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The iPhone 3G has been flying off the shelves ever since it was introduced, leading analysts to quickly begin talking turkey about the number of devices that Apple will sell this quarter. While formulating their predictions, Apple analysts look at a variety of information, including browser market share data. PacificCrest Securities analyst Andy Hargreaves happens to like browser share quite a bit, actually, and MacRumors just happens to have the details of his latest research report, wherein he suggests that higher iPhone browser share could indicate sales of around 5 million units this quarter.
The 3 million mark seems to have been broken already, and at least one analyst has placed bets on 4.5 million units, so the new number isn't as far-fetched as it may seem upon first blush. Recent data shows that Mobile Safari now commands 0.31 percent of the global browser market. Sure, it's a small percentage, but it happens to have doubled since the launch of the iPhone 3G, which makes it a bit more impressive.
To break down the numbers a little, the iPhone's share went up by close to 100 percent in countries that had the original iPhone, and has increased by between 50 and over 1,000 percent in countries where the device is new, with Japan being responsible for a 1,100 percent jump. Hargreaves says that the correlation between browser share and increases in unit sales has been strong in the past, leading him to believe that the current 3.5 million iPhone consensus is way too low. If the browser share growth continues and the iPhone has a good showing when it gets launched in more countries this Friday, the numbers could go even higher than 5 million, but we'll have to wait a while to hear the particulars.


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A swarm on every desktop: Robotics experts learn from public
Swarm robotics researchers at Rice University gather data with online game
HOUSTON — (Sept. 9, 2013) — The next experiment from Rice University's Multi-Robot Systems Laboratory (MRSL) could happen on your desktop. The lab's researchers are refining their control algorithms for robotic swarms based upon data from five free online games that anyone can play.
"What we learn from the game and our lab experiments applies directly to real-world challenges," said Aaron Becker, a postdoctoral researcher at MRSL. "For example, if a doctor had a swarm of several thousand microscopic robots, each carrying a tiny payload of anti-cancer drugs, might it be possible to have them all converge on a tumor using magnetic signals from an MRI machine?"
In the games, players use simple commands to move groups of robots through mazes and around obstacles. Sometimes the goal is to push a larger object to a particular spot. Other times the goal is to move the collective to a target or to have it assume a specific shape. Each time a game is played, the website collects information about how the task was completed. Becker said the data will be used to develop new control algorithms for robot swarms.
"The data from these games will help us better understand how to use multi-robot systems with massive populations to perform coordinated, complex tasks," said lab director James McLurkin, assistant professor of computer science at Rice.
To demonstrate the kind of complex behaviors that can be achieved with simple commands, Becker videotaped an experiment over the Labor Day weekend in which a swarm of a dozen randomly scattered r-one robots were directed to form a complex shape — a capital R. To direct the robots, Becker used a basic controller — a simple one-button, '80s-era videogame joystick that was capable of giving only two commands: rotate and roll forward.
"The robots are all connected to the same joystick, so each robot received exactly the same commands," Becker said.
The experiments were the latest to use the r-one, an inexpensive yet sophisticated multi-robot system that McLurkin began designing in 2009. Each bagel-sized r-one has a radio, a motor, two wheels, dozens of sensors and onboard electronics. R-ones are up to 10 times less expensive than previously available research-grade swarm robots.
In the Labor Day experiment, Becker's control algorithm directed each r-one in the swarm to a unique, pre-programmed, end position. The algorithm did this by taking advantage of slight differences in each robot's response to the two simple commands. In a computer simulation, Becker also showed how the same technique could be used to direct a 120-robot swarm to both spell out "Rice" and display the shape of the university's owl mascot.
"The controller commands all the robots to rotate, and prior to giving the forward command, the controller measures the location and orientation of each member of the swarm with an overhead camera," Becker said. "The algorithm collapses all of that information into a single number — a measurement of error — and tries to make this error as small as possible.
To reduce the error measure, the controller exploits "rotational noise."
"Each time the joystick tells the robots to turn, every robot turns a slightly different amount due to random wheel slip," Becker said. "The controller uses these differences to slowly drive the swarm to its goal. This is where the algorithmic results are critical. It might take thousands of individual commands to produce a complex shape, but the proof shows that the algorithm will always produce the desired goal positions."
"It's counterintuitive," McLurkin said. "Common sense would seem to indicate that you'd need to issue individual commands to each robot to move the group into complex patterns, but that is not the case. The beauty of the algorithm is that each simple move brings the entire group closer to the goal."
He said the demonstration is the first step toward a more ambitious goal.
"Aaron's new work is aimed at using environmental obstacles to perform more complex tasks and to simultaneously control hundreds or thousands of robots," McLurkin said. "That may sound like science fiction, but Rice chemist James Tour is developing massive populations of nanorobots right now, just two buildings over. His group can build many trillions of these in a single batch."
Becker said the current algorithm is slow, and data from the online games will be used to design new control algorithms that are as much as 200 times faster.
Becker, who will wrap up a yearlong postdoctoral stint at MRSL later this month, will continue his research at his next postdoctoral assignment at Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital.
MRSL research is supported by the National Science Foundation.
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CAPTION: Postdoctoral researcher Aaron Becker designed a new control algorithm that allows swarms of r-one robots from Rice's Multi-Robot Systems Laboratory to complete complex tasks — including spelling out Rice's trademark R.
CREDIT: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University
Located on a 300-acre forested campus in Houston, Rice University is consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has highly respected schools of Architecture, Business, Continuing Studies, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and is home to the Baker Institute for Public Policy. With 3,708 undergraduates and 2,374 graduate students, Rice's undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio is 6-to-1. Its residential college system builds close-knit communities and lifelong friendships, just one reason why Rice has been ranked No. 1 for best quality of life multiple times by the Princeton Review and No. 2 for "best value" among private universities by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. To read "What they're saying about Rice," go to http://tinyurl.com/AboutRiceU.

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The death of a promising motorcycle racer from Calgary reverberated throughout Canada's motorsports community on the weekend.
John-Ross MacRae, 24, died in hospital Sunday a day after crashing in Quebec at the Mont-Tremblant circuit of the Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship.
"JR was going downhill and had no chance of saving it at the speed he was going," said Darren James, MacRae's mentor and owner of their team, Ruthless Racing Inc.
"He was an amazing rider, had all sorts of potential.
"He was going to be one of the best in the country."
MacRae grew up around motorcycles most his life. He worked as a parts specialist at Blackfoot Motosports, alongside his father, Douglas MacRae, the company's president.
On Sunday, Douglas recalled how his son climbed the company ladder from sweeping the parking lot and selling hamburgers to holding a managerial position.
However, John-Ross' greatest ambitions were on the track.
"He didn't want to die being a partsman," Douglas told the Herald. "He wanted to race bikes."
John-Ross started riding dirtbikes at the age of two, he wrote in the bio section of his professional Facebook page. By the time he was a teenager, he had turned pro, taking second place in the 600 Supersport Championship on a Triumph motorcycle in 2007.
He also graduated from SAIT's automotive marketing program.
About a decade ago, John-Ross was attending Freddie Spencer's riding school in Las Vegas when he met James. Though there was a 12-year age difference separating the two, they "just clicked."
"He'd kind of been under my wing in the racing scene ever since," James added.
Soon, John-Ross was competing in various contests, eventually surpassing his mentor in some events. And James was proud to see his former protege succeed.
In a statement, Frontline CSBK Inc. — organizer of the Mopar Canadian Superbike Championship — remembered John-Ross as a fierce competitor.
He started competing regularly on the national series in 2011 when he joined the Ruthless Racing team in the XR1200 Cup class, and came into this weekend's event with the third-highest point standing, the company said in the statement.
Two weeks earlier, he'd clinched his first national win in the class at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
He had also finished on the podium in every single event of the Hindle Exhaust Pro Sport Bike class earlier this season, riding his Triumph 675 motorcycle.
Douglas said his son was also gearing up for a few high-profile races in the United States.
"All the wheels were starting to line up for him," he said, from Montreal. "It's a sad day for the motorcycle community.
"It's an extremely sad day for the MacRae family."
On Saturday, John-Ross — racer No. 27 for Ruthless Racing and Deeley Harley-Davidson — crashed on the first turn during a qualifying run. He was taken to hospital in Montreal where he died Sunday morning.
A memorial service is expected to be held in Calgary, although arrangements have not been settled. The MacRaes have already received hundreds of texts and phone calls, said Douglas, and he expects a large crowd to pay their respects.
"The bulk of the motorcycle industry in Canada is going to be there," he said.
Meanwhile, James said he's devastated over the loss of his "little brother."
"The first thing I thought was how responsible I feel, learning from me, racing with me and my team ... It's a risk that's involved in the sport."
James was grief-stricken, but stayed in the competition to try to win for John-Ross, taking second place.
At the podium, winner Michael Taylor had words of kindness for the young rider and the Ruthless Racing team.
"Here we were, grown men crying," James said. "(John-Ross) had an impression on us all."
At the end, all racers were invited to join Taylor on the victory parade lap as a tribute.
"John-Ross MacRae was one of the bright young stars in our sport and his loss is a great tragedy for Canadian racing," Colin Fraser, series director of competition, said in the statement.


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The House voted Thursday to block new funding to ACORN in a GOP-led blow to the scandal-scarred community group that is already reeling from a similar Senate action.
The overwhelming vote, 345-75, saw a majority of Democrats voting with all Republicans to stop the federal government from working with ACORN, citing several voter registration fraud allegations and probes, Politico.com reported. "ACORN has violated serious federal laws, and today the House voted to ensure that taxpayer dollars would no longer be used to fund this corrupt organization," said House Republican Eric Cantor of Virginia, according to the Associated Press.
The action also follows the Senate's vote to cut off federal housing funds to ACORN. The community organizing group also found itself in hot water Monday after hidden-camera video surfaced showing employees apparently adivising a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute to lie about her work and launder her money.
U.S. & World
In response, ACORN moved to save its reputation and guard against future "indefensible actions" by suspending key operations pending a probe. "President Obama needs to indicate whether he'll sign this bill and join us in ending all taxpayer funds for this corrupt organization," House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said.
The White House is yet to respond to the House measure, but had voiced concern over the tapes. Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs noted that the Census Bureau has already discontinued its work with ACORN after determining the group could not assist in holding a fair and accurate count.


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Things can change a lot in a few months.
Maybe it's just because I'm 23 and that's an age where life moves quickly and there's a lot of growth. Maybe I just personally invite that because I'm not satisfied with stagnancy or even really stillness. There will always be more to work on.
Anyway, because I haven't been writing here for all the reasons I mentioned in that last post, this blog no longer really reflects what's going on in my life. That's fine in its own way, since I've been actively deciding not to post, but it's also strange because I still link to it from social networking sites and dating sites and it's still a way I represent myself to the world at large. It's just not accurate anymore.
For instance, in one of the last posts I wrote about my love life, I was dating six people and feeling overwhelmed. The time constraints inhibited me from developing intimacy with any one of them. I was dissatisfied with this.
Now, I'm seeing primarily one man, the sixth one with whom I started going out in October. I called him Roy G. Biv in this entry and that seems as good a blog nickname for him as any. He's awesome and fun and attentive and right along with me on polyamory and I feel very close to and comfortable with him. It's a bit far from that last entry.
I'm still figuring out whether I can change my writing here to adapt to the ways my life and work have changed. There is something appealing about a more narrative structure, to try and tell the stories of what I'm up to. It's some fun, interesting, sexy stuff and might be worth sharing. I just need to check in with my lovers and with myself and figure out more how I feel about that. But there might just be a way.
Things Change
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Take Your Time
60 comments:
Beautiful, Tess. I love the musical aspects woven throughout, especially the last four lines.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSun Aug 26, 10:19:00 AM
Excellent! I loved the last meaning...feels like something precariously beautiful.ReplyDelete
Ah! The last stanza is a sweet one, indeed. A crystallization of the moment, limned in light and words. This makes me content.ReplyDelete
I like the last 4 lines:ReplyDelete
Unrestrained measures
surge out of time,
the world suspended
in each sweet stanza.
Love resides in Wyeth's room, through out your poem Tess (where it ticks and tocks) and at Magpie Tales. Your poem is beautiful, and thank you for sharing it. =DReplyDelete
"Unrestrained measuresReplyDelete
surge out of time"
That was what happened when things spun out of control.We lacked the time and efforts to make a difference. Nicely written Tess!
One tock... will there ever be another tick to complete it.ReplyDelete
I love the thoughts of space and time in this. Time, as in man's creation of it, or time as in the universe's own. Beautiful.
the world suspended...that captures the picture for me...frozen in time as the snow out the door....ReplyDelete
Listening to Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 102. as I read this again.ReplyDelete
Much calmer than the Shostakovich Hat Company skit. ;^)
- AnonymousSun Aug 26, 02:22:00 PM
ahhh...the world suspended in each sweet stanza. yes! this is duskReplyDelete
for me. your poem is sublime.
And each breath, and glance we cast, is a stanza. Each moment lived, lives on in the heart's remembrance.ReplyDelete
There is a place
In music, words, images
And carefully, it can be visited
Beautiful writing, tess
I luv that guys voice. Hes like half the awesome.ReplyDeleteReplies
Stainforth puts the awe in awesome...Delete
- AnonymousSun Aug 26, 06:53:00 PM
Thank you ...Delete
this is lovely- especially all the references to music.ReplyDelete
Anna :o]
I always enjoy your words Tess....thanks for sharing thisReplyDelete
A good place to be, absolutely...and a tock is enough for me...super!ReplyDelete
A great piece, Tess.ReplyDelete
Shostakovich indeed! good choice - it has been too long I shall have to go get reacquainted! Thanks.ReplyDelete
So glad to finally find a poem that puts the clock central--in mine, I only used it to figure it was 10:30 am--but here! It is suspended time, it is metronome, it is tick and only tock, it makes the room either in or suspended out of time . . .and Shostakovich . . . I follow you and feel I am in a Ray Bradbury story.ReplyDelete
PS: thank you for visiting "Morning" and liking the taste of apples.Replies
- AnonymousMon Aug 27, 03:39:00 AM
For me the picture is about time too ~ love this interpretationReplyDelete
"Remote, synchronizedReplyDelete
as Shostakovich" Superb!
Awe, and then some! :-)ReplyDelete
thanks for stopping by my blog.ReplyDelete
A place almost out of reach but such a wonderful place to visit.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Tess, for helping me keep my muse alive. Sometimes I think it is starving. Yours words are always such a hard act to follow.ReplyDelete
Cool, Tess, five minutes to midnight and the tic toc is deafening crescendo ! , this has a real DR Strangelove feel, reminds me of my grandparents old clock when i was a kid, thanksReplyDelete
Fuel for the soul ... music, rhythm!ReplyDelete
Love this, especially the last two lines.ReplyDelete
Ahhhh.... lovely! Blowing kisses to R.A.D., as always. I clicked on another one of his readings of your poems, and it was "Ephemera", in which you also mention Shostakovich. Coincidence? I think not.ReplyDelete
I took my time! Lovely rhythms like the clock ticking.ReplyDelete
This is WOW in rhythm, rhyme, and punch:ReplyDelete
"we bludgeon in unison,
followed by only one tock."
Holy cow.
What is this? The beginnings of a full beard on Ronaldo the Reader?ReplyDelete
A poem that pushes me out of reality to a place of hints of darker doings, then back to the promise of a last sweet stanza, but I still feel I am missing something.ReplyDelete
Tess, I feel like some Peeps who have been away from church for many moons, and almost afraid to sneak back in, take a seat barely inside the door, and leave while everyone is marching up for their 'Bread of Life'...
However--like that churchful of people, I'm glad to see you also still here!
Lovely. A very out of time experience. Stupidly, I thought the bust was Beethoven. Sigh...ReplyDelete
"Remote, synchronized as Shostakovich"...sigh...
Thank you.
Stunning as it delivered tick- tock, tick-tock....wanting and waiting...for the next tick...ReplyDelete
I got so caught up with listening to 'R.A.D.' reading the poem, I forgot to comment..his voice and manner is mesmerizing... It's as if we're transported by music to another dimension removed from time and space...transcendental.ReplyDelete
Unrestrained pleasure! The middle two stanzas especially. Superb.ReplyDelete
A poem so beautiful that I thought I might not need R.A.D.'s take for enhancement. But I listened to him anyway and, once again, marveled at the union of your words and his voice.ReplyDelete
Time stood still while I read it, and then once again when I listened to R.A.D! Beautiful Tess! :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousTue Aug 28, 01:07:00 PM
Ah - this is lovely - it reminds me a bit of Terry Pratchett (anything regarding time emptying and refilling) - though of course much much more serious - Very lovely - we are all bludgeoned by Time I'm afraid, and also endlessly renewed. Thanks for breathless moment. k.ReplyDelete
Love the video of the reading !ReplyDelete
A fine touch of time, well scored.ReplyDelete
Come over and see my sexy pirates! ARRRRRRRR!!!!!ReplyDelete
You are amazingly talented....I wish I could create poetry as you do....ReplyDelete
Good lord woman. Beautiful ... each sweet stanza.ReplyDelete
Love it!
Sweet are the stanza's I love best!ReplyDelete
wonderful readings!ReplyDelete
You always write so beautifully but this one, I LOVE IT!ReplyDelete
Great flow and lovely stanza!
Mine is here
Have you a FANTABULOUS WEEK!!!
Wonderful writing...!!ReplyDelete
shades of roses on my walls
Lovely. Quite musical, actually. I heard some sort of tune in my head while reading this. Great work! =)ReplyDelete
Nice rhythm!ReplyDelete
Thank you for your most kind and generous comments, dear friends. I appreciate you taking the time, not only to read my poems, but leave comments, as well. You are the best.ReplyDelete
A very beautiful writing ... loved the musical flow :-)ReplyDelete


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Six months ago I became obsessed with a project at the University of South Florida. In 1973 the psychology department began performing word association tests. A word association test is where you say the first thing that comes to mind when given a word. For example, if I gave you "Cat" you might say "Dog." Over 25 years USF performed around 750,000 of these tests on almost 6,000 individuals. The results are online here. In their current form the results are hard-to-read text files, so I wrote programs that could slice and dice the data and produce readable output. Eventually, I hope to find an algorithmic definition of repression. In the meantime, here are some of the apps I made.
Enter words separated by commas, press go, and get an image showing the connections between your input and other connected words.
Compares each word in the database with respect to two words you enter. Enter "Picasso" and "Mona Lisa" and you will receive a list of words that are closer to Picasso ("abstract"), closer to Mona Lisa ("portriait"), and equidistant ("painting").
This app shows what words are most closely associated with the word you enter. Rolling over the words will show you the associative leaps required to get to your word.
Type in a series of words separated by commas, and see the results most closely associated with that series. For example, if you enter "fangs, blood, coffin" you are shown "Vampire, Dracula," and so on.
This app lists words closest to your "list-order word." It will then change the size of the results according to a "magnifying word." For example, one looking for evidence of an oedipal complex might enter "mother" and "sex." Words will be listed in order of their association with "mother." Words more closely associated with "sex" will appear larger than those less associated.
This is very similar to HIGHLIGHT, except font size is changed according to distance from a group of "unpleasant" words [links to pdf]. As a result words are magnified according to their "unpleasantness."
I noticed that words not directly related to an input word, yet still somewhat related, started to resemble elements of a Charlie Kaufman screenplay. This app lists elements that are 1 degree away from an input word. Enter "murder" and you get "accident, bear, tomahawk, drugs, television"–all you need to start your screenplay.
For those of you who want to mess around with this, here is the study's data as a a sql database.


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Students with the Washington Dupont Park Adventist School take part in a 50th anniversary commemoration of Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech on Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., on Wednesday.
President Obama paid tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on Wednesday before throngs of people who descended on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his "I Have a Dream" speech, declaring that "his words belong to the ages."
King's address, delivered to 250,000 supporters, punctuated the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was a watershed moment for race relations in America that has been remembered in a week-long series of events, which culminated in remarks from President Obama on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Wednesday afternoon.
"His words belong to the ages, possessing a power and prophecy unmatched in our time," Obama said of King. "We rightly and best remember Dr. King's soaring oratory that day, how he gave mighty voice to the quiet hopes of millions."
Pointing to laws, social change, and himself as an example of how far the nation has come since King's speech, Obama was quick to highlight economic disparities between whites and blacks as proof that King's dream hasn't been fully realized.
But he chided those who dismiss the gains that have been made by the people who marched for civil rights in 1963.
"On the battlefield of justice, men and women without rank, or wealth, or title, or fame would liberate us all, in ways that our children now take for granted," Obama said. "To dismiss the magnitude of this progress, to suggest as some sometimes do that little has changed, that dishonors the courage and the sacrifice of those who paid the price to march in those years."
In an interview with PBS Newshour after his speech, Obama said he would continue to push his economic agenda — including early childhood education, an increase in the minimum wage, cutting college costs and spurring the housing recovery — as a way forward in the struggle for equal rights.
"Where Congress is unwilling to move, we'll move," Obama said.
"Part of what Dr. King talked about, part of what I think we have to get back to, is a recognition that the working man in Arkansas who happens to be white and the black woman in Philadelphia who wants to work but is having a tough time finding a job, that they have things in common. That in fact they can work together."
Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Jamie Foxx were among a list of speakers who addressed a nation that has made great strides in racial equality since King's "dream" speech helped bring about landmark civil rights legislation.
"Dr. King was the passionate voice that awakened the conscience of the nation," Winfrey told the people in the crowd, urging them to carry on his message. "He challenged us to see how we all are more alike than we are different."
According to BCT Consulting, the organizers of today's event, there were "give or take 100,000 folks in today's attendance."
Betty Gray, 67, traveled to Washington from Richmond, Va., for the anniversary of the speech, which she went to 50 years ago. She said she took the NAACP bus for four dollars round-trip 50 years ago and went because her mother was a civil rights activist who was honored by former President Harry Truman for helping sign black people up to vote.
"It's in my mom's memory that I'm here today," said Gray, who also attended both inaugurations for Obama.
Occasional rain showers were forecast to hit Washington throughout the day, but the overcast, humid weather didn't deter crowds: Thousands had already packed the National Mall as of early Wednesday morning, NBCWashington.com reported. Some carried umbrellas or were wearing ponchos.
At one point during the events — amid Leann Rimes' rendition of "Amazing Grace" — a rainbow appeared over the sky.
As crowds filled the Mall in the shadow of a scaffold-covered Washington Monument — still under repair from an earthquake two years ago — they passed by vendors selling t-shirts, buttons, and bells marking the anniversary. Young and old — kids on summer break, college students and senior citizens — were part of the masses.
Carlo Dellaverson / NBC News
Imogen Hutchinson, 60, left, with her friend, Reba Diggs, 81, at the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. "My parents were scared for King," Hutchinson said.
Imogen Hutchinson, 60 — born and raised in Alabama as the daughter of a sharecropper — recalled life at the time of the March on Washington.
"I remember being afraid all the time," she said. "My parents were scared for King."
Hutchinson's friend, Reba Diggs, 81, has lived in Washington since 1951, but couldn't make the 1963 march because of health reasons.
"I was determined to come this time," she said. "I am so proud of what Martin Luther King did here."
Dianne Hardy, 68, from Maryland, had also wanted to come, but said her mother wouldn't let her.
"She thought the march was threatening," she said. "It's so awesome [to be here today]."
Carlo Dellaverson / NBC News
Peter Sussman, 72, points at a photo of the 1963 march, which he attended. "I'm not an activist, but i feel a great sense of outrage over injustices to other people," he said.
Peter Sussman, 72, of Berkeley. Calif., had been living in a predominantly white part of Long Island, N.Y., at the time of the march. He had just finished college at the time and upon hearing about the march, "I knew I had to be there."
"It really was a national convergence like I've never seen," Sussman said. "When I got home, my parents, who didn't think much of me going to the march, were waiting up for me because they knew having seen it on TV that it was a piece of American history that I had just experienced. They wanted to hear all about it."
Sussman returned to the Mall on Wednesday wearing the same button that was handed out to him 50 years ago, this time confined to a wheelchair due to spine issues.
"To be here today is a dream of mine," he said.
Events were planned throughout the day to mark the 50th anniversary, starting with a 9 a.m. interfaith service. Speakers, including various senators and congressmen and NAACP President Ben Jealous, were also part of the commemoration.
"As we go home today, let us remember that the dreamer was also a doer," Jealous said. "Let us not just be dreamers this day. Let us recommit to being doers."
Family members of King also spoke. Martin Luther King III, King's son, said his dad "challenged" his supporters to love all other people, regardless of who they were.
"He often talked about how sometimes we must take positions that are not safe or unpopular ... because our conscience tells us they are right, King III said.
Christine King Farris, King's sister, described the pride she felt in her brother's legacy. "The dream my brother shared with our nation and the world on that sweltering day 50 years ago continues to nurture and sustain nonviolent activists worldwide and their struggles for freedom."
Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine who witnessed King's speech, was also among those who addressed the crowd on Wednesday.
"Fifty years ago at this place, at this sacred place, Americans sent a message to their leaders and around the world that the promise of equality, of opportunity, equality before law ... applied to everyone in this country, not just the lucky few of the right color or the accident of birth," he said.
Peter and Paul, from the singing trio Peter, Paul and Mary, got on stage to sing "Blowin' in the Wind," the 1962 Bob Dylan hit that they had sung in front of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, turning the song into an anthem for interracial relations.
Singing it again Wednesday in the same spot 50 years later, they were joined by the parents of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teen whose killing in February of 2012 sparked a national debate on race relations.
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter also spoke at the ceremony, which included bell-ringing at 3 p.m. ET — 50 years to the minute after King called for civil rights with the words "let freedom ring."
"I'm thankful to Martin Luther King Jr. that his dream is still alive," Carter said.
Clinton thanked those who attended King's march.
"What a debt we owe to those people who came here 50 years ago," he said, adding that King "urged the victims of racial violence to meet white Americans with an outstreched hand, not a clenched fist."
About 50 communities and organizations across the U.S. rang bells when the clock struck 3 p.m.
Tokyo and the Swiss city of Lutry also took part in the bell-ringing, an event organizer told Reuters.
Former President George W. Bush, who wasn't in attendance, called on the nation to carry on King's legacy in a statement released Wednesday.
From the Archives: Martin Luther King Jr. looks back on his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1967 and offers a surprisingly blunt assessment of the progress made since that historic day in 1963. King warns of "difficult days ahead" in this extraordinary, long unseen interview with NBC's Sander Vanocur.
"Dr. King was on this Earth just 39 years, but the ideals that guided his life of conscience and purpose are eternal. Honoring him requires the commitment of every one of us. There's still a need for every American to help hasten the day when Dr. King's vision is made real in every community — when what truly matters is not the color of a person's skin, but the content of their character," he said.
The country remains deeply divided over how much progress there has been toward racial equality in the half-century since the march. According to a recent Pew Research Center poll, fewer than half of Americans believe "substantial" progress has been made toward King's dream over the last 50 years. Among blacks, fewer than one-in-three say the same.
However, in other areas such as high school completion, life expectancy and voter turnout, the gaps have narrowed or — in the case of the latter — disappeared entirely.
Yet Wednesday's commemoration takes place in the waning days of a summer in which various conversations on race relations struck a chord in the national mood.
In July, Obama delivered personal, unscripted remarks on issues of race after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin.
And earlier this month in New York City, a federal judge ruled that the controversial "stop-and-frisk" tactic used by police violated the Constitution and amounted to "indirect racial profiling."
Entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte talks about race relations 50 years ago compared to today. Belafonte also reflects on his friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington.
In addition to the current and former presidents scheduled to speak Wednesday, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia addressed the crowd. Lewis was the youngest speaker at the 1963 march and delivered a speech that admonished the Kennedy administration for doing "too little, too late" for southern blacks.
Lewis was among the civil rights advocates who spoke out last weekend against the Supreme Court's ruling on voting laws as thousands retraced King's footsteps in an organized march.
"This moment in our history has been a long time coming, but the change has come. We our standing here in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, 150 years after he issued the Emancipation Proclamation," Lewis said.
Lewis described to the crowd how in the 1960s, "black and white people could not be seated together on a Greyhound bus." King's words, he said, "captured the heart of people, not just around America, but around the world."
"Fifty years later, we can ride anywhere we want to ride," Lewis said.
The scars of racism still remain deeply embedded in American society, he said, citing Trayvon Martin's case and stop-and-frisk.
"We must never, ever give up. We must never, ever give in," he said.
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O Jesus, it is for Your love, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins done against the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The theme of the shrine of Fatima for the pastoral year 2013/14 is taken from the recommendation of Our Lady to the children, advising them that they could always offer Prayers and sacrifices and say: 'O Jesus, it is for Your love, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins done against the Immaculate Heart of Mary". This is a wonderful Theme that implies an understanding of the great mystery of love that He has for us and our love in return for this desire so not to deny the One who give us everything so we lack nothing.
It is for your Love. Who meditates on the love of Jesus the Redeemer, Good Shepherd, Good Samaritan, Friend of sinners, who loves us without end, and of the Cross is ultimate proof of this love for us. We cannot help but want to give back as much love, praise, reparation, and suffering, meditating on the love that Jesus has given us so that we will blossom into a desire to love him more and better. Everything is of love for him: prayer, suffering, work, penance, for our entire life, every second. We are a "living sacrifice" offered with Christ through love, since it was the love of Him that saved us as we tried to love Him and to love the world with that same love, being contributors in redemption.
The conversion of sinners. The first request proposed by Our Lady is the conversion of sinners. The love of Jesus is offered to achieve the grace of the conversion of sinners. Everyone who is baptized has this responsibility: to be with Christ the Redeemer, collaborating in the conversion of sinners, offer everything so that the world may be saved and find the love of Jesus, His Word and His Truth. The sin that exists in the world needs reparation which is another name for love. Sinners are in need of conversion and only love, life offered in love can help them convert. Everyone is responsible for this development, working together for this challenge.
In reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This Lady is our Mother We must make reparation for the sins that offend and hurt. We have to console. There are lots of profanity, insults, profanity on the name of the Virgin Mary, many denials of Her virtue, of Her Immaculate Conception, Her virginity. There are many offenses against Her heart, against Her pictures, against Her love and Her mission. Reparation is trying to love this Lady and Her Heart for those who do not love Her and who offend Her. This Mother deserves all the love in the hearts of Her sons and daughters. We pray for this love for those who do not love and who do not pray to Her and keep Her company by making this obligation.
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If the Oi! punk scene had spent a year traveling, it might come home sounding a little like Male Bonding. The Dalston trio live in a place where it's OK to attack guitars like it's 1981 - provided you remember you're not playing in a ghost town anymore, but a place where the indie kids now like to picnic.
It's a formula that's hard to resist, and the crossing of brainless rockouts, John Webb's surf vocals and drums that sound like a they've kidnapped Steve Albini has won fans outside of East London (last year's debut Nothing Hurts almost scooped them the Guardian First Album award). The band promised to make things tighter on the sequel, and they don't come any tighter than the 11 track, 36-minute Endless Now, which in places feels so condensed it's a wonder the Swiss haven't fired it through a particle accelerator. If they did that could explain why half its tracks seem to share identical molecules.
Having got past the fact there's a lot of photocopying going on, Endless Now is a tough ride to refuse, like trying to fight your way back up a log flume. It deserves a certificate for sheer momentum alone: from the punk takeoff of 'Tame The Sun' to 'Dig You Out''s vomit-flecked grunge, Webb thrashes merrily at his guitar until he develops a compound shoulder injury. Bassist Kevin Hendrick jogs two feet behind him, and on 'Before It's Gone' the pair cook up a noise like Bruce Foxton playing sirens. It's a crashing, delicious melody - three minutes of textbook scuzz-pop - but it sounds suspiciously like 'Seems To Notice Now' and all its copycat riffs. This repetition gives the album the feel of a soundtrack, and you can imagine some Hollywood spotter listening while he plots the next James Franco comedy.
Luckily the band have higher ambitions that seeing what happens when indie music meets Cheetos. When Webb, Christian and Hendrick have ideas they attempt them at 100mph, boosting you faster through their knockabout maze. 'Channeling Your Fears' rides punk formulae like it's clinging to the edge of a bobsled, its shaky exultation and repeats of "Times like these" causing Dave Grohl's legs to start twitching. It's a stretch at over four minutes, but pales when compared to the monolithic 'Bones' and its crossbreed of McFly and the Exploited. Beginning with a wailing rush that loops for long enough to shave two tracks off the final setlist, 'Bones' is the album's early fulcrum, painting you into a corner with its four skinhead chords. There must be more beer flung at this song's performances than there is at an epileptic ale society knees-up.
Very occasionally Male Bonding put their temperaments to bed, such as on sorry interlude 'The Saddle', but even that feels like a temporary blip or someone breaking into 'Kumbaya' at a Clash gig. Endless Now is about making pop-rock strong enough to fuel another series of The Inbetweeners; the only problem is, you find yourself thinking 'I heard this one three tracks ago.' That shouldn't sully your enjoyment, but you can't ignore the damage it's probably doing to your IQ, like repeatedly huffing lighter gas. The danger is it feels so good, and only the most hardened snob could deny the energy of this record. The band may not have much range, but then what did you expect from an indie-thrash CD - André Rieu? This album is a reminder of the healing power of three dweebs, or how much fun it would be to watch Brian Wilson getting caught in a triangle of punk.
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text: Egyptian Dreams - Ancient Egyptian Discussion Board :: View topic - The Sphinx = Sekhmet - Ancient Egypt - Egyptology Forum Click on the logo to visit the shop Egyptian DreamsAncient Egypt Discussion Board FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in The Sphinx = Sekhmet Goto page 1, 2 Next Egyptian Dreams Forum Index -> Sphinx View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message VicstarCitizenJoined: 25 Dec 2008Posts: 9Location: Australia Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject: The Sphinx = Sekhmet [color=darkred]Hello Everyone, I am new to the forum and came across it when I entered the words 'ankh em maat' into Google I am posting a burning question that I have Has anyone thought that the Sphinx may be a representation of Sekhmet? The body of a Lion, the head of a man (or in this case woman) originating from a time when the Goddess has much more influence and presence on the Earth plane. Many have tried to harness this power and claimed it for their own, what better way then to deface her original glory and put the image of a male ruler upon her and call it a homage to the might of a king I am passionate about Sekhmet in predynastic Egypt and see there can be much evidence pointing to this being so. After all we are all but interpreters of a reality that we are looking to from a completely different time and place. Breathe into your heart and see how this sits before you answer, don't just sprout out evidence that is presented by someone who wrote a book and has declared themselves an expert who's opinions and findings have been is influenced by dynastic Egypt propaganda Answer with the knowledge of your heart thanks forum people, looking forward to your thoughts Vicstar[color=darkred][/color][/color] Back to top katScribeJoined: 22 Aug 2005Posts: 397 Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:59 am Post subject: It's probably true that The Gret Sphinx was re-carved in antiquity- the current head is smaller than you would think for a body that size. But Sekhmet was slown with breasts, and there's no evidence this area of the Sphinx was re-carved or altered in any way. AFAIK, only Bastet and Mafdet can be identified from the Pre/Proto Dynastic Eras. The earliest mention I can find of Sekhmet is from a 2nd Dynasty ceiling stele from Helwan. Back to top VicstarCitizenJoined: 25 Dec 2008Posts: 9Location: Australia Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:12 am Post subject: Interesting work Kat, thanks for the reply. I hadnt taken into account the whole breast thing, being the horizontal position of the Sphinx, but I like the reasoning. In my connection with Sekhmet, I have always thought of her as pre-dynastic in her unadulterated form, however I am thankful for what you have presented me with to ponder. I have a line of thought about Goddess worship in the pre-dynastic times and that Ra (from then) is in fact a feminine energy. (both Sekhmet and Hathor and often referred to as the 'Eye of Ra' so I always have thought of it as a manifestation of an aspect of the Goddess. In fact, the Sun was thought of as feminine in much of ancient worship. It appears that the first time the Sun was referred to as masculine was in the time of Ancient Greece, when the army worshipped what was then a little known god called Apollo. As they began conquering the neighbouring lands, to lay claim and power over the people, they claimed that their much revered goddess was merely a consort of Apollo - that he was the power and he was in fact the Sun. As they grew in might, so too did Apollo and his stature and so the suppression of the Goddess began and she was relegated to the representation of the moon, the home and hearth. I think that when the dynastic Egypt came into existence, the patriarchal energy had taken hold and so the Goddesses were relegated to consorts, parts of triads or keeper of charms and fertility and the male gods were the ones who had the power and might Back to top VicstarCitizenJoined: 25 Dec 2008Posts: 9Location: Australia Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: I would also like to add to my reasoning, that I see the pyramids as chambers of initiation and stargates. I think that the Sphinx is connected with this and is like a guardian of initiation. Although I think of Anubis as the original shaman or psychopomp, I think that Sekhmet represented the Goddess in the form of Fire, which during initiation is what you are striving to awaken and pass through. So I think, with the pyramids being much older then 4,000 years - they were around when the energy of spirituality and worship tended towards the feminine and the great mother was the protector and nourisher of all. Back to top katScribeJoined: 22 Aug 2005Posts: 397 Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:54 pm Post subject: I'm sorry, Vicstar- you are free to believe what you like, but as I've said before, New Age ideology often isn't compatible with real Egyptology. Back to top VicstarCitizenJoined: 25 Dec 2008Posts: 9Location: Australia Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:00 am Post subject: I agree, the New Age is just another dogma, a lot of wishful thinking and a lot of people who know a whole lot about nothing. I am talking about the metaphysical nature of things here - a totally different thing. I had hoped I would connect with people who were interested in exploring the deeper meaning of what the Ancients left behind, not closed minded people who read a lot of books that re-hash old and tired theories that are based on as much supposition and assumption as the supposed New Age rhetoric they so easily dismiss Back to top Osiris IIVizierJoined: 28 Dec 2004Posts: 1752 Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: Far be it for me to dismiss any metaphysical leanings, but this is a board that discusses accepted Egyptian history. You pan those who read and accept theories that are researched and shown to be true by countless years of study--a process that you plead to be used when looking at metaphysical subjects. Shouldn't the same be shown erudite studies? Back to top kmt_seshModeratorJoined: 13 Nov 2004Posts: 7099Location: Chicago, IL Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:47 am Post subject: Re is a demonstrably male force; the spelling of his name from earliest times makes that clear, as do his close connections with Atum. I would have to agree with kat that Sekhmet did not have a large presence in prehistoric and early historic times. In fact, if I remember correctly, Sekhmet is not attested until Dynasty 5, late in the Old Kingdom. This is not to say the goddess did not exist prior to Dynasty 5; she probably did, but the general absence of evidence denies her prominence before that time. I cannot dismiss the possibility that the head of the Sphinx was once different, but I'm not certain that I'm convinced by the argument. The unusual proportions of the head might result from nothing more than how much the architects had to work with in the first place. It also bears mention that a king's head atop a lion, bull, or other virile animal was a common royal motif throughout the ancient Near East._________________ Visit my blog! Back to top Bud-HotepCitizenJoined: 27 May 2010Posts: 1 Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:52 pm Post subject: Sekhmet/Sphinx Reply to VicStar: I once wrote a sci-fi novel in which the protagonist became entangled with a past-probable-self living in ancient Egypt c. 4200 BCE. I portrayed the Sphinx as having breasts because, in part, the Sphinx was a time-marker denoting the boundary between Virgo and Leo during a much earlier era. I considered identifying the Sphinx with Sekhmet, but didn't want the time-marker aspect to get overshadowed. I also postulated a twin female Sphinx located on or near the 30th parallel in the Sinai which the protagonist also encountered in a dream. Here's a small blurb from that novel: -------------------------------------- Stuart spoke, "What does the part about the Sphinx mean? Was the text referring to the Sphinx at Giza? I don't see how that could be." Parkehouse leaned back in his chair. "The archetypal Sphinx is female and typically comes in pairs, which causes me to wonder about the one at Giza. I never really believed it carried the likeness of Khufu. Accordingly, I am forced to conclude that it probably originally had the breasts and facial features of a woman." Stuart interjected, "But wasn't there some kind of base or shelf for an obelisk or something where the breasts ought to be?" "Yes, but this feature could easily have been carved from the existing stone tits at a later date. I also place a completely different interpretation on what the Sphinx really is. It might well be a time or date marker . . ." "All right, let's think about it for a moment. What historical time device has divisions named after animals and people?" Stuart thought a moment. The significance began to dawn. "The Zodiac, at least the lion part." "And what of the woman part?" "The only thing that even remotely fits is Virgo." "Good, good." Parkehouse thumbed through a large book on the kitchen table until he found the proper page. "Now, take a look at this photograph of the Zodiac from the Temple of Hathor at Dendera and tell me what else you observe." Stuart studied the Zodiac, trying to ignore the gleam in Parkehouse's eye. "Well, Virgo and Leo are adjacent to each other." "Exactly. Don't you find that an interesting coincidence?" "Yes, I guess so," admitted Stuart. "But these are just seasonal Wait a minute! The Zodiac figures also precess with the equinoxes. Let's see we're supposed to be at the end of Pisces now. So, if each Zodiac figure stands for 2160 years, then Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, and Virgo all added up would take us back to what? 13,000 BCE or so." Stuart glanced up at the professor's bemused smile. "But that doesn't tie it down very closely." "That's what makes the Sphinx being half one figure and half the other so interesting." Stuart's eyes blinked wide open. "It's half and half because it's the boundary between Virgo and Leo!" blurted Stuart, suddenly pleased with his own inferential capacity. "However, if that's the case, I would expect to see Leo in front and Virgo behind." "Wouldn't that be a lovely sight," chuckled Parkehouse. "So, when was the end of Virgo and the beginning of Leo?" "About 10,800 BCE." "So, what happened about 10,800 BCE worthy of a time marker?" Parkehouse wrinkled his forehead. "Perhaps that's when the Great Pyramid was built. Perhaps it marked the era of the great flood . . . or the end of the Ice-Age." "I found several references in the text to a second Sphinx located near the thirtieth parallel, which is the boundary between the way of Enlil and the way of Anu. This Sphinx supposedly faced west toward the Sphinx of Giza, which faces east. How far west of Giza it was located I can only guess, but I suspect it lies buried somewhere in central Sinai." --------------------------------- Master and initiate approached the concealed passageway at the paw of the ancient Sphinx, her voluptuous breasts and strangely beautiful face hidden in the shadows. Sham-Ra stared at the stone beast-being. "What is the name of this . . . this creature with the woman's, uh . . . front?" ----------------------------------- Okay, I've taken up enough print-space. Back to top Styler78PriestJoined: 05 Oct 2009Posts: 974Location: Bristol, UK Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 8:35 pm Post subject: Quote: "Yes, but this feature could easily have been carved from the existing stone tits at a later date. Stone tits, indeed I like that.... _________________Beloved of Hathor, Chief of Thebes, Not the Messiah just a Very Naughty Boy! http://styler78hatshepsutproject.blogspot.com/ Back to top TothAccount SuspendedJoined: 07 Jun 2010Posts: 1781Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2010 8:31 pm Post subject: Like this? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MryQii-dvu8/RbJKXQau6jI/AAAAAAAAAGI/PEZqOI-bpfw/s400/Never%2BEnding%2BStory%2BSphinx.jpg Before I forget, it's from a fairy tale movie for kids: "The Neverending Story", but was this what you guys had in mind? Whatever you do watch out for those eyes _________________[img]http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/8fc1c47be2.png[/img] [i][b][color=#0080FF]Toth[/color][/b][/i] Back to top ptahoriginalsAccount SuspendedJoined: 29 Jan 2011Posts: 1Location: Boston,Ma. Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:08 am Post subject: the sphinx of ancien Egypt The ancient Egyptians star dated everything,the whole of the civilization was based on Universal dualism, ( Radiation and Light ). you must take astrology and astronomy into account, the sphinx was carved in the image of a Lion. Meaning Astrologically and Astrologically that it was erected in the age of ( Leo ). Each age has 2132 years that called a Despensation, one Great Year takes 26000 years. So if we count back the ages since the carving of the Sphinx, we can actually give the age of the Sphinx to be 6,770years old, and yes there are legends that describe how the Goddess Sehk-Met was unleashed upon mankind because they no longer believed in the laws of Maat and the Gods and Goddesses,so that Universal dualism, may also apply with in your question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_________________With -In the whole of the Universe Nothing is ever Added and Nothing is ever Lost. Back to top Styler78PriestJoined: 05 Oct 2009Posts: 974Location: Bristol, UK Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:48 pm Post subject: For anyone reading this theory for the first time - i must mention that the Sekhmet theory is not new. It is one of the many theories which have sprung up over the years (including Anubis being named). There is a lot of information over the net where some agree and some do not, but i am afraid that the mysteries surrounding the sphinx may always just be mysteries, unless datable evidence is found which talks of the time of the carving of the sphinx- and the intended likeness to a god or pharaoh. I believe Wiki has hit the nail on the head with: Quote: The origin and identity of the Sphinx are the subject of many fringe theories that are not generally accepted by mainstream Egyptologists or are unsupported by scientific evidence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza However, with that said - a lack of real information can create great discussions. Many of which will end with a dead- end. Stuart_________________Beloved of Hathor, Chief of Thebes, Not the Messiah just a Very Naughty Boy! http://styler78hatshepsutproject.blogspot.com/ Back to top RanoferhotepVizierJoined: 19 Jun 2010Posts: 1197Location: Ghent (Gent - Belgium) Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:00 pm Post subject: Im afraid we will never know. The terrain around the sphinx has been thoroughly excavated, but still even to the present day new founds are done on the Gizeh plateau. Last year they discovered the remains of protective walls surrounding the sphinx._________________ Back to top dzama923ScribeJoined: 15 Jul 2014Posts: 369Location: Stamford, Connecticut Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:55 pm Post subject: I think this is an interesting point of discussion about the sphinx. I would say it may be possible to be a representation of an aspect of sakmet, both the sphinx and sakmet embodying an aspect of a lion. Though I have never seen a representation of a God with human head and animal body, besides the sphinx. Nefertum is close to this idea being a human head with the body of the lotus bush. Most of the animal god's features are the animal heads, sometimes feathers. There are sometimes different representations however, as their role changes. An example that comes to mind is Thoth represented in human form as a scribe, not as an ibis or baboon. I have not seen sakmet depicted with a human head. It could very well be Tefnut, since she also is a lioness. 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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and crystallize the ginger. LET'S GO!
DANCING WITH THE STARS – 8:00PM (ABC) Tonight, the celebrity hoofers are forced to dance to classic TV theme songs. Because who doesn't want to get up and dance every time they hear the "Family Ties" theme song? I'm really hoping someone chooses "Suicide Is Painless," which is the theme song from M*A*S*H, and is also the single most depressing piece of music ever written in any era of human history. That theme song is the reason most of the people my age are on Paxil. You could play "Videotape" by Radiohead at a baby funeral and it still wouldn't be as depressing. Let's see if there's a sharp contestant in the field who picks the "Queer Eye" theme song. So danceable. ALL THINGS JUST KEEP GETTING BETTTTTER! You know you love it, girls. ANTICIPATION: DANCEY !
BRET MICHAELS: LIFE AS I KNOW IT – 10:00PM (VH1) It's the premiere of this docuseries about Poison singer Bret Michaels and his tumultuous year battling various illnesses. His life is its own power ballad. This series promises to focus more on Bret's family, so be there when his kid finally asks him what the word "skank" means. Tonight's episode features Bret's triumphant return to the stage after a brain hemorrhage. And while that's heartwarming, it's never a good sign when your show shares a title with a failed Katherine Heigl romantic comedy. ANTICIPATION: FALLEN ANGELS!
THE BURIED LIFE – 10:30PM (MTV) The gooshgags train as bounty hunters and are given the task of capturing a 250-pound criminal with a history of violence. Never in your life will you cheer harder for a 250-pound criminal with a history of violence. ANTICIPATION: TEAM 250-POUND CRIMINAL WITH A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE!
HOARDERS – 10:00PM (A&E) A woman suffering from cancer has trouble receiving her treatments because her home is covered in rat feces, which kind of explains just why she has cancer to begin with. Meanwhile, a man's farm is littered with hundreds of unfinished projects. You mean, that's not normal for a man to have? Well, YOU try building a Little Tikes playhouse, missy. It ain't all roses. Only 1 out of 10 is ever finished, and that's because a professional is called in. ANTICIPATION: MESSY!
YANKEES/RANGERS – GAME 3 – 8:00PM (TBS) The series shifts over to Yankee Stadium for pivotal Game 3, with the teams knotted at 1-1. If you try flipping channels during an at-bat, Yankees security will come and arrest you. ANTICIPATION: JERKIES!
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Ludwig van Beethovens Konverstionshefte. Edited by Karl-Heinz Kohler, Grita Herre, and Dagmar Beck. Leipzig: 1968-1993.11 vols. to date.
Very carefully annotated and hence a good source of information on Beethoven's last decade. Vols. 4 and 5 lack indices. Beware of Anton Schindler's forged entries!
English edition. Unfortunately, there is not yet an English translation of the complete conversion books. However, selections appear in several English-language compilations of biographical sources (see below)
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Dodger Fan Rewards Program
First off, I want to thank you all for your patience as we've sorted through the issues revolving the fan rewards program. We know that a lot of you have had questions and you should all be receiving an email that is specific to your point total, but in short, we've worked really hard to make sure that you'll be getting a package that will have a higher value than what you woud have received if you had redeemed all your points. In short, here's the deal:
For anyone who was a member of the program, you will all be receiving Gameday Audio free for the 2007 regular season.
You'll also all be receiving a voucher for four tickets, the level of which will depend on how many points you had accrued. Obviously the more points you had, the better seats you'll get.
All of you will get access to a special pre-onsale event for 2007 tickets (excluding Opening Day). Information on how to access this will be sent to you via email in late February.
Again, please know that we're just as disappointed as all of you are that Sports Loyalty Systems, Inc. discontinued the program, as we know how much many of you utilized it. For those of you who had kids enrolled, one option that you might want to consider is the Blue Crew Fan Club.
And for the fan who asked when individual tickets go on sale, the answer is Saturday, March 3. The ticket vouchers that you'll receive from being a member of the Fan Rewards Program will be mailed out next week so that you'll have them in time to use on this date.
Thanks again for your support.
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Thats too bad. I was going to join that program this year. Oh well
What a bunch of garbage. I already have tickets for this season and don't need gameday audio. You'd think we'd be given a choice of some sort. Instead, here's a bunch of **** I don't need or want. Thanks, Dodgers, I can't wait to see what you'll try to sell me this year.
Wow, The Dodgers could have easily said not their problem !!
Countdownfilm, Sounds to me like the Dodgers want to be fair and offer something of value !! Write Josh and ask what else can be done to accommodate your situation; I'm sure they'll listen. Don't get mad, negotiate !! I for one am very grateful, good luck !!!
Go Ned !!
Go Dodgers !!
Josh, I got the e-mail and I appreciate your followup and excellent customer service regarding this issue.
I feel "adequate" with the response, as I understand that getting anything at all back in these kind of situation is something as a customer I am grateful for.
My problem with the whole deal was that I was about 200 points away from grabbing lunch with Tommy Lasorda, which is really hard for me to put a price on. So while I do appreciate the ticket gesture, it's tough to duplicate that kind of fan interaction experience with a legend like Tommy.
I would love to see (beyond the Caravan, which I love) even more opportunities to greet the players, etc. I know that can be a time-consuming process for the players and those that organize it, but the experiences that are instilled in especially the younger fans are something that cannot be duplicated.
Thanks for reading.
slikkrikk, I would bet you'll hear something back about a possible Lasorda meeting. As I said earlier, negotiate !! Make an offer, what's the worst they can say ??
Go Ned !!
Go Dodgers !!
You're right, they could have just said "tough." And I probably shouldn't post emotional emails. On the other hand, I spend a lot of money on the Dodgers that I could easily spend elsewhere. I don't really see their settlement as fair. I was working towards getting something I want, so giving me three things I don't want doesn't placate me.
this is why I never enrolled in the program. These are all side gimicks..although this one had some cool stuff attached. Either way, you knew it wasnt going to last. I agree getting free gameday audio isnt that great…but yah, your lucky to get anything.
The only thing worth it is the Blue Crew for the kids… i did that when i was a young kid and it meant the world to me.
Josh, i was still wondering about whether there will be beer(to be purchased) served in the all you can eat section or will it still be "family friendly"?
"Josh, i was still wondering about whether there will be beer (to be purchased) served in the all you can eat section or will it still be "family friendly"?"
In the "Nomar, Mia and Stan" item on 25 January, dualtone said:
"We're thinking about getting the all-you-can-eat seats for one game just to check it out and the tickets site says that beer is available for purchase. I thought you all might like to know this since I know I've heard at least one person say that the AYCE seats would sell better if you were able to buy beer there."
Hey, cool, single game tickets go on sale on my birthday (and for that matter, Grady's too). Not that I'm planning on being in the LA area, but that's still kinda cool.
Don't give up countdownfilm, explain you situation to them and make them an offer !! Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Your support of the team means a lot to them, so make a call and talk it out with someone in the front office !!! Good Luck !!!
Go Ned !!
Go Dodgers !!
Gary, I saw the post that was purported to be from Harold, but [1] the L was missing from EUHLMAN and [2] it listed a different e-mail address. are you sure they are one and the same. if you are reading this
harold, please clear it up.
Thanks, kday
I posted this earlier:
Does anyone know what regional stations carry the Spring Training games, if any do at all?
P.S. Brad Penny, I will say it one more time. If you want to come out and be the ace of this staff, by all means do so. Show us you are serious about your pitching longevity, and I will jump on the Penny bandwagon…if you do well it does so much more for the team
Here's an interesting article on the offseason workout regimen of Randy Wolf.
I don't know much about him as a pitcher, so this was cool just to hear a little from him on how he approaches the long season. Let's hope he can stay healthy and be a great role-player in a solid starting rotation.
I am also very disappointed in the way the "higher point value" was determined. I too have season tickets. The free tickets does me no good. Plus they have restrictions, valid Monday-Thursday except the specific dates. Hogwash! I joined during the playoffs. I was offered "field tickets", and a special offer to join for $100 instead of the price of $150.
I was sent "infield reserve" tickets. Right there I should have known I was being ripped off. I know my 6000 plus points does not match up to other members, but I do feel cheated. Gameday Audio, I don't need that. Now I have to deal with some tickets that I don't want, in a section that is in a price level lower than my season seat. Thanks a lot Dodgers. I'll be the guy wearing "I'm not a ******, don't sell me something that is worthless" t-shirt on opening day. I will continue to support the Dodgers, and continue my dislike (in order)of the giants, angels, padres, yankees, a's, reds, and mets.
Hey there. Thanks for the info. BTW, I have yet to receive an email about the program and the points I've accumulated. I fear it may not have survived my spam filter. Is there anyway the email can be resent to me. thanks again.
Wow, got my four $14 tickets. I guess that's really going to make up for the 29000 pts I lost. Oh well, the grand kids can go to the beach instead.


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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The U.S. head of Electrolux, (ELUXb.ST) the world's second-largest maker of home appliances, talks a lot about food - the food revolution, celebrity chefs and a fad for cooking classes.
Keith McLoughlin, chief executive of the Swedish company since 2011, wants to shake off the fusty image of cookers, fridges, vacuum cleaners and washing machines to draw in consumers and increase profits.
Offering space-age cooking tops and developing an oven that can smoke food or monitor it with cameras, the push is part of Electrolux's strategy to change focus after years of cost cutting and factory closures.
The group wants launches of new products to let it raise prices in weakening key European markets to maintain profitability and fend off competition from U.S. rival Whirlpool (WHR.N) and South Korean manufacturers Samsung and LG.
"There is a huge food revolution going on around the world...More and more people focus on food, better quality ingredients, taking cooking classes, TV shows with chefs, chefs are the new celebrities.," McLoughlin told Reuters.
"For us, ultimately, what we are going to get paid for is to bring more consumer relevant stuff to the market."
McLoughlin's push is focused on kitchens as cookers are Electrolux's strongest global market position.
This year it launched a high-end kitchen range retailing for 80,000 euros, which McLoughlin said shows Electrolux's dominance in professional cooking equipment.
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It says it innovates outside the kitchen too, citing handheld vacuum cleaners for small areas of grime.
The stress on product launches is in sharp contrast to an earlier focus on getting its manufacturing base right.
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Products also had to be preferred to similar items on the market by at least 70 percent of a test group before launch.
Investors have this year given the thumbs up to Electrolux and Whirlpool due to expectations they have seen the worst of raw materials costs rises, are benefiting from cost cuts and have managed to get through price rises in mature markets.
That has shown in a 50 percent share price rise for Electrolux this year, one of the top three performers in Stockholm, and in Whirlpool's 80 percent rise.
That is due to expectations of growth, with Thomson Reuters StarMine data showing analysts expect Electrolux operating earnings to reach 6.5 billion crowns by end-2013 from about 3 billion last year. Whirlpool's earnings are seen rising to $1.3 billion from $792 million in 2011.
Whether those expectations are borne out is linked also to the consumer push in mature markets, as well as efforts to grow sales in faster-growing emerging markets.
"Basically the only way you can raise prices in the European appliances industry is to come up with new products, with new features and new designs," said DNB analyst Christer Mangergard.
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The Being Liberal Facebook fan page had a shocking surprise posted to its wall Friday evening. I'll let the post from Kevin Kordes of Gravois Mills, MO speak for itself.
Kordes' Facebook page (while it lasts) lists him as,
pilot, F1 race fan, boxing, firearms and shooting sports, antique Harley-Davidson's, WWII aircraft, cooking. I love life and thank God for it every day. God, family, Country. These are not only the most important things, they are the ONLY things that matter. From God comes family and country. With out God and family there is no country. With out a free and independent country, there is no family and there is no God.
His facebook profile is even scarier, and he actually calls for the assassination of President Obama in a quote which he accredits to himself. Here's his favorite quotes, the last one being the most offensive:
He works at Lowe Boats
- 2900 Industrial Drive
- Lebanon, Missouri 65536
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- Facebook fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lowe-Boats/210347756368
Note: Please do not harass his employer. It's probably not their fault they have a gun-crazy _____________ (you fill in the blank) working for them. Feel free to let them know who they've hired though.
You can view the post on facebook HERE.
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