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The Pazzi Chapel is located in the first cloister of the Church of Santa Croce in Florence. A symbol of the early Renaissance style and one of Florence’s icons, it’s an enchanting place, whose geometric proportions transmit an almost spiritual quality.
The design and the construction stages of the Pazzi Chapel have been much debated. For centuries it was attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi, but scholars have speculated that he may only have provided the initial designs. (Brunelleschi died in 1446, long before the building was finished). Whoever was responsible for the chapel, it is a splendid example of the Renaissance search for harmony in architecture that is well worth visiting and admiring.
Around 1430, the rich Florentine banker Andrea de’ Pazzi commissioned Filippo Brunelleschi to build a chapel in the Santa Croce complex. The chapel was to function as a burial place for his family and also as a Chapter House – a meeting room for the monks. The construction suffered many interruptions and still hadn’t been concluded by 1478, when the Pazzi family fell in disgrace for conspiring against the ruling Medici.
Many artists contributed to this splendid chapel making it an extraordinary example of Early Renaissance style. While the chapel’s interior has a distinctive Brunelleschian look (you’ll see many similarities if you visit the Old Sacristy in San Lorenzo Church in Florence, which was designed by the same architect), the portico has been attributed by critics to Giuliano da Maiano, Rossellino or Michelozzo.
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When the Pazzi Chapel appeared, a new architectural style was taking shape in Florence. Think how different this is from a Gothic church, with its irregular and convoluted shapes. The architects, having studied classical architecture and learned from the ancient Romans to use columns, arches and domes, they use these features to create a rational harmony. The new keywords for this architectural style? Composed, rational and geometric.
Brunelleschi was one of those artists who spent time in Rome studying ancient buildings, and the Pantheon became his icon of style. He reproduced its design when planning the Cathedral’s dome in Florence, and used the classical forms that he had admired in Rome in his works. Geometric clarity became the most distinctive feature of his style, and the Pazzi Chapel’s interior is a perfect example of harmonic proportion.
The first thing you notice when entering the chapel is how perfectly and rationally organised it is. Its rectangular shape has a central square surmounted by a hemispherical dome. The architectural elements are clearly defined by the use of grey stone (pietra serena). The dome lets the light filter through the windows along its perimeter, giving the space elegance and measure. The stone bench that runs along the walls served as sitting space for the monks.
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The decoration of the chapel has a functional feel. The roundels are amongst the best creations of Luca Della Robbia, their blues stand out against the white and grey of the walls. The one placed at the four sides of the dome are most likely designed by Brunelleschi, and underneath them you see the coat of arms of the Pazzi family with two dolphins. Brunelleschi decided not to have an altar piece so as to keep the decoration to a minimum. The dome of the apse has a simple fresco of the sky over Florence.
The portico at the entrance constitutes the facade of the chapel. It has six Corinthian columns and a centre raised as a triumphal arch. As you walk under it you can see the elaborate and vivid decoration inside the dome created by Luca della Robbia in glazed terracotta. Underneath there’s a roundel by the same artist that depicts Saint Andrea, patron saint of Andrea de’ Pazzi who was paying for the chapel. The works weren’t finished at the time of the Pazzi Conspiracy in 1478.
The construction work was still underway when a tragic incident shocked Florence. The episode has gone done in history as the “Congiura dei Pazzi” or “Pazzi Conspiracy”, as the Pazzi family was involved in organising the murder of Lorenzo il Magnifico de Medici and his brother Giuliano. It happened on the 26th April 1478, when the two brothers, attending mass in Florence Cathedral, were attacked by supporters of the Pazzi with the aid of the Pope. The Pazzi wanted to stop the Medici hegemony over Florence, but though they managed to kill Giuliano, Lorenzo escaped and took a terrible revenge against them.
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Field notes on the Web: Is it OK to tweet "movie" in a crowded firehouse?
[I]ntent or motive is key. So if the government can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the idea was to help the protesters evade the police and to prevent the protesters' illegal activities from being discovered, then they've broken the law. But that's a lot that the government will have to prove and, you know, it may be difficult based on the evidence. [Earlier, Butler argues that telling protesters where the cops are could just as well be aimed at helping them conform to the law by making sure they know where protests are and are not permitted].
[T]he law is used to adapting to new technology, you know, for - there was a time when the telephone was new. And then there was another time when computers were new. And people used these new instruments for both legal activity and for political organizing and sometimes for illegal activity. And what law has to do is to figure out the difference.
From what I can make out, the gist is this: This particular case involving twitter touches on some very tricky issues of free speech, but the trickiness stems from the issue of free speech in general, not from the medium -- Twitter in this case. More specifically, the trickiness stems largely from the difficulty of proving intent, a difficulty not, so far, significantly affected by any known communication technology.

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day to day MOMents: Have you checked out HEXBUG VEX Robotics?
Have you checked out HEXBUG VEX Robotics?
Last month at the Toy Insider's HoliDAY of Play I got to see and play with some of the very latest and coolest toys. Amongst them, one of our favorites was HEXBUG's VEX Robotics. It was rightfully chosen as one of the STEM 10 toys, where kids will play and learn. My favorite combination! VEX Robotics come in different varieties that are very complex to not but all are so much fun. Kids now can experience the fun of building their own robots that are fully functional.
My first favorite from the VEX Robotics collection, the Hexcalator Ball Machine. Kids get to build their very own ball machine. It was inspired by cutting edge medical devices and uses a hand crank to power 3 hexagonal indexing wheels to transport balls uphill where they are released onto the return ramp. It is a roller coaster style ball machine, kids can explore gears turning, axels twist and balls roll as they turn the knob by hand or attach a motor kit to add power to this machine. I love that batteries are not required for this machine.
VEX Robotics machines are compatible with one another. "HEXBUG believes in using the fun of robotic toys to teach children important STEM principles through hands on learning." As a parent it is the kind of toys I like to buy my kids. When you purchase these HEXBUG VEX Robotics toys, you are giving your child a tool to learn and play..it's truly a win - win! We have always been a fan of HEXBUG toys and these are on our wish list this year for sure.

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UP-AND-COMING British actress Simona Brown will play the would-be girlfriend of lead character Kunta Kinte before he is taken from her.
THE highly-anticipated television event Roots, the four-part, eight-hour series by History channel based on the best-selling novel by Alex Haley is expected to debut this Wednesday at 20:30 hours before repeating next Sunday on Lifetime.
MultiChoice announced in a press statement that it has opened the History Channel to all DStv Compact and Compact Plus Subscribers from June 13 â€“ July 11.
And to go with that is Roots, which was developed by History and produced by A+E Studios. Roots recounts the journey of one familyâ€™s will to survive, endure, and ultimately carry on their legacy despite enormous hardship and inhumanity.
â€œDuring this four week open-window History will broadcast new and exclusive shows, along with top-rated return titles that Compact subscribers will not have had access to previously,â€ reads a statement by MultiChoice Africa.
Roots will certainly be eagerly anticipated, both on History and Lifetime.
â€œNearly 40 years ago, I had the privilege to be a part of an epic television event that started an important conversation in America,â€ says LeVar Burton, co-executive producer and the actor who played the lead role of Kunta Kinte in the original 1977 version.
Spanning multiple generations, the lineage begins with young Kunta Kinte, who is captured in his homeland of The Gambia and sold into slavery. Throughout the series, the family continues to face adversity that reveals powerful truths about the universal resilience of the human spirit.
Starring in the series are Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker (Fiddler) and Anna Paquin (Nancy Holt); Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Laurence Fishburne (Alex Haley); Golden Globe Award winning and Emmy Award nominated actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Tom Lea); Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Kizzy); Grammy Award winner Tip â€œT.I.â€ Harris (Cyrus); Emayatzy Corinealdi (Belle); Matthew Goode (Dr William Waller); Mekhi Phifer (Jerusalem); and James Purefoy (John Waller).
The series also introduces RegÃ©-Jean Page (Chicken George) and Malachi Kirby (Kunta Kinte), originally played by LeVar Burton who is co-executive producer in the new Roots.

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Suitable for all the family . Play area near by . Shop's in walking distance. Secure garden .
A lovely cosy house in a quiet area but walkable to beach and handy shops, park and museum. New little scooter park for young children next to park. House is so well equipped! Useful items include: changing mat, toddler toilet seat and steps, baby bath, bed guard, stair gate, high chairs and travel cot..plus lots of toys books and dvds for all ages. Beautiful new kitchen this year. Washing machine and drier with detergent etc. Spacious sitting room with separate dining area in conservatory which opens into garden. Couple of.suggestions would be a blackout blind in the bunk room as it gets the evening sun. Also maybe blocking off the stairs somehow to be more toddler friendly? We have stayed twice now and have already booked for next year! Can't recommend highly enough!
The cottage was very well equipped with everything we needed and more. We especially enjoyed the home-made marmalade on the welcome tray. The bedroom in the eaves was very cosy. We spent the week walking on the coastal path and beaches in the local area, Ty Coch Inn serves a great lunch and a decent pint - well worth the walk over there. The views from Garn Boduan are spectacular and you should definitely try the beers at Cwrw Llyn.
Very close to park and new little scooter track for young children. House very well equipped for families with lots of toys, books, dvds and useful items like changing mat, baby bath, highchairs and stair gates.
There were 2 adults and 2 young children in the property and was delightful Plenty of space and a great enclosed garden...ideal for bbq's .The property was well equipped and a short walk into Nefyn. The owner Anne was attentive and went out of her way to keep us informed about directions etc. The area was not too commercial and the generally good weather was a bonus.
Great use of space. Loved the welcome hamper. Loads of beach stuff there. Clean, tidy but with lots of charm. Would happily go again.
There were 4 adults and two little ones under three. The cottage was very very well equipped for children with toys books etc. We all just loved it.
We are a family of 4, (2+2) and the cottage was simply perfect (we stayed for 1 week at the end of May). We've already rebooked !!! Travel-tips: GF (gluten free) fish and chips available at Sblash at Aberdaron Pub lunch at The Lion Hotel Ty Coch Inn, Porthdinllaen, was lovely too. Thank you, we've made great family memories.
The owner and housekeeper went beyond expectations and provided lots of extra little touches for our stay over new year which made us feel very welcome. We loved the cottage and booked again to come back before we had even left. The Llyn peninsula is a beautiful area of Wales whatever the season, and we enjoyed being able to explore and discover, without having to travel far. Highly recommended.
A stone-built, semi-detached former mariner's cottage, situated just minutes away from the centre of the seaside village of Nefyn, 7 miles from Pwllheli.
Quietly nestling on the north coast of the lovely Llyn Peninsula and boasting a wealth of character, including exposed beams, stone walls and an impressive fireplace, this delightful cottage offers comfortable, cosy accommodation with three charming bedrooms and a pretty garden, ideal for dining alfresco.
Just a 15 minute walk from the cottage leads to the nearby large, sandy beach, whilst the remaining area is an absolute haven for mountain and coastal walks.
With watersports and golfing available close by, as well as the nearby Glasfryn Parc activity centre, offering go karting, quads, archery, fishing, bowling and much more, this great property has plenty to offer all the family.

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text: The plaintiff was a 56 year old female patient who had developed severe back pain and was subsequently diagnosed with a staphylococcus aureus septicemia. She was admitted to the hospital and placed on IV antibiotics to treat the staph infection. Our client, a neurosurgeon, diagnosed paraparesis and paraplegia in plaintiff’s lower extremities and ordered a thoracic MRI to rule out a compression lesion to plaintiff’s thoracic spine. The MRI was read as negative for a compressive lesion by a radiologist. Subsequently, a thoracic MRI scan was repeated and some elements of compression were visualized in the epidural space leading to a surgery to the affected area. Following surgery, the plaintiff claimed to have significant ongoing neurologic deficits involving her lower extremities. The plaintiff claimed damages in excess of $1 million. A verdict was returned in favor of all defendants.

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text: This one-story, 20,171-square-foot professional office building in Hendersonville, Tennessee, houses dental and medical offices. Crain Construction built the conventional steel-frame structure with a brick and stone exterior of warm earth tones and an attractive canopy-covered drop off area at the entrance. Large windows, 20-30 feet in some areas, provide visibility both in and out of the building. A high parapet screens the mechanical units on the roof.


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Students may bring in board games and craft making activities and Students are responsible for anything that they bring to school!
During the month of June, we will continue reading a realistic fiction novel titled, “How to Steal a Dog,” by Barbara O’Connor. Georgina Hayes is the main character and she is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. She has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected. With unmistakable sympathy, Barbara O’Connor tells the story of a young girl struggling to see what’s right when everything else seems wrong. The students will be having daily discussions about poverty and making moral decisions.
During the month of June, the students will continue writing “How To” writing pieces. During this writing, the students will be clearly expressing their ideas about a topic. They will be teaching someone step by step and guide them through a procedure. The person reading the student’s writing piece can learn from the writer since they are an expert on their topic.
During the month of June, the students will be learning about “Simple Machines.” We will identify simple machines and how they work. We will also discuss how these simple machines make people’s lives easier.
During the month of June, we are going to work on a chapter titled “Getting Ready for Fifth Grade.” We will be rounding decimals, dividing by multiples of ten and one hundred and adding and subtracting dollars and cents.
During the month of June, the students will be learning about “The United States in the Early 1800’s. We will learn about the Industrial Revolution as well as the struggle for equal rights. We will also study the Civil War and identify the causes and effects that it had on our nation.


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I fell sick i think it is the food. Run toilet many times and fever so basically i slept in hotel for the whole day till 9pm. Whole day gone. Met up with ali and her sister they bring me to a restrauant to eat. Thats all.
Oh ya. Also visit the very boring night market.
Back in hotel watch ipad and tv. Happen to see tyna on vietnamese music video channel. So funny.


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The mind is a fascinating thing that is little understood and often ignored.
We believe we have mastered it like we've mastered walking, or playing an instrument, or typing, or speech. But it is fundamentally uncontrollable and has a "mind of its own". Har har.

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A slew of new applicants for seats on the Finance Committee and Airport Commission will leave the Board of Selectmen with some tough decisions during next month�s annual committee appointment hearings.
The selectmen reviewed applications and interviewed candidates for more than 30 spots on various town boards and committees Wednesday night, ahead of their June 22 meeting when the board will vote to make its appointments.
The Airport Commission and Finance Committee � two of the most influential groups over which the selectmen have appointing authority � could be in for major shakeups, as both generated significant interest this year.
The three Finance Committee incumbents � John Tiffany, Matthew Mulcahy and Tim Soverino � are all seeking to retain their seats this year. Due to the recent death of another FinCom member, Doug Unruh, there will be four seats up for appointment this year.
The incumbents will be challenged by former selectman and Something Natural owner Matt Fee, caretaker and former selectman candidate Carol Dunton, as well as Nantucketer Ken Blackshaw.
On the Airport Commission, which oversees the management of the enterprise fund of Nantucket Memorial Airport, incumbent Dual MacIntyre will not seek reappointment to his seat, while the other incumbent, pilot, former Goldman Sachs salesman and current TSA employee Robert Atlee, will seek another term.
The challengers for the two open seats include Nantucket-based pilot Justin Strauss, former Airport Commission member and DPW employee David Gray, civil engineer and land surveyor Art Gasbarro, pilot and businessman Stephen Drabkin, as well as pilot and former investment banker John R. Schwanbeck.
The board also reviewed candidates for the Agricultural Commission, Beach Management Advisory Committee, Capital Program Committee, Cemetery Commission Work Group, Conservation Commission, Council for Human Services, Council on Aging, Cultural Council, Downtown Revitalization Committee, and the Energy Study Committee.
� Approved a $16,800 purchase contract between the Police Department and Naults Windham Honda to cover the costs of trading-in four all-terrain vehicles and purchasing four new units for beach patrol. Funding will come from the town�s beach revolving fund.
� Approved a $97,350 construction contract between Our Island Home and Ryder Electric to cover the costs of labor and materials to install a nurse call system at the town-owned nursing facility. Funding was approved by voters at the 2008 and 2010 Annual Town Meetings. The Our Island Home gift fund will also be tapped for $4,186.
� Approved a $76,000 professional services contract between the Nantucket Assessor�s Office and Vision Appraisal Technology, Inc. to provide real estate valuation services. Funding will come from the Assessor�s Office professional services budget.
� Accepted the resignation of Ann L. Bissinger from the Roads and Rights of Way Committee. In a letter to the board, Bissinger said personal and professional commitments precluded her from attending many of the committee�s meetings, and she now intends to serve in an advisory research role.
� Declared portions of Laurel Street and Plum Street as surplus property, pursuant to Town Meeting votes in 2009 and 2010. The parcels will be sold as part of the town�s �yard sale� program, in which bids are sought for typically unbuildable vacant municipal land which has gone unused by the town.
� Approved an execution of a deed for the conveyance of two parcels within Miller Lane totaling 55,537 square-feet� to the Nantucket Land Bank, pursuant to approval of Article 110 at the 2011 Annual Town Meeting.
� Held a public hearing to consider the eminent domain takings of various paper streets and parcels of land in North Pasture and Surfside, pursuant to the previous Town Meeting votes in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The hearing was part of the Planning Department�s ongoing efforts to clean up archaic paper roads around the island, with the goal of eventually disposing them in the future through the town�s yard sale program or by other means.
Following the close of the public hearing, the board voted unanimously to approve a series of plans and orders to acquire the parcels through eminent domain.
� Held a public hearing to consider amending the fee schedule for septic system and tight tank pump-outs.� Property owners with tight tanks, which must be pumped out to deliver waste to the Surfside sewer plant, currently pay $.12 per gallon, a fee that was recently� raised by 48 percent. There are only 22 tight tanks in operation on the island, only two of which are used year-round. Both of those property owners were in attendance Wednesday night, and implored the board to bring the cost of their sewage and wastewater disposal in line with islanders connected to the sewer.
A workgroup consisting of Wannacomet Water Company general manager Bob Gardner, Planning Department director Andrew Vorce, Health Department director Richard Ray, and interim DPW director Mohammed Nabulsi developed a number of options for the selectmen to consider. The group ultimately recommended that tight tank owners be asked to install a water meter to determine the precise water usage, and charge them a rate of $.08 per gallon.
The selectmen rejected the recommendation, however, deeming it imprecise, and instead voted unanimously to charge residential property owners with tight tanks $.03 per gallon, and established a so-called industrial rate of $.08 per gallon.
� Ratified their goals and objectives for the 2012 fiscal year. The board trimmed down its list from previous years to include only three main objectives: improved financial management, long-term wastewater/water quality plan, and long-term municipal facilities management. Several specific goals include receiving an unqualified audit opinion, and adopting a wastewater action plan.

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To complete these cheques, the amount needs to be written in words. Can you write the four amounts shown on the cheques in words then add the four amounts together.
E.g. £175.00 = One hundred and seventy five pounds only.
Cheques are still commonly used despite being largely replaced by more reliable methods of transferring money. They have been around since the 9th century but were particularly widespread during the last century. Many schools use them to pay for a Transum subscription!
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A keen footballer as a teenager, who played youth football for Swansea City and scored a penalty against a Real Madrid youth side, Dai Greene switched to athletics after winning the first of many Welsh age-group titles over 75m hurdles and has since gone on to claim World, European and Commonwealth titles over 400m.
His sporting hero is footballer Ryan Giggs and he claims British one lap hurdle legends David Hemery and Kriss Akabusi would be his perfect dinner guests.
Greene has suffered from epilepsy since the age of 17 and is a proud Welshman.

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First National Bank has more than 400 bank offices and standalone ATMs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Its small business offerings include business savings and checking, treasury management, merchant services, lending and more. It has an A rating from the Better Business Bureau and a mix of positive and negative reviews online.
First National Bank has more than 400 bank offices and standalone ATMs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. You can use its branch locator to see what locations are closest to you.
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Welcome to the April 19, 2013 edition of ACM TechNews, providing timely information for IT professionals three times a week.
The proliferation of surveillance technology to popular commercial products such as smartphones is proving to be a boon for criminal investigations, as evidenced by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation using video surveillance from department store and restaurant cameras, along with photos from citizens, news organizations, and others, to help identify a suspicious individual at the Boston Marathon. Forrester Research says video surveillance technologies have been adopted by 68 percent of public-sector and 59 percent of private-sector companies, with another 9 percent planning to adopt them in the next two years. Furthermore, more than 1 billion people now own camera-equipped, Web-linked smartphones. Integrating forensic data from professional and personal sources has helped with earlier investigations, although a lack of full-frontal images makes facial recognition problematic in large probes. Moreover, collecting and sifting through the data is a major challenge, as Boston has one of 77 nationwide intelligence fusion centers used to pool data and conduct analysis, notes the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center's Mike Sena. Meanwhile, researchers at Boston's Northeastern University have organized a 10-person social media research team to run a project that would let people upload video from the marathon bombing to tag clues.
The World Bank has organized the Sanitation Hackathon, a competition designed to identify promising solutions to address the discrepancy in access to high and low technologies in developing countries. The three winners of the competition are set to be honored on Friday in connection with the annual meetings of the bank and its sister organization, the International Monetary Fund. The hackathon took place over two days in which more than 1,000 developers gathered in 40 cities worldwide to work on their projects. The winners of the hackathon will travel to Silicon Valley for meetings with venture capitalists and entrepreneurs who are interested in the issue. "We would love it if Silicon Valley could take some of these applications and build them into sustainable businesses," says the World Bank's Chris Vein. Because six billion of the world's seven billion people have mobile phones, while only 4.5 billion have access to toilets, mobile technology is being used to help address problems in the developing world. For example, one of the hackathon winners developed mSchool, a reporting system that lets teachers, students, or parents report problems with sanitation facilities at any of Senegal's more than 2,000 schools.
University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers have demonstrated a quantum bit based on the nucleus of a single atom in silicon, a breakthrough they say could lead to the mass production of powerful quantum computers within 10 years. The advance is a significant step forward from the creation of the world's first quantum bit in September 2012. "The previous quantum bit, although demonstrated, didn’t have the accuracy necessary to do reliable calculations; now we have a quantum bit that can do that," says UNSW professor Andrew Dzurak. Having more accurate quantum bits will enable researchers to make more viable quantum machines. "We achieved a read-out fidelity of 99.8 percent, which sets a new benchmark for qubit accuracy in solid-state devices," Dzurak says. The discovery describes how information is stored and retrieved using the magnetic spin of a nucleus. "We have adapted magnetic-resonance technology, commonly known for its application in chemical analysis and MRI scans, to control and read out the nuclear spin of a single atom in real time," says UNSW professor Andrea Morello. "Our nuclear spin qubit...[is] in a silicon chip and can be wired up and operated electrically like normal integrated circuits."
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign say they have developed a battery that could revolutionize the way consumer electronics and vehicles are powered. The researchers used three-dimensional electrodes to build "microbatteries" that are either much smaller than commercially available options or the same size but much more powerful. The batteries also can be recharged 1,000 times faster than conventional technology. The breakthrough involved finding a new way to integrate the anode and cathode of the battery at the microscale. "Because we've reduced the flowing distance of the ions and electrons we can get the energy out much faster," says University of Illinois professor William King. The battery cells were fabricated by creating a lattice made out of tiny polystyrene spheres and then filling the space in and around the structure with metal. Then the spheres are dissolved to leave a 3D-metal scaffold onto which a nickel-tin alloy is added to form the anode, and a mineral called manganese oxyhydroxide to form the cathode. "Today we're making small numbers of these things in a boutique fabrication process, but while that's reliable and we can repeat it we need to be able to make large numbers of these things over large areas," King says.
School of Information students at the University of California, Berkeley are experimenting with drones’ capabilities and possible future applications. The students, who refer to their team as the “Drone Lab," are writing open source software for the drones, which they are testing around campus. “Drones have a pretty bad reputation,” says Drone Lab member Dave Lester. “We're interested in the technical capabilities of drones, but also thinking through the socially good things that we can use drones for.” The students are working with the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0, a commercially-available quadcopter that comes with both forward- and downward-facing cameras, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, two ultrasound altimeters, a rechargeable battery, and a Linux-based processor. A smartphone app can control the AR.Drone, and users also can install their own software to enable the drone to fly autonomously. The students customize tasks for the drone by uploading specific instructions. The Drone Lab has thought of many potential applications for the drones, such as using it to deliver objects on demand, programming the device to recognize hand gestures and respond, using sensors in building science to gather temperature profiles for extremely tall spaces, and flying around the city to collect pollution data.
Researchers at Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have shown that the evolutionary theory of "survival of the fittest" also applies to technological systems. The researchers compared the frequency with which components "survive" in bacterial genomes and operating systems on Linux computers. The researchers examined the frequency of occurrence of genes in genomes of 500 bacterial species and found significant similarity with the frequency of installation of 200,000 Linux packages on more than 2 million computers. The most frequently used components in both the biological and computer systems are those that allow for the most descendants, meaning that the more a component is relied upon by others, the more likely it is to be required for full functionality of a system. "We found that we can determine the number of crucial components--those without which other components couldn't function--by a simple calculation that holds true both in biological systems and computer systems," says BNL computational biologist Sergei Maslov. For both the bacteria and computing systems, the square root of the interdependent components is used to determine the number of key components that are so important that not a single other piece can be sustained without them.
Technology-consulting positions are increasing, with women claiming a relatively high proportion of these jobs, according to Dice.com data based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment statistics. Meanwhile, the average technology worker unemployment rate is now 3.5 percent, compared with a national average of 7.7 percent, but the rates differ by job title. Web developer unemployment is just 1 percent, while the rate for programmers is about 6.3 percent. Since March 2004, U.S. companies have created 543,500 new technology consulting positions; March 2004 also marks the last time the unemployment rate for IT workers was higher than the national average. Dice.com notes the first quarter of this year has added 17,200 new consulting positions. The increase in consulting jobs stems from that fact that "companies want to remain flexible because there continues to be a fair amount of economic uncertainty," says Dice's Jennifer Bewley. "Shortages in particular fields also drive companies to utilize consulting firms to push projects through." Over the past nine years, the number of women in consulting has grown by 156,100, with about 46 percent of the new consulting positions created in the first quarter going to women.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has scheduled its second International Space Apps Challenge for April 20 and April 21. The contest will present 50 challenges to developers from around the world, created by NASA and 150 partners, including the European Space Agency, TechShop, and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Participants will be placed on teams to develop apps for space exploration missions. For example, as part of the Hitch a Ride to Mars challenge, teams will design a CubeSat, a small research satellite that produces its own power and transmits signals, for an upcoming Mars mission. About 2,000 developers, designers, and scientists from 17 countries participated in last year's event. They developed more than 100 unique solutions, including the Predict the Sky and Planet Hopper apps and the preliminary design for a NASA Open Data application programming interface. "All solutions were developed in a completely open source environment, and each have their own unique potential to go even further to address world and space technology challenges," says NASA's Nick Skytland.
Research into animal and human visual systems serves as the basis for a free image-processing website from the Center for Perceptual Systems at the University of Texas at Austin. The site enables users to enlarge everyday photos, and tools to de-noise images, such as removing imperfections resulting from low-light conditions, will enable them to do so without losing picture quality. The approach, called image processing with natural scene statistics, is based on the analysis of thousands of images. Center director Wilson Geisler and colleagues measured the statistical properties of the images and created an algorithm that determines what is or is not noise in any given photo. The algorithm makes corrections based on what it has learned from examining so many images. Geisler says the tools could be used to enlarge and enhance everything from archival photos to satellite images. "Compared with other photo-enhancement algorithms, we believe this is the best in the world for reducing noise and enlarging images, and also about 50 times faster," he says.
Researchers at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and the University of Queensland recently launched a joint initiative designed to collect detailed 3D maps of historic sites in Moreton Bay. The researchers have collected data from several heritage sites, including the 19th century Brisbane River defenses at Fort Lytton and Peel Island's leper colony buildings. The project involves laser-scanner technology called Zebedee that swings back and forth on a spring to capture millions of detailed measurements. "Zebedee has allowed us to capture a detailed record of several key cultural heritage sites ranging from those which are fragile and at risk of damage through natural disasters to those which are remote and difficult to get to," says Queensland professor John Macarthur. In the future, the researchers want to use the maps to create an archive of data about cultural heritage sites, which researchers could analyze without costly and time-consuming hand measuring, Macarthur notes. "It can often take an entire research team several weeks or even months to map a site with the accuracy and detail of what we can produce in a few hours," notes Jonathan Roberts with CSIRO's Autonomous Systems Lab.
Bauhaus University researchers have developed a virtual reality system that combines 3D glasses and a hack of Microsoft's Kinect to enable the life-sized images of up to six people to be beamed to distant locations and recreated in a virtual space. The users must wear 3D glasses and stand in front of a large screen, onto which 3D images are projected. The system accounts for every user's position relative to the display. Sensors on the glasses track each individual's location, movement, and tilt of the head. In a demonstration of the system, the participants inspect a full-size projection of Michelangelo's David, and each person only sees the perspective that is appropriate to their location. The participants also can see each other and interact with the display together. "The key thing is that because it's 3D, if one person points at an object, the others have to have their own unique 3D view to get what he's pointing at," says University College London's Anthony Steed. The technology also is being used as part of an archeology project that is documenting tens of thousands of figurines that were carved into rock faces in Italy between 10,000 and 2,000 years ago.

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Here’s a recent discussion from Math Overflow.
Q: I have some data points and, when I plot them on R, it looks like a normal distribution. I want to know how well my data fits the normal distribution. What kind of test should I do?
We’re often tempted to add decimal places to the answer to one question instead of moving on to the next question. Maybe we don’t even realize what the next question should be. Or maybe we do know but we want stay with the familiar. In either case, this quote from John Tukey comes to mind.
Related post: What distribution does my data have?
I think Tukey would also ask “the next question.” Although he is best known in some circles for his work on exploratory data analysis, he laid the foundations for robust statistics and did important work on understanding the contaminated normal distribution, the jackknife, robust regression, and other topics in robust statistics. For details, see “John W. Tukey’s Contributions to Robust Statistics,” by Peter Huber, The Annals of Statistics, 30(6), 2002.
In this case I think Tukey would say that robustness is the right problem and that an approximate answer to that question would be more valuable than an exact answer to the goodness of fit question.
For example in Radio communication you can determine the power of the noise from the parameter of a normal distribution (basically the received signal is Noise+wanted Signal).
Of course we don’t know what the Goal of the poster was in the first place.

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Learning a second language has proven to be very beneficial for children. As a childcare professional, you can provide opportunities for children to expand their cultural awareness and improve their cognitive development by teaching them another language. Whether through song, dance, counting, etc; no matter which method you choose, you will be creating an environment that encourages children to explore diversity. Below are some questions and answers that may be helpful for you as a childcare professional to implement Spanish in the Early Childhood Classroom.
Question: Is it true that bilingual children begin speaking later than children that speak one language?
Answer: This is an interesting observation and I hope I can help to answer your question. I cannot say definitively whether this is common or just a coincidence. I think it’s important to consider language acquisition and the speaker’s native language versus second language. Think about the time and effort needed to feel confident enough to speak your native language to others who don’t also speak it. Also, consider how it might feel to speak a new language when you are not confident quite yet. Children are very social and will communicate in many ways, even with a language barrier, but children learning a second language could possibly take a bit longer for several reasons. This also isn’t considered typical or atypical. Consider the individual and document your observations and communicate with parents as well.
Question: How can I get parents involved in learning a second language?
Answer: You can send home a newsletter or worksheets stating the words that you are working on. Depending upon the ages of your students I would also consider doing something more involved. Ask them to go home and teach one family member a new word in Spanish. Ask children to interview parents or other family members about their foreign language abilities. There are many options that can extend this even further.
Question: How and when is a good time to start integrating Spanish into our curriculum?
Answer: Many Early Childhood Educators begin introducing Spanish to young children during calendar time or circle time. They often combine Spanish and English and continue to build on known words throughout the school year. Another option is to begin with greetings or departures. Use the same phrase in Spanish to greet the children each day either when they come to the center or join circle time. In addition to these suggestions you may find that songs in Spanish are a great tool for teaching the language. For example singing the Spanish version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is a fun version of the song that gets children learning new words in a new language!
The important thing to remember when introducing a new language to young children is to keep building more and more, and to stay consistent in practicing acquired words and adding new ones to your lessons.


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There is always another way to say the same thing that doesn’t look at all like the way you said it before. I don’t know what the reason for this is. I think it is somehow a representation of the simplicity of nature. A thing like the inverse square law is just right to be represented by the solution of Poisson’s equation, which, therefore, is a very different way to say the same thing that doesn’t look at all like the way you said it before. I don’t know what it means, that nature chooses these curious forms, but maybe that is a way of defining simplicity. Perhaps a thing is simple if you can describe it fully in several different ways without immediately knowing that you are describing the same thing.
I’ll go along with that! The question, though, is whether this “simplicity” lies in nature itself, or merely in the mind of the observer?


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I've not heard the new Fillmore but have no doubt it's another killer amp and perfect for the OP but he's set on another Fender.
Ok guys, thank you all for great suggestions and help... at this point of my research I can say that many amps that you've suggested are great but too expensive (for example mesaboogie), others aren't in sale in my area, so for what i could find and test, the 65 Dlx Rev has the tone I prefer. Now its weight is 20.5 kg. I just have to realize if I can afford his weight (at least once a week, sometimes twice, down to the stairs, along the Street, on the car, down to the studio, and back... It's a good gym of course... ) Thank you once again and I'll tell you the News!
If you want a Blackface sound and less weight, look into Winfield amps. Winnie’s Elizabeth weighs about 10 pounds less than a Deluxe and can be tubed with 6V6s or 6L6s, so you can get 22 watts, or about 40.
I’ve got a thread about the Fillmore 50 over on the gear page and a few people have said that the 50 lacks headroom. It’s apparently a tweed-based circuit and breaks up at band volume.
But you find the 25 does ok. Are you getting clean tones at band volume?
I can’t find one near me to try so I’m really trying to get good info from people who are using them. Thanks!
Can you please post the link to your TPG thread.
When the 50w Express 5:50 was released a few people on TPG said the same thing about lacking clean headroom which I found to be totally ridiculous. They all turned out to be guys playing in very loud funk bands who used 100w Lonestars and Twins maxed out.
So after reading your comment, I went down to the basement and put the clean channel on max volume / gain at noon and it still retained a very juicy clean tone with very minimal breakup. I'll see if I can post clips if you'd like? Most of my recording equipment is boxed up right now but I can find a way.
I've owned way too many amps but the LSS and Fillmore have just been so damn good compared to anything else I've ever played. Everyone has different tastes though which makes music all the more interesting.
Waxhead and collama like this.
No need. I think I’m going to grab one. Thanks!
You'll love it. I felt it was similar to my Blues Jr but then Mesa perfected it and then some.
I found the comments by jklotz to be silly actually.
The Fillmore is not designed or marketed as a Blackface clone so his comment about not being able to deliver a Blackface tone at gig volumes makes no sense to me. He should be praising it for being able to deliver a great Blackface tone at all.
"This will be for home use, rehearsals and small gigs a blues/rock band"
Well for you I'd recommend the 25W Mesa's.
You'll find 50w Mesa amps overkill with too much power and volume you'll never use.
I have a 50w Express and can often use it's 5w setting in small venues.
I've owned a Fender Twin, gigged/played with many other Fender tube amps and moved to Mesa amps 12 years ago. I currently own 2 Mesa amps (Express 5:50 and Mark V 25). I gig with a Mesa Mark V 25 and not got anywhere close to losing clean headroom on its 2 clean voices.
I moved to Mesa cos starting from the Lonestar they started delivering Fender style 6L6 cleans and reverb better than the best Fender amps. The Lonestar, Express, Roadster, Tremoverb, Mark V all do Fender style cleans and reverb better than Fender imo. After release of the Lonestar Classic all the Mesa 6L6 amps had lonestar cleans and reverb inserted.
I've not heard the new Fillmore but expect it would do same.
But it also delivers the early Santana lead tones from the old Mark 1.
The Cali Tweed voices to the tweed tones.
But then Mesa gives you x100 more great tones and features on top in a lighter more versatile package for just a little more $$. So for me it's a no contest between any Fender amp and any Mesa Boogie made last 15 years.
Ok, just to tell the end of the story... Today I've just bought a nice Fender Blues Jr lacquered tweed ... It's the lightweight I need, enough powerful for small bars gigs (if necessary I could mic it) and even if at the first time I didn't love the sound, now I really like it, tweaking with volume, reverb and master knobs It comes out a sweet vintage sound.... So, that's the story! Thank you all for help!!
I know their is a Fender Bassman (older model) that sits in Studio B in Nashville. The tour guide said it was most used amp in the studio. Wonder who all played on it.
Must be able to replace the volume pots to something more friendly, no?
Yes you could try stuffing around with the volume pots if you want.
Don't think of them of design flaws, think of them as unrealized opportunities for improvement.
Or just plain old design flaws - whatever you prefer.
So some sort of imaginary world?
hehe I hear your cynicism but it can be the real world if you choose carefully.


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On 10 February 1919, Bishop Broderick, Vicar Apostolic, Western Nigeria held his first ordinations at the African Missions Church, Blackrock Road. The new Prelate of the African Missions was a native of County Kerry, having been born in Kilflynn in 1882, and was the first Vicar Apostolic of Western Nigeria. Twenty-seven postulants to Holy Orders were anointed at his hands on Blackrock Road. One hundred years ago, regular printed references appear in local newspapers as to the donations made for the Society of African Missions by Cork citizens and the merchant class.
The presence of the Society’s churches on Blackrock Road and in Wilton showcase near 140 years of living amidst the communities of Cork suburbs. The society is also blessed with a rich archive of documentation. Archivist Edmund Hogan has documented the history in his book The Irish Missionary Movement, A Historical Survey, 1830-1980 (1990). The Society was established in 1836. The Founder was a young French man, Bishop Melchior Joseph de Marion Brésillac who had spent 14 years as a missionary in India. Yearning to do more, Pope Pius IX commissioned him to set up missions on the West Coast of Africa. Many attempts had been made there previously, but there was little success. By 1858, Bishop Brésillac was ready to make his first attempt, sending two priests and a brother to Freetown, Sierra Leone. Arriving at Freetown in the beginning of May 1859, the Bishop found the city in the grip of a deadly yellow-fever epidemic. He contracted the disease and passed away after six weeks. The project passed to Fr Augustine Planque.
By 1861 the Holy See directed the missionaries to Dahomey in French Colonial West Africa, a land deemed safe enough for the European from the yellow-fever epidemic. Of the three missionaries who set out, only two arrived, for one died and was buried at Sierra Leone. However, the missions was supplemented with others and missionary stations were opened. Soon they were prepared to go to other sections of their vast territory, which at that time stretched from the Volta in the Gold Coast, to the Nile River. Huge difficulties were prevalent – from racial, linguistic, to physical, religious, to the shortage of all kinds of supplies. The Congregation of Our Lady of Apostles was founded by Fr Planque in 1876 to supplement the work of the existing male missionaries.
The arrival of the Society of African Missions in Ireland may be attributed to the advent of the missionaries to Nigeria. Nigeria was coming under the control of England, and English as a language was needed by those wishing to minister there. English-speaking priests were a necessity. This idea was that of Fr James O’Haire, a missionary from South Africa, who had met some of the African Missionaries. He suggested opening a foundation in Ireland and offered to go himself, even though he was not a member of the Society.
In 1876 Fr O’Haire arrived in Cork and, with the permission of Cork Bishop William Delaney, acquired a house at Lough View, Mayfield. Several African Missionaries were then sent from Lyons France to join him and considering that he had done all that he could, Fr O’Haire departed. Fr Devoucoux, who was then in charge, transferred to another house nearby. But even this accommodation was not enough. In 1879 he acquired the site in Blackrock Road and, joining in the work himself with the students and workmen, within eighteen months had erected St Joseph’s Church and house. In 1884 a Swiss priest, Fr Joseph Zimmerman, later a well-known figure in Cork, arrived to take charge and his enthusiasm for the project speeded up the expansion. Young men were recruited, given a secondary education and then sent to Lyons to study Philosophy and Theology.
In 1888 the Wilton property was acquired and to it students were transferred from Blackrock Road. This latter property was handed over to the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles to serve as a temporary convent.
Once the church at Wilton was built over 1895 and 1896, Fr Zimmerman set about organising the affairs of the Society in Ireland with a view to the eventual erection of an Irish Province. Religious persecution had broken out in France and this made him all the more determined to prevent the Irish section of the Society from becoming embroiled in French affairs.
In 1899 correspondence began between Fr Zimmerman and Mr Llewellyn Blake, later Count Blake. Between 1900 and 1906 Father Zimmerman received £20,000 from him as bursaries for training students. In 1905 his house and property at Ballinafad, County Mayo, was given to the Society. The canonical requirements for a Province now existed: three separate houses, financial security, and the ability to find their own vocations. As a step towards such a new Province Fr Zimmerman first requested the Irish students should be trained entirely at an Irish Seminary.
Between 1880 and 1910 over two hundred students entered the preparatory houses in Ireland at Blackrock and Wilton; forty-two, maybe a few more, went on to Lyons. At the opening of the Society’s Province in May 1912 there were twenty Irish Fathers of over 270 priests and 30 brothers in the wider Society of African Missions. The work one hundred years was also documented in The African Missionary, which was published every two months by the Society on Blackrock Road.


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The US Senate holds a key procedural vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, a final vote will be held on Saturday. Courtesy of Senate TV.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, one of four undecided key senators, voted against advancing Kavanaugh in a procedural vote, while Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, voted to advance his nomination. That does not necessarily mean those senators will vote the same way in a final vote, the timing of which has yet to be announced.


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(Col.2:16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day: (17) which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.
Sabbatarians and Hannukers often like to try to demonstrate how observing Jewish Feasts and the Sabbath are somehow superior to other days.
Some of these folks are Christian but still abide by the OT.
They are like the Jewish Christians that still needed to graduate to the Deeper Mysteries of the Faith, but a significant difference being that they aren't even Jewish, they just Wannabe.
Typically the real Jews that I have listened to understand and accept when Christians celebrate Christmas.
However, it seems that there is a group of people out there that seem to have made it part of their mission to oppose Christians concerning Christmas, even if they have to join with the Liberals, Humanists and Atheists to do it.
Now this is a free country and everyone should be able to voice their opinions, but it seems that the intense opposition to Christians and Christmas by the world and even some Christians has reached fever pitch.
What I ask is a simple question and that is, Are they a Pot Calling the Kettle Black?
There are Christians that want to observe the Jewish Feasts and Sabbaths and the bible says that we should not argue over such things.
"Where as the Sabbath is referred to over fifty times in the new testament and most every time it is referring to the seventh day, which was called "Sabbaton" where as we call it today 'Saturday'. Now with this truth, we will try to defuse any counterpoint, which those who are entrenched into the Catholic Tradition of keeping the day of the Sun, will use to try to persuade others, and justify themselves in breaking the clear commandment of God. "
This same author also argues for rejecting the celebration of Christ's birth on December 25th.
However, for some it is not enough for them to observe their Jewish Feasts and Sabbaths, they feel compelled to tell you how pagan and evil your observances are.
Now I love these kind of discussions because it is like iron sharpening iron and gets people to think.
So as far as I am concerned bring it on.
Let me say that this message is mainly for those are pointing their finger at Christians that celebrate Christmas.
These are Seventh Day folks i.e., Jewish Wannabes doing what the Jews did in the OT.
The pastor of my youth used to say, When you point your finger at someone, you have three fingers pointing right back at you.
I don't believe this is always the case but in this situation it sure applies.
Jewish Wannabes are not the only ones making arguments against the Christmas Celebration.
The Liberals, Humanists and Atheists are doing it as well.
Then there are regular Christians that have a problem with it as well.
But in this message I mainly wanted to deal with the Jewish Wannabes/Sabbatarians/Hanukkers that say that observing the Sabbaths and Jewish Feasts are somehow superior or make one a better Christian.
"One of the things emperor Constantine ordered was that the birthday of the sungod, be called the birth day of the Son of God (the Mass of Christ), this was then confirmed by the Roman Catholic Church in the year 336 AD. "
So he argues that both Christmas and Sunday at one time were devoted to the Sun God so therefore we need to somehow avoid these days and I guess hide in our closets.
In other words because that day was at one time a pagan Holiday, then replaced by a Catholic observance that real Christians should not observe that day.
If it is true that pagans and Catholics can hold a day hostage and therefore we should not celebrate Christmas on that day then what about the Days of the week?
If we can show that other days of the week have Catholic and pagan connections or influences are we then obligated to do nothing Christian or compassionate on those days as well?
Supposedly, December 25th was at one time an observance to the Sun God not God the Son.
Let me say that replacing a pagan Holiday with a Religious one is a brilliant tactic for evangelism as far as I am concerned.
As Far as I'm concerned God created the days, the trees the original gifts, the colors, so saying that the Pagans and Catholics are holding these things and the baby Jesus hostage on that day is silly.
But lets look at the first argument more closely. We cannot observe that day because it was originally devoted to the Sun God.
Wasn't Sunday about the Sun God as Well?
"The pagans worshiped the sun on Sunday. They took the first day of the week and gave it the highest honor by naming it in honor of the sun god and worshiping the sun on that day. God's people kept the Sabbath, or seventh day of the week-the day that God had blessed and made holy at creation. Thus, the distinguishing mark of the heathen was their Sunday; and the mark of God's people was the Sabbath. (Read Ezekiel 20:12-20)."
Well, says the Jewish Wannabe, I celebrate the Jewish Feasts and the Sabbath which is Saturday.
Well, was the Sabbath always on Saturday?
"What about the day of the Sabbath. Clearly the weekly Sabbath day in the Hebrew Bible was Saturday, the seventh day. But could any other day be a sabbath? Yes! Leviticus 23:32 tells us that Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), falling on the tenth day of Tishri (the seventh month), was also a sabbath. Yom Kippur could fall on any day of the week and whichever day it fell on was a sabbath. Rosh Hashana, the Biblical Feast of Trumpets, which falls on the first of Tishri, was also a day of sacred assembly and rest, a sabbath, according to Leviticus 23:24. This can also occur on any day of the week, including Sunday. Other examples could be given, but these two show that any day of the week could become a sabbath. Indeed, there were even sabbatical years, and after seven cycles of sabbatical years a "super" sabbatical year, the Year of Jubilee, on which all debts were to be forgiven (Leviticus 25:1-17). So the concept of Sabbath goes way beyond the concept of Saturday as the day of rest. Any day of the week can become a sabbath according to Torah, even Sunday.
Here it makes it clear that the Sabbath fell on different days of the week and Oh Yes, even on Sunday.
This is not to say that Sunday is the New Sabbath but that the Sabbath wasn't always Saturday.
So the Jewish Wannabes, Sabbatarians, Hanukkers need to take this into account.
Sunday was the Day that the church met and when Christ Resurrected.
The Early Christians went to the Temple on the Sabbath to reach the unbelieving Jews.
Notice that in the quote above some of the feasts also fell on Sunday, the day of the Sun God.
This Year Hannukah starts the exact same day Christmas does.
This means that if we follow the Jewish Wannabes logic all the way through, Hanukkah should be condemned just as much as Christmas.
Also both Christmas and Hannukah sometimes fall on a Sunday .
Sometimes the Sabbath falls on Sunday as well.
These Jewish Wannabes have themselves in quite a Kosher pickle now.
How utterly hypocritical it is for 'those that only act like Jews' (Revelation 2:9;3:9) , condemning Christians that celebrate Christmas on the 25th which last year was Sunday and also condemning Sunday Worshippers, when it has been shown that even the OT Sabbaths and Feasts fell on different days of the week, including Sunday.
But yet there they are joining hands with Liberals, Humanists and Atheists to oppose Christians the celebrate Christmas, even DeChristianizing the Holy Day, by calling it Xmas rather than Christmas.
Now it does not matter to me what day we celebrate the Lords birth because a day is what we make of it, and if we want to, we can celebrate the Lords birth everyday.
If we are not to argue about whether a weaker Jewish brother celebrates a particular Jewish Holy day that is only a shadow of the Messiah to come, then why should we condemn those that celebrate Christmas and a Christ that has already come?
But in the presence of our weaker Jewish Wannabe brothers that are offended by our liberty in Christ at Christmas, we should help them graduate to the deeper things of God without causing them to stumble.
Col.2:16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day: (17) which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's.


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The world came down with Beatlemania in the 1960s, but my hometown became afflicted in the 1970s with something called Blazermania.
My job as a sportswriter for the Oregon City Enterprise-Courier allowed me in June 1977 to see Blazermania up close, as in really up close.
I grew up in Portland, Ore., a nice city to call home; it’s about 15 miles north of Oregon City. It had a minor-league baseball team, the Portland Beavers. It had a minor-league hockey franchise, the Portland Buckaroos, which lasted until 1974. No pro football. In 1970, the National Basketball Association decided Portland needed to join the NBA family of cities. So it granted Portland a pro basketball franchise.
The Portland Trail Blazers struggled through six seasons of futility; they lost more games than they won in each of those years. Then came the 1976-77 season. The team had drafted a fellow out of UCLA named Bill Walton and had acquired some talent from the defunct American Basketball Association; the big name from the ABA to join the Blazers was Maurice Lucas. The two of them formed the foundation of a team coached by first-year coach Jack Ramsay.
They finished the regular season 49-33. They made the NBA playoffs for the first time ever. They defeated, in order, the Chicago Bulls, the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lakers to win the Western Division championship. Then they faced the Philadelphia 76ers for the league title. The Sixers possessed some high-powered talent as well. Julius Erving, George McGinnis, Doug Collins and Darryl Dawkins suited up for them.
The Blazers won the NBA title in six games. The city went ballistic. Heck, the entire state of Oregon and a good bit of southwest Washington went nuts, too! Blazer fans cheered themselves hoarse.
My editor assigned me to cover the Blazers’ victory parade throughout downtown Portland. I went gladly.
I walked along the parade route, following the cars carrying the men who won the title. The crowd throughout the parade route was roughly 500,000 or so; I am going to presume that over the years, the number of people who said they were at the parade now numbers in the millions.
I snapped pictures, interviewed fans and collected notes for a feature story I would write for my newspaper.
I ventured to the top of a building overlooking Schrunk Plaza in front of a 40-story bank tower downtown. I wanted to grab a picture of the crowd assembled in front of the podium. It was huge, man!
Then I noticed a solitary figure standing near the rail looking down on all the madness. I looked carefully. It was the late Stu Inman, the Blazers’ general manager — the guy who built the team that won the NBA title!
I walked up to Inman, introduced myself and asked, “Why aren’t you down there with the rest of them?” His answer spoke volumes about him. “Oh, no,” he said. “That’s for someone else.” He didn’t care to bask in the glory, which he reckoned belonged to the players and the coach.
So it went. The Blazers had taken their first journey into the postseason all the way to the NBA mountaintop.
I was so proud to have been able to chronicle a small part of it.
I am quite sure the Amarillo minor-league baseball community is trying to digest the name of the city’s new team.
The team ownership announced that the Class AA team will be called the Sod Poodles, which reportedly is an old-fashioned term meant to describe prairie dogs. Whatever they say, I guess I’ll have to go along with it.
As dubious as I am of the alleged origin of Sod Poodles, I do like the name.
It grew on me quickly. My first reaction to the name that appeared on the list of “finalists” under consideration was pure,, unadulterated hatred. However, my conversion from name hater to name lover was rapid.
The more I thought about it, the more I liked it. Then I heard about the ownership’s logic in selecting this group of names. They sought quirky names. They want the community to talk about them. They want the rest of the Texas League to talk about them, too.
From what I hear, Amarillo’s baseball fans are talking all right. It isn’t all goodness and light. There’s some grumbling from what I have heard.
Hey, pay attention. These kinds of reactions have this way of passing. I know how it goes. I’ve lived through some of this already.
My hometown of Portland, Ore., was awarded a National Basketball Association franchise. The team began play in the fall of 1970. They had to come up with a name. I was finishing my hitch in the Army and I submitted the name Lumberjacks to the powers that be. Hey, Portland is at the hub of the nation’s timber industry. Therefore, Lumberjacks made perfect sense.
The team owners didn’t think so. Neither did the rest of the community. They came up with Trail Blazers as the name for the new NBA team. You could hear the shrieks up and down the Pacific Coast.
Then it dawned on a lot of us: Trail Blazers pays tribute to William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, who “blazed the trail” in the early 19th century from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean, trekking along the Columbia River to their destination. The team name honors the exploits of Lewis & Clark. It’s perfect!
I believe Sod Poodles will become part of Amarillo’s identity. Eventually.
It might take some time, but I am keeper of the faith in good things happening for the city I used to call home.
LeBron James has broken the hearts of his hometown pro basketball fans once again.
The best basketball player on the planet is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers a second time — for Los Angeles, where he has just signed a $154 million deal over the next four years to play for the Lakers, a once-great team that has hit the skids in recent seasons. So help me, the amount of money simply boggles my mind.
He started his pro career playing for the Cavs. Then he bolted to Miami — after a good bit of phony melodrama — where he won a couple of NBA titles with the Heat. LeBron, who was born in nearby Akron, returned to Cleveland, where he took the Cavs to an NBA title of their own. I was impressed by his declaration that he wanted to return home, where he reportedly took a cut in pay.
I cannot possibly know what is going through LeBron James’s mind now as he ponders his future as a professional basketball player.
The man known as King James is considering whether to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for, oh, somewhere else. I keep hearing he’s being courted heavily by the Los Angeles Lakers, a team that once achieved greatness but which stinks to high heaven these days.
I’ll get right to the point. I don’t want James to leave Cleveland. I want him to stay put. He makes enough money as it is. The Cavs ain’t paying him chump wages.
Do you recall how his first stint with the Cavaliers ended? His contract expired. He entered the free agency market. Then he put together that goofy TV special, at the end of which he announced he would “take my talents to South Beach,” meaning to Miami, where he would play for the Heat.
Then he did something quite remarkable. He decided at the end of his Miami contract to return to Cleveland. All was forgiven. The Cavs fans welcomed back their favorite son, who I should add was born and reared in nearby Akron.
What is the 33-year-old superstar going to do now? It’s anyone’s guess.
However, it might be that at this moment, he’s still hurting from the four-game sweep from the NBA Finals he and the Cavs suffered at the hands of the Golden State Warriors.
But the sun came up the next day. He still has a supremely healthy bank account.
He also is at home. I wonder, therefore, what the home folks will think if he decides to abandon them a second time.
I am about to deliver a assessment or two I hope I won’t regret.
I’ve been giving more thought to the silly list of “finalist” names delivered by the owners of Amarillo’s future AA minor-league baseball team. I also have been trying to digest the reasoning behind the five names chosen to be considered for team’s nickname.
My thought at this moment is this: I am starting to understand better what the team ownership is trying to convey to the community that will sit in the ballpark that is currently under construction in downtown Amarillo.
They want a silly name that elicits a community conversation. They want the name to be the subject of good-natured giggles. They are striving for something different, perhaps a bit unique that becomes a talking point in minor-league — maybe even major league — baseball circles.
That all said — and I am hoping to avoid being struck by lightning by adding this point — I am actually sort of thinking Sod Poodles isn’t such a bad idea … after all!
I want to be candid on one point. I have never heard the term used to describe prairie dogs. I had no idea on Earth that it is some sort of “historical” term used in the old days to refer to the critters that are the bane of ranchers and farmers. Don’t hold against me that I am not a Texas Panhandle native. I mean, I have known about prairie dogs since I was a little boy growing up in Oregon; sod poodles never crossed my radar — ever!
None of this discussion is about me or whether any of us have heard of this term. It’s about prompting a community discussion.
The owners of the team that begins playing hardball in Amarillo in the spring of 2019 have done that very thing.
Look, I mentioned once already that I hated the name of my hometown professional basketball team when it was announced in 1970. Portland’s new NBA team would be called the “Trail Blazers,” prompting a good bit of community angst. We grew to accept and actually like the name. Hey, it was meant to pay tribute to Lewis and Clark, who “blazed a trail” from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean in the early 19th century.
Whichever name Amarillo’s minor-league baseball team owners select will attract its share of collective teeth-gnashing. Eventually, Amarillo’s baseball fans likely will accept it.
Amarillo’s upcoming minor-league baseball season, which commences in April 2019, will welcome a new team nickname to the region.
The Elmore Group, owners of the team that will play hardball at the multipurpose event venue under construction in downtown Amarillo, has opened up the team-naming process to the fans.
I welcome this challenge. I likely won’t submit a suggested name, but I’ll watch from the peanut gallery as the team ownership ponders what to call this new team that will move to Amarillo from San Antonio.
The team now plays under the name of “Missions.” It’s a AA ballclub affiliated with the National League San Diego Padres. San Antonio will get a AAA franchise that will relocate there from Colorado Springs.
Hmm. Think of that for a moment. Maybe the new Amarillo team will have a sort of religious name, given that “Padres” can be construed as having a religious meaning, just as “Missions” is so interpreted.
Well, whatever. The last time I lived in a community that went through a pro franchise team-naming exercise, the name that came forward was initially greeted with derision. That was in 1970. The NBA awarded my hometown of Portland a pro basketball franchise. They had to name the new team. I preferred “Lumberjacks,” given the huge impact the timber industry has on the Pacific Northwest.
Instead, they came up with “Trail Blazers,” which as I remember it was meant to honor Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who led that “trail blazing” expedition from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean in the early 19th century.
Still, I didn’t like the name initially — but it grew on me and the rest of the community.
Thus, I caution baseball fans in Amarillo to be patient with whatever name comes forward for the new team that will play ball at the MPEV. The name might grow on you, even if you don’t like it at first.
And, come to think of it … the ballpark needs a name, too.
West Texas State University alumnus Maurice Cheeks is headed to the Naismith Pro Basketball Hall of Fame, along with some other great former pro basketball players.
I am so happy to see this development, as I have been a fan of Mo Cheeks for a long time. I watched him play ball for years as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. He also coached my hometown NBA Portland Trail Blazers.
I know that Cheeks has a lot of fans here in the Texas Panhandle, where he lit ’em up while playing college ball for the WT Buffaloes. He went through a serious culture shock, coming here from Chicago and learning about life in the Texas Panhandle.
Cheeks will join Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Grant Hill and WNBA legend Tina Thompson in the Hall of Fame.
But … there’s another reason Mo Cheeks has earned many Americans’ undying love and respect. It occurred during the opening ceremony of an NBA game in Portland, where he was coaching the Blazers. A teenager was selected to sing the National Anthem to open the game. Natalie Gilbert did her best … then something happened.
She froze. Natalie forgot the words. Hey, it happens.
Up stepped Coach Cheeks in an astounding display of presence of mind. He did the following, as shown on the video attached here.
Right there is my all time favorite Maurice Cheeks moment. It might be my favorite NBA moment … of all time!
The singer Fergie has been taking a lot of grief over the way she “sang” the National Anthem at the start of the NBA all-star game Sunday night.
She deserves it. It stunk to high heaven. That’s all I’m going to say about that.
Rather than go on and on about her pitiful performance, I merely want to share the following video from the 1991 Super Bowl. A young woman named Whitney Houston sang the Anthem the way it should be sung.
May this lovely young singer rest in peace. Enjoy.
Just who is LaVar Ball?
I’ll admit readily that I am not all that keen on pop culture personalities. I don’t keep up with them.
I’m actually a bit unclear whether LaVar Ball fits into that category of celebrity. But he’s intriguing me in a curious sort of way.
He’s the father of a professional basketball player, Lonzo Ball. His second-oldest son also is a pretty good basketball player who, until just the other day, was enrolled at UCLA; his name is LiAngelo Ball. There’s a third kid, too, who I reckon is going to play hoops for someone.
LaVar the Loudmouth thrust his name into the news, which I guess is his specialty, when LiAngelo and two UCLA teammates got caught shoplifting at a department store in China, where they were playing some non-conference games.
Chinese authorities were threatening to imprison the young men. Then Donald Trump intervened. He persuaded the commies to let the boys out. They came home. Daddy Ball got into a public beef with the president over whether he thanked the president sufficiently.
Back and forth they went.
Then LaVar pulled LiAngelo out of UCLA.
This is a case of someone hogging attention away from others. Imagine that. LaVar Ball and Donald Trump engaging in a man-to-man fight over who should bask in the spotlight.
So, what’s going to happen to LiAngelo? Is he going to play basketball for another college? As for Lonzo — who’s playing hoops for the Los Angeles Lakers, what does the future bode for him? What if he washes out? What is Daddy Ball going to do?
I’ll presume that LaVar loves his sons. He might think he’s doing them a big favor by cheering them on so loudly — and obnoxiously — from the front row.
However, the very idea that this guy — whose major talent seems to rival that of the Kardashians, Paris Hilton and the whole roster of Housewives of Wherever — is able to thrust himself into the public discussion speaks so very graphically about what has become of popular culture these days.
It seems that anyone can be a celebrity in the Social Media Age.