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CHANG, SHUANG - Michigan State University | |
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Publication Type: Abstract Only Publication Acceptance Date: 9/1/2010 Publication Date: 10/18/2010 Citation: Zhang, H., Chang, S., Dunn, J.R., Heidari, M., Lee, L.F. 2010. Low dose vaccination revealed an interaction between vaccine and chicken line affecting protective efficacy [abstract]. In: 5th International Workshop on the Molecular Pathogenesis of Marek's Disease Virus and 1st Symposium on Avian Herpesviruses, October 17-20, 2010, Athens, Georgia, p. 129. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Marek's disease (MD), caused by a highly oncogenic and contagious cell-associated alpha-herpesvirus, also known as Marek's disease virus (MDV), remains as a highly potential threat to poultry industry worldwide. This threat has been continuously sustained by persistent viral evolution with increasing virulence and dominant susceptibility to MD in large numbers of commercial flocks of chickens. MD has been controlled by vaccination since the 1970s. Vaccine efficacy depends on multiple factors including host genetic variation, maternal antibody status, virulence of challenge virus, dosage of vaccination, type of vaccine, and vaccine-challenge interval. This study comparatively evaluated the protective efficacy of two commonly used MD vaccines (CVI/988 Rispens and HVT) and a candidate recombinant DNA vaccine (rMd5deltaMeq) at a low dosage. Chickens from two highly inbred lines and a series of 19 recombinant congenic strains were divided into four treatment groups. Three groups were vaccinated with 500 PFU of rMd5deltaMeq, CVI/988 Rispens, or HVT per bird, respectively. The other group was not vaccinated. All chickens of the four groups were challenged with a vv+ strain of MDV at five days of age. The protective indices of the vaccines ranked (from high to low) as rMd5deltaMeq > HVT > CVI/988 Rispens in the inbred line 6, known as relatively resistant to MD, and rMd5deltaMeq > CVI/988 > HVT in the inbred line 7, known as highly susceptible to MD. The change in ranking orders of protective indices for two of the three vaccines between the two chicken lines indicated a vaccine by chicken line interaction affecting the vaccine protective efficacy. The overall protective indices of the vaccines for the 19 recombinant congenic strains ranked as rMd5deltaMeq > HVT > CVI/988 Rispens as expected since each of the recombinant congenic strains on average resembles line 6 by 7/8 of the genome, but line 7, by 1/8. It is noted that the results observed in the line 6 and combined recombinant congenic strains are contrary to results commonly seen in the field, in which CVI/988 Rispens protects much better than HVT as observed in the line 7, when challenged with highly virulent MDV strains. The data suggests that use of chicken line-specific vaccine is of critical importance to maximize protection efficacy. |


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Turning It On
Red Hot Russians #2
Red Hot Russians #2
By: Elizabeth Harmon
Releasing June 29, 2015
Carina Press
Book editor Hannah Levinson couldn't be happier. This "Nice Jewish
Girl" is ready to marry the man she's longed after for half her life. When her
fiancé suggests they audition for Last Fling, a steamy new reality show for
engaged couples, she lets herself be swayed. Maybe she'll learn a thing or two.
Vlad Shustov's
fall from a once-bright career as a competitive figure skater was swift. Now
trapped by a shameful past and an uncertain future, "Vlad the Bad" strips for
cash. Joining the cast of Last Fling could earn him a fortune—or at least
enough to finally leave stripping. But to win the show's prize, he must seduce
an engaged woman, something he can't even bear the thought of.
Hannah's not like
any woman Vlad's met before. Betrayed by the man she thought she loved and
relegated to the ugly-duckling role she'd worked so hard to shed, can she trust
there's more to Vlad than meets the eye? With sleazy TV tactics shattering the
last shreds of the contestants' confidence, they'll have to believe true
happiness is not only possible...it may be looking right at them.
Hannah sighed and
shook her head. "I'm not usually such an emotional mess. It's just this show.
This whole situation! Back there…" she flung her arm wide, in the direction of
the mainland. "I'm successful. Accomplished. I have a great job. I live in New
York City. Here, all anyone cares about is how hot I am. Or more to the point,
how hot I'm not!"
Vlad nodded sympathetically. "It's TV.
Unfortunately, sex sells better than other good qualities."
"Exactly! I can't compete. I'm not
like those other women, and I don't even want to be. But I have no choice. Not
unless I want to lose my fiancé to a scheming bimbo and have the entire nation
talking about what a pathetic loser I am. It's humiliating."
"You can always learn to be sexy."
Vlad looked her over. "You've got the right equipment. All you need is to learn
to use it. I am around sexy women all the time. I could coach you. You
know…sexy lessons."
"Sexy lessons?" She had to laugh at
that. "I've never thought of sexy as a learned skill."
"It is, though. All about how you
carry yourself." He adjusted his posture and the set of his broad shoulders conveyed
a confidence that was undeniably hot.
"And who better to teach me than a
guy named Vlad the Bad who takes off his clothes for a living?"
"As Uncle Ivan used to say, it pays
to work with best coach you can find."
She laughed again, but didn't
entirely dismiss the idea. Putting a little strut in her stuff held surprising
appeal. Yet what was the catch? A guy who willingly signed on for a trashy show
like Last Fling must want something. "And
in return?"
He thought a moment and Hannah
tensed, afraid of what he might ask. Then he gave a decisive nod. "I want you
to read my book. Not just query, synopsis, "sorry not right for us," but the
whole thing. You don't have to buy, but I want honest, professional critique of
how to make it better."
Honest and professional? Yikes. What
would she say if the book was god-awful, which it likely was? He'd pinned so
much hope to it, she couldn't bear to be the one to discourage him. On the
other hand, at least she would be gentle and constructive. And if it was good,
this was a chance to help him achieve his dream. She imagined taking the book
to her boss. Sales and Marketing would drool over this hot Russian male
stripper–turned-literary sensation. As would everyone else. And if it kept Jack from Robynne's clutches,
it was worth the risk.
Vlad narrowed his eyes. "So do we
have a deal?"
A bit more certain,
Hannah laughed and stuck out her hand. "Deal."
I love stories that give a fresh take on classic
themes, and feature characters and locations not often seen in romance. Give me
a lovable, if less-than-perfect heroine, a gorgeous hero with a heart of gold,
take them a little off the beaten path and I'm a happy girl.
I read a variety of genres-- romance to horror and
just about everything in between. I am a member of Romance Writers of America.
I have worked as a freelance journalist for a number of local publications and
am a contributing writer to Romance Writers Report.
When I'm not writing, I love to ice skate, bike
ride, hang out at the beach or on my front porch. I love vintage homes,
adventurous cooking, spending time with my family and traveling.

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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column questioning why it was necessary for our federal government to be constructing internment camps all over America. See the original column here.
I felt it was time for someone such as me to publicly broach the subject.
Needless to say, the response was overwhelming. Even more interesting is the fact that the web link to the National Guard Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) of "Internment/Resettlement Specialist" that I included in my column was removed shortly after the column was published. Was this a coincidence?
Of course, the U.S. Army still has their web site soliciting recruitment for "Internment/Resettlement Specialist" online. See it here. Readers might also want to familiarize themselves with this story out of Fort Leavenworth: 40th MP Internment/Resettlement Battalion activates, Fort Leavenworth Lamp, by Will King, April 16, 2009.
Predictably, I heard from a sizeable number of readers who expressed concern about my "credibility." Some were more direct: descriptions such as "conspiracy nut," "lunatic," "fringe," etc., popped up quite often.
Several readers dismissed the entire proposition on the basis that, apparently, the link I provided to a photo of one such camp that was reported in the Idaho Observer as a FEMA camp was actually constructed in another country. Which, if true, changes nothing, of course.
Others pointed to a very shallow "exposé" published in Popular Mechanics that attempted (lamely) to debunk the whole notion of internment camps. (This was the same source Glenn Beck used to dismiss the idea.) See the report here.
Criticism and name-calling aside, after reading the responses from hundreds of readers (and examining the evidence they submitted), I am more convinced than ever that our federal government is, indeed, constructing large numbers of internment camps. And as one might expect, I heard from a large number of military and law enforcement personnel, which made the evidence even more compelling.
One statement from a retired Air Force colonel (who is still active in military associations and stays well-informed on military issues) was especially telling. He said, "The Indiana plant is an AMTRAK repair area—there are probably similar reasons for other facilities. [Which is, no doubt, true.] I was a primary member of 'Continuity of Operations' planning in my second tour in the Pentagon in the 1960s—such planning has continued apace! This country was—and to a large extent still is—totally unprepared for the after effects of nuclear exchange. The millions of casualties of humans and animals—notwithstanding the almost total loss of communications and government infrastructure like police, fire, emergency response, etc. THERE ARE AND SHOULD BE PLANS TO DECLARE MARTIAL LAW to keep order, to provide assistance for food, shelter, medical, etc. FEMA was designed to do this work to fill the terrible losses in continuity of operations, which would keep this country viable. Katrina is a tiny example of how an emergency can destroy an entire geographical area—and Katrina is just a minor example of where we would be as a result of a nuclear exchange. As with all things military you plan for the worst and hope for the best.
"We remain vulnerable to massive catastrophes in this country—natural or man-caused. We need to be prepared and FEMA with all its faults—BACKED BY THE MILITARY—is charged with this job." (Emphasis added.)
(To learn more about "Continuity of Operations," to which the good colonel referred, start with these web sites:
Continuity of Operations - The Basics, NextGov.com.
Continuity of Operations Plan From Wikipedia.
Federal Executive Branch Continuity Of Operations (Coop) - Federal Preparedness Circular 65)
Notice that the retired colonel did not challenge the existence of internment camps, but rather linked them, and military-backed FEMA, with martial law—and he saw nothing wrong with that.
(Please note: the colonel brought up martial law; I did not. Plus, the colonel was not adversarial with me, but on the contrary, expressed familiarity and favor toward me.)
Several military men who wrote me shared the colonel's sentiment. Some of them expressed concern about the impact these plans will have on freedom and constitutional government, while others seemed completely unconcerned regarding any potential encroachment that plans of military action against American citizens might have upon the Bill of Rights.
What is enlightening, however, is the fact that, regardless of the personal position taken, none of the military personnel who wrote me discounted the existence of internment camps.
Since the colonel brought up martial law, U.S. Congressman Paul Broun (R-GA) recently indicated that he believed the U.S. government was intending to do just that. See his comments here.
And last year, the San Francisco Chronicle published a major story regarding the potential for the federal government to suspend the Constitution and institute martial law. [Rule by fear or rule by law? By Lewis Seiler and Dan Hamburg, February 4, 2008]
In addition, is it a coincidence that a bill was recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 645) called the National Emergency Centers Establishment Act, which directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish "not fewer than 6 national emergency centers on military installations"? See the report here.
Is all of this information simply to be discarded as hysteria?
On the other hand, several readers chided me for being "late" to discuss the subject. And to be sure, some of these folks have done quite a bit of personal research and have amassed a large amount of data on the subject.
For example, readers supplied me with a plethora of material to substantiate the existence of large numbers of internment camps throughout the United States. I invite readers to peruse some of the information provided below and draw their own conclusions:
Of course, the above is merely a sample of the scores of resources that were forwarded to me by readers. I encourage people to do their own research.
Even Mr. Skeptoid himself, Brian Dunning, grudgingly acknowledges the probability of the existence of internment camps on U.S. soil. As with the retired Air Force colonel referred to above, Dunning senses nothing sinister about the existence of the camps, and he doesn't address the numbers part of the story, but he does admit the plausibility of their existence.
Dunning wrote:
"When I first heard the FEMA Prison Camp conspiracy story, it seemed ridiculous and paranoid at face value. But when I finally dug in to research it, I started by searching for the origins of the rumors, and found to my surprise that nearly all of the legal foundation and precedent for such a plan does in fact exist."
(See Dunning's blog here.)
As I was mulling over all this information, I remembered reading an interview that radio talk show host Geoff Metcalf had with author Ted Flynn regarding Flynn's (then) new book, Hope of the Wicked: The Master Plan to Rule the World.
According to Metcalf, "Flynn's book provides a strong historical basis to show that there is a global elite working to end the sovereignty of nations and to place every person on earth under the authority of the United Nations." This interview was conducted back in 2001, by the way.
In the interview, Metcalf asked Flynn, "Please explain what FEMA is. What is their authority and what is their job?"
Flynn replied, "The Federal Emergency Management Agency is probably going to be the enforcement arm of the New-World Order. Very few people could tell you that it is actually a cabinet position. By and large, a great percentage of their budget is 'black ops.' It's really not on the books. You only hear of them a little bit when there are disasters. But there is a great agenda to gather information for the government in stealth."
Metcalf then said, "I found it significant when Rep. Henry Gonzalez, D-Texas, clarified the question of the existence of civilian detention camps. In an interview a few years ago, he said, 'the truth is yes—you do have these standby provisions, and the plans are here . . . whereby you could, in the name of stopping terrorism . . . evoke the military and arrest Americans and put them in detention camps.' They DO exist."
Flynn replied, "They do."
(See the interview here. )
Again, that our federal government has built large numbers of internment camps seems undeniable. What has not been determined is the purpose for which these facilities have been constructed. No one wants to believe that our government is planning evil designs upon us.
Then again, neither did German Jews want to believe that their government was up to no good.
America's founders believed that a central government could not be trusted, which is why they tried to fence it in with the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Neither should citizens today trust the federal government. As President George Washington put it, "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
Therefore, keep a wary eye out for anything that the federal government could use to encroach upon our liberties and freedoms—even reports of internment camps.
If the reports are bogus, you've lost nothing; but if they are real, you could end up losing your liberty.
Dr. Chuck Baldwin is the pastor of Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. He hosts a weekly radio show. His website is here.


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By Hannah Miller on
Hey emoji users: Did you know that when you send your friend on your Nexus, they might see on their iPhone? And it's not just ; this type of thing can happen for all emoji (yes, even ). In a paper (download) that will be officially published at AAAI ICWSM in May, we show that this problem can cause people to misinterpret the emotion and the meaning of emoji-based communication, in some cases quite significantly. , we know.
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You: How is What's Your Raashee?
Me: Wrong question.
You: How long?
Me: Now you're talking.
Mr Yogi, Mr Yogi, remember that catchy refrain we would wait to hear on our Doordarshan-friendly television sets every single week? Now imagine those 13-episodes of Ketan Mehta's popular sitcom clubbed together for one single viewing. Well, that's how long What's Your Raashee? feels like.
It's the only goddamn obstacle in what could have been a socio-comic gem. What's Your Raashee? could have been at least one and a half hours shorter. Those thirteen songs could have been reduced to five. That ridiculous sub-plot about a marriage agent's illicit affair could have been done away with. There are just so many sequences that could have done with a snip here and a cut there.
As much as I appreciate his trademark idealism and eye for detail, filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker's weakness for lengthy cinema has always sparked debate. Personally, I had no issues with the running time of either Lagaan or Swades but Jodhaa Akbar did contribute in aggravating my spondylitis. What's Your Raashee? was never going to be a short film, considering its premise, inspired by Madhu Rye's Gujarati novel, Kimball Ravenswood, about an NRI guy coming to Mumbai to pick a perfect bride from 12 different astrological signs in ten days. What's the hurry, you ask?
Basically, the eligible bachelor in question, namely Chicago boy Yogesh Patel (Harman Baweja), is tricked into flying back home by his astrology-blind folks (an utterly believable Anjan Shrivastava and Manju Singh) to bail them out from monetary woes after their elder son (Dilip Joshi stumps you with yet another poker-faced winner) loses a fortune in gambling and owes an underworld don, among many others. The only thing that can save them now is his grandfather's inheritance, which Yogesh will procure only after he ties the knot.
Meanwhile, there's no overlooking a serious effort to shoot Mumbai as uniquely as possible. While there's no escaping a drive around Marine Drive and Fort, it's good to catch up with good ol' Kamla Nehru Park, the claustrophobic spaces of Bhuleshwar, lush greens of Powai while receiving a good glimpse of the upcoming neighbourhoods around Navi Mumbai lending the somewhat far-fetched set-up a much-welcome stroke of realism
The anticipation of watching Priyanka Chopra unleash her 12 conflicting avatars -- all Gujarati, however, keeps the optimism going. Establishing lot in less is still one of Gowariker's greatest limitations and hence the aforementioned scenario takes a little more than it should to unfold.
Also, if you have ever been (still are) into Linda Goodman's Sun Signs or Love Signs, spotting popular zodiac traits is one guilty pleasure you can never have enough of. Too bad most of the signs as projected in the movie are nothing like I expected them to be.
What's her raashee? Aries. A small-town girl, Anjali is nothing like the famously fiery and capricious Arians you've heard of. She's diffident and tacky but good-naturedly so. She laughs with a snort, speaks with an accent (Mun-dates, Toos-dates) aims to please and tries a tad too hard.
What's my verdict? It's a sweet and awkward 'kind-of' first-date like episode. The pace is just right except for the last few seconds of forced sentimentality. Plus, the man who plays Anjali's father cracks you up with his 'Myself Kachda bhai' exuberance.
What's her raashee? Aquarius. Kampala-bred Sanjana is easy on the eyes and attitude. Hard luck Yogesh bhai, she's already taken.
What's my verdict? Of all the 12 meetings, this one rates the most uneventful. Girl and boy meet at a wedding, take off on a long drive, play the guitar, hum a song, nothing happens.
What's her raashee? Gemini. She's all about chewing gum and playing romance-romance. She's still in college. Ah!
What's my verdict? Surely there's more to Kajal than a piece of gum. Unfortunately, you never find out.
What's her raashee? Cancer. With her long, open tresses, dull pink sari and an expression so grave, she's almost spooky Why so serious? You got to hear it from Hansa's mouth.
What's my verdict? While you may find Hansa's melancholy a bit too intense to understand, Gowariker spoils any chances of knowing her better by swapping conversation with another song.
What's her raashee? Libra. Forget all that talk about the legendary Libran charm, this one, here, borderlines on a hard-nosed vamp. And it's not just because she demands a prenuptial agreement. Right, Thakkar?
What's my verdict? Priyanka Chopra pays a tribute to The Devil Wears Prada in her own sleek style. But just when you are about to conclude, engaging and funny, another song follows.
What's her raashee? Pisces. Chandrika appears to have watched too many reincarnation dramas. Now she believes she's a part of one.
What's my verdict? Unless you have Chandrika's memory, all you'll come out remembering is her dad reiterate 'Humari koi shaakha nahi hai" and one really long, dreary song.
What's her raashee? Leo. A terribly moody dancer. Want to rub her the wrong way? Say no to ice golas.
What's my verdict? Post-interval, What's Your Raashee? has begun trying your patience. And that this section begins with a dance number, however intricate, does not help. Plus, Mallika's meeting with Yogesh ends rather abruptly. Did she really have to get this worked up? There's no time to muse, another raashee awaits.
What's her raashee? Scorpio. Sexy siren in the garb of plain Jane, Nandini sees Yogesh as her green card ticket to model on the runways of America.
What's my verdict? Quite amusing, despite a song. That's saying a lot.
What's her raashee? Sagittarius. This hot, bespectacled astrologer has stunning predictions in store for a dumbstruck Yogesh.
What's my verdict? The foolhardiness is too laboured and the presence of a seduction number most unprovoked but Priyanka's convictions and Harman's naivete makes it work.
What's her raashee? Virgo. Easygoing and warm, Pooja is a doctor wanting to make a difference to the underprivileged lot.
What's my verdict? Mini Swades, anyone? There's an endearing air about Pooja and Yogesh's chemistry and you can't help but root for her.
What's her raashee? Taurus. Rich heiress plays crazy to dissuade money-minded suitors.
What's my verdict? It's unfortunate that the best track, Su chhe of What's Your Raashee? has to make its entry so late into the movie. Also, you never understand why Gowariker shrouds her character in mystery.
What's her raashee? Capricorn. A Ballika Vadhu inspired kiddo who understandably bawls at the mention of marriage.
What's my verdict? In a genre like What's Your Raashee, the last thing you expect is to raise social issues. The well-meaning ploy only confuses the viewer as to how to perceive this constantly mood-shifting caper.
Then again, idealism has always been a coherent streak in almost all Gowariker features. Here too it voices itself through Yogesh and his experiences. Be it his non-dowry stance or disgust for child-marriage.
While it's all good, the script often contradicts itself. At one point it treats infidelity and running into mafia with cheek, at others it acquires a critical tone. Loopy screenplay (by Gowariker and Naushil Mehta) aside, the humour is often subtle and refreshing; Gowariker shows a flair for light scenes and creating atmospheric nuances. And while Sohail Sen's soundtrack, on its own, is lilting, A R Rahman's presence is sorely missed. He complements Gowariker's emotionality to perfection.
Even then, What's Your Raashee? is ultimately a performance-oriented film. A terrific ensemble cast from the world of television and theatre collaborate to its feel-good believability which lasts as long as their screen time. As for the man behind Yogesh, Harman Baweja is sincere in his endeavours but not so fascinating a presence to resist getting overshadowed by his leading lady.
And boy, what a lady! Priyanka Chopra transforms into 12 new skins with astonishing distinction, voice and spirit. The actress reinvents herself into this unique individual every single time ranging from batty, bashful and boisterous. This is simply her show. If only it weren't three and a half hours long.
P.S: Guess who inspired the length of this review? :-)
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Hang on, there must be something in both my eyes.
I am flying out to Chicago today, so I decided rather than posting some filler I would share with you the side project I've been working on with my daughter. It's called Daddy/Daughter Digital Drawing Time. First some back story: Last December at Dragon's Lair Webcomics Rampage I picked up the first trade of DC Comics Tiny Titans to bring home to my daughter. I'd been wanting to introduce her to comics and it seemed the perfect title to do just that. The stories are genuinely interesting and funny, but still at a level she can fully absorb and the art is just fantastic. She tore through the first trade in a few days (well, my wife read it to her a little each night before bed as the kiddo was 4 at the time and still learning to read). It turns out that comics are a pretty fantastic way to get young children interested in reading. More so than any other book in her vast library (quite literally hundreds of books), she was super engaged and really trying to read the words to keep up with the pictures and NOT getting frustrated when things got tough like she normally does. I realized we had found a winner and we picked up another trade at Barnes and Noble. Again, she was enthralled. Unfortunately the series ended right around the time we discovered it, but there are still another 5 or 6 trades to pick up which should be plenty for her.
C2E2 in Chicago is this weekend! I'll be with Blind Ferret at Booth 432. More details HERE. If you are coming to C2E2, you really don't want to miss our panel:
Panel: Webcomics Roundtable With Blind Ferret and Explosm!
Date: 4/14/2012 Time: 4:00PM – 5:00PM Location: N426c
Since my daughter has been old enough to hold a stylus, we've been drawing on my Cintiq together. At first she would scribble in Photoshop or play with the shape tools. Then she got hooked on KidPix, a drawing app for kids with an unnecessary amount of silly noises, goofy animations and a UI designed specifically to annoy parents and delight children. I don't remember if it was my idea or hers, but a few weeks ago we decided that she was going to draw a character from Tiny Titans. I realized as we were getting started that this was her very first attempt at replicating pre-existing art. This was essentially how I learned to draw. I would look at panels from Amazing Spider-Man or my Marvel trading cards and do my best to recreate them on paper. This exercise really trains your artistic muscle memory and helps you develop a base skill set to work with when it comes time to create you own original art. So she decided on drawing Raven. I found a reference image, opened a new Photoshop document and set up a brush tool that I thought she could work with easily. I introduced her to the concept of "inking" vs. "coloring" and made sure she was working on the appropriate layer. As she drew I tried not to tell her what to do, but instead ask her questions that might lead to discoveries. "Is that circle the same size as Raven's head?" or "Are those legs the same length? Do you want them to be?" etc. For the most part she would start by just drawing an arm or a leg the way she always does. After reminding her that we were trying to make it look like the picture, she would stop, think about it for a second then try again. This was one of those proud Daddy moments that sticks with you forever. My little girl was learning how to look at the world like an artist. "How big is this in relation to that?" "What shapes is this made of?" "How many lines does it take to do this?" These are the questions that artists ask themselves 1000 times a day without even realizing it. I've always thought the difference between an artist and a non-artist was just the ability to see things for what they're made of, their base components, and then store and index that information for later retrieval and output. In my brain right next to "my house is grey" is "my house is 2 rectangles, 2 triangles, a square…" and so on. AND SHE WAS LEARNING HOW TO DO THIS! AT FIVE! I was beaming and she was having a blast. She was so happy at the results she told me to "show them to all of my friends," so I started posting them on Tumblr.
It's not about teaching my daughter to be an artist. If she gives it a shot and decides she likes softball better, then that's her choice to make. For me, it's about exposing her to who I am, what I care about and what I know. I want to show her how to do the things I know how to do, and make her understand why I do them. Why I care about them. I want to be the voice in her head long after I'm gone that asks "Are those legs the same length? Do you want them to be?" just before she says "Nope. Who cares if they are?" and goes back to doing it her own way. I believe this is the way that we, as parents, pass on more than DNA. I started this comic specifically so I would be proud of the answer when my daughter was old enough to ask what I did for a living. Five years into this experiment and I'm prouder than I ever could have imagined, but not of myself. I'm proud of her, and grateful that I get to be the one to show her how to draw super hereoes. Seriously, what is going on with my eyes? There's definitely something in both of them.
COMMENTERS: Did you parents or any influential adult in your life teach you a skill or get you interested in a hobby as a child? Did you stick with it? How did that experience affect who you are today, or how you might parent your own kids?
Special thanks to Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani for making such a fantastic comic. Without Tiny Titans as catalyst, I'm not sure we would have started drawing like this together. Whether they ever know it or not, they've helped create a memory that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Check out more of there work at Blindwolf Studios. I hope I get to see them and say thanks at C2E2 this weekend. Maybe I'll bring them a print of this "guest comic."


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We, the undersigned representatives of nongovernmental organizations around the world, call on the governments of the United States and Russia to forego the fabrication and use of plutonium (mixed oxide) fuel as a means to render surplus weapons plutonium unsuitable and unavailable for reuse in weapons, and demand that they pursue safer and more proliferation-resistant disposition methods.
We acknowledge that each country's declaration of roughly 50 metric tons of plutonium as surplus to military needs is a positive step toward worldwide nuclear disarmament and support the goal of preventing this plutonium from being diverted, stolen, or reused in weapons.
In an attempt to achieve this goal, the US and Russian governments have agreed to a plan to convert most of this plutonium into mixed oxide (MOX) plutonium fuel for use in commercial nuclear power reactors (mainly light water reactors) in both Russia and the United States and possibly Canada or other countries. Russia also plans to use weapons MOX in plutonium breeder reactors, which are capable of producing more plutonium than they consume (though during the life of the program they will operate the reactors in such a way as not to produce more plutonium).
We oppose the MOX plan for the following reasons:
- It would create a proliferation threat particularly while it is being transported to or stored at reactor sites, as the plutonium in fresh MOX fuel can be separated and used for weapons purposes.
- It would establish a MOX infrastructure, thus encouraging reprocessing of plutonium-bearing spent fuel both in the US and Russia. Reprocessing generates vast amounts of high level liquid radioactive waste and increases stockpiles of separated plutonium. (Russia has specifically stated that it would reprocess and re-extract the plutonium at the end of the disposition program.)
- It raises many unresolved technical and safety questions as weapons-grade plutonium has never been used as a fuel in commercial reactors. At minimum, it would complicate safe reactor operation and increase the consequences of a severe nuclear reactor accident.
- It is likely to take longer and cost more to dispose of plutonium using MOX compared to the current alternative, immobilization.
- It would not prevent plutonium from entering the environment. It would merely incorporate it into high-level radioactive waste.
- It would breach the barrier between civil and military nuclear activities and undermine global nonproliferation efforts.
We believe that immobilization is a far better option for plutonium disposition. It involves putting plutonium into a non-weapons usable form by mixing it with other materials and making the resultant waste form proliferation resistant, that is, resistant to theft and re-extraction by non-governmental parties or nuclear-capable states.
Under current US-Russian agreements, only the US will pursue immobilization and just for a portion of its surplus plutonium not deemed suitable for MOX. At this time, Russia is not planning on pursuing this option at all, and must be pressed by the international community to reverse its position.
We believe the full amount of plutonium declared surplus by each country should be immobilized and that research and development for immobilization, along with the necessary funding, should be increased to improve and further develop this technology. In the period before immobilization technologies are available, all plutonium should be stored securely and safely and placed under international safeguards.
Further, we believe that any plutonium disposition program must ensure public access to information including, but not limited to: adequate notification of decision timelines, information on program costs, knowledge of operating records of the various actors involved, detailed data on projected environmental impacts, and reliable data on safety and health risks. The public in the communities most directly affected in both countries should have ample opportunity for meaningful input into the decision-making process, including the right to intervene legally.
In both countries there should be sound independent oversight of the program and all aspects of the program should adhere to all relevant environmental or public process laws.
Therefore, we, as concerned colleagues across the globe who embrace efforts to reduce nuclear arms and safely dispose of surplus weapons plutonium, declare International Nix MOX Action Day, September 28, 2000. We pledge to expand a united international movement that will challenge every effort to develop, encourage, or use MOX fuel as a means of plutonium disposition, will work toward the goal of having all plutonium declared surplus, and vow to continue our efforts to ensure the isolation of plutonium from the environment.
Pat Ortmeyer
Women's Action for New Directions
Cambridge, MA USA
Kathy Crandall
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
Washington, DC, USA
Kimberly Roberts
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Washington, DC USA
Michele Boyd
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Takoma Park, Maryland USA
Tom Clements
Nuclear Control Institute
Washington, DC USA
Kevin Kamps
Nuclear Information & Resource Service
Washington, DC USA
Wenonah Hauter
Public Citizen
Washington, DC USA
Lawrence Turk
Greenpeace USA
Washington, DC USA
Ellen Thomas
Proposition One Committee
Washington DC USA
John Loretz
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
Cambridge, MA USA
Linda Gunter
Safe Energy Communication Council
Washington, DC USA
Larry Leaman-Miller
American Friends Service Committee
Denver, CO USA
Louis Zeller
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
Glendale Springs, NC USA
Mary Olson
Nuclear Information Resource Service SE
Asheville, North Carolina USA
Harry Rogers
Carolina Peace Resource Center
Columbia, SC USA
Sara Barczak
Georgians for Clean Energy
Savannah, GA USA
Glenn Carroll
Georgians Against Nuclear Energy
Atlanta, GA USA
Terry J. Lodge, lead counsel in Hirt, et al. v. Richardson (anti-Parallex Project litigation)
Toledo, OH USA
Bob Darby, Tom Ferguson
Food Not Bombs/Atlanta
Atlanta, GA USA
Susan Bloomfield
Sierra Club Savannah River Group
Augusta, GA USA
Ed Arnold
PSR Atlanta
Atlanta, GA USA
Jen Kato
WAND Atlanta
Atlanta, GA USA
Bruce K. Gagnon
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Gainesville, FL USA
Faith Young
Energy People
Dixon Springs, TN USA
Kevin Petajan
West Allis Community Media Center
Milwaukee, WI USA
Alyson Ewald
Sacred Earth Network
Petersham, MA USA
Peg Ryglisyn, Michael Albrizio
Connecticut Opposed to Waste
Broad Brook, CT USA
Judi Friedman
PACE (People's Action for Clean Energy)
Canton, CT USA
Nancy Burton
Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone
Mystic CT USA
Norman Cohen
Coalition for Peace and Justice
Linwood, NJ USA
Norm Cohen
the UNPLUG Salem Campaign
Linwood, NJ USA
Fred and Sue Fracke
Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power
Phil Kaufman
Citizens Against Hazardous and Nuclear Waste
West Hazleton, PA USA
Scott D. Portzline
Three Mile Island Alert
Harrisburg PA USA
David N. Pyles
New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution
Brattleboro, VT USA
Edward Smeloff
Pace Energy Project as a signatory to the resolution.
White Plains, NY USA
Pamela Slater
STAR Foundation
(standing for truth about radiation)
Scarsdale, NY USA
Deb Katz
Citizen's Awareness Network
Shelburne Falls, MA USA
Susan Griffin
Chenango North
South Plymouth, New York USA
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
New York, NY USA
Terri Maurer-Carter
Women's International League for Peace (WILPF)
Delaware Member-At-Large, DE USA
Bill Smirnow
Nuclear Free New York
Huntington, New York USA
Scott Cullen
Standing for Truth About Radiation (STAR)
East Hampton, NY USA
Kyle Rabin
Environmental Advocates
Albany, NY USA
Linda R. Safley
Baltimore, MD USA
Kay Cumbow
Citizens For Alternatives To Chemical Contamination
Lake Station, MI USA
Dale R. Anderson
Kalamazoo Area Coalition For Peace & Justice
Kalamazoo, MI USA
Alice Hirt
Don't Waste Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA
Keith Gunter
Citizens' Resistance at Fermi Two
Monroe, MI USA
Michael J Keegan
Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes
Monroe, MI USA
Joann Brooks
The Holland Peacemakers
Holland, Michigan USA
Kay Cumbow
Citizens for a Healthy Planet
Brown City, MI USA
Robert C. Anderson
Peace Video Project
Kalamazoo, MI USA
Dave Kraft
Nuclear Energy Information Service
Evanston, IL USA
Mark Donham, Kristi Hanson
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George Crocker
North American Water Office
Lake Elmo MN USA
Bruce A Drew
Prairie Island Coalition
Minneapolis MN USA
Lorraine Caputo Crouch
Columbia, Missouri USA
Chuck Broscious
Environmental Defense Institute
Troy, Idaho USA
Buffalo Bruce
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Chadron, Nebraska USA
B.J. Medley
Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
LeRoy Moore, Judith Mohling
Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
Boulder, CO USA
Jay Coghlan
Nuclear Watch of New Mexico.
Santa Fe, NM USA
Frank C. Subjeck
Air, Water, Earth, Org.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona USA
Jack & Felice Cohen-Joppa
the Nuclear Resister
Tucson AZ USA
Owen Berio
Dawn Watch
Springdale, WA USA
Greg Wingard,
Waste Action Project
Seattle, WA USA
Lynn Sims
Don't Waste Oregon
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Paige Knight
Portland, Oregon USA
Bernice Kring
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Sacramento, CA USA
Michael Welch
Redwood Alliance & REEI
Arcata, CA USA
Mary Beth Brangan
The Nuclear Democracy Network
Bolinas, CA USA
James Heddle
The Ecological Options Network
Bolinas, CA USA
June Von Ruden
San Luis Obispo Mothers For Peace
San Luis Obispo, CA USA
Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
Livermore, CA USA
Daniel Hirsch
Committee to Bridge the Gap
Los Angeles, CA USA
Samara Dun
JustAct: Youth Action for Global Justice
San Francisco, CA USA
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck
HOME: Healing Ourselves & Mother Earth
Tecopa CA USA
Laura Hunter
San Diego Environmental Health Coalition
San Diego, CA USA
Carol Jahnkow
Peace Resource Center of San Diego
San Diego, CA USA
Vladimir Mikheev
Citizen Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation,
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Nikolai Zubov
Krasnoyarsk branch of the Socio-Ecological Union,
Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Alexey Yablokov
President of Center for Russian Environmental Policy
Vladimir Slivyak
Moscow, Russia
Pavel Malyshev
Kaliningrad, Russia
Alisa Nikoulina
Antinuclear campaign of the Socio-Ecological Union, Moscow, Russia
Galina Ragouzina
World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Russian Bureau in Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad, Russia
Alexandra Koroleva
The Environmental Education Council of
Kaliningrad regional Duma
Kaliningrad, Russia
Anatoly Korolev
Baltic Resource and Information Center
Kaliningrad, Russia
Dmitry Kaptsov
Green Arrow
Sochi, Russia
Mikhail Piskunov
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Tatyana Razzhavina
Information-Juridical Center
Dimitrovgrad, Russia
Tamara Dobretsova
In the Name of Life
Kostroma, Russia
Alexey Kozlov
Anti-nuclear Resistance
Voronezh, Russia
Vitaly Kudrin
Voronezh, Russia
Anna Shvedova
Stop Corporation!
Voronezh, Russia
Konstantin Hramenkov
Green Arrow
Voronezh, Russia
Alexey Leschev
Environment program of the Center for Citizen Initiatives Development
Voronezh, Russia
Olga Razbash
Environmental and Human Rights
Moscow, Russia
Ashat Kayumov
Socio-Ecological Union/Dront
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Sergey Paschenko
Siberian Scientists for Global Responsibility
Novosibirsk, Russia
Ekaterina Ahmadeeva
Chelyabinsk, Russia
Irene Kock, David H. Martin
Nuclear Awareness Project
Uxbridge, Ontario Canada
Kristen Ostling
Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Norman Rubin
Energy Probe
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Ross Clark
Ontario Greens
Theresa McClenaghan
Canadian Environmental Law Association
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Dr. Rosalie Bertell,
International Institute of Concern for Public Health
West Toronto Ontario Canada
Anne Adelson
Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
Toronto, Ontario Canada
Brian Bedford
Ontario Public Interest Research Group Guelph, Ontario Canada
Chris Michener
Pembroke Area Field Naturalists
Golden Lake, Ontario Canada
Ole Hendrickson
Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County and Area
Pembroke, Ontario Canada
Citizens' Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario
Windsor, Ontario Canada
Mike Buckthought
Ontario Canada
Walter Robbins
Campaign STOP
(Stop Trafficking of Plutonium)
Kingston, Ontario Canada
Clearinghouse Group
Glassville, NB, Canada
Bill Adamson
Inter-Church Uranium Committee,
Saskatoon, Sask. Canada
Anne Williams
Lethbridge Network for Peace
Lethbridge, Alberta Canada
Jeanette Liberty-Duns
Project Ploughshares Saskatoon
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Shannon Croutch,
Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES)
Saskatoon, SK Canada
Patrick Rasmussen
Mouvement Vert Mauricie
St. Matthieu du Parc QuÊbec Canada
Dr. Gordon Edwards
Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
Montreal QC Canada
Jacques Boucher
Disarmament and Peace Concerns
Centre de ressources sur la non-violence
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Enviro-Clare, Nova Scotia, Canada
Concerned Citizens of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
Liz Armstrong
Breast Cancer Prevention Coalition
Erin ON Canada
Peter Tabuns
Greenpeace Canada
Toronto, Ontario
Luis Gutierrez-Esparza
Latin American Circle for International Studies
Mexico City Mexico
Olov Wikstrom
The Waste Net,
Skelleftea, Sweden
Ingrid Bildstrom
Fransta, Sweden
Jorma Kahanpaa
Swedish Anti Nuclear Movement
Marc FAIVET
collectif STOP MêLOX et MOX
Solange Fernex
WILPF France
Paris, France
Philippe BROUSSE
Rouseau "Sortir du nuclaire"
(Network of more than 500 groups and associations)
Bruna Nota
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Arthur Muhl
President, Swiss affiliate of IPPNW
Claus Biegert
Nuclear-Free Future Award
Munich, Germany
Claudia Baitinger
In der Furge
DORSTEN – Germany
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, WILPF,
German section (Internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit)
München Germany
Bernd Bennecke
Luebeck, Germany
Bernd Frieboese
Berlin, Germany
Ludger Klein-Ridder
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Gütersloh, Deutschland
Birgitta Möller
Miljöpartiet de Gröna
i Helsingborg
Dachverband der Oberpfälzer Bürgerinitiativen gegen Atomanlagen e.V.
Margaaret Turner
UK Section of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Antonina Galkina
Spilni Dii
Nikolaev, Ukraine
Hakob Sanasaryan
President of Greens' Union of Armenia Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Alexandr Ivanchik
Chernigov, Ukraine
Viktoria Tkach
Int'l Black Sea Network
Nikolaev, Ukraine
Tatyana Elunina
Step to Understanding
Odessa, Ukraine
Alexandra Tolstyh
Zeleny Svit
Nikolaev, Ukraine
Ivan Sitnikov
Invalids of Chernobyl
Nikolaev, Ukraine
Sergey Shapovalov
Institute of Ecology
Nikolaev, Ukraine
Oleg Derkach
National Environmental Center of Ukraine
Nikolaev, Ukraine
Alexandr Kashtalyan
Center for Wildlife Protection
Minsk, Belorussia
Thomas Nilsen
The Bellona Foundation
Yumi Kikuchi
Monkey Bay Wildlife Fund
Hideyuki Ban
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Tokyo, JAPAN
Satomi Oba
Director of Plutoium Action Hiroshima
Hiroshima City, Japan
Irene Gale AM
Australian Peace Committee (SA Branch)Inc.
Adelaide SA Australia
Jo Valentine
People for Nuclear Disarmament
Perth, Western Australia
Jo Valentine
Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia


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Second of Series of talks on the Pali Canon based on the book "In the Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Buddha's Words ~ talk 2 of 13
Zoketsu Norman Fischer
Transcribed by Murray McGillivray. Abridged and edited by Barbara Byrum
We are continuing with the first section of In the Buddha's Words, that Bikkhu Bodhi calls "The Human Condition."
Anxiety Due to Change
Monks, I will teach you agitation through clinging and non-agitation through non-clinging. Listen and attend carefully, I shall speak. Yes, venerable sir, the monks replied.
The Blessed One said:
And how, monks, is there agitation through clinging? Here, monks, the uninstructed worldling, who is not a seer of the noble ones and is unskilled and undisciplined in their dhamma, who is not a seer of superior persons and is unskilled and undisciplined in their dhamma, regards form as self, or self as possessing form, or form as in self, or self as in form. That form of his changes and alters. With the change and alteration of form, his consciousness becomes preoccupied with the change of form. Agitation and a constellation of mental states born of preoccupation with the change of form remain in obsessing his mind. Because his mind is obsessed, he is frightened, distressed, and anxious, and through clinging, he becomes agitated.
So the clinging comes from regarding the form – in other words, this stuff here [Norman slaps his leg and chest several times] – as the self. Or somehow, this is mine, this is me . . . this [slaps again]. When I am convinced of that, then I can't help but notice that this thing changes, either by aging, or something falls on it and breaks it, and that makes me nervous. In fact, even when nothing happens, I can be nervous that it might happen, so I can be pretty anxious. And then I can be more or less preoccupied with that, and then I can have a whole constellation of mental states that come from that basic anxiety. Even if I wasn't worried about something happening, I would know that this here will be a corpse at some point. Even though we might be quite successful in putting that thought out of our minds forever, for a whole life long, it might make us anxious deep down. There might be a sort of free-floating anxiety when I'm convinced that somehow this is me.
The same paragraph is repeated in exactly the same way, first in relation to feeling and perception. In other words, if I see that my feelings could be hurt-I could be dishonored, disrespected, or I could be insulted at any time – I'm a little nervous about that. At any time this could happen, and I could have all kinds of complexes and anxieties associated with that.
It is the same with my perception, my volitional force – the things that I want – and consciousness itself. In other words, if I identify with form, feelings, perceptions, impulses, or consciousness, in that identification there is automatically going to be a measure of anxiety, because I can't really control what's going to happen. I'm vulnerable by force of my identification with these five things: form, feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness.
The Buddha :
In this way, monks, there is agitation through clinging. And how, monks, is there non-agitation through non-clinging? Here, monks, the instructed noble, who is a seer of the noble ones, and is skilled and disciplined in their dhamma, who is a seer of superior persons and is skilled and disciplined in their dhamma, does not regard form as self, or self as possessing form, or form as in self or self as in form. This form of his alters and changes. Despite the change and alteration of form, his consciousness does not become preoccupied with the change of form. No agitation and constellation of mental states born of preoccupation with the change of form remains obsessing his mind. Because his mind is not obsessed, he is not frightened, not distressed or anxious, and through non-clinging he does not become agitated.
This important sutra goes to a theme that many times has come up in our discussions. It's impressive to me that we have talked so many times about fear. When we were looking at anger – we spent a whole month talking about anger – over and over again we found out that the essence of anger is really fear. You'd think that fear would be something relatively rare that would happen – if you were on the edge of a cliff or going in a dangerous place. But we have discovered that fear is much more pervasive than that. Fear is sometimes just below the surface of other emotions.
So this is what this is about: anxiety and fear. The text says that the basic cause of fear is clinging to a self-concept, which is fundamentally vulnerable. When you identify yourself, and what you most truly and most fundamentally are, with something that is so vulnerable as your feelings and your body, it just stands to reason that you're going to be in fear and anxiety most of the time.
And the format of the text is the five skandhas, which is a kind of alternative way of looking at human experience. The usual way of looking at human experience is based on the theory of me. In other words, "I'm me. I'm over here. I want and I need certain things, so I'm going to filter everything that comes to me through that format." We take this so much for granted that we don't think we're filtering things through a format; we think that's just how it is. The Buddha, seeing how devastating that habit of mind was, and seeing that it was really in a sense just a conditioned choice we were making, created an alternative. He said that instead of looking at everything through the format of "me," why don't you just learn how to categorize your various experiences?
We have a physical experience of being embodied; the experience of feeling; the experience of perceiving; the experience of desiring or having motivations; and the experience of consciousness. The Buddha said that instead of categorizing everything that happens – is this good for me, or is it bad for me? – see what experiences are based on form and what experiences are based on feeling. What is perception? What is motivation or desire-impulse? What is consciousness?
I'm hoping that you'll be willing to take on that reflection as homework for this week. See if you can see the difference between looking at your everyday, ordinary experience in terms of me, and beginning to bring into view the five skandhas. You don't have to do all the five skandhas. You can take your favorite one. See if you can discern impulse, motivation, desire. See if you can discern acts of perception.
The next section, under the large heading of "The Human Condition," is called A World in Turmoil." This is just a few short texts that talk about the social dimension of the Buddha's teaching. So although the main concern of the Buddha was the practice of the individual, there are a lot of places in the sutras when the Buddha was talking to kings or people in a village and trying to say just common sense things about how to be kind, how to avoid hatred, anger, injustice, and so on. He had a lot of teachings that he gave to householders and rulers and wealthy people. Basically his teachings were always the same. He always urged them to do good things and not bad things. He urged them to promote social welfare; to distribute wealth so that no one would starve; not to go to war when they had a chance to prevent war.
My sense is that the Buddha believed that only a transformation of people from the heart out, person by person, was going to change society. That was the ultimate way to change society. But there couldn't be this personal transformation without some basic justice and welfare for people. In other words, if you had a devastated society, it was going to be hard for people to transform personally if they were scrambling for food and they were under attack constantly. So the answer is personal transformation, but we need a modicum of justice and peace in order for that to take place.
I don't think that the Buddha had a kind of social analysis. I mean, we could extrapolate one based on the way that he organized the sangha, because that was a microcosmic society, but I think the Buddha was quite aware of the fact that the Buddhist sangha was always a minority of people and was not exactly analogous to the rest of the world. And I don't think he believed that changing social structures would transform people. As long as human nature remained untransformed, then any social structure, however good it was or however well-motivated it was, would in the end be subverted by human nature.
I think that we've had a tremendous lesson in the twentieth century, when we had all kinds of social panaceas that really sounded good. Probably the majority of thinking people all over the world believed in one or another of these social panaceas. They were convinced that these were going to transform humankind. There even were people who rose to power and forced humankind to transform under their structures, and they ended up killing millions of people with their "positive" motivation of changing human nature.
I think that we now see from our own experience in our own lifetimes that there's a really good chance that the Buddha was right about this. "Yeah, we should have a just society and a peaceful society, but that's not going to save us. The only thing that's going to save us is a change of heart." That is, a change of heart that is something that people do by choice, not by legislation, not by coercion. You can't really coerce somebody, you know, to change their heart. You can offer them the means to do so. You can make it as easy as possible for them to do so, but in the end, what makes things change within oneself is a decision that we make that we're going to do that.
So I would say that for the Buddha the ultimate social action and the ultimate social good was for each person to practice, to help others to practice, and to offer the practice to other people. And if you offer practice to someone, and you notice that they couldn't do it because there was a war going on, then you'd have to try to work to stop the war. And if you tried to offer practice to people, and you noticed that they were starving, that they couldn't even think of practicing because they weren't eating, then you'd need to feed them.
I'll read a couple of these short sutras under this category of "The World in Turmoil,"
"Why do beings live in hate?"
One of the minor gods asked the Buddha: Everybody wishes to live without hate, harming, hostility, or enmity. Everybody wishes to live in peace. Yet they live in hate, harming one another, hostile, and as enemies. By what fetters are they bound, sir, that they live in such a way?
The Buddha said: Ruler of the Devas, it is the bonds of envy and niggardliness that bind beings, so that although they do not wish to live in hate and hostility, yet they do live in hate and hostility.
Saka, the King of the Devas, was delighted with that and said, "This is great, I have overcome my doubt and gotten rid of my uncertainty. I now know the answer to that question. Thank you very much!" Then he thought about it for a while and said:
But sir, what gives rise to envy and niggardliness? What is their origin, how are they born, how do they arise? When what is present do they arise, and when what is absent do they not arise?
The Buddha said:
Envy and niggardliness arise from liking and disliking. This is their origin. This is how they are born. This is how they arise. When these are present, they arise. When these are absent, they do not.
So we wouldn't have this clinging and this wanting and be willing to fight for it if we didn't like the things we have and dislike having somebody take them away from us. It's that basic habit of wanting to hold on to what we like and wanting to end the condition of something that we don't like that cause us to fight. And that's very much like what we were talking about before.
The king of the gods asks further: What's the cause of liking and disliking?
The Buddha said: The cause of liking and disliking is desire.
Desire is more basic, because desire includes both liking and disliking; desire is a more primitive form of liking and disliking.
The deva says: Where does desire come from, and what gives rise to it?
The Buddha says: It arises from thinking. When the mind thinks about something, desire arises. When the mind thinks of nothing, desire does not arise. So thinking gives rise to desire.
The deva king asked: What gives rise to thinking?
The Buddha says: Thinking, ruler of the devas, arises from elaborated perceptions and notions. When elaborated perceptions and notions are present, thinking arises. When elaborated perceptions and notions are absent, thinking does not arise.
This all requires a little bit of explanation. I don't know if this is the best explanation or the right explanation, but this is how I understand the passage. If you look up the footnote, it tells you that papancha is the word for proliferated and elaborated thinking. And you know what that is – how you're just going along and all of a sudden your mind starts proliferating all kinds of elaborate stuff. This is a habit that the mind has. Confronted with an object and experience, it then is unsatisfied that just this experience is there and then will pass away. The mind elaborates on and on and on about that experience.
I think "thinking" here means confused, distorted thinking. Because of the mind's tendency toward confused and distorted thinking, when something comes into the mind, what follows is confused and distorted thinking. That confused and distorted thinking leads to a kind of basic desire, which leads to liking and disliking, which leads to envy and niggardliness, which leads to fear, which leads to hostility.
What we want to do, then, is to roll this whole thing back, as much as we can, to the place where the mind begins to elaborate. This is exactly what we do in zazen. The instruction in zazen is that when thinking arises, we come back to the breath, come back to the body-let the thinking be there, but don't create elaborations and notions; don't go on and on with it. Whatever mental activity is there is what Dogen calls non-thinking: "Think not-thinking. How do you think not-thinking? Non-thinking. This is the art of zazen."
So to think not-thinking means to allow what's in the mind to arise without elaborations, without papancha, without proliferation. Just to let something come and let something go. Be attentive to whatever is there, but don't fall for the old karma of elaborations and notions, because that's when you get into trouble. That leads to a chain of events that eventually ends in hostility. So there's another thing you can work with. Can you identify the times when your mind begins to create elaborated perceptions and notions?
Sangha member: "What does it mean by notions? Is it opinions?"
Let me read you the footnote. "The meaning of this obscure compound is not elucidated in the Nikayas. The term seems to refer to perceptions and ideas that have become infected by subjective biases, elaborated by the tendencies to craving, conceit and distorted views. According to the commentaries, craving, conceit and views are the three factors responsible for conceptual elaboration."
But I really do think that this is exactly Dogen's writing about zazen. You can just remember, "Think not-thinking. How do you think not-thinking? Non-thinking." Meaning, it's OK for thought to arise, but don't elaborate it, don't go on with it, let thought come, let thought go. That's what Dogen calls non-thinking – thinking without elaborations.


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This activity also falls within the framework of ESA's Plan for European Cooperating States (PECS). The aim of PECS is to stimulate relations with interested European parties to increase the synergy between ESA programmes and the future plans in the space field for four East European countries — Hungary, the Czech Republic, Romania and Poland. Joining in 2004, the Czech Republic was the second country to sign the European Cooperating State Charter with ESA. Hungary also signed the Charter in 2004 and Romania signed the first European Cooperating State Agreement in 2006.
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The ground-level part of the campaign involved the collection of data required to parameterize the radiative transfer models, as well as data needed to assess the quality of the final remote-sensing map products. When parameterizing high spatial resolution radiative transfer through spruce forest, careful attention has to be paid to the optical and geometric inputs. To this end, the optical properties of the spruce needles were measured in the field, taking their age and growing irradiation conditions into consideration. The same needle sets were used to determine their chlorophyll content in the laboratory in order to validate the later remotely-sensed chlorophyll estimations. With respect to the geometrical parameters, the spatial distribution of the trees within the plots, the shape of their crowns, their height and other characteristics were mapped. Finally, the LAI for all three plots measured.
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CVSync is a portable CVS repository synchronization utility and freely available under the BSD license.
Now all of CVSync are available at github.
The latest distribution is 0.24.19.
Fix various build problems.
Support TIGER/192 and RIPEMD160.
Fix buffer overrun. (client/server)
Improve robustness. (client/server)
Make this more friendly to userlevel POSIX thread libraries.
Improve performance to parse rcsfile(5)
based files.
When the option -u
is specified, drop the privilege. (server)
Update scanfiles when changes anything only.
If you want to retrieve a list of collections, do like this:
% cvsync cvsync://<host>[:<port>]/
For example, to retrieve a list of collections to be distributed on cvsync.org:
% cvsync cvsync://cvsync.org/
The result is:
Connecting to cvsync.org port 7777 Connected to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 7777 Running... Name: cvsync, Release: rcs Comment: CVSync CVS Repository Name: cvsync-www, Release: rcs Comment: To mirror CVSync web pages Finished successfully
Why no compatibilities with CVSup®?
I was very tired to read Modula-3 code.
Why isn't the configure script used?
I hate it.
Do these tools support IPv6?
Do you REALLY use these tools?
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