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Creativity Lab: exploring creative processes that arise from meditative space.
Go to our MeetUp Group: meetup.com/Shambhala-Arts to learn about next meeting. This monthly program alternates between our Westside and Eagle Rock Centers.
Suggested Donation: $5. – 10. *
First Thought, Poetry, Meditation, Movement, Brush, Square One, Collage, Object Arranging, Painting, Contemplation, Music, Photography, Discussion, Collaboration ….
What is this? We are a group of art and meditation practitioners and teachers who want to play with the Dharma Art teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and to share it with others. To let go of concepts about "Art" and collaborate. Not primarily to make stuff, but to engage each other and develop a ground of mutual trust born of curiosity, willingness to be a fool, and trust in the process of coming back to the present moment. To see where it goes. Please join us!
Who's invited? You are anyone between the ages of 14 and 140, artist or not, meditator or not. There will be meditation instruction and opportunities to relate these teachings to your personal projects or practice.
Recommended Reading: True Perception by Chögyam Trungpa
Bring: a notebook or sketchbook and pen or pencil
Door opens: 10:30 a.m. for tea
Lab starts promptly at 11:00 a.m.
Facilitators of Creativity Lab:
Darryl Burnham met Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1974 and has been practicing, studying, and teaching since then. He lives in Monrovia with his wife Laura (of eight years - still in their honeymoon). He is a Shambhala Art teacher, a meditation instructor, contemplative photographer, musician, poet, writer, and co-leader of the Healing Circle. Practicing life constantly expands his intimacy with his teacher, the sangha, and Laura in the company of their two aged cats, Louis and Cali.
Dave Cipriani is a highly accomplished guitarist, songwriter and composer originally from Maryland who performs on classical, electric, and (20-string) Indian slide guitar. Dave's diverse background includes studies with jazz great Charlie Byrd, classical guitarist Christopher Parkening, sitar master Jai Kishor, and Indian Slide guitar pioneer Pandit Barun Kumar Pal, a senior disciple of Ravi Shankar. Dave completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in North Indian Music at California Institute of the Arts and is a Shambhala Art teacher. Cipriani is now based in Los Angeles and leads the group Mahadev as well as performing with various groups in the LA area.
Laura Landau is a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, teaches Shambhala Art, is a meditation instructor and an assistant director for Shambhala Training.
Angela Lloyd, MFA is a Shambhala Art Teacher and an award winning recording artist, master storyteller and musician. A student of Laura Simms, she started meditating at Laura Simms' Annual Storytelling Residency in 1987 and is a member of Shambhala. She has completed levels of Miksang, a contemplative practice of photography; and is an enthusiastic member of the Dorje Kasung. Her particular interest in the Shambhala Art teachings is how language arts (speech, silence and humor) are used to create a safe container for inter-related arts experiences for body, mind and speech. www.angelalloyd.com
Anne Anderson Saitzyk received her MFA in painting from Claremont Graduate University and her BFA in illustration from Art Center College of Design. She has served as Director of Contemplative Arts at Shambhala Meditation Center of Los Angeles and is currently co-coordinator of Westside Shambhala. Anne met the Shambhala Buddhist dharma (and her future husband) through the Dharma Art program in 1997 and has since become a student of Sakyong Mipham and a Shambhala Art teacher. In her professional life, she teaches painting and drawing at Art Center College of Design and, this past summer, at Chung Ang University in Seoul, Korea.
Steven Saitzyk is an Adjunct Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Art Center College of Design and the International Director of Shambhala Art, a nonprofit arts education program designed to integrate meditation into the creative process. See: www.shambhalaart.org and www.stevensaitzyk.com. He is a painter, author, and has practiced and taught meditation internationally for more than thirty-five years. His current book, "Place Your Thoughts Here: Meditation for the Creative Mind," is scheduled for release in March, 2013.
Franny Smith is curious. seems bossy, not really. Just NY mannerisms. Retired from teaching Theatre Arts and started studying meditation. Still works with "kids at risk". Fell head over heels for Shambhala Art and the love affair continues. She says, "The teacher/student relationship is a partnership where we get to explore the inherent creativity we all possess." Wants to grow up and be an old lady, totally turned on and tuned in. Yeah!
Amanda Tasse is a Shambhala Art Teacher and PhD Candidate in Media Arts + Practices at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. She started meditating with the Zen community and is now a member of Shambhala. She is a former Fullbright student and has won a number of awards for her animated films, including a Student Academy Award and an HBO films award. Her PhD research focuses on emerging technology, mobile interactive animation, and experimental films which explore connections between wellness, feedback, visualization, contemplation, and science.
Ladan Yalzadeh is an award winning writer, director and performer, an American Film Institute directing Alumna as well as an acting alumna of Cornish College of the Arts. She is a meditator in the Shambhala Buddhist Tradition and is a trained Shambhala Art teacher. She is also the co-founder of Authentic Presence. Authentic Action, a series of workshop based in mindful creativity. http://ladanyalzadeh.wordpress.com
*This pays for our use of the center and occasional materials we will buy. Consider donating the higher amount to help pay for those who cannot donate.
What a work of art is all about is a sense of delight. Touch here, touch there, delight. It is an appreciation of things as they are and of what one is -- which produces an enormous spark. Something happens -- clicks -- and the poet writes poems, the painter paints pictures, the musician composes music - Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, The Teacup and the Skullcup


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If you are a homeroom parent, trying to decide what to get the teacher (s) for Christmas can be stressful. This is an easy project as long as you allow yourself time to prepare.
Collect one favorite holiday recipe from each student. The best way to do this is to email the parents in late October. I know it seems early but some parents take a while to respond. Once all the recipes are collected, print them out (adding each child's name to the recipe they submitted. example: Andrew's Favorite Holiday Cookie). Once they are printed, bind the book, and add a classroom picture to the cover. This is something the teacher will always treasure.
Classroom Teacher gift ideas
What crafts do you like to do for Christmas?
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There are pockets of bad-cinema fans who might conceivably be excited at what Roger Christian, director of the notoriously awful L. Ron Hubbard adaptation "Battlefield Earth," might have in store. The wait is over with the low-budget space horror flick "Stranded," co-written by Christian.
It's about a four-person military moon station — led by a barking Christian Slater — that suffers "Alien"-like consequences after a crippling meteor shower brings a visit from a strange life form. The disappointment is twofold, however. It's neither good nor spectacularly bad enough to give junkies a fiasco fix. Aside from the refreshingly antiquated sight of puppet work and miniature sets being pounded by rocks — take that, CGI! — it's a tiresome retread of every other closed-quarters, dastardly contagion, body-snatching scenario, only more dimly lit, lifeless and incomprehensible.
In other words, "Stranded" stops at being merely seriously dull and trite, rather than tipping into train-wreck silliness. The actors aren't even bad, with Slater, Brendan Fehr, Amy Matysio and Michael Therriault evoking plenty of expected fear, distress and heroic initiative. But they're not exactly memorable, either. It raises the question, does creating an unremarkable time-waster after birthing an iconic bomb signal some form of progress?
MPAA rating: None
Running time: 1 hour, 28 minutes.
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Hi Vampchick:
Canuk...could you point me in the direction of that research you mention? It's ok if it's books or papers...I live in Toronto so I can probably access it. I'm very curious about this entire subject.
You were not explicit, but I assume that you are talking about the EMF - health connection.
As far as I am aware, there is not one definitive paper to which you can refer. However, there are probably thousands of papers published on the subject; I personally have read dozens and dozens, ad nauseam.
I suggest that you start at this site, and work your way through the links as your interest develops: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/emf/
In researching this topic, you should be aware of the fact that this is perhaps one of the most politicised topics in current science. Numerous scientists and others have built their careers on the subject and have a vested interest in keeping it alive. There is a never ending stream of grant money available to anyone who can cause a bit of controversy in the area, and there is no shortage of scientists who are willing to advance their careers by causing such controversy.
In reading through many of the papers listed in the NIOSH site, you should note that in many of them the conclusions published are the result of a vote of the participants; ie: the conclusions are a consequence of a democratic process, as opposed to definitive science.
The voting is usually along ideological lines, with each vested interest supporting its own position. This is a consequence of the weakness of the evidence; if there was a definitive cause and effect relationship, there would be no split in the vote. You should keep this in mind as you weigh the evidence presented.


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Please read this thread". http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?t=60685
Tyler at module master actually takes them apart and fixes them unless you got an extra 3 grand to spend!!!
Please read this thread". http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?t=60685
Tyler at module master actually takes them apart and fixes them unless you got an extra 3 grand to spend!!!
Just throwing this out there. I've had the experience of a weak battery doing funny things to the brake failure light on my '06 RT. Now, since there is an electric motor in these things, which I didn't know, is it remotely possible for a weak battery to affect the operation of that motor?
'74 Moto-Guzzi 850-T
The OEM Battery was replaced about a year ago with an Odyssey, but I will check the voltage and plug in the Battery Tender.
I read on about a Chrome Head needing a fault reset do to a spill where the bike was on its side, still running and in gear.
What are the chances of fault code needing to be reset do to spining the rear tire in the grass, I did get a yellow flashing light?
I guess I will schedule a service.
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Plen Smith
A Chrome head is several generations of brakes earlier then the '07 R1200xx bikes.
Question - why are you using the rear pedal at all? Especially to lockup? The linked brake system is very efficient at proportioning the brake force front/rear by just using the front lever. I only use the rear brake on my R12R for parking lot speed turns to settle things a bit. If I use both front/rear at the same time, I usually feel the pedal buzz telling me that the system is triggering the rear ABS due to over powering the rear brake. Just curious..
And getting the stored codes read from the ABS module may take you a long way toward a solution.
Don Eilenberger http://www.eilenberger.net
Spring Lk Heights NJ NJ Shore BMW Riders
'12 R1200R - I love this bike!
I like you use the rear brake only at slow speeds, turning, or on surfaces where the front tire could loose traction. I still cover the rear break pedal out of habit when braking and I too have felt the buzz in the rear pedal when I use it. This time I was trying to trigger the ABS, but felt no buzz.
I will schedule an appointment with a BMW shop.
Thanks again for your thoughts.
Plen Smith
Here's a possibility - It's my belief that the brake light triggers the ABS system (certainly true on my '05). Prolonged brake light triggering will initiate a fault indication.
Check the brake light switch adjustment to make sure there is at least a minimum of lever / pedal travel before the light activates. My pedal has a "hair trigger", so if I rest my toe on the pedal it is easy to active the switch and get a fault. This could be a simple fix. Cross your fingers, and good luck
Received the diagnosis today from Sportland on the ABS issue associated with my 07 R12100RT with only 21K miles.
It was a bad news day.
ABS has bad pump.
But I also asked them to look at the oil pan because it looked like it was leaking a little oil and I was smelling oil burning when I would stop at traffic lights.
They also informed me I have a bad rear motor seal leaking oil and is soaking my clutch.
Total Estimated repair cost $3383.00
Nothing you havenÔÇÖt read in these post before, but!!!!!!
This is very frustrating, and I know from reading this forum many of you have experienced the same. It looks like I will be riding without ABS for a while.
I asked why such a short life span on the ABS Modulator Warren said BMW blames it on stale brake fluid, in my case Twin City performed the 600mi, 6k, 12k complete services and Indy performed brake recall and brake service in March 2011. So that BMW BS is hard to buy.
The rear oil seal is equally frustrating.
I guess my next question, is this seal thing something I can expect every 20K miles?????
Plen Smith
I got the same news today.
Bad pump.
I supose I should consider myself lucky considering your news. That sucks about the seal. I'm at about 25000 mi
Anthony S.
Good luck getting your ride back on the road.
Brake bleeding/fluid replacement on the hexheads is once a year per the chart I have. On a 6k and 12k interval service you just check fluid. If those are in conjunction with the annual service then the brakes should have been done. Just depends on what service was done at those intervals. The mileage only or mileage plus annual.
So if they did the brakes at those two times and the brake service from 2011, you are still short two brake fluid replacements for a 5 year old bike. Brake fluid pulls moisture out of the air and that's what causes problems. In a very dry climate you might be able to go longer, but the moisture builds up is time dependent, not miles.
Thanks for pointing out that old fluid can cause these ABS problems.
Austin, TX
Two Wheeled Texans
While old brake fluid certainly can cause problems - the bike in question probably experienced two brake line recalls.. which include flushing/bleeding the brake system as part of the recall service.
Thing is - it sounds as if this is an electrical problem, and brake fluid - even ancient brake fluid - isn't going to cause an electrical problem.
BMW likes to find ways to blame the owner, it's sort of tradition with them. If you have a good dealership relationship, where the dealer believes there is a chance you'll be buying a new bike someplace down the road, and you've had the dealer do the servicing, the dealer can go to bat for you with BMW, and frequently will at least get free parts out of BMW, you usually eat the labor. Good-will thing.
As far as the rear seal failure.. there were also some problems with the engine intermediate shaft seal on the back of the engine on some 2006-2007 bikes (mostly 2006 models, but not unknown on later bikes.) The mechanic can't say with certainty what seal is leaking until the bike is disassembled. If it is the intermediate shaft seal, I'd appeal to the dealer to persue a case with BMW that the job be covered based on the failures that were seen with that seal.
Point being - I'd be talking nicely to your dealer at this point. Demanding things won't work, asking some informed questions might. Sometimes a 6-pack of German beer helps (it does for my Porsche..)
Don Eilenberger http://www.eilenberger.net
Spring Lk Heights NJ NJ Shore BMW Riders
'12 R1200R - I love this bike!
Don I approached it just like you would, I asked Warren if he would mind contacting BMW to see if they would help out on these issues. He did say it would probably take about ten days for a response.
Back to the ABS failure:
The service manager said they pulled the plastic off to properly assess the issues. I was informed that only 3.4 Volts of the 12+ volts was making it through the electrical system of the ABS modulator. I took this to mean the problem was electrical and associated with the Pump motor. Which indicates to me the pump motors brushes or the commutator is either burned up or damaged, resulting in a higher electrical resistance.
It is just so hard to comprehend that the brake fluid absorbed enough water in 14 months since the last flush with only 3k miles outside on the road and was stored in a conditioned garage the remaining time.
I know moisture lowers the boiling temperature of the brake fluid, but is the moisture enough in the Glycol based fluid of high enough concentration to corrode the internal components of the pump, which appears to be an alloy? I would think that this is the only plausible explanation, when trying to associate the ABS failure with the brake fluid.
Sounds to me with the number of failures to be motors of insufficient capacity for the application.
We have a couple of pickups and vans with ABS that are from 1999 -2002 model years and the ABS's still work. With one pickup having 223K miles and we sure haven't changed the fluid every year.
Again I am just having a hard time understanding that the brake fluid is the culprit resulting in the apparent overloading the motor and burning up the brushes or melting the windings in the pump.
Now the rear seal leak: Just no reason for it period.
Thanks again, for your ears and thoughts, If it wasn't such an enjoyable ride I probably wouldn't be so disgusted.
Plen Smith
Don't know if I mentioned it earlier, there have been some threads somewhere (ADVRider? Or?) where people repaired the ABS units by diassembling the motor, and doing something with the brushes (cleaning them? replacing them? don't remember.) Perhaps some Googling might turn up the answer. I'll try and remember where I saw this, the thread was complete with photos of the units being disassembled.
Don Eilenberger http://www.eilenberger.net
Spring Lk Heights NJ NJ Shore BMW Riders
'12 R1200R - I love this bike!


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Diabetes, Hormones & Metabolism (Endocrinology)
Diabetes, Hormones & Metabolism (Endocrinology)
Since its inception in 1965, the Division of Endocrinology at Montefiore Medical Center has evolved into one of the largest in the city, as well as across the nation. Delivering the highest quality care with a wealth of expertise behind them, our team of more than 40 board-certified physicians focus on the treatment and management of nearly every endocrine disorder, ranging from growth complexities to diseases of the parathyroid and pancreas. They are also active in extensive research, particularly with respect to diabetes and thyroid diseases. In fact, Montefiore was one of the first hospitals in the country to use radioactive iodine to treat hyperthyroidism.
Our division is a full-service destination, providing sophisticated lab and radiological service, as well as consultations. While we primarily treat patients 18 and older, we also manage various pediatric cases and work closely with the pediatric endocrinologists at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Our multidisciplinary team of endocrinologists, nurse practioners, diabetes nurse educators and nutritionists also collaborates with the nuclear medicine specialists, OBGYN and surgeons. Special educational and treatment services are available to diabetic patients through our Clinical Diabetes Program. We provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to each patient's treatment with the goal of regaining total normalization through the best possible management.
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At the Division of Endocrinology, we boast a rich history of treatment, research and training, as our physicians are faculty members at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Expertise and experience is available in a variety of endocrine and metabolic disorders. Some of the various conditions we treat include:
- Adrenal disorders: adrenal insufficiency, congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), and Cushing's syndrome
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We also offer a variety of services and treatments, encompassing:
- Assessment for hormone deficiencies and excess syndromes
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The Division of Endocrinology maintains a robust basic and clinical research program in thyroid diseases and particularly in the area of obesity and diabetes. Many Divisional faculty members are participants in the Einstein Diabetes Research Center. This research center is a major site for NIH funded basic and clinical trials. These include the landmark Diabetes Control and Complications Trial which proved that good control of blood glucose levels prevents the complications of diabetes, the Diabetes Prevention Study that demonstrated that attention to diet and modest exercise can reduce the development of diabetes and many others. These studies and other research endeavors are not only perpetuating our goal of preventing and managing endocrinology-related illnesses, but they are also changing the landscape of our national healthcare system to ultimately provide patients with the knowledge and tools to live fuller, healthier lives.
In addition to patient education, the Division of Endocrinology has a commitment to training the Endocrinologist of the future. Doctors who have completed their training in Internal Medicine are eligible to apply for a Fellowship in Endocrinology.
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We want to teach and empower you to improve your health through education and better management of diet and medication.


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Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest Gallery
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest finds Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) at the mercy of his nemesis, Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), who has emerged from the murky depths of the Caribbean to claim a blood debt. Meanwhile, the East India Company continues to try and rid the oceans of pirates and any of their cohorts, including Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley).
Read our review of Dead Man's Chest or why not check out our photo gallery of the stars at the UK premiere
Roll your mouse over the left and right-hand sides of the image and then click to view more pictures.
Further Galleries: Miami Vice Gallery 1 l Miami Vice Gallery 2 l Pirates of the Caribbean l Pirates of the Caribbean: UK premiere l Lost – Season 2 l The Break-Up l Casino Royale l Cars l Angel-A l My Super Ex-Girlfriend l The Notorious Bettie Page l Lady In The Water l Nacho Libre


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Champion drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. went to a Saudi Arabian festival earlier this year with his factory-sponsored Ford Mustang. After it ended, the organizers let him have the run of the track to transform some petroleum into speed and smoke.
While a throughly professional effort, there are a few too-close shaves that only add to the entertainment, with the Mustang's rear bumper and a GoPro camera suffering some souvenir damage. Gittin says following the filming, he hung around a bit:
After we finished shooting and we were hot, dusty and dead tired we ended up putting on a impromptu drift day with some of the local's that came to spectate the shoot. I was teaching them how to drift, change tires, different techniques, and they were so pumped up. While there was no pro's to show us the ropes, It reminded me of when I first started, that smile that stays when you link your first drift and the genuine passion to get better and conquer the challenges.
Based on what we've seen of Arabian drifting, anything could help.


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Slowed by an awkward gait, Army National Guard Sgt. Matthew R. Chalifoux would need 10 minutes or more to walk up the driveway to get the mail. Sgt. Chalifoux's right leg was shattered in an IED explosion in Afghanistan two years ago today.
Slowed by an awkward gait, Army National Guard Sgt. Matthew R. Chalifoux would need 10 minutes or more to walk up the driveway to get the mail.
Sgt. Chalifoux's right leg was shattered in an IED explosion in Afghanistan two years ago today.
The injury left him sedentary. He gained weight, and felt stifled and frustrated. He couldn't walk without problems on anything but a level surface. Traveling required toting a wheelchair.
In August, Sgt. Chalifoux made the tough decision to have his leg amputated in the hopes that a prosthetic would get him back on his feet.
But the day he was set to talk with a reporter about his decision, a friend sent him information on a device that might allow him to not only keep his leg but use it effectively. He urgently made a call.
That day his story changed.
Sgt. Chalifoux has been fitted with an Intrepid Dynamic Exoskeletal Orthosis device.
"You see guys with this and they're in pants running and playing soccer and you'd never even know," Sgt. Chalifoux said.
After some research, it was determined the device might be a good match for Sgt. Chalifoux, who flew to Texas to meet with prosthetic's builder, Ryan Blanck.
Each device is custom-made. So after meeting with Sgt. Chalifoux, Mr. Blanck fashioned a device specifically for him, and a month ago, the two met again for him to try it out.
"It was instant," Sgt. Chalifoux said of the change when he strapped on the device. "On day two I was running."
While the device does not look complicated, what it does is incredible, Sgt. Chalifoux explained.
It has a plate that cradles the underside of his foot and fits inside his sneaker — albeit a little bigger size than the sneaker on his left foot. There is a section which offers stability to the ankle and two carbon fiber rods that run along the backside of the calf to a knee brace.
The rods store and release energy when the wearer is walking. They bend slightly, something which can be seen when Sgt. Chalifoux runs.
He stayed a month in San Antonio undergoing physical therapy, strengthening and agility training at Brooke Army Medical Center and will go back in February to pick up a second IDEO and a low-profile model, which he hopes he can wear under dress pants.
Sgt. Chalifoux said he's now trying to spread the word about the device so that other soldiers can experience what he's experienced. He said about 300 soldiers have been outfitted with the IDEO and many have returned to duty, though his other injuries will prevent that.
But thousands more could benefit from the IDEO, not just warriors, but also civilians who have been in accidents or who have lost part of their foot to diabetes.
The device was developed by Mr. Blanck; Lt. Col. Joseph Hsu, an orthopedic surgeon; and physical therapist Johnny Owens. They spent months or years saving the limbs of injured military personnel, and many were then opting for amputation, prosthetics and a trip back to the battlefield. The trio collaborated to develop the device and training program for soldiers fitted with an IDEO.
The program is called Return to Run Clinical Pathway.
Sgt. Chalifoux said his return to running came quickly and he overdid it and hurt his knee, which the therapists addressed during his stay.
Despite the injury, the IDEO allows him to live with it and save his leg. If science finds a way to cure his problem in the future, it won't be too late.


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John Corkill, M.M.
Title/s: Instructor of Percussion, Director of Percussion Ensemble
Office #: Mundelein 177
Phone: 773.508.7510
John Corkill is currently serving as the Instructor of Percussion Studies at the Merit School of Music and Loyola University Chicago. John's musical curiosity is guided by his passion between the primal relationship of sound and gesture. As a founding member of the Wanmu Percussion Trio, John has mesmerized audiences across the country with a wide variety of theatrical percussion repertoire ranging from stages of Carnegie Hall in New York City to the Rose Theatre in Portland, Oregon. The trio has also held a yearlong residency for young composers at the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, as well as provided master classes to high school students throughout New England.
As a chamber musician, John has held residencies at the Chamber Music Northwest, Norfolk, and Yellow Barn Festivals. He has also garnered awards at the Yale Chamber Music Competition and the Percussive Arts Society International Percussion Ensemble Competition. Originally trained as an orchestral musician, John is currently a member of the NOVUS Orchestra in New York City and frequently substitutes with orchestras throughout the Chicago area. He has also had the privilege of working with many of today's leading orchestral conductors and composers such Marin Alsop, Peter Oundjian, Reinbert de Leeuw, Aaron Jay Kernis, David Lang, Oliver Knussen, and Krzysztof Penderecki.
John received his Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University where he graduated cum laude and Master of Music Degree from the Yale University School of Music. His teachers include Robert van Sice, Michael Burritt, and James Ross.
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Comment traduire l'exécutable
You can make Notepad++ to speak your mother tongue - Just download english.xml and translate it into your language.
Note to translate
- All the English words under the Attribute
nameshould be translated.
- All the numbers which are not under the Attribute
name(the Attribute
id, order,
posY) should NOT be changed.
&in the Tag Menu is
&, it takes effect (draw a underline on a letter) when user push the Alt key. So it's up to you to change its position, it depends on the menu convention of your language.
- Try to translate shortly. The controls in dialogs won't be resized dynamically.
The translation of Paste in French is Coller, so the XML Tag Translation from English to French should be:
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How to test your translation
If you are updating your language xml, then you need just to modify your file
<YOUR_NPP_INSTALLED_DIR>\localization\yourLanguage.xml. Go to General Tab in Preferences dialog, switch to English in Localization field to unload your language then choose it again to reload your modification. Note that you have to run Notepad++ as Administrator under Vista or Windows 7.
If your language is not listed in the Localization field in Preferences dialog, then you have to do the following steps to test your translation:
- Rename english.xml to nativeLang.xml
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- Copy the nativeLang.xml into the opened directory.
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You can contact me, if you want your translation included in the future release.
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Oilers-Red Wings PreviewNHL.com @NHLdotcom
GAME: Edmonton Oilers (39-27-13) at Detroit Red Wings (54-15-8).
TIME: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT.
The Detroit Red Wings can take a step closer to a record fifth Presidents' Trophy when they meet the Edmonton Oilers at Joe Louis Arena.
The Red Wings have won the award, given annually to the team with the best regular-season record, a league-best four times since its inception 20 years ago. No other team has won the award more than twice.
Detroit, a winner of four straight and six of seven, needs three points to win the trophy and claim home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.
Despite injuries to leading scorers Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, the Red Wings stretched their latest winning streak with a 4-2 win Saturday over Columbus, clinching the top seed in the Western Conference for the seventh time in 14 years.
Jason Williams scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period and backup goaltender Chris Osgood made 13 of his 27 saves in the third.
"We keep it pretty simple on the road," Williams said after collecting his career-high 20th goal. "We don't try to do anything fancy. It's just simple Red Wing hockey."
Datsyuk has been out since suffering a lower body injury last Tuesday in a 2-1 shootout win over Calgary. Zetterberg sat out with an upper body injury during the second period of Detroit's 6-5 shootout win over the Blue Jackets on Friday.
Since being held without a point on March 18 in a 4-3 shootout win over the Oilers, 22-year veteran Steve Yzerman has been on a tear, recording five goals and nine assists during an 11-game points streak.
The Oilers look to rebound from a loss to the worst team in the Western Conference that also put a dent in their playoff hopes.
Edmonton fell 2-1 to St. Louis on Sunday, ending the Blues' franchise-record 13-game losing streak. The Oilers avoided being shut out when Chris Pronger scored in the final minute on a night when the Blues retired Al MacInnis' No. 2.
Pronger and MacInnis formed St. Louis' top defensive pairing for nine seasons from 1995-2004.
Oilers coach Craig MacTavish complained his team has run into a handful of pre-game ceremonies this season.
"The perfect guest again," he said. "I wondered why they were going to pick us to retire Al MacInnis' jersey. There's no excuse for not having everybody ready to play and we end up being the perfect guest for what ends up being a crucial game for us."
The Oilers are in eighth place in the West, two points ahead of ninth-place Vancouver for the conference's final playoff spot. Edmonton trails seventh-place Colorado by one point and is two behind sixth-place San Jose.
After this contest, the Oilers end the regular season with home games against Anaheim and Colorado.
Edmonton needs one win to reach 40 for the first time since 1987-88 when it won the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in five seasons.
STANDINGS: Oilers - 91 points, 3rd place, 7 PB, Northwest Division. Red Wings - 116 points, 1st place, Central Division.
TEAM LEADERS: Oilers - Ryan Smyth, 36 goals; Ales Hemsky, 58 assists and 76 points; Jaroslav Spacek, 96 PIM. Red Wings - Zetterberg and Brendan Shanahan, 36 goals; Nicklas Lidstrom, 61 assists; Datsyuk, 87 points; Chris Chelios, 106 PIM.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Oilers - Power play: 18.6 percent (88 for 472), 9th in NHL. Penalty killing: 83.9 percent (391 for 466), 8th. Red Wings - Power play: 22.7 percent (97 for 428), 1st. Penalty killing: 85.6 percent (370 for 432), 3rd.
GOALTENDERS: Oilers - Dwayne Roloson (13-23-5, 2 SO, 2.79 GAA); Ty Conklin (7-5-1, 1, 2.85). Red Wings - Manny Legace (34-8-3, 6, 2.22); Osgood (19-5-5, 2, 2.68).
SEASON SERIES: Oilers, 2-1.
LAST MEETING: March 18; Red Wings, 4-3 (SO). At Edmonton, Alberta, Williams and Zetterberg scored shootout goals for the Wings. Roloson made 24 saves for the Oilers.
ROAD/HOME RECORDS: Oilers - 21-12-7 on the road; Red Wings - 25-9-5 at home.


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Two years after Israel's war on Gaza, nothing really has changed much. Palestinians in the besieged Strip continue to languish under the acute deterioration of essential services and shortages of basic supplies. Hospitals are still without power and school buildings, destroyed by the Israeli war, have yet to be rebuilt.
Several attempts to break the blockade have been violently rebuffed by Israel under the watchful, but helpless, eyes of the international community.
Many thought the sacrifice of Gaza would lead to the revival of the peace process. Again, they were proven mistaken. The peace process is dead, like those trees in Gaza hit by the depleted uranium shells during the bloody attack on the steadfast Strip.
What is Gaza waiting for, two years after hundreds of people were killed and thousands of buildings levelled to the ground? Actually nothing. Its people have given up.
But they cannot be abandoned. The Arab League, which has been pretending that the 'Gaza problem' doesn't exist, must make lifting the blockade of the Strip its paramount objective today. It met urgently when the peace talks collapsed earlier this month after Israel rejected a US request to stop the colony expansion. Why can't it meet for a plan, or a decision, to break the blockade and reach out to their brethren in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip?
It is true that the Islamist Hamas rulers of Gaza are a key reason in the national division in Palestine and their violent takeover of Gaza three years ago led to the isolation of the Strip. But it is the silent majority which is suffering the wrath of the blockade and the regular Israeli attacks. They are looking forward to a collective Arab decision to reach out to them — to say that they are still part of this nation.
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You've probably seen this picture already: a real quiz from a private school in South Carolina.
Says the father of the girl who took the test in question:
I didn't know that this was being taught to her until we heard a radio commercial together about the Discover the Dinosaurs exhibit was coming to the TD Convention Center [in Greenville, South Carolina].
The Commercial starts out, "After 65 million years, the dinosaurs have returned …" She commented immediately that it was only four thousand years ago. When I corrected her, she snapped back, "Were you there?" I have since taught my daughter differently, but I am sure she is confused now and plan to make sure she understands that teachers are people too and
can be factually wrong.
The test showed up [at] home a day later to my disgust.
It's a great school for Reading, Writing and Math. She is ahead of most of her peers and also is taking Latin there. But I now know to be vigilant for the rest of the year about her science teachings.
She will not be attending the school next year …
You have to wonder just exactly what he expected. It's a private religious school in South Carolina. They're not going to compete in the state science fair, that's for certain.
Still, it's a shame that his kid, among many others, is being so woefully misinformed by Blue Ridge Christian Academy. Now that this has come to light, perhaps other parents wish to un-brainwash their kids. Perhaps with a Creationism Studies class? Allow me to help that along, with my beta 4th grade Creation Science Studies Quiz!
Many thanks as always to talk.origins.org, where I spent many a day in my high school years when I should have been going to proms and sports and shit.
You can download a blank PDF here. Happy standardized testing, everybody!


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Uses of Games, Puzzles, or like activities from the toolkit
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Games, Puzzles, and Like Activites from the Toolkit
- Scroll down to see how others have used these!
Games, Puzzles, Word Searches, Mazes & Hidden Pictures Puzzles Link
Bookmark Contests, Mad Libs, Scavenger Hunts Link
Link Games and Activities to Your Website
- As I was surfing the Internet, I spotted the Longview (WA) Public Library's website Longview Public Library, catching their ingenuity in using toolkit materials. In November 2006, they held a Bookmark Contest, using one of the contests that can be found in the toolkit. The entry form is linked on the website and could be downloaded and printed as desired. They kept it simple by adding only the campaign logo to the rules on the webpage.
I revisited the website in April 2007 to see that several games are hotlinked to download and print, again using the campaign logo to brand the activities for school age children: the Crossword Puzzle, the Double Puzzle, the Word Search, and Liz Ball's Hidden Pictures Puzzle.
- Keene Public Library (NH) is holding a Bookmark Contest, using the template from the toolkit. They ask that the campaign slogan be the theme for the bookmark. Keene Public Library
Stephanie Bange, ALSC Public Awareness Committee Chair email@example.com
Use Games During Class Visits
- I've used a couple of toolkit items, specifically the scavenger hunt and the word search, in tours that I give to the elementary-aged classes that come to the library. They have been a hit!
Michele Farley, Children's Services Manager, White River Branch, Johnson County Public Library (IN) email@example.com
- I took the scavenger hunts found in the toolkit and customized them to fit my specific need by adding grade levels to them. The scavenger hunts were used as a Summer Reading Program drop-in event for elementary age children called Library Scavenger Hunt. In the spirit of a treasure hunt, children worked alone or with a partner (sibling, friend, parent, grandparent, childcare provider) to follow clues that led to information about the library's collection. Stickers were earned along the way with a final prize for completion of the hunt (Smarties candy). Children who elected to work on and complete additional challenge sheets earned additional prizes (leftover prizes from previous SRPs). We felt the event was a success!
Barbara Osborn, Children's Librarian, Allegian, MI email@example.com
Using Toolkit Pieces during the Summer Reading Program.
Last summer I used several of the games, crossword puzzles and the scavenger hunt as in-library activies or as handouts. This summer I intend to use the reader's theater script with my young readers.
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CHARLOTTE � The Carolina Panthers addressed needs at guard and linebacker on day three of the NFL draft.
The Panthers selected guard Edmund Kugbila from Division II Valdosta State with their fourth-round selection and added linebacker A.J. Klein from Iowa State in the fifth round.
That came after the Panthers spent their first- and second-round picks on defensive tackles, taking Star Lotulelei from Utah and Kawann Short from Purdue
They didn't have a third-round selection.
The 6-foot-4, 320-pound Kugbila helped Valdosta State to the Division II national championship last season.
He became a starter in 2010 and recorded the second-most knockdown blocks on the team as a tackle. In 2011, Kugbila moved to guard and played in all 10 games with eight starts and was named all-conference and third team Division II All-American.
Kugbila is expected to serve as an eventual replacement for 31-year-old Geoff Hangartner at right guard as the Panthers work to get younger on the offensive line.
Hangartner has one year left on his contract.
�I see myself as a complete player, but I know I have a lot of room to grow,� Kugbila said. �I love run blocking and I love pass blocking and I just love football.�
A native of Ghana, Kugbila moved to the United States when he was 10 after his parents won a visa lottery.
He was the second player from Ghana taken in this year's draft joining defensive end Ezekiel Ansah, who was selected in the first round by the Detroit Lions.
Kugbila grew up playing soccer in Ghana and never saw an NFL game until watching the Baltimore Ravens defeat the New York Giants in the Super Bowl in January, 2001.
He immediately became a fan of Ray Lewis.
�I remember watching rugby one time in Ghana, but never the NFL,� Kugbila said.
The 6-foot-1, 250-pound Klein shared Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2011 with Oklahoma defensive end Frank Alexander, whom the Panthers drafted in the fourth round last season.
Klein, a three-year starter at Iowa State, played all three linebacker positions at various times, although his primary position was middle linebacker.
�Pretty much you can swap me out an any of those positions,� Klein said.
Klein was named first-team All-Big 12 in each of the last two seasons by the conference's coaches. He had 117 tackles in each of the past two seasons, along with two sacks, two interceptions and a touchdown return.
Carolina's starters appear to be set at linebacker with Luke Kuechly in the middle and Jon Beason and Thomas Davis on the outside, but Klein adds some needed depth.
�That's a very talented group of guys and I know I can come in and learn a lot from them,� Klein said.
He also expects the Panthers will use him on special teams, something he played for his first two seasons with the Cyclones.


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One of my favorite features of the Accordance workspace is the drop-down menus that allow me to put the ESV Study Bible or the EBC next to my ESVS. I love how it automatically opens to whatever text I'm studying, so that I don't have to worry about opening the right volume or the right reference, Accordance does the work for me. I recently purchased Carson's commentary on John in the PNTC Series, and have enjoyed the same functionality.
My question is this: if I continue to buy individual volumes in the Pillar, will I see them as separate resources in the drop down menu; or will I simply see "Pillar" and then it will open to John if I'm in John, or Matthew if I'm in Matthew, etc etc?
Started by Morgan , Feb 23 2010 03:05 PM
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Posted 23 February 2010 - 03:20 PM
If you purchase the volumes individually, each one will appear as a separate module. If you purchase all nine, you can install them as a single module (Pillar release 2). I suspect if you one by one add the nine volumes to your library, you could—once you have purchased all nine—replace the individual modules with the single Pillar module.
Edited by Sean R., 23 February 2010 - 03:21 PM.
Sean Reed
Posted 23 February 2010 - 10:10 PM
Thank you, Sean.
Posted 24 February 2010 - 11:45 AM
Thank you, Sean.
You're welcomed!
If you're wanting an easy way to search all the Pillar commentary modules you currently own, you may want to create a Tool Set. Simply click and hold on the blue Tool Sets icon on the resource palette and select Define Tool Set. A window will open allowing you to create a new tool set and specify the modules it should contain.
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Lauren on America's Next Top Model is seriously awesome. She drinks 40s of OE, likes zombie movies, and is not a morning person...she's great! Over the past few weeks, she's really been letting her true colors shine, which means she's been screaming at the other girls with little to no provocation. On last night's episode, she called Fatima a "piece of shit" because Fatima asked her if she poured her coffee out. LOL! Clip above, and more after the jump.
Fatima said that you can't really tell that Lauren has a bad temper by looking at her. Um, I beg to differ.
And speaking about the way people look:
Normally, I wouldn't point something like that out, but come on. This is a modeling competition. We're supposed to be judging books by their covers.


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REAL ESTATE- $old
New Vision Homes Inc. to Thomas H. Kelly, 600 Frays Branch Road, Advance Mils Farm s/d, Earlysville, $1,460,000.
Recontrust Company, trustee, to BAC Home Loan Servicing LP, 5536 Brookwood Road, Brookwood, $208,147.
Kenneth R. and Barbara E. McAlpine to James M. and Jennifer P. Collins, 39.457 acres, $230,000.
Benjamin B. Peeler, trustee, to Shane and Kate Galie, 0.376 acres at 1782 Shelbourn Lane, Glenmore, Keswick, $530,000.
Dunlora LLC to Reserve at Belvedere LLC, 16.144 acres at Dunlora, $4,620,000.
John H. King to Jedd R. Ferris, 475 David Road, Marshall Manor, $337,800.
Jonathan Cheng to Henry C. Damgaard, 1321 Mosby's Reach, Dunlora, $450,100.
Martha A. Carter to Robert M. Flanagan, 0.524 acres at 6078 Railroad Avenue, Crozet, $132,250.
Carlo Colombini to Mark Marshall, 2.013 acres at 2475 Redbud Lane, $190,600.
Ronald S. Lindemann to Ronald S. Lindemann, 675 Ridgemont Road, Earlysville Forest, Earlysville, $88,466.
Ronald J. Jensen to Owen Nolasco, 218 Millstream Drive, Bargamin Park, Crozet, $258,200.
Lillie G. Brown to Michele Jordan, trustee, 1.88 acres on State Route 6, $110,600.
Robert M. Hauser, trustee, to Piedmont Realty & Construction LLC, parcel in Belvedere, $140,000.
Stephen E. Scarce, trustee, to Winn Homes LLC, lot in Ballard Field, Old Trail, $140,000.
IMB Reo LLC to Gordon T. Gibson, 2852 Morgantown Road, $497,100.
Stephen E. Scarce, trustee, to Bank of Hampton Roads, parcel in Stillhouse subdivision, $196,000.
Cecil G. Moore, trustee, to Virginia Housing Development Authority, parcel in Gardencourt Townhouses, $180,000.
Richard Blayney to Terrence E. Anderson, 3341 Braemar Court, Glenmore, Keswick, $525,700.
March Mountain Properties LLC to Old Trail B 4 LLC, three lots in Ballard Field, Old Trail, $268,800.
Vincent Satterly to Robert W. Pippin, 1.0 acre on State Route 6, 4854 Rolling Road, Scottsville, $133,000.
Wallace M. Forloines, trustee, to Joanie L. Chapman, 21 acres in Mountain Vista subdivision, $199,000.
Barry Nelson Yancey to William Kevin Yancey, unit in Solomon Court condominiums, $106,300.
Pamela A. Buckland to Julie N. DeCarvalho, 573 Southampton Drive, Stonehenge, $172,300.
Cosby M. Davis III to Michael J. and Siobhan S. Smith, 0.369 acres at 2456 Pendower Lane, Glenmore, Keswick, $675,000.
Thomas Randolph Steger Family Trust to Greif Packaging LLC, 143 acres in Scottsville, $220,000.
Evelyn Mawacke to Greif Packaging LLC, 47.658 acres in Scottsville, $26,315.
Bayview Loan Servicing LLC to Corinne Kennedy Welch, 4838 Highlands Place, Highlands Place, $424,700.
Marblehead LLC to Parkside I LLC, four units in Glenwood subdivision, $1,141,750.
Nathan E. Houser to Patricia A. McFarland, 7.982 acres at 8230 Dick Woods Road, Afton, $128,500.
Eric W. Anderson to Timothy Jordan or Leah Foradori, 13.164 acres at 652 Box Holly Lane, $325,000.
Edge Valley Preservation LLC to William A. Stuart III, 26.433 acres at Bundoran Farm, North Garden, $724,300.
Old Trail Homes LLC to Arcadia Builders Inc., lot in Upper Ballard Field, Old Trail, Crozet, $212,800.
New Vision Homes Inc. to Thomas H. Kelly, 600 Frays Branch Road, Advance Mils Farm subdivision, Earlysville, $1,460,000.


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While the rest of us were negotiating curfews and cramming for the SATs, some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs ditched high school to start building their fortunes.
Many did it out of necessity; others had a mentor (or at least a backer looking to piggyback on their success). All, however, had a demon drive to build something of their own. Even at a young age, that commitment and passion can win over investors.
"Investors really look at the person and the quality of his or her idea more than their experience," says Brad Burke, managing director of Rice University's Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, which incubates new companies.
In Pictures: Millionaire High School Dropouts
For all the new entrepreneurship programs popping up at business schools, there will always be a slew of born entrepreneurs who prove that high school diplomas, let alone fancy graduate degrees, might well be (barely) worth the paper they're printed on. Here are just a handful of examples. For a longer list of degree-less self-made superstars, check out our slideshow.
Jay-Z (Shawn Carter)
This high-school dropout grew up in one of Brooklyn's roughest housing projects, dealing drugs before finding salvation in hip hop. In 1995 Carter took his first single to Def Jam Records, the company he ended up running from 2004 until 2007.
In 2008 he signed a 10-year, $150 million deal with
Carl Lindner
This billionaire dropped out of high school to deliver milk for his family's dairy. In 1940 used a $1,200 loan to open an ice cream shop with his sister and two brothers. In 1959 he left the business and started investing in savings and loans, and eventually insurance concerns, which he assembled under
In Pictures: Entrepreneurs Who Rose From The Ashes Of Recession
In Depth: 15 Big Small-Business Competitions
George Foreman
This ubiquitous pitchman grew up poor in Marshall, Texas. Found a mentor, through Lyndon Johnson's Job Corps program, who encouraged the 15-year-old thug to box. Foreman would eventually win a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics. His big pay day came in 1999, when he bagged $138 million for selling naming rights to grill manufacturer
Simon Cowell
Caustic judge earned $75 million last year, thanks to his involvement with American Idol, Britain's Got Talent, musical talent show The X Factor and SyCo records, his production company. The 50-year-old impresario dropped out of school at age 16 and landed a job in the mailroom at EMI. At 23 he left to start his own record label, Fanfare. Post-Idol, Cowell will shift his focus to a U.S. version of the The X Factor, where he'll serve both as a judge and executive producer.
Gisele Bundchen
When Bundchen was 14 years old a modeling scout discovered her in a Brazilian shopping mall. In 1996 she debuted at Fashion Week in New York City. She earned $25 million last year, thanks to contracts with Versace,
In Pictures: Millionaire High School Dropouts
In Pictures: Entrepreneurs Who Rose From The Ashes Of Recession
In Depth: 15 Big Small-Business Competitions


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Judaism and Visual Art
Melissa Raphael
Until the late 20th century, it was widely assumed that visual art could be of only negligible significance to a Jewish tradition that had been principally mediated through written texts. However, by the closing decades of the 20th century, Jewish cultural historians had demonstrated that, while Jewish worship and study is indubitably logocentric, the Second Commandment's prohibition of the making and worshipping of graven images has not entailed a blanket ban on visual art. Jews have not been uniformly indifferent or hostile to visual art, a category that includes the architectural design and decoration of synagogues; funerary monuments; illuminated manuscripts; embroidery; liturgical seats, pulpits, and the other fittings and ornaments of religious Jewish life at home and at worship; as well as, since the 19th century, drawing, painting and sculpture. Most interpreters now read the biblical texts as prohibiting only the making and worshipping of images of the divine. The Bible forbids idolatry, but is aware that not all images are idolatrous. By around the 3rd century of the Common Era, rabbinical rulings recognized that the danger of Jews becoming idolaters, as they might have done under formerly pagan dispensations, had passed. In short, although in a number of Jewish historical periods and geographical regions there have been good reasons to be reluctant to accommodate visual art within the tradition, there is also ample evidence of visual art in settings that span the entire geography and history of Judaism. Jewish avoidance or neglect of visual art has usually been more historically contingent than theologically necessary. The religious culture of Jews resident in Islamic lands, for example, tended to conform to their hosts' prevailing, though not historically or geographically comprehensive, tendency to aniconism.
On grounds such as these, it has been argued that the notion of Judaism as an aniconic tradition is a modern one. Kant's appreciation of the Second Commandment as one of Judaism's few redeeming features, proscribing any crude urge to see that which exceeds the bounds of sensibility, encouraged western European Jews to advert to Judaism's lack of art a sign of its pre-eminence as the first enlightened religion. The 19th and early 20th-century claim that Jewish tradition is aural and literary, but not visual, seems to have owed more to the modern German scientific study of Judaism's use of the Second Commandment to highlight affinities between Jewish and Christian monotheism and to Jews' desire to integrate into Protestant culture, than to restrictions within their own legal and cultural inheritance.
Perceived violations of the Second Commandment no longer provoke much of a reaction in any but the most conservative Jewish communities. And even among the Haredim, artists have begun to paint semi-abstract pictures that are not considered a deviation from halakhic norms. Yet, while many Jews still regard abstraction as a more permissible form of Jewish visual art than others, it is evident that the art tradition that developed after Jewish civil emancipation in Western Europe has actually been predominantly figurative. A number of scholars have therefore proposed that the Second Commandment has not so much prevented figurative visual art as promoted a distinctive set of styles and techniques, especially those that allow Jewish artists to make images that fulfill their quintessentially Jewish obligation to criticize idolatrous images. Jewish art, it has been argued, exists because of the Second Commandment, not in spite of it.
This essay does not cover Jewish approaches and contributions to film and architecture. It examines both the history and theorization of Jewish visual art and Jewish religious approaches to visual art. The essay uses the findings of this two-pronged enquiry to suggest that Jewish visual art, which is more than art by artists who happen to be Jews, is properly counter-idolatrous art, art that is far from hindered by the Second Commandment but is actively produced by it. Jewish art does more than build cultural, political, and national Jewish identities; it does more than the commemorative work of visually constructing Jewish memory. Visual art made by Jews becomes Jewish when it serves a constructive theological, prophetic purpose and when it uses idoloclastic techniques to produce images that both cancel and restore the glory of the human. This claim counters the prevailing view that there can be no unified or normative theory of Jewish art.


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In many large or complex hydraulic circuits, especially in steel mills, one hydraulic power unit (HPU) generally drives multiple functions. In many cases, this HPU may feed ten or more manifolds that, in turn, route fluid to ten or more actuators. Each line to each function may contain ten or more fittings. So it would not be unreasonable to assume that well over a thousand potential leak points exist in a large or complex hydraulic system. Furthermore, many of these leaks will be difficult to reach because of the physical position of the equipment and the way the piping was installed through a foundation. Even more difficult to find would be internal leaks in the 100 or so valves and cylinders.
Measuring the temperature of various pipes, tubing, or components, lets you detect the presence of internal leakage. This is because an increase in surface temperature often is directly related to power loss. The following discussion describes a proposed method of determining internal and external leakage rates by measuring the surface temperature of components.
Exploring Examples
Valve stands in steel mills may be mounted 100 ft or more from the cylinders. In selecting the proper diameter of pipe, hose, or tubing for a projected flow rate, a velocity of 10 ft/sec is normally used. This low velocity keeps pressure drop reasonable for piping runs, including pressure drop from interconnecting fittings.
In the following examples, assume a 6-in. bore hydraulic cylinder holds a load in place with a system pressure of 2,250 psi. In the normal condition, pressure is applied to the cap end of the cylinder to hold the load. No flow should occur.
Depending on the piping ID, length of the lines, and the time between cylinder strokes, the cylinder cap- and rod-end piping should reach a temperature of near ambient. In many cases, the run of the tubing from the directional control valve to the cylinder contains a greater volume of fluid than the volume used to fully stroke the cylinder. In this case, if no internal leakage occurs, the temperature of the fluid in the cylinder can increase only if the valve shifts to extend or retract the piston rod.
If, however, the cylinder extends 12 in. in 2 sec, the cap-end flow rate required would be 44 gpm. If the cylinder has a 4-in. rod, the flow required for the same return speed would be 24 gpm. If a schedule 80 1¼-in. pipe is used, the maximum velocity would be about 11 ft/sec.
It is common practice to plumb both cylinder lines with the same size of pipe or tubing. Doing so would produce a rod-end flow velocity of 6.12 ft/sec. The actual volumetric exchange of fluid would be 339 in.3 on the cylinder cap end and 188 in.3 on the rod end. Because the 1¼-in. piping has an internal bore of 1.278 in., every foot of piping contains 15.39 in.3 of fluid. This means that increasing the temperature of the fluid in the cylinder would require a pipe length of less than 22 ft on the cap end and 12 ft on the rod end.
Heat generation and propagation
The main method of introducing heat to components and piping is to use power loss in reference to flow rate as a heat transfer device. If a 50-ft piping distance is used for the preceding example, and the valve is shifted once every minute, then the temperature gradient relative to flow may appear as shown in Figure 1.
At a certain distance from the directional valve, the pipe or tube is heated by stroking the cylinder then cooled during the reverse cylinder stroke. The amount of heat transferred through both tubes is directly related to ambient temperature, tube diameter, and the internal temperature of the fluid (at the specific distance from the directional valve). The amount of heat loss through a non-insulated tube can be approximated from the following:
Lheat= A × K × ∆T,
where Lheat = heat loss — btu/(hr × ft)
A = pipe or tube surface area — ft2/ft,
∆T = temperature difference between the fluid and ambient — °F
K= 2.15 btu/(hr×ft2×°F) for ∆T to 100 °F
K= 2.66 btu/(hr×ft2×°F) for ∆T from 100° to 200 °F
For sake of discussion, assume rating tables list heat loss for 1 ft of 1¼-in. schedule 80 pipe with an internal fluid temperature of 140° F and ambient temperature of 60° F as 74.8 btu/(hr×ft). If the circuit just mentioned maintained a fixed state, such as holding a load for a prolonged time, then the temperature gradient relative to zero flow may appear as shown in Figure 2.
This example demonstrates that a transition temperature point may be established on the tubing leading to and from a cylinder that defines the natural action of the cylinder in reference to cycle times and a zero flow, zero leakage condition. With normal ambient temperature changes, this point should not vary more than 2 ft. Any variance beyond this tolerance would indicate leakage.
Understanding Leakage
In the next example, an internal leak occurs in a cylinder that is used to hold a load in place with a system pressure of 2,250 psi. Figure 2 represents a cylinder in the hold condition — under pressure with zero leakage. If, however, fluid in the cylinder leaks past the piston seals, fluid flow will cause heat to migrate toward the leak point, Figure 3. This heat is generated by high-pressure fluid flowing through an orifice (the leakage path through the piston seals) to the low-pressure side of the piston without performing any work. Heat detected more than 2 ft from the heat point established in Figure 2 indicates that fluid flow is occurring. Internal cylinder leakage serves as the vehicle for this flow.
Any internal leakage of pressurized fluid generates heat because fluid energy that is not transmitted as mechanical power will be transformed into heat. Internal leaks transmit the lost power directly into the downstream fluid flow, which increases the temperature of the downstream fluid. The result is that the temperature exiting the cylinder exceeds that of the fluid entering it.
With external leaks, the heat transfers lost power directly to external environment. But some heat does transfer to the tubing leading to the leak, Figure 4. Depending on the amount of the leakage flow, the tubing's outer surface temperature will increase closer to the leak point. However, at some point past the leak, approximately 1 ft in Figure 4, temperature returns to ambient because flow is (or should be) static.
Again, fluid flow is the main vehicle that transmits heat to piping surfaces and housings. Furthermore, a pressure drop across a leak path or orifice will increase the downstream fluid temperature by converting unused power into heat. From these two facts, we can approximate the actual fluid flow based on the temperature difference across the pressure drop.
Quantifying Leakage
Ideally, temperature measured across a cylinder should be static relative to flow. But in actuality, a temperature differential exists. In Figure 4, for example, assume temperature at the pressure port is measured at 141 °F, and 151° F at the tank port. This clearly shows a temperature rise of 10° F.
Using ∆T in° F and the pressure differential (∆P) in psi, the flow through the orifice (leak path) can be approximated. From the familiar equation for hydraulic horsepower, at 2,250 psi, a flow of 0.7623 gpm would produce 1 hp, which is 2,546 btu/hr. From standard conversions, we can calculate that 1 gpm of water is equivalent to 8.345 lb/min, or 500.7 lb/hr. Furthermore, if we define the specific gravity of hydraulic oil to be 0.90, and specific heat as 0.45, we can calculate heat generation:
btu/hr = m × c × ∆T.
Plugging in known values and solving for ∆T:
Using 15.9° F as a slope, any change in ∆T can be related directly to a change in flow based on a set pressure drop. Therefore, to approximate the fluid volume of an internal leak at 2,250 psi:
1. Define the flow required to generate 1 hp across an orifice at a specific pressure drop.
2. Find the temperature differential in °F at 2,546 btu/hr (1 hp) input using the flow value in gpm defined in Step 1.
3. Measure the temperature difference across the inlet and outlet ports of the cylinder. Use the actual measured ∆T in °F to alter the input power based on 1 hp being equal to 15.9° F at 2,250 psi.
4. Recalculate the new flow in reference to the new horsepower value.
The heat transfer discussed so far is a constant value relating to flow across two points. This does not account for the heat transfer through system piping and components. It also does not account for the heat transferred through reservoir walls or heat exchangers. It basically defines two set points of temperature in close proximity to an internal or external leak. By setting two temperature points across a cylinder or across a line, a constant inlet-to-discharge temperature difference can be found. Using that difference, you can calculate internal or external leakage.
Heat Detection Identifies Leakage
To actively trace heat through a system requires knowledge of how the valves in a circuit function and how many times they function per unit time. The use of an infrared heat gun for troubleshooting is mainly centered on finding internal or external leakage in components or, in some cases, improperly set or faulty pressure control valves.
The detection of heat, regarding internal leakage, can reveal seal wear before it becomes excessive. This allows replacing seals during normal scheduled maintenance, rather than waiting for leakage to become so severe that it slows down production enough to justify interrupting production to allow replacement. Heat from external leaks — even if they are relatively inaccessible — can reveal the location and severity of problems, such as loose or misaligned fittings, before they result in excessive fluid loss.
Identifying internal leakage in a 2-position valve is labor intensive using conventional troubleshooting techniques. Because the valve directs the cylinder to the end of its stroke and holds it there with a constant flow of pressurized fluid, heat transfer in the cylinder lines can quickly reveal internal or external leaks and allow for scheduled maintenance repairs.
In a 3-position valve, heat reveals leakage only when the cylinder is moving. Cylinder drift with the valve in neutral defines the occurrence of a leak in the cylinder or the control valve. Some amount of leakage should be expected with spool valves because this leakage provides lubrication to prevent stick-slip operation (stiction) of the spool. Often, a pilot-operated check valve is used in combination with a 3-position valve to hold a load more positively. The pilot-operated check valve changes the center condition of the valve to P blocked with A and B ports routed to tank. Any leakage from the P port goes directly to tank, which causes a heat rise in the directional control valve and the tank line.
The number of times a function cycles per unit of time period determines the distance heat is transferred to the piping from the directional control valve to the cylinder. System functions may be defined as continuously operating, intermittently operating, and static in reference the cycling of one product through an operation.
Normal Heat Generation
A thorough knowledge of how a system should operate is essential because all hydraulic systems generate heat. So knowing how much heat a system is supposed to generate allows determining when heat is excessive, and, therefore, leakage is occurring. Substantial wasted power is designed into many systems, and these systems use heat exchangers to remove the excess heat.
This wasted power is caused by internal leakage of components, pressure reducing valves, bypass flow at high pressure, and friction from normal motion to move a load. Most pumps and spool-type directional control valves operate using metal-to-metal clearances and depend on some leakage to form a lubricating oil film.
Leakage across the internal lands of directional-control valves is usually low — normally is measured in drops or in.3/min per land or per valve. This heat, from normal leakage, generally should not propagate more than about 2 ft from a component. This is why it is important to analyze system heat periodically, especially when a system is new or recently remanufactured. Storing heat distribution data of a new system establishes a baseline that can be used for comparison during subsequent studies.
Power Loss from Closed-loop Control
The greatest heat loss designed into a system may come from the use of jet-pipe or flapper-nozzle servovalves and proportional valves in closed-loop motion- and pressure-control applications. These valves require a constant flow in their pilot sections directly relating to a constant power loss. Essentially, the valves need a source of constant pressure so they can react quickly to changing load demands. The potential must exist to move the load from zero to maximum velocity at a prescribed maximum acceleration. The problem is, during periods when the load demands less than full flow, the excess energy potential — which can be substantial — goes unused. This unused energy generates heat.
The primary source of heat generation generally occurs whenever system pressure is elevated beyond that required by the load. However, using a pressure-reducing or a pressure-reducing-and-relieving valve in a circuit theoretically does not generate any significant heat during a static flow mode of operation. Significant power is lost only during a fluid flow condition and is directly related to the set pressure drop of the valve.
Power Loss in Flow-control Valves
There are three primary circuits for controlling the speed of a cylinder or other type of actuator: meter in, meter out, and bypass. All three methods restrict flow, which creates a pressure drop that wastes power and generates heat. Heat distribution for meter-in and meter-out is shown in the Figures 6 and 7.
Meter-in flow control causes a pressure drop from the system pressure to the moving cylinder load pressure, which generates heat downstream of the flow control valve. A meter-out circuit, on the other hand, generates heat past the flow control, toward the directional control valve, and, finally, to tank.
With a meter-in circuit, as the cylinder load decreases, the power lost will approach the power drawn. Although the power loss is significant, heat generation is relatively low because this is not a constant-flow condition. The power loss will, however, increase the surface temperature of the piping downstream of the flow control valve. The amount of temperature rise will relate directly to the number of function operations per unit of time and the differential between the fluid in the tubing and ambient.
Power Loss in Pumps
Internal leakage in a pressure-compensated piston pump is directly related to piston and control leakage at system pressure. Lost mechanical and hydraulic power is converted to heat and returned to the reservoir through the pump's case drain. Depending on the compensation pressure, heat generation can raise the temperature of the pump case substantially.
For example, a large pressure-compensated piston pump leaking 0.5 gpm internally at a system pressure of 2250 psi would undergo a temperature rise of 9° or 10° F. The temperature would be even higher by taking mechanical losses and fluid compression into account. The same pump operating at 4500 psi would see a temperature increase of 42° F.
As a pump wears, leakage, naturally, increases. If the leakage in this same pump increased to 1 gpm, then the resultant temperature rise would be more than 20° F at 2250 psi and 80° F at 4500 psi. These figures can all be calculated by plugging in the appropriate values into the equations appearing below and on page 50.
Power Loss in Pressure-control Valves
A relief valve in a pump's pressure compensation circuit is a static device that passes no flow except for minimal spool leakage. However, the valve does react to higher pressures that may approach or equal its opening, or cracking, pressure. It is extremely important to set the opening pressure of a relief valve at least 10 to 15% higher than system pressure. The main reason is because any relief valve, depending on its manufacturer, has a total non-bypass reset pressure that is a percentage of cracking pressure.
If a pressure compensated pump is set for 2250 psi, then the system relief should be set for at least 2600 psi. If the valve has a 10% reset value, or 90% of cracking pressure, then the valve will open at 2600 psi and fully close at 2340 psi when pressure drops. If not set properly, the valve will generate substantial heat. A vented relief valve normally loses power only when operating in its vented mode. The power loss, in this case, is directly related to a relatively small pilot flow across the valve vent section.
Combining a pressure reducing with a pressure relief valve in a function also can cause substantial power loss if the reducing valve is not set properly. If possible, a pressure reducing-relieving valve should be used. Technicians must be extremely careful when changing the pressure reducing valve setting. The pressure relief valve must always be set to a value 15% above that of the pressure-reducing valve. Improper settings will lose a great deal of power and, consequently, generate substantial heat.
Heat Test Point Positions
Temperature may be measured on the surfaces of pipe, tubing, and other components by many methods, but the most convenient is to use a heat-detecting gun. The heat gun is fairly accurate if used consistently in reference to distance from the object being tested. When making measurements, be sure to position the gun a consistent distance and angle relative to the target area.
Assume the target is a valve manifold. It will have at least one inlet pipe, tube, or hose (pressure line), one return line and, often, one drain line. Select a heat test point on each line approximately two feet from the manifold, and mark the inlet, drain, and tank lines with paint to establish three test points.
Examine the drain test point for heat (flow), which would serve as an indication of internal leakage in the directional valve's pilot sections. The inlet and tank test points will indicate the internal and external leakage flow for the entire manifold assembly and all combined functions.
Next, select a heat test point approximately two feet from the manifold and mark both lines leading to an actuator with paint lines to establish two test points per function — two for the A line, and two for the B line. Select one heat test point in each line as close as possible to the actuator, and mark a paint line on the A and B port lines. Ensure that the test point only indicates pipe or tubing temperature, not heat radiating from nearby sources. A wide temperature difference between these two points serves as a possible indication of internal or external leakage.
Two additional test points should be established; one on the pump discharge line and one on the main return line to each power unit. These two points will monitor heat into the system valve stands and heat out of the system valve stands. The reservoir temperature can be checked, but it is not an accurate method of determining leakage because heat exchangers offset temperature increases. When the temperature in the reservoir rises above recommendations, a serious fault already exists, such as internal leakage in one or more components or a clogged heat exchanger.
Initially, it is advisable to make a temperature map of a system at startup. This will serve as a reference for subsequent test readings. To avoid any confusion, two maps should be created, one with equipment running and one with equipment down or after having run in standby more for two hours. The date of the original mapping should be recorded along with the ambient temperatures near the test points.
Note that a number of conditions may alter readings from the infrared heat gun. First, because most dirt is a poor conductor of heat, buildup on component surfaces tends to act as insulation. This causes the exterior temperature of the dirt buildup to be lower than the actual temperature of the pipe or tube OD. The same is true for scale and other contaminants that accumulate on the inner surface of the pipe or tube. Not only does this scale cause the outside of the pipe or tube to be cooler than the fluid inside, but if thick enough, a layer or scale can restrict flow enough to raise fluid temperature.
In both cases, this insulating layer tends to make the fluid retain heat. The same is true for hose, which also tends to provide insulation. Therefore, pipe, tubing, and hose runs may carry heat over a longer distance than they would if pipe or tubing were clean inside and out. Because the elevated temperature occurs over a longer distance, this condition may give the impression that internal leakage is occurring when it actually isn't.
This further reinforces the practice of keeping hydraulic systems clean. Keeping both the interior and exterior surfaces clean promotes cooling by allowing heat to transfer through the pipe or tube to the surrounding area. Of course, keeping the hydraulic fluid as clean as is practical is always a good idea to maximize performance, reliability, and service life.
James R. Mollo, deceased, had been president of Hydraulic Design Consultants, McMurray, Pa., at the time the manuscript for this article was submitted.


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The RRC often integrates visual elicitation methods into research projects using video and photo data (see Negotiating Resilience and Spaces and Places). In our experience, using these methods allows youth to reflect on the research topic before going into an interview. It also gives them control over the interview process allowing youth to introduce topics of importance.
To document processes associated with resilience, the RRC has been making videos of a full day in the life of youth in many different cultures and contexts. Filming begins soon after the youth wakes up and continues for as much of the day as possible. We combine these videos and photographs in elicitation interviews. This helps us explore, with youth, their lives as well as what they do and what others do for them, that help the youth cope.
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Following the filming, each youth is given a camera and asked to take pictures of aspects of their lives that help explain how they cope with adversity. We generally give youth about a week to do this to give them time for reflection and meaningful pictures. We ask them not to delete any photos as sometimes those photos turn out to be meaningful. We have also found that in some communities and contexts, asking youth to use their cell phones or iPods is the best approach. The youth are familiar with this technology are therefore more likely to remember to take photos since it is already part of their daily life. While the youth take their photos, each day-long video capture is reviewed by the local site researcher and research assistants. Each reviewer suggests a selection of focal interchanges that are felt to exhibit aspects of resilience. Adult members of the team then create a 30-minute compilation of clips that they think demonstrate aspects of protective processes associated with resilience.


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One time, when we were faced with determining the area of a curve that crossed the horizontal axis thrice, I did the careful cutting of the paper, and made sure to separate the pieces above the horizontal axis from the pieces below the horizontal axis. Then, my boss suddenly scooped up all the pieces and weighed them all.
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