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State of the Fukushima Reactors
In response to charges that it intentionally misled a Parliamentary investigative panel trying to determine whether reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant suffered damage from a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake in March 2011, TEPCO plans to appoint a panel of outside experts to look into the issue. Earlier this month, a former member of the parliamentary panel, Mitsuhiko Tanaka, charged TEPCO with purposely blocking the panel's efforts to examine isolation condensers at reactor #1 for damage, by telling members that a cover placed over the building to reduce leaking radiation rendered "pitch-black" darkness, making the area impossible to navigate. In fact, the cover allowed some sunlight to filter through, and it was fitted with mercury bulbs equivalent to the headlights of 40 automobiles. Backup lights were also installed and operational. Isolation condensers are instrumental in providing cooling functions to reactors, and their failure could lead to nuclear meltdown. The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) now plans to investigate the equipment for damage, but has not yet announced when they will do so because of ongoing high radiation levels at the reactor.
Also this week, TEPCO admitted that it conducted its own evaluation of the isolation condensers last November—apparently having no issues with the poor visibility and high radiation levels about which it warned Parliamentary investigators—but never made that study, or its results, public. The utility is now saying that the probe proved that no damage was incurred during the earthquake, and blames lack of communication between its own departments for failure to publicize the internal investigation until now. If the condensers are found to have sustained earthquake damage, the NRA is likely to list that as a cause of the March 2011 triple meltdown, a decision that would have a profoundly negative effect on nuclear power nationwide in a country riddled with seismic faults.
Toshiba Corporation has developed new machinery that it says will reduce radiation levels at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant through use of dry ice. Officials say that the new system works by spraying dry ice particles on walls and floors, and then using a separate hose to vacuum them up. It is equipped with 100 meters of cable and can run for up to 30 minutes at a time. The machine will be tested at the Fukushima Daini plant this week, and then at the Fukushima Daiichi plant beginning this summer. The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) underwrote half of the cost of developing the system, which totaled several tens of millions of yen.
Nuclear Regulation Authority
Last week, Japan's Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament (the Diet) finally approved the appointment of Shunichi Tanaka as head of the NRA, as well as four other NRA commissioners. The group was first put into office by then-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in September, but the ruling party at the time, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), balked on confirming them, expressing concern about close ties between some of the commissioners and the nuclear industry. Nevertheless, Tanaka is slowly developing a reputation for tightening previously lax regulations on reactors, and new rules will be unveiled in July. The current ruling party of the Lower House, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is staunchly pro-nuclear, and although many members have quietly expressed concern that new NRA regulations will adversely affect the power industry and in turn the economy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced in January that he would not block the new appointments. After approval was granted by the Lower House, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga noted, "The NRA commissioners should draw up safety standards with confidence. The government will decide whether to reactivate nuclear reactors at its own discretion."
Nuclear Politics in Japan
Toshimitsu Motegi, head METI, announced this week that the government will resume meetings to discuss the nation's so-called "Basic Energy Plan." "I think we can start full-fledged discussion from around March," he said. Under the previous administration, then-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced that the country would abandon nuclear power by 2040. However, Shinzo Abe, who was elected Prime Minister in December, has promised to restart offline nuclear reactors and then take the next ten years to determine whether or not nuclear power should be part of Japan's energy mix. Meanwhile, he plans to allow construction on new plants, which could have a life span of 40 years or more once they are completed.
Kenji Saito, Chairman of the Fukushima Prefectural Assembly, caused a stir at a meeting of the LDP's Research Commission on Oil, Resources, and Energy when he walked out after some in the group of assembly chairs from 13 prefectures began to discuss restarting nuclear reactors. "I am walking out if the government plans to restart [reactors] without acting responsibly in dealing with the Fukushima accident. I cannot possibly join such a discussion," he said, later telling members of the media, "All of the Fukushima chapter members of the LDP are opposed to any restarts. I cannot stand to be part of such a meeting." However, his colleagues continued the meeting without him. Acting Executive Secretary-General of the LDP, Hiroyuki Hosoda, was dismissive of Saito's response, saying, "I understand the Fukushima representative cannot respond to the issue in a constructive manner."
Japan Atomic Power Company has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan to conduct a feasibility study for building nuclear plants, as well as to provide other technical assistance. Japan Atomic operates the Tsuruga reactors in Fukui Prefecture; NRA experts just determined that reactor #2 was built atop an active fault line, in violation of Japanese law. In addition, the utility runs the Tokai Daini plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, which was shut down after the 2011 earthquake, and which did not pass subsequent stress tests designed to determine seismic safety.
Safety Issues at Other Nuclear Plants in Japan
In a significant development, a panel of seismologists appointed by the NRA to study two fault lines beneath Tohoku Electric's Higashidori nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture has drawn up a draft report determining that the fault lines are likely active, placing the reactors at risk for a major earthquake. The scientists studied volcanic ash near the faults, and dismissed a previous report by Tohoku Electric insisting that the fissures were inactive. A final report will be submitted to the NRA soon. The decision follows another last month, when NRA investigators determined that a fault beneath reactor #2 at the Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture is also active. NRA regulators are continuing to check faults running beneath the Oi plant in Fukui Prefecture, and say they will add three more reactors to their list of those that need to be checked.
In the meantime, officials at Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO), operator of the Oi reactors, the only two currently in operation in Japan, are denying that there are active faults beneath their plant, and say they plan to conduct another seismic survey there. Some NRA experts have said that the faults are active, but others on the agency's panel disagree. Kunihiko Shimazaki, an NRA Commissioner and seismologist, has requested that KEPCO dig a 70-meter long trench approximately 170 meters from reactor #3 at the compound to examine fissures, and ordered the company to submit a report on the issue by mid-July of this year. If the fault lines are determined active, the reactors will be taken offline and may be at risk of being decommissioned entirely.
Toyo Takahashi
As a Japanese, it's our right to know what is going on at Fukushima Daiichi and also know it's scientific datas.
It's a shame that we have to almost always depend on the datas and informations about F Daiichi that come from abroad.
I personally consider the nc issue in Japan should be solved by a referendum, but in order to realize a referendum here in Japan, we need a mass agreement, (now there's a conduct to collect signatures), then a session of the Diet would discuss if we should change a part of Japanese low concerning about Referendum.
Because in our current low, a referendum is supposed applied only for the matter of Constitution.
It's a long way for a Japanese referendum for the nc issue.
Another possibility to change the Japanese nc strategy might be a big pressure from foreign nations ...
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I guess this is jambalaya on J&A Prepa Kitchen sign at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland.
Does this make you go, 'Mmmmm'?
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Looks like a squid took a turd on a plate…
I've been there a few times Steve, it's actually pretty good. Ironically, I had the jambalaya and it was very well put together and tasted great. I have not tried everything on their menu, but it's a step up from Houlihans for sure.
I guess this is the old "don't judge a book by its cover situation", the cover being the picture above…
Yummy! It's the best jambayla ever!
No!! 'Mmmmm wasn't what came to mind.
Really, what is that stuff?
Um, it just looks like a big pile of indistinguishable red stuff with a shrimp on top. Had you not mentioned that this was jambalaya I would not have known what it was. So…no!
A photo can make something look great or terrible. This rather unfocused and amateurish photo make the food look like a red pile. The same dish and a photog interested in making the dish look great could have done so.
The lighting, background and focus of this photograph don't do the appearance of the food any favors. Michelle Abrams has a new blog w/ a section entitled: "Things that make me go Yum" (she is the primary coordinator for the Albany Wine & Dine for the Arts Fest). http://mhainnovations.blogspot.com/2012/09/things-that-make-me-go-yum-all-good.html
To answer your question – no it does not. Looks like everything was tossed with thickened hot sauce. How unappetizing.
Appears to be the opening round, present your signature dish, on "Hell's Kitchen"
As Gordon Ramsey might say "looks disgusting".
Jambalaya? I think not. How did it taste?
that looks.. um.. I don't even.
We ate there once.. and that would be the very last time we go in. Food was miserable.
Red Onion?? sincw when is that part of the cajun trilogy???
I thought it was a rabbit sitting on some yucky indistinguishable stuff.
Actually, this makes me go "ewwww…"
Hard to tell, honestly, as the picture of the picture is not very well-focused (you can tell 'cuz the logo is blurred). Kind of unfair to judge based on this.
Goey food doesn't photograph well. It might be delicious, but it doesn't look like it here.
Red-cooked organs.
It's a Big Red Blob of indistinguishable nothing
Ramsay has mentioned on more than one episode of Kitchen Nightmares, "Whenever I see photos of food on a menu (or sign), I run in the other direction."
Dont judge a book by its cover!!! Try it before you bash it!
Looks gross! I have been there, we ordered the Mac and Cheese balls appetizer and it came out FROZEN!!! When we told them, all they said was sorry. We asked if we could have a new order and they were like, well, I guess so! Will not go back again. They even still charged us for it! Next time, I will just buy them in the market and make them. This photo's doesn't suprise me.
Um, that expression works when you're talking about a book, not food. We eat with our eyes. And my eyes tell me that dish tastes like s#!t.
The picture reminds me of the scene in "Beetlejuice" where the shrimp cocktails turn into hands and grabs the peoples faces.
No, it looks awful. And I'm sure it doesn't taste nearly as good as my recipe which is from Brennan's from New Orleans. I make Jambalaya every Christmas holiday and it is really yummy.
If it is like the 'shrimp' jambalaya at Jacob and Anthony's in Saratoga, it has ONE piece of shrimp. It should be called rice jambalaya, because that is nearly all of what you are getting.
Personally, I have tried this dish and it is absolutely delicious. It is a horrible picture of it taken on a cell phone with Macys and a man in the background, the actual picture on their wall looks much more appetizing and when the plate came to the table it was presented very well, I have been back many times since. Isn't this owned by a local family? I think we should be supporting their authentic dishes and our local businesses instead of criticizing a dish from a poorly taken photograph.
Zack I work at jna prep kitchen as a server and I can guarantee you that the jambayala is a great dish, everyone enjoys it when they have it so I can reassure you it doesn't taste like s#%%!!!
That's fine. Doesn't change the fact that your expression doesn't fit in this case. Food is a visual medium. We all constantly "judge it by its cover".
When you buy produce do you buy the fruit or vegetable with the giant divot that's rotting? No. You buy the firm item that looks appetizing. Same thing with restaurant meals.
If the item pictured in the photo came to my table I would likely send it back without taking a bite.
Never ordered much food at this place or Houlihan's, but they definately lost a lot of the bar customers incl. me and buddies due to the crazy lighted bar and switching a name of Houlihan's to J&A Prep Kitchen.
It could be the best jambalaya in the region or the world, but to be completely honest and not to be too graphic, that photo makes it look like *something* I cleaned off of my front steps after drunks from the LarkFest made a pit stop.
They need a better photographer.
Someone at work today told me about this post. While all the comments are interesting, I keep thinking it's really sad that Mr. Barnes posted this and started this dialogue. No good can come of this. Someone sends you a cell phone image of a photograph (that is behind a glass frame) and you start asking all your readers to jump on board and criticize this locally run business. Very unprofessional!!!
Seems to me the lack of professionalism here came from the chef who prepared the dish, the photographer who made the image and the PR person who thought it belonged on a poster outside the restaurant's door as a way people to lure people in to try the food.
Somebody along the way should have said, "You know, that looks like crap. Why don't we shoot a burger instead?"
Mike K. The poor photo influenced the dialogue. Not Steve.
And "someone" didn't send Steve the pic. You can see his capped dome in the picture just to the left of the shrimp.
It is amazing to me how many people are willing to bash a restaurant based on a crummy cell phone picture somebody took. Especially when half of them have not even tried the place. For those of you looking for a more "professional" opinion, check out this review of the restaurant that appeared in the Daily Gazette:
#36, Debating if that review is more confirmation then professional.
But then I was lost on the professional part after reading the expecting fine dining in a mall sentence. Who would ever consider J&A Prepa Kitchen fine dining?
I honestly don't have a problem with the picture. Jumbalaya isn't a dish that is supposed to "look pretty". It just tastes great! Sitting the shrimp on top adds a nice touch.
@Zack you keep saying food is a visual medium do you only eat at dinners that have pictures of the food on the menu? Some times you order food off a menu because the description makes it seem appealing.
Visual is only a small component of the dinning experince how about smell, taste, temp and texture.
How many times have you sent food back at a restaurant because of the way it looked with out trying it that's just pure food snobbery. I've had great meals that might not have the visual impact but I've also had below average meals that had great presentation.
I think what JB is trying to say there are many components that make up a great meal and I don't think a unprofessional picture should be the judge of it.


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After winning the last three races to take up the lead in the world title battle, Vettel is on course to extend that advantage should he score a second successive victory at the Buddh International Circuit.
The 24-year-old German, quickest in all three practice sessions, edged out Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber by just 0.044 seconds, nailing his second flying lap in the top-10 shoot-out after making an error on his first run.
It is the first time in Red Bull's history they have managed to lock out the front row of the grid for three consecutive races.
Behind the Red Bulls will be the McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, the former a quarter of a second behind Vettel.
For Fernando Alonso, trailing Vettel by six points in the standings, the Spaniard will have to fight his way through as he starts fifth in his Ferrari followed by team-mate Felipe Massa.
Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen, still in with an outside chance of the title, lines up seventh in his Lotus, with Sauber's Sergio Perez a superb eighth.
Pastor Maldonado, who was fastest at the end of the first session in his Williams, starts ninth, with Nico Rosberg 10th for Mercedes.
A slight mistake in Q2 cost Romain Grosjean dear as the Frenchman missed out on a place in the top 10 by 0.025secs to Massa.
The Lotus driver will start 11th ahead of Nico Hulkenberg in his Force India, with team-mate Paul Di Resta a lowly 16th, his worst grid slot since last year's Belgian Grand Prix.
In between the duo are Williams' Bruno Senna, Michael Schumacher in his Mercedes and Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo, whilst Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi finished a staggering 1.2secs down on team-mate Perez and starts 17th.
Jean-Eric Vergne, out-qualified by Toro Rosso team-mate Ricciardo for the 14th time this season, will start 18th ahead of the Caterhams, Marussias and HRTs.
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My girlfriend hangs out with her ex-boyfriend alot, and she told me that she was in love with him and that was the only time she was ever in love.
She came up stairs to come to bed and she was talking with him on the phone, ans she thought i was sleeping and I heard him ask her "When are we getting married?" and you and him won't work out, so come back to me. But before she could answer I looked at her with a scared look, and she changed the subject and 5 minutes later let him go. He was mean to her when they dated and he still is, I don't know how many times after he hung up on her she called him an ass hole. I don't get it, if she thinks he is one, why does she still wanna hang out with him? PLEASE HELP ME
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"FRAN" <fran_beta_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1124756544.927652.224000_at_f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I'm learning so much here. Thanks everyone. I hope I don't sound like
> an ignorant moron, but frankly, I'd much prefer to run that risk here,
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Oh boy! Can I ever relate to this! There's no test quite so severe as the one you face in front of a class, at least if you care.
When I first started as an instructor there were things I thought I knew pretty well, until I got up to talk about them. It generally took me about 3 times teaching the same material before I felt comfortable with it. And the stuff I taught was short, intensive courses, about 40 hours of class and lab in one week.
I'm going to drop the somewhat ironic persona I tend to adopt in this discussion group, and try to give absolutely straight answers to your questions. However, be warned that I tend to go off on tangents, and a few of those tangents really contain the nuggets of wisdom.
Before I get down to the specifics of your question, I want to talk a little about the question behind the question. Why do you need to know so much about the cardinality of the tables, anyway?
About ten years ago, the answer was, typically, "because the Oracle optimizer is so bad". Before they came up with the CBO, they had a thing called the RBO. The RBO used to look at the order of the tables in the "FROM" clause, and take that as subtle hint about the order in which to perform the query. This meant that the Oracle programmer had to know a lot about the cardinalities (number of rows) in the tables in order to name the tables in a good order.
Even back then, there were products with much better optimizers. One of them, DEC Rdb/VMS, was bought out by the Oracle company in 1994. The DEC optimizer provided a lot of the ideas that eventually found their way into the Oracle CBO.
Sorry for the long digression. I'll deal with the case you raise in a separate response. Received on Tue Aug 23 2005 - 15:04:41 CEST


text: The following reply was made to PR kern/36762; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Mike M. Volokhov" <mishka%NetBSD.org@localhost> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost Cc: Subject: Re: kern/36762: Locking alternative layouts for wskbd Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:05:10 +0000 Hello, I successfully using the patch since its posting to this PR, and it works for me very well on 4.0 and current. Any chances to get it committed before 5.0? -- Mishka.


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The Stone Roses have officially signed recording deals to release a new album worldwide, just as plans for the Stone Roses reunion tour are taking shape. Columbia Records, now owned by Sony, will release the new album in the U.S. and Universal Records will release the album in the rest of the world. The Stone Roses made the announcement via Facebook by saying "The Stone Roses are pleased to announce that they have signed a record contract with Universal Music in London and with Columbia Records in New York."
NME is saying that the band have been recording new material to play in the Stone Roses reunion tour set to happen 2012, so it should be a good chance to preview new material. The Stone Roses tour will start with two shows in Manchester next year on Jun 29 - 30 at Heaton Park before heading out on a world tour that includes stops at major music festivals including the Øya Festival, V Festival, T In The Park, Benicassim and the Fuji Rock Festival. "If anyone buys a ticket of course, yeah ..." quipped Alan 'Reni' Wren, as they announced the news via the grand old tradition of the British press conference. Check out the entire Stone Roses press conference.
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What is your "time waster"?
I'd be super productive if I didn't have Internet. Lol
Quoting Sarahsmommy1008:
Definitely the interneet (including CM)! I'm trying to cut back - I think I'm addicted : I
Facebook for sure. I will take a 5 minute break and find myself still doing something on there 30 minutes later.
Well...Helloooo? haha as if CM & FB doesn't have an evil hold on quite a few of us...I swear to you I think there is some sort of subliminal messages or something...I know what you mean about being productive without the internet, lol!
Yep. FB and CM. Just like right this minute I am avoiding doing something that must get finished. I sat down for a quick 5 minutes to check on something and BAM...I have been sucked back in. LOL
FB, CM and one of my infertility boards. I was doing SO WELL with internet time until I had the surgery and then broke my leg. It's gonna be hard to back off once I'm healed ;/
Follow me on my learning how to be not so mainstream, homeschooling, dealing with infertility blog!
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Q: I noticed a charge on my American Express that I definitely did not make. How can I report this charge?
A: First, American Express recommends that you contact the vendor. Sometimes it is a simple mix up. You may have forgotten that you made a purchase, or the name that showed up on your statement may have been different from the one that you are familiar with. Or it may be a mistake on the vendor's part.
If you are certain that you did not make this purchase, contact American Express immediately by calling the number on the back of your card. After calling, you should also report it in writing. American Express's address can be found on their Contact Us page, which is located here. Include your name, account number, the charge that you believe is unauthorized, the date it posted, and why you suspect that this charge is unauthorized. The maximum amount you can be held liable for is $50, and $0 if you report the loss or theft of your card before it is used.
If this charge is a result of identity theft, contact the police and ask the three main credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) to place a fraud alert on your report. Check your credit report and make sure to dispute, in writing, any false information. You may need to close accounts that have been used fraudulently. Keep records of everything, including the police report. You may need them later to prove that you did not make the charges in question.


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I really don't know what to say about this. It'll blow you away.
American Apparel is hardly known for their tasteful advertising. (For a great example, check out "Fashion or Porn" [NSFW] - a game where you guess whether a small glimpse is part of a fashion ad or a porn picture. I was unable to make it more than 1/4 of the way through before losing.) The company claims that critics are simply holier-than-thou prudes who don't understand art and fashion. Critics say American Apparel is one of the most blatant companies exploiting women's bodies to sell cheap clothing made in sweatshops.
This photo to sell a miniskirt really makes it difficult to claim the "art" high ground. I don't know any women who would snatch it up based on this view. Do you?


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Move over roundabout, there's a new trend for how traffic should flow through busy interchanges.
It's called the diverging diamond, which involves motorists briefly driving on the opposite side of the road. Kansas will see its first by 2014.
The Kansas Department Transportation this week announced that a diverging diamond will be used at the intersection of Interstate 35 and Homestead Lane in southwest Johnson County. The interchange project, which is set to begin in 2012 and be completed by 2014, will provide access to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway's proposed 443-acre rail-truck shipping center near Edgerton.
KDOT decided to build a diverging diamond because of a high volume of traffic through the intersection and the large number of left-hand turns expected to be made once traffic leaves the interstate, KDOT spokeswoman Kim Qualls said.
To best understand how the diverging diamond works, check out the diagram with this story.
Basically, traffic will enter and exit the interstate in the traditional diamond pattern; however, once motorists arrive at the overpass over I-35, traffic switches to the opposite side of the road.
This allows for traffic getting off both the south- and northbound lanes of I-35 to make an automatic left turn without cutting in front of oncoming traffic. This is the key safety feature of the design.
On either end of the overpass, traffic crosses back over to continue on the correct side of the road. Traffic movement is controlled by a traffic light on both ends.
"It allows more free-flow type movements with less delays," Qualls said.
While a common feature on European highways, the first diverging diamond in the United States opened in 2009 in Springfield, Mo.
So far it's been deemed a success, said Jorma Duran, community relations coordinator for the Missouri Department of Transportation.
Traffic accidents at the intersection have dropped and a once bothersome bottleneck has disappeared.
"You eliminate the risk of having to dodge in front of oncoming cars," Duran said.
MoDOT built and opened another diverging diamond in St. Louis this year and is working on a few others. Other states, such as Utah and Georgia, also have embraced the traffic design.
Along with being safer and moving traffic more efficiently, diverging diamonds are less expensive to build, said Jim Hanni, Kansas AAA executive vice president of public affairs.
"It might take a little bit of getting used to. I'm certainly sensitive to that," Hanni said. "But if you look at all the engineering data, it's safer. There are just fewer conflict points for crashes, not to say anything about the cost savings."
For it to work, Hanni thinks there needs to be plenty of signs and road markings alerting drivers of the changes.
In the case of the diverging diamonds in Missouri, Duran said it's clear where drivers need to go.
"Even if a driver never heard of a diverging diamond, they would have to be utterly confused to get on the wrong side of the road and not follow the signs," Duran said.
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Originally posted on Mets360.com | Last updated 1/24/13
One the Mets' most pressing needs are that of a legitimate leadoff hitter and centerfielder. So then it would make perfect sense for the Mets to make a run at signing Braves free-agent Michael Bourn. Obviously, the Mets have to upgrade the outfield if they want to piece together a somewhat competitive team in 2013. Lately there are reports that the Mets-despite what we have been led to believe-are not denying the fact that they are thinking of making a push for the services of Bourn. Bourn was supposed to command a lucrative deal this offseason, but so far the quest to find a taker meeting his demands (of course spearheaded by Scott Boras) has hit a snag. In the process Bourn's asking price has significantly come down. Hence, why the Mets have entered the mix. This is where the Mets could conceivably come in and swoop up Bourn at a much-discounted price. Leave it to the slow-playing Sandy Alderson to make a splash and give many Mets' fans what they wanted for a long time: an outfielder
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Skip Bayless rips Russell Westbrook for shooting too much and denying opportunities to Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant thinks Bayless is "just a funny character" and his logic, in this instance, is asinine.
Durant disagrees with the notion he should be shooting more.
"We're worse when I take more shots," Durant said. "Like I said, that guy doesn't know a thing. I don't think he watches us. I think he just looks at the stats. And traditionally, a point guard is not supposed to take more shots than everybody else on the team. But we're better when he does do that and he's aggressive. And I'm better when I'm out there facilitating, rebounding, defending and being more efficient on my shots with less shots."
He finds Bayless' Westbrook obsession "sickening."
"I'll stick up for all my guys, especially against a guy that I have never seen at an NBA game before. It just starts to get sickening when you hear somebody talk about your teammate like that almost every day. So I'll stick up for him every single day."
Durant is averaging 27.5 points, shooting 50.2 percent from the field on 19.5 shot attempts, though Westbrook has been nearly as efficient this season, averaging 24.5 points, shooting 47.4 percent on 19.3 shot attempts. As Thunder Rumblings points out, "the Thunder is 20-4 when Westbrook takes more shots than Durant, and Oklahoma City has won by an average margin of 12.4 points in those victories." But, why let stats and credibility be a hurdle for the big, wildly important goal?
Previously: Skip Bayless is "Pretty Ripped" and Plays a Pantomime Villain on Television
Previously: Terrell Suggs on ESPN: Skip Bayless, Stop Being a Douchebag
[HT to @richarddeitsch, Photo via Intern Mike]


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New York Softball Cricket
By Morris Seecharan
In quarterfinal game where the winner moves on and loser sits out, Sunrise the number 1 team playing the Titans the number 8, one would thought the game would be a one sided affair. However with sports being what it is this game had so many twists it made you felt the team against all odds will be moving on while the favorite will be sideline to just a mere spectator.
Titans winning the toss with no hesitation choose to bat as they were not going to make the same mistake of putting in Sunrise to bat as they did in the 25 over and suffered defeat from explosive Sunrise bats. R Durgano and L. Dolivera open for Titan and was face by Khemraj Somaru and Rohit Kowlesser whose bowling continue to be in line and on target. With the attacking bowling from Sunrise opening pairs R. Durgano was ran out by Alex Hussain as they try to turn a double with a ball down to shallow third man in the 5th over and the score at 6. In the next over Khemraj struck having Durgano caught with score at 8. Titans losing two quick wickets were panicking as the last time they met Sunrise they were bowled out cheaply. However R Ramkisson and C. Hiralall at the crease knew that they have to hold off Sunrise bowlers. Hiralall who was dropped off the first delivery he faced at short cover looked to be the aggressor while his partner Ramkission holds an end. As this pair begins to repair their offensive they found success with the help of drop catches by Sunrise teams. With runs hard to come Ramkisson and Hiralall successfully build a solid partnership taking the score to 65 for 2 in 15 overs.
Hiralall batting with command and Ramkisson right behind continued to build on their partnership as they were scoring. Sunrise bowlers could not find the break through gone through different rotation as this Titan pear benefited from the many fielding mistakes. However after a remarkable 94 runs partnership Deryck Basdeo finally had the break through as he had Hiralall caught for 52 in the 19 over. Hiralall score a magnificent half century and putting his team at a solid position. Right after Ravi Etwaroo had Ramkisson caught at long on by Khemraj for 41 with score 127 for 4 in the 22 overs. With the removal of this pair Titans did not capitalized using the many wickets on hands to build a huge score. Sunrise bowlers took control of this game as the only other batsmen to reach double figures was D. Singh with 25 as Titans was restricted to 164 for 8 in 30 overs.
Deryck Basdeo had another good bowling figure taking 2 for 26 while it was good to see Ravi Etwaroo finding bowling success with 2 for 31 while Khemraj, Rohit, and Rohan had 1 wicket each.
Sunrise batsmen knew that the required run rate was in their favor as Rohit Kowlesser with his captain Roopnarine Dayal respond well started above the required run rate in the first 3 overs. In the first five overs Titan bowlers could not find the wickets of Sunrise opening pair. However they would slow down the pace of the game as they introduce their spin bowlers. Rohit and Dayal stay and set a nice foundation as in 8 overs and L. Dolviera bowling at number 5 found the stumps of Dayal with the score at 39. Sunrise vice captain who had been success for the pass several game join Rohit who was playing cautions moving the ball picking up singles. After a tower six down deep square leg Wahab go edged and caught at mid on with the score at 48 for 2 in the 9th over. Right after Rohit connected to long on and was caught by brilliantly with the score 62 for 3. Harris who was moved up to # 4 looked settle bating as S. Basdeo was caught by running catch at extra cover. Harris joined by Cheong who looked settle however with 2 ball to left to the 15 over break and Harris on 25 he popped up to mid on and at the 15 over half Sunrise once more found themselves in trouble at 84 for 5 with all their top order batsmen in the pavilion hoping that the bottom half batsmen will bail them out once more.
Cheong and Ravi the experience heads for Sunrise was left to solve the puzzle and manufacture a serious win for Sunrise. These two batting maestro dug in and put all their energy to craft a much needed partnership. Slowly moving the ball around and safe guarding their wickets Cheong and Ravi picket up the score moving toward their target. Cheong with some aggression picket up key boundaries as Ravi hold a much needed end picking doubles and singles. As their partnership grew they breathe some fresh air back into Sunrise offensive. Titan bowling rotation was fabulous as they using a 7 man bowling rotation to make Cheong and Ravi uncomfortable. There were a few maidens and low scoring overs for Titans bowling attack as they try and increase the required run rate. However after a 44 runs partnership and Cheong on 21 A. Haniff found the stumps of Cheong with the score at 128 for 6 in 25 overs. Cheong batted like a champion for his team staying Ravi and bring his team back into contention of this game. With 37 runs to make in 5 overs and 4 wicket in hand Sunrise was very comfortable at this position. Especially with Ravi and Khemraj two hot bats at the crease and plenty of success in closing games for their team. Khemraj looked solid as he got off the mark with a double and quickly hit a boundary. What looked like a promising batting success for Sunrise turned into chaos as Khemraj playing down to short square leg and running down his creased found himself run out by swift throw to the keeper as Titans try and put the brakes on Sunrise batsmen with the score at 138 for 7 in 27 overs. Right after P. Ramkisson bowled Alex Husain and R. Ramkisson had Rohit caught as Sunrise loss 3 wickets for 1 runs and in serious trouble of being gobbled up by Titans with the score at 139 for 9.
With their backs against the wall and 23 over left to make in 2 overs the odds were against Sunrise and they did not have a double digit score in any overs thus far in the game. Most notable was Antonio Dallai who struggled with the bat in the 30 overs joined Ravi. With all eyes on Antonio hoping for a miracle he connected the 1st delivery of P Ramkisson to mid wicket for a boundary which bought a big uproar from Sunrise camp. The 2nd delivery with the leg side boundary packed with fielders Antonio connect for another boundary which raced away between two fielders to square leg for 4 which brought all the Sunrise players on their feet. Antonio connect for another 2 doubles and triple as he and Ravi ran desperately in between wickets as Ramkisson was tagged for 15 runs by Antonio. It could have not been a more perfect time for Antonio bat to come alive. The game was still in the balance with 8 runs needed in the last over. Ravi who was flawless thus far faced the last over from Roopnarine Titan number 2 bowlers who was stingy thus far. Ravi picked the two first deliveries for doubles as they ran it down safely. The 3rd delivery was dot ball which quieted Sunrise but with 4 runs needed in 3 balls Ravi got another double in the 4th ball as they 2 needed in 2. Ravi wasted no time scored another double in the 5 delivery shocking Titans as he and Antonio was the super heroes for Sunrise bringing the winning total of 165 with 1 delivery to spare. This brought jubilation to Sunrise and their supporter as they ran onto the field congratulation Ravi and Antonio as they snatched a win from the claws of Titan. Ravi batted with class and his unbeaten knock of 32 was the key to this victory. Most cherished was Antonio blasting an unbeaten 15 runs, and one of his biggest over of his life moving his team to the semi final. It was a joyful celebration for Sunrise and at the same time the Titans team should not feel any less as they played a very hard game like champions.
Titan's bowlers were predominantly spinners and kept their team in the game but unfortunately could not close it in the end. R. Ramkisson 2 for 26. P. Ramkisson 2 for 29, and K Roopnarine 2 for 32.


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A couple of years ago, I posted about our apple tree which my son grew from the seeds of an apple that he had eaten. Each fall I keep an eye on the tree hoping for a good harvest. To my delight, this year I have had just that. The other afternoon I went out to the tree and started picking, and filled up an entire large basket, as well as part of a plastic bag. Now to many of you apple harvesters out there, this might not seem like many, but to me it was a lot. To actually be able to go out to my own tree, pull up a ladder, and pick more than a dozen or so apples was such a treat.
After picking the apples, I immediately went inside and started making a pie with them. And of course the pie was to be for my son, now grown up, that planted those little seeds so many years ago. He came over for dinner and I was so happy to be able to serve him a pie out of his very own apples. We all took a bite, and to my disappointment the pie really wasn't very good. The apples were still quite firm, and there just wasn't much of the good juiciness that usually comes along with an apple pie. The problem was that I have no idea what kind of apples they are; because really, who would keep track of the type of apple when your 7 year old son wants to eat an apple and plant the seeds to grow his very own tree. And who really expects that the tree will someday actually grow and bear fruit. But I'm not giving up, I have enough apples to experiment with them, and plan on trying another pie by cooking the apples first (which I have a recipe that calls for just that), and there is always applesauce.
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Hi, This is what happens when I try to play elvis.swf with gnash built from today's CVS. It plays other movies fine (e.g., some from the front page on albinoblacksheep.com) but with others, it just spins away taking up a lot of cpu time, without displaying anything. Here are the error messages. Plugin: 01:15:24: Loading Flash movie /tmp/elvis.swf 01:15:24: Finished downloading Flash movie /tmp/elvis.swf. Playing... 01:15:24: Forked sucessfully, child process PID is 20193 01:15:24: Starting process: /usr/local/bin/gnash -x 14717792 -j 1022 -k 557 -u file:///usr/ports/mystuff/www/gnash/w-gnash-090206/gnash/testsuite/movies.all/elvis.swf /tmp/elvis.swf Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0xc8)! GUI: ./gnash -vv ../testsuite/movies.all/elvis.swf 01:08:21: Verbose output turned on 01:08:21: Verbose output turned on 01:08:21: TRACE: gtk.cpp:75 enter 01:08:21: OpenGL extension version - 1.2 01:08:21: Got double-buffered visual. 01:08:21: TRACE: gtk.cpp:164 enter 01:08:21: Created top level window 01:08:21: TRACE: gtk.cpp:238 enter 01:08:21: TRACE: gtk.cpp:303 enter 01:08:21: TRACE: gtk.cpp:481 enter 01:08:21: TRACE: gtk.cpp:500 enter 01:08:21: TRACE: gtk.cpp:481 enter 01:08:21: WARNING: DefineFontInfo2 partially implemented 01:08:21: note: couldn't open cache file 'file:///usr/ports/mystuff/www/gnash/w-gnash-090206/gnash/testsuite/movies.all/elvis.swf.gsc' Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0xd9)! 01:08:21: WARNING: edit_text_character.cpp:675 -- missing glyph for char 109 -- make sure character shapes for font Arial are being exported into your SWF file! [ that line repeated 10 times with different char numbers ] 01:08:21: WARNING: FIXME: implement no word wrap 01:08:21: TRACE: edit_text_character.cpp:443 enter 01:08:21: TRACE: edit_text_character.cpp:443 enter 01:08:21: TRACE: edit_text_character.cpp:443 enter 01:08:21: TRACE: gtk.cpp:230 enter 01:08:21: TRACE: gtk.cpp:481 enter ^C
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|Release date
|2 May 2006 (Update)
|Combat level
|Always drops
|The mother of all sea trolls!
The Sea Troll Queen is the boss monster for the quest Swan Song. She is the ruler of the Sea Trolls, and she attacks the Piscatoris Fishing Colony along with her Sea trolls. She uses Melee and a Water Wave magic attack, but her Magic hits more than her Melee attacks, so it is advised to fight her directly with Protect from Magic whilst wearing good defensive armour, as she will use a Prayer-draining attack if players fight her at a distance with prayer on. She has an extremely high Magic Defence, and she uses her magical attack more often than her Melee one.
She has extremely low stab and ranged defence, and moderately low crush and slash defence. Because of this, an effective strategy would be to use a stabbing weapon or crossbow. Alternatively, players may opt for a fast weapon such as an Abyssal whip or Saradomin sword. It is also helpful to bring a weapon with a fast special attack such as a Dragon dagger. Alternatively, if you have completed Regicide, use a Dragon halberd for its special attack, as it can hit twice on monsters that are deemed 'big' (they are big if they take up two or more spaces and/or if they're tall enough).
IMPORTANT: It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to rush her as fast as possible if using Prayer. Her draining attack drains OVER 20 Prayer points at once. Bringing Prayer potions is advised.
She can only be killed during the quest.
She also severely injures the Wise Old Man, hitting him for 254 damage. The magical attack is not as powerful on players, however, but can still hit over 30 regularly. Her Melee attack can hit in the high 10s, but is relatively inaccurate.
A Dwarf multicannon will not work on her; she will simply destroy it.
Surprisingly, although she is the queen of Sea trolls, the Sea Troll Queen does not look like a troll at all. She looks much like a Kraken.
|Mountain trolls
Mountain troll • Thrower troll • Troll general • Troll spectator
|Ice trolls
Ice troll • Ice troll runt • Ice troll grunt • Ice troll male • Ice troll female
|Aquatic trolls
|Troll bosses
Dad • Arrg • Kob • Pee Hat • Kraka • Stick • Rock • Berry • Twig • Sea Troll General • Sea Troll Queen • Ice Troll King
|NPC trolls
Aga • Ug • Burntmeat • My Arm • Drunken dwarf's leg • Troll child • Troll father • Troll mother • Ice troll • Tilt • Flippa • Ash • Dung • Mushroom


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Nikolaihof Riesling Federspiel Vom Stein 2012
Winemaker's Notes:
Nikolaihof The Saahs family operates in accordance with the regulations of the Demeter Association, one of the strictest control systems of organic agriculture. Its principles may be very roughly summed up as follows: to get as much power and energy as possible into the wine whilst interfering with nature as little as possible. In the Nikolaihof vineyards no herbicides, pesticides, artificial fertilisers nor synthetic sprays are used, but stinging nettle manure, valerian drops, valerian tea and other specially produced preparations, which are applied in highly diluted form like homeopathic medicines, are used. The whole farm or enterprise must be run along biodynamic guidelines. Regular state inspections ensure that these working principles are properly applied. The biodynamic wine estate is regulated through the Austrian wine code, the Austrian foodstuffs codex and the EU directive 'Ecological Agriculture'. The Moon also has its Part to Play For planting and harvesting times the Saahs family refers to the moon calendar – a sort of tightrope balancing act between sensible measures and the esoteric, as Christine Saahs admits.
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Location and Design GEOPAK
VDOT is made up of many design disciplines. At present each division has their own working sub-directory in FALCON, i.e. L&D – d 11111, Survey – s11111, Environmental – e11111. No division can write to another ones file. However in GEOPAK we will all share one file on the Server. That file is called a .gpk file. It is imperative that we differentiate each division so that Traffic does not overwrite Right of Way or L&D does not overwrite Survey etc.
In GEOPAK we use COGO (coordinate geometry) for design. Geometry uses points. These points will have to be numbered. Each numbered point must be distinguished by the prefix of each division.
- d – design
- s – survey
- r – right of way
- t – traffic
- e – environmental
- h – hydraulics
Also each division's point number will be 1 - 9999, i.e. d500 will be the numbered points for L&D., etc.
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Messaging Server supports encrypted communications with IMAP, POP and HTTP clients by using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. For general information on support for SSL in Messaging Server, see 23.5 Configuring Encryption and Certificate-Based Authentication.
You can accept the default (recommended) IMAP over SSL port number (993) or you can specify a different port for IMAP over SSL.
Messaging Server provides the option of using separate ports for IMAP and IMAP over SSL because most current IMAP clients require separate ports for them. Same-port communication with both IMAP and IMAP over SSL is an emerging standard; as long as your Messaging Server has an installed SSL certificate (see 23.5.1 Obtaining Certificates), it can support same-port IMAP over SSL.
The default separate SSL port for POP is 995. One can also initiate SSL over normal POP port with the command "STLS" (see 5.5 To Configure POP Services).
You can accept the default HTTP over SSL port number (443) or you can specify a different port for HTTPS.


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You guys already know that I love all hair, relaxed, natural, dreads, etc., as long as its healthy I appreciate it all. So while in Jamaica, I couldn't resist taking pictures of some of the fabulous hair I noticed. I was not able to interview each person about their regimen, but I'll try reach them via Facebook and get details. I also made sure to get their permission to post the pictures on my blog.
|J's natural puff. He took out his braids and washed his hair.
|L's formal style
|Love the flower and hair color.
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December 2003
Dear Wildmind Subscriber,
Welcome to our latest newsletter. Once again, we bring you a roundup
of recent news-stories about meditation, a book recommendation (actually
it's a CD this month), a quote of the month with commentary by Bodhipaksa
-- and of course news about our forthcoming courses. And we have
news of a whole new section on the Wildmind site.
As the northern-hemisphere autumn turns to winter, many people
find that there's a natural phase of turning inwards. Our courses
can help you to deal more effectively with stress, so that you can
experience more joy and creativity in your life. Make sure you book
your place now so that you can experience the benefits of meditation.
Our next online meditation courses start Monday, December 1.
In this issue:
New material on Wildmind
With Dharmapriya's permission, we've reproduced the images and
text from the booklet accompanying his yoga CD (see book of the
month). You can check out this extensive guide to Iyengar-style
hatha yoga at http://www.wildmind.org/meditation/yoga/.
Meditation in the news
As always, we've collected together recent news stories concerning
center to incorporate spiritual elements (Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh)
The Woodlands Foundation broke ground Monday on a 2,000-square-foot
meditation center in which architect Tasso Katselas incorporated
what he sees as important elements of spirituality: earth, water,
fire and sky.
say no to 'meditation and music' (ABC News, Denver, CO)
Voters in Denver have soundly rejected what was perhaps the most
ridiculed item on any of the ballots Tuesday -- a measure that would
have required the city to reduce stress.
Goods: Retreats (Spectator, UK)
Most of us have, at some time or another, found ourselves craving
a short period of time away from demanding people -- or, to borrow
another ghastly phrase from the ever-expanding self-help lexicon,
'me time'.
to Stay Relaxed and Calm: Meditation Techniques (About.com)
People who meditate have long known that this practice has positive
health benefits that include improved energy and calmness of mind.
- a Great Way to Build Bridges (ic Northern Ireland)
American actor Michael O'Keefe traded the glitz and glamour of Hollywood
for a cuppa in the Lord Mayor's parlour yesterday. The star of American
sitcom Roseanne is on a 10-day visit to Belfast to host a series
of workshops in Mindfulness, a meditation system based on ancient
Buddhist principles and widely used as a way of coping with stress,
and as a tool in conflict resolution.
on Earth is my priority' (The Telegraph, UK)
David Lynch, known for his nightmarish movies, wants to solve the
world's problems through the gentle art of meditation.
meditate to stay focused (The Minnesota Daily)
Seated on small black cushions on the floor of a small Coffman Union
room, the Diamond Way Buddhist Meditation group settles in for its
weekly meeting at the University. Some sit with legs akimbo. Others
sit with a leg on each side of the cushion. Some hold beads with
their eyes closed, deep in concentration.
for life (Times-Picayune, New Orleans)
It's the great American question: What's the return on my investment?
Stephen Cope sought to answer it on the subject of yoga, putting
the question to 25 of the top yoga and meditation teachers in this
country and Canada in his book "Will Yoga & Meditation Really Change
my Life?"
their place in NH universe (Nashua Telegraph, NH)
Ed Rietman used to drive his wife crazy with his chronic road rage.
It flared every morning when the Nashua physicist battled Route
3 traffic - sometimes for two hours - to get to his job in nearby
Chelmsford. Nowadays, Rietman tools down the right lane during rush
hour, content to travel at whatever pace is set by the car ahead
of him. His philosophy is that he gets there when he gets there.
"I'm completely transformed," he said. Rietman attributes his new
attitude to the Buddhist meditation practice he began five years
has science to do with religion? (Straits Times, Singapore)
"...mystical experience is biologically, observably, and scientifically
Austin Spa Resort, Austin Texas (About.com)
My visit to Lake Austin Spa Resort helped me find something I didn't
realize I had lost. My breath. Living life can take our breath away.
We get so busy, we forget to breathe - or at least how to breathe
well. Our breath becomes shallow and quick. We become out of breath
and don't even know it.
at peace (Miami Herald, Florida)
Five adults gathered in a northeast Miami library one recent evening
to learn a meditation technique that spans centuries and continents,
from India to Aventura, from the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to the Beatles.
centre relies on visiting lamas (Montreal Gazette, Canada)
Rigpe Dorje Centre, which has new quarters on Décarie Blvd., is
a haven of Tibetan Buddhist meditation in Montreal.
Daniels finds quiet time with meditation (Rockdale Citizen,
Georgia Tech running back P.J. Daniels has used meditation to become
the leading rusher in the ACC and only the sixth player in school
history to rush for 1,000 yards.
classes introduce State College to Buddhism (Penn State Collegian,
Penn State students, faculty and local residents were able to get
an introduction to Buddhist culture and meditation this weekend.
Forthcoming workshops with Bodhipaksa
in New Hampshire and New York
Saturday, Dec 6.
Awaken Your Spirituality -- Develop Your Intuitive Voice & Inner
Power at the Learning Annex, NYC. 10am to 6pm. "Bodhipaksa
shares recent research that's uncovered how the Buddhist practice
of mindfulness meditation contributes to mental, physical and spiritual
well-being. Practice meditations and learn how it can have a profound
effect on your happiness and soul." Check website for details.
Sunday, Dec 7
Meditation workshop, hosted by the NYC branch of the Friends of
the Western Buddhist Order. See website
for details.
Sunday, January 18.
"Yoga and Meditation with the two Scots". Led by Bodhipaksa
and Gregor Singleton, New
Hampshire Power Yoga Studio, Merrimack, NH. 10am to 3pm.
Check website for details.
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Book of the month
Wisdom Yoga by Dharmapriya (CD plus 40 page booklet, $21.50)
I know that doing yoga is good for my body, but I find it hard
to motivate myself to get along to a class and even harder to practice
on my own.
So I've recently started to use this yoga practice CD in order
to help me develop the discipline to get my body more flexible.
It would never have occurred to me that a CD would be so useful
for yoga, but when Dharmapriya sent me a copy of his CD I knew I'd
found an invaluable tool. Dharmapriya is a yoga teacher from Canada
who now lives and teaches in Germany and the surrounding countries.
As I explain in the introduction to the new yoga section on Wildmind,
yoga can be a very useful complement to meditation, helping to make
the body more subtle, bringing greater mindfulness of the body,
and helping to make energy available.
Dharmapriya's instructions are clear and precise, and I found it
surprisingly easy to follow them, particularly when I referred to
the photographs included in the booklet that accompanies the CD.
Starting with the relatively relaxed and centering Diamond Pose
and Child's Pose, we're led through leg stretches and a variety
of standing poses (triangle Pose, the Warrior Poses, etc.). Stretches
for the arms and trunk are also included, and the CD ends with the
relaxing Corpse Pose.
Although the CD is almost an hour long, it's easy to skip tracks
or even, for the more technologically advanced, to program your
CD player to do a shorter, more customized routine.
I'll certainly be using this CD repeatedly to help me restart my
yoga practice.
(In the UK, the CD is available from Windhorse
Quote of the month
"The greatest of all faults, I should say, is to be conscious
of none." -- Thomas Carlyle
Usually a few weeks into a meditation course I joke with my students
that meditation actually makes you more stressed by making
you realize that you have problems you'd never even suspected, and
tell them that meditation being an antidote to stress is just a
sales pitch.
I'm only half joking.
It's actually quite true that meditation helps us to become more
deeply aware of ourselves. We discover delightful things about ourselves
(for, example, that if we exercise patient attention the mind becomes
more still and the heart more content), but we also discover uncomfortable
truths about ourselves. One of my students recently wrote, "I
used to think that I was a very kind loving person with a big heart,
I am coming to see this is not the case at all." This was a
big shock to her -- I guess it always is when you have your illusions
about yourself shattered.
But in the long-term, is it better to be comfortable with yourself
as you unconsciously make others miserable, or it it better to experience
the pain of knowing yourself so that you can bring about positive
change? I know what my answer would be.
Meditation may give us an uncomfortable ride as we start to see
ourselves more clearly, but it's usually just a period of turbulence
on an otherwise productive and fulfilling journey.
It's for that sort of reason that I recommend practicing not just
mindfulness, but also cultivating lovingkindness. We need to have
patience and kindness as we learn to see ourselves more deeply,
"warts and all". Mindfulness helps us to see ourselves
more clearly, while metta (lovingkindness) helps us to accept what
we find with understanding and compassion.
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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
- Thomas Edison
Ok, let's first address the 800-pound gorilla in the room, the word FAIL. Some people are actually afraid of the word fail… But I contend – You haven't failed if you learned something.
What is Fail-Fast-Fail-Cheap (FFFC)?
Stop spending time and money on developing new processes, products, or marketing messages without trying (at least) pieces of it out.
TMAC, the U.S. Department of Commerce Manufacturing Extension Partnership affiliate for Texas worked with a company that wasn't getting all they needed from their vacuum system, it was not removing debris from the material they were cutting. They were ready to spend thousands to tens-of-thousands of dollars for a new solution. After listening to their concerns and watching the process, we came up with, admittedly what seemed like a dumb idea, which was simply make the vacuum pull over a smaller area.
Back at TMAC HQ we cobbled together a crude prototype and tested it with a milling machine and sample material. It seemed to work, so it was time to try it on the real machine.
Can you imagine walking into a company with a 2-liter bottle and a roll of duct-tape? As you can imagine they laughed – mercilessly. However, after a quick test our concept proved to be a rousing success. So much so that the customer didn't want us to take back our prototype – it worked so much better than what they already had in place. For a minimal investment of time and money, we were able to test the concept – fast and cheap. If it didn't work, back to the drawing board and no one was out much. This time it DID work, so the company moved forward with the adjustment without purchasing an entirely new system. This example of cost avoidance directly benefits your bottom line!
Function, not form, is key when proving out a concept.
On a side note, it is very important to ensure that sufficient resources, in terms of time, money or both, are spent to truly test out a concept. Many (including us) have encountered instances where there wasn't enough time spent to test a concept, and when it failed, it was not clear whether it was the concept or the implementation.
Bottom line: The key to Fail Fast Fail Cheap is to spend minimum resources to get the concept off the paper and into the application so you can tell if it needs to be revised, killed, or finalized.
Do you have a proven system for testing your new ideas?
Manufacturing in America is central to our economic strength and a driver of innovation. Manufacturing jobs are some of the best in the country, yet the public doesn't perceive them to be. And there aren't enough skilled workers to fill them. But together, we can help tell the real story…
The purpose of conducting management review is for the management team to get together at determined intervals to
discuss how effective its business is. This included looking for "opportunities for improvement and the need for changes" to how the business is run.
To some organizations, holding management reviews is as dreaded and avoided as going to the dentist. Even dentist trips should occur twice a year for cleaning, so I recommend against annual reviews.
So how often should "Management Review" be held?
When should management review "results of audits"?
Why not within 5 working days after the audit is held?
When should management review "customer feedback"?
Why not the same or the same day received or the following day?
Or why not at a weekly management meeting and review applicable items? How often should management review open "action items"?
How often should management review key performance results (aka Quality Objectives)?
Certainly not annually.
You may have picked up on the recurring theme in the examples above. The answer to "How often the activities listed in "5.6, Management Review" (ISO 9001:2008) need to be reviewed?" is, it depends. It depends on how timely and effective you want your appropriate action to be. The ISO 9001:2008 standard does not say that all the activities listed in "5.6, Management Review" have to be reviewed at the same time. As long as all items of 5.6 are covered and records are kept, whatever frequency of management reviews enables the organization to run its business most effective is acceptable.
How often do you review?
Workplace Violence, Any Time – Any Where
Workplace violence is any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site. It can affect and involved employees, clients, customers and visitors. Homicide is currently the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injuries in the United States.
There are four recognized types of workplace violence. They include:
In some industries, violence by customers or clients occurs on a daily basis, especially verbal threats
Companies should take it upon themselves to:
1. Develop a Workplace Violence Prevention Policy
2. Train Employees
A number of different actions in the work environment can trigger or cause workplace violence. It may even be the result of non-work-related situations such as domestic violence or "road rage." Workplace violence can be inflicted by an abusive employee, a manager, supervisor, co-worker, customer, family member, or even a stranger.
Whatever the cause or whoever the perpetrator, workplace violence is not to be accepted or tolerated.
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Please read and answer the two questions below:
Why do managers think they don't need to learn how to deal with employees?
Do any of the numbered items below ring through with yourself, or with managers you have observed?
1)"Basically if a manager has treated one personnel problem successfully, he thinks everyone should be able to handle it too."
2) "Everyone has had a tremendous amount of personnel training, they should know how to deal with people problems."
3) "I just wish they would all grow up and behave."
4) "We don't have any real personnel problems, everyone is happy to have a job."
5) "Management doesn't have it on their priority list."
A- Myself: please select one or more of the numbered responses, 1-5:
B- My management: please select one or more of the numbered responses, 1-5
Most industries or service provider's organizations think that the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology should be tailored to their particular processes, culture or company idiosyncrasies. The fact is that LSS is rather universal and can be applied to manufacturing industries that may include: high volume with low number of parts offered, high number of parts with low volume, chemical continuous processes, paper mills, insurance companies, Information Technology, banking industries and most recently to the healthcare industry.
Even pure manufacturing companies have many business processes that, in many cases, are the constraint operation. These business processes may include: purchasing, accounts payable/receivables, accounting, human resources, IT, etc. The fallacy is thinking that the only processes that need improvement are those related with manufacturing and thinking that business processes have little or no impact in improving quality, reducing lead time, lowering the cost or eliminating waste. I have experienced that business processes can have a much bigger impact on reducing cost or lead time than manufacturing processes.
I am a LSS instructor for Green and Black Belt and, one of the requirements for the GB/BB to get certified, is for the students to submit completed projects for certification. In addition I provide coaching to GB or BB to assess that the projects follow the Define, Measure, Analyze Improve and Control (DMAIC) methodology. While comparing manufacturing or business completed projects side by side, I have noticed that the projects are a mirror image and it is hard to differentiate them apart. Granted, certain LSS tools need to be modified to accommodate a particular industry or process. The main causes in a Fishbone diagram will be different between a business and manufacturing process and the same can be said about completing a Value Stream Map.
The opening of GE's new GeoSpring Hybrid Electric Water Heater plant in Kentucky isn't just a great endorsement for American Manufacturing but an affirmation of Lean's ability to help improve a company's competitive edge in today's global marketplace. The events that have taken place at GE and GE's Appliance Park in Louisville read like a case study straight out of a Lean handbook.
In the 1980s America was in an industrial decline and when the GE facility could no longer compete with production costs in Asia, for reasons such as an increase in wages and a decrease in the selling price of products, GE began moving production to the Asian plants. As expected GE was able to reduce labor cost and save on materials, but over time the cost savings from outsourcing was outweighed by the negative impact on GE's competitiveness. The following examples are just a few problems GE encountered:
What did GE do to address these problems? They invested millions of dollars in Appliance Park. In addition to the problems brought on by outsourcing, two major events helped initiate the investment. The first was the availability of job-creation incentives from the state and federal governments and the second was a competitive labor costs as a result of the 2009 Competitive Wage Agreement between GE and IUE-CWA Local 761. But according to GE the company had not invested in Appliance Park because the culture "wasn't right to invest". How did GE address the culture problem? They embarked on a lean initiative that "maximizes customer value while minimizing waste and identifies employees as the most valuable resource a company has", said a GE spokesperson.
GE's upper management is showing their commitment to changing the company's manufacturing culture by investing not just in the building with a multimillion dollar renovation but in their people. Investment in the people has been done through lean training and employee empowerment. The empowerment has removed barriers that would keep any employee from taking positive action that would lead to better quality and/or performance. According to GE's Appliance Lean Leaders and employees, the way of thinking and the way things are done at Appliance Park have changed:
Using lean practices and tools, GE has reported cutting cycle time by 50%, eliminated 20% of the parts included in the GeoSpring final assembly, and reduced equipment investment by 30%. GE's lean journey is demonstrating that Global competitiveness can be accomplished when the right tools are used in the right way.
According to a report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), labor cost in China have risen dramatically and shipping and fuel costs have skyrocketed, this means China is not as cheap as it used to be and the United States is poised to bring back jobs from China. The report also points out that by 2015, it will only be about 10% cheaper to manufacture in China. If the BCG report is correct then the question for the United States will not be what company's want the jobs but what companies have the capability (structure and culture) to compete in a global market.
With the freedom that a consumer has, in today's global market, to go almost anyplace for a product that meets their quality and price requirements companies must be agile enough to meet consumers changing needs. As GE is showing us, the place can be the United States and the way to get it done can be through American Manufacturing.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2003 American businesses lost earnings due to influenza illnesses and loss of life was $16.3 billion. What does this figure mean in a day to day business context? In 2005, the average per-employee cost of absenteeism was $660 a day in lost productivity according to CCH incorporated (a leading provider of human resources and employment law information). How can companies eliminate this loss of money, this waste?
The single best way to prevent seasonal flu, according to the CDC, is to get a yearly flu vaccine, but good health habits and antiviral medications are other measures that can help protect against the flu. Studies have shown that American companies have had some success reducing the number of sick days taken by workers by offering the flu vaccine at the plant or office, not only is this more convenient for employees but it also reduces the time employees have to take away from work to receive the vaccination.
Whether the flu vaccine is offered through an employer sponsored event or off site one of the biggest barriers for employees to taking the flu vaccine is lack of information/understanding about the flu and flu vaccine. Some misconceptions regarding the flu vaccine are that you can get the flu from the vaccine itself or you are protected from the vaccine you received three years ago. One of the company's measures to prevent seasonal flu should always include educating the employees on what the flu is, how it can hurt you and how the flu vaccine can help.
Companies should always educate employees on good health habits and strategies to prevent the spread of germs.
Always Remember:
The CDC has put together a FREE toolkit for businesses and employers that provide educational material that can be used to fight the seasonal flu and help companies eliminate the loss of money caused by the flu (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/business/).
Too often, companies are quick to implement new equipment in order to meet increased customer demand for products, without maximizing the utilization of their current equipment. Equipment changeover time is one area of the business that is often ignored and companies accept long changeover as a part of doing business. The changeover time of equipment can be a Hidden Factory just waiting to be uncovered. It is very common for equipment changeover from one product to the next product, to take a couple hours for completion. Companies often make several product changeovers per week, consuming hours of potential production time. If we could somehow reduce the changeover time from hours to minutes, we could have a dramatic effect on providing additional production capacity. This is what Dr. Shigeo Shingo discovered while helping to develop the Toyota Production System. Dr. Shingo terms his discovery SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Dies), and it prescribe that changeover time should be less than ten minutes for a given product.
What does SMED Involve?
Companies can systematically reduce changeover time on their equipment by following a simply four step method.
SMED Four Step Process
Finally, after completing the SMED four-step process a new changeover standard can be developed using the remaining internal and external steps. The new changeover standard should prescribe the changeover sequence and operators required to complete the changeover on the equipment.
For most companies that have not participated in any formal changeover reduction process on their equipment, applying the SMED approach typically reduces the changeover time by 50% when first applied. By continuing to work as a team, planning changeovers, practicing, being innovative and standardizing changeover methods equipment changeover times can continue to be reduced. Companies should strive to achieve the goal of single-minute changeover times and recapture the loss capacity due to long changeover times.
Historically, most companies have viewed their EHS department as a necessary evil that must be retained to avoid regulatory infractions. However, some companies have shifted their thinking to include their EHS departments as profit centers through re-classifying wastes as revenue streams and identifying opportunities for cost reductions and cost avoidance. This transition is becoming more noticeable as companies implement ISO programs, look for 'Greener' products and attempt to reduce the use of raw materials. The following include techniques to demonstrate to executive managers that an EHS department can serve as more than just an overhead expense:
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It's frigid here in Washington D.C. but expect a good game. I didn't know tonight's telecast would be on NBA-TV, meaning Gilbert Arenas could put on a show in front of a national audience, especially since he missed 20 of 29 shots in his showdown with Kobe Bryant on Saturday. Now to the Sonics: Rashard Lewis will practice Tuesday in Indianapolis and again Friday in Seattle and he could return Saturday against Sacramento at the earliest. Sonics coach Bob Hill said it was important to note that Lewis has been cleared to practice but not yet to play. Lewis could be cleared by doctors to play Friday.
Hill said he sees no reason to alter the starting lineup when Lewis returns. He said that Earl Watson has given him no reason to remove him from the lineup and Luke Ridnour has given him no reason to start again. So Watson, who entered Monday shooting 34 percent from the field and 25 percent from the 3-point line, will remain in the lineup. When Lewis returns, rookie Mickael Gelabale will go back to the bench and will back up Lewis along with Damien Wilkins.
Lewis is fighting the team about wearing a hand brace but admitted that he will probably have to wear it, along with a glove, in the early going. "I probably won't shoot as well," he said.
Hill also admitted that he doesn't have a late-game lineup filled with players confident enough to take the big shot — besides Ray Allen, of course. He called two plays for Nick Collison down the stretch against Chicago but Collison didn't score on either call. Hill said that he can't tell players to be comfortable with their shot, that is a characteristic that is learned.
By the way, the Sonics are wearing their gold uniforms, and they are winless in those threads, although I still like them as an alternate uniform.