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About Gonzalo Lebrija
In his pristine sculptures, photographs, videos, and installations, Gonzalo Lebrija freezes time, seeking to capture fleeting moments and display them, like butterflies in a box, for our contemplation. With an approach to life and art combining humor, anxiety, and melancholy, he focuses on the passing of time, preserving, with irony and futility, the unquantifiable yet finite moments between life and death. Many of his works, like the photographic installation 750 Millones de años (750 Million Years) (2013), center upon a paused action, in this case, a tennis ball hurtling between two players. The ball's path is broken apart into a constellation of individual images, in which it is seen as a blur or perfectly clear, against a black background. In this, as in all of his work, Lebrija attempts the impossible—as he stills time it continues to slip away.
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Within moments of his 2013 Wimbledon victory, making him the first British man to win that fabled competition in 77 years, Andy Murray gave a media interview that seemed almost as grueling as the match itself. When asked what had changed in the time since his heart-wrenching and emotional defeat on that same court the year before, Murray responded without hesitation. Out of breath and clearly exhausted, the new champion answered by saying that over the past twelve months he had: a) learned from his mistakes, b) worked extremely hard, and c) surrounded himself by a top-notch team.
I suspect that the very last thing on Andy Murray's mind that July day was teaching the world about effective leadership, but that is exactly what he did. His tripartite prescription: learn from your mistakes, work hard, and surround yourself with a first-rate team is, in fact, a formula for all who strive to be successful leaders.
Learn From Your Mistakes
The best leaders are thoughtful leaders; they understand the benefit of quiet reflection as part of their work. The essential Jewish teaching of teshuva (repentance) suggests that each of us has the capacity for heshbon hanefesh (self-evaluation) and can learn from our errors. Judaism has never insisted that we are imprisoned by our past actions. Rather, our sources suggest that if we acknowledge our mistakes, we can move beyond them. Individuals who are too quick to overlook their failures, insisting that they are anomalous and have nothing of value to teach, or those who seek to blame others for their shortcomings, are incapable of effective leadership. Absent a willingness to deal head on with yesterday's mistakes, to learn from them, and to improve, one cannot expect a different tomorrow.
Work Hard
The Talmud (Megillah 6b) says it best: "If a man says to you, I have labored and not found, do not believe him. If he says I have not labored but still have found, do not believe him. Only if he says, I have labored and I have found may you believe him." What Andy Murray knew, and what effective leaders understand, is that there is no substitute for hard work. The privilege that often comes with power can be alluring. But no leader can succeed by sitting back and coasting or by phoning it in. No one is that good to be able to get by on natural talent or past performance alone. Leadership is difficult and painstaking. Defeat and setback come with the territory. No experienced leader hopes for instant results. Patience, tenacity and steadfastness are the necessary ingredients. Success will come but there are no magic bullets or quick fixes.
Surround Yourself with A Great Team
As Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy make clear in their work Execution, great leaders get things done through other people. The very idea of a stand-alone leader, without followers, is an absurdity. In the twenty first century, no single individual, however talented or brilliant, can know enough or do enough to succeed solo. Murray, on what was arguably 'his' day, was quick to acknowledge what the best leaders have always known: his success was not his alone. In the wonderful book, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that even the most accomplished individuals are the products of elaborate nexuses:
"… In order to understand the outlier I think you have to look around them—at their culture and community and family and generation. We've been looking at tall trees, and I think we should have been looking at the forest."
In a Midrash (Tanhuma, Beshalach), God reminds the greatest Jewish leader, Moses, of the same thing. His success as a leader, God tells Moses, can only be explained in the context of his team – the Israelites who left Egypt. "… In their merit I have elevated you, and because of them you will find … honor before Me."
It is unlikely that any of us will play tennis like Andy Murray. But we who aspire to lead have much to learn from that 26-year-old Scotsman who in the aftermath of the biggest victory of his life offered a simple yet eloquent paean to the value of learning from our mistakes, working hard, and surrounding ourselves by a great team.

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The Houston Astros named Tony DeFrancesco as their interim manager after dismissing manager Bradley Mills Saturday, Aug. 18. DeFrancesco was managing Triple-A Oklahoma City. General manager Jeff Luhnow will spend the next few weeks searching for a full-time replacement. Houston already has four or five names in mind, and they're hoping to have a new candidate in place by Nov. 1. Minor league hitting coordinator Ty Van Burkleo was named as the interim hitting coach and Dan Radison will be the interim first base coach.
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|Astros | Two coaches let go Saturday
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The Houston Astros relieved hitting coach Mike Barnett and first base coach Bobby Meacham of their duties Saturday, Aug. 18. Ty Van Burkleo will take over as hitting coach and Dan Radison will serve as first base coach on an interim basis.
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The Washington Nationals have fired first-base coach Dan Radison and replaced him with Trent Jewett, who had spent this season with the organization as a quality control coach. The Nationals have also named Pat Corrales as their new bench coach.
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The entire coaching staff of the Washington Nationals will return for the 2011 season, according to MLB.com's Bill Ladson. Bullpen coach Jim Lett, bench coach John McLaren and first-base coach Dan Radison will return for a second season, with third-base coach Pat Listach and hitting coach Rick Eckstein returning for a third season. Pitching coach Steve McCatty, who joined the staff in June 2009, is coming back for his second full season. It was announced that manager Jim Riggleman would return for a second full year last month.
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Dave Sheinin, of The Washington Post, reports the Washington Nationals hired Jim Lett and Dan Radison to their coaching staff Friday, Nov. 20. Lett will serve as the bullpen coach and Radison will be the team's first-base coach next year.
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Market Basket deal reached; Arthur T. Demoulas to returnStaff Report
August 27. 2014 11:46PM
Arthur T. Demoulas made a deal late Wednesday night to acquire 50.5 percent ownership of Market Basket for $1.5 billion.
"Effective immediately, Arthur T. Demoulas is returning to Market Basket with day-to-day operational authority of the company," a joint statement from Market Basket and Demoulas said. "He and his management team will return to Market Basket during the interim period while the transaction to purchase the company is completed."
It added: "All associates are welcome back to work with the former management team to restore the company back to normal operations."
Current co-CEOs James Gooch and Felicia Thornton will remain in place pending the closing, "which is expected to occur in the next several months," the statement said.
New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan and Massachusetts Gov. Duval Patrick immediately weighed in.
"Market Basket is a major employer in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and an important local resource for the communities the company serves," they said in a joint statement. "We are delighted that the parties have reached agreement on terms of sale and resolution of operating authority, so that employees can return to work and customers will once again be able to rely on these stores to meet their needs."
Keith O. Cowan, chairman of the board of Demoulas Super Markets, praised the governors for their help.
"Governor Patrick and Governor Hassan worked tirelessly and creatively to help shareholders find solutions that brought them together to reach agreement," Cowan said in a statement. "The entire Board appreciates their time and level of attention. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New Hampshire should understand that the Governors' commitment and engagement made a significant difference. The beneficiaries of their efforts are the 25,000 associates of Market Basket, its two million customers and all of the communities it serves."
Ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas had been working to purchase a controlling interest in the chain from another faction of the family headed by his cousin, Arthur S. Demoulas.
Earlier Wednesday, there were reports that the board discussed a contingency plan to shutter 61 of the chain's 71 stores, if an agreement wasn't reached to sell the company.
"Knowing the board, they'll probably throw darts at a map of Market Basket stores and see where it lands," Peter Gulezian, store director at the Manchester store, said while quickly acknowledging he was joking.
He said the standoff — which started in mid-July with picketing workers and boycotting customers — had left workers feeling "awful," not knowing what will happen to them or their stores, about 30 in all, in New Hampshire.
At the busiest Market Basket store in New Hampshire, on South Broadway in Salem, Store Director Brian Casassa said his store includes many single-family parents and teenagers waiting to return to work while bills go past due.
"There's 25,000 people who just want their lives to get back to normal," he said of the company-wide workforce.
That concern appeared to addressed in the statement released by Arthur T. Demoulas and Market Basket Wednesday night.
"The shareholders and the company would like to thank Market Basket customers and partners for their strong support through the years. Our shared goal is to return Market Basket to the supermarket that its customers have come to rely on for service, quality and best prices. We look forward to seeing you at your local Market Basket."


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Dave D'Onofrio's Sox Beat: Doubront improvingDAVE D'ONOFRIO
July 06. 2013 9:34PM
Felix Doubront broke camp with the rest of the club, and took the mound as the Red Sox' starter in their fourth game of the season. But the Red Sox pitching braintrust hardly saw the 25-year-old lefty as a finished product coming out of spring training.
After his initial start, he waited 11 days before his next. Two of his next three appearances came with six days between outings, then came a 13-day break during which he was skipped altogether in favor of rookie righty Allen Webster, and Doubront had made only five starts by the time Jon Lester made his ninth.
All the while, manager John Farrell and pitching coach Juan Nieves were insistent that the southpaw still fit into their plans, and that his stuff was still good, but they needed him to continue working on some things between appearances in order to become more consistent. They weren't entirely comfortable with letting him do that while still taking the ball every fifth day.
But now they're handing it to him eagerly.
When he was bypassed in favor of Webster on May 8, Doubront was sent to the bullpen in case the Sox needed a long man that night - and it turned out they did. Webster gave up eight runs while recording only five outs, so Doubront was summoned in the second inning. And though he himself was subsequently tagged for six runs on 11 hits, he stayed out there for 5 1/3 innings of experimentation, which now seems like it might've been just what he needed.
Since then he has posted a 2.87 earned run average over 10 starts, none of which has seen him yield more than three earned runs in a single effort. That's the longest such streak for a Sox starter in at least two years, and was extended when he picked up his fifth win of the year with 6 2/3 innings of two-run ball on Friday night at Los Angeles.
"He was outstanding tonight," Farrell told reporters afterward. "Once again, he works deep in the ballgame. I think this was about 10 straight starts for him where he's not only kept us in the ballgame, but in a position to win. He was on the plate with his fastball much more consistently. Very good changeup. It was a solid performance for Felix."
It was the consistency that Farrell sought near the start of the year - and it's what Doubront is beginning to show, not just start to start, but pitch to pitch. His average fastball is down 2.4 mph from where it was a year ago (92.8 versus 90.4), though that's not costing him because he's commanding it well and doing a better job of effectively playing it off his other pitches.
He's increasingly using his curveball and his changeup to create swings-and-misses, and the effectiveness of those secondary pitches was evident Friday night. Of his five strikeouts, three came on changeups, and a fourth via a cutter.
"He's got more command with his off-speed stuff," catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia told masslive.com. "The changeup's a big pitch, 3-2 counts, 3-1 counts on big hitters. He's definitely become more of a complete pitcher, you can't really sit on one pitch."
Part of becoming a more complete pitcher involves getting deeper into games, and Doubront's apparent improvements have helped him there, too. Last year he averaged just 5.5 innings per start, and he was slightly worse than that at the start of this year. However, Doubront has completed at least six frames in seven of his last nine outings, and pitched into the seventh or later in three of his last four starts.
Worth noting there is that since May 16 he's typically needed 16.8 pitches to complete an inning. That number was 18.9 earlier this season, and 18.0 dating back to the start of last year. With effectiveness has come efficiency, and with efficiency comes reliability. Doubront has certainly become reliable.
So much so, they have little reservation about handing him the ball Wednesday in Seattle - a mere five days after doing it last.
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If Red Sox fans were holding hope that free-agent-to-be Jacoby Ellsbury might be in the market to sign a one-year deal with Boston in order to rebuild his value, particularly after a mediocre start, that hopes has been evaporating since May 26.
Even despite straining his groin during that stretch, the center fielder has hit .386 over that span, with a .971 on-base plus slugging and 20 stolen bases in 21 attempts. In 32 games he's scored 28 runs, and he's reached base at a .435 clip.
Teammate Jose Iglesias is the only American League hitter with a higher batting average during that time, while nobody has else more than 14 steals, and by taking a 15-game hitting streak into Saturday night, Ellsbury had a .302 average and 34 steals for the season. Overall he's had a hit in 67 of his 81 games this season - putting him on pace for 193 safeties by the end of the year - and he hasn't gone 0-for in more than two games in a row.Don't worry, though, Sox fans: Jackie Bradley Jr. is hitting .298 with a .917 OPS for Pawtucket.
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Iglesias registered his team-leading 20th infield hit of the season on Friday, and left his 43rd game of the season with a .410 average. By Saturday the sample size was up to 159 plate appearances, and to put how long this run of excellence has now reached, consider this: During the best 43-game stretch of Dustin Pedroia's 2008 MVP season, he hit .396.
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Stat of the week: According to baseball-reference.com's formula, only 23 AL position players have been worth at least 2.3 wins above replacement (WAR) this season - and five of them are Red Sox: Pedroia (4.4), Ellsbury (3.0), Iglesias, Shane Victorino and David Ortiz (all 2.3). Despite not having pitched in a month, the calculations also say Clay Buchholz (4.0) has been the AL's second-most valuable pitcher.
Dave D'Onofrio covers the Red Sox for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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i am new to this forum so i hope its ok to post a new topic.
I am here because i have a 3 1/2 week old son who i would love to exclusively breast feed.
He is my 3rd baby and 2md in 10 months.
My first baby i was only 19 when i had him and never concidered breast feeding him i just was so young and had pre conceived thoughts on breast feeding that were mostly negative. My 2nd baby was 4 1/2 years later and she was in the nursery tube fed for a while. I had to go to surgery after i had her so she was given a bottle. Due to her birth weight etc the pediatrition advised she stay on formula for a while, when i got home she latched in the bath so i looked up relactation but never really bothered as i was happy to bottle feed.
My son who was born on the 29th of may i had a really hard time accepting that he was going to be born. I did not bond worth him through my pregnancy and had an awful labour which did not help anything. I decided to breast feed him but had some minor latch issues and delayed milk supply. He was so hungry that 14 hours after his birth i gave in and gave him some formula. When i got home i kept trying to feed him and suppliment with formula but i had no lactation consultanr or midwife or anything to help me so i was left to fend for myself. I bought nipple sheilds and on day 4 he finally fed. I fed him a few times a day on the breast and he was happy there the rest of the time and night he had formula as latching took a long time and we would both get upset i was far too tired at night to sit up trying to get him to latch too. I spoke to some friends who said that my milk would dry up any way doing this so i just stopped and pumped every couple of days just to see what milk i had. On the 9th of june i had nearly 2 ounces 2 days later i had 10 mils less 4 days later i had 20 mils . Then majically the next nught in the bath he latched!! And stayed there for a good 40 mins on one breast.The next day i woke up and truly missed the bonding breast feeding gave us and it was something i really wanted to do and experience. My partner has shut the door on any more children and im now distraught as i want so bad to feed him. I bought fenugreek and started taking it and started pumping as much as i could. I cant pump all the time as i only have a manual pump and 3 children a 5 year old a 10 month old and my 3 week old. I pump 4 times a day and get him to latch several times a day as well. My nipples are killing me at this point and i dont know if i should keep going. Its only been two days but i cant seem to stay awake at night to pump i already have to wake up to two babies. I fell asleep with the pump in my hand. Pumping during the day is really painful at first because my nipples are so sore. And it hurts when he latches too just like a stinging feeling. Im only getting drops probably 5mil with both breasts combined at this point. I cant get a hospital grade pump as they are so expensive to rent in my area and we really cant afford to shell out that much money in one go. And the pills that you can buy online are also very expensive especially if they dont work. Not to mention i have no CC or anything to pay for them and i live in australia so it could be a couple of weeks before they get to me. But with all this combined im trying hard to accept that i may never breast feed one of my babies but it makes me cry. It breaks my heart. Am i a lost cause ? Does any one have any advice for me ? I also find it hard to see a lactation consultant as i dont drive and have the 2 babies 24/7 and my son is off school for 2 weeks too. Im ages away from the health clinic and they are only there once a week


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LEXINGTON, Va. – Competing with a full squad for the first time in the outdoor season, the MIT men's track & field team traveled to Washington & Lee University over spring break to compete in the Washington & Lee Spring Carnival. The squad performed extremely well in the non-scoring meet, taking home six individual event victories while also achieving three NCAA provisional qualifying marks.
In his first action of the spring, Stephen Morton had a full slate, as he was entered in four events, the100 and 200-meter dash as well as the long and triple jump. The senior had a tremendous two days, as he finished either first or second in all four. Morton was edged out by just over three-tenths of a second in the 100 (10.98) but returned to take first in the 200 with a time of 22.15 seconds. He also leapt to a provisional qualification in the long jump, 23-4.75 feet, and followed that up by winning the triple jump with a 46-4.00 foot effort.
Paul Welle was also able to reach the provisional standard in the 3000-meter Steeplechase with a time of 9:24.11, good for third overall. Richard Prevost was just over 10 seconds behind him and in fourth.
Greg Tao had MIT's other National qualifying mark, leading a strong performance by the Tech pole vaulters. Tao was first overall, clearing 15-11.00 feet, a full foot better than the runner-up. Nathan Peterson (13-11.25) and Davey Hunt (12-11.50) also placed in the top eight.
Other individual event winners were Vladimir Sobes in the javelin, with a meet record toss of 186-5 feet, Patrick Marx in the 800m (1:55.38) and Matthew Falk, who cleared 6-2.75 feet in the high jump.
In the 10k, three Tech runners would finish in the top eight, led by Hemagiri Arumugam's fourth-place showing in a time of 32:02.11. Gihan Amarasiriwardena (32:10.90) was not far behind in sixth and Daniel Harper (32:31.63) was eighth.
The Engineers also displayed good depth in the discus, with four of the top nine performers. Anthony McDonald led the way by taking fourth with a throw of 140-1 feet.
MIT will be back in action next weekend, traveling to RPI for the annual Engineer's Cup meet against the hosts and WPI. The meet begins at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 3.


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Visual Learning: Out of the Blue
Images, photos, and pictures stimulate the mind. For the viewer, they offer a chance to connect and question. They also offer potential for play and imagination, and pulling the observer into purposeful messages.
Most often, newspaper and magazine readers take a quick glance at photos and their captions. With this YES! lesson plan, you and your students can luxuriate—and pause—to truly understand an image, its message, and why it's interesting (or not).
Download this lesson plan as a PDF. (128 kb)
STEP 1: What do you notice?
Ask your students to make sense of the photograph by trusting their instincts of observation and inference. In doing so, the photograph offers possibilities and interpretations beyond a typical reading where the reader glances at the picture to reinforce their interpretation of the picture's title or caption. Do not introduce any facts, captions, or other written words outside of the image. You may hear: blue, desert, mountains, people, tarps, power line, sagebrush.
STEP 2: What are you wondering?
After you've heard what your students are noticing, you'll probably hear the peppering of questions: What's the significance of the blue? Why are the people there? What are they holding? Where are they? This is a good time to reveal the photo's caption, accompanying quote, and facts about the actual situation. Watch how the conversation shifts from what they believe to be true to discerning the facts about the photo.
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The Santa Fe Art Institute and community members colored the dry Santa Fe riverbed where water could potentially flow.
Photo courtesy of 350.org and the Santa Fe Art Institute, from .
Photo facts
The Santa Fe Art Institute brought together 500 community members near the Village of Agua Fria to create "Flash Flood for a Living River", part of a global art project sponsored by 350.org. People filled the dry riverbed and held up blue plastic tarps, cardboard, towels and sheets to represent the river that once flowed freely year round.
The Santa Fe River in New Mexico was named the country's most endangered river in 2007 by the environmental group American Rivers. The river provides 40 percent of the water supply for the city of Santa Fe, but runs dry most of the year.
The average person in the United States uses about 80-100 gallons of water per day.
350.org is an international campaign that's building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis. Their website explains 350 as "the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide—measured in 'Parts Per Million' in our atmosphere. 350 PPM—it's the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change."
Other resources around the image:
READ :: : Meet the people on the front lines of climate action.
STEP 3: What next?
Learning more about a photo leads to bigger questions and an opportunity to discuss broader issues and perspectives.
- Do you know where your water comes from? What is the health of your local water?
- Think about all of the things that produce carbon dioxide in your everyday life: electricity used to stay warm and to cook, the family car, plastic bags, and more. What are some things you could change in your daily routine to reduce your carbon footprint and help the planet move closer toward 350?
- Do you think public demonstrations like the Santa Fe Art Institute's "Flash Flood for a Living River" are effective? What is an issue or cause that would motivate you to speak up or act up in public?
- How can art bring people together to discuss—even confront—issues that we face today? Share some examples.


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Indictment alleges mail carrier stashed deliveries
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The government says an Ohio mail carrier stashed thousands of pieces of undelivered mail at his home over 18 months.
The U.S. Postal Service began investigating last year after residents along the route in Columbus reported that DVDs had not arrived as expected.
The Columbus Dispatch reports Thursday (http://bit.ly/1zM2XGc ) that Charles Moore has been charged with destroying or delaying mail.
The paper says investigators found 13,000 pieces of mail on top of Moore's freezer, in closets, in a bedroom and in the basement when they searched his home in July 2013.
Moore resigned from his job in October after being suspended. Court records don't list an attorney. He faces five years in prison if convicted.
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Dr. Hart was born and raised on the West Coast. He graduated cum laude with a degree in Molecular Biology from Pomona College, then was a Fulbright scholar doing genetic research in a laboratory in Japan. He returned to attend medical school at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, WA and graduated with honors. He then completed a surgical internship and residency in Neurological Surgery at the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Hart also completed a combined orthopedic and neurosurgical complex spine surgery fellowship at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah before coming to join the attending staff as an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Case Medical Center in Cleveland, OH. He is the Director of Neurosurgical Spine at Case, and specializes in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in addition to treating a full range of surgical spinal disorders.


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I would like you to read the post about Robert "Snaggy" Naoto Inouye at the Bujutsu Blogger. Snaggy passed away on July 3rd. He was a senior student of my good friend and senior, Sensei Pat Nakata. The Bujutsu Blogger is also written by one of Nakata Sensei's students.
I had the good fortune to meet Snaggy many times, usually at lunches. I never trained with him, but got to speak to him about many Karate subjects as we ate with Nakata Sensei and sometimes other guests.
The first time I met Nakata Sensei was the Okinawan Festival. Snaggy accompanied him. This was around the year 2000 and Snaggy was healthy then... and big. I thought he was Nakata Sensei's bodyguard! What a solid bodyguard! But he was not Nakata Sensei's bodyguard, he was his dedicated student.
Snaggy had practiced Karate much longer than me and was much more advanced, skilled, strong, etc. Once in a while I would call him "Sensei" and he would instantly correct me. "I am not a Sensei," he would say, "I am a student." Yes, and quite a student. He was an example of how a student should be. He was an example of loyalty. He was an example of a student who taught and encouraged the other students.
One time I asked Snaggy, "How many Karate people have you seen outside of your dojo who osae?" Osae means "press" but is much more than that. It is a critically important control aspect of movement.
Snaggy thought deeply for several seconds. Then he said, "None."
That was hard to believe, but I'm sure that he had seen many Karate people and was keenly aware of such things. Over the years, I have found that he was right. It is very hard to find a Karate student or teacher who maintains osae.
Snaggy was very polite to me because I was his Sensei's friend. In terms of protocol, I was at his Sensei's level (as his friend) and Snaggy showed me the same respect he would show to his own Sensei. Of course, I am not at Nakata Sensei's level and I was not at Snaggy's level. But Snaggy's politeness showed me how a student should act. He was the best example of a student -- a student who was also a great teacher.
We tend to pay attention to Sensei. Books are written about them. But just as "behind every great man there is a great woman" (and vice versa), behind every great Sensei there is a great student.
When I went to the reception for Snaggy's funeral, it was a celebration of life. They brought his Harley Davidson and put his folded gi on the seat. It was really something.
Snaggy died from cancer. In his final months, I know that he was in great pain. But he never complained and was just as loyal and supportive as ever.
I could write much more. Snaggy is one of the people I truly admire in Karate. I wish that I could be as good a student as he was. That will be my goal.
One day in heaven, I hope that I can pour a cup of tea for Snaggy. At lunches, he was always the first to pour tea for the seniors (including me). I gradually learned what he was doing and tried to beat him to it. But it was hard, because he was such a conscientious student and person.
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Robert "Snaggy" Naoto Inouye
I would like you to read the post about Robert "Snaggy" Naoto Inouye at the Bujutsu Blogger. Snaggy passed away on July 3rd. He was a senior student of my good friend and senior, Sensei Pat Nakata. The Bujutsu Blogger is also written by one of Nakata Sensei's students.
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I'll take pictures of my "January socks" and post them later this week and since I've started my February socks already, I may get a picture of one of those already. . .For those of you who don't know, my New Year's resolution is to make a pair of socks each month this year. I'll update you in between grading final exams this week!
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This is now the third time that I have tried to post a comment, (the first two tries being unsuccessful)I seem to somehow keep losing all of the wonderful things that I have said. Relegating them to forever more be a part of the wild blue yonder. Anyway, as verbally stated, please keep posting photos of the restarted philosophers and the monthly socks, they are a great encouragement to those of us who seem to be forever stuck in the mundane of the never ending scarfs.
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Yes, but your scarves are a true benefit to others, my socks and sweater just benefit me. . .so here's a question for you all, if I finish the February socks in January, are they February socks? Or would that be cheating? And if so, would it really be cheating if I do everything except close the toe of the February sock until Feb 1? I'm just sayin'. . .
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As with many of my shorter pieces, they are inspired by some short topic on NPR, my exclusive source of news from outside my optics bubble. This morning there was a piece by the sports commentator, Frank DeFoe. He had come across a marketing piece from Stanford that related the outcome of a scientific study on our circadian rhythm, a well-known concept to frequent flyers. I myself just passed 2 million airline miles, although a colleague has us all beat, as he has cleared 5 million and is still on the move, versus me, who is now traveling slightly less than 100,000 per year.
Now to the Frank Defoe piece. It seems on relatively rare occasions, every few weeks for half of the year, NFL games are played at night between a team from the East Coast and one from the West Coast. A well-established trend is that people experience a surge of attention and performance at about 6 pm on any given day, and by 10 pm most of us are on marginal power. So, if one were to study the outcome of NFL evening football games between East and West Coast teams, which typically start about 8 pm EST, one might see a trend. This was the Stanford scientists' hypothesis. Specifically, independent of which coast the game is played on, from the above observed behavior, the West Coast team always has the advantage (I'll let you process that). Sure enough, the scientists at Stanford determined from 25 years of compiled data that the West Coast team wins 70% of the time, versus a 50% split for the more typical day games. Frank suggested that listeners place their bets accordingly.
This reminds me of my favorite NPR report years ago on behavioral science. There was a science team that received a grant to travel to some 25 cities around the world, where they would foist the following three scenarios on an unsuspecting public.
- They would drive through the city and record the accuracy of the public square and other outdoor building clocks. Guess who won? You're right.
- At noon, in a busy part of town, they set up cones about 50 yards apart on a sidewalk and recorded the time it took passersby to traverse the span. The winner (in a manner of speaking) was New York City. The city with the least-fast pedestrians also took the prize for test number 3.
- This last scenario is my favorite. They went to the post office and bought one 2-cent (or the lowest denomination) stamp, with a $50 or other large bill and timed the transaction. In one city, the clerk closed the window and walked away until they left.
So, we need to be creative with our proposals and figure out how to do science around the world. The closest attempt I've seen was an NSF proposal to travel to every large telescope site in world and improve their alignment. I never heard if it was funded.


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Art Basel Miami Beach proved again that high-quality works remain in strong demand, as collectors rewarded excellent material and booth presentations with steady sales throughout the week. The new layout of Art Basel Miami Beach included larger spaces for many galleries. Many exhibitors also reported excellent sales and valuable new contacts, especially in Latin America. Gallerists offered positive reports, including:
David Zwirner, David Zwirner Gallery, New York This was a surprisingly strong show. The show certainly confirmed the trend that started at Art Basel in June. This art market is stabilizing and gaining momentum. During the last twelve months, most business was conducted with established collectors. Here in Miami, it was nice to see some altogether new faces. While most business took place below one million dollars, there were also trades above that figure.
Tim Neuger, neugerriemschneider, Berlin We came with a solo presentation by Jorge Pardo, who wanted us to show a large scale architectural piece, one of his palapas (a tropical pavilion) and it generated a lot of interest, indeed. Believing in idealistic gestures is once again becoming reality.
Roger Tatley, Senior Director, Alison Jacques Gallery, London Weve had a great Art Basel Miami Beach. The response from museums has been fantastic and sales strong. The decision to exhibit a large group of Hannah Wilke works from the 1970s, along with iconic vintage self portraits by Robert Mapplethorpe, together with other gallery artists, has been extremely rewarding.
Robert Peter Miller, Robert Miller Gallery, New York Because of the artists we represent, I feel that we benefitted from the less frenetic and more contemplative pace of the fair. We had many more sales than in any previous Art Basel Miami Beach.
John Mollett, Jan Krugier Gallery, New York This year shows that things are picking up again. The positive energy that had always driven this fair has come back, especially when you compare it to last year. Confidence is contagious, so if the dealers are optimistic, so are the collectors, and vice versa.
Andrew da Conceicao, Director, Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town It has been a long while since we have met this many new and serious collectors and curators in such a short time span. We have always felt that Americans connect particularly strongly to our program, and Art Basel Miami Beach more than confirmed this for us. Conversations weve had in the past few days will continue well beyond the fair, and we hope that Miami will become a new point of reference for our gallery. We are leaving with a big smile on our face.
Phil Grauer, Partner, Canada Gallery, New York We sold our booth quickly and easily to very good collections. Having an Art Positions booth in the central area has brought a sense of community back to the fair.
This years Art Kabinett was of high quality and showed an interesting mix of carefully curated exhibitions in the booths of the galleries. Twenty-eight galleries more than ever before presented an Art Kabinett. The projects in this sector of the show featured a wide array of artists, ranging from emerging artists such as Jakub Julian Ziotkowski, Haegue Yang and Latifa Echakhch to historical figures like Marcel Duchamp, George Grosz and Jack Tworkov. Further highlights included projects by Olafur Eliasson, Anish Kapoor, Richard Prince and Wim Delvoye. Group shows included exhibitions titled Fluxus, Ninety Years of Bauhaus and Aspects of Pop Art.
The Art Nova sector presented recent works, often fresh from the studio. Pieces by more than 130 artists from around the globe were on display in Art Nova, including 17 solo shows, featuring artists such as Marc Bijl, Valie Export, Rashid Rana, Dan Attoe, Michael Beutler, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Jose Dávila and Marine Hugonnier.
The Art Positions sector focused on special projects by young artists and galleries was located for the first time in the center of the Miami Beach Convention Center and proved to be a favorite among visitors, bringing young energy into the halls. Art Positions featured new works by artists such as Renate Lorenz, Falke Pisano, Ulla von Brandenburg, Agathe Snow, Egill Saebjornsson and Reena Spaulings.
Art Projects, newly curated by Patrick Charpenel of Guadalajara, Mexico, featured 13 projects by internationally renowned artists such as Santiago Sierra, Claire Fontaine, William Pope.L, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Franz West. The projects were installed in the outdoor public spaces of Miami Beach, within close proximity to the Oceanfront area and the Miami Beach Convention Center. Art Projects attracted many visitors, especially during the performance by Rirkrit Tiravanija in the W South Beach hotel. Another major highlight was the floating house in the Ocean by Jorge Mayet.
The new Oceanfront environment, created by Los Angeles artist Pae White was a highlight of this years Art Basel Miami Beach and proved popular with the public. Whites immersive and interactive cityscape provided a new experience with each visit, transforming at night into a shadowy group of buildings. Whites largest project to date, it also hosted a daily program including the Art Basel Conversations, Art Perform, Art Video and Art Film which were well-visited in the mornings and evenings. Art Video, curated by Creative Time, involved screenings of videos by Tom Sachs and The Neistat Brothers, Marc Horowitz, Jill Magid, Kon Trubkovich, followed by discussions with the artists. Art Perform featured an intensified program of longer performances by rising international artists. This program was again curated by Jens Hoffmann, director of the CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco. It featured performances by Kelly Nipper, Kris Martin, Simon Fujiwara, Claire Fontaine, and Mario Garcia Torres / Loris Gréaud.
This years Art Film event offered an exclusive work-in-progress sneak preview of the feature documentary film Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, preceded by a panel with director Tamra Davis, art dealer Jeffrey Deitch, co-producer David Koh, and hip-hop legend Fab 5 Freddy, moderated by Bob Colacello. Directed by Davis, the film featured a long and never-before-seen interview with Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), shot shortly before his death. Art Film was curated by Zurich film connaisseur This Brunner.
Many leading art-world figures appeared in the Art Basel Conversations. Located this year for the first time at the Oceanfront, the Art Basel Conversations were especially wellattended by the artworld and the broader public in their new location by the beach. The premiere presented an artist talk with Ai Weiwei, followed by Museum Directors: Change in Generation, Collector Focus: Latin America and The Future of the Museum: The Portable Museum.
Art Salon, located this year for the first time in the central area of the Miami Beach Convention Center, evolved well in its new location. Participants included artworld figures such as Pae White, Jens Hoffmann, Fred Tomaselli, Mark Rosenthal, James Rosenquist, Klaus Biesenbach and Josh Baer.
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Following long tradition, the Miami museums organized significant exhibitions. A particular highlight was the opening of the newly built De La Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space in Miamis Design District, which attracted a large number of visitors every day during Art Basel Miami Beach. Other shows included exhibitions presenting Guillermo Kuitca at the Miami Art Museum, Art from the Jumex Collection at the Bass Museum, William Kentridge at the Norton Museum, George Segal at the Margulies Collection, The Realms of Reality at MOCA Miami, and Raymond Pettibon and Sylvie Fleury at World Class Boxing. Once again, Miamis leading private collections among them the Margulies Collection, the Rubell Family Collection, CIFO, the De La Cruz Collection, the Mora Collection, the Scholl Collection, and the Dacra Collection opened their homes and warehouses to guests of the international art show. The daily visits to artist studios in the Greater Miami area were also very popular with visitors.
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Giving out high fives, Chicago native and television star Danny Pudi received a deafening applause from fans at University of Illinois Chicago April 11 as he ran down aisle after aisle so attendees could smack his backside.
Pudi showed students on UIC's campus that his quirky, Indian character Abed from NBC's hit show, "Community," isn't so different in reality.
In honor of Asian American Awareness Month at UIC, Pudi discussed his unique bloodline as a bi-racial Polish and Indian child, as well as his life growing up in Chicago.
He screened his own presentation titled "Mixed-Up," where he took audience members down memory lane, to every odd intersection of his life where his parents "fell in love at the YMCA and had interracial babies," and when he attempted to be the scrawniest football player ever to step on the field. He even talked about when he used to write polish raps about ice cream.
"My mother named me Daniel after a Polish Christian album I was conceived to and Pudi is an Indian name given from my father and I think it translates to drum, but if you look it up on urban dictionary it also means 'female genitalia," he said. "These are just facts."
As a practitioner of statistics, Pudi further showed how rare his ethnic background is by the following analogy: the Chicago Cubs are 1,200 times more likely to win the World Series this year than the chances of a Polish-Indian child being born. And that's quite a task in itself.
"I'm pleased with my interracial plight," he added. "It has influenced all my character identities and character work that has made me successful."
UIC student Kim Diego could relate to Pudi's multicultural heritage.
"It can be weird with multiple ethnicities," Diego said. "I'm half Puerto-Rican, half Chinese, so its refreshing to hear someone else discuss their unique cultural background."
As a Chicago born, Second City and Marquette graduate, Pudi is better known for his role as the imaginative Abed on "Community." A fan-favorite, the show chronicles the goofy and absurd interactions between students and faculty at a community college in Colorado.
For the "Community" fans at the event, Pudi said, "You will see a lot more of 'Evil Abed' coming up soon." He also discussed how the change of character for him was a terrifying, yet thrilling experience for him.
"On set, I don't always know how it's going to pan out," he said. "That's really exciting too, unlike most comedy shows right now, it's really refreshing to be on show [where] we don't know what's going to happen week-to-week, even as actors."
When fans of "Community" were in uproar a few months ago as a result of NBC pulling the show from its 2011-12 mid-season schedule, Pudi said he was in shock by the support.
"The fan base is amazing, it's really interesting to see what crazy videos fans come up with," he said. "Somebody recently told me, that there is a "Community" porn in the making."
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RICHMOND, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 23, 2013) - Countless children will be protected from contracting a debilitating disease, thanks to additional support to the 'Pennies and More for Polio matching fund initiative', augmenting its original commitment. The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, announced today that Canada would not only match contributions of up to $1 million, as announced last September, but will match all contributions raised by Rotarians by March 1, 2013, in support of eradicating polio [http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/ACDI-CIDA.nsf/eng/FRA-823113621-LBA] . The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx] also announced that it will be matching contributions, dollar for dollar.
"Canadian generosity is second to none, as shown by this tremendous initiative, which has not only met, but surpassed its goal," said Minister Fantino. "The Harper Government is pleased to be a key partner in combating this devastating disease, but money alone cannot eradicate polio. We call on the leadership in those countries still affected to promote science-based information and ensure a safe environment for polio immunization workers."
Last September, Minister Fantino challenged Canadians to join in this fight [http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/ACDI-CIDA.nsf/eng/NAT-927123859-MJE] by supporting Rotarians in Canada to reach their fundraising goal by March 1, 2013. Under 'Pennies and More for Polio', Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation had each originally agreed to match dollar-for-dollar donations made by Canadians to the Rotary Foundation to a maximum of $1 million. With the outstanding achievement of Rotary's goal well in advance of its March deadline, both have now agreed to match the total amount of funds raised through the initiative, which is expected to reach more than $1.6 million, to be provided to the World Health Organization's Global Polio Eradication Initiative [http://www.polioeradication.org/] .
"Canada's support has been, and will continue to be, critical in the final push to end polio," said Dr. Robert Scott, Chair of Rotary's International Polio Eradication Committee. "We are on the verge of eradicating this deadly disease, and must redouble our efforts to ensure that the goal is reached."
In October 2011, Prime Minister Harper reaffirmed Canada's support for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which builds on CIDA's ongoing commitment to improve the health of mothers, newborns, and children.
"We have a unique window of opportunity to change history and end polio thanks to tremendous advances in 2012," said Chris Elias, President of the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "This innovative program is another example of Canada's and Rotarians' long-time commitment and leadership to ensuring children are forever protected from this debilitating, but preventable, disease."
Since 1988, Canada and its partners have supported the immunization of hundreds of millions of children, which has led to the eradication of the polio virus from almost every country on earth, and continue to put an end to this disease in the few vulnerable pockets where it remains.
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The Government of Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), will match all contributions raised by Rotarians in Canada by March 1, 2013 for the Pennies and More for Polio initiative.
At the 67th annual United Nations General Assembly in September 2012, Canada's Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino, together with Rotarians in Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced a joint undertaking called 'Pennies and More for Polio'.
CIDA and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation originally agreed to match dollar for dollar donations by Canadians to the Rotary Foundation, to a maximum of $1 million each, up until March 1, 2013.
To date, Rotarians in Canada have exceeded this fundraising goal, having raised over $1.6 million. Canada and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will now match the total amount of funds raised through the initiative. This will mean every dollar raised by Rotarians in Canada until the March deadline will be leveraging an additional $2 towards polio eradication. Funds will be provided directly to the World Health Organization's Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI).
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a public-private partnership whose goal is to eradicate polio worldwide. The GPEI was launched in 1988 by national governments, the World Health Organization, Rotary International, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and UNICEF.
The additional resources announced today for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative will contribute to a reduction in polio cases and build on Canada's ongoing commitment to improve maternal, newborn, and child health. Canada's support for polio eradication is based on the Muskoka Initiative, which aims to reduce maternal mortality and childhood morbidity.
Since 2000, Canada has supported polio-eradication efforts by working with partners to immunize millions of children and help eradicate polio in the remaining polio-endemic countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria.
For more information on the Government of Canada's support for polio eradication, please visit CIDA's website.
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UNM-LA officially received permission last week from the university's Board of Regents to go ahead with its plans to ask the residents of Los Alamos to help shore up the schools ailing financial situation through a 2-mil increase in property taxes in September.
The permission came shortly after a presentation made by UNM-LA Director Cedric Page, a community support group called the Los Alamos Committee for Higher Education and support from the members of the UNM-LA Advisory Board.
A day after, members of LACHE and the UNM-LA Advisory Board met at UNM-LA to discuss what they shared with the Board of Regents Tuesday.
According to LACHE Chair Michael Wismer, declining state aid coupled with rising student enrollment played a key factor in the regents giving UNM-LA permission.
"The main message Cedric communicated was that we were in a dire situation," Wismer said. "There's been a 38 percent decline in revenue from the state over five years. Paired with the fact that there's been a 14 percent increase in enrollment shows that we cannot sustain this trend."
Wismer also shared a video that was played at the Board of Regents meeting that featured the support of County Council members.
"I believe that UNM-LA is a very important institution into our town and I believe in general that higher education brings a lot to the community and enriches our community. I'm in favor of the special election going forward," County Councilor Kristin Henderson said in the video.
Also speaking in favor of UNM-LA in the video were County Councilors Rick Reiss, Vice Chair David Izraelevitz and Steve Girrens.
What LACHE has opted to do now is put together a fundraising committee as well as find ways to reach out to various sectors of the community through speaking engagements and advertisements.
If UNM-LA succeeds, the school predicts that the levy would generate $1.4 to $1.5 million a year in local revenue starting in 2015.
Resident Morrie Pongratz said one point they need to drive home to residents is how much of an asset the campus is to the community.
"This community has to pull up on every bootstrap it can find, because the silver spoon is slowly slipping out of our mouths," he said during the discussion. "...Your property value depends on this community staying alive and prosperous. The amount you lose in the increase in property taxes is trivial in the amount your property value will go down if this community loses another thousand people."
Though he wasn't a part of the presentation to the UNM Board of Regents Tuesday, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Gene Schmidt wished his counterparts at UNM-LA luck and that he is fully behind the 2 percent levy increase as well.
Schmidt said that UNM-LA is a "collaborative partner with the school district" and noted that there's been an increase in the number of high school students taking dual credits with the university. He also mentioned how UNM-LA has created new kinds of career and technical classes.
"UNM-LA is our university. This is our chance to have an on-site in-town education center. The better and more strategic initiatives that university provides, the better for us," Schmidt said.
UNM-LA is also hoping timing will help with public opinion, also. In a report dated April 5, the report cited the fact that 2013 is probably the best opportunity they have.
"Fall 2013 is a critical window of opportunity for a successful mil levy election created in part by the momentum of successful education bond elections in November 2012 and January 2013, and the decision by the Los Alamos county administration to defer local tax increases," the report said. "These events mean UNM-LA must take advantage of the opportunity to begin a campaign for a levy election on September 17, 2013 now."
The report also estimated that many of the grants the school procured for certain programs are due to expire in the near future.
"The programs initiated by them can only be continued via a recurring revenue source such as the mil levy," the report stated.
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TUPELO, Miss. - U.S. prosecutors dropped charges against a Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and a U.S. senator, according to a court order signed by a judge on Tuesday.
The decision came hours after Paul Kevin Curtis was released from a Mississippi jail on bond.
In a court order dismissing the charges, prosecutors said the "ongoing investigation has revealed new information" without providing any addition detail.
Curtis told a news conference afterward that he respected Obama and would never harm a public servant. "I love this country," he said.
The release of Curtis, 45, on bond came shortly after a judge indefinitely postponed a court hearing on his detention.
Christi McCoy, Curtis' attorney, told CNN she believed her client had been framed. The Clarion Ledger newspaper reported that law enforcement officials searched the house of a second Mississippi man in connection with the case. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oxford, Mississippi, did not return calls for comment.
"I do believe that someone who was familiar and is familiar with Kevin just simply took his personal information and did this to him," McCoy told CNN. "It is absolutely horrific that someone would do this."
Curtis was arrested last Wednesday at his home in Corinth, Mississippi. He was charged with mailing letters to Obama, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi and a state judge containing a substance that preliminarily tested positive for ricin, a highly lethal poison made from castor beans.
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One down, one to go for Bee A Magician.
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