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Okay, we've had all weekend to digest the new 1929-style throwbacks.
Here's my take, a few days on. The first thing we need to do is recognize the constraints of creating a 1920s football uniform in the 2010 National Football League. There are two kinds of retro uniforms - throwback, and fauxback.
A throwback uniform tries to give the impression of actually being "back in the day." It replicates the styling and construction of the original, sometimes even using the original materials. This is more common in baseball, as in this 2007 Washington Nationals game (note the baggy 1940s uniform fit):
A fauxback uniform is essentially "what the team would wear now if they never changed their uniform style". It allows for innovation in manufacture, cut and construction, everything except the uniform's style.
This is what we see in the NFL, where the uniforms are old style but perfectly modern right down to the League's shield at the neck. It's not disparaging—all modern NFL throwbacks are actually fauxbacks, and have been for years. We're not likely to see Reebok forgo its logo off just because Johnny Blood didn't wear one.
So we're not going to pretend that Rodgers & Company will take the field in leather and wool. This is the Packers' interpretation would be if the 1929 look had taken hold like the Yankees' pinstripes, or like Lombardi's late 1960s uniforms.
My initial reaction when we saw the jersey was that the number circle is huge.
In context, on the players, it looks more reasonable. It's still larger than I would have liked, but not as overwhelming.
If this is the best the Packers could do within the constraints of the NFL's uniform regulations, then I'm all for it.
I can't have been the first to note a resemblance to Marquette's racing-stripe basketball uniforms from the late 1960s and early 1970s (right). A friend mentioned that it reminded him of an old Porsche or Vette. A classic Le Mans sort of vibe.
The circle's really grown on me, especially since it's the only gold visible on the front of the uniform. It's sporty, distinctive. And gives Rodgers a nice target to hit.
On the back, we have the standard names and numbers.
Obviously, names weren't there on the originals. I'm not sure about the numbers. We know that the Packers were using thin numbers, possibly gold, on the backs of their jerseys in 1932. It's certainly possible that the '29 Packers had gold block numbers on the back.
Pants and socks
The pants are simple tan, a visual echo of the canvas pants worn by the original club. Socks are navy, apparently worn without any whites at all. Not much to say about either of these, except that I approve wholeheartedly. A clean, classic look.
Here's where the limitations of a fauxback design start to show themselves. Helmets of today bear no resemblance to the leather helmets of yore.
In 1929, helmets were strictly optional—the NFL didn't mandate helmet use for all players until 1943—and there was no standard team design. The construction of the leather panels provided its own design, completely lost on the modern helmets.
The old helmets didn't need a logo or stripes to have visual appeal - the construction gives it texture. Blank modern shells just don't look right - too much unbroken material. For the record, this was a problem I had with the 1994 throwbacks as well:
The originals look great, but the modern interpretations look unfinished and awkward.
While I appreciate what the Packers are trying to do with the brown helmet, I can't help but think that there's a better approach than blank brown shells with gray facemasks.
Perhaps if they added some subtle shading, a slightly darker shade of brown, it might hint at the old leather strips (excuse the rushed Photoshop job):
This would be similar to what the Michigan Wolverines (and less famously, the Delaware Blue Hens and Princeton Tigers) do with their helmets. Although these schools abandoned the winged leather helmets half a century ago, they retained the old layout. The pattern, once painted onto alternating strips of leather, gives a visual echo of old construction on the contemporary shells.
The Packers could do something similar by layering browns, giving the helmet more visual interest than a blank shell. I think it would be a huge improvement, and it would patch the only real problem I have with the throwback uniforms.
So there you have it. Although not without minor problems, on the whole it's a great look. I'm glad that the Packers are reaching back into their long storied history, and taking a pretty big risk in doing so. They could have "thrown back" to the 2001 Thanksgiving Day whites, or to the 1994 classics, either of which would be easier to translate to the modern uniform template. Instead, they went out on a limb with a classic needing a great deal of interpretation. I give Mark Murphy a lot of credit for this move.
So in the end, I'm with Nick Collins:
Monday, March 15, 2010
Further Review - the Throwback Alts
Posted by Chance Michaels at 11:36 AM
Labels: 2010s, throwbacks, video
3 comments:
- All The Way Ray said...
Very true that they went out on a limb and came away with a good look. Circle on the front is a little large for me.
- March 16, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- setlasmon said...
came by to check out the new packer unis. very cool! I like your idea for the helmets alot...
Id never really seen too many pictures of people with the painted wing leather helmets. looks awesome, very luchadore!
- August 17, 2010 at 9:01 AM
- The Daily Hat Trick said...
That '29 throwback might be the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Great blog, though.
- December 5, 2010 at 1:37 PM
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"Loco gringo."
That's a term our Spanish friends south of the border use when they see us shooting ourselves in the foot while speaking with forked tongues "Crazy Americans." Having won freedom, they wonder, why do we give it up?
"Loco gringo."
That's a term our Spanish friends south of the border use when they see us shooting ourselves in the foot while speaking with forked tongues: "Crazy Americans." Having won freedom, they wonder, why do we give it up?
A case in point has been staring at us from the pages of local newspapers lately: On one side, the Greater Hyannis Civic Association in tandem with three town councilors, has raised the specter of "Big Brother" telling questionable homeowners and landlords how to handle their private property.
Then from out of nowhere, some good folks in Orleans think, au contraire, they've had enough of being restrained on what they can or can't do with their duly purchased real estate. They suggest opting out of the unforgiving Old King's Highway Historic District, which stretches across municipal boundaries from Sandwich to Orleans along Cape Cod Bay's coastline, making it the largest, or longest, such district in the nation.
The district rolls placidly along Route 6A, where once trod ye olde celebs like super-patriots James Otis et ux and talented author, tax resister and cranky diarist Henry David Thoreau, whose view of aesthetics was wrapped up thus: "It's not what you look at that matters. It's what you see." Touche!
The historical district is currently inhabited by persnickety patrons of the past willing to subject themselves to being told they can't paint their homes purple or chartreuse or, in the case of Cape Cod Community College, cannot erect a wind turbine to save taxpayer dollars because, well, because it is just too tall.
That's odd, since windmills were part of the local scene way back when, except that, like old-time basketball players, they were shorter than today's slam-dunkers who can almost look down at the basket and leap tall buildings in a single bound. Their height doesn't make them less welcome to fans and investors in the NBA, yes?
In the case of historic districts, some decisions really teeter on the edge, to the point that it becomes counter-productive, as in the case of the college windmill intended to save taxpayers and students cash over the long-term and prolong the life of the natural environment. All of the state's taxpayers foot the college bill, but not all state taxpayers live in a frou-frou historic district, as is the case of some Orleans neighborhoods.
While some Orleans enclaves are not historic in the least, they are still in the district. In fairness, the college, at least, should consider joining Orleans in opting out of the control of a group that doesn't really represent the college stakeholders statewide.
On the issue of adding controls over private property by tweaking Barnstable town ordinances, what seems like a decent idea may be more so a breach of the 11th Commandment: "Thou shalt not sticketh your dictates on other peoples' property."
It's one thing to go to the polls in a bona-fide town election and personally vote to belong to an historic district. I think that's called choosing your own poison. But it may be another thing, judging from reaction thus far, for a handful of well-meaning residents to play politics with personal property freedoms via 13 town councilors.
Since there is opposition to the idea, though neither side seems to have overwhelming support, a more equitable approach may be to present the ordinance changes as a town ballot question in the next town election. And to go one step further, to avoid the Orleans conundrum, simply allow each village to decide by electoral majority whether it wants to abdicate any more freedoms affecting private property.
From this corner, I wouldn't buy a house in a historic district because I'm simply not willing to relinquish free choice to someone else when it comes to the color of paint, architectural touch or size of fence I might prefer. It would be too much like having three strangers tell me what color, make and model car I can buy and park in my driveway.
The notion of tweaking ordinances in the present to curtail offensive abuses and behaviors in the future by the occasional landlord and/or tenant deserves exploration and debate with a view to action. Proponents should not be criticized for seeking a protective covenant to improve neighborhood tranquility and character. The proposal should not be overly demonized by those who think otherwise. It is a legitimate goal, albeit somewhat quixotic. In retrospect, the town has used existing ordinances in the past to control abusive properties. What made a difference is that prevailing rules were seriously enforced en masse by what was called a BIRST (inspectional response) team of police, fire, health and assorted building inspectors. Finding legitimate code violations can shut a place down quicker than an unenforced ordinance or petty cash penalty.
If the move for ordinance tweaks doesn't fly, light the fuse on the BIRST bomb.

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I rarely photograph used items for review on Cafe Makeup, but I was unable to resist using Burberry Beauty Light Glow Natural Blush in Earthy ($42) long enough to put it in front of my camera. To be more precise, I couldn't stop using Burberry Earthy after I learned to use it at a recent makeover.
When I first received Burberry Earthy, I tried using it as a traditional blush. When I did that, I was very confused. The color didn't apply as a blush on my warm NC15/20 (Chanel Cameo/Ivoire) skin tone at all. Although I'm a fan of nude blushes, Earthy left me a little cold at first. However, an excellent Burberry makeover artist explained that Earthy is a perfect contour color of pale skin tone girls.
Of course, it is possible for one to use a bronzer to contour and I frequently do. This tends to look best with warm toned makeup looks, or for those with a brighter or beachy style. Here's a picture of Paris Hilton, looking gorgeous as always (love her!) This is a classic bronzer contour look:
The bronzer (topped with a touch of highlighter and soft pink blush) has a warmth that echoes her bronzy arms. In contrast, look at the contouring on Burberry runway:
This has a completely different contour look compared to the lovely Paris's beachy look. Another, also from Burberry runway:
As you can see, the Burberry runway pictures have a contouring that is more subtle, less warm, and coordinates nicely with the rest of the look. Although slightly warm, Earthy gives the impression much more like the pictures on Burberry runway, not Paris Hilton. It's a softer, less golden and looks more natural. I do not (and cannot) use Earthy as a traditional blush. Rather, I place it at follows:
- On top of forehead around the hairline
- On the side, stay near the hairline
- Bring the color in slightly over the brows and cheek hollow
- Add a touch under the chin to define
Another, indoor light:
Some thoughts:
- Nars Laguna is a traditional bronzer (see, Paris Hilton)
- MAC Taupe is quite dark for pale skin tones, and can look muddy
- Shu Uemura M Amber 83 can be used as a blush (it has a peachy pink undertone) or a contour
- Bobbi Brown Sandstone applies on cheeks with a definite pink glow and is more of a traditional nude blush
- Chanel Joues Contraste Tempting Beige is slightly warm and pink-peach, and can be used as a traditional blush
- Burberry Earthy is far more subtle than the others and works best on my pale skin as a contour


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Gov. Andrew M Cuomo signed a law this week to prohibit smoking on MTA operated outdoor train ticketing, boarding or platform areas, including the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North. Smoking is already prohibited on outdoor New York City subway platforms.
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Junior Quarter Final
Jeff Farrell's firepower enough for Westmeath
Westmeath 3-12 Rockland 1-09
Westmeath used a dominant second half display to overpower Rockland and qualify for a semifinal meeting with Celtics next week. The sides were level twice in the first half before a second Westmeath goal coming from the boot of Darren Petit pushed the winners ahead. It arrived after a defensive chance to clear was fouled for the ultimate punishment. The score of the game came afterwards, when Vinnie Gavin found Jeff Farrell with a perfect sideline and the man of the match full forward drilled high and over. While both sides had points to open the second half, Westmeath then took a hold of the game with two points from Lilly, a beauty, and Farrell before Farrell crashed a shot of the cross bar. He then got on the end of a long Nester Allen pass to flick to the net and effectively fill the game off as a contest. Pat Guerin had two points before the final whistle for Rockland but a goal never looked like happening.
Westmeath 1 Jimmy Higgins 2 Dave Russell 3 Danny Noone 4 Dean O'Donnell 5 Steve Keating 6 Keith Scully 7 Ray Keenan 8 Vinnie Gavin 9 Darren Petit (1-00) 10 Nester Allen (0-01)11 James Stones (0-01)12 Paul Mulherne (0-01)13 Kevin Lilly (0-02)14 Jeff Farrell (2-06) 15 John McMahon Sub Anton Kelly (0-01)
Rockland 1 Chris Clarke 2 Conor Teehan 3 Marcus Fitzgerald 4 Declan Neville 5 Sean McGrath 6 Jimmy O'Flynn 7 Brendan Fennell 8 Paul Heaney (0-02)9 Nick Mangan 10 Cormac McClaren (0-01)11 Sean Roche (0-03)12 Pat Sweeney 13 Mike Keane (0-01)14 Shane Hanley 15 Pat Keane (1-00) Sub Pat Guerin (0-02)
Man of the Match Jeff Farrell (Westmeath)
Referee Tom Fahey
Junior B Final
Brooklyn's in the winning House
Brooklyn 1-23 St Patrick's 0-05
Brooklyn won the Junior B title with a convincing victory that was backboned by a 9 point performance by Kevin Connolly. It was a balanced attack with nine players getting on the score sheet. Bobby McGee and Cathel O'Grady were sharp shooting forwards who always had a head for the posts. St Pats battled throughout with Justin O'Halloran a contender for man of the match. They were however never able to create the chances that were needed to trouble the winners. After St Pats had four of the first five points of the second half, Brooklyn had a cascade of scores eleven in total, to punctuate the first title win in 22 years for the club.
St Patrick's New Haven 1 P Coyle 2 P Barton 3 T Quinn 4 D Reilly 5 Sean Coyle 6 J Stowles (0-02)7 Paul Coyle 8 J Conway 9 L Coyle 10 J O'Halloran (0-02)11 J McKeon 12 M Coyle 13 M O'Connor 14 P Maher 15 S Collins (0-01)
Brooklyn Shamrocks 1 Paddy Connolly 2 Tyler Keenaghan 3 Enda Lally 14 Jamie Lally 5 Adrian McKeever 6 Red McGuinness 7 Ryan Donnelly (0-01)8 Kevin Connolly (0-09) 9 Martin Keenaghan (0-01)10 Bobby McGee (0-04)11 Frankie Cassidy (0-03)12 Declan McAleer 13 Connell Burns (1-01)14 Cathel O'Grady (0-03)15 David Ferris (0-01) Subs Harry McKeever (0-01)
Man of the Match Kevin Connolly (Brooklyn)
Referee Martin O'Connor
Intermediate Semi Final
Burke the Donegal Star
Donegal 3-12 Monaghan 0-13
Monaghan were not able to combat the brilliant play of the two pronged attacking monster of Justin Burke and James Moynagh who combined to score 3-09 in a brilliant performance. Burke punished from frees while Moynagh was lethal from play. The goals came one in the first half and two in the second all finished clinically. Monaghan had the lead to open the game but a 7 points to 2 run put Donegal in the driving seat. When Moynagh had the first goal after 22 minutes the writing was on the wall. They were ahead 1-09 to 0-07 at the break and withstood a second yellow card for CJ Molloy ten minutes into the second half. They followed this with a brace of goals, the first when Burke finished a long ball pass by driving to the net, the second a Moynagh gem. When Brian Cuilinane saved a Dave Harvey penalty when Dessie Mallon was fouled the victory was secure.
Donegal 1 Brian Cullinan 2 Naill McMahon 3 John Fitzgerald 4 Mike Molloy 5 Conor Classen 6 Tommy Moran 7 Peter McNeilus (0-01)8 Alan Molloy 9 Sean Reilly 10 Mickey Annette 11 Brian Givney 12 Justin Burke (1-05)13 James Moynagh (2-04)14 CJ Molloy (0-01)15 PJ Flanagan Subs Del Ferreira Sean McGivney (0-01)
Monaghan 1 Robbie O'Neill 2 Brian Murray 3 Mike O'Regan 4 Naill McKenna 5 Mark McCaughey (0-01)6 Bonnie Duffy 7 Karl O'Connell (0-01)8 Dessie Mallon 9 Brendan Finn (0-02)10 Kenneth Quirke (0-01)11 Sean Munnelly 12 Caoimhin O'Callaghan 13 Ross Connolly 14 James Connolly (0-07)15 Dave Harvey Subs Sean McMullan (0-01) Brian Annett Sean Carbin
Man of the Match Justin Burke (Donegal)
Referee Alan Hearty
Intermediate Semi Final
Horan leads in One Direction
Rangers 2-16 Kerry 0-06
While Naill Horan is the One Direction star, Shane led his side in the direction of the county intermediate final with a brilliant display on the forty for Rangers on Sunday. While Kerry had the first point of the game, Rangers replied with 2-01 in five minutes with Horan grapping the second. Kerry did have three of the next four scores but Rangers finished the first half strong with a further three points.
hey followed another O'Leary point to open the second half with ten consecutive points. Horan started and finished that burst while seven other players also got on the score sheet to show the diversified talents of Denis Twomeys side. Kerry was missing a number of players from the regular season and were always chasing the game against a side that will have no fears in the county final next week against Donegal.
Kerry 1 Ger O'Sullivan 2 Danny Kennelly 3 Donald Walsh 4 Mike Lenihan 5 Thomas O'Brien 6 Shane Coffey 7 Dave Langan 8 Darren Walsh 9 Richie Hartnett 10 John Brennan (0-01)11 Conor Mulvihill 12 Kieran O'Shea 13 Conor O'Leary (0-03) 14 Naill Walsh (0-02)15 Mike McKenna Subs Brian Newman, Ger Mason, Seamus Driscoll
Rangers 1 Mike Sheridan 2 Mal McHugh 3 Donnacha O'Dwyer 4 Alan Carr (0-02) 5 Derek Courtney 6 Liam Hanley 7 Ben Logan 8 Dan Lehane 9 Brian Hanamy (0-02)10 Kevin Daly (0-02)11 Shane Horan (1-04)12 Conor Hunter (0-02)13 Ronan Caffrey (1-02)14 Steven O'Shea (0-01) 15 Adrian Tusifi (0-01) Subs Mike McCarthy, Ian Kennedy, Sean Monaghan
Man of the Match Shane Horan (Rangers)
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Private property owners might deserve payment when public agencies temporarily flood their land, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a case closely watched by farmers around the country, and in California in particular.
Pleasing property-rights advocates, the court emphatically declared in an 8-0 decision that even temporary flooding can amount to a "taking" for which the Constitution requires compensation. The ruling in a case that arose from Arkansas will reach everywhere that government actions affect waterways.
"Because government-induced flooding can constitute a taking of property, and because a taking need not be permanent to be compensable . . . government-induced flooding of limited duration may be compensable," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote.
A stalwart of the court's liberal wing, Ginsburg nonetheless led conservatives as well in rejecting the Obama administration's insistence that temporary floods should be exempt from the Fifth Amendment's requirement that private property won't "be taken for public use, without just compensation."
The 19-page ruling means that the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission might get paid eventually for the Black River flooding damage that resulted when the Army Corps of Engineers released water from the Clearwater Dam in neighboring Missouri. From 1993 to 2000, the flooding wiped out more than 18 million board feet of timber in a wildlife management area about 115 miles from the dam.
The ruling also empowers more distant property owners such as the Wolfsen Land and Cattle Co., located along the San Joaquin River in California. Wolfsen joined other California farmers in filing a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
"Hooray," Wolfsen's Washington-based attorney Roger Marzulla declared after the court's decision. "I think it's directly on point for anyone who owns riparian property, whether it's along the San Joaquin River or along the river in Arkansas."
Like their Arkansas counterparts, the California farmers say their land faces inundation because of government actions.
Under a 2009 federal law, state and federal officials are trying to restore water flows and a viable salmon population to the San Joaquin River. Last week, the first salmon were put back in the river. In a lawsuit, Wolfsen and other farming companies seek compensation for the flooding of nearly 13,000 acres in western Fresno and Merced counties. The farmers and the Justice Department are now in confidential settlement talks, Marzulla said.
"It certainly gives us some reassurance," Marzulla said of the potential impact of the new court ruling.
The Pacific Legal Foundation, a conservative advocacy group based in Sacramento, Calif., that filed its own amicus brief supporting Arkansas, praised the court's decision as "an important victory for the rights of all property owners."
The Arkansas dispute arose after farmers persuaded the Army Corps of Engineers to slow the usual water releases from the Clearwater Dam in order to lengthen their fall harvest season. As a result, more water accumulated behind the dam. Longer-term flooding resulted when this accumulated water was let loose the next spring and summer. Roots weakened, trees died and unwanted plant species invaded.
One federal court previously had calculated that the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission was owed $5.7 million for the flooding damage and associated costs. A lower court now will revisit the case, taking into account questions such as the property owners' expectations and past experiences with flooding
"Today's modest decision augurs no deluge of takings liability," Ginsburg predicted.
The decision issued Tuesday was only the second full ruling from the high court since the 2012 term began in October. More politically volatile cases, including a challenge to the University of Texas affirmative action program, might take several months to resolve.
On Friday, the justices will meet again in private to consider gay marriage cases, including a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and an appeal of a lower court's decision striking down California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriages.
The court might announce its decision on whether it will hear the gay marriage cases as early as Friday, or it might wait until Monday.


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The meteor showers listed below are the easiest to observe and provide the most activity. Particular attention should be noted to the time and moonlight conditions. All these showers are best seen after midnight. Some are not even visible until after midnight. Showers that peak with the moon's phase greater than one half illuminated (first quarter to last quarter) will be affected by moonlight and difficult to observe. While the time each shower is best seen remains much the same year after year, the moonlight conditions change considerably from one year to the next. As we approach the date of each shower's maximum, be sure to consult the latest AMS article about Meteor Showers, which will provide in depth information on each shower and how to best view it.
Jan 3-4 2019
QuadrantidsActive from January 1st to January 10th , 2019
The Quadrantids have the potential to be the strongest shower of the year but usually fall short due to the short length of maximum activity (6 hours) and the poor weather experienced during early January. The average hourly rates one can expect under dark skies is 25. These meteors usually lack persistent trains but often produce bright fireballs. Due to the high northerly declination (celestial latitude) these meteors are not well seen from the southern hemisphere.
Radiant: 15:18 +49.5° - ZHR: 120 - Velocity: 26 miles/sec (medium - 42.2km/sec) - Parent Object: 2003 EH (Asteroid)
Apr 21-22 2019
LyridsActive from April 16th to April 25th , 2019
The Lyrids are a medium strength shower that usually produces good rates for three nights centered on the maximum. These meteors also usually lack persistent trains but can produce fireballs. These meteors are best seen from the northern hemisphere where the radiant is high in the sky at dawn. Activity from this shower can be seen from the southern hemisphere, but at a lower rate.
Radiant: 18:04 +34° - ZHR: 18 - Velocity: 30 miles/sec (medium - 48.4km/sec) - Parent Object: C/1861 G1 (Thatcher)
May 6-7 2019
Eta AquariidsActive from April 19th to May 26th , 2019
The Eta Aquariids are a strong shower when viewed from the southern tropics. From the equator northward, they usually only produce medium rates of 10-30 per hour just before dawn. From the equator to 25S they can produce rates of 40-60 per hour just before dawn at maximum. The longer nights in the southern hemisphere allows the radiant to rise higher in their sky. South of 25S the radiant altitude actually decreases. Activity is good for a week centered the night of maximum activity. These are swift meteors that produce a high percentage of persistent trains, but few fireballs.
Radiant: 22:32 -1° - ZHR: 55 - Velocity: 42 miles/sec (swift - 66.9km/sec) - Parent Object: 1P/Halley
Jul 29-30 2019
Southern Delta AquariidsActive from July 21st to August 23rd , 2019
The Delta Aquariids are another strong shower best seen from the southern tropics. North of the equator the radiant is located lower in the southern sky and therefore rates are less than seen from further south. These meteors produce good rates for a week centered on the night of maximum. These are usually faint meteors that lack both persistent trains and fireballs.
Radiant: 22:40 -16.4° - ZHR: 16 - Velocity: 26 miles/sec (medium - 42km/sec) - Parent Object: 96P/Machholz?
Jul 26-27 2019
Alpha CapricornidsActive from July 11th to August 10th , 2019
The Alpha Capricornids are active from July 11 through August with a "plateau-like" maximum centered on July 29. This shower is not very strong and rarely produces in excess of five shower members per hour. What is notable about this shower is the number of bright fireballs produced during its activity period. This shower is seen equally well on either side of the equator.
Radiant: 20:28 -10.2° - ZHR: 5 - Velocity: 15 miles/sec (slow - 24km/sec) - Parent Object: 169P/NEAT
Aug 11-12 2019
PerseidsActive from July 13th to August 26th , 2019
The Perseids are the most popular meteor shower as they peak on warm August nights as seen from the northern hemisphere. The Perseids are active from July 13 to August 26. They reach a strong maximum on August 12 or 13, depending on the year. Normal rates seen from rural locations range from 50-75 shower members per hour at maximum.The Persesids are particles released from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle during its numerous returns to the inner solar system. They are called Perseids since the radiant (the area of the sky where the meteors seem to originate) is located near the prominent constellation of Perseus the hero when at maximum activity.
Radiant: 03:12 +57.6° - ZHR: 100 - Velocity: 37 miles/sec (swift - 60km/sec) - Parent Object: 109P/Swift-Tuttle
Oct 21-22 2019
OrionidsActive from September 23rd to November 27th , 2019
The Orionids are a medium strength shower that sometimes reaches high strength activity. In a normal year the Orionids produce 20-25 shower members at maximum. In exceptional years, such as 2006-2009, the peak rates were on par with the Perseids (50-75 per hour). At this time we are unable to predict exactly when the Orionids will be exceptional but there are theories that there may be a 12 year period in this cycle.
Radiant: 06:20 +15.5° - ZHR: 25 - Velocity: 41 miles/sec (swift - 67km/sec) - Parent Object: 1P/Halley
Oct 28-29 2019
Southern TauridsActive from September 23rd to November 19th , 2019
The Southern Taurids are a long-lasting shower with several minor peaks in October and November. The shower is active for two months but rarely produces more than five shower members per hour, even at maximum activity. The Taurids (both branches) are most notable for colorful fireballs and are often responsible for an increased number of fireball reports from September through November.
Radiant: 03:12 +12.8° - ZHR: 5 - Velocity: 17 miles/sec (slow - 27km/sec) - Parent Object: 2P/Encke
Nov 10-11 2018
Northern TauridsActive from October 19th to December 10th , 2018
This shower is much like the Southern Taurids, just active a bit later in the year. When the two showers are active simultaneously in late October and early November, there is sometimes an notable increase in the fireball activity. There seems to be a seven year periodicity with these fireballs. 2008 was the last remarkable year. Perhaps 2015 will be the next?
Radiant: 03:52 +22.7° - ZHR: 5 - Velocity: 18 miles/sec (medium - 30km/sec) - Parent Object: 2P/Encke
Nov 17-18 2019
LeonidsActive from November 5th to November 30th , 2019
The Leonids are best known for producing great meteor storms in the years of 1833, 1866, 1966, and 2001. These outbursts of meteor activity are best seen when the parent object, comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, is near perihelion (closest approach to the sun). Yet it is not the fresh material we see from the comet, but rather debris from earlier returns that also happen to be most dense at the same time. Unfortunately it appears that the earth will not encounter any dense clouds of debris until 2099. Therefore when the comet returns in 2031 and 2064, there will be no meteor storms, but perhaps several good displays of Leonid activity when rates are in excess of 100 per hour. The best we can hope for now until the year 2030 is peaks of around 15 shower members per hour and perhaps an occasional weak outburst when the earth passes near a debris trail. The Leonids are often bright meteors with a high percentage of persistent trains.
Radiant: 10:08 +21.6° - ZHR: 15 - Velocity: 44 miles/sec (swift - 71km/sec) - Parent Object: 55P/Tempel-Tuttle
Dec 13-14 2018
GeminidsActive from December 4th to December 16th , 2018
The Geminids are usually the strongest meteor shower of the year and meteor enthusiasts are certain to circle December 13 and 14 on their calendars. This is the one major shower that provides good activity prior to midnight as the constellation of Gemini is well placed from 10pm onward. The Geminids are often bright and intensely colored. Due to their medium-slow velocity, persistent trains are not usually seen. These meteors are also seen in the southern hemisphere, but only during the middle of the night and at a reduced rate.
Radiant: 07:28 +32.2° - ZHR: 120 - Velocity: 22 miles/sec (medium - 35km/sec) - Parent Object: 3200 Phaethon (asteroid)The Geminids are currently active!
Dec 21-22 2019
UrsidsActive from December 17th to December 23rd , 2019
The Ursids are often neglected due to the fact it peaks just before Christmas and the rates are much less than the Geminds, which peaks just a week before the Ursids. Observers will normally see 5-10 Ursids per hour during the late morning hours on the date of maximum activity. There have been occasional outbursts when rates have exceeded 25 per hour. These outbursts appear unrelated to the perihelion dates of comet 8P/Tuttle. This shower is strictly a northern hemisphere event as the radiant fails to clear the horizon or does so simultaneously with the start of morning twilight as seen from the southern tropics.
Radiant: 14:28 +74.8° - ZHR: 10 - Velocity: 20 miles/sec (medium - 32km/sec) - Parent Object: 8P/Tuttle


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An Analysis of the Proposed Medicaid Expansion in Michigan
Michigan lawmakers are currently deciding whether to expand the state's Medicaid program to cover people newly eligible for federal Medicaid subsidies under the Affordable Care Act of 2010, commonly known as "Obamacare." A target population for Medicaid subsidies are the uninsured and those with incomes between 100 and 138 percent of the federal poverty level. The authors estimate that in 2014, approximately 177,000 uninsured Michiganders will fall into this category. Assuming 70 percent sign up for Medicaid, the authors estimate the additional taxpayer cost will be $475 million to state taxpayers, and $7 billion to federal taxpayers.
The study considers several factors, including potential enrollees that are not considered in typical enrollment projections: uninsured people who are already eligible for Medicaid but have not yet enrolled, low-income, privately insured individuals who would switch to Medicaid, and childless adults and others who live below the poverty line and who would now qualify based on the broader definitions of the expansion.
The study determines that a Medicaid expansion would likely shift many insurance costs to state taxpayers, while other studies have found that as many as 50 percent or 60 percent of new enrollees following Medicaid expansions dropped existing private insurance to do so. Further, both local and federal studies have indicated that Medicaid often delivers substandard health outcomes and access to medical services. Therefore, lawmakers should think twice before widening the program's scope.


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The assignment:
consists of two parts: in the first part, you are asked to solve problems from the text; in the second part, you are asked to implement insertion sort and merge sort and run them to find the "cross-over" point where merge sort becomes faster than insertion sort.
To time your insert
and merge programs,
you can use the clock()
function in time.h
(so you must
#include <time.h>
at the top of your program).
The function
returns a value of type
which contains the number of milliseconds since
the program started - unfortunately
rounded to the nearest 100th of a
second (see below for a fix to this problem).
Thus to get timings of sections of code, you could do something like:
clock_t tstart, tend, ttotal ;
tstart = clock() ;
/* code to be timed */
tend = clock() ;
ttotal = tend - tstart ;
printf( "time = %u\n", ttotal ) ;
Note that the type
is an unsigned (probably long)
integer. I'm sure this can also be done in C++ (and maybe
cout << ttotal << endl ;
would work, but I'm not sure of the details -- please let me know of any
subtle details you encounter if you use C++).
But there is a problem with getting accurate timings. Most small programs, such as insertion sort and merge sort run so fast that the times reported are very small -- maybe less than 100th of a second even when sorting 100 numbers. To cure this problem and magnify the results, put your array intialization and call to your sort routine in a for loop that executes numIterations ( = 100) times, and then divide your total time by numIterations (you may even have to make numIterations = 1000, or 10000, ...).
Also, for merge sort, to avoid allocating and de-allocating memory on each call to the merge() subroutine, you can make the temporary arrays L and R global (or pass their names, i.e. pointers, as parameters to merge() and merge-sort()).
Finally, run your two programs, timing them, for different values of n, until you find the "cross-over" value of n for which merge sort first beats insertion sort. You might try to do a sort of "binary search" for that value -- i.e. try n = 100, and if insertion wins, try n = 1000. Assuming that merge wins at n = 1000, try n = 500, etc. I think that the cross-over value is somewhere between 10 and 1000. Note that different people might get different answers, due to different encodings of the algorithms.
Generate average-case data in the array OrigData[]
(1) Time the following loop to see how much time copying takes
For i = 1 to NumIterations
copy OrigData[] to A[] // requires an inner loop
(2) Time insertion sort:
For i = 1 to NumIterations
copy OrigData[] to A[]
InsertionSort( A, 1, n )
(3) Time merge sort:
For i = 1 to NumIterations
copy OrigData[] to A[]
MergeSort( A, 1, n )
To get the actual times for insertion sort and merge sort, subtract the
copying time (1) from the times of segments (2) and (3).
Generate worst-case data in the array OrigData[] (4) Time insertion sort: For i = 1 to NumIterations copy OrigData[] to A[] InsertionSort( A, 1, n )To generate worst-case data, fill the array OrigData[] with the numbers n, n-1, n-2, ... 2, 1. Then time a run of your program for the largest value of n that you used in Subpart 1 -- the run time for (4) should be roughly twice as long as the run time for (2) (after subtracting the copying time from both). Report the two run times and the worst case / average case ratio.
What To Hand In For Part 2:
The results of your timing runs and the
code for each of your sort routines.
For subpart A, show timing runs for n = "cross-over" value, and
for n-10 and n+10.
For subpart B, report the two run times and the
worst case / average case ratio.


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Teddy Bears For Cancer Kids
Please Donate a Teddy Bear to a Kid With Cancer
This program is being started by Katie Wernecke, a 14 year old cancer patient. Katie is a wonderful young lady that is always looking for ways to give to others and help other kids with cancer. You would always find her in the hospital helping the younger kids and playing games with them. She brought joy to them during a stressful time, while ignoring her own battle with cancer.
Katie said, 'I know that kids with cancer have a lot of sadness. I want them to have something special to hug and to hug them back. I know how scary hospitals are without familiar faces and friends."
Teddy Bears will be given out in Cancer Hospitals for children. You may purchase a teddy bear locally or online and ship it to:
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DC By Night
The Kindred and Werewolf War of DC has Begun
The Blood Hunt Has Been Called
Coteries are forming and going on the hunt for Trophies
Typically between stories, weeks or months can go by between play sessions. During a Blood Hunt this changes. Each night is played out as events unfold.
Do Not Fret… As long as Deiter Kliest is not destroyed guesses to his Nature and Demeanor may be made! Prizes!!!!*
Be the first to guess Will's Nature and Demeanor and win a free (used) storyteller screen will lots of usefull info in it. Plus get 1point XP bonus for being the first to guess his Nature Correctly, and also 1 point XP bonus to who ever guesses his Demeanor correctly first. Once you take a guess, everyone else will have a chance to guess before you may have another chance at it.
An XP point was given!! Either the Nature (profectionist) or Demeanor (Director) was guessed correctly!
Caregiver-Director; incorrect
Visionary-Director; incorrect
2nd guess Perfectionist-Pedagogue; Incorrect
2nd guess Fanatic-Director; Incorrect
2nd guess Autist-Director; Incorrect
Idealist-Director; Incorrect
Perfectionist-Caregiver; Incorrect
Perfectionist – Visionary
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Since my fiance and I are finally home and settled (for the most part!), we've finally set a date for our wedding and though it's a few years away I like to start thinking, envisioning and planning early. We set the date for 10-10-2015 and already have an idea of a venue.
I know most of you lovely ladies are already married and most have been married a while so I'd love to hear all your stories about wedding planning and how your wedding went; all the bad and the good!


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Powysland Museum
Powysland Museum is a local museum with three permanent galleries depicting the archaeology and social history of the old county of Montgomeryshire. The museum also has a temporary exhibition gallery with changing exhibition throughout the year.
Venue Type:
Mon-Tues Thurs-Fri 1100-1300 1400-1700
May-September Sat-Sun 1000-1300 1400-1700
October-April Sat 1100-1400
Closed: Wed
Adults: £1.00
Concessions: £0.50
Children: Free
Residents of Powys: Free
- British Association of Friends of Museums
- Cadw: Welsh Historic Monuments
- English Heritage
- Historic Scotland
- International Council of Museums
- Museums Association
- National Trust
Collection details
Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Land Transport, Natural Sciences, Social History, Weapons and War, World Cultures
Welshpool Historic Town Trail
A town trail to see the history of Welshpool from Roman times through to the present day. A pleasant walk around this border market town to view our historic buildings. Starts and ends at the Museum. Please order the accompanying sheets, before your visit, from the museum on email@example.com
Suitable for school parties - book with Education & Access
- Powysland Museum: Education & Access
How to obtain
see e-mail above
The Montgomeryshire Canal at Welshpool
This trail focuses on the technology and architecture of the canal. A base map and quiz is supplied to discover the techniques used in building and operating this local stretch. Everything is easily accessible on foot, within 200m of the museum. There is also a permanent display in the museum
How to obtain
Entrance to the Museum is £1.00 for adults, children under 16 are free; students 50p. It is open Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri. The Museum is closed lunchtime (13.00-14.00).
In the winter season, it is closed on Sundays and open Saturdays 11.00-14.00. In summer, it is also open on Sunday 10.00 - 13.00 and 14.00 - 17.00
Montgomery Canal Cruises operate adjacent to the Museum, Tel 01938 553271 Mobile 0860 189709
Welshpool Rock
A town trail looking at earth materials used in buildings, monuments and roads. Begins and ends at the Museum. Trail quiz and accompanying photograph pack, both available on request.
More details about Powysland Museum on http://powysmuseums.powys.gov.uk (donot use www.)
- Powysland Museum
How to obtain
Booking anytime on email@example.com
or telephone 01938 554656.
Entrance to the Museum is £1.00 for adults, children uner 16 are free; students 50p. The Museum is closed lunchtime (13.00-14.00). In the winter season it is open Saturday 11.00-14.00.
Powysland Museum
The Canal Wharf
PowyslandMuseum at Welshpool,Newtown Textile Museum, Llanidloes Museum, Radnor Museum and Brecon Museum and Art Gallery. Temporary Exhibition Programmes and Education & Access at Welshpool.
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Items where Division is "Schools (1998 to 2008) > School of Biosciences"
Group by: Creators | Department | Type of Work | Date | No Grouping
Number of items at this level: 26.
Batt, S.M and Bingle, Lewis E. H. and Dafforn, T.R and Thomas, Christopher M. (2009) Bacterial Genome Partitioning: N-Terminal Domain of IncC Protein Encoded by Broad-Host-Range Plasmid RK2 Modulates Oligomerisation and DNA Binding. Journal of Molecular Biology, 385 (5). pp. 1361-1374. ISSN 0022-2836
Bhatt, Apoorva and Brown, Alistair K. and Singh, Albel and Minnikin, David E. and Besra, Gurdyal S (2008) Loss of a Mycobacterial Gene Encoding a Reductase Leads to an Altered Cell Wall Containing β-oxo- Mycolic Acid Analogs and Accumulation of Ketones. Chemistry and Biology, 15 (30). pp. 930-939. ISSN 1074-5521
Birch, Helen and Alderwick, Luke J. and Bhatt, Apoorva and Rittmann, Doris and Krumbach, Karin and Singh, Albel and Bai, Yu and Lowary, Todd L. and Eggeling, Lothar and Besra, Gurdyal S (2008) Biosynthesis of mycobacterial arabinogalactan: identification of a novel a(1,3)arabinofuranosyltransferase. Molecular Microbiology, 69 (5). pp. 1191-1206. ISSN 0950-382X
Bhowruth, Veemal and Brown, Alistair K. and Besra, Gurdyal S (2008) Synthesis and biological evaluation of NAS-21 and NAS-91 analogues as potential inhibitors of the mycobacterial FAS-II dehydratase enzyme Rv0636. Microbiology, 154 (7). pp. 1866-1875. ISSN 1350-0872
Birch, Helen and Alderwick, Luke J. and Bhatt, Apoorva and Rittmann, Doris and Krumbach, Karin and Singh, Albel and Bai, Yu and Lowary, Todd L. and Eggeling, Lothar and Besra, Gurdyal S (2008) Biosynthesis of mycobacterial arabinogalactan: identification of a novel (13)arabinofuranosyltransferase. Molecular Microbiology. ISSN 0950-382X
Creese, Andrew J. and Cooper, Helen J. (2008) The Effect of Phosphorylation on the Electron Capture Dissociation of Peptide Ions. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 19 (9). pp. 1263-1274. ISSN 1044-0305
Croudace, Joanne E. and Curbishley, Stuart M and Mura, Manuela and Willcox, Carrie R and Illarianov, Petr A and Besra, Gurdyal S and Adams, David H and Lammas, David A (2008) Identification of distinct human invariant natural killer T-cell response phenotypes to alpha-galactosylceramide. Bmc Immunology, 9 (71). ISSN 1471-2172
Creese, Andrew J. and Cooper, Helen J. (2007) Liquid Chromatography Electron Capture Dissociation Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-ECD-MS/MS) versus Liquid Chromatography Collision-induced Dissociation Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-CID-MS/MS) for the Identification of Proteins. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 18 (5). pp. 891-897. ISSN 1044-0305
Heath, John K (2008) Interleukin 1 Signaling Is Regulated by Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) and Is Aberrant in Lif−/− Mouse Uterus. Biology of reproduction, 79 (1). pp. 142-153. ISSN 0006-3363
Iniesta, Jesus and Cooper, Helen J. and Marshall, Alan G. and Heptinstall, John and Walton, David J. and Peterson, Ian R. (2008) Specific electrochemical iodination of horse heart myoglobin at tyrosine 103 as determined by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 474 (1). pp. 1-7. ISSN 0003-9861
Kaczorowska, Malgorzata A. and Cooper, Helen J. (2008) Electron Detachment Dissociation,and Collision-Induced Dissociation of Polyamidoamine (PAMAM) Dendrimer Ions with Amino, Amidoethanol, and Sodium Carboxylate Surface Groups. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 19 (9). pp. 1312-1319.
Mikhailov, Victor A. and Cooper, Helen J. (2008) Activated Ion Electron Capture Dissociation (AI ECD) of proteins: synchronization of infrared and electron irradiation with ion magnetron motion. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 20 (5). pp. 763-771. ISSN 1044-0305
MacLennan, Calman A. and Gondwe, Esther N. and Msefula, Chisomo L. and Kingsley, Robert A. and Thomson, Nicholas R. and White, Sarah A. and Goodall, Margaret and Pickard, Derek J. and Graham, Stephen M. and Dougan, Gordon and Hart, C. Anthony and Molyneux, Malcolm E. and Drayson, Mark T. (2008) The neglected role of antibody in protection against bacteremia caused by nontyphoidal strains of Salmonella in African children. Journal of Clinical Infection, 118 (4). pp. 1553-1562. ISSN 0021-9738
Ma, Hansong and Croudace, Joanne E. and Lammas, David A. and May, Robin C. (2007) Direct cell-to-cell spread of a pathogeneic yeast. BMC Immunology, 8 (15). ISSN 1471-2172
Martin, Graham R. and Wilson, Kerry-Jayne and Wild, J. Martin and Parsons, Stuart and Kubke, M. Fabiana and Corfield, Jeremy (2007) Kiwi forego vison in the guidance of their nocturnal activities. PLoS ONE, 2 (2).
MacLennan, Calman A. and Soloman, Tom (2004) Potential neurovirulence of common cold virus. The Lancet, 364. pp. 1839-1840. ISSN 0140-6736
Poulter, N. S. and Vatovec, S. and Franklin-Tong, V. E. (2008) Microtubules Are a Target for Self-Incompatibility Signaling in Papaver Pollen. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 146 (3). pp. 1358-1367. ISSN 0032-0889
Redwood, MD and Deplanche, K and Baxter-Plant, VS and Macaskie, LE (2008) Biomass-supported catalysts on Desulfovibrio desulfuricans and Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 99 (5). pp. 1045-1054. ISSN 0006-3592
Sweet, Steve M. M and Mardakheh, Faraz Khosravi and Ryan, Kevin J. P and Langton, Amy J and Heath, John K and Cooper, Helen J. (2008) Targeted online liquid chromatography electron capture dissociation mass spectrometry for the localization of sites of in vivo phosphorylation in human Sprouty2. Analytical Chemistry, 80 (17). pp. 6650-6657. ISSN 0003-2700
Shimada, Tomohiro and Ishihama, Akira and Busby, Stephen J. W. and Grainger, David C. (2008) The Escherichia coli RutR transcription factor binds at targets within genes as well as intergenic regions. Nucleic Acids Research, 36 (12). pp. 3950-3955. ISSN 0305-1048
Samarasinghe, Shivanthi and El-Robh, Mohamed Samir and Grainger, David C. and Zhang, Wenke and Soultanas, Panos and Busby, Stephen J. W. (2008) Autoregulation of the Escherichia coli melR promoter: repression involves four molecules of MelR. Nucleic Acids Research, 36 (8). pp. 2667-2696. ISSN 0305-1048
Stekel, Dov J. and Jenkins, Dafyd J. (2008) Strong negative self regulation of Prokaryotic transcription factors increases the intrinsic noise of protein expression. BMC Systems Biology, 2 (6).
Tatituri, Raju Venkata Veera and Alderwick, Luke J. and Mishra, Arun K. and Nigou, Jerome and Gilleron, Martine and Krumbach, Karin and Hitchen, Paul and Giordano, Assunta and Morris, Howard R. and Dell, Anne and Eggeling, Lothar and Besra, Gurdyal S (2007) Identification and structural characterisation of a partially arabinosylated lipoarabinomannan variant isolated from a Corynebacterium glutamicum ubiAmutant. Microbiology. (Unpublished)
White, Craig R. and Day, Norman and Butler, Patrick J. and Martin, Graham R. (2007) Vision and Foraging in Cormorants: More like Herons than Hawks? PLoS ONE, 2 (7).
Zhu, Bangfu and Pennack, Jenny A. and McQuilton, Peter and Forero, Manuel G. and Mizuguch, Kenji and Sutcliffe, Ben and Gu, Chun-Jing and Fenton, Janine C. and Hidalgo, Alicia (2008) Drosophila Neurotrophins Reveal a Common Mechanism for Nervous System Formation. PLoS Biology, 6 (11). ISSN 1544-9173
Zheng, Dongling and Constantinidou, Chrystala and Hobman, Jon L. and Minchin, Stephen D. (2004) Identification of the CRP regulon using in vitro and in vivo transcriptional profiling. Nucleic Acids Research, 32 (19). pp. 5874-5893. ISSN 0305-1048


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This is my first post here... and I'm new to henna.
I've mixed about 4-5 batches of paste and none had any green after leaving for 12-36 hours as described in the instructions. The brown that was to be on top, was throughout the paste. Does that mean it didn't need to be left that long? I had it in the oven with the light on. Is it possible that's too warm? Or maybe the lid doesn't provide a strong enough seal...?? The last batch included some witch's brew - does that turn it brown? Or would it still be green underneath? The designs didn't turn a deep colour, so my guess is that the brown throughout means it oxidized, losing much of the dye in the process.
Thanks a million for taking time to help me out! We absolutely love this artwork!


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OK... we'll be continuing with more pics shortly, but for now, two famous ladies that we all know and love.....
off to see the Glockenspiel!
OK... we'll be continuing with more pics shortly, but for now, two famous ladies that we all know and love.....
off to see the Glockenspiel!
Camp GEARS was a great way for riders to gain valuable experience. Here Owner's News Deputy Editor Mandy Langston tells Ryan Manley and Zach Byant, that in body language, fear of leaning into curves is often expressed by walking around with your hands in your pockets.
Back in action after a recent accident, Marty Smith -- Mr. Detailer -- brings out the soul of a bike owned by Gerald Wells, a 28-year veteran member of MOA #17015.
Camping out whenever possible is the trademark of the seasoned BMW rider. Elizabeth Clark -- a lineal descendant of Lewis and Clark fame -- lives up to the BMW camping image.
This Camp GEARS camper learns how to not get wet at a rally by guying out his rain fly. Note the high tech use of a rock for a hammer. This guy has a future in our organization!
Camp GEARS 2007... the straight shot.
What it was really like. Ardys and Voni are just big kids, don't you know?
imagine this, three times per day. quite an alarm clock, no?
Anyone want shots of something special?
Kurt -- Forum Liaison ---> Resources and Links Thread <---
mine-ineye-deatheah-pielayah-jooa-kalayus. oolah-minane-hay-meeriah-kal-oyus-algay-a-thaykin', buddy!


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Event: Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Pankaj Udhas, Farida Udhas, Sagarika Ghatge and other celebs grace the launch of sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's book 'My Father, Our Fraternity: The Story of Hafiz Ali Khan And My World'. The book is Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's tribute to his father and was released on the latter's 40th death anniversary at a hotel in central Mumbai.
Guest List: Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Pankaj Udhas, Farida Udhas, Sagarika Ghatge, Amjad Ali
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
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DEVORE , Calif., July 28 (UPI) -- According to a report from RadarOnline, wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking "frequents" a California strip club.
Hawking has reportedly been a member of the Freedom Acres swingers club in Devore for more than four years.
The 70-year-old allegedly attends the club with his nurses in tow and then has naked dancers "grind" on him.
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People who come with Hawking wait nearby and have drinks while he is busy with the ladies.
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2009: The Year in Preview
by Bruce Clay, January 15, 2009
As 2009 dawns, change is a given. Actually, in the world of search, as any day dawns change is certain. The new year will bring substantial changes to our search engine optimization world worth calling out, and this is our moment to dust off the crystal ball and expound on the yearly trends we expect to see.
2008 was a year of giant strides by the search engines in two key directions: customization of search results for the individual user based upon behavior and preference, and blended (or Universal) search results. Together, these have improved the overall search experience for users by making results more relevant and more engaging. And the SEO industry has so far taken these changes in stride.
I predict that in the first quarter of 2009 that there will be an increase in do-it-yourself PPC spending on advertising, thus overall advertising spend will go up, but this is not going to be spend placed through agencies. As companies have their Yellow Page ads expiring, a fair share of companies will opt for smaller ads and will switch spending to online. This shift in spend results in increased revenues for search engines, but little for our industry. Spending on SEO where results are not immediate will generally result in a delay in those projects, companies will be opting for the reduced risk of PPC out of a need to know that each dollar spent is on near-term revenues. With 28% of all businesses at risk of closure, only the companies with a war chest can afford the necessary investment to get ranked organically. As such, I am predicting that in the first quarter of 2009 agencies will see decreased services spend per client, tougher collections, and in general that this will be a tight 3 months.
I predict that in the second quarter those companies that have survived will recognize that online is a growing revenue source, and is quite frankly cheaper to operate than storefronts. We have businesses that are getting a larger share of their business from the Web and are closing storefront operations. The toy industry is a tiny example of that. Unfortunately this is a two-edged sword because as storefronts close there will be fewer wage earners, and they are the consumers online. Those businesses with vision and funds will increase their online spending to grab market share and position. The second quarter will see a general upturn in online projects and spending comparable to 2008.
June is a month in transition. Summer brings vacations, and along with this is the beginning of panic. The storefronts are diminished and your well-heeled competitors are getting ready for the 2009 holiday season. You snooze, you lose.
The latter half of 2009 will see chaos in the online marketing area. Everyone will need to spend online, meaning that PPC fees will be too high for those that have not tuned their conversion funnel to maintain. As such, the traditional last minute rush to the congested SEO project space will be much higher than normal. As companies consider that the major chains are online, that manufacturers are online and competing against their own retail channels, and that the lessons of 2008 where Amazon posted record sales is understood by the small proprietor, everyone will want to be ranked for their target market right then. Unfortunately this SEO-feeding-frenzy for the few top spots in an ever increasing competitive landscape will not be enough for some businesses. Search engine marketing emerges to be a competitive sport, and agencies with professional SEO athletes will win and amateurs will lose. Unfortunately, by the end of 2009 many companies will find themselves nowhere online, wishing they had started their race in March instead of July. The poor business decision of hiring cheap amateurs will cause businesses to fail. Those that understand that hiring the best is always a smart move, especially in 2009, will be winners.
During this period we will see the resurfacing of local search as a power. As geo-targeted businesses go online there will be an opportunity for competition at a level never before seen. The trained and competent semi-pro search engine optimization athlete will emerge as a dominant player within a city or vertical. Not all businesses are national, and consumers will see an advantage to online purchases from local merchants, especially if there is an internet sales tax (and there will need to be if stores close).
By the end of 2009 we will see SEO as a mandatory defensive move, part of every business and absolutely a discussion at the Board of Directors level. Quality agencies will thrive and amateurs will revert to selling local projects. Online web sites will be a massive growth opportunity for Web designers, and online starts to be a measurement of economic health just as housing starts are today. Where online goes so goes the economy.
A massive growth in competent SEO training courses will be necessary to educate the marketing world to how Internet marketing works making 2010 the year of education.
That is how I see the industry (other than search engine technology) shifting.
From a technology standpoint I predict that search engines will greatly expand behavior-centric, intent-centric, and even geo-centric customization in 2009, and all SEO professionals will need new ways to get around it. Even the level of customization already implemented caused me to say in an interview at the PubCon and SES Chicago conference that ranking is dead as the main measurement of SEO success. Driven by behavior, personalization, and intent, two people can no longer run the same search and come up with the same results. As a result, ranking alone is no longer a reliable measurement of SEO success. You must use your Web site analytics to measure traffic, bounce rates and conversions to determine whether your search engine optimization efforts are delivering as hoped. The days of "how high do I rank" being the measure of doing SEO right are essentially gone in 2009.
I predict that user behavior and related community tracking will be expanded (collectively "personalization") and increasingly applied Web-wide to all search results, paid and organic, regardless of whether the user is signed in to Google or not. By looking at the user's recent searches, visited sites, bookmarks, communities (common behavior groupings) and other online choices, the search engines adapt the results to what will be most relevant to that individual. So if a user searching for "java" had earlier searched for programming-related terms, or visited a programmer's forum, the results would be personalized to show sites related to Java the programming language, rather than coffee or travel. As for community, search engines observe patterns of search behavior across like groups of people, and then predict what results a similar searcher would be interested in. The similarity could be as small as all users that search for a single keyword, or it could combine multiple factors. Google understands what communities, loosely speaking, a searcher is part of. They're getting better at predicting what else the person is interested in.
I predict Google will implement Universal Search-driven algorithm changes most likely during the first quarter of 2009. Engagement Objects™ such as images, videos, Flash objects, audio, maps, news, books and blogs will weigh much more heavily than ever before as ranking factors. It will take a while to balance out the weighted averages in the algorithm, and for sites to imbed Engagement Objects into their sites, but it will clearly emerge as an influence in the first part of 2009. One advantage of this is that it would make it economically difficult for spammers to SEO 500 sites by adding Engagement Objects to all of them. Affiliate and lead generation sites will be collateral damage.
Many indicators point to this coming shift. Soon after launching Universal Search, Google claimed that its algorithm contained "over 200" ranking factors, compared to the previous 128-ish. Though Google keeps its algorithm largely a mystery, it's logical to conclude that the additional 70-ish ranking factors would in considerable part be related to Universal Search elements - things like the number and size of images on the page, whether there's an embedded video, and so on. So far, in part due to the need to change the spider to identify such factors, search engine optimization and rankings have not changed to the extent you would expect from such a large expansion of the algorithm. 2009 will tell another story.
Google's ability to "read" and index rich media has definitely leapt forward this year. Googlebot is now able to spider non-moving text within Flash files, and has begun to apply voice recognition to soundtracks of videos and MP3 files, converting them to text that can be indexed. There's a lot of effort being expended to get the meaning out of Engagement Objects.
Another factor at play is intent-based search. The search engines, after resolving personalization factors, will determine if the intent of the query is research, or if the intent is shopping. This was easily seen in Yahoo Mindset before it was withdrawn, and clearly showed that the search engines will present different pages after the query based upon the search intent. Obviously the page and site content and presentation contribute to understanding the proper pages to be in the search results. Added to this is the automatic inclusion of geo-targeted bias. If you are a shopper, then local shopping-oriented sites become much more prominent in the results, whereas the researcher simply wants the best answer without localization concerns. We have seen this many times, and know it is currently in production. Results localized by searcher IP are already common.
In 2009 we will see these factors cause increasing volatility in search engine rankings in turn causing SEOs to wrestle with the new algorithm factors. With Web pages jumping up or down in the rankings, only to resume their original positions 20 minutes later, the game is going to be much more complex than most can handle. This volatility while Google is testing the new algorithm and gathering data by turning one variable at a time on and off will make the marketplace question whether SEO is a viable program compared to PPC. Those with vision will stick it out; those SEOs who understand this shift will win, and those slow to adapt will suffer. Yes, 2009 will be an interesting and fun year for the search engine marketing industry.
I predict that pay per click bids will go up sharply as Web site rankings destabilize. However, PPC ads will also be influenced by behavioral search, causing them to appear to a better-targeted audience. This improved targeting should reduce click fraud, since competitors will have a hard time seeing an ad if they don't personally fit the targeted profile. It will also become more difficult or expensive to buy keywords that don't naturally fit with a particular behavioral demographic. PPC advertisers will experience higher conversion rates, since searchers clicking their ads will be more likely to want what the site offers, and Google will benefit by increased profit.
We see and believe that this is the way 2009 will happen enough to include appropriate features into our new tools. 2009 will see the launch of our new SEOToolSet® which will address many of the changes to technology outlined above. Our new tools have many updates to the current presentation and content functionality, a more efficient database and an easy-to-navigate interface. Our first new tool is the Search Engine Optimization/KSP tool, available free on our SEO methodology page.
A new SEMToolBar component will be available free. The toolbar enhances search results pages with keyword and page statistics for each result. As the user works on the Web, the PageRank, backlinks count, pages indexed, and other information displays in the toolbar for convenient reference. The new integrated tools will equip SEOs to deal with the changing search engine methodology and the increased globalization of Internet marketing. Over twenty different languages are supported, so you can run a search and view it in one language while your client simultaneously views the same report in another. For those selecting this option, the proxy search feature will soon overcome localization issues by letting you run a search as though you were in another city or country. Using the toolbar, you could be in California and run a proxy search as if you were in New York City or Australia or any other location you choose. You can also soon specify which search engine to query, picking from a growing list of up to 200 engines from around the world. So if you're working to optimize a UK Web site for users in Thailand, proxy search gives you a way to run those searches through the search engine of your choice, from anywhere. The new toolset works on the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. We're working on a version for Firefox due out second quarter.
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Mother Nature constantly threatened rain at this year's Paris-Roubaix but the windy – but mostly dry – conditions kept both the riders and bikes relatively clean and definitely mud-free at the end of the day. Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) won his fourth title aboard Specialized's new S-Works Roubaix, Europcar captain Sebastien Turgot sprinted for second on a Colnago Cross Prestige, and Alessandro Ballan (BMC) came in third after starting in Compiègne on his brand-new BMC GranFondo GF01.
Turgot – all of Europcar, in fact – and Rabobank's Lars Boom were the only riders we noticed at Paris-Roubaix on 'cross bikes in contrast to some other years where the machines were frequently a little more radical. Obviously there was no reason for shouldering here – the main goal was tire clearance.
Europcar riders used Colnago's Cross Prestige chassis for Paris-Roubaix
The hot setup looked to be 27mm-wide Paris-Roubaix tubulars, used by Boonen, Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky), and countless others. Boom's Giant TCX Advanced SL 'cross bike, however, allowed for even bigger 30mm FMBs inflated to just 60psi or so.
Otherwise, most of the key teams and riders rode bikes that are virtually tailor-made for such conditions stock or after only just a few modifications. Sky went with Pinarello Dogma Ks, Garmin-Barracuda on the very well proven modified Cervélo R3, Lotto-Belisol on Ridley Heliums with different forks, and Argos-Shimano on tweaked Felt F1s.
One notable exception was Liquigas-Cannondale's disc brake-equipped Cannondale SuperX 'cross bike. It seems this was mostly just for show, though, as it wasn't really equipped for Paris-Roubaix with its Mavic C29ssmax mountain bike wheelset, 23mm-wide clincher tires, and standard 53/39T gearing. Nonetheless, if the point was to draw a crowd, it worked – there were definitely lots of people checking it out.
Liquigas-Cannondale had this disc-equipped Cannondale SuperX mounted atop the team car but it seemed like more of a publicity stunt than a proper spare bike for Paris-Roubaix. Don't forget that the UCI has apparently already banned the technology for the 2012 road season
Take a look at our image gallery for a closer look at most of the remaining bikes at Paris-Roubaix that we didn't cover yesterday. We're not done yet though - there's still plenty more to come tomorrow.


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29 of 30: Another Before pic of the yard, with the focus on the flower garden at the base of the porch, again you can see some of the top of the porch in its Before state....
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Constitutionality of Renewable Energy Mandates in Question
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In a potentially crushing strike against advocates for renewable energy mandates, a federal court ruling recently raised the issue of constitutionality of major provisions of many states' renewable energy mandates.
On June 7, 2013, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) position against the state of Michigan (and other petitioners) in a disagreement over FERC's proposal to distribute costs for new power lines to supply millions of megawatts of wind power in the Great Lakes area. Michigan believes that this plan would, in essence, require them to pay for expensive new power lines intended for transmitting renewable energy out of the state. Based on the law establishing Michigan's 2008 Renewable Energy Standard, only renewable energy generated inside its state borders is qualified to fulfill Michigan's obligation to utilize 10% of eligible renewable energy sources by 2015.
Speaking for the Court, Judge Richard Posner ruled:
"Michigan's first argument—that its law prohibits it from crediting wind power from out of state in favor of the state's obligated use of renewable energy by its utilities—trips over an unbreakable constitutional precedence. Michigan cannot, without violating Article I of the commerce clause of the Constitution, discriminate against out-of-state renewable energy (emphasis added)."
Thirty states, including the District of Columbia, have mandates on renewable energy that require electric companies to purchase a certain quota or percentage of renewable energy by a projected year. Just like Michigan which has a clear ban on wind produced in other states from being allowed into their mandate, other states also "discriminate" against out-of-state renewable power. When counting mandate compliance, several states count in-state power at a higher rate than out-of-state power, a practice popularly labelled as "multipliers":
Delaware has a 300% credit multiplier for customer-sited, in-state photovoltaic (PV), a 350% multiplier for a specific offshore wind project, and a 150% multiplier for all other in-state wind projects;
Colorado applies a 1.25 multiplier for its in-state generation;
Michigan provides an extra 0.1 credit for projects that use state-available components and its local workforce;
Missouri grants a 1.25 multiplier for all in-state generation.
Kansas uses a 1.1 multiplier for all in-state resources;
Moreover, some state renewable policies have a list of renewable energy grades, where certain power sources can only be utilized to fulfill a part of the mandate. Others have grade levels dedicated particularly to in-state power generation that may now be doubtful in view of the recent decision by the federal court:
New Mexico's Tier V applies to customer-sited resources;
Massachusetts' Tier IV exclusively applies to in-state PV projects;
New York's Tier II covers customer-sited resources.
The new ruling is significant since one of the main points raised by mandate proponents is the creation of jobs in the concerned state. Certainly, these claims merely consider the overall "green" jobs provided, while totally neglecting the loss of net jobs resulting from increased electricity rates arising from these mandates. The federal court ruling might just end up nullifying the argument for in-state green-job employment since renewable power can be imported out-of-state to comply with the mandate.
Lawmakers in these states with power mandates may now question the value of raising electricity rates on their state power consumers for the purpose of subsidizing "green" job creation in another state nearby. In the end, what this ruling has done is to unravel the problems and complexities with a market for renewables that has been created through government policies.
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- Explain why percolation resistance is area independent?
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- What is the evidence from HBD that a thermal process may be involved?
- In constant voltage stress, do you expect that BD would be harder for thicker oxide? Or does it not matter?
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|2010-03-15, 11:40
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fu athena will be gone
at least for only a few chapters or so
she will be out of the picture until midas
is out of her body for good
that must be the reason heck we still dont know
if athena herself will really leave or not
next time she's back athena is now herself without
some boney dude inside her
|2010-03-15, 14:34
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i was merely following Game8910's blog
and it says there or by him that midas is still inside athena
guess in order to eradicate skelly dude is to go to the source
go back to royal garden and seal him there
makes sense why athena is saying goodbye
she is saying goodbye for now and will return again as athena only
without midas inside her once and for all
|2010-03-16, 00:07
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Join Date: Aug 2009
If it's over for Athena, I think it'd be over for Hina and Ayumu long time ago. It's not over until it's over. In this case, I guess it's not over until Hayate and "a girl" are proclaimed to be a couple regardless of how great their feelings are for one another.
So, maybe it's doable to have Hayate and Athena to realize each others' feelings and continue to have those feelings without Hata specifically stated that they are going out or,at least, having them hold onto those feelings little further (=D) which may change Athena's mind. It's pretty much the same scenario as it is right now. Well, as long as Nagi doesn't know about their relationship. For the love of all that's good, confess already...
|2010-03-18, 10:43
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|2010-03-18, 16:51
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Are you a lolicon? :3
Join Date: Aug 2009
Well, the MF HnG forums just got terminated.
Guess I'll post here about the latest chapter.. here goes.. my fabulous copy & paste!
Thanks for the spoilers, guys.
Anyway, this chapter sure gives me a disgusting feeling. It feels like I ate a basket of rotten apples infested with worms, filled with mold, and covered in mud.
Not like I'd know how that would taste like, but.. you get the picture...
This wasn't something unexpected, no, something far from it, but honestly, I was hoping for something better. I want to stop reading already, but I'll give Hata another chance. Athena might come back to Japan, and act like nothing has ever happened between them. Like, as if they were in a blank slate relationship. It's a slim possibility, I guess....
Otherwise... meh.. I dunno....
I gained interest in HnG precisely because of the EoTW arc (and the Izumi one beforehand). And now, although some interesting elements still remain for the near future (Nagi's inheritance, Hina's & Ayumu's feelings, Midas' resurrection / re-possession of someone, etc...), it doesn't feel quite... right...
Not without Athena at least. I really do hope she goes to Japan, and stays with everyone. Even if it's all reduced to a comedy, or whatever. Better than nothing...
She'd be a great addition to the cast, and I see no point of her leaving just like that. Honestly, Hayate gave me the impression that he gave up on her way too easily after all he went through with, and after all their history together. Yeah, I don't know what they talked about in 265, but it still looks exactly like that. If he only pushed a little harder instead of just giving up, and crying like that....
It's like 2 chapters ago everything was going great, and now everything turned 180° around all of a sudden.
Well, there's still that thing about "Eternal love for Athena & Eternal protection for Nagi", though I don't know of what importance it is to Hata anymore. Actually, it can be quite a good troll quote. Eternal love, right? Well, who says you can't eternally love someone, but not be with them? While the same doesn't apply for protecting someone. Unless, of course, it's protection from afar, though Hayate isn't capable of that (I'm not going to explain what I'm thinking of, sorry.. )
*Rah has leveled up!*
*Rah has gained a new ability: Disappointment aura! - "Son, I am disappoint"*
And that's that...
Still feels like rotten apples... hmm... 11pm... breakfast time....
zod says over Yahoo that their relationship looked like a fairy tale.
Okay, here's a nice response. This song fits perfectly IMHO....
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|2010-03-18, 17:19
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*boot to the head*
Athena never had the aura of a character who would be sticking around, so this doesn't surprise me. Would have thought they'd do something about Hinagiku being depressed before jumping everyone back to Japan though.
Feels like we missed something. Didn't I read somewhere that this chapter and the next should be read as a pair? Maybe something happened that actually explains things better that we just don't get a hint of yet?
Edit: If Hina getting hit with Hayate's confession that he loves Athena got her fans to tear up their books, I think the MF HnG forums being closed down is adequate response to this from the Athena shippers.
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|2010-03-18, 18:16
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HAHAHAHAHA! The forum got terminated! A bit off topic but, seriously, that's hilarious!
Anyhow, maybe we'll see some cool stuff in HnG now. I'm going to stop reading spoilers and read the manga normally from now on since Athena's out (for a bit), but like I said, I'm not giving up. HnG has gotten consistently better overtime, so who knows if it will still be the same old mediocre routine (or something similar to it) after they go back?
@Rah: Did you ever read the "author's avatar" omake chapters? I was always slightly annoyed by them; it felt like Hata was just trying to curry favor (at the beginning of the series). The thing about the competitive nature of manga is that there's no point in planning ahead because, well, everything changes from issue to issue (Reading Bakuman has helped me understand it a lot better). So, you get manga like To-Love-Ru where the main character isn't allowed to make a move because anything significant might disrupt the fan following....
Too quick to jump to conclusions. I think you're exaggerating a bit because of how much you like Athena though. Like you said, we'll see if Hata can pull something similarly interesting in the future.
|2010-03-18, 18:39
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Are you a lolicon? :3
Join Date: Aug 2009
No, I haven't. But... you're misunderstanding something, as you don't understand my personality yet. I'm not really exaggerating. Honestly, I don't care anymore. I just switched ships to Nagi / Hina again. If Athena shows up in Japan by any chance, then I'll switch them again. Yeah, just like that..
So.. what are these omake chapters?
Btw, the MFox spam thread is now the new spoiler thread. The pics are all there, we just need to inform everyone of the change..
|2010-03-18, 18:43
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Join Date: Aug 2009
There was no reason for the forum to exist anymore. lol (jk)
Hayate's determination was a little too weak considering the feelings he has been showing, but that's to be expected I guess. Hina and Ayumu might have a chance after all.
I'm still curious about Nagi's inheritance situation which should be the next arc. Mikado probably realized about the broken stone already.
Rah, you can still access the spamming thread?
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Namdrol wrote:Astus wrote:It is not only Chan but also Huayan and Tiantai teach sudden enlightenment - interestingly Huayan puts "sudden enlightenment" one level below its own "complete teaching of the one vehicle". As for the difference between the entry to the bodhisattva stages and full buddhahood, in Chan it is clarified with the distinction of gradual and sudden paths. Gradual means the bodhisattva stages, sudden means immediate buddhahood. Of course, not everyone among the Chan teachers agreed with this view.Namdrol wrote:Outside of Tibeta Buddhism/Vajrayāna, Chan alone proposes that it is possible to attain fullbuddhahood in a single lifetime. But it seems that in Chan, "buddhahood" is a generally a euphemism for attaining the bodhisattva stages, and no Indian Mahāyāna tradition denies that it is impossible for someone to attain the path of seeing and so on. However, they would have done so based on past accumulations. So even here, Vajrayāna remain unique in asserting that one can attain full awakening 11 bhumi + in a single lifetime, soup to nuts.
No, I don't think that sudden enlightenment in Chan means sudden full buddhahood.
The character in Chinese normally translated as "enlightened" or "awakening" is wu 悟 (read as satori in Japanese). This is different from chengfo 成佛, which means "attainment of Buddhahood" or "becoming a buddha".
I think in English there is a tendency to equate "being enlightened" with being a buddha, which is not the case. You can have a great awakening without being a buddha. Arhats, bodhisattvas and pratyekabuddhas are all examples of this.
Now that being said, it is not always clear in Chan texts what wu 悟 means and the often cryptic nature of the language, which is amplified several fold when attempts to translate it into any language are made. Also keep in mind much of Chan literature is just fictional accounts of past patriarchs in the lineage. Glorified hagiographies.
Zongmi's idea of enlightenment was one of "sudden enlightenment and gradual practice" dunwu jianxiu 頓悟漸修, but that does not mean buddhahood. The idea is that the sudden realization or enlightenment enables one to the gradually remove the defilements through practice in a serious way. The timetable for buddhahood would presumably follow the bodhisattva bhūmi stages as outlined in canonical texts like the Avataṃsaka Sūtra.
Now other Chan thinkers would have other ideas. There is no single Chan line of thought. It is quite varied and diverse.
In the case of Huayan thinkers like Fazang the description of the ultimate teaching might lead one to think he was saying Buddhahood right this moment, which is true in one sense (in principle this is the case, but it still takes conventional time to really achieve it), but in actuality I think he was proposing a vision of Buddhahood as attained through yogic insight into the tolerance of non-arising of phenomena. That is to say realizing time is empty and that ultimately Buddhahood does not take immeasurable kalpas of time to achieve, though conventionally this is still nevertheless the case. You might not actually have attained Buddhahood, but one has had a glimpse of it and realizing the time between now and then as empty, there is an unbreakable tolerance and motivation cultivated as a result.