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*** Beginners' classes at the Manchester Centre and online are restarting in October. ***
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Samatha means calm
Samatha meditation is an effective but gentle way of training the mind to develop inner strength and freedom from turmoil, leading on to clarity and understanding.
This path from calm to insight was followed by the Buddha himself and is a central tradition of Buddhist meditation. There are many kinds of Samatha meditation techniques: this one is based on attention to the breath, a subject which is said to be suitable for all types of people.
Meditation classes when we reopen:
Monday 1:00pm to 2:30pm
Tuesday TBC
Wednesday 8pm
Saturday 11am
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New meditators are welcome to join the classes at any time; it is not necessary to wait for the start of the new season. If you are coming to a class for the first time, please arrive 15 minutes before the class starts for some initial instruction.
A particular teacher takes the class on a particular day of the week, and it is best, once you have chosen a class, to keep to that night. Classes are friendly, include time for informal discussion and last around two hours. Refreshments are usually included. A particular feature of this form of meditation practice is regular one-to-one meetings with the teacher to discuss individual practice and so aid progress.
Classes run throughout the year with breaks for Christmas, Easter and summer.
For those who have completed all the stages of the meditation practice there are other groups and study courses available.
What will I learn?
The meditation practice has a number of stages to help gradually train the mind. In the Samatha tradition the breath is the usual basis of the meditation practice. The stages of the practice are taught individually and progressively. Besides the meditation technique, some theory to support the development of the practice is also taught.
By regular daily practice the chattering, unruly mind gradually becomes calmer and develops clarity. The way our mind works becomes less confusing to us and we begin to understand the habits of mind that hold us back from happiness and freedom. We become kinder to ourselves and those around us. Meditation is a practical matter: increased awareness brings an ability to make the most of ourselves in our daily lives.
The Manchester Centre for Buddhist Meditation is located in Chorlton:
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Everyone is welcome to join us on the second Sunday of the month for Puja and Paritta chanting held at the Centre at 11am. This is an opportunity to join in, listen to and experience Buddhist chanting.
Will I have to sit cross-legged on the floor?
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Do I have to be a Buddhist?
Not at all, the practice is open to anyone, whether you have a religious belief or not.
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Cornyn, NRSC back O'Donnell
Seeking to avoid further internal strife, top Senate Republicans on Wednesday offered an olive branch to tea-party favorite Christine O'Donnell in Delaware's Senate race, giving her money and endorsements a day after her stunning upset over Rep. Mike Castle.
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn quickly offered his endorsement — and a $42,000 check — for the O'Donnell campaign, after being largely quiet Tuesday night.
"Let there be no mistake: The National Republican Senatorial Committee – and I personally as the committee's chairman – strongly stand by all of our Republican nominees, including Christine O'Donnell in Delaware," Cornyn said. "I reached out to Christine this morning, and as I have conveyed to all of our nominees, I offered her my personal congratulations and let her know that she has our support. This support includes a check for $42,000 – the maximum allowable donation that we have provided to all of our nominees – which the NRSC will send to her campaign today."
Cornyn also distanced himself from the terse one-sentence comment from the NRSC executive director, Rob Jesmer, which offered only tepid support for O'Donnell Tuesday night.
"We congratulate Christine O'Donnell for her nomination this evening after a hard-fought primary campaign in Delaware," Jesmer said.
The statement was widely interpreted as a subtle rebuke to O'Donnell, who won with the backing of the tea party activists but has imperiled the GOP's chances of winning back Vice President Joe Biden's old seat.
"My name wasn't on it," Cornyn said Wednesday, referring to Jesmer's statement.
On Wednesday, Cornyn sought to portray a united front, and downplayed the significance of the statement.
"I think there was so much going on that I frankly did not talk to Rob about that ahead of time. I wouldn't read too much into it," Cornyn said. "What I would read into this I did talk to Christine O'Donnell, visited Jim DeMint, and we're united going into November."
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Cornyn was "taking pains" to clarify the party's approach to O'Donnell.
Kyl told POLITICO that Cornyn wants "to correct the record to make it perfectly clear that the Delaware race is no different than any others. If putting money can help us win the race, we're perfectly able to do it as a campaign committee. If a) she doesn't need it or b) she doesn't have a chance, that would be likely way down the list of states we'd put money in.
"There is no decision not to fund her," Kyl added. "And every reason to believe that if it looks like she can with some funds, it would be easily forthcoming."
But Kyl, who supported Castle, acknowledged the difficulty she may have against Democrat Chris Coons.
"I think the common wisdom is that it would have been much easier for Mike Castle to win that seat," Kyl said. "And I don't know how well Ms. O'Donnell will do - the common wisdom is that it would have been easier if Mike had won."

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As we said taking ranged positions went out of fashion pre expiry Friday, and markets madea quick climb on 6200 hill which just means Expiry could now choose to be around 6150 or 6250. The sold puts hedges effectively outran the straddles with all players participating in the market mechanism forced out of neutral positions, shorts exited after a battery of trading losses since October, markets down but holding first 6050 then 6100 and 6150.
Some other stock specific plays are more important than others today as markets now bet the flow on small 'binary' bets on new license applicants. Plays on IDFC,Bajaj Finance, the other Bajaj and even LIC Housing which is an almost safe play are actually quite risky shrieks ( single point jumps in interest) and investors are welcome to accumulate thus traders on these can be easier branded losers than the Archana Bhargava's United Bank hide, ill educated players(or not bothered with education) might think. However, while India's deep Financial markets may not entertain such arcane history they will be quick to show the door to such plays given the sensitiveness of expiry and vols floating near the bottom at 14 in still waters.
Bharti and IDFC have used up more of the funds headed into the markets as a new series looks at more encouraging inflows based on the stoic handling of the pressure on 2014 by India irrespective of its classifications in EMs , G20 and other such fragile groupings created for an overarching dialogue but India managing to duck each classification as far as the long term buyers are concerned. Again, early snafus by students of the markets would have confused such committed investors enthiued by the performance as residual interest and China the big white hope that continues to hold most international portfolios of US and Europe in sway might still cause additional flows from that.
The class of investors in India may also note that we do not again do not support old ham handed organisations like L&T or BHEL as Investment sector plays or for bank interest in the case of L&T. L&T and Shriram Transport should have been big bets by analysis for their existing asset portfolio and market as LIC Housing and not for applications to the banking regulator. However, be that as it may, Jalan committee has completed the process and submitted its report on all hopefuls, asking clarifications from 23 players excluding India post and IDFC on the NOFHC structure for the banking company and though there was very careful vetting during application by the corporate hopefuls itself, there will be 2 or 3 applications denied for specific judiciary actions pending against them. Only Aditya Birla and Tata seem closest to the post for the limited number of licences this time and one wonders how anyone will distinguish between Muthoot and Mannapuram when only one of the two has to be chosen for issuing the license. Tatas have withdrawn their application, probably trying to finnagle intra group exposures also but struck out at the NOHFC level itself
Expiry trades may finally see rollovers catching up on the robust monthly statistics by 2 pm and markets may allow levels to drift lower in the next 2-3 sessions before public news is again used to build buyer orders into a new level as there is no profit taking at these levels and no real chance for shorts either. Volumes in equities remain low globally and the Dow did have a mcorrection on Tuesday despite a great presser from JP Morgan on investor day and the first few retail earnings shows. The retail dog and pony show will overtake other market news mid week with a half dozen reportign today in the US and through the end of the week
ETF inflows may not get another chance to dive into big plays in India as it makes a standout bet for Global equities. IDFC, YES, Bharti are today's superior line, followed by ITC which has remained static for over a week and the infra probables will continue to generate 'ikka dukka' buying with Consumer Goods makors priced out for longer term investors looking to add positions. The bear is back in gold and Titan, ttk and jubilant are all big no-nos for us
A small correction in HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank may be due. However, as most of their gains are sucked out of counterpart PSUs and shorts in Maruti and SBI continue to be an important cog of reality for investors, the Bank nifty is likely stuck again at 10650 levels.
I agree Tata steel is out from 360 levels and a good short if you are not exiting Infy in the changeoevr to bull scrips. CESC is definitely showing signs of having cleared all investor flags and of being a great bull pick and I'd try to follow them to discover the right bulls for them. IDea remains an important new discovery of equity only players, Kotak remains a short on saturated markets for its products and inefficient margins despite a great 5% NIMs, with Power NBFCs showing both revenue traction and extraordinary NIMs not subject to scrutiny or short term market failures. Tata Motors will make a great short, but the pair trade would be Bajaj Auto up and Maruti and Hero could pair up as a poor second, with again under normal likeluihoods of profits both charging extraordinary markets costs for being safe plays, reducing their returns frontier
In divestment jumps, BHEL and IOC projects are out of the door and their inter PSU investment sales given the 'go' sign
Apart from the Energy cos catching up on inherent value ignored by the markets, Media cos could also respond to a big year in advertising revenues, even ignoring an IPL exported out of India again with ENIL, TV18 and Zee providing extraordinary value.
India's recovery in this business cycle will see Consumer investments making a definite impact even as some steps are taken by private investors to catch up on the infra juggernaut gone missing in play from India Inc's 2030 and 2050 projections. Bharti and ITC remain the biggest non financial sector stories, followed by ICICI Bank , Yes and the Power NBFCs with the new bankers
Start shorting Oil in faster packets till 105 on the Brent or lower and patch in smaller packets of shorts on Gold and Silver till q2 end or August 2014


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Beccles Town's Gordon McKenzie is honoured by Suffolk FA
PUBLISHED: 10:34 30 June 2017
Beccles Town officials have more cause for celebration after being recognised at the Suffolk FA's awards night.
Nearly 200 guests gathered at Trinity Park on the outskirts of Ipswich for the annual end-of-season event sponsored by McDonald's, Ransomes Jacobsen and The KBB Centre.
Gordon McKenzie of Beccles Town collected his outstanding contribution to community football award while the club were highly commended in the FA Charter Standard Club of the Year category.
Gordon, a highly respected figure at the club, was recognised for his tireless work in youth football for St Benets Wasps and now Beccles Town Youth.
The double recognition rounded off a memorable campaign for Beccles, who will be playing in the top flight of the Anglian Combination next season after gaining promotion last season.
Guest speaker at the event was ex-Liverpool and Republic of Ireland defender Mark Lawrenson, now a respected pundit, who took part in a Q&A session.
Lawrenson talked about playing in the great Liverpool side who dominated the domestic scene and also enjoyed considerable success in Europe in the 1980s.
Guests of honour were Shaun Whiter and Joey Abbs, the two local footballers injured in a road accident in Newmarket last July.
They spoke about the support they have since received from the football community, how Shaun has learnt to walk again with the help of prosthetic legs and how Joey has recovered sufficiently to take part in pre-season training with Fulbourn Institute.
A total of £1,000 was raised for Shaun and Joey through a game of Heads & Tails for the chance to win match tickets and corporate hospitality for the England versus Slovakia World Cup qualifier at Wembley on September 4, courtesy of The FA.
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Ed Sheeran has said he still reads all of his reviews, but finds it easier to take criticism now.
The singer has been working on his new album, X, which will be released next week and said he would still look at what reviewers had to say about it.
He told Digital Spy: "I used to find it hard. I still do read all the reviews, but I used to read the bad ones and I guess it didn't go down well at the time.
"I was young and new to the industry, whereas now I've gone through all that and come out the other side having sold a lot of the first album off the back of having bad reviews. So I don't know if I care that much.
"There are five million people who bought the album, and there's about 200 reviewers who didn't like it, so if you weigh it up, it's alright."
Ed added that he had been asked by Simon Cowell to write for One Direction again: "I got called into Simon Cowell's room at Britain's Got Talent. There was some sort of political thing on the last record as to why I didn't get asked and he was explaining that. He basically just said, 'We need some songs', so I'm seeing him next week.
"He's such a nice guy though. I expected him to be this towering presence of fear, but he was really friendly.
"What I like about him is that he is very business savvy. He's straight to the point. There's no beating around the bush. I don't like it when people beat around the bush."
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"Iron Man" opened the summer movie season with a whopping $100 million plus from the U.S. box office and $200 million worldwide.
With Robert Downey Jr. cleverly cast in the starring role, the film is skewing to an older audience than traditional superhero fare, and has great word of mouth so far.
(I recommended it to my friends after catching a packed Saturday night screening, urging them to check out Jim Cramer's pretty hysterical cameo!)
This is the second biggest opening EVER for a non-sequel film, second only to Spider-Man, another Marvel character -- though that film was produced by Sony. Not only is this past weekend a good sign for Hollywood this summer, it's phenomenal news for Marvel Entertainment.
This comes as Marvel announced its quarterly earnings -- beating analyst estimates and raising guidance for the rest of the year. The combination of the stellar numbers -- both at the box office and on the balance sheet -- sent the stock to its highest price ever, closing the day up 9.4 percent.
The company faced tough comps with the year-ago quarter, but had some more positive news. It's pulling out of the toymaking business, at a time when kids are more interested in technology, and playing fewer old fashioned games. Now Marvel is shifting more towards licensing, which can be incredibly profitable -- especially with a new franchise like Iron Man.
Iron Man is the first film from its studio, Marvel Studios, part of the company's strategy to produce and finance its own films. This a departure from its old strategy of licensing and co-producing films, the way it made the Spider-Man trilogy with Sony -- and the trilogy was a huge box office winner.
The theory behind starting a studio is that by maintaining more control, Mavel will be better able to cash in on its success. (Rumor is that Marvel is not happy with the amount it brought home from the Spider-Man blockbusters.) Marvel isn't handling distribution and marketing, leaving that to Viacom's Paramount for Iron Man -- and apparently to strong word-of-mouth.
RBC Capital Markets analyst David Bank points out that while the Dow, S&P and S&P Media have been in negative territory over the past six months, Marvel has been positive the whole time, with a big run since March. Bank says he thinks this is one of the few media stocks that has what looks like real sustainable momentum.
Next up, "The Incredible Hulk" in June, starring Edward Norton and distributed in the U.S. by Universal Pictures.* Stacking the two movies so close together isn't a mistake -- it's part of a strategy to build awareness and create a world in which the Marvel characters all exist.
In the post-earnings conference call Monday morning, the company said that Iron Man would make an appearance in Hulk, and it unveiled its upcoming slate of films. Iron Man 2 will come out April 30, 2010 (that first weekend of Hollywood's summer movie season) followed by "Thor" on June 4, 2010. Then in 2011, "The First Avenger: Captain America" will come out on May 6, followed by The Avengers in July 2011.
It'll be interesting to see how Marvel weaves the characters into the various films -- and if it works to boost interest.
*(Universal Pictures is a unit of NBC Universal, the corporate parent of CNBC.)
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Tuesday, September 02, 2014
As we indicated, one of our big goals in keeping Prawfs going is to continue Dan's tradition of having a wide range of guests from a wide range of schools and disciplines pass through this forum.
As September rolls in, Irina Manta (Hofstra) will continue with her visit from August. We welcome returning visitor Jennifer Bard (Texas Tech) and first-timers Richard Chen (Pepperdine) and Seema Mohapatra (Barry). In addition, Richard Re (UCLA) continues his extended guest stint.
And, again, we are always looking for visitors, new and old. So email Paul or me if you are interested in joining the conversation.
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Going Nuts on a Plane About a Decision
The plane was almost full when the passenger stepped through the mid-plane door. A mom with two children was headed to Disney World for the Thanksgiving holiday.
I had a front-row seat to the situation about to unfold. It was a multiple-minute melodrama about averting crisis in the air.
In my view, the situation and how to handle it was simple. But the process airline employees took to get there was quite complicated. And compared to decision-making in a startup, it was almost comical.
The Saga of Takeoff
The flight attendant was focused on ushering passengers to their seats quickly. It was getting close to departure time.
Then the mom dropped a bomb of a question: could the flight attendants forgo warming cocktail nuts in first class during this flight? Her son had a severe nut allergy. She was traveling with doctors' letters and two EpiPens.
First, the flight-attendant had to inform the team leader, who took it to the captain and first-officer, who then called operations supervisors on the ground.
Then we waited. At least two supervisors showed up and hovered outside in the jet bridge waiting for a call from someone else.
During this time, the first-class flight-attendant also came to the door wanting someone to explicitly tell her whether to serve the nuts. She verbalized concern about personal liability if something went wrong.
After continuing to wait, one of the supervisors in the jet bridge called someone else on her cell phone. Several minutes later she received the decision that the nuts should be served.
However, we couldn't take off just yet.
Now a customer service supervisor for the terminal needed to board the plane and confirm with the passenger that she did, in fact, want to fly given the risk.
The captain was updated. The boarding door closed. In the end, I think we left the gate less than 10 minutes behind schedule.
Correct Altitude for a Decision
Watching this painful process made me appreciate the value of making decisions quickly when at a small company. Because there are few layers, nearly everyone is properly positioned to act in the best interest of the company and empowered to use their good judgment.
So if this plane operated like a startup, and if it were up to me, I would have done a quick calculation of the risk versus the reward:
- Risk. The risk is a child going into anaphylactic shock at 35,000 feet requiring an emergency injection and maybe an emergency landing. Many passengers would be frightened by the event at best, and delayed at worst.
- Reward. The potential reward for taking this risk was twenty people in first class had nuts with their cocktails.
If you can't tell by the way I framed it, I would have declared, "You're nuts to serve those nuts. Throw them out!"
I can't imagine how we'd get anything done at Edthena if we needed so many people to agree to a decision. And it's this decision-making speed that serves as an advantage for a small startup when compared to a larger company.
As an example, at the end of October we discovered a usability issue through a conversation with one of our customers. There was unnecessary friction for coaches to utilize their desired teaching framework as part of a coaching conversation with a teacher.
This problem turned out to be important because it was preventing coaches from fully using the existing set of tools available to them as part of the commenting process. The obvious fix was to let coaches modify the teaching framework picked by the teacher or assign one if none had been picked.
This change would be a new feature and would impact several aspects of the user experience. In essence, not a quick fix.
Designing, building, testing, and implementing the new feature would require us to reallocate resources from other ongoing projects.
After a quick chat, we decided we should make the change now versus later.
And less than three weeks later, users were enjoying the benefits of the new features.
Less than three weeks from the moment we discovered something important and turned it into new functionality deployed to our users. Trust me, that's really fast.
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Thankfully, the child was fine during the flight.
And thanks to the wintry jet stream, we made it to our destination a few minutes ahead of schedule anyway.
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An in Vitro Micromethod for Drug Sensitivity Testing of Leishmania
We describe an in vitro microtest which is quantitative, rapid, and readily applicable to parasites isolated from all major forms of human leishmaniasis. It is based on drug-mediated inhibition of promastigote catabolism of a battery of simple 14C-substrates to 14CO2. Each test requires < 1µCi. The test is conducted in a serum-free, chemically defined medium containing 120 µg protein/ml, minimizing the possible interference of drug: serum protein interaction. Prior adaptation is not necessary to cultivate "difficult-to-grow" species. Leishmania sensitivity to pentavalent antimonials is detectable at µg levels below concentrations achievable in patients' sera.
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Our first day in our new home, we noticed a wonderful smell of fresh baking cake, or cookies. It was heaven! At least four times a day our property is saturated with the smell of fresh baked goodies right of the oven! We tried in vain to see where these smells were coming from, but until we visited our neighbors home, up the hill, we couldn't see it. There is a small commercial bakery, hidden by trees, not far from us with little elves in white bakers outfits (complete with hats) busily going about their people pleasing business. OK, not really elves, but whatever they are making smells so incredible, it's magically delicious! I have lost 16 pounds since we moved to Grecia, I guess my sweet tooth has been satisfied by deep breathing!
We used to live higher in the mountains, and were surrounded by coffee fields. Now we're in sugar cane land. It is harvest time and the overloaded tractors and trucks haul the cut cane to the processing plant not too far from our house. We are fortunate to live in a small valley and the aroma of sugar cane processing floats by overhead, unnoticed. Driving near it is another story. I can't imagine how the plant's neighbors have grown accustomed to the plant's odors. It goes from sickeningly sweet to outright nasty! The other challenge living in sugar cane land is the fact that, once the fields are harvested, biannually, they are burned. Our landlord prepared us for the potential of frighteningly high flames near us, but assures us they are monitored and over fairly quickly. The fields surrounding our place have not been burned yet, but they did burn up in the hills yesterday and for the day, the air was pretty miserable and don't get me started on the resulting pool maintenance!


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About a year ago, I wrote an article for THE Journal on plasma displays. The pictures coming from these monitors were remarkable-clear and rich, with millions of pixels filled with gases that gave off ultraviolet rays corresponding to millions of colors. The screens were passing 60" and a 160-degree viewing angle, so you could sit at the side of the screen and still see a great picture.
Frank Giannuzzi, the business development manager for advanced TV products at ViewSonic, pointed out that plasma monitors could be hooked up to computers and used for showing what was on the Internet, for making PowerPoint presentations, or doing just about anything that your computer monitor at home does. As researcher Prakash Nair wrote in his article, "Planning Technology-Friendly School Buildings" (School Planning and Management, 2003, http://prakashnairconsulting.com/TechToday.htm):
"Modern plasma screens (preferably 42" high-definition compatible) are superior to their old 32" analog TV counterparts. They are easy to install, have a wider angle of view, text-based programs are more visible and read-able, they can be connected to the school network and to the Internet, receive HDTV signals, produce less heat, can serve as information hubs that carry programming throughout the school or to selected locations, and instantly connect the classroom to people and places worldwide."
Randy Moore, product marketing manager at the Lincolnshire, IL, office of LG Electronics, a Korean-based consumer electronics company with 2004 annual sales of $38 billion, pointed out that when you compare buying a plasma monitor with buying a projector and possibly multiple screens-which was the most reasonable alternative-the monitor wasn't such a bad deal. In fact, NPD Tech-world reported that the average price of a plasma monitor dropped from over $12,000 in 1999-when they first entered the US market-to just under $8,000 in 2002. And to make it even more enticing for the educational market, many companies had special pricing for schools.
I thought it was nothing less than a techno-pedagogical breakthrough. "Those who keep an eye on trends in electronics say that once the price drops a little more, plasma monitors will constitute the next huge wave of educational and entertainment purchases." I wrote that a year ago.
If anything, I underestimated.
Todd Moffett is director of the Education Business Group at LG Electronics. He says that up until recently, the general attitude seemed to be that plasma displays were very cool, but pretty expensive. However, two things have contributed to refute that attitude:
One is the longevity of the monitor. Whereas several years ago it might last 30,000 hours, today it's twice that. A bulb in a projector, on the other hand, may last 2,000 hours; plus, you have to clean the bulb two or three times a year. That can get expensive.
But expensive is what plasma displays are not. While NPD Techworld had reported that the displays were dropping under $8,000, they actually dropped a lot under $8,000. In fact, a school can now purchase 42" plasma monitor displays for about $2,000 each. High definition is more expensive than extended definition, but even the latter provides an incredible picture.
"Economically viable." That's what Greg Kincaid says about the LG plasma displays he acquired for his school. But Kincaid's staid language belies his enthusiasm.
It's called the Ross Academy of Creative and Media Arts, but it's really the Ross Middle School-with about 670 students in grades 7
Kincaid got the monitors for the middle school. As grant coordinator, he'd applied for federal money to purchase the monitors. He'd gone to all the conferences, he'd seen all the different kinds of monitors, and he really liked the idea that the LG plasma monitors could hook up to computers and also play DVDs. It sounded like a better deal than the old 19"-tube TVs (along with about 150 Apple computers) that Ross was getting along with at the time, so Kincaid bought them.
It took two guys to bolt each one to the wall; unlike the projectors, hardly any space is taken up by the plasmas. As of a couple of months ago, they were bolted to the walls of 24 classrooms, and Kincaid's group is still installing computer interfaces. "It's changed the complexion of the school for many years," he says.
Indeed it has. Morning messages are broadcast on the network, and then students have the run of the monitors during the day-learning from them, making presentations with them, and sharing on them. The excitement is palpable. Kincaid talks about students who'd been afraid to speak in class, but now "start expounding all this information." The technology has made learning more accessible overall.
It's easy to be swept away with the success of a school like Ross. But LG's Moffett emphasizes this: "Analyze your scenario." He doesn't claim for a minute that plasma monitors are everyone's answer. For example, if you need to blow an image up for a big auditorium, then a projector is probably a better choice. But Moffett acknowledges that for an increasing number of teaching situations, plasma monitors are becoming the norm.
And LG is aware of this. Thus, companies manufacturing monitors, including LG, are pushing ease of access. "We want it to be easy to use," says Moffett. "We know that teachers don't want to worry about their display monitors; they want to teach."
Below is an updated chart comparing leading plasma monitors. These companies have several models each; for a basis of comparison, I chose monitors with approximately the same screen size and about the same price. There are other criteria, though, and you should check out each company's Web site before deciding which one to purchase. For example, plasma screens currently come in two different aspect ratios: One is 4:3 (the same shape as a computer monitor), and the other is 16:9 (the same shape as a widescreen television). Which one you choose depends on what you want to show on the screen.
Companies are getting more diverse with their models as well. Consider the line of monitors LG Electronics currently offers:
60" Plasma HDTV Monitor Display (MU-60PZ95V) 50" Plasma HDTV Monitor Display (MU-50PM10) 50" HDTV Integrated Plasma Display (DU-50PX10C) 42" HDTV Integrated Plasma Display (DU-42PX12XC) 42" Plasma HDTV Monitor Display (MU-42PM12X) 42" Plasma EDTV Integrated Display (MU-42PX3DCV) 42" Plasma EDTV Monitor Display (MU-42PM11)
What you choose obviously depends on your needs and your budget.
What's that you say? You think that, in these times of tight finances, buying a bunch of plasma monitors for classroom use is way too extravagant? You've gone to friends' houses and shaken your head at the profligacy of their purchase of a plasma TV? That's the initial reaction Matthew Hladun got from his community of Queensbury in upstate New York. Hladun is the director of technology for the Queensbury Union Free School District, which comprises about 4,000 students in four schools: K-3, 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12, all on one campus. H met some opposition from folks who thought he wanted to put plasma TVs in classrooms, not monitors. An easy mistake to make, but one that was soon rectified.
Last year, Hladun finally got his plasma monitors (along with an entire centralized multimedia distribution system from Education Technology Resources and Sampo Professional)-240 of them, one for every classroom in the district. They were delivered the third week of July, and by the end of August almost everything had been installed. The first day of the school year-traditionally a teacher's conference day-was dedicated primarily to the new technology and the training of teachers. As Hladun says, "We didn't want to just drop the equipment off in the room and say, 'Here, use it.'"
Needless to say, the monitors have been an overwhelming success.
The screens are placed in the front of the classroom; even students sitting on the side can see things clearly. They're used for PowerPoint presentations, for demonstrations, for interactive response exercises, and for an array of other activities. "You just walk down the hall," says a vindicated Hladun, "and there's something different going on in every classroom."
The skeptical townsfolk are now true believers. An open house that featured students showing off their work - much of it technologically inspired - really helped. So has the boundless enthusiasm of the teachers and the way they've integrated the technology into their classrooms. Hladun says that he had no idea the environment would change this quickly.
So, to recap: Plasma monitors seem to be a success. They're long-lasting. They're becoming more and more affordable. They're easy to install. They don't take up much space. They're able to be hooked up to a variety of multi-media systems. And, perhaps most important, they can be adapted to fit many different pedagogical strategies. Although the data for student achievement are not quite in yet, the value of the renewed engagement by students-and, for that matter, by teachers-in schoolwork can't be underestimated. And motivation is a big part of learning.
Ross Academy's Greg Kincaid sounds an almost plaintive note that turns out to be a wholehearted endorsement of the plasma monitors he brought to his school: "Anything we can do to get the kids interested in school and coming to learn"-that's the bottom line.
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Mark Harvey is a Partner in the claimant division. He has obtained compensation for many individual victims of common but defective consumer products as well as victims of accidents overseas and arising out of travel generally.
Mark is the court appointed lead solicitor coordinating over 1,000 claimants in a group litigation order (GLO) arising out of the recall and health alert relating to the French manufacturer's PIP silicone breast implants. He is also the lead solicitor in the Wright Medical Conserve metal on metal hip GLO as well as a member of the claimants' steering committees in both the Pinnacle and Zimmer metal on metal hip GLOs. He is responsible for leading claims concerning various injuries and complaints from medical devices. He negotiated a settlement protocol for patients who alleged visual problems from their cataract remedial intraocular lenses as well as obtaining compensation for one individual who complained of a defective hip prosthesis, and another who suffered injury from a piece of aircraft furniture in a first class cabin. He is currently investigating new claims relating to hearing implants and two other cataract remedial intraocular lenses complaints.
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Mark successfully concluded claims on behalf of the foreign victims of an air accident concerning four separate countries and obtained Euro compensation for the foreign victims of an explosion at sea this time involving three separate countries and their jurisdictions. He is helping British citizens with accidents they sustained in various European and African countries as well as providing expert advice to and representation of clients of lawyers from overseas jurisdictions.
He represented the first professional rugby player to successfully sue another for an incident arising from an international rugby game when he represented Wales professional forward Ricky Evans in suing Oliver Merle of France following a France versus Wales rugby game. He negotiated substantial compensation for another first class rugby player who suffered a career ending injury after losing an eye in a rugby match. He continues to lecture extensively on sports related injuries as well as harmful products and overseas accident law.
Mark is former President of Cardiff & District Law Society, past member of the Civil Justice Council and is past secretary of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). He is also one of the two UK Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ); Co-Chair of their International Practice Section and a Fellow of APIL. Mark was recently accredited by APIL as accidents and illnesses abroad specialist and was appointed an assessor to the same scheme.
Mark is former President of Cardiff & District Law Society; he has just completed his third and last term as a member of the Civil Justice Council and is past secretary of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). He is also one of the two UK Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and a Fellow of APIL.
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They (Hugh James) acted as the lead firm representing 800 claimants in the highly publicised PIP breast implant group litigation. Mark Harvey is in charge of the steering committee, leading 200 other firms and their 2,500 clients.
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Hugh James is considered a market leader nationally for product liability work relating to medical devices and pharmaceutical products. In an illustration of its national strength, it has been appointed the lead firm in the PIP breast implant group litigation order, which involves over 1000 claimants. The practice is also representing more than 200 individuals from South Wales in claims for compensation arising from the failure of defective hip implants manufactured by DePuy. Group head Mark Harvey is highly recommended.
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The Wheel by David Alan Jones
I'm not going to express my thoughts about the story line, because this story can have different interpretations for each reader! I don't want to influence another's thought.
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Let us away, no longer delay,
Morning with joy is bright;
Let us away and labor today
Out in the fields so white.
Onward, onward, bounding along,
Onward, onward, join the busy throng.
Shouting, singing, o'er the harvest plain;
Joyful, joyful, gather in the grain.
Let us away, the message obey,
Jesus repeats the call;
Come with a will, our mission fulfill,
Haste to the work for all.
Let us away, we cannot delay,
Harvest will soon be o'er;
Moments and hours, like beautiful flow'rs,
Soon will return no more.
Let us away, O let us away,
Lifting our eyes above;
Faithful and true our labor pursue,
Trusting a Savior's love.


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Have you ever taken a walk in the woods in the Winter?
When you hike in Winter, it's totally a different experience from a walk in another season. The ground crunches slightly underfoot. Birds flit from barren branch to woody thicket. The air is cold and sharp until you exhale it in warm puffs.
The woods in Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's (BPAL) Woods in Winter are full of barren trees, icy streams, and juniper drooping from the weight of snow.
This is a fairly masculine scent, if you need a label, though the soft juniper (think: gin) scent is a great seasonal choice for anyone who wants to "go there" but without smelling like a G&T or the cardboard pinetree hanging from the rearview.
I really like Woods in Winter, even though it's not at all what I was expecting (I was thinking "cold, white, icy" but got "still, grey, barren").
I'll definitely be wearing this one on cold days when I want to sink into the mood (rather than trying to fight it with a warm cozy scent).
When winter winds are piercing chill,
And through the hawthorn blows the gale,
With solemn feet I tread the hill,
That overbrows the lonely vale.
O'er the bare upland, and away
Through the long reach of desert woods,
The embracing sunbeams chastely play,
And gladden these deep solitudes.
Where, twisted round the barren oak,
The summer vine in beauty clung,
And summer winds the stillness broke,
The crystal icicle is hung.
Where, from their frozen urns, mute springs
Pour out the river's gradual tide,
Shrilly the skater's iron rings,
And voices fill the woodland side.
Alas! how changed from the fair scene,
When birds sang out their mellow lay,
And winds were soft, and woods were green,
And the song ceased not with the day!
But still wild music is abroad,
Pale, desert woods! within your crowd;
And gathering winds, in hoarse accord,
Amid the vocal reeds pipe loud.
Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear
Has grown familiar with your song;
I hear it in the opening year,
I listen, and it cheers me long.
Wild hemlock and juniper berries scattered in the snow beneath leafless trees bedecked with glittering icicles.


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A US Army veteran racially abused on a tram says Brexit "maybe has pushed people to somehow justify that they think it's OK now to act out in this way".
Juan Jasso was targeted by three youths as shocked commuters looked on during the incident on a tram in Manchester city centre on Tuesday morning.
The sport lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University and rugby league coach has spoken of how he decided to confront the rowdy passengers for using bad language.
Footage taken by a fellow commuter shows one youth telling Mr Jasso: "Don't chat s*** when you're not even from England, you little f****** immigrant. Get off the f****** tram now. Get back to Africa."
One of the youths, who all appear to be holding bottles of beer, then approaches and flicks alcohol from the bottle at his victim.
As the youths get off, Mr Jasso says "seven years in the military", as other commuters tell the three: "You are an absolute disgrace. A disgrace to England."
The youths walk away shouting: "Salford! F****** immigrant!"
Mr Jasso, from Todmorden, Yorkshire, who was a signals intelligence analyst for the US Army, told Channel 4 News: "It was a bit of a surreal moment because initially it was just me asking those individuals just to watch their language.
"Obviously it was really early in the morning, there was children about and I could tell from other people's faces on the tram they didn't really appreciate the language which they were using. So I thought I would step up and say something, and I didn't really appreciate it either."
Mr Jasso, who has worked with the London Broncos rugby league team, said he did not feel threatened by the youths but said it was up to individuals to decide what they would do in a similar situation.
He said: "Obviously you don't know what can happen from a situation whenever you challenge anyone because you don't know who they are, their background or anything, and how they are going to react."
Asked if the thought the political atmosphere surrounding Brexit had contributed to the situation, Mr Jasso said: "I think there was an undertone there before this Brexit and the voting within the referendum but I think the result maybe has pushed people to somehow justify that they think it's OK now to act out in this way which obviously it's not.
"It's not acceptable in any terms, in any way, shape or form because obviously people feel threatened by it and, you know, people are coming here to contribute.
"And no matter what anybody says they have that right to come here and choose to live here and they should not be discriminated for that."
Mr Jasso said it was only the second incident of its type he had experienced in his 18 years in the UK.
He said: "It hasn't affected me in any way, shape or form because I have a little girl here now and I consider this my home, and I have got many many friends here, friends who I consider my family. I know a lot of people here and this place for me is now my home."
Within hours of the footage emerging, Greater Manchester Police arrested two men, aged 20 and 18, and a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of affray.
They remain in custody for questioning.


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Area: 12,173 sq km
Consists of over 740 islands 2 are inhabited year-round. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands also fall under the remit of the governor, despite having no permanent population. The Falklands are 600 km east of Patagonia in Argentina.
Population: 3,038 Annual Growth: 0.41%
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How old is the young lad? 14 and younger...too young,,,no matter what,,,20 year grounding. 15 and older, be on the lookout and discourage but don't become a narc either....that will push them firther to hide it.
How is his grades? always a factor
Finally.....how you handle it is your business,,,,but kids get into a lot more trouble with alcohol....
This thread raises an interesting question for myself. I'm getting married soon, and I've never tried weed in my life. Ever. I just wasn't ever interested in it. My fiancee never tried it either. It's not like we're all goody two shoes, it's just not something we ever had a desire to partake in.
Well one day we'll have kids, and neither of us have any experience to draw on in this regard.
ok, had the chat. He clearly had no idea it was coming, and he was home all day, which means he didn't realize I found it, which means he's not a daily torcher.
Sat him down, looked him in the eye and asked him if he knows how long weed stays in your system. He got the big eyed "oh sh:t" face. "Whu?" So I asked him again. "Do you know how long weed stays in your system?"
.....homina homina homina, um "No."
That's when I took out the home drug test kit, and put it on the table in between us.
"..gulp..."...flop sweat....
I said "weed stays in your bloodstream for around a month. So if a kid were to be tested every couple of weeks, he'd get caught every time."
The oh sh:t face turned into the sheepish red-faced "I'm bagged" face.
"I want you to go up into your room and take a good look at everything that matters to you. Then I want you to imagine having none of it."
"Dad, I swear, it was only a cou-"//"NONE OF IT."
He shrunk in his chair and welled up a bit, more from embarrassment and shame than anything else -- he's a good kid and he knows he f-cked up. He said "I'm sorry."
I let it go at that.
Tomorrow I'll talk to him about some of the people we know who f-cked up their lives pretty royally through substance abuse, and how they pretty much started out with spliff before moving on to harder crap.
And he'll be pissing in a cup every couple of weeks for the forseeable future.
i was gonna make a joke about bringing some of your kid's piss to the Hampur reunion, you know an inside-joke-within-an-inside-joke, "yo dawg, i heard you like jokes, so we put a joke in your joke so you can laugh at a joke while you laugh at your joke!" kind of deal...
but then i thought about how weird it would sound to tell a grown man to save his kid's piss to bring to a fictional party involving other grown men he only knows through an internwebz.
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Coastal Walking Track, Wallarah National Park
If you only have the time or energy to walk one track in Wallarah, then take the Coastal walking track for the best of everything this park offers. This walk has gorgeous coastal and ocean views.
Look out for passing humpback and southern right whales during winter. You could birdwatch along the way. Enjoy the wildflowers in spring, and experience the various types of vegetation and habitats the track takes you through at their peak. You can easily pick out the cabbage-tree palm; it grows up to 25 metres.
Did you bring your surfboard or fishing rod? The Coastal track also leads to Pinny Beach, which has coarse dark sand and is great for surfing and fishing. Further south is another fishing spot called Shark Hole. Remember to wear a lifejacket when fishing off any rock platform.


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Anyone who has been paying attention to the podcast lately, (or readers of Horror Hound) know that the latest issue has been on stands for about two weeks now. If you happen to pick it up, be sure to check out my article, on the first three films in the "Child's Play" franchise.
While doing research for the article, I managed to uncover tons of fascinating information about a series which, to be honest, I wasn't a huge fan of before setting out to complete the article. It's funny how life works like that some times. Now, after interviewing everyone involved (Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Tom Holland, David Kirschner) I have a much greater respect for that original trilogy of films.
One thing that Mancini (writer of every film and director of "Seed of Chucky") said to me that stuck with me, was that of all the long enduring horror franchises, "Child's Play" is the only one to have the same writing/producing team behind EVERY film. That was something that had never really occurred to me (and "Phantasm" not widthstanding) is an incredibly impressive feat.
So that's a must read. As usual, Nate and Aaron have really outdone themselves when it comes to fan-oriented material. For anyone who has never read an issue before, think of it as the magazine for fans. I know people have said this before. But if you're like me, and can't bring yourself to pick up a copy of Fangoria, and can't stomach everything in Rue Morgue, then you've got to pick up an issue of HH. I sincerely think that the mag will continue to hit an untapped horror audience who have lost faith in their magazines.
The other great articles from the mag are: A retrospective on Killer Doll films (who knew there were so many?) and a great plea to horror fans to help save Independent DVD companies. I'm being honest when I say that I have a hard time mustering any sort of sympathy for large DVD companies when it comes to piracy, but the article does a good job of making it's main point: If you're going to buy horror DVD's (and not copy them), make sure it is from an independent dealer. Oh, and you can't forget a great retrospective article on Italian shock-master Lucio Fulci.
Anyhoo, you can find Horror Hound at Barnes and Nobles, Borders, and other major book retailers. Or, of course you can visit www.horrorhound.com.


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Self-steering rover for alien worlds
Six intense months of work culminated in a self-steering rover charting its own course through Chile's Mars-like Atacama Desert. Innovative R&D projects can be run in innovative ways: ESA's long-running StarTiger initiative gathers together a highly able team and sets them a challenge, in this case to develop methods for a long-range rover to navigate its way across many kilometres of an alien planet's surface. Codenamed 'Seeker', the project was led and hosted for ESA by the UK's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.


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The Empire State Building's managers asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit over claims they deprived thousands of early investors of as much as $410 million in profit when they took the New York skyscraper public.
The managers, Peter Malkin and his son, Anthony, gained immunity from such litigation when they reached a $55 million settlement in an earlier, related case, their lawyer said at a hearing Monday in Manhattan state court.
"The question is, what did we get for our $55 million," said the managers' lawyer, Thomas Dewey. "We got a broad release" from such future claims.
Judge O. Peter Sherwood, who has overseen the litigation and approved the settlement, said at the end of the hearing he was inclined to believe the accord applied to the new lawsuit, and that he would issue a written order later. If it does apply, the case will be dismissed.
The Malkins wrongfully turned down higher offers for the skyscraper by itself in favor of making it the centerpiece of a real estate investment trust, or REIT, driving up the value of 17 other Malkin-owned buildings in the group, the investors said in the proposed class-action lawsuit filed Dec. 24.
John J. Rizio-Hamilton, one of the class-action lawyers, said Monday that the settlement doesn't apply to the new case because it relates to an offer for the Empire State Building alone, and not any other properties in the group.
Empire State Realty Trust Inc., whose properties include the Empire State Building, sold 71.5 million shares for $13 each on Oct. 1. The sale culminated an almost two-year quest by the Malkins to take the iconic skyscraper and the other properties public, a process marked by battles with some of the tower's longtime investors.
The $13-a-share price valued the Empire State Building, completed in 1931, at $1.89 billion, or about $410 million less than the highest cash offer for the building before the IPO, according to the complaint.
The case is Postelnek v. Malkin, 654456/2013, Supreme Court of the State of New York (Manhattan).
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Ballinakill woman fights for €440k drug
On a constant treadmill of treatment and facing death in the next few years if she does not get access to the only drug that can correct her blood disorder, Mary Gorman says she has been caught in the middle between the department of health and big drug companies.
The Ballinakill lady was diagnosed with an ultra rare blood disorder, Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria (PNH) in October 12. The following January Mary's consultant in St James' Hospital prescribed Ecluzimab - the only drug that can hel, but so far she has not received the medication, due to it's high cost - nearly €440,000 annually..
"It is expensive, but the key point is that the HSE are already paying for 10 people to receive the drug. It's the unfairness of why those people are getting the drug and not the rest of us," Mary said.
She continues: "I'm just pleading with the Government and the HSE to please sort it out. We are caught in the middle between the HSE and the drug company.
"Time is precious, you need to be well enough to get ecluzimab in the first place."
While there is no cure for PNH, ecluzimab will stop Mary's red blood cells from prematurely breaking down and take away the side effects.
"Basically there is a factor in my blood that has altered causing my red blood cells to break down too early and pass through my urine," Mary explains.
"My kidneys are under pressure all the time, your anaemic. I've already had acute kidney failure, which is not being managed. But I'm also at a higher risk of clots and I have to have regular heart tests."
Without treatment, PNH has a life expectancy of just 5-10 years, 35% of sufferers die within five years without treatment. Mary is having regular blood transfusions, but this is not a long term solution for her.
"I need a blood transfusion about every four weeks. I had one last week, so that's why I'm able for all this this week, but it's all taking its toll."
Mary attended the Seanad last week at the invitation of Senator John Whelan, where the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar was answering questions. However, Mary is not getting her hopes up, that the issue will be resolved shortly.
"I don't know enough about politics to know if it is going to get sorted. And I don't want to give myself false hope only to be disappointed."
Mary added "I'm just asking them to please sort it out."