11/21/2023 0 Comments St. ignatius kairos retreat letters![]() ![]() Kairos retreats and the spiritual encounter that happens there is not just for the seniors soon to graduate and brave the world, but also deeply significant for us eternal students forever hopeful for Kairos moments in our lives. ![]() I realized while drafting it that my blog series this year is of a grand purpose, divinely guided and inspired –for each post and the A-ha’s I have gathered found its way to the pages of her letter. And so, I share with you what I expressed to Bella-for the timeless, universal message was not lost on me, an eternal student, now close to 3 decades older than she is today still questioning, seeking and wrestling with my own next steps. What is vision if not a product of our self-reflection, the result of spiritual guidance acknowledged, accepted, and acted upon with gratitude. I am sharing with you the letter that I wrote to Bella because I realized it is the perfect bridge between last month’s blog theme on “action”-and this month’s theme that I have chosen to be on “vision.” In life we are all called to act…yet the best action taken is one that is infused with great vision, a vision co-created as it is built on a strong foundation of faith. Don’t we all wish for opportune times to act? To know what “right” really looks and feels like so we can go for it! To understand where we are being called so that we can take a leap of faith. Perfect opportunity for us parents to say a bit of what we always wanted to say a chance for us to get their undivided attention. In being up for the task we also have an opportunity to pause, self-reflect and consider our own relationship with life. Bella said she only knew what time it was when it was time to EAT! For this I am forever grateful. Quite a feat to keep teenagers away from social media. Kairos, meaning a propitious moment for decision or action, offers promise that the answers will be found within, that we co-create experiences meant to expand us. It is at this spiritual retreat -away from technology, phones and various other demands and distractions- those students pause to take some personal inventory and reflect on their relationships with life, God, themselves and others.
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If you have any experience with it, let me know what you think in the comments section) To my surprise, a lot of the people in the audience knew the words to most of them already. They played seven songs (pretty good for a set inside a record store) and they were all off that record. The new album, Parallel Universe, came out earlier in the day. ![]() ![]() The feeling I got was that these folks really love Plain White T’s in a way someone who only knows “Hey There Delilah” never could. ![]() I listened while fans talked about how long they’ve been following the band, their favorite songs, interactions they’ve had. I got there an hour early and found a decent spot to take pictures off to the side while the middle was already pretty full between the rows of vinyl. The reality was was what I probably should have assumed-a bunch of dedicated fans who have been following the band since their humble beginnings in the Chicago suburbs. 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Could be all the Victoria’s secret shows where Taylor was a featured singer and the Angels walked the runway around her. Maybe brushing the shoulder of another model, brushing hand quickly through hair on the end of the runway, brushing an item of clothing as a flair. Walking down a runway, brushing past the model going the opposite direction. And Taylor might be just a teeny bit jealous of all the attention Karlie gets as a supermodel. I think this might be Taylor’s first relationship where she wasn’t the obvious more publically desired partner. Karlie has her own career, money, fans, and suitors. She is popular and successful even without the Taylor-brand’s influence. These last 3 lines might speak to Karlie having her own fan base. And during the fashion show the models flirt and blow kisses to seem more sexy and available to consumersĮverybody wonders what it would be like to love you I don’t like that anyone would die to feel your touch And anyone in their right mind would feel out of place next to a bunch of Victoria’s Secret Angels. In Miss Americana, Taylor disclosed she suffered from disordered eating during that time so the body dysmorphia would weigh on her. Taylor probably felt self-conscious about wearing lingerie–which we really hadn’t seen her bare so much skin up to that point. I don’t like anticipatin’ my face in a red flush And the wealthy and privileged example in the definition also comes into play in this song (we’ll get to that later). And it’s creepy that a birdcage was right on the first definition in Google, bc it’s so Taylor. And I think Taylor is showing us through her lyrics, that like the section title, the gold of Karlie, of their relationship was actually gilded. ![]() Wow, does the title of this VS Fashion Show section feel relevant to me. covered thinly with gold leaf or gold paint.Section 1 of that show (a section that Karlie Kloss walked) was called Gilded Angels. Think of the 2014 VS Fashion Show, where Taylor was in the pink. This song is telling the listener that Taylor almost settled for such an arrangement, but she didn’t quite jump in. And Taylor longed for more time and more stability. My underlines show how Karlie would go to Taylor than leave over and over. Walk past, quick brush I don't like slow motion.Clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in, Skies grew darker, currents swept you out again, This love is good, this love is bad, This love is alive back from the dead, These hands had to let it go free, And this love came back to me, Been losing grip, On sinking ships, our kiss, my cheek, I watched you leave, Your smile, my ghost, I fell to my knees, When you’re young you just run, But you come back to what you needĪll of these (cherry picked) lines convey how Karlie would be with Taylor, but only briefly. ![]() 'Cause I don't like a gold rush, gold rush I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch Everybody wants you Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you What must it be like to grow up that beautiful? With your hair falling into place like dominos I see me padding across your wooden floors With my Eagles t-shirt hanging from the doorĪt dinner parties I call you out on your contrarian shit And the coastal town we wandered 'round had nevеr seen a love as pure as it And then it fadеs into the gray of my day old tea 'Cause it won't, could never be Walk past, quick brush I don't like slow motion, double vision in rose blush I don't like that falling feels like flying till the bone crush Everybody wants you But I don't like a gold rush I don't like a gold rush, gold rush I don't like anticipating my face in a red flush I don't like that anyone would die to feel your touch Everybody wants you Everybody wonders what it would be like to love you ![]() Gleaming, twinkling Eyes like sinking Ships on waters So inviting I almost jump in 11/20/2023 0 Comments Lg slidepad h160 reviewReportedly, the ultra-portable device measures 19.4mm at its thickest point, weighs 1.23kg and is equipped with HDMI and USB 3.0 ports.īoth hybrid notebooks are based on a Windows 8 operating system. 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LIMBO is an adventure game developed by Playdead. 11/20/2023 0 Comments Toggle flip flop timing diagram![]() The monostable multivibrator now stays in this second timing state until the end of the RC time constant and automatically “resets” or returns itself back to its original (stable) state. The ouput remains in this second state until the end of the timing period, ( t 2 ) which is determined by the time constant of the timing capacitor, C T and the resistor, R T. This trigger pulse signal initiates a timing cycle which causes the output of the monostable to change state at the start of the timing cycle, ( t 1 ). ![]() Monostable multivibrators generate a single output pulse, either “HIGH” or “LOW”, when a suitable external trigger signal or start pulse T is applied. Monostable Multivibrators or “one-shot” pulse generators are generally used to convert short sharp pulses into much wider ones for timing applications. This simple type of RC Oscillator network is sometimes called a “Relaxation Oscillator”. These timing circuits are often used because of there simplicity and are also useful if a logic circuit once designed has some unused gates which can be utilised to create a monostable or astable oscillator. As NAND gates contain current amplification, they can also be used to provide a suitable clock signal or timing pulse with the aid of a single Capacitor and Resistor to provide the required feedback and timing functions. One way of producing a very simple clock signal (or pulse) is by the interconnection of digital logic gates. Bistable – A flip-flop that has TWO stable states producing a single pulse either HIGH or LOW in value.Monostable – A one-shot multivibrator that has only ONE stable state as once externally triggered it returns back to its first stable state.Astable – A free-running multivibrator that has NO stable states but switches continuously between two states this action produces a train of square wave pulses at a fixed known frequency.There are basically three types of clock pulse generation circuits: Combining two or more multivibrator circuit provides generation of a desired pattern of pulses (including pulse width, time between pulses and frequency of pulses). ![]() ( ƒ = 1/T )Ĭlock pulse generation circuits can be a combination of analogue and digital circuits that produce a continuous series of pulses (these are called Astable multivibrators) or a pulse of a specific duration (these are called Monostable multivibrators). Clock Frequency – the clock frequency is the reciprocal of the clock period, frequency = 1/clock period.Duty Cycle – this is the ratio of the clock width to the clock period.Clock Period – this is the time between successive transitions in the same direction, ie, between two rising or two falling edges.Clock Width – this is the time during which the value of the clock signal is equal to a logic “1”, or HIGH.Active LOW – if the state change occurs from a “HIGH” to a “LOW” on the clock’s pulses falling edge.Active HIGH – if the state change occurs from a “LOW” to a “HIGH” on the clock’s pulse rising edge or during the clock width.The following list are terms commonly associated with a timing pulse or waveform. Sequential circuits can also change their switching state using either the rising edge, falling edge, or both edges of the clock signal as we have seen previously with the basic flip-flop circuits. Sequential logic circuits which use a clock signal for synchronization are dependent upon the frequency and therefore the clock pulse width to activate their switching action. In other words, the duty cycle for an astable timing pulse is 1:1. Astable multivibrators generally have an even 50% duty cycle, that is that 50% of the cycle time the output is “HIGH” and the remaining 50% of the cycle time the output is “OFF”. Clock pulses are generally continuous square or rectangular shaped waveform which are produced by a single pulse generator circuit such as a Multivibrator.Ī multivibrator circuit oscillates between a “HIGH” state and a “LOW” state producing a continuous output. ![]() Individual Sequential Logic circuits can be used to build more complex circuits such as Multivibrators, Counters, Shift Registers, Latches and Memories.īut for these types of circuits to operate in a “sequential” way, they require the addition of some form of clock pulse or timing signal to cause them to change their state. 11/19/2023 0 Comments Action potential spike definition![]() If a constant stimulus is presented, a spike train will be generated however, the threshold of activation will increase over time. Neurons have a certain minimum activation threshold and they spike if the stimulus intensity is above the threshold. Computers decode digital sequences all the time!īut, there’s a catch with thinking of a spike train like a pure digital output. Now, this may give the impression that decoding a spike train would be a pretty simple affair. I said before that we could think of spike trains like a digital sequence of information. But decoding spike trains is a really complex problem. Here is a figure showing spike trains from thirty neurons over 4000 ms. One can ask what is the information encoded in these spike trains, or how is it decoded by neurons? Understanding spike train stimulus encoding comes in the field of study called neuronal coding – it’s a window into how neural responses embody the external world (for more see this introductory textbook). Therefore, Justin, to answer your question, yes, constant stimuli can generate spike trains, however, some types of neurons require only brief stimuli to produce long spike trains.įinally, I want to add that spike trains are of particular interest to neuroscientists. In the case of these neurons, greater stimulus intensities are more likely to generate longer spike trains. However, some neurons have special electrical properties, wherein they generate a sustained response to a very short stimulus. Spike trains often last as long as the stimulus is present. The duration and structure of a spike train generally depends upon the intensity and duration of the stimulus. Spike trains can be induced by physical sensory stimuli such as vision, touch, smell or sound or they can be generated by abstract stimuli such as cognitive stimulation by evoking memory. The first two 0s represent the latency time between the stimulus presentation and the first spike. For example, an encoded spike train structure could look like 001111101101. A popular way to think of spike trains is as a digital sequence of information: 1 for a spike, and 0 for no spike. Spikes are produced in response to stimuli or spontaneously, and each spike typically lasts for 1 millisecond.Ī spike train is simply a combinatorial sequence of spikes and silences. Every such firing signal is referred to as a spike, or an action potential. These signals are electrochemical in nature, and travel from the cell body of a neuron through its transport stalk or the axon, to the next neuron – similar to passing the baton in a relay race. ![]() Our brains have about a hundred billion neurons that fire signals to communicate with each other all the time. To understand spike trains, let us first take a look at spikes. In a nutshell, spike trains are the language in which the external world is encoded into our brains. |
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