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100,000 Homes Fairfax
The Fairfax-Falls Church Community Partnership to Prevent and End Homelessness has joined the 100,000 Homes Campaign, a national movement to find permanent homes for 100,000 chronically homeless.
100K Homes Fairfax Campaign Recognized as Blue Ribbon Partnership
A New Approach to Helping Those Most in Need
Homelessness is an urgent problem in the Fairfax-Falls Church community. While we have generated some exciting results by rapidly moving families and individuals into housing with services, those experiencing chronic homelessness have been harder to help. The 100,000 Homes movement is designed specifically to help identify and address the needs of those who continuously struggle with finding a safe and consistent place to call home. The campaign provides concrete, innovative tools and infrastructure that will help us end homelessness in our community.
While many may think that the chronically homeless don't want to leave the streets, the reality is that the majority of chronically homeless individuals endures serious illness, and physical and mental disability on a daily basis. Outreach to this community has shown that many would like to have a home, if all they needed to do was pay rent and be a good tenant. The 100,000 Homes model provides homeless individuals with caring, individually tailored support services at each stage of their journey from homelessness to housed. As of Dec. 10, 2012, the national campaign has already housed 23,151 people, with more than 90 percent of those helped remaining stably housed.
100,000 Homes Fairfax: A Home for All
Our local campaign kicked off on Feb. 23 with Registry Week, when volunteers created a registry, by name and photograph, of everyone experiencing homelessness in our area. The personalized stories about these individuals will help us make important decisions about how to prioritize and allocate housing and support resources. This registry was a first of its kind for Fairfax, putting a real face on homelessness. Nearly 300 people are chronically homeless in our community. Through this campaign, we anticipate getting half of them (150) in housing in three years.
Please donate to help our most vulnerable and chronically homeless find a home.
Thank you for joining us during the March 4
Community Debriefing. Your efforts are making an impact!
If you were unable to attend, please see the resources below for more information.
- Presentation and photos from the 100,000 Homes Fairfax Community Debriefing
- Video highlighting Registry Week volunteers and their efforts
- Personal Stories about Registry Week (video)
- Local media coverage for 2013 Registry Week
- Photos from 2013 Registry Week
Learn More about 100,000 Homes and How You Can Help
- About Registry Week and Volunteer Opportunities
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Donate to the 100,000 Homes Fairfax Campaign
For more information about 100,000 Homes Fairfax, contact Tom Barnett in the Fairfax County Office to Prevent and End Homelessness.
We thank our additional 100,000 Homes Fairfax partners


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McCoy back in action after scary outfield collision
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Utilityman Mike McCoy made his return to the Blue Jays' lineup Wednesday afternoon, four days after suffering a left-leg injury during a scary collision with outfielder Ryan Langerhans.
McCoy was diagnosed with a contusion on his left thigh when he crashed into Langerhans -- who was not injured on the play -- during a game against the Tigers on Saturday afternoon.
"Feeling a lot better," said McCoy, who is expected to begin the season with Triple-A Buffalo. "I was happy that I was able to recover quite quickly, so it's good to get back in there."
McCoy narrowly avoided a major injury during the collision. The incident occurred when a deep fly ball was sent into the gap in right-center field.
Both McCoy and Langerhans attempted to make a play on the ball and ended up running into each other at almost full speed. McCoy was sent flying and remained on the ground for several minutes before he limped off the field under the close eye of Toronto's medical staff.
The crash caused a large gasp from the crowd and all of the Blue Jays that were on the field ran to his aide. Lucky for McCoy and Langerhans, though, the two didn't knock heads and the only damage could be found on the thigh.
"I was pretty sore but I thought it was going to be a lot tighter than it was because after the bus ride coming home it was pretty tough," McCoy said.
"It was really sore and tight so I iced it all night, and it seemed to be all right in the morning. I was just trying to get over the impact of running and stuff, and it's starting to feel a lot better."
McCoy has spent parts of the past three seasons in Toronto. He is a career .190 hitter with a .273 on-base percentage and has the ability to play every position except catcher and first base.
The 31-year-old is currently blocked by fellow utilityman Mark DeRosa but could be called up at some point this season if there's an injury.

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Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander said during an interview with CNN that he would have no problem accepting an openly gay teammate.
Verlander added that although no player ever has come out as gay in any of the four major North American sports leagues, there are gay players in each.
"I'm sure there are," Verlander told CNN, according to The Detroit News. "I think as with any sport, a gay player would be hesitant to come out, but the sheer number says there absolutely is."
He also expressed confidence that a gay teammate would be welcomed into the Tigers' clubhouse.
"Yeah, I don't see why not, given the right situation, and a team that's a family atmosphere, and I feel like we have that atmosphere here. I don't think one of our players would be scared to come out," Verlander told CNN. "We got 25 guys, it's a family, and our goal is to win a World Series. What your sexual orientation is, I don't see how that affects the ultimate goal of our family."
Recently, soccer star Robbie Rogers made headlines by announcing that he is gay. However, the former MLS, Olympic and international player also announced that he plans to quit playing the sport on a professional level.
The topic also has been a hot one in NFL circles recently, thanks in part to the Manti Te'o scandal.


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Stewart, Vitters each likely out about another week
MESA, Ariz. -- Neither Ian Stewart or Josh Vitters was expected to be ready until the weekend as both Cubs third basemen try to come back from sore left quads.
Stewart and Vitters have not played since an intrasquad game Feb. 21. Stewart hit a double in his only at-bat, then had to leave the game with soreness in his quad. He was projected to return by mid week but now that's been pushed back.
"Now it's looking to the weekend," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said Sunday about the pair. "They're still feeling it -- both he and Vitters are the same thing. They're still feeling stiffness when they're jogging at 80 percent or running at 80 percent. Hopefully, maybe this weekend. Now it seems to be getting pushed back every day."
Sveum had mentioned that Stewart would have to undergo a cram session to get ready in time for the regular season.
"It's getting more 'crammy,'" Sveum said.
Stewart said the last test is running, and that the athletic trainers have yet to give him the go-ahead to run the bases.
"Dale talked about cramming to get ready for the season and that's understandable because the goal is to be on the team and be there Opening Day," Stewart said. "But I think the ultimate goal is to be healthy for as much of the season as I can be, and whether that's being there Opening Day playing and not being 100 percent and just trying to do it, or taking our time a little bit to make sure I'm 100 percent healthy so I can be there for the long haul and not risk re-injuring it."
Stewart took batting practice on the field, and was making solid contact, hitting a few home runs. What complicates matters is his contract. He signed a $2 million, non-guaranteed deal with the Cubs.
"That's really the last thing I worry about," Stewart said. "I'm just trying to get myself healthy. I know I can help this team out. I have all the confidence in the world with Theo [Epstein, president of baseball operations] and the guys that brought me back to be a part of the team, whether that's Opening Day or not or if I need a little extra time to get ready for the season, then so be it. I'm really not concerned or losing sleep over that."
If Stewart isn't ready, Luis Valbuena would start at third. Stewart feels it's his job.
"Definitely," Stewart said. "I don't think there's any other way to look at it. I'm the third baseman here until they get rid of me."
There's better news about shortstop Starlin Castro and utility man Brent Lillibridge. Both of them should be back on Wednesday. Castro has been sidelined since Feb. 27 with tightness in his left hamstring, while Lillibridge was injured that day, suffering a strained groin.
On Sunday, the Cubs medical staff was to re-evaluate pitcher Matt Garza and see if he could begin a throwing program. He's been out since Feb. 17 with a strained left lat.
Add Junior Lake to the injury list. He was scratched from Sunday's game because of shoulder soreness, which Sveum called a "stiff trapeze." He meant trapezius.
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Advice from leading experts on how to speak to food allergic children about the risks
and precautions – without instilling fear. See also our full article on "Your Child and Food Allergy Fears".
Toddlers and Preschoolers
Start the awareness – You'll need to inform a young child that an allergen can make him or her sick. Show what that food looks like, perhaps using a photo, and stress that it must be avoided. Begin to introduce the allergy rules (e.g. no sharing, hand washing, and never eating a food unless your parents approve it.)
"As with any difficult topic, keep it simple," says Lynn Miller, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia, who researches prevention of anxiety disorders in children. "You can have the child restate what they think they have understood."
Above all, talk in positive terms."You can tell your child they are raised with something special, and that everybody has to learn to manage something in their lives." If you are going to be present at birthday party, she suggests saying you're coming as a "special helper" – then you're not the food vigilante.
Don't say "you could die" – allergist Dr. Zave Chad suggests instead: "It's serious, you could get hurt," while other experts opt for "you could get really sick." He says "young children understand 'you could get hurt' a lot better than'you could die.'"
Child psychiatrist Dr. Jane Garland notes that most kids don't fully grasp the concept and permanence of death until the age of 8 or 9.
Elementary School
Recognize anxiety spikes – There are three big "cognitive bumps" of brain changes within these years: ages 5 to 6; between ages 7 and 8; and just before adolescence, at 10 or 11 (older in some boys).
After the second "bump", kids understand more about their allergies, and are more inclined to become anxious in trying to manage them. The brighter your child, the more they can contemplate abstract concepts, and the more anxious they may become.
Talk about fears – It will depend on maturity, but by about 9, Miller thinks parents need to start addressing (calmly) that it is possible to die of anaphylactic reactions – since an allergic child will hear this from other kids. "But you can discuss: 'what's the likelihood?' and 'everybody can die of something.'"
For instance, you might say that if a person was so frightened he never left home, that wouldn't be a normal life, and that "there is a balance and risk we all take."
She says to mention how few deaths there have been from anaphylaxis, and that most happened when the person didn't have their auto-injector. "This is an opportunity to discuss, 'what are you going to do [to stay safe],' and evaluate his or her problem-solving skills."
Self-protection – By the second or third grade, children need to be able to recognize and know how to avoid their allergens. You'll need to explain: what an allergic reaction looks and feels like (you could feel really bad, get hives,have a stomach ache or have trouble breathing), and how to handle an emergency. Stress the importance of always carrying an auto-injector, and wearing medical ID, such as MedicAlert.
Managing allergies, and anxiety – It is a lot on little shoulders. A stomach ache is the leading indicator of anxiety, and a sign that all may not be well with a child.
Sleepovers – Miller says research shows kids who take part in sleepovers at friends' houses do a better job of managing their lives as adults. So ensuring your child participates in normal kid activities allows you to talk with him about managing allergies away from home, and provides practice.
Miller says the child should think: "I feel confident away from my parents and can manage my own feelings of distress."
Let your child know the allergies are serious but manageable if they follow rules of awareness, avoidance, and are ready for an emergency.
Next: Tougher Love in the Teen Years


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Pentax Prime Lens SeriesTuesday March 13 2012 Lens Review
Pentax was one of the first manufacturers to offer a coherent line of pancakes that is, fixed focal-length lenses at reduced size. Since the explosion of hybrid cameras, compactness has become a real selling point, and so pancake lenses are once again in style… giving us the chance to see what Pentax has to offer now that we're several years further down the road.
To continue with our analysis of Pentax pancake lenses, and to folllow our analysis of the Pentax smc DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited, we present here the Pentax smc 21mm F3.2 ED AL Limited. As with all lenses in the "limited" series, this lens has a high-end finish: aluminium, 8 glass element in 5 groups, and of course the classic characteristics of all pancake lenses:
- Very compact — only 25mm long.
- Very light — only 140g.
Its Full-Frame focal equivalent is 32mm, which makes it a practical choice for landscape and ordinary street photography. Its optical formula includes an aspherical element in an effort to limit chromatic aberrations.
Pentax smc DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited mounted on a Pentax K5
Regrettably, the DxOMark score for this lens is a disappointing 11 points.
The good points of the Pentax smc DA 21mm F3.2 ED AL Limited:
- Compact.
- Light-weight.
Points that could be improved:
- Strong vignetting in the corners.
- Too-apparent chromatic aberrations.
- Rather weak resolution and not particularly uniform over the field.
Pentax smc DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited vs Pentax smc DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited
Just a small, quick comparison between the 21mm f/3.2 and the 15 mm f/4 previously analyzed: the 21mm stays ahead of the 15mm in nearly every respect except for chromatic aberrations.
Those who don't really need a very wide-angle lens shouldn't hesitate to choose the 21mm.
Pentax smc DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited vs Olympus M.ZUIKO DIGITAL 17mm f2.8
With Full-Frame focal equivalents of 32mm for the Pentax and 34 mm for the Olympus, these 2 lenses have quite similar results. Still, we prefer the Pentax model, given that the distortion is better controlled. Otherwise, the qualities and defects of these two lenses are very similar.
Pentax smc DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited mounted on a Pentax K5 vs Carl Zeiss Distagon T 21mm f/2.8 ZF2 Nikon mounted on a Nikon D7000
The advantages of the Pentax smc DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited:
- The most compact lens.
- The lightest lens.
- The least expensive lens.
The advantages of the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 21mm f/2.8 ZF2 Nikon:
- Better resolution.
- Brighter (around +0.17EV).
- Better vignetting behavior.
- Better correction of chromatic aberrations.
Here we see the limits that one can encounter with pancake lenses. Because the emphasis is on compactness, sometimes certain optical characteristics are not as well-controlled — such as, for example, the fact that there are many chromatic aberrations and the resolution is weaker at larger apertures.
The Pentax smc DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited is rather disappointing in terms of its correction of chromatic aberrations, though it is still a good choice for reportage photography. As this lens is getting a bit long in the tooth, it would be nice to see a redesign of this equivalent of a 35mm lens — a focal length that is very popular with photographers.


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Mrs. Herinckx was born April 1, 1920, in Hillsboro. She grew up in Roy and graduated from Banks High School in 1938. She married Charles Herinckx in 1945, and they owned and operated the Agalene Dairy Farm, in Roy, from 1945-'68. She moved to the Jennings McCall Retirement Community in Forest Grove in 2003.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1995, and her sister, Cecelia Vandecovering. She is survived by her six children and their spouses, Kathleen and Ed Kemper, Roy; Sister Charlene, Beaverton; Robert and Donna Herinckx, Roy; Rosemary Leas, Salem; Patrick and Denise Herinckx, St. Helens; Angela Ron Duyck, Roy; and Julie Herinckx, Beaverton; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi in Roy.


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Illuminating Gear to Light Up Your DIY Life
This tool can do the work of a table saw and a miter saw, all with a footprint of less than 2 x 2 feet. It's basically a circular saw attached to a platform base. To cut miters, the saw glides along a rail system; this lets you cut wood up to 8 inches wide. To make rip cuts like a table saw, you lock the saw in place, set the frame, and push wood through. The unit weighs about 25 pounds and can be easily stored on its side. Just keep in mind that you won't be cutting any 2 x 4s with this tool. It can handle material only up to 3/4 inch thick.
This space-saving tool can act as a sawhorse, a worktable, or a vise. The jaws are operated by a foot pedal and exert a clamping force of 2000 pounds. They can hold anything from a 2 x 4 to a table saw to a chunk of plywood. The Jawhorse can assist in other ways too: Secure a vertical post in it to help you hang drywall on the ceiling, or use it to hold a door in place while you adjust hinges. When not in use, this multifunction monster folds up to the size of a golf bag and can be easily tucked out of the way.
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By Justin Moore, CEO and cofounder, Axcient
Taking the time to lead hesitant businesses toward cloud solutions adoption can really pay off big.
"Putting my systems in the cloud seems risky."
"I'm not ready to make a change."
"The cloud is just a bunch of hype."
You may have heard these or similar objections from SMBs (small to midsize businesses) when trying to sell them cloud solutions. However, many SMBs are rapidly embracing the cloud, understanding that a pay-asyou- grow approach is cost effective and easier to scale and manage than a traditional software and hardware approach. Forrester projects cloud computing to reach over $241 billion by 2020, and Gartner predicts that by 2015, 46% of all businesses will have more than half of their infrastructures and applications in the cloud. These numbers must always be viewed with a critical eye (analysts also predicted the world would be completely on virtual servers by 2010 and that Linux would become the dominant operating system), but whether you believe SMBs will move their entire infrastructure to the cloud or not, the reality is, a majority of them will leverage the cloud in some capacity in the coming years. And, to be relevant in a cloud world, VARs and MSPs will have to adapt.
As a channel partner, selling cloud solutions provides three significant benefits — highly desirable and predictable monthly recurring revenue, a new tool for customer acquisition, and increased stickiness with existing customers. If you believe that the analysts are even partially right, resellers not selling cloud solutions will soon be edged out by those who do. In speaking with more than 1,000 business owners and IT providers each year, here are the three most successful strategies we've seen at Axcient that resellers use to lead SMBs to the cloud:
Start Small. It's a general rule about life that if you want people to say yes, you make it simple for them to do so. If you come on too strong at first, telling clients they need to move their whole business to the cloud, they're likely to back off completely. It's simply too big a decision to make for most and will intimidate the average SMB. A better tactic is to focus your initial recommendations on how cloud solutions can solve one or two of their biggest pain points. By doing this you will make it easier for clients to embrace the cloud. For example, a cloud-based data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery service is an area where a cloud solution can really make a difference for SMBs, since it replaces multiple software solutions with one web-based service. Start there and then upsell customers on other cloud solutions once you've got your foot in the door.
Sell Value. A common mistake of vendors selling cloud computing solutions is to focus too much on the latest technology without clear examples of what it can really do for the business. In Silicon Valley, we refer to it as selling "speeds and feeds." Instead, partners should focus on selling value first, putting the methodology second. SMBs care most about what the technology can do for them and rarely do they need to know how it actually works. SMBs want a solution. Lead with the real dollars they can save each month, along with the improved productivity employees will gain, and provide compelling use cases. Ask your cloud solutions' vendors if they offer ROI calculators, then test their reliability — a good calculator can help you quickly and easily show businesses the real value they'll receive from a cloud solution versus the cost of alternatives.
Provide Peace of Mind. Two of the biggest inhibitors to cloud adoption are fear and uncertainty. The "cloud" is a nebulous thing that SMBs can't reach out and touch — for that reason, many are resistant to moving critical applications and systems to the cloud. One of the best ways to help SMBs overcome fear and uncertainty is by providing case studies and references from other customers. This provides the comfort that someone else has done it first and that those companies are seeing the real-world benefits you are presenting. If you don't have other customers to leverage, then use research, statistics, and analyst data to support your sale. You can also deliver peace of mind with a hybrid cloud solution. Aside from the obvious replication and recovery speed benefits, part of the reason Axcient has an on-premise appliance as part of the solution is because of the security blanket it gives people in knowing their critical data and applications are physically present in their network.
Taking the time to lead hesitant businesses toward cloud solutions adoption can really pay off. After all, more than 70% of all SMB IT purchases today are going through the channel, and surveys of IT purchasers show cloud solutions to be one of their top priorities in the next year. By spending that extra time with customers to make it simple, show a clear ROI, and eliminate fear and uncertainty, resellers can make more sales.


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Topic: Hopeful!!!
We are from Australia. My name is Melissa. My husband has recently been diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma following a transplant.
We have been through 3 different hospital to find a diagnosis.
On arrival at the 3rd hospital, they were convinced it was PSC (Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis). Due to this diagnosis, they placed him on the liver transplant list, which he has just recieved.
It has been 3 weeks since the transplant, the doctors have biopsies his old liver to find Cholangiocarcinoma. They say it had spread to the surrounding lymph nodes attached to the liver. It is also down the main duct and the lower parts. They do not know if it has spread to other organs. They have also staged him at Stage 4??? This is based on what they found in his old liver.
My worry is that now he has had the transplant (the major part of the cancer has been removed) he is on immuno-suppressants. Will this speed up the growth of the left over cancer?? He can not receive any type of chemo for 3 months until the transplant has settled.


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Of course not.
You're accusing the nba of having a rigged system, as evidenced by too few teams (one of them chicago) having too many titles, and you have no idea the pacers gave away a chance to draft Michael Jordan.
...or do you think the pacers couldn't have won a championship with Michael Jordan?
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It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004
I think every test I ever took might have been rigged too. I missed some questions on those tests similar to calls missed in these games, clearly its not just the NBA thats rigged, probably the SATs as well.
Basically my point is missed calls aren't rigged games. Also, I don't think you rig games by bringing attention to yourself by making controversial calls in the 3rd quarter. It almost always seems like sour grapes or whining to me. Get better, play better, too any excuses in sports.
To me, a bias towards certain individuals or teams is a form of rigging.
I don't think it's rigged, but f#ck me, that was an AWFUL call in that Lakers Nuggets game where they called the foul on Faried. Wow.
Change is neither good or bad, it simply is.
As a league, no, the NBA is not rigged.
Certain games, on the other hand, I think have been rigged (Game 6 WCF 2002 for example).
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
I prefer to assume they would have done the same as Portland and drafted Bowie over Jordan. Hey, we took another Kentucky center right before Bird was drafted (yes, I know the whole story) so why not repeat that great strategy?!?
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
Oh, only Boston and LA?
...so you're saying if the pacers had 6 nba championships, you'd have the same complaint about the lakers and celtics having too many?
By the way, bird, hondo, and Russell accounted for 16 of Boston's 17 titles. Magic and Kobe accounted for 10 of LA's 11.
That's five players accounting for 26 championships. Do you really think it matters what team they played for?
And technically, LA and Boston have combined for 28 titles. The nba has been around for 65 years. The only way you get above 50% would be to include the 5 titles the lakers won in the mega media market that is Minneapolis (all with George Mikan).
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It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004
I just wish the NBA would conduct an officials review after each game that was opened to the public. I think that would go a long way toward putting to rest any thought of an organized NBA League Office bias and would help fans understand the issues involved in officiating a game.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
No, I think the words actually have different meanings to some.
"Rigged" = The outcome is predetermined before the game even starts. You'd need a vast conspiracy between players, coaches, officials etc. for this to happen, with no one ever leaking the secret, ever. Not very likely.
"Manipulated" = Officials might not be trying to alter the actual outcome of a game but might, for example, call the game more loosely when one team is going on a big run, or when a star is having a big game, etc. Occasionally the "manipulation" in a close game might end up determining the winner, either intentionally or unintentionally.
I'm not saying whether or not this happens, just saying that there is a distinction between those two things.
No, actually, it doesn't. Most sports leagues have eras of dynasties. The NFL had a two-decade span where one conference won almost all of the SuperBowls. The NHL has had periods where teams dominated, such as the Canadiens in the 50s/60s/70s. Baseball has had dynasties with the Yankees etc.
As for the two teams you're talking about, they were crazy-dominant due to the personnel they had. No need for a conspiracy, just look at the level of talent.
Of the list of the NBA's "50 Greatest Players" made in 1997, 21 of those played for the Lakers or Celtics, most of them during their prime.
Bill Russell (11 rings)
Larry Bird
Nate Archibald (later in career)
Dave Bing (final season)
Bob Cousy
Dave Cowens
John Havlicek
Sam Jones
Kevin McHale
Robert Parish
Bill Sharman
Bill Walton (end of career)
George Mikan (most dominant player of his era, 7 rings)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6 rings, 6 MVP awards)
Elgin Baylor
Wilt Chamberlain (final 6 seasons)
Magic Johnson (5 rings)
Karl Malone (final season)
Shaquille O'Neal
Jerry West
James Worthy
Since 1997 you could add Kobe Bryant (5 rings) to that list safely, and probably Kevin Garnett as well. How could you NOT win a ton of championships with these guys? Heck Bill Russell alone was on 11 championship teams!
Also keep in mind that the NBA had 9 teams by 1966, 18 by 1974, and 22 by 1976. So a ton of those early championships by the Celtics and Lakers were during an era where the talent was concentrated on a small number of teams.
Since 1988-9 the Lakers and Celtics have 'only' won 6 out of 25 championships, less than 25 percent. And that included the Shaq/Kobe 3-peat.
If you're looking for a 'vast conspiracy,' look at how much talent is concentrated on so few teams. I can think of a few games (2001 Lakers/Kings series etc) where there were biased calls toward star teams but there are many, many more head-scratching instances in history where you wonder "how in the heck did that team get those players?"
EDIT: to be clear, I do not believe there is a conspiracy in how the great teams got their players. I'm saying that great players are the reasons those teams won so many championships, not anything to do with officiating
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Greater resources?
Russell- draft pick
Hondo- draft pick
Bird- draft pick
Magic- draft pick
Kobe- draft pick (trade)
Did the pacer lack resources when they traded a potential Jordan draft pick?
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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If things are rigged than why does the best team always win the championship. I cannot remember when the best team hasn't won. I mean does the NBA always want the best team to win, even when it is the Spurs?
And how come we have never had a Kobe vs Lebron NBA Finals - a lot of people would love to see that. The NBA if they do rig the thing they really aren't very good at it.
-Officials calling a foul.... and two players of the same team are close to the foul. The foul goes to the lesser known "name."
- Lebron James can go 5 games or so without committing a foul.
- Kobe,Lebron, etc can go years without fouling out of a game
- Make up calls
- When teams are up, they stop getting calls
Just a few of the things that bother me about NBA officiating. I think NBA officiating has changed the last 5 or 6 years. You see a lot less of the "Allen Iverson" type calls where all the star has to do is drive, get minimal contact, and is put on the line. Players can actually stand straight up on defense and not get called for a foul. I wonder if this change had something to do with the increased scrutiny after the Donahgy scandal and Donahgy's own allegations of officiating. The fact that NBA fans are so aware of who the officials are is an interesting factor. There are celebrity officials in the NBA: Crawford, Bavetta, etc. In no other sport do you see this.
ed hochuli in the NFL but that's only because of his huge magnified blow call a few years ago.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Well I don't think people are arguing that it's scripted. Just that teams are given an advantage.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
It was interesting to note that after the Mavericks were eliminated from the finals in 2006, Cuban went up to stern and yelled at him for his league being rigged (reportedly and he was fined). Wade shot a lot of free throws that series and the Mavs were hit with some debilitating suspensions if I remember correctly. The next time his team was in the finals was 2011 and if you remember Cuban was very quiet (much was made about this in the media) and his team won.
Not saying they're all related, just interesting factoids.
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
Am going to steer clear and not participate in this poll because "rigged" is a
pretty tricky word that can be looked at in many different ways.
If used in the context of "fraudulently manipulated", there very well could have
been cases where games were rigged e.g., Tim Donaghy. I don't beleive this
is the norm at all though.
Some might argue the draft lottery is rigged just by giving the most ping-pong
balls to the team with the worst record.
But no, I don't beleive at all that games are rigged so the outcome is known
beforehand i.e., like a pro wrestling match.
So I guess my best answer is that it could be rigged sometimes, but that is
an exception and not the norm.
If it happens in the Pac-12 with Ed Rush, I'll just assume it's likely it happens in the NBA as well.
This is why I hate the use of the word "rigged".
The league doesn't pick who's going to be in the finals, all they can do is officiate the game in a way that benefits certain teams. If one team is vastly superior to the competition (I.E. the Spurs), they are going to win championships regardless. In fact, the best team always winning argument would lend more support to the fact that the league is manipulated! In every other sport you see cinderella teams make runs and win championships (even in basketball at other levels). This virtually never happens in the NBA. You (almost) never see a random 6 seed get hot and win a championship. Those teams have practically zero chance when they run into a big market team with a superstar. I guarantee you we will not see a Memphis-Atlanta finals. For that matter, I would guarantee you we won't see a Denver-Indiana finals. It doesn't matter that each team is a 3 seed in its conference, they just don't have a shot in the playoffs. You can argue that this is because the NBA is more superstar dependent than other sports, but I'd say that that's because of the way the league is run.
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"When people have a voice they are more likely to accept an outcome if they see they are being heard."
She first moved to Chico in 1996. Her work in town has included the Work Training Center and Catalyst, executive director for Habitat for Humanity of Butte County and founding director of the Torres Community Shelter.
She has also worked with domestic violence offenders and counseled people with addictions.
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They may be hit and miss raw on a burger, but cooked onions are an easy sell to the 64,000 students in Jason Morse's school lunch program.
"We do them enough that if the kids didn't like them we would all know about it," said Morse, executive chef for the Douglas County School District in Castle Rock, Colo.
One look at his dietician-approved menu explains why. There are honey-stewed onions on a sausage pizza, onions on the roasted vegetable and balsamic pizza and roasted peppers and onions in Tuesday's "street" tacos.
"We like reds, they have good flavor," he said. "Local yellow onions tend to be nice and sweet — we have a huge push for local produce. From time to time we'll switch to whites."
When he's not feeding kids, Morse helps the National Onion Association with events and demonstrations.
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Nelia Alamo, vice president sales and marketing for Oxnard, Calif.-based onion processor Gills Onions, said caramelized and pickled onions are hot on menus across the country, and onions continue to stand out in ragouts, salsa, soups and chutneys.
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Demand has drawn much of the attention the past few years because it has been unusually strong. That strength has been powered by several years of exceptional net farm income, especially for row-crop corn and soybean growers.
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With the market dominated by buyers who plan on holding the asset for a very long time, the result is a market that's frequently facing limited supply. The main source of sales offerings is estate settlement. That's why we've seen annual land turnover in some areas drop to as low as 1 percent to 1.5 percent—down from the 3 percent to 4 percent, which existed into the early 2000s.
How long this situation will continue is, of course, unclear. But we suspect this is a fundamental shift in the market that could persist for quite some time. If so, that continuing lack of supply will tend to support land values even when demand eases.
Farmland demand has not been as strong this spring and summer as we've experienced in recent years. The extremely difficult spring planting season followed by the late summer drought raised legitimate concerns among growers about yield prospects. Meanwhile commodity prices have fallen dramatically from levels seen last winter.
The combination of production uncertainty and lower commodity prices curtailed farmer buying interest, particularly in the western Corn Belt. As we've moved into the early stages of harvest, however, we've detected some re-building of confidence on the part of farmers.
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You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Nene has 9 years of experience, so he qualifies for 30% of cap max (unlike LeBron, etc who at the time were limited to 25% of cap). That means his salary can start at $16,324,500 going by Larry Coon's numbers.
Thus, the maximum that the Pacers or an s&t team could offer Nene is 4 years, $70m, for an average of $17.5m. The maximum that Denver could offer is 5 years, $95m, or an average of $19m.
I hope we're all agreed that those numbers are ridiculous for Nene, best FA available or not. So if the bidding gets anywhere near this territory, I hope we drop out fast.
EDIT: ninja'd by Speed My numbers are a little off from Tom Ziller's, but not by much
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I persoanlly, would rather sign West or save our money. The FA class next year is where we need to spend our money
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I am in agreement now. Sign DWest to 10 Mil a year.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
There's just something not right about us paying max money to get Nene while people on ESPN are already saying CP3 will take less than max to go to New York. I understand that we don't have a shot at most if any of the big names, but then we get relegated to overpaying for above average middle aged role players?
Well, we don't have to.
From what Mike Wells says, Pacers are going to be cautious in FA market. So hopefully we don't end up overpaying anyone, Nene or West or whoever else.
David West(notes) has a message for any NBA teams looking to sign an elite power forward when the free-agent market opens on Dec. 9: If you pass on him because of concerns about his surgically repaired left knee, you'll regret it.
One of the more productive players at his position in recent years, West tore his left anterior cruciate ligament late last season. West, 31, says his knee feels strong and he's progressed to playing with some contact.
"I'm glad they're doubting me," West told Yahoo! Sports. "I am going to shock folks. I have not stopped working. No vacations. No family time. No chilling. I have not worked this hard or as consistent in any point of my career, college or pro."
West has played his entire NBA career with the New Orleans Hornets. But while the Hornets are interested in re-signing him, West plans to assess all his free-agent options. The franchise's future is uncertain for two reasons: The NBA still is looking for an owner for the Hornets; and All-Star guard Chris Paul(notes) could end up being traded if New Orleans fears he'll leave as a free agent at the end of next season.
"Basically, I'm looking at the best option for the next few years of my career," West said. "I want to win. … I'm really going to look at every option closely and make a well thought-out decision."
West probably won't have to think for too long. Free agency figures to be fast and furious as teams try to quickly fill out their rosters after the lockout officially ends. The amnesty provision in the new collective bargaining agreement – which allows teams to waive one player and remove his contract from their salary cap – also could put some more players on the market. And some general managers wonder if former NBA players Wilson Chandler(notes), J.R. Smith(notes), Aaron Brooks(notes) and Kenyon Martin(notes) can find a way to get out of their guaranteed contracts in China. If so, several GMs said to expect strong interest in Chandler.
Until then, however, here's a look at 15 of the top free agents, regardless of whether they're unrestricted (U) or restricted (R). Teams will have three days to match any offer sheet made to their restricted free agents.
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I think we need to look where we would be in 4 years after Nene's contract ends if we sign him to the max. 4 years is not too long. Nene will be 33, which should be near the end of him prime. I'm not sure he is the perfect solution since you will have to pay the max, but I can't think of anything better (realistically), even next year. I'm joining the camp of get him at all costs, since "all costs" is only a 4 year commitment and we have the funds available right now. I think we will be contenders in years 2, 3 and 4 of his contract with him.
I think this needs broken down further for a year-by-year analysis. If signing him means we can't afford to keep George and Hibbert, then my opinion changes.
Who do you think is going to sign with the Pacers next year? Dwill? nope, CP3? nope, Dhoward? I don't think so, I understand the feeling about paying a guy like Nene max money, but like I said before, the new deals are almost two years shorter making it easier for teams to trow max money.
10 million dollars for David West?
14 million dollars for Nene?
Okay...real easy question....between Tyson Chandler, Nene or Marc Gasol....IF the Pacers MUST sign a Big Man THIS SEASON and was forced to dole out a Near-MAX ( $14+ mil ) to MAX Contract for a Big Man....who would you ( reluctantly ) give one to if you were Larry Bird?
For me, it would be:
1 ) Tyson
2 ) Nene
3 ) Marc
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Is that even up for debate? Gasol by a mile.
Nene and Chandler are going to be 30.
Both have a ton of mileage on their bodies.
It's not even close IMO. Gasol won't be coming available though. Of course, none of them should really get that type of money.
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You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
Marc is by far the most complete player but he can't play PF which means you trade Hibby for a PF.
I'm also not even worried about how he would play with Hibbert because I could flip Hibbert in a deal for Josh Smith or Eric Gordon or hell, even Monta Ellis.
Nene and Tyson aren't getting any better as players either. They are what they are.
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You can't get champagne from a garden hose.
And after that when we don't get the one of these FAs that actually has a career year, the fans will turn on the Pacers for not doing anything in the FA market and wasting money we could have spent while not winning the championship that would have been guaranteed when we got the exact right one.
Pretty much doesn't matter what we do, it will turn out to be either cap hell or missing the perfect FA (or both).
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Let's stop with this dream, is not going to happen.
but who exactly said they wont come to Indiana?
hear it directly from CP3 or Dwight or D Will?
its not out of the realm of possibility, and I would persoanlly wait and take a chance next year than through a FA Center (Nene) a MAX contract when he will make us better defensively but is not a "Batman" to Danny's "Robin"
Sittin on top of the world!
I read this sort of thing in regards to Nene, and I always wonder the same thing.
What has he really done to deserve a max contract? I'm sorry, but I just don't see it at all.
Let's try rephrasing the question: Is Nene worth one and a half Mike Dunleavies?
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Topic: Tarceva....so spendy, got cleared for it, picked up, now he wont take
One of the last things offered to us was Tarceva, very expensive chemo (I guess you have to work your way up to it since the insurance doesnt want to pay ) He decided to try it, since its a last resort. We got insurance clearance, he picked it up, but the pharmacist gave him a page off the net about it, naming percentages of side effects. Rashes on 74 % all that. She was very concerned. But what was the deal breaker was the liver itself. It can cause permanent liver damage, and they want to give this to him when he is jaundice some of the time....wow... His liver is probably at about 20%, he cant loose much more without keeling over. Why would they do that? So here it sits, he says no way.Thru all of this he has felt good and has no pain, the disease is just taking its course. He did not respond to chemo, and altho he did not take it long, he is sorry he took it at all.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A judge is ordering former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin to appear before him next week to adjust her sentence on campaign corruption charges.
The order set the hearing for Tuesday.
Allegheny County Judge Lester Nauhaus said the change will be a technicality. He says he meant to sentence her to three one-year terms of house arrest to run consecutively to one another, rather than three years of house arrest.
The judge also ordered Melvin to send a photograph of her wearing handcuffs to other judges in the state with a letter apologizing for her crimes.
Prosecutors say she used her taxpayer-paid court staff and those of her sister, a former state senator, to work on her campaign for the state's highest court.
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Travel Diary: Florence, Italy and the Gucci Flora Garden Collection
My thing for Beijing started during the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Bird's Nest! The Water Cube! Since China opened to foreign markets in the late '70s, worlds have collided — East and West, old and new. Beijingers (19 million and counting) are abandoning the dusty brands of yore in favor of newfound luxury. (Alexander McQueen and Dior recently opened flagships here.) Still, they take the whole "beauty from within" thing literally. Traditional Chinese medicine says that our internal energy — or qi — controls how we look. Got acne? Graying hair? Heat your qi up, cool it down, massage it, and you're fixed! Before the West wins the capital city over entirely, I set out to uncover its glorious origins.
Mao's sweet crib, the Forbidden City.
That whole scandal about the Chinese gymnasts being underage — I get it. I find it impossible to guess women's ages here. For millennia, they've been prepping, priming, and whitening their skin, and it shows. From the time of the Qing dynasty to the late 1980s, women relied on homemade remedies like pore-refining masks of egg whites and pearl powder. Now they favor the same pricey imports we use. But their results seem so much better! Something doesn't add up. A quick online search, and I discover that the domestically made Chinese lotion Friendship Cream still has a following. I present an image of it to locals as if it were a flier for a missing cat (Have you seen this cream?). They laugh and refer me to Taobao, China's version of eBay. At a drugstore, the salesclerk is so offended she shoos me down the block. There, I find an elderly man selling the cream, along with tins of snake oils and tiger balms, for less than a dollar atop a cardboard box. I buy one of each. So what if no one under 40 uses them here? Their grandmas did — still do — and they look great.
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Microsoft To US Gov't: Hey, Only We Should Be Able To Use Patents To Shakedown Other Companies!
from the ain't-that-always-the-way dept
However, there is one company that's quite worried about all of this: Microsoft. Even though it's not clear who will win the bid for Nortel's patents (and many expect Google to be outbid), Microsoft has officially objected to Google's attempt to buy the patents, saying that it has a perpetual royalty-free license to those patents, and under the terms of the sale, any buyer could end that deal.
And here's why Microsoft is a steaming pile of hypocrisy on this subject: Microsoft has ramped up its own anti-Android patent trolling efforts, lately. It's been demanding licensing fees and/or suing all sorts of companies who use Android. In fact, some reports suggest that thanks to all this effort, Microsoft makes significantly more money from Android phones than from its own mobile platforms. Clearly, shaking down others with patents is good money.
And Microsoft doesn't think it's fair that someone else could do the same thing to it:
For Microsoft to complain is pretty rich, of course. Here it is, using patents to attack companies employing Android in an attempt to slow down the uptake of that rival to its own Windows Phone smartphone system. That's a clear abuse of the patent system to dissuade companies from signing up with a competitor (which, interestingly, it doesn't attack directly), rather than to protect real innovation (an aim that was thrown out of the patent system long ago.)
After all, those deeply innovative ideas that Microsoft is claiming that companies are infringing include "natural ways of interacting with devices by tabbing through various screens to find the information they need, surfing the Web more quickly, and interacting with documents and e-books". Tabbed screens - yeah, right.
And yet when there is the prospect that Google might be able to threaten in exactly the same way, by pulling existing licences - not, admittedly, a very nice thing to do, but all's fair etc. etc. - Microsoft suddenly wants the government to intervene to protect it from this bullying.
I mean, let's be consistent here: if you want to abuse the patent system, expect to be on the receiving end of similar abuse. On the other hand, rather more laudably, why not stop abusing, in which case you can take the moral high ground when others start abusing the system to attack you?


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It started last year with some stolen snacks and some shoving.
But by November, the bullying had gotten so bad that a 10-year-old girl at Cooper Elementary School in Vallejo thought there was only one way to end it.
"The night before last, I found a suicide note in her bedroom because of what's going on at school," said the mother of "Jane," a Cooper fifth-grader.
The mother, as well as the parents of another girl, spoke to the Times-Herald last week about the bullying their daughters have been suffering at Cooper -- and what they say is a lack of responsiveness from the school and the Vallejo City Unified School District.
Without addressing specifics of the Cooper parents' complaints, a top district official said that school administrators address all bullying reports.
In the Times-Herald interviews, the parents say they believe two brothers at Cooper have been intensely bullying their daughters. The behavior includes verbally harassing the girls, shoving them and making lewd comments and sexually suggestive motions. To protect the children's privacy, the names of the two girls were changed for this article.
Some of these incidents have led to suspensions, the parents said, while administrators have switched one of the girl's classes to get her away from the boys. The girls also eat lunch in the office -- a move parents say is punishing their daughters rather than the bullies.
The chronic tormenting took its toll on her daughter, one of the mothers said.
"My daughter wasn't telling me everything. We were on a family vacation over Thanksgiving break, and she broke down and started crying that a student had pulled a knife on her last year," said the mother of "Jennie," who also is in fifth grade.
Jennie's parents said they had to routinely pick up their distraught daughter from school after various bullying incidents.
"In the month of October, she's had juice poured on her head during cafeteria time, she had to come home because she was pushed and had a sprained ankle. She got pushed and got her sweater ripped, he's grabbed her bottom," Jennie's mother said.
Jane's mother said her daughter has had to switch classrooms twice because of the bullying and was kept home from school for a week on advice of her therapist after the suicide note surfaced. Jane didn't feel like anybody listened to her, her mother said.
The parents said that throughout the bullying period, they reported the incidents to school administrators, who the parents contend focused on helping the boys rather than the girls. They said they believe the two boys should be expelled.
"This is more than just a bullying case. These adults that run the school have been fully aware of the situation for a long time. They've done everything to shelter the boys who are doing the bullying and make the victims pay the price," Jennie's father said.
One of the things most shocking to Jennie's parents was the existence of the districtwide anti-bullying hotline. They said they learned of it by chance, after calling Cooper Elementary after hours and hearing the option in an automated message.
Alana Shackelford, spokeswoman for the Vallejo City Unified School District, said cases of bullying or misbehavior do not go unaddressed.
"Anytime there's any type of complaint -- verbal or written -- it's brought to the attention of administrators, and that administrator responds appropriately," Shackelford said. Although aware of the specific complaints about Cooper, Shackelford declined to discuss them.
Bullying and campus safety in general is a major concern at the school board and the district, which has instituted several programs to try and mitigate the problem. Among them are restorative justice and positive behavior intervention and supports -- both of which focus on rewarding good behavior rather than only punishing misbehavior.
But frustrated with the response of Cooper and district officials, last month Jennie's parents notified the Vallejo Police Department, which has investigated the case and is forwarding its findings to the district attorney's office for review.
Police officials also declined to comment on the case, citing the young ages of all the parties involved. A police report provided to the Times-Herald by the families, however, notes a police officer met with the father of the two boys.
According to the report, the father had been contacted by the school about his sons' behavior, but had never been told about the girls or how severe the bullying was except for an incident in which one boy was making sexually suggestive motions toward one of the girls as she sat in her desk.
The report said the father offered his apologies to the girls and their parents, and that one of the boys will be transferred to a new school.
The girls' parents hope that, by coming forward with their stories, they can help change how schools deal with bullying.
"It's about our girls now, but what about the other children? If the district and the school are never held accountable for what's going on, what about the next child that is being bullied or picked on?" Jennie's mother said.
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I was looking around the forum for discussions about this and found a couple but they seemed to revolve around the possible strawman that Theravadins hold dhammas to have their own-own nature or whatever. Whenever that discussion comes up the quotes from crusty commentaries and sub commentaries to dispel the myth just go right by me. My eyes glaze over. But in short, it seems to me that there is some way of explaining away this common misperception in "relational" terms. Great.
However, I was just reading this article from Thanissaro:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... iness.html
..and I was somewhat surprised at his characterization of the (presumably) Mahayana treatment of the emptiness of all phenomena internal and external etc etc as mere mataphysical wizzardry of no value to the Buddhas very practical concerns of liberation from suffering. While such a perception is understandable, especially if one has the stamina to read Tibetan texts, commentaries and debates about logic and Madhyamaka etc, it is also somethngof a strawman if one minimizes its practical import in Mahayana teachings.
The way it's always come across to me in my Tibetan and Zen training - at least in the practical sense Thanissaro is talking about - is largely in perceptual and situational terms. For example seeing situations and people from a limited, close minded and problematic perspective. Sure, in many cases this can still be reduced to, or subsumed by or thought about in terms of anatta, craving and "I" etc. But in many others it's not, really. It can also come down to views, opinions, misreading the nature of a situation - financial, seeing neutral scenarios as threatening or dangerous or vice versa - not just to an "I" but "externally" as well, culturally, financially, issues of "social justice and so on. It also becomes about more than metaphysics in the context of say, the Bodhisattva vow. Not in the cliched sense of "no beings to save" or whatever, but more in the sense of how the kinds of perceptual and situational concerns I mentioned can actually screw other peoples lives up. The "road to hell" and all that.
Its an interesting article in that it nicely expands on how emptiness is treated in the Pali Canon, so I still like the article.


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Since Abel was kind enough to update the forum software, it looks like the makers of vBulletin have been busy.
It now appears that we can have Facebook/Myspace-esque social groups, photo albums, and Facebook-style "walls".
For instance, view my profile (or whomevers) and you can leave comments. This goes for everyone as best I can tell.
If you go to the top right of any page and click on the drop-down menu "Quick Links," three options on that drop-down list are, "Contacts & Friends," "Social Groups," and "Pictures & Albums."
Play around, and please tell me if you can do something fun/cool with it. I didn't realize these features were here until I was fixing the template issues and saw what was new.
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EUREKA - The water quality and stream flow impacts associated with marijuana cultivation will be discussed by representatives of several state and federal agencies at the Thursday, May 2, meeting of the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board in Eureka.
Since the passage of the Compassionate Use Act in 1996 and the Medical Marijuana Protection Act in 2003, the number of large scale outdoor marijuana growing operations on private and public properties in the North Coast region has increased significantly.
Activities associated with large scale marijuana cultivation, such as tree and vegetation removal, grading, terracing on steep slopes, road construction, stream crossing construction, stream diversions and filling, construction of in-stream ponds and reservoirs, use and storage of fertilizers, pesticides and other hazardous materials, and water withdrawal from surface waters, are frequently undertaken without engineering design or environmental permitting and review.
Such activities can cause significant environmental damage to waterways, including pesticide and fertilizer contamination, sediment discharges, increases in water temperature, habitat loss and dewatering of streams.
A short presentation on the issues at the May 2 meeting will be followed by a panel discussion. Agencies invited include CAL FIRE, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the U.S. Forest Service, Mendocino National Forest, the Bureau of Land Management and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service. The item is informational, and no recommendations will be made at the meeting.
The meeting will take place at 9 a.m., May 2, in the Wharfinger Building, #1 Marina Way, Eureka.
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Uptons help support Jackie Robinson West team
PITTSBURGH -- Along with being among the many who have participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, B.J. Upton and Justin Upton can take pride in the fact that they are part of the group of Major Leaguers who have allowed many of the members of the Jackie Robinson West team to be joined by their parents at the Little League World Series.
With LaTroy Hawkins serving as the organizer, the Upton brothers agreed to make monetary donations that allowed some of these parents to travel from their inner-city Chicago homes to see their sons play in Williamsport, Pa. The Jackie Robinson West Club will play either Philadelphia or Las Vegas on Thursday night for the right to continue fighting to serve as the Unites States entrant in Sunday's championship game.
"I know for Justin and I, it was a no-brainer, so we [donated]," B.J. Upton said. "We're definitely rooting for them. The Little League World Series is always fun to watch. But when you feel a connection to a team, it definitely makes it more interesting."
Before Wednesday night's game against the Pirates, the Upton brothers accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge issued to them by Florida State head football coach Jimbo Fisher's sons Trey and Ethan.
"It's become kind of a big thing and everybody knows ALS is a terrible disease," Justin Upton said. "Being able to be a part of it and to raise awareness for ALS research, 'Heck yeah, I'm in.'"
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Since the final pitch of the 2012 World Series, the NL Central has evolved more than any other division in the senior circuit.
A major free-agent signing on Monday morning affected the division, as did the news of a key injury on Tuesday morning.
The St. Louis Cardinals announced Tuesday that third baseman David Freese will start the season on the disabled list because of lower-back tightness—an injury that could stifle the team, especially if left fielder Matt Holliday's side issue lingers beyond this week.
The Milwaukee Brewers, unhappy with their in-house rotation options, finally took Kyle Lohse off the market Monday with a three-year, $33 million contract. The Brewers didn't look like legitimate contenders in the division before this move but now are clearly the third-best team (ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates). And if injuries continue to hamper the Cardinals or if the Cincinnati Reds unexpectedly slip up, Milwaukee could be in an advantageous position.
It won't be all rosy for the Brewers until the Biogenesis investigation is completed. Until then, there will be a cloud over the team because left fielder Ryan Braun is a central figure in the performance-enhancing drug probe. And if Braun is popped with a suspension, Lohse's signing won't mean as much.
The Reds threw a wrench into the division outlook last week when they announced Aroldis Chapman would remain their closer. Heading into camp, the Cuban lefthander was projected to serve as the team's No. 3 starter with the potential to be an ace. But after manager Dusty Baker made no secret that he wanted to keep Chapman as his dominant closer and Chapman himself said the same thing, Cincinnati caved and allowed the manager and pitcher to have their way.
Had Chapman lived up to expectations as a starter, the Reds would have had a lineup, rotation and bullpen fit to run away and hide from the rest of the NL Central. They still are the favorites but not by nearly as much.
Then there are the Pirates, a team on the cusp of being relevant the past two seasons only to fall flat on their planks. Their chances of success again rest on pitching. Pittsburgh's rotation is dealing with some injuries, but one member could put a lot of concerns to bed by becoming more consistent.
Righthander James McDonald once was considered a guy with huge potential, but he has shown only flashes of that talent and now is 28. He was an All-Star snub (9-3, 2.37 ERA at the break) and a no-hitter waiting to happen nearly every time he took the ball in the first half of 2012. But he was awful in the second half (3-5, 7.52 ERA) and was a reason the Pirates again failed to finish at or above .500.
The NL Central isn't wide-open, but with Cincinnati's pitching decisions, St. Louis' injuries and Milwaukee's signing of Lohse, things are a lot more interesting in the heartland.


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POLICING across Dudley borough has entered a new era, with a new leader at the helm.
Chief Superintendent Chris Johnson, has only been the commander of Dudley Local Policing Unit for a matter of weeks but he already has plans to take the force forward.
He said: "This is one of the safest places to live and work in the country and I aim to build on recent successes to further serve our communities and protect them from harm."
Engaging with communities will be a main priority, he said: "I want people to know it is my job to make sure they have the very best service.
"It's early days but I hope to set up a forum to help people inform me about local policing for the future. I want them to tell me what we can do together to tackle anti-social behaviour and advise me what we should be focusing on and help shape the service."
He continued: "This borough is vibrant and diverse and I am proud to be taking charge of such a professional and dedicated team of officers, staff and other specialist police teams."
After 23 years service, more recently working in force contact, where he helped to introduce the two new non-emergency contact centres, Chief Supt Johnson said getting the opportunity to be a lead for policing in Dudley was "fantastic".
He added: "I am delighted to be stepping into the role of commander for the Dudley borough and am especially looking forward to getting to know my officers, partner agency staff and most importantly the local community. I love the honest and positive way that local people interact. They tell you how it is and are really proud of the place where they live."