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ENTRY #8
70,000, Blombos Cave and V Shaped Engravings
Symbols transcend rational analysis, arise from the unconscious, and mediate meaning in human life. (SOG: 233; DOF.)
Blombos Geometric Art.
Currently, the oldest known examples of specifically symbolic practices. (BC: 5.)
Symbolic Codes.
The Blombos collection, matched piecemeal elsewhere in Africa, suggests a population engaged in the material symbolic code
Significant Blombos Finds
There are two remarkable Blombos results from this site, including tool industry and rich ocher [ochre] assemblage, much of which is worked, and perhaps most spectacularly two pieces are engraved designs.
Blombos Cave is located on a high cliff in the Blombosfontein Nature Reserve in southern Africa near Still Bay, approximately 100 miles from the Indian Ocean. (EB: 309.) Recent discoveries include deliberately engraved designs on both bone and ochre (or ocher) pieces including the Blombos Ochre Plaque as illustrated below. (EB: 309.) In "An Engraved Bone Fragment from, c. 70,000-Year-Old Middle Stone Age Levels at Blombos Cave South Africa: Implications for the Origin of Symbolism and Language," Francesco d'Errico, et al. state that the "cut marks are typically V shaped." (EB: 314.) * They add, "such engraving was a symbolic act with symbolic meaning" and evidence an articulate oral language that was most likely acquired or learned through "linguistic communication rather than by observation or mimicry." (EB: 309, 317.)
* Further dating considerations are c. 77,000 – 76,000 years old.
In 1989 CE, more than a decade prior to the findings published by d'Errico, Gimbutas addressed the symbolic meaning of the ancient V iconography, stating that the V, as well as the double chevron, and triple V, are associated with the source of life waters and the great mother as Life Giver. (LOG: 1.) In dark mother, Birnbaum adds that ochre and the pubic V were special fertility trademarks of the African dark mother, eventually dispersed to all continents during the African migrations. (DM: 61-62.)
In addition to the pubic V shaped cut marks on the Blombos Ochre Plaque, suggest an additional (Blombos) interpretation is a diamond – shaped lozenge or conjoined triangles at the apexes: vulva iconography that is frequently illustrated and discussed by archaeologists Alexander Marshack, Marija Gimbutas, * and Siegfried Giedion. Another diamond – shaped lozenge or conjoined triangle includes the engravings on a baton ** from Lorthet cave in the Hautes – Pyrénées France. (TROC: 261-262.) Giedion says that this diamond – shaped lozenge is "an extremely widespread fertility symbol, that extends from primeval times into the high civilizations, though this does not necessarily imply an unbroken line of continuity." (EP: 190, 192, 198-9, 227-8, 338, Fig. 132.) * Further research including examples of lozenges and triangles with a center dot, (COG plus LOG: 143.) ** The Musée des Antiquités Nationales, Saint-Germain-En-Laye, France, just outside of Paris.
The following is an enhanced discussion about the V – Vulva iconography:
The palace of Knossos was itself called labyrinthos, or 'the palace of the double-axes and both the labyrinth, a universal symbol of the uterine maze, and the double-axe from the word labrys (labia/lip)' fertile womb of the Great Mother Earth (EW: 65). Cameron adds that from this same 'root comes the word labia, the elaborate folds of the labia majora and the labia minora of the vulva. The butterfly/double – axe symbol could represent [the] opened labia (SA: 10, n. 7; RGS). (RGS: 30,000, Labyrinths, Spirals, and Meanders).
Campbell's discussion of the bindu and yantras expands on the vocabulary of V symbology:
Among the best known of those Indian tantric diagrams [of interlocking triangles] known as yantras, designed to inspire and support meditation, that explicit symbol of female energy in its generative role. This triangle is an adaptation of the prominent genital triangle of the typical Neolithic female statuette. The dot is known as the bindu, the 'drop' (which, like a drop of oil in water, expands), and the triangle as the yoni (womb, vagina, vulva; place of origin, birth, and rest). As contemplated by the Sakti worshiper, what whole sign is of the Goddess, alone, as maya-sakti-devi, in the sense of those earliest Neolithic figurines, recognized and interpreted by Gimbutas, of the goddess 'absolute and single in her generative role,' at once the cause and the substance (like the spider in its web) of this universe and its life (MN: 78).
IMAGE: BLOMBOS OCHRE PLAQUE, BLOMBOSFONTEIN NATURE RESERVE: AFRICA. PHOTO: © GSA. DESCRIPTION: V SHAPED CUT MARKS OR DIAMOND ON THE BLOMBOS OCHRE PLAQUE, BLOMBOSFONTEIN NATURE RESERVE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA NEAR STILL BAY. SLIDE LOCATION , SHEET , ROW , SLEEVE , SLIDE #, 70,000. ON LOCATION: ILLUSTRATION/IMAGE IN PROCESS. NOTE 1: IN ADDITION TO THE PUBIC V SHAPED CUT MARKS ON THE BLOMBOS OCHRE PLAQUE, SUGGEST A FURTHER BLOMBOS INTERPRETATION IS A DIAMOND-SHAPED LOZENGE OR CONJOINED TRIANGLES AT THE APEXES. NOTE 2. BLOMBOS ART. ABSTRACT GEOMETRIC INCISIONS MADE ON ONE SIDE OF A RED OCHRE PIECE AROUND 73,000 YEARS AGO. … THIS AND SIMILAR PIECES FROM THE SAME LOCATION ARE CURRENTLY THE OLDEST KNOWN EXAMPLES OF SPECIFICALLY SYMBOLIC PRACTIES. (BC: 5.)
PHOTO NOTE: GSA ILLUSTRATION
PHOTO NOTE: FOR FURTHER BLOMBOS RESEARCH AND IMAGES: RESOURCE: (MUSEUM ART RESOURCE.) RESOURCE: (BRITISH MUSEUM: LONDON, ENGLAND.) RESOURCE: (ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE & ART.)
IMAGE: ICE AGE HORSE IN THE LASCAUX CAVE: LASCAUX, FRANCE. PHOTO: © GSA. DESCRIPTION: ICE AGE HORSE FROM LASCAUX CAVE, NEAR VILLAGE OF MONTIGNAC IN THE DORDOGNE REGION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE. SLIDE LOCATION NEO. PAL. FRANCE, SHEET 1, ROW 4, SLEEVE 4, SLIDE #44 , C. 15,000-12,000 BCE.
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SHOT ON LOCATION: THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: NEW YORK, NY. NOTE 1: TO–SCALE PROTOTYPE. NOTE 2: FIELDWORK PROJECT 1993.
For images of the Blombos Ochre Plaque see the US museums or websites of the Smithsonian Museum Hall of Human Origins in DC http://humanorigins.si.edu or New York's The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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NetworkWorld Fusion reports that NTT Communicatiions will deploy a public WLAN in Tokyo beginning in May. The initial deployment is expected to include about 200 sites. This decision is the result of a successful trial in 20 locations spread throughout the city.
According to the article, monthly service will cost about $12.30 including ISP charges. If a U.S. carrier deployed a WLAN service at a similar price, it would probably do well in places like Manhattan and Chicago.


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Is there a new age of financial services on the horizon?
Ian Bradbury is the Chief Technology Officer for Financial Services in Fujitsu and a Fujitsu Distinguished Engineer.
The financial services sector has been undergoing disruption for quite some time. Changes are, after all, natural in an evolving market.
The move towards digital channels and away from bricks and mortar is the most prominent and probably unsurprising transition taking hold of financial services. We only need to look at services like mobile banking and digital challenger banks to see how technology is transforming the financial services landscape; especially when it comes to customer service.
For example, in wealth management – a service that typically revolved around a customer's relationship with their human advisor – robo-advisors are becoming more and more common. The insurance sector, too, is similarly bringing mobile to the forefront to allow customers to quickly submit claims from their devices rather than speak on the phone.
At the heart of all digital innovation, the competitive aim is to provide convenience to customers. Technology can make efficient services accessible at any time and through the right channels, which means they better fit to individual lifestyles and life journeys. By being this available and responsive to customer's needs, financial services businesses can cement their brand as a trusted source.
Digital adoption has at the same time created a fast changing and digitally competitive landscape where traditional routes to profit are steadily being eroded, and new opportunities for revenue & profit can open up and shrink again in weeks & months rather than the previous timeframe of years. This is happening at the same time as interest rates being historically low, creating even more difficulty to generate good returns for financial services organisations.
Financially viable digitally native challenger businesses in all areas of financial services are beginning to show that they can not only survive in this new and challenging environment but also outperform their traditional competitors.
A lot of existing financial services businesses have been alert to all these changes, and many have plans in play for a graceful transition to a digital-first strategy through digital transformation.
The COVID-19 'Jolt'
COVID-19 and the measures it has invoked have banished the slow and steady approach. Instead, the pandemic has jolted businesses and customers into accelerated digital adoption, which has seen some predict a 'new age' for the future of financial services.
One thing COVID-19 has done is take away the rejection of a 'digital first' consumption model for financial services from those customers holding on to a more traditional model – branches, people, hard-cash and personal relationships. For example using contactless payments in supermarkets has now become the standard way for paying for goods, and 'dirty' cash has been rejected. With limited access to branches and telephone support, many people have been turning to online services and mobile apps – some for the very first time.
The question is, now that digital sceptics have been forced to change, will their digital adoption revert to more traditional models once they're able to do so safely and easily? For many, I think the answer is no. When done properly, digital is just easier and more convenient to use, and having tried it, I suspect many will realise that and not want to go back.
For this reason alone, I would suggest that to safeguard themselves and their employees, financial services businesses must transition to a fully digital-first operation now.
The need to adapt quickly and agilely will feel more alien to some financial services business than others. Some legacy organisations, in particular, will have a culture rooted in being stable and risk averse – an asset that has in the past made them successful.
But the necessity of speed to respond to COVID-19 may have actually helped these organisations temporarily remould to a culture that's more comfortable with moving quickly and in some cases, failing fast. This is arguably necessary for a digital-first company, as has been demonstrated with some of the digital financial services frontrunners. Many traditional, risk-adverse financial services organisations have surprised themselves on what they have achieved in response to COVID-19.
No Way Back?
It's a cultural transformation that has been temporarily been imposed on financial services businesses, without choice. And there will no doubt be companies that are keen to return to business as usual. We've seen this before with the financial crisis in 2008. Mergers & acquisitions happened, organisations regained stability, and then continued as they had before.
However, I think this time is different. The predicted economic downturn we are now beginning to see won't allow businesses to turn back to comfortable territory. The COVID-19 driven focus on agility and resilience isn't going away – the need for organisations to efficiently respond to fast changing situations will become the new normal if they are to survive and prosper in the next challenging years to come.
There's also a chance that employees won't allow for this either. Many have enjoyed the newfound flexibility of remote working – something that has stereotypically not been granted to financial services employees. This newfound way of working has placed employee wellbeing front and centre of operations, and in turn, irreversibly adjusted employee expectations. Ultimately, there's no going back to how things were before, and financial services must re-imagine their approach to flexible working moving forward
It hints at how flexible working could become a greater competitive advantage in talent acquisition in financial services, which will be even more important as businesses digitise at speed and require new skills.
Of course, there's no way of knowing the future for certain, especially when navigating such an unpredictable pandemic. There will be trends that we don't foresee. But digital transformation is not one of them.
Customers are increasingly wanting a seamless digital experience from their banks and insurers, and businesses need to answer this demand by investing in the right innovation and technology.
If we really are sat at the dawn on a new age of financial services, then we all need to embrace this within our workplace cultures, or face being left behind as a part of history. There's no going back.
Published 20 August 2020
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NYC's Fashion Week seemed to favor minimalism and modernism to the overly designed sets and showy stages of season's past.
Unique venue choices and creative lighting personalized the collections and put focus on the fashions. So refreshing!


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La lunga attesa (Homecoming) è un film del 1948 diretto da Mervyn LeRoy.

Trama
Il giovane dottor Johnson è felicemente sposato con Penny, ed è, a dispetto della sua età, primario nell'ospedale in cui lavora. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale parte per l'Africa dove dirige un ospedale. Nella struttura lavora l'infermiera Jane con cui prima ha dei diverbi piuttosto forti e poi se ne innamora corrisposto. Nei tre anni successivi i due non riescono più a incontrarsi, finendo con il rivedersi solo quando lei è in punto di morte. Terminata la guerra e tornato dalla moglie racconta la verità e viene perdonato dalla donna.

Produzione
Il film venne prodotto dalla Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

Distribuzione

Data di uscita
Il film venne distribuito in varie nazioni, fra cui:
Stati Uniti d'America, Homecoming 29 aprile 1948
Australia 21 ottobre 1948
Svezia, Hemkomsten 26 dicembre 1948
Danimarca, Hjemkomst 24 marzo 1949
Finlandia, Paluu kotiin 19 agosto 1949
Austria, Der Mann am Scheidewege  15 agosto 1950
Germania Ovest, Dr. Johnsons Heimkehr 28 settembre 1951

Accoglienza

Critica
Oltre ad una buona regia e interpretazione degli attori la critica risalta la fotografia

Note

Bibliografia
 Gabe Essoe, The Films of Clark Gable Citadel Press, Secaucus, New Jersey 1970 ISBN 0-8065-0273-8

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Film drammatici

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Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Impact in Hurricane Relief
Two Years After Hurricane Harvey, One Group Says It Has Been Overlooked: Renters
Renters affected by Hurricane Harvey in Texas are criticizing the recovery effort, saying that state and federal officials cut them out of $5 billion in aid and focused instead on homeowners.
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Ardmore Point är en udde i Storbritannien.   Den ligger i rådsområdet Argyll and Bute och riksdelen Skottland, i den västra delen av landet,  km nordväst om huvudstaden London. Ardmore Point ligger på ön Islay.

Terrängen inåt land är platt åt sydväst, men åt nordväst är den kuperad. Havet är nära Ardmore Point österut. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km nordväst om Ardmore Point.

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The "night unit" of Hamas in the Gaza Strip announced on Saturday that it will escalate its protests near the security fence, according to a report in Haaretz.
The unit released a statement announcing that its members will operate near Israel's southern border from 7:00p.m. to early morning this week and will also increase its launching of incendiary balloons during the day.
"Our position is clear," Hamas wrote in a statement as reported by Haaretz. "Either the blockade is lifted or the residents of the area [Israelis living in border communities] will have to evacuate."
Two Gazans were killed by Israeli fire in renewed clashes along the Gaza border Friday, the Hamas-run "health ministry" in the enclave said.


Facebook lifted the ban made on running ads for Cryptocurrency.
After 5 months of the ban made in January 2018, Facebook is again allowing advertisers to include Cryptocurrency in campaigns.
Facebook was actively trying to refine this policy over the past few months. Now only pre-approved advertisers will be able to advertise Cryptocurrency and related content.
Although Facebook has made no change to the policy to advertise binary options and initial coin offerings. These ads are still banned.
Have they been traded on a public stock exchange?
Everyone who wants to promote Cryptocurrency ads will not be able to do so. Although the company will keep assessing this policy and further revisions would be seen.
Following Facebook's steps for Cryptocurrency ban in January,Google AdWords and Bing Ads have also done that.
As of now, Facebook is the only and first advertiser to reverse the ban.


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Trophy will hold most kinds of road, hybrid, mountain and child bikes that can be held at two balance points. These are spaced at approx. 41cm (Bull) and 38cm (Deer) apart. We recommend you run a tape measure across and check your frame has enough internal clearance.
The handle bars of most bikes will tilt slightly to allow the frame to hang square. If you have very wide handlebars (over 60cm), the front wheel may have to be steeply angled to allow it fit against the wall; please bear this in mind when choosing a location for your Trophy. We advise you take some measurements of your frame if you are in any doubt.


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The Ozeri Touch Kitchen Scale is also great in the kitchen to help with baking or weighing food for someone on a diet. I love to bake and certain recipes like cakes require you to weigh the flour. The Ozeri scale allows me to get the ingredients perfect so my cakes come out perfect.
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The scale weighs in grams, ounces, Kilograms, and pounds.
The Ozeri scale is a great addition for anyones kitchen!
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Ooh interesting! I'll get this!
I really like using a scale like this when I have a recipe that call for ingredients in grams rather than cup/spoon sizes.
We have one of these & my hubby uses it to weigh his packages all the time! I never knew how useful it would really be!
I've never used a kitchen scale, but I'm trying very hard to diet, and this might just be a huge help.
We have one as well and use it nearly daily!
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This looks like an awesome scale. I need a new one since mine stopped working. It's been hard without one as I got used to weighing *everything* out.
I really like the looks of this scale! I've been looking for one, so I appreciate the review.
That would be really good for portion control.
Thank you for this review. This looks like a nice scale and I love how it looks. The Microban feature sounds awesome too. I should have this in my kitchen!
I should check this out for my husband, he loves to bake!
Ozeri makes the best scales, don't they? We have one for the bathroom and i Love it!! This scale you have showcased here would be a great gift idea for Valentines Day for the cooks in the family!
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I have been looking for a kitchen scale. I really need one.
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Oh what a great scale. I don't even have a kitchen scale. I need one of these.
I'm actually in need of a kitchen scale, so I'm going to put this on my shopping list. Thanks for a great review! I really love that it is antimicrobial.


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At the congress, emphasis will be put on the transition from qualitative to quantitative descriptions of images from a range of imaging modalities such as light and electron microscopy, ultrasound, MRI, X-ray CT, PET, MEG, X-ray crystallography, etc. The quantification and 3D reconstruction of parameters such as number, size, connectivity, tensors and spatial arrangement facilitates comparisons and the understanding of changes under different experimental conditions in biology as well as in materials. ICSIA 2019 will put to test the development and use of methods for quantitative studies of structures from the atomic and molecular level up to a grand scale at the highest scientific level.


Related to the previous post, this is an attitude in the manifesto that strikes me as far more troubling and obnoxious than any perceived defensiveness. No Christians today trace their heritage to Constantine (nor have any Christians at any other time done this). Indeed, the implicit claim is that there are Christians who do trace their heritage to Constantine, and so are actually schismatics who supposedly reject Christ and prefer Constantine. (It is an old polemical move to identify oneself with Christ and others with another individual to demonstrate the sectarian, rather than catholic, nature of the opposition.) Obviously, I'm Orthodox, so I am bound to be unsympathetic to certain myths and conceits that are at the heart of some Reformed arguments, especially when they are based on shoddy history. I don't find it surprising when Evangelicals (I don't want to insult them any longer with a lower case e) make absurd claims about Constantine or people tracing their heritage to Constantine, because that is part of their reading of church history, but I don't quite understand what these (basically unfounded) shots at Constantine are supposed to do except establish the manifesto-writers liberal bona fides as believers in the wall of separation. As opposed to whom? Oh, right, the fundamentalists and Constantinian running dogs.
It's also true that this manifesto seems to lack what most manifestoes have, namely a plan of action or a set of proposed goals or common purposes. Instead, you get a good deal of teeth-gnashing about past failures (how many times did they begin a sentence with the phrase "all too often"?) and the lame lukewarmness one will often get from mistaking difference-splitting for the broad and royal way.
Reactionary Radicals of the Future?
I just finished reading this manifesto, and find myself puzzled that sincere Christians would be so concerned about themselves and their identity, first and foremost it would appear. So much "we are this," and "we are that". What's all this "we" business? They seem more interested in establishing a Church for themselves, than a Church for Christ, even if they claim otherwise. I don't think even Constantine was so self-absorbed.
No one traces the heritage to Constantine, but to Christ and the apostles and their successors.
And their immediate successors, the church fathers, have writings which most evangelicals would be uncomfortable with, although they were much closer to the event.
Jesus was literate, but he came to establish a church. He didn't leave any personal writings, though the echoes of what he said in the Gospel are more than powerful enough. As well as what he did.
There is a difference between an author and publisher and a teacher. And Jesus was the latter.
Worse, there is an evangelical tendency to ignore the very plain (and thus hard) words written in red, and to concentrate in the philosophical minutiae of St. Paul, which are pointing to Christ. St. Paul calls you to think – which is good. Jesus calls you to repent and act and shreds the rationalizations – if you let him.
Good point about Paul. I find that most Evangelicals are best described as followers of Paul, rather than of Jesus. I'm not much enamoured of Paul, to be honest. I think he greately corrupted the message of Jesus, and that many evangelicals continue that corruption to the present.


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The lovely lilies of Log Landing
Posted on March 17, 2015 March 17, 2015 by Sandra Friend Off The Beaten Path, Outdoors and Nature
A constellation of lilies along Log Landing Road (John Keatley)
Spring comes early to the banks of the Suwannee River, a crescendo of colors as wildflowers strut their stuff in the floodplains and on the river banks. We've had a wet winter, and it's been unseasonable warm this month, so it's no surprise that the show is better than ever.
Log Landing is one of those places that isn't on most people's radar. It's a conservation area managed by the Suwannee River Water Management District, spanning both sides of the river south of Bell. Since it protects the largest remnant of old-growth floodplain forest remaining along the Suwannee River – more than 1,110 acres – it's no wonder that Log Landing is a land of botanical beauty.
Spring color seeps through the floodplain forest
We hadn't even gotten to the trailhead yet when this stunning display of atamasco lilies – also known as rain lilies, or Zephyranthes atamasca – caught our eye. Time to stop the car and take a wander along Log Landing Road to enjoy this herald of spring. The atamasco lily is usually the first showy wildflower to bloom in South Florida, and it's always seen around the Suwannee River. But never before have we seen such spectacular numbers of them.
Atamasco lilies at Log Landing Conservation Area
Driving very slowly down the road through the surrounding swamps, we saw a few young alligators soaking up the sun. Once the needles fill in on the cypress trees, they'll have to look elsewhere for warmth.
An alligator in the cypress swamp
Log Landing Road ends at a trailhead parking area, but there are no designated trails. A well-beaten footpath slips beneath ancient oaks to lead to the Suwannee River. As the river was well over its banks during our visit, a flowing side channel prevented us from getting to the riverbank, where anglers can drop a line.
The trailhead sign assured us we'd found Log Landing
The Suwannee River beyond a floodplain channel
Walking the unmarked forest road south, I was surrounded in a blanket of spring green, new growth sprouting from the young trees in the understory. Towering above were true giants of trees: ancient oaks, tupelo, and hickory. Lilies sprouted at their feet.
One of the ancient oaks along a forest road at Log Landing
Log Landing hugs the west bank of the river in Dixie County, just downstream from Gornto Springs, a county park with a campground along the Suwannee River and a swimming hole when the water's clear. Hunters know about Log Landing since it's also a wildlife management area, open to hunting during posted hunting seasons.
To find Log Landing – and enjoy the lilies while they last – follow CR 349 north from Old Town (or south from Branford) to Log Landing Road. It's well-marked when you approach from the north, not so much from the south. Log Landing Road takes a few 90-degree bends along its route and eventually becomes a dirt road, but it leads you to the lilies, and the trailhead. There are no facilities.
2 comments on "The lovely lilies of Log Landing"
Lyn Jellison says:
Do these lillies have an aroma?
NaturalNorthFlorida.com says:
Yes, a mild one. They are in the amaryllis family and are native to our forests.


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Are Americans from Mars?
Robert Royal
Percival Lowell was a member of the distinguished Boston Lowell family, graduate of Harvard, founder of the Lowell Observatory, the most prominent American astronomer – some say – until Carl Sagan. He also believed, on the basis of what he thought careful scientific observation, that there were canals on Mars, and wrote several books about what might have driven Martians to such a vast undertaking.
Unfortunately, his "observations" were an optical illusion (as several scientists already knew in Lowell's day). Recent Mars probes have discovered no signs of the civilization Lowell thought once existed there.
Fr. Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor of La Civiltà Cattolica, and Marcelo Figueroa, a Presbyterian hand-picked by Pope Francis to be editor on the Argentinian edition of L'Osservatore Romano, have recently made quite controversial observations about America in "Evangelical Fundamentalism and Catholic Integralism in the USA: A Surprising Ecumenism."
They are, with good reason, destined to suffer the fate of poor Percival Lowell.
It's not that they don't have some data. But like many distant observers who know little of the concrete reality they are describing, they mistake the relative size and significance of almost everything.
For example, they take Rousas John Rushdoony – a marginal figure unknown these days to most evangelicals and much criticized by many who do – as a major reference point because his theocratic views fit the thesis they're trying to push about conservative religion and politics in America.
In dozens of other instances, they draw lines among widely disparate facts with even less justification than the old believers in Martian canals.
Their main fear is that the collaboration of Catholics and Evangelicals in fighting the culture war is really a bid to create a theocracy in America. You usually hear a charge like that from Planned Parenthood or gay-rights groups or fringe academics. Not from the Vatican.
Further, the authors opine, the participants in this "surprising ecumenism" indulge in a "Manichean" view of Good vs. Evil that sees America as the Promised Land and her enemies as enemies of God whom it's only right to destroy, literally, with our armed forces.
Taking this as the heart of the Evangelical-Catholic alliance is so delusional that a Catholic must feel embarrassed that a journal supposedly reviewed and authorized by the Vatican would run such slanderous nonsense. The authors would have done better to get out and see some of America rather than, it seems, spending so much time with left-wing sociologists of religion.
Two Jesuits of one mind
There is something like an emerging theocracy in the United States, with a Manichean vision. But it's the theocracy of sexual absolutism that cannot tolerate pluralism or dissent. The Little Sisters of the Poor, Hobby Lobby, evangelical bakers, anyone who stands up to the contraception-abortion-"gay-marriage" (and now) "transgender" juggernaut risks legal jeopardy and accusations of being a "hate group." (Spadaro and Figueroa echo this claim, saying the Evangelical-Catholic alliance represents a xenophobic, Islamophobic, purist vision that is really an "ecumenism of hate.")
Fighting the sexual theocracy is imperative, for believers and non-believers alike who care about liberty and the common good in a pluralist society. The courts have – so far – found for defenders of religious liberty, largely Catholics and Evangelicals. But that such cases even have to be brought tells us who is really trying to impose a kind of totalitarianism on America. Most traditional Catholics, Evangelicals, Jews, Muslims, and others would be happy, at this point, to be just left alone.
All this is invisible to Spadaro and Figueroa, or is dismissed as a cover for something sinister. They know not the heart of American Evangelicalism, which is generally closer to the thoughtfulness of a Russell Moore than to blind Fundamentalism (which is why we use two different terms for the two groupings). Their labeling American Catholic conservatives as "integralists" is another slander and a sloppy misapplication of a term from one period of European history to something else entirely. They could easily have learned this.
The authors claim that Pope Francis has outlined an alternative to "militant" Christianity. But their obsession with "dialogue" over these matters is a plausible strategy only to people who have never had to confront the sharp edge of the culture war. And believe they can go on avoiding it forever. They can't.
Pope Francis added to the international controversy last week. If his frequent dialogue partner, Eugenio Scalfari – editor of the socialist La Reppublica – is to be believed (personally, I find about 25 percent of what he "reports" vaguely credible), Francis spoke just before the G-20 meeting in Hamburg of the "distorted vision of the world" of America and Russia, China and North Korea, Russia and Syria, especially on immigration matters.
The pope's including us among such malefactors agitated many Americans. If he meant that he disagrees with President Trump, perhaps he should have said as much.
He went on to say, in Scalfari's perhaps garbled telling, that a "federated Europe" is necessary or Europe will count for nothing in the world. This is curious for several reasons. In other contexts, the pope seems to have given up on Europe – and expects renewal from the "peripheries." Further, the European Union is already "federated," perhaps too much so.
I was at a conference in Portugal two weeks ago where repeated German calls for "ever closer ties" among European nations worried everyone except the Germans themselves. It's a commonplace in such meetings to lament the EU's lack of political accountability and arrogance – and Germany's looming financial power.
In the last analysis, Europe counts for little, because it is in demographic collapse, is spiritually and culturally adrift, doesn't have the means to defend itself, and seems to think its only reason for being is to be "open" to other cultures.
America has multiple grave problems, but still enjoys active religious engagement in the public square, is groping towards political and cultural renewal, and – not incidentally – still accepts over 1,000,000 legal immigrants every year.
Perhaps it would be worth noting such things, sometime, in Rome.
Dr. Robert Royal is editor-in-chief of The Catholic Thing, president of the Faith & Reason Institute in Washington, D.C., and currently serves as the St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies at Thomas More College. His most recent books are Columbus and the Crisis of the West and A Deeper Vision: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Twentieth Century.
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"Sorry, we're finishing the concert." Death to the beat of the music
Seven a.m. The fight for the best place under the stage begins for the fans. They wait several hours in front of the gate, often without food or water. Sometimes in the heat. When the concert later starts, fatigue, dehydration and disorientation make themselves felt. Let's add panic to that. This is probably what the day of many Astroworld festival attendees was like.
Regardless of whether the concert is soul or metal, fans are determined to get as close to the idol as possible. If it is popular, hundreds or even thousands of people can squeeze in front of the stage.
The toughest wait for the artist for hours. Often without access to water or food. In order not to lose space, they give up going to the toilet. It can be as high as 40 degrees Celsius at outdoor concerts. The concert begins, and the crowd of thousands pushes forward, the metal railing stabs in the stomach, and in the back – the elbows of the people behind. Pogo begins in the crowd, and people, so-called swimmers, fly overhead. At this point, for many people who have been waiting so much for the concert, the adventure may end. Then they will either try to get through the crowd themselves or ask security for help. Others will pass out, fall to the floor, sometimes unnoticed.
November 5, during the concert of Travis Scott, also the organizer Astroworld, there was a tragedy. His performance began at the NRG Park complex in Houston, Texas around 9.15pm local time. The crowd of fans began to press against the stage. After about 20 minutes, panic broke out. Ten people lost their lives. The youngest victim, Ezra Blount, was nine years old. He suffered a severe trauma to the brain and other organs, he was in a coma. He died on Monday, November 15. The second day of the festival was canceled.
Ten people died during the Astroworld festivalPAP / EPA / KEN MURRAY
The behavior of the crowd, combined with bad organization, led to many tragedies.
Worst rock and roll day
Expectations for the 1969 Altamont Speedway Free Festival in California were high. It was said he was going to be "West Woodstock". Altamont was also free, and the line-up suited the tastes of hippie youth at the time. The main star was The Rolling Stones, in addition to them, Santana, Jefferson Airplane and The Flying Burrito Brothers appeared on stage. The Grateful Dead were also scheduled to play, but declined to play when they realized what was happening there.
300,000 people came to the area, which was the racetrack. The location was chosen out of desperation because it was too expensive elsewhere and the police were against the organization of the event. The race track chosen at the last moment caused many logistical problems: there were no toilets, medical tents, and the stage, which was located at the bottom of the slope, was only one meter high.
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The dry season in Cambodia runs from October to April, and the wet season from May until September, with the heaviest rainfall generally in August & September. Average temperatures range from 24°C in the cooler months of October, November & December to 35°C at the hottest time of the year from March until June.
Cambodia is blessed with one of Asia's simpler weather systems. The country has two distinct weather seasons, but you can travel in Cambodia all year round.
In general, the entire country is subject to the same weather patterns, mainly due to the relatively uniform altitude and latitude throughout Cambodia.
Cambodia's dry season lasts from October to April, when the dry north-east monsoon arrives, characterised by hot wind blowing across the entire country. Whilst November to January are quite cool (high 20°C's), by April the weather is scorching making early morning and late afternoon Angkor Temple tours, with a few hours by the hotel pool at lunchtime, the preference for many.
Thanks to the hot weather this is unsurprisingly the season when Cambodia's tourist numbers peak.
Cambodia's wet season comes courtesy of the southwest monsoon and lasts from May to October, bringing with it almost 75% of Cambodia's annual rainfall. Across Cambodia, throughout much of the rainy season, daytime temperatures average between 25°C and 27°C. The early months of the wet season (May – July) remain very hot with infrequent rainfall usually in the form of short downpours. In the latter months (late July – September) the rain tends to becomes more constant and is heavy at times, especially in coastal and rural regions.
Date of birth, enlightenment & death of Buddha, 29th April.
Celebrated in either Phnom Penh or Siem Reap, 3rd May.
There are numerous additional festivals throughout the year, many of the festival dates change annually often calculated according to the Buddhist lunar calendar. The days of the full moon (day one) and the new moon (day fourteen or fifteen) are particularly auspicious.


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Black women are fastest-growing demographic of entrepreneurs in US
By: Jovita Moore
ATLANTA - Black women are the fastest-growing demographic of entrepreneurs in the United States. Atlanta leads the nation in the number of women starting businesses.
Channel 2 Anchor Jovita Moore met two women who started their own businesses. One of them got a big break at the Super Bowl.
"I didn't have a life. I think I probably lost some hair through the process," said Jamine Moton, who founded Skylar Security. Her business helped keep Mercedes-Benz Stadium safe during the Super Bowl.
"(It was) an incredible opportunity," Moton said.
Her security guards made a big impression. The client asked Skylar Security to double its shifts.
Moton never imagined snagging such a prestigious event when she first started her business while working as a Clayton County police officer. After doing both for three years, she quit her day job.
"It was probably the most nerve-wracking moment in my life. Like I said, I'm a cop, athlete. I don't get scared," Moton said.
A few months later, Moton joined the Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative. WEI is a 15-monthlong incubator that helps women with everything from hiring a team to finding funding.
"They literally do grab you and support you and say, 'How can I help?'" Moton said.
The City of Atlanta invested $1 million in WEI. It is "the only city-funded initiative of its kind in the country," said Theia Smith, WEI's Founding Executive Director.
"We know Atlanta constantly leads the nation in the number of women who are starting businesses here. We want to stay at the top of that list with the number of women who are sustaining businesses here," said Smith.
WEI works with Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, which gives loans to women and people of color who may be considered too risky by traditional financial institutions.
"The range is between $15,000 and $1 million," said Grace Fricks, ACE's president and CEO.
The average size loan is $125,000. The organization lent $11 million in 2018.
"The number one question is always about how I get money. And the number one pushback from the space is no, but what are you going to create that deserves that money," said Candice Jordan, Love Home's founder and CEO.
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Jordan is bootstrapping. She is investing her own money in Love Home, a home decorating tech solution. It can predict customers' style preferences and smart shop products to them.
Jordan is getting help through The Big Incubator. It is a nine-month program that leads women through the idea stage to creating a profitable business.
"Being able to keep your business in business is a success," said Essence Lofton, with The Big Incubator program.
Jordan balances running Love Home with a full-time job and raising three children with her husband. The Big Incubator and mentors help make it possible.
"Because being an entrepreneur is not easy. So, you need to have someone in your corner who will continue to push you past that wall," said Jordan.
Jordan has advice for women with a business idea: "I would say go for it. For so long I think we all have those moments in life where we're like what if, what if? I could just do that, I could just create that," Jordan said.
The success of Atlanta's entrepreneurs is helping the city. Their businesses are creating jobs. In Moton's case, Skylar Security has grown from having about 70 security guards before WEI to more than 500.


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'Neighbours' tease Aaron and David's wedding with heartwarming trailer - WATCH
It will be the first same-sex wedding to appear on Australian television since the introduction of equal marriage last year.
Australian soap Neighbours has released a new trailer featuring a look at Aaron Brennan and David Tanaka's gay wedding next month.
The special episode will feature the show's first ever gay wedding in its 33-year history and will be the first same-sex wedding to appear on Australian television since the introduction of equal marriage last December.
The couple proposed to each other on the show back in May, and the new trailer offers a glimpse at the couple's special day.
In the video, characters from the show can be seen celebrating before Aaron (Matt Wilson) and David (Takaya Honda) walk down the aisle. Then, as the pair exchange vows, Aaron says: "I, Aaron James Brennan, choose to share my life with you, David Yoshi Tanaka."
The couple will have their wedding officiated by Kath & Kim star and LGBT rights activist Magda Szubanski.
Speaking about the wedding, Matt Wilson, 28, said: "We are both ecstatic to be part of this huge moment in Australian television and it stands alone as the highlight of my career.
"This storyline means a lot to me, to my friends and to all the fans we hear from on a daily basis here and in the UK who love Aaron and David".
Takaya Honda, 30, added: "It is an absolute privilege to be a part of what is and will be a historic moment in Australian television.
"There have been so many parts of David's story that have given me a great sense of pride and which have been an absolute honour to portray; from discovering Paul was his dad, to his coming out to now marrying the man of his dreams in what will be the first legal gay wedding on a drama."
Watch the trailer below:
Neighbours continues weekdays at 1:45 pm and 5:30 pm on Channel 5.
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export code_spir, code_hsa, src_hsail

function to_tuple_type(t::ANY)
    if isa(t,Tuple) || isa(t,AbstractArray) || isa(t,SimpleVector)
        t = Tuple{t...}
    end
    if isa(t,Type) && t<:Tuple
        if !all(p->(isa(p,Type)||isa(p,TypeVar)), t.parameters)
            error("argument tuple type must contain only types")
        end
    else
        error("expected tuple type")
    end
    t
end

# display ir of the generated spir function
function src_spir(f::Function, types::ANY)
    t = to_tuple_type(types)
    llvmf = ccall(:jl_get_spirf, Ptr{Void}, (Any, Any), f, t)

    if llvmf == C_NULL
        error("no method found for the specified argument types")
    end

    str = ccall(:jl_dump_function_ir, Any, (Ptr{Void},), llvmf)::ByteString

    return str
end

code_spir(io::IO, f::Function, types::ANY) = print(io, src_spir(f,types))

code_spir(f::ANY, t::ANY) = code_spir(STDOUT, f, t)

# display ir after linking to the hsa intrinsics
function src_hsa(f::Function, types::ANY)
    t = to_tuple_type(types)
    llvmf = ccall(:jl_get_hsailf, Ptr{Void}, (Any, Any, Bool), f, t, false)

    if llvmf == C_NULL
        error("no method found for the specified argument types")
    end

    str = ccall(:jl_dump_function_ir, Any, (Ptr{Void},), llvmf)::ByteString

    return str
end

code_hsa(io::IO, f::Function, types::ANY) = print(io, src_hsa(f,types))

code_hsa(f::ANY, t::ANY) = code_hsa(STDOUT, f, t)

# output final hsail code
function src_hsail(f::Function, types::ANY)
    t = to_tuple_type(types)
    llvmf = ccall(:jl_get_hsailf, Ptr{Void}, (Any, Any), f, t)

    if llvmf == C_NULL
        error("no method found for the specified argument types")
    end

    str = ccall(:jl_dump_function_hsail, Any, (Ptr{Void},), llvmf)::ByteString

    return str
end