What is Oath?

So Verizon owns AOL and now it bought Yahoo!

And now Verizon is selling it all to Apollo!

https://www.cnbc.com News

 

Verizon recently completed its $4.4 billion acquisition of Internet pioneer AOL. The deal comes 15 years after the company joined forces with Time Warner in 2000, which is widely considered one of the biggest business flops in U.S. corporate history.

According to Fortune, Verizon is a telecom giant.  It is at #15 on the Fortune 500.

Verizon has 108.6 billion mobile connections.

While AOL may be most known for its dial-up services and growing content empire —which includes The Huffington Post, Engadget and TechCrunch—it also has put together a sophisticated suite of advertising technologies for online and traditional media that no other company (aside from Google and Facebook) can match.

AOL’s platform is particularly strong in video advertising—which CommScore says reaches more than 50% of the U.S. population. The Internet company's successful digital platform will also coincidentally assist Verizon's plans to launch its own Internet TV service, which it announced this year after buying Intel’s media assets in 2014 and video delivery network EdgeCast in 2013.


 After Verizon scoops up Yahoo's Internet assets, what remains of Yahoo -- mostly investment holdings in Alibaba (BABA, Tech30) -- will be renamed Altaba. Mayer will step down from the board of that company once the sale is complete.

Yahoo as we know it may be done. But at least we'll always have Oath and Altaba. 

Alienation and Exclusion

     The campaign of 2016 was an education in the deep problems facing the country.  Angry voters made a few things abundantly clear: that modern democratic capitalism is not working for them; that basic institutions like the family and communities are falling apart; that we have a college educated elite that has found ingenious ways to make everybody else feel invisible, that has managed to transfer wealth upward to itself, that crashes the hammer of political correctness down on anybody who does not have faculty lounge views.
      Alienation breeds a hysterical public conversation.  Its public intellectuals are addicted to overstatement, sloppiness, pessimism, and despair.  They are self-indulgent and self-lionizing prophets of doom who use formulations like “the Flight 93 election” — who speak of every problem as if it were the apocalypse.  Alienation also breeds a zero-sum mind-set — it’s us or them — and with it a tribal clannishness and desire for exclusion.  As Levin notes, on the right alienation can foster a desire for purity — to exclude the foreign — and on the left it can foster a desire for conformity — to squelch differing speakers and faiths.
      But going forward we need a better establishment, one attuned to Trump voters, those whose alienation grows out of genuine suffering.   The first task for this better establishment is to not make the political chasm worse . As the impeachment investigation proceeds, it’ll be important for us Trump critics to not set our hair on fire every day, to evaluate the evidence as if it were against a president we ourselves voted for.  Would we really throw our own candidate out of office for this?
       Over the longer term, it will be necessary to fight alienation with participation, to reform and devolve the welfare state so that recipients are not treated like passive wards of the state, but take an active role in their own self-government.
       It’ll be necessary to revive a living elite patriotism.  That means conducting oneself in office as if nation is more important than party; not using executive orders, filibusters and the nuclear option to grab what you can while you happen to be in the majority.
       It means setting up weekly encounters to help you respect and understand the fellow Americans who reside across the social chasms.
       Finally, it’ll be necessary to fight alienation with moral realism, with a mature mind-set that says that, yes, people are always flawed, the country always faces problems, but that is no reason for lazy cynicism or self-righteous despair. If you start with an awareness of human foibles, then you can proceed with what Levin calls pessimistic hopefulness — grateful for the institutions our ancestors left us, and filled with cheerful confidence that they can be reformed to solve present needs.

From: https://www.nytimes.com/

Light Pollution

The Problems of Light Pollution -- Overview

Light pollution: Any adverse effect of artificial light including sky glow, glare, light trespass, light clutter, decreased visibility at night, and energy waste. Light pollution is not only a hinderance to astronomy, but it also impacts us directly.
Light pollution:
    is a risk factor for cancer to people
    is a disturbance to animals
    is a waste of energy, resources, and money
    is a security risk to your property
    and obscures our view of the wondrous night sky.

Urban sky glow - the brightening of the night sky over inhabited areas. It is the "glow" effect that can be seen over distant populated areas. This light that escapes up into the sky is created by the combination of all light reflected off of what is being illuminated, from all of the badly directed light in that area, and from that light that is scattered (redirected) by the atmosphere itself from reaching the ground. This scattering is very strongly related to the wavelength of the light when the air is very clear (with very little aerosols). Rayleigh scattering dominates in such clear air, making the sky appear blue in the daytime.
http://cescos.fau.edu/observatory/lightpol.html

Sci-fi books and movies

Carl Sagan, Contact (1985)

The film version of Carl Sagan’s science fiction novel, Contact (1997), seems to divide people into “love it” and “hate it” camps.  Personally, I love it: it’s elegant, has an imaginative story and, of course, stars Jodie Foster as Dr Eleanor Arroway, so I was looking forward to reading the novel on which it was based.
 From: https://purpleprosearchive.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/carl-sagan-contact-1985/


After all, the two authors who led me most strongly into my deep and abiding love of sci fi were Anne McCaffrey (and The Ship Who Sang) in particular, and everything by Ursula Le Guin.
Also:
Emma Bull. She writes both fantasy and science fiction, and is one of my favorite writers ever.
And just for fun, check out Shadow Unit. (Shadowunit.org). The website is an ongoing story by several writers-most female-and resembles a paranormal CSI. Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Evizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Amanda Downum, and others.
From:  https://godardsletterboxes.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/100-sci-fi-women-63-dr-eleanor-arroway/

Sugar Snakes

Nice scientific explanation:

https://melscience.com/en/experiments/sugar-snake/

Revival Lyrics

REVIVAL
by ROBIN MARK
Copyright: 1998 DAYBREAK MUSIC LTD.
CD Title: REVIVAL IN BELFAST
Year: 1998
I hear the voice of one calling,
I hear the voice of one calling,
prepare ye, prepare ye the way of the Lord.

I hear the voice of one calling,
I hear the voice of one calling,
prepare ye, prepare ye the way of the Lord.

And make His paths straight, make His paths straight in the wilderness
And let your light shine, let your light shine in the darkness
And let your rain fall, let your rain fall in the desert.

I hear the voice of one calling,
I hear the voice of one calling,
prepare ye, prepare ye the way of the Lord.

Sure as gold is precious and the honey sweet,
so You love this city and you love these streets.
Ev'ry child out playing by its own front door,
ev'ry baby laying on the bedroom floor.

I feel it in my spirit, feel it in my bones,
You're gonna send revival, bring 'em all back home.
I can hear that thunder in the distance,
like a train on the edge of the town,
I can feel the brooding of Your Spirit,
lay your burdens down, lay your burdens down.

From the preacher preaching when the well is dry,
to the lost soul reaching for a higher high.
From the young man working through his hopes and fears
to the widow walking through the vale of tears.

Ev'ry man and woman ev'ry old and young,
ev'ry father's daughter, ev'ry mother's son.
I feel it in my spirit, feel it in my bones,
You're gonna send revival, bring 'em all back home.

Repeat chorus

Revive us, revive us, revive us with Your fire.
Revive us, revive us, revive us with Your fire.

Franklin Graham Fesitval, Bakersfield California

A piece of my history!
I sang in the choir at this festival.  It was the MOST incredible experience of my life!  EVER!!  I cried so hard it was difficult to sing!!!  Over 3,000 people responded to the altar call.
 The song we sang during the call was Revival by Robin Mark from the album Revival in Belfast!  Powerful, powerful song!!!  I will NEVER forget!!!!!!!!!!!!

During Spring Break at Bakersfield College the campus is usually deserted and quiet. But this past weekend, the college’s stadium was anything but hushed as nearly 60,000 people gathered for three days of music, fun, and truth at the Kern County Festival with Franklin Graham.

“I’ve never seen so much energy and unity in this community,” said local business leader and volunteer co-executive chairman of the Festival, Warren Carter. “This has been an amazing event for Bakersfield that brought hundreds of churches and thousands of members of the community together for one common purpose.”

The Festival which ran April 2-4 at Bakersfield College Stadium drew 59,365 people. The event featured nightly messages from Franklin Graham challenging the audience to put behind troubles in their past and allow God to lead their future.

“Many people think that religion will save them, or that if they can just sit in a pew long enough or own enough Bibles, that will save them, but it doesn’t work that way,” said Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. “It’s all about Who you know — and I’m talking about having a relationship with Jesus.”

During the event 3,491 people responded to Graham’s invitation to commit their lives to Jesus Christ.

Over the past year, more than 260 local churches and thousands of volunteers joined together, overcoming racial and denominational barriers to help organize the Festival.

In addition to Graham’s messages, the Festival featured a diverse collection of special guests, including: Award-winning musical artists Lee Greenwood, Jars of Clay, Joy Williams, Fernando Ortega, Dennis Agajanian, and The Tommy Coomes Band all delivered energetic and inspirational performances.
Bibleman — Saturday morning some 7,600 kids gathered to see the popular superhero Bibleman bring his fun action presentation of Biblical truth. Following the presentation, 1,120 children responded to the invitation to commit their lives to Christ.
Mayor of Bakersfield Harvey Hall greeted the audience and thanked Franklin Graham for bringing the Festival and a message of hope to the community.
1,600-voice choir comprised of volunteers from many area churches of varying denominations in the area performed during two nights of the Festival.Franklin Graham, 51, will hold his next Festival in Tijuana, Mexico June 10-12. In addition to his leadership role with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Graham is president and CEO of international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse.

EPIC

This morning when I was writing the wrong year on bad checks I realized something: it’s 2014. Do you realize what that means? Sure, we made it past Y2K and the end of the Mayan calendar, but will we make it past the year of Googlezon? Ten years ago some dudes (Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson) released a flash video (because this was in 2004 and people still made flash videos) called EPIC 2014. It was a video by the fictional “Museum of Media History” about how news and media would be consumed in the year 2014. It starts all doom and gloom with “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” Their prediction? That Google would merge with Amazon to personalize news to individual users and that some how Friendster would still be relevant. Newspapers would be phased out and Googlezon would release EPIC (Evolving Personalized Information Construct) which would pay users to contribute any information they had to a central grid. Ha! People getting paid to post content on the internet. Now that’s hilarious!
 From:
 http://incrediblethings.com/web/10-years-ago-they-predicted-googlezon/

Original website:
 chrome://ietab2/content/reloaded.html?url=http://epic.makingithappen.co.uk/

Virtually Paint Your House

Paint Tester on the App Store - iTunes - Apple
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Project Color™ by The Home Depot on the App Store - iTunes - Apple
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Try On Colors With Sherwin-Williams Digital Color Tools
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ColorSnap® Visualizer for iPad lets you explore over 1,500 colors, find color inspiration from a photo or virtually paint your walls. All for free on your iPad.

‎Paint Your Room Online with Personal Color Viewer - Benjamin Moore & Co.
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Virtual Painter - Valspar Paint
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Connect to the power in color to see how different colors can affect your space. Before putting brush to

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I don't understand

Racist Blog
Community Anti-Racism Education
Derailment Bingo

I need to investigate further!

Never Forget!

Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it!!!
'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'
 George Santayana

It's NOT just our national or world history, it's family, friends, and experiences.  We should never let go of our past, our heritage, our family, or our memories; both good and bad.  They are what makes us who we are today.  I would be a strange blank canvas if all I did and all I knew was erased.  Why ask me to erase parts of my life in favor of some psychological theory that I will be a BETTER person because I have forgotten things and thrown memories away????
  
Remember the Holocaust!
Remember the Alamo!
Never forget Virginia Tech!
American Genocide 1915 Never Again!
Operation Fever Forget our Fallen Hero's!
Never forget 9-11!

In the early 1930s Germany was a democracy and out of money. The Great Depression and restitution payments to France and England from WWI meant the government was out of money. The only way it could pay its bills was to print more money. But each time they printed that made the German mark worth less so they just printed more. Eventually it took a basket full of marks to buy a loaf of bread. With both depression and inflation running wild savings were worthless and unemployment soared. Even the richest industrialists began to suffer. Desperate for a savior, the Germans elected a strong leader who promised to change everything... Adolf Hitler. 

President Herbert Hoover had been a successful engineer and Republican. He personally helped thousands of Americans to escape Europe when WWI broke out. Hoover believed in business, not government, so when the stock market crashed in 1929 he felt that it was not the government's job to restore the economy. His government did little and the result of that was The Great Depression. The opinion of the millions of unemployed and homeless gathered in shanty towns made of clap board and primitive tents of this was obvious. They called their settlements "Hoovervilles". Promising to do Something, Franklin Roosevelt swept the 1932 Presidential election.

FDR was winning the economic battle. From 1933 to 1937 unemployment fell from 25% to 14%. Feeling the nation had permanently turned the corner on Depression, the up for election Congress in 1936 voted a popular bonus to veterans (over FDR's veto) and the Federal Reserve stopped giving a priority to boosting growth. Then in 1937 that era's stimulus program expired, raising taxes on all businesses and investment. It also seemed like a good time to implement an expensive, new social program. So they began gathering Social Security taxes, lowering everyone's paycheck. Within a year the "Depression with the Depression" had begun with unemployment rising to 19% and the economy again shrinking. Only WWII reversed the downward trend.

Also: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/holocaust-memorial-day-2016-10-reasons-its-essential-we-never-forget-this-uniquely-evil-event-1540238

I don't believe in forgiveness!

What I see are people trying desperately to feel better, in the aftermath of terrible wrongs, of unfair treatment, of unearned slights, and horrific tragedy. I see people not doing ANYTHING to right these wrongs, to protest these slights, to heal these tragedies. Except, of course, to parrot, “forgiveness” that everyone around seems so comfortable with.

I hold people accountable. I work for justice in my own little corner of the world. If someone hurts me on purpose, I am angry. And, I stay that way.
Guess what? It doesn’t control my life.

I am not angry every day (after all, they are no longer in my life!). Although, I am angry when I think of the occasion or the person(s). I believe that this keeps me of slipping into relationships and behaviors not appropriate for someone with a healthy self-image. I don’t “rot”.

It’s not easy. Everyone else likes it when you “forgive”. But if you want me to “forgive” for myself, well, I’ll pass. I am fine how I am – and this is real smile on my face.

FROM: http://thoughtcatalog.com/robin-goode/2014/04/i-dont-believe-in-forgiveness-and-neither-should-you/

 Frankly, though,  the ‘forgetting’ part is sort of throw-away.  You should never forget  the wrongs done to you.    Why would you want to?  Forgiving, though, is another thing entirely.  When somebody wrongs us, negative emotions can eat away at us.  If we let go of our anger and resentment, we experience healing and reconciliation.

One could, I suppose, think that there are times and situations when forgiveness just isn’t called for.  Suppose somebody does some terrible wrong to me and is totally unrepentant.  It’s not at all clear that I should forgive them.

On the other hand,  you could think that when you forgive, you shouldn’t do it for the  sake of the wrong-doer.   Rather, you should do it for your own sake,  for the sake of your own mental health.

Of course, letting go of one’s anger and moving on won’t do you any good if the person is just going to turn around and do it again.  And you could think that unless the person does something to really deserve forgiveness,  you’d  be a fool to forgive.

Even if you think forgiveness is all about what’s best for the forgiver and not at all about the forgiven,  you can still think that there are times when one shouldn’t forgive -- without assuming the wrong-doer can ever deserve forgiveness.  Forgiving a foreseeably repeat offender is a case in point.   At least part of me thinks that there is  nothing a person can do to “deserve”  forgiveness.  Forgiveness is always gift.  It has to be freely given.   We’re never morally required to forgive.

But the following thought still gives me pause.  Imagine a person who is fully repentant for a wrong done.  They’ve resolved never do it again.  They’ve done everything possible to  make up for their  transgression.  Why wouldn’t you forgive such a person?

My imagined resister to this line also thinks not. He will dig in his heels here and insist that while being unable to forgive might be some kind of psychological failing, it’s not a moral failing. He will grant that getting to the point of forgiveness can be really hard, even when you think it would be a good thing to do.   If you can’t get there on your own, then maybe you need the help of a therapist.    But the crucial point for him is that we don’t blame people who can’t forgive, we console them.


FROM: http://philosophytalk.org/community/blog/ken-taylor/2015/04/forgive-and-forget

I'm tired of people telling me to "let it go"!

What is the big deal?  Why should I forget?  Why should I forgive? Why should I throw stuff away?  Why should I give it all away and buy "new" stuff when I need it when the new stuff is garbage and my stuff and my grandmother's stuff is still working?  I can never replace my cast iron waffle iron or my grandmother's blender.  I can never replace the dolls and camera's that belonged to my family.  My husband can never replace the Volkswagen motor he has.  We can't replace the old Time, Look, and Life magazines from the 1950's.  You can't replace the movie tickets, travel brochures, or postcards from trips gone by.  You might say "take a picture" but then that's another organization nightmare.

From: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/tech-support/201410/when-you-should-and-should-not-forgive
For all that we culturally admire the ability to forgive—it’s associated with magnanimity, spiritual growth, and, of course, religiosity—it remains a somewhat thorny issue from a psychological point of view. In layman’s terms, the ability to forgive is widely seen as evidence of how high humans rank in the chain of being—animals don’t forgive, after all—so it conveys a moral superiority. But from a psychological point of view, two key questions remain: Why do humans forgive and, when they do, how do they hope to benefit?

As Frank Fincham wrote in an article with arguably the best image and title ever—“The Kiss of the Porcupines”—the human conundrum is that we need and want closeness and intimacy, but that need simultaneously leaves us vulnerable to being hurt, disappointed, and even betrayed by those closest to us. If it weren’t for "the quill problem"—in Fincham’s metaphor, two porcupines cuddle to stay warm, getting closer and closer, until a quill pierces skin and they have to withdraw—there’d be no need for forgiveness.

It’s all sobering, and true. And while it’s nice to echo the words of Alexander Pope—“To err is human; to forgive, divine”—it may not be universally applicable. You can’t reap the fruits of forgiveness alone; you need the cooperation, loyalty, and intent of the porcupine who stabbed you in the first place.  On the other hand, forgiving someone whom you’re showing the door will most probably set you free.

From: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/disturbed/201208/why-you-dont-always-have-forgive
With time, you come to realize that you are moving forward, and it is usually at this point that someone will ask about forgiveness. At some point in your grieving process, someone, somewhere, will ask you if you forgive. Do you forgive your father or mother? Could you forgive your spouse? Many religions and therapies focus on forgiving a perpetrator so that the victim can ‘move on.’ The goal is to make sure that the victim does not become fixated on the hurt. This element is critical because if you become completely obsessed with your victimization, you will not be able to function. That is a fact. Fixating freezes you.

It may be surprising to learn how many people will pressure survivors to forgive a perpetrator.  Family members tell them that if they don’t forgive, then they are going to Hell. In some cases, I’ve seen families turn their backs on victims of sexual abuse because the victims wouldn’t go along with the program and keep their mouths shut. They are told to forgive their attackers and let it go. If they cannot do so, then they are banished from the family unit. I’ve also seen women who stand up to their abusive lovers only to be eventually cut off by their children because they won’t simply forgive and let bygones be bygones.  When they say they forgave and are moving on, they are accused of dredging up the past should they speak out, so back to isolation they go.

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Colin Firth IMDB Info

So I think I really like this actor!
Love this movie and the dance!!

Filmography from IMDB:
** movies I have seen
Genius (completed)--Max Perkins
Bridget Jones's Baby (pre-production)--Mark Darcy
Untitled Donald Crowhurst Project (post-production)--Donald Crowhurst
 2014 Kingsman: The Secret Service--Harry Hart / Galahad **
 2014 Before I Go to Sleep--Mike
 2014 Magic in the Moonlight--Stanley
 2013 Devil's Knot--Ron Lax
 2013 The Railway Man--Eric
 2012/I Gambit--Harry Deane
 2012 Arthur Newman--Arthur Newman (Wallace Avery)
 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy--Bill Haydon**
 2011 King George VI: The Man Behind the King's Speech
 2010 Main Street--Gus Leroy
 2010 Steve (Short)--Steve
 2010 The King's Speech--King George VI
 2010 Arena (TV Series documentary)--Various characters
 2010 Harold Pinter: A Celebration --Various characters
 2009 St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold--Geoffrey Thwaites
 2009 A Christmas Carol--Fred**
 2009 A Single Man--George
 2009 Dorian Gray--Lord Henry Wotton
 2008 Easy Virtue--Mr. Whittaker
 2008 A Summer in Genoa--Joe
 2008 Mamma Mia!--Harry **
 2008 The Accidental Husband--Richard
 2008 Mamma Mia: Deleted Scenes (Video short)--Harry (uncredited)**
 2007 St. Trinian's--Geoffrey Thwaites
 2007 Then She Found Me--Frank
 2007 When Did You Last See Your Father?--Blake
 2007 The Last Legion--Aurelius
 2007 Celebration (TV Movie)--Russell
 2006 Born Equal (TV Movie)--Mark
 2005 Nanny McPhee--Mr. Brown**
 2005 Where the Truth Lies--Vince
 2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason--Mark Darcy
 2004 Saturday Night Live (TV Series)--Host
 - 2004 Colin Firth/Norah Jones--Host
 2004/I Trauma--Ben
 2003 Love Actually--Jamie
 2003 Girl with a Pearl Earring--Vermeer
 2003 What a Girl Wants--Henry Dashwood**
 2003 Hope Springs--Colin Ware
 2002 The Importance of Being Earnest--Jack
 2001 Fourplay--Allen Portland
 2001 Conspiracy (TV Movie)--Dr. Wilhelm Stuckart
 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary--Mark Darcy
 2000 Donovan Quick (TV Movie)--Donovan Quick
 2000 Relative Values--Peter Ingleton
 1999 The Turn of the Screw (TV Movie)--Master
 1999 Blackadder Back & Forth (Short)--William Shakespeare
 1999 The Secret Laughter of Women--Matthew Field
 1999 My Life So Far--Edward
 1998 Shakespeare in Love--Lord Wessex
 1997 A Thousand Acres--Jess Clark
 1997 Fever Pitch--Paul Ashworth
 1996 The English Patient--Geoffrey Clifton
 1996 Nostromo (TV Mini-Series)--Charles Gould
 1995 Pride and Prejudice (TV Mini-Series)
Mr. Darcy
- Episode #1.6 (1995) ... Mr. Darcy
- Episode #1.5 (1995) ... Mr. Darcy
- Episode #1.4 (1995) ... Mr. Darcy
- Episode #1.3 (1995) ... Mr. Darcy
- Episode #1.2 (1995) ... Mr. Darcy
Show all 6 episodes
 1994-1995 Performance (TV Series)
Charles Holroyd / Freddie Page
- The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1995) ... Charles Holroyd
- The Deep Blue Sea (1994) ... Freddie Page
 1995 Circle of Friends--Simon Westward
 1994 Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series)--Stephen Whalby
- Master of the Moor: Part 3 (1994) ... Stephen Whalby
- Master of the Moor: Part 2 (1994) ... Stephen Whalby
- Master of the Moor: Part 1 (1994) ... Stephen Whalby
 1994 Playmaker--Ross Talbert / Michael Condren
 1993 The Advocate--Richard Courtois
 1992 Hostages (TV Movie)--John McCarthy
 1992 Mad at the Moon--Barber (uncredited)
 1991 The Play on One (TV Series)--Alan
- Out of the Blue--Alan
 1991 Femme Fatale--Joseph Prince
 1990 Wings of Fame--Brian Smith
 1989 Valmont--Valmont
 1988 Apartment Zero--Adrian LeDuc
 1988 Tumbledown (TV Movie)--Robert Lawrence
 1987 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius (TV Movie)--Rene Wilcox
 1987 The Secret Garden (TV Movie)--Adult Colin Craven
 1987 A Month in the Country--Birkin
 1986 Lost Empires (TV Mini-Series)--Richard Herncastle
- Episode #1.7 (1986) ... Richard Herncastle
- Episode #1.6 (1986) ... Richard Herncastle
- Episode #1.5 (1986) ... Richard Herncastle
- Episode #1.4 (1986) ... Richard Herncastle
- Episode #1.3 (1986) ... Richard Herncastle
Show all 7 episodes
 1985 Dutch Girls (TV Movie)--Truelove
 1985 Nineteen Nineteen--Young Alexander
 1984 Camille (TV Movie)--Armand Duval
 1984 Another Country--Tommy Judd
 1984 Crown Court (TV Series)--PC Franklin
- Citizens: Part 1 (1984) ... PC Franklin

Browsers and Web Design

One of the number one rules of web design is to always test your website in multiple browsers to ensure consistency!
Have you ever noticed that your website layout changes slightly when viewed on someone else’s computer?
This is a common theme in web design, which is why the best in the business compose their websites to be compatible with all major browsers and operating systems.
The reason this happens is because each company’s browser is written from original code with the intention of following certain standards of web design.
It’s tough to get them all to line up perfectly in the way that they render web pages, so we just have to be careful in the way that we format things when building our websites.
From:
http://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/why-does-my-website-change-depending-on-which-browser-im-using/
Hard to know if this should be here or in my computer blog  :-)
I don't do enough Web Design anymore to warrent a blog for Web Design all by itself!!

Fort Proctor

 
 Fort Proctor is a ruined 19th century fort in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA. Also known as Fort Beauregard or Beauregard's Castle (after P.G.T. Beauregard, who supervised its construction with the architect J.G. Totten) it is located on the shore of Lake Borgne just north of the mouth of Bayou Yscloskey. At the time it was built in the 1850s, there was also a railroad port called "Proctorville" adjacent.
The fort was intended to be part of the fortifications protecting water routes towards New Orleans. In 1814, the British Army had attacked New Orleans after their navy advanced up Lake Borgne and defeating a small flotilla of gunboats belonging to the New Orleans Squadron of the U.S. Navy, in the Battle of Lake Borgne.
Due to delays caused by hurricane damage, and then the outbreak of the American Civil War, the fort was never garrisoned. By the end of the Civil War, improvements in artillery had made the fort's design obsolete. 

Coordinates:
29°52′2.3″N 
89°40′41.82″W

Freedom

I believe in freedom........I know that rules and laws make us feel safe, but they take away our freedoms.  Where is the boundary between safety and freedom?  Is a camera in your living room OK?  Or is it OK to have cameras in every room?  Is Big Brother really watching?  Is history really being rewritten?  Do we have choices?  Are we free?
Give me freedom, responsibility, and danger any day.......
Vivre Libre ou Mourir
Live free or die
Give me liberty or give me death
Freedom or death