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Hi, This email contains the analysis of Xcerpt and XChange following the RIFRAF criteria; like Axel, I followed Hassan's scheme. This is a response to the action recorded as http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/track/actions/17 Regards, Paula --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors of this analysis: Michael Eckert, Paula-Lavinia Patranjan (REWERSE) Xcerpt and XChange: Short description Xcerpt (http://www.xcerpt.org) and XChange (http://www.pms.ifi.lmu.de/projekte/xchange/) are research languages developed at the Institute for Informatics, University of Munich, by following the logic programming paradigm. Xcerpt is a Web query language developed primarily for XML data, but supports also querying RDF data. An Xcerpt program is a set of deductive rules querying data and constructing new data. XChange is a Web reactive language working primarily on XML data. An XChange program is a set of ECA rules specifying the desired reactive behaviour and Xcerpt deductive rules for constructing views over XML data (views' data can be queried in the condition part of ECA rules). Classification of Xcerpt and XChange ===== SYN: SYNTACTIC DISCRIMINATORS ===== SYN.1. RESTRICTED VS. UNRESTRICTED USE OF LOGIC VARIABLES SYN.1.1. SINGLE OCCURRENCE VS. MULTIPLE OCCURRENCE (IMPLICIT VARIABLE EQUALITY) [Xcerpt] multiple occurrence [XChange] multiple occurrence SYN.1.2. RANGE-RESTRICTED RULES (NO HEAD-ONLY VARIABLES) VS. NON-RANGE-RESTRICTED RULES [Xcerpt] range-restricted [XChange] range-restricted SYN.1.3. (FURTHER RESTRICTIONS FROM STATIC ANALYSIS RESEARCH) [Xcerpt] stratifiable SYN.2. PREDICATE VARIABLES PERMITTED VS. NOT PERMITTED * SECOND-ORDER SYNTACTIC SUGAR ALLOWING VARIABLES IN PREDICATE POSITIONS OF QUERIES OR RULE BODIES AND POSSIBLY RULE HEADS (FURTHER GENERALIZED TO FUNCTION AND EVEN ATOM POSITIONS IN [HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG/SUBMISSION/SWSF-SWSL/#SWSL-RULES-HILOG]) [Xcerpt] no [XChange] no SYN.3. MONOTONIC LLOYD-TOPOR EXTENSIONS ALLOWED VS. NOT ALLOWED * SYNTACTIC SUGAR FOR EXTENDING HORN LOGIC WITH DISJUNCTION IN RULE BODIES AS WELL AS CONJUNCTION AND CLASSICAL IMPLICATION IN RULE HEADS [HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG/SUBMISSION/SWSF-SWSL/#SWSL-RULES-MON-LT] [Xcerpt] only disjunction in rule bodies; note that when grouping constructs are used in the head, disjunction cannot rewritten into separate rules (example: f[all X] <- g[X] v h[X] is not equivalent to f[all X] <- g[X], f[all X] <- h[X]) [XChange] only disjunction in the condition part of ECA rules; the same note as above SYN.4. EXPLICIT VS. IMPLICIT RULE SCOPE * ALLOWING FORMULAS AND/OR NAMES DENOTING WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED MODULES, CONTEXTS, RULESETS, OR MODELS [HTTP://WWW.ISI.EDU/~ARGOS/MATTHEW/TRIPLE_BY_EXAMPLE.HTML] [Xcerpt] implicit rule scope [XChange] implicit rule scope SYN.4.1. SLOTTED (KEYED, ROLE-NAMED) VS. POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS * ALLOWING N-ARY ATOMS WITH A SET OF N 'ATTRIBUTE=VALUE' PAIRS AS IN RDF/OWL PROPERTIES, F-LOGIC METHODS, AND OBJECT-ORIENTED SYSTEMS [HTTP://WWW.RULEML.ORG/INDOO] [Xcerpt] positional arguments tailored to semistructured data, slotted as part of data schema possible [XChange] positional arguments tailored to semistructured data, slotted as part of data schema possible SYN.5. WEBIZED VS. NON-WEBIZED NAMES * ALLOWING URIS AS OIDS FOR CONSTANTS, FUNCTIONS, SLOTS, PREDICATES, CLASSES, AND/OR LABELS [HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG/2000/10/SWAP/PRIMER.HTML] [Xcerpt] namespaces, RDF triples [XChange] namespaces, RDF triples ===== SES: SYNTACTIC-ENTAILING-SEMANTIC DISCRIMINATORS ===== SES.1. HOMOGENEOUS (BODY HAS SINGLE EXPRESSIVENESS CLASS) VS. HYBRID (BODY HAS TWO EXPRESSIVENESS CLASSES) RULES [Xcerpt] homogeneous [XChange] homogeneous SES.2. FACT-ONLY (DATABASE TABLES) VS. RULE-ONLY VS. FACT-AND-RULE BASES [Xcerpt] fact-and-rule bases [XChange] fact-and-rule bases SES.2.1. VARIABLE-FUL (NON-GROUND) VS. VARIABLE-FREE (GROUND) FACTS (ALSO UNDER "VARIABLE-FUL VS. ... CLAUSES") [Xcerpt] variable-free facts [XChange] variable-free facts SES.3. FUNCTION-FUL (FO HORN LOGIC) VS. FUNCTION-FREE (FO DATALOG) [Xcerpt] function-like term structures, non-standard unification [XChange] function-like term structures, non-standard unification SES.3.1. FUNCTION ARITY/ARITIES [Xcerpt] n-ary [XChange] n-ary SES.3.2. FIXED VS. UNFIXED FUNCTION NESTING DEPTH [Xcerpt] unfixed [XChange] unifixed SES.3.3. UNINTERPRETED VS. INTERPRETED FUNCTIONS [Xcerpt] uninterpreted in body of rules, aggregation functions are interpreted in the head [XChange] uninterpreted in the condition part and event part of rules, aggregation functions are interpreted in the action part SES.4. VARIABLE-FUL (NON-GROUND) VS. VARIABLE-FREE (GROUND) CLAUSES [Xcerpt] variable-ful clauses [XChange] variable-ful clauses SES.4.1. VARIABLE-FUL (NON-GROUND) VS. VARIABLE-FREE (GROUND) FACTS (ALSO UNDER "FACT-ONLY ... BASES") [Xcerpt] variable-free facts [XChange] variable-free facts SES.5. PREDICATE ARITY/ARITIES [Xcerpt] n-ary [XChange] n-ary SES.6. NUMBER OF PREMISES IN RULES [Xcerpt] unrestricted [XChange] unrestricted SES.7. LABELED (ANCHORED, OIDED) VS. UNLABELED CLAUSES SES.7.1. LABELS ALLOWED VS. NOT ALLOWED AS ARGUMENTS OF USER PREDICATES [Xcerpt] no support here [XChange] no support here SES.7.2. LABELS ALLOWED VS. NOT ALLOWED AS ARGUMENTS OF PRIORITY-GIVING SYSTEM PREDICATE 'OVERRIDES' (CF. 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This recent win streak as opened so many doors in the mansion of opportunity. Blowing out two preseason playoff hopefuls in successive games has gotten the "win-now" crowd in a tizzy and made the "tank-now" contingent noticeably silent. The unfortunate truth is that for all the excitement and dominance the Celtics have shown fans in the past two games there is still a ceiling for this team. A ceiling fit with jagged edges, spikes, and various other unpleasantries.
The hard truth is that on paper and in practice, this Celtics team is very reminiscent of the 2011-2012 Denver Nuggets. The closest thing that Nuggets team had to a star on the level of Rajon Rondo was Nene. Nene, as you will remember, was signed to a massive deal prior to that season. Then, feeling some intense buyers remorse, the Denver Nuggets front office sent Nene to Washington for Javale McGee and all of his
Shaqtin' a Foolishness. Without Nene, the Nuggets had (and still continue to have) a roster full of solid but not star players.
That season, the Nuggets finished 38-28 and ended up with the 20th overall pick (Evan Fournier, drafted one pick ahead of the Celtics Jared Sullinger). The next season was much better (57-25) but an early playoff exit spelled the end of George Karl's tenure with the team. If the Celtics win 57 games next year Brad Stevens won't be fired, but will the Celtics be any closer to contending for a championship? Are the Nuggets serious contenders?
Building from the middle is hard. Building a team from any position requires a savvy front office; something the Celtics have. Having a better draft pick this season can only help the Celtics chances of a) getting a good player; or b) getting good value for that pick. That said, Danny Ainge has positioned this team in the better half of the middle. Much like the Houston Rockets of a few years ago, he has a healthy stockpile of draft picks and young players at his disposal. He can allow these players to grow and draft compliments around them or he can package these assets for former lottery picks and superstars. The Celtics control their own destiny at this point. Which is why at this point instead of being a Negative Nancy, I would rather be a Metaphysical Mancy. As you chart out the all the potential paths the Celtics could take to get to their next contending team, it's important to remember that so many things are out of their control. Ainge can't make the players play badly. Or make Stevens intentionally throw games. He also can't make other GMs give up lottery picks for players he wouldn't mind parting with.
With that, I leave you with a critical reading of John Donne's Ascension Sonnet. A Sonnet which foretold this Celtics season with striking accuracy.
"Ascension" by John Donne. The VII Sonnet in Donne's "La Corona"
Salute the last, and everlasting day,
Joy at the uprising of this Sun, and Son,
Here Donne is referencing the Celtics rise from their prospective bottom 5 finish to their recent success. The "Sun" represents the Celtics overall success while the "Son" is directly referencing Brad Steven's young age.
Ye whose true tears, or tribulation
"Whose" is a direct reference to Celtics fans' recent sadness in the departure of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett
Have purely wash'd, or burnt your drossy clay.
Behold, the Highest, parting hence away,
Lightens the dark clouds, which He treads upon;
Nor doth he by ascending show alone,
But first He, and He first enters the way.
Here Donne reminds us that the Celtics aren't achieving their success purely by themselves. They have the basketball Gods to thank for things like lucky bounces, favorable calls, and 50-50 balls won.
O strong Ram, which hast batter'd heaven for me!
The Strong Ram: Jared Sullinger
Mild lamb, which with Thy Blood hast mark'd the path!
The Mild Ram: Avery Bradley
Bright Torch, which shinest, that I the way may see!
O, with Thy own Blood quench Thy own just wrath;
And if Thy Holy Spirit my Muse did raise,
Deign at my hands this crown of prayer and praise
The Torch leading the way is a reference to Danny Ainge. In the last four lines Donne is describing the battle between the desire to tank the season and rebuild versus being a successful basketball team. Ultimately, Donne shows his faith in Ainge by stating that he will be responsible for the divine resurrection of this Celtics team; in one way or another.
Brendan Jackson
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During pregnancy, it is recommended to have a medical appointment on a regular basis. At each antenatal appointment, the Doctor / midwife takes a note of the blood pressure of the pregnant lady to measure the level of BP; it should be normal. Normal BP is a vital part of ensuring the health of the mother and baby during pregnancy.
Change in BP in pregnancy
A little change in the Blood Pressure (BP) is usual in pregnancy. These variations can be due to hormonal changes. The Progesterone hormone relaxes the blood vessels walls, thus reducing the BP in the 1st trimester and 2nd trimester. There is a fainting sensation or dizziness associated with low BP, especially when there is a long period of standing or when the lady gets up too suddenly.
In the midst of the pregnancy, the BP reaches its lowest level and then later rises back gradually after 24 weeks of pregnancy. During this time, you might have made that extra liter of blood that the heart pumps all around the body. It might return to normal or to pre pregnant level in the last few weeks prior to the birth of the baby.
Causes of change in BP
• Blood circulation expands in pregnancy
• Hormonal changes
• Dilation of blood vessels
• Alterations in Progesterone hormone levels
Measurement of BP
Monitoring is done at every antenatal appointment and a record of the measure of the level of BP is done by the mid wife / nurse. Depending on these values, further examination, tests and care is prescribed.
The BP is measured by the midwife / nurse using the following steps
• She will advise you to remove any tight clothing worn on the arm.
• She will cuff a wrap around the arm at a level above the elbow.
• She will then pump air into the cuff.
• This inflates the cuff temporarily hindering the blood flow for a brief period.
• The blood flow stops in the primary blood vessel in the cuffed arm.
• There is a tightening feeling but it does not hurt too badly.
• This cuff filled with air is gradually released.
• This cuff is connected to the monitor that analyses and gives the measure of BP.
• The final value is displayed on the screen of the monitor.
• The value displayed on the screen is noted by her.
• There are 2 values: systolic BP and Diastolic BP
• The first one or the systolic BP is the value of BP as the heart pumps the blood out around the body.
• The second one or the diastolic BP is the value of BP as the heart relaxes in between the beats.
• The BP value on an average should be about 110/70 for systolic and 120/80 for diastolic.
• Once the values are obtained and studies, she would inform you regarding the results – high or low BP.
Why emphasize on measuring the BP during pregnancy
• BP value tells you the condition of pregnancy – whether normal or with issues. If there are serious issues like preeclampsia then the midwife shall be looking for its symptoms as it is a risk in pregnancy.
• Preeclampsia can cause high BP and related issues. Along with BP, even urine tests are done in this condition. Protein presence in the urine and high BP are signs of preeclampsia. Earlier gestational hypertension poses a higher chance of getting preeclampsia.
• Both ways, regular BP check up and urine checkups are done during antenatal appointments for monitoring mother's health.
Low Blood Pressure
A drop in BP is also not uncommon in pregnancy. The dilation in blood vessels due to hormonal changes leads to decrease in BP in pregnancy. It starts to lower in initial stages of pregnancy.
Symptoms experienced during Low BP in pregnancy
• Dizziness
• Lightheadedness
• Fainting
• Tired
A severe lowering of BP can lead to organ damage which includes:
• Stroke
• Kidney failure
• Heart attack
In pregnancy, the BP drop is variable. In general the systolic BP lowers by 5-10Hg whereas the diastolic BP lowers by 15mmHg which return back to normal after pregnancy.


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Ive got a problem and my maths test is 2mw! gaaaaaa
The roots of the equation X^2 + (P-10)X = 10P are a and a + 4 . Find the possible values of P
a is actually the aplha sign thingy but i dunno how to type it
Well, if you have a trinomial :
ax²+bx+c=0, and two roots of the equation, you have :
Here, a=1, b=P-10, c=-10P,
And just replace ^^
The system to solve will be :
The first equation will give :
Then replace it in the second equation to get P
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SAN FRANCISCO - Monday's weather was typical for Northern California - beautiful and breezy. Judging from the look on Dan Reeves' face, however, you would have thought a tsunami soon would destroy every inch of the Bay Area.
The horrible play of the Atlanta Falcons' offense continues to be a tidal wave of disappointment for the troubled coach. No one, including Reeves, could explain why the offensive line played so horribly in Sunday's 16-6 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
"It's mind boggling," Reeves said. "You could take a Pop Warner football team and say we're going to (have the tackle and tight end) block down and the guard's going to pull out, and they'll do it 99 percent of the time."
Looking like oversized Keystone Cops, the offensive linemen gave no indication they will find ways to correct their mistakes when the Falcons (3-9) visit the Oakland Raiders (9-2) later this week.
Quarterback Chris Chandler, sacked four times and beaten into the 3Com Park turf repeatedly, knew where the problems were. Finding a solution, though, seemed impossible.
"I could go into great detail," the 13-year veteran said, "but it's not something y'all need to know about."
Running back Jamal Anderson, who had only 12 of his 76 yards rushing in the second half, believes it's obvious why the Falcons own the NFC's worse total offense and rushing attack.
"I thought our defense did a good job for the most part, but you've got to score points," he said. "You've got to make plays. You've got to be able to execute. Those are three things we're having difficulty doing. We've got to find identity."
First-year center Todd McClure and rookie right guard Travis Claridge held a clinic on poor technique. Left guard Calvin Collins and right tackle Ephraim Salaam committed excruciating penalties.
"I think the biggest thing is when (the opposition has) some success, they're going to come even harder each time," McClure said. "We've just got to fight and know they're going to be bringing it. We've got to stop them."
Tight end Reggie Kelly seemed to play with no confidence. The only player singled out for playing with a trace of confidence was Bob Hallen, and he was playing his first career game at left tackle with nine-year starter Bob Whitfield nursing a pinched nerve in his neck.
Hallen did not escape embarrassment, though. A weak attempt at stopping Bryant Young in the fourth quarter was exposed when the defensive end flicked Hallen aside and slammed quarterback Chris Chandler from behind.
The vicious sack jarred the ball loose, and tight end Brian Kozlowski, in what might have been the line's one good move of the day, recovered the fumble.
"I have no idea why," Reeves said. "The pass protection was really, really bad. I thought we ran the ball fairly well."
Reeves soon grimaced, though, when asked why the offense couldn't score a touchdown after Anderson's 29-yard run down the left sideline put the Falcons at first-and-goal at the 5.
A pass to Kelly netted four yards before Anderson was hit for a 2-yard loss. Kelly failed to turn around on a potential scoring pass that Chandler threw in the left side of the end zone.
Reeves was particularly unnerved by the missed blocking assignments on Anderson's 2-yard loss. Running to the left, Anderson was stuffed Ken Norton Jr. and Artie Ulmer when Kelly, Hallen and Claridge failed to execute.
"Kelly and Hallen both blocked wrong on Jamal's run," Reeves said. "Reggie was supposed to block down, Bob was supposed to block down and the guard was supposed to pull out."
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Hello - I wonder if anyone might be able to help me.
As a result of surgery last year, I have lost the facial nerve on the left side of my face. While there has been a small amount of natural nerve regeneration and some improvement due to facial exercises, etc, there is what I can only describe as a "droop" on that side of my face. I will have remedial surgery sometime in 2013 (oh yes! A facelift on the NHS ) but that's a while away.
For normal day-to-day activities, I have to tape my forehead and cheek, to prevent the muscles lengthening due to gravity and therefore compromising the effectiveness of future surgery. This is fine for low level exercise, but I have returned to running (in a very small way!) and I don't feel this tape gives me sufficient support. While I don't want to stop running, because it does me a huge amount of good both physically and psychologically, equally I don't want to risk compromising the chances of successful surgery!
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to how I could support my face while running. At the moment, the only thing I can think of is tying a scarf around my face (the way parents used to do when their child had mumps, with the ends of the scarf sticking up like rabbit ears...) and, while I don't mind looking like an eejit when I run, I can't help wondering if there might be anything a bit less....conspicuous, shall we say?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Thanks, everyone, for your suggestions. I think I shall experiment with buffs etc... and, thinking about it, the surgeon who did the original surgery is a runner, so it might be worth dropping him an email to ask his advice. (lightbulb moment there!).
Corrie, I like to think that I am ground-breaker in oh, so many ways
Thanks, everyone, for these helpful suggestions. I shall start investigating
Well, yesterday I emailed the consultant who took out my facial nerve last year, who's a runner himself, and he has already replied, bless him. He says not to worry about soft tissue damage and that it's more a question of how comfortable I feel. He's having a word with the plastic surgeon who will operate on my face next year and will let me know what he thinks.
God bless the NHS - how great is that?
kittenkat wrote (see)
Motorbike shop and get one of those balaclavas they wear. They can be quite tight which may help with support more than a buff?
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text: Andreas Hasenack wrote: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 01:21:07PM +0200, Michael Ströder wrote: >> Hello Andreas, >> >> I've added your demo script to python-ldap's CVS as >> Demo/pyasn1/prereadcontrol.py. I'd appreciate if you could implement the >> decodeControlValue() method with pyasn1. > > I think that would be more difficult, there are lots of classes that > would need to be created, I guess almost the entire LDAP specification > :) Hmm...do you really think so? > I'll try something with openldap's internal functions, but last time I > hit a rock because I needed the connection object to do that, and it > wasn't available. I'd be interested to implement support for the post-read control in web2ldap because if you add/modify entries to OpenLDAP's back-config the DNs may be modified (due to X-ORDERED). Ciao, Michael.


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In Italy, I was absolutely inspired by the food. Back home and now mostly (hopefully!) recovered from a nasty bug picked up on the plane ride returning stateside, I have a renewed commitment to being more vigilant about what my consume. Three related events from earlier today:
- Driving to sub a yoga class this morning, I heard an NPR interview titled "Is it time for you to go on an 'Information Diet?'" with Clay Johnson, who has written a new book called "The Information Diet: The Case for Conscious Consumption." It was an interesting interview on whether we are, as a society, doing to our minds what we're doing to our bodies — consuming without thinking, and ingesting junk.
- Later in the day, one of @ClaudiaYoga's tweets flittered across my smart phone: "How the Blogsphere has completely changed the way we learn Ashtanga Yoga, and
@grimmly2007 is the star, great read!"
- Before returning home, I went to Foods for Living to stock up on the kinds of food that I know I need to start putting into my body — corn-free, not processed, etc.
All the while, I'm thinking that as I get deeper into the Ashtanga blogging world — like, when I start to know gossip going on in Mysore right now — am I being vigilant enough in the Ashtanga-related information I'm consuming? There's plenty of potentially distracting yoga drama right here where I live — do I need to know the ins and outs of the good intentions and bad feelings taking place half a world away from me? Is that helping my practice — and just as important, my teaching? (You could argue it potentially helps my blogging, but that's a topic for another day.)
When I got home, I looked up the link that @ClaudiaYoga had referred to. And that brings me to this post. The link goes to "Virtual Transmission, Visceral Practice: Dance Central and the Cybershala," a blog post based on a scholar's recent paper. It's a fascinating discussion and I recommend reading the entire post. But here's the core introducing why Kiri Miller, who is a practicing ashtangi herself, is exploring this:
An overwhelming number of yoga blogs, videos, Facebook updates, Twitter feeds, and other forms of online social media now constitute a 'cybershala' of ashtanga yoga practitioners—many who work with teachers regularly, others who are cultivating a practice as 'home ashtangis' (cf. Finnegan 1989 on 'hidden musicians'). Yoga bloggers face a challenge familiar to ethnomusicologists and dance scholars: how can one communicate kinesthetic, multisensory experiences without bodily presence and a shared sensorium?
In delving further into this issue, Miller finds herself watching videos and thinking the experience was "very much like the experience of listening to music that I knew how to play." Then she realizes that watching the Ashtanga videos gave her the uncomfortable feeling that she might be "cheating" on her teacher:
Ashtanga students are not supposed to start experimenting with advanced asana of their own accord. On the other hand, the structured nature of ashtanga makes it particularly well suited to independent practice, amateur-to-amateur pedagogy, and online discourse among a dispersed community of practitioners. Browsing YouTube videos of ashtanga backbends quickly led me to "grimmly2007," who had uploaded about 300 videos so that he could embed them in his yoga blog.
Miller describes Grimmly's challenge to the Ashtanga tradition of one-on-one transmission from teacher to student, and then goes on to discuss the popular video game Dance Central.
If you don't know about Grimmly, you should definitely read her synopsis and head over to his blog.
I'm less interested in Dance Central — only because I've only seen it on TV and have never played it myself — but I am quite intrigued by the questions that Miller is raising for Ashtanga practitioners because I live in the middle of the Mitten State. Here in Lansing, Mich., even though there is no dedicated Ashtanga shala, I have fine access to Ashtanga classes and teachers, and I have friends who are as enamored of the practice as I am. But…I don't really have anyone to consistently geek it out with, if you know what I mean. And even if I were in New York City or Encinitas, it's not really fair to ask of anyone to be available — by phone, by email, whatever — when it's 2 a.m. and I can't sleep and I want to discuss more research postures for supta kurmasana (sleeping tortoise). (Who has that? Even if your significant other practices, can you really wake them up during your insomnia to talk more Ashtanga?) Anyway, when I started blogging more frequently, I started getting more engaged with the Ashtanga community via blogs, Twitter and Facebook and, yes, YouTube. It was like having a community full of people who understood me — where I didn't have to justify (like I on occasion have to do with non-ashtangis) how I don't get bored by doing the same sequence day after day — especially now that I'm practicing six days a week.
In short, I thought the online Ashtanga community — what has apparently been coined the "cybershala" — was ultimately deepening my practice. But in recent weeks — and really, I mean recent — a seed's been planted about whether I'm always reading the right blogs. Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing when I know about the latest elephant journal post related to Ashtanga. I should stress that these are just seeds of thoughts — that on the whole, I don't think I'm even close to subsisting on a diet of junk yoga products. (And whenever I worry about that last elephant journal post, I know I can consume organic Ashtanga produce again by heading here, a blog's that's as heady as it is honest, as esoteric as it is earthy.)
All I know is that I am consuming enough Ashtanga-related news, information and instruction that I know I need to be as vigilant about this as I am about what I'm putting into my body.
Back to the cybershala. Miller concludes (emphasis mine):
Both the cybershala and Dance Central make it possible for practitioners to learn a physically demanding, minutely codified repertoire without ever interacting with a physically-present teacher. Grimmly and his fellow cybershala practitioners are creating new transmission modalities for ashtanga yoga, from reflective writing to side-by-side slideshows that might reveal hidden traces of corporeal knowledge. Meanwhile, Dance Central players are learning hours of choreography while also working through their ideas about gender identity, public and private performance, and virtual community. These paradigm shifts in yoga and dance transmission might shed light on similar changes in the transmission of performing arts traditions that rely on a lineage of teachers and students, body-to-body pedagogy, and a codified repertoire or fundamental skill set. Dance Central and the cybershala show how professional game designers, home ashtangis, and living-room dancers are all finding ways to use available technology and social media platforms to support the virtual transmission of embodied practice.
"New transmission modalities for ashtanga yoga" is interesting. I mean, isn't that exactly what was driving my desire to create the Ashtanga Yoga + Social Media Grid? Grimmly is an amazing case study, but what I find as important to think about are authorized and certified teachers such as Kino MacGregor and David Garrigues, who are prolific in their online teaching modalities — tweeting, YouTubing, blogging and more. Like many other practitioners, I've benefitted from what they put out there and I share with others what speaks most to me.
Where all that falls short, of course, is the part about supporting "virtual transmission of embodied practice." In this practice, we use the body to go beyond the body, and if you've found your teacher, then you know that no amount of instructional videos can transmit that radiance of being the same space as that teacher. I love social media — it's a large part of what I do for work. But I'm happy that virtual transmissions can't replace perhaps the most important element of a teacher-student relationship.
I kind of used to wonder why Tim Miller — the biggest spark of inspiration in my practice, aside from finding the practice in the first place — has never done an instructional DVD or book. Or why his blog focuses on Vedic astrology, his personal reflections, the meanings of holidays, and just about everything but the Ashtanga practice itself. This blog post about the rise of virtual transmission of embodied practice might be the answer I've been looking for. He is — bless his heart — an old-school kind of guy. Probably exactly what we need as a counterpose in this modern world of smart phones, on-demand access and virtual realities.
P.S. — On the topic of consumption: I'm happy to report that my dinner consisted of open-face sandwiches of fresh sourdough, black truffle butter (Italy ruined me on the black truffle front — I love it!), baby kale, provolone and cajun Boar's Head meat. If you're judging on the meat, let that go, because this is a huge step up from the meals that I prepare for myself. And that's all we can ask on the self-improvement front, right?
P.P.S — I'm looking forward to reading The Information Diet — after, of course, I finish Thinking…Fast and Slow.
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Special attraction highlights future mobility trends
Published 2:32 pm, Friday, November 22, 2013
Visitors to the San Francisco Chronicle | SFGate.com International Auto Show will be electrified by PG&E's Future Drive Expo, a special attraction at this year's show.
Future Mobility Trends is the theme of the 15,000 square-foot expo, organized by Future Drive Partners, a marketing team with almost a decade of experience in producing special exhibits that educate the public about new technologies, electric vehicles and bio-fuels. Exhibits connect visitors with technology that will make vehicles smarter, faster and greener.
"PG&E expects to see more electric vehicles coming on the market and more demand for them, definitely in California, which has one of the highest EV adoption rates in the country," said Deborah Wong, co-founder of Future Drive Partners.
"The utility plans on playing an important role in providing home charging options for new EV owners and a big role in how to achieve the most advantageous rates."
PG&E's display includes examples of the company's commitment to the environment by reducing dependency on fossil fuels, which includes electrifying their own fleet of hybrid heavy-duty trucks.
The exhibit also showcases elements for the garage of the future, featuring electric-vehicle charging units integrated with a SMART meter that tracks residential and commercial electricity usage.
"New EV rate plans, rolled out in August by PG&E, provide the equivalent of $1 per gallon of fuel," said PG&E spokesman James King.
"Demonstrations will show how people can use the green button app on their phones and computers to analyze their electricity usage."
City CarShare and Charge Across Town are other major partners in the expo, Wong said. Charge Across Town, a group that is working to promote more charging stations in public and private spaces, will present an EV Ride and Drive on Monday afternoon. Participants will be selected from a sign-in sheet on a first-come, first-served basis.
City CarShare is a non-profit organization that pioneered car sharing in San Francisco. The organization was launched in 2001 with a fleet of 12 Volkswagen Beetles. The fleet now offers clean vehicles, such as plug-ins and all electric cars, with a goal of keeping the city cleaner.
"The expo also features an electric motorcycle from Lighting Motors and two vehicles from the Nissan Bay Area Leaf Group, a hydrogen-fueled Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-Cell from the Sacramento-based California Fuel Cell Partnership and a vehicle from Zipcar, which has a large presence in the Bay Area," said Wong.
The PG&E Future Drive Expo is located in the Gateway Ballroom. Entry is free with admission to the Auto Show.


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3. Myrleen, married Roger Bakken
4. LeRoy, married Mujoko Shimabakuro.
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The 2012 Little League World Series began play in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania on August 16 and will culminate with the championship game on August 26. This year is the 66th playing of the Little League World Series. The sixteen-team tournament has eight International teams (Caribbean, Japan, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa and Latin America) and eight U.S. teams (New England, Northwest, Southeast, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, West, Southwest, and Midwest). In 2011, the Ocean View Little League of Huntington Beach, California defeated Hamamatsu Minami Little League of Hamamatsu City, Japan 2–1 in the World Championship game.
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- Jason Marquis a Twins pitcher earlier this season and currently with the San Diego Padres was a member of the Staten Island, NY 1991 LLWS team.
Six Little League teams from Minnesota that have gone on to play in the Little League Baseball World Series. Players for each team are typically the "All Stars" from the geographic area of each league. The players are chosen after the Little League regular season has ended. The Minnesota teams that have participated are listed below. Most of these Minnesota teams have been able to get past the first round, but no Minnesota team has made it beyond round two of Little League Baseball World Series play.1963 – Duluth Central LL team from the Duluth area 1985 East Tonka LL from the Minnetonka area 1994 Brooklyn Center American LL from the Brooklyn Center area 1995 Little Lakes West LL from the Arden Hills area 2007 Coon Rapids National LL from the Coon Rapids area 2010 Plymouth-New Hope LL from the Plymouth area
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Two men with a shared history and a mutual attraction must be honest with themselves and each other so both their dreams come true.
Quiet, unassuming Tanner Sellers spends his time running a diner in Hope, Arizona. Not particularly social, twenty-two-year-old Tanner keeps to himself and enjoys his simple life, but he longs for someone to call his own. In his most secret fantasy, that someone is sexy Steve Faus. But Steve is his friend's father and mentor's widower and therefore off-limits.
Despite some challenges, thirty-nine-year-old Steve Faus has had a good life. He's extremely successful at work, has a great relationship with his college-age son, and lives in a wonderful town. Eighteen months after losing his partner, the one thing Steve lacks is someone to share his life. If Steve is honest with himself, that someone is the young man he has known and cared about for years. Steve and Tanner want one another, all they need is a little push in the right direction to make both their dreams come true
Despite, not being a fan of the in love with my son's best friends trope (at all), this is a really sweet, straight forward romance where two wonderful heroes get what they need in each other.
It is a really sweet and hot romance about finding a second chance at love for one hero and getting the one he loves for another.
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As was pointed out earlier CCD has now been solved, it's flies who lay eggs in the bees. Now that they have solved the mystery they will be able to control it.
And as far as a few dozen species going extinct, it's ok.
Millions of species have yet to be discovered, so we are stil gaining.
It fits with the teachings of Darwin quite well.
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Good thread. I think that it is a combination of things, from leaks/fluctuation of the magnetosphere, ozone depletion, the magnetic pole is moving 35 miles a year towards Russia (if memory serves correct), the Earth belching forth tremendous amounts of methane gas.
Plus the man made causes, such as that Texas sized garbage patch in the Pacific, Fukashima & Chernybol likely have a cumulative effect and of course Fracking. The list could go on…and does.
But I don't think that mankind will go extinct anytime soon, we may not evolve at a rapid rate, but we do adapt well to circumstances surrounding us which will eventually lead to further evolution.
Also we are discovering new species all the time which could replace the ones which are going extinct. Notice, I said could, not would, only time will tell.
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FIFTY-THREE dead New Zealand fur seals have been found washed up on the Eyre Peninsula. Fifty-one of the seals were juveniles and two were young adults, the Adelaide Now website reported. They were washed up on Sunday along a six-kilometre stretch of coastline in the Wanna Beach area of Lincoln National Park. A department spokesman said the cause of death was unclear and post-mortem examinations would be conducted on three of the seals today. New Zealand fur seals are found along Australia's southern coast and the coast of New Zealand's South Island. They are a protected species. The seals can weigh up to 250kg but males average 125kg. The animals are generally considered docile but they will attack if provoked.
.it seems to support the fact that there are more reports of mass die offs and that is so much more easily done nowadays
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Great thread with many points to ponder.
I've often wondered how many animal and insect deaths we don't hear about and you outlined this phenomenon quite well. The only thing I can't agree with are the jellyfish die offs because in Florida we're seeing a boom of them, which I don't believe is a good sign either. I think anything dying or multiplying in extremes should be considered as part of this conundrum.
This will certainly be an interesting year and hopefully we'll see some concrete answers as to what we can expect in the future. One thing we should keep our eyes on is the Extinction List. It seems that it's growing each year and every time an animal/insect/reptile/amphibian is removed from the list, there's five additions.


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ICYMI: Rep. Paul Tonko told me on CapTon last Friday that he plans to attend the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina in September, even as a growing list of his colleagues are taking a pass on event.
Over the past several weeks, a number of Democrats, including two New Yorkers – Reps. Kathy Hochul and Bill Owens – have announced they will not travel to see President Obama formally accept the party's renomination for the White House, either because they'd prefer to focus on their own re-election efforts back home, or simply lack the enthusiasm to make the trip.
The convention preparations have been plagued with logistical issues and overshadowed by internal problems at the North Carolina Democratic Party – much to the Republicans' glee.
When I asked Tonko, who does have a Republican challenger (Bob Dieterich), but isn't considered particularly vulnerable this fall, whether he's planning to attend the convention, he replied:
"I will. I think it's important for us to share in that moment, to help address some of the solutions out there that are very urgent."
"I'm very bothered by gamesmanship that has been introduced, especially with this extreme thinking. You know, all these years that I've had differences with my own Democrats and with Republicans, we had a common thread that brought us to the table and eventually drove consensus, and that is government had a justified role to play in the solution. Today you have a group that says: There's no room for government, absolutely none."
I also asked Tonko if he agreed with the suggestion from Rep. Steve Israel, the DCCC chairman, that it might be better for candidates to stay home and hit the hustings.
"I'm certain they support the president," Tonko said of candidates who are skipping teh convention. "But I think time spent there, you have to determine your priorities. For me, I want to be part of that effort. To have my voice heard, to speak for the delegation and certainly to speak for the district that I represent."
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2007 iPhone Apple's iPhone is unveiled to the public by Steve Jobs at the Macworld convention in San Francisco. It would go on sale in June would retail for between $499 and $599.
1894 First Motion Picture Close-Up An Edison Kinetoscopic film of Fred Ott sneezing. It was made for publicity purposes, as a series of still photographs for an article in Harper's weekly. See video
2006 Howard Stern The shock jock moves his show to Sirius Satellite Radio under a five-year, $500-million agreement.
2003 Iraq War White House spokesman Ari Fleischer on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction: "We know for a fact that there are weapons there."
1951 First X-Rated Film Life After Tomorrow opens in London.
1949 The new 7-inch 33 1/3 rpm micro-groove record format is announced by Columbia.
1861 Civil War Mississippi becomes the 2nd state to secede from the Union.
1811 First women's golf tournament held in Scotland.
1793 First manned free-balloon flight in North America French balloonist Jean Pierre Blanchard flies a hydrogen balloon to a height of 5,800 feet, traveling 15 miles in his 46-minute flight. The event was watched by Pres. George Washington.
1788 Connecticut becomes the 5th state.
1522 First Dutch Pope Adrian Dedel is elected assuming the name Adrian VI.
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Richard Milhous Nixon
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37th U.S. President (1969-74) and 36th U.S. Vice-President (1953-61).
1951 Crystal Gayle (Brenda Gayle Webb), American Grammy-winning singer, sister of Loretta Lynn. Music: Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (1977, Grammy), and Talking In Your Sleep (1978, #1).
1948 Bill Cowsill d. 2006 (William Joseph Cowsill, Jr.), American singer, member of the singing family The Cowsills (They were the basis for TV's The Partridge Family). Music: The Rain The Park And Other Things (1967, #2) and the title song for the musical Hair (1969, #2).
1941 Joan Baez American singer, social activist. Music: The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down (1972).
1939 Jimmy Boyd d. 2009 American singer. Music: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (1952, #1).
1935 Dick Enberg American sportscaster, game show host. TV: Sports Challenge (host) and the cartoon series Where's Huddles? (voice of the sports announcer).
1934 Bart Starr American Hall of Fame football player. He was the winning quarterback for the first two Super Bowls (1967-68, Green Bay Packers). He was the MVP for the first two Super Bowls.
1915 Fernando Lamas d. 1982 Argentine actor, the Latin Lover of U.S. films during the 1950s.
1908 Simone de Beauvoir d. 1986 French author, feminist. Her book The Second Sex (1949) pioneered post-World War II feminism. She and her lover Jean-Paul Sartre are credited with creating "existentialism."
1901 Chic Young d. 1973 (Murat Bernard Young), American cartoonist, creator of Blondie (1930).
1859 Carrie Lane Chapman Catt d. 1947 American women's rights leader, founder of the National League of Women Voters (1919). Her efforts contributed greatly to the passing of the 19th Amendment.
1554 Gregory XV d. 1623 (Alessandro Ludovisi), Italian religious leader, 234th Pope (1621-23).
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1938 Johnny Gruelle b. 1880 (John Barton), American children's author, creator of Raggedy Ann (1917) and Raggedy Andy (1922).
1997 Jesse White b. 1917 American actor. TV: The lonely Maytag repairman (1967-88).
1995 Peter Cook b. 1937 English actor, comedian. He is often credited with founding contemporary British satire.
1987 Arthur Lake b. 1905 (Arthur Silverlake), American actor. He played Dagwood Bumstead on radio, TV, and the movies.
1930 Edward William Bok b. 1863 American Pulitzer-winning author. Books: The Americanization of Edward Bok (1920, Pulitzer). Editor: The Ladies' Home Journal (1889-1919).
1895 Aaron Lufkin Dennison b. 1812 father of American watchmaking. He designed the world's first factory-made watches.
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Community Health Care, which runs medical and dental clinics for low-income and uninsured people in Pierce County, is cutting services and staff due to financial problems.
CHC plans to lay off 11 employees, transfer four others and eliminate 15 vacant positions. It will also close a children's dental clinic at 1102 S. I St. in Tacoma. Two other dental clinics in Tacoma and Lakewood will remain open.
A CHC announcement today said a combination of flat or only slightly increasing revenues and rapidly increasing operational costs forced the moves, which will result in a balanced budget by June 1. Last year CHC clinics served 35,791 patients.
A CHC fundraising drive for the new Kimi and George Tanbara Health Center in the Salishan area of Tacoma will continue. Groundbreaking is set for May 9.
CHC's annual luncheon –– the usual donation requested sort of affair — will be held at 11:30 a.m. April 15 at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center.
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Davenport University has announced that the school has created a women's team, and selected former Davenport men's coach Tom Hofman to build the foundation as the team's first coach.
Beginning in the 2013-14 season, the Panthers will compete in the American Collegiate Hockey Assocation's Divison 1 level, which already features Michigan-based teams from Grand Valley State, Michigan, Michigan State, Northern Michigan, Central Michigan and Adrian.
"We are very excited to add Women's Hockey to our plethora of athletic programs offered at Davenport University," said athletic director Paul Lowden in a press release issued by the school. "With the success of both our Men's ACHA DI (formerly DII) and Men's ACHA DIII program, it is a natural fit for us to complement those programs with Women's Hockey at the ACHA DI level."
Hofman, who came to Davenport before the 2011-12 season as an assistant coach for the men's ACHA D1 program, previously spent two seasons with the Grand Valley women's team.
"First of all I'd like to thank Paul Lowden and the entire organization for showing confidence in me, said Hofman. Being a part of the Davenport head coaching staff is an honor for me. The success DU has had sets high expectations. It is the opportunity I have been waiting for, but the hard work of recruiting and building a team begins today."
Hofman has also been very active in the State Games of Michigan since the tournament's inception, leading his District 6 bantam boys' teams to gold in 2011 and bronze in 2012.
"Adding women's hockey to the mix was only a matter of time for Davenport University hockey," Hofman said. "With the number of youth female hockey players increasing in Michigan, these female students will need a place to play. We can now provide another option for them. Davenport fully supports their athletics which translates directly in the success we have had here throughout the entire athletic department. Everything here is done right, that's what excites me."


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Improving the health and health care of women veterans is a high priority within the Department of Veterans Affairs, said a panel of leading researchers on March 27.
"VA is committed to serving women veterans and it is our privilege to do so," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. "We are honored to sponsor research that supports the outstanding care our women veterans have earned and deserve."
VA's research commitment is multidisciplinary, covering the areas of biomedical, clinical, health services and rehabilitation. To meet the needs of a growing, diverse demographic that spans all generations of women veterans — from an aging population of WWII veterans to those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan — the pace of research activity in recent years has greatly accelerated.
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Between 2004 and 2008, more research on the health of women veterans was published than in the previous 25 years combined. Today, VA supports a significant amount of research on a wide variety of health issues faced by women. In fiscal year 2011, the agency funded 60 studies for a total investment of more than $12 million.
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• Understanding barriers and improving access to VA health care for women veterans;
• Long-term health outcomes of women who served during the Vietnam era;
• Expanding mental health research, including PTSD, substance abuse, and sexual trauma; and
• Basic research (biomedical) on breast cancer including hormones, regulation, genetic factors, as well as autoimmune diseases.
To bolster support for investigators conducting women's health services research, as well as recruitment and inclusion of women veterans in a wider array of studies, VA Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) launched the Women's Health Research Network (WHRN).
The WHRN includes two partnered components: the Women's Health Research Consortium, providing training and mentorship to researchers focusing on women's health research, and the Women's Health Practice-based Research Network supporting clinical research networks that test VA-based women's health-related interventions and studies requiring recruitment of women veterans at multiple sites. The former is headed by Elizabeth Yano, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.; the latter by Dr. Susan Frayne, M.P.H.
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Joining Kupersmith to discuss the ways VA research improves the health of women veterans were Dr. Sally Haskell, acting director of Comprehensive Women's Health for the Women Veterans Health Strategic Health Care Group, and three leading researchers: Elizabeth Yano, co-director of the VA Health Services Research and Development Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; Susan Frayne, associate director for development and staff physician at the Women's Health Center of Excellence, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System; and Dr. Donna Washington, M.P.H., program area lead, Women's Health and Equity Strategic Program, HSR&D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior and staff physician at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
The media roundtable culminated a month of activities sponsored by VA to recognize Women's History Month. It was the third in a series of media roundtables sponsored by VA's Office of Research and Development. For more information about other roundtables, see www.research.va.gov/media_roundtable. For more information on VA Research, visit www.research.va.gov.
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To all veterans: The American Legion Trust Fund for 2011-2012 has been expended being used for the needs of our veterans. Funds, when and if approved, will be available as soon as possible after July 1, 2012. Make sure you apply for travel through the Veterans Administration whenever possible.
Operation Veteran Re-Connect
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Durango VA Clinic
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The following veterans groups meet in Pagosa Springs:
American Legion Post 108, second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m., 287 Hermosa St.
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I have mixed emotions on the news. Part of me still has fond memories of going with my dad to the Harvey's in Paramus back in the mid 80's where I got my first stereo system (a Yamaha receiver and a Denon CD player.) That said, the only guys in the Manhattan store I dealt with were jerks. When I was researching front projectors 3 or so years ago I specifically mentioned that I was looking for something affordable. The salespersons first recommendation was a $10k plus unit (Sharp 10k perhaps?) My response was by saying doesn't that unit cost about the same as its model number? I said I was looking for something affordable. He then suggested that he might still have one of the previous models (8k?) available for a couple grand less. I rolled my eyes at him and moved on. I know that they couldn't pay the rent selling $1500 LCD units, but their elitist attitude was really over the top.
I have been in A/V stores where I got the "attitude" from the sales guys but I have always been treated with nothing but respect in that Harvey's store. I go in a few times a year, hardly enough for them to know me, and they have been very pleasant and helpful. They are in the mid to high-end home theater business. Why be mad at them for not stocking the lower end stuff?
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