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The Dedication "Fulfilling All Aspirations"
Toh 285
Degé Kangyur, vol. 68 (mdo sde, ya), folios 77.a–79.b.
Translated by the Alexander Csoma de Kőrös Translation Group
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This text is a prayer of dedication, and is meant to be recited. Its structure partly reflects the liturgy of "seven branches" or "seven limbs," a set of practices that serves as the basic structure of many Mahāyāna Buddhist prayers and rituals. In this instance, however, the text consists of two sections: the first is a detailed prayer of confession, and the second a prayer of rejoicing, requesting that the wheel of the Dharma be turned, beseeching the buddhas not to pass into nirvāṇa, and extensively dedicating the merit.
This text was translated from the Tibetan, introduced, and edited by the translator Zsuzsa Majer in collaboration with Karma Dorje (Rabjampa), a native Tibetan speaker and Tibetan language expert; Beáta Kakas, who checked the Sanskrit terms; and Nathaniel Rich, the English-language editor, in the framework of the Alexander Csoma de Kőrös Translation Group.
The translation was completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.
This short text and The Dedication "Protecting Beings" (Toh 286) seem to constitute a pair, and this for several reasons. First, the two texts, both of which lack Sanskrit titles, appear side by side both in the Denkarma (ldan dkar ma) imperial catalogue and in the extant Kangyurs of the Tshalpa and Thempangma lines. In the Tshalpa Kangyurs, the two are placed at the very end of the Mahāyāna division of the General Sūtra (mdo sde) section, and in the Thempangma Kangyurs toward the end of the entire General Sūtra section. Their function as dedications therefore seems to be reflected in that placement, and—in the Tshalpa Kangyurs at least—the two appear to be dedications meant specifically to seal the sections of Mahāyāna sūtras.
Furthermore, the fact that the two are consistently placed together in most Kangyurs suggests at least the possibility that the colophon to the following text refers also to this one, which otherwise lacks a colophon of its own. Since the two texts are dedications, it is perhaps not surprising that they are neither called sūtras, nor show features typical of sūtras, such as the opening "Thus did I hear" or an introductory passage describing the setting and audience of the discourse. What is somewhat surprising is that both are nonetheless included in the sūtra section of the Kangyur, indicating that they are to be considered discourses of the Buddha.1 Along those lines, the lack of features that typically distinguish sūtras led the fifteenth-century scholar Pekar Sangpo (pad dkar bzang po), in his analytical survey of all the sūtras found in the Kangyur, to conclude that the two texts are extracts from another, longer sūtra—though he does not say which,2 and our own search for matches (at least in the Tibetan corpus) has not yet identified any such text, sūtra or otherwise. Intriguingly, Pekar Sangpo also characterizes the present text as a sūtra of the Third Turning (bka' tha ma).3 What can be said with a reasonable degree of confidence, however, is that, regardless of their exact provenance, the two texts were translated from Sanskrit or another Indic language in the early ninth century, as evidenced by the fact that the present text is listed in both the Denkarma and Phangthangma ('phang thang ma) catalogs.4
There is no extant Sanskrit text of this sūtra, and there are no known canonical or Tibetan commentaries. There is no known English translation of it nor any translation into any European language, and no academic research or scholarly studies of it are known. A translation of the Tibetan text is, however, available in the Mongolian Kangyur.5 The translation presented here is based on the Tibetan version in the Degé Kangyur and consultation of the Comparative Edition (dpe bsdur ma) as well as the Stok Palace manuscript.
The structure of the present text partly reflects the liturgy of "seven branches" or "seven limbs" (yan lag bdun pa), a set of practices that came to serve as the basic structure of many Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Buddhist prayers, sādhanas, and pūjās. The seven branches are commonly as follows: prostration or homage, offering, confession, rejoicing in virtue, requesting the buddhas to teach, requesting the buddhas not to pass into nirvāṇa, and dedication of merit. Not all of these seven are present in this text, which suggests that perhaps the set was formalized only later. Here, there is only a single line of homage at the very beginning of the text, which might have been intended only as the customary line of homage found at the beginning of all Kangyur works. Offering is not mentioned at all. The body of the text consists of two main sections, each of which opens with a request that the buddhas and bodhisattvas pay heed to the reciter and closes (intriguingly) with the sentence "Thus I recite a second time, and thus a third time." The first section is devoted solely to confession, while the second is devoted to rejoicing, requesting to teach, requesting to remain, and dedication. Each of these features a lengthy enumeration of deeds, qualities, and accomplishments that are confessed, rejoiced in, requested, or dedicated. This division into two parts, the one a detailed confession and the other ending with a detailed dedication, has the effect of emphasizing those two elements, the distinguishing feature of this prayer.
The Dedication "Fulfilling All Aspirations"
I bow my head at the feet of all the Buddhas, to the Teaching, and to the Assembly of fully ordained monks.
Blessed buddhas residing in the inexpressibly many world systems of the ten directions, and bodhisattva great beings who have entered the higher stages of complete awakening, please pay heed to me!
Whatever sins and nonvirtuous actions I have committed and accumulated from cyclic existence's undiscoverable beginning, in this life and in other lives, as a householder and as a renunciant—what I have done physically, verbally, and mentally; what I have exhorted others to do and what I have rejoiced in others doing; what I have done knowingly or unknowingly, intentionally or unintentionally, and what I have remembered or forgotten; what I have done under the influence of desire, under the influence of anger, under the influence of ignorance, under the influence of relationships with those who are not virtuous spiritual friends, under the influence of ignorance, under the influence of place, [F.77.b] and under the influence of birth at a particular time; violations of proper ethics, violations of ethical rules, and violations of natural ethics;6 the faults I have engaged in toward the Buddha, the Teaching, the Assembly, my father and mother, my abbot, my spiritual master, or other teachers through the three kinds of physical wrongdoing, the four kinds of verbal wrongdoing, and the three kinds of mental wrongdoing; turning sentient beings toward perverted views; creating obstacles for sentient beings engaged in proper practice; dedicating my roots of virtue incorrectly; speaking falsely to a tathāgata; teaching non-Dharma as Dharma and teaching Dharma as non-Dharma; teaching what is not the vinaya as the vinaya and teaching the vinaya as not the vinaya; teaching what is not the path as the path and teaching what is the path as not the path; that, clouded by whichever obscurations, I gave rise to nonvirtuous qualities and did not establish my mind properly in virtue; that, clouded by other obscurations, I was distracted and mentally agitated—all such faults I confess. In whatever ways I was childish, in whatever ways foolish, in whatever ways confused, in whatever ways unwise, and in whatever ways misguided—all such faults I confess as faults. Having confessed those faults as faults, I vow that in the future I will not act in such ways again.
Thus I recite a second time, and thus a third time.
I rejoice that all the buddhas who formerly were bodhisattvas completely accomplished the six perfections, which [F.78.a] is to say that they completely and manifestly awakened to unexcelled, perfect, complete enlightenment by means of generosity, ethical discipline, endurance, diligence, meditative absorption, and wisdom; that they turned the wheel of the Dharma, blew the conch of the Dharma, beat the drum of the Dharma, and set ablaze the lamp of the Dharma; that they led the mass of sentient beings to the practice of the Dharma in accordance with the Dharma; and that they taught the methods of the holy Dharma—and I rejoice in the roots of virtue by which the pratyekabuddhas realized the state of a pratyekabuddha; in the roots of virtue by which the śrāvakas realized the state of a śrāvaka, realized the three knowledges and the six superknowledges, and manifested discernment, the meditative absorptions, the liberations, the meditative concentrations, and the meditative attainments; in the roots of virtue by which sentient beings completely overcome falling into the lower, infernal realms of the hells, the realms of animals, and the realm of the Lord of the Dead; in their abandoning of the primary afflictions of desire, anger, and ignorance and the secondary afflictions; in their longevity, health, good complexions, excellent figures, great splendor, great power, high status, great wealth, and great wisdom; in their abandoning of all roots of nonvirtue and the possession of all roots of virtue; and in even as little as a single prostration, joining the palms for prayer even a single time, the offering of a single flower, and sentient beings who give rise to just a single moment of faith—in all of these things I rejoice! Supremely pleased I rejoice! I rejoice with rejoicing that is most excellent, supreme, best, perfect, [F.78.b] unsurpassed, highest, even higher than the highest, unequaled, equal to the unequaled, matchless, and pure, completely pure like the sky.
I exhort those who, having understood all of the holy Dharma, know how to delight in the Dharma, how to discern the Dharma, how to generate all roots of virtue, how to protect all beings, and how to nurture and dedicate all good qualities; who know all the thousands of compilations of the Dharma, and all the meditative absorptions, liberations, meditative concentrations, and meditative attainments; who know the vows,7 the prayers, and the exhaustion of defilements; who know beings' intentions, latent dispositions, temperament, and intrinsic nature8 and understand them correctly; yet who, having that understanding, also know that sentient beings do not delight in instruction, and so remain at ease, rest their minds and do not teach the Dharma—I exhort them! For the benefit of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the sake of the many masses of beings, and for the benefit and happiness of gods and humans, I entreat them to explain the holy Dharma. I entreat them to turn the wheel of the Dharma. I entreat them to blow the conch of the Dharma. I entreat them to beat the drum of the Dharma. I entreat them to set the lamp of the Dharma ablaze. I entreat them to establish the mass of sentient beings in the practice of the Dharma in accordance with the Dharma.
I entreat those who have gained mastery over life, mastery of emanation, mastery of blessing, and mastery of miraculous power; those who have and have not gained mastery of ripening the mass of sentient beings to be trained, [F.79.a] who have forsaken life, intending to enter final nirvāṇa—I entreat them. For the benefit of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the sake of the many masses of beings, and for the benefit and happiness of gods and humans, I entreat them to grant the blessing of the conditions for their longevity.
I dedicate whatever roots of virtue I have created and accumulated from cyclic existence's undiscoverable beginning—what I have done physically, verbally, and mentally; what I have exhorted others to do and what I have rejoiced in others doing; meritorious deeds arisen from generosity; meritorious deeds arisen from ethical discipline; meritorious deeds arisen from meditation; and even causing just a single sentient being to give rise to a single moment of faith—all of these I dedicate to all sentient beings. By these roots of virtue may all the roots of virtue of all sentient beings be completely perfected!
Having a long life, health, a good complexion, an excellent figure, great splendor, great power, high status, great wealth, great wisdom, possessions, magic spells, and medicine; encountering virtuous spiritual friends; listening to the holy Dharma; directing the mind appropriately; the practice in accordance with the Dharma; the abandoning of the primary afflictions of desire, anger, and ignorance as well as the secondary afflictions; completely overcoming falling into the lower, infernal realms of the hells, the realms of animals, and the realm of the Lord of the Dead; attaining all the meditative absorptions, liberations, meditative concentrations, and meditative attainments; completely overcoming physical and mental [F.79.b] unhappiness; attaining all bliss and happiness; attaining the excellence of the enlightened attributes of the śrāvakas, the excellence of the enlightened attributes of the pratyekabuddhas, the ten powers of the tathāgatas, the four states of fearlessness, the four discernments, the eighteen distinctive qualities of a buddha, great loving kindness, great compassion, great joy, great equanimity, the vanquishing of the latent tendencies, the state of non-forgetfulness, the state of omniscience, the state of the knowledge of all aspects, the state of inexhaustible wisdom, the state of inexhaustible knowledge, the state of inexhaustible courage, the state of inexhaustible merit, the state of the sky treasury, the state of the jewel holder, and the unsurpassed wisdom of omniscience; and whatever mundane and transcendent roots of virtue9 there are—may all of these come to be for all sentient beings!
Whatever fruit there may be from the merit of dedicating my roots of virtue to all sentient beings, by the roots of virtue of having so dedicated them, having completely and manifestly awakened to unexcelled, perfect, complete enlightenment, may I ferry those sentient beings across who have not crossed over, may I liberate those who are not yet liberated, may I give relief to those who are unrelieved, may I cause all those who have not entered nirvāṇa to enter final nirvāṇa, and may I establish them in the realm of ultimate benefit and bliss!
Thus I recite a second time, and thus a third time.
The Noble Dedication "Fulfilling All Aspirations" is concluded.
Source Texts
bsam pa thams cad yongs su rdzogs pa'i yongs su bsngo ba. Toh 285, Degé Kangyur vol. 68 (mdo sde, ya), folios 77.a–79.b.
bsam pa yongs su rdzogs pa'i yongs su bsngo ba. bka' 'gyur (dpe bsdur ma) [Comparative Edition of the Kangyur], krung go'i bod rig pa zhib 'jug ste gnas kyi bka' bstan dpe sdur khang (The Tibetan Tripitaka Collation Bureau of the China Tibetology Research Center). 108 volumes. Beijing: krung go'i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang (China Tibetology Publishing House), 2006–2009, vol. 68, pp. 223–29.
bsam pa yongs su rdzogs pa'i yongs bsngo. Stok Palace Kangyur vol. 88 (mdo sde, ji), folios 377.b–381.a.
Qutuγ-tu qamuγ sedkigsen-i sayitur tegüsken üiledügči uγuγada ǰorin irügeküi neretü. Mongolian Kangyur vol. 84, folios 89.b–92.b. In Chandra, Lokesh, ed. Mongolian Kanjur. Śata-piṭaka Series 101–208. New Delhi: Sharada Rani, 1973–1979.
Secondary Sources
Denkarma (pho brang stod thang ldan dkar gyi chos kyi 'gyur ro cog gi dkar chag). Toh 4364, Degé Tengyur vol. 206 (sna tshogs, jo), folios 294.b–310.a. See also Herrmann-Pfandt.
Herrmann-Pfandt, Adelheid. Die lHan kar ma: ein früher Katalog der ins Tibetische übersetzten buddhistischen Texte, 268. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2008.
Ligeti, Louis. Catalogue du Kanǰur Mongol imprimé. Vol. 1, Catalogue. Bibliotheca Orientalis Hungarica 3. Budapest: Société Kőrösi Csoma, 1942.
Pekar Sangpo (pad dkar bzang po). mdo sde spyi'i rnam bzhag. Beijing: mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2006.
Phangthangma (dkar chag 'phang thang ma). Beijing: mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 2003.
- mkhan po
- མཁན་པོ།
- upādhyāya
A monastic preceptor. Usually refers either to the abbot of a monastery or to the preceptor from whom one receives monastic ordination.
- zhe sdang
- ཞེ་སྡང་།
- dveṣa
Hatred, aggression, and/or aversion. One of the affective behavior patterns or "afflictions" known as the three poisons.
Blessed one
- bcom ldan 'das
- བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས།
- bhagavat
- bhagavān
An epithet of a buddha.
Bodhisattva great beings
- byang chub sems dpa' sems dpa' chen po
- བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་སེམས་དཔའ་ཆེན་པོ།
- bodhisattvamahāsattva
Those "great beings" who have the intention to achieve the complete enlightenment of a buddha in order to liberate all sentient beings from cyclic existence. An epithet of a bodhisattva.
Compilations of the Dharma
- chos kyi phung po
- ཆོས་ཀྱི་ཕུང་པོ།
- dharmaskandha
Collections of the Buddha's teachings.
Cyclic existence
- 'khor ba
- འཁོར་བ།
- saṃsāra
The cycle of transmigrations through which sentient beings revolve and suffer.
- bsngo ba
- yongs su bsngo ba
- བསྔོ་བ།
- ཡོངས་སུ་བསྔོ་བ།
- pariṇāma
- pariṇāmana
Dedication of the merit at the end of a spiritual practice or virtuous action, usually for the attainment of full enlightenment by all sentient beings. In this way the actions thus dedicated contribute to the purpose of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.
- zag pa
- ཟག་པ།
- āsrava
Literally "outflows," these are mental defilements that "flow out" toward the objects of cyclic existence, binding us to them.
- 'dod chags
- འདོད་ཆགས།
- rāga
- lobha
Passion, attachment, and/or lust. One of the affective behavior patterns or "afflictions" known as the three poisons.
- brtson 'grus
- བརྩོན་འགྲུས།
- vīrya
Diligence or perseverance. One of the six perfections of the bodhisattva.
- so so yang dag par rig pa
- སོ་སོ་ཡང་དག་པར་རིག་པ།
- pratisaṃvid
- pratisaṃvedanā
Correct and unhindered discriminating knowledge. See also the four discernments.
Eighteen distinctive qualities of a buddha
- sangs rgyas kyi chos ma 'dres pa bco brgyad
- སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་ཆོས་མ་འདྲེས་པ་བཅོ་བརྒྱད།
- aṣṭādaśāveṇikabuddhadharma
They are as follows: (1) he never makes a mistake; (2) he is never boisterous; (3) he never forgets; (4) his concentration never falters; (5) he has no notion of distinctness; (6) his equanimity is not due to lack of consideration; (7) his motivation never falters; (8) his endeavor never fails; (9) his mindfulness never falters; (10) he never abandons his concentration; (11) his wisdom (prajñā) never decreases; (12) his liberation never fails; (13) all his physical actions are preceded and followed by wisdom (jñāna); (14) all his verbal actions are preceded and followed by wisdom (jñāna); (15) all his mental actions are preceded and followed by wisdom (jñāna); (16) his wisdom (jñāna) and vision perceive the past without any attachment or hindrance; (17) his wisdom (jñāna) and vision perceive the future without any attachment or hindrance; and (18) his wisdom (jñāna) and vision perceive the present without any attachment or hindrance.
- sprul pa
- སྤྲུལ་པ།
- nirmāṇa
This refers to the miraculous power of the buddhas, and bodhisattvas at a certain stage of spiritual development, to project emanations of themselves in order to develop and teach sentient beings.
- bzod pa
- བཟོད་པ།
- kṣānti
Forbearance, patience, and/or tolerance. One of the six perfections of the bodhisattva.
- tshul khrims
- ཚུལ་ཁྲིམས།
- śīla
Morally virtuous or disciplined conduct and the abandonment of morally undisciplined conduct of body, speech, and mind. One of the six perfections of the bodhisattva. Also rendered here as "ethical rules" and "ethical discipline." See also n.6.
Four discernments
- so so yang dag par rig pa bzhi
- སོ་སོ་ཡང་དག་པར་རིག་པ་བཞི།
- catuḥpratisaṃvid
The four correct and unhindered discriminating knowledges of the doctrine or Dharma, of meaning, of language, and of brilliance or eloquence. These are the essential means by which the buddhas impart their teachings.
Four kinds of verbal wrongdoing
- ngag gi rnam bzhi
- ངག་གི་རྣམ་བཞི།
- —
The four sinful or nonvirtuous verbal actions, namely telling lies, using abusive language, slandering others, and indulging in irrelevant talk. Their counterparts are the four wholesome or virtuous actions of speech, namely, not telling falsehoods, not using abusive language, not slandering others, and not indulging in irrelevant talk.
Four states of fearlessness
- mi 'jigs pa bzhi
- མི་འཇིགས་པ་བཞི།
- caturvaiśāradya
- caturabhaya
The fourfold fearlessness or the four assurances proclaimed by the tathāgatas: fearlessness in declaring that one has awakened, that one has ceased all illusions, that one has taught the obstacles to awakening, and that one has shown the way to liberation.
Fully ordained monk
- dge slong
- དགེ་སློང་།
- bhikṣu
A monk of the Buddhist saṅgha observing all the vinaya vows (253 in the Tibetan tradition).
- spyin pa
- sbyin pa
- སྤྱིན་པ།
- སྦྱིན་པ།
- dāna
The practice of giving or making offerings to others. One of the six perfections of the bodhisattva.
Higher stages of complete awakening
- sa chen po
- ས་ཆེན་པོ།
- mahābhūmi
A reference to the last three of the ten bhūmis, (Tib. sa bcu); the bhūmis, often called the "grounds" or "levels," are the successive stages through which a bodhisattva's realization evolves.
Holy Dharma
- dam pa'i chos
- དམ་པའི་ཆོས།
- saddharma
The Buddhadharma or the Buddha's teachings.
- gti mug
- གཏི་མུག
- moha
Delusion, stupidity, closed-mindedness, and/or mental darkness. One of the affective behavior patterns or "afflictions" known as the three poisons.
Intrinsic nature
- rang bzhin
- རང་བཞིན།
- svabhāva
The inherent nature of a phenomenon; in the present text, this is possibly a reference to the buddha-nature, or tathāgatagarbha.
Latent disposition
- bag la nyal
- བག་ལ་ཉལ།
- anuśaya
Habitual impulses or subconscious habit patterns that underlie emotions such as desire and hatred. These are also causes for the perpetuation of cyclic existence.
Latent tendencies
- bag chags
- བག་ཆགས།
- vāsanā
Karmic traces or residues imprinted by past actions and constituting tendencies that predispose one to particular patterns of behavior.
- rnam par thar pa
- རྣམ་པར་ཐར་པ།
- vimokṣa
In this context, this refers to a category of advanced meditative attainments.
Meditative absorption
- bsam gtan
- བསམ་གཏན།
- dhyāna
One of the synonyms for meditation, referring specifically to states of mental stability or one-pointed abiding in an undistracted state of mind free from afflicted mental states. bsam gtan/dhyāna can refer to the specific states of absorption of the form and formless realms (eight in total). One of the six perfections of the bodhisattva.
Meditative attainment
- snyoms par 'jug pa
- སྙོམས་པར་འཇུག་པ།
- samāpatti
Meditative equipoise or evenness of mind. Another synonym for meditation, this also refers to a category of advanced meditative attainments.
Meditative concentration
- ting nge 'dzin
- ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན།
- samādhi
A general term for states of deep concentration. One of the synonyms for meditation, referring in particular to a state of complete concentration or focus.
- bsod nams
- བསོད་ནམས།
- puṇya
Virtuous thoughts, words, and actions that produce positive results, or merit. In Mahāyāna practice, these are to be dedicated for the benefit of all sentient beings. Also rendered here as "meritorious deeds."
Miraculous power
- rdzu 'phrul
- རྫུ་འཕྲུལ།
- ṛddhi
The ability to make manifest miraculous displays evident to ordinary beings.
- sgrib pa
- སྒྲིབ་པ།
- āvaraṇa
- nivaraṇa
Defilements that obstruct liberation and omniscience. This term refers both to affective (or "afflictive") and cognitive obscurations.
- thams cad mkhyen pa nyid
- ཐམས་ཅད་མཁྱེན་པ་ཉིད།
- sarvajñatā
This refers to the gnosis or omniscience of the Buddha, the "All-Knowing" or "Omniscient" One.
- pha rol tu phyin pa
- ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ།
- pāramitā
Literally "to have crossed over" or "transcended"; typically this refers to the specific practices of the bodhisattva that are motivated by bodhicitta and embraced by wisdom.
- rang sangs rgyas
- རང་སངས་རྒྱས།
- pratyekabuddha
A "solitary enlightened one," or "buddha on one's own," this refers to one who has attained liberation but does not teach the path to liberation to others. Pratyekabuddhas are said to appear in universes and at times in which there is no fully enlightened buddha who has rediscovered the path and taught it to others.
- smon lam
- སྨོན་ལམ།
- praṇidhāna
A declaration of one's aspirations and vows, and/or an invocation and request of the buddhas, bodhisattvas, etc.
Primary afflictions
- nyon mongs pa
- ཉོན་མོངས་པ།
- kleśa
Afflictive emotions, such as the three poisons, that bind one to cyclic existence.
Realm of the Lord of the Dead
- gshin rje'i 'jig rten
- གཤིན་རྗེའི་འཇིག་རྟེན།
- yamaloka
The preta realm, or the realm of ghosts, where Yama, the Lord of Death, is the ruler and judges the dead. Yama is also said to rule over the hells. This term is also the name of the Vedic afterlife inhabited by the ancestors (pitṛ).
Secondary afflictions
- nye ba'i nyon mongs pa
- ཉེ་བའི་ཉོན་མོངས་པ།
- upakleśa
Literally "near-afflictions," or the subsidiary afflictive emotions derivative of or related to the primary afflictions.
Sentient being
- sems can
- སེམས་ཅན།
- sattva
Any living being in one of the six realms.
Six perfections
- pha rol tu phyin pa drug
- ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པ་དྲུག
- ṣaṭpāramitā
The six practices or qualities that a bodhisattva perfects and by which a bodhisattva transcends cyclic existence. A bodhisattva practices these perfections motivated by bodhicitta, the intention to attain full enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings, and with an awareness of the ultimate reality of all phenomena. These six perfections are generosity, ethics, endurance, diligence, meditative absorption, and wisdom.
Six superknowledges
- mngon par shes pa drug
- མངོན་པར་ཤེས་པ་དྲུག
- ṣaḍabhijñā
The six modes of supernormal cognition or ability, namely, clairvoyance, clairaudience, knowledge of the minds of others, remembrance of past lives, the ability to perform miracles, and the knowledge of the destruction of all mental defilements. The first five are considered mundane or worldly and can be attained to some extent by non-Buddhist yogis as well as Buddhist arhats and bodhisattvas. The sixth is considered to be supramundane and can be attained only by Buddhist yogis.
- nyan thos
- ཉན་ཐོས།
- śrāvaka
A "hearer" or "listener," someone who first hears the Dharma from another. This refers to the disciples of the Buddha who sought the enlightenment of an arhat, that is, their own liberation from cyclic existence.
- de bzhin gshegs pa
- དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པ།
- tathāgata
"Thus-Gone One," an epithet of a buddha. A buddha is one who has "gone" to thusness, suchness, or ultimate reality.
- slob dpon
- སློབ་དཔོན།
- ācārya
Instructor or spiritual teacher. Usually refers either to an accomplished master of meditation practice or to a learned scholar. The title of an official position in a monastery.
Ten powers of the tathāgatas
- de bzhin gshegs pa'i stobs bcu
- དེ་བཞིན་གཤེགས་པའི་སྟོབས་བཅུ།
- daśatathāgatabala
A category of the distinctive qualities of a tathāgata. They are: knowing what is possible and what is impossible; knowing the results of actions or the ripening of karma; knowing the various inclinations of sentient beings; knowing the various elements; knowing the supreme and lesser faculties of sentient beings; knowing the paths that lead to all destinations of rebirth; knowing the concentrations, liberations, absorptions, equilibriums, afflictions, purifications, and abidings; knowing previous lives; knowing the death and rebirth of sentient beings; and knowing the cessation of the defilements.
Three kinds of mental wrongdoing
- yid kyi rnam gsum
- ཡིད་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གསུམ།
- —
The three sinful or nonvirtuous mental actions, namely being covetous, being malicious, and holding perverted views. Their counterparts are the three wholesome or virtuous mental actions. These are the following: not being covetous, not being malicious, and not holding perverted beliefs.
Three kinds of physical wrongdoing
- lus kyi rnam gsum
- ལུས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་གསུམ།
- —
The three sinful or nonvirtuous physical actions, namely, destroying life, taking what has not been given, and engaging in improper sexual practices. Their counterparts are the three wholesome or virtuous physical actions, namely, not destroying life, not taking what has not been given, and refraining from improper sexual practices.
Three knowledges
- rig pa gsum
- རིག་པ་གསུམ།
- trividyā
The three kinds of knowledge obtained by the Buddha on the night of his enlightenment. These comprise the knowledge of the death and rebirth of sentient beings, the knowledge of past lives, and the knowledge of the cessation of defilements. These are the last three of the six superknowledges or of the ten powers of the tathāgatas.
Unexcelled, perfect, complete enlightenment
- bla na med pa yang dag par rdzogs pa'i byang chub
- བླ་ན་མེད་པ་ཡང་དག་པར་རྫོགས་པའི་བྱང་ཆུབ།
- anuttarāsamyaksaṁbodhi
The complete enlightenment of a buddha, as opposed to the attainments of arhats and pratyekabuddhas.
Virtuous spiritual friend
- dge ba'i bshes gnyen
- དགེ་བའི་བཤེས་གཉེན།
- kalyāṇamitra
A spiritual mentor.
- shes rab
- ཤེས་རབ།
- prajñā
Transcendent or discriminating awareness; the mind that sees the ultimate truth. One of the six perfections of the bodhisattva.


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Annual National Women in Surgery Career Symposium
This two-day conference is sponsored by the University of South Florida Medical School and Tampa General Hospital. The next symposium is being organized for early March 2012 under the leadership of innovative surgeon Sharona Ross, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery at USF. Surgeons and surgeons-to-be, from the private sector to the academic, participate in networking, work groups, lectures, and panel discussions. CME credit is available for physicians and nurses.

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Welcome to the new Board of Directors!
The 2013 conference and annual general meeting was held in Toronto, April 26th to 28th, 2013. At the AGM, the following positions were available for election to the board: President; 2nd Vice-President; Secretary; and Director (2 years).
Your new 2013-2014 board is as follows:
- President: Anthony Tibbs (2 years)
- 1st Vice-President: Lui Greco (1 year remaining)
- 2nd Vice-President: Donna Jodhan (2 years)
- Treasurer: Charles Bailey (1 year remaining)
- Secretary: Dar Wournell (2 years)
- Director Without Portfolio: Stephen Ricci (1 year remaining)
- Director Without Portfolio: Sharlyn Ayotte (2 years)
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and express our greatest of thanks to Paul Edwards, our keynote and motivational speaker and a lively contributor throughout the conference. His words of insight, advice, and experience with the consumer movement in the United States were helpful and, I believe, ought to motivate us as members of the AEBC to do our part -- however small that might be -- to further the cause.
I would also like to thank everyone who worked so hard together to make the conference a reality, from Denise "The Boss" Sanders in Kelowna to Stephen Ricci on the ground in Toronto, to the Toronto chapter, to … well, at the risk of leaving someone out, I will not attempt to name you all. Suffice it to say that, at the end of the day, the conference was a reality and a success thanks to the hands of many, including the many sponsors (including AMI, T-Base Communications, Richard Papadina of RBC Dominion securities, Frontier Computing, the Jodhan family, Air Canada, and all of the many participants in Friday's technology and community fair).
You will hear more from me over the next few weeks and months about where we, as your elected board, are going to take the AEBC. The key phrases that you're likely to hear much more about include:
- communication
- capacity building
- learning opportunities
- cooperation and collaboration
- positive relationships
- nibble, chew, swallow, burp: our recipe for success
This all being said, it is going to take some time to get everything organized. As many of you may know, I am on the cusp of my wedding and so between now and the middle of June my involvement will be limited primarily to organization, planning and starting the necessary balls rolling in the right direction.
If you have any questions or inquiries in the meantime, please feel free to direct them to any board member.
I look forward to working with all of you over the next two years, and thank you for giving me, and the rest of the 2013-2014 Board, your confidence and mandate to go out and, with your help, make a difference!
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President, Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians


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Press Release

Burbank, CA – October 29, 2019 – WarnerMedia today unveiled significant new details about its HBO Max direct-to-consumer strategy on the company's iconic Warner Bros. lot, revealing a comprehensive offering of programming options for every audience, product features and functionality, and its go-to-market plans.

"With this entire company coming together, we will have one of the most robust collections of premium streaming content that will appeal to all demographics in the household, and be able to achieve incredible scale and reach right out of the gate," said Robert Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer. "We couldn't achieve this without AT&T's unprecedented and enthusiastic support. When you live in a world with 'dragons' — it feels very good to have one of your own in the game!"

Launching in May of 2020, WarnerMedia will be making HBO Max available to customers in the U.S. for $14.99 per month. The company is targeting 50 million domestic subscribers and 75 - 90 million premium subscribers by year-end in 2025 across the U.S., Latin America and Europe. At launch, AT&T will immediately offer HBO Max to the roughly 10 million HBO subscribers on AT&T distribution platforms, at no additional charge. HBO Now direct-billed users who subscribe directly through HBONow.com will also have access to Warner Media's HBO Max product. AT&T customers on premium video, mobile and broadband services will be offered bundles with HBO Max included at no additional charge. We are in active discussions with our distributors and look forward to offering their customers seamless access to this great product.

"We've positioned HBO Max in a way that makes sense for our Company, our distribution partners and our customers," said Tony Goncalves, CEO of Otter Media. "We are creating a company-wide 'membership-model' that taps into AT&T's 170 million direct-to-consumer relationships, 5,500 retail stores and 3.2 billion annual customer touchpoints to achieve scale and reach at launch."

HBO Max will launch with 10,000 hours of curated premium content including the entire HBO service, bundled with new HBO Max Originals that expand the breadth of the offering targeted at young adults, kids and families. HBO Max will pull from WarnerMedia's deep library of fan favorites in its 100-year content collection, including library content from Warner Bros., New Line, DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Looney Tunes and more. HBO Max will also offer a robust selection of third party acquired series and movie titles that will rival any other streaming offering in the marketplace.

New Max Originals announced today include:

The Fungies!, from Stephen Neary and Cartoon Network Studios, is a prehistoric comedy that explores Fungietown through the whimsical quests of Seth, a young student at Fungietown Elementary.

Tig N' Seek from Myke Chilian and Cartoon Network Studios is about 8-year-old Tiggy and his gadget-building cat, Gweeseek, as they search for the lost items of Wee Gee City. With Tiggy's cheerful attitude and Gweeseek's exceptional inventing capabilities, the duo humorously navigate day-to-day dilemmas at the Department of Lost and Found.

Tooned Out, executive produced by Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump; Cast Away; Back to the Future), is a half-hour, hybrid live-action and animated comedy. Things get a little cartoony for Mac when he starts seeing iconic cartoon characters in his life, but they're not just there for laughs, they're helping him get through a very rough patch in his life.

Looney Tunes Cartoons, an all-new series of 80 eleven-minute episodes and holiday-themed specials from Warner Bros. Animation starring the cherished classic Looney Tunes characters for today's kids. Iconic characters will include Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Tweety, Sylvester, Granny, Yosemite Sam, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Tasmanian Devil, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote and many more.

Jellystone, a new animated children's comedy series from Warner Bros. Animation that will welcome viewers to the town of Jellystone, where their favorite Hanna-Barbera characters live, work, play, and stir up trouble together.

DC Super Hero High is a half-hour comedy series executive produced by Elizabeth Banks (Charlie's Angels, Pitch Perfect, Shrill), which follows a group of students experiencing the fun and drama of adolescence at a boarding school for gifted kids. These teens are just trying to navigate the pressures of high school, but none of them realize that someday they will become legendary DC Super Heroes.

Rap Sh*t (working title) from Issa Rae (Insecure; A Black Lady Sketch Show) is a half-hour comedy series that follows a female rap group from outside of Miami trying to make it in the music industry.

College Girls (working title), the latest series from Mindy Kaling (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Late Night, The Mindy Project, The Office), is a 13-episode half-hour, single-camera comedy following three 18-year-old freshman roommates at Evermore College in Vermont who are equal parts lovable and infuriating.

Strange Adventures, a DC Super Hero anthology series executive produced by Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Titans, Doom Patrol), will feature characters from across the DC canon. This one-hour drama series will explore close-ended morality tales about the intersecting lives of mortals and superhumans.

A Green Lantern inspired series from Berlanti Productions that will finally introduce characters from this iconic comic in Berlanti's biggest series yet.

A Series of Stand Up Specials presented by Conan O'Brien will feature five new comedy specials. O'Brien will host two specials, featuring short sets from multiple up-and-coming comics while also curating one-hour sets from three comedians. In addition HBO Max has purchased the rights to a one-hour special from comedian James Veitch.

Raised by Wolves, an epic serialized sci-fi series executive produced and directed by Ridley Scott (The Martian, Blade Runner, Alien: Covenant) centering on two androids tasked with raising human children on a mysterious virgin planet.

Bobbie Sue is a feature-length film starring Golden Globe® winner Gina Rodriquez (Jane the Virgin) following the story of a headstrong young lawyer who lands a career-making case with an upper crust law firm, only to realize she's been hired for optics and not her expertise.

New HBO original announced today:
House of the Dragon, a 10-episode, straight-to-series order "Game of Thrones" prequel. Based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, the series, which is set 300 years before the events of "Game of Thrones," tells the story of House Targaryen. Co-created by George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal. Emmy award winning director Miguel Sapochnik and Ryan Condal will partner as showrunners and will also serve as executive producers along with George R.R. Martin and Vince Gerardis. Sapochnik will direct the pilot and additional episodes of the series, which will be written by Condal.

Newly Acquired and Library Titles:
In addition to the new original titles mentioned above, HBO Max also announced today a number of classic and library titles that will be coming to the streamer in its first year of launch, including: South Park, Rick & Morty, The O.C., Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, The Bachelor, Impractical Jokers, The Closer, Rizzolli and Isles, Major Crimes, The Alienist, The West Wing, United Shades of America with Kamau Bell, This is Life with Lisa Ling, and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.

In addition, a collection of classics from the libraries of Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies and Hannah Barbara will be available at launch.

"We are attracting top talent to bring in a wide variety of original ideas, curating the rich library assets of this company, and acquiring the most compelling third-party programming available," said Kevin Reilly, chief content officer, HBO Max, president, TNT, TBS and truTV.

DEPTH AND BREADTH OF PROGRAMMING

HBO Max, anchored by HBO and its iconic shows, movies, documentaries and specials, will build on HBO's legacy and offer something for every demographic – from dramas, comedies, sci-fi, and anime to children's, unscripted, films, documentaries, comedy specials, late-night shows, blockbuster movies and library content – ensuring that everyone in the household has thousands of hours of entertainment at their fingertips.

In addition to series, specials and docs, HBO Max will have 1,800 film titles at launch that will cover every genre, taste and fan interest, including HBO's vast collection/library of new theatrical hits and beloved classics. Global blockbuster franchises from Warner Bros. including The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Gremlins and the Lego movies will be available in the first year, along with every DC film from the last decade including Aquaman and Joker, and every Batman and Superman movie from the last 40 years.

"We work with an unmatched roster of innovative artists and we couldn't be happier to be bringing them to HBO Max next year and well into the future," said Ann Sarnoff, chair and CEO of Warner Bros. "HBO Max will have the pick of the litter here at Warner Bros."

For a complete list of titles coming to HBO Max please visit here.

FEATURES AND FUNCTIONALITY

Throughout the year after its initial launch, HBO Max will roll out a variety of new features and functionality not found on any other streaming platforms today, including:
Recommended By Humans – HBO Max will combine Human Powered Discovery and analytics in novel ways to make it much easier for viewers to quickly find the content they are passionate about. Here, talent and influencers will make recommendations to our users about content they love, in the form of short, authentic videos to talk about how they've fallen in love with it and why.
Co-Viewing – Research shows that many viewers are aware of how viewing with others can throw off their recommendations. HBO Max is solving this co-viewing challenge by allowing viewers to create shared homepages that are completely separate from their personal homepages, but tailored to the group's likes and needs. They can create shared watch lists and view with members of their household without impacting their personal profiles.

HBO Max will also offer standard direct-to-consumer features, such as:
Content Hubs – Content hubs feature clusters of content from recognizable brands that attract passionate audiences.
Personalized Profiles & Homepages
Kids' profiles and Parental PIN usage
Downloads for offline viewing

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

HBO Max's leading quality and breadth of content will be fueled by AT&T's continued investments and resources to ensure the offering is attractive to every household.

Within the first year of launch WarnerMedia plans to expand the service to include an AVOD option, offering consumers access to even more content, with more flexibility to manage the overall price value options on the platform.

The company also announced plans in the future to provide subscribers with unique live, interactive and special event programming as it continues to build out and differentiate HBO Max.

AT&T intends to expand HBO Max beyond the U.S., initially prioritizing Latin America and Europe where the company currently has ownership interest in or operates premium HBO networks, and has over-the-top services.

AT&T intends to invest significantly in HBO Max, with an incremental investment of $1.5 to $2 billion in the partial year of 2020 and continued investment in following years. That investment includes spending for new content, foregone licensing revenue of our content, operating expense for the technology platform, and marketing.

"To build, launch and grow the best streaming platform available requires a major investment and total support," said John Stankey, AT&T Chief Operating Officer and CEO of WarnerMedia. "We're making that commitment and putting the strength of our entire company behind this."

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HBO is currently hosting an executive showcase to investors, and are releasing announcements through the afternoon. The service will go live in May 2020.

We'll try to keep this updated.

Before we declare an end to this epic day, here are the details you've all been waiting for: pic.twitter.com/BUW6RTd6Fy
— HBO Max (@hbomax) October 29, 2019

Our partnership with
@BBC
begins with
@bbcdoctorwho
- all 10 previous seasons and beyond - streaming exclusively on #HBOMax.

Fans of
@TheCW
can soon binge watch full seasons of their new shows on HBO Max shortly after the season ends – starting with DC's Batwoman and Riverdale spin-off Katy Keene.

It's back, bitches. The Gossip Girl revival is a return to everyone's favorite teenage soap. Overheard on the Met steps, you can catch up and binge the previous seasons on #HBOMax in 2020.
xoxo,

It's the one that you want! In our new musical series, we're taking you back to the iconic world of Grease: Rydell High set to a big rock'n'roll soundtrack.

Rap Sh*t, an original scripted series produced by
@IssaRae
exploring the music business in Miami through the eyes of three women - an upstart hip hop duo and their hustler manager.

Brand new series College Girls (wt) will follow three freshman roommates navigating hormones and higher ed together. What could sound better than that? Oh yeah, it's from the mind of
@MindyKaling
, who will also serve as writer and showrunner.

From Greg Berlanti comes Unpregnant: the story of college-bound Veronica, a scholastic young woman who finds herself with a positive result on the only test she'd ever want to fail.

@KaleyCuoco
stars in The Flight Attendant, a dark comedy that follows what happens after her character wakes up in an unknown bed in an unknown hotel room next to an unknown and deceased man.

HBO Max will have 31 original series at launch in 2020, will grow to 50 originals in 2021.

We're keeping it fresh with new anime every quarter curated by the anime experts
@Crunchyroll
~ ✨

In 2020, HBO Max will be the home of shows you already love that are always fresh for a rewatch:
#Friends
#FreshPrince
#BigBangTheory
#SouthPark
+ more!

It's not all about the heroes, either. Todd Phillips'
@JokerMovie
is shattering box office records, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time. Don't miss Joker in theaters and it will be available to stream by HBO on HBO Max in 2020.

We're all in with DC! All live-action DC films of the last decade will be available on HBO Max within the first year of launch, including every #SUPERMAN and #BATMAN movie from the last 40 years.

In the first year, we'll bring together beloved franchises and some new installments from @WBHomeEnt and more:

✅The Lord of the Rings
✅The Matrix
✅ The Conjuring
✅The LEGO Movies
✅Gremlins

@hbomax will have an outstanding offering with over 1,800 movies, featuring half of the top 50 box office titles of the year in the @HBO service alone. That's the largest selection of recent blockbusters available on any streamer." - Kevin Reilly

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Press Release

Greg Berlanti Announces New DC Projects for HBO Max—
Strange Adventures and a Green Lantern Inspired Series

LOS ANGELES — October 29, 2019 — Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Titans, Doom Patrol) announced today at the HBO Max WarnerMedia Day two new projects in the works exclusively for the new streaming platform—Strange Adventures and a Green Lantern inspired series.

"Both of these original DC properties we'll be creating for HBO Max will be unlike anything seen on television," said Berlanti. "An anthology series of cautionary tales set in a world where superpowers exist, and, in what promises to be our biggest DC show ever made, we will be going to space with a Green Lantern television series, but I can't reveal any more about that just yet."

Strange Adventures, a DC Super Hero anthology series executive produced by Berlanti, will feature characters from across the DC canon. This one-hour drama series will explore close-ended morality tales about the intersecting lives of mortals and superhumans. Strange Adventures is based on the characters from DC and is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Berlanti, Sarah Schechter (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Titans, Doom Patrol), and showrunner/writer John Stephens (Gotham, Gossip Girl) serve as executive producers. Charlie Huston (Powers, Gotham) is a co-executive producer, Brigitte Hales (Once Upon a Time) is a producer, and Selwyn Seyfu Hinds (Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child, The Twilight Zone) is a consulting producer.

The Green Lantern inspired series, based on the characters from the iconic DC comic, will come from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

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HBO

One more for @DCComics fans. In partnership w/ @GBerlanti we're excited to bring to series the beloved Green Lantern AND intro audiences to Strange Adventures, about "man of two worlds" Adam Strange, an archaeologist-turned-intergalactic-hero when he's zeta-beamed to planet Rann
— HBO Max (@hbomax) October 29, 2019

We'll update with an official announcement when it's released.

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Ricoh has just announced a new addition to its surround video camera, the Theta Z1. Like its predecessor, the device still features dual wide-angle lenses for 360-degree capture. The main difference being the new 1-inch sensor and the ability to perform RAW captures.
The camera can capture 23MP (6720 x 3360 pixels) still images. At the same time, it also records 4K/30p (3840×1920 pixels) 360-degree video through is dual 1-inch backside-illuminated CMOS sensor with a maximum sensitivity of ISO 6400. The lens features variable apertures between F/2.1, F/3.5 and F/5.6.
Ricoh also beefed up the Theta Z1's image processing algorithm. As well as gave it better image capture support. There is a new HDR rendering mode, Interval Composite mode for recording star trails, and a multi-bracket mode. To that end, images can be output as JPEGs or Adobe DNG RAW files.
Camera control is simplified further with a new 0.93-inch OLED status screen. The 1/4-inch tripod mount is still present, and support for both iOS and Android is baked in. Images and videos captured on the Z1 can be posted directly on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube and even Google Maps.
The US pre-order for the Ricoh Theta Z1 is already available online, with the camera priced at an SRP of US$999.95 (~RM4064). At the time of writing, there's still no word about Malaysian availability or pricing.
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Former Mount Vernon train station razed for housing
MOUNT VERNON - The owner of a defunct train station is demolishing the building to make way for 249 apartments.
Workers this week were inside the property, demolishing walls. The roof had already been removed by workers who have been there for several weeks.
The former East Third Street Station, at 222 E. Third St. near Fulton Avenue, was once a major stop for the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. With its Italianate design and arches along its facade, the station was the showpiece of the railroad's five stations in Mount Vernon.
REZONING 1: Mount Vernon considers housing in commercial zone
REZONING 2: Mount Vernon West rezoning underway
It sits in an area that is a redevelopment target for city officials.
"Our plan is to construct 249 units of housing along that strip," said Radame Perez of Mastermind, the company that manages the property. "That stretch has lied there as part of an industrial era that maybe Mount Vernon was connected to, but today clearly it's not. We envision that strip as a sort of small neighborhood within Mount Vernon."
Perez said that not all apartments, which he described as "affordable" and "workforce," would rise on the train station property. Some of the units, which could range from 200 to 300, would rise on other properties controlled by owners who also want to build residences.
Mayor Richard Thomas said he was not surprised by developers' interest in the East Third Street corridor. But he said the city needs better planning.
"We must stop guessing on rezoning or allowing moneyed interest to rewrite our local laws," Thomas wrote in an email, referring to property owners who have paid for rezoning studies in some parts of the city. "The most responsible decision is to adopt a comprehensive plan."
In a draft environmental impact statement, a document that will guide the city's rezoning of the area, the authors noted that the East Third Street Station was the only property in the area with a potential National Register of Historic Places status. However, damage to the building's facade since a 1986 historic preservation study had decreased the station's eligibility for placement on theregister, according to the environmental statement.
City officials have not yet rezoned the area to allow homes. Perez said his company will not file any plans for apartments until the rezoning is completed.
The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway operated from 1912 to 1937 between terminals at 133rd Street at the Harlem River in the Bronx and Port Chester and White Plains. While derelict remnants of the railway still exist in Mount Vernon, Pelham and New Rochelle, the only part of it still actively used is in the Bronx, where the No. 5 subway line runs.
City property records show that the lot's full market value is $1,249,999.
More Mount Vernon news
FANS FIGHT: Mount Vernon firefighter, friend charged in assault at Ravens game
TAXES: Adult home owes $226,000 in unpaid property taxes
FORECLOSURES: Mayor wants to sell city-owned homes to first-time buyers, not investors


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It's Friday! The third Friday in September, in fact! Don't forget, September birthdays are extra special, because September babies are superior. It's a fact. No, really.
Anyway, in honor of this third Friday in the glorious month of September, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
A Pennsylvania teenager is facing criminal charges after posting pictures to Facebook of him simulating a sex act with a statue of Jesus.
After 13-Year Search, A Woman Reportedly Tracked Down The Owner Of A Photo Found At Ground Zero On 9/11.
Nothing is scarier than a pack of white dudes drunk on privilege and microbews within spitting distance of my sofa.
5 Things I Learned as the Internet's Most Hated Person.
I love reading anything Stephen Fry writes: Apple Hit Successive Sixes.
Texas Law Enforcement Groups Come Out for Gay Marriage.
Dear DC Comics, This Is Why You Shouldn't Leave Creative Little Girls Behind.
Lawmakers unveil bill to de-militarize cops.
New York pastor's wild 'rectum' rant: NASA Voyager probe proved 'homos' are perverts.
"Wretched, disgusting commie leftists": My nightmare fighting gun nuts in a red state.
CBS Sports' James Brown: 'More than 3 women per day' are killed by their partner.
How Attending a Gay Wedding Impacted My Straight Marriage.
You have to read this just to click through to see the crazy web page, still active but unchanged 17 years later: The Online Legacy of a Suicide Cult and the Webmasters Who Stayed Behind.
Philly Hate Attack Mob Claiming Self Defense After Brutal Beating Sends Gay Men To Hospital.
… and: Catholic High School Coach Fired For His Role In Beating Of Philadelphia Gay Couple.
… and :Alleged Hate Attack Group Members Reportedly Claiming Self-Defense [UPDATED].
… and: The Catholic Church Is Shocked—Shocked—to Learn That Catholics Are Attacking Gay Couples.
Adrian Peterson: The excuses we hear for inexcusable violence.
Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers.
Pat Robertson loses it after Air Force nixes 'God' oath for atheists: 'How can they fly?' – I want to know what form of black magic is keep this fossil breathing.
Seattle Tunnel Tops "Highway Boondoggles" List.
NASA Finds 'Big Surprise In Teeny Tiny Galaxy' (PHOTO).
Listen To A Fox News Hero Lash Out At Gay People On A Conference Call.
'Queer People Don't Have the Luxury to Stop Telling Our Stories'.
Facebook 'Name Change' Policy Disproportionately Affecting LGBT Community (UPDATE).
Brazil Selects 'The Way He Looks' For Foreign Language Film Oscar, Adding To a Very Queer Race This Year.
Europeans drawn from three ancient 'tribes'.
Homo devils in space! (though I really should have titled it, "Homo Devils in Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!"
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A new power management feature called App Standby Bucket has beed added in Android 9(Pie).
App Standby Bucket allows Android system to categorize priorities of apps in 5 buckets as follows;
- Active
- Working set
- Frequent
- Rare
- Never
Apps go into one of those buckets according to how actively they are used.
An important thing to notice is that FCM receiving behavior in Doze mode is affected depending on which bucket an app belongs to. Basically, an FCM message with high priority wakes up the app even when in Doze mode. However, the maximum number of high priority messages the app can receive is limited when in some particular buckets
- Acive: Unlimited
- Working set: Unlimited
- Frequent: 10 per day
- Rare: 5 per day
But if a message is followed by a user interaction (such as showing a notification), it does not consume the quota.
ADB shell commands
We can see and change an app's current bucket with these commands.
$ adb shell am set-standby-bucket packagename active|working_set|frequent|rare
$ adb shell am set-standby-bucket package1 bucket1 package2 bucket2...
$ adb shell am get-standby-bucket [packagename]
Meanings of the numbers
When get-standby-bucket is executed, just a number will be returned, not like Active, Working set, or etc.
Each number corresponds to:
- 10: Active
- 20: Working set
- 30: Frequent
- 40: Rare
Additionally, there are two more values (these are not documented)
- 5: Exempted
- The app is whitelisted and not affected by power management
- 50: Never
- The app has never been used


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18K Yellow Gold Blockette Kite Blue Sapphire Diamond Ring Size 7
This 18k gold ring by Jennifer Dawes features kite shaped blue sapphires in single milgrain setting accented with round brilliant cut diamonds.
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A monster!
I remember fishing a local brook as a kid catching normal size minnows but occasionally it would throw up a real monster. Perhaps I remember them bigger than they really were, but I'm still convinced they were record breakers.
That's a serious Minnow! what's the record for one of those ?
13.5 drams (24 grams), looked it up when I got home :) That's not even close but might look up some tiny kitchen scales so they're always at hand (also handy when I bump into that record gudgeon by accident).


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London Lash PRO would like to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone ordered this month because thanks to you, we have raised a huge £2836.50 for Macmillan Cancer Support!
For every order made throughout October, London Lash Pro personally donated 50p to Macmillan Cancer Support to support the work that they've done, and continue to do, to help all those affected by cancer.
Thank you again to all our London Lash family that made it possible this month!
Our chosen charity for next month, November, is Parkinson's UK. This charity was suggested by one of our very own LLP team members, Chloe (@chloedarlingtonwood96):
For every order placed through our online store in November, we will be donating 50p to Parkinson's UK so that they can continue supporting those in need.
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Bloom-Carroll area news: Orientation night for BC juniors scheduled
Bloom-Carroll High School Guidance Counselor Dick Gaulke is hopeful that all current junior students will attend an orientation for their senior year next month. This is the first time in several years the orientation program will occur. It is 7 p.m. Feb. 7 in the high school cafeteria. The program is designed to assist in planning for the senior year in high school and beyond.
Topics to be covered include: ACT/SAT Testing, College visits and selection suggestions, College, scholarship, and financial aid applications, Recommended senior year college preparatory coursework, Military Recruiter Information, Work-Study Programs, Apprenticeships and Job Opportunities, Scheduling options and procedures, Development of Career Passport (Student Resume and Career Plan)
Junior opportunities
Gaulke announced there are several opportunities for juniors at the school. They include:
• American Legion Post 677 in Lithopolis will provide opportunities for Buckeye Boys and Girls States which is an intensive one-week summer program held on a college campus. All expenses are paid by the local American Legion. These are a hands-on workshops in the principles and organization of Ohio government, where participants operate the agencies and levels of a mythical 51st state. Candidates should have an interest in US History, Government and Civics. Selection is based on leadership, scholastic achievement, good citizenship, and a willingness to participate.
• The 2018 Martin W. Essex School for the Gifted and Talented will be held at Otterbein University the week of June 17 – 23. This program offers current sophomores and juniors opportunities for career exploration through a unique program comprised of classes, seminars and workshops on the arts, sciences and humanities. This residential camp costs $650, and the application deadline is April 6. For more information, go to www.otterbein.edu/essex, or contact Mr. Gaulke.
• SAT/ACT College admission tests: Registration materials for both are available in the High School Guidance Office. The recommended first date for juniors are in March through June. Students may then retake the test in the fall, if needed. BCHS will be hosting an ACT Review session on March 3 from 8 am to 4 pm. Cost of the session is $100.
• Students at Bloom-Carroll High School have access to recruiters for all branches of the military. Students may sign up for an opportunity to meet with them. The military, whether regular, Reserves, or National Guard, have many options to offer all students. Advantages include job training, part-time income for Reserves and Guard, college tuition reimbursement and scholarships, and more. More information is available through the guidance office.
Gaulke can be reached by calling 740-756-4317.
Carroll announcement
The Administrative Office for the village of Carroll announced if local residents and businesses see a sewer alarm going off, they should push the button to stop it and call the office at at 740-756-4031 immediately. If it is after hours, call the Village Administrator at 740-808-4615. When the pump quits running there is a limited time before it will start to overflow sewage. When there is a delay in reporting there is a greater chance of overflows, so please contact village officials when the alarm goes off and they can avoid potential problems.


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What makes you happy?
I'm not talking about that excited, screaming YASSS from the IG rooftop while butchering Pharrell's clap along lyrics like you're dressing a turkey for Thanksgiving.
I'm talking about the type of happy that makes your soul smile — where you kick back in your teal Converse sneakers, pop a hot-outta-the-oven shortbread cookie into your mouth (and choke a little bit because it instantly crumbles), and revel in your comfort.
That type of happy, well, that's real. But it's not often celebrated.
Because it's not caused by…
Signing your first 10K client who paid in full for the month.
Or snapping a pic with your favorite movie-franchise celebrity who was riding the L train.
Or being invited to give a TEDx Talk about copywriting and storytelling at Google's headquarters.
Instead, it's caused by small moments that happen in the recesses of everyday life — the ethereal details that others might overlook.
Like your dog calmly walking past a stranger without redirection or correction.
Like finding a love note from your niece that she hid in your bedroom because she thinks you're better than Hersey's Kisses.
Like perfectly matching your 12 pairs of identical no-show socks on the first try.
The best part of those everyday life details?
They build upon themselves. (It's called the Snowball Effect, but I hate anything to do with the cold so I refuse to use that term.)
My wish for you? To experience this type of happy.
Because when you look into the recesses of your everyday life and see those details, your big moments seem easier to achieve.
Details are the cornerstone of Drool-Worthy Copy. They're what turns small copy into the TEDx Talk of your industry.
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Surbana Jurong and Mitsubishi Corporation's joint venture company Mitbana will be jointly developing a multi-modal transport complex in Greater Jakarta with Bumi Serpong Damai, a subsidiary of Sinarmas Land.
The project, which is Mitbana's first undertaking in Indonesia, involves the construction of a new transit-oriented development (TOD) located in the Intermoda district in Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) City, a satellite township in Greater Jakarta developed and managed by Bumi Serpong Damai.
The Intermoda TOD will offer access to multiple public transportation options including road, rail, and park-and ride facilities aimed at reducing congestion from the BSD area to Central Jakarta.
The TOD will have a connection to the Cisauk Train Station, which is situated along the commuter line that connects directly to Jakarta's Sudirman Central Business District in under an hour.
When completed, the entire Intermoda TOD will cover a land area of approximately six hectares. It will also feature a new town centre with community facilities catering to young families, working professionals and students.
The collaboration between Mitbana and SML will also explore smart technologies to enhance bus services within BSD City and other surrounding townships. These enhancements will complement Cisauk Train Station's connection to the future Serpong-Balaraja (Serbaraja) toll road section 1A, which is expected to be operational by the end of 2021.
SEE:Sinarmas Land records almost sevenfold increase in 1H earnings to $331 mil on higher revenue, exceptional gains
Gareth Wong, CEO of Mitbana, says the company sees great potential in the Intermoda district.
"Our vision is to develop a new urban precinct with modern services conveniently located around the Intermoda TOD and to promote sustainable living by making public transport options even more accessible. We look forward to delivering affordable, quality housing that will cater to the mass market in BSD City," he says.
Michael Widjaja, CEO of Sinarmas Land, says: "Despite the onset of COVID19, we remain encouraged by the market's strong fundamentals and continued interest in BSD City's product offerings. The recent announcements by our government to promote foreign investment in Indonesia presents tremendous potential for property development in BSD City."
Shares in Sinarmas Land closed flat at 23 cents on April 9.


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Cleveland Clinic Study Finds Functional Medicine–Based Shared Medical Appointments Improve Outcomes, Lower Costs
We all know that our current healthcare and insurance systems in this country needs to shift to actual patient-focused and not insurance-focused care. But what does this look like? How could this work?? A very hard question to answer but read on to see the study just completed by the Cleveland Clinic regarding this idea for a future medical model.
Dr. Fields is so proud to have already offered and supported her patients with this patient-focused model while also using insurance for 25 plus years! The Healing Gardens is proud to be at the forefront of this paradigm shift!!!
Updated Insurance & Billing at the clinic
To our beautiful patients,
In these difficult times, it is clear to all that small offices and businesses are struggling. We love what we do and it is very much HEART work. With all that's occurred the Healing Gardens has had to simplify billing in our office. At The Healing Gardens, we provide exceptional integrative/primary care with lengthy appointments. We strongly believe we are educators and when a patient is given time, education, and choices all of this takes longer. Unfortunately, the insurance model does not cover our provider's time adequately. So like all other integrative clinics, we will need to minimize the insurance plans we do work with and remain in-network with. We, as always, will work hard to bill all services such as labs and testing using your plan. Going forward we will continue billing for United, UMR and Cigna insurance. For all other plans we will ask for payment at the time of service and we will provide you with the superbills so you can submit to your insurance. Many of you have already been doing this without issues, so we feel confident in continuing to assist our patients if they need help with this process.
We express our deepest gratitudes to our patients and we thank you for your understanding and ability to flow and adapt with us.
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Edwin R. Clarke (1828–1900), a prosperous druggist and grocer, immortalized himself in Coldwater with the gift of this library to the city. Parker designed the cross-gable-roofed, corner-towered, brick Queen Anne building, following the plan by W. F. Poole, librarian of the Chicago Public Library, which was published in the Library Journal. Large arched windows allow ample light into the reading rooms. The building was fireproof and well ventilated. In 1979, a large addition that complements the original building was completed, and the building was renovated.
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CARLOS FUENTEZ '19 has been wrestling since fourth grade, and he's well aware of the wrestler stereotype: tough and unemotional. Wheaton's wrestling team, however, is different. "We all sincerely care about what's happening in each other's lives," Carlos said.
A communication major, Carlos decided on Wheaton after realizing it was a place where he could spiritually thrive and after noticing the love between the wrestlers on the team.
Last year before regionals, even though four wrestlers sustained difficult injuries, the entire team stayed positive, praying for and encouraging each other. "People think of wrestling as an individual sport, but as a team we come together and show who we wrestle for," said Carlos. "We're all living for Christ so we try to exemplify him."
That perspective helped Carlos through a serious elbow injury his sophomore year. As the sole 125 pounder, he watched the team forfeit that weight class every meet. "I wanted to help my team, but I couldn't. It taught me that wrestling isn't going to be there forever."
A poster hangs in the Wheaton wrestling practice room: "Seek perfection, settle for excellence."
"There are very few days Carlos isn't working extra after practice finishes. He is a coach's dream—hardworking, respectful, and uncomplaining," says Jim Gruenwald, head wrestling coach.
Living that motto out helped Carlos make it to the NCAA Division III National Tournament three times in his Wheaton wrestling career and finish second in his class in the 2018 Nationals, the highest finish by a Wheaton wrestler at Nationals since 2001. Some years have been tough; Carlos and the team don't always do as well as they hope.
"But being on a team that believes in Jesus, at the end of the day, we can look at wrestling with perspective. And what's important is living for Jesus. Wrestling is second."


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I remember my first internet experience back in 1995. It was a PC, VGA monitor, MsDOS 6 + Windows 3.11 Operating System, Mosaic browser and a 28.8k modem access. First website I've opened was http://www.microsoft.com. Wanted to know about the brand new and revolutionary Windows 95. Later, It came to Email with my first webmail address on Mailexcite.com, then Yahoo.com. Then my first personal web on Geocities around 1998.
After all that, I've experienced the internet so many ways. Now, I'm back to blogging, after stopping any personal publication on the web for almost 10yrs.
Welcome to meet a Tech Enthousiast, Social Geek and World Citizen.
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Turns out that a flat screen hung in the front window is very visible from outside. We already experimented with our existing TV and want to purchase one for dedicated use as a public sign. With it, we can set up slide shows that highlight community events, church events and service themes, store specials, etc. This cost includes the TV, hanging hardware, and possibly chromecast or other devise that enables us to wirelessly run it.
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Take a breath in and exhale. Complete your yoga session with this Stretching Ring! Helping you out to become flexible that allows your body to grow stronger and prevents dreaded injuries.
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Discover the numerous and controversial interpretations of Guernica.
A unique masterclass where you will learn everything about the iconic work with an expert.
A unique masterclass where you will learn everything about the iconic work with an expert.
Schedule private experience: 10 am – 10 pm.
Schedule public experience: Saturday August 8th at 10 AM PDT/7 PM CEST
Language: Spanish, English.
Price: 150€/group (private experience). 15€ / $15 (public experience)
Duration: 1,30 hours.
Free cancellation/rescheduling of the tour up to 24 hours before its start.
Free cancellation/rescheduling of the tour on its starting day buying 5€ insurance.
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Graduated in Law and History from the Complutense University of Madrid, Gaetan Navarro has been an official guide to Madrid since 2000, combining his work as a guide in the museums of Madrid and Toledo with direct collaborations with the Reina Sofía Museum for eight years in the area from the Friends of the Museum Foundation, as well as the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
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Perceive those inappreciable details with a naked eye usually normally hidden behind the crowds of people.
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Follow our guide's explanations from wherever is more comfortable to you and forget about lines in your visits.
Take care of the planet
Apart from avoiding weather issues, you'll travel in a sustainable and responsible way towards the environment.
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Free cancellation
If at the end you're not able to you join the tour, you'll be able to reschedule it or ask for a total refund of the activity.
Local expert guides
Our renowned guides live in and for Barcelona, so they'll transmit their passion for our city heritage to you.
Get to know the Roman ruins, Medieval palaces and secrets hidden in the most ancient, charming and magical neighborhood in Barcelona.
Learn everything about the Catalan Modernism movement and also its greatest artists and artworks such as the surprising Casa Batlló by Antoni Gaudí.
A perfect tour to discover the most important neighborhoods, buildings and monuments of Barcelona. You'll move through the city as a local!
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Long tail of new smartphone brands prefer online
With smartphone market slowing down in China, India naturally becomes the next battleground for these brands; to find volumes and growth.
With smartphone market slowing down in China, India naturally becomes the next battleground for these brands; to find volumes and growth.
According to the International Data Corporation's (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, India shipped 124 million smartphones in CY2017 making it one of the largest smartphone market, with a huge untapped potential user base. The rapid growth of the smartphone market can be attributed to several factors like low smartphone penetration, inexpensive mobile data and growing aspirational middle class.
As a result, the Indian smartphone market continues to attract new players, mostly from China, every few months and trying hard to compete with the incumbents.
With smartphone market slowing down in China, India naturally becomes the next battleground for these brands; to find volumes and growth. These brands typically approach the market via Online channel as an entry strategy to test the market.
During the rise of ecommerce in India, etailers with aggressive marketing spends helped these brands to make an easy entry in the Indian mobile market. The never-ending discounts and easy financing options drove these value conscious consumers. Later, the continuous initiatives to get Indians to shop online also helped expand this user base, and options like "One day delivery" and "Easy returns" made the online medium more convenient for them.
Overall the China based brands have been quite successful with this approach, the most successful being Xiaomi, which has been able to build a very strong brand and customer base in India on the back of high specifications at affordable prices. Several other brands like Lenovo, Motorola, Coolpad have also found traction online in the past couple of years.
What is working for these brands?
In India, One Plus has grown primarily via online, as they began operating in late 2014 with an aim to join the league of premium smartphone makers such as Apple or Samsung. They built "a tech fan community" who prefer future ready phones with latest specification but not as heavy on the pocket as flagships from other brands. Starting as an invite only launch on Amazon with its unique referral based purchase, it really created a unique approach to market and spreader the word of mouth. This was followed by efforts to give a differentiated retail experience with its first flagship store in Bengaluru, to enable prospective users to experience its phones before deciding to buy.
Brands like iVOOMi has also registered a significant growth in India. With a vision to take high end technology to the masses at pocket friendly prices, it started India operations in mid-2017, initially working with Shop clues and subsequently with exclusive models on Flipkart. Soon it had a network of more than 500 service centers across the country.
Another interesting trend from last year was the launch of Private Label smartphone brands by Flipkart and Amazon, essentially to lower dependency on online heavy brands. Flipkart launched a smartphone under its "Billion" brand with aim to support "Make in India" campaign, Amazon soon followed with a brand Tenor (10.or).
However, the private label business has its own set challenges in a high involvement category like smartphones, where brand pull and word of mouth are the key drivers.
Recently, OPPO, which has so far seen heavy presence in offline, announced its plans of focusing on online by launching its sub brand for online called "RealMe". The Realme brand is aimed at the Indian youth with "premium mid-range smartphone" series with high specifications at a very attractive price. Though the design and looks are quite like the recent offerings by OPPO, it will be interesting to see how the brand distinguishes its product line up amongst different distribution channels.
Currently the Indian smartphone market is dominated by China based brands and consumer is spoilt for choice in terms of smartphone range from number of brands appealing to different price pockets, and offers like cashback, EMI etc. In such a scenario, brand pull and specifications are the key differentiators for all brands. In the offline channel, new brands must jostle for shelf space, get buyer's attention in retail in addition managing the channel and distribution. It will be interesting to see how these new upcoming brands pace themselves to the incumbents and make a mark in an important and hyper competitive India market.
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If you have read this blog before, it's no secret that I am madly in love with Switzerland. Well I made what could've been a poor judgement call and decided to go out for a stroll in the Swiss Alps on a very stormy day. My equipment could very well have been destroyed given the torrential downpour that ensued a few minutes after my "planned" photoshoot. In the end it comes to show that even rainy days can be great days (of course as a photographer), but also as a traveler, taking in the world's most epic landscapes.
Anyway I will quit blabbering on and just publish the video. Don't let the rain bring you down! Sometimes cities and landscapes come to their fruition on stormy days!
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Against Ebay
One of the major sources of customers for TC is Ebay. Every week, we put 3-400 auctions up there, which not only bring in a good amount of cash, they also introduce a lot of potential clients to the awesome stock of beading supplies which is www.trashcity.com. This is because each of our auctions have a link to our website, allowing the users to see other items in which they might be interested, and assure themselves that we are not some dodgy fly-by-night operation. [Or at the very least, some dodgy fly-by-night operation with a spiffy web site] This seems natural and fair, and aids both us and our customers.
Ebay have, however, wised up, realising that anyone leaving their site might lead to them not getting their thirty pieces of silver, since they could – gasp! – buy things elsewhere! Naturally, this can't be permitted. So, as of the end of the month, they will no longer allow us to link from items to external sites, although linking to Ebay subsidiaries such as half.com is still permitted! And – what a surprise – Ebay will shortly be offering their own storefronts to users; at a price, of course. Who will buy my lovely fresh air?!
Needless to say, this will make for a lot of work, since all of our auctions have to be altered, one at a time, to remove the offending link. Or at least, revise it, since Ebay – in what seems like a sop to defuse the loud protests from their users – will still continue sellers to link to their sites from the "About Me" page which each user has. Needless to say, this loophole allows a column of tanks to tap-dance their way through, and so our About Me page is virtually a clone of our home page at trashcity.com.
It remains to be seen how long Ebay will permit anything that hints at the possible existence of other places to buy and sell goods. They already seem to be realising the possibilities, and are imposing restrictions on the 'About Me' page. These are, however, making things even more complex, witness this quote on a discussion board from one Ebay staff member:
"For instance, you can say "click here to visit my website" from the About Me (not the Listing Page), but you can't say "To view my other jewelry, please click here to visit my website.""
The reasoning by which one is entirely permitted, yet the other is completely unacceptable, is unclear to me, but would appear to be as tortuous as a pretzel specially baked for a convention of contortionists.
Ebay make the legal claim to be no more than an intermediary, in much the same way as a newspaper takes no responsibility for trades done through its classified ads. I suspect this position cannot remain tenable, in the face of a continuing welter of restrictions and regulations: you can't advertise this way, you can't sell this product at all. A perfect example of the latter is their all-but-complete ban on a number of things which came into effect yesterday, including serial-killer items and Third Reich memorabilia. I couldn't give a damn about sad Manson- or Gein-worshipping geeks, or a bunch of historo-retards who've not realised who won World War II – but it's still pretty blatant censorship.
This change was, as you've probably guessed, in response to whinges from the usual sources (to whom I'm not going to give any more publicity), and to protect their precious markets in France, Germany, Austria, etc. where the sale of such things are forbidden. I note, with a deep sense of irony, that France and Austria currently have the two of the most popular extreme-right wing parties in Europe (Jorg Haider of the Freedom Party almost became Austria's chancellor!), while Germany has perhaps the worst racial violence of any country in Western Europe.
It's clear that attempts to doublethink the past into oblivion doesn't work, and it's equally obvious that Ebay's caving-in to a vocal minority will have no positive effect. It's nothing more than a purely mercenary decision made under the guise of morality, and deserves to be condemned as such.


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In the 1990s opioid pain medications were promoted as safe, well tolerated and very effective at controlling pain. During this time physicians started significantly increasing the number of prescriptions for opioids. Also, during the late 1990s and early 2000s there was a push by regulatory agencies and the public to strive for achieving near zero pain in patients with pain, both acute and chronic pain. There were law suits against physicians and at least one physician lost a civil suit for elder abuse for under treating a cancer patient with pain. He was ordered to pay $1.5 million to the patient's children.
At the same time hospitals accreditation companies had the PAIN SCALE added as an additional vital sign. Anesthesiologist and other physicians were being forced to increase pain control and this resulted in more opioid prescriptions at higher doses. At the same time some drug companies, like Purdue Pharma, continued to promote opioids as safe and effective. Sales of oxycodone and hydrocodone soared. Read "Data Shows many companies contributed to US opioid crisis"
The predictable consequence of striving for 0/10 pain (complete pain relief) in all patients was to have over doses. This was just the case. The brakes were then put on as everyone realized that PAIN CONTROL not PAIN RELIEF should be the goal. Of course many patients would have pain relief.
Now in the 2010s in West Hills as well as across the USA, we realized that all that prescribing has caused some patients to become addicted to prescription opioids and this led to increase used of heroin and organized crime being involved in selling of prescription pain medications. Read "More than 1 million OxyContin pills ended up in the hands of criminal and addicts. What the drugmaker knew" by the LA Times.
Now there are 130 people who die every day from opioid related overdoses and 11.4 million people misuse prescription opioids. As a result of this data being made public, there has been a tightening by the DEA and state governments on the prescribing of opioids by healthcare providers. New oversight, mandatory education programs, voluntary education programs and changes to the actual paper prescription formate have been put in place. Many states require mandatory safety measures and monitoring for any patient who is on their third or fourth month of prescription opioids.
HHS has a nice web page with the data regarding the magnitude of the issue.
The LA Times has done a nice piece of investigative reporting on the involvement of drug companies in the problem.


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VA And Defense Dept. Began Paying For New Records System While Still Funding Abandoned One
Members of Congress have been demanding for years that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) work together so the records of military personnel could be seamlessly shared between the two agencies, and that veterans could avoid paperwork problems that delay receiving health and disability benefits. But the Pentagon and the VA each had their own, separate computerized record-keeping systems, which led to agency leaders to decide on developing one system that the two bureaucracies could share and satisfy the mandate from lawmakers.
The attempt to create just one set of records wound up costing the government at least $1.3 billion, and after four years of trying, the two agencies gave up earlier this year on the project that turned into a technological money-pit. In fact, officials found themselves still paying for the abandoned effort while starting on Plan B, which called for the Defense Department and the VA to have separate computer systems that would (hopefully) communicate with one another via some kind of linking software.
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Multi-user support is coming to Apple TV
Finally, multi-user support!
Today, at WWDC 2019, Apple announced a bunch of improvements to tvOS, the operating system that runs on the Apple TV. One of the biggest announcements, the inclusion of multi-user support.
Multi-user support at long last
Alongside new screens, support for console controllers, and a couple minor changes, the biggest new change is multi-user support.
That means system-level multiple user logins for tvOS, so you don't have to change your logins in every app. Now Apple TV will automatically change your user account inside the apps, fixing one of the most annoying parts of tvOS. That also means that the Apple TV app and Apple Music app will bring personalized recommendations for everyone in your home.
If you're a karaoke fan, Apple Music will also show lyrics that are in sync to the song you're playing, so you can finally sing along without misheard lyrics. The home screen has been redesigned as well, with full motion previews of shows, similar to how other streaming services already do.
Oh, and Apple TV will have some new underwater 4K HDR footage for screensaver use, in case you ever wanted a deep-sea aquarium but hate water.
There's plenty more being discussed at Apple's WWDC keynote today, so make sure to keep an eye on this space as we continue to report news regarding Apple, iOS 13, Apple Watch, and more.
What do you think? Glad to see multi-user support coming to Apple TV? Let us know down below in the comments or carry the discussion over to our Twitter or Facebook.
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