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Some Highlights of the Mossad HaRav Kook Sale of 2017
By Eliezer Brodt
For over thirty years, starting on Isru Chag of Pesach, Mossad HaRav Kook publishing house has made a big sale on all of their publications, dropping prices considerably (some books are marked as low as 65% off). Each year they print around twenty new titles. They also reprint some of their older, out of print titles. Some years important works are printed; others not as much. This year they have printed some valuable works, as they did last year. See here and here for a review of previous year's titles.
If you're interested in a PDF of their complete catalog, email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
As in previous years, I am offering a service, for a small fee, to help one purchase seforim from this sale. The sale's last day is Tuesday. For more information about this, email me at Eliezerbrodt-at-gmail.com. Part of the proceeds will be going to support the efforts of the Seforim Blog.
What follows is a list and brief description of some of their newest titles.
1. הלכות פסוקות השלם, ב' כרכים, על פי כת"י ששון עם מקבילות מקורות הערות ושינויי נוסחאות, מהדיר: יהונתן עץ חיים.
This is a critical edition of this Geonic work. A few years back, the editor, Yonason Etz Chaim put out a volume of the Geniza fragments of this work (also printed by Mossad HaRav Kook).
2. ביאור הגר"א לנ"ך, שיר השירים, ב, ע"י רבי דוד כהן ור' משה רביץ
This is the long-awaited volume two of the Gr"a on Shir Hashirim, heavily annotated by R' Dovid Cohen.
3. עיון תפילה, לר' יעקב צבי מקלנבורג בעל ה'כתב והקבלה', מהדיר ר' משה צוריאל
This is a new edition of the beautiful work on Siddur from the Kesav V'Hakabalah, which has not been available for a while.
4. על התפילה, ר' דוד צבי הופמן, מאמרים על תהפילה ובית הכנסת שתורגמו ונערכו מהרצאותיו ע"י ר' יהושע ענבל, קסה עמודים
This is a small work based on R' Dovid Tzvi Hoffman's lectures on Tefilah (translated from German). Of course, being that it's from R' Hoffman it's important to own.
5. העיקר חסר, ר' צבי רון, אוצר פירושים על החסרות ויתרות בתנ"ך, תקעד עמודים
This is a large collection from a wide range of sources on the interesting topic of Chasairos V'yeseiros in Tanach.
6. קונטרס קידוש השם, ר' ירוחם יהודה ליב פרלמן, הגדול ממינסק, על סדר הרמב"ם הל' יסודי התורה, עם מראה מקומות, ביאורים ומפתחות ע"י ר' הלל דוצי'ן, רנד עמודים.
This is an annotated edition of the small work of the Minsker Godol on Kiddush Hashem. For the back story behind why this work was written, see the following passage from R' Meir Halperin's classic and extraordinary biography, Hagodol MiMinsk.
7. וזאת התורה, ר' דר', חיים טלבי, מנהגי קריאת התורה בעדות ישראל, 640 עמודים
This is an extremely useful and well organized work, based on the author's PhD dissertation, dealing with many aspects of K'reiyas Hatorah before, during and after, such as Hagbah, the amount of Aliyos called, standing, selling of Aliyos and Shenayim Mikrah V'echad Targum.
8. מבית לפרוכת, ר' אברהם סתיו, פשט, עיון ומשמעות בעבודת יום הכיפורים.
9. עולם הקרבנות, ר' צבי אינפלד, ניתוח מעמיק ומקיף עניין הקרבנות.
10. משפטיך תהום רבה, תגובות הגותיות אורתודוקסיות לשואה, עורכים: גרשון גרינברג אסף ידידיה, 355 עמודים.
This is a very useful collection of fifteen essays of Orthodox Theological Responses to the Holocaust. In 2007, Oxford University Press printed a book in English titled Wrestling with God: Jewish Theological Responses during and after the Holocaust edited by Steven T. Katz, Shlomo Biderman, and Gershon Greenberg (689 pp.). The Oxford volume includes almost of all the essays that appear in this new volume and a few additional important orthodox responses not found in this new Hebrew volume. Its rather strange that there is no mention of the Oxford volume in the various introductions and notes, even though Gershon Greenberg, one of the editors of the Hebrew volume was also one of the editors of the English volume. Moreover, in the Hebrew edition, Greenberg never cites the Oxford volume; only his essays about each response.
I would just like to add one source to the bibliography about the essays of R' Kalonymos Shapiro from his Eish Kodesh. Recently, Dr. Daniel Reiser published a beautiful facsimile edition of R' Kalonymos' autograph manuscript of this classic work alongside an annotated transcript. (TOC available upon request).
11. מאמרי טוביה, רשימות ומאמרים לר' טוביה פרשל, א-ב.
Just a few years ago, the great Talmid Chacham, writer and bibliographer (and much more), R' Tovia Preschel, was niftar at the age of 91. R' Preschel authored thousands of articles on an incredibly wide range of topics, in a vast array of journals and newspapers both in Hebrew and English. For a nice, brief obituary about him from Professor Leiman, see here. Upon his passing, his daughter, Dr. Pearl Herzog, immediately started collecting all of his material in order to make it available for people to learn from. Already by the Shloshim a small work of his articles was released. A bit later, she opened a web site devoted to his essays. This website is constantly updated with essays. It's incredible to see this man's range of knowledge (well before the recent era of computer search engines). A few months ago, Mossad HaRav Kook released volume one (424 pp.) containing some of his essays, and right before Pesach volume two was released (482 pp.) This is an extremely special treasure trove of essays and articles on a broad variety of topics. It includes essays related to Halacha, Minhag, bibliography, Pisgamim, history of Gedolim, book reviews, travels and personal encounters and essays about great people he knew or met (e.g.: R' Chaim Heller, R' Abramsky, R' Shlomo Yosef Zevin, R' Meshulem Roth, R' Reuven Margolis, Professor Saul Lieberman). Each volume leaves you thirsting for more. At least another two volumes are in preparation by his daughter, Dr. Pearl Herzog. I wish her much Hatzlacha in this great service for readers of all kinds all over the world. Here is a table of contents of the two volumes.
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So I got a call from my good friend and neighbor Frank Sturek the other day to tell me about a new military vehicle his company – Northrop Grumman Corp. (NGC) – would be unveiling at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2012 annual meeting and exposition in Washington D.C. this week.
I thought to myself, sure, getting a chance to kick the tires (as it were) on this new Medium Assault Vehicle – Light (which is quickly shortened to "MAV-L" in military circles) would offer an opportunity to view a very different kind of "truck" up close and in living color; one designed to survive in environment far more dangerous than what freight haulers experience.
Yet it's HOW this vehicle came to be – rather than the final product itself – that is almost the more interesting part of the MAV-L's story (at least from where I sit), because the military experts at NGC chose a very unusual design partner to create it: motorsport engineering firm Pratt & Miller.
[To view more photos of the MAV-L, click here.]
Sturek told me that NGC not only wanted to start with "clean sheet of paper" to design the MAV-L but also to apply extreme vehicle engineering expertise from outside the military as well: gaining a fresh perspective on how to handle the often violent forces military vehicles are subjected to (explosions, machine gun fire … need we go on?) in their line of work.
Jim Miller – the president of Pratt & Miller and one of its co-founders – explained to me that his company operates on a very simple philosophy: design, develop, build, race, and win.
Originally, he told me NGC came to his firm solely to find ways of improving vehicle occupant safety. "We crash cars into walls at speeds of 150 mph or greater, but the driver gets out and walks away," he told me. "They wanted to learn how we did that."
Very quickly, however, that design conversation broadened to encompass many other vehicle parameters: maneuverability, ride and handling, reparability, and (of course) durability.
Those were all facets of the request for proposal (RFP) released by the Department of Defense (DOD) back in April this year in an effort to provide a safer yet faster and more durable vehicle for "special operations" forces, such as the Green Berets, U.S. Army Rangers, as well as long range reconnaissance patrol missions conducted by regular Army units.
"The DOD wanted an affordable vehicle that not only met the operational requirements of those soldiers, but one that also proved fast, flexible, and above all reliable," noted Tom Vice, NGC's corporate vice president and president of its Northrop Grumman Technical Services division. "Combining our defense expertise with racing expertise marks what we believe is unique advancement in military ground vehicle technology."
[NGC also brought in BAE Systems into the project to help on the production end of things, tapping the expertise of BAE's factory in Sealy, TX, to maintain the quality of the MAV-L design if and when it gets the green light from the DOD for mass production.]
Pratt & Miller's Miller pointed out that his firm is no stranger to military work: indeed, they've done defense work for the last 10 years. But this is really the first time they've really brought their racing experience to bear on a military project – with some interesting results.
For starters, the MAV-L came into being in just 12 weeks – not the years and years often required to design a new vehicle for military operations – marrying the latest cutting-edge computer design programs with decades of hard-won "old school" battlefield and race track insights.
"In the racing world, we like to say that when the green flag drops, you must be ready," Miller told me. "So while we use the latest in computer simulation, CFD [computational fluid dynamics, for aerodynamic analysis], and materials science, we've also got to be able to not only build it fast but repair it fast too."
That meant putting the MAV-L prototype out in the racing shop where Pratt & Miller's racing veterans gave it a "real world" once over. "These guys can tell immediately if bolt connections will hold up under extreme conditions, or whether a fan belt location means it'll take 30 minutes to replace … or five hours. And you can't spend five hours replacing a fan belt, in racing or in combat."
From where NGC's Sturek sits, though, there are even bigger benefits from injecting motorsport expertise into the MAV-L design – especially drawn from his 25 years spent in the U.S. Army, with time spent under fire in Afghanistan and Iraq.
For starters, the high performance ride – especially off road – of the MAV-L means all the bouncing and banging around troopers typically suffer in their tough but rigid transports is eliminated, he said. That way, they don't arrive at the battlefield already worn out and sore at the very moment when bulletsand rocket propelled grenades are flying.
The vehicle is also built to comfortably accommodate fully-loaded soldiers wearing their body armor, ammo, and weapons. "You've got no idea how all that gear can cramp you up in a typical military vehicle," Sturek (seen above at right) told me.
They also get that comfort without sacrificing speed, as the MAV-L can go 60 mph off-road and 80 mph on paved highways. And speed, Sturek reiterated, often means the difference between life and death in a combat zone.
All in all it's a very neat vehicle, the MAV-L, all the more because it results from an unusual mix of military and motorsport expertise. Now all I must do is figure out how to test drive one of these machines!

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The Powderhorn Park neighborhood, on Minneapolis' south side, takes its name from Powderhorn Park lake, a small lake shaped like a powder horn. People gather for cultural activities and large community events in the park. The neighborhood is bound on the north by Lake Street, on the east by Cedar Avenue South, on the south by 38th Street East, and on the west by Chicago Avenue. Powderhorn Park is mainly a residential neighborhood, where single-family houses and narrow residential lots are prevalent. The neighborhood was annexed by the City in 1887 and most of the housing was built by 1920. In 1986 its southern boundary was moved from 36 th Street to 38th Street.
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As Europe Heads on Vacation, Banks Should Not Rest
But as Europe heads out on vacation, investors should stay put and take a closer look at its financial sector, says Francesco Guerrera on The News Hub.
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The demise of the function key
I recently upgrade to a new Dell Studio 15 and retired my old Inspiron. One thing I've noticed is the function keys are now secondary - these keys are now multimedia/system functions by default and you need to use the blue Fn key to activate the old F1-12 behaviour. Other Dell and Apple laptops (at least) seem to be doing the same thing.
Is this the end of the function key? The Litl keyboard got rid of them entirely. The key combination to use them on my laptop is sufficiently difficult that they might as well not exist for me.
So this leads me to the conclusion:
- I can never rely on function key shortcuts in any software I write.
- The existing window management shortcuts (e.g. alt-F4 to close window) don't work anymore. Now I understand when people complain how applications don't consistently bind the same key to close window (Ctrl+Q or Ctrl+W or something else or nothing?).
- At the Lucid UDS we discussed Compiz keybindings - often these were bound to function keys. I notice the macbook uses the old F3 key for "show all windows". I hope some standard could emerge for these functions on PC keyboards.
I can't say I'm going to miss them overly.
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UM Machine Prints in 3-D
When it comes to technology, Montana has a reputation for being behind the curve. (Remember when we finally got the iPhone? It was pandemonium rivaled only by the announcement that Elton John would perform in Missoula in 2007.)
After seeing this story in the Missoulian, however, I am convinced that Montana is rapidly outgrowing its label as a technologically deficient state.
The article explains the concept of three-dimensional "printing" — a process in which a computerized 3-D design can be instantly recreated as a tangible object through the use of a 3-D "printer."
(You might remember that Angel received a nice 3-D boobs book for Valentine's Day last week.)
It sounds like science fiction, and, for me, conjures up images of a futuristic world in which people don't shop for manufactured items like household appliances, clothes or shoes; instead, they simply pick a model and "print" whatever they need.
But after looking into this whole 3-D printing thing a little deeper, I've realized that the world — and yes, even Montana — might not be that far away from this vision of the future.
The media arts program at the University of Montana has already acquired a 3-D printer, which students use to "give life" to their digital designs. Its name — the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic — might sound like a make-believe invention from a cartoon, but it's very real. According to the Missoulian article, one student even used the machine to craft a replacement button for his car's emergency brake, which ended up saving him $140.
At a price of somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,200, it might be awhile before this technology makes the jump from "cutting-edge" to "common household." But apparently, it's becoming more and more widespread.
The website www.thingiverse.com provides a catalog of free designs for simple gadgets, candy molds and decorative accessories. In fact, fashion designers have already begun using the online database as a way to promote their work.
At New York's Fashion Week, designer Asher Levine created a buzz when the models in his runway show donned sunglasses that can be "printed" from a design available on Thingiverse.
It could be the next big thing in the art world — and believe it or not, Montana is already ahead of the curve.
Brooke is a 2010 graduate of The University of Montana, where she ran track and cross country for the Grizzlies. She is currently working as a writer and editor in Missoula.


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Re: Is there a way to prevent pooping while pushing? :(
OP, I'm so sorry that they laughed at you. That is so cruel.
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Re: Is there a way to prevent pooping while pushing? :(
I'm sorry that happened to you. Same thing happened to me, with me saying I wanted to poop, but they wouldn't let me. Told me to lay flat on my back and go in this huge cold metal bed pan. Of course, I couldn't go flat on my back, who could? I was only on demerol (first kid) and they could have helped me to a commode, but the nurses were NOT sympathetic, and very cruel. I pooped a bit on the dr while pushing, and I thought to myself "how embarrassing, but serves them right!"
Same thing happened with my 3rd baby but I went natural. The nurses wouldn't let me up because they said I may push the baby out into the toilet! UGH! Pooped on the dr again.
So with my 4th, I had a midwife. She let me labor MY way. I pooped while in labor at the hospital, and my baby didn't fall into the toilet. I was able to push easier knowing I wasn't going to poop on her.
I'm pregnant with my 5th now, and I'm going with that midwife again. She and I know eachother well, and she understands I know how to care for my body. (I'm an LPN now going to school for my RN) and she is so great with me. I found a real difference.
I tell you, it's horrible that your parents laughed at you. How cruel. I wouldn't let them in for the next one. But that's just me....I hold grudges sometimes.
You can give yourself an enema like PP said. I know some people try castrol oil.....but I don't have experience in that! If you are able, try to labor as long as you can at home. You'll be more relaxed and perhaps poop well before baby is born, and if not, take a quick enema
Good luck!
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Re: Is there a way to prevent pooping while pushing? :(
Wow, that's the least of my concerns - I'm more concerned about dealing with the pain! - but then I don't have all those people in the room with me. It's my understanding that the pressure of the baby's head coming out squeezes the intestine's contents out as well, so if anything's in there, it's gonna come out. I was told that it happened during at least one of my deliveries, but I didn't care - I was too concerned about getting the baby out. Medical professionals are used to it, and if your family can't deal with it, don't have 'em in the room!
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Re: Is there a way to prevent pooping while pushing? :(
This is a loaded topic, by how many replies there have been, lol.
As a doula and childbirth educator, I always tell mamas pooping is good for two reasons, one, it shows you are pushing correctly, and two, it gives the baby more room. It is totally normal.
I pooped with my first, which was an induction, so obviously my body didn't have time to try and empty things out. It was a big, hard poop .
With my second, I did go into labor on my own, and I pushed for 90 minutes. With just about every push, I had some very loose (yes, toothpaste-like!) poops. My midwife just kept cleaning my off (I have it al on video, lol). Dh never said anything. He didn't say anything the first time, either.
With my third, I was certain I was going to poop, it felt like that. So I pushed this baby out, he's on me all wet a slick and squishy, and I swear one of the first things I said was, "I can't believe I didn't poop! I was sure I was going to poop!" My midwife then told me two things. She said, "You know, it's a very thin membrane the separates the the rectum from the vagina, so that's how you feel. And we don't remember who pooped and who didn't. I don't run into you at the grocery store and think, 'Oh right, she pooped.'" LOL. I love my midwife.
I don't know what will happen this time, but being at home, a least I will have more opportunity to use my own toilet -- the toilet I use every day .
I have also seen plenty of poop in water births -- we just use a fish net to scoop it out. And I have seen lots of women poop even with they are doing self-directed pushing. It's a crap-shoot if you will or you won't.
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Re: Is there a way to prevent pooping while pushing? :(
i pooped beforehand.....
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Re: Is there a way to prevent pooping while pushing? :(
I was lucky and hadn't really eaten much before going into labor. I hear this is very common. I wouldn't give it a second thought.
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No no! Don't try to clear yourself out around your due date/induction date. I too pooped delivering DS1, and I was rather constipated too, because I was on iron supplements, so my poor OB, who was barely pregnant at the time, had to deal with my hard, stinky, poo coming out, piece by piece, the whole 2 hours it took me to push DS1 out. I felt so sorry for her, because I could see her gagging, knowing she was dealing with first trimester nausea herself.
So second time around, with DS2, I as on the iron again, but smart enough to take Dulcolax everyday, so I wouldn't be so constipated. DS2 decided to tease me with prodromal labor for a full two weeks before I delivered. So, I finally got to the point, that I was sure I'd make it to my due date or go later. So about 3 days before I was due, I had the bright idea to start clearing my system out early, and gulped down a full dose of Milk of Magnesia, in hopes this would help me avoid the dreaded "delivery poo". Wouldn't you know it, my water broke that very night, and off we went to the hospital, with my body still "processing" the full dose of MoM! My OB was monitoring me from home to begin with, since it was the middle of the night, and she instructed them to start Pitocin, which in turn blew my cervix open way too quickly. I went from 3-10 centimeters in a matter of 30 minutes! I was howling like a wolf in unbearable pain, while they were trying to get my epidural placed, which was embarrassing enough, since I am sure everyone on the floor heard me. So, I kid you not, as soon as the epidural took affect, the MoM kicked in and I couldn't hold the impending diarrhea long enough for them to get the bed pan placed under me. I shat all over the delivery table, and literally filled the bed pan up over the course of 10 minutes of constant, uncontrollable, pooping . While this was going on my OB arrived and walked into the room. She immediately gagged at the sight of it and walked out for a minute to catch her breath. Not until after I delivered DS2, did she divulge that she was again newly pregnant! Poor woman! I did it to her twice! But I wouldn't apologize this time around. I told her she deserved every ounce of it, because she wasn't there during my labor, and "pitted me to distress", unknowingly. She took it like a man, and emphatically apologized to me. So moral of the story, you can't win when it comes to pooping during labor, and if you take measures to avoid it, Murphy's Law will kick in and it will be worse than if you did nothing.
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I think you can request an enema beforehand. I'm sorry you had such an embarrassing experience!
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I pooped on my sons head. I delivered him on all fours. He was not a good smelling baby.
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WSJ reporters parse through the historic 2012 election campaign, including how Barack Obama was able to build his winning majority and where the result leaves the GOP. Photo: Associated Press.
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Obama has now ... created something left over from the platinum in and ... you know it's demographically is a real concern Republican party but it's it's I don't know yet if it's on a coalition ... of Democratic wish that somebody on ... on hold this togetherness by the way if there were a ... Republican like Jeb Bush the US Department ... well that's a really good point I mean I was talking to Republican yesterday about how concerned are you that that Hispanics are going so heavily towards Obama ... and bear the weight of the future that's the growing part of the population is a well you know I don't think that's necessarily ... and Doreen ... I'm drinking because George Bush got forty four percent of the Latino as Ronald Reagan in his conclusion was ... that the last two presidents who proposed immigration reform is right to ... retain the release of the question immigration reform ... 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Virgin Gorda, BVI - The first day of racing at the 2013 OtterBox® Melges 32 Virgin Islands Sailing Series, Event No. 1 in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands was nothing short of stunning on all accounts. The day produced simply gorgeous, sunny and warm island conditions, stellar racing action, and only par excellence on shore from host Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS).
PRO Hank Stuart fired off three amazing races, providing ample opportunity for overall leader Roberto Tomasini Grinover aboard Robertissima 1 and tactician Vasco Vascotto to submit an impressive 1-4-1 scoreline.
"What more can I say. We had a great day of racing. A beautiful regatta, in a beautiful location. This is amazing." said an elated Tomasini Grinover after a long day of very aggressive racing.
"We had a good day, but I feel as though we still made some mistakes." says Vascotto. "We did well in the first race and last race today, which is great. Roberto is so happy. But, mistakes in this class can be so costly. So, we have to continue to work hard and go fast."
Race one of the weekend's scheduled series of ten commenced on time under glorious sunshine and light, yet quite comfortable breezes. The sea state was a lot calmer that teams were expecting.
Tomasini Grinover got an immediate jump on the competition right off the line. With a pleasant 9-12 knots of breeze, clean left side start and stiff competition from Mark Plaxton's INTAC and Richard Goransson's Inga from Sweden, Tomasini Grinover took an early lead, pushing his team to the forefront of the fleet. As the race progressed, he extended nicely followed by a vicious battle between Plaxton and Gorannson for second. The two fought hard on the final run with Plaxton proving he had the speed to hold on for second. Goransson finished third.
The second race of the day went to Dick DeVos at the helm of Volpe. From line-to-line, DeVos alongside of tactician Ed Baird poured on the speed, keeping just ahead of a strong Tomasini Grinover. DeVos worked hard taking the win in front of Alex Jackson's Leenabarca in second. Valentin Zavadinkov aboard Team Synergy had a great race to finish third.
The final heat was a key race with big moves for both Tomasini Grinover and Jackson. Both grabbed nice starts off the boat end of the starting line. About half way up the first beat it was obvious the two had struck a massive deal with the wind gods. Tomasini Grinover was launched several boat lengths ahead of the fleet. Jackson, running in second offered up some separation of his own rounding second by a sizable margin. The two campaigned nothing but speed finishing respectively first and second. Plaxton maintained position taking third.
More racing is scheduled for Friday, February 20, 2013. First warning is at 11.00 BVI.
The 2013 OtterBox® Melges 32 Virgin Islands Sailing Series consists of three exquisite events and is the first ever of its kind for the progressive sportboat class. Act one of the three-part series, the BVI Sportboat Regatta takes place this weekend, February 21-24, hosted by Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in Virgin Gorda. The second event happens in conjunction with the International Rolex Regatta in the U.S. Virgin Islands on March 22-24, 2013. The grand finale of the Series, the 2013 Caribbean Championship happens in late April on the luxurious and very private Peter Island.
The IM32CA has also proud to be partnered with Presenting Gold Level Sponsors Seaborne Airlines and INTAC Global Investments.
The IM32CA Press Team is excited to be in the BVI, however on-the-water updates are expected to occur. The connection is slow, so we appreciate everyone's patience as we plan to update the Official Melges 32 Blog regularly. Periodic updates will be posted to Facebook.
TOP FIVE RESULTS (PRELIMINARY - After 3 races)
1.) Roberto Tomasini Grinover/Vasco Vascotto, Robertissima 1; 1-4-1 = 6
2.) Alex Jackson/Paul Goodison, Leenabarca; 4-2-4 = 8
3.) Ryan DeVos/Dick DeVos/Ed Baird, Volpe; 6-1-5 = 12
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Before I run with an assumption, no matter how solid it might seem, I like to stop and examine the auction sale prices I've been compiling for more than 24 years on equipment sold throughout North America. If we narrow the focus to used tractors of all shapes and sizes, in good condition with a bit of age, then I'm here to tell you that our facts tell a different story. Values on 10-plus-year-old tractors in good condition are actually going up in value—even in light of softer commodity prices. Don't believe me? Check out the table below and see for yourself. Pay particular attention to the year, date and noteworthy columns. As I said, it's all about context. If I only had one, two or three examples of high- to record-setting auction prices, then no, it's not a trend. The data table, though, lists 26 examples of sale prices reaching a new record or at the top end since late July 2013 when commodity prices were on their way down. Orange, blue, red, green—pick your color, the trend holds true across brands. It's interesting to note that each tractor listed in the table is between nine and 40 years old. Surely used values dropped a little when the calendar flipped to 2014 and the Section 179 limit for immediate tax write-off on any business asset purchase fell from $500,000 in 2013 to only $25,000 in 2014, right? Nope. A 2000 New Holland 8670 two-wheel-drive tractor with 1,720 hours sold for $66,000 at a Jan. 15, 2014, farm auction in east-central Illinois. I called auctioneer Bill Kruse the day after the auction. He said they were flooded with calls on that tractor, as far away as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Iowa. A common theme I've seen lately is a record smashed or almost broken multiple times in a matter of months. For example, a 1993 New Holland 8670 with 2,168 hours sold for $62,500 at an Aug. 24, 2013, farm auction in northwest Missouri. That was the second highest auction price I'd seen on a New Holland 8670 ... until January 2014, when one sold for $66,000. The scenario is the same with several John Deere models. The record auction price for a John Deere 4650 stood at $54,500 since March 27, 1997. On March 9, 2013, I saw a 1988 John Deere 4650 with 3,043 hours sell for $59,500 at a farm auction in southwest Minnesota. At the end of March, a tractor of the same model and year with 3,424 hours edged out the record by $500 at a farm auction in south-central Montana. At a Nov. 20, 2013, farm auction in northwest Nebraska, a 1984 John Deere 4650 with 4,566 hours came close to the high at $58,250. When it comes to John Deere 4450s, a 1988 model with 2,612 hours garnered a new record auction price (by $20,000) of $70,750 at a March 9, 2013, farm auction in southwest Minnesota. Then, a 1988 John Deere 4450 with 2,239 hours almost upset the record when it sold for $69,000 at a Dec. 7, 2013, auction in north-central Ohio. 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Finally, after another gap of a few months, I feel like I have some sense of normalcy back in my life. I cannot even begin to describe how busy school has kept me the last few months. Thankfully, I am taking some time for myself (and for you all, of course), to get my blog back on track. Last week, I was lucky to have friends come visit me for that infamous New Orleans festival Mardi Gras. It was the first time I had guests in town for MG, but because of my friends, it was hands down the best I'd ever had.
Needless to say, over a span of five days, we tired pretty fast of eating out, though we sampled and thoroughly enjoyed some excellent NOLA food. And after several days of parading and other festivities, we were too tired to even go grocery shopping. So, lo and behold this Improv' Green and Cheese Hash-quite healthy, with vegetables (and avocado) as the main ingredient, with a little bit of cheese for protein, this is a simple and savory meal perfect for a weeknight or for anytime you want something quick to use up what you've got on hand, served up with a slice of buttered toast. Actually, we completely improvised this one with what I had in my fridge, but I was surprised at how well it turned out. Of course, feel free to improv' to suit whatever you've got on hand :)
Green and Cheese hash (Serves 2-3)
1/2 a small white onion, finely chopped
1 small zucchini, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
1 medium avocado, ripe, peeled and diced into 1/2 inch pieces
1/2 bunch of asparagus, ends trimmed, and chopped into one-inch pieces
1 large clove garlic
1 tsp. each dry basil and thyme
1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste, depending on heat preference)
3 tbsp. heavy cream*
1/2 cup shredded cheese, such as emmental or swiss (I used raw emmental)
2 tbsp. olive oil
Heat olive oil over medium heat in a nonstick pan, add onion, and cook until transluscent. Add asparagus, cover, and cook until tender, about 7-8 minutes, stirring every 2-3 minutes. Add zucchini along with herbs (crush herbs with palms of your hands), cover, and cook for one minute until zucchini is tender crisp. Then, add diced avocado, red pepper, cream and shredded cheese, stir together, and let cook just until cheese is melted. Top with a little extra shredded cheese if desired. Serve immediately with bread :)
*While we loved the richness the cream added, next time I will try using vegetable stock for even more flavor. Let me know if you try this!
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Improv' Green and Cheese Hash
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I had read your blog before and thought you lived in Paris. How about writing about the veggie friendly restaurants in New Orleans?
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Dear Ameya
How are you doing? This hash looks lovely.
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Unemployment, overcrowding, post-traumatic stress and alcoholism have taken their toll on the camp population, now nearly 70,000. However, with forced early marriages and sexual- and gender-based violence, women face additional hardships.
"We focus great attention on girls in the camps because almost all violence you see in the camps is against girls. To a certain extent, all girls face problems in the camps. The houses (more like thatched sheds) in the camps are so small, and there is no privacy. Whatever you say in your home can be heard by the neighbours", said Lilly Pushpam, JRS Tamil Nadu programmes officer.
Alcoholism. Most people in the camps do manual labour on construction sites or farms. They are paid on a daily basis and those with alcohol problems often drink their wages as soon as they receive them. This feeds into a cycle of poverty and depression for families which leads to more drinking.
Sexual and physical abuse often follows, and, according to Ms Pushpam, it is women and girls who bear the greatest brunt. With this in mind JRS field officers and counsellors identify people with alcohol dependency problems and organise appointments with them to discuss treatment options. The most serious cases are referred to specialised centres in the camps. But according to Ms Pushpam, only about 30 percent stay with the recovery programme.
JRS teams focus on changing the attitudes of the young by raising the issue in Arrupe Centres. One group organised a street play about the effect of alcoholism on the family, moving one father to swear off alcohol altogether.
"That was a great success for JRS. Young boys usually see their brothers or fathers drinking and begin to experiment with alcohol at a young age", Ms Pushpam said, hoping the message sinks in.
Impunity. Many cases of sexual- and gender-based violence go unreported. Women fear if they speak out about the violence against them, their neighbours will start talking and shame their family, like in the case of Nila*, who faced a backlash after speaking up.
"There was a married man who wanted to marry me too. He used to follow me. One day when I was alone at home, the man came inside and tried to molest me. I screamed loudly so he ran away. All the camp residents came to know about it and talk about me," Nila reported to a JRS counsellor.
After months of counselling she has resumed normal life, but she will live with the burden of stigmatisation.
Neena* is another survivor of sexual violence who attends the JRS-sponsored Survivor Support Group. She lives alone with her mother and two siblings as her father is still in Sri Lanka. She was completing seventh grade – taking care of her siblings and dealing with the tribulations of adolescence – when she was sexually abused. An older neighbour found the 12 year old alone and repeatedly raped her.
Once JRS was alerted, field staff suggested a medical examination so they could report it to the police. Her mother refused, fearing other people might find out.
"Now I'm never alone. After school I stay with my teacher until I can go to an Arrupe Centre. I can stay there until my mother gets home from work", she said.
The man who raped Neena continues to live next door and has never faced repercussions for his crime. JRS staff try to combat this stigma against abused women by organising public awareness campaigns.
JRS teams have also established an Arrupe Centre in each camp for students to study after school and participate in cultural activities. But in a refugee camp where reputation and community relations are more important than the rule of law, providing safety and counselling are the only options available.
Counselling and safe havens. "We've seen rape used as a tactic of war before in Bosnia, Burma, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere…" the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said so candidly in 2009, a fact only the most partial observer could deny.
Although the statistics fail to fully capture this reality, harming women was a clear operational tactic; some were sexually assaulted, others abducted, killed by landmines, stray gunfire or bombardments, or abandoned after their husbands left to fight in the war. It was these first-hand experiences of war which pushed thousands to seek safety in India.
Whether they fled war and abuse in Sri Lanka, or were born in the camps in India, refugee women and girls face hidden obstacles to gaining access to education. While they are entitled to attend Indian public schools, the trauma of sexual- and gender-based violence often causes the survivors leave early. To help them rebuild their lives, JRS has employed 66 counsellors to provide the girls and women with psychosocial support.
More than just counselling services, women need a safe place to learn leadership and life skills. JRS established two centres for young girls who left school early. Here they learn everything from tailoring and computer skills to street theatre and public speaking.
"These girls who have been physically and psychologically abused can come to accept themselves at JRS centres. They are empowered to stand on their own two feet", said Fr Louie Albert, JRS Project Director in Tamil Nadu.
Nineteen year old Kalaiselvi came to one of the vocational centres after family difficulties caused her to leave school early. One of the best parts of her time there was the presence of the Seva Missionaries Sisters who teach in the centre.
"They listen to us, they believe in us, they have good hearts and good minds", Kalaiselvi said with her new English-language skills after six-months at the centre.
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Hustle "Old Sparks Come New" When Emma learns that ex-boyfriend Joe Ryan is facing eviction, team members find themselves traveling to Birmingham to take on Camilla Althorp, owner of an unscrupulous law firm. They intend to sell Camilla a castle and a title while Emma discovers renewed feelings for Joe.G
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Story of India "The Meeting of Two Oceans" The epic story of the coming of Islam to the Indian subcontinent and the Moghul Empire are explored. Part 5 of 6G
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood "Visiting A Restaurant/Anger & Apologies" Mister Rogers goes to a restaurant and shows his TV viewers how the food is prepared. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, X The Owl's bossiness makes his friend Henrietta angry. Mister Rogers encourages his viewers to talk about their angry feelings. D
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Curious George "George Meets Allie-Whoops!/Hundley's Great Escape" George spends a full day showing Mrs. Renkins' granddaughter Allie what it's like to be a monkey.G
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Wild Kratts "Happy Turkey Day" The Wild Kratts are on a mission to defend the honor of the wild turkey and to stop Gourmand, who is hunting for the largest, fattest turkey in the forest. D
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Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo "Snow Daze/Flower Shower" Quack and Beaver Boy play in the snow. Chirp discovers a pink cherry orchard, but then she makes the mistake of telling Quack. Pocoyo: Magical Watering Can - Pocoyo gives the last drop of water from his watering can to his friends instead of using it to water his musical flowers. D
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The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas! The Cat, Nick and Sally journey around the world to help a lost reindeer find his way home to Freezeyourknees Snowland in time for Christmas in their first Christmas special. On the way, the Thinga-ma-jigger breaks down and they depend on a variety of animals and their individual abilities to continue the journey. The Cat is a trusted guide, helping families discover natural science concepts, with a generous helping of laughter and singing along the way.G
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Bob the Builder "Share Your Problem" Roley and the Fox - The team is building a jungle themed mini golf course! As wild animal decorations arrive, Bob explains to Roley that wild animals live away from their friends. When a wild fox turns up, Roley is convinced that this wild animal must have lost his friends! Roley and the fox play a game. When the fox begins to act upset Roley takes him to see the decorations, thinking they'll comfort him. D
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Barney & Friends "The Sword in the Sandbox, A Storybook Adventure" Daniel tries to jump-rope with some older kids, but intimidation sets in. He's convinced that he's just too little to do anything right. Barney helps our young protagonist by telling him a story of "The Sword in the Sandbox," a comical re-telling of the King Arthur legend. D
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Wishbone "The Prince and the Pooch" This live-action program follows the exploits of Wishbone the dog and his human friends, Joe, David and Samantha through their adventures intheir hometown of Oakdale. Wishbone's everyday experiences trigger hi s imagination and he finds himself in scenes from classic works of literature. In this episode, after imagining what it would be like to be a coach, Joe gets his chance with Emily's t-ball team. D
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WordWorld "The Race to Mystery Island/A Star Is Born" The Race to Mystery Island: Pig and Frog are trying to out-do each other. Their competition results in a big race to Mystery Island. While each WordFriend builds himself several words to thwart his competitor along the way, Pig and Frog both finally come to realize that the only way they'll succeed is to work together. D
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Consuelo Mack WealthTrack "Active Vs. Passive" Gregg Fisher, Chief Investment Officer, Gerstein Fisher; Daniel Wallick, Principal, Investment Strategy Group, Vanguard. This week's Consuelo Mack WealthTrack tackles the active versus passive investing debate. Which strategy is best for you? Vanguard's Daniel Wallick and award-winning financial planner Gregg Fisher argue the pros and cons. D
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To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe Supreme Court to Decide on Obamacare Contraception Mandate; Parental Custody Rights; Behind the Headlines: Anna Holmes - Jezebel. PANELISTS: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-MD); Linda Chavez, Chair for Center for Equal Opportunity; Francesca Chambers, Red Alert Politics Editor; Megan Beyer, The Gender Equality Project. D
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Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer "The McKenry Farm" Roger uses acrylics for a small painting of a double silo on a farm in Tennessee with the Blue Ridge mountains in the background. Sarah looks around the scenic farm. D
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Sewing with Nancy "Sew Amazing Scarves, Part 3" Sewing ideas for scarves abound in this program with a potpourri of amazing techniques. Nancy shows her infamous wrapped corner, elastic thread shirring options, embroidery, fringing, and more. Create easy scarves such as the Loop and Tuck, Fringed Folly, and Embroidered Elegance that are chic, stylish, and fun to wear!. D
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Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting "Emily's Wedding Quilt" The quilt in this episode features two easy blocks that are combined to create a secondary design. Mary Fons and guest Liz Porter demonstrate how to construct the blocks and then finish off the quilt with a rainbow border. D
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Hometime "Creekside Home Yardscapes" See how stone, pavers and plants complement the new home exterior. D
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Woodsmith Shop "Craftsman Clock & Serving Tray" Success is guaranteed when the editors of Woodsmith build a Craftsman-style clock and an elegant serving tray. D
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This Old House "Jersey Shore Rebuilds 2013/Sandy and The Jersey Shore" Months after Superstorm Sandy wreaked historic destruction on the Jersey Shore, Kevin, Norm and Richard find three homeowners determined, despite the seemingly insurmountable challenges, to stay and rebuild: stronger, smarter and up out of harm's way. In Bay Head, Point Pleasant, Manasquan and communities like them along this hard-hit barrier island community, there's nowhere to go but up. D
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Ask This Old House "Replacing An Old Door/Hot Water Without Waiting" The 12th season of ASK THIS OLD HOUSE begins with Kevin teaching the guys how to use Twitter. Tom replaces an old, rusted bulkhead door. Richard discusses several ways to get hot water without waiting. D
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Growing a Greener World "Backyard Beekeeping (Seattle, Atlanta)" We look at why bees are important and how backyard beekeepers are helping the environment while reaping the benefits of these important pollinators. D
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Dialogue "Living Simply" Marcia Franklin discusses the 'voluntary simplicity' movement with Idaho native and writer Duane Elgin, who helped foster the movement 30 years ago when he authored a book about it. Franklin's other guest is Karen Lanphear, the co-founder of the Sandpoint Transition Initiative, which aims to create a more sustainable economy in that north Idaho community.G
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PBS NewsHour Weekend This weekend we take a look at life in America's far north, Barrow, Alaska. Temperatures in the Arctic are warming twice as fast as any other place on the planet. PBS NewsHour traveled there to report on how Alaska Natives are coping with the cascading effects of climate change on their subsistence lifestyle. D
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British Antiques Roadshow "Brighton College 1" Fiona Bruce and the team are met by large crowds of people with their family treasures. Finds include a Trafalgar medal awarded to a boy sailor, age 13, who witnessed the 1805 battle, and a valuable piece of Clarice Cliff pottery.G
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Outdoor Idaho "Chasing The Light" Some of Idaho's professional landscape photographers share their secrets for positioning themselves to capture a special scene in a photograph, often waiting hours, even days, for the natural lighting they seek to preserve. OUTDOOR IDAHO travels with them to locations that encapsulate Idaho's treasured scenery.G
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Oregon Field Guide "River of the Rogues" River of the Rogues tells the story of the people and events that shaped the Rogue River.G
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S3 E1)" In the wake of the Great War, Crawley family members face wrenching social change and grave financial issues. Guests descend on Downton Abbey for the wedding of Lady Mary and Matthew. One guest is Cora's freewheeling American mother, Martha Levinson, who tries to loosen up her in-laws. Part 1 of 7G
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S3 E2)" The fate of Downton Abbey hinges on a letter from a dead man. Edith and Sir Anthony face their own fateful moment. Mrs. Hughes confronts a health crisis. Part 2 of 7G
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New Tricks "Part of a Whole" Thirty years ago, Strickland and a group of his associates, including Stephen Fisher, were involved in a covert operation on behalf of MI5. Now, someone is trying to kill all the members of that group, and Strickland turns to the UCOS team for help.G


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the final 6 of season 20 actually almost match up with the final 6 of season 15Winners: the overly competent couple with the blond female who was seen as the better racer, both teams won the first leg, a fast forward and the last four legs straight.2nd: all male team who bickered with other teams and occasionally each other, excluding fast forwards both won two legs.3rd: bickering couple that hadn't won any legs with the whining/crying/stressed out female4th: Somewhat villainous team that had abrasive interactions with other teams5th: All male team from the country, eliminated on the leg of their speed bump, won 1 leg.6th: All female team that lied about their occupations, didn't win any legs and were close with one of the all male teams.
Phil's voiceover at the start of Leg 4 of TARAS:Will Rob & Amber continue their three leg winning streak or will another team knock them out of first place?
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"The Silence of the Soul," by Laurence Freeman OSB in THE TABLET 10 May 1997.
[One] reason why silence is so disturbing to us [is this]: As soon as we begin to become silent, we experience the relativity of our ordinary everyday mind. With this mind we measure our space and time coordinates, we calculate probabilities and count up our mistakes and successes. It is a very important and useful level of consciousness. It is so useful and familiar a state of mind that we easily think it is all there is to us: our whole mind, our real selves, our full meaning.
Life, love, and death frequently teach us otherwise. We bump into silence at many unexpected turnings on the road of life, in unpredictable ways, in unlikely people. Its greeting has an effect which is both thrilling, full of wonder and yet often terrifying.
Our thoughts, fears, fantasies, hopes, angers and attractions are all rising and falling moment by moment. We automatically identify ourselves with these fleeting or compulsively recurring states without thinking what we are thinking. When silence teaches us how unreliably transient these states really are, we confront the terrible questions of who we are. In silence we must wrestle with the terrible possibility of our own non-reality.
Buddhist thought makes this experience—what it calls anatman or "no self"---one of the central wisdom-pillars of its path of liberation from suffering and one of its essential means to enlightenment. The Buddhist practitioner is encouraged to seek out this sense of inner transience and rather than fleeing from it to dive headlong into it, as Meister Eckhart and the great Christian mystics did.
Understandably, anatman is the Buddhist idea that others generally have most trouble with. How absurd, how terrible, how sacrilegious to say that I don't exist. In fact most Christian antagonism to anatman is unfounded or founded on misinterpretation. It does not mean that we do not exist but that we do not exist in autonomous independence, which is the kind of existence the ego likes to imagine it has; the kind of fantasy of being God with which the serpent tempted Eve. It is the hubris to which religious people often fall victim.
I do not exist by myself because God is the ground of my being. In the light of this insight we read the words of Jesus in the New Testament with deeper perception. "If anyone wishes to be a follower of mine, he must leave self behind; day after day he must take up his cross and come with me; but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it"
(Luke 9:23-24). If through silence we can embrace this truth of anatman, we make important discoveries about the nature of consciousness. We discover that consciousness, the soul, is more than the amazing computing and calculating and judging system of the brain. We are more than what we think. Meditation is not what we think.
Meditate for Thirty Minutes.... Remember: Sit down. Sit still and upright. Close your eyes lightly. Sit relaxed but alert. Silently, interiorly, begin to say a single word. We recommend the prayer-phrase "Maranatha." Recite it as four syllables of equal length. Listen to it as you say it, gently, but continuously. Do not think or imagine anything—spiritual or otherwise. Thoughts and images will likely come, but let them pass. Just keep returning your attention—with humility and simplicity—to saying your word in faith, from the beginning to the end of your meditation.
After Meditation, from THE DHAMMAPADA, "The Path," verses 276-279, ed. by Anne Bancroft (Rockport, MA: Element, 1997), p. 81.
You must make the effort, the awakened only point the way. Those who have entered the path and who meditate, free themselves from the bonds of illusion.
Everything is changing. It arises and passes away. The one who realizes this is freed from sorrow. This is the shining path.
To exist is to know suffering. Realize this and be free from suffering. This is the radiant path.
There is no separate self to suffer. The one who understands this is free. This is the path of clarity.
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Lithium-ion batteries became crucial to the design of Boeing Co.'s new Dreamliner jet because they offered a combination of high power and low weight. Yet the very chemistry that makes these high-tech batteries so attractive to designers may increase their risk of overheating and catching fire, a situation that has contributed to the global grounding of about 50 Dreamliners in use and a halt to new deliveries after two onboard fires.
Investigators aren't just looking at the batteries. Safety experts are combing over the jet's wiring, circuit boards and other battery-related external components as they probe the incidents.
Batteries convert stored chemical energy into usable, electrical energy. A lithium ion battery consists of a negative electrode and a positive electrode that are linked by an electrolyte, such as an organic solvent.
When the battery is being used, the electrolyte transports ions between the electrodes; electrons flow along a separate wire circuit and that electrical current is used to start an auxiliary power unit and for emergency power.
By mixing and matching different metals and chemistries, scientists have created a range of different battery types that differ in terms of voltage, service life, size and cost. Low-power devices such as those in a TV remote are usually powered by inexpensive alkaline batteries.
The challenge for battery makers has been to boost the amount of energy that can be stored in a given volume—and that is where lithium-ion technology shines. A lithium-ion power-pack can deliver more energy than a similar-size battery based on another metal, a measure known as energy density.
That is why lithium batteries were compelling to the 787's designers. The Dreamliner was crafted to allow for big fuel savings and weight reductions, some of which are enabled by the small but powerful lithium-ion batteries Boeing is using.
Lithium is the least dense of all metals and highly electropositive, which means it delivers a high voltage. Lithium-ion batteries pack twice as much energy density as nickel-metal-hydride versions, and four to six times as much energy density of the lead-acid battery found in many cars, according to Stanley Whittingham, a professor of chemistry and expert on lithium-ion batteries at Binghamton University in Binghamton, N.Y.
Lithium also is the third-smallest element after hydrogen and helium. "Because it is small, you can pull it in and out of materials easily" compared with other elements that are bigger and can't be moved so easily, said Clare Grey, professor of materials chemistry at the University of Cambridge, England.
Today, lithium batteries are the preferred power packs for an array of widely used consumer products, from laptops and tablets to cellular phones and portable drills. They are also increasingly found in cars, buses, planes, trains and satellites.
On the 787, the batteries aren't used during normal cruising flight, but they are continually charged by the plane's onboard generators. A potential problem can arise when a lithium-ion battery is plugged into an external power source for recharging. "If it is overcharged, there is electrolyte breakdown and that generates heat," said Prof. Whittingham.
Chemists call it "thermal runaway," an ever-increasing heating process that can cause the battery to ignite. It isn't clear whether this is what happened to the Dreamliner batteries. Prof. Grey speculated that a manufacturing defect could have triggered a physical short-circuit, which caused heating, released oxygen and led to a fire. Or intense heat could have melted the physical separator between anode and cathode. "Then the whole thing goes up in a puff of smoke," she said.
Prof. Whittingham noted that, when heated up, the electrolytic solvent in the battery can turn into a flammable gas, which can potentially trigger a fire. "When you get thermal runaway," he added, the battery can burn "at a temperature of 300-to-400 degrees Celsius," or between 570 degrees and 750 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Hi there again.daballiemo - are you using paravirtualisation or the other option ?My server doesnt support the other option, because it doesnt have the vanderpool thing.And in paravirtualisation I can't get it to install .. but maybe I'm the mistake .. maybe you could give me a little more info on how you installed it exactly. For instance - you said, you set up a new virtual machine and installed then ?What did you use as install source in the xen ui ?Thanks for your help.
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It's the first Friday of the month again, and with two months to go until Good Morning… hosts The Session, it's the turn of Tiffany at 99 Pours to host.This month, The Session is about Novelty Beers. I decided to take a trip into the past, with a completely made up story, filled with factual inaccuracies…
In a long established brewery, popular amongst the local people for the flavoursome beers it produced, the brewing team discuss attempting something new.
"Rather than using all of these sticks and spices and beans to flavour our beers, why don't we try using these flowers?" One brewer suggested.
"Flowers in beer?" asked another, "Don't you think that's a bit of a novelty?"
"Sure it is," replied the first brewer, "but soon it won't be, and in a few hundred years time it will become so standard that the brewer's of the future will have to use what we're using now to create novelty beers of their own"
"Ah, I see" said the second brewery, hesitantly.
"And the best thing about it," added the first brewer, "is because it's a novelty, we can charge more for it."
"Will the people really fall for it?" asked the second brewer.
"We can only wait and see" came the reply.
And so it was that the novelty beer came to be, and with it was also born the beer geek, who would seek these strange new beers, and declared them the best thing ever, mainly because they had tried them and most other people hadn't.
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Miandad in Sri Lanka to motivate Pak players ahead of T20 WC
Pakistan's former captain Javed Miandad has been sent to Sri Lanka by the Cricket Board to motivate the country's players before the Twenty20 World Cup.india Updated: Sep 14, 2012 12:54 IST
Pakistan's former captain Javed Miandad has been sent to Sri Lanka by the Cricket Board to motivate the country's players before the Twenty20 World Cup.
"Let me make one thing clear there is a full support staff with the team in Sri Lanka. Dav Whatmore looks after the batting, Mohammad Akram after the bowling and Julian Fountain is for fielding. I am not going there on any coaching assignment," Miandad, who is also Director General (Cricket) in the Pakistan Cricket Board, told the media before leaving for Sri Lanka.
"My main task is to go there and try to motivate the players and raise their confidence. If any player is having any technical issues he can come to me for advice," he said.
The former captain, who is presently heading the domestic and international cricket affairs in the PCB after being given a wider administrative role by Chairman Zaka Ashraf, will return home before the start of the mega-event on September 18.
The PCB has said Miandad is going there to have discussions with the players and give them advice on how to cope with the pressures of a World Cup.
"He is not going there as a batting coach," one official added.
But some former players and critics have questioned the wisdom behind sending Miandad to Sri Lanka at such a short notice just before the World Cup.
"I don't know whether it is a wise move since what sort of message is this conveying to Whatmore that the board is losing confidence in his abilities to motivate and life the team," one former test player questioned.
Miandad, who played 124 tests in an illustrious career, thrice served as head coach of the national team but had to step down or was asked to step down after problems with players or the board.
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The Haight is a district of San Francisco, running along Haight Street. The district is bounded roughly by the Panhandle and Fell/Oak Streets on the north, Market Street on the east, Duboce Avenue and Buena Vista Park on the south, and Stanyan Street (and Golden Gate Park) on the west, with a small extension west to include the University of California, San Francisco Parnassus campus just to the west.
The Haight is made up of two neighborhoods: Haight-Fillmore, usually called the Lower Haight, and Haight-Ashbury, also known as the Upper Haight. The two neighborhoods are separated by a large hill and are bisected by Divisadero Street. The neighborhoods have two separate histories whose cultures and identities merged in the 1960's as poor, young white hippies moved into the Upper Haight and began to communicate and learn from poor, young black residents of the Lower Haight. Together, these "outcasts" forged the counter-culture movement the Haight is most well known for.
Today, they remain similar, yet distinct. The Upper Haight is more of a tourist destination, more identified with its hippy roots, and is safer, especially since the 1990's. The Lower Haight retains more of its black roots, has a more active night-life, but is unfortunately poorer, and therefore dirtier and less safe at night.
The Haight-Ashbury neighborhood loosely spans north-south from the Panhandle to 17th Street and east-west from Divisadero Street to Stanyan Street. A portion of the Fillmore District bounded by lower Haight Street evolved into the "Lower Haight" largely due to gentrification. Slightly more upscale areas of the rapidly gentrifying Haight-Ashbury essentially seceded, forming the "Upper Haight" and "Cole Valley" districts.
In the 60's large portions of the predominantly African American Fillmore District, once thriving with a large percentage of black home and business ownership, including but not limited to several famous jazz clubs, were involuntarily relocated to the Haight-Ashbury due to "urban renewal." Urban renewal was distrusted by many as merely a means to move, usually lower-income, people around at the whim of developers. A popular protest slogan in the 1960's was "Urban Renewal Means Negro Removal." The Haight's abundant Victorian homes had undergone rampant subdivision in order to accommodate the influx of WWII soldiers. Subsequently, suburbia began to sprawl and attract urban middle class whites able to afford automobiles and real estate. This phenomenon is referred to as "white flight." Haight-Ashbury, with its then-surplus of affordable Victorian homes, was among the many metropolitan areas ripe for housing the influx of often large families from the rural south. They sought urban factory and other employment as agri-business displaced them from their small family farms. The Haight-Ashbury relatively quietly integrated and took on a "live and let live" laidback ambiance. The Beats, similarly displaced from their warehouse digs due to Financial District sprawl, also gravitated toward the Haight. They were attracted not only to the abundance of affordable housing, but also to the budding diversity consisting of S.F. State's intellectual and increasingly anti-establishment student population (enjoying cheap group housing), an emerging (pre-Castro District) gay and lesbian community, and the African American working class families righteously distrustful of a system that had taken away their farms, their homes and now their sons to the Vietnam War. White middle class college kids derailed by the draft now identified and allied with other oppressed peoples of the world, adopted ideologies and lifestyles of gentler, kinder and more sustainable cultures. Mostly teens, but people of all ages, ethnicities, religions and economic backgrounds, tuned in, turned on and dropped out of mainstream society at rates not seen before or since. They followed their hearts toward, what seemed to subscribers of the establishment to be impossibly utopian, alternative lifestyles. Many thrived, many were victims of COINTELPRO, other lives were ruined by destructive drugs such as speed, heroin and cocaine, and some remain committed today to ushering in a more inclusive, environmentally harmonious, more egalitarian, less stressful and more fun way of life -- basically these were the hippie values.
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By car
Fell and Oak Streets, parallel one-way streets running east-west across the northern edge of the district, offer a relatively easy way to get into the district via car from Downtown to the east. A few major north-south streets which pass through Haight are Fillmore Street, Divisadero Street (which merges into Castro Street to the south) and Masonic Avenue. Parking in the area can be very limited, however.
By public transit
MUNI [41] operates several bus routes (7-Haight, 71-Haight-Noriega, plus the 6-Parnassus east of Masonic) run the length of Haight Street, connecting the area to Downtown. Nearby streets parallel to Haight also serve the area, for example the #5 on Fulton and #21 Hayes north of the Haight district. Additionally, a few lines run north-south through the district: 22-Fillmore, 24-Divisadero, 33-Stanyan and 43-Masonic.
The N-Judah Muni Metro line (partially underground) also runs parallel to Haight Street several blocks to the south. An easy way to access the western portion of the Haight district (near Cole Valley) from downtown is to take the N-Judah outbound to Cole Stret, then go right. It runs under the hill. The N-Judah continues westward, stopping at University of California, San Francisco before heading into the Sunset neighborhood.
Get around
If you are walking really fast, it will take about 20 minutes to walk from the Lower Haight to the Upper Haight - and it will be good exercise going up a large hill.
While there are a number of fun walking tours, this is also a good place to simply sit in a cafe, have a few cups of coffee, and watch other people walk the streets.
Haight-Ashbury has more shopping and variety of shops than Lower Haight, with great record stores, book stores, fabric stores, shoe stores, cafes with music and poetry, a free clinic, and head shops from the '60's.
There are several places worth checking out, including..
Stay safe
Lower Haight can be dangerous late at night after the bars close. As is wise in any urban area, travel smart when on foot at night. There are always other people walking up and down Haight Street so you won't be alone.


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You know, you've gotta give Glenn Beck credit. He's doing shtick, and doing it well. The crap he spews should be taken no more seriously than, say, WWE wrestling, but it accomplishes basically the same thing: It's morbidly entertaining, like driving past a traffic accident between a Hummer and a semi filled with flaming puppies.
Make no mistake: When the pot stirred by apocalyptic prophets-of-doom like Beck finally reaches a full boil and some edgy lunatic takes a shot at President Obama, you'll know exactly who to direct the blame toward. But for now, his clown routine is essentially good, clean fun -- even if it single-handedly lowers the median IQ in this country by about six points.
Here now is Beck, exhibiting various forms of what Cesca hilariously (and correctly) calls his "punch me" face, and the staff of Morning Joe's, and Stephen Colbert's, reaction to all that unbridled buffoonery.
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