129 Matching Annotations
  1. Apr 2022
    1. will bring the drug use, criminal activity and homelessindividuals we experience daily to within 6 feet of the Q4 unit, and within striking distance of Q3and Q2.

      This is possible but is supposition with no clear evidence.

  2. Jan 2022
    1. other tree species had a profound effect on the course of events in the new world beginning four centuries ago at one time the most sought-after and valuable tree in the world it's wood

      Most interesting video I've seen in a long time.

  3. Sep 2021
  4. Jun 2021
  5. May 2021
    1. rope on her i threw the rope on her neck and like i've done many times before i went to dally the rope around my saddle horn

      Making spreadsheets about cows is safer then roping cows.

  6. Mar 2021
  7. Feb 2021
    1. ver. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located

      aaa

    2. s of people moved hither and thither; strings of boys were carrying lanterns of every form and colour; whole families passed, every member of whom, young or old, small or big, was holding at the end of a thin bamboo the lighted image of a bird, an animal, or a flo

      test 4

    3. different images that it is absolutely necessary to know the mentality of a nation in order to master its language. In fact, a true translation will be the one that, though sometimes materi

      test 3

    4. gn which is read Tao, for instance, must be, according to the sentence, translated by any of the words: direction, rule, doctrine, religion, way, road, word, verb; all of them being the different forms of the same idea of direction, moral or physical.

      test 2

    5. ke the "History of the Three Kingdoms," or a selection of ghost-stories. These works that everybody, young or old, reads and reads again, have on the Chinese mind an influence

      test

    1. of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of

      test multipage annotation on epub

  8. Nov 2020
  9. Oct 2020
    1. I cannot entirely endorse this insistence on determinate vigor and full autonomy, for practical historiographic exigencies will not allow such endorsements to privilege subaltern consciousness. Against the possible charge that his approach is essentialist, Guha constructs a definition of the people (the place of that essence) that can be only an identity-in-differential.

      yes yes

    2. This project is also the asymetrical obliteration of the trace of that Other in its precarious Subjectivity. It is well known that Foucault locates epistemic violence, a complete overhaul of the episteme, in the redefi- nition of sanity at the end of the European eighteenth century. But what if that particular redefinition was only a part of the narrative of history in Europe as well as in the colonies? What if the two projects of epistemic overhaul worked as dislocated and unacknowledged parts ofa vast two-handed engine? Perhaps it is no more than to ask that the subtext of the palimpsestic narra— tive of imperialism be recognized as ‘subjugated knowledge,’ ‘a whole set of knowledges that have been disqualified as inadequate to their task or insuffi- ciently elaborated: naive knowledges, located low down on the hierarchy, beneath the required level of cognition or scientificity’ (Foucault 1980: 82).

      test

    1. ThisprojectisalsotheasymetricalobliterationofthetraceofthatOtherinitsprecariousSubjectivity.ItiswellknownthatFoucaultlocatesepistemicviolence,acompleteOverhauloftheepisteme,intheredefi-nitionofsanityattheendoftheEuropeaneighteenthcentury.ButwhatifthatparticularredennitionwasonlyapartofthenarrativeofhistoryinEuropeaswellasinthecolonies?Whatifthetwoprojectsofepistemicoverhaulworkedasdislocatedandunacknowledgedpartsofavasttwo-handedengine?Perhapsitisnomorethantoaskthatthesubtextofthepalimpsesticnarra—_tiveofimperialismberecognizedas‘subjugatedknowledge,’‘awholesetof'knowledgesthathavebeendisqualinedasinadequatetotheirtaskorinsufn-cientlyelaborated:naiveknowledges,locatedlowdownonthehierarchy,beneaththerequiredlevelofcognitionorscientincity‘(Foucault1980:82}.

      test original ocr

  10. Sep 2020
    1. in psychic self-isolation home

      that's the best kind of isolation!! psychic self isolation.

      (text to speech only is so accurate apparently, but still amazingly good).

  11. Aug 2020
  12. Sep 2017
    1. one wanted to play on the beach in case bits of a marine washed up. Then came some great weather and awesome surf and so people began to agree he had been swallowed by the sea and its creatures. Life got back to normal and that’s p

      test

    2. ve to work, to teach kids who really had a shitty life. Traffic was slow and itchy. Grumpy. Red lights and middle fingers flashed in your eye for 35 minutes and you were sure you saw the same pedestrians again and again: beating you. And you hated your car and you hated California. Then the traffic lightened up you saw a

      test

  13. localhost:8000 localhost:8000
  14. docdrop.org:8080 docdrop.org:8080
    1. est Virginia University's varsity squad, and looked the part. "My sister married you, not your parents."Tom scowled. "Doesn't matter. They could at least— Why did they even bother to show up at my wedding, if they were going to act like this?"

      test

    2. ir faces, sour. Their very expensive clothing was worn like suits of armor. They were holding the cups of punch in their hands by thumb and forefinger, as if determined to make as little contact with the surrounding festivities as possi

      test

  15. docdrop.org:8080 docdrop.org:8080
    1. Ed Piazza was scurrying toward him, frowning like Jupiter. For a half second, Mike thought the high-school principal was about to lecture him on the unseemly behavior of the coal miners in the parking lot. He choked down another laugh.

      abcde

  16. localhost:8000 localhost:8000
    1. ike used Jenny's car, still dug into the embankment, as a stepping stone to climb onto the embankment. When he planted his foot on the peculiar wall, it immediately gave way, showering more dirt on the car. He sprawled awkwardly, cursing under his breath, and dragged himself over the edge.

      test

    1. On the way home, walking, Jack reflected. He looked at his lovely, continuous and unbroken legs pounding along. He breathed deep into his unpunctured lungs and the air happily oxygenated all parts of his brain. A cat skittered out in front of him, then froze. Then it turned and looked up the road. Like a small loy

      test

    1. aw him. Her big sunglasses, floppy tied-up hair, swan neck, the way she carried her handbag low like Peter Hook’s bass. It was enchanting: a mix of flying over your own house in a plane and of remembering the exciting early unfamili

      test

    1. rinkly eyelid wrestling apart with a celery crunch and a flash of unwelcome light. Then flashes of age-pain. Too negative!!! Get beyond that instant.

      test

    1. ct the spread southward and westward of Mephitis; however, on this Pacific slope the humid belt is less humid and it is less continuous, we think, than on the Atlantic slope.

      test

  17. localhost:8000 localhost:8000
    1. en I was your age, that I didn't take full advantage of it." Nichols' wide grin changed to a gentle smile. "You're a classic, Mike. It's that old tale which always tugs at sentiment. The reckless and dashing black sheep of the family, leavin

      test

    1. No, sir,” replied Abel, taking it seriously. “I have learnt the healing art, as supplied by herbs and roots, and I know their value. Herbs will cure sometimes where the regular doctor fails. I have myself cured cases with them that the surgeons could not cure; cases that but for me, under God, might never have been cured in this world. I make no boast of it; any one else might do as much who had made herbs a study as I have.”

      test

  18. docdrop.org:8080 docdrop.org:8080
    1. Mike stopped. He crouched slightly, in a firing-range stance, bringing up the revolver. Some part of his mind noted the instant reflexes of the man he was going to k

      test

    2. Mike used Jenny's car, still dug into the embankment, as a stepping stone to climb onto the embankment. When he planted his foot on the peculiar wall, it immedi

      That's the kind of girl I want. One that doesn't care if you walk on her car.

  19. localhost:8000 localhost:8000
    1. Mike used Jenny's car, still dug into the embankment, as a stepping stone to climb onto the embankment. When he planted his foot on the peculiar wall, it immediately gave way, showering more dirt on the car. He sprawled awkwardly, cursing under his breath, and dragged himself over the edge.

      test

  20. localhost:8000 localhost:8000
  21. localhost:8000 localhost:8000
    1. he would like the man, and decided to probe the possibility."So, Doc. Did the judge give you a choice? Between the Army and the Marines, I mean."Nichols snorted. There was a twinkle in his eyes. "Not hardly! 'Marines for you, Nichols.' "Mike shook his head. "You poor bastard. He let me pick. Since I wasn't crazy, I took the Army. I wanted no part of Parris Island."Nichols grinned. "Well . . . You were probably just up for assault and battery, I imagine. One bra

      test abc de

    2. "I'm sorry about my parents, Mike." Tom gave the two people in question a look of resentment. "I'd hoped—" He broke off, sighing faintly. "I'm sorry, I really am. You spent a lot of money on all this."Mike Stearns followed his gaze. Tom Simpson's mother and father were standing near the far wall of the cafeteria, some fifty feet away. Their postures

      abcdefg

    3. Simpsons. They were still frowning at him, so he bestowed the glare on them."See?" he demanded. "My new in-laws don't seem to feel any 'romantic attraction.' Me—respectable? Ha!"Nichols' own gaze followed Mike's. "Well . . . 'Respectable' in an Appalachian sort o

      test

  22. localhost:8000 localhost:8000
    1. Cover art by Larry ElmoreInterior maps by Randy Asplund First printing, February 2000 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataFlint, Eric.

      test

    1. en from the living room, he could watch the family in the light of the dinner table and listen to their conversation – with everyone’s permission, in a way, and thus quite differently from before.

      test

    1. tympanic bullae, in the white-backed color phase by having some black hairs mixed with the white hairs of the back, and in the black-backed phase by having the two white stripes widely separated and on the sides of the animal instead of narrowly separated and

      test

    1. “Okay. I’ll burn it down. You have to tell me how though. I was never good at fires.” “I Googled it at the library. It’s surprisingly easy. And you are awesome, smart and will get good money out of this.” “I don’t want to talk anymore. Excep

      testtest

    1. Jack was not prepared for this question. He had been talking a lot about this place to people but they had all been either self-centered or polite enough to connect with him just in his capacity as a mouthpiece and not question his right to chip away at the world surface.

      test

  23. Sep 2016
    1. precision irrigation has the potential to increase global crop yields by at least 10% – and in some areas by up to 80% – while reducing water consumption by up to 50%

      Water is key

    2. Farmers that are slow to adopt technologies with high returns face the specter of seeing their yields remain flat while higher yields for neighbors adopting technologies drive commodity prices lower.

      Technology will force downward pressure on prices further punishing those who do not implement it.

    3. Soil experts estimate large tractors and combines reduce field yield by up to 13% due to soil compaction

      Smaller autonomous tractors will improve yields by reducing soil compaction.

    1. IS 210 MidtermProgramming Examination

      People try to pay you to do their homework. So get paid to learn something? Not a bad deal. Probably bad for the kids though. And I suppose society in general. Upwork seems to have taken to removing these kind of jobs lately. Unfortunate for me.

  24. Jun 2016
    1. he Rev. Patrick Bronte is a native of the County Down in Ireland. His father Hugh Bronte, was left an orphan at an early age. He came from the south to the north of the island, and settled in the parish of Ahaderg, near Loughbrickland. There was some family tradition that, humble as Hugh Bronte's circumstances were, he was the descendant of an ancient family. But about this neither he nor his descendants have cared to inquire. He made an early marriage, and reared and educated ten children on the proceeds of the few acres of land which he farmed. This large family were remarkable for great physical strength, and much personal beauty. Even in his old age, Mr. Bronte is a striking-looking man, above the common height, with a nobly-shaped head, and erect carriage. In his youth he must have been unusually handsome.

      A comment here.

    1. Even an inhabitant of the neighbouring county of Lancaster is struck by the peculiar force of character which the Yorkshiremen display. This makes them interesting as a race; while, at the same time, as individuals, the remarkable degree of self- sufficiency they possess gives them an air of independence rather apt to repel a stranger. I use this expression "self-sufficiency" in the largest sense. Conscious of the strong sagacity and the dogged power of will which seem almost the birthright of the natives of the West Riding, each man relies upon himself, and seeks no help at the hands of his neighbour. From rarely requiring the assistance of others, he comes to doubt the power of bestowing it: from the general success of his efforts, he grows to depend upon them, and to over-esteem his own energy and power. He belongs to that keen, yet short-sighted class, who consider suspicion of all whose honesty is not proved as a sign of wisdom. The practical qualities of a man are held in great respect; but the want of faith in strangers and untried modes of action, extends itself even to the manner in which the virtues are regarded; and if they produce no immediate and tangible result, they are rather put aside as unfit for this busy, striving world; especially if they are more of a passive than an active character. The affections are strong and their foundations lie deep: but they are not—such affections seldom are—wide-spreading; nor do they show themselves on the surface. Indeed, there is little

      Why?

    1. The Leeds and Skipton railway runs along a deep valley of the Aire; a slow and sluggish stream, compared to the neighbouring river of Wharfe. Keighley station is on this line of railway, about a quarter of a mile from the town of the same name. The number of inhabitants and the importance of Keighley have been very greatly increased during the last twenty years, owing to the rapidly extended market for worsted manufactures, a branch of industry that mainly employs the factory population of this part of Yorkshire, which has Bradford for its centre and metropolis.

      What is the author trying to convey?

  25. May 2016
    1. It formed a perfectly circular hemisphere about six miles in diameter, approximately half that deep at its center

      1/2 of six is 3. It was 3 miles deep? That would be quite a hole in the ground for a radius of only six miles. The sides would slope at a 45% angle on average. Assuming a perfect inverse cone.

    1. After a while, a sound broke the silence. A flapping, noise, as though of sheets unfurling in the silent night. Or perhaps of large wings beating.

      A dragon?

    1. rmed in his bed into a horrible vermin. He lay on his armour-like back, and if he lifted his head a little he could see his brown belly, slightly domed and divided by arches into stiff sections. The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. “What’s happened to me?” he thought. It wasn’t a dream. His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table – Samsa was a travelling salesman – and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame. It showed a lady fitted out with a fur

      test

    1. The Leeds and Skipton railway runs along a deep valley of the Aire; a slow and sluggish stream, compared to the neighbouring river of Wharfe. Keighley station is on this line of railway, about a quarter of a mile from the town of the same name. The number of inhabitants and the importance of Keighley have been very greatly increased during the last twenty years, owing to the rapidly extended market for worsted manufactures, a branch of industry that mainly employs the factory population of this part of Yorkshire, which has Bradford for its centre and metropolis. Keighley is in process of transformation from a populous, old- fashioned village, into a still more populous and flourishing town. It is evident to the stranger, that as the gable-ended houses, which obtrude themselves corner-wise on the widening street, fall vacant, they are pulled down to allow of greater space for traffic, and a more modern style of architecture. The quaint and narrow shop-windows of fifty years ago, are giving way to large panes and plate-glass. Nearly every dwelling seems devoted to some branch of commerce. In passing hastily through the town, one hardly perceives where the necessary lawyer and doctor can live, so little appearance is there of any dwellings of the professional middle-class, such as abound in our old cathedral towns. In fact, nothing can be more opposed than the state of society, the modes of thinking, the standards of reference on all points of morality, manners, and even politics and religion, in such a new manufacturing place as Keighley in the north, and any stately, sleepy, picturesque cathedral town in the south. Yet the aspect of Keighley promises well for future stateliness, if not picturesqueness. Grey stone abounds; and the rows of houses built of it have a kind of solid grandeur connected with their uniform and enduring lines. The frame-work of the doors, and the lintels of the windows, even in the smallest dwellings, are made of blocks of stone. There is no painted wood to require continual beautifying, or else present a shabby aspect; and the stone is kept scrupulously clean by the notable Yorkshire housewives. Such glimpses into the interior as a passer-by obtains, reveal a rough abundance of the means of living, and diligent and active habits in the women. But the voices of the people are hard, and their tones discordant, promising little of the musical taste that distinguishes the district, and which has already furnished a Carrodus to the musical world. The names over the shops (of which the one just given is a sample) seem strange even to an inhabitant of the neighbouring county, and have a peculiar smack and flavour of the place.

      test

    1. I ask pardon for these homely truths. However it be, the atrocious and necessary acts of vengeance of the petty Italian tyrants of the middle ages won over the hearts of their peoples to the brigands. The brigands were hated when they stole horses, corn, money, in a word everything that was necessary to support life; but, in their heart of hearts, the people were for them, and the village girls preferred to all the rest the boy who once in his life had been obliged andare alia macchia, that is to say to flee to the woods and take refuge among the brigands, in consequence of some over-rash action.

      Author asks pardon but is really doing so to excuse his continued offense in relating lurid and titalating tales.

    1. did him wrong," Anthony said, as he passed her on the narrow isle between the plastic tables in the addition and gave her a sympathetic scowl. "Couldn't you get your friend Tom to show up?" he said. "I mean, Frank said if I wanted to continue working here, I'd do this shift too.""I don't know where Tom is," Kyrie said, her voice sounding even more depressed than she felt.Anthony—tonight resplendent in a ruffled red shirt and his customary tight black pants and colorful vest—looked very aggrieved. "Only, I'm missing my bolero dance group practice." And, at the widening of her eyes that she couldn't control, "Oh, Lord. Why did you think I dressed this way?"

      test 55

    1. He turned off the car and waited till she was out and had opened the door before he dove out of the car after her. And stepped into a cozy kitchen—cozy and homey and like no place he'd ever been before.His father's condo had been huge. This entire house would probably fit in the kitchen. And the kitchen of that house had been white and chrome, imported Italian marble and mosaic floors. But it was the domain of Mrs. Lopez, their cook. Never the family kitchen. Never a place where the family gathered for meals.Of course no family could really gather in this kitchen either. Not unless they were all unusually close. It was barely big enough to contain both of them, a card table, two folding chairs, a refrigerator, stove, and a tiny counter with sink. Above the table, on the wall, hung a painting of an old-fashioned

      ok, how about this

    1. throom and the diner proper, she ran her options through her mind—she could tell him she felt ill. She felt ill enough after the mess in the parking lot and the more specific mess in the bathroom. And the last thing any greasy-spoon owner wanted was to have a sick employee—visibly sick—tending to tables. On the other hand, if she did that, she was goin

      test

    1. ging to the Orsini, and situated in the mountains in the direction of Valmontone, six leagues from Albano. The bargello of Rome, accompanied by one hundred and fifty of his sbirri, spent a night on the road; he was coming to fetch Bandini to take him to Rome, to the Tordinona prison; Bandini had appeale’d to Rome from the sentence which condemned him to death. But, as we have said, he was a native of la Petrella, a fortress belonging to the Colonna; Bandini’s wife appeared and publicly asked Fabrizio Colonna, who happened to be at la Petrella:

      test

    1. als.” The profound astonishment revealed in the young captain’s artless gaze amused the Prince: he decided, however, seeing such a display of innocence, that it would be as well to speak more plainly. “I see in you,” he went on, “that absolute bravery which has made the name of Branciforte famous throughout Italy. I hope that you will shew that loyalty towards my house which made your father so dear to me, and which I have sought to reward in you. The standing order among my troops is this: never tell the truth about anything that relates to me or to my men. If, at the moment when you are obliged to speak, you see no advantage in any particular falsehood, lie at random, and avoid as you would avoid a mortal sin ever uttering a word of the truth. You can understand that, taken in conjunction with other information, it may put peo

      test

    1. ecessary that you should see the manuscript, in order to calculate accurately the expense of publication; in that case I will send it immediately. I should like, however, previously, to have some idea of the probable cost; and if, from what I have said, you can make a rough calculation on the subject, I should be greatly obliged to you

      test