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Inside ASIST
Looking to Long Beach
So the annual conference theme caught your eye, and then you were sold by the ASIST Los Angeles Chapter (LACASIS) articles on Long Beach weather, arts, culture and history. Before you make your travel plans check out the website that LACASIS has created to help you make the most of your stay. The website is linked from the ASIST Annual Meeting page, and can also be found at www.lib.uci.edu/lacasis/about.html. The website includes a Maps and Transportation section that provides information on how to get to Long Beach and how to get around once you are there. There is also the handy Within Walking Distance section that can help you locate a fancy restaurant, cup of coffee, post office or place to buy a toothbrush. And just in case you have a few free hours in the afternoon, this section provides details on local attractions within walking distance. You can easily stroll over to the Aquarium of the Pacific, Acres of Books bookstore or the shops on Pine Avenue.
What if you want to venture beyond Long Beach? Once the conference is over you might want to take advantage of Southern Californias wonderful weather and do some sightseeing. Everyone knows Southern California is famous for attractions like Disneyland, Universal Studios, San Diego Zoo, the Mighty Ducks, the Dodgers and the Angels but there is so much more. What about a trip to Catalina Island, Venice Beach, the International Surfing Museum or the San Diego Super Computer Center? The website includes points of interest in the Southern California area and approximate drive times.
And if all this information is not enough for you, LACASIS has members from all over Southern California who will be attending the Annual Meeting.Annual Meeting. Members will be happy to answer all of your questions about the local area.
See you in Long Beach.
Amy Wallace is the co-chair of the ASIS&T Los Angeles Chapter (LACASIS).
The 2003 ASIST Annual Meeting is October 19-22 in Long Beach, California. Check your mailbox for the preliminary program or visit the ASIST website www.asis.org for up-to-date information on schedules, presenters, pre-conferences and social events.
News from ASIS&T Chapters
The Central Ohio ASIST (CO-ASIST) chapter offered a look at the renovated State Library of Ohio at its mid-May luncheon meeting. The meeting began with Pete Bates, head of information systems and technology, and Clara Ireland, research services consultant, detailing the treasures in the historic building and plans for the future. Following lunch, participants took a tour of the impressive facility.
For its July meeting, CO-ASIST invited Don Barlow, director of the Westerville Public Library, to discuss radio frequency identification (RFID) and what this emerging technology might offer libraries.
The August meeting of the Southern Ohio ASIST (SOASIST) chapter will feature Thomas S. Blanton, director of the National Security Archive, discussing the USA Patriot Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Blanton, a keynote speaker at the 2002 ASIST Annual Meeting, will discuss privacy, government surveillance and transparency in government.
The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (LACASIS) focused on blogs, aka weblogs, chronological publications of personal thoughts and Web links, for its June meeting. Christina Salazar, California Lutheran University, and Donna Feddern, Escondido Public Library, showed examples of weblogs designed for libraries and explained how weblogs are used in different library settings.
LACASIS followed up in July with an opportunity to discover Californias Culinary History, featuring Dan Strehl, founder, Culinary Historians of Southern California, and librarian with Los Angeles Public Library.
The Seattle Reading Group of the Pacific Northwest Chapter (PNC) selected the topic, Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Pros and Cons, for its May meeting. The discussion articles were "In Defense of Copyright," interview with intellectual property lawyer Morton David Goldberg, http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/04/15/copyright_defense/, and "Wrapped up in Crypto Bottles," interview with cyber-rights advocate John Perry Barlow, www.heise.de/tp/English/inhalt/te/14337/1.html.
ASIST European Chapter Meets with Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA)
The European Chapter of ASIST provided support to the Libraries in the Digital Age conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 26-30, and held a half-day preconference meeting. The chapter stressed the role of professional organizations in career development. In highlighting the global nature of ASIST, Emil Levine, chapter advisor for the ASIST-EC, noted that almost 500 ASIST members are international, representing 65 countries.
Tefko Saracevic, Rutgers University, began the preconference with a brief history of ASIST. Kora Golub, Croatia, named ASIST-EC Student-of-the-Year, gave an overview of her participation in ASIST and the benefits derived, including her recent selection for a Ph.D. scholarship in Lund, Sweden.
Five ASIST members discussed the "Role of Professional Organizations in Career Development" and provided personalized accounts of their entry into ASIST and the impact on their careers. Levine, currently living in Vienna, recounted how Isaac Welt, then editor of JASIS and professor at American University, encouraged his students to join ASIS in order to get an A in class! Saracevic traced his career from his love affair with a computer to his entry into Case Reserve so he could learn more about computers. And the only computer was in the library school. Sanda Erdelez, University of Missouri, who is Croatian by birth, entered Cornell with a legal background, and her interests in intellectual property brought her to the library school. Paul Kantor, Rutgers, entered the field as a physicist. LIDA co-director Tatjana Aparac, University of Osijek, Croatia, entered the field through studies in library and information science in Croatia.
With support from the ASIST Chapter Development Fund and donations from Information International Associates and SIG/III, ASIST-EC helped sponsor the attendance of 13 students at the conference, as well as co-sponsoring a wine and cheese party and other events. A total of 17 students were honored with student memberships in ASIST for various academic activities in their home institutions and at the conference.
The conference drew 141 participants from 18 countries. Full details of the conference and papers presented can be found at http://www.pedos.hr.lida/.
News About ASIST Members
Suzie Allard, who recently completed her Ph.D. at the College of Communication and Information Studies at the University of Kentucky, has joined the faculty of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee as assistant professor. Previously, she was a presidential fellow at Kentucky, where her research focused on digital libraries, knowledge management and health communication. A founding member and past-chair of ASIST SIG/DL, she was the 2002 recipient of the James M. Cretsos Leadership Award.
Lois F. Lunin, editor of JASIST Perspectives for 20 years and 1976 recipient of the Watson Davis Award, received the 2003 Drexel University Alumni Board of Governor's Service to Profession Award. This honor is conferred upon a graduate who has earned recognition for her professional achievement or whose work has contributed to advancements in her field. Lunin was honored for her decades of commitment to advancing information science through research, publications and volunteerism.
Deanna Marcum, most recently president of the Council on Library and Information Resources, has been appointed associate librarian of Congress and national librarian, effective mid-August.
José-Marie Griffiths, University of Pittsburgh and former ASIST president, will be appointed by President Bush to a two-year term on the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). PITAC advises the president on maintaining America's preeminence in advanced information technologies.
News from an ASIST Institutional Member
University of Tennessee Honors 3 ASIST Members
Three professors in the School of Information Sciences (SIS) at the University of Tennessee all ASIST members were recently honored for their exemplary research and technological innovation. Awards to Dania Bilal, Carol Tenopir and Gretchen Whitney are particularly noteworthy because SIS professors garnered these awards the first year the new College of Communication and Information was formed.
Dania Bilal, associate professor, was awarded the College's Research Award. She was recognized for her recent publications in leading journals, including the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Online Information Review and Information Processing and Management. She has also published popular articles in the local press.
Bilal's major research area concerns user information-seeking behavior in using the Web. She has been awarded a research grant by Eugene Garfield to investigate designing Web search engines that meet children's information-seeking behavior and needs. The preliminary results of this funded project were published in the proceedings of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS/ACSI). She has also authored Automating Media Centers and Small Libraries: A Microcomputer-Based Approach, which is used in classrooms worldwide.
Carol Tenopir, professor, was awarded a University 2003 Research and Creative Achievement Award at the 2003 Provost's Banquet. Designed to honor accomplished researchers known internationally in their fields, this award recognizes Tenopir for her advances in teaching, research and service at the University.
Tenopir bridges the fields of information science, communication and librarianship. She has published more than 200 journal articles and four books. In 2003, she was awarded the ASIST Research Award. In 2001, she received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).
Gretchen Whitney, associate professor, has been awarded the College Faculty Innovative Technology Teaching Award. A 1999 recipient of the ALISE Pratt-Severn Award for Faculty Innovation, she has continued to explore new technologies, such as PDA access to Blackboard and HTML-based lessons; instant messaging; Weblogs,weblogs, and the Wiki Wiki Web. She has also taken an historical approach to help new users understand the history of the Internet and has introduced lessons on ASCII art to help students understand such basic issues as case sensitivity.
In 1995, Whitney mounted the first Web page for the School of Information Sciences, alongside sites for two courses that she was teaching. In 1998, she presented perhaps the first research article in the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science that was supported by continual updates on a website. In 1999, she mounted the first Web-based distance education course for the school, which included innovative audio-plus-HTML explanations of lessons.
Rob Kling
Rob Kling, professor of information systems and information science in Indiana Universitys School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) and adjunct professor of computer science, passed away unexpectedly in mid-May. He was 58 years old.
Blaise Cronin, Klings colleague and dean at Indiana University, says, "Rob Kling's accomplishments are legion, and well documented. He was quite simply the brightest bloke with whom I have had the pleasure of working. Infectiously curious, playfully serious, razor sharp, generous of spirit, and wonderfully open-minded."
A brilliant scholar and prolific writer, Kling is described by colleague Alan Dennis as "an icon in our field.
At IU, Kling directed an interdisciplinary research center the Center for Social Informatics and directed the SLIS Master of Science degree program. In addition, he served as the editor-in-chief of The Information Society, a publication for the information technology profession, and on numerous editorial and advisory boards.
Kling's research interests were wide ranging. Since the early 1970s, he had been a leading expert on the study of social informatics the roles of information technology (IT) in social and organizational change and the ways that the social organization of IT is influenced by social forces and social practices.
Kling grew up in northern New Jersey. He completed his undergraduate studies at Columbia University and his graduate studies, specializing in artificial intelligence, at Stanford University. Among his early professional assignments were a research appointment in the Artificial Intelligence Center at the Stanford Research Institute; professorship in computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; and faculty appointments at UC-Irvine. He moved to Indiana University-Bloomington in 1996.
Kling is survived by his wife, Mitzi Lewison of Bloomington, Indiana, and his sister, Ellasara Kling, of New York City.
The family has established the Rob Kling Social Informatics Scholarship Fund at the IU Foundation. Contributions may be made payable to the IU Foundation with the name of the scholarship fund on the memo line. Mail to: Indiana University Foundation, P.O. Box 500, Bloomington, IN 47402.
Bryce Allen
Bryce Allen, recently retired from the University of Missouri, passed away unexpectedly in late April. Allen joined the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies (SISLT) faculty in January 1996. He and his wife, Gill Allen, retired after the winter 2001 semester and moved to Nova Scotia. Before his retirement, Allen had been an active teacher and researcher in the area of cognitive aspects of information searching, and more recently Web-searching behavior. Earlier this year, he won the ALISE award for Teaching Excellence in the field of Library and Information Science, praised as "a gifted instructor who excels in his ability to connect with his students."
Condolences may be sent to his wife Gillian Allen at 408 Seaman St., RR#1 Margaretsville, NS, CANADA B0S 1N0.
News from the Field
Responding to a call from the Library of Congress, a task force of ALAs Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) has recommended appropriate training and education for bibliographic control of Web resources (www.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/CatalogingandMetadataEducation.pdf).
To address the challenge of cataloging 21st century library materials, the Library of Congress hosted a bicentennial conference on "Bibliographic Control for the New Millennium" (www.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/). John Byrum, chief of the Library of Congress Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division, remarking on the genesis of the conference, said Libraries"Libraries have witnessed an explosion in Web resources and they recognize the need to integrate them into their collections. The conference sought to enable an open discussion and the development of an action plan to pursue."
Among more than two dozen action items from the LC conference, two of them relate to education and training. The Library of Congress asked that ALCTS take a lead role to accomplish these two action items. As a first step, ALCTS created its joint task force with ALISE. The task force, chaired by Beth Picknally Camden of the University of Virginia, engaged principal investigator Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, associate professor of the School of Library and Information Science of the Catholic University of America, to survey ALA-accredited programs and to recommend fresh approaches.
The group responded with a five-part plan to help metadata and cataloging educators and trainers.
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Nianfo in Chan
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:13 pm
I was wondering if anyone knew how much the nianfo was chanted in Chan, or if there are other mantras that are chanted more commonly.
A Buddhist discussion forum on Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism
So Chan and Pureland practices are interrelated. Interestingly, I attended a temple attended by Shaolin monks/nuns and they all chant "Amidafuo"Chan and Pure Land Practices in ChinaOne thing that should be kept in mind when considering the Zen style of the ºbaku monks is that they were steeped in the Buddhist culture of the Ming period, replete with conspicuous Pure Land aspects. (Hirakubo 1962: 197) What appeared to the Japanese Zen community of the mid-seventeenth century as the incongruous marriage of Pure Land devotional elements within more traditional forms of Chan practice had already undergone a long courtship in China that had resulted in what seemed to the Chinese monks as a natural and legitimate union. Recitation of Amitåbha's (C. Amituo, J. Amida) name has an established place in some of the Chan school's most fundamental practices and institutions. Already in the Chanyuan qinggui 禅苑清規,1regarded as the earliest Chan monastic code still in existence, the chanting of the Buddha's name was already a standard practice at the funeral of a Japanese Religions Vol. 33 (1 & 2): 19-34* Project Researcher, International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Kyoto).1. While this monastic code is the earliest one still in existence, it is not thought to be the first monastic code. The Baizhang qinggui 百丈清規is posited as the first example of a monastic code, although it is not extant, and even doubted by some to have existed at all. For an annotated translation of the Chanyuan qinggui with extensive commentary, see Yifa (1996). 20 JapaneseReligions33 (1 & 2)2. Yifa 1996: 333, 338. Throughout the funerary ceremony, there are several occasions upon which ten recitations of the Buddha's name are performed. The number ten is also a significant Pure Land influence since in the Wuliangshou jing (J. MuryØjukyØ) 無量寿経, one of the three foundational scriptures of the Pure Land school, Amida's eighteenth vow also puts forth "ten recitations" or "ten contemplations" shinian 十念as the prescription for birth in his Pure Land. There is also the question as to the interpretation of nian 念which early on meant to visualize and only later came to be used in the context of an oral recitation. For more on the early history of mixed practice in China, see KØchi 1972 and Hattori 1971.3. ZGDJ I:111d, s.v. Enju.4. Shih 1987: 118. Even if this attribution is spurious, it nonetheless demonstrates the position that Yongming is perceived to have held in this Chan/Pure Land dialectic. Shih quotes the "fourfold summary" as: "With Ch'an but no Pure Land, nine out of ten people will go astray. When death comes suddenly, they must accept it in an instant. With Pure Land but no Ch'an, ten thousand out of ten thousand people will achieve birth [in the Pure Land].If one can see Amitåbha face to face, why worry about not attaining awakening?With both Ch'an and Pure Land, it is like a tiger who has grown horns. One will be a teacher for mankind in this life, and a Buddhist patriarch in the next.With neither Ch'an nor Pure Land, it is like falling on an iron bed with bronze posters [i.e., one of the hells]. For endless kalpas one will find nothing to rely on." (Shih 1987: 118) Shih borrows this translation, with minor changes, from Yü (1981: 52).5. Zhongfeng is in a pivotal position in the history of combined practice, standing between the late Song masters who engaged in mixed practice, and Yunchi, the Ming-period champion of incorporating Pure Land within Zen. (SatØ 1981: 233-34) It is also monk.2This work became the basis of later monastic codes, and thus stands in a solidly unassailable position from the perspective of standard monastic practice. Yongming Yanshou永明延寿(J. YØmei Enju, 904-975),3a Chan monk of the Fayanzong 法眼宗(J. HØgensh¨), made prominent use of the nianfo within Chan training. (Baroni 2000: 109) He also asserted that the Pure Land is to be sought in the mind only (yuishin jØdo唯心浄土), a theme that had appeared well before his own lifetime. (Sharf 2002: 313) Yongming could perhaps be considered the first to self-consciously formulate the compatibility of the two practices, evidenced in the attribution of the "fourfold summary" [of Chan and Pure Land] to him, a concise formula that relates the harmony of the two practices.4Another conspicuous figure who inherited and elaborated upon this practice is Zhiche 智徹(J. Chitetsu, ?-1310) whose own awakening was said to have been spurred by the conundrum "Who is it calling the name of [meditating upon] the Buddha" nianfo shi shei念仏是誰, which thereby provided the start for the formal practice of nianfo gongan念仏公案(J. nenbutsu kØan). (Zhang 1975: 386) In China, the two practices of Chan meditation and the calling of the Buddha's name were natural parts of any monks' Buddhist practice, such to the extent that Zhongfeng Mingben 中峰明本(J. Ch¨hØ MyØhon, 1263-1323)5would comment "Chan Baskind: ThenianfoinºBakuZen21Zhongfeng's dharma line that flourished and would come to include the ºbaku monks. While Yunchi contributed in good measure to the popularity of the nianfo among Chan practitioners, the codification owes much to Zhongfeng. (Nishio 1985: 52)6. Yü translates a passage from Yunqi's four-volume work Foshuo Amituojing shuchao 仏説阿弥陀経疏鈔(J. Bussetsu Amida kyØsho in which he expounds on his belief that through is the Chan of the Pure Land and the Pure Land is the Pure Land of Chan" (chanzhe jingtu zhi chan, jingtu zhe chan zhi jingtu 禅者浄土之禅、浄土者禅之浄土). (Zhang 1975: 386) Mingben was a prominent Yuan-period monk who contributed in large measure to the Chan/Pure Land synthesis. (SatØ 1981: 233) Regarding this combined practice, Konggu Jinglong 空谷景隆(J. K¨koku Keiry¨, 1392-?) described the nianfo as "the most important shortcut method of training" (nianfo yimen jiejing xiuxing zhi yao 念仏一門捷径修行之要), and Hanshan Deqing憨山徳清(J. Kanzan Tokusei, 1546-1623), considered one of the great masters of the Ming period, expounded on the nianfo saying, "The single practice of the nianfo is the true huatou 話頭(J. watØ, "head word"), the supremely easy [method] of gaining succor in [this world] of dust" (weidu nianfo shenshi de huatou, chenlao zhongjiyi de li 唯独念仏審実的話頭、塵労中極易得力). (Furuta 1960: 23) Chinese Buddhism has changed little in this regard, as Holmes Welch noted in his study of early twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism. He reports that monks in the monasteries he visited jointly practiced meditation and recitation of the Buddha's name. (Welch 1967: 399-400) Certain monks echoed Mingben's words above by asserting that Chan and Pure Land practice not only complement each other, but even more so cannot be practiced apart from one another. (Welch 1967: 400)One of the most conspicuous figures in Ming Buddhism is Yunqi Zhuhong 雲棲株宏(J. Unsei ShukØ, 1535-1615). This Chan monk of the late Ming is foremost known for his joint practice of meditation and nianfo, but he also promoted the compatibility of the Three Teachings (of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism) and produced morality books (shanshu善書) for his disciples as well as a more general audience for the purpose of inculcating moral values in the readership. (Yü 1981: 102) Yunqi was the object of considerable scorn from the Japanese monk Hakuin Ekaku白隠慧鶴(1685-1768), who in his Oradegama遠羅天釜described Yunqi as having "abandoned the 'steepness' technique of the founders of Zen … advocated strongly the teachings relating to the calling of the Buddha's name, and displayed an incredibly shallow understanding of Zen." (Yampolsky 1971: 147-148) Yunqi played a defining role in the formation and final codification that crystallized in the joint practice of Chan and Pure Land teachings during the late Ming period. Yunqi was not the only monk of the late Ming period to promote this style of practice, but he was perhaps the most emphatic when it came to asserting that the practice of the nianfo was the most suitable and efficacious method in the era of Degenerate Law (mofa 末法) for both attaining awakening in this life, for those so able, or for achieving birth in the Pure Land. (Yü 1981: 57) He interpreted the invocation of the Buddha's name in Chan terms in the sense that when one concentrates on the recitation of the name in a single-minded manner, one is simultaneously cultivating the bodhisattva path as well as achieving the mindfulness necessary to shatter illusion and break through to awakening.6
It's quite a common practice.ChangYuan wrote:I was wondering if anyone knew how much the nianfo was chanted in Chan, or if there are other mantras that are chanted more commonly.
So if we are reciting Amitabha Buddha, we should know that Amitabha means "infinite/boundless light" and Buddha means "clear awareness". So Namo Amitabha Buddha is a call to mind, to take refuge — as in to return and rely upon — the boundless light of awareness, the wisdom that is the original nature.Breakthrough Sermon Nianfo snippet:
Student: The sutras say that someone who wholeheartedly invokes the Buddha is sure to be reborn in the Western Paradise. Since this door leads to Buddhahood, why seek liberation in beholding the mind?
Bodhidharma: If you're going to invoke the Buddha, you have to do it right. Unless you understand what invoking means, you'll do it wrong. And if you do it wrong, you'll never go anywhere.
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either. And to invoke means to call to mind, to call constantly to mind the rules of discipline and to follow them with all your might. This is what's meant by invoking. Invoking has to do with thought and not with language. If you use a trap to catch fish, once you succeed you can forget the trap. And if you use language to find meaning, once you find it you can forget language. To invoke the Buddha's name you have to understand the Dharma of invoking. If it's not present in your mind, your mouth chants an empty name. As long as you're troubled by the three poisons or by thoughts of yourself, your deluded mind will keep you from seeing the Buddha and you'll only waste your effort. Chanting and invoking are worlds apart, Chanting is done with the mouth. Invoking is done with the mind. And because invoking comes from the mind, it's called the door to awareness. Chanting is centered in the mouth and appears as sound. If you cling to appearances while searching for meaning, you won't find a thing. Thus, sages of the past cultivated introspection and not speech. This mind is the source of all virtues. And this mind is the chief of all powers, The eternal bliss of nirvana comes from the mind at rest. Rebirth in the three realms also comes from the mind. The mind is the door to every world and the mind is the ford to the other shore. Those who know where the door is don't worry about reaching it. Those who know where the ford is don't worry about crossing it.
wait, 'never really so separate in the first place'?Huifeng wrote:
In China, the most common form of Chan practice is using the recitation of "amitabha" for samadhi, but then using the huatou "who recites Amitabha?" as the method of introspective insight.
The whole notion of Chan and Pureland as two separate schools is a bit dubious, and they were probably never really so separate in the first place. However, in Japan, there was a tendency to have all the schools very distinct and not interact. Not so in China. Basic Pureland ideas are found throughout almost all of the Mahayana. The basic ideas of Chan are also present there, too.
Okay, maybe "never" is a little bit too much, but I did have a "really so" in there!Anders Honore wrote:wait, 'never really so separate in the first place'?Huifeng wrote:
In China, the most common form of Chan practice is using the recitation of "amitabha" for samadhi, but then using the huatou "who recites Amitabha?" as the method of introspective insight.
The whole notion of Chan and Pureland as two separate schools is a bit dubious, and they were probably never really so separate in the first place. However, in Japan, there was a tendency to have all the schools very distinct and not interact. Not so in China. Basic Pureland ideas are found throughout almost all of the Mahayana. The basic ideas of Chan are also present there, too.
That calls for an expanded account.
I found another version of the same article in smaller file size. Anyone interested can find it at http://buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu/peo ... arf/2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Huifeng wrote:I tried to upload a great article on this, but it is too big.

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George Y. Yamashita
George Yamashita passed away on February 20, 2013 at the age of 82. He is predeceased by his wife, Sachiko; sisters, Mary Foust and Rose Yoshimura; brothers-in-law, Henry Sagara, Kenzo Shingu, Masaru Yoshimura, Mat Fujitani, Tom Tominaga, Tosh Domoto and sister-in-law, Kiyoe Sagara. He is survived by daughters, Patricia Yamashita and Christine Sandra (Bryan) Spradley; grandson, Mathew Spradley and great grandson, Ryan Spradley. He is also survived by his sister, Grace Shiozaki; sisters-in-law, Amy Shingu, Carol Tsuchimoto, Chiyo Shingu, Fumie Tominaga, Hasu Fujitani, Lil Domoto; brothers-in-law, George (Alice) Shingu, Masami (Selena) Shingu, Shoichi Shingu and many nieces and nephews.
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Denisovans, quidditch, and latte art: a dictionary update
Does admiring your latte art serve as a welcome distraction from the trilemma of deciding whether to tidy, wash, or ignore the floordrobe cluttering up your bedroom? If that sentence leaves you baffled, don't worry, it's not TEOTWAWKI: we've simply embiggened the dictionary again – eep! If you fancy a break from the latest Twitter storm, […]more


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I want to thank everyone for their support. I feel very welcome. I am receiving a lot of support from new found friends as well. Although I have not the courage to overtly state my opinion to everyone in my family, I also think it is not necessary that they all need to know right away. I have been very open about it in public and most of those people are either indifferent, agnostic or atheist themselves. I am a little shocked by this realization. I was under the impression that so…Continue
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As with any new thing in one's life, there is a honeymoon period where everything is perfect and life is better than it has ever been. Now consider that I came to Atheism on my own and with little or no persuasion. It took me years of becoming displeased with Christian morality, or the lack there of, before I was willing to accept foreign ideas. My family and identity was so entangled with faith that I feared I would be set outside the fold. To date, I have had very mixed reactions. I…Continue
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It's a wonderful thing. Freedom. Freedom of ideas, of love and hate. Freedom to feel remorse, regret. I was told I was free, before. Before my decision to forsake religion. But faith captured my liberation, chain by chain, lie by lie. I am newly, truly liberated from the bonds of former dominative masters. It isn't remorse or shame or regret I feel the most right now. It is pity that strikes the deepest. I pity the lies I pilfered as the good steward. I pity the council I offered…Continue
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by D.W. Howze
For New Pittsburgh Courier
Two hundred area student athletes were on hand as UPMC Sports Medicine hosted the Student Athlete Leadership Academy at Robert Morris University Aug. 7. The event featured a full day of seminars and activities where students were able to gain informative and hands-on insight as to how to become better leaders.
Even though planning began for this event back in September, and this was the fourth annual event, there were only six African-Americans who participated. None were students in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. According to Pittsburgh Public Schools athletic director Mike Gavlik, the word was put out by him to each school. However, to his knowledge, none of the schools nominated any of the athletes.
|CHECKING THE SCHEDULE—Brittany Edwards, a senior track star at Baldwin, looks over her agenda for the next hour.
The day began with registration, a continental breakfast, a welcome message from the university's president, and a keynote speech. Fifty WPIAL schools had representation as the kids piled in to the Sewall Center located on the RMU campus.
"It's an opportunity for us to reach out to young student athletes," said Gregory Dell'Omo, Ph.D., who is the president of Robert Morris University. "It is important for them to develop their own leadership skills and their own approach to athletic competition as well as their academics."
The keynote speaker was Troy Robinson, a former player from the London Monarchs of NFL Europe. He is currently the chief development officer of the Holy Family Institute. He delivered a strong and encouraging message to the students about being the first to take the initiative to be better not only on the field but in the classroom and in the community.
"I think the objective is to get these kids a Division I scholarship and to not have the prize go to a professional athlete," said Robinson. "It is more important that these kids get through college and receive an education so that when they are ready they can really be leaders in the long run."
Topics in the seminars held throughout the day were developing a leadership plan, communication and conflict resolution, team building, and stress management/decision-making.
|ALL BUSINES—A participant absorbing the information being presented.
"I plan on doing my best in school and telling people that are younger than me to work hard in order to get to where they need to be," said Elijah David, a junior at North Hills High School. "I'd like to look at my (positive influences) and make them my motivation to do what is needed to be a good leader."
One of the activities promotes how to deal with pressure and how to stay organized focused and calm in these situations. Tariq Francis, a New Jersey native, was a student manager for the University of Pittsburgh from 1999-2005. He is now the member relations manager at the YMCA at U.S. Steel Tower.
"It's a great time to be with the youth," said Francis. "This program brings a good core group of leaders together so that makes it extra special for those who are involved. I hope a lot of these kids get a chance to bring this back to their teams so that they can win some state championships this season."


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"'Venus in Fur' becomes nation's most produced work"
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NEW YORK (AP) — David Ives' naughty "Venus in Fur" tops the list of the most produced plays nationwide during the 2013-14 season, according to the theater industry's largest trade group.
American Theatre magazine, published by Theatre Communications Group, announced the list in its October issue.
Ives' play, which explores power and powerlessness with more than a bit of sadomasochism, was a hit on Broadway and won Nina Arianda a Tony last year. Twenty-two theaters will produce "Venus in Fur" this season.
The Top 10 also includes Bruce Norris' "Clybourne Park," Katori Hall's "The Mountaintop," David Lindsay-Abaire's "Good People," Jon Robin Baitz's "Other Desert Cities," Amy Herzog's "4000 Miles" and Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike."
The list was compiled from 499 member theaters. It omits holiday-themed shows and Shakespeare works. ...
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Nov 2012 17:55 UTC
"Today, I want to share a bit more detail about the growing Surface family of products and Surface with Windows 8 Pro, specifically around pricing. In January, Surface with Windows 8 Pro will be available in two versions and pricing will start at $899." Stefan Constantine noted on Twitter: "For the price of a Surface Pro ($899), you could buy a Nexus 4 ($349), Nexus 7 ($299), and a Chromebook ($249). Do the math." No matter how hard people are going to shout the Surface Pro is an ultrabook competitor, people will compare it to an iPad.
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Both for people who are bad at math. >$1k for an 11" tablet with a keyboard. I could buy a PC, buy internet access, run it as an RDP target, buy a Nexus10 and bt keyboard, and have a better tablet and a better PC, with full use of Windows on both whenever I want ... and pay for my internet access for a couple of years to boot. Oh joy.


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Lipohypertrophy, caused by excess visceral adipose (fat) tissue (VAT), has been estimated to affect as many as one-third of people living with HIV, and is associated with the use of antiretroviral therapy, as seen from studies in which treatment-naive people began therapy and accumulated fat in the abdominal area. VAT is different from subcutaneous fat, as it surrounds the vital organs and causes a hard, distended belly. It can be quite painful and extremely debilitating, and adversely affects quality of life and body image for those who have the condition. It can also put you at higher risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD).
The efficacy of the drug is modest, but studies of the drug so far have shown up to a 17% reduction in VAT for those using the drug for one year, which must be injected once daily under the skin. There is some evidence that it may lead to increased glucose intolerance and risk for diabetes in certain patients. However, the number of those developing increased glucose intolerance was only around 2-4%. And the question as to whether using the drug could lead to reduced risk for CVD, which was an initial hope, remains unanswered.
Only two weeks earlier, I had figured I would be home in Chicago that day, getting ready for a busy weekend of barbecues and some beach time for the Memorial Day holiday. But following a flurry of e-mails, phone calls, and communications between a core group of advocates that I had been working with closely for several years on development of the drug, I found myself instead at a Marriott Inn at the University of Maryland University College in Adelphi, Maryland.
Initially, when asked by some if I was coming to the meeting, I had said no, for a couple of reasons, not the least of which was the cost of the trip, but also the fact that I had some serious doubts about whether my being there could have any real effect on the panel's decision. This was the first ever Advisory Committee meeting I'd attended, so I didn't really know what to expect. When I asked my friend and colleague Tim Horn, of AIDSmeds.com, what it would be like, his reply was "fascinating, but exhausting."
As usual, he was right.
As the meeting got underway, and I listened to the presentations by the drug's sponsor and by the FDA representative about the studies that had been conducted so far, and the safety and efficacy data compiled to date, it quickly became clear that this was exactly where I needed to be.
I had come to testify during the Open Public Hearing portion of the meeting on behalf of the Drug Development Committee of the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC), in support of a letter we had submitted urging the panel to recommend approval of the drug.
I was in awe of the processes of the meeting as they unfolded that day, with all the rules, procedures, and protocols. I was also struck by how years of studies and millions of dollars invested in research and development all boiled down to an eight-hour meeting and 16 votes -- with a treatment that had the potential to benefit thousands of people living with HIV hanging in the balance.
I arrived at the meeting location shortly before it started at 8 a.m., signed in, and received a badge designating me only as OPH #3, the third speaker during the Open Public Hearing. When I asked a very personable and helpful federal officer named Rheese why my name was not on the badge, she explained to me that it was to ensure confidentiality as a speaker. She then took the time to tell me exactly how the meeting would play out over the course of the entire day, and the point at which I would be speaking. She helped me put my luggage in a secure area, as I had already checked out of the hotel, and led me to my seat.
There were three public speakers for the day, and we each had been instructed prior to the meeting that we would only be allowed seven minutes to speak. A two-minute warning light would flash at five minutes, and the microphone would be cut off if we went beyond our allotted time.
The day before, I had rehearsed aloud what I was going to say several times and had timed myself -- making sure to enunciate clearly and speak at an even pace, providing proper emphasis -- and it came in at just under six minutes, so I felt comfortable with the length. But as I practiced, each time that I got to the part of my speech where I talked about the stigmatizing and disfiguring effects of lipodystrophy, I would start to get emotional, so I made a mental note to myself to make sure that it didn't happen on the day of the meeting.
After the morning's presentations and following a lunch break, the Open Public Hearing began promptly at 1 p.m. Debbie, a registered nurse from Florida, went first and spoke eloquently about her life living with HIV for nearly 20 years, the advocacy work she has done, and how the drug had helped her while she was in the study. In a moment of high drama, and as she neared the end of her talk, Debbie removed her pretty lime green jacket and revealed to the committee members and audience the effects that HIV and years of antiretroviral treatment had wreaked upon her body. Unfortunately, once you stop treatment with Egrifta, the visceral fat returns, so you have to remain on it indefinitely to maintain its positive effects. When the microphone suddenly cut off, the committee chair asked her to please continue, and she was allowed to speak until she was finished.
The second speaker, Lisa, talked about how painful it was for her to even just bend over, and how the treatment had helped her as well. She held up pictures for all to see how trim and fit she looked while in the study. I was amazed at both Lisa's and Debbie's strength, and by the great amount of courage it must have taken them to stand up and tell their very personal stories to a room full of complete strangers.
As I sat there listening to both of their stories, I remembered how, when I was deciding on whether or not to come to the meeting, I had wondered to myself, "How much difference can seven minutes really make?" At that instant I knew the answer to my question.
It was then my turn, and I stood up to speak. Sure enough, when I came to the part about the stigmatizing and disfiguring effects from lipodystrophy, my voice began to crack, but I quickly gathered my thoughts, composed myself, and continued on. I spoke about the need for additional post-marketing studies, and what exactly those studies might look like. I ended with the recommendation to the panel that the drug be approved as a medical and reconstructive modality, not as a cosmetic treatment, and that it was no different than breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy.
The committee chair and several panel members thanked the speakers for their "moving," "powerful," and "important" testimony. The panel went on with their thoughtful discussion, responding to questions from the chair, and continued to debate the pros and cons of Egrifta throughout the afternoon.
Finally, at 4 p.m., it came time to put it to a vote -- the members would be given 20 seconds, at which point their vote would be locked in. You could literally hear a pin drop in the carpeted room. The results flashed on the screen: 16 "yes," zero "no," with no abstentions -- unanimous. An audible gasp arose from the room. I choked up once again, and turned and smiled at Debbie and Lisa. Their chance at living a fulfilling life had just been handed back to them and thousands of others -- just like that.
After the meeting, representatives from the company, the agency, researchers, and even complete strangers walked up to thank us for our words, and expressed to us how important our testimonies had been. And even though I've thought of myself as an advocate for many years, I learned a very valuable lesson that day about the power and importance of advocacy, what it means, why it's important, and the sacrifices we sometimes have to make to truly be advocates.
It had made a difference. It was worth it.
Today was a great day for people with HIV.
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Prince William Visits Pregnant Kate Middleton in Hospital
Prince William is mobbed by photographers while leaving the King Edward VII Private Hospital after visiting his pregnant wife Kate Middleton on Tuesday (December 4) in London, England.
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Sydney woman missing for week found safe
A Sydney woman missing for almost a week has been found by police.
Belinda Burcham was being treated at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst last weekend, but early on Sunday morning the 40-year-old left without medical clearance and disappeared.
She failed to get in touch with her concerned parents or two children.
Police last week said they had been canvassing other hospitals and rehabilitation centres, examining CCTV footage and checking bank and phone records without luck.
An extensive social media campaign to find the Double Bay woman was also launched.
Last night, police from Kings Cross found Ms Burcham in Paddington.
She was taken to hospital, where she is expected to remain for several days.
A hospital spokesman says Ms Burcham is in a "satisfactory condition" and the hospital is "very relieved" she was found.
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More Than 60 Million Compromised By Dropbox Hack
We're being advised to change our passwords after it was revealed up to 69 million Dropbox accounts could have been involved in a 2012 hack.
The company has confirmed account information including usernames and passwords were accessed in the attack.
Over the past week, Dropbox has sent users who have not updated their password since 2012 an email advising them to do so.
In a statement, Dropbox head of trust Patrick Heim also encouraged users to consider where else they may have used that password.
"While Dropbox accounts are protected, affected users who may have reused their password on other sites should take steps to protect themselves on those sites," he said.
According to Motherboard, the company hadn't witnessed any malicious access of those accounts involved.
Dropbox further assured users that a password reset completed last week had protected all impacted users.
"Even if these passwords are cracked, the password reset means they can't be used to access Dropbox accounts," Heim said.
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Aluminum happens to be an excellent material for use in voice coils. It conducts heat so the voice coil can cool. And its light weight allows the voice coil to do its work — creating a magnetic field — as efficiently as possible.
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Why do we use Spring-Compression Binding Posts, instead of standard speaker wire terminals? So your speaker wire NEVER shakes loose due to vibration (either from the road or from your music). When you insert the wire, the connector keeps a constant pressure on it. And it won't let go. These binding posts will accept wire as large as 8-gauge.
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Streets of San Francisco: Trends Meet Traditions on Valencia Street
The epicenter of all things trendy, beautiful, and delicious in San Francisco's hip Mission District, Valencia Street is more than just a thoroughfare: it's a melting pot. To the East of Valencia lies the old-school Mission neighborhood, where authentic taquerias are packed in several to a block and storefronts blast contemporary Mexican music. To the West, apartment rental prices soar, gourmet grocery stores thrive, and techies work on their tans in Dolores Park. It's this kind of dichotomy that makes Valencia such an interesting place: pricey boutiques, upscale restaurants, and slick bars may have brought gentrification to the street, but Valencia still wears is heritage with pride. Today, upscale cocktail bars stand down the street from classic dives, menus run from eggs benedict to huevos rancheros, and hip galleries pop up within eyeshot of colorful street art.
To get the most out of a walk down Valencia, start out at 24th Street (to get there, just hop a BART train to the 24th Street and Mission stop, one block from Valencia). Right out of the gate, at Valencia and 23rd, Buffalo Exchange is a fantastic place to start your own meander through the Mission. Sure, this second-hand store is part of a nationwide chain. But this particular shop's location in the hipster Mission District means the aesthetic of the clothing that comes through here is unparalleled. Expect the selection here to be better-curated for trendiness and quality than at many other second-hand stores (1210 Valencia near 23rd Street).
If, like me, you don't believe your day has really started until you've been properly caffeinated, make Ritual Coffee Roasters your next stop. This uber-popular company roasts its beans right here in SF, and honors its espresso with artfully poured drinks: you won't find a prettier, more velvety-foamed latte or cappuccino anywhere (1026 Valencia near 21st Sreet).
It can get pretty crowded inside Ritual, so take your coffee to go and sip while perusing the selection over at Dog Eared Books. The used book table out in front of the store is a constant fixture, boasting a huge selection of paperbacks for under a buck. Inside, the store is a warren of wooden bookshelves brimming with the bizarre, the esoteric, and the hard-to-find. Get lost browsing everything from short story collections, to spiritual texts, to used books in French, German, and Spanish. The store also has a sizable collection of new and used fiction from big-name and little-known authors alike (900 Valencia near 20th Street). If you're into science fiction, fantasy, horror, or mystery, Borderlands bookstore, just down the street from Dog Eared, will be right up your alley (866 Valencia near 20th Street).
Even though your bag will likely be a little heavier after a stop at Dog Eared, your wallet won't be too much lighter. And that's a good thing, because Valencia's home to a booming boutique shopping scene.
Whether you're into small-label clothing designers, hand-made jewelry, or vintage deals, this is the place to find it. But even amid the dozens of unique shops on Valencia, one in particular stands out: 826 Valencia, also known as "the Pirate Store." 826 Valencia isn't just an address; it's also the name of a local nonprofit that gets school kids involved in writing and helps teachers get their students excited about literature. And the shop located at the organization's eponymous address certainly continues the story-telling mission. Inside, you'll find everything you could possibly need to stock up for an adventure of questionable motives on the High Seas. Hand-crafted pirate hooks? Check. Mermaid bait? Covered. Treasure chests, eye patches, or perhaps a tin of pills to cure scurvy? Yar, they've got that. Most importantly, proceeds from all the loot they sell go to benefit 826 Valencia's student programs (826 Valencia near 19th Street).
Just across the street, Serendipity is the perfect stop for special occasions: it's well stocked with beautiful, quirky, unique cards and gifts, many from local companies.
If your coffee buzz begins to wane, try adding a little sugar into the mix with a pastry from Craftsman & Wolves. Home to some of the most creative sugar fixes you'll find in the Mission, this place is famous for its croissants (in varieties like twice-baked pear-almond-and-yuzu) and other pastries (726 Valencia at 18th Street). Just a few steps away, Dandelion Chocolate has a hardcore local following for its cocoa-based baked goods and spicy Mexican mochas (740 Valencia near 18th Street).
Of course, one can't live off sugar and caffeine alone (or so I'm told). Luckily, Valencia's got a thriving restaurant scene that runs the gamut from sandwich-and-salad cafés to slick urban eateries. Curry Up Now is a brick-and-mortar rendition of a popular food truck, serving Indian street food with a twist: think Chicken Tikka Masala burritos, deconstructed samosas, and aloo parantha quesadillas (659 Valencia near 18th Street). About a block further up Valencia, Than Tam II serves authentic, no-frills Vietnamese classics, including bahn-mi sandwiches for around $5 (577 Valencia near 17th Street).
As Valencia's cross-streets descend in number, meal options get even cheaper. Get saucy at Frjtz, where twice-fried Belgian frites come with dips like curry ketchup and bacon mayo, starting around $4 (590 Valencia at 17th). At Panchita's Pupuseria, scoop up two freshly fried Salvadoran-style pupusas for five bucks (3091 16th Street just off Valencia); or go Argentinian with empanadas starting around three dollars each at Venga (443 Valencia between 15th and 16th Streets).
Walk your lunch off with a leisurely stroll through Clarion Alley. A block-long passageway between Valencia and Mission Streets, the entrance to the alley lies on Valencia between 17th and 18th Streets. The walls on either side of the alley are completely covered in an every-changing array of street art thanks to the Clarion Alley Mural Project. It's the perfect high-low end note to a walk down this street where trendy meets traditional.
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On February 22, 2013, I wrote a blog post with the title:
Office 2013 licensing changes increase IT angst
That post noted a change in license policy for Microsoft Office 2013 which said:
A single user copy of Office 2013 is licensed to a single machine, not to a single user. Officially: The software license is permanently assigned to the device on which the software is initially activated. That device is the "licensed device." In the event of an under warranty failure, you can ask Microsoft to transfer the license.
Well, as you can imagine that licensing policy did not sit well with - well, just about anyone. The forums and polls published on TechRepublic were overwhelmingly against it.
This morning I received an email from Waggener Edstrom Worldwide that Microsoft, reacting to customer feedback, had decided to change the license policy. Here is the new licensing policy as revealed in the Office News Blog:
Updated transferability provision to the Retail License Terms of the Software License Agreement for Microsoft Office 2013 Desktop Application Software:
Can I transfer the software to another computer or user? You may transfer the software to another computer that belongs to you, but not more than one time every 90 days (except due to hardware failure, in which case you may transfer sooner). If you transfer the software to another computer, that other computer becomes the "licensed computer." You may also transfer the software (together with the license) to a computer owned by someone else if a) you are the first licensed user of the software and b) the new user agrees to the terms of this agreement before the transfer. Any time you transfer the software to a new computer, you must remove the software from the prior computer and you may not retain any copies.
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So does this change relieve some of your concerns about the licensing of Office 2013?
Also read:
Microsoft restores transfer rights for retail Office 2013 copies
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England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad is confident his side can mount a successful defence of their World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka this year despite the absence of Kevin Pietersen.
Star batsman Pietersen, man of the tournament when England won the World Twenty20 title in the Caribbean two years ago, recently quit all limited overs internationals after officials refused his request to carry on playing Twenty20s while opting out of 50-over one-day games.
England play their first Twenty20 match since South Africa-born Pietersen's one-day retirement when they face the West Indies at Nottinghamshire seamer Broad's Trent Bridge home ground on Sunday.
"Kevin is a world-class Twenty20 player so of course it is disappointing that he is not with us, but it's a great opportunity for someone else to put their hand up and stake a claim for that spot," said Broad, who will aim to celebrate his 26th birthday on Sunday with a victory.
England will now look to a group of inexperienced batsmen to cover the gap left by Pietersen's absence, with the likes of Alex Hales, Jonathan Bairstow, Jos Buttler and Samit Patel having no more than eight Twenty20 international appearances.
Broad, who with 34 appearances is England's most capped Twenty20 player, added: "We've got an exciting group of players in that changing room and everyone is really excited about getting on that field and doing the job."
Sunday's fixture will be one of just four Twenty20s England play before they head to Sri Lanka to begin the defence of their title in September.
"We have quite a short period of time and a short number of games until that World Cup so you want to make as much use of that as possible when we do get the opportunity," said Broad.
Meanwhile Broad said he hoped batsman Eoin Morgan could return to his best form despite a lack of international cricket this season.
The former Ireland left-hander was dropped from England's Test side and had limited chances in the one-day series win over the West Indies due to the form of openers Alastair Cook and Ian Bell.
But Broad said there was every chance Morgan could star on Sunday: "Very much so. We've seen some amazing performances from Eoin in Twenty20 cricket and one-dayers for a long time.
"He's now probably our most experienced batsman in that set-up. Obviously we'll be looking to him to make big contributions and share his experiences with the guys in the squad.
"He's a key cog for us now in this England team and I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do tomorrow.
"He's always played a more prominent role, he's up there as one of the best Twenty20 batsmen in the world.
"I think the role he has done for us over the past two years has been fantastic with his variety against the spin and his death hitting. He'll be looking to continue that on."
England can defend T20 title without Pietersen: Broad
England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad is confident his side can mount a successful defence of their World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka this year despite the absence of Kevin Pietersen.


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