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Yeah I really like Hammons. He looks slimmer than he was in high school. He's going to be a solid, solid four year player for you guys as long as he keeps himself in shape.
I have no malice toward Byrd at all, but I kind of wish he'd go the way of Barlow. This season is not really about wins and losses anyway, and I'd rather see Davis get his minutes.
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Poor Danny Hope...Our 38-14 loss to Wisconsin isn't looking that bad now, either...
I like Taggert... not sure he will be a instant success, but I think he will be really good after a couple of years, but I doubt he would stay at Purdue and end up jetting after becoming successful.
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@GoldandBlackcom: Cincy coach Butch Jones (left) arrives at #Purdue to interview for its open head coaching position. http://t.co/sdwVuGzQ
playing Oklahoma State in the Heart of Dallas Bowl on New Year's Day. Gonna get crushed lol.
OK State opens as 14 1/2 point favorites. That's line's going to increase.
who knows? they barely beat Kansas for example
Hope's not coaching, might be worth taking the points.
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DannyHOPEfully we will have a good offensive game, I think that might be the only way we keep it close
Why so SERIOUS
When I heard what bowl we were going to, I thought, "Hell this season sucked, but at least Hope got fired, and this will be a good chance to see Jerry World for the first time."
Turns out, The Heart of Dallas Bowl is at the ****ing Cotton Bowl. "Hell, this season just sucked." No way I am spending a dime to go to this one, although I am still pleased that Hope got fired.
If Butch Jones goes to Colorado it's frankly embarrassing.
^eh, not that much...CU is as good a job as Purdue in the long term, and there is probably less pressure to win short-term. Some might even say Boulder is a nicer place to live than WL
Word on the street is that Jones is not feeling Purdue... hopefully Taggert will be our next target.
Why so SERIOUS
I had a friend that was being recruited by Purdue. He ended up going to Colorado. Rick Neuheisel had just taken over the program and got him to come out for a visit. Once he visited, he told me it was no contest. Once he saw the stadium and the campus and the town, he said he could never go back to Lafayette to live. He's still out there today 17 years later. I would imagine that as long as the money is relatively close to what Purdue offered, Jones probably feels the same way.
Jeff Washburn's Twitter feed the last few hours is pretty depressing. He's talking about all the stuff I've had a problem with in the athletic department and mentioned at times but obviously with much more first hand knowledge and better worded. I have my gripes with Burke, but I admire what he's been able to do on shoestring (Big Ten wise) budgets, he's stuck between a rock and a hard place. The biggest problem of all is the fanbase really, it's just too small and too stuck in their ways. There needs to be a complete culture shift, maybe Daniels'll bring that (though I doubt it). It's just too conservative a school, not politically (thought that too), but just in their overall approach. They're like the Grandpa who's the last one of his generation left that comes over for Thanksgiving and can't relate to all the young whippersnappers.
Darrell Hazell talk heating up. I'd dig that in a big way.
Yeah, I think that would me my next choice, possibly even before Taggert when I think about it... He seems more likely to stay around longer after success I would think.
I wonder how long this will take for anything to become official
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Can't say I'm surprised to see him attached to bigger schools already.
Nothing official, but plenty of "waiting for terms to be agreed to" rumors." I know he was at OSU under Tressel for I think 6 years with stops as an offensive position coach all over the Midwest/East Coast leading up to that. Obviously had Kent State, which is, no offense intended, but a pretty bad football program a few plays away from a BCS bowl. Seems to be a guy his players love (not unlike Danny Hope), real program builder which is what I think Purdue definitely needs. Apparently he's got connections all over Ohio, which is obviously a recruiting powerhouse.
What else can you tell me about him? Gameplanning style? Ways he disciplines players?
I don't want to get ahead of myself, we remember Matt Painter to Mizzou which was a "done deal," but the tealeaves are definitely there and I gotta say I'm pretty excited about it.
this ****'s falling through. Morgan Burke can't close. No coffee for that dickhead.
We only had him for two years, so gameplan is a little tough to be certain about. He certainly loved the run game this season, but I think a lot of that had to do with Durham(ground and pound at almost 5ypc) and Archer(9.7 ypc, returned kicks and was also our leading reciever from the slot). We had great run blocking but I thought our pass blocking could be exposed pretty easily(which you could see in the MCG). However, our QB Spencer Keith broke the school record for career passing yards. Through three phases he likes a steady, mistake free offense, a swarming, big play chasing defense(led the nation this year in turnovers forced and turnover margin), and taking chances on special teams.
While his players really seemed to rally behind him(as did the fans, which is almost impossible at Kent) there was thing that bothered me about his motivational technique. He jerked Keith around a lot. He wouldn't name him the definitive starting QB until about week 6, despite the backup not showing much in the time he was force fed. Maybe he was just trying to light a fire under a complacent four year starter, but I thought it was a little too dramatic.
In all, I'm really gonna miss him. We've had a great sports year and he was a huge part of it. We went to the College World Series, the Championship Game in football, and our Bball team is poised for another 20 win season with tourney aspirations. I thought this was a year where we had the opportunity to become a powerhouse in the MAC, but with Darrel leaving and a lot of our starters graduating there's a great chance we've already lost a lot of momentum.
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Really kind of ridiculous now, maybe Taggert is still an option... if not I guess Dykes, if not, Spack will be our last effort... wow not really good...
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Once again I have to be somewhere in the morning so we are just going to do the bulletpoint version of Odd Thoughts tonight.
But before I go there I just want to make sure I say this here in case I dont say it later, our bench sucks.
For everybody blaming Lance for missing that one free throw let me remind you of the end of the first half blown layup by Paul George. There were two points left hanging on the board that I would like to have right now wouldnt you?
Our bench as a unit is just terrible, for the life of me I do not understand why Frank thinks he has to play them as a group. I understand that you have to give the starters a break but even if he has to rotate them out one at a time he is going to have to change this.
If I never see D.J. Augustin play again it will be too soon for me. Since this was the 20th game I think we have enough of a sampling to say that this isnt working. Im not kidding when I say this; he is playing himself out of the league right now.
Great defense or not Roy has got to stop having 30% shooting nights. On occasion I understand but this is unacceptable. Some of his misses are put back attempts so he gets a little break there but if nothing else just rebound the ball and kick it out if you cant go up strong with it.
This wasnt George Hills strongest shooting night either but he did outplay Lawson significantly. Im not thrilled he didnt know we were down three but I cant be upset with him for shooting that shot because time was gone. He can be blamed though for being to blatant in an attempt to draw a foul, refs are probably not going to call that on most nights.
Speaking of which, I wonder if Danny will hear from the league office for verbal abuse of the refs. After the game was over Danny went out on the court and berated them for a good 3-4 min before finally leaving.
Also on the foul called on Lance going against Miller I thought Frank was going to attack someone. He jumped up yelled very loud curse words that all of us on our end the floor are now going to have to go to church for and he even accidently kicked Dan Burke in the process.
If you have ever wondered allowed that Faried might be as good as David West you may now never ask that question again, ever. I did not realize how small he was prior to tonight either; David West dwarfed him in both size and height.
Our bench totally blows
Gerald Green played 12:33 and I have no idea what he did.
However as crappy as Green was let me give you this wonderful stat line by Hansbrough. 1 rebound (that was his positive contribution) 3 fouls 1 turn over and 1 humiliating shot that was actually blocked back in time by McGee. BTW Tyler was the only person in the fieldhouse who didnt see that block coming.
But not to be outdone in the race to see which bench player sucked the most was D.J. Augustin who had as many turnover (3) as he did points (1) & assists (2) combined not to mention being played like a kettle drum by Andre Miller on defense.
Neither Sam nor Ian had good games but at least the two of them didnt totally embarrass Dr. James Naismith the way the other three did.
Our bench is just horrid
Lance Stephenson had good and bad moments; more good than bad IMO but I know Seth wasnt happy with his end of the game ball handling. I wasnt as upset but I see his point. Still though I like it when he attacks the basket, he would have only hit that one free throw.
Paul had a decent game, I dont think it was as good as his final stat line shows (he hit a lot of threes tonight so IMO that always inflates things but hey he hit them so you cant take that away from him) but I will also say that he was being defended by an Olympic caliber defender. BTW he was wide open in the corner if only West would have seen him for a shot to end the game.
David West was on pace to become all world in the first half. Didnt miss and was hitting from everywhere. But in second half slowed way down and by the 4th quarter he not only was not hitting he was actually missing some defensive assignments. The Nuggets went small and I think it threw him off.
Sigh, back to .500% with our next game facing the Thunder.

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Jerepko seems to be some kind of super human creature on steroids. At least against us.
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Kim Kardashian's ex-husband Kris Humphries, 28, will be auctioning off the engagement ring that he gave the reality star in 2011 at Christie's auction house in NYC on October 15.
Last month, when a description of the items that would be up for bid in Christie's "Bright & Beautiful" jewelry sale was released, a company rep wouldn't say whether or not the bauble had been a part of one of pop culture's most infamous recent scandals. "We have a strict policy not to comment on any of our clients," the rep told omg! at the time.
Now, however, someone is talking. "I can confirm the lot up for auction on Tuesday at Christies is the property of Kris," a rep for Humphries said.
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A Study With Aleglitazar in Patients With a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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This double-blind, parallel, two-arm study will evaluate the potential to reduce cardiovascular risk, the tolerability and long-term safety profile of aleglitazar compared to placebo on top of standard care in patients with recent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Patients will be randomized to receive either aleglitazar or placebo once daily as oral doses. The study will last until at least 950 events occur, but time on study treatment will be for at least 2.5 years.
|Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
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Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
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|Official Title:
|A Safety and Efficacy Study to Evaluate the Potential of Aleglitazar to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Patients With a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Event and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D)
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Effect on cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction and non-fatal stroke [ Time Frame: Throughout study, approximately 4.5 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Effects on other cardiovascular endpoints [ Time Frame: Throughout study, approximately 4.5 years ]
- Glycemic control, lipoprotein profile, blood pressure, biomarkers of cardiovascular risk [ Time Frame: Throughout study, months 1, 3, 6, 9, 12 and then every 6 months thereafter ]
- Tolerability and long-term safety profile [ Time Frame: Throughout study, approximately 4.5 years ]
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|February 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2013
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|November 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Experimental: Aleglitazar
Drug: Aleglitazar
aleglitazar 150 micrograms po daily
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
placebo control po daily
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults >18 years of age
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- Hospitalization for ACS event and randomization between hospital discharge and 8 weeks after the ACS index event (day of hospitalization)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate <45 mL/min/1.73m2
- Concomitant treatment with a thiazolidinedione and/or fibrate
- Triglycerides >400 mg/dL
- Anaemia
- Symptomatic congestive heart failure classified as New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-IV (France and Germany: Symptomatic congestive heart failure classified as NYHA class I-IV)
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Lincoff AM, Tardif JC, Schwartz GG, Nicholls SJ, Rydén L, Neal B, Malmberg K, Wedel H, Buse JB, Henry RR, Weichert A, Cannata R, Svensson A, Volz D, Grobbee DE; AleCardio Investigators. Effect of aleglitazar on cardiovascular outcomes after acute coronary syndrome in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the AleCardio randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2014 Apr 16;311(15):1515-25. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.3321.
Lincoff AM, Tardif JC, Neal B, Nicholls SJ, Rydén L, Schwartz GG, Malmberg K, Buse JB, Henry RR, Wedel H, Weichert A, Cannata R, Grobbee DE. Evaluation of the dual peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α/γ agonist aleglitazar to reduce cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus: rationale and design of the AleCardio trial. Am Heart J. 2013 Sep;166(3):429-34. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.05.013. Epub 2013 Jul 26.
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|Study First Received:
|January 5, 2010
|Last Updated:
|November 1, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Myocardial Ischemia
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vascular Diseases
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Get an overview of this hotelDowntown Los Angeles luxury hotel with rooftop pool
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Next to Staples Center
Featuring luxurious accommodations, dramatic, panoramic skyline views, relaxing spa services, stimulating nightlife, and exclusive access to sports, entertainment, award shows, and world-class cuisine.
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Opened in 2010, The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles is the centerpiece of the "L.A. Live" entertainment complex, which features the Nokia Theatre, the Nokia Plaza, the Grammy Museum, a 14-screen movie theater, restaurants, and shops. The Staples Center is adjacent.
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- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 123
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- Year Built 2010
- Number of restaurants - 3
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Available in all rooms: Wired high-speed internet ( USD 12.95 per day ), Wired Internet access (surcharge)
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The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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- Number of treatment rooms 9
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Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
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- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 12.95 per day (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: USD 45.00 per day
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(UK) Linn Records Deal Of The Day: 25% off Dunedin Consort Mozart: Requiem
Deal Of The Day: 25% off Mozart: Requiem. Discount already applied.
"The Dunedin Consort presents the premiere recording of Mozart scholar David Black's new 2013 edition of Süssmayr's completion of Mozart's Requiem. It was named winner of the 'Choral' category at the 2014 Gramophone Awards. Also available on 180g vinyl. ...
(US) Ars Lyrica Houston New CD Release: Heart & Soul ~ Devotional works from the German Baroque (Release date: 10 July 2015)
Ars Lyrica Houston announce the forthcoming CD release: "Heart & Soul ~ Devotional works from the German Baroque"
"Devotional works from the German Baroque for voice, strings, and organ. With a renowned British counter-tenor Ryland Angel, Matthew Dirst on the Fritts organ at St Philip Presbyterian Church, and Ars Lyrica core ..."
(US) Jacobin Article: "Culture Isn't Free" (by Miranda Campbell, 2 Jul 2015)
(From a recent Jacobin article on the question of culture and artist income welfare.)
"The missives from the struggling artist keep piling up. Filmmakers show their work at renowned film festivals but still turn to crowdfunding to pay emergency vet bills. Writers agonize over how mortgage officers will perceive incomes cobbled together from teaching contracts and freelance gigs. Musicians go on successful tours but come home with deep debts, while their widely streamed songs earn a pittance. ...
(US) Cape Cod Early Music Festival (CCEMF) (6-18 Jul 2015)
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Location: St. Mary's, Barnstable, MA, US
"Several renowned performing artists and ensembles bring their talents to Barnstable for two weeks in July 2015. The Cape Cod Early Music Festival offers professional performances of music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods in an intimate and air-conditioned setting. Enjoy a stroll through the church's English-style gardens, and then attend a concert performed by some of the finest musicians on the Early Music scene. A reception follows each concert in the parish house. ...
(UK) Cambridge Early Music: 2015 Summer School Showcase / Bach's Library & Italia Mia (2-14 Aug 2015)
(From a recent Cambridge Early Music newsletter)
"Cambridge Early Music's 2015 Summer School Showcase will run from Sunday 2 – Friday 14 August. The Parley of Instruments showcase the music of J. S. Bach and his circle (Sun 2 Aug), including his Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 (Wed 5 Aug); Philomel give us a taste of Carnival (Sun 9 Aug); and The Intrepid Academy recreate the sound of the sixteenth-century 'collegio' in Venice (Wed 12 Aug). Join the students of our 2015 summer schools as they perform excerpts from Bach's B Minor Mass (Sat 8 Aug) and take us on a Grand Tour of the city states of sixteenth century Italy (Fri 14 Aug). ...
(EE) 22nd Haapsalu Early Music Festival (Estonia) (1-5 Jul 2015)
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If you happen to be in the area, you may be interested in attending the 22nd Haapsalu Early Music Festival in Estonia. Here is the concert line-up below: ...
(FR) 21e édition, l'Académie baroque européenne d'Ambronay (5-25 Jul 2015)
"For its 21th edition, the European Baroque Academy of Ambronay will be under the direction of Enrico Onofri.
Violinist and conductor Enrico Onofri, also recognized throughout Europe for his teaching skills, has envisioned a summer program around 3 violins concertos magnifying the virtuosity of this instrument. It will combine works of Italian composers of early Baroque period with those of the pillars of later German repertoire. The highlight, a beautiful concerto by Vivaldi and the unforgettable Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 by Bach. ...
(FR) eeemerging Emerging European Ensembles
"The process set in place by the 'eeemerging' project aims to increase equality in the options open to young ensembles, give them excellent working conditions along with support and organisation for their projects, and help them to confront the realities of the early music market in Europe. ...
(US) The 2015 American Bach Soloists Festival & Academy (7-16 Aug 2015)
Location: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco California, US
"The 2015 American Bach Soloists Festival & Academy is a celebration of Bach's French contemporaries and the splendid music of the extravagant court at Versailles.
Artistic and Music Director Jeffrey Thomas will conduct masterworks by Couperin, Rameau, Rebel, and others, including Marin Marais' spectacular opera Sémélé, presented complete for the first time outside of Europe. ...
(UK) DanceBooks.co.uk New Arrivals: Early Dance DVD's
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"We've just received a delivery of modern dance and early dance DVDs produced by Dance Horizons. Most of the recordings are old, sometimes as many as 40 or 50 years, so by today's standards the picture quality is poor. But if you can cope with this there are some fascinating things included, both performance, technique, and interviews ..."
(ES) University of Zaragoza Summer Course: " Introduction to Orchestral Practice Through Historical Perspective" (27-31 Jul 2015)
Location: University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Aragon ES
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The course objective is to approach in a practical way, through the orchestral repertoire, the various aspects that the interpretation of the music before 1800 required today. ...
(FR) Orpheon Foundation: Orpheon Courses 2015 (Three Sessions: 10-14 Aug; 21-28 Aug; 30 Aug - 8 Sep 2015)
SAINTE-RHEMY-EN-BOSSES Valle D'Aosta, Italy (10-14 Aug)
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"May we invite you to join us for some very stimulating courses in Early Music in some of the most spectacular settings one can imagine? These courses, geared for professional and amateur alike, offer a pedagogically well balanced program of technique classes, master classes and ensemble playing. Another important feature of the Orpheon courses is the possibility - unique in the world - of playing on the original violas da gamba and violins, violas and violoncellos from 1560 to 1800 of the Vazquez Collection, which ...
(CA) 2015 CAMMAC Summer Program (28 Jun - Aug 16 2015)
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(CA) 2015 CAMMAC Summer Program (28 Jun - Aug 16)
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"Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced musician, and no matter what your age, our outstanding teachers will help you take that next step in your musical journey. Early Music, Broadway, Jazz, Chamber Music, Celtic Music, Choir, Orchestra, etc. Pick your week! ...
(UK) Pro Corda Chamber Music Courses: "Conservatoire Baroque" (29 Aug - 2 Sep 2015)
Location: Leiston Abbey, Theberton, Leiston, Suffolk IP16 4TD
"Pro Corda is pleased to announce the launch of a new course for post 18 study within its existing Conservatoire series which will be directed by Professor of Baroque Flute at the Royal College of Music, Rachel Brown. The course will explore the rich eighteenth century chamber music of the Baroque era for students at any music conservatoire or university. ...
(IT) Libreria Musicale Italiana (LIM) Release: Francesco Antonio Pistocchi Scherzi musicali [op. II] - Duetti e terzetti, op. III Edizione critica
"The volume presents the first modern edition of all the vocal print of the famous singer and composer Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659-1726), founder of one of the first schools of Italian song. The book includes a broad biography of the musician as well as the critical edition of the lyrics and music ...
(ES) III International Baroque and Renaissance Dance Course (6-10 July 2015)
For dancers, musicians & amateurs
Italian Renaissance with Bruna Gondoni.
French Baroque with Nick Nguyen and Teresa Alves.
Spanish Dance of the "Siglo de Oro" with Mª José Ruiz Mayordomo.
Castanets with Ludovica Mosca
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE with Bruna Gondoni Elementary level : Cascarda "Chiara Stella "from Il Ballarino by M.Fabrizio Caroso . " Ballo fatto da 6 cavalieri " from Le Gratie d'Amore by C.Negri Middle –advanced level: "Canario: variazioni "by C. Negri coreography by Bruna Gondoni with music of Lorenzo Allegri. " Bassa Gioiosa " by M.Stefano from Le Gratie d'Amore by C.Negri , and/or:"Gagliarda di Spagna" from Nobiltà di Dame by M.Fabrizio Caroso. ...
(UK) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment: Baroque String Playing Resources Pages
"Welcome to our Baroque String Playing resource pages. They have been compiled by the National Centre for Early Music, working alongside string players from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and have been made possible by funding from Youth Music.
The resources have been written by Cathryn Dew (NCEM) and Cecelia Bruggemeyer (OAE), and feature Helen Kruger (violin), Nicholas Logie (viola), Ruth Alford ('cello) and Joe McHardy (harpsichord). ...
(UK) Jane Austen Festival (11-20 Sep 2015)
Location: Bath, UK
"The 2015 Jane Austen Festival – Ten wonderful days of celebrating all things Austen in the beautiful Georgian city of Bath ..." Not only of searching for Mr. Darcy, the Jane Austen Festival is of ten days of dance and of music. ...
(US) The Eighth International Mae and lrving Jurow Harpsichord Competition (22-24 March 2016) (NOTE DATE CHANGE)
Historical Keyboard Society of North America
"NOTE DATE CHANGE -- The Eighth International Mae and lrving Jurow Harpsichord Competition, Historical Keyboard Society of North America, March 22-24, 2016 (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE!), Oberlin College, Ohio. Finals will be completed and awards will be announced on the evening of Thursday, March 24. ...
(PL) Viola Organista -- Leonardo da Vinci's Genius at Work
"Designed more than 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci, was never built in his lifetime. ... Built in Krakow, Poland in 2009-2012 by Sławomir Zubrzycki." Have a peek at this wonderful instrument that is often times on tour and being performed ...
(SE) eClassical CD Release: "C.P.E. Bach – Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 30" (10 Jun 2015)
(From a recent eClassical newsletter)
"Besides his more than 150 sonatas, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach also composed a large number of single-movement pieces for solo keyboard. Some of these were published in collections, beginning with the Probestücke (Study Pieces) of 1753, included on Volume 22 in this series (BIS-1762). On the present disc Miklós Spányi presents three other sets intended ...
(ES) Spanish Ministry of Culture Prize Award: "The Golden Age of violin making in Spain" (Jorge Pozas)
(From a recent newsletter article)
"We're happy to share with you that "The Golden Age of Violin Making in Spain" is the 2015 Winner of the "Third Prize" in the Art Books section of the Best Edited Book Awards organised by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. ...
(AT) 39th Innsbruck Festival of Early Music (14 Jul - 28 Aug 2015)
"... Improvisation is the main theme of the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. The "stylus phantasticus" thus becomes the focus of attention. The style was highly influential for both composing and free musical performance. ...
(CZ) Festival Opera Barocca 2015 (14 Aug - 6 Sep 2015)
(From a recent Opera Barocca newsletter)
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... citta is fundamentally an activity or process of cognizing or knowing an object. It is not an agent or instrument possessing actual being in itself apart from the activity of cognizing. The definitions in terms of agent and instrument are proposed to refute the wrong view of those who hold that a permanent self or ego is the agent and instrument of cognition.
In the case of citta ... its manifestation -- the way it appears in the meditator's experience -- is as a continuity of processes ...
mikenz66 wrote:. And Nina's books are certainly useful expositions of Abhidhamma,
2) Insight-oriented practices merely reinforce the conceit of self.
Jechbi wrote:It seems to me that admirers of Nina van Gorkom take a much harder line than she herself does. The admirers I've encountered tend to focus on two messages:
1) You can't force insight to happen; and
2) Insight-oriented practices merely reinforce the conceit of self.
These are useful cautions, in my opinion. But they are not sufficient reasons to completely toss out the insight practices, which is what some of these admirers seem to propose.
btw, if you look at Pages 27-29 of the Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, you see that right out of the starting gate these concerns are addressed:... citta is fundamentally an activity or process of cognizing or knowing an object. It is not an agent or instrument possessing actual being in itself apart from the activity of cognizing. The definitions in terms of agent and instrument are proposed to refute the wrong view of those who hold that a permanent self or ego is the agent and instrument of cognition.
andIn the case of citta ... its manifestation -- the way it appears in the meditator's experience -- is as a continuity of processes ...
When you write about the development of vipassana, you don't speak about concentration methods or sitting practice.
Vipassana, insight, is actually panna (wisdom) which has been developed to clearly understand realities as they are, as non-self. It is not some special practice, it is not sitting or breathing. If one wishes to induce calm by sitting one still wants to get something. There is subtle clinging which can pass unnoticed. The aim of vipassana is to have less ignorance of realities, including our defilements, even subtle ones. Therefore it can and should be developed in daily life; any object can be an object for mindfulness and understanding.
tiltbillings wrote:mikenz66 wrote:. And Nina's books are certainly useful expositions of Abhidhamma,
Are they expositions of the actual Pitaka texts or later works?
tiltbillings wrote:2) Insight-oriented practices merely reinforce the conceit of self.
Anything can be used to reinforce the self, but if this is directed the Mahasi Sayadaw practice, it is off base.
B. Could you give an example of wrong practice of vipassana?
A. There is wrong practice if, for example, one thinks that in the beginning, one should be aware only of certain kinds of nama and rupa, instead of being aware of whatever kind of nama or rupa appears. There is wrong practice if one thinks that there should not be mindfulness of the characteristics of lobha, dosa and moha when they appear. Then one selects the nama and rupa one wants to be aware of and the wrong view of self cannot be eradicated. Another example of wrong practice is thinking that vipassana can only be developed when sitting. In that way one sets rules for the practice, one thinks that one can control awareness. Thus one cannot see that mindfulness too is anatta (not self).
jcsuperstar said: in one of her books ive read she seems to take a swipe a the mahasi method
jcsuperstar wrote:in one of her books ive read she seems to take a swipe a the mahasi method, something to the effect of directing attention at the abdomen isn't mindfulness of breathing or something like that.
It is extremely difficult to be mindful of breath in the right way
so that there can be true calm, freedom from lobha, dosa and
moha. It may happen that one takes for breath what is not breath,
the rúpa conditioned by citta. Some people follow the movement
of the abdomen and they erroneously take this for mindfulness of
breath. If one has no accumulations for mindfulness of breath,
one should not force oneself to take up this subject. There are
many other subjects of meditation which can condition calm.
U Pandita wrote:It has been said that by noting the rising and falling of the abdomen, meditators are distancing themselves from the teachings of the Buddha. The answer to this is a firm and definite "no." Quite apart from the success that meditators have achieved by noting rising-falling, there is much solid evidence in the Buddhist scriptures, such as Salāyatana Vagga Samyutta, to show that the method is very much a part of the Buddha's teachings regarding mindfulness of the body, mindfulness of the elements (dhātu), and mindfulness of the five aggregates (khandhas).
Question: I heard of people who concentrate on the movement
of the abdomen. They say that sometimes there is awareness of
the arising and falling of rúpa and sometimes there is awareness
of the knowing of the arising and falling of rúpa. Is this the right
way of developing awareness?
Nina: What we call abdomen is in reality many different kinds
of rúpa. Sati can be aware of only one characteristic of rúpa at a
time. For example, through the bodysense we can experience the
characteristics of hardness, softness, heat, cold, motion and pressure,
but we can experience only one of these characteristics at a
We cling to breath since our life depends on it. Breathing stops when our life comes to an end. When this subject is developed in the right way, it has to be known when there is clinging to breath or to calm; it has to be known when there is akusala citta and when kusala citta. Otherwise it is impossible to develop calm with this subject. It is difficult to know the characteristic of breath, one may easily take for breath what is not breath. Following the movement of the abdomen is not mindfulness of breathing. Some people do breathing exercises for the sake of relaxation. While one concentrates on one's breathing, one cannot think of one's worries at the same time and then one feels more relaxed. This is not mindfulness of breathing, which has as its aim the temporary release from clinging. Mindfulness of breathing is extremely difficult and if one develops it in the wrong way, there is wrong concentration, there is no development of wholesomeness. For the development of this subject one has to lead a secluded life and many conditions have to be fulfilled.
Question: So, seeing things as they are is the practice of vipassana, insight. Most people think that it is a complicated form of meditation which can be learnt only in a meditation centre. That is the reason why most people will not even try it. But from our conversation it appears that vipassana is seeing the things of our daily life as they are. Do you find that one has to have much theoretical knowledge before one starts the practice of vipassana?
Nina: The word meditation frightens many people; they think that it must be very complicated. But in reality one does not have to do anything special. If one wants to develop vipassana one needs some theoretical knowledge. One does not have to know about all physical elements and mental elements in detail, but one should know that the body is made up of physical elements and that these are different from mental elements. There are many different physical elements and these elements are continually changing. One should know that there are many different mental elements: one citta arises and falls away, then the next citta arises and falls away. Cittas arise and fall away successively, one at a time. Seeing is one citta, hearing is another citta, thinking is again another citta, they are all different cittas.
Developing vipassana does not mean that one has to be aware of all those different elements at each moment; that would not be possible. Nor does one have to do anything special; one can perform all the activities of ones daily life. One gradually begins to understand that there are only physical phenomena and mental phenomena and one begins to be aware of these phenomena quite naturally, without having to force oneself, because they are there all the time.
When we understand that these phenomena can be known as they are only through direct awareness of them, awareness will arise by itself little by little. We will experience that awareness will arise when there are the right conditions. It does not matter if there is not a great deal of awareness in the beginning. It is important to understand that awareness is not self either, but a mental phenomenon which arises when there are the right conditions. We cannot force awareness to arise.
In understanding more about physical phenomena and mental phenomena, and in being aware of them in daily life, wisdom will develop. Thus there will be more wholesomeness and less unwholesomeness.
sanghamitta wrote:A crtical view of taking the rise and fall of the abdomen as the object has a long pedigree for people of a certain age. The late Christmas Humphries activly campainged against it, without imo having the full picture concerning the practise. I think Nina Van Gorkom may be of a generation to have been influenced by this.
Ven. Dhammanando wrote:Here's a dialogue between a Sujinist and an advocate of formal meditation that might help to clarify the Sujinists' position.
Ven. Dhammadharo wrote:... there will be listening in the right way as much as conditions will allow. There will be studying of Dhamma in the right way as much as conditions will allow, no more. It is not self. Hearing now is not self. Studying is not self. Right attention is not self. So, if we think that we can study and we can listen we are misleading ourselves. We can be aware while studying and listening, in order to learn that such moments are not self.
Jechbi wrote:I don't find anything in that Q&A that necessarily conflicts with sitting practice as it actually occurs, at least for some. As it states in the "Comprehensive Manual of Abdhidhamma," this all manifests in the meditator's experience as "a continuity of processes." Each moment presents with different kamma, and it's not all going to be the same for every "sitting meditator" all the time. This is a highly specialized criticism, imho.
Bhikkhu Dhammadharo wrote:If you try to concentrate on your feet going around no awareness of anything. It is just a self who is trying to direct awareness, an idea of what you think awareness is, to some place or other of the body, because we want to know this, we want to know that. It is not natural. It is not getting rid of attachment, it is increasing it.
...it is not proper for you to assert that, "Whatever a person experiences — pleasure, pain, or neither pleasure nor pain — all is caused by what was done in the past.
mikenz66 wrote:This bit summarises most of the arguments I see from Khun Sujin's followers:Bhikkhu Dhammadharo wrote:If you try to concentrate on your feet going around no awareness of anything. It is just a self who is trying to direct awareness, an idea of what you think awareness is, to some place or other of the body, because we want to know this, we want to know that. It is not natural. It is not getting rid of attachment, it is increasing it.
Chris wrote:Bhikkhu Dhammadaro has been dead for many years, and, of course cannot expand on or defend his snipped remarks.
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