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1. Paul Waggoner [between the buried and me]
2. Kris Norris [darkest hour]
3. Dave Martone
4. Ron Thal (aka "Bumblefoot") [guns n' roses]
5. Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler [daath]
6. Shane Gibson [korn]
7. Devin Townsend [strapping young lad]
8. Chris Poland [megadeth/ohm/ohmphrey]
9. Ola Frenning and Christofer Malmström [soilwork & darkane]
10. Mike Orlando
11. James Murphy [testament]
12. Hugues Lefebvre and Yann Mouhad [anthropia]
"Guitars That Ate My Brain", a dozen mind-altering instrumentals from today's most accomplished metal axe grinders -- a twelve-headed hydra of monster guitar riffage that slashes, shreds and gnaws its way into your very psyche -- rides the lightning with enough electrifying precision to scorch and scramble your gray matter.
Despite the shifting tempos and uniquely frightening technical prowess of these speed demons, a strange cohesion connects the disparate (some might call them distressing) tracks on this mammoth compilation, as if these explosive, multi-layered instrumentals were largely the work of one multi-dimensional (and quite disturbed) musical personality. In other words, true metal madness.
Enjoy … and listen carefully!
Paul Waggoner (Between The Buried And Me) – "Boot Dagger Boogie"
Also playing on the track: Dan Briggs - Bass, Blake Richardson - Drums
Paul Waggoner has navigated the fretboard acrobatics of Guitar Gods such as Fripp, Dimebag, Thayil and Corgan. His contribution to these dirty dozen tracks, the quirky high-octane slasher, "Boot Dagger Boogie", demonstrates once again that he's one damn underrated and versatile mutha. Waggoner cuts to and fro' between punk-jazz fusion, something approaching psychobilly, peaceful jazz-inflected interludes and hard-as-nails "math" rock. By mixing and matching music genres in a Zappa-esque fashion (as he has done with Between the Buried and Me), Waggoner takes you on a disorienting, if not perversely enjoyable, musical journey that's all over the metal map. These boots are made for stalking.
Kris Norris (Darkest Hour)– "The Life and Times of Sir Walter Sickert"
Also playing on the track: Dave Gibson - Drums; Dave Fugman - Bass
You can almost see the incense smoke rise: this song is ritual, exorcism. Dive bombs of screeching sublimity, haunting/taunting atmospheric voices (beseeching the listener to enter some realm beyond the real), and the clash of Western and Eastern modalities and rhythms coalesce in this skillfully crafted, and compositionally perverse, tune. A word to the wise: enjoy the musical mayhem but don't delve too deeply into its dark recesses lest you succumb to its power to possess the mind.
Dave Martone – "Hybrid Angels"
Also playing on the track: Dennis Leeflang – Drums; Jeremy Krull - Bass, Rhythm Guitars
Magna Carta Records' resident shred-head, Canadian Dave Martone, spins an incessant track of total treachery and trepidation. Martone's screeching and howling performance, balanced by moments of subtle eeriness, conjures images of the heavens opening and a squadron of revengeful angels, armed with rotary machine guns, setting the world ablaze in one final purge for justice. The scorching riffage and deadening rhythmic pounding underscore the unnerving urgency of the tune, which can easily set a secure mind onto the path of slow madness.
Ron Thal (aka "Bumblefoot") (Guns N'Roses) – "Disengaged"
Also playing on the track: Dennis Leeflang – Drums; Jeremy Krull - Bass, Rhythm Guitars
Guns N' Roses guitarist Ron Thal (a.k.a. Bumblefoot) may have been a self-professed misfit earlier in his life, but he certainly has found a home in instrumental guitar music. Of course, that isn't to say that Thal likes to play it safe, no matter what label is hurled upon him and his music. Expecting the unexpected is something fans have come to enjoy and "Disengaged" doesn't disappoint. Take note: Thal's bluesy, slightly Hendrix-esque guitar melodies are lightning bolts streaking through this tension-filled track, freezing its intensity and illuminating its daring, even surprisingly disturbing, sonic qualities. "Disengaged" has a left-field ferocity and utter nakedness that sits alongside some of the guitar hero's best work.
Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler (Daath) - "The Unwavering Collapse"
Also playing on the track: Dennis Leeflang – Drums; Jeremy Krull - Bass, Rhythm Guitars In "The Unwavering Collapse", Eyal Levi (son of famous conductor Yoel Levi) and Emil Werstler of the Georgia-based band Daath slowly build their double-barreled, six-string harmonic madness to a tense, apocalyptical conclusion. The Daath duo chops through this tiny instrumental metallic symphony with scalpel-sharp precision and a stab of controlled chaos. It's the musical equivalent of a steadily swaying pendulum relentlessly swooping in for the kill. (This cut's gonna leave more than just a nasty scar on ya.)
Shane Gibson (Korn) – "Artichoke Samurai"
Also playing on the track: Dennis Leeflang – Drums
Next up is the dynamic, sonic meal "Artichoke Samurai" from the fleet-fingered Shane Gibson (Korn/Jonathan Davis). Take your average guitar player dude and double -- heck, triple -- his finger speed, dexterity and creativity, and you'll approximate the uncommon fretboard acrobatics, insane tapping, and multiple-string pick sweeps that legions of rabid Gibson fans have been raving about for quite some time. With an almost inhuman precision, Gibson splices and dices slices of Eastern-tinged guitar rock, hypnotic odd-time lead lines, grungy speed metal, atmospheric jazz-rock fusion and high-register, and violin-like seven-string sawing. This mesmerizing musical hybrid will leave you dizzy in disbelief.
Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad) – "Nerd Alert"
This hemispherical guitar workout combines Townsend's inhumanly pristine technique with a totally twisted sense of humor and emotional depth. It's as if Townsend, while examining the terrain of his own inner space, subjects his listeners/victims to a kind of sonic mind probe as he drills his luscious, cosmic, and chasm-ic guitar figures into the depths of our very psyches. Upon fade out, Townsend's final notes echo and repeat in a sonic abyss. What's in there? Who's in there? That's hard to tell, but one thing is for certain: this is your brain on "Devin Townsend."
Chris Poland (OHM) - "L.D.E."
Also playing on the track: Dennis Leeflang - Drums; Jeremy Krull - Rhythm Guitars; Ron Thal - Bass, Rhythm & Melody Guitars
Chris Poland is arguably one of the most inventive and soulful metal guitarists of his generation. From Megadeth and Damn the Machine to Lamb of God and Ohm, the resident of "Metalopolis" glides through proto-metal, jazz-metal fusion, and progressive rock with the greatest of ease. Poland's sometimes hellish tones approximate the anguished cries of a soul tormented and tortured in this life and the next. The Black Sabbath influence here is obvious, but Poland has always been as much about free expression as tried-and-true grungy guitar work.
Ola Frenning (Soilwork) and Christofer Malmström (Darkane) – "Hydra"
Also playing on the track: Peter Wildoer – Drums
The unholy alliance of former Soilwork (Ola Frenning) and Darkane (Christofer Malmström) guitarists is a real sleeper of a track. You're seduced by the slithering sublimity of their interactive and harmonizing lead lines when, at approximately 3:39, the guitarists kick it into serious overdrive, break loose of compositional constraints and let their blistering fingers run like hell over their smoking fretboards. We're soon suckered by the duo's lulling, slightly bluesy guitar tones only to be rudely awakened once again by their ferocious display of blazing death metal.
Mike Orlando – "Stomped"
Also playing on the track: Dennis Leeflang - Drums; Jeremy Krull - Bass, Rhythm & Melody Guitars
It's easy to see why Staten Island's Mike Orlando (Sonic Stomp) was recently chosen as a finalist in Guitar Player magazine's "Guitar Superstar" contest: his frenzied anthem-esque instrumentals seem to obliterate the wall dividing the patriotic and anarchistic tendencies inside each and every one of us. When hearing these soaring lead lines and rapid-fire beats, it's hard to decide whether to commit violent acts of revolution or wave a flag.
James Murphy (Testament) - "Six Shooter"
Also playing on the track: Dennis Leeflang - Drums;Jeremy Krull - Bass, Rhythm & Melody Guitars
Straight-ahead, kick-ass fluid guitar work, that has made James Murphy (Testament, Obituary) one of the most well-traveled thrash guitarmeisters of the last three decades. The harmonized lead lines of "Six Shooter" sometimes diverge, leaving us to visualize a yellow-lined highway road winding out of sight. Where you'll end up is anyone's guess. Murphy doesn't so much attack you with his axe as sweep you up in a maelstrom of fury and place you an unfamiliar world.
Hugues Lefebvre and Yann Mouhad (Anthropia)– "Schrödinger's Cat Paradox" Also playing on the track: Julien Negro – Bass; Damien Rainaud – Drums ; Nathalie Olmi – Vocals
Successfully combining classical interpretation, fanatical fantasy rock and progressive metal has been priority number one for guitarists Hugues (Hugo) Lefebvre and Yann Mouhad of the French band Anthropia. Though Lefebvre and Mouhad scramble and scatter so many musical reference points in "Schrödinger's Cat Paradox", they always manage to connect the sonic dots in a cohesive, symphonic and ambitious way. We like to think that Amadeus would have rocked to this if he had had the chance.
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1. Paul Waggoner (Between The Buried And Me)- Boot Dagger Boogie
2. Kris Norris (Darkest Hour)- The Life and Times of Sir Walter Sickert
3. Dave Martone - Hybrid Angels
4. Ron Thal (aka Bumblefoot ) (Guns N'Roses) - Disengaged
5. Eyal Levi and Emil Werstler (Daath) - The Unwavering Collapse
6. Shane Gibson (Korn) - Artichoke Samurai
7. Devin Townsend (Strapping Young Lad) - Nerd Alert
8. Chris Poland (Ohm, Megadeth) - L.D.E.
9. Ola Frenning (Soilwork) and Christofer Malmström (Darkane) - Hydra
10. Mike Orlando - Stomped
11. James Murphy (Testament) - Six Shooter
12. Hugues Lefebvre and Yann Mouhad (Anthropia) - Schrödinger's Cat Paradox
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Release Date: September 22, 2009
1) Moron Face – Martone
2) Another Existence – Age Of Nemesis
3) Holes – Liquid Trio Experiment
4) I Don't Wanna Die – Derdian
5) Ancient Land – Ethan Brosh
6) Intuition – Lemur Voice
7) Armchair Journey – Ozric Tentacles
8) Spiritual Jewel – Khallice
9) El Terrible – Stripsearch
10) Elevation – The Hideous Sun Demons
11) Lion-Snake – Anthropia
12) Hydra – Ola Frenning & Christofer Malmstrom
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1. Someone Said You Were Dead
2. The Girl From Chi Town
3. Denny's By The Jail
4. Ice Cream
5. Lake Shore Drive
6. Not Afraid Of The Dark
7. Shrooms 'n Cheese
8. What's The Word, Thunderbird
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1. The Goodie Squeegie Song 3:51
2. Nail Grinder 4:25
3. Bossa Dorado 3:42
4. Dinky Pinky 5:57
5. Coming Clean 5:35
6. Hard Wired 4:03
7. If I Was a Piano 3:27
8. Moron Face 4:17
9. Turn on the Heater 4:16
10. Angel Fish 3:46
11. Fading Into Change 2:52
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1. The Law of Falling Bodies 03:18
2. Everything Expires 03:10
3. The Hegelian Principle 04:53
4. Lament, Requiem, Threnody 02:58
5. Ghostly Shell Removal 05:48
6. Wound of Amfortas 01:03
7. The Condition of Being Bored 04:08
8. A Shift In Normalcy 03:40
9. The Bowman's Friendship 05:58
10. Regression of the Ictus 04:59
11. Palindrome 03:09
12. Remaining Foolish 04:26
13. The Brotherhood of Melancholy 03:48
14. Servants of Sadness 03:33
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BILL HASTINGS' INSIDE INDIANA: Vinegar Hill, Fabrizio, 'Quilt Lady,' etc.
To whom it may concern —
It wasn't that long ago that Indiana University of Pennsylvania leadership cautioned IUP alums, both local and elsewhere, that if they wanted to see the campus and community as they once knew them, they had better not tarry … or they wouldn't recognize the place.
That was the issue during the IUP Residential Renaissance, when the university was replacing its old-fashioned dormitories, making major changes to its theaters of fine arts, adding a $72 million athletic complex and undertaking other cosmetic niceties.
It was also a period of transition for the community, principally the start of a downtown Indiana revitalization project that has provided a change in Philadelphia Street traffic flow, elimination of the overhead wiring, constructing new sidewalks and making sundry other improvements.
The private sector has also given the project a one-two punch seldom seen in similar municipal projects.
Meanwhile, pedestrians, motorists and main-street curiosity seekers have added an extra dimension to the current activity in the downtown where work is under way updating another Indiana landmark, Vinegar Hill, site of the homestead of movie legend Jimmy Stewart.
And between thee and me, the Vinegar Hill home was not the birthplace of movie legend Jimmy Stewart, who was born in a two-story frame home on the north side of the 900 block of Philadelphia Street. A stone marker is located at the site near the Rairigh-Bence Funeral Home.
Local businesses have teamed up to help Indiana native Fabrizio Pirrone, who was recently diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia.
Uptown Fitness, where Fabrizio works as a personal trainer, and Pita Pit, where he is such a loyal customer that a sandwich, "The Fab," bears his name, will sponsor the event Saturday at the Fitness gymnasium, 655 Church St., Indiana.
"A Fab-ulous Lifting Event" will be a charity performance with a series of events for competitors and spectators alike. Registration for the lifting contest begins at 8:30 a.m., and that competition begins at 10.
There will be a fitness carnival from 9:30 to 10:30, which will be a series of mini-workouts. Participants in that competition will have the chance to win a 42-inch flat- screen TV donated by Uptown Fitness.
"Fabio is extremely outgoing and a very active member of the community," said Ryan O'Donnell, a brand interactor with No Limit Agency, Pita Pit's public relations organization. "Fabio has been a wonderful neighbor and member of the community, so the town of Indiana wants to give back and assist in any way they can."
Pita Pit will provide lunch during the event, and Cosumel will host a dinner buffet for participants. Cozy Corner Caf← will provide baked goods, with all profits going to Fabrizio, whose family owns Donatello's restaurant, another downtown Indiana establishment.
It's official. The snow has finally stopped falling, temperatures are steadily rising and the peepers have started peeping.
Bob Pozik, of Homer City, reported to the Gazette that he first heard the peepers near the Auction Barn on Wednesday, April 3.
They are "out like crazy now," a little more than a week later, he said.
And as reported by the Punxsutawney Spirit, frogcaster Jeff London, of Big Run, heard the peepers at 2:10 p.m. last Friday.
London has taken over the peeper watch from his father, John London, who passed away last year and was known locally for observing and recording the first peeps of spring.
The recent obituary columns included Harriet "The Quilt Lady" Yatsko, of Diamondville, who died Sunday.
For 20 years, she operated Harriet's Quilt Shop at 271 Philadelphia St., selling the business in 2000.
But that wasn't her only presence in the community.
Daughter Rebecca Solar, of Homer City, said her mother, who was a homemaker with nine children, wore many other hats throughout her life, working as the elevator operator at Troutman's department store, a census taker, a waitress at Bruno's, an Indiana Hospital volunteer and more.
But her passion was quilting and her children, Solar said.
"My wife and I want to raise our family here and be an integral part of this wonderful community. That's why we came back. Indiana County has something very special that can't be found elsewhere." — James Struzzi, of the Pittsburgh area, discussing the reason he chose to return to Indiana and leave his staff position with the state transportation department to become the new president of the Indiana County Chamber of Commerce.
The recent Indiana's Cookin' event, sponsored by the Gazette, Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Department of Food and Nutrition and IUP's Academy of Culinary Arts, raised $12,000 for Indiana County Community Action Program's food bank.
Deb Palmer, the Gazette's marketing director, said that is about a 25 percent increase over last year's figures.
But wait, there's more.
She pointed out that the first year the Cookin' format changed to a benefit for ICCAP in 2008, the show raised $1,200.
"Thank you to everyone who continues to help make this show such a huge success," Palmer said.
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The IUP Spring Ceramics Sale is scheduled April 19 and 20 at the Robertshaw Building located at 650 S. 13th St.
Proceeds from the sale benefit the IUP Clay Club and the organizers noted that cash, credit cards and checks will be accepted.
Tickets are on sale now for a cash bash to benefit Four Footed Friends.
The bash will be Saturday, April 27, at the Indiana Eagles Club on Philadelphia Street. Doors open at 5 p.m., and prize drawings begin at 6.
The menu includes pasta stations with various choices, tossed salad, Italian bread and dessert.
Food, beer and nonalcoholic beverages are included in the $20 ticket price, and $5,000 total in cash prizes will be awarded every 15 minutes.
For more information, call Four Footed Friends at (724) 349-1144.
Two spaghetti dinner benefits are set for Sunday to benefit local families who have suffered tragedies.
A dinner to benefit the family of Jason Drew, killed in February by a falling tree limb, will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Nap's Cucina Mia on Philadelphia Street in Indiana.
And a dinner to benefit Dove Bright, who has suffered from a rare paralysis due to the neurological disorder acute transverse myelitis, will offer three seatings from 2 to 6:30 p.m. at St. Bernard of Clairvaux in White Township.
Tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for children 10 and younger and free for children under 2.
Tickets are on sale at St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Indiana Church of the Brethren and the Indiana Mall information office.
Advance tickets are recommended, and tickets will also be sold at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. All proceeds benefit the Dove Bright Care Fund at S&T Bank, 800 Philadelphia St., Indiana, PA 15701.
Tickets for the Indiana County Sports Hall of Fame's annual induction banquet are available beginning today from any member of the ICSHF board, the Gazette's headquarters at Ninth and Philadelphia streets, and Renda Broadcasting stations in Indiana, Homer City and Blairsville.
The annual banquet will be held Sunday, May 19, at the Rustic Lodge.
"All are invited to help the animals," says Beverly Philippi, owner of B's Books, Etc., at 122 E. Mahoning St., Punxsutawney.
Beverly sent a postcard this week to alert Gazette readers of an upcoming fundraiser for Willow Run Animal Sanctuary near Punxs'y.
The event will be Friday, April 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the store. It will offer a silent auction, bake sale, sidewalk sale and more.
Colonial Motor Mart is putting the finishing touches on a major remodeling project to its facility on Fourth Street in Indiana. According to company officials, it is the ninth remodel/expansion since moving to this location in 1950. … Gas prices in the area continue to hover around $3.65 a gallon. … Willie, the ex-shoeshine boy, says he couldn't help rooting for the 14-year-old playing in the Masters, who carded a one-over 72 in the first round.
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from the NY Post,
Opposing scouts, who may be shopping for trade-deadline bargains, claim Gionta's struggle this season is the result of the loss of the tip-bait Brian Rafalski used to send his way. It doesn't explain last season, and Gionta doesn't clutch that crutch.
Gionta offers no remedy, just the desire to help the Devils any way he can, even if goals are scarce.
"Even when I was scoring, it was doing things I could do to help the team win," Gionta said. "When the team's not winning you feel more pressure."
He said he doesn't feel he's been helping enough.
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Exclusive New Releases at the Ipswich Plant Expo
Aloe-Aloe Horticulture is pleased to announce that we will be releasing two exciting new sun perennials for use by gardeners and landscapers for the first time in Australia at the Ipswich Plants Expo this year.
These 2 hybrid aloes are the result of a 35 year breeding program by the worlds leading aloe breeder Leo Thamm in South Africa and now enhance the aloe-aloe range to 29 unique cultivars for our harsh garden conditions. The Aloe-Aloe collection is available in all states of Australia in garden centres, nurseries and chain stores- Some are flowering bedding plants, some flowering shrubs and others small flowering trees.
All of these hybrid aloes sold are clones of unique selected superior plants with proven hybrid vigour so that gardeners and landscapers can be guaranteed quality plants that will always perform and outshine other seed grown aloes. This new generation of SUPER PLANTS are stronger, cope better with a wider range of extremes (rain ,dry, heat and cold) but also have stunning flower displays that last longer and flower younger, with superior and wide ranging colour tones.
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This "valentine" is a simply way to show our kids that we need to love all living things (and not all hearts are made of chocolate!).
*(makes about six birdseed hearts)
Caitlin Murray Giles is a full-time mother of three and part-time freelance writer living in Wicker Park.
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[DAYTON-INCARNATE WORD: Men] Andres Acevedo's goal in the 107th minute gave Dayton a 3-2 win over Division I newcomer Incarnate Word Friday night to preserve the Flyers' unbeaten record at 10-0-0.
Christopher Lenning's goal in the 54th minute put Dayton ahead, but
it wasn't long though before UIW evened the score with a header of its own from Vincent Bailey in the 65th minute.
UIW pulled ahead of Dayton just
a few minutes later on Bailey's second goal and held the lead until the 81st minute when a cross into the Cardinal box was headed around a few times before falling to junior Greg Enstone, who headed in the tying goal for UD.
The deadlock was finally broken in overtime when Acevedo made a perfectly timed run to the left of Amass Amankona, who picked him out precisely. The senior forward from Rego Park, N.Y., controlled the ball, set up his shot, and delivered on the game-winning goal
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The 10-0-0 start is the best in the Flyers' history. Incarnate Word is 3-4-0 in its first season as a Division I program.


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Nerd Confession: I like plant tours. I like understanding where the products I use come from, how they're made, what measures are taken to ensure they're safe and how OC the industrial engineers were in developing processes and making sure checks and balances are in place to prevent mistakes. When Unilab invited a few bloggers to visit their Amherst plant in Sta. Rosa late last year, I was actually excited. (What a geek!)
My favorite part of the tour was when they made sure we were sterile before entering the plant floor. I wonder if I can implement this at home.
Of course we had to make sure our hands were also sterile. There was a whole row of industrial sinks and dryers. There were also instructions on how to wash hands like doctors. I would gladly shake all of their hands now.
The plant is very clean. Color-coding is in place to say which places are air-locked, which allow certain personnel only, etc.
After seeing the ultra clean plant, the safety and quality control measures and meeting the people who ran Amherst, I feel more confident in buying Unilab and Rite-Med products than unknown generic products. I have this fear of generic medicine, not knowing who the manufacturers are, how clean their plant is, if they have quality control … ok I can go on and on about my paranoia (Just call it Melamine in Milk Trauma). FDA, from my experience, is strict with registration. However, after a product is registered, I don't think they have enough manpower to do checks on actual products in the store.
So my OC tip: Know who manufactures your medicine and if they're OC enough to keep your safety in mind.
P.S. Don't you hate it sometimes when you lose the pamphlet that comes with your meds? Unilab has made sure you don't experiment when you lose those dosage instructions. Check out the Unilab website for their different brands and products. Each product has information on the generic name, dosage, undesirable effects and other FAQs.


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Amid the lingering uncertainty over the fate of the state's vice-chancellors, there is a growing clamour to retain Shambhu Nath Singh in the post at Patna University (PU).
Students, teachers and employees' associations of PU have made a strong pitch in support of Singh and have submitted a joint memorandum to Governor Devanand Konwar, the chancellor of the state's universities, and to the chief minister's secretariat with a plea that he remain in the post.
The three unions ' Patna University Teachers' Association, Patna University Students' Union and Patna University Employees' Union ' along with deans of university departments and principals of colleges affiliated to PU submitted the memorandum around a week ago.
The memorandum lists some of the achievements of VC Singh such as conducting entrance tests in undergraduate courses, introduction of the semester system at the post-graduate level, organising elections to the students' union after nearly three decades, appointment of teachers at College of Art and Crafts, starting computerised evaluation of answer sheets for the first time, organising a series of lectures by eminent personalities of the country, launching numerous courses in the university and setting up a gender sensitisation cell at the institution.
Khagendra Kumar, dean, education, PU, said: "I have teaching experience at Patna University for the past 17 years and during this period I have worked with many VCs. I believe the present VC at least has a vision for academic growth of the university."
Detractors of the VC say many of Singh's initiatives are hanging fire. A senior teacher at Magadh Mahila College, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: "Last year the university administration started the process of computerised evaluation of answer sheets but it failed. The results of the graduation exams were, therefore, delayed."
The newly elected members of Pusu, too, have demanded that Singh be retained but some of them are unhappy with his style of functioning. "The present VC has done a lot of work for the academic improvement at Patna University but he should change his autocratic attitude," said Abhishek Gupta, treasurer of the students' union.


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I strongly support the National Fair Tax. Our current tax system is grievous and burdensome. The cost of compliance is growing out of control and costing us jobs as corporations move out of this county.
At the state level I will work to eliminate our state income tax and replace it with a state fair tax. Replacing our income tax with a sales tax would put us on an even playing field with our neighboring states Tennessee and Florida.
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This article was published 12/8/2014 (1045 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Richmond ward has gone from zero candidates to a two-horse race in less than a week.Ron W. Brown, 64, filed his papers Monday at city hall to seek the Richmond council seat in the Oct. 22 election.
"It's something I wanted to do about 12 years ago, but I work shift work and wasn't able to," he said.
"What got me going again on it was ... in (the Brandon Sun), Murray Blight was kind of encouraging people to get out and do it ... I just decided it's now or never."
Brown was born in Brandon and has lived here his entire life. He has worked at Behlen Industries for roughly 43 years, first as shipping foreman and then in inventory control before his current job in quality control.
Brown said he has given his notice to retire in December, which will free up his time for city council.
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Brown has been married for 40 years, has three grown children and 10 grandchildren.
While the Browns have lived in various wards over the years, they now live in Richmond ward.
"When we first moved in here (two-and-a-half years ago), we had a lot of problems getting things finished in our area," he said. "I'm real big on playgrounds for kids, getting people out on the bike paths ... basically using what we've already got."
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Danson wrote "Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them" with journalist Michael D'Orso.
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I work in both churches and the academy. And, from time to time, people will preface their response to something I've said with the words, "Well, if you worked in the real world…"Frankly, all those comments demonstrate is how little people know about the church and the academy, where (as the saying goes) "the politics are so dirty because the stakes are so small." Both institutions could really afford to be a little less real, if by "real" what you mean is nasty, divisive, back-stabbing, gras … [Read more...]
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The New York Times can't stop reporting on "The News of the World" debacle. They run two or more "news" articles a day and throw in an editorial --- just in case the editorializing isn't finished. They devoted only one article to the work of American Bridge and stuck to "just the facts." Aaron Fielding quietly stalks his prey — Republicans — with his video camera, patiently waiting for a political moment worthy of YouTube. At 27, he is a full-time "tracker" for American Bridge 21st Century, a … [Read more...]
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Nothing I said in What God Wants for your Life got me into more trouble than the chapter on signs and wonders:Don't you believe in miracles?Don't you believe that God is active in the world?Don't you believe in the power of prayerYes…but I don't believe that signs and wonders are necessarily indicative of the will of God. Sometimes the exceptional is just exceptional.For example: I made a major move in employment some years ago --- prayerfully, I might add --- on the basis of what I fe … [Read more...]
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2013 shift points fixed with TSB
Like many people here, I've been extremely frustrated with the shift points on my V8 Summit and have been patiently waiting for Diablo to release a tuner so I can manually adjust them. I took my Jeep to the dealer on Monday to have a key replaced/fixed and told them about my disgust for how poor the downshifting is when you jump on the accelerator.
As luck would have it, apparently a TSB was released last week which fixed it, and I can tell you firsthand it feels the way it should have from the beginning now. No more erratic up/downshifts or having to drive in manual mode or tow/haul mode. I'm still hoping the Diablo will help with the low end torque, but I no longer feel ripped off or wanting to switch to an X5.
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Here's more detail, it appears it was hidden at the bottom of a TSB for some other random fixes. http://www.wk2jeeps.com/tsb/tsb_wk2_1802713.pdf
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wonder why they buried it in there? so no one can find it LOL
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Is this something they'll know to do if you bring your Jeep in for regular maintenance or do you have to mention it?
I am deployed right now so when I get home I'll bring my Jeep in... but I will be missing almost a year's worth of whatever changes they've made... just trying to make sure I get everything done.
I'd assume TSB's are only done when you have a specific issue you tell the dealer you're having. I'd just ask them to do this next time you bring it in.
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I will have to keep this on my "to-do" list. I mean a chip for my 2013 would be real nice - but until then this will have to do. I am just tired of a lethargic Jeep that I know could be a total beast.
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WARSAW – Japan needs nuclear power to avoid a potential economic catastrophe that could result from Middle East conflict, the former head of the International Energy Agency argued here this week.
Nobuo Tanaka, who was executive director of the Paris-based IEA from 2007-2011, said that the United States' rising energy independence and its decreasing reliance on Middle East oil could give the U.S. less incentive to patrol the Strait of Hormuz – the Persian Gulf sea lane through which 17 percent of the world's crude petroleum passes, and on which Asian countries are increasingly relying.
"If blockage happens, the oil price will double and then the Japanese current account surplus will disappear very quickly and even go to a huge deficit," Tanaka said in an address to the World Nuclear Power Briefing 2012 conference in Warsaw. Japan is the world's third largest importer of oil according the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Tanaka outlined a potential flip from a ¥9 trillion ($108 billion) current accounts surplus in 2011 to at least a ¥6 trillion ($72 billion) deficit that could undermined confidence in Japanese bonds and lead to a flight of capital and manufacturing.
"So this may lead us to a significant – not energy crisis – but an economic crisis or catastrophe," said Tanaka, who is currently a global associate for energy security and sustainability with Japan's Institute of Energy Economics (IEE). "The best way to at least reduce that risk is starting nuclear reactors at this moment. But the current government is in no way promoting that."
The government has uncertain intentions to abandon nuclear power by 2040,
Japan has temporarily shut down all but 2 of its 54 reactors following preventable meltdowns in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant triggered by the tragic tsunami and earthquake. The 54 had provided about 30 percent of the country's electricity, and it's not clear how many of them will start up again.
The country is relying more on expensive natural gas imports and oil to replace some of the shuttered nuclear capacity, according to the U.S. EIA.
But Tanaka said nuclear would help Japan offset the price of importing natural gas and keep the country economically competitive with countries like the U.S., which is benefiting from its own low priced natural gas and potentially from high priced exports.
"We have paid 5 times more on gas price than the U.S, and 50 percent more than European price," Tanaka said. "One of the solutions is to use nuclear power. Then we have some leverage in the negotiations for gas price."
He also said that end user price for renewable electricity in Japan will be "very high," and noted that abandoning nuclear would destroy Japan's energy security.
To overcome public opposition to restarting nuclear in Japan, he said that the country must consider new types of reactors.
His favourite: The integral fast reactor such as the Experimental Breeder Reactor II developed at Argonne National Laboratory in the U.S. and abandoned in 1994. Fast reactors can use nuclear waste as fuel.
They face challenges. Some experimental fast reactors have been prone to malfunction. Japan's test reactor Monju, for example, is currently shut down after a fuel replacement device fell into it in 2010.
The cost of reprocessing fuel – such as at Japan's Rokkasho reprocessing plant – can also be extremely high. But Tanaka said that the industry could potentially solve that problem by replacing the conventional PUREX reprocessing method with a "pyroprocessing" technique.
Fast reactors are gaining popularity elsewhere. Both China and Russia plan significant deployments.
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A new sculpture of a "vandalised" priest by the underground artist Banksy went public in Liverpool today.
The stone bust, named Cardinal Sin, has had its face carved off and replaced with small tiles giving a pixelated appearance.
The sculpture was unveiled at the Walker Art Gallery today and appears next to classic pieces from 17th century greats like Van Dyck and Poussin.
In a statement issued by the gallery on his behalf, the notoriously secretive artist said: "I love everything about the Walker Gallery – the Old Masters, the contemporary art, the rude girl in the café.
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This study examines the energy consumption of automatic ice makers installed in domestic refrigerators. This study builds upon the findings of a previous study and examines two refrigerator-freezers of different configurations, one French-door units with bottom freezers and one bottom mount unit that uses a twist tray mechanism to free frozen ice from the icemaker. Ice maker energy consumption is difficult to measure because they operate on a periodic cycle which is independent of the compressor cycle used to maintain the cold temperatures in the domestic refrigerator where it is installed; therefore methods proposed prior to this study have been subject to significant truncation error due to partial ice maker or compressor cycling. The purpose of this study is to define a method of measuring the energy consumption of automatic ice makers that will generate a repeatable and reproducible result. Several sets of test data from these units were analyzed and used to decipher the energy consumption of automatic ice makers. Through this effort, we developed a method of test to characterize ice maker energy consumption which circumvents the inherent problem with its measurement, truncation error due to incomplete cycling. The truncation error is avoided by measuring specific parameters with different sections of data from the same data set. This method was found to rapidly approach steady state values for the ice maker energy consumption. We then analyzed data sets from a prior study and found similar results for the stability of the ice making energy consumption; that continuous data over only 6 or 7 ice making cycles are typically sufficient to accurately characterize the energy consumption. After developing a method which eliminated the issues with truncation error, we analyzed the results of the data and found that the energy consumption due to ice production is not a very strong function of the cabinet temperatures provided that (1) the test unit oper
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New Mexico returns 16 letterwinners from a 2013 squad that went 37-22 overall, 25-5 in MW action and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season. The Lobos are led by NCBWA preseason third team All-American Josh Walker, a senior pitcher, along with MW preseason team selections Alex Real (Jr., C), Jared Holley (So., SS) and Chase Harris (Sr., OF). Harris is the top returning hitter for the Lobos at .321, while Real will have to fill the shoes of two-time MW Co-Player of the Year Mitch Garver behind the plate.
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Sailormon, great post, thanks! Very informative. When checking the bottom, is it only blistering and peeling I'm looking for, or any roughness at all? I've owned a power boat before ('89 Larson Runabout) and recall the bottom being pretty smooth, though a bit worn.
And, since I'm still trying to get a ball park idea, what should I expect if I have a pro strip and apply antifouling paint to a 22 footer?
The bottoms of most sailboats are painted with antifouling paint every year or two, regardless of whether they are sailed in fresh or salt water. After many years, those layers of paint accumulate, just like the paint on the siding of a wooden-sided house, and the paint starts to peel. When the underwater surfaces become rough, the boat's performance is severely diminished. Some owners maintain the underwater surfaces of their boats better than others. They might have sanded the bottom each year, to reduce the accumulation of paint, in which case the bottom might be in better condition. If you're really lucky, the previous owner of your boat might have stripped all the old paint off recently. In any case, eventually every boat will need a bottom job.
If you go to a marine service company and ask for a bottom job, they'll ask you what you want them to do. If you want a light sanding of the surface, and one or two coats of antifouling applied, they'll quote you a price for that. If you want the old paint stripped off completely, and two coats of antifouling paint applied. that will cost quite a bit more. If you want the old paint stripped off, 4-5 coats of barrier paint applied, and 2 coats of antifouling applied, then be prepared to pay dearly for that. In short, the extent of the work that needs to be done, and consequently the cost, will depend on the condition of the boat you buy. When you're looking at boats, one that has a smooth bottom is worth more to you than one that has a foul bottom. If the bottom is foul, reduce your offering price, and politely tell the seller why.
The cost of a bottom job is high because both the materials and labor are high, and because it's unpleasant work. Some of us prefer to pay the pros to do the work, and others prefer to save money by doing it ourselves. I stripped my first cruising boat, a Catalina 22, and on my later Catalina 25, I stripped it, applied antifouling and barrier coat, and, although I grumbled about the unpleasantness of it while doing it, I was absolutely thrilled with the boat's performance afterward. I sold that boat and bought a 35' boat, and paid someone to strip the old paint, which was the hardest and most unpleasant part of the job, and then barrier-coated it and applied antifouling myself. Applying paint isn't really very difficult, and you can save alot by doing it yourself.
In any case, we can't tell you how much it'll cost until you know how much work needs to be done. If you buy a boat with a clean bottom, you won't need to worry about it. But, if you buy a boat that needs a bottom job, either do it yourself or have it done. Don't forgo it, because sailing a boat with a foul bottom can be very unsatisfying.
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Hey folks, after wanting to sail for years, I am finally only a few months away from fulfilling my dream. Took a 2 hour intro lesson last summer and am now signed up for a 3 day class I'll be taking April and May. In the meantime, I am looking at used boats. Catalina 22 or something similar, circa 1980 or so, budget 3-5k. Planning on keeping it in the water at beautiful Lake Monroe, Fl.
I have several questions, the first of which is, what exactly is a bottom job (I assume it's more than just a paint job) and how much do they cost? Should I ask that question in the maintenance forum? The Boat buying/selling forum?
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Coming into Houston tonight, the Celtics needed a win to start this difficult road trip off on the right foot. They did just that with a 97-84 win over the Houston Rockets. The Celtics have managed to put together three quality wins in a row. Could this possibly be the "turning point" that everyone has been talking about all season?
The Celtics had a nice well rounded effort from both the starters and the bench. The Big Three actually looked like the Big Three of old for the first time in a while. Paul Pierce finished with 26 points in 28 minutes, with 15 of them coming in the fourth quarter, after sitting most of the first three quarters with foul trouble. Ray Allen got the Celtics some of their early big leads and finished the night 19 points and 5-8 from beyond the three point line. Kevin Garnett had 15 points and eight rebounds tonight for a solid effort.
There were some other boys in green that had good nights as well. Rajon Rondo had 10 assists, but only two points after everyone expected the big match-up to be between Rondo and Aaron Brooks, which was not the case. Rasheed Wallace looked good early on in the game and finished with seven points and nine rebounds.
Finally, both Glen Davis and Nate Robinson had eight points each off the bench. Thank God for Glen Davis and his ability to grab offensive rebounds because if it was not for him, the Celtics would probably never have won. Davis had seven rebounds tonight, five of which came from the offensive end.
The biggest problem for the Rockets tonight was their size, which is not usually an advantage for the C's. However, they stayed in the game for most of it and did not give up against a better Celtics team who played great defense tonight, holding the Rockets to a 39.5 field goal percentage.
Luis Scola and Kevin Martin lead the Rockets with 17 points each as Scola had a double-double with 10 rebounds as well. Aaron Brooks had 10 points after being out sized by Rajon Rondo, which does not happen very much. Trevor Ariza and Jordan Hill off the bench each added 11 points.
The highlight of this game had to have been the comical jump ball between two of the smallest players in the NBA, Aaron Brooks and Nate Robinson. The two had a jump ball in the middle of the third quarter that the dunk champ, Robinson, was able to win.
The Celtics started this road trip off right and hope to bring the momentum they have created into Dallas tomorrow night against the Mavs who are one of the NBA's hottest teams right now.
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Now THAT was fun to watch! A strong effort for all 4 quarters. Where have these guys been?


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- Ajahn Fuang Jotiko"All you have to study is the meditation-word, buddho. As for any other fields you might study, they never come to an end, and can't take you beyond suffering. But once you're come to the end of buddho, that's when you'll come to true happiness."
Whatever our activity, be it drinking, thinking or talking, we have mindfulness, that is, clear recollection. Alternatively, we can establish the recitation of a mantra - 'Buddho', 'Dhammo' or 'Sangho' - to govern and guide our mind. Whether standing, walking, seated or reclining, we establish this internal recitation of 'Buddho' to govern the minds tendency towards distraction and diversity as it wanders about in the past and the future, continually proliferating.
Laypeople should firmly establish their lives in virtue and goodness, and try to cultivate mindfulness, samadhi, wisdom and samma-ajiva - Right Livelihood. Whatever our work or duties, we should endeavour to perform them with mindfulness using a mantra, Buddho - Dhammo - Sangho, to hold our attention. We have come together to practise Dhamma and so whatever bodily movement or wholesome activity we engage in, we can meditate at the same time by focusing upon the mantra 'Buddho' continuously.
We must focus on the mantra 'Buddho', establishing continuous awareness, whether standing, walking, sitting, reclining, working, talking, drinking or thinking. Right now, while listening to the Dhamma, we can direct our minds to peace and not allow our attention to wander to other things.
We can recite 'Buddho' continuously whatever our posture or activity, be it eating, coming or going, chanting or meditating. If we can keep this up, then our mindfulness will be firm and focused. Buddho and peace will become firmly and inseparably rooted in the heart.
When you meditate, don't send your mind outside. Don't fasten onto any knowledge at all. Whatever knowledge you've gained from books or teachers, don't bring it in to complicate things. Cut away all preoccupations, and then as you meditate let all your knowledge come from what's going on in the mind. When the mind is quiet, you'll know it for yourself. But you have to keep meditating a lot. When the time comes for things to develop, they'll develop on their own. Whatever you know, have it come from your own mind."The knowledge that comes from a mind that's quiet is extremely subtle and profound. So let your knowledge come out of a mind quiet and still."Have the mind give rise to a single preoccupation. Don't send it outside. Let the mind stay right in the mind. Let the mind meditate on its own. Let it be the one that keeps repeating buddho, buddho. And then genuine buddho will appear in the mind. You'll know for yourself what buddho is like. That's all there is to it. There's not a whole lot."
bodom wrote:When you meditate, don't send your mind outside. Don't fasten onto any knowledge at all. Whatever knowledge you've gained from books or teachers, don't bring it in to complicate things. Cut away all preoccupations, and then as you meditate let all your knowledge come from what's going on in the mind. When the mind is quiet, you'll know it for yourself. But you have to keep meditating a lot. When the time comes for things to develop, they'll develop on their own. Whatever you know, have it come from your own mind."The knowledge that comes from a mind that's quiet is extremely subtle and profound. So let your knowledge come out of a mind quiet and still."Have the mind give rise to a single preoccupation. Don't send it outside. Let the mind stay right in the mind. Let the mind meditate on its own. Let it be the one that keeps repeating buddho, buddho. And then genuine buddho will appear in the mind. You'll know for yourself what buddho is like. That's all there is to it. There's not a whole lot."
jcsuperstar wrote:and this thread should be in the meditation section dont you think?
If you hold buddho close to the heart, and use your mindfulness to keep the mind with nothing but buddho, no dangers will come your way. So have firm faith in buddho. I guarantee that there will be no dangers at all — unless you've done bad kamma in the past, which is something beyond anyone's power to protect you from. Even the Buddha himself can't protect you from it.
Buddho is something cool and calm. It's the path for giving rise to peace and contentment —
When people begin meditating, their confidence tends to be weak. No matter what their meditation subject, these sorts of defilements are sure to interfere, because these defilements form the basis of the world and of the mind. The minute we meditate and make the mind one-pointed, the defilements see that we're going to get away from them, so they come thronging around so that we won't be able to escape from the world.
We say that in all postures, you should keep the meditation on Buddho in mind. Buddho means that "the one who knows:' is arising continuously. When objects come, you know them. You can resolve things and can expound the truth. This is the fruit of Buddho. Let there be the one who knows; practice Buddho just for this. This is called hearing Dhamma and realizing fruition, knowing Dhamma and practicing it. You should be practicing and seeing it so you become it in your mind. This is called one who understands and sees. This is the way that the Buddha's teaching bears fruit.
The Mantra 'Buddho'
If you've got a really active thinking mind, you may find the mantra[2] 'Buddho' helpful. Inhale on 'Bud' and exhale on '-dho' so you're actually thinking this for each inhalation. This is a way of sustaining concentration: so for the next fifteen minutes, do the anapanasati, putting all your attention, composing your mind with the mantric sound, 'Bud-dho'. Learn to train the mind to that point of clarity and brightness rather than just sinking into passivity. It requires sustained effort: one inhalation of 'Bud' -- fully bright and clear in your mind, the thought itself raised and bright from the beginning to the end of the inhalation, and '-dho' on the exhalation. Let everything else go at this time. The occasion has arisen now to do just this -- you can solve your problems and the world's problems afterwards. At this time this much is all the occasion calls for. Bring the mantra up into consciousness. Make the mantra fully conscious instead of just a perfunctory passive thing that makes the mind dull; energise the mind so that the inhalation on 'Bud' is a bright inhalation, not just a perfunctory 'Bud' sound that fades out because it never gets brightened or refreshed by your mind. You can visualise the spelling so that you're fully with that syllable for the length of an inhalation, from the beginning to the end. Then '-dho' on the exhalation is performed the same way so that there's a continuity of effort rather than sporadic leaps-and-starts and failures.
Just notice if you have any obsessive thoughts that are coming up -- some silly phrase that might be going through your mind. Now if you just sink into a passive state, then obsessive thoughts will take over. But learning to understand how the mind works and how to use it skilfully, you're taking this particular thought, the concept of 'Buddho' (the Buddha, the One Who Knows), and you're holding it in the mind as a thought. Not just as an obsessive, habitual thought, but as a skilful use of thought, using it to sustain concentration for the length of one inhalation, exhalation, for fifteen minutes.
The practice is that, no matter how many times you fail and your mind starts wandering, you simply note that you're distracted, or that you're thinking about it, or you'd rather not bother with 'Buddho' -- 'I don't want to do that. I'd rather just sit here and relax and not have to put forth any effort. Don't feel like doing it.' Or maybe you've got other things on your mind at this time, creeping in at the edges of consciousness -- so you note that. Note what mood there is in your mind right now -- not to be critical or discouraged, but just calmly, coolly notice, if you're calmed by it, or if you feel dull or sleepy; if you've been thinking all this time or if you've been concentrating. Just to know
The obstacle to concentration practice is aversion to failure and the incredible desire to succeed. Practice is not a matter of will-power, but of wisdom, of noting wisdom. With this practice, you can learn where your weaknesses are, where you tend to get lost. You witness the kind of character traits you've developed in your life so far, not to be critical of them but just to know how to work with them and not be enslaved by them. This means a careful, wise reflection on the way things are. So rather than avoiding them at all costs, even the ugliest messes are observed and recognised. That's an enduring quality. Nibbana[3] is often described as being 'cool'. Sounds like hip talk, doesn't it? But there's a certain significance to that word. Coolness to what? It tends to be refreshing, not caught up in passions but detached, alert and balanced.
The word 'Buddho' is a word that you can develop in your life as something to fill the mind with rather than with worries and all kinds of unskilful habits. Take the word, look at it, listen to it: 'Buddho'! It means the one who knows, the Buddha, the awakened, that which is awake. You can visualise it in your mind. Listen to what your mind says -- blah, blah, blah, etc. It goes on like this, an endless kind of excrement of repressed fears and aversions. So, now, we are recognising that. We're not using 'Buddho' as a club to annihilate or repress things, but as a skilful means. We can use the finest tools for killing and for harming others, can't we? You can take the most beautiful Buddha rupa and bash somebody over the head with it if you want! That's not what we call 'Buddhanussati', Reflection on the Buddha, is it? But we might do that with the word 'Buddho' as a way of suppressing those thoughts or feelings. That's an unskilful use of it. Remember we're not here to annihilate but to allow things to fade out. This is a gentle practice of patiently imposing 'Buddho' over the thinking, not out of exasperation, but in a firm and deliberate way.
The world needs to learn how to do this, doesn't it? -- the U.S. and the Soviet Union -- rather than taking machine guns and nuclear weapons and annihilating things that get in the way; or saying awful nasty things to each other. Even in our lives we do that, don't we? How many of you have said nasty things to someone else recently, wounding things, unkind barbed criticism, just because they annoy you, get in your way, or frighten you? So we practise just this with the little nasty annoying things in our own mind, the things which are foolish and stupid. We use 'Buddho', not as a club but as a skilful means of allowing it to go, to let go of it. Now for the next fifteen minutes, go back to your noses, with the mantra 'Buddho'. See how to use it and work with it.
jcsuperstar wrote:also anyone know any good dhamma talks online to download that deal with this topic?
Just keep breathing in and out like this. Don't be interested in anything else. It doesn't matter even if someone is standing on their head with their ass in the air. Don't pay it any attention. Just stay with the in-breath and the out-breath. Concentrate your awareness on the breath. Just keep doing it. Don't take up anything else. There's no need to think about gaining things. Don't take up anything at all. Simply know the in- breath and the out-breath. The in-breath and the out-breath. Bud on the in-breath; dho on the out-breath. Just stay with the breath in this way until you are aware of the in-breath and aware of the out-breath....aware of the in-breath....aware of the out-breath. Be aware in this way until the mind is peaceful, without irritation, without agitation, merely the breath going out and coming in. Let your mind remain in this state. You don't need a goal yet. It's this state that is the first stage of practice.
When you're practising walking meditation (cankama), have a walking path, say from one tree to another, about 50 feet in length. Walking cankamais the same as sitting meditation. Focus your awareness: ''Now, I am going to put forth effort. With strong recollection and self-awareness I am going to pacify my mind.'' The object of concentration depends on the person. Find what suits you. Some people spread mettāto all sentient beings and then leading with their right foot, walk at a normal pace, using the mantra 'Buddho' in conjunction with the walking. Continually being aware of that object. If the mind becomes agitated then stop, calm the mind and then resume walking. Constantly self-aware. Aware at the beginning of the path, aware at every stage of the path, the beginning, the middle and the end. Make this knowing continuous.
Keep doing it, keep doing it. Do it often. After the meal, air your robe on a line, and get straight out onto the walking meditation path. Keep thinking 'Buddho, Buddho'. Think it all the time that you're walking. Concentrate on the word 'Buddho' as you walk. Wear the path down, wear it down until it's a trench and it's halfway up your calves, or up to your knees. Just keep walking.
So, do it. Follow it until you know in pace with the breath, concentrating on the breath using the mantra 'Buddho'. Just that much. Don't let the mind wander off anywhere else. At this time have this knowing. Do this. Study just this much. Just keep doing it, doing it in this way. If you start thinking that nothing is happening, just carry on anyway. Just carry on regardless and you will get to know the breath.
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Capitol Hill website discovers Beto O'Rourke's rock band past
EL PASO, Texas - (Nov. 2012 story)
Beto O'Rourke wasn't always a politician or a businessman.
The Congressman-elect used to play bass and sing in El Paso band Foss in the early 1990s. The band describes its musical style as Emo / Grunge / Roots Music, according to their MySpace page.
Roll Call's Heard on the Hill blog, which covers Capitol Hill, recently posted a short item on O'Rourke's musical past, including video clips from an old El Paso cable access talk show called "Let's Get Real."
O'Rourke wouldn't confirm to the website that it was him, but anyone who has seen him around El Paso can see he is the one with orange beanie that is playing bass.
Watch Foss on "Let's Get Real" at http://youtu.be/-5dXZ2LUC8g.
Cedric Bixler Zavala, lead singer for The Mars Volta and At the Drive-In, also was in Foss as a drummer and singer but it is hard to tell if that is him playing drums in the video.
Bixler has tweeted a few times this year about O'Rourke running for the District 16 congressional seat and their time in Foss.
"My 1st tour was playing drums with @BetoOrourke he played bass/guitar and sang. He just unseated an 8 year republican incumbent ! #EPHC!!!" Bixler tweeted on May 30, 2012 when O'Rourke defeated Silvestre Reyes in the Democratic primary.
Listen to songs by Foss at the band's MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/fossband
(Nov. 2012 story)


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Ivan Lopez was a member of the United States armed forces and he apparently spent some time in Iraq during the fighting. There is no evidence of a physical wound since he never was awarded the Purple Heart which goes to those who were wounded in action. He was currently stationed at Ft.Hood in Texas. Yesterday, he walked into a building, took out a revolver and blasted away at those in the building. He killed at least three fellow members of the armed forces. Private Lopez then went to a parking lot where he was confronted by some MPs with drawn weapons. He reached into his jacket and pulled out another weapon. Before anyone could blast away at him, he simply placed the muzzle next to his head and fired. He is dead.
Just another dead soldier. Just another soldier seeking death rather than life. We do not know much about him other than some claim he was depressed and angry over not being able to attend his mother's funeral. I am certain CNN and Fox News will have their correspondents offer their interpretation of this man's life and death. All I know is that he is dead. Most probably a casualty of war even though he never fought in combat.