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Tech jobs rise, but 'silicon' vision a stretch: The world beyond just computing
The world is about more than computing. It's easy for those of us who live and work in CS to see it as CS-centric. I work in a section of Atlanta that is bursting with high-tech startups. I found this article compelling — not because it threw cold water on the vision of Atlanta as a "Silicon Valley East," but because it painted a picture of how much more diverse the economy in Atlanta really is.
In reality, metro Atlanta's relationship with the tech sector is, well, complicated.
Georgia boasts about 280,000 tech jobs, according to Technology Association of Georgia president and chief executive officer Tino Mantella — the great majority of them in metro Atlanta. But information technology jobs only make up about 3.5 percent of the area's labor market, down from a peak of 4.7 percent in the 1990s, federal Bureau of Labor data shows.
And California, home to the real Silicon Valley, dominates venture capital investing — the lifeblood of tech startups — with 56 percent of spending compared to the 1 percent in Georgia, Mantella said.
via Tech jobs rise, but 'silicon' vision a stretch | www.ajc.com.
UToronto TA's and graduate student instructors on strike: Pay and teaching are inversely correlated in Universities today
The graduate student Teaching Assistants and Instructors at the University of Toronto are on strike. I wouldn't normally be aware about graduate student labor disputes in other countries, but UToronto has an active CS Education research group and at least one (very) active CS Ed PhD student, Elizabeth Patitsas who was in the ICER Doctoral Consortium last year. The website on the strike (see link below and here) is interesting in describing the situation for Canadian PhD students, both what's different than in the US (Toronto PhD students pay tuition — it isn't waived for them) and what's similar. I'll bet that the fact 3.5% of the university budget pays for 65% of the teaching is just as true in the US. The Chronicle had an article recently titled Teach or Perish (see link here) with this claim (that I'm quite certain is true where I'm at, success is measured in terms of salary): "While teaching undergraduates is, normally, a large part of a professor's job, success in our field is correlated with a professor's ability to avoid teaching undergraduates."
Graduate students in PhD programs continue to pay full tuition – almost $8,000 – even when they are not enrolled in courses. In return, graduate students receive the 'privilege' of underpaid work for the University, a library card, and meetings with supervisors. All comparable universities in North America offer post-residency fees or tuition wavers for graduate students finished with course work. The university rejected our proposals for similar provisions.
CUPE 3902 membership has been without a permanent contract for more than eight months, despite carrying out more than 65% of the teaching across the three campuses at the University of Toronto.
The university allocates a mere 3.5% of its $1.9 billion budget to CUPE 3902 workers, the vast majority of which comes from tuition and taxes.
via We Are UofT.
The dark at the end of the funnel: The pipeline in computing education leads to a sewage plant
Recommended blog post from Neil Brown, in response to comments from Mark Zuckerberg that the problem with getting more women into computing is solved by getting computing education earlier. It's not. It used to be that we'd say, "Women aren't going into computing because they don't know what it is." Now we'd say, "Women aren't going into computing because they know exactly what it's like. Smart women."
However, this is not solely an issue with the education system though that would be a familiar narrative — work force not as we would like it? Must be the fault of schools and universities. The pipeline or funnel doesn't just need filling by shoving lots of 5 year old girls in one end and waiting for the hordes of female developers to swim out of the other end into an idyllic tech industry pool. Zuckerberg mentions that the lack of women in the industry forms a vicious cycle. This is not a problem at the education end of the funnel.
As this Fortune article describes, the industry is not welcoming to women. The Anita Borg Institute found that women's quit rates were double those of men. Not to mention issues like maternity leave. The pool at the end of the pipeline is leaking, and for good reason. So the vicious cycle is not simply an accident of history; the women that are in the industry tend to leave. There are several reasons for this, some of which are identity and culture in the industry.
Seeking study participants: What should BS in CS graduates know about software development?
Katrin was in our ICER DC this last August. She is trying to measure the expectations that software companies and universities have on BS in CS graduates. She has a survey on software development and the software development process. She asked me to share this message:
Let's do the math: Does it make sense to fill a pipeline of CS workers from 3rd grade?
According to the article linked below, there is a large effort to fill STEM worker jobs in Northern Virginia by getting kids interested in STEM (including computing) from 3rd grade on. The evidence for this need is that there will be 50K new jobs in the region between 2013 and 2018.
The third graders are 8 years old. If they can be effective STEM workers right out of high school, there's another 10 years to wait before they can enter the workforce — 2024. If they need undergrad, 2028. If they need advanced degrees, early 2030's. Is it even possible to predict workforce needs out over a decade?
Now, let's consider the cost of keeping that pipeline going, just in terms of CS. Even in Northern Virginia, only about 12% of high schools offer CS today. So, we need a fourfold increase in CS teachers — but that's just high school. The article says that we want these kids supported in CS from 3rd grade on. Most middle schools have no CS teachers. Few elementary schools do. We're going to have to hire and train a LOT of teachers to fulfill that promise.
Making a jobs argument for teaching 3rd graders CS doesn't make sense.
The demand is only projected to grow greater. The Washington area is poised to add 50,000 net new STEM jobs between 2013 and 2018, according to projections by Stephen S. Fuller, the director of the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University. And Fuller said that STEM jobs are crucial in that they typically pay about twice as much as the average job in the Washington area and they generate significantly more economic value.
It is against this backdrop that SySTEMic Solutions is working to build a pipeline of STEM workers for the state of Virginia, starting with elementary school children and working to keep them consistently interested in the subject matter until they finish school and enter the workforce.
via To create a pipeline of STEM workers in Virginia, program starts with littlest learners – The Washington Post.
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding: But mostly a video game (Elliot Soloway)
Elliot gets it right in his NYtimes quote from this last weekend. Young kids who code are probably not learning much computer science that might lead to future jobs. Rather, they're "programming" as if it's a video game. That's not at all bad, but it makes less believable the argument that we need coding in skills to improve the future labor force.
The spread of coding instruction, while still nascent, is "unprecedented — there's never been a move this fast in education," said Elliot Soloway, a professor of education and computer science at the University of Michigan. He sees it as very positive, potentially inspiring students to develop a new passion, perhaps the way that teaching frog dissection may inspire future surgeons and biologists.
But the momentum for early coding comes with caveats, too. It is not clear that teaching basic computer science in grade school will beget future jobs or foster broader creativity and logical thinking, as some champions of the movement are projecting. And particularly for younger children, Dr. Soloway said, the activity is more like a video game — better than simulated gunplay, but not likely to impart actual programming skills.
via Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding – NYTimes.com.
New ACM Report on the Need for CS in K-12
ACM has just released a report arguing for the need for computer science in K-12 schools. They are very strongly making the jobs argument. The appendix to the report details state-by-state what jobs are available in computing, the salaries being paid for those jobs, and how many computing graduates (including how many AP CS exams vs other AP exams were taken in 2013) in that state.
The report Rebooting the Pathway to Success: Preparing Students for Computing Workforce Needs in the United States calls on education and business leaders and public policy officials in every state to take immediate action aimed at filling the pipeline of qualified students pursuing computing and related degrees, and to prepare them for the 21st century workforce. The report provides recommendations to help these leaders join together to create a comprehensive plan that addresses K-12 computer science education and that aligns state policy, programs, and resources to implement these efforts.
via ACM Report – Rebooting the Pathway to Success.


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Best Nickname – 2013 PopCrush Celebrity Yearbook Superlatives
Everyone has at least one nickname, though some are obviously much nicer than others. Some people have long first names so they lop off the last couple syllables, while others need to add some pizzazz to their nakesake so they'll abbreviate and add prefixes and/or suffixes until a sufficient cool factor has been reached. We're taking superlative votes and want to know: Which pop star do you think deserves the title of Best Nickname?
Some monikers have backstories behind them, like Lady Gaga's Mother Monster and Nicki Minaj's Harajuku Barbie, which were given to the pop stars by their devoted fans. On the other hand, there are a few pop divas whose pet names demonstrate their superiority, like Queen Bey (Beyonce) and Godney (Britney Spears).
Other nicknames are obvious abbreviations like turning Christina Aguilera into Xtina, Rihanna into RiRi and Jennifer Lopez into J. Lo.
On the other hand, there's always those few nicknames that make a lot less sense, sort of like Harry Styles' Hazza or Lil Wayne's Tunechi.
Then, of course, there's the popular tradition of sticking "-zzy" or "-ezy" at the end of the first couple letters of one's name. Case in point — Breezy (Chris Brown) and Drizzy (Drake).
When all else fails, just add 'the' to the beginning of your name for ultimate cool points — something along the lines of Justin Bieber's 'The Biebs.'
So, who wins your vote for Best Nickname? Vote below, and remember you can vote once per hour! Polls close Friday, June 21 at 12PM ET.


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Shooting guard Matt Jones became Duke's first commitment in the class of 2013 when he chose the Blue Devils last November. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski beat out the likes of Florida, Kansas, North Carolina and Texas for the services of a guy who earns frequent comparisons to Ray Allen. The 6'5, 190-pound Texas native averaged nearly 20 points per game last season for DeSoto High School (TX) and is ranked in the top five in the Nike EYBL in three-point percentage through 14 games with a mark above 51%. He's also a top-ten scorer in the league and has helped lead his Texas Titans team to a 15-5 record.
Because of the connections he has made through AAU, he should be able to help Duke before he even gets to Durham. His AAU teammate and good friend class of 2013 power forward Julius Randle is a huge priority for the Blue Devils and when asked by Duke Report, Randle said although Jones clearly wants him at Duke, he's not putting too much pressure on him. Jones has told Duke Report that he's also recruiting point guard Anthony Barber, shooting guard Allerik Freeman and small forward Ishmail Wainright to join him in Durham.
With Jones, Duke is obviously getting a great player on the court but they're also getting a terrific person off the court. He's a nice kid with good character who has a winning attitude and his head on straight. He's the type of person you want in the locker room and in my estimation will become a fan favorite during his time in Durham because of what he does both on and off the court. Blue Devil fanatics should be as excited about Jones as Jones is about Duke.
Jones is one of the best, if not the best, shooters in the country regardless of the class. He has very good range out to 23 feet and is very consistent. He's great in both catch-and-shoot situations and off the dribble and can slash to the bucket. Jones is an underrated athlete too who's able to finish around the basket while adjusting for contact. He's not going to "wow" you on the defensive end but he's not bad on that end either. Jones is the type of guy who can light up the scoreboard very quickly and is a cold-blooded assassin from deep. He's a good rebounder for his position too and utilizes pump fakes well. He has a knack for pulling up for 17-foot jumpers (and knocking them down) and is productive in the mid-range game. However, he can improve on his ball-handling and strength before arriving to Durham.
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Kind of a ho-hum week in training. 25.2 miles including a couple of speed days followed by slow runs. Had a pain in the ankle that got me a little nervous, so I skipped the long run over the weekend. A soreness just above the ankle bone on the inside that had a little swelling. It appeared after the speed run last Thursday. Did an easy run Friday, rest Saturday, skipped Sunday (was supposed to be long run day). It was still there Monday after the weekend of ice and rest, but barely, so did my Fartlek (he he) Monday, then easy yesterday. After today's rest day and drive to Connecticut, It seems all but gone, so I'll go again tomorrow.
Tomorrow is a planned speed/hill day, but I'm in unfamiliar Meriden, and am not so sure of a place to put in some good speed. I might have time tonight to scout an out-and-back that I can do a progression run on. Or I'll just meander around at a slow pace trying not to get lost.


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Akron – An interactive exhibition features artwork by local students and explores the complexities of mental health.
Child Guidance & Family Solutions (CG&FS) has collaborated with Miller South School for the Visual & Performing Arts to harness students' creativity in understanding mental health. Students in the Visual Art program created portraits and self-portraits addressing the concept that "There Is No Health without Mental Health" – that physical health and mental health are inter-connected for well-being.
The culmination of this partnership is an exhibition of the art at Akrona Galleries in Akron. The public is invited to attend the opening reception on Friday, June 13 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and enjoy music and refreshments. The exhibition will remain in the gallery through Thursday, June 26, 2014.
The show is themed "I am more than what you see." A special aspect of the exhibition is its interactive nature, giving attendees the opportunity to share their thoughts, illustrations, and stories as inspired by the show's theme, i.e. revealing one's self beyond the physical. Space for comments and drawings will be provided alongside the artwork. The large window in the main gallery will also be used as a canvas.
Students at Miller South collaborated on a communications campaign to promote the impact CG&FS has on the community. (A significant part of CG&FS's services are administered within the school setting and provided to school-age children.) The students were asked to reflect on the issues of bullying, elevated expectations, peer pressure, substance abuse, dislocation, divorce, and suicide, as well as the emotions that result: depression, anxiety, lethargy, loneliness, etc. They chose different ways to illustrate the face of a young person, with some using their own faces. The finished pieces have been used in a photograph in which the students hold their art so that it becomes their "face."
According to Judith Fowler, Vice President – Institutional Advancement at CG&FS, the artwork and photographs will be used to increase awareness of a healthy child being both physically and mentally or emotionally healthy, and to promote CG&FS and its 75th Anniversary.
Alison Rich, Art Teacher at Miller South School for the Visual & Performing Arts, says: "Our Visual Art students were excited to participate in this opportunity. Knowing that their art would be seen throughout the community and might inspire a young person to seek counseling was a powerful inspiration to them."
AKRONA Galleries is a full service art gallery located in the historic Ayres Estate at 1765 W. Market St. in Akron. Miller South offers in-depth study in five arts areas – visual art, vocal and instrumental music, dance and drama.


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Moore pledges to make amends for big blunder
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Rahim Moore wants so badly to forget it all. No one seems willing to let that happen.
Ever since Moore mistimed his leap and fell helplessly to the grass as Baltimore wide receiver Jacoby Jones hauled in Joe Flacco's desperation 70-yard TD in the playoffs, the Denver Broncos' free safety has been absolutely bombarded.
With words of encouragement and consternation.
With pats on the back and snide remarks behind his back.
As the Broncos returned to practice Monday, Moore said he appreciates the support from teammates, friends and the front office and understands the lingering frustration that some fans feel. He promised anew to atone for his many mystifying mistakes on that frigid night back in January that resulted in the most unlikely of touchdowns with 31 seconds left in regulation.
The Ravens went on to beat the Broncos 38-35 in double overtime, ending Denver's 11-game winning streak and expectations of another Super Bowl trophy for Peyton Manning and John Elway in February.
The Broncos gathered Monday for their first full practice since that heart-wrenching loss, and even with Manning, Champ Bailey and Wes Welker taking their places on the podium afterward, Moore was the man everyone wanted to talk to.
Moore answered questions from a circle of reporters for about 8 1-2 minutes.
He insisted he's tried to put his playoff performance in his rearview mirror while also using it as a driving force in his life.
Although there was plenty of blame to go around for the loss to the Ravens and even for that fateful play -- Tony Carter failed to jam Jones at the of scrimmage -- as the last line of defense, Moore has taken the brunt of the criticism, first for letting Jones get behind him and then for trying to pick off the pass instead of making the tackle.
From executive vice president John Elway to coach John Fox and defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio, the Broncos brass has professed complete confidence in Moore, and teammates from Bailey to Von Miller have said they believe without question he'll overcome his folly to have a solid season and a splendid career.
"He's good. The only people that talk about it is you guys," Bailey told reporters. "Nobody really pays attention to that. It's in the past. There's nothing you can really do about that. Just move on."
Plenty of people are trying to help him do that.
Moore said his teammates, friends from his days at UCLA and fellow NFL safeties have helped him get over his big blunder. He even got a text from Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark Sunday night, he said.
"So, I've been blessed with the supporting cast that I've had, some people out on the streets, in airports in California or Florida. And it's a good thing that they really care," Moore said. "I've had some bad comments, but I keep those to myself because it's part of the territory."
He can't ignore the catcalls, though.
"I hear them, I just keep walking," Moore said. "Or I just keep them in the back of my head."
While Moore understands it's hard for some fans to let it go, he insists he has.
"The thing is it's like life in general: you have to move on. You're going to have some good days, some bad days. But you can't just thrive on the good days all the time," Moore said. "The fans, that's what they're supposed to do, that's why they're there for us, they pay all their money, their hard-earned money and they want to see greatness. So, I don't fault them at all.
"But this year, we're going to do all we can to put some smiles on their faces. A Rahim smile at that."
After a sleepless night following that playoff loss, Moore met with his teammates and coaches the next day, then caught the red-eye home to Los Angeles and went right back to work, he said, training and lifting weights, watching film on his iPad of all his plays from last season -- the good, the bad and the ugly.
"My mind wasn't probably healthy. But I'm fine now, I'm good," Moore said.
Among those who consoled him over the winter, Moore said, was former teammate and mentor Brian Dawkins, who told Moore about some of the dubious plays he made during his own career.
"He said it's a part of life, it's a part of being a football player," Moore recounted. "There's so many good football players out there that there's going to be some good and some bad (plays)."
Many of his current teammates let him know right away that they didn't hold him responsible for the devastating loss.
"They lifted me up and it was a great thing, because that's what Coach Fox preaches is us being a team, and they did a great job," Moore said. "It's been a great offseason. It's been a great first day of OTAs. So, we're on a mission."
Especially Moore, who must balance his desire to make up for his playoff pratfall with discipline and patience this year so that he can continue to make strides in Denver's star-studded secondary.
Fox and Bailey have both said there wasn't another player on the team who made a bigger leap last year than did Moore in his second season in the NFL, and Fox said he anticipates a similar leap in 2013.
So does Moore, who insisted he'll continue to grow as a player -- not in spite of that fateful play, but as a result of it.
"Absolutely. I'm going to make a better leap. It's Year 3, it's time to get it going and be that player that they drafted me to be," said Moore, a second-round pick in 2011. "I love this game, I love my teammates, I love this organization."
While Moore continues to seek forgiveness for his blunder, he knows it won't soon be forgotten, and he's OK with that because he plans to use it as fuel for his competitive fire.
"Everything. Point blank. Period," Moore replied when asked what parts of his game he needs to improve. "There's nothing in particular that you look at and say, this needs to get better. Everything needs to get better. I'm not perfect."
That's why he went right back to work after the Broncos' season ended so painfully and unexpectedly four months ago.
"I want to be a great player one day. So, for me to do that, I have to continue to do what other great players do," Moore said. "Peyton Manning has not stopped working. Champ has not stopped working."
NOTES: The Broncos recently restructured Manning's contract to add an insurance policy should he be unable to play in 2014. There's no change to the team's salary cap or to Manning's salaries, which will be $40 million over the next two years. ... RB Willis McGahee was a no-show for the start of OTAs, which are technically voluntary. ... Bailey said he hopes DB Charles Woodson signs with Denver: "Who wouldn't want to have a guy like that on their team? I'm all for it."
AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton can be reached at astapleton(at)ap.org or follow him at http://twitter.com/arniestapleton
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: laborious or intensive study; also : the product of such study —usually used in plural
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Imagine someone studying through the night by the light of a dim candle or lamp. That image demonstrates perfectly the most literal sense of lucubration. Our English word derives from the Latin verb lucubrare, meaning "to work by lamplight." (Yes, that Latin root is related to lux, the Latin word for "light.") In its earliest known English uses in the late 1500s and early 1600s, lucubration named both nocturnal study itself and a written product thereof. By the 1800s, however, the term had been broadened to refer to any intensive study (day or night), or a composition, especially a weighty one, generated as a result of such study. Nowadays, lucubration is most often used as a plural and implies pompous or stuffy scholarly writing.
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Latin lucubration-, lucubratio study by night, work produced at night, from lucubrare to work by lamplight; akin to Latin luc-, lux
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|This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (April 2009)
The Buddhist text known around the world as the Diamond Sutra (although a more accurate translation of the Sanskrit title might be, for instance, the Vajra Cutter Sutra) is a short Mahayana sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (prajna-paramita) genre, which teaches the practice of the avoidance of abiding in extremes of mental attachment. A copy of the Diamond Sutra, found among the Dunhuang manuscripts in the early 20th century, is, in the words of the British Library, "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book[1]."
The first translation of the Diamond Sutra into Chinese was done sometime around the beginning of the fifth century by the venerated and prolific translator Kumarajiva[2]. The Kumarajiva translation has been particularly highly regarded over the centuries, and it is this version that appears on the 868 CE Dunhuang scroll.
The original Sanskrit title of the Diamond Sutra is वज्रच्छेदिका प्रज्ञापारमितासूत्र Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra. Some common translations of this title into major Asian languages include:
- Chinese 金剛般若波羅蜜多經, shortened to 金剛經, pinyin: jīngāng bōrě bōluómìduō jīng or jīngāng jīng
- Japanese: kongou hannya haramita kyou, shortened to kongou kyou
- Korean: 금강반야바라밀경 (金剛般若波羅蜜經), shortened to 금강경 (金剛經)
- Vietnamese Kim cương bát-nhã-ba-la-mật-đa kinh, shortened to Kim cương kinh
- Tibetan (Wylie): 'phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol tu phyin pa rdo rje gcod pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo
The Diamond Sutra, like many sutras, begins with the famous phrase "Thus have I heard" (एवं मया श्रुतम्, evaṃ mayā śrutam, 如是我聞). In the sutra the Buddha has finished his daily walk with the monks to gather offerings of food and sits down to rest. One of the more senior monks, Subhuti, comes forth and asks the Buddha a question.
What follows is an often repetitive dialogue regarding the nature of perception. The Buddha often uses paradoxical phrases like "What is called the highest teaching is not the highest teaching".[3]
The Buddha is trying to help Subhuti unlearn his preconceived, limited notions of the nature of reality, enlightenment, and compassion. At one notable point the Buddha teaches Subhuti that what makes a Bodhisattva so great is that the Bodhisattva does not take pride in his work to save others, nor is his compassion calculated or contrived. The Bodhisattva practices sincere compassion that comes from deep within, without any sense of ego or gain.
In another section, Subhuti expresses concern that the Diamond Sutra will be forgotten 500 years after it is taught (or, alternatively, during the last 500 years of this era). The Buddha assures Subhuti that well after he is gone there will be some who can grasp the meaning of the Diamond Sutra and put it into practice. This section seems to reflect a concern found in other Buddhist texts that the teachings of the Buddha would eventually fade and become corrupted. A popular Buddhist concept, known as mappo in Japanese, also reflects this anxiety.
In section 18 it is stated that the Tathagata does have the human eye as well as the divine eye, the eye of insight, the eye of transcendent wisdom and the Buddha eye. [4]
A famous four-line verse appears at the end of the sutra, a list of vivid metaphors for impermanence:[5]
- Thus shall you think of this fleeting world:
- A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,
- A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
- A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
In Practice
Since it can be read in approximately forty minutes, the Diamond Sutra is often memorized and chanted in Buddhist monasteries. This sutra has retained significant popularity in the Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition for over a millennium, especially in East Asia, and most importantly within the East Asian meditation tradition (Zen and related disciplines), where it is extensively recited, taught, and commented upon even today. The text resonates with a core aspect of Zen, the theme of non-abiding.
It is repeatedly stated in the Diamond Sutra that if a person embodies even four lines of the sutra within his sadhana (spiritual practice), he will be blessed.
As the earliest printed book
There is a wood block printed copy in the British Library which, although not the earliest example of block printing, is the earliest example which bears an actual date. The copy is a scroll, about 16 feet long, purchased in 1907 by the archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein in the walled-up Mogao Caves near Dunhuang, in northwest China from a monk who was guarding the caves known as the "Caves of the Thousand Buddhas." The colophon, at the inner end, reads: "Reverently made [caused to be] for universal free distribution by Wang Jie on behalf of his two parents on the 15th of the 4th moon of the 9th year of Xiantong [11 May 868]". This is about 587 years before the Gutenberg Bible.
See also
|Chinese Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- ↑ http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/diamondsutra.html
- ↑ http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/diamondsutra.html
- ↑ Diamond Sutra, Sec. 8, Subsec. 5 金剛經,依法出生分第八,五:結歸離相
- ↑ The Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra, see 18 taken from the site of Plumvillage
- ↑ Saunders, R. (1924) Epochs in Buddhist History: The Haskell Lectures, 1921.University of Chicago Press. ISBN 1-4325-6989-9
- Thich Nhat Hanh: The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion: Commentaries on the Prajñaparamita Diamond Sutra. Berkeley, CA, USA: Parallax Press, 1992 ISBN 0-938077-51-1
- Mu Soeng: The Diamond Sutra: Transforming the Way We Perceive the World. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2000 ISBN 0-86171-160-2
External links
English Service of The Diamond Sutra
- [1] English lecture by the monk, Hyun-Gak
- The Diamond Sutra online by the International Dunhuang Project
- The Diamond Sutra in romanized Sanskrit and in Sanskrit in Devanagari in the Digital Sanskrit Buddhist Canon.
- Turn the pages of the British Library's copy of the Diamond Sutra.
- Diamond Sutra: English Translation, by Charles Muller
- Diamond Sutra: English Translation, by A. F. Price and Wong Mou-Lam
- Diamond Sutra - images of the original printed edition
- Streaming Audio of the Diamond Sutra Sung in English
- Diamond Sutra English audio
- Core Teachings of Diamond Sutra with visual art by Fernando Casas
- The Diamond Sutra, also called the Vajra Cutter Sutra, available in Chinese, English, German, Italian, Mongolian, Spanish, French, Swedish, Tibetan, Vietnamese from the FPMT
- Finding New Meaning in the Diamond Sutra
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Heyas, I'm about to start my first couchdb app and I would like some help designing the "document structure". I would like to store Places and Events. A Place can be a Restaurant, a MovieTheather or just a point in the map. An Event can be a special dinner in the Restaurant, a movie in the MovieTeather, etc. Storing Places sounds easy to me: I'll have a Type field which will be something like ["Place","Restaurant"], a name and lat & long (probably going to use geojson here) and some custom fields for each document type. Now, I'm not too sure what is the natural id of the Place documents: the place name is an option, but probably there's going to be more than one place with the same name. Any hints? Then, the Event documents are not that obvious to me: since Events occur in Places, a relationship between both is needed. I read about the example with the blog comments and I thought I could apply something similar here: { Type: 'Event', PlaceID: 'TheatherX', Name: "Pineapple Express" } What do you think? I'm also not sure about the natural ID for the event. Help! :) Also, I plan to support at least some of the repeating features of iCal (daily, weekly, yearly). I think this will be much easier to do in couchdb than in a rdbms, but I would -love- to know if someone implemented something similar. I would appreciate if someone has pointers GIS + couchdb doc (I've already found http://vmx.cx/cgi-bin/blog/index.cgi/category/CouchDB ) Thanks! PD: bonus question, I'm planning to use Python and Django for the app, what's the recommended couchdb module for py? -- Martin Sarsale - firstname.lastname@example.com
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Pronunciation: in-têr-lop-êr • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A busybody, someone or something that interferes in the affairs of others; an intruder, a gate-crasher.
Notes: If you don't like using interferer because you hear it so seldom, today's word is a likely substitute. This word is the personal noun corresponding to the verb interlope "to intrude upon, to interfere". Two action nouns have been attempted over the centuries, interlopery and interlopation, but neither lasted.
In Play: Today's word may refer to any type of intruder: "Phil Ander's affair with June McBride was going well until an interloper by the name of William Arami appeared out of nowhere and swept June off her feet." Gate-crashers are, too, intruders: "The summer garden party was going well when Patti Oh noticed several interlopers amidst the invited guests."
Word History: Interloper was first recorded in connection with the Muscovy Company and East India Company, chartered in 1555 and 1600, respectively. These companies were monopolies, so independent traders, called interlopers, were unwelcome intruders. The term is probably Dutch, the language of one of the great trade rivals of the English at that time. It is made up of Latin inter "between" + Dutch loper "runner", from lopen "run". Lopen is a relative of English lope and leap, which in Old English could refer to running. It is also akin to German laufen "to run". (Now let's thank Maude Frickert, far from an interloper, but a welcome contributor of today's Good Word.)


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Norwegian Sun cruise, better than expected!: Norwegian Sun Cruise Review by Tradewind40
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Norwegian Sun cruise, better than expected!
Destination: South America
Embarkation: Santiago (Valparaiso)
It was our first cruise on a big ship, although we have cruised on Windstar sailing hybrid ships several times and a Blue Lagoon cruise in Fiji.
Crowds aren't our thing so have avoided big ships, but this was a chance to get to Antactica rather inexpensively.
We were pleasantly surprised. Embarcation was well handled and painless, our stateroom was in good shape and well attended to by steward Christopher on a daily basis. The mini-bar was emptied as requested immediately.
We ate mostly in the Seven Seas, and Four Seasons, but enjoyed the Bistro and Tapas bar also. The food we had was always delicious, well prepared, varied, and served by efficient and friendly staff who took the sting out of the $12.00 per person per day gratuity some moron at NCL HO decided to label a convenience to the guest. In the end, based on their service, I had no More problem with it, and our steward deserved and got extra.
The entertainment was by and large most entertaining, and we enjoyed many of the varied performances. Dancing was fun, the pools and area are well looked after, and the gym had decent equipment in good working order.
I did not talk to one person who had contracted Norwalk, although apparently there were a few. The precautions taken to prevent an outbreak were quite impressive although a touch inconvenient at times.
I found that at the prices, NCL should be demanding more from their excursion contractors. That was the weakest area in my opinion.
The cost of drinks is not outrageous, but a little pricey, as is the internet. However with numerous shore days that can be addressed if it's a problem for someone.
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I am bipolar and have not had a manic episode in about two years. I have been very depressed for these two years. I am taking Zoloft (sertraline) 150 mg per day, Lamictal (lamotrigine) 100 mg per day, Buspar (buspirone) 15 mg three times per day, and Geodon (ziprasidone) 40 mg two times per day. Is there something else I can take to bring me out of this severe depression?
My first impression is that you are taking a lot of medications, and it would be difficult to add much to this regimen (although I suppose, on the positive side, your manic symptoms are being effectively managed).
My suggestion would be to look into non-pharmacologic treatments (cognitive-behavioral therapy, interpersonal therapy, yoga or whatever seems appealing). Unfortunately there's no magic solution, and for many people with bipolar disorder the existing medications are not 100 percent effective.
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As the creation and consumption of content regarding Michael Jackson continues, sadly I wonder about the circumstances surrounding the future of my business (aka mainstream media) perhaps as much as I do about the particular circumstances involved in the end of an entertainer's life.
The same media that helped build a global brand more recognized than McDonald's or Microsoft and made the Moonwalk a worldwide shuffle is back now, for a last chance to prod and poke into the life and death of someone who stole the spotlight when he was on stage and shunned it when he was off stage. It seems now, however, that the information gathering apparatus is more a multi-headed and all-consuming hydra that instantly amplifies any piece of information it can to the masses. This, compared to the idea of some semi-enlightened collective running head long toward the verification of fact, or toward offering perspective which may let its audience make a more informed and independent decision on the Michael they would like to remember.
From the moment the first rumors of his death surfaced on TMZ and were echoed across the twitter-sphere, 24 hour cable news and the broadcast networks tried to "confirm" it, and it was a process we seemed to witness "live". As one network after another cut into normally scheduled programming and reported that Jackson was dead, a 24 hour cable channel said they had confirmed with sources that he was in a coma. That very moment also highlighted the importance of trusted intermediaries. For it was not until the L.A. Times ("old" media) ran with the story, did it seemingly become fact that was echoed through several other trusted brands.
Just as 24 hour news began siphoning viewers away from the half hour all-knowing summary at the end of each day, today's online mediums are also training their audiences that information is available not only at any time but anywhere and almost at any speed.
The question seems to be who will all these twittering/ blackberry wielding / you tube video creating/ consumers trust- a rumor mill that is willing to pay "tip fees" or a brand their parents grew up watching or something else altogether.
One place where big media cleans the clocks of the twitterati and gossip blogs and tabloid sites is their ability to dive into their archives that "new" or social media simply does not have access to.
Network specials are a phenomenal show of force and in the past couple of weeks, all three big networks displayed these strengths. They showed clips of Michael in rare interviews sometimes making seemingly contradictory statements about his behavior with young boys, and at other times revealing very personal and scarring portions of his past, events and moments the blogosphere could only masticate. These specials didn't need to have a thesis sentence, and a salacious headline to lure people into agreeing with a preconceived notion. To borrow a phrase that seems more a modern day marketing slogan than credo for behavior- they reported, so you could decide. However, those well produced hour specials seem but small drops in a never ending well of "reporting" on his death.
Wag the dog?
For the first time ever in my relatively short television career of 15 years, I found myself standing outside the gates of a location (Neverland Ranch) along with a congregation of reporters, producers, cameras, and at least 70 satellite trucks based on an unconfirmed rumor from a celebrity gossip site. Given, TMZ "broke" the fact of Jackson's death, far before mainstream media had an opportunity to confirm it, but the deployment of so many resources to the rolling hills of rural Santa Barbara county based on little more than the plausibility of a rumor was unprecedented for me. For anyone that has ever been there before, it seems logistically inconceivable to orchestrate a public service which would likely attract thousands of people to park along a windy country road, but we were there watching the delivery of picnic tables and portable toilets, wondering somehow whether this place would become to MJ what Graceland was to Elvis.
Perhaps part of the reason was that we were all looking for a different place to be "live". We had camped outside the suburban Los Angeles home of Michael's parents for days, drawing tourists and maudlin mourners to the makeshift memorial as well as the random nitwits who come to see the spectacle that we inevitably are part of. When Joe Jackson came out with Al Sharpton, there was an image I sent out on twitter which made me wonder what ring of the circus we were in (follow @sreenivasan) Whether "live" is justified and what that adds to the steady trickle of information is left to debate for another blog but a change in scenery likely relieved the residents of Encino as much as it disturbed the land owners along Figueroa Mountain Road.
The undercovered
I wonder how many people besides Ahmedinijad, and Governor Sanford are thanking their lucky stars that the spotlights were shifted away from them. If the rebellious movement in Iran had any chance of regaining media traction despite the censorship, imprisonment, raids by police, the topic was swept off the radar by MJ. Governor Sanford even confessed to the possibility of "crossing the line" in even more affairs than the one he admitted to with the paramour in Argentina but that didn't come close to moving the needle away from every compass that pointed toward Michael.
I remember hearing local stations in California in my earpiece before my own live shots- on the eve of, and on the day of California's budget crisis, when I realized that I was the second most important story in some newscasts. It was staggering to me that the largest state in the country had begun writing IOUs and that my daily updated details of speculation on Michael's funeral plans were still considered as important to stations in California.
What happens next?
Academics love pontificating that the role of the media to set the agenda will disintegrate in the face of immediate social networks, but I disagree. Seems that being right more often than being first will be rewarded by an audience who is smart enough to switch sources with a click. Perhaps the half hour network news shows will cede "breaking" news to 24 hour cable beasts that constantly need to be fed pictures and sound. 24 hour news channels seem destined to run parallel to social media networks, verifying video sources and turning them around for thousands in a split second.
Perhaps network newscasts will marshal their forces for enterprise reporting once again, and create well produced and well researched products similar to their half hour or hour specials, that raise important questions and prompt action. Because it seems that a story like this, in a time like this, points glaringly at the inevitable fact of physics that along with size and strength comes a lack of agility. The blogosphere will inevitably mash-up and remix these videos to suit their own agendas and preach to their own choirs but the place of big media could be secure because bloggers know disseminating opinion is far cheaper than verifying fact.
Is it fact that our perception of time is accelerating or just an echo chamber of decision makers in politics and media and entertainment who feel like everything has to operate and compete at tweet speed? These folks also must recognize that the very technologies that create the ability to personalize and customize the content we consume could lead us to be the editors of our own micro newscasts based on their work. Consumers already choose their own micro music casts based on their tastes and preferences without the help or hindrance of record labels. All this continued fracturing and disintermediation only means one thing for certain- that no band or singer is ever likely to ascend to the global fame of Michael Jackson.


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It's time for the half-year checkup on the Winning Value Portfolio that I unveiled at the beginning of this year. After the first quarter of 2012, when the portfolio was up 20%, compared with 12% for the S&P 500, I remarked, "I give full credit for the portfolio's outperformance to the 12% market advance ... however, the portfolio's 8% besting ... was a result of undervalued securities springing back nicely."
In the second quarter, the market was not as friendly, but I believe that that is when a portfolio is truly put to the test. A rising tide lifts all boats, but when the tide goes out and stocks are put to the test, that's when an investor earns his stripes.
In earlier updates, I also noted that positions in names such as Dollar General (DG) and Advance Auto Parts (AAP) would be able to sustain the portfolio during down periods, as these companies often do well in weaker economies. That certainly proved the case with Dollar General. In the case of Advance Auto Parts, some weak forecasts from names in the industry, such as O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), sent shares down significantly. I am not concerned whatsoever, and in fact I would welcome a further decline in prices, because auto parts retailing is an excellent business.
Sterling Construction (STRL) has remained a drag on the portfolio for two reasons: a bad quarter and uncertainty over the next federal transportation bill. Congress recently passed HR 4348, a bill that would expand federal highway transportation spending until fiscal 2014. The measure authorizes about $100 billion over the next two years. It's not the perfect solution, but net-net, it's a positive for pure infrastructure names such as Sterling.
While this is only a six-month performance, outperforming the S&P 500 by 500 basis points is very solid start, considering the see-saw market in the first half. Mutual fund legend John Bogle once estimated that 85% of active money managers can't beat the market by 300 basis points.
To be sure, the S&P return was slightly higher than 8% when you account for dividends, but half of the value portfolio pays dividends as well, so overall it's a fair comparison. More so, I would characterize all the securities in the winning portfolio as still undervalued with varying degrees of appreciation left. Odds are quite good that by year-end, this portfolio will outpace the S&P on both a relative-return and absolute-return basis.


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Album: Kush & Orange Juice
Producer: Sermstyle
On a mixtape described by pop critic Simon Vozick-Levison as recounting "endless tales of pot smoke and pretty women," Wiz Khalifa—aka the man who snagged Amber Rose—still needs some "me" time. Like Virginia Woolf, sometimes all Wiz wants is a room of his own.
"Just gimme a quiet place and lemme roll my weed," he says over a fake Jamaican beat on the track "Still Blazin'." Featured on his 2010 free download that transformed the Steel City into Smoke City, Wiz's needs were really quite simple. "Just get up out my face and lemme roll my weed." Sounds like the black and yellow kid ain't sharing.


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Financial product class actions have attracted significant attention due to the success last year of NSW councils in legal proceedings dealing with complex financial products that were at the heart of the global financial crisis. These types of class actions keep coming, with Gloucester Shire Council and Clurname Pty Ltd commencing proceedings against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia over the sale of synthetic collateralised debt obligations (SCDOs).
The success trumpeted in headlines obscures an important question as to whether financial product claims give rise to sufficient common issues that they can be efficiently pursued through class actions.
In Wingecarribee Shire Council v Lehman Brothers Australia Ltd (in liquidation), the applicants successfully proved the contravention of a number of causes of action against the investment bank in relation to SCDOs. Meanwhile, in Bathurst Regional Council v Local Government Financial Services Pty Ltd the applicants demonstrated contraventions by a financial advisor, investment bank and credit rating agency in relation to constant proportion debt obligations (CPDOs). However, the utility of class actions turns on the existence of common issues which in the financial product context remains clouded.
In Lehman Brothers, there was no challenge to whether the claims of the group members gave rise to "a substantial common issue of law or fact" or should be discontinued because the class action did not provide "an efficient and effective means of dealing with the claims of group members". The existence of common issues was accepted.
The liquidator could not be expected to challenge the use of the class action when they needed a court determination that would bind both them and the claimants in relation to whether to admit the claims in the liquidation.
While the Local Government Financial Services proceedings began as a class action, it did not go to trial as a class action. Instead, all of the group members were made applicants and evidence as to their individual circumstances was part of the trial. No occasion arose to contest the use of the class action procedure.
The reason that financial product class actions have the potential to give rise to commonality problems is that often the sale of the financial product turns on the specific relationship between buyer and seller and is accompanied by representations specific to the investor, in this case the councils. For a claim to be successfully litigated many individual issues need to be resolved so that even if there are some common issues, they are outweighed by the non-common issues making the proceedings both lengthy and costly.
The efficiencies, or lack thereof, in relation to financial product class actions is well illustrated by Justice Rares judgment in Lehman Brothers, where he sets out the determinations that he had made which he saw as resolving common issues and those which he believes were non-common or idiosyncratic issues. The common issues included such matters as the features of the SCDOs and the construction of a number of legislative provisions, including those regulating investments that local councils were permitted to make.
The non-common issues included such things as the investment strategy of a particular claimant, the contractual obligations and tortious duty of care as these depended on the particular relationship between the group member and Lehman Brothers, the existence of a fiduciary duty as this was also dependent on the particular factual setting in which Lehman Brothers was advising and/or selling financial products and whether there were misleading representations as this was dependent on the particular circumstances, including the actual statements made.
However, Justice Rares commented that in relation to the non-common or idiosyncratic issues, Lehman Brothers' "sausage" approach to dealing with councils meant that the various documents and representations provided to the councils, as well as the approach to getting them to invest was likely to be similar.
As a result, the findings on such issues as the contractual obligations, tortious duty of care, fiduciary duty and misleading conduct "may have utility" in providing guidance as to the liability of Lehman Brothers in relation to the other group members.
Justice Rares could not put the helpfulness of his findings any higher than "may" because he had of course heard no evidence about what had occurred in relation to the group members whose claims were not before him. Where common issues exist, then their determination once and for all can save time and cost as the issue does not need to be revisited in each and every group member's case.
However, where the degree of commonality is such that determining the applicant's case will offer little guidance to the determination of the group members' claims, then class actions are ineffective.
The high profile cases discussed above did not expressly address the existence of common issues. The approach adopted in Local Government Financial Services suggests that Justice Jagot had concerns as to whether a class action would be an effective way to efficiently resolve the claims in that case.
Whether the class action is an innovative way to deal with multiple financial product claims or one of inefficiency has not been resolved, and indeed, may depend on the particular financial product and how it was sold and marketed. The financial product class action presents many questions rather than an answer.
*Michael Legg is as associate professor of law at the University of New South Wales, and Of Counsel at law firm Jones Day.


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You may be open and honest by nature, but is letting any one and everyone know what you are thinking such a good idea? Some things are best kept to yourself, especially things that rivals and opponents may be able to make use of.
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There is a lot of pressure on you at the moment, the sort that would make other people crack. But you're not other people, you're a Taurus, and giving in and giving up are not in your nature. What's the worst that can happen? You can handle it.
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Jupiter in your sign is giving you plenty of big ideas, but because the planet of expansion is moving retrograde at the moment you must take care. If your ideas are too big you may over-extend yourself and cause big problems.
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Make sure you focus on positive things as the new week begins, because if you allow negative thoughts to get a hold you will find it hard to shake them off again. Whatever your current problems may be, they're not as bad as they seem.
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Try not to get excited about something that is not important today or you may miss out on something that is. There are so many distractions in your life at the moment that your brain cannot possibly keep track of them all.
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You are entitled to your opinions, but if you are smart you will tone down some of your more outrageous ideas today, at least while in the presence of people you need to stay on good terms with. Certain things don't have to be said.
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That one may come back to haunt the Bengals. Up 19-10 in the 4th quarter at home to a team riddled with injuries and emotionally spent. A team with one of the worst run defenses in the league yet the Bengals abandoned the run game. Dropped catches, dropped INT's, missed tackles, ugh it was just […]
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WDW Episode 93 – Run the Ball
December 12, 2012 by Number 1 Fan
Filed Under: The Who-Dey Weekly Podcast Tagged With: AJ Green, Andrew Hawkins, Andy Dalton, Andy Reid, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Demarco Murray, Geno Atkins, Jason Witten, Josh Brown, Marvin Jones, Marvin Lewis, Mike Brown, Nick Foles, Pat Sims, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tony Romo


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IRVINE – Nathan Detroit ran a network of high-rollers in the hidden places of New York.
One day the police stopped by.
"What brings all these senior delinquents together?" the lieutenant asked.
"They got lonely. How am I supposed to know?" Nathan replied.
"And why are they all wearing red carnations?"
"They are also all wearing pants," Nathan pointed out.
The play went on. Nathan Detroit is the central character of "Guys and Dolls," the 1950 Broadway musical based on the assorted works of Damon Runyon, which also inspired an East Side media shrine called Runyon's that had a Baseball Encyclopedia behind the bar to settle all disputes (at least that's what I am told).
Initially, this might not seem relevant to UC Irvine's trip to the College World Series.
But Connor Spencer, UCI"s best offensive player, is not likely to seize up when he takes the batter's box in front of 24,000 fans in Omaha against Texas on Saturday.
Spencer has been Nathan Detroit, in Tesoro High's production of "Guys and Dolls." He has sung the national anthem at some point in all his home ballparks. He has written his own songs and performed them since early adolescence.
He can talk about a "big stage" because he has been on one.
"I had never acted before," Spencer said Wednesday, in the Anteater Ballpark dugout. "I went for it, got the part, and I was sitting behind the stage for the first time, waiting for my cue. I said to myself, 'My God, why did you do this?' Working through those nerves, it definitely carries over.
"There were maybe 600 people in the audience. That might not sound like much compared to Omaha. But it's only you up there, you and a stage and a microphone. You have to get used to it quick."
Actually, Nathan Detroit would appreciate the way the Anteaters have bet on themselves in the first two rounds of this tournament.
They have gotten through two road weekends on the strength of risky business – steals, delayed steals, squeezes, hit-and-runs, run-and-hits, bunt-and-runs, sacrifices, and, yes, the actual hit.
Not that they are powerless. Taylor Sparks had a .507 slugging percentage and was taken in the second round of the draft by Cincinnati. Spencer slugged .487, which isn't bad with just one home run, and hit .370 with 44 RBI.
The Yankees drafted Spencer in the eighth round, while UCI was at Oklahoma State last week. Spencer was literally pacing the halls of the Fairfield until his phone rang.
"I always told myself that if I ever made it big in baseball, my first big purchase will be a baby grand piano," Spencer said. "I saved my high school graduation money and bought a keyboard. I'll be singing, writing and playing my whole life."
Spencer's mom, Stephanie, is the musical inspiration. "She was in about 1,000 choirs," he said. Connor sang in the Saddleback Church choir, but he chose choir in school "because I didn't want to play an instrument."
One sixth-grade day at Los Flores Middle School, Spencer blithely sang for his class.
"Jaws were dropping," he said. "I thought, oh, gosh, was it that bad?"
No, it was that good. Spencer kept singing, and he and friend Mike Papke formed an alternative band called The Current, sometimes playing on Laguna Beach street corners. He sang "O Holy Night," which is an Everest-like challenge of multiple octaves, for a Christmas concert.
Then came "Guys and Dolls." "I have to say, that senior year was a little bit of hell, between baseball practice and rehearsing until 10p.m. and then still having to learn the lines," he said.
Some have suggested that Spencer volunteer for "American Idol" or "The Voice."
"Heck, no," he said. "The music business is so tough. My first love is baseball. That's what I've always wanted to do."
But the music and the baseball do serve each other. It's an alternative path for those kids who get tangled in the monomaniacal world of 12-month baseball, when the mental toxicity of a failure-laden game becomes too much.
A songwriter must be disciplined, precise, adaptable. Every good hitter is, too.
"The music has kept me occupied," Spencer said. "It allows me to escape in my off-time. Whenever life moves too fast, baseball and music are my escapes. There are times you need to connect with God and relax. Singing and writing are a way to do that."
Damon Runyon liked writing, if not singing. He also said, "I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is 6-5 against." UC Irvine is 7-1 to win the College World Series. If Nathan Detroit knew Connor Spencer, he'd take some of that.
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In her new book, the actress who portrays Nellie Oleson in the classic 1974 series said that the show actually helped her to get out of an awful situation while she was a child.
"Little House on the Prairie" actress Alison Arngrim has opened up about her troubled childhood - alleging she was abused as she was growing up. The former child star rose to fame when she landed the part of cruel and callous Nellie Oleson on the series in 1974.
And she's forever thankful TV bosses handed her the role - because the job helped her escape from the alleged abuse, which she claims started when she was six years old. In her new book, "Confessions of a Prairie B**ch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated", Arngrim writes, "(Nellie) was a girl I grew to love. She got me out of my house when I thought there was no escape..."
"She transformed me from a shy, abused little girl afraid of her own shadow to the in-your-face, outspoken, world-traveling, politically active, big-mouthed b**ch I am today. She taught me to fight back, to be bold, daring, and determined."
Arngrim, who now lobbies for child protection laws with the National Association to Protect Children, also opened up about the experience on America's TODAY show on Wednesday, June 16. She told the TV programme, "When you live with abuse, you have a lot of rage and anger, and I had a place to actually take it and vent it as Nellie. It's done me so much good, I can't even describe it."
"This is something that's happening to millions of people - sexually abused and physically abused. I get mail all the time from people who say, 'I did not have a perfect childhood like Little House on the Prairie, and that's why I watched the show because I loved it; it was the childhood that I didn't have.' I thought maybe I should tell them, 'Well, it's the same for me. I also got things from the show that I wasn't getting in my life'."


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Durban - The previous administration is to blame for the ongoing water woes in Roosboom, according to residents.
Situated between Ladysmith and Colenso, the area has been without proper water and sanitation facilities for more than 20 years.
Resident Dumisani Mtshali claims that tender rigging and favouritism caused the problem.
"When the municipality was under the Inkatha Freedom Party, officials siphoned millions of rand through tenders that were awarded to friends and comrades. Instead of installing water pipes, they gave tenders for water tankers to supply the area," Mtshali said.
Mthokozisi Zwane, who led the five-day protest, agreed with Mtshali, saying the previous administration at the municipality enriched themselves at the expense of the poor.
"For more than 20 years we've had no water supply, and things haven't changed. This has to stop," said Zwane.
On Friday, the fifth day of road closures, municipal representatives addressed the community on measures in place to provide water, sanitation and other services.
Tyres and rubbish were burnt during the protests, and it was agreed that the R103, which runs between the two towns, would be cleared of the debris.
Ashley Starkey, chief director at the provincial Department of Water Affairs, said the provision of water and sanitation services brought challenges such as effective operation and maintenance.
"A project to deliver water here was initiated 10 years ago, but for various reasons it could not be completed. There were allegedly problems with an unsuitable and incompetent contractor," Starkey said.
He added that before the protests, water had been provided by four water tankers, each with a 16 000-litre capacity.
uThukela will spend R2 million on building and commissioning a pipeline to supply water to the area.
"As the oversight authority, it is our mandate to ensure sustainable water services are provided to our communities. This project was initiated in October last year and the pipeline is expected to be ready for commissioning by the end of August.
"Because of its priority, the project is being managed by a senior official from the Water Services Department. When the pipeline is commissioned, water will be in the pipeline," Starkey said.
Attempts to get comment from former municipal manager Siya Nkehli and former mayor Mqapheli Sithole were unsuccessful.
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Purinareg Pro Plan Savorreg Shredded Blend Adult Cat Food Salmon and Rice size 14 Lb
Purina Pro Plan SAVOR Shredded Blend Salmon & Rice Formula Cat Food offers your cat a combination of kibble and meaty shreds; both full of the great taste of salmon cats love. This delicious food also contains many of the essential nutrients your cat needs to live a healthy, happy life. Features: High-quality protein, including salmon as the #1 ingredient. Made with 40% protein, to help meet a cat's unique nutritional needs Crunchy kibble and meaty, shredded pieces for a delicious mealtime experience. Vitamin A and linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid, for healthy skin and coat Natural prebiotic fiber, sourced from chicory root, helps promote digestive health Vitamin A and taurine help promote healthy vision Food Type: Dry Food Consistency: Kibble with Shreds Life Stage: Adult Flavor: Salmon Primary Ingredient: Salmon Package Weight: 14 lb Feeding Instructions: Proved adequate fresh water in a clean container daily. For your pets health, see your veterinarian regularly. Feeding for Adult Maintenance: It is important that you feed Pro Plan to your adult cat "free choice" throughout the day, rather than as just a single feeding only at mealtime. Food intake required to maintain ideal body condition will vary, depending on age, activity and environment. Watch your cat's weight and adjust food amounts accordingly. If you have a kitten, or a pregnant or nursing cat, you should continue feeding Pro Plan Kitten Chicken & Rice Formula. Making the Switch to Pro Plan: Although you'll be anxious to see the difference Pro Plan can make in your cat, please allow 7-10 days to ease the transition from your cat's current food. Each day, simply feed a little less of the previous food and a little more Pro Plan until you're feeding Pro Plan exclusively. This gradual transition will help avoid dietary upsets. Store in a cool, dry place. Ingredients: Salmon, Brewers Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Poultry by-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols, Soy Protein Concentrate, Dried Egg Product, Wheat Flour, Fish Meal, Animal Liver Flavor, Glycerin, Chicken, Gelatin, Inulin, Soy Protein Isolate, Salt, Phosphoric Acid, Caramel Color, Calcium Carbonate, L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, L-Cysteine, Taurine, Sodium Bisulfate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Manganese Sulfate, Niacin, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Biotin, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K Activity), Sodium Selenite Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein (min) 40.0% Crude Fat (min) 16.0% Crude Fiber (max) 2.0% Moisture (max) 12.0% Linoleic Acid (min) 1.6% Calcium (Ca) (min) 0.85% Phosphorus (P) (min) 0.8% Vitamin A (min) 10,000 IU/kg Vitamin E (min) 400 IU/kg Taurine (min).0.15% Caloric Content: 380 kcal/cup Size: 14 Lb.
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Sammi Quit "Jersey Shore" This Weekend (But Came Crawling Back, Like Always)
Stop the presses! Sammi finally grew a teeny-tiny backbone this weekend and quit "Jersey Shore." According to sources at OK! magazine, the Jersey Shore's dimmest bulb didn't realize the horrifying range of Ronnie's wandering penis until last week's episode aired. On Friday night, she allegedly had "a monster fight" with her slimeball on-again-off-again ex, ripped off her microphone and quit the show. "The door was left open for Sammi to return whenever she wanted, but she said 'No way, not happening' and is home," the source said. But hold your applause. This is Sammi we're talking about, remember? Girlfriend came crawling back like she always does. "After negotiations with producers," she's back in the house filming, the source says. And probably still in love with Ronnie. Is this girl the most codependent person you've ever met or what? [OK!]


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Map Out Your Life–Literally
// April 20, 2010
// Posted in Adventure, Culinary, Family, Honeymoon, Industry, Katie Losey, Special Interest, Type of Travel, Uncategorized
Whether seeking out our favorite phở street stalls in Vietnam or polishing our fly-fishing skills on an expedition along New Zealand's rivers, it is always the journey, not just the distance between two points, that stays with us. Whereas most people pack their Nikon to ensure exceptional moments are not fleeting, self-taught cartographer Connie Brown is taking keepsakes up a notch.
Connie will hand paint your personal history and, quite literally, map out your life. Commissioned maps range from a gentleman's cycling adventures through France to charting a client's catalog of top vineyards and retracing one family's route to adopt their baby in China. One client mapped out his favorite burrito joints.
And for those looking to understand the anatomy of a map and want to get your hands dirty, Connie also leads a 3-day mapmaking workshop at Redstone Studios in Connecticut. In the course of three days, you'll not only finish making a handmade map, you'll also learn techniques you can build on for the rest of your cartographic life. You'll leave with the tools you need to map trips, personal histories or heritage, properties, or causes—for yourself, for your organization, or for your family and friends. You don't have to be an artist to make a handsome and meaningful map: all you need is motivation, an interest in mapmaking, and the nerve to apply pencil to paper.
This intersection of art, geography and the individual is a beautiful one. Connie brings maps to life at Redstone Studios through personal touches that reflect her clients' lives and travels including personalized charts and diagrams, ornate borders, cartouches, and biographical insets that truly make the piece one-of-a-kind. Get in touch with Connie Brown's Redstone Studios and map out your world. We can't think of many other gifts that will be as treasured.
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Hi Ansar, You'll have much better luck sending questions like this to the user mailing list (added). On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Ansar Rafique <email@example.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am Apache Cassandra user and currently I am working on 3 nodes cluster in > a single data center.I am using the random partitioner for data partitioner. > Actually what I am trying to achieve is to have the range queries using > Random partioner. I am stick and not getting any help to do it. > > I created my own column family using Column Familes as Indexes. It is > written in page 14 of Apache Cassandra Documentation Book (April 17, > 2012) by Datastax > > > Although having the ability to do range scans on rows sounds like a > desirable feature of ordered partitioners, there are > > ways to achieve the same functionality using column family indexes. Most > applications can be designed with a data > > model that supports ordered queries as slices over a set of columns rather > than range scans over a set of rows. > > > I would like to know that how we can achieve the same functionality (Range > Queries in Random Partitioner) using column family trick. Any simple example > would be highly appreciated. Please email me back at email@example.com I read that as advice to reexamine your data model so that queries are performed on rows (slices), and not for them (range queries). -- Eric Evans Acunu | http://www.acunu.com | @acunu
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