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From her blog posted at 4:31pm yesterday, it would appear Peggy Noonan is psychic.
In her advice to Republicans on the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Noonan instructs, "Do not be defeated by Sebelius's media coaches. Do not let the secretary's slightly dazed unflappability get under your skin. All representatives of government are surrounded by communications advisers. Sebelius's are no doubt advising her right now to do what they always tell officials in trouble to do: Come forth with long, meaningless yet on some level data-filled sentences that will steer clear of speaking plain truth and yet on some level imply the effort to be candid."
Noonan then provides a hypothetical transcript that bears a striking resemblance to the actual transcript from today's hearing:
Q: Madame Secretary, did you know or have reason to know the ObamaCare website would crash on opening day? If you did, did you tell the White House? Who in the White House? If you did not know, how did it happen that you, the person in charge of the program, did not understand the depth of its problems?
A: So, we know through historical experience that a vast, multitiered, horizontally integrated program will always yield or produce certain unanticipated challenges of a technological or other nature, which is inevitably and also predictably the pattern, and it's increased by the scale and size of the endeavor . . .
Q: Let me ask: Did you know that as soon as the program debuted, millions of Americans would see their own health insurance policies canceled or terminated? And that they would often find that newer policies would be more expensive with less coverage? When did you come to understand this—during the writing of the law, after its passage, in the ensuing years? If you did not know that millions would lose their coverage, how did it happen that you did not know?
A: So, in the intervening days and months following the passage of the ACA, a focused task force composed of peer-reviewed stakeholders throughout the government and the private sector, in addition to appropriate designated agency officials, along with contractors and subcontractors . . .
Of course, initial headlines covering the hearing highlight Sebelius's apology for the failed rollout. Another delightful tidbit making the rounds online is this exchange between Sebelius and Mississippi representative, Greg Harper, in which Sebelius replies to Harper's insistence that Obama is ultimately responsible with, "whatever."
Really however, there was nothing new or earth shattering in the testimony. In fact, for those of us who fought Obamacare since its inception, the failed rollout and millions of Americans losing their current plans is not at all surprising. It's what we always knew would happen.
As was clear in today's hearing and this week's coverage, Democrats have seized on our forewarnings of failure as proof that the failure is our fault.
That's right. Republicans' mental power is so strong that we can make things come true simply by stating them out loud. If that were the case, President Romney would currently be dismantling the Affordable Care Act, aided by a Republican controlled House and Senate.
No, responsibility for Obamacare—it's failures and lies—rests fully with the president and congressional Democrats (reason #123 why it's best to pass massive legislation with bipartisan support).
The Obamacare debate and debacle highlights big government liberalism's inherent flaw: Overpromising and under-delivering is the only thing government consistently does well. Conservatives recognize this reality and legislate accordingly. Democrats do not. Thus, we knew Obamacare wouldn't work, while they're stunned it's not going smoothly.
In the end, I guess the problems of Obamacare could be blamed on Republicans—despite our wisdom, we failed to defeat the bill.
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Can you address the assertion supporters of this monstrosity always give that this bill was based on Republican ideas, based on legislation the Heritage Foundation devised, based on Mitt Romney's own legislation in Massachusetts? I'm not very knowledgeable about this and its frustrating to hear when I'm certain there's more to it than them simply taking "traditionally Republican/conservative" ideas and re-branding them as their own.
I don't know how much this is being discussed in conservative circles but the push by Republicans for accountability in the Obamacare roll-out problems could actually make Obamacare work.
Big government and bureaucracy can work (sometimes) if and when it's forced to be held accountable.
Examples: NASA, 1st A-bomb, Interstate system, bleeding the USSR, etc.


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Six Degrees of The X-Files
- A great game for Movie Mavens who know their actors.
- This game was inspired by the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away from any other person on other person on Earth, so that a chain of "a friend of a friend" statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer. (Ref: WikiP)
- The Host posts the name of any actor/actress who has not appeared in an X Files episode or movie.
- Players try to "connect" him/her to any of the Main X-Files Characters (actors) through their appearances in films or TV series. The "connection" can be as simple as 1 movie/series, or as many as 6.
- The player who posts connections, then posts the next actor to connect right in the same post, preceded by "NEXT:"
- The Main Characters include: Mulder, Scully, Skinner, CSM, TLG, Kersh, Reyes, or Doggett.
Example: Robert Downey Jr
Robert Downey Jr. was in Iron 2 with Gwyneth Paltrow, who was in "Shallow Hal" with Jack Black, who was in The X-files with Gillian and David.
Ready to play? The first person is...Reese Witherspoon.

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If either you or a loved one has become addicted to pornography, there is help available. You DO NOT have to continue in slavery to pornography!
This first section will deal with my own advice regarding this addiction to the addict. The second section will have a host of services that can help you. Some of the helps listed here are counseling services, accountability and content monitoring software services or self-help books. I highly suggest contacting some of these self-help services as I have already written out here everything I would tell you. There are services for those who are addicted and for their families listed below.
"Wisdom is knowing reality and adjusting yourself to it"
(1) Tell someone you trust about the addiction. The power of sin is in its darkness. When sin is brought out into the light, it loses a lot of steam. The best idea is to enlist an accountability partner with whom you will promise to be honest. The Word of God tells us that we need to confess our sins not just to the Lord, but to each other. If you are married, you need to make confession to your spouse. If you are a minor, you need to confess to your parents. Whoever has been wronged by your actions needs a confession. That brings up another issue: is pornography a victimless problem?
(2) Pornography is not victimless. The addict is the first victim. I will discuss that in more detail below. Spouses are victims. If married, you have left the sanctity of the marital vows. What? Just by looking. Un huh. Jesus said that the sin has been committed when the mind is engaged, remember? The action is just the result of the actual sin. If unmarried, you have already cheated your future mate. All matters regarding our sexuality were created for a two-fold purpose within marriage. One is for procreation. The other is for a sort of bond or cement to the marriage vows. God's Word is clear on His created purpose for human sexuality. There are clear boundaries. Going against the created purpose of the universe is butting one's head against reality. There WILL be consequences. Just like in an athletic game, staying within the boundaries allows you to not only keep playing, but to win. Those who continually go out of bounds either get sidelined or lose. They will never be happy or find any joy in it. Love is not a feeling, but a daily act of commitment to the well-being of the beloved. By its very nature addiction to porn is a self-centered, self-absorbed way of life. It's all about you. That was not God's intent for marital love and commitment.
(3) Pornography is based purely on fantasy. Reality can never match the fantasy. Again, one is living against reality here. There will be an escalating desire for the fantasy to become reality. Eventually escalation becomes necessary. Pornography acts like heroin on the brain. The viewer may start off with very mild porn, but that will cease to excite. They will slowly move into harder forms. When that ceases to excite, some form of acting out will happen. It's all about choosing reality over fantasy. The reality is fairly dull. This is why so many are disappointed in marriage. Porn addicts are inordinately affected with this issue because the fantasy has become an alternative reality that can and will never be true.
(4) The problem is not in your hormones or your body, but the enemy struggling for control of your mind. The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Church in Rome, made a statement that is little heeded in our pleasure oriented, self-centered world. He said (this is from the NIV translation), "Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be TRANSFORMED by the renewing of your MIND." This is not a quick fix. Transformation requires something out of you. Notice that the key to transformation is in changing your MIND. You see, this particular problem stems from the fact that you are able view women as objects of your pleasure. Transformation comes by changing your mind on this. The problem is in your viewpoint.
You begin by telling yourself the truth - that all human beings, whether male or female, are direct creations of a Holy God, created in His image and that they were not placed on this earth for your satisfaction. As you begin to tell yourself this truth over and over again, you will be unable to continue lusting after the fantasies you have created in your mind because reality will have set in. You will see that nothing in what you are doing now is satisfying and that working towards a solid relationship that includes fidelity, faithfulness, love and respect, will be satisfying. You will begin to believe the truth so much, that even looking at the pictures will making you ill. You will no longer have to constantly be concerned about leaving it aside, it will leave you.
(5) YOU ARE NOT AN ANIMAL (no matter what drivel they teach at school), at the mercy of your hormones and physical sensations. God has instilled in humans the ability to think and to reason. In making ourselves to be slaves of the physical, we must put all reason aside and become as animals. This is not how we were created. Naturalism says that we are an accident of nature and just a higher order of animal. Creation says that we are distinct, not only as a species, but as each individual. Not only are you not an animal without reason, the person you are looking at is not an animal. At this point, this is how you are treating them. The pleasure you are getting here and now is going to have future repercussions - not only future, but eternal. Nothing we do is for the here and now. Everything thought and action effects eternity (more on that in a moment).
(6) Understand the difference between the immediate and the eternal. Every word, every deed, indeed, every thought has eternal consequences. Again, naturalism has taught you to live in the immediate because there can be no eternal. However, the reality is that there is an eternal and you are part of it. Every thought you have in darkness has negative eternal value because every thought is going to work it's way outward in how you view and treat others. In reality, your immediate desire is not important in the entire scope of things. Once you get a grip on that reality, you are more willing to reassess what you are thinking. One of the best quotes I have ever read said that, "wisdom is knowing reality and adjusting yourself to it."
(7) I hope you will begin to take these steps. One more thing, you must realize that this is a PROCESS. It will take time. God is going to be more patient with you if you are willing to do this than you will be with yourself. When we come to Christ, God has to remold us into the image of Christ. Sin has marred the original image. The process is lifelong and sometimes very painful, for both Him and His clay. C.S. Lewis made a great analogy. He said that when God begins that process, we sometimes don't mind too much because He begins with the seemingly larger, but actually smaller issues. He sweeps house, takes down pictures, covers up a few holes here and there. Not too bad. Eventually though, He starts into the things that are not quite so obvious. He starts tearing out walls and ripping up carpet, etc. Ouch! We think, "what on earth is He up to? That hurts!" Lewis response was that our thinking is wrong. We think he only wants to clean up His new dwelling, but He is the King of Kings. He needs to remake us, His temple, into a palace fit for Him to live in. The issue you are facing seems large, but it is one of the more obvious and actually less painful remakes you will go through in your journey to becoming like Christ. However, if you never get past it, you'll never get on to the rest of the process and remain pretty much where you are spiritually. My advice is to do whatever it takes now. Maturity is very much worth it. Eternity is very much worth it. Freedom is very much worth it. Reality is very much worth it. Human beings are very much worth it - at least Christ thought so. He was willing to take the punishment we deserved in order to bring us back into relationship with Creator God. Are you willing to begin the process of giving up fantasy for reality, maturity, eternity and for others.
(8)If you are a spouse of a porn addiction, demand counseling. It is your spousal right to expect faithfullness and it is your spousal responsibility not to allow your spouse to be caught up into such sin without great attempts at intervention. Please, please realize that the chance of escalation is enormous.
(9) If you are a parent of a porn addicted child - GET THEM COUNSELING! Those images are never going to leave their minds, but the hope is that they can stop seeing humans as objects of their own pleasure before they hurt others.
(10) If someone you know is viewing child porn, even if it is your spouse or child, the best favor you could do for them is to turn them in. This kind of issue needs special help and intervention. Again, the chance of escalation is high.
(11) Parents and Spouses: There are some steps you can take to help prevent future incidents. (1) Have the home computer in a public place (2) Frequently check the computer for spyware/adware/malware by installing an anti-spyware program. Many don't know that porn sites routinely place this stuff into computers. (3) Use a password system so that a child can't be on by themselves (4) Use a monitoring program (with the full knowledge of the addict) (5) Be careful of what gets watched on TV (partial nudity and sex scenes could certainly trigger a desire to return to porn) and make sure that magazines with sexual stories and partial nudity are not in the house. Protecting your loved ones may mean making some adjustments yourself. What doesn't bother you may bother them greatly.
Accountability Software or Content Monitoring Software or Filtered Internet Service
Covenant Eyes - this is not a filter. This software is designed for you to have an accountability partner of your choosing. It tracks every web visit and sends the information to your accountability partner. It cannot be bypassed. I could not find out whether the program can also track chat rooms and web-based email (people can receive pornography by email as well as look at websites).
X3Watch - This software keeps a list of questionable sites and tracks your web browsing. Once per month, an accountability partner of your choosing receives a report of any questionable sites you may have accessed. The information is not stored by the software maker and will be seen only by the accountability partner. The software is free.
Integrity Online Filtered Internet Service. For only $21.95 per month, you get filtered web access, 5 filtered email addresses, special homeschool features and personal web space from Integrity Online. This price is less than the basic service offered from most unfiltered service providers. Utilizing artificial intelligence, this technology instantly analyzes over 800 different parameters of each web page, determining if the content is obscene or inappropriate. A special Integrity Online block page will appear each time someone in-advertently or intentionally tries to access an inappropriate site from your computer.
Safe Browse & Safe Eyes: Filtered internet browsing, monitoring controls, search engine filtering, instant reports, time controls. Recommended by Setting Captives Free.
Tech Mission Safe Families: "The goal of the TechMission Safe Families program is to assist parents, churches and computer centers in protecting children in at-risk communities from pornography and other dangers on the Internet. We seek to meet this objective by distributing free Internet filtering software to families in at-risk communities and by providing training and educational materials to parents, churches and community organizations on how to protect children online. We also provide resource information for adults on issues of pornography addiction, accountability and recovery."
Wise Choice: $5 per month filter that works with all ISP's and browsers. Includes accountability reporting software. Protect up to three computers with one account. Great for porn addicts as it cannot be turned off. Large groups like schools & churches can call for special rates to protect all computers. Two-week free trial.
Various Content Monitoring Solutions:
Cyber Snoop from Pearl Software: they also have a version that can be used with AOL
CYBERsitter: Records all Instant Messenger chat conversations for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MSN, and Yahoo Messengers. Now you can know who your kids are chatting with to ensure that they are not communicating with strangers. Provides over 30 categories of filtering making it the most complete Internet filter available. Filters are updated automatically, and there are no subscription charges. A sophisticated "content recognition" system recognizes and blocks new objectionable web sites even before they know about them. Allows parents to override blocked sites, add their own sites to block, specify allowable times to access the Internet, and maintains a detailed log of all Internet activity and violations. It will even send a daily report to parents by e-mail. No fees - one time only purchase charge.
Safe Eyes: see description in section above.
Self Help And Information
ARTICLE: How to Protect Your Kids Online
Be Broken Ministries - Info on helping friends or family caught up into any kind of sexual addictions. The founder is available for seminars in churches. Counselor referral service is available.
Freedom From Sexual Addiction - This site is from Pastor Luis J. Castillo. Luis offers his own personal testimony and many helps to become free from many types of sexual addictions. I know a little about him from email correspondence and I would highly recommend the helps he offers.
Breaking Pornography Addiction - A Plan For Personal Success. Recommends books, accountability and Covenant Eyes software.
Fires of Darkness - A Ministry for Pornography Addicts and The People Who Love Them. Resources for parents and wives of addicts. This is some of the best material on the internet because the people who have written it know about pornography addiction FIRST-HAND.
Institute For Sexual Integrity. Helpful information for Pastors, Churches, Parents, and Therapists about porn/sexual addictions and ways to recognize these addictions.
Pure Intimacy - Addressing Online Sexual Temptation. Resources for the addict and their family members. Site created by Focus On The Family.
Setting Captives Free. Includes 60 day Pure Freedom Course and Purity Force Challenge for teens.
Winning Edge Ministries - dedicated to restoring fallen pastors and religious leaders.
New Life Partners - a support group for women whose husbands are pornography/sexual addicts.
Pure Online: Confidential help with porn addiction.
Higher Calling: Christ-centered community abundant with hope for the sexually broken.
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Some Comments of Eminent Thinkers from the East and the West on H.H.Shri Kumarswamiji's Masterly Works.
1. In 'A World Expectant ' Sri Kumarswamiji has made a searching examination of the problems confronting our world. He has also indicated the existence of a profound solution to those problems. His book joins a heartening number published today that are written in an international humanitarian spirit.
May the "world expectant",therefore find in the pages of Sri Kumarswamiji's book the true clue to the removal of its sufferings.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA, Founder, Self-Realization Fellowship of America, Los Angeles
Sri Sri Paramhansa Yoganandaji's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'A World Expectant'
2. The author of this book appears to be a man of dynamic personality. There is an impress of his energy and enthusiasm for remoulding and reconstructing the society on the very pattern of divine perfection. He has tried with amazing avidity to grapple the world problems and he offers a solution to the many intricacies of life with remarkable forethought. He has an understanding heart and it is this, more than the depth of his scholarship, which every page of the book reveals, that is accountable for the clearness with which he has dealt with the subject of the regeneration of a new world based on ethical and moral principles, with God as the crowning glory of life in man�s struggle for freedom of the soul.
M. K. Spencer, KARACHI,
Mr. M.K.Spencer's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'A World Expectant'
3. "I am fond of Shri Kumara Swamiji, He is a gifted and high-souled young man".
Prof. Dr. F.O.Schrader,
Prof.F.O.Schrader's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'A World Expectant'
4. The treatment of the subject is executed with great care and the treatise richly deserves the approbation of the learned readers who will not only bring to practice the noble tenets of the work but diffuse to all the knowledge of the moral and spiritual basis of life through a correct knowledge of which it is possible to mould the life of the world of humanity.
Swami Shivananda, Ananda Kutir, Rishikesh.
Shri Swami Shivananda's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'A World Expectant'
5. It is good to recognize in Shri Kumara Swamiji a voice which is, as he himself writes, exhorting people, "to know, be and possess the Divine Being in the discursive individual consciousness." India has a heritage inherited from a long and splendid tradition of thinkers and seers, though there may be those who think that the spiritual leadership of India is gone; but so long as there are writers with the sincerity and understanding of Shri Kumara Swamiji, this tradition will be in good hands.
The enquirer into Virashaivism had very little material in the English language available for study before the Swamiji�s writings began to appear. The Swamiji has done a much needed work in writing these pages. Further-more his attempt to present the principles of Virashaivism in a modern form and to compare or relate it to a modern culture, greatly increases the value of this book for the contemporary reader.
Dr. Paul Brunton,
Dr. Paul Brunton's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Mirror of Virashaivism'
6. So far as Swamiji�s writings and addresses are concerned, they certainly show an excellent grip on the metaphysical side of his subject and I am glad to learn that he has also cultivated in his own self the devotional and practical sides. They created a favourable impression on me as a student of comparative religion and as an admirer of the genuine holy men of India.
Dr. Paul Brunton,
Dr. Paul Brunton's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Peace and Democracy'
7. A most inspiring work…On going through it carefully I have been impressed at every step with the vigour of Swamiji's thought and the sweet scintilla of his emotion. When I say emotion, I mean his boundless love of and concern for our erring age. The man of god feels far more for the sinners – their sorrows and sufferings – than the sinners themselves do for themselves and he alone from that judicious distance and with that sympathetic attitude can prescribe truly and well for the sick humanity.
Dr. Mohan Singh,
Dr. Mohan Singh's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Peace and Democracy'
8. This book is the treasure of India�s ancient and yet modern philosophies. Nothing but good can come to the Westerner who makes a perusal of it. And the Easterner who whishes to become more fully aware of his own spiritual heritage has here a splendid chance to do so.
Rev. R. E. Davies, 26, Frayne Road Ashton gate, Bristol 3, England.
Rev. R. E. Davies's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Virashaivism Philosophy and Mysticism'
9. I have read the book with keen interest and note with delight that you have made the dynamical side of life prominent and followed the path of transcendence by gradual ascent from crude matter to fine energies and lastly to the Supreme Being of saturated silence. This covers the whole scale of life and in ascent and descent the dynamic centers of life are touched, moved and made active.
The book contains important information regarding Virashaivism, its philosophy and mysticism and makes comparative touches. It is well-written, well-planned and well-arranged.
Dr. Mahendra Nath Sarkar, M.A., Phd Prof. of Philosophy, Presidency College, Calcutta.
Dr. Mahendra Nath Sarkar's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Virashaivism Philosophy and Mysticism'
10.The author has a wide knowledge of modern philosophy, Christian mystics and modern Scientific theories, and speculations and speaks of Alexander, Bergson and Einstein with knowledge of their philosophies. He does not merely carry and parade his learning. He has reflected over them and what is rare in Indian writer, brings out rich fruit of deep thought and mediation. He has the happy knack of summing up the pith and point of a whole system in a telling phrase or sentence.
The many aspects of the Virashiva religion and philosophy are descriptively dealt with in this book by the well-versed author on the subject�. Deep study and research have borne good results not only to the author but to all students of comparative religions as well.
The Orient Illustrated Weekly,
The Orient Illustrated Weekly comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Virashaivism Philosophy and Mysticism'
11.The world today is or ought to be the federation of all faiths even more than the federation of all nations. This book will help immensely towards that mutual understating and good-will by enabling us to appreciate Virashaivism…
The Sunday News of India.
The Sunday News of India comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Virashaivism Philosophy and Mysticism'
12.The author acquaintance with the various philosophical system of both the West and East is deep, extensive and on occasions, scintillating.
The Hindu, Madras, Ananda Kutir, Rishikesh.
The Hindu, Madras comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Virashaivism Philosophy and Mysticism'
13.The volume on Virashaiva Philosophy constitutes an informing and interesting contribution to a correct and proper understanding of a comparatively little-known chapter of Indian Metaphysical and Theological system building�.. Shri Kumarswamiji has written a clear exposition and virile vindication of Virashaiva Philosophy.
Dr. R. Naga Raja Sarma,
Dr. R. Naga Raja Sarma's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Virashaivism Philosophy and Mysticism'
14.In this book the writer presents an interesting thesis on what he terms �a healthy humanism� which comprehends one spiritual principle, one humanity and its progressive outlook�. He finds the Buddha and Basava, the founder of Veershaivism, the best exponents of this doctrine of humanism, and gives us a comparative study of both as he finds it in their teachings.
In developing his thesis of �healthy humanism�, the author in a discussive manner brings in the views of a good many Western Writers along with those of the Buddha and Basava.
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES, New Delhi
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Buddha and Basava'
15.This is a compact and scholarly study of the life and labour of Basava, founder of the Veershaiva cult of Hinduism…
Shri Kumarswamiji has brought to bear on his task both a historical and a critical approach which is marked by extensive study, keen perception and enlightened enthusiasm… Shri Kumarswamiji has read extensively in western literature, with special reference to its philosophy, and is equally at home with the highlights of our own history and thought through the ages…. The book is well-writtena nd well-get up and well-worth reading.
THE SUNDAY TIMES, Madras,
THE SUNDAY TIMES comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Buddha and Basava'
16.In the course of thirteen essays contained in this book, the author, who is a well-read scholar, particularly in Veershaivism, makes a comparative study of the respective contribution of these two religious leaders for the regeneration of India and Hinduism, as well as for the betterment of mankind….
The author has attempted in these pages to apply the teachings of both the leaders, particularly Basava, for solving the problems arising in a modern welfare state. Very few Hindus could dispute the author�s plea that 'the life and teachings Basava should find a proper and fitting place in the history of Hinduism, to which he has made valuable contribution'.
PRABUDDHA BHARATA, Calcutta
PRABUDDHA BHARATA comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Buddha and Basava'
17.It is a work of great importance in that it introduces to the English speaking people religious and philosophical doctrines of the first magnitude. It also reveals Swamiji�s sound preparation and his spiritual achievement and I hope it will get wide appreciation among the students of oriental religions.
Dr. Chou Hsiang-Kuang, Phd (Delhi) Professor of Chinese, University of Allahabad, U.P. (India).
Dr. Chou Hsiang-Kuang's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Buddha and Basava'
18.I am happy to say that it is an illuminating book, replace with sound judgment and mature thought. It sets forth in lime-light the magnificent personality and philosophy of Basava who made lasting contributions to our cultural heritage. The comparisons which the learned author has drawn has between Buddha and Basava and their respective systems of thought, display deep insight and broadness of mind.
Dr. Bharat Sing Upadhyaya. M.A., PhD, Jain College, Baraut (Meerut) U.P. (India).
Dr. Bharat Sing Upadhyaya's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Buddha and Basava'
19.It is a useful work for those who are interested in the comparison of religious and philosophical principles.
Dr. W. Pachow, Phd., University of Ceylon,
Dr. W. Pachow's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Buddha and Basava'
20.I have gone through the book and found it both interesting and instructive. The author has taken a very rational view of the developments both of Buddhism and of the Lingayat sect and many of his comments are appropriate and suitable for the modern times. I hope this book will be widely read.
Dr. R.C. Mujumadar, M.A., Phd, Nagpur University, Nagpur
Dr. R.C. Mujumadar's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Buddha and Basava'
21.The book is definitely a contribution to the work on Veershaivism in English. The prose is lucid and the style simple… At the same time the Swamiji has exhibited a critical appreciation of reformers like Buddha, Shankar, Ramanuja, Madhava and others.
Prof. L.V. Rajagopal, Belgaum,
Prof. L.V. Rajagopal's comments on Shri Kumarswamiji's book, 'Buddha and Basava'


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Voyage-Air Guitar was kind enough to donate one of their guitars to use in our Road Trippin' series. Across the country, artists will be using the guitar and signing it when they're done. At the end of the tour we'll be auctioning it off for charity!
Voyage-Air Guitar specializes in building only the highest quality acoustic and electric stringed instruments. Including the world's first and only full-size acoustic and electric instruments that fold-in-half!
Check out the site for more info, and tell 'em Ice Cream Man sent you.
Local's Guide, PartnerWhat to do in Ashland.
Shields in Ashland has been helping with Ice Cream Man since our inception. He does all the organization work for the annual Ice Cream Socials and keeps us in the loop on all the cool things he finds while working on www.localsguide.com. He's pioneering the local, web-to-print revolution allowing local citizens to write local reviews that get published and distributed to the community.
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Dig For Fire, Video PartnerVideo Production Whizzes.
Dig For Fire produces our web series "Road Trippin' with Ice Cream Man" hosted on Babelgum.com. They put in a ton of hard work to help us entertain people.
Popsicle®, Ice Cream SponsorIf It's Popsicle®, It's Possible!.
We are super excited to have Popsicle® on board this year. We always like to carry some non-dairy stuff on board, so it's great to have the flagship brand for ice pops.
Popsicle® will be donating 50,000 treats in 2011, including the new Airheads ice pops, something we've been helping debut to stellar results. Here's to continued good times bringing smiles to peoples faces with Popsicle® ice pops.
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The award-winning music service that's taken Europe by storm will soon be landing on US shores. Millions of tracks ready to play instantly, on your computer and your phone.
Roku, SponsorThere's a lot of entertainment in this little box.
Roku hopped on board January 2011 for CES and hopefully for the future. It's a product we all truly love.
All you need is a Roku player (Starting at $59) and an internet connection and you're off and running. Hook the player up to your TV with an HDMI cable and start streaming Netflix, Hulu Plus, Vimeo and more. The top of the line XD|S also streams in 1080p and includes a USB port to play videos and music off of a thumb drive. Go get one now!
Babelgum, Main SponsorRoad Trippin' with Ice Cream Man
A free, revolutionary Internet and Mobile TV platform supported by advertising, Babelgum combines the full-screen video quality of traditional television with the interactive capabilities of the Internet and offers professionally produced programming on-demand to a global audience. The Babelgum site has been recently revamped and now comes with a new Flash-based, download-free, global web video service.
This year, Babelgum will be producing "Road Trippin' with Ice Cream Man," a series of exclusive webisodes featuring Ice Cream Man and a host of talented musicians as Ice Cream Man tours the country.
PacSun, SponsorSoCal Inspired Clothing
PacSun started as a little surf shop in Newport Beach in 1980, and they're now one of the top names in teen and young adult fashion with 900 stored in 50 states. As they've grown, their focus has remained: stay true to their roots in youth culture and offer what's next now.
This year, PacSun is making a nationwide push, with the help of Ice Cream Man, to promote their commitment to cutting edge fashion. With stops at music festivals across the country, as well as surf and skate competitions, Ice Cream Man is helping to showcase what PacSun is all about.
Energizer, SponsorNothing outlasts the Energizer. It keeps going and going and going.
Energizer came on board as a sponsor of Road Trippin' with Ice Cream Man in 2010. Besides helping the series out financially, they provided us with tons of great Advanced Lithium batteries to power our equipment on the road. They're a lifesaver!
We hope to continue to work with them in the future, it's wonderful to be able to work with a company that we use on a daily basis!
Mopho, Tour SponsorDon't just tell your friends where you are, show them!
Mopho is a great tool for sharing your location on your iPhone with your friends. Simply take a picture, tag and upload and instantly share your location visually!
Mopho has joined Ice Cream Man this year to help people follow Ice Cream Man's adventures by uploading pics from music festivals, community events and more from across the country. Get it now from the App Store or go to Mopho.to for more!
Havaianas, SponsorTruly the best rubber sandals in the world.
Havaianas was another sponsor of Road Trippin' with Ice Cream Man for 2010. Based out of Brazil, they make some top notch sandals and make some great flag sandals (including Brazil, of course) that were great for our World Cup special.
There is nothing like hanging out at a music festival during the summer and putting on a pair of shorts and some Havaianas. Livin' the dream.
Cache Agency, SponsorPhotographic representation and licensing
Cache Agency won the 2008 Ice Cream Man sponsor auction!
Bucking the trend of big-box corporate image houses, Cache Agency is home to photographers wanting to showcase their art, make some money and not be ignored or lost in a void.
They are currently accepting submissions from photographers, building the website and fulfilling customer requests.
If you're a photographer and you're looking for help licensing your photos, give Helen a shout.
Prompt knowledgeable customer service is guaranteed.
Nike, PartnerPut these on your feet!
We had a big year with Nike this year. It began on 8/8/2008 with the Nike sponsored 88 BoaDrum in LA and NYC. They had 88 drummers play for 88 minutes starting at 8:08pm. Next up was MusicFest NorthWest (MFNW) in Portland, a huge indie music festival that we hit up last year as well. To finish out the year, we'll be at Art Basel in Miami from December 4-7. Come find us!
Sony Playstation, PartnerGaming at its finest
While at Virgin Mobile Music Festival in Baltimore I ran into Ginger with PlayStation. We talked about different events they were doing where free ice cream would be a good addition and she mentioned the Playstation Pro AST Dew Tour in Orlando. Newt was already in the hood so we loaded up almost 3000 free creams and slung cream to the crew, athletes, and everyone else backstage. check the review out here.
Busy Beaver Buttons, PartnerYou like our buttons? These guys make 'em.
At Pitchfork Festival in 2008 we ran into the folks at Busy Beaver Buttons. Christen noticed our "YOUR LOGO HERE" sticker on the ice cream truck and emailed to mention she'd like to help us out with some buttons. In less than 48 hours Busy Beaver printed up around 10,000 buttons for Lollapalooza. Check them out at www.busybeaver.net for all your button needs.
Levi's, Past Primary SponsorA style for every story
While in Austin for South by Southwest 2007, we gave away a ton of ice cream at the Levi's/Fader Fort Party. Sheri, who works with Levi's, took a step outside, saw all of the happy people with ice cream and said, "We should talk when you get back to LA."
Since then, we've been helping each other out. We've given away ice cream at Levi's showrooms, Levi's Stores, and Levi's events throughout the country, including 501 Day in Santa Monica, CA.
Blue Bunny®, Ice Cream SponsorYummy!
With almost a century of ice cream experience, Blue Bunny® is responsible for Bomb Pops®, Big Mississippi Mud® ice cream sandwiches, Pink Panthers™, and almost every other treat you used to buy from the local ice cream truck as a kid. They also make a variety of premium ice creams and original concoctions at their headquarters in Le Mars, Iowa, otherwise known as "Ice Cream Capital of the World." We're proud to be working with them this year- with Blue Bunny on our side, our goal of 500,000 ice creams has never looked closer!
Guitar Center, Past SponsorMaking music happen
Guitar Center was on board with Ice Cream Man from near the beginning. During that time we hit up Guitar Center stores around the country as well as GC sponsored events like their annual Drum Off, Spin Off and King of the Blues shows.


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Lords and Ladies, by Terry Pratchett, is the best kind of fantasy novel.
For me, the best possible thing that fantasy as a genre can do is to say something important about our world and history, ideally while also commenting in some way on the traditions of the genre itself, and being a damn good read. Add to that a whole bunch of female characters who happen to be the central drivers of the plot and…
Oh, yes. Lords and Ladies is that good.
In some ways, this book is the last third of an unofficial trilogy (with Wyrd Sisters and Witches Abroad) featuring the original trio of Pratchett's witches: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. In other ways, it's the beginning of an unofficial trilogy (with Maskerade and Carpe Jugulum) about the mortality and power of Granny Weatherwax, with bonus Nanny Ogg at every turn (she doesn't just steal scenes, she gets them drunk and makes them blush with dirty jokes) and the growing pains of Agnes "Perdita" Nitt.
But this is also, like so many of Pratchett's best books, a book about stories. In this case, having taken on Shakespeare and fairy tales, he looks at the role of women in English folk songs and folklore. This is a story about cold iron and fairy glamour; of midsummer rituals and blood in the snow and dodgy jokes about morris dancers and maypoles. It's a story about how practicality trumps romance every time, if you're lucky.
Most of all, while it has much to say about witches and wives and mothers, this is a story about queens.
I love the progression of Magrat in this story, from finding herself in the unexpected position of being engaged to a king, to awkwardly tiptoeing around and through the question of what, exactly a queen is supposed to do all day. There are pointed comments about the double standard, how Verence can basically trot around with his arse out of his trousers, acting only slightly more regally than in his life before, and he automatically gets respect – but when it comes to queens, there are fashion requirements, and an odd juxtaposition between high status, and official uselessness.
Scenes where Magrat and her hapless ladies maid try to figure out the ridiculous clothes, her attitude to embroidery, and so on, are both funny and poignant. The worst of it, of course, is Magrat feeling that she has to leave all of her old life as a witch and healer behind, ridding herself of all the magical paraphenalia she had surrounded her with before. She literally steps out of one identity and into another, and understandably, it does her head in. Pratchett is excellent at pointing out how so many story tropes are actually ridiculous if you try to fit realistically ordinary people into them, and there is so much commentary here not only on the traditional portrayal of queens in mythology, history and literature, but also on the shifting nature of women's identity when they marry.
The climax of Magrat's personal journey is her discovery of Queen Ynci, the kind of queen no one had told her about, a warrior queen with spiky armour – and also her encounter with the royal beekeeper, who tells her the most fascinating details about the queens of that species. When the chips are down and her royal husband is in danger, Magrat emulates both Queen Ynci and the queens of beekind, becoming a true Slash! Stab! kickarse heroine. But the Pratchett 'realism' is still there, pointing out in the quiet mutters of other characters that acting like a character out of a folk song is a good way to get yourself killed, and holding a sword doesn't mean you can use it. Luckily, Magrat isn't just inspired, she's also clever.
Part of the reason this story is so uplifting is because there's also a very frustrating narrative line whereby Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg are trying to deal with the actual hazard – the elves returning to the Discworld – and are deliberately trying to keep Magrat ignorant of what's going on because of their perception of her as a silly romantic airhead who is going to automatically think elves are sweet and romantic. And sure, that is her first reaction, and yes it does almost get her killed, because they don't tell her any different. While this is deeply frustrating, it's also a culmination of an ongoing character arc for the witches over the last few books. They've never taken Magrat seriously, and Granny being wrong in this instance is vital to the plot. Because this is also the book in which Granny Weatherwax dies.
She doesn't, of course, and indeed this is the book that made the "I Aten't Dead" sign so legendary, but this is one of several books in which the narrative leads Granny into her final battle – and, true to form, she survives it. But there's a gorgeous ongoing storyline here about the other Granny in her head, the one who married instead of becoming a witch, and where that different path led to. Pratchett deals with what he likes to call 'the Trousers of Time' quite regularly, but this is the most compelling of his stories about alternate universes, and how a little knowledge of them can go a long way. It's important that Granny is wrong about Magrat, because she's human, and it shows her vulnerability, which suggests that maybe she might actually die. For many, many books, we've been told that witches and wizards know when they're going to die – it's one of the essential facts of the Discworld, and Pratchett is preparing a major fake-out with that information that, crucially, is not a cheat. It's fascinating to see how he puts all the little pieces of this plot together, and how everyone's story always comes back to the same themes, the same repeated icons, all tied up into a beautiful bow.
Granny's impending (not) death is also prefigured by the introduction of bitchy teenage Diamanda, the girl who wants to be a witch but thinks it's all about black nailpolish and looking glamorous, so of course she manages to loose elves across the world… Pratchett conveys a teen girl clique startlingly well, with the other girls dancing around Diamanda and desperate to copy her (much like bees around a queen, oh yes, THEME I SEE YOU) and we get our first introduction to Perdita/Agnes Nitt, who only appears in a few scenes, but shows herself to be the most pragmatic of the girls. And, of course, in a book that's all about how practicality pwns romance, that means she is automatically awesome.
It's also, of course, important that Granny is wrong about Magrat, but Magrat wins anyway, despite being kept in the dark, despite Granny not being there to catch the falling ball in time, because she is awesome and because she is actually far more practical than the older witches usually give her credit for. She's romantic too, but she learns to harness that appropriately and not let it get in her way. I love the way that Pratchett celebrates the differences between the three witches, how each of them has a completely different method of doing things which is not necessarily wrong or right. And that most of the time, if one of them is caught out or embarrassed, it's because they have realised that one of the others has figured out a quicker, simpler or easier way around a problem they thought was terribly difficult. This novel is very much about the relationships between women, the pecking order, the cliques, the rivalries, the loyalties, the generational divides, and how the memory of the girl she was can very much affect the choices of the old woman.
My favourite moment of this book (and it has much, much competition) is when Granny takes the unconscious Diamanda to Magrat.
"It's all very well a potion calling for Love-in-idleness, but which of the thirty-seven common plants called by that name in various parts of the continent was actually meant? The reason that Granny Weatherwax was a better witch than Magrat was that she knew that in witchcraft it didn't matter a damn which one it was, or even if it was a piece of grass. The reason that Magrat was a better doctor than Granny was that she thought it did."
Even though Granny has grossly underestimated Magrat's ability to be sensible in the face of elves, she still trusts her medical abilities over her own, which is a hell of a thing for a woman her age to admit.
And of course there's that lovely undercutting reveal towards the end that Queen Ynci, whose armour Magrat dons to fight the elf queen, is almost certainly not real – and the armour definitely is not. A final iron nail in the coffin of folklore. But it doesn't matter whether it's real or not – the use of folklore to warn and educate as well as to entertain is all through this book, from the surreal Midsummer Nights Dream parody to the deadly morris dancers, the songs and stories, and the vicious nature of the elves themselves.
There's also romance in the book – a romantic storyline for each of the witches – and yet it's not the kind of romance that you tend to get in stories about fairies. We have the pragmatic, raunchy Nanny Ogg being courted by the younger and much shorter Casanunda the dwarf, who thinks he's worldly and experienced until he gets a load of what's going on in her brain. We get Ridcully the wizard, being soppy and sentimental about what could have been between him and Esmeralda Weatherwax in another lifetime, and almost getting them killed through his nostalgia, while she is hard-edged and practical, far more concerned with saving the world than getting all silly about a boy she once kissed. (oddly, that reminds me of the conversation Alisa and I had about Katniss and her blokes in The Hunger Games) Then there's Magrat and Verence – again, practicality overwhelming romance. Their awkwardness and inability to have actual conversations with each other is balanced out by them slowly figuring out how to be a married couple, and what 'king and queen' rules are going to have to be chucked out. There's a cute subplot based on the fact that neither of them are entirely sure how sex works and that he's sent off for a book about it, but basically it's a romance based on two people being terribly sensibly in love with each other, and I adore them.
There should be more stories that show how some of the best romance can be practical, rather than all dramatic and eyes-across-a-crowded-room. Plus, when it comes down to it, Magrat saves her man. So there's a bit of epic folksong love story in there too. It's just not the best bit.
Have I mentioned how much I love this book? It's funny, clever, feminist and has so much to say about the power of story itself. The plot is perfect, down to the last detail. The relationship between beliefs and real magic is expressed powerfully, without suggesting that either of those things are more important than the other. And the romantic bits, such as they are, entirely serve the story of three extraordinary women.
"Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad."
Posts in this series:
Pratchett's Women: The Boobs, The Bad and the Broomsticks
Pratchett's Women II – Slash! Stab! A Lesson in Practical Queening in Lords and Ladies
Pratchett's Women III – Werewolf Glamour and the Sexing of Dwarves in Guards, Guards!, Men at Arms, Feet of Clay
Pratchett's Women IV: His Henpecked Voice in Jingo & The Fifth Elephant
Pratchett's Women V: The Seamstress Redemption in Night Watch
Pratchett's Women VI: Pole Dancers, Goblin Girls, and the Family Man in Thud and Snuff
Pratchett's Women VII: A Wonderful Personality and Good Hair – Agnes Nitt Maskerade and Carpe Jugulum
Pratchett's Women VIII: Has Scythe, Will Teach School – Susan Sto Helit in Soul Music, Hogfather & Thief of Time
Pratchett's Women IX: The Truth Has Got Her Boots On
Pratchett's Women: Unauthorised Essays on Female Characters of the Discworld, by Tansy Rayner Roberts – now available as an ebook and paperback. The e-book contains all nine essays from this blog, recently revised with an essay exclusive to the collection: "Socks, Lies and the Monstrous Regiment."


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By Dr. John Frank, M.D. | IAHRS, ABHRS, ISHRS, AHLA, XM Radio: 'The Bald Truth', NYC, July 21, 2012
You can't really tell if someone has had a hair transplant* because modern hair transplants (FUE or strip harvesting) now excel in creating completely natural looking results**. However, patients must have an adequate quality and quantity of donor hair follicles to achieve a natural look – in fact, hair transplant surgeons often turn down otherwise great candidates for a hair transplant*** because they have an insufficient number of donor hair follicles.
In short, if the gods or fate haven't left you with enough of the good stuff, you're out of luck – or so everyone thought.
Researchers have figured out how to bioengineer a hair follicle built from your DNA1.
Regenerative Medical Science To the Rescue
Over the past decade, researchers have made significant advances in understanding which parts of those organs contain a copy of the original stem cell from which the organ arose. This means that stem cells have held out the greatest hope of repairing or replacing damaged vital organs.
Moreover, researchers have made significant advances in understanding how the genesis of these organs occurs, i.e., we're beginning to understand an embryonic process called organogenesis that involves a complex interaction of stem cells and biological processes that gives rise to a particular organ in the body, an 'Adam' or 'Eve' organ, if you will.
Finally, researchers have made advancements in understanding how different types of stem cells interact to control the growth cycle of an organ after its birth.
In short, it's as if we can now peek over the shoulder of God or nature to see exactly how they created all these living things.
Hair organ regeneration via bioengineered hair follicular unit transplantation
While researchers understand how stem cells both create and regulate hair follicles, they haven't been able to re-create, inside a living organism, a realistically functional hair follicle using stem cell technology – until now.
This spring, researchers at Tokyo University developed a technique to bioengineer hair follicles from a hair follicle's stem cells.
Because your stem cells encode what makes your hair unique, this means science can now bioengineer your unique hair.
Second, surgical hair restoration techniques have advanced to the point where they can transplant individual follicular units (that contain 1-5 hairs) from one of the scalp into another part and those follicular units will take root, so to speak, and start growing hair just like the original damaged hair follicles.
But Will It Work?
But the question remains – can transplanted bioengineered hair follicles take root just like "normal" donor hair follicles?
They first say we know which types of hair follicle stem cells regulate normal hair growth cycle2:
Second, they say the stem cells in the dermal papilla control the physical features of different types of hair. This means we understand how stem cells determine not only what's make your hair unique but what differentiates your hair across your scalp3:
Now it Gets Good – They Now Talk About Hair Transplants:
For androgenetic alopecia, autologous hair follicle unit transplantation (FUT) has clinically achieved the restoration of proper hair appearance by controlling hair type and density and hair stream via the representation of natural hair orientation through surgical implantation of hair follicles.1
The breakthrough – they say that these bioengineered hair follicles have been successfully transplanted using a standard modern hair transplant technique called FUT1
This means that these bioengineered hair follicles seemed to know how to grow hair of the correct type and orientation as a function of the transplanted location!
In short, forget Neograft – hair transplant doctors will soon need to buy machines that bioengineer hair follicles created with their client's own DNA.
Hold Your Horses. We're Not There – Yet.
Currently, this is only this lab in the world that can bioengineer these particular hair follicles.
Second, to bioengineer the hair follicles, they needed to incubate its components in a mouse kidney for 14 days to grow hair on a mouse. Also they bioengineered mouse, not human, hair follicles. While little difference exists between these two types of follicles (assuming they bioengineered the mouse to produce human hair follicles), presumably, for people, they'd have to do the same thing, and this makes the procedure impractical.
Third, the paper doesn't mention whether they could to get the hair follicles to successfully connect the hair to oil glands. If that didn't happen, that's a further problem they need to solve.
Finally, before doctors can use these bioengineered hair follicles in a hair transplant, reserchers need to show that they function exactly like natural donor hair follicles. Moreover, they need to self organize into natural functional follicular units because current hair restoration technologies work with follicular units, not individual hair follicles. These bioengineered hair follicles do not yet have these properties.
Nevertheless, Dr. Tsuli confidently states that we could start seeing clinical research within three to five years, and an actual practical treatment within a decade. If that happens, history will mark 2012 as a major milestone in the advancement of treating hair loss.
© 2012, Anapelli Hair Clinic
1. Asakawa K, Toyoshima KE, Ishibashi N, Tobe H, Iwadate A, Kanayama T, Hasegawa T, Nakao K, Toki H, Noguchi S, Ogawa M, Sato A, & Tsuji T (2012). Hair organ regeneration via the bioengineered hair follicular unit transplantation. Scientific reports, 2 PMID: 22645640
2. Greco, V. et al. A two-step mechanism for stem cell activation during hair regeneration. Cell Stem Cell. 4, 155–69 (2009)
3. Contact between dermal papilla cells and dermal sheath cells enhances the ability of DPCs to induce hair growth. J. Invest. Dermatol. 130, 2707–18 (2010)
- Research group headed by Professor Takashi Tsuji demonstrates in regenerating "functional hair regeneration from adult stem cells." Tokyo University of Science Press Release, 17 April, 2012
- Takashi Tsuli's Tokyo University of Science Laboratory
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* FUE & Strip Harvesting & Natural Look Surgical Hair Restoration
** What Factors Determine the Best Hair Transplant Results?


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Fiji Time: 12:07 AM on Sunday 25 February
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Friday, May 30, 2014
BRISBANE - Queensland were left to rue the fracture to their famous spine as NSW claimed a much-needed State of Origin upset on Wednesday night.
And that break, through the early loss of halfback Cooper Cronk, has seen the chances of continuing their eight-year streak plummet.
Suffering a broken arm, Cronk was sorely missed in the gripping 12-8 loss at Suncorp Stadium and can't return in time to help rescue the series.
The Melbourne No.7 isn't the most dynamic Maroons star but he's a vital link to the Queensland chain.
Wedged between Cameron Smith, Johnathan Thurston and Billy Slater, Cronk has been the glue in the past and the value of his composure and organisation was more apparent when it wasn't there.
Daly Cherry-Evans has been the form halfback of the NRL to loom as an able replacement but he wasn't on the same page as his teammates failing to pull off the clutch plays needed.
Just as Mal Meninga ordered, the Maroons started like a house on fire.
They'd been burnt in the previous two series-openers by a subdued no-mistakes approach but turned up the intensity and dropped the shackles of conservatism.
But once Cronk was replaced in the 10th minute the whole momentum of the battle shifted.
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Here we want to find, discuss and organize strategies for
Drupal Long Term Support (Drupal LTS).
The final Drupal 7 is released and …
"Drupal 5 will no longer be supported or receive security updates, and you will need to update your Drupal 5 sites to Drupal 6 at that time." http://drupal.org/handbook/version-info
The end of this support is a strategic problem for some people. Especially if a Drupal service company tries to get a big investment in a big Drupal project.
Our goal is some kind of Drupal-Core-LTS and a lot of example.module-LTS like ubuntu server LTS.
Especially all the Drupal service companies which are already doing a lot of LTS-work for their clients are invited to concentrate their work.
"Support" means at first "Security support"!
Here are some additional information: http://groups.drupal.org/node/111339
And here is the first project: http://drupal.org/project/lts
November 13, 2013: There is a "Proposal to manage the Drupal 8 release cycle" by Dries including LTS Strategies.
For Drupal 6 there is a special "Drupal 6 Long Term Support" project from the official Drupal 6 Long-Term Support vendors.
Tag1 Quo: D6 LTS
Tag1 Quo is a hosted security solution that keeps your Drupal 6 site up-to-date with the latest security patches for core as well as all contributed themes, and modules. Tag1 Quo provides you a single comprehensive viewpoint of your security that quickly allows you to understand vulnerabilities and take action to address them.Read more
Drupal 6 long term support group on linkedin
I've just started a group on linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Drupal-6-forever-long-term-7460995
For smaller businesses and non-profit organisations, migrating from Drupal 6 to 7 (or 8) would represent a significant investment, quite possibly with little or no tangible benefit. However, Drupal 6 will very soon be unmaintained, meaning no further security updates, bug fixes or enhancements. The same is likely to happen to third party modules.Read more
Drupal Web Developer | Addx Corporation
The Drupal Web Developer positions are for the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA). The work is contingent upon contract award. The work location is Alexandria, VA and Norfolk, VA.Read more
Ubuntu Edge Indiegogo Campaign
Hey Everyone,
Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu, have started an Indiegogo crowd funding campaign for a highly innovative, leading edge technology phone called the Ubuntu Edge. Here's the link.
It'll be a converged device that will act as a PC with Ubuntu OS when connected to a monitor/keyboard. It'll cost $830 dollars but there are still lower priced perks still available.Read more
Long Term Support (LTS) BoF at DrupalCon Portland
Exaltation of Larks is hosting a BoF (birds of a feather) discussion on long-term Drupal support (particularly for Drupal 6 sites when Drupal 8 comes out and bug fixes and security releases for Drupal 6 are discontinued).
Long Term Support is a topic that is near and dear to us and a number of our clients and this BoF is a followup to our earlier post, Drupal 6 End of Life When Drupal 8 is Released… Or Not.
We're also preparing an "LTS" version of Drupal 6 and have a lot more planned. Stay tuned to the DrupalCon BoF schedule and @LarksLA on Twitter for news of when this BoF gets scheduled.Read more
Drupal 6 end of life when Drupal 8 is released… or not?
At the Boston Drupal meetup that was at Acquia this month, several presentations were focused on "what's new in Drupal 8" from the view of several people who now work at Acquia. I loved it. There were other presentations, as well (including one of my own!), and I really enjoyed seeing the Boston Drupal group again after many months.
During the questions and answers part of the meetup, I asked Dries if he was considering naming a security maintainer for Drupal 6 when Drupal 8 is released. (In case you didn't know, support for Drupal 6 will be discontinued by the Drupal core and security teams. See the handbook page on backwards compatibility at https://drupal.org/node/65922 for more, including Dries' original statement on the subject in 2006.)Read more
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Develop, configure and maintenance of artist and fan-club websites.
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• Develop custom modules and themes for Drupal 6 and 7
• Front-end and back-end web development with heavy focus on Drupal 6 and 7
First Drupal 5 LTS Patch?
Drupal.org modules feature request > module php compatibility
Yesterday I was visiting a company with performance issues. I bumped into some corporate trouble.
As I only recently joined the company, decisions were made before my time. We are making a drupal 6 site. There are many reasons for this.
It was planned like that a long time ago
We need modules that aren't/weren't ported yet
The client agreed to that.
There is no way of moving to drupal 7 (yet).
According to the drupal requirements page http://drupal.org/requirements#php
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Note that some contributed modules may not be compatible with PHP 5.3, …
Security and LTS Resources
Last updated by C_Logemann on Sat, 2016-02-27 17:22
On d.o:
Drupal 6 LTS: https://drupal.org/project/d6lts
Typo3 with LTS: http://typo3.org/teams/core/resources/maintenance-policy/
Security advisories (and patches) for older versions of Drupal by OpenFlows
Security backports for the Drupal LTS concept
How do you plan to backport security fixes?
Will you just wait for the release of Drupal 6 and backport them?
Do you plan to offer a system and some method to promote people reporting vulnerabilities in Drupal 5 even if it is EOL?


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Accommodation options within 8km from Singa Town Lodge include:
Manor 38 is situated in the sea-side suburb of Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth and boasts exclusively designed executive and superior guest suites for the business traveler or tourist. The guesthouse is close to The Boardwalk Casino and popular beaches.
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The magic of Harry Potter continues to draw in the crowds at the box office – THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 has conjured up a spellbinding five-day gross of $76.3 million to land the fourth best Thanksgiving weekend in history.
The latest installment in the boy wizard franchise, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, hauled in $50.3 million from Friday to Sunday, in addition to the $26 million it raised last Wednesday and Thursday.
The bumper holiday figures take the movie's 10-day tally to $220.4 million setting another record as the 10th best 10-day gross ever.
New animated Disney musical Tangled debuts at number two on the box office chart, scoring $49.1 million over the weekend, while Megamind trails in third place with $12.9 million.
Three other new entries failed to entice audiences – Christina Aguilera and Cher's movie musical Burlesque debuts at four with $11.8 million, while Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway's Love & Other Drugs opens at six ($9.9 million), and Dwayne ';The Rock' Johnson's Faster takes seventh place ($8.7 million).
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Metro Police say two armed robbers waited outside for a Madison woman to return home just before 1 a.m. Tuesday.
The pair then forced the woman into her Sioux Terrace home at gunpoint. Once inside, the robbers tied up the woman's brother and then ransacked the house.
Police describe the suspects, who fled on foot, as black males dressed in all black and wearing masks.
Officers are still looking for suspects.
Anyone with information is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 74-CRIME.
please come do that to me at my house....im beggin ya...by the way, stop and pick up some body bags on your way...
I would be willing to bet that if these people are captured, they will be found to be repeat offenders.
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Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte
An unusually long pre-credits sequence establishes the roots of faded Southern belle Charlotte's (Bette Davis) insanity; she'd been witness to the dismemberment murder of her fiance (Bruce Dern) and the suicide of the murderer, her own father (Victor Buono). Years later, Charlotte remains a recluse in her decaying southern mansion, zealously guarding the secret of her father's guilt; she is cared for by her slatternly housekeeper (Agnes Moorehead). When her house is targeted for demolition, Charlotte fears that this will uncover her lover's body parts and thus confirm that her father was a murderer. She desperately summons her seemingly sweet-tempered cousin Miriam (Olivia De Havilland) to help her fight off the house's destruction. Miriam brings along the family doctor (Joseph Cotten) to calm Charlotte's frayed nerves. When Charlotte begins to be plagued by horrific visions of the homicide/suicide of so long ago, it appears that she has gone completely insane. But soon we learn who is behind these delusions…and why. Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte was intended by director Robert Aldrich as a follow-up to the successful Joan Crawford/Bette Davis horror piece Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962). Ms. Crawford was originally slated to play Miriam, but became seriously ill shortly before filming started. Davis, who disliked Crawford intensely, suggested that the role of Miriam be filled by her best friend, De Havilland. On the first day of shooting, Davis and DeHavilland pulled a "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" routine by toasting one another with Coca-Cola–a catty observation of the fact that Joan Crawford's husband was an executive with the Pepsi Cola company!


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A man has been arrested after the seizure of drugs with a street value of almost €1.5m.
Officers from Dundalk uncovered the cannabis resin haul when they stopped a van at Martin's Cross in the town this afternoon.
The Garda National Drug Unit was also involved in the operation.
The 240kg of cannabis resin is thought to have a street value of €1.44m.
It has been sent for technical examination.
The Garda Press Office said one man in his 30s was arrested.
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Three quarter dolman sleeves allow this Winter cardigan to bridge the seasons to Spring.
$27.80 at Forever 21.
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1. Mimi | March 16th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Cute over a dress or even with jeans. Looks like it can go with anything.
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Good idea for the competitive type! - by DOOOD_
Well, A motivational piece that I have hanging in my gym is a big 22" x 36" picture of LL Cool J next to it is a 22"x 36" picture of my before. The reason is because I despise him for the body that he has. (*cont.....)
(*cont....)So I put up that picture so that I can talk trash to it, which in turn motivates me to become better than he is. Thus helping me along the way. Once I get my goal I will continue to leave that picture up But Right beside it I'll put a 22" x 36" picture of my after.


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Two quotes have always made a lot of sense to me. They both are about leadership and were stumbled upon in school while working to find "catchy" ways to begin essays. "Great leaders don't set out to be leaders...They set out to make a difference. It's never about the role -- always about the goal." -author (I'm not sure.) "A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit." -Arnold H. Glasow I can appreciate a good tempo and rhythm in
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What if I told you that I had the answer to eliminating economic decline? You wouldn't believe me. You'd say: "What's your credentials? Did you attend Yale Law or study economics at the University of Chicago?" To which, I'd reply: "No. I'm a writer and musician. I attended a music conservatory then dropped out after a few semesters." This is the point where you'd tune out. No hippy writer or musician has what it takes to solve the complicated issues that face a large and diverse first-world
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Ok first, this is not a qq thread, all i am gonna do is to state my personal situation and of course some of you won't have this problem.
My personal Situation:
Raiding 1/8 hc heroic (rainding 4 hours a week on sundays), going to kill Ultraxion hc this week.
Doing pvp on a regular basis (rbg, arena, random bg)
Diszi for heroic morchock because our pally can't handle the morchock side alone
Shadow for Ultraxion hc because we don't quite yet beat the enrage timer
??? for pvp.
I already macroed my pvp specc obviously so it's not a big issue but i can't macro glyphs (if anyone of you knows a way to do this, this thread is redundant)
What i would wish for:
Speccs that would be divided into pvp/pve equally so i can have my pve speccs seperated from my pvp speccs.
What i want to know:
Does anyone of you have similar problems, and how do you deal with it?
Inb4: classic had only one specc, deal with it, macro is sufficient, go shadow/heal only, this has been stated before


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Katie's Pimiento Goat Cheese
"My grandpa always used to make pimiento cheese for me with sharp cheddar, or even Velveeta," says Katie Lee about the sweet pepper-studded spread, a Southern classic that's also a great dip. "I wanted to make it more grown-up." Katie's goat-cheese version is light and silky.
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- Whole radishes and celery ribs
- In a medium bowl, using a wooden spoon, blend the goat cheese with the cheddar, mayonnaise, pimientos, scallions, pickle relish, onion powder, and Tabasco and season with salt and pepper. Transfer the pimento cheese to a bowl and serve with radishes and celery ribs.
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First of all, this theme is fantastic. Finally, an easy way to get Susy into a Drupal theme with other good stuff to keep designing at the front end. Thank you for all your hard work.
I am just not sure about one thing, and that is the difference between the folders for Design and Style Guide.
Any tips, or examples on how to best utilize the structure?
Thanks again,
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The difference between the two is essentially the difference between what gets styled as part of the Style Guide module and what doesn't. Two good examples of the difference are Jina Bolton's Style Guide Driven UI Design with Sass and what goes into Starbuck's Style Guide as compared to the design of their final site.
I will update the docs with these examples.
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The band has upcoming performances in Texas including an October 17th date at Scout Bar in Houston.
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This organization hopes to work a little voodoo on the basketball court. The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball franchise that joined the National Basketball Association in 1989. A surprising upstart, Orlando made its first playoff appearance in 1994 with the help of star center Shaquille O'Neal and reached the NBA Finals the following season, – more... losing to the Houston Rockets in four games. (O'Neal left the following year to join the Los Angeles Lakers.) Founded by local businessman Jim Hewitt, the team holds court at Orlando's Amway Arena; the family of Amway co-founder Rich DeVos has owned the Magic through RDV Sports since 1991.
The team brought in Steve Van Gundy to be head coach in 2007 following an aborted attempt to hire University of Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan. During his inaugural season, Orlando reached the second round of the NBA playoffs. The Magic won its second conference title in 2009 by defeating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. However, they lost in the NBA Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The team moved into a $480 million new arena for the 2010 season. Michigan-based direct-sales company Amway signed a 10-year, $40 million naming rights deal to call the new facility Amway Center.
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Not Dead Yet (Det. Superintendent Roy Grace)
by Peter James
Cover Artist: Photographs: Daniela Lombard / Arcangel Images;
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"Not dead yet," are the words I mutter each morning when I scrutinize my haggard face in the bathroom mirror. Peter James and his superb mystery novels give me a reason for living. He is the best mystery author in the world and I am his number one fan. I own autographed copies of all his hardback and paperback novels. His photographs are framed and displayed on every wall in my apartment. I have also framed and displayed copies of every newspaper and magazine article written on him. Having nearly bankrupted myself from buying all his memorabilia on eBay, I am a true Peter James fan. I am what psychiatrists call an obsessive fan. I can truly relate to the fan in Peter James's chilling thriller, Not Dead Yet, who wants to kill Gaia Lafayette who snubbed her. Peter James snubbed my invitation to dinner.
I am only joking. I am a devoted fan of Peter James but not an obsessive one. However, if he continues writing best-sellers like Not Dead Yet, he will probably obtain one or two obsessive fans, if he already hasn't. First, let me say that Not Dead Yet reminded me of his previous best-seller, Dead Man's Grip, which also involved a young attractive woman and her child in peril. However, in the case of Not Dead Yet, I couldn't sympathize with the wealthy lead character, Gaia Lafayette, because she was a spoiled, amoral, crass performer--Hollywood's typical starlet. I found myself not caring whether she lived or died; unfortunately the lives of innocent bystanders were at stake. I found myself agreeing with her obsessive fan who felt that other, more talented actresses should have obtained the coveted role of Maria Fitzherbert instead of Gaia. This can be said in any business. It's not what you know that gets you to the top. It's who you know ... and how you know them.
As usual, I found myself taking notes while reading Not Dead Yet. There are numerous characters and multiple subplots that initially appear separate but merge together during the course of the plot like strands in a beautifully woven spider web. The most gruesome case belonging to DS Roy Grace, and one of the first ones to which the reader is introduced, involves the torso of an unknown male found buried in the floor of a chicken coop at The Stonery, a chicken farm. Peter James uses extremely interesting police and medical procedures to trace the torso to its rightful owner. Meanwhile, a recently paroled mobster, slimy, effeminate Amis Morris Smallbone, wants revenge against Grace for sending him to prison for twelve years. A dying screenwriter with nothing to lose, Drayton Wheeler, wants revenge against Larry Brooker and Maxim Brody, the producers of The King's Lover; he claims they stole his script. To complicate matters, the reader soon learns that Grace's missing wife, Sandy Grace, is not dead yet.
Not Dead Yet is long, but fast-paced; I finished reading it in only a few days. Each of its 127 chapters is concisely written; most end with a cliffhanger that propels the reader forward. Like his previous novels, it reads like non-fiction. In his Acknowledgements, James thanks a million people who helped him. Believe me when I say, if James writes about something, it either happened or could happen. In his latest novel, James takes the reader on a tour of the seaside resort of Brighton, England. The reader spends a great deal of time around the Royal Pavilion, learning about its turbulent history as one of Britain's greatest historical landmarks. The reader will also learn a great deal about the complexities involved in the creation of a motion picture, from its financing to the hiring of extras to its producers dealing with egotistical actors who drink too much, such as leading man Judd Halpern.
Not Dead Yet is highly recommended for all mystery fans, especially mysteries involving a beautiful woman in peril. While reading this novel, I was reminded of several classic horror films involving obsessive fans. The Fan (1981) stars Lauren Bacall as a gracefully fading, middle-aged actress, Sally Ross, who is dangerously pursued by a much younger, love-struck man, Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn). Misery (1990) stars James Caan as a best-selling author, Paul Sheldon, who is abducted and tortured by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates). Both Sally and Paul appear to be likeable characters. We feel their pain. Gaia Lafayette, however, is not a likeable character. She is made comparable to Madonna and her numerous clones. If Gaia had been more congenial like Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet or Sandra Bullock, I would have enjoyed the novel more. Perhaps I wouldn't have found myself rooting for the obsessive fan.
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