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Integral Recovery, Ken Wilber, and Integral Life Practice3
August 12, 2013 by Dr. Bob Weathers
I recently have been immersed in reviewing "Integral Recovery," including the brand-new book of the same title by psychologist John Dupuy; as well as the integral theory by Ken Wilber upon which is based this newly articulated, highly comprehensive approach to recovery from addiction. In my studies, I have come in contact with Wilber's Integral Life Practice, including what is called the "Integral Life Practice Starter Kit," consisting of several DVDs, CDs, booklets, and other supportive reading material. Each DVD and CD teaches practice in one of Integral Life Practice's four core "modules": body, mind, spirit, and shadow. (More details are available at http://integrallife.com.) I began by viewing the DVD (from this "kit) by theory originator, Ken Wilber, as he introduced the "mind module" for integral theory. What follows is my beginning summary of his ideas, particularly as they might apply to recovery from addiction.
Wilber, and his student, John Dupuy, begin by looking at recovery and addiction counseling through four different, possible lenses. We can view addiction and recovery from both objective and subjective perspectives, as well as on an individual vs. a collective basis. Thus laid out, the upper right-hand quadrant represents what empirical science can tell us objectively about the individual's addiction (e.g., physical health and neurobiological imbalances). The lower right-hand quadrant, on the other hand, explores objective factors affecting the addicted individual's collective adaptation, or life in the world (e.g., financial difficulties and legal involvements). If we move to the lower left-hand quadrant, there we find the intersubjective dimension (e.g., family relationships, as affected by the addicted individual's behavior). Finally, we arrive at the upper left-hand quadrant, which addresses the interiority, or subjective experience, of the addicted individual.
(Craig, 2013, adapted with permission)
Also, Wilber and Dupuy maintain that it may be helpful to both review, and expand upon, one of the most common approaches to addiction counseling: namely, the biopsychosocial model. Harvard educational psychologist, Howard Gardner, developed a theory of "multiple intelligences," or developmental lines. The aforementioned biopsychosocial model addresses several of Gardner's developmental lines of intelligence, including: bodily, cognitive, emotional, and social intelligences.
In addition, what Gardner called "existential intelligence" pertains to the concern, commitment, and increasing capacity to personally address profound questions about human existence, or ultimate values. As helpful as the biopsychosocial model is, Wilber and Dupuy intend, in the spirit of Howard Gardner's existential intelligence, to identify and include one other vital dimension in any, truly thorough model of working in recovery: namely, that of spirituality. Wilber provides a diagram of one such map of multiple intelligences, including spiritual:
(Wilber, 2007, p. 79)
Insofar as spirituality points toward that which provides value, meaning, and purpose in our lives, recent psychological research clearly indicates that the recovering addict's spirituality may strongly contribute to his or her healing from addiction. It makes sense then, from an integral perspective, to suggest an expanded, more comprehensive model of addiction treatment: a biopsychosocial-spiritual approach. Wilber and Dupuy believe that for psychologists and other mental health counselors, whether religious by background or not, the addition of spiritual resources to the overall approach to counseling recovering addicts is essential.
Craig, C. (2013). The four quadrants [Online image]. Retrieved from
Wilber, K. (2007). The integral vision. Boston: Shambhala.


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Americans are Living Longer
This positive attitude may be a result of the fact that seniors are living longer than ever. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the baby boomer generation is the fastest growing population in the States with 10,000 people turning 65 every day for the next ten years. With so many others reaching older ages, it is easy to feel more confident in your health and lifestyle. As they approach their senior years, those questioned in the survey stated that they are optimistic about aging, expect the best to come still, and plan to have the same quality of life or better during the next decade.
Seniors are Staying Active
Seniors are not only aging happily, but are still participating in many aspects of life including working part- or full-time, participating in social activities, and being able to "age in place" in the comfort of their own home. These activities and lifestyle habits provide a sense of purpose and enjoyment and may contribute to lowering stress and improving health. They also give seniors more reason to want to stay at home within familiar communities, rather than move to a nursing home or across the country to live near other family as they grow older.
Home Care Allows Seniors to Age at Home
Although "aging in place" is a common goal for many seniors, less than half of seniors in their 70s said they could live independently. In addition, more than 25 percent of those polled in their 60s were not confident there would be resources and facilities in their community to allow them to live independently. This has been a big factor in the rise of home care agencies and elderly care services in recent years. Without adequate community and federal resources, many families are turning to local home care services to provide assistance with home care responsibilities for senior parents and grandparents. Home care services enable clients to avoid moving to a nursing home, allowing them to stay comfortably in their own home near friends and family.
ComForcare Provides National Home Care Services
Home health agencies like ComForcare provide part-time or full-time care which helps senior clients live independently and comfortably at home. ComForcare is a premier provider of private-duty home care services to people of all ages with offices conveniently located nationwide. They can help make life easier for those coping with a chronic medical condition, recovering from an illness or injury, or dealing with the challenges of aging – in the comfort of their own homes. ComForcare offers elderly care services including personal care, homemaking, transportation, companionship and family respite services to improve the quality of life and level of independence for every individual and family receiving home care services. Each ComForcare office is independently owned and operated.
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Gerald Loewi: A Major Contributor to the New Era of Rheumatology Thinking
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Dr Gerald Loewi was Senior Research Scientist and Consultant Pathologist at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Rheumatism Research Unit at Taplow, England and subsequently the MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, England. An immunologist with a background in pathology, he made major contributions to our understanding of the immunopathology of rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic disorders. With his colleagues, he developed a more sophisticated concept of what were initially thought to be primary autoimmune or degenerative diseases but are now recognized as much more complex disease processes. He was one of the first to initiate close collaboration between clinicians and scientists in rheumatology research and practice.
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The second full day of vacation was so much fun! We left Stowe relatively early, and started to make our way down to Connecticut. Before we left for the trip, Brandon had found an article about the best drives to take to see fall foliage in New England. He worked his magic and pieced our drive together, making it so we could take three of the seven suggested routes! We didn't get on the highway at all for this drive, which was so awesome. It was beautiful. It ended up taking us about nine hours (as opposed to the four or five it would have taken us on the freeway), but we stopped quite a few times to stretch our legs.
Our first stop put us somewhere on the Appalachian Trail! There was a cute little path that led us back to a waterfall, and when Brandon saw the signs for the trail, he was pretty excited! We hung out there for a little bit before continuing on. Later, we stopped at a pretty lake to fly the drone and just get out of the car for a bit. At one point, we pulled over to drive through a covered bridge and found some horses we could pet/feed! We were at pretty high elevation most of the time, and it was crazy to see how many houses were built so high up, and in the middle of nowhere! But seeing all the colors behind these houses made me understand why people wanted to live/vacation there. It was also fun to drive through all the little towns. It reminded me of something out of the movies!
We drove from Stowe, Vermont through Massachusetts to Litchfield, Connecticut. Our hotel wasn't in Litchfield, but I had read that it was one of the best places to go, so we stopped there first. At first glance, the colors weren't quite as vibrant as they had been in Stowe, but I got a glimpse of a big grove of red, so we pulled over and Brandon flew the drone and HOLY MOLY YOU GUYS. It was so pretty. We couldn't walk back into the pretty section, and what we could see of it with our own eyes didn't do it nearly enough justice. I'm so glad we had the drone there to film it because it was seriously breathtaking! It was the perfect way to end our night.
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WDNY Local News, October 9, 2017
Written by Jerry Lademan on October 9, 2017
Monday, October 9 2017
Whats left Nate is making itself known around the area. The remains of the storm that hit Central America and the Gulf Coast will bring plenty of rain today. There could be minor flooding but no significant wind so the most part, the weather will be good news and help break the dry spell of the last few weeks.
A Geneseo High student is due in court this week on charges that he took OcyContin Pills and gave them to fellow members of the school football team The 16 year old is accused to endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors say the teen will likely get youthful offender status so they aren't releasing his name. The incident last month caused the school to cancel the football program of the rest of the season.
A man from Livonia is going to jail for 9 months for drunk drivingand leading police on a foot chase when they tried to arrest him. 22 year old Nicchia McFadden was convicted on charges that he took off after police were doing field sobriety tests last March 24th on Big Tree Road in Lakeville. In addition to the jail time, McFadden will have to pay fines and fees, lose his license and have to use an ignition lock when once he can drive again.
Students displaced by the hurricanes in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are getting a break from SUNY. On Friday the SUNY board of trustees voted to charge these students in state tuition rates. These students will pay about ten-thousand-dollars less a year for SUNY tuition at four year colleges. The board is asking New York community colleges to follow suit. Critics say that move is nothing but a political ploy from the governor designed to win him votes in 2018and potentially beyond.
Governor Cuomo says he's going to donate about half of the money that fired movie big-shot Harvey Weinstein had donated to the governor's campaign. Cuomo says he's going to donate 50-thousand-dollars in the near future to charities devoted to women's causes . Weinstein's own company fired him Sunday after allegations of sexual misconduct from the New York Times
A new law is in effect that will help seal many criminal convictions in New York. This weekend, as part of the raise the age legislation, some can try to put their mistakes behind them. Most crimes other than a sex offense or a violent felony are eligible to be sealed to the public. The convict must have been free for ten years before they become eligible.
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Have you ever noticed that things can go TOO well and somebody ends up pissing in your Wheaties just so that everything stays in perspective?
Allow me to start from the beginning. I won tickets and meet-and-greet passes (back stage passes) from the local radio station, 104.7, WIOT, for the Bret Michaels concert at the Omni in Toledo Wednesday night.
I followed the directions and did what I was supposed to do (be at the sound board after the show to go back stage). I showed up at the sound board and nobody knew anything. Jenn and I spent an hour and a half walking around asking Omni employees, security, Bret's personal security, even Bret's personal body guard Big John if they knew anything about it. Nobody knew anything at all. And although there was a WIOT van parked in the lot, there wasn't an employee to be found ANYWHERE.
SO, I didn't get to do the meet and greet because apparently nobody communicates at the bar, in the security detail, or at the radio station. I didn't really care because I had met him Tuesday night at the Mud Hens game. But Jenn was really looking forward to it, and she didn't go on Tuesday.
So that's one hose-down, courtesy of WIOT. I sent them a respectful e-mail about it today, but they didn't bother to reply and explain themselves. Just more proof to support my opinion that they give away these "meet and greet passes" as a public relations prank and have no clue -- or no intention -- of following through. As long as they get their listeners to think they are cool.
It wasn't even a great concert. It was a bunch of drunk 20-something blondes girls trying to push their way to the front to try to make out with Bret. One gal even tried to push past me. I stood my ground and wouldn't let her past me. She said "I'm just trying to get to the stage." My response was "you and 2000 other jack-holes in this bar. You can go behind me if you want."
She called me a name. It starts with an F and rhymes with "trucker." I smiled. Maybe I am. But I'm not going to let a pretty face, skimpy shirt or short skirt convince me that someone can push their way in front of me. Solly Cholly.
Photos of the concert appear above. I also posted video on YouTube of songs that I either have never seen Bret perform or only seen him perform a couple of times. No, I don't have any of the WAY overplayed songs like "Every Rose" or "Something to Believe In." To find my videos, search YouTube for the username "iawlfan." That's me. I hope to add more video soon.
On the up-side, Evan "graduated" from pre-school tonight. That was fun, even though I think the entire idea is a little ridiculous. Evan looked handsome in his graduation cap. He was funny to watch as he kept smacking the "tassel" out of his face with his diploma. His mom cried. His grandmothers cried. I had fun. Photos of that also appear above.
And then I got home and got hosed again. My old boss called me around 9 p.m. to chat. I have caller ID and I answered the phone expecting a discussion that started "can you come back to work on Monday." Instead, I got "I decided to hire the old part-time guy who left for another newspaper instead. I thought he would be a better fit in the Perrysburg office. I didn't think anyone in the newsroom would fit up there." He said it had nothing to do with my ability, but everything to do with personality fit.
I asked him if he was legally allowed to hire someone from the outside instead of bringing back an employee who had been laid off. He said he didn't ask for a legal opinion but thought this was the better choice. I was nice. But I intend to ask for a legal opinion of my own.
I could say more, but I'll save it so I don't get in trouble in case this has a legal course of action available.
For now, I'm a proud papa who is pissed off and pissed on. In the meantime, I'm keeping my hopes up (but not so high they will be dashed again!) for the second interview.


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I'm so happy to be sharing more of my love for Danmala Teas here today. A while back I did an ayruvedic consult with her and she created me a custom tea blend for my personal body type and it blew me away with how beautiful and yummy it was, plus I learned alot about my body through the process. This time, Lindsey sent me a bundle of goodies to try out, and I am over the moon in love with them all. First of all, lets just talk about how wonderful her packaging is!!! I love the photo she took of her tea in the astrology tea cup, and then used it for her tea tags! So genius if you ask me! All of her extra special touches in her packaging just make you feel like you are receiving so much love.
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Kirkwood, Adrian T. and Price, Linda (2005) Learners and learning in the twenty first century: what do we know about students' attitudes towards and experiences of information and communication technologies that will help us design courses? Studies in Higher Education, 30(3), pp. 257-274. ISSN (print) 0307-5079Full text not available from this archive.
This article reports on issues relevant for teachers and instructional designers anticipating using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in higher education, particularly those wishing to adopt a flexible learning approach aimed at improving the quality of the student experience. The data that are reported on span more than five years, and have been gathered from a range of large quantitative postal surveys and smaller qualitative surveys, with total respondents numbering around 80,000. The large-scale surveys cover annual course reviews, computer access, students? use of media, access to media technologies and ICT access and use. The smaller qualitative studies include students? use of CD-ROMs and online tuition. This article describes the students? backgrounds and how this can affect their studies. It discusses students? access to media technologies and what their perceptions of media are in the context of independent learning. The conclusion is that, although ICTs can enable new forms of teaching and learning to take place, they cannot ensure that effective and appropriate learning outcomes are achieved. It is not technologies, but educational purposes and pedagogy, that must provide the lead, with students understanding not only how to work with ICTs, but why it is of benefit for them to do so. Knowing about students? use of media as well as their attitudes and experiences can help teachers and instructional designers develop better courses.
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What makes you click follow?
I have a question for you today: what makes you click that FOLLOW button?
Since I recently got back into blogging, I've also followed a lot of new blogs. In doing so, I've often wondered what motivates someone to follow a certain blog? What's the magic combination of blogger traits that bring someone to click that follow button? And I've also wondered this every time I get a notification that someone has followed my blog, the (so far) six times it's happened. Here are the main things that I, personally, look for in a blogger:
- Female. Duh.
- Usually mid-20s to early 30s. Also duh.
- Preferably unmarried, but I've been known to follow some bloggers who are married. I am unmarried myself and I really can't relate to the whole marriage in your early twenties thing, but I don't see it as a blog-following dealbreaker.
- Childless. Sorry, I'm just more Carrie Bradshaw than the Duggar family. Go ahead and feel bad for me and my tar-black soul.
There's a lot more to it. I appreciate when a blogger has great photography, a well-designed site that isn't too cluttered, and a unique tone of voice. I'm a fan of snark, so I guess I look for my snarky kindred spirits. I like when a blogger isn't squeaky clean. Maybe it's just my Long Island roots, but I love when a blogger uses profanities. LET'S NOT PRETEND WE DON'T ALL DO IT IN REAL LIFE, PEOPLE.
Anyway, here are some blogs I've been reading lately:
- Two Thirds Hazel. Erin lives in New York City (but might be moving soon). She has great photos and I love her voice (see above about snark).
- Back East Blonde. Another instance of loving the blogger's voice. Nadine also has a whole page on her site with posts that contain really great blogging resources and tools.
- Star-Crossed Smile. I've been following Nnenna for a few years now. She writes a great beauty/style/lifestyle blog and is a BEAST at Pinterest.
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As the New Year approaches I've been thinking a lot about my business and what I want from it in the future. It will be 5 years (in March 2016) that I have been (legally) doing photography as my only job, and while I'm incredibly proud of what I've been able to do, I want to keep pushing, keep trying new things, keep learning, and keep feeding my passion for photography, which is the whole reason I started this crazy journey in the first place.
Which brings me to boudoir photography…I know, you're probably thinking 'oh no, not another one', but yes, I want to throw my hat into this incredibly beautiful but often misunderstood form of photography. I have learned in the past 6 months or so that boudoir photography is no longer what it used to be and that it can be simple, raw, evocative, and, yes, incredibly sexy. I have always loved photographing women, 'real' women (see my A Mother's Body project), and as I age I've come to really get behind the statement that all women are beautiful, that sexuality doesn't have to be hidden (and doesn't have to be mutually exclusive from motherhood), and that capturing women in a confident, gorgeous manner, brings me all kinds of joy and empowerment of my own.
So I'm putting it out there for all to see (and for all to judge I'm sure); I WILL BE OFFERING BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY IN 2016. I'm still working out the logistics and will be separating my boudoir work from my regular work (no need for those looking at pretty wedding photos and newborn cuteness to be confronted with parts they weren't expecting to see, ha!), but I hope that by the spring I'll be ready to present this new part of my business. I'm incredibly excited for what's to come!
I had my first portfolio session last month with a very generous model, and we had such a fun time, I can't wait to do it again!
(In order to keep confidentiality these are just a few anonymous shots from our session, please note that I will be including faces in my photos!) 😉
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This is from a Bourbon cask, with the cask number 569. Sweet citrusy marzipan in the smell. Some grass and dirt in the background. This is far away from the classic Islay whiskies.
This is like proper old school whisky! Malt, hay and white fruits, but with a spicy touch, in the taste. Some citrusy notes as well, but not much, and just in the background. The finish is hot but turns sweet very fast. Honey glazed pears, but still with the farm character.


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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced $8.4 million to support the work of 54 partner organizations in 35 states to provide training, outreach and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged, tribal and veteran farmers and ranchers. An additional $400,000 will help establish the Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss.
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Cakes by B is all about pirates this week!
I made a fun birthday cake for a special little boy who loves Jake & the Neverland Pirates.
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There are patterns everywhere. They exist in relationships when the same arguments repeat, when differences emerge time and again, when we react to something in the way we have in the past even though we vowed to behave differently.
We have our individual patterns as well. We take the same routes to our favorite places. We wear a favorite shirt or pair of shoes when we need an extra boost, an extra spark of positive energy. We take our coffee or tea a certain way, maybe even in the same mug day after day.
Patterns and routines can provide certainty when there isn't any, comfort when we need it.
This past week, I was overwhelmed and tired and anxious. My worries became more serious, my fears greater, my burden bigger.
And I behaved in a way that is familiar. I found a song that resonated with my emotional state and I listened to it on repeat.
There are patterns that serve us and there are some that do not. This is one of mine that reinforces my angst but I also wonder if it helps in some way, if I need to just dwell for a bit and that doing so, for me, requires a perfect soundtrack because I do eventually break free and then set that song aside for awhile, as if it has done its work. Each time, however, I wonder why I do this. When the sky is gray and cloudy and my mind matches, why do I add the equivalent in music.
My only explanation is the pattern and, maybe, a lack of common sense.
The following was my song for the week but I have no idea what is happening in this video.


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Recent developments in the processing and properties of ultrafine-grained materials
NameTerence G.
Scientific organizationUniversity of Southampton, U.K.
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Scientific disciplineNew materials, Manufacturing technologies & Processes
TopicRecent developments in the processing and properties of ultrafine-grained materials
Ultrafine-grained (UFG) materials have grain sizes within the submicrometer or nanometer range and they are prepared through the application of severe plastic deformation using processing techniques such as equal-channel angular pressing or high-pressure torsion. This report describes recent developments in interpreting the properties of these UFG materials including evaluating the paradox of high strength and low ductility and examining the potential for developing a weakening effect in some materials.
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Tara Brach is a celebrated teacher and activist who founded the Insight Meditation Community of Washington fifteen years ago. This month Brach released her new book True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart,the follow up to the book that made her famous, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha.
So I drove out to her house deep in the woods of Northern Virginia – an actual fox trotted up her driveway just as I arrived – to talk with her about her work, her life, and what it's like to walk a spiritual path.
Beandrea: Ten years passed between your first and second books, and a lot changed in your life. How you were affected during that time?
Brach: When I wrote Radical Acceptance the suffering I was addressing a lot was how much people struggle with a sense of not okay self, that feeling of 'something's wrong with me.' In True Refuge basically is about understanding that all of us on some level are saying, 'Help, I need to find a way to deal with the difficulty of life.' And certainly one layer is the sense of something's wrong with me. But there's a much, perhaps more, fundamental or deep kind of struggle that we face which is really getting that our bodies are going. That we're losing beings that we love. That everything that matter to us will pass. And so how do you make peace with the uncertainty? How do you make peace with the reality that we can't control anything?
Beandrea: You grew up Unitarian. Was spirituality and/or religion something important in your upbringing?
Brach: No, not at all. I grew up in a very humanistic kind of family. My parents, their values were deeply about how to help the suffering on Earth. And so they were very committed to contributing to the humans of the world. And so it was a very liberal, progressive kind of religion committed to social justice basically and peace. So I grew up on more that milieu of very, very liberal left family that wanted to make a difference. But then of course I also grew up when there was a lot of drugs, and a lot of exploration of consciousness, and that's what grabbed me. The realization that the reality that we were living in was very thin layer of the truth of what was, and there was this fascination with what was reality. Who am I really?
Beandrea: I was struck by that you decided after college to go into an ashram. How did that come about for you?
Brach: When I was in college I was very involved with radical leftist activities, tenants rights work and again social justice peace work, but I also started doing yoga and I was also doing psychedelic drugs, and the combination of the experiences I had doing yoga which really altered my state of mind and psychedelics, again just something opened and I realized there was this world that I wanted to experience and that I needed to throw myself into some forms of spiritual practice to keep opening that up.
Beandrea: How did you find your way to this particular ashram?
Brach:There were a few people teaching yoga on campus, and it happened that they were Sikhs wearing the white garb and turbans and they taught a form of yoga, Kundalini yoga. It was a pretty quick match for me because it's a very energetic, dynamic form of yoga that was very enlivening. Very quickly I could sense the opening of consciousness. That really grabbed me. I liked the vigorousness of it, the engagement.
I was not looking for religion. I was really just looking for a way of practicing yoga that would just wake me up. And so I found my way to an ashram, and I was a little surprised by the religiosity of it. It took me a lot to adapt to that because, again, I had come from this very liberal, not religious background, so I was in it for the yoga and I found that it came with a religion. So I would say that a lot of years of my time in an ashram what kept me there was I was a very dedicated yogi. I described myself as a Type A yogi. I would say I was over ambitious. So the yoga kept having its effects, but I always bristled a little at some of the religious parts that were not necessarily a fit for me.
Beandrea: When you look back now on being in the ashram, what stands out to you?
Brach: A number of things. I mean one piece of being in an ashram is that I loved the camaraderie of all of us really passionate about spiritual practice and about just discovering more of these states of heart and mind that were right and alive and peaceful and beautiful. We would get up early together and there was something very beautiful about our shared commitment. We worked together and we were young and idealistic and we had this sense that we were doing something that was really pure and beautiful and good and was going to help other people. We taught other people yoga. Our restaurant served really delicious food. So there was a sense of this shared vision, and an extended family of people that had this beautiful commitment, and we had a lot of fun. There was a lot of humor and there was a lot of generosity and a lot of care. There was real beauty. When I say the religion didn't really quite match, there were parts of the religious practices that were totally beautiful. The chanting together was devotional and I loved it. What I didn't like was there was certain rigidity and that it was hierarchical, and that we were told what to do from the top down.
There were a lot of rules — some of which I didn't think were that wise or good. It was somewhat male-dominated. Even though there were some women in a lot of power, it had a common male-dominated feeling. We weren't free politically to continue to express ourselves and work for the causes we really liked. It had to all be within the frame of the organization, and ultimately I found that some of the ideals we believed in weren't being lived and weren't being walked by our leader, and that has happened in many many organizations. There were different kinds of abuse that ended up making me feel like I could no longer participate.
Beandrea: In Radical Acceptance you talk about how you eventually broke with the ashram and how that led you on your path that opened up your whole life as a teacher.
Brach: I felt like my life in the ashram was also a good and rich spiritual life, and I was learning and growing, but there was more to unfold and leaving the ashram let me kind of listen inwardly and find my way to what else wanted to unfold itself. I have an enduring respect for my friends who are still a part of it because they are absolutely dedicated to living and giving and growing.
Beandrea: Then it was after you left the ashram that you encountered Insight meditation and the teacher Joseph Goldstein right?
Brach: Yes, I started reading even while I was still in the ashram. I was reading books like Chogyam Trungpa's Shambhala which I love, and Be Here Now [by Ram Dass], and Zen Mind Beginner's Mind [by Shunryu Suzuki], and Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield's Seeking the Heart of Wisdom. I went to a 10-day meditation retreat up at the Insight Meditation Society [in Barre, Massachusetts].
Brach: Right away – I think it was the second day of the retreat – I remember this sense of 'Oh, okay so this is my path.' And when I said that it wasn't so much 'Oh I am a Buddhist.' It was more this way of paying attention, of cultivating a mindful awareness, cultivating compassion. Because the difference was in the ashram the mediation was all very directed, more of a yogic, more concentrated practice. You concentrate on a mantra, concentrate on your breath. Whereas in Buddhist meditation, at least in the style that I've mostly been trained in and that I teach which is Vipassana, the practice is really just to notice what is actually happening moment to moment. The difference is that when you stop controlling your intention and open to what is happening in the moment, you can actually see the nature of reality. You can actually see what's true. You're not manipulating or controlling or directing anything, you're simply a wakeful presence. So it was a whole new evolution in my experience, a whole new level of unfolding.
This is the first installment of a four-part interview.
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Advise and Prevent
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Can you afford not to use a probity adviser?
Few people would argue with the statement that prevention is better than cure. However, in the case of procurement management, the prevention and mitigation of significant risks by use of a probity adviser and establishment of clear procurement guidelines is all too often overlooked. As a result, organisations are increasingly faced with allegations of corruption and incompetence - and finding a cure for these becomes a bigger challenge than preventing them in the first place.
A problem facing many organisations today is procurement risk, or the risk that procurement objectives are not met due to a failure of process or a departure from legislative organisational policy.
There are numerous recent examples of procurement gone wrong, and few organisations would appreciate the negative publicity associated with allegations of collusion, corruption and kickbacks. Of course the consequences of such allegations would be greater in some sectors than in others, and there is no better example than in the public sector where organisations and their leaders face allegations of misappropriating or misusing public funds.
Traditionally the common approach to managing procurement risk has been through the use of a probity audit. A probity audit is a post-event review, evaluating the degree with which the procurement process complied with legislative or organisational requirements. While appropriate for some circumstances, the downside to this approach is that it comes too late to address issues such as conflicts of interest, gifts and incentives, and tender access and communications after a contract has been awarded. In addition, it comes when it is also too late to start setting goals regarding procurement relating to quality, cost, value for money and reliability of suppliers.
If flawed procurement management processes are only discovered at post-event stages, organisations can be left with the legacy of a clean-up, which can involve anything from a reissued tender through to an independent investigation into the selection process. Post-event evaluation also means that the damage to an organisation's reputation has already occurred.
Taking a proactive approach to probity places an organisation in a much stronger position in terms of actively managing risk exposure and providing a greater chance of finding the best solution based on a fair and transparent selection process. Such an approach requires the integration of several factors, including:
- Demonstrable"top-down commitment" to the use of a probity adviser.
- Dedication to transparency and the achievement of best value for dollar.
- Established procurement guidelines that provide leadership on matters such as gifts, conflicts of interest, timeliness and open communications with the market, and maintenance of records at selection panel meetings.
- Where appropriate (such as larger or more complicated procurement), the conduct of tenderer background and referee checks.
- Commitment to providing an independent point of contact for tenderers who may have concerns or suspicions regarding the selection process.
A proactive approach to probity also strengthens an organisation's position in the procurement process by empowering procurement managers to better understand their roles and responsibilities, as well as the expectations of the organisation.
The proactive use of a probity adviser can also be beneficial in instances where the procurement process has been influenced by a culture of"we've always done it this way", or by past relationships with particular suppliers.
Independent probity advisers offer an organisation real-time assistance to help manage risks throughout the tender process. In a preventative role, probity advisers balance compliance obligations with commercial imperatives to protect and enhance an organisation's reputation for reliability, integrity and professionalism.
Can you afford not to use one?
Steven Ingram is partner responsible for Andersen's National Fraud and Integrity Risk Group


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Today I have an excerpt to share with you from The Rainbow Player, this looks like a deeply moving book about love and self-discovery for a professional football player.
England footballer, Sammy Hatchington, has never considered sexuality before. As a teenager, Sammy broke the mould of his youthful peers with his desire to open the door to life's endless possibilities. He escaped a deprived estate and, with the help of Old Thomas, his surrogate father, Davey, his soul-mate, and Gran, the connoisseur of footballer's bottoms, launched himself on a path toward his personal and professional goals. Now, several years later, he must make a decision that could destroy everything he has fought for, and create a furious media frenzy………
David Kerby-Kendall's joyous and witty novel challenges preconceptions about professional sportsmen and love, and is also a delightful and moving story of a young man's journey to self-knowledge.
This scene happens in Sammy's bedroom. He and Georgina are both fifteen, and virgins, but have decided to 'study' each other. Georgina is considered the classiest girl on the estate as none of her family are in prison. Sammy is VERY nervous.
I undid the buttons of my fly, shimmied my jeans down to my knees and begin to extract my left foot, never once taking my eyes off her, desperate that the moment would be lost and she would change her mind. Unfortunately this caused me to lose my balance. I vainly attempted to grab the edge of my desk, executed a perfect double axel, smacked my head on the wall, nutting the poster of Michael Jackson squarely in the testicles, finally lost my grip on the table, and reality, and fell rather unceremoniously to the floor, leaving me with a red face, a pounding forehead and an Action Man up my arse.
"Are you OK?" she asked.
"Fine," I replied, as though I'd intended to be in this position from the outset, "I thought you'd like a comedy trailer before the main film. Er, would you like to…" I said, gesturing toward the bed in the manner of a supermarket assistant showing you where the eggs are.
"Oh, yes, thank you," she said.
We lay on the bed and I wondered if this could be real. Also, what the hell I was supposed to do now? But, just as I was about to suggest we get dressed again and help each other with our algebra homework, eureka, she seized the day. Carpe Diem! Or Carpe Testiculum in this case. Several seconds later, when I thought things couldn't get much better, she grabbed my penis and I realised they could. As she rubbed her delicate fist up and down, I tried to think of chemistry exams or The Antiques Roadshow so that it wouldn't be over quicker than it takes a Ferrari to get from 0 to 60. After a short while, I realised I should try to return the compliment but, due to her lack of a penis, I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing. I fumbled as professionally as I could for a while but hadn't a clue how to find the appropriate spot. After a brief period of my hand movements resembling someone rewiring a plug, I elicited a small moan from her, which made me think I was at least in the right area. Now I could stop concentrating so hard and remember that she had been playing with my penis for the last two minutes, seemingly to no avail as I hadn't even murmured 'oh that's nice'. So I tried to make up for it by letting out a sexy noise, which actually came out sounding like a cross between a Red Indian battle cry and a vacuum cleaner starting up.
At this point I also remembered the need for romantic, ambient background music; so I rolled over to the CD player and hit 'play'. I suppose the Spice Girls singing Spice Up Your Life in no-part harmony was appropriate to what we were doing, but, unfortunately, it wasn't appropriate to the atmosphere I wanted to create. As soon as the song started, she took her hand away and said:
"That was lovely. Thank you."
About David Kerby-Kendall
Originally from Leicester, David Kerby-Kendall now lives in Muswell Hill, North London. He is an actor who began writing in 2007. From the success of his first play, Save Your Kisses For Me, he became the in-house writer for Heartbreak Productions, writing and adapting plays for national tours, including three David Walliam's novels (Mr Stink, Ratburger and Billionaire Boy) as well as several other novels: Pride And Prejudice, The Secret Garden, Peter Pan and Dracula. His second play, The Moon Is Halfway To Heaven, was produced at Jermyn Street Theatre, London. He has two new plays in the pipeline: 20:40 which deals with depression and Gay Pride And No Prejudice, an adaptation of Jane Austen's famous novel.
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Author: David Kerby-Kendall
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The curious Vatican diplomacy in Venezuela
Crux, 24 June 2017
Pope Francis has not mentioned Venezuela since an extraordinary meeting with the nation's bishops on June 8. Is this silence a sign the Vatican's diplomatic efforts have been counterproductive in solving the country's current political crisis?
Venezuela, one of the most curious recent cases in Vatican diplomacy, continues to grow more curious still. The visit two weeks ago to Rome of the leading bishops of Venezuela may well have been unprecedented, a highly public visit aimed at, apparently, clarifying that the pope was on their side, and not that of Venezuela's dictator, Nicolás Maduro.
The address of Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Holy See's representative at the United Nations, on Tuesday at a meeting of the Organization of American States in Mexico, reiterated the need for free elections in Venezuela, presumably so that the people can throw out Maduro's regime, which is literally starving its people.
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Having no body, form, or substance:bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, nonphysical, spiritual, uncorporal, unsubstantial. See body
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Aiden McGeady has emerged as a doubt for tomorrow's massive Euro 2016 qualifier against Scotland at the Aviva Stadium.
The Everton winger sat out of training at Malahide this morning with a hamstring problem. Republic of Ireland boss, Martin O'Neill, revealed the news at his pre-match press conference in Malahide earlier but he didn't go into too much detail about the exact nature of McGeady's injury.
He says he'll give the player as much time as possible before making a final decision on his team for the game but admits to lose McGeady would be a blow.


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The American Journal of Health Economics (AJHE) provides a discussion board for the in-depth evaluation of institutional health care programs and particular person health behaviors. Learn the first subject at no cost. First established in 1955, Philippine Health Insurance Company also referred to as PhilHealth is a tax-exempt, government-owned and authorities-managed corporation (GOCC) in the Philippines. PhilHealth is related to the Division of Health (DOH). It expresses its objective as safeguarding a manageable nationwide medical coverage program for Filipinos. The findings of this study have been printed in the March 2010 concern of Mind, Conduct, and Immunity.
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Law Firms In San Francisco
san francisco
a port in western California near the Golden Gate that is one of the major industrial and transportation centers; it has one of the world's finest harbors; site of the Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth most populous city in California and the 12th most populous city in the United States, with a 2009 estimated population of 815,358.
San Francisco is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and saxophonist Harold Land, released on the Blue Note label. The album features a shift away from the usual hard bop / post-bop style pursued previously by Hutcherson and Land, and shifts towards a jazz fusion style.
A city and seaport in western California, on the coast, on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and
San Francisco
Bay; pop. 776,733. The city suffered severe damage from earthquakes in 1906 and in 1989
law firms
(The Law Firm) The Law Firm is an hour-long reality television series that premiered on NBC on July 28, 2005. In the series, twelve young up-and-coming trial lawyers competed for a grand prize of $250,000.
(Law firm) a group of lawyers in private practice; the entry-level members of a law firm are called associates, and the owners are called partners
(law firm) a firm of lawyers
Fence, Field & Ocean
Sounds like a law firm, hahaha! This was taken in San Francisco, close to Ocean Beach but I can't remember the name of the place...
Finally Friday, we had a Code Red drill in school yesterday that sucked the life out me! Imagine 50 Kindergarteners hiding in a small closet for 50 minutes...
Happy weekend and a Happy Fence Friday to everyone too!
Beale, Davis, Market & Pine
The title rather sounds like a law firm. In fact, it's just the four streets that intersect near the Embarcadero in San Francisco.
I got on the ground to take this so I could get the exaggerated vertical perspective. Using my ultra-wide lens also helped.
See also:
find local attorney
labor employment law firm
legal advice for landlords
percentage of lawyers in congress
traffic defense lawyer
cyprus law firm
disability claim lawyer
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Gordon Campbell on tobacco politics, and the TPP death watch
Column – Gordon Campbell Has Act leader David Seymour got the easiest job in the world, or what? Roll out of bed, turn on the radio and hmmthere do seem to be a lot of problems out there in the world. Must think of...Read More


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Today 's Quote: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
– Albert Einstein
Today's Word: Frugal; Frugality adj. Economical with regard to money or food. Simple and plain that costs very little: "A frugal meal."
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Emergency Links
Links providing emergency information.
Emergency Preparation Lists
FAS: Really Ready
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) review site of Homeland Security's ReallyReady site.
FEMA: Are you ready?
An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness.
FEMA: Assemble A Disaster Supplies Kit
A disaster supplies kit is a collection of basic items that members of a household may need in the event of a disaster.
FEMA: Family Disaster Plan
Family Planning for Emergencies.
FEMA: Preparation When Disabled
If you or someone close to you has a disability and other access and functional needs, you may have to take additional steps to protect yourself and your family in an emergency.
Survival Kit
Wikipedia article on Survival kits. Covers various types of kits.
General Emergency
Get An Emergency Kit
Advice and resource on preparing emergency kits.
Main FEMA website, lists updates & going activities.
Google Crisis Response Effort
Emergency alerts, news and satellite imagery and maps of affected areas during large scale disasters.
- Red Cross
The Red Cross not only offers assistance in emergencies, but also offers emergency training.
- White House Briefing Room
Listing of briefings from the White House.
Earthquake Info
California/Nevada Earthquake Map
United States Geological Survey (USGA) map showing up-to-the-minute earthquake activity in California and Nevada.
- Earthquake
- Main Page (USGS)
United States Geological Survey (USGA) an up-to-the-minute resource on earthquake activity as well as information on earthquakes in general.
Radiation Info
RadNet Data For San Francisco, California
EPA stationary monitoring of radiation for San Francisco of air and milk.
RadNet Data Map For The USA
EPA radiation monitoring for the USA.
Tsunami Info
- Pacific Tsunami Warning
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Covers the Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Caribbean Sea areas.
- West Coast And Alaska
National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Covers the West Coast USA and Alaska.


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Label Maker - Brady Worldwide Inc
The BMP®53 Label Maker prints on materials up to 1.5" wide and features a built-in Brady Network Card with Bluetooth® technology, as well as an optional Wi-Fi card, for convenient on-the-job label printing.
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While admiring this exotic view of Vagator's Beach, by making my presence on dried bronzed bushy land of ruined Chapora Fort where soothing cool breeze whispering the glory of ancient Portuguese era, again my mind is flushing with hundreds of persistent thoughts that time-by-time, repeatedly get victory to mark questions on my existence. Questions that anyone can relate who wants to adorn their life with dreams of their own choice, from whom I was unfamiliar with at the time I was about to interrupt the monotony of nine month's darkness when this lively surroundings of nature was beholding the celebration of my arrival without any expectations from me. So affecting point is from where this chaos comes along, why human tend to inherit their burden of reflection over generations. Now with the flowing time, one more time when I stepped out to travel from tender shell of responsibilities of family; once again these questions would like to sprout up and that need to be convinced here.
"To whom you would like to give priority, your magical dreams of travel or lovable family?" -Being a fraction of human race I'm a social bug who can't deny the fact of attachment from my roots but meanwhile would love to hover like a free spirit on bubbly waves of this sea.
"Contentment is lagging behind in handling daily stress of inescapable routine so what's your proposal for future?" -What if I don't have the authority on my past and future and have to shove myself for not to travel as per my desire but who cares when right away I'm breathing this welcoming moment of majestic grandeur, this inspiring masterpiece equipped with the view of black lava rocks, red cliffs and swaying palm tress far from daily hustle of life.
"While crossing ages, are you happy with your health?" No, distressing from couple of unusual health concerns, would like to disconnect my soul from the confinement of body and wish to sprinkle down in this magical waters of sea that transports me to diverse international borders and let me qualified in my travel dreams.
Despite of many obstacles positioned in my path of dreams undertaking an advantage of my current phase but gradually I'm making my way with my kid and desire to see this world through her eyes with refreshingly new vision. This world is a big school of learning and since beginning I wish her to absorb essentials of life that a classroom never teach, the opportunity which I missed to get in my childhood.
As I believe "God would not have put a dream in your heart, if he hadn't already given you everything you need to fulfill it."-Joel Osteen.
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Goa is always fun and each beach has its own charm.. and some profound thoughts here not just for you but for all of us traveling in time and space
Yes Prasadji, totally agree with you,
There are some really lovely sentiments behind this post. I have never been to Goa but I have heard it brings a lot of feeling out of you. I think I like this the most "Contentment is lagging behind in handling daily stress of inescapable routine so what's your proposal for future?" my future is travel of course!
It's nice that you get to travel with your kid. Indeed, seeing the world from a child's perspective is a breath of fresh air. You can look at a place much more simpler. 🙂
I have been to Chapora fort and vagator, both. I visited during early morning. There was no one around. I enjoyed the views around of the beach and of the fishing village on the other side. looks like you had great fun, here!
Isn't it great to enjoy the moment all alone when no one around especially at such historic/tourist place.Yes from my busy scheduled itinerary I tried to stole some memories.
Generally, Chapora fort is not on tourist list since it has nothing apart from the walls. But it has history and views. Have you visited Reiss Magos?
No, what's this? Never heard about this earlier.
well, Reiss Magos is one the oldest forts in Goa. And the church adjoining this fort is also one of the oldest one. The fort was restored few years ago and has many of Mario Miranada's cartoon work on display. It's a beautifully restored fort. You can search for it on tripadvisor and google.
Thanks for the information Arv!! I'm adding this to my sightseeing list for my next visit to Goa. Goa is such a vast place where a person needs bare minimum one month time for exploration.
ha ha! I guess even that would too less…I have spent 12 days in Goa, exploring all major beaches from North to South starting from Arambol to Canacona. It's fun! " 🙂
As a traveler, I've come to see that there is no better way of learning than traveling, exploring different places, meeting wonderful people and coming across things that you'd have never seen if not traveling so, these I'd love to share with my kids, give them that opportunity. God shows us the dreams because he knows we are able!
Vagator's Beach is a peaceful place and such quite place always gives us the power to think and to reflect. And you are right about take your children to travel around the world, it is the best education they will receive. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your beautiful pictures.
Traveling always forces one to reflect on their life. I think that is the beauty of it, don't you? Lovely photos 🙂
Traveling always forces one to reflect on their life. I think that is the beauty of it, don't you? Love that you travel with your kid!
Agreeing on your point Samantha


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A suspicious fire in West Kelowna at a car wash on Wednesday night appears to be the work of someone trying to steal fuel.
Firefighters rushed to Shine Shop off Old Okanagan Highway just after 7:45 p.m. and found three vehicles burning.
"The fire was beginning to extend into the car wash building," says Fire Chief Jason Brolund. "Crews quickly knocked down the fire, limiting it to the outside of the building."
West Kelowna Fire Rescue finished their investigation and determined the fire to be suspicious.
Brolund says the fire appears to have originated in one of the cars.
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KI'm really sad about being off-limits. I know why and it makes sense, seeing as your my sisters best friend, but I'm really sad about it.I know none of you get me, the gender stuff, and the fact that my name is different, even though it wasn't different this weekend you have to know I go by the other name to everyone else except for my blood-family.You seemed to get me, you seem like you get me.I've had a thing for you for almost ten years.I don't know when you began returning my feelings or when you began feeling something for me.I've liked you, loved you even, for almost ten years. I wish, I wish so much you could be in my life in that way.You wouldn't be off-limits to me or for me and it makes me said that no part of me will ever actually be yours in that way and that no part of you will ever be mine.Leander
most of you who read this won't really care. if anything you'll be happy.i'm tired of playing games with everyone. i keep putting a fake smile on to make everyone happy. no one cares about me. by the time you read this the computer will be off and so will the phone. i'm sick of how i'm treated by everyone. good bye
tell me you give a damn and i will call you a liar. you think you know well the darkness has sunk into my blood and you will see true colors now. wait til you see me now.
you know what people fuck you all. you all make me sick to my damn stomach. i have some one who has ripped my heart out. i have one who is just stupid and the rest of you i could give two shits about fuck all. have a happy life assholes
I hate you so much. But you are the only one in the world that I have to confide in. I wish you, my abusive boyfriend, who insults me and makes me cry each day and hurts me all the time, were not the only friend I had. Because then i wouldnt be forced to stay with you. I hate you... but I love you. Because I have to. Once yours before you changed, Lucine
Yes, it is true, i DO hate you all the time.Now you may know. I also want to strangle you with my bare hands when i move out come August and I am 18. You have put me through so much hell and torture through they years. I hope you die alone you peice of shit. You dont know what love is. Fuck you. I hate you.


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Dave Copeland has an interesting article on understanding how message- and event-based systems can fail:
The system trigger (1) initiates everything. Common failures here are timeouts inside Application. This is particularly insidious because when this happens, the System Trigger may retry the operation. Think about a user on a webpage getting a 500 error. They will likely retry what they were doing until it succeeds.
This means that the entire workflow could be triggered multiple times, and it could be done in a way that is not programmatically obvious. Imagine our Merchandise buyer marking down an item's price, and the entire operation succeeds but at the last minute their Internet connection dies and they get an error. They will repeat the markdown action and now there will be two messages about the inventory price being sent.
This is an interesting read. Also, definitely check out Dave's earlier post on how there is no happy path; it seems that most developers only code for a chimera, as there is so much code that assumes everything will work perfectly.
Saveen Reddy shows how to create a tally (or numbers) table in U-SQL:
Many common scenarios for U-SQL developers require constructing a RowSet made up of a simple range of numbers or dates, for example the integers from 1 to 10. In this blog post we'll take a look at options for doing this in U-SQL. In the process, we'll get a chance to learn how to use some common U-SQL features:
Creating RowSets from constant values
Using CROSS JOIN
Using SELECT to map integers to DateTimes
Using CREATE TABLE to create a table directly from a RowSet. This is sometimes called "CREATE TABLE AS SELECT" and often abbreviated as "CTAS".
Click through to learn more.
Adam Bertram shows off the data protection API in Powershell:
We need to automatically read this information without our intervention. This is where you sometimes see people get lazy and add passwords in plain text into the script. That's a big no-no, and there's a better way.PowerShell has native support for something called the data protection API (DPAPI). DPAPI is a built-in way Windows users can use certificates to encrypt and decrypt information on the fly which is perfect for PowerShell scripting. No username and password required. We simply need a certificate installed which can be self-signed.
This is about much more than storing and decoding passwords, so check it out.
Tracy Boggiano shows how to create and put into place SSL encryption certificates on SQL Server instances using Powershell:
Next we take the exported pfx file and copy it locally to the temp folder of each machine and import into the local certificate store. Then we edit the registry with the thumbprint of the certificate. After that you will have to restart SQL Server to get the changes to take effect. We also clean up after ourselves and delete the pfx from the temp folder.
Note: To make this safe for production I commented out the restart of SQL Server. Also, Get-CmsHosts cmdlet can found here.
If you're dealing with sensitive information, enabling (and forcing!) SSL encryption is one of the easiest effective ways of securing an instance; in this case, it's securing data in transit from SQL Server to and from the client.
Robert Sheldon looks at five cobweb-ravaged parts of SQL Server:
Policy-Based Management (PBM) has a PR problem, even worse that DQS and MDS. A lot of people don't know what it is, or if they do, are not sure if it's still supported. Microsoft doesn't even mention the feature in its list of Editions and supported features of SQL Server 2016. The PR problem is so bad, in fact, that I've come across community forum postings asking whether PBM still exists.
Despite its silent role, PBM is still a supported feature and appears to be available to all SQL Server editions, although I suspect it caters primarily to organizations with a large number of similar SQL Server implementations.
Microsoft introduced PBM in SQL Server 2008 to provide a policy-based system for managing one or more SQL Server instances. You can, for example, use policies to grant permissions on user databases, disable lightweight pooling, or choose an authentication mode. You can also target policies at specific SQL Server instances, databases, tables, or indexes.
Quick hits: Data Quality Services and Master Data Services have been lapped by the competition and aren't really competitive products anymore. Policy-Based Management is still useful, and I wish it'd get some internal love to extend roles & features. Management Data Warehouse is a tire fire that you should avoid at all costs. Service Broker is useful in the right circumstances, but it needs a few big changes to become a great broker. Unfortunately, I don't see big changes happening and so there are superior alternatives for data flow (like Apache Kafka). But read Robert's take on these features.
Ryan Adams shows five methods for synchronizing SQL logins and a couple ways of synchronizing SQL Agent jobs between instances of SQL Server:
Robert Davis wrote a great script back when he published his Mirroring book. I started to write my own and was almost done when I contacted Robert and asked if he had dealt with SQL logins since the script only handled Windows logins. His reply was something along the lines of, "What are you talking about? Of course it handles SQL logins". It turns out that the publisher didn't get the right script version published with the book. That's when this post from Robert with the full script was born…
I also wrote about it HERE.
This script creates a stored procedure to handle the move and also uses Linked Servers. If you can't have linked servers in your environment this is not a good choice for you. However, you can create the linked server in a SQL Agent job step prior to the step for transfer and then remove it in a job step after the transfer. It breaks the rule but it does it fast enough maybe no one will notice.
Read the whole thing.
James Anderson shows an easy way of creating a custom Docker image which relies on some other image:
The FROM statement declares that we want to lay some instructions on top of the microsoft/mssql-server-windows image. The beauty of this approach is that when I pull down a new version of the microsoft/mssql-server-windows image, my image will be updated too. The microsoft/mssql-server-windows Dockerfile does the same thing with the microsoft/windowsservercore image.
The rest of the Dockerfile sets some meta data, downloads the installer and adds the Advanced Analytics feature.
SSIS, SSAS, SSRS or any other SQL Server feature could be added to a containerised SQL Server deployment in the same way.
With this approach, you do run the risk that upstream changes will break your image, but for something like this, it's a very useful approach.
David Fowler shows how to use dm_exec_describe_first_result_set to generate a temp table schema:
Have you ever needed to store the results of a complex query in a temp table? How did you go about working out what the definition for that temp table should be, the columns and their data types?
It can be a bit of a pain, not to mention time consuming to have to go figuring out what all datatypes of the base tables are.
I got fed up with all that hunting around as well so as a quick blog I thought I'd share a little script that will take your query in a variable and print out a temp table definition for its result set.
Click through for the script, as well as an important comment by frequent curatee Shane O'Neill.
Andy Mallon walks through a multi-statement table-valued function in Microsoft Dynamics CRM:
Look at all those table-valued function calls! Followed immediately by a really expensive hash match. My Spidey Sense started to tingle. What is
fn_GetMaxPrivilegeDepthMask, and why is it being called 30 times? I bet this is a problem. When you see "Table-valued function" as an operator in a plan, that actually means it's a multi-statement table-valued function. If it were an inline table-valued function, it would get incorporated into the larger plan, and not be a black box. Multi-statement table-valued functions are evil. Don't use them. The Cardinality Estimator isn't able to make accurate estimates. The Query Optimizer isn't able to optimize them in the context of the larger query. From a performance perspective, they don't scale.
Even though this TVF is an out-of-the-box piece of code from Dynamics CRM, my Spidey Sense tells me that it's the problem.
That said, Joe Sack and team are working on making multi-statement TVFs faster in SQL Server 2017. Whether it will move the needle from Andy's excellent advice, we'll have to wait and see.


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Positive Affirmation of The Day:
"I Welcome Success in Every Way"
Today I will think, speak, & align all my actions with success. I AM success & everything that I partake in turns into a success. Success comes to me in easily & abundantly. I surround myself with other successful people. My success is contagious & rubs off on all of those around me. I AM not threatened by other people's success, but am rather truly happy for them. I welcome success in every way.
Thomas J. Cantrell (Mind Power 365)
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Safety net does more to ease poverty than previously thought, new study findsby Greg Sargent
The Baltimore riots have re-ignited the ideological wars over the efficacy of government spending to alleviate poverty, with Republicans who want to slash the budget seizing on images of urban chaos to argue that federal anti-poverty policy has been an abject failure at accomplishing its own goal. Paul Ryan suggests dumping more cash into the bottomless pit otherwise known as federal spending on the poor will only produce the "same failed result.
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The Fresh Prince is back! Will Smith has finally dropped a rap track and fans are living for it. We've got video of him killing it in the studio.
Will Smith hasn't put out an album since 2005, but he's reminding everyone that he's still got mad skills at dropping rhymes with a new song. The superstar has his own YouTube channel where he's been letting fans in on everything that's going on in his life, and on May 23 revealed that new music is on the way! The 49-year-old opened the video by explaining that, "At my peak I was doing a television show, a movie and an album every year. What happens is a point where you get empty," revealing that his creativity had been zapped when it came to his music career.
"So I'm excited. I'm re-energized. I'm creating wildly like I used to," he declared before heading into the studio where he proved that he hasn't missed a beat since his days of "Getting Jiggy With It." He's ditched his PG rated rapping to declare how boss he is. "Its 20 years of swagger you just witness. Let me remind y'all who Will Smith is," he starts before saying that while other rappers make it rain, "If I throw my money up I'll prolly kill a stripper." DAMN!!! He even raps about polygamy, saying he could become a Mormon so he could be "marryin' Halle (Berry) and Rihanna." He gives props to his own mad acting skills, rapping "I'm an anomoly, do drama or comedy, I could play Muhammed Ali or a white lady probably" and to his own work ethic with, "Y'all dinner table: 'What y'all learn today?' My dinner table: 'What y'all earn today.'" He seemed to be freestyling in the studio and the song doesn't have a title yet.
WILL SMITH JUST SNAPPED ON THIS 🤯🔥 ON GOOOOOD pic.twitter.com/w2Gb1D5RpC
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Fans went nuts that Will has still got it after all these years as the comments section for the video was flooded with praise for him. "Daaamn! the flow is sick! Will still knows how to rap! hands down," one user wrote while another said "YES. This made me so happy and teary eyed! Big Will getting back in the rap game." Another added "This is the hardest Will Smith bars ish since 'Summertime.' I'm highly impressed! He's ripping on here!" while someone else commented "The wordplay, the flow, the delivery. Like where have you been all my life??"
Those fans were already following Will's channel so they were the first to be in on the action. Over on Twitter he began trending and some fans got really scared when they saw it happen, only to find out he was back in the studio with new music "coming soon." "I saw Will Smith trending and almost had a heart attack. It turns out he's just going back to making music," one person tweeted while others praised his bars. "Gotta Give Props To Will Smith. He Can Really Rap," one person added. Hell yes he can!


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