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Lawrence Technological University (LTU) has selected internationally recognized architect Thom Mayne to design the future A. Alfred Taubman Engineering, Life Sciences, and Architecture Complex (TELSA).
Mayne presented his design for the TELSA complex to the University leadership during a visit to campus in February. He will work locally with the Albert Kahn Family of Companies, which will serve as the architect of record for the project.
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Norman gives the third talk at the Mar de Jade April 2003 Sesshin on Dogen's Guidelines for Study of the Way Part 2 as found in Moon in a Dewdrop by Kazuaki Tanahashi.
Dogen's Guidelines for Study of the Way Part 2 – Mar de Jade April 2013
By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | April 8, 2013
Edited and transcribed by Barbara Byrum and Cynthia Schrager
This morning I want to continue with studying ten important points for practice in Dogen's Guidelines for the Study of the Way. Yesterday we talked about the first two points. Point one: Arouse bodhicitta, the thought of enlightenment. Dogen says this means to feel impermanence, to appreciate the question of the passing of time, and to understand how it lies at the root of our human problems. Once we really take this to heart, we understand that clinging to ourselves and to the things that we want will never work. Clinging is impossible and only leads to a lot of sorrow. So we have to find another way to live this life.
The second point we talked about yesterday is that once you hear the teaching, you should practice it without fail. You will remember that Dogen uses the image of a wise king, who hears good advice from a wise advisor. He knows enough to understand that it is good advice, and so he accepts the advice and follows it. Then Dogen talks about a stubborn king, who insists only on his own point of view. He doesn't know how to hear good advice or take it to heart.
It is interesting in this example that you are the king. Buddha is not the king; you are the king, and the Buddha is like a good advisor to you. So you are the boss. The Buddha is not the boss. But if you are a stubborn boss, and you don't know how to listen to good advice when you hear it, in the end, your business will fail, and your kingdom will collapse. A good boss knows how to hear good advice and has the flexibility to take the good advice.
The third point is: "In the Buddha way you should always enter enlightenment through practice."
A worldly teacher says, "Through study one can gain wealth." Buddha says, "Within practice there is enlightenment."
Maybe I have to explain that through study you gain wealth, because it doesn't seem like you gain wealth through studying, does it? Here Dogen is quoting one of the Chinese classics. From earliest times, one of the subjects of Chinese classics was how to become a good ruler. Nowadays when people train business executives, they often study the Chinese classics and bring these ideas to the business executives, because so many of the classics are about how to be a good leader. So when Dogen says by study you get wealth, he doesn't mean personal wealth. He means prosperity for your nation or for your business. The idea is that you can't get prosperity for your business or for your nation simply by grabbing something in the easiest way, because that won't be sustainable.
Nowadays, we would not say to study is the way to gain wealth. Now we would say, Be seventeen years old and develop an app. That is the way that we obtain wealth. So this is something different from religious practice. The Buddha says, "Inside practice there is enlightenment." Just as without studying someone would not gain wealth, it is not possible to attain enlightenment without practice.
There are lots of ways to practice. Some people practice by faith; some people by understanding; some people ¡¡¡with sudden insight; some people with slow, gradual insight. So there are lots of ways of practice, but you always depend on practice to go beyond enlightenment. Inside of practice is enlightenment, and through practice we go beyond enlightenment. Most people think that we practice so that we can get enlightenment, but this is not Dogen's point of view. He thinks that the enlightenment is inside the practice. So the enlightenment is already here. Practice is to go beyond enlightenment.
Though study can be superficial or profound, and students can be sharp or dull, accumulated studying earns wealth. This does not necessarily depend on the king's excellence or inability, nor should it depend on one's having good or bad luck. If someone were to get wealth without studying, how could he transmit the way in which ancient kings, in times of either order or disorder, ruled the country?
Dogen is applying this idea to our study. It doesn't matter how good or bad our practice is, or how smart or dumb we are, or whether we have good luck or bad luck. The only thing that matters is that we continue. If we continue, we can have some wisdom that will be sustainable, that we can pass on to people who come after us. This idea of passing on wisdom to those who come after us is very important, and it is the basis of being a good king or a ruler. If you are a ruler, you want to leave the place where you rule better off when you are gone. A lot of rulers are charismatic and powerful. They come to power, and things are really good, because they are so skillful and talented. Then time goes by, and they start getting old, and they don't have so much energy, but they remain in power decade after decade. Then, by the time they are gone, everything falls apart.
Of course, Dogen is applying this to our own situation as practitioners. When we appreciate impermanence, we realize that it is impossible to practice just for ourselves. We are practicing for now and for the future, for our children and for their children. So he is saying that if you just practice steadily, no matter how much you have good or bad luck, no matter how good or not so good at it you are, you are going to have an effective happiness for your own life and something to pass on to others.
Dogen says,
You should know that arousing practice in the midst of delusion, you attain realization before you recognize it.
This is a very important saying, because a lot of times we are frustrated in our practice. We're confused, and our back hurts, and our mind is a wreck. We get tired of the whole thing and wonder why we came. The beach is so nice. What are we doing inside, sitting here? We wonder, Is this doing any good at all? But Dogen says that even though you practice in the middle of your confusion, your enlightenment is actually right there. You just haven't noticed it yet, but it is actually there.
At this time you first know that the raft of discourse is like yesterday's dream, and you finally cut off your old understanding bound up in the vines and serpents of words. This is not made to happen by Buddha, but is accomplished by your all-encompassing effort.
In other words, when you practice, you finally realize that all the usual thoughts that you have, and all the problems that you have, and your usual way of thinking about your life that seems so true, are like yesterday's dream.
Imagine seeing everything that is a problem for you as yesterday's dream. Even if it was a bad dream, it is okay. It is just yesterday's dream. It is just a memory now. Even yesterday, when it was more disturbing, it was still a dream. So it doesn't bother you anymore. Finally, you throw off your old way of understanding things, which was so entangled in the vines of words.
So if you really think deeply about all the things in your mind that are so troubling, you see that they are the entanglement of words and thoughts. Finally, you get some relief from all of this and get some serenity. This doesn't happen because of something that the Buddha does. This happens because of the effort that you make.
How enlightenment functions is through practice; how could actions of mind-ground go astray?
So practice always, without fail. Practice brings enlightenment, but enlightenment does not come from outside. Your treasure house is inside. Enlightenment manifests itself and exists in the world because of practice. How could the activity of the truth be a mistake?
When you sit and when you bow, these are not really actions coming from your ordinary life. Ordinarily, people would never do these things. We are too busy trying to solve our problems and getting what we want and getting rid of what we don't want. When we practice, it really comes from another place in our lives. If you are practicing, it means that there is something in your life that is very trustworthy and beyond what even you yourself know about. This is a good thing. How could this ever be a mistake?
Then he says something that is very beautiful to me:
So if you turn the eye of enlightenment and reflect back on the realm of practice, nothing in particular hits the eye, and you just see white clouds for ten thousand miles.
Suzuki Roshi once said, "Practice is nothing special. In the sky there is nothing special – just white clouds as far as you can see." So there is really nothing to it, just as there is nothing to a cloud. You can't hold onto a cloud. There is nothing to our practice. It is nothing but clouds. But, of course, clouds are so beautiful, aren't they? If you are in an airplane above the clouds, the clouds are really beautiful. If you are on the earth looking up at the clouds, clouds are also really beautiful. This is our practice. There is nothing to it. It's endless, and it is really beautiful.
The he says:
If you arouse practice as though climbing the steps of enlightenment, not even a speck of dust will support your feet; you will be as far from true practice as heaven is from earth. Now step back and leap beyond the buddha land.¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
In other words, if you think that you are down here and enlightenment is up there, you have to climb steep steps. So don't climb up steep steps to enlightenment. Instead of climbing forward as we usually do, climb backwards: "Take a step backwards and leap beyond the buddha land."
Stop grabbing everything outside yourself, which is taking a step forward, climbing. I want more money, more friends, more knowledge. I want to be more spiritual, more enlightened. I want to be a movie star. I want to be famous. Or just, I want more food for lunch. I want seconds. I want another dessert. It's big things and small things.
What does he mean by "take a step backward"? Return to your body. Return to your breathing. Return to presence in this moment. Step backwards into impermanence, which is eternity, which is contentment. This is a practice that we can do physically on our cushions.
Sometimes stepping up and going outward is looking with our eyes, being pulled out of our body with our eyes. During walking meditation, we don't look all around at all the beautiful things. We just have soft eyes, and we see whatever is there. We are not looking for something. Whatever happens to be there, because it is there, is always beautiful, because it is inside and outside at the same time.
That's enlightenment already. Instead of stepping forward, it is stepping backward. But all the time we are so used to stepping outward. It is such a strong habit in all of us that we need a lot of training to step back inside of our lives. That is why this opportunity to do sesshin (retreat) for a week is so important to us, even though after sesshin is over, you can't feel the same way. Still, little by little, in a very sneaky way, you are being trained. Little by little, you begin to see life differently, just by coming back to the breath and the body, just by coming back to presence.
So that is the third point: "In the Buddha way, you should always enter enlightenment through practice."
The fourth point: "You should not practice Buddha's teaching with the idea of gain." Dogen goes on to say:
The practice of Buddha's teaching is always done by receiving the essential instructions of a master, not by following your own ideas. In fact, Buddha's teaching cannot be attained by having ideas or not having ideas. Only when the mind of pure practice coincides with the way will your body and mind will become calm. It is not a matter of believing something, espousing something, or saying something is true or not true. It is a matter of harmonizing your body and mind. So when you harmonize body and mind, there is calmness. [In other words, when you are calm, you can walk the path easily and naturally.] When the body and mind are not at ease, thorns grow on the path of realization.
Again, harmonizing the body and mind, we bring our awareness back to our bodies all the time. That's the main thing.
How do we do this? What is the most important thing to remember? Don't grasp anything. Don't push anything away. When you do that, try to notice it, and then let go.
Then he says something that is quite surprising, "Do not practice buddha dharmawith the thought that it is to benefit others." Right away you think, What? Why does he say that? I don't agree. That's wrong. I don't like that. I'm mad! What he is telling us is that sometimes when we want to benefit others, it creates a lot of grasping and rejecting in our mind: What a wonderful person I am. I am always kind to everybody. Look how good I am. Everybody in my family depends on me; I take care of everyone. Look how terrible she is; she is so stingy. You see how this good motivation of benefitting others all of a sudden becomes a way for us to grasp and to reject.
So he is talking about how important it is in our practice not to grasp and not to reject. That's why he says this here: Don't practice to benefit others. Actually, those are not the correct words, exactly. What he says is, "Don't practice with the idea of benefitting others."
Dogen is writing in the year 1234 c.e., and he is complaining of people of his modern times.
People in the present world, even those practicing the buddha dharma, have a mind which is far apart from the way. They practice what others praise and admire, even though they know it does not accord with the way. [Oh I heard there is a good spiritual teacher there. I think I'll go too. This other one over there, nobody goes there, so I won't go there.] They reject and do not practice what others fail to honor and praise, even though they know it is the true way. How painful!
Paraphrasing, usually the popular ones are not practicing in the right way. Usually the ones who are not so popular are often doing it the right way. But people are not going based on whether it is the right dharma or not. They are going based on getting credit from their friends for going.
You should sit down and look into your own mind and figure out what you are doing. Don't just practice something because somebody thinks that it is a good idea. Practice what you know is the truth. Don't practice just for your own sake, and certainly don't practice for fame and profit. Practice just for the sake of practice.
The buddhas' compassion and sympathy for sentient beings are neither for their own sake nor for others. That love and compassion is not for their own sake, and it isn't even for the sake of others.
That is just how their hearts are. They're not thinking that they will be compassionate for him or for her or for anybody. They are not even thinking of being compassionate. They just are compassionate, because they can't be any other way.
Isn't is apparent that insects and animals nurture their offspring, exhausting themselves with painful labors, yet in the end have no reward when their offspring are grown?
Look around at the world. Look at insects. Look at little animals, like cats and dogs, or mice. Look at how every kind of animal expends its whole life energy to take care of its babies. The animals of the world should be an example to us.
So compassion in this way is the basis of all the teachings of dharma. Because we are human beings, we are already children of Buddha. So, of course, we should follow the buddhas' lead and try to live the way that the buddhas live.
Dogen looks at all the people listening to his talk, and he says to them, I imagine, with tears in his eyes, Dear, dear students. Don't practice for your own sake. Don't practice for fame and gain. Don't practice to get some big reward in heaven. Don't practice so that you can perform miracles and be a spiritual big shot. Practice for the sake of practice. Just do it the way that the birds do it and the animals do it.
We all know that there are tremendous benefits that we receive from practice, but they all come, just like rain falling from the sky. They come not because we made them come, but because we continue on and on with practice for its own sake, with love and devotion, and without believing in any of the various ideas we had about what we thought that we were doing.


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State wildlife officials say 51-year-old John Wayne Miller shot the bird with a pellet rifle. He was arrested Tuesday and released after posting a $250 bond.
The woodpecker is protected by the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act but officials decided not to pursue federal charges.
Florida Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Joy Hill says the agency opened an investigation after receiving an anonymous tip about the shooting. A state official notified Miller about the charge and he turned himself in.
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The marquee is coming down and the curtains at Old Town Theater are drawing to a permanent close after this weekend, ending Roger Fons's nine-year stint as the film house's owner.
Fons said a year of poor ticket sales played a pivotal role in his decision to sell the King Street property to Robert J. Kaufman, president of PMA Properties, in October. Sales had dropped by about 50 percent from 2010, he said.
Though Fons can't say for sure what precipitated the theater's final financial downfall, he believes the turbulent economy and a lackluster string of Hollywood films combined to seal the theater's fate.
"I thought the movies were all pretty bad," he said. "There wasn't very many good movies last year. You've got to have a product that's worth something."
But, "it's probably a number of things," Fons added, indicating the addition of the King Street Trolley and last year's temporary parking fee hike likely played a roll in deterring sales.
The trolley, a popular and free way for tourists and commuters to travel up and down Alexandria's main drag, tends to ferry passengers from the King Street Metro station to the waterfront and skip everything in between, he said, including the 800 block cinema.
And after nine years of running the theater, Fons is "burnt out." He never intended to open a movie theater, but unable to rent the space, he resumed the nearly century old building's original purpose.
In retrospect, he admits it was a mistake. Financial difficulties, constant maintenance and rampant employee theft plagued his tenure as owner.
"I'm disillusioned quite a bit," he said. "It's like being Atlas and somebody removed the world. I'm whipped."
Kaufman likely will rent out the theater as retail space, Fons said. Kaufman did not return calls, but the 8,500 square foot film house is listed for a five-year lease on PMA's website. The property holding company is asking for a rent of $42.50 per square foot.
Barbara Ross, the city's deputy director of planning and zoning, confirmed staff was working with Kaufman to determine the property's future. There are no definite plans yet, though the parcel is zoned for retail use.
"The loss of the theater on a main street is a common occurrence in towns across the country, but it is still a very sad thing," Ross said.
Kaufman submitted an application to restore the building's original façade — essentially removing the box office and the overhang — before the board of architectural review. Al Cox, the city's chief preservationist, doesn't see any reason the board won't approve the changes at its mid-January meeting.
In the interim, Fons plans to auction off as much of his goods as possible the weekend of January 14. Theater seats, television sets, even film projection equipment will be available to the highest bidder.
Nine years after buying the theater, Fons is washing his hands of the endeavor.
"It's just a business, that's all," he said. "Everybody said, 'But you get to watch the movies for free.' But hell, you don't have the time for it."


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Chapter 13
Jesus explains why He teaches with parables—He gives the parables of the sower, the wheat and the tares, the grain of mustard seed, the leaven, the treasure hidden in the field, the pearl of great price, and the net cast into the sea—A prophet is not honored by his own people.
1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the asea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon astony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 And some fell among athorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and abrought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in aparables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the amysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 aFor whosoever hath, to him shall be bgiven, and he shall have more cabundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall ahear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people's aheart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their beyes they have cclosed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should dheal them.
16 But blessed are your aeyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
17 For verily I say unto you, That many aprophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
18 ¶ aHear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and aunderstandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and bcatcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into astony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when atribulation or bpersecution ariseth because of the word, by and by che is offended.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this aworld, and the bdeceitfulness of criches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that aheareth the word, and bunderstandeth it; which also beareth cfruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24 ¶ Another aparable put he forth unto them, saying, The bkingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good cseed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed atares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the aharvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together bfirst the tares, and bind them in bundles to cburn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a agrain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the abirds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 ¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto aleaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in aparables; I will utter things which have been kept bsecret from the foundation of the world.
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the atares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good aseed is the Son of man;
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the atares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; athe bharvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the aend of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his aangels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that boffend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be awailing and bgnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the arighteous bshine forth as the csun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
44 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto atreasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
45 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46 Who, when he had found one apearl of great price, went and sold ball that he had, and bought it.
47 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and agathered of every kind:
48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49 So shall it be at the aend of the bworld: the angels shall come forth, and csever the wicked from among the djust,
50 aAnd shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every ascribe bwhich is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
53 ¶ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were aastonished, and said, Whence hath this man this bwisdom, and these mighty works?
55 Is not this the carpenter's ason? is not his mother called Mary? and his bbrethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without ahonour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their aunbelief.


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Chapter 3
John the Baptist preaches in Judæa—Jesus is baptized, and the Father acclaims Him as His Beloved Son.
1 In those days came aJohn the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa,
2 And saying, aRepent ye: for the bkingdom of heaven cis at hand.
3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet aEsaias, saying, The bvoice of one crying in the wilderness, cPrepare ye the way of the Lord, make his dpaths straight.
4 And the same John had his araiment of bcamel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was clocusts and wild honey.
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about Jordan,
6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, aconfessing their sins.
7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his abaptism, he said unto them, O bgeneration of vipers, who hath cwarned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 aBring forth therefore fruits bmeet for crepentance:
9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham ato our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which abringeth not forth good fruit is bhewn down, and cast into the fire.
11 aI indeed bbaptize you with water unto crepentance: but dhe that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not eworthy to bear: he shall fbaptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with gfire:
12 Whose afan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the bgarner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable cfire.
13 ¶ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be abaptized of him.
14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15 aAnd Jesus answering said unto him, bSuffer it to be so now: for thus it cbecometh us to dfulfil all erighteousness. Then he suffered him.
16 And Jesus, when he was abaptized, went up bstraightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the cSpirit of God descending like a ddove, and lighting upon him:
17 And lo a avoice from heaven, saying, This is my bbeloved cSon, in whom I am well pleased.


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But that could all soon change, according to the results of a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois. Examining graphene transistors, a team led by mechanical science and engineering professor William King [profile] and electrical and computer engineering professor Eric Pop [profile] made a remarkable discovery — graphene appears to self-cool.
I. What is Graphene?
Graphene is somewhat like a miniature "fence" of carbon. The material consists of a single-atom thick layer composed of hexagonal units. At each point of the hexagon sits a carbon atom that is bonded to its three close neighbors.
The material behaves like a semiconductor, despite being made of organic atoms. It offers remarkable performance at an incredibly small scale, thus the electronics industry views it as a potential material to power electronic devices of the future.
A variety of methods exist for producing graphene. The earliest method was an exfoliation technique that involved stripping individual graphene layers off a layer of graphite (the material found in pencil lead) — this technique (as of 2008) cost as much as $100M USD to produce a single cubic centimeter of material. However, rapid advances in production have allowed manufacturers to begin scaling up production to the point where tons of exfoliated graphene can now be produced.
Other techniques promise to drop the price even further. One method, epitaxial growth on silicon cost $100 per cubic centimeter in 2009. Its limitation is that, obviously, it requires silicon (eliminating some desirable properties like flexibility). South Korean researchers have tested another promising method, nickel metal transfer.
Graphene is fascinating from a physics perspective. In 2005 physicists at the University of Manchester and the Philip Kim group from Columbia University demonstrated that quasiparticles inside graphene were massless Dirac fermions. These unusual particles help give rise to the material's unique characteristics.
II. Graphene as a Self-Cooling Device
Despite the extreme interest in the material, a great deal of mystery still surrounds Graphene. Because it is so extremely thin, it is difficult to test and measure accurately certain properties of the material.
Overcoming technical challenges, the University of Illinois team used an atomic force microscope tip as a temperature probe to make the first nanometer-scale temperature measurements of a working graphene transistor.
What they found was that the resistive heating ("waste heat") effect in graphene was weaker than its thermo-electric cooling effect at times. This is certainly not the case in silicon or other semiconductors where resistive heating far surpasses cooling effects.
What this means is that graphene circuits may not get hot like traditional silicon-based ones. This could open the door to dense 3D chips and more.
Further, as the heat is converted back into electricity by the device, graphene transistors may have a two-fold power efficiency gain, both in ditching energetically expensive fans and by recycling heat losses into usable electricity.
Professor King describes, "In silicon and most materials, the electronic heating is much larger than the self-cooling. However, we found that in these graphene transistors, there are regions where the thermoelectric cooling can be larger than the resistive heating, which allows these devices to cool themselves. This self-cooling has not previously been seen for graphene devices."
Professor Pop adds, "Graphene electronics are still in their infancy; however, our measurements and simulations project that thermoelectric effects will become enhanced as graphene transistor technology and contacts improve."
A paper has been published [full text] in nanotechnology's most prestigious peer-reviewed journal, Nature Nanoscience. University of Illinois graduate student Kyle Grosse [profile], undergraduate Feifei Lian and postdoctoral researcher Myung-Ho Bae [profile] are listed as co-authors on the paper.
III. What's Next?
The study should provide even more motivation for semiconductor manufacturing companies like Intel, GlobalFoundries, and TMSC to lay down the process work necessary to mass-produce circuits based on graphene transistors, capacitors, etc.
As for the University of Illinois team, they plan to next use their new measurement technique to analyze carbon nanotubes and other novel structures that are of interest to future electronics applications.
Their work is funded via a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Office of Naval Research.


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I think it would have a real classic look in Snowman Gatherings. Thanks.
I'm going to go with Comma by Zen Chic. I think the colors would look beautiful in this quilt pattern.
Empress Esmeralda by Robert Kaufman would be perfect.
I think Lario by 3 Sisters would compliment this pattern.
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Enchantment Pam Kitty Love Fat by Pam Kitty Morning would make this pattern come to life but still keep the Ritzy Glam!
I think that La Belle Fleur would look wonderful here!
I think this pattern would be perfect to show off the Spa collection by Deb Strain.
This pattern is versatile it could be pretty in all your lines but I think it would be scrumptious in Indian Summer or the Lario line. Jane
LOVE the pattern ~ I think it would be gorgeous in Avalon! Thanks so much for the chance to win ~ fingers crossed 🙂
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Wingin' It (Henry Glass) using a mix of mustard, slate, pink, and teal. shavroo53atyahoodotcom
My first thought was to do this one in all solids. Maybe this bundle:
Berry Kona Cotton Solids Fat Quarter Bundle
How about 'Shelburne Falls'??
I would love this is Avalon by Fig Tree Quilts. I adore florals and this collection is perfect for this pattern with all the pinks and blues.
I love Metropolitan fair, I would love to make a bed quilt with that, such beautiful old world prints and colors.
I'm thinking Cuzco by Kate Spain!
I think that this would be so cute in So Happy Together.
I've always loved everything French General, so I would pick the French General Favorites line.
I think the So Happy Together by Deena Rutter for Riley Blake Designs would be awesome for a teenage girl.
I think this pattern would look great made from Indigo Crossing with lots of the darker blues.
I think it would be fun in Amy Butler's polka dots!
I would use Avalon for this one! love the very classic look of this pattern. Thank you so much for the chance to win! fingers crossed!
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Get a Clue with Nancy Drew from Moda would be great in this pattern as its criss-cross pattern allows the look of a detective moving from room to room looking for clues. My sister read all the Nancy Drew books and would love these fabrics.
I would use Moda's LITTLE BLACK DRESS by Basic Grey. Think you'd get some nice contrasts that would accentuate the pattern.
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I think Out To Sea by Sarah Jane for Michael Miller Fabrics would be nifty, especially if you used fussy cut squares from the My Favourite Ship fabric in that line.
I'd use Boho by Urban Chiks!
I'd use Happy Go Lucky. It has lots of contrast as well as some small to medium scale prints for all those little pieces.
I also would pick Avalon!!
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Cinnamon ice looks like a fun collection to create with.
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I think Noteworthy would be awesome for this pattern.
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In The Forest by Steffi Brocoli for Cloud9 Fabrics
I would love to see Noteworthy in this pattern, I think it would look amazing!!
I would love to see Noteworthy in this pattern, I think it would look amazing!!
I think Paris Flea Market by Moda would be perfect for this one.
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Maybe it's because winter is dragging on so long here that I'm looking for some colour, but I think this pattern would look really sharp in Kelly and Andie's Blogger's Choice Fat Quarter Bundle.
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I like Asian Peony by Punch Studio for Hoffman Fabric. There are so many rich colors for a Night at the
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I think Avalon by Fig Tree Quilts would be great!
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In keeping with a monochromatic color scheme, Indigo Crossing by
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Noteworthy by Sweetwater for Moda. It has a lot cute prints, perfect for a baby quilt!
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Victorious Civil War Melodies Fat Quarter.
This one has me a little stumped, but I think Black, White and Currant by Henry Glass would work wonderfully.
I would love to use Hello Sunshine by Lori Whitlock for Riley Black Designs.
Thanks, Linda
Lario from 3 Sisters would look perfect with this pattern!
Simply Color, always Simply Color!
Zen Chic Comma would be nice!
Kansas Troubles Favorites would be pretty….email@example.com
I think Jubilee would be great.
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Happy go lucky by Bonnie and Camille! Love all there lines!
I love ladybug garden by Riley Blake Thank you
Love the Pattern…I really like Free Spirit Fabric "Petal" by Tanya Whelan. I would love to do a lovely feminine quilt with the roses prominant..firstname.lastname@example.com
I think Scarlet Evening by Judie Rothermel for Marcus Brothers Fabrics would look exquisite in this pattern
Hum…… I think a 30s reproduction fabric collection would be perfect since this pattern has ann old-fashioned, homey feeling about it.
I'd love to see it done for summer in
Marmalade by Bonnie & Camille.
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This pattern just begs to be stitched up in Vintage Modern by Moda!
So many collections would work wonderfully with this pattern! I think the soft brights of "Noteworthy" by Sweetwater would make a nice choice 🙂
I would make it in the coming soon Midwinter Reds by Minick and Simpson.
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I am thinking Lecien's Durham Anew would be gorgeous in anything! soardkgatfusedotnet
'Matilda' by Alice Kenndy for Timeless Treasures would be great. There's enough difference in value and I love the colors and prints!
I would pick Little Red Riding Hood by Tasha Noel. The centers could be fussy cut with Little Red, the sweet looking trees . . . well you get the picture! Beautiful!
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I'd love this pattern in "Cinnamon Spice" fabric line!! Would be old fashioned looking….
I think it would be nice in Blossom Petal by Tanya Whelan for Free Spirit.
I think "Blossom Petal" by Tanya Whelan would be darling!
The reds and blues of La Belle Fleur by French General would be so very pretty for this!
since it seems to have picture squares I picked "Redwork Lazy Daisy Baskets" This is very pretty fabric and I think this pattern would look very sophisticated in red and white! 🙂
I'm in love with Cosmos right now. I'm not sure how it would work with this pattern, but it would be fun to try. Avalon would be my second choice. Two completely different options, I know!
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i THINK this antique-y look:
Mahogany Floral Antique Flower Fat Quarter Bundle
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Happy Go Lucky would be good. Lots of bright colors for contract and that navy with white dot is awesome!
Esprit de Noel would be beautiful in this pattern – I may just have to make it now that you've got me thinking about it!
I think this would look great in Posy.
Baby Jane by Eric and Julie Comstock would be good for this pattern.
I think this would look great in Textures by Angela Walters for AGF.
I am in love with Lario. Soft colors and lovely designs.
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I can't wait to use Happy Go Lucky in a project. I think it would be great with this pattern.
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French General would be perfect.
I think that it would look great in Blackbird Designs' Cinnamon Spice.
Thanks for the opportunity!!
I'd try Black, White and Currant from Henry Glass fabrics.
I'd love to see it made up in Aneela Hooey's Sew Stitchy.
This pattern would look great in the indigo crossing collection. email@example.com
I would like to see it made in Enchanted Pond.
I'd say Comma by Zen Chic!
I like A Year to Crow About for Red Rooster. It's got the cutest panel that you can cut apart for the center blocks– quite a cute showcase for a novelty print!
I think it would look great in Shades of Black by Me & My Sister Designs! Thanks for the chance to win! mom2ryandsis(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would use the Boho line for that pattern
A very sweet quilt could be made with this pattern using Les Amis by Patty Sloniger by Michael Miller. I love the teal colorway!
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What could be Ritzier than black, white and gold? I'd choose Aster by
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my favorite is pam kitty love. thanks for the chance!
Looks like a Zen Chic Comma quilt to me!
This would be lovely in Scarlet Evening.
I think this would look great in Urban Chik's Boho.
Just love So Happy Together. Love the colors and the house print. But then I would probably have a new favorite tomorrow. So many great fabrics.
Just love anything by Bonnie & Camille.
This would look great with Avalon.
I love indigo crossings and would like to try it here!
I think Wishing Life is Beautiful by
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Pam Kitty Love would really rock with this pattern!
I think Calliope Stitch Studios for Riley Blake Designs would make a lovely quilt with that pattern.
I think happy go lucky by Bonnie and Camille would be perfect; lots of contrast and some great low volume prints!
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Field Notes by Blackbird Designs.
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I love this pattern and think it would be really gorgeous made with 'Esprit de Noel' by French General. Thanks so much for a chance in this giveaway…
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This pattern is so charming and would look fresh & fun if done with the Vintage Modern by Bonnie and Camille. This fabric combines colour and pattern that is timeless.
There are SO many but I really like the Remember collection!!!
I'd use the Happy Kaffe Fassett Collective Fat Quarter Bundle
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That would be so cute in Noteworthy! Thanks for the giveaway!
I really like Lario by 3 Sisters for Moda fabrics. My e-mail address is: email@example.com
I like Black and White by Michael Miller. Thanks for the chance to win.
Night at the Ritz would look great made up in the Enchanted Pond Fabric. The rich deep purples & magentas along the greens & honeys would look magnificent!
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I still like Children at Play. But I appreciate your always haveing a pattern of the week..it is inspirational!
Esprit de Noel for sure! 🙂
I would pick Indigo Crossing. The blues would make such a pretty, fresh summer quilt.
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I love the Chevron bundles, any of them!!! katiejolamb at hotmail dot com
I believe that this quilt pattern would look beautiful when done in Black, White & Currant. Thank you
Indigo Crossing would be perfect for this pattern!
Happy Go Lucky is one of my favorites now, and it would look nice with this pattern. Thanks!
This pattern is made for PIRATES, with all the scary fish as border
Blossom Petal by Free Spirit, I just love the way the red and white checks blend with the florals!
I LOVE the Sarah Jane fabrics … I've bought all her embroidery patterns. My fabric choice would be So Happy Together. Thank you for the chance to win a gift certificate!
I really like the Comma fabric line.
I'd love to see that pattern in Happy Go Lucky by Bonnie & Camille for Moda Fabrics. It's such a fun & joyful line of fabrics.
I would love to use Avalon byFig tree for this quilt–the blue in the line would create a standout spark of color! firstname.lastname@example.com
I think it would be perfect for Indigo Crossing.
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I think I'd use Shelburne Falls too, itd be great with this pattern! Thank you for the giveaway 🙂
Scarlet Evening would look beautiful in this pattern.
My first thought was Jubilee by Bunny Hill Designs for Moda.
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I love Hello Sunshine.
Remember by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs,with gray, pink, mustard, red and aqua..would make a happy, yet sophisticated "Night at the Ritz"
I would choose Blueberry and Lime Boho Girl by Debra Valencia with my granddaughter in mind as she loves these colors.
I love. Happy go lucky thanks
I think it would be beautiful in Enchanted Pond by Holly Taylor for Moda.
Thanks for the chance to win a lovely gift certificate to your shop. You have so many gorgeous fabrics to choose from- it would be hard to pick my favorites.
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I think it would be great in la Belle Fleur by French General.
I'm thinking PB&J would look good.
I'm currently in love with the cute test tubes in Robotic so that's what I would use!:D
I think this would look really neat made with Little Black Dress by Moda.
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I am seeing it in Black, White, And Currant. Such a pretty line.
I would like to use Comma!
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I think this would be very cheery if made in Old New 30's.
So many choices, I might pick Avalon but maybe Kona Solids would be fun.
My choice is Chateau Rouge by French General.
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I would like to use "So Happy Together by Deena Rutter for Riley Blake. The colors are so vibrant and the pattern would look so cheerful in those colors.
Judi Rothermel's 25th Anniversary Collection is just mouth-watering! And as always, I just love Fig Tree Fabrics and their new Avalon Collection is fantastic!!
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I am still loving Spring House. Thanks!
Indian Summer by Sarah Watson would be great. Those colors just make me so happy.
I think this pattern would look absolutely stunning in CINNAMON SPICE, by Blackbird Designs for Moda Fabric.
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Thanks for the chance to win! You guys are awesome.
I think the collection mama said sew,in all the reds, grays,whites, it would be great,
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I'd love to see it in "Hello Gorgeous" by Melissa Ybarra
I'd love to see this in Happy Go Lucky or Avalon.
I would choose Grace in a Pickle in the Bold colorway.
Just love what my daughter picked out
Mayfair Town & Country by Dear Stella
"Her Dream Trip to Paris"Brenda
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It is tough to pick just one fabric line with so many great ones but I would go with Freely Cruzin'by Barbara Jones of Quilt Soup for Henry Glass Fabrics
Tweet for Two is darling!
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If I start now, I can make an adorable Christmas quilt using Nancy's Holiday Favorites!
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I think it would look stunning in Remember by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs! What a fabulous collection!
I would have to say Snowman Gaterings, even though its been a long winter, I just love this fabric
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I would go with Posy for this quilt. Perfect for a baby girl.
Hi! I bet it would be so cute with Cream and Sugar by Ampersand Design Studio.
I think this pattern would love fabulous done with Comma… but I think every pattern would look great in Comma 😉
Love me some Boho by Urban Chiks. email@example.com
I would love to try it in Merlot Kona Cotton Solids for a modern twist.
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For a completely different look, I'd go with All about Boys. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would use Remember by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs. I love the blues, reds, greys, and greens.
I would use Remember by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs. I love the blues, reds, greys,and greens.
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It's interesting that this is a very neutral quilt in the example, because I'd like to see it in bright, fun, young colors!
I'd like to see this in Angela Yosten's Blogger's choice bundle.
I would choose this pattern Snowman by Primitive Gatherings Gatherings for Moda Fabrics. Tanks
That pattern would look beautiful in Elvet Durham Anew Fat Quarter Bundle
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Shelburn Falls by Denise Schmidt for Free Spirit Fabrics in the Buckland colorway would be amazing for this pattern.
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I'd love this in Hello Gorgeous by
Melissa Ybarra.Thanks for the chance!
I would use Asian Peony by Punch Studio.
I think this quilt would look beautiful using Avalon by Joanna Figueroa.
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Would look nice with the Country Touch line. 🙂
I think I would try select prints from Snowman Gatherings by Primitive Gatherings. patseidle(at)gmail(dot)com
I think this would be beautiful in Dawn Asian Peony by Hoffman.
I am dying to get my hands on Snowman Gathering
This is a tough one because its hard to see the pattern, but I'll go with Aster by Williamsburg. Thanks for the giveaway.


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Eclipse DemoCamps November 2008/Hyderabad
About the Event
The Eclipse DemoCamps are an opportunity to showcase all of the cool interesting technology being built by the Eclipse community. The Hyderabad edition is organized by hyd-eclipse.org (a Hysea initiative). There will be a presentation of a few interesting usecases of Eclipse and Eclipse sub projects. The event will conclude with a networking of the Eclipse developers' community in Hyderabad.
Taj Deccan
Date and Time
December 13th 2008, 13:30 (Saturday)
- Welcome Address
- P2- Eclipse's new update mechanism- Aditya Madduri, Progress Software
- GEF/EMF- Vikram - Beehyv
- Eclipse Debugger Framework (limitations and how DSF overcomes them) - Pramati Technologies
- Closing Comments by Ramesh Loganathan representative from Hysea,also VP & MD of Progress Software India
To Register
If you plan on attending please add your name to the list below. Note that this requires a bugzilla id. Alternatively, you can send a mail with your particulars to firstname.lastname@example.com in the following format: Copy paste this in the subject line: "Eclipse Demo camp 2008 - November Edition"
In the body: Your name Name of the company you work for
We'd like to see as many people show up as possible. However as the number of seats is limited, we request you to register early to guarantee a place.
List of people currently registered
- Uma Sudhan, Progress Software
- Kiran Kumar, Progress Software
- Ramesh Loganathan, Progress Software
- Suresh Inavolu, Progress Software
- Vikram, Beehyv
- Ashutosh Singh , Infosys Technologies Limited
- Suresh Gopalakrishnan, BeeHyv Software
- Haritha Reddy, BeeHyv Software
- Nagaraj Tadipatri, BeeHyv Software
- Navaprasad, Virtusa
- Kunjan Shah, Pramati Technologies
- Srinivas Kola , JDA Software India Pvt Ltd.,
- Sreenivasulu Sigharam, JDA Software India Pvt Ltd.,
- Rajvi Kapas ,Pramati Technologies
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- Murali Krishna, DFI Infotech India Pvt Ltd.,
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- Ashish Anil Shambharkar , CORDYS
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Section 49
Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt, and Leman Copley, at Kirtland, Ohio, May 7, 1831. Leman Copley had embraced the gospel but still held to some of the teachings of the Shakers (United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing), to which he had formerly belonged. Some of the beliefs of the Shakers were that Christ's Second Coming had already occurred and that He had appeared in the form of a woman, Ann Lee. They did not consider baptism by water essential. They rejected marriage and believed in a life of total celibacy. Some Shakers also forbade the eating of meat. In prefacing this revelation, Joseph Smith's history states, "In order to have [a] more perfect understanding on the subject, I inquired of the Lord, and received the following." The revelation refutes some of the basic concepts of the Shaker group. The aforementioned brethren took a copy of the revelation to the Shaker community (near Cleveland, Ohio) and read it to them in its entirety, but it was rejected.
1–7, The day and hour of Christ's coming will remain unknown until He comes; 8–14, Men must repent, believe the gospel, and obey the ordinances to gain salvation; 15–16, Marriage is ordained of God; 17–21, The eating of meat is approved; 22–28, Zion will flourish and the Lamanites blossom as the rose before the Second Coming.
1 Hearken unto my word, my servants Sidney, and Parley, and Leman; for behold, verily I say unto you, that I give unto you a commandment that you shall go and apreach my gospel which ye have received, even as ye have received it, unto the Shakers.
2 Behold, I say unto you, that they desire to know the truth in part, but not all, for they are not aright before me and must needs repent.
3 Wherefore, I send you, my servants Sidney and Parley, to preach the gospel unto them.
4 And my servant Leman shall be ordained unto this work, that he may reason with them, not according to that which he has received of them, but according to that which shall be ataught him by you my servants; and by so doing I will bless him, otherwise he shall not prosper.
5 Thus saith the Lord; for I am God, and have asent mine bOnly Begotten Son into the world for the credemption of the world, and have decreed that he that receiveth him shall be saved, and he that receiveth him not shall be ddamned—
6 And they have done unto the aSon of Man even as they listed; and he has taken his power on the bright hand of his cglory, and now reigneth in the heavens, and will reign till he descends on the earth to put all enemies dunder his feet, which time is nigh at hand—
7 I, the Lord God, have spoken it; but the hour and the aday no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven, nor shall they know until he comes.
8 Wherefore, I will that all men shall repent, for all are under asin, except those which I have breserved unto myself, choly men that ye know not of.
9 Wherefore, I say unto you that I have sent unto you mine everlasting acovenant, even that which was from the beginning.
10 And that which I have promised I have so fulfilled, and the anations of the earth shall bbow to it; and, if not of themselves, they shall come down, for that which is now exalted of itself shall be laid clow of power.
11 Wherefore, I give unto you a commandment that ye ago among this people, and say unto them, like unto mine apostle of old, whose name was bPeter:
12 aBelieve on the name of the Lord Jesus, who was on the earth, and is to come, the beginning and the end;
13 aRepent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, according to the holy commandment, for the remission of sins;
14 And whoso doeth this shall receive the agift of the Holy Ghost, by the laying on of the bhands of the elders of the church.
15 And again, verily I say unto you, that whoso aforbiddeth to marry is not ordained of God, for bmarriage is ordained of God unto man.
16 Wherefore, it is lawful that he should have one awife, and they twain shall be bone flesh, and all this that the cearth might answer the end of its creation;
17 And that it might be filled with the measure of man, according to his acreation bbefore the world was made.
18 And whoso aforbiddeth to babstain from cmeats, that man should not eat the same, is not ordained of God;
19 For, behold, the abeasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and that which cometh of the earth, is bordained for the use of man for food and for craiment, and that he might have in abundance.
20 But it is not given that one man should apossess that which is above another, wherefore the bworld lieth in csin.
21 And wo be unto man that asheddeth blood or that bwasteth cflesh and hath no need.
22 And again, verily I say unto you, that the Son of Man acometh not in the form of a woman, neither of a man traveling on the earth.
23 Wherefore, be not adeceived, but continue in steadfastness, blooking forth for the heavens to be cshaken, and the earth to tremble and to reel to and fro as a drunken man, and for the dvalleys to be exalted, and for the emountains to be made low, and for the rough places to become smooth—and all this when the angel shall sound his ftrumpet.
24 But before the great day of the Lord shall come, aJacob shall flourish in the wilderness, and the Lamanites shall bblossom as the rose.
25 Zion shall aflourish upon the bhills and rejoice upon the mountains, and shall be assembled together unto the place which I have appointed.
26 Behold, I say unto you, go forth as I have commanded you; repent of all your sins; aask and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened unto you.
27 Behold, I will go before you and be your arearward; and I will be in your bmidst, and you shall not be cconfounded.
28 Behold, I am Jesus Christ, and I come aquickly. Even so. Amen.


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- Koigu vest. All I have to finish are the armscyes and the neckline. We're talking about twenty-odd rounds of k2, p2 ribbing. What happened? I took it to Knitting Camp, I finished one side, and realized I'd picked up way too many stitches. It looked dreadful. I got discouraged. Since then it has been sitting in a bowl next to my chair, mocking me.
- Poetry mittens. I finished one cuff and then decided I really wanted to chart my own poem, not use the one in the pattern. Then I couldn't decide on a poem. Still can't. You'd think I'm engraving my own epitaph in granite instead of just knitting a stupid pair of stupid mittens. Why do I do this to myself?
- Regicide Scarf. This one's giving me an ulcer. The yarn - Four Play from Brooks Farms, is delightful to the touch. The pattern, King Charles Brocade, makes it absolutely sing. So, what's the problem? I'll tell you. I hate knitting King Charles Brocade. And I don't mean it bores me. I mean I hate it. And not a small hate, either. A hate that burns with the heat of ten million suns. What's not to loathe about a pattern that is too simple to be interesting, yet too complicated for mindless knitting? A pattern in which it is shockingly easy to lose one's place, and in which the smallest error stands out like a pimple on the heavily insured nose of Heidi Klum? Options:
- Work the final moss stitch border right now and call it done. It would be five feet long. And I would never wear it, because in a Chicago winter a cute little scarf that won't wrap around my neck and face is a waste of yarn.
- Concede defeat. Rip it back and use it for something else. And remember, every time I look at it, that nothing will ever harmonize with that colorway quite so happily as King Charles Brocade. And grit my teeth. And get a headache.
- Shut up and knit to the damn end of the damn ball. And risk becoming one of those people who wanders about in the streets mumbling to himself. In my case, I'll be mumbling, "Knitting is so relaxing. Knitting is so relaxing."
Tulip Jacket Yarn
Knitguyla and Kay were curious about the source of the yarn in the Tulip Jacket. The ultimate source, of course, was Dream in Color, but I got my kit (and therefore colorway) from Arcadia Knitting here in Chicago. If you order from them, note that even though I made the jacket for Abigail, I chose the "boy" colorway. I'm not a big fan of pastels, even for babies, and as I recall the "girl" colorway has a bit more pink going on.
The Imperfect Wagnerite
Christine Olea asked for my general opinion on Wagner operas. Well, I'm not a musicologist, just a garden variety opera lover, but here goes. On the one hand, there are passages in just about everything he wrote (not that I'm claiming to have heard it all) that give me shivers of delight. On the other hand, I wouldn't be excited at the prospect of sitting through all of Siegfried again. Of the bunch, my favorite is Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, which had me at the overture. I seem to recall being thrilled at a Minnesota Opera production of The Flying Dutchman*; but I'm not sure whether the goosebumps came more from the music or the handsome fellow who invited me to go see it with him.
Among the Germans, I still prefer Mozart. More humanity, less theory.
Buddenbrooks Decoded
Yesterday's batch of comments on the mention of "crocheting with two needles" in Buddenbrooks was a delight to read and I'm grateful to everybody who chimed in. Blogless reader "aka Bini" (I believe I parsed that correctly) was first with a well-supported hypothesis, and she undertook to read a text set in 1909 German blackletter for my sake, so she gets the sketch. Bini, please write to me at franklin at franklinhabit daht cahm and let me know where to send it.
And I'd like to give an Honorable Mention, by the way, to Country Mouse, who was first to raise the idea of the crochet/knitting confusion arising from Mann's use of the unreliable narrator.
If you missed the comments, do go back and read. They went far beyond my initial question to include discussions of unusual methods of crochet and debates about what the hell a "landscape room" is. Those Germans have a word for everything.
This is a quality crowd in here, folks. No doubt about it.
*Dutchman does offer the magnificent spectacle of a stage full of spinning wheels. In a live performance, this affords fiber types the pleasure of watching members of the ensemble treadle like they're leading the Tour de France and pretending to spin finished bulky weight yarn on the flywheel. If you can find a production of Gounod's Faust these days, chances are Marguerite will give you a similar giggle while she sings "Le roi de Thulé."


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