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CCF Testimonials
Librarians, library presenters and partners, and community members provide constant feedback about the value and effectiveness of the cultural programming provided by ALA. Some recent comments:
Why cultural programming at libraries?
"By taking on the role of a community cultural center, libraries are now helping engage people in history in new ways by bringing them together for interactive programming experiences." – filmmaker
"By bringing arts and humanities programs to libraries, ALA is broadening access to culture in our country, getting communities in touch with each other, and breathing life into art, literature and poetry." – author/artist
"If someone thinks a library is just a warehouse for books, it's because they haven't used it." – library manager
Who benefits from cultural programming?
"We have raised the visibility of the library hundreds of times over what it had been! I wish we had a library visibility meter reading from even two months ago and could compare it to now. You've put us on the map!" – library programmer
"ALA gave us a terrific opportunity to serve and inspire the community, and I thank you for making it possible! " – librarian
"Clearly inspired our staff and enabled us to raise our profile in the community." – library director
"The library enjoyed incredible publicity and increased use by the public, and the community was rewarded by a first-class experience" – library director
"Happened to come at a time when the city is working on rebranding itself, and I cannot help but think that it contributed to showing our city in a positive light." – librarian
"ALA's influence has greatly enhanced and helped create our library's role as a community cultural center. – library manager
"As expected it brought many new visitors . . . it also allowed us to form unexpectedly meaningful partnerships with organizations that we previously had no connections with . . . it is difficult to say which of these two benefits was more valuable." – librarian director/professor
Community members.
"The programs successfully blended entertainment and learning in innovative and effective ways, and I was proud to be a part of such a wonderful event." – presenter/scholar
"A mother, who came with her college-age son, said that her son was energized by the talk and spoke of nothing else the rest of the evening." – librarian/faculty member
"This is the greatest thing to come to the library, ever!" – library visitor
"An unforgettable evening. Everything about it was so impressive. I'm quite captivated by the realization that events such as this one take place under your direction all the time. I thing I need to get on a mailing list. I'd love to come to more." – library visitor
"I have worked in and with small and rural libraries for the past 25 years and know from experience the deeply felt need for programs that support cultural activities in our smaller communities. It is often the case that a library is the single most important provider of cultural programming in the community. People embrace opportunities to interact with authors , to discuss literature, to view good art, to debate issues and to engage in civil conversation on a wide range of topic." – library network director
How will funding from CCF support libraries?
"ALA's leadership is crucial in creating models that inspire libraries to offer programs that stimulate, enrich and educate our community members." – library manager
"We count on access to ALA-sponsored training for our staff and scholars to present programs." – library programming coordinator
"The importance of libraries in our society cannot be overstated. As we attempt to gain a better understanding of who we are, and where we are going as a nation, our libraries must play a pivotal role in encouraging dialogue among its citizenry. The Cultural Communities Fund will support library programs the build bridges between people. This strengthens the democratic foundation of our country" – presenter/poet/scholar
"I ignored the adage 'don't volunteer' because I have found the ALA public programs to be wonderful on so many levels and I want to contribute to their ongoing vitality and success." – archivist


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You know how hippos are made out to be sweet and silly, like big cows, but are actually extremely dangerous and can kill you with stunning brutality? The Pacers are the NBA's hippos....Matt Moore CBS Sports....
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
This is a bit off-topic, but goes back to OlBlu's claims earlier that Cam Newton was a "superstar" and my claim that the league was going to "figure him out" because he doesn't read defenses well and defenses will stop his running plays and get to him. On top of Newton's lackluster season thus far, there's already a lot of media hub bub wondering aloud what's goin on, and now Schefter is stating a concurrent sentiment:
Exactly what I said. And for what it's worth, I think RG3 will go through a similar path.Q: What is wrong with Cam Newton this season? It seems like he has regressed. It is just his weapons on offense or have teams found out how to game plan against him?-- Lew (Kansas
A: Lew: The biggest thing might be that other defensive coaches around the league have had a year to study him and produce schemes for him. What Newton does no longer surprises them. They're now prepared for it, whereas last year they got caught off guard. Plus, it looks as though Newton is putting a lot of pressure on himself, letting things that shouldn't bother him affect him. It's not a great situation. Newton has been too up-and-down this season and has too much talent to be this average this year.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Good for you and what makes you think that Luck won't also go down that path? I look for a big rebound by Newton in the second half of the season...
I don't look for a big rebound for Newton... maybe a leveling off.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
Is it just me or is this post rampant racism? Black QBs cannot take on as much information and the white QB will "outsmart" his opponents. Didn't RGIII graduate early? What makes you think these black QBs are mentally inferior to Luck? Note to the mods, my post is not racist but his post sure sounds like it is....
How is his post racist? Never once does he mention the race of the QB.
OK. I won't press the point. I am sure he is not racist but there are problems with that post. Read it again. You don't have to point out that those two QBs are black (and run down their intellect) and Luck is white (and he is the more intelligent and will out think the others). Perhaps I am wrong. I am hypersensitive about those kind of things...... For instance, I don't think Irsay would have ever done the things he did last year if Luck had been black. But, that is just me and I have seen way too much of this kind of stuff in my life..... I apologize to that poster if these things never entered his mind but then I point out that they should have...
You are the one that keeps bringing up their races. I don't see the words white or black in his post. To me, it seems you are the one with the preconceived notions about intelligence level and it's relation to race. He is talking about relating to their football. Which absolutely in his right. I don't agree with him on RGIII, but I do agree with him on Newton. I also agree that Luck's biggest asset is his intelligence and ability to learn the game.
This is ridiculous. Would it make you feel better if he also mentioned a bunch of white QBs who also were figured out by the league or didn't play in a pro style offense in college for preparation? You are the one that mentioned race first, not him, the fact you sent a message to the mods over this is incredible. Have you really gotten bored with inciting people over Andrew Luck that you had to move to race?
I didn't send a note to the mods about that post as much as I did not explain my reaction to it. Yes, I would have felt better if he had done that. I am hyper sensitive to that. I grew up in Indiana when small a small southern Indiana town had a sign on the both ends of town saying, "Black man, don't let the sun set on you here." I also spent time and energy in the civil rights era working and supporting the civil rights movement (I was in college at the time). I am willing to accept that I made an error because of all of this and I apologize to all for even bringing it up. I did ask if other people saw it that way for a reason. I'll accept your judgement that it is "just me."
Ryan Leaf started off great had better athletic tools than Peyton as soon as defenses adjusted....pooped the bed.
Tony Romo is a classic example of this. Good arm, moves well, played very well when he first got under center in Dallas and had his chance. Obviously didn't flame out like Leaf did, but I think we can all agree once the league started to game plan for him he has never been able to get over the hump.
I could go on.
No need, I have enough respect for you to believe that I made a mistake in the first place. Thanks for answering my question.....
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I don't have any proof of that but I have long suspected it.. Oh, well, this topic needs to die.....
He only employs dozens of non-whites on his football field. Put Edge in the Ring of Honor just a few weeks ago. Yea, the dude clearly doesn't like non-whites.
And trust me, I am as far from racist as they come, and that is with a lot of negative influence in my early years. I know it's cliche to say, but I don't see color, I just see people. I really hope you don't believe that about me; if you do, you need to do some self-examination.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
No, I didn't believe that and I said so. However, one can make a statement that other can deem racist while not being one himself. I know what you mean by the influence in your early years, I also went through that. But, JFK became president when I was a teenager and Martin Luther King was giving wonderful speaches. It was a natural for me to become a civil rights activist when I moved on to the university. I was listening when King gave his "Dream" speach and and I saw and took part in some of the marches. No, I never burned my draft card (my father would have disowned me) but I was there stoking fires for coeds and helping them burn those bras!!
You forgot the green.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
-Merle Haggard
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
If I have to use a color to denote such obvious sarcasm, I fear for society.
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We are an experimental condensed matter physics group in the Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory at MIT. We are focusing on the following areas:
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text: George Hohmann: Ohio hikes minimum wage By George Hohmann December 29, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The minimum wage in Ohio will increase to $7.85 an hour on Tuesday, New Year's Day.The current federal minimum wage is $7.25. That's also the rate in West Virginia and all of the states bordering the Mountain State except Ohio, where the current minimum is $7.70.Ohio's minimum wage changes annually because of an amendment to the state constitution Buckeye State voters passed in 2006, according to the Toledo Blade newspaper. That amendment ties the wage to the inflation rate.In addition to increasing on Jan. 1 in Ohio, the minimum will go up in almost a dozen states and cities and there are efforts in several other states to hike the wage, according to The Wall Street Journal. But West Virginia isn't among them.The last increase in West Virginia occurred in 2008, when the minimum went from $6.55 to $7.25.*West Virginia is one of only 13 states to have met the January 2013 deadline set by the federal Real ID Act for issuing secure drivers' licenses, according to the federal Department of Homeland Security, or DHS.West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Joe Miller last year explained the motivation behind the Real ID law: "Seven of the ... [Sept. 11, 2001] terrorists had authentic driver's licenses that were fraudulently obtained," he said.The DHS commended the states that have met the standards, as did Brian Zimmer, president of the Coalition for a Secure Driver's License. Zimmer said in a prepared statement that members of the group he heads "salute the hardworking DMV employees of those 13 states and their management teams for the many hours of conscientious effort required to bring their states into compliance. The Real ID standards are highly complex, and compliance has not been easy for them."The DHS announced it has granted a "temporary deferment" for all states and territories that have not yet complied with the law so federal agencies can continue to accept their licenses and identification cards for boarding commercial aircraft and for other official purposes.But the DHS stressed that its goal is to implement the act as required by law and said it will develop a schedule for the phased enforcement of the act."Secure driver's licenses and identification documents are a vital component of a holistic national security strategy," the department said. "Law enforcement must be able to rely on government-issued identification documents and know that the bearer of such a document is who he or she claims to be."*I think the most memorable West Virginia news story of 2012 occurred in August when a Silver Airways pilot, operating United Express Flight 4049 bound for Bridgeport with 11 passengers and three crew onboard, landed late at night by mistake at Fairmont's tiny Frankman Field. The incident prompted the airline to launch a review and CNN reported that the Federal Aviation Administration launched an investigation.Neither the airline nor the FAA responded to queries about the outcome of their probes.Reach George Hohmann at email@example.com or 304-348-4836. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 SBA board OKs canceling Logan's construction management contract 3 Parole board seeks report on Lavigne for possible release from prison 4 Chuck McGill: Barry Switzer takes a special interest in former George Washington star 5 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken W.Va. awarded $300k for Sandy cleanup Previous Story What is coal's future? Next Story


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1. your head is forward but not your center of mass (which is just above your solar plexus or your heart.)
2. that thing you do where you point the disc nose up at your target during your run-up is making you throw nose up.
3. you are still strong arming all your shots.
practice throwing smooth easy shots with a putter or a fastback. and practice throwing them low and flat. try pulling across your navel.
when you start throwing weight forward you will stop falling backwards after your shot (which you do a lot). when you finish your shot you should actually take a step towards your target.


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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Meijer announced that it is once again implementing its "Simply Give" food pantry campaign to help restock the shelves of 193 local food pantries in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. The family-owned supercenter chain said it hopes to raise its total to more than $1.6 million in food donations since starting the program two years ago.
The latest "Simply Give" effort, Meijer's seventh since 2008, began on Nov. 7 and will continue through Jan. 1, 2011. The program encourages local shoppers to purchase a $10 Meijer Food Pantry Donation Card at special displays throughout the store. The donation cards are then converted into Meijer Gift cards and given to the local food pantry selected by the store. (The $10 amount reflects a typical bag of groceries at Meijer.)
As it has done in the past, Meijer said it is seeding the "Simply Give" program with $100,000 in grocery gift cards that will be divided equally among all the participating food pantries. The past six efforts have raised nearly $1.4 million in food donations to local organizations.
"It's heart-warming to see how our customers have joined us to help their friends and neighbors during these past two years, " said Hank Meijer, co-chairman and CEO. "This is the third holiday season for the "Simply Give" program, and we are glad to help at the time of the year when demand surges at local food banks and food pantries."


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Hello everyone,
Retrofuturist is an Adminstrator and Global Moderator as this new (primarily Theravada) forum was originally his idea and he is well-knowledgeable about the Dhamma, the Pali Canon, and the Mahayana.
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melek wrote:Dixie wrote:I used to play the flute in the local music band in my town.
What are brass bands, exactly?
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Giants starters' woes continue with Lincecum
Right-hander goes seven innings but allows five Phillies to score
SAN FRANCISCO -- When the Giants excel, they're quick to praise their starting rotation.
And when they play a nondescript game, as they did Tuesday for the second time in two nights, it's the same contingent of pitchers who frequently slip -- thus emphasizing the starting five's importance to the club's success.
San Francisco's 6-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies created no panic among the reigning World Series champions. But the Giants are wise enough to know when a slump needs to stop before it begins. Their starting pitchers have reached that point.
The Giants have recorded only two quality starts -- outings lasting at least six innings with three or fewer earned runs allowed -- in their last 10 games. The rotation's ERA in that stretch is an unsightly 6.19. For the season, San Francisco's starters entered Tuesday ranked an uncharacteristic 10th in that category with a 4.44 ERA, which grew to 4.51 after Tim Lincecum allowed five runs in seven innings.
It's time, Lincecum announced, for some group therapy involving him, Matt Cain, Barry Zito, Ryan Vogelsong and Madison Bumgarner. This group has combined to record one victory in San Francisco's last 14 games.
Such chats have helped the pitchers emerge from previous collective slumps. Lincecum indicated that the members of the rotation might gather for some constructive commentary.
"Because it's been put in our minds a little bit more, what's been going on and the things we can do to fix it, easier than not," he said. "With that, [we have to] get back to competing with each other and not worrying about what happens on the field so much."
Manager Bruce Bochy acknowledged the rotation's vulnerability.
"It comes down to consistency with the pitching and we haven't quite been as consistent as we normally are," he said. "We haven't hit our stride, I think, with the pitching yet. That's the key for us."
Lincecum's individual performance has reflected the staff's as a whole.
It's said that hitters tell onlookers how a pitcher's throwing. In Lincecum's case Tuesday, opponents continued sending mixed messages.
Lincecum struck out the side in the first inning against the Phillies, who nevertheless amassed three runs and five hits off him through two innings. On one hand, the length of his appearance matched a season best. He struck out seven to maintain his healthy ratio of slightly more than one per inning.
But Lincecum also permitted nine hits.
"That's definitely frustrating, just the lack of consistency -- making a great pitch and then not repeating it," he said.
Chase Utley, who entered the game batting .167 (5-for-30) lifetime against Lincecum, went 3-for-3 off the right-hander. Utley's first hit wasn't imposing, merely a first-inning comebacker that struck Lincecum's backside before he pounced on the ball, barehanded it and flung it into right field for an error. That helped generate Philadelphia's first run.
Utley was more authoritative in his next two at-bats against Lincecum, rapping a second-inning RBI single and a fifth-inning homer.
Lincecum lamented the hanging slider that Utley clobbered for his homer. Utley didn't care what kind of pitch it was.
"I was just looking for something in the strike zone," he said. "Trying to keep it simple and squared up pretty good. It's a big yard, so I wasn't really sure where it was going to go."
Lincecum will go back to throwing between starts in an attempt to find his rhythm, which he defined as the "timing of when my foot's hitting and where my arm's at when it does."
This game unfolded almost six years to the day when Lincecum made his Major League debut against these same Phillies on May 6, 2007. The promise was there; the polish wasn't. Lincecum surrendered five runs in 4 1/3 innings, yielding two-run homers to Shane Victorino in the first inning and Ryan Howard in the third. He issued five walks. But, as he did Tuesday, Lincecum struck out the side in the first inning, demonstrating the electric stuff that would earn him two Cy Young Awards and four All-Star recognitions.
So in more ways than one, Lincecum's 196th career appearance mirrored his first.
"He was really good at times; other times he made some mistakes," Bochy said. "He had good stuff tonight but had trouble commanding the fastball at times."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Royals offering special ticketing discount today
DENVER -- For one day only, the Royals are offering their fans an opportunity to watch the hottest team in baseball at a discounted price.
On Thursday, Aug. 21, fans will be able to purchase single-game tickets online at www.royals.com or by phone for the Royals remaining home games with all additional fees being waived.
The Royals have two remaining homestands and each are of the 10-game variety. In their first beginning on Monday, Aug. 25, the Royals are scheduled for a makeup game against the Yankees along with three three-game sets against the Twins, Indians and Rangers.
After six games on the road, the Royals return to Kauffman Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 11. In their final regular home games of the year, the Royals will face off against the Red Sox (four games), the White Sox (three games) before hosting the Tigers for a three-game series that could very well determine who wins the American League Central.
The no fee sale will begin at 12:01 a.m. and run until 11:59 p.m. on Thursday. To order single-game tickets, fans can visit www.royals.com or call (816) 504-4040.
Cody Ulm is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Queen and the ChairRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
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Join Chef Walter Ishizuka and his team at Brasserie Joël where they offer outstanding French food at affordable prices. Classic brasserie dishes using only fresh and high quality ingredients populate the seasonal menu. 1WB Lounge & Patisserie is open for afternoon tea and serves a delectable selection of freshly made pastries and tapas-style food. The intimate Ichi Sushi & Sashimi Bar is a taste of Tokyo with an iconic London view. Be the centre of attention at Primo Bar featuring live music every night and an encyclopaedic array of cocktails. For a truly authentic Italian coffee experience – where better than espressamente illy coffee bar.
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In an unprecedented step, the Federal Reserve said it would hold interest rates near zero until it hit the specific target of a 6.5 per cent US jobless rate, and it pledged to keep pumping more money into the economy.
The central bank said its commitment to hold rates steady until its new threshold was reached would hold as long as inflation was projected to be no more than 2.5 per cent one or two years ahead and inflation expectations were contained.
The decision, accompanied by an announcement to replace a more-modest and expiring stimulus program with a fresh round of Treasury debt purchases, came as a surprise. Most economists had not expected the central bank to adopt thresholds to guide policy until sometime next year.
"The committee remains concerned that, without sufficient policy accommodation, economic growth might not be strong enough to generate sustained improvement in labor market conditions," the Fed's policy-setting panel said in a statement.
Fed officials committed to monthly purchases of $US45 billion in Treasuries on top of the $US40 billion per month in mortgage-backed bonds they started buying in September, as financial markets had expected.
Under the "Operation Twist" program that will expire at the end of the month, the Fed was buying $US45 billion in longer-term Treasuries with proceeds from the sale of short-term debt. The new round of government bond-buying it announced on Wednesday will be funded by essentially creating new money, further expanding the Fed's $US2.8 trillion balance sheet.
Fed policymakers voted 11-1 to back the new plan. Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker dissented, as he has at every meeting this year, expressing opposition both to the bond buying and the new economic thresholds.
Stocks added to earlier gains and long-term government bond prices fell on the Fed's announcement. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will discuss the central bank's latest decision at a news conference at 2:15 p.m. (1915 GMT).
"They see an anemic economy, and they're doing all they can to get any economic progress," said Alan Lancz, president of Alan B. Lancz & Associates in Toledo, Ohio.
In its statement, the Fed noted unemployment remains elevated and that inflation is running somewhat below the central bank's 2 per cent objective.
Policymakers repeated a pledge to keep buying bonds until the labor market outlook improved substantially, although they said their long-term asset purchase program would end well before they raise rates.
A drop in the jobless rate to 7.7 per cent in November from 7.9 per cent in October was driven by workers exiting the labor force, and therefore did not come close to satisfying that condition.
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The Fed cut overnight rates to near zero in December 2008 and has bought about $US2.4 trillion in bonds in a further effort to push borrowing costs lower and spur a stronger recovery.
Despite the unconventional and aggressive efforts, US economic growth remains tepid. GDP grew at a 2.7 per cent annual rate in the third quarter, but it now appears to be slowing sharply. According to a Reuters poll published on Wednesday, economists expect the economy to expand at just a 1.2 per cent pace in the current quarter.
Businesses have hunkered down, fearful of a tightening of fiscal policy as politicians in Washington wrangle over ways to avoid a $US600 billion mix of spending reductions and expiring tax cuts set to take hold at the start of 2013.
Bernanke has warned that running over this "fiscal cliff" would lead the economy into a new recession.
By setting thresholds to guide its decision on when to eventually hike rates, the Fed was able to jettison a previous prediction that borrowing costs would remain at rock bottom levels until at least mid-2015.
Officials were uncomfortable giving guidance on monetary policy based on a calendar date, and are hopeful the new framework will help financial markets assess incoming economic data in a way that helps them correctly gauge the likely future stance of policy.
The prior policy of fixing an end point was criticized by some economists as sending a message that the Fed expected the economy to be weak until then.
In economic projections released in September, the Fed suggested the jobless rate would not fall to 6.5 per cent until late-2015.
Fed officials will release a new set of economic and interest rate projections at 2 p.m. (1900 GMT) that could show yet another round of downward revisions to growth prospects.
Back in September, the Fed predicted the US economy would expand 2.5 per cent to 3 per cent in 2013, but even that modest rate is looking potentially rosy. The Reuters poll showed a median US growth estimate of 2.1 per cent for next year on the same fourth quarter over fourth quarter basis.


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Time for a change: let the do-over begin
Robin Brownlee
December 29 2009 11:38AM
I'll admit to being stubborn when it comes to changing my mind on stances I've taken, like the need to tear down the Edmonton Oilers roster and start over with a full-scale rebuild, but the abomination that is the Oilers seven-game losing streak has made a believer out of me.
While the make-up and mix of the roster coach Pat Quinn has to work with has looked wrong to me since training camp broke, I have been of the mind, given injuries and illness, that GM Steve Tambellini should wait 50-60 games to start undoing this edition of the team.
Even then, I wasn't in for a full-scale Dive For Five, but after watching this mis-matched collection of players that's supposed to be a team fade into a nothingness that can only be described as an epic fail, 39 games has me convinced.
Consider me a card-carrying member of the DFF Faction, a convert to the belief that Tambellini, or somebody else if he doesn't have the stomach or wherewithal for the job, has to do whatever it takes to get to square one.
Dan Barnes pulled the trigger by calling for the same thing today in The Journal, so I'm not claiming to be staking new ground here, but I'd rather catch on to what many fans here at OilersNation and elsewhere have been saying sooner rather than later.
It's broke. Time to fix it.
The ugly details
I said a week or so ago my philosophy for the DFF is that landing a 2010 draft lottery pick should be considered an aside to a proper rebuild, not the focus of it. I'm sticking by that because I don't believe a Taylor Hall or a Tyler Seguin is the cure-all for the Oilers, even if it is a start.
The goal for me is freeing up cap space and creating options, rather than throwing the mess Kevin Lowe created on the shoulders of 18-year-old kids coming out of the draft, no matter how talented they might be, in the next couple of years.
- If I'm Tambellini, I'm faxing the other 29 GMs in the league a list of roster players I'm willing to trade before the New Year. I'm informing them that I'm ready to deal between now and the deadline.
The only players NOT on that list are Ales Hemsky, Ladislav Smid, Andrew Cogliano, Ryan Potulny, J.F. Jacques, Dustin Penner, Ryan Stone, Zack Stortini, Gilbert Brule and Sam Gagner.
With the exception of Hemsky and Penner, these players don't put a significant dent in the salary cap now and likely won't in their next contracts. There is no windfall waiting for Cogliano or Gagner this summer, so they aren't going anywhere, at least not yet.
- While it's unlikely there'll be calls for players at the top of the salary scale like Shawn Horcoff, Sheldon Souray or Lubomir Visnovsky, I'd make them as attractive as possible. Dump their salary for picks and prospects, if possible. Yes, these contracts are next-to-impossible to trade, but you take a shot and see what happens. If one or all of them are back, so be it.
- I'm especially pushing Ethan Moreau, Steve Staios and Patrick O'Sullivan before the deadline. They could be decent pieces for the right team during the stretch drive, even with some term left.
- My 2010-11 edition of the Oilers includes Jordan Eberle, Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson, Theo Peckham and Taylor Chorney.
- My first moves before hitting the fax machine are, as Barnes suggested, finding out if surgery is the answer for Horcoff's shoulder and Nikolai Khabibulin's back.
Surgery takes them out of play in terms of trades in the unlikely case that anybody would be interested -- Mike Milbury isn't an option -- but it helps secure a lottery pick.
At the top
- If I'm owner Daryl Katz, I'm grading Tambellini on what he does between now and the trade deadline. If I don't see a significant shift in the right direction, he gets a pink slip when the season ends.
- If Tambellini gets the sack, then Quinn moves from coach to GM, while associate Tom Renney and assistants Wayne Fleming and Kelly Buchberger run the bench. I also look at rescuing Rob Daum from the shit show that is Springfield and adding him to the staff here.
- The entire hockey operations side gets re-evaluated at the end of the season, and that evaluation begins with the scouting staff, starting with Kevin Prendergast.
- If I'm Katz, I take a long look at old pal Kevin Lowe, now the president of hockey operations, and ask some tough questions. Does he serve out the term of his extension or take the fall now for the mess he left Tambellini? Either way, Lowe's days are numbered.
- If I'm Katz, I call Tambellini, Lowe and anybody who has a stake in the decision-making process and inform them in no uncertain terms the do-over starts now. Then, I call a news conference to tell fans exactly that.
— Listen to Robin Brownlee every Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. on Just A Game with Jason Gregor on TEAM 1260.
December 30 2009, 11:14AM
I have never been able to understand why a professional athlete would be a smoker.
It's all tied into the "let's go out and get hammered after the game" bar culture. I don't imagine there are that many of those guys left however (at least as far as smoking goes...drinking to excess is another matter entirely). The game is just too fast nowadays for players to be screwing around like that on a consistent basis.
I had a friend who was from Toronto who told me about waiting outside Maple Leaf Gardens in the 80s when Al Iafrate would ride up on his Harley with a joint hanging out of his mouth.
Yeah the bar culture is obvious, but there is more to it than that I believe. The question to me is why hockey more than other sports?
That still leaves the most significant question...as an athlete why risk it? When minor differences in physical abilities can make or break a career why risk it?
Don't bother answering because I know the answer...people are stupid and nobody feels more indestructible than a young athlete.
I just don't understand it.
So... did Yzerman & Co. get it right?
December 30 2009, 11:25AM
@Robin Brownlee
Since I have nothing but the ocassional emotion invested in the team, less all the time, Naieve is a nice place to be in this case.
I would be surprised if Mr. Katz was happy with the team, just would like to see some action showing that unhappiness.
All I know is I see no desperation in the players, as in jobs are at risk, the coaches or desperation in the management. The owner says nothing anybody reports as coming from him. No lamb, player with a contract, has yet been sacrificed from the big team to indicate change is coming.
I have not doubted your words or Barnes', as a fan, becoming more casual by the day, I have seen no actions indicating an inclination for change. Its fine if your sources tell you different, but I see no actions by the team to back up what they and your observations tell you.
I understand no major deal is likely to be made until trade deadline, but the farm team could use help and that should be do-able before trade deadline. Even that would send a message management is on it.
December 30 2009, 11:31AM
ya if he played on another teams second line, im sure he would do good, not great but good, even 5.5 seems much for this guy but if he produced...money well spent, but not in e-town, just don't see it happening here and i think people are starting to see that
Somehow I suspect most if not all deals will happen near the deadline when management is done thoroughly "assessing" the team - whatever the hell that means at this point. The course of action will be the one that allows Oiler management to continue to pretend they have a plan in place.
December 30 2009, 02:31PM
Can we just rewind to the mid eighties please.....it has become obvious that the people entrusted to provide the hockey entertainment in this market have let us all down this year
Who was it that was telling Pat Quinn there's an abundance of skill/talent here? There has to be some conflict with the people involved when the coach knows these players are mostly threes dressed up as nines. I think Pat must've givin up on some of these guys.
Darn that musical group Journey for creating that song ...Don't stop believing, for it surely must be Tambellini, Lowe and Kevin Pendergassed it again...... favorite melody.
Can we all agree that Deslauriers is not an NHL goalie and probably never will be? He sure lets in some weak goals.
Just got back to Oil Nation so I just read the article now Robin, and I think your suggestions are bang-on. The only thing I would disagree with is trying to lose Visnovsky's contract. To me he's too good to let go, and because he's such a great skater and minimizes the punishment he receives I believe he'll continue to play at an elite level through to the end of his contract. Don't you think that a young team needs a presence like Lubo's to succeed in this league? I think of Gonchar in Pittsburgh as a perfect example of this.
By the way, we're tied in the Nation draft, yet they list you first. Talk about Nepotism! Haha.
December 30 2009, 06:35PM
Are there people on this site honestly suggesting that the owner, management and/or the players don't have a concerted interest in winning? Are you kidding? Thank about it. Yes, back in the EIG days, the 2 playoff gates were extra important, but I find it hard to believe ownership, mgmt and players have much of anyhthing beyond winning as many games as possible in mind. Seriously. "Tambo, I only need 4 playoff home games to make a profit this year. I want you to put together a team that will max out at 2 playoff rounds. Winning is not important." Ya, I'm sure that's the plan.
December 30 2009, 06:46PM
Brownlee it's about time you stopped hanging off the dairy cow. We need a new group of vetern's, we need to seperate the contender's from the pretender's and we need to start looking in the mirror (Old boy's club, you know who you are!). Let's stop riding on our laurel's of past and start a new regime in Edmonton, one that will lead by example and not perform on some sadistic form of entiltlement!!!
December 30 2009, 07:00PM
Brownlee it's about time you stopped hanging off the dairy cow. We need a new group of vetern's, we need to seperate the contender's from the pretender's and we need to start looking in the mirror (Old boy's club, you know who you are!). Let's stop riding on our laurel's of past and start a new regime in Edmonton, one that will lead by example and not perform on some sadistic form of entiltlement!!!
What does hanging off the dairy cow mean, exactly? And FFS, get a grasp of spelling, grammar and punctuation. Any point you're trying to make gets lost in the image of you picking a banjo on a porch in Arkansas with corn liquor spittle running down your chin.
December 30 2009, 07:26PM
Thanks for the advice. Nice of you to make 2010 the year of taking a stand (even if it is against me.). I shouldn't use metaphor's for "sucking the hind tit". I love Lowe's emotion but I believe it got in the way of his decision making process as well. This column was a long time in the making. Great job! I would like to see a youth movement lead this team. Let's hope the solution comes sooner rather than later!
December 31 2009, 05:08PM
What does hanging off the dairy cow mean, exactly? And FFS, get a grasp of spelling, grammar and punctuation. Any point you're trying to make gets lost in the image of you picking a banjo on a porch in Arkansas with corn liquor spittle running down your chin.
I wish you wouldn't beat aroung the bush so much Robin, just tell the man what you think.
January 01 2010, 10:04AM
The bloodletting should begin soooner than later. We have to many disinterested veterans on this squad. You forgot to mention Pisani in your comments. No GM in his right mind should take him. He is damaged goods. Yeah I hear Gregors voice saying " Dineen played with it all hit career". Eat the rest of this years contract and its time to say chao to Pisani. I agree that Moreau and Staois need to go if the intent is a rebuild. Honestly Moreau is playing so tight that if a put a quarter up his butt it would drop out as a loonie at the end of the game. His game is not what it should be. Chicago could use Staois veteran prescence on the backend for the playoffs. L.A. could use a Souray, and Souray couls use L.A.. Its where his kids are and that seems to be huge anchor wieghing on his shoulders. He'd deny it, but that may be a trade that both sides could benefit from. Stoll and a first round pick would be enough for me. Horcoff is a dead issue. Hemsky for me is a guy I would trade on a team that is rebuilding. Great value in a trade for the right price. Would you trade him to Boston for Toronto's 2 first round picks. I would. Boston needs a sniper and at that price I think that would look pretty good to both teams. Plus the added bonus of putting the screws to Burke would be so nice. Savard with Lucic and Hemsky is not a bad line? If you were GM for a day what would be the one trade you would make if you could. And it has to be realistic not an outright fantasy trade. Player for player/s and salary cap included?
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THREE county friends are preparing for the adventure of their lives – for a good cause.
Nick Mahon, Sam Musson and Pete Jarman, who are all 22, are set to drive around 10,000 miles through Northern Europe and Russia in the Mongolia Charity Rally next month.
The friends will take turns to drive on potholed roads and desert tracks, through a dozen or so different countries, in aid of Cool Earth and The Huntington's Disease Association.
Mr Mahon, a student from Wellington, said: "It's something I have always wanted to do – and I kind of pushed the other two to do it. It's something adventurous but it's also great to be doing something to help others too."
The team – "The Dukes of Nothing" – will set off from Battersea on July 20 and make their way to Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia.
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Rules state that teams must use a vehicle with an engine size no greater than one-litre and cost no more than £1,000.
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The journey, which will be made by around 300 teams, is likely to last just over a month.
Mr Mahon added: "The terrain will be tough, the tyres will pop and we're all going to overheat.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued new guidelines in an attempt to prevent and control norovirus outbreaks in health care settings, according to a press release.
The CDC recognizes that several states have developed guidelines to assist both health care institutions and communities on preventing the transmission of norovirus infections, the release stated.
According to the release, the guidelines include recommendations related to patient isolation precautions, hand hygiene, patient transfer and ward closure, indirect patient care staff, diagnostics, personal protective equipment, environmental cleaning, staff leave, visitors, education and communication.
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There's no doubt that last year's historic drought will remain etched in farmers' minds for generations to come, and a new study has named the culprit behind this epic event.
Man-man climate change -– a scapegoat blamed for similar weather events -– is off the hook.
Instead, extreme natural events led to the drought, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Drought Task Force.
"Neither ocean states nor human-induced climate change, factors that can provide long-lead predictability, appeared to play significant roles in causing severe rainfall deficits over the major corn-producing regions of central Great Plains," the report summary said.
Just how bad was the drought? Study leader Martin Hoerling, a NOAA meteorologist, told CNN reporters that the drought in Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota was the worst since record-keeping began in 1895, even eclipsing the notorious Dust Bowl droughts of 1934 and 1936.
"The event was rare, and we estimated maybe a once-in-a-couple-of-hundred-years event," Hoerling said.
Hoerling added, "I'm an advocate of global warming because science tells me that greenhouse gases have warmed the planet by about 1 degree Celsius in the last 100 years. So there's no question about that," he said. "But the science also tells that every drought that's occurring isn't a result of climate change."
See, "Study: Natural causes, not human activity, behind Plains drought."
The report also admitted that many meteorologists failed to accurately predict the drought.
"Summertime Great Plains rainfall has been in an upward trend since the early 20th Century and the last major drought occurred 25 years ago in 1988. The 2012 drought thus was a —climate surprise—, and would not have been anticipated from simple considerations of central U.S. rainfall behavior in the recent past," the authors wrote.
As 2013 summer drought outlook, many climatologists and meteorologists agree that it may rival last summer's drought, especially in areas west of the Mississippi River. Read more.


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Pirates Roster Moves
Today the Pirates have recalled RHP Jared Hughes (#48) and have selected RHP Ryan Reid (#43) from Triple-A Indianapolis.
To make room on the active roster, RHP Jeanmar Gomez has been placed on the 15-day D.L. due to right forearm inflammation/strain and OF Alex Presley has been optioned to Indy.
To make room on the 40-man roster, RHP Phil Irwin has been reinstated from the Triple-A D.L., recalled and placed on the MLB 60-day D.L.


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Amtrak travelers 62 years of age and over are eligible to receive a 15% discount on the lowest available rail fare on most Amtrak trains. On cross-border services operated jointly by Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada, a 10% Senior discount is applicable to travelers aged 60 and over.
Valid proof of age is required when purchasing your ticket and onboard the train.


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Are you a risk taker or risk-averse? Well, if you're a farmer, you must be a risk taker. After all, who else would try to run a business in the face of roller coaster markets, fluctuating government policies, unpredictable weather and challenging, if not deadly, working conditions?
Today's successful farmers may have more in common with professional poker players than with the stolid managers of generations past as crucial decisions balancing risk and reward must be made on a regular basis and, often, on the fly, agrees Brian Roe, Ohio State University ag economics professor.
So does this constant risk exposure make you more risk tolerant or less? One theory, says Roe, is that risk tolerant people seek entrepreneurial activities such as owning a small business or becoming otherwise self-employed.
But then again, farming isn't your typical small business.
"I would argue that, more than other forms of small business, family ties are crucial to farming entry decisions because they often provide the key knowledge, experience and skills necessary to become a successful farmer," says Roe. "And that's not to mention the fact that family ties often provide the access to land and other crucial, expensive assets. So, while the city kid who loves risk will choose to run a small business rather than take a government job, the farm kid who, deep down, doesn't really like to take risks, may end up running the family farm even if that safe government job was available."
In other words, risk tolerant people like to run their own businesses, yet it's not unusual for farmers to be somewhat risk averse; however, they get over it. Confused? Somehow this makes sense to me, but then again, maybe it's my convoluted thinking in action.
Roe set out to learn a little more about what makes farmers tick, and scientifically determine whether U.S. farmers, as a group, are more or less tolerant of risk than the rest of Americans.
Results from his work show that the general population and farmers have nearly identical risk tolerance. On a scale from 1 to 11:
- About one-third rate themselves in the low category (between 1 and 4).
- About 40 percent rate themselves in the middle (between 5 and 7).
- About 27 percent rate themselves highly risk tolerant (8 or above).
The general population survey, asked if people owned their own business. Interestingly, when this group is broken out separately on the graph, it is quite obvious that non-farm business owners are more risk tolerant, according to Roe. Only 20 percent are in the low category while more than 40 percent are in the high category.
This doesn't tell the whole story, though.
In general, farmers are older than the rest of the population; older people usually are less risk tolerant. So, when Roe adjusted for age, he found that farmers are more risk tolerant than the average business owner.
"If we make farmers 'look like' the general population, their risk tolerance jumps to 6.33 from 5.7; a 10 percent jump and now, they are clearly more risk tolerant than the general population," he explains. Taking the statistical analysis deeper and making farmers "look like" business owners, Roe reports that now the jump is even bigger: nearly a 19 percent jump to a risk tolerance rating of 6.79. Now farmers risk tolerance is even higher than that of non-farm business owners.
Therefore, as a population, farmers are not terribly risk tolerant – you can't distinguish them from the general population and they are clearly less risk tolerant than the average non-farm business owner. However, this is largely driven by the fact that farmers are older than the general population and the non-farm business owner population and, with age, comes less willingness to put up with risk.
So I ask again, are you a risk taker or risk-averse? I'm betting on the former. You went to work on your farm this morning.


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If you enjoy chewing gum and you follow the gluten-free diet, you need to chew gluten-free gum. Yes, it's true that you don't actually swallow the gum (usually, anyway), but you certainly swallow enough of the juices and flavoring from it to give yourself a reaction, if it's not gluten-free.

Fortunately, there are numerous choices in gluten-free gum for people with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. The products on this list are considered gluten-free to less than 20 parts per million, or ppm (smaller numbers being better).

Gluten-Free Gum Manufacturers

Here's the list of gluten-free gum products, followed by those that are not gluten-free. I've grouped them in alphabetical order by manufacturer.

• Glee Gum. Billed as "all natural chewing gum made with sustainably harvested rainforest chicle" and "the #1 healthy alternative to synthetic chewing gum and bubble gum," Glee comes in Classic and Sugar-Free (sweetened with sugar alcohol xylitol) flavors. The gums do not contain gluten, and are "safe for people with celiac disease and any other wheat and gluten intolerances," according to Glee Gum's frequently asked questions. All flavors also are soy-free, and the sugar-free flavors are corn-free (the Classic flavors contain glucose derived from corn).

• Trident. None of Trident's products contain gluten, according to the company's gluten-free statement. They're also all sugar-free. Trident Gum makes multiple flavors of gum in the following product lines:

Trident

Layers

Vitality

Xtra Care

White

Splash

• Wrigley. One of the premier U.S. gum manufacturers, Wrigley's gluten-free gum offerings include all of the following:

5-Gum

Big Red

Doublemint

Eclipse

Extra

Freedent

Juicy Fruit

Orbit

Spearmint

Winterfresh

Note that there are several Wrigley products that are NOT gluten-free. These are; Altoids and Smalls Peppermint Mints (they contain wheat-based maltodextrin), and Lucas and Skwinkles Branded Candy Strips (contain wheat flour and wheat fiber). In both cases, the wheat-based ingredients are called out in the ingredients lists on the product label.

Gum Brands That Are Not Gluten-Free

• Farley's and Smathers. This company makes Fruit Stripe and Super Bubble gum. Farley's and Smathers does not maintain a gluten-free list and only will disclose wheat-containing ingredients on its labels (U.S. labeling laws do not require disclosure of all gluten ingredients, only wheat). Therefore, Farley's and Smathers products are not recommended for those following a gluten-free diet.

• Hershey's. Hershey's, a top candy bar manufacturer, also produces Bubble Yum gum and Icebreakers. However, neither of those appear on Hershey's gluten-free list, so I'd steer clear.

• Mondelēz International, Inc. This company, based in New Jersey, makes the following brands of gum:

Bubbaloo

Bubbilicious

Chiclets

Dentyne

Nostalgia Gum

Stride

Mondelēz International does not test for gluten, according to a customer service representative. The company will identify any wheat, barley, rye or oat ingredients on the label, but it can't guarantee that products are gluten-free because its suppliers may not provide gluten-free ingredients, the rep said. Therefore, Mondelēz International does not recommend its products for those on a strict gluten-free diet, she said.

The Bottom Line On Gum

As you can see, there are more than a few choices of gluten-free gum, including sugar-free, teeth-whitening and all-natural varieties. Just avoid the ones that aren't considered gluten-free.

Two notes: the list applies only to the U.S. (products and formulations vary in other countries). Also, just because it's considered "gluten-free" to 20ppm, that doesn't mean it's definitely safe for you. People can and do have different tolerance levels for trace gluten (gluten below 20ppm), and many react to products labeled "gluten-free." For more on this, check out:

Glutened By 'Gluten-Free' Foods?

Why Products' Trace Gluten Numbers Matter

Trace Gluten Content of Popular Gluten-Free Manufacturers


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went something like this. get a set of 6" premium male to male jumpers. peel off a group of 26 wires. install idc connector near one end. trim cable. install on pi in cool fluorescent green pi box.
notes to self:
- - do not plug this in. something will short out.
- - next time use female jumpers. most adafruit breakouts come with male headers.
- - if you need to connect to a bread board, you can always use some extra long male headers.
- - idiot.


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manas wrote:It is actually a series of movies, and available on YouTube. It is still sinking in for me; there is much to digest. I suggest giving it a chance, as there is information here that will astound you. And it's all based on science, on scientific experiments that have been repeated and verified by reputable scientists:
Cittasanto wrote:...
Your title is not describing the monty python movies and or hitchhikers guide to the universe there fore it is false advertising!
I recently got myself magazine with this as a cover story but am yet to read it.
iforgotmyname wrote:Manas, agreed - this is some good stuff. I knew about the observer problem but didn't know the double slit experiment in such detail. Awesome video - and best part is cutting edge science doesn't require faith, yet it inspires you by making you rethink what you thought you knew! I love this stuff!
manas wrote:Cittasanto wrote:...
Your title is not describing the monty python movies and or hitchhikers guide to the universe there fore it is false advertising!
I recently got myself magazine with this as a cover story but am yet to read it.
It actually is mind blowing, and I hope a few people give it a chance. It does not contradict Buddhist tenets in any way. In fact some of the things they say - like that particles constantly 'pop in and out of existence' - seem to confirm some of the things the Buddha already knew millennia ago. Things are not what they seem!
As for the Hitch hikers' guide, thanks for reminding me. I ought to get a hold of a copy and introduce the kids to it. Was that the one with a super computer named, 'Deep Thought'? (It's been a while...)
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but how do you see the particles supporting/confirming Buddhist teachings?
I do enjoy science, and generally get magazines for my morning coffee based on a cover story I think may be relevant to Buddhism in some way.
purple planet wrote:I dont know what i think- but no doubt the expirements of the double slit (which i knew of) and the before hapening brain response - are mind blowing
i watched part 1-2 and allmost all of three - i guess i dont want to get in to this cause i fear it might disturb my progress by making me have much more thoughts - especially doubts about my meditiation - but still i might have read about it or watched it in a whole but i allready wasted to much time on this i can spare an hour or two but not 6 -
i think its dangoureus for people who get convinced easily i myself am not sure exactly where it contradicts buddhism
about his biography see here : http://butterfliesfree.com/?page_id=102
this line caught my attention :
~ Commodore's Staff Aide to L. Ron Hubbard in Scientology, and founder and first president of the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE).
But im not judging only on that (if he left Scientology)- just another reason to doubt it all and if your practice of buddhist meditation is weak and you have lots of thoughts allready and have a concentration problem and doubt about buddhism maybe its best not watch it
the double slit expiremint might help you remove doubt by showing you there might be more to life :
Dr Quantum explains the Double slit experiment -
manas wrote:I don't have a clear enough grasp of either Quantum Physics, or the Dhamma, to explain that properly as yet. I have a kind of hunch though.
It is to do with the psychic powers that the Buddha and some advanced disciples of his were (or are) able to enact. If we see the mind and matter as two utterly different entites, with no link as it were, then it is hard to imagine how anyone could actually 'appear and vanish' or 'walk though walls' etc. But according to some physicists, mind and matter are related much more closely than we think. Even the act of observing quantum entites, changes them from behaving like waves, to behaving like particles. Observation changes 'reality'...Let's imagine that, unlike ordinary beings, the Buddha was able to actually see the world as waves, rather than only as particles. He could then manipulate this 'stuff' as he wished, because he was working with the waves before they had changed into particles, you know what I mean? Like he was that one step ahead, and so instead of the particles popping into existence according to kamma etc, he was able to control how or in what shape, texture or form the wave-soup was to coalesce into particle form.
lol I got to stop or my brain will melt!!! I'm not a physicist...this is just speculation here
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be careful about the speculation. and maybe examine your thinking to see if it aims in the right direction (or just round in circles)
manas wrote:[EDIT: Parts 1 and 2 are, imo, excellent and well researched. But in part three, the narrator departs from relating what is mostly the views of reputable physicists and neuroscientists, and goes off on his own tangent, trying to posit, afaics, a kind of Determinism. So, now that I have watched part 3, I am not quite so enthused about the movies as a whole, because I sense a disturbing agenda unfolding in the third. I don't recommend Part 3 on.]
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Wiltshire Police is appealing for witnesses after an assault in Melksham.
A 30-year-old local man was walking along the High Street, near Lloyds Bank when he was headbutted by another man around 8pm on Friday February 8.
A 36-year-old man from Melksham was subsequently arrested on suspicion of Common Assault and has since been released on police bail, without charge, pending further enquiries.
Officers are now appealing for anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident to contact Wiltshire Police.
Local Crime investigator Eleanor Bettles said: "As part of my investigation I am keen to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time and either witnessed the incident or has any information in relation to it.
"Even the smallest piece of information might help us in this investigation.
"All information will be treated in the strictest confidence."
Any witnesses are asked to contact Local Crime Investigator Eleanor Bettles at Melksham Police Station on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information may be left anonymously if preferred.


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Topic: Cancer Centers of America
Hi all. I looking into getting a second opinion at this point eventhough my treatment is going well and chemo is showing shrinkage I am wanting to branch out more and see if there are other options available to me. I talked with the CTCA today and really enjoyed the conversation I had with the fellow. Very friendly respectful and gave me a lot of vital information including treatments they offer and they are familar with CCA. I was hoping to head on down to the the one in Arizona but the guy said most likely that my insurance would not be covered there. So he is recommending me to come out to the one in Chicago. My question is has anyone had a consult from there? Or in general what are people opinions after seeking helping from CTCA? He said it would be a 3 to 5 day stay and I really liked what they had to offer such as organic complimentary meals, accupuncture and massage, dietician and naturopaths, etc. Seems like they have a lot to offer and he also mentioned the doctors work in a very integrative team which i believe is important as well. Any feedback on this would be great as I would like to make a decision to fly out from Oregon to Chicago the beginning of December. Thanks in advance


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Hello everybody, my name is Jeff.
I have been curious about Buddhism off and on for the last 6 years. Beginning with introductions to Zen from my cousin I started out reading "The Three Pillars of Zen" by Philip Kapleau. Now I am crossing over to find myself more inclined to Theravada teachings. The past few years in this life have been a struggle for sure. I've become more angry, less open to new ideas and generally being a less than good person, but now that is getting put behind me. I am living this life to follow the 5 precepts, the noble eightfold path and becoming a better person for the good of my family and others.
I'm glad to be here and hope I can practice and learn with all of you!


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HIS Swindon side may have blitzed Eastbourne by 20 points to move back into the Elite League play-off places last night, but team manager Alun Rossiter reserved the most praise for the Abbey Stadium track.
Troy Batchelor (12) and Dakota North (10) both hit double figures in the routine victory, with Nick Morris scoring eight and guests Hans Andersen and Jason Garrity paid for eight and 10 respectively, on a night where the visitors never recovered from the hosts providing the race winner in the opening five heats.
After criticism from the Robins riders earlier in the season due to the inconsistency of the circuit, the Robins boss insisted track curator Ronnie Russell had served up the best racing surface of the last three years, with Rossiter reporting similar praise from home and away riders alike.
"It was a good win for us but I really thought Eastbourne would come a bit stronger at us," he said.
"The state of the track was absolutely A1, perfect, first class. It's the best racing surface we've had for two or three years.
"Ronnie (Russell) has really worked on it and he's got it perfect, and when you've got home advantage like that we can show it in the riders' racing.
"It was great last week and credit where credit's due. He's taken a lot of flak but the riders loved it and Bjarne Pedersen said it's the best track he's raced on in four years.
"This result shows what you can do when you have real confidence in your home track."
The Robins could easily have missed flying reserve Steve Worrall, with the youngster missing due to commitments with Edinburgh at Sheffield, but Rossiter was pleased with how Garrity stepped into his shoes.
"Jason was outstanding," he said.
"He told me he would get Kylmakorpi in the last race and he did, he clamped him, he's a racer and he always gives 100 per cent.
"He's in a rival team (Coventry) going for the play-offs but he did a great job in what was a superb all-round team performance."
Guest Andersen made a trademark start from the outside as he rolled back the years to take victory in the opener, with North doing well to battle through Timo Lahti to back him up in third, before a near-identical second heat saw Garrity win from the tapes as the impressive Nathan Greaves forced his way past Dan Halsey.
Batchelor copied Andersen with a win from the outside in his opener, with Gustafsson lost at the back, before Morris ensured the Robins provided the heat winner in all of the opening four heats as he led home a calm and assured Greaves for the first maximum of the night.
Having each won their opening rides, Batchelor and Andersen combined for a 5-1 from the gate which left the Eagles in tactical territory, with Bjarne Pedersen trusted with the black and white helmet.
The visitors initially looked as if they were going to bring back an 8-1, with Pedersen alongside Mikkel Michelsen, but Simon Gustafsson fought his way past the tactical Dane to limit the damage to a 5-3.
North's win from the tapes in heat seven, with a hard-charging Garrity third, extended the home lead to 11 points, but Eastbourne took those points back immediately thanks to Lahti's victory over Morris.
The second reserves' race finished in the exact same order as the first, with Garrity heading Jacobs and Greaves home, before North's heat 10 victory, backed up by Andersen on the run to the line, saw Joonas Kylmakorpi come out in black and white as Trevor Geer rolled the dice one more time.
Though he had little choice but to use Kylmakorpi, with Pedersen having taken the previous tactical ride, Geer's use of black and white backfired for the second time on the night as the Finn finished third with Pedersen taking victory.
North picked up win number three as he stormed to victory in heat 12 by the length of a straight, with Greaves the real star as he held off Lahti despite the Finn trying every line to find his way through the youngster.
Batchelor's third win of the night, ahead of Pedersen, as good as sealed all the points with two races to go, before Morris and Garrity made certain with a 5-1 in the penultimate race.
The final heat was shared, with Batchelor winning on what was an encouraging evening with the play-offs creeping ever closer.
Next up on for the Robins is a trip to Coventry on Monday night, where they will again be without number one Peter Kildemand after the Dane was signed off for another week by doctors following a heavy crash in Poland on Sunday.


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10 things to do in Portland
July 15, 2012
Being the last quadrant of the United States I'd yet to visit, the Pacific Northwest has been on my bucket list for a few years now. I checked that box at the end of May after spending a week in Oregon, including three days in the city of roses. If you're planning a trip to Portland, here's where to lay your head, what to feast on, and where to walk off some of those calories.
If you're obsessed with caffeine and plan your morning around where – and more importantly when – you'll be getting your fix, get yourself to a sleek Stumptown coffeehouse. It's coffee for coffee geeks. The single-origin drip I ordered lived up to every piece of praise I'd read and heard. It's my new benchmark for coffee. I'm not kidding.
Unlike Chicago, where food carts are banned for reasons beyond my comprehension, Portland teems with them. They're located in pods scattered around the city, where clusters of trucks serve up everything from schnitzel to four-inch tall breakfast sandwiches like the one we nabbed from The Brunch Box (www.brunchboxpdx.blogspot.com) at the corner of Southwest 5th Avenue and Stark Street.
Sexual innuendo aside, (one of the many slogans is "The magic is in the hole") the doughnuts at Voodoo Doughnuts (22 Southwest 3rd Avenue, voodoodoughnut.com) are pretty tasty, especially the gooey Portland creme. Plus the pink box screams "I stood in line forever to obtain fried goodness," to passersby.
Two miles from downtown is the Hoyt Arboretum, a peaceful greenspace that feel worlds away from the bustling city. Walk, jog or stroll along the 12-mile trail system, stopping to check out the more than 1,100 species of plants. See if you can find the Dawn Redwood, a deciduous confier tree thought extinct until it was rediscovered in a remote part of China in the early 20th century.
Nearby is the tranquil 5.5 acre Japanese Garden ($9.50 for adults, http://www.japanesegarden.com) and the International Rose Test Garden (free and open from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily), worth at least a quick looksie and a much longer chunk of time if the some 7,000 varieties of thorny blooms are unfurled.
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Located on the Portland State University campus downtown, this farmers market is one of the best I've visited. You'll find vendor after vendor hawking everything from hot pepper jam to farm fresh hazelnuts (Oregon is the single largest producer of hazelnuts in the U.S.). Grab a quick lunch from many of the food vendors there, or pick up souvenirs for loved ones back home.
Dubbed Beervana, Portland is teeming with breweries. The state boasts 110 brewing companies, which produced 1.1 million barrels of beer and generated $2.44 billion in economic activity in 2011, according to the Oregon Brewers Guild. From Bridgeport to Rogue Ales, if you're a beer lover, there's a good chance your favorite brew hails from Portland. One of my favorites is Deschutes Brewery (210 NW 11th Avenue, http://www.deschutesbrewery.com). Stop in and skip the usual suspects in favor of sampling the beers you can't find here in Colorado.
Newer to the Portland scene is the up-and-coming distillery scene. If you're really gung ho, buy a Distillery Row Passport (www.distilleryrowpdx.com) to get you free tastings at a handful of distilleries. We visited New Deal Distillery (1311 SE 9th Ave. http://www.newdealdistillery.com) and spent an hour working our way through their lineup – two gins, four vodkas, a coffee liqueur and my favorite – a spicy, intense ginger liqueur I really ought to have made room for in my suitcase.
From Colorado chefs to food writers to Portland natives and even the New York Times, everyone seemed to chant one resounding Portland restaurant name: Pok Pok (3226 Southeast Division Street, pokpokpdx.com), and now we understand why. This isn't some Asian fusion confusion. This is the real deal. Try as much as you can fit in your stomach, but whatever you do, don't skip the sticky-but-oh-so-worth-it Vietamese fish sauce wings (get them spicy). Wash it all down with a tamarind whiskey sour made with fresh lime juice, palm sugar and bourbon.
If you're near the Pearl District at lunch, swing into Andina (1314 Northwest Glisan, http://www.andinarestaurant.com), a Peruvian restaurant that's warm and sophisticated. The plates comes in three sizes – small, medium and large and are best shared family style so you can cram as many flavors into your mouth at one sitting as possible. While the empanadas de carne – little pastries stuffed with slow-cooked beef, raisins and Botija olives – were quite tasty, it was the mixta nikkei causa, a traditional lime-scented potato puree layered with spicy tuna and crab salad and topped with a crispy breaded prawn that we fell in love with.
The downtown area of Portland is undergoing a renaissance and it's also very centrally located; the nearby TriMet MAX light rail and bus systems make it easy (and cheap) to get to any part of the city using public transportation.
The Hotel Vintage Plaza (422 SW Broadway, http://www.vintageplaza.com, rooms from $179/night) is a romantic boutique hotel inside a circa-1894 Romanesque brick building that offers all those little extras I love – bikes you can check out, plush robes, coffee in the morning, unfiltered apple juice in the afternoon and wine in the evening. It's also within walking distance to Pioneer Square and the MAX light rail and buses. My only beef? Trade the Starbucks coffee for Stumptown and this place would be pretty close to perfect.
A few blocks away is The luxurious Heathman Hotel (1001 SW Broadway, portland.heathmanhotel.com, rooms from $180/night), a 150-room property that has strong partnerships with Portland arts and cultural institutions – it's adjacent to the Portland Center for the Performing Arts and the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Be sure and browse the hotel library that's stocked with more than 2,000 books, each signed by an author who also stayed at The Heathman.
Nothing beats the smell of books. And walking into Powell's City of Books (1005 West Burnside Street, powells.com), which occupies an entire city block, the air is thick with the smell of the printed word. The store stocks more than a million new and used books, after all. Grab a map, or, even better, just get lost in the color-coded rooms of what is the largest independent chain of bookstores in the world.
Waterfalls, hiking and jaw-dropping photo ops, no wonder more than 2 million people visit the Columbia River Gorge each year. One of the country's first National Scenic Areas, The Gorge is well worth a day visit, and more if you have the time to spare. Drive along the historical Columbia River Highway and stop along the way at the multitude of waterfalls. Check out the Bonneville Dam and the adjacent fish hatchery where you can see Herman, the giant 75-year-old sturgeon before stopping in charming Hood River for a tasty lunch on Full Sail Brewing Co.'s deck. Soak up the sun and sip a beer while watching kite surfers catch the wind.


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ANN ARBOR (AP) -- The University of Michigan's first social media director has resigned after it was revealed online that she didn't graduate from college as she had claimed on her resume and job application.
AnnArbor.com and the Detroit Free Press report Jordan Miller's resignation from the $100,000 a year job was effective Monday.
Miller said in an email the misinformation was a "mistake."
School spokesman Rick Fitzgerald says a school compliance hotline was notified of the potential inaccuracy on Thursday night.
Documents posted Friday on the Reddit website also backed the claim.
Miller was hired earlier this year and was in charge of the university's social media presence and strategy. She stated on her resume and application that she graduated from Columbia College in Chicago, but the school recently verified that wasn't true.


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I said I was going to bump this after every 10 games. it just so happens that the 20th game of the season was against the Nuggets and Roy and JaVale got to go head to head quite a bit. Well, Roy's defense has been solid despite his abysmal offense.
JaVale has been pretty consistent though. He still seems to do one goofy thing per game but I consider Roy's multiple point blank misses and bad passes are worse.
Head to head last night I have to give the nod to JaVale and that really really bothers me.