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MY friend sat down and ordered a stiff drink. I didnt think of her as the stiff-drink kind. An hour later, after our spouses drifted off into conversation, she leaned over the table. I need your help, she said. My sister has a brain tumor. I dont know what to do.
Three years ago this month, I learned that I had a seven-inch osteosarcoma in my left femur. Put more directly: I had bone cancer. That diagnosis led me down a dark year that included nine months of chemotherapy and a 15-hour surgery to reconstruct my left leg.
At the time, my wife, Linda, and I were the parents of 3-year-old identical twin girls, and we were often overwhelmed with the everyday challenges of having a sick dad, a working mom and two preschoolers. We survived with help from many people. Our siblings organized an online casserole club, so friends could buy us dinner through a meal service. Grandparents rotated in and out of our basement. My high school classmates made a video at our reunion.
But as my friends query suggested, some gestures were more helpful than others, and a few were downright annoying. So at the risk of offending some well-meaning people, here are Six Things You Should Never Say to a Friend (or Relative or Colleague) Whos Sick. And Four Things You Can Always Say.
First, the Nevers.
1. WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP Most patients I know grow to hate this ubiquitous, if heartfelt question because it puts the burden back on them. As Doug Ulman, the chief executive of Livestrong and a three-time cancer survivor, explained: The patient is never going to tell you. They dont want to feel vulnerable. Instead, just do something for the patient. And the more mundane the better, because those are the tasks that add up. Want to be really helpful Clean out my fridge, replace my light bulbs, unpot my dead plants, change my oil.
2. MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. In my experience, some people think about you, which is nice. Others pray for you, which is equally comforting. But the majority of people who say theyre sending thoughts and prayers are just falling back on a mindless cliché. Its time to retire this hackneyed expression to the final resting place of platitudes, alongside Im stepping down to spend more time with my family, or Its not you, its me.
3. DID YOU TRY THAT MANGO COLONIC I RECOMMENDED I was stunned by the number of friends and strangers alike who inundated me with tips for miracle tonics, Chinese herbs or Swedish visualization exercises. At times, my in-box was like a Grand Ole Opry lineup of 1940s Appalachian black-magic potions. If you put tumeric under your fingernails, and pepper on your neck, and take a grapefruit shower, youll feel better. It cured my Uncle Louie.
Even worse, the recommenders follow up! Jennifer Goodman Linn, a former marketing executive whos survived seven recurrences of a sarcoma and is compiling a book, I Know You Mean Well, but ..., was approached recently at a store.
You dont know me, but youre friends with my wife, the man said, before asking Ms. Linn why she wasnt wearing the kabbalah bracelet they bought her in Israel.
4. EVERYTHING WILL BE O.K. Unsure what to say, many well-wishers fall back on chirpy feel-goodisms. But these banalities are more often designed to allay the fears of the caregiver than those of the patient. As one friend who recently had brain surgery complained: I got a lot of chin ups, youre going to get better. I kept thinking: You havent seen the scans. Thats not what the doctor is saying. The simple truth is, unless youre a medical professional, resist playing Nostradamus.
5. HOW ARE WE TODAY Every adult patient I know complains about being infantilized. The writer Letty Cottin Pogrebin, who had breast cancer, is working on a book, How to Be a Friend to a Friend Whos Sick. It includes a list of no-nos that treat ailing grown-ups like children. When the adult patient has living parents, as I did, many mothers in particular fall back on old patterns, from overstepping their boundaries to making bologna sandwiches when the patient hasnt eaten them since childhood. Just because someone is dealing with a physical illness, Mr. Ulman said, doesnt diminish their mental capacity.
6. YOU LOOK GREAT. Nice try, but patients can see right through this chestnut. We know were gaunt, our hair is falling out in clumps, our colostomy bag needs emptying. The only thing this hollow expression conveys is that youre focusing on how we appear. When people comment on my appearance, Ms. Linn said, it reminds me that I dont look good.
Next time you want to compliment a patients appearance, keep this in mind: Vanity is the only part of the human anatomy that is immune to cancer.
So what do patients like to hear Here are four suggestions.
1. DONT WRITE ME BACK. All patients get overwhelmed with the burden of keeping everyone informed, coddled and feeling appreciated. Social networking, while offering some relief, often increases the expectation of round-the-clock updates
To get around this problem, I appointed a minister of information, whose job it was to disseminate news, deflect queries and generally be polite when I didnt have the energy or inclination to be. But you can do your part, too: If you do drop off a fruitcake or take the dog for a walk, insist the patient not write you a thank-you note. Chicken soup is not a wedding gift; it shouldnt come with added stress.
2. I SHOULD BE GOING NOW. Youll never go wrong by uttering these five words while visiting someone whos sick. As Ms. Pogrebin observes of such visits, dont overstay your welcome. She recommends 20 minutes, even less if the patient is tired or in pain. And while youre there, wash a few dishes or tidy up the room. And take out the trash when you leave.
3. WOULD YOU LIKE SOME GOSSIP One surefire tip: a slight change of topic goes a long way. Patients are often sick of talking about their illness. We have to do that with our doctors, nurses and insurance henchmen. By all means, follow the lead of the individual, but sometimes ignoring the elephant in the room is just the right medicine. Even someone recovering from surgery has an opinion about the starlets affair, the underdog in the playoffs or the big election around the corner.
4. I LOVE YOU. When all else fails, simple, direct emotion is the most powerful gift you can give a loved one going through pain. It doesnt need to be ornamented. It just needs to be real. Im sorry you have to go through this. I hate to see you suffer. You mean a lot to me. The fact that so few of us do this makes it even more meaningful.
Not long ago, I reached out to my friends sister, Amy, who had endured three surgeries in the previous six months for a tumor in the thalamus. She was undergoing physical therapy and had just returned to work. What most annoyed her, I wondered
I liked having the family around, she said, referring to her six siblings and their five spouses. But I had a lot of issues with my room seeming like a party and my not being in a place where I could be down if I wanted.
The most helpful tip she got People reminded me that I had a free No clause whenever I needed it. Especially as someone who tends to please, that was helpful.
So in the end, what would she say to someone like her sister who leaned over and asked for advice
Fully embrace the vulnerability of the situation, she said. I would never have gotten through it if I hadnt allowed people in.
That even included a new boyfriend, who became so intimately involved in her recovery that she allowed him access to her innermost self. The two became engaged in the I.C.U. and plan to marry next year.


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Digest — May 2004
By Capt. Patrick Sciacca
Beyond the Edge
|The crew of Go Fisch takes angling adventures on the small screen to new heights and depths.
Chris Fischer and his crew make Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn look like couch potatoes.
Fischer, his wife Melissa, and the two-man crew of the 72-foot Elliott yachtfisherman Go Fisch have spent the last few years finding out-of-the-way angling paradises from Alaska to Central America. I'm sorry, did I forget to mention it's also their job? See, Fischer and crew do all of this for their ESPN2 TV show Offshore Adventures—although after talking with Fischer, I think this foursome would do it just for fun. I recently caught up with Fischer to see how this angler and entrepreneur went from bagging bass on the lakes of Kentucky to battling blue marlin off Panama's Pacific Coast and how Offshore Adventures has developed a following of more than seven million viewers per quarter.
"I grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and was a crazed fisherman all my life," Fischer tells me during a phone interview from his new home in Park City, Utah, while on hiatus from the show. (I knew he was serious when he told me he'd been trout fishing during a heavy snowfall the day before our interview.) "I started by fly-fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass with two buddies almost every day after school," he adds enthusiastically. However, it wasn't long before Fischer's parents took the young angler to Marco Island, Florida, where he discovered saltwater angling. "Marco Island opened my eyes to the ocean. We had a 16-footer, and we'd go down there and catch snook, snapper, and ladyfish."
The saltwater bug bit hard, but the responsibilities of adulthood eventually cut into Fischer's fun-fishing youth. He began working for his family's beverage-equipment company, and he soon moved to California to manage its Pacific Rim business interests. Fischer's frenetic commuting schedule between Asia and the United States took a toll on his free time. But when fishing calls once, it usually calls back, and this avid angler wouldn't be denied his passion.
Fischer's family sold the business in 1997, and soon he had the means and time to pursue angling full time. One problem: He was in California and knew nothing of the Pacific fishery. Another problem: He didn't have a boat. By this time the fisherman had also met his wife and co-angler, Melissa, so he wasn't about to leave the state. What was a fisherman to do? Well, he picked up a 31 Bertram and befriended a California charter captain, who allowed Fischer to work as a deckhand while teaching the enthusiastic student about yellowfin, dorado (mahi-mahi), and other local game fish. Like the proverbial fish to water, Fischer ate up all he could learn and soon moved from the Bertram to a 48-foot Viking with the intent of exploring and fishing what he terms the "in-between places."
Once again, Fischer turned to veterans. This time it was Brett McBride, who he met through a mutual friend and who became Go Fisch's captain, and David Traylor, an expert freediver and Go Fisch's first mate and chef. Soon this four-person crew was exploring angling opportunities both above and below the surface. Noticing the crew had chemistry and possessing an entrepreneurial spirit, Fischer figured the foursome's original angle might be worthy of TV.
Next page > Part 2: The foursome got some video equipment, hired a couple of cameramen, and went fishing. > Page 1, 2
This article originally appeared in the April 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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I am so excited to announce the lovely ladies that will be our Winter Design Team! The decision was not easy, but I think you'll agree we're in for a treat as we receive inspiration from the amazing Lisa Spiegel, Cristine Redmond and Bev Code!
Please join me now for a little meet and greet with these creative, crafty geniuses! I asked each of the ladies a few questions to help break the ice so we could get to know each of them just a little bit more.
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First off let's meet Lisa Spiegel. Lisa comes to us from sunny California. I wish I could be there right now, rather than here in the cold!
I'm Lisa Spiegel and I live with my hubby of 20 years and our three girls ages 17, 15 and 10. I have been scrapping in some form since I could write, but the "safe" way since my oldest daughter was born. When I'm not scrapbooking, I'm a Girl Scout leader and Lamaze Childbirth Educator, but I am usually scrapbooking, talking to others about scrapbooking or finding inspiration for scrapbooking- I think it's safe to say I'm a little obsessed with scrapbooking. :) I'm so excited and delighted to be on the ScrapbookSteals.com Winter Design Team and look forward to sharing all I love of this hobby.
1. Who is your favorite manufacturer?
It is always such a hard question, and I'm always hard pressed to pick just ONE manufacturer to be my favorite...but I can narrow it down to two! My Mind's Eye and Basic Grey are just the BEST. I just love how easily everything comes together when I'm working with their products. I never get tired of working with them and I am just in awe of how they always seem to out-do themselves with their new releases!
2. Why do you scrapbook?
>I scrapbook for several reasons, but the most important one is to preserve my family's memories. The *real* reason, though, is I just love it. I love being crafty, I love taking photographs, I love capturing little bits of life and telling our stories with a less than obvious event style history.
3. What is your go to treat for scrapping?
I don't often eat while I'm scrapbooking, but if I did, it would have to be Swedish Fish. They don't get my fingers sticky and they are so yummy!
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Next up is Cristine Redmond. If you are a regular on the Scrapbook Steals Blog or have attended the Scrapbook Steals Retreat, then you will know Cristine and her amazing work! She joins us from the Kansas City area.
When Kerys emailed me to say that I had been chosen for the Winter Design Team, I kind of felt like I had come full-circle in the world of ScrapbookSteals.com (as much as one could without actually working there). I have been a fan of ScrapbookSteals since purchasing my first steal of Pebbles Chalks in January of 2010. I have met many amazingly talented women through the SS Facebook page and feel blessed to call them my friends. And I was lucky enough to be able to attend the ScrapbookSteals Crop this past October and meet the wizards behind the curtain. :) I feel truly honored to have been chosen and I hope I do this team justice! No pressure, right?!
I am a stay-at-home mom to my two precious red head girls (6 and 3.5) and I love my job. I have been paper crafting for about seven years, but seriously for about three years. I started out doing mostly scrapbook layouts, but have recently ventured into the world of card making in the last year and a half or so. I would describe my style as classic-chic. I always try to be as genuine and authentic as possible. I am an honest scrapper and take pride in scrapping my family's memories. I might not do things the "right" way or the way everyone else does them, but I always give my projects my heart and soul.
1. Who is your favorite manufacturer?
I seem to grab a lot of My Mind's Eye from my stash. Especially from their 6x6 paper pads because they are so versatile and great for card making.
2. Why do you scrapbook?
My sole motivation for crafting has to be because I love what I do. Looking through a scrapbook is a lot more interesting and personal than thumbing through a photo album. Handing someone a handmade card is lot more personal than running out and buying the first card you look at. It makes me happy to put memories on paper and to send someone a heartfelt, personalized card. You just don't get these kinds of highs from other jobs. Or at least I haven't. :)
3. What is your go to treat for scrapping?
Anything sweet or chocolatey. I'm not picky. More often than not it is plain m&m's.
I am so happy to be on the Winter DT and can't wait to get started!
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Lastly we have the ever so talented Bev Code as a part of our Winter Design Team. Bev is the 'Jack-of-all-trades' - she scraps, she crafts, she does it all! Bev joins us from the hot and sunny Florida shores, although she can also be found in Ontario, Canada!
Hi, I am so excited to be part of this amazing team at ScrapbookSteals! What a wonderful opportunity. My name is Bev Code and I have been scrapping for about 4+ years. I am a wife, mother and gramma that loves being retired and now have time to scrap to my heart's content. I live in Conestogo, Ontario and spend some time in Florida where I take my scrapping with me for the extended time. Family and friends are the subjects of my creativity whether it be an album page or a gift that I made for them.
1. Who is your favorite manufacturer ?
OK, bad question because I don't have just a few - I love them all. It's only recently that I have had the opportunity to use more up-to-date product and matching accents and I am in awe of all of them. There isn't too much affiliated with this craft that I don't like.
2. Why do you scrapbook?
I want to preserve our memories for the future generations. I don't have that from my past except a few photos and so many without names. So my scrapping will share all that I remember from my timeline and slightly before to my great greats down the road. It is fun and relaxing and allows my creative mojo to flow to my pages.
3. What is your go to treat for scrapping?
Am I only allowed one? I love lots of go-to treats but depends what is available at the time. Red licorice, bridge mixture, coffee and a donut, or coffee and a cookie... need I go on? Just have to be careful not to spread it over my pages.
Looking forward to meeting you all and getting to know you better.
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I'm so excited to have the pleasure to work with you ladies! I cannot wait to see what amazing creations you come up with. Be sure to check in on Friday 11th January as Lisa kicks things off with the winter term.
Have a great day and be sure to stop by tomorrow for our January Blog Hop with Special Guests! In short – amazing!


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Mangala Suta
Ven. K. Gunaratana Thera
(transcriebing from the free distributed booklet printed by "The corperate body ot the buddha education Foundation http://www.budaedu.org)
This book fulfils a much needed want, and it is being issued at a time when the present exigency in the world is filled with doubts of bliss, and forebodings of sorrow, and as such, it will serve to dispel such evil forces around us and guide us to a better understanding towards our moral and spiritual upliftment.
It is gratifying to lean that many people have realised the practical results in following the teaching of the Exalted One, The Buddha. To seek the Path of Deliverance from this world of births and rebirths, sufferings and sorrow, we have to take the initiative ourselves and follow the Path and the facilities offered through such studies and the purpose to which it served is questionably inspiring in the highest realization – Nibbana.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Yap Eng Seng, who has kindly defrayed all the costs towards the reproduction of this volume, and it is the more appreciable to note that his generosity has rightly gained for him more merits in the real practical sense of charity, for – "The Gift of Truth Excels all other Gifts."
2496 II 8th Day Mahindarama Buddhist Temple,
--- Kampar Road,
1952 October 26th Penang, Malaya
"Do not believe in anything (simply) because you have heard it;"
"Do not believe in traditions, because they have handed down for many generations;"
"Do not believe in anything, because it is spoken and rumored by many;"
"Do not believe in anything, simply because it is found written in your religious books;"
"Do not believe in anything, merely on the authority of your teachers and elders;"
"But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
"Honour To The Exalted One, Free From All Bondages And Fully Enlightened"
In ancient Days in India, the people used to assemble in council and elucidate such lectures so as to impart wisdom and knowledge that would be of benefit to them. For their fees, those learned men who propounded such wisdom, were given of various kinds. Sometimes the length of their lecture took as long as four month to complete.
One day, a discussion was made on the subject of "Blessings". What is Blessing; and what constitutes Blessing. Is Seeing a Blessing? Is Hearing a Blessing? Is Felling a Blessing?
One, Dittha- Mangalika formed the impression that as omens of significance, if one were to rise early in the morning, and see such auspicious things, such as parrots, pregnant woman, well-dressed boy, water-pot, horse, horse-cart, bull, cow, etc., - such things were indeed blessings. This led to an argument which some accepted as correct, whilst others disagree. The Suta-Mangalika said, "O! man, as you have said seeing is blessing in this respect because it is pleasant to the sense of sight, may I ask what about those unpleasant and impure things that are also seen with the eyes. This cannot be so, for as far as seeing is concerned, one is apt to see pleasant and unpleasant objects as well. For verily, I cannot accept your views as correct." Some people agreed with him while others doubted. Again another one Suta-Mangalika questioned the assembly if such pleasant wishes as "Good Day," "May you be prosperous," be heard by a person, constitute blessing, then hearing of good and bad things are also blessings. Again such a question arose, that on getting up in the morning if they happen to smell some fragrant odour and eat tasty food, and also touch pleasant and soft things, whether these constitutes blessings.
Controversial points were raised and expounded and yet still no decision could be reached. From the neighbourhood where it was first discussed, news of this controversy spread far and wide and yet no satisfactory answer could obtained. This debate had been carried even to the spiritual realm of Brahma. After debating for about twelve years, the deities at the Tuvatimsa Heaven assembled one day and proposed to lay the matter before their King, Sakka Deva Raja, to get his corrected view. In order to obtain the correct answer to this controversy, they were advised by him to seek Lord Buddha. "For," as he said, "if you wish to have a light, you must approach a fire to get it, you can not get light from a firefly." So a certain Deity was requested to proceed straightway to see the Exalted One, who was at that time at Jetavana Temple, which was built by a rich pious devotee named Anatha Pindika at Savatthi, now known as Sahet Mahet in Nothern India. So far into the dead of this deva of wondrous beauty, with the glare of rays emanating from his body illuminating the whole of the temple premises, approached the Exalted One, and having paid due respects and homage stood on one side, and so standing, laid before Him the following question:-"Many gods and men pondering on the question of blessing could not come to a decision. Therefore O, Lord, may You please tell me what is the greatest Blessing."
In His reply, The Lord Buddha expounded the "Mangala Sutta," and thus explained to them that resulting in bliss is as follows:-
Not To Associate With The Unwise Is Most Blissful.
Fools or ignorant people not only injure themselves, but also those around them. If we associate with them, we are apt to follow their ways and so harm ourselves mentally as well as bodily, because all troubles or fear arise from ignorance or foolishness. Even if we do not practise their methods, the mre fact of associating with them will harm our reputation; in the same way that a banana leaf is contaminated if it is used to wrap up a piece of rotten fish or meat. The leaf is dirty and smelly even after the fish or rotten meat is thrown away.
Here is a story to illustrate this:
Once, when the Bodhisat was born as a man called Akitti Pandita, the King of Devas promised to grant him any boon he asked. Akitti Pandita begged that he might never meet, see or talk with fools. The King of Devas was surprised and asked him the reason for this strange request. Replying, he explained that fools or the unwise ones i.e. people who do not understand discipline, always lead their friends to bad ways and teach them to do wrong, because they do not know the right way them selves. If discipline or good ways are spoken in their presence, they become angry, for they cannot understand, they lose their temper and quarrels arise. If discipline or good ways are spoken in their presence, they become angry, for they do not understand them. Therefore he prayed that he might never speak, meet or come in contact with fools.
To Associate With the Wise Is Most Blissful.
By wise men we mean men who are rich with virtuousness and all good deeds and thoughts, i-e- men who bodily abstain from killing, stealing and committing adultery; in their speech they refrain from these vices, are free from craving through ignorance. To associate with these wise ones, is one of the causes of bliss. By doing so we are elevating ourselves. For instance, if we take a piece of dry banana leaf and wrap up some sweet-scented flowers, the leaf is impregnated with the scent even after the flowers are taken away. In the same way, if we associate with the wise ones, i.e. well disciplined and meritorious people, our name will be enhanced.
To Respect The Respectables Is Most Blissful.
By respectable ones, we mean The Lord Buddha, Pacceka Buddha, Ariya Savaka, father, mother and elders. They inevitably are deserving of respect and those who honour, respect and administer to their needs will always obtain bliss as illustrated by the following story:
One morning The Lord Buddha taking his bowl, was proceeding to Rajagaha to receive any dana offered by His devotees. A garland maker of King Bimbisara, Sumana by name, saw The Lord Buddha approaching. It came to his mind, that if he brought the garlands to King Bimbisara, he would only get some monetary remuneration whereas, if he were to offer them to The Lord Buddha, who knows what great merit he might accrue. Thereupon, he took a handful of flowers and stewed them before The Lord Buddha. The flowers at once sprang up into the air and formed a canopy over his head. He threw another handful and they formed a screen to one side of The Lord Buddha. Again and again, he threw handful after handful of flowers until the flowers became a floral screen around The Lord Buddha. Everyone was astonished at the wonderful sight and The Lord Buddha smiled. The Ven. Ananda on enquiring the reason for The Lord's smile, was informed that Sumana the garland maker, by this meritorious deed, would, after 100.000 eons, become a Pacceka Buddha called Munissaro.
Amisa means all forms of charity. Patipati Puja, is to observe the precepts, accept the Three Refugees and meditation. By this way we can respect the respectful ones. The younger should respect the elder, the son and daughter should respect and care for their parents; the housewife should respect and administer to the wants of her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law. Those who respect the respectables, in this way, will, in the present life, obtain bliss such as "Ayu" (longevity) "Vanna" (good complexion) "Sukha" (happiness) "Bala" (good health and strength). Not only will they obtain bliss in the present life, but also in the next.
To Reside At A Favourable Place Is Bliss.
People whether they reside in a village, town or country, should always live amongst good and friendly neighbours, i.e. good and virtuous men.
If the people in a village are upright and strictly observe the precepts, then that place will be peaceful, safe and prosperous. Everybody in the village will always strive for each other's welfare and any work will be peaceful and harmoniously conducted. Whereas, on the other hand, if the people of the village are unprincipled and corrupt, then sorrow and trouble will spring up naturally. There will always be quarrels and discontent, the strong ones will be aggressive to their weaker neighbours, and life and property will never be safe. Therefore we should always choose our surroundings before we decide to stay, because to reside among good and virtuous peoples is bliss.
Merits Gained In The Past To Be Instated In Good Pre-Requisites Is Bliss.
If you have accrued merits during your previous rebirth, this is bliss, because we are the product of our own actions in our previous births, i.e. "Karma". For instance, some people are born ugly and some are beautiful some are clever and some are stupid. Some rich men may end up in poverty, while some unknown man may rise up and became a great millionaire. All this are due to "Karma" i.e. the merits or demerits that we had acquired during our previous rebirth.
To Be Well-Read And Instructed In Arts Is Bliss.
If we are well-read and instructed in arts, we are not liable to fall into the pitfalls of ignorance.
To Be Of Well Disciplined Behaviour Is Most Blissful.
Character is the very essence of man. He does not come by mere chance to acquire it and it does not come to him through his inheritance from birth either. It lies in his own hands and in the disciplinary measure that he zealously guards to refrain from committing evil deeds and to do good and meritorious deeds. It remains his essential duty a good habit so formed, to keep close watch over his action whether it be mentally, verbally or bodily. Through strict discipline alone can a man avoid the following ten evil deeds:-
1. Killing 6. Using indecent languages
2. Stealing 7. Gossiping
3. Adultery 8. Hankering after lust
4. Lying 9. Becoming hateful
5. Slandering 10. Becoming ignorant of the Dhamma
As for the bhikkhu his discipline is confined to all the aspect of strict observance of the precepts from time he renounces the world to the time of his realizing the Four Noble Truths.
Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that strict discipline so regulating one's behaviour is to be adhered to, at all time. The only cure for heedlessness is the concrete act of discipline. Happy is the man who has a well controlled mind.
Prince Rahula, after renouncing the world, exercised perfect discipline, in as much, that he took a hand full of sand and wished that from the number of sand in his hand he would gladly receive advice conducive to good disciplinary behaviour from The Lord Buddha and any other teachers. It is worthy to note that among the eighty chief Arahans, Rahula Arahan was foremost in his disciplinary measure that he kept rigidly throughout, in order to attain the object of his desire i.e. a well controlled behaviour.
To Be Possessed Of Pleasant Words And Speech Is Most Blissful.
Every person likes you to speak nicely and pleasantly to him. No one likes to be addressed in a harsh manner. Even a child detests the stern remark that is passed; it hurts his feelings and immediately he gains the impression that the general outlook is not at all friendly. Animals too behave in like manner. A dog or a cat will instinctively find out from the tone of your speech, whether it is pleasing or otherwise.
It is a good policy to speak pleasantly. No amount of harsh word would win you respect and adoration; instead you meet with rebuke and scorn. Why not, therefore, let us be more watchful on the care and choice of the words we use, words, that ring sweetness to warm the hearts of those whom we daily contact. Let us be alert to refrain from being rude and saucy in our speech; it does no one any good. On the other hand when we speak in so refined an expression of goodwill it goes straight home to the receiver like blam so soothing and peaceful and lo! what unspeakable joy and happiness it imparts to us. Let us exert in the conduct of ourselves daily, to be kind, courteous and helpful.
Once there was a king who was known as Gandhara by the name of the country he ruled. At that time the Bodhisatva was born as a calf. The owner gave away the calf to a brahmin. The brahmin had an intense liking for the calf and regarded it almost as a member of his family. He gave it the name of Nandivisala. When the calf grew up to be a big bull, it still cherished in its heart the love and kindness of the brahmin. Because it was grateful to the brahmin Nandivisala felt a desire to repay the brahmin for what he had done. It approached the Brahmin and said, "I want you to take wager with your rich neighbour who owns a big herd of strong bulls. It shall be the match of my strength where I can display my strength by pulling at one time one hundred carts loaded to its fullest capacity. he brahmin, though surprised, gladly accepted what he considered a miracle for his bull to perform such an immense feat of strength. He then went to his rich neighbour and beaming with confidence and joy, offered to wager any price that his bull would pull in one strength, one hundred fully loaded carts. The neighbour thought that it was a huge joke, as he reckoned that it was beyond the strength of any single bull however strong it might be to encounter the great load. However he readily accepted the challenge.
The hundred carts loaded to the fullest extent, were secured one to another in a long line in readiness for the brahmin's bull to take up its position for the test of its phenomenal strength. The brahmin having washed and cleaned his bull and having adorned it by hanging a beautiful garland of flowers around its neck, yoked it to the foremost cart. When everything was ready for the demonstration, the brahmin said to the bull, "Now, you untrained bull of mine, put all your effort and pull." To the surprise of everyone, more so to the brahmin, the bull made no movement at all to show its willingness to pull the long line of one hundred carts. The brahmin lost his wager and quietly led his bull away.
For sometime, the bull went grazing in the field and when it returned home after its feed, found the brahmin lying quietly on the couch brooding over his loss. The bull came near to its master and said, "During all these years that I have been living with you, is there any occasion when I have been a nuisance in your house, say like breaking any article that came my way or urinating anywhere in the place? Why then call me an untrained bull? – Such unwarranted and unpleasant remark has no place in my own good behaviour right through all these years to you."
However the bull did not wish to appear so resentful as to cause unnecessary distress to its master, and in this light, he asked his master to make a second wager with an increased stake amounting to two hundred gold pieces and at the same time reminding him of the incident in case he became abusive again. The wager was keenly taken up and when the final arrangements were completed, the brahmin politely said to his bull, "Now, son, will you make a good start?" To the amazement of all the spectators, the bull made one gigantic tug and the hundred loaded carts began to move. The display of the stupendous feat of a single bull earned the admiration of the spectators who gave freely their articles of gold and other gifts to enrich the coffers of the brahmin together with the settlement of the two hundred gold pieces wager from his rich neighbour.
The Lord Buddha made it an occasion as reference to this particular incident in one of his previous rebirth, that rudeness of speech had made a disadvantage to the man concerned.
To honor, Respect, support And Attend On Parents Is Most Blissful.
Ministering to parents is one of the sterling qualities of man. The Lord laid particular stress on the practice of this virtue on many occasions. In the observance of ministering by the bhikkhus, to laymen is permitted, yet in the case of ministering to parents, the Lord Buddha not only encouraged it, but made it a necessity to attend to the needs of their parents. From this instance, we can gather how pressing is the attention of parents, that it becomes the immediate duty of man and woman to render all the assistance to their parents. They are not to fail in the duty bound by their birth to the parents who in their love are watchful over the safety and well being of their children, and rear them through the passage of their young and carefree days; with what care, love and sacrifice they throw their all. No poverty or wealth is any deterrent to the love and sacrifice of a mother over her tender one. She is the potent guardian seeking no gain or honour but so pure and noble in her love, that she gives her life for the sole protection of her frail little child. This display of strong maternal love is also evident among the animals.
How, then, could it be justified for any one to be in absolute neglect in the discharge of their duty towards their parents at time when they are so dependent on the care and support of their children. It is the time that they seriously reflect on the foregoing obligation that as age and care have their hold on their parents, it is primarly their part to lend the helping hand that was once given them.
May all those who look well after their parents, continue their good mission, gathering strength from day to day, and thus bring about their noblest virtue by ministering to their parents.
Venerable Sariputta Thera, the chief disciple of The Lord Buddha, knew his time was near; his mortal life drew close to its journey's end and the vision of the state of Pari-Nibbana become manifested to him. It was on this point of his reflection that it devolved upon him his final duty to repay the many debt of gratitude he owed to his mother.
Lady Sari was a very fortunate woman to be the mother of seven Arahats, the greatest among whom was the Ven. Sariputta. Her belief was the worship of Brahma, and to this end she spared her entrie devotion to the utter neglect, to seek the real refuge in the Triple Gem. It was also Ven. Sariputta's desire to win her faith in the Triple Gem, that made him seek that very place, wherin his Pari-Nibbana may be gained. Ven. Sariputta made his last request to the Lord Buddha about his Pari-Nibbana at the house of his mother as the last homage to be accorded to her. It was a great hour, when the chief disciple in deep reverence, paid his last respects to the Lord Buddha and taking his leave, accompanied by his five hundred followers, he walked slowly away.
Jetevana Temple was alive with a large crowd of devotees and people who came to see the Ven. Sariputta Thera. It was a scene heavy with the free offering of flowers and food, they paid their last respect to him, and cried in grief that with the departure of their beloved teacher the Ven. Sariputta, all was ended for him.
Like bleating lambs after their mother sheep, this huge congregation of men followed their teacher for a long distance, until the Ven. Sariputta gave them his final blessing and advised them to be heedful and diligent in their conduct. He then turned to go on his journey homeward together with his five hundred followers.
On the way thousands of men and woman were fortunate enough to hear the deliverance of the Dhamma by the Ven. Sariputta. On the seventh day, he reached the city and rested under the cool shade of a bunyan tree. Here he was met by his nephew Uparevata who paid him due respect. Ven. Sariputta requested his nephew that his mother be informed of his coming, and that arrangements be made for the accommodation of his five hundred followers.
When the news came to Lady Sari, she received it with mixed feeling of joy and surprise, and with her motherly love, she thought of her son who, perhaps with age advanced, considered it necessary to disrobe himself. So hastily she sent people to extend her welcome to his homecoming. Having set food in his mother's house, Ven. Sariputta proceeded straight to the room where he was born, and was soon laid up in bed suffering from acute diarrhea and the Ven. Cunda Thera was in attendance all the time.
The mother greatly alarmed at her son's sudden illness, came near to the room where her son was, to see what assistance she could render. A strange vision met her wondering eyes. She saw four figures with shining light radiating their whole personalities going in and out of the room. A short while after the first apparition, there appeared another figure brilliantly lit about his whole person, standing before The Ven. Sariputta and then moved away again. His place was taken by another figure of great bearing and with a greater array of light in glowing brilliance issued forth from his body. He also stood for some time and left.
Still wondering on the perplexity of the strange vision she had seen, she enquired of the Ven. Cunda about the visitors and their strange mission. Ven. Cunda went near to the great Thera and informed him about the presence of his mother. The Ven. Sariputta knew the time was opportune to have his mother realise the truth about the Lord's Dhamma and calmly the Great Thera spoke to lady Sari:-
"What has brought you here at this hour of night?" Lady Sari, her mind fixed on the wellbeing of her noble son and kindled still with that affection and love of a great mother, said softly:-
Dear son, the only joy to warm my heart is to see you well and happy. Tell me. O! son what ails you, and what is your present state of health. Tell me too O! son the mission of your four noble guest, whose glowing light lit up the room you slept."
The Ven. Sariputta replied, "It accounts for the presence of the four chief devas of the Caturmaharajika Heaven who came to pay their homage.
"O dear son great is the respect they accord thee. Art thou higher in thy virtue whereby these devas pay their humble homage?"
O Upasika, the four personalities thou glorify are the four guardians who with their drawn swords kept gracious guard over the Lord, The Buddha, from the very day of his confinement in His mother's womb."
Then, dear son, who is the one who appeared next after them?"
"O Upasika, he is Sakka, the king of devas."
"O dear son, do thou in thy loftiness stand higher than this Sakka, the king of devas?"
"O Upasika, Sakka in thy esteem is like a Samanera (precept holder of lower ordination) whose glowing tribute is his attendance on a Bhikkhu. He was in attendance to our Lord, carrying his robes when He descended from the Tavatimsa Heaven."
"Then O son, who is the great shining personality, the brilliance of whose light radiating forth, is greater than the moonbeams that cast upon this room?"
"O! Upasika, He is your blessed teacher Maha Brahma whom in thy devotion made most sincere."
"Oh! dear son, do thou in thy excellence outshine the grandeur of my blessed teacher Maha Brahma?"
"Oh! Upasika, Maha Brahma great in thy exhaltation, is no other than the one who with outspread net received our Lord Buddha when He was born."
There was silence. Lady Sari beamed with immense joy that she knew not how, what is her son's supreme attainment that surpassed the greatness of her most blessed teacher, the Maha Brahma. Then Ven. Sariputta knew that her time was near to bring home the truth of the Lord's doctrine.
"O Upasika, what is it that weighs in your mind now that this silence brings?"
"Oh dear son, I have known no greater joy than this realisation brings that, if my son strived for that great enlightenment with wondrous achievement, it places me in deep wonder, what greater exhaltation could his teacher dispose to."
"Oh! Upasika, there is no comparison to bring forth the greatness of the most Exalted One, our Lord The Buddha, for this great earth tremored and quaked with tremendous force to herald the time of His birth; His great renunciation; His supreme Enlightenment and His first deliverance of the sermon, Turning the wheel of Law.
Throughout the expanse of the whole universe, no greater one ever lived, who can be likened unto Him, that in so far they become matchless in which He excelled in virtue, compassion and wisdom; a gateway to eternal bliss free from the bondage of lust, hate and ignorance."
Lady Sari saw the new vision of truth on the nobility of Buddha Ratna (Gem of Buddha) and she attained the fruits of the first Path, Sotapatti. She exclaimed, "O! Dear son, Upatissa, why have I waited so long yet now only taste the bliss of truth, whereby I gain the complete freedom that is eternal."
Another dawn of day broke the eastern sky, a day so young yet pregnant and full, waiting the passing away of the Great Aharant. All the five hundred followers assembled in the early hour, many with sorrowing hearts and the time came fast to a close. The last parting words rang out once more, the humbleness of the Great Thera, Sariputta, soliciting their forgiveness, any failing of his, that occurred to them throughout their fortyfour years of loyal service to him, and lying on his right side, the Great Arahant, the chief disciple of Lord Buddha, attained Pari-Nibbana.
To Look After Feed And Take Care Of The Wife And Children Is Most Blissfull.
The continue of the "What is Blissfull - Mangala Suta Uannana" can be found under: http://www.mahindarama.com/e-library/mangalasutta2.html as I just saw that it is already digital and no need to continue to write


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This document contains information for an outdated version and may not be maintained any more. If some of your projects still use this version, consider upgrading as soon as possible.
Install SilverStripe manually on Windows using IIS 6
How to prepare Windows Server 2003 for SilverStripe using IIS 6 and FastCGI.
This guide will work for the following operating systems:
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 R2
Database install and configuration is not covered here, it is assumed you will do this yourself.
PHP comes with MySQL support out of the box, but you will need to install the SQL Server Driver for PHP from Microsoft if you want to use SQL Server.
Open Windows Update and make sure everything is updated, including optional updates. It is important that all .NET Framework updates including service packs are installed.
Install IIS
- Open Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs
- Click Add/Remove Windows Components on the left hand bar
- Check Application Server and then click Next to install it
Install FastCGI for IIS
- Download and install this package: http://www.iis.net/download/fastcgi
- Open inetmgr.exe
- Right click Web Sites and go to Properties
- Click the Home Directory tab
- Click Configuration... then Add
- In the Add/Edit Extension Mapping dialog, click Browse... and navigate to fcgiext.dll which is located in %windir%\system32\inetsrv
- In the Extension text box, enter .php
- Under Verbs in the Limit to text box, enter GET,HEAD,POST
- Ensure that the Script engine and Verify that file exists boxes are checked then click OK
- Open fcgiext.ini located in %windir%\system32\inetsrv. In the [Types] section of the file, add php=PHP
Create a new section called [PHP] at the bottom of the file, like this:
[PHP] ExePath=c:\php5\php-cgi.exe
Finally, run these commands in Command Prompt
cd %windir%\system32\inetsrv cscript fcgiconfig.js -set -section:"PHP" -InstanceMaxRequests:10000 cscript fcgiconfig.js -set -section:"PHP" -EnvironmentVars:PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS:10000 cscript fcgiconfig.js -set -section:"PHP" -ActivityTimeout:300
Install PHP
- Download PHP (Zip link underneath the VC9 x86 Non Thread Safe section)
- Download WinCache (WinCache 1.1 for PHP 5.3)
- Extract the PHP zip contents to c:\php5
- Run the WinCache self-extractor and extract to c:\php5\ext. A file called php_wincache.dll should now reside in c:\php5\ext
- Rename php.ini-development to php.ini in c:\php5
- Open php.ini, located in c:\php5 with Notepad or another editor like Notepad++
- Search for date.timezone, uncomment it by removing the semicolon and set a timezone from here: http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
- Search for fastcgi.impersonate, uncomment it by removing the semicolon and set it like this: fastcgi.impersonate = 1
- Search for cgi.fix_pathinfo, uncomment it by removing the semicolon and set it like this: cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
- Search for cgi.force_redirect, uncomment it by removing the semicolon and set it like this: cgi.force_redirect = 0
- Search for fastcgi.logging, uncomment it by removing the semicolon and set it like this: fastcgi.logging = 0
- Search for extension_dir and make sure it looks like this: extension_dir = "ext" (use proper double quotation characters here)
- Find the "Dynamic Extensions" part of the file, and replace all extension entries with the following:
;extension=php_bz2.dll extension=php_curl.dll ;extension=php_enchant.dll ;extension=php_exif.dll ;extension=php_fileinfo.dll extension=php_gd2.dll ;extension=php_gettext.dll ;extension=php_gmp.dll ;extension=php_imap.dll ;extension=php_intl.dll ;extension=php_ldap.dll extension=php_mbstring.dll extension=php_mysql.dll extension=php_mysqli.dll ;extension=php_oci8.dll ;extension=php_oci8_11g.dll ;extension=php_openssl.dll ;extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll ;extension=php_pdo_oci.dll ;extension=php_pdo_odbc.dll ;extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dll ;extension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll ;extension=php_pgsql.dll ;extension=php_shmop.dll ;extension=php_snmp.dll ;extension=php_soap.dll ;extension=php_sockets.dll ;extension=php_sqlite3.dll ;extension=php_sqlite.dll extension=php_tidy.dll extension=php_wincache.dll ;extension=php_xmlrpc.dll ;extension=php_xsl.dll
This is a minimal set of loaded extensions which will get you started.
If want to use SQL Server as a database, you will need to install the SQL Server Driver for PHP and add an extension entry for it to the list above.
Test PHP
c:\php5\php.exe -v
You should see some output showing the PHP version. If you get something else, or nothing at all, then there are missing updates for your copy of Windows Server 2003. Open Windows Update and make sure you've updated everything including optional updates.
Install SilverStripe
- Download SilverStripe
- Extract the download contents to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\silverstripe
- Open inetmgr.exe
- Right click Web Sites and go to New > Web Site
- Fill in all appropriate details. If you enter (All Unassigned) for the IP address field, make sure the port is something other than 80, as this will conflict with "Default Web Site" in IIS. When asked for path, enter C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\silverstripe
- Browse to
http://localhost:8888or to the IP address you just assigned in your browser.
An installation screen should appear. There may be some permission problems, which you should be able to correct by assigning the Users group write permissions by right clicking files / folders in Windows Explorer and going to Properties then the Security tab.
When ready, hit Install SilverStripe.
SilverStripe should now be installed and you should have a basic site with three pages.
However, URLs will not look "nice", like this:
http://localhost/index.php/about-us. In order to fix this problem, we need to install a third-party URL rewriting tool, as IIS 6 does not support this natively.
Proceed to Install IIRF below to enable nice URLs.
Install IIRF
At the moment, all URLs will have index.php in them. This is because IIS does not support URL rewriting. To make this work, we need to install IIRF which is a third-party plugin for IIS.
- Download IIRF and install it
RewriteEngine On MaxMatchCount 10 IterationLimit 5 # URLs with query strings # Don't catch successful file references RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*)\?(.+)$ /sapphire/main.php?url=$1&$2 # URLs without query strings RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /sapphire/main.php?url=$1
Friendly URLs should now be working when you browse to your site.
Remember that IIRF works on a per-virtual host basis. This means for each site you want IIRF to work for, you need to add a new entry to Web Sites in inetmgr.exe.
Thanks to kcd for the rules: http://www.silverstripe.org/community/forums/installing-silverstripe/show/10488


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Perversion Not A Civil Right Wild Bill For America T-Shirt
"Wild" Bill Finlay has had a successful career in law enforcement. Before that he served with the U.S. Marines as a Corpsman. He has worked in the mission field in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and West Africa. As a security specialist, Bill has tackled Islamic violence and intimidation head on. He has recruited and trained security teams to protect missionaries serving around the world.
His mission is to call America back to the traditional faith of our Founding Fathers. Every problem this nation faces can be traced to the abandonment of the Judeo-Christian values that our country was founded on.
For more information go to WildBillForAmerica.com which is his website. It is the home for his informative and insightful videos which update several times a week.


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Wes Ashford achieved everything he could have hoped for at the community college level, heading the San Bernardino Valley College cross country program. Now the popular is making a change, sort of.
Ashford has joined Cal Poly Pomona as assistant cross country and distance track coach. He will assist head track/cross country coach Octavious Gillespie-Bennett.
He isn't leaving San Bernardino Valley altogether, but will split the coaching duties with Jim Ratigan, his lead assistant the last six years.
"It was the right time and the right place," said Ashford.
Ashford, 52, established a dynasty at SBVC in the last 10 years. The Wolverines have an active streak of 17 straight Foothill Conference titles. More impressive is a streak of five consecutive state championships from 2006 to 2010. They were second in 2011 and fifth in 2012.
"Wes is the most successful junior college distance coach in California," Gillespie-Bennett said, "We're more than lucky to have him on our coaching staff."
Ashford started his coaching career at Rancho Cucamonga High School, where he worked from 1997 to 2001. He guided the team to a Mt. Baldy League cross country League title and the squad went undefeated in league competition through his entire tenure.
As a cross country and distance runner, Ashford earned a name for himself during his time as a student-athlete at Brigham Young University. He qualified for 16 separate USA National Track and Cross Country Championships and was a member of the United States national team for the Eight Nations Meet in 1990 and the World Road Relay Championships in 1996.
After graduating from BYU in 1989, Ashford earned a master's degree in natural health at Clayton College of Health in Birmingham, Ala., in 2008.
What Ashford is looking forward to most is the opportunity to coach the same athletes for four years.
"I always found it hard to coach kids for two years, then pass them off to someone else," he said. "I'm looking forward to being able to see kids through their whole college career."
SBVC athletic director Dave Rubio said the logistics haven't been worked out as to how much time Ashford will have but is confident in the other support staff in place at his school.
"We haven't worked out all the details yet," Rubio said. "But we'll have enough help in place that we don't think we'll miss a beat. He had a great class coming in and I know he wants to be able to see them through."
SBVC's Jones headed to CS Los Angeles
Sophomore forward Xavier Jones of San Bernardino Valley College will continue his athletic career at NCAA Division II Cal State Los Angeles.
The 6-foot-8 center-forward played for the Wolverines for two years, helping them to a Foothill Conference title as a freshman.
He appeared in 22 games last season and led the team in blocked shots and was third in rebounding. He earned All-Foothill Conference honorable mention.
Jones starred at the high school level at La Verne Lutheran, helping that school to CIF Southern Section and state titles.


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What's your toddler's personality type?
Knowing this could impact your parenting style more than you realise. more
While the mother-child bond is indisputable, increasingly research is showing that dads, too, have a huge impact on their kids – and vice-versa.
Of course, it makes sense that today's fathers should be found to be at least equally as influential as mothers, yet it's tended to be mums who've got all the credit, or, just as often, copped all the blame for how smart, happy, fat or engaged kids are.
Here are some of the interesting results from recent global research into the importance of dads.
Large-scale UK research involving 10,000 sons and daughters has revealed how a cold or distant father can damage a child's life, sometimes for decades to come. Rejection by dads was strongly linked to feelings of anxiety and insecurity as well as hostile and aggressive behaviour.
Another study found that the more dads are involved with their offspring, the better their exam results across the age groups. In fact, a father's interest in his child's education, particularly in late primary school, has been found to have more influence on education outcomes than family background, the child's personality or socio-economic factors.
An authoritarian-style dad is more likely to raise children (especially boys) who display aggressive behaviour, than a mum who has a harsh parenting style, says US research.
The way fathers interact with babies as young as three months old can influence whether the children develop behavioural problems by their first birthday, says an article in a recent child psychology journal. Again, baby boys seemed more influenced by their dads' level of involvement than their female counterparts. The kids who developed the most behavioural problems had fathers who "sat back and were distracted", the report said.
Children whose fathers were more authoritarian were more likely to eat junk food, says 2007 US research. And dads who believed they didn't have a lot of control at work and who also placed less value on family mealtime were also more likely to have kids who ate fast food more regularly.
Kids tend to pay more attention to what Dad does and says than Mum, and his actions could wield more influence as well, says UK research.
This male hormone takes a bit of a dive when men become dads, scientists have found. And the more Daddy is involved in child-raising, the lower his testosterone is. Rather than suggesting that engaged dads are less manly, the researchers say the hormonal changes show that men's bodies evolved hormonal systems that helped them commit to their families once children were born.
This article was written by Fiona Baker for Kidspot, Australia's best family health resource.


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Hey guys it's been a while since I last posted. I need some help resolving an issue with a background image. When I reduce the screen resolution from 960 to 768, the YouTube logo in the "More Videos" sidebar on the index page does not scale. It also gets cut off as the viewport becomes smaller.
What is causing this and how do I fix it?
Here is a link to github --> link
Have you made this hidden using media queries? I ask since this does not render at all when the width of the page is reduced to the said size?
I should have been more specific, I apologize. I am using media queries, but the sidebar is visible between 960 and 768. The sidebar is removed when the resolution is under 768. The YouTube logo is cropped between the sizes of 960 and 768. How do I make the background image resize as the page resizes?
Here is a screenshot of the page at 800:
Background images don't scale. But this problem you are having would be easily solved by setting a pixel width on the h3 rather than a % width:
e.g. instead of
#more_videos h3 {
float: left;
text-indent: 100%;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
margin-left: 22%;
margin-bottom: 10px;
width: 28%;
background: url('../images/youtube_bw.png') no-repeat;
height: 35px;
try this
#more_videos h3 {
float: right;
text-indent: 100%;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
[s]margin-left: 22%;[/s]
margin-bottom: 10px;
width: 84px;
background: url('../images/youtube_bw.png') no-repeat;
height: 35px;
and then change this
#more_videos ul {
clear: left;
font: 1em helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
margin-bottom: 10px;
to this
#more_videos ul {
clear: both;
font: 1em helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
margin-bottom: 10px;
That worked great! Thank you for your help.
I got one more question for you regarding background images. The play buttons are an image sprite and I cannot get them to flow with the media query without them being distorted, too small and/or cut off like the YouTube logo. How can I make the image sprite remain the same size as the resolution gets smaller between 960 and 768?
Again, instead of giving the  a % width, give it the same width as the area of the sprite image that you want to be available.
Thank you for your help! That worked!
Great. Glad to hear it.


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Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, MD
These 2 types of anesthesia numb your body from the chest down to the legs. The medication is placed directly into the spine area.
Spinal and epidural anesthesia is frequently given for:
Advantages of these types of anesthesia include:
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
Make sure that your doctor is aware of:
You will be connected to various monitors to keep track of your:
You may also have:
An area on your back above the spinal cord will be cleaned. A local anesthetic will be injected into the skin to numb the area. This is to decrease pain from the larger needle that will be put in your back. If you are getting spinal anesthesia, the doctor will give you one injection. The medication will be sent directly into the sac of fluid that surrounds the spinal cord.
If you are getting epidural anesthesia, it may be delivered the same way. But, if you need more than one dose, you will have a tiny, flexible tube in place just outside of the fluid sac. This allows the doctor to give you more medication if you need it. After the surgery, a bandage will be placed over the injection spot.
You will stay in bed until your legs are no longer numb.
Giving spinal or epidural anesthesia usually takes about 15 minutes.
You will feel some pain when the needle is inserted.
Your hospital stay depends on the type of surgery being done.
If you received epidural anesthesia, the tube may be left in place to give you more medication. When you no longer need pain control, the tube will be removed.
For the first 24 hours:
It is important to monitor your recovery. Alert your doctor to any problems. If any of the following occur, call your doctor:
If you think you have an emergency, call for medical help right away.
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Family Doctor—American Academy of Family Physicians
The Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
Health Canada
Spinal anesthesia simulation. University of Florida website. Available at:
http://vam.anest.ufl.edu/simulations/spinalanesthesia.php. Accessed November 19, 2013.
What is epidural anesthesia? Baylor College of Medicine website. Available at: https://www.bcm.edu/healthcare/care-centers/anesthesiology/patient-information/epidural-analgesia. Updated August 2010. Accessed November 19, 2013.
What is regional anesthesia? Baylor College of Medicine website. Available at: https://www.bcm.edu/healthcare/care-centers/anesthesiology/patient-information/regional-anesthesia. Updated August 2010. Accessed November 19, 2013.
Your spinal anaesthetic. Patient UK website. Available at: http://patient.info/health/your-spinal-anaesthetic. Updated January 24, 2012. Accessed November 19, 2013.
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I'm not kidding when I say that this delicious tartar sauce recipe might be a good reason to cook some fish. And if you like tartar sauce as much as I do, I bet you'll love this recipe.
Now check out the fish recipes at the bottom of the post and find something to cook so you can eat it with your tartar sauce!
(Makes 1 1/4 cups tartar sauce, recipe created by Kalyn.)
2/3 cup fat-free plain yogurt (I used my favorite Greek yogurt. If you can't find it, there are links in that post for how to strain yogurt or make your own Greek yogurt.)
1/3 cup mayo (I used full-fat mayo, but you can use reduced fat; don't use fat-free mayo because it always contains sugar)
1/2 tsp. dill weed (dried dill)
2 T capers, drained and finely chopped
3 T dill pickle relish without sugar (or use finely chopped dill pickles if you can't find dill relish)
1/4 tsp. Beau Monde Seasoning or Bon Appetit (optional)
You can whisk this together in a bowl or use the bowl attachment of an Immersion Blender like I did, but don't over-process if you use the immersion blender.
Measure out the fat-free Greek yogurt and mayo or light mayo and whisk together or blend. Add the dried dill weed, chopped capers, dill pickle relish (or chopped pickles) and Beau Monde or Bon Appetit Seasoning if using.
Whisk or blend to combine. Mixture should be chunky. Refrigerate for a few hours before using for best flavor. This will keep in the refrigerator for a few weeks.
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Surprising lessons from an extreme home office makeover expert
- Posted on Jul 15, 2010
When I heard that home organizer Leslie Jacobs would be featured in Guideposts magazine, my first thought was: That's what I need: a professional.
I wasn't always so disorganized. But the uses of my home office had grown over the past few years; my organization of it had not.
My husband Tom uses the computer for his job at an advertising agency, and it's a place where he pays bills and does our taxes. We have a four-year-old son, Luke, and the office has become a repository for memos about school activities, brochures about fun classes and his artwork—piles of mementos of his life. As for me, the office was where I'd stash mail; read catalogues; write articles; pay bills; and toss ads for upcoming plays, concerts, seminars and vacation ideas.
In the past six months the mess had gotten out of control. I'd been late with a few bills; I missed a seminar about Luke's school; and Tom and I spent hours one night searching for an important receipt. Disorganization was costing us time, money and peace of mind.
So when Leslie offered to help me I was thrilled. Since she lives in Connecticut and I live in New York City, this powerhouse of an organizer had to channel her talent through the web. I emailed her photos of my disarray and she responded with tips and product ideas. After two weeks tossing, sorting, filing and labeling, I finally got to meet Leslie in person for her final tweaks.
The result? It's actually a pleasure to do work! Our home office is now neat and inviting, and I know where everything is.
Here are 5 practical things you can do to transform your study or home office.
1. Be prepared.
That's going to mean going through stacks of papers and making decisions about what to toss and what to keep and file. When you've organized categories of things—bills, catalogues, artwork--you can then begin to think about what organizational supplies you may need.
Also, before you go to the big box department store or Container Store, be sure to measure—your drawers, desk, wall space, shelf depth—before you buy.
2. Put everything in its place.
My disorganization starts right at the front door. The mail piles up alongside sunglasses and keys. Leslie suggested a wall pocket, where I could easily separate mail and save space.
Then it was time to move things around on my desk so that things that I needed on a daily basis were close by, while things I used weekly or monthly could be put up on shelves or in file cabinets.
Putting reminders and coupons up on a cork board with the calendar has made a huge difference because now those things are literally in my face as I walk by.
3. Label it.
I was skeptical about the necessity of a label maker, but I'm now a believer. There is something about seeing your files with that perfect, uniform font that makes you feel secure and motivated to stay organized.
4. Find a home for everything.
When your stuff, properly sorted, is in its rightful spot, all feels right with the world. My son's artwork has a box, as do all our chargers.
The stuff that needs to be dealt with each week, is within easy reach, neatly filed and sorted.
That huge tangle of cords from the computer and printer under the desk? Wrapped up in this cool little device.
Our phones and cameras that used to mysteriously disappear each morning now have a comfortable docking home.
5. Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.
When you purge, whether it's paperwork, socks with no match, old Chapstick or rubber bands, you'll end up with containers. Bowls, baskets, trays, even a napkin holder can be re-purposed. For me, a little basket once filled with loose change became a great spot to stash business cards.
Getting organized really has created a positive change in my life. Instead of spending time stressed while I search for something, I now spend a calm 15 minutes a day sorting mail, filing, and reviewing my to-do list. No more late fees or apologies for forgetting an appointment. Who knew an Extreme Home Office Make-over would make over me!
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The Department of Communication Studies welcomes the SU Community to attend the upcoming Capstone presentations on December 1 and 2. Please click on the link above for the complete schedule.
December 1 from 4-6 p.m., Connie McNab Ballroom
Alana Buenrostro – Quienes Soymos?: An Autoethnographic Account of the Mexican American Borderland Identity
Andrew Ivy: Afrocentricity and The Boondocks
Emily Laird – America's Favorite Serial Killer: Dexter and the White Masculinization of Rationality
Laura Romer – Arendt and Narratives
Allen Smith - Environmental Rhetoric: BP Oil Spill
Amanda Talisman – Advertising Culture and YouTube: How Advertising Plays on Consumer Desire
December 2 from 4-6 p.m., Connie McNab Ballroom
Jayne Furlong - Questioning Heteronormativity Through Rock Musical Films
Brady Granger – True Blood and Citizenship: Examining Social Hieararchies in Bon Temps, Louisiana
Francisca Lopez – Kappa Delta Chi: The Development and Performance of Latina Identity
Bailey Thompson – Teen Sex & Sexuality: Audience Responses to 16 and Pregnant
Lori Warren – Camping with Gaga: Resisting Hegemonic Constructions of Gender and Sexuality


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How fast can the economy realistically grow, not just in the near term but in coming years? Potential or "trend" GDP growth has two basic ingredients: growth of the labor force and productivity gains. The more the labor force is growing and the higher the productivity gains, the faster the economy can grow without straining resources and sparking inflation. Right now, slack in both people and equipment is large enough that inflation is unlikely to become a problem in the near term.
Our interest, though, is in where economic growth is likely to converge over time, so let's explore the economy's longer-term potential. Growth of the labor force can be influenced by exogenous forces such as demographics. It also can be determined by how many people believe more jobs are available for them, beliefs that cause them to seek or not seek a job. What interests me, though, are productivity gains. When productivity is high, corporate profits tend to increase, and companies may share some of those income gains with their workers. That can increase economic growth.
Going a step further, what influences productivity gains is business' investment in new technology or equipment. This is what will allow companies to produce more for each hour of labor. And unfortunately, those investments haven't recovered ground that was lost during the recession. Consider the following graphs, which indicate business investment in certain capital expenditure categories:
Orders for machinery have rebounded as manufacturing has enjoyed a renaissance of sorts. However, items that make businesses more productive, such as communications equipment, computers and electronic components, have seen a systematic drop in new orders. The wide-ranging services industries use these items to enhance productivity gains, but these investments have not recovered completely since the recession.
First, though, what do we mean by productivity gains anyway? Is it a worker producing ever more toasters on an assembly line? No, it is sometimes disruptive new technologies that can enable companies to increase output with the same inputs of labor. Think of how the Internet remade the way we shop, bank, travel and obtain information. Then think of the jobs that were created as companies that operate on the Web became prolific, while other jobs, such as travel agents or sales clerks, receded. Consider how much more productive we as a society became when businesses could automate functions or perform other tasks more quickly.
That didn't happen without some investment. Computer servers needed to be bought, self-service retail checkouts needed to be installed. Expensive robotic assemblies at manufacturers needed different -- and fewer -- workers to operate them. These all were the makings of higher output with the same, or fewer, hours of labor. (Simply witness the fact that we've already exceeded total output, as measured by GDP, from before the recession, but with millions of fewer workers.)
When businesses make fewer investments into equipment and software, it means a couple of things. One is that businesses might be more cautious about the future, as we see now with the fiscal cliff. But since these trends have been in place since the end of the recession, it also means that businesses might not expect their output to grow as fast as it had in years past.
When businesses don't expect output to grow as fast, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. The reasons for these lowered expectations are complex and relate to the many well-publicized headwinds the economy faces. Businesses might not invest as much into their businesses, nor do they hire more. Their profits, as we have seen in the recent earnings season, might decelerate a bit, and consumers may find that their incomes aren't growing as much. That doesn't mean a recession by any means, but it does mean that the longer-term potential growth rate of the economy is reduced. Thus, lower business investment is both a cause and an effect of slower growth expectations.


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Incase Sonic £120 goincase.com
The Sonics are a little bit of NASA on your head – the ear pads are made from memory foam, the drivers from titanium. They sound fast, direct and punchy, with a proper talent for rhythms and details, but the way they deal with treble is troublesome. Some Beats beaters sound better; none look or feel so smooth.
TDK ST800 £200 tdkperformance.com
Textured leather is a nice change from the usual plastics but these are big boys – batteries in once earcup and a volume-control-plus-mute in the other. Energetic and stacked with detail, they're just as thumping or soothing as your music needs them to be. So while these TDKs are hardly discreet, the sound is worth the weight.
Focal Spirit One £200 focal.com
Focal's first ever cans look the business and they tread a fine line between 'cuddle' and 'squeeze' to give a snug fit. Leather, rubber and aircraft-grade aluminium keep material fetishists happy and they generate a spacious soundfield to boot. With tones that balance carefully between excitement and detail, they'll prefer the heftier end of your collection. Look, feel and sound – the Focals cover all the bases and they're Stuff's Beats alternative pick.
Audio-Technica ATH-ES88 £230 audio-technica.com
These slender cans weigh in at only 130g. Cans? Actually, Audio-Technica prefers the term 'earsuit'. The bassier your music, the more ES88s like it – they can deal with big volumes without leaking sound or stressing out. Pity there's no in-line remote, but at least the cable doesn't transmit noise if bumped. Sleek, subtle and skilful with all sorts of tunes.
Phiaton MS 300 £150 phiaton.com
As red and black as MJ's jacket in the Thriller video, with carbon fibre exposed immodestly on the ears, these won't suit anyone who craves anonymity. The MS 300s aren't as spacious as some rivals but otherwise they've got talent to spare. Solid bass, a crisp top end and loads of detail in between makes them a cheerful listen. If these cans were a mate, it would always be their round.
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The Clavia Nord Lead is one of the virtual analog synthesizers that I thought had a unique sound. I'm in the camp of people who feel synths should not have built-in effects and the original Nord kept with that recipe. My original Nord Lead was built like a tank and I couldn't help but smile when touching it's stone mod wheel and wooden pitch bender. When the late 90's turned into the early 2000s, I as with many of you sold off any hardware that wasn't working overtime. I always regretted selling my Nord and as a Mac user never found a real replacement. I always had an eye on Discodsp's Nord emulator+ called Discovery and the Pro version is finally available for Macintosh.
"12 oscillators Virtual Analog VSTi and Audio Units Synthesizer featuring 4 layers, WAV and SoundFont (SF2) support, 2X oversampling/undersampling, built-in arpeggiator, sync, FM, 12 filter types, panning modulation, stereo delay and gate effects, graphic envelope modulation. Imports Nord Lead 2 SysEx data." – discodsp.com
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The story of what happens when Sally and Conrad are visited by a talking cat will be the feature at the Sunday Matinee at 1 p.m. January 19 at the Fond du Lac Public Library. Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat, rated PG, stars Mike Myers as the very mischievous visitor who wreaks havoc in the beloved children's story. The movie is free, no registration required.
The Fond du Lac Public Library BookCellar will hold its annual Mega-zine Sale January 4, 6, 11 and 13. Bundles of magazines from 2011 will be sold for 25 cents each and will include such popular titles as Hemming's Motor News, Linn's Stamp News, TIME, Sports Illustrated, People and Rolling Stone. The magazines are issues culled from the library's collection.
It's pretty amazing what can be made from discarded books and a few odds and ends. Crafters will make a braided bracelet and beaded necklace using just those materials at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 18, at the Fond du Lac Public Library's Upcycled Glam Accessories Crafternoon program. Space is limited, and registration is required beginning at 9 a.m.
Marian University Assoc. Prof. Richard Whaley and local historian Herman Bender will offer a university history course free to the public at the Fond du Lac Public Library.
Kathy Kline, one of the authors of People of the Sturgeon, a fascinating collection of stories and photos, will present a slide show on the history of the Lake Winnebago lake sturgeon at 6 p.m.
Winner of the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The story is told by an elderly unnamed man who was a pitcher for the minor league baseball team Racine Robins during the Great Depression. The tight-knit team played in cities all around the Great Lakes states and was committed to the cause of helping the poor and laboring class. The team was happy with traveling in their beat-up bus, eating sandwiches on the road, and playing for enthusiastic crowds who received a portion of the money from the gate for soup kitchens and strikers.
What to get that helpful neighbor/adorable niece/plucky cat sitter? The Fond du Lac Public Library's BookCellar sells $5 gift certificates.
The Fond du Lac Public Library has set up Giving Trees at the downtown library and at FDLPL Express to collect donations of hats, scarves, mittens and gloves. Donated items will be given to the Fond du Lac Salvation Army before Christmas for distribution to local children. Donations accepted through December 23.
In the Greek myth Pandora's Box, Pandora was given a beautiful jar and told not to open it under any circumstance. But, curiosity got the best of her and Pandora opened it and all the evils of the world escaped and spread over the earth. An action so small, yet with severe and far-reaching consequences. In The Husbands Secret by Liane Moriarty, Cecelia Fitzpatrick's "jar" is in the form of a letter she finds in her attic, addressed "For my wife - to be opened only in the event of my death". This one small letter changes the course of many lives.
Food Network TV host Sandra Lee has written a novel set in New London, Wisconsin. The book includes recipes and is a good choice for fans of Sandra Lee or those who like to read Debbie Macomber. Lee lived in Onalaska, Wisconsin in her teens and graduated from high school there. Her grandmother Lorraine was a stabilizing influence on her life, and the grandmother in Lee's novel The Recipe Box is also called Lorraine. The main character in the story is Grace, a divorced woman with a fourteen-year-old daughter named Emma.


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If this already exists somehwere, my apologies. But I've recently started playing with a bunch of guys from a local club, and they're always using "technical jargon" that I don't fully understand, and further it seems that different guys use the same term to mean different things. I do not want to admit my noobness in person and actually ask them what the hell they are talking about, but I'm happy to admit my noobness in the relative anonymity of cyber-space.My searches through several threads here and on other DG sites have not been helpful in clearing up my confusion. Here are some terms I hear (often yelled at discs while they are in flight, sometimes discussed pre- or post-throw):
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"Flex!" - seems to be yelled at a disc that is either going straight or turning right, but the thrower wants it to turn or fade left.
"Hook up!" - same as above
"Turn over!" - seems to be yelled at a disc that is going straight or turning left, but the thrower wants it to turn right
"Flip!" - same as above
"Flippy" - describes a disc that is easy to "turn over"
"Hyzer flip" - I'm most confused about this one. Sometimes used to describe the flight of a disc that comes out of the thrower's hand on a hyzer angle, but then "flips up" to level flight and flies straight. Others have used it to apparently describe the flight of a disc that starts out level but then drops into a hyzer angle, which I'm pretty sure is incorrect use of the term. Others seem to use it to refer to a flight that starts out straight but then turns right. Which, if any, of these is correct?


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Rightware has posted up a screenshot of Basemark X and some technical details of the upcoming benchmark for Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices. The company announced that the cross-platform benchmark utility uses the Unity 4.0 game engine and has a polygon count over 900,000 in some of the benchmark sequences. Legit Reviews is fully behind developers that are making gaming performance utilities that allow for fair comparisons between Apple, Android and Windows Phone devices! Rightware has not said when Basemark X will be released, but we have a feeling it will be soon.
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A group of strangers are dropped off in a remote area of Siberia to compete in a survival reality show. What they don't know is that over a century ago a mysterious meteor crashed at that site, and since then strange occurrences have plagued anyone who ventures there.
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Think back to your last engagement with the mandatory extortion racket known as the insurance industry. Now imagine that the next time the adjuster puts you on endless hold or provides a ludicrously lowball repair quote, you can tell him to speak to your black box. We just need to figure out who's at fault if two driving machines get into a fender bender.
People wax nostalgic about their middle-school drama teacher or college history professor. But we never hear a kind reminiscence about the officious and short-tempered troll who taught us to drive. This job will now be eliminated, replaced by a pair of instructions printed on the dashboard: Fasten Seat Belt. Press Start.
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The Navy recently opened the doors to its new robotics lab. The Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research, or LASR, is a $17 million facility located at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. The 50,000-square-foot building features a number of test areas designed to replicate environments where robots would need to operate in the real world, like coastal waters, deserts, and jungles.
The Navy has a storied history in robotics. It built an "electronic dog" robot in 1923, and established the original 1926 patent on the joystick. But semiautonomous and autonomous machines are becoming more important to the military, and LASR offers something the Navy hasn't previously had: a place to actually test the robots it develops in conditions approaching those seen in the real world. The lab will be open to other military services, too, as well as private users who can afford to use the test facilities.
A Mitsubishi industrial robot reaches for an object in the Desert High Bay, which is designed to test robots under the unique conditions seen in the desert. It features rocky surfaces, sand, and bright light. Scientists even have wind generators to produce something like a stand storm. (Real-world costs and engineering constraints limit some real-world factors, though. For example, the lab wasn't set up to replicate the intense heat of a real desert).
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