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I can't remember who said it, but a basketball coach once told me that he wanted assistant coaches on his staff that wanted to be head coaches someday. It's a simple point, but an important one. It all goes back to drive and motivation and self-actualization, but in the end, everybody benefits.
You can also usually tell how successful a coach has been by the number of assistants who have become head coaches somewhere; guys who have theoretically developed under his leadership and become great leaders themselves. It also means you're hiring great coaches to begin with, but you get the idea.
At a press conference in Tennessee Tuesday, Will Wade will be introduced as head coach at Chattanooga, the third Smart assistant to become a Division I head coach. He joins Mike Jones (Radford) and Jamion Christian (Mount St. Mary's) on Smart's "coaching tree".
Jones and Christian each walked into rebuilding situations, as Wade will with the Mocs, and each has earned a measure of success in a short time. Mike Jones, about as good a guy as there is in coaching, took over a one-win debacle and has won six and 13 games, respectively, the during his two seasons. In the two years prior to Christian's arrival in Emmitsburg, Md., The Mount won 19 games. Last year, his first at the helm, it won 18 and reached the NEC Championship Game.
I have no doubt that Wade will enjoy similar success. He's about as good a basketball mind as I've met. A terrific recruiter, the guy literally lives to coach basketball. He'll do fine. Wade will be missed, however. Even at 30, he's probably forgotten more about hoops than I'll know. I enjoyed the conversations I had with him following VCU's Final Four run when we were putting together a commemorative Ram Report. He gave me great stuff, especially about the Rams' unforgettable overtime win over Florida State. From the magazine:
I thought the most improbable of the wins was Florida State. I had the scout going into that game, and Coach Smart looked at me and said, 'what are we going to do to beat them?' I said, 'it's going to be tough.'
Florida State's fourth, fifth and sixth post players would start on any team in our league. That's no exaggeration. Their fifth and sixth post players would've started at center for us. I just thought their depth and the bodies, that was the one team that physically [was a problem]. It didn't do me any better when I went and watched them during shootaround.
I thought Florida State was the toughest matchup. They're so long, so big. They're huge at every position, they have a 27-year-old guy in the post against D.J. [Haley]. The way they fly at the 3-point line I thought was going to give us problems. Our guys did a good job of making the extra pass. I thought it was a poor matchup for us.
— Will Wade (April, 2011)
I appreciated his candor. It really helped make the magazine memorable. I wish Will the best of luck. Like Mike Jones and Jamion Christian, he's a terrific guy, easy to root for.
Moving forward, Smart will undoubtedly fill his staff with men he thinks will make great head coaches one day, and VCU will benefit, at the very least, in the short term. And everybody wins. The beat goes on…
P.S.: We will miss this suit combo most of all. Thanks to thegalen for the screen cap.


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Coat the I-Beam with Parylene
Consider coating the relic with one of the three parylenes. The stuff might be only a few microns thick, but it resists attack by heat, chemicals and abrasion.
Q. Let me suggest another alternative to your suggestions for treating the piece of steel from the World Trade Center, described in the September issue. First, I agree with your cleaning procedure. After that, consider coating the relic with one of the three parylenes. The stuff might be only a few microns thick, but it resists attack by heat, chemicals and abrasion.
I first found out about parylenes back in the 1970s while working for a computer manufacturer where parylenes were used as conformal coatings. The DoD, NASA, museums, and medical equipment and toy manufactures, among others, all use parylenes because of their superiority in performance when compared with both epoxies and polyurethanes. They are better in penetration and uniform coating thickness on all surfaces, including contorted passage walls under 0.01 microns; coverage around and behind corners; adhesion to various substances; and effectiveness starting at submicron thicknesses. They can be applied as thick as any paint with no occurrence of pin holes, no volatiles, high electrical breakdown strength, less moisture diffusion, less gas diffusion, high chemical resistance, UV resistance, optical clarity, abrasion resistance, bio compatibility and the ability to stabilize delicate objects.
There are perhaps hundreds of parylene coaters scattered around the country, but since the process takes place in a vacuum chamber, one would need to find a contractor with a vacuum chamber large enough to accommodate the artifact to be coated. The vacuum requirements for the various parylenes polymerization/deposition processes are about 0.1 atmospheres, not much of a vacuum by today's standards. While most of the parylene coaters can handle objects about the size of a briefcase, some can do objects larger than a refrigerator. C.S.
A. Thanks for the input. Parylene would be an excellent choice for coating the I-beam. The problem would be finding a coater able to handle the I-beam, as it is much larger and heavier than a refrigerator.
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MEDIUM: Ray Jones, Thornton
The Divine Service is held on Sundays at 2.30pm in the afternoon. This is where most people come to see what Spiritualism is about. You could say there is something for everyone. In the Divine Service we sing hymns, say prayers, the teachings of Spirit, some call it Philosophy. I would always recommend that this is where you start.
Every third Sunday we hold a healing service which we call 20-20-20.
- 20 minutes of healing where our team of healers both trained and novice healers work together.
- 20 minutes or less of the teaching of Spirit
- 20 minutes of demonstration of communication.
Come and join us as we are sure that you will enjoy it!
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Mornings at the street markets
There are street markets every weekday morning in different parts of Valencia. You can find all sorts of different things on the market stalls, from clothes to flowers and antiques. One of the most popular street markets is held every Sunday in the incomparable Lonja de la Seda, and this market concentrates on stamps and coins. Near to the Mestalla football stadium, the Rastro is also held on Sundays, selling second-hand items and antiques.


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Small Growth Investors necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 43 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Advanced Infrastructure Techologies, http://www.aitbridges.com (site is info only, bland design)
We are Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT), a newly formed company. Our product is Award-winning, University-developed and tested technology featured in the New York Times, Popular Science, and other trade pubs.
Its a really cool product, we form bridge arches in strong advanced-composite materials fabric, roll it up, ship it out, then the builder inflates the arch! So light that 2 men can carry it, no heavy machinery needed. The the inflated arch is filled with cement, becoming the bridge supports. No steel, no rust, no decay over time and as strong as steel.
The goal is to build bridges that cost less, last longer, and are finished faster. See the files i uploaded for more info.
Think of us as a new world approach to an old world process!!!
Our target audience is simple. Structural and Civil Engineers, Fed/State/Local Departments of Transportation, roadway contractors, builders, real estate developers, and municipal governments.
anyone who needs a bridge! well, yes we know thats a short list...
Our target audience is engineers, a notably conservative lot. We use advanced math, 3d modeling, and advances in materials to make our product. it would be nice if a logo somhow incorporates a reference to those methods.
We are aiming for a graphic logo, if you want to work in our abbrev., AIT, thats welcomed too
Our initial idea is that we are industrial design, the 3d modeling aspect should be worked in, if possible. Oue advance material is a braided carbon fiber.
While we dont want to constrain any creative thought, we do prefer black white, silver, bronze, blue, and green color template. any combo of which will appeal.
we hope to have final files delivered in vector format, pref. Adobe photoshop
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Man, I am getting after it with this little challenge. Friday I worked out for an hour including an intense 6 mile bike ride and busting my little arms off!
Saturday morning I slept in a little bit (until 8) and ran over to the gym. I was pretty sleepy but was feeling so good at the gym and just kept doing more and more exercises. I also ran two miles while I was there and then worked out for a total of 2 hours, which is crazy for me. Sometimes I just feel really good while I'm there so I just keep going.
Sunday was a little bit of a wash in the workout department, thanks to sampling picnic punch the night before. I did end up recovering and getting my life together around 6, just in time for a walk, which I did walk my three miles. It was a nice evening out at least and it was nice to be outside, plus I was pretty sore from busting my bum the day before.
Yesterday at work, a girl I work with used to teach classes at a local gym and we took 15 minutes to do a little butt/glute workout. BURNING! I felt it for the rest of the day and I'm feeling it today too! It was a great little workout to do though and I will try to share it with you soon.
Last night, B and I went to the gym and I biked 6 miles, was on the stair stepper (that thing always kills me) for 50 floors and then worked out my arms again. I was pretty exhausted last night but it feels good to get into a good routine and I'm finally starting to see little bitty results! My arms are toning up and I'm feeling better about myself.
Tonight, though I vowed to never go back, I'm going back to red yoga to sweat it out. I'm hopeful it goes better this time and I will do better since I know what to expect! I also am for sure bringing a huge water bottle which will be way helpful!
Right now my mentality is that I'm getting married in 32 days, so I just have to bust my butt for another 32 days and get it together and then I can enjoy lots of delicious food on our European honeymoon adventure! Not that I'll let it all go after that, but once I return from Europe I'll be back to working out and work will kick into high gear.
Speaking of weddings, I couldn't post without posting a picture of the boutineers I finished up this weekend.Side note: Burlap is quite possibly the weirdest fabric known to man kind. The buttons that look black are actually navy and B's has the heart button on it. I think they will look great on the gray suits and with their ties!
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Officers With Personal Body Cams Taking The 'Public' Out Of 'Public Accountability'
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America's largest sheriff's department is rolling towards an accountability train wreck. Despite years of discussing the issue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department still has no cohesive policy on body cameras, nor has it taken steps to outfit its officers with the devices.
This less-than-ideal situation is being made worse by deputies purchasing their own body cameras with personal funds.
An estimated 20 percent of Los Angeles County's 10,000 deputies have bought cameras for themselves, according to the county's inspector general. Sheriff Jim McDonnell concedes some deputies have their own cameras but disputes that as many as 2,000 wear them on duty.
Whatever the number, not a single frame of any video from these cameras has ever made it into the public domain.
And therein lies the problem. Body cameras owned by law enforcement officers serve zero public purpose. Any recordings remain the personal property of the officers, who can delete and edit footage as they see fit. The only footage likely to make its way into the hands of the sheriff's department are recordings clearing officers of wrongdoing.
While it may be possible to subpoena this footage for civil suits and criminal prosecutions, there's no guarantee the footage will arrive unaltered, or even arrive at all. Personal body cams are unlikely to be bundled with unlimited storage. Footage will be overwritten often (depending on how heavily the camera is used while on duty) and remains in the control of officers, rather than the department and its oversight.
As is pointed out in the AP article, the use of privately-owned body cameras contradicts DOJ guidance on the matter. A 2014 DOJ report noted private cameras on public employees is an all-around bad idea.
"Because the agency would not own the recorded data, there would be little or no protection against the officer tampering with the videos or releasing them to the public or online," the report said. "Agencies should not permit personnel to use privately owned body-worn cameras while on duty."
The LA sheriff's department makes this worse by allowing the practice to continue without official policies on body camera use. Even the barest minimum of discipline for deleting footage is impossible, as the department is powerless to take action against deputies who vanish away footage containing alleged misconduct.
The head of the local law enforcement union pretty much says the only people benefiting from personal body cameras are the officers that own them.
"It's really a personal preference," [union president Ron] Hernandez said. "The guys we have spoken to have said they thought it would be beneficial for them. They see the value in covering themselves."
Sorry, but that's not what body cameras are for. They may provide evidence clearing officers of misconduct, but body cameras aren't there to create law enforcement highlight reels. While it's great some officers may find the cameras useful for clearing themselves of charges, they are public employees, not private entities engaging in personal enforcement of laws. The footage should be as public as their positions. But this will never happen if their employer is unwilling to craft a solid body cam policy that addresses private ownership of cameras.
As it stands now, the department is allowing its existing policies on evidence handling to act as a stand-in for its non-existent body camera policy. According to these rules, all evidence must be held for two years and turned over on request to the sheriff's department. Supposedly, this will encompass privately-held body camera footage. But it would be much better for body cam evidence to be stored on site where it's immediately accessible and less prone to tampering.
Body cameras are already problematic. They have the potential to be great tools of accountability, but this has been continually stunted by legislators and law enforcement agencies, many of which have done all they can to keep this footage out of the public's hands. In this case, the LASD's lack of forward momentum on the camera front has turned a portion of its workforce into sole proprietors with badges, guns, and a collection of home movies starring residents of L.A. County.
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Some People Don't Like Myths Being Taken Away
In 1927, the editor of the Chronicles of Oklahoma, Joseph B. Thoburn, editorialized about Samuel F. Batchelder's recent attempt to tell the truth about the Washington Elm:
A paper, entitled "The Washington Elm Tradition," by Samuel F. Batchelder, occupies thirty pages in the "Proceedings of the Cambridge Historical Society," for 1925, in a laborious effort to prove that the popular tradition concerning the proximity of General Washington and his army to the noted old tree at the time of his assumption of command, in July, 1775, is without foundation in fact. Numerous authorities are cited, not because any of them throw any real light upon the subject but, seemingly, because none of them even mention it.I sometimes see this same attitude today. Thoburn didn't find any weakness in Batchelder's evidence or analysis. He must have recognized that quoting diaries that didn't mention a ceremony on 3 July 1775 was relevant to the question of whether there was one and how strong the evidence was.
It would seem that, if there is a reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the popular story concerning the Washington Elm, it should be possible to state the same in a few paragraphs. Exploding commonly accepted "traditions" and resolving popular "myths" into their elemental gases seems to be a favorite pastime of some historical writers, who manifest as much zeal, display as much erudition and use as much space in print as if engaged on some really constructive historical composition.
But Thoburn was clearly bothered by Batchelder's conclusion, and apparently by having to accept. So he complained about his colleague spending effort on "Exploding commonly accepted 'traditions' and resolving popular 'myths'."
Thoburn didn't seem bothered by the stacks of school textbooks, tourist guidebooks, histories, biographies, and even horticultural catalogues that had devoted many more pages to retelling the "tradition" or "myth" of the Washington Elm without a good factual basis.
TOMORROW: In discarding the Washington Elm, have we gone too far? Or, what should we do with all those souvenirs made from the tree?


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POPLARVILLE - Applications are being accepted by Student Support Services at Pearl River Community College for the seventh annual Summer Bridge to College Program, also known as START. The START acronym stands for Students Transitioning to Academic Success and Responsibilities at The Community College.The START program, which runs from June 27 to July 31, allows students eligible for Student Support Services to earn up to 9 college credits while learning skills to help them be successful in community college.The primary criteria for Student Support Services participation is the need for academic support, based on ACT scores, grade point average in high school, graduation from a GED program or being a non_traditional student who has been out of school for more than five years.Participants must also meet at least one of the following criteria: low_income, disabled or neither parent graduated from a four_year college with a degree. Students accepted for the START program pay no tuition and are required to apply for a federal Pell Grant (FASFA) to possibly cover the cost of books, fees, dormitory room, etc.To be considered for START, students must complete a two_step process:Submit a signed admissions application to the PRCC admissions office that includes an official high school transcript or GED test scores, along with ACT scores. (Students must be accepted as a PRCC student.)Mail or fax a completed Summer Bridge Program (START) application to Georgia Field, Student Support Services, P.O. Box 5118, Poplarville, MS 39470 or fax the application to 601-403-1042.To request a Summer Bridge Program (START) application, contact Georgia Field, Summer Bridge Program Coordinator at 601-403-1469 or Cindy Tanguis at 601-403-1285.
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Commencement 2014, Double Your Fun(d)!, and Other RMU Alumni Updates
Greetings Alumni!
The sun is shining at RMU today! May is such a great time to be on campus.
You may not know this, but alumni make up the largest constituent group of the RMU family, at 40,000-plus strong. This past Saturday at the undergraduate commencement ceremony, we welcomed over 845 new graduates into the RMU Alumni Association. Congratulations, recent grads!
As the sun shines today on campus (and hopefully the rest of the summer, keeping my fingers crossed) there is still one little cloud we could use some help getting rid of. Currently only around 3-4% of our alumni actively contribute to the university financially. With so many alumni in the RMU family, if we could get this number up even just a little bit, we could do so much more for our students.
That's why I'm excited to tell you about our Double Your Fun(d)! campaign. One of our alums has graciously offered to match any gift made between now and May 23. Make a $25 gift, it becomes $50! Give $100, it becomes $200! You get the picture.
Furthermore, every gift we receive helps us increase RMU's standings in the US News and World Report rankings for alumni participation, which in turn increases the value of your Robert Morris degree.
Please help us take advantage of this incredible opportunity by giving to the Double Your Fun(d)! campaign today.
Of course, there are plenty of other ways to participate and be an active member of RMU's alumni family. Join us as we cheer on the Buccos on Friday, June 27, at our annual RMU Night at PNC Park. Tickets are only $22.00 and seats are in the all-you-can-eat section. Please visit the alumni website to se what might be happening in your neck of the woods.
Again, these are a few of the many ways that you can support your alma mater while having fun and staying connected to the university.
Thanks for your support, and, as always, I hope to see you at an upcoming event.
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Wisdom Wednesday – Share Your 1940 Census Wisdom
The 1940 census was released a month ago today. Have you located some of your family? Have you used Sort Your Story to organize and document this information? How did you enter the information? Simply the facts or did you elaborate and tell a story with the document information?
Do you use Sort Your Story to create family stories or books? What has your experience been?
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Hurricane Matthew is a monster. It also seems to have a mind of its own. It strengthened way beyond any of the official forecasts from the National Hurricane Center and the world's cumulative centuries of meteorological experience. Forecasts were for a Cat 2, maybe a Cat 3 ... slowly developing thru early next week. Instead it jumped 4 categories to the strongest Cat 5, overnight! When everyone -- and I mean everyone -- gets the intensity so categorically wrong, it raises an eyebrow and reminds us that while we think we're in control, we're not. Tropical weather forecasting may be too infinitely complicated for us to ever truly grasp an ability to accurately project a system's strength (and path.) That's why when there's anything 'tropical' in the Gulf, we seem to obsess about it because so much can change so fast -- and it can mean life or death.
#Matthew: most powerful hurricane in our ocean basin in nearly a decade. Moving toward Jamaica. No #Houston threat. pic.twitter.com/ceDTInWtpq— Brooks Garner⚡ (@BrooksKHOU) October 1, 2016
Here are some distinguishing stats on Matthew
- It's the farthest-south forming Cat 5 in recorded human history. Its orientation to the equator would typically slow the spinning motion needed to strengthen a hurricane. The Coriolis effect from Earth's rotation is almost non-existent as you get close to the equator. Without that help, it's harder for a system to develop.
- Matthew strengthened overnight from a Cat 1 to a Cat 5 in an explosive example of rapid intensification.
- Matthew is the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic basin in nearly a decade. Felix in 2007 was the last Cat 5.
As it heads toward Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba (no threat to Houston, or to Texas), it's going to bring huge destructive capability -- especially if it hits Haiti, which is a developing country, reeling in unimaginable poverty. Flash flooding and mudslides on that deforested island nation could kill many people and cause much suffering. Wind damage in Jamaica could cause huge interruptions in their tourism industry and lives could be lost. The same applies to Cuba (Guantanamo Bay could be slammed) and also the Bahamas.
#Matthew: Briefly became a Cat 5 overnight. Farthest south-forming Cat 5 in recorded history! No #Houston threat. pic.twitter.com/cll3iQSKhl— Brooks Garner⚡ (@BrooksKHOU) October 1, 2016
Its track northward toward the east coast of the US could mean huge problems for areas like Florida, the coastal Carolinas, and even coastal New England. As its rapid intensification has proved, the tropics are hard to predict so if you need to know its track, watch the weather at least once a day until the threat passes next weekend.
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Us women are known to somewhat – how you say – "misread" situations. When in a position or situation we tend to have an idea of what's going on and run with that notion as we look for confirming beliefs, as opposed to seeing the full picture for what it is. Case in point: We hear from a dude we may have once crushed on in the past, seemingly out of the blue and instead of thinking 'He want's me,' we think 'What does he want from me?' We go on a date with a guy who – at the end of the date – doesn't lean in for that anticipated first kiss and tell ourselves 'He's just not that into me,' all whilst avoiding the very clear fact that your dinner date with him lasted four (or so) hours. Or you might be single, spending all your days (and hours, and minutes) back and forth texting and emoticon sharing with another single guy, but since he never asks you out nor has he yet to initiate a plan, you assume he's just messaging you to 'Keep his options open,' as opposed to maybe seeing that he's just trying to get to know you before he makes that bold move.
Now I get it, it isn't safe for us blonde, bronzed, babes to be optimistic if a situation clearly doesn't call for it, but it is rather healthy to, not only perceive a situation in a level headed fashion, giving it the benefit of the doubt, but also be clear with our intentions and be confident enough to ask others about theirs, when feeling confused, uncertain or doubtful. Raise your hand for all the times you've left a date, only to dial up your bestie the second you walk in the door to try to decode what x, y and z meant on the date. Intuitive though your best friend might be, she certainly is not in the head of the guy you were just with. Ride the wave. Feel him out. Don't analyze but instead grasp the situation with a big picture mentality. If you reach a point where you generally feel confused or are aware that you might be on different pages, it's better to read between the lines and – if you dare – ask him to be more clear. If only we had a legend for what all those emoticon's and looks, and endless banter really means; if only the matters when it comes to the opposite sex were that easy.
From my experience, like breeds like so if you start thinking the best of situations instead of the worst, if you start expecting good things instead of the bad, you've already done most of the work. Reframe you dauntless darling, you.
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WASHINGTON -- The chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific said Tuesday he's planning for the possibility that North Korea has an intercontinental ballistic missile that can hit America although it's unclear if they really do.
Adm. Samuel Locklear told reporters that North Korea wants the world to believe that it has such a capability, so he's bound to take that threat seriously.
Over the past 18 months, North Korea has conducted a nuclear test, launched a long-range rocket into space and displayed at a military parade its road mobile KN-08 missile.
If operable, the KN-08 could potentially hit the U.S. But some experts say the missiles on show were mock-ups.
"Whether they are real or not, or whether they have the capability or not, (the) North Korean regime wants us to think they do and so we plan for that" to protect the U.S. and the region, Locklear said.
He said an unpredictable and nuclear-armed North Korea presents the most danger to the world within his area of military command, which stretches from waters off the west coast of the U.S. to the western border of India.
Locklear also stressed the importance of preventing territorial disputes in the Asia-Pacific that could be resolved through international law and compromise from becoming regional flashpoints.
China, in particular, has long-running disputes with many of its neighbors, including U.S. ally Japan. The two Asian nations have competing claims to remote islands in the East China Sea and that has stoked tensions.
China last week accused a Japanese naval and air patrol of disrupting a recent Chinese military drill that was using live ammunition. Japan denied disrupting the drill.
Locklear said it was not abnormal for Japan to have observed the Chinese exercises the way they did and Japan's action should not be viewed as provocative.


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A place for those who consider themselves Atheist Buddhists, or those who simply don't see this as a contradiction in terms.
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@MattyLJ, so long as one does not drift into batty Mahayana with all of its saints (bodhisattvas) and the apparent apotheosis of Gautama, Buddhism, viewed as a system of morals and ethics, is practically without peer.
Laars Zwarte may I be so bold to say being silent in face of rudeness implies agreement. Those monks undoubtedly heard the silence more than they heard the words.
Another bit of evidence of hanky-panky in a manipulative, exploitative group under the guise of Zen Buddhism. They just keep sprouting up like cockleburs, a prickly bur that clings readily to dependent, vulnerable, immature, and gullible individuals who seek enlightenment.
Can anyone tell me which school of monks wear day glo orange robes? I wanted to speak with them, however the Xtians who were in the restaurant were openly rude to them, ("They don't believe in the bible") so I abstained. I am in Northern Florida. My preliminary info seems to show that they may be Thai monks.
You're welcome, James.
Laars, Batchelor is excellent on Buddhism, and was interested in his atheist book too. Thanks for jarring my memory of that, so I can find a copy for myself.
Joan, the post starting "Isn't it strange..." reminded me of the late Christopher Isherwood, best known for the book that led to the musical, "Cabaret" but to book lovers, for works like A Single Man, Down There on a Visit, many others. He was a young hedonist, heading for Berlin after English upbringing in a military family because Berlin was "where the boys are." Like many Brits of his time (30s) he eventually settled in Southern California and took up with a young painter. Over the years, he was a stalwart soldier in the Vedanta movement, which I explored myself. He was familiar with all the gurus of the movement, including Swami Vivekenanda. If you are a non-believer, it simply baffles you why Isherwood got all bound up in this stuff. It appeals to Christians, I can tell you that.
Not strange at all, Joan. Thus, yes, take what do need as it works for you then discard the rest. This is not to say this same guru could not learn from you or I just as successfully, it is just that some people prefer to not market themselves as such these days.
HHDL is getting a bit crotchety in his latter years, and there are Lamas and Rinpoches out there with more humility who are better able to teach without the "Unwinking Gaze (it's a documentary) of the adoring masses seeking answers from them.
HH comes off less nice in that documentary then people would have us believe, and the line that he walks is precarious. His "I am but a simple monk" is no longer true, because a simple monk would be just that. Not traveling and meeting world leaders and doing all that he does.
I respect him, however I respect the teachings more. Like the sutras, The Truths, The Eightfold Path. Basics to live by that do not include "worship". Having seen "The Unwinking Gaze" made me much less enamored of him, when I had already been questioning his "place" now in the Buddhist hierarchy.
I have yet to reach Batchelor's "Confessions of an Atheist Buddhist" however it is on the to-do. Eckhart Tolle has some good writing too. Pema Chodron also comes to mind...good for beginners, if a bit dry.
Joan, I was not raised with religion, and even though g-d was mentioned I did believe then, then when Santa was blown out of the water as a child I was saying I was Athiest back then. The only reason I knew what that was is my mother said "that terrible woman (MM O'Hair) had prayer taken out of the schools, and I thought to myself "good".
When I said I was Athiest my mother told me she never wanted to hear me say that again...well, she never did, but never did I join a church...the word is abhorrent because of all that has gone on and the indoctrination required...the brainwashing. I will not even go to weddings for that reason. Nor do I want anything to do with Xmas anymore. I was a fool.
Is it not strange that a person who has wisdom that comes from internal ways of knowing and that resonates with others, eventually turn into gurus with all kinds of mystical stories attached?
Dreams, imagination, hallucinations, delusions all play into this phenomenon. If we could go on a time machine and sit down with Malachi, Abraham, Jesus, Buddha, perhaps we would hear a reasonable man saying reasonable things; or perhaps a deluded man making wild claims, kind of like Joseph Smith. Then we could easily sort out the wheat from the chaff.
Not able to do that, we can just believe those things that have valid evidence. That's good enough. I can do that.
Right, Buddha's history of his being under the Bodhi tree when the earth shook, and so on. It could have had there been an earthquake, but the visitations not so much.
Likely much of that was hallucinations from starving. So there are "mysticisms" surrounding him as well. Then there is Pure Land, Amitabha, etc. I am not a Buddhism scholar by any means, but in simple layman's terms...I agree.
One can live a kind and compassionate life without deifying or mysticizing any of it. Also he would likely have agreed with all of it as well as none of it...it is an individual curve of interpretation.
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is organizing a petition signing and letter campaign with the goal of pressuring the Riverside County district attorney into filing charges in connection with a Lake Elsinore animal neglect and cruelty case.
Representatives of the national organization say more than 30,000 people have signed an online petition calling for District Attorney Paul Zellerbach to file criminal charges against the owners and operators of the alleged perpetator, Global Captive Breeders.
On Monday, PETA began soliciting online letters for submission to the district attorney and is promoting the effort with a letter to Zellerbach by television and movie star Jenna Dewan Tatum.
Animal control authorities shut down Global Captive Breeders' Lake Elsinore warehouse in December. Acting on a tip from PETA, the authorities discovered thousands of rats and reptiles that were dead, dying, sick, starving or mutilated.
An estimated 18,000 rodents and 600 reptiles either were found dead or had to be euthanized in what PETA Vice President of Cruelty Investigations Daphna Nachminovitch described as the largest animal seizure in California history and the largest rodent seizure ever. No animals were in a condition to be saved, authorities said.
Although PETA and local representatives say they have submitted voluminous evidence, no charges have been forthcoming to date.
"It's my hope that the D.A.'s office will choose to do the right thing, based on the case's merit," Nachminovitch said. "It's not over just because the animals have gone. It's not over just because it happened three months ago. ... At the moment, the time that has passed is worrisome."
The district attorney's office typically does not make statements about cases until a decision is made on whether to file charges, regardless of public outcry.
Spokesman John Hall said in an e-mailed response that the case remains under review.
"The D.A.'s office has received the case and we are currently reviewing the evidence provided to us for a filing decision," he said. "At this time, no decision has been made and there is no time frame as to when that decision will be made."
Attempts by the newspaper to contact representatives of the warehouse operator after the discovery of the animals were unsuccessful.
The time lapse has led thousands of people, including many in Riverside County, to voice their frustration with PETA, Nachminovitch said. Many responses came from people horrified by what they had seen in photos and video of the investigation that were posted on the group's website.
"(The response) has been higher than many other investigations I've worked on," she said. "We received an overwhelming response to the visuals that were released, but the thing is from our perspective, this isn't over until justice is served.
"Animals suffered in that warehouse for a long time. ... There were many ... animals we didn't get to in time that suffered for days, weeks and months, and as far as we're concerned, accountability is paramount in this case."
Also, she said her office's accounting of the costs incurred by the city in conjunction with animal control services was $100,217. On Tuesday, the Lake Elsinore City Council authorized the use of $84,661 in surplus revenue to cover unbudgeted costs from the cleanup.
Those costs do not include the Norfolk-Va.-based organization's costs for bringing in experts, supplies and other assistance, Nachminovitch said.
"That was for the animals' sake, but the city would have been out another $100,000 had PETA not assisted on this," she said.


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Mind Reading Emotions Library
The Interactive Guide to Emotions
Simon Baron-CohenMind Reading Emotions Library has been designed with awareness of the needs of children and adults who want to improve their ability to recognize emotions in others. It is also an invaluable resource for parents, teachers, those involved in social skills training, people on the autistic spectrum and people working in the dramatic arts. Learn More2004, CD-ROM, 7.60in x 6.22in / 193mm x 158mm, $63.95ISBN: 978-1-84310-216-8


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Conference Report Card: Pac-10Posted by Brian Goodman on April 13th, 2011
Andrew Murawa is the RTC correspondent for the Pac-10 and Mountain West conferences. We will be publishing a series of conference report cards over the next week for conferences that received multiple NCAA bids to recap the conference, grade the teams, and look at the future for the conference.
Conference Recap:
After an awful 2009-10 season in which the Pac-10 had to limp into a second NCAA Tournament bid when Washington hit the gas pedal down the stretch, the four tournament bids the conference received this year was a huge improvement. With Arizona advancing to the Elite Eight, the Pac-10 advanced a team beyond the Sweet 16 for the first time in three seasons, and the conference was a much deeper collection of teams than last year. And without a doubt, that came as a result of the enhanced talent level across the conference. Coming into the season, there were just 17 seniors on rosters across the conference, and the youngsters showed vast improvement this year, notably Derrick Williams (an All-American and national player of the year candidate), Isaiah Thomas, Tyler Honeycutt, and Klay Thompson with several other players making big strides in their games. While the Pac-10 still struggled to gain national respect, it was clear to fans that the level of play is on the rebound from its 2009-2010 nadir.


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Billy Butler of the Kansas City Royals named the American League Player of the Week
Kansas City Royals designated hitter Billy Butler has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending July 29th. This is Billy's fourth career weekly honor, last accomplishing the feat on August 1, 2011. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.
In a seven-game West Coast trip, Butler batted .458 (11-for-24) with three doubles, one home run, five walks, six RBI and four runs scored. Among A.L. leaders for the week, Butler was first in on-base percentage (.552), tied for first in hits, tied for second in batting average and doubles, tied for third in walks and total bases (17) and tied for fourth in slugging percentage (.708).
On Wednesday, the 2012 A.L. All-Star delivered a two-run homer and a run-scoring single in a losing effort at Angel Stadium. Butler's fifth-inning blast off Jered Weaver was his 20th of the season, one shy of tying his career high set in 2009. In Thursday's series-opener against Seattle at Safeco Field, the 26-year-old doubled twice and added a walk in four plate appearances as the Mariners topped the Royals. Butler's two doubles were the only hits registered by Kansas City, with his first two-bagger marking the 200th of his six-year career. He became just the eighth player in franchise history to reach the milestone. The Florida native has 16 doubles this season, giving him 156 since 2009 – the second most in the A.L. over that stretch trailing only Robinson Cano (164) of the Yankees. Butler has registered at least 22 doubles in each of his first five seasons in the Majors, including a career-best 51 doubles in 2009. In Saturday's tilt with the Mariners, the Royals' first round pick (14th overall) in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft out of Wolfson High School in Jacksonville singled three times, marking his fourth consecutive multi-hit game, which tied a season high. In the fourgame set with the Mariners, the right-handed-hitting slugger batted .615 (8-for-13) with two doubles, three walks and three RBI. Heading into play today, Butler is second in the A.L. with 39 multi-hit games, tied for ninth with 115 hits, is 10th with a .307 batting average and tied for 10th with 64 RBI.
Other noteworthy performances last week included Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko (.435, 3 HR, 7 RBI); Baltimore Orioles infielder Omar Quintanilla (.423, 11 H, 4 XBH); Minnesota Twins center fielder Denard Span (.458, 11 H, 4 2B) and starter Scott Diamond (SHO vs. Cleveland on July 27th); Texas Rangers starter Scott Feldman (2-0, 0.60 ERA, 15.0 IP, 10 SO); and Seattle Mariners closer Tom Wilhelmsen (4 SV, 6 SO).
In recognition of his American League Player of the Week Award, Billy Butler will be awarded a watch courtesy of Game Time, the leader in licensed sports watches, available at MLB.com.


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Miriam Vale is located on the Bruce Highway 475 kilometres north of Brisbane, with the main North South rail line passing through the town.
With a population of about 600, the quaint township of Miriam Vale is a hub for the timber, cattle and dairy industries. The town offers the traveller an excellent opportunity to rest and refresh. Drop into the service station with the giant crab for one of their famous mud crab sandwiches. In the old-style main street near the highway through the town, you can have a picnic lunch in the park, a coffee in the café or a cool drink in the nearby pub.
Miriam Vale boasts a strong tourist influx, good fishing, National Parks and a high population growth particularly along the Coastal fringe. The town serves as the main gateway to the delightful Discovery Coast towns of Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy, Eurimbula, Baffle Creek, and Deepwater National Parks.
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I received a press release this morning from the United Church Archives, advising that their archives and graphics databases are now online.
If you go to the archives database at <http://archives.united-church.ca/dbtw-wpd/textbase/ucc%20archives/archives.htm>, you will see a search engine where you can put in the record that you are searching for in the Bay of Quinte, Hamilton, London, Manitou, and Toronto Conferences.
The United Church of Canada Archives is located on the ground floor for the General Council Office of the United Church, Suite 300, 3250 Bloor Street West in Toronto.
They are offering tours from August 4th to August 6th at 2:00 p.m..
The hours are Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m..
Their phone number is 416.231.7680 ext. 3123, or toll-free 1.800.268.3103 ext. 3123.
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Editorial: Better safe than sorry when harsh weather hits
The recent winter storms that struck Acadiana with a one-two punch shut down businesses, schools, bridges and sections of some highways.
Now that it's over, it's natural to wonder whether officials overreacted to the situation.
The answer can be summed up in one word: Atlanta.
Georgia highways became frozen parking lots for hundreds of thousands who were forced to sleep in their cars or seek shelter at the few businesses that remained open. Thousands of children were stranded at their schools, while undoubtedly frantic parents worried at home — or wherever they may have been stranded.
Having to decide when it's time to act — especially in such an unfamiliar situation for southerners is a tough call. Unfortunately for many Georgia citizens, the decision came too late.
Louisiana residents were more fortunate. Officials heeded the lesson learned from decades of hurricane preparation: Better safe than sorry.
Gov. Bobby Jindal rightly declared a state of emergency, which not only helped to keep citizens out of harm's way, but may help the state receive some federal funding to help offset the cost of the storm, which may reach into the hundreds of millions.
In Lafayette Parish, City-Parish President Joey Durel also made the right call before road conditions deteriorated too much for people to get safely home.
Superintendent Pat Cooper also made good decisions about when to close Lafayette Parish schools, avoiding the problem of trying to get kids home on dangerous roads and making sure the problems Georgia school children faced did not happen here.
In the South, these kinds of storms don't come along very often. There are freezing temperatures a few times each year — some dipping into the 20s. Everyone knows what to do. Cover pipes, take pets indoors and drip faucets. Within a day or so, temperatures are back to what we consider normal.
But this time, it was different. It was the kind of winter storm that strikes Acadiana only every decade or so. But weather experts have predicted there may be more ice storms to come in Acadiana before winter ends.
Have local and state officials learned anything from the two recent ice storms that will help in the future? Could officials prepare in advance and respond earlier?
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is always preparing for weather emergencies, said a spokeswoman for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
As they monitored each winter storm's approach, they were in constant contact with law enforcement agencies and state agencies, as well as the National Weather Service.
In advance of the storms, DOTD was busy stockpiling 3.8 million pounds of salt fromn Cargill's salt resources in Iberia Parish. They also had 28,000 gallons of liquid de-icer on hand and acquired 38,000 gallons more.
Much of the response was a matter of timing, she said. If the liquid de-icer was deployed too early, there might not be enough to last through the storm, if it had lingered more than two days.
LCG Chief Administrative Officer Dee Stanley said salt was distributed on key Lafayette Parish bridges, but it couldn't be done too early, because as long as the precipitation was not freezing, it would have washed the salt away.
The priority was to keep bridges on major roads open for emergency vehicles and to urge everyone else to avoid the slippery streets of Acadiana.
Some situations called for ingenuity on the part of officials and road crews. Stanley said crews used seed spreaders from Chastant Bros. to distribute salt on frozen roadways.
As we go back to normal winter routines of wearing sweaters and light jackets, we should remember, as we do during hurricane season, that it could happen again with little warning. Citizens remember to be prepared by keeping pipes wrapped and faucet covers handy — and maybe invest in a windshield scraper.
We also ask our officials continue to be prepared to respond again with the kind of decisiveness that kept these major weather events from becoming disasters.


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Then open Excel or Access, and use that program to open your saved text file. Follow the program's instructions.
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Nina Totenberg on Marty Ginsburg
My former boss, NPR's Nina Totenberg, has written a short and sweet story about Marty and Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
On the last day of the Supreme Court term, less than 24 hours after her husband had died, an ashen-faced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced her opinion for the court in one of the term's major cases. She was on the bench, she told colleagues, because "Marty would have wanted it this way."
This piece is not just the work of a reporter, but also of a friend. Nina has been close with the Ginsburgs dating back over three decades to Justice Ginsburg's days as a pioneering lawyer for gender equality at the ACLU.


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Oh hey, remember that kickstarted webseries that people freaked out about because a woman was talking out of turn about man things, then decided it was actually a "scam" that would never actually come out when that didn't convince people that she was the antichrist?
Well, it came out. Here's a link. I'll chime back in later with what I actually thought of it.
UPDATE II: The newest episode of "OverBytes" is a thorough "review" of the show. All audiences can watch it right now.
UPDATE I: At the suggestion of user "Nixou," I'm re-posting (with corrections) my response to one of the more consistent issues people seem to have re: the cost of producing a show like this (aka "how does THIS cost $150,000??) as follows:
Here's the thing: I (and I'm speaking strictly of my self-produced/funded stuff like TGO and American Bob here, not the Escapist gigs) and others working on the YouTube/Blip series side of this medium are generally A.) Making this stuff FOR the amateur/indie circuit and B.) using primarily materials we already have or can be "donated" either by ourselves or aquaintances. In my specific case, I'm not outputting OR shooting in HD, the shows themselves are not of "broadcast caliber" and I don't pay professional wages to the people who help out. If I did, the INCREDIBLY low-ball $6,000 pricetag she originally set (don't forget: the donations were so HUGE because people kept donating as a "screw you" to her detractors) would MAYBE cover 2 - 3 average-scale TGO episodes, tops.
I've noticed that people in general have a skewed view of what independent video/film production actually costs because a lot of guys on the indie/fanfilm scene (no, I won't be naming names) like to brag about how low their production budget is - the problem being that A LOT of the time these are guys who have "day jobs" in the professional film/video business and thus access to equipment and facilities that they would otherwise be paying substantial sums to rent or lease; or they don't include what they would normally charge a client for their services in their own productions, OR they have friends in similar circumstances who are "donating" their time/services and not listing what that would cost on a real job. For example: If "Game OverThinker" had the EXACT same schedule and final-quality but I was paying real industry-standard fees and wages for locations, facilities and crew; $10,000 would be a low-ball estimate for every episode.
Having watched the video itself: She's shooting and outputting in HD/broadcast-quality (this has clearly been designed for classroom/seminar presentation moreso than the web video) and most the MASSIVE amount of game footage looks to have been captured from either original sources (I'm assuming MAME or download-service copies for the retro stuff) - which requires both expensive equipment and the expense of the systems and games themselves. Also, I don't know if she does her own graphics and animation, but her transitions all look like original work; and even if she did do them herself the "going rate" for that kind of work can get pretty damn high especially if you plan to buy or license it in perpuity.
ALSO: I don't know what else she does for a regular living, but I DO know the relative man-hours of putting a project like this together and they are substantial - thusly, if the ONLY thing all the Kickstarter money did was pay her bills and living-expenses (via supplmental income) while she cut down on her regular paying work so that she could free up the time to actually play/record the games, write the script and make the video I'm frankly perplexed that she ever somehow thought a paltry sum like $6,000 was going to cover it. She's currently operating out of San Fransisco, one of the most expensive places to live - even modestly - in the United States; so when you factor all that in... trust me, the expenses for this kind of production are much more substantial than most would imagine.


text: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 APTA Board: Board Approves Pilot and Education Initiatives for New Payment System APTA's next steps in overhauling the flawed payment system for physical therapist services include a 2014 pilot program to investigate the impact of APTA's proposed model and a 2015 campaign to educate members on new payment systems in health care. Both were adopted by the Board of Directors at its April meeting, in preparation for a targeted 2016 implementation of a new system. APTA began in 2012 to draft and refine an alternative to the current fee-for-service Medicare payment system, in part responding to a Board policy adopted in 2011 that endorsed the development of an alternative payment system, and in part as a response to calls from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a new methodology—the goal of both being a system that would fairly compensate health care providers while doing away with the sustained growth rate (SGR) and arbitrary therapy caps that have confounded providers and CMS alike for more than a decade. The Physical Therapy Classification and Payment System (PTCPS) is the result of extensive member evaluation of the initial draft. Members provided input on a severity-intensity framework as a basis for payment, the appropriate unit on which to base payment, the proposed evaluation levels, the examination and intervention levels, overall value of the proposed system, supplemental support needed to implement the system, and whether the system effectively reflects the clinical judgment of the physical therapist. Most recently, during the February 2014 meeting of the AMA CPT Editorial Panel, APTA proposed a new CPT code structure reflecting the PTCPS. While the panel complimented APTA on the proposal, it postponed voting on it, saying the magnitude of the changes to the existing physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) code family warranted more time and a pilot test to provide more support and validation for the new codes. The Board in April committed up to $500,000 to fund the pilot, and APTA will seek collaborative partners to help offset costs. For the pilot, PTs will seek to determine appropriate per-session CPT codes to describe physical therapist services in 2 ways: review of clinical vignettes and chart review of existing medical records of patients. On the education side, APTA will develop a comprehensive plan to educate members on the new outpatient physical therapy model and other payment models emerging from health care reform, such as collaborative care models, bundling, and new postacute payment models. To see the full discussion on this and other topics from the April Board of Directors meeting, watch the archived livestream of all open sessions.


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