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Politization of Sexual Desire – part I
(This article was adapted from our new book Emotional Frustration – the hushed plague)
In 1952 Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist and intellectual born in Martinique, published Peau Noire, Masques Blanc—one of his most important and still disregarded works. Based on his own experience growing up as a black man in a largely white society, he exposed the dehumanizing effects of racism on the psyche of vulnerable communities in colonized societies like the French Caribbean islands. He applied the psychoanalytic theory and praxis to explain the sense of inferiority and dependency that oppressed black people feel toward the white supremacists.
In the chapter titled Le Noir et la Psychopathologie, he claimed that in a society where whites have all the major levers of economic opportunities and the communications, black people cannot fit into the mold established by the dominating classes, which creates a schizoid dissociation in their subconscious that equates "blackness" with "wrongness." The perfidious association of "black" with "villainy" will be seared in the young blacks' minds , inevitably influencing their sexual desire. On the other hand, the social castration of young blacks elicited a compensatory fantasy in the minds of whites who extolled the "sexual prowess" of their victims.
Fanon, compromised with the anti-colonial struggle of Algerians, died too young at 37 years old in a New York City Hospital in 1961 but he bequeathed his ideas to us. Just a few years later the Feminist Movement, deeply influenced by the struggle of colonized people against their colonizers in the 60s, vociferously demands the end of the dominance of men over women in a then overtly sexist Patriarchal society. In the late 70s Catherine McKinnon affirmed that the traditional psychoanalytic view of desire as primal and apolitical must be discarded to recognize its violent nature. Influenced by the Patriarchy, sexual desire of men (the oppressors) is tainted by the paradoxical co-existence of contempt and also arousal of the master towards slaves; likewise the desire of women (the oppressed) is tainted by a sense of vulnerability. In the workplace women were judged by the standards used for wives and friends; the imbalance of power provoked the subordination of female labor to male desire.
For the radical feminists the erotic experience of sex was inexorably related to the imposition of patriarchal rules of domination on women, questioning the true value of the supposed "voluntary consent" and affirming that women could not enjoy it. Discreetly they advocated for a self-disciplining of educated, emancipated women that eventually led to a "political lesbianism" in practice as men could not be trusted. The psychologically and physical abuse of men over women in bed was reinforced by the surge of demand of pornography material in the70s and 80s in our societies.
In the late 80s and early 90s some feminist rebelled against the fundamentalist anti-sex view of the McKinnonites and revendicated the right of women to good sex. They insisted that women were entitled to sexual desire, including heterosexual. In a chapter titled "Lust Horizons: is the Feminist Movement Pro-Sex" of her book, Ellen Willis stated that the MacKinnonites not only denied the right of women to a basic human physiologic function, but it also reinforced the quaint Victorian prejudice that "men only want sex and women can only endure it." She claimed that this supposedly "natural" sexual dichotomy was used by the Patriarchate to enforce the exclusion of women from their access to the social and economic levers of power in society. Willis said that anti-porn feminism "asked women to accept a spurious moral superiority as a substitute for sexual pleasure, and curbs on men's sexual freedom as a substitute for real power." Surreptitiously deflecting the discourse, the chameleonic Patriarchate stays in power.
In an excellent review titled "Does anyone have the right to sex" in the London Review of Books, Amia Srinivasan affirmed that the case for pro-sex feminism has been solidified by the more recent acceptance of the concept of intersectionality by the defenders of women's rights. She said that " thinking about how patriarchal oppression is inflected by race and class—patriarchy doesn't express uniformly and cannot be understood independently of other systems of oppression—has made feminists reluctant to prescribe universal policies, including the universal sexual policies." The furious demand of white women for equal access to the workplace might seem irrelevant to poor black women who have disproportionately worn the pants at home, which implied toiling in an outside job plus doing the house chores. Similarly the self-objectification of women has a different meaning for them as they might subconsciously resent that society "naturally" considers the white women as a paradigm of beauty solely by virtue of their color.
In a follow-up, we will discuss the acrid confrontation of Feminists and Trans women.
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Nick Saban Poses One Question To College Football Playoff Committee While Making Case For Two-Loss Alabama To Get In
by Grayson Weir December 3, 2022, 11:29 pm updated December 4, 2022, 7:45 am 2 Comments
Nick Saban and Alabama football are on the outside looking in at the College Football Playoff. However, if there was to be a glimmer of hope, the door was left cracked over conference championship weekend.
USC lost on Friday, which all-but eliminated the Trojans from Playoff contention. While Georgia and Michigan won their respective conference titles on Saturday, TCU did not.
The Horned Frogs lost their first game of the year to the Kansas State Wildcats in overtime. More than likely, Sonny Dykes' team will still get in.
But what if they didn't? Who would get their spot? Who will get USC's spot?
Based on the current standings, one-loss Ohio State will presumably leapfrog Lincoln Riley's program. However, the committee could decide that a two-loss Alabama team is more deserving. It could also decide that a two-loss Crimson Tide program is more deserving than a one-loss Big 12 team.
They probably won't, but they could.
Nick Saban made his pitch to the College Football Playoff committee on Fox on Saturday night.
To make his case for why Alabama deserves to make the Playoff, Saban asked one question.
Would Ohio State, TCU or USC be favored in a game against the team from Tuscaloosa?
Well, I think the whole goal is to get the best teams in. What I would say to the committee or anyone else is if we played any of the teams that are on the edge of getting in, would we be the underdog, or would we be the favorite? I think if you could answer that question and the goal is to get the best teams in, then you would say they belong in there.
— Nick Saban on the CFP
In addition, Saban pointed to various injuries throughout the year— Bryce Young in particular.
We lost 2 games on the road in a tough league to 2 top-10 teams, one top-5 team on the last play of the game. We had our opportunities. We weren't 100%, Bryce Young wasn't 100%, he was injured in the mid-part of the season.
— Nick Saban on Alabama's 2022 season
Saban also spoke to how the Crimson Tide played better at the end of the season. He believes that should be factored in.
When asked to name the other three teams that should make the Playoff, Saban declined. The 71-year-old coaching legend does not like to talk about other programs.
Saban reminded the committee that Alabama played five road games this season against top-25 teams, with three against top-10 teams.
That's a grueling schedule […] We shouldn't just be looking at metrics of one-loss, 2-loss, I think who are the best teams.
— Nick Saban on eye test vs. resume
Here is his full pitch:
Nick Saban makes his case for Alabama, pointing out that his team would most likely be a favorite in semifinal.
Also points out that Bryce Young was hurt during the Tennessee loss (Looked damn good to me) #CFBPlayoff pic.twitter.com/jfAQ2ehvBM
— Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace_) December 4, 2022
Alabama Crimson Tidecollege footballCollege Football PlayoffNick Saban
Chris Luke says:
Being favored has little to do with who is better. It has to do with how the bookies set a line to get equal action on the two competitors. Therefore it also involves bettor bias. Try harder, Nick. Your team may not be in the top ten this year. And certainly isn't the top 5. You lost to a four-loss LSU and your best win was on a last second FG vs Texas. Maybe retire?
Grant'sGhost says:
Hate much? Rally retire… the greatest living college football coach?
Your logic is a little flawed. Some would argue that favored betting is the truest indication of a ranking. You can come here and spew any team preference and it costs you nothing but… peope\le putting down their money. Naturally they can also be wrong but tend to be the most invested so to speak.
The guys is doing his job. TCU and USC played one pressure packed game and lost. Bama plays a bowl game almost every week; how many teams storm the field when they beat TCU in the regular season.
I think it's all for naught. The only team that could play Georgia close this year would be Bama. All the others are going to get destroyed. I think Bama would still lose. For the record I think on a neutral field, Bama beats TCU, USC, Michigan, and OSU 9 times out of 10. All the arguments about Williams being hurt etc. apply to Bama Bryce closer to 100% now. Some of the young receivers finally playing.
The big ten pretty much sucks; the OSU standout victory…. Penn State really – getting blown out by Michigan at home. And as much as I love K-State (my daughter almost went there this year) do we really think that most weeks they would compete in the SEC.

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A Department of Housing grant targets the county's "hardest hit" areas to help people stay in their houses when facing financial distress.
The event saw varying degrees of optimism regarding Tucson, the nation and the possibility for recession.
Census data show 43 percent of Tucson residents identify as Hispanic.
Pima County Supervisors approve rezoning, clearing the way for a multi-use district.
An Arizona 360 discussion assessing if you can afford your home.
Tariffs are disincentivizing home builders, keeping inventory low in a high-demand market.
Homebuyers increased by nearly 15 percent, a realtor group president says.


Perfumes are made using different types of aromatic ingredients. They can be made using natural essential oils only or they can be made adding fragrance oils, isolates, and aroma chemicals in addition to essential oils.
There are three primary ways to create perfumes and colognes.
Some recipes on the internet will recommend using vodka for alcohol-based perfumes, but it is important to use a denatured (non-drinkable) perfumer's alcohol (SDA 40B), especially if you are looking to sell your creations. Perfumer's alcohol is a combination of Ethanol, T-butyl alcohol, and Bitrex (Denatonium Benzoate.) If using perfumers alcohol you do not need to add DPG (dipropylene glycol) to the mix.
*In the United States, you will have to get a special permit in order to purchase larger quantities of perfumers alcohol. In most cases, the limit is 5 gallons per year without a permit.
Eau de Cologne (EDC) formulations have a typical concentration of 2–5% of fragrance materials.
Eau de Toilette (EDT) formulations have a typical concentration of 5–15% fragrance materials.
Eau de Parfum (EDP) formulations have a typical concentration of 15–40% of fragrance materials.
When you make a spray perfume mixed with perfumer's alcohol, it is recommended to let it sit for up to a month for the fragrance to really meld into its final form. You can always use it right away, but the fragrance may change over time.
I use a blend of Jojoba oil and beeswax to make solid perfumes. If you are looking for a vegan alternative to beeswax, you can substitute Candelilla Wax, but it has a much harder consistency than beeswax, so you will need to adjust the formulation accordingly.
I use a 1:3 ratio of wax to oil for the base. If you use, 1 ounce of beeswax, you will use 3 ounces of a carrier oil.
For fragrance use. I use about 2 ml of fragrance per ounce of solid perfume. This amount can be adjusted slightly depending on the intensity of the fragrance.
I use 10 ml roller bottles for perfume oils, in which case I use about 20-35 drops of the fragrance blend, plus 10 ml of a carrier oil like jojoba or sweet almond oil.
Synthetic Fragrances are a combination of natural and synthetic produced in a lab to mimic different aromas as some plants do not produce essential oil extracts even though they may be fragrant by nature. It is important if you do use fragrance oils to consider the purpose and be sure that the fragrance oils that you are using are phthalate free. Phthalates are industrial chemicals that are used as solvents in cosmetics and other products. They can damage the liver, kidneys, lungs, and reproductive system in animals as well as humans. Read more about the impact of Phthalates on human health with links to other research on the CDC's website.


FORW shall have one class of members, and each member shall have the right to vote on all appropriate corporate matters.
The number and qualifications of directors of FORW shall be specified by the Bylaws. Directors will be elected at an annual members' meeting to be established by the Bylaws.
The members shall have the power to amend or repeal the Articles.
The members of FORW shall have the power to make, alter, amend, or repeal FORW's Bylaws.
FORW shall indemnify a director or officer of FORW who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director or officer was a party because the director or officer is or was a director or officer of FORW against reasonable expenses incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding.
The name of FORW's initial registered agent is Diane Lynn Williams Easley, who is a resident of Virginia and an initial director of FORW.
FORW's initial registered office address, which is identical to the business office of the initial registered agent, is: P.O. Box 115, Lovingston, VA 22949. The registered office is physically located in Nelson County.
(a) To engage in any lawful purpose.
(b) To safeguard the health, scenic beauty, and cultural heritage of the Rockfish River watershed which includes both surface and ground waters.
The Corporation shall have the same powers as an individual to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its business and affairs, subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by applicable law or these Articles.
No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to its members, trustees, officers, other private persons, or individual, except that the Corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in these Articles of Incorporation.
No substantial part of the activities of the Corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.
The Corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distribution of statements) any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.
The Corporation shall not carry on or engage in any other activities not permitted to be carried on or engaged in by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, or any corresponding section of any future tax code.
In the event of dissolution, either voluntary or involuntary, assets shall be used to pay debts and liabilities of the Corporation.
Any remaining assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
Upon dissolution of the corporation, any assets remaining after payment of or provision for its debts and liabilities shall, consistent with the purposes of the organization, be paid over to charitable organizations exempt under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code or corresponding provisions of subsequently enacted federal law as determined by the members.
EXECUTED this _____ day of _________________, 2001 at Lovingston, Virginia.


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package org.conqat.engine.java.metric;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.bcel.classfile.Constant;
import org.apache.bcel.classfile.ConstantClass;
import org.apache.bcel.classfile.ConstantPool;
import org.apache.bcel.classfile.JavaClass;
import org.conqat.engine.commons.ConQATPipelineProcessorBase;
import org.conqat.engine.commons.node.NodeUtils;
import org.conqat.engine.commons.traversal.INodeVisitor;
import org.conqat.engine.commons.traversal.TraversalUtils;
import org.conqat.engine.core.core.AConQATKey;
import org.conqat.engine.core.core.AConQATProcessor;
import org.conqat.engine.core.core.ConQATException;
import org.conqat.engine.core.logging.IConQATLogger;
import org.conqat.engine.java.resource.IJavaElement;
import org.conqat.engine.java.resource.IJavaResource;
import org.conqat.engine.java.resource.JavaElementUtils;
import org.conqat.lib.commons.collections.ListMap;
import org.conqat.lib.commons.error.NeverThrownRuntimeException;

/**
 * This processor counts the number of classes depending on a class (Class
 * Fan-In).
 *
 * @author Florian Deissenboeck
 * @author $Author: steidl $
 * @version $Rev: 43636 $
 * @ConQAT.Rating GREEN Hash: 46C44B5BE01208176018468E6B6F685A
 */
@AConQATProcessor(description = "This processor counts the number of classes depending"
		+ " on a class (Class Fan-In).")
public class ClassFanInCounter extends
		ConQATPipelineProcessorBase<IJavaResource> {

	/** Result key. */
	@AConQATKey(description = "Class Fan-In", type = "java.lang.Integer")
	public static final String KEY = "Fan-In";

	/** Maps from a class to a list of classes depending on it. */
	private final ListMap<String, String> dependenciesMap = new ListMap<String, String>();

	/**
	 * Redeclared to get rid of warning from nested classes (syntethic accessor
	 * method).
	 */
	@Override
	protected IConQATLogger getLogger() {
		return super.getLogger();
	}

	/** {@inheritDoc} */
	@Override
	protected void processInput(IJavaResource root) {

		NodeUtils.addToDisplayList(root, KEY);

		// store all dependencies
		TraversalUtils.visitAllDepthFirst(new DependenciesVisitor(), root);

		// annotate nodes, this can't be done in the first step as ALL
		// dependencies must be recorded first
		TraversalUtils.visitAllDepthFirst(new FanInVisitor(), root);
	}

	/** Visits all classes and store dependencies. */
	private class DependenciesVisitor implements
			INodeVisitor<IJavaResource, NeverThrownRuntimeException> {

		/** Stores dependencies in the dependencies-map. */
		@Override
		public void visit(IJavaResource element) {
			// in a 'fresh' tree this is called for class elements only as only
			// they can be leaves. If, however, the tree was modified, this may
			// be called for package elements. In this case just skip them.
			if (!(element instanceof IJavaElement)) {
				return;
			}

			JavaClass clazz;
			try {
				clazz = JavaElementUtils
						.obtainBcelClass((IJavaElement) element);
			} catch (ConQATException ex) {
				getLogger().warn(
						"Can't determine dependencies of class "
								+ element.getId());
				return;
			}

			ArrayList<String> dependencies = createDependencyList(clazz);
			String className = element.getId();
			for (String depName : dependencies) {
				dependenciesMap.add(depName, className);
			}
		}

		/** Create a list of dependencies for a given class. */
		private ArrayList<String> createDependencyList(JavaClass clazz) {

			ArrayList<String> depList = new ArrayList<String>();
			ConstantPool cp = clazz.getConstantPool();
			String className = clazz.getClassName();

			for (Constant constant : cp.getConstantPool()) {
				if (constant instanceof ConstantClass) {

					String usedClassName = cp.constantToString(constant);

					// don't include self-reference
					if (!className.equals(usedClassName)) {
						depList.add(usedClassName);
					}
				}
			}
			return depList;
		}
	}

	/** Visit all classes and count the list of dependencies. */
	private class FanInVisitor implements
			INodeVisitor<IJavaResource, NeverThrownRuntimeException> {

		/**
		 * Count the list of dependencies stored in the dependencies map an
		 * annoatate element.
		 */
		@Override
		public void visit(IJavaResource element) {
			// in a 'fresh' tree this is called for class elements only as only
			// they can be leaves. If, however, the tree was modified, this may
			// be called for package elements. In this case just skip them.
			if (!(element instanceof IJavaElement)) {
				return;
			}

			List<String> dependers = dependenciesMap.getCollection(element.getId());
			int dependerCount = 0;
			if (dependers != null) {
				dependerCount = dependers.size();
			}
			element.setValue(KEY, dependerCount);
		}
	}
}

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Pigs are omnivorous even-toed ungulates originally native to Eurasia. Pigs have long snouts with flattened ends, curly tails, and are typically pink in color.
Feral pigs, however, rapidly revert to the dark and bristly form of the wild boar from which domestic pigs are derived. Feral swine in the Americas, thought to be descendant from those immigrated with the Spanish, exist in the southern United States. Estimates place the number of wild swine at as many as two million in this area.
Male pigs are called boars, female pigs are called sows, and baby pigs are called piglets.
Pigs are noted for their intelligence, and trained pigs are used in parts of Europe to root for truffles.
Bacon, pork, often in the form of the sausage and ham come from pigs. Pigs' trotters are a delicacy in northern England, dried pigs' ears are readily available as a treat for dogs, and the fat of the pig is lard, the skin is often either deep fried or baked and sold as pork scratchings in UK pubs. It is said that everything of the pig can be eaten, with the exception of the oink. Footballs are traditionally made from a pig's skin, and for the earliest ballgames, an inflated pig's bladder was used for a ball.
To those of the Jewish faith, rule of the Book of Leviticus, eating pigs or even handling their hide is an abomination. , "...the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you." (Leviticus 11:7-11:8).
Muslims have, and still practice, a similar prohibition on the consumption or handling of pigs.
Pigs have often featured in works of fiction. Two particular examples are Animal Farm by George Orwell, and the Blandings Castle novels by P.G. Wodehouse where the Empress of Blandings is a prize-winning sow. Another one is Piglet from the Winnie the Pooh stories.
The term pig was also used as a pejorative, such as against law enforcement officials by 1960s radicals. This term was infamously used by Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of then-President Bill Clinton, in reference to the Secret Service, with her claiming that her parents referred to the Secret Service as such. The term also acted as a pejorative against Communists, presumably in reference to Animal Farm.
↑ Breeds of Livestock - Swine. Oklahoma State University. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
↑ A National Perspective on Feral Swine. Dale Rollins. Retrieved from the Texas Natural Resource Server 30 January 2008.


In our collection are a number of Documation punched-card readers. These readers suffer to various degrees from the problem that the rubber-like (*) card picker rollers have deteriorated, as a result of not being used for a long time, and/or having been improperly stored.
The rollers, though seemingly useable at first, were observed to heat up rapidly after a couple of minutes of use. One day, probably as a result of exceeding a critical temperature, they changed state all at once, forming a viscid substance which covered and glued together nearby parts of the machine. For instance the opposite metal rollers (see the picture of our Documation M1000) turned out to be rubber-coated afterwards. The molten 'rubber' solidified after some time, forming a sticky mass.
The capability of reading cards is considered a major feature of our museum. Fortunately, we found a Dutch rubber processing firm (**) up for making a new, experimental set of rollers (experimental because little is known about the necessary mechanical properties of the material; notice that the rollers rotate at about 2000 revolutions per minute and that they are subject to appreciable forces). These rollers from EPDM45 rubber seem to be functioning satisfactorily. The picture shows them mounted in a Documation M300 card reader.
(*) Using FTIR spectrometry, the material was identified as polyurethane rubber with chalk and silica additivies. Thanks to Mrs. Thea van Oosten of ICN (Institute Collection of the Netherlands, Amsterdam).
(**) HADA, Alkmaar, now defunct.
Hewlett & Packard seem to have used the same type of capstan material in all magnetic media drives appearing in their products in our collection, ranging from pocket calculator card readers to cassette tape drives of various sizes. In no case this material has survived the 15 - 20 years since it was applied, virtually independent of storage conditions. Instead it has turned into a spongy, sticky substance.
The left picture shows the capstan of the program card reader of a HP-67 calculator. In the right picture an attempted reconstruction is shown, made from silicone casting. Though we have tried several grades of this material, in no case the new capstan would function properly. Probably the coefficient of friction of these silicone rubbers is too low, which is not surprising because they are designed for making removable casting molds.
The left picture shows the internal connection cable of our Tektronix 4002A graphics terminal. The cable sleeve has completely fallen apart, the remaining pieces being very brittle. Right picture: close-up of a Diehl paper tape reader. The black plastic sleeve is 'sweating' softening agent.
On the outside this Flexowriter power cable seemed to be in perfect condition. However, during a demonstration (!) of the machine, a short-circuit blowed the mains' fuses. A potentially dangerous situation.
The left picture shows a RAM card (about the size of a credit card) in its storage box, together with a silver oxide cell and a tool for inserting the latter into the card.
The card contains in battery-backed-up RAM the bootstrap program of a Pyramid MIServer MIS-4 (a fast dual-processor Unix machine). Unfortunately the battery has lost its power for long, whence it is impossible to bootstrap the machine. Even if it were possible to obtain a fresh card from the manufacturer (which isn't so), the same problem would appear again after a couple of years of storage in our depot. (Note: the Pyramid machine was removed from the collection in 2005).
A similar problem poses the 'watchdog'-ic with built-in lithium battery (right picture). It is found in many machines from SGI and Sun Microsystems (and probably more brands). This ic houses a real-time clock and 'non-volatile' RAM holding important system parameters. If the battery is empty, the system won't boot. Fortunately, replacement watchdogs are still (2016) easily available and relatively inexpensive. However installing a fresh watchdog is not a completely trivial task.
The picture shows the bottom side of the circuit board from a HighScreen notebook computer. Soldered on top of this board is a small NiCd battery for CMOS backup. This battery was leaking chemicals, which even reached the bottom side shown through some of the small through-plated holes in the board. As a result both sides of the board were ruined beyond repair. Depending on the place where it attacked, the contents of de battery caused at least three types of contamination (indicated by arrowheads): blue, brown and whitish.
The main battery of a laptop computer entering our collection is invariably over of its useful lifetime. Replacement batteries can still be ordered, sometimes even if the laptop is twenty years old. But these are expensive, and in a museum collection which is to last for the next 100 years, they are no solution. Fortunately, most laptops can be operated without this battery if that is what you want (but you still need an intact CMOS-battery, see previous topic). In some laptops, however, the battery pack is part of the outer case of the machine. I don't know how the chemistry of defunct cells will behave on the long run, but I am not optimistic. So I would either remove the battery and store it separately (for inspection after 100 years), or carefully open it and remove the cells.
The picture shows the contents of a 12 V, 2300 mAh battery taken from a DECpc laptop (1993). There are 10 NiMH cells, protected by four sensors. Two of these are connected to an internal circuit board with many IC's (picture below). Do not attempt (as I did) to replace the cells by fresh ones. The current sensors (fuses, in fact) are point-welded into the original circuitry, and will be irreversibly tripped as soon as you touch them with a soldering iron. The replacement cells will necessarily be different in size (smaller) and electrical properties, so you cannot be sure that the control electronics will work appropriately. Learn from this article that there are many more reasons to have doubts on this issue.
Our Wang 300 calculator system has probably been stored for many years in a shed or garage. In the 'electronics package' shown we found sawdust, dabs of paint, rust and unidentified chemicals. For cleaning, the unit had to be taken apart entirely.
Many cathode-ray tubes in terminals from the 70's and 80's show the development of fungi between the glass surface of the tube and its protecting plastic faceplate. This phenomenon gives a terminal particularly unhealthy looks, although it doesn't impair its functionality.
The only way to attack this problem seems to be removing, cleaning and replacing the faceplate, which is probably a tricky and even dangerous business.
Keyboards coming with used computers are usually quite dirty; not only the keys but also the space beneath them, where often massive amounts of dust and objects like nails (see the picture), remainders of coffee and bread, and so on have collected. Cleaning good quality keyboards (removable caps, hermetically closed switches) is not particularly difficult but rather time consuming. Don't forget to take a picture of the keyboard before removing the keys!
The picture shows a core memory plane (one from a stack), for educational display enclosed in a wooden frame with perspex windows, somewhere in the early 80's. The plane was held in place by a pair of black spacers marked S, probably made of PVC foam. These spacers were taken from the original core stack. In this picture the upper spacer and window have been removed.
Unfortunately, softening agent from the spacers has escaped from the foam, and because the space was hermetically closed, it has condensed as a clear oily fluid on the windows, and on the memory plane itself. There it has caused severe, irreversible damage; see the enlarged part of the picture.
The picture shows the rusty card track of a Bull POR-80 electric-powered card punch (about 1952). Though the amount and type of rust looks very discouraging, it can be removed easily using a small glass-hair brush. Fortunately, there wasn't much rust under the keypad, as removing the latter (in a reversible way) is a complex problem. After removing the rust, replacing the mains cable and a missing key cap (borrowed from a similar machine in a much worse condition), cards can be punched with the machine as if it never has been out of service; see the picture.
Another sad story about disintegrating (synthetic) rubber.
This is the paper transport mechanism of a Versatec V-80 electrostatic plotter, built around 1972. Normally the front lid is closed, and the paper is fed between the large rubber platen and a pair of small plastic idlers mounted on the lid. (Actually the platen is in two halves, coupled by a differential gearing).
In the course of time the rubber of the platen has softened to the point of being almost fluid. The idlers left deep impressions and were themselves covered with the sticky, syrup-like platen material.
Which cables and/or connectors should be kept for possible future use, or possibly just for historical reasons? How should they be conserved and stored? How to be described and labeled? How to preserve essential cables (either internal or interconnecting) already having a decaying sleeve?
This is the protecting screen of the printer/keyboard, part of the IBM 1050 Data Communications System. Many years ago, the teleprinter has been wrapped up in furniture mover's adhesive tape. Even while most of the by now degraded tape could be removed easily, it left sticky traces all over the machine; probably a mix of glue, and softening agent escaped from the substrate. Most of this could be removed using isopropyl alcohol without affecting the plexiglas screen.
Unfortunately, in many spots there were remnants of the tape, still covering the glue. Mechanical means for removing these (like a scalpel) would certainly cause scratches. On the internet I found a suitable method. After applying a little cooking butter and having it settle for a few minutes, the tape and glue residuals could be wiped off without leaving a trace! Unfortunately, the trick doesn't work on other plastic (probably PVC) parts of the machine.
Most motor-driven mechanical calculators are equipped with an anti-EMI capacitor, bridging the mains input. These capacitors have a tendency to explode, when the calculator is switched on after many years of leisure. Such explosions can be hefty, producing a toxic-smelling fume and spreading small particles all over the mechanism.
EMI capacitors are also found in modern switched-mode power supplies. Though of more advanced design then those used in the electromechanical calculators of the 1950's, they can still manifest themselves unexpectedly and unpleasantly. See this article.
This QIC (quarter-inch cassette) tape contains software for our recently acquired Tektronix 4501 computer (1976). Unfortunately it is not readible, because the white drive band inside the cassette is broken. As it turned out, all of the ten Tektronix system software cassettes had the same problem, as well as another ten unused Scotch cassettes which came with the computer.
It is possible to replace the culprit by a band cannibalized from a newer unused QIC; evidently this is useful only if the magnetic databits on the tape are still there! See this youtube movie.


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Hilton Melbourne South Wharf invited members of the historic racing community, car club representatives & supporters of this exhibition to join them for a launch evening on Monday 5 March.
Historic Racing Australia supported this evening by arranging for Spencer Martin to officially open the exhibition.
Bill Hemming (Elfin Heritage Centre) supported the function by loaning his Elfin 400 for display. This car having being driven by Spencer in 1967 to multiple lap records at circuits such as Hume Weir & Calder Park. Spencer was delighted to be re-united with the car, and settled into the driver's seat well! (he is pictured here with Bill Hemming).


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htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary Review (PS Vita)
Greg Srisavasdi
htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary has a confusing moniker, and its gameplay is just as perplexing. A puzzle platformer at heart, it crafts a compelling mystery amidst a darkened universe. Although saddled with a minor flaw, The Firefly Diary's eerily seductive nature may win you over.
Mion is a lost girl, an amnesiac who's alone in a suffocating, industrialized land where sunshine is relatively nonexistent. Her only guardian is a green firefly named Lumen, who lights her way out each intricately structured environment. Your goal is to keep Mion alive and keep her moving forward to the next destination. Since Mion only has one life, your puzzle level will restart if she perishes.
The Firefly Diary's creative home run comes with the ability to transport Mion into a shadow world. Certain sections of each stage can only be solved by venturing into this alternate dimension, where she's guided by a reddish firefly named Umbra. Though the intentionally drab aesthetic of Mion's reality is subtly eye catching, its the dark silhouetted, and often times nightmarish journeys into the shadows which held my attention.
Along with the worlds of shadow and reality, Mion is also haunted by her past. Within each stage are white memory sprouts which, when discovered, lead her to a nostalgic interlude. While in these memory fragments, you are transported into a pixelated dream that, considering the visually rich dimensions of Mion's current existence, is absolutely jarring. The incongruous meshing of styles, however, fits into The Firefly Diary's aesthetic. Nothing is ever comfortable within Mion's nightmarish existence, and giving gamers that continual sense of unease is one of this title's most alluring facets.
Though initially nondescript, the game's subtle score is an effective complement to Mion's dreamscape, as its meditative and mesmeric sounds continued to pull me into The Firefly Diary's hypnotic grip.
Although I welcome the game's baroque and complicated visions, The Firefly Diary's controls added an unwelcome level of frustration. Since you can move Mion solely through the PS Vita touchscreen, mix it up using the touchscreen and the console's rear touch pad, or utilize the left stick and right hand buttons, a lack of control options isn't the problem. Employing the touchscreen to move Lumen and rear touchpad for Umbra was an uncomfortable experience, as I never got full command of my PS Vita. While simply using the touchscreen or left stick/button options was an improvement, moving Mion around the environment, especially when she's climbing up and down ladders, still contains its share of problems. I often overshot my intended destination due to the game's lack of intuitive controls, and although this minor flaw isn't a deal breaker, it's still a glaring weakness.
The Firefly Diary's saving grace rests on its loving attention to visual detail and its narrative. A subtle stroke of genius comes from Mion's encounters with monsters from the shadow world, a conflict which adds an extra layer of difficulty to the respectively puzzle. While you're trying to correction synchronize Mion's movements, whether it's pulling levers, moving boxes, or climbing stairs to advance her to the next stage, these monsters throw an extra wrench into the proceedings.
For example, even if you pass a certain section of a given stage, the creatures from the shadow world bleed into Mion's reality, and many of your deaths will come at their hands. The Firefly Diary requires a mastery of both worlds, and don't be surprised if you spend inordinate amounts of time attempting to complete just one stage.
Although htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary is cursed with a flawed control scheme, the total package did enough to keep me intrigued throughout. Mion is an imaginative soul who's trapped within two worlds, trying to regain her memory and return to a seemingly primeval place. Whether the universe Mion is searching for still exists is this journey's ultimate question. With a few fireflies and a brave girl as my guides, it's a mystery I'm willing to solve.
This review is based on a download code of htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary provided by the publisher for PS Vita.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown •
Solomon Vows: Firaxis on XCOM's Second Wave Add-On
The Infinite Interview Continues
Alec Meer
8th January 2013 / 5:00AM
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. By which I mean, just when you thought I couldn't possibly muster another marathon interview with XCOM: Enemy Unknown lead Jake Solomon, I did. Later this week he post-mortems the largely brillo remake of the 90s ultra-classic, but firstly we chat about the impending free Second Wave add-on. Skeletal remnants of this set of balance-tweaking toggles were found by modders at launch, but now the full-fat version is ready to go. Here, Solomon talks about why Second Wave was made, how it in some ways makes XCOM more like X-COM and why the add-on's very existence might just be down to you lot.
RPS: Is this the same Second Wave options that modders found or something different?
Jake Solomon: Modders are amazing. They say water will find a crack – modders will find anything. Anything you foolishly put in there four years ago or whatever… But yeah, the Second Wave, they unlocked it and actually that was really helpful. Second Wave is free add-on content, it's a free pack that's going to go live I think [today]. It's the stuff that the modders found and it's a bunch of basically gameplay options.
It's sort of like the Iron Man option, but there are sixteen options in total and they just sort of change the way that the game plays. When it goes live, you'll automatically get four new options to play the game and there are 12 other options that unlock if you beat the game on normal, classic and impossible. And it's retroactive, so if you've already beaten the game it will recognise that and unlock all the other options as well.
RPS: So you need to have beaten all three difficulty settings to get all the new options? I'm not sure I can ever finish it on Impossible.
Jake Solomon: Right, and I'm typically not a big fan of unlocks, but the reason why we decided to do that is that the ones that are behind Classic and especially Impossible are really, really punishing. The idea with the unlocks behind Impossible are… Well, I said this about Impossible and it turned out not to be true. People have beaten impossible Iron Man, but this time, I'm telling you, it really won't be about beating the game but rather it's supposed to be like a roguelike. It's a little more like Dwarf Fortress, like how long you can survive not that you can beat the game. I say that knowing full well somebody will beat the game with those options unlocked.
RPS: Yeah, I give it 72 hours before they do.
Jake Solomon: I'm in awe of people who've already beaten it on Impossible, that's awesome, but this time I'll be a little sceptical if people tell me they've beaten it with these options on. It's things like the overall funding levels around the world drop inexorably with every month, so money is just automatically going to get tighter and tighter. And Elerium now has a half-life, so the minute it goes into storage it starts degrading. Obstacles like that create a sort of race condition and make it tough on the player. Man, it doesn't even sound fun when I say it, but for some people that's what counts for fun.
RPS: How close is it to what the modders dug up?
Jake Solomon: It is the stuff that the modders dug up, in fact. That was actually very helpful. I'm thrilled by that kind of stuff, it doesn't bother me at all. We were all kind of laughing about it, they found it so quickly. I had to go back, because I hadn't balanced them, some of them were broken and didn't work. So before we even got QA on the Second Wave stuff I was able to go to the Nexus mods website and they had already posted a functionality list and said 'this one doesn't work, this one's bugged…' So I basically used the mod to [fix this]. There were even a couple of ideas they had to improve them where I was like 'oh yeah, that's better.' So I used their ideas to improve some of the modes, like Marathon mode.
Some of these came from different places. Some are design ideas I had that didn't make it into the final game for whatever reason, like there's one called Diminishing Returns and what that does is, with every satellite you build the next satellite is much more expensive. So it creates this really escalating cost. I wanted that in the game because I think that's a great, solid design mechanic, but the thematics are terrible. It doesn't make any fucking sense. Why would all of a sudden satellites get more expensive? I probably could have handwaved to make it work, but that seemed very punishing. But I thought the mechanic worked well, because there's no way to build all the satellites that you need.
So that's an option that went in because that's what I wanted, and some other options are meant to mimic the original game. The idea for Second Wave came about really, really late in the project – well past alpha, well past beta probably. The way it works on the team is that for the vast majority of the project I'm the team lead, but once you're in alpha and beta and actually trying to skip a game, our producer, Garth([DeAngelis), becomes the team lead. We were past that point and I was having trouble dealing with that, y'know? He was actually putting the brakes on some of the stuff I was doing – rightfully so, I would not be good at shipping a game.
So we were right at the end and I was sort of running out of things to do, so I was reading comments, and honestly it was probably RPS, but people were worried about how the original did something and it doesn't sound like this game would. I started thinking, 'well, this stuff's not actually that hard to give to people.' So I started working on this Second Wave thing really, really late in the project, and the idea was never to release it with the core game, but to release it later.
Some of those options are meant to mimic the original game in that they're more unpredictable. Things like weapons have a wider range of damage, rookies have random starting stats, their stats will increase randomly. Marathon mode at least doubles the length of the game, if not triples. So things that can give you a little bit more of the feel of the original game.
RPS: Is there anything that alters the fixed hit chance thing? The way the game seems to pre-determine some outcomes and keep them even if you reload?
Jake Solomon: Oh, that's a good point. I probably should have done that, actually. Sorry. I think Civ includes an option, don't they, where basically you can either have things be synchronised where every single time, even if you reload, the same thing happens, or it's random. I could probably have made an option where the results weren't synchronised. [Sighs]. That's a good idea. I didn't do that. I'm sorry.
RPS: And it's free, right? Why do that in this age of ubiquitous DLC?
Jake Solomon: Yeah, it's free. It's not something we wanted to charge for because a lot of people are playing the game and actually playing it a lot more than we expected, to be honest. It's funny because, when I was doing press before the game came out, it was this big thing that the maps were pre-made, but don't worry, you can play through the game twice and you probably won't see the same map. But in hindsight that's not very helpful, because we didn't realise people were going to play the game that much. A lot of people have played it four times, or five times, or they'll start it over and over because they're playing Iron Man. What we want to do is add to the replayability of the game, so there's a way to help those people find more value for their dollar, or Euro, or whatever.
One of Firaxis' core values, in addition to trying to make addictive gameplay obviously, is value for your money. We want people to feel like if you buy a game from us – because games are really expensive, right? – that at the end of the day it's the cheapest entertainment in terms of hours spent, and this really feeds into that.
RPS: When the Slingshot DLC came out and I needed to start a new Campaign just to see three new missions I just didn't want to, but it's a better prospect if I'm going to have quite a different experience throughout.
Jake Solomon: Yeah, I'm excited to see how it works out. The hope is that there's still people playing it in a couple of years. Obviously a smaller subset, but you always hope, and by then maybe they'll have the perfect gameplay toggles and they'll say 'oh, the only true way to play is with this option and that option.' I'm kind of excited to see how people take these and go with them.
The original game has a lot of neat things that it allows it to stand completely different from our modern remagining, and it was much more of a simulation. We call it a strategy game, but I wouldn't call it a strategy. I'd call it more of a simulation. That allowed it to be much more unpredictable, and maybe there are some uneven moments because of that, but it also allows it to have really, really high highs. Higher highs than we're able to recreate in our reimagining, because our game is much more a game, with pretty explicit choices and the balance is a little tighter. Because of that we can eliminate some of the unevenness, but I think that you also chop off some of the highs that you get when systems are completely open.
I've actually been playing the original again, and that game remains unparalleled as far as I'm concerned. Both games don't fill the same role, it's not like the modern one replaces the original at all. They feel very different to me, so as I was replaying the original I was like 'man, it's actually much more of simulation' and I think that's where a lot of the fun stuff comes from. The Second Wave is meant to allow a little bit more of that sort of completely unpredictable gameplay that hopefully can add some really interesting stuff.
Later this week, we talk about XCOM itself – what went right, what went wrong, bugs, bases and what, if anything, its commerical success might mean for the future of turn-based strategy.
Here are those details of the Second Wave DLC, that should have patched into your Steam version by now.
Damage Roulette: Weapons have a wider range of damage.
New Economy: Randomized council member funding.
Not Created Equally: Rookies will have random starting stats.
Hidden Potential: As a soldier is promoted, stats increase randomly.
Red Fog: Combat wounds will degrade the soldier's mission stats.
Absolutely Critical: A flanking shot guarantees a critical hit.
The Greater Good: Psionics can only be learned from interrogating a psionic alien.
Marathon: The game takes considerably longer to complete.
Results Driven: A country offers less funding as its panic level increases.
High Stakes: Random rewards for stopping alien abductions.
Diminishing Returns: Increased cost of satellite construction.
More Than Human: The psionic gift is extremely rare.
And once you've completed the game on Impossible difficulty (which seems something of a contradiction):
War Weariness: Funding goes down over time.
E-115: Elerium degrades over time.
Total Loss: Lose all soldier gear upon death.
Alternate Sources: The power source cost to build facilities increases dramatically.
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Five Months Later, How Has XCOM 2 Changed?
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Wot I Think: XCOM 2
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Happy New Year!!! I wish each and every one of you the most blessed and love filled year yet! It's time for another challenge in the new Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge!!! Kudos to all the entrants from the last challenge during the busiest time of year, and for all the comments! The Curiosity Crew and I always have our socks knocked off by all the wonderful work and we are so inspired as well!
This new challenge, number nineteen is Frayed Fabric. I just LOVE Tim's Eclectic Elements Fabric, and it can be used in a million ways, but for this challenge we want to see the technique mentioned on page 66. I am so looking forward to all the entries. Please play along so you can win some fabulous prizes donated by the ever generous Tim and Mario, and this challenge's sponsor, Inspiration Emporium!!! You will have two weeks to complete this challenge and link it up to the CC3Challenge site, and you can read all the rules here. Please take the time to visit every member of the Curiosity Crew (See below.) for not only some gorgeous fabric pieces, but for a chance to win some extra goodies!
Tim's birthday is on January 7th, so I decided to make him a card of sorts using the Frayed Fabric technique. I hope he likes it.
I added Velcro so that the card can be closed, and perhaps Tim can use it to store mementos of his times at Disney.
A pocket inside stores a gift card.
Love the card and all the stitching!
I absolutely LOVE this wallet!! i wish it was mine,such a wonderful project.
I keepthe picture just to look at.
Happy New Year Anita! And what a lovely fabric creation you show today!!!
That's fantastic! Coolest gift card holder evah and so special to add Mickey to it!
What a wonderful idea, Anita! Tim will love it! Great idea to add the pockets to hold moments too. This is such a sweet project!
Anita, this is such a wonderful card for Tim! He will absolutely love it! What a clever idea you had to make a pocket on the inside to hold little mementos from Disney! Of course Mickey is so cute on the front I love the contrasting color of thread you used for the highlights!
What a fun design on this cute card/wallet!
Wow! Love your pocket card idea. A fun place to store little mementos of the day or for stashing a gift card or other small present! I am sure it will be a big hit. Thanks for sharing!
How cool is this!! I love every detail as it unfolded and Tim will absolutely love it, of course. You're awesome.
Your card is so beautiful and thoughtful too.
Perfect! The "Happiest Place on Earth" is just the right motif for a card for Tim!
Perfect card for Tim. I know he will love it. Disney and his frayed fabric how could he not.
Happy New Year! I love your birthday card/gift card wallet, it looks wonderful & it's perfect for Tim.
Tim will go NUTZ for this!!! Love the little sewn circles; those really make it special. I'm visiting all the Curiosity Crew blogs today to get ideas for my entry. There is SO MUCH you can do with this technique and I'm trying to narrow down all the choices!
What a fabulous card for Tim. Perfect.
You seem to have covered all of his favorite things: his fabric, his favorite play ground and favorite drinking place! Very thoughtful and adorable gift. YOU are amazing!
Oh my goodness Anita, this little wallet is so darn cute. I love the frayed fabric look! Nicely done!
Anita love what you did for this make! Love the Mickey ie Disney theme.
Love the materials you choose.
Such a thoughtful card for Tim ... so perfect with Mickey and the gift card/pocket just such a fabulous touch ... it will take him to his Happy Place ... I see his BIG Smile already ! Such cool work you did stitching the hash tag and Mickey... I love it !
Completely AWESOME card, Anita!! Tim is going to LOOOVE this!! I LOOOOOVE this, it's a great use of Tim's EE fabrics and a great inspiration for the CC3 #19!! XOXO-Shari T.
Anita, Tim is going to LOVE this! You nailed it with the Disney theme. I love it.
If Tim doesn't like it, you'll have loads of people clammering for this wonderful fabric wallet/card. Sadly, we will all be disappointed because I'm sure he will love it! A really thoughtful gift idea.
This card is a gift in itself, since it could be used to store special mementoes. As much as Tim likes Disney, I'm sure he'll treasure your card. Happy New Year!
What an awesome card and so thoughtful of you to make it with Mickey! I'm so sorry I'll miss meeting you again at CHA. But someday!
Totally cool!! Love the bright Micky against the fabric 😃 fantastic card/gift for Tim!!
Mickey, Starbucks and Eclectic Elements Fabric? He will love it. It looks amazing and I love all the fun details.
Pure cuteness Anita! Mickey looks so cute surrounded with all that fab TH fabric! All your fancy stitching adds great detail! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love your birthday card to Tim and I know he will too! What a neat idea to create a pocket for a gift card and Mickey just seals the deal...so cute!
Beautiful! And so innovative with the Velcro and inside of the card, it is beautiful.
This is such a great idea Anita! I LOVE vintage Mickey and the Starbucks card too. I'm sure he loved it.
Tim will love it, two of his faves .. Mickey and Starbucks. love the idea of making it a little memory keeper too. Awesome !!!
Perfect timing I have to do a card for someone with a gift card, now where did I put the fabric! Lovely.
Great card! He'll love it! I like the way you added the pocket and Velcro; great idea.
So darn cute! You are such a clever girl! Love it...the Mickey just sets the whole thing off! Love the pocket on the inside too!
What a fabulous and thoughtful gift Anita! Awesome card!!
This is such a cute and thoughtful project, I love the fabric and stitching. I love the thread colors and how the red and white fabric looks like tissue tape. Maybe it is tissue tape. Mickey is so cute hanging out on his frayed fabric and the pocket inside is adorable! The perfect gift! I just got back from Disneyland! So crowded but fun!
Great card Anita and what a wonderful way for Tim to store mementoes - he'll love it !!!
I bet Tim LOVED it, I know I do! :) Thank you so much, for the fun inspiration Anita!
Oh dear... I've got so behind, but very glad I caught up with this. I'm sure Tim absolutely adores it - Mickey looks amazing against his patchwork background. Love, love, love it.


A while ago Teo Bishop wrote this post about what kind of pagan he is.
It's a very powerful piece, and I recommend that you take the time to read it.
First, I'd like to note that in many ways, I am not the same kind of Pagan Teo is.
I'd also like to note that in many ways, I am.
The obvious answer is that someone has questioned him about his Paganism. I know it's happened to me, and it has probably happened to many of you. I've been accused of being a closet Christian, of being a bad Pagan for not following the Wiccan Rede, of being a Black Magician, and even of being a pretender because men can't do magic. That, and when you consider that Paganism isn't really a readily definable thing, it doesn't seem that unusual that many Pagans feel they have to describe, define, or even defend what it is that they do.
I'm honestly not sure that Teo is really describing who he is as a Pagan. I think he's describing who he is as a person.
And perhaps that's why we have such a hard time describing or defining Paganism. Because we all consider it to be the thing that we do.
I know this is kinda rambly, so let me get where I'm going.
I think that Paganism itself is an identity crisis.
I think that defining as Pagan implies a desire to be fluid and free of certain restrictions and definitions, and simply go our own way.
This can cause problems, because we don't like to be alone, and so we seek others going the same way as we are. And this can lead to groups that establish new restrictions and definitions. I don't think that's a bad thing, because we are free to associate with whomever we wish, and a lot of people do want and need those definitions — they just want to be free to pick their own.
But I think that ultimately, the path of Paganism is one of self-discovery and self-invention. And that can be very hard, but it can also be very worth it.
And here I begin to delve into politics. Sorta.
I'm hopeful about this because my own efforts to define paganism have come up flat and dismal. As best as I've been able to tell, paganism has pretty much been defined by not being Christian and by deciding to hang out with other people who call themselves pagans. That's not much to work with, and I'm ever increasingly disappointed by the fact that pagans seem to relish defining themselves against Christianity instead of on their own terms.
I offered the broad, relationship-focused definition that Michel York offered a few years ago in Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion.
[…]"An affirmation" — Not a "belief" or a "creed," but just an understanding by practitioners that this sacred relationship exists.
A lot of this is material that I've commented on before in one way or another. I've talked about problems and considerations related to defining paganism. And I've talked a bit about how I view the environment, be it developed by man or in an abstract sense. And I've thought about how these ideas might fit together.
Well, this is the result of those considerations. It's proving pretty damn tricky to define paganism as a concept or movement, but I can describe how I conceive of "paganism" as something that is relevant to my life.
And for me, being pagan is to have an awareness of the subtle connections of all things around us, and to integrate that awareness into your life and actions.
Please comment below and/or on YouTube! Let me know what you think, not just of what I discuss, but on how the video production is coming along.


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Please help!
const date = new Date();
const currentYear = date.getFullYear();

let school = {
  name: "International Public School",
  yoe: 1970,
  age: (function() {
    return currentYear - this.yoe;
  })()
};
console.log(school);

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// Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "net/http/http_basic_state.h"

#include "base/memory/ptr_util.h"
#include "net/base/request_priority.h"
#include "net/http/http_request_info.h"
#include "net/log/net_log_with_source.h"
#include "net/socket/client_socket_handle.h"
#include "net/traffic_annotation/network_traffic_annotation_test_helper.h"
#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"

namespace net {
namespace {

TEST(HttpBasicStateTest, ConstructsProperly) {
  auto handle = std::make_unique<ClientSocketHandle>();
  ClientSocketHandle* const handle_ptr = handle.get();
  // Ownership of |handle| is passed to |state|.
  const HttpBasicState state(std::move(handle), true /* using_proxy */);
  EXPECT_EQ(handle_ptr, state.connection());
  EXPECT_TRUE(state.using_proxy());
}

TEST(HttpBasicStateTest, ConstructsProperlyWithDifferentOptions) {
  const HttpBasicState state(std::make_unique<ClientSocketHandle>(),
                             false /* using_proxy */);
  EXPECT_FALSE(state.using_proxy());
}

TEST(HttpBasicStateTest, ReleaseConnectionWorks) {
  auto handle = std::make_unique<ClientSocketHandle>();
  ClientSocketHandle* const handle_ptr = handle.get();
  // Ownership of |handle| is passed to |state|.
  HttpBasicState state(std::move(handle), false);
  const std::unique_ptr<ClientSocketHandle> released_connection(
      state.ReleaseConnection());
  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, state.connection());
  EXPECT_EQ(handle_ptr, released_connection.get());
}

TEST(HttpBasicStateTest, InitializeWorks) {
  HttpBasicState state(std::make_unique<ClientSocketHandle>(), false);
  const HttpRequestInfo request_info;
  state.Initialize(&request_info, LOW, NetLogWithSource());
  EXPECT_TRUE(state.parser());
}

TEST(HttpBasicStateTest, TrafficAnnotationStored) {
  HttpBasicState state(std::make_unique<ClientSocketHandle>(), false);
  HttpRequestInfo request_info;
  request_info.traffic_annotation =
      MutableNetworkTrafficAnnotationTag(TRAFFIC_ANNOTATION_FOR_TESTS);
  state.Initialize(&request_info, LOW, NetLogWithSource());
  EXPECT_EQ(TRAFFIC_ANNOTATION_FOR_TESTS,
            NetworkTrafficAnnotationTag(state.traffic_annotation()));
}

TEST(HttpBasicStateTest, DeleteParser) {
  HttpBasicState state(std::make_unique<ClientSocketHandle>(), false);
  const HttpRequestInfo request_info;
  state.Initialize(&request_info, LOW, NetLogWithSource());
  EXPECT_TRUE(state.parser());
  state.DeleteParser();
  EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, state.parser());
}

TEST(HttpBasicStateTest, GenerateRequestLineNoProxy) {
  const bool use_proxy = false;
  HttpBasicState state(std::make_unique<ClientSocketHandle>(), use_proxy);
  HttpRequestInfo request_info;
  request_info.url = GURL("http://www.example.com/path?foo=bar#hoge");
  request_info.method = "PUT";
  state.Initialize(&request_info, LOW, NetLogWithSource());
  EXPECT_EQ("PUT /path?foo=bar HTTP/1.1\r\n", state.GenerateRequestLine());
}

TEST(HttpBasicStateTest, GenerateRequestLineWithProxy) {
  const bool use_proxy = true;
  HttpBasicState state(std::make_unique<ClientSocketHandle>(), use_proxy);
  HttpRequestInfo request_info;
  request_info.url = GURL("http://www.example.com/path?foo=bar#hoge");
  request_info.method = "PUT";
  state.Initialize(&request_info, LOW, NetLogWithSource());
  EXPECT_EQ("PUT http://www.example.com/path?foo=bar HTTP/1.1\r\n",
            state.GenerateRequestLine());
}

}  // namespace
}  // namespace net


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2. Letter from an Unknown Woman Dir. Max Ophüls. With Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan A
3. The Red Shoes Dirs. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger. With Anton Walbrook A
4. Red River Dir. Howard Hawks. With Montgomery Clift, John Wayne, Joanne Dru A–
5. The Search Dir. Fred Zinnemann. With Ivan Jandl, Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon B+
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★ The Search Dir. Fred Zinnemann. With Ivan Jandl, Montgomery Clift, Aline MacMahon B+
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Joan of Arc Dir. Victor Fleming. With Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan C+
Rope Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. With John Dall, Farley Granger, James Stewart, Joan Chandler B
The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain
The Big Clock Dir. John Farrow. With Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
Johnny Belinda Dir. Jean Negulesco. With Lew Ayres, Jane Wyman, Charles Bickford
The Fallen Idol Dir. Carol Reed. With Bobby Henrey, Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan
Hamlet Dir. Laurence Olivier. With Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Jean Simmons
The Snake Pit Dir. Anatole Litvak. With Olivia de Havilland, Leo Genn, Mark Stevens
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Dir. John Huston. With Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt
Key Largo Dir. John Huston. With Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
Macbeth Dir. Orson Welles. With Orson Welles, Jeannette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy
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The Boy with Green Hair Dir. Joseph Losey. With Dean Stockwell, Pat O'Brien
Germany Year Zero Dir. Roberto Rossellini. With Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau
Louisiana Story Dir. Robert J. Flaherty. Documentary about the Louisiana bayou
Moonrise Dir. Frank Borzage. With Dane Clark, Gail Russell, Ethel Barrymore
The Naked City Dir. Jules Dassin. With Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart
Secret Beyond the Door Dir. Fritz Lang. With Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere
Sorry, Wrong Number Dir. Anatole Litvak. With Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster
They Live by Night Dir. Nicholas Ray. With Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger
Unfaithfully Yours Dir. Preston Sturges. With Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell
Further Research:
3 Godfathers Dir. John Ford. With John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey, Jr.
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein Dir. Charles Barton. With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
Act of Violence Dir. Fred Zinnemann. With Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh
All My Sons Dir. Irving Reis. With Edward G. Robinson, Burt Lancaster, Mady Christians
Anna Karenina Dir. Julien Duvivier. With Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore
Call Northside 777 Dir. Henry Hathaway. With James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb
Drunken Angel Dir. Akira Kurosawa. With Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune
Easter Parade Dir. Charles Walters. With Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Ann Miller
The Emperor Waltz Dir. Billy Wilder. With Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Ronald Culver
Every Girl Should Be Married Dir. Don Hartman. With Cary Grant, Diana Lynn
Force of Evil Dir. Abraham Polonsky. With John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor
A Foreign Affair Dir. Billy Wilder. With Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, John Lund
Fort Apache Dir. John Ford. With John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Ward Bond
I Walk Alone Dir. Byron Haskin. With Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas
Julia Misbehaves Dir. Jack Conway. With Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Elizabeth Taylor
The Loves of Carmen Dir. Charles Vidor. With Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell
The Luck of the Irish Dir. Henry Koster. With Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway
The Man from Colorado Dir. Henry Levin. With Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Dir. H.C. Potter. With Cary Grant, Myrna Loy
Oliver Twist Dir. David Lean. With John Howard Davies, Robert Newton, Alec Guinness
The Paleface Dir. Norman Z. McLeod. With Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong
The Pirate Dir. Vincente Minnelli. With Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Walter Slezak
Port of Call Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Nine-Christine Jönsson, Bengt Eklund, Mimi Nelson
Portrait of Jennie Dir. William Dieterle. With Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten
Rachel and the Stranger Dir. Norman Foster. With Loretta Young, William Holden
Raw Deal Dir. Anthony Mann. With Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Raymond Burr
Road House Dir. Jean Negulesco. With Ida Lupino, Richard Widmark, Cornel Wilde
Sitting Pretty Dir. Walter Lang. With Clifton Webb, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Young
A Song Is Born Dir. Howard Hawks. With Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Benny Goodman
Springtime in a Small Town Dir. Fei Mu. With Cui Chaoming, Li Wei, Shi Yu, Wei Wei
State of the Union Dir. Frank Capra. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
La Terra Trema, Part II Dir. Luchino Visconti. With Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli
The Time of Your Life Dir. H.C. Potter. With James Cagney, William Bendix
When My Baby Smiles at Me Dir. Walter Lang. With Betty Grable, Dan Dailey
The Winslow Boy Dir. Anthony Asquith. With Robert Donat, Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Radford
The Woman in White Dir. Peter Godfrey. With Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Gig Young
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Q: Fan running at 4649 RPM constantly I have an iMac from 2014. I have recently installed the Mojave update for macOS but the fan is turning at 4649 RPM all the time. I have installed a fan control app but the fan refuses to slow down.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

A: There are few reason why the Fan run at high speed.
1- is when something is actually running hot and Mac needs to cool it
2- a Fan controller SMC is misbehaving and needs rest
3- a hardware failure from a Thermal sensor
---------------Fixing
A 3D party Fan speed software will not fix anything
1- to check that look in the Activity Monitor to see who is consuming CPU and shut it down.
2 - Reset your SMC, it is your model dependent so look it up. Since it can be tricky to do, watch the magsafe light briefly changing the color as you do the reset.
3 - if none of the above worked you might have a faulty temperature sensor. see Apple service for that.


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Pic caption: Park manager Ian Laing (left) with Marie Shevas and Gerry Grieve from the Rotary Club of Cowdenbeath.


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#ifndef TENSORFLOW_LITE_EXPERIMENTAL_MICRO_EXAMPLES_MICRO_SPEECH_MICRO_FEATURES_LOG_SCALE_UTIL_H_
#define TENSORFLOW_LITE_EXPERIMENTAL_MICRO_EXAMPLES_MICRO_SPEECH_MICRO_FEATURES_LOG_SCALE_UTIL_H_

#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#include "tensorflow/lite/c/c_api_internal.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/experimental/micro/examples/micro_speech/micro_features/log_scale.h"
#include "tensorflow/lite/experimental/micro/micro_error_reporter.h"

struct LogScaleConfig {
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  int enable_log;
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};

// Populates the LogScaleConfig with "sane" default values.
void LogScaleFillConfigWithDefaults(struct LogScaleConfig* config);

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The Story Orchestra: The Sleeping Beauty
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Illustrated by: Jessica Courtney Tickle
Adapted by: Katy Flint
Format: Hardback, 24 Pages
Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
Series: The Story Orchestra
Guardian: 'a lively retelling, enriched by Jessica Courtney Tickle's luscious illustrations - each spread is like an illuminated garden'
A stunning retelling of the classic ballet story brought to life by music! Set to the sound of Tchaikovsky's original music, this favorite ballet story features a a musical note to press on each spread. Join the King and Queen as they throw a party for their new baby, Princess Aurora. But when a terrible guest arrives and places a curse on princess, the kingdom must find the one special person who can defeat it...
Read the story, listen to accompanying music, then turn to the back of the book to find out more about the Tchaikovsky musical clips in this stunning gift book.
Manufacturer's note: please pull the white tab out of the back of the book before use. Sound buttons require a firm push in exact location to work, which may be hard for young children. All sound clips are 10 seconds long.
KATY FLINT is a children's book author and editor, based in London. She is the author of the best-selling sound book The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker, and has worked on many other non-fiction titles – from human bodies to dinosaurs. She has a degree in music and likes playing violin.
Illustrations: color illustrations
Size: 11.969 in x 10.433 in / 304 mm x 265 mm
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