1.) I think it would be fun to go through various movies from this list (I just need to figure out a TV/VCR arrangement...):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_film
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2.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_Code#Provisions_of_the_Code
Censorship in movies, prior to our current MPAA system.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
1.) Cheep Chi, my beloved love bird, has found a new home in Abbotsford.
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2.) Not that the creature is not to be loved ; but that if that love be referred to the Creator, then it is not cupidity but love. For it is then cupidity, when the creature is loved for its own sake.
from Aug. de Trin. ix. sec. 13.
He who be temperate in this sort of mortal and passing things, has a rule of life established by both Testaments, that he love none of them, think nothing to be desired for its own sake, but use them, as far as may suffice for the needs of this life and its duties, with the moderation of one who useth, not with the affection of one who loveth.
from Aug. de Mor. Eccl. Cath. sec. 39.
both from footnotes in book ten of St. Augustine's Confessions, section xxix, paragraph 40.
Jarrad, the torrents here are becoming more clear.
(Don't worry, sooner or later, I'll post an Augustine I like.)
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3.) In police interrogation, originally torture, then colloquially an intensive rough interrogation to extract information or a confession - the term "Third Degree" being an ironic reference to the Masonic ritual which involves a (symbolic) moral interrogation and illustration that right overcomes wrong.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_degree
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4.) [Juristic person]'s simply a "technical legal meaning" where "a 'person' is any subject of legal rights and duties."
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood
Combine this with Nikolas Rose?
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2.) Not that the creature is not to be loved ; but that if that love be referred to the Creator, then it is not cupidity but love. For it is then cupidity, when the creature is loved for its own sake.
from Aug. de Trin. ix. sec. 13.
He who be temperate in this sort of mortal and passing things, has a rule of life established by both Testaments, that he love none of them, think nothing to be desired for its own sake, but use them, as far as may suffice for the needs of this life and its duties, with the moderation of one who useth, not with the affection of one who loveth.
from Aug. de Mor. Eccl. Cath. sec. 39.
both from footnotes in book ten of St. Augustine's Confessions, section xxix, paragraph 40.
Jarrad, the torrents here are becoming more clear.
(Don't worry, sooner or later, I'll post an Augustine I like.)
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3.) In police interrogation, originally torture, then colloquially an intensive rough interrogation to extract information or a confession - the term "Third Degree" being an ironic reference to the Masonic ritual which involves a (symbolic) moral interrogation and illustration that right overcomes wrong.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_degree
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4.) [Juristic person]'s simply a "technical legal meaning" where "a 'person' is any subject of legal rights and duties."
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood
Combine this with Nikolas Rose?
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
1.) Those who have undergone a kidney-pancreas transplant to "cure" Diabetes:
generally remain on long-term immunosuppressive drugs and there is a possibility that the immune system will mount a host versus graft response against the transplanted organ.
For some reason, this makes me think of David Cronenberg.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes#Type_1_diabetes
generally remain on long-term immunosuppressive drugs and there is a possibility that the immune system will mount a host versus graft response against the transplanted organ.
For some reason, this makes me think of David Cronenberg.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes#Type_1_diabetes
Monday, September 24, 2007
I've added three horizontal bars to make it a little easier to separate one post from the next, but can't seem to find a better way to do it (eg these bars are before the comments link).
Also, I will generally be finished updating any given day's post by 7pm.
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1.) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070924.w2myanmar0924/BNStory/International/home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Burmese_anti-government_protests
I saw that the front page of the Globe and Mail today had a beautiful photo of monks and nuns at the Shwedagon Pagoda, praying before they march. It's unbelievable that this is happening in a country (Myanmar) in which if you speak against the government you are apparently likely to disappear. I hope for the best for these people.
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2.) http://wc06.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:348416
David Cronenberg's newest movie, released ten days ago; two years since A Brief History of Violence. Eastern Promises.
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3.) My coworker has informed me that current issues are being emphasized more in public school and at younger grades. Her kids have studied women in Afghanistan and there was a unit done on Tibet.
What else is happening in public school?:
http://healthyschools.sd61.bc.ca/pdf/HSCInitiatives.pdf
http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2007EDU0113-001078.htm
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/edsrvs/Discrimination_Committee/May_16th_2007_Homophobia_Day.pdf
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/irp.htm
(This last URL links to the Curriculum information from the BC Government's Ministry of Education.)
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4.) The term diabetes (Greek: διαβήτης) was coined by Aretaeus of Cappadocia. It is derived from the Greek word διαβαίνειν, diabaínein that literally means "passing through," or "siphon", a reference to one of diabetes' major symptoms—excessive urine production. In 1675, Thomas Willis added the word mellitus, from the Latin meaning "honey", a reference to the sweet taste of the urine. This sweet taste had been noticed in urine by the ancient Greeks, Chinese, Egyptians, and Indians. In 1776, Matthew Dobson confirmed that the sweet taste was because of an excess of a kind of sugar in the urine and blood of people with diabetes.
The ancient Indians tested for diabetes by observing whether ants were attracted to a person's urine, and called the ailment "sweet urine disease" (Madhumeha). The Korean, Chinese, and Japanese words for diabetes are based on the same ideographs (糖尿病) which mean "sugar urine disease".
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes#Terminology
and:
The discovery of a role for the pancreas in diabetes is generally ascribed to Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, who in 1889 found that dogs whose pancreas was removed developed all the signs and symptoms of diabetes and died shortly afterwards.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes#History
Also, I will generally be finished updating any given day's post by 7pm.
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1.) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070924.w2myanmar0924/BNStory/International/home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Burmese_anti-government_protests
I saw that the front page of the Globe and Mail today had a beautiful photo of monks and nuns at the Shwedagon Pagoda, praying before they march. It's unbelievable that this is happening in a country (Myanmar) in which if you speak against the government you are apparently likely to disappear. I hope for the best for these people.
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2.) http://wc06.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:348416
David Cronenberg's newest movie, released ten days ago; two years since A Brief History of Violence. Eastern Promises.
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3.) My coworker has informed me that current issues are being emphasized more in public school and at younger grades. Her kids have studied women in Afghanistan and there was a unit done on Tibet.
What else is happening in public school?:
http://healthyschools.sd61.bc.ca/pdf/HSCInitiatives.pdf
http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2007EDU0113-001078.htm
http://www.sd61.bc.ca/edsrvs/Discrimination_Committee/May_16th_2007_Homophobia_Day.pdf
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/irp.htm
(This last URL links to the Curriculum information from the BC Government's Ministry of Education.)
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4.) The term diabetes (Greek: διαβήτης) was coined by Aretaeus of Cappadocia. It is derived from the Greek word διαβαίνειν, diabaínein that literally means "passing through," or "siphon", a reference to one of diabetes' major symptoms—excessive urine production. In 1675, Thomas Willis added the word mellitus, from the Latin meaning "honey", a reference to the sweet taste of the urine. This sweet taste had been noticed in urine by the ancient Greeks, Chinese, Egyptians, and Indians. In 1776, Matthew Dobson confirmed that the sweet taste was because of an excess of a kind of sugar in the urine and blood of people with diabetes.
The ancient Indians tested for diabetes by observing whether ants were attracted to a person's urine, and called the ailment "sweet urine disease" (Madhumeha). The Korean, Chinese, and Japanese words for diabetes are based on the same ideographs (糖尿病) which mean "sugar urine disease".
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes#Terminology
and:
The discovery of a role for the pancreas in diabetes is generally ascribed to Joseph von Mering and Oskar Minkowski, who in 1889 found that dogs whose pancreas was removed developed all the signs and symptoms of diabetes and died shortly afterwards.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes#History
Friday, September 21, 2007
1.) http://starbulletin.com/96/09/17/features/spider.gif
It's called the happyface spider and is on average approximately 5mm long.
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2.) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Sphodros_rufines.JPG
The atypical tarantula or purseweb spiders (family Atypidae).
It's called the happyface spider and is on average approximately 5mm long.
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2.) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Sphodros_rufines.JPG
The atypical tarantula or purseweb spiders (family Atypidae).
Thursday, September 20, 2007
1.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO
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2.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_standards
This is ridiculous! Just look at some...I never knew this existed.
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3.) Shoe size in the United States and Canada is based on the length of the last (the foot-shaped template over which the shoe is manufactured), measured in inches, multiplied by 3 and minus a constant. This constant differs for shoes intended for men, women and children.
male shoe size = 3 * last length − 22
Women's sizes are almost always determined with the "common" scale, in which women's sizes are equal to men's sizes plus 1.5 (for example, a men's 10.5 is a women's 12).
In the less popular scale, known as the "standard" or "FIA" (Footwear Industries of America) scale, women's sizes are men's sizes plus 1 (so a men's 10.5 is a women's 11.5).
female shoe size (common) = 3 * last length − 20.5
female shoe size (FIA) = 3 * last length − 21
Children's sizes are equal to men's sizes plus 12.33. Thus girls' and boys' sizes do not differ, even though men's and women's do.
child shoe size = 3 * last length − 9.67
For the international market, ISO 9407 is used.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
ISO_9407#United_States_and_Canada
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4.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN_13402
These systems are amazing, scary, interesting...(is there a difference anymore?) I'm drawn to this one. (re: clothing measurements)
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5.) The European Union has a directive[7] banning non-SI markings after 31 December 2009 on any goods imported into the European Union. This applies to all markings on products, enclosed directions and papers, packaging, and advertisements. However, on September 11, 2007, the EU announced that the United Kingdom would be excepted from this directive, and Imperial measurements would still be permitted.
wow
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI#Trade
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6.) A male spider will dip his palp (the small, leg-like appendages on the front of his cephalothorax) into the seminal fluid he has discharged onto a small web pad. He will then go looking for a female spider and insert his palp into her epigynum (the female's genital opening).
Very unusual behaviour is seen in spiders of the genus Tidarren: the male amputates one of his palps before maturation and enters his adult life with one palp only. The palpi constitute 20% of the body mass of males of this species, and since this weight greatly impedes its movement, by detaching one of the two he gains increased mobility. In the Yemeni species Tidarren argo, the remaining palp is then torn off by the female. The separated palp remains attached to the female's epigynum for about four hours and apparently continues to function independently. In the meantime the female feeds on the palpless male.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider#Reproduction
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2.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_standards
This is ridiculous! Just look at some...I never knew this existed.
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3.) Shoe size in the United States and Canada is based on the length of the last (the foot-shaped template over which the shoe is manufactured), measured in inches, multiplied by 3 and minus a constant. This constant differs for shoes intended for men, women and children.
male shoe size = 3 * last length − 22
Women's sizes are almost always determined with the "common" scale, in which women's sizes are equal to men's sizes plus 1.5 (for example, a men's 10.5 is a women's 12).
In the less popular scale, known as the "standard" or "FIA" (Footwear Industries of America) scale, women's sizes are men's sizes plus 1 (so a men's 10.5 is a women's 11.5).
female shoe size (common) = 3 * last length − 20.5
female shoe size (FIA) = 3 * last length − 21
Children's sizes are equal to men's sizes plus 12.33. Thus girls' and boys' sizes do not differ, even though men's and women's do.
child shoe size = 3 * last length − 9.67
For the international market, ISO 9407 is used.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
ISO_9407#United_States_and_Canada
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4.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN_13402
These systems are amazing, scary, interesting...(is there a difference anymore?) I'm drawn to this one. (re: clothing measurements)
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5.) The European Union has a directive[7] banning non-SI markings after 31 December 2009 on any goods imported into the European Union. This applies to all markings on products, enclosed directions and papers, packaging, and advertisements. However, on September 11, 2007, the EU announced that the United Kingdom would be excepted from this directive, and Imperial measurements would still be permitted.
wow
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI#Trade
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6.) A male spider will dip his palp (the small, leg-like appendages on the front of his cephalothorax) into the seminal fluid he has discharged onto a small web pad. He will then go looking for a female spider and insert his palp into her epigynum (the female's genital opening).
Very unusual behaviour is seen in spiders of the genus Tidarren: the male amputates one of his palps before maturation and enters his adult life with one palp only. The palpi constitute 20% of the body mass of males of this species, and since this weight greatly impedes its movement, by detaching one of the two he gains increased mobility. In the Yemeni species Tidarren argo, the remaining palp is then torn off by the female. The separated palp remains attached to the female's epigynum for about four hours and apparently continues to function independently. In the meantime the female feeds on the palpless male.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider#Reproduction
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So here's the idea: as things come up, they will be added to the bottom of that day's post (unless I feel like posting more than one post for some reason). Things will be separated by ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. My writing will be in bold. Their writing will be in italics. Who knows what normal font is for.
So here's the idea: as things come up, they will be added to the bottom of that day's post (unless I feel like posting more than one post for some reason). Things will be separated by ~ ~ ~ ~ ~. My writing will be in bold. Their writing will be in italics. Who knows what normal font is for.
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