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Master Dixian's Student
In the beginning of the twentieth century, the well-known Master Dixian, was visited by a childhood friend who wished to become a monk. The master initially denied the request because of the rigorous training and study at the temple. But as his friend persisted, the master agreed saying, "I will find you a deserted temple in the countryside."
The Master then arranged for some practitioners to provide meals for the new monk and then taught his old friend to chant "Amituofo." The master said, "When tired, rest; when rested, resume chanting. I am sure that you will greatly benefit from this." And so, the new monk isolated himself in the small temple and as instructed, concentrated solely on his chanting.
Three years later, he told the woman who had been doing his cooking that there was no need to prepare the next day's food. The following day, she went to the temple and found him standing in the temple with his recitation beads in his hand. She called out his name but received no response. Upon moving closer to him, she realized that he was dead!
Not knowing what to do, she rushed off to tell the others, and they sent the master a message. Due to difficulties in traveling, it took Master Dixian three days to arrive at the temple. He immediately understood that his old friend had been reborn into the Pure Land.
He said admiringly, "You have proved that your decision three years ago to become a monk was a fruitful one. Not one of the Dharma masters or abbots at all the famous temples can match your achievement." For three years, the uneducated monk had done nothing but recite "Amituofo." His singleminded, ceaseless recitation had resulted in his being freed from the cycle of birth and death and of being reborn into the Pure Land.
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Ven. Master Chin Kung has often told the following story to encourage us in our practice. The story was told to him by an older practitioner, Mrs. Gan, in 1984.
"Mrs. Gan had a relative, an elderly lady who had lived in San Francisco. This relative helped her son and daughter-in-law with the housework and took care of their children.
After several years, when the grandchildren had grown older and were attending elementary school, she had more time to herself. With this extra time, she was able to practice nianfo every day without interruption. Nobody knew about this. On the day she passed away, people discovered how much she had achieved in her cultivation. She passed away at night. In the morning, when her son and daughter-in-law went to her room to see why she was not yet up, they found her dead, sitting cross-legged on the bed.
They also found a will on the bed telling them how to arrange her funeral. There were even mourning clothes, which she had personally made for everyone, on the bed. She was a true practitioner, but nobody knew this when she was alive.
This elderly lady had no karmic obstacles. She knew when she would pass away. She performed her daily routine as usual and passed away without suffering from any illness. She passed away with ease and freedom. The elderly lady had achieved in her practice, so she had no obstacles."
There was also another story I heard where Ven. Master Chin Kung advised his mother to practice, and she stated she had visions of Amitabha visiting her twice, and she also predicted her own death.http://www.amtbweb.org/story04.html
Venerable Xiuwu
This story was told by Venerable Master Chin Kung in one of his lectures.:
Venerable Xiuwu was an illiterate bricklayer before he became a monastic. After becoming a monastic, he did the most menial tasks, work that nobody else wanted to do. He cleaned the toilets, chopped wood, and grew vegetables. Always mindfully chanting "Amituofo" while doing all these tasks, he gladly did his work. Because he knew that he was able to do only the most menial work and nothing else and that he could not compare to other people, he was respectful to everybody.
The first time Jile [Ultimate Bliss] Monastery conferred the precepts, Venerable Xiuwu volunteered to take care of the sick. But after only a few days, he asked to take leave from Master Tanxu, the abbot. The master asked him to stay until all the precepts were conferred. Venerable Xiuwu said that he could not stay because he was going to the Land of Ultimate Bliss. The master was surprised and asked him when. Venerable Xiuwu said in ten days. The next day, he came and told the master he was leaving the following day [and he did]!
This is a good example for us. Venerable Xiuwu did the hard work at the monasteries without taking a day off. He succeeded in his cultivation. He had no karmic obstacles.
He did not compete with others and was respectful to everyone. Many looked down on him, but he did not get in anyone's way. He did his work and mindfully chanted "Amituofo," which no one knew. He showed such ease and freedom when he passed away.
Some thoughts and questions:
1. How do the "mechanics" of this work? Is it through the development of nienfo-samadhi that one's mind becomes purified to the point where it now must leave this world for the Pure Land?
2. Is this similar to Tibetan Buddhism's "Rainbow Body" with the exception that the body is left behind due to the lack of inner yogic practices?
3. I have not read any mention of stories similar to this in Jodo-Shu. Why is that? It seems like rigorous practitioners like Honen and Ippen would have achieved something like this.
4. Is there an equivalent dhyana to ninefo-samadhi?


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You got to know when to fold them. Which is why I'm watching Toddlers & Tiaras and thinking about bed, not wading my way through the rest of the 19th century. Who needs any more realism than reality television? I'm even too tired to knit. These exams have got to get finished soon.
Anyway, the skirt: wool plaid from Joann fabrics, Simplicity 2698; zipper put in by a seamstress because my sewing machine was having none of it. This is no masterpiece of construction (except for the zipper) and is riddled with all kinds of amatuer mistakes, but it holds together, is cute and swingy and makes me pretty happy to wear.
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Blake Shelton Gives Coaches a Ride in Funny Promo for 'The Voice' Season 4
Blake Shelton may have just won the third season of 'The Voice' (marking his second consecutive win), but the show is already looking forward to Season 4. The latest promo, called 'The Pickup,' finds Shelton giving the coaches a ride in his trusty truck. And that's when the fun ensues.
Shelton and his bro, fellow coach Adam Levine, cruise to the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles in his beat up pickup truck, which is complete with a red 'Voice' chair in the bed. They give a ride to new coaches Usher and Shakira, who are filling in for Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera while they go on hiatus for a season and attend to their own careers.
The culture shock for the neophytes is quickly apparent, as Levine and Shelton are already deeply bonded after three seasons of boring down, busting each other's chops and battling for contestants and 'The Voice' crown.
The new coaches quickly clash over what music to listen to on the radio. They then connect over Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart.' It first reminds us that even with the competitive nature of the show, music connects us all.
By the end, they are belting out the song, much to the chagrin of host Carson Daly, whom they pull up alongside.
'The Voice' Season 4 premieres on March 25. With the infusion of new blood on the coaches panel, it's going to be a good one.


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In an announcement that could have major implications for the future of gaming in southeastern Massachusetts, city and tribal officials confirmed Wednesday that they are working to bring a resort casino to Taunton.
"This could potentially be the shot in the arm our city needs as the economic engine that drives us forward and gives our residents hope for a better community," Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. said. "I would be remiss in my duties of Mayor if we did not give this opportunity due diligence."
In an announcement that could have major implications for the future of gaming in southeastern Massachusetts, city and tribal officials confirmed Wednesday that they are working to bring a resort casino to Taunton.
"This could potentially be the shot in the arm our city needs as the economic engine that drives us forward and gives our residents hope for a better community," Taunton Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. said. "I would be remiss in my duties of Mayor if we did not give this opportunity due diligence."
The mayor and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell held a press conference Wednesday at the temporary city hall at Maxham School to announce a tentative deal to build a casino in the city.
"This is a very exciting day for the city of Taunton and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe," Cromwell said. "This is the first of many conversations to bring a first-class, best-in-class destination resort casino to the city of Taunton."
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has entered into a formal option to purchase privately held land in the Liberty and Union Industrial Park alongside Route 24 in East Taunton, Cromwell said. If a deal can be brokered to acquire a large swath of land, the tribe plans to invest at least $500 million to build a casino facility including hotels, an indoor water park, restaurants and other resort amenities.
Details not released
The tribal chairman said confidentiality agreements restrict what can be said publicly about the option-to-purchase agreement, including details about a potential price.
"Certainly, infrastructure is important and we believe the property we're looking at will provide the best in infrastructure," Cromwell said, citing the location's highway access.
Hoye and Cromwell, stressing that Wednesday's announcement is the beginning of a process and that no deal is finalized, acknowledged the tribe is also looking at other parcels in Taunton. Property outside the city, Cromwell said, is no longer under consideration.
Although such plans never came to fruition, the tribe had previously pursued building a casino in Middleboro and Fall River and was reported to have briefly eyed locations in Bridgewater and Raynham, as well.
"Our focus is Taunton," Cromwell said. "We want to work with you, we want to be successful in Massachusetts and we want to be here in Taunton."
Up to the voters
Before a casino could be built in Taunton, the city's residents would have to approve the proposal in a citywide vote. In advance of the referendum, Hoye said he plans to come to an agreement with the tribe on how to mitigate the impact of a casino. Taunton, the mayor said, would seek funding from the tribe for infrastructure improvements, additional public safety resources and other items.
"We need a guarantee of jobs and host community revenues," Hoye said.
The city and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe also plan to hold a series of public meetings throughout the city to address residents' concerns.
"Ultimately it is up to the citizens of Taunton to decide, through a binding referendum, the destiny of this proposal," Hoye said.
Officials' reactions
Several Taunton city councilors, officials and legislators were on hand Wednesday, as were members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council. State Rep. Shaunna O'Connell, R-Taunton; state Rep. Keiko Orrall, R-Lakeville; and state Sen. Marc Pacheco, D-Taunton, were among those who stood alongside Hoye and Cromwell.
"It remains to be seen how the people of Taunton feel," state Rep. Patricia Haddad, D-Somerset, the Speaker pro tempore, told State House News Service. "I think it's a great opportunity. Whether the people of Taunton feel the same way, we don't know yet."
City Council President Ryan Colton called the tribe's proposal "exciting" and said he looks forward to seeing the final result of the negotiations between the tribe and the Hoye administration.
"I certainly think it's a very exciting time for city, it's a very exciting proposal and I'm hopeful it will be something that will come to fruition and be something mutually beneficial for the city and the tribe," he said. "It could be a game-changer for the future of the city."
What the legislation requires
The casino legislation Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law last year authorizes three casino licenses across the state, broken down by region. The law includes a provision that gives a federally recognized American Indian tribe exclusive rights until July 31 to negotiate for the license for the southeastern part of the state.
If July 31 passes and the city hasn't yet scheduled a referendum vote, the tribe hasn't acquired land and the governor and the tribe haven't yet agreed to a legislatively approved compact, then the tribe would lose its exclusive rights. The bidding for a license would then be opened to commercial proposals.
If the Taunton land purchase goes through, the Mashpee Wampanoags would also need to get federal approval for the land to fall under their sovereign tribal jurisdiction.
On to the next step
Although all involved parties say the negotiations are at an early stage, Hoye admitted the tribe began putting out feelers before he was even sworn into office. Lobbyist Bill Delahunt, Hoye said, contacted him before Christmas about the possibility of building a tribal casino in Taunton. Hoye was sworn into office on Jan. 2.
The mayor pledged transparency throughout the process.
"In the spirit of full disclosure and in partnership with the tribe we are taking this conversation public," he said.
The next major step, Hoye said, will be to hire a team of expert consultants — at the tribe's expense — to examine the potential impacts of a casino in the city and how to best mitigate them.
"This information will be used to negotiate an intergovernmental agreement that would be in our city's best interest," Hoye said.
The tribe's proposal, the mayor said, has the potential to create up to 4,000 jobs and generate additional revenue for the city.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for our city and we will only get one chance at a project of this magnitude," Hoye said. "I have consistently stressed the need for job creation, business opportunities and taking charge of our own destiny, and this is a chance to accomplish all three."


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by Meg Cohen Ragas
On a recent Tuesday at Germantown Friends School, the Maebori fourth grade class took to the stage of the Loeb Performing Arts Center dressed as barnyard animals – pigs, cows, sheep, ducks, dogs – for their final performance of "On the Other Side of the Fence," an original musical written by music therapist Andrea Green.
The story of two farms separated by a big fence erected because of a long-standing feud between two farmers – and two pigs' desire to cross that fence and forge a special bond – the play explores the issues of acceptance, friendship, patience and understanding. Heavy themes for ten-year-olds to process, yes, but not when you consider who they're sharing the stage with: students from the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy.
For the past three decades, Teresa Maebori's class has partnered with the HMS school in West Philadelphia in a musical theater program known as "Something Magical." This year marks the 30th anniversary of that collaboration (being filmed for a documentary by Mind TV), which began when Maebori overheard one of her students use the word "retarded" to describe a person who was disabled.
Knowing that children struggle with difference, she took her students to HMS to meet children who were just like them except nonverbal, physically and mentally handicapped and in wheelchairs. That visit was kind of a disaster – the GFS students were uncomfortable and couldn't find a common ground with the HMS children.
But out of that visit grew the idea of producing a musical in which students from both institutions would participate. "The Other Side of the Fence" was the first musical that HMS music therapist Green wrote, and over the last 30 years she has penned an additional seven Broadway-style scripts, each with the message of diversity and bullying at the heart.
"Andrea and her original musicals are incredible," said fourth-grade teacher Teresa Maebori, who has collaborated with Green on all 30 productions. "They set the stage for our work together. Through music and singing the songs, the students are [mirroring] what they're doing: 'Good Friends,' 'We've Got to Work Together,' 'On the Other Side of the Fence.' [These] are just a few of the songs that are like a play within a play."
And during the performance, something magical truly happens on stage. While Lily Seldin charms on the perky number "I Dig That Pig," her HMS partner, nervous and shy, pipes in quietly, but with equal enthusiasm, "He blows a kiss!" Max Marlowe's partner, Greg Viola, takes on an entire song verse by himself, and the young actors who share the stage patiently wait through pregnant pauses, stops-and-starts and nervous laughter.
It's not uncommon for Green to call out from the piano, "Don't worry, we'll wait for you!" or "Let's try that one more time!" For those HMS students who can't speak, there are a variety of buttons, switches and machines that they can press or operate to create sounds (like those of barnyard animals) and robotic voices.
"The naturalness of the students to overlook differences and find what is human in each other [is what I'll miss most]," says Maebori, who will be retiring in June after 36 years of teaching at GFS.
"I'll miss seeing the transformation of children from both schools," she said. "I've seen HMS students grow and triumph in their contributions to the musicals, the smiles, laughter and sounds of joy when they know they've had success. I'll miss the opportunity I've had in changing our children so that they won't be afraid of someone in a wheelchair, or of someone that may not be able to walk or talk."
As the students sing the final notes of the final number, "Celebration Hoe-down," in a show they've rehearsed together for the past six months, there's a certain bittersweetness. Connections have been made, friendships established.
"Each year, it's hard to say good-bye," said Maebori. "The magic and the power of the exchange haven't changed after all of these years."


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If given the choice, would you want butter or margarine? Sugar or artificial sweetener? Vinyl or digital music?
The answer to all, of course, is, yes. Give me the real thing. And for obvious reasons.
Butter doesn't have the trans fatty acids that cause heart attacks.
Sugar is not made with all the controversial fake stuff that defines "artificial."
And vinyl just sounds better.
We are in a societal shift where old is new — and not because it's trendy or retro, but because there is value in the original source files.
For the first time in modern history, we are a significant transgenerational culture. From music to food, teens to octogenarians, it's not about the decade you grew up in but the quality and staying power of the experience.
In other words, Pandora doesn't have an algorithm for a unique life.
"The kids today like our music," said Jim Otto, owner of the landmark Laguna Beach record store, Sound Spectrum. "Our music now is ultra-cool, even more cool than we thought it was at the time."
And by "our music" Otto is not only referring to the classic '60s or '70s rock, but to the crossover music that appeals to independent audiences looking for originality.
Otto gave the example of the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and highlighted the comparisons to today's Coachella. The three-day Monterey festival was the first of its kind and established the blueprint for subsequent festivals.
Among many other artists, the Monterey lineup included Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding and Ravi Shankar (rock, soul and Eastern). An astounding 45 years later, Coachella fits this same model, attracting everything from hard rock to reggae to dubstep.
The reason this diverse approach works is simple: People want a legendary experience.
"Music hits on a subdermal level," said Otto, who firmly believes in the transformational power of hands-on music.
"With digital, people don't have anything to hold. It's all bits and an overload of information," he said. "Plus, with records people can listen to songs in the order that they were intended."
Last Saturday was Record Store Day, the international event that is like Christmas in April for record stores.
For fun, Otto sometimes plays music in the store that he believes will resonate with certain customers, based solely on their appearance or window-shopping habits.
He will watch with amusement as they start to move and bob, then walk up to the counter asking, "Who is this?"
"At record stores like Sound Spectrum, someone behind the counter cares about what they're selling you," he said.
If customers like Tom Waits, chances are they will appreciate Leonard Cohen, Louis Armstrong or Beck.
But beyond the style or preference of music, there is the qualitative value of old-school vinyl, as opposed to the vacuous 99-cent download.
"I sell more vinyl than CDs now," Otto said.
Make no mistake, digital music is still the king of sales. There is no going back. But on a percentage basis, vinyl resurgence is impressive, showing 40% growth over the last year, and it is the fastest growing musical format segment in the industry, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Perhaps the reason for this overall flashback is one of character. We acknowledge the alleged superiority of margarine, aspartame and mp3, but we have trust issues. We hold them at arm's length because they are not one of our own.
They are forced on us, not embraced. They are manufactured, measured, dissected and compressed.
And they will become obsolete.
But the things that remain, the things we trust, have permanence because there is a built-in truth that we can feel and hear — a quality that is not formulaic.
It's the smell, crackle and spark of authenticity. It's the reason we get excited over a new album release by our favorite artist. It's why we use butter and sugar when we bake.
Like generations before us, we know it's good.
DAVID HANSEN is a writer and Laguna Beach resident. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Game streaming is the ability to play Xbox One games remotely from your Xbox One console on any Windows 10 PC on your home network.
To take advantage of game streaming, you need:
Note If a wired connection is not practical in your home due to the distance between your console and your home networking device, you can invest in either of two additional options that take advantage of the existing wiring in your home:
To use Xbox game streaming, you must first enable game streaming from your Xbox One. To do this, go to Settings and select Preferences. Make sure these two settings are enabled:
After ensuring that your console settings are correct, you need to establish a connection from your Windows 10 PC to your Xbox One console from within the Xbox app on your PC:
Note All Xbox One consoles are pre-named "MyXboxOne". If you have multiple consoles, you should rename each one so that you can correctly identify the console you're trying to connect to. You can rename your console by going to Settings on your Xbox One and then selecting System. Console name is the first option on the System screen.
To begin streaming, click Stream once the console is connected.
Connect your console to your PC, as described previously. After you click on any Xbox One game in the Xbox app, you can initiate streaming from within that game hub. Just click Play from console in the upper-right corner of the screen.
That game will immediately be launched on the Xbox One console and streaming will start.
After your PC is connected to your Xbox One console, you can select a quality level for the video. You can change the quality of your stream before you start streaming or while you are streaming. You should set the quality to the highest level that still gives you a good gameplay experience.
Note You can always start with a higher setting and reduce your quality level until you reach the best performance your home network will support based on your current configuration. To try to improve your game streaming experience, see Improve Xbox app for Windows 10 game streaming performance.
Protected video and HDCP-protected content can't be streamed with game streaming. This includes protected HDMI television content as well as the content from many media applications.
Plug your USB headset (or microphone) into your Windows 10 PC or your chat headset into your controller before beginning game streaming. Your headset must be selected as the default playback and recording device on your PC. To access this setting, open Control Panel, select Hardware and Sound, and then select Manage Audio Devices.
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Smartphones are a hot holiday item, but with new devices coming out so frequently, it's hard to keep up with all the latest features and know what to pick for people on your holiday gift list.
The welcome news is that advanced technology increasingly means gaps are closing between smart devices. Still, it may be wise to think about how recipients will use the phone. Are they shutterbugs or movie junkies?
CNBC scoured the choices and talked with analysts to find the 10 best phones for every type of user.
—By Evelyn Cheng, Special to CNBC.com.
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Santa\'s sled will be full of statistical goodies Thursday when six different economic indicators are slated for release.
Initial jobless claims are expected to rise to 360,000 from last week\'s surprisingly low 343,000 reading. The Labor Department data, due at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, has averaged 381,500 over the past four weeks, though that includes two weeks which were heavily distorted by Hurricane Sandy.
The market usually looks past the third estimate of gross domestic product, which for the third quarter is expected to be revised upward to a 2.9% gain, up from an initial estimate of 2% and a revised estimate of 2.7%. That data also comes out at 8:30 a.m., out of the Commerce Department. In any case, expectations for the fourth quarter are more somber, for just 1.1% growth.
The annualized rate for sales of existing homes is expected to rise to 4.9 million in November from 4.79 million in October, with affordability feeding demand, according to economists surveyed by MarketWatch. The National Association of Realtors will release the existing-home sales data at 10 a.m.
Elsewhere at the same time, the Conference Board will report its leading-economic index, and analysts expect a decline of 0.2% for November, compared with a gain of 0.2% in October. The LEI is a weighted gauge of 10 indicators that are designed to signal business cycle peaks and troughs.
Also at 10, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia will release its gauge of regional manufacturing activity, and economists expect a result of negative 4 in December, compared with negative 10.7 in November, when results were hit by Hurricane Sandy.
Finally, the Federal Housing Finance Agency will release home price data for October.


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Conference Report Card (Sweet 16 Edition)Posted by rtmsf on March 26th, 2008
Yes, kiddies, the grades are in from the first two rounds, and it's obvious that some of you haven't been doing your homework (ahem, SEC), and others of you are instead choosing to rely on your good looks and history (ahem, ACC). Still more of you are riding the coattails of your top students (ahem, Pac-10), while some of you have a tendency to perform well early while faltering late (ahem, Big East). Some of you guys there in the back of the class – the quiet ones – it appears you have been doing a little better than we expected (ahem, Big 10); there may even be top of the class potential here (ahem, Big 12)!
How do Conferences Stack Up So Far?
Big 12 (6 bids, 2 remaining, 7-4 record)
The Big 12 looked really good in the first round, going 5-1 and only losing one game where Baylor played pretty well. The second round was only 2-3 for the league, but the twin powers of Kansas and Texas continued to roll, inspiring confidence that one or both will end up playing in the final weekend as well. Oklahoma and K-State took it on the chin that round, but Texas A&M pushed UCLA to the brink of elimination. This league has performed very well given its teams' relatively lower seeding, already exceeding its predicted win total (6.7) with a substantial chance to really destroy it.
Verdict: this league was probably a little underrated all year in the middle of the pack, but everyone knew what Kansas and Texas were capable of. Still, a solid to superb performance so far for this league.
Grade: A-
Big 10 (4 bids, 2 remaining, 5-2 record)
Yes, we know we've crushed the Big 10 all season long, and we're still not convinced this league is worth a damn as a whole. But we certainly have to give it up for its performance in the first two rounds, going 3-1 in the first round and 2-1 in the second to push half of its bids into the Sweet 16. Furthermore, both Wisconsin and Michigan St. have looked really solid in doing so. With an average seed of 5.5, the Big 10 has already achieved its expected win value (4.8 wins), and probably has a fair chance to get at least one more next weekend.
Verdict: the Big 10 run probably stops this weekend, but the teams that made the Tourney have performed admirably as a whole (exception: Indiana and their disgraceful collapse this year).
Grade: B+
Big East (8 bids, 3 remaining, 10-5 record)
The Big East started off tremendously, going a strong 7-1 in the first round, with only UConn dropping out in an upset loss to San Diego. The second round wasn't as kind, as Georgetown and Marquette lost close games with Davidson and Stanford, respectively. As two of the league's hotter teams, Pitt and Notre Dame's poor performances in the second round were also surprising. If it weren't for the two Cinderellas (WVU and Villanova) taking the place of three protected seeds who were eliminated (Pitt, ND, Georgetown), the Big East could have had a disastrous second round, getting only Louisville into the Sweet 16.
We can't shake the feeling that this conference should have had at least five teams in the regionals this year, though, given the relative weakness of most of the other conferences. Still, its average seed of 5.4 (including four protected seeds of #4 or higher) suggests an expected win total of about 9.6 (1.2 wins per team) through the tournament, and the conference has already achieved that mark with at least two winnable games (WVU and Louisville) upcoming.
Verdict: major opportunity lost to put 5 or even 6 teams into the Sweet 16 this year. Three is a nice compromise, especially considering two of them are Cinderellas.
Grade: B
Pac-10 (6 bids, 3 remaining, 6-3 record)
The Pac-10 this year is a classic case of haves and have-nots. First-class teams such as UCLA, Stanford and Wazzu are all still alive (although UCLA and Stanford should feel particularly thankful), while the second-class teams (Arizona, Oregon, USC) were rather easily dismissed in the first round. Its average seed (5.5) predicts 7.2 wins, and we're not sure that the league will get there. Stanford and Wazzu have extremely tough games in the next round against Texas and UNC, respectively, while even UCLA has proven vulnerable and may run into trouble against Xavier or WVU in the regional finals. No Pac-10 team in the F4 during a year where it was clearly a deep conference with beauceaux NBA talent would be a huge disappointment.
Verdict: so far, treading water. Last second escapes by its big boys don't exactly inspire confidence for later rounds. Wazzu has looked the most impressive, but Arizona and Oregon probably didn't belong in this tournament at all.
Grade: B-
ACC (4 bids, 1 remaining, 4-3 record)
Like everyone else, we watched in shock as Billy Packer harangued the NCAA Selection Committee chairman for only including four ACC teams even though the league enjoyed the #1 RPI rating. Thank God for small favors. This league stunk up the joint for the most part, as Duke tried to lay its golden egg on Thursday night before getting exposed for good on Saturday, and Clemson manifested its annual collapse into one game against Villanova. Miami beat St. Mary's and fought hard against Texas, but they just aren't that good. Which leaves UNC, which has been and continues to be the only real class of the league this year. The ACC's average seed was 3.8, which means if the league is to reach its expected win value of 6.4, it's all on UNC's ample shoulders as the sole survivor.
Verdict: this league was garbage this year and we all knew it. UNC may ultimately make the overall record look good, but this wasn't a good conference and it showed in its performance in the NCAAs.
Grade: C
SEC (6 bids, 1 remaining, 4-5 record)
Speaking of terrible leagues, the SEC was a total and complete disaster this year. Tennessee is the class of the conference, but even they haven't been playing very well and are an underdog as the only remaining SEC team in the next round. The SEC went 3-3 in the first round, and 1-2 in the second round, making it the only major conference with a losing record to date. Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi St… they all fought hard, but they simply weren't very good teams this year. And what can you say about Vandy other than they're a complete joke away from Memorial Coliseum? Ugh.
Verdict: it wasn't as apparent just how bad this league was until we saw the results of the last weekend. Without Florida and a stronger Kentucky, the SEC remains the seven dwarves.
Grade: D
Mid-Majors (14 bids, 3 remaining, 9-11 record)
The NCAA screwed the mid-majors this year by pitting six of them in games against each other in the first round, but the little guys still pushed through and managed to put three teams into the Sweet 16 – Davidson, Xavier and Western Kentucky. We have to wonder what would have happened had teams such as Drake, Gonzaga and S. Alabama gotten a chance to play one of the big boys. Only Xavier has a significant shot to continue advancing (v. WVU next).
Verdict: definitely better than last year, when only two (Butler and S. Illinois) made it to the regionals. Would have liked to have seen a little more fight from the likes of St. Mary's, George Mason, Temple and St. Joseph's, though.
Grade: C


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Browns WR Josh Gordon breaks records, perceptions
Josh Gordon dresses flashy and he drives a camouflaged Porsche
with orange rims, a luxury car the Browns wide receiver believes is
one of a kind.
These days, he's pretty exclusive himself.
With a 261-yard performance last week against Jacksonville,
Gordon became the first player in NFL history to record consecutive
200-yard games. His 498 yards in the two games is also a league
record and his 623 yards over a three-game span is also a league
On Sunday at New England, Gordon can break Cleveland's team
record for yards in a season held by Braylon Edwards, who had 1,289
in 2007. Edwards did it in 16 games, while Gordon has racked up
1,249 in just 10 after he was suspended for the first two games
this season for violating the league's drug policy.
Like his Porsche, Gordon gets places in a hurry.
And to think, the Browns considered trading him.
The 6-foot-3, 225-pound Gordon is a sublime mix of speed, size
and strength. He's been timed at 4.37 seconds in the 40-yard dash
and is all-around athleticism is extraordinary.
At 22, he's just getting started.
"He's a great player," said Patriots coach Bill Belichick,
never one to throw around too much praise. "He can attack all
three levels of the defense. He can run through them, he can take
the short plays, catch-and-run plays, crossing patterns, look
patterns, plays like that, quick three-step drops and break
"He's very good on the intermediate routes, the in-cuts, the
crossing routes, comebacks, stop-routes, things like that that
attack the middle levels of the defense. He's a complete player
that can run fast, catch, big target and make a lot of yards on his
own after the catch with his speed, size and running ability."
Gordon's deception speed was never more evident than last
Sunday, when he turned a routine in-route into a jaw-dropping,
95-yard touchdown. After catching Brandon Weeden's pass, Gordon
broke one tackle and then outran two Jacksonville defenders,
pulling further away from them with every stride.
"Once he caught it, nobody was catching him," Browns
cornerback Joe Haden said of the teammate he refers to as
Along with breaking records, the humble Gordon is smashing
perceptions about him.
Because of his drug suspension, and a documented pattern of
substance abuse in college, Gordon was branded as too risky for
most teams before the Browns selected him in last year's
supplemental draft. An offseason slip-up seemed to validate that
thinking but Gordon has been a model citizen this season, showing
signs he has grown up and learned from his mistake.
During training camp, there was criticism that he wasn't working
hard enough, coasting.
"Apparently what I do on the field, it's backing itself up,"
he said before Thursday's practice. "So people say I'm loafing,
but I feel as though I'm going 100 percent out there on the field.
So people will perceive or hear rumors and believe what they want
to believe because of whatever negativity has been surrounding me
but I really pay not attention to it."
Despite making history the past two weeks, Gordon would gladly
trade his individual accomplishments for wins.
"For the team, the record in the win column is a lot more
valuable to the city, to this organization," he said. "It would
mean a lot more because the records could be broken by anybody at
any given time."
Browns offensive coordinator Norv Turner has been impressed with
Gordon's growth.
He, too, scoffs at the idea Gordon isn't giving 100 percent and
said the 95-yard TD is proof the second-year player doesn't take
any plays off.
"That's why I don't pay any attention to the all the people
that come in here for one or two days in August and they complained
the guy doesn't work hard, he doesn't run routes, he doesn't
finish," Turner said. "He had already caught nine balls for 150
yards. I didn't see him not run a route full speed, and he goes 95
yards and pulls away from some pretty fast guys.
"So all this August talk is just talk. He's a young player
that's maturing and getting a lot better and I think he can really
get a lot better. We just need to keep working the way we've been
working and he's been working."
Gordon may have to work harder than ever on Sunday.
Belichick likes to take away a team's strengths, so New
England's defensive game plan is likely to be focused on stopping
Gordon – or at least trying.
Patriots cornerback Agib Talib will likely be matched on Gordon.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Talib held Denver wide receiver Demaryius
Thomas to a season-low 41 yards and didn't give up a reception to
Saints tight end Jimmy Graham before leaving with an injury in the
second half.
"He's a real physical, scrappy player," Gordon said of Talib.
"But I'm going to come out there and do the same, go out there and
make plays myself and try to make sure that nobody can stop me. I'm
pretty sure he'll make some plays, but I'm definitely going to make
more plays."
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The loss marked the Gauchos' fifth straight on its home court this season; they are now 1-5 in the Thunderdome. UCSB falls to 5-10 on the season and 1-2 in conference games while Pacific improves to 12-2 and 2-0 in league.
"Of course it's always disappointing to lose, but this team is ok," said head coach Carlene Mitchell. "I know that when I walk in the locker room and I see it in their eyes. I told them to play what I said like a broken record last year in their heads, and that was, 'we will win when it counts.' I believe that, there is no doubt about it, and I am on board with those 11 players in that locker room. I know we are going to get it done."
To open the game, Pacific climbed out to a 7-0 lead before Sweets Underwood got the Gauchos on the board with a jumper from the top of the key with 16:31 on the clock. The Tigers pushed their lead to 15-4 before the UCSB offense finally gained some momentum and went on a 7-0 run of its own to cut the Pacific lead to four with 11:07 to go.
Pacific responded with six unanswered points to give them a double-digit lead for the second time in the half. The Gauchos were able to cut their deficit down to single digits, but would come no closer than five points. Angelei Aguirre's jumper with 2:37 left cut the Tiger lead to 29-22 and proved to be the last basket of the stanza.
Each team struggled with turnovers in the first, tallying nine apiece. The Tigers shot 48% from the field (12-for-25) to open the game while holding the Gauchos to just 10-of-26 (38%).
The Tigers closed the door on the Gauchos early in the second as they opened with a 21-8 run that gave them their biggest lead of the game at 50-30 with 11:55 remaining. UCSB was able to ice the Tiger offense as it put up nine unanswered points to cut the Pacific lead back to 11 with 9:06 on the clock, but that's the closest it would come in the half.
UCSB saw improved shooting in the second half as they made 9-of-19 from the field (47.4%) to finish the game shooting 42.2%, its best performance since the Dec. 5 win against Loyola Marymount. Pacific ended shooting 47.1%.
Junior Nicole Nesbit paced the Gauchos offensively for the third consecutive game as she put up a team-leading 13 points off the bench to go with three assists. Sweets Underwood posted nine points and seven rebounds and Melissa Zornig finished with nine points and four assists.
The Tigers had three players score in the double digits: Ashley Wakefield (19), Kendall Rodriguez (13) and Kendall Kenyon (10). Wakefield scored 13 of her points in the second half alone. Kenyon led all players with nine boards as the Tigers out-rebounded UCSB, 32-24.
"Just like when we were at Long Beach, at times we were reluctant and didn't have an attacking mentality," Mitchell said. "We went to the free-throw line more in the second half, so I think we stepped it up a little bit."
The Gauchos shot 81.3% from the charity stripe (13-of-16). Their 16 trips to the line were the most in the last six games (since the Dec. 15 game against Washington).
UCSB will be back in action on Saturday, Jan. 12 against UC Davis. Game time is slated for 2 pm at the Thunderdome. The game will be broadcast on AM 1290 KZSB and online at UCSBgauchos.com. A live video stream can be found at BigWest.tv.
Tickets for women's basketball are available at the Ticket Office in the Intercollegiate Athletics Building on campus, by calling 805-893-UCSB (8272) or online by clicking here.


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"We are making significant progress toward achieving the environmental sustainability goals we have outlined in our annual corporate responsibility report," said Thomas E. Raymond, manager of environmental engineering at Hormel Foods. "This success is the result of dedicated employee efforts and capital improvement projects."
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Panel Kills Medical Defense for Marijuana Charge
PIERRE - A South Dakota House committee has rejected a measure that would have let people charged with possessing small amounts of marijuana argue in court that they need it for medical reasons.
The Health and Human Services Committee voted 7-6 to kill the bill.
The sponsors said they do not want to legalize marijuana or set up a distribution system where people could get it for medical purposes. But they said people suffering or dying from cancer or other diseases should be able to use medical necessity as a defense in court.
State and local law enforcement officials opposed the bill, saying it could open the door to eventual legalization of marijuana in South Dakota.
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The Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) announced it is offering a new three-day Personal Fitness Trainer (PFT) certification course that will help personal trainers prepare for the National Boards, a new program of standardized testing from the National Board of Fitness Examiners (NBFE).
In a message posted on the Web to members yesterday evening, AFAA President Linda Pfeffer said, "We are excited to have received provisional approval from the NBFE for AFAA's new PFT Certification Course…Of course, we cannot guarantee that everyone who takes and passes the AFAA PFT Certification Course will pass the National Boards, but it's the best way to get started on preparing for the new exams."
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AFAA also announced that it has been granted affiliate status by NBFE.
"AFAA has been invited by NBFE to participate, along with other NBFE affiliates, in the development of the National Boards, including both the written and practical exams," Pfeffer said in the message. "The written and practical exams will be developed under the supervision of the prestigious National Board of Medical Examiners, the most highly respected testing authority that tests the competencies of physicians and allied health professionals."
The message also stated that the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) recently met with the NBFE to express its support for written and practical exams for the fitness industry. Both are discussing and planning for qualified certification organizations to assist in the delivery of practical exams for personal trainers.
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- oyster said...
Advice? Keep "failing" upwards.
Keep learning from your "delayed successes". It's un-fun, but the hardest and most worthy fights are not always "won" in the conventional sense. Energy and time is limited, so pick your fights wisely, and learn effective strategery so that apparent setbacks can be usefully transformed into the prologues for future victories.
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- As the NYT quoted Orwell recently, "any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats."
All of your stated goals are of a scale far beyond any one person's ability. By nature, they require a community. All one person can hope to do is help move the ball down the field as far as can with the legs God gave you. The real measure of your efforts is in your contribution as perceived by your teammates and the public you serve.
If your colleagues have had similar experiences to those I have had, they are better people for it. You've been a big success in my book. I am legitimately proud.
Though we had different strategies and use different tactics, I like to think the ideals and ultimate ends are the same among us. The doubts and ambivalence toward personal success certainly are. I will be for the worse without your sharp perspective to keep me on the ball.
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Raw's live tonight, and with a few short weeks left until WrestleMania, WWE
is in "build to PPV" mode. Let's see what WWE cooked up for the Monday
night faithful.
We start off quickly with Jerry Lawler in the ring, announcing
that tonight's main event will be a World title match between Edge and John Cena.
Then, just as quickly, we go Piper's Pit, hosted by Chris Jericho? Sure, why not.
showing the famous clip from years back with Piper and Jimmy Snuka, Jericho then
invites Snuka into the Pit and shows clips from some of their matches.
gives a great promo, yet again. Snuka stands up to him, and Jericho starts pulling
out the fruit. Before he can use the coconut, Snuka intercepts it and threatens
Jericho. Jericho then scampers off, only to reappear after pushing the set down
on Snuka. Jericho then gives Snuka a major beating. Good segment but still no
'Mania opponent for Y2J.
Match 1 - Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Mike Knox
(Triple Threat, Money In The Bank qualifying match)
Man, WWE's really pushing the
triple threats eh?
Average match (and that's being generous) sees Knox hit
his finisher on Mysterio, only to walk into a Kane chokeslam. Big Red's going
to 'Mania.
Winner: Kane
Post-match, Kane stays heel by chokeslamming
Next up is a look back at WrestleMania XII and the Iron Man match.
leads into an HBK interview, talking about his match with Vladimir Kozlov and
the potential match against Undertaker.
Match 2 - Kelly Kelly/Mickie
James vs. Beth Phoenix/Jillian Hall
I feel like we've seen this match
100 times already. Maryse and Melina are on commentary and bicker through the
match. Kelly, eventually, gets a top rope sommersault pin for the duke.
Post match, Rosa Mendez runs in, as does Santino Marella
and Melina... well, the latter tries to until Maryse trips her up and then gives
her a harsh DDT on the outside. Looks like we're potentially getting a unification
match at 'Mania for the ladies' titles.
After a video, Randy Orton comes
out flanked by Legacy and various lawyers and police officers and announces he
will face the winner of the Edge/John Cena bout at 'Mania. Triple H then comes
out with a sledgehammer and soon after heads to the ring. He then drops the hammer
and is invited into the ring. The two stand face-to-face and Triple H throws the
Evolution encounter between the two out to goad him into a 'Mania match. One of
the lawyers speak out and order security to remove HHH. Orton calls them off and
says he will instead face The Game, with the caveat being that neither can touch
each other until 'Mania. The deal is made, and then Orton then taunts Triple H
enough for the two to go forehead to forehead (so much for stipulations). Triple
H then goes off on Randy again. Strong, strong segment here!
Match 3
- Shawn Michaels vs. Vladimir Kozlov
The match is surprisingly decent,
with Kozlov going to other wrestlers' finishers, including the Bulldog powerslam
and Lex Luger's Torture Rack. HBK, however, gets the clean pin on Kozlov following
the Superkick. Folks, we have our true 'Mania main event, HBK vs 'Taker.
Winner: Shawn
Next up, we take a look at 12 Rounds, John Cena's next movie.
Then we find out that the next inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame is "Cowboy"
Bill Watts.
After this, we go to a quick interview with Edge about tonight's
main event.
Match 4 - Edge vs. John Cena (World Title Match)
was another great match between these guys, as we might expect. Eventually, the
two go to the finisher exchange/escape finish, with Edge eventually getting DQ'd
by hitting Cena with the title belt.
Winner: Cena
Cena's hopes
of going to 'Mania are further dashed when Big Show and Vickie Guerrero come out.
Vickie announces Show as Edge's opponent at 'Mania.
Overall, this was a
good show and did well to build up 'Mania. Most of the action wasn't great, but
the main event, Jericho and the HHH/Orton exchange were wicked.
Jon Waldman has been with SLAM! Wrestling since 2000.


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Dungeons & Dragons Online
This guide will show you how to install and run Dungeons & Dragons Online using Wine on GNU/Linux.
Dungeons & Dragons Online is a MMORPG similar to World of Warcraft. DDO usually appeals to more mature RPG fans and focuses more on exploring and completing quests in dungeons rather than on terrain. DDO is free to play and doesn't require month subscription fees like WoW but unlike WoW players will often find that leveling will require buying additional modules that grant access to certain quests and areas.
What Doesn't Work
- As with all complex games run in Wine, there is a performance penalty. For medium level graphic cards you're probably better off playing DDO in Windows, or accept changing graphic settings from High to Low.
- Opening video will be choppy unless clicked on.
- Opening video will not have sound for users with OSS.
- DirectX 10 support cannot be used as it is not supported in Wine yet.
- Window Manager will occasionally steal mouse-clicks on startup (pressing another key like PrintScreen can sometimes fix this).
First a recent version of Wine will need to be installed, then DDO, and then PyLotRO (Python Lord of the Rings Online) will need to be installed to logon to the Turbine servers.
This guide is based on the WineHQ AppDB entry that may or may not be more up to date than this article.
If you have already installed DDO on a Windows version skip to #PyLotRO.
You will need an account to play. Sign up for an account on the Dungeons & Dragons Online website. After you have gotten an account, you will need to download an older installer. The installer you will be directed to download after signing up will not run properly with Wine. The older version of the installer will need to be downloaded and then the game client will need to be updated after that.
wget http://download.ddo.level3.turbine.com/largecontent/ddo/mod8/downloader/live/standardres/DDO-US-Mod8-Downloader-StandardRes.exe wget http://download.ddo.level3.turbine.com/largecontent/ddo/mod8/downloader/live/highres/DDO-US-Mod8-Downloader-HighRes.exe
The HighRes installer is recommended as settings can be reduced after that. EU locales will need to use a different installer (and possible account too) that is located hereTemplate:Linkrot.
Start the installer by:
wine DO-US-Mod8-Downloader-HighRes.exe
The installer will first download files of about 4GB before installing. After the download, installing to the default location is fine. When the installer gets to installing the .NET Framework it will error (Application has generated an exception that could not be handled) and the .NET Framework will need to be installed manually. Select to quit the installer and then uncheck the option to launch the game.
Download the Window's version of Mono by:
wget http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/archive/188.8.131.52/windows-installer/3/mono-184.108.40.206-gtksharp-2.12.9-win32-3.exe
And then install it by:
wine mono-22.214.171.124-gtksharp-2.12.9-win32-3.exe
Again installing the default settings will be fine.
PyLotRO will be needed to send login infomation to the Turbine servers because the .NET login application does not work properly in Wine.
PyLotRO will need the game library from LotRO to get login information. You can get this by:
wget http://www.lotrolinux.com/LOTRO_EU_Bk13_PatchClient.tar.bz2
Then extract it:
tar xvf LOTRO_EU_Bk13_PatchClient.tar.bz2
The library will need to be moved to the DDO directory and renamed so not to get erased on updates:
mv patchclient.dll ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Turbine/Dungeons\ \&\ Dragons\ Online\ -\ Stormreach/dndlogin.dll
If you already have the game installed on Windows, it will have to be moved there (e.g.
/mnt/win/Program\ Files/Turbine/DDO\ Unlimited).
PyLorRO will need to know the location of your DDO install. If you installed DDO through Wine, start PyLotRO and define DDO by going to 'Tools > Settings Wizard' then select 'Dungeons & Dragons Online' and then 'Find Games'. This will find the DDO install in the Wine directory after which you will have to click 'Apply'. For a Windows install, you will need to go to 'Tools > Options' and define the directory manually. In 'Options' the patchclient downloaded previously will need to be defined. In this case it would be 'dndlogin.dll' and after which you will need to 'Save' the settings.
After this is done the DDO infomation should come up and the DDO client will need to be updated. This is done by going to 'Tools > Patch'. When updating is done, login and test if DDO runs.
If you have DDO installed on Windows, DDO run through Wine will not recognize the settings from the Windows DDO install. These will need to copied to your GNU/Linux install:
mkdir ~/Dungeons\ and\ Dragons\ Online cd /mnt/win/Users/<USERNAME>/Documents/Dungeons\ and\ Dragons\ Online/ cp UserPreferences.ini ddo.keymap ~/Dungeons\ and\ Dragons\ Online
Clean Up
Installing programs through Wine can install a lot of menu items scattered around. To clean up:
cd ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/ mv Mono\ 220.127.116.11\ for\ Windows/Uninstall\ Mono-18.104.22.168\ Win32.desktop . rm -r Mono\ 188.8.131.52\ for\ Windows/ rm -r Administrative\ Tools/ cd Turbine/Dungeons\ \&\ Dragons\ Online\ -\ Stormreach/ rm [A-C]* [R-S]*


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Gun-control advocates are hoping to reverse some of the political influence of the National Rifle Association and other gun rights proponents by urging the White House to strip the president's next budget proposal of any provision that limits how federal agencies track firearms.
They are targeting one of the oldest tricks in the congressional playbook, a legislative sleight-of-hand that tucks little, sometimes random, changes to federal policy into massive "must pass" spending bills with the hope that they slip quietly under the radar and into law.
For years, the NRA and other gun rights groups have earned bipartisan support to amend spending bills with "riders" limiting how the Justice Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) keep track of firearms.
Some of the provisions in question have been adopted in the president's budget year after year, after having originated as legislative riders to spending bills on Capitol Hill.
But gun-control advocates are focusing on the practice as part of their broader strategy of confronting the NRA. President Obama's 2014 budget proposal is scheduled to be released early next month, and the new focus on budgeting minutiae in the already emotional debate over the nation's gun laws could create a flash point between Obama and his allies on the left.
By raising the riders issue, liberals also hope to put the NRA on the defensive, forcing the group and its lobbyists to publicly defend the practice of attaching riders on appropriations bills, while also fighting off fresh legislation to limit gun violence introduced in the wake of the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
A new report, set for release Tuesday by the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP) and obtained by The Washington Post, highlights the decades-long practice of using riders to hamper ATF's ability to police the flow of illegal weapons.
"The NRA often has this line, 'Why don't we enforce the laws on the books?,' but for the last few decades they've been making it harder and harder for federal agencies to do that," said CAP senior fellow Arkadi Gerney, the report's co-author.
The report highlights six gun-related riders set for approval by the House and Senate this week as part of a short-term spending resolution. Four of the riders under consideration would be made permanent, while two would be renewed for another year. Most of the riders have been included in spending resolutions since at least 2004 with little debate and broad bipartisan support.
The riders considered most controversial by gun-control advocates bar the Justice Department from conducting inventories of federally licensed firearms dealers and block ATF from using data on firearms sales to draw conclusions about gun-related crime. Other restrictions prohibit ATF from revoking the license of a firearms dealer because of a lack of business activity, while three others focus on the definition and importation of antique firearms favored by collectors.
NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam defended the NRA's push for riders, noting that his group and many other organizations and industries similarly push to have riders added to appropriations bills.
"Given rules and regulations and congressional laws, we have to work within that framework to address it," he said.
As Richard Feldman, a former NRA lobbyist who now leads the Independent Firearm Owners Association, put it: "There are lots of ways of skinning cats. It's an old game on Capitol Hill. There are lots of ways for sophisticated professionals to play the game."
Gun-related riders were included as part of the current spending package in talks that began last spring, according to House and Senate aides familiar with the discussions. The House approved its version of the spending plan over the summer, and senators agreed to include the riders in late November and early December — just days before the Newtown massacre.
But the riders "were not air-dropped in" after Newtown, said one aide, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the negotiations. "This did not appear at the last minute. This language has been around for eight years."
But in light of the Newtown shooting, Gerney said he hopes his report might prompt Obama and lawmakers "to restart the clock, restart the debate, and look at each one of these things and say is it risky, is it worth it?"
A White House spokesman declined to say whether Obama's budget request would include the riders.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who has emerged as a leading voice on gun control since the shooting in his state, called the ban on gun-store inventories an "especially noxious and harmful" restriction.
"Inventories are important law enforcement tools to preclude the disguising or deceiving of illegal sales," he said in an interview Monday.
Blumenthal, elected to the Senate in 2010, admitted he wasn't familiar with the riders until after the Newtown massacre. Now, he plans to back a last-minute push by liberal Senate Democrats to block the gun-related riders and push Obama to strip them out of future budget requests.
"The world has changed since Newtown, and we have a better chance of eliminating them," Blumenthal said. "The effort is very much a marathon, not a sprint, and we have to be prepared to fight session after session, Congress after Congress, to change this policy."


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text: On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Robert G. Brown wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Donald Becker wrote: > > > But that rule doesn't continue when we move to higher core counts. We > > still want a little observability, but a number for each of a zillion > > cores is useless. Perhaps worse than useless, because each tool has to > > make its own decision about how to summarize the values before using them. > > A better solution is to have the reporting side summarize the values. > > Why is this a better solution? Might not applications NOT wish to > summarize or aggregate? And why does the cutoff occur at 2 cpus (and > not 1). There are four fixed slot for CPU utilization percentage, not two. One rule for counting is 0, 1, 2, Many. You have to draw the cut-off somewhere, and somewhere 4 or 8 is where the numbers stop being useful when a human looks at them. After 4 you find that you stop caring about what each core is doing, and instead ask - how many cores are essentially idle / available to do work - how close to fully busy are the occupied cores - how close to completely idle are the idle cores > And what do you choose to compute and return? Aggregated > activity (not showing how it is distributed), or average activity (even > worse, just showing a nominal percentage of total aggregate activity? For the numbers reported per socket or per core, you report and use utilization percentage. BeoStat also reports system load average, mostly because people expect it. But the length of the run queue isn't a good indication of how effective the node is getting work done. > And how do you differentiate (or do you) between a single processor dual > core and a dual processor single core and a single processor quad core > and a dual processor dual core, etc? The CPU core/socket enumeration naturally groups the cores within a single socket. That might change next year when we have three cores per socket. At that point we should do some redesign -- and redesign here means predicting the future. A good approach is to group cores by which channels to memory they use, and start reporting memory controller utilization and contention. My prediction is that those memory controller stats will be the best indication of still-available node capacity. CPU utilization percentages will move from being the primary stat, to a secondary stat -- the CPU/memory busy ratio used for reporting how effectively the busy cores are being used. > A network bottleneck on a system with multiple network interfaces shows > up not necessarily as the aggregate being saturated, but as a particular > interface being saturated. There may be multiple interfaces, and they We support four network reporting slots: 0, 1, 2, and "all of the rest" > may not even have the same speed characteristics -- "saturation" on one > may be a small fraction of the capacity of another. Finding the speed of a network is problematic. Even if we limit ourselves to Ethernet frame format, there are several types of networks which fake a speed report, and dynamically change speed. Non-Ethernet-like networks are even more difficult, especially when they mix RDMA traffic with packet traffic. [[ OK, I'll admit this as a short-coming of BeoStat. When we designed it, I knew we couldn't get accurate network speed numbers. Since I wrote most of the kernel drivers, I knew all of the shortcomings, corner cases and caveats. So we didn't even attempt to report a number, even statically. Someone that knew less would make a sleazy assumption e.g. "100Mbps-HD, 100Mbps-FD or 1Gbps-FD" that would be right most of the time. ]] [[ A secondary problem is that BeoStat doesn't re-order and identify the networks. It just reports them as they are listed in /proc/net/dev. It would be better to identify the networks as being used for booting, control, message communication and file I/O. And then make order them so that unused NICs aren't reported in the first three stat slots, leaving important networks combined in the final, summary slot. ]] > counts, or just the rates? In other words, who does the dividing to > turn packet count deltas into a rate? I think we have implemented a simple, general-purpose solution with two reporting slots, and good-granularity timestamps. That allows programs to compute the rate without keeping their own state. Note that this doesn't attempt to fill the same role as RRD Tool (Round-Robin Display Tool). That system keeps a long record of historical values, and makes decisions about how to summarize and collapse the log. [[ A BeoStat redesign would include a feature to make it easier to keep historical stats. If we included a ring buffer logging which nodes slots had updated values, we could have have a daemon that knew which stats had been updated instead of having to scan the table slightly more frequently than the one-second update period.]] > Incidentally, avoiding client-side arithmetic minimizes computational > impact on the nodes, sometimes the expense of a larger return packet. The arithmetic is trivial. We are talking about some additions, perhaps averaging two numbers. There isn't anything time consuming. The biggest cost is probably the floating point register context switch -- with lazy FP register set switching, the first time you touch any FP register you pay a big cost. If you do even one FP operation, even an implicit conversion that doesn't look like real work, you might as well do a bunch of FP work. -- Donald Becker becker at scyld.com Penguin Computing / Scyld Software www.penguincomputing.com www.scyld.com Annapolis MD and San Francisco CA


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Trevor Clarke needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
I am a php/xml/xslt developer with database skills.
This project is a new venture and I am not a graphic artist so therefore I felt it best to look for a graphic designer.
Chittak Ltd develops software for multiple companies and would look to supply further art design tasks to the successful designer.
People (mainly adults - not children) who are interested in technical workshop manuals, road tests, classic cars, wide range of car manufacturers and some motorbike books.
At present there is no site design as we wish to get the logo right to begin with.
It must be clear, understandable, readable.
Style wise it should be modern and professional.
At present we have no pre-conceptions of what colour palette is to be used so you have free choice.
Obviously it going to be used on a website so the colours used should be accessible for colour blind users.
Ideally it would be great if the design was scalable so it was clear to view it on a desktop and a mobile, but desktop web page is the priority.
The files we will require are:
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Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
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Ikebe Shakedown and Breakdown Brass singles are on the way. I've had some fun gigs (Ikebe Shakedown's tour, sitting in with Galactic, recording for Ghostface Killah's upcoming album, a demo for The Devil Makes Three, tons of deep reggae recordings with Clive Chin, Prince Polo, etc.) That said, it's time to head back out with Streetlight Manifesto! We'll be doing the entire Warped Tour this summer, playing on the Main Stage. Sweet? You can see the individual dates on my calendar.
I'll be offering Trombone/Tuba/Improvisation/Arranging lessons every day at Warped Tour through BandHappy.com, so I'm looking forward to meeting some young musicians and hanging! The other Streetlight dudes are teaching as well, I highly recommend Chris Thatcher, Pete McCullough, Matt Stewart, Mike Brown and Jim Conti as excellent musicians and experienced teachers.


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Apple has just announced the iPad mini and that means they've fully entered the small tablet space. Priced starting at $329, however, they didn't obliterate it as some (including yours truly) thought they would. There's now plenty of room under Apple's umbrella for competitors to compete on price.
Right off the bat we have the new Amazon Kindle Fire 7 HD, which while more media appliance than tablet, and only available in a handful of countries, is still hugely competitive in that space and in those places.
The Nexus 7, which is transitioning from 8G/16GB to 32GB and likely getting cellular is cheaper, but runs more smartphone apps than tablet apps. Still, if that's all you need or care about, it's the best bigger iPod touch on the market right now.
Microsoft's Surface for Windows RT isn't really a small tablet but since no small Windows 8 tablets have been announced yet, we're including it here as well. Microsoft's messaging is still confusing and poorly articulated, however, so I'm waiting to see how it holds up and makes sense in the real world.
RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook, one of the original 7-inch tablets, is still one of the most interesting. It's reportedly going to be upgraded to BlackBerry 10 next year, and if you look around you can find them for as little as $149. That's a pretty good value proposition if you really don't want an iPad mini.
Apple has already sold over 100,000,00 of the 9.7-inch iPads. No one has really cracked the small tablet market though. Will the iPad mini be the first successful, mass market, small form-factor tablet, or did Apple leave enough of a price gap underneath it for a next-generation Nexus 7 or more widely marketed Amazon Kindle Fire to steal ground?