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Early election results show DelBene, McAuliffe and Urquhart, Democrats with big leads
The first results from the 2012 general election were released at 8:15 p.m. by King County and Snohomish County Elections Tuesday evening with local Democrats having a big night.
One of the most evenly divided Congressional races in the country took place in the newly redrawn 1st Congressional District of Washington State.
First results show an advantage for Democrat Suzan DelBene against Republican John Koster.
DelBene, who was at an election night party at the Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland with her daughter, husband and mother-in-law, noted that she was "very confident" from initial election results that she would win the race. She also commended her challenger, Koster, for running and his strong commitment to public service.
She spoke about how tough her campaign has been in the most evenly-divided district in the country.
"For me, this campaign has always been about standing up for working families and the middle class," she said. "Many families throughout our district have been struggling, and yet people need to have access to opportunity – the same opportunities that I had when I was growing up. And they deserve someone who will go to Congress and fight for them."
DelBene leads 59.02-40.85 percent, or 45,676 votes to 31,613. The district covers all of Kirkland, Kenmore and Bothell, running from I-90 up to the Canadian border and was vacated by gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee last spring.
Another hotly contested race pit longtime 1st District State Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe (D-Bothell) against Northshore School Board member Dawn McCravey. McAuliffe held an advantage in the first results released Tuesday evening, 57.27-42.6 percent (6,734-5,010 votes). The district covers all of Bothell and the north end of Kirkland.
The 1st Legislative District has two races to send a representative to Olympia. Incumbent Luis Moscoso (D-Mountlake Terrace) leads challenger Mark T. Davies 64.35-35.45 percent (7,036-3,876) for Position 2.
In the Position 1 race, former Bothell Deputy Mayor and Republican candidate Sandy Guinn is trailing incumbent Derek Sanford (D-Bothell) 59.6-40.28 percent (6,850-4,630).
The 32nd Legislative District includes all of Kenmore and Finn Hill in Kirkland with both state legislative positions up for grabs.
In Position 1, incumbent Cindy Ryu (D-Shoreline) leads her republican challenger Randy J. Hayden 76.35-23.45 percent (15,526-4,775).
Position 2 has incumbent Ruth Kagi (D-Shoreline) leading her republican challenger Robert Reedy 77.56-22.53 percent (15,715-4,520).
The race for King County Sheriff looks to be over as John Urquhart is defeating interim Sheriff Steve Strachan 57.35-42.23 percent (254,600-187,491).
Editor Carrie Rodriguez contributed to this story.


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http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...=2012211170316There wasnt any loud music blaring or players bouncing around celebrating inside the locker room.
Thats because the Indiana Pacers only took one step, albeit a much needed one, when they beat the Dallas Mavericks 103-83 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday night.
The Pacers know they still have a lot of work to do. They simply needed something to get them jump started after a handful of close defeats and a blowout loss to Milwaukee two nights earlier.
I just thought we played a little harder, played a little smarter and did what we had to in terms of our execution, Pacers forward David West said. We cant overreact. We have to continue to get better. Obviously we are not where we want to be. We have to continue to improve. That has to be our mindset.
Coach Frank Vogel knew change was necessary, too. Thats why when the Pacers took the court for their shootaround Friday morning he surprised his players by scrapping the offensive system that wasnt working during the first nine games and implementing a system that pushes the tempo and has constant ball movement.
A 60-minute practice session provided the Pacers with their second highest point total of the season, a season low in turnovers and all five starters scoring in double figures.
This could be a changing factor with our team, Pacers swingman Paul George said. Its a huge relief. We let a lot of games go. It was good to come out early and jump on them.
Vogel had the change the offense because too often there was more standing around and watching instead of cutting and moving.
Thats fine if you have a Kevin Durant or LeBron James on your roster to carry you.
The Pacers dont have a player that can create his own shot. They have to use a team approach, and in order for that to work there has to be trust in one another.
We talked about re-establishing a belief in ourselves as a basketball team, belief in ourselves individually that were capable of doing great things, Vogel said. And continue to believe in teammates that are struggling and thats an important element in getting yourself out of a rut.
Getting a team out of a rut is to continue to trust that we have good players on this team that when the ball moves and were sharing it and were playing for each other that were going to be pretty good.
That trust was on display in the third quarter when the Pacers blew the game open.
Guard Lance Stephenson scored 10 of his 12 points in the third quarter to help the Pacers overcome a halftime deficit.
Stephenson made both of his 3-pointers during the quarter when West and George Hill passed up shots to make the extra pass to get an even better shot.
Stephensons second 3-pointer gave the Pacers a 14-point lead and had him backpedaling down the court blowing on his three fingers.
The Pacers outscored the Mavericks 28-18 in the third quarter and eventually led by as many as 22 points in the fourth quarter.
The Pacers also got a lift from Sam Young off the bench because his teammates believed in him to make shots.
Young, who has had trouble passing the ball and making shots beyond five feet of the basket, scored 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting in 21 minutes.
(The new offense) opens up the door for a lot of our players to be creative and just play basketball, Hill said. I think in our last offense we were thinking too much, ball wasnt moving, staying on one side of the floor. This new offense demands for the ball to move from side to side. You have to tip your hat to the coaching staff.
Seeing this and how much better the offense looked, I'm already feeling a lot better about Vogel and the rest of this season.

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In her never-ending search for interesting names, Appellation Mountain's Abby Sandel tuned into the Country Music Awards and reports here on what she uncovered.
If you ask me, I'll insist I don't like country music.
Except that you'll find Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris on my iPod.
Clearly, I'm in denial. When the Academy of Country Music presented their awards earlier this month, I tuned in. Sure enough, there was an entire category of names I'd overlooked.
There are some great choices in Nashville's past: legends like Loretta, Dolly, Merle, and Hank. But the current crop of recording artists wears names that are just a little bit country. They're equally stylish in suburban New Jersey or rural Tennessee.
Bentley – His rise has been attributed to MTV's Teen Mom and the pricey ride, but country star Dierks Bentley gives it a different spin.
Blake – As in singer Blake Shelton. I'm fascinated by his middle: Tollison.
Coy – You might remember the name from the Dukes of Hazzard, but today he's worn by a member of the successful Zac Brown Band.
Darius – The former frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish has transitioned to a successful country music career.
Easton – The newcomer's surname, Corbin, might work, too.
Jackson – There's the Johnny Cash song, and also hitmaker Alan Jackson.
Kiefer – Husband and wife duo Kiefer and Shawna Thompson form Thompson Square. Proof that the name doesn't have to pair with the surname Sutherland.


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DETROIT - Family members of a missing Detroit mother of two will be scouring the city Wednesday in an attempt to bring her home.
Tamala Wells hasn't been seen since Aug. 6 in the area of the 19700 block of Appleton Street. The 33-year-old was driving her white, four-door Pontiac Grand Prix. It was later found abandoned on Coventry Street, between Lantz Avenue and Emery Street.
Wells' mother, Donna Davis, flew in from Florida to search for her daughter.
"My biggest concern is, where is my baby? She doesn't do this. She does not go away and not call somebody," Davis said.
Davis said her daughter has two children who are about to start school and lives with her boyfriend, Ricky Tennant. Tennant said Tamala was just going out to take care of some business. "I love Tamala. Come back home," Tennant said.
Wells' brother, Ricardo Wells, said it's very uncharacteristic of her sister to not have any communication with her family.
"I talk to her all the time. I see her four or five times a week. She'll always call me if I don't see her. I haven't heard from her," he said.
The family is asking for help.
"I want people to step up and tell me where my daughter is. If you see her, call one of us and let us know she's OK," Davis said. "I just want her home, safe. That's it."
Wells is described as a black woman, 5 feet 6 inches tall, 150 pounds, brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a white shirt and jean shorts.
Anyone with information on Wells' whereabouts is asked to call the Detroit police at 313-596-5240.
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In Nelson's Wake
A charter to Gibraltar affords the opportunity to enjoy a yacht at her best.
By Alan Harper — October 2004
It was not a great summer for English football. Not that it ever is. They crashed out of the Euro 2004 soccer tournament in predictable style against Portugal. The host nation was supposed to be the underdogs in the quarterfinal encounter, but it hadn't read the script, and yet another English dream evaporated.
But it's an ill wind. The month-long competition brought an unaccustomed fleet of megayachts to Portugal, chartered or, in the case of Le Grand Bleu, owned by football-mad millionaires and their long-suffering families. The docks in Lisbon are more accustomed to the rust-streaked sides of commercial coasters than the pristine polish of their sybarite sisters. But it was in that riverfront city's Doca do Terreiro do Trigo that we bid farewell to our bemused taxi driver and stepped aboard the Feadship Daybreak, for a short cruise down to Gibraltar.
It is not a route you'll find on many charter-yacht itineraries. But the many cultural attractions of Lisbon make it an alluring prospect, and there are pretty fishing villages like Cascais, where we spent a night before setting off southwards down Portugal's dramatic Atlantic coast. Many of the names on the chart—Cape St. Vincent, Cadiz, Trafalgar, Gibraltar itself—echo with historical resonance. It's an itinerary calculated to stir the blood of a Brit like me.
She is a magnificent vessel, as pristine today as when she emerged from the shipyard. But for her captain, New Zealander Errol Stent, the crucial ingredient in a successful charter yacht is something you can't buy: a happy crew. "You don't just work together, you live together," he explains.
Next page > Part 2: After the sticky date pudding with warm caramel sauce and raspberries, it was all we could manage to stagger up top to admire the stars. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4
This article originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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CITY OF BERKELEY SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAMFree Meals for Berkeley Kids
Berkeley, California (Monday, July 16, 2007) - Children who are 18 years old or younger are invited to eat free in Berkeley.
The City of Berkeley, in collaboration with the State of California Department of Education, will offer free summer lunches and snacks to all Berkeley students. The Summer Lunch Program operates Monday through Friday from June 18th to August 10th. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and snacks are available from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.:
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On November 10 Apple released an update for the iOS operating system to version 5.0.1, just about a week after releasing the beta of that version. According to Apple's terse description of the update, it includes improvements and other bug fixes including:
Fixes bugs affecting battery lifeAdds Multitasking Gestures for original iPadResolves bugs with Documents in the CloudImproves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation
The new version also addresses several security problems, described in greater detail below.
Like the initial iOS 5 version, the update applies to the iPhone 4S, 4 and 3GS; the iPad and iPad 2; and the 3rd and 4th generation iPod touch.
If Apple thought that controversy over the battery life in the 4S would end with the release of 5.0.1 they seem to have been mistaken. This discussions.apple.com thread has an endless stream of users claiming that the 5.0.1 update has made their battery life worse. There are also reports (e.g. this one) that iPad battery life is worse under 5.0.1 as well. There are those who report no apparent changes in battery life after the update, but it's hard to find anyone who is pleased with this aspect of the update.
There are mixed reports about iCloud synch fixes in 5.0.1. There are multiple reports of Bluetooth problems (such as this, this and this) that emerge after the update to 5.0.1. And the fix for multitasking gestures in 5.0.1 seems to work.
Several security issues are also addressed in 5.0.1. Some of these are quite serious, such as the kernel bug which allows an application to load and execute unsigned code, thereby bypassing all the verification processes of the Apple store. Charlie Miller, the researcher who discovered this vulnerability, had his iOS Developer Program account canceled by Apple for the way he disclosed the bug, but Apple properly credits him for reporting it.


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- BSO Case Number: 07-1308-001334
- PIO Number: 13-8-28
- Date: August 13, 2013
- Time: 5:34 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 6700 N.W. 57 St., Tamarac
- Jurisdiction: Tamarac
- Brookelya Parrish, female, 21, Tamarac
- unidentified male, (composite sketch attached)
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Broward Sheriff's Office detectives are looking for a man who wore a badge on his belt, stood in the middle of the road and directed a driver to pull over. The 21-year-old woman thought she was going to get a speeding ticket.
But when the man ordered her out of her car, Brookelya Parrish felt something wasn't right and, instead, rolled up her passenger window. He pulled out something that looked like a crow bar and used it to smash the window. He grabbed her purse, which was on the front passenger seat, but Parrish grabbed it, too. He yelled at her to let go, but she held on. She was able to wrench the purse from him, so he grabbed her cell phone and laptop computer and ran back to his dark-colored Ford Taurus.
Parrish, who had a small cut on her hand from the broken glass, worked with BSO Det. John McMahon to create a composite sketch of the phony cop. She described him as a white male with short, black, spikey hair and blue eyes. He had been wearing a white T-shirt, black jeans and black boots.
Anyone with information about this crime can call BSO Robbery Detective Roger Peterson at (954) 321-4270 or report tips anonymously to Crime Stoppers of Broward County at (954) 493-TIPS (8477) or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $3,000 for information that leads to an arrest.
Media note: The composite sketch is attached
- INVESTIGATORS: Robbery Det. Peterson, Sgt. McCardle, CID; Tamarac
- THIS REPORT BY: Dani Moschella 08/21/13 1400
Posted At: 08/21/2013 02:02 PM
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Winter Olympics (7:30 p.m., NBC): It's time to invite Bob Costas into your home for a couple of weeks as the Opening Ceremony kicks off the winter games in earnest. (Just tell him to keep his feet off the couch). Expect plenty of intense competition, as well as mushy personal profiles designed to make your eyes all soggy.
"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" (10 p.m., Food Network): In the hourlong season premiere, Guy takes viewers on a tour of Ferndale, Calif., the little town where he grew up. On the menu: The Loleta Cheese Factory, the Ferndale Meat Company, and the watering hole where Guy got his start.
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A COUNCILLOR fears Southend's beaches could be shut as erosion of the foreshore unveils an ever increasing number of Second World War explosives.
Peter Wexham, Lib Dem councillor for Leigh, claims the apparently increasing levels of ordinance being found on the foreshore of Leigh, Chalkwell, Southend and Shoebury is a clear sign the covering layer of mud is eroding.
The retired fisherman said: "This stuff is explosive and if we are starting to get 30 or 40 at a time the beaches could be shut off if there is that much ordinance left out there.
"It seems to be getting worse. It has gone up from single figures to finds in their 30s."
The Echo reported that the Army had to be called to detonate 32 shells found by bait digger Peter Tutt on New Year's Eve.
The coastguard regularly calls in the bomb squad after shells left over from the world wars are uncovered by fishermen, bait digger and bathers along the estuary.
But Mr Wexham, who has been raising concerns over the erosion of the foreshore since last August, fears the number of shells found each time has increased dramatically over the past year, suggesting the mud is receding.
He said: "I can only assume it shows the erosion is going further out towards the edge of Hadleigh Ray between Westcliff and Chalkwell.
"At the moment there is still a lot of mud out there and there are no features standing out as there is at the shore end.
"It can only show the mud is lowering and bait differs are bringing up stuff which is lower down."
The Environment Agency, Natural England and Southend Council are investigating the erosion of the foreshore with the help of DP World, an Dubai-based conglomerate that is digging a channel down the estuary so large containers can reach the super port it is building at Corringham.


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- "Schiff Base": A perturbating type (class) of imine.
- "Active Methylene Enolate": A compound derived from an imide or product of a Micheal addition.
Learning resources
- Part 1: Schiff base formation. [1]
- Part 2: Micheal reaction
Schiff bases conjugated pharmacological intermediates and N-substituted heterocyclics carbenes
- Present summarly the basic psychopharmacological aspects/functions of imine in a biological system .
- pharmacological intermediates (N-substituted heterocyclics)
- Nucleophilic carbonyl addition
- PS: Yb(OTf)3 route to 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines derivatives.
- Micheal addition=>PS (Pictet-Spengler asymmetric synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines)
Schiff bases as quorum sensing molecules (AHL) and Serine-dependent osmolitic regulators/ATP synthase
- Question 1 : In your own words, explain at least 2 functions of the envZ/30C6HSL (ATP-dependent) synthetase in E. coli.
- Question 2 : How is EnvZ relevant to CES (ADA) and specifically the CAMK2G gene?
- Note: Further info on Phenylmethylamine substituted beta-amyloid ligands (APP) are here.
- Question 3 (bonus question) : In your own words, describe the role of a synthase enzyme (without the help of Wikipedia!) in the phosphorylation of ATP.
Cationic Troika acids; Formation of phenylmethylamine as the tautomeric form of a ethyl-methyl Carbanion (Cyanide) ligands : 4-trans-7-aminoalkylamino-2,1,3-benzoxadiazoles, 1,2-dimethylcyclohexanes and friends :)
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- NMDAR-induced neurotoxicity of cyanophosphate-derived cross-linker reagents exposure
- NMDAR-induced Alcoholism like psychotic symptoms.
- NMDAR-induced visual hallucinations.
- NMDAR-induced benzylamine synthesis.
- 30C6HSL (aka Ugi route to Wilmslow)
- disubstituted isocyanide/gold nanoparticle synthetic protein condensation ? (LuxR, Yb(OTf)3, etc)
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- Amphetamine-induced alcoholism and locomotor hyperactivity syndrom:
- hydrochloric acid (hcl) based hydrolysis of hydrocyanic (-rC=N) (synthetic) (re)agents.
- keywords: Ugi, Isocyanide, Purine degradation, N-methyltransferase (Adenosine?), 22.214.171.124, Formic acid
- Armstrong/Keating convertible isonitrile synthesis (1995): DOI: 10.1021/ja00134a044
- "Postcondensation Modifications of Ugi Four-Component Condensation Products: 1-Isocyanocyclohexene as a Convertible Isocyanide. Mechanism of Conversion, Synthesis of Diverse Structures, and Demonstration of Resin Capture" (1996)
Voltage-gated Troika acids (functionalized diphosphines/cyanophosphonates); The Chim Trills connection deepens the bliss of ignorance, total surveillance, and mental tyranny :)
- US6218563 (cyanophosphonamides as recombinant polyhistidine tag)
- US5935542 (cyanophosphonate derivatives compounds as a n-substituted Schiff base)
- US6169192 (functionalized diphosphines stuff)
- Imine (Schiff base) formation - Highly recommended primer documentation on Schiff bases
- http://www.wikigenes.org/e/chem/e/7046.html - 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline. (Note: A anti-malarial pharmaceutical compound comparable to mefloquine. Compound may be implicated in 4-trans like enantiomer substitution (conformational) leading to acute psychotic hallucinations. See: Arylcyclohexylamines and this document for a more concise explanation.)
Synthesis and conformational rearrangement of benzoxadiazole derivatives with disubstituted (-N=Ph[2]C) isocyanate ligands [phosphoramido-cyanidate]
- DOI:10.1021/ja00132a045 [ISOCYANIDES1]
- DOI:10.1002/anie.197205301 [ISOCYANIDES2] (Hofmann/Ugi route to PS, Wilmslow)
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16953613
- http://www.nizkor.org/ftp.cgi/camps/auschwitz/cyanide/cyanide.001
- http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/cwc/cwcann.html - In Schedule 1A(2), Schedule 2B(6)
Tyrosine kinase (GPCR) signaling with Troika acids (disubstituted Chair Conformer Cyclohexane Ring system):
- Protein Tyrosine Kinases and Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases Are Involved in Abscisic Acid-Dependent Processes in Arabidopsis Seeds and Suspension Cells
- Small Ubiquitin-Like Modifier Modulates Abscisic Acid Signaling in Arabidopsis
- cis/trans stuff (Look for section "Conformational Structures of Disubstituted Cyclohexanes", 4th row from the top) : http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/sterism2.htm
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duckfiasco wrote:I've read that Nirvana is more like a ripple realizing it's made of water. From that perspective, ideas of returning to some state or reality are just as inaccurate as being separate from one.
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duckfiasco wrote:I've read that Nirvana is more like a ripple realizing it's made of water. From that perspective, ideas of returning to some state or reality are just as inaccurate as being separate from one.
Astus wrote:jeeprs wrote:No. It sounds like nihilism.
It is the end of suffering, not the end of everything.
Nosta wrote:Thank you all for the answers so far.steveb1 wrote:A case can, and has been, made by scholar of religions Huston Smith, that the mystical experience of God in the West is very similar to descriptions of Nirvana. The God of the mystics is not necessarily a Creator. The God of the mystics is described as the Ultimate, No-Thing-Ness; and non-existence is one of its properties. It is unborn and unconditioned. Perhaps some Western mystics have experienced an aspect of Nirvana and called it "God". Note too that it is not a personal human-like being who has only-begotten sons, intervenes in the material universe, or inspires the writing of scripture. In the West, this is the God of apophatic theology (or via negativa), which attempts to get to the divine core by assertions of negatives, i.e., of what God is not, rather than what God is (cataphatic theology).
Yes, thats the kind of God i am speaking here, not the Biblical one who seems to be arrogant and bad.
I often find myself asking if there is a real "common ground" to all religions: the Light, Peace, etc (whatever you call to that Mystical Experience) described by many religions or spiritual people may be the Nirvana or something near to it (Rigpa? a Pure Land?). Maybe all the religions describe the same by using different words, like "God" or "Nirvana".
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Dechen Norbu wrote:Astus wrote:jeeprs wrote:No. It sounds like nihilism.
It is the end of suffering, not the end of everything.
The risk one takes if approaching nirvana only through an apophatic discourse is that some people may take it as being a state of apathy of sorts.
"So, it's the end of suffering. If emotions are pain, it's the end of emotions? Then what? We just stay in a sort of greyish apathy forever? It's not the end of everything, but surely seems the end of everything meaningful."
I've heard similar questions and I believe you also heard them, right here in this board.
Although it's impossible to define nirvana conceptually, to avoid misunderstandings one may also put some emphasis in the qualities of Buddhanature, for instance. Omniscience, universal non directional compassion, equanimity, infinite wisdom and so on are good examples of qualities of Buddhahood.
It helps people making a difference between nirvana and nihilism. On the other hand, it's also important to avoid the extreme of eternalism by considering Buddhanature a soul or a Brahma of sorts.
A plague that afflicts many Buddhists is assuming nirvana is somehow similar to an apathy state and then trying to replicate such lack of emotions while not having realization of any kind. It's a twisted interpretation, but not as rare as it may seem. As misguided as this may be, it can happen and it's a shame. Some pharmacological drugs have similar effects (emotions lose some of their power and one becomes more disengaged with life in general) and by any means they aren't similar to nirvana.
jeeprs wrote:How about - 'soul is a quality not an entity'?
dharmagoat wrote:jeeprs wrote:How about - 'soul is a quality not an entity'?
"Soul is a hamhock in your cornflakes."
Nosta wrote:I am not sure how to expose my question, since the concepts of God, and even Nirvana, are not completly well defined.
Nosta wrote:When sometimes i speak about Buddhism and Nirvana, many people will try to join the concepts of God and Nirvana. In here, God is not an individual entity but like an open empty space of light and love. When someone dies will join with such inteligent and omniscient entity that is not able to change human actions. Some people describe God like that - more or less - like that open space or light.
Nosta wrote:Nirvana is somewhat similar to some of these ideas: there is no suffering, there is inteligence and omniscience, but there is no interference with beings.
Nosta wrote:With these toughts in mind, my questions are (the main question is the 1st, the others are not tottaly related to that one but are important too):
1) Can we say that such description of God is the same as Nirvana?
Nosta wrote:2) In Near Death Experiences some people will see lots of light. Many people see that light. Is that what, God?
Nosta wrote:3) When someone is/reach Nirvana, does he became one with the others that already reached it? I think that this is a tricky question since we are using the concept of "I". Another way to expose the question: imagine that every human being is a glass of water. Nirvana is an ocean. People reaching Nirvana is like dropping the water of that specific glass in the ocean. Nirvana would be something like "all becoming one". Is that so?
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The building was an assisted living home for 20 years. Former executive director Sandy Schade recently told the Bulletin that it is for sale. She said at least two buyers have expressed interest, but did not specify.
The city historical designation allows city council to review any demolition application before a permit would be issued.
Demolition costs were briefly discussed. In response to a general question from councilman Brook Baker about the cost, North Platte's contracted engineer Tom Werblow said the only reference he had was the demolition of the old Waltemath building at Sixth and Jeffers, which cost about $250,000 for destruction.
That cost also covered repaving. It was a two-story building with wood framing.
The Pawnee is built entirely of brick and concrete.
Werblow said "it would be very expensive" to demolish the Pawnee.
Councilman Larry Campbell said he was happy with the designation and that Anderson did a good job of informing the council and councilman Jim Carman gave her a thumbs up signal.
New bonds
At Tuesdays meeting, the council also unanimously authorized the issuance of various purpose bonds in the principal amount of $6.2 million.
These bonds replace temporary financing for improvements in street, paving, water and sanitary districts, city administrator Jim Hawks said. The big project financed by the warrants is the Buffalo Bill Ave. extension, as well as a number of other projects in North Platte that have been approved and are complete.
The council authorized the bonds without objections.
Bruce Lefler with Ameritas Investment Corporation said the bonds allow the permanent financing of outstanding notes and retire the citys outstanding warrants, which are temporary financing.
Also, the council approved an annual operating agreement with Borges Enterprises, LLC, doing business as Regional Recycling.
The vote was 7-1, with councilman Brook Baker voted no.
The agreements include equipment leases with Borges, and the city also agreed to pay Regional Recycling $40 a ton for the recyclable materials.
The agreement prompted discussion.
Councilman Andrew Lee asked why the lease should be renewed when Borges might come before the city again in need of a grant, or another bail out. Lee was referring to a $66,000 quality growth fund grant a year ago that kept Regional Recycling going, especially in regard to expenses connected with the processing materials in curbside containers.
But that grant is not part of the annual equipment lease of sorting and baling equipment that is owned by the city. Regional Recycling needs the equipment to operate curbside recycling. The city purchased the equipment three years ago with a grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust.
Councilman Brook Baker asked if the city couldnt operate the program as cheaply.
Hawks said that would be difficult, because employees would receive city wages and benefits, which are on a higher scale, and there would be substantial costs to create a place for the equipment and move it.
During the discussion, Borges said he is barely breaking even because the price of recyclables continues to be relatively low. He said he might have to lay off a couple employees.
In other action, the council:
Awarded a contract to Plum Creek Motors of Lexington for three 2014 Chevrolet Impalas for the police department for $68,908. Jerry Remus of North Platte was the second lowest bidder at $69,968.
Approve an application by Christine Herrick/Yellow rose of Curtis for a special designated license on Jan. 11, 2014 from 5 p.m. to midnight. at the D&N Event Center for a wedding reception.
Send the application of Baileys American Cuisine Lounge for a catering and a class C liquor license to the Liquor Control Commission with no recommendation, as is customary. Baileys will open soon in the new Nebraskaland Bank building.
Agreed to remove Vicki Winder from the library advisory board and approved the mayors appointment of Mary Ann Agler to replace her.
Approved the mayors appointment of Larry Biss to the RSVP (retired senior volunteers) board, replacing Dallis Dye.
Bulletin editor George Lauby contributed to this report.
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Stark Naked Theatre Company rings in the New Year with a New Year's Eve celebration, hosted by Co-Executive Directors Philip Lehl and Kim Tobin. Following rave reviews for Body Awareness (Stark Naked's first play of the season), the New Year's Eve party celebrates the anticipated upcoming production of God of Carnage --the first production of Yasmina Reza's award-winning play featuring a Houston cast and creative team. Stark Naked will also raise a glass to Macbeth (its final production of the season), opening in June of 2013, and featuring Philip Lehl and Kim Tobin as Mr. & Mrs. Macbeth!
The celebration begins at 7 p.m. in STUDIO 101 at Spring Street Studios, and the $20 advance purchase ticket price (or $25 at the door on the night of the event) includes beer, wine, food and an evening of festivities!
In addition to music, dancing, fortune tellers, and a midnight balloon drop with a champagne toast, guests can enter a drawing to win dinner with Kim and Philip, and bid on silent auction items including: copies of Stark Naked Theatre Company's beautiful posters from past productions, a ghost tour of The Alley Theatre, art work, signed sports memorabilia and much more. A special drawing will be held for advance purchase ticket holders only, entitling the winner to four tickets to attend Stark Naked's last two plays of the season-God of Carnage and Macbeth-at any scheduled performance of their choosing (excluding opening and closing nights).
To purchase advance tickets at the discounted rate of $20, visit the theatre's website at www.starknakedtheatre.com. Tickets may also be purchased at the door on the evening of the event for $25 (but only advance ticket purchases will be entered into a raffle for four tickets to Stark Naked's upcoming productions of God of Carnage and Macbeth). Doors are open on December 31st, 2012 from 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at STUDIO 101, Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring St., Houston, TX. All proceeds from the evening go directly to funding production costs for the remainder of Stark Naked's 2012-2013 Season.


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I'm not a huge fan of Anime-inspired games, unless they are of a very particular strain. Basically I'll know a good Anime when I see one, but I can't really explain the type I'd like. Zenonia 5 is uber cute, filled with massive explosions and weapons, packed with cute but deadly monsters and pretty much what you might expect from a freemium Anime shoot-em-up for Android. I found it semi-delightful until the game would punish me for seemingly no reason.
Name: Zenonia 5 | Publisher: Gamevil | Category: RPG | Players: 1+ | Version: 2.0.5 | Size: 43 MB | Price: Free
The controls are basic and easy to understand. You're left hand moves the avatar around the screen using a typical control pad that usually responds well. Your right thumb remains in a constant state of clicking, pressing and mashing as you fire off volley after volley of chained attacks, punctuated occasionally by much larger attacks. In fact I was playing Zenonia 5 on the couch while my wife watched television, and she was convinced I was having some sort of attack. Needless to say, I moved to another area. You just won't stop mashing the button on-screen button as you play this game, but it's sort of fun. The only problem occurs when the controls do not respond as accurately as they should and you find your character pushing off into the wrong direction. That can not only be annoying, but dangerous.
The game is very difficult even when the controls respond perfectly. It might be easy enough at first, but boss fights can often result in hair-pulling challenges. Sure, I could grind out several levels to make it easier on myself but that simply takes so long and repeats so much of the same content that it just stops becoming fun. I'd prefer it if the game allowed me to freely explore the map, gaining levels along the way but it forces players on a linear path. I even ran into invisible walls that would explain how I was not allowed into the new area until I had finished earlier quests. It wasn't only annoying, but stole away almost all of the previous fun I might have been having.
Despite combat being challenging, I did grow used to the pacing and movement of my character and slowly became more deadly. My ranged character blew apart enemies pretty easily but one or two hits from certain mobs and I was destroyed. The death penalty wasn't outrageous but the constant offers to spend real money to do away with any experience and gold losses were aggravating. I have no problem spending money on a game, not at all, but not when it's such a tedious procedure.
If a developer is going to charge players for almost everything useful, the game better damn well be a heckuva lotta fun. Zenonia 5 really isn't. I have a feeling that freemium titles like this one make the bulk of their profits from younger players who cannot stand to lose or who cannot fathom losing a boss fight. Well, to be fair, you cannot move further in the story without defeating those bosses, so I can understand the need to buy a time saver or two. So, while I enjoy games that sell all sorts of items I cannot stand a game that takes most of the fun stuff, puts it high on a shelf and asks me to pay for it. Just charge me 10 dollars for the game right away and leave it alone… stop asking me to buy everything possible.
Zenonia 5 is a neat little adventure on the side. There's a story about rescuing the hero's mother that's interesting enough if it wasn't always punctuated by those silly Anime emotes. If I had a dime for every time I had to see a "…" on the screen, I'd be in the Bahamas right now. I understand that part of the genre's style is to use over-the-top emotions and floating, cartoony expressions over character's heads, but it just so rarely works. When it does work, it's great… but it has to be done sparingly. Zenonia 5 is filled with cutscenes that are filled with these emotes and pauses. I largely skipped them. The shameful thing is that I could have literally skipped every single cutscene and not have been any worse for the wear. That, to me, shows just how fluffy and useless the story was and often is in games like this. They're there for no reason. Sure, I could see an attempt to build character but there is no use for the information. It's just filler.
The combat makes this game worth downloading. It's a fun little blast-em-up that often thrills and can provide some real challenge. Just be prepared to be begged for cash at every turn. Again, it's not that a developer wants to make money, but it's how they ask for it. Do it in the wrong way and it just feels cheap. Zenonia 5 deserves better.


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French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie has attracted critical acclaim throughout Europe,
Asia, and the United States, extending his interpretative voice across a broad range of
repertoire rather than choosing to specialize in one particular style. Mr. Lortie has
performed complete Beethoven sonata cycles at London's Wigmore Hall, Berlin's Philharmonie,
and the Sala Grande del Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Milan. As both pianist and
conductor with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, he has performed all five Beethoven
concertos and all of the Mozart concertos. Mr. Lortie has also won widespread acclaim for
his interpretation of Ravel and Chopin. He performed the complete piano works of Ravel in
London and Montreal for the BBC and CBC, and is renowned all over the world for his
performances of the complete Chopin Etudes.
Mr. Lortie has celebrated the recent bicentenary of Liszt's birth by performing the
complete Années de pèlerinage at international music capitals and festivals. His
acclaimed recording of the complete Années was released during the bicentenary
year and was named by Alex Ross in The New Yorker as one of the 10 best recordings
of 2011.
Frequently working with the world's leading conductors, Mr. Lortie has performed with
Riccardo Chailly, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Charles Dutoit, Kurt Sanderling,
Neeme Järvi, Sir Andrew Davis, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Mark Elder, Jaap van Zweden, and
Osmo Vänskä. He performs and records with violinist Augustin Dumay and with fellow Canadian
piano-duo partner Hélène Mercier.
Mr. Lortie has made more than 30 recordings for the Chandos label, covering repertoire
from Mozart to Lutosławski, including a set of the complete Beethoven sonatas. His 2012
Chopin recording was named one of the best recordings of year by The New York
Times, and his recording of Lutosławski's Piano Concerto and Paganini Variations with
Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra was Norman Lebrecht's "CD of the Week" when
it was released. Mr. Lortie's recently released Liszt at the Opera album has
garnered universal high praise.
In addition to his studies in Montreal with Yvonne Hubert (a pupil of the legendary Alfred
Cortot), Mr. Lortie studied in Vienna with Beethoven specialist Dieter Weber and with
Schnabel disciple Leon Fleisher. In 1984, he won first prize in the Ferruccio Busoni
International Piano Competition and was also a prizewinner at the Leeds Competition. He has
lived in Berlin since 1997 and also has homes in Canada and Italy.
At the start, I have to say that I am something of a composer groupie. I love writing music and I love the other people who write music, no matter what kind of music they write or when they wrote it. I really believe that I belong to an international community of composers, stretching across all boundaries of time and place, regardless of style or category.
It's not the way we are normally taught to listen. Music and the people who make it can get separated from each other—by time, culture, genre, commerce. It makes it easy for us if all the different kinds of music stay separated. If everything sits neatly in a particular category, it gets much simpler to find the music you already know and to avoid the music you don't. But because I am a composer groupie, I always want to listen to music outside of these categories so I can pay attention to the things that different kinds of music and composers might have in common, and to consider their differences.collected stories looks at one of music's more universal functions, namely how often music gets called upon to help tell different kinds of stories. What I am particularly interested in is how the act of composing changes depending on what kind of story the composer is trying to tell.
I started thinking about this in the mid-1990s when I was finishing two commissions at the same time. One was a giant grand opera for Santa Fe, an extravaganza with a big cast and chorus and speaking roles and children and ballet dancers. The other was a loud, aggressively static piece for the English post-rock ensemble Icebreaker. As I went back and forth from one composition to the other, I could really feel my approach change. The opera required me to tell a story, to reveal things in such a way that the audience experienced surprise, shock, elation, and sadness. In the opera, everyone experienced those things pretty much at the same time. The static piece was more like an object, an odd thing that changed very slowly. It didn't tell the listeners much about what they should feel or when they should feel it. I began to notice how my job, my skills, my musicality, my aesthetic sense all changed, depending on the needs of the piece in front of me.collected stories divides the world not by genre or style, but by the various kinds of stories that a piece of music can tell in order to see how the story and the composer work together. The pieces I chose highlight some of the different ways a composer's job changes. But the truth is that everything on this series is music with which I have a long relationship and that I love. All of it. I hope you will too.
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This Week's Food News: Nov. 18, 2009
Food Section Sampler — Nov. 18, 2009
- Time to stock up: Looks like pure canned pumpkin is in short supply this year. — Los Angeles Times
- Don't miss out on the Beaujolais Nouveau celebrations. — Wall Street Journal
- Catching up with rapper Coolio, who's come out with a new cookbook, Ghetto Gourmet. — Boston Globe
- Starbucks has raised its coffee prices in the Windy City. — Chicago Tribune
- Complementary wine pairings for every Thanksgiving dish. — San Francisco Chronicle
- If you have to reach for frozen pie shells, which brands are the best bets? — Washington Post
- French legend Pierre Gagnaire is gearing up for Twist, his first restaurant in the US. — New York Times


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Salesforce options are pricing in a move of close to 8%, which is very possible on a stock with a short interest running near 12%. I'm just not sure I foresee a move of $11 or more. It may occur in after-hours or in premarket action, but this is one of those names that does a lot of U-turns after the initial reaction. It is also one of those names for which everyone is expecting a huge reaction, and I'm just not sure we'll see it. I have $155 as the upside target and $140 for a potential downside move -- so simply buying a straddle, naked calls or naked puts here would feel like a lot of risk to me. I'll look to play this one post-earnings....304 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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RACING Victoria chief executive Rob Hines knew before the Melbourne Cup that jockey Damien Oliver had confessed to placing an illegal bet on a rival horse in 2010, but the hoop was still allowed to ride in the spring carnival.
The revelation that Hines knew about Oliver's 2010 bet on Miss Octopussy before the running of the Cup came after he told a media conference on Tuesday - in which it was announced that Oliver had been charged with making the bet - that the first ''formal admissions'' by Oliver were on Monday.
However, it can be revealed that Hines told senior racing figures in the days before the Melbourne Cup that Oliver's representatives had told racing officials that Oliver had confirmed making the bet.
One racing figure told Fairfax Media that Hines had told him in confidence: ''Oliver had come in with his lawyer [and had] confessed to having made the bet.''
It can also be revealed that the man who made the bet for Oliver - whom Fairfax Media has not named for legal reasons - also confirmed his role in the illegal bet to police several months before the Melbourne Cup.
When Hines was asked when Oliver was first questioned by racing officials, he said: ''I'm not going to go into details about this investigation, about the timing of the details of the investigation. It will be revealed next Tuesday.'' He was then asked if Oliver's lawyer had met racing investigators. ''I am not going to discuss any details of this particular case, that is inappropriate. The case is ongoing and it will be heard next Tuesday, and full details of the case will be explained and will be aired next Tuesday.''
When Hines was asked if he had dragged the chain when it came to one of the biggest names in racing, he said: ''I refute that suggestion. This process has been conducted as quickly as possible. The suggestion in the media that admissions were received prior to this point, an admission was received yesterday and the investigation has been ongoing. We have acted as quickly as we could following sufficient evidence to lay the charge.''
When asked if the reputation of Racing Victoria had been tarnished, Hines said: ''Well, obviously it's disappointing at this time of year in particular to have these issues, but perhaps short-term pain for long-term gain.
''The stewards are on the front foot, our compliance team has been very active. We're uncovering breaches of the rules and dealing with them.''
Last night, after Fairfax Media sent questions to Racing Victoria about Hines' knowledge of Oliver's confession prior to the Melbourne Cup, Hines' lawyers responded that any suggestion that Hines knew of the Oliver confession before the Cup was false and defamatory.
When the head of integrity services, Dayle Brown, was asked if the person who placed the bet for Oliver had been spoken to prior to this announcement, he said: ''That's a matter for the investigation. The panel has investigated that matter and all the information is contained in their investigation and will be put forward in the inquiry next Tuesday.''
Are you aware of the identity of that third party? ''I'm not aware of the identity of that third person. That is a matter for that panel. They've done the investigations and whatever comes out of that will be known next Tuesday.''
Oliver will face a hearing next Tuesday when full details of two charges he is facing will be outlined.
The two-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey is charged with placing the bet on Miss Octopussy, which won the race in question in October 2010.
He is also charged with using a mobile phone in the jockeys' room before the same race, in which he rode the second favourite, Europa Point.
He has admitted both charges.


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Welcome to the first part of our trilogy of Christmas 2009 goodies! If he hasn't made too many elves redundant, St Nick should be with us in four weeks' time, and for those of you who have yet to begin shopping we'll have 40 per cent savings each week on a range of books from dSLR cameras to iPhones, dragons to zombies, and other splendidness. This week it's cameras to start.
The Digital Photography Book Volume 3
If you have thought of buying a camera guide, there is a good chance you'll have come across The Digital Photography Book by Scott Kelby. Volume 1 is still one of the best-selling digital photography books, and volume 3 picks up straight from Volume 2, capturing the same straight-to-the-point, humorous and jargon-free approach of old.
Presented in full colour, each turn of the page discusses a new pro setting, tool or trick. Kelby doesn't dwell on theory - it's a practical which-button-to-click, what-setting-to-use and when-to-use-it guide. With almost 200 'tricks of the trade', the book promises you'll be shooting better-looking pictures with that new camera in no time.
Nikon DSLR: The Ultimate Photographer's Guide
This guide is suited to those of you who are looking to move to a Nikon this Christmas from a traditional point-and-shoot camera. The book offers nine chapters, each either helping you choose, customise, or get the best out of your camera's hardware and software. Presented in a very accessible form, each page is wonderfully accompanied by great selection of photos with detailed demonstrations of the functions used to capture them.
Indeed this is not a book for those of you who have tried and tested dSLR cameras over the years, but for somebody new to the whole concept, it's an excellent way to enhance your hobby and get the best out of your Christmas purchase.
Portable enough to be taken on any trip, this D90 specific guide quickly gets you up to speed on how to use your camera, covering the fundamentals (where that zoom button is), the essential features and how to use the D90 menus.
Once that's out the way, Part II of the book focuses on capturing great shots. The guide discusses when to use what lenses, essential photography concepts such as exposure, how to work with light (including every possible flash setting known to humankind), and advanced shooting techniques which allows you to take great photos when you're at a gig. The book also analyses the In-Camera Editing suite and D-Movie functionality.
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS/1000D
Canon's XS/1000D has been a popular entry-level dSLR camera for some time now and this guide covers all the basic functions of the camera and beyond.
Highly visual and accessible to a new photographer, the book by Christopher Grey gets you up and running in five minutes with a quick start guide, and then begins helping you to master the camera's many features and controls. Using hundreds of photos he successfully shows you first-hand how each setting affects your photos, how to refine and manage your portfolio using the Canon software, and provides tips on how to get the best pictures from your location.
From veteran Michael Freeman, this book delves into the traditional approaches to composition, design, and digital techniques such as stitching and High Dynamic Range imaging. The bulk of the book covers the aspects of designing an image, including the image frame, design basics, graphic and photographic elements, and composing with light and colour. It closes by discussing importance of the message in an image and the photographer's intent.
While lavishly presented with a series of stunning photographs, the book is a significant read with each topic discussed in reasonable length, supported with illustrations and a case study. It may not be one for the hobbyists, but The Photographer's Eye provides the knowledge that enables you to develop the photographs that speak for themselves.
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