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As Director of Math, Science and Technology at Northeastern Illinois University's Chicago Teacher's Center, Roxana designs, develops, and implements MST program services for Chicago-area students and teachers. Roxana believes that empowering students to take an active role in their education and community will help them become lifelong learners and civic participants. Before working at the CTC, Roxana was the Project and Instructional Designer for Northwestern University's Collaboratory, a web-based collaborative environment for students and teachers to develop project-based activities. Roxana received her Master's degree from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program and has a Bachelor's degree in both English and Spanish from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, focusing on integrating technology into the K12 classroom. She has been named an Adobe Education Leader, a Google Certified Teacher, an NYU Graduate and Professional Opportunity Fellow and a National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts Fellow.
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Cynthia Lawson JaramilloAlumni, Class of 2001
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Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo is a digital artist, technologist and educator. She is particularly interested in reconfigurations and representations of time and space through media. Her artwork has been internationally exhibited and performed, including at Giacobetti Paul Gallery, Exit Art and HERE Arts (NYC), UCLA Hammer Museum (LA), Point Éphémère (Paris) and the Museums of Modern Art in Bogotá and Medellín (Colombia). She recently self-published "Of and In Cities," an academically framed art book about five of her photographic projects, and "Cross Urban," which documents the first two years of an ongoing collaboration with Klaus Fruchtnis. Cynthia has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá) and a Masters in Interactive Telecommunications (ITP) from New York University. She is currently Assistant Professor of Integrated Design in the School of Design Strategies at Parsons The New School for Design and an active member of Madarts, an arts collective in Brooklyn, NY.
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Kumarakom is a tourist village in Kerala in India. It is a cluster of small islands on the Vembanad backwaters. It houses the popular Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary.
Kumarakom is on man-made land reclaimed from the vast Vembanad Lake. The name Kumarakom was derived from the deity of its oldest temple Kumaran. Kumaran's Akam or place became Kumarakom. The place was fertile and most suitable for cultivation of rice and coconut trees. This village was part of Vadakkancore kingdom. But in 1750 Marthanda Varma the King of Travacore conquered and annexed it to Travancore. The first Christian Church was built here in the year 1769 in the land granted by the King of Travancore.
The modern history of this exotic backwater village started with the arrival of the English farmer Alfred George Baker in 1847. He reclaimed 500 acres of Vembanad Lake and made garden land and paddy fields. He built the Baker House (also known as the History House). Mr.Baker was the beloved Kari Saipu (possibly an elision from Baker Sahib) of the locals. Four generations of Bakers lived in the house until 1962. It is reported that they spoke Malayalam, the local language, and even wore the "mundu", which is the traditional formal wear of the people of Kerala (a plain white dhoti, with golden silk lining). The Baker Memorial School in Kottayam, was started around 1825, by members of the same family. The Baker House itself was in ruins, until it was taken over by the Taj Group and restored into a luxury heritage hotel. (For an elaborate stdy visit www.kumarakomvillage.com ,P.G.Padmanabhan- Kumarakom-An Insider's Introduction)
Situated in the Kottayam district of Kerala, which is already known for its lush greenery, this exotic backwater village adds more than a sparkle to it. The landscape basically consists of a cluster of island villages in and around the large "Vembanad Kayal" backwater body (which is also, incidentally the largest in Kerala), with a plethora of branched bodies all lined by beautiful, thick, lush and peaceful greenery. A large number of coconut trees line the horizon to add the perfect tropical touch to the landscape.
With the onset of the monsoon rains, some time around June, the little streams and lagoons break their flow beds and irrigate the fertile land to an overwhelming cover of green. Shrubs, grass and bushes cover every available inch of land to provide a fantastic treat to the eyes with the morning dew and surface mist on the water bodies, spotted in colors with blooms of algae and lillies.
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Kumarakom is home to a wide variety of tropical flora and fauna. An important point of interest is the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary, where a significant number of bird species are known to make migratory visits. The park area covers around 15 acres and functions under the aegis of the government of Kerala. Originally, developed as a rubber estate by the English colonial enterpreneurs, it was formerly known as the Baker estate. One of the important migratory species is the Siberian crane. Other tropical species such as the egret, heron, waterfoul, ducks, moorhens and kingfisher are commonly found.
The Vembanad Lake, is home to many marine and freshwater fish. Varieties of shrimp, prawn and fresh water fish are boutiful. The "Pearl spot" fish is found in relatively lower numbers, and is a local delicacy.
There are a lots of tortoises but unfortunately the authority don't share this information with the tourist since the authority is not aware of this.Unfortunately some villagers are hunting those tortoises.
Kumarakom enjoys a well-balanced tropical climate.The lowest and highest temperatures recorded are 60.8 F and 100 F. There is always a cool, fresh breeze, which makes even the warmest weather readily agreeable after sundown. The South West monsoon is from early June to early August. However, slight drizzles persist till early November. Average rainfall is 1100 mm per year.
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Drive down to Kochi on the NH47 (Salem-Kanyakumari) till Cherthala, turn left se the SH- 40 towards Thannermukkam bund and then turn right towards Kottayam and head to south via NH-42 to reach Kumarakom. Approx journey time from from Cochin International Airport is 2 hours.
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Buses and taxis are easily available at all times of the day from Kottayam and Cochin.
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via Kottayam (16km)
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via Cochin International Airport (75 km)
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From Muhamma (near Alappuzha) to Kumarakom Jetty.
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The destination is most popular for its backwater boathouse rides. Rentals are relatively expensive, but well worth every penny if you can also get a good chef on board, who is well versed in exotic local cuisine. It would be well worth to research on reliable service companies and demand for a good chef, while making your booking. Main Tourist Destinations in Kumarakom
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The local cuisine of Kerala is a large variety of lesser known delicacies of the most exotic genre. It is markedly different from cuisines from other parts of india, in its emphasis on non-vegetarian culinary and liberal use of a wide variety of spices. It is heavily influenced by the Syrian Christian taste buds. The local saying goes "If thou are in the land of rat snake stew, thou shalt choose the thickest piece". So do not hesitate to try even more exotic menus like frog legs, crane fry, which can be found in some of the more elaborate local toddy shops.
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Sip tender coconut. Refresh yourself with a sip of cool tender coconut and a scoop of its soft white flesh. Ask your tour guide to arrange for fresh madhura kallu (sweet toddy extracted from the coconut palm) and have it the Kerala way with exotic karimeen pollichathu (coal baked fresh water fish), spicy pickles or kappa (cassava) and fish curry. Optionally, a visit to a toddy shop (locally known as a kallu shappu) can be a good experience. Toddy shops across the state are known to serve excellent spicy seafood, fish and all kinds of meat with matured alcoholic kallu.
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Without a doubt, the best option is hiring a houseboat for the true experience. A large number of companies offer board and tour on houseboats. Again, good research can save you bucks and a word of caution to insist on getting a good chef, for the true exotic kerala cuisine experience. There is almost no equal to the peaceful boathouse ride in this piece of tropical paradise. The lazy morning glory sipping authentic kerala tea, that one can experience is simply beyond words, of course, followed by a sumptuous breakfast, to venture into a busy day of doing nothing at all. If we may, it would be a wonderful day to start your day with appam and chicken stew.
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Thanks for everyone's kind words yesterday. With nice people like you around, I feel better already. I'm sure my tardiness will improve, I've already been feeling better with spring in the air and grass showing in my front yard (it's brown, but it's there nonetheless!)
The kitchen is my territory. Sure, I allow the family to eat there but it's my space and I'm Queen of the Cuisinart. For as much time as I spend there I want to have the proper tools to do my job and though technically one doesn't need more than an open fire and some hot dog sticks having super-cool gadgets makes the difference between merely feeding the crew and creating culinary art.
My kitchen is in the middle of a remodel, nothing but a big hole in the floor, a void in the house and in my life. Consequently I'm thinking about kitchens constantly: what colors I'm going to use, how cool the new cabinets will be, which handle pulls to install--and I'm reflecting on how over the years I've had many kitchen tools that have made me very happy. Here are a few:
A pastry scraper--Scrapes up messy counters, cuts, chops, dices, and divides dough like a dream. It's not just helpful and fun to use (I feel very professional with it in my hand) but you just don't realize how incomplete your life is until you get one. So get one!
A rice cooker--Cooks rice perfectly, keeps it warm and makes me happy in the process. Who says artificial intelligence isn't for real because my rice cooker knows what kind of grain I'm cooking--white or brown--and cooks it perfectly every time. My cooker is a small Zijorushi model that I received as a wedding present nearly 15 years ago and it's still going strong.
A cake stand and cake dome--Nothing sets a dessert apart like putting it on a fancy stand, it's the perfect touch for any treat. If something is under glass it's automatically more desirable than if you had easy access to it: I call it the Phenomenon of The Forbidden. I have a plain ol' Walmart $11 Anchor Glass model that can be inverted to make a punch bowl. Not that I have a need for a punch bowl, but just knowing that I could have a punch bowl should I desire one makes me happy and I love it twice as much because of its duality.
A bread machine--I'd never made a loaf of bread until I got one of these babies and I don't know how mankind progressed beyond the Dark Ages without them.
If you don't have one here's the deal: you put all the ingredients for any kind of bread dough into the bucket, close the lid, set the timer if you wish, push start and come back a few hours later to the smell of fresh-baked bread.
I think the appeal of this appliance is all about the bread: the smell of it baking is magical and it feels so wholesome and comforting. Seeing a beautifully browned loaf on the counter makes me feel so domestic and creative--who says man doesn't live by bread alone? I sure could. Pizza dough, cinnamon rolls, cranberry bread--with a bread machine it's too easy not to make these homemade delicacies.
I use my machine several times a week and have had to replace the buckets on both the first and second models I owned before I eventually wore each out and bought my current model, the Corner Bakery. Of all the models this current one has been the best: the baking times aren't as long as others, it has versatile settings and a bucket deep enough to keep the ingredients from slopping out and burning onto the bottom of the unit.
Do you have a gadget that you could never part with? Where did you get it? Do you avoid the kitchen or is your expertise limited to toast, microwaveable popcorn and cold cereal? (the holy snack trinity around here) Give me an idea of what's in your kitchen as I daydream about my new one about to be installed . . .
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With 12 years experience in the real estate industry and having bought, renovated and re-sold 54 homes, Shirley Evans knows how to take even the smallest of houses and turn it into a functional home.
Evans' latest endeavour — a 1950s Calgary bungalow in Haysboro. Typical of most in Calgary, it had small rooms, lots of walls and two or three bedrooms all crammed into about 1,050 square feet. However, after some calculated and crafty renovations, Evans has transform the tired bungalow into a stylish and contemporary home.
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1. Use open-concept floor plans
Open-concept living is a modern must-have for many buyers. Inside the Haysboro house, Evans took out the ceiling and insulation and re-framed the inside. Now, the home boasts 16-foot ceilings.
"In these bungalows, it's easy to use the attic space," she says. "Opening things up makes it feel like there's more space, makes it more modern and it feels like you're in a brand new house."
2. Gain extra space with cantilevers
Cantilevers are a fairly common design element often used for balconies and porches. Homeowners can gain square footage by taking advantage of the space under the overhang, Evans says.
In the Haysboro house, she used a cantilever by the back door to make room for a closet. In another renovation, Evans took advantage of overhang space to enlarge an ensuite bathroom.
"It's not a ton of space, but it gives you about a foot or 14 inches of elbow room and visual space so that it feels bigger," she says.
3. Maximize storage with custom cabinetry
To get the most space out of a kitchen, Evans suggests using custom cabinetry, replacing the standard 12-inch upper cabinets with deeper 14-inch ones that run to the ceiling.
"This really maxes out the use of space both functionally as well as visually," she says.
Also, the old lazy susan shelves — which were too bulky to be functional — were replaced with space-saving kidney-shaped pull-out shelves. And since there was no pantry space, Evans shaved off 20 inches from the hall closet to create a custom space for additional storage.
4. Eliminate a tiny bedroom
If homeowners don't need the small third bedroom, Evans suggests knocking out the walls and using the space for a walk-in closet and ensuite bathroom for the master bedroom.
"For today's lifestyle, if there are two bigger bedrooms or an extra one in the basement, in a lot of cases people are quite fine with that," she says, adding it's great for people who don't want to live in a condo, want a yard, but don't want a massive house.
5. Add a front porch
Adding a front porch not only adds charm and curb appeal, it also adds more space.
Even if it's not a fully enclosed porch, Evans says pushing out the front door under the eaves creates more entry space "so you're not falling right into the house."
6. Replace older fireplaces
According to Evans, gone are the days of hulking fireplaces that take up tons of living room space. Instead, she suggests replacing the old one with a gas fireplace that's built into the wall, which saves a lot of space.
"If the fireplace is flush with the wall and the box housing all the mechanicals is sitting outside of the house, it gives a lot of visual space," she says, noting it also provides furniture layout options.
7. Reconfigure furnaces and hot water tanks
Today's homes require high-efficiency furnaces and hot water tanks. By replacing the old stuff, homeowners can eliminate the cinder block chimney that goes through the house, opening up three square feet of space on all levels.
By doing this in the Haysboro house, Evans was able to fit a full-sized vanity in the bathroom instead of just a pedestal sink.
8. Purchase counter-depth fridge
"You can have a beautifully redone kitchen, but the space will be thrown off by a fridge jutting out into it," Evans says about the regular 33-inch appliance, suggesting people opt for the 27-inch version. "This way, you gain an extra three inches and it doesn't look so awkward.
She also suggests not just a microwave hood fan, but a microwave/convection oven and hood fan combination, giving the kitchen a double oven without taking up extra space.
9. Replace basement window wells
To avoid the typical oppressive below-grade basement window wells, Evans often replaces the corrugated metal liners with natural wood and uses a step-out method to make the wells appear larger.
"Visually, you feel like you have a lot more room as opposed to the other ones that are ugly and closed in," she says. "You get a much wider window well, but you also have a built-in step system in case of a fire.
10. Build a custom laundry room
For Evans, there's nothing worse than having a mop and broom in one closet, the vacuum cleaner in another and cleaning products somewhere else in the house. Her advice: A custom laundry room for all of the cleaning equipment and products, as well as the washer and dryer.
"Homeowners want that surface to fold laundry, stack stuff and have it tucked out of sight," she says, noting electrical panels can also be incorporated.


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With a hashtag per city or municipality, anyone can tag content about the city or municipality, and share it via social media as explained at #tags in support of easy information retrieval (video on YouTube).
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Observations and comments on events and positions regarding development in Victoria. You can also express your ideas on what initiatives are most urgently needed. If possible explain why you think so.
Further reading
- Wikipedia: Victoria, Oriental Mindoro
- Source for CBMS Indicators (if included): Municipal Core Local Poverty Indicators, July 2011, DILG.
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While we unfortunately can't provide you with a download link to the Store just yet, it looks like Microsoft is finally getting ready to unleash Photosynth for Windows Phone 8. The popular 360 degree photo mesh app was noticeably absent since the new OS but the prospect of a "...any day now" re-launch always felt imminent.
The Photosynth team took to Twitter to bring the news, seemingly after some folks on Reddit made some noise about the app's prolonged absence from the platform. The reason as it turns out was a drive issue, which caused the shipping date to head past the original time frame for launch...
The post on Twitter goes into some detail:
"Photosynth for WP8 slipped due to problems with drivers on a few important phones. Mostly behind us now. Release should be weeks away."
Truth be told, a select few of us have been running Photosynth on our Windows Phone 8 devices due to an early review program and while the app always worked for us, evidently there were some deeper issues with specific new devices that caused some headaches.
The Photosynth app for Windows Phone 8 is expected to be rewritten to take advantage of more RAM, the new API and of course the Lenses feature for quick access to making 'synths. There's no immediate word if the WP8 version will vary that much otherwise from its older Windows Phone 7 sibling (ours feels exactly like the older version just faster, but our build is a few months old).
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NATURAL TALENT CAN BE A HANDICAP TO LEARNING BASICSPeople with strong natural talent have a kind of disadvantage when they try to learn structure and discipline - if they have never been to a real art school or trained classically as an apprentice when they were young. Because they have been able to make things look good from a very young age, they have always impressed their peers and it all comes easy to them. By the time they grow up and have to perform a disciplined task with drawings, they have been so used to just being good by accident, that it becomes harder to go back and learn fundamentals.
Rex' layouts for me got better every day, but I know it was frustrating that all of a sudden I was making him draw slowly and carefully and to think about 12 different goals at once - which is what finished art has to achieve. When you are used to drawing fast and all of a sudden have to draw slow, your hand doesn't make the beautiful instantly nice shapes and flowing lines that an untrained but natural talent is used to getting.
So when he went back to Canada I encouraged him to go back and practice all the fundamentals on his own without having to worry about deadlines and production. He's been doing it and I am impressed with the results.
All my crap about construction and hierarchy seems to have recently clicked with him. (That's how learning works - you struggle and hate everything you do when learning something new - and even if you come to understand it conceptually, it doesn't mean your hand will instantly do it. That's why you have to practice, practice, practice - to burn it into your head and your hand.) A lot of people become discouraged by have to learn function as opposed to luck and give up. They doom themselves to the sketchbook scene for life.Rex understands now the most important thing I need from functional cartoonists. He understands the concept of hierarchy and form. He copied these Bugs Bunny comics not "by eye", but "by brain". He did it step by step in the order I have continually outlined. Some cartoonists try to cheat. They draw the whole outline first, and then go back and scribble in construction lines in the wrong places. This doesn't fool an experienced cartoonist.
Rex started with the line of action
drew the basic forms and stretched them along the line of action and made the forms as solid (and pliable) as he could - "solid and pliable" - hard to describe in words, but very important to be able to do.
Then he broke down his main forms- head shape, torso, arms and legs into their smaller parts
making sure that the smaller parts also flowed along in the direction of the bigger parts
Did he get an exact copy of the comic cover? No, not exactly. The proportions are a bit off - you can see that the negative spaces are slightly different shapes. The heads are not tilted in exactly the same direction they are on the covers - but they are solid, and use negative space within the forms. Bugs' cranium has room in it and the eyes are therefore easy to see - and the eyes wrap around the shape and direction of the head.
I don't care about that as much as I care that an artist understands the main important concepts - that you draw with a controlled procedure rather than just dash out a bunch of lines and hope they add up to something that looks right.
Some of the diligent young cartoonists who are doing these exercises are still struggling to understand what construction is. The more they practice the quicker there will be that "Eureka moment" when they all of a sudden get it. That's a great feeling by the way, when after struggling with something that makes you draw stiff - finally makes sense to you. Then you smack your forehead and say "Why didn't I get this before?? It makes perfect sense." And after that you tend to have a flowering of a new kind of creative control. You can now do all kinds of poses and designs that you couldn't before. Until the next new discipline is introduced into your arsenal. Then it's back to struggling and cursing and practice and patience, until the next eureka.
I can find some minor pints to nitpick here - like some of the bendable parts have points where they bend (the knees), but I'm more excited by witnessing a cartoonist make a breakthrough. Rex can draw solid hands now and he has found a way to apply his design sense to them. His natural feel for pleasant shapes is now being controlled and pushed around underlying concepts - which to me makes them far more apealling.
I love the way he treats the hands. He exaggerated them. They still have form and hierarchy, but more contrasts in the proportions. They remind me of Scribner hands.
I suggested to him now that this is starting to make sense to him, that he break up his practice into 2 parts
1) keep doing what he's doing - copying well drawn comics and cartoons
2) Applying the concepts he is using to his own drawings
Rex did a bunch of funny storyboards for me that were dashed out impulsively for maximum spontaneity without thought to solidifying them.
So I asked him to take some of those drawings and make them solid - without losing the guts.
When you study other people's work, or do life drawing, it should all be with the goal of understanding how what you are studying works, not just how it appears to you on the surface. When you understand form an hierarchy or anything else, then you have to take that next step and apply it to your own cartoons - or all that study was wasted.
That's why I complain about all these quick sketch life drawing classes at animation schools. Student portfolios are filled with scribbly structureless gesture life drawings - or sometimes even with very solid slowly drawn figues - but then the cartoon stuff is on the last couple pages of the portfolio and its all flat, structureless and awkwardly designed. There was no link between their studies and their haphazard cartoon drawings. It's as if the goal was less important than the exercises. But when a producer or director looks at a portfolio, he cares less about your life drawings than he does about whether you can actually draw cartoon characters that are functional. He wants you ready to go and start work - not scribble and struggle for months.
STUDY FIRST THEN APPLYStudy with purpose and thought and analysis - then apply it to your own work. If you are copying Bugs Bunny, then try to do your own pose of Bugs Bunny. If have correctly learned the concepts and his construction, you should be abel to make good looking poses of him. If they still look nasty, then you haven't yet absorbed the concepts you are studying.
Not everyone is equally talented. It will take longer for some than others to get there. Practice, practice, practice, and not by filling sketchbooks with spontaneous scribbles or blind copies, but by challenging yourself to learn and understand disciplines that you will eventually be able to control and these will eventually free up your creativity. You'll be able to draw more things, things you couldn't even have imagined before. You'll look back at last year's sketchbook and want to hide it.
I hope Rex pipes in and tells you if I'm lying or not. Maybe he hates all this.
Here's one by ComicCrazy:
This is very good too. He totally has hierarchy working. I only have 2 minor crits:
1) There is a point on one of his toes that should be rounded out. and the spots on the bottom of his foot out of perspective too...
2) The eyes seem to be a little off perspective - the right is too low, and the eyebrows too far away from the eyes
The drawing has lots of appeal, the lines flow with the confidence of understanding.
If you read this CC, let us know if you feel that this is helping you...
BTW, Kali did the fancy-ass new header for me. And this very girlie picture too.


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Hello everybody, this is Geoff presenting the newsletter today. Unfortunately Bill and I both are suffering from a severe bout of food poisoning. We believe we got it from a restaurant recommended to us by dear old Miro. As I am further along with the recovery I have told Bill I can do the newsletter while he focuses on getting himself right as well. So there will not be a vlog entry from Bill today. But he should be back to normal for Friday's newsletter. In the meantime please enjoy todays splendid offerings.
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Scenes from Tucson, Arizona in the days following a mass shooting that left six dead and [number] injured. The shooter, identified as Jared Loughner, was captured at the scene and charged in federal court on January 9th, 2011. Among the injured was democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The dead included a federal judge, a nine year-old girl, and several septaugenarians who had all come to see the congresswoman at one of her 'Congress on the Corner' events.
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"Paying For It" and "Who Is The Most Enlightened One Of All?"
I'm at the Bodhidharma Zen Center in Warszawa. That's how they spell Warsaw around these parts. They pronounce it vor-sha-vah. Crazy, huh?
So this morning at breakfast the woman who seems to be in charge here was asking me about my practice and my teacher. The usual Zen small talk. When I told her how Nishijima Roshi lived his life during the time I was with him in Japan she said, "So his students didn't support him financially?"
I said that they didn't. He had a regular job and he always encouraged the teachers he ordained to do the same. Then something popped out of my mouth that surprised me. No, not a lump of half-digested oatmeal! It was when I said, "I'd never want to be supported by students. Then the students would feel like they could control me!"
Perhaps this is exactly why Nishijima chose to live the lifestyle he did and encouraged others to do the same. When the students pay for the teacher's rent and food they naturally feel they deserve to receive some return on their investment. If the teacher fails to teach them what they want to be taught, the students figure they have a right to complain. Poor service! I'm payin' you for this stuff, buddy!
I had this happen once in a really blatant way when someone complained about the way I ran one of the retreats I held at Tokei-in temple in Japan. He literally said, "I paid Brad Warner $250 for that retreat" and went on to say how he felt ripped off. As it so happened, he was entirely wrong there. I had paid the same $250 to the temple as him and everyone else at that retreat. He didn't pay me anything. But his attitude showed pretty clearly how these problems arise. He felt entitled to demand the retreat be what he wanted because he paid for it.
This assumption is not really so unreasonable. If you pay for a hotel you deserve clean towels. If you pay for a KISS concert you can complain if they don't play Rock And Roll All Night. The situation at a Zen retreat is different and it needs to be made clear from the outset. Which I have endeavored to do at each retreat I've run since that one.
But there's a bigger issue here, which is the issue of how a Buddhist student who supports his or her teacher financially can feel entitled to demand specific services in return. If a Zen teacher gives in to such demands, Zen teaching cannot happen. I suspect a lot of what we see in Zen today comes down to this problem.
In my case, I've taken Nishijima's advice. My day job is "writer of lousy comedic books with a Zen angle" and I'll take as much money as I can get from that gig. And when I play that role I cater to audience demands to the same degree as any writer. A good writer has to find a balance between what the audience wants to read and what the writer wants to say or nobody buys his books.
But in Zen teaching it's vital not to accept any demands at all from one's students regarding what they think you ought to teach them. A Zen teacher has to be, in some sense, entirely selfish and self-indulgent. But it's a different kind of selfish self-indulgency than you get most of the time. It's a selfish self-indulgency that includes the students as well as the teacher within the realm of "self." The "self" that is being indulged is not limited to the teacher's individual being. The teacher has to be as hard on students as she is on herself. And that often hurts. In both directions.
I'm not saying a Zen teacher who is financially supported by students cannot do this. It can and does happen. Often. But it's much more difficult, I think. Or at least it would be for me.
So ANYWAY, the other night on Roxy.fm in Poland Tomak Lipinski and his co-host Vienio asked a lot of really great questions. But one theme that kept coming up is one that occurs in this ancient video of a Q&A with Nishijima Roshi:
Do you see how the woman questioning him keeps wanting to draw the discussion into the area of how and why Nishijima Roshi is superior or more enlightened than she is (or so she appears to believe) (by the way, the second questioner is me)? I sort of felt the same area was being entered into last night. And it's been a common theme throughout this trip. The crazy lady in Katowice was trying to test me to see if I was as cosmic as she felt I ought to be. She said some weird thing about "the sounds of the butterfly" and I said "maybe" because I wasn't sure what the hell she was talking about. She replied, "A Zen Master must have no doubts!" When I said I had a lot of doubts I think that's when she started getting mad. (I don't even wanna get into the whole "Zen Master" deal, see a few entries below)
In France and in Poland variations on this theme keep coming up. Some seem to want to test me to see if I live up to their expectations of a "true Master" or whatever. Others assume I must be a "true Master" and want to know what secrets I hold. How does the "enlightenment" they believe I claim to have make me special? And is it worth the bother?
There is something that comes with extended Zen practice over a period of several years. No doubt about it. But it's not something that others don't possess. Or that you don't possess already before you begin practice. It's more a matter of finally coming to terms with, and maybe even getting comfortable with that something. Not fighting against it all the time.
The crazy rain we've had here for the past week has finally ended. But now the people of Warsaw are worried that all the water from the south will flood the big rivers. There were all kinds of folks standing on the bridges last night to watch it come in. Is God trying to tell us something with all this rain?


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Aberdeen is called the "Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula," because of it's proximity to the southern end of the peninsula and to Olympic National Park. In recent history Aberdeen has become more famous as being the "Birthplace of Grunge," and the hometown of Nirvana members Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic. A sign welcoming visitors to Aberdeen proclaims "Come As You Are" as a tribute to the band. Although it's hard to imagine today, at one point Aberdeen was a notorious Western outpost at the turn of the 20th century, with a number of saloons, brothels, and gambling halls in and around the town. Because of the wild atmosphere associated with these establishments, Aberdeen was nicknamed "The Hellhole of the Pacific."
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The nearest major airport is Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (IATA: SEA) [20], which is about 80 miles away. While it's possible to get to Aberdeen via a number of different bus routes, your best bet is to rent a car, especially if you are using Aberdeen as a jumping point into Olympic National Park as public transportation inside the park is extremely limited.
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Aberdeen is well known for its lovely harbor, spread glittering and gray along the west edge of town, where the bay bobs with sailboats and speed cruisers.
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Aberdeen has been referred to as the 'Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula' and is a great stop off before venturing into this impressive range. The Olympic Peninsula is home to some of the few temperate rain forests in the world, including the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault. The Olympic mountain range sits in the center of the Olympic Peninsula. This range is the second largest in Washington State. Its highest peak is Mt. Olympus.


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Posted: Mon 09 May 2011, 11:23
Post subject: How Secure Are You?
Security... Security... Security ????
Don't 'GUESS' how secure you are... 'KNOW!'
With the tracking technology thats available today, it's really almost impossible to hide your identity.
If you would like to know just how secure your computer and Internet activity is, click on this site. They check you out and give you a nice detailed report! This will tell you what you have to evaluate in your system to 'try' to get more secure.
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Posted: Mon 09 May 2011, 14:34
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I tried the test link immediately above with some (to me) unexpectedly bad results when using both Firefox and Iron. Using Tor showed a huge security improvement, but the time to view had increased, at a guesstimate, by more than one hundredfold (from a few seconds to a few minutes).
My regards
I have uninstalled Tor and in its stead I am trying the Firefox add-on "Torbutton" with Firefox 3.6.17.
So, apparently I can enable or disable Tor, but I haven't found a way to use Firefox unless the Tor button is set to disabled (even with the Firewall set at off).
Even a hint of advice would be welcome.
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Posted: Mon 09 May 2011, 22:19
Post subject: Tor Button
Hi Jasper!
Myself, I don't use firefox, haven't for several years now but, you might check here for your answer -
You might consider asking this question in possibly the 'Security' Forum, you will probably receive better responses...
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Posted: Mon 09 May 2011, 22:59
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Very good security check for the terminally paranoid
Tor in use would just make me cry
I am in dpup and it has a secure browser mode that made little diference
but this might work anyone try it?
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Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 16:58
Post subject: save file ... oops
Not to rain on your parade ...
FYI, downloaded Cloud Puppy -1.0 to cd, booted to cd so there would be no change to my hdd system (puppy 5.2.5). Cloud Puppy read my puppy 5.2.5 savefile and, upon rebooting to puppy, learned that it corrupted it.
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Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 17:34
Post subject: Cloud Puppy - 1.0
Subject description: Boot-up
I had the same problem with releases make from Browserlinux with frugal installs. I found when you boot-up with a remake of Browserlinux you have to hit the F2-Key and then type puppy pfix=ram to save my frugal installs.
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Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 20:18
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My experience with Browserlinux differs markedly. It presents a menu to select different save files. It is elegant in it's simplicity. It would be nice, if on exit, all pups allowed a Save/NoSave option to avoid similar experiences. It took me several hours to re-build everything.
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Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 20:32
Post subject: Cloud Apps
Here are some more nice places for Cloud Apps you just gotta' check out!
http://cchiarelli.weebly.com/ = shows lots of Cloud applications FREE to use, just check the listings in their headers (top of page)
And For Your Office: This is just unbelieveable!! and yes... it's FREE for you as a Cloud user.
(1)Easy Online Word Processor - Create • Connect • Collaborate.
(2)Create, Edit and Share Your Presentations Online.
(3)Online Meetings - Remote Support - Web Conferencing.
(4)Loads of other features & apps.
More Than 4 Million Users Work Online With Zoho!
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Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 20:45
Post subject: Eating Previous Pupsave Files
lmart :
Gosh... sorry to hear that but I believe I made it very clear in my FIRST post that.... I am Not A Programmer... just trying to fill a need for this type of Puppy that no one else was interested in doing or helping me with! I did the best I could, and second, I made it quiet clear to 'Be Careful' and maybe first try things with CD/DVD only!
Always make a first run on a new Puppy (no matter who's) by selecting the 'F2 Key' and type puppy pfix=ram.
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Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 21:23
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I did try it with a CD, so I wouldn't screw up my system.
The F2 key thing is new to me.
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Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 21:35
Post subject: Re: save file ... oops
lmart wrote:
Not to rain on your parade ...
FYI, downloaded Cloud Puppy -1.0 to cd, booted to cd so there would be no change to my hdd system (puppy 5.2.5). Cloud Puppy read my puppy 5.2.5 savefile and, upon rebooting to puppy, learned that it corrupted it.
lmart, use puppy pfix=ram with the liveCD and you shouldn't have this problem. When the CD is used, you see a boot screen and have a few seconds to start typing. So type "puppy pfix=ram" (no quotes) and it will all load in RAM without looking for the savefiles.
Hope that helps.
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Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 21:50
Post subject: Savefile Problem
Idid a little research in the forum on savefile... here is something that may (or may not) be useful:
jemimah said in:
Various boot codes might help you.
If you actually wanted to use the save file and delete files from the distro out of it:
pfix=clean (same as "version upgrade")
pfix=purge (more drastic - not sure exactly what this does).
Prevent Puppy from loading a save file:
Only load save files from a certain partition:
Only load save files from a certain subdirectory:
Only load save files on usb drives
If Puppy finds more than 1 save file, it's supposed to ask which to use.
And I'll add here...
If it finds ONLY ONE previous savefile from another version... I can't say nor find the answer? But... possibly the pfx=clean mentioned may help?
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Posted: Tue 10 May 2011, 22:59
Post subject: One Click To Your Favorite Cloud URL
Want to store that favorite 'Cloud URL' on the AppStarter Box so all you have to do is click on the Icon Zippo... you're right at the site?
Here's how to do it:
Click on the 'Change Starters' at the bottom of the AppStarter Box.
(first) - we'll use the below example I have setup in mine - There 20 available Icon Boxes (you can use 19)in the AppStarter, choose one of those 19 you don't really need and use the example guideline below- When you replace one of the 19, don't worry, they are always in the 'More Apps' section as a regular file to use, just remember DON'T EVER DELETE OR CHANGE '20' THE 'More Apps' ICON!!! use any of the remaining 19 to make your change.
(second) - Get yourself the icon (or make one using Pixlr-Paint) that you want to use... the size should be around 64x64 (that size fits nice in the small boxes). Put the icon in to folder that is shown below in the ICON Line the example... That part's done!
(third) - Type in the EXEC Line the code of the URL for (example below: http://www.pixlr.com/).
(forth) - Type in the LABEL Line name (example below: Pixlr-Paint.
LABEL=(whatever box# used)="(a start quote) Name "(an end quote)
Do the same for the ICON= line and the EXEC= line, and your done!
Double Check your work... Do I have the Quotes right?
Do I have the number the same in all 3-lines?
Do I have the Icon in the right file folder and is the path to it correct?
Did I miss any 'spaces' that should have been put in?
EXEC19="defaultbrowser http://www.pixlr.com/"
Go To The Top Of The AppStarter.conf file (thats what your working in) and click on 'SAVE'.
Your NEW URL is now only ONE Click Away!
'Have Fun'
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Posted: Wed 11 May 2011, 01:03
Post subject: Pwidgets
There are some .pet programs that work in Cloud Puppy however, I haven't really tried a lot of them and don't intend to, Cloud Puppy was NOT meant to have the standard applications that other Puppy programs do! Cloud Puppy was designed to 'WORK IN THE CLOUD' using Cloud Based applications that are provided there... and I might add, they are really nice compared to most of the standard Puppy applications that have been around since Puppy was first invented. The newer innovations for programs on the Cloud are just fantastic, and most work just a well on older computers as they do on the 'Lastest, Greatest.'! Now... I'm not saying you're going to get 100% satisfaction with everything you try, but that's the nice part, you go try something else... or something else or something else... get the point?
Another thing you'll notice is you won't constantly be increasing your personal savefile because really, you won't need to be adding to your HHD all that much. and, that's nice! Fact is, after you get used to Cloud Computing... it appears to me a CD/DVD would be more than one would ever require! Hmmm... that's nice too!
One still very nice standard Puppy application is the Desktop Pwidgets... yes, they also work on Cloud Puppy except for one item that I'm aware of, that's the 'analog clock' it just doesn't show up. it creates the space for itself but just a 'no show.' However, the digital clock works just fine so that's what I use. Everything else appears to function normal. Pwidgets really look nice on the Cloud Puppy desktop, especially the theme Stardust Blue!
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Posted: Wed 11 May 2011, 05:41
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like your concept for Cloud Puppy and, the use of iron
unaware of ixquick, trying it now
in my use, there are typically 2 states (potentially savefiles), (1) when have access to the cloud and, (2) no access. In either case, a fast booting, slim linux is preferred; my thoughts are a core system with key functionality to get you to the Cloud, then a few minimalists apps for the times when no access to the Cloud
good luck with your work on Cloud Puppy
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Daugavpils [1], the second largest city in Latvia next to Riga. It is a delightfully charming, spacious, green city. Despite its quaint atmosphere and low prices, the city offers modern conveniences and services. Over the last decade an ice-hall, bowling center and modern hotels have been built in Daugavpils and diverse entertainment options have appeared throughout the city.
Get in
By air
Daugavpils Lisdosta (Daugavpils Airport) (+371) 65475306 Soon one will be able to get to Daugavpils via air, as the airport located in Lociki (located 12 km northeast of Daugavpils) is being renovated and rebuild to become one of the major airports in Latvia. It is planed that by 2013 the airport will be open for regional and international air traffic, both passenger and cargo.
By train
Valsts akciju sabiedrība "Latvijas dzelzceļš" (Latvian Train Service), [2]. Riga-Daugavpils trains operate four times a day; Riga-Gomel, and Russia trains also operate. Daugavpils is also accessable by train going from Vilnius to Saint Petersburg.
By bus
Rīgas Starptautiskā autoosta (Riga Bus Station), [3]. Buses from Riga to Daugavpils leave every two hours.
By car
The drive from Riga takes 3-3 1/2 hours. There is an international highway named E262 from Kaunas, Lithuania that crosses Daugavpils and goes to Russia.
Get around
By bus
By tram
Daugavpils has three tram routes operating in the city centre. Tickets are 0,30 LVL, 0,15 LVL on Sundays. Tickets are sold in the tram by a conductor (usually a woman). Exact change appreciated. When the tram is empty, best is to go to the conductor, hand her the fare, and she will give you a ticket. Otherwise she may walk around the tram collecting fares from passengers who have just got on.
By taxi
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Daugavpils has lots to see. The Daugavpils Tourism Information Center can provide specific information and help you coordinate your visit.
Daugavpils novada tūrisma informācijas centrs, Rīgas 22a, Tel.: (+371) 65422818, Fax: (+371) 65422818, (E-mail: [email protected]).
Rigas ielā is the main pedestrian mall which starts directly across the street from the main entrance of the railway station.
Daugavpils is more endowed with water space than other cities of Latvia. There are 15 lakes, 8 rivers and numerous brooks its territory. In spite of this the climate is the most continental of the country. Forests and parks make up the green area with a square of approximately 10 400 ha.
Major Town Building Landmarks
With good reason the fortress, originally built as a fortification for the western border of the Russian Empire, can be considered the symbol of Daugavpils. The Classicism-style fortress was consecrated by the Russia's tsar in 1833. In later years the tsarist, Latvian and Soviet Armies had been stationed there. At present the fortress is under the supervision of the local municipality and Real Estates Agency as a cultural and historical monument.
The Daugava protecting dam, which stretches 6 km along the river and at its highest points reaches 9 m, is another singular landmark of the city. It was built in 1841, and is still protecting the city from flood-waters. On accordance with the town-building plan, confirmed by the tsar in 1826.
Daugavpils present-day center and its street network started shaping in the early 19th century. The features of the styles peculiar to this historical period have been preserved in Riga street, the main street of the city center. A characteristic feature of buildings is Classicism-style red brick houses with ornamentation of various styles. The house at 8 Riga street, which now houses the Daugavpils Local Arts and History Museum, has preserved its original architecture almost unaltered. The house was built in the second half of the 19th century. It decoration of colorful glazed files is extremely original. All entrances to the house have small glass-covered open-work metal roofs. More than a hundred years ago a 3 ha large park was laid out in the center of the city. The park is called now Dubrovin's Park as it was created with great assistance and support of Pavel Dubrovin, the first head of the city. It has been a rest place popular with the townspeople for years. Between Riga and Saules streets there is Vienības nams (Unity House), designed in plain architectonic forms: prisms and cubes. The many halls and rooms of this building house a theater, the city central library, several shops and cafes. All the principal cultural activities of the city take place here. At the beginning the 80-ties Riga street, in which several buildings of historical and architectonic value are situated, was one of the first cities in Latvia which was used by pedestrians only.
Monuments and Memorial Places
The most significant events in Daugavpils history are immortalized in various monuments and memorial places. The soldiers killed in Word War I are buried in Old Believers, Orthodox and Lutheran cemeteries. The Latvian army soldiers, killed in fights for freedom, are buried in the Lutheran cemetery. Their graves there as well as the Polish army soldier' graves in Satiksmes iela testify to the events relating to history of the independent Latvian state. A 13 m tall reinforced concrete cross has been erected in Satiksmes iela to commemorate the events. A memorial stone to the citizens of Daugavpils, deported to Siberia in 1941 and 1945, is erected in Pumpura Park. The burial places of the Soviet and German soldiers in Dubrovin's park, in the Garrison cemetery, in the Griva, Communal and Orthodox cemeteries as well as the graves of the victims of fascism in the Mežciems cemetery are memorial places to those who were killed in World War II.
Look at Eat section above for restaurants and more. 'Gubernators' has a great selection of beers from Latvia and the Czech Republic on tap.
The Wi-Fi Internet is available almost in all cafes, hotels and restaurants in the centre of the city. For example in Park Hotel Latgola, City Centre, Vesma cafe and many others. Also there are computers with the free Internet available in the halls of Ice Hall and Hospital. There are some the Internet cafes near old university building on Saules street.
Get out
From Daugavpils one can travel to Lithuania, Belarus, and/or Russia because the city is located close to the borders of these countries. Or go anywhere else in Latvia.