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Dear friends
The cottonwood leaves are piling up along the North Fork of the Gunnison River, not far from the HCN headquarters. Inside, contributions to the Research Fund have been fluttering in. Many thanks to all who have contributed to the fund so far this fall; it's what pays our writers, editors and photographers to put words and images on these pages.
We've also been reading through the more than 1,600 reader surveys that you all sent in over the summer. As always, the responses are full of insight, advice and encouragement. There are lots of "atta-boys" (and girls), and comments like "keep up the good work!"
We got this from a law student at the University of Washington, who is focusing on public lands and natural resources: "Thanks to HCN, I'm often in the position of telling my profs what's going on in the West!"
Many readers encouraged us to "keep telling both sides of the story" and "reporting the facts" — and a few admonished us to start doing the same. Some readers said they wanted to see less "Bush-bashing," while many urged us to keep following the doings in Washington closely, and report on their impacts on the ground.
And there were these words of wisdom from a Rock Springs, Wyo., subscriber: "I am in no way a Bush supporter … (but) watch your slant on things … Write the stories so they present the facts and allow the readers to conclude whether the policies are in their best interest."
That's what we always aim to do, albeit with a little spunk — and most readers seem to think that we're doing a decent job of it. We asked readers to rate the publication's editorial slant as "too liberal," "too conservative," or "just right." Almost 90 percent of respondents said "just right." Of course, there were those who disagreed; one reader crossed out all the available answers and wrote in "too focused on labels."
The crisp fall weather here in Paonia is beckoning visitors. Caren von Gontard, a biodynamic farmer from Australia who grew up in nearby Aspen, Colo., came in to buy an HCN T-shirt. She needed a fresh one: She'd just hiked 400 miles across Spain.
From Portland, Ore., came Warren and Jennie Schafer. Warren is a native of Paonia's down-valley high school sports rival, Hotchkiss, and says, "It's hard to believe that something as good as (HCN) could come out of Paonia."
Bruce Beier visited us from Vail, Colo. Mike Lamp, a Colorado Public Radio News host in Denver, Colo., said hello while en route to Boulder, Utah, to visit Blake Spalding, co-founder of Hell's Backbone Grill, "a mission disguised as a restaurant" (HCN, 5/16/05: Dear friends). While on his way to a National Outdoor Leadership School reunion, Brian Cove of St. Petersburg, Fla., came by, along with his friend, Linda Sheetz, and their local tour guide, Jessica Loveland.
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Surgery for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
Surgery has a very limited role in the treatment of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). Because leukemia cells spread widely throughout the bone marrow and to many other organs through the blood, it is not possible to cure this type of cancer by surgery. Aside from a possible lymph node biopsy, surgery rarely has any role even in the diagnosis of ALL, since a bone marrow aspirate and biopsy can usually diagnose leukemia.
Often before chemotherapy (chemo) is about to start, surgery is needed to insert a small plastic tube, called a central venous catheter or venous access device (VAD), into a large vein. The end of the tube stays just under the skin or sticks out in the chest area or upper arm. The VAD is left in place during treatment to give intravenous (IV) drugs such as chemo and to take blood samples. This lowers the number of needle sticks needed during treatment. It is very important to learn how to care for the device to keep it from getting infected.
Ommaya reservoir
Giving chemo directly into the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord (cerebrospinal fluid or CSF) is often a part of the treatment of ALL. In this treatment, called intrathecal chemo, the medicines can be given through a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) or through an Ommaya reservoir. An Ommaya reservoir is a dome-like device attached to a catheter. The dome part sits under the skin of the scalp, with the catheter going through a hole in the skull and into one of the cavities of the brain (a ventricle). Intrathecal chemo can be given by placing a needle through the skin and into the dome. The chemo goes through the catheter and into the CSF in the ventricle. The CSF in the ventricle circulates through the other ventricles and into the area around the brain and spinal cord. An Ommaya reservoir allows you to get intrathecal chemo without having to get repeated spinal taps. CSF can also be withdrawn from the Ommaya reservoir to check for leukemia cells and signs of infection (instead of a spinal tap).
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Treating Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Chemotherapy for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Targeted Therapy for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Monoclonal Antibodies to Treat Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Surgery for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Radiation Therapy for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- High-dose Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Transplant for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Typical Treatment of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia


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A Little Blue Pill From ZF Means 3.6 Seconds to 60
My driving partner is hustling the 2015 Aston Martin Vanquish across the scenic Scottish Highlands on paved, twisty singletrack narrow enough to require pull-aside-to-pass spots. Most drivers — even a fast group on street bikes — are yielding, smiling, some giving thumbs-up as we surge by.
"It's like you're famous," I say to the driver, who is intensely focused as he again hammers the accelerator. His reply, with a slight "no" motion of his head: "Nah, the car's famous."
Yes, the car Jonny Lieberman called "Big Sexy" upon its debut two years ago is famous. Especially in the Highlands, home to James Bond's fictional Skyfall family estate. (Hey, Aston doesn't miss an opportunity to slip a Bond reference into conversation; why should we?) And now the visually stunning Vanquish and 2015 Aston Martin Rapide S sport serious performance upgrades.
The standard prescription for cars in need of a vitality boost seems to be "take an eight-speed ZF and call me in the morning." That tonic has significantly awakened these two, which share Aston Martin's VH architecture.
The four-door Rapide S ($207,820) and Vanquish coupe ($287,820) had a lot going for them already. The hand-built cars really are sexy (We've never been approached by as many female car fans as when behind the wheel of a Flugplatz Blue 2014 Vanquish), powered by V-12s with a gorgeous sound, and are bathed in luxury touches. So while they weren't ailing, they were trailing — in the performance department. That's largely the fault of the old-school six-speed automatic that was in both cars.
How much life has Aston Martin breathed into their top two models? How's a half-second faster to 60 mph? (Aston says 3.6 seconds for Vanquish and 4.2 seconds for Rapide S.) And how's a top speed for both of 203 mph, up 13 mph for Rapide S and 20 mph for Vanquish?
But really? It's that simple? New transmission? Kinda. Aston Martin did other things too — design director Marek Reichman calls it a "major refresh under the skin" — all of which add up to significantly more athletic cars. And let's face it: Aston has design and luxury pretty much under control. Reichman said the majority of improvements are about giving the cars, especially the Rapide S, "more sporting character."
First, about that 8HP gearbox from ZF. It has become an industry standard, appearing in a raft of BMWs, Bentleys, Jaguars, and more.
Astonishingly, the new transmission is almost 9 pounds lighter than the previous six-speed and fits in the previous case. Aston Martin engineers took the lead from there, tuning it to work with the V-12. Why now, after almost everyone? Aston is small — the Gaydon factory produces only about 4000 cars per year — and changes must be deliberate. It also helps line efficiency to put the ZF into both cars.
Aston Martin says shifts between gears are completed in a maximum of 130 milliseconds. Translation: Faster than you can say "Q." That's with the paddles, too. While driving the 2015 Vanquish and 2015 Rapide S on some truly glorious, low-traffic, mountain and coastal roads dotted with only the occasional village, sheep herd, or speed camera, the cars would upshift before I finished pulling back on the paddle, raising the revs and re-engaging the grin-inducing pull of the V-12 (576 hp/465 lb-ft for Vanqish, 560 hp/465 lb-ft for Rapide S).
Two nifty software touches: Adaptive Drive Recognition tailors shift points in standard Drive mode to your style behind the wheel. So if you're aggressive, you'll quickly feel a change in the shift map even if you haven't engaged Drive Sport mode. The car constantly collects data beginning with each engine start, so it will morph during your drive if necessary.
Nifty touch No. 2: If you hold down the left (downshift) paddle, the transmission skips as many gears as necessary to find the right ratio. On our drives in the Rapide S and Vanquish, that maneuver worked great on the winding roads, where we'd be pulling hard in sixth but needed to haul down to second in a hurry to set up a tight curve.
Even with those performance improvements, the transmission comes with a bonus: big improvements in fuel economy. The Vanquish gets 14 mpg city. On the highway, a 16 percent improvement gets it to 22 mpg. The Rapide S gets 13/21 mpg city/highway, an 11 percent improvement on the highway. It's easy to see why: At 70 mph, the V-12 hums along at a very leisurely and quiet 1500 rpm in eighth gear. In fact, eighth is strictly for economy, as top speed is reached in seventh.
In Drive mode (that's normal automatic shifting), though the transmissions are tuned for quickness, they still keep the car in relatively low rpms unless you slam your foot down. It was far more fun to use the paddles to keep the transmission between 3500-5500 rpm, where maximum torque — and near-maximum music from the engine and exhaust — takes place.
Slowing the Astons from speed is more confident, as the brakes have retuned boost to allow for a stronger initial bite. And the Rapide S has larger front brakes, increasing to 400mm diameter with six-piston calipers (the Vanquish's brakes stay the same at 398 mm and six pistons front and 360mm four-piston rear). At the back, Rapide S has a 360mm four-piston set. We experienced great, consistent feel in both cars, and no discernible fade, though the roads had enough variety that there was usually plenty of cool-down between extreme situations.
Both cars ride on beautiful, 20-inch 10-spoke forged alloy wheels that are 15 pounds lighter per set than the wheels on the 2014 models.
Working with the ZF transmission is a new Bosch engine management system for both cars, and both cars now have carbon-fiber drive shafts for an increase in power transmitted to the drive wheels, and a new alloy torque tube for quieter performance.
The Rapide S really benefits from Aston's efforts to reduce noise. Reichman credited some of this improvement to a specially designed low-rolling resistance tire from Bridgestone. Wait. They increased performance with an LRR tire set? Apparently. The Rapide S supplied plenty of confidence as we blasted around mostly in Sport mode on both suspension and throttle/shifting (they're adjustable separately).
And the cars felt more sure-footed at speed, especially when those mostly empty Scottish roads (our least-favorite sign: "CATTLE GRID") threw the occasional off-camber corner, or fast sweepers with unsettling undulations, at us. Aston Martin says it worked to create a greater difference in damping between Sport and Drive, and passengers could easily guess which setting the cars were in. We never really futzed with Track mode, as it was inappropriate for unpredictable conditions.
Steering in both was above average and unchanged from the previous models. The Vanquish is a little quicker (2.6 turns lock-to-lock vs. 3.0 on the Rapide S) and transmits slightly more feel — in a good way — about where the wheels are and the condition of the road.
Inside the Rapide S and Vanquish is the same Aston Martin luxury one comes to expect, such as full-grain Luxmill leather over most of the interior and Alcantara headliners and steering wheel. One Vanquish our group drove even had an optional quilted-leather headliner with contrast stitching. Some thought it a bit much, but I couldn't stop staring. Newly available interior color options include Fandango Pink (for trim only, please) and Dark Knight, a black-ish blue.
Aston Martin admits that the infotainment system leaves a bit to be desired, with its tiny nav screen. But that's where future refreshes could receive big dividends from its partnership with Mercedes-Benz, which mostly has created buzz around replacement of Aston's V-8 engines. Could we see a COMAND-like system in future Astons? "The engine side of the agreement is only one part," Reichman said. "The electrical [infotainment] architecture is the other."
Fair enough. Just promise we'll still get those gorgeous glass buttons and what may be the world's coolest ignition key (it's crystal, embossed on one end with the Aston logo) in these now quicker and more responsive examples of hand-made art on wheels.
For more than 100 additional images of the 2015 Aston Martin Vanquish and 2015 Aston Martin Rapide S, head to the second page of this review.
|2015 Aston Martin Vanquish
|2015 Aston Martin Rapide S
|Front-engine, RWD, 4-pass, 2-door coupe
|Front-engine, RWD, 4-door, 4-pass sedan
|5.9L/576-hp/465-lb-ft DOHC 48-valve V-12
|5.9L/560-hp/465-lb-ft DOHC 48-valve V-12
|8-speed automatic
|8-speed automatic
|3850 lb
|4400 lb
|184.7 x 75.2 x 50.9 in
|197.6 x 75.9 x 53.5 in
|3.6 sec (mfr est)
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|Third quarter 2014
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The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment aid remained elevated for a second straight week because Superstorm Sandy forced many people to seek temporary benefits.
The Labor Department said Wednesday that first-time applications for benefits fell by 41,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 410,000. That offset only part of the previous week's surge.
Two weeks ago, the storm drove applications up by 90,000 to 451,000, an 18-month high.
Here are the states with the biggest increases and decreases in applications:
States with the biggest increases:
New York: Up 43,956, because Superstorm Sandy caused temporary layoffs in construction, restaurants and transportation
New Jersey: Up 31,094, because Sandy caused temporary layoffs in hotels, restaurants, manufacturing, transportation, health care and construction
California: Up 24,693, because of layoffs in the services industry
Pennsylvania: Up 7,037, because Sandy caused temporary layoffs in construction and transportation
Connecticut: Up 1,808, because of temporary layoffs from Sandy
Wisconsin: Up 1,674, no reason given
States with the biggest decreases:
Ohio: Down 4,996, due to fewer layoffs in manufacturing


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Instruction Set Architecture
ISA Levels
ISA is the abbreviation for Instruction Set Architecture. MIPS processors have been in production since 1988. Over time several enhancements of the architecture were made. The different revisions which have been introduced are MIPS I, MIPS II, MIPS III, MIPS IV and MIPS V. Each revision is a superset of its predecessors. When MIPS was spun out of SGI again in 1998, they refocused on the embedded market. At that time, this superset property was found to be a problem, and the architecture definition was changed to define a 32-bit MIPS32 and a 64-bit MIPS64 architecture. Frequently the terms MIPS32 and MIPS64 are meant to indicate some generic 32-bit and 64-bit MIPS processor, respectively.
This is the basic MIPS instruction set as implemented by the original R2000 and R3000 processors.
MIPS II was introduced by the R6000. It adds load linked, store conditional and branch likely instructions. The FPU's instruction set was improved by support of 64-bit loads and stores which halved the number of instructions needed to load or store a double precision floating point register when compared to MIPS I.
MIPS III was introduced 1992 in the R4000. It adds 64-bit registers and integer instructions and a square root FP instruction.
MIPS IV adds conditional moves and an inverse square root FPU instruction. The R8000 was the first to implement the MIPS IV instruction set.
MIPS V was specified in 1994 by SGI but never actually implemented by any processor. MIPS64 is a superset of MIPS V
MIPS32 is the 32-bit subset of MIPS64. The current version is MIPS32 Release 5. Most MIPS32 cores shipping today implement Release 2 of the architecture.
MIPS64 is a superset of the MIPS V. The current version is MIPS64 Release 5. Most current production MIPS64 cores implement Release 1 of the MIPS64 architecture but a few also implement Release 2.
MIPS32/64 Release 2
Release 2 improves SMP support including the PAUSE instruction and more memory barriers (SYNC).
On the privileged architecture side it added support for JTLBs larger than 64 entries, large set associative FTLBs, scratch registers, and external interrupt controllers.
It also standardised system-level SMP components (CM, GIC, IOCU)
MIPS32/64 Release 3
Release 3 added the MicroMIPS instruction set and the MCU ASE. It also added TLB invalidate instructions and support for IEE-754-2008 FPU.
On the privileged architecture side it added read inhibit (RI) and execute inhibit (XI) bits to the TLB. It also added EVA to extend the usable virtual address space, and hardware page walking.
MIPS32/64 Release 5
Release 5 added the VZ module to support hardware assisted virtualisation, and the MSA SIMD module.
Application Specific Extensions (ASE)
The DSP ASE is an optional extension to the MIPS32/MIPS64 release 2 instruction sets which can be used to accelerate a large range of "media" computations - particularly audio, since TV-resolution video is way beyond the power of general-purpose CPUs for the next few years. The DSP ASE assumes that you're running on a Release 2 chip since there are things that are in Release 2 that are critical to the performance of media applications written using the DSP ASE.
Unlike the bulk of the MIPS architecture, it's a fairly irregular set of operations, many chosen for its particular relevance to some key algorithm.
Its main novel features (vs original MIPS32):
- Saturating arithmetic (when a calculation overflows, deliver the representable number closest to the non-overflowed answer).
- Fixed-point arithmetic on signed 32- and 16-bit fixed-point fractions with a range of -1 to +1 (these are widely called "Q31" and "Q15").
- The existing MIPS32 instruction set includes integer multiplication and multiply-accumulate which delivers results into a double-size accumulator (called "hi/lo" and 64 bits on MIPS32 CPUs). The DSP ASE adds three more accumulators, and some different flavours of multiply-accumulate.
- SIMD instructions operating on 4 x unsigned bytes or 2 x 16-bit values packed into a 32-bit register (the 64-bit variant of the DSP ASE supports larger vectors, too).
- SIMD operations are basic arithmetic, shifts and some multiply-accumulate type operations.
To write DSP-ASE-enabled programs, you'll need to write assembler code or use the "intrinsics" (built-in pseudo-subroutines) which are more or less 1-to-1 with the underlying instructions.
Linux 2.6.12-rc5 starting 2005-05-31 adds support for the DSP ASE. Note that to actually make use of the DSP ASE a toolchain which support this is required. As of this writing only MIPS SDE has such support.
The MIPS instruction set is by far too complex to be covered on this page. The freely available CPU specs are not an easy reading for a first time MIPS'er either. So here are some literature recommendations in no particular order:


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In most cases, a third-string quarterback getting cut from an NFL roster following the draft isn't really news. Tim Tebow, of course, is different.
The New York Jets finally, mercifully, released Tebow Monday morning, after drafting West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith in the early part of the second round Saturday night. Depending on how you feel about Smith's prospects, the Jets seem to be making stockpiling mediocre quarterbacks the franchise's second sport: After drafting Smith and acquiring veteran David Garrard in free agency, New York was six-deep at quarterback. With Tebow gone, they're down to five.
"We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow," coach Rex Ryan told ESPN. "Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped. Tim is an extremely hard worker, evident by the shape he came back in this offseason. We wish him the best moving forward."
Tebow can be claimed off the waiver wire by another team at 4 p.m. today. His time in New York cost the Jets a fourth-round pick and $1.5 million in salary, plus $2.5 million they had to pay the Broncos as part of the trade.
That leaves the Jets with pricey, disappointing starter Mark Sanchez, Greg McElroy, Garrard, Matt Simms, and newcomer Smith. And unless Smith surprises a lot of people by making an impact early, none of this bodes well for the crumbling Jets, or their exasperated fans.
"Butt-fumble" aside, Sanchez's stock has never been lower: He was dismal last season, and the media circus surrounding Tebow couldn't have helped his confidence. If things don't turn around for him early this season, he'll be holding a clipboard by August, and the starting job will go to Smith.
And according to some, that might not be any better. Rich Cimini wrote on ESPN.com Saturday that the Jets' drafting of Smith was a total hedge bet, demonstrating a lack of confidence in all of their options. They waited three picks to take Smith, after all. (They took two players in the first round.)
"Their lack of faith in Mark Sanchez was greater than their love for Geno Smith," Cimini wrote. "If they considered Smith a franchise quarterback, the New York Jets would've taken him with their first pick, ninth overall. If they were convinced he'd be a step below elite, they would've stopped his infamous slide with their second pick, 13th overall…. The Jets were willing to take the chance because they're so, so down on Sanchez."
Cimini then quoted an anonymous source who said that Smith would be best "holding the clipboard a little." In New York, he may not get that chance.
Meanwhile, what's next for Tebow?
He'll keep trying to play quarterback, it seems. Tebow was attending all of the Jets' optional workouts before being cut. He spent the offseason in Florida working on his throwing mechanics, and he showed up to minicamp 12 pounds lighter, according to the Jets. But QB may not be where he's wanted.
After Tebow barely played in New York, being passed over for McElroy after Sanchez's late-season flameout, his agent was allowed to seek trade possibilities as early as last month, and a few teams around the league reportedly expressed interest – if he'd switch positions. He wouldn't. It's possible that a team could still pick him up as a second backup: New Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman has gushed about Tebow in the past, and he could make for a serviceable backup on a read-option team, like the Redskins or the 49ers (if they need one).
The other oft-mentioned option: the Canadian Football League, which has a wider field and a style of play that some see as more conducive to Tebow's skill set. Thus far, he's shown no signs of even entertaining the possibility, but that could change if he can't find an NFL fit.
Or he could just get his motivational speaking career started early. He's shown plenty of promise on that front.


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Thailand to Vietnam: 20 Fresh Recipes for Summer from Southeast Asia
In the heat of summer, I often turn to dishes from Southeast Asia. Stir-fried noodles, cooked quickly with delicious morsels of pork or chicken, cool salads with shredded green mango, noodles tossed with sweet and spicy peanut sauce, and milky tea with pearls of boba tapioca — these are some of the most refreshing dishes in my repertoire. Here is a look back at 20 of our favorite summer recipes drawn from the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and beyond. Spicy noodles to eat with a cold glass of beer, crispy salads, lemongrass bánh mì sandwiches, and more!
• 1 Sinangag (Filipino Garlic Fried Rice) - Start out simple with this basic supper dish from the Philippines.
• 2 Thai-Style Omelet (Kai Jeow) - Another quick basic: omelets, Thai-style.
• 3 Bánh Mì with Lemongrass Tofu - A classic Vietnamese sandwich!
• 4 Hainanese Chicken With Rice - A classic Singapore dish.
• 5 Vegetarian Bánh Xèo (Vietnamese Crêpes) - A light, refreshing dinner.
• 6 Pad Thai from Mark Bittman - A review of Bittman's Pad Thai.
• 7 Spicy Glass Noodles with Crispy Pork (Yum Woon Sen) - Deliciously spicy noodles with crispy pork.
• 8 Vegetarian Pho (Vietnamese Noodle Soup) - A vegetarian take on the classic Vietnamese soup.
• 9 Cold(ish) Peanut Sesame Noodles - A simple Thai-inspired noodle dish.
• 10 Thai Grilled Steak Salad - With a punchy, tangy dressing.
• 11 Thai Stir-Fried Greens with Oyster Sauce - Stir-fried greens should be in everyone's weeknight rotation.
• 12 Goi Chay (Vietnamese Vegetarian Salad) - Refreshing and crisp with cabbage.
• 13 Bún Chay (Vietnamese Vegetarian Noodle Salad) - Can also be made with fish sauce for a more authentic (but non-vegetarian) flavor.
• 14 Thai Green Mango Salad - Tangy, salty, sour and slightly spicy.
• 15 Rojak Salad - A sweet and spicy fruit salad that really satisfies.
• 16 How To Make Boba & Bubble Tea at Home - Love those slippery, chewy tapioca balls in tea? Here's how to make boba at home.
• 17 DIY Thai Iced Tea - Sweet and orange, the best iced drink to accompany Thai food.
• 18 Marking's Bibingka - Gluten-free chewy coconut dessert. Addictively good!
• 19 How To Make Thai Mango with Coconut Sticky Rice - Sticky rice with mango. One of my all-time favorite desserts.
• 20 Chè Bắp (Vietnamese Sweet Corn Pudding) - A sweet (and dairy-free) Vietnamese dessert.
What are your favorite Southeast Asian dishes? Noodles? Rice? Fresh salads?
(Images: See linked recipes for full image credits)


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Layers of bureaucracy have bogged down efforts by the federal government to help troops transition to civilian life, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki told Congress on Wednesday.
The two departments are collaborating more successfully than ever, Panetta said at a joint hearing of the House Armed Services and House Veterans Affairs committees. But projects such as integrating the two departments' electronic health records have taken an unacceptably long time, he said.
"While we're pleased with the progress made to date . . . we know we have a responsibility to better harmonize our departments," Shinseki said.
Better coordination could help the departments address high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, homelessness and suicide among veterans, Shinseki said.
More than 100 veteran deaths this year have been ruled suicides, and more than 100 more are being investigated as such, Panetta said – a rate of almost one per day.
"Our warriors are trained not to fail on the battlefield," Panetta said. "We must be committed not to fail them on the home front."
Shinseki and Panetta announced in May that they expect to have a joint health records system in place by 2017. But Congress mandated such a system more than 10 years ago, said Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, R-Calif. He asked the two secretaries what has caused the delay.
Shinseki said he and Panetta have met five times in the past 10 months to discuss the issue. Disagreements over which proprietary contractor to use slowed down the process, he said. Resistance to change in both departments has been problematic as well, Panetta added.
Renovations to the military's transition assistance program announced Monday by President Barack Obama will improve conditions for veterans, Panetta said. The revamp includes extending the program's current three-day series of workshops to eight days and providing more individualized career counseling.
Unemployment for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan dropped to 9.5 percent in June, but it is still higher than the national average of 8.2 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. McKeon urged Shinseki and Panetta to address the veteran unemployment rate as quickly as possible.
"The idea that our service members could go from the front lines to the unemployment lines is unacceptable," McKeon said.
Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., asked whether the eight-day program would be mandatory. Service members already have trouble getting permission to take time off for the three-day program, he said.
Pilot programs will be conducted to determine that, Panetta said.
Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., suggested the program should be even longer: between 10 and 12 weeks, or the same length as boot camp. That would allow for adequate medical evaluation and counseling, he said.
The Defense and Veteran Affairs departments are working together on other projects as well, Shinseki said. Since 2009, the departments have been co-operating on a veteran crisis hotline. It has been responsible for an average of 300 admissions a month into VA health care facilities, Shinseki said.
Also Wednesday, Shinseki also told lawmakers that if Congress fails to decrease the budget deficit by the end of the year and triggers sequestration – a process in which federal agencies face automatic budget reductions – the VA could experience cuts.
The White House Office of Management and Budget said in April that "all programs administered by the VA" would be exempt from sequestration. On Monday, Obama told members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars that veterans benefits would be exempt.
Shinseki testified, though, that the exemption does not include administrative costs.
Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller, R-Fla., asked what "administrative costs" meant and whether the cuts would include measures such as closing veterans hospitals. Shinseki said he did not have enough information to answer.
An OMB spokeswoman said Wednesday afternoon that the administration "has not yet addressed the applicability of the sequester" to VA administrative expenses.
A Government Accountability Office report in May said that administrative costs "may be subject" to sequestration.


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Concord police release photos, seek help solving Walmart theft
February 13. 2013 8:30AM
CONCORD -- Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man and a woman who obtained $300 in credit at Walmart after returning items she allegedly shoplifted.
The theft happened on Jan. 9 about 2:50 p.m. at the 34 Loudon Road store.
A man and woman were recorded on surveillance video exiting a silver minivan and entering the store. The man loitered near the front of the store while the woman went into the aisles and selected an electric toothbrush, replacement heads for it, four pillowcase sets and a bed sheet.
She put the items into a shopping cart and covered them with a sweatshirt. She later left the store without paying for the items. The man left at the same time.
They met up in the parking lot where the woman gave the man the stolen merchandise. He then went back into the the store, returned the stolen merchandize and received more than $300 in store credit for them.
The two later were seen getting back into the silver minivan, which left the parking lot. Police believe a third person was in the van but no description is available of that individual.
Police released photos of the man and woman, taken from the store's surveillance system, and is asking the public for help in identifying them.
Anyone with information about the theft or the individuals in the photos is asked to call Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100, submit information online to the website at www.concordregionalcrimeline.com or Txt TIP234 and the message to CRIMES (274637). Crimeline awards cash to anyone whose information leads to the arrest and indictment of criminals. All tips remain anonymous.


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TAMPA — The University of South Florida was unable to hire Manhattan College's Steve Masiello as its men's basketball coach because he lied on his résumé and never completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Kentucky.
The UK Office of Public Relations confirmed to The Tampa Tribune that Masiello was a student there from 1996 to 2000. He was a walk-on basketball player for Coach Rick Pitino in his first year, then Coach Tubby Smith for his final three seasons. According to UK records, Masiello never received a degree.
In Masiello's official biography with Manhattan College, he is described as "a 2000 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in communications.''
According to a source close to USF's coaching search, Bulls athletic director Mark Harlan had reached an agreement Tuesday on a five-year contract with Masiello, who would be paid more than $1 million per season. The document was signed, but it was contingent on the verification of his résumé.
Eastman & Beaudine, a Texas-based search firm that was paid $60,000 by USF to find men's basketball coaching candidates, was completing its routine criminal and background check.
That's when the résumé discrepancy was found.
Pitino told ESPN that he was "shocked'' and "had no idea'' Masiello never graduated from Kentucky. "When I left (UK for the NBA), he was on track to graduate,'' Pitino said.
According to USF policy, all full-time coaching hires must have a bachelor's degree.
It was not immediately clear whether Masiello, 36, would be returning to his position at Manhattan. According to The Quadrangle, Manhattan College's student newspaper, Masiello met with his players on Tuesday morning and told them he was leaving for USF.
A USF spokesman said Harlan said he would not comment on the coaching search until it was completed.
USF will renew its coaching search with University of Florida assistant John Pelphrey, Massachusetts coach Derek Kellogg, Louisiana Tech coach Mike White and Southern Miss coach Donnie Tyndall expected to be on the list of potential targets.
USF is replacing Stan Heath, who was fired March 14 after a 12-20 season, bringing his seven-year record to 97-130. Heath received a contract extension in July 2012 and was fired with four years remaining on his deal, leaving USF liable for a $1.5 million buyout payment.
Since leaving UK, Masiello worked as an administrative assistant at Tulane (2000-01) and assistant coach at Manhattan (2001-05) before joining Pitino's Louisville staff for six seasons (2005-11). He was hired as Manhattan head coach for 2011-12, inheriting a six-win team and transforming it into a 21-13 record.
In three seasons at Manhattan, Masiello was 60-39, including this season's 25-8 mark. The Jaspers lost to Pitino's Louisville Cardinals 71-64 in Thursday night's NCAA tournament second-round game at Orlando's Amway Center.
Immediately after that game, when asked by a Tribune reporter in the Manhattan locker room, Masiello refused to comment on his potential interest in USF's job opening. But he was quickly identified as the top target. By early Tuesday, after reporting by ESPN.com and CBSSports.com, it appeared that Masiello to USF was a done deal.
It seemed perfect. Some people portrayed Masiello as a modern version of Pitino, his Hall of Fame mentor, whether it's his organizational skills, his courtside intensity or his custom-made Italian suits.
Others compared him to Florida's Billy Donovan, another Pitino protégé, a prodigy, a tireless recruiter and worker, a coach who thrives on proving people wrong.
Meanwhile, according to Masiello's Twitter account, he began following several of the USF players.
But there was never any official confirmation by USF or Manhattan on Masiello's hiring. As day turned into night, concerns were raised about the potential deal.
There were no such concerns earlier in the day.
"Stevie can do whatever he wants to,'' Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said before the USF deal was canceled. "He's just terrific. He's a rising star in this business.''
"This is a great, great hire for USF,'' ESPN analyst Dick Vitale said, also before he knew the Masiello-to-USF deal was dead. "He's going to give them a big lift. If you're looking to go young, he's your guy. He has such energy, such enthusiasm. I just think he has a brilliant future.''
Masiello was going to replace Heath, who had a pair of postseason appearances, including a 22-14 team in 2011-12 that came within one victory of reaching the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16. The Bulls finished 12-20 this season, closing with a nine-game losing streak and a 3-15 last-place mark in the American Athletic Conference.
Last month, Eastman & Beaudine were hired by USF for $100,000 in the search for a new AD, which resulted in Harlan, formerly the associate athletic director at UCLA. The firm was subsequently hired by USF at a $60,000 fee to complete a search for men's basketball coaching candidates.
According to a document obtained by the Tribune through a public records request, the firm's initial $30,000 invoice to USF for the men's basketball search was dated March 12. That was the day of USF's 72-68 loss against Rutgers in the AAC tournament — or two days before Heath was told of his firing by USF assistant athletic director Barry Clements.
Although Cynthia Visot, chief of staff for USF's Board of Trustees signed the invoice for school president Judy Genshaft on March 18, it appears the school was looking for a new men's basketball coach while Heath was still employed.
"You can't be surprised by anything in this business,'' Heath said. "It's irrelevant. When a new AD comes in, you expect changes, especially if you aren't winning games.''
Masiello's candidacy was supported by Chris Sullivan, the co-founder of Outback Steakhouse and close friend of Pitino. Sullivan, a USF benefactor who is ramping up his support of the school's athletic program, and Pitino are founding members of Tampa's Old Memorial Golf Club.
Pitino said Masiello asked him about the USF job on Thursday, when Louisville defeated Manhattan.
"I told him I was very proud of his coaching and his preparation,'' said Pitino after the game. "I was really disappointed I had to play Steve because he had an unbelievable year. I thought he could win a couple of games in the tournament.
"When Travis Ford (Oklahoma State), Billy Donovan, Steve Masiello, Sean Woods (Colorado State) and all these guys (all former Pitino assistants) coach, I sit at the edge of my bed and jump up and down like a cheerleader. I was very happy for my basketball team that we could move on, but very disappointed for him and his kids because they played terrific.''
During the Orlando NCAA games, Pitino said Masiello would be an excellent choice for USF, which he called "a program on the rise'' and "a place where you can win because you now have the facilities and the ability to recruit good players.''
USF just finished its third season in the Pam and Les Muma Basketball Center, a state-of-the-art practice facility. Following USF's NCAA tournament appearance in 2012, after playing one season in downtown Tampa, the Bulls returned to campus in a renovated Sun Dome.
But the new home did not immediately translate to on-court success under Heath, whose teams lost 32 of their last 38 conference games, including tournament play.
The Bulls have 12 players returning from last year's roster, including 6-foot-10, 245-pound center John Egbunu (7.4 points, 6.2 rebounds) and 6-8, 266-pound forward Chris Perry (8.9 points, 5.3 rebounds), both members of the AAC All-Rookie Team after their freshman seasons.
There's also 6-1 junior guard Corey Allen Jr. (9.0 points, 3.3 rebounds) and promising 6-5 wing Dre Clayton, who sat out last season. USF signed Oldsmar Christian shooting guard Troy Holston in the fall and has at least one more scholarship available.
Of particular interest is junior point guard Anthony Collins, a catalyst on the 2012 NCAA team and a second-team All-AAC preseason pick. Collins, who missed 24 games (including the final 22) with a knee injury, dismissed talk of a possible transfer by announcing on Jan. 27 that he planned to finish his career at USF and was "100 percent behind Coach Heath.''
Heath said he expected Collins to remain at USF, but added "if he's not comfortable with the new coach, all bets are off.''
Meanwhile, Josh Heath, the coach's son who played in 17 games and started four as a freshman point guard, is exploring his options and could transfer, his father said. The younger Heath was the Tribune's Hillsborough County Boys Basketball Player of the Year in 2012.
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Additional details expected to provide more substantiated information on a suspected terrorist plot to derail a train coming from Toronto to New York City might be released as soon as today, according to Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo.
Raed Jaser, 35, of Toronto, and Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, of Montreal, were recently arrested in Canada and charged with conspiring with members of the al-Qaida terrorist network in Iran to carry out an attack that would have included derailing the train and killing passengers.
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9. Physical methods of producing shock and confusion over extended periods of time and capable of surreptitious use.
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Throughout the Gospels, Jesus performs many miracles. He heals people from different social classes. He heals Jews and non-Jews. He even heals sinners. His healings are not just physical. Though he does heal people of their physical ailment (blindness, paralysis, flow of blood, leprosy, a withered hand, and so on), he also and more importantly heals people of their spiritual ailments (most notably forgiving their sins). As a result, Jesus is known as a physician, a healer. Since he is God, he is the Divine Physician.
The Healing of the Paralytic
I encourage you to slowly read through this scene. (Mk 2.1-12) Every time I do, I am struck by the choice of words.
A man is paralyzed. Does he ask to go to Christ? No, the text just says his friends bring him. A man is sick. His friends take him to Christ. Simple. However, they can't get in. The house is packed. The place is full. Do they give up? Do they say, "Well, we tried"? No. They persist. Without ceasing, they—in a sort of prayer—continue to get their friend to the One they believe in. Does the friend say anything? Does the friend say he wants to go to Christ? No. The friend is sick and paralyzed. For whatever reason, he is quiet, as if he cannot talk, as if he is too sick to communicate his desires or voice his protests. Yet friends are friends. They will not be turned away. They will continue to try for a friend, for a loved one.
The friends raise the paralytic up to the roof and lower him down through an opening. Now, the key, the word that always resonates: "... their ..."
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "My son, your sins are forgiven."
We remember that Jesus forgives his sins. As well, he soon heals the man of the paralysis. That is what we have come to expect from Jesus. But why? Why did Jesus do it? The text reveals the answer: "And when Jesus saw their faith ..."
Their faith.
Jesus saw their faith and was moved. Jesus saw what they had done. Jesus saw that a group of believers in him loved a friend. Jesus saw that this group did not let crowds or a full building get in the way of transporting their friend to him. Jesus saw that this group risked to get their friend to him. They raised him up to the roof, made an opening, and lowered their paralyzed friend down into Jesus' midst.
Because of their faith, he turned to the paralytic and forgave the man his sins. Jesus did not forgive him because of anything he (the paralytic) had said or done. No. Jesus forgave the man because of the man's friends. More precisely, Jesus acted because of the faith of the man's friends.
We can help our friends and loved ones by carrying them to Jesus, not letting obstacles of whatever sort get in the way. Thus, we truly become "co-workers" with the Lord. (1 Cor 3.9) We bring to him and thus help him in the work of salvation, in the work of saving souls.
This is Jesus, the Divine Physician, the one who heals those brought to him out of faith, those we hope he turns to and once again utters those sought after words: I say to you, rise ... and go home. (Mk 2.11)


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There's a certain kind of joy in breaking the overnight fast by biting into a bagel: crackling crust, chewy center, smooth and silky cream cheese, sharp smoked salmon. For some, capers and onions join the ritual.
But just who invented this breakfast staple, which has become as American as apple pie?
Journalist Heather Smith explored that question in a piece for the magazine Meatpaper that The New Yorker described as "historical food writing of a sort that we taste too rarely — packed with knowledge, humor, and even wisdom — and required reading for New Yorkers." Meatpaper — the flesh-centric Bay Area publication — is now defunct: Its 20th and final issue is currently for sale. But its closing prompted us to revisit Smith's treatise.
The origin of the bagel, Smith tells NPR's Scott Simon, "is somewhat mysterious." What's certain is that bagel met and married lox in New York, she says. Smith was also one of the editors of Meatpaper — and a former NPR intern. Bagels are a true American melting-pot meal, she says.
"These mash-ups are what American does best," she says. "The cronut and ramen burger — those were also invented in New York. But in those cases, you can trace it back to a specific person. In this case, it seems to have just sprung like Venus from the clamshell. The bagel [and lox] may just be our greatest triumph. That, or the burger."
But, as in so many modern unions, both partners came to the marriage with plenty of baggage.
Lox, we learn, come to us via the Scandinavians, who mastered the art of preserving salmon in saltwater brine, but also via Native Americans, who smoked and dried the fish's carcasses for food and currency. The capers come from Italy, while cream cheese has roots in Britain.
As for the bagel? Smith writes that this ring-shaped treat is "suspiciously similar" to a bread that Uigher merchants sold along the old silk route in China. And in Italy, she notes, a bagel-shaped bread called a taralli was sold as early as the late 14th century — "though it was reported to be both sweeter and harder."
"The circular nature of ring breads inspired philosophizing: they symbolized life, death, yearning, good fortune, inclusiveness, solitude, union, the hole at the center of all existence," Smith writes:
"But they were road food, eaten by pilgrims and traveling merchants, carried while stale and then dunked in a hot liquid when they needed to become soft enough to eat. The staleness was a form of preservation and aided in transportation — the hard rings could be strung together and carried, like beads on a necklace, the same way that bagel sellers would carry them through the Lower East Side centuries later."
So how did the bagel leap from being a New York street food to standard brunch fare across the country? Thank the Lenders brothers, says Smith: They capitalized on refrigeration technology early on to sell bagels packaged in a tube to the rest of America.
"They knew in New York, everybody ate bagels," she says. The family "seemed to spread outside their own ethnic origins in the way certain foods do, like pizza." The Lender family had the foresight, she says, to grasp that the rest of America would also embrace this baked treat.
Bagels and lox, they go with weekends for many; a crackling bagel crust, chewy center, silky cream cheese, sharp smoke salmon - that's the lox - maybe capers and onions, too. Who invented what's become a staple that's just about as American as pizza, chow mein and apple pie? Heather Smith was editor of the recently defunct magazine, Meatpaper. She's written about the history of the bagel and lox. And Heather, by the way, happens to be a former WEEKEND EDITION intern. She joins us from New York. Heather, I'm so glad you find wholesome work. Thanks very much for being back with us.
HEATHER SMITH: Thanks so much, it's great to be back.
SIMON: So is a bagel just a bialy with a hole in the middle?
SMITH: It's very different, and the origins of the bagel are somewhat mysterious. There's a lot of folklore around it and variable legends about how the bagel came to exist. But I have decided that we will never know.
SIMON: Well, it's one of the great mysteries of life, think of it that way. What made the bagel leap from being just kind of New York street food, you know, or maybe Sunday brunch food, across the country?
SMITH: So it was really, I think, the Lenders brothers, and Lender's bagels are what I grew up in. I grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan, and I thought they were the greatest thing ever. Like you would get six of them in a little plastic tube. And now, like when I think, the taste was awful, but they were early adopters of refrigeration technology.
SIMON: Can you sing the theme song?
SMITH: There's a theme song?
SIMON: There was. I'm sure they haven't tried it for years. I believe the chorus is (singing) you've got to - let's see - buy, steal or finagle a Lender's bagel.
SMITH: As a small child I would have done that.
SMITH: To me bagels were just magical, even if they were frozen.
SIMON: So cream cheese is kind of British in origin. Smoked salmon could be Scandinavian or Scottish. Capers are Italian. So any idea how it all came together in this American food?
SMITH: These food mash-ups are kind of what America does best, and the cronut and the ramen burger, like those were also invented in New York. But in this case it seems to have just sprung like, you know, Venus from the clam shell.
SMITH: The bagel might be our greatest triumph, that or the burger.
SIMON: Heather Smith, one of the editors of Meatpaper magazine. Its last issue is available now. She joined us from New York, one of our former interns. Heather, thanks so much for being with us.
SMITH: Thank you.
SIMON: Much naches to you.
SMITH: I love Yiddish.
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Manslinger & Fergie: girls' night in NYC
They know each other from Nine, of course. And last night was girls' night – check out Kate Hudson and Fergie in the Village giggling after an evening of catching up. Perhaps Manslinger was filling in her friend on what she's been getting from ARod. Ew.
Speaking of ARod, word is the Yankees are not happy about his new celebrity hookup. It was enough of a distraction with Madonna, now as Kate is coming to so many games, at home and on the road, a source connected with the Bronx bombers revealed:
"It's not like there's a problem with wives or girlfriends going to games. But a lot of us agree that this is a little much. They're barely dating, and it's all about Kate."
But don't just blame her. It's always something with that f-cking guy. If Jeter can hold his sh-t down, there's no reason ARod can't do the same.
But he's a drama queen. He can't help himself. Which might be appealing to her now, but it'll wear off soon. Have a feeling Alex Rodriguez gets tiresome very quickly.
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RE: Reincarnation.
(17-01-2012 06:56 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: Have 'you' lived before as 'another' person?I think so. The few lives I learned about through various methods (like regression therapy) were quite intellectual and/or religious and either lived half in seclusion (library or temple), or ended up badly during riots of uneducated crowds. Hence my poor social skills and high mana reserves
(17-01-2012 06:56 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: REincarnation theorists are to be found in most religions, even Christianity.Where did you get that information? I can't find any original source of these claims. Everyone puts them into their books, but there are no historical references. Yes, I've read the quotes in Bible, they're there. But I can't find any evidence of how the emperor Justinian and Theodora in 533 and 553 councils of Constantinopolis executed two popes and forced the Church fathers to censor the Bible and cut out the reincarnation. That sort of weakens the argument.
(17-01-2012 06:56 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: To live a multitude of lives, as opposed to one, then Heaven or the eternal bonfire, seems preferable to the latter fundy position, despite enormous problems.I don't know who knows, but I know some of these who claim to know. The teaching of Theosophy says that we are not that which must remember or survive. We're half-animal vehicles of the higher self (soul), that sends us to incarnate and explore life on Earth. The soul does not get born or die, (except when the "nirvana" is achieved, but the soul is only second from the trinity, the higher being monad) but it contains all the incarnational experience and distills wisdom from it.
But what is supposed to happen after death, is better described in this book, with some visual aid here.
You don't have to read any of this, but there is an important central concept that you should understand to get the general idea. It's not exactly panpsychism. But let's say there are 7 material dimensions besides spacetime, as in string theory. These dimensions consist of material substances and living bodies. We, humans consist of several such bodies across several such dimensions. For example, in this dimension we live in biologic and etheric body. The neighbouring one contains our astral body and the next one is again divided by two bodies, mental and causal.
These bodies and their respective senses perceive what goes on there. But it all comes down to the lowest one, the physical brain, in which their workings are interpreted as thought and emotion. There are subtle worlds of phenomena, objects and energies, that we interpret as thoughts, and by certain focused acts of thinking we act in these bodies or even in these worlds, rather than in our physical brain only.
It's not like the astral dimension is made of emotion and desire, rather our emotional and desire apparatus (astral body) grew up in astral dimension and reacts to its phenomena accordingly.
And the quality of every body to carry and distort consciousness is determined by its quality. For example, if the astral body contains lots of coarse material from lowest sub-levels of astral world, then it "sinks" to that sub-level and it corresponds to the person having rough, violent and materialistic desires. And equivalently, a refined body consisting of finer substances of higher astral sub-levels will shelter a correspondingly refined personality.
That's what Theosophists say. It's quite a concrete notion of afterlife, in my opinion very interesting.
We can only wonder if our surrounding and permeating astral environment on this planet is an astral body of a greater being, the planetary Logos, which is in return included in the astral body of solar and galactic Logos and so on, ad infinitum for all levels of Logoi and all dimensions, and these beings once were like us and that is the path of development they chose.
(17-01-2012 06:56 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: The moral decisions we make as temporary? finite beings may well carry forth into the relms of the unknown; it is a good idea to keep this in mind. WE might hope for extinction but cannot prove it, nor can science, except in a cosmically non -substantive manner.Yes, I prefer open-ended pondering too.
I will try to explain why as a metaphor.
The problem with strict scientific worldview is, that we are allowed to go only as far as the objective, universal evidence can support us or anyone else. But this kind of evidence is only a small island in the sea of ignorance. We can equate naturalists to objective land dwellers and others who venture personally on the sea in boats, where nobody but other subjective boats can follow them. And it is a reasonable guess, that the sea of ignorance is not just an amorphous water as it seems to be on the surface. It probably is a diverse environment full of phenomena and predators, just like our island of knowledge, only unknown, untamed and uncontrolled yet. And the unknown may influence us just as much as the known, therefore it can not be safely ignored. A shark you can't see will bite you as easily as a dog you can see. But the so-called rationality or rather scientific purism demands you to attribute the shark bite to a coincidence randomly occuring as a property of sea water, until proven otherwise under controlled circumstances. Yet there are no controlled circumstances in the sea, all the sea moves and no shark will wait in place for you to measure it and double-blind test it, unless you know exactly what you're doing. So there's no evidence and who knows how did that leg fall off
What a dangerous line of thought
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RE: Reincarnation.
I was inside a star once.
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(17-01-2012 08:43 PM)Jeff Wrote:(17-01-2012 06:56 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: Have 'you' lived before as 'another' person?
Nor have I, to my knowledge, but my knowledge is not infallible.
'Identity' does create a serios problem.
RE: Reincarnation.
(18-01-2012 05:23 AM)Luminon Wrote: Yes, I prefer open-ended pondering too.
There is the objective event that a leg was lost. The only way to investigate this with any success is to use the scientific method. More observations, more hypotheses, more experiments.
Quote:...scientific purism demands you to attribute the shark bite to a coincidence randomly occuring as a property of sea water...Scientific purism requires no such thing. That would be only one hypothesis.
Subjective methods do not yield evidence and never will. The scientific method throws wide our view of reality; subjectivity is looking through a glass, darkly.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
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RE: Reincarnation.
(18-01-2012 05:23 AM)Luminon Wrote:(17-01-2012 06:56 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: Have 'you' lived before as 'another' person?I think so. The few lives I learned about through various methods (like regression therapy) were quite intellectual and/or religious and either lived half in seclusion (library or temple), or ended up badly during riots of uneducated crowds. Hence my poor social skills and high mana reserves
Ah Blavatsky, Hoot Koomi. the good colonel, Leadbeater et al.........I knew them well (only joking) An acqaintance of mine is President Pasadena T..S. Aust.
Will look more carefully at the issues you raise when I have time.
I like your last paragraph analogy and your quote...........could well be original.
Do you include Theosophy in that wool pulling? Hey thanks for the video! Annie, who was formerly an atheist, is one of my more preferred Theosophists.
RE: Reincarnation.
I think we are reincarnated in the sense that our cells/atoms return to the earth when we die and will later be taken up by other living organisms (likely millions of them), but nothing like a soul or possibility of retaining memories.
Better without God, and happier too.
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RE: Reincarnation.
(17-01-2012 06:56 PM)Mr Woof Wrote: Have 'you' lived before as 'another' person?
Ever since I was little, a part of me wants to think that I have. Part of me wants to think I lived a couple of lives in Japan ("ancient" Japan). Sometimes I use this as an explanation for why I feel such a pull towards Japan and its culture, both old and new.
Sometimes a part of me wants to think that I lived lives on other worlds but at the same time there has never been any irrefutable proof that such a thing as reincarnation ever existed outside of our imaginations.
So what is true? Is it just my imagination? Is it just wishful thinking or perhaps a case of recalling certain thoughts or experiences incorrectly?
Heck..ever since I was a little kid, a part of me wants to think I lived a previous life or two as a "dragon" like creature. Sometimes I would use that as a possible reason why I had such an attraction to dragons even before I got familiar with what society claims dragons were like. In fact I would even get irritated at peoples stereotypical claims of dragons.
So as time went by what I once held as a possibility has now denigrated to just a mere fantasy.
Still..sometimes I feel that "inner" struggle in my mind between the part of me wants to "embrace" my former ideas and the "logical" part which admonishes me for taking any such ideas seriously if it hasn't any substance other than "feelings" and supposed vague "memories" to back it up.
Just because I want it to be true doesn't mean it is.
Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return.
To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.
That is Alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange.
RE: Reincarnation.
Reincarnation = Reincarceration.
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem. - Camus
RE: Reincarnation.
(02-02-2012 08:00 PM)GirlyMan Wrote: Reincarnation = Reincarceration.The Hindu teaching of Kali Yuga hold that we are going through a really bad period that will last for thousands more years. Perhaps incarceration is apt
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RE: Reincarnation.
I recently had a conversation (or tried to anyways) on the concept of reincarnation. Of course my father is of the idea that Earth is a "school" and a "hell hole". He tells me that he doesn't want to come back to it. He also feels that being alive (in the physical) is also some sort of punishment or nearly so.
I tried telling him that Earth is just a planet, it is not a prison, school or dumping ground. I tried to tell him that it is people who make problems but when I think about it, I should have asked him if he feels his new marriage is also part of that "hell hole". Is visiting with his friends also a "hell hole".
Is talking to his brother overseas part of that same "hell hole"? These are things I should have brought up to him but then again..it would be useless.
I had, at one time, tried to explain to him that -assuming for the moment that souls are real- one form is not better than the other. It's like looking at an electrical current and claiming that the "negative" cycle is better than the "positive" cycle or that clouds are better than rain.
I also should have brought to his attention that if the spirit world is so damned perfect then why would a soul feel the need to experience things -as my father thinks happens- and be born into a physical body? Why not imagine it all in the oh-so perfect and pristine spirit realm?
My life may not be perfect but I do not look at myself or others as criminals or deviants that are here to be punished.
I mean, can you honestly look at a newborn and say that he is here because he is a bad soul and needs to be "punished" for some thing that a supposed "celestial council" claimed he did in a non-provable afterlife?
Can one really condone child abuse by claiming a child is just having its "karma" worked out? (This was actually proposed in a book I once owned).
Sorry for the rant. I am feeling a bit testy right now.
Oh..and hello Mr. Woof
Humankind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return.
To obtain, something of equal value must be lost.
That is Alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange.
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