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I get the impression that these sorts of very dubious arguments, with positions based on stretched fantasy, only exist today because of the advent of digital.
Why does the question of whether or not HCB was "stealthy" (however you define the word) matter to you?
Since you obviously don't do street photography yourself...
The real question is how do you take pictures of strangers without feeling guilty about it?
Another day, another assumption based on absence of evidence.
Why would you feel guilty ?
I'm out there to capture and document. I have no social responsibility.
Hardly. I've asked you several times to show some of your street work. So far none has been forthcoming.
I have to conclude either that you don't do any or that it's so bad you don't want anyone to see it.
when you intrude into someone else's life
For you, that's fair enough; for others, obviously not so.I suppose that the way you put it, the same concept could be applied to hunting of any kind. You know, like gunning down stray dogs on the main street through town, regardless of traffic, pedestrian or mobile; no social responsibility sounds like a cool idea.;-)Rob C
At the time Strand was preoccupied with the difficulty of how to use his bulky Ensign camera to take pictures of people in the streets without their being aware of it. How do you make your subjects blind to your presence? This is another reason why the photograph is emblematic: it provides a graphic illustration of the photographers ideal relationship to his subject. This was the aspect of the picture Strand stressed in an interview in 1971 (the same year that Evans reminisced about seeing it): Although Blind Woman has enormous social meaning and impact, it grew out of a very clear desire to solve a problem. Strands solution was to take the lens from his uncles old view camera and fix it to one side of his own camera. He then held the camera in such a way that this false lens stuck straight ahead while the real lens, partly hidden by his sleeve, was focused at a right angle to the ostensible object of his attention. It may have been a clumsy solutionDo you know anyone who did it before? I dontbut this clumsiness was in keeping with everything about the cumbersome enterprise of photography at the time. And it worked.Dyer, Geoff (2009-11-11). The Ongoing Moment (Kindle Locations 346-354). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition. Here is the picture Geoff Dyer is talking about. For me this gives rise to questions about what strategies, if any, do people use for stealth, and about the pros and cons of stealth (moral and aesthetic). No doubt a subject that has been canvassed before, so references to other threads would be welcome (he says, anticipating a rebuke from an elder).
Works for me just fine.Here is a photograph I took a little over a month ago that shows a man who overdosed and died at a bus stop in Philadelphia. I took the picture because of the ironic sign and the change that fell out of his pocket. This photograph depicts the struggle some go through in life and how it can be ironic. Should I have asked the police permission to take this photo ? The dead guy ? How about the other dozen people watching it with their own eyes ? The people operating the 5 security video cameras that look down at this location ? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200456971694937&set=a.10200452254257004.2207589.1476143245&type=3&theater
I find it hilarious that people are clamoring for privacy when out it public. People are looking at you, people hear you talk, what's the difference if someone takes a photo and you happen to be in it ? Should every tourist ask for everyone's permission when they take a photo of the Liberty Bell and they happen to be in the photo ? Seriously, what's the big deal because 99% of the time they don't even know they're being photographed.
You may ask, and I may decline.
As for their unawareness of being 'framed', is that unawareness then justification for the street pickpocket of whom one is also unaware until embarrassment hits later on?Rob C


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In a Park: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, c. 1862, oil on canvas, 47 x 48 cm (National Museum, Belgrade)
To Heav'n -- My Body to the silent Dust;
My Name to publick Censure I submit,
To be dispos'd of as the World thinks fit;
My Vice and Folly let Oblivion close,
The World already is o'erstock'd with those;
My Wit I give, as Misers give their Store,
To those who think they had enough before.
Bestow my Patience to compose the Lives
Of slighted Virgins and neglected Wives;
To modish Lovers I resign my Truth,
My cool Reflexion to unthinking Youth;
And some Good-nature give ('tis my Desire)
To surly Husbands, as their Needs require;
And first discharge my Funeral -- and then
To the Small poets I bequeath my Pen.
Let a small Sprig (true Emblem of my Rhyme)
Of blasted Laurel on my Hearse recline;
Let some grave Wight, that struggles for Renown,
By chanting Dirges through a Market-Town,
With gentle Step precede the solemn Train;
A broken Flute upon his Arm shall lean.
Six comick Poets may the Corse surround,
And All Free-holders; if they can be found:
Then follow next the melancholy Throng,
As shrewd instructors, who themselves are wrong.
The Virtuoso, rich in Sun-dry'd Weeds,
The Politician, whom no Mortal heeds,
The silent Lawyer, chamber'd all the Day,
And the stern Soldier that receives no Pay.
But stay -- the Mourners shou'd be first our Care,
Let the freed Prentice lead the Miser's Heir;
Let the young relict wipe her mournful Eye,
And widow'd Husbands o'er their Garlick cry.
All this let my Executors fulfil,
And rest assur'd that this is Mira's Will;
Who was, when she these Legacies design'd,
In Body healthy, and compos'd in Mind.
Young Girl Reading: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, c. 1868, oil on panel, 32.5 x 41.3 cm (National Gallery of Art)
Poetry: Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, n.d., oil on canvas, 55 x 46 cm (Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne)
-- George Coleman, in George Coleman and Bonnell Thornton: Poems by Eminent Ladies (1755)
-- Isaac Reed, in Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse (1782)

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Patty knows a thing or two, about a thing or two, let me tell you.
I had just 30 minutes before I had to be back in class when I decided to check this place out for the first time. You would think 30 would be plenty from FC, but between foodgasm A and foodgasm B, my decision felt like I was dismantling a bomb.
I ended up going for the chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting and I also walked out with a red velvet cake ball.
Im not quite sure if there are secret ingredients, but if there are, it HAS to be love…seriously. The red velvet cake ball was just incredible. My biggest qualm with red velvet is its often times dried out, this was certainly not the case, moist as ever, and the cream cheese icing was….well…the icing on top….or all around….whatever.
The chocolate cupcake with peanut butter icing= glory^max.
I wish I hadn't inhaled them as quickly as I did, because I didnt want the experience to end.
I definitely see my self frequenting this place much more. Pattys Cakes are a great way to reward yourself or others, just stop in and check it out!
Sidebar: Patty makes this thing called the Elvis….all I know is that it has BACON. COUNT. ME. IN.
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Lackey hopes to return Sunday at Fenway vs. Astros
BOSTON -- John Lackey's first Minor League rehab game went so well that the right-hander suspects there won't be another one.
Assuming everything goes smoothly the next couple of days, look for Lackey to take the ball for the Red Sox on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park against the Astros.
"Oh, I know [where I'll be pitching]," said Lackey. "I just can't tell you guys. I'm going to get some treatment and that sort of stuff. I'm sure they'll tell you guys something here in the next day or so."
Manager John Farrell did hint that the club could send Lackey to Fenway Park next time out instead of back to the Minors.
"Right now, his scheduled bullpen [session] would be on Thursday, and provided he comes out of that, which we fully expect him to come out of that OK, we'll have an update on where his next start would be and the potential to start here for us is a real one," Farrell said.
On April 6, in his first regular-season start since Tommy John surgery, Lackey sustained a strained right bicep against the Blue Jays.
Lackey fired 3 2/3 shutout innings at Double-A Portland on Monday, throwing 67 pitches.
"I felt pretty good," said Lackey. "It was pretty cold, so it was a pretty good test to get out there and get through that in the cold, so it was good. I didn't have any issues. I was good in between innings and felt like I was locating pretty good."
Obviously, Lackey will be on a pitch count his first start back. Five innings would probably be realistic of what the Red Sox are hoping for.
"He got up and down four times and we feel like, if he were to make that start here, we would have multi-inning protection behind him," Farrell said. "That's where we're at today. I think Thursday's bullpen will have a lot to say as far as our next step."


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The nor'easter that hit Maine on Sunday has moved out, but not before dumping more than 10 inches of snow in many areas.
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Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio has welcomed the Pacific recipients named in the New Year's Honours.
Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Jacinda Ardern today congratulated the 179 New Zealanders named on the 2018 New Year's Honours List.
Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio has expressed his sincere condolences and sympathies to the family of Tony Johns who has passed away.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the latest United Nations Security Council resolution against North Korea.
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Communities Damien O'Connor today announced the fast-growing drought in parts of the lower North Island would be classified as a medium-scale adverse event.
Decision on Operational Plan to Manage the Incidental Capture of New Zealand sea lions in the Southern Squid Trawl Fishery
The Minister of Fisheries, Hon Stuart Nash, has announced the management measures that will apply to the Southern Squid Trawl Fishery (SQU6T) to manage the incidental capture of New Zealand Sea Lions.
Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Clare Curran has appointed Aucklander Wendy Palmer to the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) Board.
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Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter and Police Minister Stuart Nash are urging people to travel safely over the summer holidays.
The Government will increase the minimum wage by 75 cents to $16.50 per hour on 1 April 2018, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway announced today.
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Health Minister Dr David Clark says he looks forward to working with Stephen McKernan following his appointment as Acting Director-General of Health.
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Lawyers, conveyancers, real estate agents and the Racing Board will come under the latest anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism regulations, Justice Minister Andrew Little announced today.
New Zealand will contribute $3.5 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross for crucial humanitarian assistance in Yemen and Syria, Foreign Minister Affairs Winston Peters has announced.
Associate Minister of Local Government and Associate Minister of Agriculture with responsibility for Animal Welfare, Hon Meka Whaitiri, is urging all animal owners and the community to remain vigilant this summer.
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Mt Egmont/Taranaki will become a legal personality, in its own right, with joint responsibility shared between local Māori and the government in an agreement signed with the eight iwi of Taranaki in parliament today says Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Andrew Little.
Farmers and growers in very dry regions around the country are urged to make plans to get through a summer that has turned hot and dry sooner than usual.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Revenue Minister Stuart Nash today announced the members being appointed to the Government's Tax Working Group.
Wellington barrister and solicitor Christine Grice has been appointed a Judge of the High Court, Attorney‑General David Parker announced today.
The Honourable Justice Joseph Victor Williams has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal, Attorney-General David Parker announced today.
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HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has confirmed the state's second positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease on a deer farm in Adams County. Other deer on the farm that were tested did not have the disease.
The second deer, a white-tailed buck, tested positive at 1491 New Chester Rd., New Oxford. This is the same location of the state's first infected deer in October.
In addition to the New Oxford farm, the agriculture department quarantined 27 farms in 16 counties associated with the positive samples. Deer cannot be moved on or off quarantined properties.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission established a disease management area (DMA) surrounding the Adams County farm where the deer tested positive. As part of that plan, hunters may not move high-risk deer parts out of the area, including parts of the head and spinal column.
"Since the first positive deer was found in Pennsylvania last month, the Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force has put in place aggressive measures to prevent further spread of the disease," Agriculture Secretary George Greig said. "This positive deer was found because of those efforts, and we will continue our work to protect the state's captive and wild deer populations."
The Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force meets weekly and carries out a response plan, including education and outreach through public meetings and minimizing risk factors through continued surveillance, testing and management. Task Force members are from the Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture, Health and Environmental Protection, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Geological Survey/Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and Penn State University.
Hunters who harvest a deer within the DMA during the two-week firearms deer season (Nov. 26-Dec. 8) are required to bring their deer to a mandatory check station so samples can be collected for testing.
For the convenience of hunters, all cooperating deer processors within the DMA boundaries will be considered check stations. The Game Commission will be gathering samples from hunter-killed deer at those processors.
A list of cooperating deer processors and taxidermists from within the area will be announced and posted on the commission's Web site.
Hunters who harvest a deer within the DMA and who process their own deer, or who would like to take their deer to a processor or taxidermist outside of the management area, can visit the Game Commission operated check station. It is located at the agency's maintenance building on State Game Land 249, 1070 Lake Meade Road, East Berlin, Adams County. GPS coordinates for the building are -77.07280 and 39.97018.
Game Commission check station hours during the two-week rifle deer season are from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, but will remain open as needed. The check station will be closed on Sunday, Dec. 2.
Deer harvested outside of the management area will not be eligible for testing at the check station; however, hunters may get their deer tested by the Department of Agriculture's Veterinary Laboratory in Harrisburg, for a fee. Interested hunters should call 717-787-8808.
Chronic Wasting disease attacks the brains of infected antlered animals such as deer, elk and moose, producing small lesions that eventually result in death. Animals can get the disease through direct contact with saliva, feces and urine from an infected animal.
There is no evidence that humans or livestock can get the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Symptoms include weight loss, excessive salivation, increased drinking and urination, and abnormal behavior like stumbling, trembling and depression. Infected deer and elk may also allow unusually close approach by humans or natural predators. The disease is fatal and there is no known treatment or vaccine.
Surveillance for the disease has been ongoing in Pennsylvania since 1998. The agriculture department coordinates a mandatory monitoring program for more than 23,000 captive deer on 1,100 breeding farms, hobby farms and shooting preserves. The Game Commission collects samples from hunter-harvested deer and elk and those that appear sick or behave abnormally. Since 1998, the commission has tested more than 38,000 free-ranging deer and elk for the disease and all have tested negative.
For more information, visit www.agriculture.state.pa.us and click on the "Chronic Wasting Disease Information" button on the homepage.


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Texas State exceeds $110 million campaign goal
Posted by University News Service
Aug. 22, 2012
Texas State University has exceeded its Pride in Action fund-raising campaign goal of $110 million by more than $15 million, university President Denise Trauth announced Wednesday.
Trauth delivered the good news to Texas State faculty and staff during the annual University Convocation and General Faculty Meeting in Strahan Coliseum. The event traditionally marks the opening of the new academic year. To celebrate the campaign's success, a banner declaring that $125 million has been raised was unfurled from the coliseum roof.
Texas State launched the Pride in Action Campaign in 2006 with a stated goal of $110 million to support five "Pillars" that the university sought to improve upon: academic excellence, a performing arts center, athletics, the library and alumni relations.
"We knew our goal to raise $110 million was bold, but we also knew it was an important goal in order to take this university to the next level," said Trauth.
Many major donors who helped make the success of the campaign possible attended the convocation and applauded as Trauth announced that the goal had been surpassed.
"It is heartening to see the value our donors place on academic excellence," said Trauth. "They know as we do that this type of philanthropic support is a critical building block for ensuring our success as a top national university."
Trauth said exceeding the original campaign goal was one of many recent successes and accomplishments at Texas State.
"Perhaps our biggest shot in the arm came earlier this year, when we were designated as one of the state's Emerging Research Universities. With this designation, we now qualify for state funds that match private donations on a sliding scale. That allows us to leverage contributions to our research activities," she said.
Trauth said Texas State continues its pattern of growth and that enrollment is expected to be approximately 35,000 this fall, an all-time high. She said such an increase in enrollment would move Texas State closer to becoming the fourth-largest university in Texas.
"The increase almost assuredly will bring us up a few spots from our current perch as the nation's 34th largest university," she said.
The university's growth is reflected in the many construction projects visible on campus. Trauth said Texas State currently has 26 construction projects totaling $585 million taking place across campus.
Trauth said Texas State continues to reflect the changing demographics of Texas and that the university is doing an excellent job retaining and graduating minority students. In 2010, the university achieved Hispanic Serving Institution status. That designation is awarded to universities with 25 percent or greater Hispanic student undergraduate enrollment. HSI designation makes a university eligible to receive certain federal grants.
"So far, the university has received a half-dozen grants worth more than $9.6 million because of the HSI designation. Those grants help with student access and success, which is critical to our mission of helping drive the Texas economy," she said.
Trauth also acknowledged the opening over the summer of Texas State's Personalized Academic and Career Exploration (PACE) Center, an effort aimed at improving academic advisement and increasing the success of incoming students.
"PACE brings together freshman advising, career planning and mentoring into one place. The center will help our students match their career interests with their abilities. Then it will guide them in determining what it takes to achieve the results they want," Trauth said.


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Marketing is an essential ingredient in the recipe for growth — even survival — for any small business. Yet, many grounds maintenance professionals shy away from all but the most obvious ways to promote their businesses.
Surprisingly, one of the industry's most neglected marketing techniques is also one of the least costly and potentially most profitable: direct mail.
During my years as a management consultant, I found that most failures to make use of this powerful marketing tool can be traced directly to the owner's lack of knowledge of the fundamentals of direct mail marketing.
If you've been neglecting this potent tool for building sales and profits in your business, there has never been a better time for you to get started.
Here are three reasons why direct mail can be a profitable advertising medium for you:
Direct mail is a targeted medium. It's easy to aim your advertising dollars exclusively at legitimate prospects.
The results of your direct mail advertising can be tracked with more ease than with any other advertising medium. With direct mail, you don't have to guess how successful your efforts have been.
Desktop computers and inexpensive software have made it easier than ever to design and produce professional quality direct mail packages. While it is always preferable to seek professional help in any advertising program, it is not an absolute requirement in basic direct mail campaigns.
Target your direct mail dollars to your best prospects — your own list of customers. Direct mail experts know that people who are doing or have done business with you in the past are your best prospects for additional business. So, if you have maintained your own up-to-date customer list, congratulations are in order. You're all set to enjoy the benefits of direct mail marketing.
Of all the variables in a direct mail campaign, the most important by far is the mailing list itself — not the creative design, not even the offer it contains. Direct mail professionals refer to this as the 60-30-10 rule. That is, 60 percent of the success of a mailing depends on the list used, 30 percent on the offer and only 10 percent on the creative design.
That's why you should always target your direct mail advertising dollars. And remember, the bull's-eye in that target is the list of your present and past customers.
The care and feeding of a direct mail list. Given the importance of the list itself, you must make every effort to keep yours healthy by keeping it current.
People and businesses move away from your market area in numbers that may surprise you. According to government statistics, one in five Americans changes addresses each year. That means that a list untended for two or three years will suffer serious deterioration in quality.
One of the easiest ways to keep your list up-to-date is to request address corrections from your post office on at least one mailing a year. There's a small expense for this service, but it's money well spent. Every undeliverable address on your list represents wasted money.
Given today's technology, there is no other practical way to maintain a customer list than the use of a computer. Whether you use custom software or an over-the-counter package such as Excel, Access or Approach, it's important to weed out irregularities such as duplicates and misspellings.
Is maintaining a customer list worth all this trouble? Definitely yes. The more accurate your list, the better will be your response rate; the better your response rate, the better your sales and profits. You can count on that.
Creating your mailing package. Once you're satisfied that your mailing list is as clean as you can make it, it's time to decide what type of mailing will work best for you. A direct mail package can take any one of many forms. Here are three of the most effective:
- Postcards
The least expensive form of direct mail advertising is the humble postcard. Done with careful planning and a dose of creativity, a postcard is well suited for some types of promotions, but woefully inadequate for others. Given its obvious space limitations, a postcard cannot effectively carry a complex message that requires the reader to make a major decision.
Still, a carefully crafted postcard message can be effective for such tasks as simple discount offers, announcing seasonal services, a special for-past-customers-only, or just keeping in touch with your customers to remind them how much you appreciate their business.
Your postcard mailing doesn't have to be limited to the standard 3.5 inches by 5 inches. Postal regulations permit postcards to be as large as 4.25 inches high by 6 inches wide that still can be mailed for the regular postcard rate.
The additional space on the oversized card allows for more freedom in crafting your message, and is more likely to arrest the attention of the recipient. If you use a postcard mailer, I recommend that you take advantage of the larger size. The slightly higher printing expense will be well justified.
- The Formal Letter
When done skillfully, a letter — particularly a first-person letter — from you to a customer or potential customer is one of advertising's most powerful techniques.
Your message in a letter can contain more information, be more personalized to the recipient and is more likely to be given serious consideration by the reader.
In my experience, letters written in the first person are ideal for service providers. The warmth and directness of a first-person letter, as opposed to the impersonal third person, greatly enhances the effectiveness of any message.
First person simply means that the writer of the letter is speaking directly to the reader. A letter written in the first person will contain phrases like this: "As owner of ABC Landscapers, I'd like to thank you for your past business." Or "I take great pride in our reputation, and all of our services carry my personal guarantee of satisfaction." In other words, write as if you were speaking to the recipient face-to-face.
Hint: Writing an effective sales letter is far more difficult than most business owners realize. Unless you are skilled in English grammar and the subtleties of writing advertising copy, you should seek help from a friend or relative known to be a good communicator. At the very least, always ask someone else to proofread your advertising messages. It's very difficult to proofread your own work, even for professionals.
- Newsletters
For those who are willing to take the time and effort to create a newsletter, the result can be an amazingly powerful business-builder. Small business owners who mail out newsletters on a regular basis agree that the key to a successful newsletter is worthwhile information.
A newsletter provides obvious opportunities for sales offers, but it's important to surround those ads with interesting and helpful information for the reader.
Putting together a quarterly or semi-annual newsletter with informative and interesting copy requires talent and hard work. It won't be right for every grounds maintenance professional, but for those who are willing to make the effort, a good newsletter is a powerful selling tool.
Always remember, though, that every issue must contain information of genuine interest to the reader. Otherwise, a different form of direct mail would be a better choice. Your sales messages should never be allowed to overwhelm the editorial content.
Newsletters may consist of a single page printed on both sides, or they may be in the more conventional 4-page format. Either way, your local printer can provide important help if you decide to use a newsletter as part of your marketing program.
One ingredient for success in direct mail marketing agreed on by all professionals is the necessity of testing each and every promotion.
There is no need to waste advertising dollars on a campaign that isn't producing satisfactory returns. By tracking on a consistent basis, you will soon learn exactly which of your promotions are working and which are not.
The Postal Service offers some excellent advice on tracking and other direct mail tips on their Web site, http://www.usps.gov. Then, click on "grow your business." Whether direct mail is art or science, or some combination of both, is a matter of continuing debate among professionals. One point that is generally agreed on, however, is that the tiniest change in a direct mail promotion can make a surprisingly big difference in the results.
Such seemingly unimportant details as the color of the paper or ink, the day of the week that the package is mailed, or the size of the type used can affect the overall results of the promotion.
At this point, you needn't be overly concerned with such minutiae. The important thing is to get started with your own direct mail promotions now. If you follow the advice here and track your results carefully, you'll soon learn what works for you and what doesn't.
William Lynott is a freelance journalist who resides in Abington, Pa.
Concentrate on creating a mailing list as tightly focused as you can make it. Remember that your mailing list is the most important part of your direct mail package.
Spend lots of time developing an attention-grabbing headline. With today's short attention spans, your headline must give the reader an instant reason to continue reading. If your headline doesn't do its job, the rest of your package won't matter.
If possible, try to work in one or more of the proven power words in your headline or the body of your main copy: Free, New, You, Value, Yes, Discover, Introducing, Announcing, Fast, Benefits, Money, Security, Safety, Save, Results, Proven, Guaranteed, Facts, Now, Solution, Amazing. They work.
Resist the temptation to make your company name the most prominent element in your package. Your offer and how it will benefit the customer is the core of a successful direct mail promotion.
Sell benefits, not features. You must give the reader a reason to respond. Tell the prospect how he or she will benefit by doing business with you. Keep the following reminder in front of you when you are preparing your direct mail copy: Tell me about my lawn, not your grass seed.
You can't sell if you don't tell. You must tell your readers exactly what you want them to do. If you want them to telephone for information, tell them to do it, and then tell them again. If you want them to visit your store, tell them to do it. Prospects have more reasons for postponing a decision than you can imagine. Your job is to convince them to act … now.
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text: Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) is a central area of focus for the Young group. Our efforts are aimed at putting an upfront investment into the synthetic chemistry leading to an optimal fragment library to be screened against a variety of challenging disease targets (i.e. K-ras, NF-κB, PTP1B). Prior to our efforts, the use of low molecular weight fragments in FBDD was generally limited to highly planar sp2-carbon containing heterocycles. Based on the principles of diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS), we are preparing a novel sp3-enriched collection of fragments to be screened in a fragment-based paradigm. In addition to accessing a larger chemical space to engage diverse disease targets, the modular and efficient method of synthesis of DOS-based fragments can rapidly provide structure-activity relationships (SAR).


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Last week, I admitted to being among those who become hopelessly caught up in the Olympic Summer Games. One week later and things have taken an unexpected turn for the pathetic as I now find myself legitimately concerned with the "Medal Count". As if it has any sort of bearing on my own life in any way, shape, and/or form, I'm consistently pulling for the U.S. to overtake China not only in total medals, but also in total Gold medals. In short, whether by virtue of patriotism or just sheer boredom, living vicariously through world-class athletes is what my life has come to.
Sports talk aside, awaiting you on the other end of this week's Top 5 are brief recaps and links to Steve's Total Recall video interviews with Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and more, the first full trailer for James Bond's Skyfall, our multi-part interview with the great Guillermo del Toro, the news that The Hobbit will be a trilogy, and all of our Saturn Awards interviews including talks with writer/director Drew Goddard and Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan.
1. TOTAL RECALL Interviews with Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and More
With director Len Wiseman's Total Recall remake hitting theaters this weekend, we were able to bring you a slew of video interviews Steve conducted with stars Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, and Bryan Cranston. We can argue all day long about the necessity of the pic and how it stacks up to Paul Verhoeven's original adaptation of the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale". One thing that is not up for debate, though, is how lucky Steve is to have kicked it with Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel in the same day.
2. First Full Trailer for James Bond's SKYFALL
As I said when the teaser trailer was released back in May, the James Bond on display in Sam Mendes' Skyfall looks to be an impressive blend not only of looks, wit, intelligence, and sophistication, but also of badass physical prowess and utter vengeance. I can't speak for the 007 faithful, but for someone with admittedly limited Bond knowledge, this first full trailer has me really looking forward to the agent's 23rd cinematic installment.
3. Multi-Part Interview with the One and Only Guillermo del Toro
Not only for you, the reader, but for the interviewer his/herself, all interviews are not created equal. There are some that you look forward to due to your interest in the topic at hand or the interviewee's background, there are others that feel more like a "job" given your lack of interest in either, and then there are interviews with Guillermo del Toro. The man just oozes charisma and creativity to the point that it's a pleasure just to sit back and let him talk. That in mind, I really can't recommend enough that you take the time to check out Steve's hour-long video interview with del Toro that he has broken up into several parts to be released every day of this week. Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V have hit the site already with more still yet come.
4. THE HOBBIT Will Be a Trilogy
This week the Internet taught us that director Peter Jackson's two-part adaptation of The Hobbit is now a trilogy. Citing it as an opportunity to "tell more of the tale" Jackson and co. will look to create a cohesion with his beloved Lord of the Rings trilogy by generating a third film via material from Tolkien's notes and the appendices in The Lord of the Rings. Yet another trip to Middle-earth with Jackson at the helm can't be a bad thing, can it? Tentatively, it looks as if Summer 2014 will tell.
5. Saturn Awards Interviews with Drew Goddard, Vince Gilligan, and Much More
This year, for the 38th time, The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films bestowed upon the most deserving in the genre The Saturn Award. At this year's ceremony, Steve was able to catch up with some of the night's biggest attendees including Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, The Cabin in the Woods' Drew Goddard, Fringe showrunner J.H. Wyman, producer Dean Devlin (Independence Day), and The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman just to name a few. While these are some of the highlights for me, you might find something else that tickles your fancy even more by clicking here for all of our interviews from the 38th Annual Saturn Awards.


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It's The Outsiders meets The Garbage Pail Kids with a pinch of Walter Hill's The Warriors. Watch as The Ghosts start a suburban gang war. Plus, check out a new 11-11-11 trailer. The end of days has a date!
The Ghosts
We're pretty keen on Eddie O'Keefe black and white social parable. We especially like the fact that the "Greasers" or Ghosts in this scenario are basically born of garbage (i.e. the past). They also have a few other tricks, but we don't want to spoil the ending.
11-11 -11
The next trailer for Darren Bousman's (Repo! The Genetic Opera) strange 11-obsessed flick is out, thumping the biblical doom drums even harder. According to the film, a door to Hell will open on 11/11/11, and we're all screwed. Here's the official synopsis:
Joseph Crone travels from the United States to Barcelona, Spain to reunite with his estranged brother Samuel and dying father, Richard. However, fate has a different plan for Joseph as his life becomes plagued constant sightings of the number 11. Curiosity quickly turns to obsession, and Joseph soon realizes that this number holds a horrific meaning not only to himself but possibly to all of religion.
The Night Of The Chupacabras
Why aren't there more films about evil Chupacabras? Sure, they may just be coyotes with scabies, but they're still our favorite little south-of-the-border monster. The Brazilian film A Noite do Chupacabras deals with both a family feud and a pack of unruly Chupacabras —it's directed by Rodrigo Aragão.


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Local Business Leader Named as SUNY Canton 2014 Distinguished Alumnus
SUNY Canton has chosen David A. Frary, class of 1970 and 1972, as the recipient of this year's Distinguished Alumnus Award.
A Massena native, Frary received degrees in Banking, Insurance and Real Estate, as well as Mortuary Science. As a licensed funeral director, owner and manager of Phillips Memorial Home, he is an advocate of quality end-of-life care for community members through his volunteer work with the St. Lawrence Valley Hospice and Palliative Care. He also uses his skills as a funeral director to reach out to grieving families and provide comfort at difficult times.
His support of the college has included serving on the SUNY Canton College Foundation board of directors since 1990. He is also a member of the Mortuary Science Advisory Committee and is a scholarship sponsor.
"Mr. Frary has been extremely generous to SUNY Canton and the entire North Country community with his time, talents and financial contributions over the years," said David M. Gerlach, SUNY Canton's vice president for advancement. "He is a wonderful ambassador for our college and is an inspiration to our students."
In 2012 the Greater Massena Chamber of Commerce awarded Frary with the Distinguished Business Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding commitment to employees, dedication to customer service and service to the community.
"David has always been involved in the Massena Community through his many volunteer efforts," said Michael Gleason, executive director of the Greater Massena Chamber of Commerce. "It is not only his financial generosity to the Greater Massena Chamber of Commerce events that he excels at – it is the time commitment that makes David an outstanding citizen."
Frary will receive the award during SUNY Canton's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 18, in the Richard W. Miller Campus Center. The event is part of the college's Alumni Weekend celebration.
About SUNY Canton
SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as eight exclusively online bachelor's degrees. The college's 14 athletic teams compete as provisional members of the NCAA Division III and the USCAA.
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Noah Michael Mann 1973 - 2010 Baldwin City
Services for Noah Michael Mann, 37, Baldwin City, were Sunday, Feb. 21, at Ottawa University Chapel, Ottawa.
Mr. Mann died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.
He was born on Feb. 12, 1973, in Lawrence, the son of Ron Mann and Sherry (Covert) Van Buren. He grew up in the Kansas City area, in Grandview and Parkville, Mo., later living in Ottawa, Lawrence and Wellsville, moving to Baldwin City in 2002, where he made his home until his death.
Mr. Mann graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1991, and attended Butler County Community College and Ottawa University. For the past 15 years, he had been employed as a driver for United Parcel Service. He attended New Life Church in Kansas City.
On July 15, 2006, he was united in marriage with Melissa Johnson in Baldwin City. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include his father and stepmother, Ron and Susie Mann, N. Richland Hills, Texas; mother and stepfather, Sherry and Dub Van Buren, Basehor; two sons, Carter and Caleb Mann; three stepsons, Caleb, Kyle and Carson Powelson; a sister, Melissa Mann, Gladstone, Mo.; a stepsister, Holly Briggs, and stepbrother, Kyle Briggs, both of N. Richland Hills, Texas; paternal grandmother, Gloria Mann, Lawrence; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
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Title of statistical activity: Absolute poverty (until 2015)
Code of statistical activity: 40017
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- Metadata update
- Statistical presentation
- Unit of measure
- Reference period
- Institutional mandate
- Confidentiality
- Release policy
- Frequency of dissemination
- Accessibility and clarity
- Quality management
- Relevance
- Accuracy and reliability
- Timeliness and punctuality
- Coherence and comparability
- Cost and burden
- Data revision
- Statistical processing
- Comments
1. Contact Individual or organisational contact points for the data or metadata, including information on how to reach the contact points.
1.1. Contact organisation The name of the organisation of the contact points for the data or metadata.
Statistics Estonia
1.2. Contact organisation unit An addressable subdivision of an organisation.
Methodology and Analysis Department
1.3. Contact name The name of the contact points for the data or metadata.
Tiiu-Liisa Laes
1.4. Contact person function The area of technical responsibility of the contact, such as "methodology", "database management" or "dissemination".
1.5. Contact mail address The postal address of the contact points for the data or metadata.
51 Tatari Str, 10134 Tallinn, Estonia
1.6. Contact email address E-mail address of the contact points for the data or metadata.
1.7. Contact phone number The telephone number of the contact points for the data or metadata.
+372 625 8425
2. Metadata update The date on which the metadata element was inserted or modified in the database.
2.1. Metadata last certified Date of the latest certification provided by the domain manager to confirm that the metadata posted are still up-to-date, even if the content has not been amended.
2.2. Metadata last update Date of last update of the content of the metadata.
3. Statistical presentation
3.1. Data description Main characteristics of the data set described in an easily understandable manner, referring to the data and indicators disseminated.
Absolute poverty rate by age group, sex, labour status, type of household, educational level and place of residence
3.2. Classification system Arrangement or division of objects into groups based on characteristics which the objects have in common.
Not used.
3.3. Sector coverage Main economic or other sectors covered by the statistics.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions Statistical characteristics of statistical observations.
Absolute poverty rate – share of persons with an equalised yearly disposable income lower than the absoluute poverty threshold (the estimated subsistence minimum).
3.5. Statistical unit Entity for which information is sought and for which statistics are ultimately compiled.
3.6. Statistical population The total membership or population or "universe" of a defined class of people, objects or events.
Permanent residents of Estonia aged 15 and older and their household members, excluding institutional households (children's homes, care homes, monasteries etc.)
3.7. Reference area The country or geographic area to which the measured statistical phenomenon relates.
Estonia as a whole
3.8. Time coverage The length of time for which data are available.
3.9. Base period The period of time used as the base of an index number, or to which a constant series refers.
Not applicable.
4. Unit of measure The unit in which the data values are measured.
5. Reference period The period of time or point in time to which the measured observation is intended to refer.
6. Institutional mandate
6.1. Legal acts and other agreements Legal acts or other formal or informal agreements that assign responsibility as well as the authority to an agency for the collection, processing, and dissemination of statistics.
Not available.
Official Statistics Act
Not available.
7. Confidentiality A property of data indicating the extent to which their unauthorised disclosure could be prejudicial or harmful to the interest of the source or other relevant parties.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy Legislative measures or other formal procedures which prevent unauthorised disclosure of data that identify a person or economic entity either directly or indirectly.
The dissemination of data collected for the purpose of producing official statistics is guided by the requirements provided for in § 34 and § 35 of the Official Statistics Act.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment Rules applied for treating the data set to ensure statistical confidentiality and prevent unauthorised disclosure.
The treatment of confidential data is regulated by the Procedure for Protection of Data Collected and Processed by Statistics Estonia: https://www.stat.ee/dokumendid/19410.
8. Release policy Rules for disseminating statistical data to interested parties.
8.1. Release calendar The schedule of statistical release dates.
Notifications about the dissemination of statistics are published in the release calendar, which is available on the website. On 1 October each year, the release times of the Statistical Database, news releases, main indicators by IMF SDDS and publications are announced in the release calendar (in case of publications – the release month).
8.2. Release calendar access Access to the release calendar information.
8.3. User access The policy for release of the data to users, the scope of dissemination (e.g. to the public, to selected users), how users are informed that the data are being released, and whether the policy determines the dissemination of statistical data to all users.
All users have been granted an equal access to official statistics: this means that the dissemination dates of official statistics have to be announced in advance and no user category (incl. Eurostat, state authorities and mass media) can have access to the official statistics (results of official statistical surveys) before other users. Statistical information is first published in the Statistical Database. In case a news release is published based on the same data, the information provided in the relevant news release is simultaneously published in the Statistical Database. Official statistics are available on the website at 8.00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calender.
9. Frequency of dissemination The time interval at which the statistics are disseminated over a given time period.
10. Accessibility and clarity
10.1. News release Regular or ad-hoc press releases linked to the data.
Not published.
10.2. Publications Regular or ad-hoc publications in which the data are made available to the public.
To be determined in the process of development.
10.3. Online database Information about on-line databases in which the disseminated data can be accessed.
Data are published under the heading "Social life/ Social exclusion and poverty" in the Statistical Database in http://pub.stat.ee.
10.4. Microdata access Information on whether micro-data are also disseminated.
Not applicable.
10.5. Other References to the most important other data dissemination done.
Not published.
10.6. Documentation on methodology Descriptive text and references to methodological documents available.
The Estonian Social Survey. Methodological Report, Statistics Estonia (2010)
10.7. Quality documentation Documentation on procedures applied for quality management and quality assessment.
The quality report sent to Eurostat is available at https://circabc.europa.eu/faces/jsp/extension/wai/navigation/container.jsp.
11. Quality management Systems and frameworks in place within an organisation to manage the quality of statistical products and processes.
11.1. Quality assurance All systematic activities implemented that can be demonstrated to provide confidence that the processes will fulfil the requirements for the statistical output.
To assure the quality of processes and products, Statistics Estonia applies the EFQM Excellence Model, EU Statistics Code of Practice and the ESS Quality Assurance Framework (QAF). Statistics Estonia is also guided by the requirements provided for in § 7. "Principles and quality criteria of producing official statistics" of the Official Statistics Act.
11.2. Quality assessment Overall assessment of data quality, based on standard quality criteria.
Statistics Estonia performs all statistical activities according to an international model (Generic Statistical Business Process Model – GSBPM). According to the GSBPM, the final phase of statistical activities is overall evaluation using information gathered in each phase or sub-process (this information includes, among other things, feedback from users, process metadata, system metrics and suggestions from employees). This information is used to prepare the evaluation report which outlines all the quality problems related to the specific statistical activity and serves as input for improvement actions.
12. Relevance The degree to which statistical information meet current and potential needs of the users.
12.1. User needs Description of users and their respective needs with respect to the statistical data.
Ministry of Social Affairs
Users' suggestions and information about taking them into account are available on the SE website https://www.stat.ee/statistikatood.
12.2. User satisfaction Measures to determine user satisfaction.
Since 1996 Statistics Estonia conducts reputation surveys and user surveys.
All results are available on the website https://www.stat.ee/user-surveys.
12.3. Completeness The extent to which all statistics that are needed are available.
13. Accuracy and reliability Accuracy: closeness of computations or estimates to the exact or true values that the statistics were intended to measure.
13.1. Overall accuracy Assessment of accuracy, linked to a certain data set or domain, which is summarising the various components.
The accuracy of source data is monitored by assessing the methodological soundness of data sources and the adherence to the methodological recommendations.
13.2. Sampling error That part of the difference between a population value and an estimate thereof, derived from a random sample, which is due to the fact that only a subset of the population is enumerated.
Sampling error estimates are calculated for all indicators found, but these are published only for more important indicators.
13.3. Non-sampling error Error in survey estimates which cannot be attributed to sampling fluctuations.
Due to absence of registration law in Estonia, there is also some under-coverage of persons and households present in the Population Register. Assuming that all persons living permanently in Estonia are registered in the Population Register and considering the amount of imprecise addresses in the population register, the under-coverage of households may be at most 1–1.5%.
14. Timeliness and punctuality
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The first data release was in December 2013.
14.2. Punctuality Time lag between the actual delivery of the data and the target date when it should have been delivered.
The data have been published at the time announced in the release calender.
15. Coherence and comparability
15.1. Comparability - geographical The extent to which statistics are comparable between geographical areas.
15.2. Comparability - over time The extent to which statistics are comparable or reconcilable over time.
The data are comparable since 2004.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain The extent to which statistics are reconcilable with those obtained through other data sources or statistical domains.
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal The extent to which statistics are consistent within a given data set.
The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent.
16. Cost and burden Cost associated with the collection and production of a statistical product and burden on respondents.
Total time of filling in reports of statistical actions, working days: 7,8
17. Data revision Any change in a value of a statistic released to the public.
17.1. Data revision - policy Policy aimed at ensuring the transparency of disseminated data, whereby preliminary data are compiled that are later revised.
The data revision policy and notification of corrections are described in the dissemination policy of Statistics Estonia https://www.stat.ee/dissemination-policy.
17.2. Data revision - practice Information on the data revision practice.
The published data may be revised if the methodology is modified, if errors are discovered, if new or better data become available.
18. Statistical processing
18.1. Source data Characteristics and components of the raw statistical data used for compiling statistical aggregates.
Not used.
Not used.
Data from statistical activity 40003 "Eurostat's Harmonised Household Panel Survey" are used.
18.2. Frequency of data collection Frequency with which the source data are collected.
18.3. Data collection Systematic process of gathering data for official statistics.
18.4. Data validation Process of monitoring the results of data compilation and ensuring the quality of statistical results.
Before data dissemination, several checks on the internal coherence of the data are carried out.
18.5. Data compilation Operations performed on data to derive new information according to a given set of rules.
The indicators to be published are calculated on the basis of the collected data.
18.6. Adjustment The set of procedures employed to modify statistical data to enable it to conform to national or international standards or to address data quality differences when compiling specific data sets.
Not applicable.
19. Comments Supplementary descriptive text which can be attached to data or metadata.
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Bordered by the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area, the home sits on 42.5 acres, about 40 miles outside of Riggins, Idaho. The only way to access it is by a small aircraft or jet boat. The property has access to a 1,900-foot landing strip that's nearby. The mail, reports the Wall Street Journal, is dropped off at a nearby lodge about once a week per bush plane. (The post man is even known to take grocery store requests.)
The 3,246-square-foot home was renovated in 2009 and includes new tile flooring, appliances, and bathroom upgrades. It includes four bedrooms, five bathrooms, and a 1,200-square-foot deck, as well as three large fireplaces.
Located along the Main Salmon River, which allows for fishing and white-water rafting, the home sees its fair share of wildlife like mountain lions, cougars, and wolves.
U.S. & World
"Once you're there," the owner claims, "the rest of the world goes away."
See more, plus gorgeous photos of the home, on the Wall Street Journal.


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Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), formally Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺), is a Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) UNESCO World Heritage site.[1]
|Senju-Kannon (Sahasrabhuja Ārya Avalokiteśvara)
|1-294 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
|Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, reconstructed by Tokugawa Iemitsu
"Kiyomizu-dera" in kanji
|Japanese name
The place is not to be confused with Kiyomizu-dera in Yasugi, Shimane, which is part of the 33-temple route of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage through western Japan, or the Kiyomizu-dera temple associated with the Buddhist priest Nichiren.
The temple is currently covered entirely by semi-transparent scaffolding while it is undergoing restoration works in preparation for the 2020 Olympics.
Kiyomizu-dera was founded in the early Heian period.[2] The temple was founded in 778 by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, and its present buildings were constructed in 1633, ordered by the Tokugawa Iemitsu.[3] There is not a single nail used in the entire structure. It takes its name from the waterfall within the complex, which runs off the nearby hills. Kiyomizu means clear water, or pure water.[4][5]
It was originally affiliated with the old and influential Hossō sect dating from Nara times.[6] However, in 1965 it severed that affiliation, and its present custodians call themselves members of the "Kitahossō" sect.[7]
The main hall has a large veranda, supported by tall pillars, that juts out over the hillside and offers impressive views of the city. Large verandas and main halls were constructed at many popular sites during the Edo period to accommodate large numbers of pilgrims.[8]
The popular expression "to jump off the stage at Kiyomizu" is the Japanese equivalent of the English expression "to take the plunge".[5] This refers to an Edo-period tradition that held that if one were to survive a 13-meter (43-foot) jump from the stage, one's wish would be granted. During the Edo period, 234 jumps were recorded, and of those, 85.4% survived.[5] The practice was prohibited in 1872.[5]
Beneath the main hall is the Otowa waterfall, where three channels of water fall into a pond. Visitors can catch and drink the water, which is believed to have wish-granting powers.
The temple complex includes several other shrines, among them the Jishu Shrine, dedicated to Ōkuninushi, a god of love and "good matches".[4] Jishu Shrine possesses a pair of "love stones" placed 10 meters (30 feet) apart[9], which lonely visitors can try to walk between with their eyes closed. Success in reaching the other stone with their eyes closed implies that the pilgrim will find love, or true love.[10] One can be assisted in the crossing, but this is taken to mean that a go-between will be needed. The person's romantic interest can assist them as well.
The complex also offers various talismans, incense, and omikuji (paper fortunes). The site is particularly popular during festivals (especially at New Year's and during obon in the summer) when additional booths fill the grounds selling traditional holiday foodstuffs and souvenirs to throngs of visitors.[11]
In 2007, Kiyomizu-dera was one of 21 finalists for the New Seven Wonders of the World.,[12] but was not picked as one of the seven winning sites.
Statuettes of Ksitigarbha (or Jizō) en masse
See alsoEdit
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
- List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto
- List of National Treasures of Japan (temples)
- The Glossary of Japanese Buddhism for an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture
- The New Seven Wonders - Wikipedia's list of the other finalists can be found here.
- Tourism in Japan
- ^ "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)". Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane (1956), p. 111.
- ^ Graham (2007), p. 37
- ^ a b "Kiyomizu Temple". 2007-04-07. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ a b c d "Kiyomizudera, Kyoto". Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ Graham (2007), p. 32
- ^ Kiyomizu-deploy
- ^ Graham 2007, p. 80
- ^ "恋占いの石". Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ "japanvisitor.com". Retrieved 2010-08-21.
- ^ "Kiyomizu-dera Temple". Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "The Finalists for The Official New 7 Wonders of the World". Archived from the original on 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- Graham, Patricia J. (2007) Faith and Power in Japanese Buddhist Art (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press) ISBN 978-0-8248-3126-4.
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1956) Kyoto: The Old Capital of Japan, 794-1869. Kyoto: The Ponsonby Memorial Society.
External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kiyomizu-dera.
- Information and Photograph (in English)
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple at Official Kyoto Travel Guide
- Kiyomizu-dera Temple home page (in Japanese)
- Photos and details of Kiyomizu-dera as a pilgrimage destination
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Further update 11/11/2011: The grad assistant who testified that he told Paterno of child rape has been placed in protective custody because of death threats.
Moody's says it may downgrade Penn State's bond rating (and not just because of an anticipated falloff in sweatshirt sales): it is anticipated that Penn State's insurer may not pay any claims related to sex abuse, because the president knew of such incidents and did nothing. Further, Penn State may well lose it's insulation from public financial scrutiny, through acts of the state legislature. And, six sponsors of telecasts of Penn State football have pulled out.
In related news, prized football recruit Joey O'Conner has decommitted from Penn State. Another recruit who is no longer interested in Penn State says Jerry Sandusky paid him a recruiting visit this year (!!!!):
"He came to my last spring game going into my senior season. He liked how I moved, laterally, and how gifted I am," said Ah Ching.
Sandusky attended a football camp for Polynesian players in Utah over the summer and urged all in attendance to play for Paterno.
This is AFTER the Harrisburg Patriot Times broke the story in March 2011:
Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News reports that grand jury is investigating Sandusky on allegations of indecent assault against a teenage boy. The Patriot-News reports that five people with knowledge of the case said the grand jury has been meeting for 18 months and has called witnesses, including Paterno and Curley. Penn State declines comment.
more details on that and later stories:
The Patriot-News broke the story that Jerry Sandusky was being investigated for child sex abuse back in March. We told the stories of two victims in detail.
We wrote additional stories in April and August, including one that reported the grand jury had heard testimony from multiple victims.
Any of the national news media who were shocked by Sandusky's indictment last week evidently don't read our newspaper or look at our website. They should have.
Update 11/11/2011:
Penn State University ignored the criminal investigation of Jerry Sandusky even after it was reported by a regional newspaper in March 2011; meanwhile Jerry Sandusky maintained his office on the Penn State University campus, and, (according to the newspaper that originally broke the story) lives next door to an elementary school!!!???!!!
Update: upon hearing that the board of trustees is meeting and considering prompt and decisive action, Mr. Paterno is trying to get out in front of this by announcing that he sympathizes with the victims, wishes he had done more, blah blah, and he wants to retire at the end of the season. Too little, too late. He thinks he is the boss; news flash, Mr. P: not any more. If he's lucky he'll be put on administrative leave on Friday.
The Penn State University president should fire Joe Paterno….oh wait… the president should be fired first…oh wait…
A timeline…
[In the first place, dear reader, you must understand that Joe Paterno rules the football program at Penn State and is not in fact under the control of the athletic director or even the president. Rather, he tells THEM where to get off.]
Around 1967: Paterno hires Jerry Sandusky.
1977: Sandusky founds Second Mile, which provides him access to young boys who have little effective parental supervision.
1994-1997 Sandusky allegedly abuses 3 boys, ( AKA Victims 4, 5, and 6) ages 7 or 8, 10, and 12 or 13, some at the Penn State football team hotel on the night before a home football game.
1998: Sandusky, while naked, has contact with a naked 11 year old boy in the Penn State University football shower room. His mother complains to campus police. Another mother also makes a similar complaint. An investigation is made by the police and child protective services. He admits to having naked contact with at least one of the children. The authorities conclude that no sexual assault occurred. No chargesaree made. Sandusky promises someone (?) that he won't do it again. Great. In November of 2011, Joe Paterno's son will assert that Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno knew nothing about this!! Really?
March 2002: a Penn State Football graduate assistant (who was a former Penn State University football player) heard "slapping" noises that he thought indicated sexual activity in the Penn State football shower room. Upon investigation saw the young boy facing the wall in the shower with his hands up on the wall, while Jerry Sandusky, a very large strong man, was perpetrating penile-anal "sex" on him.
The graduate assistant went to his own father for advice. He then reported the incident to Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno at the latter's home.
The next day Paterno met with Penn State University athletic director Curley and tells him, according to Curley, that the GA saw fondling or something of a sexual nature. The GA does not concur with Curley's version.
10 days later(!) GA meets with Curley and Penn State University vice president Schultz. He says he told them he saw sex. They deny he said that. Curley states that he recalls having an "impression" of non-sexual fooling around. Schultz states he recalls possible grabbing of genitals while wrestling. Neither man denies that the account described contact in the shower between a naked middle-aged man and a naked 10 year-old child. Hello?
Penn State University President Spanier is informed of (some?) allegations. Spanier testified that he was told Sandusky had been seen "horsing around" with a boy, and presumably that both Sandusky and the child were both naked. Presumably, President Spanier realized that Sandusky was a middle-aged man and that the child was…well, a child.
Neither the police nor any child protection agencies are informed of the GA allegations. The identity and whereabouts of the child are unknown.
Curley tells Second Mile that an internal investigation of allegations against Sandusky found "no wrongdoing."
Sandusky surrenders his key to the Penn State football locker room, is told not to bring children on to campus. He maintains his position as professor emeritus, with an office and phone, and all other university privileges. He maintains his relationship as a volunteer coach at a local school, where he will allegedly engage in multiple sexual encounters with a child in the Second Mile program.
2007 Sandusky brings "victim 1" of the indictment to Penn State football practice.
The mother of Victim 1 complains to high school about Sandusky, alleging multiple episodes of sexual misconduct; the police are notified.
November 2008, after 31 years of access to unprotected boys, Sandusky is forbidden any contact with children in Second Mile. Sandusky maintains his position, office and privileges at Penn State University.
Unknown date: Sandusky forms for profit corporation which stages athletic programs and camps for children on various campuses of Penn State University.
October 2011: Sandusky maintains his position, office and privileges at Penn State University.
November 2011: On November 5, 2011 Sandusky was arrested and charged with seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse; eight counts of corruption of minors, eight counts of endangering the welfare of a child, seven counts of indecent assault and other offenses. Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz (who oversaw the Penn State police department) were charged with perjury and failure to report suspected child abuse by Sandusky. On November 6 Penn State University "bans" Sandusky from campus. President Spanier makes no statements regarding the victims or their families, but proclaims his "unconditional support" for Curley and Schwartz.
Paterno's role in the cover-up of the 2002 incident has not been disclosed. He says he "did what he was supposed to do." His son says he had no knowledge of the 1998 allegations. According to the attorney general's office, he is not a target of the investigation. The president may be a different story however. And the Penn State University is certainly at risk as well, for violation of the federal Clery Act, not to mention civil actions.


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be up to (one's) old tricks
To be doing things that one was known for doing in the past, especially deceitful or mischievous behavior. Food went missing from the school cafeteria? It sounds like Billy is up to his old tricks again. I reunited with my two best friends after nearly five years apart, and we were up to our old tricks again in no time.


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On Tuesday afternoon, clashes resumed in the village of Esh Kodesh, after Israeli Border Police permitted nearby Arabs to plow the land between the settlements of Esh Kodesh and Achiah, Hakol Hayehudi reported.
Named after the Piaseczna Rebbe, the renowned spiritual leader of many Chassidim in Auschwitz, Esh Kodesh is a 22-family village overlooking the Jordan Valley (2400 ft above sea level), some 25 miles north-east of Jerusalem. Its neighbor Achiah is another 22-family village.
The Esh Kodesh residents have argued that it shouldn't take dozens of Arabs to plow one field – one tractor could do the job quite proficiently. Also, seeing as it is well past the plowing and sowing season, they view the "plowing" as nothing more than sheer provocation on the part of their Arab neighbors, and a clear threat to the security of their village.
Residents of the community along with many supporters, who have endured severe clashes with the police earlier in the day, returned en masse to the disputed area and tried to prevent the plowing with their bodies. As usual, the Jewish locals were treated brutally by the border cops, who fired tear gas and stun grenades directly into the group of Jewish civilians, which included women, children and babies.
A group of IDF reservists who had been ordered to the area to secure the plowing Arabs, ended up defending the Jewish civilians from the cops.
"A Druze Border Police officer named Yusuf commanded the event and totally freaked out," said a resident of Esh Kodesh to Hakol Hayehudi. "He fired tear gas canisters into a group of women and children and used severe violence. At some point a large group of reserve soldiers arrived and once they saw what was happening, they started shouting at the Border Police: 'Are you crazy? Are you screwed in the brain?' and demanded that they stop firing on children."
According to the residents, the police officers themselves then started to debate their own conduct. "The soldiers shouted at them: 'We are one nation,' and 'Look who you're shooting at,' and more talk like that, and they became confused and started arguing among themselves."
One resident related that the debate between the soldiers and the border cops grew louder and turned into mutual cursing. "At some point, the Border Police just became too annoyed at the soldiers and told them: Let's see you get by here by yourselves, climbed into their jeeps and drove off," he said.
The Arabs, who had only managed to plow a few meters, saw that they were deserted by their security guards and began to flee. "Once they no longer had the backing of this Druze officer, the Arabs simply turned around and drove quickly away," said one resident.
In earlier incidents, four Jews were arrested in clashes in the area. An Esh Kodesh resident was arrested by border policemen in the most brutal and violent manner, and later a resident of Givat Gulat Zion was arrested after being asked to present an ID card by police detectives who positioned road barriers separating the settlements of Gush Shilo. Two boys were also arrested, one because the cops claimed he was wanted for questioning, and the other after he refused to show his ID card. Both were released after a few hours, according to the Honenu legal aid society.
During the clashes Jews shattered the windows of a car owned by an Arab who was driving on the country road connecting the villages of Kotzra and Jalud. The driver was sprayed with pepper gas and sustained injuries from stones thrown at him. He was evacuated for medical treatment. The Arabs of Jalud also complained that some Jews had cut down a number of olive trees near their village.
The IDF informed the Jewish residents that the Arab plowing of the fields near their community will continue despite their protests. The residents, for their part, are preparing additional days of clashes and call upon all those who care about the village's security to come to the area and help prevent the plowing.


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NEW YORK - The message of "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" seems to be: Don't worry, be happy, consequences be damned.
This devil-may-care philosophy seems to work fine for June Shannon and her outrageous household, at least as captured for the TLC reality show that burst on the scene last summer as a backwoods celebration of mischief-making, fart jokes and dietary excess that would rattle Paula Deen.
It returns Wednesday with more of the same.
Set in tiny McIntyre, Georgia., the show continues to plunder Southern and rural stereotypes. On a hand-painted sign, "Peaches" is spelled "Peches" (proof that Southerners can't read or write). The soundtrack is larded with cornpone country music. And to reinforce the notion that this is an alien culture whose spoken tongue is unintelligible, the dialogue is often subtitled.
To its credit, "Boo Boo" has a sweet tone. It remains a big-hearted show.
Then again, most everything about it is super-sized - especially June, who, at 33, is a bleach-blond Buddha living with four daughters sired by four fathers including her youngest, 7-year-old Alana (aka Honey Boo Boo), whose dad is Mike ("Sugar Bear"), a 41-year-old chalk miner who serves as resident patriarch and de facto granddad to baby Kaitlyn, whose mother is June's 18-year-old daughter, Anna ("Chickadee").
This brood of seven lives in a three-bedroom/one bath home and gets by, according to June, on $80 a week in grocery costs.
How do they do it? June is an accomplished coupon-cutter and a thrifty homemaker who, in the season premiere, scores a culinary coup: a dead hog struck by a car up the road.
"We're not really hunters in our family," she explains, so road kill is always welcome. "We bring it home, skin it, cook it, eat it, save money. That's the way the cycle of life works in our family."
Warning: Watching them prepare the family's pork-and-beans feast could turn you into a vegan.
However hard-pressed, the family has its share of fun - although some of the hijinks seem staged for the reality-TV lens.
In one scene, Alana, 13-year-old Lauryn ("Pumpkin") and 16-year-old Jessica ("Chubbs") wrap themselves in plastic bags, pour cooking oil on the floor, grease themselves all over with gobs of butter and turn the house into what they call "Redneck Slip `n Slide - Extreme Home Edition."
They and the house are soon an oozy mess. But it may be the most benign use of butter ever seen on the show. Reflecting the family's high-cholesterol regimen, Alana recites what to her must seem like the three major food groups: "butter, sketti (spaghetti) and ketchup."
"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" centers on Mama June, but title character Alana, who's a chunky hybrid of child stars Shirley Temple and Gary Coleman, is rarely out of sight.
Indeed, it was her participation in beauty pageants on TLC's "Toddlers & Tiaras" that snagged her a series of her own, and she makes the most of her stardom to a degree beyond brattiness.
Following in the family tradition, she is a specialist in jokes inspired by flatulence, such as when she boasts that her secret pro-wrestling move "would be the Cup-a-Fart: You fart in your hand and throw it at the enemy's face."
Is this really the way for a 7-year-old to be encouraged to behave? Sure, when it serves the interests of a reality-TV show. A viewer may cringe at what may lie ahead for her when the cameras are gone and the audience's amusement at her overwrought bid for attention has passed. But there's no point in worrying about tomorrow. No one appearing on this show ever seems to.
The point of the show is to marvel at how these folks exist in the Now, a redneck state of Zen with no apparent regard for health, family planning, economic advancement or other issues imposed by an uncertain future. Theirs is a live-for-today lifestyle the audience is free to admire for the moxie it implies - while mocking them for their abject recklessness.
Not that there aren't moments any viewer can relate to.
For instance, after a somewhat chaotic birthday party for Sugar Bear (the party theme: his favorite TV show, "The Dukes of Hazzard"), he whisks the girls out of the house with designs on a little romance with his woman.
"If there's any chance of June being a little frisky," he reasons, "it's on my birthday."
In their boudoir, he presents her with a cream-filled, candle-lit cupcake.
June is unimpressed. "A new crockpot, new deep fryer, might get you to first base," she says.
But in the show's final moments, shot discreetly from out in the yard, viewers can hear June submitting with a line that would do justice to a top-notch sitcom: "Just be quick!"
As set-up as it seems, no scene in the hour rings truer.


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Jones rewards spirited Schalke at Galatasaray
Wednesday 20 February 2013
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Galatasaray AŞ 1-1 FC Schalke 04
Jermaine Jones cancelled out Burak Yılmaz's fine strike to earn the visitors a share of the spoils after a meeting high on entertainment.
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FC Schalke 04 put their domestic travails to one side as Jermaine Jones cancelled out Burak Yılmaz's fine strike for Galatasaray AŞ to earn the visitors an away-goals advantage in this last-16 tie.
Burak scored six times in the UEFA Champions League group stage but was barely mentioned in the build-up to this game, the prominent figure of Didier Drogba looming large. He was soon remembered when he fired Galatasaray into the lead on 12 minutes but, after Jones's equaliser just before half-time, the Turkey forward would have appreciated a bit of shade as he squandered two chances to clinch victory.
This was supposed to be Drogba's day, the European return of the man who prompted the inscriber's hand to spell out Chelsea FC's name on the UEFA Champions League trophy nine months ago. Yet he had to stand aside and let Burak back into the spotlight as the 27-year-old rifled in a wonderful opening goal. Drogba had a cameo in the build-up, but Burak had a lot to do as he received Selçuk İnan's pass with his back to goal.
He did it expertly, diverting the ball over Joel Matip with his first touch and turning around the defender to lash into the net. The home team so nearly doubled their advantage soon after, Hamit Altıntop rattling the crossbar after Timo Hildebrand could only parry Drogba's effort. Schalke were architects of their own downfall, both goal and near miss originating from poor passes out from the back.
They were far more constructive going the other way, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar somehow failing to tap in when Benedikt Höwedes' header found him free at the far post following a corner. Semih Kaya inadvertently went closer, grazing the upright as he cut out Jefferson Farfán's dangerous centre and, with Schalke ending an open first half on top, Jones restored parity.
Dany Nounkeu's miscontrol was seized upon by Huntelaar, and in a flash Farfán was streaking clear, attracting the defensive cover before squaring for Jones to power in. The combative midfielder will be missed for the second leg in Gelsenkirchen on 12 March, when he is suspended.
Schalke, so brittle in domestic football in recent weeks, were showing their mettle, and their ascendancy continued after the restart as Farfán and Huntelaar went close. The best home opportunities fell to Burak, both created by Drogba, but he was unable to reclaim the headlines. Schalke will feel they merited their equal billing.


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it is said, however, that if you perform a dzogchen guru yoga incorrectly even once, in each of your future lives (and there will be several before the end) there will appear an irritable ogre and a flatulent monkey with your solar and lunar channels, ever tapping their feet, and interrupting your zhine periodically. the ogre complains incessantly and the monkey's supply of bangladeshi curry is never ending. your awakening will be blocked until you can integrate these errors thoroughlyIsh wrote:With regards to the visualization of the white A in the rainbow thigle, Can one use the short A stroke (used in Tummo) instead of the full Tibetan A?
From the perspective of Chogyal Namkhai Norbu's Guru Yoga.
still it is better than sitting with vajrapani set over you with a phurba tip waiting to split your head into seven pieces