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The task of the unbeliever is to help bring civil rights and bring attention to our cause. However, you can never forget that there is a RISK to doing so. Sometimes... you put your life on the line to do the right thing. Youtube Atheist Asia McGowan was one of us... and she paid for her activism with her life. Let us not forget her. Although many news sources at the time may be ambiguous about the motives of her killer, Anthony Powell... from the way he spoke in his last video... I am less sure that some of the speculation going on is true. It was speculated that Asia was secretly seeing him... which her family doubted... and so do I. And apparently [for some unknown reason] he was her "friend" on facebook.
It is believed that Anthony had a "fixation" with Asia.... although I'm not sure what to think. Anthony Powell was a well known youtuber himself... a fundamentalist with a real hatred for atheists. Whatever the reason... Asia paid for her videos with her life.
After the murders... Ffreethinker posted a video containing one of the last known uploads of Powell and in it... his chilling murderous hatred of atheists is revealed.
Police search for motive in Henry Ford Community College murder-suicide
Tanveer Ali and Christina Stolarz / The Detroit News
Dearborn -- Police are trying to piece together what led a 28-year-old male student to carry a shotgun into a classroom at Henry Ford Community College where he shot and killed a 20-year-old aspiring actress before turning the gun on himself Friday.
Police wouldn't comment on the couple's relationship, but said Anthony Powell of Detroit shot Asia McGowan of Ecorse before committing suicide.
The two had at least one class together -- a theater class held earlier Friday, according to police.
Aveah McGowan said Friday evening that her sister had spoken of Powell.
"I think they were just seeing each other," 22-year-old Aveah McGowan said by phone from Ecorse.
But the girls' father, Turahn McGowan, said he had never heard of Powell.
"She was beautiful, an aspiring actress and dancer," said Turahn McGowan, who added that his daughter had planned to try out for the Fox network's "So You Think You Can Dance" talent competition.
Little is known about Powell. No one answered the phone at his Detroit home Friday.
Anthony Powell was listed as one of Asia McGowan's 800 friends on Facebook.com, a social networking Web site.
On Friday night multiple messages of shock and disbelief were left on McGowan's page.
"I can't believe that such a sweet and beautiful person is gone just like that," one wrote.
Student Carolyn Cajas, 39, of Dearborn said she had recently performed in a play "Wisdom and Wonder" with McGowan. "It's going to affect us all here. We're like family," she said.
Some students were able to leave the campus quickly when word spread of the shooting.
Other students and faculty were confined to classrooms when the college enforced a campuswide lockdown. Classes have been canceled until Monday.
First-year nursing student Julia Barhoumeh was in the building next door to the Fine Arts Center where the shooting occurred.
A student ran into the building warning them a man with a gun was near.
"Everyone started running out of the building," said Barhoumeh, a 21-year-old Dearborn Heights resident. "I just ran. I didn't know if I was going to be the next target."
Shortly after 12:30 p.m., police responded to a call that initially described an assault with shots fired, said Gregg Brighton, Dearborn deputy police chief.
A team of cops entered a south hallway and heard another gunshot, Brighton said. Officers entered a classroom and discovered the two bodies. Police say McGowan was alone in the room when she was shot.
One 23-year-old student said she was inside the fine arts building during the shootings. The woman, who didn't want to be identified because she said she was too shaken up, said she heard people arguing and then heard what she later realized were shotgun blasts.
"The doors here are heavy. I thought it was the door slamming," she said. "It's just a tragedy."
At least eight detectives from Dearborn and the Michigan State Police worked the campus, piecing together what happened. Minutes after the incident, videos started showing up on YouTube showing police swarming the campus.
Marjorie Swan, comptroller for the community college, thanked police and said: "Our hearts go out to the family and the friends of the young woman who lost her life today."
The college released an e-mail after the shooting to warn the campus of a lockdown. "Armed police officers are on campus near the Fine Arts building," the e-mail said. "If you are on campus, lock down your classrooms and offices immediately. Do not leave until cleared to do so."
"We received an e-mail telling us to lock down our offices and classrooms," said James Smith, a physics professor.
Smith said he was on lockdown in his office for about an hour before he was cleared by authorities to go home.
Student Amanda Rebain had just dropped a friend off at class when she got a text message from a friend: "Gunman at HFCC leave now." She thought the sender was joking, so she called her.
It wasn't the last call she would make.
"I was so worried about her and all my friends," said Rebain, a 21-year-old nursing student. "I called everybody I knew who would be there to make sure they were OK. You don't expect that kind of thing to happen here."
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I personally think that the motive of Anthony to kill was clear. He was mentally ill and that mental illness compounded his simultaneous hatred of what Asia was [a proud, independent, sucessful female atheist with a bright future] and his obsession with her [he was most definitely a stalker - probably an online only stalker but who knows...] he had a dangerous obsessive attraction to her and according to Asia's friends and family, she never spoke about him... indicating that she didn't share his feelings and was probably unaware of his obsession with her.
When she was killed, she was alone with Anthony, leading me to believe that he probably tried to confront her to confess his feelings and after being rejected by her, lost it and his hatred of her atheism and her independence as a woman took over.... so he shot her.
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Proof-of-Keys [PoK] is an event that was started by an entrepreneur Trace Mayer to help people in the crypto-space regain monetary sovereignty and spread cryptocurrency literacy to the people that are already a part of the cryptocurrency space or are entering.
The event is scheduled for January 3, 2019, on the 10th anniversary of Bitcoin's Genesis Block generation. The supporters of the initiative will transfer all or most of their cryptocurrency holdings from exchanges or third parties to their cold wallets, the private keys to which are under users' control.
Trace Mayer, in a video dated December 9, 2018, spoke about the PoK initiative and elaborated why he wants everyone to actively take part in the event, which would mainly be to educate the users in the crypto-space and help them take control of their funds. Moreover, it would be a stress test for the exchanges to prove if they really hold all of the users' cryptocurrency funds.
Lanyards 2 Amazon Badge Id Neck com Vertical Holders With sided The event gained massive traction as many people in the crypto-community on Twitter added "[Jan/3➞₿ ∎]" to their Twitter handle, showing their support towards the Proof-of-Keys event.
Most of the people who own cryptocurrencies have it stored on exchanges, which means that the users are not in control of their private keys and hence, they are not in control of their cryptocurrencies.
Cryptocurrency exchanges are always susceptible to breaches from hacks and more than a couple hundred million in cryptocurrencies have already been lost to such attacks.
Caitlin Long, a Wall Street veteran and founder of Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, and Nick Szabo, a computer scientist who invented "Bit Gold", the direct pre-cursor for Bitcoin architecture, also showed their support by changing their Twitter handle.
The major reason that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies came to life was to remove third parties that took control of the users' funds. The aim was to be their own bank. Another important outcome of the event was that it would force exchanges to prove that they actually hold the cryptocurrencies that they claim they have.
However, recent studies have shown that most cryptocurrency exchanges are faking trading volumes of certain assets to attract ICOs to list their tokens on exchanges. Bithumb, a Korean exchange, saw a massive unexplained increase in trading volume as per the study by a firm, CryptoExchangeRanks.
Moreover, according to Blockchain Transparency Institute [BTI], Binance, Bitfinex, and Liquid are the only three exchanges that don't fake the trading volume of cryptocurrencies.
All of this could spell disaster for users who unknowingly store their cryptocurrencies in exchanges and hence face a risk of losing them. With the cryptocurrency community participating in the PoK event, this could be a step towards the right direction.
Apart from exchanges faking trading volumes, a cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC was accused of deliberately freezing account withdrawals on January 1, two days prior to the event.
In response to this, Trace Mayer tweeted:
John McAfee tweeted saying:
"I warned everyonw more than a dozen times. Don't sign up. Don't use it. Withdtaw your funds. I was trashed for calling out HitBT as a corrupt cimpany. Tough shit. You had six months warning from me to withdraw your funds. Do not ask me to help you now."
The event is said to educate people in the space and also keep the exchanges in check, but many prominent people in the community are still not in favor of the event.
Binance's CZ and Coinbase's Brian Armstrong haven't particularly shown interest in this event. A Twitter user Todor Slavchev[jan/3 ], tweeted:
"Why no one of the the crypto exchange CEO's like @brian_armstrong or @cz_binance don't support @TraceMayer movement #ProofOfKeys?"
Charlie Lee, aka Satoshi Lite, the creator of Litecoin opined on an interview with CryptoInsider about the event. He said that the initiative was good and that it would educate people and help them be their own bank, and that it would also keep exchanges on their toes to scrutinize their security and protect user funds. Lee added:
"… what I don't like about this initiative is that it could potentially cause people to make a mistake and lose money right so people a lot of people who keep money on exchanges are those that aren't very technical and don't know how to secure their coins… "
He continued that if the users had malware on their system, it could cause them to lose their funds and that a good thing would turn out to be a loss for the users. He also said that a lot of people wouldn't do it and that it wouldn't have any "material effect". According to Lee, it would also further educate people on how to secure their funds.
To this tweet, another user, PBJ #ProofOfKeys, replied:
""do banks support people emptying their bank account"?? by withdrawing your coins from exchanges you're taking away their liquidity and power to manipulate the market. never store your coins on any exchange be your own bank with a hardware wallet like @LedgerHQ ,@Trezor etc."
Roy [SwiftoCrypto], commented:
"They want you to keep playing with fantasy figures on their exchange.
Just like banks dont have the money if you want to withdraw a substantial amount, the same goes for a lot of these dodgy exchanges. Whole point of #cryptocurrency is to be in control of your keys"
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It's Monday! And it's time for a little party…
One of our most beloved authors is Jane Austin and one of our very favorite stories is her Pride and Prejudice…
Today is the 200th Anniversary of this incredible novel of high culture meeting modern hearts and here at Studio Chic Knits we Celebrate Romance with a little number named after another of her amazing heroines:
Pattern: Chic Knits *Miss Dashwood*
Gauge: 20 sts/28 rows over 4″
Needles: #6
This lovely lace shrug is named, but of course, after Elinor Dashwood, who, like many of Austen's women, embodies someone who is tied to cultural propriety yet in the end, is shaped by the authentic passionate heart.
Happy Anniversary, Miss Austen, and happy knitting! :)


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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
hello sweethearts!
Love is in the air. Soon it will be Valentine's Day. I really love (no pun intended...okay maybe a bit of a pun) Valentine's day. I love making Valentine's Day art. Pinks and reds and lots of hearts.
I've been pretty busy getting some deadlines done. I'm working away on the Author's Series paintings. They are going to look great as a collection of cards. I also am working away on the Sketchbook Project.
It's a good way to just let loose and try different techniques. The sketchbook project is an interested art show featuring art from around the world. They are going to be bringing all the journals to Toronto, I can't wait!
I have a new Valentine's Day painting over at My Etsy Shop. Frida with one of her loves, her kitty!
I should have a few more lovey dovey things in my shop soon. xoxo
2 comments:
- Heather said...
aw, so sweet. love the first one and the color combos!
- January 26, 2012 at 10:39 AM
- christygrant said...
You've inspired me, Tascha. I worked on a few things this weekend and was looking at my pieces of yours to try my hand at your style (classical style of learning art was imitating the masters as I'm sure you know). Anyway, I'm pleased with how they are coming out so far. IF you want to see:
- January 29, 2012 at 3:25 PM
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I bought some pretty loud knee sox on clearance. The idea was to make baby leggings out of them.
So here's how it goes... First cut them off at the heel.
Then cut off the toe.
Take that short piece you just cut between the toe and
the heel and fold in half, wrong sides together. Pin.
Now pin that piece to the cut end of the long of the stocking.
Sew them together using a stretch stitch.
Should look something like this. (I serged them but don't have a picture.)
If you don't have a serger, just zigzag the seam.
The finished leggings. You could embellish them if you like.
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Head Of The FBI Urges Laptop Users To Cover Webcam With Tape
The internet exploded when Mark Zuckerberg, inventor of Facebook, posted a photo of himself at his desk with what looked like tape covering the webcam.
And now the head of the FBI has admitted that he does the same thing - and is urging other computer users to follow suit.
"There's some sensible things you should be doing, and that's one of them," director James Comey said at a conference on Wednesday.
"You go into any government office and we all have the little camera things that sit on top of the screen. They all have a little lid that closes down on them.
"You do that so that people who don't have authority don't look at you. I think that's a good thing."
Taping over your webcam when not in use, however, doesn't prevent would-be hackers from gaining access to your computer microphone, although it was noted that Zuckerberg had also taped over that, too.
But Comey believes that the addition of a strip of something is worth a go.
"I hope people lock their cars," he continued. "Lock your doors at night... if you have an alarm system, you should use it.
"It's not crazy that the FBI director cares about personal security as well.
"So I think people ought to take responsibility for their own safety and security."
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Who else really try to mess with Hollywood Cole
Treating Birmingham like my Hollywood shows
I'm tryin' to tell you something that you prolly should know
This that slumdog millionaire Bollywood flow
And ahh, my real friends never hearing from me
Fake friends write the wrong answers on the mirror for me
That's why I pick and choose
I don't get shit confused
I'm not with different crews
We walk the same paths, but got on different shoes
We live in the same building, but we got different views
I got a couple cars, I never get to lose
Don't like my women single, I like my chicks in twos
And these days all the girls is down to roll
We hit the strip club, and all them girls find a pole
Tell your girl to tell her friend that it's time to go
Tell me today's weather
I know they say they good but trust me I'm better
I sound like the coldest Miami night ever
I'm cold but still hot you can't decide on a sweater
Really this whatever and I am murdering and this is so amusing
If there's a sight to see I am an illusion
I tell you I'm the man baby, what is the confusion
And if they still sleeping on me someone hit the snooze then
Keep sleeping while I sell a couple million
I'm headed for the moon, I ain't bout to hit the ceiling
I'm about to hit the club, women tell me I'm appealing
But fuck what they say, let me tell you how I'm feeling
I'm drinking, these London street lamps got a real glow
Drizzy playin' driving fast but it feels slow
And ask your man, he's a hater baby he don't know
I could kick a punt and turn that shit into a field goal
This here was meant to get buried
I got a lot of things, I mention those barely
I ain't lyin' to the kids, like the dentist ain't scary
I'm what Lebron was to St. Vincent-St. Mary's
But I ain't playin' high school games
Pulling McClarens through a McDonald's drive through lane
I'm too fly, keep it hip-hop like Afu Ra
Blades chopping through the city streets, liquid swords
On June 10, 2010, Drake appeared on the Tim Westwood Radio Show to spit an exclusive freestyle. About a third of the song was used on Lil' Wayne's "Right Above It" after some changes. So this song is actually called Drake- "Tim Westwood Freestyle".


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Miami Dolphins
Miami Dolphins to play Raiders in London in 2014
The Dolphins are heading back to London — an indication that although local interest in the franchise has waned, the NFL believes their global brand remains strong.
For the second time in eight seasons, the Dolphins will cross the Atlantic for a regular-season game. They will face the Raiders in London's historic Wembley Stadium next fall, with a date still to be announced.
Miami has been designated the visiting team, meaning the Dolphins will still host eight games at Sun Life Stadium in 2014.
The Dolphins are the fifth NFL team invited to the United Kingdom multiple times — a list that includes Jacksonville, which has an annual agreement to play in London.
The others — New England, Tampa Bay and San Francisco — have all appeared in at least one Super Bowl in the past 11 years. The Patriots and 49ers are full-blown national curiosities.
The Dolphins, meanwhile, have been largely an afterthought domestically as of late because of a string of losing seasons. But they have built a lasting global fan base thanks to six trips beyond U.S. borders in the past 25 years.
"To this day, we still have a huge international following," said Dolphins senior vice president of media relations Harvey Greene. "We are one of the most popular international teams that there are. Not only in the UK, but elsewhere internationally. We've had a great visibility."
The Dolphins last played in the United Kingdom in 2007, when they lost to the Giants 13-10 in the inaugural game of the International Series. The Dolphins have also played the Bills in Toronto (2008).
But their history abroad begins long before. The Dolphins have participated in four exhibition games outside the country: London in 1988, Tokyo in 1991, Berlin in 1992 and Mexico City in 1997.
"The Dolphins are proud to once again represent the league abroad as one of the six participants of the 2014 International Series," Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said. "The opportunity to again connect with our many fans overseas and to expose a growing global audience to the sport we all love is something that our entire organization will fully embrace."
Theirs will be one of three NFL games played in London next year. Cowboys-Jaguars and Lions-Falcons will be the others — the first time that six teams will play in the United Kingdom.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell unveiled the matchups during a meeting with sports journalists in London on Thursday.
"Our fans in the UK continue to demonstrate their passion for more football," Goodell said. "We have scheduled three attractive games with four teams playing in their first International Series game.
"The growing enthusiasm for the NFL internationally is exciting, and we look forward to continuing to respond to this interest in our game."
The expanded schedule is part of a clear effort by the NFL to broaden its reach beyond U.S. borders. Some speculate that the league's end game is to put a franchise in London, and that these games are a test run to see if such an arrangement is sustainable.
The NFL claims there has been a 30 percent increase in avid British fans in the past two years, with a total fan base of more than 12 million. Sunday NFL TV viewership in the UK has almost doubled since 2006, the league states, and the Super Bowl audience is up 75 percent.
Even the kids are getting involved. Participation in amateur football has grown roughly 15 percent per year since 2007, the NFL reports.
As the Dolphins know firsthand, there's a lot more logistically that goes into playing abroad than merely the nine-hour flight from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood to Heathrow.
Other issues include jet lag, finding a place to practice and the special demands that go along with participating in the game.
In 2007, the Dolphins took a Thursday night red-eye flight, arriving Friday morning in London on little sleep. As soon as they touched down, the bleary-eyed team had a mandatory media availability session.
They were then permitted a quick nap before their normal Friday practice. The problem: there were no usable football fields, and the top Premier League soccer stadiums were either unavailable or too far away.
Instead, they worked at the rugby stadium that was home to the London Wasps. Then-Dolphins kicker Jay Feely taught his British counterpart how to kick a football and vice versa.
The game was no picnic, either.
In addition to a loss to the eventual Super Bowl champions, the Dolphins had to deal with a steady rain and sloppy field.
This and that
• Although the Dolphins were off Thursday, they were still obligated to submit an injury report. There were no changes from Wednesday, meaning quarterback Ryan Tannehill would have still been limited with an injury to his throwing shoulder.
• Dolphins players paired up with 60 local students at the Hollywood Dave and Busters on Thursday, promoting healthy eating habits and exercise. The groups participating were the Boys and Girls Club of Broward, AMIkids and Seagull Industries for the Disabled.


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Welcome to the home page for the biggest and most rational gathering on the planet: The Amaz!ng Meeting 7, a conference on critical thinking.
From July 9-12, 2009, the James Randi Educational Foundation will host TAM 7. Our goal is to make each TAM better than the last, and this one is no exception: we have a fantastic lineup of speakers, events, workshops, and shows. From the opening reception on Thursday night, to a live testing of a Million Dollar Challenge applicant on Sunday, TAM 7 will be a non-stop tour de force of critical thought.
At TAM 7 you'll hear great talks, participate in workshops to help you sharpen your skeptical skills, and hear how other people are promoting a rational world.
Our keynote speaker this year is Bill Prady, Executive Producer of the hit TV show The Big Bang Theory. Bill is a bona fide science geek who makes sure that every episode of Big Bang is chock full of science fiction and comic book references, as well as jokes based on cutting edge science -- going so far as to employ a PhD physicist as his science advisor for the show. At Comic Con last year Bill had the audience laughing so hard they were afraid they'd miss the next thing he said. We're very excited to have him take time from his incredibly busy schedule to speak at TAM 7.
We've loaded our speaker list with both old friends -- Mythbuster Adam Savage makes his fifth TAM appearance -- as well as new up-and-comers, like science writer Jennifer Ouellette and pediatric physician Dr. Joe Albietz; young skeptics and promoters of rational thought.
We'll also have our usual dynamite roster of presenters such as JREF President and Bad Astronomer Phil Plait, paranormal investigator Joe Nickell, magician and mentalist Jamy Ian Swiss, and of course James Randi himself. We also welcome back our long-time friend Hal Bidlack, who will MC the conference. We're also partnering with Dr. Steve Novella of The New England Skeptical Society to hold the Science-Based Medicine Conference, a one-day meeting about medicine, skepticism, and the need for critical thinking in the healthcare system (more information about SBM, including the speaker and topics lists, can be found on Dr. Novella's Neurologica blog).
But the best thing about TAM 7? It's the community. You'll be with hundreds of other people who prefer the world the way it really is: free from magical thinking, paranormal hucksters, irrationality, and antiscience.
Join us at TAM 7 and be a member of a community that's proud to use their brains.
We're skeptics. And we can prove it.
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With sanctions lifted, Buckeyes eye BCS
Philadelphia, PA – Over the past few seasons, the Ohio State Buckeyes have endured plenty of turmoil and turnover.
However, against the odds, the program has more than just rebounded, emerging from the ashes of their 2010 improper benefits scandal to become one of the top contenders for the BCS national title in 2013.
The fallout from the incident forced the Buckeyes to forgo several scholarships and cost them bowl eligibility in 2012. It also left the team in a state of flux after the resignation of Jim Tressel, who won more than 80 percent of his games at the helm for Ohio State from 2001 to 2010.
Luckily, the school found its savior during the dark period in head coach Urban Meyer.
Following a lackluster 6-7 campaign in 2011 under interim head coach Luke Fickell, the Buckeyes shocked the college football landscape by bringing Meyer aboard last season. Meyer's track record was nearly impeccable prior to arriving in Columbus. After dominating lower levels of competition at Bowling Green and Utah from 2001-2004 (39-8), he went on to win five bowl games in six seasons at Florida while being crowned BCS national champions in 2006 and 2008. Still, even with his standing as one of college football's most brilliant minds, many wondered how long it would take Meyer to bring Ohio State back to national prominence.
It's safe to say Meyer silenced any doubters in his first season. Despite being ineligible to play for the Big Ten title or in a bowl game, the Buckeyes were outstanding in 2012, finishing a perfect 12-0, setting up strongly for a similar run in 2013.
The key to Meyer's success last season was his ability to quickly implement his offensive scheme, and the results were fantastic, as the unit amassed over 423 yards per game while scoring a lofty 37.2 points per game. There's no reason to think that the offense can't put up even better numbers in 2013, as nine of 11 starters return to the fold, including quarterback Braxton Miller.
Miller emerged as one of the nation's most dynamic playmakers during his sophomore season, showing prowess in the passing game (.583 completion percentage, 2,039 yards, 15 TDs, six INTs) while displaying elite ability to make plays with his legs as well (1,271 rushing yards, 13 TDs).
Miller's confidence under center has improved with each season on campus, and he has high hopes that even more growth is on the horizon.
"I know the plays better, how they'll develop and where the guys are going to be," Miller said of his evolution as a quarterback. "It allows me to move around the pocket more confidently."
The Heisman Trophy-hopeful signal-caller will have plenty of talent to help him out in 2013, headlined by senior tailback Carlos Hyde, who, despite missing two games a season ago, racked up 970 yards (5.2 ypc), while ranking second in the Big Ten with 16 rushing touchdowns. Hyde and Miller will both benefit from the return of offensive line staples Jack Mewhort and Andrew Norwell, both of whom earned All-Conference honors in 2012.
In addition to having the Big Ten's top rushing attack fully intact, Ohio State's top receiving threats Corey Brown (60 rec, 669 yards, three TDs) and Deven Smith (30 rec, 618 yards, six TDs) are also back to help Miller improve vertically.
Meyer knows he has a lot of talent to work with, and he isn't bashful about his expectations for the offense.
"I would be disappointed if we're not the best offense in the Big Ten," Meyer said following his team's spring game.
Things are less certain on the defensive side of the ball for the Buckeyes, as they were solid yet unspectacular a season ago in allowing opponents to put up 22.8 points per game. Things are even less certain going into this year, as only four starters return.
The good news is that Second Team All-Big Ten linebacker Ryan Shazier is back for his junior season looking to improve upon a team-leading 115 tackles, 17 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles while also adding five sacks and an interception in 2012. Ohio State should be one of the top teams in the conference against the pass as well, as Christian Bryant (71 tackles, INT), Bradley Roby (63 tackles, two INTs, 19 PDs) and C.J. Barnett (56 tackles, two INTs) make up a very experienced secondary.
"I think we made great strides this spring," senior safety Barnett said. "There were a lot of questions coming into this season, especially on defense with guys like John Simon (14.5 TFL, nine sacks) graduating. It's important to see guys like Adolphus Washington step up and make some plays."
The way the offense is built, it would surprise no one if the Buckeyes run through the Big Ten once again in 2013. Now that Meyer has already shown his ability to dominate the regular season, the next big question is whether or not his team can end the SEC's reign of terror over the FBS landscape. It's been eight seasons since another conference has hoisted the national championship trophy, but Meyer has held that crystal football twice before, and he just may have what it takes to bring it back to Columbus at season's end.


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Jami Sailor (pictured), originally one of the group's core participants was finally able to meet up with us in Detroit, at the reading she organized at Cass Cafe.
- It would be impossible to report on this event without mentioning the noise. It was really really loud, which was a problem for the early readers, including Celia. A few more people in, readers realized they had to change their strategy and read short, punchy pieces that wouldn't be hurt by a little shouting.
- I'm sorry I didn't make it to the Trumbullplex Zine Library work day with the others. I skipped out on that to hang out with my friend Julie Herrada, who curates the Labadie Collection at the University of Michigan.
- I loved guest reader and librarian Andrea Perez's first piece.
- We had a great visit with Debbie's friend Angela Watrous, who put us up in Ann Arbor and who made us the most delicious breakfast of our trip.
- I think this is the stop where I started to get serious about documenting everyone's footwear, or lack thereof.


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The 2008 NBA finals are done, Boston has won, and Jazz coach Jerry Sloan won't go back and watch the replays.
Just like he hasn't watched a second showing of the 1998 NBA finals, in which Sloan's Utah team lost 10 years ago to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.
Sloan, in fact, has never even watched footage of the controversial series-ending Game 6 of those '98 finals.
That's the one in which referee Dick Bavetta subject of questions to other NBA referees from federal investigators following up on claims of impropriety made by disgraced ref and convicted felon Tim Donaghy made a couple of decisions that to this day continue to be discussed and debated by disgruntled Jazz faithful.
"You could drive yourself crazy with stuff like that," Sloan said earlier this week, the morning after the 10th anniversary of that Game 6. "So what do you do about it? You go on about your business.
"It's like feeling sorry for yourself when (now-retired Jazz stars) John (Stockton) and Karl (Malone) left. It's the same deal. You have to go ahead and move on with your job and forget that. We're still here trying to work and do the best we can to try to get better.
"If you're gonna live your life on things like that," the 20-season-long Jazz coach added, "then you're gonna be pretty miserable."
It's all water under the bridge, in other words, in Sloan's world.
"That's all you can do," he said. "That's the way I looked at it. Yeah, we were upset and thinking, 'Yeah, maybe things should have gone our way.' But that's part of life, I guess. You have to live with it and go on. You're not gonna change it."
That includes the Jazz-Bulls Game 6 calls by Bavetta, who also was one of three refs who worked the 2002 NBA Western Conference finals Game 6 between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings.
Bavetta, a former New Yorker now living in Florida, just concluded his 33rd NBA season as referee.
Another was Bob Delaney, a highly decorated former New Jersey State Police undercover agent who once infiltrated the mob (he wrote a book about the experience that was released earlier this year, "Covert") and someone who has his share of on-court disagreements with Sloan, including a 1993 incident in which Sloan was suspended one game for bumping Delaney.
According to a letter filed last week to a federal judge in New York from an attorney for Donaghy who faces up to 33 months in federal prison when sentenced July 14 for taking cash payoffs from gamblers and betting on NBA games himself two referees, so-called "company men," manipulated the outcome of that Lakers-Kings game with calls and non-calls to force a deciding and revenue-generating Game 7 in that series.
Bavetta has not spoken publicly about the matter since then, as active NBA refs frequently are shielded by the league from discussing their work with the media.
Still-active Delaney has, telling ESPN, "This is not the first time a known or convicted criminal has lied about me before the judicial system."
The Lakers went on to win the Game 6 in question, then won Game 7 of the conference series and eventually captured the 2002 NBA championship.
The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that "after determining (California) state charges were not possible because of (a three-year state) statute of limitations (for felonies), the Los Angeles County district attorney's office has referred Donaghy's claims of NBA referee misconduct to federal prosecutors in Los Angeles," because they "may have more time to pursue a prosecution."
NBA commissioner David Stern has fully backed the generally highly regarded Bavetta and all the rest of his referees, suggesting Donaghy's claims are the desperate act of a criminal and rogue ref hoping to shave prison time.
Even after reports late last week revealed at least two former referees had been questioned by law-enforcement officials specifically about Bavetta Hue Hollins, and another unidentified one who told the New York Times he was asked essentially if Bavetta had a tendency to favor home teams the veteran ref worked last Sunday's Game 5 of the NBA Finals between Boston and the Lakers.
The Celtics won that series Tuesday night, taking Game 6 in Boston.
As for Game 6 of the Utah-Chicago finals in '98, Bavetta and his crew Hollins and Dan Crawford were the other refs, but Bavetta was in charge were involved in at least three calls/non-calls that continue to haunt many Jazz fans now 10-plus years later.
The first, relived during the Game 6 replay shown by ESPN Classic on the 10th anniversary last Saturday, involved a second-quarter shot by Jazz backup point guard Howard Eisley.
Less than 10 minutes remained in the quarter, and the Jazz were up by four at the time. Time was running down on the 24-second shot clock as Antoine Carr's long pass from down low sailed over the hands of Shandon Anderson, but Eisley chased down the ball and hoisted a 3-pointer that fell.
Bavetta disallowed the basket, much to the dismay of the NBC broadcast crew calling the game nationally.
Play-by-play announcer Bob Costas' call at the time: "Are they calling a shot-clock violation? Let's see. Dick Bavetta says, 'yes,' and they wave it off, though it appeared to me as he (Eisley) had beaten it."
Costas, after watching a replay moments later: "See if the ball isn't out of his hand. One second ... it's on the way, and they missed the call."
Analyst and ex-Bulls coach Doug Collins: "It's a big break for the Chicago Bulls. ... That should have counted. That's a big turnaround."
Sloan could be seen muttering some words, and later during the game he told NBC sideline reporter Jim Gray, "That's horrible, but I don't want to get thrown out of the game."
Fast-forward to the fourth quarter of Jazz-Bulls '98 Game 6, a game it should be noted, in light of questions from investigators about Bavetta that was played in Salt Lake City.
Utah is ahead 79-77 when Ron Harper of the Bulls hits a jumper with just under four minutes to go.
Costas' initial call: "He (Harper) beats the shot clock and cans a huge shot."
Though Bavetta himself did not appear responsible for the decision, his crew allowed the shot to stand.
After a break in the action, and with the benefit of replay, however, the NBC crew saw things differently, hindsight allowing for much-clearer focus.
Analyst Isiah Thomas: "You watch Harper as he takes this shot. Does he get it off in time? That's a tough call."
Costas: "They took a Howard Eisley three away, wrongly, in the first half. This one was even closer, but it appeared that Harper may have been a fraction of a second behind the shot clock."
More from Thomas: "I think that was a shot-clock violation."
But it counted anyway, helping to set up after Jordan's steal from Malone the most-debated call of the game.
Jordan's jumper with 5.2 seconds left gave the Bulls their ultimate margin of victory and a second-straight finals series win over the Jazz, 87-86.
Initial calls by the NBC crew suggested nothing about a shove, or push-off, on defender Bryon Russell by Jordan before the shot.
Bavetta, who was on top of the play, called no foul.
And, even after a replay, Collins said, "Bryon Russell slipped."
Thomas, though, saw things differently.
"Watch Jordan's left hand here," the ex-Detroit Pistons star said, "as he gives Russell the push. ... The great thing about Jordan is he has all the tricks. That's why it's so difficult to guard him."
Russell's take on it all?
"The way I see it, it's history," he told SI.com, Sports Illustrated's Web site, last week. "An unbelievable play. A great shot. I put judgment into the hands of those who see it and really understand the game. I don't really question it.
"I thought I played the best defense I could have played on him," Russell said. "He got the shot up. Whether I slipped or they just missed the call, I thought I put myself in a great position to stop him. I give credit where credit is due."
Still, the debate rages on, especially in light of the recent anniversary and Bavetta's name being in the news so much lately.
For Jerry Sloan, however, there is no need to fret, no reason, even, to wonder.
Asked if in retrospect the calls from Game 6 all came down to a matter of judgment, he nods the affirmation.
"Officiating most of it's all judgment," he said.
Asked if he was concerned by anything beyond that, Sloan read into it the possibility of something perhaps more sinister and responded quite contrarily.
"How can I be?" he asked. "Why can I be?"
Such is the case with all calls, he suggested even if it is often difficult to accept in the heat of the moment.
"My job is to put players out there, and hopefully they play basketball and not say, 'OK, I got (cheated) on the last play, I'm gonna spend two hours trying to get that back,'" said Sloan, who also was suspended for seven games in 2003 for shoving referee Courtney Kirkland. "Sometimes I do that, to a fault, as everybody knows, in my job.
"But I try to keep the players out of that sort of thing," added Sloan, who frequently lets refs know what he's thinking in no uncertain and sometimes profanity-laced terms. "That's why I've always said ... 'You don't play backward, you've got to play forward.'"
Early in the season after those '98 finals, Bavetta approached Sloan and offered some words. "As I recall," the Jazz coach said, "he just said, 'Sorry if I made some mistakes during the game, and good luck to you.' Basically, that's all. What else could he say?"
Asked about what some might deem to have been an apology, Sloan needed no time before offering his thoughts.
"What does it change?" he asked. "If a guy makes a mistake, what else can you say?
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Poll: Daines in driver's seat in Mont.
Republicans see Montana's open Senate seat as a key piece of their puzzle to win the chamber next year — and a new poll suggests that Rep. Steve Daines, the top GOP candidate in the race, is in good shape to pick up the seat.
He leads both Democratic candidates, current Lt. Gov. John Walsh and former Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger, by double digits in the survey from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling. Against Walsh, national Democrats' preferred candidate, Daines leads by 17 points, 52 percent to 35 percent. Bohlinger does slightly better than Walsh, but he's still far behind Daines: the Republican takes 51 percent to Bohlinger's 36 percent, a 15-point gap.
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State Rep. Champ Edmunds, who's facing off against Daines in the GOP primary, starts off with much smaller leads against the Democratic candidates. He'd lead both Walsh and Bohlinger by just 2 points, with about a quarter of voters undecided in each case.
Daines is the most well-known candidate of the group, though his approval ratings are underwater — 37 percent approve and 42 percent disapprove. Just a fifth of those surveyed didn't have an opinion of him.
Walsh and Edmunds, however, are much more unknown to voters: just over half of voters don't have an opinion of Walsh, and 69 percent said the same about Edmunds. Two-fifths of voters did not have an opinion of Bohlinger.
The poll surveyed 952 Montana voters from Nov. 15-17, and has a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percentage points.


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Go Viking: Winter 2012
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A Message from Nancy Davidson, Vice President for Enrollment
I often tell people that my office is the best place to work on campus. Here, I get to meet with students as they weigh the first major decision of their lives: Where to go to college?
For some, the decision's an easy one. They're choosing the institution whose programs match their academic interests. For others though, the choice is more difficult. A good number of students don't decide on a major until their college careers are well underway. Others have multiple interests and passions and aren't sure which path to take.
These are the students who are searching for the institution they connect with — the place that just feels right.
And for many, the college choice simply comes down to one word: cost.
How much will it cost?
There's no doubt about it — college is a sizable investment. Yet, it's so essentially critical to our futures.
Ask college graduates anywhere and they'll tell you their education was among the most important investments they ever made. It provides membership to the lifelong club of eternal curiosity. The more we know, the more apt we are to question, discuss, explore, seek and find.
The diploma you receive at commencement is so much more than just a piece of paper to frame and hang on your wall. A baccalaureate degree from Augustana affirms that you invested wisely, worked hard, and are well educated. You will commence from here ready and eager to participate in conversations, engage in debates, forge new frontiers, question the status quo and discover the unknown.
Since 1860, Augustana College has prepared young men and women to lead, change and serve the world by providing a deep and rich foundation in faith, history, science, literature, language and service.
After spending four years on this campus, we believe our graduates are well-suited to contribute and thrive in virtually any field, anywhere in the world.
Our most recent job placement rates are proof of that. Among our 2011 graduates seeking employment, 97 percent have accepted a position related to their major or chosen field.
It's a figure that speaks to the power of a liberal arts education — particularly in the current economy.
At Augustana, we know that investing in the education of students who make significant academic achievements, exhibit honorable character and illustrate a clear commitment to social responsibility goes far beyond their time on campus. We view these investments as an endowment for the good of tomorrow. That's why we're committed to partnering with students and families to make an Augustana education as affordable as possible. During the 2011-12 academic year alone, we awarded $22.9 million in scholarships and grants to our students.
Here, we're proud of the fact that the vast majority of our students receive merit-based scholarships and need-based financial aid.
So, how does the process work? Where should you begin?
In order to receive the best financial aid package possible, we recommend that you file your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in a timely manner and communicate frequently with our Office of Financial Aid, widely considered to be the most knowledgeable in the region by parents and students.
As you prepare to file your FAFSA, here is some important information you'll want to know.
We encourage students and parents to utilize the new IRS Data Retrieval system. This allows direct data transfer from the IRS and will mean less chance of being selected for Federal Verification. In order to use the data retrieval system, families are encouraged to file federal income taxes electronically, wait two weeks, then file the FAFSA using the IRS Data Retrieval option.
Federal Verification is a process whereby the college must gather documentation from the student and family to verify the accuracy of information reported. In the past, signed copies of the Federal Income Tax Return were used in the verification process. Beginning with the 2012-13 academic year, Federal Income Tax Returns will no longer be sufficient for verification. If a student file is selected for verification, the student and parent will be required to request an IRS Tax Return Transcript from the IRS. There is a specific procedure for requesting the Transcript; and it will take approximately 10-14 days to receive the Transcript. This is why it will be important to lessen your chances of being selected for verification by using the Data Retrieval feature when filing the FAFSA.
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The fact that you are considering Augustana means you are special. You must have that certain "something" that's hard to define. We often say that Augustana students are called to "Go Viking." They understand that in order to create an even better tomorrow, they must explore and discover bold concepts and important ideas today.
So thank you for having the courage to explore and discover today — and thanks in advance for all we're certain you'll do to create an even better tomorrow. We look forward to working with you to help you achieve your academic and career goals.
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Phillies stay hot, defeat Brewers
Milwaukee, WI – Tyler Cloyd worked 6 2/3 shutout innings to help the Philadelphia Phillies down the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-1, in the opener of a four-game set at Miller Park.
Cloyd (2-2) gave up four hits and five walks while striking out two to earn the win.
"Cloyd was very good. When he does that we have a real good chance of winning," said Phillies manager Charlie Manuel.
Delmon Young hit a solo homer, John Mayberry went 3-for-5 with an RBI and Ryan Howard drove in a run to help push the Phillies (31-30) over .500 for the first time all season and extend a season-best five-game winning streak.
Jonathan Lucroy drove in the lone run for the Brewers, losers in four of their last five games.
Wily Peralta (4-7) was tagged with the loss after giving up five runs on seven hits and four walks over five innings.
"They got a couple of ground ball base hits and his command was off," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said of Peralta. "He didn't have his slider today and was more inconsistent than I though he would be."
Philadelphia plated a pair of runs in the first before adding one in both the second and third innings to go up 4-0.
With the bases loaded and no outs in the first, Howard lofted a sacrifice fly to deep center field to score Michael Young. After Domonic Brown walked to load the bases once again, Peralta bounced a wild pitch past Lucroy, allowing Mayberry to cross the plate.
In the second, Cloyd walked then scored from first as Mayberry smoked a double to right-center field.
Brown scored on an Erik Kratz fielder's choice in the third to give the Phillies a four-run edge.
Delmon Young's homer in the fifth made it 5-0.
"We got some runners on and we were fortunate to get some runs early, and then add on," Manuel said. "We got a real good start out of the gate tonight. That always helps."
The Brewers finally got on the board in the eighth inning. Ryan Braun worked a leadoff walk, stole second and moved to third on Aramis Ramirez's groundout. Lucroy followed with a groundout to third, but Braun was able to score on the play to account for the Brewers only run.
Game Notes
Brown stole two bases ... Milwaukee has been held to three or fewer runs 26 times this season ... Peralta has dropped five of his last six starts.


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I began to lose my hearing when I was a teen, in the late 90's.
I took this picture in October of 2009. This is my first hearing aid.
Why is this worth mention?
Because for 10 years or more I couldn't hear well.
I didn't know that corduroy pants made sounds when you walked. I couldn't hear birds, or oven buzzers or fire alarms.
I got these hearing aids because of a stimulus grant sent to my area when Barack Obama took office. A local Vocational Rehabilitation center actually sought me out and offered me help.
I was able to hear a mountain canary on a walk the following spring, and watching me react to that sound made my mother cry.
I need to hear.
Our fine progressive President made this happen for me.
I am not alone. Millions gained, millions had small improvements in their lives like this.
I hear often, thanks to these aids, that the right thinks that the stimulus was useless.
Well, for me it wasn't. For me, it gave me the gift of hearing my child laugh clearly for the first time. Thank you, President Obama, for my blinging hearing aids. I picked gold because I wanted to wear them proudly, like jewelry. I was so happy. I will never forget that day, they day I stopped wearing corduroy pants.


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There is an old traditional kind of Dhamma propaganda. It's simply walking form one place to another while keeping precepts and maintain peace in one self. Actually its the original way of Dhamma "propagation" suggested by the Buddha.
The "founder" of that we call Dhammayietra is known as Preah Maha Ghosananda, a Cambodian Buddhist Monk who spend his times of leaning overboard (mainly in a thai forest monastery) while at the same time his fatherland was destroyed and his whole family was killed.
In 1969, while Maha Ghosananda was practicing meditation in the forest, news reached him of the devastating violence occurring in Cambodia as the American 'secret bombing' campaign was unleashed. The United States began a series of bombing raids in Cambodia that lasted for fourteen months, as part of an attempt to shut down the Ho Chi Minh trail and end the Vietnam War. The bombing campaign, known as Operation Breakfast, quickly destabilized Cambodia. Hundreds of thousands of refugees flooded into the city of Phnom Penh. Cambodia became increasingly consumed in the conflagration of the expanding war.
In 1970 a military coup took place, and the monarch was replaced by a pro-American government. As the war escalated from 1970-75, Cambodia was thoroughly
engulfed in violence and fully engaged in the war. Before the American war ended, over 2,750,000 tons of bombs had been dripped on Cambodia – more than the total tonnage dropped by the Allies in all of World War II. Cambodia, a tiny country, is about the size of Washington State. An estimated 500,000 Cambodians were killed during the American bombing campaign. Every day, as Maha Ghosananda listened to the news from Cambodia on the radio, he was consumed with anguish. His meditation master advised him to concentrate on his spiritual practice – to foster peace within his own heart – and to wait for the right time to return to his people.
Christopher Titmuss visited Ghosananda in his meditation hut on one occasion during the American bombing in 1973, and remembered the 'sadness in his
eyes.' Ghosananda said, 'The rivers of Cambodia are full of blood.' Over time, Ghosananda received crushing news that his parents, all his brothers and sisters, and many of his fellow monks and nuns had been murdered. He wept, he said, every day and could not stop weeping. But his teacher, nevertheless,
strongly urged him to stop. 'Don't weep,' he was told, 'Be mindful. Having mindfulness is like knowing when to open and when to close your windows and doors.
Mindfulness tells us when is the appropriate time to do things…You can't stop the fighting. Instead, fight your impulses toward sorrow and anger. Be mindful. Prepare for
the day when you can truly be useful to your country. Stop weeping, and be mindful!' Ghosananda sat for a long time and reflected upon the killings, and upon
what his teacher had said. He realized that the dead were dead. They were in the past. Gone. All his family, all his friends, were gone. He thought about the future, and saw that it was totally unknown. He decided to do the only thing that he could do, which was to take care of the present just as well as he could. 'The present is the mother of the future,' he said. 'Take care of the mother. Then the mother will take care of the children.' So he went back to practice, back to his breath. For, as he said, 'Breathing is not past or future. Breathing is now.' The weeping stopped. 'There is no sorrow in the present moment,' he later
explained. 'How can there be? Sorrow and anger are about the past. Or they arise in fear of the future. But they are not in the present moment. They are not now.' For nine more years he went on with his practice in the Thai forest, secluded in a hut, and there he gained the clarity and stability of mind, the understanding and the love, that are the fruit of very deep meditation.
It's very important to do not misunderstand the concept of Dhammayietra with what is broadly known as simply peace-activism although even the annual Dhammayietra has such tendency. The focus is to maintain peace in one self rather to proclaim and transport a hypocritical message (as we can observe although the so called engaged Buddhism activism). So it's very important to understand the way of the Buddha and to maintain this principles of not-harming although the time of walk alive.Taking the First Step to Peace
Since 1992 an annual 'Dhammayietra' -literally, a 'pilgrimage of truth'- has been held in war-torn Cambodia. The hundreds of participants walked over long distances for peace and reconciliation, providing an example of a peaceful alternative to the norm of violence that has prevailed in Cambodia.
Everybody having done such walking meditation a 'pilgrimage of truth' will understand its impact on the own person as well on uncountable people he might meet on his way.
Dhammayietra was established in war times and had direct effects on people who did not only hear stories and possibilities of peace but also could face its existence by there own experience.
Today Dhammayietra faces many problem, one thing is that it is easy an object of political tools and the other is the broadly misunderstanding of what is peace and the unseen ongoing war in the world. "He have already peace. What should that be good for?" is a questions people engaged in Dhammayietra will face all the time. This wars of today, the destruction of our world, the normality of lack of virtue and moral, this tendency after sensual pleasure and its effects is so present and real for most of the people that it would be simply impossible to argue the issue.
How ever, there are moments people are aware and there are occasions where such people face also the fourth divine messenger. People might have met the three messages already. In doing the 'pilgrimage of truth' in the right way one would be such a messenger for many.
I would like to introduce into Dhammayietra and moving people here:
Preah Maha Ghosananda passed away 2007-03-12
Venerable Santidhammo Bhikkhu is a American Monk who came in touch with Maha Ghosananda and tries to carry his message by heart. He did not only wrote many works about Maha Ghosanadha and the Dhammayietra, but also tries to reconnect Cambodian Monks with the rest of the Buddhist world.
Who ever feels that he likes to follow the heritage of Maha Ghosananda, he also maintains a facebook site: Maha Ghosananda on Facebook
A maybe very unknown person is Oddom Van Syvorn. A strong laywoman who was an side of Maha Ghosananda from the very beginning of the Dhammayietras. Till today she organizes nearly alone the annual walking, and cares of all worldly troubles, fights political intrigue, negotiated with all who feel to disturb the walk and makes the fundraising for the walk. I guess it's worthy to call her the person who keeps it still alive. She even would teach the participating monks as well as laypeople about how to understand the walk, how to act, how to use it rightly.
While the participator would have a safe and secure attendance, she would sleep somewhere, maybe between the boxes of an supply truck (today hardly people would participate if there is not a kind of worldly secure they are used to).
Bod Maat is also a legend of practicing non-violence since thirty years in Cambodia. Since the time of the first refugee camps on the Thai border, he was always in contact with Maha Ghosananda. Till today people speculate if he is still a Christian priest of a Buddhist. He is one who lives as an Ascetic, without modern tools of any kind and carries the message of the wise people in the past. You can meet him just in person or you would not.
I also like to provide those books to get some ideas of Maha Ghosananda and more important the Dhammayietra:
"Step by Step" (English transcription, pdf) Use it responsibly
"Schritt für Schritt" (German transcription, pdf) Use it responsibly!
The work of Santidhammo Bhikkhu:
"The Buddha of the Battlefield" (english, pdf)
"Der Buddha auf dem Schlachtfeld" (free translation- not finally corrected, pdf)
"The Buddha of the Battlefield - khmer language" (khmer, pdf]
And one important thing is, that one does not go far to enter our daily war zones. So we can practice it everywhere.Autobiography of Preah Maha Ghosananda titled " The Buddha of the Battlefield" written by Venerable Santidhammo is available now in paper cover. The books are free with no cost. If you are interested in getting the books, please contact Atammayatramma Buddhist Monastery,19301 176th Ave. N.E., Woodinville, WA 98072. Tel: 425-481-6640, Fax:425-481-2142.
Slowly! Slowly! Step by step, every step is a prayer every step is a step toward peace.
Here is a very nice story (incl. pictures) from a Cambodian boy participated in the 22 Dhammayietra 2012: Watopotians and the Dhammayietra March


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Site Redesign
I also removed quite a bit of stale content -- mostly pages that nobody ever visited.
Last Chance for PUP v6
PUP v6 will be discontinued in a few weeks. This is the older version for Excel 2000, 2002, and Excel 2003.
If you purchase PUP v6, you will be eligible for a $5 upgrade to PUP v7 (for Excel 2007 and later).
PUP v7.2 is Available
This is a minor upgrade for Excel 2013 users. It fixes some problems related to the new single-document interface introduced in Excel 2013. The only significant feature added is the ability to insert a live array formula calendar that begins on Monday, rather than Sunday.
And one feature was removed: Currency Converter.
Most PUP users will not need this upgrade. It's primarily for those who experience problems when running Excel 2013.
To request an upgrade, click here.
A Functional IMAGINARY Tale
I've been sleeping on a COT for a MONTH NOW because I don't have any CLEAN SHEETS LEFT. So TODAY I went looking for SHEETS -- SUMPRODUCT that offers REAL VALUE for the DOLLAR. The MEDIAN cost varies in different AREAS, so I got on the Internet AND did a SEARCH to LOOKUP SHEETS. There were many to CHOOSE from: ROWS of every TYPE of SHEET you can think of, EVEN in the MID PRICE range. I thought it would take DAYS, but I got lots of INFO in a MINUTE. Excellent WEBSERVICE.
It wasn't a WORKDAY, so I decided to visit a local store. I found the ADDRESS AND saw their SIGN. Shopping isn't something I do with any FREQUENCY, but SUM times, it seems like the RIGHT thing to do.
I found some SHEETS and told the clerk, LEN FISHER, that I could FIND a LOWER price online. He looked at the CEILING, sighed, and said, "NA, I can't MATCH it ACOS I'm NOT the manager AND don't have the PROPER POWER OR RANK. I must CELL it at the EXACT PRICE that's listed, not a DOLLAR LOWER -- AND that's a TRUE FACT. Can you SUBSTITUTE something else OR must it be the EXACT PRODUCT? Perhaps some rat POISSON? OR a slice of PI?"
"IRR . . . that makes no sense. Are you for real?" I asked.
"Yes, sir, IMREAL. Hold on a SEC AND I'll send a TEXT message using our secret CODE AND try to ROUNDUP the FLOOR manager."
"BAHTTEXT!" I wondered: ISTEXT the best method of contacting him?
Apparently so, because the store manager appeared within a SECOND. He was just ROMAN ROUND, checking out the store. He was a TRIM man with LARGE ABS, a dark TAN, AND a moustache on his UPPER lip. The TYPE who likes to look in the MIRR. Nothing special about his eyes, though. Just STANDARDIZE.
"My name is MAX T. PEARSON. Is there SUM way I can help you TODAY?" he asked with a smile.
I showed him the SHEETS AND said, "Hello, I'm KURT N. BESSELY. I just want to buy DPRODUCT, AND your employee won't YIELD on the PRICE."
The manager said, "To you, that ISODD AND probably seems off-BASE, but it ISLOGICAL to me because of our store policies. Be assured, however, that you can COUNT on me. I won't waste your TIME with FALSE promises, AND I have CONFIDENCE I can help. Buying SHEETS shouldn't be that COMPLEX, AND I want you to be satisfied to DMAX. Wanting a discount isn't a SIN. IF you'd like a LOWER PRICE, just ASC."
"IF you do me a SMALL favor AND LOWER the PRICE by five PERCENTILE buy the SHEETS," I offered.
"No PROB," he replied.
Net EFFECT? I give MAXA lot of credit for a better than AVERAGE shopping experience. He FIXED the problem, AND the store has a CONVERT. I spent less than an HOUR shopping, RECEIVED good service, AND I RATE them highly. I'll be back during their end-of-year sale that runs from OCT2DEC.
Best of all, I was able to REPLACE my SHEETS, AND I don't use ACOT. When the FORECAST calls for a drop of 30 DEGREES, I like to be under COVAR with a LOG burning in the fireplace for the DURATION.
30 Years Of 1-2-3
Saturday was the 30th anniversary of the release of Lotus 1-2-3. My interest in spreadsheets began with VisiCalc, but it really took off when I saw 1-2-3 running on an IBM-PC.
So, I've been messing around with spreadsheets for half of my life.
Dan Bricklin shares his thoughts.
There were many spreadsheet programs on the market when Lotus 1-2-3 came out, including VisiCalc, SuperCalc, Microsoft's Multiplan, and Context MBA. Mitch compared 1-2-3 in the demo he showed me to Context MBA. Context MBA was programmed in a slow, high-level, byte-coded language, as I recall, while 1-2-3 was in assembler for the IBM PC. He told me that Lotus tried to meet similar goals to what we had originally targeted with VisiCalc, such as keeping up with fast horizontal and vertical scrolling. It felt at least as good with big sheets and the full screen of the IBM PC as the original VisiCalc felt on small sheets on an Apple II with much fewer characters on the screen.
The image is from the Lotus Museum.
Here are some 12s. The image file is 12 Mb.
Office 2013 RIBBON TABS
During the Office 2013 preview, one of the complaints was about the UPPER CASE text in the tabs. For example, see this thread.
Apparently, Microsoft employees read their forums. In the final release, you can change the case of the Ribbon tab. Just go to the Customize Ribbon section of the Excel Options dialog box. Select a tab name and click Rename. Type your new name, using any mix of upper and lower case character. But… If the name is the same as the original tab name, it will revert to uppercase.
The trick: Just add a space character to the end of the name. Here's an example. The HOME tab has been renamed Home<space>.
You're welcome.
Excel 2010 vs 2013 Speed Benchmark
In a recent comment, someone noted:
If you try to experiment your previous macros, you will find that they will take longer to run.
I haven't noticed any significant speed differences, so I did a quick search for a speed test and found this: Excel Benchmark 2011- An Excel VBA Speed Test. I ran the benchmark on Excel 2010 and got this:
On Excel 2013, I got this:
According to this, Excel 2013 is a bit faster. Not much faster, but it's certainly not slower.
New Units For the CONVERT Function
I've been reading all I can about Excel 2013, but I haven't seen this mentioned. The CONVERT function has been greatly enhanced -- 47 new units, by my count. Now, calculating the number of acres in a square light-year will be a piece o' cake.
Here's the Help page: Help Page
Creative Charts
Check these out: Creative and advanced chart design in Excel.
You can download the workbooks to see how these charts are made. If you're stumped, use Excel's Name Manger to examine the names. Then you'll be even more stumped.
The Research Behind Flash Fill
I predict that one of the most controversial new features in Excel 2013 will be Flash Fill. Here's a video that demonstrates how it works. It's an AI alternative to extracting specific parts of text strings. For example, if you have a column of names, you can type a few last names and Flash Fill will figure out what you're doing, and fill in the empty cells.
It's a great concept, but it can also lead to lots of bad data. I think many users will look at a few "flash filled" cells, and just assume that it worked. But my preliminary tests leads me to this conclusion: Be very careful.
Flash Fill works in two ways: (1) It can extract data by example, and it can (2) create data by example. Creating data seems to be much more reliable. But use caution when extracting data. For example, most of the extracted data will be fine. But there might be exceptions that you don't notice unless you examine the results very carefully.
For the technically-minded, here's a Microsoft Research report (PDF) that seems to be the basis for this feature: Automating String Processing in Spreadsheets Using Input-Output Examples.
Excel 2013 Charting Notes
Today I discovered a new feature in Excel 2013 that I hadn't seen mentioned elsewhere: When you create a chart using Excel 2013, you can specify an arbitrary range of data to be used as data labels! Users have been requesting this feature for at least 10 years -- probably longer. Currently, you need to use a utility program (such as PUP or the utility from AppsPro).
Charting in Excel 2013 is vastly improved. The Format dialog box has been replaced with a task pane. Once you get over the initial shock of not being able to find the commands you need, you'll probably find that it's a significant improvement. In addition, when you activate a chart, you see three icons on the right. These icons are the express route to making common changes to your chart.
The third icon has some new filtering options. For example, you can easily hide (not delete) a series, or hide specific data points in a series.
Another improvement is creating combination charts. In the past, creating a combination chart required several manual changes to a normal chart. Now it's all done at the time you create the chart. And you even get a live preview.
Yet another new feature is "recommended charts." When you create a chart, you can choose to let Excel give you some recommendations. I can't say that I always agree with the recommended charts, but new users will appreciate the suggestions.
All in all, I'm impressed. Excel 2013 has come a long way in making charting easier to use for the masses.
Musical Resignation Letter
A Microsoft employee calls it quits
So Bye, bye Excel and I
It's been 3 good years, oh how time has flown by
With devs in the hall drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' forever recalc or die, forever recalc or die
The Spreadsheet Page Is 16 Years Old
Today is the 16th anniversary of The Spreadsheet Page. It's now old enough to drive.
Here's how it looked in 1997, the earliest archived page:
Today I entered a formula, and got six 11's.
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As the sacred cows routinely paint targets on their foreheads practically begging for someone to puncture their pomposity, America cries out for a man with the aim, strength, and style to hit them where it hurts the funniest. Will Durst is that man. Sweeping both sides of the aisle with a quiver full of arrows dipped in common sense, Durst transcends party ties, having performed at events honoring former Presidents Bill Clinton and George HW Bush as well as acclaimed appearances at both a Mayors Convention and Governors Conference.
A Midwestern baby boomer with a media- induced identity crisis, Durst, according to the New York Times is "quite possibly the best political satirist working in the country today." This equal opportunity offender is exceptionally adept at swatting both partisan political piñatas upside their heads.
Although a prolific writer, he professes little need for material, having it regularly delivered at 7:00 a.m. every morning in the five papers he reads daily. Busier than a blind squirrel neck deep in an almond sorting warehouse, Durst is a regular commentator for audible.com, Air America, CNN and NPR, writes a nationally syndicated op- ed column, daily website jokes—yet still finds time to perform hundredss of comedy shows every year—at clubs, corporate events, theaters and benefits…not to mention the occasional acting and voice-over role.
Reigning as C-SPAN's favorite comic (8 appearances,) Durst is a 5-time Emmy nominee and recipient of 7 consecutive nominations for the American Comedy Awards Stand Up of the Year. He is the first comic invited to perform at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the first American to be nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the show "Myth America." He has racked up more than 400 television appearances in 14 different countries while slinging jokes around the globe in his one man crusade to make people laugh out loud on purpose against their will. Hobbies include the never-ending quest for the perfect cheeseburger, while his heroes remain the same as when he was twelve—Thomas Jefferson and Bugs Bunny.
Will Durst's performances are made possible by the First Amendment.
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While discovering the internets new trend StumbleUpon after reading Eddie Awads last entry I found a nice site Red Database Security about Oracle Security. The whitepaper about passwords has useful paragraphs for Oracle DBAs.
Here is a sample paragraph about changing a users password temporarily without knowing the original passwords by using the undocumented feature called "by values" of alter user command. Suppose you want to login as user HR but you don't know its password and you can't change it all you have to do is backing up the hash key of password from dba_users table. Lets look how ;
From session 1; –backup the hash key and change the password
|idle> connect / as sysdbaConnected.sys@XE> select username,password from dba_users where username='HR';
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sys@XE> alter user hr identified by passwd;
User altered.
From Session 2; try to logon with old password
|idle> connect hr/hr
ERROR:ORA-01017: invalid username/password;logon denied
Warning: You are no longer connected to ORACLE.
From session 1; –login with temporary passsword do your job and change back it
|idle> connect hr/passwd;Connected.hr@XE>…..
–do you job
hr@XE>connect / as sysdba
User altered.
From Session 2; –vadaaaaaaa old password is still working
|idle> connect hr/hr;
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On a cold and frosty morning just outside Chicago, The PGA of America officially announced on Thursday that 1997 PGA Champion Davis Love III will lead the U.S. team as captain for the 2012 Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club.
"I guess since the big secret is out, now I can tweet it," joked Love, about his not-so-secret-appointment at a press conference inside the massive, snow-covered Medinah Country Club clubhouse.
The 46-year-old Love compiled a career record of 9-12-5 in six Ryder Cup appearances as a player. He also served as an assistant captain under Corey Pavin at the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales.
Love became especially emotional Thursday when talking about being a PGA Champion and now a Ryder Cup captain as the son of a prominent PGA Professional. Love's father, Davis Jr., contended in the 1964 Masters and was a nationally recognized instructor. He passed away in 1988 in a tragic plane crash and wasn't able to witness his son's outstanding career.
His father's association with The PGA of America made Love's appointment all the more special.
"I'm thrilled. I'm thrilled to represent The PGA of America," Love said. "Thrilled to represent all of the men and women PGA professionals. As we have said a lot of times, there's not a Tour player out there that plays one Tour event or plays six Ryder Cups that doesn't have a PGA professional that led them to that position. So I thank all of the PGA professionals, including my dad."
In his time on U.S. Ryder Cup teams, Love enjoyed victory on two occasions. The first came in 1993 at The Belfry, where he earned the pivotal point in a 15-13 U.S. win. The second was at Brookline in 1999, when the U.S. completed a record comeback in Sunday's singles matches, overcoming a seemingly insurmountable four-point deficit to win, 14 ½-13 1/2 .
Other appearances for Love, included the 2004 matches at Oakland Hills -- the first of two consecutive matches where the U.S. was pummeled by a record margin, 18 ½-9 ½.
Suffice it to say, Love -- now the 27th U.S. Ryder Cup captain -- has experienced the highest of highs and lowest of lows as a player and has pretty much been groomed for his new role.
"The first couple of Ryder Cups you're just trying to not be too nervous and trying to play," said Love, who is looking to guide the U.S. to its first victory since Valhalla in 2008 and its second straight on home soil. "And then once we did three or four of them, Robin [Love's wife] and I started taking a little more care in watching what was going on, learning how The Ryder Cup ran, and Corey Pavin did me an incredible service by, one, asking me to help him, and two, preparing me for the chance to be The Ryder Cup captain. Seeing it from the inside, watching how much hard work he put into it and his whole team, we learned a lot."
Earlier this week, Jose Maria Olazabal was appointed captain of the 2012 European team. The Spaniard and Love are no strangers to one another in the Ryder Cup.
Love teamed up with Tom Kite to defeat Olazabal and Seve Ballesteros -- the most successful European team ever -- 2-and-1 in the opening fourball matches of the 1993 event. That, however, proved to be Love's lone triumph over Olazabal, who won the four other times they played in team matches at The Belfry and at Valderrama in 1997.
"José Maria and I go way back," Love said. "We have competed against each other. We have shared a lot of trials and tribulations through our careers together. He has been a good friend for someone that plays The European Tour and that I don't see that much. He's always been respectful and supportive of my career.
"I look forward to competing against him, to us leading our teams together, because the next year and a half is really going to be about he and I sitting up here talking and until the matches start, it's going to be me against him, which it will not be in our minds, but I think in the public, it will be the two of us battling it out for the who gets the most captain's picks or who get the most radios and who sets the golf course up."
Love will be able to spend plenty of time with potential team members over the next two years. He owns a lifetime exemption on the PGA Tour thanks to his 20 career wins, which trail only Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh among players from his generation.
If his 2011 debut on the PGA Tour is any indication of things to come, Love might just play his way onto his own team. Just last week he tied for ninth at the Sony Open in Hawaii with four rounds in the 60s.
While it's still terribly early, would Love consider participating in 2012 as a player if he made the team on points?
Absolutely, positively, yes.
"I've given a lot of thought to that, because I'm never going to give up my goal of making Ryder Cups, as long as I feel like I'm competitive on the Tour," he said. "I went out to Hawaii last week thinking about making points on all of the lists that I need to move up on and trying to win golf tournaments. I think between José Maria and myself, if one of us gets hot with the putter, we might make our own team.
"But what I ultimately want is the 12 best players," Love added. "And if I'm one of the best eight come the PGA Championship in 2012, then I'm going to want to play, because I don't want to leave a guy off the team that might help us win, and if that's me, great. If not, you know, I certainly would have a tough time picking myself. That wouldn't look very good."


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The future of mobile
I've been quite intrigued by the conversation that's been developing about the future of mobile. It started with Fred Wilson's post about Rethinking Mobile First. As usual, I have my own opinions on the topic. Here's what I posted in the comments on Fred's blog:
The future I see is a world where my phone is my laptop. I walk into my office and my phone connects over something like bluetooth to my monitor, keyboard and mouse. Mobile devices already have enough computing power for just about everything I need & that is only increasing. The CPU in my iPhone is better than the laptop I had 5 years ago. In a couple years it won't make sense to have both a phone and a laptop/desktop anymore. A laptop is just a bulky phone that can't make phone calls. The part about mobile that sucks most is the interface. I don't want to stare at a tiny screen. I don't want to type on a piece of glass. The UI will have to adapt based on the screen site, but we already have everything else we need. Mobile = Desktop. Sometimes I'll be connected to a screen/keyboard. Sometimes I won't be.
Or better yet, I hope Brad Feld is right that we'll all be using Google Glasses instead.


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Playing with AI is fun. That's why I spent a lot of time trying to make a decent AI controller for Ms. Pacman and entered it into this competition. If you enjoy hard AI challenges I can definitely suggest you take a look at the competition, but ultimately I got pretty tired of Ms. Pacman 🙂
Although the best AI controller I created for Ms. Pacman used pretty simple AI, I spent a lot of time looking at several more advanced techniques, including neural nets. I never figured anything special out, but I did make a pretty flexible and fast-performing neural net in C# and a visualization using (the then pretty new) Windows Presentation Foundation – that version is in the link to the Ms. Pacman controller.
Now I've ported the neural net and visualization code to Flash. Take a look at the example here. It uses this test set.
The neural net has support for any amount of inputs, any amount of hidden layers with any amount of neurons as well as the most used activation functions. Also, porting the visualization was surprisingly easy going from WPF to Flash. The visualization cools (blue) when the weights (lines) and activation values for the neurons (boxes) stays unchanged, and warms (red) when they change. This can probably help you adjust the learning rate and size of the network, but beyond that it's probably just nice to look at.
The most obvious question would be: why port a neural net to Flash from C#? The primary reason that I work with Flash is because it is so easy to get your projects into the hands of other people. I have worked with XNA for games as well, and just getting it to run on a computer without Visual Studio is beyond painful. So although I sacrifice some speed and ease of development when making hobby projects in Flash, it also gets to be a lot more fun – and usually prettier as well.