*1896 - Bryan was chosen as the candidates of the regular nominating convention that adopted bimetallism. Democratic supporters of the Gold Standard formed their own separate national nominating convention where Palmer was nominated.
Therefore the winds, piping to us in vain, As in revenge, have suck'd up from the sea Contagious fogs; which falling in the land Have every pelting river made so proud That they have overborne their continents: Titania Act II, Scene I A Midsummer's Night Dream William Shakespeare
From King Sejong the Great, ISBN: 0-9779613-6-2 - 19 October,
12th year [1430 A.D.]
The King said to his Secretaries:
"In the past, when a government servant gave birth, she was expected to
return to service seven days later. This provision was made out of
concern for the fact that harm might come to the baby if she returned
leaving the child behind her, and so this period
of leave was later increased to a hundred days. However, there have
been instances of women whose time was near, and who gave birth before
reaching home. I therefore suggest that one month of full leave be
granted prior to giving birth. Please amend the
relevant laws."
-
26 April, 16th year [1434 A.D.]
Dispatched to the Ministry of Justice:
"It has been enacted that a female servant, who is due to give birth in a
month's time or has given birth within the past hundred days, shall not
be required for government service. Since no leave has been granted to
the husbands of such women, however, they
have not been able to provide assistance to their wives in childbirth,
and because of this some women have even lost their lives, which is most
pitiful. From this day forward, a husband is not required to return to
service for thirty days after his wife has
given birth." --- (In context and in general, a woman upon marriage became a member of her
husband's family, and was expected to give birth at the home of her
husband's family. This might require days of travel.) ---
King Sejong, 4th Ruler of Choson Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_the_Great http://asiasociety.org/countries/traditions/king-sejong-great
It was last winter.
Don't know whether I was possessed by the moonlight or the snow.
I was on my way to a friend's house, with a bottle of booze.
And a man and a woman were fighting like crazy with some sharp swords.
But they also looked like they were dancing.
It was like they were making love under the moonlight as well.
===== To Won's Father June 1, 1586 You always said, "Dear, let's live together until our hair turns gray and die on the same day. How could you pass away without me? Who should I and our little boy listen to and how should we live? How could you go ahead of me? How did you bring your heart to me and how did I bring my heart to you? Whenever we lay down together you always told me, "Dear, do other people cherish and love each other like we do? Are they really like us?" How could you leave all that behind and go ahead of me? I just cannot live without you. I just want to go to you. Please take me to where you are. My feelings toward you I cannot forget in this world and my sorrow knows no limit. Where would I put my heart in now and how can I live with the child missing you? Please look at this letter and tell me in detail in my dreams. Because I want to listen to your saying in detail in my dreams I write this letter and put it in. Look closely and talk to me. When I give birth to the child in me, who should it call father? Can anyone fathom how I feel? There is no tragedy like this under the sky. You are just in another place, and not in such a deep grief as I am. There is no limit and end [to my sorrows] that I write roughly. Please look closely at this letter and come to me in my dreams and show yourself in detail and tell me. I believe I can see you in my dreams. Come to me secretly and show yourself. There is no limit to what I want to say and I stop here.
And you don't look like you are
going to say that you love me.
I will just say it for you.
I love you, Do Min Joon.
When you live much longer than I do,
you will eventually forget.
But a perfect girl like me loved you dearly.
And liked you.
Don't forget that,
And be proud of it.
~
The best super power that I have is...
To stop time.
...
Countless times I have stopped time...
And told you this in times you don't remember,
I love you, Cheon Song Yi.
I felt that if I told you this while time was running...
Then everything will eventually run out and fade away.
That's why I only said it while I stopped time.
I love you, Cheon Song Yi,
I love you.
===== An Arundel Tomb The figures represent Richard Fitzalan III, 13th Earl of Arundel (ca 1307-1376) and his second wife Eleanor, who by his will of 1375 were to be buried together “without pomp” in the chapter house of Lewes Priory. The armour and dress suggest a date near 1375; the knight’s attitude is typical of that time, but the lady’s crossed legs, giving the effect of a turn towards her husband, are rare. The joined hands have been thought due to “restoration” by Edward Richardson (1812-69), but recent research has shown the feature to be original. If so, the monument must be one of the earliest showing the concession to affection where the husband was a knight rather than a civilian. In his will Richard requested that he be buried “near to the tomb of Eleanor de Lancaster, my wife; and I desire that my tomb be no higher than hers, that no men at arms, horses, hearse, or other pomp, be used at my funeral, but only five torches…as was about the corpse of my wife, be allowed.”
1) Female Protagonist; 2) whose age is around 29-30 (actually ranges from 15 to 40); 3) I have seen and can recommend. All are available with English subtitles. A few pass the Bechdel Test, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_Test. Stuff happens. Please let me know about any broken links in the Comments. Thanks.
=========================================================== Healh experts have been nudging Americans to kick the sugar habit for years, and now it’s official: The Food and Drug Administration is recommending a daily cap on sugar for the first time.
The goal is for Americans to limit added sugar to no more than 10 percent of daily calories, according to the proposed guidelines. For someone older than 3, that means eating no more than 12.5 teaspoons, or 50 grams, of it a day. ... The World Health Organization endorses a 10 percent cap on sugars, excluding those in fresh fruits, vegetables and milk, and urges people to aim even lower, limiting sugars to 5 percent of caloric intake to derive greater health benefits.
The American Heart Association also recommends stricter sugar limits, saying women should consume only about 100 calories a day in added sugars — about six teaspoons — and men no more than 150 calories, or nine teaspoons. The F.D.A. is recommending that children 1 to 3 should not consume more than 25 grams of sugar a day. Roni Caryn Rabin, well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/placing-a-cap-on-Americans-consumption-of-added-sugar/ =========================================================== The Basic: One gram of sugar has 4 calories. (Reputable sources actually range from 3.87 calories to 4.2 calories; using 4 calories per gram of sugar will adequately serve our purpose here.) - In the U.S. on the food container/package/can/etc. the "Nutrition Facts" label includes "Servings Per Container" and "Sugars" by grams per serving.
The math is simple and straightforward: Sugar grams per serving x 4 calories = sugar calories per serving. Sugar grams per serving x 4 calories x servings per container = sugar calories per container.
Example: an 11.5 fl. oz. can of V8 vegetable juice has 1 serving per container and 9 grams of sugar per serving. 9 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories = 36 sugar calories per serving. 9 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories x 1 serving per container = 36 sugar calories per can.
Example: a 14.5 oz. can of diced tomatoes has 3.5 servings per container and 5 grams of sugar per serving. 5 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories = 20 sugar calories per meager serving. 5 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories x 3.5 servings per container = 70 sugar calories per can.
Example: a 6 oz. container of low-fat mango yogurt has 1 serving per container and 31 grams of sugar per serving. 31 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories = 124 sugar calories per serving. 31 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories x 1 serving per container = 124 sugar calories per container. That's 20⅔ sugar calories per ounce!
Example: a 15.25 oz. can of pineapple slices has 4 servings per container and 14 grams of sugar per serving. 14 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories = 56 sugar calories per serving. 14 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories x 4 servings per container = 224 sugar calories per can.
Example: a 28 oz. bottle of barbecue sauce has "approximately" 21 servings per container and 16 grams of sugar per serving. 16 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories = 64 sugar calories per serving. 16 sugar grams per serving x 4 calories x 21 servings per container = 1,344 sugar calories per bottle. =========================================================== By the way, a gram of protein also has 4 calories. The Nutrition Facts label lists protein grams separately; to compute protein calories the procedure is the same as above.
FOLLOWUP: This week I ordered and installed an LG DVD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-Ray Drive Model UH12NS30 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tem=27-136-268),
which is probably the same one you wrote about above. With promo code
it also was $40. And I thank you again for your replies.
After reading a LOT of reviews and forums about Blu-Ray and about people
having problems getting a Blu-Ray to burn, I decided a BD-ROM was good
enough for me.
I had a rather painless experience getting the bare metal OEM player up
and running, video and sound, but it seems a lot of people have problems
getting a Blu-Ray to play, so I'm going to somewhat detail my
experience.
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Hardware:
Board: Asus F1A75-V EVO
CPU: AMD A8-3870K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Graphics Card:Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO [DVI output]
DVI cable
Monitors: Acer X193W
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Software:
Windows 7 Pro SP1 64-bit and Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit. [No problem playing Blu-Ray with either]
VLC 2.1.0 Rincewind.
KEYDB.cfg [downloaded from http://vlc-aacs.whoknowsmy.name/
libaacs.dll (64-bit) [downloaded from http://vlc-aacs.whoknowsmy.name/
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Blu-Ray Disc, "When Harry Met Sally" - $5.11 on sale at Target.
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As detailed in http://vlc-aacs.whoknowsmy.name/,
in %appdata% I created the folder AACS and put KEYDB.cfg in it. The
location of %appdata% is different in W7 and W8. The download site links
to instructions on how to find the %appdata% folder for your machine.
(The anonymous WhoKnowsMy.Name deserves a shoutout.)
I then put libaacs.dll in my VLC folder.
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And that was all there was to it. I did do a right click on the desktop
and refresh my machine, but I did not restart. Cranked up VLC, clicked
on Media, clicked on Open Disc, clicked on the Blu-ray radio button, clicked on Play, and it plays, video and sound.
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Hope this can help someone.
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Addendum: Just tried playing Blu-Ray on my VGA card, cable, and monitor.
Works fine. I do understand that I need HDMI card, cable, and monitor
for a better picture. That'll happen sometime next year.
I also recommend Cyberlink's free Blu-ray Disc & 3D Advisor, http://www.cyberlink.com/prog/bd-support/diagnosis.do, which will
1. Check if your system is capable of playing Blu-ray Discs and 3D content.
2. Recommend ways to optimize your system.
This tool fails my system only for Software Player Not found; apparently
it doesn't know to look for VLC. But it's a handy tool nevertheless.
"... it lies within the power as well as the duty of all of us to recognize not only the possibility that we might be wrong but the virtual certainty that on some occasions we are bound to be. The fact that this is so does not absolve us from the duty of having views and putting them forward. But it does make it incumbent upon us to recognize the element of doubt that still surrounds the correctness of these views. And if we do that, we will not be able to lose ourselves in the transports of moral indignation against those who are of opposite opinion and follow a different line, we will put our views forward only with a prayer for forgiveness for the event that we prove to be mistaken."
-- George F Kennan =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
"...Anything that I've done right, I will continue to keep doing; And anything that I've done wrong, I will reflect on it and repent.
There are also the things that I should've done, but didn't do: Those are my disappointments.
There are also things that I shouldn't have done, but did anyway: Those are my regrets...."
(Collared, with ID and rabies tags. Microchipped.)
Photos: Left click to enlarge, backspace key to return 2012 January 9: "Gosscoe" showed up at _________, falling through a false ceiling, in mid-December, 2011. (That's, maybe coincidentally, maybe not, about the same time as the end of the University Fall semester.) He had no injuries; he did hide behind a desk for three days. 2012 January 9: He's a gentle cat, affectionate but not overly dependent. Orange tabby, the light orange/ginger color, orange eyes. I'm estimating he was probably born around Thanksgiving 2010. A sweet baby & definitely a snuggle lap cat. 2012 February 16: Snuggle Cat, on Lap. Note "tipped" left ear; it means he has been neutered. 2012 February 16: Chillin', on lap Update Notes --- ==January 17, 2012== -neutered, left ear tipped -micro-chipped (res 981 020 005 643 579) -FIV (feline leukemia) negative (tested) -shots: rabies, FeLV (feline leukemia), FVRCP==February 15, 2012== -booster shots: FeLV (feline leukemia), FVRCP -diagnosed: feline herpes, right eye (more on this later) =================== -little bit of a talker, says "hello" -has his angel hair (white hair on chest), eligible for heaven -house-trained, uses litter-box -chases laser pointer, will search for it -placid personality -really likes a belly rub -people friendly, although a little shy until he knows you-will "plead" to get on your lap -plays, sleeps on your lap -chases and sometimes catches his tail -friendly with other cats, will "play" with them -good for?: children; asperger; singles; multi-cat household -born approximately thanksgiving 2010 -a joy-remember: adoption is a 15+ year commitment! ======================
(All are collared, with ID and rabies tags. Quinnie and Jackson are microchipped.) ▲"Quinnie" (2010 August 7)
TNR, 4 kittens adopted, 2008, thanks to Jim Croushorn ►RIP 2015 ▲The Prodigal Son, "Junior" (2010 August 13)
TNR 2008, thanks to Jim Croushorn
Microchip: Only if you want your arm taken off ▲"Jackson" (2011 May 4) Neutered & Released 2000 July 26 (Date is correct) ►RIP 2014
