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The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.
One acre comprises 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet.[1] While all modern variants of the acre contain 4,840 square yards, there are alternative definitions of a yard, so the exact size of an acre depends on which yard it is based on. Originally, an acre was understood as a selion of land sized at one furlong (660 ft) long and one chain (66 ft) wide; this may have also been understood as an approximation of the amount of land an ox could plough in one day. A square enclosing one acre is approximately 208 feet and 9 inches (63.6 metres) on a side. But as a unit of measure an acre has no prescribed shape; any perimeter enclosing 43,560 square feet is an acre in size.
The acre is often used to express areas of land. In the metric system, the hectare is commonly used for the same purpose. An acre is approximately 40% of a hectare.
One acre is 90.75 percent of a 100-yard (91.44-meter) long by 53.33-yard (48.77-meter) wide American football field (without the end zones). The full field, including the end zones, covers approximately Template:Convert/acres. It is also approximately 56.68 percent of a 105-meter (344.49-foot) long by 68-meter (223.10-foot) wide Association football pitch (soccer field). It may also be remembered as 44,000 square feet, less 1%; or as the product of 66 x 660.
International acre
In 1958, the United States and countries of the Commonwealth of Nations defined the length of the international yard to be 0.9144 metres.[2] Consequently, the international acre is exactly 4,046.856 422 4 square metres. Since the difference between the U.S. and International acre is only approximately 0.016 square meters, it is usually not important which one is being discussed.
United States survey acre
The United States survey acre is approximately 4,046.872 609 874 252 square metres; its exact value (4046 13,525,426⁄15,499,969 m2) is based on an inch defined by 1 metre = 39.37 inches exactly, as established by the Mendenhall Order.
Equivalence to other units of area
1 international acre is equal to the following metric units:
- 4,046.8564224 square metres
- 0.40468564224 hectare (A square with 100 m sides has an area of 1 hectare.)
1 United States survey acre is equal to:
- 4,046.87261 square metres
- 0.404687261 hectare
1 acre (both variants) is equal to the following customary units:
- 66 feet × 660 feet (43,560 square feet)
- 1 chain × 10 chains (1 chain = 66 feet = 22 yards = 4 rods = 100 links)
- 1 acre is approximately 208.71 feet × 208.71 feet (a square)
- 4,840 square yards
- 160 perches. A perch is equal to a square rod (1 square rod is 0.00625 acre)
- 10 square chains
- 4 roods
- A chain by a furlong (chain 22 yards, furlong 220 yards)
- 1/640 (0.0015625) square mile (1 square mile is equal to 640 acres)
1 international acre is equal to the following Indian unit:
- 100 Indian cents (1 cent is equal to 0.01 acre)
Historical origin
The word "acre" is derived from Old English æcer originally meaning "open field", cognate to west coast Norwegian ækre and Swedish åker, German acker, Latin ager, and Greek αγρος (agros).
The acre was approximately the amount of land tillable by one man behind an ox in one day. This explains one definition as the area of a rectangle with sides of length one chain and one furlong. A long narrow strip of land is more efficient to plough than a square plot, since the plough does not have to be turned so often. The word "furlong" itself derives from the fact that it is one furrow long.
Before the enactment of the metric system, many countries in Europe used their own official acres. These were differently sized in different countries, for instance, the historical French acre was 4,221 square meters, whereas in Germany as many variants of "acre" existed as there were German states.
Statutory values for the acre were enacted in England by acts of:
- Edward I,
- Edward III,
- Henry VIII,
- George IV and
- Victoria – the British Weights and Measures Act of 1878 defined it as containing 4,840 square yards.
Historically, the size of farms and landed estates in the United Kingdom was usually expressed in acres (or acres, roods, and perches), even if the number of acres was so large that it might conveniently have been expressed in square miles. For example, a certain landowner might have been said to own 32,000 acres of land, not 50 square miles of land.
Customary acre
The customary acre was a measure of roughly similar size to the acre described above, but it was subject to considerable local variation similar to the variation found in carucates, virgates, bovates, nooks, and farundels. However, there were more ancient measures that were also farthingales. These may have been multiples of the customary acre, rather than the statute acre.
Other acres
- Scottish acre, one of a number of obsolete Scottish units of measurement
- Irish acre
- Cheshire acre = 10,240 square yards[3]
- Roman acre = 1,260 square metres
- God's Acre - a synonym for a churchyard.[4]
See also
- Anthropic units
- Conversion of units
- Acre-foot
- Obsolete Spanish and Portuguese units of measurement
- Quarter acre
- French Arpent—also used in Louisiana as length and area unit of measure
- ↑ National Institute of Standards and Technology (n.d.) General Tables of Units of Measurement
- ↑ National Bureau of Standards. (1959). Refinement of Values for the Yard and the Pound.
- ↑ Holland, Robert. (1886). A glossary of words used in the County of Chester. London: Trübner for the English Dialect Society. p. 3.
- ↑ The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
External links
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- Cockeyed.com presents "How much is inside an acre?"
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How strange to hear "Feel Like Going Home" in 1948 after years of the bland pop on the Hit Parade.
They've begun to call themselves "post-Zionist" - a bland, bloodless phrase.
In other words, most of these women were not bland, inoffensive "sweater gays"; they were RuPaul.
And the collections themselves so far have been anything but bland.
He could hear the Chinaman talking in his bland way to the villains.
They told him with bland serenity that they would leave it all to him.
He was bent on finding out where M'Cormick lived, and on making the acquaintance of that bland individual.
Do you want me to report your opinion to my father and Mr. bland?
The door opened at this moment, and the bland butler announced that the "Gentleman's supper was served."
1660s, from Italian blando "delicate," or Old French bland "flattering, complimentary," both from Latin blandus "smooth-talking, flattering, alluring," perhaps from PIE *mlad-, nasalized variant of *meld-, extended form of root *mel- (see melt). Related: Blandly; blandness. Latin also had blandiloquentulus "flattering in speech," which might have yielded a useful English *blandiloquent.

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73% would recommend it to a friend
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If you don't like Thai cuisine you will need to eat elsewhere.
Value for money in friendly pub
Room was ok, but what you would expect for this price in Wilmslow.
Didn't eat in the pub but had a few drinks and it was very traditional and had friendly staff and atmosphere
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Great Thai food in evenign and lovely personally cooked breakfast in the morning, Romo was a little on the small side but had everything needed.
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"Entertainment" goes on way past 11pm - avoid if you have to be up early
Really annoyed that we weren't told there would be live music in the pub that night going on past midnight right below our room.
We had booked as we had to host a stand at an event early Sunday morning. No rest. Miniscule tv didn't work so we couldn't try to drown it in out that way. It really shouldn't market itself for accommodation -would only recommend for sozzled clubbers coming back at 3am. Thai restaurant was great but the pub looked rough and chavvy so we went elsewhere for a drink. It ruined our Sunday as we'd had no rest and had to be alert for a hard working day having had no sleep.
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Dear Miss Kikillos
Thank you for your review of your stay here at the Kings Arms, especially for the 5/6 for cleanliness, which is an aspect of running the guesthouse we pride ourselves on.
I am very sorry that you did not sleep well, unfortunately we do have live music every Saturday, which goes on until 12am at the latest. Being a weekend we do not get many people working and if we had been aware we could have done something about this.
I have checked the TV in the room you stayed and it works perfectly, I am sorry if it did work for you, but if you had brought it to my attention I would have resolved it immediately.
Once again we are very sorry that we did not provide you with a better experience, I hope if you return to Wilmslow you can find more suitable accommodation.
Kindest Regards James
Comfortable stay
The Kings Arms has a nice traditional pub atmosphere.
The hosts were friendly and helpful, and the room was clean and comfortable, good breakfast.
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Single room, a little tired-looking but clean and functional.
Powerful shower!. Evening meals only available using the attached Thai restaurant, however good pub a few minutes walk into Wilmslow offered great food. I needed to be at a business meeting a couple of miles away for 08.45, however I was disappointed to be told breakfast wasn't served on Saturdays until 8.30 which meant I could not have breakfast before I left. I asked if I might have coffee but the young woman behind the bar seemed unsure. There were, however coffee/tea making facilities in room. I left at 8am - no one around.
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Always have good service. Very friendly, helpful staff.
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Well situated.
A short walk into the centre. The room was compact but clean and perfectly adequate for a short stay. All the staff were friendly and helpful and the breakfast was very good. We had no issues with the noise from the bar. All in all a great value for money place to stay and we will definately stay here again.
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A short walk into the centre. The room was compact but clean and perfectly adequate for a short stay. All the staff were friendly and helpful and the breakfast was very good. We had no issues with the noise from the bar. All in all a great value for money place to stay and we will definately stay here again.
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A new $525,000 federal award will allow Southwestern Illinois College to expand training opportunities for students seeking careers in the field of manufacturing technology.
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"This funding only serves to further Southwestern Illinois College's commitment to advancing the local workforce, and in turn, improving our local and national economy," said SWIC President Georgia Costello, Ph.D.
The majority of the award will go toward the purchase of electrical automation equipment and software and will allow SWIC to develop an advanced manufacturing certificate in the area of electrical automation, said Dean of Technical Education Brad Sparks.
SWIC is one of 21 colleges in a consortium led by Harper College of Chicago, which will administer the $12.9 million Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training grant among its partners. The new grant is the second installment of a $2 billion, four-year education initiative.
Last year the college received nearly $1.4 million in the first round of TAACCCT grants.
"In combination with the first round of grants, this defines the SWIC Technical Education Division as the leader in advanced manufacturing training regionally, statewide and among the best in the nation," Costello said.
The first round of funding is being used to expand the Precision Machining Technology and Welding programs through new machinery, technology, curriculum and improved facilities, Sparks said.
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Kazuo Okawa's luckless career as a "nuclear gypsy" began one night at a poker game. The year was 1992, and jobs were scarce in this farming town in the shadow of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. An unemployed Okawa gambled and drank a lot.
He was dealing cards when a stranger made him an offer: manage a crew of unskilled workers at the nearby plant. "Just gather a team of young guys and show up at the front gate; I'll tell you what to do," instructed the man, who Okawa later learned was a recruiter for a local job subcontracting firm.
Okawa didn't know the first thing about nuclear power, but he figured, what could go wrong?
He became what's known in Japan as a "jumper" or "nuclear gypsy" for the way he moved among various nuclear plants. But the nickname that Okawa disliked most was burakumin, a derisive label for those who worked the thankless jobs he and others performed.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday its investigation into the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant shed light on how desperate workers at the site felt shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami resulted in the loss of power sources.
"I felt I could do nothing. Other operators appeared anxious. They argued, 'When we cannot control (the reactors) and are at wit's end, is there any meaning for us to be here?"' a person in charge of the reactors' central control room recalled about the situation, according to a separate volume attached to an interim investigation report on the accident. "So, I bowed my head and asked them to stay."
The report's verification of TEPCO's initial response to the nuclear accident also lacked details. After a hydrogen blast wrecked the No. 1 reactor building shortly after 3:30 p.m. on March 12--a development nobody had anticipated--TEPCO scrambled to prevent similar blasts from occurring at the other reactors. The utility arranged to have a hydraulic device break open holes in the reactor buildings to release hydrogen from inside. But shortly after 11 a.m. on March 14, before the device arrived, a hydrogen blast ripped through the No. 3 reactor. The report did not specify why TEPCO failed to prevent this blast, which happened nearly two days after the first explosion.
TEPCO Vice President Masao Yamazaki said: "It was difficult to obtain equipment due to bad road conditions and other problems after the [March 11] earthquake. We'll look into the matter further for the final report." There also are some loose ends regarding the injection of cooling water into the reactors.
Even after the huge tsunami triggered by the March 11 earthquake hit the power plant and knocked out its cooling systems, the emergency water injection system functioned for about three days at the No. 2 reactor and about 1-1/2 days at the No. 3 reactor.
TEPCO had time to prepare substitute water injection methods, such as stationing fire engines at the plant. Its failure to do so eventually resulted in core meltdowns at the Nos. 1-3 reactors.
At 11:33 am on December 4, workers found that there was puddle water inside the barrier around the evaporative condensation apparatus (the estimated volume of water was approx. 45 m3). At 11:52 am, we stopped the apparatus, and at 12:14 pm, workers made visual inspection of the apparatus and the leakage seemed stopped. After that, we conducted investigation and at 2:30 pm, we found crack in the barrier made of concrete and water was leaking to the gutter (surface dose rate of leaked water: beta ray 110 mSv/h, gamma ray 1.8 mSv/h). We are considering emergency response to stop leakage of water to the outside of the barrier. In the meantime, the water desalination apparatus (reverse osmosis membrane type) is continuing operation. As we have sufficient volume of desalinated water, there is no impact on the Reactor water injection.
Originally posted by Aircooled
A very good read on the tectonic forces that hit Japan. When I think how many quakes there have been on the side of this ridge, I shudder.
Originally posted by Purplechive
A Leak? Evaporative Condensation Apparatus
Nice crack...all those tremors...
At 11:33 am on December 4, workers found that there was puddle water inside the barrier around the evaporative condensation apparatus (the estimated volume of water was approx. 45 m3). At 11:52 am, we stopped the apparatus, and at 12:14 pm, workers made visual inspection of the apparatus and the leakage seemed stopped. After that, we conducted investigation and at 2:30 pm, we found crack in the barrier made of concrete and water was leaking to the gutter (surface dose rate of leaked water: beta ray 110 mSv/h, gamma ray 1.8 mSv/h). We are considering emergency response to stop leakage of water to the outside of the barrier. In the meantime, the water desalination apparatus (reverse osmosis membrane type) is continuing operation. As we have sufficient volume of desalinated water, there is no impact on the Reactor water injection.
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Where do we stand on curing CANCER?
PC, Im not real good at math, but I think that works out to roughly 67,000 radiated gallons. Does the diary or anyplace (heaven forbid Tepco should) reveal what the source of this water is. I can't imagine a leak this big coming from the water treatment plant itself without being noticed long before now. Did it just appear over night. They check these places regularly for status reports. A pool of water like they found a foot deep (?) inside the desalination plant had to happen over night wouldnt it?
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Police in the Russian Pacific port city Vladivostok confiscated a shipping container from Japan that had dozens of radioactive car tyres in it, the Interfax news agency reported on Thursday.
A total 29 tyres in the shipment were emitting excess levels of gamma and beta rays, making them unsafe to bring into Russia, a port official said.
"There's a good chance the radioactive tyres are a result of the Fukushima accident," said Ivan Skogorev, a safety inspector.
The tyres' owner might have them decontaminated, shipped backed to Japan or buried in a hazardous waste site in Russia; but as yet the shipment's consignee had not come forward, Skogorev said.
Vladivostok custom officials in April halted a batch of 49 radioactive automobiles exported from Japan, some of which were found to emit dangerous isotopes at six times safe levels. A similar incident was reported in June.
Russia's Far Eastern region is a major consumer of used Japanese automobiles.
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• TEPCO has revealed "that melted nuclear fuel has nearly reached the bottom steel wall under the concrete"
• "If the erosion expands another 37 centimeters, it would be hitting the steel wall"
• "If the fuel melts through the remaining concrete embedment, which is only some 30 centimeters, it is bound to seep into the soil"
• "Experts say TEPCO must find a measure to prevent fuel leakage"
• "Experts stress TEPCO must promptly find a way to put a stop to the fuel erosion inside the reactor"
However, TEPCO's analysis is rough at best because it is [color=Chartreuse]a prediction of the current situation inside the reactor based on its temperature change and injection of cooling water.
..."I think they must install a 5 to 10 meter barrier in the basement to prevent the worst case scenario."
Leakage of melted fuel may invite a host of difficult problems such as safe removal of the fuel in a cold shutdown of the nuclear reactor in the future.
CHIBA -- Radioactive xenon-133 some 400,000 times normal levels was detected in the atmosphere here immediately after the outbreak of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, a radiation survey organization said.
It took three months before the volume of radioactive substances returned to normal levels...
The average amount of xenon-133 in the atmosphere was 1,300 becquerels per cubic meter of air in Chiba between March 14 and 22, as compared with zero to 3.4 millibecquerels before the crisis.
The volume reached 400,000 times normal levels shortly after the nuclear crisis was triggered by the March 11 tsunami, according to the center.
[color=Salmon]Since xenon-133 hardly reacts to any other substance, there is no fear of internal exposure to radiation even if inhaled, experts say.
...Three months later, however, when TEPCO's cover-up of cracked equipment and other damage was exposed, Araki and Minami resigned. As a result, a second meeting to negotiate the details of the Rokkasho withdrawal never took place.
Then TEPCO Chairman Araki, who is currently an advisor to the utility, refused to be interviewed about the case, saying that his "[color=Cyan]memories (about it) are vague."
Former TEPCO President Minami said that he "[color=Cyan]has no recollection" of the 2002 meeting, but added, "We were talking with METI about whether to withdraw from the reprocessing project, and
I discussed it with Araki and (then Vice President and current Chairman) Katsumata."
TEPCO Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, right (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Katsumata also refrained from saying whether the meeting had taken place, but said, "We had about five management meetings within our company about whether or not to go forth with reprocessing." Meanwhile, former METI official Hirose said, "[color=Cyan]I absolutely have no recollection."
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"When I put one of my feet on the torus to reach the valve, my black rubber boot melted and slipped (due to the heat)..."
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However, it was extremely hot because of the exposed fuel inside of the reactor.
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It was not just the heat, [color=Chartreuse]radiation level was also extremely high...
CNN has listed the world's top seven winterland marvels as chosen by Lonely Planet authors.
And among the winners is a Korean winter festival, involving the Sancheoneo.
Sancheoneo, a species of trout, dwell in the rivers around Hwacheon in the mountains northeast of Seoul.
When winter arrives, the rivers freeze over and the fish disappear under 40-centimeters of ice. Sancheoneo Fest gives visitors a chance to try their hand at ice-fishing.
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SEOUL: Officials say traces of radioactive material from Japan's stricken nuclear power plant have been detected in South Korea.
Local media reports say South Korea's 12 detection centers have identified traces of iodine-131, cesium-137 and cesium-134, but added that the materials are not dangerous to people or the environment at current levels.
It may be recalled that Seoul first confirmed the existence of radioactive particles in the air on March 28, 17 days after the Fukushima nuclear power plant was damaged by a tsunami that followed the March 11 magnitude-9 earthquake that struck Japan.


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30 years later, Yes & Peter Frampton again
It wasn't so much that yesterday I marked by 30th anniversary here at the Daily Times.
Flag Day 1982.
This time it's something that actually happened a few years before.
June 12, 1976, to be exact. Ring any bells? No? Then how about this.
Peter Frampton and Yes. JFK Stadium. A crowd of more than 100,000 packed into the rickety old stadium that once sat at the wite that is now the Wachovia Center.
That's on my mind because tonight Frampton and Yes will be back in the area, at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, 30 years after their historic show.
I won't be at the Tower tonight.
I was, however, at JFK 30 years ago.
I consider it one of the best concerts I ever saw. And also one of the best shows I never saw.
Let me try to explain.
I had literally just gotten home after driving back to good, old Oxford, Pa., from Colorado when I ran into an old concert-going friend in town.
He told me that he had tickets to the Frampton/Yes show and said he couldn't make it and that did I want to use one of them. Absolutely, was my reply.
It was literally a last-minute thing. I went to the show alone. Instead of sitting in one seat, I just kind of wandered around. The place was packed.
Remember, this was the summer that Frampton released his classic live LP, "Frampton Comes Alive. I played that 8-track all the way back from Colorado and couldn't wait to see the show live.
For some reason, I keep thinking George Thorogood opened the show. But apparently it was Gary Wright, he of the "Dream Weaver" hit. Didn't much matter. Everyone was waiting for Frampton. He took the stage next and from the first note just owned the place. He was, in a word, dynamite.
Then a weird thing happened. Apparently Yes had planned an elaborate laser light show. Frampton had finished up his show in the late afternoon. But Yes, at least from the buzz in the crowd, did not want to come on until it was dark, to make the light show all the more spectacular.
Time started going by, and the crowd started to get restless. As the time stretched, people started looking for ways to entertain themselves.
At one point, someone started throwing paper. The next thing you know the entire stadium was doing it. It was like a blizzard in June. Paper was everywhere.
Then people started stamping their feet and swaying. At one point it actually seemed like the old stadium was literally moving from side to side. I never remember being in a place that was that crowded.
After that show, officials changed the seating arrangement. The attendance at the show was over 100,000. You literally couldn't move.
It was one of the very few times during the dozens of concerts I went to when I was actually a little scared.
Bottom line? I decided not to stick around for Yes. Instead, having been satisfied with Frampton, I headed for the exits.
So I saw half of a historic concert.
Maybe I should go to the Tower tonight to check out the other half I missed.


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Business Travel: What's ahead for the next one to three years
A recent poll of pundits, senior travel executives and veteran road warriors produced a laundry list of opinions on what's ahead for the estimated 38 million travelers who take 210 million business trips and how their world will change in the next one to three years.
The futurist view
Ken Harris, a vice president of the World Future Society in Washington, D.C., who spent 25 years in top posts with the Federal Aviation Administration, sees the continued need for face-to-face contact with customers. "You need to look the person square in the eye and press the flesh," he says. But after that first or second encounter, businesspeople can "build and nurture the relationship through telecommunications." Harris isn't just betting on teleconferencing and e-mail. He says an experimental technology called Haptics, which its creators claim can transmit emotions and feelings from your fingers over the Internet to a recipient, can build long-distance relationships.
He has more grim predictions for airlines, hotels and car rental companies. The futurist forecasts a slowing in the growth rate of travel, but not a falloff. As the baby boomers retire, the Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Zers will become increasingly comfortable with cyber meetings and will "look to technology for travel substitutions." Meanwhile, Harris says, tightly scheduled senior executives who have to visit plants, processing centers, customers or prospects in smaller towns will opt for using private jet companies like Flex Jet and Net Jet.
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But travel executives and analysts aren't so pessimistic—at least over the next 12 months. Business travel, they say, is on the rebound and the demand is pushing prices up. Hotel occupancy grew 2 percent nationwide last year, and Smith Travel Research predicts another 2 percent growth this year. "But we expect [hotel] rates will grow faster than occupancy this year," says Brian Ferguson, vice president of marketing and strategy.
Carole Devine, president and CEO of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA), sees 5 percent price increases across the board; airline tickets, hotel rooms, car rentals and restaurant prices will all be going up. That's still lower than some forecasts of 6 percent to 17 percent rate hikes in hotel rates, made by respected analysts, including PricewatershouseCoopers. Devine, who is corporate travel director for BNSF Railway Co. of Fort Worth, Texas, says large companies will still be able to hammer out travel discounts for their employees. But individual business travelers who don't have the negotiating leverage of a big company behind them will have to be canny consumers. Many already are. The NBTA says 86 percent of business travelers flew on low-cost airlines in 2004, more than double the 40 percent who flew discounters in 2000.
Bottom line: If money counts and you can afford the time, step up your online shopping and sleuth out deals and steals. One of many good examples for international travelers is Lan Chile's automatic free upgrade to business class for travelers buying a full-fare coach seat.
Hotel homes
Aside from Delta and American's widely publicized simplified and discounted fares, the biggest change in travel continues to be hotels, which are becoming real homes away from home. Triggered by Westin Hotels' Heavenly Bed, greater attention to travelers' comfort is happening everywhere in the hospitality world, from roadside motels to luxury hotels.
The hottest growth is in the so-called "midmarket limited-service" sector, which has always been industry code for something between a hotel and a motel that's priced around $100 a night but can be a lot costlier. Choice Hotels International, best known for budget lodgings, raised the bar in January by announcing a new hotel brand called Cambria Suites. For around $100 a night, it sounds like it a business traveler's wish come true. All Cambria Suites have a living room-workroom with a separate bedroom, two plasma televisions, nicer bedding, ergonomic desk and chair, fridge, microwave, free wired and wireless Internet access in the room and in the lobby and gratis local calls. The "clubby" lobby will have a cocktail bar, a coffee bar, hot and cold buffet breakfast, fitness center, indoor pool, convenience store, faxing, copying, printing services and power and Internet ports.


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Spruce Home & Garden opens third store
January 11, 2012,
President Steven Wilburn described Spruce's merchandise as "an eclectic mix of garden and home products with a distinctive urban mix of contemporary and traditional." Products include home décor, garden containers and accessories, furniture, soft goods, artwork, books, jewelry and seasonal items.
The new store is in an historic building that once housed the Old Town Hall. "The Westport opening comes on the heels of our expansion into West Hartford earlier this month where we opened our second store at 973 Farmington Avenue," Wilburn said.
Ten percent of first night and first day sales were donated to the Westport Historical Society.
"Spruce Home & Garden's emporium is always changing and everevolving with new merchandise hitting the floor every week," said Shannon Luszczak, director of stores. "We strive to keep our store alive with energy; most weekends are full of activities, special events, seminars and trunk shows. In my many years of retail, I have never had so many people want to be part of what we are doing. Customers come into the store and ask to be on our email list."
Spruce Home & Garden started in 2008 in New York as a wholesaler of garden pots and accessories. The company has wholesale showrooms in Atlanta and New York and plans to open more retail locations throughout the Northeast. Prior to starting Spruce, Wilburn had a 20-year career at Saks Fifth Avenue, where he served as director of merchandise presentation, director of stores and senior creative director. He then started and later sold his share in Holiday Image, a holiday décor company.
In addition to Spruce, brands carried by the stores include Susan de Weil, Olivina, Vance Kitira, Milk and Roost.
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- Handberg E, Johnson BD, Arant CB, Wessel TR, Kerensky RA, von Mering G, Olson MB, Reis SE, Shaw L, Bairey Merz CN, et al. Impaired coronary vascular reactivity and functional capacity in women: results from the NHLBI Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;47(3 Suppl):S44-49.
- Johnson BD, Shaw LJ, Pepine CJ, Reis SE, Kelsey SF, Sopko G, Rogers WJ, Mankad S, Sharaf BL, Bittner V, Bairey Merz CN. Persistent chest pain predicts cardiovascular events in women without obstructive coronary artery disease: results from the NIH-NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischaemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study. Eur Heart J. 2006;27(12):1408-1415.
- Shaw LJ, Bairey Merz CN, Azziz R, Stanczyk FZ, Sopko G, Braunstein GD, Kelsey SF, Kip KE, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Johnson BD, et al. Postmenopausal women with a history of irregular menses and elevated androgen measurements at high risk for worsening cardiovascular event-free survival: results from the National Institutes of Health — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008;93(4):1276-1284.
- Shaw LJ, Merz CN, Pepine CJ, Reis SE, Bittner V, Kip KE, Kelsey SF, Olson M, Johnson BD, Mankad S, et al. The economic burden of angina in women with suspected ischemic heart disease: results from the National Institutes of Health — National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute — sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation. Circulation. 2006;114(9):894-904.
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I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but I'm not world class at anything. Never once I have I been invited to a foreign country to show off whatever skills I may—or most likely don't—possess.
Andrew Maider, a 16-year old from Clifton Park, on the other hand just came back from Prague. He's world class with a yo-yo, according to All Over Albany. How world class? Seventeenth in the world, and he probably has actual documentation.
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August 27, 2012/The Detroit News
By Gary Russi
It is well documented that obtaining a college degree is a critical investment for most people looking to succeed in life. On average, college graduates earn at least $30,000 more per year than high school graduates, and the return on investment is even higher for advanced degree holders.
None of this matters, however, if and when a student is unable to complete his or her college education.
We in Michigan's public higher education system know that we'll need to boost current graduation rates in order to maintain or enhance the level of state funding support our schools receive. And while we are concerned about any potential loss of state funding, the focus that Gov. Rick Snyder and the Legislature have put on ensuring that more students graduate is appropriate.
The hard truth is that we have room for improvement.
This is not to say that colleges and universities in Michigan have been oblivious to the problem. In 2005, Oakland was selected to participate in the Foundations of Excellence, a national project that utilizes a comprehensive self-study to evaluate and enhance students' first-year experiences.
We have since created a University Committee on Student Retention (UCSR) to help vigorously engage students in the college experience, increase student learning and remove barriers to college completion. Our students are increasingly benefiting from a strong level of faculty interaction in the classroom, through undergraduate research and by way of service learning.
Studies have shown that once college students complete 28 credits and attain sophomore status, they're far more likely to graduate. Hence, the UCSR recently funded OU's "28" campaign, an awareness and support initiative that utilizes academic advising, peer tutoring, and financial aid and academic workshops to help see that students succeed in their first year.
Our "Focus on the Finish Line" initiative helps students keep long-term goals in focus through self-assessment, academic and career planning, internship coordination and career search support.
The State of Michigan has supported our efforts. Oakland's Center for Multicultural Studies recently received a $548,000 grant to maintain its Collectively Oakland Retains Everyone (CORE) program. This initiative targets freshmen.
Beyond this, Oakland has established concurrent enrollment programs with four community colleges in the region and worked with K-12 system educators to better prepare students to succeed in college. We've also boosted financial aid resources by $2 million for the 2012-13 academic year, and we're maintaining several programs to assist students struggling to meet costs.
In short, Oakland has been and will continue to be committed to doing everything in our power to boost student graduation rates. We know we're not alone in these efforts. Without question, our sister universities are confronting this challenge with the same fervor. Collectively, we must embrace a culture in which dropping out of college is simply not an option.
Michigan has one of the finest university systems in the country, if not the world, and this is in no small part attributed to the pride and advocacy the people of this state have invested in it. As the 15 public universities work to increase student graduation rates, we cannot afford to lose this support.The problem of college completion is as complex as it is formidable, and it is not confined to college campuses. As much as solutions are to be found from within the universities, they're also ready to be discovered in our public schools, in our homes and in Lansing.
We can build a secure and prosperous future for Michigan — one that embraces a highly educated, adaptable and productive workforce.
Before we'll realize that goal, however, we'll need to work together to overcome hurdles standing in the way of individual student success.
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To create Puss in Boots, artists used more than 200 high-performance HP Z800 Workstations to design everything in the film. HP ProLiant BL460 blade technology powered five different server render farms geographically dispersed across the U.S. and India. The film utilized over 60 million render hours and 117 terabytes of data.
I'm interested in knowing what this exactly means. At first I thought that one render hour would be one hour on a HP ProLiant BL460 blade technology server. However in other sources they use the term CPU render hours and these servers contain two CPU's so does this mean that every HP ProLiant BL460 blade technology server produces two render hour pr. hour?
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|Norwegian Fjord Horse, Fjording, Fjordhest
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The Fjord horse or Norwegian Fjord Horse is a relatively small but very strong horse breed from the mountainous regions of Western Norway. It is an agile breed of light draft horse build. All Fjord horses are dun in color, with five variations in shade recognized by their breed registries. One of the world's oldest breeds, it has been used for hundreds of years as a farm horse in Norway, and in modern times is popular for its generally good temperament. It is used both as a harness horse and under saddle.
Breed characteristics
The Fjord horse has a distinct appearance. The breed's conformation differs from many other breeds in that it is a blend of draft horse muscling and bone, with smaller size and greater agility. It has a strong, arched neck, sturdy legs and good feet, and a compact, muscular body. The head is medium sized and well defined with a broad, flat forehead and a straight or slightly dished face, with small ears and large eyes.[1] Despite its small size, the breed is fully capable of carrying an adult human and pulling heavy loads. The hair coat becomes particularly heavy and thick in the winter.
The natural mane is long, thick, and heavy, but is usually clipped in a distinctive crescent shape to between five to ten centimeters (two to four inches) so that it stands straight up and emphasizes the shape of the neck.[1] This roached mane is thought to make for easier grooming. It also accentuates the horse's strong neck and full-length dorsal stripe. There is some feathering on the lower legs; however, the breed standard discourages profuse feathering.[2]
The breed usually ranges in height from 13.1 to 14.3 hands (53 to 59 inches, 135 to 150 cm), but there is no upper or lower limit for the height set for the breed.[1][3] The weight normally ranges from 400 to 500 kilograms (880 to 1,100 lb).[1] Though some individuals may fall under the traditional cutoff between horses and ponies, the Fjord horse is considered a horse, regardless of height.
Fjord horses have a reputation for a generally good temperament.
All Fjord horses are dun,[1][4] Dun is a body color that is a tan, gold or related shade with darker (usually black or dark brown) points and primitive markings.The breed standard recognises five shade variations.[2] These shades have been officially recognized in Norway since 1922.[5] White markings are discouraged, though a small star is acceptable.[2] The hooves are most often dark, but can be a lighter brown color on lighter-colored horses.[2]
The dun color itself is a dominant dilution gene. All Fjord horses are dun; therefore they are homozygous or nearly so for dun coloration.[6] No equine coat color genetics studies have been done specifically on Fjord horses. But, if Fjord horses were not homozygous for the dun gene then the dark, nondun individual could occasionally occur in the breed. However, this is very rare or nonexistent today; dark cropouts existed in the past, but breed standardization has favored duns and the color is now produced consistently.[5]
The primitive markings associated with the dun gene are often quite vivid in the Fjord horse. These include the dorsal stripe, darker mane and tail, horizontal stripes on the back of the forearms, and, in rare cases, transverse striping across the withers.[5] Some Fjord horses have small brown spots on the body or the head.[2] These spots are called "Njal marks" after one of the foundation sires of the contemporary Fjord horse, who had such markings.[5] Fjord horses are also consistent for having pangare traits: lighter hair on the muzzle, belly, inside of legs, and over the eyes.[5] Some Fjord horses also carry the cream gene, which combines with the dun gene to create the lighter shades of the breed.[6]
Fjord horses have a significant amount of lighter hairs on the outside edges of the mane and edges of the tail, and when teamed with the darker-colored center of the mane common to most color shades gives a two-toned look that is more dramatic than seen in dun horses of other breeds.[7] Amongst Fjord horse aficionados, the dark section of hair in the middle of the mane are described by the Norwegian terms midtstol, and darker hair in the middle of the tail is called the halefjær.[4]
White markings on Fjord horses are rare,[8][5] they have been noted as long as written records have been kept of the breed.[5] A small star is acceptable,[2] but any other white or pink markings are considered undesirable.[5] The Norges Fjordhestlag (The Norwegian Fjord Horse Association) decided in 1982 that stallions of any age with any other white markings than a small white star cannot be accepted for breeding.[5]
Recognized shades
The Fjord horse breed standard recognizes five colors. 90% of all Fjord horses are "brown dun" (the color called called "bay dun" in other breeds).[1] The remaining 10% are either "red dun", "grey" (less often "grey dun", the color known as grulla in other breeds) two colors reflecting the influence of the cream gene, "white dun" (or "uls dun") and "yellow dun".[4] The breed registries for Fjord horses encourage preservation of all of them.[2] The dun color variations can be subtle and hard to distinguish unless horses of different shades are standing side by side. The color terms are also non-standard when compared to English terminology more commonly used to describe horse coat colors in other breeds. This difference appears to be based in part from being derived from Norwegian language terms, which were set in 1922, and their English translations, which were made official in 1980.[5] While these terms were set before equine coat color genetics were fully understood, the variations do match up to modern genetic studies as variations of dun color with the addition of other genetic factors.
- The most common is "brown dun" (brunblakk)[4]. The body color is a pale yellow-brown, and can vary from cream to almost a light chestnut. The primitive markings, as well as the midtstol and halefjær, are black or dark brown. The remainder of the mane and tail is usually cream or white, though may be a darker on darker individuals.[4]The color is genetically bay diluted by the dun factor, called "dun", "bay dun" or "zebra dun" in other breeds.
- The red dun (rødblakk) has a pale golden body color. Midtstol, halefjær and primitive markings are red or red-brownish, always darker than the color of the body, but never black. The rest of the mane and tail is usually cream, though on some individuals the entire mane and tail may be white.[4] Like red duns in other breeds, this shade is produced by the dun factor diluting a genetic chestnut base color.
- The "grey" (grå) has a gray body; the shade can vary from light silver to dark slate gray. The midtstol, halefjær and primitive markings are dark gray or black.[4] The remainder of the mane, tail and forelock are a lighter grey than the body color, and can be very pale. Though the term used in the breed standard for this color is "grey"[2], it is actually a form of dun and not a true genetic gray. The term "gray" and even "gray dun" are misnomers, as the Fjord horse gene pool does not carry the graying gene. The term used for this color in other breeds and by geneticists is grullo, or blue dun. Like grullos in other breeds, the "grey" body color is produced by the dun factor diluting a genetic black base color. The term "gray dun" or "gråblakk" is sometimes used to describe this color, but among Fjord horse owners, that terminology is considered incorrect, even if more consistent. Had English-speaking Fjord horse breeders used the same naming conventions as for their breed's other shades, the color could genetically be called a "black dun," but this did not happen.[citation needed]!--we seem to have lost my original source for this, I don't think it's the NFHR site, as it looks like they just redid their URLs from the ones used in the 2007 rewrite</nowiki></span>
- The white dun or uls dun (ulsblakk) has a near-white body color. The midtstol, halefjær and primitive markings are black or grey. The rest of the mane and tail are lighter than the body color.[4] The coloration is genetically a bay-based dun further diluted by a single allele of the cream gene.[6]
- The yellow dun (gulblakk) is the rarest color of Fjord horses.[4]It is a red dun with an additional dilution factor that makes the body a light cream color. This also due to the cream gene.[6] The forelock, mane and tail can be completely white, and the primitive markings can be indistinct.[4]
Kvit, "white"
Along with the recognized five shades of dun, two cream dilution alleles (CCr) on any other color results in a horse with a light cream coat color and blue eyes. This color is called "kvit" ("white") in Norwegian, and is known as cremello in other breeds. A dun with double cream dilution will have faint or indistinguishable primitive markings.[8] In the Fjord horse, Kvit was traditionally considered undesirable, and thus is a very rare color in the breed due to intentional selection against it,[8] Nonetheless, the nature of cream genetics statistically will result in the occasional kvit horse any time two horses that both carry a single copy of the cream dilution are mated, such as an ulsblakk and/or a gulblakk.[6]
The Fjord horse is one of the world's oldest and purest breeds. Horse were known to exist in Norway at the end of the last ice age. It is believed that the ancestors of the modern Fjord horse migrated to Norway and were domesticated over 4,000 years ago. Archaeological excavations at Viking burial sites indicate that the Fjord horse type has been selectively bred for at least 2,000 years.[1][3] The Fjord horse and its ancestors have been used for hundreds of years as farm animals in western Norway. Even as late as World War II, they were useful for work in mountainous terrain. The Fjord horse also has a long recorded history of pure breeding without crossbreeding from other sources.[3]
The Fjord horse is featured as a charge on the coat of arms of the Nordfjord municipalities of Gloppen and Eid.
The Fjord horse is strong enough for heavy work, such as plowing fields or pulling timber, yet light and agile enough to be a good riding and driving horse. They are also surefooted in the mountains. Today, the Fjord horse is a favorite at Norwegian riding and therapeutic schools, as its generally mild temperament and small size make it suitable for children and disabled individuals. They are considered very good driving horses, and are commonly used in everything from competitions to tourist transport in Norway. They are also used as a sport horse, particularly in combined driving.
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "About the Breed", published by Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry. Web site accessed December 7, 2009
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 NFHR Breed standard accessed December 3, 2009
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fjord Horse International Association, accessed 7 December 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 "Norwegian Fjord Horse Colors", accessed December 4, 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Nestaas, Tor. "The Colors of the Norwegian Fjordhorse" Transcript published by Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry. Web page accessed January 20, 2010 .
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Sponenberg, Phillip. "Color in Fjord Horses". Norwegian Fjord Horse Registry. http://www.nfhr.com/catalog/index.php?colorgen=1. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
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When Josh Stern wanted a yet-unavailable Golf R, but with a little more practicality for his line of work, he did the only thing he could think of. He built his own Golf R Wagen.
When Josh Stern wanted a yet-unavailable Golf R, but with a little more practicality for his line of work, he did the only thing he could think of. He built his own Golf R Wagen.
I love that front bumper so much....sharp looking car.
That's sick.
Bi-xenons and it's set
My Gonzo GTT build thread
My chassis build thread
Tons of MK4 Stuff For Sale HERE, HERE and HERE
BEAUTIFUL car.
Not a fan of wagons, but damn this thing looks so good I forget that it is one. Sexy ride man!
absolutely stunning
I was really hoping for the 4-Motion swap too, otherwise that is one svelte looking wagon.
very well done
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VERY well done. Looks factory. Would love to do the same with the whole Golf R drivetrain... One day when I'm rich!
Flat-out gorgeous. Awesome job!
Dear Volkswagen - WOULD BUY!
Great photography!
I hate to ask but what was the final bill?
Looks very, very good. Also hoping to spy the 4mo swap too but I can understand the omission.
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Demonicon - Preview @ IncGamers
IncGamers has posted a new preview of Demonicon based on the pre-release Alpha, and a live Twitch.tv interview.
Never heard of this "IncGamers" place, but good god…they need to quit it with trying to be cute. The double mention/joke about Haggling….really? I'm not defending the game (In fact, I don't like it at all) but that's just unprofessional. I've been writing professionally for over a decade and I have never tried to be "cute" in an article, even back when I started as a gaming e-zine writer. I hate foolish little blurbs like that in an article. It isn't clever, it just shows he couldn't mention the weakness of bringing out haggling as the initial comparison in a better way.
Plus, people just cannot "become demons" in TDE. The mechanics don't allow that.
Going into a pact with a demon, yes, that's possible. BUt, as soon as he "becomes fully a demon", he is simply kind of destroyed, consumed, his soul at least. And without any soul, no character can be played according to the TDE mechanics (as far as I know).
But maybe I'm missing something there, because I'm not that deep into the TDE mechanics. I only know this from discussions and from reading about other
The demon wants to get the character's soul. So, haggling for it might be well involved, if it leads into the demon getting his soul. Anything helping the demon is good - from the demon's perspective.
But apart from that - a lot of TDE is based on German fairy-tales. You'll see themes of it every now and then.
And - there indeed does exist a fairy-tale about "haggling" about one's soul ! Or maybe even several fairy-tales.
One example is the "Freischütz" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisch%C3%BCtz
Or Faust. ;)
I suppose there is some price you pay during the game for being a bit too demonic…
I do hope so. Because being demonic makes you less human in TDE. You can already see it in Drakensang 2. Just remember the pirate town and its surroundings. (Don't want to spoil anyone. ;) )
For those who have already played the game - the details on that :
In fact, that dwarf on in the harbour with his greed for gold had already been "infected" with the demonic presence from the nearby mine. He broke its seal years before the player-driven adventurer arrived there and hired dwarves to work for him there. Which the player must free during the later events. His greed was "demonic" in nature, already. At least the background book "Vater der Fluten" says that. The influence of that mine is so great that it works as an influence on people even ranged.
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Hello subie world!
Well i owned a 04 subaru Impreza WRX for only a few months before RIP she was totaled not because of me but because a truck (18 wheel'r) smashed into her, and then i bought a Hyundai Elantra, a 2008 model. now your prolly like , and thats okay, it was a good car. But ive been missing the fun of a performance car for 2 years. So for the last year i had been planing on getting a new Genesis coupe, and it was a great idea. But my friend who owns a 03 WRX is selling it, and im gonna try to buy it here real soon. and with the money i get from selling my Elantra i will have some major tuning money. Ive always loved subies and my dad had one, i had one, both my grandparents have brand new subies and it has re-lit my want for one.
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my closest fiends drive a 06 RSX that has the Type-R motor/tranny with the LSD and full exhaust and a WR intake, XXR 06 rims with the red lip that match the red of his car, and he has a nice lip kit that flows with the lines of the car. My other friend has a 93 Civic Integra motor swapped with full exhaust, some kind of intake (dont remember what kind). my other friend has a imported Skyline that is the g version though i believe they called it the Gt350 skyline, it is still really clean. really i hang out with a bunch of JDM'rs that love/live/and breathe car enthusiasm.
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In the last week of July, 2012, Amy was hired as a contract worker by TEKsystems, filling a Software Support Specialist role at Carnegie Learning, Inc. for just over six months. She drew on both her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science (Franciscan University of Steubenville, May 2012) and her years of student work experience in Academic Computing and the Office of Information Technology.
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Nearly a thousand pages long commentary by the premiere modern Petrine scholar, a Lutheran who taught for decades at the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco. Even though it is older than the excellent commentaries by Forbes and Jobes, this one remains an absolute must for serious exegetical study of the epistle [Full Review]
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vinasp wrote: This sutta is talking about the cessation of "a world." But it does not use
those words, instead it speaks of the cessation of the six bases for contact.
Mahakotthita is, in effect, asking: What is there after the world ends?
But the "world" here is a product of mental fabrication. Do you see the problem?
vinasp wrote: So you understand "eye" as the actual physical eye, "ear" as the actual physical ear and so forth?
Are you satisfied with that understanding?
vinasp wrote:Hi Spiny,
"If, through revulsion towards the eye, through its fading away and cessation,
one is liberated by nonclinging, one can be called a bhikkhu who has attained
Nibbana in this very life." [Part of SN 35.155]
"Sister, the arahants maintain that when the eye exists there is pleasure
and pain, and when the eye does not exist there is no pleasure and pain."
[Repeat for ear, nose, tongue, body and mind.- Part of SN 35.133]
See MN 18. As Sn 4.14 points out, the root of the classifications and perceptions of objectification is the thought, "I am the thinker." This thought forms the motivation for the questions that Ven. Maha Kotthita is presenting here: the sense of "I am the thinker" can either fear or desire annihilation in the course of Unbinding. Both concerns get in the way of the abandoning of clinging, which is essential for the attainment of Unbinding, which is why the questions should not be asked.
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December film highlights 2012
The top five films you need to see this month
Peter Jackson is back for more Tolkein, Martin McDonagh is back with Colin Farrell and Ang Lee puts 3D through its paces.
Pitch Perfect
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An all-girl group of acappella singers goes into battle at the national championships.
Why we're excited:
Okay, on paper this comedy-musical looks like a tired 'Glee' rehash, but it's been a sleeper hit in the States. Why? Take a look at the talent involved. The script is by '30 Rock' writer Kay Cannon. Anna Kendrick (terrific in 'Up in the Air') stars as Beca, who's trying to spice up the group's repertoire of Mariah Carey covers. And it looks like Rebel Wilson (Kristen Wiig's weirdo flatmate in 'Bridesmaids') is up to her scene-stealing tricks again.
Who'll love it?
Anyone who's enjoying the new of generation of Hollywood lady comedy writers (cross ref: Diablo Cody, Lena Dunham, Greta Gerwig, Kristen Wiig, Elizabeth Meriwether, Tina Fey).
When's it out?
December 21
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"The new Stingray features a modern, dramatic design that will inspire a new generation of Corvette enthusiasts," said Ed Welburn, GM vice president of global design. "With the proceeds of the new Stingray going to the CCS, the new Corvette will also help cultivate the next generation of designers who may work on modern, dramatic Chevrolets in the future. In fact more than 170 CCS alumni already work in the GM Design studios."
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So first, the religious right rallies to support Catholic employers who think their religious beliefs should exempt them from following the law. Then Rush Limbaugh called a woman a "slut" for thinking contraception should be covered by health insurance. Oh, and one of the current leading Republican Presidential candidates right now is Rick Santorum, one [Read More…]
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The problem with Rush Limbaugh's "slut" comments
Over at the Center for Inquiry's blog, Ben Radford decided to use the Rush Limbaugh "slut" incident to tell skeptics not to be dicks. There are so many things wrong with this article, but I'm going to start by saying what I think was wrong with Limbaugh's comments, so I can then explain where Radford's [Read More…]
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So a week ago, Foster Friess, the guy behind Rick Santorum's Super PAC, claimed that back in his day women would just keep an aspirin between their legs as birth control. This made a lot of people mad, but my favorite comment about this is was the tweet that said, "If you can't figure out [Read More…]


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Red Lake DIY.
Pulled 2 out of the hole all day. Moved at 1030A.
430-630 was on fire.
Buck shot and fat head.
Two man Limit in 18 mins. Thew a few smaller ones back.
That's some late trimester fishing! You ready to deliver that baby on the ice?
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33-year-old Cindy, in spite of having deep doubts about online dating gave CatholicMatch a chance.
After three years as a member, Cindy made contact with Greg in the fall of 2011. They met for the first time at a church in New York City, near where they both live. Both of them were shy at first, but as they grew to know each other, they became more comfortable.
What stood out the most to Cindy about Greg was the way he cared for his elderly mother (who has since passed away). Cindy's mother was impressed by Greg too.
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Greg and Cindy spent eight months in courtship getting to know each other. The enjoyed common interests like watching the Yankees play baseball and the Rangers play hockey.
Greg attended culinary school in Italy and is a first-class chef.
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