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This week, I speak with non-dual teacher and former Tibetan monk, Peter Fenner. Peter was a monk for nearly a decade before he disrobed, realizing that the Buddhist practices he was engaged in weren't leading him to what he was looking for. He then looked to Western psychotherapeutic technologies, and in the process developed a non-dual teaching that relates in part to Madhyamika, Advaita Vedanta, and Western psychology.
He calls this approach Radiant Mind, and in this episode we speak with him about the various aspects of his teaching, from a type of deconstructive inquiry based on dialoguing with him, to the formless "practice" of natural meditation. Listen in to hear more about this type of "fruition or results" based spiritual path.
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Vince: Hello Buddhist geeks. This is Vince Horn. And I'm here today, in the studio, with a special guest: Peter Fenner. Thank you, Peter, for joining us.
Peter: Hi Vince. It's great to have this time with you.
Vince: Thank you. And just a little bit of background for listeners out there who might not be aware of your work. You are the author of several books, including Radiant Mind, Reasoning into Reality, and The Edge of Certainty. As I understand it, your work has a lot to do with exploring how to take traditional Buddhist non-dual wisdom, and find a way to present it in a way that's really effective for Western peoples. Is that true?
Peter: Yes, well I hope so.
Vince: (laughs)
Peter: Because that's what I've been working on for a little over thirty years. It's, firstly, immersing myself in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, quite deeply. Tibetan, Mahayana Buddhism. Being engaged and involved with that, within it's own framework for about 15 years. And then a change happened, and I moved away from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and began teaching in my own right. Integrating Western psychology, and experimenting with how best to present Buddhist non-dual wisdom for Westerners. So that it was easy to take it in. So that they could do it in the context of their everyday life.
Vince: Fantastic. So, we're going to, hopefully, get to cover, in more depth, every piece of what you just said. But I wanted to start where all good stories start, which is, hopefully, at the beginning.
Peter: OK
Vince: Not too far back. Not before the Big Bang, or anything, but start with your time as a Buddhist monk. You are actually a traditionally trained Buddhist monk. And I wanted to hear a bit about your experience with that.
Peter: The story is that I was studying about Western philosophy at a University in Australia. And I had the good fortune to encounter Eastern philosophy. At a time when I was really struggling, myself, in my young twenties. And looking for something that would really help me to work with my own suffering. The confusion that I found myself in. So, a stepping stone was Advaita Vedanta at University, but that led my quite quickly into Tibetan Buddhism, and I had the good fortune to meet Lama Thubten Yeshe, the first Tibetan Lama to visit Australia, in 1974. And then it really all came together. I just knew that this was where I had to direct my attention. And so, then I really pursued both the philosophical study of Tibetan Buddhism and the practice. And yes, in 1978 I was ordained as a monk in India, and kept that ordination while I was doing my PhD. and through the first years of my teaching Eastern philosophy in a University environment.
Vince: And how long did you spend as a monastic?
Peter: Nine years.
Vince: And were you spending that time primarily in Australia?
Peter: Mainly in Australia. Some time in India, US, and Nepal, but primarily in Australia.
Vince: Were you mostly studying with the original teacher you encountered? Or were you studying with different teachers?
Peter: I was mainly studying with a Tibetan Geshe. Geshe Thubten Lodan, who was the resident Geshe at Chenrezig Institute, just north of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia. So he was my primary teacher of the Buddhist philosophy. But my root guru was clearly Lama Thubten Yeshe. He's the master who really gave me the direction for what I've done since first meeting him, right up until this point.
Vince: I'm guessing what you found during that period was probably very important and very influential in your life. At the same time, you eventually disrobed and started teaching in your own right, like you said. And the emphasis in your teaching took a slightly different turn. And I'd be interested in hearing what it is that happened to lead in that new direction.
Peter: I'm still not sure what really happened. I was pursuing my practices, and finding that they weren't giving me the result that I was looking for. So I found myself in an existential crisis, effectively. Finding that I was practicing, but really not making any significant progress, in terms of recovering basic sanity, being able to live with myself in a very comfortable and accepting way. So, that led me to explore different avenues besides Tibetan Buddhism, particularly to explore different innovations in Western psychotherapy. And that quite quickly took me out of Buddhism. And Buddhism became untenable for me, at least in that traditional context, so yes I disrobed. Then really in a way stepped into nothing because I was leaving behind the structures that has supported me in a very powerful and effective way for about 5 or 6 years but then seem to lose their attraction in terms of supporting me.
Vince: And what did you find going into the… some of the psychotherapeutic technique or something like that things that you delved into actually helped with regards to what your primary aim was.
Peter: Yes certainly. At the first program I accounted after disrobing was what was Est, what is now a landmark forum and that was stunning, really opened my eyes because what I saw happening in that environment was the presentation of the shunyavada of the emptiness tradition, in a Western context and more than that to the people who were coming off the street. So I saw something happening and I thought was impossible that I have been taught was impossible, namely, the presentation, of the very profound teachings on emptiness or openness in Mahayana Buddhism to people who didn't have 10, 20, 30 years of training in other Buddhist practices.
Vince: I'm interested in hearing what happened in between disrobing and then starting to teach whether some significant shifts outside of just… the encountering.
Peter: The first program that I offered to the public now about 23 years ago was Psycho-therapeutic-adaptations of Buddhist psychology. So that was great because I really had no experience in teaching to professional public. And the first of was to teach to psychologists, medical professionals and it was great. And i found it worked really well, I was able to present Buddhist teachings on emptiness and really open it up in a way that people could have a direct taste of the unconditional dimension, nature of mind, so…
Vince: Yeah that seems like a primary thing that you point to in your work.
Peter: What I point to in my work, is this. When I say this, I am pointing to this at both the conditioned level, how we are in our bodied existence for example, sitting here together in this studio but also pointing to a dimension, which goes beyond the finite, which goes beyond the conditioned reality. So pointing to this as pure awareness we could say or in the Zen tradition is no mind or emptiness, different words are used in different traditions but for me they're all pointing to same this timeless, unconditioned reality.
Vince: And I had a chance to go to one of your events several months ago. And the first thing you did is to engage the audience by asking "What is awareness?", and you are asking people to give their answers and then you are kind of engaging in a dialogue about awareness and continuing to ask further questions. I want to know if you could say a little bit about that method of teaching, what that's about?
Peter: Well, what I find dialogue very effective and silence in dialogue and weaving of those together to be a very powerful way for moving beyond just being identified with what's happening at the feeling, thinking sensory level and move into present scene what's often called the nondual. So yes, I have in a way adapted the type of deconstructive enquiry that you get in the Madhyamika tradition of Mahayana Buddhism and I have tried to adapt that so it can work in a conversational setting. So, in the Madhyamika the enquiry is driven by what's called "unfindability analysis," which means that when we look for something that particularly our souls but that could be other things we can't find a substantial reality behind the word behind the concept. So I have adapted that so we can use unfindability enquiry and we can employ it in conversational context .
Vince: And what do you find people discover in that process?
Peter: Well in a way they discover no-thing or no-thingness, they discover emptiness, they discover something that we can't think about. They discover something that has no identifying characteristics we can't say even that had "exists or doesn't exists" so we encounter, lets say, the mystery of being. But, without any need to try to understand it. So we go beyond the need to know, we go beyond the need to be doing and then we engage with we enter this reality right now in a way that we are complete nothing more needs to happen we don't need to know anything more
Vince: Does that stick for people often?
Peter: Then it comes and goes, so in the context of a cost, people may presence the non-duals. Presence pure awareness. Ten or fifteen minutes. Both when they're open and engaged with other people and also in a contemplative mode or contemplative mood. Then, people work at embodying the experience. Bringing it into their daily life.
Vince: So I understand the deconstructive dialogue is just one component of how you work with people, and what they'd be doing with you…
Peter: It's a major component, the work that we do in a workshop setting. The dialogues that people have with me. But, in a nine-month course, they also do a lot of work with each other. So they're working at developing the skills in supporting each other. In seeing through the sense of being an individual, a discrete person. And seeing through, into this selflessness, of themselves. So people support each other, in that way.
Vince: Gotcha. In your program, do you do any interior, formal meditation, the way that we think about it typically?
Peter: No. The meditation falls out of the process. Natural meditation emerges when people find that there's nothing more that they have to think about. So, when the energy of trying to understand, or trying to get somewhere. Trying to pursue a goal. When that energy dissipates, then people enter into a state of natural contemplation. That can either be very interiorized, and very deep and very blissful, or in other circumstances it can be aware, open and connected with other people.
Vince: Wow, that's really interesting. That you don't have any more formal sitting practices, given your background.
Peter: I invite people to do just sitting, but often I introduce it in a way that people discover that they're already meditating. So it's a very flexible practice in the way that I introduce it. In just sitting, we simply sit and, in a sense, the practice is complete. As soon as we're sitting because we're not practicing by looking for some reference point in terms of what we should or shouldn't be doing. So the practice consists of doing whatever we're doing. We can't not be doing what we're doing, so the practice is always complete.
Vince: Interesting. And do you find, with an emphasis on that, that you are able to sidestep or… I'm not sure of the wording, but there are some obstacles to traditional practices that have stronger goals or stronger techniques.
Peter: Well, I think the primary thing in my approach is that we're not looking for obstacles. If you look for obstacles, they're there. They arise. It's very easy to create. That something is an obstacle. Something is in the way of me being in that state of real completion in the moment. So we work at what sometimes is called the fruition or the result level, meaning that we try to be in that state of feeling complete, being at the end of the path. Being at that point where there's nowhere further to go. There's no going backwards, there's no going forwards. So, in a way, the work introduces that possibility and invites people just to be in that way.
Vince: This is something that I always wonder when I think about that kind of approach, because my own personal experience has been almost the opposite way in. And yet, I feel like they're banging my head against the wall enough. I started to relax. But I'm wondering, do you ever find people running into the issue of feeling that they're complete, but in some ways, fooling themselves? Or, in some ways, a slight delusion about what that means?
Peter: It depends upon how seriously you take your thinking. You can think, "this is an illusion. I'm not really at that place of fulfillment. I'm not presencing the non-dual." If you take that thought seriously, then you're not in that place, because you're still thinking dualistically. In terms of being on a path and arriving at a goal. Being there and not being there. But it's possible for that thought just to move through awareness, and it just moves and flows through without identification, without taking it seriously. So, in that case, anything can arise, without producing any disturbance. Because if we're presencing pure awareness, we can feel, we can see that there's nothing that can be disturbed. Awareness that self can't be disturbed by anything. Which is why it's often described as being in-perturb-able, indestructible.
Vince: That sounds like it still takes some level of sincerity to not be fooled, in particular, by thoughts. It sounds like there's still a sense of sincerity, or a sense of remembering, or coming back, and a discipline of some sort. But it sounds like a discipline that's not really trying to get somewhere. Is that an accurate way of talking about things?
Peter: I wouldn't describe it like that, because nothing is needed. So in a way again that's the invitation to be in the space in which we don't need anything. That we could just be with this, be with whatever is, exactly as it is, without needing things to be different. So there's no discipline involved in that because that would be a doing. But there is I guess a sense of just becoming more and more familiar with this space and then just tasting it and acknowledging that yes when we're in this space there is nothing more that we need to do. So then a deep resting just naturally occurs.
Vince: Sounds nice. I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit more about the kind of innovations that you've stumbled across and that you've put into practice and how that relates to Western people in particular.
Peter: I think one of the things I've done is to take people's aspirations and make them real. So as Buddhists we have a lot of aspirations and its very easy to think that, "Ah yes emptiness, that's really great, or having a taste of nirvana, or touching the nature of mind. That's really great but really it's beyond me. Yes, they are great masters who can abide in those states but no, for me its really going to require a lot of practice, many many years and then maybe I'll have a glimpse."
So I feel that in a way we shortchange ourselves through thinking in that way and that it's much, much simpler than we often believe. And so part of the process in a way is going beyond those type of fixed beliefs and saying okay. So yes, the teachings are telling me that I can't know reality as such, that I can't know pure consciousness that's beyond the mind. Okay. I can't know it so I will let go of that need to know. It's in a way we don't believe that we cannot know the nature of consciousness itself. We keep telling ourselves that we can know because we've been conditioned that, theoretically at least, we can know everything, there's nothing beyond the reach of the mind. And so it just takes time and touching the mind itself and realizing that there's no object of knowledge here, there's nothing to know. That's why we can't know the nature of mind, it has no structure. It's content-less. So if something is content-less we have no subject matter. There's nothing to see, nothing to taste, nothing to know. So that, that becomes self evident when we confront that 20, 50, 100 times. And then in someway then we become convinced.
Vince: And then what happens?
Peter: And then we just… we're here in the way that we are now in which everything is arising. We're fully cognizant of each other, appreciating each other, fully taking in past present & future and also aware of awareness itself. And aware that there's no one who is aware of awareness. So if we're looking for who is aware of the fact that there's awareness happening at the moment we can't find who is aware.
Vince: So, I'd be interested just in closing to ask you what kinds of things might you offer to people who listen to a show called "Buddhist Geeks?"
Peter: hmmm.
Vince: (laughs) Because you clearly have delineated yourself in some ways from more traditional kind of approaches. I'd be interested in what you'd have to offer.
Peter: What I would invite people to do is to relax firstly, not take these spiritual endeavor, not take them so seriously. So just to relax, to begin just to accept themselves, accept things as they are, not to create some grandiose goal in the future of achieving full enlightenment. But to back off from that a little and to say "okay look just to taste Nirvana, just to have like a 5 minute resting in that state of pure awareness, that would be great."
Then I can develop it from there. So that is within my reach. That is possible. So then to engage in not just the work that I've developed but a lot of teachings that are available now in the non-dual tradition that make available the presenting of awareness, just allowing us to be with what is, without any struggle existing beyond pleasure and pain.


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Dukes Win Fourth Straight, Top Richmond, 1-0
Oct. 17, 2004
The Duquesne University men's soccer team won its fourth straight contest Sunday afternoon with a 1-0 blanking of visiting Richmond on Rooney Field.
After a scoreless first half, sophomore Noah Salsi fired a shot from 20 yards out that found the top right corner of the net just 52 seconds into the second half for the only goal of the contest.
Once again the Dukes (9-5-0, 5-2-0 A-10) outplayed their opponent on both sides of the field, outshooting the Spiders 23-4. Salsi and senior Jason Sourbeer led DU with four shots each while sophomore Zach Varga made two saves and posted his fourth shutout of the season and the 11th of his career.
The win marks the final home game for seniors Brian Kolena, Bret Krotee, Derek MacKenzie, Matt Mehler and Jason Sourbeer.
Goalkeeper Eric Sciocchetti recorded seven saves for UR (2-9-2, 1-4-1 A-10).
The Red and Blue, who entered the weekend in 10th place in the NSCAA / adidas Mid-Atlantic Regional rankings, return to action on Friday, Oct. 17 as they head to Temple (6-6-2, 3-1-2 A-10) for a 3:00 pm contest.

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quote: For those who don't know, HTC has a far smaller patent portfolio than other players and much less cash to defend itself against these larger foes ... HTC has to pay Microsoft a whopping $5 per headset sold.
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quote: Why, for example, wasn't a version of Android made which avoided the patents that cost a lot to licence?
quote: Barnes & Noble was the company which signed the NDA, concluded the patents were ridiculous, and broke the NDA to call Microsoft out on it. http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=2011...
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Kia went back to the drawing board after killing off the Amanti luxury sedan in 2009. The Korean carmaker has learned a lot in the intervening years, and the 2015 Cadenza is proof-positive.
The front-wheel-drive Cadenza luxury sedan is an attractive, eye-catching entry in the segment. It is powered by an all-aluminum, direct-injection 293-horsepower V6, which is paired with a 6-speed Sportmatic automatic transmission. The result is an EPA estimated 19 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway. The Cadenza is offered in one nicely appointed trim level -- Premium -- and rides on standard 18-inch alloy wheels, with 4-wheel disc brakes and fully independent suspension. Standard exterior goodies include heated, power-fold mirrors, rain-sensing windshield wipers, auto-leveling LED headlights and fog lights.
Inside is where the Cadenza shines. A 550-watt, 12-speaker premium audio system with USB outlets, Bluetooth hands-free connectivity and audio streaming is standard, as is a rearview camera display with back-up warning system and a voice command navigation system with an 8-inch touchscreen display. Dual-zone automatic climate control, front power one-touch up/down windows, paddle shifters and steering wheel-mounted audio and cruise controls are all within easy reach. Wood accents and leather seating are standard as well, as is a 10-way adjustable driver's seat with power lumbar support, with heated seating up front.
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Apparently people in Charleston are quite fond of going to jail; they even pay to get in.
Luckily, the jail we go to is no longer a jail, but now the campus for the American College of the Building Arts as well as the chosen venue for the biannual arts festival known as Jail Break.
Organized by Entropy Arts and Ear for Music, this all-inclusive multimedia festival will be rocking the Old City Jail once more Saturday.
"The fifth installment of this local arts festival will feature painters, musicians, dancers, comedians, sculptors and fashion designers performing and showcasing their art," said publicist Kaili Howard.
Expect to see visual and performance art throughout the jail, even inside some of the old cells, as well as outside. In the courtyard, local artisans will sell their wares.
This year, Jail Break has added a fashion design component to the festival, so it'll be interesting to see what that will look like.
Of course, everyone loves the live music, comedy and dance acts.
The musical lineup, presented by Ear for Music, includes:
5-6 p.m.: Brave Baby
6:30-7:30 p.m.: The Luke Cunningham Band
8-9:30 p.m.: The Royal Tinfoil
10-11 p.m.: Steven Fiore
The comedy lineup, presented by Big Gun Burger Shop, host of the official after-party, includes:
5:45 p.m.: Andy Rider
6:15 p.m.: Jason Groce
6:45 p.m.: Sam Jackel
7:15 p.m.: Vince Fabra
8 p.m.: Myles Armstrong Hutto
8:45 p.m.: Dusty Slay
The Charleston Dance Alliance will do all kinds of performances at different intervals throughout the entire festival.
And there will be plenty of food trucks and craft beer stations to keep you full and happy.
Jail Break 5 will take place 4-11 p.m. Saturday at the Old City Jail, 21 Magazine St. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 the day of or $15 with a student ID.
Find out more at www.jailbreakCharleston.com.
Arts & craft show
In 1990, the Island Crafters Guild began with this purpose in mind: "To foster the art of handicrafts; to encourage a high standard of design and technique in all of its various forms, and to stimulate an interest in these goals within the community."
On Saturday, support local artists at the guild's fourth annual Spring Arts & Craft Show, which will take place during the day at the James Island Masonic Lodge on Fort Johnson Road near Folly Road.
There will be at least 20 local crafters displaying a variety of handmade crafts.
There will also be some adorable, adoptable pets there from Pet Helpers.
The event is free and will take place 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Artists, photographers
The North Charleston Arts Festival is looking for professionals and amateurs to participate in the Judged Fine Art and Judged Photography Competitions and Exhibitions that are part of the annual North Charleston Arts Festival.
Entries for photography and for fine art will be accepted at the Charleston Area Convention Center noon-7 p.m. Wednesday and May 2. Fine art entries also will be accepted 9 a.m.-noon May 3. Entry fees are $5 and $10, respectively.
Cash prizes will be awarded for the winning entries during the artists reception May 3 and will be part of the North Charleston Arts Festival, taking place May 3-11 at various venues.
To apply or find out more, call 740-5854 or go to www.northcharlestonartsfest.com.
Get out your calendar
There's an event of note next weekend that I wanted to put on your radar and in your calendar.
For the past three years, the Gibbes Museum of Art has shut down a section of Meeting Street in front of the museum for their annual Street Party.
The Street Party is always a great time with lots of surprise entertainment and music and tons of amazing food from Charleston area restaurants.
In its fourth year, this event is not until May 2, but it almost always sells out in advance, so you should go ahead and get tickets now.
The Street Party will celebrate the museum's "People's Choice Exhibit," which will open to the public May 3.
"Artwork from our permanent collection will come alive in this year's highly anticipated Street Party," said Gibbes Executive Director Angela D. Mack. "After a month of voting on the People's Choice website, the top selections will be unveiled. Performers will breathe life into portraits, landscapes and abstract paintings, diminishing the barriers between the community and art."
Food from the likes of Bon Bahn Mi, Caviar & Bananas, Charleston Grill, Circa 1886, Cypress, FIG, The Glass Onion, Hank's, The Grocery, The Macintosh, McCrady's, Oak, Palmetto Cafe, Red Drum, Slightly North of Broad, Sugar Bakeshop, Wild Olive and WildFlour Pastry will be served.
An open bar will feature Ciroc Ultra Premium, Bulleit Bourbon and Canyon Road Winery.
Tickets are $100 for museum members and $135 for nonmembers and can be purchased online at www.gibbesmuseum.org/events or by calling 722-2706, ext. 21.
Tickets must be purchased in advance, and all ticket-holders must be at least 21. The event is rain or shine.
A patron admires some of the art during a previous Jail Break.×
Artwork is featured at every turn at Jail Break.×
Jennifer and Nathan Williams of Charleston admire some of the art during a previous Jail Break at the Old City Jail in downtown Charleston×
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Arleigh27 Jul '09Latest2 Comments
I love my Bellissima but I feel as if my breathing is obstructed. What type of adjustment should I make to improve my breathing?
Sounds like you need a bike fit. The most important thing of any bike purchase is to make sure it fits well. This is a two part process, the feedback from you and the experience of a trained bike fitter.
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Congratulations! You are doing great.
My guess is that our ideal weight and our body's ideal weight are often a compromise somewhere in between.
I weighed in at doc's office on the 15 of August at an amazing 279. This is a total loss of 63 pounds since May 19, 2012 or an average of .7 pounds per day. And I feel GREAT, no loss of energy, BP medication has been cut in half and I expect to toss it out completely very soon. Mood has been much more stable, cleaned out my closet of clothing that no longer fit (I'm a popular guy at the local Goodwill Store). Waist size has gone from 48 to 40. I lay my head down each night looking foward to what tomorrow brings. Oh I almost forgot all NSAID's for joint and back pain are completely eliminated. Best of luck to everyone and Grok on!!!!!!
As a side note I have a question; can anyone tell me if I will hit a plataue at my ideal weight or is that a weight I must decide on? Thanks for the answers..
2/7/11 the beginning, 340 and miserable, 3/3/11, 321.5 on my way to 240, on 4/8/12 and then on to a six pack(Failed Miserably) Back 5/19/12 at 342,,,,6/20/12, 315,,,,7/6/12 at 299 ,,,,7/14/12 at 295,,,8/15/12 at 279,,,8/31/12 at 274 ,,, ,,,
Congratulations! You are doing great.
My guess is that our ideal weight and our body's ideal weight are often a compromise somewhere in between.
You'll hit plateaus. Don't worry about the number -- start building muscle, and your body will sort itself out. You may need to kickstart your metabolism a few times, changing things up, but just stick with it. Don't worry, you won't waste away
"If man made it, don't eat it." ..Jack LaLanne
"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are.
If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong." ..Richard Feynman
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Congratulations! Maybe we'll be seeing you on the Friday success stories!
And yeah, you will hit plateaus. Don't worry about it. Just start mixing things up, tweaking here and there. IF if you haven't already.
In my n=1 experiment, ideal weight is changeable and impossible to predict.
My Primal Journal: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread53052.html
"Freedom from fear" could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. - Dag Hammarskjold


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S.W. Squyres (Cornell University), Athena Science Team
The Mars Exploration Rovers ``Spirit" and ``Opportunity" have performed missions of scientific exploration at Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum on Mars. Their objective is to search for evidence of water activity at the two sites, and to assess the past habitability of the sites.
The Gusev Crater site investigated by Spirit is a flat, rock-strewn plain. All rocks at the site investigated to date are olivine basalt. The rover has conducted a radial traverse through the ejecta blanket of the crater Bonneville. After investigation of this crater, the rover will continue its traverse toward the Columbia Hills, a range of hills over 100 m high approximately 2.5 km to the west. To date, no unambiguous evidence of aqueous activity has been found at the Gusev site.
The lander carrying Opportunity came to rest in a 20-meter crater in Meridiani Planum. Exposed within this crater is a small outcrop of bedrock. The bedrock outcrop has been studied in detail, and shows compelling evidence for formation and alteration processes involving liquid water. This evidence includes (a) embedded hematite-rich spherules that appear to be concretions, (b) tabular voids with characteristics consistent with those of molds of crystals formed by precipitation from water, (c) extremely high sulfur content, suggesting a compositon of 30-40 salts by weight, (d) significant quantities of jarosite, (e) Cl/Br systematics similar to those of terrestrial evaporites, and (f) cross stratification indicative of deposition in a moving fluid environment, probably water. Precipitated minerals at the Meridiani site could be very effective at preserving evidence of conditions and processes in the aqueous environment there, making them an attractive potential target for future study.
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Target Picks Pepsi Veteran as New CEO
Retailer Turns to an Outsider, Brian Cornell, to Help It Regain Lost Momentum
Target Corp. TGT 1.42 % named PepsiCo Inc. PEP 0.94 % executive Brian Cornell as its new chief executive, turning to an outsider for the first time in its history to repair a battered corporate culture and navigate a sea change in Americans' shopping habits.
Mr. Cornell, age 55, steps into the role vacated three months ago by Gregg Steinhafel, a Target veteran who left after a revolt by key lieutenants who worried the cheap-chic discount retailer had lost its way.
The PepsiCo executive will have to manage those concerns while coming up with a strategy to reverse more than a year of falling store traffic—a drop caused by internal fumbles; a damaging security breach of its customers' credit and debit cards; and a shift in which consumers are making fewer trips to big-box stores and doing more shopping online.
The executive has spent nearly a decade at PepsiCo, where he was an outside contender to succeed current CEO Indra Nooyi. Not all of his years at PepsiCo were consecutive, but over the past two years he ran PepsiCo's Americas Foods business, whose brands such as Quaker oatmeal and Lay's potato chips are found on the shelves of Target. Before that, he spent three years at Target rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc., WMT 1.97 % where he ran the Sam's Club warehouse chain. He also was CEO of arts and crafts chain Michael's Stores Inc. for two years, after it was taken private.
Target, with more than 1,900 stores in the U.S. and Canada and nearly $73 billion in 2013 revenue, has had a difficult year. A massive data breach derailed sales over the holiday season and kept customers away for months. Sales started to improve in March as the weather warmed and after the retailer cranked up discounts, like offering five 12-packs of Coke for $10, but the company forecasts same-store sales will be flat to slightly up in the U.S. for the quarter that ends Aug. 2.
- Target Pays Up For New CEO
- Under Ousted CEO, Target Lost Its Way (6/23/2014)
- Target's Results Hurt by Canada, Breach (5/21/2014)
- Target's Gregg Steinhafel Resigns as CEO (5/5/2014)
Fixing those problems will require some big decisions. The new CEO is expected to make a call on whether Target should continue a botched expansion into Canada that already has cost the company $1.6 billion. The e-commerce division remains weak, with only about 2% of sales coming via the Internet.
Target is also wrestling with deep-seated cultural issues that factored heavily in the removal of Mr. Steinhafel. Current and former executives have said decision-making slowed down during his six-year tenure, with key decisions frozen in layers of committee meetings.
They also said the former CEO eroded Target's creative flair by focusing more on selling basics like groceries as the country came out of the recession and de-emphasizing the hip housewares that once were central to its appeal. This spring, some top executives told the board that if Mr. Steinhafel didn't go, more talent would leave. Mr. Steinhafel declined previously to comment on those matters.
Target had signaled that it would look outside its walls and outside of traditional retailing altogether for its next CEO.
In fact, it is bringing someone with a history in the industry, including a stint at Wal-Mart, whose no frills, operationally focused culture contrasts with the design-conscious image Target projects. His most recent experience is in food, which may clash with the preference of many Target executives to re-emphasize more fashionable merchandise like clothing and furniture. He joined the PepsiCo fold in 1998 after the company acquired the Tropicana orange juice brand, where he worked earlier in his career.
PepsiCo said it looked forward to working with Mr. Cornell at Target and would announce his successor soon.
Target is paying Mr. Cornell $19.3 million in equity grants to make up for what he's giving up at the food and drink giant. The amount of the grant could fall if Mr. Cornell is able to retain any of the PepsiCo money.
Target is currently being steered by Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan, who is serving as interim CEO, and a group of top executives who have been relocated to common quarters on the 26th floor at Target's Minneapolis headquarters.
Mr. Cornell, who has long sought to run a public company, begins his new job Aug. 12. He first started talking with Target several weeks ago after people in the Minneapolis business community mentioned him as an attractive candidate for the job. He has ties to the city as a director at recreational vehicle maker Polaris Industries Inc. He plans to relocate to Minneapolis and will be at Target headquarters Thursday to meet with the company's leadership team in person. Mr. Cornell has already met with some top executives like Mr. Mulligan, who will be returning to his position as chief financial officer.
"Target is full of talented individuals, and Target guests routinely share stories of their personal love of the brand," said Mr. Cornell, who attended University of California, Los Angeles, and its Anderson School of Management. "These are powerful assets."
Meshing with them will be critical after the deep rifts that developed between top managers and Mr. Steinhafel. The animosity escalated after hackers compromised 40 million credit- and debit-card accounts and 70 million personal records around Thanksgiving. Top managers began to meet regularly without Mr. Steinhafel and lobbied Target's board to replace him, people familiar with the matter have said.
Mr. Cornell's appointment does leave some question marks about some executives. Chief among them is the future of Kathee Tesija, Target's chief merchandising officer who has been viewed a strong candidate to one day become the company's CEO. The Pepsi executive will be chairman as well as CEO, but the company is leaving open the president's title that had been held by Mr. Steinhafel.
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The Cardinals open the MLB season (in the US) on Wednesday against the Miami Marlins in their sterling new balpark. They end their spring tranining with an exhibition game agains the Springfield minor league affiliate tonight in rural Missouri. That means it's time to bust out the predictions for 2012.
As always, these prognostications are not for the faint of heart. In fact, a few might sting. But all WILL happen.
The Cardinals will trade for a middle infielder before August 1.
Fucal and Greene? Really? That's who we're going with all year ?
I don't think so. Greene might know the trip from Memphis to St. Louis better than any Cardinals player in the history of the franchise. And Furcal between stints being banged up this spring, decided to not unpack his bat and contribute to the offense.
The Cardinals are basically throwing two semi – Hail Mary's out there to anchor the middle of the infield in 2012 and they both won't work out. At least one won't. Maybe both won't. Regardless, the Cardinals will be in the race for the NL Central and are going to need some help.
Asdrubal Cabrera anyone?
David Freese will not live up to expectations.
It's not his fault. But the memory of October 2011 is seared into our brains. The picture of him kneeling on third base is now iconic. And we're setting ourselves up for a massive let down with the hometown hero.
David Freese has never played more than 100 games in a major league season. Before last year, his record high for GP was 70. It's not an insignificant jump from 100 to 130 or 140 games played and one of the big reasons that minor league players tend to fade down the stretch run in the majors. Couple that with the fact that we're pretty much counting on him to be in the same stratosphere of clutch this season as last post-season and I think that David Freese's expectations are not only too high, but probable for disappointment.
He took full advantage of his new found fame this offseason. From GQ shoots to CMA award presenting. From cameos on NCAA basketball games to multiple team-sanctioned events. Hell, he even went on the Joe Sports Fan pod. While we can't begrudge a guy taking advantage of his situation, it does ripen the prospect of a backlash if his slow spring training carries over to the regular season.
Regardless, the bar has been set crazy high. For him to clear it, he'd have to essentially channel Albert Pujols for a year. Friends, we're all pulling for David… but he'll even tell you that's unlikely.
Speaking of…
Albert Pujols will not be missed.
Cardinal fans have compartmentalized well. Sans the occasional cover story here or there on Albert, the chatter has dissipated on the internets. Seeing as most of El Hombre's games will still be going on when Cardinal Nation goes to sleep, the highlights will be around, just not abundant. The team in St. Louis will be competing for a division title again without him. Add it all up and I think it's safe to say we wish him well… thanks for the memories… and we'll be fine without you.
Admittedly, it didn't look like we'd get to this point so soon.
The birds on the bat has been resilient before and is being resilient again. Dude needed to get paid and left. Wish he wouldn't have been a bitch and said it wasn't about getting paid, but he's the one that has to live with that. We know what we gave the guy for 11 seasons. Now we're looking ahead to a pretty promising season in 2012. Can't say I wouldn't rather have #5 over at first base. But then again, it's not bothering me as much as I thought that we don't.
Maybe we'll have a flare up now and then… but St. Louis has forgotten about Pujols with much more ease than expected.
Mike Matheny lands in the top 3 for AP Manager of the Year.
He's not going to win because people will punish him for taking over a Championship team. What they won't remember is that the Cardinals won 90 games and squeaked into a Wild Card berth. They were a few breaks away from being a .500 team, so the truth is somewhat obscured by the gleam off the Commissioner's Trophy.
Coach Mike will lead the team to a division title though. And he's going to get this team to 90 wins after losing an All-World player anchoring the middle of the line-up. Oh, and that crank-ass shit that TLR got away with because he was TLR? That's gone. Coach Mike knows how to work the press room and the guys that were stonewalled from the Cardinals the past 16 years suddenly getting access they've craved?
That's going to get him the votes he needs to be a finalist.
The Cardinals win the 2012 World Series.
And they do it against the Los Angeles Angels.
Why not, right? Why the hell not.


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University Hospital Celebrates National Child Life Week July 8 to 12
University Hospital's pediatric floors will be the site of a weeklong celebration beginning July 8 to commemorate National Child Life Week.
The special week highlights the work of child life specialists, a group of professionals who devote their days to ensuring that a child's hospital stay is less stressful and as painless as possible.
"One of our most basic responsibilities is to protect the emotional integrity of children facing severe stress, and any hospitalization can certainly qualify as severe stress for a child," said Margaret Nellis, a certified child life manager who directs University Hospital's Child Life Program. University Hospital employs more child life specialists–five–than any other hospital in the region.
Below are some of the activities planned for National Child Life Week.
Pediatric inpatients will receive a free balloon Monday, July 8.
On Tuesday, July 9, University Health Care Center, located at 90 Presidential Plaza, will hold its annual Kindergarten Day. During the day, children will receive the requisite before-school physical exam as well as participate in a hand-washing clinic. Each patient will receive a book bag with school supplies.
Also on Tuesday, Mrs. McPuppet, a storyteller from Ithaca, will perform for patients at 1 p.m. in the 7B Conference Room at University Hospital.
On Wednesday, July 10, child life specialists will speak to a pre-school class at St. Patrick's School, 210 Schuyler St., on what to expect when you visit the doctor. The presentation begins at 9: 15 a.m.
On Friday, July 12, an ice cream social for pediatric staff and patients will be held in 5342 University Hospital from 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Artwork of pediatric patients will be on display in the hospital lobby and on the 4th, 5th and 7th floors.
Child life specialists use specially made dolls to show children what will happen during surgical procedures or various treatments, such as chemotherapy. Child life specialists also accompany pediatric patients when they are moved off the pediatric floors for various procedures. "To have a child life specialist accompany the child on these trips lessens the child's fear and uncertainty about what's happening to them," said child life specialist Janice Whitcombe.
In addition, child life specialists offer support to parents.
"The best advice I can give parents who are facing a hospital stay for their child, is to keep a diary or notebook of their child's care," Nellis said. "Write down everything that is told to you by doctors or nurses."
Nellis said an up-to-date diary of a child's medical care will be especially useful if the child has a chronic condition and will be in and out of hospitals with some frequency.
The other tip Nellis offers most parents is not to forget their other children. "The sick child gets all the attention and the healthy child becomes extremely jealous and begins to wish he or she was sick, too," she said. "How siblings react to their brother's or sister's illness has a tremendous impact in the emotional health of the family, so we are as interested in their feelings and concerns as those of the sick child."
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KAHULUI - Good fortune smiled upon Mason Long on Saturday morning.
The 10-year-old Wailuku resident scored a SpyNet Video Watch as part of a "Shop with a Cop" shopping spree at Kmart sponsored by the store and the Kiwanis clubs of South Maui and Kahului.
When asked about his favorite toy, he quickly pulled the video watch package from his shopping bag and excitedly explained its features.
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Jacelynn Fong-Kimura, 7, eyes a toy at Kmart with Maui police officer Gregg Rowe assisting her. She later said her prized possession was a "Baby Alive" doll, chosen during the annual "Shop with a Cop" event.
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Mason Long, 10, grips his favorite toy, a SpyNet Video Watch. He excitedly explained its multiple functions, "and you can play games."
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Maui police officer Edith Quintero takes a brief break from shopping Saturday morning at Kmart with Kloi (left) and Sammie Foster, 5 and 4 years old, respectively. The sisters were among 30 children from Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center to take part in $100 shopping sprees during the annual "Shop with a Cop" event.
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It takes videos and pictures, has audio and night vision, "and you can play games," he said.
Mason was one of 30 fortunate children, from 4 to 14 years old, picked for the shopping spree from families at the Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center in Wailuku.
The keiki buddied up with more than two dozen Maui Police Department officers and cadets to fill shopping baskets with as much as $100 worth of merchandise. Not surprisingly, the toy department's shelves were a popular destination.
Officer Gregg Rowe teamed up with Jacelynn Fong-Kimura, a 7-year-old 2nd-grader at Wailuku Elementary School.
Jacelynn appeared timid at first, a little overwhelmed at being accompanied by a tall, uniformed police officer and confronted with a dizzying array of gift possibilities.
"She was shy at first," Rowe said. "But after a while, she was talking a lot."
Rowe said it was his fourth time helping children with the Kmart shopping spree, and he looks forward to the opportunity every year.
"It's rewarding to give back," he said.
Jacelynn's mom, Jade Fong, said that her daughter was "really excited" about going on the shopping binge. "She even made a list," she said.
Officer Edith Quintero helped sisters Kloi and Sammie Foster, who are 5 and 4 years old, respectively.
"They knew what they wanted," Quintero said. "They were on a mission."
She said she was impressed with the way Kloi helped her younger sister, taking her by the hand as they went through the store. At first the sisters were reserved, but they too warmed up after a while, Quintero said.
Aside from giving underprivileged children some much-appreciated Christmas gifts, the annual event gives police an opportunity to change the children's perception of law-enforcement officers, she said.
Quintero does community outreach work at schools and children often report being afraid of police officers, she said. She tries to change that.
"I tell them: 'Police are your friends. Our number one job is to protect and keep you safe,' " she said. "We're able to break that mentality."
Cheryl Calvan, Kmart's human resources manager, said store employees look forward every year to the "Shop with a Cop" event. Some employees dressed as elves, and Santa was there to present the children with wrapped, age-appropriate gifts, which were in addition to the $100 shopping spree each child received.
The Kiwanis clubs donated $50 per child and Kmart matched that amount, she said.
Kmart was "very grateful" for the participation of the Maui police officers and cadets, she added.
Tiffany Somera, director of children's services at Ka Hale A Ke Ola, said 30 children were chosen for the shopping spree based on good behavior and grades.
Unfortunately, not all of the shelter's children were able to take part. As of Saturday, there were 96 children with 50 families at the facility, just 10 days before Christmas.
Somera needed to choose which children would participate.
"It was really hard," she said.
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Dude, learn to spell properly.
Not hacked, they were stupid enough to make people able to upload media on their mods.
U liek not?
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concept for t90
bird told me i takt the form relisticel fps game
so nauw i get the units goot done got sqads to done so i cuntinue to maek code for unit oh wait i dun want to make own mod so i borrow crap moddel from vora_bat
Is near future equal to post history?
I wish you good luck
Miss Saigon was on that train
Wow bat_vora, you changed bro
Nobody is going to get sued: Nobody broke any laws. Do you comprehend 12 year olds?
teh cange is taht i tried to maek own mod w/ oen moddels. but i give up alredy
i are stupid ukranina i now no how u do modding so i juest taek from evrybade
vora_bat message from Stalin. "STOP MAKING MODS OR I WILL DEPORT YOU"
A shadow of its former self or the previous can only shine itself in the light of the newer-better mod :3
It should be like an infantry platoon so its a blob of people instead of 1 guy
Pretty nice mod, so did you do the coding yourself or did you also get that?
Edit: I see you're taking copy paste to a higher level.
40 playable factions in a 1 man mod?
Looks really awesome :)
Meh.. Only like the greatest backpack in any mods :)
No wonder why it sank.
Not very covert, seing as hes already been headshot.
Does soldier have shooters?
Batteries not included.
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Comon Heaney, controversy? If someone gets pain in their *** just because of a mod they shouldn't be allowed to speak of politics.
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Acer Liquid Z5
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Reviews for the Acer Liquid Z5
Affordable mid-range. Acer's Liquid Z5 jumps on the bandwagon of 5-inch smartphones and catches attention at first glance with a price of 170 Euros (~$234). But what does it have to offer?
Source: Pocket Lint
Overall the Acer Liquid Z5 is a fair proposition for those looking for a large scale screen on a budget. On that front it earns its place as a contender in the sub-£100 market and there's nothing significant at fault. Hard to argue with that.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/01/2014
Rating: Total score: 70%
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The Acer Liquid Z5 is a low-cost phone with a very large screen, given the price. However, it is a phone that seems to trade away some important things for a few eye-catching gimmicks, such as the rear button. With a low-res screen, we can't imagine many people picking this phone over the superior Motorola Moto G.
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Rating: Total score: 85% performance: 75% display: 70% mobility: 95% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 95%
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Rating: Total score: 60%
ARM Mali-400 MP: OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics card for ARM SoCs that is scaleable from one to four fragment processors and has got one vertex processor. Mainly used in conjunction with ARM A9 cores in tablets and smartphones.
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Dual-Core Cortex-A7 SoC with an integrated ARM Mali-400 GPU.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
This is a typical smartphone diagonal.» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
0.147 kg:
Only few smartphones are more lightweight than this.
Acer: Acer Incorporated is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturer. Its product lineup includes desktops and laptops, as well as personal digital assistants (PDAs), servers and storage, displays, peripherals, and e-business services for business, government, education, and home users. Acer is the third largest computer manufacturer in the world (by sales) after HP and Dell Inc (2007). The company owns the largest franchised computer retail chain in Taipei, Taiwan. Originally named Multitech, it was founded in 1976. Gateway and Packard Bell are economically connected with Acer. Market share regarding sales of personal computers in 2007 (market research IDC): HP 18.9 %, Dell 16.4 %, Acer 9.9 %, Lenovo 7.5 %, Apple 5.7 %
72.25%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
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PUSAN – The box office market share of local films in the Korean theatrical market hit 54% in September, the second highest monthly figure this year. But the overall B.O. in 2008 is down on last year.
Data published by CJ-CGV, the nation's leading multiplex chain, show that only February's 69% market share for Korean films was higher. The September performance is 11 percentage points higher than August, with a high score driven by strong performances of "The Divine Weapon" and "Rough Cut."
However, September was a generally weak month and the 1.9 million admissions total recorded by Korean films was a drop of 38% compared with Aug.
Overall theatrical B.O. this year is down 5.4% at 117 million in the nine months to September.
CJ-CGV points to the end of the summer season and comparatively short Chusok public holidays as explanations for the weaker than expected September performance.


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Shinji Mikami Launches Teaser Site with Harakiri Flash Game
Resident Evil creator appears to poke fun at previous statements in brief flash game.
Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami recently started up a new studio called Tango, and is now busy recruiting for a new project. In lieu of any development news, he's got a little flash-based game for anyone who decides to drop by.
Titled Harakiri, the game lets you try and help a samurai warrior commit ritual suicide. It involves clicking as quickly as possible, after which the warrior's head goes flying off in a spectacular shower of blood.
The flash game appears to stem from a long-running joke based on some comments Mikami made about Resident Evil 4's exclusivity, in which he promised to "cut his own head off" if the game ever made it to another platform. Resident Evil 4 later made it to the PlayStation 2, and Mikami poked fun at his comments by featuring a racing dog in God Hand named "Mikami's Head."
At the moment, Mikami is collaborating with Platinum Games on the upcoming Vanquish. Tango currently has approximately 13 employees, but Mikami wants to see it grow to approximately 100 people over the next five to seven years. Based on the teaser site, his aim is to be finished with the studio's first project in roughly 99 days.
Vanquish is due out later this year. We'll let you know when Mikami officially announces his first project with his new studio.
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OH! So that's what I was playing.Posted: Mar 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by dictatortot
I think my high score was... 111.8km or something like that.
Man! Shinji Mikami is HARD CORE!Posted: Mar 31, 2010 12:00AM PST by Gold_Ultima
XD I don't think he's ever gonna let die how pissed he was about the multiconsole release of RE4. I'm glad he decided to just go and make his own studio instead of actually cutting his own head off though. He's a clever game designer with a lot of potential still left untapped.


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Lawmakers worked late into the night Tuesday to throw a $15 billion lifeline to the battered U.S. auto industry and give the government a stake in its future. With federal backing, the industry would have to undergo a massive downsizing which will lead to job losses and plant closings.
Consumers are concerned about a wide range of issues, from who will honor their warranties to how the meltdown of the three major automakers will affect the New Jersey economy. "Under bankruptcy, somebody with a warranty problem would have to pay for repairs themselves because they would be an unsecured creditor and pretty far back in line compared with secured creditors," said Patrick Olsen, editor in chief of Cars.com, a consumer website.


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One adult and one child were taken to the hospital for treatment of burns they suffered in an early-morning fire that forced residents to flee from their Lovejoy-area home, Buffalo fire officials and witnesses reported.
Firefighters responding to a 3:01 a.m. alarm at 326 Benzinger St., east of Bailey Avenue and south of Broadway, found one victim on the lawn, witnesses and fire officials said.
The fire, which broke out on the second floor, left $45,000 damage. The cause remains under investigation.
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Three games in a week just to keep the boys sharp. And opposition coming from football's broad spectrum. So how will the Whites end the week?
Easy question for us all to answer in the wish fulfilment stakes on the pitch. So we've lost the first of the three - let's quickly put that to bed and make sure we show the fight to win away at Wednesday and West Ham. We certainly don't want to see any repeat of Fulham's fragile form away from home as endured for far too long now. That would be a backward step in a season that both Jol and fans sense could be somewhat 'exciting.'
Defeat with considerable kudos at Old Trafford still leaves a sour taste, because the chances were there to wrest a point from Saturday's enthralling game. The really big moments in the game went against us after our lightening start. A goal inside three minutes, and artfully crafted to boot. How encouraging was that! Right through to the end of last winter Fulham sides away from home spent the first 10 minutes trying to decide which way they were playing. Sometimes poor AJ never quite worked it out.
Now we have the chance against lesser opposition to show this re-shaped Fulham side really does have the bottle to take their game into enemy territory and come out on top. Frankly, we never scaled the heights we are capapble of in that first half against the Reds and Jol was quick to admit it on the final whistle. Van Persie's wonder strike knocked us off our stride and United suddenly were right on it - for 30 minutes irresistable.
But we talk of the big moments that decide games. Schwartzer will be unhappy with both goals two and three. Cleverly has been watching all those old videos of Paul Scholes, position on the edge of the box for corners, hammer it straight back as hard as you can. In fact, didn't Scholes do that to us at the Cottage two years ago? But for the parry to fall so obligingly to Kagawa, and only on-side by a very narrow margin... As for full-back Rafael winning a back post header, and squeezing it beyond Mark, he'll not manage that again all season. Just our luck. And talking of luck, de Gea pulls off one great save from Damien, but knows nothing of Petric's follow up that cannons up off his legs and away off the bar to safety.
There was the turning point for me just on half-time.
All credit to the lads for turning up the heat in the second half and carrying the fight to United. An additional five minutes and they surely would have buckled as Dembele had near command of the midfield. Looking at that United bench in the 2nd half I feared the worst, but in fact the introduction of the old stalwarts did nothing to reverse the flow. We saw little more of van Persie and I'm very interested to see how Rooney's future plays out once he's fit again. This could just be the beginning of the end for Wayne.
So it's now nine straight losses at United since the days of the mighty Imamoto, but give thanks for actually getting on the score sheet for the first time in six visits. And that's got that one out of the way against a side I predict are destined to finish first or second. I'm sure the players would have taken much heart from this game, and will know we are getting closer to the biggest club in English football.
Which brings us on to Tuesday's League Cup trip to Hillsborough. Well, we could have landed an easier tie, and will surely not be playing the first eleven, so the game is nicely set up for Wednesday to rough us up a little. They hit three Saturday and will certainly be all out to pull off a shock. It won't be a stroll in the park, and this is one competition where Fulham have a pretty dismal record. Jol no doubt would swallow a loss if he was guaranteed three points Saturday. However, let's go for a win and build momentum ahead of the Hammers trip. Before the champions arrive at the Cottage at the end of September we have three very winnable EPL fixtures - West Ham, WBA at home and Wigan away.
A keynote of our record last season was the team's infuriating unpredictability. Only through February did we put three back-to-back wins together, to be followed by our worst display of the season against a woeful Villa side. Remember January? We saw in the New Year with that thrilling fight back against Arsenal and ended it thumping Newcastle 5-2. In between we lay down and surrendered to 10 man Blackburn on a miserable afternoon at Ewood - another dreadful team. As already posted, this season I'm looking for less volatility and some serious performances on the road against the league's little clubs.
But more of West Ham later in the week. Before signing off there's a hint of what's on all our minds over the coming days in the top line. Yes, who will still be in Fulham colours come September 1st? Not wishing to add to the tiresome speculation over last season's top scorer, I believe the club are still to receive a serious offer that matches their valuation. And with every passing day I see the business elsewhere being conducted. Sunderland have just done £14 million on Fletcher, West Ham £10 million for Jarvis. Both played last season in a Wolves side that failed and was dead by March. Now Spurs are replacing Modric with Millie V'nila from France and hoping to lure Willem. Sir Alex says his shopping is done. That leaves Arsene as the last man standing who needs reinforcements and can offer Champions League football. He has no record of signing Yanks and rarely buys anyone approaching 30...
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While the team showed nightmarish flashes of last season's away form it was a positive outing overall. I take back every unkind thing I've ever said about Dembele. It was an absolute joy to watch him boss the midfield. He open a lot of eyes across the PL with that performance. He will be playing for a top club next season. I can't help but think if Clint was playing we would've come away with a point.
I'm calling for 3 points against West Ham next weekend. I watched the Swans crush them to the point that big Sam looked like he was going to take a nap. These are the games where Fulham can prove they've turned over a new leaf under Jol.
My fear is Clint will not play for Fulham again. He will end up in Liverpool or the new Man City of the north Sunderland. He could have left a conquering hero, but instead will leave as a hated man. Hopefully one day the truth will come out. Clint has implied on his twitter that Jol's version of events is not wholly accurate.
I think we accounted well for ourselves on Saturday. After poking the bear early on, we were lucky to keep them at three before the half. And to come back and not quit and keep going forward in the second half is what I hope will be a foreshadowing for the rest of the season. I am with you- more consistency would be nice and that should start Saturday with a very winnable match. I will have to set about three alarm clocks to get me up by 6:30 am on the Saturday morning of a holiday weekend, but I'm willing and hopefully they are able. COYW!!
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Italian design brand Tacchini will hold the UK launch of its new furniture collection in London this September. More »
Board Room is an installation by Atelier van Lieshout at the new Hayward Projects Space at the Hayward Gallery in London. More »
RCA summer show 07: Design Products graduate Jordi Canudas has sent some new images of Wallfa, a screen-cum-sofa he exhibited at the Royal College of Art summer show last month. More »
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Carmaker BMW has published the results of a UK-based study into the way people behave and feel while travelling in cars, both as drivers and passengers. The findings come in a report called "The Secret Life of Cars and What They Reveal About Us", which was commissioned to help BMW understand drivers' current and future needs. More »
Typographic designer Pippo Lionni presents an installation called Everlastingblast as part of the Material Culture: Contemporary American Design exhibition at Max Lang Gallery in New York. More »
Tonight (Friday) saw the opening of an installation by Brazilian designers the Campana Brothers in the John Majedski Garden at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. More »
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Furniture designer Matthew Hilton (below) will launch a new range of furniture under his own brand for the first at the 100% Design show in London this September. More »
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Studioilse, the design studio of Ilse Crawford, has designed the Club Room at the Wellcome Collection centre for medical science and art in London. More »
Here are some snaps taken at Things I have Learned in My Life So Far - an exhibition of the work of legendary graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister at the SuperSpace gallery in Belgrade. More »
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Up to 3,000 civil servants are employed via private firms to keep their tax bills down, with some on contracts for ten years, Danny Alexander will disclose today.
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