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Pura Dalem Jawa, also known as Pura Dalem Langgar, is located in Bunutin, Bangli. It is a symbol of the harmony of Islam and Hindu disciples. Pura Langgar leaves the impression that Islam and Hindu are bordeless.
The conclusion raised based on many sources, includes the Antara National News Agency. Penglingsir of Pura Langgar, Ida I Dewa Ketut Raka, said that a square-shaped chamber is located in the utama mandala, within the pura. There are also structures with two staircases, four doors, and two-storey roof. These structures expresses syariat and tarekat in Islam. Syariat is the law that organize way of living and and worshipment, while tarekat is a means to get closer to God.
The langgar within the pura is not for Muslim to pray. It is still used by Hindu followers. The name symbolize a unique correlation between Hindu's pura and Islam's langgar. Pura (temple) is where Hindu followers pray, while Muslim pray in a langgar (small mosque).
Pork is Banned
"The harmony proven not only in the form of the buildings, but also in the ceremonies. The sesajen (offerings) or banten must not contain pork, which is common in Hindu but forbidden in Islam, so it is replaced with duck or chicken", he said. Furthermore, Hindu followers in this pura also familiar to animal sacrifices. Unlike Islam's Hari Raya Idul Kurban which the date is always changing each year, the sacrifice in Pura Langgar held around the month of February, known as titimamah using a red calf.
All this time, many Muslim came to this pura. Their forefathers told them that there's a pura that symbolizes the religious harmony. A Madurese guest was told to visit the pura by his 100 years old grandfather.
This pura is a place to enlighten people about the religious harmony which is born naturally. Tolerance is an obligatory in the scope of Indonesian unity. "But here, it was born purely", he said.
What if any Hindus or Muslims are disagree with the existence of this pura? "We do not assume as a burden. We consider it as a blessing because this temple has become a symbol of peace. This is the reality that is undeniable," he explained.
In terms of position, the pura is surrounded by ponds, similar to those in the Pura Taman Ayun, Mengwi, Badung. Buildings, location and what is in this pura all have a solid foundation. Everything is based on an inscription in this pura. With the acquisition of the inscription on the castle Gelgel in 1970, many parties then feel comfortable to continue to preserve it.
Related to Mas Blambangan Legend
Many Muslim come for a pilgrimage to Pura Langgar are not from Bali. "If it not the fasting month, every day can be 10 buses. After the Eid al-Fitr, the crowd back," said Agung Wiadnyana, Pura Langgar's guard.
It is said, when the pilgrimage, many of those who want to pray at the site. They pray in a special building on the left broken. "We provide a place to pray in this temple. It is our tribute to the Muslims who had come all the way from outside Bali. On the temples, we also provide a place for ablution," he said.
Ida I Dewa Oka who wrote history with the title Prince of the Kingdom Bunutin Mas Wilis (Wong Agung Wilis) Bunutin King, telling, not apart from Violating Pura historical ties with the Kingdom Blambangan Bunutin kingdom whose territory was in Banyuwangi regency, East Java. At that time King Bunutin , Ida I Dewa Mas Blambangan, which are still descendants of King Blambangan was ill for about five years.
Mentioned in the book, Mas Blambangan who ascended the throne in 1780 so ill sister, Ida I Dewa Mas Bunutin do meditation. In semadinya, Mas Bunutin received instructions from the ancestors of Blambangan that comes with Muslim dress in order to establish temples in which there is broken.
King Bunutin and families who are putting a high tribute to the direct ancestors to follow the order, although there are some royal families who do not agree. After the temple was built, Mas Blambangan completely healed and has a life of royal descent and became prosperous.


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Commencement Day - May 16, 2014
This page provides a timeline of events for Washington University School of Law Commencement Day on Friday, May 16, 2014.
University Ceremony - 8:30 a.m.
- The ceremony is scheduled in the Brookings Quadrangle, rain or shine. At this ceremony, degrees are conferred by school. Tickets are not required unless the Severe Weather Plan is enacted.
- University Assembly: 8:10 a.m. - graduates line up for the procession on the east side of Olin Library.
Candidates should march in front of or behind the person with whom they wish to sit side by side (see seating chart). All graduates must be in regalia, hats on, carry hood.
- University Procession: 8:30 a.m. The student divisions will follow the procession leaders according to the order shown on the Procession Order and Assembly Points chart. (the law school is in the second group entering the quadrangle)
Former St. Louis Cardinals manager and Baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa will deliver the commencement address at the University Ceremony. Read about La Russa's friendship with Dean Dan Keating, the Tyrrell Williams Professor of Law.
Law School Recognition Ceremony - 11:30 a.m.
- This ceremony is immediately following the University Ceremony under the tent on Mudd Field (east of Anheuser-Busch Hall). Tickets are not required unless the Severe Weather Plan is enacted.
- Law Recognition Processional: begins approximately 11:15 a.m. (Mudd Field)
- Law Recognition Ceremony: begins approximately 11:30 a.m. and lasts approximately 1 1/2 hours.
Special Message on Social Media at Law School Commencement 2014: Use #WUSTL14
The law school is supporting the university's social media plan for Commencement 2014 to Build pride, Celebrate accomplishment, Foster and energize the university community, and Honor tradition across the university and the law school. To help, please use the hashtag #WUSTL14 in your social media posts as you share your special moments, thoughts, goodbyes, and thank-yous. You can also follow along at commencement.wustl.edu, which includes links to help you share news and photos of your big day on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Instagram.
Let's Make Commencement 2014 "Zero Waste"!
The law school is also supporting the university's commitment to have sustainable Commencement ceremonies and receptions. The goal: zero waste! Nearly all items from the ceremonies and receptions will be recyclable or compostable. Please help us achieve the goal of "zero waste" by looking for the Zero Waste Stations (both inside and outside) to deposit your items. The stations will be staffed to help ensure the item gets to the right bin—recycling, compost, or landfill. With your help, we can set the bar for sustainable commencements.
Law School Recognition Reception - approx. 12:30 p.m.
- The reception is immediately following the ceremony in Anheuser-Busch Hall for graduates and guests. (No tickets are needed.) You will find an array of appetizers and drinks (beer, wine, soda, water) to celebrate this momentous occasion with family and friends. Diplomas may be picked up in the Law Library Reading Room (no. 452) during the reception.
Parking will be limited on the Danforth Campus during the commencement ceremonies. Please take this into consideration when you are making your plans for the day.
- Click here for further information on parking on the campus.
- Special Needs Parking - The university provides designated parking areas for those who are mobility-impaired across campus on Commencement day. However, because of the tremendous demand on university Parking Services' resources, neither the university nor the Law School can meet individual requests from those with special parking needs. One option for families wishing to attend the Law School ceremony is to drop off guests with special needs in the circle off Snow Way outside the first floor of Anheuser-Busch Hall. Guests can then travel by elevator to the third floor, which provides access to Mudd Field. Please note that someone must stay with the vehicle at all times. After dropping-off guests, the vehicle must be relocated quickly to long-term parking. The closest handicapped parking for the law school will be the top level of Snow Way Garage, located just west of Anheuser-Busch Hall. The university does provide limited golf cart service from designated handicapped parking areas like the Snow Way Garage that day. While it is not possible to dedicate golf carts to individual schools, including the Law School, golf carts will also be available to transport individuals to Mudd Field and to a University stop if they wish to travel to the main ceremony. Unfortunately, golf carts are not able to pick passengers up after the university ceremony. As a result, it is best for families of those with special needs to provide their own transportation on Commencement day. Thirty wheelchairs are available for use at university Commencement and school ceremonies. They may be reserved by calling Rosetta Saputo, 314-935-5669.
- University Commencement Website - information concerning the University Ceremony.
- Watch University Commencement on the Web - Friends and family can join the celebration without traveling.
- Special Needs Seating and Access - Information for those needing accommodations ahead of time for any guests or family members with special needs.
- University Commencement Viewing Locations - Visitors who wish to remain indoors during Commencement can find closed circuit viewing.
- Commencement water bottle notice - In observance of the Washington University commitment to decreasing the amount of bottled water on campus, we will not be placing bottles of water on chairs for Commencement. We will have limited amounts of bottled water available for our guests from around the world who may not be aware of our commitment to decreasing bottled water usage. Please consider bringing your own bottle of water if you feel you need it.
- Photographs - Please note that individual pictures of each student at each of the school recognition ceremonies will be available from professional photographers. In addition, there will be a designated area where guests will be able to take photos.
- Law School Commencement Program (the program will be posted May 2014)
- Special Needs Seating and Access - Information for those needing accommodations ahead of time for any guests or family members with special needs.
- Severe Weather Plan - Information in the event of violent weather (not rain) which will necessitate a change in ceremony locations.
- Return Regalia - Information on returning regalia.
- Diploma Pickup - on the 4th floor northwest section of the Law Library
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Nearly 24 hours from free agency; Wild depth chart as of now; USA Olympic orientation camp roster; Mill named assistant to the GMPosted on June 30th, 2009 – 10:36 AM
By Michael Russo
I'll be back on later this evening with a more in-depth free-agent primer, but I figured I'd jump on and say hello now.
I know there are all these Vincent Lecavalier rumors to Minnesota floating around the blogosphere, but I can tell you that yesterday morning, as good a source as you can possibly have from one of the two teams told me that "Vinny's staying — 100 percent," meaning he will not be traded before his July 1 no-trade kicks in.
I suppose if some deal knocked the Lightning's socks off in the next 24 hours, that could change. But let's be honest — it's very doubtful the Wild has those assets to suddenly make the Lightning change its mind.
Essentially, as I mentioned on the blog last week, one owner wants to move Lecavalier; one does not. And both owners have veto power of any trade, so it would take a major philosophical altercation by that one owner today to put Lecavalier in another zip code.
Also, Lecavalier's cap hit might be $7.7+ million in the next 11 years, but he makes $10 million in real dollars in the next seven. I just don't see the Wild being willing take on that type of commitment in this economy.
It will be interesting to see if there are trades tomorrow. Remember, you can go 5 percent over the cap starting July 1 until training camp, so as often is the case, trades are agreed to at the draft and executed on July 1 (Manny Fernandez to Bruins, Marek Zidlicky to Wild, although that had to wait simply because that's when Zidlicky's no-trade expired).
The Senators have to trade Dany Heatley by midnight if they're going to escape paying him that $4 million bonus.
Also talked to two sources yesterday — one exec, one agent — and both said they'd be shocked if Josh Harding isn't traded in the near future. He's got arbitration rights, and the agent thought he'd be owed a fairly significant raise just because of his goals against and save percentage last season.
Here's a look at the depth chart as it currently sits assuming all the UFA's go to free agency, so have some fun today, check out the free agent lists and you fill in the holes:
——— Koivu Bouchard
Brunette Sheppard Nolan
Miettinen Belanger Clutterbuck
Boogaard Brodziak Weller
Potential candidates: Pouliot, Gillies, Irmen, Kalus
***I see the Wild pursuing a center, which would bump down the center spots and maybe put Brodziak on the right side and Weller in the press box; If they don't sign a No. 2 center, maybe Bouchard or Pouliot gets that chance, which opens up a top-two line RW spot.
Johnsson Burns
Schultz Zidlicky
Scott ———-
*** I see the Wild bringing in two NHL defensemen, meaning Scott could be the extra.
***Harding is trade bait, and then the Wild would sign a cheaper backup goalie, and they grow on trees.
Kudos to editor/sportswriter Mark Wollemann for stepping in for me yesterday. The day off was very much appreciated.
Update: Negotiations are ongoing right now with Chicago and Pittsburgh regarding Martin Havlat and Ruslan Fedotenko, but if they are not re-signed, the Wild may pursue.
Update: USA Hockey announced the roster for August's Olympic orientation camp. Here is the release.
The roster includes several Minnesotans or players with Minnesota ties: Tom Gilbert, Erik Johnson, Paul Martin, David Backes, Dustin Byfuglien, Phil Kessel, Jamie Langenbrunner, Ryan Malone, Kyle Okposo, T.J. Oshie and Zach Parise.
Update: Wild at least having talks still with Stephane Veilleux.
Update: Wild has hired Jim Mill (not Nill) assistant to the GM and GM of the Aeros.
Mill 41, (11/17/67), has spent the last 11 years working for the AHL. He joined the AHL's hockey operations staff in 1998, was promoted to vice president in 2001 and was named executive vice president of hockey operations prior to the 2007-08 season. In addition to personally supervising some 100 games every season, Mill managed all facets of the league's hockey operations department, including management of the AHL's officiating program, recruiting, hiring and assigning on-ice officials to supplement those in the National Hockey League officials development program.
Mill also oversaw the league's disciplinary process for fines and suspensions, and developed and executed the 1,160-game league schedule and coordinated the playoff schedules with all participating teams. He also served as the league secretary to the AHL Board of Governors.
A native of Hartford, Conn., Mill came to the AHL office after serving as assistant director of hockey operations at the East Coast Hockey League. He played four seasons as a goaltender in the ECHL (1992-96) and served on the executive board of the Professional Hockey Players' Association. Mill also served as an assistant coach and director of player/community relations for Tallahassee (ECHL) in 1996-97. He played junior hockey for the renowned Springfield Olympics program in Enfield, Conn., and captained the varsity team at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., where he earned MVP honors in 1992.
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Technique of the Week: Kelley's Mitten Class
Whenever I head out the door during the cold winter months, mittens are an essential part to my outfit. My hands always get so cold, especially during those early morning car rides into work – I really don't know how I would manage without one of my many pairs of mittens! In fact, I have just started to wear holes through the top parts of where the pads of my fingers are on my very favorite pair of mittens. Instead of sulking in the tradegy of my fast fading pair of mitts, I saw this as a great opportunity to make myself another pair. So in honor of my love of mittens, we will kick of Technique Tuesday with Kelley's Mitten class!
And just what is Technique Tuesday, you ask? Every week, we will feature a different technique, lesson, or video class to help build your crafting skills! Mittens are such a wonderful project for beginning knitters who are familiar with knitting in the round, but want to throw in a few extra skills. In addition to ribbing for the cuff, you will learn how to create a gusset for your thumb through a series of increases, which leads into the hand of the mitten that will later be tapered down through decreasing.
Inspired Colors – From Past to Present Day
As we talked about in the last color theory blog post,
inspiration for color is all around us. In addition to seeing amazing combinations of
colors in nature, we can even look back through works of art to find patterns
of color combinations that have stayed true for hundreds of years. Continuing
along with our theme of warming up the winter blues, we will take a closer look
at different shade of blue along with colors that are often paired with
blues – including paintings from centuries ago to present day fashion.
When I think of exceptionally lovely uses of the color blue,
I can't help but think of the 17th century Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. Known
best for his domestic scenes of middle class life, Vermeer was also
particularly fond of bright, vibrant shades of blues which were often paired
with bold colors such as yellows, oranges, and reds.
A journey of 100,000 stitches…
Drawstring Lace Cowl
This week our Freebie Friday pattern is a beautiful lace cowl!
The pattern is Drawstring Lace Cowl by SweaterBabe - a designer with so many gorgeous patterns!
Needlepoint with Palette
One of the first things I spotted when I joined Pinterest was Karen Barbe's beautiful diagram of a needlepoint leaf stitch. The chunky yarn, texture of the stitches and overall "squishability" of the stitch instantly caught my imagination. So, I stopped by a craft store on my way home and picked out a roll of needlepoint canvas and set about picking through my Palette stash the minute I walked in the door.
Wee sweater with button placket
I've been holding off on posting about it publicly, but once I saw the pictures from our de-stash party I figured I could start telling folks that I'm pregnant. Dan and I are expecting our first child this June, a boy, and we're super excited.
Book Review – Finishing School
Please, please, please buy Finishing School by Deborah Newton!!
It's not that hard to find the time to learn how to knit – take a class, spend an afternoon with a knitting friend or even get trapped next to an enthusiastic knitter on a plane who just happens to carry along extra needles and yarn for spontaneous instructions to total strangers. Of course, by the end of the flight you've become lifelong friends but that is another story.
Modern Romance
Being relatively young, I still have the energy to ask the bland questions: Why should Valentine's Day matter to us? In this, I mean the Valentine's Day of you and me—the general, stodgy adults—since I think we can agree that children could never have any objection to candies and little cards and fun days at school.
As it's a time to acknowledge and reward Romance, let's also give some thought to love-in-actuality and what endures. Now being in a position to look back some, I can say that I've forgotten nearly all of my Valentine's Day gifts through the years. I've certainly forgotten all the flowers and candies and trinkets. I've forgotten most of the books and records.
Warmth for Winter Blues Contest Winnter
Wow – we had over 1500 entries! I hope you had fun picking your favorite blue yarn and the ideas you listed were great! I just added a bunch of patterns to my queue from them.
We can only have one winner though. So congratulations to Jackie! This was her comment:
Shadow lace in Opal Heather is beautiful! It's evocative of a painting by Monet… <3 It would make an amazing Featherweight cardigan =) I love blue and gray together and you get an added bonus with all the subtle hues of rose and lemon too.
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Curried Quinoa Salad with Grilled Shrimp
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- 3 ounces frozen uncooked shrimp, thawed under running water for 5 minutes
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup quinoa
- 1/4 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 tablespoon dried cranberries
- 1 cup chopped cucumbers
- 2 scallions, chopped
1. Toss shrimp with oil. Grill for 6 to 8 minutes, flipping once.
2. Bring water and quinoa to a boil, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Stir in curry, cranberries, cucumbers and scallions. Top with shrimp.
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Streaming the uprising: Ukraine protests go viral
An opposition activist stands on a barricade at Gryshevsky street in Kiev on January 29, 2014 - by Genya Savilov
Web channels have sprung up -- some with presenters in improvised studios commenting in real time on the live feeds from protests in Kiev and beyond -- and clips of some of the most shocking clashes have gone viral on social media.
Social media have given international resonance to the events in Ukraine but also had a much more practical effect of helping to spread news from Kiev to other parts of the country, where copycat protests have broken out in recent days.
The live web-streaming has been a huge feature of the protests, allowing anyone a multichannel 24-hour view of the main protest zones to check the numbers on the streets and watch for police abuses.
"It's a technology that is available to protesters and they are using it in diffusion to the regions," said Olga Onuch, a research fellow at Oxford University's Nuffield College in Britain who has been analysing Internet use.
"It gives the viewer a feeling of being participant observer and allows them access to the protest zones 24/7".
Onuch said some social media, however, have allowed rumours to spread.
She gave the example of a picture going around on social media of a man alleged to be a Russian sniper who fired on protesters during deadly clashes.
There is no confirmation such an incident took place.
The researcher said her survey of social media use found that, while the Internet was the main source of information for protesters, the decision to take part was more likely to be prompted by peers through phone calls and text messages.
Out of more than 1,200 respondents, Onuch found 51 percent first learned about the protests from Internet news websites.
Commenting on the sharp increase during the protests in the use of Twitter, which was previously relatively unknown in Ukraine, she added however: "A spike of a few hundred thousand is not much in a country of 45 million people".
The authorities have been quick to respond and passed a law earlier this month punishing the dissemination of slander on the Internet -- part of a package of draconian anti-protest laws that was repealed this week.
"They have been unable to block the Internet to the extent of Egypt and Turkey," Onuch said, referring to protest movements in those countries.
A poll published this week found that 83.7 percent of respondents were receiving their news about the protests through the Internet -- a far higher proportion than for television, radio or friends and family.
"There has been a spike in Internet use during the political crisis, particularly for online news sites," said Ivan Mateiko, a public relations manager at TNS Ukraine, a market research company in Kiev that conducted the poll.
The closely-followed Ukrainska Pravda news site has reported a tenfold increase in access from Twitter and Facebook in recent weeks.
But Mateiko said the increases were seen on particular days at the height of the clashes and that growing usage should be seen in the context of "a huge increase" in the Internet audience in Ukraine in recent years.
Social media have also amplified the Kiev protests well beyond Ukraine.
This week for the first time ever a Ukraine-related hashtag -- #digitalmaidan -- made it to Twitter's top world trending topics following an activist-organised "Twitter storm" helped along by Ukraine's large diaspora in the West.
"BINGO!" was the delighted reaction on Twitter from Mustafa Nayyem, or @mefimus, a Ukrainian journalist of Afghan origin who is credited with organising the first of the protests in Kiev back on November 21 -- via Facebook.
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Can Digital and Print Books Live in Harmony?
As the market for eBook readers quickly gains pace, we were left looking at our bookshelves, contemplating the demise of our own collection. We sat and glanced at the vacant spot where our CD and record collection once lay. Now, most have been sold as we opted for digital albums to replace them. As we paged through our freebie eBook "Winnie the Pooh" on our iPad, our eyes lit up at the ease of navigation and the readability of it all. And so there we were, sitting on our couch, iPad in hand, pondering the fate of our book collection and whether we should begin to invest in eBooks instead.
We came to the conclusion that in fact, eBooks and print books can live in harmony. At the surface it might seem that cds/records/mp3s are comparable to books/eBooks when in fact, they're not very similar. Although there are many different genres of music or spoken word, you listen to them all the same way. Whether you choose to listen to them as an mp3 or off a record doesn't really affect the experience (ignoring the quality differences for the sake of explanation). However, with books, we use them in many different ways. Some of these usages are better served with a physical book while others, an eBook would certainly be better. So we went about making a list of book types and whether they'd be best suited for eBooks or print.
Standard Novels: This is perhaps the most "neutral" form of reading so we began here. Novels must be read in a linear fashion, beginning to end. There isn't any need to quickly flip back and forth, take notes, or memorize information. This leisurely engagement seemed to work well with the eBook reader. You can store a multitude of books so you can quickly flip between one another (if you're the type of person who likes to read more than one story at a time) and in general, it is easier to travel with the eBook reader than a stack of novels.
Instructional Books: Being a designer, we often use instructional books to guide us through new programs, languages, or any of the multitude of subjects instructional books could cover. We find that using eBooks has been very helpful in this regard. We can easily copy/paste script written in the books to implement directly into our own code, rather than carefully retype everything out. It is also very easy to mark pages or chapters in the book that we continue to return to time and time again for reference. And again, if we're traveling, it is much easier to pack up an eBook reader or laptop instead of hauling around the thick manuals.
Cooking Books: Similar to the instructional book, cooking books seem to benefit from a digital context. Some cook books are including links to videos to show complex instructions or, alternatively, because it is nearly free to include additional imagery in a digital book as opposed to a printed one, eBooks have seen much more helpful imagery compared to their printed brothers.
Illustrated or Art Books: Screens will likely never supersede a printed image in terms of color clarity. Novice or casual readers will likely not notice a difference but anyone with an acute eye will always recognize the beauty of a well printed image compared to that of an image filtered through screens and light and color calibrations and whatnot. This is why the art book market isn't very worried about the oncoming eBook craze.
Books for Research: If you're still in school or doing some serious reading which involves note taking and other forms of mark making (like highlighting) to relate back to the text, we've found it easiest to use printed books. We can quickly jot down notes in the margin and underline important information much more so than if we were to use an eBook reader. Technology is good for a lot of things but sometimes, it simply can't beat the speed of the hand.
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I prefer my cookbooks to be physical. Go figure. The better image quality, the ability to get splashed without me freaking out, the look of a shelf of beloved cook books... those bump right into the real book category for me. Plus people just keep giving them to me as gifts (no complaints here!).
And you forgot crossword/sudoku books, and some self-help or teaching books that require taking notes or doing exercises directly on the pages! Physical books for those too.
Other than that, Kindle FTW!
As someone who buys/sells/trades used books, I just don't see the value in most new ebooks. I rarely buy a title, if I can get it at my local library. If I do buy, it's because the book is one that I intend to refer to over and over again (which may or may not make it a good ebook candidate, depending on context) or a book that I will pass along to a friend.
" Screens will likely never supersede a printed image in terms of color clarity. "
This might be true now, but it really depends on the DPI most publishers are willing to print at. Open up an art book and look really close. No, closer. See those tiny dots? That's how we print these days. All the teeny tiny dots blend together and our eye sees it as full color.
Pixels work in similar ways, but until now, often we couldn't get the pixels as small or refined as those printed dots. But now that we're getting into an age of the Retina display, where the pixels are getting small enough that they cannot be discerned by the naked eye from inches away. And resolution is only going to get better.
Add in that paper can only reflect light, not create it - so you can't actually have as wide a spectrum from brightness to darkness, and you just can't say that screens will never be better than print.
The point about screen calibration stands, of course. But reliability may get better in that direction too, eventually. The other problem is size - no one at this point (or likely the near future) really wants a reading tablet the giant size of really fun art books.
As for me - e-books have largely replaced my paperback books purchases, though I still get my favorites in hardcover, just for longevity's sake.
It's weird, but I've found in the last few months the only time I've bought a paperback is when I want something I can read in the tub without worrying.
I still like my novels in physical form as well; I do flip back and forth a lot, and it's much easier to remember how far into a book you read about something that you want to reread when it's not an ebook!
I'm glad to see the people commenting that they like the physical book. I work for a publisher and we have been having a debate about whether the printed book will survive. I agree with the article that they can live in harmony.
I can see the value in both forms and in some cases I think I wouldn't mind owning both. I design book covers, so when I come across a gorgeous one, I want to have that on my shelf, but I'd prefer to read the digital version.
Personally, I wouldn't mind moving every type of book to a digital format. Cookbooks, puzzle books, art books, all of them. Although I'm a fan of going digital and I like the convenience, I'm glad that it doesn't look like print will die any time soon.


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An Exciting Day for Service and Social InnovationPosted byon April 21, 2010 at 3:00 PM EDT
Today is a very exciting day for President Obama's service and social innovation agendas. It marks the one year anniversary of the President's signing of the bipartisan Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, and today we are launching the new website for the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation (SICP), a first-of-its-kind office within the Domestic Policy Council.
The Serve America Act marked the boldest expansion of national and community service opportunities in a generation. It tripled the size of AmeriCorps, targeted that service toward solutions, and created the Social Innovation Fund as an example of how government can more effectively drive resources toward both innovation and results.
Today, I will be speaking at an event to commemorate the signing and to remember and honor the Serve America Act's namesake, Senator Kennedy, for whom service was a life calling. And we felt it fitting to launch our SICP website on this special day.
When this office was created by the President, he charged it with engaging individuals, nonprofits, the private sector, and government to work together to make lasting progress on our Nation's most pressing challenges. The Office's principles and mission reflect the President's call.
In that spirit, the Office has been working with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) – the federal agency home of service – to meet the vision championed by Senators Kennedy and Hatch, who worked together to introduce the Act, and the strong bipartisan coalition of Senate and House leaders who came together to support it.
In addition to its work with CNCS, the Office is working with federal agencies across the government and with partners outside of government to do business differently by promoting service as a solution and a way to develop community leadership; increasing investment in innovative community solutions that demonstrate results; and developing new models of partnership.
Today marks an important anniversary for the expansion of service and social innovation. There is much more work to be done, and we hope you will continue to stay engaged as we work together to address some of our country's toughest challenges.
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Put Your Finger On the Global PulsePosted byon March 30, 2010 at 10:24 AM EDT
The US Government this week launched Global Pulse 2010. Global Pulse is a way to reach out to those affected by US policies and ask key questions and get ideas that will help us better shape these policies to improve lives around the world.
Between now and Wednesday, thousands of people from over 130 countries are participating together virtually to find shared solutions to common challenges, engage with US foreign policy leadership, and simply connect with each other -- through an online event called Global Pulse 2010. What we hear will help inform how we can fulfill the President's vision of a foreign policy based on mutual interest and mutual respect, including a more comprehensive engagement with the world around common challenges. Sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Departments of State, Education, Commerce, and Health and Human Services, Global Pulse will engage participants to collaborate on discussions around pressing societal challenges, build upon each other's contributions, and identify ways of moving forward.
As the Director of the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation, and someone who has worked throughout my career to spur entrepreneurship -- both social and business -- in countries across the world, I am proud to serve as a Jam Host for the forum Advancing Entrepreneurship, Trade and Economic Opportunity. In my first post, I challenged participants to define entrepreneurship and identify which policies best create a supportive environment for entrepreneurship at the national, regional, and local levels. I look forward to learning from the diverse experiences shared in these conversations -- ranging from academia, government, civil society, non-profits, business and the private sector -- and understanding how to catalyze entrepreneurship and innovation in a way that best works in communities around the world.
In his June 4, 2009 speech in Cairo, President Obama stated, "There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from one another, and to seek common ground." Global Pulse 2010 answers this call to engage and partner with the international community in a meaningful way. And you can still participate: I encourage you to visit Global Pulse 2010 and join me and my colleagues from across the government in this conversation over the next few days. We look forward to hearing from you.
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The Role of Student-Led Innovation in "Killer Apps" for Broadband NetworksPosted byon March 25, 2010 at 10:37 AM EDT
Students have contributed (pdf) some of the most important advances in information and communications technologies—including data compression, interactive computer graphics, Ethernet, Berkeley Unix, the spreadsheet, public key cryptography, speech recognition, Mosaic, and Google.
Today, with the right kind of support, students can play the role of innovators again—by leading the way in the development of broadband applications. In the same way that Mosaic and Google drove demand for today's Internet, new applications could drive demand for a gigabit/second Internet and 4G wireless. Indeed, a key component of the Federal Communications Commission's recently released National Broadband Plan is the development of new broadband applications.
Now is the time to launch an initiative that would cultivate, with student involvement, such a wave of innovation. Although it's impossible to predict what the next generation of applications will be, universities, companies, and students could work together under such an initiative, which would serve as a sort of "Petri dish" where new ideas could incubate and grow. This initiative could be led by the private sector, encourage multi-campus and even global collaboration, build on investments already made in high-speed research networks such as Internet2 and National LambdaRail, and take advantage of a growing number of grants from the Department of Commerce's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP).
The initiative could have a number of elements, including:
- Campus-based incubators for the development of broadband applications, with access to high-speed networks, cutting-edge peripherals, software development kits, and cloud computing services.
- Relevant courses that encourage multidisciplinary teams of students to design and develop broadband applications.
- Competitions that recognize compelling applications developed by students. Some existing competitions that could serve as models include Google's Android Developer Challenge, Microsoft's Imagine Cup, and the FCC-Knight Foundation's "Apps for Inclusion" competition.
Let us know what you think of this idea. You can send us e-mail at email@example.com.
Tom Kalil is Deputy Director for Policy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
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Investing in Innovation to Reach "Education's Moonshot"Posted byon March 3, 2010 at 1:02 PM EDT
In February 2009, President Obama stood before a joint session of Congress and announced that by 2020 the United States would once again have the highest percentage of college-educated adults in the world.
We need new solutions to achieve that ambitious goal, and as a nation we cannot afford to fail. Soon, the Department of Education will request applications to the Investing in Innovation (i3) fund, which will support the development of path-breaking new ideas, the validation of approaches that have demonstrated promise, and the scale-up of our nation's most successful and proven education innovations.
i3 takes a new approach to funding education programs: small grants to develop new ideas; significant money for moderate evidence; and, if you want the biggest dollars, you need to demonstrate not just great results but also prove that those results can scale to benefit large numbers of students. Those working in and around schools know that this work takes place against a backdrop of flat funding (at best) for education at the local and state level. Producing far better outcomes, for many more students, with the same resources as we have today, is a daunting challenge, but one we must accept.
We know that educators and others are working everyday to meet these needs. That is why one of the most exciting features of i3 is that it finally provides a way to identify the best ideas and practices from our nation's teachers, schools, districts, and non-profits; highlight them on a national stage; and provide unprecedented resources for them to expand while we learn whether and how they work at scale.
Another new effort with a similar aspiration, the Open Innovation Portal (http://innovation.ed.gov), provides a public forum for all who wish to participate in creating opportunities for partnership and local private and public funding - potentially multiplying many times over the federal funding opportunity. We are hopeful this community of innovators and supporters will be another way that the best our country and the world has to offer spreads to serve more students.
Secretary Duncan has called the reform effort "education's moonshot" a reminder of our nation's ability to reach higher goals. Surely, with our children's futures at stake, we can go there again.
Jim Shelton is the Education Department's Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and ImprovementLearn more about Innovations, Education,
Open Government Laboratories of DemocracyPosted byon November 19, 2009 at 8:04 PM EDT
Cross-posted from the Office of Science and Technology's OSTP Blog.
"It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system," Justice Louis D. Brandeis wrote in 1932, "that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country." The Obama Administration is taking unprecedented strides toward creating the most open and accountable government in history. And in so doing, we're learning from those states and municipalities, which are undertaking exciting experiments to bring transparency, participation, and collaboration to the way they work as well.
Inspired by the President's call for more open government, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched its data catalogue, following in the footsteps of Washington, DC, San Francisco, New York, and elsewhere around the country (as well as cities in Canada and the UK), to provide public access to information by and about government. What makes this exciting is not merely having transportation information available in machine-readable formats, but that professional and amateur enthusiasts can then get together, as they did last weekend, to create new software applications and data visualizations to better enable public transit riders to track arrival times for the next subway, bus, or ferry. Publishing government information online facilitates this kind of useful collaboration between government and the public that transforms dry data into the tools that improve people's lives. (For another great example, check out what happened when we published the Federal Register for people to use.)
The National Association of State CIOs is helping to spur this movement toward greater data transparency at the state level by publishing "Guidance for Opening the Doors to State Data."
Just as the federal government is using online brainstorming with government employees and the public to generate ideas for saving money or going green, state and local governments are also using new technology to tap people's intelligence and expertise. The City of Manor, Texas (pop. 5800) has launched "Manor Labs," an innovation marketplace for improving city services. A participant can sign up to suggest "ideas and solutions" for the police department, the municipal court, and everything in between. Each participant's suggestion is ranked and rewarded with "innobucks." These innobucks points can be redeemed for prizes: a million innobucks points wins "mayor for the day" while 400,000 points can be traded for a ride-along with the Chief of Police.
Manor is also one of the few cities currently using bar codes (known as QR or Quick Response Codes) to label physical locations around town. These bar codes can be scanned with a mobile phone to communicate historical and touristic information, data about the cost of a municipal service, or emergency management information. Manor is experimenting with techniques for providing different information to different audiences. If a resident scans a QR code outside a home for sale, she gets the floor plan and purchase price; whereas the building inspector gets the inspection history; and the first responder gets information about the current occupant.
As more of these innovative projects that foster open government go live and achieve results, we look forward to showcasing some of them on our blog and eventually making details available on the Open Government Innovation Gallery. Developers with new tools to offer to facilitate open government – including free social media applications -- should also check out Apps.gov and list their products (here's how) for others to use. Openness and accountability are the responsibility of government at every level. By getting out the word about innovations that help to realize open government in practice, we can both promote new experiments and help people find and re-use the best ones.
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Openness and Patent Reform: USPTO Launches Director's BlogPosted byon November 11, 2009 at 5:10 PM EDT
David Kappos, the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), has taken on a tough mission that is critically important for the future of American innovation: fix our broken patent system and reduce the USPTO's backlog of applications in order to foster job creation and economic growth. Mobilizing the skills and expertise of the USPTO's staff, he has already begun to make noticeable progress towards reform.
On the open government front, we're particularly excited to see Director Kappos's new blog. In his first post, he lays out his priorities and goals, presents the results of some early reforms, dives right into the substantive debate around patent reform legislation, and invites input from stakeholders across the spectrum of IP interests. It's a terrific start to a blog that we'll be reading avidly.Learn more about Innovations,
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I'm 5'3", 126 lbs, female, and burn an average of 1650 calories a day (according to my FitBit) - which makes losing the five pounds I've put on in the past 12 months a pain in the (slightly larger) ass.
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of green vegetables - like an entire bundle of asparagus or a big bag of beans. I roast them at 450 degrees for anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the vegetable. I use about a tablespoon of olive oil and some salt; sometimes I use a bit less oil and then add sesame oil, cayenne and garlic for the last five minutes. In general, quite a lot of the oil actually stays in the pan.
With that, I eat a bowl of miso broth and a whole bunch of cubed soft tofu, which is lower-calorie and thus you get a larger volume. Since this doesn't sound precisely like your thing, you could perhaps substitute a vegetable broth with some kind of cubed meat.
I don't actually get too calorie-count-ish on this since it's just vegetables, 100 calories of oil and approximately 100 calories of tofu.
I follow it up with a couple of peppermints since I like a sweet.
For lunches, you could make warm salads - saute some vegetables (I would use red bell peppers and maybe zucchini) at home, microwave them slightly at work and add a dressing. I do this with a lentil spinach mix (which obviously won't work for you) and use a mustard-garlic vinaigrette.
Small-meal-wise, I can't cope without large quantities of cooked vegetables in olive oil or dressing. That's my only strategy. Roasted for preference since they taste richer.
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I usually have stir fried veggies with rice. But for a very quick meal. I heat a pita bread in the pan and smear some olive oil (usually tasting or classic), let it toast a little bit with sprinkled seasoning. Finally put a layer of spicy hummus on it and eat. You could try the layer of hummus and the pita and heat it in the microwave. That should give about 250-300 calories. Repeat with variation if necessary.
(it is not revolutionary or anything, but I can make this in less than 5 mins so that helps me save a lot of time especially when I am super hungry.)
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for their meal planner. I agree with Frowner above that you're going to want to cook up a lot of veggies and have them with protein for dinner and maybe lunch several days a week. Vegetables help you feel full and are nutrient dense instead of calorie dense, so you have to eat a lot of them - which helps with that not feeling deprived that you mentioned. I don't eat meat, so I'll let you look at other sites for specific meals, but 3 oz lean protein like chicken or tuna or pork) with heaps of veggies in a tasty sauce will get you far.
For filling snacks, mix a carb and protein, and it's great if there's a little fat in there. So I'll do a low fat greek yogurt or cottage cheese (high protein! good carbs!) with some frozen fruit that melts by the time I get to that snack later in the day. Or a hard boiled egg and some veggies or fruit, or some whole grain crackers (Kashi TLC's) with hummus or peanut butter - watching serving sizes! Or a lite baby bell cheese with grapes or berries. The combinations help the blood sugar to even out and help you feel full longer.
Lastly, remember that if you add muscle you'll burn more calories - so if you can tone up a little, too, it'll help you more than just cutting calories. Good luck!
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Have you read this book by Taubes re the science behind weight loss? I think you'll find you don't have to restrict calories as much as you have to ditch the carbs to reach your ideal weight (if you don't want to feel like you are starving). If you don't mind going hungry, conventional calorie restriction works, too. Personally, I enjoy feeling full and having healthy skin/hair/blood work. :D
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It's a bit lengthy and sometimes dense, but you don't have to have an extensive scientific background to understand the points he is making.
As far as meals go, I take cottage cheese, blueberries, and chopped walnuts to work quite often. I eat stir fries consisting of ground beef and bison + cabbage or broccoli slaw with a variety of veggies and spices to garnish it. Top with cheese and hot sauce for a more filling meal. I've lost a lot of weight doing this. Roasting up a pork butt and making a big batch of pulled pork with a vinegar-based no sugar sauce makes for some great meals. Just distribute it into tupperwarem, reheat, and eat it with a fork. Honestly, keeping a fairly small variety of nutrient dense foods helps me to keep calories and carbs in check. I wish you well on your weight loss journey!
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Heh, this sounds JUST like me. And I lost the final 15 lbs!
For lunches, I actually had luck going to the frozen foods section of my local supermarket and the prepared meals section of Trader Joe's. I was targeting ~300 calories for lunch, and planning on a healthy snack a couple hours later. You'd be surprised how much you can find within range, especially if you're willing to go all the way up to 600 calories.
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I would always transfer the food to a bowl or plate to make it feel more interesting (worked for me), and sometimes co-workers would actually ask if my yummy-smelling food was left over from last night's dinner. If I'm honest, though, it wasn't so much interesting as it was convenient and cheap, and that was enough to make me stick with it.
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If you aren't explicitly limiting carbs you might want to do so rather than explicitly limiting calories.
When I was losing the last 5 lb (I've never been overweight, but due to lifestyle changes I slowly gained 10 lb and had to overhaul my diet to return to my ideal weight), I ate one of the following lunches virtually every day:
- Salad of interesting greens (mesclun mix, arugula, spinach, etc), sliced cucumber, shredded carrot, cubed turkey or chicken, fresh bacon, avocado, oil and vinegar, and sometimes a nut like walnuts or sliced almonds. The veg and proteins I'd prepare/buy on Sunday, then in the morning before work I would fry up some bacon, slice up half an avocado, and mix oil and vinegar in a mini tupperware. This is low carb, super filling (due to all the protein and fat), and very interesting texturally and flavor-wise. I ate this for lunch probably 50% of the time when I was dieting.
- "Chili" or "stew": I don't think of this as a great spring or summer option, but you said you prefer hot lunch so I'll throw it out there. Put a big pot on over medium heat; put in olive oil, sliced onion, smashed garlic, and red pepper flakes (if you like spiciness). Let them sit for a little while until your kitchen smells DELICIOUS, then add ground beef that you've pre-browned in small batches, a few cans of whole or diced tomatoes, and non-starchy stew veggies that you enjoy. Good stew veg include: celery, bell peppers, carrots, squash; I recommend against cruciferous veg like broccoli or cauliflower. Cook down to your desired thickness (no need to thicken with cornstarch or flour... let time cook it down!), divide into portions (get at least 3 oz. worth of meat in each portion). Bring half an avocado to work to eat alongside it or slice on top.
- Chicken salad: Poach or boil or bake (in other words, prepare boringly) some chicken. Chop it well. Add "interesting" mix ins according to some kind of flavor profile. For example:
"Greek" - greek yogurt, dill, lemon juice, garlic, chopped olives
"Curried" - curry powder, mayo, sliced grapes, sliced almonds
"Italian" - pesto, cubed fresh mozzarella, sliced cherry tomatoes
Serve on a bed of greens. I know that iceberg lettuce has "no nutritional value" or whatever, but it does give a satisfying crunch, and textural interest can really make a meal feel more satisfying.
But seriously consider limiting carbs instead of calories. I found limiting calories demoralizing and ineffective. After I started actively limiting my carbs I lost all the weight I wanted to within three weeks.
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Agreeing about some carb restriction, if only because when you do that it suddenly becomes waaaay easier to keep big meals under the calorie limits you're talking about anyway. I've found a helpful general rule of thumb is to think about my meal as being on a plate/pie chart where half the plate's a source or two of protein (say, a shot of meat and then a little cheese or nuts or something, probably in the sauce or dressing for the veggies) and the other half's taken up by two or more different sources of fresh produce, preferably veggies and hopefully different colors/types for variety/covering my vitamin/mineral bases (the easiest way to do that is make a leafy simple salad with a creamy or nutty dressing, then I'm left with just needing another vegetable or fruit, anything). This can be achieved the standard meat n'
cooked veg side + salad way, or in more one-pot or casserole-type meals with some form of protein suspended in a bunch of different yummy mirepoix or sofrito-type veggie bases (onions, peppers, cooked greens, carrots, celery, okra, peas, tomatoes, whatever).
For lunches I heartily agree with the notion of lots of different variations on tofu, tuna, or chicken salad (curry apple yogurt, tangy German potato-type, Asian 5-spice/soy, creamy buttermilk, Nicoise-y, whatever). They're great because you can make them ahead of time and they keep well in the fridge for a few days so all you need to do is scoop some out, pack another veggie or fruit, and you're done. Or you can throw them on a bed of leafy greens and that's a one-step big filling lunch. Since fruit is often pretty portable (hi banana, hi apple) and lunch is typically the time of day one's most active, lunch on the go is usually where I let myself get my fruit in for the day (as opposed to for late-night dessert, say).
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For general satisfaction, don't eat meals with people who require slightly more calories than you do. If a friend needs 1800 calories a day, all of their portions *should* be 10% heavier, but it's harder to portion control when someone right next to you is eating slightly more than you.
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Murphy McGowen has bright green eyes, a reputation as the wildest girl in Bridgewater, and a way of getting out of all the trouble she gets into. But when she's caught stealing from the Darlington Orchard, she's forced to repay her debt picking peaches in the hot Georgia sun.
Leeda Cawley-Smith has professionally whitened teeth and the softest skin her boyfriend has ever touched. Unfortunately, Leeda's parents aren't too keen on her being touched anymore. Now Leeda's country-club summer is out the window — she'll be getting a serious sock tan working at her uncle's peach orchard instead.
Birdie Darlington used to dance around her family's orchard picking peaches for fun. But now that her parents are getting divorced, Birdie would rather spend the summer in the A/C eating Thin Mints than pick another peach — too bad she doesn't have a choice.
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