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Jesse Green
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Jesse Green | |
Born | 1971 United States |
Spouse(s) | Kristine Green |
Parent(s) | Urbie Green, Kathy Preston |
Jesse Green (born 1971) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, record producer. He is the son of ex-big band singer Kathy Preston and jazz trombonist Urbie Green.
Early life[edit]
Green's first classical piano influence was his cousin Erin. Jesse began studying classical piano at age seven, and at age nine joined his elementary school's concert band as a trombonist. When he was ten, he was a finalist in a nationwide talent competition; winning for his piano rendition of Count Basie's Jumping at the Woodside. At high school, he played trombone with numerous bands: District Concert Band, Regional Concert Band, All-State Jazz Ensemble, Fred Waring's U.S. Chorus, National Honors Jazz Band, District Chorus Instrument Ensemble, and the John Philip Sousa Memorial Concert Band. During his junior year in high school, he became a member of the East Stroudsburg University Jazz Ensemble. He was piano accompanist for District Chorus as well as the high school chorus, and, for five consecutive years, he was pianist for the Celebration of the Arts Festival COTA Cats (a big band founded by Phil Woods).
As a student at East Stroudsburg University, Green played trombone in the Concert Band and Brass Ensemble, and piano in the Jazz Ensemble. With this Jazz Ensemble, Green performed with Clark Terry, Lew Tabackin, Freddie Hubbard, Al Grey, Urbie Green, Phil Woods, Dave Liebman, Benny Carter, and Jimmy Heath. As a trombonist, Jesse was selected two years in a row for the Inter-Collegiate Concert Band.
At age 17, Jesse won the National Downbeat Student Award for "best extended composition and arrangement" with his original "Half & Half". He has since written many other arrangements for big band as well as small groups. "Blues for Dad", written for his father, was performed by the COTA Cats at the 1989 COTA Jazz Festival.
Recordings and awards[edit]
Green signed to Chiaroscuro Records in 1992. His debut album, Lift Off, featured Paul Rostock on bass, Bobby Durham on drums, and guest Joe Cohn on guitar. Green's second album, Sea Journey, was released in 1995. This was a live recording on the S.S. Norway and included Jackie Williams on drums, Michael Moore on bass, and guest Gary Burton on vibes. In 1995 Jesse appeared with the Urbie Green Quintet on the Royal Caribbean "Majesty of the Seas"; a live recording of the quintet, Sea Jam Blues, was released in 1997. Jesse's 2002 album, Sylvan Treasure, featured guest saxophonists Phil Woods, Dave Liebman and Chris Potter, as well as Pat Dorian on trumpet, Bruce Cox on drums, and Frank Hauch on bass.
In 1998 Green took first place at the American Pianists Association's Fourth Biennial Jazz Piano Competition in Indianapolis, from judges Dr. Billy Taylor, Danilo Perez and Jim Turner. As a result, he was named the first Jazz Fellow of the American Pianists Association. These awards brought Green many opportunities to perform internationally. In 2002 Green was selected fourth in the world in the largest jazz piano competition – the Martial Solal Jazz Piano Competition held in France. In 2006 he won first place in The Great American Jazz Piano Competition in Jacksonville, Florida.
Public appearances[edit]
With his trio, Green has appeared at the Deer Head Inn in Delaware Water Gap, PA; the Hillside Inn Jazz Lounge; River Street Jazz Café; and Blues Street Jazz Club, all Pocono area jazz clubs. Green's trio (Bruce Cox on drums and Frank Hauck on bass) performed with Phil Woods at various concert venues in the tri-state area. Green has also appeared at Sculler's Jazz Club in Boston, MA; the Jazz at the Y series in New York's 92nd Street Y; Zinno's in New York; the Main Street Jazz Festival in Columbia, SC; and the 1999 Indy Jazz Festival. In July 2000, Green performed at the United States Day in the United Kingdom's Millennium Dome as a member of a U.S. delegation presented by the White House Millennium Council.
Personal life[edit]
Green was married in June 2003 to Kristine; they live in Delaware Water Gap with their three children. He remains involved in teaching (advanced jazz theory, harmony and ear training), composing, arranging, and sound engineering.
Arrest and Conviction[edit]
Green was arrested on May 17, 2013 and charged with the felony crimes of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person under age 16, contacting/communicating with a minor to commit sexual offenses, aggravated indecent assault against a person under age 16, indecent assault against a person under age 13 and endangering a child's welfare (corrupting a minor), along with the misdemeanor crime of indecent assault against a person under age 16.[1][2][3]
Green was sentenced in May 2014, and is currently serving his term in SCI Camp Hill, Camp Hill, PA.[4]
- Lift Off (April 6, 1995) - as Jesse Green Trio
- Sea Journey (September 19, 1995)
- Sylvan Treasure (July 9, 2002)
- ^ http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130524/NEWS/305240350/-1/LIVING1001
- ^ http://articles.mcall.com/2013-05-24/news/mc-jazz-musician-jesse-green-child-sex-assault-arr-20130524_1_indecent-assault-jesse-green-poconos
- ^ http://www.wfmz.com/news/Regional-Poconos-Coal/internationally-known-jazz-musician-accused-of-sex-abuse/-/149546/20296864/-/p6kq6s/-/index.html
- ^ https://ujsportal.pacourts.us/DocketSheets/CPReport.ashx?docketNumber=CP-45-CR-0001308-2013
External links and references[edit]
- Official website
- All About Jazz review of Sylvan Treasure
- Results of the 2006 Great American Jazz Piano Competition


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From the balcony of the church, he had seen me, deduced which exit I might be using, raced down two flights of stairs, and arrived seconds before I did. As he casually held the door and struck up a conversation, I was oblivious to the fact that his "impromptu" dinner invitation had been premeditated. It was perfect timing.
Perfect timing is rare—at least where humans are concerned. But God has specific purposes and plans for us, and His timing is always perfect.
We see that timing in the life of these Bible characters: Abraham's servant prayed for a wife for Isaac. God answered his prayer by bringing the young woman to him (Gen. 24). Joseph was sold as a slave, falsely accused, and thrown into prison. But eventually God used him to preserve many people's lives during a famine (45:5-8; 50:20). And we marvel at Esther's courage as Mordecai reminded her, "Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Est. 4:14).
Are you disappointed in the pace of God's plans? "Trust in the Lord" (Ps. 37:3). God will open doors when the timing is perfect.
Though dark the clouds may be today;
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Have faith in God, have faith alway. —Agnew

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Esperanza gains ground in the Century League
ANAHEIM-With aspirations of a third straight Century League title beginning to slip away, the Esperanza Aztecs entered their match Tuesday with the first place Villa Park Spartans knowing that a win was critical.
Early match set piece execution and a stout overall defensive effort ultimately helped them tighten up the league standings.
Junior Paige Railey scored on a corner kick less than a minute into the match, as Esperanza edged No. 7 Villa Park, 1-0, Tuesday at Esperanza High.
"Villa Park had been on a winning streak, so this win gives our team extreme confidence," Railey said.
Esperanza (9-5-4; 3-1-2) is now in sole possession of third place four points behind first place Villa Park (12-5-4; 5-1) and two points behind second place Canyon. All three teams have completed the first half of their 12-match league schedule.
For the second straight season, the Spartans failed in their attempt to win their sixth straight league match after opening league play with five straight wins. Villa Park had outscored its league opposition 21-2 during its' five match league winning streak.
"We had a hiccup early in league and we played a team (Villa Park) that had all the momentum," Aztecs coach John King said. "This win was special for us and will hopefully propel us into the latter half of the season."
Esperanza wasted little time in scoring the only goal of the match. Fifty seconds into the match, junior Lauren Guerra lofted a corner kick into the box that Railey managed to fish out and head a shot that tucked into the near post corner of the goal.
"I was on the back post waiting for the ball," Railey said. "Once I saw the ball, I wanted to do anything that I could to get it in the goal."
Though Villa Park sophomore Bethany Sutherland produced two shots in the first 10 minutes, the Aztecs defense did a stellar job early in the half of not allowing the Spartans to control possession and set up quality opportunities in the attacking third.
Villa Park managed to get pressure late in the half, but Aztecs sophomore goalie Katelyn Sullivan produced two saves in the final 10 minutes to prevent any scoring.
Though Esperanza outshot Villa Park 5-2 in the second half, the Spartans managed to get late possessions in the middle and attacking thirds.
Big defensive clearances from Aztecs senior Nosa Ogiamien in the final three minutes helped stall Villa Park's final attacks and close out the win for Esperanza.
King praised the defensive effort of his team against a Spartans team that had scored five goals in three of its last four matches.
"They have some special players and we focused on limiting some of the players that had been scoring goals for them," King said.
Spartans coach Brent Whitfield credited the Aztecs' ability to convert early in the match.
"We didn't have a good start and they capitalized on their early set piece," he said. "We had to play catch up and were unlucky not to be able to get a goal."
Whitfield also acknowledged that his team doesn't want a repeat of last year's script. After winning their first five league matches, the Spartans won only three of their final seven and failed to win the league title.
"Esperanza is the reigning champions until someone proves otherwise," he said. "We have to regroup, get focused on El Modena, and make sure what happened last year doesn't happen again."


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Microsoft recognizes the importance of providing globalization and localization support for applications running on Windowsat least, it has provided a number of ways to support developers in creating localized versions, and the WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is no exception. In WPF, Microsoft has taken a different methodology for localization that helps address the serious concern that localization is more than just pure string translationrather, it is about localizing the entire UI.
In this article I will take you through the steps of localizing a WPF application. I will show how you can handle formatting issues (such as date and currency) as well as how you can localize string contents in your application. For this article I will use Chinese as the target language. You can modify the application to include as many other languages as you like.
Figure 1 shows the sample application you will build in this article. The user can choose the culture he wants and upon restarting the application, the selected language will be displayed. Restarting the application is necessary to ensure that the culture is changed since changing during runtime can be unreliable.
Creating the UI To get started, I'll first create the application using Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2. In File->New Project…, select the Avalon Application template (using Visual Basic) and name the application "WPF". Save the project as "C:\WPF".
I will first create the left panel of the window (see Figure 2).
The following XAML code creates the controls shown in Figure 2:
<Window x:Class="Window1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/avalon/2005" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/xaml/2005" Text="WPF"> <DockPanel Background="LightGreen"> <StackPanel Name="StackPanel1" DockPanel.Dock="Left" Background="LightYellow"> <TextBlock Margin="10,10,10,0" FontStyle="Oblique" Foreground="Blue" FontSize="12" > Date and Time </TextBlock> <TextBlock Margin="10,10,10,0" Name="txtDateTime" FontSize="12" /> <TextBlock Margin="10,10,10,0" FontStyle="Oblique" Foreground="Blue" FontSize="12" > Currency </TextBlock> <TextBlock Margin="10,10,10,0" Name="txtCurrency" FontSize="12" /> <TextBlock Margin="10,10,10,0" FontStyle="Oblique" Foreground="Blue" FontSize="12" > Cultures </TextBlock> <ComboBox Name="cmbCultures" Margin="10,10,10,0" SelectionChanged="SelectedIndexChanged" > </ComboBox> </StackPanel>
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Sanghamittā | |
Sangamitta Statue at a Monastery in Sri Lanka
Religion | Buddhism |
Sect | Theravada |
Known for | establishing Theravāda Buddhist nunnery in Sri Lanka |
Education | Buddhist religion |
Other names | Sanghamitrā (Sanskrit) |
Personal | |
Nationality | Indian |
Born | 281 BC Ujjeni, Ashokan Period, India |
Died | 202 BC Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka |
Resting place | Sri Lanka |
Spouse | Aggibrahmā |
Children | Son – Sumana |
Parents |
Saṅghamittā (Saṅghamitrā in Sanskrit) was the eldest daughter of Emperor Ashoka and his first wife, Devi. Together with Mahinda, her brother, she entered an order of Buddhist monks. The two siblings later went to Sri Lanka to spread the teachings of Buddha at the request of King Devanampiya Tissa (250 BC – 210 BC) who was a contemporary of Ashoka (304 BC – 232 BC). At first she landed in 'Mathagal'. The village Mathagal is situated 16 km away from Jaffna town, in the north of Sri Lanka, along the shores of the Indian Ocean. Buddhist Emperor Samrat Ashoka sent her to Sri Lanka together with several other nuns to start the nun-lineage of Bhikkhunis (a fully ordained female Buddhist monastic) at the request of King Tissa to ordain queen Anulā and other women of Tissa's court at Anuradhapura who desired to be ordained as nuns after Mahindra converted them to Buddhism.[1][2][3][4][5]
After Sanghamittā's contribution to the propagation of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and her establishing the Bikhhunī Sangha or Meheini Sasna (Order of Nuns) there, her name became synonymous with "Buddhist Female Monastic Order of Theravāda Buddhism" that was established not only in Sri Lanka but also in Burma, China and Thailand, in particular. The day the most revered tree, the Bodhi tree, a sapling of which was brought by her to Sri Lanka and planted in Anuradhapura, and which still survives, is also celebrated every year on the Full Moon day of December as "Uduvapa Poya" or "Uposatha Poya" and "Sanghamittā Day" by Theravāda Buddhists in Sri Lanka.[2][4][6]
Sanghamitra is known for the proselytisation activity among women that she pursued as her lifetime goal in Sri Lanka, along with her brother, Mahendra (called Mahinda in Sri Lanka) at the initiation of her father, Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty who ruled in India in the 3rd century BC. Ashoka, after adopting Buddhism, took to spreading tenets of Buddhism in nine other countries of the region. His contemporary in Sri Lanka, King Devanampiya Tissa, in close alliance with Ashoka, saw the arrival of Buddhism in Sri Lanka.[3][4][5]
However, before deputing missions abroad in the region around India, Ashoka, in consultation with Venerable Moggaliputta Tissa convened a meeting of the Third Buddhist Council in which 1,000 Arahants participated. The purpose of this council meeting was not only to purge the Sangha of undesirable elements but also to take a view on the proselytisation of Buddhism in view of the strong challenge faced from the Brahmins of Hindu religion. Moggaliputta presided over the Council meeting where it was decided to send nine delegations to different regions to spread Buddhism.[4]
King Ashoka then sent out missionaries in nine different directions. The delegation that was sent south to Sri Lanka, at the request of Tissa, was led by Ashoka's son Mahendra. Before taking the long journey, Mahendra sought blessings of his mother. The delegation (considered a diplomatic mission) comprised six other Arhats, namely Ittiya, Uttiya, Sambala, Bhaddasala, young Samanera (nephew of Mahendra) and a Bhanduka (also a cousin of Mahendra). All members of the mission belonged to the royal family, indicating the importance Ashoka attached to spreading Buddhism in Sri Lanka.[2][3][4]
This was also considered an opportune moment to spread Buddhism in Sri Lanka since Buddha himself had created awareness of his philosophy and precepts of Buddhism among the royalty and the common people during his three visits to Sri Lanka undertaken in the eight years following his enlightenment. Buddha, during his lifetime, had also created a social structure for the practice of Dhammavinaya or Dhamma (in Sanskrit: Dharma), which comprised the Sangha – order of bhikkhus (monks) and bhikkunis (nuns) to preserve his teachings for posterity.[4] However, it was only King Tissa, realising the poor status of the religion in his country, desired fresh efforts by a delegation from India.[2][4]
Mahendra arrived with his delegation at Anuradhapura where King Tissa, accompanied by his sister-in-law (brother's wife) Princess Anula with her entourage of 500 women, met him at the Mahamegha Garden. The Mahendra mission was very successful in introducing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. He established the Bhikkhu Order for men. However, thousands of women, starting with Anula, who had converted to Buddhism along with the King Tissa, wished to be ordained into the Bhikkuni Order. Thera Mahindra expressed his inability to do so since this ordination had to be performed by a priestess or a Theri Arahat. He therefore advised the King to write to Emperor Ashoka and seek the services of his younger sister Theri Sangamitta, who was "profoundly learned", to be deputed to Sri Lanka for the purpose. He also desired that a sapling of the right branch of the Bodhi-Tree (where the Tathagata got his enlightenment) from Bodh Gaya should also be brought by her to Sri Lanka. King Tissa then chose his Minister Prince Arittha (his nephew) for the purpose since the minister had volunteered to go to India on the condition that on his return he would also be ordained into the Bhikkhu Sasana by Thera Mahindra. This was agreed.[4][5]
Early life[edit]
Sangamitta's parents were the Emperor Ashoka and his first wife, Devi, who was a Buddhist. Her birth in 285 BC, as popularly known in published texts was as the second child of Ashoka and younger sister of brother Mahindra. She was born in Ujjeini (present day Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh in India). Her mother did not join Ashoka when he was crowned and her two children had embraced Buddhism. She was married at the age of 14 to Agribrahmi, a nephew of Emperor Ashoka, who was also an Arhant. She had a son, Saamanera Sumana who also later became an Arhant and went along with his uncle Mahindra to Sri Lanka to preach Buddhism. Her teacher was Ayupala. She was ordained at the age of 18 into Theravada Buddhism Order by their preceptor Dhammapala. Her brother was also ordained at the same time. With her dedicated perseverance to Dhamma she became an Arhant Theri and resided in Pataliputra (now known as Patna).[2][4][7][8]
Middle life[edit]
Mahindra's mission in Sri Lanka was very successful. Among his new converts was Princess Anula, King Tissa's sister-in-law who became Sotapanna and requested ordination. King Tissa wrote to Emperor Ashoka to depute Sangamitta for the purpose. Mahindra also wrote to his father to depute his sister Sanghamitta to Sri Lanka as requested by King Tissa.[4]
Following this invitation from the King and also the request made by his son Mahindra, Ashoka sent Sanghamitta with a retinue of 10 other learned bhikkunis (priestesses) to accompany her and to give ordination to the Sri Lanka's princess Anula and other women. Ashoka was initially distraught at the prospect of sending his daughter away but Sangamitta herself persisted that she would like to go to Sri Lanka. She appealed to her father stating:
"Great King! the injunction of my brother is imperative and the females who are to be ordained in Lanka are many; on that account it is absolutely essential that I should go there.[5]
The purpose was also to establish the Bhikkuni Order to spread Buddhism in that country with the devoted participation and assistance of women. Ashoka finally agreed to send her. She travelled to Sri Lanka by sea carrying a sapling of Bodhi-Tree in a golden vase. She landed at Jambukola in the North.[8] King Tissa himself received Sangamitta and the sapling of the Bodhi-Tree with deep veneration. They were then ceremonially escorted by the king and his people to Anuradhapura. They entered at the northern gate of Anuradhapura along a road sprinkled with white sand. The Bodhi sapling was planted with great fanfare in the Mahāmeghavana Grove in Aunradhapura. It is still seen at the same location.[2][4][5]
In Dipavamsa chronicle, the number of nuns who accompanied Sangamitta has been mentioned differently – three figures have been quoted but the figure of 11 including Sangamitta is inferred as the plausible number. The names of the young nuns who accompanied here on the ship were: Uttara, Hema, Pasadpala, Aggimitta, Dasika, Pheggu, Pabbata, Matta, Malla, and Dhammadasiya.[9] In addition, the delegation headed by the Sri Lankan Ambassador Prince Athitha, which returned to Sri Lanka, comprised the Chief priestess Sangamitta and ten other priesteses, eight people of royal lineage of Magadha (Bogut, Sumitta, Sangot, Devgot, Damgot, Hirugot, Sisigot and Jutindhara), eight members of nobility (families of ministers), eight Brahmins, eight Vaishyas (traders), herdsmen, Hyaenna, Sparrow-hawk, Nagas, Yakkas, craftsmen, weavers, potters and many members of other castes.[10][11]
A legend mentioned related to the journey of Sangamitta to Sri Lanka is that Nagas encircled the Bodhi tree. Sangamitta drove them away by assuming the form of Garuda (half-man half-bird form).[8] Sanghamitta was 32 years of age when she took this journey. Her son Samanera was already in Sri Lanka as he had joined his uncle Mahindra's mission to spread Buddhism.[2][4] Sangamitta performed the formal Pabbajja ordination of Princess Anula. Anula was the first Sri Lankan woman to be ordained as a bhikkuni; concurrently her companions numbering more than 1000 who were also observing Dasa Sil were bestowed with Pabbajja ordination. This formally created the "first ecclesiastical life of the Bhikkuni Sasana in Sri Lanka".[12] The ordination covered not only the royalty but also common people of various strata of the society. She pursued every effort to enhance the status of woman, with sustained devotion, dedication and diligence.[12]
Sangamitta, on arrival at Anuradhapura, was put up initially at the 'Upasika Viharaya' along with the bhikkunis who had accompanied her. An additional 12 buildings (ashramas) were built to accommodate the bhikkunis. Subsequently, the King also built a separate house for Sangamitta known as 'Hathalakha-Vihara' acceding to the request of the nuns to reside in a secluded place where they could exclusively concentrate on devotional religious pursuits.[11]
Dipavamsa, a chronicle written in 400 BC, records that after the Bhikkuni Sangha was established, there was widespread following in the country among women of all ages and from all levels of society. The women who ordained were highly learned in the scriptures and they readily taught their knowledge of the Vinaya or rules of discipline to others.[13]
- Bodhi tree and celebrations
Sangamittā carried the right south branch of the Bodhi-Tree (selected by Ashoka from the Maha Bodhi-Tree in Gaya) on a ship to Anurādhapura, during the 12th year of Ashoka's reign. The sapling was planted by Devānāmpiya Tissa in the Mahāmeghavana in Anurdhapura. It seems that "the Buddha, on his death bed, had resolved five things, one being that the branch which should be taken to Ceylon should detach itself". The journey route followed by Sangamitta who carried the tree branch was from Gayā to Pātaliputta and then to Tāmalittī in Bengal. Here, it was placed in a golden vase in the ship and transported to Jambukola across the sea. The entourage reached Anurādhapura, staying en route at Tivakka.[14][15]
The planting of the Bodhi Tree was a grand ceremony performed by the king himself with assistance from the nobles of Kājaragāma, Candanagāma and Tivakka, in the presence of Sangamitta and her brother Mahindra. The tree took eight roots, yielded fruits and seeds. As fresh eight saplings emerged, they were moved and planted at Jambukola (present Colombogaon in north Sri Lanka), in the village of Tivakka, at Thūpārāmā, at Issaramanārāma, in the court of the Pathamacetiya, in Cetiyagiri, in Kājaragāma and in Candanagāma.[11][14][15]
The tree, as it stands, is on raised mound. In 1907, it was 32 feet (9.8 m) in height with 8.17 feet (2.49 m) in girth. Th tree and the shrine have been built around a compound wall measuring 61 feet (19 m) x 57 feet (17 m) and 21 feet (6.4 m) in height, primarily to protect the tree and the shrine built around it. Ten more trees of the same species are also seen within precincts of the enclosure. A damaged Buddha statue made in bricks (attributed its creation during Tissa's rule) is a marker to locate the main Bodhi-Tree here.[5][14][15] 32 more saplings, from four other fruits, were also planted in the near vicinity.[14][15]
The Bodhi-Tree at Anuradhapura was well tended by successive royal family members of Sri Lanka over the centuries, so much so that a village near Anurādhapura was also earmarked to provide for maintenance of the tree.[14][15]
A recent comment by Historian H. G. Wells on this oldest historical tree in the world, which is well maintained states:
In Ceylon there grows to this day a tree, the oldest historical tree in the world, which we know certainly to have been planted as a cutting from the Bodhi-Tree in the year 245 BC. From that time to this it has been carefully tended and watered.[4]
Later life[edit]
Sangamitta died at the age of 79 in the ninth year of the reign of King Uttiya at her residence in Hatthaloka Upasikaramaya Anuradhapura. Uttiya performed her last rites. The occasion was also marked with observances in her honour throughout Sri Lanka, for one week.[7] She was cremated to the east of the Thūpārāma near the Cittasālā, in front of the Bodhi-Tree. The location for the cremation had been selected by the Therī herself before her death. A stupa was erected by Uttiya over her ashes.[7][12]
Bhikkhuni Sangha[edit]
The Bhikkhuni Sangha (a Dhamma-vinaya heritage started by Lord Buddha during his lifetime in India), locally known as "Bikhhuni Sasana" or "Meheini Sasna" (Order of Priestesses or Nuns) that was established by Sangamitta in Sri Lanka prospered for over 1000 years, till it disappeared in 1017 AD. The reason for such an end is attributed to the invasion of Cholas, Hindu rulers from South India, whereafter Bhikkhus and Bhikkunis were not seen in Sri Lanka for quite some years.[2][4]
Bhikkuni ordination is the third and ultimate stage of ordination of nuns; the earlier two stages are the sramanerika (novice) and siksamana (probationary). In India, the Bhikkuni Order was established by Buddha six years after the Bhikkhu Order was established, in the 6th century BC. It was spread to Sri Lanka by Sangamitta in the 3rd BC. Initially, with spread of Buddhism in ancient India, 18 (eighteen) Vinaya schools developed. However, now only three are extant. These are the Theravada practiced in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia; the Dharmaguptaka that is practiced in Taiwan, China, Korea, and Vietnam; and the third school is the Mulasarvastivada adopted in Tibet.[16]
In 429 AD, Bhikkuni Devasara had realised that Bhikkuni Sanga, on account of war and famine, could vanish from Sri Lanka. She, therefore, had led a mission to China to establish the Bhikkuni Sasana. The original Theravada Bhikkuni lineage established in China since 429 AD has continued to function to this day.[2][4]
In Thailand, the lineage is well established. A clay statue of Sanghamitta made by Dhammananda in 2002, is deified in a shrine room at Songdhammakalyani Monastery in Nakhonpathom. Her image is flanked by images of 13 Arahat Theris.[2]
However, Asarana Sarana Saranankara Maha Thera introduced the Higher Ordination from Thailand. She is credited with re-establishing the Order of Monks in Sri Lanka in 1753 AD. It is now said that there are more than 400 Bhikkunis in the country.[4][16]
It is also reported that a few women from western countries practising the Theravada tradition and a few women from Thailand have been ordained to bhikkuni order in Sri Lanka in recent years.[16]
Uduvapa Poya festival[edit]
Unduvapa Poya festival is observed in Sri Lanka on the Full Moon of December to commemorate two specific events namely, Theri Sangamitta day of arrival from India to establish the Order of Nuns and to also mark her bringing a sapling of the sacred Bodhi-Tree from Bodh Gaya and planting it in Aunradhapura. The festival day has been designated as "Sanghamitta Day". On this day, ten ordained nuns initiate the festive celebrations every year.[4][6] This observance was revived in 1903 at the suggestion of the Mahabodhi Society of Sri Lanka.[5]
This Observance is performed by Buddhists by first following the 'Five Precepts'; bathing, shaving, wearing white robes, and kneeling with clean bare feet in a shrine before a Buddha-statue. The kneeling and bowing is done first three times with feet, hands, elbows, knees and head touching the floor. This is followed by reciting loudly the memorised prayers, with folded hands (palms at the heart). The prayers offered from sunrise until the next dawn starting with the words are:
As long as this life lasts.
I hereby take refuge in the Buddha.
I hereby take refuge in the Dhamma.
I hereby take refuge in the Sangha.
I hereby seek shelter in the Buddha for the 2nd time.
I hereby seek shelter in the Dhamma for the 2nd time.
I hereby seek shelter in the Sangha for the 2nd time.
I hereby request protection from the Buddha for the 3rd time.
I hereby request protection from the Dhamma for the 3rd time.
I hereby request protection from the Sangha for the 3rd time.
I will hereby respect these Three Jewels the rest of my life!
I accept to respect & undertake these 5 training rules:
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Killing.
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Stealing.
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Sexual Abuse.
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Dishonesty.
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Alcohol & Drugs.
As long as this life lasts, I am thus protected by these 5 precepts...
It is also a prayer offered on this day for the revival of Bhikkuni Sasana in Sri Lanka and with the hope that it will flourish in the future. It is proposed that the day should also be celebrated as the International Women's Day, as a mark of honour to Sangamitta who established the women's Order.[4]
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "A brief history of Sanghamitta". Bodhistav Foundation. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c "Mahindagamanaya was more than a diplomatic mission". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Theerrii Sanghamiitttta and The Bodhii—tree" (pdf). California: A Gift of Dhamma:Maung Paw. pp. 1–8. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g Harishchanndar, Walisinha (1998). The sacred city of Anuradhapura. Asian Educational Services. pp. 29–36. ISBN 81-206-0216-1. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c "How to be Real Buddhist through Observance?". What Buddha Said Net. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c "Sangamitta Teri". What Buddha Said Net. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c Malalasekera, G.P. (2003). Dictionary of Pali Proper Names: Pali-English. Asian Educational Services. p. 990. ISBN 81-206-1823-8. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ Law, B.C (1994). On the Chronicles of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 81-206-0907-7. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ Sarkar, Jayanta; G. C. Ghosh (2004). Anthropological Survey. Sterling Publishers Pvt.Ltd. pp. 72–73. ISBN 81-207-2562-X. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ a b c Obeyesekere, Donald (1999). Outlines of Ceylon history. Asian Educational Services. pp. 17–18. ISBN 81-206-1363-5. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ^ a b c "Full Moon Poya Day of Unduvap". Sri Lanka Guardian. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ Lorna DeWaraja. "Buddhist Women in India and Pre-Colonial Sri Lanka". Buddhism Today. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e "Bodhirukka". What Buddha Said Net. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c d e "Chapter XVII: The Arrival Of The Relics". Lakdiva Org. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ a b c Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron. "A New Possibility: Introducing Full Ordination for Women into the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition". International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages. Retrieved 2010-05-03.


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The fourth edition of the tour honoring the genius of Jimi Hendrix launches March 5 in Los Angeles and features so many guitarists, you might need a program to stay on top of all the performances.
At the core of the 2010 Experience Hendrix tour you'll find Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brad Whitford, Ernie Isley, Living Colour and Double Trouble's Chris Layton on all dates, as well as Doyle Bramhill II appearing on most engagements.
Guitar Center, Englewood, Colo.April 6, 2008
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Also appearing on several dates will be Sacred Steel featuring Robert Randolph and Susan Tedeschi along with Los Lobos members David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas.
And who has the appropriate beat to play bass for all these guitar virtuosos? That would be Billy Cox, the tour's direct connection to Hendrix, a veteran of the Jimi Hendrix Experience as well as Band of Gypsys.
"It's a thrill for me to play Jimi's music for audiences now as it was in the 1960s," Cox said. "The Experience Hendrix Tours have shown how timeless this music really is."
Like past Experience tours, the game plan calls for various combinations of guitarists playing Hendrix's music, including signature numbers like "The Wind Cries Mary," "Red House" and "Purple Haze."
Chastain Park, Atlanta, Ga.June 24, 2009
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But before you start wondering if this is just an attempt to rip off Hendrix's legacy, we should mention the tour is presented by Experience Hendrix, LLC, the company founded by the legendary guitarist's father and owned by members of the Hendrix family.
The tour begins March 5 in Los Angeles at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk. It continues at The Joint in Las Vegas March 6 and the Ikeda Theatre in Mesa, Ariz., March 7.
Other stops include Friant (Fresno), Calif. (March 9), San Francisco (March 10), Denver (March 14), Kansas City (March 16), Minneapolis (March 17), Chicago (March 18), Milwaukee (March 21) and Red Bank, N.J. (March 25). The last show on the itinerary is March 27 in Atlanta at the Fox Theatre.
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Artist lineups may differ on some nights and you should check out the individual dates to see which performance you want to attend. Tickets are now on sale. For more information, please click here for the Experience Hendrix Tour Web site.
--Jay Smith
11:51 AM, Mar 11, 2010
The Experience Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Tribute Concert Live. March 5th 2010 Los Angeles, Gibson Theatre. 8.15 pm - 11.15 pm. The event began with a video of Jimi Hendrix newest musical release "Valley Of Neptunes" they followed with a presentation of a new Fender Stratocaster by Experience Hendrix CEO Janie Hendrix to a musical school for childern. Ernie Isley started the show off with Billy Cox on bass and Chris Layton of drums. Stone Free was tight and well rehearsed with Cox on vocal. Message To Love was done in great respect to the Band of Gypsys original version with Isley pulling off guitars licks note for note from Hendrix's 1970 release. Manic Depression was good by Isley which at times sounded a little odd compared to the original verison released in 1967. I give Ernie Isley a B for performance and sound. Living Color with Vernon Reid on guitar performed Power to Love. The song was strong with Corey Glover vocals sung in a very convincing way. Reids guitar solo was excellent but did venture away from Jimi's original licks as the song progressed into more of a funk/rock jam. A for performance B for guitar tone, at times Reids played so fast that you really couldn't hear which notes he was playing, maybe a little more soul and less flash. Doyle Bramhall performed Hear My Train Coming on solo acoustic guitar, this was followed by Who Knows with David Hildago on guitar. Who Knows was strong with Hildago's lead guitar playing on a Les Paul especially soulful.The end of Who Knows the song lost a bit of the push with Bramhall's Octavia solo losing focus, unlike The Band Of Gypsys original with Buddy Miles of drums and vocals. Jimi took the Octavia solo and pushed it to new interesting tones that also incorperated the Wha Wha pedal with Octavia, this didn't happened. I guess that some musicians don't understand that some of us fans really want to hear the sound and tones that Hendrix created live.Isn't that what Jimi was really about live...Especially when he performed with The Band of Gypsys! Performance A Bramhall's guitar solo tone a B. Chris Laytons drumming was solid as usual but at times seemed like it didn't mix up like Mitch Mitchell or Buddy Miles would, this was true during Los Lobos Them Changes where we really could have used Buddy Miles on drums. David Hildago had to signal Layton to play the Miles type machine gun rat tat tat at the end to finish the song...Note, Jimi Hendrix songs are pushed by the drummer. Maybe a drummer like Dennis Chambers and Jack DeJohnette who Mitch really liked would be a nice addition to this line up! Eric Johnson performed a killer version of House Burning Down with some flanged guitar sounds as well as Johnson's note for note guitar runs as well as some of his own licks that added to his solo performance. Johnson then performed Axis Bold As Love. This was a highlight of the evening with many in the audience finally getting to their feet to watch and listen a master of the guitar play with carefully exacuted notes and guitar tones very close the Hendrix's. Johnson finished his set with Are You Experienced? Again Johnson performed a killer guitar solo with long sustained notes that rang through the nights air. Eric Johnson also did an excellent job in doing his own vocals. Performance A. Guitar solos/tones A. Los Lobos, Cesar Rojas, David Hildago performed Can You See Me, Little Wing. Can You See Me had great energy but lacked a little in the middle solo. A Fuzz Face/Feedback tone would had been nice here. Little Wing started with Hildago hitting the opening licks note for note and continued with Rojas playing lead guitar.The song was performed with warmth and feeling with Hildago's solo played with heart and soul. A beautiful version by Los Lobos. Performance B+ Guitar sounds and tone B+. Rojas was using a Flanger pedal. Question. Has anyone of these musicians have an original Univibe pedal, this pedal was one on Jimi's favorite tones for his guitar as this sound/ tone was painfully missing the entire night. Hubert Sumlin performed Killing Floor with Los Lobos. A great soulful performance by the band with Sumlins lead guitar a refreshing clean tone that had been missing until this point. Performance B+. Guitar tone A. Los Lobos performed Them Changes with Corey Glover on vocal. The performance was strong with good solos from Hildago and Rojas. Glover's vocal on this tune was probably the best of the night for him as he sung with phrases that were on pitch with strong conviction, Glover went into the crowd and got those in front sections on their feet. Performance B Vocal A Guitar tones/sounds B. Johnny Lang performed Fire with Brad Whittford ( A member from Aerosmith ) Spanish Castle Magic and The Wind Crys Mary. Lang's guitar playing was soulful as well as played with more than enough energy. Whitford played lead guitar much better than expected the entire night and actually was one of the top guitarist with solo's and guitar tone that was strong with balance between distortion/clean without flash. Lang's solo on Spanish Castle Magic was a highlight of the evening as this brought the crown on it's feet! Lang's vocal stronger than the last time that I saw him as I believe that his age is starting to help is vocals for him now, as he's now singing more than screeming. Wind Crys Mary's middle solo wasn't the same as Hendrix's original version but was still good but I would rather hear the original middle solo as well as the ending solo to finish the tune. Performance A. Guitar solo/tones B+. Vocal A. Kenny Wayne Shephard performed with Noah Hunt on vocal. I Don't Live Today,Voodoo Child, Voodoo Chile ( Slight return ) Come On Pt.2. I Don't Live Today was performed well with a shorter than usual guitar solo also Wayne did not have a vibrato bar on his Stratocaster guitar during I Don't Live Today and did not dive bomb his guitar instead he let the guitar feedback in the break before the jam. Hunt sang great as usual. Voodoo Child, the slow version was a great version by Shephard with guitar runs that sounded like you were listening to the 1968 Electric Ladyland LP, this also was a highlight of the evening as the crowd came on it's feet once again. Voocoo Chile ( Slight Return ) Was played very similar to Guitar great Stevie Ray Vaughn. Chris Layton played great drums on this version as Shephard played guitar runs with either one or two Ibanez TS 808 pedals turned on to produced SRV distorted guitar tones that brought the entire hall to it's feet! Another highlight of the evening. Although I'd rather hear Jimi Hendrix's version of Voodoo Chile ( Slight Return ) I can live with the SRV version. Last up was Joe Satriani. Third Stone From the Sun. Foxy Lady with Vernon Reid. All Along The Watchtower with Glover on vocal.Red House with Brad Whitford on guitar. Third Stone From the Sun with Glover on vocal was good but...Towards the end of the song Satriani abandoned the original songs version of Hendrix feedback tones and substituted these out the world true Marshall Fuzz Faced Tones for fake effect pedal sounds, possibily messing with the controls on an analog delay. Performance B Guitar solo/tones B..Foxy Lady was a great dual solo from Satriani and Reid with Reid playing super fast runs with unreal picking technique and Satriani hitting high harmonics and playing unreal almost impossible to play guitar runs. A highlight of the evening. Performance A Guitar solos/tones A. All Along The Watchtower as a great performance with Satriani playing Hendrix notes for note. A highlight of the evening. Performance A Solo/tone A. Red House by Satriani and Whitford guitar. A great dual guitar solo by two great players! This was my highlights of the evening, both guitarist were playing from their heart and soul. Billy Cox's bass playing and vocal was superb. Satriani played Hendrix blues runs note for note as Whitford played blues guitar that would rival any so called blues guitarist in the world! Performance A+ Guitar solo/tones A+. Writer notes. It's too bad that we heard the same musicians play the same songs as they did in their past Hendrix Tribute appearances. Sadly songs MIA were Dolly Dagger, Roomful Of Mirrors, In From The Storm, Hey Baby, Freedom, Machine Gun, Lover Man, Hear My Train a Coming, Ezy Rider, Purple Haze, The Star Spangled Banner, Castles Made Of Sand, Six is Nine as well as others well all absent from tonights performance instead we heard some of the same songs that these performers had played for us before...Even Jimi would have liked to hear some the songs that he wrote towards the end of his career since these songs were a bit more complicated and entertaining to listen to. The producer for Experience did a good job of gathering these musicians but lacked in anything as being creative.. Maybe a look at how The Who does a Media Show during performances is in order to help give the audience something to be entertained with as they listen to such music.It's easy to produce the same tour year after year but it's hard to produce an ever lasting Experience. All in all the show is entertaining, mainly to guitarist in attendance and does give the people a good deal of music for the buck as many of the worls greatest guitarist gather on stage for one night! Go check the show and be ready to have your socks blown off! Thank you. Ray Spitzer 4/6/2010
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Why didn't all the people who signed the Walker recall petitions bother to vote yesterday?
(Just pick the best answer. Your desire to vote "all of the above" or 2 or 3 of the above can go in the comments. Those answers make boring results in a poll like this. Deal with it. This isn't pollster science I'm doing here.)
86 comments:
- mystickeeper said...
They don't care who opposes Walker, so long as Walker loses.
- Matthew Sablan said...
Realistically, I think it is a mixture between social pressure to sign what someone you like put in front of you and laziness. (with, maybe, a few thousand fake names, people not really living there, blank spaces erroneously counted among the signatures, etc.)
- Meade said...
Afraid, weak, and lazy. Also, they don't pay taxes and don't really care that these special elections are costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
- traditionalguy said...
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- Matthew Sablan said...
... Here's another possibility, I just thought of.
People said yes to the recall, while supporting Walker, solely out of a desire to win again and dance over the ruined dreams of people trying for a recall.
That is highly unlikely, but if I were writing some drama, I'd have people do that. - 5/9/12, 10:42 AM
- kristinintexas said...
Ditto mystickeeper - exactly what I came to say. Also, I voted fake signatures, but I think its a combination of that and laziness, with a possible rationale for the laziness being what mystickeeper said.
- David said...
Hard to choose between lazy, weak and nonexistent. A little of each, in proportions not knowable.
The real vote comes in June. The triumphal dancing by Walker supporters is premature celebration. You know where that can lead. - 5/9/12, 10:46 AM
- kristinintexas said...
But I'm in Texas, obviously, so what do I know? :)
- traditionalguy said...
Secret ballot, allows for reality based adjustments that refusing to sign a petition to even allow a vote at a request made in public did not allow.
It worked out for Walker's triumph and it cements his supporters while the news is still favorable to his Reforms. - 5/9/12, 10:47 AM
- Douglas2 said...
They thought it was a big enough controversy that it should be put to a popular vote, even though they were personally happy with the status-quo. Or they thought that if it could be demonstrated by vote that a plurality of the voting public were really behind the changes, the demonstrations would end and life would go back to normal.
- Douglas2 said...
This is why I was uncomfortable with the thought that known signatories were necessarily biased against Walker
- Patrick said...
David said: Hard to choose between lazy, weak and nonexistent.
Lazy, weak and nonexistent is no way to go through life, son. - 5/9/12, 10:50 AM
- Dan from Madison said...
If you were at a union meeting and they were passing around petitions, would you NOT sign it?
Also, a commenter mentioned at the last thread, if it was Thanksgiving and one of the persons at the table was, say, a teacher, and circulating a petition would you sign it and keep the peace or let the whole thing blow up?
I have a feeling there was a lot of this, plus WAY more fraud than the GAB cared to inform us about. - 5/9/12, 10:50 AM
- edutcher said...
Went with 5, although I think it's a combo of 1 and 3, as well as 5.
But, yeah, this does not bode well. - 5/9/12, 10:51 AM
- Shanna said...
A combo of 'don't exist' and 'lazy', with a dash of 'just signed this to get this idiot out of my face or alternately am too polite to say no to people in person'.
- Jane said...
In addition to the social pressure, people also put forward the arguement that signing the petition doesn't really mean that you want to recall the man, just that you have the pleasantly democratic motive of enabling an election to take place. Never mind the tremendous expense, of course!
- ricpic said...
All of the above, because I can't "deal with it."
- Martin L. Shoemaker said...
Law of Large Numbers: with so many people involved, the answer almost has to be "All of the above."
- Christopher in MA said...
I say a combination of laziness, fear and the natural desire not to rock the boat when a petitioner comes calling (especially if they're in the family, emotionally blackmailing you).
But, as a great philosopher once said, don't get cocky.
BTW, how's garage this morning? Anyone on suicide watch? - 5/9/12, 11:04 AM
- Mary Beth said...
Lazy, weak and nonexistent is no way to go through life, son.
Are they now on double secret probation? - 5/9/12, 11:04 AM
- AllenS said...
It's because one third of them now feel like fucking idiots.
- MadisonMan said...
People are lazy. That is my default explanation for many things. It saves me having to think up real explanations.
- Fen said...
Maybe that will be the death of the entitlement parasites - they become too irresponsible to make it to the voting booth.
Although I think we'll run out of money first. - 5/9/12, 11:21 AM
- garage mahal said...
What happened to the million+ Walker voters last night showing support for their hero? So much for the silent majority. Er, I mean minority. Walker would have lost last night with Dems getting 52%
Maybe even many Republicans won't support a governor entangled in a nasty criminal corruption probe? - 5/9/12, 11:21 AM
- TosaGuy said...
Do you really feel good about those talking points, Garage?
Which campaign strategist feels more confident this morning about the upcoming race -- Walker's or Barrett's? - 5/9/12, 11:25 AM
- Fen said...
Hey Garage, how about if Walker wins, you leave the blog for a year. If Barrett wins, I leave the blog for a year.
Deal? - 5/9/12, 11:29 AM
- Petunia said...
Let's see. Four Dems together get 52% of the total votes cast, in a crucial election they've been preparing for since BEFORE Governor Walker was even elected, AND just over half of the people who signed recall petitions bothered to come out and vote.
Governor Walker, running effectively unopposed in a primary that the media hardly mentioned, against a joke candidate who was only on the ballot because the GAB gave him extra time to correct filing mistakes, gets 48% of the total votes case, and about half the total number of votes he got in the November 2010 election. Sounds like a pretty good result for the Governor to me.
The lack of political astuteness and critical thinking by most of those on the left shouldn't amaze me, I guess, because after all, these are the same people who voted for Obama, the most unqualified president we have ever had. - 5/9/12, 11:31 AM
- phx said...
Do I want a recall is an entirely separate question from Do I want to vote in the recall. I may think for example that it's just for others to have their vote even though I don't want mine. That's their right.
- Petunia said...
And really, give it up with the John Doe probe and the legal defense fund. It's a witch hunt by a politically-motivated DA, and it hasn't come up with anything substantive against Walker in two years of digging.
Walker would be an idiot if he discussed it with the media, who've shown their bias again and again, and he'd be an idiot if he didn't have a legal defense fund given the irrationality of the people who are going after him. - 5/9/12, 11:33 AM
- Nathan Alexander said...
Hey Garage, how about if Walker wins, you leave the blog for a year. If Barrett wins, I leave the blog for a year.
So if things continue apace, the person behind Garage has one less sockpuppet to use. I don't see how you (or the rest of reader/commenters) gain from this bet. - 5/9/12, 11:36 AM
- Dead Dog Bounce said...
Could the turnout be low because yesterday wasn't Dem v Repub, and they didn't care much which Dem went forward?
- Patrick said...
Garage, it's the Dems who had the primary. There was no reason for Walker voters to come out - no meaningful opposition. The Dems, on the other hand had all the reason in the world to come out - but didn't.
Funny! - 5/9/12, 11:42 AM
- Quaestor said...
I voted "fake", but there was a three-way tie among "fake", "weak" and "lazy".
- Christopher in MA said...
What happened to the million+ Walker voters last night showing support for their hero?
Now that's comedy gold coming from you, the mini-Dr Evil who chortled over the ONE MIIILLLIION signatures on the recall petition. It takes FOUR Dems to get 52% and you think it's a win?
Honestly, garage, just change your avatar to Baghdad Bob. Show a little truth in advertising, dude. - 5/9/12, 11:43 AM
- Dante said...
I've signed petitions whose ultimate aims I disagree with because I think the people ought to decide.
- Quaestor said...
Could the turnout be low because yesterday wasn't Dem v Repub, and they didn't care much which Dem went forward?
From what I read the turnout was considered high for a special election. At least that's how the MJS reported it. What's the real story? Light or heavy? - 5/9/12, 11:47 AM
- garage mahal said...
Which campaign strategist feels more confident this morning about the upcoming race -- Walker's or Barrett's?
Hard to say. But if you were Walker, would you rather have less votes than the other team, or more? - 5/9/12, 11:50 AM
- AllenS said...
Walker 626,538 votes
Barrett 390,109 votes
What if the Dems that didn't vote for Barrett refuse to vote next time because Barrett just wasn't their guy? - 5/9/12, 11:51 AM
- AllenS said...
One person versus a team. Sounds good.
- syd B. said...
Billboard just south of Green Bay last week-
"Don't Falk us. We can't Barrett." - 5/9/12, 11:54 AM
- Jay said...
rage mahal said...
Wh Er, I mean minority. Walker would have lost last night with Dems getting 52%
Er, the Republican received 626,538 votes, while the two top Democrats took 619,049 combined. Put together the total of all four Democratic candidates, and they manage to beat Mr. Walker's total, taking 670,278 combined.
Keep plucking that chicken, loser.
You're going to be so, so butt-hurt come June. - 5/9/12, 11:56 AM
- Alex said...
Hey everyone, garage is turning into...
America's Politico! - 5/9/12, 11:59 AM
- bagoh20 said...
Laziness, of course. It's the major appeal of the liberal agenda.
In hindsight, it does look like it's all a plan from the right. The left base is our greatest ally. Which is the only reason I can think of that voting for Obama made sense. He's a false flag President. Althouse, you mischievous genius. - 5/9/12, 12:03 PM
- Matthew Sablan said...
"What happened to the million+ Walker voters last night showing support for their hero? So much for the silent majority. Er, I mean minority. Walker would have lost last night with Dems getting 52%"
-- Actually, Walker would have won, handily, since the Dems votes were split between two candidates. You do know how elections work, right? - 5/9/12, 12:07 PM
- bagoh20 said...
"...if you were Walker, would you rather have less votes than the other team, or more?"
That's it! That's the winning strategy. Just run ten Democrats against Walker, then add their votes together. It's absolutely diabolical, but it could work. Now that's what democracy looks like. - 5/9/12, 12:07 PM
- garage mahal said...
Er, the Republican received 626,538 votes, while the two top Democrats took 619,049 combined.
4 Democrats were in the race moron. Who do you think you're fooling with this horseshit? Or, maybe you didn't even know and pasted if from some wingnut blog, which would be just as likely I guess. - 5/9/12, 12:09 PM
- Matthew Sablan said...
If we're going to combine all the Democrats votes, does Walker get the 18k from protest Lincoln?
- Jay said...
garage mahal said...
4 Democrats were in the race moron. Who do you think you're fooling with this horseshit? Or, maybe you didn't even know and pasted if from some wingnut blog, which would be just as likely I guess.
Um, dipstick, why do you think you cut off my post when quoting it?
Is it because you're a drooling imbecile or because you're beyond reading comprehension?
Neither scenario reflects well on you. - 5/9/12, 12:14 PM
- Jay said...
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- Jay said...
Just think how pathetic garagie's little life is.
He has to tally up the votes of 4 Democrats to pretend the candidate he hates is unpopular.
Meanwhile, despite "1 million signatures!" said deeply unpopular candidate polls ahead of the Dem who used Walkers reforms.
Why, it is almost as if garage is an incoherent loon or something. - 5/9/12, 12:21 PM
- Superdad said...
There is a victory in this primary for the state of Wisconsin. The primary voters rejected the ultra-progressive Falk in favor of the more centrists,less union owned Barrett. That's a win for the state regardless of how the general election turns out.
- Michelle Dulak Thomson said...
I voted "lazy." That's pretty much my default assumption when people don't turn out to vote. Not that laziness is a bad thing in an electorate; I'd far rather have a smaller number of voters that have some actual interest in the outcome -- enough to have educated themselves on the questions at issue -- than a larger one that votes by rote.
The mystery to me is the huge Walker turnout. Was there widespread fear that his challenger would win (due to crossover votes or whatever)? I didn't even know that anyone was running against him on the Republican side until Ann posted about it a couple of days ago. Amazing that 600K+ people showed up to vote for him. - 5/9/12, 12:25 PM
- Michael K said...
Walker has to feel pretty good today. In spite of Garage's efforts at damage control, those "million" petition signers didn't show up. It looks like loser, loser, loser to me.
- EMD said...
GM thinks Walker will lose to Barrett. This is possible, but Barrett needs to garner support from all of the democrats who voted in the primary in time to oppose Walker in June.
And Walker hasn't even started running against Barrett yet.
Had Barrett received most of the 670k votes in his primary, I would be more willing to accept that Walker is in more trouble. - 5/9/12, 12:26 PM
- garage mahal said...
He has to tally up the votes of 4 Democrats to pretend the candidate he hates is unpopular.
4 Democrats were in the race, plus Riggs. That's 55,000 more votes than Walker. Spin that any way you want. I honestly don't give a shit what you think anyway. - 5/9/12, 12:29 PM
- Matthew Sablan said...
"The mystery to me is the huge Walker turnout."
-- I would have voted for him simply to help deny a narrative that he lacked support. Which would have happened if he didn't get a reasonable vote tally. - 5/9/12, 12:29 PM
- Curious George said...
One thing is for sure from leading all the lefty comments in this post and others, the Recall really is simply about retribution. The lazy selfish union fucks are not going to get their collective bargaining back, they don't care who represents them, they can't even keep a reason for the recall for more than a fucking week. It's about workers rights, no it's about the children, no it's about women, no it's about jobs. Who are you crappin?!?
Tom Barrett is going to be squashed like the cockroaches that he now represents. But don't feel bad, on June 7th he will still have his cozy gig as mayor of Milwaukee, where he can constinue to do nothing as much of the city continues to swirl in the bowl. - 5/9/12, 12:29 PM
- section9 said...
Uh, even some of the Good Government DEMOCRATS aren't buying into the mass of propaganda being thrown at them by the DNC and the Unions?
Wisconsin is in better fiscal shape than it was before Walker took office, AND it is attracting private investment.
Voters see this and will reward Walker at the polls. It has nothing to do with him being a Republican. - 5/9/12, 12:30 PM
- AllieOop said...
EMD, those who voted for Vinehout, LaFollette, Falk and Kohl-Riggs will come out and vote for Barrett, that is not a concern for Democrats.
- garage mahal said...
GM thinks Walker will lose to Barrett. This is possible, but Barrett needs to garner support from all of the democrats who voted in the primary in time to oppose Walker in June.
And Walker hasn't even started running against Barrett yet.
I've never said Barrett will win. And Walker has already started running against Barrett. - 5/9/12, 12:34 PM
- Jay said...
garage mahal said...
He has to tally up the votes of 4 Democrats to pretend the candidate he hates is unpopular.
4 Democrats were in the race, plus Riggs. That's 55,000 more votes than Walker. Spin that any way you want. I honestly don't give a shit what you think anyway.
Hey loser, Walker ran basically unopposed.
Of course you can't think about that because you're in full piss your pants mode.
Again, you're going to be so, so butt hurt in June. - 5/9/12, 12:35 PM
- Kirk Parker said...
Fen's getting lazy, and wants to take a break from commenting, but this way we don't know that.
(Fen: j/k, ok??????) - 5/9/12, 12:45 PM
- traditionalguy said...
Garage must be in mourning this morning. Let's be nice to him until he recovers.
It will not be easy to adjust to The Night They Drove old Unions Down. - 5/9/12, 1:11 PM
- Christopher in MA said...
Tradguy, I'd suggest Althouse and Meade get ready to preserve the Walker recall election night thread for posterity. If garage is losing his shit this eary, June promises to be a meltdown of Chernobyl proportions.
- garage mahal said...
Garage must be in mourning this morning. Let's be nice to him until he recovers.
Just let me know what I'm supposed to be mourning over, and I'll think about it. I'm impervious to right wing spin. It doesn't work.
Even if Walker gets beat, it's not like it's the end of it. They grow people like Walker in vats in Kansas, if he goes down, another 100 million dollar drone just pops right back up. - 5/9/12, 1:27 PM
- Nathan Alexander said...
Even if Walker gets beat, it's not like it's the end of it. They grow people like Walker in vats in Kansas, if he goes down, another 100 million dollar drone just pops right back up.
This is bargaining stage of grief, right? Or is it resignation? - 5/9/12, 1:43 PM
- alan markus said...
According to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 400,000 of the recall petitions signers did not vote in 2010. Factor out the ones under the age of 20 (couldn't vote in 2010) & that explains at least 200,000 right there. Good luck getting those 400,000 motivated to vote in June.
Walker-Barrett - 5/9/12, 1:52 PM
- traditionalguy said...
Garage @1:27 essentially repeated what Scarlet O'Hara said after the Yankees destroyed her beloved Tara and took away its slaves," Tomorrow is another day." And they are both right.
Madison, Wisconsin is a passionate place. And Garage is a good man. They will make a comeback. - 5/9/12, 1:53 PM
- garage mahal said...
This is bargaining stage of grief, right? Or is it resignation?
Just reality. Walker isn't particularly bright. He didn't think of all this on his own. None of these goobers in the legislature were smart enough either - all these bills were written by ALEC and the like. - 5/9/12, 2:03 PM
- Dante said...
Am I right about this? Republicans had little reason to ensure their candidate got the nomination, yet 620 thousand of them went to the polls anyway? Was anything else of note on the poll?
- furious_a said...
I vote #6: "Teachers' Union couldn't print enough fake doctors' notes to excuse their members to spend all day voting multiple times at different polling places.
- alan markus said...
Republicans had little reason to ensure their candidate got the nomination, yet 620 thousand of them went to the polls anyway?
And that is 55.5% of the vote that Walker got in 2010. The Dems combined was 66.7% of Barrett's total in 2010. By himself, Barrett got 38.8% of his 2010 vote.
In the big picture, maybe not meaningful. Leading up to the primary it was noted that because recall elections are rare, it would be hard to infer any analysis based on yesterday's results. - 5/9/12, 2:19 PM
- traditionalguy said...
Garage is impervious to right wing spin. That is a needed trait.
The Reagan conservatives are better at economics than Socialists. But the GOP regimes tend to sell out to the highest bidder as if that is their job.
As a lawyer with a son still active in Plaintiff's litigation, I know how hard hearted the Bush appointees in Federal District Courts are in eliminating (by new Expert Witness fiat rules at a judges discretion) the rights of recovery that belong to legitimately injured plaintiffs. It has become as bad as Chavez in expropriating property of Venezuelans.
Over the last 7 years the GOP appointed judges in the system are significantly rigging outcomes in favor of the Corporations and the defense firms who "win" for thir Insurance companies.
And when a serious known medical need has new treatments found, getting the new treatments funded is nearly impossible.
We really do NOT want Rick Perry's Texas style that protects Corporations from the legal system extended everywhere.
So I have also become quasi-impervious to mindless right wing spin.
But Obama is another matter He actually is an enemy 5th column agent inside the Government. He is not a liberal; and real liberals need to help the right wing to get him out while we still have a country left. - 5/9/12, 2:19 PM
- Calypso Facto said...
I like Terry Moulton's chances for Senate re-election in EC/Chippewa. His Dem opponent Kristen Dexter only drew 64% of the vote in the Dem primary against one of garage's favorite "fake" Democrats that no one had even heard of before yesterday.
- JAL said...
I did some of the petition checking.
It's was clear there were family or neighborhood groups (not unexpected). Some names were prnted, sopme siognatures completely illegible, but I usually gave those the benefit of the doubt, since signatures are an art form, it seems.
The petitions were checked by more than one person (i.e. if there were questionables or unknowns on it someone else apparently gave it a look).
I was surprised that only 4 turned up "fake." A fifth "fake" was a woman who someone found on Ffacebook, therefore she must be is "real" (?) and they included her. But note that she was not found on the list of registered voters.
Are there that many people who are not registered to vote in WI?
I think some people had second thoughts. What seemed like a good idea (boot Walker) turned out, when they looked at real numbers, like a not so good idea if they realized their money would be affected adversely.
But in reality I think most of the no-shows were too lazy to go vote. - 5/9/12, 2:23 PM
- roesch/voltaire said...
It is very difficult for "crisp conservatives" to accept that nearly a million folks did sign the petitions, especially when they predicted that this could not possibly happen, but it did. I suspect folks are nervous because the polls show Walker with only a one point lead over Barrett, and depending on the energy Barrett can sum up, and any further revelations from the investigation causing more Walker aids to get arrested-- well who knows what could happen.
- JAL said...
Little OT -- any thoughts on why more people voted in the Dem Lt Gov race than in the Dem Gov race?
- alan markus said...
any thoughts on why more people voted in the Dem Lt Gov race than in the Dem Gov race
Republicans who voted for Walker were able to jump down the ballot and vote for whoever they wanted to run against Rebecca Kleefisch - whomever they perceived as beatable. There was a "protest" candidate, although the Republicans did not have a wide spread effort to encourage anyone to vote for him. Also, the votes that Kohls-Riggs got (against Walker) were most likely Dems that then voted for the Lt. Gov. candidate that they think could beat Kleefisch. - 5/9/12, 3:07 PM
- Robin said...
The petition signers, minus the many faked signatures, were merely vandals - happy to clog up society but not responsible enough to show up and clean up their mess.
It didn't matter if Republicans showed up to vote at all for Walker in this ballot, and he still came up with almost as many votes as all the Democrat candidates.
That's a pretty good predictor that Walker will easily win the recall itself. - 5/9/12, 3:22 PM
- Robin said...
"But the GOP regimes tend to sell out to the highest bidder as if that is their job."
This is the kind of patently ignorant nonsense that Democrats give us. Who is selling out to Hollywood with oppressive "anti-piracy" legislation? Democrats. Who is known as "President Goldman Sachs"? A Democrat.
Who misappropriated a billion dollars of client money, and is not only still free, not only not charged at all, but is bundling donations for President Obama? Democrat Jon Corzine. - 5/9/12, 3:26 PM
- Matthew Sablan said...
Robin: That's solely because the GOP hasn't been given the opportunity to do many of those things yet. Give them a few years with a comfortable majority again.
- traditionalguy said...
Robin... Nice return shot. That was as good of a "everybody does it" defense as I've seen since Bill Clinton had to use it so much.
The GOP is not as user friendly as the social conservatives give them credit for. - 5/9/12, 4:40 PM
- John Stodder said...
It is very difficult for "crisp conservatives" to accept that nearly a million folks did sign the petitions, especially when they predicted that this could not possibly happen, but it did.
This message, once so compelling, is now officially behind the curve. It doesn't matter anymore. The new high water mark is that 626,000 people turned out to vote for Scott Walker even though his nomination was never in doubt. That's more than the Democrats were able to get out for their top two candidates.
Turning out to vote > Signing a petition. - 5/9/12, 5:15 PM
- Matthew Sablan said...
I don't see why we keep spotting them a second Democrat if we're not taking that 18k the other Republican left on the ground (even if he wasn't legit). Apples to apples, folks. 1v1.
- Steven said...
Garage hangs on to the raw vote totals because that's all he has, folks. Any analysis (like, "if just one in twenty votes in the Dem primary were cast by Walker supporters who wanted to influence the contested primary, more Walker supporters went to the polls yesterday than Walker opponents") makes it immediately obvious that the vote was a very bad sign for anti-Walker forces.
You can't really expect Garage to be emotionally mature enough to face that. - 5/9/12, 8:58 PM
- Northwoods Space Girl said...
I know a few people who did not sign the petition and voted for Falk in order to support the less viable Democrat. Those people will vote for Walker come June and I think there are many others who did the same. I had zero interest in voting in the primary, but will also vote for Walker come June -- and I'm sure there are many others like me. I think the recall is unlikely.


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Scutaro, part of Boston's offseason emphasis on improving its run prevention, fielded Derek Jeter's routine grounder with two outs in the eighth. But his throw went in the dirt and off first baseman Kevin Youkilis' glove. Then Okajima (1-1) walked Johnson, scoring Jorge Posada and making the score 5-4.
Robinson Cano added his first homer of the year in the ninth.
Alfredo Aceves (1-0) pitched two hitless innings and Mariano Rivera got his first save of the year and 527th of his career, most in AL history.
Rivera's appearance earned the Yankees a unique distinction — the only team in the history of major league baseball, the NFL, NBA and NHL with three players who played together in 16 consecutive seasons. Posada and Derek Jeter are the others.
Posada began the eighth with a ground-rule double that tailed away from right fielder J.D. Drew. But he stayed at second when Brett Gardner hit a single to short left field with one out. Curtis Granderson flied out. Then Jeter hit a grounder to Scutaro, one of three free agents signed by Boston to improve its defense.
But his throw bounced just in front of Youkilis, who snared it out of the air after Jeter had crossed first base.
Okajima, the winner of Boston's 9-7 opening night victory Sunday over New York, then walked Johnson on a 3-1 count. Scott Atchison relieved Okajima and retired Mark Teixeira on a fly out.
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Lester pitched Boston's second game for the third straight year and struggled each time. He lost 5-1 to Oakland in 2008 in Tokyo and 7-2 to Tampa Bay last year. He gave up a combined nine runs in nine innings. In fact, he's had a tough time in March and April throughout his career, going 2-4 with a 4.78 ERA in 12 starts before Tuesday.
Boston took a 1-0 lead in the first after Jacoby Ellsbury led off with a single, stole second and continued to third when Posada's throw went into center field for an error. Youkilis, who drove in two runs in Boston's 9-7 opening night win on Sunday, then hit a sacrifice fly.
New York tied it in the second on a single by Cano, a walk to Posada and an RBI double by Nick Swisher.
Victor Martinez gave the Red Sox a 3-1 lead in the third with his first homer of the year, a two-run shot after Ellsbury's double.
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NOTES: Righty batter Marcus Thames started in left field for New York in place of lefty Gardner because left-hander Lester started for Boston. Gardner pinch hit for Thames in the sixth when right-hander Manny Delcarmen replaced Lester. ... Red Sox No. 5 starter Clay Buchholz plans to throw a simulated game Wednesday. With two days off in the first five of the season, Boston won't use him until Sunday in Kansas City. ... The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Hannah Kearney of Norwich, Vt., who got the first gold medal for the United States at the Vancouver Olympics by winning the women's moguls. During the opening ceremonies, she wore a Jacoby Ellsbury T-shirt under her Olympic uniform. Ellsbury caught her pitch Tuesday.


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Final Polling at Hull gameWHU's View? continues to ballot fans and will do so, finally, at the Hull game.
All votes will then be collated and figures released on Monday. We have already had far more responses than any other poll and want to get as many votes as possible. If you have not already done so, you can vote by registering online at http://www.whusview.com/ or by completing a ballot form outside the ground. Please note that only season ticket holders/members can vote online and any duplicate votes are discounted. If you can help distribute ballot forms or want to help in any way, please pm me. Ta.
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameJust out of curiosity Doc, how do you know for sure that there isn't any duplicate voting? If I was strongly anti the move, what is there to stop me getting my wife/brother/sister/mate (you get the drift) to fill one in with the answer I tell them to put?
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameIt doesnt take a genius to work out this "poll" is going to show a majority are against the move.
Those for or willing to see the plans before making a judgement out of nothing on the move are not going to be arsed... Sat in my current seat in DML for the last decade and all those fellow season ticket holders around me fall into the above mentioned categories. Hopefully promotion on the 19th and then we get to see the plans on the 21st and see if the knicker wetting has been worth it.
Re: Final Polling at Hull game
The forms have been handed out only at home games DL and the vast majority completed there and then. I think something like 80% of the votes have come from season ticket holders/members with their patron numbers. We've gone through the names making sure there's no duplicates. As for MD_HM, well you've been sour about any ballot from day 1 ain't you? Fair enough, but I've stood talking with literally hundreds of people going to the last few home games asking them to fill a ballot whether they're in favour or not. The votes from trains to away games, from the alley to the East Side, from Green Street, from the pubs and cafes, from The Supporters' Club and from the Scandinavian Hammers by way of letter have all been remarkably consistent in terms of percentages. It's why the club didn't do one.
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameVotes have been collated and checked, with any duplicates taken out. There were a number of duplicates in the online votes but these have been deleted.
The votes from different poll points (around the ground, pubs, away games) have all given a similar percentage of Nos. Most matchgoing fans have had an opportunity to vote whatever their views and we have been just as keen to get pro and anti people to vote.
Re: Final Polling at Hull game
I hope when you publish the results you give the total number of votes cast and not just percentages
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameYes we will quote total number of votes and percentages.
These will be broken down into season ticket holder / members & match attenders who aren't members.
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameIs the ballot being conducted by independent scrutineers?
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I would guess it adheres to all the rules put in place by the club when they undertoook their comprehensive polling
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Probably not but does it matter, its being carried out by people who could be bothered to do it, who are neither campaigning for or against the move and it's all we are going to get.
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameDidn't address the point that those of us willing to wait to see the plans before forming an opinion are not interested in your ballot.
At present only people having been to the stadium or seen the plans are in a position to pass judgement or vote on anythin, anyone that hasn't is not in a position to vote on the future of our club. My biggest problem with the ballot and many people on here regarding the move is that I know many don't want to move under any circumstances or for selfish reasons. Any potential decision HAS to be based on what is best for the club's future and progression NOT on the fact someone doesn't like change. IF the conversion, branding and terms are in the clubs favour then I would happly vote FOR the move, but if we were to move as it is now and not branded for West Ham then I would vote NO. If in three weeks time the plans show a converted West Ham branded stadium then all this was pointless waste of effort, if it turns out to remain an unbranded shell in the plans then I will apologise to you
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameCheers for clearing that up Doc
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The problem wasn't with having a ballot as such, it was the lack of neutral answer, "Undecided"!
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No, but all votes are being recorded with any duplicates deleted. Although only Yes / No options were given, there is a comments box, and we advised those who did not wish to vote yes or no, to indicate this in the comments box - as a number of fans have. Of course ballot run by an independent polling organisation woudl ahve been best. This is what we asked the club to do. The cost would have been about £10,000. Everton did this on their proposed move. The club have shown no interest in such an independent poll. They may be constrained by confidentiality at the moment, but they have chosen not to hold a poll at any stage in either this or the previosu bid. Brady told the BBC that they will hold a poll after 21st May, but Sullivan has said we are not a democracy and wont poll fans.
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameMD_HM... You seem to put a lot of trust in our owners and Brady when they have given you more than enough reasons to do otherwise!
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameWhat was your sampling methodology?
Re: Final Polling at Hull game
See David Gold's tweets regarding the OS, You could say a contradiction in terms. Also see the below; viewtopic.php?f=39&t=139586 From a personal point of view i've had some dealings with the club and met Brady, so perhaps i've got more reason to be doubtful of their intentions.
Re: Final Polling at Hull game
What was your sampling methodology?
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If people wanted to vote they voted, if they didn't they didn't.
Re: Final Polling at Hull gameSo statistically worthless then.
The term for this is canvassing, not polling.
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The Oculus Rift creators recently secured $16 million in funding from investors, on top of their September Kickstarter bounty of $2.4 million – and they're going to use that cash to bulk up the team.
"We're using the funding to ramp up on hiring more smart people, the best and brightest that we can find," Oculus Rift CEO Brendan Iribe told Engadget. "The dev kit as it is now, that we're shipping, will stay the same, and the software side will just keep getting better."
Oculus Rift currently employs fewer than 50 people, and the new hires will be mostly engineers, Iribe said. Right now the headset is in development for PC games, but that doesn't mean other platforms are out of the running completely.
"We're always looking at other platforms, looking at consoles; we're also looking at Android and the mobile side in a big way – but right now we really are focused on the PC platform," Iribe said.
Sony President Shuhei Yoshida said he loves the Oculus Rift, though the PS4 doesn't currently support the VR headset. Yoshida wouldn't say if the PS4 will support Oculus Rift in the future – and he said it with a big smile, Engadget noted.


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Back when I was an undergraduate student, before my internship, one of our professors told us: "To patients, you are doctors, not just students. You may start things like an amateur, but it doesn't matter, because practice will make you an experienced doctor. So, you don't have to worry too much when beginning your clinical practice." Then he told us the old Chinese story of the oil peddler (English translation is from here)
During the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a skilled archer. One day he drew a big crowd while he was practicing on the drill ground. He shot so accurately that the on-lookers cheered with excitement. He became very proud of his skill. But among the crowd an old oil peddler only nodded his head indifferently. This hurt his Pride. He asked the old oil peddler:
-"Can you do this?"
-"No, I can't."
-"What do you think of my skill?"
-"Just OK, but nothing special. You've gained your accuracy from persistent practice. That's all."
-"What can you do, then?"
The old man said nothing. He put a gourd bottle on the ground and covered its mouth with a copper coin. He then scooped out a ladle of oil from his big jar, held it high and began to fill the bottle. Now, a thread of oil came down from the ladle into the bottle just through the hole of the coin. Everybody looking on watched with amazement. But the old man said, "This is nothing special, I can do this because I have practiced it a lot." And with these words, he left.
Later, people use this phrase to mean "Practice makes perfect".
I have this story in my mind all the time. I still remember when I just started working as an intern doctor, I was worried about my lack of experience. But I encouraged myself: that's okay, it's not a big deal – I cannot remember everything from the beginning. I will do it better in the future by repeating my practice.
"Practice makes perfect" – it's like a magic spell for me and makes me much more confident. Now I'm a doctor full of confidence. I believe that if I keep on working hard and practicing, I will become a great doctor.
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