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I > Background:
As some of you are aware, I have been visiting Nepal a lot on a client engagement that has been more "on-site" than I would like. Anyways, I have been intrigued by Delhi's new Terminal 3 and thought I would give it a try on the third day of full operation. I looked for several international tickets, and found UL's DEL-CMB available for cheap. Additionally, I could spend the weekend at a beach.
So here you have it: the first trip report departing from Delhi's T3, and the first report on UL's short/medium haul JCL product on a new route (DELCMB).
II > Pre-Flight:
a) Before Airport:
Sri Lankan Airlines is the national airline of Sri Lanka and operates 320/330/340 to destinations in Asia, Europe, and Mid East from their CMB hub. It had a partnership with EK that expired on April 2008 and many have wondered if the airline would go back to being a mediocre airline … a reputation that it had during its Air Lanka days.
Ticketing for the flight was done through Sri Lankan's super enhanced website at www.srilankan.aero. I was amazed at the level of functionality that included buying tickets, choosing seats, modifying requests can be done there. One could go and view their booking later, and I was impressed that online check-in worked without a glitch. Very impressive, and probably the benchmark for South Asian government run airlines.
b) At Airport:
Since Delhi's T3 is the focus of this report, I will spend more words than is customary.
Having been to Delhi several times, I continue to be amazed at the continued transformation of the city. It is undoubtedly one of my favorite places in the world and I must give credit to the strong woman who has been running the city for the past few years. Infrastructure has improved by leaps and bounds, and it is evident in the 8/10 lane approach road to the airport's "swanky" new terminal. Seriously, Indians would need to tell me what's up with the overuse of this word!
Sri Lankan Airlines uses gate 6 at terminal 3 at IGIA – and, the first impression you get is nostalgic missing the chaos of terminals 2A and 2B. You also wonder how the airport could be so massive … as the main entry building appears rather small. However, looks are deceiving as I soon found out. The check-in area is huge and befitting Delhi's new position as one of the world's major airports. Call me a tad nostalgic – but I found it a tad sterile (yes, in India!). I did like the traditional Indian motifs at each of the check-in counters though. Very cool!
A sweet agent asked me if I was flying JCL and welcomed me to the carpeted counter. As with all giggling Indians, she asked me "where I was from?" Aaw. Anyways, check-in was smooth and the agent was pleasant and nice, and asked me how I like the new terminal. She was efficient as well, and I soon had my boarding pass. It was HILARIOUS to see a young Spanish couple try to upgrade their flight by saying such nonsense as how their "travel agent had told them that the booking letter indicated Business Class" and all that. The woman would then tell the husband, "*oder, grow some **lls". It is great to speak several languages . I wonder how this marriage would shape up … all I know is that the smarter Indians did not fall for it.
As I was walking away, the UL manager came and asked me if I was satisfied with the check-in process. Now, in all my travels, this has never happened before! He then called to one of his ground staffers to escort me past immigration and security to the lounge. Not bad! Anyways, she escorted me through a very smooth immigration process (special queues for premium passengers) and then a fast security. Again, old-timers would miss the absolute chaos of T2A/T2B. Both the processes took less than 5 minutes combined.
Anyways, adopting the BAA approach (oh, how I hate BAA for this), the concept at T3 is to have passengers spend time at the entire gamut of F&B and shopping options before heading to the gate area. Apparently, it increases consumer spend (is my consulting side showing?), and has worked around the world. Retailers like it as well because EVERY passenger MUST go through this before walking to their respective gates.
Now, here is my first observation … while there are tremendous shopping options, compared to the rest of the airport, I actually found it to be on the smaller side. Ok, small is relative here of course … it is bigger than most airports … but the offerings lacked the depth that I enjoy at Changi or BKK. However, better than most airports in the world. Ground floor is full of retail and bars; the first level has the lounges and the eating options; and there is a supposed hotel in the second floor.
Another observation is with the lounge facility … the Plaza Premium Lounge used by UL is nice, and has an amazing buffet spread, computer terminals, WiFi, newspapers, etc. … but it is small. Also, lounges are meant to be intimate. However, the open seating was a little too open for my taste. The ITC Green lounge was also guilty of the same. Also, the lack of showers at either of the lounge facility was a big "boo boo". Apparently, there are "shower and go" facilities at arrivals, and at the airport hotel, but none at the lounges thus far. WHY? There is an additional "One World" lounge opening soon, and a flagship Air India lounge … hope, either of them would have the vision to have shower facilities!
Ok, so after checking out the extensive array of extremely over priced items, I made it to the departure area. Now, this is where the sheer size of terminal 3 overwhelms. The thing really is M-A-S-S-I-V-E. While it may be "only" the world's 5th largest terminal, the sleek design makes it feel like the largest. As soon as you enter the departure area, you are greeted by long moving walkways which truly leaves you in awe of what GMR accomplished in building the airport in record time. As you walk from one side to the other, it suddenly hits you that you have only been able to one half of the terminal! The other domestic half is somewhere completely separate. Couple of words of advice – do stay at the F&B/Retail area. While I might not like this BAA inspired philosophy, Delhi airport management is smart … once you leave this area, there are only a handful of shops and cafés … and the one way moving walkways mean that going back is an EXTREMELY long walk. Instead of rambling any further, I will let the pictures tell the story.
Boarding was called 30 minutes prior to departure, and I was greeted by friendly cabin crew who directed me to my seat and offered help with the bags. J load was 85%, and Y load was 100%.
>Airport - External:
(Delhi's new Terminal 3)
(Approach Road)
(Note Spanish woman)
(Love the Indian motifs)
Airport - Internal:
(Eating options at the fast food court; note the Indian motif lights)
(Post Security @ DEL – con'td)
(Overwhelming walk)
(Overwhelming walk – 2)
(Love the lights)
(These 2 are going to be the "icons" of Delhi airport)
(And, my favorite – the Indian bathrooms)
(Each of them inside have some scenes of corresponding India)
Scenes of the tarmac:
(I am gonna miss you Terminal 2A/2B)
(Plaza Lounge)
(Again, cool Indian lights in the lounge)
(Gate area – I miss old India!)
III> In-Flight:
a) Service Schedule + Impressions:
While on the ground, a beverage service (water, juices) was offered along with nice thick cold or hot towels. Unlike other airlines, UL's towels are thick and nice … very refreshing. While on the ground, menus were distributed. Orders taken soon upon reaching cruising altitude, and meal service thereafter.
b) Aircraft + Seats:
UL's 320 looked a bit drab in the colors. However, the large cloth seats were extremely comfortable and perfect for the trip length. Recline was definitely average … though, seat legroom was rather modest. Bathroom amenities were adequate in JCL for a flight with this stage lenght.
Views from Aircraft:
(Sheer size of T3 – and this is just the international pier – note the various colors of the Indian gates, and the cool motifs again – people will also remember these)
General Seat Views + Seat Legroom
(Seat controls)
(Legroom: kinda tight)
Seat Recline + Angle View:
(Bathroom Amenities)
c) Meal + Beverage:
For this flight, dinner was served after a quick drink and nuts service. Now, there are very few areas where U.S. carriers have remained benchmarks for service delivery … one of these few areas is the "warm nuts" which I truly hope that carriers in other parts of the world would adopt. Cold nuts from the package are just so not cool. Anyways, dinner service consisted of 4 choices – pretty impressive for a flight of this duration – absolutely amazing given how much (say) Lufthansa feeds you in Business Class on a trans-Continental flug. I chose the Indian styled chicken curry and was pleasantly surprised. First, I was served one of the most generous and filling salads I have had on a medium haul JCL flight – very nice. Then, the Chicken curry was absolutely delicious – hot, succulent, and coming with the appropriate quantity of side rice and peas. The Indian bread offered in tin foil to keep it warm was nice as well. However, the dessert (no choices) was a tremendous disappointment, and the lack of Port wine was also poor. Good Sri Lankan tea and café made it up though. Overall, high standards … with room for improvement.
By the way, beverage options of alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks were adequate for a flight of this stage length.
(Cold nuts + G/T)
d) Inflight Entertainment:
Shockingly, there was no IFE whatsoever on this flight of 3,35 hours. Not good. Thankfully, the Serendib in-flight magazine is always a good read.
(IFE Screen)
("In-flight magazines", Boarding Passes, etc.)
(Note the amazing number of things they give you!)
e) Crew:
As many of you are aware, I consider South Asian crew to be amongst the best in the world. Moreover, I have always maintained that Sri Lankan crew have consistently been some of the most graceful, hard working, and hospitable anywhere in the world. In my only other UL report (http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/trip_reports/read.main/140652/), I had raved at how amazing they were. Subsequent experiences on UL have only reinforced my positive impression of them.
I guess this is why the behavior of my DEL-CMB crew is so mysterious. While they were pleasant enough, and quick with meal service and call button requests, they seemed a little "off". Perhaps, it was because they had worked the CMB-DEL flight and was tired, but I found the traditional warmth to be missing. They were happy to greet you, direct you to your seat, etc., but failed in simple tasks. Allow me to explain. Upon boarding, I asked the woman FA to hang my jacket. She apologized because UL's 320 apparently does not come with hangars (never had this in all my travels). However, she promised to get back to me. Moments later, a Sri Lankan gentleman saw the hangars which the crew had used for their jackets on the galley divider (you know that plastic divide between the JCL seats and galley), went up and helped himself. He told the crew to hang it – and the purser did so as the FA looked on the aircraft door (!). Ok, fine. After take-off, I called her again for the jacket to be hanged ... sometimes crew forget ... we are all humans ... and now, there was clearly another hanger ... she could have used that one. Again, she said, she would get back to me, and never did. After the meal service, just to test her, I asked her again ... "Yes sir. Yes sir". Again, no response . It was comical, and completely unacceptable from an airline whose crew are generally amongst the best in the industry.
The issue wasn't the hangar itself – it is kind of a small thing. The issue is the lack of follow-up, and this rush to get service done. It was all very odd, and very unlike anything I have experienced on UL.
IV> Post-Flight:
Arrival into Colombo was smooth and I was soon off to enjoy the beaches at Betentota after quick immigration and customs.
(CMB Bandarainake Airport)
V> Impressions + Scores:
I will first talk about Sri Lankan, and then on Delhi's "swanky" T3.
Truly great airlines are made by the people that work for them. I have always said that poor hardware could easily be compensated by excellent software. Sri Lankan made the right start with excellent ground handling at DEL, and a nice touch by their airport officer. On board, the meal service was excellent (albeit the weird dessert), and I have always enjoyed the various complimentary amenities UL gives you – writing pads, postcards, and the deck of cards. All very nice. UL needs to urgently revamp her IFE offerings – especially on routes to India where it has been able to take advantage of weak competition – without a significant strategic overhaul, it might soon find that India has moved on ... just ask BA or Gulf Air. Probably, the single biggest complaint was the UL crew who just did not live up to the usual high standards. I would still fly UL in a heartbeat and generall recommend them with two over enthusiastic thumbs up ... however, this route gave me a little time to pause. Having said that, one time off-crew (not bad, by any definition) should not be held against an airline that has consistently delivered for me.
Now, to Delhi's "swanky" Terminal 3 ...
First, hats off to the GMR group for successfully completing one of the biggest passenger air terminals in the world in the fastest time phase. Watch out for this group as I'm sure we will be hearing from them in the future. Moreover, I think the GMR group will be able to build more successful airports in emerging countries given their unique cost structure, and ability to deliver in environments more similar to India. Let me highlight what I liked/disliked about the terminal:
+ I loved the small Indian touches throughout the terminal. Those hand things at immigration and the statue of Buddha are of course much discussed. But, I also liked the innovative bathrooms, the motifs at check-in, the lights around the airport, the external gate facade with colors and designs of the country. All very impressive, and unique. When the Delhi Bazaar (or whatever it is called) opens, it will offer excellent shopping options as well.
+ I love the lighting – see the pictures, and the amount of natural light.
+ I love how well signed the airport is – unlike say BKK where I am always confused to where I am.
+ I love the staff. Perhaps, they can send the agents at places like DXB, AUH, and CDG for some training here.
+ I love how sleek the external facade looks – and, the sheer size of the external facade. I recognize its 5th largest by floor space ... but from the outside, I remain convinced, it is the single longest airport terminal. God bless anyone who has to transfer international to domestic from one end to another.
-/ The lack of a premium experience is bewildering to me. I don't know if things will change with Air India makes it their hub, but besides the premium fast-track lines, there is nothing premium about the airport. Wouldn't this have been the perfect opportunity to do what BKK, FRA, or DOH have?
-/ The single biggest disappointment are the lounges – of course, the F&B options are good within it, but they lack intimacy and during the evening banks will get very crowded very soon. What's up with no showers?
-/ I recognize the BAA inspired consumer-spend design ... but as a passenger, I am not a fan of the one-area retail design. Moreover, I don't find it big enough.
-/ Some small work has been rushed in order to meet the various deadlines. Check out the installation of the plug points around the airport – or the air freshner dispensers in the bathroom. I know, minute things ... but hey, this is supposed to be a global benchmark.
-/ GMR – if you are reading this, can we please have a post office?
Anyways, the bottom line is that Delhi has an airport that can make India proud, and fundamentally can act as a "game-changer". Sadly, the airline best positioned to benefit from this "hub" facility is one which is least prepared for it – Air India. While their schedules finally are beginning to line up, without operational improvements, I just do not see how AI can manage to pull together a hub service.
The airport itself is a true joy. It is huge, modern, massive, with enough touches of India. As a consumer, I still prefer ICN (convenience), SIN (shopping and sheer amount of things to do), and BKK (premium experience), DEL has come a long way. This is no T2 (though, I will miss it), and definitely an airport that will transform aviation and airline strategy in India ... with repercussions for quite a few airlines outside India.
VI> Other Trip Reports:
8.66: Brussels Airlines (93): FIH-BRU: 01/2010
8.64: Turkish Airlines (59): JFK-IST: 11/2008
8.63: Jet Airways (88): JFK-BRU: 10/2009
8.61: Air Canada (49): YYZ-SCL: 06/2008
8.54: Turkish Airlines (77): GRU-DKR-IST: 04/2009
8.36: Kingfisher (98): BOM-HKG: 01/2010
8.30: Jet Airways (74): KWI-BOM: 04/2009
8.23: United Airlines (72): SFO-SYD: 03/2009
8.11: Aeroflot (33): MOW-DEL: 09/2007
8.05: Air India (80): CCU-JFK: 06/2009
8.04: Korean Air (40): NRT-ICN: 10/2007
8.02: Delta Airlines (24): JFK-CDG: 08/2007
7.66: Sri Lankan (104): DEL-CMB: 07/2010
7.64: Royal Jordanian (91): AMM-YUL: 12/2009
7.61: China Southern (103): LOS-DXB: 04/2010
7.57: Pakistan Airlines (102): ORD-BCN: 06/2010
7.82: Singapore Airlines (06): EWR-SIN: 09/2006
7.25: Iran Air (88): BOM-IKA: 12/2009
7.23: Virgin Atlantic (81): BOS-LHR: 07/2009
7.14: Swiss (52): SCL-GRU: 06/2008
7.11: Austrian (79): VIE-JFK: 06/2009
7.07: Privatair (84): BOM-FRA: 08/2009
7.02: Qatar (68): DOH-JFK: 01/2009
6.96: Etihad (61): JFK-AUH: 12/2008
6.93: Delta Airlines (18): SEA-JFK: 11/2006
6.84: ConViasa (65): CCS-DAM: 01/2009
6.81: Air Canada (17): ICN-YYZ: 10/2006
6.52: Emirates (99): LHR-DXB: 02/2010
6.39: South African (97): EZE-JNB: 01/2010
6.36: Privatair (60): MUC-BOS: 12/2008
6.29: TAM Brasil (96): POA-EZE: 02/2010
6.25: Korean Air (45): NAN-ICN: 10/2007
6.21: Iberia (87): BOS-MAD: 10/2009
6.11: TAP Portugal (53): GRU-OPO: 06/2008
6.00: Gulf Air (75): BOM-BAH: 04/2009
5.88: African Express (89): DXB-NBO: 11/2009
5.75: Singapore Airlines (16): CCU-SIN: 10/2006
5.64: SATA Azores (101): BOS-PDL: 04/2010
5.64: NorthWest (46): ICN-NRT-SEA: 10/2007
5.54: Ethiopian Airlines (95): ADD-BOM: 01/2010
5.46: Icelandair (83): KEF-BOS: 08/2009
5.21: Egypt Air (73): CAI-IST: 02/2009
4.42: Air France: CDG-JNB (25): 08/2007
ECONOMY: Long + Medium:
9.26: Air India (48): JFK-DEL: 02/2008
7.38: Avianca (01): BOG-LIM: 07/2006
7.07: Sri Lankan (62): KWI-CMB: 12/2008
6.41: Avianca (78): JFK-BOG: 05/2009
6.41: American Airlines (58): LHR-BOS: 11/2008
6.39: Condor (85): SEZ-FRA: 09/2009
6.26: Jet Blue (21): CUN-JFK: 02/2007
6.06: Air Canada (04): YYZ-YVR: 09/2006
5.85: Spanair (69): MAD-LPA: 02/2009
5.79: Air New Zealand (42): RAR-NAN: 10/2007
5.52: Aerolineas (86): USH-AEP: 10/2009
5.46: TAP Air Portugal (23): OSL-LIS: 05/2007
5.19: Air Europa (70): LPA-MAD: 02/2009
5.16: Iberia (71): MAD-BOS: 02/2009
5.11: Air China (82): FRA-PEK: 08/2009
ECONOMY: Short
8.56: Paramount Airways (38): BLR-MAA: 09/2007
8.56: Kingfisher (64): HYD-CCU: 12/2008
8.24: Kingfisher (14): IXA-GAU: 10/2006
7.87: Indian (34): BOM-MAA: 09/2007
7.72: Alliance Air (13): CCU-IXA: 10/2006
7.57: Indian Airlines (10): DEL-CCU: 09/2006
7.23: West Jet (03): YYC-YVR: 09/2006
7.15: JetLite (37): BOM-GOI: 09/2007
6.98: Air Koryo (100): PEK-FNJ: 04/2010
6.70: Spice Jet (09): CCU-DEL: 09/2006
6.63: Air Fiji (44): NAN-SUV: 10/2007
6.63: Jazeera (67): DAM-KWI: 01/2009
6.58: Air Tran (02): EWR-MDW: 08/2006
6.48: Air India Express (63): CMB-MAA: 12/2008
6.44: CO Micronesia (39): ROR-YAP: 10/2007
6.41: Pacific Sun (43): NAN-SUV: 10/2007
6.37: Skybus (47): SWF-CMH: 02/2008
6.33: Kenya Airways (29): NBO-BJM: 08/2007
6.33: Sky Europe (56): LTN-BTS: 10/2008
6.31: Indigo (15): GAU-CCU: 10/2006
6.31: easyJet (57): BUD-LTN: 11/2008
6.22: Air Link Swazi (28): MTS-JNB: 08/2007
6.22: Air India (36): HYD-BOM: 09/2007
6.13: Adam Air (07): SIN-CGK: 09/2006
6.13: Air Rarotonga (41): RAR-AIT: 10/2007
6.00: Transairways (27): INH-MPM: 08/2007
5.95: Air Canada (05): ALB-YYZ: 09/2006
5.85: SAS Norge (22): OSL-AES: 05/2007
5.81: LAM Mozambique (26): JNB-MPM: 08/2007
5.69: Air Deccan (12): IXZ-CCU: 10/2006
5.67: Rwanda Air Exp (30): KGL-NBO: 08/2007
5.37: Felix Airways (92): SCT-SAH: 12/2009
5.11: Aero Republica (76): BOG-CCS: 04/2009
5.07: Go Air (35): MAA-HYD: 09/2007
5.00: Sky Airline (51): IQQ-SCL: 06/2008
4.96: Valuair (08): CGK-SIN: 09/2006
4.78: Air Comet Chile (50): SCL-IQQ: 06/2008
4.74: Fly 540 (31): MYD-LAU: 08/2007
4.33: Viva Aerobus (20): ELP-MTY: 02/2007
4.11: Air Sahara (11): CCU-BOM: 09/2006
(Note on Codes: Y – Economy, J – Business, F – First :: I/D – International/Domestic :: SR/MR/LR – Short/Medium/Long Haul)
(Note on Date: Dates are modified to be +/- 3 days from actual flight date to not reveal actual flight pattern)
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The mother accused of killing her teen daughter last week has been indicted.
The State Attorney's Office charged Sujatha Guduru, 44, with first-degree premeditated murder. She's accused of killing her 17-year-old daughter in their Oviedo home on Jan. 27.
According to Sujatha Guduru's arrest report, detectives said Chetana Guduru was shot in the face. Guduru then shot herself in a failed suicide attempt.
Sujatha Guduru said she killed her daughter because she believed no one would be able to care for Chetana after she killed herself, a news release said. It was not immediately known why Sujatha Guduru wanted to kill herself.
Investigators said the mother had planned the murder-suicide for weeks.
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Shultz packs up office Monday during final farewell from Bainbridge police department
Commander Sue Shultz carried out her final duty for the Bainbridge Island Police Department Monday as she packed up her office and cleaned out her desk.
Assisted by the city's Finance Director Ellen Schroer, Shultz hauled off her personal items while shaking hands and saying goodbye to her fellow officers. Her official last day will be Wednesday, Jan. 2.
Shultz leaves the department after resigning earlier this month in the wake of an investigation that placed her on administrative leave. The investigation was sparked by allegations from two female police officers who claimed Shultz discriminated against them because of their gender, and they claimed they were treated more harshly than their male counterparts.
The investigation did find that there was tension between Shultz and the two officers, but did not find any evidence of gender bias.
Shultz leaves the Bainbridge Island Police Department after serving nearly five years on the force. She came to Bainbridge in 2007 and was promoted to commander in 2010.
Shultz had indicated she wanted to stay on the force in a letter to the city responding to the investigation.
City Manager Doug Schulze, however, announced that the commander would be resigning after the two had reached a mutual decision.
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As we approach the holiday season, the chances are that many of us will spend time with our families.
Whether you'll be visiting close relatives or meeting with distant cousins, family get-togethers are the perfect way to find out more about your family history.
Want to add more information to your family tree or inspire the younger generations to get involved? Here are three simple tips to turn your next family gathering into a genealogy opportunity!
1. Ask relatives to bring an old family object
Documenting the story of a family treasure can be an great tool to increase understanding about your family history. Whether a letter, card, ornament, jewelry or recipe, encourage relatives to bring something to show everyone. These items can bring interesting stories to life and provide new family information.
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Information about relatives is often revealed during family gatherings, but can be forgotten if it's not recorded in some way. Appoint someone to take notes, and ensure that everything said is recorded - via video or voice recorder - to preserve it for future generations.
3. Make it a game - get the kids involved
Children are not only the family's next generation, they're also the next generation of genealogists. Get them involved at an early age by creating games to play at family events. If there are several children, have them form teams. Beyond the lure of a prize, you might ignite a spark in the children that will encourage them to research their family history when they are older.
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The event, "Contemporary Diplomacy," will take place at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1, in Room 119 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E., Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress, the panel discussion is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are needed.
Participants include Ambassador Álvaro de Soto, Ambassador Ricardo Luna, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Alexander Evans and Vanni Pettina.
De Soto is a Peruvian diplomat and renowned international mediator. He led the negotiations which brought an end to the war in El Salvador. He has also served as the political adviser to Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali; the special adviser on Cyprus; and the special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. He was the United Nations undersecretary-general from 1999 to 2007.
Luna is the former Peruvian ambassador to the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Nations. Currently, he is a distinguished visiting scholar at the Kluge Center. Luna served as Peru's ambassador to the United States from 1992 to 1999. He participated in peace talks that in 1998 resulted in an agreement ending decades-long friction and periodic conflicts between Peru and Ecuador. From 1989 to 1992, Luna was ambassador to the United Nations. From 2006 to 2010, he was ambassador to the Court of St. James's, London. Luna has taught international relations at Brown, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton and Tufts universities.
McCarrick is archbishop emeritus of Washington and a distinguished visiting scholar at the Kluge Center. McCarrick served as archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington from 2001 to 2006. He was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II just seven weeks after his installation as archbishop. In 1996, McCarrick was invited to serve on the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad, and from 1999-201 he was a member of the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom.
Evans holds the Henry Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Kluge Center and is a counselor in the British diplomatic service. As a diplomat, he has served in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. From 2009-2011, he was a senior adviser to the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, first the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and then Marc Grossman. Evans has held fellowships at Oxford and Yale universities.
Pettina, who will serve as moderator of the panel, is a fellow at the Kluge Center, researching "From the Nationalist Compromise to the Insurrection: Cuba and the United States, 1933-1959." He is an associate researcher at the Jóse Ortega y Gasset Research Institute in Madrid and the LSE Ideas Center in London. Pettina is the author of several articles on U.S. foreign policy concerning Latin America during the early Cold War.
Through a generous endowment from John W. Kluge, the Library of Congress established the Kluge Center in 2000 to bring together the world's best thinkers to stimulate and energize one another, to distill wisdom from the Library's rich resources and to interact with policymakers in Washington. For further information on the Kluge Center, visit www.loc.gov/kluge/.
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Donnie Darko22 ratings since posting on Tuesday, September 14, 2004
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Amazing film
talk about non linier time - Unsubscribed , posted 02/02/07
Glad I finally saw this!
I didn't realize that Drew Barrymore, Noah Wylie and Patrick Swayze were in this flick. I had just heard that Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal were in it and I love both of them (mmmm Jake!) I had also heard that it was a cult classic so I had to check it out. Now I understand the appeal. Great characters, obviously an unusual and dark story line, one of my new favs! - Logan , posted 11/14/06
Good story
Almost a year ago I saw this movie but I still remember it, which means it wasn't bad at all. I watched it because I was curious about Drew Barrymore's role in this film. It turned out to be a small role but a surprisingly good movie! Watch it! - Lies , posted 08/27/06
all this and jake gyllanhal, too!
psycho silver-masked death bunny, airplane engine dropping in your bedroom nightmares, time travel ... insanity - cherry ghost , posted 01/03/06
donnie darko cult fav
quintessential representation of north-american life. clever and engaging play on 'folie' or the tabou of crazyness. i really loved this movie... - Unsubscribed , posted 12/09/05
A Gotta See
Not much i can say other than this RULES - Unsubscribed , posted 11/30/05
ooohhh so deep
Ok story line, but honestly...Do any of you know what the fuck was going on with that whole time travel thing? It's just there to be complicated and get people thinking when really i bet the writer didn't know what he himself was writing about. - Bertha , posted 11/27/05
my obsession
I enjoy movies in general but this one really got to me. Its dark, has great writing, its complex, has intriging social commentary, and is non-linear. I'm kind of bashful to mention how many times I watched the film. Once, twice in one evening-with different people. Second time was just as enjoyable.
One of the few movies for my home collection - Amanda , posted 11/22/05
How'd they capsulize my life so well?
Hey, nice to meet y'all. I'm the real Donnie Darko. - Jesse , posted 11/16/05
Dark, stormy and asking of the questions we all pense...
What's it all about?
A movie that lets existential angst exist without any directional answer or hypothesis. The imagery of this film excellently illustrates a narrative that provides no answers but is deeply fulfilling in its quest. Soundtrack song SO hauntingly captures the mood of this film-I heard that it held the top of the charts even though it is a cover done in one evening. - Chloe , posted 10/12/05
dark coming of age tale
This exceptionally dark coming of age tale deals with teen rebellion, finding yourself, and discovering the truth behind a series of odd events. Donnie Darko is a teenager who's had mental problems in the past, and who is now being visited by a bizarre rabbit character who comes from the future. He must determine what's real as time ticks down until "the end of the world".
It's a beautiful story, with well developed characters and great imagery. The director's cut is well worth checking out. - Jenni , posted 06/16/05
Loved it, and it's website
This is definately one of my favorite american films (we just don't seem to be too good at the whole film making thing). The website was one of the most interesting and interactive sites I've ever come across www.donniedarko.com/ - Unsubscribed , posted 06/13/05
Awesome connections
Caught this one late at night on cable, and loved it. The characters are well-developed, the dialogue rich, and the storyline a surprise to the very end. A cult film classic that rivals Phantom of the Paradise, Hairspray, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show for memorable characters, scenes, and thematics. - Dorsie , posted 05/22/05
Wonder Bunny
Sample dialogue: "Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion."
Beautiful, moving, sad, funny, astonishing in every way. - Philentropy , posted 01/20/05
I love the social commentaries about society being "niced-up" in this film.... I wish they had spent a bit more time researching the physics behind it, but have to give it kudos for what they've done. - Darren , posted 01/11/05
Boy meets time travelling rabbit and much more....
This tale of a disturbed teenager and his encounter with a demonic looking rabbit from the future would apear to be the begining of a really off the wall horror story ( ala "killer klowns from outer space" etc ) at least that's the gist i got from the review on the website i rented it from ..being one with a penchant for these type of movies occasionally i couldnt resist but, what i got was one of the best movies i have ever seen one that deals with rebellion, looking at the big picture of life and different people's philsophy's and condensation of human emotions as well as an intrigueing running theme of this spectre from the future and the dire predictions he offers to the main character (Donnie Darko ). It is a humorous and often dark ( as in depressing not so much as morbid ) drama which encompasses family and school life as well as issues of self-sacrifice and love .Overall a really kick ass flick sure to raise goosebumps as well as eyebrows. - rory , posted 09/14/04
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Lama Sarah Harding, Tibetan translator and student of the late Kalu Rinpoche, joins us to discuss the experience of doing a traditional 3-year retreat in the Tibetan tradition. She was part of a small group of people, who in the mid 70's did the first 3-year retreat held for Westerners.
Listen in to find out more about the practices one does during the traditional retreat, what the biggest challenges can be, and what the benefits are (especially when compared with shorter periods of practice).
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Ryan: Hello Buddhist Geeks. We have a very special guest today, someone who we've been trying to get on the show, and we finally convinced or coerced her enough to do it. Lama Sarah Harding. Vince and I have both taken courses with her, so, she's a teacher for us. And the good news is that we're going to do this in Tibetan. [laughter] So, you may not get much out of it, but it'll be fun.
Vince: Good news for you two! [laughter]
Ryan: So, Lama Sarah Harding has been doing the dharma for a long time. Your primary teacher is Kalu Rinpoche…
Sarah: Right.
Ryan: …but you've worked with a lot of teachers, especially through oral translation and translating books, yes?
Sarah: That's right.
Ryan: Are there any teachers in particular that…
Sarah: After Kalu Rinpoche? That I've worked with?
Ryan: …stand out? Yeah.
Sarah: I guess, yeah, like Kampo Soltun, Thrangu Rinpoche, recently Aganten, not recently, it's already like 15 years translating for Aganten Gotu in Bhutan, and, oh, there's lots.
Ryan: Yeah.
Sarah: I don't even want…you know, I'm sure…
Ryan: Right…you're going to leave a whole bunch of people out.
Sarah: It's better to not say anything. [laughter]
Ryan: Sure. And you're still doing oral translation, yeah?
Sarah: Not so much. I pretty much tried to officially retire from that.
Ryan: It's a big need, right, in the community? There's not that many people out there who can…
Sarah: It is. But I feel like it's sort of a young person's job. Not as rewarding as it used to be and also extremely difficult, actually. Kind of a brain-burn, you know, that I'm not…in like my situation, where I was translating for various people, not just one, then they all have different accents and they all talk about different things and different terms, and it's hard to keep up.
Ryan: Right
Sarah: Itinerant translation.
Ryan: Yeah, what I gathered is that you really had to spend a lot of time with the teacher…
Sarah: Yeah, and then you have to go and stay in all these crummy dharma centers in the basement with, you know, the laundry or something. [laughter] It's just not…you know, you're away from home…
Ryan: That sounds delightful, I don't know what's the problem? The laundry's probably warm, right? [laughter]
Sarah: It smells like, I don't know, what's that stuff they put in…? Fabric softener!
Ryan: Right. You probably smelled like that permanently for like, ten years, right?
Sarah: Yeah. [laughter]
Ryan: That's good…at least you smell nice. [laughter] But you are still doing literary translation…
Sarah: Yeah, and that was the other reason. You know, I have three jobs, actually. I have the job teaching at Naropa, and then I have the written translation, and then there was the oral translation, and it was like, one too many jobs.
Ryan: Right. So, some of your books that you've translated, or texts, I just want to mention, and it sounds like you have a whole bunch you've translated over time, but there's a few standouts: Creation and Completion; Machik's Complete Explanation; Treasury of Knowledge: Esoteric Instructions. And that one's part of a big series of…will you say a little bit about that?
Sarah: The Treasury of Knowledge by Jamgon Kongtrul? It's one of his five treasures, Jamgon Kongtrul, you know, 19th century great teacher, and master, and brilliant genius. And that was actually the series that Kalu Rinpoche, when he started our translation group, that was his request, and so we all started with Kalu Rinpoche in India and other teachers who he invited and started working on it, and it's taken very long, much longer than anyone expected. Rinpoche had been very…he really wanted it to finish before he died, but that of course didn't happen. And so it's been about 15 years, I think, that it's been. But there's six, seven volumes out now, will be a total of about ten. So it's getting close.
Ryan: Cool.
Sarah: It's a must have for any Buddhist Geek. [laughter]
Ryan: Right.
Vince: There you go.
Ryan: Totally. I have a few myself. And, as we mentioned, you teach at Naropa? And how long have you been teaching at Naropa?
Sarah: That's right. Oh, gosh, since 1992.
Ryan: 1992? Nice.
Sarah: Long.
Ryan: And you've done some Tibetan language, and you've done…
Sarah: Yeah, I have almost every subject you can think of…
Ryan: You've taught there…
Sarah: Yeah, including, you know, beyond Buddhism, like all religions, stuff I didn't know anything about. So that was always fun. [laughter]
Ryan: Good. Cool. One major topic we wanted to talk with you about is, you did one or two three-year retreats?
Sarah: [breathless] Just only one.
Ryan: You're like…[lowers voice] We already have some insight! [laughter] [lowers voice again] Only One.
Sarah: Only one!
Ryan: No more…
Sarah: Only one thousand days and nights. [laughter]
Ryan: Okay! Well this is something that a lot of people have asked questions about and we haven't got to sit down to talk with anybody who's done it. Especially a Westerner.
Sarah: Very few are left to tell of it. [laughter]
Ryan: This is going to be good, then! Good! Well, we have some questions, you know, about the actual doing that kind of retreat, practicalities of it.
Sarah: Yeah.
Ryan: And we can kind of just jump around, too, and anything that pops up in your head, just feel free to go to town on it.
Sarah: Unfortunately I'm known for that, yeah.
Ryan: [laughs] That's what we love about you.
Sarah: [laughs] Okay.
Ryan: So, first off, I mean, is this happening as much as it used to? I don't even know how many people have done it in the past, if it was something people did a lot more when the Tibetan teachers first came over and then had people do it?
Sarah: Yeah.
Ryan: I know it's still happening, but how much?
Sarah: Well, I did the very first one in the West, it was started in 1976, so that time there was seven of us – I mean, it was like, in the world. And then, that one finished in 1980, and then after that there was suddenly about four or five of them, and then it seems to almost actually increase exponentially. And I think there's a lot, and some that I've heard of have had like, a *lot* of students, like in the hundreds. So…
Ryan: Wow!
Sarah: And then there's all these new versions of it.
Ryan: Yeah, this is partly what I want to talk about, too, you have new versions, right?
Sarah: So, they're called three-year retreats, but they aren't three years, they're three months.
Ryan: Well, let's talk about when you did the three-year retreat, it was probably more in line with the traditional…
Sarah: Yeah, it was very traditional, and in fact it was based on Jamgun Kongtrul's retreat that he established in Papung in Kham in Tibet. And then Kalu Rinpoche was the retreat master there, so Kalu Rinpoche just, you know, did what he always did, which was those three-year retreats.
Ryan: Right. Wow.
Sarah: He modified it just a little, you know, for us…
Ryan: Just a little bit…
Sarah: …'cause we were such wimps.
Ryan: [laughs] Right. So, what's the general main thrust of doing a three-year retreat? What's the the purpose, like, why even go on one of those?
Sarah: Oh, wow. Gosh, I don't know, I should've asked. [laughter]
Ryan: "What the hell am I doing here in this little box?"
Vince: I bet you wondered! [laughs]
Sarah: "It has a purpose? Darn…"
Ryan: "How are we gonna do yoga?" [laughter]
Sarah: I knew there was something I forgot…. Yeah. Well…oh boy…
Ryan: At least, let's start with what the main intention would be if it was in a traditional Tibetan model, like when you did it.
Sarah: That's a good question, yeah. Well, the traditional model, which is something we didn't know or figure out for quite a ways, maybe some people maybe never do, but really it's part of the education of a teacher or a lama in Tibet where they would be hopefully doing both, you know, shedra and drupdra, which would mean they would be studying, and that's a monastic college, and then also practicing in a retreat situation. So, that's a full education and you know, it basically produces lamas who can then go and be in the village monasteries or whatever, too.
Ryan: Right.
Sarah: And that's something that obviously, as one friend of mine put it who also did the retreat, you know, an intensive training for a nonexistent job when it comes to Westerners… [laughter]
Ryan: Right…
Sarah: Kind of reminds you of Naropa… [more laughter]
Vince: Sure, sure…
Sarah: I shouldn't really say that…but…
Ryan: I know this [laughs]
Sarah: Yeah, you guys know. [laughs] But even more so…
Ryan: Yeah.
Sarah: …because there's a lot of ritual, you know, and also, big discovery, big insight is that Vajrayana is mainly ritual also. There's a lot of that, and I mean if you really, to really do it, if you look at like the esoteric instructions on doing it, then, you know, it gives you an opportunity to really get teachings and instructions and practice that you couldn't really get anywhere else. And these kind of instructions are actually not given except in a retreat situation, most of them.
So, it's an opportunity to do that and to immediately put them into practice, and to put them into practice without any interruption. So that if you were going to really try and experience what it was like to do these practices intensively, that this would be the opportunity. And in that, it was like a really great opportunity. I mean, I've never stopped feeling gratitude that I had that chance.
Vince: I remember you saying, in one of the classes that we took, that you started off with the preliminary practices?
Sarah: Yeah, we did those first. Again. I mean, everyone had already done them, at least once.
Ryan: Okay.
Sarah: Or sometimes twice. Or more. But then we had to do them again within the retreat.
Vince: Gotcha. And then what other kinds of practices did you do after that?
Sarah: Well, there were a lot of what, to use a phrase from one of my books, creation phase practices, you know, visualization of deity practices, of a number of them major practices within, for our retreat, for within the Shangpa lineage and the Kagyu lineage and the Nyingma lineage, so we had all three. And then we'd do completion phase practices such as the six dharmas, you know, like tumo, and stuff like that
Vince: Yeah, like the Naropa, six yogas of Naropa.
Sarah: Yeah, six dharmas of Naropa. We did 3 six dharmas: Naropas, Negumas and Sukhacitis.
Ryan: So you guys were like, sampling the different sixes.
Sarah: Yeah!
Vince: That's cool.
Sarah: Yeah, see, and that's one of the actual things that, what I was saying, you know, what we didn't realize at first is that you do sample a whole lot so that, in the Tibetan tradition you can't teach anything unless you've practiced it. So they try and get you to practice a lot of them and some people would rather have done more practice on one, you know, to go deeper.
Ryan: Right.
Sarah: But that's what Rinpoche had in mind.
Vince: How long would you be doing each of these practices?
Sarah: It varied. I think we didn't do any one practice for more than six months. So…but more often it was one month on each. The preliminaries took four months.
Ryan: I remember you said you did like, two months of Samatha and it was usually only one month but you guys needed a little extra? [laughter]
Sarah: Yeah, we wanted extra, we said "We need more!"
Vince: Extra helping, right?
Sarah: Yeah, exactly. And he did give us that.
Ryan: And you said that people would do the preliminary practices before the retreat? Were there other sort of prerequisites?
Sarah: Yeah well, there were three prerequisites at that time, I don't know how it is now. One was yeah, to do the preliminary practices. The second was to be fluent in Tibetan, because all the instruction was in Tibetan and all the texts and practices were in Tibetan. And then the third was to have enough money. Those three.
Ryan: Wow. So, how fluent were people when they went in? 'Cause that's what I would wonder.
Sarah: Pretty fluent. Yeah, certainly enough to understand the teachings.
Ryan: Okay. And Rinpoche would teach totally in Tibetan and….
Sarah: Yeah. Well, Rinpoche would teach totally in Tibetan, obviously, but he didn't stay there for the whole three years, we had our own retreat master.
Ryan: Oh, okay.
Sarah: And he only also knew only Tibetan.
Ryan: So, for you, I know there's probably many challenging things, what was the most challenging for you?
Sarah: Gosh, the most challenging, well, I mean, the challenges went in phases. [laughs] You know, the first challenge was, you know, your legs hurting, and then the second challenge was how cold it was in France without heat. And then the third, you know, they went on…not lying down was a challenge, not getting out of the box…. And then, a real big….
Vince: What box are you talking about? Just for people that don't know, yeah. [laughs]
Sarah: The box? The box that we live in, you know.
Ryan: There's a little…
Sarah: Yeah, you're in a meditation box. And that's where you sleep.
Vince: A "literal" box?
Sarah: Yeah, literally, a box.
Ryan: Do you still sleep in a box?
Sarah: No. Some people do, though. Our meditation retreat master, for instance, has always, never, been out of his box, all these years. But, yeah, that was hard, 'cause you're used to lying down to sleep and we didn't lay down. But I think, you know, one thing that's really challenging, and I'm sure that everyone agrees even though it's really not said too much, is your fellow retreatants. Very challenging. [laughs]
Ryan: So, did you have a lot of interaction?
Sarah: Well, we did…yeah. Not a lot of interaction, but enough when you're in a retreat situation. [laughter]
Ryan: Enough to annoy the hell out of you? [laughter]
Sarah: Yeah, we did two meditation sessions together a day. Which is a ritual practice. You know, like puja. And then we went and got our meals in the same place, although we went and ate them in our own rooms. And then we had to, yeah, kind of coordinate things, when they happened. We saw plenty of each other.
Ryan: Right.
Vince: What was, I'm wondering, the last challenge, was it related to coming out of the retreat and entering the world?
Sarah: Oh, yeah, definitely.
Vince: What was that like?
Sarah: I mean, that's a *way* bigger challenge than going into retreat. By far.
Ryan: Yeah, how was that for you?
Sarah: That was, …wow…. Well, at first it was incredibly wonderful. Like at the very first, you know. I always thought it was like having your eyes peeled or something, everything was so new and fresh and amazing. And nothing was…nothing bothered you. Everything was just part of this amazing display that was infinitely interesting. But then, then like, it hits, after a while. We used to have a group, it was almost like a support group. But some of us got together and we all kind of figured it was about ten years of recovery before you even knew that you had to recover. So…[laughs]
Ryan: Wow…
Vince: Wow.
Sarah: So I would say re-entry is very difficult and there's a lot of issues about it. And there's no help. Nobody kind of tells you…
Ryan: There's no post-recovery…
Sarah: Yeah, there's no…I mean there's, for one thing, different than traditional retreats, where they would go back into a, you know, a context…
Vince: Right, and they'd start teaching, presumably…
Sarah: And maybe they'd start teaching in a monastery that was a lot like their monastery. And you know, they'd be back into the scene. And in the West, you're just basically dropped off on the street corner, [laughs] you know…
Ryan: Wow.
Sarah: And yeah, it's confusing. "What did I just do? And what do I do with it?"
Vince: Right. And how does it fit in with the rest of my life?
Sarah: Yeah! Have you ever tried to put it on a job application or something? "Three-year retreat…" [laughter] You know, or, I mean, you really can't relate to anybody. Well, maybe like all extreme experiences, like being in a battlefield or something – you can't really tell what it was like. Like, you can't…nobody gets it. So it's very isolating in a way.
Ryan: I would think a lot of people would imagine that it would just be nothing but roses after coming back. It's like "Oh, I did three years of really good practice that's good for me," and then you come out of it and you're supposed to be like "Oh, everything's great" But actually, it can be quite the opposite.
Sarah: Yeah…I mean, if I had felt like "Oh, I did three years of really good practice," it might have been different. [laughter] I don't really know anybody who feels that.
Ryan: Yeah?
Sarah: Because you know, three years sitting with yourself, you really can't fake it anymore. And, you know, it's very humbling. It's *extremely* humbling. Like I think if someone comes out thinking they're all really special, they didn't do it right.
Ryan: Yeah, right, right. Does everyone have, "success" would be like a weird word to use with it, I know this, but I'm saying like does anyone break down in it? In, like, unhealthy ways?
Sarah: Oh, sure. Yeah, of course. Yeah.
Ryan: Why do you think that is? I mean, is it just the nature doing that? Or is there some sort of predisposition to coming into the retreat that, like, makes it more doable to do that long of a retreat? Or what?
Sarah: You mean like, it attracts all the crazies? [laughs]
Ryan: No…that'd be a good question, but…
Sarah: Like *all* dharma centers? [laughs]
Ryan: No, I mean, what makes the difference? Why does one person go in and at least survive the whole experience, and one person not?
Sarah: Right. I think that, well, of course there's training and readiness. And that's an important factor. But yeah, I think people bring in whatever their state of their psyche and they come in, and then they are put in a pressure cooker. Because it's not relaxing, it's very rigorous. Contemplative rigor, right? And so if there's anything there, it's exacerbated. If there's no opportunity to work it out. And what it's not, at least in most of the retreats, or at least certainly in ours, it's not any space for working things out in a therapeutic way. So if you haven't done that previously, and if there's a lot to work out, then it can be a very bad result. Sure.
Ryan: And I'm guessing there's not really, since you did it in such a traditional way, there wouldn't be really a knowledge from the teachers about the way the Western psyche might work. [laughter]
Sarah: For us it was an especially hard one, because there was no, kind of, of common ground, for our teachers.
Vince: You guys were kind of like the guinea pigs. [laughter]
Sarah: Yeah, we were! And in fact…it was interesting 'cause in France, where we did it, nobody had signed up until we came out. And, like, they were all waiting to see what we would be like before anyone signed up for the next one, yeah. There were a whole ton of people there…
Ryan: Watching you! [laughs]
Sarah: Yeah. Watching us come out.
Vince: Interesting.
Sarah: And Rinpoche had us teach. We all had to give a teaching, you know, so it was kind of like our first, dunno, was like a symbolic thing that he had us each teach. But then people signed up, so I guess we somehow got by with it. Got away with it. [laughter]
Ryan: So, in the West it seems that small retreats are pretty popular. You know, like month-long retreats.
Sarah: Yeah.
Ryan: Is there advantage, or difference, for – I'm assuming there is…
Sarah: Oh, yeah, certainly.
Ryan: …between, say if you do the same amount of months over a lifetime, versus a three-year retreat, like, what's the, what are the advantages?
Sarah: I think it's, personally, well…. I mean, I can't compare, 'cause I haven't done, like, what would that be, 36 months separately…
Ryan: Right, right, yeah.
Sarah: …of retreat in my life? And there's a lot of different retreats now that have various components where it all adds up to the same practices. But it seems to me it would be totally different. And I feel like they're missing out a little on some of the advantages of a long retreat like this because you really do let go after a while. I mean, very few people can really manage to keep connections in the world for that long, and so most everyone kind of arranges to cut off connections.
And you really stop…after a while, you just run out of fuel to distract you. You really do. You can't remember what you used to think about, and waste all that time thinking about. You know? You just…and so, that's a great opportunity.
And then, it's such a help, unless you have, like, incredible contemplative rigor, you know, which I doubt I would've ever had on my own, doing a month. A month is nothing. I was distracted for the whole last month of the three-year retreat, thinking of getting out. So…
Ryan: Right.
Sarah: But there's other advantages to short ones, in they're different. It's just a different thing.
Ryan: Right. That makes sense. The last, at least, the last question I have – I don't know if you have more, Vince – the differences. You said that a lot of them are changing now what the three-year retreat is. What are differences or how is it evolving or changing in the West?
Sarah: Well, there's, you know, for instance there's ones that are like they do at Gampo Abbey where, well, first they tried to do six months in, six months out, and then it got to be a year in and a year out, and I've kind of lost track of how they're doing it now. And that was trying to accommodate the fact that most people are laypeople that are doing it and have jobs and families or whatever. But, you know, I think it's quite…I think that would be much more difficult, much more difficult, you know, then you have to get it back together, you have to go through the re-entry trauma many more times. Then you have to arrange everything again to go back in, and you lose the continuity of it.
But that's one way of doing it. It might allow you to keep your job or something, although I don't know too many people who can leave for six months every couple of years, what kind of job that is. But that was an attempt at that. And then there's various versions of that. All kinds, now. I keep hearing new ones almost, you know, almost every week or something. You know, it's put out over a ten-year period, and you would finish all the same practices….
And I think they're all good experiments. You know, everyone's trying to, it's such a radical thing to take the whole three years, three months off your life. But on the other hand, um, you know, it's been an age-old realization that, you know, you have to give up something for spiritual practice. If you're not willing to do that, it may not be as fruitful, I don't know. I'm for it all.
Ryan: And are people still having to be very fluent in Tibetan to do it?
Sarah: Well, in my tradition, in Kalu Rinpoche's tradition, just before he died, Bokar Rinpoche, he's the successor of Kalu Rinpoche, agreed through various dreams and all kinds of things that it could be done in English. So, it's in the process of the practices all being translated.
Ryan: Wow.
Sarah: But other groups, such as the, you know, Shambhala Buddhists, they do it all in English.


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Herbert Hart and the Semantic Sting
Timothy A.O. Endicott
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law
July 3, 2008
Legal Theory, Vol. 4, pp. 283-300, 1998, reprinted in HART'S POSTSCRIPT: ESSAYS ON THE POSTCRIPT TO 'THE CONCEPT OF LAW', Jules Coleman, ed, Oxford University Press, 2001
Ronald Dworkin has argued that H.L.A.Hart's theory of law is based on a 'criterial' semantic theory, which disfigures his theory of law because it can give no adequate account of 'theoretical' disagreement as to the content of the law. I conclude that a sound theory will reject criterial semantics. But Hart did not have a criterial semantic theory. His theory can make sense of genuine theoretical disagreement. To Hart, theoretical disagreement is explicable as deep disagreement as to the use of paradigms. I also conclude that a sound theory cannot accept two distinctive claims of Law's Empire: that no paradigm of an abstract concept is secure from the interpretive process, and that abstract words are not vague.
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You got the wrong guy...i'm not lebowski...does it look like i'm fucking married, the toilet seat is up man.
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I'm currently looking for a researcher who will support our upcoming e-information project. What I want you to do is to research a given niche and determine what the 10 most important questions / pains in this niche are.
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GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- In Genesee County this week, residents and visitors can enjoy a pair of art fairs in Linden and Otisville, a city bike ride along the river, and more. Read below for 5 things to do in Genesee County.
Friends of the Flint River Trail Bike Ride--Sunday, Sept. 22
The Friends of the Flint River Trail (FFRT) will continue their regular Sunday bike rides on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. from the Flint Farmers' Market. Most rides are 10 to 12 miles long, and progress at a family-friendly leisurely pace. Destinations depend somewhat on weather conditions. There is no cost to join the rides. Helmets are strongly encouraged.
Flint Community Players "Running In The Red"
For their first show after the exit of their director of 23 years, the Flint Community Players will perform "Running In The Red," a farcical comedy about a vaudeville radio act about to hit the big time. Future show dates are Sept. 22, 27, 28 and 29. Show times are 8 p.m. on every day except for 2:30 p.m. on Sundays, Sept. 22 and Sept. 29. Performances are at the Tom & Bea Nobles Performance Hall, located at 2462 S. Ballenger Hwy., Flint. Tickets are between $14 and $30, and are available at FlintCommunityPlayers.com. for more inforFmation, call 810-235-6963 or the box office at 810-441-9302.
Fall Arts Fest -- Saturday, Sept. 21 – Sunday, Sept. 22
Stone Garden Pottery, located at 10414 Oak Road in Otisville, will present the second annual Fall Arts Fest on Saturday and Sunday. The event will feature more than a dozen local artists showcasing work in ceramics, woodworking, jewelry, weaving, recycled iron works, copper wind sculptures, knitting, felting and crochet. The gardens around the hosting home will also be open for strolling. Hours are 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, and noon till 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22. For more information, call 810-631-4292.
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This year's 35th annual Kiwanis Art Fair will be at Lake Fenton High School, 4070 Lahring Road, Linden, on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The fair will have about 40 artists showcasing and selling their work. Twelve artists will compete for a $1,000 prize in the second annual Art Prize contest. Those in attendance will vote for the Art Prize winner during the fair, with the winner announced afterward. Additionally, children from area schools will participate in a Youth Art Show. The event will also have a variety of children's activities, along with live music from A Joyful Noise, the Lake Fenton Marching Band, Greg Zafiroff, and students from Fenton High School.
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Encore Sports Grill and Event Center, located at 3503 Beecher Road in Flint, will host its weekly event, Jazz n More with Gwen Pennyman-Hemphill, on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 4 p.m. till 8 p.m. Admission is $5. For more information, call 810-766-9238 or 810-308-6041.


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Actress Rebecca Romijn, 40, plays a private eye on TNT's King & Maxwell, and chatted this week with PEOPLE about "one last thing" ...
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My character is a former Olympic rower, and I used to row, so I was like, "I'll show them how it's done." At my first training session, the boat was only about a foot wide and very tippy. I was in the lake in about two minutes.
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Zulily, a kids' sale website. They had a big sale on inflatable pool toys and the kids [twin daughters Charlie and Dolly, 4] were so excited. I just had my first weekend at home in two months, and I blew up inflatables the entire time.
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House Hunters International. I love when people move to a foreign place, especially one I've never been to, on a budget. It's really interesting.
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In April, we compiled a list of celebrities who, because of obesity related health issues, left us too soon. Yesterday, actor James Gandolfini passed away in Italy of a myocardial infarction, at the young age of 51. More commonly known as a heart attack, a myocardial infarction occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked, causing damage to the heart muscle.
James Gandolfini had a name and face synonymous with Tony Soprano, the New Jersey mafia boss he brought to life in the seminal HBO series "The Sopranos." Like Soprano, Gandolfini was an Italian from New Jersey, but couldn't have been more dissimilar than his famously violent character. As a meticulous and obsessively dedicated actor and director, he liked to describe himself as "a 260-pound Woody Allen."
Given that weight, paired with a listed height of 6′ 1", Gandolfini would have had a BMI of 34.3, putting him well into the obese category. Just this week, the American Medical Association declared obesity as a disease. When a person experiences a period of sustained obesity, conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol are almost guaranteed. Gandolfini never had any scandalous drinking or drug-use incidents, but he did have a reputation for binge eating and drinking. He was also an avid cigar smoker. (more…)


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Dragon Quest VIII
A Comment on DQ8?By ntrudr_800 eventually Score:
Jul 16, 2010 12:26AM PST
I own DQ8. It is still awesome to this day! Beautiful graphics, seem to have trickled down to DQ9. So far looks to be one of the most gorgeous looking games on the DS. I can only imagine what the creators could do on the Wii or 360. The graphics sort of remind me of Harvest Moon Animal Parade on the Wii, which has similarlyish gorgeous graphics and is the best HM game as of yet.
Your momma called. She said give this game a try. She also said something about not wearing any underwear... I thought that was cool because I, too, was not wearing any underwear. I play DS in the nude on the toilet without shame , just how it was meanto to be played. On the go! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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