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Monday, July 22, 2013
"There Is No God and He Is Always with You" - A Conversation with Brad Warner; Monk. Punk. Dr. Funk.
From Publisher's Weekly, "In his new book, Warner (Hardcore Zen) momentarily sets aside his punk weapons of iconoclasm and takes a more respectful, even reverential tone to a perennial question: does God exist? As a practicing Zen Buddhist, his way of considering this question is entangled in oft-misunderstood concepts such as enlightenment. Warner never shies away from such complications; instead, they become grounds where the Western understanding of God and the Buddhist approach to reality and experience meet. For Warner, his practice is a way to approach and understand God without dealing with religion. His God is one to be experienced, felt, and intuited, something that lies beneath the surface of reality that is already naturally understood, if only one could learn to listen to silence, to listen to nothing, and to learn from nothing. In accompanying the punk Zen priest on such a singular journey through his understanding of God, the reader is asked to partake in meditation with Warner not on the Hebrew, Christian, Islamic, or any other traditional God, but rather One that can be found in daily experience when conceptual thinking has been silenced."
He describes himself on Twitter as, "Monk. Punk. Dr Funk." Brad wrote Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality which happens to be one of my favorite books of all time. He has also penned Sex, Sin and Zen as well as Sit Down and Shut Up. Warner hails from Ohio and plays bass for the Akron-based punk band 0DFx. He is a Zen monk, has made monster movies in Japan, made a documentary on the Cleveland punk scene (Cleveland's Screaming), and occasionally contributes articles to SuicideGirls.com.
Brad Warner is a quirky, eccentric fellow which is why I enjoyed our conversation so much. We found a quiet room as the guests arrived and we talked about everything from his bass rig to boobies. It turns out that Brad is into stoner rock in addition to having deep roots in punk. Warner is an ordained Zen priest and he's the first to make a wise crack about gaining enlightenment in three easy payments of $19.95. He is outspoken and honest, often turning away from institutional conventions associated with most quasi-religious organizations. Warner's latest book takes aim at the idea of God as an old, white dude (with a killer beard) sitting on a throne telling people to "drive a plane into the World Trade Center or…to hate fags." He writes about a different type of God that isn't in the image portrayed by most organized religions, and at the same time, denies the pure materialism notions put forth by the neo-Atheists. The fundamentals of Buddhism are very simple, and at the same time, infinitely complex; just like Brad Warner. What seems to be easily explained on the surface can have very deep roots and that's what makes life interesting. I could have spent hours talking to Brad and if you feel like you want more after this interview, be sure to buy his books.
Please allow me to introduce, Brad Warner. Monk. Punk. Dr. Funk.
What's in your bass rig?
Are we recording?
Then it's a secret. [laughing] The main thing I have is this Fender Precision, a really nice Fender Precision. But I got this Hondo longhorn bass in a trade. They are a Japanese manufacturer and they're not in business anymore. They made an imitation Danelectro longhorn before Danelectro came back into business and started doing it themselves. So it's mid-80s, I guess. So I got that in a trade from a guy, from the guitar player in the Rubber City Rebels, so I brought that up with me to Akron and that's gonna live in Akron so every time I do a 0Dfx gig it would be with that bass.
I noticed a stoner rock reference in your latest book. Do you have any favorite bands in that genre? I have to ask since I'm in a stoner rock/doom band myself.
Oh, really?
Yes, Threefold Law.
Well, OM is one that I like because it was the first sort of stoner rock band I got into. I had this girlfriend who said, "There's this band, OM. You should see them. They're playing in L.A." I'm back in L.A. now, so this was the first time I moved to L.A. She said that they're like Black Sabbath only if you imagined Black Sabbath slowed down and every song is twenty minutes long. And I said, "Oh, that sounds cool." So I really like them and from there I listened to Sleep. There's this band called Nebula that I like a lot. I like a lot of stuff that I get and I forget the names of the bands. There's a lot of these neo-psychedelic bands I'm getting into that nobody seems to know. Like, The Sufis is one. Paperhead is another. They're both out of Nashville, Tennessee. There's another band called Strangers Family Band that I think are from San Francisco. But none of them are very big. It's really great that there's some current contemporary music that I like again. You see, the thing with me was, even when I was a teenager, I didn't really like anything contemporary. But that's understandable cause then everything contemporary was so bad.
There's a great film called Such Hawks, Such Hounds about the American underground music scene. Have you seen it?
I did. It was on YouTube for a while.
Those bands are all faves of mine. I absolutely love heavy, riff-based music. In fact, Threefold Law has played at Now That's Class, the club where 0Dfx is playing tonight ("tonight" was in June of 2013 - you missed it). The owner there is really cool and he'll take care of you guys.
I haven't been there in a while. Is the skateboard ramp still in the main room?
It was when we played there a year ago.
Yeah, not something you normally expect to see when you show up for a gig.
Yeah, nobody was using it.
You're a performing musician. What are your thoughts on enlightenment and the feeling musicians experience on stage? That's often called being "in the zone" and I wonder if there is any comparison to the feeling of enlightenment. Is there any correlation between those two ideas?
Yes, there is a correlation. It's a related phenomenon or like a smaller version of the same phenomenon. I think musicians feel it a lot of times when they're playing their music. I think athletes get into it. I think almost everybody has some glimmer of it in their lives but it's especially true if you do anything sort of artistic or performance related because you just lock into a place where you're just absolutely in accord with what needs to happen. And in music that's related to the performance of the music. It's something that goes beyond just hitting the right notes. It's being totally in sync with the other musicians and totally in sync with the audience. Like I mentioned about that gig at Now That's Class, it was one of those really rare instances where we got into it, and it was like…I don't know how to describe the feeling. This is a dangerous thing to say because people will take this wrong, but once you're locked into it there's nothing you can do wrong. And that's true but a lot of sort of guru types will extrapolate from that to, "I am enlightened therefore nothing I do from now on for the rest of my life is wrong. Even if I do something shitty, then you're just perceiving it wrong." And that's used very frequently by people in the sort of business I'm in, and it's a lie. It may be that these people think it's true because self-delusion is really powerful so even a genuine experience of enlightenment can't destroy all of your capacity for self-delusion. So there's always a little bit left. Buddha even experienced that and it's told in the version that comes down to us of his life story. It's told metaphorically. He's encountered Mara which is kind of a demon god. But what they're really talking about is his ongoing struggle with that, with the same thing all of us struggle with to some extent or another.
Is that why musicians do it? Is chasing that feeling why we keep getting on stage?
That and the pussy. [laughing]
For some of us. [more laughter]
Can we talk about Akron?
I came across this passage and smiled: [J. reading from the book] "I'm sitting in an apartment in Akron right now, writing this chapter. And you know what? This is not a mundane place at all." I imagined the mayor of Akron reading this and then I could picture him saying something like, "Guys, get the public relations department on the phone. We've got a new billboard slogan. Akron: This is not a mundane place at all." How much of Wadsworth, or Akron, or Northeast Ohio, is still in you?
I think it's always there. I think it's something really, really strong in my background and it took getting away from it to realize that. Almost as soon as I could, I got out of the area. Sometime in the mid-80s I escaped and went to Chicago. And in Chicago, I started feeling like, "Oh God, I'm really an Ohio person." People in Illinois are very arrogant, or I should say, people in Chicago are very arrogant. They go, "Ohio. Yeah, what's there?" and I say, "Well, a lot more than what's in Illinois." You know, the only thing you've got in Illinois is Chicago. What, Peoria? C'mon… But we've got several major cities. We've got Cincinnati, Columbus, Akron, Cleveland…So it's always been part of me. I moved to Japan, moved back for a little while to Akron and then moved to Japan. I really started feeling it there, too. I don't know exactly what it is. When I moved to Los Angeles, I realized that there are so many people that are working in the film industries, specifically artistic industries, that to have an occupation where you are at home on a Tuesday at ten o'clock in the morning doesn't surprise anyone in L.A. But if you're a person from Akron, you grew up around people for whom if you are at home on ten o'clock in the morning on a Tuesday, you must be a deadbeat. You don't have a job, you're no good. And I really felt that because I got to L.A. and the company I was working for, that situation fell apart, so I tried to make it as a writer and lecturer and teacher of Buddhism and I'd feel horrible. I mean, I'd be in my room at ten o'clock trying to write something on a Tuesday and I'd be like, "Oh, what a deadbeat I am. I should be working." And working means, I don't know, pulling a lever and having a guy yell at you. You can't be typing something.
Did you cross paths with Chuck Klosterman? Didn't he write for the Akron Beacon Journal at that time?
That's why I asked because you two have very similar writing styles.
I thought that was interesting and so now I have to avoid being influenced by him. [laughing] It was good to see somebody else doing something like what I was doing, but of course he's much more successful at it than I am. There you go.
As I read your new book, There is No God and He Is Always With You, "purity" and "tolerance" were the words that came to mind. There's an honesty there. You could have hid behind the title of the book and avoided the difficult conversations but you didn't do that. You said what you meant to say.
I've always, as far back as I can remember, been really concerned with integrity because I think any time you get away from that you're really being almost selfish because I think you hurt yourself by not having integrity. There was a specific turning point in my life which happened during the writing of Sit Down and Shut Up which is when my mother died. She died while I was sort of finishing that book off and I remember specifically thinking after my mom died and then my grandmother died a few months later--I was actually with my grandmother when she died--and at that moment with those two things happening, I thought all bets were off. I see what happens to people, what happens to all of us. We're all gonna die. So why mess around, you know? Why do anything you don't want to do? Of course, within reason. We all have to do things we don't want to do but not because you think you have to. You need to make a living and sometimes that involves things you don't really like. I've had those jobs, too. But in terms of just personal choices, especially from that moment, but even before that, I'd be like, "I don't care. I don't care if nobody else likes the choices I've made." I mean as a human being you are programmed to care about what other people think because we're social animals and that's how we survive. So I've actually been reading about this and there's research that shows that very strongly, within our brains, there are mechanisms that are programmed to take cues from other people whether we're doing the acceptable thing. And that's in me like it's in anybody else. But I realized that you can satisfy that urge pretty easily. People get worried about all these details. It's like, in order to be accepted you have to dress in a three piece suit and a tie. You don't. You just have to have pants on and then you fulfill the duty. That's kinda what I thought. "Okay. I got pants on so fuck you. If you don't like that they're bell bottoms I don't care." [laughing] I have a magnificent pair of bell bottoms but I rarely dig them out.
I'm sure you encountered that when you started writing for Suicide Girls. I'm sure there were people in the Zen community that were not real pleased about that decision.
Like the Ramones. [laughing]
Yeah! So it's Mrs. Suicide, or you know whatever, Aspen Suicide. So anyway, she just asked me if I would contribute and I said, "Yeah, sure. I'll do it." It sounded really interesting and I didn't think too much about the repercussions of it or whether I should. I was ordained by this guy Nishijima Roshi and they were asking me to do this because I was ordained, therefore, I should see what he thinks about it. You know, just him personally. And I asked him and he said, "It sounds like a great thing." He was happy about it.
Did he know what it was?
Oh yeah, I showed him.
You did?
I was like, "Here. This is what they got on here. Here's the naked ladies, here's the boobies, here's the tattoos," and he thought it was great. He didn't think it was offensive or anything. So, that's really all I needed and I moved forward with it. As far as controversy, it's not been massive controversy but every so often I run into somebody who's upset about it. The funny thing about Buddhists is they have this idea of protecting the peace, and you know, being all peaceful or whatever. They're reluctant to say when something makes them mad because it makes them look bad. They go, "Oh, I should never be angry." It recently came up from a woman named Grace Schireson who really got upset over a bunch of things I've done and I think she never mentioned the Suicide Girls. In fact, I'm certain that's part of a whole bundle of things that upset her about me and so she came after me on the internet a year or so ago. Her and her husband started writing a series of articles about how awful of a human being I was. And it was just funny. I was like, "What are you doing? I don't understand."
It's wasted energy in a way.
Well, it seems like it. I had criticisms about her before any of this came up and I just didn't think it was worth talking about so I never brought it up. But, there you go.
There is No God and He Is Always With You. Who is the person that's going to buy this book? Who is your audience?
You really articulate that well in your book when you talk about Christianity as one example. You state that maybe that religion started out more like Buddhism but then it evolved into something more organized. Do you think organized religion is part of the problem in this conversation?
Comparatively speaking.
At least he wasn't groping little kids or anything. Knock on wood, I've yet to hear about a Zen teacher taking advantage of children for example, or poisoning a salad bar in Montana, or stockpiling guns. I haven't really heard any of this kind of stuff. Occasionally, we get a little sex mad.
Is there anything else you'd like to talk about?
People ask that sometimes at the end of interviews and I never know what to say. I don't have any great burning message. Sometimes it's good to get a chance to air certain things out and I try to use my power wisely.
I really appreciate your time. Thank you.
Official - http://hardcorezen.info/
Twitter - http://twitter.com/BradWarner
0DFx - http://www.myspace.com/0dfx
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D601YDI/
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For some reason, former governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty left the band of brothers and sisters who are running for the presidential nomination. I guess Tim did not realize that when you only poll 5% of the vote at the beginning of the month it doesn't mean you will not have 25% by the end of the month. Tim actually was not that bad a governor of a state, at least he knew how many people were on the Supreme Court and he knew that Paul Revere rode to warn the Americans about the British.
As one reflects on the past year, it is difficult to understand why Republicans try to hard to assist Barack Obama to get re-elected. Herman Cain believes people in Cuba speak Cuban, Rick Perry does not remember what he said five minutes previously, Michele wants to blow up the world to "defend America," and Newt has a new idea each hour of the day, unfortunately none make any sense. Most probably, the nominee will be the man from–Massachusetts, Utah, Michigan– you know, the man who has firm ideas-Mitt Romney! Of course, firm means–as of the latest poll numbers.
Anyway, Barack Obama can thank the entire Republican group for aiding him in the quest to be re-elected. Just think, Tim, you could be wandering through Iowa today and shaking hands and eating plenty of corn. Tim, ye did not tarry long enough!

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Vols rely on complementary pitching staff
Editor's note: Graham Hays is counting down to the start of the 2011 college softball season with a look at each of the teams in his top 20. Check back daily for updates.
No. 6 Tennessee
Last season: 49-15, lost in Women's College World Series
Who returns: All five regulars who slugged .500 or better return, including Lauren Gibson (.910 OPS) and Jessica Spigner (1.052). Raven Chavanne (1.080 OPS), Kat Dotson (1.004 OPS) and Kelly Grieve (.926), but that's only part of the story for a top of the order that also combined for 92 stolen bases and a trio that covers serious real estate in the outfield. Ashley Andrews returns after showing good patience at the plate as a freshman, putting together a .353 on-base percentage despite just a .213 batting average.
Who departs: Tiffany Huff was a fixture in the middle of the lineup for four years and left with the RBIs to prove it. Erinn Webb started 58 games and led the team with nine home runs last season, while Nicole Kajitani started 37 games and ranked fifth on the team in walks.
Who arrives: It's a big group in every respect, with an incoming class of seven freshmen that includes four players listed at six feet or taller. One of the tall arrivals with the biggest prep plaudits, Madison Shipman will start at shortstop from the outset, with Andrews shifting to catcher, the position at which she was recruited. Melissa Davin and Kourtny Thomas are in competition for time at first base, and Chelsea O'Connor is impressing in a crowded outfield picture.
Statistically speaking: With Chavanne in the club, Tennessee came within a Kat Dotson walk or two of becoming only the fourth team with two returning hitters who topped .500 in both slugging and on-base percentage last season. Alabama, Arizona and Georgia are the others.
"I think that probably the unsung player on our team, and I'm really serious about this, is Kat Dotson," co-coach Ralph Weekly said. "If you ask anybody on our team who is the best hitter, they're going to say Kat Dotson."
Preseason question: What about the pitching?
The coaches may find it challenging to divide playing time in a manner that keeps everyone happy in the real games, but Tennessee shouldn't have any trouble playing competitive scrimmages.
That depth came to the forefront when the team did, in fact, play a scrimmage recently, a contest in which Ralph Weekly said freshman Ellen Renfroe graded out as the best pitcher, followed by Cat Hosfield and then Ivy Renfroe. That might come as a surprise to anyone who saw Ivy Renfroe take control of the postseason during Tennessee's run to the World Series, while Hosfield played second fiddle and high school Ellen Renfroe watched her older sister.
The younger Renfroe may only be a year behind her older sister, but it's another SEC ace with height on her side that Weekly used as a point of comparison.
"She's mature beyond her age," Weekly said of Ellen. "She reminds me a lot, and she's certainly not there yet, but she reminds me a lot of [Alabama's] Kelsi Dunne. She's the same kind of pitcher, with a lot of movement. And of course, I think Kelsi Dunne is really good."
That Ellen isn't a carbon copy of her sister potentially works to Tennessee's advantage. Add the Renfroe sisters to Hosfield, who went 17-8 with a 3.26 ERA in 48 appearances and 25 starts last season, and the Lady Vols bring three distinct looks to the circle.
"Ivy throws hard with decent movement and she's improved her changeup," Weekly said. "Cat throws with a good bit of movement and a really good changeup. And Ellen throws in the middle speed; she throws good speed with a lot of movement."
With the SEC shifting to a format for conference play that mimics the Pac-10, with each three-game series spread over three days instead of two days with a doubleheader, there isn't necessarily an advantage to be gained from using three starters on a regular basis. But in addition to simply giving the coaching staff options, the trio of pitchers might also afford Tennessee an opportunity to experiment with something close to a dedicated bullpen (as it is, Tennessee pitchers completed just 21 of 64 starts last season).
"I wouldn't say any of them are like the best pitchers in the country, but I think it's a really good staff," Ralph Weekly said. "And I think they've bought into the fact that all three are going to pitch. I think we're stronger as a team with all three starting -- I'm not looking to have a star pitcher this year."


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When you install an app on your phone, you don't always install it on the phone itself. You often store new apps and new data on the tiny SD cards that slide in and out of your phone, letting you add more storage space as needed.
And that can be a problem.
Typically, an app that has permission to read and write data from an SD card has the power to read all data on the card — including information written by other apps. This means that if you install a malicious application by mistake, it can easily tap into a wide range of sensitive data inside your phone.
The good news is that engineers at Facebook have developed a way of protecting the company's rather popular Android apps when they're stored on SD cards, and they're now sharing this security tool with the world at large, letting other software developers protect their apps in similar ways. That bodes well not only for developers, but for you, the person who will ultimately use these apps on phones.
This comes as more and more large tech companies are sharing important parts of their engineering know-how with other developers and companies across the globe. Together with Twitter and, in some ways, Google, Facebook is leading this trend. Companies like this were built on open source software, and in feeding new tools back to the open source community, these tech giants believe they will not only return the favor, but drive still more innovation that will ultimately feed back into their online opera.
Facebook calls its Android security tool Conceal, and in short, it's a programming code library for safely encrypting and decrypting data stored on SD cards. The company is already using the tool with the primary Facebook app that runs on Android. According to Facebook software engineer Subodh Iyengar, the company started building the tool about six months ago, but it only recently decided to open source it. "We had conversations with other developers who were interested," he tells WIRED.
The tool is based on algorithms from OpenSSL, a common open source encryption system for the web, but it's designed specifically for mobile phones running Android — including low-end phones. The whole library takes up only about 85KB of space. "Unlike other libraries, which provide a wide range of encryption algorithms and options, Conceal prefers to abstract this choice and include sensible defaults," Iyengar wrote in a blog post introducing the project. "We think this makes sense because encryption can be very tricky to get right."
There's a certain irony in Facebook releasing software to help developers protect user data from other applications. Just last week, it was revealed that the new version of the company's Android app asks for permission to read text messages on your phone. Facebook explained that this lets it handle two factor authentication more easily, but some have suggested the move may provide the company with an unneccesary level of access to personal information. That may make some privacy advocates think twice about using open source code from Facebook to build security features into apps.
But the beauty of open source software is that the whole world can see how the code works, and determine whether it's legit or not. Facebook has a long history of open sourcing code that has go on to significantly change the way both software and hardware is built. This includes everything from small software tools like Conceal to massive data analysis software, computer server designs, and even data center blueprints.Go Back to Top. Skip To: Start of Article.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Very lovely...
Very pretty! I posted a pic of my cottage romance too! I am still working on the quilting.....may be awhile before the finished quilt is posted! Haha. Again, thanks to Bailey! I used fabric from the Rosey collection of Tanya Whalen....a bit difficult to find now as well......
This is just lovely, your color choices are so delicate and inviting.
The quilt you see, is a part of me.
In your hand is the sum of my parts
My mind, my body and a piece of my heart.
Wrap in it, lay on it, cry, and dream.
It's made to help you know what love means.


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National leader John Key is calling on Prime Minister Helen Clark to find out whether Foreign Minister Winston Peters told the truth when he denied his party had received a donation from billionaire Owen Glenn.
Mr Peters' denial has been contradicted by an email from Mr Glenn in which he says he did give money to New Zealand First.
Mr Key said Helen Clark might be reluctant to get involved, but she "cannot afford the luxury" of ducking the issue.
As Foreign Minister, Mr Peters was a member of her Executive and she had to be able to have confidence in the information and assurances she received from him.
"These are serious allegations and they need to be resolved. The New Zealand public is entitled to answers to the questions."
Mr Peters, speaking at Auckland Airport this morning before leaving for Fiji, said: "Here's the deal, the editor of the New Zealand Herald and the Herald journalist Audrey Young can see New Zealand First's accounts and talk to our independent auditors but when they find nothing, then to apologise to the public and then resign.
"We have to have some accountability now. It's a case of put up or shut up."
Asked whether he had seen the emails, he said he had not and had never received money from Owen Glen through trusts or otherwise.
"No means no," he said.
Tim Murphy, editor of the Herald, said today: "The Herald stands by its Weekend Herald story and political editor Audrey Young.
"The issue here is simple: Owen Glenn says he donated to New Zealand First. Winston Peters has said and continues to say that Glenn didn't. The story, based on explicit emails, highlights that gap.
"The responses by Mr Peters, while strident, do not explain that gap and continue to leave open to interpretation all kinds of possibilities for funding assistance for his party and its interests.
"In the circumstances, we see no value in the offer of examining New Zealand First's 'annual accounts'."
Doubt has been cast on Mr Peters' denials by a leaked email exchange between Mr Glenn, an expatriate who lives in Monaco, and his public relations adviser in New Zealand, Steve Fisher.
In an email on February 21 about how to handle media interest in political donations, Mr Glenn says, "Are you saying I should deny giving a donation to NZ First?? When I did??"
Mr Fisher advised Mr Glenn to continue referring questions about donations to New Zealand First, which is what he did.
But Mr Peters maintained at the time that his party received no donation and held a press conference in February to deny it.
He has continued to maintain that position.
The controversy has flared during an important month for Mr Peters, both as New Zealand First leader and as Foreign Minister.
He will play a prominent role in hosting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to New Zealand in two weeks, possibly the highlight of his term as Foreign Minister.
Neither he nor Helen Clark will want domestic issues to overshadow it.
Mr Peters was leaving for Fiji today on a Pacific Foreign Ministers delegation to discuss a return to democracy with coup leader Frank Bainimarama.
Tongan Prime Minister Fred Sevele will lead the delegation, which will also include Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and the Foreign Ministers of Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tuvalu.
New Zealand First's annual convention is to be held in Auckland this coming weekend, before the general election, which could be as little as three months away.
Helen Clark has previously refused to comment on the donation controversy, and today continued to insist it is an internal matter for New Zealand First.
She said today it was a party matter and did not relate to Mr Peters' foreign affairs portfolio, in which he conducted himself with integrity.
"I am not a private police force," she said on Newstalk ZB.
"I have made this point on many occasions when issues have come up around public figures."
She relies on the support of Mr Peters' party to keep her minority Government in power.
Mr Key was cautious in his language last night about Mr Peters, who could hold the balance of power after the election.
He made no assumptions about the veracity of what Mr Peters said.
"We are not saying Mr Peters is misleading the public, but the emails seem to contradict what he is saying," Mr Key said.
"He has a responsibility to clear that up."
Asked what should happen if it were not cleared up, Mr Key said: "Ultimately the public will be the judge of that."
Parliament is in recess this week, and resumes next Tuesday.
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I've got a marvellous pair of parents-in-law (not to mention a stupendous wife). They've been around for the last couple of night, and we've had a great time all round.
Work on PhD going well - both co-supervisors seem happy, and all I need to do know is write a proposal and find some funding. Should be pretty simple, yes?
Good to seem some discussion in the articles section on documentation: it's not sexy, but it's really important. Take the time out to read it, folks.
Looks pretty certain that I'll be buying a new system pretty soon. Debian, here we come. It's going to be moving from potato to 2.4.x & reiserfs that's going to be fun.
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|At least you have legit LFS. The only one that's even close to me (a 20 minute drive, even) is unsanitary, has a terrible selection, is expensive, sells one or two plants and always smells like pot. PetsMart and Pet Supermarket are all I have...well, aside from Walmart (ahaha). Sorry to hear though, broseph.
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With all of the bussiness that had gone out of business now we have lost yet another and it was one of my favorite stores. Tropical Fish Wold will be going out of business . Even though there store was never the cleanest or the biggest I still always like their selection. There owner (Mike) is a very nice guy and was always able to help me along with his staff. Even if you did not like the store it was a good place to buy fish and sometimes plants. Now all that are left are Congressional (Expensive but friendly), House of Tropicals ( Great prices and selection also very helpful), and SuperPetz (Terrible ownership but has a great selection).
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VIRGINIA — VPMA conducted an Associate Certified Entomologist (ACE) Prep Course in August that helped prepare 23 participants to take the Entomological Society of America's (ESA's) exam.
Becoming an ACE is not a walk in the park. This certification is designed for pest professionals who have the knowledge and experience (at least 7 years) of pest identification, behavior and treatment, but don't have the formal education to attain their Board Certified Entomologist (BCE) designation. The ACE Certification requires diligent self study and preparation in order to pass the exam that is intended to verify that the individual seeking the ACE certification clearly understands the ins and outs of pest management.
Dr. Dini Miller, of Virginia Tech, and Jim Fredericks, Technical Director of NPMA, conducted the full day of training that included a review of insect biology and morphology and general pest knowledge for biting and stinging pets, cockroaches, pest ants, occasional invaders, rodents and stored product pests, wood destroying insects, pest management tools and practices and pesticide safety, laws and labels were also covered. While the prep course can not substitute self-study, the review does give participants the opportunity to clarify information they may be unsure of and is another chance to become familiar with the information. Participants said they felt the prep course was an important element in their preparation and that it gave them a boost of confidence going into the exam.
Participants had the option to take the exam the day following the prep course, or to take the exam in October prior to the VPMA State Technical Meeting. About half opted to take the exam in August, some opted for the October date and still others will set up their own date with an approved ESA proctor within the year.
Prior to the VPMA ACE Prep course, Virginia only had a handful of ACE certified professionals. VPMA's current president, Jeff Johnson, who attained his ACE designation through a prep course offered in Florida in 2010, made bringing the ACE program to Virginia one of his top priorities. As a result, there are now an additional 9 individuals who hold the ACE certification, and there are still more who have yet to take the exam.
VPMA plans to hold an additional ACE Prep Course during the winter of 2012. If you are interested in becoming an ACE, please contact VPMA. The sooner you register with ESA and begin reviewing the numerous study resources, the better prepared you will be to take the exam! Also, please keep in mind that you must make application with ESA to become an ACE at least 30 days prior to taking the exam.
Congratulations are extended to the following individuals who attained their ACE Certification through the VPMA ACE program:
Kyle Franklin, FMC Corporation
Jack Horsley, Terminix Seva, Inc.
Wayne Kessinger, Reliance Termite & Pest Control
Gregorio Lozano, Bell Environmental
Keith McCormick, A-Active Termite & Pest Control Co.
Don Richards, Orkin Commercial Services
Joe Stuart, Raven Termite & Pest Control Services
Dale Trombley, Yahweh Environmental Services
Jeffrey Weidhaas, Terminix
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Sparkling Peach Sangria
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Ruth was really into dinner parties last week, she hosted three of them. I love a good dinner party but I was unfortunately unable to attend the first two. When the third one came along I quickly volunteered to make a cocktail for the evening since the guests were bring dessert. There is nothing better than cold, fruity sangria on a hot summer evening. Sangria is just so easy! Cut up your fruit, add it to a pitcher, pour in the wine & booze & juice, refrigerate, and you're done. This takes about five minutes.
Plus everyone likes sangria, EVERYONE! I have yet to meet someone how does not enjoy a lovely, refreshing glass of sangria, especially a white wine based sangria. The fruit and juice mellow the wine so things are less acidic and alcoholic.
This sangria is particularly delightful with the prosecco. I adore sparkling wine of all varieties and it works perfectly with the peach nectar and fruit. You could mix things up to fit your tastes. I think you should make some of this sangria before the summer ends, you'll be really happy you did so!
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Sparkling Peach Sangria Inspired by Table for Two Blog Yield - drinks for 4-5 people (about 10 servings)
2 bottles prosecco or other sparkling wine 1 quart strawberries 1 peach 3 cups peach nectar ice
- Quarter the strawberries and slice the peach. Add to a large pitcher.
- Add the prosecco and peach nectar and stir gently.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and serve with ice and extra fruit for garnish.
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Francis X. Connor, a longtime Rockaway resident, died September 10.
Connor was born in Astoria, New York and moved to Rockaway 25 years ago from Brooklyn, New York. He was a production worker. Connor also served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War era.
Connor was preceded in death by his wife, Dolores Murray Connor and brother, Edward.
He is survived by his sons, Francis E., Robert L., Kenneth C. and Brian; brother, Bernard J.; sisters, Joan and Eleanor Lazlow; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Denis S. O'Connor Funeral Home, Rockaway Beach. Interment took place at Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, New York.


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Brent slips, narrows spread vs stronger U.S. oil
By Robert Gibbons
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brent crude prices fell and U.S. crude edged up on Tuesday, narrowing the spread between the two benchmarks, while weak gasoline futures weighed on the complex as market participants rotated positions ahead of weekly inventory reports.
U.S. gasoline fell nearly 1 percent, the biggest percentage move in the energy futures complex. Analysts cited pressure from anticipated imports, lackluster demand and weak cash price differentials.
"(A)n expected upswing in imports during the coming weeks, soft Gulf coast and Midwest cash markets and possible sale of Sunoco's Philadelphia refinery all tilt in favor of renewed gasoline futures weakness," Jim Ritterbusch, president at Ritterbusch & Associates, said in a report.
Brent's premium to the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark U.S. crude narrowed to $14.61 a barrel based on settlements, after reaching $15.80 intraday. It marked the third straight session that the spread has failed to push above last Thursday's $16.03 intraday peak.
Brent June crude fell 55 cents to settle at $118.16 a barrel, having swung from $117.85 to $118.94.
Brent briefly turned positive and U.S. crude extended gains as North Sea Forties crude, one of the four streams making up the physical portion of the Brent benchmark, has hit further delays following the weekend shutdown at the Buzzard field.
U.S. June crude rose 44 cents to settle at $103.55 a barrel, having reached $104.10. Falling to $102.79 intraday, it recovered without testing support near the 100-day moving average (MA) of $102.07.
U.S. crude tested below the 100-day MA the previous session and several times this month, after staying above level since November 1, 2011. Continued...


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our credit report now reflects a "LATE PAYMENT" statement that is not true. and we cant even call them to resolve this issue because the customer service reps are instructed to hang up on us when we call. they refuse to take our calls. and the management never seems to be available for comment.
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I had my tires replaced the other day. Now my right rear reads 38 hen it reads 35 on two different gauges.
I read in the owner's manual that if a sensor is replaced it has to be calibrated by a dealer.
If the rear rims were swapped would that cause the same kind of problem as if a new one was installed?
Think I need it calibrated?
What tires did you buy? And if you swapped the rims from one side to the other why not swap them back so the sensor is reading the right wheel. You might have to have the tire shop remount the tires if they are directional. Just a thought from an old c4 owner.
First thing to do is check the tire pressure in all 4 tires and see if one is actually reading 38 on your gauge.
Then re-train all the sensors so they know which location they are in.
Unlike C4 sensors which were location specific, the C5 and C6 sensors can be placed on any corner then the system needs to be 'trained' to know which sensor is where.
The tire shop should be able to do this for you and should have anyway after the tire swap just to make sure all the sensors are talking to the computer correctly.
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Luis' Three Picks: A Weekend of Shows in Atlanta – Alex Chilton Tribute, Megafaun, 500 Songs for Kids
As a 9 to 5'er, every weekend is like a mini-Christmas. After five days of early mornings and painful traffic jams, I get two days to sleep in, stay out late, and drink ungodly amounts of cheap beer while watching bands!
So what's on the books this weekend?
Alex Chilton Tribute – Friday, April 30 – Star Community Bar
Sort of the underdog music legend, Alex Chilton (Big Star, the Box Tops) passed away earlier this year. In honor of Mr. Chilton, the Star Bar in Little 5 Points is hosting a tribute concert and raising funds for the American Heart Association tonight. The Young Antiques, Anna Krammer, Johnny La Rocha, Tous Les Jours, the Pinx and many more will take the stage. More info at StarBar.net
Megafaun – Saturday, May 1 – the EARL
One of my favorite things of spring time is touring bands. It's a known fact that bands, like most wildlife, come out of hiding in the spring – sometimes with new records and new tours! It's all very exciting. Folk band Megafaun make their grizzly way to the EARL this Saturday. The band plays sweet tunes and have sweet beards. Count me in.
500 Songs For Kids – Sunday, May 2 – Smith's Olde Bar
It's night four of the 10-night rock and roll fundraiser known as 500 Songs For Kids. Already in its fourth year, the Songs for Kids Foundation hosts this amazing annual event that raises funds for children's hospitals, camps and research centers. 500 songs are performed throughout the 10-night extravaganza – this year it's "The 500 greatest era-defining songs." Hundreds of bands, solo artists and special guests grace the stage every year – so make sure to make it out at least one night!
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Chapter 12
She put the letter into her pocket and offered her visitor a smile of welcome,
exhibiting no trace of discomposure and half surprised at her coolness.
"They told me you were out here," said Lord Warburton; "and as there was no
one in the drawing-room and it's really you that I wish to see, I came out with no
more ado."
Isabel had got up; she felt a wish, for the moment, that he should not sit down
beside her. "I was just going indoors."
"Please don't do that; it's much jollier here; I've ridden over from Lockleigh; it's a
lovely day." His smile was peculiarly friendly and pleasing, and his whole person
seemed to emit that radiance of good-feeling and good fare which had formed
the charm of the girl's first impression of him. It surrounded him like a zone of fine
June weather.
"We'll walk about a little then," said Isabel, who could not divest herself of the
sense of an intention on the part of her visitor and who wished both to elude the
intention and to satisfy her curiosity about it. It had flashed upon her vision once
before, and it had given her on that occasion, as we know, a certain alarm. This
alarm was composed of several elements, not all of which were disagreeable;
she had indeed spent some days in analysing them and had succeeded in
separating the pleasant part of the idea of Lord Warburton's "making up" to her
from the painful. It may appear to some readers that the young lady was both
precipitate and unduly fastidious; but the latter of these facts, if the charge be
true, may serve to exonerate her from the discredit of the former. She was not
eager to convince herself that a territorial magnate, as she had heard Lord
Warburton called, was smitten with her charms; the fact of a declaration from
such a source carrying with it really more questions than it would answer. She
had received a strong impression of his being a "personage," and she had
occupied herself in examining the image so conveyed. At the risk of adding to the
evidence of her self-sufficiency it must be said that there had been moments
when this possibility of admiration by a personage represented to her an
aggression almost to the degree of an affront, quite to the degree of an
inconvenience. She had never yet known a personage; there had been no
personages, in this sense, in her life; there were probably none such at all in her
native land. When she had thought of individual eminence she had thought of it
on the basis of character and wit--of what one might like in a gentleman's mind
and in his talk. She herself was a character --she couldn't help being aware of
that; and hitherto her visions of a completed consciousness had concerned
themselves largely with moral images--things as to which the question would be
whether they pleased her sublime soul. Lord Warburton loomed up before her,
largely and brightly, as a collection of attributes and powers which were not to be
measured by this simple rule, but which demanded a different sort of
appreciation--an appreciation that the girl, with her habit of judging quickly and
freely, felt she lacked patience to bestow. He appeared to demand of her
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Nigeria president appeals to Muslim leaders before vote
By Sahabi Yahaya
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan appealed to Muslim leaders on Sunday to help ensure that elections next month, which risk stoking regional rivalries, pass off peacefully.
Africa's most populous nation holds presidential, parliamentary and state governorship elections spread over three weeks in April, all of which are set to be fiercely contested.
Jonathan met with the Sultan of Sokoto, one of Nigeria's most influential Islamic leaders, and other senior figures from the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs and Muslim umbrella organisation Jamatul Nasir Islam in the northern city of Kaduna.
Nigeria is home to the largest Muslim community in sub-Saharan Africa, accounting for roughly half of the country's 150 million people, as well as to more than 200 ethnicities, most of whom generally live peacefully side by side.
But ethnic and religious rivalries bubble under the surface and the candidacy of Jonathan, a Christian from the southern Niger Delta, has fuelled resentment from some in the north who believe the next president should be a northern Muslim.
Jonathan is running for what would have been the second term of late President Umaru Yar'Adua, a northerner who died last year leaving Jonathan to inherit the country's highest office.
His main rival in the presidential race is former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, a northerner whose reputation as a devout Muslim and a disciplinarian means he has strong grass roots support in large parts of the north.
"Some members of the political class may be very desperate to win the elections by all means," Jonathan said after the meeting, also attended by the Emir of Kano and Shehu of Borno, the leaders of Nigeria's other two main Muslim dynasties. Continued...


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We stopped off at the large shopping mall scoping out sports stores for runners for Danny. I homed in on the sale table of hiking boots with boxes of Merrell and North Face and the sign saying buy one, get one free. We picked up 2 excellent pairs of hiking shoes, North Face for me and Merrell for Danny for... wait for it... $77 CAD TOTAL! This had to be the best buy I have ever found. These shoes retail for $200+ in AUS. They will be excellent motivation for when we get back to do more hiking on the weekends.
Back on the road and 15 mins later we came across the Kamloops Wildlife Park. We thought we'd check it out, because of the luck we had last time. This park wasn't as amazing as the last but we got to see a grizzly for the first time. We couldn't even explain how scary these animals look. Their paws are about 15-20 cm long and 10-15cm wide. He was sleeping when we saw him, which I think was probably a good thing. Doubted I would be able to do any hiking in Canada if I saw him at his full height. Something interestign we read about Grizzlys is that their cubs only weight a max of 400g at birth, they are tiny and grow to be such huge animals, it's scary. They also don't go into a true hibernation over winter, just a deep sleep. We took the park's choo-choo train around the park, cos we were feeling lazy. Saw wolves, black bear, bison and cougars. After the ride we quickly rushed over to the cougars to watch them being fed. Now that was fascinating. There was a male and a female. The male was huge in comparison to the female. To be fed, they are locked up so the keeper can put the huge chucks of meat in places for them to get. Their favourite is the horse shank which the keeper put up high on a tree cos it was the male's favourite and they like them to work for their food. The keepers are never in the enclosure with the cougars. They have been imprinted which means they have been riased by humans since birth, but they do treat them like pets so they don't lose their hunting instincts. They will never be released into the wild though. The keeper explained they liked to stalk to the keepers as they passed the gates, but more scary was the male especially liked stalking children and the female liked things with wheels. Other cougars often come to the top of the mountain above the park and call out for them. Luckily, they have never come into the park. Overall, a nice little town to stop in. See pictures on flickr, they're all mixed up unfortunately but it's easier to load them up that way. Www.flickr.com/photos/bels_pix


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Tetsuya Nomura's True Intentions Discovered
Square Enix hotshot may have encoded a secret message in Final Fantasy Versus XIII.
I've heard from a few people that Tetsuya Nomura is a PlayStation fanboy, which is why Final Fantasy Versus XIII isn't coming out on Xbox 360 and why Kingdom Hearts 3 is totally going to be released on the PlayStation 3.
Some 2channelers have found solid, irrefutable proof of Nomura's love of Sony.
That's Noctis Lucis Caelum, main character of Versus XIII. Why did Nomura go with such a peculiar-sounding name instead of something more fitting like Frank, Chuck or Todd?
Well, it seems that if you reorder the words in the character's name, you get:
Nomula is Japanese for Nomura. SCE is, of course, short for Sony Computer Entertainment.
From its root, I deduced that "cultic" must have something to do with cults, and sure enough Merriam Webster defines it as "great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book)."
I'm not really good with anagrams, but perhaps someone can find something similar for heroine Stella Nox Fleuret.
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Behavior concerns amongst residents with dementia may effectively be stopped, minimized or reduced by using appropriate interventions and assessment tools. Alfred Norwood discusses how your care team can design, implement & evaluate interventions that fit the behavior which may result in positive changes. These positive changes may include improved resident mood/behavior and cost effective reduction of time spent in daily care by caregivers.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss how the process of human behavior can be affected by age and disease.
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Discuss underused tools a care team can use for improving resident mood and behavior.
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Alfred W. Norwood, BS, MBA
President and Founder of Behavior Science, Inc
Alfred Norwood is the President and Founder of Behavior Science, Inc. He is a behavioral psychologist who uses primarily ABA techniques and neurological research to resolve behaviors in community and institutional based dementia patients.
He has worked as a consultant for chain for-profit, non-profit and independent SNFs and ALFs and trained staff in the use of non-pharmaceutical, individualized care plans for residents with moderate to severe dementia. All training programs and techniques have resulted from working directly with specific nursing units, CNA's and residents. The techniques he employs for training are the result of extensive training experience and his understanding of the neurology of attention, conscious processing & memory. His clients are taught to use a wide variety of easy to deploy non-pharmacological interventions for the most commonly seen behaviors to build highly individualized pro-active and effective care plans. All interventions are research based and proven in numerous successful applications.
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The rumors are true, Vivid is working on a deal with Amber to make her a porn star!
HollywoodLife.com can exclusively confirm that Vivid Entertainment, the infamous porn powerhouse, is in official talks with Amber Portwood to star in her own adult movie! Upon speaking with Amber, Vivid Co-Chairman Steven Hirsch said, "We'd very much like to work with Amber and we will try to accommodate her any way we can." Hopefully her former fiancée, Gary Shirley, won't be her love interest in the film.
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RIC student receives John H. Chafee Award for public service
Mariama Kurbally, center, with RIC President Nancy Carriuolo and Gov. Lincoln Chafee.
RIC senior Mariama Kurbally received the John H. Chafee Award, which recognizes an exemplary RIC undergraduate student who has demonstrated involvement and leadership in public and community service.
The award was presented on Sept. 16 at the Rhode Island State House, with Gov. Lincoln Chafee in attendance. His father, John Chafee was the 66th governor of Rhode Island, secretary of the Navy and a U.S. senator.
Kurbally was selected for her work on campus and in the community. At RIC, she founded the student organization L.I.F.E. (Live. Inspire. Fight. Educate.) that addresses common global concerns with a positive, transforming approach.
The organization gives its members a holistic understanding of pertinent social issues and fosters a multi-faceted network of organizations through partnerships with the college and the community at large, she explained.
Mariama Kurbally received the John H. Chafee Award from RIC professor Thomas Schmeling at the State House on Sept. 16. The two stand in front of a portrait of the late John Chafee.
Last year, she coordinated a full-day LIFE Diversity Conference which drew students from JWU, CCRI, Brown University, Providence College, and North Providence High School, offering workshops and showcasing RIC as an institution that supports diversity and values academic excellence informed by cultural inquiry, civic engagement and co-curricular activities.
In addition, Kurbally is a volunteer for the North Providence Youth Alliance, an AIDS Project R.I. campus liaison, an intern for Smithfield representative Tom Winfield, and a former intern for Rhode Island for Community Justice.
"Mariama Kurbally's public service during her career at Rhode Island College has been truly exemplary, said Thomas Schmeling, chair of RIC's Political Science Department who presented Kurbally with the Chafee Award. "The Political Science Department is gratified that her service is being given public recognition by this award."


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Meet the personable Tyler Palko: Philosopher, comedian, new Chiefs starting QB
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FOXBORO — The Patriots are saying all the right things about Tyler Palko.
He's a competent quarterback and they will be ready for him on Monday night at Gillette. He beat out Joe Flacco for a starting job at the University of Pittsburgh, sending Flacco packing for the University of Delaware. He is a strong-armed lefty who can scramble and can throw the ball from any arm angle.
All of which may be true, but ask Palko about his own future and he's not about to draw conclusions or comparisons to Matt Cassel's path to Kansas City.
"That's nice for you guys to talk about, all that stuff, but you can't write the story before it's written," Palko said Wednesday in a conference call, channeling his inner-Yogi Berra. "It's obviously comparisons and all that other stuff, but that's not going to win the game ' because it's aligning this way or it's not aligning this way. Right now, my job is to go out and to give our team a chance to win. I don't have enough time to think about all that stuff and if you're thinking about playing for a contract or playing because you're facing a guy that it happened [to] or the guy that you're replacing this happened to him and it's going to happen to me, then you're really taking your focus off what's really important and that's the game plan.
"And the task at hand is to try to beat the Patriots and it's a heck of a task for us. Everybody on the team that night is going to need to be locked in and focused on one goal and that's winning the football game because these guys that we're facing on Monday night, they're no slouch. They're a great football team and the reason why they're the New England Patriots is because they've done it over a long period of time."
What did he see from the short-handed Patriots defensively, particularly against the Jets?
"That just goes to show you how good Coach [Bill Belichick] is," Palko said. "He's a defensive genius and he has a lot of guys out and they do a great job of trying to take away your strengths. They try to get you to make mistakes and get you behind the chains and put you in long yardage situations and try to make you make mistakes. I think Coach Belichick, he's proven that he's a defensive genius and I wouldn't expect anything less. I'm sure he's not feeling sorry for himself because he's got some guys out. He's got an untested quarterback and I'm sure he's not going to take it easy on me."
What was particularly interesting was his own take on the limited amount of NFL film on him and how that might be to his advantage. Can that be a help in a game like this?
"I don't know how to answer that question ' I'm not a coach so I don't know how they face it or how they look at it," he said.
Once Palko finished up at Pitt in 2006, he signed as an undrafted free agent with the Saints in 2007. The Saints released him after the season. After not playing in 2008, Palko had the biggest rollercoaster of his career in '09.
He was released by the Cardinals, signed and released by the California Redwoods of the UFL, signed by Montreal of the CFL and then released by the Alouettes, allowing him to sign on with the Steelers when Ben Roethlisberger got hurt.
"It really was just something that happened and you kind of keep plugging along," Palko said of being cut by a UFL team. "Things don't always go the way you want them to go in your career. I don't think anybody, at least the way I was raised, you're not too good to be brought down to Earth or to get fired. They play football there too and for whatever reason the coaching staff chose to do that. I don't really look at it as a low point in my career. It's a process. I'm not a big quote guy, but this thing is a marathon not a sprint and sometimes you have to scrape the bottom before you can reap some benefits. Getting cut anytime, getting fired is not a positive experience, whether it was by them or by an NFL team, it's not a positive experience.
Isn't life really weird sometimes?
"I guess," Palko said of the off-beat, out-of-the-blue question to the off-beat, out-of-the-blue quarterback. "You guys do a good job of putting those stories together ' the feel good stories or the make-you-feel-bad stories. I don't really look at it that way. It's football and there's no blueprint on anything. Whether you want to be a teacher, a garbage man, whatever you want to do ' there's no blueprint on getting where you want to go. There are obstacles, there's adversity you need to overcome and it's just the way that life is. Anyone that has ever accomplished anything great has had to overcome some obstacles, whether it's at the highest level in the NFL or like I said, whether it's being a garbage man.
"But everybody in life has to overcome their own adversity and their own personal struggles. You can never really knock anyone's struggle on how they've gotten there, why they got to the situation you're in. I can't explain it. I don't sit back and try to make sense of everything. You live your life a certain way and you work hard and try to do good for other people and whatever happens along that line, you control those certain things you can control. Everything else kind of works out, either good or bad and you have to deal with it on either end."
So where does all the great perspective come from?
"It's not all sunshine and rainbows," Palko said. "I'm not saying I've never had a bad day. But as you get older and you go through things and you experience life I think you just learn how to handle situations differently. I'm sure that I'll handle things differently in five years from now and look back on how I handled certain situations and learn from them. Everything is a work in progress. Again, I don't want to sound like a quote book, but you just try to take everything day-by-day. You're not guaranteed anything today; you have to earn everything you get. That's pretty much how I attack everything: with a tough mentality of going at it with as much as you can and getting up the next day and doing the same thing over again. It's just the way I was raised, I guess, and the way I try to look at it."
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Caribe Promotions Inc., in association with DeCubas Presents, LLC, and JAOLI Fight Promotions will present a special edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on September 18th at the Fontainebleau Resort on Miami Beach. The card will be headlined by two-time Olympic Gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux, who will be fighting for a regional WBA title that will place him in the top five in the world and in position for a title shot in record speed. The 28-year-old Rigondeaux is 2-0 with 2 KOs since making his pro debut in May. In his corner will be world renowned trainer Freddie Roach.
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PawSox Manager Gary DiSarcina Heading West
By Jeff Levering / Pawtucket Red Sox | November 5, 2013 9:39 AM ET
2013 PawSox Manager Gary DiSarcina has been named the third base coach of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, according to sources.
DiSarcina spent one year with the PawSox, guiding them to a division title and a second straight appearance in the Governors' Cup final. He had previously served as a manager in the Red Sox system with Low-A Lowell before three years in Anaheim's front office. His 12 major-league seasons all came with the Angels.
DiSarcina played a year under Mike Scioscia, in 2000, and is well-regarded by general manager Jerry Dipoto, who promoted him just before he took the job with the Red Sox last offseason. He joins hitting coach Don Baylor - another former Angel - as a new addition to the Angels' coaching staff, which saw bench coach Rob Picciolo and hitting coach Jim Eppard get dismissed after the 2013 season. DiSarcina replaces Dino Ebel who was named the Angels' Bench Coach.
The PawSox will be looking for their fifth manager since the start of the 2009 season. After Ron Johnson was promoted to the major-league staff, Torey Lovullo managed Pawtucket for a year before being hired by John Farrell in Toronto. Arnie Beyeler led the PawSox to playoff appearances in each of his two seasons before earning his own promotion to the big-league staff this year.
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Maddie goes in on Monday to get spayed. I'm scared for her. I really don't know what to expect when she comes home. I do know that our vet does the surgery the tradtional way - not a laser and I have to keep her calm for two week.
How did you all deal with your girls getting spayed?
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Re: Come on santa Monica Kratos vs
From what I remember the Norse gods weren't as powerful like the Greek gods,and they needed golden apples to live forever...also when they died...they stayed dead...well most of them. Still love the idea of destroying the Norse gods,especially Thor I wonder how Santa Monica will depicted him...would love to "hammer smash face" him. LOL.
Re: Come on santa Monica Kratos vs
Question - why is EVERYONE obsessed with Kratos killing the Norse Gods? Is he supposed to battle against Thor next with the Ares Maul?
Every day is community day!
Re: Come on santa Monica Kratos vs.
I think the bigger picture of this thread is not letting the legend of Kratos end. We all love the games you all have given us and I can truly say if games of this caliber keep coming, I will keep throwing money at you.
Re: Come on santa Monica Kratos vs
Cause next to Greek mythology, Norse mythology is the second most used in the media. While I'm not a fan of Kratos or how Greek mythology is in the God Of War universe I do love the games...combat,music,atmosphere ,and rage venting moments also dedicated single player campaign(Which is rare these days) it's far better than the films or TV shows that inspired it. Back to the subject yeah Kratos killing the war like Asgardian is a win-win for Santa Monica ,and us fans. Kratos already looks like a barbarian a Nordic touch wouldn't hurt,and I realy want to bash Thor's face with his hammer.
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i'd be up for Kratos pretty much taking on any gods. I still dig the gods-free-for-all that was one of the ideas for god of war 4. I feel like that would be a good idea for a sequel, since Kratos would still get to fight gods, and it would be cool to see the other Mythologies' gods and creatures "god-of-war-ized" I think Norse gets brought up so often, since they also had a cast of gods that were fairly "human" as far as gods could be.
Also Kratos bashing Thor's head in with his own hammer would be tops
Re: Come on santa Monica Kratos vs
He was out of touch, to be sure. His need to be with family pulled him away from the 'dark place'.
Ruin: Not much that's cool about getting raped and birthing a freak horse or dressing up in your sister's wedding attire.
Norse: Their deities were killed (thanks to Christianity helping to pen the ending to them).
>more powerful
Doesn't seem that way. They're fragile for 'gods'.
A mortal city? Not very impressive.
>Giants and Dragons
Gigantes far surpass the former. Typhon is more than likely to surpass the later. All this with Nyx who is leagues beyond them all.
>cooler fights
Killing the Norse gods would amuse me though. But then, killing the furries of Egyptain myth would also be comical.
Apollyon: >needed the apples for immortality
>stayed dead
That's how it ended at any rate.
>smash his face
Something like with Herc the Jerk?
Tank: >everyone
Absolutes are absolutely tricky business. This aside, there are those that imagine the Norse deities are more manly. Surely they should be more powerful.
As with the absurdities of fiction, that just isn't so. Freak shows like magic girls (reality warpers) are far stronger than those that rely on force (Hulk, Supes, etc.).
Gally: >make it happen
So then, community strategist. What say you to this?
Chrome: >tops
It would be rather amusing. Using his hammer to fry his sister would also be neat-o, but I very much doubt the team has it in them. They've gotten soft(er).
Re: Come on santa Monica Kratos vs
Right GMG his mortal half.Wow I'm impressed by your knowledge of Greek mythology...sorry for my errors I dislike making mistakes especially spelling,but I was never good at English class. Still many fans would love to see Santa Monica take on other mythologies...for many Norse mythology.
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@GODOFWAR142 id'd be interesting if the story somehow had Deimos
and had him do his own thing, i'd be all for anyone else being the main guy, but i'd be weird calling it "God of War" if the game takes place after 3 and doesnt have Kratos in it
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This was going to be a post about prom, which is in 2.5 weeks, and which will be a blast (seriously, you have no idea how much fun you're going to have) but honestly we're not there yet, and this time last year a blog post about anything but the thesis would have struck me as straight up annoying. BUT, the thesis will be over and done with in two short weeks, and as nerve-wracking as that might sound, it also means you have something pretty spectacular to look forward to!
In the mean time, there are a few things I want to recommend, assuming the weather holds up. First, head point-ward. If you make plans – either with friends or with your superego – to hang out at the point with a beer in an opaque container of some sort, it means that you'll have a clearly demarcated time before then to get work done. And after that, you have a guilt-free (and essential) break! The best thing about living in Hyde
Park is easily the point, and now is the time of year to start congratulating yourself on the neighborhood in which you live (after cursing about it for 7 months). Even if you can't get away from work, print out the thesis and bring it to the point with a beer, then mark it up with a pencil. Just getting out side for a few hours will do wonders for your frame of mind, I promise!
For those of you in a position to head north, I want to plug the Pig. The Bourgeois Pig is a cafe located inLincoln Park just a few blocks from the Fullerton stop: it has outdoor seating, excellent food, tolerable coffee, and most importantly, they let you sit there FOREVER without even noticing you. So if what you need is somewhere WITHOUT INTERNET where you can just order a small coffee and be left alone, this is your place, especially if you also happen to need to eat at some point (which is something you should not be forgetting to do).
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Bassets in cold weather
Hello everyone,
This is my first winter with my adopted basset Porter and I would like some advice from the more experienced basset owners to help me winterize my basset.
Porter usually get about 2~4 miles of walking a day, maybe a little more on the weekends (if it doesn't rain, he hates the rain and refuses to get wet). Since we are located in Boston, it can get very cold here in the months of Dec-Feb and I have already bought him a sweater and he really likes to wear it. One thing I have noticed is that his giant ears can get very cold, especially when they drag on the ground. Are cold ears ok when we are out for over 1 hour since he doesn't walk very fast? Should I worry about his ears getting too cold even though his body temp is ok? Do I need to cut back on the amount of time we spend outside?
Another thing that happens in Boston is that large amounts of salt are used on sidewalks to prevent ice buildups. Anybody every get shoes for their bassets to protect the paws from salt or a gentle wipe with a damp cloth after the walk is enough to clean the salt from paws since his paws are very big and deep.
I would appreciate any advice. Thank you.
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Over many years, none of our Bassets have ever suffered because of their ears getting cold but they've never been in temperatures lower than about -10 so I don't know what it's like where you live in the winter!
I know that in warm weather, Bassets don't generally pant like other dogs because they cool themselves through the blood supply in their ears (or something like that). When ours are out, they often sniff the ground, dragging their ears along and our Lucie eats snow but they don't seem to be affected by it. We try to stick to walking the country lanes near us, around the edges of the fields or along the beach where there is no salt on the ground, but if we have walked along the road or pavement that's been salted, a quick romp through the garden if it's still snowy, gets rid of the salt, or I dunk each paw into a bowl of warm water and towel dry them.... hope this helps you a bit!
I'd love to see Porter in his jumper... maybe you could make him a matching snood to keep his ears warm!!
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I've read that dogs lose the most ammount of heat via their ears, esp if they are long like a basset's. Sophie's idea of a snood, may not be a bad idea.
FWIW, my guy definitely feels the cold, esp in the house if the heating is off. Going out he has a coat which is padded and waterproof.
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I have a 3.5 month old puppy named Bailey and she LOVES the snow! We have got over 10 feet of snow in the last week and I can't get her in the house she loves it so much. She sometimes isn't even visible because the snow is over her head! I try and keep her where I can see her but my other dog Trigger keeps an eye on her and brings her back to me. Trigger is a Queensland, Akita, Lab mix and he so got the herding gene. He can bring any person or animal back to you even when they don't want to come like my puppy Bailey. She could stay outside for house but I try and limit her snow play because her little pink belly and girl parts get red from dragging in the deep snow. Her ears are never an issue they can be covered in snow and still be warm.
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I got some great advice from my vet... They do loose a LARGE amount of heat threw their ears in the boston cold So she said they make these things that look like hair scrunchies for dogs list bassets and you pul lthem ontop of the head... I however cant see spending money on that when I can go to the dollar store and get a hair scrunchie there anyway with the amount of snow we have had in the last weekend (you know lol) it seems to really work!!! she can deal being outside a little longer and seems to be a little happier when we do... i also have a sweat for louise... As for the booties my vet said its no big deal as long as you rinse with warm water and try if you are in a large amount of salt area We use the pet free salt at our home and louise stays in the yard most of the time but for our weekend trips to petsmart where there is some in the lot I rinse when i get home and pat dry then let her shake the rag dry (so she thinks lol)
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The cold hasn't seemed to affect Boomer in the least. The length of time he stays outside depends on if anything interesting is going on or not.
We haven't had a lot of snow for him to seriously romp through, so we don't know if he would like that or not.
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Thanks everyone for your replies! Boston just received 12+ inches of snow and Porter is refusing to go out at all (too cold for him I assumed). He just sank right into the snow. He is refusing to walk outside, just doing his business and then run back in. I'll be monitoring his food intake carefully all winter since he wouldnt be getting much excercise at all from the look of things.
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