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Abigail Nussbaum: I have to wonder just to what degree we're justified in calling Lavinia a fantasy. Jo and Nic both point out the natural magic of Lavinia's religion, but it seems just as valid to me to read these descriptions as being of Lavinia's worldview as they are of the actual world she is living in. What I liked about the descriptions of religion in the novel was that they depicted people for whom the divine is mixed with mundane, for whom gods are a constantly palpable presence whose influence intrudes on their lives through dreams and omens. But I don't think it's necessary for us to believe that those gods are real, even within the novel. One of the few things I really liked about the HBO series Rome was that it depicted, with complete respect and sympathy, people who walked with their gods, without ever asking us to believe that those gods existed, and I think that Lavinia does the same. What's important is that Lavinia sees the world in a certain way, and how that perspective affects her values and decisions. Obviously this reading becomes harder to support as the novel draws to a close, but it is also in those scenes that the metafictional aspect of the novel comes to the forefront, so again it doesn't seem completely clear-cut to me that we're dealing with a fantasy.
Niall Harrison: Gary Wolfe's review is interesting on the question of fantasy, I think:
What's even more shrewd is the manner in which Le Guin addresses the fantastical elements of the tale. Gods and goddesses, and Juno in particular, have their paw-prints all over the events of Virgil's epic, but as Le Guin reminds us in an afterword, she's writing a novel, and Ritalin-deprive meddlesome gods don't work too well in a modern novel, so she simply omits them (some might argue with her assertion about gods and novels, but it's certainly true of the novel she's written here). What she offers in their place are some surprisingly postmodern fantasy techniques that work to give her narrative a vibrant contemporary sensibility: Lavinia, the narrator, doesn't hear from the gods, but she does hear from the aging Virgil himself, dying centuries in the future, and more important, she's aware that she's largely Virgil's creation.Jo Coleman: I'm interested by the question of Le Guin allowing ghosts, but no gods, into her novel. I think I'm less comfortable than the rest of you about Le Guin making the decision to eliminate the gods in the first place. Perhaps they would be unworkable in a novel format, and I certainly take Adam's point about Greco-Roman gods belonging in a lyrical and not a narrative form. And she is, after all, writing about a time pre-Rome where gods were not personified in the first place. I love Lavinia and the Poet's discussion about Juno, for example. Le Guin makes the distinction between the idea of gods as powers, as it would have been for Lavinia, and the idea of gods as people, as it was for the Romans, beautifully.
And yet -- I think for me, I am still missing a true sense of the gods as powers as a "historical" Lavinia would have experienced it. Whilst I, like Adam, praise Le Guin's portrayal of Lavinia's Being-in-the-world, I can't see being in the world, and being in the world with gods/spirits in it, as mutually exclusive. Or at least, perhaps I can, but I am not convinced that the ancient Italians would have been able to. And therefore it seems to me entirely arbitrary to portray the inner world of a woman to whom gods and spirits are an integral part of daily life, as Le Guin does so well, and avoid portraying the gods and spirits within that daily life -- if, after all, you're going to have a ghost turning up there.
For us now, to encounter a ghost is not impossible, it's supernatural that belongs on the edge of natural. But to encounter a god, to have a chat with one while spending time in a forest, that's something thoroughly out of natural. This, for me, is a contemporary mindset that Le Guin maintains -- gods in the dreams, fair enough, and ghosts in the world. But I don't believe it's a distinction that would have occurred to the ancient Italians, and that's where, for me, the novel falls down. It's as if Le Guin attempted to keep the novel closer to history than fantasy in keeping the gods from the action, but for me, it has the opposite effect -- it becomes less historically accurate and more of a fantasy, but a fantasy created from limitations.
As Abigail points out, Lavinia shows us people for whom gods and spirits are a presence in their lives, but doesn't demand that the reader believe in them. But doesn't it demand that the reader "believe" in ghosts, at least to a certain extent? It demands that the reader take ghosts seriously. I suppose the problem that I'm trying to articulate is that I can't accept a literary ghost would have been the core or essential guide to an ancient Italian woman interacting daily with her own ancestors and nature spirits.
Nic Clarke: You make several very good points. I agree that the distinction between ghosts and gods is overplayed; everything I've read (albeit about later periods) suggests that different elements of the supernatural were viewed as equally possible, if not equally common. I liked Abigail's point about the way the novel shows us a society that believes in gods, without expecting us to do the same. I can completely understand why Le Guin chose to remove the gods. I have two problems with this, however. (Actually three, but Jo already expressed one of them very well: Abigail's point notwithstanding, I'm sceptical about trying to separate the natural and supernatural realms if we're seeing the world through the eyes of a pre-modern character, because there was no such distinction.) The first -- and I accept that it's a very personal one -- is that I was thrown out of the narrative in the places where I knew the gods had been excised. For example:
But Turnus himself was nowhere. After killing Pallas, he disappeared. No man I ever talked to knew what became of him during the long hour that Aeneas stalked him through the battlefield, challenging him, calling out to him to come fight. No doubt he was resting, catching his breath somewhere up the hill in the shade, but he chose a strange time to do it. (143)This is clearly the incident in book X of the poem, where Juno petitions Jupiter to let her rescue (her favourite) Turnus. Likewise, a later reference to Aeneas' "uncanny" escape from Diomedes at Troy is Aphrodite's intervention on her half-divine son's behalf in the Iliad; it strikes me only now, writing this, that removing the gods removes some of the most important and active female players in the original story.
Which takes me to my second, also rather personal, problem: I missed the gods. I enjoy them in the original both for the interplay between them -- an extra layer of human drama, albeit mostly up in the sky, mirroring the emotions and conflicts down below -- and for the insight their presence gives us to the conceptual-world of those who told and retold these stories. So much of the surviving literature of this nature shows an intense interest, even a fatalism, about the operations of fate and/or chance -- whether a hero lives or dies on a given day, whether he is remembered -- and I think that ditching the gods sacrifices some of this. Although, clearly, Le Guin seeks (and finds) her tale's joy and pathos elsewhere, in the much more fully developed (and rather lovely) relationship between Lavinia and Turnus.
Niall Harrison: I don't think the relationship of Lavinia and the fantastic is straightforward; I think we're more forced to ask "to what extent is this fantasy?" than "is this fantasy?", because there are several different levels at which the fantastic can be perceived within the story. First, you have the characters' belief in their gods. I'm with Abigail, in that I don't think it's necessary for us to believe said gods are real within the novel; yet despite Le Guin's afterword, I think you there is space for a reader to believe they are acting within the world of the novel if they want. Second, you have the overtly magical occurrences within the story, of which the most obvious is Virgil's shield. Third, you have Virgil's appearances. These raise the question of exactly what world Lavinia is existing in, and I'm not absolutely certain the book delivers a clear answer. Lavinia's world is not historically realistic; but it's not purely the world of Virgil's imagination, either; it's something in-between.
Jo Coleman: I agree that the world of Lavinia lies somewhere in between historical accuracy and the world of Virgil's imagination. I think that for me, what is historical about the novel -- the day to day life, as we have said, the vivid details of food and love and war and work -- are wonderfully effective. What is more fantastic -- the idyllic portrayals of nature, Virgil in the forest, isn't, because it seems to me to be rooted in thoroughly modern fantasy. In other words, I suppose what I'm trying to say is the following paradoxical statement -- I simply don't find the fantasy elements of the novel historically accurate.
Abigail Nussbaum: I'm interested in Niall and Jo's observations about the different kinds of fantasy in the novel, since in my reading it never occurred to me to describe the novel as drawing a distinction between gods and ghosts. At the risk of sounding like the worst sort of literal-minded genre reader, I never thought of Virgil's presence in the novel as being an aspect of the fantastic (which is why I have trouble calling Lavinia a fantasy). Rather it seemed to me like the sort of metafictional game that is by no means uniquely fantastic (Karen Joy Fowler used something similar in her recent Wit's End, a quasi-mystery novel). Lavinia is a person, but she's also a character in Virgil's story. The tension of the novel -- at least in its first half -- is derived in part from the gap between the character Virgil created (who wasn't, as he himself realizes, a character at all, and certainly didn't capture the real person's complexity) and the real woman.
Niall Harrison: There are many ways in which I like Virgil's appearances. As I've already said, I think they're an extremely elegant way of getting through to people who don't know the source material, like me; and part of me responds strongly to the sense of Story itself as a fantastical intervention, occasionally touching on and shaping the world in which Lavinia lives. I respond very strongly to those lyric moments, just as I respond very strongly to Lavinia's foreknowledge, how that gives her at various times both power and uncertainty. Yet in the end I wonder whether the novel wouldn't have been better without Virgil, whether he doesn't just take the place of the gods that Le Guin deemed to have no place in her story; whether his explicit presence, rather than an implicit presence, doesn't limit the whole just a little.
But of course, Lavinia without Virgil would be a very different book, and I don't know that I'd enjoy it as much.


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Purcey down, Cecil up, other moves
It seemed like only a matter of time until this move was made, considering David Purcey's persistent struggled through the first month. Purcey has been shipped out to Triple-A Las Vegas and the Blue Jays have summoned lefty Brett Cecil.
Other pitching moves: Up from Vegas are Robert Ray and Brian Wolfe, down to Vegas are Brian Burres and Bryan Bullington. Burres was unspectacular in two starts for the Jays and Bullington, well, six walks in six innings isn't going to cut it.
With Purcey and Burres gone, the Jays need starters for Saturday and for Tuesday, May 5. Cecil's last outing was this past Tuesday, so he will make his debut on Tuesday. Ray has been working as a starter and last pitched on Sunday, so he will make his big league debut tomorrow.
Ricky Romero is also eligible to come of the 15-day disabled list on May 5, so we'll see. Jays will likely give him a little extra time to come back from the strained right oblique that's been ailing him. More details after I get to the ballpark this afternoon.
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First "shake-up" of the season for the pitching staff.
I think it's a good move sending Purcey down to work on his control. I don't think he'll be down for long though, i'm sure we'll see him in a couple months.
I am looking forward to seeing Cecil get a start, it would be nice for all/most of our young pitcher to get a couple starts this year so we can see where they all stack up.
Although, I must say I'm surprised the Jays called up Cecil, it's going to be fun to see both him and Robert Ray.him. Hopefully Purcey gets his confidence back in AAA, but with the number of soon to be ready guys coming, he'd better not take too long.
A real R&B pitching staff
BJ Ryan & Ricky Romero to the injury list
BB & BB up and now down
Robert Ray, Brian, and Brett up.
Here's hoping that the change is for the good.
Romero will never sneeze again!
This is a fun season, watching the mix and match of the youngsters in the pitching rotation, and the revival of the offense. Looking forward to see who will emerge among the youngsters.
What do you guys think about the possibility of turning Purcey into a closer? I realize that i) he has control issues and ii) it is premature to remove a guy with his upside into the closing role at this point in his career. However, Purcey has overwhelming stuff at times and, if he was only required to get three outs, he might be able to come out fire-balling and dominate opposing hitters: just food for thought!
I mentioned earlier that Purcey looked a lot like Kelvim Escobar–both power arms with up and down control problems. Escobar did some closing in his career, but he could bring it at 98 mph if I'm not mistaken. It doesn't really matter where they put Purcey, he still has to hit his spots.
Where is Jeremy Accardo ? Last I checked his stats, he seemed to be doing fine down there, why isnt he in the majors ? Whats wrong ? He was dominant 2 years ago, het gets hurt last year and Cito doesnt want him this year ? I like to see Accardo up here instead of Wolfe, no offense Wolfe !


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design the output of every tool we use to look like merge-able chains in a DSCM.
this is something i've been thinking about long before i came to Arch. i want to see next-generation package/configuration/change management in a distributed distribution.
I am familiar with git, and most of what i have tried is relating with it; however. it's only because i know much about it. other possibilities would be bazaar?/mercurial/fossil/etc. i like fossil; i have not tried it but it looks closest to what i want to achieve. i don't think it could scale to the levels we'd need however.
) all PKGBUILD are DSCM (git/?) based
) bugs should ride along with software, and be merge-able when branches merge
) cryptographic signatures for each user
) wiki for each software
) forum "channels" for each software
) P2P sharing of SCM (blobs/trees/commits in git) units
) P2P sharing of common SCM (packs in git) pack
) P2P sharing of user configs and ABS build trees; each user may host their own binary/source repo, and sign their packages)
) P2P and distribution are good
essentially, everything is a branch/tree and we use facilities of DSCM with a P2P layer above. the arch servers could become another node in the system and a long term record keeping peer. others could add servers. you could open the wiki/bugs/etc offline, in a web browser, and merge later. when you edit your PKGBUILDS, they can be forked by others and improved, maybe pushed to the core/community repos. official repo builds could be signed by an official Arch GPG key. bring everything as close to source as possible, and spread it out.
this is completely brainstorming right now, but i have done some tricky cool stuff with git. i want to keep all/most of the logic/information withing the git DAG (commit graph). i think we could do neat stuff with the git index, git grafts, and several operations could safely be done in parallel. we could do mapreduce type calculations on the "ArchNet" to get crazy statistics and visualizations.
i intend to actually build something soon-ish-awhile. right now im working on an app that can produce 3D visualizations in VPython from any kind of input stream... i want to hook that kind of stuff up and visualize the arch/linux/gnu/buzz.
another offshoot project for me was to use VPython (that app is really fun) to navigate and manipulate git repositories in real time. imagine visualizing your system in 3D while working on it. like a 3D admin panel where you overlay others configs and entire systems on to your own to see what changes/etc. DSCM can do this.
thoughts? what other kinds of things could we do if everything Arch behaved like a P2P super-repository?
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what am i but an extension of you?
ok, perhaps i was too ambiguous, conceptual commands don't make good titles, everyone hates regex, or some combination of the above
what i want to accomplish is a conceptual restructure as to what a (distribution) community can be, and how contributions can be realized and rippled. when i came to Arch, and i haven't been here long, two things in particular were clear:
1) this community does not have corporate sponsorship or roots, and thus it's direction is not dictated by any such entity
2) this community doesn't have end-user experience rabies, nor does it aspire to acquire the disease; instead it focuses on completeness, transparency, simplicity, and interaction within it's technically inclined base
and that rocks. i would like to see an entire distribution go, well, distributed. this means all and everything that it is (title).
the purpose of a package manager is to merge unique/interdependent sections/views of the filesystem hierarchy into a complete and usable system. it retains said information for clean removal, reversal, and interchangeability with other independent filesystem sections.
isn't this what a DSCM does? and with great efficiency? why not instead of tarball packages, packages are simply a devepmental branch in an DSCM? this would provide abilities out of the box (there are others too):
1) clean application of the software to the filesystem
2) efficient management of package "versions". old packages are simply a descendant of the current package HEAD. that means we get all the benefits of differential updates, and we can revert to any version, at any time
3) DSCM like operations on anything. diff, blame, archive (actually i have tried this... if i unpack a package into a git branch, using git to generate a tarball produces an INSTALLABLE arch package... i am experimenting with this to "eat" my package cache into git repos, thus allowing me to downgrade if need be, or generate an older package whenever i want)
moving on. when i want a package for reason x/y/z, i don't care where it comes from; i could care less whether i got it from official arch servers, my closest mirror, or joe shmo with stupid fast upload speed around the block. i just want the bits, and so long as they match the signature in the end...
wait a minute, don't we have that technology already? i think it likes to be called by its rapper name, P2P.
we all have computers. some of us have servers. i'd bet most of us have decent broadband connections, and i'd also bet that our collective processing power and bandwidth capabilities is nice round power of 10 number, best expressed in scientific notation. i want to tap this. P2P draws it's strength from utilizing the normally idle leaf node at the internet edge, and we are all at the edge.
many DSCM's store their data in chunks addressable by the cryptographic hash of their contents. this is great for P2P, integrity and basic chunking are already present!! P2P has to find the unique chunks, jack them into the repo, and bang, you've got package/message/bug/whatever you were looking for.
im trying not to ramble, but i want to generate some interest in this, as this is a real project that i intend to devote time to; distributed/parallel computing is very interesting to me. right now there is little more than the visions of grandeur trapped in my skull, but that will change, and i have done preliminary testing on some concepts.
this kind of distributed, cryptographic sharing can be applied to the entire operation. i want to see people creating their own binary "repos", pulling from their repos, being able to merge packages/config, self configuring and "explosive" source code (this needs further thought/explanation, as i think it would have to be tackled at the Make level, but i would like to see a package manager that is distribution/architecture/configuration agnostic, and is able to recombobulate itself into alternative configurations, and no that isn't a word), source/rev based dependency resolution (install package X because its revision is known to work with revision Y of package Z, NOT because a human said version X works with version Y or greater... i want history/SHA1 based dependency resolution graphing, AUTOMATIC)
i want to see all repositories disappear, and become peers instead. every distro is using the same software from the same upstream. we just Make/Prepare/Install differently, and we should recognize and address this. we could all be using a P2P net where all the code lives, and we all benefit from killer download speeds.
i didnt really talk much about it, but the same concepts can be applied to our forums/bugs/wiki. imagine a forum thread as a collection of files in a DSCM branch. when someone "posts", they are really adding a file to the branch, committed using their GPG signature. this lets us do some tricky stuff with threads as they are now diffable, blamable, possess verifiable integrity, and are transferaable in a P2P/distributed system.
same with bugs, i would like to see bugs follow the actual project they link to, but i need to think on this one more.
wiki, same. lets make the wiki a shareable asset. you can add to it at any time, or view it at anytime, without being online.
the aur will become a thing of the past as we can share our source and binary builds with each other at awesome speeds. since we arent in the illegal type of P2P, we can have dedicated servers that can act as ultrapeers/object mirrors.
i'm all over the place, but do you guys see where i am going with all this? i have much more to share within my head, but its just not fleshed out to any workable degree at this point, and i want to see what others envision as being possible.
hit me with some flame at least! help me generate ideas for how/why/if something like this could change the way a distribution exists, what kinds of new possibilities would emerge, etc. etc....
what am i but an extension of you?
The term "simple" comes to mind. Where does that fit in all this?
since we arent in the illegal type of P2P, we can have dedicated servers that can act as ultrapeers/object mirrors.
Illegal or not, there's quite a few networks out there that flat-out block p2p. Blocks on http/ftp are quite less frequent.
people could easily create the many "spinoff" arch distros i see in the forums and publish them, signed.
im trying to get simple by eliminating any critical/supervisory infrastructure for archlinux.org, and layers of indirection between the various states a software can "cold" assume, and the one i wish it to exist in cooperation with the rest of my system. i figure source code can live very efficiently within a "hot swappable", distributed, history based filesystem, perhaps other things could fit too. enable everyone to publish things with a signature, and spread it on the <Insert Here>. your published branch/configuration could merge with mine (index comes in handy here. merge with index.. view, then apply to target system). i think as it fleshes out it could get pretty... neat.
im still researching p2p methods, and i haven't even got into the Make type stuff or even know much at all about C/C++ and all the headers information and how they link together. i'm from the outside of "how its done now" as applies to each process involved in transforming text based header/src to obj/exe/whatever.... i only know scripting/interpreted languages in detail, and will be writing in python. ill keep reading though... i see a couple of software type units (repo/branch):
) src: "express" (checkout) itself into any of it's supported architectures and any one of it's build configurations
) bin: install if match to target system, elseif available: "become" binary by P2P gathering the real binary pack from peers else: gather source and build for target system
) src/bin + history: a super binary/source package that can assume any of its decendants
) src + bin + history: the definitive super package... can become any source or binary package since the software's inception as a package, and revert to src only before that
i need to do alot more research into the previous building part of it, but that stuff all for distro agnostic progress. we could still use the system to install arch packages in nearly the same way, similar to the many pacman wrapper scripts.
arent only default p2p ports blocked? i need to research more how p2p actually punches holes to unite peers.
initially im going to play with the other aspects like how to represent a forum as DSCM streams, and the wiki. i really want to somehow mix bugs and src together, in a way that benefits both. link chains of forum and wiki conversations to the software package also... everything p2p sharable and cachable for offline work/viewing.
bah im tired though so to be continued
what am i but an extension of you?
seriously, the combination of your three posts is tl:dr... Can I have the bullet points?
seriously, the combination of your three posts is tl:dr... Can I have the bullet points?
100% agree and the thread title doesn't give any idea what you might be on about.
tldr? i guess you learn a new internet acronym everyday. title? c'mon! command "Distrib" matches the glob Arch*, and it's applied to the psuedo file thoughts... heh thats crystal clear isn't it? what would you suggest as a better title?
ok, well im trying to make sense of my own thoughts and ideas, and just get them on "paper", so yeah, i realize my posts are probably not that cohesive. ill try to bullet some out:
Archlinux.org DOMAIN
) users can write threads/posts/wiki using the GPG signature assigned to their username when they sign up
) binary packages are GPG signed by any user, or an "official" GPG key from the standard Arch, or users can apply for a "spinoff" signature. that way every derivative has their own top level signature
) all of this is handled by the DSCM subsystem
) threads/posts/wiki/bugs/packages become branches in the DSCM, and are fully trackable and history focused
this is only the first wave/thoughts for this part. i have a radically different end goal for dependency resolution and how software exposes itself to the system and other softwares. but here what we could do now:
) each "current" package is a the branch tip HEAD in the packages repository...
--+--------------+-------------+-------------+---------+ HEAD (pkgver 1.0)
\ \ \ \
`TAG (v0.6) `TAG (v0.7) `TAG (0.8) `TAG (0.9)
this lets me revert to any version any time, easily "diff" the changes between releases, see who wrote what file and who changes what, etc. etc... anything that you could do with a DSCM
) wiki pages are little more than the current HEAD of the topic they describe. DSCM is perfect for this, here is an implementaion of git as a wiki:
that project started here: http://atonie.org/2008/02/git-wiki, but that fork seems to be the most active. anyway its a example of how it can be done
) this is similar to wiki, with twists. forum changes more rapidly. current branch HEAD would be updated each time a new post is added or a post is edited. when you add/edit, you use your global GPG key to sign it, just like everything else
this i need to research more. i want to link bugs to source as closely as possible... imagine viewing the bug in your web browser, clicking a link/whatever, and the packages on your system is "transformed" into the state the bug reporter had (protected environment of course, maybe LXC). i need to look into how fossil does this, and play around with some more ideas
P2P-esque IMPLEMENTATION OF git-receive-pack AND git-upload-pack (OR SIMILAR)
) DSCM uses globally unique methods for identifying content chunks. this means that similar packages can help "seed" other, non related packages simply because they shared common files (libraries/etc.)
) DSCM and P2P will work well with each other, they both depend on integrity and universally unique chunking
) and wouldnt it just be cool? i dont think there is anyone else doing anything like this from me research
all of this is for content only. the P2P super repo would behave like an API of sorts, and clients could jack into it (render to webpage, render to X, cache forum branches, desktop applications, offline content viewing)
what am i but an extension of you?
Hmmmm Isnt arch meant to stay simple?
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so... in one line; you want the packages, wiki, forums, bug-tracker to all be encompassed in on big git repo to allow easy interaction between each?
Kind of goes against the whole one program for one job mantra.
I'm all for finding new ways of using git. You have some interesting ideas. I'm not sure if using git, or another DSCM, for *every* aspect of a distro is the way to go. Good luck though if you decide to do something with this.
Hmmmm Isnt arch meant to stay simple?
well simplicity to me = similar code path for many similar operations, vs. the myriad of levels/programs/websites all trying to accomplish the same thing. i mean, think of everything source code goes thru between "commit" and "install", and all the people that have to interact with it. so far i have only really talked about 2 concepts, DSCM + P2P. i think if you try to break yourself from the paradigm that exists now you can maybe see the destination i seek... i want rapid interaction between the people surrounding an idea... be upstream/distributer/developer/user
so... in one line; you want the packages, wiki, forums, bug-tracker to all be encompassed in on big git repo to allow easy interaction between each?
Kind of goes against the whole one program for one job mantra.
well its not all in a single repo by any means, any more than the entire wiki is in a single DB table. what i'm proposing is more akin to the filesystem or database engine you decide to use for a project. there are many uses for Ext3, and there are many uses for MySQL. git/DSCM is little more than a stupid engine for perfectly retaining the connection between information, changesets, and people in a decentralized manner. in the beginning, git was touted for its filesystem-like capabilities, not for its ability to be used as an SCM. i wish to apply its unique abilities to places that have not been thoroughly explored, and i think would fit very nicely
I'm all for finding new ways of using git. You have some interesting ideas. I'm not sure if using git, or another DSCM, for *every* aspect of a distro is the way to go. Good luck though if you decide to do something with this.
i think some parts will be more difficult than others, but i just dont see anything that couldnt benefit from being decentralized. thanks for encouragement, i do expect to prototype some stuff out in the coming months; im mainly trying to invoke the thought processes in others, get ideas flowing, and provoke some discussion on what we as avid linux users, think could be better/possible
what am i but an extension of you?
the forums in this sense seems pretty cool:
thread=forum thread
tree=a tree object in git
) every thread is a branch in refs/heads
) each branch is a tree of text files (posts) and media (images/vid/whatever allowed)
) each advancement/commit to branch is someone adding/editing the thread
) each branch/thread has the same origin (a source/empty commit of some sort)
a working tree isn't necessary for many operation thanks to index file, and i think this could be fast. you could do "logical multiposts"... edit multiple thread at one time, i.e. an announcement of some kind in multiple categories to link threads. you could merge threads together, and have some threads that could only be committed to by admins/etc.
stickies/releases/etc could be tags
imagine this hooked up to browser/libwebkit directly and viewed as nice html5? if you weren't online, you would only see actual content (threads/media) in the repo and no avatars/css/anything not cached. when you came online, that stuff could be ajax loaded "around" the content that is the repository.
ill need to play around with pack-sharing/SHA1 resolution between peers; you shouldn't have to need the entire forum when you start, and we should be able to have caching schemes for non-viewed threads.
what am i but an extension of you?
I'd really like to hear how you plan to scale to the current user base.
For a few weeks I've been working on a very similar but much less ambitious project, putting the AUR into Git. That step is actually really simple. The whole AUR (comments and everything) is much smaller than you probably would guess*. Very little challenge in building the repo.
The impossible part is the users and permissions. There are too many users. Two thousand package submitters, 6 thousand people who have only commented and another 12 thousand who are silent (voting and notifications). That is a lot of people, and public key systems fall flat down. Don't even get me started on permissions for package ownership. The author of Gitolite has been tremendously helpful sorting that out. I am slowly writing a customized server to try to get around these problems, but this is way outside of my crank-out-an-app-now comfort zone.
* Email me if you'd like a dump of the AUR.
@keenerd, well thats nice to be confirmed; i expected the AUR and friends probably will not have a tremendous amount of actual data, and most people will be willing to have the entire thing.
im not sure about the users thing, i haven't got into it very deep yet. i expect that there would be a dedicated repo for housing the auth lists/branches. when a new user is added/changes group a special "official auth user" will update the branch/tree (not sure what's faster, packed refs might allow each user to have a dedicated tag/ref object), and sign the commit with their signature. object need only be verified on xfer; if someone commits garbage, it will be rejected by peers.
peers probably dont need the full auth list, but it wouldnt be very big and i think it would simplify things. each peer could authenticate any commit (might be worth signing each commit). in git.git the maintainer stores his GPG sig in a tagged blob, something like that would be nice if packed-refs works nicely for 20,000 refs, and it would be fast to search/lookup... will need more research
my current project is a precursor to this one; i am working with multiprocess/threading, ssh channels + protocol buffers... once i get that working reasonably well, i will apply it to this project.
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forums could be closely linked to the state of my machine (via a "dpackage manager") and the ability to broadcast to peers. i could make posts like this:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 26#p712526
much more integrated. the CODE block could be expanded via an unlimited number of plugins like CODE=(patch|package|branch|bug). you could expose other objects like RSS feeds or media. desktop clients could be further integrated; i could "project" my system onto the forums, and embed various operations into the (multi)post. someone viewing the post could simply click a link to test a patch, or update their package tree and try a package variant via an available binary or building/creating/sharing one. we could test packages and make changes p2p, then directly integrate it back into the official trees when its ready.
upstream, or anything "Out Of Band", can be integrated with feeds or automated posting. automated posting to upstream bug systems with clear information, after being "developed" in our forum/bug tracker via DSCM subsystem.
imagine github, but its running on your localhost and linking you to others' machines. think of everything forum/* as being a work in progress development tree.
i think the way of versions has served well. alas, a nice first step transition is maybe like this:
as package/source development progresses and an API/breaking change is needed, the parent package can record the SHA for each of it's affected dependencies. if the dependency breaks, record the final commit in the dependency package that is acceptable for use (blocks/stalls upgrade if none available for end-user). if the dependency does not break, record the last known commit that can support this change (this is a dependency marker, earlier revisions of this dep package would not be compatible with the now current revision in the parent package. this could be a SHA in the deps's past...). we can use this information to autopull deps from the p2p web, or rebuild source packages.
upstart could help out here; i'd like to see some kind of (dbus) interface so the package manager could be wired to any distribution. upstart could intelligently handle system state and respond to events triggered by the package manager.
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To be honest, this looks like a brand new distro. I don't know why you don't fork arch and go that route. I would be interested in playing around with it, but to suggest arch is going to change in such a fundamental way is fairly unlikely.
agreed. the arch devs are never going to bother with any of this . make your own and see if it catches on.
[home page] -- [code / configs]
"Once you go Arch, you must remain there for life or else Allan will track you down and break you."
-- Bregol
a distro framework.
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Interesting ideas, I think i like them.
but trying to store too many big files (ie package files) inside a VCS seems like a bad idea. space requirements will be much bigger then what we have now, unless you make the VCS "forget" about older versions or something...
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Some interesting ideas. But you need to start small first and make a proof of concept before you try and tackle everything. A detailed plan of how packages are handled and a basic implementation would be a start for example (still not a small job though), then testing the behaviours that you are interested with that framework. You have an idea where you want to go with this but you will need to focus on a few core features and show their benefit before anyone will consider this.
For anyone as confused as me, "DSCM" appears to mean "distributed source code management", or, as defined on the Wikipedia, distributed revision control.
Interesting ideas, I think i like them.
but trying to store too many big files (ie package files) inside a VCS seems like a bad idea. space requirements will be much bigger then what we have now, unless you make the VCS "forget" about older versions or something...
mostly this.
the base of what you're proposing is a tremendous amount of data that would never be touched after a new version is released, how do your suggestions fit the rolling release model. Especially relatively large packages updated with high frequency (nvidia binary drivers, for instance) could cause the space requirement to increase rapidly unless moderated.
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Some interesting ideas. But you need to start small first and make a proof of concept before you try and tackle everything. A detailed plan of how packages are handled and a basic implementation would be a start for example (still not a small job though), then testing the behaviours that you are interested with that framework. You have an idea where you want to go with this but you will need to focus on a few core features and show their benefit before anyone will consider this.
ah yes of course. the first step is getting a distributed index, and a "package" format (packages become fuzzy items, below/above); this will be realized in the form of:
"AUR3 [aur-pyjs] implementation in python (pyjs) + JSON-RPC"
i have a package in the AUR for that [aur-pyjs], but it's old as i haven't been able to update in awhile, and won't be until i secure a development job in my new city (next week hopefully). aur-pyjs will be built on top of the concepts i have outlined in this thread, and will in time become prototype. check it out; pretty neat even though it can't do much yet :-). soon though, i will update the package, and it will then be able to run as a native python desktop app (pyjamas allows the same code to run as a website or a desktop app). at that point, it will be trivial to implement connectivity to the old AUR/repos, and we will in effect have a pacman+aur replacement. from there i will tackle bugs+forum, of which there are already several implementations on top of DSCM sub-systems to research and learn from.
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Interesting ideas, I think i like them.
but trying to store too many big files (ie package files) inside a VCS seems like a bad idea. space requirements will be much bigger then what we have now, unless you make the VCS "forget" about older versions or something...
mostly this.
the base of what you're proposing is a tremendous amount of data that would never be touched after a new version is released, how do your suggestions fit the rolling release model. Especially relatively large packages updated with high frequency (nvidia binary drivers, for instance) could cause the space requirement to increase rapidly unless moderated.
packages are not stored in the DSCM, their contents are. the package itself is simply a top-level tree object in git, linking to all other trees and blobs comprising the package state, and a reference to said tree. this means everything and anything that is common between _any_ package and _any_ version will be reused; if ten unrelated packages reference the same file, only one copy will ever exist; blobs are the same. however, some packages may indeed create gigantic, singular blob type objects that always change, and this will be addressed (next...).
git compresses the individual objects itself, in gz format; this could be changed to use the xz format, or anything else. it also generates pack files full of differentiated objects, also compressed. it would not always be necessary to have the full history of a package (if you look somewhere above, i breifly touch this point with various "kinds" of packages, some capable of source rebuild, some capable of becoming any past source/binary version, some a single version/binary only, etc.). you would not have to retain all versions of "packages" if you did not want, but you could retrieve them at anytime so long as their components existed somewhere on the network. servers could be set up to provide all packs, all version, effectively and automatically performing the intended duty of the "arch rollback machine". the exact mechanism is not defined yet, but it will likely involve some sort of SHA routing protocol, to resolve missing chunks.
git's data model is stupid simple; structures can be created to represent a package, it's history, it's bugs/status, and it's information (wiki/etc.), in an independent way so they do not depend on each other, but still relate to each other, and possess knowledge of how to "complete" and find each other. it will not be structured in the typical way git is used now. unfortunately this is very low level git stuff, and difficult to explain properly, so i won't go there; just know that ultimately the system will only pull the objects you need to fulfill the directive you gave it, and there will be rules to control your object cache. your object cache can then be used to fulfill the requests of others; ie. P2P.
since git itself is in a rather poor state when it comes to bindings, i will be using the pure python git library, dulwich, instead. while in time this could be changed to use proper bindings, or some bits written as C modules, it's possible pypy will make all that unnecessary. i don't need anything git core offers except its data structures and concepts; although, i intend to make the entire system (adding bugs/updating packages/editing wiki/editing forum/etc.) _completely_ 100% accessible from a basic git client. for example, you could write a post in the forum by "committing" to a special branch; you could search the entire wiki, and its history from the terminal while installing; you could add a bug, and link a patch to it, directly usable and buildable by others for testing; this could all be done offline, and pushed once a connection was available... this will lead to all sorts of interesting paths...
in one super run-on sentence:
i intend to construct a "social", 100% distributed distribution platform, where everyone is a [potentially] contributing node and has [nearly] full access to all informations, each node's contributions are cryptographically verifiable, each node may easily participate in testing/discussion or lend computing resources, each node may republish variations of any object or collection under their own signature, each node may "track" or "follow" any number of signatures with configurable aggressiveness (no such thing as "official repos"; your personal "repo" is the unique overlay of other nodes you trust, and by proxy some nodes they trust; "official repos" degrade into an Arch signature, a Debian signature, Fedora, etc.), and finally, do all of this is a way that is agnostic to the customized distribution (or other package managers) above it, or it's goals, and eventually spread to other distros, thus creating a monstrous pool of shared bandwidth, space, ideas, and workload, whilst at the same time converging user/developer/tester/vendor/packager/contributor/etc. toward: person.
piece of cake
C Anthony
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The first time I wrote this post, some people were a little taken back and wanted me to clarify what I meant by Maa and Maat, so here we go. According to Kamitic philosophy, Maa is balance, order, justice, righteousness, etc. and it was personified as a woman wearing a feather plume on her head, while carrying a scale. In one of the pans of the scale was a heart and the other was a feather. The personification of Maa was called Maat.
Now because most of the Kamitic writings have been lost, many Western philosophers while trying to understand the Maa drew upon Eastern philosophy and equated Maa with Karma. This type of syncretism occurs all of the time between cultures, but the problem that arose was that true understanding of Karma is not correct. The concept that most have about karma was created by the elite in India to oppress the masses, but that's another story.
Anyway, as a result, when most people think about karma they interpret it two ways and in both, to the extreme. The first way to see karma is like Earl as karmic debt. They will not do anything wrong because they don't want to be punished in the next life. Funny thing is that most people who believe in karma don't even believe in reincarnation. Anyway, as a result, they go to the extreme with it and will allow people to walk all over them for fear that if they defend themselves. They will incur the wrath of God.
The second way they interpret karma is the other way, as Divine Retribution. So, they will not act or move because they are waiting for some Cosmic Balance to set the record straight. You know those people who are waiting for divine justice from genocide, divine justice from slavery, divine justice from anyone that has wrong them. This is actually a spill over from the Western philosophers who wrote, "Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord."
None of these approaches are Maa.
Maa first off is not a set of codes, laws and rules commanding you what you should and should not do or else. Maa is a concept and principle based upon understanding how to work the Spirit of God. A lot of people got this wrong, myself included when I first set off on this road because I didn't understand the Spirit. My misunderstanding of Maa was due to my belief in generational curses.
You see, I once believed that I had inherited some real bad traits from my paternal grandfather, because I was told so many times during my childhood how much I favored him. After my grandfather passed, I discovered some things that my father and grandfather had a very estranged relationship. My grandfather not knowing better was not very supportive of my father, so when my father had children. He had promised to do better than my grandfather, but he was not very supportive of me and my brothers. This is what convinced me that there was a generational curse on us and that it had to do with Maa. I also have an aunt who got pregnant at an early age, who had several daughters that did the exact same thing. So I thought this was all due to Maa and reincarnation, but this was wrong, thankfully.
The Maa is based upon understanding the Spirit. The Spirit of God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent. The keyword is omni-present, which means the Spirit focuses on the present, not the past and not the future. This is why in order to be successful in meditation and they tell you when to use affirmations, do it in the present-tense, not the future because it will never happen.
So, Maa is about doing what is right in order to successfully tap into the Power of God within and stay connected to it. This means living your life by closely observing the cause and effects of your actions and behaviors in the present, so that you can create your future. Not living in the past or worried about what action you take how it will effect your future.
It was because of the Maa, I was able to look at the mistakes my grandfather and father made and decide that I was not going to take the same path they took. This is why I ended up on the Kamitic road because I wanted to make a difference.
Maa does not mean if you get smacked take it. Ummm, unless you have an ulterior motive like Dr. King, maa says defend and protect yourself and love ones from harm. If an injustice is being committed, maa says speak against it, shame Set (the Kamitic devil) and uplift the Kingdom of Osar. Maa says live in the present and allow the understanding of cause and effect to guide your actions and decisions, because when you do so. That's when all forms of evolution takes place.
Maa means balance because it is the only road that brings balance. This is why on the maa aankh, the maa stretches vertically from KAMTA (spiritual) and to TASETT (physical). It is symbolizes that when there is Maa both realms (the spiritual and physical) are in balance, there is order, conditions are right, etc.
Many of us are selling ourselves and those we care about short because we are not living Maa. We are full of ideas, have some wonderful talents but are not using them and allowing the Spirit to express itself through us because of fear what might happen. We have studied metaphysics and all sorts of sciences and our relationships are a disaster, finances not the best, children are living all helter skelter, etc. These are all signs of imbalance, which comes from seeing the limitations of the physical.
The time has come shake off your shackles because Maa brings freedom. Maa allows you to see the whole picture, both the limited physical and unlimited spiritual (see the maa aankh). When there is imbalance it is usually because we are too physical and have not tapped into the higher aspects of the Spirit, hence KAMTA.
Let Maa make positive changes in your life today by learning how to listen to the Spirit. Maa is not about restricting you from moving or living your life. Maa remember is about cause and effect, so if you put forth the effort to make a positive change today. Guess what? You will find an equal amount of spiritual assistance on the other side in KAMTA supporting your effort and shaping tomorrow. Maa states that if you do what's right now, you will be protected in the future. Make positive investments in your children now and in the future they will care for their elders. Give birth to revolutionary change now and the children of today will restore the way of the ancestors.
That's BALANCE. That's ORDER – That's Maa. Maa is about positive action done today that yields positive results tomorrow and vice versa.
So, do the maa (right) -thing!
For a complete discourse see:
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Outside Lands
I got to check out The Black Keys, Cold War Kids and Radiohead (the lights and stage cams made their performance even more awesome) on the first day of Outside Lands, the first music festival in Golden Gate Park. The design is by the legendary Ames Bros. The website is really cool too, check it out for event photos and videos.
Tags: ames bros., concert, festival, music, san francisco
Milton Glaser
Another classic designer, Milton Glaser is one of the most respected and well-known American graphic designers, and is the creator of several infamous corporate identities as well as the "I <3 NY" logo. He has a range of works from paintings to simple polygonal shapes, but his most unique works are known for their excellent use of color and simplicity.
Dance Band
Tags: cartoon, gig, handmade, illustration, minnesota
Sunset Strip Music Festival
Show at the Roxy with some great bands. Love the inked design, very reminiscent of high-school notebook doodles.
Tags: handmade, illustration, los angeles, socal
Play Dough Spaghetti?
This piece reminded me of one of the cover for Computer Arts Magazine typography issue the other month. If it's all digitally generated, really neat idea. If there was some sculpting going on, props and respect. via Flying Flyer.
Tags: 3d
Andres Axuntar
Andres Axuntar sent me these, done for a wild columbian party in Bogota. Simple and clean. Keep it up.
Bloc Party
A few things for Bloc Party, one of my favorite live acts. Their flyers are just as enjoyable, and seem to be almost as random as their more recent music videos (Mercury, Flux?). Check out Jazz Feldy's piece that he did for Bloc Party's Melbourne show that I posted earlier.
Tags: concert, cut and paste, gig, illustration, music, tour, typography, UK, USA
Savage Wolf
Savage wolf does these illustrated fliers for some events in the UK. Check out his website here.
Tags: concert, dark, handmade, illustration, Manchester, UK
Magic Castles
Just by staring at this piece you can question your sobriety. The colors, the vividness, just a wacky dream setting (if you could call it that) all on an attractive flyer.
Tags: illustration, psychedelic, san francisco
Party Harders
Cool piece that has a very happy, cartoony winter feel to it. Really enjoy how everything looks like it was cut with dulled kindergarten scissors and pasted.
Tags: cartoon, france, illustration, party
Print, Cut, Tape on Sidewalk, Snap Photo
Personally, I haven't seen anything like this before, but I'm surprised I havent seen more. If anyone knows who put this piece together, send me a line. Really cool concept.
Tags: abstract, cut and paste, unconvential
Mad Dragon Film Festival
Tags: film festival, student
Stencils and Spraycan
The photo itself is a very interesting shot and has a unique angle. The type itself is arranged harmoniously, and is worn in the right places to make you think twice. via Flying Flyer
Tags: photo, typography
Phone Booth Monsters?
Tags: cartoon, illustration
RVO also produces a few flyers for Party Harders events. His work is similar to 2Shy's work posted earlier, both of whom seem to get some inspiration from So Me.
Tags: Belgium, cartoon, club, dj, illustration, party, typeface, typography
Inkcore, based in venezuela, does some pretty cool stuff for club events and parties in the UK. I'm really feeling the abstract cartoon individuals and the attitude from the flyers.
City on Fire
From Budapest, City on Fire aka Daniel Pelaky aka Blue Buddha Design shows us how a good combination of simple elements can produce something beautiful if the layout is set up nicely. His pieces have an extra dimension with added depth in the backdrop or through employing retro textures and patterns.
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So, the keywords:
- "replenish" — term sums up human-human relationship as per Jean Vanier's book Becoming Human
- "heartmindfully" — term translates citta = heart + mind + not forgetting the body
- "to the 7th generation" — metaphorizes the long-term Indigenous responsibility for thought and action
Replenishing One Another
Heartmindfully, to the Seventh Generation
To explore the question of how cross-cultural knowledges can inform the directions and modes in which the human potential of individuals and their communities could unfold, the present paper samples paradigms within the Buddhist and Native North American traditions, and further expands the "difference" taxonomy with the philosophy behind Jean Vanier's L'Arche network of homes for the disabled. The comparative exploration of such purposefully chosen disparate epistemic-experiential spaces shows that they in fact have in common relatedness to Self, Other, and broader ecosystems. What is more, their overlap matches aspects of Western paradigmatic rebellions such as feminism, ecological and systems thinking models, critical (race/equity) theorizations, a.o., and harkens to the pragmatism of Peirce, James, and Dewey.
The noted overlap is proposed as what can make a difference in education (institutional and life-long) by orienting it toward a world-wide consciousness shift for mutually beneficial thinking-feeling-acting. This is in tune with scholarly efforts that have yielded approaches/models such as Claudia Eppert's (2010 & elsewhere) "intercultural healing ethic", Daniel Vokey's (2001) "moral discourse in a pluralistic world", Scott Pratt's (2002) "rethinking of the roots of American philosophy", James Tully's (2009, 2014) Indigenous-knowledges informed "public philosophy", or Jean Vanier's (1998/2008) tao of "becoming human".
Starting with Buddhism, its multiple streams (the earlier Theravada Buddhism, the later Tibetan Buddhism, or Zen Buddhism), generated over a period of more than 2,500 years, has a relatively long tradition of exchanges with the West. As far as current insights about concrete applications in educational settings, a number of scholars have engaged key notions like "mindfulness" (in Pali: sati), "heartmind" (Pali and Sanskrit: citta), or the four "divine abodes" (brahmavihāras), commonly rendered as "compassion", "equanimity", "lovingkindness", "sympathetic joy" (in Pali: karunā, upekkhā, mettā, muditā, respectively).
While mindfulness, with its relatively Buddhism-independent status in e.g. current neuropsychology and psychiatry, may not even qualify as cross-cultural translation (of sati) because it misses its content (see Don Nelson, 2010, for the "scientific approach" relying on brain state neurophysiological assessments in D.J. Siegel, 2007, a.o.), there are other notions which seem to exemplify that. A good illustration is the nondualistic "heartmind [and body]" (citta, as in bodhicitta), which, being a single word in Pali, lends an extra leverage to Claudia Eppert's (2010) de-dichotomization project, and by extension to her argument for citta-informed "heartmind literacy" that, compared to the well exercised "emotional literacy", is, one might say, a few steps ahead on the way to restoring humans to wholeness, and education to a matching mode. In a similar vein, Mary Jo Hinsdale (2012) proposes an "ethic of love" to guide the interactions of a professor with her students (and vice versa, I'd add), whereby she replenishes Kelly Oliver's "theory of witnessing" with the divine abodes, foregrounding "lovingkindness". Just as Eppert, gaining conceptual-affective traction from Buddhism, argues for a revisioned "heartmind literacy" and also opens up the understanding (Nussbaum's, a.o.) of the closely related notion of "compassion", so does Hinsdale enrich Oliver's argument, and her own, for a view of Self-formation that entails "mutual subjectivity" rather than being bound by the standard, descended from Hegel, of identity-building by way of "recognition" predicated on strife/confrontation.
In a cross-cultural dialogue, the Buddhism scholars discussed above are building bridges to ultural traditions from the "third world", whether at its original geographical location, or transposed to any other point around the globe by migrants. By giving dignity to culturally distinct knowledges, and thereby to the Others that embody them and to the embedding cultures, the authors can be thought of as contributing substantially to Eppert's "intercultural healing ethic" project.
Similarly valuated flows can be tracked in Scott Pratt's argument for a pre-contact "Native pragmatism", which foreshadowed the classical pragmatism of Peirce, James, and Dewey. He conceptualizes four foundational principles that drive it, namely, interaction, pluralism, community, and growth. By closely following the historical record of exchanges between Indigenous peoples of the American North-East and European settlers, he projects a connection, however indirect, to the founders of American pragmatism, in whose later philosophies he sees the four principles resurfacing. Thus, in a radical move, he puts Indigenous knowledges and their embodying humans, not just on a par with (post-)settler America. In effect, he aligns them with the original colonizer, Europe, whose cultural elites treated the New World as an intellectual clone at best, and first peoples as epistemologically (and even bodily) invisible, only giving grudging (if any) recognition to pragmatism as the first properly American philosophical approach. Taking a look at the West Coast, Richard Atleo, among a growing number of Indigenous scholars, has shown that the Nuu-chah-nulth worldview of tsawalk, or "ontological unity" (a.k.a. interconnectedness), can go far in suggesting an ecologically oriented way of being in the world, informing public activism and state policy (cf. Tully's public philosophy). As is well known, a number of Indigenous nations pledge responsibility for the world, as the idiom goes, "to the seventh generation".
Switching situatednesses from the ethnic-political to the embodied, through his work with L'Arche homes for the disabled, Jean Vanier develops a philosophy that is very much in line with the deeper relatedness message of the previous theorizations. "Becoming human" shapes up as the process that teaches one to love difference and its presumed uncanniness/inferiority as well as, and, conversely, to believe in oneself and in the possibility and reality of being loved despite one's difference. Far from surprisingly, Vanier shares that the able-bodied and privileged can learn how to give love to the least attractive, in what can aptly be described as the "to and fro" of relationship that is mutually replenishing.
To conclude, in establishing a common denominator the juxtaposition of concordant "old" and "(re)new(ed)" knowledges of relatedness to Self, Other, and the rest of (a)biotic Nature may be downplayed as a cliché (cf. the so-called Golden Rule of loving one's neighbour that is cross-culturally pervasive). However, I propose to treat the established convergence as an affirmation of a "real would-be" (in Peircean terms) and an opportunity for a turning point in human history. By this token it becomes a promising, edifying (in Rorty's 1979 terms), formal and public education agenda for the directions and modes in which to think, feel, intuit, act,… and ultimately live-with, and live on.
Atleo, E. Richard a.k.a. Umeek (2004) Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview. Vancouver and Toronto: University of British Columbia Press.
———- (2011) Principles of Tsawalk: An Indigenous Approach to World Crisis. Vancouver and Toronto: University of British Columbia Press.
Eppert, Claudia (2010) "Heartmind Literacy: Compassionate Imaging and the Four Brahmavihäras", Paideusis 19, no 1 (2010), pp. 17-28.
Eppert, Claudia and Hongyu Wang, eds. (2008) Cross-cultural Studies in Curriculum: Eastern Thought, Educational Insights. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum/Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
Hinsdale, Mary Jo (2012) "Choosing to Love", Paideusis 20, no 2 (2012), pp. 36-45.
Nelson, Donald (2010) "Implementing Mindfulness: Practice as the Home of Understanding". Paideusis 19, no 1 (2010), pp. 4-14.
Nhat Hanh, Titch (1998) Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism. Berkeley: Parallax Press.
Oliver, Kelly (2001) Witnessing: Beyond Recognition. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Pratt, Scott L. (2002) Native Pragmatism: Rethinking the Roots of American Philosophy. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
Rorty, Richard (1979) Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1979).
Tully, James (2009) Public Philosophy in a New Key. Volume I: Democracy and Civic Freedom, Volume I I: Imperialism and Civic Freedom. Cambridge University Press.
———- (2014) On global citizenship: James Tully in dialogue. London: Bloomsbury Academic.
Vanier, Jean (1998/2008) Becoming Human. CBC Massey Lectures Series. Toronto, ON: House of Anansi Press.
Vokey, Daniel (2001) Moral Discourse in a Pluralistic World. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.


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Hey all.. Well, I didn't play on Earthen Ring last night. I was busy grinding down the last few levels on Fimlys-Draenor. Finally made it to 68! I can't believe it. Then a Mythos guildie (Blazehammer) asked for help them kill Ruul and I was finally able to help them out! I got some help on some of my SMV quests also. Finally quit pretty late at night after finishing a few more quests with Blaze (Bouncybetty) and Krimsonreign. Thanks guys, it was really a lot of fun. I'm so ready to get a flying mount 🙂
Anyway, I think I should be able to get on Earthen Ring tonight and play some more Frerevacca. I really want to get him up to 13 tonight.. I think, for now, that I should be able to get up a level a night until 20. Depends on how much time I have to play.
I may work up another RP post at some point this week. Maybe some "lore" for Fimlys-Earthen Ring. I was thinking tying something to "alternate realities" or somesuch since Fimlys-Draenor is a NELF Hunter and Fimlys-Earthen Ring is a BELF Pallie.
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Robert J. Stern
B.Sc., Geology, University of California at Davis, 1974
Ph.D., Earth Sciences, UC San Diego, 1979
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institute, 1979-1982
Blaustein Fellow, Stanford, 2005
Tectonics Observatory Fellow, Caltech, 2006
Research Interests
My research interests include:
1) Evolution of the continental crust as approached by tectonic, chemical, and isotopic studies of modern processes and ancient products. Geographic foci of such studies include Izu-Bonin-Mariana island arc system in the Western Pacific and Neoproterozoic crust of NE Africa. These processes and products are studied using a wide range of analytical techniques, including major and trace element analyses, radiogenic isotopic compositions of Sr, Nd, and Pb, and U-Pb zircon geochronology, and Remote Sensing.
2) Applications of Remote Sensing for understanding the tectonics and resources of arid regions. Special focus is given to using synthetic aperture radar and Landsat-TM imagery to mapping basement structures and river systems and exploring for water, gold, and oil deposits in arid regions.
3) Geology of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
4) Geography, resources, and environment of Latin America and the Middle East
Dissertations and Theses Supervised
Ulysses S. (Trey) Hargrove, PhD, 2006. Dissertation: Crustal evolution of the Neoproterozoic Bi'R Umq Suture Zone, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Geochronological, isotopic and geochemical constraints.
Neil Basu, MS, 2006. Geology and geochemistry of a large submarine caldera in the Southern Mariana Arc.
Allison Kennedy Thurmond, MS, 2002. Understanding the structural control of the Nile through the Batn El Hajar region, Northern Sudan, using remote sensing imagery.
John C. Volesky, PhD, 2002. Massive sulfide deposits of the Wadi Bidah Mineral District, Saudi Arabia: geologic control of mineralization; remote sensing and mineral exploration; geochemical exploration and petrogenesis.
Shuhab Danishwar Khan, PhD, 2001. Field relations, geochemical, isotopic and age studies of the Teru Volcanic Formation, Northern Kohistan Terrane, Pakistani Himalayas.
Robert F. Gribble, PhD, 1995. Variation in incompatible trace element and isotopic composition in Mariana Trough lavas.
Jennifer E. Winkler, MS, 1995. Late Mesozoic to Early Cenozoic denudation of the Wichita Mountains, Oklahoma, based on apatite fission-track thermochronology.
Mohamed Abdelsalam, PhD, 1993. Tectonic evolution of the Late Precambrian Nakasib Suture and Oko Shear Zone, Red Sea Hills, Sudan.
Jongman Lee, PhD, 1993. Forty million years of magmatic evolution in the Mariana Arc: The tephra glass record.
Trudi Webb, MS, 1992. Extension and subsidence in the Beibu Gulf Basin, South China Sea.
Steven E. Best, MS, 1989. Remote sensing analysis of the Manisana Shear Zone, northeast Sudan : Implications for Late Precambrian (Pan-African) crustal deformation in northeast Sudan.
James F. Reilly, II, MS, 1987. Rb/Sr geochronology of the granitic intrusives of the Hobbs Coast Region, west Antarctica.
David A. Voegeli, MS, 1985. The origin of composite dike rocks from the north Eastern Desert and Sinai, Egypt.
Kathleen W. Massey, MS, 1984. Rubidium-strontium geochronology and petrology of the Hammamat Formation, Northeast Desert, Egypt.
Visit Dr. Stern's website for a list of recent publications.
- Updated: February 6, 2012


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From yesterdays unusual and big ticket air rifle a here's something a little more commonplace an a lot more affordable. The CZ 527 carbine. I know a couple of Stalkers who have these chambered in 7.62 x 39mm (AK47 fodder) but uploaded to make 1700 foot pounds of muzzle energy with a 125 grain sierra game king soft points, making them deer legal in the UK. While yesterday's double barrled air rifle maybe almost one of a kind. This is a sweet little truck gun. Not too expensive to buy and cheap to keep, when you consider the price difference between this and the double air rifle it'd take a while to shoot your way through the price difference even at air rifle pellet prices.
True micro length action - the Kate Moss of rifles for shooting the Kate Moss of deer.
Controlled round feed - nice to have, this is hardly a dangerous game rifle though
Hammer forged barrel - so buy a better one when you've worn this one out, or re barrel it to a round in the 6.5mm class. Sweet!
Single set trigger - two settings; fine and
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text: Sweden played a crucial part in the progressive rock revival of the 1990s, but amid dark-sounding King Crimson-influenced bands like Anekdoten and Anglagard, the positive-thinking Yes-enlightened act the Flower Kings felt almost out of place. Yet, the Flower Kings became, along with the American Spock's Beard, the '90s prog rock band with the largest fan base, the biggest sales, and the widest international appeal. The Flower Kings came to life in August 1994, but retrospectively, their first album came out before their inception. That year, guitarist/singer/composer Roine Stolt, who enjoyed relative European fame in the 1970s as a member of the Swedish progressive rock band Kaipa, brought together ex-Jonas Hellborg drummer Jaime Salazar and ex-Samla Mammas Manna percussionist Hans Bruniusson to record a solo album, The Flower King. Stolt's music was graced by a Jon Anderson-like aura and combined complex structures with catchy heartfelt melodies, and the prog fans welcomed the album with open arms. Roine brought in brother Michael Stolt (bass, vocals) and longtime friend Tomas Bodin (keyboards) to perform the material live, and thus the Flower Kings were born and The Flower King, the album, is now usually perceived as the band's first. Back in the World of Adventures was released in November 1995 on the band's own label, Foxtrot Music, and contained the stage favorite "Big Puzzle," while the Flower Kings started to tour in Europe. It was shortly followed by Retropolis (May 1996), the band's most '70s-influenced album to date, which yielded "The Judas Kiss" and "There Is More to This World," still arguably one of their best anthems. Retropolis helped the Flower Kings reach Japan, South America, and North America (especially Quebec). The mammoth two-CD set Stardust We Are, which included "In the Eyes of the World," "Church of Your Heart," and the 25-minute epic "Stardust We Are," was released in 1997. With four albums (including one double CD) released in less than four years, music critics around the world started to wonder how Roine Stolt managed to write this fast. Obvious filler material on Stardust We Are had people thinking the band should have been a bit more selective and made it a one-CD affair. Still, the band's fan base was growing, as were the sales. A compilation album, Scanning the Greenhouse (containing a fantastic rendition of Genesis' "The Cinema Show") was released to prepare Americans for the band's first U.S. tour, and a limited-edition CD containing live improvisations and unreleased tracks was issued by Ipso Facto for the Quebec market, while Roine Stolt released his critically acclaimed solo album Hydrophonia -- all in a year's work. Another two-CD set, Flower Power, saw the light of day in early 1999. Even more ambitious, it contained the 60-minute suite "Garden of Dreams" and the quirky "Psychedelic Postcard," which paid tribute to one of Roine's main (although rarely detected) influences: Frank Zappa. Flower Power was the band's first album to be released in the U.S. by Inside Out Music America, which acquired rights to the band's complete catalog for domestic distribution. The Flower Kings' first live album, Alive on Planet Earth, was released in 2000 while Roine was touring with the supergroup Transatlantic (with Pete Trewavas of Marillion, Neal Morse of Spock's Beard, and Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater). A new studio album, titled Space Revolver, followed later that year with bassist Jonas Reingold replacing Michael Stolt. Unfold the Future appeared in 2002, with the live set Meet the Flower Kings following in 2003. Paradox Hotel was released in 2006. ~ François Couture


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USC wide receiver Marqise Lee stood on the field after the Las Vegas Bowl and summed up why he and his teammates were so happy.
"I don't think any team won 10 games with three different coaches before," Lee said.
That didn't include the fourth coach (Steve Sarkisian) standing in the corner of the field greeting players as they headed toward the locker room. All of this drama overshadowed a season that broke into three parts: mediocre Lane Kiffin (3-2); energized Ed Orgeron (6-2) and easy-going Clay Helton (1-0).
The final two parts made up for the first part, at least in the players' eyes.
"I've been through a lot of drama," safety Dion Bailey said Monday. "But the way we finished the season after everything made up for a lot.''
Here's a look at each position group:
Cody Kessler did not become the full-time starter until Game 3 but his performances often signaled the Trojans' fortunes. When he played well (Stanford, Oregon State), USC flourished. When he struggled (Notre Dame, UCLA), USC lost.
Kessler was named Las Vegas Bowl most valuable player but will be involved in a quarterback competition this spring with Max Browne and Max Wittek, if Wittek does not transfer. Sarkisian will need to decide if Browne can take USC farther than Kessler.
It was a perfect illustration of the season that Javorius Allen was named team MVP and barely played the first eight games. Allen, Tre Madden and Justin Davis all gained at least 100 yards in a game while Ty Isaac came close.
This is the Trojans' deepest position next season and will be a big reason the offense will be expected to run over some teams.
Offensive line
Kiffin bragged in the summer about how much more physical this unit would be after playing together in 2011. But overall they were a disappointment. In some of the most critical moments, like the second half against Notre Dame and first half against UCLA, they failed to generate much support for Kessler or the running backs.
There were some high points like the Stanford game, but all those penalties against Arizona State demonstrated just because you are more experienced, you might not be better. Center Marcus Martin changed positions and became the line's leader. He must return next season.
Defensive line
Expectations were extremely high, but potential All-American Morgan Breslin was hurt most of the year and underwent hip surgery. That was offset by defensive end Devon Kennard's strong senior season that led to him being a finalist for the Lott Trophy.
Defensive tackle Leonard Williams was called one of the top five USC players of the past 40 years by athletic director Pat Haden. That might be a bit too much, but Williams was a star and will be a top pro prospect in the 2015 draft.
Like the offensive line, this group's play often failed to meet expectations. USC did not give many poor performances but the linebackers were not dominant like so many predicted. Lamar Dawson was inconsistent and then tore knee ligaments. That left Hayes Pullard to do almost everything with his trusty co-hort Bailey moved to safety.
Anthony Sarao made some nice plays late in the season and freshmen Michael Hutchings and Quinton Powell gained experience for next season.
Defensive back
There was a season-long sore spot at cornerback. Anthony Brown started the first game and never really was 100 percent the rest of the season. Torin Harris was benched because of poor play. Josh Shaw moved over from safety to provide stability. Kevon Seymour was talented but also exploited most of the UCLA game.
The story at safety was different, where Su'a Cravens emerged as a star and Bailey provided the stellar play that defined his career. If Sarkisian wants an elite team he needs to improve the corner play.
Special teams
Another contradiction for the Trojans. They blocked six kicks, which was great. But kicker Andre Heidari missed key field goals in losses to Washington State and Notre Dame. And punter Kris Albarado seemed to get worse as the season progressed.
Punt returner Nelson Agholor scored two touchdowns against Cal but also fumbled against Fresno State. The kickoff team also looked spotty at times. If USC wants to win 11 games next year, Heidari needs to rediscover his 2011 form.
It seems like years ago that Kiffin led USC to indifferent performances against Hawaii, Washington State and Utah State, to name three games. His firing rejuvenated the Trojans, who played with spirit and inspiration under Orgeron. If only he beat the archrivals, Haden might have been forced to keep him.
Helton did a nice job during December preparing the Trojans for the Las Vegas Bowl and his play-calling was a big improvement over Kiffin. Now what will be Sarkisian's contribution? He already seems intent on doing things opposite Kiffin, so that's a promising start.


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I know that this letter will hit you by surprise, but firstly I will like to introduce myself; I am (Mr. Nta Ekpo) the Legal chairman of "ICPC", (Nigeria's Anti-Fraud Unit).
On the 1st of October 2000, the President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo) introduced a Commission named the "ICPC", (Nigeria's Anti-Fraud Unit) which is duly registered under the United Nations (U.N.O). This particular Commission was initiated to detect fraud/funds delay/impersonation of Government Officials.Secondly, we are mandated by the US Government to settle foreign debts/fraud victims/Un-paid beneficiaries to satisfactory in other to maintain peace in the world at large and also to create a good relationship with the international bodies.
Presently, we are being paid by the American government in other to avert beneficiary funds delays/fraud here in Nigeria.So far, we have settled the likes of (Mrs. Debbie Hargrove, Mr. Michael Wagner etc).
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'Star Wars: Episode 7′ Will Take Place 30 Years After 'Return of the Jedi'; Will Follow a Trio of New Characters
'Star Wars: Episode 7' hasn't been very forthcoming when it comes to details. We sorta knew what was happening, but then J.J. Abrams completely scrapped the existing script by Michael Arndt to start fresh with Lawrence Kasdan ('The Empire Strikes Back'), calling into question everything we thought we knew. But, now we actually have some confirmed story facts for the upcoming sequel. 'Star Wars: Episode 7' will take place 30 years after the events of 'Return of the Jedi' and will follow a trio of young characters.
Today was Disney's annual shareholders meeting and president Bob Iger did not disappoint when it came to updating on their upcoming roster of movies. In addition to news on Pixar's upcoming sequels (including 'The Incredibles 2' and 'Cars 3'), Iger casually dropped this 'Star Wars: Episode 7' bomb.
Of course, this isn't a huge bombshell, but c'mon, we're starving for actual 'Star Wars' news! J.J. Abrams has been casting this thing for years now with little progress, so pardon us if we get all frothy over a confirmed timeline.
It's approximately 30 years since 'Return of the Jedi' was released (1983), so the thirty-year difference makes sense and indicates that time has transpired as normal in the 'Star Wars' universe.
Also, confirmed are the "very familiar faces" which we know to include R2-D2 and Chewbacca and can assume will also include Luke, Leia and Han Solo. That we also have a trio of new characters seems to indicate that perhaps Jesse Plemons and John Boyega are actually up for different characters. A male and female character (long-rumored to be the children of either Luke or Leia and Han), plus one additional male character, which gives it a very similar character structure to the original trilogy.
Whatever is happening on 'Star Wars: Episode 7', a formal announcement should be coming shortly as Disney also confirmed the film's start date in an announcement:
Disney and Lucasfilm are excited to announce that principal photography on Star Wars: Episode VII, directed by J.J. Abrams, will commence May 2014, and will be based at London's historic Pinewood Studios.
'Star Wars: Episode 7' opens in theaters on December 18, 2015.


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Christian Stocker has posted about "the next take" on the PHP upload progress meter extension - a new version that plays a bit nicer on Windows than before.
The uploadprogress extension for PHP never really worked on Windows and since I don't have a Windows development environment I could never do a proper analysis of the problem. Until this week, when Tomas Holusa sent me an email telling me about some VCWD_RENAME problems on Windows.
A patch that was submitted a while back confirmed the issue and a new patch was written and submitted to take care of the problem. You can try out the new extension on Windows with either the normal Wind32 build or Win32 nts build.


text: Having self taught herself in many Artistic Disciplines, Loren went on to Study Further with more Formal Training after Retiring Honorably from the US Navy after sustaining injury. Loren hand crafts and creates her art in many different mediums such as Oil, Gouache, Watercolor, Stained Glass, Printmaking, Ceramic, Sculpture and Mixed Media.Loren also enjoys photography and traveling extensively, often with her Furkids in tow.Loren had her first Gallery Art show in 2002 in the Christina M. Geis Gallery in NJ.Loren's art often funds areas which VA medical care falls short and also donates to the training of Service animals for the Disabled.Original art can be comissioned by contacting Loren through her Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Loren-Marino-Fine-Artist-Photographer/1509153059322453All artwork produced is the property of Loren Marino. I do not sell the rights to my images, whether commissioned or otherwise. You are simply purchasing the original painting, drawing, or print.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Hart isn't just the host of next month's MTV Video Music Awards, he's also part of Hollywood's hottest new couple.
The comedian stars alongside Kim Kardashian and Kanye West in a video posted Wednesday on MTV's website. Hart tells the pair he's hosting the VMA show and that paparazzi are trying to get a look at "the new 'it' couple," adding, "I'm talking about Kev-Ye-Kim."
The video shows a casually clad Kardashian and West, who is up for two Video Music Awards, lounging on the end of a bed.
The MTV Video Music Awards will be presented Sept. 6 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.


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Rick Santorum pounced on fellow GOP candidate Ron Paul's assertion that U.S. intervention in the Middle East helped motivate the 9/11 attacks, saying in an e-mail to The Des Moines Register on Sunday that the Texas congressman's argument is flawed and belittling to victims of the tragedy.
"To imply that we were the catalyst of the attack on 9/11 disparages the memory of those who lost their lives on that tragic day and is an insult to who we are as a people," said Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator. "Congressman Paul's understanding of the enemy and why they have attacked us is shockingly misguided."
This marks at least the second time Santorum has sparred with Paul over Middle Eastern policy this month. In a heated exchange at the Ames GOP debate, Santorum said Iran seeks to destabilize the region. Paul called Santorum's words "propaganda."
At a Saturday stop in Winterset, Paul said that Islam is not a threat to the U.S., but that America's military presence in the Middle East promotes terrorist hostilities. He referred to University of Chicago professor Ropert Pape, whose research suggests most suicide bombings in the past three decades can be traced to military intervention.
Specifically, Paul mentioned the 1991 U.S. intervention in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, as key provocation to al-Qaeda's Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Osama Bin Ladin, who was born in Saudi Arabia, had said as much himself.
But Santorum said terrorist hostilities toward the U.S. are motivated more by America's identity than its actions.
"Congressman Paul needs to realize that they hate us not for what we do, but for who we are. The terrorist attacks on 9/11 were not the first they executed against this country and, by our enemy's own words, won't be the last," he said. "The Congressman seems to see the enemy through the spectrum of nations, and not what it is – a radical movement founded within Islam that wants to destroy Western Civilization."
Santorum adviser Hogan Gidley said that between serving eight years on the Senate Armed Services Committee and authoring legislation on Syria and Iran, the former senator has an unmatched record for foreign policy among the candidates.
But talking about war and fighting in war are two different matters, said Drew Ivers, Paul's Iowa chairman.
Ivers, who was drafted into the Vietnam War and wounded in action, said that Santorum's lack of hands-on military experience leaves him with less of a vantage point than Paul, a former Air Force surgeon.
"To debate about warfare that has existed undeclared for years rather lightly as a philosophical debate I think exposes Sen. Santorum and those who have not experienced warfare themselves," Ivers said.
Ivers said there was no animosity between Paul and Santorum, but said Santorum's comments on Sunday and at the debate were an effort to distinguish himself from Paul and gain media coverage.
"I think Sen. Santorum and a large amount of people are not honoring the loss that we had of lives in 9/11," said Ivers. "That's where Dr. Paul is coming from: Let's take this issue of wars more seriously."
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