{"id":912,"date":"2011-11-04T02:18:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T06:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=912"},"modified":"2012-11-22T23:44:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T04:44:20","slug":"7-quick-takes-11411-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2011\/11\/7-quick-takes-11411-2.html","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes (11\/4\/11)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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This will be a lightning-quick Quick Takes since I found myself unexpectedly travelling for work this week and am now both exhausted and in the tackiest city on earth. \u00a0(Well, maybe second tackiest after Dollywood<\/a>). \u00a0Once I\u2019m back on the East Coast, I\u2019m looking forward to responding to some of the comments on \u201cThe Matriarchy Trap<\/a>\u201d and \u201cHow do you pick a teacher?<\/a>\u201d \u00a0For now, a whirlwind tour of links.<\/p>\n

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The image above is a stained glass window depicting \u201cOur Lady of Rugby<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0In France, one group of Catholics has a special devotion to Mary because she has a special devotion to the sport of definitely-not-gentlemen. \u00a0Two more images from her chapel are here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I am busy and tired, but never too much so for statistics. \u00a0It turns out the Khan Academy charter schools are using some really interesting metrics to gauge student progress<\/a>. \u00a0They\u2019re using computer-based lessons and want to figure out how you know when a student is proficient. \u00a0Plenty of \u00a0Bayesian nerdery for me and some of you, for the rest, there\u2019s a layperson\u2019s outline.<\/p>\n

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I really appreciated Joe Carter\u2019s post castigating Congress<\/a> for passing a resolution reaffirming \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d as a national motto. \u00a0It\u2019s a lose-lose proposition. \u00a0It cuts atheists like me out of the national identity and it blurs out all the interesting (and demanding) parts of religious belief so it can pass as universally agreed upon.<\/p>\n

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Which means I also want to give credit where it\u2019s due to Justin Amash (R-MI), the only Republican to vote against the measure. \u00a0Amash explained:<\/p>\n

The fear that unless \u201cIn God We Trust\u201d is displayed throughout the government, Americans will somehow lose their faith in God, is a dim view of the profound religious convictions many citizens have. The faith that inspired many of the Founders of this country \u2014 the faith I practice \u2014 is stronger than that. Trying to score political points with unnecessary resolutions should not be Congress\u2019s priority. I voted no.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(h\/t Friendly Atheist<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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And that brings a close to the substantive portion of tonight\u2019s post. \u00a0Instead: a proposed building in Mexico that would extend\u00a065-stories underground<\/em><\/a>.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, finally, what appears to be the best job ever: an effects rigger for food commercials<\/a>. \u00a0Much more in the story, but here\u2019s one of my favorite set-ups:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recently did a shot where this doughnut was tumbling through the air and through a curtain of sugar,\u201d he said. As he spoke, he reached under a table and brought out a pair of matching, foot-and-a-half-long black catapults, powered by air cylinders, which he\u2019d originally built for a Long John Silver\u2019s commercial in which shrimp collided.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put the doughnut in here,\u201d he says, pointing to the end of one catapult. \u201cAnd I had it strike a paintbrush to get it tumbling. Then I connected it to a device that bumped a table and sent up the sugar right as the doughnut passed through.\u201d<\/p>\n

You could throw the doughnut by hand, he explained. But with a rig, as everyone in this industry calls these little Rube Goldbergs, you get the exact same results, over and over, which means fewer takes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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For more Quick Takes, visit Conversion Diary!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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