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So great to see Alexander Medin speak on his current project, "Back in the Ring" on Tedx!
Gangster Yoga with Alexander Medin
Warsaw, Poland. For the past three years I've arrived during the first weekend of October as the Fall coloring begins to form. A beautiful time of year. A time of transition. I've done a fair amount of work in Eastern Europe and an affinity for this part of the world has begun to form. The people understand hardship and they also understand triumph. It's interesting being in places that have experienced a fair amount of upheaval as well as healing. When it comes to the city of Warsaw I love it. Right now it seems to be a good time for the people here. There is a vibrancy emerging bringing a sense of aliveness and change.
I feel grateful to have had the chance to return to many of the places I have done workshops. Each return there is a chance to more deeply get a feel for a place and the community. There is a familiarity and at the same time always new places to discover. Meeting yogis in various parts of the world once again bring to light how our sameness is much stronger than or difference.
Touch The Sky
So many timeless themes in this short film. I love it.
Labels: Inspiration. Short film. Video. Vimeo
Wow, Moscow!
Entering the Red Square
Last weekend I was in Moscow. My second time there and all I can say is, WOW, Moscow! This city is massive. They say it is around 15 million but locals claim it to be closer to 20 million. The landscape of the city is more spread out unlike metropolises of New York, or let's say Hong Kong. In the center the historical sites are in tact and in amazing condition. There is something about the architecture in Moscow that really gets me. A mix of beauty and power united together. Everything is on a big scale if you know what I mean. It has spurred my interest to visit more of the cultural sites my next trip. There will be loads of ground to cover and much needed planning. It is also a dream of mine to see one of the Bolshoi Ballets. Tickets sell rather quickly so I'll have to be proactive in terms acquiring them.
When it comes to the people and the workshop I led, I am further impressed by what is instilled in the people here. There is a formality and a respect, but at the same time a warmth and resiliency that has no doubt been a big part of their history. A history that is complex, rich, provocative and tumultuous. It has always been a great experience to visit. Another dream on of mine is to see St. Petersburg. That's next on my list!
St. Basil's
On Moscow's Riverfront
Chia seed pana cotta at Fresh
At Fresh - One of Moscow's vegetarian restaurants
With Leonid - The best Ashtanga teacher in Moscow!
Back in Colgone
The weekend before last I was in Cologne, Germany teaching a workshop or better known as Köln. I so enjoy this city. Like Stockholm there are many green areas and the city is made for walking as well as biking. There are quaint cafés that line the streets, perfect for people watching. When in Germany I can still feel the stark contrast from Sweden even though the two countries aren't that far away from each other. One country has felt the travesties of multiple wars in the last century while the other came off affected by pretty much unscathed. It makes a difference in the energetic make up in a country and it isn't necessarily bad. Next visit, I'd like to see some of the well known museums and get more of a feel of the history. Somehow I'll get it inked in the schedule.
We Are Dead Stars
Imagine. We are dead stars. Wow.
This Summer
Just under a month I've been back home after an intense and transformational summer in Mysore, India. As always it took me a while to land and digest all that transpired, and in many ways I feel as if I am still digesting. I know transformational is a word that is thrown around a lot these days, and the only way to describe it is something shifted, for better or worse, who knows. I felt challenged on every level, mentally, emotionally, physically and most definitely spiritually. I cried this summer more than I had in a long time. I was broken down to be built back up. A toning from the inside out. A reckoning. The buzz of practicing there has just about worn off. It seems like the more you hold on to it the faster it goes. At the same time there is an inkling of a light that has been lit and the knowing it won't ever burn out.
Having the opportunity to immerse oneself in the way that we did this past summer was an opportunity of a life time, and really every trip I feel it, but this was on another level. I am always so grateful to have the time and space to focus on practice, ultimately focusing on the truer parts of life. I need these reminders. If I didn't I would be lost. It all goes back to the quality we lead in our hearts and minds in day to day living. Thankfully the practice of yoga helps to lead us there.
Moving forward there is so much that comes to mind. It is so easy to be swept away by the rhythm of our rushed society. I'm learning not to be so dictated by it. I too see how distracted I can be and how challenging it is to maintain this internal connection, but no one said it would be easy. It comes down to one's thirst for ultimate freedom as I contemplate what is that really? What does that look like? I'm getting the tiniest sense of it and yet it feels exciting and scary at the same time. Funny how that works. It's like balancing on the edge of a razor.
Labels: Ashtanga Yoga. India. Insight. Life. Mysore. Mysore India. Practice
True Love
"Love is a tremendous caring that arises in the wake of transcending the personal self. In the wake of this transcendence, something amazing arises. A deep love and caring arises from within emptiness, from nowhere. This love and caring seeks only the Truth in every moment and in all circumstances. True love is something far greater than anything that could be called personal. True love is a non-personal miracle. It is the nature of reality itself. It is the natural and spontaneous expression of the undivided Self."
B.K.S. Iyengar
Long over due, I'd like to commemorate the passion, beauty and strength that is B.K.S. Iyengar, who passed away last Wednesday. In many ways through his books and eloquent thoughts on yoga he was a dear teacher to me although I never personally met him. He will be missed and no doubt the dedicated energy of his sādhāna will carry on and carry us on. Thank you, Mr. Iyengar. Thank you for the paving the way. Your light continues to burn bright within all who you have touched.
Labels: B.K.S Iyengar. Guru. Iyengar. Masters
The Power of Unity
I love the following story. If we followed this example there would be much healing in the world. The best part is we don't have to wait. We can start today. I think even recent news guides us that one just never knows what pain is held inside someone.
There is an old story of a farmer who was proud of the fruits produced in his orchard. There was one diseased tree that never produced anything of value but merely took up space in the orchard. He tried everything, but couldn't get rid of that tree. He tried cutting it down, but it would grow again from a shoot. He tried poisoning it, but it never quite died. Then one day, following someone's advice, he planted many healthy trees around it. They were vigorous and healthy trees that suited the environment well. Soon it was difficult to see where that diseased tree was amongst them. Gradually those beneficial healthy trees took over the entire space and when the farmer looked for his old adversary, that diseased tree couldn't be found; it had become healthy and on its branches were growing crops of beautiful fruits.
(B.K.S. Iyengar, from Core of the Yoga Sutras)
Banyan Tree 400 years - Mysore, India
I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times…
In life after life, in age after age, forever.
My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs,
That you take as a gift, wear round your neck in your many forms,
In life after life, in age after age, forever.
In life after life, in age after age, forever.
My spellbound heart has made and remade the necklace of songs,
That you take as a gift, wear round your neck in your many forms,
In life after life, in age after age, forever.
Whenever I hear old chronicles of love, it's age old pain,
It's ancient tale of being apart or together.
As I stare on and on into the past, in the end you emerge,
Clad in the light of a pole-star, piercing the darkness of time.
You become an image of what is remembered forever.
It's ancient tale of being apart or together.
As I stare on and on into the past, in the end you emerge,
Clad in the light of a pole-star, piercing the darkness of time.
You become an image of what is remembered forever.
You and I have floated here on the stream that brings from the fount.
At the heart of time, love of one for another.
We have played along side millions of lovers,
Shared in the same shy sweetness of meeting,
the distressful tears of farewell,
Old love but in shapes that renew and renew forever.
At the heart of time, love of one for another.
We have played along side millions of lovers,
Shared in the same shy sweetness of meeting,
the distressful tears of farewell,
Old love but in shapes that renew and renew forever.
Today it is heaped at your feet, it has found its end in you
The love of all man's days both past and forever:
Universal joy, universal sorrow, universal life.
The memories of all loves merging with this one love of ours -
And the songs of every poet past and forever.
The love of all man's days both past and forever:
Universal joy, universal sorrow, universal life.
The memories of all loves merging with this one love of ours -
And the songs of every poet past and forever.
(Rabindranath Tagore)
Sādanā: In the Heart of it All
"What is to give light must first endure burning"
(Victor Frankel)
Sādhanā is often referred to as spiritual practice. However, much more is intertwined in the term and has been one of the main themes of the course here in Mysore this summer. In another light, sādhanā is our own masterpiece we create to connect to the Divine. This in turn takes consistent effort and determination and by no means comes easy and at the same time is a worthwhile endeavor that gives more everlasting happiness and fulfillment than we could ever imagine, but first, there is a climb. Each step reaching us closer to the goal while playing with the paradox of detachment.
Sādhanā is also viewed as an ego transcending practice. The goal being liberation and freedom from bondage (samāra). The steps take daily effort where in my case includes regular asana practice, pranayama, and self study and also evening japa, prayer and/or chanting. Tapas (the effort to achieve self-realization) comes in those days where the warmth and comfort of the bed tells us better to stay put but instead we throw the covers off and take the necessary steps toward the mat. Tapas can also be viewed as discipline, an important ingredient in cultivating one's sādhanā.
The practitioner is referred to as a sādhaka, an aspirant. One who skillfully applies the learned rituals and practices, uniting body, mind and soul toward the spiritual goal. A sādhaka is dutifully committed and enthusiastic, though that can wax and wane in the beginning, and doubt part of the path for some, overtime the wavering ceases as the sādhanā strengthens and becomes a way of life. The important part being the intention behind it, something R. Sharath Jois has stressed time and time again this summer. Simply bending the body and/or going through the motions of ritual with no internal reflection often bring fruitless results. Another word for this heart/mind intention is bhāvanā. Bhāvanā can be thought in terms of planting seeds. Our sādhāna makes for fertile ground but what seeds will we plant?
"The practice of yoga, as a whole, is a profound science of internal purification which leads practitioners very gradually to the realization of the non-difference between the jīvātma, or indwelling Self of the individual, and the paramātma, or Universal Self. For this to occur, a proper intention and direction of energies needs to be established from the outset of a practice; in Sanskrit, this is known as 'bhāvana.'"
(Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Sūryanamaskāra)
The thirst needs to be there. Yes, there may be days we feel apathetic; however, the beauty of our sādhāna is what it is pointing us to. This keeps it alive. It must stay alive within us. We must fan the flames. Each day carving out our masterpiece of transformation. The beauty being, no amount of effort is wasted. Each step, leading toward illumination.
Labels: Discipline. India. KPJAYI. Liberation. Mysore. Practice. Spiritual Practice. Sādhāna
More Than Half Way
It's hard to believe our trip here to Mysore is already more than half way over. Like I always say, coming here feels like being in a time warp. The days go by at rapid pace and yet a deep sense of feeling at home in the practice sink in, as if I've been here for much longer. It comes at no surprise and yet it always startles me in a way. The monsoon rains have given opportunity for internal reflection and is indicative of my time here. There are periods of darkness within, a pouring out, a purging as one could say, and then the clouds part, the sun shines, drying up all that was washed away. To then see things in a new light, a new perspective. I feel filled up. I also have sense of what new areas that are present for new growth. Ever endless. An exciting opportunity to peel new layers of existence to the surface. It must not go wasted.
Labels: India. Mysore. Mysore Practice
Portraits of a Sadhu
Toxic Parents
"People can forgive toxic parents, but they should do it at the conclusion—not at the beginning—of their emotional housecleaning. People need to get angry about what happened to them. They need to grieve over the fact that they never had the parental love they yearned for. They need to stop diminishing or discounting the damage that was done to them. Too often, "forgive and forget" means "pretend it didn't happen."
I also believe that forgiveness is appropriate only when parents do something to earn it. Toxic parents, especially the more abusive ones, need to acknowledge what happened, take responsibility, and show a willingness to make amends. If you unilaterally absolve parents who continue to treat you badly, who deny much of your reality and feelings, and who continue to project blame onto you, you may seriously impede the emotional work you need to do. If one or both parents are dead, you can still heal the damage, by forgiving yourself and releasing much of the hold that they had over your emotional well-being.
At this point, you may be wondering, understandably, if you will remain bitter and angry for the rest of your life if you don't forgive your parents. In fact, quite the opposite is true. What I have seen over the years is that emotional and mental peace comes as a result of releasing yourself from your toxic parents' control, without necessarily having to forgive them. And that release can come only after you've worked through your intense feelings of outrage and grief and after you've put the responsibility on their shoulders, where it belongs."
(Susan Forward, Toxic Parents)
Why Do We Gossip?
Why do we gossip? A good question to contemplate.


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Greetings, sports fans, and happy weekend! We have a whole mess of sports events on the slate today, and that's not even including the NFL playoff games (for which there is a separate thread.) There's another college bowl game, some hockey, basketball, and so much more. Since the schedule is packed, let's not waste any time...(all times eastern.)
1:00pm - Compass Bowl with Vanderbilt vs. Houston on ESPN
1:00pm - Jets @ Bruins on TSN-JETS, NESN
3:00pm - Sharks @ Avalanche on CSN-CA, ALT
7:00pm - Devils @ Sabres on MSG PLUS 2, MSG-B
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7:30pm - Cavaliers @ Nets on FSOH
8:00pm - Hawks @ Bulls on WGNS
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Top 25
12:00pm - Nebraska @ 3 Ohio State on BTN
12:00pm - Cincinnati @ 18 Memphis on ESPN2
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2:00pm - Washington @ 1 Arizona on PAC12
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5:00pm - Long Beach St @ 25 Missouri
6:00pm - 14 Louisville @ Rutgers
7:00pm - Miami (OH) @ 23 Massachusetts
8:00pm - Pacific @ 24 Gonzaga on ROOT
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12:00pm - Pittsburgh @ NC State on ESPN3
1:00pm - W Kentucky @ Troy on FULLCT
2:00pm - Princeton @ Liberty on ESPN3
2:00pm - Georgia Tech @ Maryland on ESPN3
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4:00pm - Clemson @ Boston College on ESPN3
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8:00pm - UTSA @ Arkansas on ESPN3
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NCAABB Women:
Top 25
2:00pm - Cincinnati @ 7 Louisville
3:00pm - 1 Connecticut @ Memphis on FULLCT/ESPN3
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2:00pm - St Francis (PA) @ Sacred Heart on FULLCT/ESPN3
English FA Cup
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10:00am - AFC Bournemouth v Burton Albion
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10:00am - Barnsley v Coventry City
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10:00am - Doncaster Rovers v Stevenage
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10:00am - Kidderminster Harriers v Peterborough United
10:00am - Macclesfield Town v Sheffield Wednesday
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10:00am - Newcastle United v Cardiff City
10:00am - Norwich City v Fulham
10:00am - Rochdale v Leeds United
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10:00am - West Bromwich Albion v Crystal Palace
10:00am - Wigan Athletic v Milton Keynes Dons
10:00am - Yeovil Town v Leyton Orient
12:15pm - Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
English League Two
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10:00am - Newport County v Northampton Town
10:00am - Torquay United v Morecambe
10:00am - Wycombe Wanderers v AFC Wimbledon
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English Conference
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10:00am - Barnet v Alfreton Town
10:00am - Forest Green Rovers v Salisbury City
10:00am - Gateshead v Hyde
10:00am - Southport v Nuneaton Town
10:00am - Tamworth v Halifax
10:00am - Wrexham v Aldershot Town
Scottish Premiership
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Scottish Championship
10:00am - Dumbarton v Greenock Morton
10:00am - Hamilton Academical v Queen of the South
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Scottish League Two
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12:00pm - Real Valladolid v Real Betis
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Spanish Segunda División
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12:00pm - Hercules v Mirandes
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12:00pm - Numancia v Alavés
12:15pm - Cordoba v Recreativo Huelva
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French Coupe de France
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8:15am - Cannes v St Etienne
8:30am - Chasselay v FC Istres
8:30am - Epinal v Niort
8:30am - Pontarlier v Caen
9:00am - Jura Sud Foot v Créteil
9:30am - Chambly Thelle FC v Angers
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10:00am - Magny v Moulins
11:00am - Yzeure v Lorient
12:00pm - Boulogne v Beauvais
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12:00pm - Les Herbiers v Plabennec
12:00pm - Poissy v Concarneau
12:00pm - Romorantin v Toulouse
2:45pm - Stade Rennes v Valenciennes
Greek Super League
8:00am - Giannina v Asteras Tripoli
10:15am - Ergotelis v Atromitos
12:30pm - Olympiakos v Kalloni AEL
Northern Irish Premiership
8:30am - Warrenpoint Town v Linfield
10:00am - Ballymena v Ballinamallard Utd
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10:00am - Glentoran v Portadown
Welsh Premier League
9:30am - Bangor City v T.N.S.
9:30am - Connah's Quay v Aberystwyth
9:30am - Port Talbot v Airbus UK
9:30am - Rhyl v Bala Town
9:45am - Carmarthen v Prestatyn Town
Mexican Liga MX
6:00pm - America v U.A.N.L.
8:00pm - Monterrey v Cruz Azul
8:00pm - Pachuca v Toluca
10:00pm - Atlas v Tijuana
10:00pm - Chiapas v Veracruz
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In Progress - ATP Brisbane International
In Progress - ATP Aircel Chennai Open
In Progress - ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open
In Progress - WTA Brisbane International
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UFC Fight Night 34: Saffiedine vs. Lim
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It was an emotional day in Ontario County Court for the friends and family of Helen Buchel and Brittany Passalacqua. John Brown, 36, of Wayne County, who admitted to smoking crack then stabbing the mother and daughter to death in their Geneva apartment in November, was sentenced Wednesday afternoon. A "coward, monster, self-centered rage-filled person, who's an abomination of pure evil" were just a few words Helen Buchel's parents, Brittany Passalacqua's grandparents, her dad and aunt had for their murderer before he was sentenced. John Brown will spend the next 40 years to life in state prison, 20 years each, for the murders of his girlfriend Helen Buchel and her 12 year-old daughter Brittany Passalacqua. Brown also waived his right to appeal. The sentence was part of a plea deal. Brown pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in June, just days before his trial was set to begin.
The district attorney said the mother and child were almost completely decapitated. Buchel's teenage son discovered their bodies. Brown was arrested several hours later in Phelps after his ex-wife told police where to find him. The district attorney said Brown told police he had been smoking crack before the murders.
Brown is a repeat offender. He was convicted of second-degree assault for shaking and injuring to his 7-week-old daughter in 2003. He was also arrested on a parole violation in 2008 for illegal drug use. He was on parole when he murdered Buchel and Passalacqua. Buchel's mother, Dale Driscoll, is working with Senator Michael Nozzolio on legislation that would toughen the state's parole system. She said if the legislation passes Nozzolio promised to call it "Brittany's Law."
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Exercises. Graph the function described by the given parametric equations.
We make tables, then graphs.{enumerate}
We don't have to find many values of this before recognizing it's the graph of y = cos x.
There doesn't seem to be any reason to have this function in parametric form when we could write y = cos x instead.


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An Open Invitation to Manufacturers in the Firearms Industry
Are the lawmakers in the states where you are presently located making you feel unwelcome? Are your legislators making your product illegal for everyone in your state except law enforcement? Can your employees legally purchase and own your product? How close are you to the geographic center of your market? If you have extended shipping times to your customers, how well are you serving your customers, really?
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Fall enrollment at Youngstown State University has dropped this semester for only the second time since 2000. The numbers for fall semesters:
2000: 11,787
2001: 12,250
2002: 12,698
2003: 12,858
2004: 13,101
2005: 12,812
2006: 13,183
2007: 13,497
2008: 13,712
2009: 14,682
2010: 15,194
2011: 14,540
Source: Youngstown State University and Vindicator files
By Denise Dick
An enrollment drop at Youngstown State University means the loss of an additional $4.5 million from the university's general fund.
YSU reported that enrollment for fall semester dropped 4.3 percent, or 654 students, from the same time last year.
The number of students enrolled fell from 15,194 in fall 2010 to 14,540 this semester. In August, the university originally had estimated enrollment was down 2.5 percent, based on first-day head count.
Because YSU budgeted for a 1 percent increase in full-time-equivalent enrollment this year, the decline means a loss of about $4.5 million from what was budgeted for the general fund.
That's in addition to an already-projected $1.7 million deficit. YSU's general-fund budget is $159 million this fiscal year.
In a statement, YSU President Cynthia E. Anderson said that the university's budgetary challenges are significant.
"This unexpected drop in enrollment and the resulting loss in revenue makes the situation worse," she said. "We are now facing serious financial circumstances that will require difficult decisions and sacrifices, even beyond what we have been discussing to this point."
She said she wants to ensure students that their success will remain "the focal point of all we do and that we will continue to maintain and enhance our quality academic and student services on campus."
This marks only the second time since 2000 that enrollment has slipped. The number of students enrolled is 23 percent higher than in 2000.
The drop comes just a year after the university posted a record enrollment number.
The 15,194 students enrolled for the fall 2010 semester marked a 3.5-percent increase from fall 2009. It was the highest enrollment since 1990, when the number of students on campus was 15,454.
"It had been very good these last several years, and it's not good today," said Ron Cole, university spokesman.
Jack Fahey, vice president for student affairs, said the university is in the process of examining the reasons for the enrollment decline.
"While we have had much success with enrollment over the last decade, we are very disappointed with these numbers," he said.
Meanwhile YSU is in talks with two of its unions, trying to reach new contracts.
Last month, the university issued its last, best offer to the faculty union who rejected it. The union initially said its members would strike but reversed that decision, saying they wanted to continue negotiating.
A major sticking point in the negotiations is health care.
Under the just-expired contract, faculty members pay 1.5-percent of a monthly salary for the family health-care plan.
Under YSU's last, best offer, that faculty member would contribute 10 percent of the cost of the health-care premium in year one, and 12 percent and 15 percent in years two and three.
Cole said he hasn't heard that the loss of additional revenue because of decreased enrollment will affect the amount the university is prepared to spend as outlined in its last, best offer.
Representatives from the administration, faculty union and Association of Classified Employees are to meet this afternoon with health-care costs expected to be on the agenda.
This enrollment in view of the major inceases in enrollment at Kent State and Akron University are a real cause for concern. Without placing blame it is imperative that fixing this mess at YSU be the major task of both parties. Don't screw up the only bright spot in the Valley!
Tuition is up, enrollment is down, the university is $4,500,000 in the hole, yet the two government services unions demand more benefits with threats of strikes and much-publicized bickering. Who said that college teachers are intelligent?
I'd be willing to bet that the strike threat was a huge factor in decreased enrollment. Here's another thing to think about: the teaching staff received very large enrollment bonuses last year. Maybe if they didn't pass money out everywhere the tuition could have not been raised or the deficit would at least be lower. Also considering those were enrollment bonuses, should staff be giving that back now that it's so low due to them threatening to strike?
Why was the budget based on a projection? Wouldn't it make sense to base the budget on something like last year's enrollment or less and end up with a surplus? This seems like irresponsible budgeting.
My thoughts exactly.
Please remember YSU faculty and staff to thank Drs. Linkon and Russo for this. I wonder if Russo, head of the "Center of Working-Class Studies" will seek a federal grant to study the impact of the union strife -- aka the "Linkon-Russo Debacle" -- on the university, the valley and northeast Ohio. Intellectual honesty and all that, Dr. Russo. (And your wife, Dr. Linkon, can be co-author -- she's earned it.)
Sure, blame the faculty for the drop in enrollment. It's all their fault, the greedy sons-of-guns. It couldn't possibly be because the upper administration is so busy watching each other's backs that they didn't have time to recruit students that enrollment is down.
YSU isn't keeping up with the competition in its recruiting efforts, that is certain. YSU needs to make itself a place that people WANT to go to earn their degrees not a place where they HAVE to go because they lack resources to go elsewhere.
It would certainly help if YSU weren't 15 years behind the competition in creative uses of technology. It's embarrassing when 130 out of 150 contract renewal letters for professional staff are sent out with errors on them because certain members of the HR department refuse to utilize the institution-wide system to generate them.
Efficient and creative use of technology provides significant advantages to Kent State and Akron in both attracting and recruiting students. Both institutions reward employees, NOT monetarily by the way, for devising new ways to exploit existing systems to attract high-quality students. Perhaps YSU might want to give it a try?
being a YSU grad i can tell you that i am proud of my education, but do certainly believe i drastically overpaid for it. Im not too worried about YSU losing money, might be a little bit of a wake up call...
Enrollment dropped significantly when Sweet left Cleveland State. It was in the negative within a couple years. A couple thousand students makes little to no difference in a university's finances. It's a fake way of bringing fake kudos to ineffective administrators. Those types of enrollment increases are also ethically wrong because the numbers are usually padded by students who have no business being in college and who will never graduate. All they will accomplishment is to add to the student loan bubble. They'll have nothing to show for their college experience beyond debt. They'll have no skills, no diploma and no job prospects. That was quite the scam that Sweet ran on the gullible people of the Mahoning Valley. He's YSU's George Bush.
Enrollment dropped significantly when Sweet left Cleveland State. It was in the negative within a couple years. A couple thousand students makes little to no difference in a university's finances. It's a fake way of bringing fake kudos to ineffective administrators. Those types of enrollment increases are also ethically wrong because the numbers are usually padded by students who have no business being in college and who will never graduate. All they will accomplishment is to add to the student loan bubble. They'll have nothing to show for their college experience beyond debt. They'll have no skills, no diploma and no job prospects. That was quite the scam that Sweet ran on the gullible people of the Mahoning Valley. He's YSU's George Bush.
When will it all end?
When enrollment was up over the last few years, bonuses were handed out, including to ACE members. Now, that enrollment is down, it's time for some give-backs! Maybe the new EGCC is drawing students away that need remedial work before entering a university.
I don't believe for one second that a shortage of funds at that joint can be so easily blamed on a drop in enrollment. You need to see the big picture. Years of mismanagement would be a good start.
Drone, believe your $600 and $1275 numbers are annual numbers not monthly. That is $50 per month and $106.25. ($40,000*.015 =$600) By moving to a 10%,12.5% & 15% of plan cost, which is very low, this covers the plan cost vs salary issue you noted.
This basically translates to about $5,600 per student that the university is getting. If they have fewer students, then they should have less cost. In any case, YSU needs to stop focusing on student count and begin focusing on accepting students who are prepared and can compete, and who have SAT and ACT scores that prove that...and STOP the open enrollment policy. If the academic reputation of the university improves, enrollment will follow, and the entire Valley will benefit immensely.
PS, to those of you who would choose to lay blame with the faculty, I promise you that there are universities out there who will hire the best we have and who have the money to do it. That of course will result in YSU being left with Faculty who wouldn't be hired elsewhere. If that is what you want for the future of Youngstown then so be it.
If the enrollment is down does that mean LESS teachers(professors)? Or just less students per class?
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"...That of course will result in YSU being left with Faculty who wouldn't be hired elsewhere..."
Who are these faculty members? Every student should be advised to avoid taking their classes. If you will not name names, then you provide nothing more than a talking point.
There are plenty of internet-based resources out there to get an idea of who is "good" or "bad" on any campus. Most are anonymous and subjective (for example www.ratemyprofessors.com) but they give a general idea of classroom quality.
At least two professors who had officially retired are who are now working in the Provost offices managed to receive nice pay increases in advance of these talks. Not too bad a deal making six figures over your state pension. I do agree with Walter that the Eastern Gateway did take in students who would otherwise have gone directly to YSU. Why the decrease is even news is beyond me. The last two years were as everyone knows higher numbers than had been realized in quite some time. Those numbers were certainly not the norm so how can we even refer to the present enrollment numbers as being "low" in comparison? Lower than the highest it had been in quite some time? well then, sure, they ARE "lower". It is all about posturing and spin. The Governor gave the orders and ,right or wrong, the University negotiators will not back off from their wobbly stance.
I think I may know of an incident that has to do with decreased enrollment. I am currently a student at YSU but not registered for this semester. I tried to register but I had a hold on my account because I was under academic probation. This has happened before and I know of many students under the same hold. NONE of them (including myself) are enrolled this semester because without warning, the Dean decided to not reinstate students that were suspended and had not registered 2 weeks before the semester started. This has NEVER been an issue for anyone. I am disgusted. Without warning, for the first time in 5 years, I was black balled from attending this semester by a new policy that I was not informed about. This is four full time students to account for and I'm sure there are many more with the same story! Go Guins!
If it was up to me YSU might have a huge deficit one a lot larger than 4.5 million. After that little fiasco by faculty this fall I wanted the students to drop and go to Kent State.
On the other hand YSU could be the best thing that ever happened to Youngstown for decades to come. And do not have a problem with expansion and growth. But some one has to keep the Administration and Faculty Unions in check.
I lived in Akron for 15 years and saw that University grow and expand. Read about all the growing pains along the way but in the end it was worth it. [they are still growing] So the only thing to do is support the students and support what is best for them to make YSU the best it can be and not just another University dragged down by Administration and Facility short comings.
As a Student, Parent of a Student and Alumni you have a voice and that voice can be heard although it might be muffled by money and red tape, it can be heard.


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CAIRO — Security police raided the Egyptian offices of the Al Jazeera news channel Sunday and detained a member of its technical staff in the first move of its kind against a foreign news organization since the ruling military council declared a state of emergency in the wake of the storming of the Israeli embassy here.
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ALJAZEERA CONTINUES TO PLAY THE RACE CARD despite the disclaimer of Syrian Observatory for Human Rights for the original statement attributed to Mr Abdulrahman, despite having their error pointed out to them several times. One wonders who/what their loyalties and motives are for wishing to pursue this theme with no basis in fact or evidence.
More video of the bloody crackdown on protesters in Syria has surfaced. Al Jazeera received exclusive pictures from sources inside Syria, which appear to illustrate the suffering and torture at the hands of Syrian security forces.
The amateur footage was sent from the village of Jeeza, and shows the funeral of 15-year-old Thamer Mohamad Sahri, who was arrested on April 29 during an anti-government protests, following a crackdown in the town of Deraa.
The boy's body appears to be riddled with bullets. He is missing an eye, several teeth, and according to Al Jazeera's source has a broken neck and leg.
Thamer was arrested along with his friend, 13-year-old Hamza al-Khateeb - the teenager whose brutal death caused much of the world to pay closer attention to the events in Syria. Al-Khateeb's body was also mutilated.
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Security forces opened fire on a funeral procession of some 50,000 mourners today in the northern city of Maarat an-Numan, an eyewitness told Al Jazeera.
"Security forces killed a young protester yesterday, and during his funeral today at around 2pm, the security men opened fire on us from the buildings of the Security branch and Post Office," he said.
"We were shouting against the regime and calling for democracy and freedom. We were shouting the Takbeer [God is greatest] and maybe for this reason they got angry and shot at us."
The source said protesters planned to block the road between Hama and Aleppo in order to try and ease pressure on Hama, where some reports by activists on Twitter say tanks have begun massing.
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A Kurdish political leader has confirmed that representatives of 12 of Syria's outlawed Kurdish parties have accepted an invitation to meet with President Assad in the coming days.
"We are preparing our plan for a solution to the country's crisis," said the Kurdish political leader. "We are holding meetings with each other and our members to come up with one united vision for a solution. We are going to ask for national demands, not Kurdish local demands."
Activists and reporters in Syria say that yesterday's protests against President Assad's regime were the largest since the uprising began three months ago.
Protests took place in four neighbourhoods of Damascus: Medan, Rukin Adeen, Qaboun and Barzah.
In the towns around Damascus, protests took place in Duma, Harsta, Daria, Al-Tal, Maddaya , Zabadani, Gdeidah Artouz and Hajjar al-Aswad.
In Aleppo, Syria's largest city, there were two demonstrations near the Amnah Mosque and on Nile Street, as well as two larger protests in A'zaz and Mara'a in Aleppo governorate.
At the other end of the county, in the far south, large protests took place in Deraa, where the uprising began, and in surrounding towns of Akhel, Na'amah and Tabiah.
In the far eastern governorate of Deir Ezzour, there were protests in the city itself, as well as in Miadeen, Al Boukamal and Ishara'a, near the Iraqi border.
"I can say now there are no posters and statues of the Assad family in Deir Ezzour. The protesters burnt all the Baath party branches," said Fatah, 28, a pro-democracy activist from Deir Ezzour.
Combined with protests by up to 100,000 in Hama and its surrounding villages and up to 100,000 who took to the streets in Maarat an-Numan, a city further north - as well as protests in Lattakia, Homs and Rastan - Friday's demonstrations likely involved at least 300,000 people, the largest protests since the Syrian uprising began in mid-March.
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It's Not Awkward(.)
To quote Awkward forum commenter bilgistic, "I feel about Jenna now the way I feel about Tess onSuburgatory. They are both 'too big for their britches,' as my elders would say, and I'm just tired of their whiny, entitled, boring shtick. They both started out as interesting(-ish) characters, but the 'I'm so misunderstood' and 'I'm an outsider' things obviously don't ring true anymore, so what's the appeal? Just another smart, pretty high schooler with a hot boyfriend. Color me not intrigued." Hopefully the second half of the season will have Jenna, Tamara and Ming dumped by their admirers and back to square one, while Sadie rises to the top and makes their lives hell once again. You're welcome.
Read more: Awkward.: Why Season 3 Has Been So Disappointing
The sad thing is that Jenna and Jake had a great, easy, natural rapport all along, and were truly friends. And Jenna and Matty really weren't. Matty was terrible to her, and only started to listen to her or show her any respect when she was no longer available. His total cowardice in his relationship with her, and also with his BEST FRIEND Jake, make me highly skeptical that he is a good prospect for anyone.
- possibilitiesin the Awkward forum, crushing the souls of Jenna-Matty shippers worldwide.
[…] and I gave up control. I was cramped, hungry, and hot… in the wrong way. In my attempt to spare Matty's feelings, I had sacrificed mine. My ménage à trois had become a ménage à faux pas. I was constantly reminded of my lingering attraction to Matty.
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Two extremely good looking guys vying for the love of one awesome sarcastic nerd? Obviously a rivalry of that nature brings out our inner fangirls in full-force. What's more is that Awkward doesn't paint either of them as the obvious choice of a mate for Jenna, so the will they/won't they is an actual constant struggle — a rarity in teen shows, if not sitcoms in general. And the layers of secrecy and complicated friendships inside the love triangle make it all the more fun to watch.
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I admit if I were 14 I'd be making "Team Jake" avatars or something, because I think he's a better match for Jenna than Matty. But I think the show made it pretty clear that Matty is her destiny, once they both learn how to talk to each other and be honest about their feelings etc. High school relationships are transient, and it's just part of life, so I would be fine with Jenna jumping hands-first into a "starter" relationship with Jake, even while her heart was still drawn to Matty. But I didn't like it as presented in the finale, because Jake's still in the dark about Jenna's feelings for Matty. He probably should've gotten a hint and a half from that not-so-subtle talk Jenna and Matty had in front of him, but he didn't, and I don't think it's fair for Jenna to be going into this eyes open and Jake to be going in only half aware.
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Stone Barrington thought he'd heard the last of former girlfriend Arrington after she left him to marry Vance Calder, Hollywood's hottest star. The last thing Stone expected was a desperate call from...More
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Stone Barrington thought he'd heard the last of former girlfriend Arrington after she left him to marry Vance Calder, Hollywood's hottest star. The last thing Stone expected was a desperate call from Calder. Arrington has vanished, and her new fiancé wants Stone to come to LA and find her.
In a town where the sharks drive Bentleys and no one can be trusted, Stone soon discovers he's drowning in a sea of empty clues that takes him from Bel Air to Malibu to Rodeo Drive. Running out of time and leads, he needs to keep his head above water and find Arrington fast, or end up swimming with the fishes himself.
Chapter One
Elaine's, late. Stone Barrington sat at a very good table with his friend and former partner Dino Bacchetti, who ran the detective division at the NYPD's 19th Precinct, and with Elaine, who was Elaine.
The remnants of dinner were cleared away by Jack, the headwaiter, and brandy was brought for Stone and Dino. It was very special brandy; Dino had the bottle of his own stuff stashed behind the bar, and it annoyed Elaine no end, because she couldn't charge him for it, not that she didn't find other ways to charge him for it.
"Okay, I want to know about Arrington," Elaine said.
"Elaine," Dino interrupted, "don't you know that Stone is still suffering a great deal of emotional pain over Arrington's dumping him?"
"Who gives a fuck?" Elaine asked, quite reasonably. "I want to know how he let her get away. She was something, that girl."
"There's a large body of opinion," Dino said, "that holds that she didn't want to be known as Arrington Barrington."
"And who could blame her?" Elaine asked. "Come on, Stone, spill it."
Stone took a deep breath and sighed. "I have to take a lot of shit from you two, you know?"
"I think you better cough it up," Dino said, "or we're going to start getting tables in Siberia."
"You bet your ass," Elaine confirmed.
Stone sighed again. "It was like this," he said, then stopped.
"Yeah?" Elaine encouraged.
"We were supposed to have ten days sailing in St. Marks in February."
"I never heard of St. Marks," Elaine said. "Where is that?"
"It's a nice little island, tucked between Antigua and Guadeloupe. Anyway, we were supposed to meet at Kennedy for our flight down, but she got tied up, and she was supposed to be on the next plane, but then the blizzard hit."
"I know about the blizzard," Elaine said, exasperated. "Tell me about the girl."
"While the blizzard was going on she got the New Yorker assignment to do a profile of Vance Calder."
"The new Cary Grant," Dino explained, as if Elaine had no idea who a major movie star was.
"Yeah, yeah," Elaine said.
"Apparently he hadn't given an in-depth interview for twenty years," Stone continued, "so it was quite a coup. Arrington had known Calder for a while--in fact, she was with him at the dinner party where we met."
"So much for social history," Elaine said.
"All right, I'm in St. Marks, sitting on the chartered boat, waiting for Arrington to show up, when this blonde sails in on a big beautiful boat, all by herself. But she had left the Canary Islands with a husband, who was no longer present. So she gets charged with his murder, and I end up defending her."
"Like I don't read a newspaper?" Elaine interjected. "Like the western hemisphere didn't read about this trial?"
"All right, all right; I keep getting faxes from Arrington, saying she's all tied up with Calder, then I get a fax saying that she's going to L.A. with him for more research."
"'Research'; I like that," Elaine smirked.
"So I write her a letter, pouring out my heart, practically asking her to marry me . . ."
"'Practically'? What is that?" Elaine demanded.
"All right, not in so many words, but I think she would have gotten the idea."
"She didn't get the idea?"
"She didn't get the letter. I gave it to a lady headed for Florida to FedEx for me, and her plane crashed on takeoff."
"Wow, that's the best excuse I ever heard for not writing," Elaine said. "You sure your dog didn't eat it?"
"I swear, I wrote her the letter. Then, before I could write it again, I get a fax from Arrington saying that she and Calder were married in Needles, Arizona, the day before. What am I supposed to do?"
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Nov 2: Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve
- Wednesday, October 06, 2004
We have reached another crossroad in America, and our elected and appointed leaders are arm-wrestling over the steering wheel as we approach the November 2 elections. America's uniqueness from other nations has been that its elected officials serve the people rather than the other way around.
Now, it is becoming clearer, that the people are being given less representation and more direction than at any other time in our history. If this is true, then how you choose your leaders will determine the kind of leader and policies you will serve. How will you choose?
I get a kick out of George Patton's simple advice on how he used to choose leaders to command beneath him. "Never pick a man because he slobbers all over you with kind words. Pick the man that can get the job done." But what if everyone is slobbering all over you to get your vote? What if everyone promises you the moon and you know that none can deliver everything? How do you choose then?
In my latest book, The Centurion Principles, I've identified the key traits of what great leadership, what Centurion Leadership, is and how to rise up to become a Centurion leader yourself. In the coming days as you consider who your leaders will be, locally and nationally, let me offer you four qualities you should evaluate and the best way of measuring those seeking your vote.
First, a Centurion Leader has both the competence to lead and a vision to take you where you need to go. For you to follow them, they must be able to communicate that vision and exude that competence. So then, how do you judge? Jesus made this statement about judging those in spiritual leadership that is equally appropriate now: "By their fruits you will know them." (Matt 7:16) An interview, a debate, a speech is only a brief reflection of a person's ability to communicate their vision. It has nothing to do with their leadership. If you want to know about that, go back into their record for the past decade or more and examine the decisions they made, the offices they held and their successes and failures. From that you will know where their minds and hearts lie on various issues and the kind of leaders they are likely to be.
Second, a Centurion Leader has the heart to persist and endure setbacks on their way to achieving the vision or mission. Everyone fails at some point or another. The real question before you is, 'what did that person do after failure?' Failure is just a comma in the middle of a sentence. How a leader finishes that sentence defines who they really are. In the election of 1824, Andrew Jackson won the popular vote and had the most electoral votes. Because he didn't get 50 percent of the electoral votes, however, the election was thrown into the House of Representatives. After much back-room antics, John Adams was selected as President, much to the dismay of most Americans. Jackson was obviously disappointed by the outcome, yet he spent the next 4 years out of power working on accomplishing some of the goals he had set out in his run for Presidency. Four years later, Jackson ran again and was overwhelmingly elected in both the Electoral College and popular vote. To quote Patton once more, "It's not how far a man falls that defines a leader, but how high he bounces."
Third, a Centurion Leader is willing to sacrifice himself for the mission by leading from the front. A lot of leaders aren't willing to breathe the same air as those that work for them. Leadership by e-mail has become common. When George Washington's Continental Army was suffering through the winter of 1777, the conditions in the camp were almost indescribable. Men, for want of clothing, walked about the camp in blankets. Many had legs amputated after suffering severe frostbite. For the first two months that winter, all lived in tents while log barracks were being constructed. Washington had at his disposal a warm house with heating inside yet he refused to take advantage of it. Instead, he lived in a tent until the last of his men were safely housed in their wooden barracks. He often spent time alone away from the camp that winter on his knees in the snow, as He prayed to the Almighty for help. When the battle begins, the Centurion is visible, because he leads from the front sharing in his men's trials as well as triumphs.
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An important third party is struggling to make its voice heard in European pharma discussions. Drug pricing is not just a matter of manufacturers battling with health ministries, insist groups representing the end-users of medicines — that is, the patients. Over and above the questions of costs and bureaucracy, the more important issues of equity and patients' rights are at stake. And these, according to patient groups, are critically threatened by delays in access to treatment. Read more »


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- 11:45 am Monday, February 3rd, 2014 by Charles Elmore
Auto insurer Mercury Insurance said it is cutting Florida rates 10 percent, saving customers an estimated $7.2 million or nearly $200 a year on premiums.
In a release from Los Angeles, the insurer did not say if the reduction is related to a Florida law reducing Personal Injury Protection benefits insurers must pay, but a 10 percent cut in overall rates would be more than the state's top 20 auto insurers have averaged for 2014.
A majority of the top 20 insurers by market share (which do not include Mercury) raised overall rates despite a law championed by Gov. Rick Scott [More]
Auto insurance scores ripped as unfair
- 3:26 pm Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 by Charles Elmore
Auto insurers charge moderate-income drivers with poor credit scores much higher prices than drivers with excellent scores, and by a 2-to-1 margin in surveys, Americans think that's unfair, a study by the Consumer Federation of America released today finds.
"Americans reject auto insurer use of credit scores because they don't think someone who's had difficulty paying debts should automatically be charged higher auto insurance premiums," said CFA Executive Director Stephen Brobeck. "After all, if drivers don't pay their insurance premiums, insurers are not obligated to pay claims."
Example from Baltimore: State Farm Mutual premiums ranged from $2788 for a poor [More]