 person is hypnotized.

Like all other states, it is highly affected by set and setting and is somewhat unpredictable. However, many people are put off trying hypnotherapy because they have seen stage hypnotism or something like it on television, and fear that if they are hypnotized they will lose control, do something embarrassing, or that they will find the experience unpleasant. Most of the time, the opposite is true. Hypnotherapeutic hypnosis is different from stage hypnosis, which is induced for the entertainment of an audience.

This article describes some common feelings and thought processes people tend to experience while undergoing hypnosis for therapeutic purposes. As hypnosis is experienced differently by people each time they are hypnotized, the description is not going to be an exact fit for every hypnotic subject all of the time. However, if you are considering hypnotherapy, it will give you an idea of what to expect.

Relaxation is a central aspect of hypnosis and involves both mental and physical relaxation. Hypnosis does not actually cause relaxation per se, rather, the process of hypnotic induction involves you following the hypnotherapist's suggestions that you relax your mind and body. For example, the hypnotherapist might suggest a feeling of heaviness in one or more parts of your body. Because hypnosis is a collaborative process between the hypnotherapist and client, you might feel inclined to notice a feeling of heaviness in the body part(s) suggested, but it is actually you, not the therapist, who is causing the relaxation.

Unlike the way that hypnosis is often portrayed, where a hypnotic subject carries out the orders of a hypnotist, the suggestions made by the hypnotherapist are typically communicated as an invitation, not a command. As you think about the suggestions the hypnotherapist makes, you might find yourself thinking something like, "Actually, it would be really nice to relax right now," then find it quite easy to let go of tension, and relax. There is no "have to" about it.

Intense Focus

Another feature of hypnosis is a particular kind of intense mental focus. As with relaxation, this is entirely under the control of the person being hypnotized, not the therapist. Because hypnotherapy typically takes place in a private, quiet space, focusing on the words of the therapist is usually quite natural and straightforward. Most people find it easy to let go of distractions and to focus their attention on the topic the hypnotherapist is talking about.

The therapist is trained to guide your thought processes in a particular way, that is known to be beneficial in the process of overcoming addictive behavioral, controlling pain, or helping with a variety of other mental, emotional, and behavioral problems, so people under hypnosis will naturally focus on what the therapist is saying.

With the agreement, called "informed consent," that all good therapists will make with clients before beginning hypnotherapy, you will have already decided with the hypnotherapist the reason you are seeking treatment, and what your goals are for therapy. The therapist will lead the process in a way that allows you to think about your addiction and related problems in a focused way. However, because care is taken to ensure you are relaxed and calm, it is not usually overwhelming, in the way it can be when you have a lot of conflicting information to process.

When people engage in counseling for addictive behaviors, they typically think of many reasons why the helpful suggestions of the counselor won't work. It can become a long series of "yes, buts." When people are under hypnosis, they often become more open to considering possibilities than they are in their normal, wide-awake state. This open-mindedness can, in some people, lead to an incredible sense of personal power, in which the person realizes they are capable of much more than they previously thought possible.

Again, this open-mindedness should not be confused with a lack of control. Although people under hypnosis might find themselves considering things they would not normally, they don't typically do anything that would violate their value system. Instead, there is a sense of possibilities that weren't apparent before, coupled with a willingness to see things differently. Sometimes, people realize their problems with addiction are worsened by inflexible ways of thinking, that disappear under hypnosis.

Sensory Changes

Hypnosis is well known for its ability to induce unusual sensory experiences, most notably, to allow people to experience sensations such as pain differently from usual. This effect is so profound, that some people have even undergone surgery without an anesthetic. It can also produce differences in the way that visual and auditory sensations are experienced.

As with other aspects of hypnosis, these changes are controlled by the person under hypnosis, not by the hypnotherapist, who is simply offering suggestions. Pain perception, for example, is strongly influenced by the level of anxiety being experienced by the person in pain. In a state of deep relaxation, many people find that without the anxiety present, they are more able to disconnect from pain,which leads to the final aspect of hypnosis, detachment.

Under hypnosis, some people experience a sense of detachment, as if they are slightly removed from what they are experiencing. Some people describe this as observing themselves, as if from outside, or as if they are a character on a TV screen. However, people under hypnosis continue to be aware of where they are, and what they are doing.

This feeling of detachment can range from feeling involved in the hypnotic process, yet observing it as if from an outside point of view simultaneously, to flipping back and forth between watching from the outside to being involved in the experience. Some people don't get this observer effect at all, whereas for others, it is very apparent. People can sometimes find this feeling of detachment can help them see situations more objectively, without being caught up in their usual emotions.

A Word From Verywell

The way people typically describe the feeling of being hypnotized, during hypnotherapy, is to be in a calm, physically, and mentally relaxed state, in which they are able to focus deeply on what they are thinking about. They usually feel open-minded, and willing to think about and experience life differently, often in a more detached way than usual.

That said, there is no right way to feel when undergoing hypnosis. If you are curious about trying hypnotherapy as a way of treating addiction, make sure that the person you are working with is qualified to treat you. For example, your state psychology licensing board should be able to direct you to psychologists who are qualified in hypnotherapy. A range of health professionals can be trained in hypnotherapy, including physicians, nurses, and dentists, although it is not usually part of their standard training.

Was this page helpful?
Article Sources
  1. Hasan F, Zagarins S, Pischke K, Saiyed S, Bettencourt A, Beal L, Macys D, Aurora S, McCleary N. Hypnotherapy is more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation: results of a randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2014;22(1):1-8. doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2013.12.012

  2. Jensen MP, Adachi T, Tomé-pires C, Lee J, Osman Z, Miró J. Mechanisms of hypnosis: toward the development of a biopsychosocial model. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2015;63(1):34-75. doi:10.1080%2F00207144.2014.961875

  3. Williamson A. What is hypnosis and how might it work?. Palliat Care. 2019;12. doi:10.1177%2F1178224219826581

  4. Häuser W, Hagl M, Schmierer A, Hansen E. The Efficacy, Safety and Applications of Medical Hypnosis. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2016;113(17):289-96. doi:10.3238%2Farztebl.2016.0289

Additional Reading<|endoftext|>The following are multiple choice questions (with answers) about marketing.

 This is where the manufacturing, purchasing, and consumption can occur at differing points in time.
A. Time utility.
B. Ownership utility.
C. Accessibility.
D. Information utility.
Answer: A<|endoftext|>Chapter 4: Systems Based on Numbers

Section 5: Mathematical Constants

Concatenation sequences

IntegerDigits[#3+Quotient[#1,#2],2][[Mod[#1,#2]+1]]&[ n-(#-2)2^(#-1)-2,#,2^(#-1)]&[ NestWhile[#+1&,0,(#-1)2^#+1<n&]]

where the result of the NestWhile can be expressed as

Following work by Maxim Rytin in the late 1990s about k^(n+1) digits of a concatenation sequence can be found fairly efficiently from

k/(k - 1)^2 - (k - 1) Sum[k^((k^s - 1) ((1 + s - s k)/(k - 1))) (1/((k - 1) (k^s - 1)^2) - k/((k - 1) (k^(s + 1) - 1)^2) + 1/(k^(s + 1) - 1)), {s, n}]

 each time the same person is hypnotized.

Like all other states, it is highly affected by set and setting and is somewhat unpredictable. However, many people are put off trying hypnotherapy because they have seen stage hypnotism or something like it on television, and fear that if they are hypnotized they will lose control, do something embarrassing, or that they will find the experience unpleasant. Most of the time, the opposite is true. Hypnotherapeutic hypnosis is different from stage hypnosis, which is induced for the entertainment of an audience.

This article describes some common feelings and thought processes people tend to experience while undergoing hypnosis for therapeutic purposes. As hypnosis is experienced differently by people each time they are hypnotized, the description is not going to be an exact fit for every hypnotic subject all of the time. However, if you are considering hypnotherapy, it will give you an idea of what to expect.

Relaxation is a central aspect of hypnosis and involves both mental and physical relaxation. Hypnosis does not actually cause relaxation per se, rather, the process of hypnotic induction involves you following the hypnotherapist's suggestions that you relax your mind and body. For example, the hypnotherapist might suggest a feeling of heaviness in one or more parts of your body. Because hypnosis is a collaborative process between the hypnotherapist and client, you might feel inclined to notice a feeling of heaviness in the body part(s) suggested, but it is actually you, not the therapist, who is causing the relaxation.

Unlike the way that hypnosis is often portrayed, where a hypnotic subject carries out the orders of a hypnotist, the suggestions made by the hypnotherapist are typically communicated as an invitation, not a command. As you think about the suggestions the hypnotherapist makes, you might find yourself thinking something like, "Actually, it would be really nice to relax right now," then find it quite easy to let go of tension, and relax. There is no "have to" about it.

Intense Focus

Another feature of hypnosis is a particular kind of intense mental focus. As with relaxation, this is entirely under the control of the person being hypnotized, not the therapist. Because hypnotherapy typically takes place in a private, quiet space, focusing on the words of the therapist is usually quite natural and straightforward. Most people find it easy to let go of distractions and to focus their attention on the topic the hypnotherapist is talking about.

The therapist is trained to guide your thought processes in a particular way, that is known to be beneficial in the process of overcoming addictive behavioral, controlling pain, or helping with a variety of other mental, emotional, and behavioral problems, so people under hypnosis will naturally focus on what the therapist is saying.

With the agreement, called "informed consent," that all good therapists will make with clients before beginning hypnotherapy, you will have already decided with the hypnotherapist the reason you are seeking treatment, and what your goals are for therapy. The therapist will lead the process in a way that allows you to think about your addiction and related problems in a focused way. However, because care is taken to ensure you are relaxed and calm, it is not usually overwhelming, in the way it can be when you have a lot of conflicting information to process.

When people engage in counseling for addictive behaviors, they typically think of many reasons why the helpful suggestions of the counselor won't work. It can become a long series of "yes, buts." When people are under hypnosis, they often become more open to considering possibilities than they are in their normal, wide-awake state. This open-mindedness can, in some people, lead to an incredible sense of personal power, in which the person realizes they are capable of much more than they previously thought possible.

Again, this open-mindedness should not be confused with a lack of control. Although people under hypnosis might find themselves considering things they would not normally, they don't typically do anything that would violate their value system. Instead, there is a sense of possibilities that weren't apparent before, coupled with a willingness to see things differently. Sometimes, people realize their problems with addiction are worsened by inflexible ways of thinking, that disappear under hypnosis.

Sensory Changes

Hypnosis is well known for its ability to induce unusual sensory experiences, most notably, to allow people to experience sensations such as pain differently from usual. This effect is so profound, that some people have even undergone surgery without an anesthetic. It can also produce differences in the way that visual and auditory sensations are experienced.

As with other aspects of hypnosis, these changes are controlled by the person under hypnosis, not by the hypnotherapist, who is simply offering suggestions. Pain perception, for example, is strongly influenced by the level of anxiety being experienced by the person in pain. In a state of deep relaxation, many people find that without the anxiety present, they are more able to disconnect from pain,which leads to the final aspect of hypnosis, detachment.

Under hypnosis, some people experience a sense of detachment, as if they are slightly removed from what they are experiencing. Some people describe this as observing themselves, as if from outside, or as if they are a character on a TV screen. However, people under hypnosis continue to be aware of where they are, and what they are doing.

This feeling of detachment can range from feeling involved in the hypnotic process, yet observing it as if from an outside point of view simultaneously, to flipping back and forth between watching from the outside to being involved in the experience. Some people don't get this observer effect at all, whereas for others, it is very apparent. People can sometimes find this feeling of detachment can help them see situations more objectively, without being caught up in their usual emotions.

A Word From Verywell

The way people typically describe the feeling of being hypnotized, during hypnotherapy, is to be in a calm, physically, and mentally relaxed state, in which they are able to focus deeply on what they are thinking about. They usually feel open-minded, and willing to think about and experience life differently, often in a more detached way than usual.

That said, there is no right way to feel when undergoing hypnosis. If you are curious about trying hypnotherapy as a way of treating addiction, make sure that the person you are working with is qualified to treat you. For example, your state psychology licensing board should be able to direct you to psychologists who are qualified in hypnotherapy. A range of health professionals can be trained in hypnotherapy, including physicians, nurses, and dentists, although it is not usually part of their standard training.

Was this page helpful?
Article Sources
  1. Hasan F, Zagarins S, Pischke K, Saiyed S, Bettencourt A, Beal L, Macys D, Aurora S, McCleary N. Hypnotherapy is more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation: results of a randomized controlled trial. Complement Ther Med. 2014;22(1):1-8. doi:10.1016/j.ctim.2013.12.012

  2. Jensen MP, Adachi T, Tomé-pires C, Lee J, Osman Z, Miró J. Mechanisms of hypnosis: toward the development of a biopsychosocial model. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2015;63(1):34-75. doi:10.1080%2F00207144.2014.961875

  3. Williamson A. What is hypnosis and how might it work?. Palliat Care. 2019;12. doi:10.1177%2F1178224219826581

  4. Häuser W, Hagl M, Schmierer A, Hansen E. The Efficacy, Safety and Applications of Medical Hypnosis. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2016;113(17):289-96. doi:10.3238%2Farztebl.2016.0289

Additional Reading<|endoftext|>Chapter 4: Systems Based on Numbers

Section 5: Mathematical Constants

Concatenation sequences

IntegerDigits[#3+Quotient[#1,#2],2][[Mod[#1,#2]+1]]&[ n-(#-2)2^(#-1)-2,#,2^(#-1)]&[ NestWhile[#+1&,0,(#-1)2^#+1<n&]]

where the result of the NestWhile can be expressed as

Following work by Maxim Rytin in the late 1990s about k^(n+1) digits of a concatenation sequence can be found fairly efficiently from

k/(k - 1)^2 - (k - 1) Sum[k^((k^s - 1) ((1 + s - s k)/(k - 1))) (1/((k - 1) (k^s - 1)^2) - k/((k - 1) (k^(s + 1) - 1)^2) + 1/(k^(s + 1) - 1)), {s, n}]

From Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science [citation]<|endoftext|>Pop filter is a necessary accessory for mics to avoid a sudden jet of air potentially overloading the capsule.

When recording, especially vocal recording we often produce a sudden jet of air potentially overloading the


The following are multiple choice questions (with answers) about philosophy.

Mill claims that a happy life is one of:
A. tranquility.
B. excitement.
C. both a and b.
D. neither a nor b.
Answer: C<|endoftext|> superpower and defeating both Germany and the USSR in the process–not to mention overthrowing a few Central American republics along the way. So it is not difficult to see how he could be regarded as a national hero to one people, even though he brought about the near annihilation of his enemies.

The strange truth is, though Baghdad sits near what was once Babylon, the ancient civilization bears little resemblance to Iraq. To the Judeans Babylonia symbolized the boundless superpower. An ostentatious empire governed by decadence, arrogance and amorality.

Its leader was the son of the former leader Nabopolassar. Both father and son waged large military campaigns in the Middle East. And during their reign Babylonia won out over its enemies as the world’s single superpower.

So how can two societies with such conflicting memories of the same events ever find a common ground?

The answer may come in the shape of a figure who arrived on the scene an estimated 1500 years before Nebuchadnezzar: Abraham. Abraham (Ibrahim in Islam) is the father from which all three religions derive. He is the first monotheist. But his story is for another day…

Mother of All Sermons

Tenth of Tevet

December 20, 2011
December 8, 2012
November 27, 2013

Hanukkah, or “Chanukkah” as those in the know call it, is one of the most misunderstood Jewish holidays. In fact, we don’t even know what “Hanukkah” means. Many believe it means “dedication”; others say it’s an acronym for “They rested on the 25th”. (Hanukkah starts on the 25th of Kislev.)

Hanukkah is a minor holiday in Judaism–in theory if not in practice–and isn’t mentioned anywhere in the Hebrew Bible.

That’s not to say Talmudic scholars haven’t argued about Hanukkah’s customs for ages (Whether, for example, celebrants should light one extra candle per night, or light eight on the first night and take one away each night). But the absence of holiday regulations in the Jewish Scriptures may have contributed to Hanukkah’s ability to adapt to various cultures of the Jewish diaspora.

Hanukkah History

After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, the land around Jerusalem came under the power of the Seleucid Empire.

By the 2nd century BC, the Jews of and around Jerusalem were in the midst an identity crisis: whether to maintain their own religious traditions or to assimilate into Hellenistic culture. Many Jews in the cities were willing to adopt Greek ways. According to 1 Maccabees:

In those days there appeared in Israel men who were breakers of the law, and they seduced many people, saying “Let us go and make an alliance with the Gentiles all around us…Thereupon they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem according to the Gentile custom. They covered over the mark of their circumcision and abandoned the holy covenant…

Now back then the gym wasn’t Bally’s. It was the center of Greek social life, where men discussed topics of the day in the nude, a practice which went against Jewish law, and a place where Jewish men could not easily hide the 8th-day snip.

The Seleucid Emperor Antiochus set forth increasingly harsher restrictions on Jewish rituals, including the killing of newly-circumsized babies. He replaced the Jewish High Priest with his own puppet priest, turned Jewish temples into pagan ones, and eventually forbade the practice of Judaism altogether.

One religious leader known as Mattathias refused to make a sacrifice to a pagan god in the temple. When a Hellenized Jew attempted to make the sacrifice in his name, Mattathias killed the Jew as well as one of the king’s messengers. Mattathias then fled to the countryside with his 5 sons, and recruited traditionalist Jews to join his cause.

After Mattathias’ death, his son Judas “the Hammer” Maccabee (Maccabee means hammer) led a revolt against the Greek establishment. According to 1 Maccabees, despite being greatly outnumbered, Maccabee’s rag-tag crew defeated the opposing forces and re-consecrated the temple.

What’s up with the candles?

The miracle of the “Festival of Lights” was that the Jews only had enough oil to keep the temple’s sacred flame alight for one night. However, the flame stayed alight for eight days. For this reason, Jews continue to light an eight-candle “menorah” every year. The great Jewish philosopher Hillel won out on the menorah debate: Jews light one candle on the first night, and one more candle every night thereafter.

[One Jewish-Persian custom is to light eight candles the first night of Hanukah and eight more candles each additional night for a total of 64 on the eighth night, although we suspect this tradition was started by the Jewish-Persian candle-makers union.]

Hanukkah Ironica

Hanukkah originally represented a victory of Jewish culture over assimilation into Greek culture. However, much of the importance that Hanukkah has today is the direct result of assimilation.

The observance of Chanukkah grew in importance during the 19th and 20th centuries in predominantly Christian nations such as the United States, as Jewish culture sought to adapt to the growing influence of of Christmas. Modern Hanukkah traditions such as gift-giving are borrowed straight from Christmas, which is of course celebrated around the same time of year, and which owes many of its own traditions to solstice festivals of the Greco-Romans. So in a sense, over 2000 years later, Greek influence is still going strong.

Ilse, the spiritually-confused Maltese

Hanukkah is a modern example of how holidays continuously change by synthesizing attributes of merging cultures. It’s the type of transition that took place countless times in ancient and medieval history, though detailed records of such transitions have all too often been lost to time or intentionally obscured.

Simchat Torah

October 20-21, 2011

September 29 – October 1, 2010

October 10-11, 2009

Simchat Torah means “Rejoicing in the Torah.”

The Torah is comprised of the first five books of the Bible, also known as the Pentateuch. Portions are read in the synagogue throughout the year, from the first chapter of Genesis (“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”) to the last chapter of Deuteronomy (“The Death of Moses”).

In Hebrew it’s called Bereshit, or “In the Beginning.”

Genesis is the “fun” book. Nearly all the Sunday school stories of the Torah hail from Genesis. This includes Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham (the patriarch of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity) and Abe’s male line: his son Isaac, grandson Jacob, and great-grandson Joseph (the one with the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, if you’re into that kind of thing.)

In Hebrew it’s Shemot, or “Names.” But the Greeks added some pizzaz. The Exodus tells the story of Charlton Heston, or “Moses”, in Egypt. It includes the Ten Plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, and the Ten Commandments, which God gave Moses to civilize the ancient Hebrews when they were cow-worshippers in the desert. (And which Cecil B. DeMille reintroduced to Americans when they were flappers in ’20s.)

DeMilles Ten Commandments, 1923 version
DeMille's "Ten Commandments", 1923 version

The Levites were one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Jacob. In Hebrew the book is Viyakra, “He Called”.

If you’ve ever read the Bible cover to cover (you have way too much free time on your hands, and) you know that Leviticus is where it starts to get wild, if not repetitive. Here, God gives one of his many gentle yet firm encouragements to follow his commands:

Leviticus 26

Leviticus also the book that gives us the legal precedent behind California Propositions:

Thou shall not lie with a man as thou lies with a woman.

Leviticus 18:22

In the Hebrew: Bamidbar, “In the Wilderness…”

Don’t let the Hebrew fool you. The name “Numbers” is more representative of how exciting it is. Numbers contains detailed census information about the twelve tribes during the forty years in the desert. But Numbers is also the source of alien-conspiracy theories since time immemorial:

15 On the day the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire… 17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the

 superpower and defeating both Germany and the USSR in the process–not to mention overthrowing a few Central American republics along the way. So it is not difficult to see how he could be regarded as a national hero to one people, even though he brought about the near annihilation of his enemies.

The strange truth is, though Baghdad sits near what was once Babylon, the ancient civilization bears little resemblance to Iraq. To the Judeans Babylonia symbolized the boundless superpower. An ostentatious empire governed by decadence, arrogance and amorality.

Its leader was the son of the former leader Nabopolassar. Both father and son waged large military campaigns in the Middle East. And during their reign Babylonia won out over its enemies as the world’s single superpower.

So how can two societies with such conflicting memories of the same events ever find a common ground?

The answer may come in the shape of a figure who arrived on the scene an estimated 1500 years before Nebuchadnezzar: Abraham. Abraham (Ibrahim in Islam) is the father from which all three religions derive. He is the first monotheist. But his story is for another day…

Mother of All Sermons

Tenth of Tevet

December 20, 2011
December 8, 2012
November 27, 2013

Hanukkah, or “Chanukkah” as those in the know call it, is one of the most misunderstood Jewish holidays. In fact, we don’t even know what “Hanukkah” means. Many believe it means “dedication”; others say it’s an acronym for “They rested on the 25th”. (Hanukkah starts on the 25th of Kislev.)

Hanukkah is a minor holiday in Judaism–in theory if not in practice–and isn’t mentioned anywhere in the Hebrew Bible.

That’s not to say Talmudic scholars haven’t argued about Hanukkah’s customs for ages (Whether, for example, celebrants should light one extra candle per night, or light eight on the first night and take one away each night). But the absence of holiday regulations in the Jewish Scriptures may have contributed to Hanukkah’s ability to adapt to various cultures of the Jewish diaspora.

Hanukkah History

After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, the land around Jerusalem came under the power of the Seleucid Empire.

By the 2nd century BC, the Jews of and around Jerusalem were in the midst an identity crisis: whether to maintain their own religious traditions or to assimilate into Hellenistic culture. Many Jews in the cities were willing to adopt Greek ways. According to 1 Maccabees:

In those days there appeared in Israel men who were breakers of the law, and they seduced many people, saying “Let us go and make an alliance with the Gentiles all around us…Thereupon they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem according to the Gentile custom. They covered over the mark of their circumcision and abandoned the holy covenant…

Now back then the gym wasn’t Bally’s. It was the center of Greek social life, where men discussed topics of the day in the nude, a practice which went against Jewish law, and a place where Jewish men could not easily hide the 8th-day snip.

The Seleucid Emperor Antiochus set forth increasingly harsher restrictions on Jewish rituals, including the killing of newly-circumsized babies. He replaced the Jewish High Priest with his own puppet priest, turned Jewish temples into pagan ones, and eventually forbade the practice of Judaism altogether.

One religious leader known as Mattathias refused to make a sacrifice to a pagan god in the temple. When a Hellenized Jew attempted to make the sacrifice in his name, Mattathias killed the Jew as well as one of the king’s messengers. Mattathias then fled to the countryside with his 5 sons, and recruited traditionalist Jews to join his cause.

After Mattathias’ death, his son Judas “the Hammer” Maccabee (Maccabee means hammer) led a revolt against the Greek establishment. According to 1 Maccabees, despite being greatly outnumbered, Maccabee’s rag-tag crew defeated the opposing forces and re-consecrated the temple.

What’s up with the candles?

The miracle of the “Festival of Lights” was that the Jews only had enough oil to keep the temple’s sacred flame alight for one night. However, the flame stayed alight for eight days. For this reason, Jews continue to light an eight-candle “menorah” every year. The great Jewish philosopher Hillel won out on the menorah debate: Jews light one candle on the first night, and one more candle every night thereafter.

[One Jewish-Persian custom is to light eight candles the first night of Hanukah and eight more candles each additional night for a total of 64 on the eighth night, although we suspect this tradition was started by the Jewish-Persian candle-makers union.]

Hanukkah Ironica

Hanukkah originally represented a victory of Jewish culture over assimilation into Greek culture. However, much of the importance that Hanukkah has today is the direct result of assimilation.

The observance of Chanukkah grew in importance during the 19th and 20th centuries in predominantly Christian nations such as the United States, as Jewish culture sought to adapt to the growing influence of of Christmas. Modern Hanukkah traditions such as gift-giving are borrowed straight from Christmas, which is of course celebrated around the same time of year, and which owes many of its own traditions to solstice festivals of the Greco-Romans. So in a sense, over 2000 years later, Greek influence is still going strong.

Ilse, the spiritually-confused Maltese

Hanukkah is a modern example of how holidays continuously change by synthesizing attributes of merging cultures. It’s the type of transition that took place countless times in ancient and medieval history, though detailed records of such transitions have all too often been lost to time or intentionally obscured.

Simchat Torah

October 20-21, 2011

September 29 – October 1, 2010

October 10-11, 2009

Simchat Torah means “Rejoicing in the Torah.”

The Torah is comprised of the first five books of the Bible, also known as the Pentateuch. Portions are read in the synagogue throughout the year, from the first chapter of Genesis (“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”) to the last chapter of Deuteronomy (“The Death of Moses”).

In Hebrew it’s called Bereshit, or “In the Beginning.”

Genesis is the “fun” book. Nearly all the Sunday school stories of the Torah hail from Genesis. This includes Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham (the patriarch of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity) and Abe’s male line: his son Isaac, grandson Jacob, and great-grandson Joseph (the one with the amazing technicolor dreamcoat, if you’re into that kind of thing.)

In Hebrew it’s Shemot, or “Names.” But the Greeks added some pizzaz. The Exodus tells the story of Charlton Heston, or “Moses”, in Egypt. It includes the Ten Plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, and the Ten Commandments, which God gave Moses to civilize the ancient Hebrews when they were cow-worshippers in the desert. (And which Cecil B. DeMille reintroduced to Americans when they were flappers in ’20s.)

DeMilles Ten Commandments, 1923 version
DeMille's "Ten Commandments", 1923 version

The Levites were one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from Jacob. In Hebrew the book is Viyakra, “He Called”.

If you’ve ever read the Bible cover to cover (you have way too much free time on your hands, and) you know that Leviticus is where it starts to get wild, if not repetitive. Here, God gives one of his many gentle yet firm encouragements to follow his commands:

Leviticus 26

Leviticus also the book that gives us the legal precedent behind California Propositions:

Thou shall not lie with a man as thou lies with a woman.

Leviticus 18:22

In the Hebrew: Bamidbar, “In the Wilderness…”

Don’t let the Hebrew fool you. The name “Numbers” is more representative of how exciting it is. Numbers contains detailed census information about the twelve tribes during the forty years in the desert. But Numbers is also the source of alien-conspiracy theories since time immemorial:

15 On the day the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire… 17 Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped… 21 Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out. 22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out.


 with moss when it was pulled out. Miraculously it have survived very well and it is just some exterior rust repairs that are needed, but these cars are difficult to work on because of the way they are constructed. The hole floor of this vehicle is in absolute perfect condition despite of the years in a damp Scandinavian forest.

This car consists of a huge amount of inaccessible cavities and areas that are difficult to repair in general. It must have been assembled in some kind of reverse order... At least, almost all body panels are still available on several VW sites, which make the work much easier. It demands a lot of work hours due to the complexity despite of being a essential simple construction.
I remember seeing these cars in the 80's and 90's on the roads as private and commercial vans/busses, and they rusted away faster than one could pour a cup of coffee. Therefore, 10 years in the woods may have saved it from the evaporation by salt process. To the credit of VW, they used a sealer in the wheel wells, assembly lines and exposed places, that is of absolute fabulous quality.

My job on this van is to only do the rust repairs, and the owner (he is the carpenter that made the woodwork on the DKW) will do the rest of the work himself.

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20180727 14244920180710 14354820180727 14245820180727 142503<|endoftext|>Carole Keeton Strayhorn Has Guts. Carole Keeton Strayhorn Is Nuts. Discuss.

If anyone wants to tell us what the bomb-throwing, slogan-spouting, governor-antagonizing comptroller of public accounts is up to, we’re all ears.

THE FRAMERS OF THE TEXAS Constitution were not trusting souls. They didn’t trust the governor to act with restraint, so they made his office weak. They didn’t trust the Legislature to be prudent with the taxpayers’ money, so they created the comptroller of public accounts to act as an independent watchdog over the state budget. The weak governor has worked out pretty well (especially, some would say, at this moment), but if you took a poll at the Capitol these days, the idea of an independent comptroller would not get rave reviews. I doubt that the authors of the constitution ever envisioned someone quite as independent as Carole Keeton Strayhorn.

Most politicians abide by the ancient wisdom of the profession that “the way to get along is to go along.” They avoid speaking ill of one another. They try not to pick fights gratuitously. They tie down their ambitions so they don’t flap in the wind. They grab a headline when the opportunity presents itself, but not too obviously and not too often. Strayhorn is the antithesis of a go-along politician. For the past four years she has engaged in a high-risk guerrilla strategy of seizing every chance to blast, waylay, and otherwise embarrass the governor, the lieutenant governor, and, occasionally, the Speaker—all of whom, of course, are members of her own Republican party. They retaliated by stripping her office of two high-profile money-saving programs that were her best source of positive headlines. The Capitol has seen nothing like this kind of continual high-stakes feuding in half a century, since the days when U.S. senator Lyndon Johnson, Governor Allan Shivers, and the champion of the liberals, Ralph Yarborough, fought each other for control of the then-dominant Democratic party.

All of this would be merely cause for amusement and speculation if the calendar was not showing late spring of an odd-numbered year, which means that the days left in the legislative session are few and the path ahead is perilous. A lot is at stake—a $140 billion state budget and reforms of the state’s school finance system and tax structure—and all of it must go through Strayhorn. That’s why she is the  focal point of attention, the talk of Austin’s steakhouses and watering holes. The comptroller has judge-and-jury power over spending. Her constitutional power dates from a World War II—era provision decreeing that “no bill containing an appropriation shall be considered as passed or be sent to the Governor for consideration until and unless the Comptroller of Public Accounts endorses his certificate thereon showing that the amount appropriated is within the amount estimated to be available…” In other words, the budget has to balance, and Strayhorn is the enforcer. She alone determines how much revenue the state can expect to amass during the next two years, and if, in her opinion, it is not enough, she can refuse to certify the budget. And then it is D-E-A-D dead. Her decision can be overridden by a four-fifths vote of the House and Senate, but who, in this fiscally conservative state, is going to cast a vote for profligacy?

This is the prospect that has the entire Capitol in a tizzy: that she’s tough enough and ornery enough and ambitious enough to bust the budget; that even if the leadership triumvirate of Rick Perry, David Dewhurst, and Tom Craddick can agree on taxes and spending and schools—which is no sure thing, since they, and especially Dewhurst and Craddick, aren’t exactly palsy-walsy either—Strayhorn will render their efforts moot. As paranoid scenarios go (and are there any other kind in politics?), this one is not particularly far-fetched, considering that she initially refused to certify the budget in 2003, and only some frantic last-minute deal making caused her to relent.

What is Strayhorn up to? There are two theories. The rational explanation is that she is positioning herself to challenge Perry in the Republican primary next spring—or, if Kay Bailey Hutchison leaves the U.S. Senate to run for governor, she’ll take the best vacancy available, which could be lieutenant governor if Dewhurst chooses to run for Hutchison’s seat. At the same time, the savants around the Capitol argue that her bomb-throwing tactics have hurt her with Republican primary voters. If so, then the rational theory falls apart, leading to the realm of conjecture: that she is a woman scorned and determined to get her due. She is the successor to two powerful and respected comptrollers—Bob Bullock and John Sharp, both Democrats, who reinvented the office to give it a substantive role in state policy—but her ideas, unlike theirs, have been ignored by the state’s leaders, who, it might be pointed out, happen to be of a different gender. The recurring slights, together with the ideological direction in which the leadership has taken the state, drive her to distraction.

The question, then, comes down to this: Is Carole Keeton Strayhorn crazy like a fox? Or is she just plain crazy?

“BOB BULLOCK TOLD ME, ‘Never trust anybody.’” Strayhorn is sitting at the end of a long table in her office, talking about the two conversations she had had with Bullock before he died, during her first year in office. If Texas comptrollers had a patron saint—and if the obstreperous Bullock had had a single cell that qualified for sainthood—he would be it. It was he who lifted the agency out of the green-eyeshades era by recognizing the power inherent in its constitutional mandate. He foresaw that the Legislature would always arrive at the end of the session desperate for more money to meet the state’s manifold needs and that the comptroller was the person who could give it to them. So he would lowball his revenue estimate, leaving something on the table that he could give the Legislature in its hour of need—for a price, of course. “Do you know how this office got computers?” Strayhorn asks me. “It was the evening of sine die [the last night of the session], and he went to the Capitol to

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 in Sweden for ten years, and was completely green with moss when it was pulled out. Miraculously it have survived very well and it is just some exterior rust repairs that are needed, but these cars are difficult to work on because of the way they are constructed. The hole floor of this vehicle is in absolute perfect condition despite of the years in a damp Scandinavian forest.

This car consists of a huge amount of inaccessible cavities and areas that are difficult to repair in general. It must have been assembled in some kind of reverse order... At least, almost all body panels are still available on several VW sites, which make the work much easier. It demands a lot of work hours due to the complexity despite of being a essential simple construction.
I remember seeing these cars in the 80's and 90's on the roads as private and commercial vans/busses, and they rusted away faster than one could pour a cup of coffee. Therefore, 10 years in the woods may have saved it from the evaporation by salt process. To the credit of VW, they used a sealer in the wheel wells, assembly lines and exposed places, that is of absolute fabulous quality.

My job on this van is to only do the rust repairs, and the owner (he is the carpenter that made the woodwork on the DKW) will do the rest of the work himself.

20180727 142536

20181117 165239

20180727 14244920180710 14354820180727 14245820180727 142503<|endoftext|>Carole Keeton Strayhorn Has Guts. Carole Keeton Strayhorn Is Nuts. Discuss.

If anyone wants to tell us what the bomb-throwing, slogan-spouting, governor-antagonizing comptroller of public accounts is up to, we’re all ears.

THE FRAMERS OF THE TEXAS Constitution were not trusting souls. They didn’t trust the governor to act with restraint, so they made his office weak. They didn’t trust the Legislature to be prudent with the taxpayers’ money, so they created the comptroller of public accounts to act as an independent watchdog over the state budget. The weak governor has worked out pretty well (especially, some would say, at this moment), but if you took a poll at the Capitol these days, the idea of an independent comptroller would not get rave reviews. I doubt that the authors of the constitution ever envisioned someone quite as independent as Carole Keeton Strayhorn.

Most politicians abide by the ancient wisdom of the profession that “the way to get along is to go along.” They avoid speaking ill of one another. They try not to pick fights gratuitously. They tie down their ambitions so they don’t flap in the wind. They grab a headline when the opportunity presents itself, but not too obviously and not too often. Strayhorn is the antithesis of a go-along politician. For the past four years she has engaged in a high-risk guerrilla strategy of seizing every chance to blast, waylay, and otherwise embarrass the governor, the lieutenant governor, and, occasionally, the Speaker—all of whom, of course, are members of her own Republican party. They retaliated by stripping her office of two high-profile money-saving programs that were her best source of positive headlines. The Capitol has seen nothing like this kind of continual high-stakes feuding in half a century, since the days when U.S. senator Lyndon Johnson, Governor Allan Shivers, and the champion of the liberals, Ralph Yarborough, fought each other for control of the then-dominant Democratic party.

All of this would be merely cause for amusement and speculation if the calendar was not showing late spring of an odd-numbered year, which means that the days left in the legislative session are few and the path ahead is perilous. A lot is at stake—a $140 billion state budget and reforms of the state’s school finance system and tax structure—and all of it must go through Strayhorn. That’s why she is the  focal point of attention, the talk of Austin’s steakhouses and watering holes. The comptroller has judge-and-jury power over spending. Her constitutional power dates from a World War II—era provision decreeing that “no bill containing an appropriation shall be considered as passed or be sent to the Governor for consideration until and unless the Comptroller of Public Accounts endorses his certificate thereon showing that the amount appropriated is within the amount estimated to be available…” In other words, the budget has to balance, and Strayhorn is the enforcer. She alone determines how much revenue the state can expect to amass during the next two years, and if, in her opinion, it is not enough, she can refuse to certify the budget. And then it is D-E-A-D dead. Her decision can be overridden by a four-fifths vote of the House and Senate, but who, in this fiscally conservative state, is going to cast a vote for profligacy?

This is the prospect that has the entire Capitol in a tizzy: that she’s tough enough and ornery enough and ambitious enough to bust the budget; that even if the leadership triumvirate of Rick Perry, David Dewhurst, and Tom Craddick can agree on taxes and spending and schools—which is no sure thing, since they, and especially Dewhurst and Craddick, aren’t exactly palsy-walsy either—Strayhorn will render their efforts moot. As paranoid scenarios go (and are there any other kind in politics?), this one is not particularly far-fetched, considering that she initially refused to certify the budget in 2003, and only some frantic last-minute deal making caused her to relent.

What is Strayhorn up to? There are two theories. The rational explanation is that she is positioning herself to challenge Perry in the Republican primary next spring—or, if Kay Bailey Hutchison leaves the U.S. Senate to run for governor, she’ll take the best vacancy available, which could be lieutenant governor if Dewhurst chooses to run for Hutchison’s seat. At the same time, the savants around the Capitol argue that her bomb-throwing tactics have hurt her with Republican primary voters. If so, then the rational theory falls apart, leading to the realm of conjecture: that she is a woman scorned and determined to get her due. She is the successor to two powerful and respected comptrollers—Bob Bullock and John Sharp, both Democrats, who reinvented the office to give it a substantive role in state policy—but her ideas, unlike theirs, have been ignored by the state’s leaders, who, it might be pointed out, happen to be of a different gender. The recurring slights, together with the ideological direction in which the leadership has taken the state, drive her to distraction.

The question, then, comes down to this: Is Carole Keeton Strayhorn crazy like a fox? Or is she just plain crazy?

“BOB BULLOCK TOLD ME, ‘Never trust anybody.’” Strayhorn is sitting at the end of a long table in her office, talking about the two conversations she had had with Bullock before he died, during her first year in office. If Texas comptrollers had a patron saint—and if the obstreperous Bullock had had a single cell that qualified for sainthood—he would be it. It was he who lifted the agency out of the green-eyeshades era by recognizing the power inherent in its constitutional mandate. He foresaw that the Legislature would always arrive at the end of the session desperate for more money to meet the state’s manifold needs and that the comptroller was the person who could give it to them. So he would lowball his revenue estimate, leaving something on the table that he could give the Legislature in its hour of need—for a price, of course. “Do you know how this office got computers?” Strayhorn asks me. “It was the evening of sine die [the last night of the session], and he went to the Capitol to

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, although making the dates and times a little larger would have been my preference. Seriously you're trying to inform to car drivers who are heading towards these at 30-odd mph so why choose letter sizes that are better suited towards pedestrians? 'Saturday 1st September ROAD CLOSING 12:00-15:00 due to Carnival' how difficult is that, they managed something like it for the actual road works that have been going on.

Anyway I'll definitely get to the illuminated river parade and the fireworks which I missed last year, so more fun with night photography.

Update? A skip lorry on the York Street corner of High Street looking like it wanted to do a drop-off; hmm no Skip licence though. Heh the Excel spreadsheet is fun though.

Rob Allen said...

As entertainments manager of Stourport Carnival I'd like to thank everyone who attended this years carnival making it the most successful in recent years. The attendance was up, the money raised is up (although we're still counting.) My rant is that I'm puzzled as to why teenagers decide to drink on the carnival field when they can get arrested for it and why every carnival weekend the sniff of a barmaids apron sends them into a dillusional state where they think they're all mike tyson and they want to take on the world!! Apart from that myself and the rest of the society are happy with how things went. If anyone has any comments you can visit the carnival website and tell us what you think,

FlipC said...

I've just posted a quick report, keep an eye out for the photos. I must admit to not seeing that much drinking on the field, just outside the pubs on the route; litter was more my beef.

Thanks for the link to the site, I would like to mention none of the Microsoft own vector stuff is visible in Firefox or Opera. So I just see your name the last update and "It's Carnival Day!!..." with a lot of blank space. Yeah I know everyone uses IE blah blah; nevertheless having the links in plain form would help not just for the non-IE users, but also for those navigating using other methods.<|endoftext|>It is not that prospects for earnings are 10 p.c. better that they were in the middle of last week, but it is possible to argue that prospects are that much better than they would have been under a Labour government and that the market was discounting such a result.<|endoftext|>The Running of the Bull - 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400SV

We drive Lamborghini's Miura P400SV; owner manages not to have a cow. Would we steer you wrong?

Photo Courtesy: Jeff Koch The Running of the Bull - 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400SV
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Feature Article from Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car

January, 2008 - Jeff Koch

There are few cars out there that have singlehandedly created a genre, fewer still that continue to define it decades later. Lamborghini's legendary Miura does both of these things, with power and style to spare.

Article continues after advertisement
It seems hard to believe, but the mid-engined sports car for street use wasn't always a given. The Miura launched at the Geneva show in 1966, just months after a bare chassis stunned showgoers at the '65 Turin show. Giotto Bizzarrini's 350hp 4.0L V-12 engine mounted transversely, with the gearbox an integral part of the engine (even sharing oil). (Later iterations, like our '71 SV, were rated at 385hp.)

Granted, others had attempted mid-engined street cars previously (we're looking at you, De Tomaso Vallelunga), but unlike that machine, the Miura was an instant critical success. And it was put together by kids! Chief engineers Gianpaolo Dallara and Paolo Stanzini were in their 20s.

It caught Ferrari so completely off guard that Miura's replacement, Countach, was unveiled (in 1971!) before Ferrari could officially react to Lamborghini's epochal shift with its 365GT4BB. Miura was a sports car so far beyond other sports cars of the day, Lamborghini managed to create an entirely new breed of car; it gave rise to the term supercar, a name given to the Miura by none other than the late LJK Setright, writing in CAR Magazine (U.K.) in 1966 after a cross-continental blast. That term still stands today, and the Miura continues to define it, 40 years on.

As if this wasn't enough, the Miura is widely considered to be among the world's most beautiful cars. We're a shallow lot, us collector-car people; the Miura could corner like a stir-crazy puppy on freshly mopped linoleum, and with lines like these, we'd still give it a pass. Reportedly influenced by Ford's race-proven GT40, the sheetmetal (generally credited to Gandini, though allegedly begun by Giugiaro during his short time at Bertone) manages to be simultaneously voluptuous and phallic, all delicate details and brute force in one dead-sexy package. Some may complain that the wider rear wheel openings of the SV spoil the original, uncluttered look; just as many might see the removal of the headlamp "eyelashes" to be an evolutionary smoothing that should have come years earlier. The roof, in whatever iteration you choose, is just 41.5 inches off the ground.

The head-spinning disconnect of a company that steadfastly refused to go racing turning around and creating a sports car inspired by a racing car (and then, to make its point, didn't race it either) is almost beside the point: with any other car, more than likely the word "poseur" would cross your lips. Yet you don't dare level such criticism at the Miura; you're simply grateful that it exists. Even if it wasn't really meant for you.

Make no mistake, it wasn't meant for me, either. After all, with just 760-odd Miuras of any variety built from 1966 to 1973, priced more or less on par with a newly built Midwestern split-level home, they were built for movie stars, rock moguls, residents of Monaco and Beverly Hills, with frames (and wallets) considerably more up to the task.

Rather than be hurt by Lamborghini's exclusionary tactics, instead, I take them as a challenge. Owner Bill Rice of Westlake Village, California, fits rather better behind the wheel, and offers a guided tour of the car he bought and had restored before the current market "rediscovered" the Miura and drove it to lofty new financial heights. "I really wanted something beasty," he says, and bought this clean, recently serviced driver in 1997 to replace his 512 BBi. Then he met Miura specialist Jeff Stephan, and next thing you know, it had turned into a concours-quality restoration.

Jeff knew what to expect, but once they got the car apart, though, the true hand-built nature of the SV came through loud and clear to admitted Miura neophyte Bill. "It was extraordinary to see all of the original factory hammer marks on the body panels and the variety of different quality of welds and workmanship on different parts of the car. Truly, these were hand-made cars, each one slightly different from the next...each with a personality to reflect the talent, mood and temperament of the men who built them. It was so imperfect that it was just beautifully perfect." Among the corrected factory imperfections: The single engine compartment light (actually a trunk light) was replaced, and an NOS pair of fiberglass headlamp bucket shrouds wouldn't match up to the (factory-installed) Fiat 850 buckets as holes had never been drilled for them.

There is no graceful way for someone of American proportions to slip into the driver's seat; with the chairs and steering wheel both fixed, you are forced to manipulate your bones into the tight leather-clad confines. (Better empty your pockets first. Also, develop a relationship with Jenny Craig, stat.)

Once nestled inside, a big, spongy dead pedal greets the left foot; secretly you hope it's the clutch since the low wheel blocks your left leg's ability to move right. The chunky wheel is a nice place to hold onto--not cartoonishly fat, but leather-wrapped and not so weedy that you wonder if it's going to bend if you put any arm strength into it.

There are other things that will require mental adjustment. No side mirrors, for one, on this European-spec car; legend has it that back in the day, the Miura was fast enough that it didn't require anything to see what was going on behind it. Hardee-har-har. The speedometer doesn't start until 40km/h numerically (and the needle doesn't move until you're well and truly up to that speed). The tach is numbered up to 10,000 rpm, with no indication of a redline anywhere on its face. Shifting up, at least through the first couple of gears, requires a blip of the throttle between shifts so that the straight-cut cogs can agree; indeed, we forgot once and were faced with a sickening graunch of metal on metal that filled the cabin. Ugh.

Because this car is concours-spec, the rubber is period, and is not reproduced; the tires you see,

 main roads detailing their closure from 12:00-15:00, although making the dates and times a little larger would have been my preference. Seriously you're trying to inform to car drivers who are heading towards these at 30-odd mph so why choose letter sizes that are better suited towards pedestrians? 'Saturday 1st September ROAD CLOSING 12:00-15:00 due to Carnival' how difficult is that, they managed something like it for the actual road works that have been going on.

Anyway I'll definitely get to the illuminated river parade and the fireworks which I missed last year, so more fun with night photography.

Update? A skip lorry on the York Street corner of High Street looking like it wanted to do a drop-off; hmm no Skip licence though. Heh the Excel spreadsheet is fun though.

Rob Allen said...

As entertainments manager of Stourport Carnival I'd like to thank everyone who attended this years carnival making it the most successful in recent years. The attendance was up, the money raised is up (although we're still counting.) My rant is that I'm puzzled as to why teenagers decide to drink on the carnival field when they can get arrested for it and why every carnival weekend the sniff of a barmaids apron sends them into a dillusional state where they think they're all mike tyson and they want to take on the world!! Apart from that myself and the rest of the society are happy with how things went. If anyone has any comments you can visit the carnival website and tell us what you think,

FlipC said...

I've just posted a quick report, keep an eye out for the photos. I must admit to not seeing that much drinking on the field, just outside the pubs on the route; litter was more my beef.

Thanks for the link to the site, I would like to mention none of the Microsoft own vector stuff is visible in Firefox or Opera. So I just see your name the last update and "It's Carnival Day!!..." with a lot of blank space. Yeah I know everyone uses IE blah blah; nevertheless having the links in plain form would help not just for the non-IE users, but also for those navigating using other methods.<|endoftext|>The Running of the Bull - 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400SV

We drive Lamborghini's Miura P400SV; owner manages not to have a cow. Would we steer you wrong?

Photo Courtesy: Jeff Koch The Running of the Bull - 1971 Lamborghini Miura P400SV
Pin It

Feature Article from Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car

January, 2008 - Jeff Koch

There are few cars out there that have singlehandedly created a genre, fewer still that continue to define it decades later. Lamborghini's legendary Miura does both of these things, with power and style to spare.

Article continues after advertisement
It seems hard to believe, but the mid-engined sports car for street use wasn't always a given. The Miura launched at the Geneva show in 1966, just months after a bare chassis stunned showgoers at the '65 Turin show. Giotto Bizzarrini's 350hp 4.0L V-12 engine mounted transversely, with the gearbox an integral part of the engine (even sharing oil). (Later iterations, like our '71 SV, were rated at 385hp.)

Granted, others had attempted mid-engined street cars previously (we're looking at you, De Tomaso Vallelunga), but unlike that machine, the Miura was an instant critical success. And it was put together by kids! Chief engineers Gianpaolo Dallara and Paolo Stanzini were in their 20s.

It caught Ferrari so completely off guard that Miura's replacement, Countach, was unveiled (in 1971!) before Ferrari could officially react to Lamborghini's epochal shift with its 365GT4BB. Miura was a sports car so far beyond other sports cars of the day, Lamborghini managed to create an entirely new breed of car; it gave rise to the term supercar, a name given to the Miura by none other than the late LJK Setright, writing in CAR Magazine (U.K.) in 1966 after a cross-continental blast. That term still stands today, and the Miura continues to define it, 40 years on.

As if this wasn't enough, the Miura is widely considered to be among the world's most beautiful cars. We're a shallow lot, us collector-car people; the Miura could corner like a stir-crazy puppy on freshly mopped linoleum, and with lines like these, we'd still give it a pass. Reportedly influenced by Ford's race-proven GT40, the sheetmetal (generally credited to Gandini, though allegedly begun by Giugiaro during his short time at Bertone) manages to be simultaneously voluptuous and phallic, all delicate details and brute force in one dead-sexy package. Some may complain that the wider rear wheel openings of the SV spoil the original, uncluttered look; just as many might see the removal of the headlamp "eyelashes" to be an evolutionary smoothing that should have come years earlier. The roof, in whatever iteration you choose, is just 41.5 inches off the ground.

The head-spinning disconnect of a company that steadfastly refused to go racing turning around and creating a sports car inspired by a racing car (and then, to make its point, didn't race it either) is almost beside the point: with any other car, more than likely the word "poseur" would cross your lips. Yet you don't dare level such criticism at the Miura; you're simply grateful that it exists. Even if it wasn't really meant for you.

Make no mistake, it wasn't meant for me, either. After all, with just 760-odd Miuras of any variety built from 1966 to 1973, priced more or less on par with a newly built Midwestern split-level home, they were built for movie stars, rock moguls, residents of Monaco and Beverly Hills, with frames (and wallets) considerably more up to the task.

Rather than be hurt by Lamborghini's exclusionary tactics, instead, I take them as a challenge. Owner Bill Rice of Westlake Village, California, fits rather better behind the wheel, and offers a guided tour of the car he bought and had restored before the current market "rediscovered" the Miura and drove it to lofty new financial heights. "I really wanted something beasty," he says, and bought this clean, recently serviced driver in 1997 to replace his 512 BBi. Then he met Miura specialist Jeff Stephan, and next thing you know, it had turned into a concours-quality restoration.

Jeff knew what to expect, but once they got the car apart, though, the true hand-built nature of the SV came through loud and clear to admitted Miura neophyte Bill. "It was extraordinary to see all of the original factory hammer marks on the body panels and the variety of different quality of welds and workmanship on different parts of the car. Truly, these were hand-made cars, each one slightly different from the next...each with a personality to reflect the talent, mood and temperament of the men who built them. It was so imperfect that it was just beautifully perfect." Among the corrected factory imperfections: The single engine compartment light (actually a trunk light) was replaced, and an NOS pair of fiberglass headlamp bucket shrouds wouldn't match up to the (factory-installed) Fiat 850 buckets as holes had never been drilled for them.

There is no graceful way for someone of American proportions to slip into the driver's seat; with the chairs and steering wheel both fixed, you are forced to manipulate your bones into the tight leather-clad confines. (Better empty your pockets first. Also, develop a relationship with Jenny Craig, stat.)

Once nestled inside, a big, spongy dead pedal greets the left foot; secretly you hope it's the clutch since the low wheel blocks your left leg's ability to move right. The chunky wheel is a nice place to hold onto--not cartoonishly fat, but leather-wrapped and not so weedy that you wonder if it's going to bend if you put any arm strength into it.

There are other things that will require mental adjustment. No side mirrors, for one, on this European-spec car; legend has it that back in the day, the Miura was fast enough that it didn't require anything to see what was going on behind it. Hardee-har-har. The speedometer doesn't start until 40km/h numerically (and the needle doesn't move until you're well and truly up to that speed). The tach is numbered up to 10,000 rpm, with no indication of a redline anywhere on its face. Shifting up, at least through the first couple of gears, requires a blip of the throttle between shifts so that the straight-cut cogs can agree; indeed, we forgot once and were faced with a sickening graunch of metal on metal that filled the cabin. Ugh.

Because this car is concours-spec, the rubber is period, and is not reproduced; the tires you see, the tires we drove on, are more than 35 years old. Pirelli's 255-wide 60-series Cinturatos (mounted on magnesium nine-inch deep-dish Campagnolo wheels--one


 it? How did this event shape you, and what were the long term consequences of your beliefs?
  8. Looking at yourself with compassion and without judgement, begin to understand the nature of the beliefs or coping mechanisms you created to deal with what happened. Do they still affect you now, and do they help you or hold you back in your present life?
  9. If you see that a belief or coping mechanism no longer serves you, hold the space of light and Unconditional Love and ask yourself what would this belief be if it was aligned with Universal Truth and your Divine Self?
  10. Breathe in this new belief and let it fill your heart. Breathe out and release the negative belief and visualize it leaving your body.
  11. When you are ready to stop, gently open your eyes and continue to breathe mindfully. If you have stirred up some strong emotions it may be a good idea to take a walk, have a cup of tea and reflect on how you feel before going back to your day.
  12. You may need to repeat this practice a few times in order to fully block the belief and replace it with a more positive one. These kind of beliefs are often stored for many years, and we sometimes begin to associate them with the very core of who we are, so it is not surprising that they may take a few attempts to release.

Making a shift in your belief system will not only help alleviate your physical symptoms, and improve your emotional well being, but will help you reassess how you see yourself and the world around you. Knowing that you have the clarity to observe, and ability to release, the beliefs that no longer serve you is very liberating. Make a conscious effort to reinforce a new belief by observing your reactions in similar situations and changing how you react to them. You may find yourself repeating the old belief at first, but don’t get discouraged… if you are mindful and consistent, your new belief system will begin to take hold and become second nature.

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$16.99eBook: $7.99
Series: Mountain Majesty, Book 1
Genres: Haiti, History, Sustainable Development
Tags: Haiti, Recommended Books
Publisher: Dudley Court Press
Publication Year: 2016
Length: 208 pages
ASIN: 1940013216
ISBN: 9781940013213

Poverty is everywhere in Haiti. Rural children go barefoot and suffer from malnutrition. High unemployment, lack of infrastructure and political instability take their toll. In the mountains, the land lays barren, the soil is depleted. When Haitian plant food, the new plants wash away in the rains.

Mountain Majesty: The History of CODEP Haiti Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works tells the story of an inspiring sustainable agricultural development project that began with the recognition by Jack Hanna that the solution to poverty in Haiti’s Cormier Valley region lay in addressing the entire watershed, not just a few local gardens. CODEP Haiti, during its 25-year history, has championed reforestation and soil erosion control along with creative solutions to engaging locals and, ultimately, converting a church subsidized development program into a self-sustaining, locally managed enterprise.

Buy now!
About the Book

Is it possible to change the world through sustainable agricultural development?

Mountain Majesty: The History of CODEP Haiti Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works takes an in-depth look at a unique organization that has improved the lives of thousands of rural Haitians through sustainable agricultural development.

Together, Jack and Evelyn Hanna embarked on their dream retirement. They outfitted a boat to cruise the Caribbean islands and planned to do volunteer work where they could. But a chance encounter with a desperate Barbadian woman challenged their assumptions and ultimately changed the course of countless lives from another island in the region.

Rural Haitian kids often go hungry. They wear tattered clothing and have no shoes. Many people suffer from malnutrition and severe poverty. Hurricanes, floods, deforestation and soil erosion, coupled with political instability, high unemployment and a lack of infrastructure conspire to prevent them from being able to grow enough food to feed their families.

In Haiti’s Cormier Valley, Jack saw the terrain – “huge patches of completely barren land—no trees, huge gullies, no soil—incapable of sustaining life, plant or animal” – and recognized that the only way to help the people of the Cormier Valley was to address the whole watershed area through sustainable agriculture.

CODEP was brought to life by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), working with local Haitians and NGOs. They embarked on an ambitious reforestation and erosion control project to ultimately improve the economic conditions for rural Haitians in the Cormier Valley.

Sustainable agricultural development is challenging work, but locals saw first-hand just what it could do for their community. They dug ditches and bolstered mountainsides. They germinated, grew and planted trees. They overcame interference from goats, insects and embargos. They upgraded infrastructure and slowly secured additional land for planting.

CODEP has encouraged responsible ecological stewardship and reaping the benefits of long-term rewards. Their project solutions are more attractive than the common practice of cutting down trees for charcoal and some quick cash. As a result, CODEP is one of the more successful agricultural development projects in Haiti, and possibly in the world.

Nowadays, beautiful fruit trees grow in the forest shade and the people of Cormier Valley are healthier than ever before.

Mountain Majesty: The History of CODEP Haiti Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works documents this fascinating change from environmental degradation to habitat redemption, where environmental rehabilitation led to the restoration of human dignity.

A deeply personal story, Mountain Majesty profiles leaders and participants like the Haitians Edvy and Nwèl and project architects Jack and Rodney, exploring their lives, motivations and actions.

It also addresses the management issues that non-profits and church mission projects often face.

  1. How can we really help the people we want to help?
  2. How do we secure more funding?
  3. How do we ensure stakeholder participation?
  4. How can we identify and develop local leaders?
  5. How do we adequately set goals and measure progress?
  6. How can we keep donors happy?
  7. How do we balance competing interests?
  8. How do we keep moving forward when the founder leaves?
  9. How do we ensure sustainability?

These are some of the questions that keep nonprofits awake at night, and some of the lessons offered by this book.

Mountain Majesty: A History of CODEP Haiti Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works is a fascinating look at what it takes to change the world.

About the Author
John V. Winings

John Winings came to his role as executive director of Haiti Fund, Inc. following a successful 25-year career in industry. His broad skills in science, marketing, manufacturing, technology transfer and top management uniquely qualify him to provide the kind of insights evident in this book.

After receiving his BS and MBA from the University of Illinois, John worked for Occidental Petroleum Corporation and The BOC Group before moving to North Carolina in 1990. Here he has been a turnaround specialist for venture capital firms with portfolio companies needing strong leadership and has served as a consultant to individuals and organizations needing renewed energy and focus.

A life-long Presbyterian, John has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1978. He was a charter member of Wake Forest Presbyterian Church and is a Commissioned Ruling Elder who served two churches in New Hope Presbytery (North Eastern North Carolina), Butner Presbyterian Church and Clayton New Church Development. John was interim executive of the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic of the PCUSA from 2007–2008.
John was commissioned as the Executive Director of Haiti Fund, Inc. in 2005. Haiti Fund is a validated ministry of the Presbytery of New Hope.

Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, John and his wife Debbie moved to Haiti where John took on the additional position of director of CODEP while continuing his Haiti Fund work. Since 2012, he has served with two Haitians (Edvy Durandice and Clement Tercelin) in the Office of the Director of CODEP, where the three of them share responsibilities as CEO.

John and Debbie live in Wake Forest, NC, and have three children and five

Connect with John at

Go to John V. Winings's Media Kit

Look Inside<|endoftext|>The GIST interventions described above relate to three of these: VISTA women, albeit briefly and temporarily, redressed the numerical balance by offering female role models of practising scientists; VISTA and the curriculum development which followed involved a limited ‘repackaging’ of science to remove its exclusively masculine appeal, and the single-sex classes and classroom observation showed how science comes to be defined as ‘masculine’ in the mixed school.<|endoftext|>

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 fear, anger, sadness or disappointment associated with it? How did this event shape you, and what were the long term consequences of your beliefs?
  8. Looking at yourself with compassion and without judgement, begin to understand the nature of the beliefs or coping mechanisms you created to deal with what happened. Do they still affect you now, and do they help you or hold you back in your present life?
  9. If you see that a belief or coping mechanism no longer serves you, hold the space of light and Unconditional Love and ask yourself what would this belief be if it was aligned with Universal Truth and your Divine Self?
  10. Breathe in this new belief and let it fill your heart. Breathe out and release the negative belief and visualize it leaving your body.
  11. When you are ready to stop, gently open your eyes and continue to breathe mindfully. If you have stirred up some strong emotions it may be a good idea to take a walk, have a cup of tea and reflect on how you feel before going back to your day.
  12. You may need to repeat this practice a few times in order to fully block the belief and replace it with a more positive one. These kind of beliefs are often stored for many years, and we sometimes begin to associate them with the very core of who we are, so it is not surprising that they may take a few attempts to release.

Making a shift in your belief system will not only help alleviate your physical symptoms, and improve your emotional well being, but will help you reassess how you see yourself and the world around you. Knowing that you have the clarity to observe, and ability to release, the beliefs that no longer serve you is very liberating. Make a conscious effort to reinforce a new belief by observing your reactions in similar situations and changing how you react to them. You may find yourself repeating the old belief at first, but don’t get discouraged… if you are mindful and consistent, your new belief system will begin to take hold and become second nature.

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Add new comment<|endoftext|>Mountain Majesty: The History of CODEP Haiti – Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works, Volume I
$16.99eBook: $7.99
Series: Mountain Majesty, Book 1
Genres: Haiti, History, Sustainable Development
Tags: Haiti, Recommended Books
Publisher: Dudley Court Press
Publication Year: 2016
Length: 208 pages
ASIN: 1940013216
ISBN: 9781940013213

Poverty is everywhere in Haiti. Rural children go barefoot and suffer from malnutrition. High unemployment, lack of infrastructure and political instability take their toll. In the mountains, the land lays barren, the soil is depleted. When Haitian plant food, the new plants wash away in the rains.

Mountain Majesty: The History of CODEP Haiti Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works tells the story of an inspiring sustainable agricultural development project that began with the recognition by Jack Hanna that the solution to poverty in Haiti’s Cormier Valley region lay in addressing the entire watershed, not just a few local gardens. CODEP Haiti, during its 25-year history, has championed reforestation and soil erosion control along with creative solutions to engaging locals and, ultimately, converting a church subsidized development program into a self-sustaining, locally managed enterprise.

Buy now!
About the Book

Is it possible to change the world through sustainable agricultural development?

Mountain Majesty: The History of CODEP Haiti Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works takes an in-depth look at a unique organization that has improved the lives of thousands of rural Haitians through sustainable agricultural development.

Together, Jack and Evelyn Hanna embarked on their dream retirement. They outfitted a boat to cruise the Caribbean islands and planned to do volunteer work where they could. But a chance encounter with a desperate Barbadian woman challenged their assumptions and ultimately changed the course of countless lives from another island in the region.

Rural Haitian kids often go hungry. They wear tattered clothing and have no shoes. Many people suffer from malnutrition and severe poverty. Hurricanes, floods, deforestation and soil erosion, coupled with political instability, high unemployment and a lack of infrastructure conspire to prevent them from being able to grow enough food to feed their families.

In Haiti’s Cormier Valley, Jack saw the terrain – “huge patches of completely barren land—no trees, huge gullies, no soil—incapable of sustaining life, plant or animal” – and recognized that the only way to help the people of the Cormier Valley was to address the whole watershed area through sustainable agriculture.

CODEP was brought to life by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), working with local Haitians and NGOs. They embarked on an ambitious reforestation and erosion control project to ultimately improve the economic conditions for rural Haitians in the Cormier Valley.

Sustainable agricultural development is challenging work, but locals saw first-hand just what it could do for their community. They dug ditches and bolstered mountainsides. They germinated, grew and planted trees. They overcame interference from goats, insects and embargos. They upgraded infrastructure and slowly secured additional land for planting.

CODEP has encouraged responsible ecological stewardship and reaping the benefits of long-term rewards. Their project solutions are more attractive than the common practice of cutting down trees for charcoal and some quick cash. As a result, CODEP is one of the more successful agricultural development projects in Haiti, and possibly in the world.

Nowadays, beautiful fruit trees grow in the forest shade and the people of Cormier Valley are healthier than ever before.

Mountain Majesty: The History of CODEP Haiti Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works documents this fascinating change from environmental degradation to habitat redemption, where environmental rehabilitation led to the restoration of human dignity.

A deeply personal story, Mountain Majesty profiles leaders and participants like the Haitians Edvy and Nwèl and project architects Jack and Rodney, exploring their lives, motivations and actions.

It also addresses the management issues that non-profits and church mission projects often face.

  1. How can we really help the people we want to help?
  2. How do we secure more funding?
  3. How do we ensure stakeholder participation?
  4. How can we identify and develop local leaders?
  5. How do we adequately set goals and measure progress?
  6. How can we keep donors happy?
  7. How do we balance competing interests?
  8. How do we keep moving forward when the founder leaves?
  9. How do we ensure sustainability?

These are some of the questions that keep nonprofits awake at night, and some of the lessons offered by this book.

Mountain Majesty: A History of CODEP Haiti Where Sustainable Agricultural Development Works is a fascinating look at what it takes to change the world.

About the Author
John V. Winings

John Winings came to his role as executive director of Haiti Fund, Inc. following a successful 25-year career in industry. His broad skills in science, marketing, manufacturing, technology transfer and top management uniquely qualify him to provide the kind of insights evident in this book.

After receiving his BS and MBA from the University of Illinois, John worked for Occidental Petroleum Corporation and The BOC Group before moving to North Carolina in 1990. Here he has been a turnaround specialist for venture capital firms with portfolio companies needing strong leadership and has served as a consultant to individuals and organizations needing renewed energy and focus.

A life-long Presbyterian, John has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1978. He was a charter member of Wake Forest Presbyterian Church and is a Commissioned Ruling Elder who served two churches in New Hope Presbytery (North Eastern North Carolina), Butner Presbyterian Church and Clayton New Church Development. John was interim executive of the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic of the PCUSA from 2007–2008.
John was commissioned as the Executive Director of Haiti Fund, Inc. in 2005. Haiti Fund is a validated ministry of the Presbytery of New Hope.

Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010, John and his wife Debbie moved to Haiti where John took on the additional position of director of CODEP while continuing his Haiti Fund work. Since 2012, he has served with two Haitians (Edvy Durandice and Clement Tercelin) in the Office of the Director of CODEP, where the three of them share responsibilities as CEO.

John and Debbie live in Wake Forest, NC, and have three children and five

Connect with John at

Go to John V. Winings's Media Kit

Look Inside<|endoftext|>

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While by no means a prng expert, I can point you to a few places you might find interesting:

If you want to learn about rng, I would point here first. Really impressive libre true random number generator. Impressive at least to someone like me who knows little about it. One day I plan to really dis