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Before the swell of social-media emails hit our inboxes, we were already drowning. Then along came waves of daily deal offers, only making things worse.
Now, "Inbox Zero" -- the concept of responding to, filing or deleting every email, every day -- is such an against-the-tide effort that Merlin Mann, the efficiency evangelist who dreamed it up, has been writing a book on the topic for almost four years. Perhaps his time would be better spent writing than triaging. Clearly, we're all gasping for air.
Thankfully, there's another email movement afoot that recommends ignoring new mail notifications and embracing the storage that cloud services afford. But to get comfortable with leaving everything online indefinitely, you'll have to reexamine how you use email.
Think about how your inbox functions in your daily routine, then try downloading one of these apps to help you swim through the clutter and go with the (work) flow:
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1. Alto: Group messages into customizable 'stacks.'
A modem tone will likely screech through your mind when you read this: AOL is about to revolutionize email. Head to Alto and sign up for the free beta service because invitations take a few days to process.
A free, browser-based interface that organizes messages into "stacks," Alto makes searching through emails dramatically easier. But fear not -- you won't have to blow 14 years of dust off your abandoned AOL Mail account to use it. Alto is simply a filter that analyzes messages from Gmail, iCloud and Yahoo, and presents them more visually.
Alto's intuitive functionality was inspired by real-world actions. For example, after hitting their home mailbox, many people immediately sort envelopes, putting them into stacks of bills, junk, catalogs and so forth. In doing this with email, Alto makes it easier to group messages into customizable piles such as photos or attachments, or starred by sender or even by keyword. Now, when looking for an Internet-provider's bill, you no longer have to type "Comcast" into the search field -- and get thwarted by hundreds of emails using comcast.net addresses. Instead, Alto automatically puts it in the "bills" stack.
2. Mailbox: The smart to-do list creator.
People who let their inbox rule their day are advised to download Mailbox, a new mobile app for iOS. This free app, which apes the innovative interface of the award-winning task manager Clear, completely rethinks email, turning it from a collection of mailboxes and messages into a time sensitive to-do list that keeps users on track.
Related: CrowdCall App Revolutionizes Conference Calling
Organizing messages into five different zones, Mailbox lets the user swipe messages from the inbox either to the left or the right, and displays brief previews of the content. Tapping on a preview opens a message so it can be replied to, forwarded or filed, but simply swiping it will swiftly sort the email. A short swipe to the right archives messages, while a longer one deletes them. A quick swipe to the left brings up a snooze menu that reschedules the email's arrival for later and a longer one adds the message to a series of customizable lists.
Giving users the ability to manage email with a single finger, Mailbox can be ideal for commuters or business owners on-the-go. The app was recently purchased by Dropbox, which gave the service some media buzz and much-needed oomph on the back-end. But it's only compatible with iOS and Gmail at present, limiting its usefulness considerably.
3. Postbox: The Communications Hub
A full-scale desktop app for both Mac and Windows, Postbox is not only a viable replacement for the operating systems' default email clients, it also can render some social media programs redundant. With Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter integration, email senders' job titles, company names and profile photos get pulled directly into the email headers, and users can quickly access their contacts' social media pages directly from the message.
Users can also update their social media status with Postbox, creating a single stop for all messaging needs. Unfortunately, comments, likes, replies and retweets don't get delivered with the program, but using Postbox in conjunction with the social media monitoring service NutshellMail cobbles together a more comprehensive solution.
Now in its third revision and priced at $9.95, Postbox packs other useful features like Dropbox integration and automated responses.
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Purdue creating center to support soybean 'value chain'
August 8, 2014
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University is establishing a center that will combine the broad-based expertise of dozens of faculty and staff members coordinating research, Extension and education to advance the production and use of soybeans.
Plans for the Purdue University Soybean Center were announced Friday (Aug. 8) during a news conference on the Indiana State Fairgrounds in the Indiana Soybean Alliance building, the Glass Barn, as part of Purdue Day during the state fair.
Purdue's work with the soybean industry is important because soybeans are a major crop in Indiana, where farmers last year produced 264.7 million bushels, fourth highest in the nation, on 5.2 million acres. This year, Indiana farmers planted 5.5 million acres in soybean.
The Soybean Center will formally begin operations in the fall. Marshall Martin, senior associate director of agricultural research, assistant dean of agriculture, and a professor of agricultural economics, was appointed as the center's founding director for two years.
"Dr. Martin has deep connections with the Indiana Soybean Alliance and Indiana soybean farmers, and a comprehensive understanding of Purdue's work on soybean," said Jay Akridge, Glenn W. Sample Dean of Purdue Agriculture. "He brings exceptional administrative skills to the role and will be key to helping launch the center successfully."
Martin's immediate focus will be to consult with faculty and staff members and representatives of the soybean industry in developing a strategic plan for research and Extension that engages Purdue faculty and staff in key issues of the soybean "value chain." That includes food for a fast-growing world population and feed for animals as well as other uses such as biofuels and industrial uses.
That value chain, Martin noted, links research in such areas as animal and human nutrition sciences; food science; aquaculture; plant pathology; economics; engineering; genetics and breeding; agronomic production practices; and entomology.
"With more than 40 faculty and staff members at Purdue whose work in some way involves soybeans, we are pooling our resources to help tackle some of the complex challenges affecting the efficiency and profitability of the soybean industry as well as the food nutrition needs of the public," Martin said.
The center also will enhance internships for Purdue students, he said.
A major component of the center's activities will be the involvement of the soybean industry.
"The creation of the Purdue Soybean Center will allow us to build upon the solid working relationship the Indiana Soybean Alliance has with the university and expand our opportunities to collaborate on important issues affecting our farmers and the entire soybean industry," said Jane Ade Stevens, CEO of the alliance.
Added David Lowe, the alliance's president: "Bringing together all of the faculty whose work touches on soybeans under one umbrella will allow us to ensure that our checkoff investments at Purdue are used efficiently and in the best interest of Indiana soybean farmers."
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This article in the N.Y. Times about the superhealthy community on the little Greek island of Ikaria is enlightening.
Ikarians are living much older than most other Westerners, and are healthy, active, purposeful and happy well into old age. What's their secret? Is it diet, or exercise, or no smoking, or a little bit of red wine?
Sure, it's a bit of those things, but more importantly, it's the community.
Ikarians live in a community where it is the norm to eat mostly plant foods (beans, potatoes, veggies from the garden), drink some wine with neighbors, walk everywhere, garden during the day, take naps in the afternoon, not stress about time, wake naturally, socialize with the community every day.
In the U.S., we often live in communities where it is the norm to drive everywhere, sit most of the day, eat fast food or at chain restaurants or convenience foods, eat lots of meat and fried foods and dairy, be isolated, be inactive, hurry up and stress out about time.
The problem isn't so much forming individual healthy habits, but forming a community that fosters healthy habits.
This bears out when you look at other communities that are healthy, even well into old age: the Okinawans, the Seventh-Day Adventists in Loma Linda, California, the Sardinians, and so on. They all have communities that foster healthy habits.
So what can we do if we're in the wrong kind of community? Create a superhealth community.
Let's look at our options.
Outline of a Superhealth Community
There isn't one single definition of what a "Superhealth" Community would entail — if you look at the examples above, there are all slightly different kinds of habits that people in these communities have. But here are some of what seem to be important:
- Interact daily. Socializing is an important function in community, whether that be visiting neighbors, meeting in a marketplace, going to church, or talking in some way.
- Walk or exercise. Most of the communities mentioned above feature daily walking — sometimes a daily walk for exercise and socializing, other times just to get around to the store or neighbors' houses.
- Eat plants. While not all communities mentioned above are vegetarian, plants make up the huge majority of their calories. Cow's milk doesn't, and meat is usually a small part of their meal. Okinawans (traditionally) eat soy and purple sweet potatoes and lots of veggies and a little fish, Sardinians eat beans and potatoes and veggies and goat's cheese. Lots and lots of vegetables and fruits are good. Read about forming a plant-based diet.
- Eat in moderation. All of the communities mentioned eat in moderation. The American standard, however, is to super-size and pile plates high. Moderation is a good thing.
- Garden. It seems like almost everyone in these communities has a garden, and they garden daily. This is one area I haven't included in my life yet.
- Wine. Actually, I think the Okinawans drink a nasty tasting home-brewed alcohol, but the Ikarians drink wine, so I'll choose their method. They do it in moderation, and socially.
- Tea. There are lots of good things in tea, and drinking it in the late afternoon is a good ritual, also socially if possible.
- Purpose. Have a reason to get up in the morning. In the U.S., the retired (or unemployed) often don't have this purpose, and don't feel they have anything useful to do each day. The community should integrate them and draw upon their knowledge and experience — the elderly are great teachers and can be very active into old age.
You might also include attitudes about time, taking naps, waking naturally, and having a positive outlook on life. But I think the seven things outlined above would be a good start.
Now let's look at some of our options if we live in a modern society.
Option 1: Friends & Family Community
If you friends and family aren't that healthy yet, start talking to them about doing a monthly challenge, where you adopt one of the healthy habits above. See how many of them you can get on board — it might only be one or two at first, but two people is all that's needed to form a community. Others might be inspired to join you in later months when they see the healthy changes you've made.
So for the first month, simply form the habit of walking. The next month, aim to eat more plants and less meat and dairy. The third month, simply get together and drink tea on a regular basis. And so on.
Get together on a regular basis — daily if that's possible, but at least a couple times a week. And if you can't get together daily, talk on the phone, on Facebook, or via email on a daily basis. This regular contact helps you get support from each other, keep each other accountable, forms a bond of doing something together.
Option 2: Find Like-Minded Friends
If you don't have friends or family who can join you in a Superhealth Community, find some new friends. I've found good ones online who are in my area, and also by joining a running club. You can go to vegan meet-ups, or join a fitness bootcamp class or yoga class, and meet people there.
Even if you can just find one like-minded friend, that's a good start. Then ask your new friend to join you in the monthly challenges outlined in the first option above.
Option 3: Create or Join an Online Community
If you can't find people near you, then find them online. Today there's no excuse for not being able to find people interested in what you're interested in — they exist in troves online.
Don't know where to start? How about Facebook friends, or Facebook groups? Or go to large healthy blogs and join the commenting community. Or find online forums that are about the topics you're interested in changing.
If you can find a few online friends, start your own group. There are a few dozen ways, at least, to form an online group that talks on a regular basis, that can support each other in healthy changes.
Option 4: Change Your Neighborhood
This is the hardest option, because it involves changing a large group of people who don't talk to each other often (probably), and who might not want to change. That's OK — don't focus on that part.
You can start by creating something new, or joining something already there:
- A community garden
- A group that walks every morning or afternoon
- A gardening class
- A running club
- A vegan meet-up
- Get-togethers featuring tea or wine and plant foods
- Community projects where people work together with purpose
- Classes taught by the elderly
Those are just a few ideas. You don't have to get everyone to change — but you can start the change by leading by example.
A Superhealth Community might sound difficult, but really it's not. It's getting together (in real life or online) with at least one other person, and supporting each other in a healthy lifestyle. After you have one other person, maybe later you'll have two. Then you'll have changed the world.
The Simple Fitness Habit
Speaking of creating a superhealthy environment: I've created a new program called The Simple Fitness Habit.
I've gotten together with a group of health & fitness experts to create this program that focuses not only on a diet & exercise program to follow, but how to create the habit. It's the component that's missing from almost every fitness progam: they don't tell you how to form the habits to get the changes you want.
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The Phase II clinical trial, which investigates the efficacy of HP802-247 from Healthpoint? Biotherapeutics, was designed to determine effectiveness of certain cell concentrations and dosing frequencies of HP802-247, when combined with standard care in treatment of chronic venous leg ulcers.
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Venous leg ulcers are caused by impaired circulation in the vein system of the legs from blockages or damage. Typically, venous leg ulcers become chronic wounds if, after three months of standard treatment, they fail to heal. Chronic venous leg ulcers appear as open lesions and need specialized medical care. An estimated 1-2 million Americans suffer from venous leg ulcers.
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Dr. Marston says, "In the past, some chronic venous leg ulcers were treated with skin grafts, which occasionally could break down and also required the patient to heal a partial thickness wound at the skin graft harvest site. During this study, unique living cells were sprayed on the patient's wound, which interacted with the patient's cells for improved wound healing."
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Zen, Lacrosse and the Art of Stringing begins with a journey across the country to different locations, based on the start of the lacrosse season in that area, teaching as many players, parents and coaches how to understand their game better through learning how to understand their pocket, string the perfect pocket for their game at that moment and how to progress as they progress as people; the culmination will produce a hard copy book. During my travels, I will write this book, Zen, Lacrosse and the Art of Stringing, as I get inside the minds of players, coaches and parents in hopes of providing the most relative book possible.
Players in the lacrosse community do not just need another lesson in technical execution; they need a lesson in how to think, so they can use intuition to find their best game and be the best possible person they can. Along my travels, I will be documenting my thought patterns as I write about the philosophies behind stringing your pocket and how, ultimately, this exercise is a lesson in self growth as you must really analyze your tendencies during the game as well as in life in general. You can learn much about a person through tracing back the reasons behind any seemingly small action in life by simply asking 'why?' and answering yourself honestly.
During the four or so months that I will be traveling, I will be teaching as many people as possible to string. Due to this hands on approach, I will get into the minds of my students to find the best way to teach them; this knowledge will be invaluable in creating a book worth owning and reading more than once. My goal is to create a book where folks will go not only for technical instruction, but, more importantly, inspiration to learn more about themselves and improve in mind and body.
As mentioned, I will document my journey on a blog; this blog will live on ZenLaxString.LaxAllStars.com. LaxAllStars was also kind enough to set up my crowd-sourced fundraising page as well. This blog will allow people to get into my brain as well as I twist and turn through the tribulations of writing a complex book about a complex subject and maintain relate-ability. This is a unique opportunity to explore along with the mind of the author while the book is being written and allow the reader to more fully comprehend the book in its best intentions as a foundation for learning the principles of self inquiry through knowing your pocket.
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Congressional negotiators announced Tuesday that they'd reached a budget proposal to restore about $65 billion worth of sequestration cuts in exchange for cuts elsewhere and additional fees.
If approved by both the House and Senate, the plan — hammered out by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington — would avoid another government shutdown on Jan. 15.
Speaking at a news conference Tuesday evening, Ryan said the budget plan doesn't raise taxes and that it's a "step in the right direction."
He said he sees the deal passing in the GOP-controlled House.
"What am I getting out of this? I'm getting more deficit reduction. So the deficit will go down more by passing this than if we did nothing," he said.
Murray said: "We have broken through the partisanship and gridlock" that could have caused another government shutdown.
President Obama called the proposal a "good first step," but he urged Congress to extend federal unemployment benefits past their expiration at the end of the calendar year.
However, three powerful conservative lobby groups, FreedomWorks, Heritage Action and CATO, have all said recently that they don't approve of the emerging deal.
The Tea Party Express, which calls itself the nation's largest Tea Party political action committee, said the deal announced Tuesday was disappointing.
"If the Sequestration was a baby step forward, this is a baby step backward," Chairman Amy Kremer said in a statement. "Americans deserve better than a compromise that continues excessive spending, adding fees in lieu of taxes."
A statement from Murray's office says the two-year deal would "set overall discretionary spending for the current fiscal year at $1.012 trillion—about halfway between the Senate budget level of $1.058 trillion and the House budget level of $967 billion."
"The agreement would provide $63 billion in sequester relief over two years, split evenly between defense and non-defense programs. In fiscal year 2014, defense discretionary spending would be set at $520.5 billion, and non-defense discretionary spending would be set at $491.8 billion."
The Associated Press writes:
"Officials said the increases would be offset by a variety of spending reductions and increased fees elsewhere in the budget totaling about $85 billion over a decade, enough for a largely symbolic cut of roughly $20 billion in the nation's $17 trillion debt."
The Washington Post wrote earlier:
"Senior aides familiar with the talks have said the emerging agreement aims to raise agency spending to roughly $1.015 trillion in fiscal 2014 and 2015. That would bring agency budgets up to the target already in place for fiscal 2016.
"Republican leaders were also seeking additional savings [to] reduce deficits projected to exceed $6 trillion over the next decade. But the deal is not expected to trim the debt, which is now larger, as a percentage of the economy, than at any point in U.S. history except during World War II."
According to the AP:
"The bipartisan push for a budget agreement stems from automatic cuts that are themselves the consequence of divided government's ability to complete a sweeping deficit reduction package in 2011."
"If left in place, the reductions would carve $91 billion from the day-to-day budgets of the Pentagon and domestic agencies when compared with spending limits set by the hard-fought 2011 budget agreement."
"Support for a deal to ease the reductions is strongest in Congress among defense hawks in both houses and both parties who fear the impact on military readiness from a looming $20 billion cut in Pentagon spending."
FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe said in a statement before the news conference on Tuesday: "It's disingenuous for Republicans to surrender the only real spending reforms [sequestration] accomplished under the Obama Administration, and call that a deal.
"Immediate spending and revenue hikes without long-term reforms to spending and entitlement programs isn't a deal, it's just another manufactured, govern-by-crisis shakedown."
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Potato 1 medium size
Onion chopped fine 3/4
Green chillies 2 fine chopped(refer notes)
Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp
Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
Pepper powder 3/4 tsp
Garam masala 1/3 tsp
Curry leave 1 sprig torn in bits
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(Sambhava Parva continued)
"Janamejaya said, 'O Brahmana, I have now heard from thee this great history of my ancestors. I had also heard from thee about the great monarchs that were born in this line. But I have not been gratified, this charming account being so short. Therefore, be pleased, O Brahmana, to recite the delightful narrative just in detail commencing from Manu, the lord of creation. Who is there that will not be charmed with such an account, as it is sacred? The fame of these monarchs increased by their wisdom, virtue, accomplishments, and high character, hath so swelled as to cover the three worlds. Having listened to the history, sweet as nectar, of their liberality, prowess, physical strength, mental vigour, energy, and perseverance, I have not been satiated!'
"Vaisampayana said, 'Hear then, O monarch, as I recite in full the auspicious account of thy own race just as I had heard it from Dwaipayana before.
"Daksha begat Aditi, and Aditi begat Vivaswat, and Vivaswat begat Manu, and Manu begat Ha and Ha begat Pururavas. And Pururavas begat Ayus, and Ayus begat Nahusha, and Nahusha begat Yayati. And Yayati had two wives, viz., Devayani, the daughter of Usanas, and Sarmishtha the daughter of Vrishaparvan. Here occurs a sloka regarding (Yayati's) descendants, 'Devayani gave birth to Yadu and Turvasu; and Vrishaparvan's daughter, Sarmishtha gave birth to Druhyu, Anu, and Puru., And the descendants of Yadu are the Yadavas and of Puru are the Pauravas. And Puru had a wife of the name of Kausalya, on whom he begat a son named Janamejaya who performed three horse-sacrifices and a sacrifice called Viswajit.
And then he entered into the woods. And Janamejaya had married Ananta, the daughter of Madhava, and begat upon her a son called Prachinwat. And the prince was so called because he had conquered all the eastern countries up to the very confines of the region where the Sun rises. And Prachinwat married Asmaki, a daughter of the Yadavas and begat upon her a son named Sanyati. And Sanyati married Varangi, the daughter of Drishadwata and begat upon her a son named Ahayanti. And Ahayanti married Bhanumati, the daughter of Kritavirya and begat upon her a son named Sarvabhauma. And Sarvabhauma married Sunanda, the daughter of the Kekaya prince, having obtained her by force. And he begat upon her a son named Jayatsena, who married Susrava, the daughter of the Vidarbha king and begat upon her Avachina, And Avachina also married another princess of Vidarbha, Maryada by name. And he begat on her a son named Arihan. And Arihan married Angi and begat on her Mahabhauma. And Mahabhauma married Suyajna, the daughter of Prasenajit. And of her was born Ayutanayi. And he was so called because he had performed a sacrifice at which the fat of an Ayuta (ten thousands) of male beings was required.
And Ayutanayi took for a wife Kama, the daughter of Prithusravas. And by her was born a son named Akrodhana, who took to wife Karambha, the daughter of the king of Kalinga. And of her was born Devatithi, and Devatithi took for his wife Maryada, the princess of Videha. And of her was born a son named Arihan. And Arihan took to wife Sudeva, the princess of Anga, and upon her he begat a son named Riksha. And Riksha married Jwala, the daughter of Takshaka, and he begat upon her a son of the name of Matinara, who performed on the bank of Saraswati the twelve years' sacrifice said to be so efficacious. On conclusion of the sacrifice, Saraswati appeared in person before the king and chose him for husband. And he begat upon her a son named
Tansu. Here occurs a sloka descriptive of Tansu's descendants.
"Tansu was born of Saraswati by Matinara. And Tansu himself begat a son named Ilina on his wife, the princess Kalingi.
"Ilina begat on his wife Rathantari five sons, of whom Dushmanta was the eldest. And Dushmanta took to wife Sakuntala, the daughter of Viswamitra. And he begat on her a son named Bharata. Here occurs two slokas about (Dushmanta's) descendants.
"The mother is but the sheath of flesh in which the father begets the son. Indeed the father himself is the son. Therefore, O Dushmanta, support thy son and insult not Sakuntala. O god among men, the father himself becoming the son rescueth himself from hell. Sakuntala hath truly said that thou art the author of this child's being.
"It is for this (i.e., because the king supported his child after hearing the above speech of the celestial messenger) that Sakuntala's son came to be called Bharata (the supported). And Bharata married Sunanda, the daughter of Sarvasena, the king of Kasi, and begat upon her the son named Bhumanyu. And Bhumanyu married Vijaya, the daughter of Dasarha. And he begat upon her a son Suhotra who married Suvarna, the daughter of Ikshvaku. To her was born a son named Hasti who founded this city, which has, therefore, been called Hastinapura. And Hasti married Yasodhara, the princess of Trigarta.
And of her was born a son named Vikunthana who took for a wife Sudeva, the princess of Dasarha. And by her was born a son named Ajamidha. And Ajamidha had four wives named Raikeyi, Gandhari, Visala and Riksha. And he begat on them two thousand and four hundred sons. But amongst them all, Samvarana became the perpetuator of the dynasty. And Samvarana took for his wife Tapati, the daughter of Vivaswat. And of her was born Kuru, who married Subhangi, the princess of Dasarha. And he begat on her a son named Viduratha, who took to wife Supriya, the daughter of the Madhavas. And he begat upon her a son named Anaswan. And Anaswan married Amrita, the daughter of the Madhavas. And of her was born a son named Parikshit, who took for his wife Suvasa, the daughter of the Vahudas, and begat upon her a son named Bhimasena. And Bhimasena married Kumari, the princess of Kekaya and begat upon her Pratisravas whose son was Pratipa. And Pratipa married Sunanda, the daughter of Sivi, and begat upon her three sons, viz., Devapi, Santanu and Valhika. And Devapi, while still a boy, entered the woods as a hermit. And Santanu became king. Here occurs a sloka in respect of Santanu.
"Those old men that were touched by this monarch not only felt an indescribable sensation of pleasure but also became restored to youth. Therefore, this monarch was called Santanu.
"And Santanu married Ganga, who bore him a son Devavrata who was afterwards called Bhishma. And Bhishma, moved by the desire of doing good to his father, got him married to Satyavati who was also called Gandhakali. And in her maidenhood she had a son by Parasara, named Dwaipayana. And upon her Santanu begat two other sons named Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. And before they attained to majority, Chitrangada had been slain by the Gandharvas. But Vichitravirya became king, and married the two daughters of the king of Kasi, named Amvika and Amvalika. But Vichitravirya died childless. Then Satyavati began to think as to how the dynasty of Dushmanta might be perpetuated. Then she recollected the Rishi Dwaipayana. The latter coming before her, asked, 'What are thy commands?' 'She said, 'Thy brother Vichitravirya hath gone to heaven childless. Beget virtuous children for him.' Dwaipayana, consenting to this, begat three children, viz., Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura. King Dhritarashtra had a hundred sons by his wife, Gandhari in consequence of the boon granted by Dwaipayana. And amongst those hundred sons of Dhritarashtra, four became celebrated. They are Duryodhana, Duhsasana, Vikarna, and Chitrasena. And Pandu had two jewels of wives, viz., Kunti, also called Pritha, and Madri. One day Pandu, while out a-hunting, saw a deer covering its mate. That was really a Rishi in the form of a deer. Seeing the deer in that attitude, he killed it with his arrows, before its desire was gratified.
Pierced with the king's arrow, the deer quickly changed its form and became a Rishi, and said unto Pandu, 'O Pandu, thou art virtuous and acquainted also with the pleasure derived from the gratification of one's desire. My desire unsatisfied, thou hast slain me! Therefore, thou also, when so engaged and before thou art gratified, shalt die!' Pandu, hearing this curse, became pale, and from that time would not go in unto his wives. And he told them these words, 'Through my own fault, I have been cursed! But I have heard that for the childless there are no regions hereafter.' Therefore, he solicited Kunti to have offspring raised for him. And Kunti said, 'Let it be', So she raised up offspring. By Dharma she had Yudhishthira; by Maruta, Bhima: and by Sakra, Arjuna. And Pandu, well-pleased with her, said, 'This thy co-wife is also childless. Therefore, cause her also to bear children.' Kunti saying, 'So be it,' imparted unto Madri the mantra of invocation. And on Madri were raised by the twin Aswins, the twins Nakula and Sahadeva. And (one day) Pandu, beholding Madri decked with ornaments, had his desire kindled. And, as soon as he touched her, he died. Madri ascended the funeral pyre with her lord. And she said unto Kunti, 'Let these twins of mine be brought up by thee with affection.' After some time those five Pandavas were taken by the ascetics of the woods to Hastinapura and there introduced to Bhishma and Vidura. And after introducing them, the ascetics disappeared in the very sight of all. And after the conclusion of the speech of those ascetics, flowers were showered down upon the spot, and the celestial drums also were beaten in the skies. The Pandavas were then taken (by Bhishma). They then represented the death of their father and performed his last honours duly. And as they were brought up there, Duryodhana became exceedingly jealous of them. And the sinful Duryodhana acting like Rakshasa tried various means to drive them away. But what must be can never be frustrated. So all Duryodhana's efforts proved futile. Then Dhritarashtra sent them, by an act of deception to Varanavata, and they went there willingly. There an endeavour was made to burn them to death; but it proved abortive owing to the warning counsels of Vidura. After that the Pandavas slew Hidimva, and then they went to a town called Ekachakra. There also they slew a Rakshasa of the name of Vaka and then went to Panchala.
And there obtaining Draupadi for a wife they returned to Hastinapura. And there they dwelt for some time in peace and begat children. And Yudhishthira begat Prativindhya; Bhima, Sutasoma; Arjuna, Srutakriti; Nakula, Satanika; and Sahadeva, Srutakarman. Besides these, Yudhishthira, having obtained for his wife Devika, the daughter of Govasana of the Saivya tribe, in a self-choice ceremony, begat upon her a son named Yaudheya. And Bhima also obtaining for a wife Valandhara, the daughter of the king of Kasi, offered his own prowess as dower and begat upon her a son named Sarvaga. And Arjuna also, repairing to Dwaravati, brought away by force Subhadra. the sweet-speeched sister of Vasudeva, and returned in happiness to Hastinapura.
And he begat upon her a son named Abhimanyu endued with all accomplishments and dear to Vasudeva himself. And Nakula obtaining for his wife Karenumati, the princess of Chedi, begat upon her a son named Niramitra. And Sahadeva also married Vijaya, the daughter of Dyutimat, the king of Madra, obtaining her in a self-choice ceremony and begat upon her a son named Suhotra. And Bhimasena had some time before begat upon Hidimva a son named Ghatotkacha. These are the eleven sons of the Pandavas. Amongst them all, Abhimanyu was the perpetuator of the family. He married Uttara, the daughter of Virata, who brought forth a dead child whom Kunti took up on her lap at the command of Vasudeva who said, 'I will revive this child of six months.' And though born before time, having been burnt by the fire of (Aswatthaman's weapon) and, therefore, deprived of strength and energy he was revived by Vasudeva and endued with strength, energy and prowess. And after reviving him, Vasudeva said, 'Because this child hath been born in an extinct race, therefore, he shall be called Parikshit'. And Parikshit married Madravati, thy mother, O king, and thou art born to her, O Janamejaya! Thou hast also begotten two sons on thy wife Vapushtama, named Satanika and Sankukarna. And Satanika also hath begotten one son named Aswamedhadatta upon the princess of Videha.
"Thus have I, O king, recited the history of the descendants of Puru and of the Pandavas. This excellent, virtue-increasing, and sacred history should ever be listened to by vow-observing Brahmanas, by Kshatriyas devoted to the practices of their order and ready to protect their subjects; by Vaisyas with attention, and by Sudras with reverence, whose chief occupation is to wait upon the three other orders. Brahmanas conversant in the Vedas and other persons, who with attention and reverence recite this sacred history or listen to it when recited, conquer the heavens and attain to the abode of the blessed. They are also always respected and adored by the gods, Brahamanas, and other men. This holy history of Bharata hath been composed by the sacred and illustrious Vyasa. Veda-knowing Brahmanas and other persons who with reverence and without malice hear it recited, earn great religious merits and conquer the heavens. Though sinning, they are not disregarded by any one. Here occurs a sloka, 'This (Bharata) is equal unto the Vedas: it is holy and excellent. It bestoweth wealth, fame, and life. Therefore, it should be listened to by men with rapt attention.'"


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I would have to say that 90% of the MTB riders and racers that I have met would be defined as "over skilled". It sounds absurd since most feel that some aspect of their riding needs work, be it skill related such as gate starts or fitness related such as better power endurance (I define MTB specific fitness as a "skill"). However, when you really understand how the human body functions and best adapts to MTB specific skills and fitness you will see what I mean. First, though, I need to explain the OPP.
The Optimum Performance Pyramid (OPP) was first introduced to me by Gray Cook, a highly influential figure in strength training circles. It is probably the best explanation that I have come across describing how performance training should be viewed. Gray uses the OPP to explain the 3 distinct levels of performance training, their prioritization and how to best integrate them.
The first, and broadest, level is Functional Movement. Contrary to the current fitness trends, this does not mean standing on a wobbly doo-hicky, looking like you are trying out for the circus. Functional Movement simply refers to developing adequate mobility, body control and movement awareness in order to safely handle higher level movements.
Examples of exercises in this level would include single leg box squats, pistol squats, Bulgarian split squats, single leg deadlift, push ups and their variations, inverted rows and alternating DB shoulder press. Bodyweight and unilateral exercises make up the bulk of this type of training. However, bodyweight exercises are extremely humbling when challenging variations are used. Do not underestimate the power of this type of training.
The Functional Movement level should also address any imbalances in the body, both mobility and strength wise, as they are a huge red flag for a potential injury. An athlete without a strong base built in this level of training will be far more prone to injuries, have a harder time mastering new skills and techniques and generally find that their training efforts yield few and inconsistent results.
The second level of the pyramid is Functional Strength. This level focuses on improving your raw strength and power. As I have touched on many times, increasing these areas will effectively add to your raw potential. Riders without adequate time spent on this level will also find that they have a harder time mastering new skills and will probably feel as if they have hit a plateau with their progression.
Examples of exercises in this level would include deadlift, front squat, bench press, military press, weighted pull ups/ chin ups, and DB rows. Compound, core exercises for the main movement patterns make up the bulk of this level.
The last, and smallest, level is Functional Skill. Unfortunately, this is where most training that MTB riders undertake would fall. This includes trail riding, DH runs, dirt jumping, 4X track time, gate starts, sprints, intervals and high level strength training methods such as plyometrics and Olympic Lifts. These methods will only yield the biggest "MTB specific" gains if they are used by someone who has spent time developing the base levels of the performance training pyramid. Believe it or not, over use of training methods in this level can actually slow down and stagnate skill development and fitness progression.
In fact, if you talked with any of the originators of a specialized training method I will guarantee you that they would tell you that they intended that method to be used by someone who had progressed into it. Every good strength coach understands the importance of laying a solid foundation and building on it in a progressive manner, but that approach is rarely reported on in the media or used by less skilled fitness professionals. What you find in the magazines and training boards is someone who reports on the specialized method independent of the progression intended to lead into it. Everyone wants to report on, learn and/ or use the "special" and "secret" training method of the champs, but failure to understand the progression into that method does a great disservice to the pioneers that gave us those methods.
Plyometrics have to be one of the best examples of this. Developed and refined by the old Soviet Union, plyometrics have developed an almost mystical status here in the United States. Almost every training conversation that I have with a rider eventually comes around to "what about plyometrics", as if they hold the key to all riding goals. Riders who can barely pull off a bodyweight squat are jumping around cones and off of boxes in the quest for a MTB specific workout. However, the pioneers of the plyometric method would be greatly disturbed by this approach.
Some of the old Soviet training texts suggest that an athlete should have progressed (there's that word again) to a double bodyweight squat before they were ready for depth jumps and other high level plyometrics. While I may not agree with that specific suggestion (more recent suggestions are around 1-1.5 times your bodyweight), it does underscore the fact that no one came into their training program and started off with plyometrics. In fact, it could be years before they would allow an athlete to use those higher level training methods if they felt adequate functional movement and strength had not been established. BTW, the Soviets kicked a lot off butt with this approach and this template has become the model for almost every high level strength and conditioning coach in the world.
So, as you can see from this point of view, most riders spend far too much time and focus on the Functional Skill level of the OPP. A lot of them may not have spent any time working on Functional Movement and/ or Functional Strength. This makes them over skilled, as their MTB specific skill and fitness progression is maxed out compared to the base that they have built. This means that a long term approach with an eye on safely progressing through the 3 levels of the OPP is needed for sustainable results. Without it, you are simply guessing at what will help you and hoping that it will. I don't know about you, but that approach leaves too much to chance. If I'm going to invest time into training I want to be sure that it is going to pay off.
Note: do not confuse "over skilled" from a performance training point of view with having "adequate skill" from a pure performance point of view. Most of us will never be satisfied with our skill and fitness levels in every aspect of riding so we will always be looking to get a little better in some aspect on the bike. What I am saying is that at a certain point you must re-solidify the base of your OPP in order to continue to realize the gains offered by the higher level strategies.
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So I have a related question here, but my questions are the following:
I only have one (and only have room for one) dedicated chest freezer/fridge for brewing. I have one beer (Marzen) kegged and carbed (and in this chest freezer, chilled to 35). I have another beer (IPA) cold-conditioning in the same chest freezer. I would like to keg and carb the IPA for a competition that is one week from yesterday. I would also like to brew a stout this weekend and control ferment temp, but if I carb up the IPA, I may be able to store it at the restaurant where the comp is in their cold storage walk-in.
1.) If I store a keg at room temperature (that was carbed at 35*), pour into a growler and stick it in the fridge for serving, will it be overcarbed (since CO2 is more soluble at lower temps)?
2.) If I were to let the carbed, chilled marzen warm up when I remove it from the fridge (as I need the fridge to control the ferment of my stout this weekend and into next week), I believe I do need to adjust the pressure to a higher PSI AND LEAVE THE CO2 hooked up, but if my fridge becomes available again and I can keep a keg in there, do I simply bleed the keg and dial the pressure back down?
3.) Would I be able to keep a keg hooked up, carbed, and warm, and pour into a growler, chill and serve, or would it build up too much pressure while chilling in the growler?
Sorry if these are terribly involved questions, and I know, I probably should just stick to bottling until we move, but I have the kegs and thought I would give them some mileage.
Thanks in advance


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Charlotte Temple Ott Brumfield
5 Sep 1813 LA - 1895 LA
Daughter of Jacob Ott III & Margaret Jackson
My 3x Great Grandmother
Charlotte Temple Ott was the daughter of Jacob Ott III & Margaret Jackson. Her siblings were: Isaac, Charles, Jessie, Naomi, Sarah, Samuel & Jacob.
In 1835 Charlotte Temple Ott married Nathaniel
They had five children. In 1840 &
1850 they were in Washington Parish, LA where Nathaniel was a farmer.[3]
In 1850 Nathaniel was one of the top rice growers in the parish. Two years later, Nathaniel died.
Charlotte had five little children to care
for and a farm to run. She married Nathaniel's brother, Elijah Brumfield. Charlotte
& Elijah had two daughters together.[4]
They stayed in Washington Parish, LA. In
1860 Charlotte & Elijah had six children on their farm.[5] In 1860 Elijah had 35
slaves.[6] In 1863 the Elijah
Brumfield family had three girls in school in the 6th school
district in the parish.[7]
Charlotte had two sons serve in the Civil
War. Oldest son, Martin Penn Brumfield, served in the Washington Rifles, 9th
LA Infantry. In June 1861 the Washington Rifles left the Bogue Chitto area and
marched to Camp Moore for training. From there they traveled by train to
Virginia where they established camp in Warrenton. There were many illnesses in
the camp. In November they moved to Camp Florida in Centerville. The winter was
harsh and the southern soldiers were not used to the snow and sleet that fell
on them. By January 1862 they moved on to camp Carondolet. Many of the soldiers
had no shoes and ragged uniforms. Pneumonia hit the soldiers. Without having
seen combat Martin died of 'Diarrhea' in Charity Hospital, Gordonsville, VA in April
Two other sons, Jessie Alexander Brumfield
& John D. Brumfield, both served in J H Wingfield's Regiment, LA Calvary.
Fortunately, they returned home safely.[10]
In 1880 Charlotte, once again a widow, was still in Washington
Parish, LA. Son, John D. and daughter, Angeline, were both living with her.[11] Charlotte died c 1895, having lived her life
in Washington Parish, LA.
Charlotte & children:
1 Charlotte Temple Ott
b: 1815 LA, d: 1895
... + Nathaniel
Brumfield b: 1813 Washington Parish, LA, m: 1835, d: 8 Feb 1852 LA
......2 Martin Penn
Brumfield b: 15 Mar 1837 VA, d: Apr 1862 VA
......2 Jessie
Alexander Brumfield b: 27 Sep 1838 LA, d: 27 May 1914 MS
...... + Martha Elizabeth
Alford b: 8 Aug 1846 Pike, MS, d: Aft. 1910
......2 John D.
Brumfield b: 29 Jul 1842 LA, d: 1 Apr 1903
...... + Zadie Martin
......2 Sarah Lucy
Brumfield b: 21 Nov 1845 LA, d: 1926
...... + Isaac Roberts
......2 Laura Brumfield
b: 19 Apr 1851 LA, d: 25 Sep 1936
...... + Needham W.
Alford b: 18 Jun 1848, d: 22 Nov 1922
... + Elijah Brumfield
b: 1805 York, SC, d: Aft. 1860
......2 Charlotte
Angelina Brumfield b: 7 Aug 1855, d: 1936
......2 Courtney
Rebeccca Brumfield b: 11 Apr 1857
[1] Randolph, Ruth Brumfield, and Nell
Brumfield Jacobs Smith. Brumfields Revisited: Ancestors and Descendants of
George Y. and Martha Penny Brumfield. Privately printed, 1995.
[2] Clawson,
Alma Dell Magee. Fields of Bloom. Privately printed. 1972.
[3] Williams, Jr., Ernest Russ. A Potpourri of
Historical Data concerning the Founding Families and Individuals of Washington
Parish, Louisiana, 1798 - 1860. Monroe, LA: Northeast Louisiana University.
[4] Randolph, Ruth Brumfield, and Nell
Brumfield Jacobs Smith. Brumfields Revisited: Ancestors and Descendants of
George Y. and Martha Penny Brumfield. Privately printed, 1995.
[5] 1860 US Census, Washington Parish, Louisiana. Elijah Brumfield
[6] Kerns, Gloria Lambert. Washington Parish,
Louisiana Records, 1810 - 1898. Baker, Louisiana: Folk Finders, 1983, Page 23. US
Bureau of Census, Washington parish, LA; 1860 Slave Schedule. Elijah Brumfield.
[7] Kern, Gloria Lambert. Washington Parish,
Louisiana Records: 1810 - 1898. Baker, Louisiana: Folk Finders, 1983.
LA School census
records, 1863, Washington Parish. Elijah Brumfield
[8] Williams, Jr., E. Russ. History of Washington Parish, Louisiana
1798 - 1992. I. 1994. 976.311. Martin P Brumfield member of' Washington Rifles/
Company I, 9th LA Infantry, Confederate States of America"
[9] Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who served in
organizations from the State of Louisiana; NARA; digital images on fold3.
[10] Ibid.
[11] 1880 US Census, Washington, Louisiana SD 1, ED 194, Page 35;
Charlotte Brumfield.


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So this was the first Oscar night in our new town. I was ambivalent at first — do I even know enough women to invite? How far do I go? No one really knows me yet. I decided to just have a viewing. Simple. Lots of wine and champagne, a few appetizers. No betting pool, no spontaneous real-time dance numbers, just meet and greet. I sent out the Evite, and voila! I had 17 people RSVP. Score! I can do this. Fast-forward to yesterday, Oscar day. Usually when I'm putting together a cocktail party I'm skipping, I'm humming, I'm all about the fun energy. This day was different. I was lackluster. I had no sparkle. And then, I figured out why. I needed something extra for this party. It didn't feel like ME. The only way to get to know new moms is to throw myself — no, hurl myself at them, balls out. So I decided in the frozen seafood section, to be…The Swan. I dashed back to the house, found a black tutu. That I actually own. Shocking, I know. I found my 6-year old daughter Emily's Barbie make-up. And my friend Shauna dropped her daughter's tiara off on the porch.
Once every last candle was lit, I slowly, methodically, got ready, like an old Oscar dame about to give her last performance. Hair pulled back. White foundation. Insanely black eye make-up, check. And the tiara. Now, the Black Swan experiment was about to begin.
I mean, how many friends does one really need? When you move to a new city at 41, you just want to connect with a few people who 'get' you, who you can hang out with, judgment free. So maybe being the Black Swan will act as a true litmus test.
The looks at the front door told the story. Three horrified (big scared eyes, shuffled past me to the kitchen), a handful smiled through gritted teeth ("Hi! Uh…I didn't get the memo…heh heh"), 4 were just flatline, and approximately four genuinely seemed into it. Four! I call that a success story. I'll take it. Natalie Portman, do you think you could get nominated for a Grease re-make next year? That would be awesome.


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As George W. Bush hawks his memoir, Decision Points, he seems especially driven to justify his decision to invade and occupy Iraq. He emphasizes how sickened he was at learning that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, though not too sick to kid about it at the White House correspondents' dinner. While he refuses to say whether he would have ordered the invasion had he known the truth — and there's good reason to suspect that he did know the truth — Bush insists that 25 million Iraqis are better off without Saddam in power.
Unfortunately, the deferential interviewers are unwilling to ask tough questions. (Why do former presidents, secretaries of state, and their ilk get this free pass?) One need not have been a fan of Saddam to see that the invasion/occupation has been a catastrophe for the Iraqi people. Large numbers of them are not better off because of Bush's illegal actions — millions are either dead, victims of torture, or refugees. After analyzing various studies and methods of estimating war deaths, John Tirman, executive director of MIT's Center for International Studies, concludes, "The evidence, then, is rather clear and compelling. Something like 700,000 or more Iraqis have been killed either through direct or 'structural' violence in the period since the U.S. invaded more than seven years ago. The number could easily be as high as a million. Most were killed by other Iraqis, or the deplorable conditions that wars wreak and persist in Iraq."
Are those people better off, Mr. President? How about the three million driven from their homes?
But, Bush apologists will counter, Tirman says, "Most were killed by other Iraqis." Doesn't that get Bush off the hook? Not by a long shot.
The recent WikiLeaks revelations document that American forces were ordered not to investigate Iraqi-on-Iraqi killings and torture. Moreover, U.S. troops turned prisoners over to the Iraqis knowing that they would be tortured. But it's even worse than that.
"[The] deeper significance of the order, which has been missed by the news media, is that it was part of a larger U.S. strategy of exploiting Shi'a sectarian hatred against Sunnis to help suppress the Sunni insurgency when Sunnis had rejected the U.S. war," writes Gareth Porter of the Inter Press News Service, a reporter with extensive knowledge of the conflict. "The strategy [developed by Gen. David Petraeus] involved the deliberate deployment of Shi'a and Kurdish police commandos in areas of Sunni insurgency in the full knowledge that they were torturing Sunni detainees, as the reports released by WikiLeaks show."
The U.S. government was only doing what it used to do in Latin America: train and equip death squads to eradicate undesirables. This was the period when Sunni resistance to the U.S. occupation and sectarian violence were at their height. Every day large number of tortured bodies were found on Baghdad streets as vengeful Shi'a Muslims, backed by America and Iran, engaged in sectarian cleansing of the city. Porter elaborates that the Bush-Cheney-Petraeus strategy was "a major contributing factor to the rise of al-Qaeda's influence in the Sunni areas. The escalating Sunni-Shi'a violence it produced led to the massive sectarian warfare of 2006 in Baghdad in which tens of thousands of civilians — mainly Sunnis — were killed."
As Porter recounts events, two years earlier the Civil Defense Corps in Sunni areas of Iraq "essentially disappeared overnight during an insurgent offensive" and the U.S. command turned to Shi'a and Kurdish police and military units to put down the resistance. Soon the U.S. order not to intervene in the abuse of prisoners was issued. "It was a clear signal that the U.S. command expected torture of prisoners to be a central feature of Iraqi military and police operations against Sunni insurgents," Porter writes. From there the American force established and trained sectarian paramilitary squads for the dirty work, the first being the Wolf Brigade. "It did not take long for the Wolf Brigade to acquire its reputation for torture of Sunni detainees," Porter writes.
Are we to believe "the decider" — the man who boasts of approving torture for American prisoners — was unaware of that U.S./Iran-supported bloodletting? Bush has disgraced the country, but don't expect him to be asked to account for himself.
SHELDON RICHMAN is senior fellow at The Future of Freedom Foundation (www.fff.org) and editor of The Freeman magazine.


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Mexico's state-owned oil company said Friday it suffered a rupture in an undersea gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, sending flames boiling to the surface in the Gulf waters.
Petroleos Mexicanos said it had dispatched fire control boats to pump more water over the flames.
Pemex, as the company is known, said nobody was injured in the incident in the offshore Ku-Maloob-Zaap field.
The leak near dawn Friday occurred about 150 yards (meters) from a drilling platform. The company said it had brought the gas leak under control about five hours later.
But the accident gave rise to the strange sight of roiling balls of flame boiling up from below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico.
It was unclear how much environmental damage the gas leak and oceanic fireball had caused.
Miyoko Sakashita, oceans program director for the Center for Biological Diversity, wrote that "the frightening footage of the Gulf of Mexico is showing the world that offshore drilling is dirty and dangerous."
Sakashita added, "These horrific accidents will continue to harm the Gulf if we don't end offshore drilling once and for all."
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| Aug. 12, 2014
AF implements career intermission pilot program
By Air Reserve Personnel Center
Up to 40 active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard officers and enlisted members who meet eligibility requirements will be offered between one and three years of partially-paid time out of uniform to focus on personal and professional pursuits under the Career Intermission Pilot Program, or CIPP, Air Force officials announced July 30.
In accordance with the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, each military branch is authorized to implement CIPP, which authorizes selected members to take a sabbatical and seamlessly return to their active-duty or Air Reserve Component role.
"This program offers a few high performing Airmen the opportunity to focus on priorities outside of their military career without having to choose between competing priorities," said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III.
Applications will be accepted from Aug. 15 to Oct. 15 and a total force selection panel is scheduled to convene Nov. 12 to select the Air Force's first program participants. The active-duty, Guard and Reserve panel will consider active and reserve component applicants using common criteria.
"This is a first for the total force," said Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James. "We've been working together for a couple of years to develop common personnel practices and implement tools used by each component, but this panel represents our first opportunity to truly assess our Airmen - whatever their component - as equal members of the total force."
The panel will select up to 20 officers and 20 enlisted members for the inaugural pilot program.
Implemented by the Navy in 2009 and more recently by the Marine Corps, the program allows participants to retain full medical and dental benefits for themselves and their dependents, as well as exchange and commissary benefits. Participants also receive a stipend of 1/15th of their monthly basic pay. In addition, members will be allowed an Air Force-funded permanent change of station move to anywhere in the U.S. when entering the program, and a move to their follow-on base of assignment when they complete the program.
"The key to the intermission program is the Airman's return to duty," said Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Cody. "Top performers with a bright future won't be lost to premature separation, and upon return, those Airmen will bring greater experience, education, knowledge, commitment and passion to their career."
While participating in CIPP, members will be required to maintain all Air Force standards, including health and fitness, and be ready to fully resume their duties.
Participants won't be able to compete for promotion while in the program, and those selected for promotion who enter CIPP before their promotion date will have to wait until they complete CIPP to be promoted. Upon return to active duty, participants will have their date of rank adjusted to remain competitive with those of similar time-in-grade.
Those who receive career field or skill level bonuses will not receive those while in CIPP, and they won't be eligible for tuition assistance. They will, however, be able to use any veteran's benefits they have accrued - like their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits - and they will also be able to retain up to 60 days of earned leave.
While all eligible Airmen - regardless of rank or career field - are welcome to apply, some Airmen are not eligible. Those who cannot complete the associated service commitment prior to reaching high year tenure or mandatory retirement/separation for age and years of service cannot be considered for CIPP. Airmen who are currently receiving a critical skills retention or fulfilling the associated service commitment for that bonus are ineligible for participation. In addition, any Airman who does not meet physical fitness standards may not apply.
Detailed application procedures, points-of-contact, and eligibility requirements will be outlined in the Air Force Personnel Center Career Intermission Pilot Program Personnel Services Delivery Memorandum and will be provided to Airmen in the coming days.