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Absolute (philosophy)
The Absolute is the concept of an unconditional reality which transcends limited, conditional, everyday existence. It is sometimes used as an alternate term for "God" or "the Divine"[1] especially, but by no means exclusively, by those who feel that the term "God" lends itself too easily to anthropomorphic presumptions. The concept of The Absolute may or may not (depending on one's specific doctrine) possess discrete will, intelligence, awareness, or a personal nature. It is sometimes conceived of as the source through which all being emanates. It contrasts with finite things, considered individually, and known collectively as the relative. This is reflected in its Latin origin absolūtus which means "loosened from" or "unattached."
Similarities and differences in various traditions[edit]
Examples of religions and philosophies which embrace the concept of the Absolute in one form or another include Hermeticism, Hinduism, Jainism, Taoism, Islam, some forms of Jewish philosophy, and existential or metaphysical forms of Christianity.[citation needed] Terms which serve to identify The Absolute [2] among such beliefs include Wu Chi, Brahman, Adibuddha, Allah, Para Brahman, Tetragrammaton, the Karmic Loom, God, the Divine, and numerous other appellations.[3] In East Asia, the concept of the Tao, and in South Asia, the concept of Nirvana is synonymous in description to the attributes of the Absolute as used in the West.
The human vital essence - soul, spirit, spark of awareness, is said to have originally derived in each case from the Absolute and to be indestructible after the nature of the Absolute, and to be capable of returning to its source. This returning is the goal of those Eastern religions that have such a concept.[citation needed]
The general commonalities between the various versions of the Absolute are: infinity, indescribability, formlessness, transcendence and immanence. An additional commonality is that one must renounce and/or transcend physical existence and its distractions, in some cases even to the point of extinguishing identity and individual awareness, in order to understand or co-exist with the Absolute. Uniformly, human passions and vices are regarded as barriers to spiritual advancement, and such virtues as humility, charity and righteousness or pacifism are felt to help pave the way to enlightenment.
Thing in itself[edit]
Roughly, the Absolute may be distinguished from the following concepts, although there is debate of the synonymity between them:
- Thing-in-itself, an actual object and its properties independent of any observer.
- The noumenon is a posited object or event that is known (if at all) without the use of the senses.[4]
However, rather than distinguishing from the relative, the thing in itself is used to distinguish an actual object from phenomenon (the appearance of things-in-themselves to the senses).
The Absolute in philosophy[edit]
Heraclitus concerned himself with the knowable portion of the Absolute with his Logos. Plotinus, a Neo-Platonic philosopher, saw all forms of existence as emanating from 'The One'. The One of Plotinus is a trans-sentient power or force. The concept of the Absolute was re-introduced into philosophy by Hegel, Schelling, and their followers; it is associated with various forms of philosophical idealism. The Absolute, either under that name, or as the "Ground of Being", or some similar concept, also figures in several of the attempted proofs of the existence of God, particularly the ontological argument and the cosmological argument. In scholastic philosophy the Absolute was regarded as Pure Act, unadulterated with remaining potential.
The concept was adopted into neo-Hegelian British idealism (though without Hegel's complex logical and dialectical apparatus), where it received an almost mystical exposition at the hands of F.H. Bradley. Bradley (followed by others including Timothy L.S. Sprigge) conceived the Absolute as a single all-encompassing experience, rather along the lines of Shankara and Advaita Vedanta. Likewise, Josiah Royce in the United States conceived the Absolute as a unitary Knower Whose experience constitutes what we know as the "external" world.
The mathematician Georg Cantor equated the mathematical concept of the Absolute Infinite with God.[5]
However, the concept need not be taken to imply a universal unitary consciousness. American philosopher Brand Blanshard, for example, conceived the Absolute as a single overarching intelligible system but declined to characterize it in terms of consciousness or experience.
In eastern philosophy the Absolute is known as Parabrahman and to occult philosophy is known as the Void or Ever-Darkness. According to I. K. Taimni both the Vedas and the Upanishads contain indirect hints to an Ultimate Reality an unknowable principle. Taimni describes the Parabrahman as unknowable by the human mind and unthinkable but the highest object of realization and the most profound object of philosophical enquiry.[6] Taimni wrote that:
Because the Ultimate Reality which is denoted by the word 'Absolute' or 'Parabrahman' is the very core of our being as well as the cause and basis of the universe of which we are part, we can no more get away from it than our solar system can get away from the sun round which it resolves and from which it receives everything which keeps it alive and moving. Although the Absolute is sometimes referred to by such epithets as the Void, Ever-Darkness etc. and is beyond intellectual comprehension, still, from the intellectual point of view it is the most profound concept in the whole realm of philosophy. The fact that it is called 'Unknowable' does not mean that it is beyond the range of philosophical or religious thought and something on which thinking is impossible or undesirable. The very fact that it is the heart and the basis of the universe should make it the most intriguing object of enquiry within the realms of the intellect.
— I.K. Taimni, 'Man, God and the Universe', Chapter 1[7]
From a Buddhist perspective, there is no text in which the Buddha explicitly argues that the universe lacks an essence; he instead critiques positions regarding an ultimate nature of reality — such as those found in the Upanishads — in the manner of later Prasangikas.[8] The Buddha of the early texts does speak of experiencing "luminous consciousness" beyond the six sense media.[9] Passages in which the Buddha criticizes those who talk about things not amenable to experience are quite common in the early texts.[10]
Nagarjuna, one of the most prominent philosophers of Mahayana Buddhism, was considered by early scholarship as propounding an absolutist doctrine with his development of the Buddhist concept of shunyata. This is criticized by many modern scholars as incorrect and not grounded on textual evidence.[11] The consensus is that Nagarjuna defended the classical Buddhist emphasis on phenomena.[12] For him shunyata is explicitly used as a middle way between eternalism and nihilism, and that is where its soteriological power lies. It does not refer specifically to an ultimate, universal, or absolute nature of reality.[13] Holding up emptiness as an absolute or ultimate truth without reference to that which is empty is the last thing either the Buddha or Nagarjuna would advocate.[14] Nagarjuna criticized those who conceptualized shunyata: "The Victorious Ones have announced that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incorrigible."[15] By contrast, many schools of Mahayana Buddhism, particularly those in alignment with the Tathagatagarbha scriptures, affirmed some notions regarding a positive absolute, identifying it with the true or original substance or Self of the Buddha.
Kant questioned whether the absolute can be thought.
People have always spoken of the absolutely necessary [absolutnotwendigen] being, and have taken pains, not so much to understand whether and how a thing of this kind can even be thought, but rather to prove its existence.... if by means of the word unconditioned I dismiss all the conditions that the understanding always requires in order to regard something as necessary, this does not come close to enabling me to understand whether I then still think something through a concept of an unconditionally necessary being, or perhaps think nothing at all through it.
— Critique of Pure Reason, A593
Nietzsche criticized Hegel's claims about the non-relative Absolute.
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. ... Thus it is, today, after Kant, an audacious ignorance if here and there, especially among badly informed theologians who like to play philosopher, the task of philosophy is represented as being quite certainly "comprehending the Absolute with the consciousness," somewhat completely in the form "the Absolute is already present, how could it be sought somewhere else?" as Hegel has expressed it.
See also[edit]
Additional concepts:
- Adi-Buddha
- Al-Haqq
- Atman
- Buddhahood
- Buddha-nature
- Dharmakāya
- Eternal Buddha
- Mysticism
- Reality
- Reality in Buddhism
- Śūnyatā
- ^ Hegel Glossary
- ^ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad-Gita, a New Translation and Commentary, Chapter 1-6. Penguin Books, 1969, p 188 (v 5)
- ^ Rabbi David Aaron, The Secret Life of God, Endless Light, and Seeing God, Shambhala Publications, May 2004.[page needed]
- ^ "1. intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception" "2.The of itself unknown and unknowable rational object, or thing in itself, which is distinguished from the phenomenon through which it is apprehended by the senses, and by which it is interpreted and understood; -- so used in the philosophy of Kant and his followers."
- ^ §3.2, Ignacio Jané (May 1995). "The role of the absolute infinite in Cantor's conception of set". Erkenntnis 42 (3): 375–402. doi:10.1007/BF01129011.
- ^ I.K. Taimni Man, God and the Universe Quest Books, 1974, p. 1-2
- ^ The phrase "core of our being" is Freudian; see Bettina Bock von Wülfingen (2013). "Freud's 'Core of our Being' Between Cytology and Psychoanalysis". Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 36 (3): 226–244. doi:10.1002/bewi.201301604.
- ^ Richard Gombrich, How Buddhism began: the Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings. Continuum International Publishing Group, 1996, page 34.
- ^ Brahma-nimantanika Sutta, translation and commentary by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: [1].
- ^ Chandra, Pratap (July 1971). "Was Early Buddhism Influenced by the Upanisads?". Philosophy East and West 21 (3): 317–24. JSTOR 1398359.
- ^ Jorge Noguera Ferrer, Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality. SUNY Press, 2002, page 102.
- ^ Randall Collins, The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change. Harvard University Press, 2000, pages 221-222.
- ^ Jorge Noguera Ferrer, Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality. SUNY Press, 2002, pages 102-103.
- ^ David J. Kalupahana, Nagarjuna: The Philosophy of the Middle Way. SUNY Press, 1986, page 49.
- ^ Jorge Noguera Ferrer, Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality. SUNY Press, 2002, pages 102. The quote is from the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā.
External links[edit]
- "The Absolute". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.


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(1) Yatzachi Zapotec VV and V?V sequences (Data from Butler-Haworth (1980))
Input Output
a. zecha + o? ze.chao? diphthongization
chshagna? + o? chshagnao~ diphthongization
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c. zecha + e? zeche? coalescence
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Another example is found in Gujarati below. In Gujarati, the passive voice marker is realized as a suffix of the form [-a], which is added to the verbal base. When the verb is
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Some temps in northern counties dipping below freezing
Published On: Feb 16 2013 11:08:28 AM EST Updated On: Feb 18 2013 03:36:56 AM EST
Central Florida is bracing for freezing weather for the second night in a row.
Marion and Flagler counties are under Hard Freeze Warnings, as temperatures are expected to drop into the mid and upper 20s for at least two hours.
Orange, Seminole, Lake, Sumter, Volusia, Osceola and Polk counties are all under Freeze Warnings until 9 a.m. Monday morning.
Sunday could be the coldest night of the winter season in Central Florida, but a return to above normal temperatures moves in by late week. High temperatures could top out in the mid 80s by the end of this week.
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Improving Mental Health CareCommitment to Quality
Edited by Barbara Dickey, Ph.D., and Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D.2002376 pages
ISBN 978-0-88048-963-8Paperback
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Clinicians today face the challenge of providing optimal care in an environment where costs drive clinical practice. But high quality, not cost, remains the goal of professionals. By arming themselves with measurable results, clinicians can improve the processes of delivering mental health care and translate those improvements into better outcomes for patients and their families. In this timely guide, the editors have gathered the work of 49 distinguished contributors and crafted a valuable resource for overcoming the extraordinary challenge of delivering high quality mental health care. This groundbreaking book is divided into three sections:
Even if managed care disappeared, we would still need to question, examine, and improve the quality of patient care—with clinicians taking the lead, because only they can appreciate the subtle nuances that maintain or improve quality standards, and only they can make substantive changes in their clinical settings.
As both a broad conceptual framework for considering the quality of mental health care and as a practical field guide to real-life techniques for measuring the quality of care, this volume will prove exceptionally valuable for mental health care professionals, administrators, and policymakers as well as for consumers and consumer advocates, researchers, students, and public health professionals.
"Improving Mental Health Care provides a good introduction to the multiple roles that clinicians and managers can adopt to improve care."—Alexander S. Young, M.D., M.S.H.S., Psychiatric Services, 4/1/2003
Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D., was Medical Director and Executive Vice President of McLean Hospital at the time this book was being prepared. In this role, he directed the hospital's clinical services, including its special emphasis on clinical quality assessment and quality improvement. He is now Director of the Division of Clinical Services at the American Psychiatric Association in Washington, D.C. Dr. Sederer is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and has published 10 books and over 125 articles, reviews, chapters, and monographs. He has consulted nationally and internationally on clinical care and service delivery, quality improvement, risk management, and the regulation and reimbursement of medical care.
Improving Mental Healthcare
Richard C. Hermann, M.D., M.S.
Manual of Psychiatric Quality Assurance
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"The Crown Jewel" at Tan Tar A! $225/Ni - HOT TUB & JACUZZI! in Lake of the Ozarks
- bedrooms 3
- baths 3
- sleeps 8
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
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Pay for 4 or more nights - get an additional night free!
Locally owned and managed!
Welcome to "The Crown Jewel"! A beautiful lake view home at Tan Tar A!
This is not a waterfront home. It is a "lake view" & golf course home in a gated resort community.
INDOOR WATERPARK ON SITE! 2 community pools!
Golf course in front, and golf and lake view in back!
***This home is geared to MATURE ADULTS and FAMILIES only. You must be at least 25 years of age to rent this home. No college groups, bachelor parties etc..!
**Max 8 people in this home.
Relax in style! This home has it all! PRIVATE HOT TUB, 2- two person jacuzzi tubs, and 3 fireplaces! Perfect for honeymoons, anniversaries, birthdays, business, or family vacations!
- 3 spacious bedrooms (2 are master suites)
- 3 full baths with tub/shower combos
- 2 - two person jacuzzi tubs
- Private hot tub on deck
- 3 fireplaces - one wood, and two gas
- Wireless Internet
- Beautiful lake view
- Golf course view
- Beautifully remodeled!
- Full kitchen with new stainless appliances
- Washer/Dryer
- Screened in porch
- Open decks
- Walk-in - No steps in the front door
- Main floor bedroom has two plush queen size beds, deck, TV, and a private bath
- Each lower bedroom has a four poster king size bed, gas fireplace, private bath, seperate jacuzzi tub for two, TV, and private deck.
- Pack & play for baby
- 4 TV's in home
- Stereo/CD
- Gas Grill
- Parking for three - four cars
- Quiet dead end street
- Shared pool
- 2 Night Minimum Stay
- There is a one time cleaning fee of $140.00.
This is a non-smoking and no pets home!
Check in: 3:00pm
Check out: 10:30am sharp
Things to bring: beach towels, shampoo
We supply: Toilet paper, paper towels, trash bags, bar soap, hand soap, dish soap, laundry soap, salt/pepper, reg. coffee & filters, iron and ironing board, hair dryers.
By renting this home, you are responsible for the home and its contents! If the home is left damaged, smoked in, has items missing, or is left excessively dirty, you will be charged additional fees!
A valid "Credit Card" is required to reserve. Deposit is 50% of total.
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Included in rental rate: Two shared outdoor pools - one has a childrens pool. Fishing docks, playground.
On-Site Amenities for Extra $$:
- 9 & 18 hole golf courses
- Timber Falls Indoor Waterpark
- Horseback riding
- Mini Golf
- Boat Rentals
- Arcade
- Bowling alley
- Tropic Island Cruise Boat
- Touring Carts
- Full service spa
- Lounge
- Shops at Market Lane
- Gift Shop
- Restaurants - Burger King, Sbarro Pizza, Windrose, The Black Bear Lodge
- Coffee Shop
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Memorial Day through Labor Day - $225.00 per night
Off Season - $175.00 per night
- Tax Rate: 8.475
- Cleaning/booking fee: $140.00 (this is a one time fee). Not taxed
- MC, Visa, or Discover
- 2 night minimum stay - 3 nights on holliday weekends
- 50% deposit is required to confirm. This is applied to the balance. The balance is due the week of check in.
You must be at least 25 years of age to rent this propery.
- There is no smoking allowed inside this home!
- No pets are allowed!
- This home is geared to families and mature adults only. If your intention is for wild partying, please seek alternate accomodations.
- We accept Master Card, Visa, or Discover. No personal checks at check in.
- A valid "credit card" is required to be on file.
Cancellation Policy
Cancellation is 30 days from date of reservation. If cancellation is prior to 30 days, you will receive a full refund, less a $25.00 service charge. If cancellation is within 30 days there is no refund.
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Jason Hile from Albion, Indiana, had never seen anything like this twenty point buck in his hunting career. He stated that once he spotted the deer, he couldn't look at the rack because it made him too nervous. He had to focus on the kill, and that he did. He bagged this 210 pound buck with his bow November 6, northwest of Albion.
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says ... on Tuesday, Dec 9 at 12:20 PM
Great job jason. It looks like a Michigan deer to me. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
says ... on Wednesday, Dec 3 at 7:49 AM
Good luck topping this next year!! Great job.
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I hope he will find himself on your wall, Nice Job!
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Nice buck Jason! I am impressed. Mom sent me pictures, but it is much easier to see in this picture. See you at Christmas!


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With the start of the shortened NHL season just days away, the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday held their first official training camp at the Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone.
Much of the team arrived Sunday morning around 8:30 a.m. to begin workout sessions before taking the ice, the team's official website reports.
The players were scheduled to get on the ice for two training sessions.
Team officials also made some moves Sunday, including adding defenseman Kurtis Foster to the training camp roster, according to the team's website.
The Flyers open the 2012-2013 regular season at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.
The shortened schedule has NHL teams playing through the end of April.
Rain arrives for the second half of the work week. Another fall-like blast of cool weather to follow for the weekend.
Scattered showers are possible tonight as a cold front approaches the area. Otherwise, the best chance for rain will be Thursday afternoon and night where we'll see on and off showers and thunderstorms.
Clouds and showers linger though much of Friday. We may still see a passing shower Saturday. Unseasonably cool air returns this weekend where both days only see high temps in the mid 70s with many of us falling into the 50s at night.
A woman is in critical condition after her vehicle flipped into Cobbs Creek, police say.
A woman is in critical condition after her vehicle flipped into Cobbs Creek, police say.


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10:58am Wednesday 22nd January 2014 in National News © Press Association 2014
A relative of chart-topping global star Adele is to be seen showing off her own abilities as a contestant on BBC1 talent show The Voice.
Georgia Harrup will be seen on this weekend's programme wowing the panel of coaches in the "spinning chair" audition stage of the contest.
The 27-year-old performed a version of the Ray Charles track Hallelujah I Love Her So in front of Will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue and Ricky Wilson.
Harrup only found out she was related to Adele five years ago when the wannabe's father contacted another branch of his family. Her father Albie - a guitarist who was in rock band Scarecrow and has released Christian albums as a solo performer - is the brother of Adele's grandmother.
Speaking about her famous relative, she told The Sun: "I couldn't believe it as she was always a massive inspiration to me anyway."
Harrup said of her family: "We've got good musical genes."


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Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Robin Chemers Neustein Professor
Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior
Faculty Bio
The overall goal of work in the Vosshall laboratory is to understand how complex behaviors are modulated by external chemosensory cues and internal physiological states. Working with Drosophila melanogaster flies, mosquitoes and human subjects, Dr. Vosshall's research has yielded new knowledge about how odor stimuli are processed and perceived.
Dr. Vosshall's lab identified the genes that mediate odor and carbon dioxide perception in insects. One member of the odorant gene family, Orco, is of particular interest to the Vosshall lab, as it is unique in being expressed in nearly all olfactory neurons and is highly conserved across insect evolution. Dr. Vosshall's lab has shown that Orco functions as a coreceptor, working in tandem with odorant receptors in the dendrites of olfactory neurons, and has pinpointed this protein as a potential target for chemical inhibitors, which may help fight mosquito-transmitted infectious diseases.
In a series of psychophysical studies, the Vosshall lab has been the first to reveal that genetic variations in a single odorant receptor called OR7D4 determines individual differences in humans' perception of two odorous steroids produced in human sweat, androstenone and androstadienone. To better understand the social implications of the finding, Dr. Vosshall has initiated a series of studies to disentangle whether women's perception of and sensitivity to androstadienone corresponds with their bodies' physiological responses to it.
In addition to humans and flies, the Vosshall lab studies the malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae) and the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti), which have both evolved an intense attraction to human body odor and carbon dioxide — the gas humans exhale — and thus serve as deadly vectors of infectious disease. Olfactory cues guide mosquitoes toward humans, from which the mosquitoes derive the blood they need to complete ovarian development. In the yellow fever and dengue vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti, host seeking is suppressed or inhibited for about 72 hours after the mosquito takes a blood meal. The molecular basis for how host-seeking behavior is regulated is unknown but may be explained by a humoral control mechanism in which the sensitivity of the olfactory system is altered following blood feeding. The Vosshall lab is examining the hypothesis that regulation of specific olfactory and neurohumoral genes modifies the host-seeking behavior of female Aedes aegypti after blood feeding.
To shed new light on mosquito olfaction and host-seeking behavior, the Vosshall lab has developed a technique for targeted mutagenesis in Aedes aegypti using zinc-finger nucleases. The establishment of loss-of-function genetics in mosquitoes opens new paths of investigation in vector biology, including the neurobiology of host seeking.
Finally, the Vosshall lab is studying the genetic basis of host preference in the mosquito. Outside of Africa, populations of Aedes aegypti specialize in humans. They are strongly attracted to human scent, they thrive on human blood, and they breed in artificial containers in human-disturbed habitats — often even in water stored inside people's homes. Within Africa, however, many Aedes aegypti populations appear to be generalized. They are not particularly attracted to humans, they feed on a wide variety of animals, and they breed in tree holes in natural habitats. Previous work has shown that these two ecologically divergent forms of the mosquito coexist in several places along the coast of East Africa — one breeding in villages and the other breeding in surrounding forests. They appear to be maintaining ecological differences despite their close proximity. The Vosshall lab aims to identify the genetic basis of ecological differentiation between the two forms and to describe the evolutionary processes by which this differentiation is maintained.
Dr. Vosshall received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Columbia University in 1987 and her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in 1993. She conducted her postdoctoral training with Richard Axel at Columbia from 1993 to 2000, when she returned to Rockefeller as assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2006 and was made the Robin Chemers Neustein Professor in 2010. She was appointed a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator in 2008.
Dr. Vosshall received a Gill Young Investigator Award in 2011, a Dart/NYU biotech award in 2010, a Lawrence C. Katz Prize from Duke University in 2009 and a Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in 2007. In 2005 she received the New York City Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology and the Irma T. Hirschl/Monique Weill-Caulier Trusts Research Award. In 2002 she received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and was named a John Merck Fund Scholar. She was named an Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Young Investigator in 2001, when she also received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award and a McKnight Scholar Award in Neuroscience.
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When you live on a barrier island, just keeping your little
piece of real estate from washing away is a constant struggle.
Fred Sprinkle, a foundation and excavation contractor on
Dauphin Island, Ala., frequently uses vinyl sheet pilings to
keep the ground beneath his clients' homes from ending up in
the Gulf of Mexico.
His employees — who spend as much time in the water as
they do on land, and dress accordingly — start one of
their vinyl seawalls by building a frame of pressure-treated
wood pilings and dimensional lumber (1). The lumber and pilings
are CCA-treated; newer pressure-treating formulas don't hold up
as well in saltwater and aren't as resistant to marine-boring
Once the frame is assembled, the crew ties it to dry ground
with stainless-steel threaded rods and earth anchors (2).
Next, workers use a gas-powered pump (3) to wash holes in the
sea floor for the 12-inch-wide piles. The pump sends water
first through a 2-inch hose and then through a 11/2-inch steel
pipe (4); the transition from a larger to a smaller diameter
increases head pressure. The pipe's weight makes controlling
and directing the stream of water easier.
Once the holes are made, the crew pushes the 12-foot-long sheet
pilings in; some piles go easy, and others require persuasion
with a sledge or a small pneumatic jackhammer (5). All have
mating edges that lock them together (6). They're nailed to the
wood frame at the top and at the water line.
The walls' integrity depends on how deep the pilings are placed
in the sand. The day I visited, workers were replacing a poorly
built wall with one that went about twice as deep.
Unscrupulous contractors often use shorter pilings to save time
and money, but occasionally even competent installers face an
obstacle that makes it impossible to drive the pilings to their
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When Sprinkle's employees run into this problem, they try to
remove the obstacle any way they can. Sometimes they keep
enlarging the hole till they can pull the object out by hand;
other times they lug it out with a chain connected to their
excavator or backhoe (7). Only as a last resort do they cut the
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Drawing the Line
Today I'd like to talk about where we draw the line. Now, I know that as good Zen students we're all supposed to say that there are no boundaries - being just this moment, there is no separation between us and and the world. And at various times in our life and our practice that truth will manifest itself and that's how we'll function. But real practice must be psychologically honest, so we also have to look at the fact that most of the time we don't live that way, but instead draw all sorts boundaries in terms of what we are willing to face or endure, what we think we need and what we're willing or not willing to do to get our needs met. One way to look at our boundaries is to imagine two circles, an inner and an outer circle. The outer circle is our boundary with the outside world, and is a measure of how far we try or are willing to extend ourself. How much of what's around do we take responsibility for? How much control do we try to have over what's around us? If we try to extend that boundary too far, beyond our actual capacity, we may become frustrated and angry. That's what happens in what's called "road rage," when people driving on a crowded highway expect to have an impossible degree of control over what's going on around them, and then everyone else is forever going too fast or too slow or are in their way. On the other hand, to not extend that outer boundary far enough, is to be lazy or irresponsible: "That's not my job," or "what difference can I possibly make?" In that case, we're underestimating our capacities, and grow cynical or listless.
The inner circle encompasses what we think of as our needs. And again, especially for Zen students or people in the so-called helping professions, there can be a tendency to think that our needs should contract to zero, and that we're just here to respond to the needs of others. Or sometimes, out of fear or dependency, we think we need to hold on to something or someone whatever the cost - and we're willing to sacrifice one need after another in order to just hold on and never to have to face that underlying fear or dependency. In these cases, we psychologically start to wither, like a plant that's not getting enough sunlight or water. We get depressed or burnt out. That depression is a sign that for one reason or another we're unrealistically contracting that inner circle too tightly. There's also the case that we can make that inner circle too big: that's where we feel we have a need to feel or be treated in just a certain or special way. In general the discipline and rigors of the zendo and especially of sesshin confront that one head on. We just can't manage to be as comfortable as we think we should when we're in sesshin!
The longer we practice, the better we get to know our own strategies for where we want to draw our boundaries. And true practice takes place at those boundaries, by our careful attention to them and our increasing willingness to experience the anxiety, fear or anger that accompanies the times when life forces us across one of our careful drawn lines.


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Las Vegas Bluffs,close to Red Rock , minutes from the Strip in Las Vegas
- bedrooms 3
- baths 3
- sleeps 10
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community Summerlin
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$ 2,900 - $ 2,900 / month
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Located in the prestigious Summerlin area this beautiful 2 story home is elegant, and its smart decor is welcoming and inviting. It has 3 bedrooms and 3 full baths, the Master being upstairs wirh a large balcony overlooking a park and the city below. This suite has a private bath with separate shower and tub. A big desk for working and TV. 2nd bedroom upstairs is very large with 1 double bed and 4 twin beds, it can sleep 6 people, great for kids; bath is adjacent. downstairs there is a formal dining area , formal Living area and Kitchen opens into the Family room with a fireplace and nice flat screen TV. A brand new King bed with pillow top is also at ground level with a complete bath adjacent to it. Kitchen has all the appliances and plenty of cookware to cook a storm. garage is spacious and tidy, a remote garage opener is provided. Large back yard with gorgeous pool with deep end and diving board, Jacuzzi, seating areas, gas BBQ under lanai. This is a quiet neighborhood that is 2 minutes from 2 freeways that puts you in the Strip in 20 minutes or less.
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house rental amenities
House is located in Summerlin area, very quiet and safe, next to a private park and minutes from 2 main Freeways, yet very close to Red Rock Hotel and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, plus only minutes of the Fabulous Strip. Neighborhood restaurants and shopping is excellent, some restaurants open until 11PM during the week.
Less than 20 minutes from the famous Strip this beautiful residence is nestled in a quiet neighborhood. Private large pool, Jacuzzi, BBQ and plenty of backyard seating area. Bedrooms are spacious and comfortable. Cable TV, FREE High speed Internet included. Kitchen is modern with everything a chef would need. Freeway is 3 minutes away, groceries, stores, banks, post office, library, hospital are all 4 minutes away. Fantastic location next to park. Only one neighbor, 2 car garage with storage space.
activities and attractions in Las Vegas Nevada
- Red Rock Canyon National Prk is fantastic and just a bit further out is Mount Charleston, and Lee Canyon where winter skiing is fantastic.
- Bonnie Springs with petting zoo, Hiking for all levels.
- Famous Strip is 20 minutes ofr less
- Neighborhood Hotels, an array of restaurants, boutiques, movies, lounge bars, etc, 3 minutes away.
- walking distance to walking trails and parks
- Lake Mead, Hoover Dam 40 minutes out
- Downtown with Freemont Experience is 15 minutes
- Fashion Show Mall at 20 minutes
- etc, etc...too much to list here.
vacation rental rates
-Per month: $2,900
-Per week: $1,100
-Cleaning per stay (and every 2 weeks) $199
-Damage protection insurance from CSA $49.00 to $89.00
-HEATING of Jacuzzi per day $35 / $200 week
-HEATING of pool per day $120
-HEATING for BOTH $130 per day
-Premium New Year's night and some holidays has an additional $120.00 charge x night
-For pets I provide a separate contract, and fees vary from $29.00 to $79.00 - please inquire. pets are considered on an individual basis.
Paulina Biggs Sparkuhl
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Top things to do in Las Vegas
- Golf
- Eat at a famous Restaurant
- Go to a show
- Go shopping at famous Malls
- gamble-even if it is a slot machine
Top things to do on a budget
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Fred Wolf, the original scribe of the comedian-heavy comedy ("comedy"), is in negotiations to pen the sequel. The 2010 flick reunited "SNL" alums (Adam Sandler, David Spade, Chris Rock and Rob Schneider) with Kevin James, and -- despite critical scorn -- made a pretty penny. "Grown Ups" wound up grossing $271 million worldwide.
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In the first matchup against the Packers, Favre threw three picks and probably should have thrown a fourth that was dropped by CB Tramon Williams. Although he was sacked only once in the game, the steady pass rush of the Packers led to several incomplete passes and a few of those picks. Favre made a lot of throws off balance in that game, as opposed to last week when his mechanics were more clean.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - With back to
school and all the activities surrounding it, this is a busy time of year for a
lot of families. Horse racing fans can
add one more event to the calendar.
Churchill Downs is a week and a half away from kicking off its first
all-September meet in more than a century.
Where will you be September 14? If you're among the lucky ticket holders,
you'll be in Commonwealth Stadium, watching the Governor's Cup -- UK versus
UofL -- in person.
Most of the rest of us will be watching on
television. Churchill Downs hopes you'll
be tailgating at the track.
"We'll have a giant
video board with the game, both video and audio," said Darren Rogers,
Senior Director of Communication at Churchill Downs. "There will be plenty of tailgating type
Fall will always mean football in
Kentuckiana. This fall, Churchill joins
the fray with its first all-September meet in more than 100 years.
"Cutting through the
clutter during football season is going to be a challenge for us," Rogers
admitted, "but if you can't beat them, join them."
So while you'll see horses racing
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in September, the rest of the track will often
play off the gridiron starting with the September meet's opening night. September
7 is college rivalry night.
"When you walk through
the attendance gates, you'll be asked a question -- which team do you support?'
said Rogers. "The school with the
most votes will be rewarded $5,000 in scholarship for their students.
If it seems like a stretch, Churchill
said it's a needed one. With the fading
of Turfway Park in Northern Kentucky, horsemen needed a reason to stay in the
Rogers said now they have one.
"It's Churchill in September,
Keeneland in October and back at Churchill Downs in the month of
November," he said.
He says there are lots of new faces in
the barns at the Churchill backside so among horsemen, the new meet is a
success. Whether September horse racing
picks up speed with the fans is something we'll find out starting next month.
Churchill Downs has worked hard to tie-in with its
neighbors down the street, UofL and Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. However, September 21 could be a test. The Cards play FIU at noon. Racing is supposed to start at 11:30 a.m. Rogers said they are still considering what to
do and moving the first post time back is a possibility.
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The Eagles beat Fishers in a tightly contested match 3-0.
Jones said this was a big win for the team.
"It was good," Jones said. "We needed that especially in conference. We knew coming into this that they were very similar to us. So, we just had to stay consistent. And even with us not being as on as we needed to be, I think passing and defense really kept us in it. But, serving was the best."
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Klay Thompson finally cracks NBA.com's Rookie Ladder!
Klay Thompson comes in at #5 on the NBA Rookie Ladder this time around. It's about time, I've been waiting for him to make this. BTW: Is it just me, or are you guys all pissed that Monta, Klay, and Udoh got snubbed from All-Star Games AND Neither Klay (5th best 3pt % in league), Rush (BEST 3pt %), Curry, or anyone on our team made the 3pt Shootout. :(


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – There's not a sure NBA Draft lottery pick on the 2013 University of Louisville basketball roster. Even Rick Pitino understands there was nobody in his rotation ready to squeeze Nerlens Noel, Ben McLemore or the other top prospects off the top of the draft board.
Not Gorgui Dieng, who projects in the 20-to-30 range. Not Russ Smith, who likely won't crack the first round, if he is really gone. Not Peyton Siva, who will be fortunate to hear his name called in the 60 picks over two rounds.
Contrast that with the University of Michigan team that the Cardinals defeated, 82-76, for the NCAA title Monday night in the Georgia Dome. If you trust the work of several of the established mock drafts, the Wolverines had one sure lottery pick (point guard Trey Burke), two other possible lottery picks (Glenn Robinson III and Mitch McGary) and another second-rounder (Tim Hardaway Jr.).
Talent, talent, talent.
How unusual is it for a team to win the NCAA title without a lottery pick?
Here are some interesting numbers:
Of the last 20 NCAA champs, 15 had at least one lottery pick. Here are the five exceptions: Arkansas, 1994; Arizona, 1997; Kentucky, 1998; Florida, 2006 and Duke 2010.
Even those numbers are misleading. Why? That Florida team put three players in the lottery in 2007 after the Gators won their second NCAA title. The 1997 Arizona team had two lottery picks – Michael Bibby and Michael Dickerson – a year after they won the title. And Corliss Williamson, star of the 1994 Arkansas NCAA champs, was taken in the 1995 NBA Draft Lottery.
So only two of the last 20 NCAA champs did not produce a lottery pick.
A look back at the last 20 NCAA champs and how they were represented in the NBA Draft in the year after they cut down the nets.
2012 – Kentucky, 2 lottery picks (Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist), 4 first-round picks, 6 draft picks.
2011 – UConn, 1 lottery pick (Kemba Walker), 1 first-round pick, 1 draft pick.
2010 – Duke, no NBA Draft picks until the following season.
2009 – North Carolina, 1 lottery pick (Tyler Hansbrough), 3 first-round picks, 4 draft picks.
2008 – Kansas, 1 lottery pick (Brandon Rush), 2 first-round picks, 5 draft picks.
2007 – Florida, 3 lottery picks (Al Horford, Corey Brewer, Joakim Noah), 3 first-round picks, 5 draft picks.
2006 – Florida, no NBA Draft picks until the following season.
2005 – North Carolina, 4 lottery picks (Marvin Williams, Raymond Felton, Sean May, Rashad McCants), 4 first-round picks, 4 draft picks
2004 – UConn, 2 lottery picks (Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon), 2 first-round picks, 2 draft picks.
2003 – Syracuse, 1 lottery pick (Carmelo Anthony), 1 first-round pick, 1 draft pick.
2002 – Maryland, 1 lottery pick (Chris Wilcox), 2 first-round picks, 3 draft picks.
2001 – Duke, 1 lottery pick (Sean Battier), 1 first-round pick, 1 draft pick.
2000 – Michigan State, 1 lottery pick (Mateen Cleaves), 2 first-round picks, 2 draft picks.
1999 – UConn, 1 lottery pick (Richard Hamilton), 1 first-round pick, 1 draft pick.
1998 – Kentucky, no lottery picks, 1 first-round pick, 1 draft pick.
1997 – Arizona, no NBA Draft picks until the following season.
1996 – Kentucky, 1 lottery pick (Antoine Walker), 3 first-round picks, 4 draft picks.
1995 – UCLA, 1 lottery pick (Ed O'Bannon), 2 first-round picks, 3 draft picks.
1994 – Arkansas, no NBA Draft picks until the following season.
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