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Scivantage Collaborates with Stevens to Help Launch the Next Great Startups in Financial Technology
Scivantage®, a Global FinTech 100 technology provider of information-enabled software dedicated to transforming complex information and processes into intuitive user experiences for the financial services industry and Stevens Institute of Technology, a premier, private research university in Hoboken, N.J., announced today the launch of the Scivantage FinTech Incubator Program. The Scivantage FinTech Incubator Program is a 12-week program that empowers entrepreneurs and early-stage startups to develop dynamic and disruptive technology that will transform the Financial Services industry.
The Scivantage FinTech Incubator Program aims to support and accelerate the launch of next generation financial technology products, enabling entrepreneurs and early-stage startups to drive a new era of financial services innovation. Students, faculty and alumni of Stevens Institute of Technology, known for its programs in computer science and financial analytics, will be encouraged to participate. At the end of the 12-week Incubator Program, each of the selected entrepreneurs will present at the Scivantage Incubator Demo Day, where leading FinTech executives and investors will be in attendance.
Through a competitive process, promising entrepreneurs will be selected to participate in the incubator program during each cycle, with each receiving:
· An investment of up to $25,000 in seed capital
· Premier office space in Scivantage's Jersey City, N.J., office
· Sales, marketing and design support
· Mentorship from a diverse group of seasoned FinTech executives and entrepreneurs and Stevens faculty
· The opportunity to recruit top students and alumni from Stevens Institute of Technology
"Scivantage is a leading FinTech 100 firm started by entrepreneurs, and we understand firsthand the challenges that startups face when launching a new financial technology company or product," said Adnane Charchour, President and CEO of Scivantage. "We are looking for creative, driven entrepreneurs and/or startup companies that want to transform the FinTech industry. This program is an exciting way for financial technology entrepreneurs to leverage our years of successful experience, world-class technology platform and growing base of financial services customers in order to bring ideas to market."
"As a firm that has been built from the ground up, we recognize the value in helping to cultivate the future leaders of our industry through our Incubator Program," said Jim Tousignant, Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Scivantage. "Participants in the program will benefit from the collaboration with Stevens Institute of Technology, including its Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and more than 6,100 undergraduate and graduate students and 350 faculty members, from its School of Engineering, School of Systems and Enterprises, the School of Technology Management and the College of Arts and Letters. Participating in the Incubator Program also provides entrepreneurs with easy access to the dynamic New York/New Jersey entrepreneurial scene, as well as leading financial services and technology firms, and top venture capitalists and angel investors."
"The spirit of entrepreneurialism is pervasive throughout the Stevens community, from our leaders to our freshman students, we breed innovation and entrepreneurship," said Dr. Nariman Farvardin, President of Stevens Institute of Technology. "There is an extraordinary pool of local entrepreneurial talent in New York and New Jersey looking to gain a foothold in further developing their ideas and we are thrilled to collaborate with a leading technology provider such as Scivantage to accelerate technological innovation and entrepreneurship advancements in the fast growing FinTech market."
Applications for the current cycle must be submitted by 5PM EDT on June 13, 2014, and pitch day finalists will be selected on June 20, 2014. Entrepreneurs and startups with an idea that will make a positive impact on the financial services industry can apply today. Learn more about this program at www.scivantageincubator.com.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University®, is a premier, private research university situated in Hoboken, N.J. overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Founded in 1870, technological innovation has been the hallmark and legacy of Stevens' education and research programs for more than 140 years. Within the university's three schools and one college, more than 6,100 undergraduate and graduate students collaborate with more than 350 faculty members in an interdisciplinary, student-centric, entrepreneurial environment to advance the frontiers of science and leverage technology to confront global challenges. Stevens is home to three national research centers of excellence, as well as joint research programs focused on critical industries such as healthcare, energy, finance, defense and STEM education and coastal sustainability. The university is consistently ranked among the nation's elite for return on investment for students, career services programs, and mid-career salaries of alumni. Stevens is in the midst of implementing a 10-year strategic plan, The Future. Ours to Create., designed to further extend the Stevens legacy to create a forward-looking and far-reaching institution with global impact.
About Scivantage FinTech Incubator
The Scivantage FinTech Incubator, offered in collaboration with Stevens Institute of Technology, is a rolling 12-week program that empowers entrepreneurs and early-stage startups to develop dynamic and disruptive technology that will transform the Financial Services industry. The program aims to support and accelerate the launch of next generation products, bringing important ideas to market. For more information, visit www.ScivantageIncubator.com .
About Scivantage
Scivantage® is a Global FinTech 100 technology provider of information-enabled software dedicated to transforming complex information and processes into intuitive user experiences for the financial services industry. With proven expertise in online brokerage, tax and portfolio reporting, and wealth management applications, Scivantage delivers intelligent and actionable information that goes beyond the boundaries of traditional financial software, helping improve investment decisions. Leading financial institutions, including broker-dealers, mutual fund companies, bank custodians, trust and prime brokers, depend on Scivantage's cloud-based technology to achieve critical business insights, generate new revenue and build stronger customer relationships. For more information, please visit www.scivantage.com or contact us at +1.866.724.8268.
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An adventure awaits anyone who makes it up to Mission 17, the innovative Mission Street gallery dedicated to conceptual and installation art (2111 Mission Street, Suite 401–at 17th). I don't know, sometimes does it seem to you that exhibitions in San Francisco come in only two varieties? Either they're dumb and lithe and beautiful, like Michael Phelps, or they're too darn hard to understand. "The Man Behind the Curtain" (through July 11) has a theoretical platform, but it's springy and imaginative. I wound up staying on and on much longer than I had planned, caught in an undercurrent of political intrigue and moral outrage, but also just stunned like a balloon had hit me in some pleasure center.
Curator Laura Mott has used the straightforwardness of the gallery space to her advantage.
Its sharp corners and defined spaces aren't modernist, exactly, they're harsh and unyielding, and she uses them to show their analogues to democracy both here and abroad. Democracies for example don't encourage luxury in their voting booths. They're spare, even severe, for if they were pleasant people would want to stay in there longer and, what's worse, more people would want to vote.

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Reviewed by Anthony M. (age 11)
In the 45th book of the series, The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge by Franklin W. Dixon, Mr. Prito's company was building a bridge. It kept getting destroyed costing his company thousands of dollars. Mr. Hardy was on the case but he left it since he got drugged and lost his memory. His briefcase was also stolen. So, Frank and Joe had to take over. The boys and their friends go in as bridge workers and try to collect clues to solve the mystery. While collecting clues, they find out about a pink fiery light in the sky nicknamed Rosy. They think Rosy is connected to the crimes that have been taking place. Will the brothers ever solve the mystery of the bridge? Will they crack the case of Rosy? You'll just have to read The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge to find out.
The book The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge by Franklin W. Dixon is a great mystery book. I love they way Franklin W. Dixon writes these books. The plot captivates your imagination and takes it on a journey full of mysterious happenings. One example is Mr. Hardy being drugged and losing his memory. The author grasps your imagination by using juicy, descriptive words. The description pulls you into the book and creates a vivid picture in your mind. This is one of my favorite books because the events and clues in the story are so realistic that you feel like you are part of them. When the criminal climbed up the side of the Hardy's house, he mentioned every move both the brothers and the criminals made, making it seem real to me. In my opinion the books genre would be realistic fiction. Even though it is unlikely, this could happen to a person in real life, it could happen. Franklin W. Dixon makes all the characters are believable. They are believable because they act like ordinary detectives. I do not have a favorite character in this book, but I think if Joe and Frank were real, I'd like to meet them. I would like to ask them what helps them identify clues and what case they found the trickiest.
I would recommend this book to people who like mysteries and are between 9-12 years old (4th-6th grade). Students in fourth though sixth grade would enjoy The Mystery of the Spiral Bridge because it has a good plot and the author gives enough clues for you to predict suspects. This book might be too tricky for a third grader. This book has many advanced vocabulary words. These words would make this book challenging for third grade.


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Two Arson Fires in Two Days in White Swan
Fire District 5 tells us that an abandoned commercial building burned today, after an abandoned house was destroyed yesterday.
Captain J.J. Ihnen of Yakima County Fire District 5 says that 14 firefighters battled an abandoned commercial building fire at 201 Curtis Street in White Swan this morning. The alarm went out at about 6:00 am, and the fire was under control by 11:00 am. This fire followed a fire that destroyed an abandoned home at 320 1st Street on Wednesday. Both buildings were allowed to burn completely will firefighters protected surrounding occupied homes. Arson has been determined to be the cause of both fires.
Anyone with information on either fire is asked to contact the Yakima Sheriff' s Office, Yakama Nation Police, or the Yakima County Fire Marshall.
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"Breaking The Mold" Student Research Conference to be Held
by Shasta Marrero, M.S. candidate in hydrology at New Mexico Tech
SOCORRO, N.M., Sept. 19, 2007 – "Breaking the Mold: Groundbreaking Student Research," a two-day conference for university students throughout New Mexico to present their research will be held on Thursday and Friday, September 20-21, at New Mexico Tech.
The research conference's format will allow students to showcase their research in an environment of peers, while receiving input to help them improve for future presentations. Breaking the Mold is sponsored by the New Mexico Tech Graduate Student Association (GSA).
The conference's poster session is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. in the Macey Conference Center's upper lobby. There also will be a welcome reception held that same evening in conjunction with the New Mexico Tech Career Fair, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the same location.
The oral presentations will be held on Friday, from 9 until 10 a.m. and from 10:30 until 11:45 a.m. in Macey Center's Copper Room and stage.
There will be many subjects presented at the student research conference, including geology, hydrology, computer science, biology, engineering and social science.
New Mexico Tech mathematics professor William Stone will be the featured speaker at Friday's conference lunch at 1 p.m. in the Joseph A. Fidel Student Center's dining hall.
Breaking the Mold will also offer several workshops on Friday afternoon, covering various subjects, such as "Using Powerpoint," "Ethics," and "The Unexpected in Research." The workshops will all be held in Macey Center's Galena Room, starting at 2 p.m. for the first workshop and running until 4:30 p.m.
The awards ceremony for the student research conference will be held at the New Mexico Tech Golf Course's M Mountain Grill, from 6 until 8 p.m. on Friday. Awards will be presented for the best oral and poster presentations in each of three categories, as well as for overall best presentations.
Keynote speaker for the Breaking the Mold awards banquet will be New Mexico Tech biology professor Scott T. Shors speaking on "Life as a Lab Rat: Grad School and Beyond."


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Christopher Street Day (CSD) and ColognePride bring colourful parades, extravagant outfits and fever-pitch excitement to the streets – a huge, vibrant festival enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people but with a very serious message. Every year, when gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders descend on Cologne with their high spirits and good humour, they are demonstrating for homosexuals' rights and for acceptance, tolerance and equality.
It was back in 1972 that the first demonstrations for the rights of lesbians, gays and transgenders took place in this liberal-minded cathedral city in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Christopher Street Day parade has been organised by Kölner Lesben- und Schwulentag e.V. (KLuST) every year since 1991, partly in memory of the events in Christopher Street in New York in 1969, partly focusing on the future and the continuing improvement in the social and political status of sexual minorities. At first, Gay Pride and the street festival only attracted around 3,000 lesbians and gays to the historical old quarter, but in the last few years up to 1.2 million visitors have gathered in Cologne. Now ColognePride spans four main events: the weekend street festival around Alter Markt, Heumarkt and Rathausplatz, the Friday AIDS-Hilfe gala at Hotel Maritim, the Colour Cologne Party in the Lanxess Arena and the grand parade through the city centre featuring up to 120 floats and countless groups. This is a festival for everyone because sexual orientation has no relevance in matters of tolerance, humanity, joy and equal rights.
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Hinduism in Southeast Asia
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Hinduism in Southeast Asia gave birth to the former Champa civilisation in southern parts of Central Vietnam, Funan in Cambodia, the Khmer Empire in Indochina, Langkasuka Kingdom, Gangga Negara and Old Kedah in the Malay Peninsula, the Sriwijayan kingdom on Sumatra, the Singosari kingdom and the Majapahit Empire based in Java, Bali, and parts of the Philippine archipelago. The civilisation of India influenced the languages, scripts, calendars, and artistic aspects of these peoples and nations.
Indian scholars wrote about the Dwipantara or Jawa Dwipa Hindu kingdom in Java and Sumatra around 200 BC. "Yawadvipa" is mentioned in India's earliest epic, the Ramayana. Sugriva, the chief of Rama's army dispatched his men to Yawadvipa, the island of Java, in search of Sita.[1] It was hence referred to in Indian by the Sanskrit name "yāvaka dvīpa" (dvīpa = island). Southeast Asia was frequented by traders from eastern India, particularly Kalinga, as well as from the kingdoms of South India.
The Indianised Tarumanagara kingdom was established in West Java around 400s, produced among the earliest inscriptions in Indonesian history. There was a marked Buddhist influence starting about 425 in the region. These Southeast Asian seafaring peoples engaged in extensive trade with India and China. Which attracted the attention of the Mongols, Chinese and Japanese, as well as Islamic traders, who reached the Aceh area of Sumatra in the 12th century.
Some scholars have pointed out that the legends of Ikshvaku and Sumati may have their origin in the Southeast-Asian myth of the birth of humanity from a bitter gourd. The legend of Sumati, the wife of King Sagar, tells that she produced offspring with the aid of a bitter gourd.[2]
Modern era
Today, vibrant Hindu communities remain in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Medan city of Indonesia and the Philippines mainly due to the presence of Indians, such as Tamil people, who migrated from the Indian sub-continent to Southeast Asia in past centuries. One notably Southeast Asian aspect of Tamil Hinduism is the festival of Thaipusam, while other Hindu religious festivals such as Diwali are also well-observed by Hindus in the region. In Thailand and Cambodia, Thai and Khmer people practised Hindu rituals and traditions along with their Buddhist faith, and Hindu gods such as Brahma are still widely revered.
In Indonesia, it is not only people of Indian descent who practice Hinduism; Hinduism still survives as the major religion in Bali, where native Indonesians, the Balinese people, adheres to Agama Hindu Dharma, a variant of Hinduism derived from ancient Java-Bali Hindu traditions developed in the island for almost two millennia that often incorporates native spiritual elements. Other than the Balinese, a small enclave of Javanese Hindu minorities are also can be found in Java, such as around Tengger mountain ranges near Bromo and Semeru volcanoes, Karanganyar Regency in Central Java, and near Prambanan, Yogyakarta. Similarly, Hinduism is also found among the Cham minority in Southern Vietnam and Cambodia: just like the Javanese, the majority of them are Muslims but a minority are Hindu. In other parts of Indonesia, the term Hindu Dharma is often loosely used as umbrella category to identify native spiritual beliefs and indigenous religions such as Hindu Kaharingan professed by Dayak of Kalimantan.
The resurgence of Hinduism in Indonesia is occurring in all parts of the country. In the early 1970s, the Toraja people of Sulawesi were the first to be identified under the umbrella of 'Hinduism', followed by the Karo Batak of Sumatra in 1977 and the Ngaju Dayak of Kalimantan in 1980. In an unpublished report in 1999, the National Indonesian Bureau of Statistics admitted that around 100,00 she had officially converted or 'reconverted' from Islam to Hinduism over the previous two decades.[4] The Ministry of Religious Affairs, as of 2007 estimates there to be at least 10 million Hindus in Indonesia[5]
The growth of Hinduism has been driven also by the famous Javanese prophesies of Sabdapalon and Jayabaya.
Many recent converts to Hinduism had been members of the families of Sukarno's PNI, and now support Megawati Sukarnoputri. This return to the 'religion of Majapahit' (Hinduism) is a matter of nationalist pride.
The new Hindu communities in Java tend to be concentrated around recently built temples (pura) or around archaeological temple sites (candi) which are being reclaimed as places of Hindu worship. An important new Hindu temple in eastern Java is Pura Mandaragiri Sumeru Agung, located on the slope of Mt. Semeru, Java's highest mountain. Mass conversions have also occurred in the region around Pura Agung Blambangan, another new temple, built on a site with minor archaeological remnants attributed to the kingdom of Blambangan, the last Hindu polity on Java, and Pura Loka Moksa Jayabaya (in the village of Menang near Kediri), where the Hindu king and prophet Jayabaya is said to have achieved spiritual liberation (moksa). Another site is the new Pura Pucak Raung in East Java, which is mentioned in Balinese literature as the place from where Maharishi Markandeya took Hinduism to Bali in the 5th century.
An example of resurgence around major archaeological remains of ancient Hindu temple sites was observed in Trowulan near Mojokerto, the capital of the legendary Hindu empire Majapahit. A local Hindu movement is struggling to gain control of a newly excavated temple building which they wish to see restored as a site of active Hindu worship. The temple is to be dedicated to Gajah Mada, the man attributed with transforming the small Hindu kingdom of Majapahit into an empire. Although there has been a more pronounced history of resistance to Islamization in East Java, Hindu communities are also expanding in Central Java near the ancient Hindu monuments of Prambanan.
The current estimates of Hinduism in Indonesia range from 4 to 8 percent
Hinduism in Burma is practised by about 840,000 people.[6] Because a reliable census has not been taken in Burma since colonial times, estimates are approximate. Most Hindus in Myanmar are Burmese Indians.
Cambodia was first influenced by Hinduism during the beginning of the Kingdom of Funan. Hinduism was one of the Khmer Empire's official religions. Cambodia is the home of the holy temple of Angkor Wat, the largest Hindu temple in the world.
Although only a minority of Thai identify as Hindu today, many Hindu gods such as Indra and Brahma are still worshiped today. Ancient Hindu rituals are still practiced which include customs such as marriage ceremonies. One of the well known aspects of Hindu culture include the Giant Swing.
Today in Indonesia, Hinduism is practised by 3% of the total population, they constitute 92.29% of the population of Bali and 15.75% of the population of Central Kalimantan, as of the 2000 census. However, between the 4th century to 15th century, Hinduism and Buddhism was adhered by the majority of the population, along with native indigenous animism and dynamism beliefs that venerated natural and ancestral spirits. By 15th to 16th-century Islam had supplanted Hinduism and Buddhism as the majority religion in Indonesian archipelago. The influence of Hinduism has profoundly left its marks on the culture of Bali, Java and Sumatra. Bali has become the last remnant of once Hindu dominated region.
Hindu influences reached the Indonesian Archipelago as early as first century. In 4th-century, the kingdom of Kutai in East Kalimantan, Tarumanagara in West Java, and Holing (Kalingga) in Central Java, were among the early Hindu states established in the region. Several notable ancient Indonesian Hindu kingdoms are Mdang i Bhumi Mataram, famous for the construction of the majestic 9th-century Trimurti Prambanan temple, followed by Kediri, singosari, and reached the peak of its influence in the 14th-century Majapahit, the last and largest among Hindu-Buddhist Javanese empires.
The Hindu civilisations has left its marks in Indonesian culture. The epics Mahabharata and Ramayana, became enduring traditions among Indonesian artforms, expressed in wayang shadow puppet and dance performances. Many Indonesian names are Sanskrit-based and the plane flag carrier are named Garuda Airline.
Today, the Indonesian government has recognised Hinduism as one of the country's six officially sanctioned religions, along with Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Buddhism and Confucianism.[7]
Laos used to be part of Khmer Empire. The Wat Phou is one of the last influences of that period. The Laotian adaptation of the Ramayana is called Phra Lak Phra Lam.
Hinduism is the fourth largest religion in Malaysia. About 1.78 million Malaysian residents (6.3% of the total population) are Hindus, according to 2010 Census of Malaysia.[8]
Most Malaysian Hindus are settled in western parts of Peninsular Malaysia. Indian Hindus and Buddhists began arriving in Malaysia during ancient and medieval era. A large number of Hindus from South India were brought to Malaysia by British colonial empire during the 19th and 20th century, as indentured labourers to work on coffee and sugarcane plantations and tin mining; later they were deployed in large numbers, along with Chinese Buddhists, on rubber plantations. The British kangani system of recruitment, designed to reduce labour turnover and enhance labour stability, encouraged Hindu workers to recruit friends and family from India to work in British operations in Malaysia. The kangani system brought numerous Tamil Hindus into Malaysia by early 1900s.[9] By 1950s, about 12.8% of Malaysian population professed to be a Hindu.
After Malaysia gained its independence from British colonial empire in 1957, it declared its official state religion as Islam, and adopted a discriminatory constitution as well as the Sedition Act of 1971 which limited public debate on Malaysia's treatment of religion, language and citizenship policies.[10][11][12] In recent decades, there have been increasing reports of religious persecution of Hindus, along with other minority religions, by various state governments of Malaysia and its Sharia courts.[10][13] Hindu temples built on private property, and built long before Malaysian independence, have been demolished by Malaysian government officials in recent years.[14] Since the 1970s, there has been large scale emigration of Hindus (along with Buddhists and Christians) from Malaysia.[15][16][17]
Malaysian Hindus celebrate Deepavali (festival of lights), Thaipusam (Lord Murugan festival), Pongal (harvest festival) and Navaratri (Durga festival).
The Philippines
Before the arrival of an Arab trader to Sulu Island in 1450 and Ferdinand Magellan, who sailed in behalf of Spain in 1521, the chiefs of many Philippine islands were called Rajas, and the script was derived from Brahmi. Karma, a Hindu concept is understood as part of the traditional view of the universe by many Philippine peoples, and have counterparts such as kalma in the Pampangan language, and Gabâ in Visayan languages. The vocabulary in all Philippine languages reflect strong Hindu influences.
In the archipelago that was to become the Philippines, the statues of the Hindu gods were hidden to prevent their destruction by a religion which destroyed all cult images. One statue, a "Golden Tara", a 4-pound gold statue of a Hindu-Malayan goddess, was found in Mindanao in 1917. The statue, denoted the Agusan Image, is now in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. The image is that of a Hindu-Malayan female deity, seated cross-legged. It is made of "twenty-one carat gold and weighs nearly four pounds." It has a richly ornamented headdress and many ornaments in the arms and other parts of the body. Scholars date it to the late 13th or early 14th century. It was made by local artists, perhaps copying from an imported Javanese model. The gold that was used was from this area, since Javanese miners were known to have been engaged in gold mining in Butuan at this time.
The existence of these gold mines, this artefact and the presence of "foreigners" proves the existence of some foreign trade, gold as element in the barter economy, and of cultural and social contact between the natives and "foreigners." As previously stated, this statue is not in The Philippines. Louise Adriana Wood (whose husband, Leonard Wood, was military-governor of the Moro Province in 1903-1906 and governor general in 1921-1927) raised funds for its purchase by the Chicago Museum of Natural History. It is now on display in that museum's Gold Room.
According to Prof. Beyer, considered the "Father of Philippine Anthropology and Archaeology", a woman in 1917 found it on the left bank of the Wawa River near Esperanza, Agusan, projecting from the silt in a ravine after a storm and flood. From her hands it passed into those of Bias Baklagon, a local government official. Shortly after, ownership passed to the Agusan Coconut Company, to whom Baklagon owed a considerable debt. Mrs. Wood bought it from the coconut company.
Another gold artefact of Garuda, the phoenix who is the mount of Vishnu, was found in Palawan.
There are smaller number of followers of Hinduism today at 1% of the Philippine population.[18]
Today, there is a "Hindu Temple" (attended mostly by Sindhīs) on Mahatma Gandhi Street and a "Khalsa Diwan Indian Sikh Temple" (attended mostly by Sikhs) on United Nations Avenue. Both are in Manila city's Paco-Pandacan area, the traditional Indian enclave, and are about 15 minutes walk away from each other.[19] As per estimate there are 22 gurudwāras all over the Philippines today, although most of the adherents are Indians, Sri Lankans and Nepalese. There are various Hare Krishna groups in the country that are gaining in popularity.
The spread of Hinduism was deterred by the spread of Christianity by the Spaniards and the spread of Islām by Malay and Javanese missionaries before the Spaniards.
The introduction of Hinduism into Singapore dates back to the early 10th century, during the Chola period. Immigrants from southern India, mostly Tamils, arrived as labourers for the British East India Company, bringing with them their religion and culture. Their arrival saw the building of Dravidian temples throughout the island, and the beginnings of a vibrant Hindu culture. The first temple, Sri Mariamman Temple in Singapore's Chinatown. There are currently about thirty main temples in Singapore, dedicated to various gods and goddesses from the Hindu pantheon. Today, two government bodies deal with all Hindu affairs: The Hindu Endowments Board and The Hindu Advisory Board.
Hindus are a minority in Singapore, comprising about 5.1% of its citizens and permanent residents in 2010. Among 15 years or older population, there were about 158,000 Hindus; 37% of all Hindus in Singapore speak Tamil at home, another 42% speak English.[20] Deepavali is a major Hindu festival and a public holiday observed in Singapore.[21]
A number of Hindus remain in Thailand. They are mostly located in the cities. In the past, the nation came under the influence of the Khmer Empire, which had strong Hindu roots. The epic, Ramakien, is based on the Ramayana. The Thai city, Ayutthaya near Bangkok, is named after Ayodhya, the birthplace of Rama. Numerous rituals derived from Brahmanism are preserved in rituals, such as use of holy strings and pouring of water from conch shells. Furthermore, Hindu deities are worshipped by many Thais alongside Buddhism, such as Brahma at the famous Erawan Shrine, and statues of Ganesh, Indra, and Shiva, as well as numerous symbols relating to Hindu deities are found, e.g., Garuda, a symbol of the monarchy. Reliefs in temple walls, such as the 12th-century Prasat Sikhoraphum near Surin (Thailand), show a dancing Shiva, with smaller images of Parvati, Vishnu, Brahma and Ganesh.[22]
An annual Giant Swing ceremony known as Triyampavai-Tripavai was held in major cities of Thailand until 1935, when it was abolished for safety reasons.[23] The name of the ceremony was derived from the names of two Tamil language Hindu chants: Thiruvempavai and Thiruppavai. It is known that Tamil verses from Thiruvempavai — poet pratu sivalai ("opening the portals of Shiva's home") — were recited at this ceremony, as well as the coronation ceremony of the Thai king.[24] According to T.P. Meenakshisundaram, the name of the festival indicates that Thiruppavai might have been recited as well.[25] The swinging ceremony depicted a legend about how the god created the world. Outside shops, particularly in towns and rural areas, statues of Nang Kwak as the deity of wealth, fortune and prosperity (version of Lakshmi) are found.[26][27]
The élite, and the royal household, often employ Brahmins to mark funerals and state ceremonies such as the Royal Ploughing Ceremony to ensure a good harvest. The importance of Hinduism cannot be denied, even though much of the rituals has been combined with Buddhism.[28]
According to the Thai Census of 2005, there are 52,631 Hindus living in Thailand, making up just 0.09% of the total population.[29]
The Champa civilisation was located in the more southern part of what is today Central Vietnam, and was a highly Indianized Tamil Hindu Kingdom, practising a form of Tamil Shaivite Hinduism brought by sea from India. Mỹ Sơn, a Hindu temple complex built by the Cham people is still standing albeit in ruins in Quảng Nam Province, in Vietnam. Since the 15th century under the growing Vietnamese kingdom from the north, Champa was conquered and reduced as a polity. The Chams were subsequently absorbed by the Vietnamese and today are recognised one of the many ethnic minorities of Vietnam.
The Balamon Hindu Cham form a majority of the Cham population in Vietnam while most of the remainder are followers of Islam. The term Balamon is considered to have been derived from Brahmin,[30] however another study suggests that 70% are considered to descend from the Nagavamshi Kshatriya caste[31] (pronounced in Cham(?) as "Satrias"), and claim to be the descendants of the Champa Empire.[32] In any case a sizeable proportion of the Balamon Hindu Cham are considered Brahmins.
Hindu temples known as Bimong in the Cham language and the priests Halau Tamunay Ahier.
The exact number of Tamil Hindus in Vietnam are not published in Government census, but there are estimated to be at least 50,000 Balamon Hindus, with another 4,000 Hindus living in Ho Chi Minh City; most of whom are of Indian (Tamil) or of mixed Indian-Vietnamese descent. The Mariamman Temple is one of the most notable Tamil Hindu temples in Ho Chi Minh City. Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan Provinces are where most of the Cham ethnic group (~65%) in Vietnam reside according to the last population census. Cham Balamon (Hindu Cham) in Ninh Thuan numbered 32,000 in 2002 inhabiting 15 of 22 Cham villages.[30] If this population composition is typical for the Cham population of Vietnam as a whole then approximately 60% of Chams in Vietnam are Hindu.
See also
- ↑ History of Ancient India Kapur, Kamlesh
- ↑ Elst, Koenraad (1999). Update on the Aryan Invasion Debate. Aditya Prakashan. ISBN 81-86471-77-4.; Sergent, Bernard: Genèse de l'Inde, 1997.
- ↑ Beryl De Zoete, Dance and Drama in Bali, ISBN 978-9625938806
- ↑ http://www.swaveda.com/articles.php?action=show&id=49
- ↑ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90137.htm
- ↑ Table: Religious Composition by Country, in Numbers Pew Research Center (December 2012)
- ↑ Hosen, N (8 September 2005). "Religion and the Indonesian Constitution: A Recent Debate" (PDF). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. Cambridge University Press. 36 (03): 419. doi:10.1017/S0022463405000238. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2006. Retrieved 26 October 2006.
- ↑ 2010 Population and Housing Census of Malaysia (Census 2010) Department of Statistics Malaysia, Official Portal (2012)
- ↑ Sandhu (2010), Indians in Malaya: Some Aspects of Their Immigration and Settlement (1786-1957), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521148139, pp. 89-102
- 1 2 2011 Report on International Religious Freedom - Malaysia U.S. State Department (2012)
- ↑ Gill & Gopal, Understanding Indian Religious Practice in Malaysia, J Soc Sci, 25(1-2-3): 135-146 (2010)
- ↑ Raymond Lee, Patterns of Religious Tension in Malaysia, Asian Survey, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Apr. 1988), pp. 400-418
- ↑ Religious Freedom Report 2013 - Malaysia U.S. State Department (2014)
- ↑ Religious Freedom Report 2012 - Malaysia U.S. State Department (2013)
- ↑ Malaysian Indian Community: Victim of 'Bumiputera' Policy ORF Issue Report (2008)
- ↑ Amarjit Kaur, Indian migrant workers in Malaysia – part 1 Australian National University
- ↑ Amarjit Kaur, Indian migrant workers in Malaysia – part 2 Australian National University
- ↑ http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/philippines/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010
- ↑ In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the ISKCON temple was right beside the Hindu Temple.
- ↑ Census of population 2010 Singapore Department of Statistics (2011)
- ↑ Public Holidays Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
- ↑ Sikhoraphum, Thailand, Arts & Archaeology Journal
- ↑ M. E. Manickavasagom Pillai (1986). Dravidian Influence in Thai Culture. Tamil University. p. 69.
- ↑ Upendra Thakur (1986). Some Aspects of Asian History and Culture. Abhinav. pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-81-7017-207-9.
- ↑ Norman Cutler (1979). Consider Our Vow: Translation of Tiruppāvai and Tiruvempāvai Into English. Muttu Patippakam. p. 13.
- ↑ Ara Wilson (2008), The Sacred Geography of Bangkok's Markets, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 32.3, September 2008, page 635
- ↑ Jonathan Lee, Fumitaka Matsuoka, Edmond Yee and Ronald Nakasone (2015), Asian American Religious Cultures, ABC, ISBN 978-1598843309, page 892
- ↑ Hinduism Today | Thailand | July/August/September, 2003
- ↑ http://popcensus.nso.go.th/show_table.php?t=t5&yr=2543&a=1
- 1 2 Champa and the archaeology of Mỹ Sơn (Vietnam) By Andrew Hardy, Mauro Cucarzi, Patrizia Zolese p.105
- ↑ India's interaction with Southeast Asia, Volume 1, Part 3 By Govind Chandra Pande, Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture, Centre for Studies in Civilizations (Delhi, India) p.231,252
- ↑ International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. Department of State.
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SOCHI, Russia -- My Winter Olympic experiences have gone from telegrams to Twitter, from a small, isolated village in New York's Adirondack Mountains that produced a sports miracle few people knew about as it unfolded to an international resort on Russia's Black Sea where the world can keep up with every development almost immediately by consulting mobile devices that didn't exist even a few years ago.
The Sochi Games will be my 10th straight Winter Olympics and 14th Games, including Summer Olympics. My first was Lake Placid, and we drove up from Long Island, where I worked for Newsday. My boss, the late Dick Sandler, told me I'd cover figure skating and some hockey. When the underdog American hockey team was eliminated, he said, we would ignore it.
Dick was a wonderful sports editor, but he was slightly off on that prediction.
Chatting last week with Bob Suter, a defenseman on the 1980 U.S. "Miracle on Ice" hockey team, reminded me of how much the Winter Olympics have grown and the massive changes that have taken place over a relatively short period.
Few people remember, but the U.S.-Soviet Union hockey game was televised on delay, not live. And because Lake Placid was so remote in the era before the Internet and 24-hour news cycles, those of us there couldn't know how hungrily the public was rallying around the hockey team's success during a time of the Cold War, economic uncertainty and the Iran hostage crisis.
The only way we knew that the young team and self-styled authoritarian coach Herb Brooks had won the public's hearts was by seeing the telegrams people had sent, messages that were displayed in the arena near and inside the U.S. team's locker room. The telegrams expressed thanks and patriotism and hope, a flood of emotions from people who might not have been sports fans or hockey fans but drew hope from the team's seemingly impossible deeds.
Thirty-four years later, Suter remembers those telegrams clearly.
"That's what we had on our walls," Suter said, "and that's the only way we knew what was going on outside of Lake Placid — the telegrams that were put up in our locker room, because Coach Brooks kind of took all the heat and wasn't letting us be around the press. He went to all the press conferences and we were pretty much sheltered until it was over."
Among the changes that have occurred since 1980 is the opening of the hockey tournament to NHL players. If that makes impossible a repeat of the David-and-Goliath story line that played out in 1980 between the mighty Soviets and the American college kids, it also made it possible to see the best against the best. Suter, whose brother, Gary, played in two Olympics for the U.S., has come around to liking the idea of professionals playing for their homelands.
"The caliber of hockey is so much better now than it was back then, because the athletes are so well-trained and it makes for such good hockey and good entertainment," he said. "And that's what the Olympics are supposed to be, the best athletes representing their countries.
"I didn't know how pro athletes would treat playing for their country, but they're as fired up and enthused about playing for their country as I think we were."
He knows that because his son, Ryan, grew up to be a fine NHL defenseman and an alternate captain of the U.S. team that will begin play here next week. Bob, who runs a rink in Madison, Wis., went to see Ryan at the 2010 Vancouver Games and soon realized the cozy, quaint Olympics he knew had become a behemoth.
"It's so big, and there's so much press and so many sponsors and stuff that are added and part of it," Suter said. "And the TV coverage is unbelievable. The personalities you see too. Not only sports, but actors. Everything about it is so big and global."
Too big, really, when venues are so far apart that it's difficult to see more than one event each day. Too big when it's possible, if you follow hockey, figure skating or curling, to go through a Winter Olympics without seeing snow. I never saw snow in Vancouver and probably won't see any here in what's known as the coastal cluster, where temperatures are expected to be in the 40s.
The world and the Olympics have become complicated since Lake Placid. Lillehammer, Norway, site of the 1994 Games, lives on in my memory as the most beautiful and warm-hearted. I remember candles placed in the front windows of all the houses we passed on the way from the Oslo airport, brave soldiers defying the dark Nordic night. Those candles would be welcome now in Sochi in place of the light bulbs missing from my dorm room.
Sochi will have its stories, and we will capture them by tweet and Instagram and the world will know in an instant. The way we communicate changes, but a well-told story remains a powerful force. I'm glad to have seen those telegrams and to be around to see what comes next.
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(The Root) — In an action certainly aimed at energizing his Democratic base, President Obama will announce today that he is signing an executive order specifically intended to improve educational opportunities for African-American students.
The president will announce the order Wednesday evening at the National Urban League Conference in New Orleans. (Watch the live webcast at 7:30 p.m. EDT/6:30 p.m. CDT.)
According to a senior administration official, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans will be a part of the Department of Education and will work with the president and Cabinet-level agencies "to identify evidence-based best practices to improve African-American students' achievement in school and college." It will also build a network of people, grassroots organizations and communities to share those practices.
In addition, the executive order creates a presidential commission on educational advancement for African-American students, with commission members advising the president and Education Secretary Arne Duncan on broad-stroke strategies meant to enhance educational opportunities for black Americans of all ages.
A separate interagency working group will engage Cabinet agencies and senior officials at the White House in building programs "aimed at advancing outcomes for African Americans in early-childhood education; elementary, secondary and postsecondary education; career and technical education; and adult education," the administration official said.
"From allowing states to opt out of key No Child Left Behind provisions, introducing Race to the Top and releasing the Civil Rights Data Collection Report on educational disparities, President Obama continues to demonstrate the will to improve equity in education and access to college," remarked Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D., a Howard University professor who is also contributing education editor for The Root.
"Hopefully, during his remarks at the NUL conference, President Obama will specifically address the problems in public education that were delineated in the Civil Rights Data Report [pdf]. Specifically, any federal program to improve educational opportunities for black students should address disproportionate suspensions and 'push out' of black pupils, resource equity and the absence of college-preparatory courses at public schools with the highest percentage of black and Latino students."
Toldson also noted that 95.5 percent of black children in grades K-12 attend public schools and 4.5 percent attend private schools, "yet Louisiana, the state in which the president's remarks will be made, is diverting tens of millions of dollars from public to private schools in what is, in my opinion, a dangerous experiment with the privatization of education. Today we need the president to have the resolve to confront racial biases in education and make a commitment to all black people that they will have viable public-education options and universal access to institutions of higher education."
The president's panoramic initiative joins an existing White House plan — created during the Carter administration and fortified by an Obama executive order in February 2010 — to strengthen the nation's HBCUs, which have been under pressure because of states' budgetary woes and less money from the federal government. The nation's 105 HBCUs are responsible for about 40 percent of the nation's African-American science graduates, as well as significant numbers of judges, doctors and entrepreneurs.
In one bold stroke, the president has underscored his oft-stated seriousness about education reform — "a top priority of my administration," he said in February 2010 — and offered what is likely to be seen as a rebuke to those who have criticized his administration for failing to advance any White House agenda specific to the needs of African Americans.
The president's pending executive order carving out a new role for the Education Department counters the approach of his challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who said in April that "[t]he Department of Education I will either consolidate with another agency or perhaps make it a heck of a lot smaller." Many on the right have opposed the agency, established under President Carter, almost from its inception in 1980.
Is the new White House initiative a blatantly political pitch to the African-American voters who were a bedrock of support for Obama in the 2008 election? If so, not without good reason:
Black college students from HBCUs and other institutions were a big part of the ground game — from working caucuses to operating phone banks to canvassing neighborhoods — that helped Obama secure the presidency in 2008.
Michael E. Ross is a regular contributor to The Root and the author of American Bandwidth, on the Obama 2008 campaign and presidency. He blogs on politics and national affairs at Short Sharp Shock.


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FDA Approves New Tablet Formulation of Norvir (Ritonavir)
On February 10, 2010, FDA approved Norvir (ritonavir) 100 mg Tablets. These tablets do not require refrigeration.
Summarized below are highlights from the new Norvir Tablet package insert.
Unlike the capsule formulation, Norvir tablets must be taken with meals. As a result, Section 2 *DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION* contains the following information specific to the tablet formulation.
NORVIR is administered orally. NORVIR tablets should be swallowed whole, and not chewed, broken or crushed.
General Dosing Guidelines
Patients who take the 600 mg twice daily soft gel capsule NORVIR dose may experience more gastrointestinal side effects such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain or diarrhea when switching from the soft gel capsule to the tablet formulation because of greater maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) achieved with the tablet formulation relative to the soft gel capsule "[see Clinical Pharmacology (12.3)]". Patients should also be aware that these adverse events (gastrointestinal or paresthesias) may diminish as therapy is continued.
Dose Modification for NORVIR
Dose reduction of NORVIR is necessary when used with other protease inhibitors: amprenavir, atazanavir, darunavir, fosamprenavir, saquinavir, and tipranavir. Prescribers should consult the full prescribing information and clinical study information of these protease inhibitors if they are co-administered with a reduced dose of ritonavir.
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Recommended Dosage for Treatment of HIV-1.
The recommended dosage of ritonavir is 600 mg twice daily by mouth to be taken with meals.
In Section 12.3, Pharmacokinetic,s the following information regarding the tablet formulation was included.
NORVIR tablets are not bioequivalent to NORVIR capsules. Under moderate fat conditions (857 kcal; 31% fat, 13% protein, 56% carbohydrates), when a single 100 mg NORVIR dose was administered as a tablet compared with a capsule, AUC(0- inf) met equivalence criteria but mean Cmax was increased by 26% (92.8% confidence intervals: ^15 -^39%).
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A food effect is observed for NORVIR tablets. Food decreased the bioavailability of the ritonavir tablets when a single 100 mg dose of NORVIR was administered. Under high fat conditions (907 kcal; 52% fat, 15% protein, 33% carbohydrates), a 23% decrease in mean AUC(0-inf) [90% confidence intervals: v30%-v15%], and a 23% decrease in mean Cmax [90% confidence intervals: v34%-v11%]) was observed relative to fasting conditions. Under moderate fat conditions, a 21% decrease in mean AUC(0-inf) [90% confidence intervals: v28%-v13%], and a 22% decrease in mean Cmax [90% confidence intervals: v33%-v9%]) was observed relative to fasting conditions.
However, the type of meal administered did not change ritonavir tablet bioavailability when high fat was compared to moderate fat meals.
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DENVER – Coach George Karl, noting his team did not play with the necessary energy in Game 2, strongly indicated Wednesday the Nuggets will make one lineup change and possibly two when the series with the Warriors resumes Friday in Oakland.
Karl is "definitely thinking" about putting Kenneth Faried, who came off the bench Tuesday in his return from a sprained ankle, back in the opening lineup. It is a especially predictable move with the two days off before Game 3 giving Faried additional time to regain his stamina.
But the Nuggets are also weighing the possibility of benching center Kosta Koufos after his Game 2 of two rebounds, two fouls and zero points in 14 minutes.
Asked after Wednesday's practice at the Pepsi Center how strongly he was considering the change at center in addition to the expected move with Faried at power forward, Karl said, "Probably enough to bet on it in Vegas."
The Nuggets have several options to replace Koufos. They could promote JaVale McGee – Karl likes him with the second unit – or reach deeper into the bench for Timofey Mozgov. Or they could put Faried at center and hope his relentless energy compensates for giving up four inches to Golden State's Andrew Bogut and keep Wilson Chandler at power forward.
No matter what, Karl wants to see increased energy in the wake of the 131-117 loss that tied the best-of-seven series at 1-1 with the next two games at Oracle Arena.
"What I told the team, I thought we played a regular-season game in a playoff intensity," he said. "I think we'll learn. We'll learn that desperate teams are dangerous and desperate teams that shoot the hell out of the ball are really dangerous. I think we're OK. I think we're fine. I never thought this was going to be anything except a close series. Every game we've played has basically been a fourth-quarter (outcome) or a very small differential. The process depends on the momentum of the series. It changes back and forth. Now it's our turn to change the momentum back when we go to Golden State."
So why didn't the Nuggets bring the proper energy?
"It's not the proper energy," Karl said. "I think we played hard. We just didn't play playoff hard. There's a difference. Desperation, urgent teams, it happens all the time. Chicago outworked Brooklyn the other night. I think we'll learn our lesson and it won't happen again."


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From Bryn Jarcho: In your opinion wants the biggest difference with the team this year? Same amount If games but we sit with 8 more wins and a high rated defense which I can't remember the last time that happened.
For starters, Bryn, I think this team was in a position to improve, especially with Leitner and LaFontaine being a year older. But I also think that you nailed it with your observation about defense. Mike Hastings has insisted that this team be more responsible defensively and more disciplined. As a result, Stephon Williams is seeing fewer shots than his predecessors in goal (26.3 per game this year vs. 33.1 last year) and fewer power plays (3.8 per game vs. 5.0). It took about a month or so, but when the team started buying into what Hastings was selling, the improvement began.
From MSU Grad 97: What do you see as the biggest needs (other than better internet) for the VWC for next year in regards to hockey? Do you think they have a reasonable chance at the bonding bill this session to get everything they need?
MSU Grad, the biggest needs are the new rink system — ice plant, floor, boards, glass, benches — and work on those items is set to begin after the season or sometime this summer. After that, I think the VWC needs to look at the other amenities that newer arenas have, including improved seating (purple or black seats would be ideal), a modern video display scoreboard, among others. If they indeed intend on moving MSU down there permanently, which it sounds like they do, they have to get going on improving locker rooms and other team areas (academic, training, etc.) that they've been considering. As for bonding money, the politics sure seem to be in their favor now, but we'll see what happens.
From MSU Grad 97 (again): I saw that no Mavericks were nominated by their team for the Hoby Baker - why wouldn't they try to get Leitner or Hayer or Williams on that list? Also, do you see anyone who has a chance to be an All-American this year based on play so far?
MSU Grad, I was surprised that MSU didn't nominate someone for the fan voting. But that counts for just a very small percentage of the vote. I don't think that actually eliminates other players for consideration. However, I'm not sure any of those three will be top 10 Hobey finalists or All-All Americans at this point. Having said that, all three should get strong consideration for all-conference awards.
From Darin Arnold: Based on the latest standings from today (1/28/13) how do the Gophs retain the top spot after splitting with Mankato this past weekend, but MSU loses a spot from 14th to 15th?
Darin, The good news is that rankings are just opinion polls and don't really matter (the Pairwise is another story). I was surprised to see MSU drop a spot after that split. Minnesota didn't drop a spot, but their first-place votes and total points fell and they barely hung on to No. 1 with several people voting for Quinnipiac there. You also have to look at what happened with other teams. St. Cloud State, for example, moved up, as did UMass-Lowell.
From MSU Hockey Girl: 1. How feasible is it to get Huntsville into conference play next year? It sounds like most schools have already finished their schedules and some shuffling would need to be done to fit them in.
2. Do we know what the non-conference schedule will look like next year besides playing in the Minnesota tournament and the Gophers twice at Mariucci?
3. Has there been any other word from the WCHA about next season, especially concerning the league tournament? It seems the Big 10 and NCHC had their plans wrapped up ages ago but the WCHA has been pretty mum on the topic. Also, have they settled on 28 games for the regular season?
Girl, 1) I'm not a scheduling expert, but I see no reason why they shouldn't be able to get Huntsville in on a full schedule right away. Even if the schedules are set for the next two years, each team has 14 home and 14 road games in conference play (they're using the 28-game schedule right now). Why shouldn't they be able to tweak those schedules and get Huntsville into the mix? As the UAH AD said, If the SEC can do it in football immediately after adding Texas A&M and Missouri, why can't the WCHA? ... 2) I haven't seen anything official from MSU on their schedule. Besides going to Minnesota and playing in the MN tournament, I thought I heard UConn was coming to Mankato, and that would leave them with two more games. At Providence, perhaps? Something else in Mankato? ... 3) We're all still waiting on official word about the WCHA tournament. There's been talk of alternating between St. Paul and Grand Rapids, Mich. I'm hoping they revisit their "Alaska Plan," too, before they finalize things.
From puckluck: Shane my question is also about the new WCHA's transportation cost policy. I understand that Huntsville has to fork over, as does Anchorage, maybe Fairbanks, too? What exactly do these costs cover? And finally, what is the bill to fly, house and feed a visiting team for a weekend in Huntsville or Anchorage?
Puckluck, Those costs cover a portion of the visiting team's transportation cost. I believe the Alaska schools used to cover everything, but I don't believe that's the case anymore. This might be worth a full story down the line, and I can try to get exact numbers then, but flying to and from Alaska is quite expensive. Minnesota State doesn't charter, so you're looking at plane tickets, 2-3 nights of hotels and meals for a traveling party of nearly 30 people. That adds up! I would guess a trip to Huntsville wouldn't be much worse than flying to Denver or Colorado Springs.
From Sam: How do you feel about MSU's chances of finally making the national tournament again this year? If I remember correctly, the program has only made it one other time in their D1 history (during the Shane Joseph and Grant Stevenson days)...correct?
Has there been any sort of official announcement that Blake Thompson is joining the Mavericks next season? I know you reported it, but I don't recall seeing either of the two prominent college hockey websites even acknowledge it (USCHO and College Hockey News). Perhaps I missed something.
Do you stay in touch with Chris Clark at all? If so, have you asked him how he came up with that hysterical ref protest idea? It looked like he had been planning it for years, and was executed flawlessly.
Sam, Looking at the Pairwise as it currently stands, MSU is 16th. That puts them in the tourney, but they're the last team in right now. They have to have a strong finish for sure if they want to get back to the NCAAs for the first time since that '02-03 season. I certainly think they're good enough; they proved that last weekend. ... I have seen nothing official about Thompson from MSU, but I assure you, he's in Mankato, going to MSU and practicing with the Mavericks. For what it's worth, his helmet has a number 3 sticker on it, so that might might be his uniform number next year (practice jerseys don't have numbers). ... I've communicated with Chris via Twitter but have not asked him about the blind ref stunt (I did comment on it). For those of you who haven't seen it, check it out in the post below.
From Robb Murray: "Yeah, I got a question. Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Chicago Bulls fans will have to find someone else to complain about now that Carlos Boozer is no longer an option.
The Bulls used the amnesty provision on the veteran power forward today, ending Boozer's four-year tenure with the team. Boozer played in 280 games with the Bulls and averaged 15.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists as a mainstay in Tom Thibodeau's starting lineup. But he remained an easy target when the Bulls repeatedly came up short in the postseason.
The Bulls thanked Boozer for his work, of course, praising him as they amnestied him.
"Carlos epitomized professionalism in everything he did for the Bulls both on the court, and in the community, during his time here in Chicago," Bulls GM Gar Forman said in a statement released by the team. "Over the last four seasons, Carlos' productivity helped elevate our team to another level. I have nothing but respect for Carlos, and certainly wish him the best as he moves forward."
The Bulls did get a quality run out of Boozer, who now becomes a free agent in a bidding process for teams with salary cap space. Interested teams need to have at least $1.5 million, Boozer's minimum salary, in cap space to sign bid on hid on him.
Boozer was a part of a core group in Chicago under Tom Thibodeau that included Derrick Rose, who won MVP honors in 2011, and reigning Kia Defensive Player of the Year Joakim Noah. As Sam Smith of Bulls.com, who first reported the Boozer news, points out, the Bulls enjoyed loads of success with Boozer in their mix:
Since Carlos Boozer was signed by the Bulls as a free agent in 2010, statistically one of the most successful free agent acquisitions in franchise history, the Bulls were just one of four NBA teams to win at least 200 games. The others were the Spurs and Heat, who won three of the four championships, and the Thunder, who went to one Finals.
Since Boozer signed with the Bulls in the summer of 2010, he started more games than any other Bulls player, he averaged more points than anyone other than Derrick Rose, who played in just two of those four seasons, and Boozer had rebounds than everyone but Joakim Noah and was tied with Noah for the top shooting percentage at 49 percent. Boozer was second to Noah in most free throws made in that four-year period and averaged almost five minutes fewer per game than Noah. Noah was a star passing center averaging 3.7 assists the last four seasons. But Boozer averaged more than two assists per game.
The Bulls Tuesday announced they had exercised the amnesty provision to release Boozer from his contract with the Bulls. He will be in a waiver period where teams can make bids for him with the highest dollar amount winning. Then that money would reduce the $16.8 million the Bulls owe Boozer for next season. Only teams with salary cap room can make bids. If none do, only then would Boozer become a free agent and be able to sign where he chooses.
But in leaving the Bulls after four seasons, Boozer deserves praise for the job he did and perhaps a bit of an apology from some amongst a critical group who often have decried his play.
All Boozer did was what he was asked. And perhaps even more.
Atlanta and Charlotte, two teams in need of veteran depth in the frontcourt, are considered two of the early frontrunner's in pursuit of Boozer.


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By Lyric Seal
People are often surprised when I say that, for me, topping is more vulnerable than bottoming.
I remember going to a sex party with a bunch of other queer people of color, many of them sporting strap ons and saying that they weren't interested in receiving penetration, but that they would gladly top, as that was an empowering, safer place for them. From multiple gender and racial standpoints, I deeply understand this, but it is not what my body knows. The reasons are even more complicated than perhaps I am ready to admit. But I am going to try.
Even now as I write this, I feel a welling up in my face, under cheek meeting eye. This is tear territory. I want to write you a ferocious little article, a tasty little piece, like me, but topping with a physically and visibly disabled body is a place of uncertainty and fear for me. Luckily, they say I'm brave.
When interviewed by .Mic on the subject of being an "alt/disabled porn performer", I was asked to speak on the issue of disabled people being desexualized by an ableist society. I told my interviewer that. as a disabled child, I was nonconsensually sexualized and yet also constantly infantilized by people around me. There are many disabled femmes (can I get an AMEN?) who know the complex plight of being a sexy baby in a lover's or society's eyes, whether or not we choose it.
Some identify with this; in my personal, intimate sexual life I have a Daddy. I love being topped. I love knowing I have someone wrapped around my finger. I love being taken care of. But I am not only this. I am an adult too.
I have choices. I have desire. And there is a fire in me.
When my own desire and agency tried to creep through the baleen-like filter through which I was understood by minds inside bodies not like mine–able bodied people fed on ableism with narrow understandings what my body was for–I felt like this hunger of mine was monstrous, too big for me to let out or in.
I know all too well that bottoming is not passive; even when we are touched against our will, it takes every fiber of one's being to receive, or to not receive, psychically or physically. When I am bottoming, submitting, opening to my lover, there is that fire too, that hunger, that capacity for desire. Maybe it's that I feel I can let loose when I am bottoming. I feel I can be a screaming hole. I feel I can be a possessed banshee. I feel I can be a taken siren/muse. When I trust what I am opening to, I can be so generous.
Perhaps it's the performance I fear with topping. It reminds me more of dance than of song. It feels more visual. It seems it requires precision. It is only naked, or near a bed, or bench, or car, or miraculously accessible rooftop with all my clothes on, about to have sex with someone who wants me to top them, that I get such stage fright.
Socially, I'm a great top. As a wheelchair user, with a visibly disabled body in other other ways too, with the privileges of being neurotypical with a quick tongue, I learned to make speech my tool, my entry point, my point of connection and flirtation. I don't even always know when I'm flirting; t's my comfort place. I like to make people blush! Have since I was a teenager and all my friends were having sex with their boyfriends in private and I was having no sex but coming onto awkward boys in public
If I don't think someone's a charming top, I don't like being hit on by them in an aggressive way. I'm particular about tops. I have the best one now already.
With switchy people, with subs, I'm all about the bait and switch. I'm all about the talking and dancing not leading to anything. I am hung up. I am scared. I have created a locus of control through my social interaction, in which you can view me as powerful for my words, my dancing on my own, my compliments, my insight, my tease. Physically, once we are touching, I am less confident of my abilities, or that my desire will be received, once someone feels/sees how awkward the form. What if I am too slow? Too imprecise? What if I stop for pain or discomfort?
I had a girlfriend once, who encouraged me to practice topping her, which was wonderful, and then she would embarrass me by telling new dates in front of me that I was a "big domme". Proud parent with bad boundaries much?
It was like she was saying, EVERYONE! NEVE HAS A PERFORMANCE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE! My partner, my daddy, actually does invite me to top him sometimes. And the practice is heart-altering. I become a more well-rounded me. Despite my Picasso body.
When you are learning the dance of how to top someone well, in the way they like, in the way you like it, it can take time and experimentation. It can take translation, modification. It can take making up a whole new way to move and relate to another body from scratch. Especially if you are physically disabled, if your partner is, if you both are.
I have been learning, slowly, that while there are tricks of the trade on how to top or dominate someone safely, there is no rulebook (thank goddess) on what it actually means to top someone. I am learning to take the time I need with my gimp body to top in a way that is true to me.
When you are learning a new dance, you begin slow. In fact, some bodies will only ever be able to replicate a dance slowly, and some do not replicate at all. Fuck replication. This is not to say that there are not disabled people who have topping on lock. I am not one of them! But I'm sassy as hell.
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October 2010 Plant Profile: Symphyotrichum (Aster) lateriflorum 'Prince'
Symphyotrichum (Aster) lateriflorum 'Prince'
A regular visitor to the garden recommended that I make sure that I profile a plant that would stop people on their tracks when they walk by it and for October of this year, I've selected a dashingly handsome Aster, or now properly known as Symphyotrichum lateriflorum 'Prince' thriving happily in Bed 8. After years of sulking in the same bed; but overtaken by other plants, I finally moved it where it would receive full sun and less competition and, oh boy, did it take off! It is a much revered plant in the fall landscape because of its compact habit, dark purple foliage and the masses of miniature daisy-like blooms that bloom for weeks until a very hard frost. Many who see it are surprised that such a small plant could produce so many flowers!
Common Name: Calico Aster
Family: Asteraceae
Origin: Garden Origin
Location: Soest Garden Bed 8
Height: 1.5ft. tall
Spread: 2ft. wide
Bloom Time: Late September to hard frost
Bloom Type/Color: Small composite, white with pink centers.
Exposure: Full Sun
Water/Soil: Average, well drained.


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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Russia's state-owned arms exporter said Saturday it has new orders worth $5 billion from Arabian Gulf nations for helicopters.
A Rosoboronexport representative made the announcement at the Dubai Air Show in the United Arab Emirates.
The representative said outstanding orders as of Nov. 1 exceeded $38 billion for Russia's state arms exporter for military-related equipment.
During the five-day biannual air show, the Russian delegation held talks with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, India, Jordan and Algeria, RIA Novosti reported.


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6 Ways Finding a Dream Job Is Like Finding Your Soul Mate
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The idea of what makes a dream job changes over time, as does what a person looks for in their soul mate. In the past, one simply wanted steady work to provide food and shelter for his or her family. People also didn't live as long, and as a result didn't have the flexibility to date a wide variety of people to find a soul mate. Usually proximity and economics trumped trivial concerns such as "love" and "things in common" when it came to choosing a mate. But times have changed, and now one's opinion plays heavily into choosing both that dream job and a life partner.
Here are some reasons why finding one's dream job can be as difficult as finding a soul mate these days.
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1. An infinite number of choices can be overwhelming.
With social networking, greater ease of travel, and less pressure to get married at a young age, the world of dating and courtship is more complicated than ever before. Many people think that settling down has more to do with "settling" on a person instead of finding an absolutely perfect partner (if that even exists).
In terms of finding a job, a similarly wide number of choices face people as they grow out of adolescence and into adulthood. And now that the idea of choosing a job with a company out of school and staying with that company until you retire is completely antiquated, it can get even more confusing. After all, workers between the ages of 18 and 38 change jobs an average of 10 times.


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Some of my clients will require web services. I was thinking even building the basic PHP web interface on top of these web services (SOAP) and stopping the PHP application from accessing the database. I want to do this so that I will only have to maintain one set of code for the main PHP apllication to access data and also any other applications developed on top of this web service. Is this a common setup? Will it slow the application a lot?
I looked at using Django framework to setup the SOAP web service but then realized it will have trouble dealing with multiple identical databases based on which client is using it.
I looked at Symfony, but worry that PHP as a backend might be seen as insecure or unprofessional by some larger future clients and not enterprise usable.
I am thinking Axis2 right now. Java might be faster as the backend and it will be marketable to potential clients.
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The last place a rapper wants their song played is in a courtroom, it rarely ever turns out in their favor. Especially since most rappers claim to be the opposite of saints in their raps and illustrate lives of crime.
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Quote Of The Day.
Friday, November 10, 2006Gates of Vienna: Democrats Do Indeed Have Splendid Spend-It Plans
New English Review
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Thursday, February 16, 2006Am considering restarting blog. Am wondering if this is good idea. Should perhaps brush up on grammer first.
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Monday, September 20, 2004
Ivan, Schm-ivan.Ivan the Hurricane blew through here last Thursday, shutting down most of the state. My employer closed for the storm so I got the day off. I spent it doing one of my favorite things: drinking beer while watching the rain. Happy are we who can relish the simple pleasures of life.
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Sunday, June 06, 2004
Update.No, I'm not dead but Reagan is. I will be wearing black for as long as I can stand it. The heat won't bother me but looking too "New York" is so provincial. My new apartment is great but I have no Internet. My computer also went the way of the boy band. The budget will have to be tweaked before that situation can be rectified. I don't have cable either but that is a good thing. I can only access the 'Net at Le Chateau de Notorious G.U.P. so Spinsters current state of un-updated-ness will last for a bit longer.
Ya think it's time to interview for more Spinsters?
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Tuesday, May 25, 2004
So . . .Thar I wuz, watchin' the TeeVee when it all happ'nend. I was actually at home for lunch because this is Pojo's fourth birthday. "T' Liann my got a fish! His name is Chocolate. He blue!" Having recovered from that exciting episode what to my wondering eyes should appear but one surrounded big rig and eight heavily-armed government agencies. Our local news got all hot and bothered about a semi-truck that got pulled over on 65. Okay, pulled over by the combined force of the Homeland Security Administration, the Secret Service, the local cops and probably the FBI too. They shut down 65, both north and southbound, and totally screwed up the city of Gardendale. After much drooling by the local news reporters, who were undoubtedly hoping for a national story, it turns out someone phoned in the truck because it had altered tags. The driver got ticketed and everyone went home. Just one more reason why I love my state.
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Sunday, May 16, 2004
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.Okay so the Massachusetts Supreme Court decided to overthrow the entirety of human civilization and impose gay marriage upon the nation, by fiat of course because democracy is so vulgar, apparently viewing intangible social structures as one of those "chaos, mayhem, my work here is done" kind of things. I guess ten thousand years of human social history is just a suggestion. Kind of like the speed limit. Oh, yes, the media elites that consider the system supported and encouraged atmosphere of rape, torture, and gang warfare that pervades American prisons to be just the thing for witty primetime repartee have their tampons in sideways over much milder abuses in Iraq. Cell block C is feeling the love. More importantly, I may be moving soon and that is costing me much time, money, and stress.
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