[1]: http://kpmartin.www62.a2hosting.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/syntax-summary-synthesis.pdf
[Here][1] is a PDF of the Syntax Synthesis worksheet I made based on Pete’s, but a little more spacious. :)
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Intermediate Greek – Class 4
[1]: http://www.kpmartin.com/wp-content/uploads/manual/IntermediateGreek-Class04.mp3
Just a quick post to get [this class audio up][1]. We finished up on articles. Eighteen wonderful ways to say “the”. OK, not exactly, but kinda. Our 1 Thessalonians work was a bit of a struggle. Our vocabulary isn’t there yet. Well, at least mine’s not.
I didn’t ace the test, but almost. And I did all the homework *I knew about*. Sigh. I’d lost a sheet. And I made one big mistake: I tried to complete all 18 article uses on my “synthesis” sheet. That was two weeks worth of work. I did it, but it was time consuming.
Life is good
[1]: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~korn/focus.jpg
[2]: http://kpmartin.www62.a2hosting.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/henry-in-tree.jpg
Four year old [Henry][2] is deeply, excitedly impressed with [the Coyote’s][1] various inventions. He wants to explain each one to me.
And each time the Coyote gets it, he winces and says “ouch!”
O! East Side Review, how ye vex me.
[1]: http://www.eastsidereviewnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=64&SubSectionID=130&ArticleID=718
[2]: http://www.intercognition.net/coord/storyDetail.asp?story=114&league=mplwdcl
[3]: http://www.intercognition.net/mplwdcl/publichome.asp#newsflash
[4]: http://www.news-council.org/
[5]: http://www.intercognition.net/coord/workspace.asp?league=mplwdcl
[z]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/07/26/it-seems-the-maplewood-city-council-attention-has-waned/
[y]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/08/22/maplewood-politics-the-press-and-the-tube/
[x]: http://www.kstptv5.com/article/stories/S17813.html?cat=1
[w]: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/15580363.htm
[v]: http://newscouncil.news-council.org/index.php?p=28
###Yet more about the Maplewood City Council###
I’ve been blissfully unaware of the local happenings concerning the whole silliness over there, but I did peruse the neighborhood paper today which carried a Katy Zillmer story – [Once a city grievance, now a federal lawsuit][1]. As I understand the story, primarily from East Side Review coverage – former Human Resources Director Sherrie Le became “former” August 11th, 2006. It appears from the outside that she and the majority of the City council didn’t see eye to eye. She filed a “hostile work environment complaint”. An investigation was done. A 60 page report resulted. And she was fired shortly after receiving the report, which said, in her words “that I am the problem.”
So now she’s filed a federal suit.
Sigh. Doesn’t this inspire confidence? Hope? Litigation. And all she wants is back pay and her job back. Yes, fighting to get her job in the “hostile work environment” back. Hmm. Just seems icky to me. Yes, icky.
###And more on the East Side Review
Sadly, the standard East Side Review criticisms again need to be applied:
– most data coming from only one side of the story
– poor research
In fact, I have to wonder if not merely poor research but outright deception was in Katy Zillmer’s mind with the following quote:
> Schwieger’s Web site, www.schwiegerlaw.com lists his areas of practice as criminal defense, drunk driving, juvenile delinquency, parenting issues, custody and family law, accidents and personal injury.
That’s how it’s written on the web and in print.
Here’s what’s actually on his website:
> General practice including but not limited to trial, appeals and negotiations of legal matters dealing in all areas of criminal law and drunk driving, custody and family law, accidents and personal injury, and **local government and politics**. (emphasis mine)
I wonder why, in an article where this lawyer is being noted in the context of local government and politics, that was left out? Zillmer didn’t exactly lie, but she sure didn’t tell the truth.
Waitaminit, Ken. That text could have been added this week! Yes. [But it wasn’t][2]. That’s independent verification from a website not necessarily very fond of the current Maplewood City Council majority.
Gosh, so that’s how research works.
And by the way… I rock.
Maplewood City Council member Erik Hjelle brought a complaint to the [Minnesota News Council][4] about the [KSTP TV story][x] I commented on [here][z] and [here][y] and had a brief exchange with the reporter about. [The complaint was upheld 6-4][3]. It seems my observations about unfairness and inaccuracy in the news story were not just me having wild conservative paranoias.
**UPDATE (9/22 9:30a):** The [Pioneer Press picks up an AP story on the MN News Council ruling][w]. Interesting: “Hjelle called KSTP after the story aired to complain but declined a request for an interview for a follow-up story. News Council members said he was mistaken to refuse.” I agree.
I hadn’t though about the Minnesota News Council… I think I’m passing today’s little oddity on to them.
I’M BACK, BABY!
**UPDATE (9/22 10pm):** [Here’s the report statement][v] directly from the Minnesota News Council.
Previously on the East Side Review and the Maplewood City Council:
[g]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/07/31/reporting-on-the-report-concerning-the-report/
[f]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/07/26/it-seems-the-maplewood-city-council-attention-has-waned/
[e]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/07/24/maplewoods-city-council-draws-more-attention/
[d]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/07/15/maplewood-mn-and-greg-copelands-background-check/
[c]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/06/20/more-maplewood-minnesota-fireworks/
[b]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/04/29/the-local-paper-is-at-it-again/
[a]: http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/04/20/a-tiny-peek-at-local-politics/
– [Reporting on the report concerning the report][g]
– [It seems the Maplewood City Council attention has waned][f]
– [Maplewood’s City Council draws more attention][e]
– [Maplewood, MN and Greg Copeland’s background check][d]
– [More Maplewood, Minnesota fireworks][c]
– [The local paper is at it again][b]
– [A tiny peek at local politics][a]
They’re gone.
All of them. They piled into the minivan for their various Wednesday night church activities. I offered my benedictions and walked into the house, letting out a cheer that made Helen and Kenny and Bunny the bunny all jump.
The whole house to myself.
The plan is to finish my Greek study. That’s always been the habit on Wednesday nights, though it was usually at a coffee shop after I’d dropped off the kids. But now *they* all left and *I* got to stay.
So the coffee’s brewing. How can I study Greek if I don’t have my coffee? (Didn’t the schoolmaster say that in *The Wall*?)
PhpMyAdmin config error… AUGH!
Imagine a fresh install of MySQL, (entropy.ch) PHP, and phpMyAdmin which didn’t work. MySQL is running in Terminal just fine. PHP is cranking along nicely. But phpMyAdmin steadfastly refused to run:
> Probably reason of this is that you did not create configuration file. You might want to use setup script to create one.
>
> Error
> MySQL said:
>
> 1045 – Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’ (using password: NO)
Run the setup script. Nothing. /config world-writable? Yes. Try manually editing the /config/config.inc.php with various recommended basics. Still no love.
The missing step? **Move the config.inc.php out of the /config directory to the root level of phpMyAdmin!**
…sigh… I didn’t see that written anywhere. Why doesn’t the successful “setup script” tell me to do that? Not too mention that the setup script will report “New server added” when in fact config/config.inc.php only got created, not written to.
Life is returning to normal
I’m almost caught up on sleep. I still haven’t completely unpacked from Phoenix, but I’m close. My Greek work is progressing well. Work is an enjoyable challenge. Teaching Sunday School has gone well. The kids have retained most of their appendages.
But, the nicest thing this week was being reminded that thirteen years ago this week I got to get married to my Lovely Bride. Thirteen years. And she still hasn’t caught on that she’s too good for me.
Some new comments up. There’s an especially long thread on [The Lord’s Supper – Part 1](http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/03/15/71/). I have some stuff I want to post on the [Re-Envisioning Baptist Identity manifesto](http://www.kpmartin.com/2006/06/23/re-envisioning-baptist-identity/), too.
And other stuff. Argh. Not enough time. TTFN.
It really is.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.”
It’s a [grammatically valid sentence][1].
Intermediate Greek – Class 3
[1]: http://www.kpmartin.com/wp-content/uploads/manual/IntermediateGreek-Class03.mp3
[2]: http://www.kpmartin.com/wp-rss2.php?category_name=greek%20class
No, you didn’t miss anything; I’m not posting on class two. I was in Phoenix for a trade show and couldn’t arrange getting it recorded. But I’m back on track. I was a little despondent over the last few days knowing how little time my recent life has afforded my Greek studies, but I decided to buck up and just treat it as though I was starting fresh. And it felt fresh.
Pete had a really good recap of the previous week and we went through the first bit of homework. I think he’s pulling together a good curriculum. Tonight was part one of two parts concerning articles. The [MP3][1] is about 30 Megs. Sorry, not much to be done about that. It’s nearly two hours long. (Remember, you can subscribe to the Intermediate Greek class audio using iTunes. [Here’s the link.][2])
I am going to finish every scrap of homework for next week. There. I said it. In public. And I will ace the vocab test, too.
I have lived a thousand lifetimes…
…in the last two weeks. I hope to write about some of it. Craziness. Dizzying heights. Desperate lows. Monumental accomplishment. Implacable futility.
Anyway, I’m back. Hi.