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Update: May 14, 2008 @ 4:55pmYou know I knew I should have sat on this one for a bit as I did read about it and blog it when I was exhausted in the wee hours of the morning.It did occur to me that what if poor Alexis wrote it, turned it in and then someone else screwed it up? Without getting into details, let me say, that's already happened to me and I'm fairly new to this whole game.Eh, I won't

No Duality The Essence of divinity is found in every single thing - nothing but it exists. Since it causes every thing to be, no thing can live by anything else. It enlivens them; its existence exists in each existent.Do not attribute duality to God. Let God be solely God. If you suppose that Ein Sof emanates until a certain point, and that from that point on is outside of it, you have dualized. God forbid! Realize, rather, that Ein Sof exisits in each existent. Do not say, "This is a stone and not God." God forbid! Rather, all existence is God, and the stone is a thing pervaded by divinity.There is nothing that is not pervaded by the power of divinity. If there were, Ein Sof would be limited, subject to duality, God forbid! Rather, God is everything that exists, though everything that ex

A few months ago, I published a post where I assumed Obama had won the Democratic nomination and I was going to begin focusing on his environmental record versus McCain's. Of course, looking back, I was prematurely ending Hillary's campaign. With last night's election results in North Carolina and Indiana, it looks increasingly like the Democratic primary has actually reached its end. I'm not

Arbaaz and Malaika Khan’s rather ugly run-in with the monstrous after-shocks of over-exuberant product-marketing seems to have left the Khan family deeply affected. Known to be deeply conservative the Khans are extremely upset with Malaika and Arbaaz. “They feel it was wrong that we should’ve let them read about our little campaign instead of taking the family into confidence. In fact my parents clearly said, ‘If we knew you two were going to be part of such a gimmick we’d have never allowed you to.’ I never thought I’d ever get into something that would turn so ugly,” sighs Arbaaz.So far the Khan family has one child as a favourite child of controversy. “Salman doesn’t care what is written about him. I’m not that kind of a guy. I’m very particular about the way I c

Arbaaz and Malaika Khan’s rather ugly run-in with the monstrous after-shocks of over-exuberant product-marketing seems to have left the Khan family deeply affected. Known to be deeply conservative the Khans are extremely upset with Malaika and Arbaaz. “They feel it was wrong that we should’ve let them read about our little campaign instead of taking [...]

What is a table called, if it does not have neither Cluster nor Non-cluster Index? What is itused for?Ans:Unindexed table or Heap. Microsoft Press Books and Book On Line (BOL) refers it as Heap.A heap is a table that does not have a clustered index and, therefore, the pages are not linked bypointers. The IAM pages are the only structures that link the pages in a table together.Unindexed tables are good for fast storing of data. Many times it is better to drop all indexes from tableand than do bulk of inserts and to restore those indexes after that.

School has been more draining than usual so I haven’t been posting and that’s been disappointing to me because I felt like I had gotten closer to being more consistent with my posts. Oh well. I’ll get back to where I need to be. In the meantime, I’d like to share what’s been going on with [...]

What is a table called, if it does not have neither Cluster nor Non-cluster Index? What is itused for?Ans:Unindexed table or Heap. Microsoft Press Books and Book On Line (BOL) refers it as Heap.A heap is a table that does not have a clustered index and, therefore, the pages are not linked bypointers. The IAM pages are the only structures that link the pages in a table together.Unindexed tables are good for fast storing of data. Many times it is better to drop all indexes from tableand than do bulk of inserts and to restore those indexes after that.

…but The Current, the Twin Cities’ indie public radio station, can. They’re posting videos of live performances and blogging about the experience on their Web site, and as always, streaming live on the Internet. I caught Jessica Hoop’s performance on my lunch break this afternoon and was more than impressed, so I can’t wait to hear what the rest of the festival will bring. The Current's SXSW lineup:Friday, March 14th11 a.m. – White Williams11:45 a.m. – Dizzee Rascal1 p.m. – The Duke Spirit2:15 p.m. – She & Him3 p.m. – Billy Bragg4:15 p.m. – Darondo w/Nino Moschella5:30 p.m. – Carbon/SiliconSaturday, March 15th11 a.m. – Lightspeed Champion11:45 a.m. – Wye Oak1 p.m. – The Heavy2:15 p.m. – Tokyo Police Club3:30 p.m. – Nicole Atkins4:15 p.m. – John Doe5:30

mindless violence continues. skewed media report continues. endless killing of civilians continue. the victims at the Seminary was aged 15 to 26. all people of conscience condemns such act of violence.1.Ibrahim Abdil-Mu’id Ramey, Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Civil and Human Rights Director writes: On March 6, 2008, the world received news of yet another tragedy in the ongoing conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis. In an apparent act of revenge, armed Palestinians infiltrated a Rabbinical school in Jerusalem and attacked a group of teenage Jewish students, leaving eight of them dead. They were not combatants, and the act did not take place in self-defense or in the heat of combat.Most of the world, especially in Israel, was stunned and horrified by the killings. But in G

We made our first trip to the grocery store this week using our reusable shopping bags!  It was actually kind of cool to use the bags instead of plastic.  It was easier than I thought it would be and we got everything into 6 bags versus our normal 12 - 15 plastic bags.  It made [...]

I don't usually use my blog to hawk wares, but I just reviewed two products over on my other blog that are worth mentioning here. One is a toy for kids, and one is a toy for adults. Although if you're like me, you'll want to play with both of them. ................................................................................................... For the past few months my nine-year-old had

It’s not easy being a disjointed imperfect anti-hero in the absurd bizarro universe of raising children. That alternate reality of never-ending happiness where children utter sentences like, “Daddy, in gym class today we played Oscar the Grouch and I got to be Oscar the Grouch with Maddie and everyone was throwing their balls in our can and we had to grab the balls and throw them out because Oscar doesn’t want balls in his can.” and tender simple requests like, “Daddy can you play Beaver with me?” before running into the living room chanting, “Beaver…Beaver…Beaver…” Where toddlers regularly fire hose the contents of their recently consumed bottle plus 1.5 oz. of antibiotics on the angora sweaters of their mothers and the finely sculpted trapezius muscles of their fathers. Where I have implored more than once to “Just give me a second, I’m trying to figure out the best way to get this vomit off the draft dodger.” Where 14 month-olds have the hand strength of

Wednesday, December 19 (continued)* Was I afraid the boy might afflict me the same as Carlos’s lizardy maneuvers? How stupid. No, I couldn’t have supposed that. Carlos is Carlos and no one else could possible do to me what I let him do: manipulate me until I curled into his own soft mound of modeling clay. Had Colin lived would he have affected me as much? Would I have manipulated him?  Tyler reminded me of how eager and energetic we once were. I saw him as the soul of concern, of sweetness, light, peace, joy and hope. When, of course, that’s in everyone. There to be tapped or shining out right. We waste and exhaust it, and sometimes, even manage to replenish it.If Colin miraculously appeared, unchanged from the moment we headed for the roof, would I know him? I miss him and mourn him.  But there was nothing I could do.  I didn’t know, and couldn’t know. A chill courses through me, a rippling, feathery effect.  There’s no voice or vision. Nothing certa

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  ...at least here in MN.  Today we got about 8 inches of snow, and it is still falling!  My favorite time in the winter is when it is snowing at night.  The whole sky is lit up with light reflecting off every flake, and there is a quiet peacefulness in the air.  It is like your sitting in the middle of a snow globe. But I digress, this new white addition always adds a challenge when staging or de-staging properties (I have two alone this month). Between the snow in the winter and the rain and heat in the summer (yes, it does get hot in MN), staging and de-staging properties are always an adventure! The life of a stager isn't all glamorous with me stomping around in my Sorels sporting some fine Minnesotan hat hair!     Please, someone from Florida send a picture of a palm tree!

Continuing to keep it lively this week!Trumpeter Longineu Parsons is an artist who was raised from a state of obscurity to a state of new and improved semi-obscurity by Ubiquity Records' fine re-issue label Luv 'n' Haight. But hey, I'm sure he'll take it. This record is a career retrospective for someone you didn't even know had a career, so it's that much cooler when the person is actually quite good and can finally get some props. Jazz, Funk and African influences combine into what we like to call "good shit" around here. This tune here is a bit of a ramshackle affair, what with all the percussion bangin' & clatterin', but it will certainly make you get up and shake it...Longineu Parsons - Funkin' Around (ysi)It seems that his son (grandson maybe even?) plays drums for the crappy alt-rock band Yellowcard, but we'll try not to hold that against him.... friggin' kids these days... :P

When he appears at nearly 10 o’clock on a Saturday morning, when we have already achieved steady state. They are all fed, clean and most importantly of all, dressed. Their father is not dressed, even though the long hand is seconds away from 10:00. A robe does not qualify for ‘dressed.’ Nor is he clean. He is already brewing his weekend headache due to caffeine withdrawal, but I am without mercy. I push a mug of black coffee in his bleary eyed direction, with verbal prompt, “there you go dear, that should help.”I recall the chap in the restaurant the previous night. He sat at the counter with his pal enjoying a beer, when we arrived to collect our take away, which is called a ‘take out,’ in America. A Friday evening chill out, where chaps chat. My spouse was still at work.It was an exceptionally brave move on my part, not spontaneous of course, but the bribery component was in place. A treat for her, had to be balanced against the pain threshold that her brother

I awoke to a snake video on my computer screen one morning. I've spent so much time trying to identify (and save!) the snakes that we've found on our property, that I'm actually starting to recognize some of them. I thought I knew what this snake was. My heart was pounding as I asked El Jefe what they did with the snake. Yup. Because of my insistence that snakes have a right to live and serve a valuable purpose in the balance of nature, they threw it over the muro (fence) into the jungle area. I thought this snake was a fer-de-lance, Terciopelo Bothrops asper, known in Spanish as Barba Amarilla. It is one of the most deadly snakes there is. Great, now they start listening to me! Returning to my long list of snake websites to confirm my suspicion, I found that this snake didn't look quite right − almost the same, but not quite. Looking further, I found these photos of a baby cottonmouth which also looked similar. Snake markings and coloring can look different at different

Here are Ron Williamson's words after he was exonerated and released April 1999."I hope I go to neither heaven nor hell. I wish that at the time of my death that I could go to sleep and never wake up and never have a bad dream. Eternal rest, like you've seen on some tombstones, that's what I hope for. Because I don't want to go through the Judgment. I don't want anybody judging me again. ... I asked myself what was the reason for my birth when I was on death row, if I was going to have to go through all that. What was even the reason for my birth? I almost cursed my mother and dad -- it was so bad -- for putting me on this earth. If I had it all to do over again, I wouldn't be born." May his soul rest in eternal peace.Ron Williamson and Dennis FritzBoth Served: 11 years Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz were exonerated and released in April 1999. Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz were convicted in 1988 of the murder of Debra Sue Carter in Oklahoma. Her body had been found six years e

Hello, Scrappers. It's Ted from A Price Above Bip Roberts, reporting for abbreviated weekend duty. You see, my mother's side of the family - mostly successful people, albeit batsh*t crazy - are convening in Rhode Island in a few hours for discussions about how my life has gone terribly astray and various other topics of salience. As such, I won't be around much this weekend. This was last minute, though; while I can't imagine anyone out there actually pining for my 'weekend series,' I did want to make note of why I won't be around for a bit.And now, time for a shameless personal plug. My site, the aforementioned Price Above Bip Roberts, has been doing a little thing this summer called 'The 100 Most 'Influential' People in Sports," with the hook being that you don't have to be influential whatsoever to make the list. Scrap even contributed a little ditty about David Eckstein for my MLB category week.Well, next week the category is going to be "Sports Possessions," as in jerse

I – Make the most of your body, whatever it’s like In the erratic but excellent American Psycho, Patrick Bateman replies to his secretary when she compliments him: “You can always be thinner, look better”. Don’t take this literally (don’t become anorexic, or a serial killer for that...

Wizbang talks about the ongoing clash between Hamas and Fatah, and makes a point about how neither side is any better than the other: First up, Hamas needs to be isolated. Israel and Egypt are already taking steps towards sealing off the Gaza Strip, to keep the violence bottled up. But we should not be eager to back Fatah. For one, their own survival is still in doubt. For another, their own history -- as part of the Palestinian Liberation Organization -- is one marked with drug dealing, terrorism, and death.I think this is an excellent opportunity to step back and let events unfold on their own for a bit. Let Hamas stew in their own fetid juices in Gaza for a while, and let the West Bank shake itself out for a bit. Right now the terrorists are, for the most part, killing other terrorists, and I don't see any great moral imperative to interrupt them.We certainly shouldn't take the side of either ghoulish movement. Fatah is just as evil as Hamas, and should be recognized as such. I th

Hello, friends. This is Ted back again with more of this weekend's poorly constructed "Weekend Special," whereby we discuss baseball teams that are already wholly irrelevant in some context. Right now: Cincinnati, the opponent this weekend of our first entry, the Rangers. However, we're changing the format. Rather than listing former players - Jose Rijo! - we're going personal essay style. Cincinnati has an odd place in my heart for a place I've never been, and God willing I'll never go. I saw Traffic, which paints Cincinnati in about as negative a light as one film can paint a city, and the movie influenced me so much that a few days after seeing it, when I happened to be getting arrested for underage purchase of alcohol, I screamed at the job, "Don't bust me! I'll just do it again! Bust the store! This is a supply side issue! Didn't you see Traffic?" The police claim that the reason I was in jail until a little south of 5am was because of unpaid parking tickets in my home sta

Raphael Van Lierop, 3D Realms’ new creative director, says two big announcements are coming from the company this year, but neither game is Duke Nukem Fornever. To quote: “I can say that we have a big announcement coming in the next four weeks, and I’m not sure, but I believe we have another major announcement coming in the next four to six months… while I can’t say exactly what these are, are they about Duke Nukem Forever? No.” 1UP reports that Mr. Van Lierop confirmed the game is alive and well and understands the fan anticipation over its release. He’s even played the game, but acknowledges that 3D Realms understands their have been mistakes along the way. “They [3D Realms’ Scott Miller and George Broussard] will be the first people to admit that they made some mistakes with regards to Duke Nukem Forever. But I’ve seen it. I’ve played it. And I really believe that when it does come out people won’t be disappoi

Bikini Babes Watch as Hummer Mud Tires Sink into Mud Whether it is pushing a classic Volkswagen Beetle through the snow and slush, dressed in miniskirts and high heel stiletto boots, or pushing a hummer out of the mud, these hot snow babes are up to the task.Icy, snowy roads and watery mire will not deter these determined hot babes. Neither Snow or Slush Can Stop These Babes and Their Classic Volkswagen BeetleWith such determination nothing, not even the cold, slippery road can derail them. Their vintage Volkswagen beetle will make it through the elements, even if they have to get out and push. And, being hot babes, means that they wear miniskirts and high heel stiletto boots even on the cold, snow covered roads. Mud Tires Give These Babes a Mud Bath Nor can mud deter these hot babes. Even when their classic Volkswagen beetle begins to sink into the mud, and the strain on the engine cause the bug to back fire sending sparks flying out of the exhaust, these d

Two young men applied for a single position at a company.Both had the same qualification.Both men had each missed only one of the questions.But the job was given to the second applicant.WHY???Because the second applicant put down on question #5, 'I don't know'. And the first put down, 'Neither do I'.

According to an article by Bill Sammon in the Examiner, the White House claims the economic growth during much of the Bush administration is stronger than the one that occurred on Clinton’s watch. While both have their successes and failures, Sammon concludes that it is actually Ronald Reagan that we have to thank for our prosperity. Sammon includes a quote from Economist Larry Kudlow: “Since the early Reagan years, we have had 25 years of virtually uninterrupted prosperity.” “Because of the Reagan reforms - the deregulation, the lower taxes, the disinflation - we have transformed the economy from a top-down, government-run operation into a free market, capitalist economy with durability and resilience.” In all, Kudlow credits Reagan’s economic reforms for the growth in Gross Domestic Product for a whopping 93 of the last 98 quarters. One of many examples where the Gipper won one for us. Figures included in the article comparing Bush with Clinton: Fro

..and reading all the rave reviews lately is kind of depressing too. If, like me, you were separated from this life-altering, soul-awakening music fest by nearly 3000 kilometers and a mountain of schoolwork, I have a little something to ease the pain. Here's a rather awesome selection of songs by artists who played at SXSW. Put on your headphones, close your eyes, and pretend you're there, jammed into some tiny club, witnessing music history. It's the next best thing...supposedly."I Am John" - Loney, Dear"Elephant Gun" - Beirut"The President's Dead" - Okkervil River"Broken Arm" - Winterpills"Lift Me Up" - Saturday Looks Good To Me"E Is Stable" - Menomena"Down In The Valley" - The Broken WestI apologize in advance if this just made it worse.

כ"ז באדר תשס"זJust a quick observation about two shorashim: מלח and מלץמלח is the Hebrew root for "salt". Salt pertains to Gevurah and bitterness.מלץ is the Hebrew root for "being sweet and pleasant". Sweetness and pleasantness pertain to Chesed.Interestingly, the two shorashim are very similar, sharing the first two root letters (מל) and differing only with respect to the third root letter. The two differing letters cut from the shorashim together spell "clear" and "pure", in Hebrew צח.Consequently, in terms of sacred femininity, we can see that pure clarity is not made of "sweet pleasantness" any more than it is made of "bitterness". Pure clarity is brought about by neutralizing and overcoming the obscuring effects of both circumstances and psycho-emotional dispositions.Technorati tags: Torah Talmud Torah Judaism Kabbalah jewish mysticism mysticism jewish meditation meditation shamanism jewish shamanism kabbalah iyunit kabbalah maasit jewitchery jewitch jewi

There's a saying that roughly goes "Most suicides are committed with a knife - and a fork." This may well have to be changed, because now it seems we're softly killing ourselves without any cutlery at all. The Guardian has a bone chilling gut, wrenching special report on fast food and how the fast food business have succeeded to change our eating habits, generating huge profits for themselves and obesity and diabetes for the rest of us. One of the series of articles present an extract from Eric Schlosser's explosive new book; Chew on This, where he picks up where he left us after his first book, Fast Food Nation. In the new book, Schlosser again looks at the fast food industry - how it all began, its success, what fast food actually is, what goes on in the slaughterhouses, meatpacking factories and flavor labs, global advertising, merchandising in UK schools, mass production and the exploitation of young workers in the thousands of fast-food outlets throughout the world. Sounds like

A pen that writes without ink? Sure... at first we thought this was a leg-puller and that they simply meant an ordinary pencil. You know, no ink? But after a bit closer scrutiny, it appears they are serious. The pen itself is ordinary steel, but the actual business end; the nib or point, is some alloy that actually leaves metal residue on the paper. It looks a bit like pencil writing, but it cannot be erased. The big thing, besides the obvious "wow" factor would be that it will not run out of ink or dry up on you. And that it is likely to last pretty much forever. Available from Grand Illusions where it is GBP 15:- (approx. USD 30:-).

Like his voice, Mick Jagger's wardrobe is still rocking after all these years. His sexagenarian frame has not missed a beat when it comes to fashion. Whether it's tight shirts or jeans, Jagger never fails to impress audiences with his style. "It doesn't matter if you're starting out or you're doing it for years," Jagger told The New York Times. "There's no point in having a huge dress-up if you're playing a 500-seat club. And if you're playing for 50,000 people, there's no point in wearing rags." Over the decades, Jagger has donned jeans and jackets by the Balenciaga designer Nicolas Ghesquiere and T-shirts by the Dior designer Hedi Slimane. But that was not always the case, said Jagger, 63. Like many bands just starting out, clothes were a luxury he and his mates couldn't afford. "We wore clothes very similar to what we wore offstage because we didn't have any money and that was the look," Jagger said. Rolling Stones Lyrics

Dan Thomasson's syndicated column - here seen in last Thursday's Evansville Courier Press (unusual brown colour scheme - quite nice, I think) suggests that the two people dominating discussion of Democratic presidential hopefuls each have serious flaws. "Clinton carries with her a negative factor that is disturbingly strong," Thomasson observes, correctly. "Obama is hurt by a presumption that he is just another in a long line of hopefuls who think they're ready to run the country five minutes after winning election to the Senate," Thomasson adds. Also true, although, interestingly, whilst there are clearly expressed concerns about Obama's political inexperience, I don't sense that this has yet translated into a perception of arrogance. Thomasson main argument, however, is that "a definite residue of anti-black and anti-woman bias tragically still impacts the American election process," which would hamper any Clinton, Obama, or for that matter Condi Rice, candidacy. Thomasson

Our middle class has suffered in silence for far too long, and it cannot afford to suffer or be silent much longer. Hardworking Americans have not spoken out about their increasingly marginalized role in this society, and as a consequence they've all but lost their voice.   Without that strong, clear and vibrant voice, all the major decisions about America and our future will be made by the elites of government, big business and the dominant special interests. Those elites treasure your silence, as it enables them to claim America's future for their own. I'm stupid enough to be absolutely sincere in the hope that middle- class America will awake soon and take action.   "It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid." George Bernard Shaw   NEW YORK (CNN) -- I don't know about you, but I can't take seriously anyone who takes either the Republican Party or Democratic Party seriously -- in part because neither party takes you and me seriously; in part because b

...enthralled me; it's neither dramatically urgent nor narratively turgid; and its didacticism is much less strident, at least for an unrepentant left-leaning non-theist like myself, than I expected it to be. The performances, by the inveterate John Diehl and the always-improving and underrated Michelle Williams (although her character is a bit too twee for my taste she handles it with aplomb),

I have finally narrowed it down between the Baby Lock Creative Pro (at $399) http://www.babylock.com/sewing/creative-professional-new/ and the Janome Magnolia 7330 (at $349) http://janome.com/index.cfm/Machines/Computerized/Magnolia_7330 They have similar features and are $50 difference in price. I haven't found reviews of either machine. I don't know anything about the Floral lines from Janome (other than I am not crazy about the look with the flowers on the front). Or if the basic computerized line from Baby Lock is as good as the rest of their line. Anyone have thoughts on which brand or which machine is better? ANy thoughts would be appreciated. TIA PS. I "think" I will be sewing mostly children's toys and clothes and some home decor.Last post by muffet at Sat 08 Dec 2007 01:08:55 PM Total posts: 5 Visit PatternReview.com to read this entire topic.Take a PatternReview.com Sewing Class today.

I found an interesting article by by CHRIS LE ROY today so here goes, One of the biggest challenges we face as internet business owners is trying to secure domain names that have the keywords we need to help in the Search Engine Optimization process. Over the last few years the ...