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The Original Consciousness and the Dharma Realms
Sung, Chi-li
The purpose of demonstrating Dharmic realities (phenomena)
is to reveal Buddha's wisdom and illustrate the truth of his
visions. By "emitting light" and releasing Divine Light
Avatars (or "Fen Shen"), the radiant Dharma realms can be
illuminated for all to see.
The method of demonstrating Dharmic phenomena is to emit
light and release "Fen Shen," a conscious and separate
spiritual entity who can lead humans to the higher realms
and all of the various Buddha-lands (the "Pure Lands").
The purpose of demonstrating Dharmic phenomena is to
illuminate and unlock the wisdom and abilities hidden within
our Original Consciousness, with which we can then enter the
Pure Lands.
The various fantastic visions and images witnessed by
followers of Sungchili's "Fen Shen" are precisely these
demonstrations of Dharmic phenomena. When the brilliance of
the Dharma realms meets, coincides, and resonates with the
wisdom and ability in our own consciousness, suddenly, in
the blink of an eye, all of the "three periods of time" and
the "ten directions of space," as well as all of the
heavenly Buddha lands will manifest spontaneously from the
Original Consciousness, and enlightenment will be reached. A
Buddhist sutra states: "…all of us have a Buddha-self
nature, and the Pure Lands lie within our consciousness."[1]
The Dharma realms embody space and time; in fact, the Dharma
realms encompass all the dimensions of space and time of the
universe, including humanity's past, present, and future
(the three periods of time). Simply put, the Dharma realms
are the collection of all dimensions of space and time of
the universe – the term "Dharma realms" is used to refer to
and represent all things contained in universal time and
space. The visions of the Dharma realms, as witnessed by
"Fen Shen"'s followers, are a direct consequence of the
light emitted by Sungchili's Divine Light Avatar. The reason
that Sungchili's "Fen Shen" emits light to illuminate the
Dharma realms is to reveal the origins of Celestial body and
ultimate destination of human life: to transcend the
transience of birth, aging, sickness, and death, and dwell
in the permanence, peace, and everlasting light of the
Dharma realms (or Heavenly kingdom or all Buddha's Pure
Lands). After transforming the nature of our lives from
transient to eternal, how do we humans live peacefully and
forever in the radiant Pure Lands? How do the heavenly
worlds exist and subsist? What does it mean that cremated
ashes (the result of a transient life on earth) are
transformed into precious crystals by "Fen Shen's" light
emitting? Is it an illusion or a true reality that "Fen Shen"
reveals the heavenly realms of the Pure Lands?
Sungchili's "Fen Shen" radiates light to unfold the concept
and purpose of universal life. From the minute details of
our daily life, to the magnificence and splendor of all of
the universe's contents, the teachings of "Fen Shen" prevail
in the lives of all modern people. When his "Fen Shen" is
caught on camera, the transcendental thought form
photographs which emerge are visual illustrations of higher
realities. When his "Fen Shen" appears during the disasters
of human life, it replaces calamities with blessings. At all
times, his "Fen Shen" is silently witnessing the human
condition, from birth through the processes of aging,
sickness, and death, and making the appropriate
"adjustments." The recipients of his light emissions
experience these adjustments as inner balance, harmony, and
peace. When the body expires, "Fen Shen" radiates light to
transform the cremated ashes into precious gems to entice
forth the wisdom and ability inherent in our Original
Consciousness that will allow us to take on the same
appearance of our current human form again, in order to
march toward the eternally bright Dharma realms.
By resurrecting the Original Consciousness of the humans who
exist on earth today, "Fen Shen" transforms human wisdom and
gives it form, animation, and material, just as the nature
of the Universal Light Body is materialized when cremated
ashes are turned into crystallized gems. Those who have
personally experienced the miracles of "Fen Shen" are able
to truly recognize that theory has become reality and myth
has become real. "Fen Shen"'s followers have joyfully
exclaimed, "This has never happened before!" The Divine
Light Avatar emits light to illuminate the treasures of the
Dharma realms, which far transcends the experience contained
in all of human science and philosophy.
With appreciative hearts and without any prior notice, many
followers of "Fen Shen" spontaneously gather on Sundays to
create an assembly that praises the Light that they have
witnessed. With hearts full of joy and eyes filled with
tears, they gratefully extol the virtues and miracles of
life. The glow and joy of their inner hearts seem to
transcend the mundane cares of the world and elevate them
into holiness. When the five senses of the physical body can
penetrate the endless layers of radiant Dharma realms, we
realize that the three periods of time, the ten directions
of space, and all the Buddha-lands in the Buddhist sutras
are no longer distant and unreachable. Heaven is truly
close. Paradise is not far away. After enlightenment, the
boundless future Pure Lands immediately present complete
brightness and joy. The distance between life and death is
actually only as thin as a line. The boundaries between near
and far, big and small, ancient and modern, inside and
outside, and beginning and end have become impossible to
draw. When our consciousness joins the Dharma realms and
begins to follow its constantly revolving movement,
everything can be induced or contained within a thought.
Eternity merges into a single thought; a single thought
encompasses eternity. The Original Consciousness and the
Dharma realms harmoniously re-unite, returning to equality,
to balance, to the center (which is the true meaning of the
"Wheel"), and to the steadiness of the absolute.
The experiences and the hearts of "Fen Shen's" followers
contain understanding, brightness, and joy, for they have
found the true meaning of life, and were made to see, in an
instant, the true direction and purpose of life. Human life
is no longer aimless, illusive, and full of endless
hardship. Humanity need no longer bemoan the uncertainty and
helplessness of life. The Original Consciousness has
obtained resurrection and rebirth. The followers are
empowered to face the processes of birth, aging, sickness,
and death with joy and celebration. They have achieved
sudden enlightenment with just a single thought, and
therefore released themselves from life's constraints,
transcending worry and hardship to join existence in the
eternally radiant Dharma realms.
Human life is insignificant because it is transient. The
Dharma realms, on the other hand, are immense, as vast as
space. And space is permanent, existing eternally, and
eternity is immense! The distinction between insignificance
and immensity, the boundary between transience and eternity,
the line between life and death; therein lies the truth and
purpose of universal human life, which flows out vividly
through the mouths of "Fen Shen's" witnesses.
"Fen Shen's" followers often ask for demonstrations of the
Dharma. Sungchili's "emission of light" through his "Fen
Shen" or "Divine Light Avatar" are, in themselves,
demonstrations of Dharma. Revealing Dharma with the spoken
language can actually create and increase doubts! Language
has no way of illustrating the contents of the Dharma
realms, so we can only observe quietly and purify our hearts
with personal proof, or with our own experiences as witness.
Following the light of the Celestial Body, our own
consciousness can, by means of exaltation from the light,
revolve all around the Dharma realms, and the wisdom and
ability of our consciousness can thus be accordingly
invoked. If the wisdom and ability of our own consciousness
manifests itself into an image, into a "Fen Shen," then the
purpose of the Dharma demonstrations will have been
attained. "Fen Shen's" followers, or "those who glorify the
Light," then attain enlightenment by witnessing the
demonstrations of Dharma given by Sungchili's Divine Light
The Dharma realms cannot be understood using language or the
spoken word. The Dharma realms are born from within our own
consciousness. Therefore, by returning to the heart, each of
us can develop the wisdom and ability hidden there, and in
doing so, can activate our own Original Consciousness. This
will allow us to leave our physical body and enter the
radiant, heavenly Dharma realms, there to dwell peacefully
and in utmost bliss!
[1] Buddha's Teaching on the Amitabha Sutra, trans. Kumarajiva, 14
Dec. 2007 http://www.cbeta.org/result/normal/T37/1762_001.htm


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It has been officially released. Let me know what you think.
It has been officially released. Let me know what you think.
Nice. But how could you leave out Buffalo Trace's Rain Vodka? Distilled from corn.
"This is the real article. It is double-rectified busthead from Madison County, aged in the keg. A little spoonful would do you a power of good."
-True Grit by Charles Portis
I almost used it, but it's a $20 or in some places a sub $20 bottle. Not "Top Shelf" enough. Cool bottle though.
Interesting article, but some of the best vodka I've run across (and it has also run over me, so to speak) is Austin, Texas own Tito's Vodka. A great vodka and very reasonable price.
I agree on Tito's. It's actually my house vodka. To be Top Shelf some marketing and hype could be involved, but many of the good vodkas in this spread were high quality stuff regardless of their price.
Imperia was on the list as well. We had some other Russian vodkas so we went with those. It was tough to just pick 9-10 vodkas! There are TONS out there.
My wife just returned from 10 days in St.Petersburg and naturally I asked her to bring be back some vodka that the locals recommended (what else?). One was Lex Nemiroff, which I haven't seen in the U.S. and another is totally written in Russian so I'm sorry I can't give you some idea of the name. It's in a smaller bottle, probably what you'd get with a Big Mac (ha!). I'm working up the courage to try them once I link up with an old buddy from the second grade that can make a martini to do them justice. No-- in the second grade we weren't drinking martini's. That came much later... the 7th grade (ha!)
Next to Tito's the regular old Ketel One is hard to beat also IMO, but you're right. All these top shelf vodkas are very, very fine!
Wouldn't want to go too heavy on that oak, now.Debowa Polska Premium...
a sliver of oak inside imparts flavor to the rye-based ingredients.
I remember the first year I made wine I couldn't yet bring myself to spring for an oak barrel, so I threw some oak chips into the glass carboys. It gave perhaps 5% of the character of a real barrel: some vanillins, some tannins, but none of the oxygenation and evaporation that synergize within a barrel to make good red wine.
That said, I expect the sliver of oak may be a large part of the flavor, considering how...sparse...are the flavor components in a spirit that approaches GNS.
The main sensory experience I get from vodka, aside from ethanol, is the mouthfeel; is it thin, astringent, oily, viscous, etc. The notes "full bodied" and "silky, creamy" are the ones to which I can relate. Of course, how cold one drinks one's vodka also has a lot to do with those characteristics.

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Halloween had barely ended when the first tinsel and red and green decor started going up in Wilmington area drug stores this year.
Commercial Christmas is upon us – nearly a month and a half ahead of schedule. Some Charlotte stores were revving up "Jingle Bells" in September.
With the exception of local performance groups, who start practicing Christmas and holiday music in September for early December concerts, why does the Christmas season seem to get earlier each year?
Is it an economic thing, maybe stores jumping the gun earlier and earlier each year to gobble more cash before the Thanksgiving turkey even gets stuffed? Early Christmas layaway deals are enticing many to get into the holiday spirit sooner.
Last year, The Atlantic did a series on Santanomics about whether or not the holiday season was actually bad for the economy.
Santa Claus is even coming early to Wilmington this year, arriving at Independence Mall on Nov. 17.
But does celebrating Christmas, even passively, for a month longer than usual twist the holiday's meaning? When is too soon to start Christmas?


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It is my great pleasure to invite you to the 8th edition of the Jazztopad festival. This has been the fourth time that I have had the privilege of preparing the festival's programme and this will be the next time we are about to experience the exceptional jazz events!
Three years ago, the nature of the festival was changed to include such fundamental objectives as: asking both young as well as renowned composers to prepare their compositions, supporting young musicians, inviting the biggest jazz stars (and convincing them to prepare special projects), establishing a strong and international reputation of the festival through participation in international platforms and projects, organising workshops with the most significant jazz musicians and creating unique projects that will be performed exclusively during our festival.
For both myself and the entire festival team, the Jazztopad festival is first of all a great celebration of music, that is perceptibly distinct from regular seasonal concerts. For this reason, the presentation of the tailor-made projects is particularly important to me. The entire pleasure and value is in the creation of exceptional projects that are challenging for both the musicians as well as the audience.
So far, we have had the pleasure to be the host to renowned artists such as Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Kenny Wheeler or Gary Peacock. The great musicians who have prepared their compositions for us include: John Surman, Terje Rypdal and Kenny Wheeler, and also brilliant young Polish musicians: Piotr Damasiewicz and Nikola Kołodziejczyk.
The Jazztopad festival has become a part of the initiative involving five most important European festivals under the Take Five: Europe scheme (designed for the most talented young-generation musicians). In addition, we have been also providing support for the emerging jazz stars for three years as part of the international jazz platform JazzPlaysEurope.
This year's edition of the festival is a natural continuation of the process that started three years ago.
Obviously, the legendary Sonny Rollins concert will be the greatest event. This autumn, the jazz giant will give his concerts in only four European cities! We are truly proud that Wrocław, together with the Jazztopad festival, is one of them.
This will also be the first Polish concert of Fred Hersch, the outstanding American pianist who has written new compositions for a jazz trio and a chamber orchestra exclusively for us.
This will be the third time that we will be presented with the result of the JazzPlaysEurope jazz laboratory which will be working in Amsterdam this year with Michał Bryndal representing Poland.
Two very intimate evenings are ahead of us: the duet of Dave Liebman — the long-standing companion of Miles Davis — with Richie Bairach and the duet of the Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson with Jon Fält. These will be the only such concerts in Europe.
The last weekend will see a peculiar marathon organised as a part of the 2011/2012 North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Culture Season in Poland. The project titled "24h Run: What's in the fridge?!" is designed to fill various interiors in the Wrocław city centre with jazz music from Germany and Poland for 24 hours with as many as three culminating concerts at the Wrocław Philharmonic: Invisible Change, Maciej Obara Quartet and the final premiere of the Uri Caine's composition for the Lutosławski Quartet.
I hope that you will find both the programme and the format of the festival interesting.
Piotr Turkiewicz, Artistic Director


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Figure 3.
Performance analysis of methods tested. Performance analysis of RAId_DbS, X! Tandem(v1.0), Mascot(v2.1), OMSSA(v2.0), and SEQUEST(v3.2). Panels (A) and (C) display the results from 6, 734 spectra in profile format, while panels (B) and (D) display the results from 6,592 centroidized spectra obtained from [19]. In panels (A) and (B), typical ROC curves are shown with the number of false positives (FP) plotted along the abscissa, and the number of true positives (TP) plotted along the ordinate. Thus, a curve that is more to the upper-left corner implies better performance. To unveil the information in the region of small number of false positives, usually the region of most interest, we have plotted the abscissa in log-scale. In panels (C) and (D), a different types of ROC curves are shown. Defining the cumulative number of true negatives by TN and the cumulative number of false negative by FN, the ROC cuves in panels (C) and (D) plot "1 – specificity" (FP/(FP + TN)) along the abscissa (also in log-scale), and the sensitivity (TP/(TP + FN)) along the ordinate. For each method tested, the area under curve (AUC) of this type of ROC curves, when both axes are plotted in linear scale, is also shown inside parentheses in the figure legend. All the AUC have an uncertainty about ± 0.005. Note that ROC curves of this type do not reflect the total number of correct hits and methods that report very few negatives may result in a lower specificity and superficially seems inferior. For example, X! Tandem may be victimized when evaluated using this type of ROC curves. Also note that in panel (D) the trend of AUC for Mascot, X! Tandem, and SEQUEST is consistent with previously reported results [14]. For X! Tandem, Mascot, OMSSA, and SEQUEST, the default parameters for each method were used in every search. However, the maximum number of miscleavages is set to 3 uniformly. It is observed that analysis using profile data giving rise to better ROC curves than those of centoidized data. Although this may be due to the fact that the profile data contain more information, it may also be caused by spectral quality and sample concentration variations.
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is it safe to spend the money? tax refund
IRS is not meant to open tell Jan 30th right?
well i checked my bank account today. and my tax refund was there.
Partially this. A friend on the Navy base got an email saying they had recieved her tax return statement, BUT they are not allowed to process anything until the 30th, they can calculate everything but you are not allowed the money until the 30th. Call them OP.
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are you sure it's your refund? they select a certain few to go through early but everyone else has to wait til jan 30.
It doesn't matter if it went in earlier then anticipated. The IRS is not going to take your refund back. It would be different if they refunded more then expected, but that is not the case.
It is no different if it goes in your bank now or in two weeks. Go ahead and spend it.
They accepted our return on January 18th. We should get ours any day now.
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Last night I headed off to do Nike & Elle's 10k in Victoria Park. I had spent the morning at the polo, as you do, and so my race food preparation was a little off. With vodka soaked cherry tomatoes, scones, foie gras, strawberry moose and the most delicious white chocolate moose jumping around in my belly, I thought I may hurl but there was no time for that!! I did mine in under 50mins and bar a nasty blister am feeling positively wonderful today! Seriously, such an incredible initiative, it was amazing to see thousands of young women competing against each other, supporting each other and ultimately necking champagne to toast their achievements…. Off to swallow some DIY vodka tomatoes!


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After studying photography at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, Bohr was awarded a du Maurier grant and spent one year in Japan. In 2007 he completed a master's degree program at the Royal College of Art in London and is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at Westminster University in London. Chosen as one of fifty young photographers showing great promise for inclusion in the exhibition "reGeneration: 50 photographers of tomorrow" at the Musee de l'Elysee in Switzerland and elsewhere, Bohr was then selected from among their number as one of five photographers showing work in the exhibition "Making, Marking, Mapping -- approaches to the next generation" at the Photo Gallery International in Tokyo.
It is to people that Bohr turns his keen perception. In "No Ball Games" he depicted children in a low-income area in the Edinburgh suburbs, in "The Observatories" people taking in the scenic views offered by observatories around Japan, and in "Floating Cities" people practicing musical instruments on the banks of the Tama River. The contemporary reality that we live in the crevice between fact and fiction is cast on the forms of his subjects that emerge emphasized in the distinctive space occupied by the plane of his images.


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Election 2000 Sources
The following list of Internet sites has been compiled by a cooperative effort of several documents librarians. Throughout the campaign look for additions and other revisions to the list. If you know of other sites that you would like to see included, please send me the URL(s) and I'll make the changes. Send suggestions to Jennifer Bryan, Documents Librarian, Indiana University Law Library--Bloomington.
- American Prospect--Election 2000
- Liberal views
- Brookings Institute Priorities 2000
- C-SPAN--Campaign 2000
- Campaign 2000 [Tax Issues]--Office of Tax Policy Research, Univ. of Michigan Business School
- Campaign 2000 Ad Watch
- C-SPAN--Campaign 2000
- From CBSNews.com, this site tracks campaign ads for the presidential election as well as other key races across the
- Candidate official pages:
- Bill Bradley (Democrat)
- Harry Browne (Libertarian)
- Pat Buchanan (Reform)
- George W. Bush (Republican)
- Al Gore (Democrat)
- John Hagelin (Natural Law/Reform)
- Alan Keyes (Republican)
- John McCain (Republican)
- Ralph Nader (Green)
- Center for Voting and Democracy
- Studies how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance.
- CNN/AllPolitics--Election 2000
- Results and exit polls, polls, calendar, money, other links
- Commission on Presidential Debates
- Covers all aspects of the debates with opportunity to express your views through on-line surveys and comment boxes.
- Common Cause--Campaign 2000
- 2000 Presidential Primary Candidate Fundraising Activity
- Democracy Network
- League of Women Voters Education Fund and the Center for Governmental Studies
- electionSearch2000
- Search all the presidential candidates' Web sites for their statements on issues
- Election Statistics
- Clerk of the House
Official vote counts for 1920 to date for federal elections from the official sources of the states and territories.
- Elections U.S.A.
- "all the elections, all the results, all the time..."
- FECInfo--Tony Raymond
- Non-partisan federal candidate campaign money page, 1993-94 to date; political-action-committee and individual contributor
by candidate: "who gave what to which Federal candidates when." Based on U.S. Federal Election Commission data.
- U.S. Federal Election Commission
- Campaign laws; financial information about candidates, parties, & political action committees. Also see
2000 Presidential Primary Dates and Candidate Filing Deadlines for Ballot
Access and Federal Elections and Voting Statistics--official 1996
Presidential primary and general election results, voter registration and turnout.
- FreedomChannel
- FreedomChannel.com is a free, nonpartisan site that introduces video-on-demand into American politics.
- Issues 2000
- Presidential Candidates on the Issues
- iVillage.com
- The Women's Network
Election 2000
- Lycosnews--Vote 2000
- Candidates, issues, polls, election news.
- Net Election
- The Standard has joined with Slate and the Washington Post to cover the candidates, interest groups and businesses of the
2000 elections as they unfold online.
- New York Times White House 2000
- Site requires free registration
- Northern Light Technology--Presidential Campaign 2000
- News and analysis, candidates, other resources
- Open Directory Project--DMOZ/Netscape--U.S. Election 2000
- opensecrets.org--Center for Responsive Politics
- Online source for money in politics data. See also Election 2000
Congressional Races-- Arranged by zip code, state, and candidate.
- Policy.com--Issues Library: Elections
- Includes Campaign 2000
- Politlical Wag
- A new resource for online democracy, this site allows you to participate in discussions on covering political issues from
the upcoming election to the Confederate flag in South Carolina.
- Politics.com
- Candidates, money, polls, calendar, other links
- Politics 2000
- From Salon.com
- Politics1--Ron Gunzburger
- Presidential, Congressional, and state races; political parties; issues and debates; calendar
- Political party official pages:
- Communist Party USA
- Constitution Party (formerly US Taxpayers Party)
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Mom, toddlers sent to hospital after grocery store parking lot crash
All involved expected to be OK
INDIANAPOLIS - A mother and her twin toddlers were taken to the hospital after a van drove on top of their SUV in a grocery store parking lot Wednesday.
The manager at the Marsh store in the 1400 block of West 86th Street said he called 911 when customers ran into the store screaming that there'd been an accident.
Officials said it appears that a woman driving a Chrysler minivan mistakenly hit the gas instead of the brake while parking in the store's lot.
The Chrysler ended up on two wheels on top of a Honda CR-V and a Toyota minivan.
Both the Toyota and the Honda were occupied at the time of the crash, officials said.
The woman in the CR-V had just finished putting her twin 3-year-old sons into their car seats in the back of the vehicle and was getting into the driver's seat when the Chrysler drove on top of the Honda.
The mom and her boys are expected to be OK, but they were sent to the hospital to be checked out.
The woman driving the Chrysler was being treated at the scene.
The woman in the Toyota did not sustain any injuries, and she was able to help the mom and kids inside the Honda.


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Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington recently went on KESN-FM 103.3 to talk all things baseball. Here are some of the highlights:
On Colby Lewis getting mad about unwritten rules:
Ron Washington: "I think you can look at that and everybody will have a different opinion. Colby said how he felt about it and I'm going to end it right there."
On the unwritten rules in baseball:
Ron Washington: "I don't think there are too many unwritten rules in baseball. The interpretation is to the person who wants to say it's unwritten. Meaning it could be whatever mentality you decide you want to have in the way that it effected you."
On the possibility of a six-man rotation:
Ron Washington: "I don't think so. Some teams are doing it because they have a lot of young pitchers and they want to watch the pitch count or amount of innings they gather. It may happen in that sense, but for the most part the game is traditionally five. I mean, it used to be some players pitching every Thursday."
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|Effect of diltiazem and metoprolol on left atrial appendix functions in patients with nonvalvular chronic atrial fibrillation.
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|OBJECTIVES: Thrombo-embolic events are the important cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (CAF). The origin of thromboembolism is often the left atrial appendix (LAA). Flow rate velocity (FRV) inside the LAA is the major determinant of thrombus formation. The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of diltiazem and metoprolol used for ventricular rate control on FRV of the LAA in CAF patients and thus to evaluate the positive or negative effects of these two drugs on thromboembolic events. METHODS: Sixty-four patients were included in the study. All patients were suffering from CAF for more than a year. The patients were allocated to two groups according with agent used for rate control- metoprolol (Group 1; n=31) and diltiazem (Group 2; n=33). Transesophageal echocardiography was applied to all patients and LAA FRV was measured by a pulse wave Doppler in the 1/3 proximal portion of the LAA. The measurements were repeated after applying 5 mg metoprolol to Group 1 and 25 mg diltiazem to Group 2 via venous cannula. RESULTS: In Group 1 after metoprolol LAA flow velocity changed from 0.25 +/- 0.90 m/s to 0.25 +/- 0.10 m/s (p>0.05). In group 2 after diltiazem left atrial appendix FRV decreased from 0.21 +/- 0.9 m/s to 0.19 +/- 0.6 m/s (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with CAF metoprolol used for ventricular rate control had no effect on LAA flow velocity and the observed decrease in LAA flow rate velocity with intravenous diltiazem was insignificant.
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|Title: Anadolu kardiyoloji dergisi : AKD = the Anatolian journal of cardiology Volume: 7 ISSN: 1302-8723 ISO Abbreviation: Anadolu Kardiyol Derg Publication Date: 2007 Mar
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Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / administration & dosage, pharmacology*, therapeutic use
Atrial Appendage / drug effects*, physiology, ultrasonography
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology*, ultrasonography
Atrial Function, Left / drug effects*
Blood Flow Velocity / drug effects
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Diltiazem / administration & dosage, pharmacology*, therapeutic use
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Infusions, Intravenous
Metoprolol / administration & dosage, pharmacology*, therapeutic use
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It's time for another Small Business News roundup. Here are the news links and blog posts that are shaking up the small business online community for March 8, 2010 hand picked by the team at Small Business Trends.
Small Business celebrates the Oscars! Hey, what small business leader has time to watch a movie? But if you happen to slip one into you're busy schedule, here are some cool lessons you can learn, from author and speaker Barry Moltz. Small Business Trends
Motivating employees in a small business might be a no-brainer for some. Here's a primer for those of us who may need a bit more help. HarvardBusinessReview.org
Need to sell your business? Call a lawyer. An attorney with entrepreneurship in his blood answers some questions about how they can help. NYTimes.com
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Just say no to more LinkedIn invitations. When is it time to put an end to endless network building? Global Copywriting
But before you write off that LinkedIn account completely! Here are five ways to make your virtual Rolodex turned business media network really rock. Online Marketing Blog
What Rambo could teach every marketer and small business owner about blogging. It's all about the risks you take. Much like this post. Flowtown.com
What small businesses can learn from Obama, Dunkin Donuts and American Express. And why your business simply can't ignore the texting revolution. OpenForum.com
Do you have free content about your business online? If not, it could be costing you and your business huge numbers of new customers. Duct Tape Marketing
Forget about e-commerce and get ready for m-commerce. The M stands for "mobile" and it will completely change the way you do business online … again. SEO-SMO.net
Touch screen technology enables more mobile small business. Read a review of the latest in tablet computer technology for the small business owner or professional on the move. SmallBizTechnology.com
Who is the "mayor" of your small business? Don't know what we're talking about? Better read this. Catalyst Marketers
What if online content creators can't make money from advertising? An increasing number of online visitors not only want their content free but are employing software to block the advertising that pays for it. WSJ
Not every cloud has a silver lining. Despite economic gains and government efforts, a recent survey shows optimism among small business owners has not improved. NFIB
You ain't seen nothing yet. A proposed health care reform package still being fought over in Washington will likely cost us WAY more than we thought. National Review Online
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The roof of a building not only needs to protect against cold, wind and rain but also against heat. If insufficiently insulated, a roof can quickly become a source of energy loss or heat gain of the building.
During hot summer days, the external roof temperature can reach up to 85°C1 with the majority of the heat blocked by the tiles. However, some heat may penetrate this layer and warm up the loft depending on the insulation product and/or its thickness for example.
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Last week I saw a tired-looking fellow standing in front of a broken down elevator.
I flopped onto a bench after having a rough time hitching myself up three flights of stairs to the third floor in this medical building. "I wish you were an elevator repair person," I said.
"I am. I'm not in uniform 'cause it's my day off. Most people who see the doctors in this building can't climb steps."
"Well, I'm so glad you're here." I pointed to my cane. "I bet you never get thanked because once the elevator's fixed, nobody knows you're the one who fixed it."
"That doesn't matter. I know."
After my doctor's appointment, I made it down the stairs to the lobby, where the man was now working. My husband, Bob, pulled up in our truck, but there was something I wanted to do before I went outside.
Usually I allow my dreadful nervousness to stop me from saying what I feel in my heart. But that day, I forced myself to say to the elevator man, "I appreciate you helping people like me." Then I stammered, "You're an incredibly — special person. I wish I could say more than, 'Thank you.'"
He slowly turned toward me. "You just did," he said. Then he touched the brim of his cap and nodded goodbye.
When I got in our truck, Bob said, "What happened? Your face is all red."
I put my head in my hands. "I just hate it that I get so ridiculously worked up over things everyone else can do. When I told the elevator repairman how special he was, my hands shook and I stumbled over words. I couldn't calm down!"
He touched my hand. "Everybody's afraid of something." He kissed my forehead. "Being scared doesn't matter. To do what's right, you can't wait until you calm down because that may never happen."
I sighed. "That's not very encouraging."
"Yes it is. Being calm isn't what's important. What's important is courage. And real courage is doing what you did, in spite of being afraid."
"But it was such a small thing," I said.
"It wasn't small to you. And it wasn't small to him."
I looked back to see the fellow leaving the building. When he saw me, he gave me a thumbs up-sign. The elevator was fixed.
And so, nobody will know that this extraordinary gentleman went in on his day off and made it so that the people who can't climb stairs would be able to see their doctors.
He didn't care that no one would know. Instead, he cared about doing a heartfelt deed because it was the right thing to do.
And because of my sweet husband's wise words, that was all I now cared about too.
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There has been disappointment about Andrew Bogut, and with good reason. He has been a presence on the Warriors in the sense of mostly being an absence. And now, in addition to his bum ankle, he has a bad back and he has a doctor's note for more absences. If he were a student, you'd call him a truant.
Bogut's status — call it non-status — raises a question. Did the Warriors blow it March 13 when they traded Monta Ellis for Bogut? Other players were involved, but Ellis and Bogut were the crux of the issue.
There's another way to phrase the question. Would you prefer the Warriors never had made that dramatic trade?
If you answered yes, if you prefer the Warriors did not make that trade, you need to look at the NBA standings where the Warriors, who finished third from the bottom in the Western Conference last season, are currently in sixth place. The Ellis-for-Bogut trade was a winner even though Bogut has missed a ton of games, even though, for a while, he was playing every other game — admittedly, a peculiar arrangement — even though he has a bulging disk which could keep him out a while.
How can this be? You trade your best player for essentially no player and it's still a good deal?
Let's start by saying life can be very strange. But something so vague won't satisfy you. How about this?
The Warriors benefited tremendously by getting rid of Monta Ellis. Understand, this is not a bash-Monta column. He was a hard-working, popular Warrior and he is a good player. But he was all wrong for the Warriors.
He and Stephen Curry did not play well together in the backcourt. They also did not defend well as a unit. Someone had to go. And Curry is the better player. That's obvious.
Before the Warriors traded Ellis, they were a few games under .500. That means they were Nowheresville. Ellis' heroic efforts elevated them to the Land of the Mediocre. After the Warriors traded Ellis, they lost 22 of 27 games, really tanked — although "tanked" is a loaded word — and entered the Land of the Miserable, and finished with an unspeakable 23-43 record.
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On Death Row
Season 2 Premieres Tuesday, September 3 at 9/8c
Werner Herzog's Into the Abyss debuted in September 2011 to rave reviews and festival buzz from Telluride to Toronto. Exploring the intricate details and emotional aftermath of a triple homicide in Conroe, Texas, Herzog sought to better understand the impact of life in prison and the shattering effects of the death penalty. Of the two young perpetrators featured in the film, one will spend most of hislife in prison while the other was executed just eight days after his interview with Herzog.
In season two of the four-part companion television series, ON DEATH ROW, created by Herzog exclusively for Investigation Discovery (I.D.), the Academy-Award nominatedfilmmaker dives deeper into the abyss of the human soul. Through interviewswith four additional inmates awaiting their appointment with a lethal injection, Herzog conducts a uniquely thought-provoking analysis of why people, and the state, kill.
Each episode of ON DEATH ROW features an intense interview with a death row inmate to hear their own account of life in captivity and the crime that condemnedthem. While German-born Herzog respectfully disagrees with capital punishment, the series is not focused on the politics surrounding the death penalty. Instead, in true Herzog style, he explores the emotions that these men and women go through as they possess the haunting knowledge of exactly when - and how - they are going to die.
Robert Fratta Premieres Tuesday, September 3 at 9/8c
Herzog explores the thoughts and character of death row inmate Robert Fratta, sentenced in 1996 for the murder of his wife, Farah, who was gunned down in the family garage in Texas. Sexual deviation, bitterdivorce proceedings, and a killer for hire all figure into the unfolding conversation between Herzog and the condemned man, who maintains his innocence, despite overwhelming evidence of guilt exposed in two separate trials. Facts and events surrounding Farah's murder are recounted on screen by authorities and family members most closely connected to the case, as are the bizarre rituals and contradictions of Fratta's diagnosed narcissistic personality disorder.
Darlie Routier Premieres Tuesday, September 10 at 9/8c
Filmmaker Werner Herzog explores a crime with no discernible motive. In 1996, two of Darlie Routier's young sons were brutally stabbed to death in Texas. Just seven months later, the once doting mother was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection. Through compelling testimonies from investigators and Routier's family members, Herzog offers an unflinching look at this heinous crime.
Blaine Milam Premieres Tuesday, September 17 at 9/8c
In an intimate conversation with condemned inmate Blaine Milam, filmmaker Werner Herzog peels back the layers of mystery surrounding the brutal death of Milam's infant daughter. Postpartum psychosis, methamphetamines and Ouija boards were reported to have played a role in the brutality.
Douglas Feldman Premieres Tuesday, September 24 at 9 PM E/P
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It was heart-warming to hear the applause for Eastham's retiring town clerk, Lillian Lamperti, at town meeting.
She has been so effective at her job, for which she ran unopposed term after term. Now it comes time to elect her replacement. Lillian's choice is our current assistant town clerk, Sue Fischer, whom Lillian has been preparing for this key role for 12 years.
Sue has the right personality and all of the necessary qualifications; but the advantage to our town of electing Sue to this position is Sue's experience. The three others interested in this office have friends in town who support them, but if we use our Cape Cod common sense, we'll realize that all four in the race may be hardworking, ethical and intelligent people, but only one will slide effortlessly into the role. Elect Sue Fischer to Eastham town clerk. It only makes sense!
I would also like to thank our retiring town moderator, Dave Schroepfer, for his service and recommend former Albany Law School professor Steve Wasby as his replacement. He will bring knowledge, wisdom and a sense of humor to this challenging role.
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The accident happened on Gateway East near Hawkins just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday near Tony Lama's Factory Store, said police.
Firefighters tell KFOX14 two men were working underneath the truck early Thursday morning after the truck broke down.
That's when authorities said the driver of a car headed eastbound on the gateway crashed into the truck.
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(Best of 7, all games on Fox (Ch. 17,47,66)
Game 1: St. Louis 7, Detroit 2, Saturday, St. Louis leads 1-0
Game 2: St. Louis (Weaver 5-4) at Detroit (Rogers 17-8), 8:23 p.m. today
Game 3: Detroit at St. Louis, 8:33 p.m. Tuesday
Game 4: Detroit at St. Louis, 8:27 p.m. Wednesday
Game 5: Detroit at St. Louis, 8:27 p.m. Thursday
Game 6: St. Louis at Detroit, 7:57 p.m. Oct. 28
Game 7: St. Louis at Detroit, 8 p.m. Oct. 29
Cards' GM not happy with All-Star impact
Just like 2004, the St. Louis Cardinals are opening the World Series on the road. Just like then, they're not happy about the All-Star game being the deciding factor. "I don't think it's right," general manager Walt Jocketty said Saturday. "I'll probably get reprimanded for saying that, but I don't care. "I don't think there was anything wrong with the way it was, where you alternated. That was more fair."
Giving the league that wins the All-Star game home field advantage began as a two-year experiment in 2003 to make the game more attractive to fans and more meaningful for teams. The idea was extended last season.
The American League has won the home field advantage for the World Series for four straight years.
Quick turnaround
After beating Roger Clemens and the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the 2004 NLCS, the Cardinals celebrated well into the night, got a few hours sleep, hurriedly packed, jumped on a plane and were at Fenway Park for batting practice before they knew it.
Manager Tony La Russa felt that hectic atmosphere factored into the Cardinals getting swept by Boston.
"We celebrated until 4 or 5 in the morning, and then you had to kind of stumble around the house packing your family," La Russa said. "We didn't get to Boston till early evening and it was just a mess. And then the first game was there, and it was a rush."
Although this year's situation is the same - clinch on Thursday, play in the World Series on Saturday - La Russa fears no hangover.
Instant classic
For the first time, fans can own a commemorative DVD of a World Series game only days after it's played. Major League Baseball Productions and A&E Television are collaborating on the effort. The DVDs, which will retail for $19.95, will be packaged with customized artwork including the game number and date.
Fans can log on to MLB.com and Amazon.com to pre-order one or more games. Fans can order the games through Dec. 31.
Projected rotations
Game 1: RH Justin Verlander (17-9, 3.63)
Game 2: LH Kenny Rogers (17-8, 3.84)
Game 3: LH Nate Robertson (13-13, 3.84)
Game 4: RH Jeremy Bonderman (14-8, 4.08, 202 Ks)
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Game 7: TBA
Game 1: RH Anthony Reyes (5-8, 5.06)
Game 2: RH Jeff Weaver (5-4, 5.18)
Game 3: RH Chris Carpenter (15-8, 3.09)
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With stories and gardening activities, this book invites readers to learn about growing native crops and using them in recipes. Learn how to make corn husk dolls and gourd birdhouses, play the Cherokee Butterbean Game, and more.
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text: On Monday the country marked an extraordinary milestone as we celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act [2] (ADA). To commemorate the occasion the FCC, along with the White House and the Department of Commerce, held a technology showcase displaying the remarkable advances in assistive technology. A short program followed featuring a host of speakers including Chairman Genachowski (whose remarks you can read here [3]) and the President's Special Assistant for Disability Policy, Kareem Dale. Awe-inspiring performance troupes dotted the event. The piece performed by the stunning Wild Zappers [4], an all male deaf dance company, marked a high point. This video was shown as an introduction to the program.


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Obviously there was huge news from Google today, with Google Instant – speeding up searches even more with predictive results instantly available to users. Below are some highlights (the 140 characters, Twitter version) as I watched the live webcast:
1 Billion people use Google each week
In 2009 Google rolled out 500 UI/Ranking changes, 500 in 2010 already #SearchOn
caffeine + real-time + spelling correction + questions & answers + stars in search + google redesign in Google 2010
Google thought of Instant 10 years ago, but at that time it was an April Fool's joke
Google Instant in UK, Spain, France, Italy, Russia next week. What about Canada!!!
How Google will impact Adwords/Analytics http://bit.ly/cL1CnW and http://bit.ly/afsfCq
I was thinking about Google Instant for a bit and how Google could potentially monetize the massive surge of increased visits, what came to my mind was Pay Per Scroll. By leveraging all '3 gears' of Google Instant I bet in the near future we'll eventually see Google Adwords right inside of the predictive search results. They could also take a page out of Twitter's book and introduce "Promoted Predictions" – where it would appear less ad-like but use bolding to distinguish premium listings. I created a quick mock up of what I think the Adword version may look like, see below (click to enlarge).


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Junior guard Imani Brown put the Falcons on her back for a second-straight game and led the Jefferson girls basketball team over Cranford 50-40 in the Group III semifinals on Wednesday at Ramapo High School.
Brown scored a game-high 24 points and has averaged 20 points per game for the Falcons during their state tournament run.
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Utah's Megaplex acquires 11 Westates theaters
The Megaplex Theatres company is expanding and, for the first time, outside of Utah.
Megaplex is acquiring 11 multiplexes in Mesquite, Nev., and the Utah cities of Logan, Cedar City and St. George from Salt Lake City-based Westates Theatres, the companies announced. The acquisition adds 71 screens, and 11,968 seats, to the Megaplex chain, which already operates 84 screens at six locations in Salt Lake City, Sandy, South Jordan, Ogden, Lehi and Centerville.
"We are excited about being able to offer the unique Megaplex movie experience to guests in these additional communities," Blake Andersen, senior vice president of Megaplex Theatres, said in a statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Westates Theatres was founded by Tony Rudman in 1958 with one drive-in theater in Layton, and expanded to more than 100 screens in 25 locations before Rudman's death in 2010.
Tony Rudman Jr., Westates' president, said the company "is pleased that Megaplex will continue the legacy and vision" of his father.
Westates will continue to run the Holladay Center Cinema 6, near the old Cottonwood Mall in Hollday. The company also will continue to operate theaters in Elko, Nev.; Page, Ariz.; and Montpelier, Idaho.
Megaplex part of the Larry H. Miller Group, founded by the late car dealer and Utah Jazz owner has more expansion in the works. The chain is adding to its eight-screen theater at Lehi's Thanksgiving Point, putting in more screens at the Megaplex 17 at Jordan Commons in Sandy and building a facility at West Valley City's Valley Fair Mall that is set to open in November.


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When his name showed up in the Mitchell Report, Andy Pettitte came clean. He admitted in the winter of 2007 to using HGH to help himself recover from an elbow injury, and it could have been an overwhelming black mark on an otherwise squeaky-clean reputation.
But Pettitte said on Monday that he's hardly heard a thing about his connection to performance-enhancing drugs since his embarrassing admission.
"Never hear a word," Pettitte said. "When I came back I never heard about it. Ya'll know how I live my life. I believe that God had his hand on me in that sense. How else can you explain it? How can you ...


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May 23, 2012 by Colin Solan
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Midtown Comics welcomes writer Marjorie M. Liu who will sign her work at the Downtown store on Wednesday June 6th from 6:00 – 7:00pm!
Marjorie is known for her work on such Marvel titles as X-23, NYX, Dark Wolverine, and most recently the much talked about Astonishing X-Men.
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Writer Marjorie Liu signs at Comicopia on Saturday, May 26th from noon – 3:00pm! Northstar's getting hitched so come out for the engagement party!
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The Baltimore Comic-Con is happy to announce the addition of Adam Hughes, Tony Harris, Josh Middleton, and Francesco Francavilla to the line-up of creators appearing at this year's show. The show will be taking place the weekend of August 20-21, 2011 at the Baltimore Convention Center.
As far as cover artists working in comics today, Adam Hughes is among the very best. A 12-year veteran of Gaijin Studios, Hughes is most widely recognized for his pin-up style renditions of female characters, especially over the course of his long runs as cover artist on Wonder Woman and Catwoman. His most recent work includes a 2-page spread featuring Supergirl and Batgirl for Superman/Batman #75 in 2010 and covers for Zatanna (#13-16) in 2011, and he will be providing covers for DC's relaunch of Batgirl which begins in September. Hughes won the Harvey Award for Best Cover Artist in 2001, 2002, and 2003.
Breaking into comics in 1989, Tony Harris made a name for himself as the artist and co-creator of DC Comics' Starman. Also a member of Gaijin Studios, Harris left the Atlanta-based collective to form Jolly Roger Studios. His recent work includes wrapping up a 50-issue run on Vertigo's Ex Machina in 2010 and he is currently working on a project called The Further Adventures of the Whistling Skull.
Josh Middleton broke into the comics industry in 2000 with his work on one of CrossGen's original fours series, Meridian, where he penciled the first six-issue story arc. In 2003, after contributing to Marvel's X-Men Unlimited series, Middleton signed an exclusive with the publisher and helped create the series NYX along with Joe Quesada. Moving on to DC Comics, he served as artist for the mini-series Superman/Shazam: First Thunder, and provided cover art for Vertigo's American Virgin and DC's Supergirl. Middleton's most recent work includes art direction for Warner Brothers Animation's Green Lantern: The Animated Series.
Francesco Francavilla, who is currently wrapping up his run on Detective Comics, will be working alongside Scott Snyder on the upcoming Swamp Thing title (one of DC Comics' "New 52") starting this September. In additon, Francavilla is also the artist on Marvel's Black Panther: The Man Without Fear and is working on several short stories/anthologies at Archaia Entertainment.
"We are all very excited to add these four artist to the growing list of creators attending this year's Con," said Marc Nathan, show promotor of the Baltimore Comic-Con. "These guys helped to shape the look and feel of many modern comics and redefined those characters for a new audience."


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Book List
- Heinemann from Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- National Council of Teachers of English
- National Writing Project
- Teachers College Press, Columbia University
- Write Source
Authors, Illustrators, Photographers
- A Community of Writers: A Workshop, Peter Elbow and Pat Belanoff
- Andy Goldsworthy, A Collaboration with Nature, a stunning book of photography
- A Poem for Every Student, Creating community in a Public School Classroom, Sheryl Lain
- The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers, John Gardner
- The Art of Teaching Writing, Lucy McCormick Calkins
- The Artist's Way, A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, Julia Cameron with Mark Bryan
- Awakening the Heart, Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School, Georgia Heard
- Because Writing Matters, Improving Student Writing in Our Schools, National Writing Project and Carl Nagin
- Bird by Bird, Anne LaMott
- Breaking the Rules, Edgar H. Schuster
- Cohesive Writing, Carol Jago
- Crafting Authentic Voice, Tom Romano
- Early Harvest, An Anthology of Student Writing, edited by Matthew Shenoda for the Rural Readers Project
- The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
- For the Good of the Earth and Sun, Teaching Poetry, Georgia Heard
- Freelance Writer's Guide, edited by James Waller
- Fuel, poetry by Naomi Shihab Nye
- Getting the Knack, 20 Poetry Writing Exercises, Stephen Dunning and William Stafford
- I Am a Pencil, A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories, Sam Swope
- Image Grammar, Using Grammatical Structures to Teach Writing, Harry R. Noden
- It Was A Dark and Stormy Night, compiled by Scott Rice; Bride of Dark and Stormy; Son of It Was A Dark and Stormy Night; It Was a Dark and Stormy Night: The Final Conflict
- Lessons That Change Writers, Nancie Atwell
- Lessons to Share on Teaching Grammar in Context, Constance Weaver
- The Multi Genre Research Paper, Camille A. Allen
- The Muses Among Us, Kim Stafford
- Nature Writing Handbook, John A. Murray
- Old Faithful, Edited by Christopher Edgar & Ron Padgett
- One Writer's Beginnings, Eudora Welty
- Poems Please! Sharing Poetry with Children, David Booth and Bill Moore
- Quantum Teaching, Bobbi DePorter, Mark Reardon, and Sarah Singer-Nourie
- Reading, Writing, Rising Up, Linda Christensen
- Revision Toolbox, Teaching Techniques that Work, Georgia Heard
- Robert Bateman Natural Worlds, gorgeous paintings by Robert Bateman
- Rural Voices, Place Conscious Education and the Teaching of Writing, edited by Robert E. Brooke
- Sentence Composing for Middle School, Don Killgallon
- Spotlight on Comprehension, Building a Literacy of Thoughtfulness, Linda Hoyt with other leading experts
- Walking on Alligators, A Book of Meditations for Writers, Susan Shaughnessy
- What You Know by Heart, How to Develop Curriculum for Your Writing Workshop, Katie Wood Ray
- Words Under the Words, Naomi Shihab Nye
- The Writer's Workout Book, Art Peterson
- Writers Express, Dave Kemper, Ruth Nathan and Patrick Sebranek
- The Write Track, A Handbook for Young Writers, Thinkers, and Learners, David Kemper, Ruth Nathan, and Patrick Sebranek
- The Writing Life, Annie Dillard
- Writing America, Classroom Literacy and Public Engagement, edited by Sarah Robbins and Mimi Dyer
- Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg
- Writing Out the Storm, Jessica Page Morrell
- Writing Toward Home, Georgia Heard
- Writing with Passion, Life Stories, Mulitple Genres, Tom Romano
- You Gotta Be the Book, Jeffery D. Wilhelm
Children's Books That Are Rich With Ideas
- Cloudland, John Burmingham
- January Rides the Wind, beautiful poetry and paintings by Charlotte F. Otten
- Start Writing Adventure Stories, Penny King and Ruth Thomson
- Who Comes? beautiful poetry and paintings by Deborah Chandra
- Poetry 180
Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for students to hear or read a poem each day of the 180 days of the school year. This site is maintained by Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States.
- Bartleby.com
With thousands of poems by hundreds of authors, Bartleby.com offers one of the largest free collections of verse on the web.
- The Atlantic Monthly Poetry Pages
The Atlantic Monthly's home on the Internet
- Fooling With Words
Fooling With Words with Bill Moyers captures the vitality and diversity of contemporary poetry on the web.
- Representative Poetry On-Line
Representative Poetry On-line, includes 2,300 English poems by over 359 poets from the Old English period to the work of living poets today.
- The International Library of Poetry
Poetry.com, sponsored by the International Library of Poetry, is the largest poetry site on the Internet.
- Favorite Poem Project
Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky founded the project to document American's love of poetry. Site includes online submission form, videos, anthologies, and a selection of collected poetry.
- Poet Biographies
Type in 'poet' for a search term to find bios on thousands of poets
- Poetry Slam
A non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of the poetry slam, or the "competitive art of performance poetry." Sit includes slam venues, slam links and slam forums.
Other Resources
Resources - Great Links!
Information Literacy for the Information Age
Website Evaluation
Avoiding Plagiarism
Web Publishing for kids
- Education World: Encourage Student Writing (reviews of several sites)
- Stone Soup: Stories, Poems and Art by Kids (for 8 to 13 year olds)
- Storyteller(more for grades 4-8 or so)
- Books, Stories, and Publishing for Kids (for a class or a student- fee included)
- Kids-Space: Books, Art and Games (for ages 16 and younger)
Peer Review
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Notebook Reviews: Lynne Ramsay's "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Death in Lynne Ramsay's earlier films was a manifestation of their characters' milieu, a pungent scent: Think of the drowning lad going unnoticed in Ratcatcher's garbage-strewn Glasgow, or Morvern Callar's blur of desert and discotheque, where air-freshener is used to mask the presence of a corpse. In We Need to Talk About Kevin, Ramsay's third and worst feature, death is a striptease, a tragedy that, revealed bit by bit by the director's temporal fragmentation, is reduced to coyly obfuscated spectacle. In the first of many visual-aural shocks meant to mingle past and present and keep the nerves frayed, the film cuts from blinding white light and accelerating lawn-sprinkler noises to an overhead view of tomato sauce-covered carousers, a human beehive that introduces both the protagonist (Tilda Swinton) and the recurring motif of splattered reds (paint, soup, jelly, blood). What follow aren't so much scenes as splinters of scenes, synecdoches of Romance (an embrace in the rain), Pregnancy (sideways views of a prenatal class) and Childbirth (a screaming face disfigured by medical glass). For a while, the hyper-thick textures work effectively in visualizing the disorientated mindset of a stranded world-traveler played by the least domestic of actresses, who finds herself married to John C. Reilly and stuck in suburban Connecticut with a kid who looks like he came out of her womb already giving the Kubrick Stare, looming forehead and all.
The kid is Kevin, of course, who goes from shrieking baby to destructive toddler to zombified teen killer. The symbiosis between anxious mother and psychotic son—is she absorbing his growing malevolence out of guilt or responsibility, or is she projecting her own bad vibes onto him?—is what gives the film its shape, the sense of a deforming bulge resulting from turmoil swept under the maternal rug. But Ramsay doesn't let the horror arise from the material; instead, she pulverizes it with a cacophony of clashing sound bridges, crudely symbolic colors and overwrought edits. Like Steve McQueen's Manhattan in Shame, Ramsay's Connecticut is a netherworld of vacant signifiers (Home, Office, Hell) where blunt abstraction and blunt literalism wrestle for control. Also like Shame, it's a vision too self-infatuated to realize how close it is to dark comedy—a sardonic filmmaker (say, the Polanski who located the absurd in the satanic eyes staring out of the cradle in Rosemary's Baby) would have seen the scabrous humor as well as the dismay in the shot of Swinton letting out a tiny sigh after parking her baby carriage next to a deafening power drill. A mishmash of soiled diapers, leaden musical cues and underlined soul-sickness, We Need to Talk About Kevin concludes on a limp retread of Benny's Video-era Haneke, with teenage Kevin (Ezra Miller) staring like a carbon copy of Arno Frisch. It's supposed to shock into catharsis; it instead plays like the merciful final rattle of a relentless anxiety machine.
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Sounds like it produced an aesthtic emotion.
Can't wait to see this.
I think it was Freud who once said that all the phantasmagoric content of a dream can be reduced to nothing more than the bad potato you ate the night before. Sometimes I feel that reduction of dream theory can apply to film criticism as well. I enjoy how you've written this review, even though I wholeheartedly disagree with it, wondering what we each had to eat the night before to have seen such strikingly different movies. Fundamentally, I suspect—and I would have to ask Ramsay this to be sure—but I presumed from the get-go that the film was an intentional dark comedy, very much in the vein of The Bad Seed, achieving effect in hindsight (perhaps) more than in the actual viewing. I thought Tilda's ill-fitting presence in the film was perfect for the character who, throughout, seemed out of her element. And the film's visual motif's struck me as painterly in a truly modern style.
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Name: Tabla
Geographic Region: South Asia
Country of origin: India
Subregion: Northern India
Climatic type: Monsoon system
Time period: 18th Century - Present
Classification: Membranophone
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Physical description | History | Tuning | Technique | Notation | Context | References | Further readings
Physical description
A set of tabla is comprised of two drums: a smaller drum called dayan (and also known as tabla), which is played with the dominant hand, and a larger drum, the bayan (also known as duggi) which is played with the off hand. Both drums are roughly 10 inches high. Both drums feature complex drum heads, known as puri, consisting of several parts. There is a main skin which is covered by a second layer of skin on top, cut away in the middle to leave a ring around the edge. These layers are woven together around the edge using a long leather strap, called the gajra. Finally, the distinctive black dot in the middle of the skin is called the siyahi (also known as the gob), which is a compound made from iron powder, flour, and other ingredients. The siyahi attenuates the harmonic overtones of the drums, giving them their pitched quality. The siyahi on the dayan is centered, while the siyahi on the bayan is off to one side. The dayan is a slightly conical drum made of wood, with a wider base and a skin covering the narrower open end. The head of the drum can vary from a little under 5 inches up to 6.5 inches, depending on the style of music being played. The head of the drum is fastened to the body by means of a very long leather strap which is woven around the drum in a V pattern, starting at a ring at the base of the drum and going up through a hole in the gajra, then back down and so on. There are always 16 holes around the edge. Wooden cylinders are wedged in between the straps (one cylinder for every 2 holes/4 strap lengths) to increase the tension and enable tuning. The bayan is a large, bowl-shaped drum made of metal (copper or brass are favored, although one can find aluminum and iron bayans as well). Clay is also used, but is more rarely seen. The diameter of the bayan is usually around 9 inches. The head is fastened to the body in the same way as the dayan, but without the need for wooden cylinders. In some cases, short wooden rods of a much narrower diameter will be used to keep up tension. Another method of fastening the head uses a light rope which is then tightened using sliding metal rings.
Popular history attributes the invention of the tabla to the 14th century Muslim polymath Amir Khusru, who is said to have cut a pakhawaj (a two-headed barel-shaped drum) into two halves. This is almost certainly a fiction, as references to tabla in texts and images do not appear until the mid 18th century. No decisive history of the tabla has been agreed upon, but they are closely related to many older styles of drums: the barrel-shaped pakhawaj and the South Indian mrdangam both feature a similar multilayered skin construction, while bowl-shaped bass drums similar to the bayan exist in the traditional musics of Rajasthan and other parts of North India. Tabla playing quickly evolved into various regional styles of playing, called gharanas, each with their own particular special playing techniques and compositional methods. The main gharanas come from Delhi, Benares (now known as Varanasi), Lucknow, the Punjab, and Farukhabad. Although the relationship between gharanas has traditionally been one of intense competition and secrecy, modern tabla playing tends towards the inclusion of techniques and compositions from across all the different styles.
The dayan is generally tuned to the tonic pitch of whatever instrument or ensemble they are accompanying. In practical terms, this is usually between B and E, with C# being a very common drone pitch for sitars. In some instances, the dayan will be tuned to the 3rd or 5th scale degree (ga and pa, respectively). The bayan is not tuned to a specific pitch.
The tabla are played almost entirely with the fingers. On both drums strokes are divided into "open" and "closed" sounds, each of which has at least one monosyllabic name for use in aural instruction and memorization. On the dayan, open sounds are produced with the index finger striking either the outer ring (the kinar) the inner ring (maidan) or the black dot in the middle (siyahi). These sounds are called ta, tin, and tun, respectively. Closed strokes involve alternating the index finger with the other three fingers on the siyahi (tete), making a cupped slapping motion on the siyahi (tak), and using alternating sides of the full palm of the hand over the whole head of the drum to produce a muffled "flapping wing" sort of sound (dhere dhere). On the bayan, the open sound is called ghe and is produced with either the index finger or the middle and ring fingers together. Articulation of this sound is achieved by varying pressure with the wrist to modulate the pitch, and also by sliding the wrist across the head in various ways to produce quick glissandi (this last technique being more common in folk and light classical music). The closed sound, kut, is played by slapping the hand down on the head of the drum, with the fingers extending out to the edge.
Indian music is primarily an oral tradition and, as such, has no need of elaborate notational devices. Tabla players learn and transmit compositions by means of reciting strings of syllables called bols which refer to the various sounds of the drum. A rough form of notation is commonly achieved by writing down the syllables into groups which correspond with their metrical placement, but there exists no canonical method for doing this, partly due to the variety in spelling and pronunciation of these syllables from teacher to teacher, and partly due to differing modes of interpreting what a string of syllables means depending on performance context, stylistic school, and so on.
The tabla is used throughout Northern India in all forms of music, but is most often associated with vocal and instrumental classical music, in which it is the predominant form of accompaniment. Devotional musics such as the Sufi qawali, the Hindu bhajan, and the Sikh shabad also make extensive use of the tabla. Lighter song forms, such as the muslim ghazal, as well as Bollywood film soundtracks and Hindi pop music of all sorts also feature the tabla. There is also a tradition of solo tabla performance which has been growing more as time goes on. In all contexts except solo performance the tabla is used as an accompanying instrument whose main function is to clearly articulate the time cycle being used. In this capacity, the tabla player will repeat a basic pattern, called theka, which marks out the strong and weak beats in the cycle, with enough variation and small-scale improvisation to keep the music interesting. In classical instrumental music the soloist will often return to a cyclic melody over which the tabla player solos, although these solos are generally shorter and less frequent than those of the instrumentalist. A usual feature of solos will include a form called q'aida (or kaida), which is a permutative theme-and-variations style form in which a subject is stated and then methodically varied and elaborated upon. Tabla solos end with a cadential pattern called tihai, which is rhythmic figure repeated three times such that the last stroke of the last repetition elides with the first beat of a new time cycle. Some more elaborate cadence patterns exist, such as the chakardar which is a triple tihai. Many other types of solo composition exist, each with their own function. A solo performance will progress through these various forms, going from introductory forms such as peshkar and uttan and mukra through various q'aida, with a rela section involving very fast torrential playing, and punctuating various transition points with tihai along the way. An instrument, usually a sarangi, will play a cyclic melody in the background as a metrical reference.
Dick, Alastair, and Devdan Sen. 1984. "Tabla" In The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, vol. 3, ed. Stanley Sadie. London: MacMillan Press
Further readings
Gottlieb, Robert S. 1993. Solo Tabla Drumming of North India: Its Repertoire, Styles, and Performance Practices. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
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The 9th Annual Girls for a Change conference, 'Operation Innovation,' is planned for Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Montana State University in Bozeman.
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TSN is now reporting that Gonchar has been traded to the bruins. This is their story:
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After shipping out Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra and Robert Lang, the Washington Capitals have dumped some more salary – this time off their own blueline – sending defenceman Sergei Gonchar to the Boston Bruins in exchange for either two players and a draft pick or two draft picks and one player, TSN has learned.All that is required to make the transaction official is the trade conference call that registers the trade with the league.
Sources told TSN the deal is likely to be defenceman Shaone Morrisonn and two draft picks.
Gonchar is in the final year of a four-year, $13.95 million US contract that pays him $3,650,000 this season.
The 29-year old veteran has seven goals and 49 points this season, leading all NHL defenceman in scoring.
The 10-year veteran was taken 14th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Capitals. He made his NHL debut in the 1994-95 season and scored seven points as a rookie. He led all Capitals' defencemen in scoring over the next two seasons and led the team's blueline with 11 playoff points as the Capitals went the Stanley Cup Final in 1998.
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A blogging 20th menswear anniversary celebration
Last June Dolce&Gabbana celebrated 20 years of menswear design during the course of a unique exhibition weekend in Palazzo Marino, Milan.
An Italian style interview with Tiziano Ferro
Dolce&Gabbana's SS11 menswear show at Metropol with Tiziano Ferro: discover what the Italian multi-talented singer has to say about the designers, his style and Sicily.
A 20th menswear anniversary at the Palazzo Marino
Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana commemorated yesterday evening 20 years of Dolce&Gabbana menswear.
A Russian Happy Birthday to Mr. Dolce & Gabbana
For 20th birthday of the Italian menswear line, GQ Russia showed a modern gentleman in the move.
Happy Birthday… Mr Dolce & Gabbana
Sing along with Natasha Poli, David Gandi, Terron Wood and many others a loud Happy Birthday to our favourite Italian designers.
20 years of sicilianità at Dolce & Gabbana
After mentioning sartorialità, sensualità, we need to complete the circle with what is the core of the Dolce&Gabbana spirit: sicilianità.