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There will be no Spring Break this week for Night School, the racing industry's national online fan education program. Tuesday's 90-minute online lesson focusing on "Money Management and Wagering Theories" kicks off a jam-packed week of fan education that includes on-track visits Saturday to Gulfstream Park and Fair Grounds.
Night School's weekly Tuesday online course continues from 8:30 to 10:00 p.m. ET this week with a renowned cast of horseplayers discussing the all-important subjects of money management and wagering theories. Joining Night School co-founders Joe Kristufek and Jeremy Plonk in the interactive chat will be top handicappers Gibson Carothers, Rich Eng and Dave Brower. The lesson also features a Night School first—a video montage of the best of Night School from previous seasons on the topics of money management and wagering theories. The "Mixtape" will give students a broader look at the subject matter from past guests in a quick-fire format. The downloadable study materials this week will be actual wagering logs from Plonk and Kristufek, and the thinking behind them, for racing this past weekend at Gulfstream Park.
The trio of guests in this week's live chat promises to be exceptional. Eng is the turf writer and handicapper for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and author of "Betting on Horse Races for Dummies." Carothers long has been recognized as one of the architects of pick six strategy and one of the most respected horseplayers in the game. The renowned advertising executive and master writer of some of pop culture's most memorable phrases, he's also the father of TVG racing analyst Matt Carothers, who will be a guest panelist in next week's Night School program. And Brower has been one of harness racing's most identifiable public handicappers. The former Meadowlands television analyst and morning line maker has appeared on several national telecasts of the sport over the past 20 years.
Meanwhile, the Night School Tour of on-track fan educators will make its first two stops of the season in conjunction with the America's Best Racing 101 "Fan Hubs" this Saturday. Night School instructors Joe Kristufek (Gulfstream Park) and Jill Byrne (Fair Grounds) will anchor the teams assembled at both the Florida Derby and Louisiana Derby programs. Fans in the area are welcome to stop by for all-day lessons ranging from the basics to the most advanced questions. Upcoming Tour dates also include Toyota Blue Grass Day at Keeneland on April 13 and Illinois Derby Day at Hawthorne on April 20.
Presenting title sponsors for Night School are the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, American Quarter Horse Association, Keeneland, Churchill Downs, Inc., and the United States Trotting Association.
The 90-minute classes are offered every Tuesday for 40 consecutive weeks through Dec. 3. Topics change weekly, and fans are eligible for prizes and rewards for registering. Registration is optional and free. There is never a charge for taking part in Night School. The weekly program is offered in three media: live chat via the Cover It Live live blogging/chat forum, audio/radio streaming and full video lesson plans. The media of delivery is based on the subject matter and alternates throughout the season.
This week's Night School will be followed at 10:00 p.m. ET by the "After Night School Special," featuring live racing from Mountaineer Park. The segment will cover the evening's final race in real time with free, live-streaming video. Fans wishing to take part in the Mountaineer action simply need to remain in the Night School chat after class.
The Night School lessons continue each week with the "Night School Friday Night Live" from Remington Park, featuring expert analysis and live chat for an entire card of action with complimentary live streaming video. The Friday live chats—co-hosted by track announcer Dale Day, morning line maker Jerry Shottenkirk and Horse Player NOW's Jeremy Plonk—begin at 6:30 p.m. ET and extend through the evening's final race.
This week's Night School preview video by Joe Kristufek and Jeremy Plonk:
This week's study materials, courtesy of Horse Player NOW:


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Explore the waterways in Leicestershire
The broad and gently winding River Soar is full of wildlife, including large numbers of birds and coarse fish. Its source is midway between Hinckley and Lutterworth, and flows north through Leicester, where it is joined by the Grand Union Canal.
The river continues through Leicestershire passing Loughborough and Kegworth, until it reaches the River Trent at the county boundary. The Leicester navigation connects to the River Soar south of Loughborough, both forming part of the Grand Union Canal.
The Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal takes a quiet, meandering course through unspoilt countryside. The Market Harborough Arm is one of two branches of the Leicester Line, part of the Grand Union Canal. There are no locks on this stretch of canal just four miles from Foxton. But there's lots to see as boats travel along the canal to the terminus at Market Harborough.
At Foxton the remains of an historic inclined plane can be seen which was once a spectacular lift for boats. Visitors can watch boats travel through the magnificent flight of ten locks, take a boat trip, or pop into the museum to see how the inclined plane used to work or just sit back and relax in one of the pubs or enjoy a picnic of Leicestershire produce.
The tranquil Ashby Canal meanders along a level, rural path, and so needs no locks at all. It winds peacefully through Leicestershire countryside for almost the whole of its 22-mile length. It is the perfect destination for first-time boaters, or walkers in search of a gentle and pretty route. The canal line touches the western edge of Bosworth Field, where King Richard III met his match at the hands of Henry Tudor in 1485.
Pick up a copy of the River Soar Trail at your local library, download a copy here or a request a copy to be posted out to you by calling 0116 305 4866 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Volunteering opportunities
There are opportunities to volunteer with a variety of organisations along the trail. Visit each organisation's website for more information;
Leicester City Council: www.leicester.gov.uk/parks-volunteering
Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust: www.lrwt.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/
Leicestershire and Rutland Ornithological Society (LROS) www.lros.org.uk/
Leicester Outdoor Pursuits Centre: www.lopc.co.uk/about/get-involved/river-clean-team/
Charnwood Borough Council: www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/charnwoodconservationvolunteers
Leicestershire Country Parks: www.leicscountryparks.org.uk/volunteer/
Foxton Inclined Plane Trust: www.fipt.org.uk/vols
Canal & River Trust: canalrivertrust.org.uk/volunteer

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University Park, Pa. — The human body loves zinc. In fact, without zinc, humans wouldn't be able to grow, make babies, feed babies or fight diseases; over 300 biological functions in the human body rely upon zinc. Too much or too little zinc and processes suffer, stressing our bodies and making us vulnerable to diseases and possibly early death. Even though zinc is incredibly important for our survival, our current understanding is very limited. Only a handful of researchers across the world work on the biology of zinc at the molecular level, how it operates within our cells and ultimately how our bodies make use of it. One of those few groups of zinc researchers works in Penn State's Department of Nutritional Sciences.
Under the guidance of Shannon Kelleher, assistant professor of nutritional sciences, a cohort of research and postdoctoral scientists along with graduate and undergraduate students perform research on zinc that is funded by several agencies, including the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense. Their work consists, primarily, of discovering how zinc interacts with our bodies, specifically when it comes to reproduction. They ask questions such as, "Once zinc is in our body, where does it go, what does it do, and how does it do it?" They perform controlled experiments involving certain "zinc transporters" -- proteins our bodies create to help move zinc around. Much like a host of trained athletes who pass the Olympic flame from Athens, Greece, to the site of the Olympics every few years, so, too, do specific proteins created by the body pass zinc atoms from the digestive system to all cells throughout the body.
There are 24 of these zinc transporters and each has its own purpose: some move zinc into a cell, some carry it around inside the cell and some push zinc out of cells. Understanding what the body does with zinc (aside from looking for zinc atoms) requires understanding how zinc is transported in individual cells. That's partly what the work in Kelleher's lab consists of -- mapping the journeys of one little (but important) mineral and discovering how it functions in our bodies. Kelleher's research studies zinc's impact at all stages of life, from old age to infancy and even before birth.
Breast Cancer, Obesity in Older Women
For some reason, postmenopausal women who are obese are at a higher risk for breast cancer, compared to postmenopausal women who are not obese. Researchers also know that estrogen plays a role in this relationship, which explains the postmenopausal part of the equation (women's estrogen levels typically decrease as the result of menopause). It doesn't explain how estrogen and obesity are related to breast cancer, though. That's what Kelleher and her colleagues are trying to find out.
"When you're obese, the fat cells in your body have expanded," said Kelleher. "Obesity promotes an inflammatory response, and we know that women with inflammatory diseases are at a higher risk of breast cancer." Kelleher is trying to make a cohesive picture of the factors involved: women, menopause, zinc, estrogen and breast cancer, with the ultimate goal of being able to prevent or better fight breast cancer in the future.
Her first experiment, which she is conducting now, is to find out which zinc transporters change when a normal breast cell becomes a tumor. This work is an extension of her observation that breast cancer cells have high levels of zinc compared to non-cancerous breast cells. That observation prompted researchers with a conundrum reminiscent of the chicken-or-egg dilemma: they are not sure if breast cancer causes cells to accumulate higher levels of zinc, or if the higher levels of zinc are the result of another process that also caused the breast cancer. What is known, however, is that the two are related. Using this knowledge, Kelleher is devising more studies that could leverage zinc's travels in a way that will improve the health of people who have breast cancer.
The Infant Immune System and Milk
Once out of the womb, infants are exposed to a mass of new diseases. They need a reliable immune system to survive and one key component of the immune system is zinc. Zinc deficiency has been cited by the World Health Organization as most common cause of disease in children under the age of 5 worldwide. Roughly one-third of the world's population suffers from some degree of zinc deficiency and in some areas of the world, 75 percent of the population is zinc deficient (women and children are more likely to have a deficiency).
Zinc not only helps bolster the immune system, but it is necessary for growth. If there are low levels of zinc in breast milk that is nourishing a baby, the infant will be affected significantly. Common results of prolonged zinc deficiency in infants include increased infections, skin disorders and behavioral and developmental problems. This could be one of the reasons that breast milk contains very high levels of zinc -- in a way, it fuels the baby's growth and development.
Research in Kelleher's lab focuses on what the mammary gland does with zinc, how it gets in, where it's stored within cells and how the mammary gland moves it into milk. The researchers use fluorescent dyes that change color when attached to zinc in specific parts of the cells: one dye turns red when attached to zinc in the cell's mitochondria, another dye turns green when attached to zinc in the cell's vesicles. They've already figured out which transporters are responsible for moving zinc into milk and they are currently trying to understand how it first gets in and where it goes.
Through this process of molecular cartography, Kelleher and her colleagues are laying the groundwork for future research. After they know where zinc goes and how it gets there, scientists can step in and use this to their advantage, reducing some of the more serious side effects of zinc deficiency.
A Necessity Before Birth
Zinc plays a huge role even as humans develop in the womb. The placenta nourishes the developing baby and the development of a placenta during pregnancy is directly related to zinc levels in a woman's body. Placenta cells attach to the uterine lining during the initial stages of pregnancy; in doing so, they are invading the uterine cells, breaking them apart so that the developing fetus can attach. Placenta cells are like "chewing machines," said Kelleher. And what do placenta cells rely on for this chewing ability? Zinc.
It's not as gruesome as it sounds, though. The placenta is important for supplying blood to a growing fetus. The most efficient and effective way to do this is to have an incredibly tight connection to the uterine lining. Low zinc levels could mean less efficient "chewing" and a looser connection between uterus and placenta. Ultimately this could lead to preterm labor or pre-eclampsia (a condition that involves high blood pressure), two outcomes that put both mother and baby in danger.
Kelleher and her colleagues are working to understand which zinc transporters play a role in placental development, and, in situations where the placenta poses a threat to both mother and baby, what can be done to improve the outcome.
Mobility and Fertility
Zinc affects us even further back in our growth than the womb stage: as a sperm. Zinc is essential for reproductive fertility. It helps sperm on their way to starting the reproductive process. Without zinc, sperm loses its chances of 'breaking into' an egg. Also, sufficient zinc levels boost sperm's mobility, allowing it to become a "strong swimmer," said Kelleher.
Like breast cancer, both prostate and testicular cancers have abnormal zinc levels. Like milk, prostate fluid contains very high levels of zinc, too. "Nobody knows why prostate fluid is high in zinc," said Kelleher, "but we do know that the prostate intentionally secretes zinc into the fluid." Currently, Kelleher is looking at mild zinc deficiency and how that impacts fertility in mice.
New Ways to See Zinc
While it is important to know the effects of zinc deficiency and how zinc impacts the body, it is also important to know how to determine if the body is zinc-deficient.
One of the most common ways to measure zinc levels in the body is by looking at blood plasma. However, only a severe zinc deficiency will show up on these tests. Because even a minor zinc deficiency can affect a person's growth, cognition and immune system, these tests fall short of diagnostic needs.
Kelleher has devised a new system for measuring zinc, which she is testing now. She is looking at changes in gene expression in white blood cells. White blood cells, which are part of the body's immune system, use zinc when "expressing" certain genes (Most genes can be thought of as blueprints for a building -- they contain information that can be used to build a structure. When a gene is "expressed," it means that the blueprint has been read and the building process has begun. In the case of the gene, the result of this building process is usually a protein.).
In many cases, a gene is expressed in response to some condition the body is experiencing. When you get a cut, for example, your body will usually begin a chain reaction to eventually create a scab that stops the flow of blood. A change in gene expression sets off the process of making a scab. If you had a way of looking at changes in all the genes that are expressed at one time (which Kelleher does: a process called microarrays), you could monitor the levels of gene expression when an organism is at varying levels of zinc deficiency. The genes that change their expression are the ones affected by zinc deficiency.
Although there are over 35,000 genes that can be expressed in mice, Kelleher has her target gene audience narrowed down to about 20. One (or all) of those could be an indicator for low zinc in the body.
As they chart more of where zinc travels and figure out new ways to precisely measure it in the body, Kelleher and her colleagues are increasing a worldwide understanding of zinc. Their research today could be used to remedy the maladies that follow even marginal zinc deficiency.


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T & T from Lisa's Blog
Written By FewMinute Wonders on Monday, April 27, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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The Strawberry Pancake does look inviting. Thanks Srimathi, for joining in on this edition of T&T.ReplyDelete
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What is NLP?
N.L.P. - Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a therapeutic process which enables you to break old patterns and generate unlimited potential using posture, breathing, specific exercises, awareness and communication skills.
NLP is a bit like an 'owners manual' for your brain!
The name Neuro-Linguistic Programming was an attempt to describe in a succinct manner the scope of this extensive body of insights and skills:
Neuro refers to how the mind and body interact
Linguistic refers to the insights into a person's thinking that can be obtained by careful attention to their use of language
Programming refers, not to the activity of programming, but to the study of the thinking and behavioural patterns or 'programmes' which people use in their daily lives.


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A quiet oasis in the heart of Bangkok's gay scene, with great food and good prices.
A truly friendly hotel experience with great service and vibrant surroundings.
Silom is Bangkok's most infamous gay area. It caters laregely to the international crowd, both tourists and expats. In Silom there are Soi 4, Soi 2 and Boystown, or Soi Twilight, all in close proximity to each other.
At night there is a wonderful market lining the main Silom road with a great range of stylish fashion items. After all it's the gay area of Bangkok.
Soi 4 in Silom is often the destination for gay visitors to Bangkok. This soi consists of a number of bars (some have hit world fame) that are friendly to a foreign audience. Expect western food and western prices. Silom Soi 4 is a place to hang out, sit back and relax with a cold beer, a cocktail or even a glass of wine while you watch gay boys from all over the world parade by. There aren't any Go-Go bars here, if you're looking for those you should check out the nearby Boystown. Mind the mamu happy hours and promotions as they can relieve your wallet and at some of the bars. Some happy hour lasts all night.
Silom Soi 2 is where the party's at. Easy to miss, this soi looks more like a small alley or even an entrance to a tucked away restaurant. Walk inside it though (at night there is security and locker service posted in front) and you'll find some of the most famous gay clubs and discos in Bangkok.
In Soi Twilight is pretty much the gay red light district of Bangkok, with a delightful lineup of male gay go-go bars and sensual gay massage shops. You'll find the street is buzzing with boys as they'll do their best to charm you into their lovely bars and loving arms.
A hidden gem in Soi Twilight is delicious in an unexpected way. One of Bangkok's most legendary and laid back gay restaurants is located right at the epicenter of lustfullness. Check out Dick's cafe while you're there.


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What might look like cutting edge technology today will be gone from our cars before you know it. It all starts with these ten recent innovations.
10.) Individual Driver Assists
Nowadays, you can choose driver aids such as blind spot assist, night vision or lane warnings from the options list. There will be a day when all those sensors, cameras and laser beams will be integrated into one giant system, a system that most likely gets rid of the human factor completely.
Suggested By: MrTheEngineer, Photo Credit: Máté Petrány/Jalopnik
9.) Basic Head-Up Displays
Head up displays are great and they're most likely to stay popular, but not in their current, rather uninformative form. Don't be surprised if a much larger part of the windshield becomes a screen.
Suggested By: JayhawkJake, Photo Credit: jurvetson
8.) Electric Car Plugs
Inductive charging: because wires are a pain in the ass. Don't hold your breath, though. Inductive charging is far less efficient than conductive charging, so wires will certainly stay for a little longer.
Suggested By: ndukyh, Photo Credit: jeffwilcox
7.) Voice Recognition
Today's voice recognition is painfully slow and not nearly accurate enough. Nobody wants to talk to a computer anyway. According to Spike Jonze we're about 12 years away from this actually working. As ejp hates automatic explains:
It's a great idea - no need to find secondary controls, no need to take eyes off of the road. However, every implementation that I've ever used is cringe-worthy. The process works like this:
- Press a button
- Wait for the thing to give the feedback "say a command"
- Wait for the beep
- Say a command
- The system does not understand and reads a long menu of available commands
- Wait for the menu of commands to finish
- Repeat your command
- The system misunderstands your repeated command and puts you into the wrong sub-menu
- Say "main menu" or "back"
- The system misunderstands, and reads the list of available commands in the sub-menu...or says something even worse (for your protection) "this command is not available while the vehicle is in motion"
- Gasp in frustration and give up, opting to press the button that would have done what you wanted instantaneously anyway.
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6.) Digital gauges
Digital instruments look cool and make sense with today's fast-revving engines. They work just fine both visually and technically. They are entirely the future.
However, if the 2060 version of you buys a car that has digital gauges from 2014 you'll laugh and remember the good old days, just like we do now when we see an Apple II or an Aston Martin Lagonda.
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5.) LED Daytime Running Lights
BMW came up with it, Audi capitalized on the technology while Mercedes also jumped onboard and hit the party with a few crystals.
Future versions of this will look ever cleaner and meaner, while many contemporary cars will get the same looks we give to pop-up headlights — fun but dated.
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4.) Touch screens
Buttons still work better and safer than any touch screen, so current touch screen technology will probably be extremely difficult to use, like putting a Prius driver in a car with a choke.
I understand designer and engineering desires to simplify the secondary controls, and we want to pack more technology into our infotainment systems. It is a selling point, and integrating controls makes the interior seem less cluttered.
However, when basic secondary controls aren't in the same place each time, something as simple as changing the cabin temperature requires the driver to take their eyes off of the road, changing the mode of the controls, finding the appropriate HVAC control, and making the change. Even in some of the Fords (like the Edge), there is a dedicated control, but it is neither a button nor dial but a flush mounted control with no touch feedback. This means that it cannot simply be located by feel and pressed without looking down. The driver must take their eyes off of the road.
A stupid design, with only aesthetics in mind, ignoring functionality.
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3.) Hardwired USB And iPhone Chargers
Humanity will get rid of those damn wires and ports at some point.
We will find a way!
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2.) Synthetic Engine Sounds
Think of it as a bad joke. Themanwithsauce explains:
Synthetic engine sound generators for combustion engines. Not the ones that pipe in intake noise, the ones that play the noise over the radio. Work fine when new, will work like shit after three speakers blow out because 18 year old Johnny wants a 15 year old 5 series.
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1.) Navigation Systems
Your phone does the job better already, for free. The idea of a separate system for your car and for your phone/Google Glass/whatever will seem hilariously obsolete.
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Welcome back to Answers of the Day - our daily Jalopnik feature where we take the best ten responses from the previous day's Question of the Day and shine it up to show off. It's by you and for you, the Jalopnik readers. Enjoy!
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Dell Chipper About Tablet OS Options
Though he may not have much reason to be, Dell CEO Michael Dell is optimistic about the company's prospects in the tablet market.
During an earnings call late Tuesday he talked up Dell's efforts to build slates using Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows 8 and seemed upbeat about their potential.
"We're still quite interested in Android," Dell said. "I'll also tell you that our early work on Windows 8 on the tablet side looks to be pretty encouraging. And so, we think it's shaping up to be a competitive environment. I don't think beyond those two that there are viable alternatives that make sense. So there's a lot of other noise out there in the market that I don't think will amount to much of anything."
By "other noise," Dell clearly means HP's webOS and RIM's QNX. But the company can't license either of those, so they wouldn't be viable alternatives anyway. Still, it's noteworthy that Dell says Windows 8 is starting to become a real option on tablets.


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In preparation for my upcoming talk on jQuery Templates, I've been been deep diving into the jQuery Template plugin created by Microsoft.. Many of you are probably familiar with server-side template engines like Smarty or Cheetah but only recently have client-side template engines taken off. Considering how complex our web apps are becoming, it makes total sense.
The cool thing about templates is that it lets you easily structure your content display without all the hassle of string concatenation. For example, say I had a data set containing an ID and a name and I wanted to display the name as a hyperlink.
I could do something like this:
var clRec = ""; for(var i=0; i<client.name.length; i++) { clRec += "
" + client.name[i] + "
"; }
but to me, this seems much more readable and maintainable:

${name}

The second code snippet is a template I've created to render a hyperlinked name in a list and it's very easy to do. First, include both jQuery and the jQuery Template plugin into your page:

Next, define the data that you'd like to see rendered. This could be data derived from an XHR call or something you've predefined, like this:
var clientData = [ { name: "Rey Bango", id: 1 }, { name: "Mark Goldberg", id: 2 }, { name: "Jen Statford", id: 3 } ];
Now, define your template:

Yep, the "script" tags are necessary and used because they allow your template to be embedded within the body of the page. Notice that we've defined the placeholders as ${id} & ${name}, the same names used in the identifiers in our data. The "${}" tells the template parser that the field needs to be replaced with the expected value.
Then call the jQuery Template plugin to render the data using your template:
$("#clientTemplate").tmpl(clientData).appendTo( "ul" );
The plugin's .tmpl() method accepts the data we've defined and handles the parsing of the template we've selected. Then we use jQuery's .appendTo() method to append the results to an unordered list tag. This gives me the following results:
That's it! Told you it was simple. :)
I'll go into more advanced details during my presentation but this should give you something to start with in the meantime. Here's the full source for you to use:
<!DOCTYPE html>   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="robots" content="noindex" /> <title>Template Test</title>


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Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. and Boston College
virtual exhibit spring 2002 - burns library
Introduction | Background | Student | Speaker | Alumnus | Honors | Conclusion
Thomas P. O'Neill learned two great lessons from his first campaign. One lesson was learned on the last day of the campaign from his high school elocution and drama teacher, a neighbor who lived across the street from his residence. On that fateful day, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Brien approached the aspiring politician and said "Tom, I'm going to vote for you tomorrow even though you didn't ask me." O'Neill was puzzled as he had known Mrs. O'Brien for years and had done chores for her, cutting grass, raking leaves and shoveling snow. He told his neighbor that "I didn't think I had to ask for your vote." She replied "Tom, let me tell you something: People like to be asked." The second bit of advice came a few days after the election from O'Neill's father. During the election, Thomas O'Neill, Sr., removed himself from his son's first election and left him to his own devices. However, after the election, he told Tip: "Let me tell you something that I learned years ago. All politics is local." During the campaign, Tip took his neighborhood for granted and did not work hard enough in his "own backyard." O'Neill took these lessons to heart. He would not hold his career aspirations over the interests of his constituents. The advice paid off: O'Neill served for fifty years in public office (sixteen years in the Massachusetts House of Representations and thirty-four years in the United States House of Representatives).
In 1937, O'Neill began his first year of public life as a Massachusetts State Representative. He ran on bread and butter issues: more jobs and decent wages. O'Neill pursued WPA funds for the creation of local jobs to cleanup the polluted Charles River and Alewife Brook. In that same year, he took an unpopular stand and voted to repeal an American Legion-backed loyalty oath that would have been required of all educators (including college professors). O'Neill felt that the oath cast doubts upon the patriotism of educators and was "an insult to some of the finest men and women I had ever known." Though the American Legion vowed to defeat O'Neill in his next election, O'Neill explained his position to his constituents and was reelected to a second term. His stand established him as an independent-minded legislator. His hard work and integrity continued to get him reelected. O'Neill also earned the respect of his follow Democratic representatives and was elected Minority Leader in 1947 by his peers.
The above is an image of a campaign card used in O'Neill's 1940 campaign.
In 1948, U.S. Congressman John McCormack (Democratic Party Whip and leader of the Massachusetts delegation) offered his support and encouraged O'Neill to campaign hard to make the Democratic Party the majority party in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the first time in a century. Their effort paid off as they captured 38 out of 40 GOP districts targeted by the Democratic strategy. The Democrats now held a majority of the seats (122 to 118). O'Neill became the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
In 1952, Congressman John F. Kennedy ran for U.S. Senate and this left his Congressional seat open. O'Neill decided to run, and won the election by a three thousand vote margin. In 1952, O'Neill was riding against the political current as the Republicans gained ground on the Democratic Party across the country. Adlai Stevenson was defeated by General Dwight Eisenhower in the race for the White House and the Republicans captured Congress. O'Neill had gone from the Massachusetts House Speakership (one of the most powerful government positions in Massachusetts) to being a freshman Congressman of the minority party. He is pictured here arriving at the Capitol with his friend and colleague Congressman Edward Boland (BC Class of 1926). For twenty years, Boland and O'Neill shared an apartment in Washington, D.C.
Thomas O'Neill did not take any vote for granted. He is pictured to the left at the ballot box with his wife Mildred Ann (Miller) O'Neill in the mid 1950s. Not forgetting the advice of Mrs. O'Brien, on every election, he would ask Millie for her vote. She would typically reply "Tom, I'll give you every consideration." Mildred Miller and O'Neill had been married in 1941 at St. John's Church in North Cambridge. Over the years, O'Neill always stated how grateful he was for all of the support that Millie gave him and their family of five children. In 1938, O'Neill supplemented his salary by establishing a local real estate business and would stay in business until 1971. Unlike other congressmen's families, O'Neill's family stayed in Cambridge while O'Neill was in Washington. He returned home to his family on weekends.
Listing all of O'Neill's accomplishments in Congress would be a daunting task and space only allows the listing a few highlights. In 1955, he became a member of the influential House Rules Committee. It was just one of the many committees that O'Neill served on during his years in Congress. In 1958, O'Neill and Edward Boland introduced legislation that lead to the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. In 1970, he was a co-sponsor of a reform bill that ended the practice of unrecorded voting in the House. Congressmen would now be accountable to their constituents for their actions. In 1971, O'Neill became the Majority Whip and was now part of the House leadership. Two years later, he became the majority leader. The Majority Leader is shown here (right) serving on a congressional committee in a photograph taken by House Photographer Dev O'Neill (no relation to Tip) in 1973. In 1974, O'Neill played a key role in managing the Nixon impeachment proceedings.
In 1977, O'Neill became the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He held the position until 1987. This was the longest continuous term of the Speakership in the nation's history. One of his most important actions in Congress was to open the House to live television coverage (CSPAN) beginning in 1979. In the 1980s, O'Neill spearheaded the Democrats' efforts to hold the excesses of the Reagan Revolution in check and to prevent massive scale backs of social programs for the nation's aged and less advantaged citizens. The Speaker felt Reagan did not have a firm grasp on domestic affairs and once characterized the popular president as a "Herbert Hoover with a smile." For these efforts, O'Neill was vilified as a "tax and spend liberal" by the Republicans, the conservative press and even some of his own constituents. Also to the displeasure of the Reagan administration, he was horrified by the atrocities committed by Contra rebels in Nicaragua and sought to limit U.S. funding to these groups. O'Neill did not run for reelection in 1986 and retired from public office in January 1987.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — University of Colorado steeplechasers Emma Coburn and Shalaya Kipp easily advanced to Saturday's 3,000-meter steeplechase final in yesterday's qualifying rounds at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Coburn, who has the nation's No. 1 collegiate time in 9:40.51 (a time that earlier tops in the world this season), won the second qualifying heat in 10 minutes, 0.43 seconds after leading most of the race. Kipp, a sophomore, finished in 10:02.09 in the first heat. Both are seeded second and third behind Virginia senior Stephanie Garcia.
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We Try The New Candy Corn Oreo As It Attempts To Merge The Candy-Cookie Divide
Taste-test, Aisle 1.
When we learned that Oreo was coming out with a limited edition, only-at-Target candy corn flavor, most of us reacted a little like this:
Not me though. I'm a proud member of the pro-candy corn underground, and even if I accept that the stuff is objectively terrible, I just can't stop eating it.
So candy corn haters, this is not the review for you. Seek out your disaster stories elsewhere. Candy corn fans and candy curious, here's the evaluation you've been waiting for.
First, let's establish what tastes good about candy corn for those of us who like candy corn in the first place. Part of it is the texture, right? The dense chew that's chalky and waxy all at once, that makes your teeth hurt so good. As for the flavor—yes, sweet. Really sweet. But what else is going on there? You can't just say it's corn syrup—corn syrup doesn't taste that way. Candy corn is basically pure sugar, but just like how marshmallows (which are also pure sugar + gelatin) don't only taste like sugar, neither does candy corn.
Part of that is the cocktail of industrial chemicals that sneak in right after the dextrose and before the titanium dioxide. But look up a little on that ingredient list. What do you see? Honey. That's right, candy corn is made with actual honey, and I think it's an essential part of the candy's flavor.
Enter the Candy Corneo
You smell the candy corn before you see it.
Be careful who you open this in front of—it's a chemical weapon. The room will smell of candy corn before you fish the plastic sleeve out of the package. But sniff it side by side with real candy corn and you'll notice the difference. Candy corn has a deeper, more honeyed aroma, and smells (relatively, at least) less objectionably, chemically sweet. A quick look at the ingredient list confirms my suspicion: no honey in sight.
The anatomy of the candy corn Oreo: two golden cookies and one Double Stuf-thick layer of creme that's half orange, half yellow. The golden cookies are just like what you find on plain Golden Oreos, and you probably already have feelings about those one way or the other. Frankly, they taste pretty inessential to the overall package. The creme's the thing here: bright, intensely aromatic, the soul of the Candy Corneo.
So how does it stack up? Candy corn fans, I'm sorry to let you down. But this is not the hybrid cookie you're looking for. The creme manages to taste even more sweet than candy corn, with a powerful artificial frosting vibe. There's no mellow creme depth. No honeyed accents. No real interest—just sweet. Candy corn haters denied that it tasted like candy corn at all. I won't go that far...but this just doesn't quite do it.
The real killer is the texture. Oreo creme is satisfyingly greasy and gritty at the same time. Flavoring that with candy corn stuff is a pretty brilliant idea. But this filling is stiff and gummy, a poor simulacrum of candy corn's unmistakable waxiness. The texture fails us most of all, and with it my dreams of a Candy Corneo we can love.
But is it Awful?
Here's the thing. We've tasted some bloody disgusting Oreo flavors in our time, Oreos that make me shudder just to think about. Compared to those members of the Oreo Hall of Shame, the Candy Corneo is just a wayward Oreo that doesn't quite make the mark. It's not good, but not abjectly terrible.
You have to wonder if there's any way a Candy Corneo could taste good. Frankly, I'm not sure. But I'd prefer a mass market Icarus, one that tries so hard to cookie-fy candy corn that it fails spectacularly, to this close but-not-quite attempt. Nabisco, I hope you try this again with a new formula. You've ignited a spark I didn't know I had within me. Fly farther, cookie company, fly.
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Animate Michelangelos Tim Tebow, the Jets' backup, and Lolo Jones, the Team USA hurdler, have a lot in common. Well, maybe not. They're both pretty, muscular virgins. I think that's it.
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Today all fabrics are breathable so the choice comes down to the handle and feel, which is affected by the weight, density of the weave, and whether the proofing is a coating or laminate.
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In order to win a cleaning contract for a new job, a local building services contractor (BSC) offered to provide the initial cleaning of the facility at no charge — a common tactic in the competitive world of commercial cleaning.
The strategy worked, however not thoroughly inspecting the property added significant cost to that "complimentary" cleaning.
When thinking of floor maintenance the first things that come to mind are mopping, stripping, refinishing … keeping the floor clean and looking good.
What the BSC missed in his inspection was the condition of the baseboards.
The previous contractor had left a considerable amount of soil and floor finish on the baseboards which caused excessive staining, leaving an unsightly appearance.
Baseboards provide a visual transition from floor to wall and also protect the wall from damage that may occur when floor maintenance is performed.
Keeping baseboards clean should be considered part of any comprehensive floor cleaning plan.
Before attempting to clean baseboards, it is important to determine what they are made of.
Baseboards are made from a variety of materials including different types of wood, vinyl, rubber, resilient or specialty material, and even concrete, stone and clay.
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Because baseboards are horizontal it can be difficult to keep cleaning chemicals on the surface long enough for them to dissolve soils and emulsify floor finishes.
The best method is to work on a small, manageable section of the baseboard and reapply cleaning agents frequently.
The goal is to give the chemicals enough time to dwell on the surface of the baseboard, allowing them to work effectively.
While cleaning baseboards, always protect the floor below the baseboard from run off.
Along with applying cleaning solution to the baseboard, cleaning techs will likely need to use agitation to loosen and remove soils and finish.
If the build-up is minimal, it may be possible to remove it using a terry cloth towel and aggressive scrubbing.
Apply a minimum amount of stripping solution on the towel, and scrub aggressively until the finish is removed.
Follow the scrubbing with a clean towel rinse to remove any remaining soil.
For more extensive build-up, use the least abrasive scrubbing pad possible that does the job, to avoid scratching the baseboard.
While scratches may not be noticeable while cleaning, once the area is dry, damage can become highly visible.
The first step in preventing baseboard soiling is to simply use extra care to keep them clean.
Since baseboards are connected to the floor it is very difficult to avoid them during maintenance.
They get bumped with the equipment, hit with wet mops and the worst cause of build-up – hit with the finish applicator or mop when floor finish is being applied.
All of this "cleaning" can cause damage to the baseboards and create a build-up of dirt and floor finish.
Whenever cleaning solution or finish gets on a baseboard, workers should stop and wipe the area clean immediately.
Another way to avoid baseboard soiling is to clean the outer edges of the floor first or, if refinishing the floor, "cut in" the floor by applying the first coat of finish to the edges of the floor.
This allows technicians to apply cleaning solution or floor finish to the rest of the floor without the applicator brushing up against the baseboard.
Another tip to make it easier to strip floors with minimal additional cleaning of baseboards is to only apply the first and last coat of finish to the edge of the floor.
The floors will scrub/strip out easier and labor cost on removing finish from the baseboards will be reduced.
Other options to avoid baseboard soiling include using a "splash guard" on the floor machine to prevent baseboard and wall splashing or using a cylindrical brush multi-surface scrubber or automatic scrubber that can be used directly up to floor edges and corner, effectively cleaning edges without releasing slurry that can soil baseboards.
Certain models of these machines have optional side brushes, designed for cleaning baseboards and floor edges.
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Cleaning baseboards can be very time consuming and labor intensive.
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In The LEGO Movie Videogame on the PlayStation 4, players will experience the ultimate LEGO building experience with Emmet, a perfectly average citizen who is mistaken as the key to saving the world. Guide this remarkably ordinary - and hilariously underprepared - chap through an epic quest to stop the brutally evil tyrant Lord Business. Don't worry, though, over 90 characters from The LEGO Movie are on hand to help out. Take control of heroes such as Batman, the Green Ninja and Gandalf. Everything in The LEGO Movie Videogame is something that you more than likely already expect. However, if you're looking for a fun co-op game in the vein of all the other LEGO games that have come before, this is very much that.
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The Lego Movie Videogame on the PlayStation 4 is an action-adventure video game developed by TT Games and released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment as part of the Lego franchise of video games. It follows the plots found in the original animated film The Lego Movie.
At some point in the past, when the first LEGO Star Wars game was released, we would have dropped the LEGO games into another genre of video games, probably in with 3D platformers or something like that. Today, there have been so many LEGO games released that the series has practically become a genre unto itself.
These days, everyone knows what to expect when they get a LEGO game. The games are co-op centric, require the collection of a massive amount of currency in the form of studs to unlock new characters and fun collectibles. There have of course been minor changes to the formula over the years, such as the addition of an open world and allowing LEGO figures to finally speak out loud, but the games have mostly remained the same.
Sadly, The LEGO Movie Videogame on the Playstation 4 continues this trend. While this latest entry in the LEGO series of games adds a few new gameplay features such as a new pick-the-brick building mechanic and a rather dull hacking minigame. Other than those tiny additions that are used sparingly throughout the game, The LEGO Movie Videogame remains the same LEGO game you've been playing for quite a few years now.
That said, one of the things that made past LEGO videogames so interesting was the conversion of a piece of media such as Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Lord of the Rings that you are so used to seeing in film into the LEGO form. Making that leap always created a large number of comedic opportunities that the game would capitalize on.
By simply making a game out of something that was already made of LEGOs, like The LEGO Movie, you lose the comedy of the transition. That is not to say that this game isn't funny, it has a ton of great moments, but every single one of those moments was present in the movie. Moreover, this game is almost exactly the movie. You absolutely need to see the film first if you don't want every single plot point spoiled for you in a short time span.
While the plot and comedy bits may not be as original as past games, the visual style does stand out, even among other LEGO games. Just like the film, the game very much still looks like it is still made of LEGO bricks while still having its own unique look and feel.
As far as visual differences between different consoles go, the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4 versions are all more or less identical. The graphics do look a little sharper on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, but not really at a level where it's all that notable.
The portable versions of the game on 3DS and Vita are completely different from the console and PC versions of the game as usual, but if you've played the portable versions before you pretty much know what to expect.
At the end of the day, if you're looking for a LEGO game to break the mold and really try something exciting and new - that's not here. If you're looking for something to add on to the experience of the movie with some more story and fun additions to the plot, that's not here either. Everything in The LEGO Movie Videogame is something that you more than likely already expect. However, if you're looking for a fun co-op game in the vein of all the other LEGO games that have come before, this is very much that. No matter how tired the formula gets over the years, these remain fun.
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It's finally finished! My Ohio Star barn quilt is hanging in its new home on our little outbuilding, which houses Jeff's studio. And I love it, and of course now I want to make an actual quilt with these colors. They are so soothing to me. Hmmm....I just might have to do that soon. Here's how I made it.
I started with a two foot square piece of plywood and painted it with primer.
Then, using a pencil and straight edge, I drew out my design.
For this project, blue painters tape is your best friend. Seriously. It takes a bit of time to tape each section out, but believe me, it's totally worth it.
I also marked each section with its corresponding colors (ie. G=green, B=blue, C=cream) so I wouldn't get confused while I was painting.
I used an x-acto knife and a straight edge to trim the painters tape so that it fit perfectly into all of the corners of the triangles in my design. I worked in sections, and wanted to paint all of the blue areas first, so there was a lot of taping.
You can see how precise your cuts can be with the x-acto knife. But be very careful--those blades are very, very sharp!
Here's what my board looked like after I was finished with taping off the areas for the first color of paint. Lots of work, but like I said, so worth it.
And I'm ready to paint! I was excited to finally add some color to the board.
And so was Olivia. She kept begging me to let her help paint. To recap, I used Behr Premium Plus Ultra exterior paint from Home Depot on this barn quilt. You can check out my previous post for the exact colors that I used.
After two coats of the bluish color was applied and dry to the touch, I carefully removed the tape.
And there was lots and lots of tape to be removed.
But see, like I said, totally worth it. A little prep time with the tape makes the entire painting process so much easier if you want to achieve clean crisp lines between your colors.
I waited about an hour after the first color of paint felt dry before I started to tape off the areas for my second color, a chartreuse green.
Again, I used two coats of paint and let it dry thoroughly.
And then removed the tape carefully.
Starting to look good!
At this point in my process I noticed that even though I had been very careful with the tape, I was still getting a few areas where the paint was seeping through the edges. So, I thought I'd use a bone folder to really smooth down the edges of the painters tape, making sure it adhered well to the board beneath it, almost burnishing the edges of it with the tool. I wish I had thought of using the bone folder at the beginning section, but it's something that I'll be sure to do with my next barn quilt painting.
And the third color, a grayish cream was ready to be painted on.
Here's another little tip that I use a lot when we're painting anything, be it furniture, walls, or a barn quilt:: if you need to let a coat of paint dry, but will be adding a second (or even third) coat of paint to it, wrap your brush in a plastic bag so the paint doesn't dry out on it. You can use a ziplock back for a small brush like I did above, but if you're using a roller, a plastic grocery bag works great. Seal the edges as much as you can by zipping the lock around your brush or wrapping the ends of the plastic bag around your roller. Then, you can go right back to painting without having to wash out your brush or roller each time, and you won't get those clumps of dried paint in your project.
Final coat of the last color!
And I was so excited to take the tape off and finally see how it all looked!
Voila! I love it!
Here are a couple detail shots where you can see the few bits of seepage that I had. It isn't enough to bother me, and I honestly don't think anyone but me would ever see it, especially by looking at the barn quilt panel from far away.
And here it is again installed.
I love the areas where all of the colors come together.
And now of course, I want to make more. I'm thinking a four foot square would be pretty darn awesome. If you've made a barn quilt with me, please share photos. I'd love to see them! Feel free to also add them to the Modern Barn Quilt Paint Along flickr pool here.


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Basically, our tactic was to either fight as INIT jumped gate into us, or not fight them at all. INIT was in Feroxes with five Basis and two Scimis. CAS was in our usual kitchen sink, except that we had some logi with us this time. I think it was a total of six cruiser logi? If we were to go into INIT with their logi set up at range, we would have had zero ability to take down anything. INIT kept some eyes on us with various ships then we got a lucky spawn of their Loki as it came in to us and was able to scram it before it could cloak and get away. I'm not sure if the Loki called out for assistance or what, but my memory tells me INIT came in to us at this point.
I suppose it's difficult to set up logi properly in such a situation. The Basis all went down quickly from what I recall. The rest of INIT essentially kited and sniped with the rail Feroxes. CAS was scrambling to figure out which targets were tackled, which were next closest, but INIT never quit the field and we were tackling and burning down their ships faster than they were doing the same to ours. I was honestly surprised - despite being outnumbered 2:1 INIT were in BCs compared to our frig and cruiser heavy setup. I'm not entirely sure how well our own logi helped us continue applying DPS. The fight covered a large amount of space. The debris field was a huge long string of wrecks and took forever to loot. ISK loss was 2:5 in favor of CAS looks like, discounting the 8.2 billion High Grade Slave pod flying a Ferox...
Other notable fights included an engagement against GotG, again taking out numerous logi as part of the process.
A small PH engagement.
And finally welping to a Harpy gang from Federation Uprising.
Then a whole bunch of randoms here and there.
Overall, 106 kills worth 21.11 billion ISK over about 12 hours.
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves for slaughter.
Interesting things are afoot in CASghanistan. A few weeks ago some crew with 100MN Lokis (3000 m/s heated, 75 km heavy missiles, 40 km webs, that sort of thing) stop by several times, we give chase, lose a lot, get a couple kills, and eventually grow bored so start ignoring them. Apparently this has greatly enraged them, to the point they tried (unsuccessfully) to reinforce a refinery with a carrier, and eventually over the past couple days to take our SOV and iHub in 1-3.
In the meantime, life goes on I guess.
It's a rather diverse group of corps and alliances, but digging through corp histories most all of the characters are eventually linked from what I could see. Here's a good sampling of the attackers: https://zkillboard.com/kill/67691354/ Primarily, it's Top Tier, Pod Liberation Authority, Hashashin and Kingless from what I'm seeing. Tuskers, HYDRA and VYDRA are some of the past orgs linking these characters.
Not a lot of characters actually involved, but we've failed to adapt to their 100MN kiting comp as of the last time I was on.
(Unrelated, I noticed that Lussy Lou was a member of Pod Liberation Authority for most of 2014, back when I first started playing. Looks like Lussy's been trying more solo-dread adventures, and lost a Phoenix earlier today in MHC. https://zkillboard.com/character/1463810900/ )
Only a brief AAR at the moment since it's stupid late for me...
Thanks to help from TNT and INIT, CAS successfully defended our Outpost. We killed of theirs a Loki and Slicer, and from Agony (who I have no idea why is part of this) we killed a Jackdaw, Magus, Keres and Tornado. Not a whole lot, but they're bloody slippery buggers. Maybe a dozen lost ships on our side, with only one of them being anything somewhat expensive, a TFI at the beginning we didn't protect well enough. Except for a ship that picked up the X-Type 100MN and then died, all but one of our other losses were around 20 million or less each.
Hopefully TNT and INIT got to actually shoot something, rather than just chase bullshit around. That shit's tedious. One good thing about Entosis battles, I guess, is it forces the arena into a small space, negating some of their kiting ways. CAS had a slow start, getting down to only 35% in our favor I think, until we got some ideas on how best to capture, as well as assistance from TNT and INIT chasing off the hostile captures. But we soon got rolling and the nodes started dropping in our favor in a quick manner.
Our group does not have any specific plans at the moment that I know of, but the iHub and TCU in 1-3 remain hostile so we'll see.
It's odd, we started the endeavor by killing a TNT Domi that was camping XM gate in BMNV then moved into RF. Good to know that people that shoot each other can still respect each other. Communication with a group as formless as ours, without any formal leadership at all, can be difficult unfortunately...
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very,very special thx to Jayarr Altol,i`m sure he`s nazy parents and he`s KKK Club friends are very proud of himIf bad posts were supercaps, which alliance would have the most titans in the game?
"TISHU deserves a mention. Jayarr alone would have a Revenant and a couple of titans."


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Loyola Marymount University (LMU) has recently started a certificate program in Yoga Philosophy in addition to their ongoing yoga studies courses. The program includes the study of classical yoga, Hinduism, mantra chanting, Sanskrit, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, meditation, Hatha yoga, Tantra, Kashmir Shaivism, moksha, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, and Samkhya Karika. LMU, located in Los Angeles, is the biggest Catholic University in the western United States and is rooted in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions.
Rajan Zed, a well-known Hindu statesman and President of the Universal Society of Hinduism said that this was welcome news and that although Yoga was introduced and nourished by Hinduism, it was and is a world heritage to be used by all. He refers to yoga as a "living fossil" dating back to around 2,000 BCE passed from one guru to the next and something that is meant to be shared with the world.
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The course is set up to be taught by many contributing guest lecturers and experts in their respective fields with two primary instructors, Dr. John Casey and Dr. Christopher Key Chapple.
Founded in 1911, LMU, enrolls over 9,000 students. Its mission includes "the education of the whole person" and offers 40 masters and doctoral degrees and 113 programs. Its sponsoring religious orders are: Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary.
However, Loyola Marymount University isn't the only Christian institution dedicated to higher education to recently begin offering this type of study. Texas Christian University (TCU) affiliated with the Disciples of Christ offers several courses on Hindu thought and religious perspectives as well as meditation and new Hatha yoga classes set to begin January 2011.
According to Zed, religion is a complex element of our lives and religion compromises much more than one's own individual experience or specific tradition. He further called on major world universities, schools of philosophy and religion to strengthen their Hinduism sections, specifically asking the Harvard, Cambridge, Yale, Princeton, Oxford, Stanford, Columbia, McGill, Australian National, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Heidelberg, Uppsala, and Utrecht universities to further enrich their Hinduism resources.
Founded in 1873, TCU in Fort Worth (Texas) with over 9,100 students, offers 21 doctoral, 56 master's and 118 undergraduate programs.
While the debate about yoga seems to continue on between many Christian and Hindu groups, this news brings with it a nice change of pace. Rather than seeking opposition there seems to be an effort toward understanding one another and yoga as it is practiced by an estimated 16 million Americans.
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Planted explosives damage telephone exchange in Kohat
[Dawn] Unidentified
beturbanned goons
blew up the building of PTCL exchange in Lachi town of Kohat district in the small hours of Sunday.
Police said that
beturbanned goons
planted explosives at the boundary wall of the telephone exchange building and blew it up. The blast damaged the boundary wall and the building. Nobody was injured in the
, they said.
Police and the bomb disposal squad reached the spot soon after the incident and collected evidence. Police
started the paperwork but haven't done much else
against unidentified terrorists.
In Nowshera, two CD shops were blown up in two separate blasts on the night between Saturday and Sunday.
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Celebrate Her My Father's Daughter Cookbook
Gwyneth Gets Friends Like Chris, Jay, Mario, and Jerry Together to Launch Her Cookbook
Gwyneth Gets Friends Like Chris, Jay, Mario, and Jerry Together to Launch Her Cookbook
Gwyneth Paltrow gathered her A-List pals together in NYC last night for a party in honor of her new cookbook My Father's Daughter. Her husband, Chris Martin, made a hasty exit from the bash while other friends like Jay-Z, Michael Stipe, Jerry Seinfeld, Martha Stewart, Mario Batali, and her mom, Blythe Danner, seemed happy to smile for the assembled photographers. The book hits shelves nationwide tomorrow, though Gwyneth started promoting it as long ago as last year with in a memorable Vogue article. She's not the only one in her social circle with a new project to celebrate. Jay-Z's new website, Life + Times, recently launched, and Gwyneth granted him an interview to help kick things off. He asked about Gwyneth's newfound love of singing, and she said, "I kind of always sang. My mother has a great voice and was always singing jazz around the house, and I think she passed on her musicality to my brother and myself. I sang in an a capella singing group, and I always thought that somewhere down the line I would dust off my pipes and use them, but I didn't know I would be so old when it happened." Jay returned the favor by speaking to Gwyneth's GOOP newsletter about his assorted ventures. She asked why he's "so f-ing cool," and Jay replied, "I'm around great women, starting with my mom. Women keep men cool. The hotter the chick, the cooler the guy. . . that sounds like a really bad rap line!"