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A TWO-year battle over the future of a former Winchester allotment site looks to be finally over.
At a recent city planning meeting yesterday, housing association Radian were successful in their application to develop the site in Stanmore.
Council chiefs have given the go-ahead for nine affordable homes off Cromwell Road despite resistance from a handful of residents dating back two years. Two houses, at 110 and 112 Cromwell Road will be demolished to allow access.
Sarah and Robert Collins, of Airlie Lane, Stanmore, have fought plans on the basis of the damage that construction work would do to trees in their garden, which backs on to the site.
In reference to other council-enforced temporary protection orders on trees, Mrs Collins had strong words for the planning chiefs.
She said: "Building a road over the tree route makes a mockery of temporary protection orders. You are applying double standards."
But after hearing from city tree officers, councillors voted unanimously in favour of pressing ahead, and Radian will now build seven three-bedroom and two two-bedroom houses.
However, Cllr Michael Read expressed some sympathy with Mrs Collins. He said: "I can see where she's coming from with the 'double standards' and I think the landscaping of this is very important. But I'm reasonably happy to go along with this scheme."
Planning officer John Hearn said: "It's a very clever scheme. But they do not attempt to mimic the properties on Cromwell Road. On this very narrow street you cannot design standard housing and be happy that it would fit in."


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Corporate cash managers took a breather from their steady push into mortgage-backed securities in November. It was the first month that a great share of corporate money wasn't allocated to MBS since February 2012, when MBS levels plunged to their lowest percentage share of corporate cash balances in at least five years, according to data from Clearwater Analytics.
As of Dec. 1, mortgage-backed securities represented 3.58% of cash balances, a small amount of the total but more than double the 1.58% parked in that asset category in March, and down just .03 percentage point from the prior month.

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Treatment of Aggressive Behavior and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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University of Konstanz
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Last updated: November 6, 2012
Last verified: November 2012
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Street children and children of vulnerable families in conflict or former conflict regions are often exposed to multiple traumatic events and situations in which they are forced to engage in violent behavior. The Narrative Exposure Therapy for violent offenders (NETvo) aims to reduce both PTSD symptoms and aggressive behavior. It helps the children to anchor fearful experiences and positive emotions linked to violent behaviour in the past. Additionally, visions for the future are developed in order to foster successful reintegration into society.
|Aggressive Behavior Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
|Behavioral: Narrative Exposure Therapy for violent offenders (NETvo)
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Treatment of Aggressive Behavior and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Former Street Children and Vulnerable Children in Burundi With Narrative Exposure Therapy for Violent Offenders
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Positive emotions linked to aggressive behavior via the AAS-CS (Appetitive Aggressions Scale for children and students) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Load of traumatic symptoms measured via the UCLA Adolescent PTSD Index (Clinician-administered PTSD scale) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Load of depressive symptoms measured via the MINI-KID [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Strength of suicidal ideation measured via the MINI-KID [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Functionality measured via the CGAS (Children's Global Assessment Scale) and SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|January 2011
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Narrative Exposure Therapy
Behavioral: Narrative Exposure Therapy for violent offenders (NETvo)
During NETvo the client, with the assistance of the therapist, constructs a chronological narrative of his whole life with a focus on exposure to traumatic stress and also on perpetrated violent acts. Empathic understanding, active listening, congruency and unconditional positive regard are key components of the therapist's behavior who asks in detail for emotions, cognitions, sensory information, and physiological reactions, linking them to an autobiographical context. Positive emotions and cognitions reported for violent acts are linked to the respective past. During four sessions the most important traumatic experiences and perpetrated violent acts are processed. In the fifth session plans and ideas for the future are developed to assist the children to reintegrate themselves into society.
|No Intervention: No treatment control
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Years to 23 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Positive Emotions concerning aggressive behavior derived from expert interviews with higher Scores of the Appetitive Aggression Scale (AAS)
- children are part of an aid program for reintegration into society
Exclusion Criteria:
- current substance dependance or use of antipsychotic drugs
- chronically ill children
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University of Konstanz
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|Anselm Crombach, Dipl.-Psych.
|University of Constance
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017
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|Anselm Crombach, Principal Investigator, University of Konstanz
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01519193 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 1, 2011
|Last Updated:
|November 6, 2012
Keywords provided by Anselm Crombach, University of Konstanz:
Aggressive Behavior
Appetitive Aggression
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Pathologic Processes
Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
Mental Disorders
Behavioral Symptoms
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 19, 2017


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Using 82games I wanted to post just a few statistics of the Pacers season just for fun and also to hopefully destroy a few common myths on this board.
According to 82games, George Hill was the best defender on the team.
His opponent PER was 12.2 on the season.
Of course to completely understand statistics we have to at least try to understand why the numbers show what they show. I think a big reason Hill had the best defensive numbers is not only is he a good defender of course, but the majority of the season he was playing with the second unit and had to defend lesser talent. I think that has a lot to do with it. It is worth noting though, that he does play good defense. I think he got a lot of criticism because he happend to have trouble with Jameer in the playoffs because it wasn't the best matchup for Hill, but he played well all season.
Who came in second? Danny Granger. Danny's opponent PER was 12.4 on the season.
Danny opponent PER was slightly higher (not as good) than Luol Deng's Opponent PER. I'm noting Deng because a lot of people love to rave about his defense, which is not entirely misplaced, but it can give us perspective. Danny Granger is a good defender folks. He had the best defense out of all the starters this past season. And yes that includes Paul George. One more comparison is Kobe Bryant who gave up an opponent PER of 12.4 as well this season.
I think we all know that Paul George will be a great defender. He is not one now however. He can't go through screens* and has given up some huge points to guys like JJ Reddick this season. That is not a mark of a great defender. We like to rave about Paul's defense because he can play excellent on the ball defense but he lacks two important ingredients that make a great defender: strength and the ability to get through screens.
The rest of the starters' opponent PER during the season:
Hibbert: 15.0
West: 15.2
George: 14.2
According to simple rating (via 82games) in descending order the best players on the Pacers were as follows:
Danny Granger: 7.5
Roy Hibbert: 5.1
Paul George 4.3
David West 3.9
George Hill 2.3
Here is 82 games explanation of simple rating:
Simple rating cannot be used as a concrete rating system but I think it does give us a pretty good idea on who was the most effective during the season. I think this gives us a pretty good idea on who was the best player on the Pacers and where the rest of the starters fall in line. Though this shouldn't be a surprise, I must emphasize that despite what some on this board say, Danny Granger is the best player on this team. He is the best scorer and defender among the starters.The main components of the 'Simple Ratings' are a production measure (a variant of John Hollinger's PER rating) for a player's own stats versus the counterpart player on the other team while he is on the court, as well as a simple on court/off court plus minus.
For fun, here is a random list of players that had a lower simple rating than Danny Granger this season:
Paul Pierce
M. Gasol
Josh Smith
* Paul is NOT having trouble getting through screens because he's playing the two. Guess who sets screens for teams? Big men. Doesn't matter if he's defending the two or three, the same guy is setting a screen! Paul is having trouble getting through screens because he sucks at getting through screens not because he's defending OJ Mayo instead of Rudy Gay!
I'm going to add more stats to this and complete this post tomorrow but halfway through I remembered I haven't slept in a long time and I'm about to pass out. I can't hardly function. I'm certain there are many spelling and grammatical errors. I'll fix them. Just let me allow my brain to recuperate.


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CLEVELAND -- The Indians' winning streak has lived to see another day. The only difference in this win was that it was close.
Drew Stubbs' fourth hit of the game, an RBI double with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning drove in Mike Aviles with the winning run as the Tribe beat Minnesota 7-6.
The Indians have now won five games in a row and out-scored the opposition 46-11.
This was by far the closest game in the streak, the other wins coming by scores of 10-3, 9-0, 14-2 and 6-0.
The game was played before a crowd of 20,200, the Indians' biggest home crowd since opening day.
After failing to protect leads of 4-2 and 5-3 the Indians found themselves trailing 6-5 going into the bottom of the eighth inning, which began with a single by Aviles off reliever Jared Burton.
Jason Giambi, pinch hitting for Yan Gomes, then brought everyone out of their seats with a towering drive to center that looked like it had home run distance.
It didn't. The ball died on the warning track and was caught by centerfielder Aaron Hicks.
The Indians kept the rally going when Stubbs flared a double to right field for his third hit and second double of the game, sending Aviles to third. Michael Brantley was intentionally walked to load the bases -- still with only one out.
But the Indians could only score one run, and they were lucky to get that.
Jason Kipnis hit a sharp grounder to second baseman Brian Dozier that was a potential inning-ending double play. But Dozier bobbled the ball and had to settle for throwing to first to retiree Kipnis and Aviles scored from third with the tying run.
The Twins took an early 2-0 lead, scoring single runs in the first two innings of the game off Tribe starter Justin Masterson.
Masterson was fresh off a Jekyll and Hyde month of April. In his first three starts he was 3-0 with a 0.41 ERA. In his next three starts, he was 1-2 with an 8.78 ERA.
Friday night was his seventh start of the season, and after giving up a solo home run to Trevor Plouffe in the second inning Masterson and the Indians were down 2-0.
The Indians tied it in the third inning on a two-run triple by Kipnis off Twins starter Pedro Hernandez. Mark Reynolds' two-run homer in the fifth gave the Indians a 4-2 lead, but in the Minnesota sixth Masterson hit a batter and gave up a two-out RBI single to No.7 hitter Oswaldo Arcia to cut the Tribe lead to 4-3.
The Indians stretched it to 5-3 in the bottom of the sixth on a two-out RBI bunt single by Kipnis -- but Masterson again was unable to shutdown the Twins in the next inning.
With two outs and nobody on base in the seventh Masters gave up singles to Justin Morneau and Ryan Doumit.
Cody Allen relieved Masterson, and Chris Parmelee greeted Allen with a towering home run over the wall in left field to give Minnesota a 6-5 lead.
o Nick Swisher (shoulder) was expected to be in the lineup Friday after missing the previous two games, but Manager Terry Francona decided to give Swisher one more day off. Francona said Swisher will be in the lineup Saturday.
o Huge window has been added to Francona's office at Progressive Field. The office is down the hall from the player's clubhouse. "I don't want to be back there by myself. I want to be able to interact with the players and the staff," Francona said. "I brought it up to Chris (Antonetti) that I wish I had more access and a week later it (the window) was there."
o Ryan Raburn is just the fourth player in the last 75 years to have at least 11 hits and four home runs in a three-game span. The others: Duke Snider of the 1955 Dodgers, Kirby Puckett of the 1987 Twins and Shawn Green of the 2002 Dodgers.
o According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Raburn is also the first major leaguer since Kevin Kouzmanoff in August of 2009 to collect 11 hits in a span of 12 at bats.�
o Condolences to Tribe radio voice Tom Hamilton, whose father Frank Hamilton died Wednesday in Sun Prarie, Wisc. Tom Hamilton will miss the Indians series with Minnesota to be with his family and friends in Wisconsin. Jim Rosenhaus worked Friday's game with Mike Hargrove, and Rosenhaus will team with Jason Stanford for the games Saturday and Sunday.
o Today at 1:05 p.m. Scott Kazmir (0-1, 8.64) will face Kevin Correia (3-1, 2.23).


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Post-con depression
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The most common symptoms are typically psychosomatic and include depression, loss of appetite, insomnia, and in rare cases, headaches.
There are many reasons for PCD, caused either by the special demands brought on by conventions, or the immediate events after a convention.
There is a biological theory of why this may happen. If a person has so much fun at a con that they use up all their happy hormone (serotonin) they may feel depressed until their body has time to make more.
Despite being a mental state, the physical status of a person can often point to many causes for their behavior as well, all of which can be traced back to the convention itself. Many of these causes only arise after the convention, since any given problem may only appear once the fur has calmed back down and attempted to settle back into their normal daily demands.
- Physical exhaustion - The stress of walking around with items for several hours on end may be physically exhausting; even if this stress is not acknowledged during the convention, it can catch up with an individual eventually.
- Poor Convention diet - Being away from home (thus hindering the preparation of homemade meals) and trying to save money for other resources like merchandise, commissions, and lodging, some people may try to cut back on how much they spend on food.
- As cheap food usually isn't the most healthy, this poor diet and the malnutrition that goes with it often contributes to a bad mood. In addition to poor diet, the party atmosphere may encourage people to drink or use other drugs they wouldn't normally consume, contributing to hangovers and other undesirable side effects.
- Lack of sleep - A desire to experience as much of the convention as possible can cause people to reject their normal sleep patterns, staying up late for dances or mature-themed panels. This disruption can reduce the amount of energy people have, making them more irritable. In addition, there is some evidence to suggest disrupting sleep can induce depression. [1]
- Exposure to foreign illness - All sorts of people come from several parts of the world to attend conventions, and many of them may carry some form of illness (recovering, current, or only recently infected). As a result, conventions are a major infection vector. This is also a primary source of Con Crud.
- Alcohol Consumption - Alcohol is classified as a Central Nervous System depressant. Binge drinking specifically, can contribute to feelings of unhappiness.[2]
Unlike the transition from a fur's normal life to a convention, the adjustment back may be difficult for several reasons.
- Unhappiness with real life - Conventions are seen as stressful yet fun, while normal life may merely be stressful. As a result, there is less enjoyment to be found in normal tasks, and this re-adjustment to normal behavior can cause problems.
- Separation from friends and family - Furs may be more social at conventions than they are in real life, and this separation merely reminds them that the time spent at convention is only temporary and fleeting.
- Adjustment of social status - Individuals that are popular at conventions may not be so in the 'real world' and so the check to their ego may cause old issues in real life to flare up.
- News events - The world does not stop for a convention, and so shocking news of events that people missed while away may jar them, especially if the event is a serious one like the death of a family member.
- Money shock - If someone has overspent at a convention, they may become highly sensitive to future spending efforts, at least for a little while, to compensate for the added costs.
- Over Stimulation - It has been speculated that increased social stimulation may use up available serotonin in the pre-frontal cortex.
Post-Con Depression, like most holiday-related stress, typically goes away on its own after a few days as the individual settles back into their daily lifestyle. In spite of this, the intensity of the depression may be difficult, so there are a few things that can be done to mitigate this stress.
- Take care of your body - Healthy behaviors will usually be enough to counteract most physical stressors. Showering, sleeping, a full night's rest, and eating properly will help your body to cleanse itself. If you believe you are becoming ill as well, take vitamins and whatever other medicines are needed.
- Analyze your convention experience - Posting to an online journal or on a forum about the great time you had at the convention will help encourage others to do the same and to talk with you about it, providing social support and allowing you to see that many others are having the same issues with returning to normal life. Also, reliving the good parts of the convention may help you feel better.
- If you work at conventions and/or this convention didn't go as well as you hoped it would, this is also a good time to consider how you can improve on things for next time to make your next convention a better one.
- Look forward to other conventions - There's always next year, or the next con as the case may be, and that means you have plenty of time to prepare for it now! Take advantage of this and get ready!
- ↑ http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/uorm-imp062105.php
- ↑ http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/60184.php
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|Convention terms
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Implementation Study of Dementia Guidelines in Primary Care
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
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|Procedure: Dementia Training Program
|Study Type:
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single
Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training
|Official Title:
|How to Reach Evidence Based Practice in Diagnostic Assessment and Management of Dementia by General Practitioners and Primary Care Nurses? The Effectiveness of an EASYcare Based Educational Program.
- Number of dementia diagnoses and cognitive assessments during 9 months
- Accuracy tot dementia guidelines, GP and nurse knowlegde and attitude and competence regarding dementia. Patient satisfaction, caregiver burden and satisfaction
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|November 2006
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2008
Background Early diagnosis of dementia benefits both patient and caregiver. Nevertheless, dementia in primary care is currently under-diagnosed in developed countries. In several countries educational interventions were developed to improve dementia diagnosis and management in primary care. Some of these interventions were successful in increasing the number of dementia diagnoses and in changing attitudes and knowledge of health care staff. However, none of these interventions focussed on collaboration between GPs and nurses in dementia care. We developed a Dementia Training Program (DTP) aimed at stimulating collaboration in dementia primary care. We expect it to increase the number of cognitive assessments and dementia diagnoses, as well as to improve attitudes and knowledge of GPs and nurses.
Methods/Design The DTP is a complex educational intervention and consists of 2 workshops, a coaching program, and case-based consultations either face-to-face or by phone or e-mail, access to an internet forum, and a Computerized Clinical Decision Support System on dementia diagnostics and management. 100 duos of GPs and nurses will be recruited, from which 2/3 will be allocated to the intervention group and 1/3 to the control group. The effects of implementation of the DTP will be studied in an assessor blinded cluster-randomised controlled trial. Primary outcomes are the number of cognitive assessments and dementia diagnosis in a period of 9 months, starting after workshop participation of the duos. Secondary outcomes are measured on GP and nurse level: rate of adherence to national guidelines for dementia diagnosis, attitude, confidence and knowledge regarding dementia diagnosis and management; on patient level: number of emergency calls, visits and consultations and patient satisfaction; and on caregiver level: informal caregiver burden and satisfaction. Data will be collected from GPs' electronic medical dossiers, self registration forms and questionnaires. Statistical analysis will be performed by using MANOVA-method. Also, exploratory analyses will be performed, in order to gain insight into barriers and facilitators for implementation and the causal relations between the rate of success of the intervention components and the outcomes.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- GP and practice or district nurse must participate as a duo
Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00459784
|Contact: Marieke Perry, MD
|Geriatrie 925, Postbus 9101
|Nijmegen, Netherlands, 6500 HB
|Contact: Marieke Perry, MD 0031-24-3610142 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Marieke Perry, MD
|Study Director:
|Marcel Olde Rikkert, Prof, MD
|Alheimer Centre Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00459784 History of Changes
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EASYcareGIDS study
|Study First Received:
|April 12, 2007
|Last Updated:
|April 12, 2007
Keywords provided by Radboud University:
Dementia early diagnosis
Dementia management
Primary care
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
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Hi guys,
I wasn't sure where to post this or if anyone would actually be able to help but here goes anyway....
basically, ive made a web app which is just a glorified web form - user fills in the fields then presses the submit button, the data is then passed to a web server for processing in the appropriate manner. The problem i have is that some times when i try to submit the form i may be out of signal but the app 'submits' anyway. The data then doesn't get passed to the web server.
What i would like if possible is:
a) Check for a data connection before submitting the form.b) Store the data locally (iphone) for re-submit later on when in signal.
Could anyone suggest any ways of going about doing these 2 things please?
Thanks in advance.
In all honestly I'm not sure whether you can with a web app; I mean query whether there is an active and live connection. Though using javascript you should be able to discover whether there is.
Just to deviate slightly, with a native app you would listen for a success response when you post something to the server - so the server talks to the app; if there is no server response then you know the server is unavailable. You wouldn't just check for a data connection to be live as that can be unreliable; you need a success response.
You need to check that the transfer can and has been made. Remember if someone is on the move they could have a connection but it could be so poor that it is unreliable. In which case it might make sense to store the data.
You could do something similar to that with javascript; so use javascript (jQuery/AJAX) to connect to the server side script and wait for the reply, if it times out; then take an alternative action.
With saving the data, with native apps and web apps you can access local storage; using HTML 5: http://paperkilledrock.com/2010/05/html5-localstorage-part-one/
I had initially looked at using the localstorage option but the only problem i can see there is that one of the bits of information i need to store is an image. I cant see a way of storing it. As for the javascript option that is still something i am looking into and was looking at maybe - when the submit button is pressed some data or a file is downloaded from the server, if it downloads the form submits, if not it errors.... so hopefully i can come up with something there.
Thanks again for the help tho.


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Coach Al Sims said over the weekend his primary goal is to finish first in the division. The Komets trail Cincinnati by nine points with one more game left on the schedule than the Cyclones, and they have three games remaining against the Cyclones, including Saturday night at home. The teams do not meet at all in the final month of the regular season, meaning the Komets will need some help.
The Cyclones have built the lead off a 13-7-4 record against division foes, while the Komets are 16-14-1.
The biggest thing the Komets have to do? Start winning at home where they are 10-12.
``We have a goal,'' General Manager David Franke said Monday. ``We've got 14 home games left and we want to go 10-4. That's going to maybe mean some changes in their preparation, the guys making changes the day before and the day of the game. I can't walk around with all of them on game day and make sure they are doing the right thing. These guys are all adults and professional hockey players, they have to figure it out.''
The Komets have not been able to win more than two games in a row at home all season. They are averaging 2.77 goals per game at home compared with 3.13 on the road. They are allowing 3.59 per game at home compared with 3.05 on the road.
`We have to take care of business on home ice, and there's no reason why we shouldn't,'' Franke said. ``We have a good fan support, we bring big crowds into the building and I'm almost seeing that our team doesn't get jacked up from it but the visitors do, and that's not the way it ought to be. We should make it very intimidating with our play and our fans for other teams to come in.''
The general manager also knows the team needs some changes. Forward Thomas Beauregard will be ready to play Wednesday after missing several weeks with a shoulder injury, and there's hope newly signed forward Matt Syroczynski may be able to play this weekend. Colin Chaulk may need a few weeks more to get ready as he tries to overcome shoulder and foot injuries.
The addition of Beauregard and Syroczynski should help the Komets' overall offense and especially the power play, which ranks 22nd in the 23-team ECHL.
``Special teams over the years for us have been very, very good,'' Franke said. ``We're giving up too many power-play goals and we're not scoring enough. I think the power play will be helped with Syroczynski and Beauregard, and now we have to look at our penalty-killing units and maybe we need to make some changes in that lineup, who goes out and who doesn't. Maybe we need to change our theory of the penalty kill and put more pressure on the point. I think that's something that Al and Colin will be working on this week.''
The Komets also have to make a decision on the goaltending, Franke said. There's no way three goaltenders can stay sharp, Franke said, so the team needs to make a move soon, possibly yet this week. With only three games per week the rest of the season, it's hard enough to keep two goaltenders sharp.
``I think that is important,'' he said. ``I think we've gone with three goalies long enough. There's not enough ice time any more for three goalies.''
The team is continuing to look for a defenseman to quarterback the power play. The deadline for players returning from Europe is 5 p.m. Monday. The Komets could also be looking at college senior players whose seasons may be ending soon or players from other American Hockey League teams.
``The last thing is we hopefully, eventually get Colin back in the lineup,'' Franke said. ``I don't think he's going to be back for at least three weeks. Whenever we get him back, we get him back, but I think at this point and time the team has been able to succeed without him so they are learning to play without him and his leadership and guidance and skill. But boy, it'd be nice if we can get him back back here before the playoffs start. Get him back and get him in shape and rhythm and then let him go.''
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Time to vote in Mitch Hawker's renowned Internet Coaster Poll again. During the off-season every year, die hard coaster fans fill out Mitch Hawker's Roller Coaster Polls. The polls are lengthy and complicated enough that Robb Alvey from ThemeParkReview.com created an Idiot's Guide. Hopefully, the amount of time and effort it takes will weed out the blind homers and fan boys that just want to vote for their home park's coasters. If you haven't traveled much that's fine, but it's those 'seasoned' enthusiasts that can't admit that there are any flaws in their home park (cough cedar point cough). To each his own, right? Anyway, Mitch's Poll usually 'gets it right' in my opinion it's the suspiciously never-changing Golden Ticket Awards that are likely more of a victim of fanboyism.
All ballots for the Wooden and Steel Coaster Polls must be in by December 5th. This year I'm going to fill out both polls. As I have for years now I'll report on the results and compare to them to the Golden Ticket Awards when they are announced. Also, this year I'll do a prediction post. I don't fancy myself a prognosticator, but it's fun to guess. It'll be interesting to see where 2009 coasters like Ravine Flyer 2, X2, Evel Kneivel, Fahrenheit and others place. Stay tuned!
See the last couple year's results and read about the Eagle Fortress controversy in my Mitch's Coaster Poll posts.
Are you going to participate in this year's polls? After this post do I need a 'for coaster geeks' tag? Leave a comment below.


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Anyone ever heard that if you make a bad shot, ricochet off a tree right in front of you, and catch the disc before it hits the ground then the stroke doesn't count? I have had two different people tell me that recently. Luckily it was their shot's that would have been catchable and not mine.
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The New York City Triathlon
As a freelancer, I'm always waiting for the phone to ring because a ringing phone usually means work's calling. It's always nice to hear the familiar voice of a photo editor on the other end asking my availability. The only thing that spoils it is when they pre-empt the assignment pitch with "So you're an early riser, right?" delivered in a tone closely associated with a mischievous grin . I answered with "Oh boy…what's the assignment and how early?…"
As it turned out, the next morning was the NYC Triathlon and the New York Times wanted one nice photo of the event for the paper. Given triathlons consist of swimming, biking, and running; we figured swimming would be the most visual portion to photograph…especially since it took place in the Hudson River!
So I found out I needed to be to my assignment by 5:50AM as that's when the swimming portion for the pros was scheduled to begin. Unfortunately when I woke up at 5AM, the weather was rainy, hot, and humidity was at 99% according to the forecast. Yuck. With an oversized umbrella and rain-jacket, I made my way to Riverside Park along the Hudson on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, down to the dock where all the triathletes would soon be exiting the water, and waited. The race had been delayed about 30 minutes. Hurry up and wait. In the rain.
After passing the time under my umbrella, I could finally see the flapping arms and faces of swimmers popping up, down, in, and out of the water. Moments later the pros and elite athletes first approached and stormed out of the choppy, brown Hudson River gasping for air and pulling themselves out or the water, some with the help of lifeguards. Up the ramp and down the dock barefoot they clambered down the bike path where they jumped on their bikes and headed north along the West Side Highway continuing about 24 miles before ending in Central Park with a near 6 mile run. Woah.
It was my first time shooting or even witnessing a triathlon and I was truly amazed at the determination and strength of its competitors. It's even inspired me to work towards a goal of someday competing in a race like that myself…though we'll see if that ever happens….
Big congrats to my triathlete/photographer pal Jason DeCrow for completing the course!


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The failure to produce a binding agreement at last year's United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen has led many observers to view the current summit in Cancun, Mexico, as an anti-climactic event that is unlikely to produce anything of substance. However, Cathie Adams, who is in Cancun covering the conference, reports that many of the official delegates and non-governmental organization (NGO) activists there are pushing ahead with plans for global taxation. Adams, who has covered many UN summits over the years as a reporter for USA Radio Network, has posted a series of daily reports here providing information and perspective not available through most of the major media coverage.
In her December 2 report, "Global Taxation Being Discussed at the UNFCCC COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico," Adams reminds readers:
Last year in Copenhagen, President Obama sent Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the UNFCCC COP 15 to commit $30 billion to a new Fast Start fund by 2012 with a follow-up goal to raise $100 billion annually from developed nations for a new Green Fund by 2020.
One year later in Cancun, the U.N. is prodding nations to create the infrastructure for the new Green Fund that would not be limited to $100 billion.
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Panelists from the Climate Action Network on Wednesday revealed that nations are discussing new taxes either on international monetary transactions or preferably on international shipping and aviation.
The U.N. does not currently have the authority to tax, but it is guiding negotiations to accept "monitoring, reporting and verification" from some taxing authority for money received from the new Green Fund. The new tax assessor-collector could possibly be the International Maritime Organization, which is a U.N. affiliate.
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Enter George Soros, billionaire green activist and champion of global government. Soros was among the elite glamour contingent that swarmed into Copenhagen on private luxury jets last December and debarked from stretch limos at the climate conference to deliver harangues calling for the peoples of the developed countries to sacrifice, change their lifestyles, and decrease their consumption in order to save Mother Earth. Soros was appointed to the UN's High Level Advisory Group on Climate Finance, which was tasked with coming up with the ways and means for reaching "the goal of mobilizing US$100 billion annually for climate actions in developing countries by 2020."
The Advisory Group issued its report on November 5, 2010, just a little more than three weeks before the start of the Cancun conference. Among the proposals put forward by group are taxes on aviation jet fuel, airline passenger tickets, and "bunker fuel," the heavy diesel fuel used by maritime shippers. The report states:
Revenues generated from taxes on international aviation and shipping: this would either involve some levy on maritime bunker/aviation jet fuels for international voyages or a separate emissions trading scheme for these activities, or a levy on passenger tickets of international flights;
Revenues from carbon taxes: this is based on a tax on carbon emissions in developed countries raised on a per-ton-emitted basis;
But in the current economic recession, and with a new U.S. Congress recently chastened by voters angry over huge deficits and wild spending, can the climate activists truly expect to win approval of any kind of carbon tax? Apparently so; it seems the tax on "bunker fuel" is one of the most popular proposals, perhaps because it affects the 90 percent of world trade that moves via maritime shipping and could raise hundreds of billions of dollars. However, consumers who ultimately would pay the tax passed along by shippers would be less likely to revolt against this kind of indirect tax spread invisibly over virtually everything they consume, as opposed to an income tax hike or an additional sales tax at the supermarket or gas pump.
The UN Advisory Group also came up with revenue-sharing incentives for national governments to sign on to the new taxes. The report states:
It is likely that part of the revenues collected by Governments through the measures examined by the Advisory Group will be retained for domestic use, and that only a portion of them will be dedicated to international climate action.
The Advisory Group undoubtedly hopes that in the current era of national budget crises many legislators may be willing to back the UN tax proposals in the expectation of generating maximum revenue gain while at the same time receiving minimum taxpayer blame.
Cathie Adams notes that Advisory Group member George Soros co-wrote an op-ed that appeared in hundreds of newspapers and online portals worldwide just prior to the Cancun summit:
Project Syndicate reports that George Soros has also weighed in on the new Green Fund. He claims an urgent need to mobilize money to fill the vacuum between Copenhagen's Fast Track fund and the new Green Fund. He likes a carbon tax of $25 per ton, but acknowledges that the will is not there to establish it. He also suggests involvement by multilateral development banks offering climate-related financing as well as programs to enhance investments in renewable energy.
Project Syndicate says its membership includes "446 leading newspapers in 150 countries. Financial contributions from member papers in advanced countries support the services provided by Project Syndicate free of charge or at reduced rates to members in developing countries. Additional support comes from the Open Society Institute."
The Open Society Institute, of course, is one of the main funnels through which George Soros funds his radical agenda around the world. Among the notable internationalists writing for Project Syndicate are former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev; UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon; former German Foreign Minister (and violent street thug and Baader Meinhoff terrorist group supporter) Joschka Fischer; Mexican Marxist Jorge Castaneda; Spanish Socialist and European Union politician Javier Solana; Emma Bonino of Italy's Transnational Radical Party; United Nations panjandrum Shashi Tharoor; and Socialist International economist Joseph Stiglitz.
The lineup of American writers at Project Syndicate indicates that it is, essentially, yet another transmission belt for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the world-government promoting organization that runs the Republican-Democrat political duopoly that has been leading the United States since the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Prominent CFR members writing for Project Syndicate include, in addition to George Soros, Richard Haass, Joseph S. Nye, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Richard Holbrooke, Jeffrey Sachs, Jimmy Carter, Kenneth Rogoff, Barry Eichengreen, Joseph Stiglitz, and Esther Dyson. The CFR has been a primary driver of the global-warming lobby for the past three decades, and its members and publications have been key promoters of carbon tax, carbon credit, and carbon cap-and-trade schemes.
The Economist, which reliably hymns the same globalist tunes as the CFR thought cartel, remains a fervent backer of global-warming legislation, regulation, and taxation proposals, despite the crumbling public and scientific support for these nostrums. Following the 2009 Copenhagen summit, The Economist offered solace to climate activists despondent over the failure of the confab to produce a binding global agreement. In an article entitled "Climate change: Planet B How the underwhelming Copenhagen accord could yet turn into a useful document," the magazine argued that "the Copenhagen accord is not the disaster that it at first appears. On two issues in particular the Copenhagen conference may yet mark the beginning of a new way forward."
One of those issues involves closing the split between the developed and developing countries, a key matter on which the conference foundered. "Yet the Copenhagen accord makes some progress towards closing this split," notes The Economist. "Developing, as well as developed, countries signed up to it, and have agreed to an international role in monitoring any cuts they commit themselves to. That is a crucial concession."
"The second reason for hope," says The Economist, "is that Copenhagen's failure may have encouraged the development of political structures better suited to the challenge." It has led negotiators toward an a la carte approach in which various components of the UN's global-warming agenda will be dealt with piecemeal, rather than in one grandiose agreement. The Economist opined:
But global negotiations will need to continue and the participants need to learn one useful lesson from Copenhagen. Climate change is too big a problem to be swallowed in a single bite. Smaller groups, dealing with more manageable-sized chunks, have a better chance.
One of the specific targets mentioned by the magazine as an achievable piecemeal goal is "stemming emissions from shipping."
According to Cathie Adams, the United Nations officials and the militant environmental NGOs have been working hand in hand at Cancun to craft a new global tax plan centered on shipping.
"In the Climate Action Network and other NGO gatherings, as well as the official program, the constant theme is the absolute necessity of setting up a new 'infrastructure' to deal with this issue of collecting and allocating the taxes they intend to levy," she told The New American in a telephone interview from Cancun. "They are saying 'end the negotiations, just set up the infrastructure.' So that when the $30 billion promised by President Obama starts flowing in, they can use it to help get the tax schemes going that will guarantee a continuous future revenue stream of hundreds of billions of dollars. George Soros said that there is probably not the political will to get the developed nations to accept a financial transaction tax which has been a favorite globalist plan so the most likely prospect for a global tax is the levy on global shipping and air traffic."
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GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Increased consumption and new markets are top priorities for the expanding Mexican blackberry industry, according to growers and shippers.
About 450 people attended the second international congress of Aneberries A.C., or National Association of Berries Exporters, in Guadalajara Oct. 3-5 — up around 50% from last year.
Many said they worry Mexico is near the point of overproduction on blackberries in spring and winter months.
Alfredo Javier Buenrostro of Agricola Valle Paraiso, a blackberry grower, recalled unhappy memories of one price drop — $4 to $1.60 per pound — in Michoacan.
"We could get to the point where planting and harvesting blackberries is not profitable anymore," he said through a translator.
Managing that crop has been a problem, according to Mario Steta, Aneberries president, also speaking through a translator.
"We haven't found a way to avoid the peaks," he said. "We might see another in November."
"The blackberry supply is very challenged as there are so many different entities involved," he said.
Michael Hollister, vice president of sales and marketing for Driscoll Strawberry Associates Inc., Watsonville, Calif., said the number of blackberry varieties in Mexico makes it a challenging segment.
"If you plan to grow, do it with an understanding of what consumption will be and the impact of oversupply," Hollister said. "Aneberries could probably help us organize the supply curve so we could better communicate with one voice."
Mexico had 19,647 hectares (about 48,550 acres) in the four major berries last year. About 57% was in blackberries and 36% in strawberries. Volume on all berries was 386,000 tons; 64% came from Michoacan.
Overall production rose 147% from 2000 to 2011. Volume could easily double again in the next five or six years, Steta said.
Where will it all go?
Domestic consumption is a target, but so are new markets. Steta recently returned from a Hong Kong trade show, and Mexico-China Chamber president Ricardo Antonio Vaca Uribe said it's vital to look beyond the U.S. and Canada.
"What can force us to start putting our eggs in another basket?" Vaca Uribe through a translator. "China has 10% of the world's cultivatable land but has to feed 20% of the world's population."
Mexico's secretary of agriculture, Francisco Mayorga, said it's essential to broaden markets — for all commodities.
"Sometimes when we concentrate exports too much to the U.S. — now it's tomatoes, before it was avocados and others — then it creates a political problem," Mayorga said through a translator. "We need to diversify our markets, and not only in tomatoes."
Mayorga, who was already planning a trip to China, got some not especially subtle encouragement from Steta to add berries to his agenda there.
Robert Verloop, executive vice president of marketing for Naturipe Farms LLC, cautioned against a limited view of new markets.
"There are geographic markets, but there are also channels of distribution," he said. "We're continuing to see more growth opportunities, especially for blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, in foodservice."
There's a premium on quality in foodservice, Verloop said, and the importance of precooling fruit in the field is not widely enough appreciated by suppliers. Naturipe supplies McDonald's with individual blueberry snack packs for oatmeal.
"As growers we do a great disservice to quality not because of genetics but because of the way we handle our products," he said. "If we can fix that right from the beginning, it would make a great difference."
Growers can make volume spikes less painful by focusing on the run-up, Verloop said.
"Six weeks before that peak hits, are we sending consumers great-tasting fruit?" he said, linking flavor to repeat sales. "If we coordinate with the buyers we can anticipate these peaks and make sure the velocity of the marketplace is going long before they hit."
Speakers at the event included Mark Murai, president of the California Strawberry Commission, and Ed Treacy, vice president of supply chain efficiencies at the Produce Marketing Association.
The theme for the Aneberries congress was responsible production. Sustainability and labor were among the topics.


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China's Wang Shu: From builder to Pritzker-winning architect
Updated 13th January 2016
China's Wang Shu: From builder to Pritzker-winning architect
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Wang Shu became the first Chinese architect to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize earlier this year. The 48-year-old founded his practice, Amateur Architecture Studio, in 1997 in Hangzhou with his wife, Lu Wenyu. His buildings include Ningbo History Museum and the Xiangshan Campus of the China Academy of Art.
Now in modern China all the constructions have become modern, everywhere is concrete and concrete in China means cheap.
But my way is thinking about how I can use the concrete and the traditional ways so that they can coexist.
It is very difficult now in China because there have been so many changes, the construction system has changed, it is almost all like the Western system now and the materials used have changed. So now, we talk about how to design a new Chinese architecture, but it is very difficult because tradition has stopped, philosophy has stopped and the Chinese value system has stopped -- everything is different.
For example, if you look at Chinese traditional buildings, you will find they are not just about the solid structure. They have many outside spaces inside the buildings as people want to live with fresh air, trees, flowers and water together. We use the courtyard house in many different places: In homes, shops, factories, office buildings, schools, jails, everything.
Going into Chinese buildings you can directly feel the difference between outside and inside. When you sit outside, you are in a very closed world; you wear a suit. When you go inside, everything is very delicate and there are very small things -- you can feel everything is warmer and more peaceful. The wooden structure is like your inner clothes so it is very clear -- outside and inside.
In traditional Chinese architecture they use wood and not very good wood -- simple, cheap wood. Maybe the building will just stay up for 50 years and then it will collapse. It's not permanent. It is very similar to process of nature. I like this very much.
Some buildings, they rebuild and recycle, again and again and again. And finally you will find maybe just 10% of the elements come from 1,500 years ago and the other elements are new. It repeats, repeats, rebuilds, rebuilds, again and again and again. It is as though the building is alive.
In Hangzhou we have a traditional pagoda. When I go in this pagoda, suddenly I understand some things. For example, it is huge, but if you see it from a distant place, on some special day when the sun is at different angles, you will find that this pagoda just disappears -- it totally blends into the mountains so you can't see it. It is then that I suddenly understand how I can design big modern buildings using the traditional ways, how buildings can disappear in the landscape.
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In China the most important thing is nature. It is not human beings, it is not architecture -- it is nature. So that is why I like Chinese traditional architecture. It means a philosophy and a value system. It is about how people can live together with nature.
China has a long history of 5,000 years, so for a long time people have understood the meaning of the truth of life. For example, you go into the cities, you earn a big money, you become a powerful government official -- but that is not the most important thing for Chinese people. The most important thing for the Chinese is ... being beautiful about life, living in some peaceful place with trees, water and your family together.
If you are an artist you only have to keep your passion alive for maybe three days or one month. But for the architect, your assistant, your client, the craftsmen and the construction company -- everybody is connected to your project. You have to keep the passion alive for five years, right to the very end. You become like a leader and everyone should be able to feel your spirit and passion.
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When I design new buildings in a new place, I go there not just to see the site. I go to all the countryside around and see more than 10 or 20 villages. I take many photos, shoot movies and do some drawings. I read books about the area ... then gradually something emerges.
If you really want to understand traditional Chinese architecture you should really know the craftsman's work because in China for a long time we did not have architecture theory or history, we did not have architects -- we only had craftsmen so the secret was just in the craftsman's hands. Throughout the 1990s, I didn't have any formal jobs. I just worked with craftsmen together for 10 years. I wanted to forget everything I had learned in the architecture school.
The biggest problem for China now is not about the economy -- it is about the fact that people have lost confidence in their culture.
Winning the
Pritzker Prize
has given people more confidence to like my work.
Architecture has become too abstract ... (architects) are floating in the air and are not rooted in the ground. I do something that is directly rooted in the ground. I think it is more important.
I learned many things from the traditional way but every single one of my works is in the city so I think the next step I will go back ... and do something in the countryside.
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Lawrie Cape from England sent me an email this morning with details of a new project he/she has been working on called Cellular AutoMidi. It's a generative audio app running inside Adobe Air. It has internal sounds but also uses the Flash Midi Server system so you can control VSTs with it. If you don't have your copy of Audio Damage's Automaton at work this could get your Cellular Automata algorithm fix in!
Cellular AutoMidi from Lawrie Cape on Vimeo.
"I've just finished work on a generative audio app called Cellular Automidi. Cellular AutoMidi is a generative music app, making "music" based on a modified Cellular Automata algorithm. It can make music itself, or you can use it as a midi controller with other software/equipment. Each cell can be alive or dead. Once in a generation, each cell looks at it's surrounding cells, and dies if it is lonely or overcrowded. If a dead cell has an optimum amount of neighbors, it will come to life! Each generation, all the cells which have come to life will sound a note. The notes are assigned based on the cell's y position, and are all in the pentatonic scale." – Lawrie Cape
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Christmas should be a time of awe and reverence. Our salvation was made possible because God took on human flesh in a manger in Bethlehem.
T he shepherds saw a babe in a manger. The wise men, arriving later, also saw a young child. But the one who emerged from Mary's womb that cold winter night in Bethlehem of Judea was much more than what was discernible with human eyes.
He was God. The sacred record is clear: "Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.
"Then the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.' read more


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Hello all,
Greeting from Southern California here. I'm a new member to this site and this is my 1st post and question. I hope that this is the correct forum for the thread since it's dealing with modern "wish".
After practicing at few monasteries and meditation centers, I have this idea to build a "reformed" monastery/center where there's no chanting but only meditation and short dharma reflections/talks. The schedule would be 3 formal group meditation sessions per day, 3 hours of work, 1 meal, donation based. Residents don't handle money.
We could buy a small forest land that would cost just below $30-$40K. Get an old trailer to use as a meditation hall, a kitchen and a toilet. Have an open space meditation platform like that at Wat Metta in Escondido area. Sangha's dwelling place would be the tents on wooden platforms. The tents could scattered around the forest. We could try to go alms rounds at the local market/plaza area, like twice a week as a way to get noticed by the neighbors. We would have live-in helper and manager to help with the kitchen and groceries.
The startup money is already in place. However, the fund to run the center could be an obstacle although we projected only around $500-800/month on food, utilities, property tax, land insurance. It would be nice if we have 5-10 supporter who could sponsor us in form of food or help paying the bills.
For the time being, overnight visitors would be encouraged, but not mandatory, to donate food or sponsor full/part of the utilities' bill. Guests could stay as long as they want, be that they must follow the center's guideline and observe the 8 disciplines/precepts. For permanent monastic residents, they would observe the 227 monastic disciplines as closely as possible, and to experiment with the disciplines so that they would be in line with the ancient time yet adaptive to the modern situation.
So the living style is comparable to that of the monastery minus the chantings and rituals. Instead of chanting, we could have reading time. This is to give those serious meditators a chance to live the monastic life without the forms and rituals of the monastery. Head of the sangha would be rotated based on votes or experience.
How does this sound? Would you like to join? Do you think this would be a good starting point for Western Monastic Life without the Asian's form?
This would be my one wish in this life time.
Please share your input.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An Indiana Guardsman is ready to plead guilty to having homemade explosive devices in his vehicle when he was stopped in Ohio.
Andrew Boguslawski faces 10 years in prison after signing an agreement to plead guilty to having nine unregistered bombs found in his vehicle and four devices that could be converted to bombs. He is also pleading guilty to having 20 explosive devices or components at his Indiana home.
Boguslawski was scheduled to enter his guilty plea Tuesday before a federal magistrate in Columbus.
His attorney has said Boguslawski had the illegal devices but never planned to use them to strike anyone or anything and planned to use them for legitimate training purposes.
An Ohio trooper stopped Boguslawski on Jan. 1 for speeding on Interstate 70 west of Columbus.


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Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah is aiming to smash the British record at the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday in his first ever competitive attempt at the distance.
The 31-year-old, who won the hearts of the British public at London 2012 with golds in both the 5,000 and 10,000 metres, is untested and unproven over 26.2 miles.
An experienced and star-studded field will take to the start line at Greenwich Park including four of the 10 fastest marathon runners in history.
Farah, however, remains confident he can hold his own and has his sights firmly set on Steve Jones' British record of two hours, seven minutes and 13 seconds, which has stood since 1985.
"My main target is definitely to go after the British record," Farah said.
"Hopefully I can the break the British record and then we'll see what comes with it.
"It's going to be an incredible race whatever happens because if you look at the field, it's something very special."
Farah continued: "I know with my confidence on the track I should be there but at the same time the distance for me is a challenge.
"It's something I'm going to find out if I can do or not and that's what I wanted, I wanted to test myself.
"I'll go out there and go with the group and try to be patient - that's my aim, not to waste too much energy."
Doubts over whether Farah can stay the gruelling distance intensified after his performance at the New York City half-marathon last month.
Farah fell early on in the race and while he recovered to finish second behind Geoffrey Mutai, he collapsed shortly after crossing the finish line and had to be led away in a wheelchair.
"I fell over early on and it was just hard after that because you're so tired," Farah explained.
"The reason I collapsed afterwards was I gave 110 per cent, I gave all I could and towards the last four miles I was really feeling it, I was seeing stars and I was out of it completely.
"It was good to have my coach who has been there and done it, he just told me to get up and stop faking. I'm fine and I'm glad what happened in New York didn't happen here."
Farah continued: "It has happened before, when I ran cross country in 2009 so I wasn't worried at all.
"I didn't really miss any training, the fall was more worrying for me than what happened afterwards but fortunately I just had a few scratches on my hip and my back."
Also gunning for victory on Sunday will be reigning champion Tsegaye Kebede, world record holder Wilson Kipsang, course record holder Emmanuel Mutai, as well as Olympic and world champion Stephen Kiprotich.
Farah certainly has the pedigree on the track to match his rivals but given he is a novice on the road, it was put to him that he might be risking his reputation in London.
"Every race is a risk," Farah said. "Every race you go through, you achieve a lot and want to win but you're not guaranteed to win that race.
"I've gone in straight at the deep end and that's what champions do, you don't get anywhere if you don't do that.
"My first aim is to go after the British record and then I'll see what comes along.
"The most important thing is to respect the distance - if anything I think it makes me more of a champion going out there and going straight in."


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It's that time of year when sniffles, sneezes and sore throats strike!
In communities struggling with poverty, people often can't afford doctor visits but rely on natural home remedies made with plants and herbs from their environment.
Here are two common Guatemalan home remedies used during the winter and flu seasons.
Note: This blog post is provided purely for informational purposes to shed light on the lives of CFCA sponsored children and elderly. CFCA does not endorse these remedies or encourage readers to try them.
If you do decide to try a natural home remedy, please check with your doctor first. Certain home remedies, particularly herbal ones, can interact with prescription medications.
Cypress seeds (submitted by Gerver Churunel)
Seeds from the Cypress tree are used for natural home remedies in Guatemala.
Knowledge of medicinal plants is of great importance for rural Guatemalan communities. Often families have these inexpensive plants in or near their homes.
A common recipe calls for Cypress seeds, used for throat infections and swollen tonsils. It's a simple recipe intended for people of all ages.
Five Cypress seeds are collected in half a glass of purified water and boiled for eight minutes. After it's cooled, the seeds are strained from the water.
Two tablespoons of white honey (different from amber honey) are added, and people then gargle with the water three times a day for four consecutive days.
Tomatillo husks (submitted by Luis CocÛn)
The tomatillo husk is commonly used for treating sore throats and coughs. This home remedy is used by all ages. Some common synonyms for this plant are tomate, tomatito and miltomate.
Seven tomatillo husks are boiled in one cup of water for approximately eight minutes. After it's cooled, the husks are strained from the water.
People then gargle with the water three times a day for five consecutive days.
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What's your favorite natural home remedy? Feel free to share in the comments!


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Factory Data Suggest Asia Recovery Continuing
HONG KONG—Manufacturing data out of Asia on Friday suggested the region's economic recovery is continuing and should pick up steam as the year goes on.
An official purchasing managers' index from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing fell slightly in January from December and missed expectations, but remained in expansionary territory.
The data briefly sent risk currencies such as the Australian and New Zealand...


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Dewayne Dedmon, who left USC with one year of eligibility remaining and declared for the NBA Draft, was not among the 60 players selected Thursday.
Dedmon, a 7-foot center, is now eligible to sign with any team as a free agent. In recent weeks, he had been considered by draft pundits as a possible late-second-round pick.
As a junior last season, Dedmon averaged 6.7 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. He played two seasons at USC after he transferred from Antelope Valley College.
Tall and athletic, Dedmon ran the court well, rebounded well at times and had a solid mid-range jumper, but often struggled with fundamentals throughout his two seasons at USC. His college career ended in controversy, when USC suspended him after an incident in Spokane, Wash., during a road trip.
USC did not have any players selected Thursday. James Blasczyk, Aaron Fuller, Jio Fontan, Eric Wise and Renaldo Woolridge were also draft-eligible.


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#1: Wavy hair with ringlets?
My hair is driving me nuts! I follow modified CG and plan on going even MORE CG once I use up this sulfate shampoo I have.. I have tons of it and it was too expensive to just toss.. and then I'm switching to sulfate free twice a week instead or maybe once a week. This is enough to get out amodimethicone right? I know wavy hair sometimes works with washing more frequently, although I can't remember how often was recommended.. I have some ringlets though! I have like two that almost always form on one side of my head. I have trouble even getting my hair to be wavy in the back (it's a little limp and won't form waves) but I can get ringlets in the front. What gives? I wish I had a whole head of them. Any recs for getting the back wavier? I don't comb my hair, I get out of the shower and put in my leave in, toss my head over and scrunch with La Bella Lots of Curls, then when it gets to be just damp I scrunch in HESMU, flip my head over, and scrunch some more. Then I use a little gel to smooth the frizz on the top of my head. Is it my routine? Should I try plopping with my hair in a MF turban or something? Or should I try a new gel/leave in? I use Garnier Sleek and Shine leave-in and like I said above, La Bella Lots of Curls (contains glycerin high up on the list if that has anything to do with it) and HESMU. I was thinking bout trying Herbal Essences Body Envy because I think I've heard it has better curl formation..but I'm open to any and all suggestions!


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Yay Ikea...and your new PS collection!
I saw this sneak peek at emmas designblogg and let me tell you...I love this cabinet! I will find a way to get it! I don't know how but it's inevitable. This is too perfect for storing all of my sewing and craft pieces/projects. I'm sure many of you could find great uses for a piece like this when it becomes available Feb 1st!
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Ooh I like that! I wonder if they have a darker finish too!ReplyDelete
erin-yes, indeed. It would look nice in different shades, huh?ReplyDelete
Ikea is stepping it up. Love it.ReplyDelete
Oh that looks so neat - love the pulls. Just sent you links to the vertical garden!ReplyDelete
please sir-oh thank you!ReplyDelete
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You are right, it is a perfect organizer for crafts and sewing...if only i had a house -sighhh-ReplyDelete
I would adore something like that! I would store all my buttons and ribbon in it! *sighs*ReplyDelete
How pretty! It'd be great for storing jewelry and accessories too. :)ReplyDelete
oh yes, i think i could easily find a use for this piece. quite stunning really.ReplyDelete
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DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer
Jim Rogers, a Dallas attorney and accountant, filed information on his campaign treasurer on Jan. 18 to begin his run for the Dallas City Council District 14, the seat now held by Angela Hunt. But at that evening's Stonewall Democrats meeting, he said that if Hunt decides run for her council seat again rather than for mayor, he would withdraw.
Rogers said he only decided to get into the race two days earlier, after a meeting with friends.
"This isn't a Jim Rogers decision," he said. "It's a neighborhood decision."
One of those in the neighborhood who supports that decision is Neal Emmons, a Hunt appointee to the City Plan Commission.
Emmons cited Rogers' years of experience working on neighborhood issues as his greatest strength, noting that Rogers has been active in Democratic politics in the city for years and has become a member of Stonewall Democrats.
Rogers has lived in Oak Lawn and East Dallas for 30 years and served on the Urban Rehabilitation Standards Board. He was one of the original Bryan Place homeowners.
When Bryan Place was built just outside of Downtown Dallas in the early 1980s, it was the first residential development built so close to the city center in decades and its residents were considered urban pioneers.
Rogers said developer Dave Fox told him, "Bryan Place wouldn't have the atmosphere it has if it wasn't for Jim Rogers."
"We didn't do what I wanted to do," he said. "We found out what the neighborhood wanted to do."
He said he went door to door to find out what his new neighbors thought would make this a better place to live. The neighborhood had no amenities and people wanted a swimming pool. They created a $300,000 budget that would include a clubhouse.
Developer Fox & Jacobs pledged $200,000 to the project if Rogers could raise $100,000 never believing they'd have to make good on their promise.
Rogers delivered his portion from money raised from the new homeowners. The developers pitched in their pledge and built the pool.
He said that story illustrates how he would approach his job on the City Council.
"I want to involve as many people from the district as possible," he said.
He said he would listen and learn what issues are not being addressed. But he did have a three-point plan — smoother streets, safer neighborhoods and lower taxes.
While he followed and understood the budgeting problems that the council faced last year, Rogers said he wondered why Dallas has the highest tax rate of any major city in the state.
He said he wasn't looking to slash services, "But more analysis needs to be done."
He said he was driving near Northwest Highway and LBJ Freeway and he suddenly noticed a difference in the road.
"Then I realized I was in Garland," he said. "Garland shouldn't have smoother streets than we do.
Rogers promised to be an advocate for the LGBT community, just as Hunt has been. Although same-sex marriage is not an issue that faces a city council, he offered his opinion on it.
"Why not?" Rogers asked. "How's it going to affect my marriage?"
He said he supports policies already in place in Dallas such as domestic partnership benefits for city employees and the nondiscrimination ordinance. On new issues that might come before the council, he said his door would be open for members of the community to come and educate him so he could support equality.
"I will always fight for the guy who is not being treated right," he said.
He called the LGBT community "The most active political community on the face of the earth."
"I want the support of that community," he said. "It's amazing how much work goes on there."
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition Jan. 21, 2011.


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Don't Dream It, Be It
AU's performance of The Rocky Horror Show encourages acceptance.
When Cara Gabriel, director of AU's performance of The Rocky Horror Show, first read the show's script, she was disappointed, to put it lightly. "I thought, this is the worst play I'd ever read," she says. "The more I read it, the less it made sense."
Granted, Gabriel had never actually seen the live show—a shadow cast screening—before. "I'd only seen it on my VCR at home," she says. "I knew it had a mystique about it, though." Rocky Horror is well known for its cult following and raucous midnight movie showings, complete with a shadow cast that leads the audience through call backs, "virgin" hazing (those who have never attended a live show before), and use of props throughout the showing of the film.
At the first design meeting, when Gabriel asked her team what they thought the show was about, the production's lighting designer, Jason Arnold, and the dramaturg, Jeff Gan, raved about it. "They have a very deep attachment," Gabriel says. "It's a coming-of-age experience, a coming to terms with sexuality and freedom."
Their enthusiasm for the show and promise to attend a shadow cast version of it with her encouraged her to give it a chance. She went with Gan and a big group of her students, many of whom were unfamiliar with the show as well. "It was a pretty freaky experience for me," says Gabriel. "It's definitely a good-natured hazing. You just have to go in knowing what you're in for."
During the performance, a group of virgins, including Gabriel, were asked to participate in a game in which she and three or four other women had to fake an orgasm. Gabriel was completely terrified. The other women were too mortified to do it, but Gabriel knew she had to. "If I'm going to make my students do this show, I knew I had to be fearless," she says. "If I'm going to tell them to do these outrageous things over the next few months, I'll have to prove to them that I can do it."
Afterward, a big group of her cast members attended a shadow cast performance and came back with a completely new perspective on the show. "They came into rehearsal saying they felt they had total freedom," says Gabriel. "They felt uninhibited, they were energized by it."
Few people actually realize that the script itself was originally written for the stage, not film. Richard O'Brien, the author of the play, considers himself to be 70% male and also takes estrogen pills. His identity was not widely accepted in the 1970s, when he wrote the script, and Rocky Horror is a response to the traditional gender roles of the time. "O'Brien expected it to run as a stage show for three weeks and then close," says Gan. "He never designed it to be a cult anything, not a clarion call to gender non-conformity. It was designed to amuse O'Brien and his friends. But it's still around today and speaks to a wider community."
Gan emphasizes the importance of the relationship between the audience and the show in the creation of its cult status. "People who don't fit into their day-to-day lives feel like they fit here," he says. "You root for Frank-N-Furter, even though he is the mad scientist, the villain in almost any other film. You actively mock Janet and Brad, who would be considered the heroes in most settings."
Gabriel and her cast hope that attendees feel that they can be themselves during the show. "We don't want people to come to the show and feel like they have to hold back," she says. "We want you to feel that in this room, in this moment, you are permitted to be exactly who you are without fear of judgment. There's something about being in this dark theater that allows a certain type of freedom of expression that encourages you to be who you are and who you want to be."
The Rocky Horror Show will take place in the Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre on October 17, 18, 19, and 26 at 8 p.m.; October 19, 20, and 26 at 2 p.m.; and for American University students on October 25 at midnight. The matinee performance on October 19 will feature a post-show discussion about the biology of transgender.
While AU's production won't have a shadow cast, AU students wanting to participate in the "virgin" experience can attend the midnight showing; those that want to join are asked to arrive at 11:45 p.m. AU's Queers and Allies will be selling prop bags before the show to encourage audience participation.


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garublador wrote:That's why I would laugh, I don't keep score during casual play.black udder wrote:garublador wrote:I would definitely laugh if someone stroked me in casual play. Might as well give me demerits or naughty points.I still believe if you're going to keep score, then you play by the rules - take the strokes and learn. There's no harm in casual play and it benefits you in the long run.
My casual play is not practice for tournaments. I play for fun. If I determine that rules other than the ones followed in PDGA play are more fun, I'll play by those rules instead. If someone is calling me on rules I'm not trying to follow then that would ruin my fun, hense defeating the purpose of casual play and I would avoid playing with that person.
I just want people to keep that in mind when playing with people you find on the course. Not all of us care about tournament play.
Just a word on tournaments, they can be fun. I love tournaments. To me its like a disc golf party, getting together with friends, making new friends,and just enjoying a day of disc golf. Plus, you can see how you game measures up to other people.


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A's lineup back to full strength with Crisp, Cespedes
OAKLAND -- The A's lineup was back to full strength on Tuesday after the team suffered slight injury scares in recent contests.
Coco Crisp led off and started in center field after injuring his right ribs while diving for a fly ball on Monday, while Yoenis Cespedes batted fifth and played left, two days after aggravating his bruised right heel.
"Little nicked up," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said of his two stars on Tuesday. "Ces, once he got here yesterday, was lobbying to start. … Both of them are good to go today."
While Cespedes' heel injury has been a nagging problem since the first homestand of the year, Melvin said Monday marked the second time this season that Crisp injured his rib-cage area. Crisp laid out full extension on a fly ball hit by Leonys Martin in the sixth inning, but came up just short before grimacing and grabbing his right side. Still, Crisp stayed in the game and played all nine innings.
Melvin said X-rays taken Monday night were negative but that he wants to monitor Crisp's health closely. The veteran is a key sparkplug to the offense when available, but has already missed five games this year due in large part to a sore left wrist. For now, Melvin plans on giving Crisp the day off Wednesday with the short turnaround for a matinee.
"This is a guy, based on our experiences here with him, he plays at a very high level and plays hard," Melvin said. "He's always diving on the ground and we've got to be sure he's healthy to get through a season."
Alex Espinoza is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.