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There seems to be a little bit of misinformation surrounding Salem's performance at the FADER Fort last Saturday and our own reception of it. We've long loved the group, put them on one of our limited edition 7-inches and in the magazine and on this site about a billion times and are grateful they decided to risk playing at a venue that was never going to serve them well. So when FADER editor Matt Schnipper used a portion of his latest column to address the show, and said that they were "booed offstage" and were "not good," it was within the context of saying how much he likes their music and how ill-suited the Fort was to display it. And of course a few people took it out of context and tried to make it seem like we were clowning a band that we'd booked, which is not the case.
Salem needs heavy bass, crushing synth and vocals buried—this is not a secret or a cover-up, it's how they do things. We know this. We like this. One of the necessities of throwing a mini-festival like the Fort, though, is that bands don't really soundcheck. They get baseline set-ups and the sound is tweaked by our excellent crew for like one minute before the bands play. So Salem didn't sound "bad" so much as they didn't sound like Salem. It's like if we'd put Nas up there with a paper bag and an accordion—it would've been awesome to watch but not really Nas. BUT the fact that a few people howled (and this is probably more accurate than "booed offstage") isn't really a bad thing. Salem's whole shit is to make people uncomfortable and maybe wonder what is going on. They had a girl sitting on the floor of the stage doing nothing for chrissakes, it's not like they're unaware of their image. So anyway, take that for what it's worth but don't think that we're piling on over here, we thoroughly enjoy whatever it is that Salem is doing.
And now, here's Salem's performance of "Redlights" from the Fort, and here's what it sounds like on their album Water. Feel free to discuss in the comments.


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This article concerns the concept of Sangha in Buddhism. For information on other senses, see Sangha (disambiguation).
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Sangha (Pali: सङ्घ saṅgha; Sanskrit: संघ saṃgha; Chinese: 僧伽; pinyin: Sēngjiā[1]; Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན་ dge 'dun[2]) is a word in Pali and Sanskrit meaning "association", "assembly," "company" or "community" and most commonly refers in Buddhism to the monastic community of ordained Buddhist monks or nuns. This community is traditionally referred to as the bhikkhu-sangha or bhikkhuni-sangha. As a separate category, those who have attained any of the four stages of enlightenment, whether or not they are members of the bhikkhu-sangha or bhikkhuni-sangha, are referred to as the ariya-sangha or "noble Sangha".[3][4][5]
The Sangha also includes laymen and laywomen who are personally dedicated to the discipline of Dharma-Vinaya. This use of the word "Sangha" is only sometimes found in the Pali texts.[6][7][8]
In a glossary of Buddhist terms,[9] Richard Robinson et. al. define Sangha as:
"Sangha. Community. This word has two levels of meaning: (1) on the ideal (arya) level, it denotes all of the Buddha's followers, lay or ordained, who have at least attained the level of srotapanna; (2) on the conventional (samvtri) level, it denotes the orders of the Bhiksus and Bhiksunis."
Some lay practitioners in the West these days use the word "Sangha" as a collective term for all Buddhists, but the Pali Canon uses the word parisā (Sanskrit, parisad) for the larger Buddhist community — the monks, nuns, lay men, and lay women who have taken the Three Refuges — reserving 'Sangha' for a more restricted use."[8][10][11]
"The two meanings overlap but are not necessarily identical. Some members of the ideal Sangha are not ordained; some monastics have yet to acquire the Dharma-eye"[who?][10]
"Unlike the present Sangha, the original Sangha viewed itself as following the mission laid down by the Master, viz, to go forth '…on tour for the blessing of the manyfolk, for the happiness of the manyfolk out of compassion for the world, for the welfare, the blessing, the happiness of deva and men"[who?][12]
Qualities of the Sangha[edit]
The Sangha is the third of the Three Jewels in Buddhism. Due to the temptations and vicissitudes of life in the world, monastic life is considered to provide the safest and most suitable environment for advancing toward enlightenment and liberation.
In Buddhism, the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha each are described as having certain characteristics. These characteristics are chanted either on a daily basis and/or on Uposatha days, depending on the school of Buddhism. In Theravada tradition they are a part of daily chanting:
The Sangha: The Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples (Savakas) is:
- practicing the good way
- practicing the upright way
- practicing the knowledgeable or logical way
- practicing the proper way
That is, the four pairs of persons, the eight types of individuals - This Sangha of the Blessed One's disciples is:
- worthy of gifts
- worthy of hospitalities
- worthy of offerings
- worthy of reverential salutation
- the unsurpassed field of merit for the world.[13]
Monastic tradition[edit]
The Sangha of monks and the Sangha of nuns were originally established by Gautama Buddha in the 5th century BC in order to provide a means for those who wish to practice the Dhamma full-time, in a direct and highly disciplined way, free from the restrictions and responsibilities of the household life.[14] The Sangha also fulfils the function of preserving the Buddha's original teachings and of providing spiritual support for the Buddhist lay-community. The monastic sangha has historically assumed responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the doctrine as well as the translation and propagation of the teachings of the Buddha.
The key feature of Buddhist monasticism is the adherence to the vinaya which contains an elaborate set of rules of conduct including complete chastity and eating only before noon. Between midday and the next day, a strict life of scripture study, chanting, meditation, and occasional cleaning forms most of the Sangha's duties [1]. Transgression of rules carries penalties ranging from confession to permanent expulsion from the Sangha. The founder of Japanese Tendai decided to reduce the number of rules down to about 60 (Enkai). In Kamakura Era, many sects (Zen, Pureland and Nichiren) that originated from Tendai sect abolished vinaya entirely.
Monks and nuns may own only the barest minimum of possessions due to their samaya as renunciates (ideally, three robes, an alms bowl, a cloth belt, a needle and thread, a razor for shaving the head, and a water filter). In practice, they often have a few additional personal possessions.
Traditionally, Buddhist monastics eschew ordinary clothes and wear robes. Originally the robes were sewn together from rags and stained with earth. The idea that robes were dyed with saffron seems unlikely to be true since it was and still is a very expensive commodity, and monks were poor. The color of modern robes varies from community to community (saffron is characteristic for southeast Asian Theravada and Mahayana groups, maroon in Tibet, gray in Korea, black in Japan etc.)
The word which is usually translated as monk is bhikkhu in Pali or bhikshu in Sanskrit. The feminine form is bhikkhuni or bhikshuni. These words literally mean "beggar", learner, auspicious, adept, endowed with harmony and order;[12] and it is traditional for bhikkhus to beg their food. In most places this has become an elaborate ritual, where lay people feed monastics in order to obtain merit which will ensure them a fortunate rebirth. Although monastics in India traditionally did not work for income, this changed when Buddhism moved to east Asia, so that in China and the surrounding countries monks often engage in agriculture.
The idea that all Buddhists, especially monks and nuns practice vegetarianism is a Western misperception. In some Sanskrit Mahayana Sutras meat eating is strongly discouraged. In Pali Canon the Buddha rejected a suggestion by Devadatta to impose vegetarianism on the Sangha. According to the Pali Texts, the Buddha ate meat [as long as the animal was not killed specifically for Him]. According to the Mahayana Sutras, the Buddha does not eat meat. The Buddha [in the Pali Texts] allowed Sangha members to eat whatever food is donated to them by laypeople, except that they may not eat meat if they know or suspect the animal was killed specifically for them. Consequently, the Theravadan tradition (Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Burma) which follows the Pali scriptures does not practice vegetarianism though an individual may do so at his or her personal choice [2]. On the other hand, the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions accept both Theravada and Mahayana scriptures, and consequently the practice will vary depending on their interpretation of the sutras. In particular, East Asian monastics take on the bodhisattva vows from the Brahma Net Sutra which has a vow of vegetarianism as part of the Triple Platform Ordination where they receive the sramanera/sramanerika, bhikshu/bhikshuni and bodhisattva vows, whereas the Tibetan lineages transmit the bodhisattva vows from Asanga's Yogacarabhumi, which does not include a vow of vegetarianism. In some areas such as China, Korea and Vietnam one expects the Sangha to practice strict vegetarianism while in other areas such as Japan or Tibet one does not.
The lay community is responsible for the production of goods and services in society, and for the production and raising of children. According to Mahayana sutras, the Buddha always maintained that lay persons were capable of great wisdom in the Buddhadharma and of reaching enlightenment. In the west, there is a misconception that Theravada regards enlightenment to be an impossible goal outside the Sangha. This is incorrect. In Theravada suttas, it is clearly recorded that the Buddha's uncle—who was a lay follower—reached enlightenment by hearing the Buddha's discourse.
The distinction between Sangha and lay persons has always been important and forms the Parisa, Buddhist community. Here, monastics teach and counsel the laity at request while laymen and laywomen offer donations for their future support. This inter-connectedness serves as a marriage and has sustained Buddhism to this day.
Women's role in the Sangha[edit]
Although always maintaining that women were just as capable of attaining enlightenment as men, the canonical texts depict the Buddha as being reluctant to permit women to join the Sangha. After several entreaties from his aunt and foster-mother, Maha Pajapati Gotami, who wished to become ordained, and from his cousin and aide Ananda, who supported her cause, the Buddha relented and ordained Maha Pajapati and several others as nuns. It is interesting to note that this was one of the few issues about which the Buddha is recorded to have changed his mind. The Buddha later established the condition that each new ordination would be sanctioned by at least five bhikkhunis.
There have been several theories regarding the Buddha's reluctance to ordain women, including the possibility that it was due to fears that a community of women would not be safe in the society of his day. According to the scriptures the reason the Buddha himself gave was that the admission of women would weaken the Sangha and shorten its lifetime, and he laid down strict rules subordinating nuns to monks (The Eight Garudhammas).
Before the modern era, the Bhikkhuni Sangha spread to most Buddhist countries including Burma (also known as Myanmar), with the notable exceptions being Tibet and Thailand. However, in Sri Lanka, it died out in the 11th century during a civil war and was not revived. Consequently, as Theravada Buddhism spread to Thailand, the Theravada Sangha consisted only of monks.
In recent decades, there has been a serious attempt to revive the Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha with the assistance of Mahayana bhikkhunis from the Chinese lineage. These were introduced from Sri Lanka in 433 C. E., following the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, and subsequently spread to Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan. This has resulted in a small but thriving community of nuns in Sri Lanka, who in turn ordained the first Theravada Buddhist nun in the history of Thailand, Ven. Dhammananda. However, the validity of these ordinations is strongly disputed by some of the conservative Theravada establishment.
Meanwhile, a similar process has produced the first fully ordained bhikkhunis in Tibetan Buddhism, where only the novice ordination for bhikkhunis existed. In the west, where feminism has been a strong influence, there have been many remarkable Buddhist nuns: three notable examples are Pema Chodron, Ayya Khema and Tenzin Palmo.
The first bhikkhuni ordination in Australia in the Theravadin tradition was held in Perth on October 22, 2009 at Bodhinyana Monastery. Venerable Ajahn Vayama together with Venerables Nirodha, Seri and Hasapanna were ordained as bhikkhunis by a dual sangha act of bhikkhus and bhikkhunis in full accordance with the pali vinaya.
Sangha as a general reference to Buddhist community[edit]
Some commentators have noted that sangha is frequently (and according to them, mistakenly) used in the West to refer to any sort of Buddhist community.[15][16] This could be problematic in a doctrinal sense insofar as a given collection of Buddhists might not fully constitute a triple gem (of Buddha, dharma, and sangha) where other sentient beings could take refuge, and as such, might not merit the reverence and the measure of community support (i.e., recourse to bhiksa in whatever form) provided for in the sutras for the sangha formative of the triple gem.
It is suggested by these commentators that the terms parisa or gana would be a more appropriate reference to a community of Buddhists. Parisa means "following" and it refers to the four groups of the Buddha's followers: monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen. [3] The Sanskrit term gana has meanings of flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class, and is usable as well in more mundane senses.
However, application of sangha to any sort of Buddhist community is backed by other commentators, mainly coming from movements with a significant proportion of lay people, and often among Mahayana, Vajrayana and Vipassana groups. They refer to the word sangha being traditionally also used to encompass lay followers, in sutras like Anguttara-Nikaya II.1.vii.[17] The doctrinal problem of sangha-as-gem-to-be-revered they solve in two ways: firstly by stressing that the arya sangha is a much greater refuge than the lower levels of sangha, and secondly by stressing that sangha denotes the sacred dimensions of gathering as a community of Buddhists, in contrast with its more mundane dimensions. The sacred dimensions of such peer relationships are governed by the concept of kalyana mittata.
Sangha In Mahayana Buddhism[edit]
In Mahayana Buddhism, the Sangha as a part of the Three Jewels in which all Buddhists take refuge is specifically defined as the Ariya Sangha, as is the case with Theravada.[18]
The lay organisation Soka Gakkai, which is a Japanese lay Nichiren Buddhist movement, disputes the traditional definition of sangha. Their doctrinal dispute centeres on interpretations of the meaning of the Three Jewels of Buddhism, in particular the "treasure of the Sangha", which according to Nichiren Shōshū refers to the Priesthood, while - according to the Soka Gakkai - anyone who practices true Buddhism is a member of the Sangha.[19][20]
See also[edit]
- ^ "zdic.net: 僧伽".
- ^ "Rigpa Wiki: དགེ་འདུན་".
- ^ http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/lee/triplegem.html
- ^ http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/sangha.html
- ^ http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/
- ^ Sangha - By Bhikkhu Bodhi.(November, 2010). http://www.beyondthenet.net/sangha/sng_body.htm
- ^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/76803484/Sangha-by-Bhikkhu-Bodhi
- ^ a b Sangha © 2005–2012.http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/sangha.html
- ^ Robinson et al.(2005). "Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction". Fifth Edition. Belmont,CA: Wadsworth/Thomson, p.327
- ^ a b Robinson et al.(2005). "Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction". Fifth Edition. Belmont,CA: Wadsworth/Thomson, p. 32.
- ^ "parisā". http://www.accesstoinsight.org/glossary.html
- ^ a b Spiro, Melford: Buddhism and Society: A Great Tradition and Its Burmese Vicissitudes. (1982). Berkeley: University of California. p 279.
- ^ Bhikkhu Bodhi (2000). "The Collected Discourses of the Buddha: A new translation of the Samyutta Nikaya". Somerville: Wisdom Publications, Sakkasamyutta, Dhajjaggasutta (3), p.319-321.
- ^ Robinson et al.(2005). "Buddhist Religions: A Historical Introduction". Fifth Edition. Belmont,CA: Wadsworth/Thomson, p. 36.
- ^ The Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction (fourth edition) by R.H. Robinson & W.L. Johnson (Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 1997), p.307.
- ^ Frequently Asked Questions About Buddhism
- ^ http://www.what-buddha-taught.net/tipitaka/2Sutta-Pitaka/4Anguttara-Nikaya/Anguttara2/4-catukkanipata/001-bhandagamavaggo-e.html
- ^ http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Sangha
- ^ Jane Hurst. "A Buddhist Reformation in the 20th Century: Causes and Implications of the Conflict between the Soka Gakkai and the Nichiren Shoshu Priesthood". http://www.gakkaionline.net/TIResources/Hurst.html
- ^ Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism, "Samgha", "With the rise of Mahayana Buddhism, the samgha came to refer to the body of Mahayana practitioners, or bodhisattvas, including monks, nuns, or laypersons."
External links[edit]
- "The Bhikkhus' Rules, A Guide for Laypeople" by Bhikkhu Ariyesako.
- "Duties of the Sangha" by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
- Jealousy among the Sangha quoting from Jeremy Haywards book on Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Warrior-King of Shambhala: Remembering Chögyam Trungpa.


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Capped by a meet record-setting performance by the distance medley relay team, Missouri Southern's women lead the team standings after two days of competition in the MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the UCM Multipurpose Building.
The Lions, winning two events on Saturday, have 47.5 points, followed by Lincoln 36 and Central Missouri 30.
Lincoln, however, put itself in good position to make a run — literally — for the team championship. The Blue Tigers, as expected, dominated the preliminaries in the sprints — headlined by the top five qualifiers in the 200 meters.
Missouri Southern's men picked up multiple points in two field events, and they are second in the team standings with 46 points. Central Missouri is the leader with 58, and Pittsburg State is third with 29.
Missouri Southern's distance medley quartet of Kaitlyn Belisle, Jasmin Hughes, Sydney Potts and Rachel Schrader won the final race in 12 minutes, 16.47 seocnds, more than four seconds off the former record set by Emporia State in 2009.
The Lions' Melanie Bower repeated as the pole vault champion, clearing 12 feet, 63⁄4 inches — more than five inches higher than her previous best this season. Teammate Sydney Haase tied for third (12-03⁄4), and Ashleigh McFarland was fifth (11-9).
In other field events, the Lions' Brittani Reagan was second in the triple jump (39-6), and Kylie Cornman took third in the weight throw (54-2).
The Lions advanced four entries to today's running finals — Hughes in the 60 and 200, Potts in the 800 and JeAnna Sheppard in the 60 hurdles.
Missouri Southern's men picked up 28 of their 46 points in the triple jump and shot put.
Seth Hackney placed second in the shot (54-111⁄2), and Dustin Green (53-111⁄4) and Evan Moore (53-13⁄4) took fifth and sixth, respectively.
In the triple jump, Darion Boure was third (48-0), Jayce Thomas fourth (47-73⁄4) and Dominique Jenkins seventh (47-1).
Clark Tanksley clared 6-103⁄4 to take second in the high jump. Emporia State's Briar Ploude won with 7-21⁄2, one-half inch higher than the meet record set by Missouri Southern's Kevin Dotson in 1999.
In the heptathlon, Thomas finished third with 4,891 points, the same total he had in a meet earlier this season at Missouri Southern. A second place in the pole vault and third in the 60 hurdles were his highest finishes in Saturday's three events.
The Lions' Alex Mason, Jazz Allen, Miles Migliara and Andrew Webster teamed up to finish fifth in the DMR.
In the sprints, Jeff Fraley had the fastest qualifying time in the 200 meters (21.75), and he was fourth in the 60 (6.86, just .05 off the pace).
Also qualifying for today's finals are Jazz Allen in the 60 hurdles and Anthony Price and Tanksley in the 400. Price qualified second in the 400 at 49.31.
Pittsburg State's men were led by second places from Marquise Cushon in the triple jump (48-31⁄2) and Adam Volkert in the 5,000 (14:47.82).
The Gorillas' Anthony Yates, Justin Ballock, Jordan Peters and Devon Young were third in the DMR. Also scoring points for PSU were Keenan Soles (fifth in the triple jump), Jeff Piepenbrink (sixth in the heptathlon) and Anthony Forbes (seventh in the high jump).
PSU's women rank sixth with 16 points.
The DMR team of Amanda Callaway, Olivia Boone, Casey Epps and Bridgette McCormick finished fourth.
The Gorillas also had a fifth place by Larissa Richards in the weight throw, sixth places by Jalexis Peterson in the triple jump and Hannah DeVries in the 5,000 and an eighth place by Ashley Bowman in the pole vault.


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London Irish
Fixture Type: Domestic Friendly
Match Date: Sat 24 Aug 2013
Kick Off: 15:00
Venue: Adams Park
Jon Fisher crossed for a brace of tries in the second half to cap off an impressive personal performance. Gerard Ellis and Kieran low were also pointed out by Brian Smith for their notable contributions.
Irish started the better of the two sides and dominated territory and possession in the opening 20 minutes. They were however unable to register any points on the board.
Tom Homer left the field on five minutes with a suspected groin injury and was replaced by Fergus Mulchrone.
Wasps took the lead on 25 minutes with a try from Guy Thompson. The home side drove the ball from the line-out and the openside flanker peeled off to dot down.
Andy Goode added two penalty goals to give the home side a 13-0 lead at half time.
Irish introduced their replacements for the second half to ensure all 26 players had a hit out. Wasps started the half in the ascendancy and added seven more points to their tally with a penalty try to take their lead to 20-0.
Irish responded well with two tries in quick succession. Jon Fisher picked a great line off a Myles Dorrian to dive under the posts. Dorrian added the extras to cut the deficit to 13 points.
Joe Carlisle kicked a Wasps penalty before Fisher was over for his second try. Gerard Ellis was instrumental in the lead up, carrying the ball powerfully before Fisher was on hand to finish off well.
The home side were awarded a penalty try with seven minutes left after referee, Dean Richards, went under the posts for high tackle close to the try line.
The match finished London Wasps 30 London Irish 12. The Exiles travel to Cork next friday evening to take on Munster in their final pre-season fixture.
Score sequence (London Irish first): 0-7, 0-10, 0-13, 0-20, 7-20, 7-23, 12-23, 12-30,
Scorers: London Wasps: Tries: Thompson (25), Penalty try (48, 73); Conversions: Goode; Penalties: Goode (30, 34), Carlisle (66); London Irish: Tries: Fisher (63, 67); Conversions: Dorrian
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15. Andrea Masi; 14. Josh Bassett; 13. Ben Jacobs; 12. Charlie Hayter; 11. Tom Varndell; 10. Andy Goode; 9. Joe Simpson; 1. Matt mullan; 2. Neil Cochrane; 3. Will Taylor; 4. Kearnan Myall; 5. Tom Palmer; 6. Sam Jones (Captain); 7. Guy Thompson; 8. Ed Jackson
Replacements: 16. Tom Lindsay; 17. Alec Hepburn; 18. Jake Cooper Wooley; 19. Taione Vea; 20. James Cannon; 21. Charlie Davies; 22. Matt Everard; 23. Joe Carlisle; 24. Rory Pitman; 25. Christian Wade; 26. Elvis Seveali'i; 27. Tommy Bell
London Irish
15. Tom Homer (rep: Fergus Mulchrone, 5); 14. Andrew Fenby (rep: Darren Allinson, 75); 13. Guy Armitage; 12. Eamonn Sheridan; 11. Sailosi Tagicakibau (rep: Alex Lewington, 40); 10. Shane Geraghty (rep: Myles Dorrian, 40); 9. Pat Phibbs (rep: Tomås O'Leary, 40); 1. Matt Parr (rep: Jonny Harris, 40); 2. David Paice (rep: Jimmy Stevens, 40); 3. Halani Aulika (rep: Jamie Hagan, 40); 4. George skivington (Captain) (rep: Gerard Ellis, 40); 5. Bryn Evans (rep: Nic Rouse, 40); 6. Kieran Low; 7. Declan Danaher; 8. Jon Fisher
Replacements: 16. Jimmy Stevens; 17. Jonny Harris; 18. Jamie Hagan; 19. Nic rouse; 20. Gerard Ellis; 21. Myles Dorrian; 22. Darren Allinson; 23. Tomås O'Leary; 24. Chris Hala'ufia; 25. Fergus Mulchrone; 26. Alex Lewington
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Now, for my vent, which I'm very much aware is a good problem to have, but... I got my nails done on Fri. where I've gone for years. One of the gals who has worked there for years, greeted me with, "I was watching you walk in and you don't look good. You have lost too much weight too fast and you don't even look like yourself." I was taken aback, but recovered immediately and told her that I feel great and I've been on this journey for a year and a half. Because I was a little bit peeved, I also told her that I didn't care what she thinks (I used some other choice words in there, but that is the gist of it).
As I reflected on this, I thought, you know, you can't win, someone is always going to be critical of you and you just have to be who you are and do what you need to do for you.
I shared this because I think it is a perfect example of how we need to be kind and encouraging to one another no matter what shape, size, political party, religion, etc., etc. There is NEVER a good reason to be unkind - I wish I had responded in a different way now. Part of my journey is to be more spiritual and responding from a place of anger is not a good thing. Still learning and growing - just glad that I'm not growing in my hips, etc. anymore!
I have had so many comments unasked for over the last 9 years.
Not one however ever said I didn;t look like myself
I have seen your photos and you look marvelous
Maybe some peole don;t know how to be kind only critical .
Hugs Judy:)
Remember the Gold is not in the prize it's in the Journey
life may not be the Party we expected but while we are here we may as well dance
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
- Maureen Dowd
Some people just don't THINK before they say things.
That said, I want to play Devil's Advocate now.
I want you to take a picture from your Heavy Days and really look at your skin and hair in that pic. Then look long and hard at yourself in a mirror in decent light.
When we diet, we lose some of the elastins in our skin, and the change in fats tends to make us look a little sallow and our hair sometimes dries up and gets more flyaway.
DID she see something that was maybe worrisome that she just couldn't keep to herself? Be honest with yourself. If you need to up the red meats for dinner a couple of times a week, then do it. If you need some coconut oil in your diet or more fatty oils get into some fattier nuts as snax.
Losing weight is great. But if we don't look good after reaching our goals, something's off.
It may take nothing more than one of those gray rinses that perk up gray hair to make the difference in the "looks" of your skin. My mom did those a few times and they definitely made her washed out color seem healthier.
I don't want you to think i'm mean for saying that, but sometimes it takes a total stranger to open our eyes to what really is right there to see.
If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution.---author anonymous
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger---Friedrich Nietzche
I'm really glad you posted this blog. I think you ran into one of the "haters", people who are a bit jealous of what you have or were able to accomplish. Sometimes we feel that people share our positive and kind thoughts or actions, this simply is NOT so. The younger generation uses this term, "haters", all the time. Actually it turns out that understanding the psychology of it, makes it good that you have haters, you know that you have something of value (for whatever reason) that they noticed.
In this process of your creating a new life, noboday ever said we will have positive people all the time. I think it does take us aback, though, when negativity comes from a place of comfort.
I love that comment "you don't even look like yourself anymore". Perfect, because it just adds credence to the hard work that you are making progress in your creation of a new YOU!!! WTG!!
BTW, don't you just love how I can turn a negative into a positive!
Bring on the HATERS!
Kim, I'll let you be the judge. This was taken a couple of weekends ago when I visited my handsome grandsons - in the harsh sunlight and everything!
If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution.---author anonymous
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger---Friedrich Nietzche
Remember the Gold is not in the prize it's in the Journey
life may not be the Party we expected but while we are here we may as well dance
"Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different...." ~C.S. Lewis
Seriously though, you look happy and healthy. So you have done really well all the way around, Debbie.
You know, though, I actually went into walmart looking for Grey hair products, why on Earth are there no grey hair colors or even brighteners or anything on the market??? For God's sake they can mix any color under the sun but they cant do ONE grey hair one?? It doesn't make sense. How do ppl like Jamie Curtis keep their greys so great looking ? It's not like you can have highlights and lowlights if they don't even manufacture anything for greys.....
Weird. No wonder there are so many elderly ladies out there with Pink Mink or Blue rinsed hair. Now I feel sorry for them more than I used to.
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BTW, your Grandsons are handsome young men. Aren't you soo glad for health reasons you are on this journey.
Keep up the good work.
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Elisabetta Canalis Shows Off Her Sexy Bikini Bod In 'Summer Memories' Twitpic
October 21st, 2012 9:21pm EDT
Italian stunner Elisabetta Canalis tweeted a sexy photo of herself on the beach with the message, "summer memories ! #fun," earlier this week.
The star, who recently dated Jackass star Steve-O, revealed in the September issue of Italy's racy Max magazine that she's the jealous type and can often get into fits of rage.
"If I see that my boyfriend receives messages I turn the other way, because if I rummage through the eyes of suspicion, I always find something," she says. "And then, when I'm jealous I become aggressive, a fury. I get angry a lot. And then I pack up and leave."
Elisabetta did a very racy shoot for the magazine (click through for a couple of pics from the issue that are borderline NSFW) -- enough to make any guy jealous. But she's got nothing but good things to says about her relationship with Steve-O, which the couple rekindled during a trip to Costa Rica in July.
"I thought he was crazy, but he's much more sensible to me," she says; adding, "My Steve does not flaunt his manhood ever. I love him for that."
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Tonawanda News — 2002 — 10 years ago
• After two years of fundraising, a group of Olcott residents finally saw the Allen Herschell carousel they had purchased in Culver, Indiana loaded onto a tractor trailer ready for the trip back to Niagara County.
• North Tonawanda resident Karl W. Koch was the guest of honor during the Iney Wallens radio show in Niagara Falls when he marked his 96th birthday with friends. Koch was a skilled pianist who had played with the likes of Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland.
1987 — 25 years ago
• New information released by the Department of Defense on soldiers missing in Southeast Asia shed some light on Army 1st Class James Rozo of Tonawanda. He was last seen in June 1970 while on patrol with two other men. The truck they were in was ambushed and found in a ditch. 3 men were captured and one died of his injuries.
• North Tonawanda asked the N.Y.S. Department of Transportation to lower the speed limit on the Twin City Memorial Highway from 45 to 30 in an effort to reduce the number of accidents on the road.
1962 — 50 years ago
• The Erie County Board of Supervisors received a recommendation from local and county parks personnel to rename the small boat launching site in Tonawanda "Isle View Park" and to call the flowerbed at the entrance to the park "Plewak Gardens" in memory of the late Walter Plewak.
• Area residents that successfully completed the New York bar examination were Peter Cook and Melvin Hurwitz of Kenmore and Robert Nicely and Miles Lance of North Tonawanda.
1942 — 70 years ago
• NT Detective Sgt. Norris Gillespie was granted leave by the common council to pilot transporting vessels through the Barge Canal to Albany.
• Volunteers were sought to enroll in a 76 hour course for child care aides for proposed North Tonawanda day nurseries.


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I am looking for suggestions for solid winning formulas for NBA and NCAAB
asked 28 Jan, 18:09
Check this one out. In general I like to look at teams that have been doing poorly recently so ATS streaks and recent ATS filters are my personal friend. If you do analysis in college basketball focusing on teams that have done poorly you will find some similar trends I expect.
Hope this helps get you started.
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You asked for ncaa too.
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ORLANDO, Florida, July 19. A healthy mix of youngsters and grizzled veterans took to the water this evening at the Speedo Champions Series stop held in Orlando.
Fort Lauderdale's Lindsey McKnight picked up a close victory in the women's 200-meter free to kick off the night. She charged to a 2:03.14 for the win, edging Area Tallahassee's Cecilia Williams, who clocked a 2:03.27 for second. Saint Andrew's Megan Moroney also popped a 2:03 with a third-place time of 2:03.92.
With top seed Sebastien Rousseau scratching after rocking a 1:51.57 in prelims, Club Seminole's Kevin Rogers took home gold in the men's 200-meter free with a 1:51.99. That's a huge personal best for Rogers, who came into today with a 1:54.89 personal record from the 2011 YMCA Long Course Nationals. Metro's Julian Ballestas checked in with a second-place time of 1:52.60, while Clearwater's Nazareno Boscaino placed third in 1:54.48 as a 15 year old. Bolles record-setter Caeleb Dressel finished fourth in 1:54.59.
One of the top breaststroke prospects in the Class of 2014, Emily Kopas of Shark Aquatics posted a 1:11.44 to win the women's 100-meter breast. That's just a second off her top time ever. T2's Ksenia Golovkina raced to second in 1:12.52, while Adirondack's Alyssa Carle finished third in 1:13.54.
Club Seminole's Jared Pike followed with a 1:03.30 to 1:03.70 triumph ahead of SoFlo's Alex Rodriguez in the men's 100-meter breast. Coral Springs' Ilya Evdokimov chased down a third-place finish with a time of 1:04.58.
Area Tallahassee's Alex Merritt broke the 1:02 barrier for the first time en route to winning the women's 100-meter fly. Her winning time of 1:01.55 eclipsed her 1:02.10 lifetime best from 2011 U.S. Junior Nationals. That's a big deal after a bit of a plateau. Moroney earned her second podium with a second-place 1:02.47 following her bronze in the 200 free. Scarlet's Brittany Guinee wound up third in 1:02.82.
Arkady Vyatchanin, who is currently in the process of making a sport's citizenship change from his Motherland of Russia after a spat with the Russian Swimming Federation, took home the men's 100-meter fly in 53.65. The 29 year old Olympic medalist chose not to swim for Russia at Worlds this year, even after winning a pair of backstroke national titles in Kazan earlier this year. Rousseau turned in a 54.32 for second, while North Palm Beach's David Knight took third in 54.41.
T2's Justine Mueller dominated the women's 400-meter IM in 4:47.29, while Fort Lauderdale's Lauren Driscoll took home second with a 4:52.98. Jordan Smith wrapped up the podium with a third-place 4:54.68. Club Seminole's Juan Sequera pipped Gator's William Silva, 4:26.60 to 4:26.80, for the men's 400-meter IM crown. Sequera's teammate Kyle Doxtater took third in 4:29.31.
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Radio calls between police dispatchers and officers arriving on the scene of the shooting at the Clackamas Town Center began with a calm, startling message.
"Report of a person that's shot "Report of a person that's shot and getting a lot of calls on this. So far looks like this may be in the area of the food court now. Looks like it may be an actual active shooter," said the calm dispatcher voice.
Immediately three officers in the area responded and began racing toward the mall.
It seemed hard to believe.
Clackamas mall to reopen; details emerge about shooter
"Just confirming you said active shooter?" asked one officer over the radio. "Yeah, there's one person that's there's a man with a rifle in the food court and he's still shooting people," the dispatcher replied with an even tone.
The first deputies were there in 60 seconds and confronted an amazing sight.
"We're out here on foot and there are people bailing out like crazy from everywhere!" shouted one officer into his radio. It's a vision that former Portland police officer Mike Davis remembers well.
"You have a large amount of people, you're trying to quickly assess the situation," said Davis remembering a terrifying shooting incident in 1996.
It happened inside the KOIN building and Davis was the first officer on the scene. He said chaos is the one constant.
"So now you have the prospect…did he change clothes? Did he dump the weapons the rifle and is he now blending in with the crowds with a handgun? A lot of scenarios are popping through your mind and you just know you gotta stay vigilant," Davis said.
Radio traffic shows officers at the Clackamas mall quickly gained information from witnesses.
"Going into Macy's the gun had jammed. There's a mag out here fully loaded, into Macy's is the last place he saw him go. He fired 10 to 15 rounds then the gun jammed on him," said one officer over the air.
But then questions-- how many gunmen?
"Do we have any witnesses that would indicate more than one shooter?" asked an officer. "Multiple witnesses are making account of a single person," answered another inside the mall. "Not sure how credible it was but somebody outside the movie theater said possible two shooters," radioed another officer.
As police raced into the building they began to report back chilling images.
"Telling me the suspect was here. I've got multiple shell casings and one '1244'. I've got another '44R' unknown victim east of me. Multiple people walking around," called out another officer.
Then, 22 minutes after the first call, a police team found the gunman dead in a back hallway.
"S-1 down. Self-inflicted gunshot wound, 1244. Service corridor 2 right at the mall corridor doors," said an officer "It was self-inflicted 1244?" asked another.
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Remember Me
In 1980 I sat in front of the TV to watch a popular talk show of the time, 'The Don Lane Show'. On this particular night one of Don's guests was a visiting skeptic from America, one James Randi. I had never heard of James Randi and to me he was just another guest. I'm sure most of you will now know of this famous interview, it's repeated every year here in Australia and has become a great moment in Australian television history. Don Lane become so angry at James Randi (as Randi dared to suggest that people like Doris Stokes and Uri Geller may not be really using 'psychic' powers) that he swept Randi's props off the table and said, "… and you can piss off!" and stormed off the set. I, like most viewers, sided with Don Lane. How could this little magician come on national TV and say those terrible things? I really thought at the time that ghosts, psychics, monsters, UFOs and such like were all real.
Now almost 30 years later I find myself being the TV Skeptic having appeared on The One. The Search for Australia's most Gifted Psychic. This was one of the top rating shows of 2008 here in Australia and as a result I have become somewhat recognised. The production of the show covered about 6 weeks both in the studio and on various locations. It was hard work and at times stressful as any TV show is. However, one of the reasons the producers asked me to participate is that I come across on TV as being a polite and reasonable man. They did not want some jerk shouting down the 'psychics' on the show. So during the production I tried to be friendly, open minded, funny and smiling. On more than one occasion the giggles got the better of me on set. I got on very well with my co-judge Stacey, made origami for the kids of some of the contestants and had a great time at the party with the entire cast when the last episode went to air. Although I do not think anyone involved with the show had magical powers, I still can act like a civilised man to people I work with.
I have since discovered that all this is as nothing to the believer. "How could you be so mean?" one woman said to me in the street. "Why did you kick my favourite psychic off the show when he was the real one? You were heartless!" Oh dear. I tried to explain to her that I was in fact nice and friendly on the show but simply did not agree our contestants had magical powers. "You destroy people with your negativity." Oh dear again. This is more or less typical of the reactions I get from time to time. Sometimes I am able to talk to the person and assure them I am not a monster hell bent on burning 'psychics' at the stake and sometimes I cannot get through to them at all. I take all this in my stride and I know from long experience that being a skeptic, a heretic to some, is at times extremely unpopular. The worst moment for me was when a school student of about 14 (the same age I was in 1980 watching Don Lane and James Randi) called me a 'meanie'. To her I was the man on TV saying horrible things.
Now, if I had played the part of a heartless bastard then these comments and opinions would be justified. But as anyone can see (The One can be viewed on youtube) I was never mean, never rude but simply put my case and played along with my role on the show. Despite this, to the believer I came across as being rude, arrogant, conceited, foolish, ignorant and evil.
There is a time for us skeptics to shoot from the hip and not to mess about with being polite. A national TV show made for entertainment is not one of those times. But try as we might, to many viewers we can only ever come across as negative or downright evil. It's not a failing on our part, we just have to learn to deal with it. Maybe next time I'll just wear some horns….
Richard Saunders is Vice President of Australian Skeptics and producer of "The Skeptic Zone Podcast" www.skepticzone.tv He delights in teaching critical thinking to children and was a guest speaker at TAM 6 and Dragon*Con 2008.
People simply equate being told that their cherished beliefs are wrong, no matter how rationally and politely they're being told, with aggression and rudeness.
Fontwell: I think that comedy might offer a good way for spreading the word to the masses.
While I applaud the efforts of anyone prepared to stand alone like this I'm not sure that these shows are a very good place for making skeptical points. I actually wonder if our best chance is with the comics. People like Marcus Brigstocke and George Carlin (and I'm sure many others) can connect with people, point out how silly True Believers are and be entertaining.
the best way for skeptics to present themselves is just to be themselves.
Strategizing how to come accross best and make people like you
If a TV series were made in which magicians first produce a 'paranormal' feat and then explain the trick


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An alien advance party was suddenly nosing around my planet.
Worse, they were lawyering up....
In the hilarious tradition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Rob Reid takes you on a headlong journey through the outer reaches of the universe - and the inner workings of our absurdly dysfunctional music industry.
Low-level entertainment lawyer Nick Carter thinks it's a prank, not an alien encounter, when a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun show up at his office. But Frampton and Carly are highly advanced (if bumbling) extraterrestrials. And boy, do they have news.
The entire cosmos, they tell him, has been hopelessly hooked on humanity's music ever since "Year Zero" (1977 to us), when American pop songs first reached alien ears. This addiction has driven a vast intergalactic society to commit the biggest copyright violation since the Big Bang. The resulting fines and penalties have bankrupted the whole universe. We humans suddenly own everything - and the aliens are not amused.
Nick Carter has just been tapped to clean up this mess before things get ugly, and he's an unlikely galaxy-hopping hero: He's scared of heights. He's also about to be fired. And he happens to have the same name as a Backstreet Boy. But he does know a thing or two about copyright law. And he's packing a couple of other pencil-pushing superpowers that could come in handy.
Soon he's on the run from a sinister parrot and a highly combustible vacuum cleaner. With Carly and Frampton as his guides, Nick now has 48 hours to save humanity, while hopefully wowing the hot girl who lives down the hall from him.
©2012 Robert Reid (P)2012 Random House Audio
"Can you imagine The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy combined with The Social Network? Of course you cannot: because only Rob Reid can. Hilarious, provocative, and supersmart, Year Zero is not merely the first IPSF (intellectual property SF) epic ever written, it is also a plain brilliant novel to be enjoyed in perpetuity, in the known universe and all unknown universes yet to be discovered." (John Hodgman, resident expert, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)
"Year Zero is a brilliant satire of the American entertainment industry, and I never stopped grinning." (Kevin Hearne, author of The Iron Druid Chronicles)
"This book is already required reading on all of the educated planets in the universe, and now they're letting us Earthlings have a look at it, too. There are at least 3.6 good jokes and 9.7 clever ideas per page. I did the math: that's a really impressive ratio. I never thought I would say this, but this book made me laugh out loud and taught me stuff about copyright infringement. Clever, smart, and so original that people are probably already trying to rip it off. (Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe)
"Fantastic Performance by Hodgman"
The story behind Year Zero is summarized in the writeup, and in many of the other reviews.
Folks have thrown around comparisons to Douglas Adams, and while I can understand the impulse, I think they do come at SF from different comedic angles.
Hitchhiker's Guide and company have much more of an absurdist bent - the plot will often bend in service to the joke that Adams is trying to reach. Reid has an outlandish premise, and the comedy results from taking this premise and following it all the way through to the furthest logical (illogical?) extremes. I enjoy both approaches, and while I love and revere Adam's stuff, I think I find Reid's take a more satisfying as a reader.
Or as a listener.
Hodgman's performance on this audiobook is an absolute delight.
I have heard him in interviews, on The Daily Show, on his podcast Judge John Hodgman, in ads, and as an occasional actor. I am an absolute fan, but he seems to keep winding up in roles where he is performing variations on insane-intellectual-lecturer-mad-professor-on-downers-with-an-ironic-twist. (Probably not the most concise description, but I hope the point comes across. Let me state unequivocally, that I am a big fan of his. ) In Year One, he showed more range in the first two hours of the narration than I have seen from him elsewhere.
In many audiobooks, narrators will sometimes lose me in a round of dialogue - they may not make each character distinctive enough to understand who exactly is speaking at any given moment. This was never a problem in this reading, and some of the voices that Hodgman came up with were downright suprising. (I actually checked again on Audible to make sure he was the only narrator listed, they were that different from his normal tone.)
He makes each voice distinctive, but does not lapse in to cartoony or schlocky impressions (something I struggle with when reading stories to my kids at night). His own voice - insane-intellectual-lecturer-mad-professor-on-downers-with-an-ironic-twist is absolutely perfect for the narrator, Nick Carter.
If the premise even mildly intrigues you, or if you are a fan of Hodgman in other media, please give this a try. I loved it.
"A great book for super nerds!"
I wish people wouldn't compare new authors to epic writers like Douglas Adams or Steig Larsson. It just sets them up for failure and disappoints readers. While this is a funny book about aliens, that's where the comparison to Douglas Adams stops. Rob Reid may have been influenced by reading Hitchhiker's, but he may have also enjoyed a book or two by Christopher Moore, or any number of other humorous writers. If you choose to listen to this book, listen to it for its' own value and not because you liked some other book that came before it.
That being said, here's what I thought of Year Zero:
It started out a little slow for me. I had a hard time getting into the characters and the story line. But once I got the hang of it, I found it to be packed with little quips and references to everything nerdy that I love. From the video game Portal to Microsoft Windows. It's not the kind of book where I laughed out loud in random public places while listening with my earphones, but I did chuckle quite a few times, and thought to myself, wow, he really just said that!
The narrator was perfect for this part. Not too over the top, and not so middle of the road that he made the funny bits boring. He did a great job with all the voices.
If you are a nerd, geek or gamer (or have a partner that is) you will love this book.
"This is the funniest combination I've heard"
The writer is funny. The story has plenty of nice twists. Hodgman is the perfect narrator. The combination is perfect. I laughed out loud during this book more frequently than ever before while listening.
Just a great combination of characters.
He's funny just talking. With good material like this he's great.
Sorry, I'm not writing a fifth grade book report. I just want other people to know this book is worth their time and money
You will not be disappointed.
"If you like copyright humor (and who doesn't) then"
Copyright Humor Lessig
This book is what you would get if you got Douglas Addams, Lawrence Lessig and Cory Doctorow to write a book together. It is a short but fun book to read, it has good characters, a decent plot and a solid ending. It moves right along and did make me laugh out loud a few times.
Once I found out that John Hodgman did the reading for the audio book there was no way I was going to bother with the print edition. He is the perfect voice for this book, now I wish he'd go and do the audio editions for the Hitchiker's Guide series.
Hope they didn't spend too much on the FX
I would only recommend this book to a few people. If you are an avid reader of Boing Boing then this book is for you, otherwise move on.
"Edge of your seat funny"
Yes, very funny.
I don't believe in spoilers
Great. He did an awesome job with a wide array of charcters.
Year Zero's summary may sound a bit far fetched but it's completely plausible. The Universe's financial structure is in perial because of America's asinine copyright laws. The only way to solve the issue is to try to negotiate the rights to every song created..... So, destruction of earth it is. Actually, most of the aliens are so smitten with our music that they would never wish Earth any harm, but one group wishes otherwise.
This is one of those books that you will tell everyone about and buy for your closest friends. It's edge of your seat funny and a one sitting kinda read. My recommendation is buy as soon as possible. Unless you work for a record label or congress, you probably wouldn't get it anyways.
People who will like this book may include: nerds, geeks, and music lovers. I don't want to put Rob in the same class as Douglas Adam's its not fair to Rob. It's like going to see a movie that everyone tells you is best ever and when it doesn't completely blow your mind your let down. This book is an instant favorite for me and there will be a hardback edition on my shelf. I just don't want you to go into it expecting the universe..
"Not H2G2. Not even close."
This book is interesting. Not great. Not even good. And certainly not like Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy. It was unique with an original storyline but it didn't pass muster to rank above 3 stars.
When I like something I'll let you know. If I don't, I'll let you know that too!
"Why are aliens more ethical than us"
Delightful tale of copyright gone wrong. Pleasurable story with some real context that should get you to start thinking why we have such ridiculous copyright laws. Also, consider that the vast world of the universe would owe so much, and be willing to function under Earth's messed up intellectual property laws. Truly fiction that we can only hope will be copied in real life!
Ried uses fiction very well to make his points. Hodgman is flawless with his performance of Reid's first work of fiction. Looking forward to more from this pair,
"Good premise but its a one trick pony-boring"
What a great story line: extra-terrestrials become addicted to Earth rock and roll. However, it should have been a short story. The story line becomes a one trick pony and becomes very boring half way through. The author stretches for more and more far fetched subplots to keep it going but he lost me. Couldn't finish the book. Maybe some day when I have nothing else to listen to.
Don't you just love a great story well told?
"Great Twist on a Crazy Universe"
Okay, comparing anyone to Scott Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide is just unfair because that was classic. Rob Reid does come close though. The idea of America's ridiculous copyright law reaching into and affecting the highly refined beings of the cosmos is very funny. You won't laugh on the first page as I did with Hitchhiker, but by the 3rd or 4th I was consistently grinning at pokes at popular culture including social media (including "Flutter" - you have to hear it, I won't ruin the joke and Klippy the annoying mascot for Microsoft Word). Like Hitchiker's Guide there is an important "love interest" that helps keep the story interesting. The narration is an excellent performance of dozens of weird characters with great voices.
"Required Reading for 1st Year Law Students"
Final confession of the trespassing alien at the end of book.
Ought to be required reading for 1st year law students. Should dispell any notions of the law being a pursuit of truth and justice.
"This will go out of date very quickly."
This book was fairly humorous, an interesting tweak on the digital aspect of DNA and the so called 'junk genes'. In real life someone has taken the genome of a living cell and converted it into digital code, altered it using a computer to recreate a new bacteria that replicates, which has 'www url addresses' encoded in it too. The problem I had with the book is the story is too trite. The title is wrong, it should have at least have been Years Zero, but we never speak about month, day and year in the same terms as we speak of hours, minutes and seconds.
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CHARITON — The Chariton boys golf team bested Davis County by one stroke Monday night, 180-181 in South Central Conference action.
The Mustangs came through with both meet medalist and runner-up honors, as Kyle Birchmier had the low score at 40 while Sam McClure shot 42 for runner-up. McKane Wells carded 45 and Levi Boas shot 54 for the Mustangs.
Chariton was led by Alex Wright's 43, while T.J. Hockenson shot 45 and Daric Laing and Sean Sullenger each shot 46.
The Mustangs are back in action tonight at the Albia Invitational.
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Team scoring — Chariton 180, Davis County 181.
Medalist — Kyle Birchmier (DC) 40.
Runner-up — Sam McClure (DC) 42.
Davis County individuals — McKane Wells 45, Levi Boas 54.
Chariton individuals — Alex Wright 43, T.J. Hockenson 45, Daric Laing 46, Sean Sullenger 46.
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By Nelson Bradshaw
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---- — The local libraries within the Four County Library System still make information available to their patrons in the traditional way — books. They are also storehouses of local history: old photos, newspapers, genealogy records, diaries and letters.
But, in recent years, electronic media have been introduced into libraries, broadening the powers of the system to educate, research and entertain through DVDs, audio books, ebooks and public-use computers. Neither does the atmosphere in the new library pay homage to the old. The new library does not hush people for speaking above a whisper. There is more conversation, entertainment and community space. Libraries have become social hubs of clubs, classes, lectures and special programming, much of it for children.
Marie Bruni, director of the Huntington Library in Oneonta, said she is proud of Huntington's collection of scrapbooks, photography and train pictures.
"We have a very large collection of railroad photographs," Bruni said.
But Bruni noted that her patrons rely on the library for computer and Internet access, as well as instructions in the use of the new technology.
Rodger Oesterle, director of the Stamford Village Library, said his facility offers just about everything possible, including a knitting club and a "Great Books" discussion group. Among its historical holdings are a set of paintings of schoolhouses by Lamont Warner.
Stamford's historical collection can be researched in person; some items, mostly photographs, are available through the website New York State Digital Collections.
As far as modernization goes, though, Oesterle said it "has been very slow getting off the ground. ... We're continuing to upgrade our abilities to work with patrons on accessing some of these ebooks, because there are a whole lot of different formats and devices involved."
The library's collection of ebooks can be downloaded to a variety of e-readers.
The Cannon Free Library in Delhi, with Stacey Tromblee as director, offers much more than traditional books. In addition to DVDs, audio books and ebooks, the library hosts Lego tournaments, clubs and classes. Tromblee said her library's progress into the new electronic age has been "very satisfactory."
Patrons of the Deposit Free Library, and other libraries in the Four County Library System, can access ebooks and audio books through a subscription service called the "Download Zone."
"Separate from that, we also have something called the Research Center that has online databases," director Becky Hochuli said.
Staying abreast of changing technologies doesn't come cheap.
"It's a challenge for the smaller libraries to be able to offer the kind of technology people are looking for," Hochuli said. "But, we do have these services available through the (Four County Library System)."
By paying a fee to the network of libraries that serves Broome, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego counties, Hochuli's library can give its patrons access to a greater range of online services through 4CLS.
In Cooperstown, library director Dave Kent said the collection includes "ebooks, CDs, audio books and a little bit of local history."
A group of supporters, the Friends of the Library, offers programs for children and adults, in addition to the library's story hour and summer reading programs for kids.
While the Cooperstown library doesn't house its own collection of local art and artifacts, it is situated next door to an art gallery. The library has local biographies, mixed in with other biographies, but no genealogy or microfilm or family histories.
Andes Library Director Barbara Mellon said she sees the trend of high-tech libraries as a tool to bring people together.
"I think it's heading toward a kind of community centered thing," she said. "Certainly, it has been bringing in a particular part of the population. People don't just pass through. We give them a community focus. We have computers. We have to keep up with the future."
In the Franklin Free Library, Director Linda Burkhart is looking out for the past, while also preparing for her library's future. She carries a lot of history, genealogy records, war diaries, preserved newspapers, letters and photographs and more on library shelves. Franklin has a newspaper collection going back to before the Civil War. There are 200 scrapbooks containing historic materials. The library has no video collection, but there are CDs.
"I have hundreds of books on CD," noted Burkhart.
Lovers of books need not fear that they will disappear from library shelves. These local librarians seem to agree that they are here to stay. But the new stuff might be worth keeping, too.


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Martha B. Davison Grinnell Bailey, 92, formerly of Pinetree Road, Meadville, passed away on Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Rolling Fields, Conneautville.
She was born Nov. 14, 1920, in Sandy Creek Township, the daughter of Frank M. and Donna C. Free Davison.
Martha first married James A. Grinnell on Sept. 14, 1940; James passed Dec. 24, 1968. Martha subsequently married Wilford A. Bailey on June 12, 1976; Wilford passed Jan. 11, 2000.
Martha attended the Sheakleyville schools and worked at Dr. Marshall's Hospital, was a nurse's aide at the Crawford County Home and was a caregiver for Gail Lyndon.
She attended Faith Geneva United Methodist Church and enjoyed bingo, reading, puzzles and gardening. Martha was especially fond of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Surviving Martha are two daughters, Linda J. and her husband, James D., Ball of Geneva, and Brenda S. Bailey of Meadville; a son, Gordon L. and his wife, Ann, Bailey of Columbus; eight grandchildren, Yvonne and her husband, John, Longstreth, Trent Ball, Valerie and her husband, John, Turner, David and his wife, Jennifer, Ball, Brian Bailey, Stephen Bailey, John Bailey, and Kathy and her husband, Russ, Smith; and nine great-grandchildren. Also surviving Martha are two sisters, Mary L. Thomas of Greenville and Lillian Ekholm of Jefferson, Ohio; a brother, John and his wife, Gloria, Davison, of Sheakleyville; and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding Martha in death were her parents; her spouses; two infant children; a sister, Edna Pears; two brothers, Frank Davison and Harold Davison; three sons, Daniel Bailey, Arnold Bailey and Fred Bailey; and two grandchildren.
Calling hours are today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Dickson Funeral Home, 130 N. Second St., Conneaut Lake, where a funeral will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Christine Rogan officiating.
Interment will be made in Roselawn.
Memorials may be made to Faith Geneva United Methodist Church or to Hospice of Crawford County.
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Cyborg would smash Dana and Ronda in a 2 v 1 lol.
All this shows is that he clearly has no intention in giving Ronda that fight or any other challenges. I still question that early ass Stoppage on McMann as well. She was hitting Ronda with some hard ass shots so they had to take whatever stoppage they could before she did too much damage to Ronda
Dana should shut his fuckin yap. Not a fan of Cyborgs but that is just a ridiculous thing to say about someone, especially when it just DRIPS with hypocrisy. Also, Cyborg could slap the taste out of his mouth.
If Cyborg has any sense, she'll stop talking about it and just cut the weight. Get a couple good fights with Invicta at Bantam, maybe take the title. Even if she has the moral high ground, she has to understand that dana does nothing but talk all day, every day. She'll never win a war of words with him. But she can systematically attack the excuses.
If she proves she can win cleanly at 135, it really just comes down to money, and what zuffa would be willing to offer her. Expect a low ball.
Cris Cyborg fires back at 'funny' Dana White, unfazed that he's protecting UFC 'paper' champion Ronda Rousey
"Cyborg" has responded to White's statements and at least she's having fun with them. However, she does think that the UFC women's bantamweight champion has a padded record of her own (via MMA Fighting):
"I thought the comparison was funny. I'm a big fan of Wanderlei Silva, he's a big international idol...I'm not surprised (she wasn't punished) because she's UFC's paper champion. They obviously would never punish her, even because her opponents are handpicked."
Watch the 172 pre fight media day scrum, Dana basically calls the transgendered community all 'its' while explaining to everyone how Ronda was not using it as a slur against the transgendered community.
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Dana White defends Ronda Rousey's 'it' comments, insists 'Cyborg' looks like 'Wanderlei Silva in a dress'
What a fucking asshole. He cuts Miguel Torres for quoting a show that COMES ON A FUCKING FOX CHANNEL but says that what a retard.
Oh boy.
Dana White defends Ronda Rousey's 'it' comments, insists 'Cyborg' looks like 'Wanderlei Silva in a dress'
But according to UFC President Dana White (via Fox Sports' Marc Raimondi), Ronda's comments weren't all that bad.
In fact, as he told reporters during today's (April 24, 2014) Ultimate Media Day in Baltimore, Maryland, it wasn't any worse than when "Cyborg" called Rousey a "chicken."
Dana White compares Ronda calling Cyborg an 'it' with Cyborg calling Ronda a chicken.
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) April 24, 2014
The outspoken head honcho took it a step further, by dishing out his own insults to "Cyborg," saying that the former Strikeforce champion looked like Wanderlei Silva in a dress during the World MMA Awards.
Dana White said he said at the MMA Awards that Cyborg looked like Wanderlei Silva in a dress. "And she did."
— Marc Raimondi (@marc_raimondi) April 24, 2014
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I'm not the most prolific or well known poster here, but Id like to think my post would have been considered just a little too out of character to be taken seriously. Sadly not
Lol my bad dude. Hard to read the sarcasm on here.
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I thought he was talking about Dana hahahahahaha
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1. Re: Define: Camping.Buckeye015 May 19, 2012 12:38 PM (in response to primordialrain)
Patrolling is camping most of the time, but you were moving around your patrol zone too quickly for it to be considered camping.
2. Re: Define: Camping.josie34 May 19, 2012 12:41 PM (in response to primordialrain)
How would this be camping? I didnt see you stop once during that video. I wish I was that good. Well done!
To me camping is sitting in the corner waiting for people to run by....and sitting there for an extended period of time.
3. Re: Define: Camping.bdnlv702 May 19, 2012 12:50 PM (in response to primordialrain)
Camping to me is someone who stays, sits or lays prone in one area(corners, hallways, in the grass/bushes, etc) and doesn't move what so ever. They wait for someone to run by to get their kill. They generally have no skill and go 7-2 in a match to keep their KD up and brag about it or are satisfied with going 3-10, as long as they get those 3 annoying kills because they stopped someone who was on a killstreak.
All you were doing is monitoring an area, nothing wrong with that.
4. Re: Define: Camping.primordialrain May 19, 2012 1:04 PM (in response to primordialrain)
i thought people would be calling me a camper haha
people do that... alot...
5. Re: Define: Camping.ovadosa May 19, 2012 1:43 PM (in response to primordialrain)
there is more than one way to camp. "patroling" i love that word. its just a word that campers came up with to try and deflect criticism. make it better. explain: ever been camping? so you have your tent, which the corner camper never ventures out of or just moves from corner to corner in. "square dancing", get a kill move to the other corner, get a kill move to another corner. all in that little "square" you etched out. around that general area of your tent (portable) is the campsite isnt it? if thats the way you play i can see why you would be called a camper....a lot
just because you expand your radius you are still in the same spot. not to mention you are using a motion sensor too, one of the tools of the trade for campers (i wont even get into the mp7). corner camping is just one way to camp, and that is almost always the first defense, im not stayin in a corner, no claymore blah blah blah....okay. so you are staying in an area, whats the diff? you are still in the same spot, wether its kneeling in a corner, in a window or ads looking at the stairs/choke points its all camping, just different variations on it. when i come back to that corner the camper is still there, just like you will still be in that same area when i come back. i always come back to the scene of the crime. a camper is also someone when they get killed, spawn and make a beeline for the "campsite".
also in ffa i wouldnt use the term "patroling": thats more for objective games where you are defending a flag or a bomb, patroling the area for those who would cap or defuse. it is what it is. just because you arent in some dark corner somewhere waiting for somebody to pass doesnt mean you arent camping, but hey who am i? patrol that bunker dude, just save some smores for the rest of us......
6. Re: Define: Camping.JBurn244 May 19, 2012 2:02 PM (in response to ovadosa)
Ok, I guess it could be considered a little campy, but its not like there is only one way into that bunker. There's three. He's still engaging, he's not just constantly head-glitching. That is the "difference" you ask of.
I bet you call people campers who stop and wait for enemies to round corners after seeing a red dot when a UAV is called in, don'tcha? It's like people can't comprehend tactics that require more than half a brain cell to execute...but, that's the CoD "community" in a nutshell.
7. Re: Define: Camping.half-megatron May 19, 2012 2:23 PM (in response to ovadosa)
lmao...truth with a little funny in it lol
8. Re: Define: Camping.primordialrain May 19, 2012 2:27 PM (in response to half-megatron)
what do you mean?
9. Re: Define: Camping.WKMMS May 19, 2012 2:28 PM (in response to ovadosa)
no, no, no... camping is, always has been, and forever will be hiding in a concealed area, aiming your weapon and waiting for someone to walk past so you can kill them... the only movement a camper will do is to switch from one dark corner to the opposite dark corner for example. Locking down one section of a map (particularly in FFA) is not camping. You're claiming that piece of the map as your own and inviting everyone else to come and get you... if they can. You're not camping unless you're doing your utmost to conceal your location. All these new definitions of camping are nonsense.


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Ozzy also feels invigorated with their current incarnation, which features Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk as replacement for Bill Ward (who dropped out of the reunion in May). "I wanted to sound current," says Ozzy, "yet still have that Sabbath vibe." 13 will be released in June and is produced by Rick Rubin.
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BURGLARY: Robert H. Clark was arrested Tuesday for second-degree burglary, petit larceny and criminal intent to damage property. He allegedly entered a family friend's home and stole a laptop.
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WARRANT: Daniel J. Egan, 21, of Towhee Court, East Amherst, surrendered Wednesday on a warrant for third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle. All fines were paid.
WARRANT: Daniel J. Delaney, 36, West Avenue, Buffalo, was arrested Wednesday for second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle. He was held for court.
WARRANT: Mark S. Waltz, 41, of Broad Street, surrendered Wednesday on two warrants for second-degree harassment. He was held for court.
TRESPASSING: Mark P. Ernst, 53, of Lafayette Avenue, of Buffalo, was arrested Tuesday for trespassing. He was on the CSX railroad tracks near Roosevelt Avenue and started a small campfire. Ernst was released on an appearance ticket.


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|April 26th, 2006, 05:19 PM
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Its being run by someone I know.
It'll be on May 20 and another one on July 29.
Mackinac County Fairgrounds Moran, MI
$5 admission, kids 12 and under free. Concessions on site.
8 different truck classes, registration 8:00AM to 11:00AM, all classes $20 entry fee, mud flies at Noon.
3 Kid ATV classes, 4 adult ATV classes. Registration starts at 8:00AM, mud flies 9:00AM to Noon, all classes $5 entry fee.
From I-75 South Exit #352 off I-75 toward Newberry/Tahquamenon Falls, turn left on M-123, drive ~4 miles, turn left on Brevort Lake Rd fairgrounds on the right.
Also there will be one in Cheboygan on May 13, I don't have the details on that one yet.
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