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They want to be super-duper fast. They want to make spectacular, highlight-worthy plays. They want to keep their opponents on edge, never knowing what to expect. And they want to get on and off the field as quickly as possible, with a goal of six plays or less.
And while those descriptions may also apply to that highly touted group on the other side of the ball, ultimately it's the Southern Oregon defense and its own quick-strike approach that may determine the Raiders' fate in 2013.
"Our guys on the defensive side of the football have a chip on their shoulder," SOU defensive coordinator Berk Brown said, "because one, this is considered an offensive school. And two, we dropped nine spots in the national poll and (two) spots in our conference poll and our guys are a little bit angry about it. And that's the best type of defense to coach — an angry defense."
The 14th-ranked Raiders will get their first chance to take out that anger on an opponent Saturday, when Rocky Mountain (1-0) pays a visit to Grants Pass' Mel Ingram Field for what is expected to be a Frontier Conference shootout. The two teams combined for 82 points (52-30, Rocky Mountain) and a mind-boggling 1,202 yards in their last meeting, SOU's only non-overtime loss of 2012. The second annual Kickoff Classic kicks off at 1 p.m.
Nine months removed from a Frontier Conference championship and a trip to the NAIA national quarterfinals the Raiders are looking to take the next step with a roster that's identical in key positions but retooled in others. Back is Frontier Conference offensive player of the year Austin Dodge (6-foot-3, 210 pounds), the quarterback who shattered SOU single-season records while passing for an NAIA-best 5,075 yards and 42 touchdowns as a sophomore.
The cannon-armed Dodge will drop back behind three of the five offensive linemen — tackles Drew Gibson (6-5, 282) and Jake Sullivan (6-3, 320) and guard-turned-center Max Proudfit (6-2, 290) — who started SOU's final game of 2012, but will have an entirely new crew of four starting receivers from which to chose from. That doesn't, however, take into account the return of tight end Clay Sierra, the 6-foot-6, 250-pound behemoth who's expected to become a bigger part of the Raiders' offense this year after making 24 catches for 329 yards and five touchdowns as a freshman.
Former South Medford star Matt Retzlaff (5-11, 180) will start in the slot and has received rave reviews for his performance in fall camp, while Teran Togia (6-1, 193) will man the other slot and Dylan Young (6-3, 195) and Sean McShane (5-11, 180) split out wide. Can that group possibly match the gaudy numbers put up by SOU last season, when the Raiders averaged 449 yards per game through the air and 14 yards per catch? Doubtful, but for a team that lost two 1,500-yard receivers in Cole McKenzie and Patrick Donahue to graduation, the Raiders don't sound too concerned about their ability to air it out.
"Obviously, losing the two guys on the outside, people think we're going to be missing that," SOU offensive coordinator Ken Fasnacht said, "but really, we're going to be very similar. We're still going to take our shots vertically, we're still going to force the outside issue and try to create one on one matchups and we're still going to have some fun trying to get the ball in space to athletes and let them play football."
Part of Fasnacht's confidence may stem from Dodge's grasp of SOU's no-huddle spread offense, and part of it may come from SOU's revamped backfield. Not that the Raiders struggled to run the ball last season — Manny Barragan, who graduated, did rush for 1,341 yards and 13 touchdowns — but sophomore Zach Marshall (5-9, 173) and redshirt freshman Melvin Mason (5-10, 205), plus true freshman Sean Tow (5-6, 175) will combine to give the Raiders more breakaway speed at running back than they had a year ago.
"We're unbelievably good at running back right now," Fasnacht said. "And, we might be a little more balanced as far as the running game is concerned, because with those guys we want to put the ball in their hands more often than just having one back back there. (Barragan) took most of the snaps last year. Now, three guys are going to do it and we trust all three."
Of course, the big question when it comes to just about any team that runs a pedal-to-the-medal no-huddle offense is this: can the defense hold up its end of the bargain and get off the field fast enough to allow all those offensive play-makers to blow open games.
In Rocky Mountain, the Raiders will face an opponent that could force SOU to answer that question. The Battlin' Bears proved as much on Sept. 8 of last year in Billings, Mont., where they torched the Raiders to the tune of 676 yards of total offense. Rocky Mountain, which beat Jamestown College 34-20 last Friday in the first college football game of the season, overcame an early 17-0 deficit against the Raiders by scoring 31 points in the second quarter.
"That was the worst second quarter I've every been involved with as a player or coach," Brown said. "So to be able to look back on that and show our guys this year that film of just the second quarter is a real motivator for our guys, because it wasn't anything schematic we were doing. We didn't play defensive football — we didn't run to the football, we didn't hit people like we should have and it showed. Over 300 yards of offense in one quarter is gross."
Brown is excited about the makeup of this year's defense, which includes five returning starters running a sort of 4-3/3-4 hybrid scheme that the Raiders hope will keep opponents off balance.
Expected to lead that defense will be a pair of returning starters — junior defensive end Daniel Breux (6-3, 240) and junior linebacker Heston Altenbach (6-2, 202) — along with senior Randy Tyler (5-11, 180), a "shutdown" cornerback who was ineligible last season.
Breux has the speed to bring pressure from the outside and the power to charge through the middle, while Altenbach relies more on his quickness and was the Raiders' second-leading tackler last season. Tyler's ability to lock down receivers may open the door for more blitzing opportunities, and SOU's other cornerback, senior Josh Leff (5-9, 190), led the Raiders with six interceptions last season.
"(Tyler) grew through the offseason and has become the type of guy we can put on an island and we can send some pressure at some people," Brown said.
Another potential defensive force is sophomore Michael Bibbee (6-3, 240), who transferred from Oregon State a year-and-a-half ago but was ineligible last season. Bibbee brings a massive frame and phenomenal athleticism to the outside linebacker position, but will see live game action for the first time in four years.
"He's going to be on the field for us, make no mistake about it," Brown said. "He's kind of our diamond in the rough kind of guy. We're keeping him in our back pocket, saying, 'Hey, here's a 6-3, 255-pound kid from Oregon State' who really people aren't expecting to see, so we're excited about him and just the amount of space he can make up."
Southern Oregon was ranked third in the Frontier Conference preseason coaches' poll and dropped nine spots from their No. 5 spring ranking in the NAIA top-25 preseason poll. Those falls did not go unnoticed by the Raiders, who are using the perceived slights as motivation to make another run at a Frontier Conference championship.
Head coach Craig Howard says the Raiders have the pieces to pull it off. After that, they plan on making a serious run at a national championship.
"I think we have a team that's capable of repeating," he said. "We just gotta stay healthy, we gotta stay hungry, we gotta stay humble and we gotta play each game one at a time. Those old sayings are all true — you want to be one and oh each week and you don't look past an opponent because every game in the Frontier Conference is a good opponent."
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Designer Bedding
While you may think that you can't afford a bedroom designed by Kelly Wearstler or Thomas O'Brien, the proliferation of designer bedding means your favorite designer's style is much more accessible than you may think. Take a look after the jump to see who's dabbling in bedding design!
1. Kelly Wearstler
Her collections for luxury bedding brand Sferra are over-the-top gorgeous. What's fabulous is that most of the pieces work together so you don't get that "bed-in-a-box" feeling that a lot of bedding collections have. Bedding from $34-$517 at Sferra .
2. Designer's Guild
So Designer's Guild is not a designer per se, but a fabulous design company that used to only sell bedding to the trade. Now their gorgeous sheets ands duvet sets are available at Linens and Things! Alcazar Duvet Set $80-$420.
3. Thomas O'Brien
If you're looking for designer bedding without the designer prices, Thomas O'Brien's line for Target is fantastic, and not too feminine. Even the Lattice Floral Quilt Collection shown here is deceptively masculine! $19.99-$99.99.
4. Angela Adams
Her hand-hooked rugs have been a favorite of designers for years, and now with her own bedding collection in her signature quirky prints and colors, it's easy (and affordable) to brighten up your bedroom. Munjoy Collection $29.99-$129.
5. Barbara Barry
Interior Designer Barbara Barry has an unparalleled range of products with her name on them, and of course, bedding is no exception. Like her designs, her bedding (at Bed, Bath, and Beyond) offers elegant traditionalism with a twist. Poetical Collection $49.99-$149.99.
Images: 1. Sferra, 2. Linens & Things, 3. Target, 4. Angela Adams, 5. Bed, Bath, and Beyond

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Jags' Gus Bradley completes coaching staff
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley has finalized his staff.
Bradley hired tight ends coach Ron Middleton, running backs coach Terry Richardson, special teams assistant Matthew Smiley and defensive backs assistant Mike Rutenberg on Thursday.
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The moves continue Bradley's trend of dipping into the college ranks for assistants.
Middleton spent the last five seasons at Duke, serving as associate head coach and special teams coordinator while also coaching the tight ends.
Richardson, who has 14 years of college experience, previously served as Miami's running backs coach.
Smiley has eight years of college experience. He spent last season as special teams coordinator at Charleston Southern.
Rutenberg spent the last four seasons at New Mexico State, where he coached defensive backs.


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Nikki Reed: I was destined to meet and marry Paul McDonald
WENN"Twilight" star Nikki Reed is convinced she was destined to meet, fall in love with and marry one-time "American Idol" hopeful Paul McDonald following their chance meeting at a film premiere.The actress admits she had never watched "Idol" before the season that featured McDonald and it was a huge coincidence that they met on the red carpet at "Twilight" filmmaker Catherine Hardwicke's movie "Red Riding Hood."She explains, "Taylor (Lautner)... is really into 'American Idol,' so we would have 'Idol' dates while we were filming."I never go to premieres of films I'm not in but I've known Catherine Hardwicke since I was five years old and she called me and asked if I'd go to the one in Vancouver. I actually wasn't in Vancouver."I was driving home from the airport in LA and she said, 'Can you stop by the premiere?' My hair was dirty, I was a mess, I called my dad and I said, 'I'll pick you up, we're going on a date'... It was 4 p.m., I had to find a dress, I was tired, hadn't washed my hair and had to be there at six."At the premiere she spotted her "Idol" idol and her father, Seth, helped her pluck up the courage to speak to him: "My dad said, 'You should go and say hi.' Mind you, I hadn't been on a date in, like, a year and a half."And the magic moment was captured for eternity on camera.Reed tells "Access Hollywood Live," "You can YouTube that moment... It's so horrible. ... It's the worst thing. ... It's something like me going, 'Oh, wow, hi, you're awesome and I should go hide under a rock now.'"She tells Zooey magazine, "I walked over to Paul and knew I was in love within one second of saying hi. It was the craziest thing that has ever happened to me in my life."The couple wed seven months later, in October, 2011.Keep clicking to see more pics of the happy couple ...© FayesVision/WENN


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Car Review
2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata: New Car Review
Pros: Turn-on-a-dime handling; easy to operate soft-top; excellent reliability record; affordable price
Cons: Small trunk; cramped interior; best audio options limited to the most expensive trims; average crash test ratings
What's New: The 2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata receives a slight front-end refresh, new colors and a revised wind blocker for the hardtop convertible model. Last year's Touring trim is replaced by the Club trim, which offers many of the features found on previous special edition trims but at a more affordable price.
It has been over 20 years since Mazda introduced the Miata to the American market, and the little roadster continues to win praise and hearts everywhere it goes. While it's true you can find a number of cars in the MX-5 Miata's price range, only a few can match this car for pure driving fun. In fact, the only car that comes close to the Miata is MINI's Cooper Roadster, and it doesn't have the Miata's 23-year history to back it up. In the MX-5 Miata, Mazda has recreated the open-air driving thrill of a classic British roadster, only in a vehicle that is reasonably safe, very affordable and extremely reliable.
Is the 2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata for everyone? Certainly not. But if you have the means it's hard to argue against it as a second car. The Miata's tiny trunk can barely fit an overnight bag, and there isn't much elbow or hip room. But the Miata isn't about convenience; it's about driving pleasure at its most basic level. The Miata's modest 2.0-liter engine isn't big on power, but at a mere 2,400 pounds, how much power does the Miata really need? Besides, the Miata's brilliance resides in its ability to carve up twisting S curves without a care in the world, not in its ability to rocket away from stoplights like some heavy-handed muscle car.
Comfort & Utility
In the MX-5 Miata, comfort is relative to the size of the people behind the steering wheel and in the passenger's seat. Those over six feet tall will find their legs cramped, and with their seat pushed all the way back there is no room to recline the backrest. They'll also likely be eyeing part of the road over the top of the windshield and bumping their head against the cloth top. If upon entering the Miata you discover you just need another half-inch of headroom, opt for the retractable hardtop. It provides year-round driving comfort and a bit more headroom than the soft-top model.
The Miata's soft-top is a marvel of engineering, so light and well balanced that it can be raised and lowered using only one arm while sitting inside the car. The available power retractable hardtop is equally impressive, occupying the same small well space as the soft-top when lowered. Speaking of space, there isn't much extra room inside the Miata, save for a small compartment between the seats and a rather small glove compartment. If you're the type who needs to carry lots of little odds and ends (or four Blackberrys), you'll need to learn to organize more efficiently or downsize your stash.
Getting in and out of the Miata can pose a challenge. The seats sit very low, and the tiny doors don't offer much of an opening. Maybe it's just easier to hop in over the door, Batman style. Once situated, you'll find a tight but well-executed cockpit with all controls within reach of your fingertips. The shifter for the manual transmission (you gotta have a manual transmission) is perfectly situated for rapid-fire gear changes. Seat comfort is fine on short drives, but push past three hours and you'll feel your bottom end start to fatigue. Higher-end trims offer leather seating and heated seats--two features that will be welcome on open-air drives.
If you're looking for the latest and greatest in high-tech automobile gadgetry, the Miata probably isn't the best choice. About the most high-tech offering is Bluetooth phone connectivity and Mazda's Advanced Key keyless entry, both of which are offered only on the top-of-the-line Grand Touring trim. The Grand Touring models also have a standard 7-speaker Bose audio system with AudioPilot 2 technology, which constantly adjusts sound to compensate for exterior noise and vehicle speed. Although every Miata comes with an auxiliary audio input jack, there is no USB hookup to control a portable device such as an iPod. There is also no navigation option.
On the performance side, manual models can be fitted with the Suspension Package, which adds Bilstein performance shocks and a limited-slip differential.
Performance & Fuel Economy
The MX-5 Miata's 2.0-liter engine develops a very respectable 167 horsepower and 140 lb-ft of torque. Cars equipped with the 6-speed automatic have a slightly lower output of 158 hp. Even with two adults on board, the lightweight Miata zips along with no trouble. Passing maneuvers require constant downshifting, but once you get the tachometer needle in the sweet spot, the Miata bolts like a rabbit from its hole.
Base Sport trims are equipped with a 5-speed manual transmission, while the Club and Grand Touring employ a 6-speed gearbox. All three trims can be equipped with Mazda's 6-speed automatic transmission and its steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters. Fuel economy for the Miata is rated at 22-mpg city/28-mpg highway regardless of transmission choice.
The Miata is equipped with all the required safety features (ABS, traction and stability control and front airbags), and additional equipment such as side impact airbags and integrated roll bars behind the seats. Still, the car's small size, low profile and lack of a fixed roof means that certain types of collisions could expose the occupants to more serious injury. Neither the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) nor the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has crash tested the 2013 Miata, so it's hard to say definitively how the car will hold up in an accident. We did find crash test data dating back to 2002, in which the Miata scores four out of five stars in the government's front-end crash test and three out of five in its side impact test.
Driving Impressions
Whatever criticism is leveled against the MX-5 Miata goes out the window once you get the car out on the open road. It might be a cliche to say the Miata is endowed with go-kart-like handling, but that's exactly what it feels like. With almost no hood or trunk overhang to negotiate, the driver is made to feel as though the only things between him or her and the road are a steering wheel and a windshield.
The Miata responds instantly to the most modest steering-wheel input. Cornering is nearly flat, and recovering from an overly enthusiastic maneuver is as easy as letting off the throttle while working the wheel until the car corrects itself. In such scenarios, the electronic stability control is a welcome safety feature, but when you just want to have a little naughty fun, the stability program can be switched off.
We love the Miata's manual transmission, which is so tight and precise that it can row through the gears with little more than a flick of the wrist.
Other Cars to Consider
MINI Cooper Roadster - The MINI Roadster offers the same driving dynamics as the Miata, but its looks--and its price--are polarizing.
BMW Z4 - The Z4 is priced far above the MX-5 Miata, but it offers a similar driving experience with more power and more prestige.
Volkswagen Eos - The Eos can't compete with the Miata on the track, but if you're looking for an affordable, comfortable convertible experience, the Eos is more accommodating and has more high-tech features.
AutoTrader Recommends
If you can afford the added cost, we suggest the Touring or Grand Touring hardtop models. The top doesn't add much weight to the car and allows the Miata to be driven year-round. If you're a die-hard soft-top fan, we'd go for the Touring model with the Suspension Package.


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75. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installnogi Oct 27, 2009 8:08 PM (in response to georgewillow)
I did the update last night. My settings:
- Intel i7-950
- Gigabyte EX58-UD5 motherboard (F9E BIOS)
- Windows x64 Ultimate
- G2 on Primary Sata port 0 in IDE mode
I'll know tonight if any issues pop up but I have TRIM disabled in Windows 7. Perhaps that is the reason my drive may still be ok?
76. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installBruceH Oct 27, 2009 8:37 PM (in response to littledolphin)
Worked fine for me on Win7x64, Dell D620 laptop. Win7 did re-install the drive at first boot after firmware update. The disk drive drivers are unchanged (disk.sys and partmgr.sys, versions as originally installed with Win7 RC). The 82801 GBM/GHM (ICH-7 family) southbridge SATA controller drivers also appear to be the versions associated with the Win7 RC build. Ditto the ATA channel drivers, ataport.sys and atapi.sys. Ditto the PCI Express rootport driver, pci.sys. However, I notice that the SSD was assigned a new hardware ID at the firmware update. So, I conclude that SSD re-install at first boot following the update simply re-installed the original drivers (i.e., no driver change).
I am not suggesting that this was the case for other platforms, just reporting what I see in device manager following the update in my particular case. Based upon this, however, I would suggest that those with failing drives might check the associated device drivers to make sure that the original drivers were used for the re-install of the SSD at the re-boot following the update. Those drivers should indicate the Windows 7 build (e.g., "7100" and "RC" in my case) in the driver name, for Microsoft-supplied drivers.
Other than that, I have no clue about the failures.
77. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installcashman Oct 27, 2009 11:29 PM (in response to daikin)
Exactly the same scenario here - SMART -> Host Writes : 1,75 TB !!!
My System :
Mainboard : Asus P5K deluxe 4GB Ram
Windows 7 Ultimate 32
AHCI Mode
78. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installEasterEEL Oct 28, 2009 3:09 AM (in response to cashman)
If this is of any help, I flashed 26/10/09 after reading the Anandtech article.
Win 7 64-bit Pro
Asus P5Q Pro with Q6600 O/C to 3GHz - 2102 bios
4Gb RAM
1 80GB SSD as main boot
1 640GB SATA drive
Running AHCI - both during flash and after.
Flash install was fine, rebooted and new drivers installed message.
Reboot fine and subsequently have rebooted several times including fully switching the system off.
Still to do - create new ghost image and re-image back.
One question - as I had already installed Win 7 Pro before updating drive firmware to enable trim, will trim just start working? i.e what about the data already on the drive which had been created/deleted before the new firmware?
79. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installtasskap Oct 28, 2009 4:16 AM (in response to EasterEEL)
i also tried to update the firmware without having read all these posts. I followed exactly the instructions that Intel wrote and the update was succesful.
I rebooted and the laptop entered the OS with no problem. I then saw the message at the bottom right corner stating that IntelSSD160GB was found. A message for a restart for the changes to take effect popped up and i restarted. Bios booted and nothing... Tried to repair Windows via booting from DVD still nothing. Tried to install still nothing.
I removed the drive and put it in an extenal case and went to the desktop. Guess what the partition was RAW!!! Deleted the partitions and reinstalled windows and that seedmed to do the trick. After an hour or two a message came up and said that my drive was about to fail and S.M.A.R.T. reported it bad!!!!
I think it's a shame to pay so much for a product and have it broken by the Manufacturer!!!! I removed the drive before it completely fails and now i'm waiting for a new firmware solution to walk around the problem before i initiate the procedure to send it back....
80. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installigotssd Oct 28, 2009 5:40 AM (in response to georgewillow)
My 80GB G2 SSDs also went bad, after a few restarts.
I have 3 of them in a raid 0 on an Adaptec 5805 SAS RAID Controller. After 2-3 restarts i got a "disk read error", and after another restart the controller lost the array completly!
I couldnt even initialise the drives to create another array!
Now i am trying to secure erase the drives to at least create another array!
the most important question being: WILL A FIXED FIRMWARE UPDATE MAKE THE DRIVES WORK AGAIN, OR WILL I HAVE TO SEND THEM IN?
I spent >550€ on them, and i am deeply dissapointed now.
81. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installBruceH Oct 28, 2009 7:33 AM (in response to EasterEEL)
Trim will work for files deleted by Win7 after installation of the firmware. The purpose of SSD Tools is to scavange the file system for files deleted from all partitions and perform trim on the associated SSD blocks. Thus, SSD Tools should be scheduled to run periodically to clean up the SSD blocks corresponding to files deleted using another OS, in the case of dual boot with XP, etc.
82. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installambizytl Oct 28, 2009 7:58 AM (in response to BruceH)
Kind of confusing what Intel says about the Optimizer and Toolbox. Seems like there is no need to run the Optimizer if using Windows 7 and Microsoft AHCI driver, but...
When using the latest Microsoft Windows* 7 operating system with Microsoft AHCI storage drivers the OS will contain native support to execute the Intel® SSD Optimizer on an Intel SSD without requiring any user interaction.
Microsoft Windows* 7
Microsoft* AHCI
Native OS support (Intel® SSD Toolbox not required)
83. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installnadroj Oct 28, 2009 8:30 AM (in response to georgewillow)
I am more than a little freaked out, I installed this firmware update the other day in my MacBook Pro. No issues yet, but some of these posts (especially with the serial number reporting bad) make it seem like it isn't OS-related. I do run Windows 7 inside of a VM, but haven't used it since I updated the firmware, and I doubt this would translate through the VM drivers anyway.
At any rate, I am crossing my fingers. Any other OS X users out there who have, or have not, experienced the problem?
Best of luck to everyone ... thanks!
84. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installferrugia Oct 28, 2009 9:24 AM (in response to ambizytl)
FYI - Looks Intel recommends scheduling the Optimizer to run daily...
"TRIM will be available natively to users of Windows 7, but not to users of Vista or XP. The new optimizer toolbox also being released today, however, gives users the ability to execute the commands manually to optimize their drives The Toolbox also makes it possible to schedule and run the Optimizer automatically, which Intel recommends be run once a day to ensure maximum performance."
85. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installambizytl Oct 28, 2009 9:47 AM (in response to ferrugia)
You miss the point of my post. I know about the recommendation, but Intel says Toolbox is not required for Windows 7 and no user action is required, which kind of suggests Optimizer is not required Windows 7:
"When using the latest Microsoft Windows* 7 operating system with Microsoft AHCI storage drivers the OS will contain native support to execute the Intel® SSD Optimizer on an Intel SSD without requiring any user interaction.
Microsoft Windows* 7
Microsoft* AHCI
Native OS support (Intel® SSD Toolbox not required")
86. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installferrugia Oct 28, 2009 10:55 AM (in response to ambizytl)
I understand your point about native support. This may be for pre-Windows7 operating systems or other environments which don't offer native support. Consider the following:
"The Toolbox also features a graphical user interface that will allow end users to schedule and run the Trim command independent of the operating system."
"Not only will Windows 7 users receive the performance enhancements of the Trim command, but so will our Windows XP and Vista users," said Pete Hazen, director of marketing, Intel NAND Solutions Group.
Thanks for the response.
87. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installcssd_run Oct 28, 2009 12:07 PM (in response to ambizytl)
I'm pretty sure the quote you posted:
When using the latest Microsoft Windows* 7 operating system with Microsoft AHCI storage drivers the OS will contain native support to execute the Intel® SSD Optimizer on an Intel SSD without requiring any user interaction.
Is coming from the Optimizer* white paper, correct? I know it sounds a little bit confusing, but please take a look at Table 1 in the same section. Should clear it up that Toolbox with Optimizer is not required for Windows* 7 with MSAHCI.
Brady - Intel NAND Solutions Group
88. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installblowd Oct 28, 2009 12:21 PM (in response to tasskap)
The question is will INTEL recompense all the users? It is more than a shame, having payed a fortune for something not properly working, and worse, supply a FIX which makes it even worse.
89. Re: TRIM update hosed my Windows 7 installambizytl Oct 28, 2009 12:48 PM (in response to cssd_run)
Just to clear this up, if using Windows 7 with MSAHCI driver, then you do not need the Toolbox to run Optimizer because the SSD G2 drive does it automatically from within the drive?
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A woman struck by a car and critically injured in Torrance last month remains unidentified and unable to tell investigators who she is, police said Wednesday.
Detectives hope someone can provide her name, Torrance police Sgt. Robert Watt said.
The woman was struck shortly after 10 p.m. Dec. 20 in the 4300 block of Pacific Coast Highway near a Ross Dress 4 Less store. An eastbound vehicle hit her.
Police have tried unsuccessfully to identify her. She was reported in stable condition at a local hospital, but cannot be interviewed, Watt said.
The woman was described as white, in her 60s, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 160 pounds with gray hair.
Police asked anyone with information about the woman to call police at 310-618-5571.
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Karen Maezen Miller, Sensei is a Soto Zen priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles. She received dharma transmission from Nyogen Yeo Roshi, abbot of the Hazy Moon, who is a successor of Taizan Maezumi Roshi. She is the author of Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood, and Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life. Miller leads retreats around the United States. She began her practice with Maezumi Roshi in 1993 and ordained as a priest in 2003.
Website: http://www.karenmaezenmiller.com/
Thanks to Janet Pal for transcribing this interview for us!
SZ: How did you first come to Zen practice and what was going on in your life at that time?
In any event, after that fell apart, I was in sad shape. I couldn't sleep; I was very depressed and had a hard time making it through the day. One night I picked up a book that was on a shelf in my own home that, apparently, he had left behind. It was the Tao Te Ching, and I picked it up because it was red and it caught my attention. I was at that point in my life where I didn't have time for anything. I didn't have time for people (friends or family). I didn't read books. I didn't have any pleasure, to tell you the truth, but I read it that night and it was just the most beautiful thing I had ever read. I had never read anything so true. Then I was curious about all of those things that I had dismissed before. I folded up a cushion and tried to sit in meditation. I read the next book on the shelf and so forth and so on, and that's how I started, just sitting in my own room.KMM: I've told this story a number of times, so it's old to me. I like to think that it is a familiar story for most people, because we seem to trip along this path in a similar way. I was about 36, which I think of as my youth (laughs), but I had ended my first marriage and I had built a business that I'd invested a lot of time in. I was a workaholic. I had no family and no interest in a spiritual pursuit. My religion was capitalism. I had a rising level of disillusionment and despair with everything in my life. I was in a relationship that began and ended very quickly and the fellow that I was involved with had a Zen practice, which I was really disturbed by. I thought it was absurd and grim and an inexplicable waste of time. I was really scared, to tell you the truth, at the thought that someone would turn their back to me and be more absorbed in a blank wall than in my own charming self. That was a warning sign for me.
SZ: It's funny because the first book I read that got me interested in "eastern philosophy" was the Tao Te Ching. It was Richard Wilhelm's edition and, the same thing, I couldn't argue with any of the words on any of its pages; while it wasn't completely making sense, I knew that there was truth behind it. So that kind of started me looking. It sounds like it did the same thing for you, pretty much.
KMM: Yes.
SZ: So, early on in your sitting, were you compelled to find a teacher? Where did you begin your sitting practice?
I started doing yoga, which is a very complementary practice. But what is interesting is that when I started the yoga class I approached the teacher afterwards and my only question for him was, "Who was your teacher?" So, somehow, I was teasing out the nature of it. It's not just who you are but who did you learn from. Eventually, I picked up the phone, which is what you did in those days, and called out to Los Angeles. The reason I called out to Los Angeles is that this guy I had known, who seemed to have such expertise in Zen, told me that Maezumi roshi was the greatest Zen master of the 20th century.KMM: As I began to sit on my own, fashioning what I thought meditation should look like, there were instant benefits. I felt dignified. That is the word that comes to mind because everything else in my life was so inflamed. Meditation delivered an experience that made me want more, but at the same time, I had that common affliction that we have in ego mind: the sense that we are not doing it right and that we're frauds, just pretenders. At that time, I was lucky. Of course, we're always lucky no matter what time it is, but I was lucky that in those days you really did have to go someplace to get help and I was pretty well convinced that there wasn't anything for me in Texas, where I lived.
I had lived in Los Angeles as a child and went back from time to time for work, but I was always terrified of the city. I never imagined myself going back. I picked up the phone hoping that if I arranged to come out that there would be some insignificant person who would sit me at the back of the room and just show me how to sit. That's really all I wanted to know was how to sit. I certainly wasn't intending to ever meet anybody who was called the greatest Zen master of the 20th century. I mean, nobody wants to meet that person.
SZ: It's intimidating.
KMM: Yes. So, I went out to LA.
SZ: Now, you said the city intimidated you. Were you raised in a rural area?
KMM: No, no, no.
SZ: Just the hustle and bustle of the city…
KMM: Los Angeles had changed, in my mind. I had been back to Los Angeles enough to see the impact of the riots and economic changes. You could look at Los Angeles and see it as an urban Armageddon. But even more than that, for some unknown reason, you're always afraid of the very place that you should go. So I had to overcome that resistance.
SZ: Now, what were your first impressions of Maezumi roshi? I assume you met him that first visit.
KMM: Yes. I did. I did meet him. It was a meeting that changed my life. But practically speaking, he was very slight, modest, and kind. He didn't often teach beginner's retreats but this happened to have been a rare occasion when he did. Everything I thought that a Zen center looked like was wrong. I thought it would look like a church where there was a back pew and you could be invisible (laughs).
This was a 3-day retreat, and my room assignment was in Maezumi's residence at the Zen Center of Los Angeles. In a way, I was like a houseguest. He was the person who knocked on my door at 3:30 in the morning to wake me up for the first period of zazen, so it was inescapable.
SZ: When you sat for the first time, did you also feel that it was helping with the turmoil in your life?
KMM: Absolutely. I really felt like my hair was on fire and that my life was in ruins. By sitting still for those first few minutes, it was like a breeze–just the coolness of it. I can remember sitting in a spare room and hearing the children play outside and the birds singing. I felt collected. I wasn't sure that I could make it through a day without that experience. I would carry (even before I went to LA for formal instruction) my zafu everywhere. I was afraid to be without it.
Literally! I took my zafu to conferences and on airplanes. I really needed it. It was a lifesaver. If it didn't save your life, you wouldn't do it.
SZ: Now, after you went to ZCLA, did you look at other places as well, or had you found your home immediately?
KMM: No, I didn't know it was my home. I didn't want to know. I was, as many of us are, a bit of a Zen tourist. I looked around. Pilgrimage is not a metaphor. We really do need to go see things for ourselves and make connections and have experiences and let one thing lead to another. So yes, I did go to other places and I had the opportunity to sit with a lot of different people in Maezumi's line.
I went to Salt Lake and then after Maezumi's death I met with Tetsugen, who is now Bernie Glassman. I met Joan Halifax at a retreat in Texas. I was wrestling with that question of where is my place and who is my teacher and where do I settle. I even sat face-to-face with Maezumi like I am sitting face-to-face with you and asked, "How do I find a teacher?" He responded (very sincerely) and said, "That is really the most important question. That's a very, very good question. Finding your teacher is really important. Having a bad teacher is worse than having no teacher at all." So, up until the time of his death, I wasn't sure where I would settle or how it would turn out for me.
SZ: Was it hard for you to trust another person on that level, to take someone on as a teacher?
KMM: No. It was simply that I couldn't picture how my life would go. I couldn't picture it and it would have required a level of commitment that I wasn't making in any part of my life, let alone with my practice. I trusted Maezumi a lot, completely, on first meeting. But he was perfectly happy to let me find my way. I made a point after my first encounter with Maezumi of taking a look at my life and saying, "I have more freedom than I thought.I have more opportunity than I thought."
So often we feel very, very confined. No matter what our responsibilities or our circumstances, the world is full of things we think we can't do.
We don't have time for it. It isn't possible. We'll never do it.
I went home to my life in Houston and it dawned on me that, my gosh, I'm the boss. I had my own business; I had been enslaved to my desk for 25 years and I never took a vacation.
So a number of things were unfolding at that time. To isolate just my practice life in terms of what was happening on the cushion is incomplete. The changes were manifesting everywhere. And they do as soon as you realize that you're not limited. I just opened up my calendar and said, "You know what? I can go sit this retreat and then I could go sit that retreat." It wasn't every week or even every month. It was when it was feasible. It turned out that it was far more feasible than I thought. With every retreat I knew more fully that this was something that was going to characterize my life, because it really works.
SZ: Have you grown to appreciate the form and the aesthetic of Zen practice as well?
KMM: Oh, I love it! But my life doesn't look like that aesthetic. I am a suburban housewife. I am sitting in my home. I have a family. I have all of those things that I never had before, that I never even wanted before. You know? I have all of those things.
I have a dog. I have a yard. I have a lot of laundry.
So, I am not the picture of a monk in a monastery. I can remember the first time that I walked into a zendo and I smelled the sandalwood incense, which is the traditional incense in many zendos, and just the smell of it (pauses) – there was a sense of recognition and ease . I always appreciated the aesthetics. Growing up I had an uncle who was a Lutheran missionary (in Japan of all places). I've never been to Japan myself, but to me he was a rock star! I just loved everything Japanese. I never had a problem with the form and aesthetics of it. It all seemed really quite natural for me.
SZ: When you got involved with yoga, you defined it in terms of a body practice. Is Zen, too, a body practice?
KMM: Absolutely. It is a body practice. Even to call it a body practice as if it is not a mind practice; there is that bit of separation. The body is the mind and you cannot practice one without the other, but the way to settle the mind first and the way to access the mind first is with the body. It's physical. It's not a mental exercise. It's not a virtual exercise. Your practice is the practice of your ass on the cushion. And then, from that, your experience just widens and widens and widens, as that doorway opens. But yes, we practice with our hands and feet.
SZ: How important is the posture?
KMM: Well, very important. And I can't say that I have a rationale for it. It is simply the form we have been given and all the great teachers in every Zen line have come back to that, back to the efficacy. It works, that alignment, to experience the strength of the spine and the height of the head supporting the sky.
Now when I instruct beginning meditation, all I use are Yasutani's instructions that are replicated in the Three Pillars of Zen. The first part of Three Pillars, in which he says, "Hold your head aloft as though it supports the sky. Hold your hands in the cosmic mudra at the hara as though the universe is in the palm of your hands." Those aren't just metaphors. First, you access them as object lesson and metaphor but, over time, you realize they are the absolute truth.
SZ: A frame of reference initially, I suppose.
KMM: Sure.
SZ: So how did you end up practicing with William Nyogen Yeo roshi?
KMM: The hard way (laughs). Because he was Maezumi's last successor, he was still on the grounds whenever I would come out, but I didn't know Nyogen personally. He was quite shy. We didn't have a relationship, but when Maezumi died I happened to be traveling to LA. I was in the city when word came . Not knowing anything else to do, I went to ZCLA where we were confused and grieving and didn't know what would happen next. I don't know if you've ever experienced that state in a family when there is an unexpected death.
Nyogen was there and I went up to him and I spoke the first words I ever said to him.
"I'm glad you're here," I said.
"I'm glad you're here, too," he said.
It was an "oh shit" moment for me, because I realized that he was going to be my teacher. And, when I say "oh shit," it's because Nyogen was really a serious sitter. He was the most committed and strongest sitter. When you went to the zendo, he was always there. That's all he wanted to do. Up to this point I had been a dilettante, a tourist, I hadn't yet stepped fully forward, and I knew that this guy was going to put me to work. And he did.
SZ: In being honest with yourself you realized that this was something that you probably needed.
KMM: Yes. And also around this time, I had begun a relationship with somebody who lived in Los Angeles. All of these things were happening and it was like, "Oh my gosh, I am actually going to end up in Los Angeles." Then, "I'm going to end up being a wife again (oh no!), and I'm going to end up with a family." All of those things that I thought I was running like mad away from. All of those things happened. I actually relocated permanently to Los Angeles the same week that the Hazy Moon Zen Center opened, and I just showed up on the doorstep.
SZ: To welcoming arms.
KMM: It was the beginning of the most fruitful stage of my practice life.
SZ: How was that transition for you? Was it difficult? Was it different than what you had experienced as a self-described tourist?
KMM: Well, yes, it was no longer a special occasion and I was no longer the special guest from out of town (laughs). When I first started my practice I lived three states away from my teacher and now I live 19 miles north.
Which distance do you think is farther?
SZ: Well…..
KMM: When you're closer and you have access…
SZ: You have no excuse not to go.
KMM: Yes, so all the time I am having to look at that in the context of my whole life, asking, "Can I go sit, can I go sit, can I go sit?" That is the question I practice with.
SZ: Now, you've also written two books so far? Are you working on a third one? (Laughs)
KMM: Why do you bring that up? (Laughs).
SZ: Well…
KMM: I am.
SZ: Your writings deal a lot with everyday life. Motherhood was the theme in one of your books, and the minutiae of everyday life in the other.
KMM: Household life.
SZ: Household life. How did you get started writing? Has it informed your practice, or is it the other way around? Has the practice informed your writing?
KMM: I had trained as a writer and my career was as a writer. I worked in marketing and public relations so I wrote things for other people. I wrote speeches and scripts and articles. I had that skill, but never had any inclination to write in my own name. So my own writing is not what I brought to my practice; it's what the practice brought to me. When I became a mother I knew I was a serious practitioner, but I didn't know what practice was for.
SZ: And then you found out.
KMM: You think of it as a discrete aspect of your lifestyle. This is my "spiritual life" and over here is my work life and over there are my relationships. So motherhood was clarifying for my practice, because motherhood is everything, and so is practice.
When I first started writing I didn't have any intention to write a book about Zen and motherhood. I never felt that I should be the one to do that. I was just a beginner, at everything.
But as I wrote these episodes to clarify my own experience, I showed the work to my husband first and he said, "Karen, this is Zen." I said "Oh really?" It's just like when you bring home a baby (some day you'll find this out, Adam), a child comes into your life and the first thing that you think is that a serious mistake has been made. Surely this is not your child and this is not your life! This is how it is when you start any kind of creative project.
You're not really sure where it is going to take you, or the form it's going to take. It's revealed to you and you think, "Oh, wow! It turns out it's this." I write from experience and it just so happens that now the experience of my life is my practice. When I write I am grappling with my own dirty laundry. "This is how it is and, how do I handle it?" This is the essence; these are the central questions in life. "How can I love people? How can I keep from hurting people? How can I make it through the day?" As I am sitting and working through it, I am letting the teaching come to me.
So the first book was just my own little project and over time it turned into something I was comfortable bringing out. At other people's urging, I brought more Zen references to it, because I have very formal and classical training and who is ever going to make Zen koans seem modern but me, you know? So I did that one. Then the second book was simply a response to a request to write something more.
SZ: Can you tell us a bit about your current project?
KMM: I am writing about lineage and ancestry, but not, I hope, in a high-minded way. It's called A Splendid Branch.
I don't know if you're familiar with Keizan Zenji's line in the Denkoroku, which is his verse on the Buddha's enlightenment:
"A splendid branch issues from the old plum tree."
I am writing it as if to my daughter, who is now 12 and knows nothing of either my Zen lineage or my ancestry. I am navigating both my spiritual lineage and my family lineage and looking at the wisdom teachings that have been left behind for us to take. Right now I am at the stage where I really love it. Real quickly I am going to turn the corner and I am going to despise it (laughs), so this may be the last time you hear me speak of it with such affection.
SZ: Is there going to be a lot of research involved? Is that why you'd despise it?
KMM: No, no. I'm not that kind of a writer. I simply work with what is present and my own experience. I leave it to other people to concoct histories. I simply look for the connective commonality in all of our stories. Actually, it gives me a feeling of great love and appreciation for everyone who has come before. It's a good practice in erasing what you think were unforgivable mistakes.
SZ: We're not only the embodiment of everything that came before us, but we continue giving life to future generations.
KMM: Yes.
SZ: What has the feedback been like from your readers?
KMM: Most of the people who write to me have a deep sense of gratitude. They may not have ever had any interest in Zen or Buddhism and that's the wonderful thing about Buddhism, it's totally inclusive. Essentially it is the human story, and it leads you to that the part of the story that you haven't yet recognized as your own: that we are one.
It has helped me to see that beyond the doctrine, beyond the dogma, beyond anybody's interpretation or explanation of what Buddhism is, it's absolutely true. There is one life. So, I hear from people with immense gratitude. From time to time I hear from people who are very wrong-headed (laughs).
SZ: Yes, right.
KMM: But little by little some people are actually led to practice. That is never my expectation, but it is my aspiration. The practice itself, the sitting practice and also the practice of sangha, that really is going to change your life. It's going to change your daily life; it's going to change your work and your relationships. Like Maezumi used to say, "You still have trouble, it's just not a problem."
Of course we have trouble. The second line inKeizan Zenji's verse is:
"A splendid branch issues from the old plum tree,
in time, obstructing thorns flourish everywhere."
So yes, we're going to forever encounter obstructing thorns that are going to snag us and confuse us and blind us. That's the way it is. Just last weekend we had a beginner's retreat at the Hazy Moon Zen Center and we had a full zendo, with two dozen people who have never been to a Zen center before, never ever thought they would sit in meditation, and they came and had a taste. I think that is so amazing that the Dharma works like that. I am so grateful.
SZ: Thorns flourish and you still have challenges.
Does meditation practice actually heighten our response to suffering?
KMM: It does. That's the compassionate heart opening. It's a broken heart so I sometimes console people, "Everything comes from a broken heart." It certainly did for me. But the thorn in particular, why that imagery is so appropriate is that, just like my sleeve snags on the thorn, I can be aware that that I'm snagged. I'm not really trapped by that thorn. I can lift myself back off of the thorn.
There are myriad, endless opportunities to get caught, but the practice gives you the way to free yourself. So, you do that, moment after moment.You're walking in a garden and with some awareness you can avoid the thorns. You can free yourself. That is what we do, over and over and over again.
SZ: Do you have your own sitting group? Are you a part of the leadership structure at Hazy Moon Zen Center?
KMM: I don't have my own sitting group. I am on the road. I respond to invitations and I go to places around the country and do short retreats. But at Hazy Moon, first and foremost, I am a student. I am still in koan practice. I'm desperate to sit. I need dokusan.
There are aspects to our programming that senior students take charge of. Gradually, little by little, you are given the opportunity to share how you experience your life and the Dharma and from that things grow.
SZ: Have you considered starting your own Zen group?
KMM: No I haven't. I'm just 19 miles from where I really need to go and I am realistic; I don't want to hasten that and I'm not ready to do that. I need my teacher and I aspire to clarity. So I am going on record here (laughs). I am going to do my best to keep it going.
SZ: Tell us about the Harada-Yasutani koan curriculum (insofar as you've experienced in the Maezumi lineage).
KMM: Yes, as far as I have experienced it. I don't have any context for it. It's the only thing I know. So, first there is that one called Mu. In the collection that we use there are 750 koans. We start with a collection that Maezumi himself put together that are sort of introductory koans, about 200 of them, and then we move through the Mumonkan and the Hekiganroku (The Blue Cliff Record) and then we do The Book of Equanimity using Maezumi's translations of those.
SZ: Ah. I know Shishin Wick did a translation of The Book of Equanimity.
KMM: He may have used Maezumi's work in that because Maezumi used that with all of his students.
SZ: Okay.
KMM: Then you move to the Denkoroku and that is the book that I am finishing now. Then we do Precept Practice (which are a set of koans that Yasutani roshi used). You don't even count them. In my life, koans are just the turn of a page. One page after another. Nyogen says every koan is essentially a refinement, another testing koan for Mu. Maezumi himself, who had this unique and almost unclassifiable lineage of Rinzai and Soto, used to say that shikantaza is the ultimate koan. So people who think of shikantaza as something other than koan practice are, in fact, mistaken (laughs).
It's the ultimate koan. My teacher recalls a time that, by his reckoning, Maezumi had been sitting for 40 years, he turned to Nyogen and said "I think I am starting to sit shikantaza." .
The farther you move into koan practice, the more you realize, at least I do, that you have never even really passed a koan (laughs). I also realize that the very instruction that you are given from the get-go is exactly what you should do. Instead of working the koan up in your head, you work the koan down in your gut. You swallow it whole, like you would food. You just put it in your gut and you use that breath to deepen your samadhi, to deepen and deepen.
It's just like you're digesting something. And then, the koan appears, it just comes out of your being. It's not an answer or an explanation or a charade. It is organic, and every time you revisit a koan you are seeing it with fresh eyes and you are seeing another layer to it that you didn't see the last time. The beauty of the system is inconceivably amazing.
Although it is possible to look at the literature and read other commentaries and get a sense of the history, every koan is you, yourself, in your life, where you are, as you are. It is totally relevant and modern and new, and that is why it has endured. It's not an anachronism. It's not archaic.
SZ: There is not, in my limited experience with it, I had expected going in that there was going to be an "Aha" moment, like "Oh!" Afterwards it's just sort of "Oh. Okay." So, you know, the teacher's reason for doing koan practice with you is not that they are really looking for an answer; it's more like they are checking you, like you said. Testing you to see where you are in your life.
KMM: They're checking, yes. I used to think that koans were like spectacles and the student takes off the glasses and gives them to the teacher and then the teacher can see where the student is, but the truth is that a true teacher sees that anyway. A true teacher sees the student exactly where they are instantly. I'm 20 years into my practice, and without koans I might have thought, "What should I do next? What should I do with my practice? How do I fix the world?"
But the koan practice shows me how stubbornly I keep going back to ask those kinds of questions, and to seek some kind of understanding and to validate my view, because every time we do a koan, we look at the next koan through that lens. "Oh, okay, now I get it. I'll just do this one like I did that one." And that is when the teacher rings that little bell and says "That was yesterday, honey." So there is a level of refinement that you go through as you struggle with these and you are only struggling with yourself. The teacher is sitting with you face to face just looking for you to be present, right here, right now, where we are, this is it. My little eyes are rolling back into my brain, trying to come up with something clever or Zen-like or an "Aha." Exactly.
If we can stop ourselves from going back to the notion that we have acquired something, or figured it out: that is what is going to snag us again. We're dealing with time that is immeasurable and conditioning that is beginningless , so we have to be patient. That's the thing about a teacher-student relationship. The teacher is the manifestation of patience. The student is the manifestation of impatience. My teacher will tell me not to struggle with the time. It's irrelevant. We're not dealing in that same temporal plane that you are thinking is impacting everything else. We're dealing with karma here. We have to trust, we have to trust.
SZ: I think we've covered really good ground today. Have there been any books that you have found helpful over time that you would recommend to our readers. Do you not recommend books?
KMM: Sometimes books are meaningful to me only because of the place I am in; so, I have to be careful not to start telling everybody to read a book. They might read it and find it disappointing or impenetrable. The book that you pick up by yourself is probably going to serve you best.
I tend to want to pick up those things that my teacher talks about. Taigen Dan Leighton and the Cleary brothers have done some wonderful work with the formal and informal teachings of the great masters. I like Cultivating the Empty Field, Zen Letters and Swampland Flowers.
I've just read a modern book called No Beginning, No End.
SZ: Yes, by Jakusho Kwong roshi.
KMM: I wanted to climb up on my roof and do a jig. It's very rare to read, in the modern library, something like that. Where someone is really well-trained, indebted to a lineage and the richness of that, and also just a guy up the highway (laughs).
What I want you to realize is that every single book is the Dharma in your life. So, something is going to jump into your hands and that is exactly the time and place to open it up because it's for you. There is no other set of hands. Let that lead to the next and lead to the next. It goes on forever.
SZ: About 10 or 11 years ago I read a lot on Zen and Buddhism and now I can't really. You'd think with the work that I do with the website I might be immersed in it. I read the articles, but I don't read many books on Zen much anymore (with some exceptions).
KMM: Yes. Terrific! Most of the reading that I do is for pure pleasure and I find the same kind of wisdom and beauty in works of fiction and poetry as I do in anything else, so I agree with you.
SZ: The last question is very open and it is up to you whether or not you have anything to say but, do you have any parting words? Like you're going to die right now, right? (Laughs).
KMM: Every time you come together in a formal retreat, at the end, there are parting comments. You've kept your silence to the best of your ability and then we each have a chance to say a word. And the good thing is after you have been sitting three or seven or 10 days, 30 days, even one day, you're filled with gratitude. When you empty your mind, your heart fills with gratitude.
I remember what Maezumi would say when it came time to give a talk (and he was the world's worst speaker). He would say, "I just want to encourage them." That's what we don't give ourselves. I know what the voice in my head says and it's not encouraging, it's critical and cynical.
So please let me encourage you in your practice, whatever form it takes, whatever time it takes. Trust your life and that way you'll trust your practice. Thank you so much Adam, because you've encouraged me. You've encouraged me.


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Always approach a police officer in a calm manner and state your reasons for approaching them. During large crowd activities is not the time to become argumentative or discuss your constitutional rights. If an officer tells you to do something at the time, comply and do it. If you feel your rights have been violated by a police officer, obtain the officer's badge number and consider filing a formal complaint at a later date.
How do I file a complaint if I believe my rights have been violated?
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How do I get emergency medical attention?
Move away from the crowd. Call 911 or ask a friend to do so. All police personnel will be able to summon emergency assistance and/or ambulances should that be required by any individuals. In addition, all East Lansing firefighters are trained paramedics and will be able to assist should first aid be necessary.
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What are the consequences of being arrested, detained, violating laws, etc?
You will be subject to all of the penalties and sanctions associated with the related crime that you commit. If you are convicted of any offenses related to riotous behaviors, then you could also be subject to being banned from attending any state college or university for up to two years.
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Remember that these types of events are being documented (photos, videos, etc.) by you, your friends, the police, and fellow celebrants. You are not anonymous!


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Taking Your Teaching To the Next Level
The collection of links below is one of the projects done for the Nyack Summer Research/Writing Grant on the topic of Research- based Practices for the Expert College Teacher and Student. The resources are designed to respond to concerns often expressed by Nyack/ATS faculty.
For your convenience, the web links are divided into sections with annotated descriptions to allow you to use them for professional development and for facilitation in designing your mandated PDP(Professional Development Plan). The references were chosen for their readability and practicality and were selected to allow Nyack College/ATS faculty members to do more in-depth research on topics of relevance to them.
Subjects address here include: classroom assessment, teaching with social media and web 2.0, enhancing classroom interaction, academic integrity, research-based teaching and learning strategies, and cloud/on line learning.
All colleges are being held more accountable for student progress. The following resources should be helpful to you in identifying and using assessment effectively and efficiently in your classes.
This website provides useful descriptions of various types of college assessment methods-a good place to start your research.
2. More Efficient Grading Practice
A proven strategy for faster and more efficient grading practice is described in this helpful resource.
This resource provides some practical tools for improving your classroom assessment plan.
4. What is Effective Assessment?
This resource suggests principles faculty should use in creating assessments for their syllabi.
5. Practical Classroom Assessment Strategies
Some really useful, faculty friendly assessment methods are described here.
This group of online resources is comprised of research which focuses on the effective and efficient use of social media and Web 2.0 in the college classroom. The materials also include cautions regarding use of social media, such as Facebook.
1. Should Professors Use Facebook?
This resource discusses the question of whether professors should use Facebook to communicate with their students.
2. Using Web 2.0 in College Classes
This website discusses the risks and benefits of using Web 2.0 in the college classroom.
This resource summarizes the results of a survey of college professors, regarding their use of social media in their classrooms.
The potential risks of using social media by college faculty are concisely described in this website.
It is suggested that you download and save the extensive attached survey of faculty use of social media. The research is very useful to your understanding of how and why to use social media in your classes.
6. Using Twitter with College Students
This article describes how college faculty are using Twitter as a way to engage students in their classes.
This section has a heavy emphasis on Essential Questions (EQ's), a strategy that can transform classroom discussion by focusing on the "Big Ideas" of your lesson and encouraging critical thinking.
1. How to Ask Better Questions
Three suggestions to enhance your questioning techniques.
2. What are Essential Questions?
Essential questions are perhaps the best way to stimulate discussion and critical thinking skills. This resource explains what EQ's are and why they work so well.
3. Rubric for Essential Questions
This resource provides a checklist for college faculty to self-assess the quality of their EQ's
This resource provides samples from a variety of subject areas to help you get started.
The issue of Academic Integrity is a concern expressed by almost every Nyack faculty member. Following are four very practical articles regarding how you might attain that goal with your students.
1. Two Approaches to Academic Integrity
The two most common approaches to achieving student academic integrity are described here.
2. Developing a Culture of Academic Integrity
This resource is recommended as a follow up to the one immediately preceding it. It describes briefly how to develop a culture of academic integrity in your classes.
This study addresses perhaps the most commonplace violation of academic integrity: copy and paste plagiarism.
4. Do's and Don'ts for Promoting Academic Integrity
What does and does not work in developing a culture of academic integrity.
This section is comprised of comprehensive college and university websites designed for faculty development. These resources were selected for the quality and quantity of their content and their research support for content.
1. Ten Research Proven Teaching Strategies
This fabulous reference provides descriptions of the most heavily researched teaching and learning strategies. This is a great place to learn about what will work in your classroom.
2. FAQ's about Effective College Teaching Practices
This is a terrific resource from George Mason's Center for Teaching Excellence. It is a convenient listing of links answering the most Frequently asked Questionsabout college teaching practices.
3. Teaching Strategies and Resources
This is an exceptionally rich collection of links to research-based college teaching methods and resources from the University of Michigan-a great place to explore topics of interest.
4. Improving Teaching and Learning
Recommend that you download and save this free, comprehensive report on effective research-based college teaching.
5. Matching Teaching Strategies with Objectives
Once you have identified teaching strategies you would like to use, this article may be useful in helping you match them with your student learning goals on your syllabi.
These websites have been selected to provide you with some supplemental general research and practical ideas for using online instruction and web-based tools. Specifics will be provided elsewhere in training sessions by designated Nyack specialists.
1. Top Ten Cloud Based Faculty Tools
This extremely helpful website describes and provides links to the top ten Cloud web-based tools to support professors' research endeavors.
2.Comparing Online and Classroom Instruction
Do online courses provide educational value equivalent to classroom instruction? This website provides arguments pro and con.
The rate of growth in online enrollments is ten times that of the rate in all higher education. This website summarizes a very important 2011 study describing this trend which now includes over six million students.
4. Pitfalls in Designing Online Courses
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A runner-up to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson the last two weeks, Snedeker finished off a command performance Sunday with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot victory over Chris Kirk in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Snedeker tapped in for par on the 18th hole to finish at 19-under 267, setting the tournament record at Pebble Beach.
In five starts this year, Snedeker already has a win, two second-place finishes and a third. The win takes him to a career-best No. 4 in the world.
Kirk closed with a 64, though he never got closer than two shots. James Hahn, tied with Snedeker to start the final round, had a 70 and tied for third.
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The Opinion page headline ``Avoid S. Africa Chaos - Restrain Buthelezi,'' Oct. 20, is an unfortunate misrepresentation of the man who is one of the very few statesmen in Africa. Sir Laurens Van Der Post, who knows Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi and the Zulu people well, has said on South African Television that the media views of Chief Buthelezi have been a travesty of truth, for he has steadfastly stood for peace, and from the outset has opted for negotiation rather than armed struggle.
Buthelezi is a committed Christian. The press has consistently twisted his warnings against majority rule in a unitary state by calling such warnings war talk - even though Buthelezi has explained his stance by the simile of a snake in the grass against which he is warning his compatriots. He is not responsible for putting the snake there! It was put there by those who are obsessed with the view of majoritarianism that minorities must allow themselves to be trodden on in the name of democracy.
It is no more democratic for a majority to ride roughshod over a minority, than for a minority to rule over a majority; and all Buthelezi is standing for is a federal arrangement that will protect the values, sensibilities, and culture of minorities. The purest form of democracy is that in which the maximum of power is devolved to the regions and the minimum to the central government. The Swiss canton system is the best example, where ethnic minorities have virtual self-government. Richard Haw, Pinetown, S. Africa


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Part 3: Section 2: MIDI Controllers (without keys)
It's fair to say that whatever your keyboard playing skills there is a controller out there for you, as we've already seen in section 1 of this part of our computer music guide. But what if you don't want a keyboard? Or what happens if you already have a keyboard and just want some extra controls to manipulate your music software? Fortunately there are many MIDI controllers without keyboards that will fit your needs. They may simply be keyboardless versions of the controller keyboards we've already detailed in Section 1, or they may be custom built control surfaces dedicated to particular pieces of software or, in at least one case, a controller designed to sit on the edge of your laptop! In short you can have whatever combination of knobs, sliders, dials and switches you want, keyboard or not!
They've cut the keyboard off!
As we've already hinted at, some manufactures have apparently identified this market and simply sawn off the keyboards from their popular controller keyboards to leave the controller bit. That's actually a cynical way of describing it because these are all still highly effective controllers and why should you, the consumer, be forced to pay extra for a keyboard if you already own one? Simply place one of these in the MIDI chain betwixt keyboard and computer and dial away…
One of the most recent releases in this category is the Novation ReMOTE Zero SL (£229). As well as featuring a couple of large and informative displays, the Zero SL features Automapping technology to 'recognise' which software you have running before assigning all of its pots and sliders to it.
The Evolution UC33E (£144.99) is not strictly speaking a direct keyboardless version of one of the company's 'boards but, heck, it looks like one and does the same kind of job. With 24 knobs and nine sliders there are certainly as many, if not more controls than you'll find on an average keyboard and, if that's not enough, the unit also has 33 memories and 14 assignable buttons. You can also buy separate Reason Overlays (£9.95) for use with the UC that are designed for Reason's instruments such as the Malstrom synth and NN-19 sampler.
General entry level
Kenton pretty much started the MIDI controller bandwagon with the Control Freak (£215) and the unit is keeping the flag flying all these years later. It has eight programmable sliders and buttons plus 128 memories. The Control Freak Studio (£270) adds more sliders and comes packed with presets to control lots of popular sequencers and synths but you can easily customise it to your exact requirements. Also from Kenton comes the Spin Doctor (£115) which is the company's entry-level controller. It comes with 16 rotaries and 25 memories that can be loaded with Control Freak templates so you can control a whole load of popular applications.
If you want simple controls but don't want to be (literally) tied to your sequencer you might want to try the Frontier Design Tranzport (£129) which is a wireless controller that acts as a front end to lots of popular DAWs and uses high frequency radio waves to communicate. Sit back, anywhere in your studio, and press play. There are also bundles of the unit available for the same money that include either a free carry bag or mic stand.
The Presonus FaderPort Music Production Controller (£159) is a clever unit with transport controls, cursors and a single motorised fader that can be assigned to whatever channel you wish and be fully automated. Clever and compact stuff.
Naturally Behringer is offering a lot in this category for little in the way of outlay. The B Control Rotary BCR2000 and B Control Fader BCF2000 (£89 and £139 respectively) both offer pro controls including proper motorized faders and represent great value for money.
At the high end
Mackie Control (£799) is one of the most universal, solid and downright 'proper' controllers out there. It'll control Logic Audio, Pro Tools, Cubase, Sonar and many more applications straight out of the box, and it's also expandable so you can increase the size of the system as your soft studio grows with an additional Universal Extender (£599) which will add more channels and controls.
The Tascam FW1884 (£749) has lots of controls but also offers lots of i/o and mix options making it both a flexible mixer and controller. In fact, for the cash you'll be hard pushed to find much else with all of these features and controls.
Having said that the Digidesign Command 8 (£769.99) is pretty packed with features as well, and has a Focusrite monitoring section included although it is a unit obviously geared to Digidesign's Pro Tools.
Pad controllers
With dominant pads on their front panels, MIDI pad controllers appear to be aimed at percussionists but actually do a hell of a lot more besides. Yes you can trigger drum sounds and loops, but they can also be used as anything from simple transport buttons to triggering entire performances, so really come into their own in live set ups.
The Akai MPD16 (£79.99) is one of the cheapest and has 16 pads and USB connectivity for extra flexibility. The M-Audio Trigger Finger (£129.99) has the same number of pads but that extra outlay gets you four sliders and some useful rotaries too. Also included is a Lite version of Ableton's Live software although you can buy the Trigger Finger and full version of Live as a bundle for £349. Perhaps the flashest looking pad controller around is Korg's PadKontrol (£139). It may lack the M-Audio's rotaries but it features an X-Y pad for extra finger control plus some excellently lit pads and buttons. You also get a whole set of Toontrack beats sounds for your cash.
Earth, wind and foot…
It's not just your fingers that can control your gear, of course. Why not try your feet, or even your breath!? The Digitech Control 8 (£139) has seven footswitches and a sustain pedal for maximum control over either your software of hardware effects, although it is obviously geared towards guitarists. The Yamaha MFC10 (£189) may cost a bit more but has extra footswitches for more flexibility. Behringer's FCB1010 features 10 footswitches and two expression pedals – great value for £109.
As far as wind goes, there's little to choose from so you might as well go for the Akai EWI4000S (£479). It might seem expensive but it represents something of a pinnacle in wind control – a technology that has been with us for years – but this claims to have many refinements and all the expression wind players need in the MIDI world.
Out of this world
When you look at the controllers above, as good as they, you can't help thinking that they are all simply variations on a theme using rotaries, dials, faders and switches, all using the MIDI protocol to its exacting standards and, well, not doing much else. As good as they are (and many are really very good) there's not been that much 'out of the box' thinking. No one has thought, for example, about making these units more of a visual performance tool… until now that is!
The oddly-named JazzMutant Lemur (£1,499) uses a touch screen that can handle several touches at once and several controller templates that you can either create from scratch or use some of the ones supplied. With a colourful interface and the right person in charge of it, this controller really can become a part of a computer music performance in the same way that a guitar becomes integral to a rock band's set. Well, maybe that's overstating things a bit, but take one look at this beauty and you might well think it's the future of music control. And if nothing else you can pretend you're Scotty and beam your mates in and out of your studio…! It's not quite universal yet as connectivity might be an issue (check before you buy) but if this innovative company manages to refine their product for the mass market, then everyone will want one.
Slightly back on Planet Earth but still revolutionary in their design are the range of Faderfox controllers that are mobile controllers for laptop musicians and DJs. These really have been designed with the specific task in mind, often a specific application, so they do the job well in neat, compact and portable blocks of goodness. The Faderfox Micromodul DJ2 (£149)is a kind of mini DJ mixer and, along with its sister module the DX2 (£149), has been optimised for Native Instruments' Traktor DJ complete with loop and effects controls. Micromodul LV2 (£149) is similar, only it's been optimised for Ableton Live with faders and pots to control that software (that's not to say that it won't work with other sequencers though). Where that module offers control over the pots and sliders, the complementary module LX2 (£149) has also been designed with Live in mind to control the software's tracks, clips and scenes. Great units for the mobile musician…
Other dedicated software controllers
While being able to control lots of software, the Faderfox controllers are best used with the applications that they have been designed for, but they are not the only controllers tailored to specific apps.
M-Audio's iControl (£99) is – and you might have guessed it from that Apple-like 'i' in the name – a controller for GarageBand. Again, you can use it for other software but it makes use of Apple's music software even easier (and that's saying something!).
DJ controllers
We've already seen some dedicated controllers for DJ software but there are also some units designed for the computer-based DJ. Evolution X-Session (£75) has a crossfader and allows scratching a mixing across MIDI channels and in real time so you can get deep down and dirty with all of your plug-ins. The Hercules DJ Control MP3 (£79.99) goes one step further by including a couple of turntable controllers. The idea is that you can mix and match between MP3s, WAVs and other audio files using the controller and supplied software and you get the best of old skool physical DJ-ing combined with digital file mixing and manipulation. Neat idea!
Next Step...
The Dolphin Music Beginners Guide To Computer Music by Andy Jones
- Part 1, Sequencers and software studios.
- Part 2, Section 1: Virtual Acoustic Instruments
- Part 2, Section 2: Virtual Electronic Instruments
- Part 2, Section 3: Virtual effects
- Part 3, Section 1: MIDI Keyboards
- Part 3, Section 2: MIDI Controllers
- Part 4, Sound Cards & Audio Interfaces
- Part 5, Monitors
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Gold Crown awarded to 'King' Elvis : Review Aloha From Hawaii
Source: Honolulu Advertiser (1973)
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By Wayne Harada : Honolulu Advertiser (1973)
Elvis Presley received a golden crown - and a standing ovation at the conclusion of his unprecedented satellite live TV concert beamed to a global audience of over 1.5 billion in the wee hours of the morning yesterday.
A perspiring Presley simply held the crown, as he accepted the accolades - and thus, The King vanished backstage, another night's work completed. The H.I.C. Arena, damned with 6,000 Hawaii fans, became a supersized TV studio for the hour-long spectacle, 'Aloha from Hawaii', which was televised to nearly 40 nations.
It was a thrilling compact hour - long on music, loud on screams - Pesley performed a total of 25 songs, including a rare and poignant rendition of Kui Lee's I'll Remember You.
Like Friday night's dress rehearsal, yesterday's performance was a benifit for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund.
But unlike any other charitable production here, this one had that aura of 'The Big Time': a superstar doing a super performance, right before the eyes of the world.
Camera crews were everywhere: on stage, in the aisles, in the audiance, zooming in on Presley and his breakthrough performance, coordinated by RCA Record Tours. 'Aloha From Hawaii' is the first entertainment special telecast live to a global audience; it will be expanded into a 90- minute NBC-TV special, for viewing here and on the Mainland later this year. Perhaps only a phenomenon like Presley could pull off such a wicked showgoing time - 12:30 a.m. curtain, Hawaii time - yet draw a full house.
The concert was similar in format to his pair of November shows at the H.I.C.; it began in darkness, with the '2001: A Space Odyssey' fanfare precedinig Presley's entrance; it ended with Presley singing Can't Help Falling In Love. Of course, there were differences. For starters, Presley hurled his flowing, white, studded cape - a tradmark for his finale number. That was a souvenir collector's dream come true. Too, the usual assortment of scarves went sailing into the audiance at certain points of the show. The specially erected set, on an unusually large stage with a protruding platform, consisted of basic black scrim that was as long as it was high, reaching to the ceiling of the arena. A series of mirrors both sides of the stage, and special lights - silhouetting the Presley form, spell out his name not only in English but in foreign tongues - flashed on and off occasionally.
Once Presley emerged, he never was off stage.
Once the show was under way, it didn't stop for commercial breaks.
For the Hawaii audience his I'll Remember You vocal easily was the most sentimental. The Presley version retained the Hawaiian flavor, but also capitalized on the International scope of the tune.
His An American Trilogy medley - fusing 'Dixie', 'Battle Hymn of the Republic' and 'All My Trials' - was another emotional instance, sending several hundred fans to their feet. But apparently the necessity to move on the show - when such TV airing time is so precious - forced Presley to cut short the audience response.
The concert was smartly paced and packaged to suit all camps in the Presley following. There were the old hits - Love Me, Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, Johnny B. Goode, Long Tall Sally.
There were the recent clicks Suspicious Minds, Burning Love, What Now My Love. There were the soulful slices - See. See. Rider, Something, Fever, the latter with the classic Presley shuffles, from the hips on downwards.
And there were the special Presley renderings - of Welcome to My World, It's Over, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.
Only once did he pluck his guitar.
After all, he had all the musical backing he needed: a six piece combo that travels with him, J. D. Sumner and The Stamps plus The Sweet Inspirations doing the background vocals, and a gigantic orchestra of about 40 pieces, including a splendidly nimble string section consisting of some of our symphony musicians.
Presley kept his talk to a minimum. He quipped about Hound Dog: 'I was just a baby when I did that song. With sideburns'. He introduced Jack Lord as one of his actor favorites. And he reported that his original goal of $25,000 for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund had been exceeded, with more than $75,000 raised prior to show time.
Presley's Aloha for Hawaii has been demonstrated before, when he helped raise funds for the building of the USS Arizona Memorial a decade ago. Yesterday's show reaffirms Presley's and manager Col. Tom Parker's philanthropic fondness for Hawaii. Like the enduring nature of Kui Lee's music, the incandescence of Presley is incomparable. Perhaps Presley had a hidden meaning regarding the late Kui Lee, when he sang the composer's closing lines in I'll Remember You, as follows: '... Love me always promise always, you'll remember, too'.
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The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. The interviews of Elvis' Parents are well worth hearing too. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying : Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people. Highly recommended.