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|The California Lighting Technology Center in Davis, CA, is a leader in LED research. The think tank's projects like this LED demo kitchen, work to benefit the lighting industry as a whole.
Goodbye, filaments; hello, diodes. Now that the technology is ready and the industry is involved, the government is laying the path for a smooth transition into a well-lit and energy-efficient future.
Title 24
"Everything is correct for the LED industry to jump on board," says Gary Flamm of the California Energy Commission's (CEC) Lighting Program.
Flamm led the 2008 revision of California's Title 24, legislation originally enacted in 2005 to introduce energy-efficient lighting mandates into the state's residential building codes. The revised Title 24, which takes effect in August 2009, pushes it a step further, defining the proper way to test LED lighting sources and honing the language to ensure LEDs are truly compliant with Title 24.
Kevin Gauna, Senior Research Engineer at the California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC), describes California's cooperative LED regulations as a bridge to connect all facets of the industry to the common goal of energy-efficient lighting -- in the Golden State and throughout the nation. State legislators, federal regulators and manufacturers are able to work together with Title 24 as their common ground.
To ensure synergy between California's legislation and federal standards, Title 24 has clarified the testing requirements based on the Department of Energy's Energy StarT LM-79-08, a lighting measurement developed by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) to standardize the testing procedures and measurements of solid-state lighting.
California is also adopting the federal energy standards a year early to create an even more favorable environment for LEDs. (The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 mandates that all new lights use 25 to 30 percent less energy for the same level of light output by 2012.)
"We are excited to see people really grabbing onto [LEDs]," Gauna says. "We don't have to lower the quality to save energy."
Though one of the first to jump on the bandwagon, California isn't the only locale to regulate the use of energy-efficient lighting. Areas throughout the United States are experimenting with ways to make their own communities greener. Gauna suggests lighting retailers look at their city's residential LED initiatives to stay current at a local level.
On the national stage, the Energy Star Program Requirements for Solid-State Lighting Luminaires Eligibility Criteria Version 1.1 took effect earlier this month. The document creates a distinct differentiation between residential and commercial criteria, explains Kelly Gordon, Program Manager of the DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).
In August 2008, the PNNL conducted an LED residential lighting demonstration for the DOE's Office of Building Technologies. The results indicated that LEDs are a dramatic improvement over incandescent and halogen sources from an energy-efficient standpoint. Reports projected consumer payback (based on an electricity cost of 11 cents per kilowatt hour) on LED downlights to be between 7.6 and 13.5 years, and LED undercabinet fixtures from between 4.4 and 7.6 years.
"The consumer needs to look at the total cost of LEDs because of [the technology's] lifespan, and eventually they do pay for themselves," says Gauna.
While the report praised LEDs' energy-saving potential, it also drew attention to the need to improve LED dimming compatibility. Regardless, Gordon sees LEDs as a higher-end product that retailers can up-sell.
"People can have energy-efficient lighting without having to change their styles," she says.
To further assist the lighting retailer and consumer, the DOE is sponsoring SSL Quality Advocates Lighting Facts, a voluntary program for manufacturers and retailers who deal in LEDs. Using Energy Star LM-79 standards, the Lighting Facts label is a comprehensive and readable marker that affixes to LED fixtures to show efficiency ratings and the type of light emitted.
"This is really the reinvention of the light bulb," says Gauna. "The direction is absolutely clear from an industry perspective: The transition is going to happen, and it already has started. The trick is doing it right."
LED innovation competitions
Conceived to fuel interest in creating lighting products that meet energy-efficiency standards while also focusing on aesthetic appeal, established LED design competitions are upping the ante for this year's go-around.
Both the DOE's L Prize and the Lighting for Tomorrow SSL competition -- a joint venture between the American Lighting Assn., the DOE and the Consortium for Energy Efficiency -- are well underway for 2009, with new features that organizers say will enhance the contests' appeal.
Following its 2008 debut, the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize -- or L Prize, for short -- recently announced that nine new organizations and utilities have committed to support and promote its winners. The upshot is that the contest now wields the influence of 16 partners coast to coast and is in position to accelerate the development of LED replacement technologies in a big way.
It won't be an easy victory, however; requirements and testing procedures for each entry are ultra stringent, and after all, $20 million in prize money is up for grabs.
Kelly Gordon, Program Manager of the DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is hopeful that the contest will secure an entry in the near future.
"There is a hefty indication we'll get at least one entry sometime this year," she says. "There is a lot of interest, and many [potential entrants] are sending in questions."
The Lighting for Tomorrow SSL competition, on the other hand, promises at least a few prizewinners in 2009. The contest, now in its fourth year, has launched a new call for solid-state lighting applications that go beyond simple directional fixtures. Submissions must be registered by March, and entries are due April 24. Winners will be announced at the ALA conference in September.
For more information on these LED design competitions, visit www.lightingprize.org and www.lightingfortomorrow.com.
LED Education
While large industry events, like Lightfair Intl. and Greenbuild, are excellent opportunities to soak in some information on the inner workings of LEDs, some folks are lucky enough to find valuable educational opportunities in their own backyard.
The Designers Lighting Forum of New York has partnered with the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York for the third year in a row to bring locals a unique informational program on LEDs called LEDucation. Featuring product exhibits,
a prestigious design competition, and two LED basics seminars, the event is open to all industry professionals
and will be held Wednesday, March 11, at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York.
For more information or to register for the event, visit www.dlfny.org.
WHAT: LEDucation III
WHERE: Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City
WHEN: Wednesday, March 11
WHO: Lighting industry professionals and students
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: LED seminars are eligible for continuing education credits.
LED Updates
To stay up-to-date on residential LED legislation, check out the following Web sites:
-- DOE SSL "Using LEDs for General Illumination" Fact Sheets
-- DOE CALiPER Section for Product Test Results
-- Energy Star
-- California Energy Commission
-- The Lighting Portal
-- SSL Quality Advocates Lighting Facts


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Jai is a Tamil action film. The movie follows a man who comes back to his home country after working in the U.S. The man that he has trusted to look after his land is misusing his power. This leads to danger and murder, and Jai, the titular character and son of the man who has been working in the U.S., is suddenly without parents.
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Ingredients for 4 servings
- 2 1/4 lb. of ricciola in slices
- 2 cups of peeled tomatoes
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- 1/2 cup of black olives
- 1 medium onion
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- oregano
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Stir-fry the chopped onion in a pan with some oil; add the chopped tomatoes, the capers, the oilves, the minced parsley, oregano, salt and pepper and make a dense sauce. Add then the fish slices to the sauce with some salt and bake in hot oven turning the slices during their cooking and sprinkling them with white wine.


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vdUbvolvowrote a review of DC Command Skate Shoe - Men's on December 14, 2007
Nice Kicks
Pretty durable shoes. Soles do not wear out fast, yet they are very grippy and skateable shoes. I walk around a college campus and skate in these and have held up well. An almost all rubber construction makes them easy to clean with a couple wipes. A definite plus if you get the white ones. They are worth the extra cash, and i will be getting a second pair.


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Tim Kennedy knocked Rafael (Sapo) Natal out cold in the main event of UFC Fight Night 31 Wednesday in Fort Campbell, Ky.
Natal got off to a good start, tagging the U.S. Army staff sergeant with outside low kicks and lunging inside the pocket with punches. Kennedy remained patient, if somewhat flat-footed, while attempting to find his opening.
Near the end of the first round, the Strikeforce import cracked Natal with a well-timed lunging left hook. Kennedy then unloaded with ground-and-pound, forcing referee Herb Dean to jump in and save the Brazilian.
"I'm 100% overwhelmed," Kennedy said. "Moments before I threw that left hook, I heard (my coaches yell), 'Tim, throw it!' Instinctively, I listened to my coaches and just did what they wanted."


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I am so glad that gaming on mobile devices has come as far as it has. Don't get me wrong, when I look back at the "old days," when I was trying to get the high score in Snake or Brick Breaker, I remember them fondly, and generally get a pretty big smile on my face. But we have so many great games available for our smartphones and tablets these days, ones that look genuinely beautiful and play remarkably well (even on a touchscreen), it's hard not to be happy we've come so far.
It's obviously going to keep getting better, especially as our phones continue to bring to market impressive specifications under the hood to make better looking and bigger games possible. As a gamer, I can't wait to see what happens next, and to see what kind of games developers come up with. Titles like Monument Valley are genuinely gorgeous to look at, and a ton of fun to play. There's the Modern Combat series that aims to try and reached console-level graphics with each new iteration, and the results are outstanding for mobile devices.
And as the mobile gaming market matures, and the number of people playing games on their devices continues to rise, we're going to see developers and companies start to branch out into new ideas. The home console market is seeing a big focus on virtual reality right now, with the company Oculus starting the push and Sony jumping into the fray in a big way.
It looks like mobile isn't going to miss the VR train, either.
Samsung may have just officially announced a better Galaxy S5 for South Korea, that shouldn't have surprised anyone. We've been hearing about it for awhile (and I'm sure we'll be hearing about it again, if it takes up another model name and launches internationally). But something else we've heard about from time to time is Samsung's rumored VR headset, which is meant specifically for mobile devices.
The last time I used a virtual reality headset, was when VR was a big thing back in the late 90s, maybe early 2000s, I believe. (It was a long time ago!) I remember being in an arcade and being strapped into this huge machine, with a gigantic helmet and visor put on top of my head. I got to feel like I was really running around a digital landscape, my head turning every which direction as I walked in place. I looked ridiculous, and so did everyone else I saw who tried it out.
The benefit of having an Oculus Rift unit in your home, or some day Sony's Project Morpheus, is that it's in the comfort of your own home, so even if you do look ridiculous staring up at the ceiling for minutes on end, no one else can see you (unless someone's there with you, obviously). Samsung wants to make it possible for people to enjoy VR wherever they are, but I'm not entirely convinced that that's something people actually want.
I remember when the iPad first launched, and I watched people play tilt-based games on the device. They'd be sitting in their chairs, tilting the giant screen this way and that, usually lost in the game and not really paying attention to the people around them. Could you imagine someone doing that on a plane or train, or even in a waiting area? They've got their Samsung-branded tablet on their lap, they hook up their VR headset and put it on, then start playing some intense first person shooter so they have to look around frantically?
Virtual reality was something I thought had died all those years ago, but I'm glad to see it's making a comeback, mostly because the technology we have today makes it genuinely worthwhile. Still, I'm not sure that that's something I want to use while I'm out in public. More than that, though, I'm not sure I'd want to ever haul that particular accessory around.
But what about you? Would you use a VR headset while you were out in public, waiting for a doctor's appointment or while you're traveling? Or is a VR headset something you'd skip? Let me know!


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DEAR AMY: I was secretary for a club in the process of dissolving. One of our members, "Jessica," is a lawyer. After taking notes at one of our final meetings, I emailed the notes to the few members we have left. Jessica emailed the notes back to everyone, citing more legal ways to phrase them.
The dissolution of this group is one stressor in my life, and Jessica's criticism hurt. I emailed everyone back, calling her "high and mighty" and suggested that since she didn't like the way I wrote up the notes, she could do it herself.
After giving myself a day to think, I emailed her and suggested that she send out a revised version of the notes. I also mentioned that I felt uncomfortable around her and that I had a feeling she doesn't like me and thinks I'm dumb. She responded, claiming I had said hateful things about her and that she didn't want anything to do with me.
I replied and apologized for calling her "high and mighty." Until a few days ago, I liked her. I wrote that if she will provide the legal letterhead she thinks is important, I will rewrite the notes according to her specifications.
Since I told her I wouldn't bother her anymore, until I hear from her (if I do), I'm going to leave her alone.
I know I said things I shouldn't. I am trying to make it right.
Licking My Wounds
DEAR LICKING: This has been a rapid-fire and nasty exchange, and you initiated the nastiness. At this point, you've apologized and attempted to cover your bases. Now, just stop.
DEAR AMY: My nephew was married on a Friday evening, and our family went to the wedding and reception. We gave them a card along with a check for their gift at the reception.
The check was cashed the following Monday, endorsed over to the reception hall. I feel this is tactless. It appears to me that we were invited for the gift so that they could pay the reception bill. What is your opinion?
Old-fashioned Aunt
DEAR AUNT: If you had given this couple a cappuccino maker as a wedding gift, wouldn't you be pleased if they opened the box and used it quickly?
Monetary gifts to the couple seldom actually bring in enough to pay for the reception. I assure you, inviting people to a reception in the hopes that they will pay for it is not a good business model.
I hope you had a good time at this wedding and reception. You were generous to help them pay for it, and I hope you will feel better after they thank you.
DEAR AMY: When "Unsure" wrote about an unwanted advance from a married male "friend," I had to laugh recalling my similar experience.
Our "friend" asked me out while my husband was out of town. The wife and I were good friends.
I asked him, "Who should I get to watch my kids? Your wife?" That shut him right down. I told my husband about it a few days later, and we agreed I'd handled it well. I never told the wife, and he never acted like a jerk with me again.
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DEAR WOMAN: You handled this perfectly.
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Sharks captain Joe Thornton, as you may have read, was pretty critical of his own team, then took a shot at the New York Rangers after San Jose's 5-2 loss at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.
"To be honest with you, they were probably the softest team we played against on this road trip and we should have had the two points," Thornton said. "We played some good teams and I think we should have beaten these guys."
First the two coaches responded to Thornton's comments:
"Joe said that?" Rangers coach John Tortorella said. "Wonderful."
Todd McLellan tried not to get involved: "That's his opinion and he's entitled to it."
And you know the media/blog world wasn't going to ignore what Thornton had to say. Here's a small sampling:
Yahoo's Puck Daddy: In the last two years, Joe Thornton has worked hard to shake the reputation he's earned in the NHL as a passive player. He's been tougher, more aggressive and more assertive. Joe Thornton has been clutch, which is something a lot of us probably thought we'd never associate with Joe Thornton.
And yet, Joe Thornton calling someone or something else "soft" is like Tony Romo questioning another quarterback's late-game mental fortitude. It's like Jay Leno calling another comedian "stale."
To be fair: It's the last game of a road trip that began on Oct. 21, and a game that cost the Sharks a perfect six-game swing. Jumbo got his snark on here, trying to score more points in the post-game than he did in regulation (one assist, and a minus-1).
And to be fair: Thornton is saying the Rangers are softer than the Devils, the Bruins, the Predators, the Red Wings and the Islanders … which, given the teams in his sample size, really isn't as outlandish as outright calling the Rangers "soft" without a basis for comparison. Those are some gritty teams right there.
Still … to claim the Rangers are a soft team is sort of mindboggling. They have tenacious, physical forwards who forecheck like crazy. They average 24.3 hits per game; San Jose averages 17.7 They block more shots than a prophylactic factory. As NHL.com's Dave Lozo said: "The Rangers are a lot of things, but soft isn't one of them. It's a really odd comment."
Seriously, a player from a California team calling a New York team "soft"? This is how hip-hop wars start …
NHL HotStove: Who knows what Thornton was thinking by berating a team the Sharks will not play again this season; perhaps frustration set in. How many hits has Jumbo Joe laid down on the team's opponents this season? Three. Last season he registered 56 checks which matches Mats Zuccarello's total over 42 games. Fifteen members of the Rangers out-hit Thornton, maybe he simply thought he was still playing their 2005-2006 rendition. . .
. . . The quote, or misquote, likely was misconstrued by local media as it comes after a somewhat shocking performance. Not all of us have to deal with cameras and tape recorders rolling while frustration sets in. The captain likely remembers that their five-game win streak came pretty tough and they expected to defeat a struggling club.
His comments could actually be a roundabout way of holding the team accountable for the loss, opposed to saying they were outplayed. All part of the growing pains of a winning team — one that continues to learn that they simply will not win on paper.
NYRangersblog: …what? The Sharks lone loss during their six game road trip was against the Blueshirts and they're somehow the softest team?
… I guess Thornton knows a thing or two about being soft since his Sharks usually play that way in the post season every year. He's a real tough guy too, knowing the Sharks don't face the Rangers again this season, unless of course the teams match-up in the Cup finals.


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Effect of Indacaterol on Inspiratory Capacity and Lung Function in Patients With COPD Versus Placebo and Formoterol
This study has been completed.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First Posted: January 17, 2007
Last Update Posted: June 22, 2007
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The purpose of this study is to assess the change in inspiratory capacity and lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease when treated with indacaterol compared to placebo and formoterol.
|Drug: Indacaterol (QAB149)
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Exploratory, Double-Blind Comparison of Inspiratory Capacity (IC) and FEV1 in COPD Patients Following Single Dose Administration of Indacaterol and Placebo and Open Label b.i.d. Administration of Formoterol
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Formoterol fumarate Formoterol IndacaterolU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Novartis:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change from baseline in IC and percent predicted FEV1 at various timepoints over 24 hours
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Percent predicted FEV1 time course change over 24 hours
- Mean maximal change in IC time course change over 24 hours
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|September 2006
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and post-menopausal female adults aged 40-80 years inclusive.
- Patients with a clinical diagnosis of COPD according to the Global Initiative for Chronic Lung Disease (GOLD) Guidelines (2005)
- Smoking history of at least 10 pack years (either smokers or ex-smokers).
- Able to perform reproducible spirometry maneuvers.
- Able to communicate well with the investigator, to understand and comply with the requirements of the study. Understand and sign the written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- COPD exacerbations within 6 weeks prior to dosing
- Concomitant lung disease such as asthma, requirement for long term oxygen treatment or history of lung reduction surgery.
- Medical conditions that would interfere with the performance of spirometry or may pose a potential hazard from performing spirometry.
- Any other medical condition that in the opinion of the Investigator may cause the patient to be unsuitable for completion of the study or place the patient at potential risk from being in the study, e.g. uncontrolled hypertension, unstable ischemic heart disease.
- Participation in any clinical investigation within 4 weeks prior to dosing or longer if required by local regulations, and for any other limitation of participation based on local regulations.
Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply
Contacts and Locations
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00422552
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00422552
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|Horsham, United Kingdom
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|First Submitted:
|January 16, 2007
|First Posted:
|January 17, 2007
|Last Update Posted:
|June 22, 2007
|Last Verified:
|June 2007
Keywords provided by Novartis:
inspiratory capacity, FEV1, COPD
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Respiratory Aspiration
Respiration Disorders
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Formoterol Fumarate
Bronchodilator Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Asthmatic Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Adrenergic beta-2 Receptor Agonists
Adrenergic beta-Agonists
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Agents
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Do the Wash, and Go Rangers!
With last night's rain out in St. Louis, Game 6 of the World Series happens tonight.
To get you in the mood, here's a little montage we dug up for you, of manager Ron Washington's best dance moves. He's a hoot!
Do the Wash!


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CBS Reporter Names 'EDM' As A Type Of Molly In Stunning Display Of Incompetence
In a stunning display of incompetence, Christina Hager of WBZ News, Boston's CBS affiliate news station, stated, "Part of that education is around the drug Molly, also called MDMA or EDM, forms of ecstasy federal drug agents say is often mixed with even more harmful chemicals." Her news story was focused on drug education following last week's massive number of hospitalizations during Avicii's Boston show. I'd recommend watching the entire video below to gain some context on the situation, but if you just want to hear her mistake, fast forward to 57 seconds into the video.
Some people might think it's funny that a reporter made this mistake. However, a news story like this is terrible for the EDM community. The community is constantly fighting the stereotype that all EDM listeners must be hooked on drugs. Now, we have a reporter on a major local news station spouting misinformation. Boston-area parents who watched the story might automatically think that EDM is MDMA now, and this could cause a world of hurt for their children who listen to dance music.
It's shocking that a reporter for a CBS affiliate would not fact check her work before talking about it on television. This is a sensitive subject that deserves to be researched by the media who report on it. People who watch the news often take everything they hear at face value. Hager's terrible mistake has the potential to harm the entire EDM community in the Boston area. This might seem like we're blowing Hager's statement out of proportion, but who truly knows how far reaching the consequences of something like this can be?
Yes, the Avicii show led to mass hospitalizations, and drug education can help save lives. All I ask is that the EDM community receives fair and balanced reporting that is free of factual errors. We can't afford to have people like Christina Hager report on the community we've all worked to build.
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Recordings from an actual foundry. Not amazing quality.
Mechanical ignition sound leads to fire combustion which rapidly becomes a roaring inferno. In this version I added the sound ...
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New Zion is an alien, strange world to the colonists, with its red-orange sun and bleak landscape. The settlers are able to digest the native proteins only with the help of metabolizing pills, and even so many of the children - the "sicklies" - never seem to thrive. Then one day a painting of New Zion causes a stir and forces some people to reconsider their assumptions about how to survive on this world.
First published in The Altered I. Reprinted in The Compass Rose.
Original title: The Eye Altering
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Genre: Fiction→ Science Fiction→ Planets & Societies→ Adapting To Harsh Conditions
This work is a subwork of the following works : Compass Rose, the (1982) [Collection] Author: Ursula K. Le Guin


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A breakaway group of traditionalist Roman Catholics has sent the Vatican mixed messages about ending a quarter-century of schism.
The Swiss-based Society of St. Pius X said Thursday it had approved the technical, legal way it could eventually reconcile with the Holy See. But at the same time, it says it is still waiting for an "open and serious debate" with the Vatican to address its opposition to the modernizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
Pope Benedict XVI has spent nearly his entire seven-year pontificate seeking to accommodate the society and end the only formal schism created after Vatican II.
But the society has refused to sign off on a core set of doctrinal points required by the Vatican and has said more talks are necessary.


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War Is Over! の日本語ツアーにてヨーコ オノのアートを奥深く知ろう!
Delve deeper into War Is Over! in these Japanese language tours.
FREE with exhibition entry
Image: Yoko Ono and John Lennon, WAR IS OVER! (if you want it), Language: Japanese, Billboard and poster campaign 1969–present, image courtesy and © Yoko Ono, 2013
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Many sutras contain mantras and they often list many "worldly" benefits that will occur magically from a confident reliance on using the mantra. If course, if you have no confidence in them, then they have little effect. I put "worldly" in quotes because a wish to have virtuous child, when one has not been able to or even to gain money that will be used for Dharma purposes or to remove fear etc. are all within the norms of removing suffering or gaining happiness that a bodhisattva aims to foster. Mantras are one of the many expedient means bodhisattvas make available, for our benefit.
Here is a Dharma view of mantras: http://www.sutrasmantras.info/mantra0.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Why use mantras?
General discussion, particularly exploring the Dharma in the modern world.
[N.B. This is the forum that was called 'Exploring Buddhism'. The new name simply describes it better.]
[N.B. This is the forum that was called 'Exploring Buddhism'. The new name simply describes it better.]
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Re: Why use mantras?
Distrust everyone in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!
Re: Why use mantras?
Yes, I agree on principle, but I think it useful to introduce another shade of meaning (at least in the East Asian context) of upaya or skillful means. Some methods are used to ensure health or stability or forms of prosperity for the purpose of advancing the Dharma; they're not in the first instance about developing bodhicitta or prajna, but about making the conditions for that development manifest themselves. Medicine Buddha straddles these two categories, as do some forms of Tara practice if I understand them correctly.Yeshe wrote:Chanting to achieve material wealth for one's own satisfaction lacks a Buddhist motivation, unless of course that wealth was to be used for the benefit of others? That practice within SGI may be seen as controversial so I'll not offer a specific comment in case I breach ToS.Jikan wrote:One example might be the use of daimoku to achieve a material end among some members of Soka Gakkai Int'l (if one defines daimoku as a mantra), e.g., chanting until one gets a car or a boat which serves as proof of the effectiveness of practice.Yeshe wrote: Do you have examples of use of mantras for magical purposes amongst Buddhists?
Of course this rationale for practice begs the question of whether this is Buddhist practice or the application of a method derived from a Buddhist tradition toward a non-Buddhist end. I'll not go there and just leave the question open.
Generally speaking, my understanding is that if one is using Vajrayana methods without Mahayana understanding or intention, one is nothing other than a magician and a source for a lot of trouble.
May that practice of chanting, perhaps to a 'wealth deity' have some Shinto derivation as well?
Another example may be the sale of protective amulets which again may owe more to the expectations of a particular culture being exploited by Buddhists, rather than a Buddhist act per se. Written mantras may be a part of this, but it is very different in intention than 'Liberation Through Wearing' or Liberation Through Hearing'.
Nobody could use Vajrayana methods properly and be the source of a lot of trouble, IMHO, but people could for example teach inappropriate sexual practices and slap the Vajrayana or Tantra label on them, as any Google search for Tantra shows.
EDIT: looks like Will already made a this point in different terms...
Re: Why use mantras?
In one of Lopez's books (The Heart Sutra Explained - this is a series of essays published from different Buddhist scholarly sources) he asserts that the Heart Sutra is a kind of transitional literature form between sutra and tantra and that mantra arose essentially as a further development of dharani. People have dismissed dharani and mantra as magical words - because that is what they are most clearly similar to in Western systems. However there is no real magic in Buddhism - even in folk Buddhism - to the extent that magic happens it is either a dependent arising or a result of getting unseen beings (like beings pledged to assist Buddhist practitioners) to act.Su DongPo wrote:That is my understanding of the closing of the sutra: it expresses the idea that the Prajna Paramitas / The Perfect Wisdom -- and by implication the Heart Sutra itself -- is a kind of mantra, but I could be wrong.Astus wrote: But the Heart Sutra itself is a short reminder of the prajnaparamita teachings.
For reference, here is Ven. Huifeng's translation and notes in a linked pdf --
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In the Heart Sutra itself there is no evocation of a yidam. So generally the mantra there has been explained as a direct condensation (or distillation) of the teaching of the Prajnaparamita Sutra in one line. It is intended to be recited as a form of meditation. This is similar to it's use in tantra.
Mantra in tantra has three general uses: 1. a mind protector (a condensed verbal form that carries blessings to protect the mind) 2. a direct verbal experience of enlightenment (this is usually glossed as a verbal invocation of a yidam - the mantra is the yidam in verbal form) 3. mantra recitation brings positive causes and conditions into the world in order to effect change - ultimately transforming everything into enlightenment (and not just in one's vision but really ultimately transforming the relative world into enlightenment).
By verbal I don't mean that it has to be exactly auditory. It can be mental as well. Another way of viewing mantra is as a merging of one's ordinary mind with enlightenment. Doing so sets up the causes and conditions for your enlightenment and also for everyone elses enlightenment.
We could really talk about mantra forever as it is an endlessly deep topic.
Kirt's Tibetan Translation Notes
"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
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The idea that polar wander (PW) must have occurred dates back to the 19th century. Geologists, paleontologists, and paleoclimatologists suggested that the Earth's equator must have been located far from its present position in the distant geological past, at least viewed from certain continents, given the present day locations of climatological belts derived from certain types of rocks or fossil assemblages. Darwin (1877) made the first attempt at quantitative modeling but this suffered from several errors (see Steinberger and O'Connell, 2002, for an analysis). In the early 1950s, paleomagnetists provided quantitative evidence that the geographical latitudes of individual continents had indeed changed with time, hence that the instantaneous geographic or rotation pole had moved with respect to most continents. The paths followed by the poles in the geological past were termed "apparent" polar wander paths (or APWPs), because it was ...
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By William Harries Graham,
1:00PM, Fri. Feb. 7, 2014
Barbara Lynn's debut single, 1962's "You'll Lose A Good Thing," soared to the top of the Billboard pop and R&B charts. Skip forward almost half a century to 2009 and the American Folklife Center in Washington, D.C., honored her at both the Kennedy Center and Library of Congress. Her home of Beaumont named a street after her.
Sarah Rucker of Austin's Texas Folklife Resources calls Lynn "the Empress of Gulf Coast Soul." It's hard for her not to be effusive about the 72-year-old singer and six-stringer.
"Barbara Lynn is an American musical icon," she states. "How many left-handed female blues guitar players do you know that have withstood the music business for over 50 years with success as a recording and performing artist? I feel honored to have become friends with one of my idols and hope music lovers all over the world continue to discover and become inspired by her music."
Don't miss this chance to see Lynn Saturday at the North Door. Her grandkid's band, the Johnsons, and the Soul Supporters plus DJ Topper James round out the bill. Doors 9pm, show 9:30. $10 pre-sale tickets, $12 at the door, $20 reserved seating.
Austin Chronicle: What was your childhood like?
Barbara Lynn: I grew up right here in Beaumont, and I always wanted to play guitar. I would always tell my mama and everyone that when I grew up I wanted to be somebody popular. I never said I was going to me someone famous or anything like that. I always said I was going to be popular. When I would get back home from grade school, I would pretend to play the piano on the window sill, so I was already into music, because this is what I wanted to do – play music and sing. Growing up, I was influenced by B.B. King, Gatemouth Brown, Aretha Franklin, and as I started getting older, I liked Elvis Presley too.
AC: How old were you when you first started preforming?
BL: When I was in school, I formed a girls group called Bobby Lynn & Her Idols. It was about four or five of us. Every day at lunch, we would go behind the building at school and practice singing. And then I started writing songs because I wanted to be a songwriter too. By then my band was playing at school talent shows. We were doing really good at it, so I said I really am going to pursue this because this is what I wanted to be: a singer. I started making records in 1962.
AC: What would you say was you first real musical break?
BL: My first real music break was when I wrote this song called "You'll Lose A Good Thing" and it went up to No. 1. That's when I really started going on tours and to different places with other singers.
AC: How did having children change music for you?
BL: It changed it a great deal, because when I had my first child I had to slow down anyway, and each time I would have one of my kids, you know, I would slow down even more.
AC: What would say your greatest accomplishments have been?
BL: Well, my number one thing has been being on American Bandstand not once but twice. And I thought that was really a good experience meeting Dick Clark, and playing with people like Chuck Berry and Stevie Wonder.
AC: Most memorable moments onstage?
BL: I'll tell you one of my most comical moments was when I was on American Bandstand. At that time, we were all wearing wigs and I was trying to cut my wig and I cut it crooked. I'll never forget that, and I have that picture hanging right here in my living room.
AC: What's the process of songwriting like for you?
BL: Well, I go off what I see and hear. Especially when I was writing early on. I would write from seeing other people like some of my neighbors. That's where I got lines in songs like "This Is the Thanks I Get." One of the lines is, "This is the thanks I get/ I worked my fingers right down to the bone/ To try and make you a happy home."
AC: I'm sure you've been asked this a million times, but do you think it's harder for women in the music business? I hear different things from different women.
BL: Well I don't know. I mean at that time when I was traveling and playing it was real cool for men. I enjoyed it so much that I didn't have time to think about it. I was just enjoying that I had a hit song going.
AC: Has it been difficult for you to find left-handed guitars over there years? I'm left-handed too and it's hard for me.
BL: Yeah, during the early years it was hard for me to find left-handed guitars. In fact, there's a music store here in Beaumont called Swicegood Music and they ordered me a left-handed guitar because it costs more being left-handed. Sometimes I would have to string up my strings backward when I was playing a right-handed guitar. Once I started playing a left-handed guitar, it was oh so easy.
AC: You've had a star-studded career. Were you surprised when the Rolling Stones recorded one of your songs?
BL: Oh yes, I was so excited for that – knowing that Mick Jagger and all of them were going to be recording "Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going)."
AC: What was the first thing that went through your head when you first found out that they were going to record it?
BL: Mick Jagger called me at my manager's office. My manager said to me, "There's someone I would like you to talk to, Barbara. His name is Mick Jagger." I said, "You mean the Mick Jagger with the Rolling Stones?" "Yes m'am." Jagger said, "I'm here to collaborate with your manager and ask you if it's alright with you for us to record your song 'Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going).'" I told him, "You have my full permission!"
AC: What changes in music have surprised you the most?
BL: Hip-hop singers are new to my generation. They're really moving. They've taken over. But it's alright. I like to see the young doing well.
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Paloma will also be at the opening of the exhibition where she will play a DJ set with special guests and will be joined by photographers David Standish, Finlay Mackay, and Saul.
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I will be completely upfront and say that my view on ARM Holdings (NASDAQ:ARMH) has evolved rather dramatically over the past year. While I do think that the company trades for a sky-high valuation, and while there is risk that Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) or MIPS via Imagination (OTCPK:IGNMF) will gain some pretty meaningful processor share, it's tough to deny just how well run ARM is.
ARM develops CPU IP, GPU IP, system-on-chip interconnect IP, and physical IP. The company has been fantastic at enabling its chip partners, putting out a broad portfolio of IP for just about every conceivable use case, and just executing as a best-in-class semiconductor IP. Warren East really did a fantastic job of setting the stage for future growth and I believe that the current CEO Simon Segars knows exactly what he needs to do in order to keep the business growing nicely.
That Said, ARM Trades at a Very Fragile Valuation
Many people don't understand that there's a world of difference between liking a stock and liking the company. I think ARM Holdings the company is absolutely fantastic. However, the problem here is that the company's valuation is so incredibly rich no matter how you slice it that it is very vulnerable to negative news flow.
See, that's the thing with high growth tech stocks. While you can do a discounted cash-flow analysis until you're blue in the face based on whatever assumptions you want, the truth is that during the "growth phase" of these companies, the share price will be very volatile and very sensitive to news. This is because nobody really has any idea what the long-term growth rate actually looks like and the range of potential outcomes (and thus valuations) is pretty wide. When things are "looking good", people assume the "best case" and when things are "looking bad," people assume the "worst case." The truth is very often somewhere in the middle.
The Latest Report Wasn't Bad, But...
ARM's latest earnings report, despite the one-off charges, wasn't actually that terrible. However, the real problem is that they're not beating anymore. The company is simply coming "in-line" with analyst expectations and, unfortunately, due to the saturation of the high-end smartphone market, the imapct of the mix shift from feature-phones to smartphones is not only nearly complete (which has been a big driver of ARM's royalty growth), but the remainder isn't anywhere near as lucrative as the initial part of the transition.
Now, ARM does have expansion into networking and communications to look forward to as both ARM and X86 displace PowerPC and MIPS to some degree, but the unit volumes there — even with the juicy royalties per unit — probably won't drive anywhere near the level of growth that smartphones/tablets once did. At any rate, ARM's growth seems to be slowing and the company — after a pretty epic run from 2009 — seems to finally be "maturing".
That Said, I Can't Get Too Bearish
While I think that ARM-the-stock is probably "worth" about $20 on a discounted cash flow basis today, one needs to be very careful in assuming that the most recent drop is the "end of the line" for the stock's run. The stock has shown rather remarkable resilience and has recovered from these fairly large drops multiple times in the past and as long as ARM can play up the Internet-of-Things and as long as Intel keeps fumbling in mobile, investors are unlikely to be so keen to unload their shares.
I also see some potential positive news-flow helping to prop the stock up from all of the "server" fanfare that has been made. While I do think it will be extremely difficult for ARM's crew of small licensees to break into Intel's server stronghold, I do expect that until more of these ARM server players begin to drop like Calxeda did that the "dream will be alive." It's tough to short such a widely-held "dream" when the popular media still thinks that Intel doesn't have a competitive micro-server part (it does).
ARM is a great company, but it's extremely expensive and basically trades on news-flow. I don't see the news-flow getting too bad over the next year (unless, of course, Intel does make some meaningful inroads in mobile in which case, all bets are off), but it's also tough to see it getting too much better. At this point, I'd imagine that ARM will trade within a $40 to $50 range for a while until some truly meaningful catalysts show up.
Whether this means that ARM will break down and head towards $20 or rocket to new highs, I wouldn't be able to tell you today and I'm personally not willing to take a position either way today. However, I wouldn't underestimate Intel longer term in mobile, nor would I place undue faith in the "ARM server ecosystem." I do think, however, that the internet-of-things story (which is really just micro-controllers which has already been a great business for ARM) could be interesting, although probably not enough to drive the same kind of revenue/profit growth that mobile was able to.


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There is an interesting conversation going on at ProfLikeSubstance about flirting at conferences. The point of his post is that dudes should stop treating conferences as a fucken singles bar where they are entitled to "Hey, baaaaaby!" every fucken woman they encounter. And then of course there are the whiny motherfuckers in the comments section who are all like "YOU CAN'T BAN FLIRTING!!1111!!1! NO FAIR!!111!!!".
(1) If you are socially inept, can't read signals, and are therefore unable to determine how to flirt in a fun and non-threatening way that is appropriately cognizant of both power hierarchies and other people's personal boundaries, then the responsibility is yours to NOT ATTEMPT TO FLIRT. It is selfish pigge behavior to expect other people to suffer for your social ineptness, and that expectation itself is exactly a symptom of what ails you.
What you need to do is step completely away from the idea that you should be attempting to flirt, look within yourself (with professional help, if necessary), figure out why you are socially inept, why you can't read signals, and why you can't express romantic interest in someone without setting off their creep alarm. And then work on those things, and only return to attempting to flirt when you can do it in a way that is safe and comfortable for others.
(2) If you are an intentional harrasser, then you are not flirting, and are only using flirting as cover for being a harrassing pigge. So fucke you: stop being a harrassing pigge.
(3) If you are one of the people who is going on all about how you are a charismatic flirter who hooks up/met your husband-wife/everyone loves at conferences and who makes no one uncomfortable because you are such an adept and subtle flirter: THIS POST IS NOT ABOUT YOU. No one is trying to stop you from flirting in an appropriate manner, if you are not making other people uncomfortable. Although if you are so fucken defensive about this topic, there is probably a decent chance that you *are* making people uncomfortable, and are delusional about your flirting skills, in which case see #1.


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Rose Fernandez, President of Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School families is expected to announce her candidacy for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction on Wednesday, December 17th, according to a new Twitter identity she has set up. The site indicates an announcement is expected on December 17th, and her bio says,"Soon to be candidate for Superintendent of Wisconsin DPI."
Fernandez is best known for her role in forcing the legislature and the governor to act when an appeals court ordered virtual schools to stop operations in Wisconsin. She marshalled enough support for her cause from around the state to pressure normally WEAC-sympathetic members of the legislature to agreeing to change the law to allow the virtual schools to remain open.
Fernandez has also launched a new website with the slogan, "Let's Change DPI." The website also promises Fernandez will make her candidacy official on the 17th and gives her supporters a place to download her nomination papers for circulation.
I previously wrote about a probable Fernandez candidacy in the Waukesha Freeman in October.


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The University of Oklahoma has just released there 2013 Hype Video just in time given all the carnage caused by the tornadoes this last week. A positive video like this will help remind folks better times are on their way. The Sooners really need all the stars to align to win the Big12 and been in national contention, but after watching this video you might believe it is going to happen. Boomer!
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One of the foremost female jazz vocalists in the world today, Reeves comments on her five-year hiatus between CDs.
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The groundbreaking banjoist reflects on a career of defying labels and demonstrates his talent with a performance of a track featured on his CD, "The Imposter."
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In the first part of an enlightening conversation, the two renowned backing singers-turned-solo headliners reflect on being back in the spotlight.
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Sacks down, double-teams up for Packers' Matthews
Greene said the Giants clearly made taking Matthews out of the game their No. 1 priority on offense, using an unrelenting combination of tight ends, running backs and offensive linemen to keep him at bay.
"If you really look at this game and see how many double and triple teams that are going his way, it really is unbelievable," Greene said.
The Giants held Matthews without a sack, something that's happening to the second-year defensive star more and more in the second half of the season as offenses recognize just how dangerous he can be.
Matthews still made an impact, with one tackle for loss and running 20 yards downfield to punch the ball away from Giants running back Brandon Jacobs for a fumble. And for all their efforts to neutralize Matthews, the Giants committed six turnovers and lost badly.
Going into Sunday's regular-season finale against Chicago with a potential playoff berth on the line, Matthews said he isn't frustrated as long as the Packers keep winning.
"Frustrated is not the right word," Matthews said. "If I'm not getting that kind of attention, then I'm not doing my job. I was close to the quarterback a few times, but it's part of the game plan. Overall, I thought we did pretty well on defense and came away with a big victory."
After getting 10 sacks as a rookie last season, Matthews was nearly unstoppable at the beginning of this year, with 8 1/2 sacks in the first five games. But since sitting out the Oct. 17 game against Miami because of a hamstring injury, Matthews has been held to four sacks in the last nine games.
A shin injury has limited Matthews' ability to practice in recent weeks, and defensive coordinator Dom Capers acknowledges that Matthews' health might have something to do with his dip in productivity.
Greene said Matthews' sack numbers are dropping mostly because he's simply getting so much attention.
"As a coach, I'm just saying, 'You know what, it is what it is,'" he said. "'You've got a name. And teams aren't going to let you get started. So the thing is, keep chopping wood. Because that one play, they're going to leave you single. And that's when you have to make something happen." '
It certainly doesn't help that the Packers are down to their third-string outside linebacker opposite Matthews after a season-ending injury to Brad Jones and a knee injury that has kept Frank Zombo out the last two games.
The return of defensive end Cullen Jenkins, who has sat out the Packers' last three games with a calf injury, certainly would help draw some attention away from Matthews.
But Matthews is optimistic about the emergence of nose tackle B.J. Raji, who has three sacks in the past two games and drew his own share of double-teams against the Giants.
"There were times when they were sliding three my way and had two on him," Matthews said. "They had what they had in mind, but he was doing a fantastic job. Fortunately for me, they're going to have to start showing him some respect now, and that'll take a guy off (me). It's a good little tandem. That's why once we're full strength, it's going to be hard to single guys here with the amount of talent we have."
While Matthews might not like all the attention he's getting for the time being, he might as well get used to it.
"That's going to be a norm now for Clay, especially if he's sitting there at the end of the line of scrimmage," Capers said. "That's why you like to move him around a little bit so you can't always identify where he is."
Capers would like to move Matthews around at the line of scrimmage more frequently, but doesn't feel comfortable doing so until Matthews can return to practice more consistently.
"We like being able to do that during the course of a game," Capers said. "Probably haven't done as much of that lately, because when a guy can't practice, you can't do as much stuff with him. You need to get him out there lined up in one place and have him play."
Capers said Matthews looked more like himself Sunday.
"What I saw was, when he was lined up on a tight end, he looks like what Clay normally looks like," Capers said. "He sets his hips � pow! � and he pops the tight end and knocks him back. If you're playing the run, it all starts with that hip explosion, being able to put your chin up under those guys and knock him back. And he did that."
Matthews said he's feeling better every day.
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Much like we all cringe with anxiety when looking at old yearbook photos, Daniel Radcliffe says he finds it hard to watch early installments of the Harry Potter films.
"We never had an acting coach in all the time we were there and there were times we could have done with one. I know I could have," Radcliffe reportedly said during an appearance on The South Bank Show. "There wasn't a lot of nuance to my performance when we were young and I find those early films very hard to watch personally."
Radcliffe, who played the eponymous wizard for eight feature films, acknowledged that when he was younger there were quite a few things he didn't know about the acting process.
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My boyfriend is a gamer type, I'm used to him spending ages playing games and forgetting about msn chats and such. I'm used to him talking to his friends about games a lot - more than he should. But I'm also used to him noticing either because I pointed it out or just because he noticed and before he has always said sorry and worked really hard to not do it again. This time it's not happening, and it slightly different.
I do not like his friends. I can't stand them, trust me I've tried. The person whom he usually always talks to is a nasty person. I can't even really describe how horrid he is, you would have to be there to understand the full extent. He just does not care about anybody else. He makes racist jokes, he is very offensive about everything and he openly attacks me (shouting & swearing at me) whenever I'm near him.. such as when I stopped him from hurting somebody (he was strangling him). He is just a horrible person and I cannot stand to be around him. So for my own good, I refuse to stand anywhere he is. I've tried being civil but it doesn't work.
The other person who caused this whole problem used to be my friend. Until she started spreading lies about me and lied to my face twice when I asked her if she had done it. So I can also no longer stand to be around her.
The problem is, my boyfriend (who the lies were about as well) didn't even flinch. He didn't say anything to her, he pretends like nothing happened and expects me to do the same.
This is really upsetting me because has barley spoken to me for five days and I feel like I'm being blamed for everything though I've not done anything wrong. I tried to talk to him about it last night and he just kept saying that he wanted to forget about it and move on and refused to listen when I explained that I couldn't just forget and forgive. I can't be around her and he doesn't bother to talk to me anymore.
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tell him that you need to talk about it and that it needs to be sorted. when you're in a relationship your partner comes first. im 17 and for most couples my age that isnt the case, but ive been dating my boyfriend for nearly 4 years and neither of us would put up with that. if one of my friends had a problem with them, i would have nothing to do with them. the same goes for him. and we always talk about and deal with problems together. he isnt putting you first, and he needs to, or he needs to find another girlfriend.
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I'm taking an intro course to C and am starting to get very lost. We're on the topic of character strings and are being asked to create a program that will capitalize the first letter of every word in the provided prose. I'm successful in getting the entire thing capitalized but can't figure out how to make it so I can access the first characters of each word. Below is the code that capitalizes all the letters. Can someone provide guidance as to how I'd need to make it so it capitalizes only the first letters?
The output should read, To Be Or Not To Be That Is The Question.
Thank you in advance. Below is my code:
Code:#include <stdio.h> #include <ctype.h> #include <string.h> int main(void) { char prose[] = "to be or not to be that is the question"; int i, len; puts (prose); len = strlen(prose); for (i = 0; i < len; i++) { prose[i] = toupper(prose[i]); } puts (prose); return 0; }


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2. In 1616 Dutch sailors led by Dirk Hartog landed at present-day Shark Bay, marking the first European contact in the western part of what present-day country?
3. The least-populous member of the European Union is located just south of the island of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. Name this island country.
4. Cape Bir, located near the entrance to the Bab el Mandeb, is part of which African country?
5. Latakia, a major port city, is located in an important agricultural region producing cotton, fruits, and tobacco in which Southwest Asian country?
6. Which European country relinquished control over the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly called Irian Barat, in 1962?
7. The lempira is the currency of what country whose main exports include coffee and bananas?
8. Ruled by the same family for more than six centuries, what country bordering the Malaysian state of Sarawak benefits from extensive petroleum and natural gas fields?
9. Novi Sad, the capital and largest city of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, is located in which Balkan country?
10. The Sup'ung Dam lies on the Yalu River on the border between China and what other country?
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