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This past semester included an independent study course on Applied Spirituality. My plan ended up taking shape in creative ways throughout the semester and it ended differently than it begun – but I think that was the point. I thought today I'd share my original proposal for my course.
I am interested in using this course to explore the concept of creativity as a form of spirituality. I want to look at how creative practice can be used to tap into something bigger and more universal than the self, allowing the creativity of whatever created us to move through me as an individual. I am curious how this practice can expand my own creativity and broaden my sense of creative work as a form of spiritual practice. I am also curious how I can use a creative practice to deepen my sense of the spiritual/ the oneness/ the creative flow of the universe.
Nature of Practice
I will be working with the practices of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way workbook series, which essentially says that creativity is a part of our nature and that it is safe and valuable to open ourselves to a creative channel that allows a creative spirit bigger than ourselves to flow through us and work in the world.
The practices of The Artist's Way specifically include:
- 3 pages of daily handwritten "flow" writing each morning, daily
- 1 20-minute meditative walk, daily
- 1 creative solo "artist's date" with the self for at least one hour weekly
- Weekly reading on specific topics
- Weekly written and creative exercises related to the reading topics
The exercises for each week incorporate a number of different practices including affirmations, mining the past, service to others, seeking synchronicity, etc.
For my daily walk I want to practice three types of walking meditation throughout the weeks. One is a gratitude meditation that I've already been doing in my life and find very valuable. One is a more basic meditation coming back to the breath in the body and the ground beneath the feet and working to release attachment to any other thoughts. And finally I want to take this opportunity to deepen the work by using some of the meditative walks to explore/ inquire/ examine/ observe how creativity is working in the world at a more universal, energetic, flow level.
Purpose of the Practice
I grew up without any formal spiritual practice in the home (and indeed a great distaste for formal religion from both parents). I have never felt fully comfortable in any specific spiritual practice. However, I have often tapped into that "something more" or sense of "oneness" through creativity. I believe that naming this as a form of spirituality and finding out what it can offer me could be immensely personally powerful for myself as an individual as well as for shaping any work that I may do in the future (as a writer and as a therapist).
At heart I believe that being able to be honestly, genuinely, deeply creative is beneficial to absolutely every aspect of life and every relationship within life. It's about tapping into something living, breathing, pulsating that lives beneath the surface of cognition and seeing unique, ever-changing ways to share that with the world around me. There is a quote by Martha Graham that is my all-time favorite quote and completely sums up why I want this to be my spiritual practice for this course:
"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open."
I hope to use this practice to learn at a more visceral level what I cognitively believe to be true about the powers of being in touch with my own creativity. I believe that doing this would allow me to become my fullest self and therefore have the potential to be of greater service to others in myriad ways.
Looking Ahead to the Practice
I have started The Artist's Way series multiple times over the last ten years and have never gotten very far with it. It is my hope that the accountability of doing it as part of this class, along with the different lens of really seeing it as a spiritual path, will allow me to finally move past the resistances that come up and move farther along this path.
I know from the past work that The Artist's Dates with myself are always the hardest to keep up. I always find some excuse to not do them, some excuse to not be alone asking myself what it is that really causes me to vibrate with inspiration. It is my guess that this will be hard again and it is my greatest hope that this time around I will be able to really understand where that resistance comes from and work through it to be able to enjoy my own creative experience of the world in a new way.
I think that the easy parts will be doing the writing (although sometimes there's resistance to any daily ritual) and doing the exercises. However I think it can become easy to do them rotely instead of with true spiritual intention and it is my hope that I can work through that and really be present with this work. My intention for working through the challenges is to take the approach of being firm but gentle with myself; there will be days I don't do my practice and I will work to quickly accept that, move on and do better the next time. Again I hope that the accountability of doing it as a school course will help me stay on track.
More than anything I truly hope to be able to keep bringing myself back to the core question of "what is that thing that creative energy seems to tap into, where does it come from, how does it manifest and how can I utilize it spiritually?"
Self-Directed Reading
I will primarily by working with Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity. I will also be referencing material from three of her other books: A Vein of Gold, Finding Water and Walking in this World.
I am interested in seeking out supplemental reading materials on the topic of creativity as spirituality. I am also interested in learning more about creativity from the view of psychology; options I'm aware of to study include Ernst Kris and Bion. If time allows I'd like to read that material as well but even if not I'll be keeping a reading list of inspirations and recommendations throughout this course to use as material for further practice in my personal life.


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Eduardo Verastegui, star of the movie "Bella", related at a fundraiser last Thursday the touching story of how he saved a baby from abortion while researching his role in the romantic drama about a woman with a crisis pregnancy.
He told the story as he held the little baby, "Eduardito," at a pregnancy center banquet in Los Angeles.
"I decided to go to an abortion center to see if I could learn more about what women think and feel when faced with a crisis pregnancy," Verastegui said. While there, he met a couple seeking an abortion. Speaking with them for 45 minutes, he offered them help, encouragement, and his phone number.
"Several months later," Eduardo continued, "I received a phone call from the man I met with the pregnant lady in front of the abortion center. He said, 'Hello Eduardo - this is Javier, and I have great news. My boy was born yesterday! I want to thank you and ask your permission - I would like to name him, Eduardo.'"
"I just put the phone down - I couldn't even talk," Eduardo said. "It's the most emotional thing I've ever done in my life. It changed my life. It was beautiful. I went to the hospital to meet them and see the baby. A few weeks later, I was holding little Eduardito in my hands. It was beautiful!"
"By the grace of God, I was able to save this baby," Verastegui said.

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The world's greatest storytellers allow us to better understand human beings and their complexities through fiction. Lance Armstrong's sad fall from grace since his admission of doping is a true story, but it could just as easily been torn from the great writers' notebooks. Armstrong symbolizes what students in high school and college English classes learn to identify as a Tragic Hero, or a character in a story who seems to have everything on the outside — respect, fame, and perhaps money — but because of a single fatal flaw these characters bring about their own ruin. The Greeks wrote about this timeless theme; Shakespeare did too. In fact, no Shakespearean character could more strongly be linked to Lance Armstrong than Macbeth. In both instances, greed was their tragic flaw.
Macbeth and Lance Armstrong were both heroes in their own right. Set 500 years ago, Macbeth was a respected leader in King Duncan's Scottish army with a seemingly loving wife by his side. Lance Armstrong was a modern American icon. Diagnosed in his early 20s with Stage 3 testicular cancer, Armstrong not only beat cancer, he went on to win the greatest cycling race in the world, the Tour de France, not just once, but seven consecutive times between 1999 and 2005. With his charisma and young family by his side, the whole world rooted for him. His charitable foundation, Livestrong, has raised more than $500 million for cancer research during this time.
Yet both men succumbed to the same tragic flaw — greed from their blind ambition. Macbeth and his wife weren't satisfied with the power they already held; they wouldn't stop until they ruled the kingdom and would go to any length to make this happen. Lady Macbeth coerced her husband to kill King Duncan and then King Macbeth kept lying and killing in order to keep his new throne secure. His conscience finally caught up to him, though, and would ultimately be his prison.
Armstrong's chief desire was to be the best in the cycling sport, even if that meant cheating by taking banned performance enhancing drugs. Armstrong may not have killed literally, but he bullied, sued and killed the careers of innocent people, mostly friends and teammates, who had no other choice than to speak out. He "sued so many people he can't even remember who he sued," so he said in the tell-all with Oprah Winfrey, all the while knowing those people were telling the truth. There was no guilt at the time, he said, though. Instead Armstrong thought, "You're coming in on my territory. I'm gonna fight back."
Armstrong was the admitted sole mastermind behind his deeds. It's come to light he began taking steroids even before his first Tour de France win in 1999 and continued to cheat for every one thereafter. When asked if he felt guilt during the years he doped, he said no.
A tragic hero's downfall often ends in death, as it did with Macbeth. In Armstrong's case, he has lost everything — his Tour de France titles, sponsors, supporters, money, respect. Now being accused of fraud, drug trafficking, witness tampering and using banned substances, his fate is still unknown. Still, he called his punishment of being forced to resign from the Livestrong Board of Directors "his lowest point," and being barred from competing in any sanctioned sports for the rest of his life "a death sentence."
When asked if he thinks these punishments are too severe, Armstrong said, "Yes." He didn't feel sorry then; he's only sorry he got caught.
Tragic characters usually evoke sympathy. We saw Macbeth's desperation as his wife egged him on. And as mad as we are at Armstrong, it is sad to see what we thought of as one of the greatest American success stories was all just a sham.
This is one of those times I miss teaching, especially teaching "Macbeth." Still, it's a reminder that just as the great writers do for us in their works, we can highlight the light and dark sides of human nature to our kids by sharing stories in books, but even more so, by looking with them at the world they live in today.
Julie Samrick is the mother of four children and a resident of El Dorado Hills. She is also the founder of Kid Focused, a site devoted to current children's issues.


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Time for a champion to emerge
As always, the chasing game is the main event for the festive season, writes Ian McClean
Santa Claus must be a horse racing fan because he has certainly filled our stockings with much to satisfy the desires of the racing tribe this festive season. And I'm sure when we finally get the wrapping off, we'll discover a few surprises in the mix that none of us were expecting.
The joy of Christmas of course is at least as much in the anticipation as it is in the moment itself and so we find ourselves three days before St Stephen's Day salivating at the prospect of gorging ourselves on a feast of high-class jumps action in both the UK and Ireland. And if we're talking a traditional feast then there is little doubt that the King George and Lexus are the turkey and ham on the menu. You will have your own view as to the Brussels sprouts.
Both races are made all the more fascinating for the fact that we are in a transition year for staying chasers. In the absence of five-time King George winner Kauto Star, Denman, Imperial Commander and the sad demise of Lexus and Gold Cup winner Synchronised, a vacuum has been created at the top that demands to be filled and there appears to be no end of exciting candidates pitching their case for the champion crown. The two features should help sort the Yorks from the Lancasters.
It might seem logical to conclude that, with Kauto Star removed from the picture, Long Run should be able to pick up the thread and begin his own era of dominance of Kempton's King George. After all, he would be a three-time winner at the fixture already (a Feltham and a King George) were it not for Kauto's obstinacy in insisting on a record-breaking fifth title last year. A mere three-and-a-half lengths was the separating distance last year that means Long Run is not now chasing a third victory in a row in the Sunbury showpiece.
Incredibly still just seven, it is obvious that the circuit is tailor-made to his strengths so he looks sure to have a strong say in the outcome. However, 5/2 is plenty short enough for a horse that seems to have lost its mojo since his Gold Cup victory in 2011. Since then Long Run has started favourite on all five starts but has just a single half-length victory to show for it.
A double-figure field looks set to oppose the 2010 winner this time around and it contains a host of fascinating and upwardly mobile contenders. Perhaps as many as half the field are stepping up to three miles for the first time (amongst them Cue Card, Finian's Rainbow, For Non Stop, Champion Court, Wishfull Thinking and Menorah) a feature that inevitably tempts the old chestnut about Kempton being an "easy three".
The precept is that a flat, relatively tight circuit makes it far less of a stamina test than, say, the undulations of a Gold Cup at Cheltenham. What the patrons of the Bleedin' Obvious ignore, however, is the fact that the pace of the race – for that very reason – is far less forgiving and fuel that might otherwise be conserved has long since run out by the business end.
Think back to Azertyuiop attempting the step up in trip in 2004. The Arkle winner's stamina had palpably given out by the time he entered the straight and he was beaten a very long way into third behind Kicking King. Further back, memory is drawn to Remittance Man in 1991. A brilliant two-and-a-half miler, he was unbeaten in seven chase starts before being sent off favourite in the 1991 King George. He too failed to see out the distance and finished third.
He went on to win his next six consecutive races – but he never tried three miles again. A look back through the annals of the race that began life in 1937 reveals a sorry trail of disappointment for those attempting the unknown territory of three miles for the first time.
Dunkirk fell fatally when taking on the mighty Arkle in 1965. Champions like Anaglog's Daughter, Royal Relief, Barnbrook Again, Deep Sensation, Flagship Uberalles and Voy Por Ustedes all tried to up their game when they upped their distance and all fell short. A glance at the King George roll of honour uncovers one thing very clearly – winners were well-stocked in the stamina department.
There is the odd exception. Desert Orchid was attempting the distance for the first time when he won in 1986 at 16/1. The grey legend of course went on to win the race three more times. One Man – twice a winner of the King George – afterwards unorthodoxly took a reverse step to win a two-mile Champion Chase aged 10. In summary then, if we are to learn anything from history perhaps the best chance the new challengers have of staying the trip is a tin of grey paint (Grands Crus fans take note) . . .
One crumb of comfort for those seeking the upward trajectory is to note that Pendil, Captain Christy, Silver Buck, Wayward Lad, Desert Orchid and One Man – all multiple winners – first announced their reign at the age of seven.
By contrast, the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown doesn't tend to attract the hopeful stayers and, with every drop of rain, it seems ever more likely that Sizing Europe will be sticking to the two-mile discipline of the Dial-A-Bet Chase the previous day. Whereas Long Run seems to have been around longer than Coronation Street, Flemenstar (another seven-year-old) seems to have just burst on the scene. We know the Peter Casey standard-bearer likes Leopardstown and handles heavy ground. However, his first attempt at three miles is eagerly anticipated and the outcome will set the compass for the remainder of his campaign.
However, it could easily be that yet another progressive seven-year-old – Hidden Cyclone – will be the one to provide the sternest opposition. For a horse that has won nine of his 11 starts, he seems to have curiously remained beneath the radar. A slow learner, the penny is slowly beginning to drop and his dispatch of Call The Police at Gowran last time smacked of an improver. Expect a career-best effort next Friday.
If we have much to savour amongst the present generation of chasers over Christmas, then we have just as much to look forward to with the novices. Once again, on either side of the water we look to be heading for a fantastic head-to-head.
On Wednesday, Arvika Ligeonniere squares up to Oscars Well in the Racing Post Chase in what should make for an intriguing spectacle with an attacking jump-and-run style countered by a stamina-packed closer.
In a parallel universe at Kempton a day later, we have the exact same scenario likely to be mirrored by Overturn and Simonsig should they both appear on the day. There is little doubt all four novices are of Grade One standard – no surprise as they occupy the first four positions in the Arkle market – and they should give us plenty to savour in their respective races.
One thing is sure this period – after the Christmas twist of racing's kaleidoscope the markets for the Gold Cup and the Arkle will have changed irreversibly. Many questions will have been answered and, inevitably, even more questions will have emerged. That's the real joy of Christmas.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela was discharged from a Pretoria hospital Wednesday, The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory said.
"He will undergo home-based high care at his Houghton home until he recovers fully," the organization said on its website, nelsonmandela.org.
Mandela, 94, president from 1994-1999, retired from public life in 2004 and was last seen in public in 2010, when he attended the closing ceremonies of the World Cup in Johannesburg.
South African President Jacob Zuma said after visiting Mandela Christmas morning the former president was "in good spirits," Britain's The Guardian newspaper reported.
"He was happy to have visitors on this special day and is looking much better," Zuma said. "The doctors are happy with the progress that he is making."
Mandela is being treated for gallstones and a lung infection.


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Chiari and related issues have been rearing their ugly heads all my life but I didn't know what they were. Now I do! This is my story. Leigh Anne Buchanan
Friday, April 22, 2011
Chiari & Tethered Cord Battle Scars – My tattoos ;)
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I am a Chiarian and also have survived decompression surgery, meningitis, hydrocephalus, a large syrinx, have had multiple spinal taps, and a lumbar drain. My neurosurgeon told me my syrinx has returned, and my cerebellum is dropping within the last month. I'm going to the Chiari Institute in Long Island next month. I don't have a diagnosis of EDS as of now, but have been screened by a geneticist for it. I question if my Dad & Sister have EDS, but my sister doesn't have a chiari.
I have answered a lot of false positives for the tethered cord syndrome. I wanted to ask you more about what you went through and how you came to find your diagnosis.
Thank you so much - from one survivor to another,
Gina Thomas (email@example.com)
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Thank you so much for your comment. You would not believe how many times I have tried to reply to your comment and it would not save. We have changed our server settings and such and that had something to do with it. Anyway, I'm finally answering you.
My neurosurgeon is Dr. Fraser Henderson and he and Dr. Murdock who is my urologist diagnosed the tethered cord using urodynamics testing. Both doctors are in Lanham, Maryland and I wouldn't go to anyone else! The urodynamics testing is not very pleasant but is a wonderful indicator of the severity of your tethered cord. (My EDS geneticist is Dr. Claire Francomano at the Harvey Institute of Genetics in Baltimore, Md. and she works with the doctors at TCI, also. You may want to check her out.)
For me the hardest part of the TC surgery was laying flat as to not "spring a leak" of cerebral spinal fluid. But again, that's just inconvenience. I had wonderful results from the surgery but I also think that I was an excellent candidate for the surgery.
Please don't dismiss the fact that you may experience issues that may seriously complicate any surgery that you may have. Blood clots for example.
I'm so sorry your syrinx has returned and I'm wondering about your cranial stability. Feel free to email or facebook me.
My thoughts and prayers are with you on this lonely and painful journey.
Take Care,
Leigh Anne


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Head Football Coach
College football is a results-oriented business. The history of the game is littered with tales of corner-cutting and rule-dodging as coaches look for an edge that will bring them more wins, more prestige and more money. Jerome Souers is not one of those coaches. In fact, as he enters his 13th year as head football coach of Northern Arizona University, Souers focuses first on bringing the right type of person to Flagstaff.
"For our team, it is all about finding student-athletes who want a degree, want to become the best athlete they can be, and understand the importance of being a great role model in the community," Souers says. "That involves giving back and being a good citizen in Flagstaff; it's certainly not some of the negative things you see college athletes running into these days."
Similarly, Souers strives to be much more than just the leader of a football team. He serves as a mentor to his players, helping them through difficult personal times and showing them how to be leaders—both on the field and in the community.
"I have an open door policy with my players that extends beyond football," says Souers. "It covers academics, and how they're coping with their lives. I think that one of the most rewarding aspects of my job is hearing back 10 years later from players who remember the lessons they learned and the experiences they survived. I think one of the most rewarding things you can hear is when former players say, 'This really helped me down the road and (the lessons you taught me) meant something.'"
Souers also actively supports causes that go beyond the gridiron. When an NAU booster and friend of his recently underwent a liver transplant operation, Souers and his team volunteered to help the Donor for Life program, eventually signing up approximately 300 potential donors. He also leads the Lumberjacks in volunteering with local youth football programs.
"We clinic and coach with Pop Warner kids, and our players get involved," says Souers. "It's really fun because it's so impacting: these little bobble-head kids are running around with my guys, who are like 300 pounds. It's really rewarding because the kids look at these football players with such big eyes."
His work as a role model covers many spectrums. Aside from building a program that strives for excellence on and off the field, Souers is also the only Native American NCAA Division I head football coach. A member of the Lakota Nation and Cheyenne River Tribe, Souers' roots trace back to reservations in South Dakota, where both his parents were raised. As a member of one of the most elite coaching fraternities in the world, however, Souers asserts that coaching success has more to do with performance than anything else.
"I think it doesn't matter what skin color you have, you have to be capable of doing the job," he says. "It didn't come easy for me—I didn't have a father or relative in a position to assist me. I had to start as a general assistant and work my way up. That's how my progress has been. Do I take pride in that? Sure, absolutely. I worked very hard to get here."
This is not to say that Souers does not embrace his heritage: to the contrary, he is happy to serve as a role model for anyone who aspires to a high rank in the coaching profession.
"(Being a college football head coach) is something a lot of guys want or will try to get to," he says. "I'm proud to represent my people and my heritage, and think that this is not a sport a lot of Natives have really been able to flourish in as participants or in the coaching field, so I'm excited I've been able to contribute."
Souers certainly has contributed a great deal to the success of his teams during more than two decades as a coach. He served as defensive coordinator for the University of Montana for nine years, helping to lead that team to a Division I-AA national championship in 1995. As the longest-serving head coach in Northern Arizona University history, he has compiled a winning record, going 70-66 over 12 years. In a sport that is often judged harshly on bottom-line results, Souers has delivered.
But his greatest accomplishment, Souers says, has little to do with wins and losses. "I'm most proud of developing a program that has a good family feel to it, where everyone understands the importance of trusting each other and working together. Great things happen when people work together and achieve the true sense of team."


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"Rocky Lakefront" | 8" x 10" | Oil on featherlight 1/8" thick canvas panel from RayMar Art
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©2013 by Kim VanDerHoek
Painted along the edge of Chickenfoot Lake in the High Sierra Mountains in California. This was my second painting of the day from a backpacking trip my husband and I took in the summer. The water in this alpine lake was so clear you can see every detail of the bottom. Which made my husband's fishing a bit easier (that's how he keeps busy while I'm painting). I wanted to render the color changes in the water and show suggestions of the rocks beneath the surface, a sight I rarely see living in the city. It was fun arranging the boulders along the water's edge and to create a visual rhythm that leads the eye deeper into the painting. Hopefully, I'll get to return again in the summer.


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Catering to specific clients.
By Jared Smith, president of bluemedia
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Motorsports clients, one of my personal favorites, present very intriguing opportunities. Granted, they're not always profitable or favorable, but they're definitely cool. I'll admit that I've sometimes been guilty of pricing a job to the point where it wasn't profitable just because I wanted that vehicle in our portfolio. And these projects can help you land profitable ones – plus it provides bragging rights.
Motorsports clients run the gamut in our shop; we service every type of vehicle and customer – from Formula 1 to the client whose 8-year-old son races go carts. You have to be mindful of these differences. There are good budgets for race haulers with huge sponsors, but the same is not necessarily true for the local guy with a dirt-track car. Think about where the money is coming from.
Speaking of money, make sure you're firm on whatever terms you award. For instance, if you require a deposit, don't start work without it. I'm not saying that motorsports clients don't pay their bills, but many times you'll be dealing with someone who's far removed from the person who does pay the bills. The truck driver is not always the best communicator to the accounts-payable office that's located 14 states away. So be clear and steadfast in your expectations for payment, and handle those details with the correct person in advance so there are no surprises for you or the client. Delaying the race team over some type of payment miscommunication will ensure you never get that job again.
Tip: Many times these motorsports projects are very short on turn-around time because, to these clients, the "decals" are not as important as getting the car "race ready" – tweaking the motor and suspension etc. We often get two days or less to complete these projects due to last-minute sponsor deals getting signed or the ridiculously tight testing schedule of the vehicle. The more accommodating you can be to their needs, the better chance you have at really hitting if off with motorsports clients. Know their race schedule, their team, the driver of the car, and the truck. This type of client feels much more comfortable having their work done with someone who understands their world. So get up to speed and tailor your approach for a custom fit.


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Type: Improvement
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: None
Component/s: modules/facet
Lucene Fields:New, Patch Available
Spinoff from
LUCENE-4980, where we added a strange class called RangeFacetsAccumulatorWrapper, which takes an incoming FSP, splits out the FacetRequests into range and non-range, delegates to two accumulators for each set, and then zips the results back together in order.
Somehow we should generalize this class and make it work with SortedSetDocValuesAccumulator as well.
- All
- Comments
- Work Log
- History
- Activity
- Transitions
I have been thinking about how to achieve that .. here's a proposal:
- Make FacetsAccumulator abstract with following current impls:
- TaxonomyFacetsAccumulator, assumes that TaxoReader is needed, FacetArrays etc.
- SortedSetFacetsAccumulator, assumes that categories were indexed to a SortedSetDVField
- RangeFacetsAccumulator, for computing facet ranges on NumericDV
- MultiFacetsAccumulator allows chaining several ones (basically a generic version of RangeFacetsAccumulatorWrapper)
- Add to FacetRequest.createFacetsAccumulator()
- CountFacetRequest, Association**FacetRequest return TaxoFacetsAccumulator
- SortedSetCountFacetRequest returns SortedSetFA (and also verify that the given CategoryPath was actually indexed in a SortedSetDVField)
- RangeFacetRequest returns RangeFacetsAccumulator
This pretty much divides the FacetRequests into the "source" from which they read the facets information. Now we need to handle the different aggregation functions currently supported by the TaxoFacetAcc variants: counting, associations. TaxoFacetAcc will let you specify the FacetsAggregator:
- CountFacetRequest will set the aggregator to FastCounting (if possible) or just Counting.
- **AssociationFacetRequest will set the aggregator to the matching one
- Additional requests can set their own aggregator
- FacetsAggregator will need to implement equals() and hashCode()
Then we'll have FacetsAccumulator.create(List<FacetRequest>) which creates the right accumulator:
- Group all requests that use the same FacetsAccumulator, so that all RangeFRs are grouped together, all TaxoFacetAcc requests together etc.
- For the TaxoFacetAcc requests, it groups them by their aggregator, so that:
- All CountingAggregators that read the same category list are grouped together, separate from ones that do counting yet on a different category list
- All AssociationAggregators are grouped together, by their function, list id etc.
- It then creates either a single accumulator, or MultiFacetAccumulator which chains the accumulate call
What do we gain – it's easy for an app to create the right accumulator for a given list of requests. Today it needs to sort of do this logic on its own, which is sometimes impossible (e.g. if it's a component that doesn't know what it's given). Also, the requests are self-descriptive.
What do we lose – today if one wants to count A, B and C using CachedOrdsCountingFacetsAggregator, it needs to override FacetsAccumulator.getAggregator(), once. With this change, he will need to do that for every CountFacetRequest he creates .. I think that's an OK tradeoff, given the situation today which makes apps' life tougher.
I think we'll also need to create an Aggregator (old FacetsAggregator) wrapper. It is still needed by StandardFacetsAccumulator, until we finish the cleanup of sampling, complements counting etc. I'll look into that too, perhaps it can be done separately in a different issue.
Now need to hope I took all the parameters into account, and won't hit a brick wall when trying to implement it .
Didn't expect I'd run into it so quickly, but there are issues with adding createFacetsAccumulator to FacetRequest. Here are some details:
- RangeAccumulator only requires List<FacetRequest>
- TaxonomyFacetsAccumulator requires: List<FacetRequest>, FacetIndexingParams, TaxonomyReader and IndexReader
- SortedSetDVAccumulator requires: List<FacetRequest>, SortedSetDVReaderState
At first I made:
- FacetsAccumulator.create(FacetSearchParams, TaxonomyReader, IndexReader)
- FacetSearchParams covers List<FacetRequest> and FacetIndexingParams
- FacetRequest.createFacestAccumulator(FacetSearchParams, TxonomyReader, IndexReader).
But this is problematic on several fronts:
- A FacetRequest does not need List<FacetRequest> in createFacetsAccumulator(), only FacetIndexingParams
- Not all requests need FacetIndexingParams, TaxonomyReader and IndexReader
- While declaring parameters that aren't needed is not a big deal, it does mean that someone will need to pass e.g. taxoReader=null and hope for the best. Especially if someone uses only RangeAccumulator and SortedSetDVAccumulator.
- Some requests may need more than that, e.g. SortedSetDVReaderState.
So what's the best solution? It would be best if FacetRequest is self-descriptive so that apps can really just call FacetsAccumulator.create().
If we make FacetRequest take all the parameters it needs in the ctor, we sort of get that. A request is fully self-descriptive and FR.createFacetsAccumulator does not need any arguments. However, each new CountFacetRequest() will now need to pass many parameters, which is annoying and makes the code less readable, IMO.
I was thinking perhaps we can extend FacetSearchParams to include additional parameters. So ctor takes only the facet requests, and you can optionally set FacetIndexingParams, IndexReader, TaxonomyReader, SortedSetDVReaderState. There are minor issues that I think can be resolved easily:
- If in the future we'll create an accumulator which requires a different setting, we'll need to add that to FSP. That's easy.
- An app may not know which parameters to set on FSP in the first place – sort of easy to fix (on app side) cause it will hit a hard exception, probably NPE or some sort, immediately.
- This does show a slight problem though, as you need to create your FRs and then "remember" to set the right parameters on FSP.
There is another problem with FR.createFacetsAccumulator – the accumulators already take a List<FacetRequest> when created, however at the single FR level, it doesn't know the "global picture" and cannot pass all the requests up front. I was thinking that perhaps it can return a FacetAccumulatorBuilder which has API for addFacetRequest() and build(). FacetAccumulator.create() will call FR.createFacetAccumulatorBuilder() and will group all the requests that return the same builder, and then call builder.build() to get the proper FacetAccumulator instance. This is an orthogonal problem BTW to the fact that this builder will also need to know e.g. the SortedSetDVReaderState up front...
So ... making FR completely self-descriptive by taking all the parameters needed to execute it solves most of the problems – you have to resolve the needed parameters at ctor-time. But, it makes the code uglier. Moving parameters to FacetSearchParams keeps the FR ctors clean, but might be trappy for an app. I'll think about it more, but if someone has an idea how to tackle this ... don't be shy .
I discussed this with Gilad and perhaps the situation today is not that bad, and we can do away with few minor changes. Today one can already construct a FacetsAccumulator given the FacetRequests that he wishes to execute. RangeAccumulatorWrapper attempts to allow you to work with RangeAccumulator and FacetsAccumulator (and it has a TODO to work for SortedSet too). So maybe what we need is the following simple solution:
- Make FacetsAccumulator abstract, as outlined above, with implementations for Taxonomy, Range, SortedSet and Multi.
- Each of the accumulator impls take the needed parameters in the ctor:
- List<FacetRequest> – the requests that are relevant to this accumulator only.
- SortedSetReaderState for SortedSetDVAccumulator, TaxoReader/FacetIndexingParams etc. for TaxonomyFacetAccumulator.
- If you want to combine different requests, you construct the relevant accumulators and wrap w/ MultiFacetsAccumulator.
- Two choices w.r.t. taxonomy accumulators:
- Keep them as FacetsAggregator - don't change much code, but keeps some aggregators with irrelevant API, such as rollupValues which is not implemented by the associations aggregators (only relevant for hierarchical facets and counting)
- Convert all of them to TaxonomyFacetsAccumulator which implement some abstract method, so that TaxoFA drives the accumulation and implements the common logic of computing top-k over FacetArrays and labeling. This changes existing aggregators ...
Bottom line is, a FacetRequest documents which accumulator should be used, but does not declare a createAccumulator() method, which leads to all the issues I've described above. Its matching accumulator will also make sure that the list of requests passed to it are "OK" (much like is done today).
This has another advantage of keeping e.g. CountFacetRequest as-is, and support it by both a CountingTaxonomyFacetsAccumulator and SortedSetFacetsAccumulator.
I'll start with this route and see where it leads me.
And I think that in this process I'll eliminate FacetSearchParams which today define only FacetIndexingParams (relevant to TaxonomyFacetsAccumulator only for now) and List<FacetRequest> which will not be a single list anymore, but per accumulator. Really .. FacetsAccumulator is another form of FacetsCollector, only results are collected once and processed afterwords by each accumulator.
Patch addresses the following:
- Added FacetRequest.createFacetsAggregator(FacetIndexingParams). All requests implement it except RangeFacetRequest which returns null. The method is abstract and documents that you are allowed return null.
- TaxonomyFacetsAccumulator: if a FacetRequest returns null from createFacetsAggregator, it throws an exception. Otherwise, it groups the requests into category lists as well as ensures that categories are not over counted. It uses MultiFacetsAggregator (new) and PerCategoryListAggregator (existing) to achieve that.
- That allows passing a combination of requests, e.g. Count(A), Count(B), Count(C), SumScore(A), SumScore(F), SumIntAssociation(D)... and works correctly when e.g. A+B were indexed in the same category list, but C, D and F weren't.
- Added FacetsAccumulator.create() variants which support RangeAccumulator and either TaxonomyFacetsAccumulator or SortedSetDocValuesAccumulator. Differences are in the methods signatures.
- Renamed RangeFacestAccumulatorWrapper to MultiFacetsAccumulator. Also, the FacetResults are returned in the order of the given accumulators.
- FacetsAccumulator.create documents that you may receive List<FacetResult> in a different order than you passed in, guaranteeing that all RangeFacetRequests come last.
- Modified DrillSideways to take either TaxonomyReader or SortedSetDVReaderState because otherise it cannot be used with SortedSetDV facets. Mike, can you please review it?
These changes simplified e.g. the associations examples, as now FacetsAccumulator.create() takes care of them too, since they implement createFacetsAggregator. Also, any future FacetRequest which will support FacetsAggregator will be supported automatically.
Could you post a patch with --show-copies-as-adds? (The current patch isn't easily applied since there were "svn mv"s involved...). Thanks.
This is a nice cleanup!
It's still hard to mix all three kinds of facet requests? E.g. I
think it's realistic for an app to use SSDV for flat fields (less RAM
usage than taxo, important if there are lots of ords), range for
"volatile" numeric fields (e.g. time delta based), and taxo for
It seems like we could have a FacetsAccumulator.create that took both
SSDVReaderState and TaxoReader and created the right
FacetsAccumulator ... and I guess we'd need a SSDVFacetRequest.
Or I guess I can just create the directly MultiFacetsAccumulator
myself ... FA.create is just sugar.
This all can wait for a follow-on issue ... these improvements are
already great.
Should we move MultiFacetsAccumulator somewhere else (out of .range
package)? It's more generic now?
FacetsAccumulator.create documents that you may receive List<FacetResult> in a different order than you passed in, guaranteeing that all RangeFacetRequests come last.
Hmm, can we fix that? (So that the order of the results matches the
order of the requests).
Modified DrillSideways to take either TaxonomyReader or SortedSetDVReaderState because otherise it cannot be used with SortedSetDV facets. Mike, can you please review it?
Those changes look good! I think we can now simplify
TestDrillSideways (previously it had to @Override
getDrillDown/SidewaysAccumulator to use sorted set)?
Adding State to .create() does not simplify life for an app I think, because someone (on the app side) will need to figure out if State should be null or not. I'm worried that users will end up creating State even if they don't need it?
And since MultiFacetAccumulator lets you wrap any accumulator yourself, I think it's fine that these are separate methods, as a first step.
I'm worried about adding SortedSetDVFacetRequest, because unlike Count/SumScore/SumIntAssociation, this request is solely about the underlying source? And it also implies only counting ...
Should we move MultiFacetsAccumulator somewhere else
You're right! It was left there by mistake because I renamed RangeAccumulatorWrapper. Will move.
Hmm, can we fix that? (So that the order of the results matches the
order of the requests).
I don't know how important it is ... none of our tests depend on it, and it's not clear to me how to fix it at all. FA.create() is a factory method. If it returns a single Accumulator, then it happens already (order is maintained). MultiFacetAccum loses the order. Maybe if we passed it the list of facet requests it could re-order them after accumulation, but I don't know how important it is... an app can put the List<FacetResult> in a Map, and do lookups? Also, as a generic MultiFA, it's not easier to determine from which FA a source FacetRequest came?
I think we can now simplify TestDrillSideways
You're right. Done.
I don't know how important it is ... none of our tests depend on it, and it's not clear to me how to fix it at all. FA.create() is a factory method. If it returns a single Accumulator, then it happens already (order is maintained). MultiFacetAccum loses the order. Maybe if we passed it the list of facet requests it could re-order them after accumulation, but I don't know how important it is... an app can put the List<FacetResult> in a Map, and do lookups? Also, as a generic MultiFA, it's not easier to determine from which FA a source FacetRequest came?
But, I think we should not document that "range facet requests come last"? Let's leave it defined as undefined? Maybe we should return Collection not List?
But, I think we should not document that "range facet requests come last"?
Ok I will remove that comment. As soon as we add more accumulators, this comment is not important anyway.
Maybe we should return Collection not List?
Why? I prefer that we don't change that since that will change tests. Many of the tests do results.get(idx).
If we don't need to, let's not complicate the users? If an app does pass the requests in known order, it shouldn't suffer.
It's only Multi that loses order.
I just think it's a dangerous API if sometimes the order matches and sometimes it doesn't ... but we can pursue this separately ...
Commit 1508043 from Shai Erera in branch 'dev/trunk'
[ https://svn.apache.org/r1508043 ]
LUCENE-4985: Make it easier to mix different kinds of FacetRequests
Commit 1508046 from Shai Erera in branch 'dev/branches/branch_4x'
[ https://svn.apache.org/r1508046 ]
LUCENE-4985: Make it easier to mix different kinds of FacetRequests
Committed to trunk and 4x. I think we can change .accumulate to return a Map<FacetRequest,FacetResult>, but this affects many of the tests, so let's do that separately.


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Because of the recent economic conditions, companies have lowered their prices more than any time in the past 50 years. Microsoft recently reduced the price for leasing software by more than 25 percent.
When companies reduce the price of their products, they must also cut their variable costs to remain profitable. As sales volume and profitability decline, so must the number of employees within the company.
The pricing level a retailer sets is a double-edged sword. Price your product too high and you will lose market share to low-cost competitors like big box stores. Higher margin pricing strategies target customers who are less sensitive to price.
Last summer, Starbucks lowered prices on staple items like iced coffee to compete with McDonalds but raised prices on fancier drinks like Frappuccinos and Carmel Macchiatos. High-margin pricing on mature products with loyal customers and few competitors makes good business sense. To attract the budding vegetable gardener, a more modest pricing strategy may be better.
Price your products too low and lose profitability with less room for having profitable discount sales events that normally increase sales volume.
So how does a nursery revive demand and win sales? The weather, or more accurately, the changing of the seasons certainly helps revive demand, but the real answer is to attract more customers to your business.
Last summer, Magic Mountain offered discounted tickets to anyone who brought in two empty soda cans. They were able to successfully attract the most price-conscious customers who otherwise might not have visited the park.
Scott's Idea
I have written before about nurseries being in the original green industry and the effect we have on the well being of humanity. If we take the idea from Magic Mountain and advertise a gift of a free vegetable start to anyone who brings in aluminum soda cans (no limit).
In this economy, who wouldn't want a free vegetable start in exchange for some cans they were going to throw away or recycle anyway? The proceeds from recycling the aluminum would be donated to the closest school in your neighborhood. The dumpster could be donated by the recycling company and can be arranged by the school principal. The school would also support the event in the form of advertising to families in the district.
Your nursery will generate good will in the neighborhood you do business and involve the younger generations (kids and parents) in gardening that will have a perpetual payback.
When I started Windy Meadow Nursery more than 20 years ago, Washington state led the nation in recycling efforts and Whatcom County, where I live, led the state in recycling. So this a natural extension of that engrained train of thought.
To be viewed as sustainable and sensitive to the environment is becoming a major selling point for many global companies. This is an opportunity to make a global difference at the local level and profit by attracting customers who might not otherwise visit your nursery.


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Edmonton – The Alberta College Conservatory of Music has received support from the Edmonton Community Foundation to host the first Connections Concert Series with the goal of introducing new listeners to classical music.
Conservatory Manager, Brenda Philp says with this donation they hope to be able to spark interest and encourage people of all ages to experience something new. "No matter how splendid the music is, an audience of 50 to 60 is typical for our student concerts," she says. "Our young musicians have so much to give and have worked so hard – their music deserves to be played to a full audience," Philp explains.
While Philp recognizes that, like any musical form, classical music can be an acquired taste, the Connections Concert Series performances are one-hour in duration. "It's the perfect length for newcomers, particularly for introducing youth to the genre. The purpose of the concert series is to create an inviting and welcoming environment, so there is no need to be intimidated," she says.
The Connections Concert Series will also feature many talented alumni and faculty performers. "The series was given its name because we want to help make connections. Help connect students with faculty, the conservatory with the community, and the community with our students," says Philp.
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Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition - Postmortem
Trent Oster has written a postmortem on Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition for Gamasutra, talking about the development process of the game.
From the trenches, the development of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition was an interesting journey. We had early moments of exuberance as we played the first tablet version and proved our theory that Baldur's Gate did indeed kick ass on tablets. We had great moments of insight when we brought people from the modding community in and shared work-in-progress versions with them. We had moments of despair, such as the lost source art and subsequent sacrifices to salvage the deal. We had moments of great distress, such as when we negotiated the September-to-November contract extension for the game. Every day that we had to wait for approval of the new deal terms so we could tell the fans was like torture. We worked incredibly hard to come to terms quickly, but until we had sign-off we couldn't announce the schedule slip.
We had some great moments as a team, such as the first time we saw the new UI scheme in the game and the first time Sam's new music played in an area. It has been a great journey for us and we've formed a strong core team of thirteen people who are capable of some great works. Along the way we had the opportunity to work with some great talents such as Mark Meer, John Gallagher, and Sam Hulick. We've had the opportunity to leverage all the great work from the original title as we try to build something better, something familiar, yet improved. In short, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition was a challenge, but we've all come out of the development with some sanity remaining and a great understanding of the game, the engine technology and what makes Baldur's Gate the legend it is.
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NATHAN Merritt can never remember being the bigger man on the field.
He gives it a good crack, though. Right now staring hard into that emptiness over your left shoulder as, digging deep into his memory, he searches for one childhood rival with scrawnier legs, skinnier arms.
But the kid never arrives.
"Nup, sorry" Merritt grins, eventually returning those large, brown eyes to the conversation.
"Can't think of one game where the opposite winger was smaller""
Sitting now with The Daily Telegraph inside his first NSW Origin camp, Merritt is discussing that one statistic which, in seven years since he was first touted for sky blue, has somehow come to define him - 89kg.
Put simply, Merritt is too small for Origin footy.
It's not his fault, of course.
Yet despite the sandwich stacks and whey protein scoops, despite even that phase where he thought a dozen chocolate thickshakes each week were the answer, Merritt remains lighter than a pickpocket's hand.
And in the physical battle of interstate footy, that's not great.
No, great pick 'n' swingers are built like Wendell Sailor, Jarryd Hayne, even Israel Folau.
Footballers all big arms and broad shoulders. Thighs rounder than the noggin of Nate Myles.
But Merritt? His heaviest asset may well be his eyebrows. And, okay, so the supporters of this South Sydney favourite will talk up his instinct. His finishes. Quote those try-scoring stats verbatim. But huddle in close people, and we'll let you in on a little secret ... Origin footy has never been about finishing sets, but starting them.
Unlike anything offered up in the NRL, Origin is a chaotic collision played so frenetically, your forwards are flat out getting back for tackle three, let alone one and two.
Which is why size matters.
Why Origin is custom-built for supersized wingers who won't just truck into a defensive line at speed, but bend it.
Forget some grandstand finish on tackle six, Origin wingers win games on tackles one and two.
Rolling forward, eating metres, denting the line. All up, using their triple-figure frames to send opposing defences into that most feared of positions - the backpedal.
"So I know I'm gunna have to change my game a little," Merritt understates. "But I'll just work my arse off, put my body on the line. Give it everything to ensure I don't let anyone down. I know I'm not the biggest winger. Never have been.
"But I think I've got something, an instinct maybe, that the other guys don't have."
Indeed, Merritt's other great selling point is his brilliance in open space. What he can do when gifted fresh air.
Said Anthony Mundine in 2010: "Nathan Merritt should be in Origin but I'll tell you the problem, he scores too many tries."
Then in 2011, Souths CEO Shane Richardson added: "What more has Nathan got to do? How many tries has he scored now? I've lost count."
But Origin, you should know, offers up more broken bones than broken play. For proof, scrawl back through the archives and watch how many tries are bustling, scrambling, fending battles of bodies.
Or as one Blues insider so eloquently put it this week: "Origin tries are a complete shit fight."
And still now, here we are. The fella too small for Origin suddenly ... well, in Origin.
Yet while his name has been made with what Mundine calls a "black magic", there is also an undeniable fight existing within Merritt too.
A grit to this Waterloo warrior who when asked about conceding 16kg and 14cm to opposing centre Greg Inglis, simply shrugs: "It's not the first time I've marked him."
When Merritt came back from a season of Premier League in 2005, it was through nothing but sweat. And when he walked into day one of Blues camp wearing that shirt emblazoned Hard As A Rock, Trained In The Block, he meant it.
"Lived there for six months," he says of Redfern's famed indigenous enclave. "I was playing first grade for Souths but didn't have a place of my own. So I stayed on friends' couches, on the floor, wherever.
"And I'd like to think my selection is making people down there proud ... showing them if someone like me can achieve his goals, anyone can."
Indeed, this is the fight that now fuels him. A Koori pride driving this cult Rabbitoh who, Origin lore insists, is too small. Too light.
Who'll be targeted by more Queensland bombs and backline sweeps than any Blues winger since Phil Duke.
"But that's fine," he shrugs. "If I'm not ready for Origin now ... I never will be."
And there it is - a belief in his own ability, in himself, a confidence to do the job everyone expects him to do.
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Father, son spot bobcat at home in Northport
Josh Outerbridge and his son Lincoln got a rare treat when a bobcat wandered into their yard in Northport on Friday, March 28. Outerbridge said the bobcat was interested in their bird feeder where several squirrels were congregating.
"This is the first long sighting I've had," Outerbridge said. "I've seen maybe three over the last 10 years, but they were just quick glances."
Josh said this bobcat stuck around for some time, watching the squirrels and even approaching the house at one point.
For those interested in the return of big cats to New England, Unity College is presenting a lecture by Susan C. Morse of Jericho, Vt., a nationally known tracker and expert on wildlife habitat. She will present "Coming Soon: The Cougar Returns to the East," at 7 p.m., April 8, at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts (UCCPA), 42 Depot St. in Unity.


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Jeeb gave me meaningful charms to add on to my thomas sabo bracelet. 'Mom' for the recent birth to Zafeer and 'keys' to our new house. Love it!
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Medicines360 And Actavis Announce FDA Acceptance For Filing Of NDA For Levosert™ IUD
Medicines360, a non-profit women's health pharmaceutical company, and Actavis plc (NYSE: ACT), a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for filing Medicines360's New Drug Application (NDA) for Levosert™ (levonorgestrel), a hormonal intrauterine contraceptive (IUC) for use by women to prevent pregnancy.
In June 2013, Medicines360 and Actavis announced that they had entered into a partnership that will make Levosert™ available in the U.S. commercially and at an affordable price in U.S. public sector clinics. As part of this agreement, Actavis licensed the U.S. commercial rights for Levosert™, and Medicines360 retained rights to market the product in the U.S. public sector, including family planning clinics that provide services to low-income women.
The acceptance for filing means the FDA has determined that the application is sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review. The acceptance for filing does not provide any assurance that the FDA will ultimately approve the NDA. Under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), the FDA's goal under standard review is to review and act on the NDA by February 28, 2015.
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Editorial: Boy Scouts do a good turn
If the Boy Scouts of America want to grow and progress, troop leadership will be open to gay adults and their families.
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THE decision by the Boy Scouts of America to welcome openly gay boys into the program is a work in progress. The next appropriate step is to allow gay Scout leaders.
In the years leading up to the 61-percent vote by the organization's National Council to change policy, it became clear how many gay boys had already thrived in scouting.
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The justices differed strikingly on how big a step that was.
"Taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the court's five-justice majority. The ruling backed a Maryland law allowing DNA swabbing of people arrested for serious crimes.
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"Make no mistake about it: Because of today's decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason," Scalia said in a sharp dissent which he read aloud in the courtroom. "This will solve some extra crimes, to be sure. But so would taking your DNA when you fly on an airplane — surely the TSA must know the 'identity' of the flying public. For that matter, so would taking your children's DNA when they start public school."
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler agreed that there's nothing stopping his state from expanding DNA collection from those arrested for serious crimes to those arrested for lesser ones like shoplifting.
"I don't advocate expanding the crimes for which you take DNA, but the legal analysis would be the same," Gansler said. "The reason why Maryland chooses to only take DNA of violent criminals is that you're more likely to get a hit on a previous case. Shoplifters don't leave DNA behind, rapists do, and so you're much more likely to get the hit in a rape case."
Twenty-eight states and the federal government now take DNA swabs after arrests. But a Maryland court said it was illegal for that state to take Alonzo King's DNA without approval from a judge, ruling that King had "a sufficiently weighty and reasonable expectation of privacy against warrantless, suspicionless searches" under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
The high court's decision reverses that ruling and reinstates King's rape conviction, which came after police took his DNA during an unrelated arrest.
Kennedy, who is often considered the court's swing vote, wrote the decision along with conservative-leaning Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. They were joined by liberal-leaning Justice Stephen Breyer, while the dissenters were the conservative-leaning Scalia and liberal Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
Kennedy called collecting DNA useful for police in identifying individuals.
"DNA is another metric of identification used to connect the arrestee with his or her public persona, as reflected in records of his or her actions that are available to police," he said.
But the American Civil Liberties Union said the court's ruling created "a gaping new exception to the Fourth Amendment."
"The Fourth Amendment has long been understood to mean that the police cannot search for evidence of a crime — and all nine justices agreed that DNA testing is a search — without individualized suspicion," said Steven R. Shapiro, the group's legal director. "Today's decision eliminates that crucial safeguard. At the same time, it's important to recognize that other state laws on DNA testing are even broader than Maryland's and may present issues that were not resolved by today's ruling."
Maryland's DNA collection law only allows police to take DNA from those arrested for serious offenses such as murder, rape, assault, burglary and other crimes of violence. In his ruling, Kennedy did not say whether the court's decision was limited to those crimes, but he did note that other states' DNA collection laws differ from Maryland's.
Scalia saw that as a crucial flaw. "If you believe that a DNA search will identify someone arrested for bank robbery, you must believe that it will identify someone arrested for running a red light," he said.
Scott Berkowitz, president and founder of the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, cheered the decision and called DNA collection "a detective's most valuable tool in solving rape cases."
Getting DNA swabs from criminals is common. All 50 states and the federal government take cheek swabs from convicted criminals to check against federal and state databanks, with the court's blessing. The fight at the Supreme Court was over whether that DNA collection could come before conviction and without a judge issuing a warrant.
According to court documents, the FBI's Combined DNA Index System or CODIS — a coordinated system of federal, state and local databases of DNA profiles — already contains more than 10 million criminal profiles and 1.1 million profiles of those arrested. According to the FBI, the DNA samples from people whose charges have been dismissed, who have been acquitted or against whom no charges have been brought are to be expunged from the federal system. But states and other municipalities that collect DNA make their own rules about what happens to their collections.


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|April 24, 2011, 11:00 AM
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Loaded or unloaded. Makes no real difference: A gun is a gun is a gun.
Transport or carry. Makes no real difference: A gun is a gun is a gun.
Outside of the listed (and limited) exceptions, MD requires a carry permit to move the gun outside of your doorstep.
Attorney General Gansler, just finished writing a brief in the Woollard case, where he said that applying for a permit was a futile effort, given that common citizens cannot meet the apprehended harm requirements of obtaining the permit.
Was Williams foolish for taking his gun, directly from the FFL to his girlfriends house? Yes, he should have known the laws. Should he have went directly to his own home? Yes, he should have known the laws. Because once there, it could not be moved (outside of the limited legal exceptions) without a permit, by action of MD law.
Concealed or open, loaded or unloaded, transported or carried, in MD a gun is a gun is a gun.
We should note that this request for cert isn't just because of what the MD High Court said.
In United States v. Masciandaro, the 4th Circuit said:
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|April 24, 2011, 11:48 AM
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I wonder if we can assume Gura is in the loop on this one?
|April 24, 2011, 12:54 PM
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Al Norris, I am not defending MD. There's a reason I did not want to move there - lack of CCW, and accompanying governmental mindset. I am just saying that if Williams had been transporting an unloaded gun, he would probably not have been charged.
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Consider the oral arguments in McDonald v. Chicago when it was before the 7th Circuit (partial transcript here), and how eager Easterbrook seemed to be kicking the case up the ladder to the Supreme Court.
In any case, I still think the Woollard case is a much better candidate if we're going to bump the matter up to the big nine.
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|April 25, 2011, 08:59 AM
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Doesn't a ruling that the second amendment applies only in one's home mean that the court would have to believe the amendment was ratified to arm only indoor militias?
|April 29, 2011, 08:44 AM
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The Case against Maryland
OK folks, Here is an interesting filing, yesterday at the Supreme Court: http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/10-1207.htm
~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apr 5 2011 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 5, 2011) Apr 20 2011 Waiver of right of respondent Maryland to respond filed.
When you consider that the Maryland High Court, the 4th Circuit and several district courts (not to mention all the defendants) have all said that the Supreme Court never said arms were protected anywhere but "in the home," this indicates that even the State of MD wants this settled, one way or another.
If the SCOTUS grants cert, the question that will be answered is:
What will not be resolved (in Wollard) is whether this is a right. That is true of all the varied "carry" cases. That is, before all the asinine CC laws can be changed, there must be judicial notice that we have the right to bear arms outside the doorstep. That is what at stake in the Williams case.
It may be that Wollard is stayed if the SCOTUS grants cert in Williams. I suspect that all the other "carry" cases may be stayed as well.
There are some not-so-subtle implications, nationwide, should the right to bear arms be recognized by the SCOTUS. Even though this is a criminal case, keep in mind that it was the MD carry laws that made Williams a criminal. Had he had the right to bear arms, he would not be a criminal.
Stephan Halbrook has crafted a very well worded question. Unlike previous attempts (by the NRA), this isn't a kitchen-sink case. There is only a single issue here: Does the 2A protect a right to bear arms outside your doorstep?
If the SCOTUS answers in the affirmative, then it's a whole new ball-game.
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I'm really surprised that they didn't challenge the underlined part of the question presented:
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I'd think his case would fare better in front of SCOTUS because a) Woollard is not contesting criminal charges, b) his story is just as compelling (if not more so) than Otis McDonald and Dick Heller, and c) we've got a litigant representing him with a documented history of winning on that level.
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|April 29, 2011, 01:21 PM
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Whatever else anyone may think, those cases that Halbrook has brought to the Court (granted cert), he has never lost.
Also, we have "Miranda" rights, because of a criminal case.
As for Wollard, it will proceed (as will every other carry case) up to the point Williams is granted cert (if it is).
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Lets suppose we win Wollard/Williams. I live in PA on the NYS border. Suppose I apply for a NYS carry license and I'm shot down because I'm not a NYS resident. For those not in the know you can't even posses a pistol in NYS without a NYS license and they don't issue non resident licenses. Would it then be cause to file suit? If so I'm willing to lend my name to the suit.
Add: I do have a PA License To Carry a Firearm. NYS doesn't recognize out of state licenses.
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I live in MD. When I transport a weapon to the range or to/from the gun shop or smith I am so damn careful to make sure it is in a case and unloaded. If it ain't you are looking for big trouble in this damn state. They can and will send you to jail. It is near imposssible to get a cc permit in MD and if you carry w/o one it is near impossible to avoid jail time if caught. I intend to move to rural Ill. where my sister has a business after my very old dog passes, but the laws are just as bad there
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|April 29, 2011, 07:03 PM
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rwilson, that's what the Peterson v. LaCabe case is all about. A win in Williams, will help this case also.
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There is actually three pieces of litigation against the NYC/NYS carry laws. There's Kachalsky v. Cacace that was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. There's a case in the state court system as well (I need to look it up again, it's in Manhattan) and the NYC Fees case.
Presuming a strong win in Williams, Kachalsky would be a shoo-in for a win, even if NYS appealed it up to the 2nd circuit (and our side would still win, again depending on the strength of Williams). A Kachalsky 2nd circuit win would allow for a challenge to the non-resident law there. If my case ends up at SCOTUS and we win that case, it'll fix New York.
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NY State infuriates me that there is absolutely no path to a non-resident keeping, let alone bearing a handgun in that state. It is right denied, end of story. And it's a FELONY with a mandatory jail term!
Taking down that law ought to be like shooting fish in a bucket, post Heller/McDonald.
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If memory serves right the N.Y. law for handguns came about around 1903 know as the Sullivan law. Unruly bunch they were back then.
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It's direct intent was to prevent law abiding citizens defending themselves from the armed robberies perpetrated by friends of Senator Sullivan.
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I'd like the MD Court of Appeals to explain what other constitutionally-enumerated rights exist only in one's residence and nowhere else.
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" I'd like the MD Court of Appeals to explain what other constitutionally-enumerated rights exist only in one's residence and nowhere else. " Me also. As it stands, the Veterans Administration now says it is illegal for me to exercise certain Constitutional rights when I make appointments at the facility, to wit : any person or patient visiting the facility is subject to stop, search, and seizure of any article package or container, carrying any firearm (or knife or other contraband ) and if such is found, the person requesting entrance to said facility for treatment will be denied unless / until such contraband is taken off of facility property. Person is also threatened ( to me, personally, by "V.A.Law" enforcement officer ) with immediate confiscation of weapon, and incarceration by "V.A.Law" enforcement until trial, followed by 5-years and $5,000 fine. Now there are varyious rulings -- habeus corpus, et al -- involved in this summary application of guilt, but the "stop, search, and seizure" is the one bothering me, as it is the proximal event causing my (supposed) law-breaking event: for over three years of using the V.A. facility, I frequently carried a gun in my car, as there are four gun-shops reachable from my itinerary going to and from the V.A. There is a plaquard just inside the V.A. entrance gate, stating that visitors must stop and put any weapons in a lock-box at the Gate shack, keeping the key until departing the facility. I always complied. But one day this year the wording was changed. Same size and color of sign, but MUCH more restrictive wording, as pointed out above, which I did not notice. Upon visiting recently, dutifully I carried my gun into the Gate shack to leave it until I was done. This is the act that got me dressed down and threatened. But since I was a "regular" at the shack, the Sr. LE on duty just warned me loudly several times, and locked the gun in his office. I have been "V.A.Law" abiding ever since. My question: did I shed myself of the protection of my Constitutional Rights at the "V.A.Law" gates, simply because "some one" changed the words on that sign? I will be happy to apply my name to the case, if needed. Thanks to all responders. Dao.
|May 5, 2011, 05:15 PM
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Here's the thing: We have a guy (stupid or not) who's only crime is that he carried a gun in a State where any carry requires a permit and said permit is never given out to the plebes. At his final appeal, the MD Court thumbed their noses at the SCOTUS. As have several other courts.
It's not just the Heller Five that are being challenged here. It's the entire SCOTUS. The four dissenters may not like the results of Heller and McDonald, but their own Judicial Authority is being challenged, along with their opponents. That cannot be sitting well with them.
Halbrooks question is amazingly simple: Does the right to self defense stop at your doorstep?
The question/validity of permits only comes into play, because the State won't issue to everyone (non-prohibited persons). So if you can't get a valid carry permit, in your State, can the State criminalize your right to carry in self defense?
Within Heller's historical context, the answer is a resounding, NO.
Regardless of when cert is granted (and I believe it will be granted); Regardless of when the orals are held; Regardless of how much we want to hear (and read) the decision, it will be on the last day of the 2012 session.
My reasoning is fairly simple:
Heller gave us the Right to Keep. McDonald gave us incorporation. Those were cases of First Impression. They were huge decisions and the Court traditionally reserves the last day for cases of importance. Williams almost certainly will give us the Right to Bear. This is another case of First Impression. This will be another huge decision (however it turns out). This is another case of great importance.
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I have no idea whether it is of any import in this matter, but actual registration of handguns is not required in Maryland. If one wishes to purchase a handgun in the state, the State Police have to sign off on a form that possession is "not denied"; but if, for example, you move into the state with your collection you are under no obligation to inform any official entity of what you have.
With my C&R, I can buy, from outside the state, any handgun that is not on the state list of unacceptable firearms (and since anything pre-1985 is exempted anyway, the question will not likely come up under the C&R classification) without having to inform anyone in the state govt of my purchase.
I suppose that under the wording of the question I might be denied permission to carry "unregistered" handguns, but one would of course hope for common sense to prevail. Possibly a forlorn hope in Maryland.
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In MD, outside of a few very limited exceptions, you must have a carry permit to move that firearm anywhere outside of your home.
When Williams bought the handgun and went from the dealer to his girlfriends house (with the gun), that was against the law (he wasn't caught doing this, but it was still a technical violation). The exception is transport from the dealer to his house. He then attempted to transport the firearm from his girlfriends place to his own home. Again, no permit and the transport was unlawful.
It really doesn't matter if we call this transporting or carry. Under MD law, it is one and the same. You must have a MD permit to carry/transport a firearm anywhere outside of the narrow exceptions to those Statutes. Except....
A normal citizen is barred from getting that permit, as AG Gansler has argued (effectively) in the Wollard case (in the Williams State case, the AG argued the exact opposite). Don't think for a minute that Halbrook isn't aware of this. He will take advantage of this argument.
Despite the opinion, just handed down, in the Nordyke case (9th Circuit), they have handed Halbrook another tasty morsel: Heightened scrutiny only applies if the regulation results in a substantial restriction of the right - such as no carry/transport without a permit that you can't obtain.
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As much as I'd like to think that the Supreme Court would eventually be concerned about lower courts ignoring their dicta and make an honest effort to respect the precedent established by Heller and McDonald, I don't see it happening.
I think this issue is politicized on the Court and that the Heller minority is taking the view that they were essentially correct and are just waiting for the opportunity to reverse it. As such, the last thing they want to do is create any more precedent, so I think they will continue to side against the Second Amendment for the foreseeable future.
The only (very, very small hope) is that there is at least one Justice who was not in the minority for Heller or McDonald and they may be more responsive.
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If the dude had the piece unloaded, the cops probably would not have hassled him. He was a dumbass for carrying a loaded weapon, if he was really just transporting it, but he won't be the first dumbass to end up in the joint. Maryland has some tough gun laws and I doubt they are going to change them anytime soon.
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It was so good that I had to go to the restaurant to try it out again to confirm that it was indeed great.
Galito's Flame Grilled Chicken is a South African cuisine with peri peri sauce for the chicken. Many colleagues of mine have mentioned that this is very similar to Nando's but the chicken at Galito's is better then Nando's! This place seems like a Portuguese restaurant that started in South Africa.
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This restaurant is like a fast food joint, where you order at the counter and get your food at your table. We had 5 people with us, and decided to get the family meal for 5~6 people. The price came to around 62$ which came with 16 pieces of chicken, and 3 sides (rice, and double fries for us). For 12$ a person this was a great deal.
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