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The Orphan Trains
An estimated 30,000 children were homeless in New York City in the 1850s.
The children ranged in age from about six to 18 and shared a common grim existence. Homeless or neglected, they lived in New York City's streets and slums with little or no hope of a successful future. Their numbers were large - an estimated 30,000 children were homeless in New York City in the 1850s. Charles Loring Brace, the founder of The Children's Aid Society, believed that there was a way to change the futures of these children. By removing youngsters from the poverty and debauchery of the city streets and placing them in morally upright farm families, he thought they would have a chance of escaping a lifetime of suffering.
He proposed that these children be sent by train to live and work on farms out west. They would be placed in homes for free but they would serve as an extra pair of hands to help with chores around the farm. They wouldn't be indentured. In fact, older children placed by The Children's Aid Society were to be paid for their labors.
The Orphan Train Movement lasted from 1853 to the early 1900s and more than 120,000 children were placed. This ambitious, unusual and controversial social experiment is now recognized as the beginning of the foster care concept in the United States.
Orphan Trains stopped at more than 45 states across the country as well as Canada and Mexico. During the early years, Indiana received the largest number of children. There were numerous agencies nationwide that placed children on trains to go to foster homes. In New York, besides Children's Aid, other agencies that placed children included Children's Village (then known as the New York Juvenile Asylum), what is now New York Foundling Hospital, and the former Orphan Asylum Society of the City of New York, which is now the Graham-Windham Home for Children.
Some of the children struggled in their newfound surroundings, while many others went on to lead simple, very normal lives, raising their families and working towards the American dream. Although records weren't always well kept, some of the children placed in the West went on to great successes. There were two governors, one congressman, one sheriff, two district attorneys, three county commissioners as well as numerous bankers, lawyers, physicians, journalists, ministers, teachers and businessmen.
The Orphan Train Movement and the success of other Children's Aid initiatives led to a host of child welfare reforms, including child labor laws, adoption and the establishment of foster care services, public education, the provision of health care and nutrition and vocational training.
The last generation of Orphan Train riders is still living in towns across the United States. They keep in touch with each other through the National Orphan Train Complex and through Children's Aid. Based in Concordia, Kansas, the Orphan Train Heritage Society of America helps members establish and maintain family contacts, retrace their roots and preserve the history of the Orphan Train Movement.
The Victor Remer Historical Archives of The Children's Aid Society
Important historical records can be accessed via The Guide to the Records of The Children's Aid Society (1853-1947). This guide contains materials pertaining to emigration programs such as the Orphan Train, foster care and adoption programs operating between 1853-1947, annual reports to 2006, a small collection of materials from 1948-1951, and The Children's Aid Society lodging houses, industrial schools, convalescent homes, health centers and farm schools.


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From cooking Thanksgiving dinner for Daire Center clients to heading up the team that builds the Caven parade float, parade co-grand marshal Chris Bengston has been a force behind the scenes of the community for 26 years
DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer
When Caven Enterprises' Chris Bengston saw the list of people nominated for grand marshal of Dallas' 2011 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade, her name was not on it. And she wasn't at the Dallas Tavern Guild meeting where her name was added.
So when Caven Enterprises President Gregg Kilhoffer called her to come back to the office, she had no idea what was going on.
When Kilhoffer called, he told her that there was an incident at one of the bars and her name was involved. So Bengston ran back to the office as quickly as possible, frantically trying to figure out what she had done.
Actually, everyone at Caven Enterprises just wanted to see her face when she found out that she would be one of this year's Pride parade grand marshals.
What they saw there on her face was shock.
To Bengston, all of the events she planned and dinners she cooked and money she raised for practically every organization in the city over the years was just something she always did out of love for the community.
"I guess people were paying attention to what I was doing," she said, still incredulous that she would have been named to lead the parade.
Kilhoffer calls Bengston the company's mom.
Before moving to Dallas, Bengston was married. Her husband served in the Army and went to Vietnam.
"When he came back, things didn't work out,"she said, adding that she just never remarried.
"That's just the way things worked out," she said.
But when she was in her 40s, Bengston became pregnant, even though, she said, "I wasn't supposed to be able to get pregnant."
Her son, Alex, was the first Caven baby. He's now a sophomore at Texas State University in San Marcos.
But while Alex was the first Caven baby, he wasn't the last.
"What's neat," Bengston said, "are the number of employees with children now."
Kilhoffer said several employees became like a dad to Alex.
When Alex was young, Bengston took a number of young Caven employees along with her son on a variety of outings — to the Fort Worth Zoo or the Arboretum or sporting events. She exposed many young people to things they'd never done before.
Kilhoffer said Bengston gave many of the company's young employees the family they never had. He said she was "Caven's own Youth First Texas" and "It Gets Better" campaign before either existed.
"I'm constantly getting emails about her, thanking her for going above and beyond," Kilhoffer said. "She'll drop anything she's doing to help anyone."
Bengston has been involved in hundreds of projects over the years that benefited the community.
One of her fondest memories is working with the Daire Center, an adult daycare center for people with HIV/AIDS, when it was part of Oak Lawn Community Services. Kilhoffer remembers the annual Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners that Bengston cooked for the center.
"At 4 in the morning, she'd call to see where I was," he said. She was already preparing the holiday meal.
He said she spent days, not just cooking, but doing all the shopping and making more than just a ham or turkey. She wanted to make sure, he said, that people who had nowhere else to go would have a holiday celebration that started with hors d'oeuvres and didn't end until they had her homemade desserts.
"I could go on and on," Kilhoffer said. "She's been involved in so many things. Everyone knows they can call on her and she's the volunteer who will make things happen."
For years, Bengston and fellow Caven employee Donald Solomon have been involved in the holiday gift project for students at Sam Houston Elementary School. That school, located just a block behind the Cedar Springs bars, is one of the poorest in the Dallas Independent School District. Each year, Caven employees, led by Solomon and Bengston, make sure that every child at the school gets a gift at Christmas.
And before the school year begins, they make sure that there are enough school supplies. During the year, Bengston will get calls from the school for additional items, and she always responds. The Oak Lawn Library also has relied on her help when they've needed supplies.
"For Razzle Dazzle Dallas [revived this year by Cedar Springs Merchants Association, of which Caven is a member], she was the one who calmed us down and kept us focused," Kilhoffer said.
Bengston organized a fundraiser after Hurricane Katrina for people who had been evacuated from New Orleans and were staying at Reunion Arena. And she's helped stage fashion shows in an alcohol-free Rose Room, located in Caven's Station 4 bar, to benefit Youth First Texas.
Bengston's also involved with GayBingo, held monthly in the Rose Room, helping Resource Center Dallas and a variety of other beneficiary organizations raise money. And she helps with LifeWalk. And the Pink Party, which raises money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Much of the $50,000 that the Dallas Bears raised for community groups at their weekend round-up this year came from the Bear Dance — an event that Bengston made sure went off without a hitch.
"In the '80s and '90s, Caven lost quite a few employees to AIDS," Kilhoffer said. "She [Bengston] was such a help to those who were dying, and to their partners. She sat in the hospital and comforted so many people in their last days."
For years, Bengston spent the night before the parade building Caven's parade float along with three friends. Then she spent parade day working behind the scenes.
So she's rarely gotten to just enjoy the parade.
But after she was named grand marshal this year, Bengston said she asked those three friends — Scott Pepin, Stacy Golf and Bill Scott — to join her in the carriage to enjoy the parade with her.
Bengston said she does the things she does because she's worked in the LGBT community for 26 years and she wants to see it remain strong.
"I am truly blessed," Bengston said. "I've made a very nice living and appreciate all of the years of memories and acceptance. I've had the best times of my life here."
And she plans to keep on giving. But there's one lesson she said she learned that keeps her humble after years of working with Caven.
After staging so many fundraising events at the Rose Room, Bengston said, "There are so many guys who look better in an evening gown than I do."
For more information on Caven Enterprises, go online to Caven.com.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition September 16, 2011.

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The women of Hercules Wimbledon Athletics Club go marching on.
They emerged winners of the fourth Rosenheim League Eastern Division match of the season at Battersea Park, where they held off a strong challenge from rivals Belgrave Harriers.
Seasoned pole vaulter Alison Murray was the only individual winner with a 3m clearance while the 4x200m relay team also triumphed.
Emilie Bokor Ingram was second in the 200m, and newcomer Leanne Bettis runner-up in the shot.
The win leaves Hercules Wimbledon top of the division with just one match remaining at Tooting Bec on July 23.
Match result: 1 Hercules Wimbledon 21; 2 Belgrave 17; 3 Serpentine 9; 4 Herne Hill 5.
Standings after four matches: 1 Hercules Wimbledon 18.5; 2 Belgrave 17.5; 3 Serpentine 10; 4 6.5; 5 Croydon 4.5.
Sprinter Joseph Chukwuadinula took the 100m in the men's match with Sean Hall winning the 400m in 49.5 seconds.
Kieran White was second in the 1,500m, Hamed Agboke third in the triple jump and Kevin Snelling third in the hammer.
In a tight match, Hercules Wimbledon were fourth but are in third place overall.
Match result: 1 Belgrave 39; 2 Serpentine 36; 3 Herne Hill 35; 4 Hercules Wimbledon 30; 5 Croydon 27.
Standings after four matches: 1 Belgrave 18; 2 Herne Hill 13; 3 Hercules Wimbledon 11; 4 Serpentine 10; 5 Croydon 8.
During the meeting, Peter Giles broke two Hercules Wimbledon men's over-70 records in the 800m and 1,500m with times of two minutes 43.3 seconds and 5:30.20, respectively.
At the other end of the age scale, teenager Zac Purnell took the silver medal in the London Schools year 7 and 8 800m championship at Mile End in 2:21.2.
Jaqui Clark was Hercules Wimbledon's only A string winner in the second of this season's Lily B League meetings at Croydon on Saturday, winning the U17 javelin.
Ayoola Ajayi was runner-up in both the U17 100m and 200m with Elizabeth Thatcher and Elsie Williams also second in the U13 discus and javelin.
Connie Baxter and Maya Merek won the uU13 discus B and javelin B contests.
Hercules Wimbledon are facing a busy time with three matches in three days.
The Southern Men's League team are in their final Division One match of the season at Tooting Bec on Saturday, with the Southern Women's league team travelling to Crawley for their third match of the season, also on Saturday.
Then, on Monday, Hercules Wimbledon host the final Southern Veterans League South West London Division meeting of the season at their Wimbledon Park track headquarters starting at 6.30pm.
Hercules Wimbledon's track and field training sessions take place at Wimbledon Park athletics stadium on Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting at 6.30pm and Sunday mornings at 10.30am. Further details from coaching coordinator Maurice Sharp on 020 8337 8707.


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NAPERVILLE, Ill. -- OfficeMax and organization expert Peter Walsh announced the launch of a new collection under the "Peter Walsh you.organized" brand.
"You don't need complicated solutions for everyday organizational challenges," said Peter Walsh, renowned organization expert, author and television personality. "My new collection at OfficeMax is all about inspiring people to manage their clutter in new and creative ways. This collection encourages customers to be innovative with organization and provides plenty of options that help them to customize a system that suits their needs."
Following a successful launch of you.organized in 2010, Walsh has expanded his collection at OfficeMax based on customer feedback to make de-cluttering at home, on the road, and at work easy for everyone, OfficeMax reported. Each item in the collection serves a purpose with multiple functions, and includes simple and intuitive enhancements such as wide elastic bands on the journal and binders that help keep items – such as sticky notes and pens – bundled together.


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Week 3 on "Dancing With the Stars" was "Most Memorable Year of My Life," a tried-and-true theme guaranteed to bring on the water works. The emotions stirred up by the stories and memories brought out the very best in both celebs and pros, and a very high level of scores.
Robin Roberts of ABC's "Good Morning, America" was a guest judge and mentioned that she would usually be watching the show in her "froggy slippers" with a bowl of popcorn. She also remarked that the ballroom was a bit smaller than she imagined it, but I thought she did a very good job.
Scoring the first 10s of Season 18, Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy danced a foxtrot that was dedicated to all of the people who had supported her and ice dancing partner Charlie White in their 17-year effort that culminated in the Olympic gold medal. To music by violinist Lindsey Stirling, the choreography was some of Maks' best, Meryl was terrific and the rapport the pair showed made me think of their first rehearsal when Maks said he could marry her. Hmmm. Robin called the dance "beautiful," judge Bruno Tonioli thought it was technically incredible with extraordinary choreography, and judge Carrie Ann Inaba said she burst into tears because it was so beautiful and that Maks was inspired by Meryl. Hmmmm again.
Scores: Carrie Ann — 10; head judge Len Goodman — 9; Robin — 10; Bruno — 10 = 39
James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd kicked off the show with an awesomely hot jive that was inspired by 2007, the year he "overcame bullying" for being overweight and was motivated to move forward. Len said, "Was that an earthquake? An aftershock? Or did you just rock this place?" Robin appreciated his story and Bruno said James had the explosive energy of a lightning strike.
Scores: judge Carrie Ann Inaba — 9; Len — 9; Robin — 9; Bruno — 9 = 36
If you were wondering about the elimination, it took care of itself at that point. Under doctor's orders, Billy Dee Williams explained that he would not be dancing due to his chronic back condition. "Doctor says no more dancing but I had a blast. Working with this wonderful, beautiful woman (pro Emma Slater) — pure joy." After thanking all of the fans for voting for him, Billy Dee called the experience something he would carry with him for years, and Emma said it had been very special. It was a graceful exit for someone who very probably would have been eliminated tonight.
For NeNe Leakes, her rumba with Tony Dovolani was dedicated to her husband who she married, divorced and married again. Tony was shirtless and NeNe was sexy in a very sensual routine. Bruno called her the "Southern siren," and Carrie Ann thought her passion for her husband brought out the sensuality in the dance.
Scores: Carrie Ann — 8; Len — 7; Robin — 8; Bruno — 8 = 31
In 2010, a video by Cody Simpson was spotted by a producer and his whole family moved from Australia to Los Angeles to further his career, so he dedicated his jazz routine with Witney Carson to his family and danced to his own tune, "Surfboard." He really has a great sense of rhythm and Bruno called it "jazz for now." Robin loved his style, saying he respected the dance but made it his own.
Scores: Carrie Ann — 9; Len — 8; Robin — 9; Bruno — 9 = 35
At this point in the show, viewers should have gotten out their boxes of tissue because the emotions were taking over. Danica McKeller and Val Chmerkovskiy did a contemporary routine to "Lullaby," dedicated to her son, Draco, and her grandmother, who died three weeks before Draco was born in 2010. OK, I was already weepy and they hadn't started dancing, but it was a very beautiful dance that had everyone with tears in their eyes, especially when Draco was crying into his mom's shoulder. Carrie Ann called Danica "beautiful, sincere, delicate, wonderful," and Len said her movement was so fluid, "it was like butter on a hot muffin."
Scores: Carrie Ann — 9; Len — 9; Robin — 9; Bruno — 9 = 36
Hope no one put their hankies away because Drew Carey was next, talking about how sn Connor was born in 2005 and that caused Drew to lose weight and get healthy so he would be around to be with Connor. Len called his waltz with Cheryl Burke, "charming and well done," and Robin said he was a "pleasant and marvelous surprise this season." One of the best moments was when Connor "hit on" Cheryl by asking her to show him some moves. Cheryl called the boy's pick-up skills, "a 10."
Scores: Carrie Ann — 7; Len — 7; Robin — 8; Bruno — 8 = 30
Amy Purdy and Derek Hough were next with a contemporary dance that was inspired by 1999 when she had both legs amputated and lost her kidney function, followed by her father giving her one of his kidneys to save her life. If you put your tissues away, big mistake — this is the one that really got to me, and to all of the judges. Tears everywhere as Amy described dancing with her dad on her prosthetic legs and deciding she could do anything. Carrie Ann said she was so inspiring, but Len really got me with, "You touched my brain with the level of difficulty and touched my heart with the level of artistry. Truly beautiful, well done!"
Scores: Carrie Ann — 9; Len — 9; Robin — 9; Bruno — 9 = 36
Time for a change in mood before the ballroom flooded with tears, and Charlie White and Sharna Burgess had the perfect solution: a jive to "Happy" that Charlie described as his celebration dance for winning the gold medal, and he dedicated it to his parents and girlfriend, Tanith Belbin. He started dancing backstage with some of the pros, the stage hands, backup dancers, everyone — before bursting out onto the dance floor. Carrie Ann said it was fantastic, and Len added, "You were steaming, I was beaming, it's Happy Hour!"
Scores: Carrie Ann — 9; Len — 9; Robin — 9; Bruno — 9 = 36
The final couple was Candace Cameron-Burke, who was visited two of her "Full House" co-stars, Lori Laughlin and Andrea Barber. She dedicated her jive with Mark Ballas to 1995, the year that "Full House" ended and when she became engaged to her husband. The routine was inspired by Elvis and was full of energy. Len thought it was a "proper ballroom jive," and Bruno said he loves it when Candace "goes wild."
Scores: Carrie Ann — 8; Len — 8; Robin — 8; Bruno — 8 = 32
All through the show, host Tom Bergeron and co-host Erin Andrews talked about and asked the dancers about the Switch Up. Viewers were still voting tonight, so we have no idea who is paired up with whom, but both celebs and pros talked about how much they are dreading it. I suspect the higher-scoring couples are really hating the idea of breaking up a winning combination right now. And it sounds like the judges' scores will be combined with next week's scores, but where do the viewers' votes come into play. So we will all see who is together when they actually do their dances. Wow! At one point, Tom said, with a liberal dose of sarcasm, "They're all just loving this Switch Up."
Next week will also see the return of "Macy's Stars of Dance" under guidance of creative director Derek Hough. Gee, do you think that extra challenge had anything to do with his return this season? In addition to all the switches and the Macy's feature, a highlight of next week's show will be guest judge Julianne Hough! With Meryl almost perfect; James, Danica, Amy and Charlie near the top; and Drew at the bottom with a normally great score of 30 out of 40, who will be going home? See you next week — keep dancing.


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TUSCALOOSA _ Although he's just about the only new offensive face outside of the line, University of Alabama tight end Michael Williams isn't considering himself a rookie.
But he is using it to challenge himself.
"I take it more upon myself, being the new part of the offense is going to make it the same or better," Williams said. "This offense can be great, explosive. Everything that the No. 1 offense in the NCAA can be."
Williams played in all 14 games last season, primarily as a run blocker, and had three catches for 29 yards.
He's now replaced Colin Peek, who had 26 catches for 313 yards and three touchdowns, including a picturesque over-the-shoulder grab against Florida in the SEC Championship Game.
"Mike was a young guy last year, but was someone we had a lot of confidence in," quarterback Greg McElroy said. "Obviously when Peek went down prior to the Tennessee game he stepped in and we didn't miss a beat. Nothing disrespectful toward Peek, just Mike has a big body, a good understanding of the offense and knows how to use his body."
McElroy compared the way Williams can block out a defender or reach out to catch a ball to like a basketball player on the court.
"That game experience will help me out a lot," Williams said about Tennessee and LSU, against which he had all three receptions.
While Williams has been lining up at tight end ahead of Chris Underwood, Preston Dial remains the starting H-back ahead of Brad Smelley and converted running back Mike Marrow.
"You have to know both to play on this team, but most of the tine I'll be on the line and he'll be the H," Williams said, adding that otherwise he's: "Just practicing and getting better. I'm trying to take it full-steam ahead, realize the opportunity and go with it."
A-Day schedule announced
Saturday's schedule of events has been finalized:
11 a.m.: Gates to Bryant-Denny Stadium open
Noon : A-Club Flag Football Game
12:15: Walk of Fame ceremony at Denny Chimes honoring 2009 team captains Javier Arenas, Mike Johnson and Rolando McClain.
ESPN will broadcast A-Day starting at 2 p.m.
Injury report
Both linebacker Nico Johnson and offensive lineman Chad Lindsay, who missed last Saturday's scrimmage due to knee sprains, were back practicing in their usual spots, with Johnson at interior linebacker and Lindsay center on the third unit.
Freshman offensive lineman Russell Raines remained in black and rode an exercise bike.
Although he appeared to be limited Saturday, wide receiver Michael Bowman was working with the wide receivers during individual drills.
Outside linebacker Milton Talbert (shoulder) and center William Vlachos (foot) are the only players unlikely to play A-Day due to injury.
Mix and match
Coaches appeared to be grouping players in preparation for A-Day.
For example, freshmen cornerbacks DeMarcus Milliner and John Fulton were still paired together, but with the second unit instead of the third. That could mean they'll start with the second unit. Rod Woodson was also working at first-unit star Tuesday.
Ed Stinson went through individual drills second at Jack linebacker. Defensive tackle Brandon Moore appeared to be with the third unit, while Anthony Orr was fourth at left defensive end behind Marcell Dareus, Undra Billingsley and Darrington Sentimore.
Kendall Kelly scrimmaged at safety, with Brandon Gibson with the receivers. Both have been learning safety this spring as a depth precaution.
There were no changes on the first-unit offensive line, with Chance Warmack at left guard and D.J. Fluker at right tackle.
Nick Saban will receive the Amos Alonzo Stagg Coach of the Year Award at the United States Sports Academy in Daphne on May 18. The event is open to the public with free admission.
Coaches still haven't told the players the format for A-Day, but regardless the offense will be pretty vanilla due to other teams watching from afar. "It'll be very cut-and-dry," McElroy said. Incidentally, one of his two interceptions in last Saturday's scrimmage was on a Hail Mary pass.
Williams is the answer to a trivia question as he was the first Alabama player to touch the ball against Texas. "National Championship Game, kickoff, I look up it's coming right to me. It doesn't get any more exciting on that." As for the second kickoff, "That was my mistake I didn't get it. I thought I heard him call me off but I didn't. My mistake."


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A heat wave is helping create unhealthy smog levels in the Bay Area this week, with a second consecutive Spare the Air alert called for Tuesday.
The poor air quality also could linger through Wednesday and Thursday as forecasters expect continued hot temperatures and light winds to brew car and factory exhaust into smog, which irritates lungs and eyes.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued its first Spare the Air Alert of the season for Monday, and followed with one a second one for Tuesday.
Commuters are asked to drive less, and take public transit or carpools to work.
For health reasons, the air district advises the public to limit strenuous outdoor exercise to early morning hours when smog levels are lower.
The poor air quality could make things tougher for pro bike racers riding 108.5 miles from San Jose to the Mount Diablo summit Tuesday in the late morning and early afternoon in the third leg of the Amgen Tour of California.
Many recreational cyclists also are expected to ride up Mount Diablo to see the race.
Aaron Richardson, an air district spokesman, advised cycling fans to pedal up the mountain early and take rests to avoid over exertion.
Smog concentrations typically peak around 5 p.m. in the Bay Area, and the race is expected to start at 10:45 a.m. finish around 3:30 p.m. or so.
Separately from the air district, the National Weather Service has issued heat advisories for the much of the Bay Area for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Contact Denis Cuff at 925-943-8267 or email@example.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/deniscuff


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Sanghamitta wrote:The Dhamma is a complete path, which calls for a complete commitment.
Sanghamitta wrote:It was the Buddha who described his Dhamma as the one ("ek" ) Way to Nibbana. It is axiomatic to the Buddhadhamma that no other path has the same end result as does it. Religions can and do contribute in various ways to society, but they do not lead to Nibbana as described by the Buddha.
Sanghamitta wrote:I dont accept the existence of " masters in other religions " whose " enlightenment" equates to that described by, and attained by, The Buddha.
christopher::: wrote:when others say critical things I tend to defend other faiths. I've noticed that this gets me into debates at times, and makes me feel a bit uncomfortable, sometimes, in discussions with fellow Buddhists, where other faiths are mentioned and criticized.
Sanghamitta wrote:You are addressing you points to Peter , Christopher:::, but if I could address a couple of them. You compare a Theists belief in god with going for Refuge in the Buddhist sense. But there is no comparison. The Buddha, not Sanghamitta or anyone on this forum said that to take refuge in god or gods represents a major obstacle to understanding his teachings, that would in fact be impossible., literally impossible for anyone who takes such refuge in god or gods to understand the Buddhadharma. That it is mental barrier to his teachings. So the compassionate thing to do from a Buddhist perspective is to point this out .
Hello all,
Yes - Buddhists should be tolerant of other Religions.
clw_uk wrote:Interesting question id like to ask
If someone said there belief was materialism, would you practice the same tolerance as you would if they said they were muslim?
Chris wrote:Hello all,
Yes - Buddhists should be tolerant of other Religions.
Respect for other teachers
From Buddhist point of view, one should never ridicule a great teacher, merely because he was not a Buddhist. There were great teachers like Zoraster, Confutze, Lao-tze, noble Jesus and many others. A Buddhist should never insult them. To do so is against Buddha's teachings. This freedom of investigation and accepting is encouraged in Buddhist teachings.
This broad-minded approach is seen in the account of Upali's meeting with the Buddha. Upali was a follower of Jainism. He came to the Buddha with a view to argue on some points of Buddha's teachings. But at the close of discussion he was convinced and expressed he wanted to become a Buddha's follower and that he would stop his support to Jain monks who until now he had highly regarded. But the Buddha said: "Consider further! Don't be in a hurry to follow me. Never stop supporting those Jain monks whom you have respectfully treated for so long."
There is another account of certain wandering recluse who had a discussion with Buddha concerning the difference between the doctrines of the both, at which the Buddha said, "Well, my friend, though we discuss our views and practices, don't think that I am trying to convert you to my side. I don't want to do so. You may go on your way, but let us see whether you or we that practice as you and we teach."
Thus there is full freedom of thinking and full freedom of speaking in the teachings of the Buddha. You can even be critical of the Buddha or his teachings and this freedom is extended to all people. So you should not get angry when others say things that you do not agree with. Listen to them and judge impartially, whether they are right or not right. That is the Buddha's way
One of my good friends is a woman who is a practising Muslim - wears the hijab (since the invasion of Iraq by the U.S.). We have wonderful conversations about religion - I'll say "The Buddha taught ....." and she will say "Did he?! Well, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said a similar thing .....". Neither of us tries to convert the other - just enjoy our different and similar understandings.
Peter wrote:Someone believing in materialism is one thing.
Someone claiming the Buddha taught materialism is another.
christopher::: wrote: I find myself defending other paths when the path itself, or the core beliefs, are put down as being meaningless or inferior... such as some recent posts here at dhamma wheel where belief in God was described this way... In my view people who believe in God are going to refuge in that faith, so its something sacred for them, like the 3 jewels are for Buddhists, worthy of respectful speech- even though most Buddhists do not believe in God themselves…
Dharmakiirti's refutation of theism By Roger Jackson
Philosophy East and West 36:4 Oct. 1986 wrote:...it is equally clear that theism in the sense in which I am using it -- as the assertion of an omniscient, permanent, independent, unique cause of the cosmos -- is rejected throughout the length and breadth of the Indian Buddhist tradition. Dharmakiirti's antitheistic arguments may have taken the Buddhist critique to a new level of sophistication, but he had behind him a millennium of refutations, with many of which he undoubtedly was familiar and which ought to be borne in mind when we consider his discussion.
The Paali Nikaayas contain a number of explicit rejections of theism, and some important implicit ones, as well.
For the later Buddhist philosophical tradition, however, the most important early arguments are perhaps the implicit ones: those many passages in the Nikaayas where the concept of a permanent attaa or aatman is rejected, principally on the grounds that no permanent entity is or can be encountered in experience or justified by reason. It really is Buddhism's emphasis on universal impermanence that is at the root of its aversion to the concept of God, as became evident in the sorts of refutations offered in the post-nikaaya period (when the attributes of the creator, identified by the Buddhists as ii`svara, perhaps had become more clearly defined).
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Colorado Farm Show: Going strong after nearly 5 decades
February 1, 2013
What started nearly 50 years ago during discussions over coffee is now one of the largest and oldest farm shows in the nation.
The Colorado Farm Show will mark its 49th anniversary with the 2013 show in Greeley's Island Grove Regional Park, starting Tuesday and concluding Thursday. As they are every year, exhibitions will be open to the public at no cost, running from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday.
What was to become the Colorado Farm Show began as the result of coffee talks among a group of Colorado State University Cooperative Extension agents, discussing the possibility of an agricultural trade show for Greeley.
This year, the annual three-day event — still taking place in Weld County, the eighth-largest in the U.S. — will feature about 350 exhibitors from throughout the country.
In the past, the show has brought to Greeley upward of 30,000 people interested in learning more about agriculture products, services, machinery and technology. Displays, as in the past, will also be set up in the Exhibition Building and the Livestock Building. There are additional displays of farm equipment in outside areas around the buildings.
This year, the show will cover a variety of topics. Specifically, programs deal with the agricultural outlook for 2013, legislation and drought, along with specific programs for beef producers, dairy farmers, horse owners and crop growers, and the always-popular weather outlook.
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Funds generated by the parking fees and other excess revenue during the Colorado Farm Show are used to award six $2,000 scholarships to area high school students who plan to pursue an agricultural career. They are named in memory of Chuck Urano, a horticulturist with the Weld County office of Colorado State University Extension, who was among the founders of what became the Colorado Farm Show.
The agriculture trade show is a not-for-profit event that is planned and managed each year by almost 100 volunteers. The first show conducted under the Colorado Farm Show name was staged in 1967, but the nucleus of the event began in 1964, when it was called the Colorado Agriculture Chemical Exposition.
State organizations — Cattle Feeders Association, Colorado Corn Growers Association, Colorado Pork Producers Council, Area III Potato Administrative Committee and others — were solicited to help sponsor some of the programs. It was also decided to ask the Greeley Chamber of Commerce to participate by handling the finances and to underwrite the program.
The 1964 show was conducted Feb. 16-17 at the Community Building in downtown Greeley. That space is now occupied by the Union Colony Civic Center.
The Colorado Farm Show has continued to grow every year.
Perhaps the greatest single-year growth career came in 1982, when the number of programs and facilities put into use were expanded and 14,000 attended the annual three-day affair.
Because of the growing waiting list of exhibitors, exhibition space for the farm show was enlarged in 1998 with the addition of the Exhibition Building. A large tent had to be added for the 2000 Colorado Farm Show, and in 2002, the 60,000 square-foot Event Center was brought into the mix.
In the decade since, annual attendance has been averaged around 30,000 people, exceeding that mark many years.
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For its 2013 model year, Lexus gave the GS 350 a fierce look and performance options that make it one of the best-handling Lexus models, and let it begin to approach the sport levels achieved by the German competition. Catching the eye first of all, however, is the tremendous 12.3-inch LCD sitting in the dashboard.
Beyond the main menu screen, this whopping display shows its information in a perpetual split, using about two-thirds of the area for maps, destination input, audio selection, and phone calls. The other third shows current audio, phone, climate control, and fuel economy.
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Lexus launched its mouselike controller for in-cabin electronics a few years ago, and this system was refined for the GS 350. Where before it felt like a joystick, now it slides around more like a mouse. Previously, the pointer could move anywhere on the screen, but now it more securely snaps to the onscreen buttons, making it easier to use while driving.
Lexus also took away the Enter buttons, previously mounted on either side of the controller, replacing that function with a push down on the controller. I found the controller a little too sensitive, as it too easily jumped to a different button when I tried to press down. Looking into the settings, there was no way to reduce the sensitivity, but it was possible to raise the level of haptic response, so the controller would be less likely to skip off a selected button. The controller also felt too much like a cheap, plastic mouse; I would expect more heft for switchgear in a luxury car.
Along with the controller upgrade, Lexus improved its voice command. Pressing the voice command gave me a lot of top-level options for navigation, phone, and audio. I could place a call by saying the name of a person in my phone's contact list, or request music from an attached iPod or USB drive by saying the artist name or album. Entering a destination still required saying the city, street name, and number individually, instead of as one string.
Despite the large screen, Lexus' navigation remains unchanged from that of prior model years. Maps, stored on a hard drive, only offer 2D views. The system uses traffic data from satellite to avoid jams, but does not offer text-to-speech for route guidance. The system offers quite a few ways to enter addresses, including the new eDestination feature, which lets you send destinations from a PC through the Lexus telematics system.
More impressive is the system's integration with Lexus' Enform apps system. Enform is very much like the Toyota Entune system. It requires either an Android phone or iPhone running the Enform app. Android phones can connect over Bluetooth, but the iPhone must be plugged into the USB port. And as I have found with recent Toyota cars, my iPhone 3GS would only connect to the system sporadically, although the iPhone 4 and 4S seem to connect consistently.
In the GS 350, the Enform apps complement the data brought in through satellite radio. Along with the aforementioned traffic information, satellite radio provides weather forecasts, gas prices, stock prices, and sports scores. Enform offers well-known apps such as Bing search, OpenTable, and Yelp. Lexus could do a better job of putting these different apps into a uniform interface, as a driver doesn't really need to differentiate between apps powered by satellite and ones that get data over a connected smartphone.
Of the Enform apps, I found Yelp the most useful. The navigation system's own stored database of restaurants and other points of interest came up short on a couple of occasions. Yelp does a very good job of noting when a restaurant or other listing has closed, and it provides much more information about each listing than the point-of-interest database. Best of all, the system let me input the address of any listing as a destination in the navigation system, directly from its Yelp page.
Enform also includes Pandora and iHeartRadio, two apps that work as audio sources for the stereo. They complement an already robust set of audio sources that includes a USB port for iPods and thumbdrives, and satellite and HD Radio. I was impressed by how the system analyzed the MP3 tracks on my 8GB thumbdrive, letting me browse by artist and album.
CNET's car came with the standard audio system, using 12 speakers and 5.1 surround processing for very good sound quality. This system is well-balanced, producing distinct sound with good depth. I was pleased with its production of background percussion instruments on some tracks, and vocals came through with a pleasant richness. Better would have been the optional Mark Levinson audio system, which uses an 835-watt amp and 17 Green Edge speakers. Toyota started deploying these premium speakers in cars last year; they're supposed to consume less power than speakers of equivalent quality.
The stereo gets some competition from the engine, which makes a delightfully loud purr with the gas pedal floored. The 3.5-liter V-6 in the GS 350 is the same as what Lexus put in the IS 350, and uses an interesting mix of port and direct injection. At low speeds, the engine uses its port-injection system, less efficient but quieter, while at higher acceleration it switches to the direct injectors, delivering more power. The extra noise of the direct injection gets swamped by the overall road noise at higher speed. Or so the thinking goes.
Other automakers are increasingly going to direct-injection engines for the increased efficiency, and dealing well with the extra engine noise. Lexus should lose the complexity of this system and just go to straight direct injection.


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Sutherland got on top of Paxton in every set on Tuesday night and the Lady Sailors kept the pressure on to sweep the Tigers in the subdistrict finals at North Platte St. Pat's.
The Sailors (23-6), who are one match away from qualifying for the state tournament for the third straight year, got out to a 5-1 lead in the first set after a kill by Kelsey Dillenburg. The lead then ballooned to 11-3 after Sam Kennedy served for three straight plays.
Paxton (20-6) fought back. Emma Holz served for five straight points to bring the Lady Tigers to within 13-9. They were able to tie at 14 after Bailey Schow made a kill.
But Sutherland regained the lead when Dillenburg made another kill. Then Kristen Nelson served for an ace and Schow hit the ball out for a 17-14 Sailor lead and the Tigers didn't get any closer.
The Lady Sailors took control right away in the second set, as well. Kennedy made a kill and a block on consecutive plays for a 6-1 lead and Sutherland never really looked back. The Sailors led by as much as 10 before going up two sets to none.
Sutherland scored the first five points of the third with Haley Baxter serving and Kennedy and Dillenburg making plays at the net.
Down to its final set of the season, Paxton tried to close the gap immediately. The Lady Tigers came within 6-4. But it wasn't long before the Sailors distanced themselves again.
Sutherland took a lead of 13-7 after a block by Kennedy and from there, the Lady Sailors kept the lead at around that margin before finishing off Paxton for good.
Kershner said that the Tigers brought all they had but her team handled it well.
"You can't ever count out Paxton, they always play tough," she said. "But our girls just never let up."
After winning the D1-11 subdistrict, Sutherland will play for the district title on Thursday against the winner of Potter-Dix and Creek Valley.
Even if the Sailors were to fall in the D1-6 finals, they are likely assured of a berth at state with a No. 2 ranking in the NSAA Power Point rankings.
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Guess who's mostly-new for 2012? The oft-forgotten Ninja 650 is getting a new frame, new bodywork and practical features like an adjustable windscreen. This thing is pretty damn sexy now, especially for $7,499. Am I wrong?
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Singer Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48 according to the Associated Press and other reports.
Houston had one of the defining pop-soul voices of the 1980s and 1990s. She was also a stage of the screen, appearing in such movies as The Bodyguard and Waiting to Exhale. Her career was marred by erratic behavior and struggles with substance abuse.


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AUSTIN, Texas -- Whole Foods investors got some big news today, not only did the company report that sales for its second quarter rose 12% to $2.4 billion, it announced that is changing its trading symbol to WFM from WFMI effective May 6.
The company reported that second-quarter comparable- and identical-store sales increased 7.8%, or 16.5% and 15.5% on a two-year stacked basis, respectively, including a negative impact of 50 basis points from Easter shifting from the second quarter last year to the third quarter this year. Whole Foods said its net income increased 33% to $89.9 million, and diluted earnings per share increased 29% to 51 cents.
"These are the strongest overall results we have reported in the past five years. Our solid execution is generating consistent cash flow, and with our long-term debt now fully repaid, we are considering other uses for our growing cash balance, including accelerating our growth, raising our dividend and repurchasing stock," said John Mackey co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market. "We are very proud of our balance sheet and that, despite a much tougher year-ago comparison, we are reporting our sixth consecutive quarter of accelerating two-year identical store sales growth. Based on our results for the quarter, we have raised our earnings outlook by 10 cents for the year."
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Whole Foods also provided results for the five-week period ending May 1. Whole Foods reporting period included Easter in both years, and the company reported that identical-store sales increased 7.9%. On a two-year basis, identical-store sales increased 16%, in line with results for the second quarter excluding the negative impact of the Easter shift.


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Hudson takes big first step in road back to Majors
PHOENIX -- For the first time in a year, Daniel Hudson threw a pitch in a professional baseball game.
Hudson, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, pitched an inning with the Rookie League AZL D-backs to begin his rehab assignment on Tuesday.
"Felt really good," Hudson said. "Just to get back out there in a competitive game was a lot of fun, and I definitely missed it a lot."
Hudson allowed a run on two hits and struck out two batters in a league where he's more than six years older than the average player. But Hudson said his performance isn't what matters right now -- he's focused on his command and confidence.
Manager Kirk Gibson said he hadn't seen video of Hudson pitch, but he did read the Minor League report for the day, which had Hudson's fastball velocity pegged around 93 mph.
"I don't really care as far as that goes," Hudson said. "Like I said, I want to get my command back and hopefully help this team in September."
Hudson said he would pitch a few more weeks with the AZL team, with his next appearance being Saturday, before getting a chance to pitch for Triple-A Reno.
Hudson said his outings would be limited so he could ease back into pitching. He doesn't expect to pitch more than one inning at a time or pitch on back-to-back days.
But although he isn't completely back to the level he was at when he won 16 games in 2011, Monday's start was the first step to returning to the Major Leagues.
"Once I got there on the mound and started warming up a little bit, I just told myself, 'You know, you're fine. Whatever happens, happens. Just go out there and do what you know how to do,'" Hudson said.
Adam Lichtenstein 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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Amid slump, Braun swinging away
MILWAUKEE -- At some point he may not be given a choice, but for now slumping Brewers slugger Ryan Braun prefers to play his way out of a slump.
Braun went 2-for-6 with a pair of singles and two RBIs Tuesday in a 4-2, 16-inning loss to the Nationals. He continued to decline offers to take a day off amid a funk that saw him start the day with a .193/.250./.307 slash line in his last 20 games. It did not surprise Brewers manager Ron Roenicke to hear that Braun is not only swinging at more pitches outside the strike zone (a career-high 39.5 percent entering the night, according to Pitch F/X data -- more than five percentage points higher than his career rate, and more than nine points higher than his National League MVP season in 2011) but was swinging at more pitches, period.
His overall swing rate of 52.6 percent is headed for a career high, and marks the first time since Braun's first full season in 2008 that he is over 50 percent. In 2011, with Prince Fielder looming in the on-deck circle, Braun swung at 44 percent of pitches.
At the same time, opponents are challenging Braun with strikes at about the same rate. Entering Tuesday, 46.2 percent of pitches thrown Braun's way were strikes, about one percentage point below his career average.
"I think whenever you're in a little funk, you want to swing more, because you know you have to swing to get out of it," Roenicke said. "If you just go up there and take pitches, yes, it helps to track balls and to see balls, but until you start squaring up a lot of balls swinging, you can't get out of it. So I think the thought in general is, when you're struggling, most guys probably do swing more."
A small sample of at-bats against Tuesday night Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann (1-for-6, three strikeouts) might have given Braun a reason to take a night off, but he made a case to play.
Roenicke is seeking more consistency from a player he usually doesn't have to worry about.
"The consistent part of it is something you usually can count on, and it hasn't been there," Roenicke said. "You see one game and you think, 'OK,' and then the next day he'll be bad. So, somehow we've got to get him locked in more. Some of it's just trying to do too much because of what he's usually capable of doing.
"I actually think the new position, going to right field, I actually thought it was going to help him, just because when you change like that, your mind can be on that more often. Hopefully, we'll get him going."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. Caitlin Swieca 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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Gov. Mark Dayton is hopeful that the "People's Stadium" will get a vote in the House and Senate and possibly pass by one or two votes.
Dayton expressed guarded optimism about passage of a Minnesota Vikings stadium bill when he visited with members of the ECM Editorial Board at the State Capitol last month.
The Editorial Board was at the Capitol to visit with Dayton, House Speaker Kurt Zellers, House Majority Leader Matt Dean, Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk and Senate Majority Leader David Senjem. The board also met with State Economist Tom Stinson.
Dayton admitted that financing for the stadium may be a stumbling block.
He said the electronic pull tab proposal is the only option left standing at this time.
The governor did not shut the door on the Arden Hills site, either.
He said if a bill does not pass this session of the Minnesota Legislature, the likely option would be to come back next year.
All sites are back in the mix if nothing is done this session, Dayton said.
Asked if he would call a special session for the Vikings stadium this year, Dayton said, "If a meteor were coming straight at Minnesota and it seemed like the Legislature would save us, then I would call them back."
Dayton said he knew Vikings owner Zygi Wilf was frustrated and it could get to the point where he would sell the team and then the new owners would move the team.
Changing topics, the Editorial Board pointed Dayton toward state constitutional amendments that may be on the ballot in November.
The marriage amendment has already been approved for the ballot and it is very likely that the voter ID amendment will be there, too, Dayton said.
Dayton said he believed it was necessary to have bipartisan support for the voter ID bill before it will pass.
Using constitutional amendment strategy to pass legislation was a poor way to legislate, he said.
Talking about the payback of education funds, Dayton said he prefers to grow the economy before using reserves.
The Republican leadership has proposed using reserves to pay the education funding back.
Talking about the economy, Dayton said Minnesota is leading the economic recovery of the country and has unemployment 2.8 percent below the national average.
"We must do better, however," he said.
Dayton was asked about gridlock between the two major political parties.
He said he did not have a solution but always thought compromise was the way to try to solve it.
"It takes two to tango but we are not tangoing," Dayton said.
Asked what surprises he has seen during his two years in office, Dayton said the intransigence of the Legislature has surprised him the most.
The leadership seems to look at compromise as a weakness, he said.
Here's some nuggets from other meetings Editorial Board had during the day:
Kurt Zellers, Speaker of the House, and Matt Dean, House Majority Leader:
Asked to explain his stance on a Vikings stadium bill, Zellers said, "At the end of the day, it has to be a good day for taxpayers."
He said the general fund cannot be a backup for electronic pulltabs.
Zellers said he was not an advocate for a stadium bill, but he wants the bill to have a fair hearing.
He will never tell members to vote "no" on an issue, Zellers said.
Both Zellers and Dean praised their freshman class and said they believed their folks had come a long way.
Speaking about members' votes, Dean said he wishes members to first, vote their conscience; second, vote for their constituents and third, vote the caucus.
"We march in a row, shoulder to shoulder," he said.
"We might not always vote the same."
Both Zellers and Dean said voter ID should be in the constitution.
Voter integrity has to be above reproach, Zellers said, but the voter ID might be a retina scan when his five-year-old becomes of voting age.
Zellers was asked what surprised him most during his service as speaker.
The "ebbs and flows of the day" surprised him the most, he said.
"It is really a roller coaster."
Sen. Tom Bakk, minority leader:
Bakk was concerned about the institution of the Senate and was concerned about the scandal surrounding Michael Brodkorb and former Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch, he said.
Bakk said he believed Koch would have won re-election. She has chosen not to run.
Koch was "thrown under the bus," he said.
Bakk said the Republicans take caucus positions "all of the time."
He said when the Republicans took control of the Senate for the first time in 38 years, they won and didn't know what to do.
"They had no clue about organizational procedures," Bakk said.
Addressing other issues, Bakk said the right to work push for a constitutional amendment is locked in referral.
Talking stadium, Bakk echoed what Dayton said, saying that Arden Hills and Ramsey County was still in the picture.
"I understand that it's rough politics; the governor wants this and don't underestimate a governor when he wants something," Bakk said.
Bakk believes a new football stadium needs a roof, he said.
David Senjem, Senate minority leader:
According to Senjem, work is being done behind the scenes to keep the Viking stadium issue alive.
"If we can resolve the funding and Minneapolis support," Senjem said something might be passed.
He also said he did not believe Arden Hills was out of the picture.
Senjem did say "some type of a referendum" would likely be required.
"This thing has been around for 10 years; my hope is that we could gain a decision on it before we leave to go home," he said.
"If we don't have the votes, I don't think we will bring it forward."
He is one of the signers for the bill. He said he was surprised Minneapolis hasn't resolved itself.
"They may kill it over there," he said.
Talking about constitutional amendments, Senjem said the House has to be more assertive on the right to work legislation.
"We (Senate) are on the bubble also," he said.
Voter ID will likely be passed and placed on the ballot, Senjem said.
"It will find its way to the ballot," he said.
Asked to comment on his role as majority leader, Senjem said, "It is what it is and you never know what the next door knock will bring and the challenges that are inside."
Senjem spoke briefly about the Michael Brodkorb lawsuit and said he believed the Senate Republicans acted ethically.
Tom Stinson, state economist:
Stinson, who is employed by the University of Minnesota and contracted to do work for the state, said he doesn't think the economy is "just going to take off and add lots of jobs," but he says he believes the unemployment rate will continue to change.
Stinson predicted that it will be late 2013 before Minnesota gets back to the number of jobs it had.
Speaking about educational paybacks by using reserves, Stinson said it does not seem "to be financially responsible."
"To spend money before you have it in hand doesn't seem to be a good financial practice," he said.
Short-term borrowing has also been mentioned as a solution, but Stinson said he does not think that is a good financial practice.
According to Stinson, doing tax reform piecemeal is not a way to do it. He said it should be done every 20 or 25 years.
The next economic forecast will be in late November or early December.
The last forecast showed a sizable surplus.


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NYPD captain jumps hurdles to run in Philly Marathon
Would you spend almost $500 to run 26.2 miles? For non-runners, the life of a marathoner is not easy to understand. The cancellation of this year's New York race means some marathoners are investing even more money to compete.
Hundreds of displaced New York Marathon runners signed up to race in Philadelphia this weekend.
That includes Tim Kelly, who has not had an easy time recently.
"Probably about 15 minutes after I found out the New York Marathon was canceled I said to my wife I'm not going to waste my marathon conditioning -- I'm going to have to find another marathon," he said.
Kelly says his wife thought he was crazy. But the Long Island resident refused to give up his dream of running 26 miles for a second time. His determination is due, in part, to how hard it was for him to train for the race.
Kelly is also a captain in the New York Police Department.
"Sometimes, I'd get stuck at work and I'd have to run at night. Sometimes, I'll get called in on my day off or I'll think I'm starting work at 9 and my phone will ring at 5 a.m. and I've gotta come in early," Kelly said. "So there's a lot of last-minute schedule changes. It's a lot of juggling. But you know, where there's a will, there's a way."
Kelly says he runs year round but started his marathon training program in July. He's hoping to beat the time from his first marathon: four hours and 47 seconds. Yes, even if you run 26.2 miles, you still count the seconds.
Philadelphia opened up 3,000 slots for displaced New York Marathon runners such as Kelly. More than 1,000 ponied up the $200 to run here.
Kelly's been dealing with more than just the marathon's cancellation. His home was damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
"Our house was in shambles that week it got canceled and my house still doesn't have a roof on it. A tree fell on my house," he said. "Right now, it's really just a waiting game for the insurance company to come through and for my contractors to start."
Kelly's family made it through 11 days without power. They're still living in their home, tarp-covered roof and all. Kelly says while his wife wants him to be at home, she understands why he needs to travel to Philly to run a race for which he's trained so hard.
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How Theravada is Theravada?
Exploring Buddhist Identities
Edited by Peter Skilling, Jason A. Carbine, Claudio Cicuzza, and Santi Pakdeekham
2012. 640 pp.
Paperback, 14 x 21 cm
50 black and white illustrations,
100 color illustrations, footnotes,
bibliography, index
Publication date: Thailand June 2012;
North America & Europe October 2012
Map of South and Southeast Asia
1. Rupert Gethin:
Was Buddhaghosa a Theravadin? Buddhist Identity in the Pali Commentaries and Chronicles
2. L. S. Cousins:
The Teachings of the Abhayagiri School
3. Max Deeg:
Sthavira, Thera and '*Sthaviravada' in Chinese Buddhist Sources
4. Lilian Handlin:
The King and his Bhagava: The Meanings of Pagan's Early Theravadas
5. Jason A. Carbine:
Sasanasuddhi/Simasammuti: Comments on a Spatial Basis of the Buddha's Religion
6. Anne M. Blackburn:
Lineage, Inheritance, and Belonging: Expressions of Monastic Affiliation from Lanka
7. Peter Skilling:
King Rama I and Wat Phra Chetuphon: the Buddha-sasana in Early Bangkok
8. Claudio Cicuzza:
The Benefits of Ordination according to the Paramatthamangala
9. Olivier de Bernon:
Circulation of Texts in Mid-Nineteenth Century Cambodia: A new reading of Inscription K. 892 (Vatt Ta Tok, CE 1857)
10. Venerable Phra Anil Sakya:
King Mongkut's Invention of a Universal Pali Script
11. Arthid Sheravanichkul:
Thai Ideas about Hinayana-Mahayana: Correspondence between King Chulalongkorn and Prince Narisranuvattiwong
12. Todd LeRoy Perreira:
Whence Theravada? The Modern Genealogy of an Ancient Term
Description of plates
Contributors and editors
Our understanding of the history of Buddhism in Southeast Asia has often been oversimplified, biased, or vague. The twelve innovative essays presented here shed new light upon terms such as sthavira, theravada, theriya, or theravamsa, each of which may carry a variety of meanings and connotations. Some of the contributors reconsider known data to present new and challenging perspectives on the complicated history of the Mahavihara and Abhayagiri schools in Sri Lanka, or the Indian historiographical tradition on the formation of Buddhist orders/schools (nikaya/acariyavada). Others stress the central role of lineages and their transmission, as well as the dynamic impulse, that this problematic provokes in terms of long-distance exchanges.
Topical inquiries based on epigraphical material reveal the force of institutional practices, or invite scholars to analyze the textual traditions of Southeast Asia more deeply, particularly its "transitive" mode of translation. Essays range across Buddhism in early Lanka, in Burma during the Pagan and Dhammachedi periods, in nineteenth-century Cambodia, and in Thailand from the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. This richly illustrated volume should figure in all academic programs of Buddhist Studies.
About the editor
Peter Skilling is Maître de Conférences with the École française d'Extr®∫me-Orient, Bangkok, Special Lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, and Honorary Associate of the Department of Indian Sub-Continental Studies, University of Sydney. He received his PhD (2004) and his Habilitation (2008) from the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris. He specializes in the history and literature of the Buddhism of South and Southeast Asia.
Jason A. Carbine earned his doctorate from the University of Chicago (2004) and is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Whittier College. His research traverses the Buddhist cultures of Myanmar and Sri Lanka, and he teaches widely on religion and society across Asia and around the globe.
Claudio Cicuzza received his MA and PhD in Indology from the University of Rome, "La Sapienza". At present, he is teaching Buddhism and religious studies in Webster University, Thailand, and his current research focuses on the Pali literature of Central Siam and P?la period scholasticism of Northern India.
Santi Pakdeekham obtained a PhD (2007) from Chulalongkorn University and is Assistant Professor in the Department of Thai and Oriental Languages at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok. He publishes regularly on Thai literature and on cultural, literary, and historical relations between Thailand and Cambodia.
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Evaluating the Role of Thrombin in Saphenous Vein Graft Failure After Heart Bypass Surgery
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|Coronary Artery Bypass Thrombosis
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Thrombin Dysregulation Leads to Early Saphenous Vein Graft Failure
- Amplifying the severity of all three risk factors of Virchow's triad is expected to lead to a synergistic increase in regional thrombin formation [ Time Frame: Measured at 5 years ]
- Pressure distention is the main stimulus that creates a loss of thrombin control within the SVG [ Time Frame: Measured at 5 years ]
- Accurate tests of graft quality will be developed that provide rapid results for ready translation into clinical applications [ Time Frame: Measured at 5 years ]
- Aprotinin or bivalirudin will effectively suppress thrombin generation and its effects within the highest risk grafts [ Time Frame: Measured at 5 years ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
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|December 2013
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|May 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
The saphenous vein, which runs from the ankle to the groin along the inside of the leg, is commonly used as a graft for people undergoing a CABG surgery. The vein is removed from the leg and reattached to the heart to create a detour around the blocked part of a coronary artery. Following this procedure, many people are prescribed aspirin as a way to increase the chance that the graft procedure will be successful. However, saphenous vein graft failure may still occur in some people, indicating a need to understand why this happens and who might be at risk for graft failure. Thrombin, a protein involved in the blood clotting process, is somehow related to aspirin resistance, abnormalities in blood flow, and cell disruption within the saphenous vein, all factors thought to increase the risk of graft failure. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the likelihood that a burst in thrombin contributes to graft failure in people who have recently undergone a CABG procedure using the saphenous vein.
This study will enroll individuals undergoing CABG surgery at the University of Maryland. Prior to and immediately following surgery, an incision will be made in the skin and the time required for the blood to form a clot will be determined. During surgery, participants' blood vessels will be examined using imaging and cell analysis techniques. Blood collection will occur before surgery, immediately after surgery, and on Days 1, 3, and 30 following surgery. A portion of blood will be frozen for future analysis. An x-ray of the saphenous vein will be performed on Day 5 and again at a follow-up visit 6 to 12 months following surgery. Kidney function will be measured at both of these visits prior to the x-ray procedure. At the second visit, health and mental status questionnaires will be completed.
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|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Scheduled for CABG surgery at University of Arizona University Medical Center (UMC)
- For females, willing to use a reliable form of birth control for the duration of the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-dermatologic allergy to intravenous (IV) radiographic contrast
- Creatinine levels greater than 2.0 mg/dL
- Pregnant
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00481806
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|United States, Arizona
|University of Arizona College of Medicine
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|Principal Investigator: Robert S. Poston, MD
|Principal Investigator:
|Robert S. Poston, MD
|University of Arizona, Tucson
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|Responsible Party:
|Robert Poston, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Arizona
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|NCT00481806 History of Changes
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R01HL084080-01A1 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|May 31, 2007
|Last Updated:
|May 8, 2013
Keywords provided by Robert Poston, University of Arizona:
Virchow's Triad
Graft Failure
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Embolism and Thrombosis
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
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Yep with our 11th game against New York, except this was a 12 point loss.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Yep with our 11th game against New York, except this was a 12 point loss.
Message that I received from a Knicks fan on Youtube:
He presents a convincing argument. Especially considering he hates Melo and loves PG.lol
so ur one of those dickriding pacer fans eh?
lmfao at you thinkin paul George is "def." better than melo
gtfo here you ******.
pg is an inefficient chucker (worse than even melo really) is an inferior rebounder, and his "playmaking" game is so overrated.
he's a good but overrated defender.
it's extremely close between the two. pg can't just take over an entire game like melo can.
and melo's d is actually UNDERRATED at this point. and I don't even like melo really one bit...
paul George is a homeless man's pippen. scratch that, a dead man's pippen.
asshurt ****** *** homer lol
sorry kid but yea
n I even LIKE pg.
Interesting read, I would like to subscribe to his newsletter.
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Hibbert has got to get more looks down low.
Maybe Hill is just anti-education.
Glad we won but we are going to have to eventually deal with these bad first halves.....being down 9 out of 10 first halves would make you think we are a 2-8 team, but we are an amazing 2nd half team. However, against better opponents these slow starts are going to end up hurting us. We can't be playing behind the 8 ball every night. We need to address this issue before it starts costing us Ws.
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I was at the Warriors game and had to avoid every scoreboard so that I didn't find out the score of the game.
I finally watched the ESPN Replay of the game.
My first reaction....and what I am sure has been discussed before...is that GH is a horrible FT shooter at the end of the games.
My second reaction ( more of a question ) .....why didn't Hibbert take that many shots on the offensive end in the 2nd half?
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Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
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"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
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Our guys need to work on their FTs. /QUOTE]
Nothing different than last year. The Pacers FT shooting just frustrates the carp out of me at times.
That is not true. I remember that issue was discussed late last seaosn and someone pulled the stats and his average was almost identical to his normal ft %. This year it is too early to be statically meaninful. But I would have him at the line after PG and West late in games. I think Hill is clutch. he's hit a lot of huge late game FT's over the years.
The only problem with Hill is he should hit more free throws in general. It's not a "clutch" vs un"clutch" bullhockey. It's just being consistent and hitting 86, or 87% of your free throws, or three throws. Whatever you wanna call them.
Say what you will about Joey and sure he made a few bad calls. but he made the most important call of the night when PG was fouled on the game tying three. Sure it was a foul, but on the road at the end of a game like that, some refs might not have called it. But Joey will call anything anywhere at anytime.
Honestly, if I were Mike Woodson, I would have fouled George Hill away from the ball and made him shoot FT's over letting PG get off a shot and end up fouling him instead. I think some team recently did that to the Rockets, kept fouling Howard away from the ball to force him to shoot FT's and extended the game and eventually won it.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
What was that big-time offensive foul he called in our favor last year where he even incorporated a dance routine?
"I mean, you'd walk into our dressing room and run into Mel Daniels holding a .45 -- it makes you wonder."
Bob Netolicky
Joey makes it up as he goes along. I've not no problem with calling a foul if it actually occures, every ref should do that. He calls fouls when none occur. The best Quinn Buckner could do last night was say that Joey was trying to keep something from escalating and thats why he called the foul on Lance under the basket.
Vogel needs to take one for the team and stick up for his guys and take the ejection when the officials are blowing the calls like they have been.
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You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Great win, way to fight back against a very desperate team.
Officials suck butt and they need to stop picking on Lance. Did you see the fits Melo, Smith and Shumphert was throwing around at the refs and nothing happened. Lance said, done what?
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
I really hope we can move beyond the officials, afterall it seems to me the Pacers have received more than their fair share of calls this season. if you believe the better teams get the calls, the pacers are clearly one of the better teams. Also Roy gets a lot of benefits of the doubt calls in his favor, he really does. PG is starting to get his fair share also.
I think to suggest the pacers have not gottten on balance a favorable whistle this season to date, is IMO just wrong
The Pacers definitely have a lot of calls going there way. The idea that there would be some conspiracy against them is insane. I just don't see it.
Promise I'm not trying to be overly critical with my assessment here, it's just boring the rehash the "Paul George is good" sentiment that's been echoed across three pages here:
1. Paul George is good.
2. But seriously, as well as Paul George played, especially when he engaged the kill switch, there is still room for improvement. I didn't think it was a particularly strong game on the boards for him, or in the post...mostly because Melo is just stronger, but there were definitely a goodly amount of moments where he allowed himself to be moved versus being forced out of a spot. For 3 quarters, my sentiment was largely "Paul George needs to play tougher", both on the glass and in the defensive post. He rounds out that part of his game? Unstoppable. That said, I don't know that you change something like strength or body type on a whim, overnight, or anything like that, so it may just have to be something we concede as PG24 figures out how to compensate for certain strength mismatches.
3. Didn't understand, at all, why the team shied away from Hibbert on offense, other than the fact he wasn't on the court for a good stretch. That's a mismatch I take every time. Worst case, he's shooting free throws. Just seems this team tends to fall in love with the jump shot sometimes, and if it sees one big coming up short (David West last night), it avoids the paint altogether (until PG24 started essentially driving for the win).
4. Eh, David West is gonna have nights like those. I think he left some on the court, last night, particularly on the boards, but you're not gonna win 'em all. Weird thing with West is I'd almost rather see him take a midrange jumper than anything within 5' of the rim, as he's been woeful close to the rim this year and dating back to the Heat series really. Look, he's still, in my book, a top-flight PF, and he's a rock you lean on. But there's no denying he's missed his share of easy looks for a while now.
5. A lot of people will be really upset with George Hill's game. I didn't think it was great. But I think, the more I watch CJ Watson, the more I understand how absurd it is to want anyone but Hill starting.
6. Speaking of Watsoncan Reserve Watson channel Starter Watson? Please? If last night was just an off game for some, it's been largely an off season so far for Watson, unless he has been starting, but the sample size there is ridiculously small, to the point of being irrelevant. He's played some OK defense at time, but I expect more from him.
7. My biggest problem with Lance Stephenson, honestly, is never going to be the wild shots or offensive rollercoaster. You're just going to get that. That's just Lance. Hell, you're going to get wild drives and circus shots in a Good Lance game. Either you concede that and take the good that outweighs the bad, or you don't. My problem with Lance on the season has been his lack of attention paid, particularly on the defensive end. I look at a guy like Scola, and I know he's getting beat because he lacks ability, not because he's not paying attention. But I look at a guy like Lance, with all the ability in the world, and too often he's falling asleep on backdoor cuts, getting stuck under screens, not finishing his end of the defensive rotation, not boxing out, not sealing off his man on a tip, etc.
Lance just does dumb things. I think he does more good things than dumb things, but it's hard to argue that he doesn't pick up dumb fouls, dumb techs and generally cost the Pacers at least a few points each game. I don't doubt that he's matured, because I remember what Lance was like three years ago, and that's evidence enough. But because he's maturING does not mean he is mature, and it's worth keeping that in mind. He'll have games where playground ball works and he's a runaway freight train that can't be stopped. And then he'll have games where he seemingly does everything in his power to keep the other team in the game, or spot them a lead.
8. Interesting to see Copeland earning a spot in the rotation. Struck me as an experiment of sorts. Honestly, I thought he did fine. Played some good D on Melo, though you would NEVER want to keep him matched up there. Not his best shooting night, but in that unit, I'd much rather see Copeland shooting a three than CJ Watson shooting an anything, or Bad Lance doing something, etc. In other words, shots didn't fall, but they were often the best option the team had on that possession, so I have no real problems with them.
9. I've been a huge Ian Mahinmi supporter to begin the season, but the last 2 games have left me wanting. I'm never going to expect anything from Mahinmi at the offensive end, which is fine, but I haven't been impressed with his rim defense or rebounding in the last 2 games either, and those are the two things he should really excel at if conceding an offensive game.
10. So for all my nitpicking, I'll say this: JR Smith has that night once in a blue moon. More often than not, he's off. You throw in a scrub PG who just happens to hit everything in the building, on a desperate team with Melo giving one HELL of an effort, and it's a close game. Pacers are going to be in a lot of close games this year. Teams are out for blood because they know the Pacers are good. Remember that feeling we would get when the Pacers would beat the Heat 2-3 years ago? That's how teams feel about beating the Pacers now. Every night. So, yes, "bad" teams are going to pose challenges to the Pacers, because 1) it's the NBA and 2) the Pacers are a benchmark. So the question becomes: how do the Pacers continue to evolve and develop winning habits? Because if you develop winning habits in these kind of games, you're going to feel a lot more comfortable in the same situations come postseason.
[QUOTE=Justin Tyme;1738977]Ah, I see what you are doing there. We've gone from cows to fish I see.
Here is a great photo from the NY daily News of the foul call on Paul's three.


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Here's some advice for parents on how to have after-school chats with their kids.
This is a guide on how to ask certain questions about their school day to get the best information, what to ask about and how to do it.
Before school begins set a tone of anticipation of all the things that your child will learn and all the new experiences he or she will have this year. When you pick up your child after school be ready to give them your attention and let them know you are interested in hearing how their day went.
A good opener is to say, "Tell me about your day" and then base the rest of the conversation on what your child chooses to talk about. Be slow to jump in with a question if your child is excited and talkative. Smiling, nodding, and pausing are a good strategies to use to give your child time to think and to continue talking.
When you ask questions ask questions that can't be answered by a simple word or phrase like "yes", "no", "nothing", or "I don't know." Use who, what, where, when, why, and how whenever you can or make a statement that your child can respond to. For example, "What are you studying in science?", "Tell me about your favorite subject", "What does your teacher do to make class interesting?", "Tell me one thing you learned in math today?", etc. To get a sense of the social environment talking about lunch and/or recess works, too. You might start out with "What did you eat for lunch?" and then ask "Who did you sit with?" or "Tell me about one new person you met in school today."
Set a positive example and look for the bright spots - for example, during family time establish a routine that each person in the family gets to talk about one thing that they really liked about their day at school or work. This gives everyone a chance to practice talking and listening to each other. If the topic turns negative you could make a rule that everyone needs to find two good things for each bad thing that is brought up.
First days are usually exciting and they can be a little scary. For students who are experiencing stress over the first day, let them know that their feelings are normal. Try talking with them about their fears ahead of time and planning for ways they can handle the situations that might come up. Reassure your child that there will be many caring adults to help them work out any difficulties. At the end of the day talk about how your child handled those new situations and praise them for facing something that was hard. Let them know they are developing skills that will help them as they grow up.