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Do All Tyrants Have Huge Egos? Obama Pitches His Own Book
Original post made by Tea Party Proud, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Feb 14, 2013
Some lamestream media outlets were happy to bury that little exchange. The liberal Washington Post simply skipped over the mention of Obama's book completely, even though it reported about Obama's other book choices. ABC News didn't see fit to write up the exchange. CNN.com didn't cover it either.
If nobody covers Obama's ego problem, does it make a sound?
On another front, Joe Biden, Obama's little chained puppy, celebrated Valentine's day by saying L-O-V-E is my favorite three-letter word.
E-G-O = a three letter word that equals tyranny.
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 15, 2013 at 7:08 am
TPP...if you dont like what your listening to/watching just stop. Nobody is forcing you to listen/watch google+, whom ever is featured. Nobody is forcing you to read the books they suggest either. Thats the nice thing about our american democratic society, you have a choice. Those that truly live under tyranny do not.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Feb 15, 2013 at 8:25 am
What?! A leader with a big ego?! Unbelievable! All the famous leaders throughout history I can think of all had very tiny egos like FDR, Truman, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, General George Patton, Queen Elizabeth I, etc, etc..
Wow, a national leader with a big ego...
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 15, 2013 at 9:40 am
Oh Sam you can be such a pill. Don't you GET it? Its like the picture of the king with all the people living in his stomach. We are Obamba's body politic and he's the big brainy egotist maniac monarch whose trying to take every bodies guns away. He wants all our neighborhoods to turn into little Bengazis, and then the tyrants forces will swoop down and estalish a full dictatorship. I don't understand how anyone can deny this is happening right under our noses.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 15, 2013 at 9:46 am
Sorry, logic keeps surfacing here for me rather than paranoia
If someone asks you for a book rec that helps explain YOUR politics, wouldnt first person resource be just that?
It seems like you are putting yourself in the pit of the stomach. What an interesting route you choose to live by.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 15, 2013 at 10:15 am
Nancy, I hope you recall your words the next time you and your left wing buddies start bashing Fox News and websites like Drudge and Breitbart. To do anything else would give give the appearance of a hypocritical double standard and I'm sure you tolerant leftists don't want that label, even if it is deserved most of the time.
a resident of Stoneridge
on Feb 15, 2013 at 10:27 am
Sooooo....when you hear the awful truth,
Just put your hands over your ears and
yell 'blah blah blah' so you don't have to
hear it. If you don't hear it, it doesn't exist!
Is that how libs get through the day?
Unbelievably naive.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 15, 2013 at 5:49 pm
@steve. I cant speak for anyone but myself, but i practice what i preach....i dont watch those channels/commentators...i change the channel.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 16, 2013 at 2:14 pm
I was at the supermarket today, and several newspapers said that Hillary was coming out with a book and it tells about all the secret meetings Obama and his wife are having all the time with communist leaders from Moslem countries.
a resident of Livermore
on Feb 16, 2013 at 7:55 pm
I can't tell you how happy I am learn that you went to the "supermarket today" and had lots of fun!
tee hee..."all the time"? goodness gracious...tee hee...
thank you for sharing!
a resident of Livermore
on Feb 16, 2013 at 7:58 pm
Correction: ...to learn...tee hee hee...
a resident of Bonde Ranch
on Feb 17, 2013 at 4:37 pm
I've also seen the headlines. Hillary has never forgiven Obama for the way he unseated her royal highness back in 2004. Now it appears to be payback time. It's kind of funny. Obama is siting his books in order to make himself rich, but Hillary is coming out with a book that will lead to him being impeached before the year is out. The presidensy may end up in Boehner's hands. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
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|thank you for thee info. good to know.
|Fluorescent bulbs are also environmental hazards, why not just treat invasive plants the same way? teach people about proper disposal when they buy them, and hope they take it seriously? That's essentially what's done with fluorescent bulbs, and no-one is freaking out. I apparently just bought an invasive species and didn't even know it. I dry out and throw out extra plants I don't want anyways since I don't know if it could be invasive or not, but it would have been nice to know before I bought it that I could get in trouble for it, if it was illegal in my state(just checked, it isn't, not that I'm gonna throw it in a pond, but it's nice to know). I don't think I've broken any laws at this point, but I will have to be careful in the future. Anyways, just an idea.
|good info and write up, thanks for posting that.
You can tell that is a government run site. LOL. Vague and unorganized.
Originally Posted by BiscuitSlayer View Post
You can tell that is a government run site. LOL. Vague and unorganized.
Originally Posted by epicfish View Post
Sorted by species name; tells you whether it's a Federal Noxious Weed and what states classify the species under what category.
Sorted by species name; tells you whether it's a Federal Noxious Weed and what states classify the species under what category.
Hi folks! New here but just wanted to give my input on this one. I've done a bit of research lately on aquatic nuisance species and the laws regarding them, and I'd like to applaud you guys for creating awareness of this problem.
The plants listed above on the previous page are bound both by the Lacey Act, and Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (NANPCA).
Its not only illegal to import these plants, but its also illegal to transport them across state boundaries.
Some states in the US prohibit the transport, possession, sale, purchase, and or distribution of aquatic nuisance species, so check your local laws before buying any "noxious" plants.
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/laws/statelaws.shtml <-- has the Invasive Species Laws for each state.
Also, please think twice before trying to circumvent your local laws. Even if the destination is only your aquarium, these and other plants may have been banned in your state and others for a reason.
In general, I'd advise people not only to be responsible with the disposal of their aquarium plants, but also to consider not using "noxious" plants in their tanks. The less demand there is for them, the less of a market there'll be, and the less likely unaware people will chuck them into our lakes and ponds. Aquatic nuisance species really are a huge problem in this country and have negatively impacted the ecology of many of our water bodies in innumerable, sometimes irreparable ways.
These plants are particularly a problem because they generally have the ability to adapt easily to new environments, proliferate rapidly, and often end up out competing local native varieties for nutrients, space, and sunlight.
Some of them are great in aquariums, but wreak havoc on open water bodies.
While I'm generally not so blunt as to say that the sale of noxious plants should be prohibited on a forum like this, I'd definitely say that the sale of Caulerpa taxifolia should be. Caulerpa taxifolia is especially dangerous. It really is killer algae, and can grow up to a foot a day. C.taxifolia can completely take over a small ecosystem in a matter of weeks, and the only way to eliminate it is by *chlorinating* the entire infected area. Yep, chlorinating. Everything in the contained infected area dies with it.
So yeah, that's my little n00b input. I wish everyone luck with their tanks, and again, I'd strongly recommend staying away from noxious plants.
|Can you send theese within the same state or is that illegal too?
|the link at the top hasnt been working so heres the link http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/main.shtml
|FWIW......... The USDA has inspected my facility twice in the past six months looking for snails and plants.
Well folks, here is the official declaration from the USDA on this issue. Its a bit long, but I hope all get something out of this (at least from an awareness stance).
7CFR319.37 is the authority for restricting plant imports into the USA.
The laws were originally written to protect agriculture. In the late
1800 the interest of growing plants was for food and fiber. Sorry but
the interests of plant hobbyists was not on the horizon when the laws
were written. Up until the late 1950s a majority of the plant imports
were conducted b Agricultural Research Service-ARS, again interest in
Horticulture and hobbies were not on the radar screen. I guess most
folks were focused on the cold war and having vast expanses of monolawn.
In the late 70's imports began to change, the percentage of individuals
who were plant collectors jumped to the point that by the 80's and 90's
a vast amount of new plant material was introduced into the USA. the
regulation 7 CFR319.37 was last updated in 1979 at the beginning of the
wave of new imports.
About this time the inexpensive and ability of individuals to get on a
plane from one exotic location and be in the USA the next was
unimaginable in prior world history. The consequences was a mass influx
of plant material in the USA from the late 80s to present.
The regulations are a balance between allowing anything into the USA and
protecting the interests of those that are affected. Yes sometimes it
seems political but we try to keep things on a scientific basis overall.
I don't think we have an agenda and the conspiracy theory is probably
left to the area of the X-files.
Aquatic plants. Overall this has been left to the States to lay a claim
on the regulations. Federal laws come into effect when the plant becomes
adapted to more that one state and has the potential to cause
environmental or commercial impact.
Yes, some plants have been introduced that now are causing more harm
than intended. We can probably blame those that thought it was a good
idea, but I can assure you that all of the introductions were based on
what -at the time they thought was a good idea. Overall, we do not know
what will cause a problem until after the problem exists. We still lack
the ability to predict the future and nature is a force that no one has
managed to control yet.
We do try to balance the interests of the individual, commercial and
naturalist. All three groups have vested interest and we try to be
flexible in the rulemaking process the best we can.
The PPA
As far as your questions:
Is this still regulated by the intent of the Plant Protection Act?
Yes, The PPA has a fairly broad regulatory authority. As it states the
import and prodigy, so generations after the initial import can be
regulated if the Secretary of Agriculture deems it so. It is really a
great piece of legislature to help protect USA from alien invasive
How does the sale or trade of these species, within the context of the hobby, reside?
The actual import is regulated to exclude FNWs from entering the USA,
but this does not prevent individuals who believe they know better or
are exempt from regulations from smuggling or obfuscating the identity
with the intent to by pass the FNW law. The reason that the plants are
prohibited is the ability of the plants to establish in the natural
ecosystem successfully and cause significant problems where the
taxpayers pay for the cleanup. Granted in a contained environment like
an aquarium it's not a problem, but just like people who choose to
smuggle because they can or want to, there are people that distribute
the plants out of ignorance or spite which cause ecological problems.
There are plants which are "grandfather'd" into the country because they
may have been here prior to the FNW laws of 2002. The problem is moving
the FNWs across State lines. At least 5 aquatic plants were commonly
found in trade USDA tried to have a liberal approach to the regulations,
leaving the requirements to the individual states to decide. There have
been problems and currently lacking a permit to move interstate, If
caught, then this can become a legal issue. There are fines and having
to deal with the legal issues for an individual to hire a lawyer and all
of those complications can make the regulation process messy for
We do have officers who are agricultural antismuggling official - they
visit aquarium stores and look at the chat rooms and focus on FNW
distribution across state lines. But in all honesty we do not conduct
individual raids on home hobbyists to inspect aquariums looking for
The next major issue would be, if someone does have one of these listed
species, what is the proper course of action?
The reason why FNWs are a problem is the ability of the plant to grow
well and multiply quickly, if a home hobbyist has a FNW in a collection,
be conscious about destruction of unwanted plant material. Make sure
it's rendered incapable of propagation before it leaves your home.
Hobbyist who enjoy ecosystems should be aware of natural systems and the problems of introduction of an alien species that can out compete and
create domination issues in a balanced system.
Can they continue to hold these species?
The problem is when the plant material is no longer wanted. Again we are
not conducting home raids, but selling, transferring even giving away
FNWs is breaking the law and not being a good steward of the natural
system that we live in. One person's cool aquarium plant can be a
boater's nightmare, native fish habitat conflict, waste water management
issue, environmental impact disaster. I think people need to take more
responsibility for the areas the live in.
I have a small pond on my property in Maryland and I'd like to put in it
local fish, but the laws don't allow it because they are protected-
endangered. I can get western fish at the aquarium store but if they
escape they then add to the demise of local fish, this is a quandary. If
individuals realize that some of their "kept" pet plants were to get
established in the local waterways there could be impact. Do we, as
stewards of out own backyards want to be responsible for problems in the
environment that our neighbors will need to clean up?
I am not sure what you can gleam from all this but hopefully it's
There are ways for individuals to obtain foreign material legally,
anyone can apply for an import permit. Anyone can collect from the wild
as long as the host country does not mind or has authorized it. Everyone
must have a phytosanitary certificate from the exporting to import plant
material into the USA. Lots of 13 or more require that the material be
cleared through a USDA Plant Inspection Station. We are concerned about
the "Stuff" that may hitch hike with the plants. Eggs of large macro
pests. Snails. Spores of diseases this type of non desired plant
material additions.
Links for information:
Permits: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_heal.../nursery.shtml
Plant Imports:
William D. Aley
Senior Import Specialist,
Plants for Planting
Riverdale, MD,
Office (301) 734-8758,
Fax: (301) 734-3225
|Sorry, CAF! My post was an answer to the "should we ban them on the site" question. I should have mentioned that. *blush* I'm all for a list being here ~ it might help people remember to be responsible.
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Walter and I thought this is good enough to be a sticky - so it shall be so!
Originally Posted by CampCreekTexas View Post
Here's my humble opinion on the subject, for what it's worth: If we go by a federal list of what is invasive and noxious, we won't be doing that much good.
I've been a terrestrial gardener for years and have seen this same question come up on plant trading forums again and again. The problem is our country is so vast and varied that what's invasive in one area isn't in another. To make sure they list ALL invasives, the list would include just about every plant we grow regularly except for true natives. They did kick around an idea to try that years ago ~ Google up "White list". They soon found out that wouldn't really be practical and would just about be impossible. The list they have now isn't really practical either, or accurate across the country. States even have trouble with coming up with an accurate list of all noxious weeds.
For instance, regular water hyacinth is one of the plants listed as illegal in my state, but I can't keep it alive for the life of me, even with a greenhouse to keep it in in winter. It's illegal in my state because it can get out of hand way down south along the coast, so rather than make it illegal just in that area and have to list the counties, they made it illegal all over the state, including up here where I am in Central Texas despite it having very little chance of surviving much less thriving and becoming a problem. Same with some of the salvinia species and others on the state list.
The same thing holds true for the federal list ~ some will be invasive in temperate areas such as Florida, while those same ones won't even last overnight in an Oklahoma winter. From the list above, azolla, sagittaria, and ipomoea are three more that won't even last through one of my mild Central Texas winters, atleast not in the sheltered valley I live in.
Then there are the truly noxious weeds that aren't on the list, but are noxious just about everywhere I've ever heard of them being grown. Kudzu and Johnson grass are two of those ~ yet they're not on the federal list (atleast they weren't last time I checked, a few years ago). A funny note is that the federal government is the entire reason they're here ~ they planted them on purpose long ago for soil erosion control, not realizing the consequences. A few others that aren't on the federal list, but are invasive in more places than plants that are on the list ~ China Berry trees, mimosa trees, taro, wax leaf ligustrum, butterfly bushes, blue fescue grass, and bermuda grass. Next time y'all go to your local Home Depot or Super Wal Mart, check how many of those are being sold in their garden centers. I'd bet my ranch half of them will be there.
What I'm saying, again, is that if we go by a federal list of what is invasive and noxious, we won't be really doing that much good. Yes, it's VERY good to know what you have and treat it responsibly. Most definitely!! But I believe we should do that with EVERY single plant and animal we keep, not just the ones on a noxious weed list. Many plants and animals we keep haven't been around long enough for anyone to know if they're invasive or not. It takes time to find that out. So if we don't put our faith in any list, but instead simply act responsibly with EVERYTHING we keep, we won't be the ones that unknowingly cause an ecological disaster.
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B. Alan Wallace began his studies of Tibetan Buddhism, language, and culture in 1970 at the University of Göttingen in Germany and then continued his studies over the next fourteen years in India, Switzerland, and the United States. Ordained as a Buddhist monk by H.H. the Dalai Lama in 1975, he has taught Buddhist meditation and philosophy worldwide since 1976 and has served as interpreter for numerous Tibetan scholars and contemplatives, including the Dalai Lama. After graduating summa cum laude from Amherst College, where he studied physics and the philosophy of science, he returned his monastic vows and went on to earn his PhD in religious studies at Stanford University. He then taught for four years in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and is now the founder and president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. He is also Chairman of the Thanypura Mind Centre in Phuket, Thailand, where he leads meditation retreats. He has edited, translated, authored, and contributed to more than forty books on Tibetan Buddhism, medicine, language, and culture, and the interface between science and Buddhism.


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Paying tribute to the rich and colorful art of his country, Mexican artist Gabriel Dawe creates huge three-dimensional art installations using Gütermann thread.
Carefully connecting different colors together, he weaves multiple threads onto wooden frames creating a semi-transparent geometric rainbow. For more about Gabriel, check out his website at www.gabrieldawe.com
Via: http://www.visualnews.com/2010/12/07/3d-rainbow-art-thread/#more-3999


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[Article]-Interview: Ferruh Mavituna on Netsparker
Jason Haddix continues his fine work with another interview. If you have any questions for Mr. Mavituna, please feel free to ask them in this thread, and we'll do our best to get him to answer them personally.
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Review by Jason Haddix
Today we showcase a new web application scanner called Netsparker, and believe us when we say we put this app through the ringer.
There's a big distinction between testing a tool against dummy apps in a lab and using it first hand against a large environment. Luckily for us we got to do both.
Over the course of a month we ran several engagements and specifically watched Netsparker's performance compared to other tools we normally use in the assessment process (w3af, Grendel Scan, Nikto, Wikto, Websecurify, Paros, Burp, etc). We have to say, we are very impressed. Netsparker not only caught vulnerabilities that other scanners missed but also had excellent remediation and a documentation section for most of its findings.
For injection it does a full-scale attack, testing every parameter it can spider (which it also does very well), and, although this lengthens the testing time, it also awarded us with some valuable injection findings. Netsparker is developed by Mavituna Security, and more specifically our guest, Ferruh Mavituna.
CISSP, MCSE, CSTA, Security+ SME


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If the 2013 Nissan Altima sets a new standard for the midsize sedan, a full-size sedan must now be the length of a stretch limo. The new Altima is big, really big, almost an inch longer than the Nissan Maxima. Either those models are swapping places in the Nissan lineup, or the next Maxima is going to be a boat.
I never liked the trend of subsequent generations of car models getting bigger and bigger. However, when comparison-shopping some buyers will appreciate that type of bang for the buck. Certainly the cabin offers a generous amount of space.
The new Altima comes in trims ranging from a base model to SL, and with a choice of two engine options, a 2.5-liter four-cylinder or a 3.5-liter V-6. CNET's car was the top-trim 3.5 SL. The car comes very well-equipped at this level, with only navigation remaining an option. Oddly, our SL was not optioned with the $1,090 navigation package.
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I had a taste of this navigation option, a new system for Nissan, when driving the new Sentra earlier this year. With flash memory and traffic, the system seems to work well. And it also features a connected system that uses Google for points-of-interest searches. The navigation package includes useful features such as blind-spot detection. I hope to give this connected system a full test soon.
LCD standard
Even without navigation, the Altima SL still had a 5-inch LCD on the center dash, 2 inches smaller than it would be with the navigation option. This LCD displays audio information, and also has a noninteractive screen for the voice command-operated Bluetooth hands-free phone system.
The interface for the stereo works easily, with a button to activate the iPod menu and the tuning dial to scroll through lists of artists, albums, or tracks. The LCD even shows album art for the current track when available. Conveniently, the Altima's USB port sits at the base of the center dashboard, in front of the shifter. The stereo also features Bluetooth audio streaming, with full track information on the LCD, at least when using an iPhone.
Without the navigation option, the Altima's voice command is very limited, merely controlling the hands-free phone system. However, it does offer full contact list integration, meaning I could say the names of contacts stored in my phone to place a call.
A nice standard feature of the SL-trim Altima is a nine-speaker Bose audio system. It delivers very rich, powerful sound, although the clarity could be better. When listening to David Bowie, I appreciated the system's strong vocal reproduction. Bass did not sound very strong with the default settings, but turning it up produced frequencies I could feel. For heavily layered electronic music, I found some of the tracks got buried, hiding some of the softer or more delicate sounds.
The steering-wheel spokes host a variety of buttons and switches for controlling the stereo and activating voice command, while a nicely detailed LCD on the instrument cluster shows the currently playing track or trip information, depending on what the driver selects.
Serious paddling
Behind the steering wheel are shift paddles for the Altima's continuously variable transmission (CVT). And I'm not talking about flimsy little pieces of plastic tacked to the back of the spokes, but wide, magnesium F1-style paddles anchored to the steering column. The paddles are a strange complement to the CVT's seven virtual shift points, and an unlikely find on any midsize sedan.


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A person who is a nub. Its a play on two words, combining two words. Nub and Popsicle. To form the ultimate "cold" diss a nubsticle.
OMFG Colinnium is such a fucking nubsticle. Look at him try to use that awp, when he cant even fire an AK. lmao.
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Am I undertstanding this correctly from the QC doc? (1/2l of vinegar per 10 kg of sugar against nosema)
They are saying to add 1/2 litre (just over 1 pint) of vinegar in addition to the water (approx 7 quarts) to 22lb sugar to make a 2:1 syrup mix ??
Sound like an awful lot of vinegar, maybe my math is wrong.


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|CFDA Numbers:
84.015A - National Resource Centers Program
84.015B - Foreign Language and Area Studies Program
84.017 - International Research and Studies
84.229 - Language Resource Centers
|Goal 8: To meet the nation's security and economic needs through the development of a national capacity in foreign languages, and area and international studies.
|Objective 8.1 of 2: Maintain a US Higher Education system able to produce experts in less commonly taught languages and area studies who are capable of contributing to the needs of US Government, academic and business institutions.
|Indicator 8.1.1 of 2: Language Enrollments: Title VI supported institutions provide the majority of the instruction in foreign languages, especially the less commonly taught languages.
|Targets and Performance Data
|Assessment of Progress
|Sources and Data Quality
Explanation: While Title VI-supported institutions account for less than 3 percent of all higher education institutions, most recent data show that they enroll 56 percent of the graduate enrolled students and 21 percent of the undergraduate enrollment in less commonly taught languages. If you count only the ?least? commonly taught languages, they account for 64 percent of the graduate enrolled students and 40 percent of the undergraduate enrollments.
Source: Non-NCES Survey/Research
Collecting Agency: .
Survey/Research Report Title: MLA Study of Foreign Language Enrollments.
References: Modern Language Association (MLA) and Associations of Departments of Foreign Languages "Study of Foreign Language Enrollments." This study has been funded since 1958 through the Title VI: International Research and Studies program..
Web Site: http://www.mla.org/adfl/projects/index.htm.
Additional Source Information: Modern Language Association (MLA) conducts language enrollment survey once every three to five years. This study has been funded since 1958 through the International Research and Studies program under Title VI.
Frequency: Other.
Collection Period: 2002 - 2003
Data Available: October 2003
Validated By: On-Site Monitoring By ED.
NRC and FLAS performance reports through the EELIAS system will be checked against the data from the MLA study. The MLA data has been collected long before the Department's standards for evaluating program performance data were developed. Now that data can be validated by university enrollment figures reported in annual NRC performance reports this will provide tangible secondary validation.
Limitations: MLA studies are conducted once every 3 to 4 years, and therefore data for the out years must be extrapolated from annual performance reports.
Improvements: The MLA summary datasets will be integrated into the EELIAS system to provide a performance baseline for years when MLA study is not conducted.
|Indicator 8.1.2 of 2: Graduate Employment: National Resource Center programs who report that their graduates found employment that utilizes their language and/or area expertise.
|Targets and Performance Data
|Assessment of Progress
|Sources and Data Quality
Explanation: NRC Ph.D. graduates become the experts that ensure national capacity in language and area studies is maintained. Data shows that the Ph.D. graduates primarily select fields where their expertise linguistic and area is best utilized. Ph.D. graduates who enter into K-12 education, foreign government, state/local government or who are unemployed or whose status is unknown are not counted toward using their expertise. M.A. graduates entering the professions help to fulfill the needs of companies, organizations and government with their area and international expertise. Many M.A. recipients continue their graduate study thus becoming the future experts. The data from the EELIAS performance reporting system showed that of the 1,782 Ph.D. graduates for 2001 no employment data was available for 343 of these graduates. IEGPS will work with grantees to develop strategies for better tracking program graduates. M.A. placement data is consistent with projected targets. M.A. continuing education data is consistent with projected targets.
Source: Non-NCES Survey/Research
Survey/Research Report Title: EELIAS.
References: National Resource Center Annual and Final Reports from the EELIAS performance reporting system..
Web Site: http://www.eeliasonline.net.
Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2002
Data Available: November 2003
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Limitations: NRCs have difficulty tracking program graduates. Currently, most graduate tracking is the responsibility of a universities alumni association. NRCs will work toward collaborating better with these associations to get better data on graduate placements.
Improvements: Collection of the data via the EELIAS reporting system has improved the ability of Program staff to conduct analyses of performance data. Once three years of data are available in the EELIAS system, long term projections and performance targets will be easier to measure.
|Objective 8.2 of 2: To establish an Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) to conduct a program to significantly increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities in the international service.
|Indicator 8.2.1 of 1: Graduate Placement: The number of IIPP program graduates who are employed in the international service.
|Targets and Performance Data
|Assessment of Progress
|Sources and Data Quality
Explanation: The IIPP comprehensive program of study is a 5-year program with six components. It currently consists of the following: (1) sophomore summer policy institute; (2) junior year abroad; (3) junior year summer policy institute; (4) post-senior-year intensive language instruction; (5) post-baccalaureate internships at international affairs agencies and organizations; and (6) Master's degree in international relations. Fellows from the first cohort completed the comprehensive program in June 2000. The number of fellows graduated should become more consistent as the program matures. As the IIPP program graduates students more consistently, a greater pool of students with international competency becomes available for government and international organizations to draw upon. The goal of the program is to develop a positive reputation for IIPP graduates, such that they become a sought after commodity for internationally focused organizations.
Additional Source Information: Previously, graduate data was collected through paper-based annual performance reports. Beginning in 2002, data will be collected through the EELIAS performance reporting system. This data will provide more information on the status of IIPP program graduates and alumni.
Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2002
Data Available: April 2003
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Limitations: The data on program graduates is being provided by the grantee, with little opportunity for the Department to double-check the data. As the number of fellows employed in international service increases, tracking all of these individuals will become more difficult.
Improvements: EELIAS system will provide greater tools for the electronic analysis of report data. This will prove useful for conducting longitudinal studies on the IIPP program graduates.
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I don't think you even understand your own logic.
Stevie brown was a 7th round pic in 2010 the concept of trading him for a 2nd round pic in 2013 is not bad at all .
I know there is a good chance that Stevie Brown won't duplicate his 2012 season with 8 picks. But I think it would be of benefit to re-sign him at a reasonable rate. With a chance that the injury bug follows KP, its good to have a guy that already knows our system. Give him a chance to go out there and show that he is not just some flash in the pan.
I know there are other priorities when it comes to our free agents, but it would be ideal if Reese and the Giants can retain both KP and Brown.


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A Southland fishing company and its director have been sentenced for making false statements on fishing returns.
Karaka Fisheries Ltd and its director Martin William Nepia were both charged with six jointly laid charges of making a false statement in a fishing return during the 2010/2011 commercial season.
Karaka Fisheries was also sentenced on 10 additional charges of filing late returns - a breach of fishing regulations.
The company, which obtained five copies of their commercial fishing permit in November 2010, used three North Island-based fishing boats to catch fish from November 2010 to February 2011 using copies of their fishing permit.
Returns filed during this time stated that no fish had been caught, but Ministry for Primary Industries' (MPI) calculations estimated about 64 tonnes had been caught, carrying a "deemed value'' of more than $820,000.
In Invercargill District Court today Nepia was fined $18,000 plus court costs and sentenced to five months' community detention and 250 hours of community work.
Karaka Fisheries Limited was ordered to pay $17,000 plus court costs for the offences.
Reece Murphy, MPI district compliance manager for Southland, said this type of behaviour undermined the Quota Management System.
"This total disregard for the Quota Management System places our fishing industry at risk. The information provided by commercial fishermen on their fishing returns is important for managing commercial fisheries and making sure they are sustainable,'' he said.
"We are pleased with today's result and it is good to see the courts sending out a message that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated.
"The Ministry will continue to utilise all compliance resources available to detect and prosecute those commercial operators who defraud the Quota Management System.''
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Just reported by Greenca190 down here in upstate New York. San Francisco Forty Niner head coach Jim Harbaugh accidentally left the microwave on while warming up his half time Spaghettio snack.
From the NFL front office, and commissioner Roger Goodell - "This is why men with the temperament of an eight year old should not be coaching in the Super Bowl".
**** the forty whiners.


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Finally I'm taking a job at an actual software company. They put out open source, in addition to proprietary software (though they ship all their code). They are small, dynamic and financially successful. Now, in the words of a business development manager (read sales person with a bigger budget and less rules), I can work in a profit centre instead of a cost centre.
But that made me think, in any business, you can see any part as a cost. But then all business costs should be considered investments. Much in the way that Quality is Free.
So I'm happy that at least there won't be people in the business telling me I'm a cost rather than profitable.


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I went into this draft hoping that we'd draft three OL in the first 3 rounds. I'll take 1 OL and DL though. Our DL got pushed all over last year. He haven't had a good run stopper in a while and Tuck is flat out over-rated these days. Not the same guy we signed after 2007. Adding two more solid DL is nice. Exciting? Not really. But once Cruz is re-signed to play with Nicks, Randle and Wilson how much more excitement to you need?
We could have used a little help at corner, but TT should be back, Ross is back, Webster hopefully rebounds (I don't want to see him playing against #1 receivers anymore) and Amakamura looked solid last year. That's not bad.
Everyone wants to see a solid MLB wearing blue...maybe next year. For now the lines look a little better than they did last year and that's a good thing. I actually like this draft.


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The annual World of Concrete show—coming to the Las Vegas Convention Center January 21–25—boasts a wide range of educational seminars, demonstrations, and contests. Owned by the same company that publishes PUBLIC WORKS magazine, the show packs a plethora of time- and money-saving items into nearly 1 million square feet of exhibit space.
The stars of the show are the products. Thousands of industry vendors will show off their equipment, tools, materials, software, and other gear. In the Most Innovative Products (MIP) contest, attendees and online visitors get to choose which products among the thousands of new releases deserve to be called the best of the best.
The editors of CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, MASONRY CONSTRUCTION, THE CONCRETE PRODUCER, and CONCRETE & MASONRY CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS, all sister publications to PUBLIC WORKS, have joined forces to gather products that comprise the most forward-thinking materials, tools, and equipment on the market. The complete list of nominated products will be on display in the central lobby of the Convention Center during the show, or you can see the complete list and vote online at www.mip2008.com.yfvdfdzdrbywwacuw Three lucky voters will win an iPod.
The following products are just some of the items in the running. For more information about the MIP contest, or World of Concrete, visit www.worldofconcrete.com.
Luminescent coating for concrete surfaces
Lumicrete is a light-emitting safety coating for concrete surfaces, available in green and blue shades. The coating includes nontoxic, nonhazardous waterborne polymers of the acrylic family. It exhibits exceptional UV resistance and superb light transparency. The product has excellent flexibility and hardness that resists cracking or scratching when applied to rigid or nonrigid surfaces. It is designed to be applied by a spray gun, brush, or roller for maximum versatility. Kwik Kerb. www.kwikkerb.com.
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Hello everyone, I have a small swarm I caught about a month ago. I have been feeding them with a
top hive feeder. Hoping they will be strong enough to make it this winter. There had been no signs of
robbing from my other hives this whole time. But today I came home from work and it is just covered in bees.
So I was wondering is it because of the weather change.. We went from 90 degrees yesterday to 59 degrees
and windy today.. So I was wondering if it's the weather that has them in a frenzy..
I did close up the enterance to the hive to stop the robbing.
I'll leave it closed up until I don't see any more robbing..
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CU-Boulder is launching a new General Engineering Plus undergraduate degree with the CU Teach Engineering concentration this fall for current first-year and sophomore students interested in earning secondary school (grades 7-12) science or math teaching licensure.
CU-Boulder students interested in learning more about the degree program are invited to attend an information session on either Aug. 27 at 4:30 p.m. or Aug. 28 at 4 p.m., in the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory, room 160.
The GE+ degree program offers an interdisciplinary, hands-on, design-based engineering core curriculum, coupled with an engineering disciplinary emphasis (aerospace, mechanical, environmental, architectural, or civil) and a "Design Your Own" concentration in an area within or external to engineering.
The CU Teach Engineering concentration was created by the College of Engineering and Applied Science as a new pathway for students interested in a design-focused, interdisciplinary engineering degree that is streamlined for students to simultaneously complete the requirements for a secondary math or science teacher licensure.
Recognizing the need for qualified science, engineering, technology and math (STEM) teachers to enhance the context and content introduced in K-12 classrooms, the College of Engineering and Applied Science, in conjunction with the School of Education, created the degree for those students interested in engineering who also have a strong desire to teach.
"This could be a game changer in getting engineering colleges nationwide to engage in STEM teacher production and, at scale, really put the "E" in STEM for our nation's youth," said Jacquelyn Sullivan, who co-directs the GE+ program along with Derek Reamon.
Sullivan and Reamon also co-direct the award-winning Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory and Program, which introduced an interdisciplinary, hands-on designed-based curriculum to the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Sullivan, with support from the National Science Foundation, also leads TeachEngineering.org, a free digital library of hands-on engineering activities designed for use by K-12 teachers, and the TEAMS program, in which Ph.D. engineering students from CU-Boulder teach engineering curricula in grades 4-12 STEM classes in partner schools in three school districts.
"The college has discovered how engaging in K-12 education can make a world of difference to our nation's future and how to effectively implement the design-based pedagogical strategies in a K-12 classroom," Sullivan said.
CU Teach Engineering is the first GE+ concentration to launch this fall, but additional concentration options, such as pre-medicine, law or business, will be launched by fall 2014.
The GE+ degree is broad in scope and gives students the opportunity to discover hands-on design in multiple branches of engineering with the flexibility to explore another passion applicable to the technical problem-solving needs of today's complex world.
Photo: A CU engineering student promotes excitement about math and science through outreach with K-12 students. Photo courtesy of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.


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Student Attendance Report
All Arizona 21st CCLC grantees must submit a Student Attendance Report to the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) using the report template and guidance that are provided in the link below.
- Guidance on Completing the Student Attendance Report
- Student Attendance Report template
- Submitting the Student Attendance Report through ALEAT
ADE requires using ALEAT as a secure file transfer method to submit these reports. Only a person authorized by an LEA/district to submit for Title I can submit this report through ALEAT. Often, principals of Title I schools have this authorization, but not always.
Summary of Classes Report
All Arizona 21st CCLC grantees must submit a Summary of Classes Report twice a year by email to their ADE 21st CCLC program specialist. This Report provides a snapshot of recent 21st CCLC activities and the number of students served using the report template and guidance provided in the link below.
APPLICATION & FISCAL REPORTS Required for 21st CCLC Grantees
All of the applications and reports below are completed online in the ADE Grants Management system ADE Connects system at https://gme.azed.gov/. Due dates are listed in the table above.
Application Revisions – As needed
An application revision is a request for a change in the approved grant application. See the table above for 21st CCLC due date.
- Revisions can be submitted for either budgetary or programmatic changes, or for both.
- Revisions must be approved by ADE prior to any change in expenditure of funds.
- Revisions must honor the integrity and intent of the original awarded grant proposal.
Reimbursement Requests – Monthly
Fiscal agents must submit grant expenditure reports for reimbursement on 21st CCLC grant expenditures at least monthly to ADE. See the table above for the 21st CCLC due date.
Completion Report – yearly
All 21st CCLC grantees' fiscal officers are required to submit an annual Completion Report on the actual expenditures for the grant within 60 days of the project fiscal end date. (The 21st CCLC grant is on a July 1 – June 30 fiscal year.) See the table above for the 21st CCLC due date.
Continuing Application – yearly
See the table above for 21st CCLC due date.
Continuing Applications for 21st Century Community Learning Centers Continuing Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 include the following:
- Program performance data from the current program year (from the summer before the current academic year through the end of the program in the current academic year).
- Minor changes in the grant program operation may be requested for approval. This can include programmatic changes and budgetary changes but must honor the integrity and intent of the original awarded grant proposal.
See the links below for Continuing Application guidance and a Word version of the Continuing Application that can be used to build the application prior to entering it online. Both of these documents below are from the previous year's Continuing Application. Although the Continuing Application does not change radically from year to year, the updated version will be posted below no later than April 1 of each year.
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers- Continuing Application(Word form)
- 21st CCLC Continuing Grant Application Guidance
Note: Once the Continuing Application is approved, reimbursement payments can be drawn in accordance with the requested budget.
21st CCLC Unit
Arizona Department of Education
1535 West Jefferson Street, Bin #7
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Tel: 602-364-2349
Fax: 602-364-1938
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Great Neighbors: ISU Audiology Students
POCATELLO, Idaho -
On the Idaho State University campus there is a group of student who, although short on time and money themselves, are reaching out to help children who can't help themselves.
Over the weekend the ISU ballroom was filled with great neighbors; professors and students giving out free information and health screenings for the community. The audiology department was informing people about the dangers of loud music and other noise.
"When you lose your hearing, even though hearing aids and other assisted devices can help, it's never as good as what our original hearing was like, and so if we can protect it and keep it as good as we can, so much the better," ISU assistant professor of audiology, Chris Sanford explained.
Especially impressive was what the Student Academy of Audiology was doing. These graduate students were not only doing free screenings, but were helping children.
"We are trying to raise money for children in the Pocatello community who need hearing aids who cannot afford them," Student Academy of Audiology member, Victoria Holcomb, said.
Hearing aids can cost thousands of dollars. That's money many families don't have. So the students are offering custom molds that provide much better hearing protection than earplugs. They're also offering custom molds for ipod earbuds. They stay in your ears better and block out surrounding noise so the volume doesn't need to be so high, thereby helping to protect hearing. At $40 for the custom earplugs and $50 for the custom earbuds, in a variety of colors, it's a fraction of the usual cost.
"The members of the club are very nice," Holcomb said. "They spend a lot of time trying to put together fund raisers - they've done different types of fund raisers and it takes a lot of time and effort, and when you're a graduate student you don't have much, so we're working really hard to do what we can to help the community here."
The money is used for hearing aids for children in need.
"There's a child that hasn't heard anything in a while - we've had some we fit their first actual pair of hearing aids and just seeing that look of, they can hear, so it's nice to see not only the child's response but the mom's response or the dad's response to it," Holcomb said.
The audiology students hope to raise enough money to provide hearing aids for at least one child per semester. Truly great examples of great neighbors in our community.
The Student Academy of Audiology will be offering to do those custom earplugs and earbuds through March 29th at their ISU location. Just call 208-282-3495 and ask for Jessica to set up an appointment.


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One of the most famous pearl stories of all time is that told by Pliny the Elder in his book, The Natural History of Pliny Volume 2. The story revolves around a bet Cleopatra made with Mark Antony.
From Pliny's own words:
When Antony had been sated by her, day after day, with the most exquisite banquets, this queenly courtesan, inflated with vanity and disdainful arrogance, affected to treat all this sumptuousness and all these vast preparations with the greatest contempt; upon which Antony enquired what there was that could possibly be added to such extraordinary magnificence. To this she made answer, that on a single entertainment she would expend ten millions of sesterces. Antony was extremely desirous to learn how that could be done, but looked upon it as a thing quite impossible; and a wager was the result.
Legend has it that Antony took this wager and the next day Cleopatra held a banquet.
In obedience to her instructions, the servants placed before her a single vessel, which was filled with vinegar, a liquid, the sharpness and strength of which is able to dissolve pearls. At this moment she was wearing in her ears those choicest and most rare and unique productions of Nature; and while Antony was waiting to see what she was going to do, taking one of them from out of her ear, she threw it into the vinegar, and after it was melted, swallowed it.
This sounds like an interesting wager and sort of like the "grain of sand in a pearl" myth, the story appears to be plausible. Pearls are composed of calcium carbonate and if you were to combine calcium carbonate with acetic acid (the main component of vinegar) the result would be calcium acetate water and carbon dioxide. In short, the pearls should melt!
Personally, I wasn't convinced. I'd never heard of vinegar getting splashed onto someone's strand of pearls and it melting off her neck like the Wicked Witch of the West. So this called for a experiment!
During the time of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, pearls were always naturals. I wouldn't want to take a chance destroying something as valuable as a natural pearl, but I could use non-nucleated cultured pearls. Pearls without an implanted bead don't much differ from their natural counterparts.
The pearls also must be completely untreated. Today's pearls are routinely bleached and pinked to even out the colors and add that slight hint of rose. I think it's safe to assume that Cleopatra's pearls were fine gems straight out of the shell!
It just so happens that every year we bring in four kilos of beadless cultured pearls that have had no treatments whatsoever – we call these pearls "raw material." We bring them in for a monastery that uses them in religious ceremonies. So when they ordered the last batch, I brought in an extra kilo for us to play with.
First, I selected out a handful of the nicest pearls. I chose pearls with fine natural luster, nice color and good shapes. Then I did the unthinkable. I dropped them in vinegar!
Then came the hard part – the wait! I shook the container, had a stare-down with several pearls from the clear plastic side and waited some more. Pretty soon I got tired of waiting and found something else to do. It started to seem that Pliny's story wasn't completely true to history.
After two weeks (that's right, I waited two weeks), I decided that it was time to remove the pearls. I was convinced that the legend of Mark Antony and Cleopatra was exactly that – a legend. The story as told by Pliny simply could not be true. The speed at which a pearl dissolves in vinegar would have had them dining for months.
While my experiment was enough to convince me that the legend was a myth, I can state definitively that vinegar is not good for pearls. Take a look below to see what happens to pearls after two weeks in a tub of vinegar. They are nearly unrecognizable.


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United States v. Amy Schachter
United States Attorney Michael A. Rattle announced today that Amy Schachter, age 37, of Olean, New York, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to 29 months imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution in the.amount of $248,500.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie P. Grisanti stated that the defendant embezzled $248,500 in student loan money from June of 1998 through July of 2002 while employed in the financial aid office of the Saint Francis School for Practical Nursing. Ms. Schachter applied for student loans in her name and in the names of others.
Ms. Grisanti said that Schachter, in her capacity as an employee in the financial aid office for the school, falsely certified that these individuals were students at the school. When the student loan checks were received, Schachter, or a third party, cashed the checks and kept some of the money.
The guilty plea was the culmination of an investigation by the United States Department of Education, Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Inspector General John P. Higgins.


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Stage III: Cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes, but not to other parts of the body.
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Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart — Their Best Moments From 'Breaking Dawn Part 2'
Rob and Kristen ALWAYS look phenomenal together, but screen shots of them together in 'Breaking Dawn Part 2' are simply exquisite! See the pics and tell us if you plan on watching the final installment of 'The Twilight Saga!'
While it may be a while before we see Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart together in real life, we can ease our anticipation with beautiful photos of Rob and Kristen together as Edward and Bella in Breaking Dawn Part 2 stills!
The final film of The Twilight Saga looks amazing. Not only do Rob and Kristen look beautiful, but the scenery and final product is out of this world!
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Merry Christmas to all of the fine folks and their families at GM Truck Club.
Nice pic! Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas! Hope your truck is o.k.!!
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ATARI ANNOUNCES NEW GAME STRUCTURE FOR 'ALONE IN THE DARK'- First Details on Developer Eden's Innovative Season Format and Game Structure -
New York, NY, May 2, 2006 – Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR) today revealed details about the innovative game structure of its upcoming next-generation game Alone in the Dark. Continuing the pioneering heritage that began with the first Alone in the Dark in 1992, Alone in the Dark will feature an episodic game structure to enhance the players' engagement with the story and keep them riveted to the screen. The originator of the survival horror gaming genre, Alone in the Dark is being developed by Eden Games for Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows platform and will deliver a fiercely gripping and terrifying gaming experience.
Taking inspiration from the presentation style and structure of a number of acclaimed and globally popular TV action dramas, Alone in the Dark is split into distinct episodes in a season-style format. Eden Games has departed from the typical ten hour game based on film-style scripts and structures and focuses on TV-season format in order to deliver a constant sustained pace and high level of narrative intensity.
"Our new format for Alone in the Dark greatly enhances the pace and tension, keeping players permanently hooked into the engrossing story surrounding the mysteries of Central Park and beyond," said David Nadal, Game Director, Eden Games. "You barely have time to breathe before the next cliffhanger hits you…"
With approximately 30-40 minutes of gameplay comprising each episode, the structure of Alone in the Dark is adapted for an audience familiar with the hard-hitting bite-size delivery of contemporary TV dramas, offering easy accessibility whether the player has hours to devote or only wants a quick TV-style fix.
Each time the player launches a saved game, the episode will begin with a video summary of the previous episode to quickly re-immerse the player in the story, removing the need to remember where they were or what they were doing. Every episode will close with a nail-biting cliff-hanger ending to rattle players' nerves, and if the player is leaving the game, a video teaser of the next episode will play to leave them wanting more.
The original Alone in the Dark is the video game that launched survival gaming and set the standard within the genre. Alone in the Dark returns with a heart-stopping action survival experience realized through the use of state-of-the-art real-time physics and unprecedented environmental interaction. Delivering an exhilarating action-orientated experience within a highly detailed, open environment, Alone in the Dark once again takes the lead for innovation and excellence within the genre.


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Tibetan / Vajrayana
Vajrayana Buddhism is most closely associated with Tibet and can be characterized by the figure of the siddha, the master whose spiritual realization is so profound that he or she has power over the phenomenal world, and in whom the profundity and vastness of absolute truth is fully and completely manifested. Many of our most well-known authors come from this tradition of Tibetan Buddhism .
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The Life and Times of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
The Great Biography by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Other StoriesThe foremost torchbearer of the ecumenical Rime movement, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959) dedicated his life to the study, practice, and propagation of all the schools and lineages that are collectively known as Tibetan Buddhism. The staggeringly long list of teachings he received and transmitted in turn testifies to the depth of his appreciation of all aspects of the Dharma, and the roster of his eminent students reveals how his… Read More
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Jamgön Mipham's Commentary on the Ninth Chapter of The Way of the BodhisattvaShāntideva's guide to the training of a Bodhisattva is one of the most important and beloved texts in the Tibetan tradition. The ninth chapter, however, dealing with Madhyamaka, the Middle Way, the most profound wisdom view of Mahayana Buddhism, has always posed unique challenges to readers. This commentary by the great scholar Mipham Rinpoche presents in quite straightforward terms Shāntideva's exposition of emptiness, the essential foundation of all Buddhist doctrine,… Read More
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Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature
Maitreya's Dharmadharmatavibhanga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju MiphamThe Buddhist masterpiece Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature, often referred to by its Sanskrit title, Dharmadharmatāvibhaṅga, is part of a collection known as the Five Maitreya Teachings, a set of philosophical works that have become classics of the Indian Buddhist tradition. Maitreya, the Buddha's regent, is held to have entrusted these profound and vast instructions to the master Asaṅga in the heavenly realm of Tuṣita. Outlining the difference between… Read More
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Buton's History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet
A Treasury of Priceless ScriptureThis fourteenth-century Tibetan classic serves as an excellent introduction to basic Buddhism as practiced throughout India and Tibet and describes the process of entering the Buddhist path through study and reflection. It begins with setting forth the structure of Buddhist education and the range of its subjects, and we're treated to a rousing litany of the merits of such instruction. We're then introduced to the buddhas of our world… Read More
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Dudjom Rinpoche's Heart AdviceDudjom Rinpoche was one of the seminal figures in Tibetan Buddhism in the twentieth century, yet very few of his religious writings have been translated into English. This volume contains a generous selection of his inspiring teachings and writings, the core of which is a lengthy discussion of the entire path of Dzogchen, including key instructions on view, meditation, and conduct, along with direct advice on how to bring one's… Read More
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Could it happen? The Indians (and tomorrow the A's) are having a woman throw BP during Spring Training. The pitcher, Justine Siegal, has also been a coach for a men's collegiate team for the past four years and played baseball all her life on men's teams.
Couple good articles in the NYTimes and MLB.com.
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KCTCS has prepared a draft mitigation plan to serve as the guide for addressing natural hazards for campus locations throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As a part of the process to adopt this plan in collaboration with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Kentucky Emergency Management agency (KYEM), public comment is being sought on the plan that is under consideration. This plan has been developed with the guidance of the University of Louisville Center for Hazards Research and Policy Development, and they will be receiving public comments on behalf of KCTCS. Links to the plan are below.
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