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So far I have never managed to set a difficult puzzle. Let us see how quickly this gets knocked out.
Sean immediately stands up and makes like he's going to take off his pants.
Love Norman's expression here.
March is apparently question month. To ask me a question, post a comment here: toddpage.livejournal.com/370916.html or send me a flickr mail. [Or leave it here if anomynity is not of any importance - the lj post comments are screened so that only I can see them]
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Question 3: Is there an afterlife?
From my personal standpoint? Yes. That's the simple answer. I believe in some continuation of being after our own limited survival on this plane. I can not firmly say what role I think that takes. I think it's interesting how that view changes as we grow... for example, when I was very young and ignoring the homily in mass by reading throw my copy of the bible... or... more than likely... some other book. [I seem to have a vivid memory of reading Oliver Twist at mass at some point] I had an image of heaven as the place it is often predicted in movies. A very corporeal realm, where you simply go from your grave to an escalator of sorts, salute Saint Peter, snag your free car, house, and lute, and go on your merry way!
I also went through a brief phase where I very heavily believed in reincarnation. It was, of course, coupled with the most intensely awkward time of my life. That being 6th grade. Technically the time period I'd describe as most awful and awkward is all of middle school, but I only clung to reincarnation for 6th grade... mostly because it was beaten out of me through humiliation and mockery of classmates and teachers. Either way, I was quite certain I had been reincarnated from a dolphin for about 6 months. Why I had settled on a dolphin? God only knows. But apparently that was the animal of choice. I soon realized that not only had I been a prior dolphin... but that I was not into that method. Actually, I started learning about something that I still hold alot of salt in, that being the native American totem system. I'm 1/16 Native American or something like that, and my mom was into the history, so I got into it. I believe strongly in the use of animal symbolism to not only represent oneself and ground oneself with the world around them, but to inspire them into ways they want to be better. [This will get touched on later]
Whoa, holy train of thought. What that second paragraph should've said is something about how now I wonder about the afterlife. Is it more of a philosophical concept, with a continuation of the soul beyond our minds and bodies. Is there interaction or is it just an opposite of the true meaning of hell. Hell itself is in fact not a home of fire and brimstone... by most translations, but is simply the absence of God... and that is supposed to be the misery of all. So is heaven simply you're in God's presence, this granting you all the peace and happiness you could desire? It's interesting to let your mind wander on it. I'm not sure how precisely I define it... but I do believe in it.
I suppose this is that brief segue for my religious beliefs factoid. I believe in an omniscient, omnipresent being. The exact role and nature of that being is complicated for me. I sometimes see it as a more Aristotelian concept, the unmoved mover, and I sometimes see it as a directly involved being. I do believe in Jesus. The specifics of that situation I have some different interpretations on, occasionally. I don't subscribe to a specific church, nor do I feel I need to. I don't judge anyone for what they believe, as long as it doesn't interfere with anyone's God-given right to their life and happiness. [See what I did there? Man, I slay me.] I think that whatever and whomever The God-being is, Flying Spaghetti Monster, The Nothing, or Bearded old man in the sky, he has a pretty amazing sense of humor. I base this on life itself, and on the fact that through all my blasphemous jokes I haven't been struck down yet. *crosses fingers*
You may be wondering why Jesus is on top of a set of Children's beads in this photo? As some of you may know, I used to be a hard, hard core Catholic/Christian. Like... intense. Like listened to Audio Adrenaline, DC Talk, and Newsboys type hard core. Anyway. I went on a retreat for my confirmation sophomore year of high school... and one of the ice breakers involved these beads. I still have the sets from almost all of the 11 times I've gone on it. The first time as a nervous confirmation student, the next 8 as a Peer Minister, giving talks and leading small groups, and the last 2 as an adult chaperone. The retreat is very relaxed, caring, and generic... and honestly, not even that catholic... and it did/does alot for me. Trinita is an amazing place... a-yup. And... thats that, really.
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This account is officially actively taking part of Year 2 of my 365 project.
3/5/09
Nice Questions on the Inner Cover. But a lot of things we don't know on this side of the Atlantic. You have to lived in the 1950s in the USA to give correct answers.
14 September 1978. Public Questions Forum: "Who are the Polluters" Speakers: Lord Mayor Frank Arkell and University of Wollongong senior Physics lecturer Dr. K. Ausburn.
Lord Mayor Frank Arkell standing.
Black Saturday +day26
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Anyone know of Objective-J syntax highlighting in vi?
"... the source on github now include a vim highlight module ..."
I've found just doing what is suggested here is not enough:
- download the file as Francisco suggests
- unzip, "cd Tools/" dir
- run the shell, "sh install-tools"
- copy the objj.vim file to vim dir, "cp Tools/Editors/objj.vim /usr/share/vim/vim71/syntax/"
Problem
I found no syntax highlighting worked for ".j" files. So the problem here is no file extension recognition. If you are using gvim as I am there is also no menu item.
Add Objective-J to gvim menu
To add a menu-item in gvim for Syntax->Ne-MO->Objective J:
- "sudo vim /usr/share/vim/vim71/synmenu.vim"
add the following line.
- "an 50.70.465 &Syntax.Me-NO.Objective\ J :cal SetSyn("objj")<CR>" below the objective-C entry.
save and quit
- ":wq!"
then reload a ".j" file in gvim. If you then go:
- Syntax->Ne-MO->Objective J
highlighting for your selected Objective-J file should occur.
Objective-J auto-highlighting?
But what about auto-highlighting when you load the file? There appears to be no file associations. So:
- "sudo vim /usr/share/vim/vim7.1/filetype.vim"
In the file you will find a list of filetype associations. If you want an idea where to add the line, search for "setf ocaml" in filetype.vim. Add the line below above (alphabetical):
- """ Objective J au BufNewFile,BufRead *.j setf objj"
Save the result. You should now be able to load a file with a ".j" extension and syntax highlighting for Objective-J files works.
Result
Now you should get automatic recognition of the Objective-J files by file type ".j" and a way to set this filetype in gvim. This probably should be added by Bram or whoever does the official release of vim but for the moment this hack works for me. (Ubuntu 8.10, Vim 7.1)
before I answered the question
Mucking around with Objective-J and Cappuccino today. There's a good reason for it. Just testing at the moment. Doing so I had to find out how to get Objective-J to work with vim and in the process did a small writeup on stackoverflow for syntax highlighting in objective-j and vim. There are a few other hacks on getting Objective-J and Vim syntax highlight to work.
next day
Have my old account back with new questions ~ stackoverflow.com/users/2092/bootload thanks Jeff.
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International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem, Palais des Nations. 27 June 2019. UN Photo by Violaine Martin
Question Mark Butterfly, This rather plain looking butterfly is a lifer for me.
This is the light phase of the Question Mark, so the signature Question Mark in the back wing, from which it gets its name and is so visible in the dark phase is very difficult to see. Question marks are a moderately common woodland butterfly.
They are definitely the most difficult butterflies to photograph that I have ever encountered, Firstly they do not feed on nectar so they do not visit flowers, secondly they live on the edge of woods and will retreat ligh into the trees if disturbed, thirdly they are extremely skittish - and generally will not let a person get closer than ten or twently feet. Lastly they only sit for a few seconds before they flit away. So although I have seen Question Marks on several occasions, I have never even come close to getting a shot until this.- next time I get the spectacular black orange and violet upper wing.
Question Marks are a member of the Comma family of forest butterflies.
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Daniel Ellsberg, Patricia Ellsberg, and filmmaker Judith Ehrlich, answered questions after a sold out screening of the Oscar nominated documentary, 'The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers' at the Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco.
Some videos from the Q&A
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbDbMbkqpqc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZctUNfMvRFE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhOlVwo2K2A
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohJ97tYA8ag
Ellsberg is appearing at as many screenings of the film as possible because he thinks it could inspire people to tell the truth. He had just come from the east coast, so it was like answering questions after 1 am.
A list of cities where the film is opening including some where the Ellsberg and/or the filmmakers will be appearing is at
www.mostdangerousman.org/in-theaters/
In the film, Ellsberg is shown speaking at and getting arrested at a 2008 Iraq protest. I took these photos of him at the protest
www.flickr.com/photos/ari/tags/ellsbergarrest/
And at a 2007 Iraq protest
www.flickr.com/photos/ari/tags/ellsberg2007/
He also said Afghanistan Ambassador Karl Eikenberry's cables which were leaked to the New York Times should get more attention, and congress should call Eikenberry to testify about them under oath.
They can be read at
nytimes.com/2010/01/26/world/asia/26strategy.html
And Ellsberg talks about the cables in this video
rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/?p=1573
Ehrlich said Ellsberg will be turning 79 this year and had been arrested 79 times at protests, and they hoped to have a special celebration for his birthday.
People talked to Ellsberg and asked him to sign copies of his book, ' Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers' until he had to introduce the next screening.
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Monument classified as World Heritage by UNESCO
Built in the XIV/XV century to commemorate the victory of the 6.000 men of the Portuguese army, against the 32.000 Spanish soldiers in one of their many invasion attempts, the Monastery of Batalha is the most glorious example of the Gothic architecture in Portugal.
The story tells that in the 1383-1385 crisis, when the Spanish army with their king was marching to Lisbon to claim the throne they encountered a small Portuguese army. Laughing of such small force they've decided to pass around because they didn't want to be delayed in their conquest. The Portuguese seeing that the only chance to keep the independence was to fight and win, started to insult the Spanish calling them cowards. It had its result as the Spanish decided to turn back to teach the Portuguese a lesson...
Right from the start the battle was a catastrophe to the Spanish. When their cavalry charged, the knights started to fall into the many traps built in the battle camp. Those who escaped reached the Portuguese army in a disordered formation and tried to pull back. But while some were trying to get back, large numbers of Spanish knights not understanding what was happening continued to charge and push all in their front against the Portuguese spears! More, the Portuguese army chose a very narrow space to fight and the long spears of the Spanish knights were not maneuverable, so they started to break them in half to make them shorter. The problem was that when the broken piece was thrown to the ground the horses tripped in them and fell...
Soon it became a catastrophe to the Spanish and their king was forced run to Spain barely escaping the Portuguese persecuting force. This victory kept Portugal safe for the next 200 years...
Being a former TV News Photojournalist, always knew which side of the law to stay on. But there were always times I would have liked to push the limits. Saw this today, and there was no way I was going to let this opportunity pass me by! Muahaha!
Shot on the iPhone 5, edited with Snapseed, and InstaFlash.
Photograph © 2014 White Shadow Photography. All Rights Reserved. This photograph should not be used on websites, blogs or anywhere for that matter without my explicit written permission. Please don't steal my photos, it isn't nice!
Actor David Thewlis answered audience questions at the November 8, 2011 screening of "The Lady." The screening was held at the Academy of Television of Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood by the KCET Cinema Series. It was hosted by movie critic Pete Hammond.
For more on 'The Lady' and other films in this screening series, visit www.kcet.org/socal/cinema_series/
I found this Species Polygonia interrogationis - Question Mark - Hodges#4420 Caterpillar on the underside of a Beech leaf while walking the dog this morning. Looks like it may be getting ready to molt...
The Russian Tall Ship Kruzenshtern is at Lonsdale Quay during the Olympics.
I took a tour of the ship ($18). I think the ship is beautiful but the 30 minute tour only covers the outside of the ship and inside the ship's Chapel (which is very small). But I think it was worth it. How often do you get to go on board a Russian Tall ship and ask questions/speak with of one of the crew?
My favorite photo in this set is of the sailor saluting me through the window. I motioned to ask if it was ok to take his photo, he nodded yes, and then saluted for the photo. The photo of the cadet standing on deck is Alexander. He is the cadet who gave us the tour. He is 17. The group photo is of the crew members that were helping people on and off the ship. Cadets
make $31 a month.
After the Olympics the ship goes to Acapulco Mexico, then to Cuba, then they go home and a new batch of crew comes on board.
More and hi-resolution images available at my website www.creativescans.com/
DJIBOUTI - Mauritius Army Major Rassen Mardaymootoo (right) poses questions to French Navy Lieutenant Loic Boyer, 2nd anti-submarine warfare officer, inside a passageway of the French frigate warship Dupleix (D 641) at Djibouti's Port in the Gulf of Aden August 14, 2010. Mardaymootoo and other foreign military service members are coalition officers assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Djibouti. The French naval ship is on a five-month deployment in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean supporting missions for Enduring Freedom and anti-piracy operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Larry Foos)
Kapolei, Hawaii - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada answers questions from reporters after meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton where they discussed the movement of Marine Corps Futenma Air Base, the expansion of the Japan - U.S. security alliance, the war in Afghanistan and the nuclear programs in North Korea at the J. W. Marriott Ko Olina, Kapolei, Hawaii on Jan 12.(DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young)
Craco, il paese fantasma
Craco è un centro in provincia di Matera che dista 54 km dal capoluogo.
Le prime tracce di una frequentazione umana nell'area di Craco sono alcune tombe risalenti all'VIII a.C. rinvenute in località S.Angelo.
Come altri centri vicini, è probabile che abbia offerto riparo ai coloni greci di Metaponto, quando questi si sono trasferiti in territorio collinare, forse per sfuggire alla malaria che imperversava nella pianura. Craco successivamente è stata un insediamento bizantino.
Nel X secolo, monaci italo-bizantini hanno cominciato a sviluppare l'agricoltura, diventando un punto di riferimento per le comunità rurali locali.
La prima testimonianza del nome del paese risale al 1060, quando il territorio viene sottoposto all'autorità dell'arcivescovo Arnaldo di Tricarico e citato con il nome Graculum, ovvero “piccolo campo arato”.
In epoca normanna il feudo di Craco viene assegnato a Erberto (1154-1168) e successivamente a Roberto di Pietrapertosa (1176-1179); in epoca sveva il paese, grazie alla propria posizione strategica, diviene un importante centro militare e viene affidato a Goffredo (1239).
Nel 1276 Craco diventa sede di una Universitas, ovvero un Comune.
La fortuna del paese si deve, come si accennava, alla sua posizione strategica tra le valli fluviali del Cavone e dell'Agri, in passato navigabili, vie privilegiate per chiunque volesse attraversare la Basilicata interna: infatti la torre di Craco costituiva, assieme ad altre fortificazioni della zona come la Petrolla di Montalbano, il castello normanno-svevo di Pisticci ed il castello di San Basilio, una rete di torri di avvistamento in grado di garantire il controllo assoluto dell'intera zona.
Con la salita al trono di Carlo I d'Angiò (1268) Craco viene infeudata a Pietro de Beaumont.
In seguito si avvicendano al potere le più potenti famiglie del Medioevo: i Monforte (fine del XIII sec.), i Del Balzo, gli Sforza (XV sec.), i Sanseverino (XVI sec.).
Nel 1799 la popolazione aderisce agli ideali repubblicani sollevandosi contro il potere dei nobili feudatari ma la ribellione viene soffocata nel sangue dalle truppe del Cardinale Ruffo presso palazzo Carbone.
Nel XV secolo, la città si espande intorno a quattro palazzi nobiliari:
Palazzo Maronna, vicino al torrione che domina il paese, è caratterizzato da un bell'ingresso monumentale in mattoni e da un grande balcone terrazzato
Palazzo Grossi, vicino alla Chiesa Madre, ha un alto portale architravato, privo di cornici. I piani superiori sono coperti da volte a vela e decorati da motivi floreali racchiusi all'interno di medaglioni. Parte delle finestre e dei balconi conservano ringhiere in ferro battuto
Palazzo Carbone, edificio della fine del '400, ha un ingresso monumentale. Nel Settecento è stato rinnovato ed ampliato
Palazzo Simonetti
Sono inoltre ancora visibili i ruderi di un torrione, chiamato dagli abitanti di Craco “il castello”, della chiesa di di San Nicola, della chiesa e del convento di San Pietro nonché della sorgente del lago Salso.
A causa di una frana di vaste proporzioni, nel 1963 Craco è stata completamente evacuata e la popolazione si è trasferita a valle, in località Craco Peschiera.
Allora il centro contava oltre 2000 abitanti.
La frana che ha obbligato la popolazione ad abbandonare le proprie case sembra essere stata provocata da interventi infrastrutturali a servizio dell'abitato.
Da quel momento Craco è diventato un vero e proprio paese fantasma, uno dei rari esempi in Italia, e da alcuni decenni entusiasma viaggiatori e numerosi registi che hanno scelto proprio il centro lucano per girare alcune scene dei loro film:
La lupa di Alberto Lattuada
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli di Francesco Rosi: nell'episodio dell'arrivo di Volontè-Carlo Levi alla nuova destinazione di confino, Gagliano.
Per l'occasione furono disposti sulle prime case del paese degli stendardi a lutto, per ricreare lo scenario descritto nel libro.
King David di Bruce Beresford
Saving Grace di Tom Conti
Il sole anche di notte di Paolo e Vittorio Taviani
Terra bruciata di Fabio Segatori
Nativity di Catherine Hardwicke
La passione di Cristo di Mel Gibson: gli esterni di questa pellicola furono girati prevalentemente a Matera; Craco fu scelta dal regista come il paese che si vede sullo sfondo nella scena dell'impiccagione di Giuda
The Big Question diretto da Francesco Cabras e Alberto Molinari
Nine Poems in Basilicata di Antonello Faretta
Agente 007 - Quantum of Solace, regia di Marc Forster, con Daniel Craig e Giancarlo Giannini
Basilicata coast to coast, di Rocco Papaleo
I viaggiatori che si avventurano a Craco si trovano immersi in un'atmosfera a dir poco surreale, circondati dal paesaggio lunare dei “calanchi” resi celebri dal “Cristo si è fermato a Eboli” di Carlo Levi; olivi secolari misti a cipressi antichissimi sono dal lato del paese verso lo scalo, quest'ultimo sulla ferrovia calabro lucana da questo lato divelta e abbandonata.
I nomi delle contrade vicine evocano un passato intenso e misterioso:
"Canzoniere": prende il nome da un'antica taverna posta lungo un tratturo un tempo molto frequentato. Secondo una leggenda la taverna era gestita da una donna molto avvenente, una sorta di Circe contadina che una volta sedotti i malcapitati avventori, li uccideva e li metteva sotto aceto, facendone il piatto forte della sua taverna
"San Lorenzo": un'antica fontana a volta, sulla via verso il fiume Cavone, dove palme altissime convivono con gli olivi sullo sfondo di masserie che sono capolavori dell'arte costruttiva rurale dei secoli passati, austere e solari, arroccate e nel contempo aperte al territorio, come quelle "Galante" e "Cammarota", disposte su due livelli: gli archi che reggono la scala esterna e i terrazzi sembrano spalti difensivi
"Sant'Eligio": protettore dei maniscalchi, trova a Craco un tributo che va al di là della semplice menzione toponomastica, con la sua cappella magnificamente affrescata, probabilmente del '500, con scene di santi intorno a un Cristo che pur crocifisso resta Pantocratore
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Samir Bakr, Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Al-Quds Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation attends the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem, Palais des Nations. 27 June 2019. UN Photo by Violaine Martin
Question Mark. Aus der Serie „Satzzeichen“ 2014
Rotierende Skulptur aus Lianen Findling, fluoriszierendes Klebeband, schwarze Totenkopf Büchse und Schwarz Licht
Skulptur, Objekt, Video, Installation, Fotografie
Markus Wintersberger 2014
We asked 70 People, Seven Questions About Race & Ethnicity in American Culture!
This Video is What they Said!
A Final Presentation for Prof. Joyce Maxwell’s Honors Studies HRS103 Course “Race and Ethnicity in American Culture” hrs103.wordpress.com/7Questions
Presented by... Binu JACOB, Jasmine NIEVES, Chris MAURO, & Joseph EULO
The 7 Questions:
1Q-How Do You Define "Race"?
Anonymous Question: I Define Race as a Positive Word
Results:60% Agreed, 28% Disagreed, 12% Had No Opinon
2Q-How Do You Define Ethnicity?
Anonymous Question:I Define Ethnicity as a Positive Word
Results: 60% Agreed, 28% Disagreed, 12% Had No Opinon
3Q-What Is The Difference Between Race and Ethnicity?
Anonymous Question:There is a Difference Between Race and Ethnicity
Results:82% Agreed, 16% Disagreed,2% Had No Opinon
4Q-Why Do You Think The 2009 Presidential Election Was So Important In US History?
Anonymous Question:The Past Election Was Very Important in U.S. History
Results:94% Agreed, 6% Had No Opinon
5Q- How Does The Current President Influence The Way Americans View Each Other?
Anonymous Question: The Current President Positivley Influences the Way Americans View Each Other
Results:88% Agreed, 12% Disagreed
6Q-How Does The Current President Influence The Way America Is Viewed Abroad?
Anonymous Question: The Current President Positively Changes the Way America Is Viewed Abroad
Results: 90% Agreed, 10% Disagreed
7Q- How Has The 2008 Presidential Election Opened up Dialogue On Issues of Race?
Anonymous Question: The 2008 Presidential Election Has Opened Up Dialogue on Issues of Race
Results: 82% Agreed, 4% Disagreed, 14% Had No Opinon
This is a frame from a video. You can watch it on Vimeo.
Question 3
How many pillars with white tips can you find in the water next to the "Zijlpoortsbrug" ...
Who is not allowed to pass this bridge a) bikes b) pedestrians c) cars ...
(2 points)
Dan Maffei of Transcore answers questions about The Toll Roads' new all-electronic toll collection electronic equipment at a press conference held today to mark the launch of The Toll Roads' three new ExpressAccount types.
The Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) today introduced three new ExpressAccount™ payment options, which give customers more choices on how to pay tolls. TCA, which operates The Toll Roads (SRs 73, 133, 241 and 261) will remove all cash toll collection from the 51-mile toll road network in May 2014.
The New ExpressAccounts – New Ways to Pay Tolls Without Stopping
With the new, transponder-free ExpressAccounts, images of a vehicle’s license plate taken on The Toll Roads are linked to an account and the appropriate toll is collected. When customers sign up for an ExpressAccount, they may choose one of three payment options:
•Prepaid – Customers open an account with a prepaid balance and tolls are deducted from the amount whenever they use The Toll Roads.
•Charge – At the end of each day, customers tolls are charged to the credit card on file for each trip on The Toll Roads.
•Invoice – Customers are sent an invoice at the close of the month for tolls incurred that month; no need to use a credit card or link a bank account to your account. This account type includes an invoice fee.
ExpressAccounts can only be used on The Toll Roads (SRs 73, 133, 241 and 261). And the toll is on average 20 percent higher than the toll paid by a FasTrak customer.
FasTrak: Still Lowest Tolls
Customers with FasTrak, which uses transponder technology affixed to a vehicle’s windshield, will continue to pay the lowest tolls and may be used on all toll roads, lanes and bridges throughout California. FasTrak customers won't have to make any changes to their accounts when cash collection ceases on The Toll Roads.
Learn more at TheTollRoads.com.