This course is provided in order to meet Vermont State Standards and Hartford High School graduation requirements. The Fitness portion of this course is designed to meet the exercise needs of the adolescent, develop an appreciation for and habit of lifetime sport activity, and understand the qualities of becoming an intelligent sports spectator. Activities will include individual and team sports held both outdoors and in the gymnasium; students must participate on a regular basis and have appropriate seasonal clothing (e.g. coats/sweatshirts for outdoor activities and sneakers for indoor activities). This course will be based on participation, understanding what personal fitness and a healthy lifestyle entails, fitness plan development and overall wellness (written tests and projects). Note: Any credit awarded and grade earned during a "medical release" period must follow the procedures outlined within the Phys. Ed. Department and school nurse protocol.
The focus of the Wellness portion of this course is on the physical, social and emotional aspects of health. Students will research their family's health history in regard to disease prevention. Students will set personal wellness goals in areas of nutrition and fitness. The following topics will also be covered: human sexuality, relationships, substance abuse prevention, and communication skills. As part of the human sexuality unit students will have the opportunity to take care of a "Real Care Baby", a computerized baby simulator. In addition, students will learn how the media influences our choices and behaviors in each of these topics. Guest speakers and videos are used to enhance the curriculum when possible. Students are graded on class participation, projects, tests, and homework.
This course is designed to provide an opportunity for students to develop individualized fitness plans. Students will learn the fundamentals of strength, aerobic, and overall fitness training. An emphasis will be placed on an array of lifelong fitness activities. A true lifelong, personal comprehensive fitness plan will be developed as a result of this course.
All sophomores who take Driver Education during the regular school day must sign-up for Personal & Life Fitness during the same semester that they take Driver Education. In other words you must sign-up for Personal & Life Fitness (0565) Fall if you sign up for Driver Ed (0665) Fall. If you sign-up for Driver Ed (0675) Spring, you must sign-up for Personal & Life Fitness (0575) Spring. Students who do this will earn 3/4 credit for Personal & Life Fitness and 1/4 credit for Driver Education.
This course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn fitness concepts and conditioning techniques used for obtaining optimal physical fitness. Students will benefit from comprehensive weight training and cardiorespiratory endurance activities. They will learn the basic fundamentals of strength training, aerobic training, speed and agility training, explosive polymeric and overall fitness training and conditioning. This course includes both lecture and activity sessions. We will also explore body weight resistance programs (Navy Seal, TACFIT, TRX and CROSSFIT), various cardiovascular elements as well as other personal fitness programs. Combining these activities will provide a comprehensive overall fitness program.
An emphasis will also be placed on diet, nutrition and weight management through exercise. Students will be empowered to make wise choices, meet challenges, and develop positive behaviors in fitness, wellness, and movement activity for a lifetime. A true comprehensive personal fitness plan will be developed as a result of this course.


My better half thought I had some spots a dermatologist should check out. The Dr. found what he called a pre-cancerous spot on my cheek and froze it with liquid nitrogen. I'm not sure it was necessary, but he's the expert. He also scooped out a spot on my scalp. I feel like I'm going to pieces.
I did learn something important. I used to wear SPF 8 suntan lotion, figuring that would be 8 times better than nothing. However, the Dr. told me that low SPF suntan lotion only protects us from the UVA rays, letting the UVB rays through. It's the UVB rays which cause skin cancer, so by putting on lotion which kept me from burning, I actually may have spent more time in the sun letting the UVB rays do their damage.
Update: I went online and am now thoroughly confused. It appears my understanding of UVA and UVB is reversed. It's unlikely the Dr. gave me incorrect information. What's more likely is I had a difficult time listening while being scalped and froze. I've always heard someone besides the patient needs to be there to listen. It is very difficult for the patient to listen.
There seems to be some debate about all sunscreen. Some of the ingredients may be carcinogenic and in this sunscreen photo it appears that more ultraviolet light is absorbed by the skin when sunscreen is used. I don't know what to think. Readers, weigh in with your comments.
Looking at the photo above, I see my skin has aged. I don't feel terribly old, approaching 45 years, but I realize I've probably spent many more hours in the summer sun than almost anyone reading this. I plan on continuing to wear long-sleeves and pants and a broad-brimmed hat which I've been doing for the past fifteen years. I'll probably put SPF 30 sunscreen on my face when I'm doing tractor-work, sitting in the summer sun.
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I am not an expert–not even well-informed about UVA v UVB rays and sunscreen.
What I was more interested in was your reaction to the threat of skin cancer. I'd be scared. You?
You also say that you see your skin has aged . . . You are at the point where you are confronting your mortality–as you confront this scary skin thing. You are experiencing a wake-up call: it is all-good.
So, if you put on SPF 8, you may think you are protected (x8), and thus you would spend MORE time in the sun, letting harmful rays do more damage? I don't think so. You have a job that demands a certain amount of time (in the sun). Farming is a high-risk job in this and in other ways–yes? You have accepted these risks–yes? All you can do is what you say you already do: wear a brimmed hat and long sleeves. You may now up your SPF value. Well-enough. You cannot be entirely risk-free.
You are sensible. That is, you are doing your best, given the information you have/have had.
It is wise to confront your mortality. It makes sense to be scared. You have done everything you can do. You have done the "right" things. Tell yourself you deserve to have peace about this. You DO!
Interesting. Very confusing. I don't claim to understand any of it, however, covering up as you do when in the sun for hours and hours, that's the best thing you can do to protect against sun damaged/aged skin. Of course the research says that we need some sun, so perhaps 15-20 minutes every couple of days on parts of your body would probably be healthy. Long after I stopped chasing the sun at about age 49 is when I was dx w a BCC on my nose. It was disappointing. I spent zillions of years deliberately in Florida and California sun, from an early age. And boy does it show. Long sleeves and pants would have made a huge difference. I'd say if you are getting many hours of direct sun on your face, using an SPF total block (all A/B rays) would be a good idea. I know rays can penetrate clothing, but not sure how that compares to direct. I didn't say anything earth shattering; I think you're doing the right thing.
It is confusing-I have a son with a white patch on his chin which doesn't have any protective pigment. I encourage him to eat a lot of greens and cruciferous vegetables. From what I've read vegetables provide a natural skin protectant. Sugar feeds cancer cells so it's best for people to keep their intake very low. Paleo has a lot of benefits!


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One borough's trash is another's goal: Manhattan leaders want composting program like one in Queens
Curbside composting arrived in Queens last month. Now, Manhattan elected officials want in on the program.
In a letter to NYC Department of Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch last week, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and nine council members requested curbside composting be extended to their borough.
The elected officials also endorsed a bill introduced in April that would create a citywide curbside organics program for residential buildings.
Organic waste makes up a third of New York City's daily trash, amounting to 8 million pounds per day of recyclable material that is sent to landfills where it produces methane, a harmful greenhouse gas, Tisch has said. Composting that material into nutrient-rich soil is key to reaching the city's climate goals.
But in Manhattan, only Community Boards 6 and 7 – consisting of the East Side of Manhattan from 14th Street to 59th Street and the Upper West Side — are offered curbside composting. Residents have to sign up, leading to low utilization, according to Levine's letter.
"An automatic and guaranteed system for all Manhattanites would lead to a significant increase in usage of composting, transitioning us to a greener and more sustainable city," the letter reads.
So far, only Queens has seen such an initiative, selected in part because eastern Queens produces a substantial amount of the city's yard waste. The sanitation department celebrated the Queens pilot program just a few weeks in, announcing it had diverted 1 million pounds of food scraps and yard waste from landfills.
Sanitation department spokesperson Vincent Gragnani said in an email the department hopes to eventually expand the program to all parts of the city, but didn't provide a specific timeline.
"As this is the most diverse county in the nation, we are looking closely at how this is working from both a participation and operation standpoint," Gragnani said. "We hope to be able to expand this program to include other – and eventually, all – parts of the city."
Gragnani said that in the meantime, Manhattan residents who don't receive curbrside composting are encouraged to use one of the more than 210 food scrap drop-off sites or Smart Bins.
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Kenneth Horne (27 de febrero de 1907 – 14 de febrero de 1969) fue un comediante y hombre de negocios inglés.

Primeros años
Nacido en Londres, Inglaterra, su verdadero nombre era Charles Kenneth Horne, y era hijo de Charles Silvester Horne (1865-1914), un ministro congregacionalista y parlamentario por el Partido Liberal del Reino Unido. Su abuelo materno fue Herbert Cozens-Hardy, también parlamentario liberal que fue Master of the Rolls y Barón Cozens-Hardy.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Horne sirvió en la RAF, alcanzando el grado de mayor. Como parte del apoyo de BBC Radio al esfuerzo para la guerra, se diseñaron programas de entretenimiento que llegaran a cada uno de los ejércitos, lo cual motivó que Horne participara en Much-Binding-In-The-Marsh, radiada inicialmente en la ficticia Royal Air Force station.

Carrera
Horne fue la estrella de tres de las más populares comedias radiofónicas de la BBC posteriores a la guerra - Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh (con Richard Murdoch, entre 1944 y 1953), Beyond Our Ken (1958-64) y Round the Horne (1965-68).

En los dos últimos shows trabajaba con Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden y Bill Pertwee. Tuvo una relación particularmente cercana con Kenneth Williams, que le veía como un padre sustituto. Escrita principalmente por Barry Took y Marty Feldman, Round the Horne es clasificada generalmente, junto a The Goon Show y Hancock's Half Hour, como lo mejor de la comedia radiofónica británica.

Además de un gran cómico, Horne fue también presidente de la compañía Triplex Glass (posteriormente fusionada como Pilkington) y de Chad Valley Toys, hasta que dejó sus obligaciones empresariales en 1958, al sufrir un accidente cerebrovascular.

Hacia el final de su vida, Horne trabajó en la serie televisiva de la ABC Horne A'plenty. Con Barry Took a su cargo, la serie fue un intento de trasladar el espíritu de Round the Horne a la televisión, aunque con actores diferentes. Por ejemplo, Graham Stark sustituía a Kenneth Williams y Sheila Steafel a Betty Marsden. La serie se emitió entre 1968 y 1969.

Entre sus otras interpretaciones televisivas se incluyen Down You Go, What's My Line?, Camera One, Ken's Column, Trader Horne, Let's Imagine, Call My Bluff, y varios especiales con Richard Murdoch, tales como Free and Easy (1953) y Show for the Telly (1956). Además, presentó un concurso en 1965 llamado Treasure Hunt (que no hay que confundir con el show del mismo nombre de Kenneth Kendall y Anneka Rice) para Westward Television.

Hizo numerosas actuaciones radiofónicas, incluyendo su trabajo como presentador en Housewives' Choice y su trabajo en Twenty Questions y Top of the Form. También fue náufrago invitado en dos ocasiones para el programa Desert Island Discs – primero en abril de 1954 (junto a Richard Murdoch) y en enero de 1961. Se hizo también popular con Woman's Hour y escribió un artículo mensual para la revista She durante una década a partir de enero de 1957.

Vida personal
Kenneth Horne se casó en tres ocasiones:
(1) En 1930, con Mary Pelham-Clinton-Hope, hija de Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, octavo Duque de Newcastle-under-Lyne. El matrimonio se anuló en 1933.
(2) Con Joan Burgess entre 1936 y 1945.
(3) Con Marjorie Thomas entre 1945 y 1969.

Horne murió a causa de un infarto agudo de miocardio en 1969, mientras presentaba el anual Guild of Television Producers' and Directors' Awards en el Hotel Dorchester de Londres. Fue incinerado en el Crematorio de Golders Green.

Trabajo radiofónico
 Ack Ack, Beer Beer (1939-44)
 Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh (1944-53)
 Free and Easy (1953)
 Twenty Questions
 Beyond Our Ken (1958-64)
 Round The Horne (1965-68)

Televisión
 Horne A'Plenty (1968)

Referencias

 Hackforth, Norman: Solo for Horne: A Biography of Kenneth Horne (Angus & Robertson 1976; hardback, ISBN 0-207-95650-2; Coronet Books paperback, ISBN 0-340-24274-4)
 Johnston, Barry: Round Mr Horne: The Life of Kenneth Horne (Aurum Press 2006; hardback, ISBN 1-84513-123-1)
 Took, Barry: Laughter in the Air: An Informal History of British Radio Comedy (Robson Books 1976; hardback, ISBN 0-09038-9578-1)

Enlaces externos

Actores de televisión de Inglaterra
Fallecidos por infarto agudo de miocardio
Militares británicos del siglo XX

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More than 19,000 people have signed up for KiwiBuild so far. Credits: Newshub.
More than 19,000 people have signed up for KiwiBuild so far.
The Government's affordable housing initiative was officially opened to the public on Wednesday, and the response has been overwhelming.
More than 6000 people registered for a KiwiBuild home yesterday, and that number has more than tripled today.
Minister for Housing and Urban Development Phil Twyford told Newshub that more than 19,000 Kiwis have now registered for the programme.
Just 1000 affordable homes will be built in the next year, meaning a long wait for most KiwiBuild applicants. The Government intends to build 100,000 KiwiBuild homes in total, 50,000 of which will be in Auckland.
A ballot will be used to distribute the housing among the applicants.
On Wednesday, Mr Twyford said that the huge amount of public interest in KiwiBuild is predictive of its future success.
"When you take the response from the public who want these houses, the response from the people who know how to build these houses and the response from developers and the manufacturing sector who will deliver these houses, I'm confident that KiwiBuild will be the game changer our residential housing sector needs."


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Photo feature: UCCS Ent Center for the Arts breaks ground
August 14, 2015 Tom Hutton
Shakespeare and shovels were combined Aug. 13 as construction officially began on the $60 million UCCS Ent Center for the Arts.
A legion of CU, UCCS and community leaders joined together to launch an estimated two years of work on what will become the fifth largest building at UCCS.
"50 years ago in 1965, UCCS was established because the legislature and the governor believed southern Colorado deserved a campus of the University of Colorado," Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak said before a crowd of 300. "Today, as we celebrate our golden anniversary, UCCS was once again recognized by the legislature and the governor in the form of financial support from the state toward the construction of this building."
Shockley-Zalabak recognized Sen. Kent Lambert, R-Colorado Springs, Rep. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, and Rep. Dan Nordberg, R-Colorado Springs, for their efforts. CU Board of Regents Chairman Kyle Hybl thanked state officials as well as individual and foundation support for the project. Randy Bernstein, president, Ent Federal Credit Union, reflected on Ent's partnership with UCCS that led to the naming of the arts center. Susan Szpyrka, vice chancellor, Administration and Finance, served as the event's master of ceremonies. Zach Woolweaver, president, Student Government Association, focused on the benefit the new center will have for students.
"Students won't have to rehearse Shakespeare in hallways, tune musical instruments in their cars and perform vocal recitals in dining halls," Woolweaver said.
Peter Quince and Nick Bottom, two performers from Theatreworks production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," brought a theatrical flair to the event, unrolling scrolls and beckoning more than 70 dignitaries to take places behind shovels.
The UCCS Ent Center for the Arts will be built on the site of three former softball fields and parking lots. New, expanded free student parking lots were constructed over the summer on the site.
Site work, including roads, utilities and related infrastructure began in spring 2015 and continues. By summer 2016, passersby should see the framework for the UCCS Ent Center for the Arts. The project is scheduled for completion in early 2018.
"It took a lot of people to make this project – a dream for this campus – possible," Susan Szpyrka said. "We easily could have 700 people with shovels to start the project."
The UCCS Ent Center for the Arts will include the Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater and the Osborne Studio Theater with supporting space for the UCCS Music Program, Theatre and Dance Program, Theatreworks, the 240-seat Chapman Foundations Recital Hall, a 750-seat performance space and a new campus home for the Galleries of Contemporary Art. Additional learning and rehearsal spaces, a large lobby for public receptions and student engagement spaces are also planned.
Bryan Construction, Colorado Springs, is the general contractor overseeing the design/build of the infrastructure improvements. Design of the UCCS Ent Center for the Arts is led by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, New York, with Semple Brown Design, Denver, serving as the architect of record. JE Dunn Construction, Colorado Springs, will serve as the general contractor for the building. The venue will be designed to encourage and support working relationships with community cultural organizations and to provide direct public access to performances, exhibits and classes.
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Site work begins for visual and performing arts building
— Photos by Tom Kimmell and Jefffrey M Foster
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Measuring maternal satisfaction with maternity care: A systematic integrative review. What is the most appropriate, reliable and valid tool that can be used to measure maternal satisfaction with continuity of maternity care?
Purpose: The objective of this systematic integrative review is to identify, summarise and communicate the findings of research relating to tools that measure maternal satisfaction with continuity of maternity care models. In so doing the most appropriate, reliable and valid tool that can be used to measure maternal satisfaction with continuity of maternity care will be determined. Design and methods: A systematic integrative review of published and unpublished literature was undertaken using selected databases. Research papers were included if they measured maternal satisfaction in a continuity model of maternity care, were published in English after 1999 and if they included (or made available) the instrument used to measure satisfaction. Results: Six hundred and thirty two unique papers were identified and after applying the selection criteria, four papers were included in the review. Three of these originated in Australia and one in Canada. The primary focus of all papers was not on the development of a tool to measure maternal satisfaction but on the comparison of outcomes in different models of care. The instruments developed varied in terms of the degree to which they were tested for validity and reliability. Conclusion: Women's satisfaction with maternity services is an important measure of quality. Most satisfaction surveys in maternity appear to reflect fragmented models of care though continuity of care models are increasing in line with the evidence demonstrating their effectiveness. It is important that robust tools are developed for this context and that there is some consistency in the way this is measured and reported for the purposes of benchmarking and quality improvement.
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DAVIS, D. (2016). Measuring maternal satisfaction with maternity care: A systematic integrative review. What is the most appropriate, reliable and valid tool that can be used to measure maternal satisfaction with continuity of maternity care? Women and Birth, 29(3), 293-299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2015.12.004
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The delicate, protected region of South Gironde is home to the Landes de Gascogne Regional Nature Park. Between the departments of Gironde and Landes, covering over 50 municipalities, you are at the heart of Europe's largest forest!
Around the lakes of Hostens and the Lagunes du Gât Mort, take off on foot to discover these sensitive natural spaces.
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South Gironde has plenty of lakes! In Hostens, the five lakes of the Domaine Départemental Gérard Lagors offer multiple nature-based activities. Swimming, canoeing and paddle-boarding on the Lake of Lamothe. Fishing, hiking, cycling and even some horse-riding trails around the other lakes.
The lakes of Taste in Captieux, La Prade in Bazas, Castagnet in Villandraut and Sigalens are also ideal spots for fishing, beautiful hikes, picnics and sporty afternoons!
Lovers of biodiversity can go on nature tours around the Lake of La Prade (all year round), the Domaine des Lacs d'Hostens, the lagoons of Gât-Mort and the Ciron valley.
The wild, turbulent river Garonne flows through South Gironde...along the river, fishing huts on stilts, or carrelets, are an integral part of the landscape; purple herons take to the skies from the riverbanks while the fish make rings on the surface of the water... A picnic on the banks of the Garonne is always a good idea!
Don't miss the astonishing sight of the Mascaret, the giant Garonne wave that puts surfers, paddle-boarders and kayakers to the test, novices and experts alike! All year long and twice a day, when the river is low and the tidal conditions are just right, from along the riverbank you can watch these enthusiasts 'ride' this wave!
Discover also the Canal des Deux Mers, which links Toulouse to Castets et Castillon and flows into the Garonne. UNESCO World Heritage listed, this is the ideal spot for a walk or a ride along the cycle path which follows the river in the shade of the plane trees. You may even by lucky enough to see the barges at the canal locks, a favourite with children!


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I can't get it to work. I have all array in one row. How can I create list which I can assign to items?

A: The following method:
(array) AkceHnedModelActions::getItems()

returns the whole object where it's supposed to return only a list of items.
I believe it should return $this->items instead of $this.
With the current code, your JView::display() probably assigns a reference to the whole object:
$items = $this->get('Items'); // (object) AkceHnedModelActions
$this->assignRef('items', $items);

and in your default.php template you iterate over public properties of the object instead of elements of the list array.
foreach ($this->items as $i => $item)

It's worth checking whether the $i key is 'items'... that would just confirm my theory...
EDIT: A fragment of JModelItem class:
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Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work!!
April 29, 2010 April 30, 2010 - Uncategorized
I recently acquired Kitchen Sink's The Outer Space Spirit collection, two months' worth of Spirit comic strips from 1952, written by Jules Feiffer (yes) and drawn by Wally Wood. They are truly something—and I'll write more about them soon, soon.
The Outer Space Spirit, page 26 (detail).
In the meantime, I wanted to call some attention to "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work!!", a well-known crib sheet that Wood drew, demonstrating different basic panel layout options. (See below for the image—but be warned, there's some not-safe-for-work content down there, as well).
Now that I've got your attention…
Wood was an amazingly talented artist, one of the truly great comics illustrators. He started working professionally as a teenager in the late 1940s, drawing for EC Comics, where he did many issues of Weird Science and Weird Fantasy. (Those two titles were later combined—and you must admit this is brilliant—as Weird Science-Fantasy). Wood also worked on Galaxy Science Fiction and MAD Magazine, as well as many, many, many, many other books (including the classic Daredevil #7, which introduced Daredevil's red costume).
Wood produced a ton of work, a small amount of which is online. Click here for three complete stories by Wood: pieces from Captain Science #1 (Nov. 1951), Strange Worlds #4 (Sept. 1951), and Journey into Mystery #39 (Oct. 1956). And click here for a story from Amazing Adventures #1 (1950).
Wood specialized in drawing complicated but never confusing landscapes packed with rocket ships, spacemen, monsters, and beautiful women…
…although he was also famous for his ability to imitate anyone else's style. (He was a popular ghost artist.) This skill eventually made him fairly notorious, for his heavily-bootlegged "Disneyland Memorial Orgy," a poster that appeared in issue 74 of The Realist (May 1967):
By all accounts, it was a huge hit at Disney.
A meticulous and innovative draughtsman (who often ran behind schedule), Wood sketched out three pages of twenty-two basic panel layouts, cheat-sheets he could refer to when deadlines were pressing, and he was still busy cramming details into the corners (as he was wont to do). As his one-time assistant Larry Hama wrote:
The '22 Panels' never existed as a collected single piece during Woody's lifetime. Another ex-Wood assistant, Paul Kirchner had saved three Xeroxed sheets of the panels that would comprise the compilation. I don't believe that Woody put the examples together as a teaching aid for his assistants, but rather as a reminder to himself. He was always trying to kick himself to put less labor into the work! He had a framed motto on the wall, 'Never draw anything you can copy, never copy anything you can trace, never trace anything you can cut out and paste up.' He hung the sheets with the panels on the wall of his studio to constantly remind himself to stop what he called 'noodling.'
Hama (later the auteur behind Marvel's beautifully subversive G.I. Joe comic), assembled these panels on a single sheet of Bristol board and gave it a title, then went on to distribute photocopies to fellow artists:
This is a cleaned-up scan by Joel Johnson. (Click for a much higher resolution version.)
You can read more about this collage at Joel Johnson's blog. Johnson bought the original drawing and did some great detective work, tracking down the story behind it (this post is indebted to his research). His site offers the above image plus other scans; he generously encourages people to disseminate the drawing freely.
So. In order to add a little literary value to this post: Let's try assembling our own list of 22. What are 22 basic fiction/poetry ideas that can be reached for in a pinch?
To clarify: I'm looking less for rules of thumb like "show, don't tell," and more for "compositional" or structural concepts in the spirit of Wood's drawing. For example, here's something I learned from The Crying of Lot 49; I tend to call it "the mini-scene":
"Why would he do a thing like that," Roseman puzzled, after reading the letter.
"You mean die?"
"No," said Roseman, "name you to help execute it."
"He was unpredictable." They went to lunch. Roseman tried to play footsie with her under the table. She was wearing boots, and couldn't feel much of anything. So, insulated, she decided not to make a fuss.
"Run away with me," said Roseman when the coffee came.
"Where?" she asked. That shut him up.
Back at the office, he outlined what she was in for: learn intimately the books and the business, go through probate, collect all debts, inventory the assets, get an appraisal of the estate, decide what to liquidate and what to hold on to, pay off claims, square away taxes, distribute legacies . . . (10)
Lunch takes all of six sentences, serving mostly to get Oedipa Maas and Roseman out of the office so they can immediately return to it, providing a break (and character details) before Roseman delivers his lawyerly exposition. (Many writers write predominantly in scene, switching occasionally to summary, but Pynchon tends to write predominantly in summary, dropping occasionally into brief scenes.)
So there's one. …Any others?
Or, if you prefer, we can make notes toward a literary version of the Disneyland drawing…
Partial Study of These Pathologies
(In/Un)troducing Raymond Federman's SHHH: The Story of a Childhood
8 thoughts on "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work!!"
MKelly says:
I've loved Wood since reading his 'Superduperman' spoof in Mad as a kid.
Disney porn suggestion: "Man has entered Bambi!"
I'm sure you already know about Harlan Ellison's extemporized Disney porn that aborted his career at Disney:
http://harlanellison.com/iwrite/mostimp.htm
22 Literary Panels… not sure it's the sort of thing you had in mind, but I suggest The Innocuous Distraction: something that's going on that's at odds with the main action or purpose of the scene, not so much for counterpoint as for bathos or to suggest a lifelike chaos. E.g. at the end of an early Deighton book they confront the villain and he's cooking and carries on with it (a scene they also did in the first series of 'Heroes'). Or a hero and heroine are trying to decide whether to have their grandmother put to sleep and the housekeeper comes in and makes a scene about the butler stealing her roller-skates. That kind of thing.
Mr. M. Kelly—I didn't know about that Harlan Ellison piece! And I don't know how I ever missed it—many thanks!
"The Innocuous Distraction" is precisely the kind of thing I have in mind. I call this "giving the characters some business," which is I think the acting term for it. I think I first realized how useful it was while watching some film in which two characters were shooting pool while dialoguing.
So that's 2 down, 20 to go. Can't we think of others? We must not let Wally Wood down!!!
Um. The scene where almost everything that's going on, surroundings and action, is only described (or hinted at) via dialogue.
'Whatever is Tarquin doing with that elephant? I don't think it likes it.'
Waugh and Firbank do it a lot.
Yes, yes, that's one, too!
Three down! Where's Larry Hama to tape them together?
tony o donnell says:
I enjoyed the article about Wally Wood, who is one of my favourites but I had never seen the Disney poster!?
I think that you have made a mistake in your saying that Wally started his career as a teenager in the late 1940,s – this is no doubt when his career started but I am certain that he was a WW II veteran who studied art on the GI bill and was older than the other students like Al Williamson.
You're absolutely right about the age thing; my mistake. Looks like he was 21 or so when he landed his first job. (Born 1927, ghosting on The Spirit as a background artist by late 1948.)
That Disney poster's the stuff, eh?
Al Williamson! I loved his Empire Strikes Back adaptation when I was a wee one… Those SVA guys could really draw!


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'Fear Street Part Two: 1978' Review
Welcome back to the Shadyside madness. In this second instalment, director Leigh Janiak pays homage to Friday the 13th, and this sequel adds much needed backstory to the possession of Samantha Fraser (Olivia Welch). We leave our new teenage friends at the end of part one with Deena (Kiana Madeira) on the phone with C. Berman (Gillian Jacobs). Josh and Deena make their way to Berman's house, only to discover the actual backstory of the Shadyside curse. Janiack takes us to Camp Nightwing, where young Berman and her sister, experience some traumatic events. The soundtrack will transport you to the late 70s and make you feel like you are a camper all over again.
The reason why this second instalment is slightly better than part one is because it felt more compact. The story was contained to Camp Nightwing and we already knew about Sarah Fier's story going into it. As Berman tells her story and the events of her camp experience, we sympathize with her because she felt like she was an outcast. Everyone was against her, even her sister didn't have her back. The camp atmosphere is always fun to play with because of the open area, the lake, and of course the cabins. There are endless possibilities for the scares, and Janiack really placed them throughout the film, where the audience could least expect it. Even though it does have the same formula – like most slasher films – it still has plenty of surprises.
The one thing Janiack does extremely well in this trilogy is the connection to each era. Even though part one takes place in the 90s, Janiack effortlessly transports her audience to a different time. Part two has the essence of a campfire story, which made the flashbacks to Camp Nightwing more effective. C. Berman is reluctantly sharing her story with Josh and Deena, and the editing brings both worlds together, in order to connect the gravity of the situation to Samantha Fraser. The characters in part two were more interesting than part one. It could be because of the sister dynamic, or even the nostalgia of a summer camp; but the camp counsellors really sold it for me.
Fear Street Part Two: 1978 is a solid second instalment that slightly edges part one. The consistency of the story throughout this trilogy is what is going to make this one of the best Netflix properties. The beauty of this trilogy is how each instalment pays homage to a classic slasher, while still presenting the supernatural elements of the possession. Fear Street executes the kills quite well, and the gore doesn't feel too over-the-top. The third instalment will drop on Netflix on July 16th, and if people are loving this rollout, then we can expect more horror trilogies in the future.
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2 thoughts on "'Fear Street Part Two: 1978' Review"
ashleymanningwriter says:
I agree, this one was better than the first one. Looking forward to part 3
candidxcinema says:
Very excited to see what they do with the third instalment!


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Kenya has garnered lots of attention for Nairobi's tech scene and the pending completion of Konza City – enticing talking heads to debate Nairobi's status as the Silicon Valley of Africa. Yet, the technology space is not the only sector sector seeing exciting growth.
Participants in the Geeks Gone Global's 2013 Africa Innovation Excursion witnessed the impact social enterprises are having in Kenya. Startups like Soko Kenya are providing a platform for Kenyan clothiers to sell their products globally. Soko recently landed $700,000 to continue the growth of its business.
Johnni Kjelsgaard, Co-Founder of The GrowthHub, provided interesting insights on the social entrepreneurship space in Kenya. The GrowthHub is a startup incubator in Nairobi that helps East African start ups position themselves "to deliver sustainable business growth, create employment, and contribute to social progress. According to Johnni, social entrepreneurship is not really a concept in Kenya. A number of the entrepreneurs he has encountered do not consider themselves as entrepreneurs in the first place.
Because of this, The GrowthHub does not use the term social enterprise in the majority of its work with entrepreneurs. It hones in on building a strong and sustainable business model. The GrowthHub sees social benefit pouring out from that. Startup founders like Stefano Carcoforo at iProcure and Melissa Menke at Access Afya are hyper-focused on creating a great product that also contributes to the good of their customers.
Johnni and The GrowthHub team are busy with Village Capital/GrowthAfrica2: Innovation to Impact which just launched on September 13 and will run until December 6. Started in 2012, in partnership with Atlanta-based Village Capital, the accelerator equips social enterprises with the tools to take their business to the next level. One of the 2012 winners, iProcure, recently secured a portion of a $500,000 funding round by 88mph, another VC/incubator that operates in Cape Town and Nairobi.
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Communicable disease threats report, 31 July - 6 August 2016, week 31
Surveillance report
Publication series: Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR)
Time period covered: 31 July - 6 August 2016
The Communicable Disease Threat Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issues covers the period 31 July - 6 August 2016 and includes updates on Zika virus, yellow fever in Angola, chikungunya, dengue, West Nile virus and polio.
This issue covers the period 31 July to 6 August 2016 and includes updates on a meningitis case during World Youth Day, West Nile virus, Zika virus infection and yellow fever outbreak.
Meningitis case related to a mass gathering event - World Youth Day - Poland – 2016
On 2 August, a fatal case of meningitis was reported in a 19-year-old Italian citizen who attended World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, from 26 to 31 July 2016. More than three million people were gathered at this event.
As of 28 July, the National Reference Centre for Exotic Diseases (CESME) in Italy reported that five pools of mosquitoes were positive for West Nile virus in Sardinia, Lombardy and Emilia Romagna.
During the June to November transmission season, West Nile fever cases in humans are shown in ECDC's weekly updated West Nile fever maps. This informs blood safety authorities of West Nile fever (WNF)-affected areas and enables them to identify significant changes in the epidemiology of the disease.
On 1 August, the Florida Department of Health in the United States confirmed four autochthonous Zika virus cases infected by local mosquitoes in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. As of 4 August, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) had identified, in total, 15 locally acquired Zika cases in Florida who likely acquired the infection through a mosquito bite. The DOH believes that active transmission of the Zika virus is still only occurring in one small area of Miami-Dade County. Among the 15 cases, six are asymptomatic and were identified as a result of the door-to-door community survey that the DOH is conducting.
The US CDC has issued travel advice for people who live in or travelled to Wynwood in Miami any time after 15 June. Pregnant women have been advised not to travel to this neighbourhood.
In addition, the US CDC has published an official health advisory on guidance for 'Travel and Testing of Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age for Zika Virus Infection Related to the Investigation for Local Mosquito-borne Zika Virus Transmission in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida'. The CDC is also recommending Zika testing for all pregnant women in the continental United States at prenatal visits in their first and second trimesters.
On 3 August, the Ministry of Health in Cuba reported two cases of locally acquired Zika in the city of Hoguin.
In Vietnam, the Ministry of Health reported one case of locally acquired Zika virus in Phu Yen Province.
Since 1 February 2016, Zika virus infection and the related clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Since 2015, and as of 4 August 2016, WHO has reported 65 countries and territories with mosquito-borne transmission.
ECDC publishes an epidemiological update every Friday together with maps with information on countries or territories which have reported confirmed autochthonous cases of Zika virus infection. A Zika virus infection Atlasis also available.
Yellow fever outbreak
As of week 30, the number of suspected and confirmed cases continues to decline in Angola. According to WHO, as of 27 July there were 2 051 suspected cases and 76 confirmed cases, including 95 deaths, reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
An outbreak of yellow fever in Angola started in December 2015 in the municipality of Viana, Luanda province, and has spread to all 18 provinces of Angola.
Communicable Disease Threats Report, 6 August 2016 - EN - [PDF-2.1 MB]
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West Nile virus infection
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Communicable disease threats report, 3-9 February 2019, Week 6
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Almost every minute of our modern lives is occupied by something or someone – from the demands of work, family and home, to the little moments spent on our technological toys.
Rarely do we realize how much time has escaped our grasp. These notions of time and its value in our lives are explored on the new album, aptly titled, 6 1/2 Hour Drive, from local Folsom band, Etch.
Originally formed in 1993, Scott Bottomley (vocals) and Al "Ancil" Palacio (guitar) met through an advertisement in the classifieds. It was sheer fate that they produced such a unique and inspirational sound when they paired their talents. Etch has gone through a few transitions over the years, shuffling members and shifting focus, yet the bond between Bottomley and Palacio persevered. They have reunited, bringing the eclectic sound and lively melodies they are known for, to the recently released 12-track album.
Their long history brings with it the beauty of experience. They describe themselves as "ambient pop," yet leave the interpretation of exactly what that is up to the listener. While their first album, Without Making a Sound, was studio focused, 6 1/2 Hour Drive embodies the energy of a live performance. Palacio and Bottomley had been separated in recent years, each dealing with personal loss. Digging back into their roots, they hooked up for an "old time writing session" to see if they still had the magic; in that one meeting, the foundation for 6 1/2 Hour Drive was born.
Palacio shares a bit about how their recent losses enabled them to carve out a unique perspective and a renewed appreciation for the experience of life. "It's all about time and how valuable our time is," the self-proclaimed "steampunk" guitarist explains. The raw emotion of 6 1/2 Mile Drive is apparent. Etch paints a multitude of feelings with broad strokes, spanning the entire spectrum of human emotion. Songs like "I Feel It," with its up-tempo beat and driving rhythm, infuse the listener with an itching need to move forward, to progress. Alternatively, the melancholy notes of "Everything's So Clear" lament the rearview of life and times gone by. Throughout the album, Etch layers rich notes on top of enlightened thoughts, creating a multifaceted listening experience.
The end of the road is far away for ever-evolving Etch, with new videos, performances and the promotion of 6 1/2 Hour Drive in full swing.
For more information and to download their albums, visit etchmusic.com.


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Verdict Is In: Jury Finds Kyle Rittenhouse 'An Absolute Legend'
MADISON, WI—After minutes of deliberation, the jury in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has rendered the verdict that the defendant is in fact "A total legend."
The decision was read aloud by the foreman of the jury, despite the jury on Twitter already handing down their decision of Guilty on all charges way back on August 26, 2020.
Kyle Rittenhouse had been charged on multiple counts of murder after he shot several people amid the riotous looting that occurred in Kenosha in the name of social justice after the police shooting of Jacob Blake. It is possible that Rittenhouse didn't get the memo that all the destruction and looting he saw was being done in the name of social justice.
Rittenhouse was pursued by a group of rioters who were threatening to kill him, according to eyewitness testimony. After a gunshot was fired by someone else, one man lunged at him to take his AR-15 away and consequently was shot. After that, Rittenhouse was pursued by two other attackers, one armed with a skateboard and the other with a handgun. In their attempt to harm him, they also were shot. After the prosecutor presented in full this exact sequence of expert defensive gun tactics, they sat down and checked Twitter to weigh their options for their best legal strategy.
After hearing eyewitness testimony that Rittenhouse was threatened and then physically attacked by several men, and watching the video footage showing him deftly defending himself, jurors could be heard murmuring amongst themselves, "Wow, based," "What a unit," and "I want to buy that kid a beer when we're done here."
At publishing time, the judge had handed down a sentence of a pack of Whiteclaws and a $100 gift card to Bass Pro Shops for "this absolute legend".
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School is more than the three R's
Aug 09, 2015 Michael Hallisey Colonie, Obituaries
When you're a kid, summer consists of a strict itinerary involving sunburns, skinned knees, annoying your older brother and plenty of video games.
Well, turns out, that's not the case for everyone.
There's a handful of kids at Brown School in Schenectady who are bucking the trend. The summer camp housed at the Corlaer Avenue campus has your summertime mainstays that include swimming, arts and crafts, and gym time. Interwoven into those pastimes this year are exercises intended to instill community awareness.
Brown School teacher Amanda Keil is heading the summer program for the first time this year. At the start, Keil was approached by Natalie Puccio, a 19-year-old summer counselor, with the idea of encouraging young camp-goers to involve themselves with community minded projects. Puccio, an elementary education student at SUNY Brockport, has a long-term plan that involves applying for teaching jobs at school districts with high-risk needs.
The summer fun all started with Puccio introducing a list of ideas to the kids.
"A compilation [of ideas] before [the kids] for ideas that will be profitable and fun," she said.
Senior campers at Brown School are spending their summer creating and implementing ways to give back to non-profit organizations. During each of the 10 weeks of camp, the students, who are aged nine through 14, will embark on a community service project.
During the first week of camp they decided they were interested in organizing and hosting a bake sale with all of the profits being donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. This particular organization spoke to them because some of the students expressed they have family members who were diagnosed with breast cancer. They baked cookies, brownies and even prepared "ants on a log" to sell. They raised over $50 dollars for the foundation and prepared a special letter to accompany the funds.
Keil said the biggest obstacle this summer was tearing kids away from technology. So many of them first expressed the want for their tablets or smart phones, which went away after the first few weeks.
"Our goal is to show it doesn't take much to help your community," said Keil. "We hope that this is something they will continue to do as they grow."
The premise to this year's summer program falls along the lines of what Brown School has done with their middle school students. The IGNITE program, which was started three years ago at Brown, is a curriculum designed to provide support and enrichment for students. In January, eighth-graders started mock not-for-profits that ranged from organizing animal shelters to gathering medical supplies for the needy.
"At Brown School we want our students and summer campers to become good citizens of our community," said Keil. "We are proud of how they are working so hard to give back to others in need. It's a win for our students as they are able to learn the importance of community service and a win for our region as these young people touch lives through giving."
In addition to the bake sale, the kids were involved with a used toy and blanket drive for the Parsons Child and Family Center, a food drive, wrote letters to the elderly at the Ingersoll home, and had a recent car was to raise money for school supplies to go to the Schenectady Inner City Mission.
"What you give, comes back [to you] bigger," said 10-year-old camper Anthony DiMascio.
In general, the school emphasizes the importance of community service and giving back. Throughout the school year many dollars are donated to charities from student organized events and activities. Most recently, significant funds were raised for the Schenectady Jay Street fire victims. The school community also donates time and money to Veterans groups. Non-profit awareness is built directly into the curriculum.
With the program winding down to a close, one camper is soon to walk away with the idea that community involvement can be fun too.
"It's fun and good and puts a smile on your face when you think about what everything is going towards," said 13-year-old camper Will Klotz.
Old fashioned fun Fitness: Cover that noggin
Michael Hallisey
Michael Hallisey is managing editor of Spotlight Newspapers.
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Powerful, flexible, lightweight interface to the BitPay Bitcoin Payment Gateway API.

## [Getting Started »](https://github.com/bitpay/bitpay-go/blob/master/GUIDE.md)

Code documentation is available on [godoc](http://godoc.org/github.com/bitpay/bitpay-go).
## API Documentation

API Documentation is available on the [BitPay site](https://bitpay.com/api).

## Running the Tests

In order to run the tests, follow these steps:

1. Set the $GOPATH and $PATH variables

1. Install the dependencies

 ```bash
$ go get github.com/btcsuite/btcutil
$ go get github.com/gorilla/mux
$ go get github.com/onsi/ginkgo
$ go get golang.org/x/crypto
```

1. Clone the repository

    `git clone https://github.com/bitpay/bitpay-go.git`

    Into src/github.com/bitpay/bitpay-go/

1. Set the environment variables `BITPAYAPI` & `BITPAYPEM` to "https://test.bitpay.com" and a valid PEM value.

    This is slightly tricky, the PEM file has to already be paired with a merchant token on your bitpay account. To do this it is probably best to use the [bitpay test helper](https://github.com/bitpay/bitpay-test-helper).

1. You will also need a paid invoice on the server. Set the environment variable `INVOICEID` to the id of a paid invoice on the server.

1. We are now ready to run the tests.

  `ginkgo -r src/github.com/bitpay/`

## Found a bug?
Let us know! Send a pull request or a patch. Questions? Ask! We're here to help. We will respond to all filed issues.

**BitPay Support:**

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  * BitPay merchant support documentation

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Lothar Thiele, Juergen Teich, and Karsten Strehl: Regular State Machines.
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IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 19(8):939-956, August 2000.
Christian Haubelt, Marek Jersak, Kai Richter, Karsten Strehl, Dirk Ziegenbein, Rolf Ernst, Lothar Thiele, and Juergen Teich: SPI-Workbench - Modellierung, Analyse und Optimierung.
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Claudio Moraga, Karl-Heinz Temme, Karsten Strehl, and Radomir Stankovic: Decision Diagrams Applied to Mamdani Fuzzy Systems.
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Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Multiple-Valued Logic (ISMVL 2000), Portland, Oregon, pages 127-132, May 23-25, 2000.
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Lothar Thiele, Karsten Strehl, Dirk Ziegenbein, Rolf Ernst, and Juergen Teich: FunState - An Internal Design Representation for Codesign.
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Karsten Strehl and Lothar Thiele: Interval Diagram Techniques and Their Applications.
Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Post-Binary ULSI Systems, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, invited paper, pages 23-24, May 19, 1999.
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Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Hardware/Software Codesign (CODES '99), Rome, Italy, pages 173-177, May 3-5, 1999.
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Technical Report TIK-77, Computer Engineering and Networks Lab (TIK), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, CH-8092 Zurich, September 1999.
Karsten Strehl, Lothar Thiele, Dirk Ziegenbein, and Rolf Ernst: Scheduling Hardware/Software Systems Using Symbolic Techniques.
Technical Report TIK-67, Computer Engineering and Networks Lab (TIK), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, CH-8092 Zurich, January 1999.
Karsten Strehl: Using Interval Diagram Techniques for the Symbolic Verification of Timed Automata.
Technical Report TIK-53, Computer Engineering and Networks Lab (TIK), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, CH-8092 Zurich, July 1998.
Karsten Strehl and Lothar Thiele: Symbolic Model Checking Using Interval Diagram Techniques.
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Lothar Thiele, Juergen Teich, Martin Naedele, Karsten Strehl, and Dirk Ziegenbein: FunState – Functions Driven by State Machines, aka SCF – State Machine Controlled Flow Diagrams.
Technical Report TIK-33, Computer Engineering and Networks Lab (TIK), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, CH-8092 Zurich, January 1998.
Karsten Strehl: Symbolic Methods Applied to Formal Verification and Synthesis in Embedded Systems Design.
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A program for the calculation and simulation of particle trajectories.
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Pro-Trump conspiracy theorists have a new enemy (The Washington Post)
Members of the pro-Trump mob in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The shirtless "QAnon Shaman," Jacob Anthony Chansley, was sentenced in November to 41 months in prison. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
The far-right firebrands and conspiracy theorists of the pro-Trump internet have a new enemy: each other.
QAnon devotees are livid at their former hero Michael Flynn for accurately calling their jumbled credo "total nonsense." Donald Trump superfans have voiced a sense of betrayal because the former president, booed for getting a coronavirus immunization booster, has become a "vaccine salesman." And attorney Lin Wood seems mad at pretty much everyone, including former allies on the scattered "elite strike-force team" investigating nonexistent mass voter fraud.
After months of failing to disprove the reality of Trump's 2020 presidential election loss, some of the internet's most popular right-wing provocateurs are grappling with the pressures of restless audiences, saturated markets, ongoing investigations, and millions of dollars in legal bills.
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The infighting reflects the diminishing financial rewards for the merchants of right-wing disinformation, whose battles center not on policy or doctrine but on the treasures of online fame: viewer donations and subscriptions; paid appearances at rallies and conferences; and crowds of followers to buy their books and merchandise.
But it also reflects a broader confusion in the year since QAnon's faceless nonsense-peddler, Q, went mysteriously silent.
Without Q's cryptic messages, influencers who once hung on Q's every "drop" have started fighting to "grab the throne to become the new point person for the movement," said Sara Aniano, a Monmouth University graduate student of communication studying far-right rhetoric and conspiracy theories on social media.
"In the absence of a president like Trump and in the absence of a figure like Q, there's this void where nobody knows who to follow," Aniano said. "At one point it seemed like Q was gospel. Now there are a million different bibles, and no one knows which one is most accurate."
The cage match kicked off late in November when Kyle Rittenhouse, acquitted of all charges after fatally shooting two men at a protest last year in Kenosha, Wis., told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that his former attorneys, including Wood, had exploited his jail time to boost their fundraising "for their own benefit, not trying to set me free."
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You don't look at a candle and meditate because its easy to concentrate on.
You do. Though perhaps even more important is that the candle flame is one of the best kinesis targets for a beginner.
It appears to me you haven't read the article. Let me show you: "The most basic focal meditation is simply to select an object and stare at that object, focusing all of your thoughts and awareness on that object. Any object will do for this; it can be as simple as a spot on the wall or a dot drawn on paper. The best objects to select are the ones which help to draw your attention. One example of an object which does this for many people would be a crystal. However, the best object for focal meditation in psi seems to be the candle flame."
If you tried it, you would have noticed how your eyes hurt after some time.
If your eyes hurt, you're sitting too close to the candle. Also, you should focus with your mind, not your eyes. Kobok has already said this here and here.
No, it's not. Kobok posted this article and described a specific psi meditation technique that involves focusing on a candle flame. It is just silly to walk in here and pretend that the purpose of this exercise is different from what kobok - the person who thought of the exercise in the first place - wrote about it. If you use a different technique to achieve whatever you want to achieve, that's fine. But please don't pretend, not even to yourself, that people practice the same thing you do just because you want them to.
Ok then, let me ask you this. Did you achieve any deep meditation states through this?
Yes. I achieved the deep meditation state described in this article. I did not achieve deep meditation as described by you. I repeat, that was not the purpose of this exercise.
Let me give you a hypothetical example. Suppose I were the first person to think of basketball and was playing it with a couple of friends. Now, netball has a different set of rules, primary among them that you're not allowed to move when holding the ball and you're only allowed to be on certain areas of the court depending on your playing position. Therefore, someone who plays netball and has not heard of basketball will probably see this and tell us "well, you're getting the general idea, but you should do it more like this; also, it's dangerous when you're all running on the court like that!". A reaction like that is understandable. However, when the basketball players clarify that they're, in fact, not playing netball and using a different set of rules, the netball player should shut up about his game. When someone's playing a different game, it's stupid to complain that they're not following the same rules. And when compared to your buddhistic meditation, dynamic psi is a very different game.
I did not say that kobok was the first person ever to think of meditation with a focal point. That's obviously untrue. What I did say was that "focal meditation" is a specific psi technique kobok thought of. What this means is that, sure, there are plenty of meditation techniques, and no doubt many of them are very similar; Kobok's article, however, was made with the practice of psi in mind. This is why I'm 'hanging on to every word of this kobok person' in this thread, it's relevant! These buddhist techniques are not. You can't just walk in on someone who practices a different paradigm, and tell them they've 'got the general idea' of your paradigm.
There are no different games..Its the same game, same arena..
When there are different rules and different goals, how can you keep saying it's the same game?
Obviously there are certain rules that apply to all games. I never said there weren't. You, however, seem to think that all games must necessarily use all the same rules; that whenever a game doesn't use your set of rules, people are doing it 'wrong'. If this is what you think, I invite you to explain why there are so many different metaphysical paradigms.
Also, you seem to be under the impression that I do not want to try out your paradigm. This has nothing to do with what's being discussed in this thread. As a matter of fact, I have some years of experience with more mystical forms of meditation, and the meditation you described is no exception. I would not presume to be a master of any such technique, but neither am I a stranger to it. However, this thread isn't about any of that. This thread is about focal meditation, a psi technique. Therefore, we won't discuss my willing- or unwillingness to participate in other paradigms in this thread.
Last but not least, your post has some logical issues. At first you say that there are no different games, yet later on in your post you say 'your reality is what you believe'. The underlying problem here is that the latter implies that everything is subjective (even though that statement is in itself an assertion of objectivity, but we'll ignore that for a moment), even though you just said that there are no different games - which implies objectivity.
If you don't believe me, ask kobok yourself where he got this exercise from.
I made it up, based almost entirely on my own self-discoveries from staring at candle flames. Just, I was not the first person to come up with a meditation exercise involving a candle flame, and I will not be the last person to do so. It is such a potent approach that it is regularly rediscovered.
I highly doubt that. I suspect meditation predates the presence of our species in India. I think you'd have a hard time finding a culture from anywhere on the planet that doesn't have some form of meditation in it. The form you have learned from Indian culture is just fine, but it is not the only functional approach. The form I present here has been specifically tailored and tuned as a meditation approach ideal for learning psi, and it has worked well for this purpose for quite a lot of people so far. Perhaps there is a superior approach, and if there is I'd like to see it, but I've been doing this for a while in the presence of the excellent information exchange which is the internet and I haven't seen a more ideal approach yet.
I've spent a lot of time practicing breathing meditations as well (which I also suspect predate human presence in India, as they are also very easy to rediscover). They have good value, and you may find I've recommended people give them a try several times on the forums. Focal meditation on the candle flame simply has specific advantages in terms of its excellent and smooth transition into kinesis practice, where the feedback provided by the flame provides a way to focus not just the mind, but the specifically identified soul. This is of essential and critical value for well-controlled practice of psi, and it is why this article is structured in the way it is.
Apologies for "grave digging", but I have a question. I am rather afraid of getting retina burn from focusing on the light for so long. Would the 2 meter distance reduce/eliminate this? Are the alternatives as effective as the candle meditation? Just wondering, of course. The candle does seem to be the most reliable and effective method, but your opinion on the others would be welcome.
Would the 2 meter distance reduce/eliminate this?
I haven't had the problem you described, so I suspect this would work. Just don't forget to blink. (You shouldn't focus on the control of your eyelids either, as the purpose of this exercise is to concentrate on the candle flame. Rather, don't try to keep your eyes open because you think you should.) As for other methods of meditation, I have tried a few others, and focal meditation works best for me. Your mileage may vary.
A really good article, indeed. All this knowledge is much appreciated, especially to a newer member like me.
I just have one question that I can't seem to answer myself. I tried it first with a piece of metal and found that it worked quite well. Same thing with a candle's flame.
But since I decided to start developing my brow chakra, I thought that I'd get two birds with one stone since for me brow chakra requires meditating and focusing on the area of the chakra. That being said, it went really well at first. I could focus really well on the area of the chakra, feel the chakra, I reached gnosis really easily, etc. Although now after a while I find that my focus slips... Perhaps I should simply meditate first for a while to calm down my mind and then start focusing.
So, to get to the actual question: is what I described above a form of focal meditation? After all I am focusing all my thoughts and mind on the area of the brow chakra.
Oh, I'm sorry for posting in the old thread, but rather than starting a new thread on the question about this and filling the forums with my "still-a-newbie" comments, I thought I'd post on this thread.
is what I described above a form of focal meditation? After all I am focusing all my thoughts and mind on the area of the brow chakra.
Yep, you can focus on whatever suits you best, whether that's an image, a concept, a point on your body, etc. Though some things like music may not work well.
I am coming to this topic a tad late, and I just discovered this site a week ago. So a bit excited to go through past topics and posts even if a bit daunting with there being so many but persistence and patience and all. Though I wish to express how I have approached meditation and see how it relates.
I have pinned down my "sitting practice" down to... open-awareness observation and closed-awareness observation. Open-awareness observation is akin to the Zen mindfulness practice. and Closed-awareness observation being akin to concentration practice. I prefer the term awareness in there because I have come to realize that awareness is what awakens the experience to be had, so to speak; and here awareness being the essence of our soul. Thus I find my "sitting practice" as working the soul, or soul-work. Open-awareness would lead to letting any experience to be experienced, where as Closed-awareness is holding the experience in the process of observation.
Is the meditation need to be steady and regular?


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Oh great…so you're saying when I finish my Master's Degree, teaching college is going to be a pain?
How's the San Francisco research coming along?
Haha. I've taught at 4-years which are a little better. I made the transition to my current 2-year community college because the pay is actually better and there is less micro-managing.
We haven't really been focusing on San Francisco recently. We probably won't make a move until the kids get bigger (and we have more money…lol).
At least go visit SF!
Online is the way to go. I like it because teaching online is an easy way to pick up some decent extra money. I wouldn't want to give up my lecture classes. I would miss the interaction.


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function A = golub(n)
%GOLUB  Badly conditioned integer test matrices.
%   GOLUB(n) is the product of two random integer n-by-n matrices,
%   one of them unit lower triangular and one unit upper triangular.
%   LU factorization without pivoting fails to reveal that such
%   matrices are badly conditioned.
%   See also LUGUI.

s = 10;
L = tril(round(s*randn(n)),-1)+eye(n);
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NASA's GPM sees another dangerous typhoon threatening Japan
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce
The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite provided a rainfall and cloud analysis on powerful Typhoon Jongdari as it moves toward Japan. Jongdari follows another powerful typhoon that made landfall in Japan earlier this year.
A tropical cyclone called Prapiroon formed in late June and impacted Japan and South Korea as a typhoon in early July. Record breaking rainfall that began with Prapiroon caused flooding, landslides and many deaths. Today, another called Typhoon Jongdari is located in the northern Pacific Ocean to the southeast of Japan. It is also expected to hit southern Japan and possibly affect South Korea as it is steered toward the northwest from its current position.
Intensifying Typhoon Jongdari had maximum sustained winds estimated at 90 knots (104 mph) when the GPM core observatory satellite passed over it on July 27, 2018 at 0358 UTC (July 26 at 11:58 p.m. EDT). GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA.
From GPM imagery, it was evident that Jongdari was a large typhoon with extensive areas of heavy precipitation located near the eye and in intense feeder bands. GPM's Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) data were used in this analysis of JongdarI's precipitation. GPM's data indicated that precipitation was falling at a rate of over 267 mm (10.5 inches) per hour in a band of rain well to the northwest of the typhoon's center.
Extreme rain rates were also revealed in storms around Jongdari's eye. The most extreme rainfall rates were measured by DPR in a large feeder band on the eastern side of the typhoon. GPM's radar indicated that rain in those storms was falling at a rate of over 277 mm (10.9 inches) per hour.
At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, a 3-D view of Typhoon Jongdari was created using GPM's radar data (DPR Ku Band). The simulated 3-D cross-section portion of this image showed the structure and heights of precipitation within Jongdari. GPM saw that the tallest storms around Typhoon Jongdari were located in the large feeder band on the eastern side of the tropical cyclone. Heights of the tallest storms there were found to reach altitudes above 15.5 km (9.6 miles).
At 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) on July 27, Typhoon Jongdari had maximum sustained winds near 90 knots. It was located near 26.5 degrees north latitude and 143.9 degrees east longitude, about 565 nautical miles south-southeast of Yokosuka, Japan. Jongdari was moving to the northeast at 20 knots (23.02 mph/37 kph) and had maximum sustained winds near 90 knots (103.6 mph/166.7 kph).
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center expects Jongdari will move northeast, later turning north and northwest and intensifying to 105 knots (120.8 mph/194.5 kph) over the next 24 hours, before gradually weakening. The typhoon will move west and pass along the southern coast of Honshu, over Kyushu and westward.
Rob Gutro
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