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Metagenics, Cardiogenics Intensive Care, Heart Muscle Support, 90 Tablets (Discontinued Item)
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- Package Quantity: 90 Tablets
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Cardiogenics Intensive Care provides comprehensive support for heart muscle health. It features extracts of hawthorn and arjuna which help maintain blood pressure levels already in the normal range, possibly through assisting blood vessel dilation. Complementing these herbs is a blend of amino acids and minerals—including magnesium, potassium, and calcium—that play important roles in healthy heart muscle function.
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Take one tablet three times daily or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
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Microcrystalline cellulose, cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, stearic acid (vegetable), silica, and coating (water, hypromellose, medium chain triglycerides, and hydroxypropylcellulose).
Formulated to Exclude: Wheat, gluten, soy, dairy products, eggs, nuts, tree nuts, fish, crustacean shellfish, colors, artificial sweeteners, and preservatives.
Caution: If pregnant or nursing, or taking medication consult your healthcare practitioner before use. Keep out of the reach of children.
Storage: Keep tightly closed in a cool, dry place.
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|Servings Per Container: 90
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|Calcium (as calcium citrate)
|33 mg
|Magnesium (as magnesium citrate)
|67 mg
|Selenium (as selenium aspartate)
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|Potassium (as potassium aspartate)
|33 mg
|200 mg
|Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha) Leaf and Flower 5:1 Extract (contains hyperosides)
|133 mg
|Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna) Bark 5:1 Extract (contains tannins)
|67 mg
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It's no secret that the Miami Marlins have, at times, struggled with the finer points of running a franchise.
Between miserable attendance, horrible teams and an owner who many feel manipulated the city for a new stadium, it's not a surprise to see the Marlins screw something up.
So when their 2014 calendar comes out, it shouldn't be a shock that one of the team's few recognizable names -- Logan Morrison -- is on the cover. Except there's one small problem with that: Morrison was traded to the Seattle Mariners earlier this month, continuing the longtime Marlins tradition of trading any player who seems he could eventually become a star.
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Dark sand dunes on Mars resemble the ripples on chocolate candy bars in a recently released image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
The dunes lie on the floor of a 300-kilometre-wide crater called Herschel. The structures, called barchan dunes, are often found in sandy deserts on Earth.
Researchers suspect the steep-faced dunes on Mars are composed of basaltic sand. Their grooved texture indicates that the sand may have been cemented together somehow and then sculpted into crescent shapes by the wind. Their orientation reveals that the strongest wind in the region blows from north to south.
The dunes are not a new discovery. NASA's Mars Global Surveyor also took a picture of this dune field in 2001.
In 2004, planetary scientists from Oberlin College in Ohio and Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, both in the US, said the dunes were probably formed during summers on the planet's southern hemisphere.
At that time, Mars is 20% closer to the Sun than it is in other seasons, providing more energy that can drive stronger winds on the planet.
HiRISE, the most powerful camera ever sent to Mars, snapped its pictures from 259 kilometres above the dunes when it passed overhead on 7 March.
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Addison's Disease
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Addison's disease is a rare disorder of the adrenal glands. With Addison's, the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormones cortisol and aldosterone.
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Addison's disease is the result of gradual damage to the outer layer of the adrenal gland. This damage may be caused by:
- The body's own immune system attacking the gland—known as an autoimmune disease.
- Tuberculosis
- Bleeding within the adrenal glands—related to the use of anticoagulant medications and shock
- Surgical complication
- Conditions that are present at birth or due to genetic factors such as enzyme defects and familial glucocorticoid insufficiency
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection associated with AIDS
Fungal infections, including:
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Chronic illness, including:
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- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- Adrenomyelodystrophy
Risk Factors
Factors that increase your chance of getting Addison's disease include:
- Having the following autoimmune diseases:
- Stress
- Anticoagulant medications
- Abdominal injury
- Family members with autoimmune-caused Addison's disease
Long-term steroid medication treatment, followed by:
- Severe stress
- Infection
- Surgery
- Trauma
- Previous surgery on adrenal glands
- Hereditary disorders, such as Prader-Willi syndrome and congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Symptoms may include:
- Extreme weakness, fatigue
- Weight loss
- Nausea or vomiting
- Chronic diarrhea
- Muscle weakness or pain
- Darkening of freckles, nipples, scars, skin creases, gums, mouth, nail beds, and vaginal lining
- Emotional changes, especially depression
- Cognitive impairment or confusion
- Craving salty foods
- Abdominal pain
- Anorexia
- Amenorrhea
A severe complication of Addison's disease is the Addisonian or adrenal crisis . Adrenal crisis is a life threatening disorder, its symptoms include:
- High or low body temperature
- Severe abdominal, back, or leg pain
- Fainting
- Severe dehydration
- Severe nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea
- Bluish skin color
- Muscle weakness
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your bodily fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
- Blood tests
- Urine tests
- ACTH stimulation test
Your doctor may also need images of your bodily structures. This can be done with:
Symptoms of Addison's disease can be controlled with medications. These drugs replace the missing hormones. Medication needs to be taken for the rest of your life. They may need to be increased during times of stress.
Immediate treatment of adrenal crisis includes:
- Self-injection of dexamethasone
- Hydrocortisone by IV
- Normal saline by IV
Surgery may also be needed for adrenal tumors or pituitary tumors causing the disease.
Regular blood tests are needed to monitor your response to medication. Wear a medical alert bracelet that states adrenal insufficiency or Addison's disease. This will let others know of your condition if you are unable to communicate.
There are no guidelines for preventing Addison's disease. If you think you are at risk, talk to your doctor.
The Adrenoleukodystrophy Foundation
National Adrenal Diseases Foundation
The Canadian Addison Society
Health Canada
Adrenal insufficiency and Addison's disease. National Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Information Service website. Available at: http://endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/addison/addison.aspx. Updated May 14, 2014. Accessed June 4, 2014.
Adrenal insufficiency in adults. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated December 16, 2013. Accessed June 4, 2014.
Arlt W, Allolio B. Adrenal insufficiency. Lancet. 2003;361(9372):1881-1893.
Dorin RI, Qualls CR, Crapo LM. Diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency. Ann Int Med. 2003;138:3:194-214.
Hahner S, Allolio B. Therapeutic management of adrenal insufficiency. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009;23(2):167-79.
Salvatori R. Adrenal insufficiency. JAMA. 2005;294:2481-2488.
Ten S, New M, Maclaren N. Clinical Review 130: Addison's disease. J Clin Endo Metabol. 2001;86:2909-2922.
Thomas Z, Fraser GL. An update on the diagnosis of adrenal insufficiency and the use of corticotherapy in critical illness. Ann Pharmather. 2007;41:1456-65.
Wallace I, Cunningham S, Lindsay J. The diagnosis and investigation of adrenal insufficiency in adults. Ann Clin Biochem. 2009;46(Pt 5):351-367.
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Blaine's Hot Pink Disco Suit! Plus Brittany and Santana — New Pic from Glee Season 3, Episode 16 (PHOTO)
Didn't get enough disco in last night's Season 3, Episode 16: "Saturday Night Glee-ver"? Never fear. Harry Shum Jr. (Mike) is here with a new behind-the-scenes pic.
Harry tweeted the photo on April 18, saying, "Going back to the 70's!"
While we love the glamorous pastel dresses that Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina), Naya Rivera (Santana), and Heather Morris (Brittany) are sporting in this pic, our all-time favorite outfit has to be Darren Criss's (Blaine) bright pink jumpsuit.
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"You Gotta Be Kidding!"
by Mickey Charles CEO, The Sports Network
Listening to the inane beings that phone into today's sports talk shows, hosted, for the most part, by less than knowledgeable purveyors of information whose power levels have reached their zenith by the ability to simply terminate callers at the flick of a switch or a nod to their worshipful producers sends one searching for music or news instantly. These fans of hockey want the fights. Unbelievable. That is why, so they claim, they go to the games. They equate that to NASCAR fans (so they claim) that do not really want to see how much talent there is at driving a vehicle between 180-200 miles per hour in the midst of 30 or more people doing the same thing and avoiding one crash after another. Are those Marlboro and Budweiser/Miller enthusiasts really sitting there waiting to see someone hit the wall in a mess of tangled steel and fire?
Is that all NHL fans are waiting for, the gloves to drop? What sort of mind-set is that?
Hockey has allowed, encouraged and condoned, fighting during the course of a game by explaining it as part of the action. How insane is that? But, it fits and suits the twisted intellect and rationale of those in the stands.
Think about what hockey players are doing out there, the talents displayed while moving at breakneck speed on ice within a confined area. Darting and dashing between everyone else on the ice, trying to move a puck the size of your fist from one end to the other, between all that activity and into a net guarded by a compatriot of theirs, an opposing team member whose helmet/faceguard belongs in a Chainsaw Massacre offering. And you are concerned with keeping your footing on the ice at Rockefeller Center during the winter months?
Do you really appreciate what these athletes are accomplishing? And, despite it all, you and the NHL want them, the players, to beat each other to a pulp to break the perceived monotony of the game itself?
The NHL has admitted "enforcers" with less talent than the rest of their teammates and only one function in mind - go beat someone up. Can you imagine if the NFL had this, or the NBA, where people are regularly pummeled at the line of scrimmage, heading downfield for a pass, cutting into the lane for a layup or going up for a rebound?
Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi took a cheap shot, a get-even hit of sorts, on Colorado's Steven Moore and the latter was rushed to the hospital with what might have been a career-ending injury. It was a gloved punch from behind to the side of Moore's head, rendering him unconscious. NHL players are a physical lot and the game itself is inundated with more pushing and shoving than the NFL, solid hits up and down the ice and into the boards. All these years they required - yes, required and courted it as part of the game - fighting, blood-letting and injury-laden activities to placate the Romans in the stands.
Moore had a broken neck, concussion and deep cuts on his face. Welcome to the world of the NHL. And, no, it is wrong to say that comes with the sport. Bertuzzi was retaliating for a hit Moore delivered to Canucks' captain and Bertuzzi's buddy, Markus Naslund. It was an open ice hit and Naslund was out for three games. It's get-even time in the NHL, the ice version of the Mafia. I'm surprised that Tony Soprano wasn't asked to suit up.
Are prosecutors and Vancouver police looking into this? Be serious. Gary Bettman and his owners are the ones that have to look in their respective mirrors. Back in February of 2000, when former Boston Bruin Marty McSorley was charged for hitting then-Vancouver Canuck Donald Brashear with his stick, McSorley was convicted of assault with a weapon and received a 19-month conditional discharge. No prison sentence and no criminal record after probation. He was suspended for a year and retired soon thereafter, but he was planning to do so anyway after 17 years of pushing, shoving, punching, being hit, scoring, assisting and, yes, occasionally skating.
Bring the circus to a sport and it deteriorates, sooner or later. With boxing and Don King it was sooner. The sport is a skeleton of what it was and is one step removed from wrestling. Hockey has a core base, fans that love it, season ticket holders from New York to Vancouver, that crave the action and talents displayed on the ice. Allowable, and rule book, hits and confrontations are sufficient. Sticks used as lethal weapons, cheap shots that detract from the allowable ones and glove-dropping fights have no place in the sport and never have. Participants have to be thrown out of the game(s) and, where necessary, out of the sport.
Will the NHL actually wake up and change, do the right thing? Or, will they let it pass and just return to what they believe to be normality in the sport? You gotta be kidding!


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Clint Freeman (AUS) makes a great comeback in the compound men by being the only one to shoot perfect on the marked round. Yesterday he was out of the cut at 18th place but today's 360 put him in 4th place. Morgan Lundin (SWE) keeps the lead after shooting 358 and is closely followed by Niels Baldur (DEN) and Dave Cousins (USA). Dave making a very costly mistake of shooting 1 point only on one arrow is still amazing everyone with his borrowed bow. Only the top 16 advance to the next round and the score of the 16th archer is 710 points which is 9 points higher than in Plitvice (Croatia).


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Betting is enjoyable not only on its own but also as a means to increase the excitement of watching other sports for example-watching a football match on tv is more exciting if your "home" team is playing rather than two teams you do not support, this can be replicated by placing a bet. The team you select becomes your "home" team for 90 minutes. Placing a bet should be considered money paid for entertainment, the cost of which is directly controlled by yourself and any winnings being a bonus. If you intend to bet for the sole purpose of making money you are likely to be disappointed.
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The War Z has been taken offline after hackers have gained access to the controversial zombie-shooter's forums and game databases, publisher OP Productions has confirmed.
Player passwords, email addresses, IP addresses, and any other information posted to the forums has been exposed. Payment information is not at risk, as all transactions take place through a third-party, OP Productions said in a statement.
"We are sorry to report that we have discovered that hackers gained access to our forum and game databases and the player data in those databases. We have launched a thorough investigation covering our entire system to determine the scope of the intrusion," the company said. "This investigation is ongoing and is our top priority. As part of the remediation and security enhancement process we will be taking the game and forums down temporarily."
It was not mentioned when the intrusion was first discovered.
OP Productions said all War Z game and forum passwords are encrypted, but that did not keep the hackers from accessing the data.
"There is a possibility that simple passwords can be obtained using brute force even if they are encrypted," reads a line from the statement. "Our research shows that many users are not using strong passwords."
The company urged all players to change their passwords immediately by visiting the War Z website or through the game launcher.
OP Productions is working with "outside experts and investigators" to help with the ongoing investigation and said it has committed "substantial resources" to that end.
"We are undertaking a full review and update of our servers and the services we use and adding additional security mechanisms," the company said. "In addition to this post, we are emailing all of our players just to make certain that everyone is informed and has been advised to change their passwords."
"This has been a humbling experience for us. While we all know that there is no guarantee of security on the Internet, our goal is to try our very best to protect your data. We sincerely apologize," the statement goes on. "We will update you on status as we make progress."
The War Z launched on Steam in December and was pulled just a day after release, after users reported numerous issues. Valve called its decision to originally publish the game a "mistake." The game was reinstated on Steam in late February.


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"Yazid had a passion for music and alcohol. He always had a hangover in the morning due to his heavy drinking from the night before. When he hunted, he travelled with many dogs and enjoyed watching animals fighting one another. His fondness of his pets went to such extremes that his pets even travelled on horses laden with gold, and when a pet died, he would mourn for it. Some historians claim that he died due to one of his pets actually biting him while he was playing with it. However, there are many versions as to how he actually died, and Allah ta'ala knows best"
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BEIRUT: The Interior Ministry called Tuesday for by-elections to be held in March for municipal councils in 22 villages and seven mukhtars. It said by-elections for mukhtars would be held March 3 in three villages in Akkar – Qlayaat, Hay Sheikh Ayyash and Ain Yaacoub – as well as in the Baalbek village of al-Qoddam, the Rashaya village of Aqabeh, the Tyre district village of Jebal al-Botom and al-Khalwat in the district of Hasbaya, according to the Central News Agency. The ministry also called for municipal council by-elections in 22 villages. In the north, polls will be held in Owaynat, Kroum Arab, Qobeiyat, Bireh, Khat al-Petrol, Rammah and al-Sahleh in Akkar. The Aley villages of Kahaleh and Sarhamoul, Jabaa and Mazraat al-Suweidan in Baalbek, al-Sharbin and Mazraat Sogod in Hermel, and Nasrieh in Zahle will elect new councils. Debbieh and Mazraat al-Chouf in Chouf, Nafakhieh in Tyre, and Jezzine in Kfar Houne are included in the list, as are the Zgharta village of Basloukit, Bkifa in Rashaya, Qornayel in Baabda, and the Metn village of Hemlaya. – The Daily Star
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The composite (plastic) intake manifold may crack near the thermostat housing and cause a coolant leak. Ford released an updated manifold that was reinforced to prevent a recurrence. No recall was issued for this problem but Ford did extend the warranty to seven years on some models from the date of purchase.Google+
Car Problem Reports
Mercury Grand Marquis Intake Manifold May Crack Leaking Coolant Behind the Alternator
Mercury Grand Marquis Problem
Model Years Affected: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007
Average Mileage: 116,659 mi (10,700 mi - 308,000 mi)
jilldlove3, 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis, 121,000 miRookie
crack in the intake manifold...saw a recall on it for the plastic one to be replaced with the new aluminum, but my luck it does not apply to me because my car is to old. My mechanic is charging me 950 for the fix and said he would keep the information he found on line for this. I think Ford being a reputible company and Michigan based should step up and support all who have this problem no matter when it occurs
Visitor, 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis, 149,000 mi
Heater box to intake manifold heater hose nipple stripped out at manifold. Lose about 1 gallon of antifreeze every 3 weeks. My mechanic says this is a common problem. Ford should be embarrassed and replace all for free. The engineer that designed the manifold and the manager that approved the design should own one of these cars for the rest of their lives.
Visitor, 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis, 129,000 mi
Intake manifold cracked... gonna cost a bundle to replace. It would be nice if they weren't made out of plastic! Just doesn't make a whole lot of sence to me.
Visitor, 1998 Mercury Grand Marquis, 226,000 mi
Plastic manifold cracked at the thermostat. No way to fix so no option but to replace. Dealer said it would cost $1,260 to replace (includes $400+ for the part). I bought the part on-line for $216 and did it myself. Took several hours but was not terribly difficult. Just a lot of stuff to take off, so mark hoses and wires well.
Visitor, 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis, 122,000 mi
had my merc for awhile now and suddenly i smelled something and then saw smoke coming from under the hood, i pulled over and saw coolent everywhere took it in and found out i have a small crack behind my alternator on my intake manifold...did lots of research and come to find out im not the only one with this problem THANKS FORD.. for a new manifold online for $210 and now im going to attempt to replace it myself after finding out having a professional do what i can figure out will be 4 to 500 just for labor so wish me luck and again THANKS FORD!!
Visitor, 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis, 126,500 mi
Pool of antifreeze on top of engine block beneath the induction manifold.
Visitor, 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis, 66,045 mi
I purchased my Grand Marquis LSE new in 2003. As you can see from the mileage I do not drive the car a lot of miles per year. I maintain the car as required including replacing belts and hoses as required. The intake manifold developed a crack and had to be replaced. The cost was over $1000.It's a shame that an automobile that cost over $32000 at the time is manufactured with plastic parts that don't hold up. So much for Fords quality. I can see that I'm not the only one who has had this problem. One would think that Ford would stand behind their product. Although most of the reports that show this problem have a lot more miles on them than I do this part should not fail under normal driving conditions.
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Just bought the car from an elderly gentleman who was the original owner. Looked and drove great untill I got it on the freeway and it went up in smoke... or should I say steam. Manifold cracked in the exact spot and cost me $1000 to fix. This will be my car for a long time, I hope.
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thermostat housing unit leaking
blk rat, 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis, 117,794 miEnthusiast
Parked in garage after a 45 miles drive. Found puddle of yellowish engine oil like fluid on floor. Car never overheat and no problem with transmission. Engine oil, power steering, brake and auto trans fluid all check out fine except coolant low and disappeared from overflow tank. Dealership identified the coolant leak caused by cracked intake manifold. Cost $1300 to replace.


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Monday, February 14, 2011
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• Jill @ The Prairie Homestead
• Kendra @ New Life on a Homestead
• Megan @ A Blossoming Homestead
• Amy @ Homestead Revival™ (that's me!)
You'll have an opportunity to Link Up and share what's happening at your own homestead with posts relating to anything and everything homesteading, such as...
• gardening
• cooking and recipes
• canning
• animal husbandry from chickens and goats to cows and horses!
• beekeeping
• sewing and quilting
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• and anything else homesteading related!
So get your camera and click away all this week. Be sure to pick your favorite photo for your link up image, then write up a fun and fabulous post and have it ready to go on Monday morning, February 21st. (Be sure to add our cute Homestead Barn Hop picture to your post so others can join in the fun and everyone will know you've linked up!) Then mark your calendar for each Monday thereafter as we dosado our way from homestead to homestead meeting new friends, finding an abundance of terrific new blogs to read, and gleaning an assortment of great information.
Don't forget - next Monday! See y'all there!
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What a fun idea...we'll all learn something new, and go visiting without every leaving home! -MaryReplyDelete
Such a great idea! I look forward to reading all of the blogs! Definitely makes Mondays a little more tolerable!ReplyDelete
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I am in! Oh and do you know of any one doing canning/growing tallies etc...love your blog!ReplyDelete
Andi, I don't off hand, but Marisa at Food in Jars might know.ReplyDelete
Glad you like the blog :-)
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Help! I'm trying to add a link back button to my post. Is there one with code to the current post?ReplyDelete
This sounds like fun! Count me in!ReplyDelete
I'm back. Just posted on my blog, so thought I would share. http://myfeetaredirty.blogspot.com/ReplyDelete
Are you still barn hopping? I'd love to get in on the fun, but I couldn't find the code for the red barn. If not, are you going to hop again next winter? I am excited to peruse all the previous hops!ReplyDelete
Hillary, we barn hop every Monday. Look in the right sidebar under "Topic Index" and you'll find "Homestead Barn Hop" - click that link and it will take you to the latest Barn Hop. Oh, and there is a code for the red barn picture... just go to the right sidebar, find "HR Buttons" and click the chicken picture underneath. See you Monday!ReplyDelete
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And there you sat, smugly believing the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG was as powerful as it could be. Ha! There is now a more powerful version, and it is the SLS AMG 'GT'.
This revised version of Mercedes' flagship car now generates 591hp and a 0-62mph time of 3.7 seconds; an entire tenth of a second quicker than its ageing, underpowered, dowdy, standard sibling.
AMG engineers have squeezed out the additional 20hp through in-engine dethrottling measures and an increase in peak pressure, while the seven-speed sports auto 'box gets newly developed gear change functions in manual 'M' mode. Oh, and this mode gets more engine torque making the shifts even quicker, which are accompanied by "some passionate acoustic feedback for the driver". This could get noisy...
Elsewhere, deep inside the barking heart of the SLS AMG GT lurks a revised AMG ride control sports suspension: stiffer springs and dampers meet twin aluminium wishbones all round, while the 'comfort' mode has been binned. 'Sport', says Merc, is acceptable for say, some rural roads or "the legendary North Loop of the Nürburgring", while 'Sport Plus' helps you achieve "ambitious lap times" on a circuit. Quite.
The seats have an embossed badge on the headrests, there's Alcantara, contrast stitching and a high-gloss black trim on the door panels and centre console. Prices start at €204,680 for the GT coupe, rising to €213,010 for the GT Roadster. Have a click through the pictures and then tell us - Gullwing or drop-top?


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AS THE African Development Bank Group's 49th Annual Meetings 2014 open in Kigali today, Africa will be eagerly waiting for the interventions the Bank will come up with to help take the continent on its next development agenda for the coming 50 years.
The Kigali event, which also marks the Bank's 50 years in existence, aptly runs under the theme "The next 50 Years: The Africa we want".
It will be interesting to learn how the Bank plans to support the private sector to drive the continent's growth agenda, set up investments that will create jobs, especially for the youth and women; and how it will support interventions that will hasten job-creation in the short-to-medium term.
As delegates deliberate over the next five days, the continent expects them to come up with plans that will foster growth across the continent, as well as help reduce environmental degradation, resource wastage, corruption and fraud.
With the AfDB aiming to support key infrastructure projects on the continent, ventures that foster green growth, which is essential to attain sustainable development and create employment opportunities should not be ignored. This, together with alternative energy sources like solar and wind power, are important to ensure that rural Africa accesses reliable and affordable power to drive its industrialisation efforts.
Africa expects the Bank to actively invest in export-oriented ventures to help reduce the continent's perennial balance of payment challenges and dependence syndrome.
It is hoped that the AfDB Annual Meetings will come up with funding strategies that promote inclusiveness and gender equality, as well as ensure sustainable growth, private sector-led development and peace building initiatives to ensure that the Bank's 54 regional member countries achieve their socioeconomic development goals.


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Half Life 2 wins 6 BAFTAs, Hitman gains best music
Half-Life 2 was the major standout winner at the 2nd annual BAFTAs for Interactive Entertainment, taking best game, online game (where with Counter-Strike, it technically had two hits at the same award), action adventure, art direction and animation and best PC game. It redresses the balance for all the negative coverage caused by the Steam authentication software, although those issues haven't gone away. It's universally agreed that any other game wouldn't have been worth the trouble.
Elsewhere, the award for best sports game went Pro Evolution Soccer 4, extending its reach beyond football fans. Best GameCube Game was Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within and Halo 2 for the Xbox, as big a foregone conclusion as Half-Life 2 on the PC. As well as Best PS2 game, Burnout 3 took best racing game and technical direction awards, making it the second biggest multiple award winner.
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Eshin Nishimura (西村惠信)
Professor of Department of Buddhism
Tourie-Enji(東嶺圓慈 1721-1792) is one of the greatest disciples under Hakuin-Ekaku 白隱慧鶴(1685-1768), a restorer of Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa era. He was especially respected among Hakuin's disciples as Delicate Tourei(微細の東嶺 misai-no-Tourei) for his carefulness in his Koan study(公案工夫 Kouan-kuhuu). Maybe it is because of Tourei's inborn intelligence.
According to the Tourei's biography, upon arriving at Shouin-ji 松蔭寺 for the first time, great master Hakuin asked Tourei to help his preparation for the discourse upon Kidouroku(虛堂錄, Record of Hsu-t'ang chih-yu 虛堂智愚 1185-1269) for coming new semester, since Hakuin knew that Tourei had already learned almost all of Patriarchal records such as personal history, life episode, dialogue and so on, by heart at his age of twenty-three.
Five years later, twenty-eight years old, Torei's weak body got a heavy disease from too much private meditation at some layman's house in Kyoto. He came to know that his life is comming to an end within three to five years, so he wrote down two volumes of manuscript entitled "The Theory of Unestinguished Lamp of Zen Buddhism(宗門無盡정論 Shuumon-mujintou-ron: for short, TULZ is used in this paper") taking only thirty days. Recovering from disease, Tourei intended to burn up his manuscript, but Hakuin who thought this would be a kind enough guidance for Zen student under Koan Zen study put a stop it.
"TULZ" was published in 1800 that is eight years after Tourei's death, though Tourei himself had prohibited his disciples to open his manuscript to the public. It is our good fortune, however, to have this kind of rare systematic text book of Koan study published by his lay disciple after Torei's passing away, so that Hakuin's creative method of Koan Zen study is still at hand today in its original form, so that unestinguished lamp of Zen tradition is still living even in our days.
TULZ is not an ordinary record of Patriarchal teaching done from the standpoint of the truth of the first principle[第一議諦 or daiichigitai in Jp.] like other texts, but the text described by Tourei's own hand for future use. Therefore it is written from standpoint of the truth of second principle[第二議諦 or dainigital in Jp.]. He arranges various kinds of Patriarchal episodes along with the procedure of Zen study from the entrance to the final attainment of Reality, so that Rinzai Zen students might be able to go along same path as the Patriarchs took for their deepening of Zen mind.
1. Historical Root of Hakuin Zen Tradition
The first chapter of "TULZ" is entitled " Root of Zen Transmission"(宗由 shuuyuu in Jp.) in which Tourei describes general history that is a transmission tree of Rinzai Zen tradition starting with Buddha and end up with his own master hakuin-ekaku.
Like other religions, Rinzai Zen takes importance upon its traditional history as well as its teaching. Or it might be better to say that history of Zen transmission itself is nothing but the essence of Zen Buddhism. Because Zen transmission has been only achieved through the indirect transmission of existential essence of Zen from master to his disciples, as existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard ever pointed out by saying that the direct transmission is impossible in the case of transmission of the Truth. Therefore the discontinued continuity is only the form of transmission of the Buddha's Lamp. This means that there is no so-called continual history in Zen tradition but the series of each personal experience.
When Tourei entitles the first chapter "The Reason of Zen tradition"(or 宗由 shuyu in Jp.), "Reason" here means the historical base on which Zen Buddhism stands. Though this chapter is the historical description of Rinzai Zen transmission, it is still not a mere history of Rinzai Zen, but a ground on which Rinzai Zen is surely based. In fact, Tourei's way of description is not historical but simple arrangement of episodes in the life of Patriarchs. In this specific reason, a history of Rinzai Zen tradition is what is beyond the history itself
The specific reason why historical description could still be super-historical is because it is not a simple document of the Patriarchs, but the records of particular situations in which each Patriarch came to realization of Reality, and therefore they are called "Ancient Samples and Episodes" 古則話頭 that is so-called Koan(公案). Each Kouan(episode) is what has happened once in history and yet it happened as a full manifestation of Reality in each case. Therefore, Shuyu(宗由 or Root of tradition) does not mean mere origin of Rinzai Zen history, but the "Root" where the essence of Zen is manifested through the individual experience.
Therefore, what Tourei tries to describe in the first Chapter is not a simple introduction of this text, but the presentation of the essence of this text in which all other following chapters are also based upon.
In the very beginning of this chapter, Tourei admires Buddha's declaration of the nobility of his individual existence right after his birth as follows;
Stop talking! Your saying already betrays this Matter too much. Master Yun-men Wan-yen ever criticized you saying; "If I were there with you at that moment, I would club him and give it to dog to eat. I wish you kept this world in peace". (Eshin Nishimura Text published from The Institute for Zen Studies, 1992, page24)
In this way, Tourei demonstrates his admiration of Buddgha's birth in the negative way of saying to stress the significance of Buddha's coming into this world. All these way of saying shows Tourei's subjective standpoint, which is free from the tradition within the definite framework of Zen tradition. Here we may see the unique attitude of Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk to go beyond their own tradition for the purpose of going down to deep horizon where they can really meet with all patriarchs of history.
2. Self-confidence and its Practice
Second chapter of TULZ is entitled the self-confidence and its practice [信修 sinshu in Jp.] where Tourei discusses the inevitable preparation for Zen student intending to begin Koan Zen study.
Here I dare to translate this particular Chinese term 信 not belief of faith as ordinarily done, because in Zen study the term 信 (sin) does not mean so-called religious act done toward some outer Being beyond man, but somehow means self-confidence for the Reality which is hopefully realized at the end of his way of Koan Zen study course. Torei writes as follows;
In this way, Tourei encourages us to have confidence as a fundamental condition of whole series of Zen study, therefore this second Chapter is not a part of TULZ anymore, but covers whole system of the text. Here we may see the characteristic of this text, which should be called unsystematic system of Koan Zen study. And this kind of structure can be seen in each Chapter of TULZ.
In this second Chapter Tourei put stress also upon the importance of Vows of Bodhisattva(菩薩の警願 bosatu-no-seigan) as the fundamental condition for the beginner of Zen study. Needless to say, Vows of Boddhisattva is most indispensable to Zen study as Mahayana Buddhist practice, otherwise Zen study comes to be merely the self-centered. He writes as follows;
In this chapter, Tourei talks about the danger of the evil state, which appears along with the way of koan study. This dangerous state of mind called Genkyou(現境 or literally translated the appearing state) is already taught as devil state(魔境 or makyon in Jp.) in the Buddhist canons or texts such as the 40th Chapter. of Part one of Maha-prajna-sutra(大般苦經), the 10th volume of Surangama-stura(首楞嚴經) and the 8th volume of Mo-ho-chih-kuan(摩訶止觀)
Among various kinds of evil state of mind, Tourei calls our attention more to the good state(善境界) or zenkyoukai in Jp.) than the evil, because man can easily guard himself from the unpleasant condition of his feeling, while he enjoys himself whenever he feels to be comfortable with the good feeling even though it is nothing but the illusion. Therefore, pleasant illusion which Zazen meditation brings into man is thought to be very dangerous.
Some examples of good state of mind are taken out by Tourei himself such as the view that the existing beings are all empty(法空の見), view that everything is equal(一味平等の見), view that the Reality is being manifested throughout the universe(現成底の見), view that this body is perfect by itself(當體卽是の見), and so on. All these states of view are only possible through deep meditation practice, therefore we should say this is the disturbance, or the necessary evil, which is happen on the way to the real goal of Zen way.
Medieval Japanese Zen Master Musou-soseki(夢窓疎石 1275-1351) is also talking about Madou(魔道 or Evil-path) in his Text "Muchuu-mondou" (夢中問答 or A Dialogue in Dream) as follows;
All these inner and outer evils are what might usually happen also in the process of Christian mysticism as is called "The dark night of the soul" by Mystics. Zen students also have to go once through this dangerous state.
4. Definite awareness of the Reality
An anthentic evidence (or 實證 jisshou in Jp.) of existence of Reality realized as a whole bodily experience is needless to say a core of whole procedure of koan Zen Practice, and that would happen when hard discipline under the Koan study reaches climax. A well-known phrase: "A great awareness(or 大悟 taigo in Jp.)" is only possible amid great darkness or mass of doubt(or 大疑 taigi in Jp.)" is a principle of Koan study Zen(or 看話禪 Kanna Zen) demonstrated by Ta-hui Tuang-kao (大慧宗高 1089-1163) in Sung dynasty China, and Japanese Koan Zen which was re-systematized by Hakuin-ekaku is direct descendant of this tradition.
In particular, Tourei is putting emphasis upon the necessity of visit with an authentic Zen master(明師 meisi or 正師 shousi in Jp.) whenever a student arrives at this experience of Self-realization, otherwise he will fall into the tremendously dangerous cave of self satisfaction. Tourei writes as follows;
Reading above quotation, we might know that even though the self-realization of Reality which is known as Satori(悟り) in Japanese seems to be a core of Koan Zen practice, it is merely one stage which happens half way of the whole process of Rinzai Zen study where the more important Zen study really begins.
5. Passing through the Patriarchal gates
This Chapter called "Toukan"(透關) is so to speak the checking upon the attained state of awareness(悟り Satori in Jp.) by reflection on the mirror of Buddha's or Patriarchal paradigm. As well-known among people today, to deepen one's awareness of Reality through following the foot prints which Buddha or Patriarchs have ever marked is called Kouan Zen practice(公案禪修行) and this is no other than the proper method which Rinzai Zen tradition started from Sung dynasty China and still practices today in Japanese Rinzai Zen.
In fact, Japanese Rinzai Zen has been able to maintain its traditional Lamp of Dharma only because of this somehow artificial looking method which was systematized by Hakuin-ekaku who was so much worried about declining of Japanese Rinzai Zen as he violently criticized Bankei-youkaku's unique "Unborn Zen"(盤珪永琢の不生禪 Hushou Zen), Ungo-kuyou's "Meditating on Buddha Zen (雲居希膺の念佛禪 Nembutu Zen) or Eihei-Dougen's Meditation-only Zen(永平道元の只管打坐 Sikan-taza) calling them "a modern blind priest living in nothingness only(近代斷無の해僧 Kindai danmu no kassou)" or "the evil party of silent meditation(默照の邪黨 Mokushou no jyatou)" and so on.
Tourei writes in this Chapter as follows;
The attitude of Zen student toward Koan should be same as Tourei talks about Buddhist scripture as above quoted. This particular Chapter of TULZ commands us to reflect the state of awareness of Self-nature (Reality) upon the Koan so that Self-nature is examined if it is clear enough. But as Tourei writes to study Koan is not the final purpose of Zen study but to reflect the Koan upon the Self-nature to examine if Self-nature is clear enough.
For the purpose of bringing student to the ultimate attainment of self realization of Reality(大悟徹底), Hakuin systematized traditional paradigmatic episodes(古則話頭) into the more effective order(公案體系). Koan system itself is, however not opened in any document form, but secretly transmitted through Nissitu-sanzen(入室參禪) or private interview of student with Roshi(老師) in small room of the monastery. And contents of so-called seventeen hundred Koans(千七百則の公案) are told to be different each other according to the two main branches, that is to say Inzan-branch(隱山系) and Takujyu-branch(卓州系), that were separated under Gasan-jitou(峨山慈棹 1727-1797) who is the one of Hakuin's Greatest disciple.
However, both branches are at least keeping the fundamental Koan system which Hakuin set for his students. Or it would be better to say that Hakuin confirmed Koan system which had already been developed by the Japanese Rinzai Zen patriarchs in early days of Japanese Zen such as En'ni-ben'nen(圓爾辨圓 1202-1280) or Nampo-jyoumain(南浦紹明 1235-1308). These Patriarchs divided Chinese Koans into three groups according to their function, namely Richi(理致 or Ultimate of Truth), Kikan(機關 or Skillful Method) and koujyon(向上 or Non-attachment).
"Richi" is the group of words, which show the True Reality and most of them are extracted from Buddhist scripture and Patriarchal record. All Koan of Richi are the theoretical expression of Buddhist theology or State of Zen mind, so students practice Zazen meditation(坐禪) reflecting his mind upon the Koan so that he will realize authentic meaning of each phrase through his bodily experience of awareness(Satori 悟り or Kenshou 見性 in Jp.)
"Kikan" is the group of the episodes by which student knows how the Patriarchs of early days of China came to self realization of Reality, and by refelcting upon those stories through Practice of Zazen meditation, he might attain the living mind of the Patriarch or Kassoi(活祖意) which is called Satori.
"Koujyou" is the group of Koan through which student wipes the dust which he get by above two groups koan. In other words, student has to remove so called the attachment of Buddha-view(Bukken 佛見 in Jp.) or Dharma-view (Hokken 法見) or his Pride of Ultimate attainment of Reality so that he might return to what Buddha or Patriarchs really taught which is nothing but original Ordinariness(Heijyoutei 平常底).
Hakuin opened these three divisions into the five, that is to say Hossin(法身 or dharma-kaya), Kikan(機關 or Skill), Gonsen(言詮 or Word expression), Nantou(難透 or difficult to pass through) and Koujyou(向上 or Non-attachment).
6. Non-attachment to the ultimate
As I already mentioned above, the qualitatively different path still remained for the student as a final part of his Zen study jhourney and it is called Kojyon(向上). A well-known phrase: "This particular path of Koujyou has never been transmitted by any past Saint" (向上之一路, 千聖不傳). This path is specially called "Smallness of Koujyou"(向上之些子) which means that this path is the entirely different from the preceding path where student has passed, or it would be better to be said that this path is the total negation of what has been experienced before. Therefore student should not continue his quantitative progress of path walked but jump into the entirely different realm of quality. Chinese Patriarchs teach this jump by saying: "Have one more step at the top of hundred feet pole!" Here Tourei writes as follows;
What Tourei mentions here seems to be somehow paradoxical, but this is the essence of Zen transmission. However, as a matter of fact, such Self realization of Reality is never able to be transmitted from man to man directly but only transmitted through indirectly transmitted as an existential philosopher Soeren Kierkegaard ever pointed out. Therefore, we may realize that Koan system itself is not the object of study as it is mere foot-prints of Patriarchs and not the Reality of Patriarch himself. Student should not follow such a shadow of the Reality. Instead, he should jump out of traditional transmission after all. This might be the deep significance of the small path of non-attachment.
7. How to live the ordinary life
Next chapter of TULZ is entitled Rikiyuu(力用 or daily Use) in which Torei talks about the way of living daily life for the student who achieved his Zen study. A student who came to be free from tradition and returned to his own self has to live his daily life authentically(履踐分明 risen-hunmyou in Jp.) His ordinary daily life has to be the continuity of Right meditation(正念相續 Shounen-souzoku in Jp.).
As Bodhi-Dharma says, There are many who attain the Buddha's Way, but very few who are practicing it. And, moreover, this practice should have no traces(沒종跡 Mosshouseki in Jp.). Torei calls this kind of daily use "Wisdom-use beyond scale(格外の知用 kakugai no chiyuu)" because nobody knows his Saint-ness.
8. Succession of Buddha-Dharma
In this Chapter of Succession, Tourei discusses the Importance of Succession of Buddhas Lamp. Succession (師承 Shijyou in Jp.) means to succeed to the Wisdom-life of Buddha(佛の慧命 Butu-no-emyou in Jp.) from certain Zen master who is supposed to be a carrier of Zen Buddhist tradition. For this very reason, student who lives his life in the daily use of attained Reality has to go out of his home for searching authentic Zen master. If student kept staying within his enjoyment of Awareness of Reality, he would remain inside of the mere self-satisfaction. Such a self-satisfaction is called the "Heresy of Selfish awareness without Master"(無師獨悟の外道 musidokugo-no-gedou in Jp.). Tourei writes upon this danger as follows;
From above quotation, we may know that the horizon where succession of Patriarchal lamp become possible is even under the bottom of egoistic self where individual personality is broken into the universal Non-self which is common with master's Non-self. This is what Wu-men Hui-kai(無門慧開 1183-1150) writes in his "We-men-kuan" (無門開 Mumonkan in Jp.) like "To walk hand in hand with the traditional Patriarchs, and to see the things with same eyes of Patriarch's and to listen with same ears".
In other word, Succession is not possible so far as the master and the student stand in opposition to each other, but only possible when student comes down to the transcendentally deep level where he may touch directly with transcendental Non-self of the Master. As we already studied in the above Chapter, this transcendence is only possible with one important step beyond the ultimate self realization of the Reality which was called Koujyou or Non-attachment. However to arrive at such complete level of Non-attachment is so hard that even Wu-tsu Fa-yen(五祖法演 ?-1104) says; "I have studied Zen for twenty years, and now I feel the shame to know my incompleteness(我參二十年, 今方職羞).
9. Breeding of the Seed of Buddha
In this chapter entitled "Chouyon 長養" or Breeding of the seed of Buddha, Torei talks about importance of cultivation of Buddha-seed which student sowed deep in his body through his long Zen meditation. He writes as follows;
Torei is then taking a number of examples of ancient Patriarchs who hid themselves in the deep mountain or amid the secular world for many years such as the six Patriarch Hui-nung(六祖慧能638-713)'s fifteen years in the South countryside, Nan-yang Hui-chung(南陽慧忠 ?-775)'s forty years, Ta-mei Fa-chang(大梅法常 752-839)'s thirty years, and so on.
The final Chapter of TULZ is the conclusion or the End of long Path of Zen study. Or we should say that it was the ultimate purpose to begin study of Zen when a student was standing at the gate of Zen Path. Since Zen Buddhism is based upon the Mahayana Buddhist thought, no matter how this particular branch is hoping to realize a Reality in his own-self and therefore it might be called the religious way of Self-inquiry(己事究明の行道) lasting throughout a whole life, it should be done for the salvation of all sentient Beings. Here the title of this Chapter "Currency" (流通 Ruzuu in Jp.) means the spread of the Buddha Dharma all over this earth.
However Currency of Buddha Dharma might not be the same as so-called religious Mission or social service done under the name of religion. For Tourei, "currency" actually means transmission of Unextinguished Lamp of Zen (in fact, this was the title of his work) to only a few students. Torei writes as follows;
As Tourei teaches here in its most impressive example, "Currency" does not mean to scatter Zen to the masses of world, but maintain the fruit and its seed within deep individual person so that his existence itself could naturally be a shining Lamp for the world of Darkness. This is nothing but what Zen Patriarchs have taught as "The Great Compassion of Non-object"(無緣の大悲 Muen no daihi) which is entirely different from ordinary Compassion occasionally given to a particular Object(衆生緣の慈悲 Shujyouen no jihi). And Tourei here stresses the importance of this specific sort of Compassion as an Ultimate purpose of Zen study.


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A 25-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father and younger brother for over nine years with the tacit consent of her mother in the Krishna Nagar locality here, police said.
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K. Saito, R. Kumazawa, T. Seki, H. Kasahara, M. Osakabe, M. Isobe, F. Shimpo, G. Nomura, T. Watari, S. Murakami, M. Sasao, T. Mutoh, LHD Experiment Group
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Various ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) heating experiments have been conducted in the Large Helical Device (LHD) by changing the magnetic field strength and the wave frequency using hydrogen and helium. When the resonance layer of hydrogen was located in the peripheral region on the lower-magnetic field side, efficient electron heating, i.e., mode conversion heating, was realized. When the ion cyclotron resonance layer was located near the "saddle point" of magnetic field strength, where the gradient of the magnetic field strength is zero, hydrogen ions were efficiently heated by the minority ion heating. The second-harmonic ion cyclotron heating experiments were also conducted by decreasing the magnetic field strength, and the plasma was successfully sustained for 1 s. Ion tails were observed in the ion heating modes. High-energy ions were well confined by the inward-shifted magnetic configuration. The ion tail formed by the second-harmonic heating was enhanced by the injection of a perpendicular neutral beam.
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