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I'm asking for positive thoughts and prayers for a quick recovery so we can get him back home to his usual self. TIA!
The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves. ― Pema Chödrön
Sending mojo, prayers, and positive thoughts.
Were together 7+yrs, Ended R.
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Sending strength and healing prayers
The doctors are pretty much amazed at the turnaround he has made....he's off the feeding tube, talking more, very alert and recognizes all of us. I guess he's not ready to leave us just yet.
He's still in the hospital and still on antibiotics...but making a strong recovery and hopefully we can get him home soon.
Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers. They all mean the world!
(Looks like many have been answered already! )
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A PPO is a Preferred Provider Organization which pays a higher benefit percentage for services from an in-network provider, and a somewhat lesser benefit percentage for services from an out-of-network provider.
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In these plans, you do not need a referral for specialist services. In-network inpatient, outpatient, and diagnostic services are covered at 90% after the deductible is satisfied. Out-of-network coverage for these services is covered at 70% after the deductible has been satisfied. Some services have a co-pay amount which is not subject to the deductible. For example, an office visit to an in-network Primary Care Physician simply requires a $15 co-pay. Several routine services such as annual well-woman exams and well-child immunizations also require only the $15 co-pay if an in-network provider is used. In-network coverage for routine mammograms and routine PSA testing is at 100%.


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The use of conventional angiography to diagnose and evaluate carotid disease in patients with ischemic cerebral events has been the gold standard for many years. However, the risks and costs of this procedure have encouraged the development of faster, less expensive, noninvasive modalities.1-6 Helical computed tomographic angiography (CTA) is a relatively new modality which has shown promise in providing an accurate and safe method of displaying carotid artery stenosis. Advantages such as the elimination of respiratory artifacts by volumetric data acquisition in a single breath-hold, as well as the reconstructions of overlapping images into high quality multiplanar and three-dimensional images have made CTA an important modality in defining carotid artery stenosis.7,8 CTA provides useful information on the degree and extent of carotid artery stenosis, the presence of atherosclerotic plaques, and the different plaque compositions.
Helical CTA has proved to match or surpass the utility of conventional angiography in the diagnosis and preoperative evaluation of carotid artery stenosis.
Materials and methods
Starting in early 1995, we evaluated 131 patients (262 carotid bifurcations) with suspected carotid stenosis by helical CTA with 2D and 3D reconstructions using maximum intensity projection (MIP) and multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) techniques. The patients' medical records, helical CTA scans with reconstructions, and angiograms (when available) were reviewed. Sixty-one of these patients received selective conventional angiography after helical CTA, but 104 carotid systems were examined because some patients only had a unilateral conventional angiogram. Patient ages ranged from 55 to 80 years (mean=70.2 years). There were 129 men and 2 women participating in the study. As part of the pre-operative evaluation, patients were referred for carotid CTA because of either clinical suspicion of carotid artery stenosis or a previous carotid ultrasound suggesting carotid artery stenosis.
Helical CT was performed using a Picker PQ 2000 or Picker PQ 5000 (Picker Medical Systems, Cleveland, OH). The former machine was used since 1995 and the latter since 1997. The data collection protocols were the same in both systems. A 2-mm collimation thickness with a 1-mm index and a pitch of 1.25 to 1.5 were used for all patients. A 20-G or 22-G catheter system was placed intravenously in the antecubital fossa. A mechanical power injector (Angiomat CT Digital Injection System, Liebel-Flarshem Company, Cincinnati, OH) was then hooked up to the intravenous catheter, and a total of 120 to 150 cc of Isovue 370 nonionic contrast (Bracco Diagnostics, Princeton, NJ) was injected at 2.5 to 3 cc per second. After a delay of 10 to 12 seconds, the patient was scanned from C6 to C1.
Measurement of carotid artery stenosis on CTA was performed directly from the monitor after the scan. With the axial images, the narrowest lumen in the stenotic segment was used to determine the residual lumen. Then, using the plaques to determine the boundary of the vessel walls, the original lumen size was ascertained at the same location as the residual lumen. For comparison with conventional angiogram measurements, the normal distal lumen also was measured. Because axial images were being used, the computer could measure the narrowed lumen either as areas in square millimeters or as diameters in millimeters. With the capability of measuring the vessel boundary at the narrowest point and at a distal location, both the European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST) and the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) criteria could be used to define the degree of stenosis.9
The axial raw data was then processed using a Picker Voxel Q computer (Picker Medical Systems). First, the vessel of study was marked in the 2D mode. Next, using the Angiomask mode, the unmarked sites were eliminated. The reconstruction formats were then performed with the MIP and MPR techniques.
The different plaque morphology was recorded while each carotid system was being examined on CTA. Plaque morphology was sorted as calcified, soft (including clot versus fat versus fibrosis), or ulcerated. Furthermore, the length and shape of the plaque were determined on CTA images.
Measurement of carotid artery stenosis on conventional angiograms for those patients also who had undergone catheter angiography was performed using a magnifying glass and a submillimeter scale. The diameter of the residual lumen was determined with two orthogonal planes. The original lumen size was estimated in the same location as the residual lumen in the catheter angiogram, as in ECST criteria. The normal distal lumen was also used to determine the degree of stenosis, as in the NASCET criteria.9
Each carotid system (table 1) was placed into a category based upon the measured percentage of stenosis as follows: complete occlusion (100% stenosis), critical stenosis (90-99%), severe stenosis (70-89%), moderate stenosis (50-69%), minimal stenosis (<50%), or normal.
In the preoperative evaluation of carotid artery stenosis, helical CTA was demonstrated to resolve any question of stenosis which may have been raised by ultrasound and, thus, could save a patient from having to undergo catheter angiography (figure 1). Helical CTA can display the site of carotid artery stenosis in either area or diameter, using either the ECST or NASCET guidelines (figure 2). In contrast, catheter angiography can only display the diameter of the site of stenosis, and it requires two orthogonal planes for a complete evaluation (figure 3).
The utility of helical CTA is further expanded with MIP and MPR. MIP allows a 360° rotation of the carotid arteries in anatomic projection after computerized reconstruction of the axial images. MPR can provide even more spatial information (figure 4).
The important end result of preoperative evaluation of carotid artery stenosis is confidence in the decision to manage the patient medically versus surgically. Because carotid endarterectomy carries inherent high risks, only patients in the preoperative evaluation who have severe to critical stenosis will be candidates. Additionally, plaque morphology plays an important role in whether embolic events are a concern. Accurate demonstrations of the degree of stenosis, site of stenosis, and composition of atherosclerotic plaques are important to treatment decisions, and helical CTA has the abilities to play a key role in these determinations (figure 5).
During helical CTA scanning, volumetric data is acquired with continuous tube rotation and table movement. This allows for coverage of a large volume of the patient with thin sections in a short amount of time. The collected three-dimensional data set allows reconstruction of imaged vessels in any desired projection. Because data acquisition is continuous, the carotid artery can be imaged during optimal contrast enhancement. Data is also acquired during a single breath-hold, making this technique less sensitive to patient motion and breathing artifacts. Furthermore, retrospective slice reconstructions can be performed at any level.
Helical CTA offers many advantages in the diagnosis and preoperative planning of carotid artery stenosis. The range of anatomic detail provided by helical CTA is broader than that of catheter angiography. Helical CTA can detail the location, size, and extent of the stenotic segment, as well as the atherosclerotic plaque characteristics. With the axial cuts, helical CTA measures stenosis using area and/or diameter measurements. Thus, it provides a more accurate estimate of stenosis than that measured by catheter angiography, which uses only a diameter measurement. We believe that measurement of carotid artery stenosis using area (two dimensional, but three dimensions are seen with reconstructions) offers a better representation of the correct degree of stenosis than using diameter only (single dimension), which may underestimate the actual degree of stenosis. Helical CTA correlates well with carotid endarterectomy results.
Furthermore, helical CTA has demonstrated utility for the differentiation of atherosclerotic plaque morphology. Helical CTA characterizes calcifications, soft plaques, and ulcers better than a conventional angiogram can. Helical CTA easily identifies plaque composition and shows a close to 100% correlation with tissue samples; however, hemorrhagic plaque was an exception which did not correlate well with the operative findings. Distinguishing between the different plaque morphologies is helpful in planning medical versus surgical management.10,11
The practical and theoretical advantages of helical CTA over conventional angiography are multiple. Helical CTA is much less invasive than angiography. It only needs a peripheral intravenous line, as opposed to cannulation of the femoral artery with a large bore catheter. This ameliorates the risk of groin hematoma, retroperitoneal bleed, and traumatic injury to the femoral artery. Patient safety and comfort issues are better satisfied with the use of helical CTA over catheter angiography. In our experience, examination of the carotid arteries using helical CTA usually takes less than one minute to complete. Patients spend less time in the radiology department and do not need to be preadmitted or to stay in a recovery room after the helical CTA study. Not only does this increase the patient's safety, but also his comfort and satisfaction.
The only requirement helical CTA imposes on the patient is a single breath-hold. The radiologist's time requirement is reduced to less than 5 minutes-the time it takes to read the study. Additionally, the technician's time is reduced to approximately 20 minutes, and only one technician is required.
By using the combination of axial images, multiplanar reconstruction, and 3-D reconstruction, helical CTA has proved to be the study of choice in the evaluation of carotid stenosis. However, it does have a few minor limitations and pitfalls: 1) the need for good concentration of contrast in the vessels; 2) a short field of view; 3) tortuous carotid arteries; 4) short stenotic segments; and 5) satisfaction of various technical factors including motion, cardiac output, and anatomic position of the carotid bifurcation.
The results of this study suggest that helical CTA offers complete diagnosis and preoperative evaluation of carotid artery stenosis without the need for catheter angiography in most patients. Taken with the results of ultrasound and/or MRA studies, helical CTA is a necessary factor in the work-up of carotid artery disease because it can provide an accurate measurement of the area of stenosis and can identify the different plaque morphology before carotid endarterectomy. Catheter angiography should be reserved for patients who need further evaluation and possible percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and/or stenting of the stenotic region. AR
1. Schwartz RB, Jones KM, Chernoff DM, et al: Common carotid artery bifurcation: evaluation with helical CT. Radiology 185:513-519, 1992.
2. Dillon EH, van Leeuwen MS, Fernandez MA, et al: CT angiography: Application to the evaluation of carotid artery stenosis. Radiology 189:211-219, 1993.
3. Cumming MJ, Morrow IM: Carotid artery stenosis: A prospective comparison of CT angiography and conventional angiography. AJR 163:517-523, 1994.
4. Castillo M, Wilson JD: CT angiography of the common carotid artery bifurcation: Comparison between two techniques and conventional angiography. Neuroradiology 36:602-604, 1994.
5. Castillo M: Diagnosis of disease of the common carotid artery bifurcation: CT angiography vs catheter angiography. AJR 161:395-398, 1993.
6. Leclerc X, Godefroy O, Pruvo JP, et al: Computed tomographic angiography for the evaluation of carotid artery stenosis. Stroke 26(9):1577-1581, 1995.
7. Napel S, Marks MP, Rubin GD, et al: CT angiography with helical CT and maximum intensity projection. Radiology 185:607-610, 1992.
8. Marks MP, Napel S, Jordan JE, et al: Diagnosis of carotid artery disease: Preliminary experience with maximum-intensity-projection helical CT angiography. AJR 160:1267-1271, 1993.
9. Fox AJ: How to measure carotid stenosis. Radiology 186:316-318, 1993.
10. Seeger JM, Barratt E, Lawson GA, et al: The relationship between carotid plaque composition, plaque morphology, and neurologic symptoms. J Surg Res 58:330-336, 1995.
11. Hayward JK, Davies AH, Lamont PM: Carotid plaque morphology: a review. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 9:368-374, 1995.
Dr. Lee is in the Department of Radiological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, Medical Center in Orange, CA. Mr. Boos, Dr. Nguyen, and Dr. Yu are in the Department of Radiology at the Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Long Beach, CA, where Dr. Pham is Chief of the Ultrasound section.


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Michael has drawn pictures for as long as he can remember. His Grade 2 teacher showed him how to make a picture book and he has been thinking about them (and collecting them) on and off ever since. His parents still have his first book, How the Rabbit got its Long Ears, hidden away somewhere (where it should stay!).
Michael has always liked bears (doesn't everyone?) and still has his first teddy bear, which looks like the ones in this book, but brown. Michael was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia where he now lives with his wife and new baby girl.
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Sponsors Needed for Summer Food Service Program
TOPEKA – The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is looking for sponsors willing to provide nutritious meals to Kansas children during the summer months. A program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), SFSP provides reimbursement to schools, public agencies and private non-profit organizations for food services that will enhance their summer education or recreation programs.
The goal of the SFSP is to ensure children in needy areas continue to receive nutritious meals during long school vacations when the low-cost or free school meals provided through the Child Nutrition Programs of the USDA are no longer available. SFSP sponsors receive payments for serving healthy meals to children between the ages of 1 and 18 years at approved sites in needy areas. These nutritional opportunities help keep children ready to learn when school resumes.
The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) administers the SFSP in Kansas. Approximately 360,000 lunches are served to children each day in Kansas during the school year. Only 20,000 children statewide receive the free meals provided each day by SFSP sponsors during the summer months, so more sponsors are needed.
SFSP meals can complement supervised activities that are safe, fun, and filled with learning opportunities. Children benefit nutritionally by receiving complete, wholesome meals and parents benefit from help in stretching their food dollars. Children who continue to receive healthy meals through the summer feel better, behave better and go back to school ready to learn. The SFSP encourages communities to provide secure places for children to go to be with other children and caring adults. As a result, parents will know their children are receiving healthy meals in a supportive environment.
Can SFSP assist in your community? Organizations interested in serving nutritious meals to children through a summer program should contact Peggy McAdoo at Child Nutrition and Wellness, KSDE, (785) 296-2276, or visit our website www.kn-eat.org and select the Summer Food Service Program icon to learn more about the SFSP.
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Summary (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
On a Monday in May, 1918, a most unusual event takes place on a battlefield in France. French and German troops face one another after four years of trench warfare. At dawn, the regiment under the command of General Gragnon refuses to attack. Another unbelievable event occurs when the Germans, who are expected to take advantage of the mutiny, do not move either. At noon, the whole sector of the front stops firing and soon the rest of the front comes to a standstill. Division Commander Gragnon requests execution of all three thousand mutineers; he also demands his own arrest.
On Wednesday, the trucks carrying the mutinous regiment arrive at headquarters in Chaulnesmont, where the dishonor brought on the town arouses the people to noisy demonstration. Relatives and friends of the mutineers know that a corporal and his squad of twelve, moving in a mysterious way behind the lines, succeeded in spreading their ideas about peace on earth among the troops. Four of the thirteen men are not Frenchmen by birth; among those only the Corporal speaks French, and he is the object of the crowd's fury.
This situation creates uncertainty among the Allied generals because a war ended by mutiny is not reconcilable with military principles. To clarify the confusion, a conference takes place to which a German general is invited, and an agreement is reached for continuation of the war. To young Flight Officer David Levine, the unsuspected pause in war means...
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Mt. Carmel Municipal Golf Course
This 18-hole golf course is located adjacent to a beautiful city park, and offers tee times for non-members.
CITY: Mount Carmel
Countryside West
This nine-hole public golf course, opened in 1966, is a par 34 at 2,465 yards. Rental carts are available.
CITY: DeKalb
Quail Creek Country Club & Resort
This 18-hole facility is a former PGA Tour site. Quail Creek also features a resort with several cabins for visitors to rent. Tee times are available for non-members.
CITY: Oblong
Storybrook Country Club
One of the most challenging 18 holes in Jo Daviess County. The front 9 features water on every hole, while the back 9 offers some of the most beautiful holes in the area.
CITY: Hanover
Sportsplex of St. Charles
This indoor sports facility offers soccer, lacrosse, floor hockey and basketball.
CITY: St. Charles
Macomb Country Club
This beautiful 18-hole course offers rental carts and a driving range.
CITY: Macomb
Bent Tree Country Club
This 18-hole, par 70 course is a challenge for players of all levels.
CITY: Charleston
Brushy Ridge Motosports
Brushy Ridge Motosports has over 20 miles of trails just for motorcycles and quads. Some hills at our site will test even the most skilled riders. We also have a nice riding area for novice and young riders. We offer riders two different tracks as well. Riders like our trails as we offer rock, sand and mud surfaces. Overnight camping is allowed. We ask that everyone sign in at the gate. Please see our website for fees.
CITY: Browning
Lone Oak Golf Course
The 9-hole "Lone Oak" executive course at the Lone Oak Golf Course facility in Carrollton features 2,150 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 32. Designed by George DeGeal, the Lone Oak golf course opened in 1984.
CITY: Carrollton
Sportscore Two/Indoor Sports Center
124-acre sports complex at I-90/Riverside Blvd. intersection. Includes Wedgbury Stadium, Indoor Sports Center and outdoor sports fields for soccer, rugby, football, volleyball, basketball, in-line hockey, badminton and adapted and wheelchair sports.
CITY: Loves Park
Decatur Athletic Club
Tennis volleys heat up from every court at this Decatur sports complex.
CITY: Decatur
Wolf Creek Golf Club - Pontiac
The 18-hole course features 6,637 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72. The course rating is 69.1 and it has a slope rating of 117. Wolf Creek golf course opened in 1972.
CITY: Pontiac
Bowes Creek Country Club
Bowes Creek delivers a private club experience to the public golfer! It offers annual memberships for a day, or just enjoy Porter's Pub - an English inspired eatery.
CITY: Elgin
Crystal Woods Golf Club
This beautiful par 72, 18-hole golf course in a scenic rural setting features a driving range and banquet facility.
CITY: Woodstock
The Clubs at River City
Multipurpose health, racquet & fitness facility featuring 12 indoor and 8 outdoor tennis courts, indoor & outdoor pools, yoga, pilates, spinning, body pump, basketball, volleyball, cardiovascular & weight equipment, and youth fitness center are all available. IHRSA passport members welcome!
CITY: Peoria
Oak Brook Golf Club
18-hole golf course with driving range, restaurant and pro shop.
CITY: Oak Brook
Scovill Golf Club
Sometimes called the "shot-maker's" course, Scovill Golf Club is hilly and tree-lined. Golfers will enjoy the manicured fairways surrounded by natural plantings on Decatur's only Audubon sanctioned course. Scovill was designed by Tom Bendelow and redesigned by Dick Nugent. Scovill was named on one of the top 100 women-friendly course in the United States by Golf for Women. It is also the course most frequented by out-of-town golfers.
CITY: Decatur
Oak Glen Country Club
This challenging 18-hole course is open year round, and features a clubhouse, driving range and tee times for non-members.
CITY: Robinson
IHSA Individual Wrestling State Championships
The Illinois High School Association's Individual Wrestling State Championships brings out the best in high school wrestling talent under the bright lights of the Assembly Hall. This two-day event showcases the elite wrestlers from across the state as they try to wrestle their way to Saturday night at the Assembly Hall to become apart of IHSA Wrestling history being dubbed individual state champion!!
CITY: Champaign
Woodbine Bend Championship Golf Course
Immaculate 18-hole links-style golf course offers a challenge and a great time for golfers of all skill levels.
CITY: Stockton
Green Tree Golf Course
Our facilities include indoor meeting, banquet and reception facilities for small groups or up to 1,000 guests with full food and bar service. Our nine hole championship golf course is creative and challenging. The Executive Chip 'n Putt course is designed to be fun and flexible.Outdoor facilities include the Tikki Hut Bar and Grille, Orchard Picnic Area, mobile sound stage, horseshoe pits, bocce ball courts, badminton and volleyball sets, table tennis and card tables. We will provide children amusements per your request.We invite and will help you mix-and-match our facilities and services to come as close to, as is possible, pleasing each and every one of your guests – from golf outings to multi-activity fun-a-thons with something for everyone!
CITY: DeKalb
Deer Run Golf Center
This golf center features a driving range, chipping green, putting green and adventure golf.
CITY: Woodstock
Lawrence County Country Club
This nine-hole facility is open seasonally, and offers tee times for non-members.
CITY: Lawrenceville
Sycamore Hills Golf Club
This 18-hole, par 72 course features some water, elevation changes and mature greens.
CITY: Paris
Gold Hills Golf Club
Rolling hills make up this 18-hole golf course. Carts, a driving range and a putting green are available.
CITY: Colchester
Oak Terrace Golf Course
Home of the Shotmaker's Mile, Oak Terrace is a championship 18-hole course complete with a driving range, putting and chipping green, and a fully stocked pro shop.
CITY: Pana
Korte Recreation Center
This great building, operated by the city of Highland, offers a cardio/weight room, indoor walking track, indoor aquatic center and full-size gymnasium. The gym can accommodate two basketball or volleyball courts.
CITY: Highland
Prairie Pines Golf Course
Located 2 1/2 miles west of Annie Glidden Road on Route 38 in Dekalb, Illinois. The nine-hole, par 34 facility features a gently rolling course on 53 acres surrounded by farmland. Soothing views of pine trees and beautiful fields make the experience a pleasure and prevent worries about errant shots hitting homes nearby. Water features are promenant on holes number 2 and 3 and a meandering stream through the course provides ample challenge. Thinking of an outing or a family reunion? You can rent the whole facility at a reasonable price for a few hours or the whole day. Besides access to nine holes of golf and carts, "The Pines" offers fishing in their ponds, a large outdoor barbeque and plenty of space for horseshoes, volleyball, or bag games.
CITY: DeKalb
Greenville College
Greenville College's H.J. Long Gymnasium, a 2,000-seat venue, houses the varsity volleyball and basketball programs, and is capable of being configured for two additional courts. The Crum Recreation Center features a fantastic gym setup, and can handle two basketball, tennis or volleyball courts.
CITY: Greenville
McKendree University Sports
The McKendree University campus houses two gyms: the Melvin Price Convocation Center and the attached IM gym, which can be configured to produce a total of four basketball or volleyball courts. Leemon Field, an artificial turf surface with the look and feel of natural grass, is home to several programs, including the nationally ranked football team, men's/women's soccer, and track & field.
CITY: Lebanon
Hillcrest Resort and Event Center
Hillcrest Resort and Event Center features a clubhouse with fireplace and large screen TV's. You will also enjoy the restaurant, sports club, swimming pool, 9-hole golf course and weekly entertainment. This camping and RV resort offers fishing for bass, blue gill, and catfish, hiking trails, children's swings, horseshoe pits, sand volleyball, bags, a beverage store, and wireless Internet at the clubhouse. Secluded from the highway, but only ten miles to Quad Cities Airport in Moline and six miles to Interstate 80 in a beautiful country setting. The Event Center offers seven events per season: Hillcrest Music Fest, Illinois BBQ Fest, American Country Music Fest, and Quad Cities Haunted Woods. The center is also the home of reality TV show, American Resort. Camping and RV reservations can be made online or by phone. For information on upcoming festivals at the event center visit www.hillcresteventcenter.com.
CITY: Orion
Hickory Point Golf Course
Hickory Point is truly a course for both beginning and competitive golfers. The flat, wide fairways are perfect for learning, while long distances and the ever-present wind provide challenge for more experienced golfers. Hickory Point hosts the Tat $ Lyle Players Championship, the developmental tour of the LPGA. Designed by Roger Packard, the course opened in 1999, and is designed specifically for beginning and youth golfers. Hickory Point features a lighted driving range and special six-hole short course for beginning and youth golfers.
CITY: Forsyth
Kaskaskia College Sports
Kaskaskia College's Blue Devil Gymnasium has hosted NJCAA tournaments, as well as many youth and all-star events. This full-size college floor can handle a pair of basketball or volleyball courts. On the exterior, the complex features a baseball field with batting cages, two softball diamonds and a full-size soccer field.
CITY: Centralia
Shagbark Golf & Country Club
This challenging nine-hole, par 36 course is noted for its small greens.
CITY: Onarga
Fairview Park Tennis Complex
Tennis anyone? Multiple courts for recreational or tournament use - come join in the fun!
CITY: Decatur
Tournament Players Club Deere Run - Quad Cities
The Midwest's premier semi-private golf facility - in a setting of mature hardwood trees, rolling hills, and the serene Rock River Valley. Designed to host the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic. A la carte & events dining, full service Golf Shop.
CITY: Silvis
Bureau County Metro Center
The Bureau County Metro Center is a 50,000 square-foot recreation center with full size gymnasium; 25-yard indoor swimming pool with wading pool and observation balcony; racquetball courts; weight room; cardio-vascular room, elevated running/walking track above the gym; and locker rooms. A 40' x 80' multi-purpose room with adjacent kitchen provides the perfect setting for conventions, expositions, meetings, or wedding receptions.
CITY: Princeton
Decatur Soccer Complex
The multiple soccer fields in this complex host a variety of leagues and tournaments.
CITY: Decatur
Midstate Dragway
Located in Havana, this track has been revitalized and become extremely popular for racing all classes of cars.
CITY: Jacksonville
U.S. Cellular Coliseum
This multi-purpose recreation and entertainment facility presents major concerts, trade shows, conventions and sporting events.
CITY: Bloomington
Waukegan Sports Park
The top sports complex in Northern Illinois which features 14 outdoor soccer fields including a lighted synthetic turf Championship Field and 4 softball diamonds with lights. A perfect place to host tournaments and events.
CITY: Waukegan
NIU Convocation Center
Northern Illinois University's 10,000 seat Convocation Center is a $36 million multipurpose facility that hosts a variety of events such as concerts, family shows, theatrical productions, commencement ceremonies, job fairs, trade shows and NIU Huskie Division I athletic events (basketball, volleyball, track, gymnastics and wrestling). The NIU Convocation Center hosted a total of 200+ events per year.
CITY: DeKalb
Blackburn College
One of the oldest colleges in Illinois, founded in 1837. Blackburn is also one of only seven colleges in the U.S. where students work in exchange for tuition credit, and the only one whose Work program is student-run. This keeps Blackburn's tuition among the lowest of all private colleges in the United States. Over the years, students have literally built Blackburn, brick by brick; the only college campus in the United States to be largely built by its students.
CITY: Carlinville
Saluki Stadium
We would be lying if we didn't say that Saluki Stadium is one of the best college stadiums in the Midwest. Constructed in 2010, this facility is home to the NCAA Division One SIU Football Team and can seat up to 15,000 fans. Enjoy the afternoon with sports, tailgating and more at the Saluki Stadium.
CITY: Carbondale
Trackside Waukegan
Trackside Waukegan offers a casual, comfortable setting to wager on horse racing from around the world, broadcast on 250 television monitors. Watch and bet on races in the Finish Line Restaurant and Lounge, Grandstand Bar, Teletheater or Backstretch Deli.
CITY: Waukegan
Charlotte West Stadium
Charlotte West is a Stadium built for champions. During its eight years of existance, the stadium has played host to three MVC Softball Championship and one NCAA Regional Championship. The SIU Softball Team alone is nationally ranked and an overall treat to watch. Not to mention the Stadium itself is recognized as being the best collegiate Softball Stadium in the Missouri Valley Conference.
CITY: Carbondale
Elmhurst College
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Elmhurst College is home to a state of the art high tech conference and event facility that can host groups from 20 - 900 people. The campus also boasts a first-rate sports facility in an arboretum-like setting.
CITY: Elmhurst
The People's Choice Family Fun Center of Waukegan
The Fun Center consists of a 43,000 sq. ft. entertainment facility offering over 150 redemption and arcade games, a Redemption Area with over 1,000 items from which to choose, Rocky's Pizzeria, a Food Court, Hershey's® Ice Cream Shoppe, a main Party Area with a 12 ft. movie screen, three private party rooms for birthdays, showers, meetings or any occasion and Rocky's Fun House Miniature Golf. Video gaming also available.
CITY: Waukegan
Hickory Point Golf Club
Hickory Point was designed by leading golf course architect Larry Packard. It features flat, wide fairways, a lighted driving range and a special six-hole short course for beginners and youth.
CITY: Decatur
Highland Park Country Club
Highland Park Country Club is an immaculately maintained 18-hole public golf course offering an unforgettable challenge for players of all skill levels. Located just 25 minutes north of Chicago, Highland Park's scenic beauty and world-class amenities make it the perfect locale for golf outings, weddings, banquets and fundraising events.
CITY: Highland Park
Paddock Hills Equestrian Center
Imagine a golden ball of Midwestern sun breaking on the horizon. As the night dew still clings to the vines and the grass in the pastures, a farm comes to life with the sights and sounds of morning. Hot coffee steeps in the pot. Hard-working farm-hands begin the daily chores. Horses whinny as the cool rush of morning air fills their lungs. The gently rolling hills are aglow with another new day. This is the beauty of horses and the magic of a vineyard. Paddock Hills Equestrian Center is located with Prairie Orchard Farm vineyard in the majestic countryside of Union, IL, and is minutes from the I-90 expressway, but miles away from the hustle and bustle of the city and suburbs. Whether, attending one of our many horse shows, riding lessons, clinics, or programs, we are sure that your time with us will be well spent.
CITY: Union
Kristof's Entertainment Center
Complete entertainment for all ages and interests. Bowling, mini golf, Go Karts, redemption arcade, batting cages, birthday parties and a haunted house. Lunch and dinner served daily. Bar and billards with various night time entertainment. A safe and fun environment for all members of the family. Kristof's is a smoke-free facility.
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Midlane Golf Resort
With five elegant banquet rooms that serve the needs of groups from thirty to six hundred guests including a championship eighteen hole golf course, driving range, all suites hotel with a pool/ fitness center, and a state-of-the-art nightclub, Midlane is uniquely outfitted to suit any of your banquet needs. Don't gamble on the outcome of your special event - come to the golf, banquet and wedding experts.
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Entirely aside from my tactical land navigation and GPS training efforts, I have been working on or with location based services for mobiles since around 1999. I have this pretty well baked into my brain, but not everyone does, and so it's a topic I had to expound about with some of the new guys lately.
Being complex enough (and changing over time) that I actually messed up part of it off the top of my head the other day, it's certainly too much for everyone to just listen to, so I decided it was a good thing to sit and write in some detail. I'll also be posting it to the D4M mobile design wiki when done, and will presumably remember to update it periodically.
Edit: This has been modified and posted to the wiki at this location. So, if you disagree (for example, because you are reading this years later) go there and edit the page to make it more accurate and up to date.
The most important thing is to never, ever, ever conflate "GPS" with "location." After that, it's best to dive straight into the individual technologies. I like to break down location services by (approximately) least to most precise:
Mobile telephony is based on communications and handoff between cells, each of which is (generally) controlled by a single tower with multiple antennas. The tower location is well-known, and its ID is attached to the CDR, so it can be detected.
This is a fallback, when other things are not available. Better technologies are generally not available when roaming, and the data is not or cannot (technology or politics) shared at more precision with your home network or because you are from another operator.
Precision will vary widely by the size of the cell, and there is no (good, universally-accepted) method to determine and communicate precision and accuracy. My rule of thumb – and something similar is generally used by devices – is a circle 3000 yds (m) across.
Recall that each tower has multiple antennas. Those three (or four, rarely anything else, depends on the carrier) antennas point different directions. Each of those is an independent mobile radio sector; just like signals are handed off between cells, they are handed off between sectors, and the data is generally known to the handset and can sometimes be shared with services or providers. However, since the direction the sector faces is really only known to the company that installed it, and the network operator, they are the only ones that can use the data well.
Precision will vary widely by the size of the cell, and by the antennas used, the number on the cell, the down-angle, and so on. There are some semi-useful ways of determining precision and accuracy for a single read, but they are not univerally implemented and there is no way to send the data to the information providers (e.g. the map program). My rule of thumb – and something similar is generally used by devices – is a circle 1200 yds (m) across, co-located with the radio centroid of the sector. Yes, sectors are not circles, but it's also hard to communicate shape and orientation, so this works.
Generally, triangulation is the practice of determining the location of a point by measuring the angle and/or distance from several known locations. More points give more precision. It can get more complex when you try to find points in 3D space, but all mobile triangulation systems I have known assume the earth is locally perfectly flat, and simply find the location on the geoid. Methods of triangulating get really complex and vary by network type and equipment available; multilateration and signal interpolation are some of those. The math can get pretty harrowing.
Precision varies mostly by the number of sectors being used, the distance between them and so on. Though I cannot recall what it is, I believe there is a method of communicating to services employing it an approximation of the precision available. In any remotely built-up area, where it most often has enough sectors to work, a circle 50 yds (m) across is typical. I have seen 12 yd precision, with good accuracy.
GPS Telemetry
The Global Positioning System consists of a ground based control system, a series of satellites and any number of anonymous receivers. So, reading that alone dismisses many misconceptions; its one-way, it's a system, and the signal is from satellites and has nothing to do with mobile networks.
Telemetry means data sent from a remote (usually mobile) site like a rocket, back to base. Here, it means the device figures out where it is by listening to the satellites, then tells the network or website or whatever where it is.
Ignoring SA GPS can give precision to... well, fractions of an inch at least. But those are big, car-expensive devices used for special surveying and so on. Portable, hand-held receivers like those in mobile handsets can generally be assumed to give precision of 20-50 ft.
There are other systems, like Galileo, GLONASS, and COMPASS but none of these are really fully-active, and there are few or no receivers in mobiles as yet. In theory, eventually, using multiple unrelated systems will give better accuracy yet, and give better coverage when in touchy situations like in dense cities.
GPS uses radios, and the atmosphere and earth are imperfect and mess with them. WAAS is a satellite based augmentation system based in North America (others exist in the rest of the world, but are less well-established) that sends additional signals via another set of satellites to allow GPS receivers to adjust for those inaccuracies. I know of no mobile phones that have a WAAS receiver, but it's there.
Assisted GPS requires the use of mobile networks, so only works when in data communication range. The cell tower has its own GPS (which many use anyway to get precise time codes), probably with a WAAS receiver. This provides a bit more precision, assures it of more accuracy, but mostly helps speed up cold or warm starts. Briefly, for a GPS to work, the receiver has to download data about all the satellites before it can calculate the position. AGPS caches this info for the phone, and sends over just the relevant bits, cutting minutes to a second or two. Which helps.
This is a reason you may not see WAAS, and might see some benefits from other GNSS (say, GLONASS) before they bother getting receivers into the handsets.
These generally give precision, even in dense areas and on the move of 10 ft or better. I have seen 2 ft indicated precision and have no reason to doubt it.
AGPS is not generally selectable as a separate service; when the user chooses to turn on or off "GPS," and has a network connection (and an AGPS compliant phone, etc.) they get the advantages of AGPS.
WLANs & PANs
Local networks like WiFi and Bluetooth are not exactly more precise, but I stuck them at the bottom of this list because they are local, and can add another layer of location, so could increase precision. They can also be used instead of other technologies when there is no GPS signal, or a bad mobile signal so triangulation cannot be used.
Both of these currently use the "cell" (or network identifier) and triangulation methods described above. There are no sectors, and no universally-adopted AGPS system that I am aware of. Naturally, a handset getting good GPS data can send that telemetry to anyone over any network, including WiFi, but that's not what we're talking about here.
They are both relatively more rare, and often are supported by third party software or individual services, and are not universally implemented on the handset. I have no reliable numbers on the real-world precision, but tests of WiFi triangulation alone have gone down to inches. On the other hand, poor network identification has led to placing users on the wrong continent. There's room to improve here.
People often know where they are. If you cannot get any location, or there's a reason they might want to over-ride it (even as simple as the data is bad) let them enter a location. If you do this, allow lots of methods. Only accepting ZIP or postal code is not useful for e.g. travellers, who do not generally know the ZIP where they are.
All the above is pretty well known by network engineers, and chip-makers and various low-level handset software guys. But it is often missed a bit by various software implementations (and certainly by marketing). All too often GPS is navigation, such that turning it off kills all location services.
Happily, Android seems pretty good about this, and just gives poorer precision when you turn the GPS off, but it does allow location services to work.
Which brings up a good point. Precision vs. accuracy is often also messed up, whether its confusing the two terms or just not communicating well. A quick primer: precision is the number of decimal places you measure something to; accuracy is how correct it is. The less accurate you think your measurement is, the less precisely you should report it.
This image sums up what should be happening, but for more ranting about this start with this older post on GPS.
Following straight on from precision and accuracy is appropriateness of information. I believe that the biggest problem with turn-by-turn directions is that they assume perfect location precision, and say "you have arrived" instead of "it's the big, white building on the north side of the street," because maybe it's 30 yards behind you, or 50 in front.
The other problem with driving directions is bad data. If your map might be wrong, or imprecise or inaccurate (and they all might be) then think about this when planning the interaction. Don't assume your data is perfect, and give contextually-helpful information. Let users note problems, and do something with the problem reports.
Speaking of data (though it rambles, this thing just writes itself), where does that map data come from? Well, it depends. On my handheld GPS unit, most in-car units and some handsets now, it's in the device. But too many people (including designers) are so used to mobile phone maps they think GPS is AGPS, and only works when you can get network location, network maps, etc. Wrong. And a bad assumption. Why don't people want to know where they are when coverage is spotty or non-existent? Well, if your service or app has that use case, carry through on it.
And one last hint is to not confuse location with navigation. Turn-by-turn directions is not the end-all be-all of LBS. I don't know what is, and neither do you. Location is an enabling technology (or set of them, I guess) and if there even is a killer app, we haven't seen it yet. More likely, it's going to be like simply being on the internet, and will become so baked into our mobile experiences that it will become invisible to everyday people.
While I am sure the commoditization of location service annoys operators and handset makers, it's going to be a a good thing for the end user.
So, to wrap up with a simple guide to design and development of location services, remember that:
- Every phone is location enabled. GPS or not, working or not, there's some location available. And if you are giving something like a weather report or local news, a few thousand yards is practically pinpoint precision.
- All the available location technologies must be addressed when designing your application or service. Don't shut off the service because the GPS is off.
- Precision and accuracy must be understood by designers, and correctly exploited by the product. When the GPS is off, or doing badly, show that circle so it's clear that we don't know /exactly/ where you are. Say "turn right in about 1/4 mile" and so on.
- If you work for a carrier, exploiting the network like this should be a snap. If not, your devices or software may or may not be able to be talk to the phone enough, and you might need to negotiate with the carrier or find a third party provider.
- Consider what to store locally. Does the handset really need to be on the network, or should you give some functionality when the connection is bad or unavailable?
- Though I didn't mention it above, look useful without acting creepy. And don't just follow the letter of the law. Be careful with your user's data, share only what is needed, and store only what you really have to. Often, these last two are answered as "nothing." If that is the decision, make sure it's implemented as such, and no one gets lazy with the development or doesn't get the memo.


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On the morning of Saturday October 31st, East Silver hosted a breakfast dedicated to the German documentary film & television industry. Selected guests presented their respective companies and propose their newest initiatives. The breakfast is an open forum to discuss the latest opportunities for East Europeans with German partners in production and distribution. Guests include Stefan Kloos of the world sales and distribution company Rise and Shine and the CEO and producer of Kloos & Co., Christian Beetz of Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion, one of the few German production companies specializing in the worldwide production and distribution of documentary programs, Heino Deckert of Deckert Distribution and Anne-Kathrine Brinkmann from ZDF/ARTE. Also Daniel Saltzwedel of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Fund. attended, among others special representatives of the documentary industry.
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A former church in Lisbon Falls is now home to one of the most stunning collections of spiders and butterflies.
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Maine Art Glass Studio Butterfly & Insect Museum, 51 Main St., Lisbon Falls. 207-353-6777. www.maineartglass.com. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Free. Guided tours can be arranged in advance for a minimum of fifty dollars.
Think of Maine insects, and you'll probably imagine painful hordes of biting blackflies. A more unusual assortment — and indeed, one of the most unusual assortments in the country — can be found in the renovated choir loft of a former Lisbon Falls church.
That would be the somewhat obscure Butterfly & Insect Museum at Maine Art Glass, which contains some of the world's most striking and strange bugs artfully arranged in stained-glass boxes. Shimmery South American blue morphos butterflies, speckle-winged giant walking sticks from Papua New Guinea, Peruvian tailless whip scorpions, and Asian atlas moths with wings the length of a child's arm are just a few of the exotic creatures preserved and displayed by the museum's founder, Jim Nutting.
"I've been collecting since I was five," says Nutting, who graduated with a biology degree from Bates College and worked as a corporate fund-raiser for Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston for three decades before devoting himself to glass art — and bugs — full time. "My mother used to send me into the field behind our house in Millinocket to catch butterflies. Then, together, we'd mount them."
Nearly fifty years later, Nutting's collection includes more insects than he can count. He opened the museum six years ago after moving the glass studio, which he co-owns, into the Gothic-style brick church on Main Street. Soon its Sunday school rooms were crowded with worktables, its sanctuary with glass, paintings, and woodcarvings. The brightly lit loft is lined with more than a hundred jewel-toned cases, each crafted by Nutting to mirror the iridescent colors of the creatures inside. One entire section is dedicated solely to Maine insects, such as leafy green luna moths and black swallowtail butterflies, though these are not among the most colorful in Nutting's collection.
Some, like the luna moths, he's collected himself. Others, he's purchased from tropical butterfly farms, online auctions, or nature catalogs. "I'm always looking for deals," says Nutting, who confesses his collection has become something of an obsession. "I shop all over the world, and I usually do pretty well."
Depending on rarity and size, certain butterflies can cost a thousand dollars or more, but the most Nutting has paid was $150 for a South Pacific birdwing. How much he's spent on the entire collection, even he doesn't want to guess.
Just down the church's front entry hall, past a mural of Jesus, one entire room is packed with tubs containing the carcasses of carefully folded moths and butterflies along with rigor mortis-bound beetles, scorpions, and spiders. By Nutting's estimate it contains more than ten thousand, all carefully interned in crinkly cellophane envelopes. The stench of carbolic acid (used to keep the specimens from molding) causes some visitors to hold their breath, but to Nutting, the contents are intoxicating.
"Probably in my lifetime, I'll never be able to make use of them all," Nutting admits.
The color, variety, and sheer spectrum captivates him. Carefully softening, positioning, and occasionally gluing their delicate bodies back together, Nutting attempts to bring these fragile creatures back to life, which is how they look in his displays — as light and luminous as if they'd just landed for a nip of nectar.
"He has an amazing collection," says Joanna Torow, director of education for the Maine State Museum, which regularly features Nutting as part of its annual Bug Maine-ia exhibit. "Jim brings his skill with stained glass to create the display cases, which are beautiful and colorful, and at the same time, he is a wealth of knowledge about the insect world."
Torow says Nutting's unique blend of art and science makes his collection rare. Indeed, it's surprising to hear someone whose fingertips are scarred from slicing glass and stained black from soldering cite the scientific names of specimens as if all visitors surely know a Pamphobeteus antinous when they see one. (By the way, that would be a bird-eating spider from Peru, which Nutting has positioned with raised fangs on a slab of driftwood.)
"No one does quite what I do," remarks Nutting, who spends up to a day soldering each display in the gallery's workshop before filling it. "I had an entomologist who'd been living in Africa pay me one of the biggest compliments. He said, 'I've been all over, and by far you have one of the best presentations I've ever seen.' "
The only similar exhibit in Maine, according to Vasco Carter, a staff biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife who oversees the licensing and importation of exotic animals, is at York's Wild Kingdom in York Beach, which displays dozens of live butterflies from around the world.
Both Maine and federal laws restrict the sale and transportation of non-native animals, live or dead, especially those that are rare or endangered. Therefore, Nutting must acquire permits for those in his collection. And, as it turns out, they're not all dead. Nutting shares his office with scorpions, tarantulas, hissing cockroaches, and African millipedes. These draw the biggest gasps at schools, libraries, and community gatherings where he regularly displays his collection.
He's so cute!" exclaims eight-year-old Taylor Hooper-White while petting the hard, black shell of a foot-long African millipede trying to climb up her hand during one of Nutting's presentations at the Freeport Community Library.
Nearby, the children's librarian makes the rounds with a twig-like mantis nestled under her chin, while Nutting distributes delicate cecropia moth cocoons to the crowd. The room hushes to hear the tightly wound pupae rattle inside. When they hatch, Nutting will feed them on willow and white birch, before releasing them.
He doesn't track the number of visitors that come to the museum, but he's glad to finally have the space to show the insects off. Among his many cases, visitors won't find a single Maine blackfly. Horseflies, however, are another matter.
"If they're big enough to spread their wings and stick a pin in, I tend to keep them," he says with relish.


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Front Page Titles (by Subject) Part I. Section III.: Yang Shang K û, or 'Nourishing the Lord of Life 1 .' - The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Taoism. Part I: The Tao Teh King. The Writings of Kwang Ze Books I-XVII
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Part I. Section III.: Yang Shang K û, or 'Nourishing the Lord of Life 1 .' - Lao Tzu, The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Taoism. Part I: The Tao Teh King. The Writings of Kwang Ze Books I-XVII [1879]Edition used:The Sacred Books of China. The Texts of Taoism. Part I: The Tao Teh King. The Writings of Kwang Ze Books I-XVII, trans. James Legge (Oxford University Press, 1891).
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Part I. Section III.Yang Shang Kû, or 'Nourishing the Lord of Life1 .'1. There is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit. With what is limited to pursue after what is unlimited is a perilous thing; and when, knowing this, we still seek the increase of our knowledge, the peril cannot be averted2 . There should not be the practice of what is good with any thought of the fame (which it will bring), nor of what is evil with any approximation to the punishment (which it will incur)3 :—an accordance with the Central Element (of our nature)4 is the regular way to preserve the body, to maintain the life, to nourish our parents, and to complete our term of years. 2. His cook5 was cutting up an ox for the ruler Wăn-hui . Whenever he applied his hand, leaned forward with his shoulder, planted his foot, and employed the pressure of his knee, in the audible ripping off of the skin, and slicing operation of the knife, the sounds were all in regular cadence. Movements and sounds proceeded as in the dance of 'the Mulberry Forest1 ' and the blended notes of 'the King Shâu .' The ruler said, 'Ah! Admirable! That your art should have become so perfect!' (Having finished his operation), the cook laid down his knife, and replied to the remark, 'What your servant loves is the method of the Tâo, something in advance of any art. When I first began to cut up an ox, I saw nothing but the (entire) carcase. After three years I ceased to see it as a whole. Now I deal with it in a spirit-like manner, and do not look at it with my eyes. The use of my senses is discarded, and my spirit acts as it wills. Observing the natural lines, (my knife) slips through the great crevices and slides through the great cavities, taking advantage of the facilities thus presented. My art avoids the membranous ligatures, and much more the great bones. 'A good cook changes his knife every year;—(it may have been injured) in cutting; an ordinary cook changes his every month;—(it may have been) broken. Now my knife has been in use for nineteen years; it has cut up several thousand oxen, and yet its edge is as sharp as if it had newly come from the whetstone. There are the interstices of the joints, and the edge of the knife has no (appreciable) thickness; when that which is so thin enters where the interstice is, how easily it moves along! The blade has more than room enough. Nevertheless, whenever I come to a complicated joint, and see that there will be some difficulty, I proceed anxiously and with caution, not allowing my eyes to wander from the place, and moving my hand slowly. Then by a very slight movement of the knife, the part is quickly separated, and drops like (a clod of) earth to the ground. Then standing up with the knife in my hand, I look all round, and in a leisurely manner, with an air of satisfaction, wipe it clean, and put it in its sheath.' The ruler Wăn-hui said, 'Excellent! I have heard the words of my cook, and learned from them the nourishment of (our) life.' 3. When Kung-wăn Hsien1 saw the Master of the Left, he was startled, and said, 'What sort of man is this? How is it he has but one foot? Is it from Heaven? or from Man?' Then he added2 , 'It must be from Heaven, and not from Man. Heaven's making of this man caused him to have but one foot. In the person of man, each foot has its marrow. By this I know that his peculiarity is from Heaven, and not from Man. A pheasant of the marshes has to take ten steps to pick up a mouthful of food, and thirty steps to get a drink, but it does not seek to be nourished in a coop. Though its spirit would (there) enjoy a royal abundance, it does not think (such confinement) good.' 4. When Lâo Tan died1 , Khin Shih2 went to condole (with his son), but after crying out three times, he came out. The disciples3 said to him, 'Were you not a friend of the Master?' 'I was,' he replied, and they said, 'Is it proper then to offer your condolences merely as you have done?' He said, 'It is. At first I thought he was the man of men, and now I do not think so. When I entered a little ago and expressed my condolences, there were the old men wailing as if they had lost a son, and the young men wailing as if they had lost their mother. In his attracting and uniting them to himself in such a way there must have been that which made them involuntarily express their words (of condolence), and involuntarily wail, as they were doing. And this was a hiding from himself of his Heaven (-nature), and an excessive indulgence of his (human) feelings;—a forgetting of what he had received (in being born); what the ancients called the punishment due to neglecting the Heaven (-nature)4 . When the Master came5 , it was at the proper time; when he went away, it was the simple sequence (of his coming). Quiet acquiescence in what happens at its proper time, and quietly submitting (to its ceasing) afford no occasion for grief or for joy6 . The ancients described (death) as the loosening of the cord on which God suspended (the life)1 . What we can point to are the faggots that have been consumed; but the fire is transmitted (elsewhere), and we know not that it is over and ended2 . BOOK IV.[1 ] See pp. 130, 131. [2 ] Under what is said about knowledge here there lies the objection of Tâoists to the Confucian pursuit of knowledge as the means for the right conduct of life, instead of the quiet simplicity and self-suppression of their own system. [3 ] This is the key to the three paragraphs that follow. But the text of it is not easily construed. The 'doing good' and the 'doing evil' are to be lightly understood. [4 ] A name for the Tâo. [5 ] 'The ruler Wăn-hui' is understood to be 'king Hui of Liang (or Wei),' with the account of an interview between whom and Mencius the works of that philosopher commence. [1 ] Two pieces of music, ascribed to Khăng Thang and Hwang-Tî. [1 ] There was a family in Wei with the double surname Kung-wăn. This would be a scion of it. [2 ] This is Hsien still speaking. We have to understand his reasoning ad sensum and not ad verbum. The master of the Left had done 'evil,' so as to incur the punishment from which he suffered; and had shown himself less wise than a pheasant. [1 ] Then the account that Lâo-ȝze went westwards, and that nothing is known as to where he died, must be without foundation. [2 ] Nothing more is known of this person. [3 ] Probably the disciples of Lâo-ȝze. [4 ] Lâo had gone to an excess in his 'doing good,' as if he were seeking reputation. [5 ] Into the world. [6 ] See Kwang-ȝze's remarks and demeanour on the death of his wife, in Book XVIII. [1 ] This short sentence is remarkable by the use of the character Tî (), 'God,' in it, a usage here ascribed to the ancients. [2 ] The concluding sentence might stand as a short paragraph by itself. The 'faggots' are understood to represent the body, and the 'fire' the animating spirit. The body perishes at death as the faggots are consumed by the fire. But the fire may be transmitted to other faggots, and so the spirit may migrate, and be existing elsewhere. |


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