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I'm headed off to a Goenka retreat tomorrow and I'd love any advice from those further along than I when it comes to preparation, hints, pitfalls to avoid, etc.
Another thing I was wondering: As I'll be gone from my friends and family for a bit, and I need to let them know why they won't be hearing from me, I'd love to have just a general quote on meditation or non-self to post on Facebook or something as I say I'm leaving. I'm pretty private about this stuff but if I have to mention it, I'd like to have something a little more important to say than just "off for a week, the stream of Huffington Post articles and 80's music videos you've become used to will resume when I get back" haha. Any great, simple quotes about the path that would speak to the people I'm alerting to my absence?
Thanks so much!


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Ed Reed is 34 years old. He has been in the NFL 11 years and with nine Pro Bowl selections, 61 career interceptions and 13 touchdowns, his place as one of the great safeties in league history is secure.
There was one glaring hole on his resume—he had never been in a Super Bowl. With the Baltimore Ravens' 28-13 victory over the New England Patriots in Jan. 20's AFC championship game, though, that changed.
It seemed a difficult thing for Reed to digest.
"I have no words, man," he said. "I'm just grateful for our coaches. For everything we've been through since Coach (John) Harbaugh got here. He had a vision of working us a certain way and taking us through something to build something and to create this moment. We believed it, but it was just something we had to go through as men and understand each other and understand the process together. That process that we went through as a team, that growth."
In the aftermath of the Ravens' AFC title win, the dominant story lines heading into Super Bowl XLVII were obvious—there would be the fitting end to the magnificent career of linebacker Ray Lewis and, right behind that, the coaching matchup of the brothers Harbaugh.
But don't overlook Reed, a brilliant player with remarkable instincts and closing ability that have made him one of the best ballhawks in NFL history. When the time comes, he'll make the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
"There's no other man like Ed Reed," Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones told reporters. "He's passionate, and he's such a hard worker. That guy helps me out, and he's a safety. He understands the game at every position."
Reed has been within a whisper of the Super Bowl twice in his career, losing the AFC championship game after the 2008 season and again last year, when the Ravens nearly upset the Patriots in Foxborough. But the Super Bowl is a new stage for him altogether.
Indeed, of all the teams he has been on, Reed knows this one was among the least likely to win its way to the Super Bowl. In the past 10 years, the Ravens were in the top 10 in total defense eight times and in the top three in four of the past five years.
The defense struggled in 2007, but the unit's only other off season came this year, as the Ravens had to deal with injuries to Terrell Suggs (who missed eight games) and Lewis (who missed 10). While the ever-shifting fortunes of the offense garnered the bulk of the attention as the Ravens closed the regular season with four losses in five games, the defense wasn't up to snuff, either.
"The first time me, Ed and Sizzle (Suggs) actually played together was against the Colts (in the playoff opener)," Lewis said. "So the up-and-down roller coaster that went through was just an example of just everything that we had to go through."
But what mattered is that the core of the Ravens' defense — Lewis, Suggs and Reed — was well-prepared for the test it faced on the road against the high-powered Patriots offense, shutting out it in the second half and holding the Pats to their lowest scoring total since September 2009.
"We knew it was going to be tough because (Tom) Brady's a great quarterback and you really have to disguise things and pretty much be perfect," Reed said. "He puts the ball on his receivers, in their chests. We knew we were going to have to have perfect coverage, and we knew it was going to be a 60-minute game with no quit. We have always played these guys tough and they have always played us tough. We expected it."
After grinding out that tough win and getting back to the locker room, Reed did what most anyone would do — he called his mother. The Super Bowl will be a little more special for him than for most because Reed is a native of New Orleans, this year's host city. Reed has not played a game in his hometown since before the city was hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
"I really don't have any words for it," he said. "I rushed into the locker room to call my mom because I know that my family has been going through some things, so I'm just thankful to be going home to New Orleans for the whole of New Orleans to see some hometown guys. … Like I said, we haven't been there since Katrina. We're just grateful."
There had been speculation Reed might join Lewis on his "last ride" and retire after this season. But Reed put that notion to rest on Thursday, stating emphatically that he will play next season.
"No, it's not my last ride. I just bought a bike," he told reporters.
Lewis and the Harbaughs will get most of the spotlight over the next several days, no question. But this game was a long time coming. Reed has plenty to be grateful about.
— Some information was provided by The Associated Press.

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The Old Trafford manager has stated his disappointment at the "fantastic game of football" being overshadowed by the facial injury to his defender during their 3-2 derby victory
After Yaya Toure and Pablo Zabaleta cancelled out Wayne Rooney's first-half double, Robin van Persie struck a winning free kick in injury time provoking an angry response from the home fans, resulting in an object hitting Ferdinand above the eye and drawing blood.
A City fan also managed to force his way through the stewards to get on the pitch and remonstrate with referee Martin Atkinson before being restrained by City goalkeeper Joe Hart.
"It is just unfortunate at the end that a City fan ran on the pitch and that they threw coins at our players. You really don't need things like that," Ferguson told Sky Sports.
"The same thing happened at Chelsea, which was a bit masked by everything else that happened that day. It was a fantastic game of football between two fantastic teams and we could have done without that."
Replays show the defender being struck by a coin-like object while celebrating, before clutching the shirt to his wound and being escorted off the pitch by a match official.
Ferdinand has since taken to Twitter to comment on the game and incident, writing: "what a result,3points! Sweet! Whoever threw that coin,what a shot! Can't believe it was a copper 2p....could have at least been a £1 coin."
A Manchester City spokesperson has since apologised to the United defender: "We apologise to Rio. We condemn the actions of the individual concerned.
"We are reviewing the CCTV with the police and our normal security. We will support the police with any investigation and hopefully identify the person as soon as possible."
Greater Manchester Police said no arrests have been made in relation to the attack on Ferdinand, but in an unrelated incident, a man was arrested on suspicion of committing a racially aggravated public order offence during the game after racist chanting was heard by officers.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A local American Legion council is looking for family members of 10 veterans whose remains were found last year at an Ohio funeral home.
WBNS-TV reports (http://bit.ly/HvCTFy ) some of the veterans served as far back as World War I and some of the remains have been unclaimed for decades at Cook and Son-Pallay Funeral Home in Columbus. Officials at the Legion's 12th Council are working with the Missing In America Project to give the men a full military burial, but they're also looking for relatives.
Rich Richardson of the Council says the men earned the military burial. "We're all veterans," he says. "This is our family." At least one of the men earned a Bronze Star.
The burial is tentatively planned for May 22 at the national cemetery in Dayton.
Information from: WBNS-TV, http://www.10tv.com/


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Sanabia sent to DL; reliever Jennings called up
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- As expected, the Marlins on Monday placed right-hander Alex Sanabia on the 15-day disabled list with right groin weakness.
Replacing Sanabia on the roster is lefty reliever Dan Jennings, who was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans.
The team is weighing who will take over Sanabia's spot in the rotation, which next comes up on Friday at home against the Mets.
Manager Mike Redmond on Monday said Wade LeBlanc, who opened the season in the rotation before being moved to the bullpen, is an option.
Redmond ruled out Nathan Eovaldi, who is on the 60-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. Eovaldi threw a rehab assignment game at Class A Jupiter on Saturday.
"Right now, he's scheduled to make two more starts down in the Minor Leagues," Redmond said. "We've got to make sure he is built up properly, and is feeling good before he comes back to the big leagues."
Injuries keep piling up for the Marlins, who currently have 12 players on the disabled list.
Sanabia threw four innings and gave up four runs in Sunday's 5-3 setback against the White Sox. Immediately after the game, he told reporters that he would be heading to the disabled list.
Sanabia has dealt with a sore groin since his start early in the month at San Diego. The right-hander is 3-7 with a 4.88 ERA.
Because the Marlins won't need another starter until Friday at home against the Mets, the team called up a reliever. Jennings, 26, is 3-2 with a 1.80 ERA for New Orleans. He has a 0.68 ERA in his last 10 outings.
Jennings, who has always relied heavily on his slider, attributes some of his success in New Orleans to fastball command.
"I'm able to throw my fastball on any count, and working both sides of the plate," Jennings said. "I've been able to throw my fastball better than I have in the past."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter


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Like Fashion Week, the New York International Automobile Show is no stranger to starting trends and shaping opinions, so it is no surprise that the world's automakers have pulled out all the stops to show-off some of the most amazing concept cars and trucks ever seen at this year's event. With an emphasis on new styling, technology and the environment, this year's stunning new concept cars offer a glimpse into the future, and perhaps a look at what we might be driving in the years ahead. The Show opens to the public on Friday, March 29 through April 7 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.
"These amazing automobile creations are what generate the buzz and excitement around the Show. Above all, concepts vehicles are the things that excite, amaze and capture the imagination as they have for generation of car lovers," said Show director Alan Liebensohn.
The future starts here…
ACURA MDX PROTOTYPE: This concept provides a strong indication of the styling and design direction for the third generation 7-passenger MDX SUV that will focus on dynamic performance, improved fuel economy and luxury comfort. The styling, known as "Aero Sculpture" conveys a smart, compact and premium appearance with low, wide and sleek proportions; a clean, effi cient and uncluttered design; and elegant, premium detailing.
VOLKSWAGEN BLUECROSS: The BlueCross concept is a six-seater mid-size SUV concept designed specifi cally for North America. It is powered by an innovative plug-in hybrid powertrain that mates a clean diesel engine with two electric motors, a dual-clutch automatic transmission, and an electric all-wheel-drive system which offers an estimated fuel economy rating of 35 MPG combined and 89 MPGe in electric mode.
LINCOLN MKC: The Lincoln MKC Concept is a small luxury utility concept that is designed to strike a perfect balance between warm, inviting comfort and the engaging and superb dynamic qualities of performance, ride, handling and braking. The goal is to appeal to a new type of luxury clients considered cultural progressives, who are open to new ideas and experiences. Future Lincolns also will combine these unique experiences with the option of stunning, bespoke interior and exterior design appointments that will transcend typical luxury automotive standards.
NISSAN RESONANCE: Resonance signals the future direction of Nissan crossovers with smart, edgy design which aims to elevate the crossover experience with engaging aerodynamic exterior, spacious and sophisticated interior and advanced HEV powertrain. BMW i3: The i3 coupe is powered by a rearmounted electric motor that puts out 170 horsepower and 184 lb-ft of torque via a single-speed transmission. This uncompromisingly sustainable vehicle is designed for urban areas and has a spacious interior that includes an exclusive lounge-style ambience in the two individual rear seats. On a full charge the i3s lithium-ion battery will sustain 100 miles of travel in mixed driving conditions.
TOYOTA FURIA CONCEPT: The Corolla Furia Concept is a compact sedan that hints at the styling cues consumers can expect to see on the next-generation Corolla. The Furia is designed around a theme of "Iconic Dynamism," which uses pure and simple surface elements to create a confi dent and recognizable appearance appealing to more youthful consumers.
HYUNDAI HCD-14 GENESIS: The HCD-14 Genesis is premium-sport 4-door coupe powered by 5.0 liter, V8 engine designed to deliver impressive power, low emissions and superb effi ciency. Inside, ergonomics engineers have developed an intuitive driver interface system that allows includes a stateof- the-art driver eye-tracking and 3-D hand-gesture recognition system. Once a specifi c feature is selected, eye-tracking, thumb controls or gesture recognition can be used to select navigation, infotainment, audio, HVAC, and even smartphone connectivity functions.
HONDA URBAN SUV CONCEPT: The Urban SUV Concept is a fun-to-drive and fuel-effi cient small SUV with aspirational design, fl exible packaging and next-generation connectivity that hints at the styling direction of an all-new small SUV from Honda. Nine inches shorter than the Honda CR-V, the Urban SUV Concept is the ideal size for navigating both crowded city streets and open mountain roads.
ACURA NSX: With its low, wide stance and alluring proportions, Acura's NSX Concept showcases the evolution of the next-generation supercar's styling and design. To deliver a new sports car experience that combines next-generation supercar dynamic capabilities with advanced environmental performance, the NSX will be powered by a mid-mounted, directinjected V-6 engine mated to Acura's Sport Hybrid SH-AWD® (Super Handling All-Wheel Drive) system.
BMW 4 SERIES COUPE CONCEPT: The BMW Concept 4 Series Coupe allows the driver to experience the essence of this new, sporting and elegant generation of car in the lap of contemporary luxury. An array of high-quality details provide an exclusive showcase for the car's perfectly balanced coupe proportions. Inside, the expertise of BMW Individual, skilled handcraftsmanship and carefully selected materials combine to create a supreme interior.


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Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse
PO Box 2311 South Portland,, ME US 04116-2311
(866) 570-5703
Spring Point Ledge Light was built in 1898 to warn mariners of a dangerous ledge in Portland Harbor. The light resembles a giant spark plug.
The light sits at the end of a granite breakwater connected to the campus of Southern Maine Community College in South Portland. The lighthouse is owned by the Spring Point Ledge Light Trust and is open to the public on certain weekend days from June through September.
To visit Spring Point Ledge Light, head south on Route 77 in Portland. Continue on Broadway in South Portland. Turn right on Pickett Street and then left onto Fort Road, which ends at Fort Preble and a parking area.


text: IZMIR, TURKEY–According to reports, Izmir-area journalist and table-tennis enthusiast Mahir welcomes you to his homepage and kiss you. "Welcome to my page!!!!!!!!! I Kiss You!!!!!" said Mahir, who enjoys taking foto-camera of animals, towns, nice nude models and peoples. Friends and neighbors of the green-eyed, mustachioed player of many many music enstrumans reported his tall at 1.84 centimeters. Mahir also stressed that who is want to come TURKEY, he can invitate. "She can stay my home," he said. "I like to be friendship from other country." Those who visitate Mahir and stay his home can expect to speak numerous languages with him, as well as participate in such sports as swiming, volayball, tenis and walk. "I like sex," Mahir added.


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Modus.Ponens wrote: Plus, the brain never stops working at night, so one is not totaly unconscious during sleep, even when we're not dreaming.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/nirvanaverb.html wrote:"Consciousness without surface, without end, luminous all around, does not partake of the solidity of earth, the liquidity of water, the radiance of fire, the windiness of wind, the divinity of devas [and so on through a list of the various levels of godhood to] the allness of the All."
Consciousness without surface,
without end,
luminous all around:
Here water, earth, fire, & wind
have no footing.
Here long & short
coarse & fine
fair & foul
name & form
are all brought to an end.
With the cessation of [the aggregate of] consciousness
each is here brought to an end.
The only other time in the Suttas that the 'non-manifest consciousness' is mentioned is in MN 49 Brahmanimantanika. There, according to Analayo, the Sri Lankan, Thai, and English editions of the Pali attribute the phrase to Brahma, not the Buddha, while only the Burmese attributes it to the Buddha. (The commentary attributes it to the Buddha and says it refers to Nibbana; Burmese texts are notorious for incorporating 'corrected' readings from the commentary.) In the Chinese version it has nothing to do with Nibbana, but is part of Brahma's claim to omniscience.
http://sujato.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/ ... E1%B9%87a/
"What is the All? Simply the eye & forms, ear & sounds, nose & aromas, tongue & flavors, body & tactile sensations, intellect & ideas. This is termed the All. Anyone who would say, 'Repudiating this All, I will describe another,' if questioned on what exactly might be the grounds for his assertion, would be unable to explain, and furthermore, would be put to grief. Why is that? Because it lies beyond range."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
Benjamin wrote:
"The Buddha also says in some other passages that there's a consciousness that's known independently of the six sense spheres - That's the consciousness that's seen in awakening."
-Thanissaro Bhikku, from this talk: http://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/0904 ... kening.mp3
Hey everyone,
Upon hearing this from Venerable Thanissaro, I became a bit puzzled as I have not come across this idea yet in my study of the Dhamma. Could anyone point me to some suttas where this type of consciousness is mentioned?
Where do water, earth, fire, & wind
have no footing?
Where are long & short,
coarse & fine,
fair & foul,
name & form
brought to an end?
"'And the answer to that is:
Consciousness without feature,[1]
without end,
luminous all around:
Here water, earth, fire, & wind
have no footing.
Here long & short
coarse & fine
fair & foul
name & form
are all brought to an end.
With the cessation of [the activity of] consciousness
each is here brought to an end.'"
Viññanam anidassanam. This term is nowhere explained in the Canon, although MN 49 mentions that it "does not partake in the allness of the All" — the "All" meaning the six internal and six external sense media (see SN 35.23). In this it differs from the consciousness factor in dependent co-arising, which is defined in terms of the six sense media. Lying outside of time and space, it would also not come under the consciousness-aggregate, which covers all consciousness near and far; past, present, and future. However, the fact that it is outside of time and space — in a dimension where there is no here, there, or in between (Ud 1.10), no coming, no going, or staying (Ud 8.1) — means that it cannot be described as permanent or omnipresent, terms that have meaning only within space and time. The standard description of nibbana after death is, "All that is sensed, not being relished, will grow cold right here." (See MN 140 and Iti 44.) Again, as "all" is defined as the sense media, this raises the question as to whether consciousness without feature is not covered by this "all." However, AN 4.174 warns that any speculation as to whether anything does or doesn't remain after the remainderless stopping of the six sense media is to "objectify non-objectification," which gets in the way of attaining the non-objectified. Thus this is a question that is best put aside.
"Yes, friends. As I understand the Teaching explained by the Blessed One, a monk with no more effluents, on the break-up of the body, is annihilated, perishes, & does not exist after death."
"Don't say that, friend Yamaka. Don't misrepresent the Blessed One. It's not good to misrepresent the Blessed One, for the Blessed One would not say, 'A monk with no more effluents, on the break-up of the body, is annihilated, perishes, & does not exist after death.'"
drifting cloud wrote:The Yamaka Sutta also seems relevent to some of the points brought up in this discussion, re: ending of consciousness"Yes, friends. As I understand the Teaching explained by the Blessed One, a monk with no more effluents, on the break-up of the body, is annihilated, perishes, & does not exist after death."
"Don't say that, friend Yamaka. Don't misrepresent the Blessed One. It's not good to misrepresent the Blessed One, for the Blessed One would not say, 'A monk with no more effluents, on the break-up of the body, is annihilated, perishes, & does not exist after death.'"
"Then, friend Yamaka, how would you answer if you are thus asked: A monk, a worthy one, with no more mental effluents: what is he on the break-up of the body, after death?"
"Thus asked, I would answer, 'Form is inconstant... Feeling... Perception... Fabrications... Consciousness is inconstant. That which is inconstant is stressful. That which is stressful has ceased and gone to its end."
"Just as if there were a roofed house or a roofed hall having windows on the north, the south, or the east. When the sun rises, and a ray has entered by way of the window, where does it land?"
"On the western wall, lord."
"And if there is no western wall, where does it land?"
"On the ground, lord."
"And if there is no ground, where does it land?"
"On the water, lord."
"And if there is no water, where does it land?"
"It does not land, lord."
"In the same way, where there is no passion for the nutriment of physical food... contact... intellectual intention... consciousness, where there is no delight, no craving, then consciousness does not land there or increase. Where consciousness does not land or increase, there is no alighting of name-&-form. Where there is no alighting of name-&-form, there is no growth of fabrications. Where there is no growth of fabrications, there is no production of renewed becoming in the future. Where there is no production of renewed becoming in the future, there is no future birth, aging, & death. That, I tell you, has no sorrow, affliction, or despair."
SarathW wrote:As far as I know it is wrong to say, fire still there. There is nothing called fire, it arises due to conditions!
Back in the days of the Buddha, nirvana (nibbana) had a verb of its own: nibbuti. It meant to "go out," like a flame. Because fire was thought to be in a state of entrapment as it burned — both clinging to and trapped by the fuel on which it fed — its going out was seen as an unbinding. To go out was to be unbound. Sometimes another verb was used — parinibbuti — with the "pari-" meaning total or all-around, to indicate that the person unbound, unlike fire unbound, would never again be trapped.
A Verb for Nirvana
reflection wrote:If you read on, you'll see that is also in the sutta. There is no mention of this consciousness-without-feature here, and in many other suttas.
reflection wrote:Consciousness without feature is a bit of a contradiction, because consciousness always needs an object.
kirk5a wrote:There is that interesting metaphor in SN 12.64.
Bhikkhu Bodhi says this refers to an arahant's consciousness while he is alive, but not that an "unestablished consciousness" remains after the arahant's parinibbana. I read it as leaving "where" undefined. Except of course, in terms of "no passion." But not explicitly defining that "where" AS "consciousness" ? Maybe?
Some have objected to the equation of this consciousness with nibbana, on the grounds that nibbana is no where else in the Canon described as a form of consciousness. Thus they have proposed that consciousness without surface be regarded as an arahant's consciousness of nibbana in meditative experience, and not nibbana itself. This argument, however, contains two flaws: (1) The term viññanam anidassanam also occurs in DN 11, where it is described as where name & form are brought to an end: surely a synonym for nibbana. (2) If nibbana is an object of mental consciousness (as a dhamma), it would come under the all, as an object of the intellect. There are passages in the Canon (such as AN 9.36) that describe meditators experiencing nibbana as a dhamma, but these passages seem to indicate that this description applies up through the level of non-returning. Other passages, however, describe nibbana as the ending of all dhammas. For instance, Sn V.6 quotes the Buddha as calling the attainment of the goal the transcending of all dhammas. Sn IV.6 and Sn IV.10 state that the arahant has transcended dispassion, said to be the highest dhamma. Thus, for the arahant, nibbana is not an object of consciousness. Instead it is directly known without mediation. Because consciousness without feature is directly known without mediation, there seems good reason to equate the two.
"He directly knows Unbinding as Unbinding. Directly knowing Unbinding as Unbinding, he does not conceive things about Unbinding, does not conceive things in Unbinding, does not conceive things coming out of Unbinding, does not conceive Unbinding as 'mine,' does not delight in Unbinding. Why is that? Because the Tathagata has comprehended it to the end, I tell you.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
reflection wrote:Why not discuss nibbana? It's the goal of the practice, so we better have an idea what it is.


text: Of course I hate the Titans for obvious reasons (bailing on their fans). However even if this team were still the Houston Oilers as a fan I would have some real concern about their lack of class. We all know about the dirty stuff, their thug players, and the classless comments from players like Butterworth and Finegan. But man, stomping on that Terrible Towel was just totally classless by that "USC thug" Lendale White. It was also a dumbass move because they are probably going to have to play the Steelers again. Hopefully someone will take them out in the playoffs and stomp on a possum to rub it in.


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Heyward feels he's breaking out of early slump
MIAMI -- Jason Heyward has not been anywhere near as productive as he envisioned when he entered this season. But instead of dwelling on getting off to a slow start for a second straight season, the Braves right fielder is simply attempting to build on the encouragement he has gained over the past week.
"I haven't had many games where I'm content with each at-bat yet," Heyward said. "I know it's going to get there. The only way that happens is to keep doing it."
Heyward batted .141 with a .267 on-base percentage through his first 16 games this season. But he entered Wednesday night's game having hit .294 with a .333 on-base percentage in his previous eight games.
"You just have to be consistent with your timing and work in the right direction," Heyward said. "You've got to keep it simple and keep going from there. The only way to get it is to go out there and keep putting up good at-bats. I do feel like it's getting closer. "
Heyward struggled through the early weeks of last season and then was sidelined for a month because of an emergency appendectomy. He exited May hitting .146 and then batted .312 with a .370 on-base percentage in June. After struggling through most of July, Heyward moved to the leadoff spot near the end of the month and enjoyed one of the most impressive stretches of his career.
Heyward batted .345 with a 1.005 OPS in 23 games from the time he moved into the leadoff role until his jaw was fractured by a Jon Niese pitch on Aug. 21 at Citi Field.
This successful stretch gave the Braves confidence to put Heyward back in the leadoff role this year. Now, they can only hope that he soon turns things around like he did after last year's slow start.
"Right now, I don't see where else I would hit in this lineup, and I don't see who else would bat leadoff in our lineup," Heyward said. "It's one of those things I don't mind."
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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QCinema founder Todd Camp decided to branch outside the bounds of the small screen and into live performance. As part of its 2011 season, the film festival announces QLive!, which presents live theater in addition to film. Like Dallas' Uptown Players, it will concentrate on gay-themed plays and shows of interest to the gay community. The season includes:
Dying City (March). The brother of a man killed in Iraq confronts his widowed sister-in-law, and suggests something else may have contributed to his death. Christopher Shinn's mystery play was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The Men from the Boys (April; staged reading). A sequel to Mart Crowley's groundbreaking play The Boys in the Band catches up with the characters years later.
Brian Gallivan: The Sassy Gay Friend LIVE! (June). The creator of viral videos about the "sassy gay friend" performs a live comedy show.
None of the Above (September). A comedy about the relationship between a 17-year-old and her SAT tutor.
Art (November). Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning drama about how an all-white painting divides three male friends.
Corpus Christi (December). Terrence McNally's controversial play finally gets its Fort Worth performance.


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Groene at the Legislature: Teacher absences, substitutes
Mail: Southern statues symbolize suppression
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Senate: Vote no on Graham-Cassidy health care plan
Fall: Good time to spray musk thistle in rosette stage
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Voters in Colorado passed a Constitutional amendment on Election Day that makes it legal for people 21 or older to buy, use and share less than an ounce of marijuana.
One pot plant can produce two or more ounces even five, according to the marijuana facts website "420 online magazine."
An ounce of good-quality pot can cost around $250, so its possible that Coloardo homeowners could earn $3,000 per year legally growing pot.
But before anyone in Nebraska takes out a loan to buy potting soil and grow lights and move to Colorado, consider that Colorado officials still dont know what to do with the new law.
Approach, avoidance
As Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said on NBC news after the votes were counted, Dont break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly. This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug.
As of Dec. 4, the U.S. Departem of Justice has not said how the federal government plans to react to newly legalized marijuana in Colorado and Washington states.
However, the Department of Transportation announced that marijuana is still a violation of its internal polices and any DOT employees, regardless of whether or not they're using marijuana in compliance with state law, face suspension or termination for marijuana use.
According to news commentator Thom Hartmann, the DOT said pilots, school bus drivers, truck drivers, and train engineers will continue facing drug tests for marijuana.
It seems like they created a monster, Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer said. Its apt to lead to unregulated widespread usage. It was controllable, and now it will be farther outside the realm of control.
The complex Colorado Constitutional amendment is 8 pages long, but essentially it gives local governments cities and counties -- the right to regulate the use of pot, to put conditions on how and where it is used, and to tax it.
The amendment passed by a healthy margin 55-45 percent. The margin was greater in Colorado mountain resort areas, but the majority of voters in 16 counties on the eastern plains of Colorado nearest Nebraska -- rejected it.
Kramer said pot is still apt to trickle back to the North Platte area.
Its like 3.2% beer when we were younger, he told the Bulletin. When people could buy 3.2 beer at age 18 in Colorado, many a six-pack was smuggled back to Nebraska.
Kramer doesnt want pot legalized in Nebraska.
It stays in your system longer than alcohol, he said. I have to have people drug free coming in and out of work. How do you do that if its legal? And, how do you control the taxes if people can have plants in their house?
Kramer also suspects it will contribute to a sense of entitlement.
Some people cant take care of basic needs, he said. I dont think theyll do better if they are stoned.
Advocates say the trend to legalize marijuana is sweeping the country, with 21 states already allowing medical marijuana, including Colorado, where it was adopted in 2000.
On Election Day, returns were somewhat mixed. Colorado, Oregon and Washington all held votes to let adults legally have an ounce or so of pot. Somewhat surprisingly, Oregon voters, known for a prevailing liberal attitude, shot it down.
Voters in Massachusetts approved medical marijuana. Voters in Arkansas shot that down.
In the last three years, more than 6,000 studies have been published in scientific journals about the cannabis plant, according to NORML, an national organization that works to legalize marijuana. Much of the research has focused on the plants effects on the bodys endocannabinoid system.
The endocannabinoid system acts like a bridge between mind and body, helping different types of cells communicate with each other, according to a comprehensive Cable News Network report by Jacque Wilson.
According to NORML and the National Cancer Institute, peoples bodies make natural cannabinoids -- active chemicals that cause drug-like effects through the body. The reason pot makes a person feel good is because the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC works like those natural chemicals.
Dr. Julie Holland, author of The Pot Book, says medicinal marijuana is most often prescribed to combat nausea and stimulate appetite. And, it is also prescribed to manage chronic pain.
On the other hand, the National Institute on Drug Abuse says that marijuana causes an increase in the heart rate, which could put users at risk for a heart attack or stroke.
Marijuana smoke also contains carcinogens similar to cigarette smoke.
Mental effects
People with a family history of mental illness are also at a greater risk for seeing the drugs mind-altering effects. A number of studies have linked chronic marijuana use to increased rates of anxiety, depression and schizophrenia, according to DrugAbuse.gov.
Some critics say that pot limits mental activity, but researchers have found no decrease in intelligence among adults who smoke.
However, they have found that teens who smoked pot heavily (at least four days a week) lost an average of eight IQ points between the ages of 13 and 38. Adults who had smoked as teens tended to show more pronounced deficits in memory, concentration and overall brainpower in relation to their peers.
Kids and teens brains are still developing, Holland says, which is why they may be more vulnerable to the drugs effects.
Movin' it
There is no shortage of pot heading down the interstate highway, regardless of state and federal laws. It's not clear if it is coming or going west. The Nebraska State Patrol often finds marijuana in cars and SUVs traveling both ways on I-80.
On Nov. 18 a Nebraska State Patrol trooper found more than a ton -- 2,300 pounds -- of marijuana in the back of a rental truck headed east near York.
And, as recently as Nov. 30, a state trooper found 25 pounds of marijuana in a car zipping east past North Platte on I-80.
This report was first published Nov. 14 in the print edition of the North Platte Bulletin. It has been updated.
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There isn't any semblance of a "game thread" for tonight's game, so I'm just going to leave this here:
I love how he fumbles the ball a little bit on the hopstep, gets his handle, and jumps WAY high to throw it down. And his Triple Threat mentality is just incredible. He took Casspi all the way to the rim, dunked on him, and Casspi was *****ing out Samardo Samuels after the play.
I bet that the Pacers FO is happy they got Green instead of Casspi now.


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Fanchon S. is a fall fellow for the Obama campaign in Missoula
"I never thought I would see a President of the United States come out in favor of gay marriage," says 25-year-old Fanchon S. "I'm a lesbian. And the person I really support as President, I feel, really supports me."
Because of the President's support for the LGBT community, Fanchon was motivated to get involved in this campaign. She is currently a fall fellow in the Obama For America office in Missoula where she helps with data entry, event coordination, makes calls, keeps office hours, and generally spreads the word to reelect our President. And, she's making friends in circles she wouldn't have met otherwise.
"It's so great to hear all of their stories — everyone comes from different places for different reasons."
New friends aren't the only thing Fanchon is getting from her experience. She remembers a phone bank not too long ago, when one of the volunteers came into the room and shared an inspirational story from a recent caller.
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Anyone ever thought about the similarities between Reggie Bush's and Ricky Williams' careers?
- Both born and raised in Cali.
- Both College Players of the Year
- Both Heisman winners
- Both drafted by the Saints.
- Both disappointed the Saints.
- Both moved next to the Dolphins where they both somewhat resurrected their careers.
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SCARLETS v DRAGONS (Tomorrow, KO 7.05pm)
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons' new signing Dan Evans is determined to show the Scarlets what they are missing when he clashes with his old side tomorrow night.
The full back doesn't believe he was given a fair crack of the whip by his former region.
Evans is keen to get one over his former region at Parc y Scarlets as the Dragons look for their first league win over them in eight attempts.
The 23-year-old, capped twice by Wales on their 2009 North America tour, found his ambitions at the Scarlets in the 15 shirt thwarted by fellow internationals Rhys Priest-land, Morgan Stoddart and, more recently, Liam Williams.
On being asked if he thought the Scarlets had seen the best of him, Evans replied: "No, I didn't have a fair chance there – I didn't get the luck of a run.
"But that's in the past now. All I'm concentrating on now is playing well for the Dragons. Hopefully we can pick up a couple of victories in our next few games and there's no better way to start than at Parc y Scarlets."
Making his debut as an 18-year-old in 2007, Evans went on to play 74 times for the Scarlets, scoring ten tries before signing for the Dragons this summer.
And Evans has made a great start since coming to Rodney Parade, scoring four tries in his five appearances so far.
He has no regrets about heading east and is enjoying a new lease of life as well as a chance of regular rugby once again.
"It was the right decision to leave the Scarlets. I had some good years there and some frustrating years," Evans said.
"It's nice to be back playing on a regular basis. It's always good if you are playing week in, week out.
"One game now and then and you're not going to see the best of someone."
Since moving down the pecking order with the Scarlets, he was a regular teammate of Nic Cudd with Llanelli in the Premiership.
Openside flanker Cudd is due to make his regional league and Dragons debut tomorrow night and Evans is backing him to shine.
"This is a great opportunity for Nic going back to Parc y Scarlets.
"He's a very good player. I've grown up with him. I came through age grades with him."
Evans added: "Nic's been unlucky with injuries and not getting some opportunities. He's got a perfect chance to show what he's capable of."
Tomorrow night could have seen Dragons back row forward Hywel Stoddart, 26, take on his big brother in Scarlets full back Morgan, 28.
But Hywel suffered what the region have called a "catastrophic knee injury" while playing for Newport in their defeat at Llandovery last weekend.
He is likely to be out of action for the rest of the season.
Meanwhile, Morgan could make his long-awaited return to action this weekend, 14 months after being stretchered off in a World Cup warm-up match at Twickenham.
The eight-capped Scarlets man suffered a horrific double break of the left leg playing for Wales against England in August 2011.
Dragons squad: Backs – D Evans, H Amos, T Prydie, W Harries, A Hughes, J Dixon, A Tuilagi, P Leach, A Smith, Steffan Jones, J Evans, L Davies. Forwards – J Groves, I Jones, T Brown, T Faletau, L Evans, N Cudd, I Nimmo, A Jones, D Way, N Buck, A Coundley, P Price, Steve Jones, H Gustafson, S Parry.
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In a post published on LinkedIn in March, blogger and entrepreneur Andrew Chen compared Glass to Newton. He characterized it as a visionary product that could succeed after several iterations, in the way the iPhone and iPad can be seen as improvements on the Newton.
What Chen didn't foresee is the breadth of public wariness and skepticism about Glass. Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live skewered Glass mercilessly in its Weekend Update sketch, expressing in parody what early mixed reviews of the device are saying in prose.
And dissing Glass isn't merely a pastime for late-night comedians. On Tuesday, the New York Times explored the nascent resistance to Glass. The Wall Street Journal has weighed in with an etiquette guide, which seems to be predicated on the notion that wearing Glass makes one forget civil behavior. Then there's the widely cited White Men Wearing Glass website, The Onion's take on Glass, and a Joy of Tech comic.
[ What's Google Glass really like? Read Google Glass: First Impressions. ]
There's even been critique of Glass for what it doesn't do, but presumably could: billboard ad blocking.
Google, as a major company, has no shortage of detractors, and bold bets invite punishments for hubris. When you build a Glass house, expect some stones.
Part of the issue is that the Internet lends itself to ridicule. Everyone's a critic. It's difficult to create anything new and it's simple to tear something down. Witness how Microsoft can be pilloried for a product it hasn't even attempted, its own version of Glass. But easy derision isn't easy to deal with.
Ridicule kills products, at least that's public perception. Here's what Computerworld writer David Haskin wrote about the demise of Apple's Newton in 2007: "So why did Newton flop? One reason was the ridicule heaped on it by talk show comedians and comic strips (most notably 'Doonesbury'), which focused on the supposed inaccuracy of the handwriting recognition. Also, Newton was expensive -- about $700 for the first model and as much as $1,000 for later, more advanced models. In addition, Newton was arguably ahead of its time."
Of course there was more to it than that, but disdain sways public opinion. Suddenly, the term "Glasshole" is rising in Google Trends. It spiked last year in a different context. Now it succinctly captures the way many see Glass wearers.
Google declined to comment. But the company has won big bets before. YouTube was once dismissed as a bad investment. Google+ was written off as a ghost town. Android for years was seen as something less than iOS. There have been failures, too, like Wave and the Nexus Q. But it's too early to tell how Glass will turn out.
If Glass does follow the trajectory of the Newton, that might not be as bad as it seems. Wearable computing is not a fad and Glass is an experiment; if Glass Explorer Edition never takes off, Google will do better the second time around. But first, Google will have to find a way to wipe the smears off Glass.


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Which is why this letter cannot be taken seriously, especially without context. What he has put into this work is far more than an amusement.
tiltbillings wrote:Zom wrote:.What we do see in Ven N's discussion of the book and in his footnotes an enthusiasm for the Visiddhimagga that if one believed the letter should not be there
Why not, if:"and it really represents partly the getting past an obstacle and partly some rather abstruse literary amusement for myself"
Which is why this letter cannot be taken seriously, especially without context. What he has put into this work is far more than an amusement.
Zom wrote: So this also may be the case in this case -)
A disclaimer: I am not a big fan of the Vsm. While it be quite possible that Ven N did not like the work in part or as a whole for whatever unstated reason, it is hard to draw a really meaningful conclusion from a brief letter, not knowing more about the context of the letter, who it was written to and the recipient's interest or lack thereof in Buddhism. One of the more interesting pioneering master translators, Edward Conze, thought very highly of the translation, and to me, but likely no one else here, that says a lot. So, what ever the case, Ven N did an excellent job, and despite his opinion his book has been of service to many.Kare wrote: So even though Nanamoli made a good job, that really says nothing at all about his private views on the contents of the book he translated.
tiltbillings wrote:While it be quite possible that Ven N did not like the work in part or as a whole for whatever unstated reason, it is hard to draw a really meaningful conclusion from a brief letter, not knowing more about the context of the letter, who it was written to and the recipient's interest or lack thereof in Buddhism.
Thanks.fig tree wrote:tiltbillings wrote:While it be quite possible . . . important people come into the monastery, unroll a carpet, and sit down.
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Once Bhikkhu Soma asked Nanamoli: 'If you do not believe in the Visuddhimagga, why are you translating it?' I cannot remember the exact reply but as is usual self, Nanamoli sheepishly smiled!
Ven. Ñānamoli had an early interest in Visuddhi Magga (as did Ven. Ñānavīra). The translation was more or less completed in 1953 which was only 3 year after his bhikkhu ordination. I also assume that he translated that also as an exercise in Pali. Anyway here is his reason in the Preface of the The Path of Purification:
Originally I made this translation for my own instruction because only published version was then no longer obtainable. So it was not done without any intention at all of publication; but rather it grew together out of notes made on some of the book's passages. By the end of 1953 it had been completed, more or less, and put aside. Early in the following year a suggestion to publish it was put to me, and I eventually agreed, though not without a good deal of hesitation.
The comic element in the Netti has now, I think, given us all the laughs it was capable of; and we can now say, in a phrase of my schooldays, "Joke over". Perhaps needless to say, the charge of being comic is no more directed at you than is the charge (if I were to make such a charge in a general way: "Those who...") of being a champion, even quasi-crypto, of the Commentaries. I am quite well aware that you are quite well aware of the deficiencies (not to put the matter too strongly) both of the Netti and of the Commentaries, and that you are not deceived by them. (Upon occasion I give more credit to the Commentary than you do—notably in the Cittavisuddhi section of the Visuddhi Magga, and also, perhaps, in its analysis of the four mahābhūtāni. Apart from its usefulness as a dictionary, it also contains, however muddleheadedly, certain earlier interpretations that are of value.) What, then, is the origin of the suspicion, suspected by you, that I, and perhaps the Ven. Kheminda Thera too (though whether he would be so anti-commentarial were the Ven. Nyanaponika Thera not so pro-commentarial I don't know) may or may not entertain, of the propriety of your relations with the Commentary? Perhaps a remark of the Ven. Soma Thera's, that you once told me of, throws some light on the matter. It seems that, upon reading a disparaging passage in an early draft of your Visuddhi Magga Introduction ("an opinion expressed", apparently, "only as dispraise"), he exclaimed "But if that is your opinion of the Visuddhi Magga I can't think why you bother to translate it". It is true that this does not take into account the fact that you translated it in order to find out what it was about, and not at all in order to propagate it as the Eternal Truth (which you might have done had you been an admirer of the work); but even when this is taken into account there seems to remain a vague unaccounted-for residue, perhaps expressible as "But is it necessary, in order to find out what it is about, to translate it quite so thoroughly?" That, to other people, there is an air, a faint aura, of ambiguity about your relations with the Commentary, you will probably admit, since you seem to be aware of it yourself; but I, for one, should not attribute it to a secret admiration (though to what, exactly, it might be attributed is not altogether easy to say). Perhaps it is really, after all, nothing more mysterious than a slight self-indulgence in the pleasure of (18th century) scholarship. (I should certainly not suspect you, except to be perverse, of the seriousness of Scholarship in its present-day meaning—indeed, of the three of us, the Ven. Nyanaponika Thera, yourself, and myself, you are the least serious, though not, therefore, the most comic.) [EL. 100] 21.iv.1959
Geez. That was a rambling.atulo wrote:And Ven. Ñānavīra's comment to Nanamoli who was his the best friend:The comic element in the Netti has now, I think, given us all the laughs . . . therefore, the most comic.) [EL. 100] 21.iv.1959
fig tree wrote:Authors, conscientious ones especially, are notorious for cringing deeply when they finally allow their work to be published. They tend to be more aware of the remaining faults of the work than anybody else. The Venerable's reaction to his own publication seems plausibly an example of that. I mean, when an author starts suggesting to people he knows that they not read the book he just published, it's often that.
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Six words have had their bowling terms removed. The bowling terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each bowling term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD).
Group A: frame, lane, pin, spare, split, strike
Group B: aghtjact, akli, cato, dilesu, hoitay, imnt
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pin + cato = caption (caPtIoN)
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The analysis of the semantics of +RTS -s and the list of needed new events
Here is a sample output of +RTS -s, annotated with the new events required to simulate it in ThreadScope?. More concrete event proposals will follow after discussion. Note that eventually we'd like to generate such a summary for any user-selected time interval of runtime and we may need more or different events for this or we may choose to skip some information (for example the INIT or EXIT times do not make sense for an interval). Here is a screenshot of what we can already do using the current set of events. It happens we can do as much for the whole runtime as for the time intervals in this case.
The first line of +RTS -s follows.
237,179,528 bytes allocated in the heap
We'd need an event, emitted at each GC, with the allocation since the previous GC. (We really don't want an event for every memory allocation, that would be impractical and very slow.)
52,785,584 bytes copied during GC
An event with a summary of all copying done, emitted after the end of each GC.
17,272,336 bytes maximum residency (5 sample(s))
A separate event for that, perhaps emitted only after major GC when we know how much memory is really used by the program. The docs explain the "n samples" above saying "only checked during major garbage collections".
6,493,328 bytes maximum slop
We also need an extra event for slop, probably emitted rarely.
45 MB total memory in use
The "total memory in use" is stored in the mblocks_allocated global var. Check how often it changes and emit accordingly.
(0 MB lost due to fragmentation)
Fragmentation is calculated in the RTS -s code as follows:
(peak_mblocks_allocated * BLOCKS_PER_MBLOCK * BLOCK_SIZE_W - hw_alloc_blocks * BLOCK_SIZE_W) / (1024 * 1024 / sizeof(W_))
so it's a difference between total memory allocated from the OS (peak_mblocks_allocated), and total memory in use by the GC and other parts of the RTS (hw_alloc_blocks). Presumably, all the events needed so far are of the latter kind, so the former may need a new event.
Tot time (elapsed) Avg pause Max pause Gen 0 448 colls, 0 par 0.04s 0.04s 0.0001s 0.0016s Gen 1 5 colls, 0 par 0.07s 0.07s 0.0149s 0.0386s
The current GC events (in particular RequestParGC) seem to be enough to distinguish between seq and par GC. We'd need to split the current GC events into generations, though, to report for every generation separately. Note that we don't want to report the CPU time, only the elapsed time, and that's fine.
Parallel GC work balance: 1.00 (6391526 / 6375794, ideal 2)
This is computed in a quite convoluted way in the +RTS -s code. Ask JaffaCake? if it could be simplified. The current computation seems to be the following: total words copied during parallel GCs divided by the average over all parallel GCs of maximal number of words copied by any thread in a single par GC. Events needed: the events added above probably suffice, but quite a bit of extra state will have to be maintained when reading the events, especially if we want to stick to the current, complex computation.
MUT time (elapsed) GC time (elapsed) Task 0 (worker) : 0.04s ( 0.38s) 0.13s ( 0.17s) Task 1 (worker) : 0.00s ( 0.55s) 0.00s ( 0.00s) Task 2 (bound) : 0.41s ( 0.41s) 0.13s ( 0.13s) Task 3 (worker) : 0.00s ( 0.55s) 0.00s ( 0.00s)
Ask JaffaCake? how the "tasks" relate to the "threads" for which we generate events. For now, to the existing GC events we can add the info about which task does the job, but we may miss something this way. BTW, ask JaffaCake? if the time between event GCIdle and GCWork is included in the GC time of the task or not. Generally, is GCIdle useful for us here in any way? Similarly, can we calculate the MUT (elapsed) times just but taking the total time a thread (or cap?) is run and subtracting the GC time and any pauses (and are all pauses visible through events we have already?).
SPARKS: 300001 (17739 converted, 282262 overflowed, 0 dud, 0 GC'd, 0 fizzled)
Tell JaffaCake? that the example and description for the SPARKS count at
needs updating (not sure for which GHC version, though). Otherwise, we have enough events for that (we calculate this using the SparkCounters? events, but we could also use the precise per-spark events).
INIT time 0.00s ( 0.00s elapsed) MUT time 0.42s ( 0.41s elapsed) GC time 0.29s ( 0.13s elapsed) EXIT time 0.00s ( 0.00s elapsed) Total time 0.71s ( 0.55s elapsed)
(Note that there may be more times listed above, e.g., the time overhead of profiling.) We can sum up the GC time from GC events. We'd also like to have the MUT figure, but it's not obvious if we can manage to get it from all the thread (task) events that we have (or add above). It's also not clear if adding events needed to get the other times is worth it. After any extra events are added, let's see if we can get any more of these summary times, perhaps by adding a minor event emitted just once. Note that the INIT time is necessary for the Productivity figure below (INIT does not count as "productive time" in +RTS -s)..
%GC time 89.5% (75.3% elapsed)
This line does not appear in threaded RTS, so we disregard it.
Alloc rate 564,074,971 bytes per MUT second
The events added above should suffice, except that we use elapsed time, not CPU time.
Productivity 59.0% of total user, 76.6% of total elapsed
The events added above should be enough. Again. we only do the elapsed case. Ask JaffaCake? if it's OK that the "% of total elapsed" in +RTS -s is actually the CPU time divided by elapsed time, not elapsed divided by elapsed.


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Chocolate milk in school lunches continues to garner attention. Last week, Santa Monica-Malibu schools in California decided to buck the current trend of banning chocolate milk and keep it on the menu. But just yesterday, public schools in Fayetteville, Ark., decided to remove chocolate milk from its breakfast menus. And so the contentious debate surrounding chocolate milk continues.
Is chocolate milk really ban-worthy? James Rippe, a cardiologist and founder and director of Rippe Lifestyle Institute, says no.
"Some schools have banned chocolate milk or are contemplating banning chocolate milk because they are concerned with the added sugar in milk," says Rippe. "The idea is that banning chocolate milk might be a way to combat childhood obesity." However, there are no studies that link chocolate milk to childhood obesity.
Yet, there are studies that show what happens when chocolate milk is banned. There is a direct correlation between chocolate milk consumption and overall milk consumption in children. "If you ban chocolate milk, immediately milk consumption is decreased by 35 percent," explains Rippe. This is also a 35 percent decrease in consumption of calcium and Vitamin D.
A ban on chocolate milk means that vitamin D and calcium consumption are cut down by more than one-third at a time when children need it most, he says. "I understand the impulse to ban chocolate milk as a way to potentially combat childhood obesity. But it won't work and will have no benefit, just unintended consequences."
Recently, Rippe conducted a 24-week study to examine the added sugars found in flavored milk and the impact on weight loss. Results indicate that it is possible to actually lose weight when consuming added sugars found in flavored milk as part of a healthy diet and when consumed in moderation.
When individuals in the study consumed chocolate milk, they significantly improved the amount of calcium they took in as well as vitamin D and potassium, says Rippe. Those three nutrients are often lacking in people's diets.
To put things in perspective, if you eliminate chocolate milk from the school system, you are eliminating significantly important nutrients. And, Rippe says that only one-third of boys and one-fifth of girls consume the recommended three servings of low-fat milk products daily. "It's very important to understand that sweeteners in chocolate milk can make the milk more palatable and more enjoyable to consume. This is something often forgotten in the debate of added sugar."
Rippe also discusses some of the misunderstanding that surrounds high fructose corn syrup and sucrose in the YouTube video shown above. Rippe says high-fructose corn syrup and sucrose are nutritionally equal.


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Siegrist's rehab delayed by nerve issue in shoulder
ST. LOUIS -- Instead of throwing his scheduled bullpen session Wednesday and then departing for a Minor League rehab assignment, left-hander Kevin Siegrist is on hold, now waiting for tightness in his shoulder to pass.
Siegrist went on the disabled list with a left forearm strain on May 24. That injury, Siegrist reiterated on Wednesday, is no longer a bother.
The Cardinals believe this current discomfort is related to a nerve issue. Siegrist compared the discomfort to that which he felt the second week of Spring Training, when arm soreness forced him to skip a side session. That was hardly a setback, though, as Siegrist returned to the mound later that week and had no other arm problems all spring. He hopes this is the same.
"Everything else is fine," Siegrist added. "I think taking time off for my forearm de-conditioned my arm."
The tentative plan is to have Siegrist throw his next side session on Friday, though that is dependent upon how the next two days go. Whether he will then head out on a rehab assignment immediately has not yet been determined.
"We'll just have to keep watching and listening to the medical staff and figure out what the game plan is going to be," manager Mike Matheny said. "We'll go as slow as we need to."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Philadelphia 76ers point guard Jrue Holiday, his team's scoring and assists leader, didn't practice Thursday and is questionable for Friday's game against the Indiana Pacers in Indianapolis because of soreness in the arch of his left foot, CSNPhilly.com reported.
X-rays of the foot were negative for broken bones, but, according to the website, Holiday and the team were awaiting the results of an MRI exam.
"Hopefully, it's just precautionary, but his foot is a little sore," coach Doug Collins said after Thursday's practice at the Philadelphia College for Osteopathic Medicine. "The X-ray was negative, and I think they're just doing an MRI to make sure he's OK. Until I see him and know he's OK, it's a little disconcerting."
Collins had expressed concern earlier in the week about his team's being tired and, specifically, whether he had played Holiday too many minutes in the season's early going.
With Andrew Bynum missing the first 22 games of the season, Holiday has carried the load for the Sixers. He is fifth in the NBA in minutes per game at 38.5.
Holiday, who scored 26 points in 41 minutes in Wednesday's home loss to the Chicago Bulls, not only leads the Sixers in scoring (18.4) and assists (8.9), but also free-throw attempts (79) and minutes. He also is tied with Kobe Bryant for the most turnovers in the NBA.
Making matters worse for Collins, Holiday's backup at point guard, Royal Ivey, won't travel to Indiana because of strep throat, CSNPhilly.com reported. Ivey had missed the previous few games with a pulled groin.


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The Utah Highway Patrol has identified the victim of a Tooele County rollover Wednesday night as a California man.
Christopher Fainsbury, 26, was driving west on Interstate 80 when he lost control of his truck, which was hauling a trailer. It rolled near mile post 53 at about 5:36 p.m. He was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the truck, said UHP Cpl. Todd Johnson.
Westbound traffic was temporarily shut down for two helicopters that flew to the scene for Fainsbury and a 2-year-old, who was also in the truck and secured in a car seat. The toddler was taken to a Salt Lake City hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, but emergency responders declared Fainsbury dead at the scene, Johnson said. It was not immediately known whether the toddler is Fainsbury's child.


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DETROIT - Candy is a growing retail segment for Mother's Day.
Fourth after Easter, Valentine's Day and Christmas. And it's moving up fast.
What kind of candy does Mom want for Mother's Day? Same as she always wants ... so at Detroit Chocolat they create special boxes filled with her favorites. Popular sellers are sea salt caramel, chocolate covered cherries or truffles.
"Mother's Day is not a big box chocolate day," says owner Casey Petz. "We sell a lot of 4-piece boxes and 12 piece boxes. It's a great opportunity for a mix and match of favorites."
Another favorite for special occasions (and what's more special than Mother's Day?) are strawberries dipped in chocolate.
Fourth generation Chocolatier Casey Petz was inspired by his great grandmother's (Julia Morley Co-founder of Morley Candy Makers) love for chocolate, leading him to found his own business (Detroit Chocolat) in 2010. "Behind every piece of handcrafted chocolate we sell is some of the love, care, and passion for chocolate shared with us by the important women in our lives", said Petz.
89% of women eat chocolate, and of the daily consumers of chocolate, 57% of them are women. (Source: NCA & The Futures Company 2012) "From our own experience," says Lauren Petz (Casey's wife and Chief Inspiration Officer at Detroit Chocolat), "about 80% of our customers are women- many of whom are also purchasing for men (or their male children) as shown by 85% of all men who also admit to eating some chocolate regularly."
Detroit Chocolat has quickly grown to a popular daily dessert, treat, and special occasion driven destination for Detroit Eastsiders.
Chocolate and confection items are hand made everyday by Casey and his staff. "Our goal is to serve our customers the very best chocolate products out there, with a little local flavor", says Petz.
Detroit Chocolat sells specialty candies to local businesses and makes 75% of their items on-site. The retail store located at 13923 Lakeside Circle in Sterling Heights features over 20 Michigan and Detroit based suppliers such as Germack Nuts, Better Made, Kelly's Karamels, Faygo, Pewabic Pottery, Great Lakes Tea and Coffee, Cherry Republic and many other fine Michigan Food producers.
Though the family heritage is Morley, there is no business affiliation.
More information about Detroit Chocolat is available at www.detroitchocolat.com
Detroit Chocolate is open from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday.
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- Crucify me if you must, but I'm just gonna say it: The PSL has been replaced in my life. Dunkin Donuts has better pumpkin coffee than Starbucks. It's fact.
- There are few things more frustrating than having to learn the layout of a new-to-me grocery store. Yesterday, I found myself identifying with a toddler throwing a temper tantrum in isle 7. I was so frustrated over not being able to find the fucking international isle that I, too, wanted to fall on the floor and thrash about. I JUST NEEDED REFRIED BEANNNNSSSS.
- Like dangerous animals, children can sense my fear.
- Last night, Cory's grandpa had his first experience with Sweet Frog. I was glad to be there to help him learn the ropes. It's so tragic to think that he had to wait 80+ years to taste the glory that is Sweet Frog.
- I entertain myself in odd ways when I'm out alone. For instance, when I go to Starbucks and they ask for my name, I always make one up. I giggle every time.
- Hey, I hope you had a great weekend!


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Coach Tom McGee is determined that Wharfedale will finish the first half of the season with a win over Tynedale to reinforce the club's mid-table position in SSE National League One.
"There were disappointing aspects of our set-piece performance last week (when they lost 20-17 at Macclesfield), but our shape was good and we created chances.
"Saturday's match gainst Tynedale is a big game for us.
"We want to take it to them and I am looking to the players for a reaction to last week's disappointment."
Tynedale are having, by their standards, a poor season, and currently lie in 13th place, four places and six points behind the Greens, but they should not be underestimated.
Joe Donkin returns to strengthen the Wharfedale back division, Simon Horsfall returns to his normal wing position with Lloyd Davies moving to full back.
Jim Mason gets a start in the back row and local boy Chris Howick comes on to the bench, to bring the home-grown contingent to ten.
Having won 20-19 at Westoe last week in SSE National League Two North, Otley must be confident of defeating Birmingham & Solihull, who are a place and four points better off than the north-easterners, at Cross Green.
Wharfedale (home to Tynedale): L Davies; N Taylor, J Donkin, A Hodgson (capt), S Horsfall; L Gray, J Gough; J Altham, S Graham, M Tampin, R Brown, R Rhodes, J Mason, A Allen, D Solomi. Replacements: A Mason, I Larkin, A Howard, C Howick, W Bell.
Leeds Carnegie will give a debut to former Chelsea footballer Alex Lozowski on Saturday in the British & Irish Cup at Pontypool.
The 19-year-old from the University of Leeds, who wants to play union full-time, was part of the academy at Stamford Bridge until he was 16.
He will start at Pontypridd having been a travelling reserve on three occasions for the first team already this season.
Lozowski said: "I can't wait – it will be a good experience for me.
"I did pre-season at the university and got invited down by Mark Luffman to train with the Leeds Carnegie Academy.
"From there I got the chance to train with the first team whenever I can, and I am delighted to be involved.
"I am studying economics, which entails quite a lot of study, but I have been able to get in two or three times a week to train with the first team. I catch up with my weights in the gym at uni and do as much as I can."


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STOURBRIDGE shoppers can bask in a bit of nostalgia this Saturday when the Ryemarket Centre celebrates its 40th anniversary.
To mark the occasion, local store Miss Poppy's has created a five tier cake which has been bedecked with photographs taken of the centre over the years.
Miss Poppy's will also be staging a cup cake workshop from 10am until 4pm when children will be able to decorate their own cakes.
Centre mascot Ryely Mouse will be out and about to greet and meet shoppers along with a clown on stilts, while youngsters can enjoy a spot of balloon modelling
Centre manager Kelley Dyas, who is also secretary of the Chamber of Trade claimed: "There's been a great deal of change since the Ryemarket opened in 1974. Obviously we've gone through a very difficult climate of late, but the Ryemarket is now in the best shape it's been in the seven years I've been here.
"We've built up a large and loyal following and rebranded the Ryemarket which seems to have given the centre a new lease of life.
"I'm from Stourbridge myself and remain pro-active with anything that will being people into the town".
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Like a shrinking room in a haunted house, the debt ceiling is quickly closing in on us. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has said the limit likely will be reached "no later than Oct. 17," when the government will no longer be able to meet its financial obligations. The week may have begun with the nation's capital under a tornado watch, but the real worry involves a financial tsunami resulting from a feared default.
As the partial federal government shutdown continues, virtually all observers agree that the bigger economic threat facing the U.S. and the world involves the debt ceiling. Without an increase, the government loses the authority to borrow and could fail to pay its bills on everything from interest on debt to Social Security payments. The U.S. has never defaulted in the past, having averted a similar political logjam just two years ago.
How it could be avoided
Thankfully, fault lines are beginning to replace the hardline positions held by both sides, giving rise to hope for compromise. House Speaker John Boehner now is saying "nothing is on or off the table," while pressing the president for a "conversation." The White House responded by saying the president remains willing to negotiate.
As the week began, top administration officials were signaling that a short-term increase in the debt limit could be acceptable, as if to give more time for a broader discussion. In the Senate, Democrats reportedly are planning to consider a debt-limit-raising measure as soon as this week. House Republicans have not yet come up with actual debt-limit legislation.
The ripple effects in your financial life
Because such a debt-limit breach is unprecedented, the true impact is difficult to gauge. But most experts who ponder the possibility use words like "catastrophe" or "disaster." Economist Nayantara Hensel says an actual default would lead to higher interest rates and depress the dollar. From there, one could foresee a freeze-up of the housing market, layoffs and a sharp decline in consumer spending.
Stock prices have declined over the past couple of weeks due to concern about a possible default, but economists have opined that an actual default would likely bring about a wave of stock declines similar to what was seen during the financial crisis in 2008. As the last crisis demonstrated, when the dominoes start falling, it is hard to predict where they stop.
International fallout
The effects of reaching the debt limit will be felt much farther than just here in the U.S. Olivier Blanchard, the chief economist for the International Monetary Fund, told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that "failure to lift the debt ceiling would be a major event."
The largest foreign buyers of U.S. Treasury bonds, Japan and China, have made public comments pressing for a resolution. Taro Aso, a top Chinese finance official, was quoted as saying Washington has a "responsibility" to guard China's investments.
Have you changed any of your investments or spending decisions because of the gridlock in Washington?


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CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cleveland's transit authority will buy cameras and recording equipment for buses and trains to try to stem assaults on bus drivers.
The Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/ZqWTDi ) reports that the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority voted Tuesday to spend $2.5 million to install cameras on 230 buses and upgrade existing video systems on 96 buses and commuter trains.
The transit authority has been under pressure from the city and its largest union to get a handle on rowdy riders. The agency reported 25 assaults involving bus drivers through mid-November last year. That's the most in five years.
The driver's union applauded the move, but believes more can be done for bus drivers -- including installing shields to separate them from passengers. The transit agency plans to test two kinds of such shields.


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Everything parents need to know about raising happy, healthy little ones. more
Strap yourselves in boys and girls; the silly season is almost upon us. And to prove it, we've got a sack full of Christmassy movies that will really get you in a festive mood. Can't get your head around Christmas just yet? How about getting your head around some Sci-Fi and fantasy action instead? Older kids will enjoy the latest Twilight movie and the futuristic flick, Robot & Frank. There are also plenty of animated DVDs on offer to keep even the younger members of your family entertained.
For a Sci-Fi flick that is significantly more palatable, Robot & Frank ticks all the boxes. When an ex-jewellery thief is given a robot butler to help him around the house, he starts planning a comeback with his futuristic friend by his side. It's a Sci-Fi comedy-drama that will appeal to a wide audience, and with beautiful co-stars like Susan Sarandon and Liv Tyler, it's bound to be a box-office hit.
Ages: Boys who get excited at the mere mention of a robot will adore this movie.
Adult compatibility: It's original and quirky, and actor Frank Langella offers a sterling performance. That's three very good reasons to watch this film.
In cinemas: November 15
Rating: PG
Visit the official Robot and Frank movie site.
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are set to light up the big screen once again with the latest instalment of The Twilight Saga. In this epic conclusion to the series, Bella Cullen (Stewart) and Edward Cullen (Pattinson) are adjusting to life after the birth of their daugther Renesmee. But the biggest battle of their lives is to come when the Cullens must gather other vampire clans to protect Renesmee from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi and imminent doom.
Ages: Teenage girls familiar with the storyline and novels will be super-excited. Anyone with vampire or werewolf phobias should definitely stay away.
Adult compatibility: Unless you're partial to vampires, werewolves or overacting love birds, this film will be nothing short of torturous. View with extreme caution.
In cinemas: November 15
Rating: PG
Visit the official The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part 2 movie site
This fabulous double-pack (two-disc set) of Gruffalo-tastic tales is the perfect gift for fans of that big hairy monster. Based on the best-selling children's books, The Gruffalo (about a mouse who outwits the terribly frightening Gruffalo) and The Gruffalo's Child (Gruffalo junior decides to find out if that terrible mouse she's heard so much about is real) provide entertaining viewing that is brought to life by the sensational voices of Helena Bonham Carter and Robbie Coltrane.
Ages: An all-time favourite bedtime story, The Gruffalo collection will appeal to kids big and small (ages 4+).
Adult compatibility: These compelling DVDs provide a very satisfying adaptation of wonderful children's story. Don't get too comfy though, they only run for 30 minutes apiece.
In cinemas: November 14
Rating: G
Visit the official The Gruffalo website
No trailer available.
The Lego Friends are five sweet girls who live in picturesque Heartlake City. They are adventure-loving, happy and always ready to help other people. And now this new Lego phenomenon is available on DVD, just in time for Christmas. Stuff this little gem into a Christmas stocking for extra popularity points!
Ages: Young girls aged three and up will get their kicks watching this film. Blissful silence will descend upon your lounge room once you've pressed the play button.
Adult compatibility: For kids eyes only! Lego Friends is all about pink, girly-girly fun. Pretty harmless, but pretty meaningless at the same time.
New to DVD: November 14
Rating: G
No trailer available.
Peppa Pig, little brother George, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig are all just as excited about Christmas as you and I. With 10 piggy-packed Christmas stories all rolled into one, this festive season will be full of laughter and giggles.
Ages: Great for toddlers and preschoolers.
Adult compatibility: You'll love being a part of this addictive pig-fest. The characters are lively and lovable and every episode ends with a big fat belly laugh.
New to DVD: November 21
Rating: G
Buy Peppa Pig – The Christmas Show DVD online.
The Santa Pups, the cutest little four-legged creatures you've ever seen, stow away on Mrs Claus's sled. The wonderful pups get into all sorts of mischief, but then something goes wrong - the spirit of Christmas begins to disappear and the Santa Pups and Mrs Claus must hurry to save Christmas. It's a film with a very warm and fuzzy holiday message, jam-packed full of yuletide cheer.
Ages: Christmas + cute talking dogs = a dream come true for most kids.
Adult compatibility: If singing dogs aren't your thing, take a deep breath and remember it's all about Christmas – so share the joy!
New to DVD: November 28
Rating: G
Visit the official Santa Paws 2 movie site.


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Unlike unicorns or the lost city of Atlantis, good bosses aren't a myth; they actually do exist. But look out for the bad ones because there are some doozies.
We asked Bankrate readers to tell us about their worst bosses, and apparently quite a few maniacs are out there managing people. From office tyrants to undermining micromanagers, bosses can find an infinite number of ways to make life hell for employees. Here are their stories.
Also she has a reputation for building an alliance of unsavory and unprofessional people who try to intimidate you to abide by their rules, or else.
The people in this alliance receive whatever they want and get top pay for being model employees.
I have never met an individual who, for the sake of power, has destroyed so many employees' self-esteem, morale and work ethics at one time.
The damage she has been allowed to do is unbelievable.
He was the deputy to my supervisor and while she was gone to get the cake, I was handling the front office.
Her supervisor needed two new toner cartridges, and I told him, very nicely, that she would get him whatever he needed when she returned because she has the credit card. That's how we order supplies.
Well, I guess he was having a bad day, and he told me that I was sitting there looking dumb! I couldn't believe that a supervisor would say something like this.
I politely told him that I wasn't dumb, as a matter of fact I'm very smart. He didn't care and said, "End of conversation." I was livid!
About a week later, I needed to take two days of sick leave. When I returned to work, I was told to pack my stuff and move by noon!
I went to my immediate supervisor and was told by him that I needed a doctor's certificate. I told him that you need one only if you're out three or more days. I had one though, just in case. I was transferred to another office.
I am now in an office that I like, and the supervisors are much better. I had too many years of federal service to let a couple of people who need to work on their attitudes blow my career.
The problem is that we all do our work, and pretty darn well.
Two of us who have been there the longest have been disciplined for not filing appropriately, as though that were the most important aspect of our jobs.
She generalizes that you're not doing your job, yet it turns out to be a filing issue.
Plus, she audits our work constantly and has to know where we are at all times.
Her manager is no better, and has actually disciplined me a few times for being proactive and taking initiative!
It's draining to work for incompetent management as I feel it's a hostile work environment.
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