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This season, each and every week, I will bring you a film review article, exclusively for Mile High Huddle. Every touchdown that the Broncos score will be broken down for you. Here. On Mile High Huddle.
First, an explanation of my film schematics. The red arrows indicate routes or movement, coverage (as best I see it) will be indicated in squares. Blitzers will have green lines. The scorer's name is underlined in yellow. Personnel are on the side in white. Once the play begins, I'll circle things in yellow to bring your attention to them and players' lines of sight will be in pink. The explanation of routes can be found here:
All this terminology and diagramming will be fairly clear when you see a play broken down. I list the TD# in game.
All images from NFL Game Rewind.
TD 1: 11 yard C.J. Anderson
Nothing complex here. It's Cover 2, so two safeties high. Six defenders in the box. It's an easy decision for Peyton Manning to run here. This is a great example of a double-team-and-release run play, with both LG-C and RG-RT getting excellent blocks. TE Virgil Green outside has a subpar block on DE Benson Mayowa, but that's ultimately a moot point in the play.
This is a possibly defining play for C.J. Anderson, who does several things within this play that should have Broncos fans wildly excited. Firstly, he does a good job pausing to set up his blocks, specifically for RG Manny Ramirez to get off the combo and take LB Ray Ray Armstrong. Anderson sees major space to his left, but two unblocked free defenders in CB Chance Casey and LB Miles Burris. He sticks his left foot decisively in the ground and cuts back hard. Once in the open field, he gives a wiggle to shake S Brandian Ross. He also shows good toughness at the end of the run after taking a pop from CB D.J. Hayden and S Charles Woodson (and Hayden feels it just as badly, see how long he's down). This is the type of play that has pro talent evaluators salivating over a player.
TD 2: 1 yard C.J. Anderson run
This is a new offensive look for Denver. Although it's base 11 personnel, they use WR Demaryius Thomas and WR Wes Welker in wingback sets behind the offensive line. This exotic look is still only a simple run for Anderson, the stretch outside right. He finds the edge and scores, even though the Raiders had 12 men on the field.
Note in particular Khalil Mack shooting into the backfield past RT Louis Vasquez, and RG Ramirez's great block walling off DE Justin Tuck.
TD 3: 25 yard C.J. Anderson run
Good play design here. WR Emmanuel Sanders goes in motion and draw S Ross in coverage. He fakes a bubble screen, which pulls Ross with him away from the box.
This is another great run by Anderson, despite shoddy blocking. TE Julius Thomas takes an awful angle on DE Tuck, and manages to get an arm out for a reach block. DE Antonio Smith, a very quietly dominant player, puts in a good snap here. He does a lot of the dirty work on the Raiders defense, and here, he overwhelms a double team from RT Vasquez and RG Ramirez. Ramirez needs to release and take on LB Armstrong, but Smith forces him around backwards and keeps Armstrong free.
Once in the open field, Anderson forces no less than three missed tackles. One from Armstrong in the box, one from strongside contain CB Hayden and one from S Woodson.
TD 4: 20 yard Tony Carter fumble return
For the second week in a row, the Broncos get a defensive score. This time, they're using scrubs in garbage time. DT Marvin Austin and LB Corey Nelson are actually going to execute a zone blitz that sees Austin drop and Nelson blitz the B gap. It's a Tampa 2 zone for the Broncos, and the Raiders counter with four vertical routes.
QB Derek Carr's options are limited here. LB Todd Davis has done a fantastic job turning his hips, getting across the field and taking away TE Mychal Rivera in the deep middle of the field. Kenbrell Thompkins has a hand up at the bottom of the field, but the strongside safety (Rahim Moore) has his hips turned and eyes on Thompkins. The weakside safety (Josh Bush) also has his eyes and angles right on FB Marcel Reece. The only real option is WR Andre Holmes at the top of the screen, but he's only jogging his route.
On the pass rush, LB Lerentee McCray originally looked to get around the corner. However, he realizes that's what T Khalif Barnes is playing. So, he stops, chops off the hand, and reloads for a power rush. He has a clear shot at the QB and knocks the ball out of Carr's hand. Carter comes up from his under zone, recovers the ball, and returns it for the score.
TD 5: 1 yard Virgil Green pass
As with so many times at the goal line, the Broncos run a roll-out pass. Osweiler rolls to his right, where TE Green (in the slot) is running a goal line pattern. WR Andre Caldwell crosses him, and loops around in the back of the end zone. However, the play design is a little lacking. Because of the time it takes the play to develop, and the traffic in the middle of the field, Caldwell couldn't possibly get across in time to be an option. So, effectively, this play is designed to go to Green. Osweiler makes a good throw on what is actually not an easy pass at all for the touchdown.
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Table of Contents
|ESCo Role
|Present / Absent
|Project Lead
|Symphony LLC
|Project Lead
|Goldman Sachs
|Project Lead
|Symphony LLC
|Project Lead
|IHS Markit
|Project Lead
|Credit Suisse
|Venkata Vajipeyajula
|Nicholas Kolba
|Absent, sent apologies
|Symphony Software Foundation
|Aaron Williamson
|Guest Speaker
|Symphony Software Foundation
|Gabriele Columbro
|Symphony Software Foundation
Actions items from previous meetings
- Frank Tarsillo: come back to James Turck with feedback on third point of proposed revisions to Desktop Wrapper WG charter
- Frank Tarsillo: work with Maurizio Pillitu on a gap analysis of what would be required to CII certify / badge the
- Present that gap analysis at a future ESCo meeting
- Peter Monks: reach out to John Stecher regarding enabling cross-pod, and whether Symphony notifications for voting deadlines would be helpful
- Frank Tarsillo: resubmit activation vote for symphony-java-client
- Peter Monks: resubmit archival vote for bot-jira
- Lawrence Miller: let Gabriele Columbro know about scheduling conflict for himself and Michael Harmon at the next Foundation BoD meeting
|5 min
|Convene & roll call
|10 min
|Review action items from previous meetings
See above
|15 min
|Working Group health
|Aaron Williamson
Aaron would like to discuss with ESCo what they're interested in hearing regarding Working Group health, that they're not already getting.
|15 min
|Voting mechanisms
|Frank Tarsillo
Frank would like to give an update on his notification bot, as well as discuss potential next steps (e.g. voting via Symphony).
Prior to this session, please refresh your memories regarding the current Decision Making Mechanism and voting peculiarities for ESCo.
|5 min
|Vote: archival of bot-jira
|Peter Monks
|Given this vote has failed twice via email, let's try doing it in person.
|5 min
|Hackathon promotion
|Peter Monks
|We have a public hackathon coming up (April 6th) at DB Innovation Lab in PA, and we'd love to have the ESCo help us promote it within the member firms!
|5 min
|AOB & adjourn
Meeting notes
- Quorum is reached (4/5 ESCo leads)
- Working Group health:
- Aaron: I've been tasked with figuring out the measurement of WG health, and providing info to ESCo to support reporting to the board. This has proven a little more complex / not easily quantifiable as projects, where there are lots of metrics around source code repositories and activity that don't translate to a WG. The data Iv'e been providing thus far has been around attendance and # of votes (an average of zero) for WGs. So I wanted to ask you to think about what sort of information you think would be useful to report to the board, to give them a picture of how WGs are faring. At this stage the solution that I've been bandying about is that rather than attempting to collect numerical metrics, to instead provide a standard survey to WG members asking questions about the degree of collaboration, the degree to which they feel there are meaningful opportunities to contribute to the WG, whether the WG is having able to carry out its charter, etc. This has the disadvantage of giving WG members more busywork, but was the only way I could think of to capture non-quantifiable indicators of how WGs are doing. Any ideas on what else to collect?
- Frank: the minutes we take on WGs - the ones that show the interaction within the group - I don't know how to quantify that, but I think they could be a good sign of activity e.g FOS early on, the API WG when working on the charter. Lots of interaction between participants is something we could attempt to quantify. It's really about communications within these WGs. We could also look at the message boards and wiki to see if there's activity there. The recent proposals in the FOS GW has started a lot of activity - that quantifies as something functional - a community that's discussing topics and items.
- Aaron: that's helpful thanks. I'll think about how we can quantify that activity.
- Frank: a counter to that - the API WG has been fairly quiet recently. There's been nothing on it, and we should do something about it. But there's quite a difference in activity there.
- Aaron: too much to ask to send a short 1 page bubble survey to WG members to get their view on how they think a WG is performing vis-a-vis their charter, perhaps once a quarter?
- Frank: I'd send some SurveyMonkey surveys to the participants and make them reply.
- Aaron: I'm not sure we can make them.
- Frank: that's been the challenge, and where getting people's cell phone #s is important. I think we should try to create some more movement in these groups though.
- James: I think it will be difficult to get pople to fill in a long survey. I'd keep it to 3 questions. I think mining of the minutes would show attendance and the number of people talking. Qualitatively, given that you guys show up to every meeting, you'd be as qualified as anyone to measure active conversation. But only the members can assess whether things are progressing. A short survey on "is the WG working towards its goals" might work. But it has to be short.
- Aaron: to the extent that we'd be gleaning meaning from the minutes, how would the ESCo like that presented, to support reporting to the board?
- James: number of people actively engaged in the conversation, whether on the call or via email. Literal count on number of people in conversations - 2 is materially different to 5 or 6, for example. And if everyone is using the mailing lists it should be easy to count, and tells us something very quickly. That's relatively observable going forward too.
- Aaron: any further thoughts? Ok I will take those suggestions into consideration and come back to ESCo with a draft survey and perhaps a sample report of what we'd provide and solicit your feedback on it.
- Voting mechanisms
- Frank: I've been spending time building this voting bot, and everyone seems to like the idea of having the bot not only handle notifications but also voting itself. Then you (Peter) raised a valid point that voting can be certified by the public (e.g. via email or in-person in the minutes) to ensure that votes are issued by frank dot tarsillo at markit dot com into the Symphony Foundation, and that's the record of Frank Tarsillo's voting. The bot itself doesn't do that - it's in a private chatroom that doesn't have public visibility. The next suggestion was for the bot to send emails, but the bot is interpreting the vote via Symphony chat into that email, and even if I put "email@example.com" and sent that to the ML, there's no way to certify that it was really me - my vote could be fudged. Absolutely a valid point, so how do we certify an identity of an ESCo member through an alternative medium, or, do we change the governance model? I've thought about this over the weekend and I thought one approach is to use PGP or GPG (public/private key encryption) to sign the vote objects, and add that to the bot's email, so that the bot's relayed emails can be certified. That's one idea - did everyone get what I described?
- Laurence: what do you mean when you say email?
- Frank: if the bot sends the vote email, it will come from "email@example.com", and even if the text of the email says the vote came from Laurence, it didn't actually come from you. And anyone could spoof that email.
- Laurence: you mentioned this is a by-laws issue?
- Peter: just to clarify - it's not a by-laws issue, but it does go against the previously ratified voting mechanics
- Laurence: I like this as a technology demo. There's also a strong natural compensating mechanism for fraud, given the small population of voters. I like the idea of using cryptographic signing, not least as a technology demonstration.
- Peter: there's a bigger issue here, which Gab may wish to weigh in on, and that is that we're also trying to be "compatible" with well-established procedures in use in other long-running open source communities and foundations (e.g. Apache Software Foundation). There are benefits if the procedures we use are familiar, broadly adopted and understood well beyond the Symphony Software Foundation.
- Gab: two comments: on the requirements side we're pretty aligned - whatever mechanism we decide on, on top of ensuring user friendliness, we have to ensure votes are transparent and linkable. Voting via emails is easy in this regard. I wonder if what we're discussing here is a bigger question we haven't answered yet - identify management within our community. I don't necessarily want to scope creep, but in my experience with Apache, all important emails were PGP signed. For example I could not do a release of my code without a GPG key, and my key also had to be cross signed by the community - this is the "web of trust" in Apache speak. I don't want to stop progress on this one, as long as we have identity, archivability and linkability of votes and responses, I'd be ok with any solution. But the question of how we manage identity for the community may resurface.
- Laurence: there's a controlled list of users on Symphony - that and GPG are both stronger mechanisms than email. Building that into the voting mechanism doesn't seem ridiculous.
- Frank: we could also include message identifiers.
- Gab: I don't wish to opine on one technical solution, but the requirements are important, including verifiable identity of the sender.
- Laurence: my one thought would be that the Apache Foundation uses email and GPG, we're operating very heavily around a messaging & communications platform and I wouldn't expect our mechanism be the same as other communities, given the technology we're focusing on.
- Gab: we're saying the same thing. I'm not interested in promoting specific solutions. I'm interesting in identity, archiving and addressability (linking) requirements. Do you agree that those requirements are table stakes for a transparent community?
- James: I have to drop as something's come up - can I record +1 for bot-JIRA archive vote?
- Peter: sure - recorded!
- Peter: just to repeat Gab's question: does ESCo agree that identity, archiving and addressability (linking) are minimally viable / required / must-have requirements for a voting procedure?
- Laurence: frankly I'd rather ground it in specific questions.
- Gab: would you like an example? As long as we have a record we can refer to from other communication exchanges (which is why Symphony chat doesn't work - I can't link to it).
- Frank: well we could have a web link to those specific messages.
- Gab: again, I don't think I should be commenting on technical solutions. My question is mostly related to requirements - do we agree on those 3 requirements (which in my experience, are fundamental to running a transparent community)?
- Laurence: since you're asking, the view I have is that we should look at specific procedures and see if it makes sense. I don't necessarily disagree with the objectives but I wouldn't sign off that those are minimally viable. They're too theoretical.
- Peter: without agreeing on requirements, you can't verify that any particular procedure has successfully achieved them.
- Frank: I also don't want to vote on something now. I'd like Gab and Peter to write this down, as it's not clear in the governance description. If you can write down why those 3 are critical points, then I can come up with a solution and present it to ESCo.
- Gab: these aren't in the by-laws, to be clear. These are best practices for open, transparent communities and we want to apply them in this context to build trust and collaboration. But happy to take an action to elaborate on this.
- Laurence: I second Frank's point.
- Peter: Frank would you like to describe more of what you've done to date?
- Frank: sure - significant progress this morning. Two classes of user in the bot - wider non-voting ESCo users, and voting users. Anything that's sent to the bot will be relayed to the entire ESCo group. I didn't add everyone yet, because of difficulties with the APIs, but you can at any point put in a new vote. Once a vote goes in:
- It has an identifier
- The vote is in an active status
- The 72hr deadline is built in
- Reminders occur every 8 hrs (these durations can be changed if we wish)
- Only active votes can be voted on.
- Frank: The system will take in vote responses by simple command line e.g.
/vote <id> yay / nay / abstain. If you do
/list <id>it will show who has voted, in a table. As people respond, the status and measurement of the vote will be updated. The vote will stay in active state until the necessary number of responses are received or the deadline passes. At that point the vote will go into archive state, with the result of the vote (either passed or failed).
- Peter: do nay and abstain votes require explanations?
- Frank: not yet, but I can put that in
- Laurence: minor feature thought would be to allow shortcuts - y, n, a
- Frank: yeah we can modify things as we go. In terms of status, I'm working on it - you're my testers. I will let you know once I've distributed it into our PaaS, which is where it becomes truly active and can be battle tested. That should be another day or so.
- Laurence: in the meantime we can use a procedural workaround: we could run these votes via the bot then ratify them in ESCo meetings.
- Peter: another question - what are the plans for open sourcing the bot?
- Frank: the code is pretty ugly right now, but I'm going to clean it up at the end. I'm also tying it into the AI work I'm putting into the symphony-java-client. I don't think open sourcing is an issue - I'd love to open source the voting bot and continue enhancing it. I would love to put an API on it, for example. Obviously I'm keeping the supported voting methods simple right now - ignoring electoral voting models etc., but I'd like those approaches to be supported too, and that can also be done in the open by other contributors.
- Peter: seems like it's two bots: a general purpose multi-party x-pod bot and a voting bot - any thoughts of architecting it that way?
- Frank: yeah we already have that - the proxy bot in the helpdesk-bot project does multi-party x-pod. This new bot doesn't actually use the proxy bot, but that's another thing that could be added.
- Vote: Archive of
- Peter: this project duplicates functionally from more recent project, so project lead (Paul Pollack) has requested archival.
- VOTE: to archive the bot-jira project
- Frank Tarsillo: +1
- James Turck: +1
- John Stecher: 0, due to non-attendance
- Lawrence Miller: +1
- Michael Harmon: +1
- RESULT: The motion passed.
- Peter will commence the process of archiving the project.
- Hackathon promotion:
- Peter: we have a hackathon coming up on April 6th at DB Labs in PA. We're already working to promote this internally within the LLC, so this is mostly a request for Frank. If you have any local developers available on that day, we'd love to have them come join us.
- Frank: we don't have much developer presence in Silicon Valley, but folks do visit there from time to time. Happy to promote internally.
- Peter: thanks - appreciate it!
Action items
- Gabriele Columbro: write up some points on trust in transparent communities, with a particular focus on why identity, archival / auditability, and addressability are important for the voting system
- Peter Monks: commence archiving of
- Frank Tarsillo: promote upcoming hackathon internally within IHS Markit


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Dhammakaya meditation
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|Theravāda Buddhism
Dhammakaya meditation is an approach to Buddhist meditation developed and taught by Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro in the early twentieth century. In Thailand, it is known as vijja dhammakaya, or 'higher knowledge of the body of Dhamma'.[2] It is the meditation tradition that is at the center of the Dhammakaya Movement. According to Luang Pu Sodh, the Dhammakaya can be found within every human being, which has the shape of a Buddha sitting within oneself.
In teaching Dhammakaya meditation, Luang Pu Sodh commonly would use the terminology used in the Visuddhimagga, a fifth-century Sri Lankan guide about meditation. The most important aspect of the meditation approach is the focus on the center of the body. The approach has become very popular in Thailand and other parts of Southeast Asia,[3] and has been described as a revival of samatha (tranquility) meditation in Thailand,[4] although the approach consists of both samatha and vipassana (insight) stages.
The principles of Dhammakaya meditation were discovered by Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro on the full-moon night of September 1916 at Wat ฺBotbon, Bangkuvieng, Nonthaburi.[5][6] Though he had practised several other forms of meditation in Thailand with well-known meditation teachers, he felt he had not yet accomplished the purpose for which he had ordained, nor discovered the core of the Buddha's teachings. That night, he decided to take a vow to give his life in meditation until he would discover that core. That night, he experienced what followers consider a breakthrough in meditation and discovered something he would later describe as a deeper meaning to the Middle Way, about which the Buddha spoke in his first teaching. Besides the original meaning of avoiding two extreme ways of living, Luang Pu Sodh believed there was also a deeper meaning of an inner Middle Way, which could only be discovered through stilling the mind through meditation.[5][7][8] Moreover, the center of the body is essential in this process: whatever technique someone might use to meditate, the mind can only attain to a higher level through this center, which Luang Por Sodh precisely describes. This center is also believed to play a fundamental role in the birth and death of an individual.[9] Thus, followers of the Dhammakaya Movement believe that the Buddha became enlightened by using this method, and believe that knowledge of this (equated with Saddhamma in the Dhammakaya Movement) was lost five hundred years after the Buddha passed away into Parinirvana.[10][11] As its theoretical foundations, temples of the Movement refer to the Satipatthana Sutta or the Visuddhimagga, among others.[12][13][14]
Since the 2000s, new evidence has been brought forward that Luang Pu Sodh's approach might originate from Yogavacara tradition (also known as tantric Theravada; not to be confused with the Yogacara School in Mahayana Buddhism).[6][15][16] During the revival and modernization of Thai Buddhism in the nineteenth and early twentieth century CE, Thai tempels in the Mahanikaya fraternity were forced to adjust to new reforms, including the meditation method used and taught.[17] In particular, leading monks in the Mahanikaya fraternity promoted the "New Burmese method" of U Narada and Mahasi Sayadaw. The Dhammakaya meditation method managed to survive despite these pressures to reform.[18] Therefore, Dhammakaya and Yogavacara meditation are both meditation forms that date back before these modernization efforts, and scholars have theorized that there is a common ancestry to be found,[15][19] related to Wat Rajasittharam, the temple where Luang Pu Sodh used to practice before he went on to develop Dhammakaya meditation.[20][21] However, Luang Pu Sodh did prohibit magical practices at Wat Paknam, and such practices are associated with the Yogavacara tradition.[6] In one biography, he is quoted as saying that magic was not part of the core of the Buddha's teaching.[5] As of 2008, there was no scholarly consensus yet as to the relation between Yogavacara and Dhammakaya.[22][23]
An alternative theory suggests an origin in Tibetan or other forms of Mahayana Buddhism,[24][25] but this hypothesis has been refuted in favor of the Yogavacara hypothesis.[26][23]
Development until present[edit]
After discovering the Dhammakaya meditation approach, Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro first taught it to others at Wat Bangpla, in Nakhon Pathom Province.[27] After Luang Pu Sodh was given his first position as abbot at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, Dhammakaya meditation has been associated with this temple ever since. Luang Pu Sodh devoted his time from 1916 to 1959 teaching Dhammakaya meditation. In 1935, he set up what he called a "meditation factory" (Thai: โรงงานทำวิชชา) with meditation practitioners meditating in shifts for the entire day. According to a textbook of one temple, this was reserved for gifted practitioners able to practice Dhammakaya meditation on the vipassana level. The brief was to use the meditation to research the underlying nature of reality.[28][29][27] Since 1959, Dhammakaya meditation has been taught by Luang Pu Sodh's students at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Wat Luang Por Sod Dhammakayaram in Damnoen Saduak District, Ratchaburi Province, as well as at Wat Rajorasaram in Bang Khun Thian District, Bangkok. Of these, Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Wat Luang Por Sod Dhammakayaram have published instructive books on Dhammakaya meditation in English. Both also offer training retreats for the public. Guided meditations are broadcast by the Thai satellite channel DMC, owned by Wat Phra Dhammakaya.[30] Dhammakaya meditation is also taught in branch centers of the temples mentioned, outside of Thailand.[31][32]
The samatha stage[edit]
As with many forms of Buddhist meditation, Dhammakaya meditation has both samatha and vipassana stages.[33][34] As is common with traditional samatha practice, the goal of Dhammakaya meditation at the samatha level is to overcome the five hindrances.[35] When the mind becomes peaceful and stable as the result of successful practice for tranquility, the mind will overcome the five hindrances and reach a state of one-pointedness (ekaggata). This is also known in Dhammakaya Meditation as the standstill of the mind (i.e. to a state where it is free of thought). The indication of reaching this stage is that a bright clear sphere will arise spontaneously at the center of the body. The mind should then be directed continuously at the center of this sphere helping to transport the mind towards an inner path, for which Luang Pu Sodh used the word ekayanamagga ('the sole path'), a term found in the Satipatthana Sutta and the Dhammapada.[6][33][29]
There are several techniques which can be used by practitioners in focusing the attention at the center of the body,[9][36][37] namely:
- Visualizing a mental image at the center of the body: characteristically, a crystal ball or a crystal clear Buddha image. This has been compared with meditation on aloka-kasina.[38][9] Temples in the tradition often use crystal balls in meditation teaching, to the extent that the crystal ball has become a sacred symbol of the meditation tradition.[39][40]
- Practitioners then visualize this image in front of themselves, and then move the mental image inwards through the seven bases of the mind, that is 1) the nostril, 2) the corner of the eye, 3) the center of the head, 4) the roof of the mouth, 5) the center of the throat, 6) the middle of the stomach at the level of the navel and 7) two finger breadths above the previous point, where they keep their attention. In this context, the center of the body is often called the "seventh base".[41][14]
- Repetition of a mantra (Thai: บริกรรมภาวนา),[40][14] that is Samma-Araham, which refers to the Buddha who has 'perfectly' (samma) attained 'perfection in the Buddhist sense' (araham),[42] as can be found in the traditional Tiratanavanda chant. This is a form of Buddhanussati, e.i. recollecting the Buddha qualities.[38] This mantra has also been used by monks from the Thai Forest Tradition.[43]
- Alternatively, practitioners can also place the attention at the center of the body directly, and can even do so without visualizing.[44]
According to Theravada text interpretation, samatha meditation then proceeds according to the following steps:[45][46][35]
- 'Preliminary sign' (parikamma-nimitta): the practitioner visualizes an image, which will still appear vague, incomplete or not detailed. This indicates momentary concentration (khanika-samadhi).
- 'Learning sign' (uggaha-nimitta): this is when the practitioner is able to perceive the image they have imagined with hundred per cent of the clarity and vividness of the external image it is based on.
- 'Counterpart sign' (patibhaga-nimitta): once the mind comes even closer to a standstill, so that it is no longer distracted by external things or thoughts, but is focused on the image at the center of the body, the practitioner can expand or contract the image at will. The image will change from an image that is opaque to one which is transparent. The acquired image and the counter image both indicate a state of mind on the threshold of the first jhana ('absorption'), called 'neighbourhood concentration' (upacara-samadhi).
The process of concentration in Dhammakaya meditation correlates with the description of samatha meditation in the Visuddhimagga, specifically kasina meditation.[23][47][48] Although the practitioner may start out with different types of practice, once the mental hindrances are overcome, all methods converge into a single inner path, which ultimately leads to meditation at the vipassana level. The first stage of this path Luang Pu Sodh called simply the "First Path" (Thai: ปฐมมรรค).[49][50][48] After that, Luang Pu Sodh would speak about meditation in terms of jhanas (states of absorption), as is common for Buddhist meditation.[33] However, he would more often describe the level of attainment in terms of inner bodies (Pali: kaya) within every human being,[6] which are successively more subtle, and come in pairs. Each of these bodies is preceded by several spheres of light.[51][52] The final four of these inner pairs are called the Dhammakayas and correspond with the four stages of enlightenment, leading to enlightenment (arahat). In total, every human being consists of eighteen bodies.[36][53][51]
The attainment of the Dhammakaya (or Dhammakayas) is thus described as the result of a many steps of practice, culminating in the cessation of the defilements in the mind, or, in positive terms, as the highest happiness. The Dhammakaya is considered the "purest element" within every human being, which is permanent and essential.[54]
The vipassana stage[edit]
Dhammakaya meditation begins with the vipassana level at a later stage than some other meditation schools in Thailand.[55] In Dhammakaya meditation, insight relies on purity of seeing and knowing: only a mind that is stable can develop penetrative insight into the reality of life and the world. After practitioners have attained the Dhammakaya they can understand birth, death and suffering at a deeper level, when they see the literal essence of these phenomena through meditative attainment. The practitioner can accomplish a sequential shedding of the mental defilements until an end can be reached, that is Nibbana.[33][56] Dhammakaya meditation at the higher levels is believed to bring forth abhinna, mental powers that can be used for the benefit of society at large.[6][57] The technique is believed by some practitioners to have been used during the Second World War to prevent Thailand from being bombed,[12][58] and used to extinguish the negative forces in the cosmos (Mara).[59][60] This final aspect has strongly affected the attitudes of practitioners at Dhammakaya movement temples, who therefore hold that Dhammakaya meditation is not only important for the individual, but also for the cosmos at large.[61][14]
Discussion and research[edit]
Scientific research done on Dhammakaya meditation on the samatha level has shown that it reduces serum cortisol level and blood pressure,[62][63] while increasing serum protein level. Systolic pressure, diastolic pressure and pulse rate were also reduced, as well as tidal capacity, tidal volume and maximal voluntary ventilation. Finally, reaction time was also reduced.[62] Psychologically, Dhammakaya meditation reduces clinical depression[64] while increasing self-development.[65]
In the time of Luang Pu Sodh the method was criticized by some for being extra-canonical,[66] but this was not widespread.[36] Discussion within the Thai Sangha led to an inspection at Wat Paknam, but it was concluded that Luang Pu Sodh's method was correct.[67] More recently, Dhammakaya meditation has been criticized as being a simplistic meditation method for busy working-people with little time.[21][68] Some scholars object to this, saying that the appeal of this meditation type is rather that its benefits can be more readily experienced than more orthodox models, and noticing that it is a method with increasing levels of difficulty.[21][69] Swearer calls the meditation form "a unique method of meditation which involves a visualization technique not unlike that associated with certain yogic or tantric forms of meditation, and is easily taught to large groups of people."[70] Meditation in large groups as is common in the activities of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, contrasts with the emphasis of most temples on meditation in solitude. The temple stresses the importance of meditating as a group, however, because this will produce a more positive force to deal with the negativity in the world.[71] As is common with all meditation techniques that emphasize samatha, the technique has been commented on mostly from a modernist standpoint, criticizing an emphasis on pleasant feelings as opposed to wisdom. In response to this, practitioners of the technique often underline how the technique is capable of changing people for the better.[72]
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Bottom level of newly constructed residence.We are a family who does reside upstairs. 10-15 min to famous Poipu Beach Park and 20-30 minutes from the Lihue Airport, 5 minutes from National Kauai Botanical Gardens, 3 Minutes from Kukuiolono Park & Golf
Course, 45 minutes from Kokee Mountain Park.
$108/night - $$572.00/week, $1525.00/month Single or double occupancy; $45.00 cleaning fee for stays longer then 3 wks/$100.00 cleaning fee. $14.0/night per extra guest over 2. Taxes built into rate. No Minimum days. 50% of total due is required to confirm a reservation. Payment can be made by credit card through PayPal Payment Methods Accepted: PayPal, Check, Money Order or Travelers Checks
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Aloha & Welcome to our Ohana :) Mindy has lived on Kauai for 30 years - Meeting Hubby David shortly after Hurricane Iniki (he came over to help rebuild from NC *and to Surf!). The two young 20 year olds fell in love, married barefoot on the beach in Poipu & had (3) children Noelani (age 21) just finished her 2nd year of college to be a teacher, Ben (age 15) loves video games & making movies, Cayden-Henri (age 9) like his dad loves to surf & eat chocolate ice-cream! Mindy now owns her own Physical Therapy Clinic & David is a computer programmer at Kauai's Pacific Missile Range.
Mindy Murray purchased this studio in 2007
Kalaheo is a beautiful, rural, quiet, cooler area on Kauai. You will find a lot of runners, bikers, & walkers in this small, one stop light town.
Beautiful, New, Oceanview Community, with stunning views throughout .
Quiet, beautiful, scenic walks of ocean and valley views.
Your apt is nice and comfortable, clean and quiet. We really enjoyed our stay! We will be back!
Everything was great except dog did not like having people in house while owners were gone during day and barked ALL day until they came home.
We stayed here three nights so we could explore the southern part of the island. It was a good location not far from south shore beaches, the canyon and other small towns. The studio had pretty much everything we needed. We had beach chairs, snorkeling gear, beach towels, cooler and an umbrella. It's a somewhat crowded space, but still comfortable. We thought the bed was very comfortable! If you're planning on doing a lot of cooking, there's not much counter space. It would've been nice to have been able to use the private lanai space (it looked so cozy) when we were there, but it was raining pretty much off/on the entire three days. It could be a little cleaner, but overall it was a comfortable stay.
Great location. Mindy was very helpful and we had a great stay!
Having experienced many rentals on different islands I found this one overrated and overpriced. The cleaning left a bit to be desired, for example the shower curtain and the hot plate were plain yucky ... I did not even use the latter. The beach chairs and beach mats, as advertised, were in shabby shape, the umbrella offered an embarrassing moment when I discovered, on the beach, that it was broken. The so called beach towels are just old bath towels, one of them bleach stained! It is noisy in the evening, every evening, kids noise, dogs barking, banging (?) ... the next door neighbor has a very bright porch light that made it difficult for me to go to sleep. I would not return there. I give it one star because the bed is good. I hope this owner makes some improvements.
We arrived January 5th and we are sadly leaving in 2 days. Having spent lots of time on Kauai in my life, this was a great way to enjoy the island for an extended amount of time. I always say, if you want to go lay on a beach and hang out at a hotel, go to the Caribbean or Mexico, Hawaii is for adventuring & exploring. Mindy's studio gave us the perfect home base, we had a mini fridge / freezer, microwave, small cooking unit, pots pans, dishes, dinnerware etc.... So we were able to save money making breakfast at home and packing lunches for the road. The unit itself is beautiful & has a private lanai area to enoy our morning coffee & tea. An unexpected bonus was the awesome community pool / hot tub with stunning ocean views. That brings me to our next point, the neighborhood is set on a hill with gorgeous ocean views as you pull onto the street you can see Poipu down below in the distance.
Location: You are about 10 minutes to Port Allen and Salt Pond Park & likewise about 10 minutes to Koloa town. 30 minutes to the canyon, 40 minutes to Polihale State Park. 30 minutes to Lihue, 40 to Kapa'a and an hour+ to Princeville. So if you are North Shore people, then keep that in mind, but driving an hour in Kauai doesn't bother us at all, we went up to the North shore at least 10 - 12 times (Get an early start and spend the day up there). The bonus is, the weather is usually much better in Poipu, so when the rest of the island is rainy, we would just mellow out, take a 10 minute drive to Poipu and enjoy the beach.
The comments about noise upstairs, well yes, that is true, but Mindy and her family are very good about their volume in the mornings and at night, so frankly if you are hanging around in the middle of the day and there is some noise upstairs my question for you would be, why are you hanging around the house mid day? you're in Hawaii! Additionally there is a ceiling fan and they provided another fan for white noise to minimize help block out noise. Mindy, Dave and their children are all really cool and accomodating people. I honestly, don't think I've ever stayed with friendlier hosts.
When we come back to Kauai, we will absolutely be staying here again, this place is a real gem and the neighborhood is filled with friendly people, you are in a very safe location.
All in all, my only hesitance in writing a review this good is, I hope it is available the next time we come to Kauai! THANKS MINDY & DAVE!
We enjoyed staying in Kaleheo, it was a nice distance between the east and west sides of the island. The studio was cozy for two people with wifi, beach stuff, and well equipped kitchenette. It was great to be able to eat in and save some money on pricey restaurants. Nice pool and hot tub access. Was great to have designated parking for the rental car. There is a family living upstairs, with kids and dogs, and there will be some ceiling sounds above you. Mindy was a friendly host and very good at getting back to us with any questions we had. We liked having this as our homebase for exploring the island. Nice place for a couple, especially on a budget. 🌈
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Hi Ed: Thanks so much for providing us with your website, I'm truly grateful for it.
I've had moderate to severe psoriasis for several years, but in the last month it has cleared up tremendously; I went on Effexor XR (an antidepressant -Ed) and Neurontin (primarily a pallitative for postherpetic neuralgia, a form of nerve pain -Ed) about eight weeks ago, and my skin is much lighter and smoother, no more flaking, bleeding, itching.
I know someone else wrote in and warned against Effexor XR, but it was either that or the Neurontin (used as an anti-anxiety drug) or the combination of both, that has made the difference for me. My scalp has cleared up, my elbows, my torso. Some patches on my legs are still sticking around, but overall I'm feeling normal again and much more comfortable in my skin. -Kate
Ed's Response: Thanks for this, Kate. I'm sure your note was motivated by Jonathan's posting in July, 2003, Depression Drug Worsened P. He said his P got much worse while he was on the antidepressant drug Effexor XR.
A couple of times over the past 10 years the association between depression (and its treatments) and psoriasis has been discussed for awhile at FlakeHQ — usually until it becomes obvious there is so much contradictory anecdotal information that conclusions are impossible. It is not hard to accept that treatments which fight depression or anxiety — two forms of stress — can help P, as flaking can be a reaction to stress, at least for some of us. Yet it is ALSO easy to accept that drugs effect the immune system differently so, as P is an autoimmune disorder, it could be adversely effected by things that effect the immune system — which means almost everything we ingest! When you run into two acceptable assertions that appear to be opposite, what does it suggest? It suggests we don't know enough about the phenomenon! Obviously we don't know enough about psoriasis. (If we did, wouldn't we be cured by now?)Your experience suggests Jonathan's response to Effexor XR is not likely a universal one. Good to know, but also typical, because the entire universe of treatments for P lacks universality. Virtually everything we try is laced with "maybes." -Ed


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The announcement by AT&T that it switched off its GSM network on January 1, 2017, means it is the latest in a line of operators who have moved away from 2G services.
But don't wave goodbye just yet – there are a few 2G holdouts in the mix.
Asia Leads the Way
Disappearing 2G was a trend first apparent in Asia, with KDDI ending its TU-KA 2G product in March 2008. All of Japan's cellcos abandoned 2G services by April 2012, making it the first country to fully jump to 3G and 4G-only networks.
KT Corp of South Korea and Spark of New Zealand also shuttered their respective CDMA networks in 2012, while CAT Telecom of Thailand followed suit in 2013.
For many operators, the switch away from 2G has come as part of a wider migration from CDMA-based networks to the W-CDMA and LTE technology path.
Despite winding down in most markets, 2G still has some staying power. Beyond noted locations in Europe, many developing markets will keep 2G for its wide voice coverage.
First GSM Closures
In mid-2015 cellcos in Macau announced that their GSM networks would no longer be used for domestic customers, although service was maintained for inbound roaming customers from mainland China and nearby Hong Kong.
The first major, full-GSM network closure came from Telstra in Australia at the start of December 2016. Its domestic rivals will be joining it later this year, with Optus scheduling an April closure and Vodafone's due at the end of September.
Meanwhile, Singapore is due to switch off all its 2G GSM networks in April 2017; Taiwan's are to be shut down by the end of 2017.
Although Vodafone is happy to ditch 2G services in Australia, its operation in New Zealand has said that it will keep its GSM network live as long as there is "reasonable demand."
2G Switch-Off Timeline
Europe Hangs On
The disappearance of 2G is also visible in Europe. But it seems unlikely that any GSM systems will be closed before 2020, with Swisscom and T-Mobile Netherlands scheduling shut downs by the end of that year.
However, some European operators – including Telenor of Norway and T-Mobile Czech Republic – have suggested that their 2G networks could outlast their 3G systems. As 3G is replaced by 4G and 5G technologies, GSM services are being retained to service legacy machine-to-machine connections, in addition to their extensive voice coverage.
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"You cannot eat your cake and have it too." - Proverb
How fevered is the man who cannot look
Upon his mortal days with temperate blood,
Who vexes all the leaves of his life's book,
And robs his fair name of its maidenhood;
It is as if the rose should pluck herself,
Or the ripe plum finger its misty bloom,
As if a Naiad, like a meddling elf,
Should darken her pure grot with muddy gloom;
But the rose leaves herself upon the briar,
For winds to kiss and grateful bees to feed,
And the ripe plum still wears its dim attire;
The undisturbed lake has crystal space;
Why then should man, teasing the world for grace
Spoil his salvation for a fierce miscreed?
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Liberty County School System staff announced that the district has been awarded grants for technology and security during Tuesday's board of education meeting.
ATLANTA - The head of the university system of Georgia said Wednesday he is ordering a study of whether any of the state's 35 campuses should be consolidated to save money.
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Waldo Pafford Elementary School will take part in an international art and literacy project, Pinwheels for Peace, on Sept. 21 by planting pinwheels with messages of peace in the school's front lawn.
Natalie Pattison, an eighth-grade student at Walker Middle School, was chosen as the Georgia FBLA middle-level member of the month for September. The award is given to one Georgia student per month.
Last week, the Georgia Department of Education announced that it is expanding its Virtual School course offerings for students in high school and advanced middle school students, but local education officials say they're not sure the increase is necessary.
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Fiscal Austerity in Ambiguous Times
Axelle Ferrière and Anastasios G. Karantounias
Working Paper 2016-6
March 2016
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How should public debt be managed when uncertainty about the business cycle is widespread and debt levels are high, as in the aftermath of the last financial crisis? This paper analyzes optimal fiscal policy with ambiguity aversion and endogenous government spending. We show that, without ambiguity, optimal surplus-to-output ratios are acyclical and that there is no rationale for either reduction or further accumulation of public debt. In contrast, ambiguity about the cycle can generate optimal policies that resemble "austerity" measures. Optimal policy prescribes front-loaded fiscal consolidations and convergence to a balanced primary budget in the long run. This is the case when interest rates are sufficiently responsive to cyclical shocks; that is, when the intertemporal elasticity of substitution is sufficiently low.
JEL classification: D80; E62; H21; H63
Key words: endogenous government expenditures, distortionary taxes, balanced budget, austerity, fiscal consolidation, martingale, ambiguity aversion, multiplier preferences


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The Nemenoff Report Bonds Higher, S&P's Lower, Silver Lower
Financials: Mar. Bonds are currently 5 higher at 142'18 and the 10 Yr. Note 3 higher at 131'13. The failure of Greece to meet another deadline to determine a bailout for debt coming due in March has once again sent the market on a flight to quality, i.e. Dollar denominated instruments. We remain spread long the 5 yr. Note/ short the 10 Yr. Note which is currently trading at 7'21 premium the 10 Yr. Note. Grains: Mar. Beans traded 5'2 higher overnight at 1237'6, Mar. Corn 0'2 higher at 644'6 and Mar. Wheat 1'0 lower at 659'6. I still feel Mar. Corn is in resistance at the 650'0 level and will look to reinstate a long position on a break to the 623'0 level. Also, consider going long out of the money calls and/or call spreads in May Corn as a way of having your foot in the doorway if price advances continue from present levels. Cattle: On Friday Apr. LC closed 150 lower at 127.40 and Mar. FC 92 lower at 154.45. I maintain a negative bias to these markets. The early call is lower due to weak packer demand. Silver: Mar. Silver is currently 28 cents lower at 33.47 and Apr. Gold 21.00 lower at 1719.00. I will be looking to reinstate long biased positions in Gold on a break below the 1690.00 level. S&P's: Mar. S&P's are currently 4.00 lower at 1335.00. The market has established some resistance in the 1340-1343.0 area (see Friday's Report). Support remains at 1324.50. Treat as a trading market. Currencies: As of this writing the Mar. Euro is 90 lower at 1.3062, the Swiss 60 lower at 1.0841, the Yen 9 lower at 1.3055 and the Pound 53 lower at 1.5772. Renewed concerns about Greek debt has pushed the Dollar higher this morning. We remain long out of the money puts in the Mar. Euro and Mar. Yen. Regards, Marc 888.908.4310 | 312.264.4310 firstname.lastname@example.com


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Booking in open for round 4 visit
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