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Opinion: A Progressive Dark Horse Leads NYC's Mayoral Race
New York Post editorial writer Robert George on a new poll that shows NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio leading in the city's mayoral Democratic primary. Photos: Getty Images
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The Columbia Accident Investigation Board results are in. Predictably there is great gnashing and wailing about how NASA has failed the astronauts and failed the country in providing inadequate safety.
They are wrong
We are in fact providing too much safety -- way too much safety -- to astronauts.
On the face of it, that sounds like a horrific thing to say. "We should be killing more astronauts?????" Can I possibly be serious? Yes, I'm serious. Consider all the other explorations that the human race has engaged in. People died by the boatload. Often there was no corpse, no last words, no black box to let us know what happened. They just disappeared.
Yet people continued to explore. People continue to explore today, and they continue to die today. Fully one quarter of the people who make it to the top of Everest die on the way back down. Everyone who goes up Everest knows this, and yet they go anyway.
We are buying too much safety for our astronauts. With a given space exploration budget, we could run many more flights with a great decrease in safety, or we could run fewer flights with greater safety. The CAIB says that we need greater safety. This translates into, realistically, fewer astronauts. I say that we need less safety. There is considerable unmet market demand for people to go into outer space. Many more people want to be astronauts than NASA's budget can lift. They could pay a huge amount of money and get NASA-like safety from the Russians, as a couple of people have done. Or they could pay with a risk of dying.
There is a way, of course, to get more flights with more safety, by simply increasing NASA's budget. Unfortunately, this isn't likely to happen. Ever since the moon shots in the early 70's, NASA's budget has been shrinking. Expecting taxpayers to pay more is just not going to happen.
So, are we better off with fewer safer flights or more unsafer flights? I think very much the latter, but you can make up your own mind. Would you like to fly to the moon? What's it worth to you? What's it worth to you to get to the top of Everest? Is it worth your life? Can we ask of anything less for the moon?


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Critics of US spectrum policy will have plenty of ammunition for their howitzers after reading the new working paper (PDF) from J.H. Snider of the New America Foundation. Snider heads up the Wireless Future Program at New America, and his paper offers an inside look at the sometimes-dirty world of spectrum lobbying, which Snider characterizes as responsible for a $480 billion giveaway from the public treasury.
The giveaway in question comes after Congress passed legislation in 1993 requiring the FCC to hold auctions for future spectrum licenses, a move that was itself prompted by a massive giveaway of prime spectrum in the late 1980s. Using the high end of his estimate (which ranges from $140 to $480 billion), Snider observes that the giveaway in question amounted to "more than 90 percent of the value of spectrum usage rights [the government] has assigned from 1993 through the present."
The giveaway that Snider's talking about isn't a massive grant of free spectrum to corporate interests; instead, it's something much more subtle and far more difficult for the public to understand. To understand why Snider considers this a "giveaway," let's first look at the difference between the amount of money the government has actually received for licenses since 1993 and the amount of money that such licenses are worth.
The FCC has taken in no more than $40 billion from auction licenses in the last 15 years, but Snider digs into SEC filings from the companies that own such licenses. These companies are required to estimate the value of these assets each year; in 2006, the major television and radio broadcasters, along with the major local phone companies, estimated that the value of their spectrum was $177 billion for the licenses in question (and this may be low, given Snider's own calculations). Where did the $140 billion difference come from? Snider argues that it did not come from the "changing conditions of supply and demand." Instead, it tended to come from the ways that licenses were modified after they were issued, almost always in favor of the license owner.
This is where spectrum lobbyists enter the picture. They generally follow a four-step program to secure lucrative rights to spectrum: 1) create a problem, 2) outline a solution complete with a "public interest" promise, 3) secure a license and increased negotiating power against the government, and 4) exploit that enhanced power to renegotiate the terms of the license. The "public interest" pitches are predictable, usually involving variations on the terms "public safety," "free TV," "universal broadband," "educational programming," etc.
Snider doesn't say it, but this sounds a bit like the current pitch for reduced-price 700MHz spectrum by Frontline Wireless, which is itself backed by a former FCC Commissioner and wants to help serve "public safety."
Once a company has a license in hand, it's difficult for the federal government to get it back and easier for the company to convince the FCC to broaden the initial terms of the license without requiring any more money. Snider outlines a whole host of strategies that lobbyists use—the spilled milk strategy, the technobabble strategy, the go-slow strategy, the Louisiana Purchase strategy—and this part of the report actually makes the most interesting reading (it also contains the best titles).
Even if the giveaway numbers are less than Snider's lowest estimate, he points out that they would still be huge. "If Representative Jefferson can be indicted for accepting bribes of less than $1 million," he writes, "and an average citizen can be thrown in jail for attempting to walk out of a government building with a decrepit chair worth five dollars, then surely a giveaway of public assets of at least $10 billion deserves careful public scrutiny to ensure that the conditions that cause it do not persist."
There are a host of things that can be done to clean up the situation. New rules to track changes to spectrum rights can help, as can rules that would limit the revolving door between the FCC and industry. Such reforms "will be very difficult and require leadership at the highest levels," Snider says, and he ends the report by calling for leaders "with the vision and courage to make it happen." Any takers up in Washington?


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Shure has updated their SE115 with an a "m" and a "+" that delivers a built-in mic and 3-button remote for iPhone/iPod users.
The 3-button remote can be used to easily control music and video playback, adjust volume, record voice memos and answer or end calls. The original Shure SE115 headset had a great reputation, so this should be a welcome upgrade for iPhone users. Expect to see the Shure SE115m+ headset on store shelves by the end of the month for $120. [Pitch Engine]


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Sergeev Thrives With Increased Ice Time
Artem Sergeev saw his opportunity and responded.
With three significant injuries to the Crunch blueline, Sergeev has thrived with increased ice time. The 20-year-old rookie defenseman has averaged close to 20 minutes a night and played in all situations, as Syracuse has gone 4-2 to snap out of a recent slide.
For Syracuse Crunch coach Rob Zettler, Sergeev has elevated his play in the last few weeks.
"I've really liked his physical play," Zettler said. "He's been smart. He uses his body well. He's a big, thick guy and he's strong. He's starting to understand how he can best use it to his advantage, and he's done that lately."
Admittedly not a flashy player, Sergeev has registered two goals and five assists in 47 games this season, and is a plus-four in the last five games. The 6-1 Russian's first professional season has come with many lessons on and off the ice, whether it's how to eat and prepare or working on a different skating style that helps him be stronger and more solid on his feet.
"The first season is always a tough one," Sergeev said. "I'm putting in hard work, trying to do a better job on the details, which is going to make a difference."
The Tampa Bay Lightning organization hasn't set out specific areas to work on with Sergeev. They would prefer to see overall growth in his game.
"You work on pretty much everything, you get better at everything -- in O zone, neutral zone and D zone," said Sergeev, who went undrafted and was signed as a free agent in 2012. "The whole game you need to be solid. That's what they're looking for."
But the biggest part is making his recent play a regular occurrence.
"To make the next step, you need to be consistent every night," Sergeev said. "You need to play your best game every night. So that's what I'm working on."
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Overview of GDV or Bloat
Gastric dilatation and volvulus syndrome (GDV), known as bloat, occurs in dogs when the stomach dilates and twists into an abnormal position, causing nonproductive retching, a bloated abdomen, and other symptoms.
GDV is a serious, life-threatening condition that requires emergency treatment. Without prompt medical attention, dogs with bloat can die very quickly; about 30 percent of dogs that suffer bloat die from it.
Gastric Dilatation
When the stomach dilates and maintains its normal position, the condition is known as gastric dilatation. Gastric dilatation can occur in any dog, and is quite common among young puppies that overeat.
Dogs are usually able to relieve the built-up pressure in their stomachs by vomiting or by belching. When belching and vomiting don't provide relief, emergency treatment similar to that for GDV may be necessary. It may be difficult to determine whether a dog is experiencing simple dilatation, or dilatation and volvulus until x-rays of the stomach are taken. Pet owners should be cautious if their dog experiences bouts of gastric dilatation.
In gastric dilatation and volvulus, the stomach rolls, or twists, closing off the openings leading in from the esophagus and out to the intestines. This prevents the dog from vomiting or belching (one of the most common symptoms of GDV is nonproductive retching). Sometimes the word torsion is used to describe the twisting. Torsion prevents outflow from the stomach by closing off the pylorus, the opening from the stomach to the duodenum.
If the stomach twists enough, the spleen and major blood vessels in the area twist as well. Twisted blood vessels cause a loss of blood flow (ischemia) to the stomach and other abdominal organs which can cause considerable tissue damage. When blood flow returns, the damaged cellular material from the traumatized tissues is released into the blood and can be harmful to other organs.
When the blood supply in the abdomen's major arteries is cut off, blood flow to the heart and cardiac output decrease, leading to low blood pressure, and eventually, shock. Shock occurs when organs do not get enough blood, and it is usually severe.
In some cases, the stomach ruptures from the buildup of pressure and leads to life-threatening peritonitis (inflammation of the peritoneum, the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity).
Risk Factors for Bloat
Bloat can occur in any dog, but it's more common in large, deep-chested breeds such as:
- Akita
- Great Dane
- Bouvier
- Irish Setter
- Boxer
- Labrador Retriever
- Doberman Pinscher
- St. Bernard
- English Sheepdog
- Standard Poodle
- German Shepherd
- Wolfhound
- Golden Retriever
Dietary risk factors include the following:
- Drinking large amounts of water immediately after eating
- Eating a single, large meal daily
- Eating from a raised feeding bowl (In one study, about half of the dogs with GDV had a history of eating from a raised feeding bowl.)
- Exercising vigorously on a full stomach
- Gulping down food very quickly
GDV has been associated with increasing age and having a first-degree relative with a history of GDV.
Smaller dogs that have a higher incidence of bloat than the general dog population include dachshunds and Pekingese.


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How To De-Puff Your Eyes In 3 Minutes or Less
Puffy eyes can be caused by a variety of things like allergies, crying, a cold, salty foods, fatigue, and a night of cocktails. Luckily, there are just as many ways to quickly remedy the inflammation that causes the fluid to accumulate. Click through our slideshow for the easiest ways to banish puffy eyes—in less than five minutes!
Leave two clean teaspoons in your freezer for puffy mornings: simply press them against your eyes for a few minutes. (Just make sure you rinse them in cold water first, to avoid a sticky Dumb & Dumber moment.) Celeb dermatologist Dr. Brandt has even confirmed it does work.
Drop two tea bags (unprocessed green or black tea is best) in a mug of hot water for a minute, let cool to a safe temperature, then apply to eyes for three minutes. The natural caffeine in the tea will immediately help constrict blood vessels and reduce swelling.
Gentle tapping can help reduce the accumulation of fluid under your eyes, too! Just follow this easy trick from celebrity esthetician Joanna Czech.
A good eye roller packs all the powerhouse components mentioned previously: an icy metal ball, caffeine-laced serum, and a pressing motion. Our editors put popular rollers to the test and found the best ones here.
We swear by Clinique's All About Eyes Serum De-Puffing Eye Massage ($28).
From P Diddy to Michelle Monaghan, everyone is jumping on the eye mask bandwagon. Why? They pack a powerful lineup of ingredients to de-puff, soothe, and hydrate. We like Koh Gen Do's Macro Vintage Stretch Eye Sheet ($60).
Cold aloe vera gel is another all-natural way to sooth and de-puff eyes, thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties. Keep a bottle in your fridge, then apply it just like eye cream.
Try Aubrey's Pure Aloe Vera ($8).
Placing cold, fresh-cut cucumbers on your eyes may seem like a chick flick cliché, but the practice does work! The vegetable has natural astringent properties that help to constrict blood vessels and the cooling sensation will help to de-puff.


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In this page:
- 1. Finding An Area To Contribute To
- 2. Writing The Code
- 3. Testing
- All changes
- Changing a single program
- Changing the implementation of a library
- Changing the implementation of a driver or adding a new driver
- Changing the core kernel or multiple interconnected binaries
- 4. Code Review
- 5. Submitting A Patch
We need your help! This page is geared towards people interested in our code, but we'd also love if you can help with documentation, language support, and infrastructure. You are welcome to sign up on our Mailing Lists or drop into our chat channel on IRC.
While there is more to illumos than just code, here are some basic philosophies that are important to understand when contributing code:
- The gate is production quality - With multiple downstream consumers operating on their own schedules, there is no regular illumos-gate stability cycle - all changes are expected to be production quality.
- Trust your advocates - The RTI advocates are the stewards of the code and responsible for maintaining the quality of the gate. When in doubt, reach out to them for help.
- Shrink to fit - Changes come in all shapes and sizes. Integration of simple fixes should be straightforward, while larger changes must always receive adequate review and testing.
1. Finding An Area To Contribute To
If you're not sure what you want to work on, you can start by looking at our list of bite-site bugs which should be easy for newcomers to pick up. You can also look at the entire list of issues and see if any with status "New" fit your skill set.
If you're looking for a longer-term project, we have a list of ideas for new projects for different levels skill and expertise. Alternatively you may look through the forums and mailing lists for suggestions for improvements. You may be able to find a mentor for your projects through illumos Students.
If you are adding a new feature or addressing a problem not currently on our list of issues, please create a new issue describing it. You need to be signed in to use the issue tracker (sorry!).
Before you start working on the code, it is advisable to first ask on either the developer mailing list or #illumos on freenode for advice on the particular area you're interested in.
2. Writing The Code
Our guide to building illumos covers setting up a build environment and getting the source. You should try a build once or twice to get accustomed to the build system and source tree layout.
Since much of the code in illumos at this stage comes directly from the OpenSolaris project, you will find their Developers Reference Guide useful. In particular, the chapters Getting the ON Sources, Tour of the ON Source Tree and Making Changes in ON. As a general guideline, read On Developing illumos.
An unparalleled resource for understanding the operating system is the the book, Solaris Internals: Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Kernel Architecture and its companion wiki, solarisinternals.com.
We have an OpenGrok source browser and search engine at src.illumos.org which is very useful for development.
Feel free to ask the developer mailing list or #illumos on freenode for help.
We encourage you to "commit early, commit often" as you work, using your personal clone of illumos-gate.
3. Testing
The illumos gate is a core technology leveraged by several commercial vendors that rely on it to be a stable, well-tested platform. As such, integration into the core illumos-gate requires both code review by relevant parties and reasonable testing to ensure that the changes are stable enough for others to rely upon.
Your RTI advocate is the ultimate arbiter of whether your testing is sufficient.
The scope of required testing depends on the nature of the change and a discussion with your advocate, but in general advocates adopt a "shrink to fit" mentality. Here are some examples of reasonable testing based on the collective experience of the current RTI advocates. Your advocate may always ask for more testing depending on the nature of the change.
All changes
Make sure you test the results of the illumos-gate build with only your changesets applied. To do this, you will need to build the illumos code. It is generally insufficient to test the build results of a downstream fork that contains other non-trivial changes as there may be implicit dependencies that break other consumers of the core illumos gate.
If your code has been running in production in another distro or has gone through other testing downstream, please include that information, though by itself may be insufficient to constitute sufficient testing.
Changing a single program
If your change affects only a single binary, it is likely sufficient to copy this binary to a downstream distro of reasonable similarity and running your tests there. These tests should cover enough functionality to demonstrate the correctness of your changes, and could involve stress tests in addition to functional tests depending on the nature of the change. This assumes that the binary has a trivial set of library dependencies that are reasonably standard across distros.
Changing the implementation of a library
If your change affects the implementation of a library without changing external interfaces, you should run tests against a reasonable subset of programs that exercise the code in question. As with a single binary, it is likely sufficient to copy this library to a distro which has identical interfaces, though for some core libraries (most notably libc), you will probably need to bootstrap a complete distro given the challenges with swapping such libraries on a running system, though this depends on the distro in question.
Changing the implementation of a driver or adding a new driver
If your change affects a single driver, you may or may not be able to get away with copying over that driver to an alternate distro. On one hand, the kernel interfaces are likely identical, but if the core implementation of that distro has diverged significantly from illumos-gate, you may be asked to bootstrap a complete environment from your illumos build. Driver tests should demonstrate a reasonable amount of functional and stress testing on appropriate hardware.
Changing the core kernel or multiple interconnected binaries
If you are making a change to the core kernel, or have a series of changes across a number of libraries, commands, or kernel components that need to be tested as a cohesive whole, you should bootstrap a usable environment from your illumos-gate build that is sufficient to demonstrate the correctness of your changes. Exactly what "bootstrapping" means is dependent on the distro, but the goal is to run the entirety of the your illumos-gate build (not a combination of downstream and upstream illumos-gate bits) in a testable environment. Not all distros are capable of bootstrapping a bare illumos-gate build - check the distribution list and ask on the developer list if you are unsure how to do this. Running 'onu' on OpenIndiana or building an illumos-live distribution are two such ways to demonstrate this testing that have been used in the past, but they are not the only ones.
The scope of testing here will likely be more substantial, and should focus on stability of the system as well as the functionality of the changed component(s).
As always, contact your advocate (or the advocates list if you don't yet have someone in mind) if you have more questions about what constitutes sufficient testing for a particular change.
4. Code Review
At least one person (other than you, of course) should review your changes. These reviewers should have demonstrated expertise in the area in question or are trusted as knowledgeable by the illumos community at large. If you work for a commercial entity, it is best to include reviewers from outside your company, but this is not required.
Your RTI advocate is the ultimate arbiter of whether your review is sufficient.
If you don't know how to find adequate review, you may post the changes to the developer mailing list to ask for feedback, or ask the RTI advocates if there is anyone in particular they'd like to see review the code.
For larger changes, please link to a resource on the web, instead of attaching a patch file. You may use a webrev (see below), a private hgweb or gitweb or online services like Bitbucket, Github, or Gitorious to share your changes. Remember to mention the issue ID in the email - if one does not yet exist, please create one!
Generate a key pair
If you don't already have an SSH public key in your account at http://bugs.illumos.org, generate a key pair like this on your machine (usually as the building/development user account):
$ ssh-keygen -t rsa
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/USER/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same passphrase again:
Your identification has been saved in /home/USER/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /home/USER/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
$ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
ssh-rsa AAAAB3...
Then paste your public key into the box on your account settings page at http://bugs.illumos.org and save the changes. Wait for a while for the change to propagate to the webrev server.
Note if you leave your
passphrase blank you will be able to both publish and delete your webrev's as per the latest instructions on the main page at http://cr.illumos.org/ (this both creates and uploads your webrev - see "Creating and Uploaded in one step" ) however if you use a
passphrase you will not be able to delete your webrev's as only publish will ask you for your
Creating a webrev
The webrev(1) tool is an easy way to show other people changes you have made. It presents changes (including commit messages) in multiple formats viewable from a web browser. If you have installed an illumos build, you can run webrev like this:
/opt/onbld/bin/webrev -O -o illumos-123-webrev
Else, from your workspace if you have built the tools:
ksh93 bldenv.sh illumos.sh -c 'webrev -O -o illumos-123-webrev'
Or to use webrev provided by installed ON build tools on a non-illumos system:
/opt/onbld/bin/webrev -I usr/src/tools/scripts/its.reg -O -o illumos-123-webrev'
Note: The reason for the -I option is to provide links to our issue tracker. If you see
*** failed to import extension hgext.cdm from .../usr/src/tools/proto/root_i386-nd/opt/onbld/lib/python2.6/onbld/hgext/cdm.py: cannot import name WorkList, try running webrev from the workspace instead.
Upload the directory somewhere people can access it from the web, such as a personal web site. You may also use the free webrev hosting provided by the illumos project as described in the next section.
Creating and uploading a webrev in one step
To publish a webrev, you'll first need to make sure your SSH key is up-to-date in the illumos instance of redmine. Refer to Generate a key pair above for more information. Please note that it takes a couple of minutes for your added (or updated) key to get copied from redmine to the webrev server.
Once you have a key uploaded, you can use webrev(1) to generate and upload your webrev, all at once, thus:
webrev -t rsync://firstname.lastname@example.com:$SOME_NAME -U
You can delete a previously uploaded webrev thus:
webrev -t rsync://firstname.lastname@example.com:$SOME_NAME -D
Note that $SOME_NAME (in the examples above) is an arbitrary string that will form part of the URL to your webrev. This is not your user name but rather a descriptive name of the issue and/or fix. Note, also, that you should always use "webrev@" in the rsync URL, not your redmine username.
Once uploaded, your webrev will be in your directory here: http://cr.illumos.org/~webrev for example assuming your login name is jondoe and your $SOME_NAME is 1023 the final webrev will be located as $SOME_NAME e.g.1023 under your directory http://cr.illumos.org/~webrev/jondoe/ or with a complete path of http://cr.illumos.org/~webrev/jondoe/1023.
Review Board
For reviews you could also use the illumos Review Board instance at http://illumos.org/rb. You should be able to log in with your existing illumos redmine username and password.
Ensuring adequate review
It is up to you as a contributor to gather reasonable review to satisfy your RTI advocate that the code is correct and of high quality. Exactly what this means will vary based on the nature and scope of the change, but here are some guidelines that will give the advocates confidence in your changes. As always, trust your avocate and apply "shrink to fit".
- There should be at least one code reviewer (focused on the implementation details) that is different from the advocate (focused on ensuring overall quality of contributions).
- For non-trivial changes to major technology areas (ZFS, DTrace, etc), at least one of the reviewers should be regarded as a subject matter expert by the community.
- Changes with significant impact should participate in a public review when appropriate, or otherwise ensure that alternate opinions are represented.
- When there are disagreements, every attempt should be made to adequately address reviewer's comments. In the event they cannot, it is acceptable to submit an RTI with known dissent. Such disagreements must be noted in the RTI submission with an explanation as to why the review comments were not addressed.
5. Submitting A Patch
When you have adequate code review and test results for your proposed change, you prepare a "request to integrate" (RTI). Your RTI should include:
- The link to the illumos issue you're fixing; e.g., https://illumos.org/issues/1
- The issue synopsis (see the sample change description below)
- A link to the changes that were reviewed (preferably a webrev, code review page, or web repository view).
- The full "change set description", (i.e. "git whatchanged -v origin/master..") including:
- Issue number(s) and description(s)
- Reviewed by: XXX lines
- List of files affected
Here is an example change description:
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Matt Heintz, Jason/Medea Manager, WHOI
Dan Fornari, Senior Scientist, WHOI.
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Shepherd, K. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). p. 2408-2413 in J. H. Steele, K. K. Turekian and S. A. Thorpe (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ocean Science, Academic Press, San Diego, CA. (2001)
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Comment on the teacher's pompous answer to a devotee's sincere question
I have to comment on the teacher's pompous answer to a devotee's sincere question posted by anon on 4/19 @ 5:10 PM under "Ravishankar's Hankering for NPP (part 2)". I remember going through the teacher's training part 2, and having to debate over this course price issue. I also felt that the price of the course was a barrier to those who most "needed" the course, and I was hoping for a chance at the TTC to air my concerns and get reassurance that in fact the exorbitant cost of courses was justified. This was not allowed—instead, we were made to defend an opinion that opposed our own in a sort of group debate. How clever of them to try and get us to do our own brainwashing, and I am sure it worked on some. As for me, I became only more convinced that AoL caters to the rich and ignores the poor because rs is interested in the money, and not in rendering any kind of service.
"Q> I am a staunch follower of Art of living and have done part 1, part 2 and Sahaj Samadhi courses. I thoroughly enjoyed them and love Guruji. But I always felt the courses are expensive. I thought spiritual knowledge should be distributed at the minimal cost and it is upto the seeker to offer how much ever it pleases him/her for Guru Dakshina. There were a few other situations when I was a bit under financial pressure to donate atleast $300. This has bothered me quite a bit even though I am a philanthropist. If people are rich and can afford it, it is a different matter. Sorry for my ignorance. I am not really clear. But if you can please explain to me in detail, I would really appreciate it."
The answer posted by the teacher on his/her blog is clearly a compilation of arguments that the teacher trainers have taught us all to parrot, and some of the arguments are misleading, silly, evasive, or simply untrue.
"Spiritual Knowledge has never been at minimal cost .. earlier you would have had to go and do Seva in an Ashram for 10-15 years before you even got a whiff of learning about meditation… Then after all that, you would give a Guru Dakshina if at all…"
Okay, so why doesn't AoL accept service and time commitment as payment for a course? These days, volunteers are asked to pay to volunteer at an event, especially for those events where rs will be in attendance. And why pressure course participants to give a dakshina at the end of the course? I am a westerner, and I might be misunderstanding the concept, but shouldn't Dakshina come from one's own inspiration, and not a result of external pressures? Clearly in this argument, traditions of the past are being twisted to justify the practices of aol today. Either stick to tradition, or call it what it is—a business.
"…The Art of Living courses are typically 18-40 hours in length, assuming you are paying $300 for an approximately 25 hour course, you are paying $12 per hour which is utterly exploitative … Would you even be able to get your toilet fixed for $12 an hour? Are you not willing to spend more money on getting your mind fixed, than you would on your loo?!..."
AoL courses are typically 18 h for a part 1, and 26 h for a YES plus. And since there is a 12-person minimum for the number of course participants, we're talking at least $140-$150 per hour. And what's "utterly exploitative" is the fact that the volunteers and teachers who do the work don't see any of this money. And personally, I would rather pay that money to get my toilet fixed, because at least the money would have gone to a good cause--something real and tangible and useful to me. Claiming the AoL course fixes the mind is preposterous, and as we have seen for many who have shared their experiences on this site, being involved in AoL has done quite the opposite.
"…You talk about yourself, but you do realize that there are so many teachers and an entire organisation to run which has expenses… No government, corporate, UN agency funds Art of Living. When teachers travel, they have to pay the bus/train/air fare. In our homes we have to pay telephone and electricity bills, and for the food we eat. We have to pay for the hall rent, the rent for the audio system used on the course, etc … Many people work to make an Art of Living course happen, we have to pay them at least their expenses. There is a pretty big bill thats there at the end of the course. $300 is peanuts to pay for a course that you know gives you so very much…."
I have been involved in every aspect of course organization from the recruiting to the accounting and everything in between. Only 25% of a part 1 course revenue is allowed to go to such expenses as the teachers' travel, hall rental, etc. For a part 2 course, its even less—a set amount ($300) has to go to VVM for each participant, and food/lodging is a separate expense that each participant has to pay. Often, volunteers have to dip into their own wallets to make ends meet for such courses, and hosting expenses for the teacher are non-refundable. So keeping things in perspective, if one pays $300 for a part 1 course, only $75 of it is allowed to go towards all those expenses this teacher has mentioned. Where does the rest go?
"…Another thing that we wanted was that we did not want people to be obligated and pay. We charge a certain fee for a service rendered. Its nice and clean…."
I'm confused. People ARE obligated to pay if they want to take a course, aren't they? Also, this sounds more like a business transaction to me, than a service rendered by a charitable organization.
"…Finally, if you want to buy yourself a car, a solid education, a home… at this point you dont say its too expensive do you? You take a loan and get it. An Art of Living course is on par with these big investments of life. If needed, take a loan… you know its worth it…."
So is this teacher suggesting that one who cannot afford an AoL course should take out a loan for it? I personally object to this—I have seen people in my area who do exactly that in response to the prodding and pressure to take this or that "amazing" AoL course. These people cannot afford the basic necessities, and yet are asked to beg for, borrow the money, or launch a fundraising effort to take the next AoL course, instead of being smacked back to reality and told to get their life in order before going off the deep end with these courses. Its sick. Also, I'm sorry, but an AoL course is certainly not "on par" with a solid education, a car, a home, or even a functioning toilet.
"…Finally, some of the money collected on courses is pumped back into society, it doesn't line anyone's pockets. It could be used to rehab prisoners, or in some disaster area, or in some war zone to help people. It could be used to help children, women, etc…"
I have yet to see a single "service project" come from the money that has been raised in my area and pumped into the AoL national/ravishankar's bank account. In addition to courses, I have helped to organize rs's visit to my city, and have helped raise thousands of dollars for the org. through that event. We were allowed to keep a small fraction of the profit for our city to help offset costs of future aol events, but then had to return any unspent money after one year. The only "service" that money was used for (while we still had it) was to organize more courses. On a separate occasion, when I was ready and willing to join in a trauma relief effort overseas in a war-torn area, I had to seek out my own source of funding, and apply for a grant. I was told by the aol accountant that money raised in a particular area stays in that area, and does not go toward service projects overseas. We had to do our own fundraising campaign for that. So if aol "service projects" are funded by external sources and our own fundraising efforts, then where does all the course revenue go?
"… It could also be used to take care of our full time teachers and their families whenever needed, It could also be used to build up our Ashram infrastructure so that when you come there, you can be taken better care of… "
Really, the full-time teachers and their families are taken care of using hard-earned aol course dollars?? Do full-timers have any health insurance? Do they earn at least minimum wage for their efforts? I don't think so. As for the ashram infrastructure, I have yet to see any improvement to the Montreal ashram after donating to that cause year after year.
"…Our idea of doing Seva is not out of an empty bowl, so that we have to go to various people to get us money so that we can do Seva...."
So I see as of late, you've been reaching into Nithy's bowl to do your "seva" (sorry, I couldn't resist).
"…Our teachers and volunteers work hard to make courses happen, a solid value is given to the participants in the course and then out of the profits that are made on the courses, our bowl are filled…. "
Yes indeed your bowl is filled by the hard work of the teachers and volunteers—the first truthful and direct statement I've seen.
Out of a full bowl which has been made so by dint of hard work, we do philanthropy. (Though of late, quite a few funding agencies have finally woken up to the fact that Art of Living is doing some great work and have expressed a desire to partner with us towards mutual goals… and thats a nice feeling too I think thats quite noble,…"
I and others have yet to see any philanthropy come out of the "full bowl". From what I can tell, anything positive that has come out of the org has come from the good intentions and inspiration of some of the duped participants who eventually wise-up and leave. And didn't this teacher just say in the beginning that no corporate organization funds AoL? Anyway, someone should alert these funding agencies about the AoL fraud.
"… and you should feel privileged to give money to such an organization… even if it means a bit of a stretch for you…."
No thanks, I think I'd rather flush my hard-earned money down my working toilet than to give it to such an organization.
I do hope that the poor devotee who had the guts to pose his/her question was able to see through all the AoL B.S. in that teacher's answer, and has since left the org. If not, then God Bless and good luck.
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There are enough number of gulliable people who beleive in people like Bawa and Dinesh. They are so pathetic and artificial, hope more and more people see through the duplicity of these pompous cult recruiters.
- April 22, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Lakshmi said...
I had an epiphany reading this email. I was associated with AoL back in late 90's when course fees were reasonable and donations were not emphasized. Then two trends started: 1. escalation in fees and hankering for donations for every trivial thing. 2. stories of Ravi's siddhis and miracles. Now I realize that no. 2 was maybe planned to support no. 1. The reasoning behind exorbitant fees is so ridiculous and contrary to vedic Gurukul traditions that it could only be upheld by supernatural means.
Nithy being the young Turk, realized the power of no.2, and went straight for the luxuries of money and women, while promising Nirvikalpa Samadhi to everyone for 6000 dollars.
Ravi is an out and out cheat, he deserves a worse fate than Nithy. Nithy is atleast more human in his failings.
- April 22, 2010 at 9:33 AM
I am curious whether RS shares the profits with his senior teachers, swamis, etc.
Also, it would be interesting if any ex-AOL folks who were accountants in AOL can share some info as to where the money goes.
- April 22, 2010 at 1:42 PM
LA Upanishads fee - $1100 to $1500. Sri Sri set the fees.
Fundraising banquet table: $25,000. Sri Sri tells Rajshree when she asked him about content, "just concentrate on getting more money".
Wow! Money is more important than spirituality - that's the reality.
Navratri at ashram - to get preferred seating ~ Rs 90,000 (termed as "Sankalpa") for Chandi homa. ~ Rs 40,000 for other days.
Wow! that's very un-holy. And Sri Sri said later - the devi is pleased (NOT!).
Wake up AoL full timers!
While you slog and get no home or money - Ajay owns 10+ homes, car, etc. Rather give 1 each to full timers who have given their life.
Money scam Look at the tax returns http://www2.guidestar.org/. 6 million went from AoL/VVM to India in 2008. Even more millions in India. Yet no accountability/transparency - no it's not going to service projects - which themselves are a front!
Can someone approach the media?
- April 22, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Dear Humble Witness,
Thank you & Bless you for the Excellent post.
Bawa & his toy boy Dinesh are so revolting that I can hardly ever bring myself to reply to any trash they say.
But if I did, I couldn't have put it any better . Well done Humble Witness for taking time to cut through that piece of propaganda by SriSri's pimp.
Everything you say is true. I am an ex-teacher in another country & everything you say is true about our country too.
I will write more in future posts in more details on many aspects. But just few things in support of your post now:
-Ravi user Shankar & his pimp agents (like Bawa/Dinesh & many others like him) ask for guru Dakshina on top of the course fee. It is not an either/or case in RS/AOL situation. They double dip!!
And this guru Dakshina business is an on-going affair. Never an end to it. They shamelessly ask for it again & again & again.And not only Guru Dakshina for RS, people like Bawa even ask for guru dakshina for themselves too. It goes on & on!!
-RS has introduced new 3- evening courses , 3 hrs each evening to maximise on financial gain & force people to enrol for further courses if they want to know more!
He was even saying that shorter courses should be charged more!Will write more on that later.
- April 22, 2010 at 6:12 PM
When Bawa says: "…but you do realize that there are so many teachers and an entire organisation to run which has expenses..",
He talks about himself & Dinesh as teachers who entirely live on AOL income. Did you see him bragging about his flash new laptop being the most expensive ,in his recent video lectures to some poor students in India that he is trying to recruit for this sick organisation?The guy & his father have made a lot of money out of AOL & even bought a house in Bangalore. And Bawa brought his lover Dinesh (Another celibate AOL Adv/DSN/Youth course teacher) to live with him in his house to provide him with all worldly pleasures he can imagine 24/7. No my dear, those loving attentive glances of Dinesh are not because of brotherly love between them!!They only preach celibacy to other youths to impress them with their spirituality & level of commitment to path! By the way, they do it so cleverly too. They always talk about not having sex with girls, which is true in their case. They just simply forget to mention they are gay & have different sexual preferences, like their guru!! They are known as gay couple of AOL! And shows the level of their deceit, using their "gay" ness (ie sexual preferences) to pretend they are celibate (no sex with women!)And even during the courses they teach they insist on sleeping in the same room & you should see how they cover the windows & keyholes!!Anyone brave enough to do what Lenin did to Nithyananda?
And if Bawa & Dinesh are separated more than a week, their longing becomes unbearable & AOL has to pay for the cost of their reunion!!They even buy gifts for each other from AOL money. So when you wonder where your money goes, that is where some of it goes.. to support hedonistic lifestyles of RS & Bawa (who is every bit a psychopath like his guru ).I will write in a future post about these in more details.
- When Bawa says: "… It could also be used to take care of our full time teachers and their families whenever needed...."
Again he is telling you the truth, AOL does pay for all of his & his family's expenses, including the costs of his "live-in"lover. They are making a fortune from AOL/SriSri & SriSri is making a fortune from them. They have a lot of dirt on SriSri & his family & AOL. And SriSri has a lot of dirt on Bawa & his family. So they are safe with each others secrets !And the financial arrangements suits both parties! Most of the inner circle senior teachers fall in this category. SriSri has a hold on them by knowing all their dark secrets (He actively seeks all such secrets & get them to spy on each other)& these "inner circle" people in return know a lot about SriSri's dark secrets. So SriSri has to keep them happy. Not one person in inner circle of SriSri is innocent. They all know enough about SriSri to know he is no virgin messiah!!It is their lack of integrity, financial incentives (most live off "AOL business"!!) & their position of power which is keeping them glued to SriSRri. Not one of them can claim ignorance & innocence. They will go down with SriSri when he goes down by year 2012. That is why SriSri is buying as many real estate as he can all over the world.
- April 22, 2010 at 6:18 PM
@Anon 3:45 PM
I'm pretty sure he's planning to start a political party soon. That is the to be the only logical reason for this lust for $$$.
Otherwise he would be happy with the millions he has, and stay below the radar.
- April 22, 2010 at 6:18 PM
@Anon 3:45 PM
I'm pretty sure he's planning to start a political party soon. That is the to be the only logical reason for this lust for $$$.
Otherwise he would be happy with the millions he has, and stay below the radar.
- April 22, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- When Bawa says: "....Though of late, quite a few funding agencies have finally woken up to the fact that Art of Living is doing some great work and have expressed a desire to partner with us towards mutual goals… "
That is another bull s...! The opposite is true. For years AOL/sriSri have filled up their coffers in the guise of being a charity & doing service. More & more people have woken up to the fact that AOL is no charitable trust and no money from courses, donations, etc goes to any charitable work. So the latest SriSri is telling to his teachers is to go & partner with respectable organisations. His latest strategy is to use the good name of the true charitable organisations & THEIR WORK to promote AOL. How? by partnering with them. He even has told AOL centres to organise AWARDS to other organisation/VIPS engaged in service to get AOL name into media. His strategy is : we are not doing any service ourselves, no one giving us a medal, so how to get to media? By giving other genuine charities medal & use their good name for our publicity, not to mention their $$$. I am sorry for any organisation, person who falls victim to this foul play of SriSri.
- April 22, 2010 at 6:19 PM
There is another senior teacher/singer by the name 'Vikram Hazara'. Whenever he performs in western countries, he asks for a personal donation. Normally, local group is forced to organise a dinner event where everyone contribute cash of $100 to $200 per person. He sings 2/3 bhajans at such dinners and the total collections go straight to his pocket. Senior AOL teachers can throw more light on these cash collections and Guru Dakshina collection arrangements. In all these cases, local AOL organization remains a guilty partner. I would ask them to come forward and give specific details on these arrangements.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:26 PM
Although we all dislike bawa for his arrogance - I don't think being gay is wrong. Their privacy (right to remain in the closet) must be respected.
An onlooker will see them as celibate - maybe even praise them for it- but as long as they themselves don't boast about their celibacy, it is quite ok.
- April 22, 2010 at 8:37 PM
lemme tell u one thing.. this teacher v r tokin abt -Bawa, wears clothes donated to him by volunteers,infact he asks ppl to get clothes for him.. i hav seen that.He even goes out with rich volunteers for shopping.Its obvious who pays.Thats how cheap he is ..
- April 22, 2010 at 10:41 PM
Dear Peaceful Warrior,
I never said being a gay is wrong. That was your interpretation. I have many gay & lesbian friends, whether out or still in closet. But none of them covers their "gay" ness by saying they are celibate or lecturing youth to stay celibate or boast about their celibacy. You read my post again.
And yes, I have heard them myself many times (both Dinesh & Bawa) when asked why they are not married or if they are going to get married, replying that they prefer the bliss of meditation & celibacy & how they have dedicated their lives to RS & spiritual lives. And you go & check out their replies to young men when they ask them about their sexual urges.
And Bawa's arrogance is the least of his shortcomings in my opinion. He is a fraud, corrupt, deceitful individual, every bit like his guru, that is using deceiving of other people to enrich his own pocket.
And someone like him & Dinesh who teach DSN & talking about integrity,and dealing with fears etc, I can't see why they can't be honest about their being gay. Now a days that is no issue & common fact of life!And no, it is not onlookers seeing them as celibate, they actually put on that pretence that they are & they go a long way to give that impression. I, myself, believed their pretence for many years, till I saw them together myself & then checked with other senior teachers who confirmed that they are gay & a couple but pretend they are celibate!
They are doing no favour to gay community, that is for sure!
- April 22, 2010 at 11:30 PM
As a professional singer, Vikram is quite good, and the audience and the organizers are usually happy to oblige. I for one would love to listen to him live!
He is open and transparent about it. He needs to make a living too and what's wrong with that. It's not that he is asking money for charity, and pocketing the money himself. In fact many professional singers charge $ for charity concerts too. It's their livelihood.
- April 22, 2010 at 11:42 PM
As the author of the original comment (Annon @ 4/19, 5.10p) Thank you for making this a separate blog entry. Since then bawa's site has been down and I did post a comment on his site that read:
"Wow, you really come off sounding like a pompous ass - shamelessly telling people that its a privilege to give money to such an organization, even if it means coming at the cost of caring for yourself/feeding your family? You know why the art of living is getting such a bad rap off late? Its down to people like yourself who have lost touch with reality - where's the spirituality in your arrogance?
Bawa says:
April 21, 2010 at 4:15 pm
re read please at no point have i said you pay if you cant feed your family or care for yourself … infact i dont even know why i am bothering to reply to you … yes now i am being a bit arrogant :)
Hmm the last lines that say 'you should feel privileged to donate to such an organization, even if it means a bit of a stretch to you.. makes me sick.I knew bawa growing up and I used to look up at him in awe. This was back then when I would follow the herd mentality and do all AOL courses because I felt pressurized to do it.I was coerced into attending a DSN course that was headed by bawa, my experiences have been published before by Klim.Ever since then, I have been put off by the organization itself and it just hurts that bawa is able to conjure up a big following of youth who do not know what they are getting into. Another comment that was published underneath that same post read:
Mridu says:
Jai Gurudev!
I wonder why people are ready to pay so much for each visit to a psychiatrist for rest of their lives without getting their problems solved while paying USD 300 for just 1 AOL course solves most of the issues one faces in life and saves the cost of going to a psychiatrist. May be people are concerned that psychiatrists might run out of job :). Isn't it scary how people are swayed by blind faith? I'd like to contribute more and share my experiences - I was actually in a greater position than anyone out there could imagine. Klim, let me know how I can help. I just cant get over how he shamelessly touts that you should be giving money and feel privileged to do so.
- April 23, 2010 at 12:06 AM
If you have so much info and hopefully some evidence on the money, accounts, people involved, Sri Sri's sex life, can't you contact the media as anonymous and give them all this info. I am sure they are very interested right now.
Can you write a post of the details of the deep dark secrets of Sri Sri on money and sex?
- April 23, 2010 at 2:40 AM
Hi john
Most AOL accounts are usually paid by SriSri/AOL. Because SriSri needs to keep them happy & can't say to them that there is not enough money & they have to work as volunteers, can he?!After all they know better than anyone else how much $$$$ flows into coffers & not a dollar of it goes to charity!
And Srisri wouldn't want them leave & spill the beans, so he looks after them!
For most other positions srisri tries to change people all the time, so he is not dependent on that one person & also so that they don't find out too much or gain too much influence. So that is why you see him talking about rotating positions every couple of years (of course whenever convenient, this changes!)
But if you check, most AOL accountants stay in that position year after year. For example Jeff Houk in US. See how many years he has been USAOL treasurer.
These people get to know first hand that money from courses, donations do not go into any charity work. In fact often they even steal money which was fundraised for a specific charity work & don't pass it on. These accountants/treasurers are complicit in SriSri's fraud & deception. So sriSri has to pay them & keep them in the same position, as he knows he can't afford to upset them. They know alot & they cover up a lot for SriSri. Also where ever he can he prefers Indian treasurer/accountant as he can rely on their loyalty more.
- April 23, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Read with interest the lowdown on this organization. In fact, was thinking of joining the basic course just for health reasons, but something held me back. That something is my innate disbelief in gurus and godmen and instant nirvana, and in fact anything to do with organized religion.
Thank you for the exposure. However, as long as there are gullible people around, there'll always be people like SSRS who portray themselves as a saviour.
- April 26, 2010 at 12:38 PM
What's with these Gurus charging huge amounts of money (in dollars) just for a few admirers to sit near them? One Amma K is now charging $25K for people to sit near her corpulent frame!! I wonder what this scrawny Rasputin is charging these days to sit near him and learn to breathe...
- April 26, 2010 at 9:08 PM
i know for a fact that in a south east asian chapter there are teachers who do not account for the monies they collect.they claim they have lost the deposit slips.one teacher deposited monies in his personal account then issued a cheque to aol which bounced.the vip's from india namely the gurus close circle plus sister expect to be chaufferd to shopping and treated like royalty.The ridiculous talks of the guru are held in 5 star hotels with limited capacity .good money is wasted on such lavish bookings but obviously approved by RS.Women teachers and female devotees spend hours in hair salons and attend the gurus talks dressed for a bollywood function.The rich and famous are invited to sit in the front rows.the poor hardly get to attend.RS says some garbage on stage and answers some questions with his usual dump wit which appeals only to the brain dead female devotees mostly housewifes and senior teachers.thereafter they pander to his every need for special food n accomodation ina 5 star hotel.A guard usually a young man is placed outside his door who screens visitors but the rich and famous get in almost at will.He then flies off to exotic bali where a group of female devotees have already prepared his room in another 5 star hotel with special food freshly cooked for him.He laps it all up as does his cronies who follow him.Its all a criminal waste of money which could serve a much better purpose.money donated for charity totally misused.A spectacle to watch is when he jumps into the pool in the hotel surrouned by the mindless women in indian outfits all thrilled that he is "krishna surrounded by gopis.'..For these silly women his antics are godly.maybe they deserve each other.For an independent observer they are psycho and he the manipulator who keeps them psycho and stupid.No wonder gurus love the signboard that says leave your shoes and intellect outside.
- July 27, 2010 at 4:41 AM


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TWILIGHT star BILLY BURKE feels indebted to his onscreen daughter KRISTEN STEWART because she helped him prepare to be a real-life father.
The 45 year old plays Bella's dad Charlie Swan in the hit vampire franchise and throughout the series Burke is tasked with trying to protect his little girl and help her through her teenage years.
Getting into character was hard for Burke, who had no children at the time, but he learned how to be a parent though his relationship with Stewart - which came in handy when he found out he was expecting a daughter of his own in 2008.
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HOUSTON (AP) - Former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker sat with Houston Texans owner Bob McNair at the team's playoff victory over Cincinnati in January. McNair asked Baker to spearhead the city's bid for the 2017 Super Bowl, and Baker gladly accepted.
On Monday, McNair introduced Baker as the honorary chairman of Houston's bid committee, a prominent figure McNair says can influence owners on his reputation alone.
The owners are expected to vote in May on host sites for the 2016 and 2017 Super Bowls. Miami and San Francisco are competing for the 2016 game, the 50th Super Bowl, and the runner-up will compete against Houston for the 2017 game.
"He's one of the few people who could make a difference," McNair said at a news conference. "In most cases, it would not make a difference. In his case, he's such a respected figure that it'll register with the owners."
Baker, 82, served as the secretary of state under President George H.W. Bush from January 1989 until August 1992. He previously served as Treasury Secretary under Ronald Reagan (1985-88) and as White House Chief of Staff for Reagan (1981-85) and Bush.
A Houston native, Baker says his primary role is "lobbying" other NFL owners on behalf of his hometown.
"Hopefully, they will be able to think well for what I've done for this country," Baker said. "I would expect to be able to sit down and talk to them and try to convince them that Houston is indeed the best venue for the 51st Super Bowl. That's my job."
Houston businessman Ric Campo will serve as the committee's chairman. Campo, involved in real-estate investment, currently serves as the chairman of Houston First, a local government corporation aimed at spurring economic growth through conventions and the arts.
Reliant Stadium, home of the Texans, was the site of the 2004 Super Bowl, with Tom Brady and New England defeating Carolina. McNair and Campo said the city will make a more enticing pitch this time, with a 1,000-room hotel scheduled to open downtown in 2016 and an east-west light-rail line downtown expected to be running by April 2014.
The stadium itself will have the largest scoreboards in any venue in the world - 52 feet high by 277 feet long - installed and operating by the start of the 2013 season.
Reliant Stadium, which has a retractable roof, hosted the 2011 Final Four and is scheduled to stage college basketball's premier event again in 2016. The venue is a frequent site for international soccer matches and annually hosts the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas in late December.
"We have a lot to be proud of in Houston," Campo said. "The assets that we have will compete very, very well with the other cities for the Super Bowl."
But a key sticking point in the whole process is the fate of the Astrodome, which sits unused and rotting next door to Reliant Stadium. The stadium nicknamed the "Eighth Wonder of the World" when it opened in the 1960s was condemned in July 2008, after the fire marshal's office cited it for nine code violations.
Last May, a consulting firm presented the Harris County commissioners with several options for the Astrodome's future and recommended a $270 million plan to turn it into a multipurpose facility. The consultants also said the commissioners should consider a $385 million plan to make improvements to Reliant Park, including a new 10,000-seat arena, exhibition space and a 2,500-3,000-seat parking garage. Reliant Stadium and the Astrodome are part of the park, a 350-acre parcel south of downtown Houston.
Willie Loston, executive director of the county's sports and convention corporation, said Monday the commissioner's court is still mulling the options. It's not officially scheduled to come before the commissioners until the next capital improvements meeting in June, but McNair would like to see something decided much sooner.
"It would be helpful," McNair said. "It would make our bid more attractive, I don't think there's any question about that."
The consultants said demolishing the dome comes with the cheapest cost, about $64 million. McNair stopped short of saying he wants that done, and said whatever is decided for the future of the Astrodome, it won't make or break the city's chances of luring the Super Bowl.
"You never know what might be the difference in your bid," McNair said. "We should just do everything we can to make our bid as attractive as possible, and that includes making Reliant Park as attractive as possible."
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You know that the cost of feeding cows is milk production's highest expense.
Therefore, much attention has been given to proper ration formulation, ration monitoring, feeding high quality forages and evaluating the cost of ration inputs to get maximum milk production and maintain cow health.
But getting individual cows to eat enough feed can often be a major challenge on dairy farms.
So, what makes a cow stop eating?
1. Rumen fill.
Cows stop eating when they are full. This seems like a simple statement, but often the driver of this fill is ration NDF level, which is correlated to the amount of ration fiber. A cow can eat approximately 1.3 percent of her body weight in NDF fiber per day. One of the reasons for a properly balanced ration is to ensure that the NDF level in the ration is correct. If feedstuff dry matter changes, it will affect the as-fed amount of NDF the cow consumes. If you don't monitor the dry matter of forages on at least a weekly basis, you may be underfeeding or overfeeding cows. If you do not obtain nutrient analyses, you cannot know the amount of NDF in the TMR. If you underfeed NDF, you are not providing enough fiber for the cow to maintain proper rumen health.
2. Rumen pH level.
When the pH level of the rumen drops after a meal, the cow stops eating and starts to ruminate. Rumination provides salivary sodium bicarbonate to the rumen to buffer the effects of the lowered rumen pH. If your herd has subacute rumen acidosis (SARA), cows will not have consistent intakes because cows stop eating when that rumen pH drops. Diagnosis of SARA can be done by asking your veterinarian to evaluate rumen fluid samples via a process known as rumenocentesis. Often, rations can be properly formulated to prevent SARA, but improper feed handling and delivery is a risk factor for this disease. If the TMR is too dry, not mixed properly, cows are sorting or the feed is not delivered on a consistent basis, a herd may suffer from SARA. Every farm should routinely use a particle separator to test rations.
3. No feed available.
This is known as EBS or empty bunk syndrome. When feed cost is high, dairy producers sometimes try to cut costs by making cows clean up every bite of feed. A reasonable goal is to have at least 5 percent of feed refused. However, in situations where feed is not consistently available, weather affects intakes, or pens and bunk space is crowded, it may be desirable to feed for 10 percent refusals. Having a hungry cow with no feed to eat is extremely undesirable. Make sure that feed is available when cows are done milking to promote maximum intakes.
4. Overcrowding/competition.
If a cow is hungry and there is feed available, is there a spot for her at the table? Do cows have to compete for a place to ruminate and rest? Overcrowding cows or bunk space will lower intakes and is also a risk factor for SARA.
5. Illness.
Individual cows will not eat if they do not feel well. Lame cows do not eat. Ketotic cows do not eat. Cows treated with excessive amounts of dextrose do not eat because they have high blood sugar levels. Cows with fevers do not eat. If a cow does not eat, there is something wrong and she needs to be examined and evaluated for follow-up care.
6. Heat stress/poor ventilation.
Now is the time to evaluate your facilities for cow comfort before the summer heat arrives.
Look at your cows today and consult with your veterinarian and nutritionist as to whether anything is preventing your herd from consuming as much feed as possible.
Fred Gingrich is a practicing veterinarian and owner of Country Roads Veterinary Services, Inc., in Ashland, Ohio.