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	<title>Mile Wide... Inch Deep... &#187; Christianity</title>
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		<title>Applying Sentiment Analysis to the Bible « OpenBible.info Blog</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/10/19/applying-sentiment-analysis-to-the-bible-%c2%ab-openbible-info-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when you look at the language in the Bible, try to determine who&#8217;s happy and who&#8217;s not, then graph it all out? OpenBible.info has done just that and posted a nice, circular graphic showing the ebbs and flows of positive and negative vibes in the Bible. It&#8217;s a pretty vanilla linguistic analysis, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staffordshire Hoard is coming to America &#8211; Medievalists.net</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/08/13/staffordshire-hoard-is-coming-to-america-medievalists-net/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/08/13/staffordshire-hoard-is-coming-to-america-medievalists-net/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 20:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Staffordshire Hoard is coming to America &#8211; Medievalists.net. Wonderful news! Can&#8217;t wait to see the exhibition. Given the current collaborators, I&#8217;m sure it will be top notch. It has been a long time since I&#8217;ve seen a world-class medieval exhibition, the last one being &#8220;The Making of England&#8221; at the British Museum/Library some twenty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #5</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/08/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Completed Added layers (Quotations, Allusions, and Possible Allusions are all on separate layers, independently controllable (see below), as are the book arcs); Added panning (click-and-drag to move); Added keyboard event handler (to toggle visibility of layers (&#8220;q&#8221;/&#8221;a&#8221;/&#8221;p&#8221; for 3 link layers, &#8220;b&#8221; for book arcs, &#8220;c&#8221; to recenter view*, and &#8220;r&#8221; to reset view to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OTNT Graphic Development slideshow</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/06/otnt-graphic-development-slideshow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<title>OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #4</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/06/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Completed Added book names/labels (reversed orientation and set justification=&#8221;right&#8221; when angle &#60; 90 or &#62; 270) Added chapter ticks (first chapter + every 10th chapter) Added think black border around book arc Reduced thickness of link lines (from 2pt to 1pt) Added buffer between link line ends and book arcs (&#8220;var innerBuffer = 5&#8243;) Added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #3</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/04/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.balinsbooks.com/?p=834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Completed Added all the direct quotation links Fixed the link lines (now they point to the correct location (based on the chapter of the reference) on the arc, not the first point) Added some color (a little different than in my first post, but same groupings) to the links; Shrank the arc depth; Expanded the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #2</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/04/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Added some random links to test where I should set the &#8220;through&#8221; point &#8212; at 2r/3, 1r/3, 7r/8, or some other value (notice the grey circles in the graphic at those settings). Suggestions? &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>OT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #1</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/07/03/otnt-refs-development-log-entry-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m building a JavaScript-based graphic depicting references of Old Testament passages in the New Testament. I originally started with Circos (see earlier post: Old Testament/New Testament reference graphic), but didn&#8217;t like the lack of interactivity. Circos makes very pretty static graphics, but I&#8217;d like to be able to drill down and adjust the display based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paper.js &#8212; SVG with JavaScript</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/06/29/paper-js-svg-with-javascript/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/06/29/paper-js-svg-with-javascript/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Paper.js is an open source vector graphics scripting framework that runs on top of the HTML5 Canvas. It offers a clean Scene Graph / Document Object Model and a lot of powerful functionality to create and work with vector graphics and bezier curves, all neatly wrapped up in a well designed, consistent and clean programming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Testament/New Testament reference graphic</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/06/27/old-testamentnew-testament-reference-graphic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve struggled with a way to visually depict how often (and how) the New Testament writers used the Old Testament, whether explicitly (quotations) or implicitly (allusions). While trying to come up with something useful and visually appealing, I found two separate, yet very useful tools: New Testament References to Old Testament Scriptures (http://mb-soft.com/believe/txh/ntot.htm) &#8212; a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memory verse #1: Deut 7:9</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/03/19/memory-verse-1-deut-79/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2011/03/19/memory-verse-1-deut-79/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<title>Staffordshire Hoard: The Book</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/04/staffordshire-hoard-the-book/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2010/01/04/staffordshire-hoard-the-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just received my copy of the British Museum book on the Staffordshire Hoard. Although it&#8217;s a bit shorter than I&#8217;d like (but matches the page count listed on the BM site), it has some lovely pictures, a concise history, and an overall adequate summary of the find itself. Glad to support the work going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How will the Staffordshire Hoard impact our understanding of the Anglo-Saxons?</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/09/26/how-will-the-staffordshire-hoard-impact-our-understanding-of-the-anglo-saxons/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/09/26/how-will-the-staffordshire-hoard-impact-our-understanding-of-the-anglo-saxons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the buzz about the Staffordshire Hoard (see also the NYT article on the find), it&#8217;s no wonder that people are drooling at the potential for an exponential improvement in our understanding of the Anglo-Saxons. But were the Anglo-Saxons really a bunch of brutes because most people don&#8217;t recognize their artistic achievements? Does that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One nation, seven sins [Las Vegas Sun]</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/08/one-nation-seven-sins-las-vegas-sun/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/05/08/one-nation-seven-sins-las-vegas-sun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 23:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a fascinating portrait of how the 7 deadly sins have materialized in the US, take a look at One nation, seven sins &#8211; Las Vegas Sun. It maps, in impressive detail, how those infamous markers of decadence have struck our country, putting an objective measurement to those habitually non-quantitative metrics. An effective piece of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More goodies from FlowingData&#8230; The State of the World</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/03/04/more-goodies-from-flowingdata-the-state-of-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2009/03/04/more-goodies-from-flowingdata-the-state-of-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another fascinating piece from FlowingData: &#8220;Progress: A Graphical Report on the State of the World&#8221; [http://projects.flowingdata.com/state-of-the-world/index.html] shows, visually, massive amounts of data from the UN, all of which is freely available. Check out the rest of the FlowingData website (http://www.flowingdata.com/) for more treats!]]></description>
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		<title>Bibleworks 8 announced</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2008/11/21/bibleworks-8-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bibleworks 8 has been announced. Details are available at the Bibleworks website (http://www.bibleworks.com/). Looks like a few more databases (mostly non-English and non-original language), some cross-reference functionality, and the inclusion of previously for-fee Greek and Hebrew grammars. Need to look more closely to see if it&#8217;s worth the $150 upgrade from version 7.]]></description>
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		<title>BibleWorks 7: Excellent software</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2008/11/14/bibleworks-7-excellent-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking for a superb piece of Bible software, look at BibleWorks (http://www.bibleworks.com/). Pricey, sure, but you&#8217;ll never need another package. Tons of versions, aids, commentaries, etc. BAGD is available, as are Hebrew and Greek lexicons, instructional materials, maps, even sentence diagrams (in Greek!). Very cool! It&#8217;s all I use.]]></description>
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		<title>Where is the Biblical authority for preachers?</title>
		<link>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2008/11/14/where-is-the-biblical-authority-for-preachers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.balinsbooks.com/2008/11/14/where-is-the-biblical-authority-for-preachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, a friend asked me where the Bible authorized paid preachers. He is struggling with some history at his home church where they split because the preacher wouldn&#8217;t submit to the elders leadership (which is a separate problem). That whole event started him asking why we have preachers. Doesn&#8217;t having a preacher [...]]]></description>
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