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Looking at getting a surfboard for the lightwind days that are so common around here. I'm inland, so we have no waves, but the big lakes get choppy. Most chop comes with wind over 15 knots tho, so I'd be on my TT by then. This will be for 10-15 knots, 12m kite, just for having fun. I'm 200lbs.
Not looking to break the bank for a light wind surf board. Looking at a LF Joystick 6'0" or a Best Short Stick 5'6". Would love to try out something more like the North Nugget but not willing to pay retail for it and can't seem to round up anything similar used.
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Hindi-English Type Software
Smart Fonts include logical tables along with graphical data & hinting instructions of letter forms. So smart fonts may be called type software.
In 1991, Akhilesh Gupta started developing fonts and related software for processing DevaNagari text using the personal computers. He started selling these software & fonts developed from 1995. This software solution is for typesetting Hindi, Marathi, Nepali (& other DevaNagari languages) alongwith Roman-letters (English).
There wasn't real demand for our font/s for various reasons till 2005. Now some people want to have our smart-font called 'Akhil HE'. But very few are willing to pay for it.
We will be including support for other Indian scripts in our type software when we break even!
Typesetting MultiLingual text of
Hindi (DevaNagari) & English (Latin)
The 'Nagari' (aka 'Devanagari') script is used by millions for writing text of Hindi, Nepali, Marathi, Sanskrit and some dialects in India, Nepal, Mauritius, Fiji, Trinidād and Guyānā. English is also used by a lot of Indians. So we need computer-types (fonts) and software that can allow, store and render (display) multilingual text.
Unicode for DevaNagari
Before Unicode, Indians were using various encodings as there was no practical standard for processing Indic scripts in computers. This was one of the reasons why small setups like ours suffered.
Though there was ISCII (Indian Script Code for Information Interchange) but no system vendor supported it! Then came Unicode; Indic code charts of Unicode were taken from ISCII-88!
Most of the scripts of the Indian subcontinent largely follow similar rules for formation of syllables. Lots of characters of these scripts have one to one correspondence! So transliteration between various Indian scripts is not difficult! Code points for the characters of these scripts in Unicode (as per ISCII) are arranged according to a common plan.
Enabling smart-fonts properly in older computers should be a priority. Most of the Indians live below poverty line and it is not feasible for most organisations in India to keep upgrading!
Unicode compliant OpenType Fonts
Modern operating systems which are Unicode based can directly let you enter text in most of the scripts. These operating systems (like Windows XP/7) don't require additional software to enter and render text in most of the scripts. These operating systems have lots of fonts. Some of these fonts (generally those with only European characters) are of high quality. But fonts of complex scripts (particularly Indic ones) are just there to fulfill international requirements. So for Hindi etc., we need additional DevaNagari OpenType font/s of acceptable quality. Then only we can properly typeset Hindi text along with English directly even in plain/simple text editors like Notepad.
We have designed and programmed a cool OpenType smart font - 'Akhil HE'. This type software contains a logical set of Dev-Nagari glyphs (we call 'Saral Nagari') along with ASCII characters (regular Roman alphabets etc.). It is an optimised, synchronised and professionally instructed (hinted) smart font. Its quality can be fully appreciated while typesetting multilingual text.
There are lots of advantages of using this smart font.
If you are an OS X user, remember OT fonts for Indic scripts are not properly supported in the OS X. So OS X cannot properly use our font 'Akhil HE' to render Nagari text.
Though our keyboard layout can be used in the OS X.
Our Solutions for Win 2000 to Win 10
In the past, we developed a package named 'Sugam-98' to enable easy entry of Unicode encoded Nagari in Windows 98.
For Newer Windows OS like Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10 we have Sugam 2K.
Components of Sugam-2K:
- Aforementioned OpenType font - Akhil HE
- A simple TrueType font - Akhil
- SuNāgarī (An Enhanced Keyboard Layout)
To read more about SuNāgarī click here.
To try / use SuNāgarī just type hindi.co/t in your browser or click here
Indian Software - LeKhaNi
Our first software was called LeKhaNi (Lekhni - Windows 95). It used to render and record text in a non standard encoding! Its last version was 2.1. Forthcoming Lekhani 3.0 will be a Unicode based multilingual editor. Don't wait for that, instead use the Apache OpenOffice Writer for your text editing. Use our font 'Akhil HE' in the Writer (or any other Windows based Wordprocessor) for ultimate satisfaction.


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Dealer Locator Website Scraping Data Extraction - Updated 10/11/2016
Presupuesto $30-250 USD
Please read all the information below before responding to me.
I need information scraped from dealer locators, found at the following links:
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Note: Lines 7, 8, and 9 might all be the same database.
I need all available information, such as company name, street address, city, state, zip, phone, email, website address etc., provided in separate excel spreadsheets for each site.
- Please provide quote for the total job. I don't want quotes that are based on how many records you pull. There are not a huge number of records but probably too many for people hoping to cut and paste all the info. You need to have skills to extract this info automatically.
- Please provide a time frame.
- I need the data from US and Canadian store locations only. If you need to use city or ZIP code info to extract this data please provide this ZIP code info yourself, I will not be able to provide this information to you.
- These sites have been scraped before so I can easily spot check your results to make sure that you have pulled all the data from each website. The project will not be considered complete unless you provide all available info for all of the sites. Partial results are useless to me so you will not receive any payment if you do not complete all data from all of the sites.
- Once I choose a user to work on this project I will need to get the budget approved from my boss, so it may take a day or two before I can send a milestone payment. I understand if you can not start the project until the milestone payment is in place.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if any of the details above doesn't make sense to you.
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Even though it's only Tuesday, I feel like this week has lasted forever. It didn't help that I had a midterm in German this morning that I felt rather unprepared for, so I spent the last couple days stressing out about my lack of knowledge. Turns out, I actually can write a sufficient amount! I still have some problems with mixing French and German words up, but I've been getting much better. With the end of my paper proposal almost finished up, I'm ready to cast on for a new pair of mittens!
I've been dying to make Polska Mitts for months, and after buying the yarn last summer I was so saddened when they got resigned to the timeout chair. I've been pretty successful at cleaning up my WIPs in the last couple weeks so this is my treat! Plus, I feel like I need something to work on at school that isn't a sweater.
So, for the rest of the evening I'm hibernating by my heater (it's a -40C windchill outside!) and casting on!


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Jahruba Lambeth of Norman, OK will be performing and leading a hands- on-workshop on African Drumming on April 13th, 2013. Come and learn how to play these conga drums, their history and how they are made! This free event will be held in the Mary H. Herron Community Conference Center of the Museum of the Red River, 812 E. Lincoln Road, Idabel, Oklahoma. Performance and workshops are from 10-12 and 1-3pm. This concert is part of the Smithsonian's New Harmonies Exhibit that is open until April 27th.
Jahruba is an African American born in the badlands of Norman, Oklahoma. A modern day buffalo soldier. He has been a professional musician for more than 50 years and has performed in nearly every venue in the state of Oklahoma. His music embodies a unique blend of blues, jazz, worldbeat, reggae, and traditional African rhythms. Mixed with the red dirt culture of Oklahoma, he has awakened the birth of a new form of music.


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For Italians, food is life, and life is food.Whenever families and friends gather to eat, the conversation centers on food, local cooking and the warmth of the dinner table. At La Bella Vita, we celebrate that passion for the good life and good food, as they do in Italy. Our Italian chefs use only the freshest ingredients ...
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The elegant architecture with sweeping brick trimmed arches and colorful bay windows beckon passersby to discover the many different dining experiences that await the fun seeker and fine diner alike.
Our tastefully decorated private room is available for luncheons and parties. The room is also available for intimate rehearsal dinners and family gatherings with lunch and coffee service.
Contact The Bank Mexican Restaurant and Bar today and enjoy a fabulous view of Old Town Front Street from the second floor private banquet or meeting room.
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Trattoria Toscana is a quaint Italian Restaurant/Wine Bar that offers authentic, home-made Italian meals specializing in the region of Tuscany and the island of Sardinia. Local, organic ingredients are carefully selected to create mouthwatering daily specials.
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- A padded and quilted jacket with contrast-coloured topstitching. Designed with a ribbed collar and cuffs for further insulation, it is a dependable style on nippy days.
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First attempt at CG
This was sort of inspired by Da' Falcon's CGing of himself. I relise its not finished yet but I have put a lot of work and time into and would like to see what you guys think of it so far.
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Extremely impressive for a first CG! My only complaint would probably be that no variations are made in the line thickness, but that's just an asthetic decision. By all technicalities, I can find nothing wrong with this CG, taking into account that it is incomplete.
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Very cool!
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extremely cool, I can't wait for you to finish it :-)
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Is the character blind? And does he see through the eye-like jewel floating within the staff?
well kewl beans DG!
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Hahaha, no, but thats a good idea. The eyes are just one of those unfinished things
very nice, and considering it's a first attempt, with some practice, perhaps a career switch to illustration?
wow, that's good. What did you use? Maya? Oh wait, you said first attempt so it couldn't of been Maya. Cinema? Strata? Carrara Studio? Swift 3D?
Surely that's not done with a 3d app? Looks like good old-fashioned lines and paint (even if virtual ) to me...
yes, certainly has to be illustrator, freehand, photoshop, something like that...
Maya's Flash renderer does stuff like that. SoftImage and Maya shaders do stuff like that. LW's shaders can do that (with some work).
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A fairly nice picture, descriptions of the original character (and series), for those interested, can be found hear:
Heres a link to what I think is a official site:
Heres a link to what I think is a official site:
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Quote:Originally posted by AJ Infinity
Maya's Flash renderer does stuff like that. SoftImage and Maya shaders do stuff like that. LW's shaders can do that (with some work).
*like* that, but definitely not *that*... you can see the lines extending beyond the range of the picture at the bottom.
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Quote:Originally posted by AJ Infinity
Then this is not "CG". It's 2D art!!!
CG stands for "Computer Graphics", correct? If so, wouldn't any image created on a computer qualify as CG?
Semantics aside, that's some very impressive artwork; I love the shading and the overall style of the image. It's almost enough to make me start up Illustrator and try to make something even half as good. I can't wait to see the finished version!
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Why I Hope The RIAA Succeeds
from the no,-seriously dept
While I have no clue about their feelings towards me, I should clarify my feelings towards them -- which I would hope is clear from these posts. I do not hate the recording industry or the movie industry. Quite the opposite. I'm a big fan of both music and movies. The point of this series is not to slam the organizations making these moves, but to help them. I hope they succeed, because it would be a lot easier for everyone involved. However, I do believe that their current strategies of alienating their best customers, relying on government protection, and pretending this is some sort of epic battle between good and evil aren't just doomed to fail, they're actively making things worse for themselves. What I write shouldn't be viewed as hatred for these organizations, but suggestions on how they could create for themselves a much bigger and more successful market that doesn't require everyone to hate them. I'm quite confident that the market for entertainment is only going to grow to tremendous levels going forward -- and I believe these organizations have every opportunity to capture quite a bit of it (though, they've been throwing that chance away every day). It's just a matter of recognizing the long-term strategic errors of their ways.
This seems like an obvious point to me, but given some of the discussions and comments, it seemed worth reiterating.
If you're looking to catch up on the posts in the series, I've listed them out below:
Economics Of Abundance Getting Some Well Deserved Attention
The Importance Of Zero In Destroying The Scarcity Myth Of Economics
The Economics Of Abundance Is Not A Moral Issue
A Lack Of Scarcity Has (Almost) Nothing To Do With Piracy
A Lack Of Scarcity Feeds The Long Tail By Increasing The Pie
Why The Lack Of Scarcity In Economics Is Getting More Important Now
History Repeats Itself: How The RIAA Is Like 17th Century French Button-Makers
Infinity Is Your Friend In Economics Step One To Embracing A Lack Of Scarcity: Recognize What Market You're Really In


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When perusing a list of the most outlandish cap numbers around the league at the start of the offseason, it was hard not to focus on the $17.5 million figure held by Chiefs defensive end Tyson Jackson.
Jackson, the third overall pick in the 2009 draft, has struggled as a pass rusher (five sacks in 59 career games) and added little to a run defense that has regularly ranked near the bottom of the league in his four years in Kansas City. There aren't a ton of defensive ends whose production makes it easy to swallow that cap number, to say nothing of a $14.72 million salary, and Jackson was not one of them.
So it's no surprise that Bill Williamson of ESPN.com reports that Jackson "redid" his contract in order to remain with the team. He was on the fast track to being released if he didn't agree to cut those gargantuan numbers down and that's just what he's done. There are no specifics on the new figures, but there was such a large gap between his salary and his actual value that we'd expect a pretty significant alteration.
With Jackson remaining in the fold, the Chiefs will only have to concentrate on replacing one starting defensive end this offseason. Glenn Dorsey is a free agent and the fact that he shares a last name with the team's new general manager isn't expected to keep him in town.


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Kristian Huselius forced to quit
AIK's Star: "I can barely lift the left leg"
Deserving Kristian Huselius, with nine NHL seasons on his CV, was seen as a savior when he signed for AIK on 17 December.
He made an instant success - but it was not long before his old hip injury made itself felt.
"Dad" was forced to step down in loss match against Skelleftea January 3 - and today he reveals the Sportbladet it's over.
For good.
- I plugged in my voltaren, but can barely lift the left leg. It is no longer, sadly, he says.
- Sad that it has come to this. I have to take voltaren the whole time.
Huselius managed to produce three points (2 +1) in three matches in AIK before he is forced to thank individually.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/h ... 6036478.ab
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LOL, you guys crack me up, so much joy spending time playing wack-a- mole,,,,,,, too funny!
Did it crack you up the day he publicly wished death on all of us, including you and your loved ones? you know, just to reduce the percentage of "vermin" in the country?
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Were you there when he published the private info of the principal of my school and a 16 year old student, inviting other wackos to hurt them to get at me?
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Hey ISO, and Nw30, can I get some Brie with your WHINE?
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Stunning Historical Discovery
By Peter Kirsanow
October 1, 2012
Cambridge, Mass. Celebrated historian Bertram Oxley has uncovered a memorandum from former Japanese Emperor Hirohito to Admiral Yamamoto dated December 6, 1941, showing that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was motivated by an offensive film made by Charlie Chaplin ridiculing Japanese cuisine.
Contrary to historical accounts over the last seventy years, Professor Oxley said in an interview today with the BBC, What appeared to be a meticulously planned surprise attack was actually a spontaneous demonstration by moderate sushi connoisseurs in the Imperial Navy in response to a hateful and offensive movie. Thereafter, extremist elements within the Japanese military co-opted the spontaneous attack, transforming it into the overseas contingency operation sometimes referred to as World War II.
The discovery has created a sensation in scholarly circles. This is a remarkable find, declared Reginald Smythe, chairman of the Progressive Historians Assocation and former Obama State Department official. Had President Roosevelt condemned this movie instead of uttering that infernal Day of Infamy provocation the war could have been avoided and millions of lives would have been saved.
Reached at his home in Houston, former President George H. W. Bush, an aviator in the Pacific during the war, expressed skepticism. Its simply inconceivable that the Japanese First Air Fleet, with six aircraft carriers, could have staged a spur of the moment attack on an island thousands of nautical miles from the Japanese homeland with such stealth and precision. Most experts dismissed Mr. Bushs remarks, however, since its widely understood that World War II was primarily his sons fault.
White House spokesman Jay Carney, asked this afternoon about the memos discovery stated, Of course, hindsights 20-20. But one can only wonder how much pain and suffering could have been averted had FDR simply apologized to Hirohito at the outset.
Fortunately, Carney continued, waving off questions from White House reporters anxious to return to questions about Mitt Romneys grooming habits, Weve evolved to a more sophisticated strategy of leading from behind, so were unlikely to repeat the disastrous mistakes of the past.
NOTE TO LIBERALS: This is parody. It never happened ... until Sept 12, 2012, of course.
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A quote from Joe Scarborough that couldnt be more true:
They clicked nervously on Drudge, read Wall Street Journal editorials and listened to talk show hosts who told them the only way their party could lose was if the media buried their candidate or pollsters entered a grand conspiracy. At their lowest moments, many could be heard shuffling around their ranch homes muttering the word Benghazi for hours on end.
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:40 am
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Hey ISO, and Nw30, can I get some Brie with your WHINE?
I'm laughing are you call it a whine, LOL.
Where really must be an alternative universe afterall, LOL.
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:58 am
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Correct....whine, not wine, like a fine Sonoma County Pinot that I will be cracking tomorrow evening.
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:06 am
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It does pay to give some events a chance to settle in. Interesting take from the Clara Gutteridge in Nation:
When Ambassador Christopher Stevens was killed in Benghazi on September 11, he became the victim of a stray bullet from the past fired by an enemy the United States helped create. Todays debate over what levels of security might have prevented the tragedy is a distraction from the real story of how American meddling in Libya set the stage for the assassination. This historical amnesia was on full display during the second presidential debate, in which the candidates clashed over a question even less relevant than the security issue: how many days it took Obama to label the attack an act of terror. Even by the low standards of Americas diminished political attention span, the controversy over the embassy attack playing out in the media is remarkable for its total lack of historical context.
To understand the roots of the crisis in Libya, after all, would mean examining how, for years, the United States helped Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and other Arab leaders hold on to power and terrorize their opponents anywhere in the world, in the name of the war on terror. It would mean exposing successive administrations rendition and torture policies, and their collusion with despotic Arab regimes to carry them out. Though many Arabs targeted by the United States remained focused exclusively on challenging the regimes in their home countriesand refused to harm civilians to achieve their aimssome came to regard the United States, its assets and civilians as legitimate targets in some circumstances.
Among these appear to be some members of the Benghazi-based group Ansar al-Sharia. A leading member, Ahmed Abu Khattala, was identified on October 17 as the prime suspect behind the killing of Ambassador Stevens. Khattala was imprisoned under Qaddafi at the notorious Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, where a piece of the history linking the United States and Libya is visible as an observation scrawled on the wall of a ruined cell: Life [imprisonment] in Guantánamo is not even a day in Abu Salim. The comparison is apt. These two facilitiesone run by the US military, the other by Qaddafis menessentially became a part of the same network of secret prisons. The US rendition program that used these prisons grew out of long-term collaborations between the United States and its partners in ousted Arab regimes. It began under President Clinton as an arrangement with Egypt, whereby the CIA would capture exiled opponents of the Mubarak regime and render them back to Egypt for detention, torture and often death. After 9/11, the program was dramatically expanded by George W. Bush to include a network of extraterritorial US-run prisons and proxy detention sites around the world.
In Libya, reams of documents uncovered by the revolution have revealed just how closely the Bush administration and Qadaffis regime were cooperating in the rendition and secret detention of Libyans. Many were members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, which was unconnected to Al Qaeda and whose sole aim was to oust Qaddafi. Abu Salim prison held many members of the LIFG, captured by the United States and rendered to Libya via a series of secret US torture centers.
The most famous of Abu Salims prisoners, at least to those outside Libya, was Ali Mohammed al-Fakheri, otherwise known as Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. Captured in Pakistan in November 2001 and rendered to Egypt, he was tortured into claiming that Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein were collaborating to develop chemical weaponsstatements that were used to justify the invasion of Iraq. But, as was clear, al-Libi was not a member of Al Qaeda, and his information was false. Neither were other Libyan rendition victims handed over to Qaddafi allied with Al Qaeda: most were members of the LIFGand many have played a central role in the US-supported Libyan revolution and reconstruction.
Al-Libi was found dead in his cell in 2009. Libyan authorities claimed suicide; others believe he was murdered. Had he lived to see todays Libya, we could have learned the details of his detention and torture in Egypt. He might also have reminded us why he and his compatriots in AfghanistanArabs opposed to the regimes in their various home statessettled there in the first place. It was largely because throughout the 1980s and early 90s, America financed and trained the mujahedeen in Afghanistan, mainly composed of exiled Arabs, to fight the Soviets. After the Soviets retreated, many couldnt go home because the dictatorial regimes in their countries would not tolerate them, especially now that they had combat training.
And thus began the blowback: after Afghanistan, some of the mujahedeen turned their new skills toward ousting their home regimes. It was essentially in an effort to contain this unintended consequence of building up the mujahedeen in Afghanistan that the first US rendition program was born. The Obama administration has continued some of these practices and emphatically failed to address past abuses.
Most Libyans are clearly grateful for the role the United States chose to play in their revolution. But that, unfortunately, is not enough. Unaddressed, such constant, contradictory meddling in foreign affairs has long-term consequences that cannot be undone overnight. It helps create power vacuums, in which over time new enemies flourishpeople who refuse to play the game and recognize even a temporary confluence of interest with this or that capricious superpower. The death of Ambassador Stevens is testament to this.
I'm not sure that I agree with her slant, but the truly ridiculous aspect of Monday morning quarterbacking from the paranoid right was the furor over when it was called terrorism. Didn't work for electoral purposes, eh?
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:56 pm
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I knew this type of shit was going to happen, combine this with Petraeus quitting when he did, how convenient.
House asks Clinton to testify on Benghazi, but she declines due to scheduling conflict
November 10, 2012 | 1:05 pm
House investigators asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to testify next week about the September 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, but she declined citing a scheduling conflict.
[Clinton] was asked to appear at House Foreign Affairs next week, and we have written back to the Chairman to say that shell be on travel next week, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters yesterday. She has a commitment with the Secretary of Defense to the AUSMIN Ministerial. Per AFP, AUSMIN is the highest level forum for Australia and US consultation on foreign policy, defense and strategic issues. The United States is reportedly concerned about Australias plan to cut their defense spending.
Clinton has not been asked to testify at any of the other hearings next week, Nuland said.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., has been frustrated with the State Departments failure to provide information that she has requested.
While I understand that investigations by the FBI and the State Departments own Accountability Review Board are ongoing, it is imperative that this Committee, having direct oversight responsibility, be kept informed every step of the way of developments in the matter, Ros-Lehtinen wrote to Clinton on November 7th. [P]lease be prepared to present State Department officials to testify on these issues when Congress reconvenes later this month.
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It's Obama's fault that Petraeas had an affair and got caught. He didn't protect him enough.
How do you paranoids even sleep at night?
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7 Ways to Celebrate Independence Day
7. Run through the streets singing Yankee Doodle--all fifteen-or-so verses!--at the top of your lungs.
6. Call everyone you see "comrade."
5. Remind everyone how this day is a day of remembering and honoring our belligerent founding fathers' disrespect for authority.
4. Mail letters to all your British friends--gloating!
3. Write a short story about a professional baseball player. Then, reveal it to be nothing but a young boy's daydream, suddenly shattered when he hits a baseball through a window. Or otherwise write an Independence Day-themed short story, interpret the theme "Glass," and submit it to the Flash Fiction Marathon!
2. Playing with explosives. Better, watch someone else play with explosives, stand in the crowd, and say to everyone near you, "These Chinese incendiary weapons sure are pretty, aren't they?"
1. Remember the sacrifices of our forefathers, and honor their bravery, their valor, and all the many deeds throughout our history, that have made our nation great, and afforded us the blessed freedom we enjoy.
0. If you're not an American--then spend the day as you would any other day! Happy Thursday!
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The chamber is celebrating 98 years of service to this community and county.
It is now taking applications for Outstanding Citizen of the Year, Humanitarian of the Year and Unsung Hero.
If you know of someone who fills any of the above for awards, please submit your application to the chamber no later than Friday, Jan. 25.
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m at the Gilmer Civic Center. Serving will begin at 6:15 p.m., and the program will begin at 7.
Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door. If you reserve a table for eight, your price is $144. Reservations need to be made by Feb. 7.
Call the chamber at 903-843-2413 for your tickets, contact any chamber director, or come by the chamber at 106 Buffalo St. on the northwest corner of the courthouse square.
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Charming, sun-soaked and obsessed with death. Tokyo's all-girl power trio Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re is irony personified.
It's a hard-rock band with punk sensibilities, danceable beats and a sharp-toothed metal roar. (How that roar comes from the vocal cords of three petite women is beyond me.) Singer Mari's warm delivery masks the often racier themes of tragedy and sex. To non-Japanese speakers oblivious to the meaning of the lyrics, some of the contrast is lost. But then there are the violent fits thrown by the feisty guitar and thumping drums, which help drive home the band's contradictory aesthetics.
The songs aren't always so heady or obscene. Sometimes they're just about food. In "Fish Cakes," each member plays a different ingredient in a hot pot, and in "No-Miso Shortcake" Mari invites us to eat her brain (all in Japanese, of course).
Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re introduced itself to America in 2004, when it toured alongside several other Japanese acts. A year later, the band reached the ears of thousands of Yanks as the opening act for the Suicide Girls Live Burlesque Tour. In a collectively answered e-mail interview, Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re's love for America is explicit. The fact that its current tour is the band's seventh in the States is also a testament to its adoration for the red, white and blue. "You can be unrestrictive about your feelings in the United States," the group says. "And the speed of the cars is fast. Everything is fast!"
"And the speed of the cars is fast. Everything is fast!"
The band's travels have been mostly glee-filled, but on one occasion, Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re found itself in a haunted hotel room. "We stayed at one place where a ghost seemed to be in the bathroom," the three band members say. "Everyone was afraid to go into the shower alone."
Then there was the dive bar. "There was no door in the restroom stall."
Just as Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re has come to lust for American life, so too have Americans come to adore the band. "The fans in the United States dance in a frenzy, even if they don't know us," Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re says. "In Japan the crowd is shy. Even if they love us, they won't dance alone."
So who's coming out to Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re shows? It's a colorful, brainy bunch. "A young person and an elderly person can both love Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re," the band says. "A lot of clever persons are in the fan base, too. For instance, scientists and college professors."


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DailyDirt: Who Wants To Live Forever
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- Little worms (Caenorhabditis elegans) on the International Space Station are actually living longer in a micro-gravity environment than their earth-bound relatives. Researchers have identified several genes that contribute to this unexpected lengthening of longevity, but living on a space station isn't the fountain of youth. [url]
- The cost of sequencing the human genome has fallen dramatically from $3 billion for the first one... to a few thousand dollars. Having access to the information in our DNA could lead to lifespans of 150 years, but getting hit by a bus would still be a problem. [url]
- Certain kinds of exercise may extend your life more than others. Aerobic exercise is correlated with living a bit longer than non-aerobic exercise -- so expect a few more infomercials to start plugging exercise equipment with claims of helping you live longer. [url]
- Senescent cells can no longer divide, and they might bring down neighboring cells and create various symptoms of aging. Eliminating these senescent cells could lead to more age-resistant organs -- and people living longer (perhaps as undead zombies). [url]


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Several years ago our company was wiring a supermarket. One of the pieces of equipment to be connected was a cardboard baler. The electrician assigned to work on it asked me if I thought it was okay if he fastened the conduit to it. Not paying particular attention, I told him it would be fine. Unfortunately, when the machine was powered up for a test run I soon realized a big problem. He had attached the conduit to the movable ram. Needless to say, this was a very short test run.
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Our company uses a customer contact software package to print driving instructions for work orders. One morning, after following the driving directions exactly as noted, a tech realized that neither the address, nor the street, existed in this location (outside of the city on the southeast side of town). He called and spoke with the customer call rep that had scheduled the appointment with the customer and explained his dilemma. She gladly searched for driving directions using an alternative method (Internet search) and verbally gave him new directions, which took him outside the city limits on the north side of town, but much farther West than where our shop is located. Once again, the tech realized that no such address or street existed in this area. He then decided that it might be best to just call the customer and ask where they were located. He wasn't too pleased when he learned the customer's home was located in a new subdivision just a few miles from our office.
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Tropical storm hits Mexico coast, quickly weakens
(AP) VERACRUZ, Mexico - Tropical Storm Helene quickly weakened into a tropical depression Saturday after moving ashore on Mexico's Gulf Coast, bringing strong rains but few reports of damage.
Forecasters said Helene still posed a threat to areas where thousands of people are recovering from flooding spawned last week by Hurricane Ernesto, although the Veracruz state civil defense office said none of the region's numerous rivers had overflowed. Some streets flooded in low-lying neighborhoods of the port city of Veracruz.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the depression had winds of about 30 mph (45 kph) Saturday afternoon. It was 65 miles (105 kilometers) west-northwest of Tampico, an oil-refining center and important port in Tamaulipas state. The city with about 790,000 inhabitants sits just above sea level and is surrounded by lakes and lagoons vulnerable to flooding.
Helene was moving west-northwest at 5 mph (7 kph), and was expected to dissipate Saturday night or early Sunday.
The storm came ashore early Saturday in a lush coastal region of oil centers and tourist resorts with hundreds of towns and villages lying beside streams and rivers that can swell dangerously in heavy rain. Many were evacuated as Ernesto approached last week, and flood damage left some 10,000 people homeless.
The U.S. hurricane center said an additional 2 inches (5 centimeters) to 4 inches (10 centimeters) of rain could fall across northern Veracruz, southern Tamaulipas and eastern San Luis Potosi state.
Veracruz state Civil defense Secretary Noemi Guzman said "moderate to intense" rain had fallen in the northern part of the state, which borders Tamaulipas. Guzman urged residents to stay at home and avoid venturing out in the storm.
In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Gordon strengthened into a hurricane as it moved toward the east on a track that could take it near the eastern Azores islands Sunday night. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph) and it was 590 miles (950 kilometers) west-southwest of the Azores.


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Ever wonder what cyclists carry in their pockets, saddlebags, and hydration packs? We polled some folks around the office, asking to see what they carried to get out of a jam, and found some interesting stuff.
Which kind of begs the question: what do you carry when you ride?
And don't forget that tubes, multitools, mini-pumps, Co2 cartridges, black size medium Giro Air Attack Shield helmets, and saddlebags make great stocking stuffers.


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by Len Lear
I doubt if anyone has come to Chestnut Hill from farther away than Jasper Alivia, 40, who lived on Ardleigh Street in the home of a St. Joseph's University school buddy, Chris Siegel, from 2004 to 2006. (After that, Alivia moved to New Jersey when he got a job cooking at Cuba Libre in Atlantic City's Tropicana Resort-Hotel.)
Jasper was born in the Philippines and raised in American Samoa in the South Pacific. His formative years were spent watching his parents run a restaurant in their hometown. His mom ran the kitchen, and his dad ran the business end of things.
"The greatest gift they gave to me, my brother and two sisters," he recalled, "was the emphasis they put on the absolute necessity of higher education. They made sure that all four of us went to college in the U.S."
Jasper came to Philadelphia in 1989 to attend St. Joe's. At first he lived in Bryn Mawr, and later Ardmore, and worked at the now-defunct Arroyo Grille in Manayunk to earn tuition money. After five years, Jasper earned a degree in economics and moved to New York City, but instead of cooking up a career at a major Wall Street financial institution, the idea of a career as a chef began to percolate in his mind.
Alivia wound up graduating from the French Culinary Institute in New York while living in a hole-in-the-wall in Manhattan. "I had a bed, bathroom, sink and refrigerator," he explained, "but that was OK because I was learning from some of the greatest chefs in America."
Jasper interned with Rocco DeSpirito, chef/owner of Union Pacific in New York, former owner of Rocco's restaurant, which was the subject of a "reality show" series on national television, and a celebrity dancer on Dancing with the Stars. Jasper also worked with Peter Hoffman, famed chef/owner of Savoy in SoHo.
"He was a great mentor," said the handsome, effervescent Filipino native. "He taught me all about the importance of sustainable fishing, seasonal local ingredients, fresh produce and so on. He said, 'Forget about a TV deal. Just cook simple, delicious food,' and that's really all I am trying to do. I get enormous satisfaction from making good food for good people."
After several years at Savoy, Jasper "really missed Philly and decided to come back." He returned here, moved to Chestnut Hill and worked at Vega Grille in Manayunk and then Cuba Libre in Old City, both under famed Nuevo Latino chef, Guillermo Pernot. In 2006 Jasper married a college friend, Tracy, who is currently director of training for a group of restaurants. (Former Chestnut Hill photographer Susan Beard, who had a studio on Highland Avenue, shot their wedding photos.) Jasper took the job cooking at Cuba Libre in Atlantic City, but after 16 months an opportunity opened up that he could not turn down.
He was hired to be executive chef at blue2O (pronounced blue-two-oh), which was then in the process of being constructed on Route 70 at Haddonfield Road, across the road from the former Garden State Race Track. In May of 2010, however, Alivia's old mentor, Guillermo Pernot, asked him to join Pernot at Cuba Libre, 10 S. 2nd St. in Old City, and the former Chestnut Hiller could not possibly refuse.
Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, Cuba Libre is one of the most spectacular looking restaurants in the Delaware Valley. The sumptuous two-level dining room resembles a movie set from the film noir period. (You can just imagine Humphrey Bogart at the next table whispering to Lauren Bacall, "Here's to you, kid.") There's an indoor courtyard framed by three-dimensional facades of houses and balconies, stucco walls, thatched roofs, stained glass, wrought iron, salvaged doors, arched entranceways constructed from vintage materials and a ceiling of skylights and fans.
Although you're indoors, you really do feel the ambience of an outdoor cafe. They even used to have a DeSoto automobile from the 1950s — some of them could probably still be found on the streets of Havana — sticking out of one second-floor wall, but they have since moved it to another Cuba Libre that was opened in Atlantic City in 2004, where Jasper previously worked. (Maybe they moved it because it got too many parking tickets.)
Because of one relatively small group of passionate Cuban-Americans in South Florida, the U.S. Government has still not lifted the now-ridiculous 50-year-old trade embargo on that beleaguered, dirt-poor Caribbean island that has been in place since the Kennedy Administration. While it's true that the one-party monopoly in Cuba (kind of like what we've had in Philadelphia for even longer than 50 years) continues to engage in routine human rights violations, so does Saudi Arabia, among many others, and we have no problem buying their oil. The Cuban embargo does not mean, however, that Philadelphia area residents cannot get their fill of Cuban food and drink — and without the cost and time expenditure of a trip to Havana — at Cuba Libre.
During our most recent visit in mid-June, several dishes that blew us away were the crispy, tangy spring roll of chorizo and shrimp ($6), earthy traditional black bean soup ($7.50), passion-on-a-plate mahi-mahi filet with an amazing, silky lobster-flavored "forbidden" black rice and squid ($22.50) and sensuous caramel and mango ice cream ($6). There are dozens of rums, Mojitos, beers and cocktails, but we both loved their Mai Tai ($10) with lots of fruity flavor without being overwhelmed by alcohol, as is so often the case.
A first-time visitor would be well advised to try Cuba Libre's amazing "15 tastes of Cuba" — small tastes of 15 different menu items for $39 per person. There are bound to be certain items that thrill your culinary mojo, and you can order full-sized portions of those items on your next visit.
As executive chef at Cuba Libre, chef Alivia is responsible for executing the menu, creating weekly features, food/labor controls and training the staff.
"With the new piqueo menu (small plates) and many other dishes that chef Guillermo has brought back from his travels to Cuba," said Alivia, "we have been very busy. The summer has been good to us here in Old City; our brunch menu has been revamped, and we have seen an increase in people spending the weekend mornings with us."
When Jasper and his wife (they have no children) have a chance to dine out themselves, where do they like to go? "I enjoy Chinatown. Shioa Lan Kun is my favorite; the salt baked squid is ridiculous … Han Dynasty in old city has incredible 'dan dan' noodles and a great cold pork belly appetizer. Also a favorite is Dinic's roast pork in the Reading Terminal Market; get greens on it. And Jose Garces' restaurants are consistently good. Love Amada … if I have time to make a night of it."
For more information about Cuba Libre, call 215-567-7683 or visit www.cubalibrerestaurant.com


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The day after. Any new feelings or thoughts?
Looking back at the game I see a lot of positives but none of those can be seen on defense. The offense played well once again and Denard did what he does. I would've liked to have seen more Hopkins, especially on that 3rd and 1 on the first drive, but that was not to be. Another huge plus was that we made our only FG attempt and Hagerup began his stranglehold on kickoff duties with a tremendous effort (love ya coach Carr).
The defense obviously sucks not only for an FBS school but FCS as well (see UMASS). If they could have stopped PSU more often ( I think we only stopped them once??) then we would've scored three more times. The offense rocks and the defense sucks. That is as simplistic as one can make it. In other news today is Halloween and parties are plentiful with girls wearing naughty costumes. As an added bonus enjoy this awesome youtube:p>


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DOVER — It says something about the St. Thomas Aquinas High School boys hockey team that they were able to get back into Saturday's game against Division I heavyweight Manchester Memorial after falling behind early. It also says something that the Saints were not satisfied with a 7-4 loss.
The Saints' hopes of finishing with a top-four seed in the upcooming D-I tournament took a hit with the loss.
"There's positives and negatives about everything," St. Thomas coach Andrew Leach said. "But this probably wasn't the best effort on our part."
A wild first period saw the Saints (8-5-1) fall behind by three goals, a gap they closed to one by the end of the frame. The Saints battled back again in the third period but were unable to find the equalizer.
"When we play like we can play, we do fine," St. Thomas senior co-captain Garrett Palmer said. "But the penalties kill us. We do it to ourselves."
The loss came exactly one week after St. Thomas earned a 4-3 overtime win over the Crusaders (10-3) when the two clubs met in Manchester. It also snapped a three-game winning streak for the Saints.
"We weren't doing the things that got us to win three in a row," said Leach. "We got back to our old ways. Yeah, they battled back with a couple goals, but when a team like that is big and strong, it's hard for some of our guys to defend."
The Saints had trouble staying out of the penalty box, as three of Memorial's goals came on the power play. Memorial was called for nine penalties, but St. Thomas managed just one goal with a man advantage.
Freshman Ty Turgeon scored twice just 1:06 apart late in the first period as St. Thomas trimmed a three-goal deficit to one. Turgeon's first goal came just 15 seconds after the Crusaders made it 4-1, and was the second sequence in the frame where three goals were scored in rapid succession.
"We didn't have our strongest game tonight, but we played good as a team," Turgeon said. "It didn't really click on the ice."
The goals were the first of Turgeon's varsity career. He also picked up two assists. His second goal came on a power play.
"He's been knocking on the door," Leach said. "He's had a couple of breakaways and it's good for him to bury it. Hopefully that will open up the doors for more goals from him."
Memorial took a 2-1 lead as the teams combined for three tallies in 58 seconds. Jacob Boylan put the Crusaders ahead 1-0 at the 3:24 mark, but T.J. Boulanger tied it at 3:58. Memorial got that lead right back when Andrew Frapplea lit the lamp at 4:22.
"St. Thomas is well coached and they come to play," Memorial coach Mark Putney said. "We got some secondary scoring tonight from a couple of kids who we haven't seen put the puck in the net. That was huge."
Manchester led 4-3 after the first period, then the teams played a scoreless middle frame. Memorial once again made it a two-goal game when Brendan Sullivan scored a power-play goal 56 seconds in.
Glen Wiswell scored at 3:28 with assistance from Niall Foster and Turgeon to get the Saints back in it, but Bryce Jacob ended any hope of a comeback with Memorial's final two goals, which came at 7:32 and 12:05.
St. Thomas goalie Zane Angelopoulos made 47 saves. The Saints are at Concord on Saturday.
Manchester Memorial, 7-4
Manchester Memorial (10-3) 4 0 3 — 7
St. Thomas (8-5-1) 3 0 1 — 4
Scoring: First period: M-Boylan (Pollock) 3:24; S-Boulanger (Turgeon) 3:58; M-Frapplea (Broussard) 4:22; M-McNulty (Williamson, Sullivan) 6:58 (pp); M-Syrene (Pollock) 10:07; S-Turgeon (Wiswell, Boulanger) 10:22; S-Turgeon (Palmer, Foster) 11:28 (pp). Second period: None. Third period: M-Sullivan (Boylan, Barry) 0:56 (pp); S-Wiswell (Foster, Turgeon) 3:28; M-Jacob (Burgess, Putney) 7:32; M-Jacob (Frapplea, Burgess).
Goalies: M-Nicolas (7 shots, 4 saves), J. Jacob (15, 14); S-Angelopoulos (54, 47).


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and to add to that. I am being told that attacks and advances are illegal assault moves. Such as Chicago to Denver on the ARMS RACE map.. WTH?
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DC Comics and 2000AD presents us with this fantastic collection where heroes and villain cross Universes and star in these five stories
This book collects the following stories Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham, Vendetta in Gotham, The Ultimate Riddle and Die Laughing. It also collects Lobo/Judge Dredd: Psycho Bikers vs. The Mutants from Hell.
How is it?
If, like me, you never read any of these crossover stories before it is hard to imagine that a brutal judge, juri and executioner character like Judge Dredd and the vigilante, system trusting, never killing, Batman would ever make for good, fun entertainment together. But in all honesty they do. In fact, not only that, but most of the guest villains also fit in very well.
Alan Grant and John Wagner are in charge of the writing on all the stories. They do a really good job at it. They create guiding line that connects all the Batman/Dredd stories. Its presence serves only as a connection between the stories but its thin enough to be troublesome or annoying.
|That's 10 years for hitting a judge!
In Judgment on Gotham, Gotham gets a visit from Judge Death. Batman encounters Judges Dredd and Anderson for the first time. Batman visits Mega-City and there finds Mean Machine and gets a taste for the justice system. For the first time Batman is capture and unmasked, but of course this being Mega-city One no harm was done in the DC Universe.
|That's 2 months for stating the obvious!
|Dark Judge Joker
Vendetta in Gotham brings Dredd back to Gotham to pick a fight with Batman. Dredd has an ulterior motive that brings something very interesting to the story.
Die Laughing starts the clown of crime himself. The Joker manages to escape to Mega-City One were he joins the Dark Judges. Together they terrorize what passes for hippies there. Its up to Dredd and Batman to try to save the day.
Lobo also gets a chance to meet Judge Dredd and Mega-City One's Undercity in Psycho Bikers vs. The Mutants from Hell. This is a straight up macho action story, much like the 80's Schwarzenegger movies.
The art is consistently good. Vendetta in Gotham presents a different art style than the rest of the stories, but maintains a high level of quality. There are many artists involved in this book (over 12), but the overhaul result is oddly consistent.
This is a very good collection. Two great icons of two charismatic publishers come together to create four very entertaining stories. The action is what's to be expected. Dredd wasn't dimmed down to Batman's level and Batman wasn't ramped up to Dredd's level. The retain their most defining traits and the stories are built upon that.
I enjoyed this very much. Highly recommend to anyone that either already loves these characters or is just curious.
Publisher: DC Comics
Year: 2012
Pages: 304
Authors: Alan Grant, John Wagner
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Nice description. This has been my experience as well.meindzai wrote: Many artists, musicians, etc. talk about the creative "force" in terms that imply that they do not take personal responsibility for their "creation." In theistic or mystical terms, which typically don't involve a great deal of analysis, this is simply described as channeling some mystic force, or channeling God or whatever. Because that's exactly how it feels. If you've ever really been involved in a creative act it seems to come from absolutely nowhere.
Somebody versed in psychology could probably give you a good explanation of what's happening, using terms like ego, consious, subconsious, maybe superconsious. But the visceral experience is that it's not "me" that's creating anything. I've written compositions, songs, whatever that people have complimented me on and it's hard to even take the compliment seriously or have any pride around the work - it almost feels like you're taking credit for something somebody else did.
I've mentioned before that really Zen Buddhism, much moreso than Theravada has explored this in relation to the Buddhism, and they typically do it with reference to "non-duality." Or "no separation between subject and object." And it is looked at as a kind of expression of the not-self teaching. But there's a big caution here, which is that Buddhism doesn't take the non-separation of subject and object as an absorption into any cosmic entity. It simply says that there is no barrier. It doesn't say that "you are me and I am you and I am art and I am the universe." Becuase that still implies an "I." The Buddha denied all fabrications of an "I" no matter how cosmic or humble.
What *is* happening often during the creative process, and what Zen arts take advantage of, is that our normal discursive thinking fades into the background or is of secondary importance. Zen arts involve a complete and total mastery of the craft so that there is no "thought" involved in terms of technique or whatever, in other words a very quiet and meditative mindset.
Without analysing all of this from a standpoint of anatta or dependent origination it can look and feel very much like the will of a cosmic or divine power of some sort.
I came to the dharma as an artist, drawn by the possibility that meditation and mindfulness practice might have some positive effect, changing how and what "I" created.
The change was dramatic. As i started meditating and cultivated greater mindfulness i found that i was able to create art without getting emotionally and mentally involved with the process and outcomes, just as you've described. Drawing then became a kind of meditative activity- it was like finding a new form of creative freedom, being in the world without trying to "control" what's happening... responding to what was happening in the moment, as the works were created- just observing very carefully- as the composition formed.
Not being attached to outcome or trying to make things fit some imagined model in your head. I think in this way one can use creative opportunities as a means of dharma practice, mindfulness and concentration practice.
And while its true that more emphasis has been placed on creativity and art by Mahayana schools (especially Tibetan and Zen) i think it fits very well with Theravada as well, especially in regards to mindfulness training. You can find ways to be creative without getting attached to what "you" are doing. It's also a good method for cultivating upekkha, imo, as calmness and equanimity seem to arise naturally when one lets the imagined "self" drop away...


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Joe Nichols Spills on His Alcoholism, Abuse-Filled Past in 'Backstory'
Joe Nichols may be living a blissful life now with wife Heather and his brand new baby girl, Dylan River, but the singer openly admits his that road to happiness has been anything but smooth travels. After difficulties coping with an abusive childhood and a meteoric rise in his music career, Nichols has decided to discuss his personal setbacks, as well as explain the reasons he is able to speak about them now.
With a string of hits — including the No. 1 singles 'Gimme That Girl,' 'Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off' and 'Brokenheartsville' — Nichols was poised to quickly ascend into superstar status, but the singer admits the high peaks of his career were often overshadowed by his destructive behavior. "Those are the most dangerous times for me," Nichols tells GAC. "That's when I want to destroy everything."
The death of his abusive father also lead Nichols into a downward spiral. "I was ill-equipped to handle the loss of my dad," he acknowledges. The singers cites his parents divorce, abuse from his father and an early addiction to whiskey at age 13 as the foundation for this troubled ways.
Despite his shortfalls, Nichols pressed on, marrying his longtime friend Heather Singleton in 2007. With multiple stints in rehab and five consecutive miscarriages, the two were able to stand together through it all. "There's no way Heather should still be married to me," says Nichols, who checked back into rehab after only 30 days of marriage. "There's no way. It's only by grace."
Thankfully, the singer has grown in many ways in spite of his past. "I live free now," he says confidently. "I don't live perfectly, I don't claim that. That's a mistake because I can't promise anything past today."
The singer's personal struggles were documented as part of GAC's 'Backstory: Joe Nichols,' which is set to air May 12 on GAC. In the episode, Nichols' family, friends and personal therapists give strikingly candid details on the singer's troubled past.


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The typical case of incumbents prevailing easily in a primary election isn't the situation in Sunnyside today, as two city council veterans are facing stiff challenges. According to the latest count in yesterday's primary election, Sunnyside City Council, Dist. 3 incumbent Don Vlieger is trailing challenger Spencer Martin 50-47, and leads Victor Ochoa by just three votes. In a primary, only the top two vote-getters advance to the general election ballot in November. "My results are pretty much what I expected," says Vlieger, who serves as deputy mayor. "I got 40 percent of the vote in this district four years ago." Percentages as of press time show Martin with 35, Vlieger with 33 and Ochoa with 31 percent of the vote. If current results hold and Vlieger advances to the primary, he says his message will stay the same. "I'm going to keep doing everything I can to make sure this is as safe a community as it can be." As of press time, there are still 25 votes to count in the Dist. 3 race. That's according to Kathy Fisher, Yakima County's election manager. Though she has assured her place on the November ballot, the other Sunnyside council incumbent in yesterday's primary, Theresa Hancock, is also facing a tough challenge. The Dist. 1 councilwoman garnered 51 votes (46 percent) as of last night's primary tally, to narrowly lead challenger Robert Perales. He garnered 44 votes (40 percent). Both are assured of advancing to the general election because the third candidate in the race, Emanuel Santana Walle, received just 14 votes. Hancock says she expected yesterday's vote to be close between her and Perales, who is Granger's police chief. Hancock also refuted campaign materials claiming she was opposed to law enforcement, noting her council votes on budget reductions were focused on administrative personnel such as a crime analyst. "Those were not cuts on the street. We cut where we could cut without taking cops off the street. I'm not advocating we get rid of police officers, but that we spend our money wisely and take some of the recommendations of the MGT report that we have left languishing and make some improvements in the police department." Her focus heading into the general election season is looking at Sunnyside's overall needs. "Safety is always number one with me," she says. "It is the most important thing, but the whole balance of the city of Sunnyside needs to be looked at." She contends Sunnyside's general fund, which covers day-to-day costs, is "...not close to healthy, it's scary low." Hancock adds, "I'm supportive of law enforcement, but it's got to be a big picture thing, especially when we spend contingency funds on day-to-day operations." Perales says last night's results were surprising. "To be honest with you, I was really impressed with the showing that I had," he said, noting voters in his district were likely looking primarily for experienced candidates. Perales says his good showing is because the need for law enforcement and emergency services is "hitting home in Sunnyside." He adds, "It's got people thinking, people want to be safe." Looking ahead, Perales says he, too, wants to enhance other services in Sunnyside, as well as infrastructure. He says there is especially a need for more youth programs during the summer. "Sunnyside's a large enough town it can do something to provide activities for a good majority of the kids in the summer," he says, adding summer months are especially difficult for law enforcement because youths get bored and lack activities. "It's going to be interesting," Perales says of the approaching general election season. "Especially during budget time, we'll see what happens. Nov. 2 is around the corner." Fisher said there are still 10 votes to count in the Dist. 1 contest as of this morning. She says voter turnout in Yakima County has been right at about 25 percent, which she says was anticipated since it is an off-year primary. However, Sunnyside's Dist. 1 race saw voter turnout of just 14 percent and the Dist. 3 contest had a voter response of about 19 percent. County elections officials will post an update of primary vote tallies at 4:30 p.m. today (Wednesday).
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Before I had kids I used to worry about what I would DO with them. I mean, I liked kids and I certainly wanted some of my own, but talking to them? Playing with them? Um, no. Other people's kids would look at me blankly, waiting for me to somehow engage them which only filled me with inexplicable and completely ridiculous terror: what do they want from me?
I never figured it out, you guys. Well, the talking thing, that's easy. Once your kid can hold a conversation, you're too busy telling him to put his toys away or go use the potty or sit straight and eat his dinner or stop messing around and stand still and put his pajamas on, stop it, come on stop it, now you're going to count to three, ONE... TWO... THREE! There's just not a lot of pleasant chatting when you're in charge of toddlers.
But the playing thing, that's harder. I did my best - number two arrived before we could blink, the better to provide the first with a willing and gullible playmate who can certainly last longer with Mr. Potato Head than their mother. You have no idea how often I congratulate myself on this brilliant strategy. My kids rarely ask me to play with them. I listen to friends complain about having to entertain their older child while trying to take care of the new baby and I say to myself, "Self? Well done!"
I still have to figure out stuff for THEM to do, but they tend to be things in which my participation isn't necessary. Sure we'll go to the playground or stand around the train table at the bookstore, but man is that boring. So I read a book on the toilet seat while they splash in the bath. I fold clothes while they build train tracks. I check my email while they color. I invite friends over so their kids will play with my kids. I am constantly on the lookout for things they can do by themselves - bonus points if the activity lasts longer than five minutes. I WORK at not playing.
But I guess that's not really earning me any gold stars as a stay at home mom, now, is it! And you know what happens when I'm sitting down there on the floor with them? NO FIGHTING! And sometimes there are discoveries of new skills, beaming proud faces and plenty of kisses for Mommy. So all right all right. Perhaps I can color Ni Hao, Kai Lan and plaster my face with stickers too.
Today I told them I'd help with their puzzles, which is one of my least favorite things to do. I'm impatient, I want to do it right, and neither of those things bodes well for helping a 2- and 3-year-old with giant cardboard puzzle pieces. But I was feeling somewhat saintly and told Jack to bring the puzzles into the living room. Instead of the big regular puzzles he brought out a tiny puzzle, one where you count the number of animals on one piece and then find the corresponding number piece. Two pieces! I can handle that!
And you guys, IT WAS FUN. I KNOW. Partly because my kid is (obvs) future Mensa material and didn't drive me crazy hemming and hawing over WHICH numbers, and partly because we were all just getting along. No one was getting grabby or whiny or asking for a snack or walking on the puzzle pieces or otherwise ruining our fun. We did this until my husband came home from work and my only disappointment is that the kids ran away to greet him before he could happen upon his wife and children and note this picture of domestic tranquility.
What kinds of things do you do (or, should I say, what things can you STAND to do) with your toddlers and preschoolers? I'm not going to make it a habit or anything, but I might want to try it again sometime!


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The Dental Assisting Program at the UAB School of Dentistry is designed to provide the educational background and training essential for graduates to become proficient in the execution of their duties and knowledgeable about the delivery of dental health care. While rotating through clinics within the dental school and in private dental offices, dental assisting students have the opportunity to assist with an extensive variety of patient procedures. Upon completion of their curriculum, students will have completed approximately 500 hours of patient treatment. Dental assisting faculty and dental faculty provide lectures and clinical supervision for the assisting students.
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Afros are cool hairstyles for curly hair men. Growing an afro is quite an experience and the following are 4 tips to grow the perfect afro for those curly men.
To grow an afro, one needs to know what one is doing! Afros are hairstyles particularly suited for those men with the tighter curls in the range of III to V. This means that not every man with curly hair can grow an afro for you need to inherently have the curl type to be able to pull it. If you are one of those men with curly hair in the less tighter ranges (I & II) and still want to have a hairstyle that puffs out and just looks diesel, then I suggest you look into the Jim Morrison hairstyle which is, in plain terms, the afro hairstyle for the white guy!
This is my Type III afro from the back, click here for the front!
To grow the perfect afro, you must pay close attention and follow these 4 tips:
Tip 1 for the Perfect Afro: Be ready to grow your curly hair
To grow an afro, you need plenty of curl length. This means that you must be willing to grow your curls to at least a medium length. Depending on your curly hair type, you will need a minimum hair length for your afro with the following extended lengths accounting for each of the curly hair types:
– Type III: 3 inches needed
– Type IV: 4 inches needed
– Type V: 5 inches needed
Your hair grows approximately 1/2 inch per month so do the calculations according to your current hair length and curl type. If you currently have 1 inch of Type IV curly hair, you will need at least 6 months to get your afro. Bear this in mind because in these extensive timeframes, many things (outside of hair) can occur.
Tip 2 for the Perfect Afro: Ditch the comb
Stop combing now! From now on, thou shalt throw away your comb and use your fingers to groom your curls and puff them out. You can also use a pick to help detangle your curls and keep the afro in good shape. Conventional combs and hairbrushes will disrupt the shape and health of your curly hair and hence your afro so it is imperative to go the wide tooth comb/finger/hair pick way (use the 3 together for best results)
Tip 3 for the Perfect Afro: Get the right trim for your afro
To grow an afro, you need to start with your hair at the same length all around. This means that you must get a haircut for your curly hair that has any disparities in hair length corrected. I recommend those curly hair men wanting to grow an afro to start from a short length (1-2 inches) and then allow their curly hair to grow without any further haircuts or trims. This way, you will get used to having an even hair length all around and will also have freshly grown healthy hair to boot once you reach your afro length!
Tip 4 for the Perfect Afro: Keep your afro moisturized
Curly hair in the range III to V (coily, kinky, nappy) is predisposed to being dry due to the nature of the curl's shape. You must battle dryness, which causes frizzy hair, at all costs. This means keeping your hair moisturized all the time by cutting down on shampoo frequency to less than 3 times per week, avoiding hairbrushes and conventional combs, and making sure you use a conditioner while avoiding gels and hair sprays.
Lenny Kravitz is a curly dude who inspired me to grow my afro!
Growing an afro is certainly a journey. You must be prepared and take great care in keeping your afro mane looking the part. An afro for curly hair men is a diesel hairstyle which will enhance your curly hair and your image. What is more, managing your 'fro will not be as difficult as it seems with these 4 tips to grow the perfect afro!
All the best.