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This is an interview with Dr John Grinder (co-creator of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and of New Code NLP) by Chris and Jules Collingwood of Inspiritive.
The interview was at the end of part one of a two-part seminar on Pattern Detection conducted in July 1996 in Boulder, Colorado with NLP Comprehensive. Part two was held in September 1996.
Dr John Grinder and Carmen Bostic St. Clair will be teaching a seminar on Advanced Metaphor in Sydney the 17th to 21st May 2007.
1. As one of the few individuals who has developed a whole new field of endeavour, do you have any thoughts regarding the circumstances that make it possible to be in that position?
There is a metaphor which is extremely common in western European traditions in which an investigator establishes his or her contribution while simultaneously paying tribute to the work which forms the foundation which makes possible their specific contribution.
This is typically expressed by noting that the new contributor can see farther than the original giants who established the foundation for their new work by standing on their shoulders. But for me, personally, this is quite misleading and not at all congruent with my experience.
Rather than a physical metaphor - that is, the additional height achieved by standing on the shoulders of the giants who preceded me, it seems to me that what Bandler and I did in our original work - the classic code of NLP - was much more accurately captured by the idea of seeing in a totally different way rather than seeing farther.
So while one of the circumstances which made it possible for us to create NLP certainly was the previous work, especially by Russell, Turing, Godel, Chomsky, and Bateson as well as the specific models of Perls, Satir and Erickson, the actual value added by our activity was an audacious style of provoking the world by refusing the common sensical wisdom, most assuredly by rejecting the presuppositions of the vast majority of researchers active in the field, by seeking to extend the patterning to its limits and by creating the process tools (at a higher logical level than the content of the investigations) to enable others to follow the paths of discovery which lie all around us. As Stephen Jay Gould said beautifully (The Panda's Thumb, p243):
Thus, I believe, anyone seeking to create such a paradigm shift would be wise to develop a healthy respect for the research which has preceded while cultivating an equally healthy disrespect for the presuppositions for precisely the same body of research. As George Bernard Shaw once said (corrected for sexist language):
So be it!
2. When you and Richard Bandler were first developing NLP did you have any ideas or expectations about what would happen to it over time?
My memories about what we thought at the time of discovery (with respect to the classic code we developed - that is, the years 1973 through 1978) are that we were quite explicit that we were out to overthrow a paradigm and that, for example, I, for one, found it very useful to plan this campaign using in part as a guide the excellent work of Thomas Kuhn (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions) in which he detailed some of the conditions which historically have obtained in the midst of paradigm shifts. For example, I believe it was very useful that neither one of us were qualified in the field we first went after - psychology and in particular, its therapeutic application; this being one of the conditions which Kuhn identified in his historical study of paradigm shifts. Who knows what Bandler was thinking?
3. If so, in what ways has it conformed and deviated from your expectations?
One of the expectations which I personally carried at the time of discovery and development of NLP was that people interested in our work would cleanly make the distinction between NLP and applications of NLP. My hope at the time was that given this distinction, there would arise a group of committed men and women who would recognize the meta levels tools which we had either discovered (the Milton Model.....), or created (the verbal patterns of the Meta Model or Precision Model, Representational Systems....), and go out and identify and create new models of excellence to offer the world. This has not happened and is very disappointing to me. NLP is popularly represented and commonly practiced at least one logical level below what it was clearly understood to be at the time by Bandler and me.
This inability to distinguish either behaviorally or cognitively the consequences and applications of NLP from core NLP itself (modelling of excellence) is extremely commonplace.
4. How would you like NLP to progress from here on?
As I indicated in my response to question 3, I would like to see NLP cleanly distinguished from its spin offs - its applications - and a dedicated group of modelers go after new models of excellence. This would constitute for me a validation that the message I set out to deliver to the world has been received.
5. What prompted you and Judith DeLozier to develop the New Code?
The context which stimulated the development of the New Code by DeLozier and myself in the mid-80's contained two characteristics which I wished at the time to correct:
6. How would you describe the difference between the Classic Code and the New Code NLP?
The New Code differs in two important ways from the Classic Code:
7. There is a common misconception both within and outside the NLP community to the effect that some people are labeling themselves or others as if "a visual", "an auditory" or "a kinaesthetic" were terms of identity. Could you describe the function of representation systems and their place in NLP?
Yes, easily! The entire problem would be resolved if anyone using the representational system material (e.g. eye movement patterns, unconscious selection of predicates....), would recognize and act congruently with the following proposition:
This would ensure behavior congruent with the original intent I carried at the time we discovered the patterning - namely, its use as a precise way of knowing what the unconscious preferences and strategies (and failures) of the person in front of me has from moment to moment - that is, a very precise form of feedback in which the practitioner samples every 30 seconds to verify the continuing preference or strategy (or failure to access and employ one of these great resources).
8. If you could change three things between the origins of NLP and the present time, with hindsight, what would they be, and what would you imagine the effects to have been?
Sorry, I'll pass on this one. It is a question about what would have happened had I done something which I did not do. Since I am never going to do this, I have no interest in exploring it. The principle is clear for me - I will not attend to issues which I will not act on. For me, this is a waste of time, and it may be a guiding principle for someone interested in actually accomplishing something in the world.
9. If someone seeking their first NLP training were to ask you to advise them on choosing their training providers, and how to get the most out of their training, what criteria would you suggest they use, and how would you suggest they approach their training?
Yes, to me this is an important question. First, I would say to such a person that they select by the congruency of the trainer. More specifically, I would recommend that they deliberately provoke the potential trainer and appreciate the way in which the potential trainer handles their state and the response they make - more importantly at the relationship level than at the content level.
Secondly, I would ask the person entering a training to be an active skeptic - more specifically, that they question everything, demanding first hand evidence (that is, personal experience) for each and every claim issued by the trainer(s). In addition, it is my ethic that a trainer has a responsibility for ensuring that each pattern presented includes three elements (the sequence of presentation by the trainer may vary as a function of their style):
Further that a person entering an NLP training make two personal arrangements with themselves:
10. What background skills and knowledge would you like to expect working NLP trainers to possess?
Personal congruity, sparkling intelligence, a deep, bottomless curiosity, a driving desire to discover new patterning, a phobic class response to repeating themselves, a continuous scanning for evidence that they are mistaken in every aspect of their personal and professional beliefs, solid personal ethics, physical fitness, actual real world experience in any field in which they intend to present NLP and an excellent sense of humour.
11. In recent years you have been doing very little in the way of formal NLP training. What have you and your partner Carmen Bostic St. Clair been doing instead? Where are you attending to the world and what for?
Within the corporation QUANTUM LEAP, partner, Carmen Bostic St. Clair and I have focused ourselves on co-developing at the group level (companies, work teams, governments, institutions, sporting teams,...) a new set of tools and models roughly equivalent in precision and power to what Bandler and I originally developed at the personal level. Our work thus typically takes the form of a consultancy, often initially labeled Re-Engineering or Re-Design of Critical Business Processes, into which we always accomplish the following
In part this activity is a concrete expression of a commitment to make the world we live in a better place and the recognition that if we are to realize this grand goal, one of the leverage points we can use to succeed is the work context. Since everyone participates in some way or another in the work context, to create a new standard (or paradigm) in this field would have the greatest influence.
12. Your company is called Quantum Leap Inc. What prompted you and Carmen to name your company Quantum Leap?
QUANTUM LEAP was originally created by Carmen Bostic in 1987. While engaged in a business consultancy contract for her working in some of the companies which she as the CEO ran, I recognized in Carmen Bostic a genius in the fields of negotiation, relationships, and business. I joined her corporation in 1988.
The word QUANTUM (contrary to popular use) refers to the smallest unit of energy (or light) while the word LEAP suggests a discontinuity. Thus the phrase QUANTUM LEAP contains a tension approaching paradox. The idea is quite simple: in total opposition to Michael Hammer who insists that Business Process Re-Engineering begins with a wiping clean of the organizational structure in order to design from nothing the new company, we take pride in being able to identify the what and the where to put that what to initiate the change required for a corporation to succeed in achieving its potential, according to the three criteria listed above. The alert reader will recognize that we are referring to the necessity of systems thinking and actions congruent with it in succeeding in changing organizations - something often spoken of and rarely achieved.
More specifically, the phrase/name QUANTUM LEAP refers to our ability to make the smallest difference consistent with achieving the greatest change for all classes of our clients. This correctly implies that one of the features of our consultancy is rapid and ecological change.
13. Pattern detection is obviously a topic that is important to you. Would you like to comment on its place in NLP?
Pattern Detection is indeed the one of the first steps in the modeling process, and clearly, without it, it is not possible to create a model. Or more generally, without the ability to recognize (some people would argue that the more appropriate verb would be a blend of create and recognize) patterns, learning itself of any type is impossible - I agree. Thus what could be more fundamental than the ability to detect pattern.
14. Carmen Bostic St. Clair and you will be making a rare Australian appearance in May 2007 to present a seminar on advanced use of metaphor. What is its significance in terms of individuals' approaches to the world.
All which is not concrete is metaphoric - clearly, this involves the vast majority of our everyday experiences. The structure of the unconscious - easily the factor most influential in our success in life - or more correctly said, the relationship which we have with our unconscious is easily the factor most important in our success in life - is that of metaphor.
The unconscious contains no nouns, only verbs - the part of language which carries the representation of the relationships and processes which determine the quality of our lives. This in part accounts for the fact that the typical production of the unconscious is metaphoric - dreams, poems, dances, songs and stories. In this presentation by Carmen Bostic and myself, we will address ourselves with the participation of the members of the seminar to two primary issues:
15. What is the significance of metaphor with reference to the success of organizations?
The influence of metaphor with respect to organizations takes two obvious forms:
16. What are the benefits an individual would be likely to derive through attending the Advanced use of Metaphor seminar in Australia?
The benefits I would insist on walking away from the Advanced use of Metaphor seminar presented by Carmen Bostic and John Grinder in Australia in May 2007 would be:
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The following are my unedited notes and slides from the HOLLA::Revolution talk I gave on online harassment on March 5, 2015. Read more →
Y'all, I had a blast last night hanging out in Laramie with you. THANK YOU.
Here are a few links to stories and resources, for anyone who's interested in following up: Read more →
Conversation about and activity on Ello has been ramping up over the last few weeks. Ello, for those living relatively balanced lives with healthy relationships to their digital devices, is a new social network that is, in not so many words, promising to be the anti-Facebook. The creators' goal is to free us from the tyranny of being products packaged for advertisers–remember, if you're not paying for the product, you are the product. (How this plays out with Ello shall be seen.)
It's rough around the edges, for sure, but conceptually interesting enough to play with for a minute if you're into that sort of thing. And I am! I've been playing for the last few days, and one of the first things I noticed is that it was difficult to find people I knew. As Clay Shirky put it the other night: "the only first-order feature that anyone cares about on a social network is 'Where my dogs @?'" Heh. The search function is broken-ish, so the only way I knew how to find my people was (1) to tell people on other social networks how to find me on Ello, sigh, and (2) by looking at the few people I did find, and seeing who they follow. Read more →
Similar to Planned Parenthood Saved Me, it appears that social media is the dominant driver of traffic to When Women Refuse. Sharing stories matters. Again.
I started a Tumblr blog to collect stories of violence committed against women who refused men's advances (full background story here), and 24 hours into this project, we've received some incredible sets of traffic and engagement numbers. Put your nerd pants on, kids, we're going for a ride.
Really don't think I've ever participated in a project that got this sheer kind of volume right away. Read more →
The Valise Society salon that my friend Tobias hosted for me in Berlin was covered by one of Germany's largest weekly publications, DIE ZEIT, in their print publication. (I also spoke at their new online newsroom and had a Google hangout with them while I was in Berlin.) English translation follows.
That's right! Me, who never wins anything! Planned Parenthood awards all kinds of designations each year, and for my work on Planned Parenthood Saved Me, they've given me their first-ever 2012 Social Media award. I'm honored!
Here are the remarks I shared at the award luncheon today:
First, thank you Planned Parenthood, not only for your health care and advocacy, but for championing women without fail, with what seems like without compromise. That's rare in our political climate. Planned Parenthood has successfully negotiated that emotional connection we all feel to the work they do, whether that's through their clinics or their advocacy, and turned it into a relationship. They've embraced social media, both their own properties and the wider world's conversations.
But also, I'm sharing this award with all the women who shared their stories on Planned Parenthood Saved Me. It's a crying shame that we live in a world where this is an act of bravery, but that's what it was. The women that said, "I would have bled to death if it weren't Planned Parenthood," or "Planned Parenthood's staff were the only people who understood me after I was assaulted," or "Planned Parenthood found my cancer." That's what you do. That is your work, and we thank you.
Which is the last thing I want to share– I really want people to understand that PP Saved Me blew up not because Rachel Maddow read from it on her show, or that it was in the Washington Post and a dozen other major major outlets. More than half the traffic to the site came before any major media mention, and that traffic came from Facebook, Twitter & Tumblr.
Women sharing their stories with one another made the difference her. Our stories matter, more than ever.
If you want to learn more about how the Planned Parenthood Saved me campaign worked, check out this 10-minute talk I gave at Personal Democracy Forum: "Don't Mess with Our Boobs: Ad-Hoc Networks and Online Power."


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In Arizona Fall League action today, Scottsdale won 13-6, with Adalberto Santos leading the way among Pirates players with three RBI's. Two Pirates players were in the starting lineup. Matt Curry batted cleanup and played first base. He went 3-for-5 with three singles, two runs scored and a stolen base. Santos started in left field and hit sixth. He hit an RBI single in the first inning to give Scottsdale and early 3-0 lead. They would stretch that lead to 7-0 before the top of the first inning was over. Santos drove in another two runs in the eighth inning with a bases loaded double. He finished the game going 2-for-5, raising his average to .297 Victor Black pitched a scoreless eighth inning, allowing one hit and he struck out two batters. He threw 16 pitches, ten for strikes. Black's ERA now stands at 13.03 after 11 appearances, spanning 9.2 innings pitched. There are just two games left in the AFL regular season. Scottsdale with the win today over first place Salt River, moved within 1.5 games of first place. If they can overtake Salt River for first place in the next two days, the will participate in the championship game on Saturday.
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In the last decade, the existing Freedom District Water Treatment Plant (WTP)—owned by the Carroll County, Md., Bureau of Utilities—had access to plenty of source water in the 3,100-acre Liberty Reservoir. But the service area's steady growth squeezed the 3-mgd capacity of the water plant, with spikes in peak demand exceeding 70 percent of the plant's capacity.
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Combing through the USPTO's recently approved non-verbal trademark registrations revealed this little gem with Francis Ford Coppola's name on the label (but not claimed as part of the mark):
Here is the USPTO drawing on the left, showing the claimed mark without any words or colors:
So, besides claiming a broader scope of rights in a non-verbal product container that isn't limited by any words, I'm thinking that by excluding the label from the claimed mark, and focusing on the shape of the bottle, Mr. Coppola's project also could avoid a registration conflict with another Gia wine brand that is federally-registered and appears to have priority over the Coppola product by a year and a half — this one on the right is an Italian Pinot Grigio:
Remember my last post discussing the difference between likelihood of confusion as to the question of federal registration at the USPTO and likelihood of confusion as to whether or not use can and should be enjoined for purposes of trademark infringement?
Do you suppose that Mr. Coppola's team of lawyers know the difference?
Does this example not provide a visual case for illustrating the difference between the right to register and the right to use?
I'm not saying there isn't infringement here, there might be, you'd have to see how the evidence played out, but you don't need to see any more than the prior registration for GIA wine to know that there is no room for another GIA mark for wine on the Principal Trademark Register at the USPTO.
But, what if the applied-for mark were FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA GIA for wine, is there room on the shelf for that one at the USPTO?
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About 100 teams from several states and Canada and with youths from U-8 to high school will compete in the WAZA F.C. Spooktacular soccer tournament this weekend at Munson Park in Monroe.
Both boys' and girls' squads will vie in 24 divisions, with first- and second-place finishers to be crowned in the two-day competition. It's the first time the travel tourney has been held in Monroe, said Bill Swinkey, chairman of the Monroe Area Soccer Association.
"We're expecting about 4,000 people to come," Mr. Swinkey said. "They'll be spending money all over the place."
The competition begins at 8:15 a.m. Saturday and runs through Sunday on a dozen soccer fields in the park off N. Custer Rd. Several of the practice fields also will be used for games, Mr. Swinkey said.
"They like our complex," he said. "We have different fields for different age levels. It's the only facility they said where they can do the whole tournament in one place. Other towns have hosted it and it's been split up in different places."
The public can watch the games for free. MASA's concession stand will be open. Other vendors will include Jay's Smokehouse and Vince's Drive-In, which will have a mobile truck on hand.
Three local teams will compete: a U-9 team coached by Eric Roberts, a coed squad in U-14 led by Dennis Auten and a U-18 team headed by Todd Favreau and Larry Roman. The U-18 team will consist mostly of junior varsity and varsity players from Monroe High School, Mr. Swinkey said. High school teams can carry up to 18 players.
Teams are coming from Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, New York and Ohio and Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Several premier teams will play in competitive and recreation divisions. Every team is guaranteed to play at least three games in the preliminary rounds.
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PLYMOUTH — Police are investigating a shooting that smashed a windshield and a window on a vehicle in the area of 38 Church St. early Tuesday morning.
Residents heard two gunshots outside their house at about 3:30 a.m., police said. They went outside and discovered the windshield and driver's side window were smashed.
It appeared the glass was shattered by buckshot from a shotgun, police said.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Plymouth police at 779-2147.
SCRANTON — A federal grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday charging a Luzerne County man with the receipt, distribution and possession of child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced.
Jeremy Joseph Box, 29, of Hazleton, was charged by the grand jury for allegedly committing the offenses between 2011 and 2013, U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith said.
The charges against Box stem from an investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police Computer Crimes Unit and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations. Prosecution is assigned to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Olshefski.
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Box was taken into custody on Dec. 6, 2012 on related state charges.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc.
PLAINS TWP. — Township police charged Mark Michael Molchan, 55, of Swoyersville, on evidence of drunken driving when he was stopped on March 12 in the parking lot of Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.
Molchan was charged with driving under the influence, public drunkenness, careless driving and three counts of disorderly conduct. A preliminary hearing is scheduled April 23 before District Judge Diana Malast.
JACKSON TWP. — Township police cited Tyler Cottle, 18, of Shickshinny, with failing to notify police and accidents involving damage to property after he allegedly lost control of a vehicle that struck a stone wall on Feb. 19 on Chase Road.
Cottle drove away from the crash that caused heavy damage to the wall, police said.
Police found the vehicle about one-quarter of a mile away on a flatbed tow truck, they said.
DURYEA — Police charged William Booth, 51, and Thomas Elko Jr., 58, both of Duryea, with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment after the two men allegedly fought on March 16 inside an apartment at Foote Avenue and Phoenix Street.
The charges were filed with District Judge Andrew Barilla in Pittston. A preliminary hearing is scheduled on May 15.
HANOVER TWP. — State police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement reported the following:
• Tommyboys, 14 N. Market St., Nanticoke, recently was cited with selling or furnishing alcohol to minors.
• Fresco Grill & Martini Bar, Dallas Shopping Center, Dallas, recently was cited with failing to clean a malt or brewed beverage dispensing system at least once every seven days.
• Melynda A. Reese, doing business as Rob's Pub, 232-234 Nesbitt St., Larksville, recently was cited with the manager failing to devote full time and attention to the operation of the licensed premises and the manager being employed in another business without board approval, and noise that was heard beyond the property line.
AVOCA — A man was arraigned Tuesday on charges he stole a traffic cone in front of the Avoca Fire Co.
Eric Scott Martin, 23, of Hawthorne Street, Avoca, was charged with theft, resisting arrest, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. He was released on $2,500 unsecured bail.
Police said in the complaint Martin was highly intoxicated and fought with an officer.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on April 3.
WILKES-BARRE — A man was arraigned Tuesday on charges he assaulted a woman while holding their 1-year-old daughter on Monday.
Master W. Clark, 33, of Albrightsville, was charged with simple assault, endangering the welfare of children and disorderly conduct. He was released on $5,000 unsecured bail.
Police allege Clark — while holding his 1-year-old daughter — punched the toddler's mother several times in the head and face at the mother's home on North Washington Street.
The mother was taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for facial injuries, police said.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on April 4.
WILKES-BARRE — A man was arraigned Tuesday on charges he used his grandmother's credit card without permission to purchase items at Boscov's Department Store.
Matthew Snyder, 28, of Slocum Street, Swoyersville, was charged with a single count of access device fraud. He was released on $2,500 unsecured bail.
Police allege Snyder purchased a KitchenAid food processor, a personal care razor and two comforters on Monday, and a large screen television and a gift card on Sunday for a total of $1,426.54.
Snyder returned the comforters without a receipt, receiving a store credit of $201, according to the criminal complaint.
Police said in the complaint Snyder did not have permission from his grandmother to use her credit card.
Snyder was apprehended when he was found sitting on a bus at the Intermodal Center across from Boscov's on Monday.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on April 2.
NANTICOKE — City police reported the following:
• David Wiatrowski of West Union Street reported an unknown person threw an object that cracked the windshield on his vehicle while he was traveling in the 100 block of West Main Street.
• Richard Cooper of West Grand Street reported someone entered his residence and stole copper pipe from the basement.
• Police said they charged Shannon Zagora, 40, of East Noble Street, Nanticoke, with simple assault and harassment after Stephen Small said she punched him seven to nine times in the head on Saturday. Small said Zagora was upset he let a dog outside to do its business, according to the criminal complaint. Zagora was released on $5,000 unsecured bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled on April 3.
EDWARDSVILLE — Police arrested a Wilkes-Barre man on evidence of drunken driving and driving with a suspended license.
Mavis A. Edwards, 36, of Ralph Street, was arraigned Monday on four counts of disorderly conduct, two counts of driving under the influence, and one count each of resisting arrest, driving with a suspended license, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal mischief and passing through a stop sign. He was arraigned by District Judge Joseph Halesey in Hanover Township and jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 bail.
According to the criminal complaint:
Police investigated a domestic disturbance on Meyers Street late Sunday night and saw a vehicle pulling away in an aggressive manner. Police pursued the vehicle, driven by Edwards, that passed through a stop sign on Zerbey Avenue.
Edwards got out of his vehicle and refused police commands to stop approaching an officer. Edwards yelled profanities and said he was going to harm his brother, the complaint alleges.
Police arrested Edwards on evidence of drunken driving. He allegedly fought officers inside the police department.
Police said they found a pill bottle filled with suspected marijuana in Edwards' pocket, according to the complaint.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on April 3 before District Judge Paul Roberts.
PLAINS TWP. — Township police reported the following:
• A Pittston man was arrested and barred from a hotel/conference center after allegedly refusing to leave a Lions Club event.
Police were summoned to the Woodlands Inn ballroom at about noon on Saturday for a report of a male refusing to leave and encountered Walter Bechtold. Bechtold was told he was not allowed into the event and refused to leave, so police handcuffed him and escorted him out, police said.
Police said Bechtold will be cited with disorderly conduct. He was also advised by Woodlands Inn management that he was not allowed to return to the property.
• Jason Morgans, of North Street, Plains Township, was arrested at his residence at 5:50 p.m. Saturday on an outstanding warrant from the Luzerne County Sheriff's Department for failure to appear before a judge on a simple assault charge. Morgans was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.
• Francis Coyle, of Hanover Township, will be cited with public drunkenness after an incident at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino, police said.
Police responded to the casino at 1:47 a.m. Sunday. They said Coyle allegedly went outside the casino and urinated on the sidewalk and building.
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Township police reported the following:
• Police on Friday arrested a 15-year-old Wilkes-Barre girl for allegedly shoplifting at Claire's in the Wyoming Valley Mall after she reportedly stole $14.50 worth of merchandise. She will be charged with a summary count of retail theft, police said.
• Susan Palermo reported on Saturday that someone tried to pry open the driver's side door of her 2003 Pontiac while it was parked at the Wyoming Valley Mall.
• Carissa Kopenis reported on Saturday that someone scratched her 2003 Dodge while it was parked at Ultra in the Arena Hub Plaza.
• Elizabeth Ernst reported on Saturday that someone stole her wallet while she was at the Wyoming Valley Mall. estimated value of the theft is $700.
• Security at Target at Wilkes-Barre Township Commons reported on Sunday that an unknown male stole $74.98 worth of merchandise and fled the store.


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The agency is aiming to curb workplace injuries by encouraging businesses to employ ergonomics programs. Ergonomics is the science of coordinating the worker to his environment to maximize productivity while minimizing fatigue and discomfort, which often leads to injury.
The plan, which excludes construction, maritime activities and agriculture, is two-fold. The first part would require manual labor companies to implement an ergonomics education program to teach employees how to prevent injuries. The second part mandates that if an employee reports a work-related injury, that part of the workplace must be reviewed for potential improvements.
"Real people are suffering real injuries that can disable their bodies and destroy their lives. The good news is that real solutions are available," said U.S. Labor Secretary Alexis Herman when she announced the plan in November.
But the new regulations are not good news for everyone. Business groups fear that implementing the proposed regulations may cost more than the $4.2 billion OSHA is predicting. The agency's figure "has no relevance to reality," Kevin Burke, vice president of government relations for Food Distributors International told The Washington Post. His company estimates that it will cost $26 billion to have just 80 of their 242 wholesale grocers and food distributors comply.
OSHA will hold three public hearings and take comments until Feb. 1. For more information visit www.osha.gov.
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Aldosterone biosynthesis is ordinarily stimulated by reduced dietary sodium, heat exposure, exercise, and usually by increases in plasma renin activity although we have seen conditions where the two have been separated.
So I can only conclude that increased sodium and fluid reabsorption in the face of reduced dietary salt intake was the driving factor for those endocrinological responses.
Increased plasma renin activity was probably due to diminished splanchnic blood flow, as Rowell (Rowell, 1986) has shown; decreased plasma volume or reduced renal blood flow ordinarily elicits a very immediate response in terms of renal tubular biosynthesis and release of plasma renin. These endocrinological responses thus stimulate very efficient electrolytes and, thus, fluids.
PARTICIPANT: I was going to ask somewhat of a similar question. I was trying to figure out the mechanisms, first, when you kept everything constant, the aldosterone and renin went up. I was fascinated that they went back down.
DR. FRANCESCONI: They did and that could be a result of just the achievement of new steady states after the full acquisition of acclimation and expansion of plasma volume. It could he an increased sensitivity of both the sweat glands and the kidney cells to the activity of the PRA and the aldosterone.
Nothing that we saw would indicate that any of the subjects were becoming either hyponatremic or hypokalemic in these studies.
PARTICIPANT: As acclimation progressed, the intensity of these endocrine responses was moderated. Is that just due to increased sensitivity to PRA and ALDO.
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DR. FRANCESCONI: As an aside, I have had rats on low sodium diets for up to 70 or 80 days with no real significant effects on circulating sodium levels and almost nonexistent urinary or salivary sodium.
PARTICIPANT: I am not so sure that is a change in sensitivity because in one of those slides that you showed where you looked at preacclimatization and postacclimatization, if you looked at the two lines there was a difference between the two, but those two lines looked like they were parallel. They appeared to be rising at the same rate for PRA and ALDO.
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This draft was so slow that I lost half my starting rotation before the draft ended. This draft was so slow that when it started Minnie Minoso was still alive. This draft was so slow when it started Tupac was still dead. I didn't enjoy my time last year in the 15-team NFBC slow draft. I drafted Mark Trumbo, Prince Fielder, Cliff Lee, Anibal Sanchez and Patrick Corbin and my only chance was a big year from Nadir Bupkis, who gave me just that. See, there's no waivers and the league is 50 rounds deep, so if you're hit by injuries, you're done. So, I was talked into doing the league one more time, but knew I had to draft starters early and often, and, of course, prior to the draft even completing I lost Zack Wheeler and Tony Cingrani. Many will disagree with me, but I'm under the firm belief that it's a lot harder and more fun to win a league like a Razzball Commenter League, than it is to win a super-deep league. With super-deep leagues, if you're hit by injuries, you're done. That's neither fun nor challenging. That's just shizzy luck. You can say I should've known Wheeler and Cingrani weren't safe, and I'd say to you that neither are any of the pitchers that are healthy all year. They just happened to stay healthy. It's not like the guy that drafted Alex Cobb is any smarter than the guy who drafted (insert pitcher that is healthy right now that may not be healthy by the time you read this). How's dem grapes? Sour! Anyway, here's my 15-team, 5×5, roto, NFBC slow draft team and thoughts:Please, blog, may I have some more?
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Greetings Razzball nation, and welcome to another edition of The Numbers Game. Suffering through a long week at work? Looking for a break? Come along with me on a trip to a little town called Splitsville (disclaimer: not a real place). I guarantee you that we'll have a delightful time there (satisfaction not guaranteed). At the very least, I have a lukewarm inclination that this post will help to pass the time during your afternoon trip to the can (sure, why not). I'll take it!Please, blog, may I have some more?
This draft was by Yours Trudy. Never understood that, Yours Trudy. Who is this Trudy that everyone is talking about? No, no, I'm not changing the subject before even embarking on the subject simply because I'm not happy with my team. How dare you j'accuse Yours Trudy of that! So, yesterday, on the Not-the-Ides of February, Grey Albright, the Fantasy Master Lothario (don't abbreviate it!) took part in a 12-team NL-Only draft that was commissioned by Scott White of CBS Fantasy. You know, CBS, they brought you such head-scratchers as Viva Laughlin and Travis d'Arnaud as a top 60 overall pick. In fact, I razzed one of the CBS 'perts about his d'Arnaud love in the beginning of the draft, then the room nominated d'Arnaud and the CBS 'pert didn't draft him. I think I might've shamed too hard. *shrugs* C'est la. This league is deep so hold onto ye old hat. (If you want a shallower league, play against me and 1,000 of your closest buddies in the Razzball Commenter Leagues.) Anyway, here's my 12-team NL-Only team and some thoughts:Please, blog, may I have some more?
It's beginning to feel like it's not an offseason without a trade of Wil Myers. In three short years, he's gone from the Royals to the Rays and now on to the Padres. Only place he can go from the Padres is the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They would hope Myers could carry them against their most hated rivals, the Yakuza Spits. The Miller Lite-inspired commercials between the Spits and Swallows in Japan are a real crack up. Tastes great!…Spit it out!…Tastes great!…Spit it out! Before Myers is pushing daisies in the NPB, he'll bide his time in San Diego and try to right this rapidly sinking prospect boat. "Ice-cold sophomore year right ahead!" In all for realliness, I was planning on jumping back in the Myers sinking ship prior to this trade, and I don't think it kills his value. Would I prefer he went to Coors? Yeah, well, dur. I also don't think a 24-year-old former top prospect is washed up just because he had one bad year after fracturing his wrist. Takes time to bounce back from that type of injury and one thing we have is time. Well, you with the oxygen mask and cigarette might have less time. In a few years, we're going to look back at Myers's 2014 as it should be viewed now, a blip. I'm about as sure of that as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti. Or as sure of it that I'm listening to too much Toto's Africa. Sure, Petco won't do him any favors, but if his wrist is at hundred percent there shouldn't be any problems getting at least 20 homers. Shoot, he could hit 10 homers in just his road games in Coors and Arizona. For 2015, I'll give him 61/20/72/.277/8. Definitely sleeper material here. Anyway, here's what else I saw this offseason for 2015 fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
There's a dark side to the expansion of rosters that no one wants you to talk about. Or people do talk about it, but they talk about it as written by the writers of The Honourable Woman so no one can understand it. You laid a cable modem through the Gaza Strip? But now the Palestinians can see which celebrities are on their side. "We got Rihanna! With a hashtag, baby! If we could only buy her albums. What does she sing? S&M? What's that mean? Whips and chains? Oh, yeah, like torture? Oh. Regarding sex? Hmm, we'd kill her for singing that. What other songs does she have? Umbrella? It doesn't rain here. What else does she sing? Only Girl in the World? That is neither accurate nor encouraging. Could she remix it to 72 girls in the world?" This MLB roster expansion has a side to it that is that disturbing. With teams expanding, they don't need to DL players. A week ago if Dustin Pedroia was forearm shivered as he was on Saturday, he would've hit the DL. Now, well, he's going to sit on the bench for at least a week. Miguel Cabrera may have also hit the DL a month ago, so he could rest his ankle. Now, the Tigers said he could sit for 4 to 5 days. It's not great news, though with how he's hitting, in some leagues it might pay to just bench him and grab a hot bat. As for Pedroia, I'd drop him in most mixed leagues. He could be out for a week or longer, and, brucely, he hasn't done much this year when he has been playing. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Oh man, it's back to real life! After an awesome weekend in DC to see my Brewers (I'll share some fun graphics next week), it's back to pitching and back to Wood jokes. And of course I mean the criminally (for a stretch) underrated Alex Wood.
Wood starting chucking phenomenally out of the gates, with blistering Ks and ratios. But when Mike Minor got off the DL and Aaron Harang deciding not to suck this year, Wood could not chuck any more wood. [Hah – you thought Wood jokes were going the other way, huh?!] Repeatably getting hit out of the bullpen, the Braves finally decided to move him down to AAA to [re]stretch out to get back into the rotation.
Upon [re]arrival in late June, Wood had a lot of "meh", but I was still all in. I remember there were some drop Wood comments and I remained steadfast in my Woodward ways. And with another good start yesterday, I decided to take a deeper look into his pitch-by-pitch performance to be sure my Wood was warranted:Please, blog, may I have some more?
As I mentioned in my first/intro OPS post, we're looking at OPS differential by using expected (x)Homerun and expected (x)BABIP differentials. If you like Captain Planet or laser beams, or want to understand my general approach, then I recommend a gander. If you provide your email below, I can furnish the full list that you can sort. Wordpress doesn't allow me to copy and paste it all pretty for you.
Let's start with my xHR formula (PA*Ct%*OFFB%*HR/OFFB%). Here are the top 10 guys likely to drop off from a HR perspective: Albert Pujols, Adam Jones, Justin Morneau, Alexei Ramirez, Mark Reynolds, Charlie Blackmon, Ian Desmond, Brett Lawrie, Hunter Pence and Salvador Perez.
Here are the top 35 guys likely to drop off from a BABIP perspective that you actually might own (meaning I'm excluding the Martin Maldonados of the world): Josh Rutledge, Justin Ruggiano, A.J. Pollock, Josh Hamilton, Stephen Vogt, J.D. Martinez, J.J. Hardy, Eugenio Suarez, Hunter Pence and Matt Adams.
Looking at both xHR and xBABIP differentials, here are guys you might own that I would consider selling in OPS leagues based on their expected vs. actual OPS (the differential is in parenthesis just like this statement. See what I did here?):Please, blog, may I have some more?
Cause you got a build up of wax in your eyes and haven't been digesting the non-verbal medicine I've been doling out about Khris Davis, he's getting a lede. This is coming to you from a tough love perspective, so whatever I say I don't wish to offend or denigrate. Y'all seem like good people. Some of you I would even consider friends. Friends that I've never met and friends that when you called me to make plans I'd lie about other plans I didn't have to avoid you, but friends nevertheless. You all have good souls. Each and other one of you. Now, it's time to unload on you. Damn, in the middle of softening the blow, I forgot what the blow was. Well, you should own Khris Davis. I know that was part of it. He's been out-homering Chris Davis. Everyone knows there's only one way to spell Khris Davis. Spelling it with a C is for cream puffs. Even that should be khream! Is Khris the answer to your season? Prolly not, but he is capable of 30 homers and he has 10 as of right now. Plus-minus that shizz and you have a bunch more homers in his bat. Oh, and four of those homers came in the last eight games. He is only 26 years old so there might even be a chance here for huge upside. I.e., his ceiling is unknown. All that is known is that he's hit for power everywhere he's played. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
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I love the Aussie people; they have goofy words for a barbecue and even goofier animals — koalas and kangaroos? Is Australia animated? Those things are goofy! Why not just get a duck-billed platypus and anteater and call it a day, you wacky-animal-having country! How about baseball there? Did all the fans in attendance win a Bowie knife if a player hit a home run into the big marsupial pouch? Did Crocodile Dundee throw out the first pitch? Did the batters hit with a fraternity hazing paddle? I don't know, because it was at four in the morning! Selig really needs to stop doing this to Opening Day. The players will be exhausted from traveling and won't be able to get their usual reps in during the spring. The first pitch of the season should be at a time when 7-year-old North American boys and girls can watch it. Not at 4 AM EST. What if the first game went extra innings or someone got hurt? Can they just call up someone from the minors for the next game? No, so then you'll have a team playing short. Do these stunts in December as a goodwill trip. Don't make major league baseball teams into the Harlem Globetrotters for a regular season game. Eh, whatevs, baseball is back, who cares if it comes with a big helping of Vegemite. Anyway, here's what else I saw for fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Joe Mauer finally looks likely to rejoin Twins' lineup Friday
Jun 15, 2011, 4:12 PM EDT
Joe Mauer's lengthy stint on the disabled list finally appears to be coming to an end, as the Twins catcher put the finishing touches on his rehab stint in the minors today by taking batting practice against fellow DL inhabitant Joe Nathan.
Mauer spoke to David Dorsey of the Fort Myers News Press afterward, saying: "I feel like I'm ready to get out of here."
Mauer, who missed most of spring training following offseason knee surgery and has been on the DL since mid-April with further leg problems, looks likely to leave Florida and rejoin the Twins on Friday.
And it sounds like Nathan may not be far behind, telling Dorsey that he feels much better and is pleased with how his velocity has responded to the time off.
- lloydcarr1997 - Jun 15, 2011 at 4:25 PM
Stick a fork in Minnesota they are done.
- docktorellis - Jun 15, 2011 at 5:07 PM
@lloydcarr: As a Twins fan, I've shared that thought after some of the uglier losses, but really, this is an optimistic report, a badly needed one. Couldn't you save yr armchair prognosis for the next injury report as opposed to trying to tarnish our recent glitter?
- hgulkkcaj - Jun 15, 2011 at 5:40 PM
lloydcarr's armchair prognosis forgot that the Tigers and the Sox completely fall apart in the 2nd half EVERY YEAR. With the guys the Twins have coming off the DL in the next 2 weeks (Mauer, Kubel, Span, Nishioka, Thome, Perkins, Nathan), I would be extremely hesitant to bet against the Twins at this point in the season – especially if I'm from Detroit or Chicago.
- mplsjoe - Jun 15, 2011 at 7:14 PM
The anti-Mauer vibe in the Cities these days is huge. Basically, he's been called a wuss, a faker, out-of-shape, or all of the above. It's a really strange reaction especially because we usually revere Twin Cities natives like Mayer. Rarely has one of our native sons fallen so far, so fast.
Dan Gladden, Twins radio color guy and resident "gamer," today ripped Mauer during an interview with a Chicago radio station. Same veiled and not-so-veiled complaints about Mauer not rehabbing an old injury and being out of shape.
- vikesfansteve - Jun 15, 2011 at 11:26 PM
Mauer & Morneau & Span all have to suck it up more.
- whatagreatfootballmind - Jun 16, 2011 at 1:33 AM
Stick a fork in the Twins? are you kidding me? They were 15.5 back a week and half ago and that is down to single digits. They have Mauer, Nishioyka, Thome, Kubel, and Slowly all coming back sooner rather than later. The Twins who had one of the best records a home last year, have played the least amount of homes in baseball. 9 games back and over half the season to play? Yeah i guess they are done.
- schrutebeetfarms - Jun 16, 2011 at 12:45 PM
The reason Mauer feels ready is that he was hitting off of Nathan.
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The police have solved the mystery behind the murder of a senior monk at a Buddhist monastery in Dhalai district of Tripura.
They have arrested a 19-year-old follower of the slain monk who confessed to committing the crime.
The principal of Manugang Ban Vihar in Longtarai Valley subdivision, Pragyadiptti Bhikku (63), was found murdered on the campus on the morning of April 28.
The incident outraged the Buddhist community in the State, which staged protests in different places.
"We have arrested Saptarshi Chakma from a group of eight people interrogated after the crime. This is a sensitive case and we are very careful in the investigation," a senior police officer of Dhalai district said on Sunday.
He stated that the detainee, who was an inmate in the monastery, has confessed to murdering the monk with a knife.
"He attacked the Bhikku as soon as he came out from toilet and ran out of the campus," the officer informed.
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The accused has claimed that he was upset with the excessive workload at the Buddhist institution.
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text: Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php Shapeways: Bring your creativity to life in 3D Black Elasto Plastic as new Default Material? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=48977&th=9669#msg_48977 Note that the models in Edit mode will still claim, say WSF, as the default material, but the models don't actually display as such. To fix, you have to go to your models page, see what's defaulted to BEP, go to Edit, re-click the desired material as default, then update pricing.]]> KSND 2012-05-26T18:53:48-00:00 Re: Black Elasto Plastic as new Default Material? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=48987&th=9669#msg_48987 WillLaPuerta 2012-05-26T22:23:27-00:00 Re: Black Elasto Plastic as new Default Material? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=48988&th=9669#msg_48988 Do you have any models currently that have BEP as the default that I chan check?]]> stop4stuff 2012-05-26T22:24:09-00:00 Re: Black Elasto Plastic as new Default Material? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=48989&th=9669#msg_48989 WillLaPuerta 2012-05-26T22:26:21-00:00 Re: Black Elasto Plastic as new Default Material? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=48990&th=9669#msg_48990 KSND 2012-05-26T22:33:56-00:00 Re: Black Elasto Plastic as new Default Material? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=49560&th=9669#msg_49560 KSND wrote on Sat, 26 May 2012 22:33Indeed, thanks for checking on that. I went ahead and fixed them anyhow. Waste of time, but maybe worth the peace of mind to not have to wonder if the change will accidentally propagate to the end user at some point. Are you still noticing the same behavior on new models? We've made some changes to how materials are handled and ordered recently.]]> bdickason 2012-06-08T19:16:39-00:00 Re: Black Elasto Plastic as new Default Material? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=49562&th=9669#msg_49562 Please, Shapeways, if you are going to release stuff as 'beta' use your beta team to test stuff within a reasonable time allowance and if people have issues with untested stuff, deal with it asap or go back to what works before the release. I know this issue in particular is not a public thing, but when will the next glitch be public and cost trust? ]]> stop4stuff 2012-06-08T19:25:17-00:00 Re: Black Elasto Plastic as new Default Material? http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=rview&goto=49566&th=9669#msg_49566 I jumped in because I wasn't sure if the issue was fully resolved (from reading above) and I know that we made some changes this week to the order that materials are displayed. We all realize that we've moving slow on the dev side (I'm going to post a blog about this in two weeks when I get back from the Netherlands), and will probably make a few more mistakes like this over the next few months as we trudge through a number of the big issues with our codebase/data model that we've mentioned before. In general, we want to enable our beta group to test things fully, well before we release. Unfortunately, we're not there yet and have some sizable mountains to move before we do get there. I sent you a PM with some more detail and would love to chat further on the subject.]]> bdickason 2012-06-08T21:36:47-00:00


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