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MINNEAPOLIS—Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler labeled himself "day to day" after he left Sunday's 21-14 loss to the Minnesota Vikings late in the fourth quarter with what the team termed a neck injury.
The Bears did not say whether Cutler had suffered a stinger or if it was more severe. One positive sign: Cutler talked to the media after the game. A player with a serious injury usually does not talk with the media.
Cutler said his neck felt "stiff." After throwing an incompletion on fourth down with 4:31 remaining, he did not return.
Jason Campbell finished the game and threw a touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall. Campbell hasn't shown Cutler's mobility and is more likely to throw checkdown passes.
The Bears, who have a huge game next week against division-leading Green Bay at Soldier Field, haven't handled Cutler's absences well the past two years. They are 1-6 when he has been unable to start.
Coach Lovie Smith said Cutler did not play after suffering the injury. Asked about the play in which the injury occurred, Smith said, "I can't really speak on it right now. I don't know. He took a hit. I don't know much other than that."
Cutler threw two interceptions that proved decisive in the game. One was returned for a touchdown and the other to the Bears' 6-yard line to set up a touchdown. Cutler finished 22-of-44 for 260 yards and one TD.
He was the only Bears starter who did not finish the game due to injury, although kicker Robbie Gould suffered a left calf strain in warmups and could only kick from placement. Punter Adam Podlesh replaced him on kickoffs.


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My thoughts on Lego exclusive 2013 - Giveaways were RIGGED annnd a bit of a disaster!! At least from my standpoint. But before we get to that bit of a bombshell, let's look back. Also, this is for the people who attended and/or plan to attend the con. Sorry to those who want these minifigs too, and don't even get a shot at these w/o knowing anyone or being there in person. But after reading this, you might be glad you weren't here for the inevitable disappointment. This is part gripe fest and part advice.
Since Lego introduced the Batman & Green Lantern SDCC Minifigs in 2011, Lego started a fun but anger inducing trend...exclusive minifigs as giveaways. Last year giveaway was Marvel's Symbiote Spidey & Jean Grey as Phoenix and DC's Shazam and Bizarro.
Lego has had exclusives for the past 6-7 years ago. I remember the first one was the Batman/Joker diorama where you drew a ticket and had the right to buy if you won. The right to buy items or just lining up to buy them has been simple enough and similar enough to most toy companies at SDCC; wait in line, and buy your limit.
But with the SDCC minifigs, there's a raffle element to it. With the 2012 figures, there was 1k of each...totaling 4k. Lego partnered with Marvel, DC, and WB last year to help distribute the figures however they seemed appropriate. For whatever Lego didn't give to their partners, they had a one day drawing for the remaining figures that were held on a Friday. According to what I was told by Marvel and DC last year and this year, they probably got about 500-750 total figures to distribute over the length of the con for 2012. And fair warning, as an adult, you have to take everything you hear from these companies (Marvel, DC, WB & Lego) w/ a massive grain of salt. They see an adult asking about Lego, I wouldn't be surprised if they think "scalper, dealer, re-seller" waaay more often than they think AFOL or collector.
Getting back to Friday 2012, Lego held a one time giveaway of all the remaining minifigs they had in their possession, somewhere around 2,500-3000 as a safe guess. Lego had people line up and badges were scanned. That's it, no tix or anything of the sort. Just get your badge scanned and move along. With a couple thousand figures to try to win, it was unbelievable how smooth it went. UNBELIEVABLE. Line was fast cordial and simple. Stand, line shuffle, show badge, move along. But the reason why 2013 was changed from last year - Winner Redemption. THAT wasn't a nightmare per se, but more so chaos, and with chaos, brings change.
Last year, names were posted up on a large board in the corner of the Lego booth. That's all fine and dandy, but it becomes chaos when you have 2,500 or more winners and all the losers trying to find their name on a board with sheets of paper that had a super small font size. Then after that, they just turn around to line up and pick up their winner. Well, when you post everyone's name on a board and the line to redeem is right there too, you're going to expect a bit of a traffic jam, and when I mean a bit...I mean MASSIVE. That's why Lego changed it up this year.
This year's instructions to redeem were simple in theory, but poor in execution (until Friday). They planned on an 11:30 ticket distribution that also INCLUDED a badge scan (to eliminate repeats). Then winning #'s posted would be posted online and at the booth at 3-3:30, and then you could pickup winners after that. To alleviate the glut that 2012 caused, the winning ticket #'s were posted online and the amount of each figure was drastically reduced. Based on the winning #'s that were posted Thursday thru Sunday, it was 350 for Spiderwoman on Thursday, 400 or 450 of Spiderman on Friday along w/ 100 more for Spiderwoman, 200 or 250 Superman, and 180-200 for Green Arrow.
As you noticed above, I listed Spiderwoman twice - once for Thursday and once for Friday. Why? Well here comes the nightmare that ensued. Somewhere between 11-11:15, Lego decided to give out tix for the raffle. That sounds great, but there was a massive problem. They DID NOT scan badges, they did not organize with security properly to get people to line up, nor did they do a good job of trying to organize the line themselves. Since Lego did not do what they should have done, all hell broke loose. Once people saw that Lego started to give tix out and were NOT scanning badges, the corner was rushed and it was an easy 5-7 people deep around a corner that affects two major pathways within the convention center floor. Due to Lego's lack of control, eg, lines and not scanning badges, it was pure madness as no official line was ever made, so instead there were three, yes THREE lines heading to one corner; one from each end of the booth and another up the middle through the kids play area. I knew people who were less than 10 feet away from the corner and it never moved for close to 30 mins. That's why security stepped in and shut it down. It took them a good 25-30 mins for them to completely clear the Lego booth and that was the end of the Spiderwoman fiasco. No one is sure how many tix were given out as people just rushed the corner, and weren't able to back up one way or another as more people tried to go to the same place. Also, since people weren't being funneled out properly, they were able to grab multiple tickets. And again, no badge scan equals people going for multiple tix. People stick their hands over a crowd, grab a ticket, then w/ so many faces, out there, you move over a bit, and get another ticket. It's nothing new, but this could have been prevented.
If you're asking why did they scan badges AND give tix when 2012 was strictly badge scans, well they didn't want to put in the extra work to post all the names online, nor put them on a board again at the booth. Not everyone has a smartphone and can check them, and they didn't want everyone to rush the board to check if you won.
So after Thursdays craptastic attempt at giving away tix, they FINALLY learned their lesson and just moved the ticket giveaway upstairs. This turned into a pure dream as people were orderly, friendly and in one single line. The line was long, and I mean LONG...from the middle of the convention center at the sails pavilion down to the Marriot Marquis long. But the one beauty of the line was that it was extremely fast and fluid. No one was pushing, shoving, getting squished or anything of that nature that was experienced the day before. Just follow the line and pick up a ticket. There were two people with bags of tickets and tickets in their hand ready to give out to the people who walked through the line. But no one was scanning badges, so guess what happened. Yes, people would go through the line again. Granted the lines were long, so one would have to travel down the stairs to go again, but the line was also very fast, so it would only take a few mins to go through the line again. After announcing badge scans on Wednesday, that actually didn't even happen til Sunday. The very last day. Nice job Lego team...last day? what a crock.
Now we get back to where this initially started - the Lego Giveaway was RIGGED!!!! You must think I'm joking or just some conspiracy theorist, but after the facts are shown, it's very likely it was rigged. Which is a shame, but it's probably true. How does one rig a drawing/raffle if tickets are handed out with #'s on them? Well, simple, they know the #'s BEFOREHAND. The number ranges that would be announced later in the day, were already known BEFORE the tix were distributed. The raffle winners were based on ranges, generally in chunks of 50. For example, 10,051-10,100 are winners. They would have 4-8 ranges of numbers based on what figure was assigned to that day.
So what do you do with a rigged drawing? Well, you give winners to anyone you want, primarily you give winners to kids. Lego loves kids and kids love Lego. Kids don't resell figures on eBay. They play with them in their sets, swap body parts and get them dirty. So let's target the winning tickets to kids. I wouldn't have thought twice about this rigging if I didn't see some fishiness w/ my own eyes. And believe you me, it was fishy. The ticket givers already had tickets in their hand ready to give out, when an adult walked by for his/her ticket, they were given a ticket out of the bag...even though they had tix ready to give out in their hands. As a child walked by, the ticket in his hand were given to the kids. Early on, they wouldn't give out those tickets in their hand unless it was to a kid. Now this could only start off at the beginning of the giveaway as people would walk too quick to continue doing this the entire time as you gave out tickets. But that also doesn't mean they could have the winners stashed away in their bag that's in a different manner than most of the losing tickets too.
This was a theory that started on Friday early, and watched upon to prove it was happening. For those that didn't win, your only goal was to join the hoard of people around the booth, begging to trade or buy the winner from someone. Oddly enough, or not oddly enough, most of the winners were kids. You would see kids come up or the parents of the kids come up to redeem the winning ticket.
I mentioned previously that Lego wasn't too thrilled w/ the crowd that they caused in 2012 to redeem the winners, but another crowd was caused this time...by those were trying to trade or buy from people who just won. You'd see a few people run over to them and ask them to sell it or to trade it. Some of those people seemed normal, others kinda scary. This one guy literally walked around w/ two hundred dollar bills trying to buy it from them. The most common response from those people, "Nah, these are going for $500 on eBay." followed by "sorry, that's not enough money" and waaaay down the list "my kid really wants this" or "this is for my personal collection" In the middle, there were those trying to trade their winners for other ones they didn't win. Green Arrow for Superman for example.
Two of my most favorite memories of seeing people buying/trading lego figures -
A family of four: Mom, dad, daughter (11'ish), son (5'ish) Two winning tickets.
Buyer 1 - "Interested in trading?"
Dad - "What do you have?"
Buyer 1 - "Last year's SDCC Lego figs."
Dad - "We don't know anything about Lego. Any of those go for a lot? These figures are selling for $500!"
Buyer 1 - "Nope, sorry"
Dad - "Nah, sorry, not interested in trading." Father turns to his daughter and says, "honey, hold this winning ticket. This is the last we will see of this before it's on eBay!" Said with smile and enthusiasm.
2nd Story
Buyer A - "$200 for that figure"
Winner - "sorry, they're going a lot higher than that"
Buyer A - "$300?"
Winner - "Yesterday's figure is over $400 on ebay already."
Buyer A - "$400?"
Winner - "sold"
Buyer B (who missed this the above exchange) - "I'll give you $200 for that figure!"
Buyer A - "I just bought it for $400. That's how it's done people."
I witnessed both the above as I was trying to trade too. I was polite about it and people were honest about their responses too - selling it, for my kid, or for my collection.
It's pretty awesome I tell ya.
By rigging it in the above fashion, aiming it at kids, it still doesn't deter the parents from selling it. The kid might enjoy it in it's plastic case for a few days or so before the mom or dad has it shipped off to whoever they just sold it to on eBay. Why punish an AFOL b/c he or she doesn't have a kid? Instead, force them to go to eBay or try to trade.
If you're gonna do a raffle, make it a true raffle. Select the winning numbers AFTER the tickets are given out. Or allow them to grab a ticket out of the bag themselves. And the reason they didn't allow that, well, people would grab multiple tix. If you saw the size of this ticket, good luck grabbing two without anyone noticing. These were like concert size tix. Not your normal Office Depot tickets.
I don't think I would have thought twice about this fiasco if it wasn't for the fact that the winning #'s were drawn well before the tix were given out. That just doesn't make sense to why they would do that.
More food for thought is that a good chunk of these are gonna get listed no matter what Lego tries to do whether it's not allowing exhibitors to enter the raffle or rig it in the favor of kids. There are close to 100 SOLD auctions on eBay for these minifigures plus another 100 or so in active status. Let's just say that's 200 figures of the 1,000 - 1,500 figures that were given out. And there will be even more listed once people get back from San Diego.
They might not have rigged it, and it could be my conspiracy theorist mind going nutso, but that's how I see it. When I know about 40 or so people trying to win these figures. It just so happened that the people with kids won it more than the adults.
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Beyond the mirror, the darkest fairy tales come alive....
For years, Jacob Reckless has enjoyed the Mirrorworld's secrets and treasures.
Not anymore.
His younger brother has followed him.
Now dark magic will turn the boy to beast, break the heart of the girl he loves, and destroy everything Jacob holds most dear... unless he can find a way to stop it.
©2010 Listening Library (P)2010 Cornelia Funke
"Behind the mirror"
I always suspected that the real world of fairy tales would be a lot more Grimm than Disney. This story sucked me right in and kept my interest to the end. The little behind-the-storybook scenes, such as what really happened to Sleeping Beauty, added texture to the story rather than distracting from it. Not a sweet story, and everybody doesn't live happily forever after, but I highly recommend it. I look forward to the next book in the series.
I don't understand how the other people who have reviewed this book found it hard to follow or uninteresting. This is the first Funke book I've listened to and it seems the rest are more geared towards kids but if you have good grasp of Grimm Fairy and Folk tales, you'll follow the story and love it! I can't wait for more, please tell me there will be more!
"Good, But Not Great"
The narrator wasn't my favorite. He couldn't capture individual voices, unless they had accents or were women (which all sounded similar) and had me confused about what was thought it said due to poor diction. While eloquent, I think Elliot is more suited to poetry reading than audio books. As for the story, Funke did her usual job of creating beautiful imagery, thought was very predictable and lacked complexity in the characters. I'd recommend this as a light listen to do chores with. Not something you need to focus on, but still entertaining.
"Great story... One of Funke's best"
Really well done book. I loved the narrator. I enjoyed it as much as InkHeart
"Good book"
It was very interesting, and the narration is very good. I am pleased, and it helped me more than just reading it by myself.
I've read the book but i drive a lot for work and wanted to have it on audible. is a great story and the reader was great as well.
The story is so easy to get lost in, I listened to the book while driving and didn't even mind the traffic I was stuck in, because it meant I had more time to listen!
I adored Fox, she was clever, sly and loyal. Not to mention, she had spunk!
I enjoyed the voice of the Valiant. It was great, sneaky and hard to trust, which really fit the story and the character.
The wedding. George R.R. Martin has started a movement.
I loved the Inkheart series, and Funke has amazed me once more, I'm in love! Even as I write this review, I'm listening to the second book! It is wonderful in so many ways!
"great book want more. good ending"
loved the book and voice reading it. would recommend, but if not listening carefully could be hard to understand.
I live in a big house by the Baltic sea in Gävle, Sweden. I am married and have three teenagers and one dog. I read books, buy books and blog about books. If I don´t read I knit, sew or quilt.
Nope, not for me! I liked the idea very much. I love the old fairytales and read them over and over again when I was a child (still do sometimes) and often imagined myself to be a part in them. And I absolutely LOVED John Connolly's The Book of Lost Things (read this instedad). So I did have quite high expectations.
I never got involved in the story. The characters never came to life. I didn't really care what would happen to them. Somehow the story lacked the fantasticness and the fairytaleness. There are dwarfs, shape shifters, love, hate, loss, magic, and a lot of references to the Grimm brother's stories but to me it was just boring, uninteresting and kind of stiff.
Mind you, it had nothing to do with the performance.
"Love the imagery!!!"
This book was a beautiful, dark adventure that transports the reader to places only found between the loving pages of books one of my new favorites and now a family treasure
"A fairy story."
I don't know what it was about this book that didn't grab me & hold my interest as I expected. I just never felt as though I cared about any of the characters and I definitely thought the narrator's voice was too bland to portray all the voices well.
I really wanted to love the Mirrorworld as much as Funke's Inkworld but I couldn't there's no Dustfinger or Capricorn here and Jacob isn't dynamic enough to make a great read.
Sorry ... just 3* from me.
"enjoyed by whole family on long trip 12 and 11 yr"
enjoyed by whole family. kids 12 and 11. boy and girl. made a long car journey pass quickly.
"Good story for the kids to listen to and Adults"
This is a good story, but will definitely be followed on by further books as the story is a bit unfinished.
Suitable for boys and girls.
We listened to it with my 9 year old daughter and 13 year old son who both enjoyed it.
Narrators voice is good - not annoying like some of them can be!
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PORTLAND, Ore. - It was a special Christmas for the Belzer family.
Their new puppy, a three-month-old Chihuahua/Pomeranian mix named "John", is finally going home with them.
"Nothing compares to this," said Lauren Belzer, who first spotted John online.
The family came to adopt him on Saturday, but John was stolen from the Oregon Humane Society minutes before he was going to go home with them.
"I was holding his new collar and leash, getting ready to put it on him when they brought him out," said Lauren Belzer.
"At some point, there was the realization that he wasn't there," said Mike Belzer.
"It was really a quiet ride home," said Madison Belzer. "We were all crying."
John was found Monday evening. Gresham police got an anonymous tip from someone who saw and recognized the puppy, according to David Lytle with OHS.
He was reunited with the Belzer family on Christmas Day.
Police said they are investigating the case. No arrested have been made.
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Thanks so much, Kalyn, for including me in your roundup! I really appreciate it. I admit, I don't think about cooking for health as much as I should, but if it turns out to be good for you, all the better!ReplyDelete
What lovely photos? The scallops look fantastic! I haven't ever seen them that nice here.ReplyDelete
And the mahi mahi - makes me homesick for Hawaii!
Everything does look delicious. Who can complain when "diet" food is this awesome!?!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing.
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Woo, it's to close to dinner to be here. Those are all wonderful eating. I am happy to say that fish is finding its way onto our table a lot more often and we really enjoy it.ReplyDelete
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Thanks a bunch Kalyn for submitting my recipe. My, how the other fish/seafood recipes look delish! Good job finding these!ReplyDelete
As always, thanks so much Kalyn, you make it so easy to be able to find and look up healthy recipes.ReplyDelete
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anyone seen this? i have no idea if it's legit nor do i know a thing about the author:
it seems to imply that the higher jhanas involve a brain state similar to sleep but with full consciousness? so could be possibly a perfect and exact supplementary practice to wakeful jhana practice?
not only that but perhaps this could also be a great leap for practitioners that struggle greatly with drowsiness? starting from a drowsy state and once you have that under control move in the other direction? as opposed to trying to relax and focus the mind without making it drowsy you're trying to make the mind drowsy but stay awake. if you believe the above article is legit, what do you think about the rest of my idea?
this is a little more in depth than the wiki page:


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I am reading the Dhammasangani PTS translation by mrs. Rhys-Davids (2004 edition).
There is one passage that I found strange on p.59, book I, part I, Chapter II, IV. Jhanas of the Diviine States.
It reads:
[IV. The Four Jhanas of the Divine States (cattari bhramaviharajhanani).
1. Love (metta)
a. Foufold Jhana]
[251] Which are the states that are good?
When, that he may attain to the heavens of Form, he cultivates the way thereto, and so, aloof from sensous desires, aloof from evil ideas, enters into and abides in the First Jhana (the first rapt meditation), wherein conception works and thought discursive, which is born of solitude, is full of joy and ease, and is accompanied by Love - then the contact, etc. ... [?continue as in $1].. the balance that arises - these ... are states that are good.
[252] Which are the states that are good?
When, that he may attain to the heavens of Form, he cultivates the way thereto, suppressing the working of conception and of thought discursive, and so, by earth-gazing, enters into and abides in the Second Jhana (the second rapt meditation), which is self-evolved, born of concentration, is full of joy and ease, in that, set free ... the mind grows calm and sure, dwelling high - and which is accompanied by Love - the the contact etc. [ continue as foregoing.]
Now my question is, why the 'earth-gazing' when using metta as meditation object? Earth-gazing refers to the earth-kasina, and in previous parts of the book it is used as an example object to develop jhana (just like in the visuddhimagga). I always thought that metta is a medition object itself (in my opinion this is also statet in Abhidhammattha sangaha). But here it sounds as thought earth-gazing is needed in order to get higher concentration which is then accompanied by love.
Can anyone help me understand this?
With metta,


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Weather, Plus Compensation, Transmission, Standardization
Disagreeing With "An Engineer's View of Global Warming" and Explaining the Benefits of Compensation
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Q: I have just read with great interest your article "An Engineer's View of Global Warming" on Sustainable Plant (http://tinyurl.com/3rg3rz4). While agreeing with almost everything you say, I am afraid you have made a simple mistake that will give the "deniers" an easy way to refute all the good stuff you have said.
There are a couple of places you mention the "two-mile high" ice cap at the North Pole. The ice cap at the North Pole is floating, and if it melts, there will be no change in sea level. There is a "two-mile high" ice cap at the South Pole, and that sits on a large continental mass. If that ice melts, we are all in big trouble.
There is a large ice cap on Greenland, which is melting, and that will cause the sea level to rise significantly. I guess it is a polar region, but it is not the North Pole.
Peter Green
A: Sorry, Peter, obviously I meant Greenland and the South Pole.
On the larger issue of why does global warming cause cold and snowy winters on the East Coast, I wrote a letter to the New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/3nrx7br. If you want to read more on these topics you can refer to:
- Polar Vortex: http://tinyurl.com/ca8hs9 or http://tinyurl.com/3c3m63h
- Gulf Stream: http://tinyurl.com/bxq59 or http://tinyurl.com/3te8vol
- Arctic Warming: http://tinyurl.com/3eznzyl or http://tinyurl.com/3mq8tfr
Basically, both the ocean currents and the hurricanes are gigantic heat conveyors fueled by temperature/pressure differences in the oceans and the air, which are moved by the rotation of the earth and by the Coriolis force. This force causes both the air and the water to move "downhill" as the earth's diameter reduces northward from the equator. Because of global warming, the Gulf Stream is slowing, so our winters get colder, while the hurricanes become more powerful. The behavior of hurricanes or the Gulf Stream is just as predictable as the operation of industrial heat pumps. They respond the same way to changing operating conditions (to pressure and temperature differences, etc.) and, therefore, their future behavior can be similarly predicted on the basis of their past behavior as defined by their dynamic models (relative gains, time constants, etc.)
In case of the hurricanes, at 80 °F or higher "hot spots," the water evaporates, and the moist air is pulled up from the surface of the ocean at the walls of the "eye" (this is similar to how a compressor's force pulls refrigerant vapors in the evaporator of an industrial chiller), and as the rising moist air cools (as in a condenser), rain is caused. This reduces the pressure at the "eye," causing more evaporation, faster pumping of the heat from the ocean, and higher velocity winds. The hurricane travels northwest, moved by westerly wind, and rotated by the Coriolis force (counter-clockwise). The Gulf current moves more water than all the rivers on earth, and hurricanes can generate as much force as do earthquakes.
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Q: Could you explain the benefits of compensation? Why is it needed in thermocouples (CJC), two-, three- or four-wire RTDs or in thermistors (Steinhart equation)? Also, what is the difference between the two- and the four-wire transmitters? What would happen if we used 4-20 PSIG pneumatic transmitters?
Ulaga Nathan
A: Compensation serves to eliminate the effects of variations, such as the length of the connecting wires or the changes in ambient conditions, which have nothing to do with the variable of interest. Compensation can also serve to "linearize" the relationship between the measured variable and the output signal of the transmitter.
Whenever a transmitter or sensor operates by detecting the difference between the signal generated by the sensor and the signal generated by a reference, (such as the cold junction in case of a thermocouple), compensation eliminates the error caused by variation in the reference. Therefore, in case of a thermocouple, if the temperature of the cold junction changes due to ambient temperature variation, an error would result without compensation.
The difference between two- and four-wire transmitters has to do with the power wires. In a four-wire system, the power and signal wires are separate, making it easier to reject electrical and magnetic common-mode interference. In two-wire designs, power and signal are carried on the same pair of wires. The advantage of this design is that their sensitivity to electrical noise and loading effects are reduced.
As to the signal ranges used for the range of 0% to 100% readings of the transmitters, controllers and control valves, they do not matter much. What matters is that they accurately represent the desired value, and that they are the same for all loop components. In other words, a 4-20 PSIG or a 0.2 to 1.0 ATM range is just as good as a 4-20 mA or a 3-15 PSIG range.
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SN 1.2 Deliverance
Translated by Bhikkhu Ñanananda
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... #passage-2
Near Saavatthi. Now a certain deity, when the night was far spent, came into the presence of the Exalted One, and coming, saluted him and stood at one side. So standing he spake thus to the Exalted One:
"Do you, dear sir, know for them that live, deliverance, freedom, detachment?"[7]
"I do know, O friend, for them that live deliverance, freedom, detachment."
"In what manner and how, dear sir, do you know for them that live deliverance, freedom, detachment?"
When delight and existence[8] are exhausted
When perception and consciousness[9] are both destroyed
When feelings cease and are appeased[10] — thus, O friend,
Do I know for them that live
Deliverance, freedom, detachment.
[7] nimokkha.m pamokkha.m viveka.m': These three terms are explained in the comm.. (S.A.) in two ways. Firstly, they are said to refer to the Path, the Fruit and Nibbaana respectively. Secondly, as an alternative interpretation, all of them are treated as synonyms for Nibbaana. It is only the latter interpretation that appears to be valid according to the context.
[8] Delight (nandi) is said to be the root of existence (bhava), and hence the fading away of the former results in the cessation of the latter. It amounts to a realization, here and now, of the fact that one has crossed over all forms of existence (bhavassa paaraguu — ). This experience that the consciousness is not established anywhere — neither here (neva idha), nor beyond (na hura.m) nor in between (na ubhayamantare) — ) — provides for the arahant, certitude often expressed in the words: 'Extinct is birth, lived is the holy life, done is the task, and there is nothing beyond this for (a designation of) the conditions of this existence.'
[9] This refers to the experience of the cessation of consciousness (vi~n~naa.nanirodha — D. I. 213) with the removal of its support name-and-form. The experience is described in the suttas as a very unusual kind of 'jhaana' or 'samaadhi,' since it does not partake of any perceptual data. (A. IV. 427, , 318, 319, 321, 324f, 353ff.)
[10] The cessation and appeasement of feelings, is yet another aspect of this experience. Thereby the Arahant realizes the extinction of all suffering mental as well as physical (see Sakaiika S: ), which in effect is the bliss of Nibbaana as the deliverance from all Sa.msaaric suffering. What is most significant about this paradoxical jhaana is that, despite the extinction of all what constitutes our waking experience, the arahant is still said to be mindful and aware. It is sometimes referred to as 'the sphere' (aayatana) in which the six sense-spheres have totally ceased. (See . 218; S. IV. 98).


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Lincoln Mark LT Billet Grille Install - Bangin' Bars
Hooking Up The New Mark LT Pickup With A Billet Grille From Precision
The last time Lincoln put its spin on one of Ford's pickups, it was met with very little public acceptance. By the time Lincoln put the brakes on the ill-fated Blackwood program, the company was practically giving them away just to rid its car lots of the expensive truck.
Well, Lincoln is back at it again, this time infusing styling cues taken from its Navigator SUV into the proven F-150 platform. Out of the box, this is a great-looking truck that rides well, has decent power, and offers a great canvas for future customization. If the nearly $40,000 base sticker price doesn't scare you away from the salesman and you are inclined to put your own spin on its looks, then the LT will make for a comfortable and very cool cruiser.
Precision Grilles received one of the very first examples of the high-end sport truck and busted out a phat billet grille, immediately. The new grille maintains the look of the LT's vertical bar treatment but pushes the style quotient over the top by tripling the number of bars. The stock grille has 14 wide bars, but Precision's unit flexes 80 highly polished bars. It's a silky smooth and expensive-looking design that matches the character of this ride to a tee. We dropped by the shop, as Precision went through motions of building and installing the grille into its new LT. Check it out.
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One of the great Magic Johnson's pet phrases was the concept of great players playing great in "winning time", which is what he referenced as the crucial times in games when the result is decided. By the numbers, our Pacers have been very competitive, and even in some cases outstanding, at many times during this young season, but during the Johnson's "Winning time", we have been sorely lacking.
Let me first acknowledge what most of us readily can see I think, which is that the Pacers are playing with hunger, desire, pride, and hard work. Their attitude is refreshing, their spirit is endearing, and their improvement is evident. Where hopelessness and malaise once lingered among our franchise, now a clear direction and plan now permeates thru the atmosphere of Pacer nation.
But, basketball like in life, is a bottom line business. The cold hard truth is that while we are playing better, and while we now all feel like this is a team we feel like we can get behind, this is still a flawed team with a alarming tendency to just get beat.....and we all know that losing is a contagious disease that is endangering our season by threatening to continue to rip our hearts out with all of these defeats snatched from the jaws of victory. This thread is going to be about what needs to happen so we can cash in our quality of play with a quality result. As Bill Parcells so eloquently puts it, "you are what your record says you are, period." ANd that makes us one of the bottom tier teams in the East as I type this today.
So, what needs to happen to make us more successful at "winning time"?
Here are some things I want to discuss and propose:
We have no one who is a clear above average defender as an individual at any position, particularly on the perimeter.
While it is clear that our overall team defense is much improved, and that the defensive statisticla metrics bear that out, I still have no confidence in our team to make the opponent do anything offensively that it doesnt want to do with the game on the line in the 4th quarter. When a team really focuses, it can get high quality shots from its very best players whenever it wants at the end of the game. This clearly is a problem.
In other words, our improved team defense, along with extreme effort and good coaching, has gotten us good enough to be IN most games with a chance to win, but our lack of talent and athleticism with the game on the line defensively is still an issue we can't get over most of the time.
Dallas scored at will last night in the last few minutes, scoring I believe on 7 straight possessions. Regardless of how well our defense may have played up til that point, we couldnt stop them when it counted.
SOLUTION: We still need to acquire this player, as he currently isnt on our roster. In reality, we need 2 of these type guys, one on the perimeter and one inside. Our problems in this regard aren't coaching, they arent effort, and they arent scheme....it is just a lack of talent and ability and skill. Having Daniels play instead of Dunleavy helps our defense somewhat, but when Marquis Daniels is your best defender you have problems. And inside, we have no consistent physical force who can play physical defense one on one with the game on the line, nor do we have an enforcer who can in the very least punish people who drive against us.
A perimeter defender is likely one you will not be able to draft, although early on I can tell you that I really like Louisville's Earl Clark. In reality however, the players we need to fit these roles likely are already in the league, and one of the things we should do as fans when we watch the rest of the season is to try and identify them.
Basically, we need the next generation of Derrick McKey and Dale Davis....a great perimeter defender, and an enforcer and screen setter. Until we get these type players we need to all calm down on the coaching staff, because without these type of players who can win you close games defensively, it is very difficult to come out on top no matter what you do.
This is always an extremely difficult task for a coaching staff, because no matter what you do you are open to criticism. If you push the tempo and take quick shots from the perimeter, and that style gets you the lead....if you change your methods with the lead and go on to lose, the message boards will go nuts complaining.
When you get the lead with 6 minutes to go, you need to not be conservative exactly, but you do need to be more careful and selective. The fewer possessions there are with you having the lead, it obviously is harder for the opponent to catch up.
Having said that, you can't get tentative and timid...you still want your team to have the relentless killer mentality. So how do you do accomplish all of this as a coach?
This is where, as a staff, it is vital that you get your team to execute set, designed plays to get your best players shots that YOU want them to take. By calling more set plays in the last 6 minutes, you control the tempo better, should limit turnovers, and should be able to get higher quality shots from your better players.
Think of this like a football winning axiom I believe in, which is this: "You throw the ball to score, you run the ball to win." You can get ahead by being a high flying, high scoring team, but in the 4th quarter you need to be able to physically impose your will on someone by force of your strength and personality....and in football, you do that by running the ball down someone's throat.
In basketball, you do that by executing in the half court set plays, and by making shots up against the shot clock, not by jacking up jump shots after 8 seconds of possession.
SOLUTION: The Pacers need to slow the game some in the last 8 minutes of the game, and you can do that by running set plays and executing. The Pacers staff needs to be willing to take more control of the game in the 4th quarter to help hide their lack of talent and their inexperience.
This goes along with the above statement. If I am going to call for O'Brien to help our offense by calling more set plays late in games (or late in quarters), then we need a particular set play that you know will work, and that your team has confidence it can execute time after time, against multiple opponents.
This was one of my pet peeves with Coach Carlisle while he was here, and is one I have with many coaches. They try to impress people by having a NYC phone book sized playbook. You don't need that in general, and the Pacers in particularly don't need it, as thru most of the game their offense percolates right along. The Pacers player movement, ball movement, motion, and pace of play makes them reasonably efficient for the first 40-42 minutes of games. It 's when the opponet really clamps down defensively that we bog down...and when that happens, this group of players needs help from the staff. It is this staffs responsibility to come up with a particular play they have confidence in. But what should it be?
In the Brown era, our set play favored by Coach Brown was what he called "3 down", which was just a simple "single/double" screen situation for Reggie to come off the baseline for a jump shot.
In the Bird era, if it wasnt the above play, it was Mark Jackson backing down his man into the low post.
No matter what we pick, it needs to be successful, easy, and we need to commit to it.
SOLUTION: For this team, it isnt as easy to scheme out the best option. You don't really want TJ in a flat high ball screen I don't think, because the oppoent would guard that I think by just staying home and making him finish the play personally. You can't just clear out a side of Granger, as he can't really create off the dribble in a reliable way, and he can't see the floor with a solid enough handle to create an easy chance for someone else. And we have no post player who demands a double team, so that option is out for us too.
I think for us I guess I'd go with the single/double screen action for Granger, with Rush popping to the other side, like Jalen Rose did back in the day. I also would experiment with some 1-4 high stuff, like the Jazz do, to see what I could design for Granger to score out of that set that might give more options.
Maybe if I can make the party in December, we can all try and draw some stuff up that makes sense for us.
So in summary, what do we have?
1. We need a couple of players who can defend as individuals better in crucial times, so our team defensive scheme isnt so challenged all the time.
2. Our coaches need to moderate our pace slightly. and slow the game down by calling more successful, set plays in the last 8 minutes so we can maximize our chances, have less turnovers, and protect our defense.
3. We need a signature set play that almost always works for us to get crucial, backbreakingly important baskets in big spots.
Lets see how we develop in these three areas for a while, and talk about it as the season goes along. We knew we werent a championship team all along, so let us not let a few tough losses get us down. This team has character, and character will respond to adversity....but we need to improve in the areas above to maximize the wins we need to make the playoffs, which is the franchise's stated goal.
As always, the above is just my opinion.


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Great Expectations cinema screening plays to 7,500
The West End's first live broadcast of a show's opening night was transmitted to around 7,500 people in local cinemas across the UK and Ireland.
Great Expectations' live screening took around £80,000 at the box office after it went out to approximately 120 cinemas last week.
The film, which included additional footage such as the arrival of celebrity guests and interviews with audience members at London's Vaudeville Theatre, where Great Expectations is playing, will also be screened in cinemas worldwide, such as those in Europe, Canada, the US, Asia and Australia.
Austin Shaw, the co-founder of Omniverse Vision, which filmed the event, said that in total he expected 50,000 people to see the broadcast worldwide.
He said he also hopes to film future Theatreland shows: "I am busy talking to lots of West End producers to show them the quality that can be achieved by doing this. Also, there is the idea of being able to capture original casts in new shows. One of the great shames is productions come in, run for a set number of weeks and then are gone again, and you have nothing to show for it."
Shaw stressed that broadcasting productions does not create a threat to ticket sales for the live theatre performances.
He said: "Based on the last 15 years of filming productions, such as the anniversary of Les Miserables [at London's O2 Arena], we have proved that when you film a show it actually boosts theatre box offices, because it reminds people these are great shows."


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SANTA CRUZ - A man who led Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies on chase in a stolen truck in November was sentenced Wednesday to one year in County Jail and three years of probation.
Judge Ariadne Symons also ordered Jeremy Richard Allen, 36, to enter a residential drug treatment program for a minimum of six months upon his release from jail.
She warned him that his actions were incredibly dangerous and could have warranted a prison sentence.
Allen was arrested in November after a sheriff's deputy spotted him driving a stolen Toyota pickup on Soquel Drive and Porter Street a little before 9 p.m. The deputy tried to stop Allen, but he failed to yield, driving through the Soquel and Capitola areas at speeds of up to 60 mph.
The truck eventually ran out of gas and Allen tried to flee on foot but was stopped by a sheriff's K-9.
The truck was determined to have been stolen from a Capitola tow yard. Symons ordered Allen to pay restitution to the tow yard as part of his sentence.


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The Marvel Minimates in Diamond Select Toys' upcoming "Strange Tales" box set were inspired by classic Marvel horror comics of yesteryear, but until today they have been only legend. However, new photographic evidence has surfaced that captures the box set's four characters in their natural habitats, proving once and for all that these Minimates are real... and awesome!
The box set includes the first-ever Minimates of Jack Russell (a.k.a. Werewolf by Night) and Michael Morbius (a.k.a. Morbius the Living Vampire), as well as new, 1970s-style Minimates of Dr. Stephen Strange (the Sorceror Supreme of Earth) and Eric Brooks, better known as the vampire hunter Blade. Each Minimate stands 2 inches tall with 14 points of articulation, and the set includes a variety of interchangeable parts and accessories, including a stake-throwing hand and alternate bare arms for Blade, spell-casting hands and an energy base for Dr. Strange, a flight base for Morbius and standard bases for all four.
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Family Dollar's annual dividend now exceeds a dollar following a 24% increase on Friday.
The annual payout now totals $1.04 following a decision by the Family Dollar board to elevate the quarterly dividend to 26 cents a share from 21 cents a share. In addition, the board authorized the repurchase of an additional $300 million in stock under an existing program that had only $94 million in authorization remaining.
"Our Board's decision to maintain our remarkable record of 37 consecutive years of dividend increases shows their unwavering commitment to shareholders, and the increase of 23.8% reflects our confidence in the company's long-term growth potential," said Howard Levine, chairman and CEO.
Both actions follow a first quarter financial performance for the period ended November 24, 2012 that left investors unimpressed and prompted a major sell off in shares. Sales growth for the operator of 7,500 stores was solid, up 12.7% to $2.4 billion, and same store sales were up a very respectable 6.6%. However, profits were lighter than expected as investments in price and a higher percentage of sales from lower margin food and consumables resulted in profits below analysts' estimates. The company's share price tumbled as it expressed concern about the financial headwinds facing its customers and provided a second quarter profit forecast that envisioned the possibility of a nominal increase when compared to the prior year.


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This week, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and state policymakers visited the Hoosac Wind Power Project, a 28.5 MW wind farm being developed by Iberdrola Renewables, to get an up-close look at what it takes to build the state's newest and largest utility-scale wind farm.
The project features 19 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines – all of which were manufactured in the U.S. – and is expected to enter operation by the end of the year. When the wind farm goes online, it will contribute to a record year for wind energy installations in Massachusetts, which is on track to surpass 100 MW of installed renewable energy.
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Two Michigan men are facing charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized Khat and untaxed cigarettes, worth an estimated street value of $9,500, on the Ohio Turnpike Monday.
Troopers stopped a 2002 Chevy Venture with Michigan registration for a marked lanes violation on the Ohio Turnpike in Lorain County at 5:44 p.m.
Upon approaching the vehicle, troopers observed the Khat in plain view on the driver and passenger's laps. During interaction with the suspects, they voluntarily revealed a grocery bag containing 5 ounces of Khat. A probable cause search of the vehicle revealed 189 cartons of cigarettes that had fraudulent tax stickers on them.
The driver, Saleh A. Ahmed, 28, and passenger, Mahsen A. Ahmed, 27, both of Dearborn, MI, were incarcerated in the Lorain County Jail. They have been charged with possession of a schedule I substance and untaxed cigarettes.
Khat is a flowering evergreen shrub native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The fresh leaves, twigs and shoots of the Khat shrub are chewed like tobacco. It is considered a controlled substance.
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