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I've one site names logiseek which was built for cad outsourcing services now I want to change the design and layout of the site. Basically I would like to redesign it by using css for this which one would be more convenient for me Drupal or Wordpress? I will also include a blog section there in my site.
Thanks,Nancy Paul
Drupal is more suited to a normal site, while WP is best suited for a site focused around blogging. You might like to consider other options like MODx, which are easier to work with in terms of templates and styling.
Plenty of websites are powered by Wordpress, particularly through the use of plugins, which works for them.
If I were using a 3rd party CMS and it was for my own site, if I'm entirely honest I would fork out for Expression Engine over Drupal.
My reasoning for this would be:
I'd say wordpress merely for the amount of documentation that's available online - and the fact I've never used Drupal - and I love Wordpress :lol:
Out of personal experience I would say Wordpress is much more Designer Friendly and if you are looking at a professional path many clients nowadays specifically ask their websites to be built with WP.
I have used both in the past but would only ever use Wordpress now due the available support, themes and plugins.
With Wordpress you can create normal websites, blogs, ecommerce, forums like everything as long as you have understood its limitless
I would recommend WordPress any day. Moreover, if you know web designing properly you can tweak your WordPress files and make a completely different site out of it.
I would suggest you word press.It is best and most preferred for designing.
I would have to disagree, back in the day wordpress was 100% focused on blogging but no longer is this the case, Just Google "wordpress showcase" or similar and see if any look like blogs.
Rant Over... As for the OP WORDPRESS all the way !
Worpress can be wrangled to do many non-blogs sites, and it's simple dash board makes client hand off easier. So in addition to blogs, I'd consider WP for informational or brochure sites.
Drupal is good. But I must admit that I have gotten a lot into Joomla! I find it to be far more flexible when coding navigations. There are tons of plug ins ( such as secure shopping cart support, etc). This however is just a personal preference.
Which one would be best for designing "Drupal" or "Word Press"?
The C.M.S. is a content management system, focussed on functionality. For me it's which one has more themes available, and the obvious answer is WordPress.
Wordpress is much easier to use and design for, without a doubt. Drupal is arguably more secure and better written, but Wordpress definitely has a much bigger user base and community. One personal issue I have with Wordpress is it's MySQL only, and the team has no plans to incorporate other databases as they feel it wouldn't be worth the performance penalty of supporting multiple. There's a plugin to support Postgresql though for instance but it makes things slower and doesn't work with all plugins naturally. Anyway if that's not a concern of yours Wordpress is, IMHO, definitely the way to go.
Sounds like you want to build a web application and despite all the responses in support of WP it is not the best platform to achieve that job. WP vs. Drupal for a web application Drupal hands down. It is more difficult to learn but is more equipped to handle a web application. Expression Engine looks promising but for more advanced tasks would take custom programming where as, things like views, panels, features, fields, drush, web forms, etc could achieve with very little to no custom programming. I guess it all depends.
The power of Drupal doesn't lye in the core itself really. It lies in some very powerful contributed modules. Once you become familiar enough these key players the sky is really the limit. Though Drupal 7 has made some big stries in moving image cache and fields into the core. Maybe in a couple of years some other key players like panels and views will make it in. I know there is no immediate plans to do that with the release of 8 since the focus is on mobile, contexts, rest api and bridging Symfony components.
None the less, Drupal 6 alone is meh, 7 more useful but some very powerful contributed modules make the system hit that new level. I know of no other system that matches what Drupal can achieve with panels and views. Also, the WP concept of "post types" and "meta data fields" is pretty much taken directly from Drupal node types and cck (fields). It might not be entirely fair to say that because Drupal cck (fields) probably got the idea from some place else but Drupal did have those concepts in place before WP. If you can get over the system flaws it offers a lot.
Not to mention unlike WP no one is afraid to modify the core architecture to make the system better from an architectural stand-point. WP has had just about the same crappy code forever, with no change in sight. When really the entire thing needs to be gutted from a technical stand point because it is complete trash but designers don't care about things like that. They just care that stuff looks pretty and requires the least amount of technical knowledge possible. That is why the system is so popular, not because it is good all-around but is really designed for stupid people sacrificing architectural quality.
WordPress is a blogging platform, not a CMS. Drupal is also a bloated mess compared to many other CMS's out there. Both choices are quite dated nowadays.
Go for Concrete5 instead. It's far more usable, easier to design for and is faster.
Wordpress is very user friendly cms as compared to drupal. Most of people nowadays use wordpress cms for professional sites just because they can be easily modified and updated and you dont need a specialist to do that So i suggest wordpress for you.
As the OP has never returned to this thread, I don't think we need to offer any more advice and opinions. Thanks to those who contributed.


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Located in Arroyo de la Vega, this hotel is 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Heron Diversia and within 6 mi (10 km) of Golf Park and Autonomous University of Madrid. Madrid Congress Centre and Santiago Bernabeu Stadium are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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A restaurant, a 24-hour health club, and a bar/lounge are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free manager's reception are also provided. Other amenities include a coffee shop/café, a sauna, and coffee/tea in a common area.
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Eurostars Gran Madrid features a 24-hour health club and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary manager's reception is offered on select days. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. 3 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and a garden. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Concierge services
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Total number of rooms - 100
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- Free WiFi
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- Free cribs/infant beds
Where to Eat
The hotel offers a complimentary manager's reception on select days.
El Foro - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour health club and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 20 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- No pets or service animals allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 12 per person (approximately)
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 20 per night
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Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.

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Effects on Physical Fitness, Immunity, and Quality of Life of Yoga Training in Breast Cancer Survivors.
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified December 2012 by National Taiwan University Hospital.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
National Taiwan University Hospital
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First received: November 20, 2012
Last updated: December 5, 2012
Last verified: December 2012
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This study wants to prove that Yoga Training can improve physical Fitness, immunity, and quality of Life of in Breast Cancer Survivors. In summary, our findings show potential benefits of yoga for people with cancer in improvements of psychological health. Because of the small number of studies having been conducted and the methodological limitations, the results should be regarded as preliminary and treated with caution. Our preliminary findings also provide practitioners with important information that yoga may be a possible adjunctive therapy for cancer patients to help manage psychological distress and to improve quality of life.
|Breast Cancer
|Other: yoga
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Effects on Physical Fitness, Immunity, and Quality of Life of Yoga Training in Breast Cancer Survivors.
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Cancer Exercise and Physical Fitness Health CheckupU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- change from baseline immunological factors, cardiorespiratory and muscle fitness, questionnaire for physical activity, fatigue and quality of life at 13th weeks [ Time Frame: 13th week ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- change from baseline immunological factors, cardiorespiratory and muscle fitness, questionnaire for physical activity, fatigue and quality of life at 25th weeks [ Time Frame: 25th week ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|March 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: yoga training
Yoga training
|Other: yoga
No Intervention: control
no yoga training
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- breast cancer with stage1 or stage2, Sedentary life style, no orthopaedic disease and medical disease
Exclusion criteria
- recurrent or metastasis, medical or current psychiatric illness which would make compliance with the study protocol difficult or dangerous, medications which would alter training response
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01743573
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|Contact: Jau-Yih Tsauo, PhD
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|Taipei, Taiwan
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|Study First Received:
|November 20, 2012
|Last Updated:
|December 5, 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
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Hundreds of public school teachers are expected at the State Capitol on Wednesday as lawmakers renew arguments over the same education changes that sparked bitter debates last year.
The focus is the Louisiana House Education Committee, which meets at 9 a.m. and is set to consider three overhaul bills that are already state law but also the subject of a court challenge.
Backers contend the bills will serve as insurance if the Supreme Court strikes down a 2012 law that trimmed the authority of local school boards, removed seniority as the key factor in teacher layoff decisions and revamps salary schedules.
But members of the Louisiana Association of Educators, one of the state's two largest teacher unions, plan to gather on the steps of the State Capitol at 7 a.m., visit lawmakers and make known their views against all three bills.
Other controversial bills on the agenda would:
- House Bill 160: Delay Louisiana's new teacher evaluations.
- House Bill 267: Force changes in a new plan that will split Louisiana's high school playoff system between public and private schools.
Louisiana Association of Educators President Joyce Haynes said Monday she is unsure how many teachers would attend Monday's gathering. But the group, which unsuccessfully opposed similar bills last year, hopes to have more success blocking what Louisiana Association of Educators officials call an "anti-teacher, anti-public school agenda" pushed by Gov. Bobby Jindal.
"Gov. Jindal is playing politics on the backs of students and teachers in an attempt to pressure lawmakers to conform to his radical political agenda," Haynes said.
The changes included in all three proposals — House bills 478, 596 and 644 — are embodied in a 2012 state law.
However, that measure was struck down March 4 by 19th Judicial District Court Judge R. Michael Caldwell, of Baton Rouge.
The judge said the legislation illegally included too many topics.
Attorneys for the state are appealing Caldwell's ruling to the Louisiana Supreme Court.
No ruling is expected before the Legislature adjourns on June 4. Backers say all three bills targeted by the Louisiana Association of Educators are aimed at improving public schools and to bolster student achievement by increasing the quality of public school teachers. LAE officials call the bills punitive, aimed at intimidating teachers and liable to give too much authority to superintendents.


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Astros' Rule 5 pick Freiman claimed by A's
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Nate Freiman, the burly 6-foot-8 slugger who the Astros took a chance on in last year's Rule 5 Draft, was claimed off waivers by the Oakland A's on Saturday.
Freiman was in uniform for the Astros' game against the Braves on Saturday at Champion Stadium, but not for long. Houston manager Bo Porter told him in the dugout in the first inning he was headed to the West Coast.
"When I said it to him, he said with a sadness in his voice, 'So I'm not a Houston Astro anymore?'" Porter said. "I said, 'You are now an Oakland A and I wish you well.' It's one of those things. It's the nature of baseball."
As the Astros move toward the end of their stay in Florida, it became clear Freiman wasn't going to fit into their plans. General manager Jeff Luhnow said the club placed him on waivers to try to work out a possible trade with the Padres, but he didn't clear. He must stay on Oakland's 25-man roster all season or be offered back to San Diego.
"When we selected him in the Rule 5 in December, we thought we were getting a right-handed power guy who's had good success, and he's done everything to prove that's what he was," Luhnow said.
But with the Astros having acquired Chris Carter, who will start in left field and can DH, and the strong springs of corner infielders Brett Wallace and Brandon Laird, Freiman became a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. Luhnow said he was impressed by what he saw in Freiman.
"He did a good job and he proved to us he is what we thought he was," he said. "Whether or not he's ready for the big leagues after being in Double-A, that's anybody's guess, but he did everything that we hoped he would. It's not a reflection on him, it's a reflection of we stayed healthy and we had a lot of options on the corners. When you talk about a player that is limited to first base or DH, there's not many roster spots available for those types of players."
The move leaves the Astros with 35 players in camp eight days ahead of Opening Day, and Laird may have bettered his chances of making the club. Luhnow said the Astros will make roster moves when necessary in the next week, but he doesn't expect a big wave of cuts at once.
"It clears up the picture a little bit," he said. "It doesn't mean anybody's guaranteed anything yet, because we still need to determine those last couple of spots with [Brandon] Barnes and J.D. [Martinez] and Laird, and there's still enough guys in the mix. Same thing on the pitching side with the last spot in the bullpen, the last spot in the rotation. We still have our work cut out for us but we have games every day, so we'll keep after it."
Meanwhile, relief pitcher Josh Fields, who was taken with the No. 1 overall pick in Rule 5 Draft, still has a good shot to make the club. Last year, the Astros carried Rhiner Cruz all season as a Rule 5 selection.
"It's a little easier with a relief pitcher than it is with a position player," Luhnow said. "We're still optimistic we can give him a few more looks and make the right decision for the club."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Following our Toy Fair news that McFarlane will be producing an extensive action figure line based on Halo: Reach, online retailer BigBadToyStore.com breaks the news on Series 1's line-up. Slated for release this September, Halo: Reach Series 1 will include:
- Noble 6
- Emile
- Jorge
- Spartan
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While we have yet to see game images of the new Elite and Spartans (though we can pretty much imagine what they look like), the unique appearances of Noble 6, Emile and Jorge have all been unveiled in great detail by Gameinformer magazine. Check out their photos below, along with the rest of Noble Team (Jun, Carter and Kat) who will get action figures later on in the series.
BigBadToyStore.com also sheds light on the new Halo: Reach action figure 2-packs, revealing that the first sets will consist of:
- Noble 6 & Elite 2-pack
- UNSC Trooper 2-pack
- Spartan 2-pack
In Halo: Reach vehicle news, BigBadToyStore.com reveals that the Warthog can carry up to three five-inch Halo figures into battle. This first version will feature the classic Gatling Gun weapon and will include rolling wheels, turning steering wheel, spinning gun turret, and elevating Gatling Gun. It is priced at $29.99.
The Covenant Ghost will see release as two boxed sets - one packing a Grunt and one including an Elite. Both are listed at $20.99.
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No one likes a fat rock star. Because of that fact I hit the gym about five times a week. I do thirty minutes of weight training and thirty cardio. Sometimes I run on the treadmill and sometimes I do the dam elliptical trainer. So I do I keep from going mind numbingly bored? How do I keep myself motivated? I have an endless supply of new DJ sets.
Almost every day you can find a new mix posted at DJmixes.us. The obvious disclaimer here is that more likely than not this is not a legit site. I doubt any proper permission or licensing has been sorted out for these to be available. That said I am always happy when my own live sets show up on filesharing sites. In the end it just gets me more bookings. I personally have bought quite a few tracks on Beatport that I discovered while listening to DJ sets.


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Gustav Malja wins third race in the Eifel. Jason Kremer finishes on podium for third time at his home race. Marvin Kirchhöfer leads championship.
Marvin Kirchhöfer (18, Leipzig, Lotus), starting from seventh position, went on a charge to secure second place on the podium. The young ADAC Sports Foundation protégée finished in the Top Three for the eighth time in his debut year in open-wheel racing and leads the championship with 162 points after 12 out of 24 races. Malja is in second place overall in the standings, 20 points behind Kirchhöfer, who has won three races so far. Jeffrey Schmidt (18, SUI, Lotus) was ranked fourth.
Marvin Kirchhöfer, Second: "My start was very good and I moved up from seventh place to third. Two cars in front of me made contact and I could not avoid one of them. My steering wheel was bent as a result and the front wing worked loose. I tried to ignore the problems and focus on the race, which worked out very well, and I clawed my way back into second place by the end of the race."


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Pro skater Anthony Van Engelen's signature AV Native American Low features advanced cushioning, increased foot support, and durable Pro Vulc construction. This model also brings you fine suede and canvas uppers.
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Expanded Access Program of Sofosbuvir With Ribavirin and With or Without Pegylated Interferon in Aggressive Post-transplant Hepatitis C
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This is a single arm, open-label study which will be opened at specific clinical sites at the request of an investigator for the treatment of individual subjects for whom there are no other treatment options. Subjects will be treated for 24 weeks with sofosbuvir (400mg QD) with RBV; pegylated interferon may be added at the discretion of the investigator.
|Post-transplant Hepatitis C
|Drug: Sofosbuvir Drug: Ribavirin Drug: Pegylated Interferon
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|An Expanded Access Phase 2 Study of Sofosbuvir With Ribavirin and With or Without Pegylated Interferon for 24 Weeks in Subjects Who Have Undergone Liver Transplantation and Who Have Aggressive, Recurrent Hepatitis C Infection
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- Age > or = 18 years
- Previously undergone orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) at least 2 months prior to the planned start of dosing
- Aggressive Hepatitis C infection (including fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis C)
- Life expectancy of < 12 months if the HCV is left untreated
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- History of clinically significant drug allergy to nucleoside/nucleotide analogs
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Honor Dr. King's fight for economic justice with tax on Wall Street
From Maine to California, nurses, students, HIV/AIDS and community activists, took to the streets today calling on Congress to fulfill the quest of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s fight for economic justice by enacting a tax on Wall Street speculation to fund efforts to reverse inequality. "The Inclusive Prosperity Act would make Dr. King proud," said Rep. Keith Ellison at a kick off press conference in Washington against the backdrop of the U.S. Capitol. More »


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RALEIGH – Sean McElhone, formerly the superintendent at Lake James State Park, has been promoted to west district superintendent for the state parks system, according to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation.
McElhone succeeds Tom Jackson, who retired in September after a 27-year career.
As one of four district superintendents, McElhone will be responsible for operations, resource management, environmental education programming, law enforcement, safety and facility maintenance for 11 state parks and seven state natural areas in western North Carolina.
"Sean has done an outstanding job directing the development of Lake James State Park, which was expanded by more than 3,000 acres," said Lewis Ledford, state parks director. "His administrative abilities and practical experience at five established state parks will be invaluable as we develop other new state parks in the west, including those at Chimney Rock, Grandfather Mountain and Elk Knob."
McElhone has served as superintendent at Lake James in Burke and McDowell counties since 2007. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., he earned an associate degree in forest technology and a bachelor's degree in recreation and parks management, both from Penn State University in 2000.
McElhone was an intern at Mount Mitchell State Park, before joining the state parks system in 2000 as a ranger at Hammocks Beach State Park. He was a senior ranger at Jones Lake State Park and in 2006, was named superintendent at Fort Fisher State Recreation Area. He is a certified environmental educator.


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Multiple myeloma patient in crisis
My relative was found on the floor, had been down for over 48 hours. No food or water or meds. Has MM. When she was at hospital, blood sugar was 847, severely dehydrated, electrolytes way out of balance, potassium low, elevated white count, she was very confused, arms and legs flailing. She was on thalidomide for multiple myeloma, was recently seen by GP for ankle swelling and anxiety. He prescribed diuretic and new antidepressant. At hospital, they DC the thalidomide. She has never been diagn as diabetic. Any ideas about what happened? Thalidomide toxicity? Could new antidepress drug increase th toxicity? She is still having uncontrolled arm and leg flailing, BS is in the 200`s with insulin shots. Lower body weakness. Any ideas would be helpful. Can thalidomide cause high blood sugar? Patient is 75. Thankyou!
Although anything is possible, it is very unlikely that thalidomide caused the high blood sugars. The standard treatment for multiple myeloma is thalidomide PLUS high-dose steroids, usually decadron, which are administered for at least several days each month. These steroids routinely cause high blood sugars, just as you have described. Most of the other problems (electrolyte changes, confusion, uncontrolled movements of the limbs, weakness) can be seen with high blood sugars, as well as being on the floor without water for two days. It is also possible that she was "on her way" to becoming a diabetic (it is a common illness in the elderly) and the high steroids were enough to tip her into that condition; therefore she may continue to need diabetic treatment.
Thalidomide, however, is known to cause changes in the nervous system and could possibly have an effect on the confusion and the limb movements, as well as depression. Again, all of these abnormalities can be seen in someone elderly with a cancer, but these are also some of the more usual side effects of thalidomide. If her problems are related to thalidomide, she will continue to improve as time passes since her last dose of drug.
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE set Surrey a target of 267 as wickets continued to fall at regular intervals on the second day at The Oval.
Surrey will resume tomorrow on 41-0 with former South Africa captain Graeme Smith on 34 not out from 35 balls.
It didn't take long for Gloucestershire to mop up the tail as Surrey only added 14 runs to their overnight first innings score of 118-6, seamer James Fuller finishing with figures of 6-47.
That gave Gloucestershire a 36-run lead and they strengthened their grip on the game when Chris Dent (54) and Michael Klinger (33) put on 76 for the first wicket before losing their way to 230 all out with Chris Tremlett giving the England selectors a reminder of his ability by taking 6-59.


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Bare attention is the clear and single-minded awareness of what actually happens to us and in us, at the successive moments of perception. It is called 'bare because it attends just to the bare facts of a perception as presented either through the five physical senses or through the mind ... When attending to that sixfold sense impression, attention or mindfulness is kept to a bare registering of the facts observed, without reacting to them by deed, speech, or by mental comment, which may be one of self-reference (like, dislike, etc.), judgement or reflection.
reflection wrote:There are many interpretations — or definitions if you will — of the term bare awareness.
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:reflection wrote:There are many interpretations — or definitions if you will — of the term bare awareness.
Sister Thanassanti, before she ordained, was camping in the woods when she was attacked by a bear. The bear had her head in its mouth. Now that's what I call bare awareness! In such a situation, one would undoubtedly pay full attention to the present moment.
If a mental note is made as "Seeing, seeing," while an object is being seen, the object of cognition will cease just with the fact of seeing, and the process of cognition of concepts through reflection on what was seen cannot occur. In accordance with the teaching "Just seeing at the time of seeing (diṭṭhe diṭṭhamattaṃ bhavissati), and consciousness of seeing ends its course right there.
Summary of the Process of Cognition
1. In the first process of cognition of sight, consciousness registers only the ultimate reality of the sight.
2. In the first round of reflection on what has been seen, there is still consciousness of what has actually been seen namely the sight. No misconception has appeared yet. If at this stage, noting is done heedfully, misconception cannot come in. Cognition will rest only on the ultimate object.
3. In the second round of reflection, concept of form and shape of a man or a woman begin to appear.
4. In the third round of reflection, the concept of name as man or woman has appeared. (A Discourse on the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta, Mahāsi Sayādaw)
"Na so rajjati rūpesu, rūpam disvā patissato;
Virattacitto vedeti, tañca nājjhossa titthati."
"Passion remains undeveloped in him who recollects with mindfulness the form that he has seen. Thus freed from lust, he refuses to imbibe it."
binocular wrote:I am generally wary about the idea of "bare awareness" and the idea that mindfulness is somehow about "just watching, without judgment."
I have never seen any reference in the suttas for this.
tiltbillings wrote:binocular wrote:I am generally wary about the idea of "bare awareness" and the idea that mindfulness is somehow about "just watching, without judgment."
I have never seen any reference in the suttas for this.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .irel.html
especially in western Buddhism, we often use meditation terms loosely without quite knowing what they mean. A case in point would be the terms "bare awareness" and "bare attention," which even long-time meditators, depending on how or by whom they have been taught, sometimes interchange.
For the purposes of the present discussion, at least, "bare awareness," may, in a purely epistemological sense, be said to mean "bare awareness" of sense experience, i.e. bare registering of mind-body sensations, prior to any resultant arising mental associations; whereas "bare attention" or mindfulness, may be said to mean, a detached act of observing a mental action, carefully and heedfully, as yet uninvolved in any sense contact leading to mental action, standing back with objective detachment , analyzing potential sources and causes in the processes of arising mental associations, avoiding mental attachments that may lead to effects in resultant mental actions and reactions that will upset equanimity—in other words, in other words—"the-mind watching-the-mind."
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One of the most exciting aspects of Anime Boston is the Guests of Honor. Each year we have new guests. Thanks to their participation, each Anime Boston is different and special unto itself. Convention Guests of Honor include: voice actors, directors, composers, bands, artists, industry experts, and others.
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The pirate site plans to ignore the lawsuits from Elsevier and the American Chemical Society.
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Researchers identify a network that includes many genes previously linked to autism spectrum disorders.
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Researchers identify a network that includes many genes previously linked to autism spectrum disorders.
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B cells have commandeered ancient viral sequences in the genome to transmit antigen signals.
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Bones unearthed in 2012 are likely those of King Richard III, a new DNA analysis shows.
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Researchers create synthetic enzymes in the lab, encoded by artificial genetic material.
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I popped quick for $5 on Saturday for 32 amber bottles. I didnt do bad on the bulk amber bottles purchase, I pulled this 1910's bottle, with air bubble imperfections, seams and interesting korknseal cap top from the midst of "junk" bottles. I had never heard of Red Raven Splits or Red Raven Aperient Water so I did a bit of research on the internet. I found reference to it in a book titled: "Symptomatic and Regional Therapeutics" by George Howard Hoxie and published in 1910. Apparently it was used to treat indigestion in the late 1800's and early 1900's.....maybe later than that - I don't know.


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Anyone play in Utah? what are your favorite courses, and what holes?
I myself like riverpark, many of the holes are short, but very wooded, the course favors back/forehand about equally. five or six holes where you can really bomb it, nice and open. The middle nine are extremely wooded and require some great precision to not lose a disc. All in all a fun course.
Favorite holes would be 3, 10, 15. Three because I almost always park it, 10 because there is an awesome far out hyzer approach (but if it levels out and doesn't come back it is in a fast flowing river) and 15 because it is great for testing out skipping discs (through a dry riverbed)


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Uteropexy: A new technique to improve the fertility of barren mares
After breeding, most mares effectively clear the uterus of excess semen and inflammatory products before the descent of an embryo from the oviduct five to six days after ovulation. Other mares develop a persistent post-mating endometritis that results in reduced fertility.1,2
This condition is a major clinical problem, resulting in great economic loss to the equine industry. Two equine surgeons—Palle Brink, DVM, Dipl. ECVS, Jägersro Equine ATG Clinic, Malmö, Sweden, and James Schumacher, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee—have devised a surgery that may improve the fertility of mares that are barren because of this condition.
Why does post-mating endometritis occur?The etiology of persistent post-mating endometritis is unknown, but strong evidence indicates that mares susceptible to this condition have reduced uterine clearance associated with reduced uterine contractility. The condition is especially seen in older mares. It has been suggested that since the uterus maybe be located more ventrally in the abdomen, these mares may be more predisposed to retention of intrauterine fluid after breeding compared with reproductively normal mares.3
Another study concluded that several risk factors such as age, foaling status, a history of dystocia and the stallion to which a mare is bred predispose mares to impaired uterine clearance after breeding.4 They found that about 15 percent of a normal population of Thoroughbred mares retained intrauterine fluid the day after breeding.
Clinically, mares with persistent breeding-induced endometritis accumulate fluid (semen and bacteria) within the uterine lumen after breeding.2 Delayed uterine clearance of intrauterine fluids after mating is most commonly seen in pluriparous mares more than 14 years of age.3 Increasing age and parity in the mare coincides with a lengthening of the vulva and an increase in the vulvar angle of declination, or a cranial tilting of the vulva. These changes are likely a consequence of repeated pregnancies, loss of body condition and genetics. Loss of the structural support of the caudal reproductive tract and stretching of the broad ligament from repeated pregnancies may result in the uterus tilting caudally and ventrally in the abdomen.
A study revealed that the position of the uterus within the abdomen may affect a mare's ability to rapidly clear the uterine lumen of contamination.3 It was shown that the uterus' position, determined from left and right flank scintigrams from 44 mares (24 reproductively normal; 20 that exhibited a delay in uterine clearance), had a variance in uterine conformation. The uterine-cervical angle relative to horizontal was found to be more ventral in mares with delay in uterine clearance and was more horizontal in reproductively normal mares. The researchers concluded that a uterus that tilts ventrally in relation to the pelvic brim may contribute to delay in uterine clearance and an inability of mares to rapidly clear their uterine lumen of contamination.
"In mares, the uterus gets heavy during each pregnancy, and it drops with each successive foaling," says Chris Johnson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, Woodford Equine Hospital, Versailles, Ky. "With age and the effects of having multiple foals, the uterus, instead of being tucked up near the back bone like it should be—or at least horizontal with the ground, allowing fluid to run downhill—tips into the abdomen so it actually points down, just hanging like an old curtain," Johnson says.
These mares have poor perineal conformation. In normal perineal conformation, the anus and the vulva are in a vertical line. In problem mares, the anus starts tipping toward the head, so they have a sloped perineal conformation. This goes along with this delayed uterine clearance syndrome. "Those mares stay infected because they retain fluid in their uterus and they can't clear it out," Johnson says. "Uterine tone suffers as well."
"I don't think anybody knows why this occurs," Johnson says. "It's kind of a 'chicken-and-egg' thing. We don't know whether the uterus becomes heavy and they subsequently retain fluid and their uterine tone decreases, or whether their uterine tone decreases and they subsequently drop and retain fluid. I'm sure there are as many theories as there are veterinarians that think and write about it."


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General Surgical Outcomes Quality Improvement Database (UH-SOCRATES) (SOCRATES)
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A database has been established to track the outcomes of all cases performed in the University Hospitals Department of Surgery in an effort to improve quality of surgical performance and case management.
Specifically, the purpose of the database will be used as a quality improvement tool for analyzing process and outcome measures and to accurately track cases performed by surgeons.
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Time Perspective: Prospective
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|General Surgical Outcomes Quality Improvement Database (UH-SOCRATES)
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|May 2007
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|December 2015
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|December 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Since the Institute of Medicine report, titled "To Err is Human", there has been an increasing trend to evaluate outcomes in healthcare. While optimal outcomes in delivery of healthcare are something that hospitals and their medical, nursing and administrative staff have always tried to achieve, this has often been attempted without having much information to assess the outcomes that actually occur.
For this reason, programs such as NSQIP (the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project) have been brought from the VA system into private and academic healthcare systems, to sample surgical outcomes and provide hospitals with benchmarks that can be achieved, as well as informing them where they rank in the overall results. Unfortunately, systems such as NSQIP are based on sampling a percentage of cases performed each week, but do not track all cases or all providers. Many cases are therefore not tracked in any way.
Certain centers have now established databases to track their own surgical outcomes. These are usually specific to certain surgical specialties, and provide an opportunity to perform quality improvement. These also have the added value of being useful tools for maintenance of certification and for clinical research.
Primary goals of this study:
We propose to further develop the General Surgical Outcomes Quality Improvement Database(GSOD)-subsequently renamed UH-SOCRATES-which will track all surgical, medical, and radiological encounters occurring at University Hospitals Case Medical Center(UHCMC)as well as at UH's Richmond and Geauga campuses. This database will have several goals:
- UH-SOCRATES will be used as a quality improvement tool for analyzing process and outcome measures, for example being able to evaluate patients with prolonged length of stay so that cases can be defined and evaluated for specific risk factors or in-hospital events.
- By using hospital coded CPT codes, UH-SOCRATES will be able to accurately track cases performed by surgeons for maintenance of certification purposes.
All of these goals are related to quality improvement and assessment, and are considered "not human subjects research" under 45 CFR 46. In the future it is hoped that UH-SOCRATES will also be a powerful resource for formal research into surgical outcomes. Future IRB submissions will be submitted for this purpose. This IRB submission therefore only addresses the quality improvement perspective of the UH-SOCRATES.
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|14 Years to 95 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
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- All patients receiving surgical,medical,or radiological services at University Hospitals Case Medical Center,Richmond,or Geauga campuses.
Exclusion Criteria:
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|Sub-Investigator: Bridget Ermlich, RN, MSN
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|Sub-Investigator: Mark Aeder, MD.
|Sub-Investigator: Brian Jung
|Sub-Investigator: Achilles Demetriou
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TORONTO -- Blue Jays designated hitter Adam Lind got a rare start against a left-handed pitcher Tuesday night against the Astros.
Lind, a left-handed hitter, would typically get a day off in the DH spot in favor of Dioner Navarro or Moises Sierra, but instead batted in the No. 2 spot. Center fielder Colby Rasmus dropped from No. 2 to No. 7 in the batting order.
Manager John Gibbons said starting Lind made sense because Astros' starter Brett Oberholtzer is typically more effective against right-handed hitters. Righties batted .219 against Oberholtzer last year, while lefties fared markedly better with a .280 average. In one start this season, left-handed batters are hitting .400 against Oberholtzer, while righties are batting .200.
"This guy has been tougher on right-handers, and Lindy has been off to a good start," Gibbons said before the Blue Jays' game against the Astros on Tuesday night. "Colby, not much production yet, so drop him down."
Gibbons wouldn't commit to the batting order change beyond Tuesday's game. Lind was batting .308 (4-for-13) through six games heading into Tuesday, while Rasmus had started the season just 2-for-23, good for an .087 average through seven games.
"We're trying to piece it together and find out what works best, but you never really know until you get everybody rolling a little bit," he said.
Lind's numbers against lefties haven't been very good throughout the course of his career. He batted .208 (20-for-96) against left-handed pitching in 2013.
Jamie Ross is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Three decades removed from his college playing days at UF, Andrew Moten is trying to make his mark as a high school basketball coach.
Former standout Gator guard Andrew Moten didn't mind that Florida senior guard Kenny Boynton recently passed him for second on UF's all-time scoring list.
"I knew Kenny's dad (Kenny Boynton Sr.) when he played at Bethune-Cookman," Moten said. "He played with one of my former high school teammates, and we played with a lot of the same people.
"Young Kenny is a good player, a humble kid. I couldn't think of anyone better to pass my scoring mark."
Three decades removed from his college playing days, Moten is trying to make his mark as a high school basketball coach. Last week, Moten coached West Gadsden to the Class 1A state finals, where he ran into a buzzsaw. West Gadsden fell to Holmes County 59-40 in the Class 1A championship. Holmes County was led by 2013 UF signee Chris Walker, who had 30 points, 15 rebounds and 7 blocked shots in the title game.
"We put three players on him and we still couldn't stop him," Moten said of the 6-foot-10 Walker. "It hurts. But I feel good that he's going to Florida. I know that they are getting a great player." After his professional playing career ended in Brazil, Moten became a basketball referee. But the more he called games, the more he found himself second-guessing coaching decisions. "That's when I thought to myself 'Maybe I should give coaching a try,' " Moten said. In three seasons at West Gadsden, close to his hometown of Quincy, Moten has led West Gadsden to the state semifinals in 2012 and the state finals this season. "My main goal is to try to get a state championship," Moten said. "We've gone to state twice with these guys, but we lose seven seniors, so we're going to be rebuilding next season. Who knows? Maybe down the road I'll be coaching at the college level. We'll see." Florida fans remember Moten as one of the "M-and-M Boys", forming the dynamic backcourt duo with Vernon Maxwell that led the Gators to their first NCAA Tournament appearances in school history. In 1983-84, Moten was named Southeastern Conference freshman of the year. As well as scoring 1,930 points, Moten remains seventh on UF's all-time list in assists (411) and sixth in steals (165). Following his college career, Moten was drafted in the fourth round by the New Jersey Nets, but never made their roster. Instead, he embarked on a basketball career overseas. Sun Sports TV college basketball analyst Bill Koss, who has been involved with Gator basketball as a player, assistant coach and television analyst since the 1960s, called Moten "one of his all-time favorites." "He had a toughness about him and a will to win," Koss said. "And he brought it every night. I can remember coming down the stretch (in 1987) and how much it meant for him to win. "He was a great shooter. He had an uncanny ability to get his shot off because he was, what, six feet tall. But he could get his shot off and had a very good stroke." In 1987, as a senior, Moten helped lead the Gators to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. The Gators reached the Sweet 16 before falling to eventual national runner-up Syracuse. "To me, we had a unique group because most of our guys were Floridians," Moten said. "We were just a group of young people trying to play together and do things that had never been done before. We set high goals." But those three NCAA Tournament games, and two more NCAA Tournament appearances in 1988, wound up being vacated due to sanctions incurred by UF during the end of the Norm Sloan era. "We made mistakes, but I hope what people could see is that we laid the foundation to start to build the program," Moten said. "Coach (Lon) Kruger and coach (Billy) Donovan, they've done a great job getting it to an even higher level." Moten said he last talked to his former backcourt mate, Maxwell, two years ago. He's trying to get in touch with him so the two can host a summer basketball camp together in Quincy. "Vernon is a hard guy to get ahold of," Moten said with a chuckle. Maxwell went on to a 14-year NBA career after his UF playing days ended. But his post-NBA life has been marred with issues involving domestic violence and failure to pay child support. Maxwell made close to $14 million in his NBA career, but in 2004, after being detained on child support charges, Maxwell told an Alachua County Court judge that he was broke. "Whenever I talk to Vernon, he's always in good spirits," Moten said. "Even if he is going through some problems, he is the type of guy who is never going to let you know that. I think that he's managed to get some things straightened out with his life and is on the right track." Moten said in his mind, Maxwell is still UF's all-time scoring leader. Maxwell scored 2,450 points in his Florida career but had the last two seasons stricken from the record book due to allegations that he took cash payments from coaches and used cocaine. Ronnie Williams is UF's recognized scoring leader at 2,090 points. "I'll always know what he did," Moten said. "The athletic department, they have a job to do and they do a great job over there at the University of Florida. Jeremy (Foley) is a great athletic director. But I know what Vernon did when he was at Florida." Moten also was saddened to learn of the passing of one his former teammates, UF center Dwayne Schintzius, who died last April at 43 due to complications from leukemia. "Everything I had heard from my teammates was that he was doing better," Moten said. "It was a shock, a blow. It just shows that we're all here for a short time, and you don't know when your time is coming. That's why it's important to make amends with people while you still can." Contact Kevin Brockway at 352-374-5054 or email@example.com. Also check out Brockway's blog at Gatorsports.com.


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Git's primary advantage, as I see it, is that forks become first-class citizens. Forking is cheap in all good DVCSs, but Git seems particularly strong about not enforcing one central repository with strict commit access.
I can use git-svn to get some of the benefits of a local Git repo against a centralized SVN repo, but that's a workaround. It's much easier to pull from someone else's Git repo than to apply a series of patches against SVN.
I completely agree. For untrusted and non-maintainer forking, it's a world of improvement.
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When Sporting News was speaking to elite point guard prospect Emmanuel Mudiay at the Fab 48 tournament in Las Vegas, it was mentioned to him that it had been a very long time since SMU landed such a highly rated recruit as him.
Mudiay reacted almost defensively, firing 2013 shooting guard Keith Frazier's name back in return almost immediately. Perhaps we should have seen this coming, then.
Saturday, Mudiay made an announcement that might have been shocking a week ago: He declared he will attend SMU in the fall of 2014 and play basketball for coach Larry Brown. Mudiay, who attends Prime Prep Academy in Dallas, is Sporting News' No. 3-ranked prospect in the high school senior class.
Word started to leak on Friday that Mudiay was leaning toward the Mustangs. That's when he told ESPN's Paul Biancardi he would make his college choice public on ESPNU during the telecast of the Elite 24 all-star game played Saturday in Brooklyn.
Given that Mudiay had made multiple visits to the SMU campus and had yet to travel to Kentucky, which many had presumed the likely choice, the Mustangs suddenly looked to be the frontrunners. His choice of SMU will force the Wildcats to scramble a bit to fill an expected hole at the point.
Mudiay is a big point guard, standing 6-4 and 190 pounds, and he has the ability to take over games with his attacking skill. He admits he sometimes has trouble with maintaining his energy for full games. He told Sporting News in July the area that most needs improvement in his game is to "take no plays off, really, and stay aggressive on the defensive end."
SMU is entering its second season with Brown as coach. The Mustangs were 15-17 last season as members of Conference USA. This year they will join UConn, Temple, Cincinnati, Memphis in the new American Athletic Conference. Reigning NCAA champ Louisville is a member this season, but will be gone by the time Mudiay arrives.
With Mudiay out of the picture and incoming freshman Andrew Harrison almost certain to be a one-year player, Kentucky will need to find an alternative at point guard for 2014-15. That would appear to be one reason the Wildcats have stepped up their recruitment of undersized Chicago playmaker Tyler Ulis of Marian Catholic, whom SN rates as the No. 23 prospect.
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This guessing game will get the party rolling the minute your guests step through your door. Each guest is assigned a secret identity of a known character or celebrity that's printed on Avery Adhesive Name Badges and placed on their backs where they can't see. The object is for each guest to figure out who they are based on how other guests interact with them. Having an identity crisis has never been this much fun!
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Mate contains half the caffeine of coffee and twice the antioxidants as green and black tea. The yerba mate plant comes from South America—its leaves and stems are dried and brewed to make the healthful drink that is gaining popularity in America. The combination of caffeine, antioxidants, and a wide range of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and phytonutrients makes mate the most balanced stimulant. Mate has a unique flavor, sometimes bittersweet and sometimes smoky, depending on the way it is processed.
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- This is the basic mate--all organic with an earthy flavor. This one gives me a great energy boost without the jitters I often get when I drink coffee.
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HEALTHWATCH Gloucestershire will hold its first public board meeting in Stroud this month.
The event will take place at Open House in Gloucester Street at 10.30am on Tuesday, March 25.
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Complete election results from Douglas County
November 7, 2012
Incumbent County Commissioner Mike Olson was at a Genoa Town Board meeting as the votes were counted on Tuesday night. Not long after the board retired, Olson learned that he'd lost a close race to challenger Barry Penzel, 10,757 to 10,087.
Olson received only 670 votes fewer than Penzel, closing a little of the gap that he had to overcome from the primary.
"Barry's a good guy he worked hard and did a good job," Olson said. "There was not a lot of angst and anger in that campaign. The people of Douglas County had a tough choice to make and they made it. I think I contributed to accomplishing some good things for Douglas County we'll see how they pan out."
Penzel thanked both the people of Douglas County and Olson for running a good campaign.
"I'm very grateful and I'm humbled by the experience," Penzel said. "I'm looking forward to working with commissioners, and I'm anxious to find out what the residents' priorities are so we can align them with the county. This is a great opportunity to move the county forward in a cooperative way and I'm really anxious to get the process going."
Incumbent commissioner Doug Johnson won a third and last term in the election by defeating Planning Commissioner Frank Godecke, 11,609 votes to 9,503.
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"You've got to be a little humbled," Johnson said. "With 55-45 percent, there's still a good portion of Douglas County that's not on my side. I'm sure I've made some decisions that irritated a few people."
Johnson, who will be only the second commissioner in Douglas County history to term limit out, said he spent the last four days distributing 1,600 door hangers and that he felt voters' opposition.
"I could feel that people disagreed with me on deciding factors," he said. "Out of all the elections this was the toughest. I was stressed out all the way through this."
Johnson thanked the people of Douglas County for their vote. I'm real proud and real honored to be re-elected," he said. "I never, ever thought I'd do this in the first place."
Godecke said his first foray into politics was a positive one.
"This has been a really fun experience," he said. "I've had a great time getting out and meeting people. Even though I'm a native and I've lived here all my life, there were a lot of people I didn't know out there. I've enjoyed every bit of it, except for this last part. I wish Doug all the best in his last four years."
Incumbent school board members Karen Chessell and Teri Jamin both hung onto their seats, while Neal Freitas defeated John Louritt for the seat being vacated by Randy Green.
East Fork Justice of the Peace Tom Perkins defeated challenger Wayne Fazzino 12,474 votes to 6,113, clinching a six-year term on the bench.
East Fork Swimming Pool District incumbent Gordon Gray survived the election. Janine Petrick-Sullivan and Alisa Ashbaugh won seats on the five-member board.
Indian Hills residents Chris Johnson and Ronald Lynch won terms on the general improvement district board.
Gardnerville residents Lloyd Higuera and Mary Wenner will serve on the town board. Minden Town Board members Steven Thaler and John Stephans will return for another four-year term.
Former county commissioners Bob Allgeier and Barbara Smallwood will serve on the Minden Gardnerville Sanitation District.
Final results were released by Douglas County Clerk-Treasurer at 9:36 p.m. First results were not released until 8:30 p.m. when Washoe and Clark counties finally closed their polls.
"I was surprised at how fast the polls closed here and how fast the poll workers got their cartridges in," he said.
The 91.5 percent turnout was not enough to break the record turnout set in 2008, but it came within a percentage point.
Mitt Romney 16,264
*Barack Obama 9,288
Gary Johnson 275
Virgil Goode 73
U.S. Senate
*Dean Heller 16,629
Shelley Berkley 6,947
David Vanderbeek 1,137
None of these 1,056
Rep in Congress
*Mark Amodei 16,841
Samuel Koepnick 6,904
Michael Haines 807
Russell Best 348
State Assembly District 39
*Jim Wheeler 17,459
David Schumann 5,464
County Commission District 1
Greg Lynn 19,161
County Commission District 3
Doug Johnson 11,609
Frank Godecke 9,503
County Commission District 5
Barry Penzel 10,757
Michael Olson 10,087
Board of Regents
*Ron Knecht 12,194
Michon Mackedon 7,215
State Board of Education
*Dave Cook 11,662
Donna Clotz 7,822
School Board Trustee Area 1
Karen Chessell 10,879
Ron Santi 7,962
School Board Trustee Area 4
Neal Freitas 9,999
John Louritt 8,412
School Board Trustee Area 5
Teri Jamin 9,985
Laurence Lippman 8,777
East Fork Justice of the Peace
Tom Perkins 12474
Wayne Fazzino 6,113
East Fork Swimming Pool District
Janine Petrick-Sullivan 7,351
Alisa Ashbaugh 7,102
Gordon Gray 6,900
Carl Schnock 5,683
Dave Nishikida 5,621
David Oren 4,720
Robert Cutts 3,145
Indian Hills General Improvement District
Chris Johnson 743
Ron Lynch 692
Jimmy Weaver 548
Charles Swanson 531
Kingsbury Grade General Improvement District
Natalie Yanish 650
Robert McDowell 536
Jodie Nelson 489
Greg Felton 478
Ed Johns 334
Marla Bay General Improvement District
Ann Barnard 41
Roy Pike 35
Ronald Borsos 13
Round Hill General Improvement District
Glen Smith 186
Wesley Rice 156
Michael Pook 80
Minden-Gardnerville Sanitation District
Bob Allgeier 1,943
Barbara Smallwood 1,908
Jerry Smith 1,769
Tahoe Douglas Fire District
Larry Schussel 1,370
Greg Felton 1,361
Steve Seibel 1,300
Lawrence Howell 1,111
Tahoe Douglas Sewer Distrit
Richard Gardner 402
Diane Imbach 374
John Peel 364
Michael Riley 363
Tom Kennedy 227
Bedford Holmes 199
Town of Gardnerville
Mary A. Wenner 1,081
Lloyd Higuera 1,053
Jeff Schemenauer 710
Marco Caldana 437
Town of Minden
Steven Thaler 1,011
John Stephans 958
Howard Herz 531
State Question No. 1
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No 13,244
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So you're thinking about buying furniture online. You routinely purchase books and clothes online, but fine furniture is different. It's a big investment– maybe about the same dollar value as a new computer system or perhaps much more. What if you're not happy with it? Can you just send it back? How do you know which online furniture stores you can trust?
This is a big decision so it's worth the time to do a little homework before buying furniture online. The good news is that there are lots of reputable furniture retailers online, offering quality products at competitive prices. A few minutes of browsing through a furniture website can usually give you a good idea of whether or not it's honest and reputable. While you're researching, consider these Top 5 tips for buying furniture online:
Find a Furniture Specialist
Choose a company that focuses on selling exclusively furniture. If they sell thousands or hundreds of thousands of things from pillows to pampers to produce, they're not going to be experts in fine furniture. The point here is that customizing, shipping and delivering fine furniture are services that require specialization and a lot can go wrong without it. There's a big difference between FedExing a pillow and delivering and setting up a bedroom set in your home. Fine furniture shipping and delivery is an exacting art and science. Don't expect it to be done well by an online department store. Go with a furniture specialist.
The Devil is in the Details when Buying Furniture Online
Find a company that provides detailed information about their fine furniture. Who makes it? How is it made? Where is it made? What is it made of? What kind of joinery is employed? Is it solid wood or veneered? What are the directions for proper furniture care? Spend some time studying this information on the company's website and follow up with any questions over the phone.
Get White Glove Treatment
Go for the white glove shipping and delivery. This is an important service and there are various levels offered. The best and only one I recommend is the full service option where professional furniture delivery crews bring your furniture into your home, set it up, inspect it with you and remove the packaging. Alternative services like UPS, FedEx and curbside delivery from common freight carriers leave you wide open if there should be any shipping damage or missing pieces.
Check for Hidden Fees
Make sure to take into account shipping costs, taxes, and other fees when searching for the best prices! Some online furniture stores include free shipping in their base prices, but many do not. You may be surprised to learn that shipping can add up to $1000 to an order, depending on what you're ordering and where you live.
Get a Lifetime Guarantee
Expensive fine furniture should be backed by a lifetime guarantee. It's an investment you should be able to hand down to your children and grandchildren. Reputable American furniture companies will back their furniture with a guarantee against defects in materials and workmanship, especially when you're buying furniture online.
Lastly, get to know your furniture maker or online retailer before buying furniture online. If someone knowledgeable is there to work with you through the selection and ordering process, it's more likely they'll be there for you at delivery time, if something goes wrong. Now that you're ready to make your move, you can do it with confidence. Let me know how your fine furniture purchase goes by commenting below or on our Facebook.
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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:I always sit on my butt. That covers all bases.
Milarepa turned his back to Gampopa and lifted his cotton cloth, thus revealing his buttocks, which were completely covered with hard calluses from all his extensive sitting on the stony grounds of caves. He said, "There is nothing more profound than meditating on this pith instruction. The qualities in my mind stream have arisen through my having meditated so persistently that my buttocks have become like this. You must also give rise to such heartfelt perseverance and meditate!" This final instruction remained in the depths of Gampopa's mind forever.
Karl Brunnhölzl fFrom: 'Straight from the heart: Buddhist Pith Instructions'
daverupa wrote:I primarily use a meditation bench with folding legs; it fits into a backpack. The trick is to get your knees to rest comfortably below your hips so that your back curves properly.
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