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CRS: "Revolving Door," Post-Employment Laws for Federal Personnel, September 17, 2007
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Publisher: United States Congressional Research Service
Title: "Revolving Door," Post-Employment Laws for Federal Personnel
CRS report number: 97-875
Author(s): Jack H. Maskell, American Law Division
Date: September 17, 2007
- Abstract
- Federal personnel may be subject to certain conflict of interest restrictions on their permissible private employment activities even after they leave the service of the U.S. government. These restrictions, applicable when one enters private employment after having left government service, are often referred to as "revolving door" laws. For the most part, other than the narrow restrictions specific to procurement officials, these laws restrict only certain "representational" types of employment activities, such as lobbying or other advocacy communications which are directed at, and are intended to influence, current federal officials.
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Inter Milan are chasing Manchester City set-piece specialist Aleksander Kolarov, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
The Serbian has been unable to hold down a regular starting berth under Roberto Mancini, starting just five league games this season.
Kolarov moved to the Etihad Stadium in July 2010 from Lazio for a reported fee of £16 million.
The 26-year-old Citizens left-back has been criticised for his defensive performances and accused of being too slow to handle the pace of the Barclays Premier League.
These reports have supposedly come about as a by-product of the negotiations between City and Inter over want-away striker Carlos Tevez.
The Nerazzuri are thought to be on the lookout for a replacement for outgoing left-back Cristian Chivu.
Any deal would most likely be struck for a summer transfer and it has not been suggested Kolarov will be a part of the deal.
The Serbia international has become famous for his free-kick taking and recently scored a spectacular effort in the FA Cup third round loss to Manchester United.
Manchester City are unlikely to expect to recoup the full transfer fee paid for him, but they will want a large chunk of what they spent on a transfer from barely 18 months ago.

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This new Japanese trailer for the PSP version of Final Fantasy III shows the team getting their magic on against a variety of foes. It also demonstrates a smart way of showing PSP footage without spreading it out and making it look janky - super-impose smaller footage over bigger, out-of-focus footage! Crafty.
Curious about what Final Fantasy is all about, or wondering where Final Fantasy III falls into the scheme of things? Check out Jason's helpful primer for the series. Hey, I've never played FFIII, so that article helped me know what was going on in this trailer.
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High Performance for High Expectation
Canon's update to the wildly popular full frame EOS 5D is here, and it's better than ever. The EOS 5D Mark II has a stunning 21.1-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor with DIGIC 4 Image Processor, a vast ISO Range of 100-6400 (expandable to ISO L: 50, H1: 12800 and H2: 25600), plus EOS technologies like Auto Lighting Optimizer and Peripheral Illumination Correction. It supports Live View shooting, Live View HD videos, and more. It can shoot up to 3.9 fps, has 9 AF points plus 6 AF assist points, a new 98% coverage viewfinder, a 3.0-inch Clear View LCD (920,000 dots/VGA) and a rugged build. Full-frame shooters rejoice!
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The EOS 5D Mark II features a huge, full-frame sensor. A 21.1-megapixel CMOS sensor delivers images of up to 5616 x 3744 pixels. And since it is full-frame, all lenses will deliver the angle of view they would on a 35mm camera without a conversion factor. This comes in handy especially when shooting with wide-angle lenses. For the flexibility to shoot in even the most dimly lit situations, the EOS 5D Mark II offers Canon's highest ISO sensitivity to date, ranging from 100-6400 (expandable to ISO L: 50, H1: 12800 and H2: 25600). Thanks to improved noise reduction technologies, images shot even at highest sensitivity will be remarkably smooth.
Full HD Video capture at 1920 x 1080 resolution for up to 4GB per clip with HDMI output for HD viewing of stills and video.
The EOS 5D Mark II is the first digital EOS to offer recording of Full HD video in Live View Mode. Capable of shooting clips almost half an hour long at full 1080 resolution, the EOS 5D Mark II does amazing double duty, making it possible to shoot broadcast quality video on your camera by simply changing settings. The advantages move way beyond the ability to shoot on your SLR - the wealth of high-speed lenses and shooting accessories that make EOS photography so remarkable can be used in shooting video. Where interchangeable lens video cameras cost thousands of dollars, with the EOS 5D Mark II their operation, including HDMI output, is simply an added bonus to a remarkable camera.
Next generation DIGIC 4 Image Processor for faster processing of fine detail and color reproduction as well as reduced image noise.
The EOS 5D Mark II's sensor is backed up by Canon's DIGIC 4 Image Processor, which speeds up all operations making a number of new features possible. Processor intensive operations like Face Detection Live mode, HD video recording and lighting and lens peripheral optimization are all possible thanks to the DIGIC 4 Image Processor. The EOS 5D Mark II also offers full 14-bit A/D conversion. The analog output from the image sensor is converted into a digital signal via 14-bit conversion instead of the previously used 12-bit conversion, resulting in significantly finer tonal gradation for better prints.
High performance with 3.9 fps continuous shooting, new shutter with a durability of 150,000 cycles and improved weather-resistant body.
The EOS 5D Mark II has a sophisticated AF system consisting of 9 user-selectable AF points, along with a total of 6 additional vertical and horizontal AF assist points. The central AF point is cross-type, and is sensitive to vertical lines at an aperture of f/2.8, horizontal lines at f/5.6. The AF system is also sensitive to its light source, and can compensate for focus errors that can occur when multiple sources illuminate a scene. AF points can be chosen by the photographer using the 5D's multi-controller or preferred control dial. Plus, the EOS 5D features a dedicated AF ON button. The EOS 5D Mark II has a rugged new shutter designed to withstand 150,000 exposures. Combined with its impressive build quality, this new shutter ensures that the EOS 5D Mark II will thrive in challenging shooting environments.
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"Maigret" Surname
Frequency of "Maigret" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "Maigret" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "Maigret" ranked #62,187 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 1990 Census", US Census Bureau.
"Maigret" Graves on Histopolis
Histopolis currently has 3 grave(s) with the surname "Maigret".
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NEW YORK (AP) — Most of the jokes from the new Broadway comedy "The Performers" cannot appear in a family newspaper. The world of adult films doesn't lend itself to cleanliness.
But here's one of the few that can be quoted from David West Read's script:
"Do you like White Russians?" one porn star asks another at a bar.
"Sure," comes the reply. "I like white Russians, I like black Russians, I like half-Russians..."
The funny thing is that the show has a pure heart and a traditional feel-good message despite the waving of adult toys, simulated sex acts and language that would trigger a seizure in a network censor. Read has somehow found sweetness in porn.
Starring Cheyenne Jackson, Ari Graynor, Daniel Breaker, Jenni Barber with Alicia Silverstone and Henry Winkler, "The Performers" opened Wednesday at the Longacre Theatre. It's the tale of two couples struggling with grass-is-always-greener issues.
Jackson and Graynor play married adult film stars who naturally have monogamy issues. Breaker and Silverstone play a slightly bored couple — he a journalist writing about the porn world and she a school teacher — who have a conventional sex life. When they role play, she plays a school teacher.
At a hotel in Las Vegas on the night of the Adult Film Awards, both couples learn what really matters. Their searching is aided by Winkler, who plays a veteran porn star named Chuck Wood and his extremely enhanced gal pal Sundown LeMay, portrayed by Barber.
Director Evan Cabnet has aimed at, and struck, the tender heart in a script that could easily be performed with more darkness or more cartoony. The great cast — especially a squeaky, muddle-headed Graynor and zesty Winkler — keeps the show giggling.
Comic timing is in rich supply here but also compassion. Breaker's eyes bulge like Marty Feldman when he gets bewildered and Barber shows the lost girl inside her airhead doll. Though Silverstone sometimes gets lines muddled, she still nails her character's worry and need.
Jackson plays his alpha porn star Mandrew — who with his ponytail and bravado resembles Tom Cruise in "Magnolia" — as trying-too-hard to appear smart but with a well of kindness beneath the facade. He impressively does that wearing very little, without any self-consciousness. He's the closest anyone onstage gets to naked, if you were wondering.
Anna Louizos' sets are ingenious. The action switches between two hotel rooms and the lobby bar and Louizos makes small details like the paintings and pillows on the bed switch to indicate the two suites. You'd expect not too much thought in terms of costumes for a play about porn, but Jessica Wegener Shay's over-the-top maroon sequined dress for Graynor and a '70s white suit for Winkler hit the spot.
Stripped bare — sorry, puns are hard to avoid here — "The Performers" reveals a simple and not-so-provocative message. Winkler's experienced character makes it clear: "If love is involved, there's always a compromise." The fact that it is spoken by an expletive-spewing porn star just adds a little spice to it.


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91J Quartermaster and Chemical Equipment Repairer
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- Location
- Gunpowder, MD
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- Nov 09, 2018
- Closes
- Nov 12, 2018
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- Experienced (Non-Manager)
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91J Quartermaster and Chemical Equipment Repairer Job ID: 1019642 Job Views: 22 Location: APG, Maryland, United States ZIP Code: 21010 Job Category: Mechanic and Maintenance Posted: 10.15.2018 Age Requirements: Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 Job DescriptionAre you one of those people who just instinctively see how things work? Are you the person people come to when they need to have something looked at or fixed? Put that talent to work in the Army National Guard. As a Quartermaster and Chemical Equipment Repairer in the Army National Guard, you will build the skills you need for a civilian career while directly supporting the maintenance of chemical decontamination equipment and quartermaster machinery. In order to perform these functions, you will train to maintain laundry and bath equipment, pumps, engines, burners, filter units, and water purification units. Your skills will contribute to maintaining special purpose equipment, decontamination and protective filter systems, smoke generator systems, and chemical electrical systems. Earn while you learn Get paid to learn! Join the Guard and you will learn valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance. After 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you will learn fundamental Soldiering skills, you will attend approximately 11 weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT), which will include a combination of hands-on and classroom training where you will learn marine engine maintenance and repair, as well as internal combustion engine theory and the use and care of hand and power tools. And as your skills increase, so will your responsibilities. Advanced team members supervise and train other Soldiers within the same discipline. Requires military enlistment. Applicants must meet minimum qualifications. Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability. Benefits subject to change. Benefits/RequirementsBenefits * Paid training * A monthly paycheck * Montgomery GI Bill * Retirement benefits for part-time service * Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage) * 401(k)-type savings plan * Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans) * Healthcare Benefits Available Requirements * High School Diploma or GED * Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 * Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards * Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details) Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $196.26 and $254.91 per drill weekend. Programs and benefits are subject to change. This position may qualify for a bonus, ask your National Guard recruiter for the most up-to-date information.


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At about 34" long and 28" wide, the bib provides ample front and side coverage. The shoulder straps are easy to adjust with low-profile, unobtrusive clips, and the adjustable waistband has a quick-release buckle. A pocket on the chest has compartments for pencils, pads, small rules, etc.
Below it there are two 8" x 8" pockets with a top flap that keeps sawdust and wood chips out, plus two larger 14" x 8" side-opening pockets to hold small tools or just provide a comfortable resting place for hands. The wide openings on these pockets permit easy access, and the rounded inside corners won't trap small objects.
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Flat Abs Slideshow: 9 Tips for Flat Abs
How to Get Flat Abs
Like the quest for the Holy Grail, many people are on a mission to improve their abs. What does it take to get there? These nine simple exercises and lifestyle tips can start you in the right direction.
No. 1: Improve Your Posture
Slouch and your stomach pooches. So straighten up, and you've done your abs a favor without breaking a sweat! For better posture while standing, align your ears over your shoulders, shoulders over hips, hips over knees, and knees over ankles. Keep the fronts of the shoulders open like a shirt on a hanger, instead of a shirt on a peg. Draw your navel to your spine and keep your weight even on the balls of your feet and your heels.
No. 2: Think Whole-Body Exercise
Don't get so into your abs that you overlook your other muscles. Your core muscles also include your glutes and back muscles, for instance. Pilates is one way to work all of the core muscles, plus the arms and legs, for a whole-body workout that does strengthens the abs -- and more.
No. 3: Try the Canoe Twist
Stand upright, feet apart. Interlace your fingers to create a solid grip. Exhale, and sweep the interlocked hands, arms, shoulders, and chest to the left, as if "rowing a canoe." Simultaneously lift the left knee up and to the right. Inhale and return to the starting position. Exhale and perform the movement to the right. Alternate for 20 repetitions.
No. 4: Do the Cat Kick
Stand with feet together, arms extended like airplane wings. Exhale, and lift the right leg forward and up. At the same time, sweep the arms forward at shoulder level and round your spine, like a cat. The navel should feel as though it's pressing toward the spine. Inhale, and open back up and return to the starting position. Repeat with the left leg, alternating for 20 repetitions.
No. 5: Practice the Pilates Zip Up
Stand upright with heels together, toes slightly turned out. Bring your arms up, hands joined underneath the chin. Exhale, press your arms down, keeping hands and arms very close to the body. Simultaneously, lift your heels off the ground onto your tiptoes. Hold for two seconds at the "top," inhale and return to the starting position. The abs go "in and up" and the arms go down. Perform 20 repetitions.
No. 6: Examine Your Diet
You can do ab exercises until the cows come home, but if you've got extra belly fat, your strong abs won't show. To budge the belly fat, you have to look at what you eat and how active you are. In other words, eat less and move more, and spend your calorie budget wisely.
No. 7: Props Are Optional
Stability and Bosu balls, straps and bands, and gym memberships can be wonderful, but they aren't necessary for stronger abs. Even in your everyday life -- while taking a walk, standing in line at the grocery store, or socializing at a cocktail party -- you can engage your abs by standing straight and exhaling to draw the navel to the spine.
No. 8: Set Realistic Goals
Your genes may play a role in your body's shape, but don't make that an excuse to give up and head for the cookie jar. Your goals should be realistic and focused on your body, not on some idealized image. Beyonce's abs may motivate you, but you shouldn't expect to mimic them.
No. 9: Take Things Slow
There are no fast fixes. Even the promised quick fixes end up being temporary. Plan on slow and steady progression, and prepare for setbacks and even frustration. Rewards come with time and consistency.


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TUSCALOOSA | It was crunch time at the Angel Tree warehouse, but the toy store was beginning to run thin. With less than a week before parents were scheduled to pick up the donated gifts, Salvation Army volunteers and staff were struggling to find enough toys and clothes for about 500 children.
TUSCALOOSA | It was crunch time at the Angel Tree warehouse, but the toy store was beginning to run thin. With less than a week before parents were scheduled to pick up the donated gifts, Salvation Army volunteers and staff were struggling to find enough toys and clothes for about 500 children.
Their goal was to include three toys, an outfit, shoes and a coat for each child, but only about 2,100 children were "adopted" this year, leaving 500 with nothing, said Angel Tree coordinator Vera Ballard. There were also several hundred that only received one item — maybe an outfit or a small toy. It was up to the Salvation Army to fill in the gaps.
"It may not be a wish list item, but everyone that signs up and is approved gets something," she said. "But we're running out of stuff. We really need more toys."
The Salvation Army's Angel Tree program, which has been in existence for more than 45 years, provides gifts for disadvantaged children 12 years and younger in Tuscaloosa, Hale, Bibb, Greene, Sumter, Lamar and Pickens counties. Each year, the organization sets up a Christmas tree decorated with angel tags at a location around town, usually the University Mall. Each angel includes the child's first name, age, clothing sizes and a few Christmas wishes. Shoppers can "adopt" a child, purchase age-appropriate clothing and toys for that child and then bring those items back to the Angel Tree volunteers. While parents and children are not allowed to "wish" for expensive toys, and they must keep their wish list items under $50, those who are shopping can spend and purchase what they would like. The wishes are just suggestions, Ballard said.
This year has been a busy one and volunteers were hard-pressed to keep up with all of the children's wishes. Bikes were the No. 1 wish list item, followed closely by video games, LeapFrog, Hello Kitty and Spider-Man toys and clothes. Several hundred children, however, did not receive anything. The older children are usually the ones left out, Ballard said, partly because they are harder to shop for and because their wish items are more expensive.
"It is definitely stressful and tiring, trying to make sure everyone has something, but when it looks like we're almost finished and I know all of the kids are going to have something, I'm happy," said 37-year-old Charlotte Henderson. The Tuscaloosa resident has been volunteering with the Angel Tree program for about six years and says she'll continue to do so in years to come.
"Financially, I can't help like some of the people who buy the presents," she said. "But I can give my time."
Ballard said she could use a few more people who are willing to give their time. In addition to toys, volunteers are needed to help bag all of the gifts and distribute those gifts to parents from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday.
"It is busy work, but we try to have fun," Ballard said.
For 30-year-old Susan LaGrone, an Angel Tree volunteer since 2004, the most challenging part is matching the bikes with all of the children. The walls of the former Goody's department store in the McFarland Mall, which serves as the Angel Tree warehouse this year, was lined with hundreds of bikes, the most LaGrone said she has ever seen in her years of helping. She can only imagine the look of excitement and joy on their faces when the children see those bikes on Christmas morning.
"That's why I do this — so the children can have a good Christmas. If it wasn't for this, some of these kids would get absolutely nothing for Christmas," she said. "It's hard enough for me to provide for my two, so I understand the struggle that parents go through in making sure their kids have Christmas."
Reach Kim Eaton at 205-722-0209.


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The Grovesteen name is one of the more illustrious and prominent manufacturers of the 19th Century. J. H. Grovesteen began building pianos as early as 1825, and ventured into several different successful partnerships over the next several decades. In 1846, Grovesteen went into partnership with William Senior, establishing the Grovesteen & Senior Piano Company in New York. In 1847, the name of the firm changed to Senior & Grovesteen. In 1848, Grovesteen ended his partnership with Senior, and he formed his own company under the Grovesteen & Company name. In 1854, Grovesteen went into partnership with William Truslow, forming the Grovesteen & Truslow Piano Company. His partnership ended with Truslow in 1857, and Grovesteen once again built pianos under his own name until yet another partnership with Joseph Hale in 1861. This firm was known as the Grovesteen & Hale Piano Company. Joseph Hale left the firm in 1863, so once again Grovesteen built pianos under his own name for several years until 1869 when John I. Fuller joined the firm. The firm was then known as Grovesteen & Fuller for the duration of its operation. Grovesteen was known for building superb instruments, and he earned multiple awards and medals during the 19th Century for piano manufacturing. The firm specialized in a large line of square grand pianos, but added grands and upright by the end of the 19th Century when the square grand went out of fashion. Grovesteen & Fuller was out of business by the first decade of the 20th Century.
Can you find your instrument listed in these antique catalogs?
Mid-19th Century Advertisements For Grovesteen & Company, Circa 1866
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Yesterday I biked out to the Gabriella area. It's one of a series of farming communities that lined Aloma Avenue when that road was the site of a railroad that ran from Orlando to Oviedo– the "Dinky Line." You'll see signs for Jamestown, Slavia and Goldenrod along the road, but Gabriella (aside from its historical marker) and a tiny place named Bertha are forgotten. (Click on any picture to enlarge it.)
Two historians, Steve and Gayle Rajtar, have written a number of illustrated books covering Florida's history. I must credit the historical walking and driving tours published by them, which supplied some of the information I've gathered here.
From my house it's a short ride along Howell Branch Road going east into the country toward Dodd Road. If you can mentally block out the sprawling suburbs that have sprouted all over, you can see the underlay of what was once a very rural farming area. When I moved here in 1978 I was struck by how many cows there were just a few minutes away from the intersection of 436 and Howell Branch. Dodd Road even had a dangerous right-hand corner at one point that would, if you decided to drive through the wall of yellow barricades, take you directly into somebody's living room. Now it's all been smoothed out and curved, yet you can still find the old road and take your bicycle along it. And there's only one barricade standing.
As you go north on Dodd, on your left you'll see a road named Eden Point, which is surrounded by farms. There you'll see cows as you are hurrying toward your destination. On the right you'll come to a lane that heads east into some private property, and if you look at an aerial map you'll notice a clump of forest at the end, with Gabriella Lane appearing on the other side, leading toward Tuscawilla Road and further east. There are no farms along the Lane now; they've all been sold off and replaced with giant houses on large acreage.
You'd never think that Tuscawilla Road and Aloma Avenue were once lined with farms and a railroad track, because everything is just about gone. However, if you mentally remove the suburban overlay– all very recent– you will find vestiges of the area's rural past. Here on Tuscawilla Road, just north of Aloma, is a piece of property where goats romp. Well… they don't really romp, but they DO pay attention some idiot with a camera ventures up to their gate and starts taking pictures.
Bordering on the bike path at Tuscawilla is this spot, where once stood the train station for the Bertha farming community.
Just west of Tuscawilla Road on Aloma are the remains of a tiny little blue and white church that you may remember driving past up through about 2006. It began life as a school building in 1899 and by the 1980s it became the Morning Start Baptist Church. Its last incarnation was as the Bible Believers Tabernacle, damaged beyond repair by a hurricane in 2004. It was pulled down in 2006.
Here's the Burchard house just off Aloma, now the home of Perfect printing. It was built in 1927 from a pre-fab kit that Sears used to sell in its catalogue, and originally stood at 7421 Aloma; it was moved to this spot in 2000. Imagine ordering a house through a catalog? But people did, and the pieces would arrive and you would put them together and then move in. There are also a couple of Sears catalog houses out in Tildenville, west of Winter Garden.
This tiny place was built in 1927, a pre-fab, and christened the "Wee Hoosier Inn" by Professor and Mrs. Fred Gifford.
This is the Adriatico house, located on Grove Avenue. It fronts a large citrus grove which I don't think is being cultivated anymore. It was built in 1926 and at one point along the front fence, under a very tall Washingtonia palm, there was a tombstone that read "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," gotten from a cemetery in Jamestown (further northeast on Aloma). I haven't seen it in a long time. It's hard to get a full picture of this house because of all the overgrown foliage; even I won't climb the fence.
Below you'll see shots of a house that once stood near the corner of Howell Branch Road and 436, just east of the plaza where a lot of people I know used to get their Halloween drag accessories. I took these pictures in about 1992; I think this was the Tuck house; the barn burned down about two weeks after I shot these. When I was photographing the house, a woman came out and made friendly conversation, and then invited me inside. She proudly showed off the stove in her kitchen.
And here's the Bower-Dike farmstead on Howell Branch Road, seconds away from schools, major subdivisions and shopping centers. It was possibly built in the 1880s, rented by the Tucks, and then bought by the Dike family in 1926. It originally sat where Signal Pointe Apartments is, at the northwest corner of Howell Branch Road and 436, but was moved to its present location in 1970.
Off Bear Gully Road, as you drive up from Aloma toward Howell Branch Road, you'll find this undeveloped piece of land facing the lake; this is where I always manage to collect sand spurs on the laces of my sneakers. This was all farming country not very long ago.
Almost back home… I picked up the bike trail and approached the bridge from where a train station used to stand at Forsyth and Aloma.
And the bridge, which I skirted because I didn't have to cross 436 to get home. A sidewalk off the trail brings you to 436, and then I just biked north, crossed Aloma, and was soon home. I tell you– the traffic was wall-to-wall, and it's incredible how you can find these rural places without ever hearing a note of traffic. And I've never felt stuck out here in the suburbs, because these places are just a few minutes away from home.


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Manila urgently needs to tackle problems in its own backyard to stop the kidnapping of foreign citizens.
PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was in Manila last November for the Apec Summit when he was informed by officials that Malaysian hostage, Bernard Then, who was abducted by the Abu Sayyaf group, was beheaded.
"He was upset and very shocked," recalled a Malaysian official.
When he spoke to the Malaysian media in Manila, Najib said President Benigno Aquino had told him that Then's beheading was probably carried out due to Philippine army operations and that Then had slowed down the militants who were moving from one place to another.
"That is not an excuse we can accept because he should have been released," Najib told the media.
He described the beheading as savage and a barbaric act.
There seems to be no end to the kidnappings. Now more hostages, at least 20, are in the hands of the militants who are demanding ransoms.
They include four Malaysian sailors who were taken from their boat by Abu Sayyaf militants on April 1 in international waters near Pulau Ligitan. Their fate remains unknown.
Fourteen Indonesians travelling in tugboats from Borneo to the Philippines were also abducted by hijackers in two separate cases recently.
Even as the foreign governments were working to get their citizens released, more shocking news came – Abu Sayyaf gunmen had beheaded Canadian John Ridsdel in the southern province of Sulu, sparking condemnation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Indonesia is still struggling with how to deal with the kidnapping of its citizens and is hosting talks with Malaysia and the Philippines to boost maritime security.
The meeting of foreign ministers and military chiefs in Jakarta is to discuss joint patrols to protect shipping in the waters between the three countries following the kidnappings.
The Philippine military has said the militants have been targeting foreign crews of slow-moving tugboats because they can no longer penetrate resorts and coastal towns in Sabah due to increased security.
Last week, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman was in Manila to meet his Filipino counterpart, Jose Rene D. Almendras. More assurance was given that Manila was doing all it could to secure the release of the hostages.
The Philippine military and police reportedly said that "there will be no letup" in the effort to combat the militants and find the hostages. But they have had little success in securing their freedom.
All these assurances somehow ring hollow.
We are dealing with human lives. If the foreign governments are frustrated with the way the crisis is being handled by Manila, imagine the anguish and uncertainty of family members waiting for news of their loved ones.
The kidnappings are taking place in the Philippines' own backyard and the question arises as to whether they are doing enough to tackle the problem at source.
The answer will be no. After all how do you explain the alarming number of people being kidnapped and brought back to the Philippines with a price put on their head?
It is election period in the Philippines. A lot of energy is spent on political campaigning by politicians and fears remain that the lives of the hostages are not on their priority list.
"Manila must be doing more to tackle the kidnapping and transborder crime activities and I seriously think they are not doing enough," said a security official.
Security is a big challenge for the Philippines. While its military is battling the militants in the south, up north Manila sent its ships and aircraft to keep watch over the South China Sea, where tensions are building up with China.
Another problem has risen from these hostage-taking cases. It is affecting the economic activities of citizens living on both sides of the border.
Sabah has shut down its eastern international boundaries to cross- border trade as part of measures to clamp down on the kidnapping groups.
Barter trade is a lifeline for people on Tawi Tawi, the southern-most Philippine province and the closest to Sabah, for their rice, cooking gas and fuel.
Authorities in several Indonesian coal ports have blocked departures of ships for the Philippines over security concerns. Indonesia supplies 70% of the Philippines' coal import needs.
The calls for joint navy and air patrol efforts among neighbouring countries are getting louder. But that is a stop-gap measure.
These kidnapping cases are affecting the image of the region as well.
Filipinos are about to elect a new president. Lets hope one of the priorities of the new leader is to tackle, with a lot of care, the safe release of the hostages and subsequently peace in southern Philippines.
By Mergawati Zulfakar The Star
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READ: Malaysian beheaded by Abu Sayyaf after kin failed to comply with ransom demand – military
There seems to be no end to the kidnappings. Now more hostages, at least 20, are in the hands of the militants who are demanding ransoms.
They include four Malaysian sailors who were taken from their boat by Abu Sayyaf militants on April 1 in international waters near Pulau Ligitan. Their fate remains unknown.
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as presented in Arya Asanga's Mahayanasamgraha (Summary of the Great Vehicle) (10 themes found only in the Great Vehicle, to be realized in the sequence presented here; aspects 1-3 are upheld only by Yogachara School; 4-10 are upheld by all of Mahayana)
1. Alaya-vijnana (storehouse/repository/container consciousness) – 8 consciousness system; see below
2. Trisvabhava / trilakshana (3 natures / 3 characteristics) – paratantra (other-dependent – all manifestations of consciousness, born of alaya),
parikalpita (imputational/completely imagined/ conceptually grasped – as something established by way of its own character), parinishpanna (thoroughly established/ completely perfected/perfectly real);
parinishpanna is the absence of parikalpita in paratantra – this is suchness, ultimate essencelessness, the object of observation for purification
3. Vijnaptimatra (mere concept/consciousness-only/cognition-only) – realization of parinishpanna and that all objects of experience are therefore just manifestations of consciousness, born of alaya;
darshanamarga (path of seeing) is entered at first direct cognition of vijnaptimatra - this is 1st bodhisattva bhumi
4. Paramita (6 or 10 perfections) –
dana (giving),
shila (morality),
kshanti (patience),
virya (diligence),
dhyana (meditation),
prajna (wisdom),
upayakaushalya (skillful means),
pranidhana (aspiration),
bala (power),
jnana (knowledge);
these paramitas are both the condition and the result of realization
5. Bodhisattva-bhumi (10 grounds/levels/stages of awakening beings) –
pramudita (joyous),
vimala (stainless),
prabhakari (luminous),
arcismati (radiant),
sudarjaya (unconquerable),
abhimukhi (directly facing),
durangama (far going),
achala (immovable),
sadhumati (good intellect),
dharmamegha (cloud of teachings) –
10 paramitas are practiced on 10 bhumis, successively, on bhavana-marga (path of cultivation);
this is applying vijnaptimatra (nonduality of subject and object) to each paramita
6. Bodhisattva-shila (precepts of awakening beings) – embracing and sustaining discipline and deportment, embracing and sustaining wholesome qualities, embracing and sustaining living beings
7. Mahayana samadhi (great vehicle concentrations/absorptions) – Heroic March, Ocean Seal, etc.
8. Nirvikalpa-jnana (nonconceptual/nonimaginative wisdom/knowledge) – same as prajna-paramita (perfection of wisdom); direct realization of suchness (6,7,8 are Mahayana version of the basic path)
9. Apratishtita-nirvana (non-abiding liberation/cessation/unbinding) – complete non-attachment to both samsara and nirvana; this is ashraya-paravrtti (transformation/conversion/revolution of the basis) – paratantra is converted from imputation to reality, alaya-vijnana is transformed into perfect mirror jnana
10. Trikaya (3 bodies of Buddha) – dharmakaya (inconceivable truth body), sambhogakaya (enjoyment/ bliss body – appears only to bodhisattvas), nirmanakaya (illusory/transformation body); these 3
bodies manifest at ashraya-paravrtti – Buddhahood is ashaiksha-marga (path of no more learning)
Eight Consciousnesses of the Yogachara School as presented in Sandhinirmochana Sutra (ch.5), Lankavatara Sutra, Asanga's Mahayanasamgraha (ch.1), Vasubandhu's Vijnaptimatratasiddhi; early Buddhism taught only first 6 consciousnesses
1-5. Chakshur/shrotra/grahna/jihva/kaya-vijnana (eye/ear/nose/tongue/body consciousness)
6. Mano-vijnana (mental consciousness) – awareness/cognition/discernment which ascribes names to objects, directly perceives emptiness, misconceives duality, etc.; awareness of activity of klishta-manas
7. Klishta-manas (afflicted mind/intellect – the mental sense organ, afflicted with view of self, confusion regarding self, pride in self, attachment to self; it is the source of the imputational character; it conceives alaya to be the self of the person, until hinayana stream-entry or 1st bodhisattva bhumi
8. Alaya-vijnana (storehouse/repository/container consciousness) – the basis into which karmic actions leave vasana (permeations) or bija (seeds), which in turn give rise to sense organs, objects, the 7 other consciousnesses, and habits (the whole dependently arisen world of experience) – all pervaded by a sense of duality of perceiver and perceived;
alaya is what "flows" through deep sleep, transmigrates in rebirth, and connects body and mind – though it is not a permanent self; it continues until arhatship or 8th bodhisattva bhumi (when no more seeds are deposited and all stored seeds have come to fruition), when it is called fruition consciousness – at Buddhahood it is transformed into perfect mirror jnana
3 Characteristics of all Phenomena (in Chapters 6&7 of the Samdhinirmochana Sutra)
1. Imputational Character (parikalpita - completely imagined, mere fantasy, conceptually grasped, projected; this is a non-existent imputational character - there are existent imputational characters, like uncompounded space, which are also referents of words, but do not exist by way of their own character)
It is that which is imputed as (imagined as, posited by) a name or symbol (to the objects of conceptual activity, the signs of compounded phenomena) in terms of the own-being (svabhava - identity, essence, entity) or attributes (particulars) of phenomena in order to subsequently designate (impute) any convention whatsoever.
It is known in dependence upon names that are connected with signs (nimitta). It is a lack of own-being in terms of character (marks, characteristics, traits, features - lakshana-nihsvabhavata)…
It is posited as (defined by) names and symbols, but it does not subsist by way of its own character (by inherent definition).
(Jang-gya definition): It is the (false) establishment of an (other-dependent) phenomenon by way of its own-character (svalakshana) (from its own side) as the referent (ground, base of imputation) of a conceptual consciousness or of a word (name, designation, apprehension), and the (false) establishment of object (perceived, phenomena) and subject (perceiver, consciousness) as separate entities.
(Svabhava: inherent existence, entity, substance, essence, own-being, intrinsic being, selfexistence, self-nature; basically equivalent to svalakshana:
natural existence, own-character) 2. Other-Dependent Character (paratantra – other-powered, dependent origination; objects of conceptual activity, bases of the imputational character, signs (or that which has the signs) of compounded phenomena)
It is simply the dependent origination (dependent co-arising) of phenomena .
It is known in dependence upon strongly adhering to the other-dependent character as being the imputational character (being superimposed on the imputational character). It is a lack of own-being in terms of self-production (birth - utpatti-nihsvabhavata)…It arises through the force (dependent on the power) of other conditions and not by itself.
(Asanga's definition): It is all the consciously constructed differentiations (vijnapti – concepts) that have alaya as their seed…
They correspond to the (6 sense organs, 6 sense objects, 6 consciousnesses). 3. Thoroughly Established Character (parinishpanna - completely perfected, perfectly real, consummate; its realization is equivalent to realizing that all objects of experience are mere consciousness;
this is vijnaptimatrata - mere concept, consciousness-only, perception-only, ideation-only, cognition-only, mere representation of consciousness, mere denomination, pure information, only constructs of consciousness; it is realized directly and non-conceptually on the Path of Seeing)
It is the suchness (tathata - thusness) of phenomena. Through diligence and proper mental application (it is realized)…
It is the other-dependent char. not thoroughly established as being the imputational char. It is known in dependence upon absence of strong adherence to the other-dependent character (dependent co-arising, interdependent origination) as being the imputational character.
It is an ultimate lack of own-being (essence - paramartha-nihsvabhavata)…It is the selflessness of phenomena…the object of observation for purification…ultimate truth. Other-powered (characters) are permanently and forever thoroughly not established as (having) the imputational (character), and are without that inherent nature; just that non-establishment or lack of inherent nature is to be viewed as the thoroughly established character.
(Jang-gya definition): It is the emptiness (absence) of an (other-dependent) object's establishment by way of its own character as the referent of a conceptual consciousness or of a term (word) and the emptiness of its being a separate entity from the consciousness apprehending it (of object and subject being different substantial entities, of subject-object duality,
of perceiver-perceived duality). (The thoroughly established character is the absence of the imputational character in the other dependent character.
Other-powered characters are not established by way of their own character as the referents of conceptual consciousnesses or as the referents of words.)
Mind-Only (Chittamatra / Vijñaptimatra / Yogachara) Reading List "The three realms [the desire, form, & formless realms; all of existence) are mind-only (chitta-matra)." Avatamsaka Sutra, Chapter 26: the Ten Stages (pages 746, 751, 1047)
"I have explained that consciousness is fully distinguished by [the fact that its] object of observation is cognition-only (vijnapti-matra)…
The appearances of the forms of sentient beings and so forth are not different from the mind. However, because childish beings with distorted understanding do not recognize these images as cognition-only, just as they are in reality, they misconstrue them… What is the onepointed mind?
It is the realization that: 'This image which is the focus of samadhi is cognition-only.'
Having realized that, it is mental attention to suchness." Samdhinirmochana Sutra, Chapter 8: the Questions of Maitreya (pages 155, 157)
"There are those who have fallen into the dualistic way of thinking, being unable to comprehend the truth of mind-only (chitta-matra); they desire to discriminate a world which is of mind itself.
Body, property, and abode have their existence only when measured in discrimination." Lankavatara Sutra, Chapter 2: Collection of all the Dharmas (page 47 plus many others)
- The Wisdom of Buddha – translated by John Powers, 1994 (Sutra, from Tibetan)
- Buddhist Yoga: a Comprehensive Course – trans. by Thomas Cleary, 1995 (Sutra, from Chinese) The Scripture on the Explication of Underlying Meaning – trans. by John Keenan, 2000 (Sutra, from Ch.) The Central Philosophy of Tibet – Robert Thurman, 1991 (Tsongkhapa's commentary on Chapter 7) Emptiness in the Mind-Only School – Jeffrey Hopkins, 1999 (same as above)
- Reflections on Reality: the Three Natures and Non-Natures in the Mind-Only School – Jeffrey Hopkins, 2002 (same as above, plus extensive reflections on three natures, etc.) Absorption in No External World: 170 Issues in Mind-Only Buddhism – Jeffrey Hopkins, 2005 Hermeneutics and Tradition in the Samdhinirmocana Sutra – John Powers, 2004
- The Lankavatara Sutra – trans. by D.T. Suzuki, 1932 (Sutra, from Sanskrit and Chinese) Studies in the Lankavatara Sutra – D.T. Suzuki, 1930 Maitreya Bodhisattva & Arya Asanga (310-390 CE):
Principles of Buddhist Psychology – David J. Kalupahana, 1987 (pp. 149-171) (Madhyantavibhaga, section 1, from Sanskrit)
Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes (Madhyantavibhaga, from Tibetan) – with commentary by Thrangu Rinpoche, 2000
- Maitreya's Distinguishing Phenomena and Pure Being (Dharmadharmatavibhaga, from Tibetan) with commentary by Mipham – trans. by Jim Scott, 2004
Distinguishing Dharma and Dharmata (Dharmadharmatavibhaga, from Tibetan) – with commentary by Thrangu Rinpoche, 1999
- On Knowing Reality: the Tattvartha Chapter of Asanga's Bodhisattvabhumi – trans. by Janice Dean Willis, 1979 (from Sanskrit and Tibetan, excellent introduction on mind-only as well)
- The Summary of the Great Vehicle (Mahayanasamgraha, from Chinese) by the Bodhisattva Asanga – trans. by John P. Keenan, 1992 (summary of Yogachara, based on Sandhinirmochana Sutra) Arya Vasubandhu (320-400 CE):
- Principles of Buddhist Psychology – David J. Kalupahana, 1987 (pp. 173-214) (Vijñaptimatratasiddhi in Thirty Verses & Twenty Verses, from Sanskrit)
- A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience – Thomas A. Kochumuttom, 1982 (Vijñaptimatratasiddhi, Trisvabhavanirdesha, Madhyantavibhagabhashya, from Sanskrit)
Seven Works of Vasubandhu – trans. by Stefan Anacker, 1984 (includes above texts plus more)
- Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation – Jay L. Garfield, 2002 (Trisvabhavanirdesha, from Tibetan)
Vijñaptimatratasiddhi: Thirty Verses of Vasubandhu – commentary by Tenshin Reb Anderson, 1994 Understanding Our Mind (formerly called Transformation at the Base), plus "sequel": Buddha Mind, Buddha Body – Thich Nhat Hanh, 2001, 2007 (new verses based on Vasubandhu) Hsuan-Tsang Commentary on Vasubandhu's Thirty Verses (600-664 CE): Ch'eng Wei-Shih Lun: Doctrine of Mere Consciousness by Hsuan Tsang – trans. by Wei Tat, 1973 Three Texts on Consciousness Only – trans. by Francis H. Cook, 1999 General:
- Appearance and Reality: the Two Truths in the Four Buddhist Tenet Systems - Guy Newland, 1999 (pp. 41-57) (good summary, Tibetan version)
A Buddhist Doctrine of Experience – Thomas A. Kochumuttom, 1982 (includ. trans. of Vasubandhu) Buddhist Thought in India – Edward Conze, 1962 (pp. 250-260) Cutting Through Appearances – Geshe Lhundrup Sopa and Jeffrey Hopkins, 1989 (pp. 249-278) (formerly called Practice and Theory of Tibetan Buddhism 1976, pp. 107-121)
- Empty Words: Buddhist Philosophy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation – Jay L. Garfield, 2002 Living Yogacara: An Introduction to Consciousness-Only Buddhism – Tagawa Shun'ei, 2009
- Luminous Heart: The Third Karmapa on Consciousness, Wisdom, and Buddha Nature – Karl Brunnholzl, 2009 (especially pp. 3-78, for a thorough overview of Indian Yogacara teachings) Madhyamika and Yogacara: A Study of Mahayana Philosophies – Gadjin M. Nagao, 1991
- Meditation on Emptiness – Jeffrey Hopkins, 1983 (pp. 365-397) (good summary, Tibetan version) Ocean of Eloquence: an Extensive Commentary on the Difficult Points of Alaya-Vijñana and Klista- Manas – trans. by Gareth Sparham, 1993 (Tsongkhapa's commentary on 8 consciousnesses) Principles of Buddhist Psychology – David J. Kalupahana, 1987 (pp. 122-147)
- Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness – Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, 2001 (pp. 27-43)
- Stars of Wisdom – Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, 2010 (pp. 32-46) (from "meditation" perspective) The Yogacara Idealism – Ashok Kumar Chatterjee, 1962
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma – trans. by Red Pine, 1987 (Wake-up Sermon, pp. 47-75) Sun Face Buddha: the Teachings of Ma-Tsu – trans. by Cheng Chien Bhikshu, 1992 (pp. 62-68) – Mazu
- On the Transmission of Mind – trans. by John Blofeld, 1958 (pp. 29-38) sections 1-10 – Huangbo Timeless Spring: a Soto Zen Anthology – trans. by Thomas Cleary, 1980 (p. 35) – Shitou The Blue Cliff Record – trans. by Thomas & J.C. Cleary, 1978, Case 80 – Chao Chou's Newborn Baby Book of Serenity – trans. by Thomas Cleary, 1990 (pp. xii-xv, Introduction) Case 32 – Yangshan's Mind and Environment
Case 88 – The Surangama's Not Seeing
Case 91 – Nanquan's Peony
- Eihei Dogen's Shobogenzo (Treasury of the True Dharma Eye) – trans. by Kazuaki Tanahashi, 2010 6 – The Mind Itself is Buddha (Sokushin zebutsu) – vol. 1 in Nishijima & Cross 19, 20 – Ungraspable Mind (Shin fukatoku) – vol. 1 in Nishijima & Cross 38 – Body-and-Mind Study of the Way (Shinjin gakudo) – vol. 2 in Nishijima & Cross 41 – Painting of a Rice Cake (Gabyo) – vol. 2 in Nishijima & Cross 48 – Three Realms are Only Mind (Sangai yuishin) – vol. 3 in Nishijima & Cross
- Keizan Jokin's Denkoroku (The Record of Transmitting the Light) – trans. by Francis H. Cook, 1991 Case 23 – Manorhita (also in Transmission of Light trans. by Thomas Cleary) Case 52 – Dogen (same)
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The audience of about 400 people packed into The Diana Center's Event Oval fell nearly silent one night this past fall when Nobel laureate, Holocaust survivor, writer, professor, and activist Elie Wiesel began his talk with these words, "I'll tell you a story. I love stories." The story Wiesel offered (about the Biblical Adam's search for himself), and others that followed, served not only to entertain, but also to awaken and inspire. With the audience in his thrall, Wiesel interlaced his October 11 talk with references rooted in Jewish culture, text, and history, while adhering to universal themes of injustice, indifference, and the interconnectedness of humanity.
The event, sponsored by The Ingeborg, Tamara, and Yonina Rennert Women in Judaism Forum Fund, began with an introduction by Barnard President Debora Spar, who praised Wiesel for widening his pursuit of human dignity and peace beyond the Jewish people "to embrace all oppressed people and races."
Wiesel is the author of the Holocaust memoir Night, based on his experiences as an inmate of three concentration camps, as well as more than 50 other works of fiction and nonfiction. In awarding Wiesel his 1986 Nobel, the Nobel Committee called Wiesel a "messenger to mankind" for his "practical work in the cause of peace."
It is this pursuit of peace and justice that has fueled Wiesel's work for decades. "I fought not only injustice," Wiesel told the crowd, "but also indifference." He continued, "The opposite of love is not hatred, but indifference. The opposite of knowledge is indifference. The opposite of culture is indifference. Every class you take, every book you read: Always remember, indifference is not an option."
Wiesel, at home on the stage and known for his eloquent oratory, spoke largely extemporaneously, his ease making it seem at times as if the audience members were guests in his living room. Yet, he gave heartfelt and earnest advice, "Where something is wrong, denounce it immediately. Waiting only helps the perpetrator, never the victim.
"A person can be defined by his or her quest," he observed, adding, "There is nothing more elegant or exciting for me than to study together [with friends]," mentioning his passion for Talmud, how it "becomes a melody." His words then darkened, "My enemy also has a quest. His quest is conquest, humiliation, domination."
Although the audience included several Holocaust survivors (and their descendants as well) Wiesel, who is 84, was moved to suggest that he was "probably the oldest man in the room." But he then affirmed, "We are all the same."
"The world is not perfect, and it never has been. Something must be done to save it," he exhorted. "We are all connected. God alone is alone; human beings are not. We must open our eyes and our hearts to those who need."
After the speech, President Spar moderated audience questions, including one asking whether the Holocaust could happen again. "There is a man in this world whose name is Ahmadinejad," Wiesel answered, referring to the Iranian president. "…Head of a powerful nation, he goes around saying openly and repeatedly that he wants to destroy the Jewish state. My advice to the [U.S.] president: "Why don't we arrest him and bring him to The Hague, charge him with a plan to destroy an entire people – a genocide."
Wiesel concluded his talk by reading from what he called "his credo," which underscored many of the principles he addressed. "I belong to a traumatized generation that often felt abandoned by God and betrayed by mankind," he said. "Yet I know that even in darkness, on the edge of the abyss, it is possible to dream exalted dreams of compassion."


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Kansas City, KS – Sporting Kansas City and Seattle Sounders FC will continue their dense fixture list on Wednesday when the two sides meet at Sporting Park.
Both clubs are in the middle of a stretch of three games over eight days, but Sporting has gotten off to a much better start to that spell.
Kansas City ran out to a resounding 4-0 defeat of Chivas USA on Sunday, a contest that snapped a two-game slide.
"I guess I'll start off by saying I think we dominated the game from start to finish," Sporting head coach Peter Vermes said after the match. "It was very evident, as you saw when the second half started. I think we just got stronger as the game went on, and I think that they had a tough time dealing with the tempo that we set."
Claudio Bieler bagged a brace in the emphatic victory but it was Graham Zusi who stole the show, grabbing a goal and an assist for the fifth time in his career.
"It was a great way to bounce back," Zusi said after the match. "We definitely wanted to come out and make a statement and get back into that mentality that we bring to games. It's been lacking the past couple but today was a great one from start to finish.
"Four goals is a great way to make a statement. Hopefully we can build on this and come in Wednesday and play our game and dominate from start to finish."
Sporting will come up against a Sounders team that has struggled out of the gate this season. Normally one of the premier sides in MLS, Seattle has managed just one win from its first seven matches to remain at the foot of the Western Conference table.
But there is cause for optimism as Eddie Johnson and Mauro Rosales appear to have rekindled their rich veins of form on the offensive end for the Sounders. In Seattle's 2-2 draw with the Philadelphia Union at the weekend, Rosales set Johnson up for the opening goal before netting the equalizer.
"It's something we wanted, that combination," Rosales told the club's official website. "We're getting confidence with each other. We expect more games like that."
Seattle has managed just three goals in its seven matches this season, but Johnson hopes that his goal against the Union proves to be the impetus to go on and get more.
"It is good for confidence," said Johnson. "I missed three games, and at the end of the day the good goal scorers, they have rhythm just playing game after game after game.
"That's how you get your sharpness and confidence. I have been battling a hamstring injury the last couple weeks but now it's right and I'm looking forward to getting my rhythm back."


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A&S 50 Challenge: Material Culture 19 and 20
Sayyeda Samia al-Kaslaania
Coronation of Vladimir and Petranella
An ensemble for a middle-class man in the Middle East, specifically Cairo, during the Fatimid Caliphate (969-1172). Item 19 is the green tunic with a placket. Item 20 is the black wool tunic and matching pants.
Garments from the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages were generally loosely fitted tunics for both men and women, augmented by unseamed rectangular lengths of fabric. Yedida Stillman refers to this as a Pan-Islamic style of dress because the basic elements were the same across communities, excepting Persia.
|figure 1 Extant Mamluk tunic with placket and
embroidered "necklace". Ashmolean 1984.353, detail.
|Figure 2 outlined extant tiraz. 10th c Iran. Royal
Ontario Museum. item 2008-9753-24, detail.
|Figure 3 Extant Mamluk pants, as they
appear in L.A. Mayer Mamluk Costume.
These two garments are nearly the same size so that they move as one garment when layered. In several illuminations a raised arm reveals a lining or a tunic of a complimentary color (see fig. 5). The illuminated garments also appear to be between knee- and ankle-length. Frequently the trouser ends are exposed at the ankles.
Pants: Wool twill to match the overtunic; silk-wool yarn to match as well. Pants are more difficult to research because they're considered an intimate garment. I know of one extant pair of pants in colored stripes (see fig. 3), and a few illuminations of colored pants; however, most are illuminated as white (see fig. 5). The pattern is derived from the work of Master Rashid, who based his pattern on extant examples. Approximately 8 hours of sewing.
|Figure 4 11th c Coptic tunic, wool with complimentary
colored stitching. Neckline finished with linen band.
Christie's Sale 9723 lot 273, detail.
Would-be Accessories: Completing the ensemble would require a few additional pieces. Over a skullcap, men would wear a turban colored to compliment the rest of the clothing, often with tiraz -embellished ends. A belt or sash would not be out of place around the waist, but is not required. Shoes could be plain thong sandals, "ballet" type slippers (see fig. 5), or soft leather short boots. A rectangular wrap would be expected in any sort of formal setting. Finally, all well-dressed men carried a mandil, or handkerchief. The mandil might be tucked into the belt or the sleeve, or simply carried in the hand.
Notes—color choice: Black is a rare color in the Fatimid period, likely because it was the royal color of a rival Caliphate. It is, though, still recorded as a color used for clothing in Fatimid trousseaux, according to Stillman.
|Figure 5 1200's illumination. Note
red lining. Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
MS Arabe 5847 fol 4v, detail.
Fiber choice: Wool commodities in the Fatimid period were a distant second to linen, but well ahead of silk and cotton, according to S.D. Goitein in his six-volume tome on Mediterranean culture. Examples of fine woolen fabrics have been excavated from the Naqlun cemetery sites in the last decade.
Adornment: Tiraz (inscribed and adorned textiles) in this period were quite varied. While tiraz originally featured formulaic text, over time the inscriptions became less important and pseudo-script became acceptable. It came to follow that increasingly elaborate decoration became the focus, according to Paula Sanders. Tiraz could be woven, embroidered, or painted on to fabrics. Extant tiraz are housed in museums all over the world; a good selection of images can be found at the website Museums with No Frontiers.
Additional embroidered decoration on these garments were inspired by an extant tunic featured in Marianne Ellis's affordable photo book Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt (see fig. 1).
|Figure 6 Fatimid man. Museo Nazionale de San Matteo, no. 130.
Matching fabrics: Extant records show that matched ensembles were quite popular in the Fatimid period. Called hulla, these could include two to eight garments, some of which would be headwear. Unfortunately, figural imagery from the Fatimid period doesn't include illuminations. The readily available illuminated manuscripts, from a later time period, are mostly based on the same secular tale; thus featuring recurring images—all with white trousers. Garments for the lower body are seldom discussed in period writings, and few actual articles have been preserved.
Works Cited
Czaja-Szewczak, B., "Burial Tunics from Naqlun", PAM XIV, Reports 2002 (2003), 177-184.
Ellis, Marianne. Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt. Ashmolean Museum/University of Oxford, 2001.
Goitein SD. A Mediterranean Society: The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza. Vol. 1. Berlkey and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967.
Mellor, Charles. "Salwar." http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/Rashid/salwar.gif (accessed 10/08/2009).
Sanders, Paula. "Robes of Honor in Fatimid Egypt." in Robes and Honor: The Medieval World of Investiture. Edited by Steward Gordon. New York: Palgrave, 2001. 225-239.
Stillman, Yedida K. "Female Attire of Medieval Egypt: According to the Trousseau Lists and Cognate Material from the Cairo Geniza." Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972. Chicago: unpublished.


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The Miami Dolphins signed Mike Wallace with the hope that he'd be the big-play wide receiver who would take Ryan Tannehill to the next level.
It didn't quite work out that way. Wallace had his moments in his first season in Miami (he finished with 930 yards receiving and five touchdowns), but his production fell well short of expectations -- especially when you factor in his pay grade. Wallace signed a five-year, $60 million contract last March.
Most surprising was the struggle between Wallace and Tannehill to find chemistry on the field. Wallace told The Miami Herald that improvements in that department will begin with extra work in the offseason.
"We have to," Wallace said. "Definitely have got to get the deep ball going. That's the difference between winning and losing a couple games. I should have had 15 or 20 more touchdowns. And that's being modest. If you press me, you have no shot to cover me. Once I get you to stop your feet, it's over."
Wallace's boasts are entertaining, but it's not completely crazy, either. He has the speed and playmaking ability to be the NFL's best deep threat. Will he ever challenge Randy Moss' record of 23 touchdown catches in a season? That's extremely unlikely, but he has the ability to do much more than what we saw in 2013.
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Republican for 30 Years, But Voting for Obama
As a registered Republican for over 30 years now, I thought I'd share my thoughts.
- I like government that stays out of peoples' lives, and doesn't dictate who we can and can't marry for example.
- I believe in a clean environment, not one that is trashed for short term corporate profits.
- I think business interests are important, but giving them an overwhelming say in our elections (e.g. Citizens United) puts them at a disproportionate advantage. Corporations should serve people, not the other way around.
- I think everyone should pay their fair share of taxes, not 0% for the rich and up to 35% for us schmucks (as Romney stated with his push to 0% capital gains taxes). I think any talk about deficit reduction without associated talk about revenue increases (e.g. taxes) is just ridiculous.
- I would like to vote for someone who doesn't hide their income taxes, move their wealth offshore, and has a real position on issues-- not "elect me and I'll tell you later".
- I'd like a real Republican candidate who shares my values, not one who is beholden to the extreme lunatic fringe of the party.
- I think health care is important for everyone, and ambulance rides to emergency rooms and bankrupting people isn't the most cost effective or humane way to provide that to the nation.
- I think that everyone should be able to vote-- it is what our fathers fought for in wars, and right wing attacks on this basic freedom to manipulate political outcomes is beyond contempt.
- And speaking of fighting, I think a war should be a serious thing that requires serious involvement by our citizens, both from a financial (taxes) and social standpoint. And the troops who put their lives in the line should be thanked and helped, unlike what the Republicans did last week by killing the veterans' jobs bill.
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The biggest problem with Republicans right now is they think they can buy elections. This election will prove it to them if Gov. Romney is elected. They will start working there magic in state elections and even lesser levels to control every aspect of government.
I used to be a Republican but the party has left me, they only have one care. They say it all the time, give the wealthy more tax cuts. Who is going to pay the services we all enjoy?
Our city is already cutting back on hours our police dept is maning the offices here, it is only the beginning of what is to come.
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Danielle Cope and Adrian Baker married in an outdoor, double-ring ceremony June 15 at the home of the bride's parents in Florence. The ceremony was officiated by Stan Seymour, pastor of First Christian Church in El Dorado.
The bride was given away by her father, Clint Cope.
The bride is a graduate of Marion High School and Kansas State University, where she studied agricultural economics. She is a logistics coordinator at Ag Processing Inc. Clint and Sarah Cope of Florence are her parents.
The groom is a graduate of Pomona High School and Kansas State University, where he studied feed science. He is a production supervisor at ADM Alliance Nutrition. Neal and Nancy Baker of Pomona are his parents.
Erin Springer, friend of the bride, was matron of honor. Jena Swanson and Caitlyn Haverkamp, friends of the bride, were bridesmaids.
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This is a bad, bad thing that no PI should ever do. I had been cruising along for about 7-8 years working away on a system, publishing a decent number of decent papers that garnered decent citations. Then about a year ago I was sitting on a bus going from Forsaken Conference Site in New England to the Boston airport. Sitting next to me was my good friend Rising Star Theoretician. RST turned to me and said, in more or less these words, "Your research program is going nowhere and you're in danger of becoming irrelevant." This was neither easy to hear, nor easy for RST to say. But he was right. Deep down I had known this for at least two years, but things were trundling along okay, so there was no immediate incentive to do anything about it. RST reminded me that there is always incentive to tend to the future of your research program. Having a future research program is the incentive.* I will always be in debt to RST for giving me a verbal kick in the pants.
I got lucky twice here. The first time was with RST's pep talk. The second time was a few months after that. I had just read a paper written by Benevolent Bioscientist, someone who had co-founded the field I was hoping to develop my new research program in. For reasons that are still unclear to me, BB had befriended me about a year previously and so I now knew him quite well. Anyway, the predictions he had made in this paper struck a chord. THIS was where I was headed. Or at least, some part of it. So I called BB to chat about his paper and the many opportunities it offered. BB told me I should work on protein X (one of the opportunities outlined in his paper). He said "I've been meaning to work on X for 10-15 years now and, to be honest, I don't think I'm ever going to get around to it. You should do it. Let me know how I can help." I knew protein X was important and I knew this was a generous offer. What I didn't quite grasp at the time was how important protein X is, and consequently how generous a gift this was. Protein X is a key player in not just one, not just two, but numerous disease states, including mental, cardiac and immune system disorders. And it's not understood at the molecular level. Protein X is an untapped goldmine that will lead to publications that are much more than "decent." And will lead me to NIH funding (I'm NSF-funded because of the nature of my previous work).
So here we are about a year after RST's pep talk. The old research program is (in hindsight predictably) rapidly dying. I have about one more decent publication I can squeeze out of that work. The all new research program based on protein X is still in its infancy, but it's growing stronger each day. Working on protein X has meant learning a whole new set of skills (I didn't train as a protein chemist), but fortunately I'm surrounded by colleagues who are willing to help. The timing is unfortunate (purely my own fault). I had to submit a renewal of my NSF grant in mid July. Obviously it had to be on protein X (there's plenty of basic science regarding X). It's not clear I had quite enough preliminary data (protein X is difficult to make because of its interesting properties), so I may be facing a funding gap for the first time.** But I'm having a blast in the lab. In fact, I'm more enthusiastic about my research than I have been in years. Staring from scratch again has been, and continues to be, hard. But I'm having fun.
* Have a written five year plan. It sounds dorky, but it works, and it should cover all aspects of your academic career. Read it and update it often. Never let your plan fall below the five year mark. If you can't see where your research might be five years from now, start developing a new research project with long term potential. Now.
** I'm working hard to avoid this. I will put in the two page update in the Fall, although I'm well aware those don't buy you much. More importantly I'll be presenting our data on protein X at a small meeting in early October. A number of the review panel members will be there, as will at least two of the people I suggested as reviewers (NSF does use reviewer suggestions - you'd be a fool not to provide some). With the exception of a much-needed two week vacation, since July I've been busting my guts making protein X and doing experiments. Come the end of September I will have the data. I hope.


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