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Phenomenally Implicit Memory Scope and Limitations

Graeme E. Smith, GreySmith Institute of Advanced Studies  http://en.wikiersity.org/wiki/Portal:GreySmith_Institute   http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:GreySmith_Institute  grysmith@telus.net Scientists, after the discovery of information theory, thought to use this theory to discover how the brain worked. By the 1950's it was becoming obvious that the theory while it worked well for understanding computers, did nothing at all for understanding the brain. Neuroscientists rebelled against the tyrany of Artificial Intelligence theorists and began to use the computer as a simulation tool, rather than as a model for the mind. From this theoretical work began that was the heart of the phenomenalist movement that said there was something about the mind that couldn't be modeled directly on a computer. From this work came the idea of implicit memory, and the idea of phenomenal consciousness, as well as many simulations of so called Neural Networks. In this article I study the nature of the phenomenally implicit memory, it's scope and limitations.

In the 1950's a psychologist called George A. Miller attempted to apply Information Theory to short term memory, hoping to determine the size of the memory. Imagine his surprise when he found that there was no direct mapping, that the best he could get was a statistical measure suggesting not the size but the number of elements that could be stored of any size. Over time, Science moved away from trying to measure the brain using information theory to trying to simulate it. Scientists had already been studying the nerve anyway so this simply became the main thrust of science afterwords.The main problem was that mammalian cells were so complex as to preclude analysis. To simplify this job, one researcher by the name of Hebb, decided to try experimentation with simpler neurons that lent themselves to study because of their size. His work was with the Giant Squid Neurons. From that work came the first mathematical model of a simple neuron. By the 1970's scientists were familiar enough with the neural model as to begin making predictions about how different neurons acting in a group would act. One scientist, David Marr, went so far as to write over a 10 year period a number of models of neural functions based on probability mathematics. Of interest to this discussion is his A Theory on Cerebral Neocortex in which he discussed a role of the Cerebral Cortex as a "self-classifying Content Addressable Memory". Theoretically of course there are two types of memory addressing possible, Addressing by content and addressing by place-code. In computers the main difference is that addressing by content is more processor intensive. However, in computers the nature of memory is that anything that can be addressed by content, can also be addressed by address since every storage location is built with its own address. However theoretically it is possible to have a content addressable memory that is not addressable by place-code, if only because there is not a place-code addressing scheme attached to it. When Neural Networks were first worked with, one of the first things that they determined was that there was a lack of statistical linkage between the information going into the Neural Network and the Weights of the neurons, in which the information had to be stored. Quite simply the storage was a function that was different for each iteration of each architectural variation of the network. Because the statistical variation was so high, it was said that the storage was "Holographic" that the information was spread evenly across the network weights. However even this was not statistically determinable. Eventually scientists decided to call it Phenomenal because it was a phenomena of the whole network, but not evenly placed, just sensitive to timing and location of connections. One of the problems with natural neural networks was that the connections for each neural network were randomized in an individual manner, so that no two networks had the same connections. Up until the 1970's there was still some hope that the connections could be mapped, and at least some computational value found to them. However by the 1980's it was found that no such mapping was possible, in fact the closest we could get was a mapping of the sulcys and gyrus level features of the surface of the cerebral cortex, associated with anatomical differences in the organization of the brain that were linked to an arcane numbering system called Brady Numbers. It was probably a great discouragement to Marr, who had hoped to prove his contention that the connections between neurons were probabilistically connected to mathematical functions. It was Marrs concept that the cerebral neocortex operated as a whole as a content addressable memory, but the Brodmann numbering system, suggests that there are areas where there is a wide difference of organization in the structure of the neurons across the cerebral cortex as indicated by the sheer number of different Brodmann areas indicated. This suggests that the structure of the cerebral cortex is not as homogeneous as it would have to be, for Marr's theory to work perfectly to describe the function of the cerebral cortex, let alone that area of it he calls the cerebral neocortex. Natural Neural Networks are not as neatly situated as Marr's Codon Model would suggest, and his model only really deals with the first four layers of the cerebral cortex, not the full six found in human brains. However this first four layers are significantly enough, the heart of the Implicit form of Memory, so when I talk of Phenomenally Implicit Memory I am talking about the function of the first four layers of Cortex memory. Glossing over the differences for now, because each Brodmann area should be separately analyzed for function, once more is known about how the brain works, I will play lip service to Marr's model and assume that the effective mode of the memory is content addressability. If so, and I admit that it is arguable, then the phenomenally implicit memory is at least nominally also a content addressable memory, perhaps with some developmental features created by the presence of certain types of data, within the basic zones, that favor a particular arrangement of the neurons. Given this stipulation, it makes sense however that it is a phenomenally implicit memory as well, and therefore that no single element of memory can be isolated while it is being addressed in this state. To support this contention I often refer to Jerry A. Fodors The Mind Doesn't Work That Way!: the Scope and Limitations of Computational Psychology. In which he notes that it is the phenomenal nature of Neural Networks that precludes them being used directly as a demand type memory, where each element can be isolated, and demanded separately. In my Dual Mode Cortex article, I show clearly how this phenomenally implicit nature of the cerebral cortex is overcome using a dual porting arrangement, but note that it can only work, if after the porting is done a mapping function attempts to isolate, and make sense of the individual sub-elements available via the place-code portal. However in this article I am not interested in the second portal into the Dual Mode Cortex, so much as how that portal acts to limit and stretch the scope and limitations of the phenomenally implicit memory. Because of the arcane nature of this relationship where the place-code addressing merely ports to a naturally implicit memory system, the output of the system remains phenomenally implicit forming a data-field I call a quale, that represents all forms of memory linked by content to the original stimuli. It is important to realize that this Quale, defines a limit to intelligability of the implicit memory, even if it is addressed via the place-code interface. Given that the CHUNK formed when a particular functional cluster is translated to place-code addressability, can merely recall the Quale, or at least a quale derived from the original quale, as updated by implicit memory, that was originally indicated in the Qualar data-field. We have to be careful here to note that the same place-code address does not necessarily trigger the exact same quale, since it is the nature of implicit memory, that most of it's content is not to be found in explicitly addressable memory, and that there is still some uncertainty about location within the phenomenal network. This is despite the fact that the clump as is found after place-codes are formed, always points to the same network locations, and can be stored in working memory, let alone declarative memory. Part of the redescription of the quale into explicit memory is the segregation of the contents of the Quale by editing of the clump to form sub-chunk arrangements of place-codes, that result in mini-quales that are more Salient than the original quale. Without going into the techniques involved, we can however predict that any place-code prediction of the content of the memory, will result in the addition in its quale of voluntary elements from the implicit memory it is formed from. In this sense we can say that the explicit memory is flavored by the implicit memory without actually affecting the limits of the phenomenally implicit memory. This might seem counter intuitive to computer geeks who assume place-code supremacy, but it follows from the implicit supremacy of the Neural Network implementation. The Scope therefore of phenomenally implicit memory exceeds the limitations of implicit memory and encroaches on the explicitly addressable place-code based form of memory. It is partly because of this extension of scope, that the barriers between implicit and explicit memory seem blurred to the point where obviously explicit forms of memory are often labelled implicit, even though they could not exist in an implicit (Content Addressable) addressing scheme. For the purpose of this theory I therefore define implicit memory as that memory that is addressed implicitly, and explicit memory as that memory that is addressed explicitly despite the fact that there are implicit addendums to even the most explicitly addressed content at the Qualar level. Because the memory output is a Quale no matter how explicitly addressed, and a quale is defined as a data-field, attempts to narrow the data-field to individual elements are not successful, and in fact, digit span tests do not return just the digit, but also information about how to say the digit in the particular language the test is conferred in. Because of this, the number of syllables in the digit name, is as important to the cost of storage, as the content of the digit. Evidence shows that the rehearsal time, ie. how long it takes to present the chunk and retrieve the digit quale, is longer for a two syllable digit name that it is for a one digit syllable name. Resolution of the second syllable for a language that has two digit names actually affects the size of the memory in digits that can be stored in short term memory. Not because of the storage size, since both are quales, but because the search takes longer to resolve the second syllable of the name. Evidence abounds that the size of short-term memory is limited to the number of elements that can be rehearsed with in about a 2-3 second window. Since it is the time it takes to resolve each memory and complete its rehearsal, that affects the timing, the number of elements that can be rehearsed is distinctly limited, but not the size of the element being recovered. An interesting experiment has been found to affect the size of the memory, and that is the intentional clustering of the digits, into three and four digit elements. When done, it expands the memory for digits because the chunk sizes are larger but the number of chunks smaller. However it also increases the processing time since to get the digit out of the cluster, you need to access the quale for the cluster then the digit in cluster thus requiring two retrieval operations instead of just one. Phenomenally implicit content addressable memory areas are characterized by a highly inhibitive layer of neurons often of the mossy dendrite type, that act to select among themselves by competitive suppression of surrounding neurons, connected via direct connections or via parallel transport fibers that may contact numerous Pyramid type neurons. These may or may not be managed by a layer of stellite neurons that generally inhibit, excite, or shunt individual pyramidal neurons according to signals usually coming from outside the cortex itself. One interesting observation made by LaBerge and Kasevich in a recent article, is that the 4th layer is thicker in the primary perception areas of the brain. This suggests that there is a greater need to manage the data in the primary perception areas than in later areas. However this is assuming that the management layer remains the 4th layer whereas some confusion seems to exist because of the nature of the connection from the thalamus to V1 4th layer, which indicates that the mossy dendrites would be in the 4th layer in this case if that was the data input layer. Either the assumption that the data flows through the thalamus is incorrect, or the assumption that layer 4 manages the implicit memory is incorrect, in either case merely giving the area a Brodmann number will not help we need to look at the micro-anatomy to interpret the data. It is too bad that Brodmann numbers were not available when Ramon Y Cajal was doing his staining studies, samples of each Brodmann area stained with the correct stains would be very informative. There are two other areas in the brain that show nearly the same implicit structure as the Cerebral Neocortex. They include the hippocampus and the cerebellar cortex. In the hippocampus you have to look at the Dentate Gyrus as being part of the hippocampal structure to see it. The dentate gyrus holds the inhibitive mossy dendrites and the stellate neurons are probably to be found in CA4, CA3 and CA2 form the implicit content addressable memory elements, which together feed into CA1 that may play a role at integrating the contents of CA3 and CA2. The outputs of CA1 then feed into the Entorhinal cortex, which has been implicated in supplying mapping grids to CA3, and is thought to be the output of the hippocampal area. It is probable that the Subiculum acts as the addressing mechanism to allow explicit addressing of the various hippocampal areas. If so, it operates on at least 4 different areas within the hippocampal area and may represent a Meta-index allowing multi-dimensional addressing of data within the hippocampus areas. An interesting possibility has cropped up that output from the subiculum addressed areas might be BSOs or Beta Synchronized Objects. In the Cerebellar cortex, the main difference seems to be the substitution of Purkinje cells instead of normal pyramidal cells. It is thought that the context is analyzed by the layer of mossy dendrite cells, and that patterns of activity in the inferior olive are translated into activations of the Purkinje cells, which learn to associate the patterns of activity with the contexts, thus inducing patterns of activity according to context. Because this is an implicit type of memory, the output field or quale from the cerebellum contains a number of patterns or sequences of activity, and it is necessary to select from among them. This function is supplied by the Thalamus which associates each pattern or sequence of activity to a specific GSO or gamma synchronized oscillation, by which tag they can be selectively filtered from the general suppression. Essentially giving one pattern the green light and suppressing the others. The possibility exists that outputs from the cerebellum are actually ASOs or Alpha Synchronized Objects   If so, it would make sense that different parts of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex, might be used to resolve which of the GSOs BSOs and ASOs get selected. The brain waves generated would tend to favor either BSOs or ASOs depending on the type of processing going on, with BSOs prevalent when the data is being taken from the Declarative Memory, and ASOs prevalent when the activities are automated by the skill memory. In each case, the result of a GSO, a BSO, or an ASO would always be the pre-activation of the Cerebral Cortex making an explicit memory with implicit overtones. This means that we can make predictions about the nature of brain waves as detected by the EEG device, or MEG Device. So even though the mode of the hippocampal area output would be implicit in some cases, the effect would be to implement a form of explicit memory in the cerebral cortex, and while the same can be said for the skill memory, this would explain the nature of the cerebral loop structures found in the brain, where one loop goes through the hippocampus area, one loop goes through the Reticular Activation System, and one Loop goes through the Brainstem and cerebellum. An interesting aside is that since implicit memory is not associated with a sense of effort, but explicit memory is, Alpha waves which indicate the use of skill memory are not associated with a sense of effort, but explicit use of the Declarative Memory system is. This is why Alpha waves are thought to be associated with relaxation and Beta waves with attention. It is a little confusing because skill memory is related to muscular activity, and Beta waves are usually associated with thinking, yet the perception is that beta-waves are more energetic. In all cases it is the synchronized frequency that is the filter that determines which elements get selected by the Top-down attention via the ACC.

Conclusion
Implicit Memories have a distinctive Neurological structure, and are limited to Qualar output. However the Scope of Implicit Memories is not as limited because the architecture of the brain builds explicit memories on the implicit memory system, and so even explicitly accessed memories will have implicit content at the quale. Secondary Memory Loops in the brain such as the Skill Memory Loop and the Declarative Memory loop, have implicit elements, that are based on the explicit address of the Cerebral Neocortex Quale and context information, that allows them to process different aspects of the address information. The skill memory processes sequences of clumps, while the Declarative Memory processes a multi-dimensional meta-index, that allows us to find our clumps and thus the quales they represent within the Cerebral Cortex. The Thalamus or Subiculum probably are the bottom-up addressing mechanisms for each of these forms of memory allowing them to be addressed both by content and by place-code address. Brain Waves in the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma range are generated by different organs of the body, in order to allow the ACC to select among the quales generated in the Cerebral Cortex. Alpha waves probably are generated for the Cerebellum, Beta waves for the Meta-index, and Gamma Waves for the Thalamic Bottom-up Memory. This means that we can detect the source of a memory reference by the frequency tags associated with it. For example a functional cluster that resonates at both gamma and beta frequencies would probably be an explicit memory that was referenced via the subiculum and therefore via the Declarative Memory system. A functional cluster that resonates at both gamma and alpha frequencies would probably be an explicit memory that is part of a sequence automated by the skill memory. Functional clusters that resonate only at the gamma frequency are probably either implicit primary perception, or Explicit memories addressed at the working memory level.


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Wikiversity talk:Colloquium/Archive 2

Start your discussion here not working
I'm trying to start a new Colloquium discussion, and I am logged in. When I follow the "Start your discussion here" link, the edit page comes up but with the message "You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: This page has been locked to prevent editing." Am I misunderstanding something about using the Colloquium to discuss something? FWIW, I have tried with Safari and Firefox on Mac OS X. Thanks. --Chungw 22:57, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

 * It was set to "autoconfirmed", unprotected now. --SB_Johnny talk 11:21, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

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Insult by User:KYPark
For me, what a comedy it is if you blocked me simply because I called you intimately by your real name instead of your funny, awkward, tongue-twisting, mechanistic anonym, say, Daanschr (sorry). This insult has been made by User:KYPark today towards my person. I thought it would be wise to read Civility, because it is the first time here on Wikiversity that i want something to be done about incivility. User:KYPark is crossing a line, to my view. According to the rules on Civility, i have to walk away. The only action, except for myself reverting his edit, is to discuss the issue on the talk page. So, that is why i make my comment here.

I can remember having had a pretty bad discussion with User:StuRat, in which we insulted each other a couple of times. But, that discussion, we discussed an issue of which we were both sensitive. And i had the idea we were both obsessed with the issue. Therefore, the rules on civility could easily apply. And later on we had some understanding for each other.

With User:KYPark it is different this time. I feel a certain contempt for myself and for civil discourse her on Wikiversity. Since i am not the person who likes to conduct into edit wars, i thought i would walk an official line and use the civility rules on Wikiversity.Daanschr 09:45, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

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Spanish 2/Chapter 13 (Cooking)

Kitchen items

 * aceite - cooking oil
 * azafrán - saffron
 * ajo - garlic
 * caldo - broth
 * camarón - shrimp
 * cebolla - onion
 * especia - spice
 * estufa - stove
 * fregadero - sink
 * fuego - fire, heat
 * harina - flour
 * horno - oven
 * mariscos - shellfish
 * masa - dough (for breads or cakes)
 * microondas - microwave
 * olla - pot
 * pedazo (de) - piece, slice of
 * queso - cheese
 * refrigerador - freezer
 * salsa - sauce, salsa, gravy (of meat)
 * salsa de soya - soy sauce
 * sartén - frying pan
 * vinagre - vinegar

Recipe instructions

 * añadir - to add
 * no añadas - don't add
 * batir - to beat
 * calentar - to heat
 * cucharada - tablespoon
 * freír - to fry
 * hervir - to boil
 * ingrediente - ingredient
 * mezclar - to mix
 * pelar - to peel
 * picar - to chop
 * probar - to taste, to try
 * receta - recipe

Note: Calentar has a stem-change of e to ie. Freír has stem-change of e to i. Hervir has stem-changes of e to ie and e to i.

Preparing food

 * al horno - baked
 * apagar - to turn off
 * caliente - hot
 * ¿Cómo se hace...? - How do you make...?
 * ¿Con qué se sirve? - What do you serve it with?
 * congelado(a) - frozen
 * dejar - to leave, to let
 * no dejes - don't leave, don't let
 * encender - to turn on, to light
 * enlatado(a) - canned
 * fresco(a) - fresh
 * frito(a) - fried
 * olvidarse de - to forget about/to
 * no te olvides - don't forget about/to
 * tirar - to spill, to throw away
 * no tires - don't spill, don't throw away

Other expressions

 * se puede - you can

Negative tú commands
To tell someone what not to do, use a negative command by dropping the -o of the present-tense yo form and add -es for -ar verbs and adding -as for -er and -ir verbs.

 * No hables. - Don't speak.
 * No comas. - Don't eat.
 * No escribas. - Don't write.

Irregular negative tú commands
Some verbs have irregular negative tú commands.

 * no des - Don't give.
 * no estés - Don't be.
 * no vayas - Don't go.
 * no seas - Don't be.

Etc.

 * paella - saffron rice dish with seafood, meat, and/or other ingredients (originated in Spain)
 * tortilla - flat roundbread made with flour or corn flour (originated in Mexico and Central America)
 * taco - folded tortilla stuffed with meat, cheese, beans, and/or other ingredients (originated in Mexico)

Cultural insight (Tortillas y tacos)
Tortillas have long been a staple food in Mexico and Central America. These flatbreads are made from either corn flour or wheat flour. In Mexico, tortillas can be made into tacos, which are tortillas folded and stuffed with chicken or beef, vegetables, cheese, and chile. Tortillas originated from the Aztecs who once ruled a vast empire covering the southern half of Mexico and a part of northern Guatemala until the Spanish invasion of Mexico in 1519. Corn is a plant that originated in the Americas and its name in Nahuatl (the Aztec language) is toconayao.

Today tortillas are very popular in the United States and are becoming more common in supermarkets as fresh or packaged. Tacos are also very popular worldwide and are seen as the international dish representing Mexico.

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Talk:Biconditional Operator

If the biconditional operator is equal to $$\neg(p \oplus q)$$, is it used for binary subtraction? Omniscient Prestidigitator 00:49, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. You might want to see this algorithm or others, if you google search "binary subtraction algorithm."  --AFriedman 05:46, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

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Leave a message; please sign ( ~ ) =Some notes to myself=

Logical Control Structures
Add the following:
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 * 4) For i = 1 to 100
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Also explain fundamentals of collections to facilitate For Each.

Be sure to explain Not and IsAlso

Also logical comparators ( =, <>, >, <, Is, Is Not, etc) Tigey 04:31, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Introduction
Uhh, I'm new to editing so I'm not sure how to do this exactly. But instead of listing "Introduction to Visual Studio", can't that be moved to perquisites? Again sorry, I'm new to this --RDasher (discuss • contribs) 18:14, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

 * Structure would be up to whomever wants to continue work on this learning project. The introduction to Visual Studio could be a subpage or it could be a separate learning project. I personally would just link to some Microsoft tutorials for the Visual Studio introduction. Let Microsoft teach the application and use Wikiversity to provide some type of VB.NET lessons. If you have a vision for how to improve Wikiversity, go for it. Be bold! -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 18:33, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

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Introduction

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User talk:Knotwork

Over the years I have spent huge amounts of time trying to use Wikipedia to penetrate stuff in mathematics and physics that sometimes almost seems so hard to penetrate that it can get tempting to start to doubt goodwill. "There is money in that stuff, could it be some are obfuscating it to make their profession seem more mysterious" kind of thinking.

Finally I have discovered Wikiversity, and found its introduction to Categories seemed very good. But how much did my vast numbers of hours reading huge numbers of Wikipedia pages around categories and category theory help make the Wikiversity material seem so easy to grasp?

Despite seeing such Wikiversity material as I have found so far to seem easy relative to Wikipedia, I have encountered some places where it surprised me to see an item of unexplained notation, unexplained, appear out of nowhere and remain mysterious. Unfortunately I cannot now recall precisely where, but I do recall an 'offending' item of notation looked like an up-side-down capital letter A. I have also seen, though I dont recally falling afoul of it in such "elementary' material as where i found the upsidedown A so surprising, what looks like an upsidedown V. The way they are used, they seem related.

I have just in this latest session of being awake, which has lasted maybe a couple of days or more by now (this kind of exciting discovery of interesting information keeps me awake ;)) material by Joy Christian relating to Bell's mysterious quantum correlations. The way Christian tells it, ad he sounds as if he knows of what he writes, Bell went wring right from the start by trying to treat a powerful geometric/topological entity far more simplistically than it deserved, in a way that an decent mathematician ought to have noticed decades ago and reacted to. In essence rotational geometry stuff implicit in the local data acts as the 'hidden variables', that are in a way maybe only seemingly hidden if one carelessly allows oneself to forget that one is dealing with rotational gemotry not with simple boolean scalars or scalars or even real vectors.

What I seem to get from those poaers of Christian's is that the whole mystification about entanglement involving action at a distance and creating spooky correlations is an illusion, maybe relating to the seemingly common tendency in particle physics of claiming that so called spin actually is not to do with actual rotation, that real world spin/rotation concepts merely offer some kind of vague analogy but do not apply. Contrary to such ideas, those papers of Christian's seem to assert that actually spin is to do with geometry of rotations in ordinary classical space. He even goes so far as to assert that experiments with macroscopic weighted balls can replicate the purportedly spooky correlations.

If he is correct, what the heck does that say about the whole quantum computing craze? Are qubit researchers just kind of playing around with small neural-network type things exploiting the fact that rotational geometry offers more degress of freedom than a standard-computing 'bit'?

What about the weird key schemes of quantum cryptography? I guess it ought to make sense that actual rotational-geometry objects might be able to compute and simulate problems in rotational geometry faster than ordinary bit-type digital computing but things like factoring huge keys, breaking standard crytography? Hmm? How would Christian's insights affect all that stuff?

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User:CarrieBerg/The Nine Healers of Avalon

There are nine of us. Few ever get it right. Usually only three of us are ever mentioned. And if the tales speak of nine, they leave out most of our names. Except for Morgan. She was always the famous one. But in order for you to understand what has happened, you will have to know who we are. And so, here are our names, from eldest to youngest:

First is Elaine. Then comes me, Anna, a few seconds before my twin, Morgause. Then comes Blasine. Next is Hermesent. Then the ever-famous Morgana. Finally the triplets: Nimue, Niniane and the youngest of us all, Viviane.

We are called the Nine Healers of Avalon, but that is not entirely true. Only Elaine is the healer. However, she is the eldest, and most people assume that sisters have similar powers. In our family that couldn't be farther from the truth. Yes, we all have powers over water, but none of us, not even the triplets, have exactly the same powers. I could almost pity our mother.

As I mentioned, Elaine is the healer. Her healing potions work wonders, and their properties are still lauded in tales. She seldom leaves Avalon to interact with the world. She prefers to ease pain and suffering for those who visit the isle. My twin takes after our other water Fae relatives. She is like the Washer Women of the Ford. When Morgause is near water and near someone about to die, the water turns to blood. Her gift is not an easy one. It is often misunderstood, and so she usually hides herself away from the world. She doesn't mind frequent visits from me, but then I'm her twin, and perhaps I understand her better than most.

Blasine's powers tend to be with water vapor, steam, and clouds. She lives high above the world, and watches the skies. She doesn't come down to visit the rest of us much. Hermesent has power over ice, and lives far in the frozen North. We rarely hear from her. Morgan might be the most powerful of us all. She has power over the vast ocean, and prefers to dwell beneath the wild waves. Nimue comes close to Morgan's powers, except that Nimue has power over fresh water, and dwells in particularly deep lakes. She is called the Lady of the Lake, after all. Niniane has mediocre abilities over water. Her main talents lie with songs, much like our siren cousins. No voice in all of Faerie is sweeter. And dear, young Viviane is a shapeshifter. How is that a power of water? The Fae body, much like a human's, is over half water. Need I say more?

As for me, well, let's just say that you don't need to know what my abilities are, at least, not yet...

Having powers over water means we all can easily stay in touch. A bowl of water is all that is needed to contact one and other. So when one of us went missing, we knew immediately that something was very wrong. And that was before we were summoned before the High Seelie Court. Why? Merlin had gone missing. And so had our youngest sister Viviane.

Now, the High Seelie Court doesn't often call for a full inquiry. But Merlin was a very powerful member, and his friends wanted justice for what they considered foul play. For some stupid reason they assumed that Viviane had bewitched him (rumors said she had been his last student or that she was the last person to be seen with him) and that we were helping to hide her! That was why we were all summoned. That – and because no one could remember how many of us there were. I believe nine was more than they expected.

It certainly didn't help matters that Nimue, Niniane and Viviane are identical triplets. Seeing two sisters that looked so much like the missing – or hidden – sister made a lot of the court edgy. But no one was willing to challenge Nimue, and Niniane is too well loved in her own right, so most chose to overlook their similar appearance.

Now, you might be wondering why we were called to the High Seelie Court at all. It is certainly a huge task to track us all down. (You might have noticed none of us live anywhere near the others.) Though all you would have to do is track down one of us to get in contact with the rest. But that still leaves the question of how even one of us was found. Not surprisingly, it was Morgan. You see, Oberon, the current King of the Seelie Court, is her son.

Now I know what you're thinking. If the King of the Seelie Court is her son, why were we called before the court? But Oberon couldn't afford to show his mother's family any favoritism. He was newly married, his wife was jealous for his affections, and the friends or Merlin were just too powerful to give token platitudes to. So with many apologies, and promises of favors later, he called all of us in.

Viviane's, and by extension our, trial was a huge spectacle. To some it was a joke. To others a matter of personal revenge. After all, we sisters are all powerful in our own right, and have made quite a few enemies along the way. To me, well, I always saw the full workings of the High Seelie Court as a magnificent game, equal measures exciting and dangerous. In this game, Niniane was the one to make the first move.

She spoke beautifully about our youngest sister. Listing Viviane's virtues, her gentle nature, her capacity for love, the way everything could not help but treat her kindly. The list went on and on. With words as her weapons, Niniane wooed the crowd. But her sweet voice was not enough to sway those with the hardest of hearts. Those who had called for this inquiry in the first place. They sat with icy eyes and refused the believe Viviane was innocent. At last, Niniane realized she was defeated. With sunken shoulders and delicate tears, she stepped down and yielded the floor.

Next to speak was Blasine. She was speaking on behalf of us sisters. She attempted to convince the court that we knew nothing about Viviane's disappearance. She had searched high and low from her castle in the clouds, but nothing was found. Blasine did not plead with the court. For all her airy nature, she listed her facts logically, concisely, and then stepped down, drifting back to her place among the rest of us.

And then came Morgan. She swept onto the floor with her usual extravagance, as unstoppable and graceful as the tide. She knows exactly how to set a scene, how to pose for the best effect, and most importantly, how to deliver a glare that will make your bones melt. She was using her famous glare now. Morgan's anger is like the sea: wild, dangerous, half-hidden and swirling. It will suck you down when you least expect it. Seeing her angry usually reminds people of something else they should be doing – something which is usually halfway around the world from where they currently are. And like the ocean waves, Morgan will wear you down over time. Much like she was doing now with her words. She delivered a scalding lecture on the duties of the High Seelie Court – reminding them that one of their main duties was to protect all of its members. Didn't it make more sense to hold the trial once they found Viviane and Merlin, and found out what had really gone on? She treated the court like a bunch of errant children. She didn't bother to hide her belief that she thought this whole affair was a childish ploy by some lesser members of the court to gain fame by condemning Viviane – who wasn't there and couldn't even defend herself!

For me, her words couldn't have been more perfect. They would set the foundation for what I was planning to do later. Abruptly, Morgan stopped talking and again glared at the crowd. She left, not by walking, but with a vast watery splash, simultaneously disappearing and spraying the callers of the inquiry with salt water. I smiled into my hands. Their silk would be forever ruined.

Most believe Morgan is scary when angry. And she is. No doubt about it. But Hermesent is far worse. Now her icy fury filled the room. Her eyes were like shards of glass, piercing and reflecting back the court's disdain. When she strode to the center of the room, a swirling hush descended, as if the High Seelie Court was too scared to breathe. Or perhaps the air hurt their lungs. The temperature had dropped with each step Hermesent took. For a few minutes she just stood, glaring at those who had dared called us here. She was not best pleased, and aside from Blasine, had had the farthest to travel to reach the Court. When she spoke it was cutting and to the point.

“This inquiry is a travesty. You did not call us here to listen to a word we say. You have already made up your minds. This is a waste of my time, and yours, calling in us sisters like this, and I will not abide it for another moment. I do not care about your Merlin. He is of no consequence, for I have not heard of him before.” There was a sharp intake of breath, but Hermesent did not care, and continued her harsh tirade, “I could care less about this court. Your laws do not rule me. Contact me when you have information about our missing sister. And don't you dare claim we have helped her! We sisters know nothing about where dear Viviane is! I traveled here to see if I could find out, but that was a mistake. I could have learned more from conversing with polar bears.”

And with those words, Hermesent left the floor and strode out of the room. We watched her go. Shock rippled through the court. For a few moments all were too frozen to act. The inquiry was half over, and things were not going as planned.

Not surprisingly, it was Elaine who stepped up to talk next. Her very presence soothed away some of the icy anger still lingering in the room. She has a soft voice, a healing voice, and it filled the corners of the room with words like silk covered iron.

“There seemed to be a mistake,” she said softly. “Surely our dear younger sister had not committed, what was the crime again? Ensnaring Merlin? She was so very sweet, so unlikely to cast spells to ensnare so much as a fly, much less a fully grown, and extraordinarily powerful, sorcerer.”

Oh, her words were spoken so soothingly, and the content so sarcastic, that they made several of the members of the court wince embarrassed. The claims did seem ludicrous when voiced that way. They had not expected that, not from sweet Elaine, but then, they were fools. Elaine had practically raised Viviane. An insult to Viviane was an insult to her. And Elaine would not forget this insult anytime soon.

Morgause was also required to speak, otherwise she would not have gone up at all. She wore a light veil of black, shielding her eyes, so that they would not scare the members of the court. Kind of her, but I thought it was unnecessary. This court deserved to be scared. The sea water still scattered from Morgan's departure turned an eerie blood red. I idly wondered who would be dying soon. I wondered who in the court was thinking those same thoughts. Morgause does not like having so many eyes upon her. She meant to keep her piece brief, but ended up speaking in riddles instead.

 Over, under, traveling round.  Searching for what can't be found.  Rock or cave, they are not there  Nor can be found anywhere.  Beware circles, long they run  From setting moon, to rising sun.  Those who seek, those who ride  Cannot find what wants to hide.

Her words rang strangely through the hall. I sensed a premonition. The court breathed a sigh of relief when Morgause stepped down. And then they promptly, foolishly, forgot her words.

Nimue was next. Clad in shimmering Samite, a vision of white-blue silk that rippled like clear water as she walked, Nimue looked every inch the Lady of the Lady. Like Morgan, when she spoke, she commanded attention. Her regal bearing made her look more like the Queen of the Court than the actual Seelie Queen – a fact the Queen did not take kindly to. Nimue, unlike most of us, took the high road. Like Niniane, she told tales of Viviane's childhood, how she was good and kind, slightly mischievous, but not cruel or wanton as the court seemed to believe. She told of how she searched for her sister in water, much as Blasine had done, but also came to no avail. She could not be found. And she was genuinely worried that something terrible had befallen, not just to Merlin, but to Viviane too. She left the court with that sense of worry, and left them feeling as if they had not quite lived up to Nimue's ideals of the High Seelie Court.

My sisters had all spoken. No one had noticed me for a while. Which was exactly how I liked it. And it was about this time that the court was trying to remember, had seven spoken, or had eight? Ah, now it was my turn. Time for me to make my move. So the court was unmoved by pleas, pity, scorn, shame and threats. So I would unleash my gift. It really is a shame I don't have the same presence my sisters have.

The Seelie Court was surprised when I stood to take the floor. I guess they thought we were done. Or perhaps it was my unassuming looks. I do not flash and sparkle like my sisters. I am not dark and mysterious. I am, by all accounts, average. But then, the world looks perfectly normal before a violent storm. The court would never know what hit them. I stepped into the center and took the floor.

“Personally,” I drawled, “I think most of the court was just jealous that our beautiful sister might have snared the most powerful man from the court. Some believe that our family has enough power already without having to go out and ensnare other powerful figures to our blood.” Shock, outrage, understanding, caution, all flashed quickly through the eyes of those in the room. Those who got the emotions under control fastest were the ones I would be targeting. They were the ones hiding something. So I waited till the commotion died down before my next attack.

Now, to be fair, my sisters didn't know what I was going to do. But in my own way, I am predictable. They had expected something like this. You see, my power is over storms. And I was about to cause one hell of an emotional one.

“You think you are so smart. So tough. So you call an inquiry accusing our sister of something NO ONE can prove. To save your pride and perhaps gain you points when Merlin comes back. Well fools, what if he never comes back? Did you even think that far? You have now alienated eight of the most powerful Fae, not to mention our friends and family. Did you ever stop to think what might happen when you called this inquiry? Do you have any idea what your sorry lives would be like without the blessings of the water Fae?”

Ah, I believe the dawning was starting to grow. I could see them thinking. Thinking back on Morgan and Hermesent. Thinking of Elaine and Nimue. Thinking of all our relatives. Quite a few members blanched. Ah, yes. Now to offer them a way out of their current problem...

“I see you understand now. That is good.” I raised my hand for silence. I could see that apologies were about to be offered. I didn't want those. Not yet. “And I have a solution. A way you can redeem yourselves in my family's eyes. Though I can't speak for everyone, but I am certain that this will go a long way towards making amends.”

“I propose you do exactly what Morgan suggested. What Hermesent came here for. I suggest you call the Wild Hunt together and go Hunting for Viviane and Merlin! Today!”

Ah, my trap had sprung. The court fell over themselves in their haste to ride out and find Merlin and Viviane. To gain back the favor of Morgan and Hermesent. They should have listened to Morgause. More fools they. By now my sisters definitely know something is up. But like me, they are patient. I will tell them later, after the court has gone hunting.

I watch the court leave, turning toward the main doors. As I watch, I catch a wink from a pair of cats by the court doors. They turn and quickly blend into the leaving crowd. I smile. Morgause raises an eyebrow. She's seen them too. But she doesn't know the truth just yet. No one does. At times I admit, I am entirely too much like my mischievous pooka relatives. But then, I couldn't have told my sister's the truth. It would have spoiled the inquiry if they had known. Fae cannot lie, but we are adept at bending the truth. If my sisters didn't know where Viviane was, then they could honestly say that they didn't know.

So I hadn't told the family yet. I knew that Merlin and Viviane had not vanished, but had eloped and decided to go on an extended honeymoon at an undisclosed location. I certainly wasn't going to tell on them and spoil their fun. Especially after I just sent the entire Fae Court to find them in what was to become the longest wild goose chase in the history of the world. I trusted that if they didn't want to be found, they wouldn't. After all, Merlin is a master shapeshifter too.

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This story came about after I asked myself several questions: What happens after Merlin dies? Does he die? And what about Viviane's family? How would they react? And for that matter, how would the court of Faerie react?

For those who aren't familiar with the Arthurian legends, you are in for a quick lesson. Now, there are several different "Arthurian Cycles" each giving different information...

The first mention of Morgan is as the chief of nine magical sisters who live on Avalon and heal Arthur. Morgan is the one sister who is consistently mentioned in all the tales. Her ancient name means "sea" and in some tales she has powers over the ocean. In fact, she is an ancient Celtic Goddess of the Sea. Not surprisingly, she is related to the sirens. And yes, there are some tales that say Oberon is her son.

There are many names for Morgan's sisters: Elaine, Morgause, Anna, Blasine, Hermesent. Sometimes Anna-Morgause is listed as one person, which I why I made them twins. Elaine is usually the eldest. Then Anna or Morgause is usually the second born. The most well know tradition has Morgan as the youngest of three sisters. But that is not always the case. Morgan is once the fifth born. In that tale, Blasine is the second born, and Hermesent is the fourth born. By making Anna and Morgause twins, I pushed back the Blasine to fourth, Hermesent to fifth and Morgan to sixth.

Then there's the Lady of the Lake. She also has many names: Nimue, Viviane, Elaine, Niniane, Nivian, Nyneve... I chose Nimue for the name of the Lady of the Lake, but I gave her identical sisters: Niniane and Viviane. It is not surprising, often the character of the Lady of the Lake was split into two different personalities: she who helps/heals, and she who traps/takes away. She is nearest to Morgan in powers. In fact, there are suspicions that they are from the same mythic background since they both have power over water and are from Avalon. Morgan does have a sister named Elaine... and so it wasn't hard for me to make the final three sisters variants of the Lady of the Lake.

In the Lancelot-Grail cycle, it is Viviane who traps Merlin forever, which I why I chose to have her run off with him, as apposed to Niniane or Nimue. I always liked the idea that Merlin "retired" from saving the world to be with a beautiful and powerful sorceress. I never really thought she would kill/trap him - to me it didn't make sense. Hence my happier ending.

As for the main character, well, Morgan has her stories, as does the Lady of the Lake, and even Morgause, but who knows about Anna? Her name is the most "normal" of all of them, and I suspect she is often overlooked.

Did anyone catch that Morgause's poem not only references the unsuccessful wild hunt in my version, but also Merlin's original imprisonment in the Arthurian tales? Merlin is either trapped in an invisible tower that is visible only to those inside it, under a rock, or in a cave.

Do I need to explain the Seelie Court? The Fae can be broken down into the "Seelie" and the "Unseelie." The Seelie are the "good" Fae - their very name means "blessed" and they are more apt to be helpful when humans run across them. Sure, they are still very deadly when crossed, but they won't kill humans on sight or for fun, like the Unseelie. Pooka - or pwca - are not members of either court. They are shapeshifting tricksters. And they are more Seelie than Unseelie, since they are willing to give humans advice and prefer to scare people rather than kill them.

Since Morgan is frequently known as Morgan le Fey, direct translation: Morgan the Fae, it only made sense to get the rest of Faerie involved. Or at least the Seelie Court where she holds some power. And by involving the court, wouldn't a court hold a trial about a missing person? And so the story came to be...


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Dodering does, as dodering did. Why dodering does these things we do will never get the answer we seek from Dodering. Dodering does what dodering intends to do. Dodering is selfish and does the things Dodering does for own personel gain and nothing more. Nobody will find a more selfish, self-serving beast than Dodering. Dodering does what he needs and wants at Dodering's own pace. Nothing can speed nor slow, nor distract or coerce Dodering.

In class writing assignment The Coldest I have been

From when I was deployed to Germany in the winter of 05 for the Army reserve as a Food Inspector Air so cold, it was like a veil of steam from a warm bathroom. Thick with frozen air it creates a frozen blanket around you. Not wanting to move quickly, because you will feel the biting cold quicker even though you are vocered from head to toe in several layers in the current military cold protection. you would love to move quicker, but the intense cold has straightened your arms to the side to preserve heat and while your joints feel frozen to the point of creaking loudly (internally) like a rusty hing on a vary old wooden door.

Ice corms on your eyebrows and lashes in front of your vary own eyes. Time is measured in how long it took for you to feel cold and the time-line where your body was frozen up until you reached your destination. Time, while your frozen, stops, seconds become minutes, minutes become hours, hours turn into an eternity. Cold air and wind to the point where you dont chatter your teeth anymore, where all you can do is continue moving forward so you don't become too stiff to do anything, to freeze in place. To the point where a warm gust of air from an open door or warm air from an open door of a passing car feels like it scalds you. My fingers felt like curved talons of pure ice, my legs, two semi-funcional pieces of wood. My arms, two bent pieces of cold stone. My neck is unable to swivel and my face, a constant scowled look of agony. Daily, I had to walk my rounds for work in these conditions. I had to walk to the school, from there, to the store and the food court at last. I was a food inspector and we did not have our vehicle during the day.

Memorization:A Clockwork Orange – Ch. 5, part two When I woke up I could slooshy music coming out of the wall, real gromky, and it was that, that had dragged me out of my bit of like sleep. It was a symphony that I knew real horrorshow but had not slooshied for many a year, namely the Symphony Number Three of the Danish veck Otto Skadelig, a very gromky and violent piece, especially in the first movement, which was what was playing now. I slooshied for two seconds in like interest and joy, but then it all came over me, the start of the pain and the sickness and I began to groan deep down in my ,keeshkas. And then there I was, me who had loved music so much, crawling off the bed and going oh oh oh to myself, and then bang bang banging on the wall till my knuckles were all red red krovvy and torn skin, creeching and creeching, but the music did not stop. Then I thought I had to get away from it, so I lurched out of the malenky bedroom and ittied skorry to the front door of the flat, but this had been locked from the outside and could not get out. And all the time the music got more and more gromky, like it was all a deliberate torture, O my brothers. So I stuck my little fingers real deep in my ookos, but the trombones and kettledrums blasted through gromky enough. So I creeched again for them to stop and went hammer hammer hammer on the wall, but it made not one malenky bit of difference. “Oh, what am I to do?” I boohooed to myself. “Oh, Bog in heaven help me.” I was like wandering all over the flat in pain and sickness, trying to shut out the music and like groaning deep out of my guts, and then on top of the pile of books and papers and all that call that was on the table in the living-room I viddied what I had to do and what I had wanted to do until those old men in the Public Biblio and then Dim and Billyboy disguised as rozzes stopped me, and that was to do myself in, to snuff it, to blastg off for ever out of this wicked and cruel world. What I viddied was the slovo DEATH on the cover of a like pamphlet, even though it was DEATH TO THE GOVERNMENT. And like it was Fate there was another malenky booklet which had an open window on the cover, and it said: “Open the window to fresh air, fresh ideas, a new way of living.” And so I knew that was like telling me to finish it all off by jumpin out. One moment of pain, perhaps, and then sleep for ever and ever and ever. The music was still pouring in all brass and rums and the violins miles up through the wall. The window in the room where I had laid down was open. I ittied to it and viddied a fair drop to the autos and buses and walking chellovecks below. I creeched out to the world: “Goodbye, goodbye, may Bog forgive you for a ruined life.” Then I got on to the sill, the music blasting away to my left, and I shut my glazzies and felt the cold wind on my litso, then I jumped.

Wk 7 sculpture park writing assignment: I chose the "Schubert Sonata" by Mark di Suvero Schubert Sonata SAM Sculpture Park Aaron Wilson The Schubert Sonata was put up as a reminder and a tribute to the great sea serpent and the men who battled it out at Sea near the Juan De Fuca so many years ago. The exact date is not known, the large Jawbone of this un-named sea serpent was discovered at a small Native American settlement when white settlers, who came after the Luis & Clark expedition, were searching for new land to raise their families under the flag of manifest Destiny. Immediately settlers expected it to be a fake, for such a creature could not exist in this Christian world. But only a few men and women truly know what lies in the depths of the Oceans or what creatures exist miles beneath the surface or in the deep, dark, catacombs of tunnel networks under the Olympic Mountains. The jawbone belonged to a large sea creature closely related to a large fish family (a genetic offshoot from the prehistoric era). It resembled a Large mouth sea bass, with large oval shaped eyes on top of the skull, rough carapace like scales, bony dorsal fins with sharp spines, a horizontal tail or “flipper” like that of a whale. The male of the species are larger than the female counterpart. Weighing from 400lbs (young adults) to nearly 1200lbs (full grown males). Sadly, these creatures don’t exist anymore. Local Native American legend states that the creature died out from lack of food, due to its large size. A creature of that magnitude would have to eat half its weight to survive. According to the creator of the sculpture, the sculpture is a recast of the jawbone, located at an undisclosed curio/local museum. The jawbone was purchased from the central summer whaling village of the Tlingit tribe from Alaska. The oral history of the jawbone is back many years ago, the Tlingit tribe came down the coast of Alaska for the summer fishing season for Tuna, Seal and Salmon. These creatures existed at the time and usually left the fishing vessels alone, preferring the deeper waters for larger prey. This peaceful coexistence went on for many years. Eventually the tribe noticed the decline of the large sea creatures. Finding their emaciated corpses washed ashore or their half eaten bodies coming up in their fishing lines. After the drop in the creatures’ numbers, the male bulls started acting vary aggressively. Most were hunted down to protect the fishing parties from attack. One lone bull in the area remained. Attacking the fishing parties almost weekly. Usually in the most unexpected times. The women and children mourned for many days. They cried to the god’s for revenge against this foul beast who brought such agony and despair to them. Word went out to all the allied tribes along the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California to help slay the sea monster because the tribe could not go out to sea to migrate north for the winter. The monster watched them constantly and would attack any vessel leaving the shallow waters of the coast. Several small groups of warriors and hunters comprised of the most elite of the coastal tribes came to the aid of the Tlingit. They devised a way to lure the sea monster into the bay trolling behind them a freshly killed whale. When the monster’s attention was on the whale, canoes would flank the rear on both sides of the beast and attack with harpoons. So the canoes wouldn’t go under with the beast when it would dive to protect itself. They fashioned buoys with air to keep it afloat. Once the beast was tired from trying to flee. The warriors would swim to the beast and stab him in his gills and un-protected underbelly with spears. At dawn the next day hunters set out to find fresh whale. They set on foot with their canoes and spears down the coast so the monster would not follow them or try and kill them once they got out into the deeper water of the bay. Once they know they were out of the beast’s reach, they set in search for the bait for the monster. They caught a young humpback calf that strayed from its mother and set back for the village. They stayed close to the coast until it was time for the plan to unfold. As the rounded the bend that connected to the bay of the village, they spotted something thrashing in the water. The monster had spotted them and was on its way towards them. The canoe full hunters did not have time to react; the monster plowed into their canoe and sunk it while it killed freely. A hunter named Ninook survived the assault. He was a local hunter at the village who volunteered for the hunt. Once his head rose out of the water, he saw the monster killing at will. Rage drove Ninook onward; he used his lifelong friends and family agony flow into him. He spotted a harpoon floating in the water; he shot for it and raced towards the monster. He let out a war cry and drove the spear into the monster’s eye. The sea monster let out an unearthly howl and breached out of the water trying to fling Ninook or crush and drown him. Ninook was too quick and shifted his body in time for the impact. He held onto the spear for dear life while he climbed back onto the beast. He pulled the spear free and drove it into the monster’s exposed gill and the beast suffocated on its own blood and seawater. The villagers rushed out to the bay just in time to see the beast attack the hunting canoe with whale calf in tow. The women, elderly and children wailed and covered their faces while the assault went on. When they heard its wail of agony, they looked up to see Ninook jabbing the spear into its final resting place inside the monsters gills. They raced into the bay to save whoever was left from the monsters attack and Ninook. Half of the hunting party along with Ninook survived the attack. After Ninook recovered, the village made a feast to mourn those who were lost and praise the man who killed the monster and raise him as their new chief. Ninook fashioned a necklace out of the sea monsters teeth and was said to hold the monsters strength and ferocity. Ninook than kept the jaw for a hunting trophy to stay at the summer fishing village to remind the entire event that had took place and to honor those who helped in brotherhood and those who had perished. The creator of the sculpture wanted to pay homage to the Tlingit tribe and to encourage people to hold onto and save local and oral history of the Native Americans. “So much is lost day to day it’s frightening! So I wanted to encourage everyone, to do what they can to preserve this rich and beautiful culture” He said at its unveiling.

Ekphrastic: I did an illustration of Alex from Clockwork Orange(the movie), enjoying a drink to get the night started for a little ultra violence.

Response: Olivers poem using the o vowel only. Hey Oliver, its Aaron commenting on your choice for your poem. It flows vary well from one section to the next, or is it a hiaku? Anyways, Its great that you worked it through the word and sentence labarynth. one might pursue a little side hobbie like this! Anyways, see you later!

Self Assesment: What did I learn in class and what do I have left to learn? -I learned to explore and look into different kinds of books. I honestly never gave much thought to stuff like “My Jim” or “Are Prisons Obsolete”. But since I’ve read them now, I think I have more appreciation for books like that. I’ve also never really been one for poetry, but now that I’m a lot more mature than I was when I first started the school, I think I have a better appreciation for different outlets for art and writing. I used to love to write earlier on, but I kind of lost it. I think this class has re-ignited my hobbies for writing. –As far as what I have left to learn, a whole lot, I don’t think there will be a time for me when I feel that I have nothing left to learn. What did I do well in this class and what could I have done better? I think I did pretty well when it came to anything regarding writing. I think when it comes to writing, my imagination can flow freely and I can write my thoughts down a whole lot better when I am in that one moment of creative bliss, than you keep on going on again until you can find it again. –As for what I could have done better, lots of things. I could’ve got onto my assignments right away instead of waiting three or four days until it’s due. I should’ve taken more time to write maybe, come up with something creative and unique. How do I feel prepared, or unprepared, to continue my studies at this point? I feel a lot more confident about myself now, especially with my creative side. Whether it is writing, coming up with a concept sketch, or just doing some type random drawing or animation. –At some points I feel really un-prepared for what’s coming on the horizon. I feel sometimes that I’ve wasted my money on school because I’d felt like I was cheated because I didn’t get the full potential of the class or I felt like I didn’t fully grasp the concept of what was being taught. But, I can fix that as long as I can get the hang of what I am learning and really be proactive and asking for help and not being shy and keeping quiet. How did I contribute to the experiences of other students in this class? I honestly am not sure. I think that some people are afraid of giving an honest critique. So, without really receiving one from maybe one or two people, I don’t feel like I really contributed unless someone pointed it out. My whole outlook on the class so far. I felt that I could really look forward to this class and actually enjoy and learn some new things and actually be interested in it. I’ve had too many classes where I felt like I would literally have to drag myself to class to get there on time, way too often in the last couple of quarters or this one. I usually take my classes very seriously. But to keep on the subject, I really liked the free thought instead of sticking to a regimented structure. That everything was worth debating on, i.e., assignments or if I can change a few things about the assignment and do something I am really interested in.

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Portal:Luganda

 East African Language Division Welcome to the Luganda Language Division of the Schools of Language and Literature and Linguistics.

In this language division the focus is on the East African language of Luganda (from East African Nation of Uganda). Ultimately resources on the language will be posted here.

 Courses and Projects
 * Luganda I
 * Introduction to the language, pronunciation, basic grammar and vocabulary.

 Task List

Resources There are some Luganda resources already available:

Dictionary
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Francine Palmer-BenjaminMy Porject is titled How To Make Mozzarella Cheese: The way I plan to acheive this is by both during the necessary research via the library and to speak with the the manager of DeLAURENTI,Which is where I always buy my Fresh Mozzarella,regarding coming in and work with his staff to show me how this chesse making process is achieved.

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This is a test page, My first page

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Plant identification/Trifolium repens

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Visual Basic .NET/Logic Control Structures

While Visual Basic is far from the point where one could create an effective AI that can make rational independent decisions, it does have a number of logic control structures that allow it to choose what to do, and how many times. In this lesson, we will take a look at these structures and how they are used.

Introduction
Logic control structures allow the execution to jump some code, execute some code a certain number of times, or operate on collections of objects or data. Without this ability software would be pretty useless since it would still take a lot of time to write the code, but then the user would have to make all of the decisions, sometimes hundreds or thousands of times. No one would use it.

Before we start talking about these structures, however, lets take a look at collections as they play a part in this lesson.

Collections
A collection is a structure that allows objects of a specified type be grouped so that they can have code run against them much more easily. Let us take for instance the Controls collection in the Form class. If you take a look at the previous lessons project, type inside a Sub block the following: After typing the last period intellisense pops up a list of the applicable properties and methods that can be run against that collection. To access a single object in that collection, you can use one of several methods. You can use the items index, that is the number that describes it's position in the collection; this is usually indicative of the order in which the items where added to the collection. You can also use the key; this depends on the collection and the items that make it up. The key is a unique value in the objects that are stored in the collection. Sometimes the key is the name of the object, sometimes (rarely) it is the caption or text of the object, sometimes it is an arbitrary ID number. The last method we will go over in a few minutes. For now, just know that typically, a collection contains a single type of object (or datatype) and has built-in methods for working with those types.

If...Then
This is probably the simplest logic control structure. It tests one or more expressions and if they are true, then it executes the code within the structure. Let's take a look. The above code tests a single condition (Is the Form Named "Hello_World"?). If it is, then set the Form Text (the titlebar) to say "Hello World". If not, don't do anything, skip to after the End If and continue execution. This same statement can be written "inline" lik so. Since the above line has the condition and code to execute on the same line, there is no need for an End If. If you have multiple items to test and a simple line of code to execute, it makes it worthwhile to do inline. It is much easier to line them all up thatn to wander in and out of If blocks. But what if you want to execute some other code if the statement is false?

If...Else...Then
This block allows you to test an expression, and if true, then it will execute some code, but if untrue (whatever the other value of MyForm.Name) then execute this second set of code. This is useful if you afdfgdfre looking for only a single value or result from something, and everything else is evaluated otherwise.

If...ElseIf...Then
The above is likely self explanatory. You test one expression, if that is true, fine, execute some code. If false, test another expression, if true fine, if not move on. ElseIf can be used any number of times. It can also be used with regular Else. In cases like that, if all If(s) and ElseIf(s) are evaluated False, then the code in Else will be executed, otherwise execution of the statement in the If/ElseIf block will execute.

Select Case
You can use ElseIf to evaluate a single property amongst many different possible values, but it is kind of ugly and takes up a lot of space, not to mention repetitious. Enter Select Case. Select Case allows evaluation of a single item and checks the value against many possibilities. Start with the Select Case keywords, then the property you wish to evaluate. Then followup with case statements and every value that is of interest. Under each case statement, put the code that you want executed. If there are any other possible values of the property or function, and you want something to happen in that case, the Case Else can take care of that eventuality.

For X
So what if you want to execute some code a specific number of times? There are a few times when this happens. Say we have a sort of calculator that computes the maximum number that an X-digit binary number can be. Well we might have something like so. I realize this is a bit sudden, but this will let me explain some things, and it will give a good example of how you could use a couple of these structures. First, we have two variable declarations: In case you want to know, CSByte is a function that converts or coerces a value from one type to another. In this case it is trying to convert the text in the textbox into an SByte value. The other variable will handle the computed value. Next we have a Select Case statement with a For loop Nested inside it. You can nest these structures inside one another to achieve some pretty amazing and sometimes convoluted logic. So evaluate the variable intMyInput. If the value is less than 96 then do the following. Start a loop that is executed a certain number of times (in this case it is equal to the intMyInput value). Mutiply the value times 2 then reassign it to the variable. Then loop around and do it again. If intmyinput is 96, then set txtMyText,Text to this value. Then stop execution. Otherwise popup an error message and let the user try again. End Select

The Exit Sub statement above allows you to stop execution if something occurs. In this case, the decimal variable could not hold that huge number, so I just assigned the number (as a string) to the textbox.Text property, and stoped execution early since the decMyValue variable was not populated with anything except 1. If I had not done this, the line at the bottom would have returned 0 to the Textbox.

For Each
Remember the bit about collections earlier? What if you wanted to inspect or alter everything in a collection (or both)? For Each... is the answer. For Each allows you to iterate through a collection from the first object to the last (in that order) doing or checking something in each object.

Lets say for instance that we have a form with a number of textbox controls. We want to check to see if any of them have anything in them. If one does, then do something like make their backgrounds green.

This can be very powerful if you wish to affect a large number of objects or a certain subset of objects out of a large set.

Do While/Do Until
These two structures are similar to For except instead of just iterating up to a certain number of times, it continues to loop until a certain event occurs or an item reaches a specific value. The big difference between the two is in when they execute/stop executing.

Do While Do While will execute as long as MyVal is greater than 100.

Do Until Do Until will execute as long as MyVal is less than 100. (given that Myval is contiually subtracted in this example, it will never be over 100 unless it starts there.)

Try..Catch
The last structure is not a looper or value checker. It catches exceptions. If you have some code that expects a value or some event to have happened, you have to assume that there is some chance that the value will be invalid somehow or that the event will be missed. Try...Catch executes some code, then if there is an error, executes something else.

For example, if we have a textbox that we are specifying a number value and we want that value multiplied several times. We only want it to go up to 128 so we use an SByte data type. But what if the value entered causes th multiplication to spit out a number higher than what the SByte can hold?

If you executed the folowing code, any value above 5 would cause the execution to halt and the program will crash.

However with this block, you can catch the exception, provide some helpful advice, and continue running.

Code Block Scope
One item of note: any variables that are dimensioned inside a code block like the ones above, will only be useable in that code block. As soon as execution exits the code block, the variable is removed, and the memory is freed. If you want the variable to be useable outside the block, dimension it before the start of the block.


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Portal:Social entrepreneurship/Case Studies/more/Heartbeat

Heartbeat is a non-governmental organisation that has etended its hand to nearly 5 000 orphaned and vulnerable children in various South African Communities. It involves the community in raising and supporting these children.

In 2006, Hartbeat had 105 full-time employees and 500 volunteers who extended this concept of community intervention from the first site in Carltonville, south-west of Johannesburg, to 16 further sites in seven of South Africa's provinces.

The organisation also helps orphans to access social services and schooling, ensures that they have access to medical care and provides regular food parcels. (SouthAfrica.info, 12 May 2009)

Sunette Pienaar, founder of Heartbeat won the award of Africa's "Social Entrepreneur 2006" from the Schwab Foundation.

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Portal:Social entrepreneurship/Case Studies/more/Ikamva Labantu

"Helen Lieberman and Sipho Puwani are the driving force behind Ikamva Labantu, which celebrates 45 years of existence this year. Working in partnership with the community, Ikamva Labantu (which means "The future of our nation") strives to improve the quality of life for South Africa's underprivileged communities by providing a holistic approach to capacity building, social development and other services. Today, its primary focus falls on four main areas of social development: health (focusing on primary health interventions); education and skills development; food security and enterprise development; access to land and buildings." (SouthAfrica.info, 12 May 2009)

Ikamva Labantu was one of the four South Africa finalists for the annual 'Social Entrepreneur Awards South Africa' in 2007.

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Portal:Social entrepreneurship/Case Studies/more/Ithemba Institute of Technology

Uzendt Peters, a teacher in a public school saw the looming gap between students finsihing school and skills-dependant job market. Peters wanted to make both parties come to the table, thus he decided to bring industry into the education sphere.

He took a run-down old school in Soweto and transformed it into the Ithemba Institute of Technology. Here, big businesses could play their part in enabling skills development in their field of speciality and expertise that they need.

The involvement of the big businesses ranges from lending a hand with the curriculum to providing the Institute with the equiment to train the students in the relevant industry production processes.

This project has brought competitors in the marketplace together to adress the proble of skills shortages in South Africa in a mutually beneficial way.

Uzendt Peters' own words … "The youth is the most important asset in this country. We need to invest in our youth, and that is what I hope my contribution can be." SouthAfrica.info, 12 May 2009)

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Portal:Social entrepreneurship/Case Studies/more/Johannesburg Housing Committee

The JHC organisation is giving downtown Jozi a face-lift by renovating occupied buildings as well as building new ones in the city centre. These buidlings offer inexpensive, safe and good quality lodging.

In 2007, JHC already owned 24 buildings, provinding homes to more than 8500 people. "Focusing on long-term maintenance and sustainability while working with the communities around the buildings and mobilising commercial funding for social housing, JHC delivers housing with sensitivity to social and economic realities." (SouthAfrica.info, 12 May 2009)

A few of JHC's many great successes;

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 * The first new build residential development in over thirty years in the inner city (Jeppe Oval 1997)
 * The first conversion from hotel to residential development (Landrost 2000)
 * The first new high rise residential development in over forty years in the inner city (Brickfields 2005)
 * The first solar heating application to a high rise residential building (Smitshof 2005)
 * The first tenant hardship assistance programme in South Africa, applied particularly to tenants who have lost a breadwinner through HIV/Aids (2003)
 * A combination of tenant committees and tenant volunteers who participate in the community development activities of JHC. *Over 800 tenants have participated in JHC training schemes.
 * The first inter-building soccer and netball leagues, resulting in over 400 young people participating in organized sporting activities
 * The first inner city neighbourhood residential improvement programme (Ekhaya Neighbourhood Programme, Pietersen Street, initiated September 2004)
 * The first loan by a commercial financial institution to a social housing institution, thereby breaking the proverbial red line banks had drawn around the inner city (Elangeni 2002)
 * The first structured finance package to a social housing project bringing in a combination of equity and debt (Brickfields 2005)
 * The first South African company to win the UN Habitat award (2006)
 * Taffy Adler, the Managing Director of JHC was one of the four finalists for the "Social Entrepreneur Awards South Africa 2007", by the Schwabb Foundation and Ernst & Young

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User talk:Ninaki

Hello Former Student!

I'm writing to you because you took a class from me in the past few years at the Art Institute. As of Spring, 2010, I'll not be teaching further classes at AIS for the foreseeable future. (We're parting ways on good terms!) Until now, you've been able to reach my Wikiversity educational resources from my website, but I've decided to delete that link. You can still reach all of those materials here.

If you're interested in what I'm up to in the future (which will include an album in 2010 and a novel in 2011) you can friend my facebook page or drop me an email at info@stevenarntson.info and you'll receive a periodic update about performances, classes, and publications.

If you know any current or former students of mine who might be interested in any of this, please forward this information if you have a moment.

I hope all is well for you.
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User talk:BoggessT

Hello Former Student!

I'm writing to you because you took a class from me in the past few years at the Art Institute. As of Spring, 2010, I'll not be teaching further classes at AIS for the foreseeable future. (We're parting ways on good terms!) Until now, you've been able to reach my Wikiversity educational resources from my website, but I've decided to delete that link. You can still reach all of those materials here.

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I enjoyed this. Right now, you've placed it in what's called a "Main Namespace" on Wikiversity, whereas it should probably be inside your user area, as a subpage or section. If you have any questions about how to do this, let me know! Stevenarntson 16:19, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Ryanklervick

Hello Former Student!

I'm writing to you because you took a class from me in the past few years at the Art Institute. As of Spring, 2010, I'll not be teaching further classes at AIS for the foreseeable future. (We're parting ways on good terms!) Until now, you've been able to reach my Wikiversity educational resources from my website, but I've decided to delete that link. You can still reach all of those materials here.

If you're interested in what I'm up to in the future (which will include an album in 2010 and a novel in 2011) you can friend my facebook page or drop me an email at info@stevenarntson.info and you'll receive a periodic update about performances, classes, and publications.

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I hope all is well for you.
 * Best! Stevenarntson

 * Ryan,
 * I like your analysis of Huck and Frost; I'd like to see it expanded slightly with the addition of some good representative quotes from each, so the reader can more clearly see the textual/thematic similarities.
 * Best, Stevenarntson 16:30, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, i thought it was also a bit short, i'm planning on adding some more soon. -Ryan L.

 * Ryan,

I thoroughly enjoyed your Ekphrastic Case #446321. What can I say, I'm a sucker for "fake" scientific papers and fictional reports. Mmm, geology and biology. I congratulate you on choosing a unique sculpture as well. I don't think anyone else chose the diamond (but I could be wrong.)

I really enjoyed the flow of the story, however, there are times when the wording get a little strange. Example: "I’ve sent samples of the material along with soil samples so that we can have hope of making light of this strange situation." If I was writing this, I would have put an "a" between "have" and "hope." Also with the line: "According to local authorities the night in question was foggy and limited visibility due to the fog aided in the lack of witnesses of the aforementioned event." This sentence doesn't read right. I get confused after the "and." I understand what you are trying to say, and would recommend making this into two sentences so that it reads better. Finally, is "Shape" meant to be capitalized? That throws me off. But, other than those few minor word hitches, the piece flows smoothly along. The ending is perfect. The best stories (in my opinion) never fully resolve the all their questions. That is to say, just like living in real life, stories never truly end. It leaves the reader wondering just what did happen... and then they imagine all the different possibilities. CarrieBerg 02:36, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Tuannguyen

Hello Former Student!

I'm writing to you because you took a class from me in the past few years at the Art Institute. As of Spring, 2010, I'll not be teaching further classes at AIS for the foreseeable future. (We're parting ways on good terms!) Until now, you've been able to reach my Wikiversity educational resources from my website, but I've decided to delete that link. You can still reach all of those materials here.

If you're interested in what I'm up to in the future (which will include an album in 2010 and a novel in 2011) you can friend my facebook page or drop me an email at info@stevenarntson.info and you'll receive a periodic update about performances, classes, and publications.

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I hope all is well for you.
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 * Good start with the compare/contrast. Keep in mind that my expectation is that it be about 600 words long; add some amplification and development to the ideas you've got here.
 * Stevenarntson 16:34, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

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