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Dodgers: Score remains unsettled
LOS ANGELES -- Even after a night and a day to let emotions settle, the Los Angeles Dodgers were far from convinced their hostilities with the Arizona Diamondbacks were over.
"It's not done," reliever Ronald Belisario said.
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Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he did not expect any further fighting Wednesday night -- and he didn't get any in Arizona's 8-6 extra-innings win. But the teams play 10 more times this season, with the next meeting on July 8 in Arizona. The Dodgers say the score remains unsettled because Diamondbacks pitcher Ian Kennedy hit pitcher Zack Greinke high on the left shoulder in the seventh inning. The Dodgers thought the issue should have been over after Greinke hit Miguel Montero in the seventh inning in retaliation for Yasiel Puig's beaning an inning earlier.
"If you really want to get technical about it, in baseball terms, it really shouldn't be over," Mattingly said. "Again, I don't want to come here to fight. I want to come to win a game today."
Most of all, the Dodgers were upset that both of Kennedy's pitches were in the vicinity of players' heads.
"If Greinke and Puig don't get out of the way, we have two guys in the hospital," pitcher Clayton Kershaw said.
Major League Baseball has yet to announce fines and suspensions for Tuesday's brawl, which involved coaches and players from both teams pushing and shoving and a few flurries of punches. Six participants, three from each team, were ejected.
A source told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark that no punishments or suspensions are expected until Thursday.
Puig was out of the lineup Wednesday night with a sore shoulder.
The bad blood between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks dates back to September 2011, when Kershaw and Mattingly were both ejected after Kershaw, upset with some showboating after a home run the night before, hit Gerardo Parra with a pitch.
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Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson discusses his team's brawl with the Dodgers, says he'd never order a pitcher to throw at somebody's head and chats about Yasiel Puig.
The Diamondbacks reportedly were upset Tuesday because Greinke appeared to miss Montero with two pitches before one of them hit him squarely in the numbers on his back. Some people interpret baseball's unwritten code to say that a pitcher gets only one pitch to try to retaliate.
Mattingly said they should have taken it up with home-plate umpire Clint Fagan for not throwing Greinke out of the game after the first errant pitch.
"If you're mad at the umpire, throw at the umpire," Mattingly said.
Mattingly said he was gratified his players stood up for one another.
Greinke signed a six-year, $147 million contract to come to Los Angeles in December after playing in Kansas City, Milwaukee and Anaheim.
"If he doesn't do that, he loses a lot of respect in the clubhouse," Mattingly said. "It's more dangerous for him not to do that than to do that."
Greinke has been involved in two brawls this season stemming from hit batsmen. He broke his left collarbone fighting Carlos Quentin in San Diego in April.
Information from ESPN.com's Jayson Stark was used in this report.
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While praising the president-elect for making his first important decision immediately after learning of his election to the nation's highest office, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) advises Obama that the first family should devote the same care in picking a new family pet that he is in selecting his cabinet.
Dr. James Cook, president of the AVMA, says that Obamas' unique lifestyle will be a consideration. The AVMA can offer the Obamas, or any family considering a new dog, a great deal of information to help adopt and care for a new pet in downloadable brochures at http://www.avma.org/animal_health/brochures/dog_owners.asp.
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Find the smallest positive integer such that if the ones digit is moved (from the right) all the way to the left, the resulting number is exactly 50% more than the original number.
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Tri-County Marine Corps League Commandant Mike Harrell presents a plaque to 96-year-young WW II Marine John Howell, center.
Howell paid off the mortgage on the Marine Corps League's home and property in Old Town. Howell, from Fanning Springs, is a life member of the league, as well as the VFW and American Legion.
The league meets the third Monday of the month. All former and active Marines are welcome. For more information, call Mike Harrell at 352-542-7204.
The AARP Driver Safety Course for Seniors will be held at the Capital City Bank Board Room at 2012 N. Young Blvd., Chiefland, on Tuesday Feb. 4, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The certificate is valid for a discount on automobile insurance policies for three years.
Registration is required. To register, call Linda at 352-493-1742.
The Greater Chiefland Area Chamber of Commerce will close nominations for 2013 Citizen of the Year Wednesday, Feb. 5. The honoree will be presented with an award at the Chamber's annual banquet Feb. 25.
Free Six-Weeks Quit Tobacco classes are being offered on Tuesdays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Capital City Bank Conference Room, 2012 N. Young Blvd., Chiefland, with free materials and nicotine replacement products valued at more than $80.
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On the night of June 22, the then 24-year-old Megan Gross of Lakeland collapsed in her home. Initially they believed the cause of the collapse to be a brain tumor until doctors determined that Gross had had a stroke caused by a previously undetected, and rare, birth defect called arteriovenous malformation or AVM. This extra tangle of veins inside her brain burst in the middle of the night setting in motion a life altering event.
Toni C. Collins, Levy County historian, will present her reenactment of Catherine Dorgan Hobday, assistant lighthouse keeper of the Cedar Key Lighthouse on Seahorse Key during the 1870's. The presentation will take place at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 20, at the A.F. Knotts Public Library, 11 56th Street, Yankeetown.
The Chiefland Police Department recently donated and wrapped gifts for 40 boys and girls and expressed making next year's donation even bigger.
From Left, Sgt. Macy, CES Principal Angel Thomas, Chief Robert Douglas, and Lt. Jay Bolton.
Five-year-old Chelby Yarghn and her 9-year-old brother Austin, of Old Town, block the rain with cool umbrellas as they head into Walmart with their family the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 3.
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Ted Parada, in front, and other members of the Tri-County Cruisers show off their cars Dec. 20 in the Taco Bell parking lot in Chiefland.
Bob Bair (not pictured), on behalf of the Tri-County Cruisers club, said the group hopes to make some changes to become more prominent in the community in 2014. These changes will include efforts to help the needy and assist local food banks.
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Those searching for a meaningful holiday gift should consider choosing one that helps protect Florida's manatees and sea turtles.
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The affordable items will be for sale until December 31. This is a great chance to support your local artists, save money, and get a truly unique item for gift giving.
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I have just started reading your blog and couldn't help but feel the need to comment.
Traditionally, you are not even supposed to start any intermediate asanas until you can come up from urdva danurasana. Then and only then you you start to add intermediate to your existing primary. Your teacher would give you each new asana as he saw your progress. YOu would never just start a full intermediate practice right away. There is a logical sequence and reason that must be understood before one goes on to intermediate. Also there are many "gateway" poses in primary and intermediate that need to be there before you go on. In primary it's marichiasana D. And as far as I know in intermediate it's kapotasana ( grabing heels ), and in eka pada the leg must stay behind the head. Anyway, what I'm trying to say in all this is do not be in a rush to go on. Stick with primary as it has all the essentials that you need to eventually have in order for intermediate to not be so difficult. I have been practicing for years and do all of primary and intermediate up to eka pada. I used to be in a rush to move on but am always humbled by this practice, as I see now just how much there still is in primary. Sorry for such a long post but I feel so strongly about this that I had to comment.Hi Sophia. Thanks you for your comment. I think we are in agreement regarding caution. I originally started adding intermediate to my primary up to kapotasana about six months ago but decided to go back to focusing on primary for the reasons I mention in the original post ie. I wanted to deepen some key asana. I can now bind to the wrist in Mari D and keep my legs behind my head in supta Kurmasana as well as eka pada sirasasana, dwi pada Sirsasana and yoga Nidrasana (which was my profile picture until I changed it to Kapotasana today). As for it being traditional do start intermediate only after coming up from urdva danurasana my understanding is that several of the fixed in stone "traditions" have changed, several times, over the years. Matthew Sweeney has it as traditional in Mysore to begin Intermediate after dropping back into urdva danurasana rather than coming up(see my youTube video....but not the one where i land on my head). But the whole point of using "tradition" in this way is not so much proscriptive as, rather indicative....it's just how it's done there.....currently. but as i said i'm in agreement with you regarding caution and dont feel in a rush to move on from primary i love Primary and am still getting such a lot out of in. in fact i find i'm getting more and more out of Standing sequence let alone primary. thanks again i really appreciate your concern. Grimmly
ReplyDeleteSorry Sophia, but who teached you this????????
In the "Yoga Mala" published by Patthabi Jois Urdhva dhanurasana is NOT a part of the first series.
Please go to the original texts. UD was a later addition, whyever.
(I can imagine why after my visit in Mysore.)
When fewer people came to Jois, the second series was teached after one months of practicing the first series. Ther were not these restrictions like now.
In my opinion it is good to start with both series at almost the same time. First series is too much focused on forward bending. My back got weak. Now I have a much more balanced exercise. I practice first series, and second series till ushtrasana most of the time to get reasonable back bending.- Anonymous12 December 2008 at 23:32
Ursula, waiting to stand up from UD is common and it is commonly understood to be the general rule in Mysore. Perhaps your experience was an aberration, perhaps it was an indication of a change. Who can say? In any event, there are many people who take Sophia's view (myself included). It is a reflection both of what we have learned from our teachers and from our own lived experience with this practice. After practicing other ways I found the approach taken by Sophia (which is the same approach taken by my teahcer) works best for me. Others obviously take a different view. To each their own.
ReplyDelete Sorry to write this, but what I see is that people hanker for rules, because there is so much insecurity. People do not trust their bodies anymore.
I do.
I am 49, it is very good (I feel this) to do ushtrasana and other softer back bendings of the second series. But urdhva dhanurasana (coming up alone) is a bit much. It has to be done almost out of the blue.It takes time to learn this pose. The poses of the second series helped me to improve UD. Why should I not do these softer back bending which are good for the back? Only because there are rules, nobody really knows who invented them. They are irrational.
Also to you I want to write, read the sources "The yoga mala" by Patthabi Jois. First and second series are described there in greatest details. And no position is left out. But urdhva dhanurasana is not mentioned. I really don't care what some American teachers might create for rules. I listen to my body. My body is the last instance. And second series is good, I should have started earlier.
I realized that people who should only practice first series, practice secretly (often alone) poses of the second series, and those who do second series, practice secretly poses of the third series. It's better to get help. But help is not available because of these strange rule.
The farer away one is from India the stricter the rules.
If this comment sounds a bit unfriendly it is because English is my second language.This is always such a fraught discussion between those who follow "the system" (as it is in Mysore these days) and those who don't.
I want to only speak about my own experience, which is that I practice at a traditional shala. For me, this has worked out really well. What I like about learning one pose at time is that I have never been too overwhelmed. I find that all of Intermediate is a really tall order, but because I learnt it one pose at a time, I was much better prepared to do it all when I got to that point that if I had started the full series bang on. And still I struggle!
The second thing that I really like is that by learning with a teacher that gives you one pose at a time, you learn to do the poses really well because you can't move on until you demonstrate a certain proficiency in your current "stop pose". You do see the difference between the people who practice traditionally and those who don't, in this sense. If you can't do Kapotasana well but still practice all of Intermediate, there is less motivation to work on it. I've seen it often, people who just brush through that pose and move on. I have to admit it suits my perfectionist nature to learn as I do.
Lastly, just one quick comment about having to stand up from a backbend before starting Intermediate. Ursula, this is not an American rule. Sharath, in his shala, currently applies this rule. Saraswati, who gave you Pasasana, is known to give poses more fluidly than Sharath. It's all good and I admire and respect them both, but I just wanted to clarify your point about it being a random rule. It is not. It is something that yes, wasn't there in the past but maybe, just maybe, Guruji and Sharath changed the system because they thought it would work better. Or maybe they just did it because of the number of students in Mysore. Who knows?
I, again, admit that I like this rule. I think dropping back and standing up from a backbend develops a certain leg strength and back flexibility that later on is invaluable when trying to learn Kapotasana. But this is only my own opinion, and I only speak about what worked for myself. I used to be more defensive about this discussion, but now for some reason I've relaxed a lot about it and I see that it's all good, and I just have to follow the path that is right for ME.Exactly you mentioned it: They changed the system because of the number of people that are coming. This has nothing to do with what is reasonable for the body.
There is also another aspect much neglected: It's age. Perhaps some poses will never be able for me (age 49)like kapotasana. A balanced exercise for me is an exercise with a couple of back bending poses and not only one demanding pose like UD. I know upward facing dog is also back bending, but it is not comparable with ushtrasana and generally spoken the first poses of the second series, which start easy and go deeper with each following pose. Perfect.
Another aspect is the availability of teachers and not only this. Many teachers are beginners, have never been in Mysore, are mediocre. Teachers who only practice first series cannot teach you second. The guru is in you.
This morning I was looking for a quote in a book by Yogani "Advanced yoga practices." I didn't find it, but I know the contents. He said: For those who like to progress faster, go ahead, but allow yourself to go back to a level where you feel well. That's something I did. Nowadays I stop at ustrasana, I'm no more attempted to do the entire second series. To stay flexible and aware is for me more important than to follow some rules.
And: There are other yoga systems. They teach poses from the second series of the Ashtanga series from the very beginning on. What's that then? This does not harm the body.
Thank you for having shared your view.
I wish us all that we are not overwhelmed by what we do, nevertheless challenged enough, so that we can progress at our own pace.
Too long this comment. The end.Wow! I did not realize there was such a heated discussion on this. Ursula, to answer your question who taught me "this"? I have been taught by authorized teachers who travel to mysore for months at a time every year. They teach in the tradition of Guruji, and now Sharat. What I have come to understand is that there have been many changes over the years but I am quite sure that backbends are given to the student at the teachers discretion. Traditionally in India, yoga has been learned from teacher to student, not from a book or video. It's really not right to decide to give yourself postures. Most authorized techers have been practicing for years and know exactly when their students should receive new postures. Also your "American" teachers comment is also funny because I beleive the American way is to think anyone can just teach themselves this ancient practice. It's really a disrespect to the whole ashtanga system. Again, sorry for such a long post, but this is something I beleive strongly in.
ReplyDeleteOf course it is my right to do with my body whatever I want. Would you like to forbid me to do ushtrasana, because I cannot come up from UD? You sound rather assertive. I accept your way to approach the series. It's your decision. Please accept also other ways, there many approaches.
We have one authorized Ashtanga teacher in Germany and we are 80 millions inhabitants. We have in the meantime a lot of people who practice Ashtanga yoga. But not everybody has the chance to go to a teacher. I was several times in America and practiced there. In almost every city is an Ashtanga studio. OK, then it is easy to say learn from a teacher. I see.
The Mysore style in my opinion teaches you to practice on your own.It prepares you for this. And it teaches you as well to go ahead, trying new poses, of course.
What about the yoga mala? Have you read it?
What about those who were teached both series from the beginning on from P.Jois in the earlier times?
Disrespect is really something else than to do back bending poses of the second series when it feels good for the body.Yes has got quite heated hasn't it.
I think that when there's the implication or suggestion that you HAVE to do something THIS way, or that your doing it WRONG, that you SHOULD be doing this or SHOULDN'T be doing that then it's perhaps understandable that feeling can run high.
It doesn't help that there are so many inconsistencies. Clearly the practise has changed in Mysore over the years. There's the Ashtanga of Yoga mala and the Ashtanga that's being taught in Mysore now and possibly several others in between. Has the practise itself changed or just the way it's being taught in response to the altered teaching demands. It appears to be both. Several early practitioners have different orders of practise which they claim was how it was taught to them.
Perhaps we can consider as authoritative texts, Yoga Mala, Lino Miele's Authorised book, Sharaths DVD. When we come to authorised teachers we have a problem because they span several decades. How one Authorised teacher teaches the practise isn't necessarily going to be the same as someone else who practised and was Authorised at a different time.
But then perhaps we also have Ashtanga as a laid out sequence of Asana and as an idea. I thought Ashtaga was 99% practice 1% theory. I thought you were quickly taught the series enabling you to flow through it focusing on the breath, and that understanding, awareness and deepening of the asana developed as you practiced. I found/find this idea appealing. However the reality is that that many of the asanas are challanging and probably dangerous too, you can hurt yourself. You need to respect your body and the practice, what the asana are asking your body to do.
We have this Nanny state perspective in the west. Must protect everyone at all costs, or is it that everyone is afraid of being sued.
Do I really have to be told to be cautious about twisting my knees this way and that? Do you not think I listen to my body. (sure there are loads of teachers nodding their heads here).
It's my body and it's my practice. Mine, not yours, it's no longer even Guruji's or Sharath. Like a book that once written is up to the reader to experience and intepret for him or herself not the author or the university lecturer or Phd student. Show me two practices the same.
V is in danger of stealing (0v0)'s WISE epitet. I like how you focus on your practice your experience and what works for you personally. I can see the benefit of learning that way. I was a teacher, I've taught first year philosophy at University , I've been a school teacher and i've taught English. I prefered teaching English. I always had Caliban in my mind. "you taught me your language, my profit be that I can curse you in it". Love that. When you teach a language your not teaching someone how to think or what to say but rather facilitating them, your giving them something that they can use.
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Ashtanga teachers and students, like English teachers and students, can get so wrapped up in the grammar that they forget to actually use it. I remember giving my high level students a list of sentences and asked them to discuss them for a little while. I left the room, came back ten minutes later to find the list full of crossing outs and "corrections". They were stunned when I told them all the sentences were good English. They protested very strongly until I explained that they were regional English sentences and all consistent usage.......actually they still protested. rules rules rules.Oh V, I wanted to comment on where you said
"If you can't do Kapotasana well but still practice all of Intermediate, there is less motivation to work on it. I've seen it often, people who just brush through that pose and move on".
My own experience is of constantly coming back to poses that I'm practicing everyday and in a sense almost rediscovering them. Recently I started being blown away by the Parasita sequence in standing and finding it a revelation, in face the whole of standing. My paschimottanasanas have been mind blowing lately and I love Purvottanasana now where before it almost seemed in the way, JUST a counter pose nothing to take seriously. In fact practicing Intermediate is offering a new awareness of Primary. I practiced it last Sunday after a week of Intermediate and fell in love with it all over again. Don't you find that, doesn't everyone?
Maybe a problem with the "here's your new pose" method is that you become so fixed on the next new asana. If you just learn the whole series right away you tend to be working on all of them at the same time discovering aspects of them constantly. that's what I'm finding anyway.Just by doing the same poses in the same order every day, re-discovery is bound to happen. Nobody is that unaware as to completely ignore all their poses except the last one, or at least I would hope so! :-)
I think there is value in facing a wall (your last pose being the one you can't do or won't get moved past even if you can). When you go through this situation, you have to face many different feelings: frustration, anger, despair, boredom etc. that when you do whatever you want (what "feels good" or what you want to do or what you think you should do) you can skip.
But then again, that is what has worked for me. So far :-)For a long time I practiced with authorized teachers, but now practice at home. Matthew Sweeney's book is a good guide for the level of proficiency expected for the various series, and so is Jason Stein's blog, where he wrote a great post about intermeidate several months ago.
I think that if you can get your wrists in mari D, self-bind in supta K, and drop back, then you're ready to begin intermediate, although some may argue that you should practice primary for at least several months in order for yoga chikitsa to take effect. Even though intermediate is not as strenuous as primary in terms of the number of vinyasas, it requires greater flexibility and can be quite taxing on the nervous system.
Some authorized/certified teachers are not that rigid about having to stand from a backbend as a prerequisite for second. Your bandhas are certainly strong, and the vinyasas in intermediate are actually easier than the standard jumpbacks in primary.
As a very rough guideline (best to learn from a qualified teacher but if you can't...) I was taught that if you can self bind in pasasana and balance for five breaths, then you can move on to the krounchasana, where your leg should be straight and the bind should be at your wrists. Shalabhasana and bhekasana are often given together. In the latter pose your fingers should touch your mat. In the dhanurasanas heels should be together throughout all the variations. In ustrasana and laghu vajrasana legs should be parallel. In kapo the standard to to grab your heels, either by yourself or with assistance - again, there's some leeway for those who have difficulty with backbends. Before moving on from supta vajarasana, hoever, even the most lenient teachers would require you to stand from a backbend.
Bakasana A & B are counterposes, and so are the twists. In LBH the leg should stay behind the head throughout the entire vinyasa. Yoganidrasana and the tittibhasanas are extensions of supta kurmasana, so that should not be too much trouble for you. In pincha most teachers would require the correct exit as a prerequisite for moving on.
I'm not sure how you can learn karandavasana without a teacher, but most people get to move on once they can bind the lotus by themselves.
I'm still learning the next several poses so I'm not going to comment on them, but if you choose to learn intermediate by yourself, go slowly, and respect the psychological difficulties of the series. I do agree with V and Sophia that it's best to learn the poses one at a time, and not all at once.Again, I am amazed at how long this is getting! I just have one more thing to add. Yes, I have read Yoga Mala as well as David Swenson, actually did his teacher training, Lino Miele, John Scott, and many others. What I feel is happening with this discussion and actually all over the West is we are becoming fixated on only the physical. "Listen to your body" and all that. I wonder has anyone studied a translation of the Yoga Sutras? The original writings of Pantanjali. This is actually what Guruji based a lot of his teachings on. It is usually recomended that a serious student of yoga begins some sort of study into the origins and philosophy of yoga. I understand that there are other methods and ways, but when we talking about ashtanga yoga, there should really be very few variations of the method.
And for the record, I live in Canada, and there are only 7 authorized teachers.Hi Grimmly
what an interesting discussion; it is one i have had with many of my teachers and mentors on the ashtanga path. the funny thing is that i probably agree with everyone's point, and i mean everyone. most recently i have started studying the sutras. actually i have spent the entire year every other Sunday up to recently doing so. i don't think it taught me so much about asana practice, but other things. also, we learned from our teacher that it's not only in ashtanga that positions are held back from us. in hatha there is supposedly an inmense amount of asanas, but they are held as a mystery away from most practitioners.
i have studied with authorized teachers. the most traditional ones get upset with me if i seem to jump poses. i would say i am probably an ashtanga rebel. like Ursula says, those who practice second, are probably secretly practicing third. i am not that secret about it because i wrote about my experiences with it in my blog when i was practicing at home. my teacher is allowing me to do some of third because she wants me to learn them correctly and knows that i will probably do them on my own.
do i dropback and come to standing in UD yet? no. it astounded Lino, the last time I was in his room. actually, today i found something i printed from a discussion about it that Elise and others were discussing - tips for coming to standing from UD. i think i will renew my interest in attempting this after years of being challenged with it.
but, like Ursula, i could not live without practicing second series poses. it would totally harm me to do only primary series poses. i sit all day in front of a computer. why would i benefit from more forward bending? upward bow in transitions does not provide enough chest opening to counter all of the forward bending.
funny, but i was "given" all primary and second from the start by a teacher whose teacher was David Swenson, so that is why i have always practiced second. when i started working with authorized teachers, they took everything away and started adding poses. but then they went to Mysore for three months and we lost track of where we were.
nowadays i would be shot for my practice. i do beginning and closing sequence as the bread in a sandwich. the middle of the sandwich is a continuous portion of the series. it might be the first half of primary followed by the first three of third series, or it might be the first half of second to supta vajrasana, or it might be from bakasana onward. this works for me as a professional that has to be in an office environment by a certain time. I'm actually looking for work now, but doing so is an occupation. If the architecture market heats up in one of your cities, let me know.
V. is amazing because she is a professional that is at an office by a certain time and still manages to do all of the poses. what i do seems to work for me.
sorry for the long post. i respect everyone's opinions on the matter.I had written a comment/an answer to V this afternoon. Was it a bit sarcastic? I guess yes, even though I had deleted a lot of my speech. But somehow I couldn't publish it.
And it was so good.
Your comment grimmly is so much more possitive. Thank you.
I got excited, too when reading all these comments, I could feel the emotions behind it. Isn't this pure energy that we can use for our practices?
My attitude towards life in general is "be adventurous", "search your limits and go further", "be curious".
That's also my approach towards yoga.- Anonymous3 January 2009 at 15:40
I have practiced Ashtanga at studio for 9 months. I can do marichiasana D since June and standing from dropback since October. However, my teacher hasn't given me the second series.
Why ???? oh, Anon, I just had to laugh at your post. I love you! I suppose your teacher will give you the poses when you are ready for them. THere are a couple that are more difficult than Marichyasana D. But who cares, I love your comment...
And people, get a grip. Do your own practice. Stop being such nannies. I have a super duper trad practice, and I'm glad I learned that way. I think it works, for reasons that could never be explained in a blog comment. Enjoy!I am reading this post too late, but felt that I should clarify something. Everybody is entitled to their own opinions, but should also try to understand why something is/was done in the first place. I am from India and I learned Ashtanga from a person who learned it directly from Krinamacharya. I have never even met the 2 popular teachers Pattabhi Jois or BNS Iyengar.
The idea of teacher giving a new pose to the student started in the old days, because earlier the postures were modified and even omitted based on the student's constitution. This should be decided only by an experienced teacher. If one is following the sequence as it is, I don't see any problem with giving poses to oneself based on each person's ability. With all the talk about the spiritual side of yoga, asana is still a physical practice.
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quote:According to sources cited by TV14, Obama secretly transferred eight billion dollars to the Muslim Brotherhood—not the Egyptian government—as payment to guarantee that a large portion of the Sinai Peninsula be turned over to the terrorist organization Hamas, an avowed enemy of both the United States and Israel.
quote:And that sums up the reasons why Cpt. Bengal posts, and attracts conservatives like flies to dog shite.
quote:treason if true
quote:or are you just trolling the lowest common denominator on this board.
quote:And no, there's no truth to this.
quote:like the nsa isn't spying, the irs isn't targeting, benghazi was about a video, and fast and furious was just a movie
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BRYAN -- a unanimous vote on a new Bryan ordinance passed this morning by city council immediately shifted power away from the Bryan Texas Utilities board and back to the city manager.
Lauren Holman explains this big change and if it could affect you in the future.
The old saying goes, "If it isn't broken, why fix it?"
and that's the sentiment of BTU board member and chairman, Emanual Glockzin.
"Why they've done this so fast, we really don't know. Us board members are still trying to figure all that out."
This morning, in a seven to zero vote, the Bryan City Council passed an ordinance that shifts power away from the board and limits their authority to make decisions.
"We thought that it would be a better function for the city, less confusing and better to move the city forward with authority of the city manager being able to hire, fire and control the operations of BTU," said Council member Mike Southerland.
But Gloznick doesn't think this change will make things efficient, only complicate the process more.
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Groupon vs. Coupons.com: Investors Weigh in on Which Rules: StockTwits
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Groupon or Coupons? That?s a choice facing discount site investors who want to capitalize on the growth of online offers but don?t want too much exposure to the space. And many investors on StockTwits.com are choosing in favor of Groupon, (GRPN - Get Report).
$GRPN Still long and strong. SALE and COUP are a joke compare to GRPN. - Rommel (@mel812) Mar. 31 at 10:45 PM
It's understandable why investors would be interested in the Internet coupon space. Though the Web has long replaced the newspaper circular as the source of discounts, more Americans are now taking advantage of them. Research firm eMarketer predicts that more than half of U.S. adult Internet users will redeem a digital coupon this year. About 70% of those coupons will be redeemed via mobile phone.
Groupon, many cashtaggers say, is better positioned than competitors to take advantage of the popularity in online coupons. The company said last quarter that more than 70 million users have downloaded its mobile app. And, excluding today's April fools joke in which Groupon offers the "rain making" deal of paying $40 for something only worth $20, its deals are usually popular.
Pretty good April Fools. Read closely "@BVServices: $GRPN Groupon Launches Elite Deal Series.. http://stks.co/d0OLO" - Eddie DaRoza (@eddiedaroza) Apr. 1 at 11:49 AMMore than $5.8 billion of merchandise and services was purchased with Groupon discounts last year. Groupon pulled in $286.7 million in earnings from those sales, excluding some items. Its stock climbed more than 3% intraday Tuesday after falling about 5.7% in the past month. Groupon is not without its challenges. The company is trying to transition from a push marketing site that people associate with email offers in their inbox into a shopping destination. So far, the results are mixed. Investments in the new direction contributed to a 12-cent fourth quarter EPS loss that investors punished with a sharp sell-off on Feb 21 after the earnings release. The stock isn't exactly cheap either. At the intra day trading price of $8.31, Groupon has a $5.55 billion market cap and trades at 30X expected 2015 earnings. It trades at 2X trailing 12-month sales.
Analysts are mixed on the company. Nine have buy ratings, nine have hold ratings and four slapped sells on the stock, according to stats on the Analyst Ratings Network. The consensus price target is $10.41. However, Groupon looks like a steal on a P/S basis compared to Coupons.com (COUP), say cashtaggers. Coupons.com has a $1.76 billion market cap and trades at nearly 11X trailing 12-month sales. The jury is still out on what 2015 earnings will be. The company priced its IPO on March 7 at $16 per share. The stock nearly doubled in value by March 17, but has since fallen about 18% from the high. It fell 2.6% intraday to $24.
$grpn vs $coup most the newer ipo in the red they need to proof themselve i assume - chris (@bullvsbear) Apr. 1 at 12:59 PMAnalysts are divided on Coupons.com. Today, Goldman Sachs initiated coverage with a neutral rating and a price target that calls for the stock to fall 12.5% from Tuesdays intraday trading price.
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$SALE When everyone sees the next earnings difference between $COUP and $SALE that's when $SALE really rebounds big - Parker Wilder (@parkerwilder1) Mar. 31 at 10:50 AMBut, most investors on StockTwits.com disagree. Bearish sentiment on RetailMeNot stands at 66%, according to StockTwits' analytics. Meanwhile, Groupon has 63% Bullish sentiment. Coupons.com is still amassing a following. And, much like analyst sentiment, the crowd seems to be divided.
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For every Christmas she could remember, she'd always seen snow at some point or another during the month or mostly on Christmas Day.
Unfortunately, this didn't look like one of those years.
This year they just HAD to have "Oregon Weather" (as her friend Lizzy had put it), and have it rain for most of the month.
So there she was, sitting at one of the windows in her school's fine arts center with her friend, Tino, watching the cars go by and hoping for some snow to fall. She sighed, knowing that there was little to no chance there was going to be any.
She sighed and turned to him. "My first Christmas here and there isn't even any snow."
He smiled, "I'm sure it'll snow before Christmas, it seems cold enough."
"It's been cold enough for a while." She said. "It's been raining all month long, and Felicia said that they've already got snow back at my old town. They even had a day off from school because of it." She frowned.
"Trust me, it'll snow
Maybe you should ask Santa to make it snow for Christmas." he said.
She laughed. "Yeah, that's definitely something I want
to bad I can't tell Santa though." she said, with a sad smile.
"Oh, you'd be surprised." said Tino, quietly.
"Did you say something?"
"Okay then
oh yeah. Speaking of Santa, how do you think North would make it snow if someone wanted it to snow for Christmas?"
"He'd probably get Jack Frost to freeze all the water that's here right now and we'd end up with slick roads and a whole lot of ice
it would still be cold, but at least it'll look better than puddles of water and mud."
"To be honest, that sounds like something you would do in his position." She said, smiling.
They laughed, made more references to Rise of the Guardians, and she eventually left when her mother came to pick her up.
Tino looked on after her as she left, feeling glad that he was able to make her smile after she was so down about the "no snow" situation".
Though she didn't tell most people since it probably sounded childish, snow was a huge part of winter for her. To her, snow meant forts and slush ball fights over the large piles of snow left when the snow plough came and shoveled it out of the road. Snow meant sledding down huge hills, falling off the sled half way down, wiping out at the bottom, and going back to the top to do it again until you got tired. Snow helped her remember the memories that she clung to from her old life and friends before she had moved to this new city, and met him.
Tino knew it meant all of that to her, so he was glad he was able to make her feel better.
But he felt that he wanted to do more.
He wanted to give her more than good laugh from a few references to a movie they'd seen. He wanted to give her the snow she'd wanted to see
And he knew just how he wanted to do it.
"It's a few days early for a present, but I guess I can give this one a bit early
The next morning, Tino woke to the buzzing of his cell phone.
When he checked to see who was texting him, he saw that it was her.
Reading her text, he saw it said,
"Chibi-San : Dude, you have no idea as to how happy I am right now. IT SNOWED LAST NIGHT! \(^ O ^)/ "
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the only hard part is the algebraic notion otherwise its easy
I agree; anyone know how to submit a formal request to change that requirement to use chess notation instead?
With this and railroading, all i need is a role playing merit badge, and im all set
I don't like the teaching part or some requirements, but it'll be no sweat. Gonna beat my whole troop. (Already beat a guy who beat all of his.) Going to have to relearn scholar's mate, though.
Wow. Next thing you know they're gonna make Mario Kart a merit badge
Im gonna be the first in my troop to get ths! (once i find a counselor)
Anybody have chess on Windows 7? I am only able to beat level 2 consistently!
i love chess and i will try to be the only boy in my troop to earn it
I am definatly gonna get this one. I LOVE CHESS!!!!
It will hard for boys in kentucky to earn this since learning chess is a requirement in elementry school. it will be hard to find a scout that doesn't know how to play it to fulfill #3
I wish I lived in Kentucky. Half my class doesn't know how, and I need someone new to beat.
Aw sad day! I like the Black knights the best! Wish it was a black knight instead of a white one :(
How would the black knight work, anyway? A white outline wouldn't work, in my opinion, and _no_ outline would make the shape hard. It's fine as is.
Looks great! A fun merit badge for a camp out… plus the badge is very well designed.
I looooooove chess. It's awesome! I'm going to be the first in my troop to get it!
I've been tracking this merit badge since a week ago! I'm so excited about this merit badge!
Yeah it finaly here!!! It's easier than i thought it would be!
Chess is among the oldest board games in the world, and it ranks among the most popular games ever created. Chess is played worldwide—even over the Internet. Players meet for fun and in competition, everywhere from kitchen tables and park benches to formal international tournaments.
I have read many chess books, but the best one that I read wad written for kids. Learning the basics, like these hints, gave me a chance to play longer games and improve.
I know someone before didn't want to tell but what are the moves that have to happen to win in two moves?
These are great beginner tips, castling is very important and yes, I try to do it before the tenth move (10-15 or so). After so many moves you might have lost the chance to castle and burying your king in your own end where he is covered is safest. The middle of the board is where it hits the fan. just remember that the side pawns are your protection and not to move them away from your king for a while, just until you've thinned out the herd a little and also you must keep your pieces covering each other near your king. One opponent piece in there wreaks havoc.
Thanks for the help! I'm in chess club so in need help
level 10? Which chess program are you speaking of? There are many different chess apps, all with there own level system.
Honestly….. Has anyone every play the computer on level 10 or the highest level and won even once?. I am good and out of 125 games on level 5 I have won 12 I am goning nuts and truely addicted to try and beat it concesntly..but not even close
Green, probably the best way to get better at chess is to 1) study chess books from the library, and 2) keep playing. Experience will help a lot.
Hi fellow Scouts,
I'm glad some of you found the tips helpful! I remember when this article came out a couple years ago–it was a lot of fun to work with the author, Nancy. The graphics were really neat, too.
Castling is a good move! Almost all chess masters and Grandmasters try to castle within the first 15 moves of a game or so. Although the king may look "blocked in" in the corner, it is actually safer there. If castling appears to leave you getting checkmated early, it is probably because not all of your pieces have been mobilized. In the opening, be sure to get ALL your pieces out–don't waste too much time with the pawns!
–Jonathan Hilton
this is really good imformation, it might just help me beat my dad (he's really good) and beat at least 1 person in a tournament. P.S.i have heard this stuff B4.
I know the two move, the four move, the three move, and many more. Some of the easiest ways to block these involve a knight moving in the opening.
Ok tips for beginners, most of which can be found in a beginning book at the library.
This is not a great feat at all; being good at chess has nothing to do with age. It's all experience. If a 10 year old that had been playing for 1 week beat a 30 year old that was completely new, I wouldn't be surprised a bit. Keep in mind, I'm not bashing Jonathon, just pointing out the obvious.
G-dog: Castling is a extremely important part of winning chess. Ask anyone at an intermediate/above level of play.
some good tips, some not so good tips. take these with your grains of salt
* please excuse spelling =P
Great tips for beginners. I'm at an intermediate level, though, so these are already drilled into my brain.
I agree Joe, These aren't really great tips. Castling puts your king in a corner so its hard for him to get out of trouble it should only be used if it needs to.
they're not that great i dont get how thats supposed to help me win.
i beat my dad, he captured 3 pawnes and i captured all his pieces
Thanks for the advice, chess is my favorite game.
another tip: always always always get pawns to the other side asap
I all ready injoy chess but this will definitely help me beat my granddad (hese a GREAT player !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
these are good tips, why is nobody posting here, post, people!
chess is awesome. i have beaten my dad b4. i was about 2 get creamed, but i found a move 2 put him n checkmate (he's really good).
I know a move to checkmate in 2 moves, thanks for the tips
i have a 4-move winning strategy but i won't tell you guys because if i do,then everyone else would do that and it would be difficult if two people were doing the same thing. but it does kind of involve the same strategy you stated there.
i really want to learn how to play chess these are good tips
Ya this should help my chess game out! Hey Bernardo (Troop 25) good not being concited
I'm the best at chess in my school, it's good that there's tips here, so can my opponents be stronger for me, yeah!
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I THINK I NEED MORE PRACTICE(even though i am good at it)
it was confusing at thu begining but it seams like it never ends
It's just me and my King, and the other king, move 500!! will this ever end???
I beat easy three times in a row and when I played hard they stailmated me
Theis game is kinda hard in easy mode. Have fun. :)
beat hard in 7 moves!!!!!!!!!!!!! this game is way to easy.
I dominate in real chess and this game is a piece of junk!!!
263 moves and still going! 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270….
Lost in 6 moves on hard… come on! It only moved one piece!
Was fun it could be a little more challenging….BOY SCOUTS RULEZ!!!!!!!
Weird… The peices when i first played it are lame… can't do special moves
odd…easy…dumb…hard to tell the pieces apart…. LAME
300 turns and i only have my king. The com hasn't done anything useful for 200 of them ,at least 200!
it is awsome but you should let the poes go anywhere they want.
wow an unknown person so he suggested this for advanced players players like a GM(grandmaster) or like a 1000 or above.
I have a hard time telling what the pieces are but it is still Loads of Fun!
This game is good but unless you look closely you cant really tell what the computer did. Oh and….. I BEAT IT!! IN YER FACE, COMPUTER!!!!
Dear Eddy,
It's probably because you have dial-up.
wow I play chess and that is the worst set and computer ever I will only play it three more times today!
This game is pretty fun. It's nice to beat a computer at chess istead of a person because a computer doesn't tell "your mama" jokes while you're trying to think. However, I wish that it was a little more difficult. :) :(
it's really fun! Kinda hard to see who is who though. The bishops are hard to tell apart if they are somewhere else on the board.
this game rocks. I'm on the chess club so this will help me a lot. NOTE: I'm not a nerd.
Thanks, BL, this is an awesome game!!! I haven't beat HARD yet, but I have gotten a stalemate on it!
this game is awesome! i love chess; i recomend it to advance players and to beginners!
Can you beat the computer? It's a battle for checkmate in this online chess game.
hey runescape is a game where poeple fight and dont say lol (it means laugh out loud)
i play runescape its a game were poeple do quest and type stuff to each other add me (shin902) if you ever get on
anyone play runescape its a chess game i love chess!!!!
this is cool…im totally gonna make it…i think its totally awesome
hey…this is awesome…i totally am going to make it…thanx for the idea!!!!
Who care if chess is cool or not, its fun! I am a nerd and think these set is sweet! The only thing I would add is how to make a board out of some kind of like metal.
For the king and queen pieces, the instructions call for a 3/16 wall anchor and 1/4 inch wing nuts. These are supposed to be the same or else they won't fit. Otherwise, this is really cool!
hey cool chess set maby i will do the same thing only cange it a bit
It is a very intriguiging to me. That means it is wicked cool.
I made a chess board I made out of tile that i have been planning to use this set with
I really want to make this! Great job!
I LOVE chess! And don't worry, it still isn't cool (wait, why shouldn't you worry?). But I don't care. Chess is chess! Checkmate on!
I'm so happy to read that so many people think my chess set idea is cool. I loved making it up. I made a bunch of pieces that didn't work, some kept falling over, others just didn't look right. It took a while to get just the right nuts and bolts together. Have fun making it and keep writing so I can read how your projects are going. I loved paying chess in school, and it wasn't cool then either… especially for a girl! Who cares, it's a great game.
not medival medicoooolllnice work dude give me 5
I think it is very cool how you can make fun stuff like a chess set with things from around the house.
It would be a good way to make money but would take while
this looks like a pretty good way to gt rid of those extra nuts and bolts while having fun doing it. Its a good present to!=)
I haven't made it yet, but I think I'm gonna try it next weekend with my dad. I'm on the school chess team and am pretty good, so this is defnitely something I would like to do. It looks a little hard though, but then, so are most of the other project ideas! Thanks for the cool chess set idea!
It's Too Cool Tool Chess Set. I can't wait to make it with my dad.
this is so cool I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That looks so cool- I can't wait to make it! I'm gonna try to find a way to make a cool chessboard out of those things
But can you make a cool chessboard out of things like that?
I love chess and this chess set is so COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love chess. IT ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no body likes chess in my shool but me,when i show em' this set they will wont to play!!
I love chess & it sounds awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love chess, but I have a baby brother who roams around the house. While he does, he picks up a lot of things. If one of those nuts or bolts fall of my chess table, he might choke on it. If he didn't, I would of LOVED to make it & play with it.
Use nuts and bolts from your tool chest to make a cool chess set.


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As the economy is showing signs of improvement, the debate regarding 'free market' will be important to understand. According to Chris Seabury:
The U.S. economy is essentially a free market economy - an economic market that is run by supply and demand - with some government regulation. In a true free market, buyers and sellers conduct their business without any government regulation, but there is a continuing debate among politicians and economists about how much government regulation is necessary in the U.S. economy.
Those who want less regulation argue that if you remove government restrictions, the free market will force businesses to protect consumers, provide superior products or services, and create affordable prices for everyone. They believe that the government is inefficient and creates nothing but a big bureaucracy that increases the cost of doing business for everyone.
Those who argue that government regulations are necessary to protect consumers, the environment and the general public claim that corporations are not looking out for the public's interest, and that it is precisely for this reason that regulations are required.


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Arriving on schedule at the New Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito's Tababela parish are two Johnny Rockets restaurants, dovetailing with the official unveiling of the new airport and representing the company's first foray into Ecuador, according to a company press release.
The landside and airside Johnny Rockets restaurants are both located in the passenger terminal. The 1,952-square-foot landside restaurant seats 70 guests and is in the flight check-in area. The 495-square-foot airside food court location seats 260 guests in the common dining area and is accessed after going through the security checkpoint. Each location offers the chain's standard Modern Americana décor and traditional menu of Hamburgers, American Fries, creamy Shakes and classic Sandwiches associated with the iconic brand since 1986, said Franchisee Rafael Aguirre, who owns both new restaurants.
Aguirre opened his first Johnny Rockets at Cancun International Airport in May 2007, followed by two additional Cancun Airport locations in December 2010 and December 2011. Also in his hangar are restaurants at Toluca Airport (April 2009) and Guadalajara Airport (September 2011).
"When we first entered South America with our first restaurant in Santiago, Chile, in July 2010, we recognized the potential for our all-American brand in this diverse, vibrant and rapidly growing economic area," said Steve Devine, president of Johnny Rockets International. "We're delighted that Raphael has brought our unique dining experience to Ecuador, and look forward to future South American expansion in Brazil, Colombia and Peru."
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