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One Hundred Zen Dialogues
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- Publisher : Shambhala Publications
- Published : 2005
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 464
- Size : 228 x 152mm
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Chinese Buddhism
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Zen: General
- Catalogue No : 3809
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New paperback edition. A companion volume to Cleary's well-respected translation of "The Blue Cliff Record" this book is the other, equally revered classic collection of koans, the Shoyo Roku. - paradoxical teaching devices which have been associated with Zen since the 10th century. Whatever its source, each koan points directly to the nature of ultimate reality.
Compiled in China in the twelth century, the Book of Serenity is, in the words of Tenshin Reb Anderson, "an auspicious peak in the mountain range of Zen literature, a subtle flowing stream in the deep valleys of our teaching, a treasure house of inspiration and guidance in studying the ocean of Buddhist teachings." Each of its one hundred chapters begins with an introduction, along with a main case, or koan, taken from Zen lore or Buddhist scripture. This is followed by commentary on the main case, verses inspired by it, and finally, further commentary on all of these. The book also contains a glossary of Zen/Chan terms and metaphors.
"Thomas Cleary has translated a medium-sized library of classic texts of Buddhism, Taoism and I Ching studies, and the Book of Serenity is a major contribution to his already staggering body of work." Sam Hamill.
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THE Book of Serenity is a classic text of Chan Zen Buddhism, a vehicle of an ancient knowledge said to go back to time immemorial and to have been originally transmitted from mind to mind. The continuity of Zen transmission was fostered by periodic revisions and renewals in a body of special techniques and the knowledge subtending them. Many of these techniques are encoded in the Book of Serenity, and the use of this kind of literature to help elicit certain perceptions is itself one of these techniques.
The branch of ancient tradition that came to be known as Zen is customarily traced back in Chinese history to the late fifth and early sixth centuries C. E., and was approaching the end of its third overt major phase in China when the Book of Serenity was compiled.
These three phases consisted of the era of the founders (6-8 cent.), who worked to establish the principle of experiential internalization of knowledge against a background of excessive intellectualism; the era of the creative proliferation of different transmission lines with particular modes of presentation (8-10 cent.); and the era of dramatic development of Zen literature and the refinement of the use of stories as a medium of teaching and practice (10-13 cent.).
The founding of Zen in China is traditionally attributed to Bodhidharma (d. 535), an Indian yogin, but one of the founders of Zen in japan, Dogen Zenji (13th cent.) equates the Buddhism transmitted by Bodhidharma with that represented by the earlier Sengzhao, who died in the early fifth century. Sengzhao, an assistant of the famous Buddhist translator Kumarajiva and a great author in his own right, is believed to have actually experienced absolute reality beyond intellect, and his superlative writings were highly esteemed and often quoted in classical Zen lore.
Notably, Sengzhao stated that absolute reality is beyond the grasp of concepts, and therefore can only be experienced intuitively or mystically, not by the discursive intellect. In pursuit of this theme, he wrote that the special knowledge called prajna (gnosis) in Buddhist terminology could not properly be called knowledge in the ordinary sense because it is objectless, comprehending no specific concrete thing but rather the nonexistence of inherent identity in objects of conventional knowledge.
Furthermore, Sengzhao discoursed on relativity and absoluteness in time, on the incomparable experience of direct perception, and on the ultimate unity of all existence. He always maintained the limitation of words, however, and noted that any attempt to express the ineffable I would inevitably be like setting up a target inviting an arrow. His contributions to Chinese Buddhism made him one of the most highly regarded mystics of all time, and someone with whom the later Zen Buddhists felt a special affinity.
The existence of Bodhidharma, the reputed founder of Zen in China, has been questioned by some scholars; other scholars, however, find what appears to be evidence of the existence of at least one Bodhidharma, possibly two or more. Whatever the historical facts of the matter may be, Bodhidharma certainly exists as a symbol of the Zen tradition of the living exemplar, the bearer of the "mind to mind" transmission. His name, which means "the religion of enlightenment," may be taken as representative of the early emphasis of Zen on using Buddhism not as an object of knowledge (intellectualism) but as a means of knowledge (experientialism).
According to Zen tradition, Bodhidharma used only one scripture in his Chinese teaching activity-the Lankavatara-sutra, which he judged to be appropriate to the current state of Chinese civilization. This scripture is one of those used by the school of Buddhism known as "yoga practice" (yogacara) or "doctrine of consciousness".
The doctrine of consciousness represents a quite pervasive thread in Buddhism that is not limited to any one school and very often used in Zen teaching. This doctrine presents the view that phenomena as we conceive and cognize them are not objective realities in themselves, but rather mental constructions made of selected data filtered from an inconceivable universe of pure sense.
To clarify this point, the doctrine defines three natures of phenomena: the imagined, or conceptualized, nature; the relative, or dependent, nature; and the perfect nature. It is held that confusion of these three natures, particularly the habit of holding onto the imagined nature of phenomena as their real nature, inhibits the mind from the freedom and higher development of which it is potentially capable, and restricts the range of experience available to the perceiver.
The imagined nature of phenomena is said to be a representation, a description, which is learned and maintained through conditioning. The world as we know it is therefore looked upon in this teaching as a convention, a set of agreements: thus cultural and individual agreements and differences reach down to the levels of cognition and perception, as anthropological and psychological research have reaffirmed in recent times.
According to the doctrine of consciousness, conventional reality, the imagined nature of things, however important and indispensable for everyday life (and hence not to be abolished by yoga), is not itself objective reality and not the limit of the capacity of consciousness. To misunderstand its representational nature and hold to it fixedly as true reality has a stunting effect on mental activity. Familiar examples of this effect might be such conditions as culture shock and associated misunderstandings, or obstacles to learning behaviors (such as foreign languages) outside of pre-established thinking patterns.
Thus while the process of conventional description and organization of experience in terms mutually coherent to members of a community is by no means to be eliminated from the human repertoire of capacities, being necessary for human life, the doctrine of consciousness recommends that it be recognized as mental representation and that the ability to transcend attachment to mental constructions be cultivated. This is said to allow the development not only of extrasensory perceptions, but of expanded and enhanced descriptive abilities to meet the evolutionary needs of society as well.
The practice of yoga now comes in as a means of actually making this detachment from mental construction a practical possibility. In order that this detachment not become nihilistic or otherwise aberrated, and that altered states of consciousness not merely be substituted as objects of fixation, the doctrine here introduces the principles of the relative and real natures of phenomena concealed beneath the conceptualized description.
The relative or dependent nature is the nature of phenomena as products of interactions of conditions. A generalized example of this commonly used for illustration is the interaction of sense faculties, sense consciousnesses, and sense data. This is the raw material of the selection and organizational process of mental construction. Since the faculties, consciousnesses, and data cannot be apprehended in themselves, outside of their mutual interrelationship, there is no way of grasping their objective nature. Their existence as individual elements, therefore, boils down to a description-a relation of mind and mental object. Hence the principle of the real nature of phenomena states that the imagined nature has no objective reality in the relative nature. This is what is sometimes called "emptiness."
A classic simile is that of a red dye painted on a clear crystal, making it look like a ruby. The red dye represents the imagined or conceptualized nature imposed on the relative nature, represented by the crystal. The real nature is the nonexistence of actual "rubyness" in the crystal. Reflections of this doctrine are to be found throughout Zen lore, and one of the major functions of Zen stories is to help to see through and break up mental fixations.
The Lankavatara-sutra likens the perceived world to waves in the ocean of consciousness. To get to know the real nature of things as they are in the state of "suchness" or "thusness," unpredicated reality, it is essential to still these waves of consciousness. The practice of methods of silencing the mind to see reality without the imposition of conditioned representation is well known in Zen Buddhism. This posed a drawback, however, which is also well represented both in Zen literature and in the writings of outside observers. From the external point of view, the drawback was that this exercise of quiescence gave the appearance of quietism, preventing understanding of the true scope of Zen action. Within Zen schools, emphasis on stilling the mind also led some to regard it as a goal, and successful stilling led some to remain fixated on tranquillity, vitiating their capacity for further progress. In both cases the problem was one of confusing the means with the end. This confusion and its consequences are referred to repeatedly in Zen and other Buddhist lore throughout the ages.
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Where white pants?
Ride naked?
No matter how bad things get, they can't get any better, and they can't get any worse, things are what they are, so you better get used to it Nancy, quit your B*tchin'
Never sit on the saddle. Always ride as if you are climbing
You could just wipe it off with bleach after everytime you ride or get a darker saddle or wear white pants when you ride.
Leave it stained, it adds hipster points because it shows you actually ride your bike and dont give a damn about money.
Color it black.... I heard sharpie does a nice job.
If you duct tape your butt.
I agree on the mr clean magic eraser. I use one to keep my white tires clean.
Coat the saddle in crisco and then cover it in saran wrap.
^ those. works great
they are a micro abrasive. on a wear item like tires, i wouldn't worry about it.
i wouldn't be about to go using those with frequency on a nice part like a saddle unless i wanted the saddle to get worse and worse with time. obviously, it depends on whether the saddle is leather, vinyl, or a different synthetic. for something absorbent like leather, i'd sooner use bleach than magic erasers.
I'd worry about gradual deterioration by using bleach on nice leather but I suppose if you diluted it enough, it wouldn't be a problem. I am thinking about getting a white saddle myself and wonder about keeping it nice. I would guess that precipitation (or more likely, perspiration) would be at the root of the problem but choosing a non-bleeding fabric should also be a priority.
Haven't tried the magic erasers but do notice that they easily take paint off walls, proof of their fairly aggressive abrasive qualities. I might have to try one on my tires though.
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i hear ya, mine is a nice light blue from commuting now. I haven't tried to take it off yet, as i figure it'll just get back on there (why make the bed either? j/k)
If you find something that works, post it because i would like a nice and clean saddle every once and a while
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IMO saddles are like jeans or chuck taylors, they look better used.
I keep my bikes really clean, but i don't worry about the saddle
There's a reason bike saddles are traditionally dark colors. Think about it.


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Two years ago, when a poll was taken of the most influential figures of the millennium, two men from the Midlands dominated the vote. It was not unexpected that a certain Stratfordian playwright should win it, but he was given a run for his money by a Victorian scientist from Shrewsbury.
One hundred and fifty years after he published his theory of evolution by natural selection, Charles Darwin continues to attract admiration, loyalty and, in some parts of the Bible Belt, fierce hostility. His studies may have concentrated on botany and biology, but Darwin's influence runs far deeper than this. The economics of the free market could hardly have been created without him. Nobody - not even his contemporary, Karl Marx - has affected the modern world as much.
The man who put intellectual dynamite under Victorian society could hardly have come from a more quintessentially English background. Early 19th-century Shrewsbury was full of the values of 'Olde England' - agricultural, half-timbered and Tory.
The Industrial Revolution that was under way at Ironbridge and Birmingham was no more than a distant rumble to Shrewsbury. The River Severn, that ancient washerwoman of the Midlands, lapped the gardens of the house where he was born, and the view from the window was of medieval church spires, public school and Norman castle.
But there was something odd about that garden. Where one might have expected a rose there was a fly-catcher and not far from the camellias grew an opium poppy. Not what you might expect in a genteel Shrewsbury garden.
But then, the Darwins were not what you would expect of a genteel Shrewsbury family. Charles's grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, was the man whose unusual plants had found their way into the garden at The Mount. Long before his time, Erasmus had pondered the origins of life and the evolution of species. His son, Robert Darwin, had followed his father into the medical profession, a job that provided steady income and time to pursue other hobbies. But, whereas Erasmus had put that time to use in botany and mechanical experiment, Robert had been speculating and accumulating everything from property and land to industry and canal companies. When he died in 1848 it was said that Dr Darwin owned three-quarters of Shrewsbury and knew the medical secrets of the rest.
Not that all of Dr Darwin's wealth was self-generated. The tradition of Darwins marrying Wedgwoods had redirected plenty of money from the Potteries into the family coffers. Robert's wife, Susanna Wedgwood, had been left pounds 25,000 and a fifth of the Etruria works on her father's death. The family could hardly have been more comfortable. …


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The Marsyangdi River is one of the most outstanding grade IV Kayaking Rivers in the world. Continuous, exhilarating white-water with magnificent mountain backdrops and drains the northern slope of the Annapurna Himal. It flows east through an arid valley around Manang and then swings south to join the Trisuli River at Mugling. Marsyangdi means 'raging river' in local dialect. It was opened to commercial rafting in 1996 and demands 100% Commitment from both crew and guide. It is totally different from the big volume rivers like Sun Kosi and Karnali, the rapids are technical and require a very different approach. Need 100% power and a good line, fast reactions from crew to get through this pinball machine and quickly forges raft crews of complete strangers into true teams.
The rises on the northern slopes of the Annapurna Himal, flows east through an arid valley around Manang, and then swings south to join the Trishuli river at Mungling. One of the most outstanding class-5 rafting and kayaking river in the world. Continuously exhilarating white water with magnificent mountain backdrops Locally, it is used to say that Marshyangdi is the raging river in Nepal and describes one of the best whitewater runs in the world. One of the best class 4 kayaking rivers in the world-continuous, exhilarating whitewater with magnificent mountain backdrops. Recommended for expert kaykers and rafters. The scenery is magnificent with every bend of the river opening up fresh vistas of some of the world's highest mountains, but these are behind-as someone said "great views but you need rear view mirrors".
Remarks- Take-out-Point: Bimal Nadar, Outward travel: 5 ½ hours drive , Best season: Nov/Dec, March/April, Distance: Approximately 45 km
Itinerary- Marsyandhi River Rafting - 3 Days
Day 01: Kathmandu –Besishahar
Day 02: Besishahar –Tarkughat
Day begins with hot cup of tea or coffee, after breakfast we break campsite and starts on our expedition down on the Marsyangdi. We start straight away encountering the rapids, one after another. Rapids are not named but one rapid follows straight after another with lots of technical and fast maneuvering required but great fun. A beautiful blue and white-water glinting in the sunshine and looking back up river magnificent and constantly changing views of the Annapurna and Manslu ranges. We have packed lunch. After lunch we continue floating to Tarkughat. By the time we reach Tarkughat camp will be set, tea and biscuits will be serve on your arrival. Dinner will be prepared. Just before dinner enjoy your Rum punch.
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Earlier this year, a group of Creekside Elementary School students were given boxes to fill with reminders of their parents, deployed throughout the world.
The goal of the boxes is to help the students, whose parents are away from home serving in the military, focus in school. Students can fill the boxes with reminders of conversations they want to have with their parents when they talk to them on the phone or see them on the computer. They also can fill the boxes with items that remind them of their parents — a father's karate black belt, for instance — and keep them at school to feel closer to their relative.
This was the first year Creekside had enough children whose parents had been deployed to start a support program for the students. Counselor Samantha Vidal wanted to make sure the students realize they aren't the only ones with parents serving overseas and that they had support.
"I feel that we'll also just show them that it's hard having your parent away, but as a community we're really grateful for the students' sacrifice and the family's sacrifice of having that military member away from home," Vidal said.
Right now, two Indiana National Guard units in or near Johnson County are deployed: a medical unit out of Shelbyville, with 25 members, and an air traffic control unit out of Johnson County, with 45 members, National Guard state family program director Maj. Lisa Kopczynski said. The first unit should return in June, and the second, which left in December, will be gone until the end of the year.
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At Whiteland Elementary School, counselor Kristy Boone doesn't have enough students whose parents are deployed on active duty to create a group specifically for them. Instead, she shows the students how to make the boxes they can use to store reminders of their parents and works with their families to see if there are any other resources they need during the deployment.
"We just really kind of support them in their feelings, and keeping things close to them makes them feel like (their parents) are there," Boone said.
Vidal has wanted to organize a support group specifically for students whose parents were deployed on active duty, though most years she didn't have enough students. But this school year about 10 Creekside students have a parent serving away from home.
The National Guard has a free, five-week-long program called Military Kids In School Support. Earlier this year, the program worked with the Creekside students to create communication boxes and to show the students they aren't alone.
"Military kids feel really isolated. They feel they're the only person they know going through this experience," Indiana National Guard child and youth program contractor Anne Tedore said.
The goal by the end of the five weeks was for the students to know that they're not alone, and that there are others in their school and in Franklin who know how they feel and can support them, Tedore and Vidal said.
"They're usually pretty surprised that they're not the only ones going through it," Vidal said.
Vidal will continue to meet with the students who were a part of the military support group throughout the year. April is also the month of the military child, Vidal said, and Creekside is planning additional programs to show the students how appreciative the school is of the sacrifice their family is making.


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Ina Drew, a 55-year-old banker who has worked at JPMorgan Chase & Co for three decades and is the chief investment officer, has offered to resign and will step aside Monday, said several bank executives, according to The New York Times.
Drew, one of the highest-paid officials at JPMorgan Chase, oversaw the division of the bank responsible for the loss.
Reuters reports that two of Drew's subordinates who were involved with the trades, London-based Achilles Macris and Javier Martin-Artajo, are expected to be asked to leave this week too.
"Ina is an amazing investor," said a money manager who knows Drew, but who refused to be quoted by name. "She's done a really good job over a lot of years. But they only remember your last trade."
The departures appear after the unit Ina Drew runs, the Chief Investment Office, mismanaged a large portfolio of derivatives tied to the creditworthiness of bonds. The portfolio included layers of instruments used in hedging that became too complicated to work and too big to unwind quickly in the esoteric, thinly traded market.
Following the loss, Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts candidate for U.S. Senate, called for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon to resign his position as a director at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, tells Bloomberg.
"We need to stop the cycle of bankers taking on risky activities, getting bailed out by the taxpayers, then using their army of lobbyists to water down regulations," Warren said. "We need a tough cop on the beat so that no one steals your purse on Main Street or your pension on Wall Street."
âAfter the biggest financial crisis in generations, the American people are frustrated that Wall Street has still not been held accountable and does not appear to consider itself responsible,â she said.
âDimon should resign from his post at the New York Fed to send a signal to the American people that Wall Street bankers get it and to show that they understand the need for responsibility and accountability.â
The losses have marred JPMorgan's reputation for risk management, prompted a downgrade in its credit ratings and thrown an unflattering spotlight on Dimon, who had become perhaps America's best-known banker and a cavalier critic of increased regulation.
The trading loss forced Dimon to apologize on NBC's Meet The Press on Sunday.
"This is a stupid thing that we should never have done, but we're still going to earn a lot of money this quarter, so it isn't like the company is jeopardized," Dimon said during the interview. "We hurt ourselves and our credibility, yes — and that you've got to fully expect and pay the price for that."
According to The Huff Post, Dimon said he did not realize the extent of the problem when he said in April that the concerns were a "tempest in a teapot."
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Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky choreographed a World Premiere set to Leonard Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium. This triple bill includes his delicate Seven Sonatas with music by Domenico Scarlatti and the enchanting Firebird, performed to Stravinsky's famous score.
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In this classic American musical comedy, follow three wartime soldiers on 24-hour shore leave around the Big Apple, with music by Leonard Bernstein, and book and lyrics by the famous Betty Comden and Adolph Green. A talented musical theater cast will join the Symphony for this semi-staged event, with unforgettable show tunes like "New York, New York (it's a helluva town!)."
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Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, has lent its complex themes and functions, as well as its title, to at least two monumental achievements of 20th-century Western art: Allen Ginsberg's best poem and Leonard Bernstein's ambitious, tense and dramatic third symphony with spoken-word narration and a vast choral component. As to the former, read Ginsberg's devastating lament for his mother, Naomi, if you haven't. As to the latter, the Bardavon continues the Hudson Valley Philharmonic's 56th season with a performance of Bernstein's Kaddish on Saturday, April 16 at 8 p.m.
Charles Isherwood reviewed Carnegie Hall's 'West Side Story' at the Knockdown Center in The New York Times. "The sound of so many voices added a layer of emotional plushness to the songs that was goose-pimple-inducing, and utterly irresistible. So, really, was the entire production, which may have been conceived in part as a public-spirited educational project, but ultimately became a simple yet transporting production of a great musical."
Leonard Bernstein has been inducted into Carnegie Hall's Digital Hall of Fame 2015! The Carnegie Hall Digital Hall of Fame 2015 represents the inaugural year of an annual celebration in which we recognize individuals intrinsic to the founding and continued existence of the Hall and whose lives or careers are inextricably woven into the fabric of the Hall's 125-year history.
"What Makes It Great?" From "On the Town" to "West Side Story" - Theater Songs of Leonard Bernstein at the Kaufman Music Center in New York City on Monday, February 8th.
Hosted by NPR Commentator/Conductor/Pianist Rob KapilowFeaturing Broadway stars Sally Wilfert (Assassins) & Michael Winther (Mamma Mia!)
Today it seems incomprehensible that Leonard Bernstein endured brutal criticism for throwing away his talent on Broadway musicals like On the Town and West Side Story. His attempts to bring a classical compositional technique into the world of the popular theater ruffled more than a few feathers, and though Bernstein expected other classical composers to follow his lead, his extraordinary blend of the serious and the popular remains unique in Broadway history. Host Rob Kapilow explores Bernstein's attempts to reimagine the possibilities of musical theater in a program that will forever change the way you see Tony and Maria!
Arlington, Virginia's Signature Theatre has released production photos from its ongoing production of the classic Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents musical West Side Story. The cast of 30 is joined by a 17-piece orchestra in a run that concludes January 24, 2016.
Carol J. Oja's Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War won the American Musicological Music in American Culture Award. This award was first presented in 2009 and each year honors a book of exceptional merit that both illuminates some important aspect of the music of the United States and places that music in a rich cultural context.
Tune in at 1pm on Saturday, November 21st for Leonard Bernstein's Candide, the final broadcast from the 2015 Glimmerglass Festival. This glittering production stars Andrew Stenson as Candide, Kathryn Lewek as Cunegonde, and veteran actor David Garrison as Voltaire & Pangloss. Host Naomi Lewin talks to the cast during the intermission, including conversations with Andrew Stenson, David Garrison, Joseph Colaneri, Marietta Simpson, Kathryn Lewek, and Glimmerglass Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello.
Scorsese and Paramount are developing a biopic of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein that Scorsese will direct and produce, along with Fred Berner and Amy Durning for Fred Berner Films, from a screenplay by Josh Singer ("Spotlight").
In celebration of Carnegie Hall's 125th anniversary season, the Weill Music Institute (WMI) launches The Somewhere Project, a citywide exploration of West Side Story. This unique creative learning project will engage people through events in all five boroughs of New York City, anchored by a large-scale production of West Side Story. In March 2016, three performances of this iconic work with music by Leonard Bernstein will take place at the Knockdown Center, a restored factory in Queens, and feature professional artists in lead roles, with students and community members from around the city on stage. Marin Alsop, a former protégée of Bernstein's and a visionary leader of education projects, will conduct and Amanda Dehnert, a nationally renowned theater director, will lead the production. Experiencing West Side Story as a celebration of community and music will encourage artists and audiences to consider the work's timeless themes, inviting them to embrace the vision of New York City as a "place for us."
The New York Philharmonic presented the world premiere of a live performance of Leonard Bernstein's Academy Award-nominated score for the iconic 1954 film, On the Waterfront. David Newman, the conductor and composer of over 100 film scores, conducted the performance, at which the complete film will be screened. This was preceded by remarks by actor Alec Baldwin, the orchestra's radio host, who introduced Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne, who spoke on the film and its music. Mr. Newman and the Philharmonic will offer the same program at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on October 11, while the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will perform the same program, conducted by Richard Kaufman, in Chicago on October 23.
Andrew McGregor of BBC Radio 3 is joined by Jamie Bernstein, and Nigel Simeone, editor of The Leonard Bernstein Letters, to talk about Bernstein's music for stage and screen. One subject is how Bernstein rarely discarded music, but incorporated unused musical materials in future compositions – songs from Candide into West Side Story, and West Side Story into Chichester Psalms.
Recorded at the Royal College of Music in London and broadcast on September 5th.
The Metropolitan Opera's annual Summer HD Festival will open on Friday, August 28 at 8 p.m. with a special presentation of the classic 1961 movie musical West Side Story. The film, which won 10 Academy Awards and features a score by Leonard Bernstein, is largely set in the neighborhood where Lincoln Center now stands. This screening is co-presented with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which also co-presented the Met's screening of Moonstruck last summer.
In 1958, Leonard Bernstein tried to wean the New York Philharmonic from evening dress on Thursdays, but he soon dropped the new, relaxed uniforms, dismissing them as "Bernstein's folly."
-Michael Cooper, The New York Times
Actress and singer Rita Moreno, who starred as Anita in the film West Side Story, and Maestro Seiji Ozawa, former assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein, will be honored at the Kennedy Center's 38th annual national celebration of the arts on Sunday, December 6, 2015. The gala will be broadcast on CBS December 29, 2015 at 9:00pm ET/PT.
The Big Apple comes to Waltham in Leonard Bernstein's rhythmic and soaring musical comedy. The Tony Award-winning musical comedy centers around the sassy and brassy Ruth Sherwood and her demure sister who move from Ohio to New York to fulfill their dreams!
TurningPointPress has recently published a collection of photographs and quotes entitled Leonard Bernstein: An Album of Family & Friends: From the Archive of Personal Photos by John Jonas Gruen, by John Jonas Gruen, with Foreword by Jamie Bernstein and Introduction by Sam Swasey.
Carnegie Hall concert to feature the Oratorio Society of New York in Chichester Psalms alongside Carmina Burana: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 8:00 p.m.
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra's new Music Director, Maestra Sarah Ioannides, to conduct University of Puget Sound Symphony in Bernstein's Overture to Candide: 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 24, 2015, Schneebeck Concert Hall, Takoma, Washington


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Three advocates for local parks and programs have been named winners of the inaugural Florence B. Wager award.
Ron Onslow, John Garofalo and Debbi Hanson will receive their awards June 14 at the Parks Foundation Annual Meeting and Luncheon at the Water Resources Education Center.
The awards, named for longtime community activist Florence Wager, honor leaders, volunteers, and parks and recreation professionals who, through their actions, influence and example, have had a significant impact in the development and enhancement of the parks, trails, and recreation programs of Clark County, according to a news release.
Onslow will be presented with the Leading Eagle Award, which recognizes a community leader who has led initiatives that have significantly influenced the life, health, and direction of parks, trails, and recreation programs. Onslow, Ridgefield's mayor, coordinated volunteer efforts towards construction of Eagle's View Park and the Blue Heron Community Garden, organized fundraisers in support of the Ridgefield Overlook Park Project, facilitated the improvement of more than 3,000 feet of city-owned trails in Abrams Park, and led efforts in planting more than 300 trees and native plants in Ridgefield's parks and open spaces.
Garofalo will receive the V-Formation Flyer Award recognizing the spirited volunteer whose dedication goes above and beyond the norm. Garofalo has been involved in the Vancouver Tennis Center for more than 20 years and was instrumental in the development of the Vancouver Tennis Center Foundation. He will chair this year's major fundraising event.
Hanson is the winner of the Tributary Award, recognizing a parks and recreation department professional who has gone beyond his or her daily duties. Among the many achievements cited in her nomination were the development of fitness and exercise programs for seniors, the establishment of a summer playground program, and the creation of community-wide holiday events and programs.
Award winners will be presented with natural stonework statuettes designed and sponsored by Vancouver Granite Works.
The 2011 Florence B. Wager Award recipients were selected by committee members Paul Christensen, Bill Hidden, Lance Killian, Jerry Nutter, Val Ogden, Pat Sheaffer and Wager.


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Irma Del Socorro
Update on Irma Del SocorroIrma is a very hard working woman. Today, her life has given her changes that are not very positive. She separated from her husband, She changed her small business from selling tortillas, selling clothing, CDs, even a small grocery store, which, with savings, the help of a friend and financing Afodenic established and that went under from mismanagement of credit granted to customers.
She has started to work as a domestic with the desire to get ahead. Since she has three children who are students and who require a lot of care, understanding and education in this stage of adolescence. With this loan, she will begin the construction of a room that will provide better comfort for her children. The materials to buy: stone, blocks, sand, cement, iron, wooden boards to begin the work.
Lo que comienza a laborar como domestica, con muchas ganas de salir adelante. Pues tiene sus tres hijos estudiantes, el cual requieren mucho cariño, comprensión y educación en la etapa de la adolescencia.
Con este préstamo comenzara la construcción de un cuarto que le permita mejor comodidad a sus hijos, materiales a comprar: piedra, bloques, arena, cemento, hierro, tablas de madera, para comenzar la obra
Previous Loan DetailsIrma is continuing to work, but no longer in her own general store business. This is because her investment collapsed when she started to extend credit which wasn't repaid, causing the store to close. So she looked for a regular job. She has three children to educate and feed, as well as oth... More from Irma Del Socorro's previous loan »
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About AFODENICThis loan is administered by AFODENIC, La Asociación para el Fomento al Desarrollo Nicaragua, a Kiva Field Partner based in Managua, Nicaragua. Founded in 1999, AFODENIC was created to promote the socio-economic and cultural development of sectors that are excluded from commercial banking. Integrating economic and human resources, AFODENIC offers affordable and adaptable financial services aimed at strengthening the family unit of their clients, who include students, producers, and micro- and small entrepreneurs from rural and urban areas. AFODENIC is a socially responsible institution engaged in society and making a positive impact on its professional partners and communities.
Supporting a borrower through AFODENIC contributes to the pursuit of innovation in mitigating poverty in Nicaragua. Visit AFODENIC's partner page for more information.
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This borrower has been listed on Kiva before, so you'll see an updated loan description, as well as excerpts of the original descriptions from earlier loans. Most borrowers take out loans consecutively, meaning that they receive a second loan after having repaid the first. However, sometimes our Field Partners give out concurrent loans, allowing borrowers to take out one primary loan and a secondary "add-on" loan along with it. These "add-on" loans are typically smaller than the borrower's primary loan and serve a different purpose. Because Field Partners can now post loans as successive and concurrent loans, you will be able to track borrower progress over time and see the various ways a borrower is working with our Field Partners through funds from Kiva's lenders.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
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- 15 months (Additional Information)
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It's called the NC Energy Efficient Applicance Replacement and Rebate Program. Over $653,000 dollars in rebates are up for grabs for certain items.
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Once again, we are trailblazers. As with other justice initiatives such as family court, community corrections and court alternative dispute resolution programs, Johnson County is on the cutting edge.
The Indiana Supreme Court recently announced that the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative in Indiana will expand from its current eight counties to 19 counties as the initiative expands across the state. This is good news for Indiana's children, families and communities. The initiative is a proven approach to juvenile justice developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation that improves outcomes for children in the justice system, ensures public safety and contains costs for taxpayers.
Johnson County officially joined Indiana's initiative in 2010-2011, but our work started much earlier, in 2007. Through collaboration, measuring outcomes and designing innovative programs to reduce delinquent behavior, Johnson County has developed a state-of-the-art system that is held up as a model to other jurisdictions.
Thanks to our juvenile justice reform efforts, during a period of rapid population growth, the juvenile delinquency rate has fallen in Johnson County. We have also been able to reduce the risk that a juvenile will re-offend in 72 percent of the cases we see.
Because of our involvement in the initiative, we have been able to secure grant funding from Indiana and other sources of over $200,000, helping to enrich and improve our system with no additional burden to local taxpayers.
We have also cut in nearly half the time it takes to process a juvenile's case, from 82 days in 2007 to 45.6 days in 2013. In fact, 46 percent of juvenile justice cases are resolved in 30 days or less. Speedier justice means a faster response to juvenile crime and an earlier intervention to stop problem behavior.
As 11 new counties work to implement this approach, Johnson County juvenile justice leaders will continue to serve on state-level committees and work groups and proudly stand as an example and a resource, helping other counties achieve positive results and safer communities.
Marla Clark,
Johnson Circuit Court


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BATTLE GROUND — Dave Brown has seen Mill Creek North shift before. But nothing like he saw during the last rainy season, he said.
"This was abrupt," he said.
The creek, which meanders through Brown's property outside Battle Ground, saw heavy flash flows last season, washing out gravel that's crucial for fish spawning grounds, Brown said. He estimates the creek bed itself dropped as much as 1 to 2 feet in places.
Brown has directed his ire at the Washington State Department of Transportation, which oversaw the construction of a wetland just off state Highway 502 last year. Brown says the wetland "worked like a parking lot" during fall and winter rains, damaging the creek that flows north from the site before it connects to the East Fork Lewis River.
But WSDOT officials insist the site is functioning just as it was designed to. If there was damage farther down Mill Creek North, they said, it wasn't caused by the wetland. On-site monitoring gauges showed that the wetland retained and controlled water well during the fall and winter, even adding capacity to the area, according to the department.
"I don't see what Mr. Brown sees," said WSDOT area engineer Chris Tams. "It's difficult for us to see how it could be anything other than more water to sit over a longer period of time."
WSDOT transformed much of the 65-acre wetland site as part of a planned widening of state Highway 502 between Interstate 5 and Battle Ground. The mitigation effort rehabilitated 26 acres of existing wetlands, and created another 5 acres of wetlands, according to the agency.
As part of that process, crews stripped the top layer of soil from the site to remove non-native canary grass. They rerouted the creek from a straight-line ditch to a more natural pattern. And they planted some 250,000 young trees and shrubs on the property, according to WSDOT.
Though the actual highway expansion isn't expected to start until 2014, crews completed the wetland work last summer. In many projects, mitigation essentially creates new wetlands to make up for existing ones buried by construction elsewhere.
On the main wetland site just north of Highway 502, crews used a thorough process and GPS technology to execute a design approved by the state Department of Ecology and others, said Dan Corlett, a WSDOT mitigation manager.
"When we design a site like this, it's based purely in science," Corlett said. "We take this very seriously."
WSDOT officials acknowledged that they haven't monitored connected waterways far beyond the wetland site itself. Mill Creek North, for example, flows mostly through private property on its way to the East Fork Lewis River.
Brown, who runs a wild fish rescue operation from his home, has lived along Mill Creek North for more than 20 years. He spent a recent morning walking along the creek, describing major changes in its character. In some areas, gravel on the creek bed has washed out entirely, lowering the channel, he said. At one bend, a large gravel bar has piled up and shifted the path of the creek by several feet.
Brown said many fish eggs were likely ground up in churning rocks. And a steep drop in the number of fish on the creek this year shows an alarming trend, he added.
Dick Dyrland, a hydrologist with the nonprofit Fish First, said he could see signs of high flows and undercut banks along the creek. Though he hadn't surveyed the waterway in detail, it appears the area has seen significant changes, he said.
Regardless of what caused it, "losing that gravel is not a good thing, no matter what," Dyrland said.
He added: "These small tributaries are the lifeblood of the East Fork."
Numerous factors influence the behavior of any waterway or wetland, Corlett said. In November, a strong weather system dumped several inches of rain on the Battle Ground area in a relatively short time. That came on the heels of a record-setting dry stretch that had parched the entire region. The sudden influx of water had to go somewhere quickly, Corlett said. The event caused some erosion at a separate WSDOT wetland site to the east, Corlett said.
Regular monitoring of the main wetland will continue for at least a decade, according to WSDOT. The agency hasn't changed the grading or composition of the area since last year, and has no plans to, Corlett said.
Brown said he hopes the condition of Mill Creek improves as vegetation grows in at the wetland site. But it's clear the waterway has suffered a short-term blow, he said.
"I know exactly what this creek looks like," he said.
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Feb 11 2009Pfft, Stitches, How About A Little PEW PEW?
In an attempt to prove that not all PEWs are bad PEWs, doctors at Tel Aviv University have developed a laser that is capable of sealing wounds safer and more efficiently than traditional stitches.
The laser allows a wound to be welded shut as opposed to sutured, which makes it far more watertight and there's less tearing. It's done by very carefully controlling the temperature of the beam, and Israeli patients treated with the laser have already enjoyed faster healing times and less scarring.
Cool, but can it still blind you if you stare at it too long? And, if not, can you make me one that can? The bully that lives across the street threw a rock at me when we got off the bus yesterday, and I want to burn his eyes out. Also, his older sister is hot. I want to see her naked. PEW PEW?
Hit the jump for a video of the PEW in action.
Doctors demo Star Trek healing laser that's better than stitches [dvice]
Thanks to Ryan, who can heal the sick with a sidelong glance and kill with a direct stare.
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I wonder i it'll leave a scar where it sutures.
I like lasers especially ones that burn shit
Darth PEW PEW tends to wound rebel scum just so he can PEW them back up.
00:06-07 Doc: Whos got the vasoline?
It looks like the old man in the photograph is about to superman that hoe
does it do tattoo removal too?
He does, the old man looks like he's about to wicky wicky the electric boogaloo.
Lasers are used for tattoo and hair removal, but I don't know what the difference is between them (not being a medical professional). Still, cool stuff!
Ooooh SNaaaap! Those beats are freeeeesh!!!
1 play bom, chsh bom, bom chsh
2 goto 1
Or, if you don't have health insurance, go with the old hot poker out of the fire to seal your wounds. Chicks dig the uninsured with unsightly scarring.
couple things,
1st, I had my face split open in a hockey game a few weeks ago, and the stitches took about 5 minutes and the procedure was extremely easy with little or no set up... THIS crap requires a big laser, some crazy metal bars, some laser surgeons and a whole bunch of unnecessary crap.. I still haven't opened my bill for the traditional stitches, I''m sure it will be expensive, but hey, it doesn't go on my credit report if I don't pay right>>? Anyway, imagine getting your laser stitches bill!?!?!?
1- Laser surgery
Does it double as a pew pew? Then I can finally legally change my name to Super Surgeon!!!
Where's the fun in that? You can't even see the damn beam... Besides, stitches are sexy, that is just grouse.
This is actually fairly old technology that's been used experimentally for twenty years or so now. Controlling the heat by using gasses is, oddly enough, essentially the same kind of technology that's used in welding to adapt various forms of welding to various types of metal with different heat requirements, like aluminum. Why can't people just say, "Hey, we managed to incrementally improve something so it's somewhat more dependable now. Granted, it's not a huge leap, but that's how technology advances in small and meaningful steps". Instead they're basically taking the stance, "don't worry that we're the pot calling the ol' kettle black with terrorism and genocide. Look at the shiny laser that will help save money by letting less qualified people use it. Okay, sure the laser costs a few hundred grand and even a complete idiot who's seen an episode of ER or Macgyver can stitch someone. Look at the shiny distraction".
I've broken way too many things and had way too many stitches in my life, and I can tell you that my biggest scars are, weirdly, from stupid things like paper cuts or burning myself on the stove. Having an entire leg rebuilt with rods and screws, then stitched together with staples over the giant incision and stitches to cover the screw holes, I can tell you that the stapled wound is almost invisible across my knee and the stitches are kind of ugly. It all depends on technique and what kind of skin it is, thick or thin.
Also the gel they're using seems to help the laser diffuse before it gets to the skin, so I imagine that's a little bit of a secret they don't want to talk about yet. You know, because that's why lasers make really crappy weapons as they diffuse in water. Drink your eight glasses a day, kids.
this is cool. the future is finally here. im interested to see what it can do to treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield. also its not a PEW PEW because it doesnt make the movie sound effects like in star wars.
@7: Ho, not hoe.
I don't get it. With stitches the skin heals together. With this, they're essentially melting skin together...I'm not really seeing how it's better.
I have no issue communicating without the use of profanity. Quite frankly, the english language offers much more colorful adjectives. The point being made is simply that in this country, where this blog is hosted, we have freedom of speech. The same freedom of speech that would protect this blogger (GW) in court. I find it rather disingenuous of him to post NSFW content and genitalia jokes, then censor our comments about them.
13- Yes it goes on your credit report if you don't pay it.
18- Thank you, it really grinds on me when people attemp to insult someone by calling them a gardening tool.
Also, it's about the same difference as using superglue stitches; less scarring, less chance of infection.
Now if only we could mount these to a shark's head...
0:33 wats going on?
@16: play Guitar Hero much?
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was getting chased by a bunch of soldiers and hunters in the woods. He caught one of the hunters and when it turned out to be a young kid he let him live but threw his rifle away.
He looks a bit like Gunther von Hagens without his hat, the old geezer does.
Star Trek sure. But don't forget Logan's Run
Pew Pew
dont know, to me it looks like the guy in blue is getting ready to shove the other dudes head into his nether regions.