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NEW YORK (AP) — Former slugger Reggie Jackson says the late Billy Martin made racial and anti-Semitic remarks while managing the New York Yankees.
Jackson talked about Martin in an interview on the MLB Network that will be shown Monday night.
Jackson helped lead the Yankees to World Series championships in 1977 and 1978.
The Hall of Famer says he did not accept the way Martin managed him and heard him use racial epithets when referring to black players such as Elliott Maddox and Billy Sample.
Jackson also thought there was anti-Semitism in remarks Martin made about Yankees pitcher Ken Holtzman.
Jackson hit 563 career home runs in a career that lasted through 1987. He says he was aware some players were using performance-enhancing drugs at the time.


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|19 janv. 2010
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The present application is related to application Ser. No. 11/217,638, filed Aug. 31, 2005, entitled "LOCATION SIGNPOSTING AND ORIENTATION," and to application Ser. No. 10/998,081, filed Nov. 26, 2004, entitled "LOCATION AWARE MOBILE-DEVICE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT."
The present subject matter relates to the field of computing, and more particularly, to software mapping.
Maps that do not have a linear mapping to real world space (latitude, longitude, and altitude, or other measurements in the physical world) are very common and useful, but can be difficult to use with generic software systems. Examples of such non-linear maps include: subway maps, ski-maps, industrial diagrams and infrastructure diagrams (e.g. maps of power grids, telecommunications grids and wide area transportation maps).
On such irregularly spaced non-linear maps, spaces get compressed, stretched, rotated, and otherwise distorted. The nature of these distortions also often varies within the map itself, with different regions of the map being distorted in different ways. For instance, one region may be stretched, another may be compressed, and still another region may be rotated—or a combination thereof—and so on.
Because these non-linear maps present an irregular representation of physical space, they are able to convey a great deal of useful information in a small display. However it is difficult to display real world location data on top of non-linear maps because the mapping from latitude, longitude, and altitude (or other physical world coordinate systems) to a position on such irregularly spaced maps is complex and irregular. At least two key difficulties arise: (1) the ability to map real-world locations onto the irregularly spaced maps, (2) the ability to map points on the irregularly spaced maps into physical world coordinates.
Certain techniques can be used for extrapolating the location of map-points on top of non-linear, irregularly spaced maps. Typically these techniques work by attempting to extrapolate location data from nearby points, but this can be complex, time consuming, and error-prone—particularly in systems where the map's data is irregularly spaced. Thus, it would be advantageous to provide other techniques that allow users to make the design-time and run-timeuse of non-linear mapping techniques that are fast, simple, and accessible to moderately skilled programmers and other individuals who are not experts in map-design, complex math or cartography.
Techniques are provided that allow for the designing and using of arbitrary maps, whether these maps may be linear or non-linear. By way of example and not limitation, a first map image and a second map image may be provided. In addition, a plurality of dual-triangles may be mapped onto the first map image and the second map image, where the plurality of dual-triangles have the same vertices in the second map image as in the first map image—yet these maps may be completely different. For instance, the first map image may be a linear street map and the second map image may be a non-linear subway map. Because any points that are converted from the first map image to the second map image (or vice versa) are converted symmetrically, such points will end up in the appropriate relation to the vertices of the dual-triangles.
In another aspect, at least one of the plurality of dual-triangles can be selected into a region to be converted from the first map image to the second map image. Such regions may help users and developers to hone in on best information-conveying maps (or portions thereof). Alternatively, such regions may also be used to exclude maps or portions thereof so that such regions are not be converted. In yet another aspect, the plurality of dual-triangles may also be subdivided into more sub-triangles or aggregated into more comprehensive triangles. Various other aspects are disclosed herein.
Thus, it should be noted, that this Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.
The foregoing Summary, as well as the following Detailed Description, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. In order to illustrate the present disclosure, various aspects of the disclosure are shown. However, the disclosure is not limited to the specific aspects discussed. The following figures are included:
Aspects of Linear and Non-Linear Mapping
In one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter,
For example, a non-linear subway map 104 may depict two people as points on the map 104, the first point being "Bob" 110 and the second point being "Julie" 112, where "Julie" 112 has a signpost pointing to her. "Bob" 110 and "Julie" 112 may want to meet at some point, and the way to accomplish this may be by taking a subway or a "tube". If "Bob" 110 wants to meet "Julie" 112 he can take the appropriate train by examining the non-linear subway map 104. Once he's above ground, he may want to switch to a linear map 106.
In general terms, a user of such a non-linear map 104 may want to switch 100 to a linear map 106 depicting physical landmarks in linear proportionality to each other because such linear representation may be more intuitive in certain contexts. Thus, in the linear map 106, "Bob" 110 and "Julie" 112 are again depicted, but this time their location is shown on a linear scale, as opposed to a non-linear scale in the previous map 104.
Users, such as "Bob" 110, may want to switch back to a non-linear map after a while—even if the non-linear map has changed over time. Thus, in
This type of switching back and forth between linear and non-linear maps can be done indefinitely. And importantly, such switching may be done without any distortions as to the actual location of "Bob" 110 and "Julie" 112 on the linear and non-linear maps. As will be shown in more detail below, the present aspect of the disclosed subject matter overcomes distortions of points placed on maps that result from the eventual aggregation of errors associated with each switch between a linear and non-linear map—and vice versa.
In another aspect disclosed herein,
Thus, eventhough Bob 206 and Julie 204 may be at the exact same locations in the linear map 200 as the non-linear map 202, their positions relative to each other and relative to the maps may differ. For instance, in
Of course, as
This particular non-linear map 400 shows the London Underground "Tube" map. To illustrate the non-linear nature of this map 400, it is instructive to focus on a couple of stations illustrated therein. For example, "Oxford Circus" 402 is shown, as is "Tottenham Court Road" 404, "Weston Street" 406, and "Goodge Street" 408—the first three of these four stations define a triangle between them. From
For instance, T1 502 has its vertices between "Russell Square," "Holborn," and "Chancery Lane." T2 504 has its vertices between "Holborn," "Chancery Lane," and "Mansion House," and so on. Also, it should be noted, that even though T1 502 and T2 504 happen to be contiguous, they don't have to be—as can be seen in
Now, turning to
In a manner of speaking, these six triangles have a "dual" nature in that they can be mapped into a linear space and a non-linear space, even though their relative shape may differ in each space context. However, in one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter, what remains the same in both contexts is the vertices of the triangles. Thus, as already mentioned, triangle T1 602 in
The set of mapping triangles, exemplified by triangles 702 and 714, may have their vertices set at known locations, such as a "Tube" stations of the London Underground. The level of granularity of the vertices will be context and design dependent. For instance, triangles may be set every other tube stop or several vertices between any two tube stops may be used. Thus, the size and number of the triangles depicted in
For example,
The triangular mapping considered so far, in one aspect, can be one from a Cartesian X/Y plane of the non-linear map onto any real-world coordinates such as latitude and longitude (including altitude, if a third coordinate Z is included in the Cartesian space). For instance, if the conversion is from a linear map to a non-linear one, Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates can be used to construct a non-linear map (either a two dimensional flat map, a three dimensional spatial map, a four dimensional spatial map with a temporal component dimension, and so on).
Of course, various conversion techniques could be implemented here, where, for example, a set of linear-based triangles containing N triangles is converted to a non-linear setting, but where only half as many (N/2) triangles were mapped on the non-linear map. Or, vice versa, where twice as many triangles are mapped on the non-linear map, by using various interpolation techniques. The number of triangles used in
In another interesting aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter,
Thus, in
Aspects of a Technique for Conversion of (a) Linear to Non-Linear Mapping and (b) Non-Linear to Linear Mapping
In order to convert "Triangle 1" to "Triangle 2," which persists in a linear domain, with latitude, longitude, and altitude coordinates (as opposed to the X and Y coordinates designated for the non-linear domain), several steps may be taken. If, for example, a point, "P1" is to be mapped from a non-linear map to a linear map, in Triangle 2, a first step may be the drawing of a vector from some vertex of Triangle 1 to P1 in Triangle 1. As
Once this vector is computed, in a second step, it is extrapolated to a side opposite of the aforementioned vertex. Thus, another vector is computed: V′A1P1. This vector will then intersect the side of Triangle 1 between vertices C1 and B1. Next, in a third step, a ratio is computed of the two vectors: VA1P1 to V′A1P1. Following this step, in a fourth step, a proportion or percentage is computed of the length of side C1P′ to B1P′, where P′ is the point of intersection of the aforementioned side. This, then, provides enough information to map point P1 into Triangle 2, which, as mentioned, persists in a linear domain.
In order to place P1 in the proper location vis-ŕ-vis points A2, B2, and C2, which define Triangle 2, the following steps may be taken: first, in step 5 (to continue the progression of steps 1-4 considered so far), the proportion of the computed length of sides C1P′ to B1P′ is used to compute P2′, which now stands for the point of intersection between vertices B2 and C2 (this proportion was computed in step 4). Once P2′ is computed, the results computed in step 3, can be used in step 6.
In step 6, using the newly computed P2′ and the ratio of VA1P1 to V′A1P1, a newly computed vector VA2P2 can be computed. Once this vector is computed, all that is left to do, in step 7, is the computation P2 based on the results obtained from VA2P2 and from the location of A2. After the computation in step 7 is obtained, P2 is found. And this location of P2 in Triangle 2 represents where this point should be vis-ŕ-vis vertices A2, B2, and C2. This process, naturally, can be used to go back to P1 in Triangle 1, based on where P2 is located in Triangle 2. Thus, this process works not only for conversions from non-linear maps to linear maps, but also from linear maps to non-linear maps. Put another way, it is symmetric.
One major benefit of this kind of symmetry is that conversion between linear and non-linear maps can occur an infinite amount of times, without causing any distortion as to the location of points P1 and P2, which, as mentioned in above, was a major shortcoming of any previous mapping techniques.
Thus, in contrast to
A triangle ABC is defined in the image 1300, with vertex A corresponding to "Oxford Circus" (as shown in
Aspects of Exemplary Classes
Various classes can be used to implement the above-discussed aspects of the presently disclosed subject matter. For example, a "NonLinearMapInfo" class can be used to perform the following functionalities: (1) Use the coarse grained bounding areas described above to determine whether the non-liner map it represents is appropriate for the map-locations that need to be displayed; and (2) when appropriate, loads the "NonLinearMapView" class and points it to the dual-triangle data and the map image.
The "NonLinearMapView" class, in turn, may provide the following functionalities: (1) contain a "LocationTriangleManager" class that manages all the triangles in the map; (2) contain the non-linear map image (or the capability of rendering one as needed). The above referred to class of "LocationTriangleManager" may perform the following functionalities: (1) maintain a (sorted) list of LocationTriangles for use in X/Y to Lat/Long/Alt coordinates; (2) select the correct LocationTriangle for a given X/Y or Lat/Long point; (3) provide the capability of performing X/Y->Lat/Long and Lat/Long->X/Y transformations; (4) provide the capability of computing the error-distortion in any given triangle (or any given point), where both average and maximum distortion are computed; (5) provide the capability of splitting triangles into sub-triangles using a variety of different heuristics; (6) provide the capability of loading and saving sets of "LocationTriangle" data.
Such data may be associated with a "LocationTriangle" class that: (1) holds data for two triangles: (1) a triangle on the surface of the X/Y image of the non-linear map, and a triangle in physical (real world) space, i.e. latitude, longitude, and altitude; (2) provides the capability of quickly determining if a point is contained in the either triangle; (3) provides the capability of translating points inside it between the non-linear map X/Y and real-world coordinate systems. Of course, this class and the three other classes discussed herein are merely exemplary, and not limiting.
Implementation Aspects of Linear and Non-Linear Mapping
In one exemplary implementation, in
With this system, moderately skilled programmers and other non-experts, for example, working with map images can apply and/or use them in the following manner: (1) import existing non-linear and irregularly spaced map images into the system; (2) quickly annotate the non-linear map's images with real-world physical location data (using, for instance, a combination of other maps to help guide their mapping process); (3) design a set of triangle shapes on map surfaces that connect known points and define boundary conditions inside which translations between real-world coordinates and points on the non-linear map can take place; (4) project these triangles and location points onto a variety of maps to audit the area covered by the non-linear map and its user annotations; (5) audit the non-linear map annotations to determine areas of unacceptable error distortions that need to be corrected; (6) guide and aid developers or map designers in correcting and minimizing these distortions; (7) allowing developers or map designers to view the areas covered by the defined triangles on a physical world map, and to choose coarse bounding regions that define the physical world areas well covered by the non-linear map (alternatively, default bounding regions can be automatically chosen to assist the user in this process); (8) use these maps at run-time in arbitrary software applications that utilize the maps, simultaneously conveying to users map data on both linear (e.g. street maps) and non-linear surfaces (e.g. subway maps); and (9) construct these maps at design time (in contrast to run-time).
Thus, per the discussion above, in one aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter, any useful non-linear or irregularly shaped map image can be broken down into a series of dual-triangles. Each dual-triangle specifies an X and Y area on the non-linear map, and a parallel real-world area having latitude and longitude coordinates (hence the name "dual-triangle"). Transformations or conversions with controllable error magnitudes can be done between linear and non-linear maps in both directions. A rich design surface, capable of showing the map data in several different projections may be useful in doing this.
In this aspect, then, an arbitrary number of sub triangles can be defined to lower translation or conversion error as may be needed. Many heuristics are possible for automating this triangle refinement process. Moreover, the specification of coarse bounding areas for maps may allow for quick determination whether any individual map is suitable to display a set of map coordinate information.
This system of dual-triangles and related points can be persisted in a text or binary file for use at run-time. For flexibility purposes, a text representation such as XML may be useful. Alternatively, for compactness and performance purposes, a binary representation may be useful. At both design-time and run-time, specified classes can be used to efficiently manage the use of all these dual-triangles for coordinate mapping. Thus, it is possible to a manager module to be optimized to allow for efficient access to commonly used triangles.
Put in other words, this system provides a mechanism for non-experts to quickly and with predictable accuracy to annotate arbitrary non-linear and irregularly spaced maps, allowing for the projection of location based data onto these maps in software applications. This is useful for all kinds of software applications, and particularly useful for mobile devices used by individuals in real-world environments in need of these maps.
To this end, a map design surface 1600, such as the one illustrated in
Notably, an important question when dealing with sets of maps (some linear, some irregular) is which is the best map to display to meet users' needs. Several maps may be applicable given some set of data. It may be important for an application to be able to choose the maps that can show the data most accurately and efficiently. Unlike linearly spaced maps, the region of effective display may not be defined by a simple rectangle or circle. For this, a high performance and flexible mechanism may be provided for designating the real-world regions for which a given irregularly or non-linearly spaced map is best suited for. The presently disclosed subject matter may provide both a design-time and run-time mechanisms for this.
Thus, in another aspect, a display surface may be provided that allows a non-expert developer or map designer to visually see, understand, and modify the sets of triangles that will govern the X/Y to latitude and longitude transformations or conversions for a given map. This design surface may allow for simultaneous display of the sets of mapping triangles on both the non-linear map and the other map representations, such as linear street maps. The result may be flexible and useful in allowing for the rapid use of non-linear maps in software applications by the mapping framework described herein.
Furthermore, a system may be provided for the detection of error distortions and overlapping mapping triangles. Since a triangle set describes a bounded transformation or conversion between X/Y and latitude/longitude spaces, with its own internal distortions, having two sets of significantly overlapping triangles would potentially introduce conflicting X/Y to latitude/longitude mappings. It may be important to be able to detect this situation at design time when the triangles defining map transformations are being designated. Further, when an unacceptable magnitude of error exists in a transformation, this error should be detectable and fixable at design time by non-experts (the actual rate of acceptable error will vary from application to application). This system, then, may provide this detection. The developer or map designer may also be shown a visual representation of the distortions that exist inside map-triangles between X/Y to latitude/longitude transformations and latitude/longitude to X/Y mappings, thus allowing for the developer or map designer to take corrective action. Such corrective action may comprise of defining additional, more fine-grained mapping triangles, as may be required).
Lastly, while the present disclosure has been described in connection with the preferred aspects, as illustrated in the various figures, it is understood that other similar aspects may be used or modifications and additions may be made to the described aspects for performing the same function of the present disclosure without deviating therefrom. For example, in various aspects of the disclosure, a visual identity mechanism was disclosed. However, other equivalent mechanisms to these described aspects are also contemplated by the teachings herein. Therefore, the present disclosure should not be limited to any single aspect, but rather construed in breadth and scope in accordance with the appended claims.
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True Perception
The Path of Dharma Art
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- Publisher : Shambhala Publications
- Published : 2008
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 210
- Size : 226 x 150mm
- Category :
Buddhist Art
- Category 2 :
Western Buddhist Practice
- Catalogue No : 17932
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A new revised edition of Dharma Art. Here Trungpa uses the term "dharma art" to describe genuine art that springs from the awakened meditative state, characterized by directness, unselfconsiousness, and nonaggression. He shows that dharma art provides a vehicle to appreciate the nature of things as they are and to express it without any struggle or desire to achieve.
A work of dharma art brings out the goodness and dignity of the situation it reflects - dignity that comes from the artist's interest in the details of life and sense of appreciation for experience. At the same time, Trungpa stresses the need for artists to study their craft, develop skill, and absorb knowledge and insight passed down by tradition. Finally, he extends the principles of dharma art to everyday life, showing how any activity can provide an opportunity to relax and open ourselves to the phenomenal world.
"The basic problem in artistic endeavour is the tendency to split the artist from the audience and then try to send a message from one to the other. When this happens art becomes exhibitionism. One person may get a tremendous flash of inspiration and rush to put it down on paper to impress or excite others, and a more deliberate artist may strategize each step of his work to produce certain effects on his viewers...but in meditative art, the artist embodies the viewer as well as the creator of the works." Chogyam Trungpa.
"Trungpa's notion of dharma art is an approach to art as meditation, an attitude of directness and unselfconsciousness in creative work. Lief's inspired selection and careful editing make this an essential book for those commited to the view that the artist should be a spiritual teacher." Publishers Weekly.
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I don't think you learn dharma art, you discover it; and you do not teach dharma art, but you set up an environment so it can be discovered.
DHARMA ART IS BASED on energy and conviction. In this regard, the perceptions of everyday life are seen as a resource, or working basis, for both the work of art and the practice of meditation. But there seems to be a need for two further types of energy-the energy of non-aggression and the energy of outrageousness.
Generally, outrageousness is a product of extending oneself: you can't contain yourself, therefore you become outrageous. You tend to spill over what you can't contain in your container. But that doesn't seem to be the case here. Outrageousness here is a sense of direct conviction, in which you feel intense humor, or intense energy and power, penetrating inside. Such outrageousness seems to be necessary, but it has to be accompanied by nonaggression. The question of nonaggression is based on whether you perceive your particular world in connection with glorifying your existence and your ego in the neurotic sense, or whether it is free from that.
That's very definite. But there seem to be mixed feelings in people's minds-inspiration is mixed with ego-centeredness. Somehow, that mixture tends to produce a sense of blindness in which you are unable to see the panoramic vision of a given situation, and consequently you are unable to act accordingly. So there's a problem with being self-centered, if there is aggression as well as self-consciousness. Self-consciousness alone doesn't seem to be a particularly big problem. In fact, sometimes there's room for being self-conscious: the constant checking, constant reviewing, might he a source of further cynicism toward one's ego, which could be desirable. But definitely aggression is a big problem.
Aggression is based on wanting to demonstrate something that you know, wanting to tell somebody the truth you have discovered. Although your demonstration might be okay, even fantastic, and the truth you have discovered may be relevant, the means and way the whole thing is presented seems to he a problem. From that point of view, we can't have rules and regulations as to what to say and what not to say, how to act and how not to act, particularly. The whole thing has to be genuinely intuitive. The medium, or the style that we use in presenting the truth, seems to be the crux of the matter. In other words, an artist may he able to present his or her work of art precisely and thoroughly. But a work of art doesn't come out purely transparent, without personalitv. A work of art always has the smell, so to speak, or the feelings of whoever produced that particular work of art. For instance, the smell and feeling of that person could be extraordinarily aggressive. In that case, no matter what the actual representations may be, the person behind it has a lot of aggression, so more garbage is involved. The question of nonaggression is extremely important. Nonaggression makes art the art of dharma, or truth-real art. Such art has a sense of real simplicity, without any handles attached. We only want to exhibit our work of art, perlhrrn our work of art, or live with our work of art.
In a lot of art there is a tendency to try to capture a glimpse of one moment of experience and make it into a solid eternity. We have some brilliant idea and we try to make it into a piece of art. But that is captured art. We try to capture our artistic talent in a particular work of art -a piece of music, a painting, a poem. Until that work of art is forgotten or destroyed, it is stuck on a piece of paper or Ofl a canvas or on a record that can be listened to over and over. It seems that such an attempt to solidify ones work of art, instead of giving birth to artistic talent, creates death for artistic talent.
We could shift our allegiance from death to life. In that case, art becomes a living continuity and is seen as a perpetual process. First somebody has an idea. The idea is presented in a very embryonic stage at the beginning. It begins as a seed, but then that embryonic essence begins to sprout and to make shoots. As it continues to develop and grow, it makes little flower buds. That concept of art is based on the idea of living. The basic point is that there is a sense of continuity in your understanding of life.
If you know who you are, what you are, where you are, and you have something to say about that, you could share it with your fellow human beings. That's fine. There's nothing wrong with that, as long as you don't want to publicize it. And even if you do want to publicize your embryonic discoveries, you don't spell out the whole thing at once. It is very tempting to spell everything out, which proves one's legitimacy, one's wisdom, or one's artistry. But according to the Buddhist tradition, in communicating with the world, particularly in the realm of art, the only thing you can do is hint, just give a basic headline. It depends on your attitude. If you want to demonstrate something very badly and you achieve that, then your work of art is a dead one. But if you present your work of art as a completely full message without spelling out every word of it, then you have just given the public a corner of what you might say. Therefore it is still fertile in people's minds and there is room for it to unfold. It is living art.
If you expound more than is necessary, it becomes apologetic. And it is boring because the audience begins to follow the logic while you are still standing on it. And you begin to pounce on it at the same time. I think the problem is that people are afraid they might be ignored, they might become failures, so they end up explaining everything they know, all the reference points at once. That attitude of poverty or failure makes your theater dirt, your poetry dirt. Usually the sense of something unsaid but implied makes more sense to people. It is not particularly holding back the truth, it is being honest and at the same time festive about what you have to say. Then art is a living process.
Nonaggression doesn't mean there is a regulation or cutting down of anything. Nonaggression is a product of awakened realization. You don't usually feel a sense of inhibition when you awake during the day from sleep. You just go about your everyday life, because awake and asleep are different. And of course you don't try to fall asleep in the middle of your activities during the day. But at the same time, you don't feel that you are inhibited from anything because you are not sleeping. Nonaggression is an organic process rather than a discipline or moral binding. Nonaggression is seeing through the aggression and realizing there are more ways to be active and efficient than being aggressive; it is realizing a new angle of energy.
In the case of meditation practice, either we do it at the simple, matter-of-fact level or we do it with a very meaningful religious or philosophical undertone. That undertone automatically becomes dogma and belief, and that belief becomes a very definite belief. Because that belief is very definite, therefore you should defend that belief. And defending that belief becomes aggression. The quality of outrageousness is the opposite of that-or the extension of that act without aggression. The definition of outrageousness is basically a sense of humor. In this case, humor is not particularly making fun and mocking somebody or something. Instead, it is an appreciative gesture. That is, things don't seem to be as heavy as we think they are, but they seem to be floating above the ground, and seemingly hilarious, funny, swift, and lucid.
At the same time, humor is not particularly casual or haphazard. The casual approach to life is often the result of being shy and feeling self-conscious and tense, so you would like to pass the buck or divert the attention to some other situation. But that also diverts the concentration of attitude and energy, so it is basically stupid rather than insightful. Humor is not like buying toys for your kids, which is somewhat lighthearted-unless the toy turns out to be extraordinarily expensive. And it is not at the level of the cheap world of plastics or teddy bears. It comes from delight and a sense of celebration. A sense of humor from that point of view is very transparent; at the same time, it is very definite. It has its own background and sanity.
Outrageousness is a question of being fearless in your celebration and your sense of humor. Sometimes it could be somewhat absurd and stubborn, but that seems to be the necessary eccentricity of this particular approach. Again, as long as it doesn't contain aggression and an exhibitionistic outlook, it seems to be quite simple. A sense of conviction brings fearlessness, outrageousness, and a sense of humor. And that basic sense of groundlessness and nonexistence brings up the question of aggression in the practice of art.
In dealing with aggression, we can't really separate ourselves into professional artists, amateur artists, and meditators. At the same time, somebody could be both a professional and an amateur artist and a meditator as well. Those areas are all related. Dharma art does not involve tricks or have to do with training artists in the Buddhist scheme. But our attitude toward art has to be expanded. This society in particular thrives on pigeonholing everybody's style and discipline into categories, which becomes very clumsy and imprisoning.
You could try to continue your artwork and your meditation together, whatever you do in your life and whatever job you might have. I don't think you learn dharma art, you discover it; and you do not teach dharma art, but you set up an environment so it can be discovered. It's like preparing a nice meditation hall, with nice cushions to sit on, so it's inviting for you to sit and take part in meditation practice. The makers of the meditation hail and the cushions can't make you meditate, particularly-that's what you can do. And that is dharma art, it seems to me.
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Tom Foster has been working with students at Westwood Elementary School, one at a time, week by week. The World War II veteran is noted for his ability to connect with the much-younger students he tutors, building a relationship with them that enables him to pass on life lessons to the students as well as help with academics.
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I always go up and say 'Hi' to him when I see him here (at the school)," Landon said. "He helped me with reading and math. He taught me a lot about being nice and about being respectful."
The program that brings Foster and students together is run by OASIS, a national organization whose local chapter provides tutors for Greenwood elementary schools.
The Intergenerational Tutoring Program is part of the national OASIS organization's efforts to provide activities, education and opportunities for retired people, said Janie Adcock, coordinator of the program in Greenwood.
This school year will be the 21st that Oasis has worked with Greenwood Community Schools, the only district in Johnson County that participates with the organization. OASIS provided 35 tutors in 2012-13 for 43 students.
Foster, who turns 90 on Aug. 22, is the local program's oldest tutor but also one of its best-liked, Adcock said.
"He has a dry sense of humor and is very straightforward," she said. "We've always heard that he asks them to be polite and pay attention. I know a couple of his students have kept in touch with him even after they've gone all the way to high school."
Foster said one such student used to visit him at home.
"We stayed in touch until recently," Foster said. "We had a lot of fun tutoring and got to be pretty friendly. I never knew when this kid would appear at my door. He would sit down and talk forever. Later on, one day, he drove by in a car. It's kind of gratifying when young kids like that remember you. I'll also have kids I had a year or two before come up and give me a hug. It's kind of neat."
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The program schedules Foster to meet with his student once a week, beginning in October of each school year. Flexibility is a key for getting through to students on an ongoing basis, he said.
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Adcock said Foster's reputation is for being strict, but he disputed that to some degree.
"I will touch upon behavior somewhat. If a kid is acting in a poor way, I might try to gently turn him away from that," he said. "Some kids just don't want to try. I don't feel it's my job to try and correct that. That's a problem for the people at home.
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John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Candy died of a heart attack in 1994. Candy was born in Newmarket, Ontario, son of Sidney James Candy and his wife Evangeline (Aker) Candy. He had an older brother, Jim, and a younger brother known as Young Nicky. He was raised in a working-class Roman Catholic family. Candy graduated from Neil McNeil High School, an all-boys Catholic public school in Toronto, where he played Canadian football. Candy's first movie role was a small uncredited appearance in the 1973 film Class of '44. He...
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I've maker broke 2 months after purchase but customer service did an excellent job and very quick turnaround to have this fixed. Unfortunate that it broke but the customer service team saved the sale. Would certainly recommend frigidaire to a friend.
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Its working perfectly. Really nice .the color is amazing
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This fridge was placed in a house I bought by the previous owner who renovated the kitchen. We're very happy with it. It runs very quiet, has plenty of space and I like the digital display showing the temperature as well as the handy water and ice dispenser on the front. Not too happy at the prospect of having to replace the proprietary and expensive water filter every year, but otherwise happy with this fridge.
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nice fridge overall, but very small quantity of ice. Enough for a single person, but not a family that likes to drink icewater.
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We did a lot of research, and this fridge had all the features we liked at a price we could afford. Two issues we have - we don't use ice very much, so we turn off the ice maker when it's full. That seems to help with a slight leak from the dispenser. If you use ice frequently, it should be a non issue. And the full width bottom drawer in the fridge half means you have to open both doors to open the drawer. But neither of these issues have us reconsidering. It's a great fridge!
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The stainless steel design was an attraction and the lower freezer. Now having ice maker issues.
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November 06, 2013Reviewer: Whitney in WashingtonDoes not taste calorie-free! The main flavor you get out of the bacon dressing is smoke, and could be overpowering for someone who doesn't like that smokiness. The price is right, and I tend to go light on dressing, so one packet lasts me four salads.
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With his role as the Joker in "The Dark Knight," the late Heath Ledger masterfully portrayed a dangerously unpredictable criminal, worthy of Batman's attention. However, his posthumous win at Sunday night's Academy Awards presentation for Best Supporting Actor was anything but unpredictable.
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Accepting the award on Ledger's behalf was his father, Kim Ledger, his mother, Sally, and sister, Kate.
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Nothing to do with seed saving! I am glad to find a new journal entry, I was beginning to get worried by your long silence and hoped that it was because you were on a well-earned holiday. I can't believe nothing is going on in your garden, how are the chooks?
Thanks for the note. A nice relaxing holiday would indeed be nice! :-) Sadly not – but maybe…?
Things are in a state of flux here, so much so that we have adopted the phrase "it's complicated" as our mantra for the meantime. A lot of things have slipped by the wayside, my regular Folia participation is one of them but no doubt normality will return again, or I'll adjust and this will become the norm!
As for gardening? I'm glad of the perennials; as a back up plan they have paid off nicely, I don't feel nearly as guilty as I could. :-) We also (emphasis on we) managed to get some garlic and broad beans in a couple of days ago so I (note the silent change) can pretend I've still got a green thumb!
The Chooks? The girls are doing well, and Brocollini (in memory of Broc) that is the cockrel that slipped through the sexing process, is growing well. I think he's over 15 weeks now and still not crowing but no matter as we have had the offer of a legitimate retirement farm for him. His sisters can stay here and continue upholding there end of the deal, especially since they ended up with the last of the peppers!
Hope things get a little simpler for you and the one that has been helping you. Remember that you have carrot seeds enough for the Apocalypse, from last year. Miss your droll sense of humor.
Ah carrot seeds aren't the half of it. I've got enough tinfoil to make hats well into the next century, so we are really set – and I mean really set! – o_O – Muhahahah.
lol nothing like a good supply of tin foil hats..
I have a Czar white bean growing atm, inside. Something outside kept eating it :( I never found that something either, so double :( It's the last white Czar too, can I make that a triple :( ?
I have seeds to try again in spring.
However…..I may hold back. We have decided to move, so in the process of fixing up this house so it can be sold and then find a new home. Hoping to be all moved by March 2012 at the latest, November 2011 at the earliest. Nov would be so nice dream on.
I haven't been on Folia in months. Life eh.
But I have not forgotten these seeds, I kept the envelope and will definitely send back anything I manage to grow :)
You had a battle with those, I'm surprised to hear that you actually have a survivor!
No problems, such is life. I know exactly what you mean as we are exploring all our options at the moment, and it sure does make life hectic. Not much time for anything else, and the phone company loves us. ;-)
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