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Buddhism is often considered to be an anti-Vedic atheist philosophy. While today there are huge number of schools and sects within Buddhism (exceeded perhaps only by Islam in terms of number of divisions, sects, sub-sects within), if we review the original teachings of Gautam Buddha, we find that he was only trying to teach the concepts of Vedas to best of his understanding.
Vocabulary of Buddhism
1. The vocabulary of Buddhism is adopted from prevailing literature.
The word Buddha comes in Mahabharat Shantiparva 193/6 to mean 'intelligent'.
Bodhisatva has been used for Sri Krishna in Shishupal Vadh 15/58 and its commentary by Vallabhdeva.
Bhikshu again is a word denoting certain sage in Mahabharat Shantiparva 325/24 and Gautam Dharmasutra 3/2.
Shraman comes in Brihadaranyak Upanishad and Gautam Dharmasutra
Nirvana comes from Deval Dharmasutra
and so on.
2. The famous Buddhist chant of Om Mani Padme Hum speaks for itself on glory of Om – that originates from Vedas and is integral part of Hinduism.
Vedas in teachings of Mahatma Buddha
3. In Sutta Nipat 192, Mahatma Buddha says that:
Vidwa Cha Vedehi Samechcha Dhammam Na Uchchavacham Gachhati Bhooripanjo.
People allow sense-organs to dominate and keep shuffling between high and low positions. But the scholar who understands Vedas understands Dharma and does not waver.
4. Sutta Nipat 503:
Yo Vedagu Gyanarato Sateema …….
One should support a person who is master of Vedas, contemplative, intelligent, helpful if you desire to inculcate similar traits.
5. Sutta Nipat 1059:
Yam Brahmanam Vedagum Abhijanjya Akinchanam Kamabhave Asattam……
One gets free from worldly pains if he is able to understand a Vedic Scholar who has no wealth and free from attraction towards worldly things.
6. Sutta Nipat 1060:
Vidwa Cha So Vedagu Naro Idha Bhavabhave Sangam Imam Visajja…..
I state that one who understands the Vedas rejects attraction towards the world and becomes free from sins.
7. Sutta Nipat 846:
Na Vedagu Diththia Na Mutiya Sa Manameti Nahi Tanmayoso….
One who knows Vedas does not acquire false ego. He is not affected by hearsay and delusions.
8. Sutta Nipat 458:
Yadantagu Vedagu Yanjakaale Yassahuti Labhe Taras Ijjeti Broomi
I state that one who acquires Ahuti in Havan of a Vedic scholar gets success.
These are just a few examples from works of Mahatma Buddha.
Why Mahatma Buddha rejected Vedas
9. Mahatma Buddha did not reject Vedas per se, but the malpractices happening in name of Vedas. For example, if you call someone – He is a Neta of India – today, he may get offended and feel as if you have called him corrupt and manipulative. This is not because Neta word in itself means 'corrupt', but because this is what we see of the so-called Netas today.
Similarly, when Mahatma Buddha questioned birth-based casteism, animal sacrifice and other nonsense practices, he was answered that Vedas sanction so. Thus, like any sane morally upright person would do, Mahatma Buddha stated that: "If Vedas sanction these evil practices, then I reject Vedas."
Had Gautam Buddha obtained an opportunity to study the actual Vedas and not go by the false notions prevailing, he could no way have issued such a statement.
And the country + entire world would have been strong enough to counter barbaric attacks of West/ Central Asian tribals that has resulted in the greatest problem of last 1000 years – terrorism.
10. If you review the basic precepts of Buddhism, they are simply Vedic teachings reworded.
– For example, the 4 cardinal truths on life, suffering, desire, cessation is straight from Yoga and Nyaya Darshan. In fact Nyaya Darshan 1.2 echoes almost the same essence in as many words.
– The 8 fold path is adequately covered in a variety of ways in all ancient texts – Vedas, Manusmriti, Mahabharat and Yoga Darshan for example.
– The emphasis on Ahimsa is adapted from Yoga Darshan that puts Ahimsa as the first essential discipline for progress in Yoga- the process of realizing self and God.
– Theory of rebirth and Law of Karma that Buddhism is built upon finds its foundation in mantras of Vedas. Refer examples in http://agniveer.com/3203/islam-vedas/
– Rejection of birth-based caste-system is also in lines with Vedas. Refer http://agniveer.com/series/caste-system-3/
– Emphasis on meditation is straight adopted from the Yoga Darshan that itself is based on Vedas.
– The 5 commandments for Buddhists and especially monks are from Yoga Darshan 1.2.3
In summary, one can state that Buddhism, as preached by Gautam Buddha, was a system of morality based on Vedas.
11. Mahatma Buddha was not atheist. Atheism developed later. At best, Gautam Buddha can be said to be agnostic. He believed that first and foremost duty is to raise one's intellect level through practice of moral code of conduct and mind control.
Why was Mahatma Buddha atheist?
12. Mahatma Buddha did not believe in arguments or debates. He had a very practical approach. He thus refused to either deny or acknowledge presence of God or a supreme entity. He was content with teaching self-control and self-constraint and did not take trouble of attempting a solution of the great problems of Universe: How it began? Is it everlasting? Have I existed in past? Will I exist forever? etc.
Later philosophers of Buddhism did attempt to solve these mysteries through their own analysis and that is how Buddhism developed so many branches and sects.
In Kula Mayukyaovad Majjhama Nikaya there is a reference where someone asked Gautam Buddha whether the world is everlasting. He replied, "Did I ever promise that I shall teach you whether the world is everlasting or not? If not, then do not press the inquiry."
In Sabbasava Sutta, he suggests that such inquiries into self and universe are meaningless.
Thus Mahatma Buddha focused on practical aspects and neglected the theoretical or metaphysical aspects. This was perhaps because he wanted to ensure that ritualistic malpractices do not overshadow the core essence of his teachings.
However these are natural questions in any human being and thus later Buddhists had to make up for this deficiency in a variety of ways.
But if we review the original philosophy of Mahatma Buddha, there is no evidence of he being atheist or anti-Vedic.
His attitude towards Vedas and Theism was that of indifference rather than rejection. In this indifference lied his Vedic foundation. Because he eventually adopted only from the Vedas to form his ideology and strived to be an honest practitioner of "Accept truth, reject the rest." to best of his capability and intent.
Impact of Buddhism
13. Buddhism had a great impact during its times. It paved way for rejection of distortions and external symbols towards nurture of morality. Since Buddhism did not challenge any of the key philosophical foundations of existing way of life – rebirth, law of karma, emphasis on morality – it became popular not only in India and across Asia. But soon it declined especially in India.
14. As Mahatma Buddha himself said, "The body contains within itself the power to renew its strength but also the causes that lead to its destruction."
In case of Buddhism, the cause lied in its incompleteness. While it adopted the moral precepts of Vedas, it ignored the metaphysical foundations. Thus while a whole generation of Buddhist philosophers did spring up later, they could not address the key metaphysical questions convincingly and cohesively – On Self, Universe and Unchangeable Laws. This may work for pragmatics but not for the truly philosophical minds.
A mind tired with illogical ways of life may find great reprieve in focusing purely on moral precepts and meditation. But for someone who hails for a culture having a vast legacy of philosophical richness in every mundane and not-so-mundane aspect of life, there are more questions needed to be explored to quench the intellectual thirst.
Acharya Shankar debated with Buddhists of his era and proved that whatever Buddhism (of that era) argues by denying existence of God can also be explained by Adwait (One singular entity everywhere). Thus for centuries the debate between atheists and Vedics continued giving rise to a vast number of philosophical texts in India.
15. Later Buddhism tried to deny more clearly the existence of God and even that of soul but could not give a satisfactory substitute. They believed in eternal immutable law and never ending chain of cause and effect. But in absence of an entity ensuring that the laws work smartly and for our benefit, it was a blind alley: A religion without a deity! A worshipper without an object of worship!
This forced Buddhists to evolve their own elaborate set of ceremonies, rituals, idols, chants and practices, but this only brought them in rift with the original concepts. Some historians state that idol-worship began with Buddhism. All this kept splitting it into so many branches that are startlingly different at times. The religion supposed to be based on logic, intellect and mind-control, developed loads of superstitions, blind beliefs, tantra practices, witchcraft and myths of miracles. Today the divine Dalai Lama superstition has become foundation of popular Buddhism.
16. The rift widened so much that the religion, which is said to have been based on foundation of Non-Violence or Ahimsa, and which is said to have rejected Vedas because Vedas were perceived to sanction animal-sacrifice, is one of the largest consumers of meat-products today! In many Buddhist places, they hang a board outside meat-shop that says: "Believe Us, This meat is not for you." Now the monks are guilt-free in eating meat in these shops!!
When someone asked Dalai Lama while he was helping himself with a serving of meat, he said, " I am Buddhist. I am not vegetarian!"
Ironically, what is taught today across world is that Mahatma Buddha got perturbed when he saw people carrying animals for sacrifice and hence rebelled! Very few people perhaps know that the cult that had its very origin in Animal Rights is the largest killer of animals today! All for taste!
And followers of Vedas – which were alleged to endorse animal killing – are today the greatest proponents of Animal Rights!
In fact, many sects of Buddhism believe that Mahatma Buddha died due to indigestion from consumption of pork offered as charity. (as per these sects whatever provided in charity must be consumed.)
Similarly, while Buddhism (which started with rejecting man-made caste system) is now divided into so many sects/ sub-sects with its own sectoral practices that are necessary to adopt to be one of them, it is followers of Vedas who reject all man-made divisions and appeal for oneness of entire humankind regardless of man-made rituals and beliefs.
The roles are completely reversed today.
Coming back to the roots – Vedas – seems to be the best way to emulate Gautam Buddha today!!
17. While Buddhism could create appeal among other regions and can impress Christians today (Christianity derives its philosophical foundation in Buddhism and hence it is the next logical bridge for Christians to an evolved and more matured view of life), but for India – that has been home to a whole chain of eminent thinkers, the vagueness of Buddhism could not hold its appeal for long.
Today, whatever Buddhism prevails in India is primarily a reaction to the birth-based caste system and related rituals which are wrongly attributed to Vedas.
18. The final blow to Buddhism came from Islamic invasion in medieval era. The Bamiyan Buddhas of Afghanistan are mute spectators of that gory period of history. Buddhism, by its very rejection of other aspects of life except moral precepts, became most vulnerable to Muslim attacks. This has been the greatest damaging gift of Buddhist ideology to present era. The escapist Buddhist view that preferred to be neutral to all that happens with us in world, coupled with a damaging caste-system among Hindus, made sure that barbaric uncivilized tribals could decimate us and establish their dominance. Hinduism could still survive due to its inherent emphasis on realism, but Buddhism perished. And this untimely perish had further adverse outcomes on future of India in the form of philosophical downtime.
19. Ask any weight-trainer and he would tell you that if you need to build big biceps, you need to focus on leg-squats as well. Lop-sided development does not work. It only causes injuries. Similarly mere focus on moral precepts do not work for society. One has to dwell into other aspects – society, politics, science, philosophy, metaphysics, etc – for things to work out. That is why Vedas emphasize and train on a vast variety of subjects.
While Buddhism adopted the moral precepts from Vedas, it made a blunder by ignoring the fuller picture. And that changed the path of history forever.
In fact Buddhism was not supposed to be a distinct sect in first place. It was merely supposed to be a philosophy focusing on moral aspects of life. Mahatma Buddha did not gave any preachings on other aspects at all. The blunder was that his followers took his narrow specific focus as a complete recipe of life.
Often we get so enamored by personalities that we lose the big picture. We consider fullness in whatever attracts our attention for long. For example, we witnessed the cricket drama for a month and now there seems nothing more patriotic than winning a World Cup and recommending Bharat Ratna for a cricketer! Similarly, most cults sprang up because the followers failed to consider the deeds and views of their role models as a critical PART of a bigger picture and instead considered completeness in that SMALL PART.
Mahatma Buddha considered eradication of misery as the Mission. While this is true, he took it to a narrow extreme and hence created a philosophy that was too pessimistic for common man to be motivated enough for worthwhile actions. This coupled with absence of any discussions on the key questions that initiate spiritual thinking – who am I, will I die forever, will this world end etc – left no incentive for a layman to extend his efforts beyond sitting in an isolated place trying to control the mind. Why would then one make sacrifice for nation, fight the enemies and work for smiles on face of his fellow-beings when he does not know clearly why he is doing so?
Today, psychologists would tell you that running away from miseries cannot bring the same level of motivation for worthwhile actions than desire for greater happiness.
Avoidance of miseries because world is full of miseries implies that one would naturally escape from worldly duties because even these performance of these duties would cause indulgence and hence miseries.
After all, Buddhist philosophy asserted that our misery began the moment we were born. To deny even the Self (Anatma) to become indifferent to pain becomes goal of life. How can then indifference generate actions when there is even no vaguely clear end-goal to be reached and denial is the best recipe?
Mahatma Buddha talked of 4 right beliefs: Knowledge of misery, Knowledge of origin of misery, Knowledge of cessation of misery and knowledge of path leading to cessation of misery.
But when even 'I' does not exist, who will work for getting these right beliefs? And what would be obtained? This incompleteness led to rank pessimism. The philosophies that emerged to counter this blinded belief system of Mahatma Buddha also suffered from the same pessimism and inherent inertia against vigorous actions.
Buddhism was doing bicep curls but not squatting sufficiently. It took only one part of Vedic message but ignored the rest.
Thus nationalism and reformist zeal could not co-exist prominently with Buddhism (even though Mahatma Buddha himself was an extremely dynamic man). It left Buddhism defenseless against savage attacks and created 'Parable of Boiled Frog'. If you put a frog in hot water, it would jump out immediately. But if you put it in a beaker and gradually increase the temperature of water from cold to warm to hot to boiling, the frog does not jump out. It dies instead. This is because the nervous system of frog is unable to detect gradual changes in temperature.
Lack of focus on proactive action plus view of life being a misery in either case – action or no action plus belief in everything being futile because everything is temporary plus refusal to look into bigger picture and focussing only on a narrow set of precepts, turned Buddhism into a frog. It offered little resistance to invaders and virtually opened the doors for savages to India.
And whatever Buddhism survived is far from original thoughts of the founder – a countless number of sects/ subsects with extremely diverse view and having only image of Gautam Buddha in common.
It is true that there is suffering in world. But to say that it is unalloyed pure suffering, with no iota of pleasure is a dangerous generalization. Absolute unalloyed pessimism cannot goad man to action. The world is not an abode of misery. The Benevolent God could not have made such a nasty world where suffering reigns. Even the most miserable in the world has some sort of joy which keeps him up. Even stoics had to summon up exceptional resolve when they prepared themselves for suicide. No sane being wishes to die because behind all miseries there is a hope that the all-blissful God will not leave us in lurch. Whether one believes in God or not, in this hope for a better future lies the bliss and acceptance of Supreme power. To deny this is to deny reality. And a philosophy that denies realism cannot face the challenges of real world.
Kapila states in Sankhya 5.113 that at least during Sushupti (deep slumber), Samadhi (deep meditation) and Moksha (Salvation) soul gets an experience of Supreme bliss.
Swami Dayanand succinctly explained the flaw in lines of Vedas: "If you compare the pleasure and pain of the world, pleasures many times exceed the pain. And many pure souls earn the bliss of salvation by constant practice of virtuous actions."
(If Agniveer were to pick the most inspiring quote from entire Vedic teachings it has ever come across, it would undoubtedly be this one.)
This makes the Vedic philosophy distinctly optimistic and invigorating. It assuages the rigor of present life and makes the future hopeful. It illumines our present as well as future.
We wish if someone could have made this statement during times of Mahatma Buddha! History would have been different. But alas!
In absence of this, Buddhism turned to escapism (even though Mahatma Buddha himself was a man of action). When the savages attacked, we were occupied with our meditations to ignore the self and cause of misery through indifference. We neglected built up of strong armies, regular training, and R&D on defense. We were indifferent to need for reformist zeal to break the very roots of caste-system and gender discrimination, we refused to look into the Vedas to discover what the original teachings were. We were simply practicing indifference to real challenges around.
And today, while Buddhism does not prominently exist in India (except in Dharmashala where Dalai Lama is forced to have asylum after Chinese aggression), the philosophy and the myriad of other philosophies that emerged to amend or counter it, turns us into a fatalistic society. We have developed high inertia, resist the urge to face challenges, attempt to use philosophy as a tool to justify our escapism and have gradually moved towards becoming indifferent to whatever does not pinch us too strongly. Ahimsa has become just an alibi for laziness and cowardice.
No, we don't mean that Buddhism is to be blamed for all this. Not at all. Buddhism was a natural reaction to the prevailing ironies in the society of those times. And an essential one. We believe that people have different needs and level of evolution and hence for many including Mahatma Buddha this was the most optimal view of life. For a society that was focusing too much on blind rituals and irrational social practices, Buddhism gave the right shock to spur up more rational and logical thinking. The roots of the problem lay much earlier and Buddhism was merely a logical and necessary outcome.
Teachings of Mahatma Buddha are based purely on moral aspects of Vedas. His teachings also showcase his respect for Vedas. His vocabulary and usages were derived from Vedic texts. Thus he was in summary a Vedic preacher to best of his abilities.
Thus there is NO WAY that Buddhism of Gautam Buddha can be termed as separate from Vedic Dharma. It is as much an offshoot attempting to reach the source – Vedic wisdom – as other sects.
However the defection of the narrow incomplete focus of Buddhism into a complete philosophy in its own right (which it never meant to be in first place) was detrimental to national interests.
Had Buddhism been a more informed and complete philosophy based on a more thorough and rigorous study of Vedas instead of its paradoxical apparent rejection based on extremely superficial grounds, history would have been different.
Had Buddhists spent efforts to reform the society the way Raja Ram Mohun Roy and Swami Dayanand attempted, instead of attempting to split into a separate sect (which it never was), history would have been different.
Similarly, if all other sects and cults would have not been based on bounded rationality of a few well-intentioned men and had instead attempted to grab the complete picture of the concepts in their original source, the Vedas, world would have been a much more sensible place today. Much more tolerant, broader in outlook and rational.
Whatever good that we see in any cult or sect is already existing in Vedas though elaborated through works and teachings of great legends from time to time. However because most of these founders were addressing their imminent short-term needs and the followers believed in exclusivity of their sect, the holistic view got missing.
The key lesson is that any incomplete or temporary solution for today would eventually become a problem tomorrow.
The only way is to adopt the complete solution.
Swami Dayanand suggested a way to approach this issue of so many sects and cults and religions touching one part of the elephant each. Let all the common points in all these sects be brought together that are acceptable to all. For example, non-violence, morality, nationalism, truthfulness, non-stealing etc. Then eliminate all assumptions, beliefs and practices unique to each sect that is not otherwise explainable. This becomes the Universal Dharma for all human beings and this is exactly what Vedas teach.
Agniveer respects all the great men of history who attempted to bring society closer to Vedic living. And aspires that we evolve to reach the original source that all these great legends were attempting to reach – The wisdom of Vedas. Instead of viewing completeness in our own silo, let us attempt to integrate all the silos together into One. Lets get back to the roots instead of holding on to each tiny branch as the source. No we don't mean that all branches be cut-off and only root of the tree should remain. We only desire that each branch knows that we form a tree only when all the branches are together and supported by the root. A branch detached from rest of the branches and root would only be a dry piece of wood. So lets all be One Tree and strengthen the roots of the Tree that would then strengthen us all.
This is the only way to pay our homage to their legacy. Our failure to do so brought us the miseries we faced till today.
Our success would ensure Shantih (peace, bliss, happiness) everywhere.
ॐ द्यौ: शान्तिरन्तरिक्षँ शान्ति:
पृथिवी शान्तिराप: शान्तिरोषधय: शान्ति: ।
वनस्पतय: शान्तिर्विश्वे देवा: शान्तिर्ब्रह्म शान्ति:
सर्वँ शान्ति: शान्तिरेव शान्ति: सा मा शान्तिरेधि ॥
ॐ शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति: ॥
References: Works of Pt Gangaprasad Updhyaya, Pt Bhagvadutta, Justice Gangaprasad, Pt Dharmadeva Vidyamartanda and several other scholars
Note: The views expressed are supposed to be a perspective to stir up thoughts, discussions and introspection. They may be viewed in context of the Agniveer's stand and not otherwise.
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The first night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., struck a different tone than RNC in Tampa with first lady Michelle Obama delivering an impassioned plea to women and disillusioned Democrats that her husband is still the same man he was four years ago. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
The Democrats' first night checked all the boxes… It also replayed the greatest hits on Romney… And it told the Dems' narrative on the American Dream… Breaking down Michelle Obama's and Julian Castro's speeches… Previewing tonight's Bill Clinton speech… Republicans counter the Clinton speech… And Paul Ryan (in Iowa) and Ann Romney (in Ohio) hit the campaign trail.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- If you're a Democrat believing the recipe for the president's re-election is coalition politics, you couldn't have scripted the opening night of the Democratic convention here any better. You had your nods to Latinos, young voters, and women -- precisely the groups the Obama campaign wants to turn out in November. There was the message (epitomized by Julian Castro's keynote) that the election is a choice between two very economic visions. There also was the message (relayed by Martin O'Malley) that the choice is "forward" vs. "backward." You had plenty of red meat and tough critiques of Mitt Romney (see Ted Strickland). But the evening also was capped off by a personal speech by First Lady Michelle Obama, designed to re-inspire the disillusioned faithful and defend her husband's record and character. Yet perhaps more than anything else, last night conveyed real passion that we mostly didn't see in Tampa. Don't get us wrong, Republicans were fired up last week. But their passion was directed more at the president than Mitt Romney. Last night, however, the Democrats' passion was focused squarely on their candidate. Elections aren't decided by conventions, but the Democrats know how to produce a compelling -- and on-message -- night of TV. In short, on Day 1, Democrats proved they are better at producing a convention.
*** Replaying the greatest hits on Romney: Here's another broad observation about last night: Every speech -- with the exception of Michelle Obama's -- was equal part an affirmation of Obama and a takedown of Romney. And sometimes, those takedowns were raw and tough. An example was Tammy Duckworth, who touted the president's national security record but who also pointed out that Romney never mentioned the word "Afghanistan" once in his acceptance speech last week. While the 10:00 pm ET hour in primetime was soft (with the Michelle Obama and Julian Castro speeches), the rest of the evening -- taken as a whole -- was a pounding of Romney. And it was the greatest hits, some of which Republicans will claim were below the belt: Swiss bank account, tax returns, pioneers in outsourcing, references to Bain layoffs. Even the video tribute to Ted Kennedy was an uppercut to Romney, which led to RNC Chair Reince Priebus to express his disgust for using Kennedy from the grave in an attack.
*** Two different versions of the American Dream: Also last night, almost every speech tried to capture the American Dream. The same was true in Tampa, but the message there was focused on an American Dream to become an entrepreneur or businessman. Here was Romney's acceptance speech: "Business and growing jobs is about taking risk, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding, but always striving. It is about dreams. Usually, it doesn't work out exactly as you might have imagined. Steve Jobs was fired at Apple. He came back and changed the world." But compare that with the version of the American Dream we heard last night, which was focused more on giving the next generation a better chance. "Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable -- their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves." This was a pure "values" play.
*** Breaking down Michelle Obama's speech: As for the first lady's speech, she tried to accomplish three things. First, she implicitly contrasted the Obamas' beginnings with the Romneys'. "Even though back then Barack was a senator and a presidential candidate, to me he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door." Second, she made a direct appeal to women. "[President Obama] believes that women are more than capable of making our own choices about our bodies and our health care. That's what my husband stands for." And third, she vouched for her husband's character. "So when people ask me whether being in the White House has changed my husband, I can honestly say that when it comes to his character, and his convictions, and his heart, Barack Obama is still the same man I fell in love with all those years ago." As NBC's Carrie Dann points out, the first's lady task last night was to have the American public fall back in love with him, too. What the Obama campaign did last night was what the Romney camp probably wishes it did its first night: put your show-stopper last in the primetime.
*** A tale of two keynote addresses: Meanwhile, Julian Castro's keynote was quite the national debut for the San Antonio mayor. His speech was an appeal to Latinos and younger voters, and he had a great story to tell. But the most striking thing about Castro's keynote address was that he was essentially telling Obama's message -- about the American Dream and the vision for the economy. Contrast that with last week's GOP keynote speech by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was delivering the Christie message, not necessarily the Romney message. It seems pretty clear to us the Obama campaign had a heavy hand in Castro's remarks. Who thinks the Romney folks had much of an impact on Christie's?
*** Talking about abortion rights: In retrospect, perhaps the most surprising part of last night was that it had more talk about abortion rights than in any Democratic convention since 1992, the first of many self-described "Year of the Woman" campaign years. Not only did the first lady talk about the importance of women "making our own choices about our bodies and our health care," NARAL President Nancy Keenan gave a fiery speech about abortion rights. Four years ago, it seemed the Democratic Party was going out of its way to feature pro-life officeholders, like Tim Kaine or Bob Casey Jr., as a way to set a different tone on culture. Fast forward four years later and it's clear Democrats and the Obama campaign were sending the not-so-subtle message that they believe the secret formula to capitalizing on the gender gap: talk about women's rights and women's choices. But that strategy also carries the potential risk of alienating Democratic voters who might oppose abortion rights. This strategy may work in the Nevadas, Colorados and Virginias but in the heavier Catholic states, like Iowa, Wisconsin and Ohio?
*** Bob Casey's response: Speaking of, one of us interviewed Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr. last night and asked him if he was comfortable with what he was hearing on the abortion issue. Casey: "Well, we have differences of opinion on that but I think what most people are focused on, not just tonight, but throughout the campaign, is the basic fundamental difference about the future of the country." Translation: Casey didn't want to get into a debate on abortion -- that much was clear. More Casey on "The Daily Rundown."
*** Dem platform gets criticized: If the production and scripting of last night's Democratic convention went without a hitch, the same wasn't true of the Democratic platform. Republicans and the Romney campaign, the Los Angeles Times reports, seized on the fact that Democrats dropped the language from 2008 recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In addition, CBN's David Brody pointed out that Democrats dropped the words "God-given" from the platform. If there was another criticism of yesterday, it's that the evening's tone – outside the 10:00 pm hour – was pretty liberal leaning.
When Bill Clinton places President Barack Obama's name in nomination Wednesday, he'll be up against the Cowboys and Giants, who face off in the NFL season opener. The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd reports on Clinton's big night.
*** Tonight's headliners -- Clinton and Warren: The marquee speakers for the second night of the Democratic convention are Massachusetts Senate nominee Elizabeth Warren and former President Bill Clinton. A top Obama campaign official tells First Read about Clinton's speech tonight, "You've seen his speech; it's the TV ad" the campaign has been airing over the past couple of weeks. If there's a worry for the Democrats tonight, it's that more folks -- precisely the ones the Obama camp wants Bill Clinton to speak to -- are watching tonight's NFL football game. By the way, NBC's Brian Williams will be interviewing Clinton for NBC's "Nightly News" tonight.
*** Countering Clinton: Meanwhile, the Romney campaign and its surrogates are trying to make the case that Barack Obama is no Bill Clinton. John Sununu writes in New Hampshire Union Leader, "[W]hile President Obama and his allies would love to be able to borrow credibility from the nation's 42nd President, the contrast between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — particularly when it comes to economic and fiscal issues — couldn't be greater." The Wall Street Journal adds, "Arguably the most memorable phrase (not related to a scandal) that Bill Clinton uttered during his Presidency came in his 1996 State of the Union address: "The era of big government is over." And for a few years, it was over. By contrast, Mr. Obama's four years have been spent expanding the government willy-nilly." By the way, it's pretty striking to see Republicans praising a man who raised taxes (without any GOP votes) and whom they impeached.
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Democrats gather in Charlotte, N.C., to officially nominate President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden as the party's candidates for the 2012 presidential election.
*** Wednesday's convention schedule: Here are some of tonight's major speakers:
7:00 pm hour: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan
8:00 pm hour: Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, Reps. Steny Hoyer and Barney Frank, and Govs. John Hickenlooper and Jack Markell.
9:00 pm: California AG Kamala Harris, Sandra Fluke, former employees of Bain Capital enterprises, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen.
10:00 pm: Elizabeth Warren, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Bill Clinton
After Clinton's speech, Democrats will begin their roll-call votes to nominate Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
*** On the trail today: Paul Ryan holds a rally in Adel, IA at 10:20 am ET… And Ann Romney campaigns in Findlay, OH.
*** Romney's debate prep: Meanwhile, Mitt Romney is down doing debate prep. Some nuggets from NBC's Garrett Haake: Romney and Rob Portman (playing the part of Obama) had an hour-long mock debate yesterday, with Romney adviser Peter Flaherty playing the part of moderator Jim Lehrer. And the Romney campaign has given their candidate so many briefing books, they're enough to fill a suitcase.
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Since Dave admits that he has always been "inclined toward cars" once he arrived in Arizona he restarted his drag racing career. "I did do a little drag racing in New York and made a few trips to Englishtown but I never really got serious about it until I moved," he said. He found a nice race track, Speedworld Drag Strip about thirty miles outside of Phoenix and he has been a fixture there ever since. "I raced for about five or six years and then tapered off for a while and then got out of it entirely. I sold everything, my car, my ramp truck and even my tools and just stopped to pursue other ventures." After his "retirement" Dave discovered what so many other racers before him had and that is that drag racing is like a drug. "It's addictive and I admit it. The sound of an unmuffled V-8 engine has this hold over you and you can't get away from it." And so it was back to the track and Dave became a fixture at the Division 7 track in Arizona and a serious challenger for track and division championships. "In 2004 I found a 1974 Camaro and I planned to fix it up and just tool around town and have some fun with it. Then I decided to take it to the track and I've been racing it ever since. It's the same car that I ran at Pomona and it's the only car that I have ever raced out here."
All of the winners that I have spoken to after winning the Summit Series championships say that it was a great experience and Dave was no exception. "Until that day I thought that Bakersfield (the site of the D-7 championship race) was the best day of my life but it paled in comparison to Pomona. I loved and savored everything about it from filling out the paperwork to waiting for the pictures to be taken. It was so much more than I expected and I can't thank the folks at Summit enough." Even though he left with the title Dave says that he
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Nearly three years after Tavern on the Green went dark, restaurateurs Jim Caiola and David Salama are opening up to Crain's about the controversy swirling around their lease on the landmark Central Park venue.
The Philadelphia-based partners and their company, Emerald Green Group, won the lease this summer over hometown favorites including the caterer Great Performances. The Bloomberg administration's selection of Mr. Caiola and Mr. Salama raised eyebrows in part because Mr. Caiola's sister is married to Kevin Sheekey, Mayor Bloomberg's former deputy mayor who currently serves as a top executive at Bloomberg LP. Some New York restaurant industry insiders doubted the credentials of the pair, who run Philadelphia's Crêperie Beau Monde and L'Etage 624.
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Ilene Misheloff was 13 years old when she disappeared in Dublin more than two decades ago, but her family continues to search for their daughter.
A candlelight vigil and ecumenical prayer service to be held Monday night will mark the 23rd anniversary of Ilene's disappearance.
On the day she disappeared, Ilene had left school early after being excused from a physical education class, according to her family.
She walked home alone, and was last seen at the intersection of San Ramon Road and Amador Valley Boulevard.
Monday's vigil will retrace her steps along that route, beginning at Wells Middle School at 6800 Penn Drive.
Mike and Maddi Misheloff, along with Ilene's twin brother, Brian, will lead the walk as they have done every year since Ilene went missing.
The vigil will begin at 7 p.m. and will conclude with a short prayer service at St. Raymond Catholic Church at 11555 Shannon Ave. in Dublin.
The Misheloffs say they are hoping someone has information and will come forward.
A picture of what Ilene would look like today can be found on the website www.find-ilene.org along with information about rewards and tips for preventing child abductions.
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Few Specifics Mean China Banks Could Stay in the Shadows
China sent its clearest signal so far about how it wants to handle its growing debt problem: very carefully.
The government's top decision-making body, the State Council, drafted a framework for regulation that recognizes that the growth of loans from shadow banking institutions has become a growing problem and tried to parse out responsibility for dealing with the issue to the country's central bank and financial regulators.
In the stilted language of government, the State Council demanded that detailed regulation of different kinds of shadow-lending activities be carried out "one by one," and proper internal controls and risk-management systems be set up by "relevant institutions."
But equally important was what the State Council didn't say: It made no mention of trying to sharply ratchet down China's debt which since 2008, has grown to 216% of GDP from 128% and could climb to 271% by 2017 if not corrected, according to Fitch Ratings. Indeed, the framework regulation goes out of its way to call shadow banking is an "inevitable" result of financial innovation and has played an "active" role in serving the economy and broadening the investment channels for Chinese individuals.
It left out the specifics of what to do to China's regulators, who will fight it out among themselves and with lenders and local governments, which have found the status quo profitable.
Why the on-the-one-hand, on-the-other-hand approach?
China's leaders remain worried about maintaining economic growth, employment and social stability. And that growth remains dependent on lending. Shadow banking, which includes traditional banks' off-balance-sheet lending arms, trust companies, insurance firms, pawnbrokers and other informal lenders-plays an important role in financing infrastructure and real-estate investment which is at the heart of China's rapid growth.
Reversing the build-up of debt could especially hurt the profits of big state-owned Chinese banks which often work hand-in-hand with informal lenders such as trust companies and loan guarantors. Indeed, rumors about the State Council plan have contributed to a sell-off in China's stock market since late last week.
More In Shadow Banking
- China Regulator Tries Again To Rein In Banks' Shadow Assets
- Making P2P Lending Work in China -- What's Your Model
- China's Shadow Banking Slowing Less Than Advertised
- Economists React: Shadow Lending Grows in China
- Dark Times For China's Shadow-Banking Boom
- When a $210 Million Bet Goes Bad: Investors Stage Shadow Bank Protest in Beijing
For 2013, China is likely to grow at 7.6%, just 0.1 percentage point higher than its growth target. In 2014, economists expect China's leaders to commit again to 7.5% growth. They are unlikely to meet that target if they undertake a bout of serious deleveraging.
In the short term, that means more building and investment - and a richer market for the foreign commodity suppliers and capital goods makers that export to China.
But if China lets its debt load to continue to grow -- even if shadow banking institutions are better regulated -- it makes the financial system more vulnerable to a sharp reversal. If that happens, China's economic growth could sharply contract, leaving foreign and domestic firms battered, and China's leaders having to figure out how to prevent the social instability they are trying to avoid.
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Overland Park, Ks — In today's market, cardio sales can be tough for manufacturers, but some of the cardio equipment companies that are enjoying a measure of success right now are younger companies using newer marketing approaches to focus their sales efforts on a specific product rather than multiple categories of products.
Motus USA is using social networking mediums, such as Facebook and Twitter, to reach out to current and potential customers, says Tania Cobb, vice president and CFO at the Carson, CA-based company.
"Word of mouth has become so important in these alternative mediums because we are able to bring all of our clients — existing and potential — into these mediums and enable our existing clients to communicate with these individuals," Cobb says.
Motus USA, which entered the U.S. market in 2005, also has been actively hiring salespeople.
"It's very important to have a strong sales force and not to be cutting back on your sales force right now," Cobb says. "This year and into 2010 is going to be a very aggressive marketing and sales time in our company's history."
Motus USA has not had the sales growth it expected at the beginning of the year, Cobb says, but she adds that the second quarter of 2009 is on par with the second quarter of 2008.
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Octane Fitness, founded eight years ago, is experiencing the fruits of a marketing approach used over the last two to three years that included trial and demonstration periods, says Tim Porth, co-founder and executive vice president of marketing and product development for the Brooklyn Park, MN-based company. Club owners that purchased two elliptical units per club are now purchasing 10, 16 or even 20 units per club, Porth says.
"Business has been really good," he says. "We're finally breaking into those larger accounts. We want to do the best product in a category, instead of doing 'me, too' products or trying to leverage ourselves with everything we sell."
Octane Fitness' partnership with the state of Kentucky's firefighters helped to almost double the elliptical units sold to that group within the last year, Porth says.
One of the advantages that LeMond Fitness, Woodinville, WA, has in the marketplace is maintaining its focus on its indoor upright and recumbent bikes, says John Post, president and CEO. LeMond Fitness was founded in 2002 by three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond.
"We don't have to deal with the wide spectrum of other product categories," Post says.
Another player in the indoor bike market is RealRyder International, which came onto the fitness club scene last year. Sean Harrington, president of RealRyder, Santa Monica, CA, says sales have had an average increase of 50 percent per month over the first 10 months.
Harrington also says more of his customers are treating RealRyder bikes, which move side to side like real bikes, as a business opportunity rather than simply adding them to their clubs. Ride the Zone, a spinning studio, has grown to four clubs — two in The Hamptons on Long Island, NY, and two in New York City — with the help of RealRyder units. A fifth Ride the Zone club is scheduled to open in Florida. Three other clubs outfitted with RealRyder units have recently opened, Harrington says.
"The economy doesn't affect us as much because we're getting those early adopters," Harrington says. "We started in a poor economy. We don't know what it's like to be in a good economy. We probably would sell twice as many units in a better economy."
Although Expresso Fitness, Sunnyvale, CA, experienced growth in revenue in first quarter 2009 compared to first quarter 2008, the company is aware that its customers are more careful about spending money, says Judy Barker, Expresso's director of product marketing.
"Customers are becoming more price sensitive and are looking for the best value for their money," says Barker, who did not disclose specific sales numbers.
Customers also are more apt to "shop around" for equipment, Cobb says, which increases the potential for more business at many manufacturers.


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CHICAGO, IL—The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) awarded Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. a Gold award in the foods/carry-out category for the Long John Silver's Kids Treasure Chest meal package. The carton features a secret compartment for a hidden toy surprise, as well as a locking tuck feature on the lid. Angie Learn, structural design manager for Smurfit-Stone, designed the package.
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I don't really know why Greenwood wasn't a full-time cast member for season one — she had way more screen time than Katia Winter, who plays Ichabod's wife Katrina, and was featured in the opening credits — so I'm happy to see her getting her due. But I'm super-excited for John Noble, partially because John Noble is awesome, but mainly because he was a major part of what made Sleepy Hollow's season one finale so mind-bendingly fantastic. I won't spoil it for you guys, but let me assure you that Noble's increased presence on the show is very good news. And if you aren't watching Sleepy Hollow, you're missing some damned entertaining TV.


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A former neighbor of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro pleaded guilty on Monday to murders and rapes committed nearly two decades ago and was sentenced to more than 400 years in prison with no chance of parole, prosecutors said.
Elias Acevedo, Sr., 49, became a suspect in two murders committed in the 1990s after the FBI re-examined the disappearance of other missing women from the Seymour Avenue neighborhood in the aftermath of Castro's arrest in May.
Castro was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping, raping and torturing three women for about a decade, after they and the child he fathered with one of them were rescued from his home nearby.
One month into his sentence, Castro was found hanged in his cell and his death has been ruled a suicide.
Acevedo pleaded guilty on Monday to all 297 counts against him, including the murder, kidnapping and rape of Pamela Pemberton, his 30-year-old neighbor, found strangled in 1994 and to the murder of Christina Adkins, a pregnant 18-year-old who disappeared in 1995.
Adkins body was discovered in a manhole off a busy highway in October, 18 years after her disappearance.
Acevedo also pleaded guilty to three rapes of children and the rape of his brother's common-law wife in 1993. He was sentenced to 445 years in prison.
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PHOTOPHILE- Hoppin' happenin': Beetnix shoot a vid
After a hiatus of over a year, the Charlottesville based hip-hop group The Beetnix came together to record a music video, Let's Go, for their upcoming album (not yet titled). The group features Damani Harrison, Waterloo, and Anonamys. In the group's downtime, Harrison worked closely with the Music Resource Center, while Waterloo and Anonamys worked on their respective solo albums: Cherry Blossoms and Gunpowder and The Interview.
The Beetnix present their new songs at Starr Hill Friday, February 23.
Zocalo on the Downtown Mall was hopping Monday, January 28, for the filming. Hot lights and soft boxes filled the closed restaurant to provide (h)optimum conditions for the movie cameras on tracks and booms. Mock-tails helped director Eric Hurt create exactly the scene he wanted, right down to what kind of fake frosty beverage each person had in hand.
After each scene Hurt yelled, "Roll playback"– to get the music pumping– "...and action!"
(from left)Damani, Anonamys, and Waterloo look to the ceiling for inspiration.
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Are these guys wishing to fail???! Chas Webster is their manager!! Haha! He's a derelict and completely dishonest...not to mention incompetent! Good luck with that guys!
just kiddin bout that last comment..he's alright..sometimes
sorry i couldn't be there y'all. my helicopter ran out of gas [again](!)...spent all my unemployment $$$ on the freshest new era caps in town. can't wait for the next beetnix music!


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SAMPER-TERNENT, Rafael; MICHAELS-OBREGON, Alejandra; WONG, Rebeca e PALLONI, Alberto. Older adults under a mixed regime of infectious and chronic diseases. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2012, vol.54, n.5, pp.487-495. ISSN 0036-3634.
OBJECTIVE: Analyze the impact of a mixed regime of infectious and chronic conditions among older adults in Mexico on their health progression. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 12 207 adults from the Mexican Health and Aging Study were included. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the relationship between self-reported health (SRH) and covariates, including infectious and chronic diseases. Changes in SRH between 2001-2003 were analyzed using multinomial analysis. RESULTS: Older age, low SES, poor SRH and type of disease at baseline increase the odds of poor SRH at follow-up. Odds of poor SRH are highest for persons with both types of diseases (OR 2.63, SE 0.24), followed by only chronic (OR 1.86; SE 0.12) and finally only infectious (OR 1.55; SE 0.25). CONCLUSION: Mexico is experiencing a mixed regime of diseases that affects the health and wellbe-ing of older adults. Despite the rising importance of chronic diseases in countries like Mexico, it is premature to disregard the relevance of infectious diseases for public health.
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Would like a professional logo that oozes style, professionalism and health.
Other words to sum up brand: Simple, clean, modern, professional, aspirational, vibrant, energetic, colourful, life giving.
The logo will appear on business cards, stationary, and website, and thus should be legible in various sizes. The logo should be legible in color or black and white.
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What did they have like four for sale? I really hate Wal Mart.
Quote from: John C on September 3, 2010, 11:50 AM What did they have like four for sale? I really hate Wal Mart.Any why is this available only "in limited stores"?!?!?!The closest WalMart to me according to the in-store search is over 30 miles away. Meanwhile, I have a WalMart that's less than 2 miles away, another that's 10 miles away and a third that's less than 20 miles away. Why couldn't one of those three damn stores have been one of the few "limited" stores?!?!
You know what REALLY stinks about this? It's that EVERY WalMart will have those p.o.s. DVD 2-packs with the episodes from the Malevolence episode arc from CW Season 1 - you know - the ones NO ONE wants!
This is ridiculous.
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text: Demonstration of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, at a naval base in California. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon 1 juin 2017 Private defense companies are here to stay – what does that mean for national security? Charles Mahoney, California State University, Long Beach For-profit corporations are deeply embedded in US national security infrastructure – and they're not going anywhere.


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Every time the wind blows hard, the frustration bubbles up again in Russ Griggs' mind.
The Fayette superintendent of schools was successful in obtaining grants for the installation of a 250kW wind turbine that was dedicated last December.
The generator began kicking out electricity a few weeks later and by spring the district was seeing a large decrease in its utility bill.
And then it came to a halt in early October, with the brisk fall winds starting to blow.
"Of course we didn't have this problem in the summer when the wind wasn't blowing," Griggs told the school board Monday.
Now, when the turbine could be operating at its best, a malfunction has taken it out of service.
An internal drive was removed Oct. 12 and sent to New York for repairs, but that wasn't the source of the problem.
A large crane was brought in from Cleveland on Monday and removed the 3,300 pound generator that was taken to a company in Bryan, Ohio, for maintenance. Damage in the sealed unit won't be known until it's opened for inspection.
Damage to the drive and generator was caused by a short circuit and the turbine won't go back into operation until the source of the problem is tracked down. It's presumed that one of the generator cables in the tower is shorting out.
Engineers will determine if the problem is with the cable itself or the manner in which it was installed. Griggs is hoping the turbine will be back in operation before the end of the year.
The only good thing about the problem, he said, is that the unit comes with a one-year warranty and the district purchased an extended five-year warranty.
"My wife tells me to quit stressing out every time the wind blows," Griggs said.


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Gwyneth Paltrow and Stella McCartney hosted an English garden party for GOOP in the Hamptons on Friday. How do you make it on the guest list for this event? If I walked in would they automatically direct my Chinese ass into the kitchen? The dress with the two hearts is Stella, obviously. I love it a LOT. As much as I love Kerry Washington's from Teen Choice a couple of weeks ago.
Yesterday G was photographed in a great grey maxi heading to a book signing. Last week several of you wrote to me about a story in US Weekly about how G was at a family dinner and everyone ate carbs but she only ate steamed vegetables. OK. I don't know what you want me to say about this. That she's a liar? They're all liars! Blake Lively eats cupcakes and sweets and looks like she does?
I'm telling you, you eat BABY FOOD and kale at those Tracy Anderson retreats while working out twice a day – THAT is how a body like Gwyneth's happens. You remember what Julianne Moore, one of the only honest ones, said about what it's like being famous?
"I'm hungry all the time."


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2013 Track and Field: Finished first at the TSU Invite in the distance medley relay crossing the line in 10:42.91s... Also awarded second place in the 4x4 with a time of 3:24.14s... Placed fifth in both the 4x4 and distance medley relay at the Atlantic Sun Indoor Track and Field Championships posting a time of 3:24.19s in the 4x4 and a time of 10:36.94s in the DMR... Marked a personal best in five events during the outdoor season with a time of 11.83s in the 100m, 23.71s in the 200m, 50.99s in the 400m, 1:59.23s in the 800m, and 44.79 meters in the javelin throw... Placed first at the Margaret Simmons Invitational in the 4x4 crossing the line in 3:33.45s.
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Pursat, CambodiaKirsty Turner
This picturesque and peaceful town is a great place to unwind for a while and it serves as a base for those wishing to explore the stunningly beautiful Central Cardamoms Protected Forest. Pursat is also a transit point Battambang and Phnom Penh and this is a pretty place to pause and slow the pace a little as you travel between the two cities.
One of Pursat's most famous features is its marble carvers, and visitors will have the chance to watch local craftsmen honing their skills in various workshops as they explore and it is even possible to purchase finished pieces to take home as gifts and souvenirs.
The floating village of Kompong Luong is a great place for a day trip. Situated on the mighty Tonle Sap Lake, this is a pretty place to explore and watch the fishermen at work. There are also a number of good restaurants here serving fresh fish and traditional Khmer dishes.
Another good day trip destination is Nhek Ta Khleang Moeung, where people travel to of worship the spirit of Nhek Ta and ask for his assistance. The site is situated 3 miles from Pursat and is a particularly pleasant walk.
Slightly further away, the sacred site of Baktra is also worth visiting. Climb the high hill for spectacular views of the area and see the pretty forest stream and natural wells. For an alternative way to see the countryside, take a trip on the traditional bamboo railway before returning to Pursat for a good meal in one of the local restaurants.
As you explore the area you will discover a number of pretty waterfalls, which are the perfect place to cool down after hiking in the heat of the day. In the evening, join the local people who gather in the small park near the bridge to enjoy the cool river breeze and relaxed atmosphere.


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In addition to the impressive slate of films in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, the town in southern France will once again host the Director's Fortnight, started in 1968 "to aid filmmakers and contribute to their discovery by the critics and audiences alike."
Michel Gondry, whose last film, "The Green Hornet," left almost everyone feeling disappointed, will kick off the Director's Fortnight with a screening of "The We & The I." The film was shot in the Bronx, and follows a group of kids taking the bus home on the last day of school.
Other notable films include Rodney Ascher's "Room 237," a documentary that looks at Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" and its hidden meanings, as well as "Sightseers," a comedy about a camping trip gone wrong from from director Ben Wheatley.
U.S. & World
Here's the complete line-up:
3 / by Pablo Stoll Ward (Uruguay, Allemagne, Argentine / Uruguay, Germany, Argentina)
Adieu Berthe / by Bruno Podalydès (France)
Alyah / by Elie Wajeman (France) – Caméra d'or
Camille redouble / by Noémie Lvovsky (France)
Dae gi eui wang / The King of Pigs / by Yeun Sang-Ho (Corée du Sud / South Korea) – Caméra d'or
Dangerous Liaisons / by Hur Jin-Ho (Chine / China)
El Taaib / Le Repenti / by Merzak Allouache (Algérie / Algeria)
Ernest et Célestine / by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner (France, Belgique, Luxembourg / France, Belgium, Luxembourg)
Fogo / by Yulene Olaizola (Mexique, Canada)
Gangs of Wasseypur / by Anurag Kashyap (Inde / India)
Infancia clandestina/ Enfance clandestine / by Benjamin Ávila (Argentine, Espagne, Brésil / Argantina, Spain, Brazil)
La noche enfrente / La Nuit d'en face / by Raoul Ruiz (France, Chili / France, Chile)
La Sirga / by William Vega (Colombie, France, Mexique / Colombia, France, Mexico) – Caméra d'or
No / by Pablo Larraín (Chili, Etats-Unis / Chile, USA)
Opération Libertad / by Nicolas Wadimoff (Suisse, France / Switzerland, France)
Rengaine / Hold Back / by Rachid Djaidani (France) – Caméra d'or
Room 237 / by Rodney Ascher (Etats-Unis / USA) – Caméra d'or
Sightseers / by Ben Wheatley (Royaume Uni / United Kingdom)
Sueño y silencio / by Jaime Rosales (Espagne / Spain)
The We and the I / by Michel Gondry (Etats-Unis / USA)
Yek Khanévadéh-e Mohtaram / Une famille respectable / A Respectable Family / by Massoud Bakhshi (Iran)- Caméra d'or


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Students will learn about the different types of workers needed for the construction of the Empire State Building. Through research and discussion, students will come to understand and appreciate not only what a colossal feat it was to build the world's tallest structure in record time, but also the extraordinary teamwork of the men who built it.
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Students investigate a scientific or technological aspect of the Empire State Building and explain how it works.
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Students will contemplate why the Empire State Building means so much to so many people. They will then research the era in which the building was built, the Great Depression, to gain an understanding of why this building is one of the world's greatest success stories.


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What do "Moby-Dick," "Crime and Punishment" and the iTunes terms and conditions agreement all have in common? Each is epically long, and despite a nagging feeling that you should have read it, you probably haven't.
That's the sweet spot for the mischievous, pastiche-heavy artist Robert Sikoryak, whose comic book adaptations have typically combined cartoons with classic literature, including Dostoyevsky in the style of Batman and Dante's "Inferno" as told via Bazooka Joe bubble-gum-wrapper parodies.
For his new graphic novel, "Terms and Conditions," out on Tuesday, Mr. Sikoryak (who often signs his work "R. Sikoryak") upped the difficulty level for his long-term conceptual project: Instead of abridging a book, he lifted the complete text of Apple's mind-numbing corporate boilerplate, which users must agree to before accessing iTunes, and mashed it up with art invoking more than a century of comics. Rather than merely drawing in the loose style of another artist, Mr. Sikoryak modeled each page after specific bits of others' work, mimicking panels from Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's "The Amazing Spider-Man," Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" and Alison Bechdel's "Fun Home," among dozens of others.
The result, Mr. Sikoryak explained, combines his childhood love for Mad magazine spoofs with John Cage's theories of art and the influence of Art Spiegelman. "I felt that my work was kind of derivative, and I didn't want to be a second-rate version of what was happening in comics elsewhere," Mr. Sikoryak said in an interview, recalling his days as an art student at Parsons School of Design in the late 1980s. "The answer to all my issues with unconscious pastiche was to just make it conscious."
More than two decades into that endeavor, Mr. Sikoryak found that the iTunes terms and conditions appealed to him as source material precisely because they don't lend themselves to illustration. "It's anti-comics," he said. "It seems counterintuitive, and if it's counterintuitive, it's probably interesting to do."
To create a narrative through line for "Terms and Conditions," the artist used the recognizable signifiers of Steve Jobs, an Apple founder, in almost every frame, dressing a character in Mr. Jobs's customary attire. "The glasses, the beard, the hair, the black turtleneck, the jeans and the sneakers — he had a costume that was as iconic as Charlie Brown's zigzag or Batman's bat symbol," Mr. Sikoryak said.
What began as a small-scale side project bloomed into a full graphic novel from the publisher Drawn and Quarterly when Mr. Sikoryak's colorful scenes featuring the dull text drew attention on Tumblr. He posted them there at the urging of Françoise Mouly, art director for The New Yorker.
"I didn't imagine anyone would pay me for this," Mr. Sikoryak said, calling the high-concept bit a "very silly idea."
Yet, as it turns out, Mr. Sikoryak, who uses Apple products and insisted he does not feel adversarial toward the company, was also preserving the historical record. Not long after he finished drawing "Terms and Conditions," Apple amended its user agreement, as the company shifted focus from iTunes toward the streaming platform Apple Music. The absurdly detailed text, which somehow became readable through Mr. Sikoryak's playful interpretation, shrunk from 20,669 words to just under 7,000 in what is now called the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.
"This is the unabridged version," Mr. Sikoryak said of his book.
Surrounded by comics at his East Village apartment, Mr. Sikoryak detailed some of the multilayered references found in "Terms and Conditions." These are edited excerpts from the conversation.
'FAMILY CIRCUS' I was looking for pages that had a lot of space for text, but not ones that would necessarily sync up with the text. For the most part, I had no idea what the text was going to be on each page. "Family Circus" is most famous for the daily comic, which is a single panel with a line underneath, but often the Sundays would have all of the children speaking over one another, with a million word balloons on the page. That's a strip that I have some feelings for from when I was a kid.
'GARFIELD' My first computer was an iMac, so I have a lot of affection for that device. In most pages, I'll have someone operating some computer, and somehow Garfield's head just reminded me of the iMac. I'm actually really happy with that page. Garfield's not even really in it, but you know it's "Garfield."
WONDER WOMAN This is near the end of the book, and I hadn't done Wonder Woman yet. I tried to get a lot of the big comics characters in there. H. G. Peter, he was the first artist of the character. It's very iconic and kind of out of time, even in the '40s. Everything about the old Wonder Woman comics feels like they're coming from a different world than Superman and Batman, so I really wanted to get that in.
'MY LITTLE PONY' I actually went to the iTunes comics page to see what was popular and selling. I wasn't that familiar with the "My Little Pony" comic, but it met the parameters of what I needed. What's interesting about that page for me is that the style of the rendering isn't that much like the TV show, but I didn't want to change it. This was a comic-book spinoff with a kind of painterly coloring style.
'PEANUTS' Joe Cool, the Snoopy persona, is not that far from Steve Jobs. I had to use "Peanuts," that's why it's in the first 10 pages or so, because that was one of the first things I knew I wanted to do. I've always been interested in pulling people into comics who might not even be that into comics, but are aware of them: "Oh yeah, I saw that Christmas special with the dog, right?" People might recognize the characters or the general notion of a strip and that sort of pulls them in.


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Camden voters picking new probate judge
Sales tax extension approved; Kingsland voters OK Sunday alcohol sales
KINGSLAND, Ga. – Two of six candidates for Camden County's special election Tuesday for probate judge will meet again next month in a runoff.
In unofficial results, Robert "Bo" Sweat received 38 percent of the vote and Martin Turner finished with 20 percent. Allison Crews, Debbie Middleton, Shavon Gibbs and Rich Gamble split the rest of the votes.
Under Georgia law, if no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote the top two will face each other into a runoff. Sweat, a lawyer, and Tuner, co-owner of an air conditioning company, will meet April 16 in runoff.
The special election was needed to replace Probate Judge Martin Gillette, who agreed to stay on temporarily when the woman elected last November to replace Gillette -- his longtime assistant, Shirley Wise -- pleaded guilty to three criminal charges shortly after last November's election.
Also Tuesday, Camden County voters overwhelmingly passed a six-year extension of a special sales tax and approved Sunday alcohol sales in Kingsland.
The sales tax revenue would fund roads, bridges, drainage, water and sewer improvements.
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Justus Vogel has been working for the Department of Healthcare Management of the Berlin University of Technology as a research fellow since February 2018. One the one hand, Mr. Vogel is a member of the DFG-funded project "Outcome Transparency and its effect on Quality of Care" and on the other hand, he is part of the TU Berlin team creating a report on hospital capacity planning for the ministery of health of Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Mr. Vogel's research focus is on how outcome quality and transparency influence patients' hospital choice, the simulation of minimum volume requirements on the structure of the hospital sector and patient safety as well as treatment, demand and quality oriented hospital capacity planning.
Mr. Vogel received his Bachelor and Master of Science degree in International Management from the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management where he studied from 2010 to 2015. Subsequently, he worked in the Cologne office of the Boston Consulting Group for more than two years. He was exclusively involved in projects in the healthcare sector with a special focus on hospital topics.


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Something happened in my family this week. I'm talking, unforgivable. My husband made an announcement. Ready to hear what it was? Brace yourself.
He told me he doesn't love pumpkin. He says it's just "okay." I KNOW!!!!! I was shocked. I mean, the man I have known for over half my life is going to confess this to me. Now? When I'm deep in the heart of baking every pumpkin dessert known to man? My heart broke a little bit. Until I realized something.
More for me.
Pumpkin Spice Biscotti
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup pumpkin
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 3/4 cup flour
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup pecans, chopped (optional)
- 1 1/2 Tbsp crystallized ginger (optional)
- 11oz white chocolate morsels
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
- In mixer, combine eggs, pumpkin and vanilla. Beat until creamy. Beat in spices. Slowly beat in the flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Beat until the crumbly texture becomes smooth.
- Divide dough in half. I like to add the chopped pecans and crystallized ginger to half the batter at this point, and leave the other half plain.
- Form two 12 inch long logs (about 2-3 inches wide) on a parchment lined baking sheet. I use my hands to press dough into the shape.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven. Turn oven down to 300 degrees. Allow biscotti to cool for about 15 minutes. Using a serated knife, slice biscotti into 1 inch thick slices. Lay each slice on it's side and return to the oven for an additional 20 minutes. The biscotti will continue to harden as it cools.
- In microwave safe bowl, add chocolate morsels and pumpkin pie spice. Microwave on medium heat for 30 second intervals, mixing between each interval. When smooth frost the cooled biscotti.
- You can frost the biscotti by dipping the bottoms into the chocolate mixture, and letting the chocolate set (about 1 hour). Or put chocolate in a ziploc bag, snip the corner, and drizzle over the top of the biscotti. Allow to set about an hour. Enjoy!


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Ruthia's Grasshopper
(The following was submitted by RMU senior nursing student Lee Folk, who recently returned from Nicaragua, where a group of nursing students travel twice yearly to provide basic health care to residents in the barrio around the capital of Managua. The trip is led by Carl Ross, university professor of nursing at RMU.)
The ferry eventually reaches the dock, and it continues to bob on the waves of Lake Managua as we make our way down the plank. Having spent the past forty-five minutes on the top deck of the boat, leaning into the fierce wind, I am glad to be back on solid ground. We climb the vibrantly painted steps of the pier toward the parking lot where our driver is guarding the van. It's late afternoon on our first full day in Managua. The murky brown waters of the lake are now disguised by the growing radiance of the sinking sun. I snap one last picture of the rolling waves behind me and climb into the van.
The driver takes us directly across the empty parade grounds of Managua. While these grounds now lie silent, they have been witness to many magnificent celebrations in recent decades. Dr. Ross directs the driver across the square and points him toward the Old Cathedral and La Casa de Los Pueblos. The Old Cathedral was the grandest church in all of Nicaragua until earthquake and revolution stripped it of its glory and left it to the winds to decay. Now it stands as a bullet-strewn skeleton of concrete and glass. The construction is still magnificent, with lofty arches and two great bell towers stretching toward the sky. A clock on the right tower remains frozen at 12:35, never to move again.
On opposing sides of the square lie the executive residences of the Nicaraguan president. There is the traditional Casa de Blanco, whose name is taken directly from America's own White House. Upon his ascension to power, President Daniel Ortega decided to construct his own mansion, despite widespread public outcry. He called it La Casa de la Pueblos, or "House of the People." The high gates that surround the perimeter seem to contradict that title.
The children are everywhere. From the moment we step foot in the square, kids are all around us, trying to sell us little crafts made out of fern leaves of some kind. I watch a young boy working fiercely to finish the construction of one such leaf. He fashions the leaf into an incredibly accurate replica of a grasshopper. I know the consequences of such an action, but I take out a dollar anyway in exchange for the boy's unique work of art. He smiles and takes it from me quickly. Sure enough, three or four more children instantly appear on either side of me. "Sólo uno más?" they plead with me. Just one more?
I remember Dr. Ross' advice. Sometimes you just have to say no. But there is one little girl who is extremely persistent in getting my attention. She never stops working with her leaves as she follows me across the square. I decide that my first grasshopper will get lonely without a friend. I ask her to make me another. She immediately goes to work crafting another grasshopper. She tells me her name is Ruthia. I pull out a dollar bill and hit 'record' on my camera to capture her amazingly honed talent. The competition for tourist's spare change is fierce in this city square. Several boys stand off to the side and try to divert my attention from the industrious girl. I notice that Dr. Ross is standing behind me, watching closely. "Those boys will beat her up for the money she makes as soon as we are gone," he tells me under his breath. I look up at him in disbelief.
"She won't be able to hold onto this money?" I ask him.
"Not likely. And what's worse, if she doesn't return home with a certain amount of money, she will be beaten again by her parents."
The tone of the unfolding scene has now shifted from merely curious to absolutely heart-wrenching. Ruthia's hands continue to fly over the leaf, and the shape of a grasshopper emerges. She holds it out to me with pride, and smiles. I hand her the dollar, the dollar that will be taken from her as soon as I walk off the square. And she hands me grasshopper, the grasshopper that is now sitting beside me on the nightstand. To her, I was just another American tourist with a dollar. To me, she was the girl I'll never forget.


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...to Wave Blasters of Florida. We are a radio controlled model boat club in Fort Pierce, Fl. Our members include both scale and fast electric boats. Our club is affiliated with the North American Model Boat Association (NAMBA) which supports the interests of all our club members.
We meet weekly at Palm Lake Park in Indian River Estates under the pavilion on the east side of the pond. There is lots of shade from the pavilion and trees. The park also has a playground for the kids. Check the Scale and Fast Electric pages for meet dates and times.
WOW! Look at all the water
along with the shallow banks makes it really easy to launch a boat
1/10th Scale Replica of a 1960's Era Thunder Boat.
This boat is three feet long and reaches speeds over 50 MPH
Our scale members have some beautiful boats that have taken a lot of time and effort to build. Come out and watch them in all their glory as they cruise around the pond Sunday mornings. You are sure to appreciate the realistic look of these painstakingly crafted boats.
Also keep checking the scale page for future regatta events in the works....