help the body to make collagen, which keeps skin supple.
How many calories?
A mere 83 for a cup of berries (around 145g).
How much do I need to eat?
A small cupful, about 100g a day.
How should I eat them?
In fruit salads, or sprinkled on yoghurt or porridge. Bake them in muffins, snack on them at your desk to beat sugar cravings… you get the gist. Keep a bag in the freezer, so you always have some to hand."
Judith Woods - The Telegraph
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We're Here! :: MSE/Mars Seen from Earth-All About Aliens (in honor of Extraterrestrial Culture Day today)
114 Pictures in 2014 :: #78 – Dare to Dream
February's Alphabet Fun: 2014 Edition
^!^
“Imagine a life-form whose brainpower is to ours as ours is to a chimpanzee’s. To such a species, our highest mental achievements would be trivial. Their toddlers, instead of learning their ABCs on Sesame Street, would learn multivariable calculus on Boolean Boulevard. Our most complex theorems, our deepest philosophies, the cherished works of our most creative artists, would be projects their schoolkids bring home for Mom and Dad to display on the refrigerator door.”
— Neil deGrasse Tyson, Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
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Just before he was supposed to open his mouth to make the introduction at the intergalactic press junket, Skyler realized he hadn't asked anyone if he was pronouncing the ambassador from Kepler-62f's name correctly. Or if it even could be pronounced. Of course, that was right before he just as suddenly realized the ambassador wasn't actually wearing anything that could rightly be called clothes....
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*Kepler-62e and -62f are real planets. The background image is courtesy NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech.
Description of “Morning Star” image:
kepler.nasa.gov/multimedia/artwork/artistsconcepts/?Image...
This artist's concept depicts in the foreground planet Kepler-62f, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of its star which is seen peeking out from behind the right edge of the planet. The small shining object farther to the right is Kepler-62e which orbits on the inner edge of the habitable zone of the star, and is roughly 60 percent larger than Earth. If someday in the distant future we landed on the right spot on Kepler-62f, just before "sunrise" we'd be treated to a lovely view of Kepler-62e as a "morning star" much like Venus often appears for us on Earth.
Kepler-62f is NASA's Kepler mission's smallest habitable zone planet, but its star, located about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra, is smaller, cooler, and older than the Sun. Kepler-62f orbits every 267 days and is roughly 40 percent larger than Earth in size. Although the size of Kepler-62f is known, its mass and composition are not. However, based on previous exoplanet discoveries of similar size that are rocky, scientists are able to determine its mass by association.
Much like our solar system, Kepler-62 is home to two habitable zone worlds.
Links to more info:
www.utsandiego.com/photos/galleries/2013/apr/18/earthlike...
As you can see, they had huge screens set up on both sides of the stage. But we were close enough to not need to use them.
musician: Sean T. Drinkwater.
playing keytar, singing.
audience, people, screen.
blue.
Hyatt Regency, hotel, Arlington, Virginia.
October 10, 2008.
... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com
... View my list of every concert I've ever been to at www.acm.vt.edu/~clint/media/concerts.htm
BACKSTORY: Kasson Crooker was not available and was replaced for this show, but Liz Enthusiasm and The Other Sean T. Drinkwater played, and some members of the (horrible) opening "band" sometimes played some backup instruments as well.Freezepop played the following songs: Boys On Film, Parlez Vous Freezepop, Science Genius Girl (diff mix than the FreQuency or Freezepop Forever versions), Bike Thief, Get Ready 2 Rokk, Frontload, Super-Sprode, Brainpower, Plastic Stars, Stakeout, Less Talk More Rokk, The Final Countdown (by Europe). The only disappointing thing was that they did not Freezepop Forever or the Jem & The Holograms theme - the two most-requested songs by the auidence.
...View video of Freezepop playing Super-Sprode (complete with someone throwing their undies on the stage as the lyrics instruct) at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv80ZETMaTs
...View video of Freezepop playing Less Talk More Rokk at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3P1hepuerM
...View video of Freezepop playing Europe's The Final Countdown at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHb84HbneQ
two hundred and seventy two
I'm sorry for the onslaught of wedding photos. I just happen to like these alot and thought I'd put them up...
Plus it saves me the brainpower since I'm away at meetings and so busy.
But I get a weekend to myself here and I'm hoping to do some sightseeing... and... er... shopping...
I miss travel photography, so it's going to be good to get some of that in on this trip...
My 'this boob next' bracelet is on its last legs, and it suddenly occurred to me that I didn't need something that screamed 'BOOB', just any elasticated bracelet that was easy to get on and off. I ordered this one last weekend, it arrived today and I love it.
After waiting patiently for a week, Lego Photo dude finally gets to see the first 3D Print made by us - A simple calibration cube but it took a lot af brainpower to establish the principles!!!
In the Waimakariri Basin, about an hour's drive towards the mountains on SH73 from Christchurch, is a scattering of hundreds of weathered limestone tors that erupt from golden tussocky hills.
These limestone rock formations are the water-eroded remnants of limestone, formed during the Oligocene age 30-40 million years ago when much of present day New Zealand was covered by the sea.
Officially called a karst landscape, these ancient rocks are smooth, sculpted, spectacular, and irresistibly photogenic. In fact, some of a 'Narnia' movie was filmed nearby.
With some up to 50m high, the rocks are a magnet for climbers and boulderers, who you'll see eagerly tackling what they call "problems" without the benefit of ropes or harnesses: just chalk, balance, strength, experience, and brainpower.
Note the two miniscule climbers on the skyline...
wearandcheer.com/8-kinds-of-teas-can-change-your-life/
Health benefits
The health benefits of tea are a lot off according to scientists studies and researches , it is very good for our health , psycho and metabolism, according to and integrative physicians, the more we learn about tea, the more we are impressed by its benefits. Studies have revealed...
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Not unlike other Eastern European countries, notably Hungary or Poland, Bosnia too is now merely a shadow of its former glory of rich cultural diversity, with its currently empty synagogues, having been drained of a sizable portion of its brainpower, a victim of unifying and simplifying nationalism.
In the photo, Aškenaška sinagoga - the only functioning synagogue in Sarajevo, in the Moorish Revival (neo-Moorish) style, a popular choice for synagogues in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. [6]
Full gallery: www.m1key.me/photography/sarajevo/
This guy ripped through the inlet with his 3 350hp engines. About 30 minutes later, he ripped right back in again. I guess if you can afford the boat, you can afford the gas... I was honestly waiting for him to hit something. We watched a different guy forget how far out his port outrigger extended and nearly took it off his boat...
Flickr was non-responsive last night, and now I see I no longer have contacts, but instead have people I am following, and I guess some other folks who are now following me. I hope at least one of us knows where we're going...
When it comes to realism in the art world, haters abound. While I personally love realism because of the technical skill involved (and because I work in a realistic style myself and am completely and utterly biased), plenty of people have not-so-nice things to say about the technique.
Luckily...
viralworld.news/2015/12/what-this-artist-can-draw-from-me...
Still stuck at home sick, but taking crappy pictures doesn't exactly require a lot of brainpower.
Since I have one quarter of the ring very nearly done (tho I'll probably go back and work on the landmasses a bit), I thought I'd set it up for another candy shot.
The African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) is renowned worldwide for its brainpower and capability to copy human address, making it a standout amongst the most notorious of all avian pets.
31/365
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/warren-buffett...
Quietly, steadily, the Buffett family is funding the biggest shift in birth control in a generation.
“For Warren, it’s economic. He thinks that unless women can control their fertility—and that it’s basically their right to control their fertility—that you are sort of wasting more than half of the brainpower in the United States,” DeSarno said about Buffett’s funding of reproductive health in the 2008 interview. “Well, not just the United States. Worldwide.”
Connecting the dots of the data of "you are what you eat" by means Theoretical Physical analysis of 'brain' and 'soul' foods potential to power a person, group, and or planet over time and space and therefore 'serve' as a set of complimentary (paired, and repaired quark) atomic bonds as common denominators that therefore are able to connect minds with matter, at given 'frequencies'; of a higher versus lower quality in terms of inputs and outputs i/o of health v. junk food as defined by diet. Reasoning that therefore if in the words of Hippocrates; “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” then -- what is the logical reasoning that holds this to be true; when 'the onion is pealed' down to its subatomic bonded core?
Should and could not a forward and reverse engineering analysis of the food and combustion chains concentric atomic rings therefore reveal; how, what, and where our hearts/minds/souls might be powered and simultaneously connected by our diet in the form of Dark Matter and Energy being organic as 'born' by bacterial means. Then might this explanation provide a rational way of (re)fueling and transmitting the energetic power and light by which the workings of the Universe operate as we observe over Space and Time constitutes therefore my thesis and the following essay is my reasoning in material-logical detail.
Credit and inspiration for my thinking on this subject, is owed and drawn from the applied material science lessons and logic of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell and the lessons and logic of Maxwell's Demon, mixed with point of view from of Steven Hawking, Dion, and Niels Bohr most notably.
If 'The Demon's' lessons are heeded by means of the multiple conclusions observed repeatedly - which demonstrate so completely the physics of how on every level of the food chain; 'knowledge is power', and how that translates into everything from the means to control the 'heat in the kitchen' which can be translated into 'horse' or so much human power by means of connecting the consumer to need (call them oats in this case of a energy source used by humans or horses), by means raw materials to value added products and or the material of the messages; hence the great herds are bound by their diets (what they consume as food) as any given group of life forms, therefor bound by the 'breaking 'bread' technology of the material of their diets; up and down the food chain.
This photo essay attempts an explanation at the myriad means by which food serves as the radio(logical) messenger that binds the food chains by means the radiant heat of the kitchens powering, the vector of the accumulated 'data stack' of the hydrogen bonds (re)created and broken whilst repairing quarks as Dark Matter's atomic bacterial core as the source and vector of its energy that is never lost and therefore moves by means the phase transition), as both shrink and expansion, in a 'complimentary' analysis to the big picture though the above photo explored as a source of power for connecting the Universe in the micro and macro by understanding the Arrow of Time™ as being organic in Nature.
Case in point of hypothesis is illustrated by the above photo of a iron skillet of fine pasta, being doused with wine, loaded with tomato's from my garden, pepper bacon, cooked out doors on propane gas, and consumed with friends -- 'breaking bread' together.
According to my research and reasoning; organic 'logic' is at its atomic core; 'barnyard', a two way process of capture and refresh of the discharged power of the Sun, transmitted by light, and water as captured by matter on earth, so as to be found on the table, in so many words, in the form of so much energy in a final pound for pound/kilo for kilo expression of food as a means to health 'one day at a time', as time, budget health and culture permit one meal at a time to see the next, while accomplishing the most in between these (hopefully regular) meal times.
In a attempt to understand the power of information care of this Maxwell and his Demon's method and technology understood and applied as explained by expertly briefly via; How fractals can help you understand the universe | BBC Ideas youtu.be/w_MNQBWQ5DI
To frame the issue of the heat in the matter, which is important as a function of so many atomic CNO hydrogen bonded 'mega marbles' in the form of long chain macromolecules, as forged by iron skillet technology as I shall explain further in terms of; 'General Radical Relativity'.
Ergo, if your goal from your diet is to rewind and 're spool' your genome into the most vigorous creative version of you that can be made out of a tasty meal plan out of your friendly neighborhood 'access point' to the food Chain, then amount of DNA, you access is a direct result of the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bond s in your diet as present in 'you are what you eat' technology. This being in the form of hydrogen and nitrogen bonds harvested as the radiant energy contained in branches of the Phylogenetic tree whose atomic bits are the basic food stuffs of nature. From the single cell come; orange juice, the chicken, and egg, not to mention coffee, and the belly of the beast that is mass equivalence that is what it took for 'this little piggy' to become the nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon cycles incarnate to the point of rendering them as recognizable as tasty bits of bacon. A hearty breakfast and the building blocks of personal 'intensity' at the cellular level E.g. (extreme case in point-> www.sciencenews.org/article/steroids-boost-muscles-long-haul ) to 'wind the spring' {of ATP Synthase** [ www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XI8m6... ]) in ones metaphorical and literal step, by means the running of the food chain, as illustrated of the micro to macro gearbox running at different levels of peak given the inputs prior, as completely predictable due to a deficit of hydrogen bonds. A tidy illustration of the 'Water Math' of atoms at their core coming Home' to roost as (re)paired quarks as illustrated by Maxwell and the Demon being either over or underwhelmed.
This going and coming around of the 'Dinner Party of the Universe in the micro to macro' needs for practical purposes a 'kitchen sink' which is here understood and metaphorically introduced in this essay as the hypothesized Gamma and X-Ray Cycles™ working "Live in concert at the speed of lights limits' w/ in the family of Bacteria that manufactures Nitrogen and other combustion gasses IS the illusive Dark Matter that begets Energy that powers life and in doing so re-powers the Sun and closes the loop on the combustion chain, thus making and breaking the hydrogen bond along the way of 'greasing the wheels' of the food chain by giving us the pigs in our diet which are so many hams, pork chops and much bacon. In simplest terms of E=MC2 meets Game Theory/markets/supply demand to explain the basis of the belly of the economic beast as well as market basket construct of what it takes to make the - savory 'Great American Heart Attack Breakfast'. There is serious thought buried (between my ears on this subject), and or expressed much better elsewhere. And or better understood by returning to the metaphorical dinner table, from this side stream of consciousness.
So as to follow the logic and wisdom of the eminent singer (and logician) Dion, he explains in a interview that there is such a thing as "brain food"; www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/health/research/18aging.html and according to Dion there exists zabaglione technology; "More than a half-century after his first hit, he thinks back to what his life was like as a child, when his grandfather Tony would wake him every morning to the rhythmic clack of a wooden spoon in a tin cup beating egg yolks, sugar and wine into a frothy yellow concoction known as zabaglione. “That’s brain food,” Dion said. “That’s one of the reasons my brain is so highly developed. By the time I got to school I was like, ‘Trig? Bring it. Algebra? Bring it.’ I haven’t come down from that stuff.”
www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/nyregion/a-wanderer-the-singer...
If there is a 'song in there somewhere' , or better yet a photo that illustrates the GAMMA and XRAY cycles™: www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/01/16/16greeneimg.html * working in concert with the positive negative/strong/week magnetic forces acting as high and low bits of the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum to work the elements via the planetary mixer micro and macro with black holes being the place VOC's and waste goes to be reworked (the world is full of them relatively speaking), hence and further my conception of BH's in the macro is being the opposites of Stars/Suns for the purposes of a yin/yang universe in form and function; cosmic garbage disposals; elemental materials science labs and 'cosmic planetary materials en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remanufacturing centers.
That interesting side story as a photo essay ("Dark Matters Mass of Energies Light, Produces Black Holes in the Eyes Two 'Twisters' of Atomic Bonds Broken By the Combustion of Burning Man 2012") can be found by clicking on the following link;
www.flickr.com/photos/tremain_calm/7947581752/
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In a better attempt to 'peal the atomic onion' we shall metaphorically back up the dinner wagon of analysis to the 29:30 minute mark ( youtu.be/jqxENMKaeCU?t=29m4s ) of the film "HOME" , where we find a flurry of data points to feast on the relative 'water math' of various types of food. Along with a side dish of a agenda to make hash of meat if we follow the point of view being offered and reasoned in terms of 'water math' as water made atomically available and portable in the form of ;
300 liters of water to make a kilo of potatoes, 3000 liters to make a kilo of rice, and 30,000 to make a kilo of beef -- along with oil, that due to the miracle of social agenda the vegetable matter does not need to get to market, only the animal protein requires condensation in the narration to get its gas to get to market-- the plant protein one assumes has been empowered and learned to drive itself to market, on the basis of its near atomic levels of smugness and self satisfaction, while completely missing the nutritional mark of French and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranian cooking and their role in the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment hence the premise HOME that rice is a solid food source pound for pound, is not supported by its water weight math in the least. According to Mark Bittman: "Butter is Back" - nyti.ms/1fZ7oQS put some butter on that rice and potatoes for a force of nature multiplied on your plate - along with salt and pepper count the quarks built into each bite compared to the nutritional value of 'a kilo of (unseasoned, or buttered) potatoes'.
Which from a health standpoint is, (go figure - if you are what you eat/as goes one, goes the general population) advisory; www.nytimes.com/export_html/common/new_article_post.html?....
The up to date California food 'water math' report card broken down by vegetable care of the NY Times; nyti.ms/1JEpTwA
Bringing the whole 'matter' home for a final analysis by some random recurring number scheme, that seems to work wonders -- as the 'construction' of the Universes gears rung by means the cogs in the wheels of the CNO cycles allowing them to function by means of of the making and breaking of the hydrogen bond that can be expressed in 'math terms' as a never ending fractal based equation of total Hiesenbergian market based 'crap shoot' of all matter and energy in perpetual motion in the process of shaping the periodic table as well as sharpening the genome by means of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution based on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory and getting fuel for the genome by means of the Gamma and Xray Cycles soaking and returning the radiant energy of (sub)atomic bonds to the sun so it continues to burn bright.
Waste such as VOC's gets vented to big Black Hole in the sky by means of the infamous hole in the ozone -- the Earth and the Universe being run on the principle of chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/VV_Lab_Techniques/Rotary_Evaporation which (go figure, what goes up comes by evaporation, comes down as) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipitation_%28meteorology%29 and by my thinking for reprocessing -- all on a relative basis here as well.
Be it the lowest to highest form of life, at its core the food chain and its membership runs on the atomic heavy lifting (making and breaking nitrogen power) of bacteria right down the lines of combustion as in the above illustration showing how a hydrocarbon flame is a family of bacteria that binds en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide to the carbon atoms which enables the the process of combustion is that which is Dark Matter moving matter in a the particle accelerator that is the hot iron skillet.
In my theory of cooking, that has directed my research into matter: light and dark so as to sort the devil in the details so as to find God with a assist from PBS to connect the fractal
Fractal dots to string theory w/ video from PBS/NOVA; www.youtube.com/watch?v=s65DSz78jW4
Hence, by beginning to understanding the Theoretical Physical math of expansion and shrink to be driven by bacteria, mold, fungus, as so many microbiological 'wheels (perpetually) turning' - by dint of quark manufacture and repair - of the life force that is DNA which is able to replicate the code(s) that powers and runs the OS of the 'nature of Nature' as construct which best fits my personal 'vision thing' of how the gears of the Universe small and large turn writ processing of the CNO cycles working by means of of the making and breaking of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bond in the above mentioned fractalized gear box of running the; / en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynman_diagram of Hiesenbergian market driven 'spinning of the wheel' of so much inputs and outputs of matter in motion in service of a en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution to expand the Universe by means of perpetual motion of being 'self powered'; what are the odds - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory as possibly propelled by a dynamic I'm calling the [Gamma and X-RAY Cycles] with Gamma moving matter --> (forward) in expansion and Xray (quarks backward to a BH or back to the Sun in completion of e-m) Cycles rolling up segments of atomic Dark Matter by being the vector of the movement of (sub)atomic bonds to the Sun so it continues to burn bright thereby (perhaps resolving that pesky devil in the details of Science the; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faint_young_Sun_paradox) .
Waste (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inefficiency being resolved by seeking to be reprocessed in a orderly way) such as VOC's gets vented to big Black Hole in the sky by means of the infamous (organic dynamic) hole in the ozone -- the Earth and the Universe being run on the principle of chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/VV_Lab_Techniques/Rotary_Evaporation which results in (go figure) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precipitation_%28meteorology%29 and by my thinking for reprocessing -- all on a relative basis here as well, working in forward and reverse engineering in the macro and micro -- working off the stored energy of the Sun -- being run in a hydrogen and nitrogen bound loop . Think food, heat and sewage in simplest micro macro terms of 'barn yard applied logic' that yields so much or little meat and produce. As a function of the family of bacteria that binds en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide to carbon and thus enables combustion in food as well as fire I firmly believe and theorize is the illusive Dark Matter™. Found all around us in this fractal based perpetual planetary mixing machine that runs not unlike a fractal based 'screen saver' (E.g. itunes™ in visualizer mode) by means of the thermal power of convection heating and cooling which begets waters as available resources as inputs, drawing waste as outputs to be reused in as measures of heat, and or do much E=MC2*. Thus completing the open integrated circuit on a theory of making dinner replicable each night from market basket of goods around the globe - which now has a theory of why light travels at the max speed of 300,000 m/s which I estimate is due to the high and low energy photons completing a binary circuit while running a fractal equation using hot/cold/on/off/ and the magic of predictable rotation/rotary evaporation which works at the cosmological constant from the power source to the end point to make the entire atomic clock some how run on time, with the power for all time -- limited in lights speed by the bugs of bacteria ability to carry the atomic waters in a loop in hydrogen carbon nitrogen cycles that comprise the 'foam of space' as so much 'static'.
My diet of information and hydrogen/nitrogen bonds as expressed as fancy tasty molecules of fatty acid forged and formed for my health on iron with heat so as to make strong as possible sense in my (illustrated) considered tangential mindful of this particular tangent, as to how and why matter comes and goes around trip to (the Sun to for example the Nevada Desert) ; www.flickr.com/photos/tremain_calm/5000324780/ .
From the 'only have to be correct once' school of the invention, with a 'turn key' long shot micro to macro picture of how by 'thinking different' about Dark Matter and Energy as being at the core of the quantum mechanics of the nature of food, light and water cycles -- by means of a draft report from the Departments of Science, Industry and, your Safety Committee.
Bon appetit,
*GUT AKA General Unified Theory ; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_field_theory
(rev. 1/21/2013)
* elkement.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/why-fat-particles-radia...
Why Fat Particles Radiate Less
January 6, 2013 — elkement
Reading "Knocking on Heaven’s Door" by Lisa Randall which has a chapter on the impressive machinery of Large Hadron Collider. The LHC has been built to smash proton beams against each other: Protons, not electrons. Why protons? I stumbled upon the following statement:
" “But accelerated particles radiate, and the lighter they are, the more they do so”.
Electrons would cause higher radiation losses and less energy would be available for the creation of new particles in collisions.
But why is this so? In order to prove this, you would go through a calculation of the electromagnetic field generated by the moving particles based on Maxwell’s equations (which are relativistic per default).
I think you can understand it qualitatively from this chain of reasoning:
If a particle is forced to move on a curved path, it is accelerated – such as planets are accelerated all the time by the gravitational force exerted by the sun."
- elkement.wordpress.com
Data shot through this stack; Coming from a cooking perspective and liking fats in my diet and attempting to combine them into big long chain molecules by cooking multiple fatty foods together -- well this post caught my eye.
Taking the line of reasoning to the book shelf, for a attempt to solve a riddle I have a copied a data stack of "Weights of Commonly Used Materials" from the book "The Ocean Going Yacht" by Don Street Jr. p. 687 1973 W.W. Norton & Co. NY
because of their striking connection to this post in terms of energy per square unit of measure this being expressed in terms of cubic square feet. I include also the metal chart because it reflects 'water math' in terms of hydrogen bonding' of the periodic table and what I perceive to the the Dark Matter and Energy of the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phylogenetic_tree.svg as the atomic core of quantum dynamics that flings off electrons in the particle accelerator or oil refinery to get so much;
Gasoline 46.3
Kerosine 50.9
oil,Diesel 53.3
Bunker 60.6
Water/fresh 62.4
Sea 64
Aluminum 165 #cu'
cast
Brass 535
Copper 556
Lead/scrap 700
Mercury 849
*****Note***** ----->>> Which completely explains why any given metal object will loose mass over time; E.g. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112003322 --- therefore --->
www.pbs.org/newshour/science/its-a-massive-change-scienti...
Yow.
Now read this;
Revised for clarity and minor content 12/23-24/2013 on a fluid dynamic work in progress, that is recently getting overdue power editing attention for readability as well as obvious granularity I probably overlooked.
*Source of illustration of Gamma and XRAY cycles as theorized in this space, as illustrated in the New York Times in a Op-Ed by Brian Greene in 2011 on the subject of Cosmologies larger questions which this essay also attempts to address; www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/opinion/16greene.html?scp=6&am...
-- which not accident is the is logically consistent with the thesis that can be found in and of www.pbs.org/food/features/in-defense-of-food-transcript/ or www.pbs.org/show/in-defense-of-food/
"Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, New York University: You don’t have to be a scientist to know how to eat. To me that’s one of the interesting things about nutrition, is everybody can eat a healthy diet, and they can put together their own healthy diet without knowing thing one about the biology of nutrients.
Just go around the outside of the supermarket and pick up fruits, vegetables, meat, and stay out of the processed foods, because they’re fun to eat once in a while, but they shouldn’t be daily fare."
Sounds like a recipe for successful; shopping, cooking, thinking, living, and general health by means of diet so as to be able to have the energy to exercise ones body and mind to see clearly how, what and when to eat and drink.
** Thanks to M. Boyd for the link and information on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP_synthase
am attempting to understand this as a powerful element of micro to macro as 'connective tissue' for furthering and strengthening this 'line of logic'.
'This is a test...' of this hypothesis; Cod and ‘Immune Broth’: California Tests Food as Medicine
Continuing the train of thought to observe that not unlike Dion, I consider food the 'horsepower' for my brainpower health and well being.
Beginning with a baseline of the cast iron core frying pan technology of the interesting ingredients and ethnic eating so a to gain a; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_multiplication of my shopping cart to go through the eye of the needle of the subject matter at hand exactly correctly so that the zero margin for error, on the high wire prose gets pulled from the train wreck of bringing the reader along for the ride, well after the thought has left the station as the editing process gets fueled and this 'sauce' gets cooked, by time and the effort of grounding the prose in free flight, such that it serpentine double helical super tactile forward, and reverse gears that 'track'.
Back to the original thread, and what "The Research Team/Safety Committee" has concluded that a stew of ground whole dinosaur populations and associated supporting food chain biomass blown to bits by the Hydrogen Bomb impact of the Earth being injected by massive plasma space rocks moving at the twice the speed of sound to pound the Earth into its present formations by brewing a caldron of Firewater (alcohol) out of the pine pitch which mix match more resin and salt water from the flash fission of the H-bombs, to fuse and produce massive pools of hydrocarbons in suspended isolation in a process not dissimilar that if a vast forest and its creatures (flora/fauna) got smoked in Gods own hookah running into a ice age after the fires cooled w/ the carbon stored hydrated under the rocks, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_oil_sands of >>--the arrow of--> Time™ and, or the Arabian Gulf.
Whether that 'storm' occurs at the mass extinction level, perhaps down the stream of time, in the micro - at the cellular/synaptic level (actually a myriad of levels of accumulation and composition of mass/ living and not) as part of the gamma cycle photons to life forms from the Sun, as the stuff of life -- until poisoned, flooded, mismanaged, or exhausted.
Newtonian and Einstonion physics along with the work of the A-bomb crew plays a a huge part in this noodle/thread; as it is the Unified Theory all over again -- written in the landscape and its inhabitants; vis a vie how do the cycles work in balance, how do they fly out of balance, what is the story of the landscape== and why, I ask -- every day of myself; demanding hard answers and every know fact, not the 'soft 1/2 baked stuff', but those are recurring points of view that are consider too; in my spare time-- for patterns of 'commonality of likeness' that are the unlikely common denominators, and clues -- E.g. the role of Boron in the Universe and its functioning in the micro to macro across the Solar Systems.
By spinning all the reals of all the disciplines of academia like the so many recursive movies; according to the principle of Mass X Velocity2 that it would make a "think difference" in my thinking about the subject at hand spinning the matter into a bunch of subliminal en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagram of thought loops w/ a few bat computer key questions as answered by karma to the atomic gut checker.
That finds this answer in the water math; Whereby a case of of Harris RaNch Beef Steaks w/ the atomic weight of 20.ooo gallons of water, cooked and therefore bonded in multiple pounds of butter crossed and tossed into onions plus boiled then fried potatoes by the mega pound cooked over hot iron at the precise right time to combine every drop of the grease of over 30 pounds of bacon cooked as well and a hat passing of to power a picnic and Airport for a week by means a barbecue fuel with the growth full circle carbon spun on the desert floor in the form of fruit wood, such that Atomic Matter from the Sun was spun into 500+ ultra tasty super greasy comfort food of the first order and flushed at velocity into the Genome pool of the Airport, where it was mechanically mashed first, by so many choppers, then by the IT's, then by some of the biggest brains on the Playa so they could have the bandwidth individually and collectively to fly around the desert w/ bashing into each other-- my theory was that by getting their guts all packed on the same pot of grub, the nuclear material would be spun by the process of nature that we/I are/am just coming to terms with and beginning to understand-- so that the plan was no accidents, because enough of the pilots brains and bellies (key concept/ a critical mass) were firing on the same wave length the correct information to fly around the desert, w/o bonking into one another; same concept used with success by flocks of birds who eat off the same food source-- and do not crash in flight.
Therefore, hence, consequently, I reason:
"If Napoleon's armies marched on their stomachs, American ones march on bandwidth."
-The Economist 1/1/7/08
There's a saying in military history circles: "Amateurs think tactics; professionals think logistics."
Which leads me to circle this thought back to page 403 of The Ocean Sailing Yacht by Donald M. Street, Jr.** who has calculated what it takes to power a crew in terms of weight and composition of the provisions and, issues extensive comment and instructions on the logistics of going to sea regarding food; - "Standard food ration of 5 1/2 pounds plus a gallon of liquid (juice, beer, water and so on) per man per day weighing 8 pounds for a total of 13 1/2pounds of stores.",
Street follows by also quoting Napoleon on the power of nutrition to heal and bind nerves, to overcome adversity, and enabling the parts move together as one; - "According to Napoleon, an army marches on its stomach. Similarly, a boat travels on its stomach. I have never seen a well-fed crew that was complaining and uncooperative. No matter how rough the going, it's never really bad if one can get two hot meals a day."
Could not agree more, as I am myself only as balanced mentally energized physically as the sum of the product of my last three HOT meals, which is a unhappy function of economy.
** The OCEAN SAILING YACHT
©1973 by Donald M. Street Jr.
W.W. Norton & Company INC NY
The Postcard
A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted in Croydon, Surrey using a 1d. stamp on Tuesday the 7th. August 1928 to:
Mr. & Mrs. Osborne,
c/o 'Burleigh',
Queen Street,
Dawlish,
S. Devon.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"This is just to let you
know that C. & I are
here quite safely.
Hope you had a good
journey.
My word it did rain when
we left home on Saturday,
but Sunday and today
have been just lovely.
I did not hear any news!
Don't forget to have a
real good time.
Syd.
c/o 28, Pitlake,
W. Croydon,
Surrey."
The Whitgift Foundation
The Whitgift Foundation is a charity based in Croydon, South London. The purpose of the charity is to provide education for the young, and care for the elderly.
The main activities of the charity are the operation of three independent schools, providing sheltered accommodation and nursing care through three care homes, and running the Carer's Information Service.
In addition, the charity provides bursaries and scholarships in excess of £5million a year.
The foundation is governed by a Court of Governors, including the Bishop of Croydon, the Vicar of Croydon, and nominees of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Croydon Council.
History of the Whitgift Foundation
Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift's liking for Croydon, and his fondness for the elderly and indigent, prompted him to ask Queen Elizabeth I for permission to build a Hospital for elderly people and a school.
Permission was granted, and the Whitgift Foundation was established in 1596 by John Whitgift. His aims were to provide care for the elderly and education for the young.
Originally three separate buildings were built, The Hospital of Holy Trinity (shown in the photograph), The School House and Schoolmaster’s House. The latter two were demolished in 1897, leaving the Almshouses as the only remaining original building.
The accommodation in The Almshouses included two rooms for the Archbishop himself. From 1599, when the first residents moved in, until his death in 1604, John Whitgift was a frequent visitor. He would dine with his ‘brothers and sisters’ in the Common Hall, and he came to look upon them as members of his own family.
The Whitgift Centre, a large shopping mall, now stands where the later Victorian school and surrounding buildings and sports fields were. These buildings were occupied firstly by Whitgift School prior to its move to Haling Park in south Croydon in 1931. Haling Park was originally the home of Lord Howard of Effingham.
The school buildings in North End, Croydon were then occupied by the Trinity School of John Whitgift, prior to its move to Shirley Park which was formerly the country seat of Lord Eldon.
Whitgift Schools
The Whitgift Foundation runs three independent day schools:
-- Whitgift School, for boys aged 10–19 years
-- Trinity School of John Whitgift, for boys aged 10–19 years, with a co-educational sixth form
-- Old Palace of John Whitgift School incorporating Old Palace Nursery, a co-educational Day Nursery for both boys and girls up to 4 years, and Old Palace of John Whitgift School for girls aged 4 to 19 years.
Grimsby
The John Whitgift Academy in Grimsby in Lincolnshire is named after John Whitgift, who was born in the town, but is not part of the Whitgift Foundation.
Italy's Emigration Laws
So what else happened on the day that Syd posted the card?
Well, on the 7th. August 1928, Italy tightened its emigration laws, making it harder for Italians to reunite with relatives living abroad.
Wives and sons could still join emigrated husbands and fathers, but only if they were dependent on them. Sisters had to be unmarried in order to join their brothers.
James Randi
Also on that day, James Randi was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge) was a Canadian-American stage magician, author and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
He was the co-founder of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), and founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF).
Randi began his career as a magician under the stage name The Amazing Randi, and later chose to devote most of his time to investigating paranormal, occult, and supernatural claims, which he collectively called "woo-woo".
Randi retired from practising magic at the age of 60, and from his foundation at the age of 87.
Although often referred to as a "debunker", Randi said he disliked the term's connotations, and preferred to describe himself as an "investigator".
He wrote about paranormal phenomena, skepticism, and the history of magic. He was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, famously exposing fraudulent faith healer Peter Popoff, and was occasionally featured on the television program Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
Before Randi's retirement, JREF sponsored the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge, which offered a prize of one million US dollars to eligible applicants who could demonstrate evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event under test conditions agreed to by both parties.
In 2015, the James Randi Educational Foundation said they will no longer accept applications directly from people claiming to have a paranormal power, but will offer the challenge to anyone who has passed a preliminary test that meets with their approval.
James Randi - The Early Years
Randi was the son of Marie Alice (née Paradis; 1906-1987) and George Randall Zwinge (1903-1967), an executive at Bell Telephone Company. James was of French, Danish and Austrian descent. He had a younger brother and sister.
James took up magic after reading conjuring books while spending 13 months in a body cast following a bicycle accident. He confounded doctors, who predicted that he would never walk again.
Randi scored 168 on an IQ test. However he often skipped classes, and at 17, dropped out of high school to perform as a conjurer in a carnival roadshow. He practised as a mentalist in local nightclubs and at Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition, as well as writing for Montreal's tabloid press.
As a teenager, James stumbled upon a church where the pastor claimed to read minds. After he re-enacted the trick before the parishioners, the pastor's wife called the police and he spent four hours in a jail cell. This event inspired his career as a scientific skeptic.
In his 20's, Randi posed as an astrologer, and to establish that astrologers were merely doing simple tricks, he briefly wrote an astrological column in the Canadian tabloid Midnight under the name "Zo-ran." James simply shuffled up items from newspaper astrology columns and pasted them randomly into his column.
In his 30's, Randi worked in the UK, Europe, Philippines and Japan. He witnessed many tricks that were presented as being supernatural. One of his earliest reported experiences was that of seeing an evangelist using a version of the "one-ahead" technique to convince churchgoers of his divine powers.
James Randi's Career
Although defining himself as a conjuror, Randi began a career as a professional stage magician and escapologist in 1946. He initially presented himself under his real name, Randall Zwinge, which he later dropped in favor of "The Amazing Randi".
Early in his career, he performed numerous escape acts from jail cells and safes around the world. On the 7th. February 1956, he appeared live on NBC's Today show, where he remained for 104 minutes in a sealed metal coffin that had been submerged in a hotel swimming pool, breaking what was said to be Harry Houdini's record of 93 minutes, though Randi called attention to the fact that he was much younger than Houdini had been when he established the original record in 1926.
James Randi was a frequent guest on the Long John Nebel program on New York City radio station WOR, and did character voices for commercials. After Nebel left WOR in 1962, Randi was given his time slot, where he hosted The Amazing Randi Show from 1967 to 1968.
James's show often had guests who defended paranormal claims, among them Randi's then-friend James W. Moseley. Randi stated that he quit WOR over complaints from the archbishop of New York that Randi had said on-air that "Jesus Christ was a religious nut," a claim that Randi disputed.
Randi also hosted numerous television specials, and went on several world tours. As "The Amazing Randi" he appeared regularly on the New York-based children's television series Wonderama from 1959 to 1967.
In 1970, he auditioned for a revival of the 1950s children's show The Magic Clown, which showed briefly in Detroit and in Kenya, but was never picked up.
In the 2nd. February 1974 issue of the British conjuring magazine Abracadabra, Randi, in defining the community of magicians, stated:
"I know of no calling which depends
so much upon mutual trust and faith
as does ours."
The December 2003 issue of The Linking Ring, the monthly publication of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, stated:
"Perhaps Randi's ethics are what make
him Amazing. The Amazing Randi not
only talks the talk, he walks the walk."
During Alice Cooper's 1973–1974 Billion Dollar Babies tour, Randi performed on stage both as a mad dentist and as Cooper's executioner. He also built several of the stage props, including the guillotine.
In a 1976 performance for the Canadian TV Special World of Wizards, Randi escaped from a straitjacket while suspended upside-down over Niagara Falls.
Randi has been accused of actually using "psychic powers" to perform acts such as spoon bending. At a meeting where Randi was duplicating the performances of Uri Geller, a professor from the University at Buffalo shouted out that Randi was a fraud. Randi replied:
"Yes, indeed, I'm a trickster, I'm a
cheat, I'm a charlatan, that's what
I do for a living. Everything I've
done here was by trickery."
The professor shouted back:
"That's not what I mean. You're a
fraud because you're pretending
to do these things through trickery,
but you're actually using psychic
powers and misleading us by not
admitting it."
A similar event involved Senator Claiborne Pell, a confirmed believer in psychic phenomena. When Randi personally demonstrated to Pell that he could reveal—by simple trickery—a concealed drawing that had been secretly made by the senator, Pell refused to believe that it was a trick, saying:
"I think Randi may be a psychic
and doesn't realize it."
Randi consistently denied having any paranormal powers or abilities.
James Randi the Author
Randi wrote 10 books, among them Conjuring (1992), a biographical history of prominent magicians. The book is subtitled Being a Definitive History of the Venerable Arts of Sorcery, Prestidigitation, Wizardry, Deception, & Chicanery and of the Mountebanks & Scoundrels Who have Perpetrated these Subterfuges on a Bewildered Public, in short, MAGIC!
The book's cover indicates it is by:
"James Randi, Esq., A Contrite Rascal
Once Dedicated to these Wicked
Practices but Now Almost Totally
Reformed".
The book features the most influential magicians and tells some of their history, often in the context of strange deaths and careers on the road. This work expanded on Randi's book, Houdini, His Life and Art. This illustrated work was published in 1976 and was co-authored with Bert Sugar.
Randi's book, The Magic World of the Amazing Randi (1989), was intended as a children's introduction to magic tricks.
In addition to his magic books, he wrote several educational works about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. These include biographies of Uri Geller and Nostradamus, as well as reference material on other major paranormal figures.
In 2011, he was working on A Magician in the Laboratory, which recounted his application of skepticism to science.
James was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of his friend Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers, the Black Widowers.
Other books by Randi include Flim-Flam! (1982), The Faith Healers (1987), James Randi, Psychic Investigator (1991), Test Your ESP Potential (1982) and An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (1995).
James Randi the Skeptic
Randi was a regular contributor to Skeptic magazine, writing the "'Twas Brillig ..." column, and he also served on its editorial board. He was a frequent contributor to Skeptical Inquirer magazine, published by Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, of which he was also a fellow.
Randi gained the international spotlight in 1972 when he publicly challenged the claims of Uri Geller. He accused Geller of being nothing more than a charlatan and a fraud who used standard magic tricks to accomplish his allegedly paranormal feats, and he presented his claims in the book The Truth About Uri Geller (1982).
Believing that it was important to get columnists and TV personalities to challenge Geller and others like him, Randi reached out in an attempt to educate them. During this effort, Randi made contact with Johnny Carson, and discovered that:
"He was very much on our side.
He wasn't only a comedian ...
he was a great thinker."
According to Randi, when he was on The Tonight Show, Carson broke his usual protocol of not talking with guests before their entrance on stage, but instead would ask what Randi wanted to be emphasized in the interview:
"He wanted to be aware
of how he could help me."
In 1973, Geller appeared on The Tonight Show, and this appearance is recounted in the Nova documentary "Secrets of the Psychics":
"In the documentary, Randi says that Carson "had
been a magician himself and was skeptical" of
Geller's claimed paranormal powers, so before the
date of recording, Randi was asked "to help prevent
any trickery".
Per Randi's advice, the show prepared its own props
without informing Geller, and did not let Geller or his
staff "anywhere near them".
When Geller joined Carson on stage, he appeared
surprised that he was not going to be interviewed,
but instead was expected to display his abilities
using the provided articles.
Geller said "This scares me. I'm surprised because
before this program your producer came and he
read me at least 40 questions you were going to
ask me."
Geller was unable to display any paranormal abilities,
saying "I don't feel strong" and expressing his
displeasure at feeling like he was being "pressed" to
perform by Carson."
According to Adam Higginbotham's 7th. November 2014 article in The New York Times:
"The result was a legendary immolation, in which
Geller offered up flustered excuses to his host as
his abilities failed him again and again. Geller told
me when I spoke to him in September:
"I sat there for 22 minutes, humiliated. I went back
to my hotel, devastated. I was about to pack up the
next day and go back to Tel Aviv.
I thought, That's it—I'm destroyed."
However, this appearance on The Tonight Show, which Carson and Randi had orchestrated to debunk Geller's claimed abilities, backfired. According to Higginbotham:
"To Geller's astonishment, he was immediately
booked on The Merv Griffin Show. He was on
his way to becoming a paranormal superstar.
"That Johnny Carson show made Uri Geller,"
Geller said.
To an enthusiastically trusting public, his failure
only made his gifts seem more real: if he were
performing magic tricks, they would surely work
every time."
According to Higginbotham, this result caused Randi to realize that much more must be done to stop Geller and those like him. So in 1976, Randi approached Ray Hyman, a psychologist who had observed the tests of Geller's ability at Stanford and thought them slipshod, and suggested they create an organization dedicated to combating pseudoscience.
Later that same year, together with Martin Gardner, a Scientific American columnist whose writing had helped hone Hyman's and Randi's skepticism, they formed the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CSICOP).
Using donations and sales of their magazine, Skeptical Inquirer, they and secular humanist philosopher Paul Kurtz took seats on the executive board, with Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan joining as founding members. Randi travelled the world on behalf of CSICOP, becoming its public face, and according to Hyman, the face of the skeptical movement.
Geller sued Randi and CSICOP for $15 million in 1991 and lost. Geller's suit against CSICOP was thrown out in 1995, and he was ordered to pay $120,000 for filing a frivolous lawsuit. The legal costs Randi incurred used almost all of a $272,000 MacArthur Foundation grant awarded to Randi in 1986 for his work.
Randi also dismissed Geller's claims that he was capable of the kind of psychic photography associated with the case of Ted Serios. It is a matter, Randi argued, of trick photography using a simple hand-held optical device.
During the period of Geller's legal dispute, CSICOP's leadership, wanting to avoid becoming a target of Geller's litigation, demanded that Randi refrain from commenting on Geller.
Randi refused and resigned, though he maintained a respectful relationship with the group, which in 2006 changed its name to the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). In 2010, Randi was one of 16 new CSI fellows elected by its board.
Randi went on to write many articles criticizing beliefs and claims regarding the paranormal. He also demonstrated flaws in studies suggesting the existence of paranormal phenomena; in his Project Alpha hoax, Randi successfully planted two fake psychics in a privately funded psychic research experiment.
Randi appeared on numerous TV shows, sometimes to directly debunk the claimed abilities of fellow guests. In a 1981 appearance on That's My Line, Randi appeared opposite claimed psychic James Hydrick, who said that he could move objects with his mind, and appeared to demonstrate this claim on live television by turning a page in a telephone book without touching it.
Randi, having determined that Hydrick was surreptitiously blowing on the book, arranged foam packaging peanuts on the table in front of the telephone book for the demonstration. This prevented Hydrick from demonstrating his abilities, which would have been exposed when the blowing moved the packaging. Randi writes that, eventually, Hydrick "confessed everything".
Randi first exposed Peter Popoff on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in February 1986. Carson invited Randi onto his show without seeing the evidence he was going to reveal.
Carson appeared stunned after Randi showed a brief video segment from one of Popoff's broadcasts showing him calling out a woman in the audience; he then revealed personal information about her that he claimed came from God, and then performed a laying-on-of-hands healing to drive the devil from her body.
Randi then replayed the video, but with some of the sound dubbed in that he and his investigating team captured during the event using a radio scanner and recorder. Their scanner had detected the radio frequency Popoff's wife Elizabeth was using backstage to broadcast directions and information to a miniature radio receiver hidden in Popoff's left ear.
That information had been gathered by Popoff's assistants, who had handed out "prayer cards" to the audience before the show, instructing them to write down all the information Popoff would need to pray for them.
The news coverage generated by Randi's exposé on The Tonight Show led to many TV stations dropping Popoff's show, eventually forcing him into bankruptcy in September 1987. However, the televangelist returned soon after with faith-healing infomercials that reportedly attracted more than $23 million in 2005 from viewers sending in money for promised healing and prosperity.
In February 1988, Randi tested the gullibility of the media by perpetrating a hoax of his own. By teaming up with Australia's 60 Minutes program and by releasing a fake press package, he built up publicity for a "Spirit Channeler" named Carlos, who was actually artist José Alvarez, Randi's partner.
While performing as Carlos, Alvarez was prompted by Randi using sophisticated radio equipment. According to the 60 Minutes program on the Carlos hoax:
"It was claimed that Alvarez would not have had
the audience he did at the Opera House (and the
resulting potential sales therefrom) had the media
coverage been more aggressive (and factual)".
Though an analysis by The Skeptic's Tim Mendham concluded that, while the media coverage of Alvarez's appearances was not credulous, the hoax at least showed that they could benefit by being a touch more sceptical.
The hoax was exposed on 60 Minutes Australia; "Carlos" and Randi explained how they had pulled it off.
In his book The Faith Healers, Randi wrote that his anger and relentlessness arose from compassion for the victims of fraud. Randi was also critical of João de Deus, a.k.a. "John of God", a self-proclaimed psychic surgeon who had received international attention. Randi observed, referring to psychic surgery:
"To any experienced conjurer, the
methods by which these seeming
miracles are produced are very
obvious."
In 1982, Randi verified the abilities of Arthur Lintgen, a Philadelphia doctor, who was able to identify the classical music recorded on a vinyl LP solely by examining the grooves on the record.
However, Lintgen did not claim to have any paranormal ability, merely knowledge of the way that the groove forms patterns on particular recordings.
In 1988, John Maddox, editor of the prominent science journal Nature, asked Randi to join the supervision and observation of the homeopathy experiments conducted by Jacques Benveniste's team. Once Randi's stricter protocol for the experiment was in place, the positive results could not be reproduced.
Randi stated that Daniel Dunglas Home, who could allegedly play an accordion that was locked in a cage without touching it, was caught cheating on a few occasions, but the incidents were never made public.
He also stated that the actual instrument in use was a one-octave mouth organ concealed under Home's large mustache and that other one-octave mouth organs were found in Home's belongings after his death.
The fraudulent medium Henry Slade also played an accordion while held with one hand under a table. Slade and Home played the same pieces, and they had at one time lived near each other in the U.S. The magician Chung Ling Soo exposed how Slade had performed the trick.
Randi distinguished between pseudoscience and "crackpot science". He regarded most of parapsychology as pseudoscience because of the way in which it is approached and conducted, but nonetheless saw it as a legitimate subject that "should be pursued", and from which real scientific discoveries may develop. Randi regarded crackpot science as "equally wrong" as pseudoscience, but with no scientific pretensions.
Despite multiple debunkings, Randi did not like to be called a "debunker", preferring to call himself a "skeptic" or an "investigator":
"If you into a situation calling yourself a
debunker, then it is as if you have prejudged
the topic. It's not neutral or scientific, and it
can turn people against you."
Skeptics and magicians Penn & Teller credit Randi and his career as a skeptic for their own careers. During an interview, Penn stated that Flim-Flam! was an early influence on him, and said:
"If not for Randi there would not be
Penn & Teller as we are today.
Outside of my family, no one is more
important in my life. Randi is everything
to me."
At The Amaz!ng Meeting in 2011, the Independent Investigations Group (IIG) organized a tribute to Randi. The group gathered, put on fake white beards, and posed for a large group photo with Randi. At the CSICon in 2017, in the absence of Randi, the IIG organized another group photo with leftover beards from the 2011 photo. After Randi was sent the photo, he replied:
"I'm always very touched by any such expression.
This is certainly no exception. You have my sincere
gratitude. I suspect, however that a couple of those
beards were fake. But I'm in a forgiving mood at the
moment. I'm frankly very touched. I'll see you at the
next CSICon. Thank you all."
In a 2019 Skeptical Inquirer magazine article, Harriet Hall, a friend of Randi, compares him to the fictional Albus Dumbledore. Hall describes their long white beards, flamboyant clothing, associated with a bird (Dumbledore with a phoenix and Randi with Pegasus). They both are caring and have "immense brainpower" and both "can perform impressive feats of magic". She states that Randi is one of "major inspirations for the skeptical work I do ... He's way better than Dumbledore!"
Exploring Psychic Powers ... Live was a two-hour television special aired live on the 7th. June 1989, wherein Randi examined several people claiming psychic powers.
Hosted by actor Bill Bixby, the program offered $100,000 (Randi's $10,000 prize plus $90,000 put up by the show's syndicator, LBS Communications, Inc.) to anyone who could demonstrate genuine psychic powers.
An astrologer, Joseph Meriwether, claimed that he was able to ascertain a person's astrological sign after talking with them for a few minutes. He was presented with twelve people, one at a time, each with a different astrological sign. They could not tell Meriwether their astrological sign or birth date, nor could they wear anything that would indicate it.
After Meriwether talked to them, he had them go and sit in front of the astrological sign that he thought was theirs. By agreement, Meriwether needed to get ten of the 12 correct, to win. He got none correct.
The next psychic, Barbara Martin, claimed to be able to read auras around people, claiming that auras were visible at least five inches above each person. She selected ten people from a group of volunteers whom she said had clearly visible auras.
On stage were erected ten screens, numbered 1 through 10, just tall enough to hide the volunteer while not hiding their aura. Unseen by Martin, some of the volunteers positioned themselves behind different screens, then she was invited to predict which screens hid volunteers by seeing their aura above. She stated that she saw an aura over all ten screens, but people were behind only four of the screens.
A dowser, Forrest Bayes, claimed that he could detect water in a bottle inside a sealed cardboard box. He was shown twenty boxes and asked to indicate which boxes contained a water bottle.
He selected eight of the boxes, which he said contained water, but it turned out that only five of the twenty contained water. Of the eight selected boxes, only one was revealed to contain water, and one contained sand.
A psychometric psychic, Sharon McLaren-Straz, claimed to be able to receive personal information about the owner of an object by handling the object itself. In order to avoid ambiguous statements, the psychic agreed to be presented with both a watch and a key from each of twelve different people. She was to match keys and watches to their owners.
According to prior agreement, she had to match at least nine out of the twelve sets, but she succeeded in only two.
Professional crystal healer Valerie Swan attempted to use ESP to identify 250 Zener cards, guessing which of the five symbols was on each one. Random guessing should have resulted in about fifty correct guesses, so it was agreed in advance that Swan had to be right on at least eighty-two cards in order to demonstrate an ability greater than chance. However, she was able to get only fifty predictions correct, which is no better than random guessing.
The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF)
In 1996, Randi established the James Randi Educational Foundation. Randi and his colleagues publish in JREF's blog, Swift. Topics have included the interesting mathematics of the one-seventh area triangle, a classic geometric puzzle. In his weekly commentary, Randi often gave examples of what he considered the 'nonsense' that he dealt with every day.
Beginning in 2003, the JREF annually hosted The Amaz!ng Meeting, a gathering of scientists, skeptics, and atheists. The last meeting was in 2015, coinciding with Randi's retirement from the JREF.
James Randi - The Later Years
Randi began a series of conferences known as "The Amazing Meeting" (TAM) which quickly became the largest gathering of skeptics in the world, drawing audiences from Asia, Europe, South America, and the UK. It also attracted a large percentage of younger attendees.
Randi was regularly featured on many podcasts, including The Skeptics Society's official podcast Skepticality and the Center for Inquiry's official podcast Point of Inquiry.
From September 2006 onwards, James contributed to The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast with a column called "Randi Speaks". In addition, The Amazing Show was a podcast in which Randi shared various anecdotes in an interview format.
In 2014, Part2Filmworks released An Honest Liar, a feature film documentary. The film focuses on Randi's life, his investigations, and his relationship with longtime partner José Alvarez to whom he was married in 2013. The film was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, at Toronto's Hot Docs film festival, and at the June 2014 AFI Docs Festival in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., where it won the Audience Award for Best Feature. It also received positive reviews from critics.
In December 2014, Randi flew to Australia to take part in “An Evening with James Randi” tour, organized by Think Inc. This tour included a screening of An Honest Liar followed by a "fireside chat" with Randi on stage.
In 2017, Randi appeared in animated form on the website Holy Koolaid, in which he discussed the challenge of finding the balance between connecting sincerely with his audience and at the same time tricking/fooling them with an artful ruse, and indicated that this is a balance with which many magicians struggle.
The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge
The James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) offered a prize of US$1,000,000 to anyone able to demonstrate a supernatural ability under scientific testing criteria agreed to by both sides.
Based on the paranormal challenges of John Nevil Maskelyne and Houdini, the foundation began in 1996, when Randi put up $1,000 of his own money payable to anyone who could provide objective proof of the paranormal.
The prize money grew to $1,000,000, and had formal published rules. No one progressed past the preliminary test, which was set up with parameters agreed to by both Randi and the applicant. He refused to accept any challengers who might suffer serious injury or death as a result of the testing.
On the 1st. April 2007, it was ruled that only persons with an established, nationally recognized media profile and the backing of a reputable academic were allowed to apply for the challenge, in order to avoid wasting JREF resources on frivolous claimants.
On Larry King Live, on the 6th. March 2001, Larry King asked claimed medium Sylvia Browne if she would take the challenge, and she agreed. Randi appeared with Browne on Larry King Live six months later, and she again appeared to accept his challenge.
However, according to Randi, she ultimately refused to be tested, and the Randi Foundation kept a clock on its website recording the number of weeks since Browne allegedly accepted the challenge without following through, until Browne's death in November 2013.
During a subsequent appearance on Larry King Live on the 5th. June 2001, Randi challenged Rosemary Altea, another claimed medium, to undergo testing for the million dollars, but Altea refused to address the question. Instead Altea replied:
"I agree with what he says, that there are many,
many people who claim to be spiritual mediums,
they claim to talk to the dead. There are many
people, we all know this. There are cheats and
charlatans everywhere."
On the 26th. January 2007, Altea and Randi again appeared on the show, and Altea again refused to answer whether or not she would take the One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge.
In October 2007, claimed psychic John Edward appeared on Headline Prime, hosted by Glenn Beck. When asked if he would take "the Amazing Randi's" challenge, Edward responded:
"It's funny. I was on Larry King Live once, and they
asked me the same question. And I made a joke
then, and I'll say the same thing here: why would I
allow myself to be tested by somebody who's got
an adjective as a surname?"
Randi asked British businessman Jim McCormick, the inventor of the bogus ADE 651 bomb detector, to take the challenge in October 2008. Randi called the ADE 651:
"A useless quack device which cannot perform
any other function than separating naive persons
from their money. It's a fake, a scam, a swindle,
and a blatant fraud. Prove me wrong and take the
million dollars."
There was no response from McCormick. According to Iraqi investigators, the ADE 651, which was corruptly sold to the Baghdad bomb squad, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of civilians who died as a result of terrorist bombs which were not detected at checkpoints.
On the 23rd. April 2013, McCormick was convicted of three counts of fraud at the Old Bailey in London; he was subsequently sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for his part in the ADE 651 scandal, which Randi was the first to expose.
Legal Disputes
Randi was involved in a variety of legal disputes, but said that:
"I have never paid even one dollar
or even one cent to anyone who
ever sued me."
However, he said, he had paid out large sums to defend himself in these suits.
Uri Geller
Randi met magician Uri Geller in the early 1970's, and found Geller to be:
"Very charming. Likable, beautiful,
affectionate, genuine, forward-going,
handsome—everything!"
However Randi viewed Geller as a con-man, and began a long effort to expose him as a fraud. According to Randi, Geller tried to sue him several times, accusing him of libel.
In May 1991, Geller sued Randi and CSICOP for $15 million on a charge of slander, after Randi told the International Herald Tribune that Geller had "tricked even reputable scientists" with stunts that "are the kind that used to be on the back of cereal boxes", referring to the old spoon-bending trick.
The court dismissed the case, and Geller had to settle at a cost to him of $120,000, after Randi produced a cereal box which bore instructions on how to do the spoon-bending trick.
Geller's lawyer Don Katz was disbarred mid-way into this action, and Geller ended up suing him. After failing to pay by the deadline imposed by the court, Geller was sanctioned an additional $20,000. Geller sued both Randi and CSICOP in the 1980's.
CSICOP argued that the organization was not responsible for Randi's statements. The court agreed that including CSICOP was frivolous, and dropped them from the action, leaving Randi to face the action alone, along with the legal costs. Geller was ordered to pay substantial damages, but only to CSICOP.
Geller never won against Randi, save for a ruling in a Japanese court that ordered Randi to pay Geller one-third of one per cent of what Geller had requested.
This ruling was cancelled, and the matter dropped, when Geller decided to concentrate on another legal matter.
Other Legal Cases
In 1993, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore found Randi liable for defaming Eldon Byrd for calling him a child molester in a magazine story, and a "shopping market molester" in a 1988 speech.
However, the jury found that Byrd was not entitled to any monetary damages after hearing testimony that he had sexually molested and later married his sister-in-law.
Late in 1996, Randi launched a libel suit against a Toronto-area psychic named Earl Gordon Curley. Curley had made multiple objectionable comments about Randi on Usenet.
Despite suggesting to Randi on Usenet that Randi should sue - Curley's comments implying that if Randi did not sue, then his allegations must be true - Curley seemed entirely surprised when Randi actually retained Toronto's largest law firm and initiated legal proceedings.
The suit was eventually dropped in 1998 when Earl Curley died at the age of 51 of "alcohol toxicity."
Allison DuBois, on whose life the television series Medium was based, threatened Randi with legal action for using a photo of her from her website in his 17th. December 2004 commentary without her permission.
Randi removed the photo, and subsequently used a caricature of DuBois when mentioning her on his site, beginning with his 23rd. December 2005 commentary.
Sniffex, producer of a dowsing bomb detection device, sued Randi and the JREF in 2007 and lost. Sniffex sued Randi for his comments regarding a government test in which the Sniffex device failed. The company was later investigated and charged with fraud.
Randi's Political Views
Randi was a registered Democrat. In April 2009, he released a statement endorsing the legalization of most illegal drugs.
Randi was a believer in Social Darwinist theories, although he denounced the ideologies and movements that formed around the theories in 2013.
In 2003, he was one of the signatories of the Humanist Manifesto.
Randi's Views on Religion
Randi's parents were members of the Anglican Church, but rarely attended services. He attended Sunday school at St. Cuthbert's Church in Toronto a few times as a child, but he independently decided to stop going after receiving no answer to his request for proof of the teachings of the Church.
Randi identified himself as an atheist. In his essay "Why I Deny Religion, How Silly and Fantastic It Is, and Why I'm a Dedicated and Vociferous Bright", Randi opined that many accounts in religious texts, including the virgin birth, the miracles of Jesus Christ, and the parting of the Red Sea by Moses, are not believable.
Randi refers to the Virgin Mary as:
"Impregnated by a ghost of some sort, and as a
result produced a son who could walk on water,
raise the dead, turn water into wine, and multiply
loaves of bread and fishes."
He also questions:
"How could Adam and Eve have two sons, one of
whom killed the other, and yet managed to populate
the Earth without committing incest".
He wrote that, compared to the Bible:
"The Wizard of Oz is more
believable. And much more fun."
Clarifying his view of atheism, Randi wrote:
"I've said it before: there are two sorts of atheists.
One sort claims that there is no deity, the other
claims that there is no evidence that proves the
existence of a deity.
I belong to the latter group, because if I were to
claim that no god exists, I would have to produce
evidence to establish that claim, and I cannot.
Religious persons have by far the easier position;
they say they believe in a deity because that's their
preference, and they've read it in a book.
That's their right."
In An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural (1995), Randi examines various spiritual practices skeptically. Of the meditation techniques of Guru Maharaj Ji, he writes:
"Only the very naive were convinced
that they had been let in on some sort
of celestial secret."
In a discussion with Kendrick Frazier at CSIC on 2016, Randi stated:
"I think that a belief in a deity is an unprovable
claim ... and a rather ridiculous claim.
It is an easy way out to explain things to which
we have no answer."
He then summarized his current concern with religious belief as follows:
"A belief in a god is one of the most damaging
things that infests humanity at this particular
moment in history."
Randi's Personal Life
When Randi hosted his own radio show in the 1960's, he lived in a small house in Rumson, New Jersey, that featured a sign on the premises that read: "Randi - Charlatan".
In 1987, Randi became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He said that one reason he became an American citizen was an incident while he was on tour with Alice Cooper, during which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police searched the band's lockers during a performance, completely ransacking the room, but finding nothing illegal.
In February 2006, Randi underwent coronary artery bypass surgery. The weekly commentary updates to his Web site were made by guests while he was hospitalized. Randi recovered after his surgery and was able to help organize and attend The Amaz!ng Meeting (T.A.M.) in 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada, his annual convention of scientists, magicians, skeptics, atheists and freethinkers.
Randi was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in June 2009. He had a series of small tumors removed from his intestines during laparoscopic surgery. He announced the diagnosis a week later at The Amaz!ng Meeting 7, as well as the fact that he was scheduled to begin chemotherapy in the following weeks. He also said at the conference:
"One day, I'm gonna die. That's all there is to it.
Hey, it's too bad, but I've got to make room. I'm
using a lot of oxygen and such - I think it's good
use of oxygen myself, but of course, I'm a little
prejudiced on the matter."
Randi underwent his final chemotherapy session in December 2009, later saying that his chemotherapy experience was not as unpleasant as he had imagined it might be. In a video posted in April 2010, Randi stated that he had been given a clean bill of health.
In a 2010 blog entry, Randi came out as gay, a move he said was inspired by seeing the 2008 biographical drama film Milk.
Randi married Venezuelan artist José Alvarez on the 2nd. July 2013 in Washington. Randi, who had recently moved to Florida, met Alvarez in 1986, in a Fort Lauderdale public library. He had left his native country for fear of his life, as he was homosexual. Jose Alvarez was a pseudonym which duplicated the name of an actual person in the United States.
The identity confusion caused the real Alvarez some legal and financial difficulties. José was arrested for identity theft and faced deportation. They resided in Plantation, Florida.
In the 1993 documentary Secrets of the Psychics, Randi stated:
"I've never involved myself in narcotics of any kind;
I don't smoke; I don't drink, because that can easily
just fuzz the edges of my rationality, fuzz the edges
of my reasoning powers, and I want to be as aware
as I possibly can.
That means giving up a lot of fantasies that might be
comforting in some ways, but I'm willing to give that
up in order to live in an actually real world, as close
as I can get to it".
In a video released in October 2017, Randi revealed that he had recently suffered a minor stroke, and that he was under medical advice not to travel during his recovery, so would be unable to attend CSICon 2017 in Las Vegas later that month.
The Death of James Randi
Randi died at his home in Plantation, Florida on the 20th. October 2020, at the age of 92. The James Randi Educational Foundation attributed his death to "age-related causes".
The Center for Inquiry said that:
"Randi was the public face of skeptical inquiry,
bringing a sense of fun and mischievousness
to a serious mission."
Kendrick Frazier said, as part of the statement:
"Despite his ferocity in challenging all forms of
nonsense, in person he was a kind and gentle
man."
How pesticides are undermining our children’s health and intelligence
Children today are sicker than they were a generation ago. From childhood cancers to autism, birth defects and asthma, a wide range of childhood diseases and disorders are on the rise. Our assessment of the latest science leaves little room for doubt: pesticides are one key driver of this sobering trend.
As the recent President’s Cancer Panel reports, we have been “grossly underestimating” the contribution of environmental contamination to disease, and the policies meant to protect us have fallen far short. Nearly 20 years ago, scientists at the National Research Council called for swift action to protect young and growing bodies from pesticides. Yet today, U.S. children continue to be exposed to pesticides that are known to be harmful in places they live, learn and play.
Report Overview
1. Brainpower at Risk
Studies find pesticides can compromise intelligence
• ADHD rates continue to rise
• Autism rates jump 250% in one decade
• Derailed brain development means falling IQs
2. Cancer, Birth Defects & Early Puberty
Latest science links many health harms to pesticides
• Some childhood cancers linked to pesticides
• Birth defects rise with seasonal or occupational exposures
• Changes in puberty timing linked to low-level exposures
3. Emerging Science
Obesity, diabetes & asthma
• Childhood obesity, diabetes & disrupted metabolism
• Asthma epidemicaffects more than 7 million children
4. Critical Junctures
Prenatal & early childhood exposures most harmful
• Fetal exposure can have life long effects
• Pesticide exposures common at home,daycare & school
• Pesticide residues, from breastmilk to the school lunch tray
• Children’s developing minds & bodies particularly vulnerable
5. Case Studies
Communities win protections for children
• Pesticideuse now 1.1 billion pounds yearly
• Saferpest control in daycare & at school
• Pesticide-freeschool lunches
• Parks & playgrounds without pesticides
6. Investing in Healthy Futures
A solid start for children must be a national priority
• Pesticide industry well servedbycurrentpolicies
• Prioritizing children’s health requires real change
• Effective policies urgently needed: Our recommendations
Appendix A: More Science: Key study descriptions
Appendix B: Top Pesticides Used in Agriculture & at Home
Appendix C: Online Resources & Tools
Read and download the full report, A Generation in Jeopardy, How pesticides are undermining our children’s health & intelligence, October 2012 Pesticide Action Network North America.
Frame of Mind series. Composition of human face wire-frame and fractal elements with metaphorical relationship to mind reason thought mental powers and mystic consciousness
After waiting in a heavy brainpower for almost an hour I saw a break in the clouds that headed straight for the island and hit gold
La batalla por una voz política
1848-1918
Austriacas, luchando por los derechos de la mujer
Con el establecimiento de las primeras asociaciones de mujeres comenzó en 1867 una lucha aún en curso por la igualdad de las mujeres. Para obtener los derechos de la mujer en materia educativa y el voto femenino lucharon personalidades como Marianne Hainisch y Adelheid Popp.
Los primeros enfoques del movimiento de las mujeres austriacas surgieron del movimiento 1848: La asociación política-democrática de mujeres protestó contra los salarios más bajos para las mujeres. Ridiculizado por muchos hombres y como el derecho de asociaciones y de reunión de 1867 las mujeres prohibió la participación en asociaciones explícitamente políticos, pronto abandonada, se continuó en unas asociaciones benéficas y educativas.
El movimiento por los derechos femeninos defendió especialmente para más derechos y oportunidades para las mujeres en la educación. Con el Ley Nacional sobre la Educación Primaria de 1869, un primer paso se ha hecho: Las niñas de todos los sectores de la población ahora también pueden matricularse en las escuelas secundarias.
Con la educación escolar, las mujeres podrían operar en nuevos campos de ocupación. Principalmente se hicieron maestros y educadores. En el sector público, la proporción de mujeres, sin embargo, permaneció muy baja (tres por ciento) hasta 1890. El objetivo de los clubes de mujeres burguesas como la "Asociación Austriaca para maestros y educadores", fundada en 1869 por Marianne Hainisch, fue hacer posible a las mujeres el acceso a la educación superior. Debido a su compromiso, fue establecida en 1892 la primera escuela para niñas en Viena y en 1897 por la primera vez concedido a las mujeres el acceso a la Universidad de Viena. El acceso a la universidad pero se limitaba inicialmente a la Facultad de Letras y en 1900 se extendió a la Facultad de Medicina. En 1919, finalmente, las mujeres tuvieron acceso a todas las disciplinas universitarias.
Asociaciones de mujeres proletarias defendieran por trabajadoras y las asistentes hogar que fueron socialmente y legalmente desfavorecidos y excluidos del sufragio censitario válido. Una figura destacada de la "Asociación para la Educación de las Trabajadoras" (fundado en 1890) fue Adelheid Popp. Como editora del "Diario de las Trabajadoras", que fue publicado en 1893 como un complemento de la Social Democrática "Arbeiter-Zeitung (Diario de los Trabajadores)" creó una voz pública para las mujeres. Más tarde, estas asociaciones se incorporaron en el Partido Socialdemócrata, que continuó defender como un partido de masas para el sufragio de las mujeres en general. Una participación política igualitaria no se impuso hasta 1918 con el sufragio universal, directo, igual y secreto de todos las muchachas austriacas.
Anita Winkler
Der Kampf um die politische Mitsprache
1848–1918
Österreicherinnen, die für Frauenrechte kämpfen
Mit der Gründung der ersten Frauenvereine begann 1867 ein noch immer andauernder Kampf um die Gleichberechtigung der Frauen. Für Frauenrechte im Bildungsbereich und das Frauenwahlrecht kämpften Persönlichkeiten wie Marianne Hainisch und Adelheid Popp.
Erste Ansätze der österreichischen Frauenbewegung gingen aus der 1848er-Bewegung hervor: Der politisch-demokratische Frauenverein protestierte gegen die geringeren Löhne für Frauen. Von vielen Männern belächelt und da das Vereins- und Versammlungsrecht von 1867 Frauen die Mitgliedschaft in explizit politischen Vereinen untersagte, bald wieder aufgelassen, fand er seine Fortsetzung in karitativen und Bildungsvereinen.
Die Frauenrechtsbewegung setzte sich vor allem für mehr Rechte und Chancen von Frauen im Bildungsbereich ein. Mit dem Reichsvolkschulgesetz 1869 wurde ein erster Schritt getan: Mädchen aller Bevölkerungsschichten durften nun auch Mittelschulen besuchen.
Mit der schulischen Ausbildung konnten sich Frauen in neuen Berufsfeldern betätigen. Vorrangig wurden sie Lehrerinnen und Erzieherinnen. Im öffentlichen Sektor blieb der Frauenanteil bis 1890 allerdings sehr gering (drei Prozent). Ziel der bürgerlichen Frauenvereine wie des „Österreichische Vereins für Lehrerinnen und Erzieherinnen“, 1869 von Marianne Hainisch gegründet, war es, Frauen auch Zugang zur höheren Bildung zu ermöglichen. Aufgrund ihres Engagements wurde 1892 in Wien das erste Gymnasium für Mädchen eingerichtet und 1897 erstmals Frauen der Zugang zur Wiener Universität gewährt. Der Hochschulzugang beschränkte sich allerdings zunächst auf die Philosophische Fakultät und wurde 1900 auf die medizinische Fakultät ausgeweitet. 1919 schließlich erhielten Frauen Zugang zu allen Universitätsfächern.
Proletarische Frauenvereine traten für Arbeiterinnen und Hausgehilfinnen ein, welche sozial und rechtlich unterprivilegiert und vom gültigen Zensuswahlrecht ausgeschlossen waren. Eine führende Persönlichkeit des „Arbeiterinnen-Bildungsvereins“ (1890 gegründet) war Adelheid Popp. Als Redakteurin der „Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung“, die seit 1893 als Beilage der sozialdemokratischen „Arbeiter-Zeitung“ herausgegeben wurde, schuf sie für Frauen ein öffentliches Sprachrohr. Später wurden diese Vereine in die Sozialdemokratische Partei eingegliedert, die als Massenpartei weiterhin für das allgemeine Frauenwahlrecht eintrat. Eine gleichberechtigte politische Mitsprache konnte erst 1918 mit dem allgemeinen, direkten, gleichen und geheimen Wahlrecht für alle ÖsterreicherInnen durchgesetzt werden.
Anita Winkler
www.habsburger.net/de/kapitel/oesterreicherinnen-die-fuer...
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The earliest records of wheeled furniture was an inscription found on a stone slate in China and a child’s bed depicted in a frieze on a Greek vase, both dating back to the 6th century BC. The first records of wheeled seats being used for transporting the disabled date to three centuries later in China. The Chinese used their invented wheelbarrow to move people as well as heavy objects. A distinction between the two functions was not made for another several hundred years, around 525 AD, when images of wheeled chairs made specifically to carry people begin to occur in Chinese art. Later dates relate to Europeans using this technology during the German Renaissance. The invalid carriage or Bath Chair seems to date from around 1760. Evangelical Christians have taken issue with comments made by physicist Stephen Hawking about the existence of heaven. “There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers,” Hawking said of the human brain, “That is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.” evangelist, responded, writing that to say anything negative about Stephen Hawking is like bullying a blind man. He has an unfair disadvantage, and that gives him a free pass on some of his absurd ideas. Professor Hawking is heralded as ‘the genius of Britain,’yet he believes in the scientific impossibility that nothing created everything and that life sprang from non-life,“Hawking says he knows there is no Heaven”. Stephen Hawking may be confined to a wheelchair, but that doesn't seem to keep him from making the rounds. The celebrated astrophysicist is a regular at a sex club in California, according to media reports. The 70-year-old, almost completely paralyzed by a neurological disorder known as motor neurone disease, frequents a San Bernadino "swinger's club" called Freedom Acres, a long-time member of the club told Radar Online. "I have seen Stephen Hawking at the club more than a handful of times," the member told the celebrity site. "He arrives with an entourage of nurses and assistants. Last time I saw him, he was in the back 'play area' lying on a bed fully clothed with two naked women gyrating all over him. In fictional stories the Evil Cripple doubles as the Genius making them an intellectual threat to compensate for their physical frailty. In some stories, especially those featuring superheroes, the contrast between a hero with super strength and a villain who is physically handicapped who instead relies on there brainpower. This plays on the archetype of brain vs. brawn.
Playa Forti is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located near the village of Westpunt in the north-west of the Island. It is a sandy beach with small pebbles. There are a snack bar and a restaurant. Close to the restaurant, there is a spot where one can make a 10 metre jump from a cliff into the sea. The lyrics "We're going to jump at Playa Forti" (Dutch: Bij Playa Forti gaan we springen) figure in a song of Dutch rapper Brainpower. (Wikipedia)
ho ho i love these projects.
i had this idea for a while, finally got a chance to work it out.
(ie. meaning i was too lazy to edit and use a little brainpower,
and suddenly i had a chance to put 2 and 2, well, together. )
little sailboat on my hand. harrr.
SO my favorite place. this is subjective, view it however you'd like.
my favorite place could mean anything within this picture. ha.
La batalla por una voz política
1848-1918
Austriacas, luchando por los derechos de la mujer
Con el establecimiento de las primeras asociaciones de mujeres comenzó en 1867 una lucha aún en curso por la igualdad de las mujeres. Para obtener los derechos de la mujer en materia educativa y el voto femenino lucharon personalidades como Marianne Hainisch y Adelheid Popp.
Los primeros enfoques del movimiento de las mujeres austriacas surgieron del movimiento 1848: La asociación política-democrática de mujeres protestó contra los salarios más bajos para las mujeres. Ridiculizado por muchos hombres y como el derecho de asociaciones y de reunión de 1867 las mujeres prohibió la participación en asociaciones explícitamente políticos, pronto abandonada, se continuó en unas asociaciones benéficas y educativas.
El movimiento por los derechos femeninos defendió especialmente para más derechos y oportunidades para las mujeres en la educación. Con el Ley Nacional sobre la Educación Primaria de 1869, un primer paso se ha hecho: Las niñas de todos los sectores de la población ahora también pueden matricularse en las escuelas secundarias.
Con la educación escolar, las mujeres podrían operar en nuevos campos de ocupación. Principalmente se hicieron maestros y educadores. En el sector público, la proporción de mujeres, sin embargo, permaneció muy baja (tres por ciento) hasta 1890. El objetivo de los clubes de mujeres burguesas como la "Asociación Austriaca para maestros y educadores", fundada en 1869 por Marianne Hainisch, fue hacer posible a las mujeres el acceso a la educación superior. Debido a su compromiso, fue establecida en 1892 la primera escuela para niñas en Viena y en 1897 por la primera vez concedido a las mujeres el acceso a la Universidad de Viena. El acceso a la universidad pero se limitaba inicialmente a la Facultad de Letras y en 1900 se extendió a la Facultad de Medicina. En 1919, finalmente, las mujeres tuvieron acceso a todas las disciplinas universitarias.
Asociaciones de mujeres proletarias defendieran por trabajadoras y las asistentes hogar que fueron socialmente y legalmente desfavorecidos y excluidos del sufragio censitario válido. Una figura destacada de la "Asociación para la Educación de las Trabajadoras" (fundado en 1890) fue Adelheid Popp. Como editora del "Diario de las Trabajadoras", que fue publicado en 1893 como un complemento de la Social Democrática "Arbeiter-Zeitung (Diario de los Trabajadores)" creó una voz pública para las mujeres. Más tarde, estas asociaciones se incorporaron en el Partido Socialdemócrata, que continuó defender como un partido de masas para el sufragio de las mujeres en general. Una participación política igualitaria no se impuso hasta 1918 con el sufragio universal, directo, igual y secreto de todos las muchachas austriacas.
Anita Winkler
Der Kampf um die politische Mitsprache
1848–1918
Österreicherinnen, die für Frauenrechte kämpfen
Mit der Gründung der ersten Frauenvereine begann 1867 ein noch immer andauernder Kampf um die Gleichberechtigung der Frauen. Für Frauenrechte im Bildungsbereich und das Frauenwahlrecht kämpften Persönlichkeiten wie Marianne Hainisch und Adelheid Popp.
Erste Ansätze der österreichischen Frauenbewegung gingen aus der 1848er-Bewegung hervor: Der politisch-demokratische Frauenverein protestierte gegen die geringeren Löhne für Frauen. Von vielen Männern belächelt und da das Vereins- und Versammlungsrecht von 1867 Frauen die Mitgliedschaft in explizit politischen Vereinen untersagte, bald wieder aufgelassen, fand er seine Fortsetzung in karitativen und Bildungsvereinen.
Die Frauenrechtsbewegung setzte sich vor allem für mehr Rechte und Chancen von Frauen im Bildungsbereich ein. Mit dem Reichsvolkschulgesetz 1869 wurde ein erster Schritt getan: Mädchen aller Bevölkerungsschichten durften nun auch Mittelschulen besuchen.
Mit der schulischen Ausbildung konnten sich Frauen in neuen Berufsfeldern betätigen. Vorrangig wurden sie Lehrerinnen und Erzieherinnen. Im öffentlichen Sektor blieb der Frauenanteil bis 1890 allerdings sehr gering (drei Prozent). Ziel der bürgerlichen Frauenvereine wie des „Österreichische Vereins für Lehrerinnen und Erzieherinnen“, 1869 von Marianne Hainisch gegründet, war es, Frauen auch Zugang zur höheren Bildung zu ermöglichen. Aufgrund ihres Engagements wurde 1892 in Wien das erste Gymnasium für Mädchen eingerichtet und 1897 erstmals Frauen der Zugang zur Wiener Universität gewährt. Der Hochschulzugang beschränkte sich allerdings zunächst auf die Philosophische Fakultät und wurde 1900 auf die medizinische Fakultät ausgeweitet. 1919 schließlich erhielten Frauen Zugang zu allen Universitätsfächern.
Proletarische Frauenvereine traten für Arbeiterinnen und Hausgehilfinnen ein, welche sozial und rechtlich unterprivilegiert und vom gültigen Zensuswahlrecht ausgeschlossen waren. Eine führende Persönlichkeit des „Arbeiterinnen-Bildungsvereins“ (1890 gegründet) war Adelheid Popp. Als Redakteurin der „Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung“, die seit 1893 als Beilage der sozialdemokratischen „Arbeiter-Zeitung“ herausgegeben wurde, schuf sie für Frauen ein öffentliches Sprachrohr. Später wurden diese Vereine in die Sozialdemokratische Partei eingegliedert, die als Massenpartei weiterhin für das allgemeine Frauenwahlrecht eintrat. Eine gleichberechtigte politische Mitsprache konnte erst 1918 mit dem allgemeinen, direkten, gleichen und geheimen Wahlrecht für alle ÖsterreicherInnen durchgesetzt werden.
Anita Winkler
www.habsburger.net/de/kapitel/oesterreicherinnen-die-fuer...
Laren-zo-Miles Nash (center) participates in the Neural Engineering,Talking and Listening to Nerves workshop of the Xplore Engineering camp on North Campus on July 1, 2022.
At the Neural Engineering,Talking and Listening to Nerves workshop, camp participants learn about how nerves work and how sensations are turned into feelings and ideas into actions. BME students and faculty use insects to teach camp participants how to engineer the nervous system and show how neuroscience can move robotic arms with brainpower to help paralyzed people walk.
Xplore Engineering summer camp is designed for Michigan Engineering alumni and the children in their life entering the 4th through 7th grade. Through a series of experiential workshops, participants get hands-on experience in a variety of engineering disciplines. Participants can choose to participate in 6 out of 18 workshops ranging from nanotechnology to rocketry.
Friday, June 1, 2022
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, University of Michigan College of Engineering
La batalla por una voz política
1848-1918
Austriacas, luchando por los derechos de la mujer
Con el establecimiento de las primeras asociaciones de mujeres comenzó en 1867 una lucha aún en curso por la igualdad de las mujeres. Para obtener los derechos de la mujer en materia educativa y el voto femenino lucharon personalidades como Marianne Hainisch y Adelheid Popp.
Los primeros enfoques del movimiento de las mujeres austriacas surgieron del movimiento 1848: La asociación política-democrática de mujeres protestó contra los salarios más bajos para las mujeres. Ridiculizado por muchos hombres y como el derecho de asociaciones y de reunión de 1867 las mujeres prohibió la participación en asociaciones explícitamente políticos, pronto abandonada, se continuó en unas asociaciones benéficas y educativas.
El movimiento por los derechos femeninos defendió especialmente para más derechos y oportunidades para las mujeres en la educación. Con el Ley Nacional sobre la Educación Primaria de 1869, un primer paso se ha hecho: Las niñas de todos los sectores de la población ahora también pueden matricularse en las escuelas secundarias.
Con la educación escolar, las mujeres podrían operar en nuevos campos de ocupación. Principalmente se hicieron maestros y educadores. En el sector público, la proporción de mujeres, sin embargo, permaneció muy baja (tres por ciento) hasta 1890. El objetivo de los clubes de mujeres burguesas como la "Asociación Austriaca para maestros y educadores", fundada en 1869 por Marianne Hainisch, fue hacer posible a las mujeres el acceso a la educación superior. Debido a su compromiso, fue establecida en 1892 la primera escuela para niñas en Viena y en 1897 por la primera vez concedido a las mujeres el acceso a la Universidad de Viena. El acceso a la universidad pero se limitaba inicialmente a la Facultad de Letras y en 1900 se extendió a la Facultad de Medicina. En 1919, finalmente, las mujeres tuvieron acceso a todas las disciplinas universitarias.
Asociaciones de mujeres proletarias defendieran por trabajadoras y las asistentes hogar que fueron socialmente y legalmente desfavorecidos y excluidos del sufragio censitario válido. Una figura destacada de la "Asociación para la Educación de las Trabajadoras" (fundado en 1890) fue Adelheid Popp. Como editora del "Diario de las Trabajadoras", que fue publicado en 1893 como un complemento de la Social Democrática "Arbeiter-Zeitung (Diario de los Trabajadores)" creó una voz pública para las mujeres. Más tarde, estas asociaciones se incorporaron en el Partido Socialdemócrata, que continuó defender como un partido de masas para el sufragio de las mujeres en general. Una participación política igualitaria no se impuso hasta 1918 con el sufragio universal, directo, igual y secreto de todos las muchachas austriacas.
Anita Winkler
Der Kampf um die politische Mitsprache
1848–1918
Österreicherinnen, die für Frauenrechte kämpfen
Mit der Gründung der ersten Frauenvereine begann 1867 ein noch immer andauernder Kampf um die Gleichberechtigung der Frauen. Für Frauenrechte im Bildungsbereich und das Frauenwahlrecht kämpften Persönlichkeiten wie Marianne Hainisch und Adelheid Popp.
Erste Ansätze der österreichischen Frauenbewegung gingen aus der 1848er-Bewegung hervor: Der politisch-demokratische Frauenverein protestierte gegen die geringeren Löhne für Frauen. Von vielen Männern belächelt und da das Vereins- und Versammlungsrecht von 1867 Frauen die Mitgliedschaft in explizit politischen Vereinen untersagte, bald wieder aufgelassen, fand er seine Fortsetzung in karitativen und Bildungsvereinen.
Die Frauenrechtsbewegung setzte sich vor allem für mehr Rechte und Chancen von Frauen im Bildungsbereich ein. Mit dem Reichsvolkschulgesetz 1869 wurde ein erster Schritt getan: Mädchen aller Bevölkerungsschichten durften nun auch Mittelschulen besuchen.
Mit der schulischen Ausbildung konnten sich Frauen in neuen Berufsfeldern betätigen. Vorrangig wurden sie Lehrerinnen und Erzieherinnen. Im öffentlichen Sektor blieb der Frauenanteil bis 1890 allerdings sehr gering (drei Prozent). Ziel der bürgerlichen Frauenvereine wie des „Österreichische Vereins für Lehrerinnen und Erzieherinnen“, 1869 von Marianne Hainisch gegründet, war es, Frauen auch Zugang zur höheren Bildung zu ermöglichen. Aufgrund ihres Engagements wurde 1892 in Wien das erste Gymnasium für Mädchen eingerichtet und 1897 erstmals Frauen der Zugang zur Wiener Universität gewährt. Der Hochschulzugang beschränkte sich allerdings zunächst auf die Philosophische Fakultät und wurde 1900 auf die medizinische Fakultät ausgeweitet. 1919 schließlich erhielten Frauen Zugang zu allen Universitätsfächern.
Proletarische Frauenvereine traten für Arbeiterinnen und Hausgehilfinnen ein, welche sozial und rechtlich unterprivilegiert und vom gültigen Zensuswahlrecht ausgeschlossen waren. Eine führende Persönlichkeit des „Arbeiterinnen-Bildungsvereins“ (1890 gegründet) war Adelheid Popp. Als Redakteurin der „Arbeiterinnen-Zeitung“, die seit 1893 als Beilage der sozialdemokratischen „Arbeiter-Zeitung“ herausgegeben wurde, schuf sie für Frauen ein öffentliches Sprachrohr. Später wurden diese Vereine in die Sozialdemokratische Partei eingegliedert, die als Massenpartei weiterhin für das allgemeine Frauenwahlrecht eintrat. Eine gleichberechtigte politische Mitsprache konnte erst 1918 mit dem allgemeinen, direkten, gleichen und geheimen Wahlrecht für alle ÖsterreicherInnen durchgesetzt werden.
Anita Winkler
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Here are the remaining four Archangels:
• Gimoloper (Archangel of Charity): Somewhat similar in nature (but not appearance) to the Archangel of Kindness. Both of them, incidentally, have the simplest appearances among the Archangels. The Gimoloper can best be described as a living and benevolent money–making machine, and is very much a foil to Greed demons, who would like to try and kidnap it in order to take advantage of the things it produces. It resembles a floating, tailed and blue–tentacled orb with pipes going into and out of its sides (money moves through these tubes while it is being generated), a large heart symbol on its chest with an actual gold coin attached on the center, and a round head on top. The Gimoloper, as mentioned previously, can produce unlimited amounts of any type of currency from its body, which is dispensed through the hole in its tail. It occasionally goes to places in the Prime Galaxy where poverty is a major issue and dispenses a large sum of the local currency before taking leave. This happens roughly only two or three times per year, since angels know that the balance shouldn't be shifted too far to the side of good.
The Gimoloper also embodies the "loving" aspect of Charity, and spends most of the rest of its time channelling its energy into prayers asking that good fortune may befall all who deserve and need it. The purpose of the "Charms" of the Archangel is to burst and release particularly large amounts of money, then reform. For obvious reasons, Gimolopers are extremely popular figures among the needy, and an annual holiday celebrated on many planets is dedicated to them on which more monetarily fortunate folk are encouraged to make donations of whatever size they're willing to make, which go towards helping the less fortunate. Auctions of interesting items are also held on this day, and the proceeds go to the same cause. This holiday occurs on the tenth day of the Fourth Cycle of the year. Interestingly, though, a Gimoloper has never made an appearance on this holiday. This is likely so that the times and places of their appearances remain unpredictable. The durability value of the Gimoloper is 30,000.
• Humebockle (Archangel of Humility): These hunchbacked humanoid angels embody humbleness, modesty, selflessness and respect for others. They are the hardiest of all the Archangels, with an astounding durability value of 40,000, and the incredible density of their vitality is reflected in their extremely intricate bodies. However, this does not necessarily make them the most powerful Archangels, which they are not. Humebockles are heavy–set male humanoids, with homely yet lovable faces and torsos vaguely shaped like heart symbols, that are altruistic by nature and derive pleasure only from doing good deeds. Thus, they often go about performing the "odd jobs" of Heaven that nobody else bothers to do. Few appreciate the hard work they do on a constant basis, but the Humebockles do not mind this at all, for they are content simply knowing that they have done good. Their role is in fact integral to the integrity of Paradise, which would not be the utopia it is without them. The Custodian of the Nava–Verse would personally like to take this opportunity to give a shout–out of appreciation to all Humebockles.
They possess freakish brute strength but few other actual powers. However, they accommodate for this by having magical golden "utility belts" on their waists that can store any foreign items that Humebockles might need, such as weapons and tools, in pocket dimensions. They are also the second greatest warriors among the Archangels, next to the Lavkights, due to their strength and immense durability. Also, for some strange reason, they have feet which look similar to those of birds. The "Charms" of the Humebockle are pointed objects which can generate streams of pure energy (not even Rainbow Energy, mind you; Just. Pure. Energy.) that can be used either as attacks or to power any device.
• Fostheub (Archangel of Patience): A caped being embodying the ability to endure situations of adversity while maintaining one's senses and not resorting to hostility, whose body consists mostly of cerebral matter with a strong extra–corporeal film protecting it. The rest is extra–corporeal armor and mechanisms. The Fostheub has the most alarming appearance of all the Archangels, resembling a tall pillar of multicolored brain matter with bulging, bloodshot, heterochromic eyes. It has a number of small, clawed tentacles at its bottom for clinging onto things; it is very much capable of levitation but is much more comfortable when grasping a solid surface. The combined mass of the brains that make up most of the Fostheub's body collectively give it obscene brainpower and the ability to think of many more things at once than any mortal, and its eyes are made for staring closely at things for long periods of time; they are so powerful that they will never become strained. These eyes are used extensively as the Fostheub spends most of its time reading and writing.
It also has a clock on its chest, which always gives an accurate time, and a lower body shaft resembling an hourglass. This reflects the Fostheub's unique powers relating to time. Namely, it experiences the passage of time at only one third the rate at which others experience it. In other words, time moves very slowly for it, yet its thoughts and perceptions of surroundings are processed at a normal speed, giving it much more time to think its actions over and develop ideas. Because it is so patient, it never gets bored from this slowness. In addition, the Fostheub's "Charms", which are also functioning clocks, allow it to turn time back ten seconds once every hour. Despite being very limited, this ability can be used to "redo" crucial moments and thus potentially prevent disaster. The Fostheub's durability value is 18,000, making it the most fragile of the Archangels, though still far more durable than any normal mortal.
• Vallenwanda (Archangel of Chastity): A male paragon embodying true love, proper romance and restraint from objectionable sexual behavior. He is the polar opposite of the Ferekkus in personality, but not so much in appearance and structure, as both are tall and lean humanoids that are fairly close to actual humans, going by what Connor Thorn looks like. However, while the Ferekkus is a pimp and rapist, the Vallenwanda is a chivalrous defender who protects females from beings such as Ferekkus, Ohgroids and normal rapists, and will only have sex with a woman if she asks him first, as, being an angel and therefore good by nature, saving people is satisfying enough in itself for him. That being said, he is the best lover in the entire Nava–Verse when he does have sex (and his penis isn't just freakishly huge, either). To insure that he upholds his standards of chastity and does not ever try to seduce a woman, the Vallenwanda wears a magical chastity belt made of silver at all times that inhibits any and all arousal while being worn and can only be removed using a special key that magically appears in the hands of any female who has been aided by a Vallenwanda and wishes to make love to him. The keyhole by which it unlocks the chastity belt is located not on the groin, but on the part of the angel's torso where his heart would be.
The Vallenwanda despises sex offenders above all other evildoers, and kills almost all the would–be rapists he encounters. He fights mainly with his bare hands, for his very touch burns the flesh of anyone who would take advantage of another sexually, even if they aren't attempting to do so at the time. Others are unaffected by this particular power, though the Vallenwanda's raw physical strength can still kill most mortals in one blow. His "Charms", which display heart symbols, can transform into golden lances which are used when he fights more powerful foes such as Ferekkus or even Primal Deities, which are often perverted. Only one Vallenwanda is allowed to be in the Prime Galaxy at any given time, for the sake of not intervening too much and maintaining balance, etc. His durability value is 25,000.
If Spinneret runs around any longer, god knows what could happen. It's by sheer dumb luck that only one cop bit the dust. Alot will be off duty though with all the injuries sustained. And then there's the other officer that got blown to high holy hell a few days back. The blood of two lawmen spilled is too much. I don't like the GCPD, sure, but they don't deserve this. These men have families. Me and Steph couldn't hound around for evidence at city hall shortly after the attack, but someone else was. The one cop in GCPD that probably has the most power against me, Steph, and Jackie. Detective Abraham Arlington. I made sure that during his sweep of city hall, a message got to him. A message to appear at a spot in Sheldon Park at around 11:00 PM, and to bring whatever info he found from the attacks. Sure, I could've gotten all the evidence I wanted after the smoke cleared from the attack and no-one was looking, but this is far more necessary. This isn't about just some evidence. This is about setting some things straight. I wait around the spot in Sheldon Park for him to appear. There's a trashcan and a row of 4 lamps next to a path. He arrives right on time. I over-dramatically cut the lights to the lamps and appear in front of him on the path out of the shadows, the only light coming from some nearby skyscrapers and the moon. He's more than kind enough to start the conversation.
"Nice to see you, Tim."
"Same to you, Uriel."
"Heh. So you know about my other 'Job', huh buddy?"
"I'm not your buddy."
"......."
"Officer Charles Walker Sr was the one casualty of today's attack. He was murdered by one of Spinneret's thugs, chased him down. I saw. What did you find?"
"Well, he was shot multiple times. Some shell casings were found about 20 feet away from his body."
"You have one of these shell casings on you?"
"Just one. It's all I can give. You have no idea what kind of trouble I can get into for taking this to you."
"It's far from the worst trouble you can get in, especially if you can keep that mouth shut."
"Oh, is that why I'm out here? Because you think I'm gonna rat you and your friends out?"
"GCPD hasn't been that trustworthy the last couple of...well, decades, especially some of the high ranking officers."
"And some kid in a hood swinging a big stick is?"
"........"
"Look kid, you think whatever you want of me, but I'm far from whatever your mind puts together. I actually believe in helping the good people in this city. Not different from you, Stephanie, or Jackie."
"And using that badge instead of a sword would be better. This cape and spandex deal isn't what you take it for, and neither are the people you work with while you have that armor on."
"Don't talk to me like I don't know what I doing! I risk my life and my family's lives every time I have the badge on me. Uriel is simple more effective. That's why I chose the role. And how can you say that about Michael? You fought alongside that man yourself."
"I wasn't talking about Michael."
"Look, I know Davao is... you know, but he's almost as resourceful as you and....well, him..."
Abe points upward to the sky, and in the nighttime clouds shines the bat-signal. Huh, wonder what he's up to tonight....
"Davao's a madman, Abe. You shouldn't be anywhere near that disturbed---"
"Jackie was once 'disturbed'. Now look at him."
"So you know what he is...hard to believe you're still okay with him being anywhere near Johnny."
"I'm okay because I can see that Jackie is a good person. The things he did when he was Stasis...I can tell they were out of his control. They did more than isolate him at those labs. Besides. Johnny needs a friend like Jackie, just like Jackie needs a friend like Johnny. You know this, Tim."
"........"
"........"
"Drop the Uriel crap, Abe, and keep the cat in the bag if you wanna stay safe."
"Look kid, just because you got a head start at this whole vigilante thing doesn't make you better than me! You're not the only one who can be a hero."
"You can't be a hero just because you want to. You need a reason."
"What's yours, huh?What could you have to make you do this every night? You lived a good life, you still have a dad, and live off billions. What reason could you have?"
"If you wanna be the good guy so badly, the let me give you your first real lesson. Sometimes Abe, the people who need saving aren't the cats in the trees or the ransom hostages. Sometimes, the people who need saving the most are the ones who are supposed to be doing the saving in the first place."
Chances are he'll never get it, but nevertheless i still vanish back into the shadows and out of his sight. I watch a bit more hidden away, as he stands in the middle of the path, looking confused. He looks back up to the still-lit bat-signal, a slight look of realization taking over the confusion. Heh, maybe he is smarter than the average cop. He'll need a bit more than just brainpower though if he wants to be someone like me, Steph and Jackie. Uriel, you're on a rough path...
Xplore Engineering camp participant
Sydney Wagner (left) gets to shock the nervous system of her family member Kimberly Hall Wagner (right) just by moving her own muscles at the Neural Engineering: Talking & Listening to Nerves session. Camp instructor Miguel Ortiz-Lopez laughs at them as do
Sanat Pandit and his mom Jayda Pandit in the back.
At this workshop, participants learn how sensations are turned into feelings and ideas into actions. Instructors will use insects to teach campers how to engineer the nervous system and show you how neuroscience can move robotic arms with brainpower to help paralyzed people walk.
Xplore Engineering is a two day camp designed for alumni and the children in their life entering the 4th through 7th grade. Each summer nearly 200 alums and their kids participate. Through a series of experiential workshops, participants get hands-on experience in a variety of engineering disciplines. They can choose sessions from 15 workshops ranging from neuroscience to self-driving cars.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Lead Multimedia Storyteller, Michigan Engineering
gone are the days where i spend all day on the beach, shoot an arms length self portrait on polaroid that qualifies the extent of my expelled brainpower for the day.
summer has come to an unfortunate end.
i spent all day today shadowing a speech pathologist at a nursing home. i did not need today to tell me i never want to work in a nursing home. but, i finished up my required observation hours and am now considered graduate student status. starting tomorrow and for the rest of the week i have orientations... classes and clinicals start monday.
aaand there you have my first upload/description since finishing my 365. i thought i'd take longer than this, but i have a million-and-one polaroids from this summer left to share, so i thought i'd have a hot date with my scanner tonight in effort to get some on file before responsibility (or something?) sets back in.
yuck for no more summer.
are you still reading? this is way too long. thats what happens when you quit taking a shot a day after a year. you start rambling. stop reading this, dammit!