polysixer wrote: TR5 - emitter is indeed to -15 but collector goes into +15 through R46 and R50, so just wondering if a failure in this transistor explains the resistance drop of R165 in circuit. That could explain the scaling fault I guess. Furthermore, why does R17 connected to the same +15 line measure correctly and not drop resistance? My Juno seems like an early unit judging by serial number. I did make many more measurements and will post later when I get home. As always, many thanks for your input.
I see your point. Well TR5 is in the Chorus On/Off command path and the chorus is working, so TR5 is behaving correctly. It wouldn´t draw much current anyway, because of the resistors you mentioned. That +15V line should be the same everywhere, give or take a few mV, and there should be continuity between every +15V point. So if TR5 or any other component caused a drop in the voltage, that drop would be noticed at the other +15 points just as well.
Anyway resistors measured in circuit aren´t very good for reference, as they are always in parallel with some other components with their own internal resistance which will cause misreadings.
There's definitely something wonky going on with R165. It didn't occur to me measuring in-circuit plugged. Board plugged I get now 1.5K as you do. Voltage across it is 15.2V. And I think my 4k comes from measuring with the board outside, makes sense. The line is still a stable 15V. I'll try to get some time off today from the Halloween festivities to match your measurements.
Hold on, your logarithmic vs. linear behavior got me thinking... I changed my front panel sliders with a full set of new 50k. What if these pots are linear and the circuit expects logarithmic? My friend's Juno 106 is more modern so maybe there was a revision when this changed. If this was so, his chorus board is adapted to linear pot signals which I have in my front panel. Fortunately I've kept my old sliders around to test this if needed.
Across C7 in 0 I'm seeing -0,22mV. Keep in mind C7 is replaced and new.
So yeah my gain control is not working logarithmically at all, but I can't still figure out what's going on at that level 0 position if my friend's good chorus board worked fine. Furthermore, even if the logarithmic conversion is fixed I will still get the distortion issue, it just happens to distort sooner now. So I have two symptoms now, signal is coming too hot and logarithmic conversion doesn't work. Can these two be related? Grounding issue perhaps?
This is how yours should respond: left to right is slider position -5 to +5, down/up is positive to negative output, or quieter to louder.
EDIT: the previous image was mildly confusing. This one´s better.
Note the discrepancy at 0: mine is normal and at 0 is still a positive voltage, whilst yours is already going negative.
Please remove that molex connector from the main board and now measure the voltage change directly at pin 5 on the main board. What voltage do you read with the vca level slider at zero?
EDIT: Just to make it clear, that "pin 7 connector" (vca level line) is at the end of a wire loom leading to a header on the main board. Pin 5 on that header corresponds to pin 7 in the chorus board connector. By disconnecting the entire chorus board, it´s possible to read the unadultered voltage across pin 5 and analog ground. So, what voltage does it read with the vca slider half way?
It's -0,7 too. I also doubted about the connector or cable and measure them with no fault. So it seems my signal is sent linear. Shouldn't the resistor network before VCA convert it to logarithmic after all?
No. I was wrong. It´s only a common voltage divider, no law change at all. Your chorus board seems fine. Which is the more puzzling.
You could try putting a resistor across the slider wiper and ground pin to change its law from linear to log. It would fix it, I think. Some of the other sliders have an identical arrangement as you can see in the schematic.
Wait. Just to be clear, your readings there are in actual Volts, not miliVolts, right??
Ok. So, its actually only one slider. Sorry. Its vr3 lfo. Note the 10k resistor. Do the same for the vca level slider and that should fix it. Bye now.
polysixer wrote: No. I was wrong. It´s only a common voltage divider, no law change at all. Your chorus board seems fine. Which is the more puzzling.
This is what I'm realizing too, for every suspect thing I look into everything seems normal in the end. I've also checked those groundings leading to IC5 with no issues. What puzzles me most is my friend's "good chorus" makes everything behave as it should. I should ask for a few days again with it to make some measurements now that I know what to expect.
Mooger5 wrote: Ok. So, its actually only one slider. Sorry. Its vr3 lfo. Note the 10k resistor. Do the same for the vca level slider and that should fix it. Bye now.
I will definitely try this and let you know. Thanks a lot for all the efforts, really appreciated.
I think I might be fixing this today, though your method of turning the signal into logarithmic should also work (cause that's what my board expects). More in a bit.
Are you going to decrease the resistance of r165 from 15k to say 10k?
Mooger5 wrote: ha! where is r165??
Well it seems the first revision of this board is made to cope with the linear signal and designed not to have R165 present at all (I've seen pictures of the other side too). It's the same in every other way apparently.
Have you traced the entire control path?
Another curious thing is the 10k law faking resistor for vr3 seems an afterthought, as it has no ref. number and there´s no sign of it in the pcb foil side drawing in the service manual. I wonder if my Juno has a similar resistor for the vca level, which would not even be present in the schematic.
Yep, looking at it now it seems I have to let more positive voltage in, either that or send the expected logarithmic signal so I'll try both and see what sounds best.


Ah, Paris…the Eiffel Tower in the morning mist, sipping café au lait while strolling down the boulevards daydreaming about love….. This is the mood that our very own East Coast Music Director, Producer, Digital Content Coordinator and talented blogger Sarah Scarlata captured so perfectly in her song "Café D'Amour," from 5 Alarm's People & Places Vol. 1 release. Co-written by Kris Karlsson and featuring the vocals of Paris Carney, "Café D'Amour" certainly caught the ear of ORLY Beauty, who chose the track for their gorgeous 2012 Naughty or Nice campaign.
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This week Forbes released a list of ten female entrepreneurs on the continent to watch.
In June this year, the Nigerian-based social enterprise She Leads Africa, which aims to help female entrepreneurs grow their businesses, launched a business pitch competition. These are the top ten female emerging entrepreneurs, chosen from the competition, who made Forbes' watch list.
Winifred Selby from Ghana is the founder of AfroCentric Bamboo Limited, a company which produces and sells affordable bicycles made out of bamboo. Selby is also a finalist in the 2014 Cartier Women's Initiative Award.
Textile designer Banke Kuku from Nigeria is the founder of Banke Kuku Textiles, a company which produces luxurious, detailed fabrics for both the interior and fashion industries.
Oyindamola Honey Ogudeyi from Nigeria is the founder of an e-commerce site called Fashpa.com, which sells international brands to the local market.
Nour Drissi's from Morocco is the founder of Loue 1 Voiture, the first web platform in Morocco that enables people to reserve cars from online car hire companies.
Elizabeth Kprerrun is the Nigerian founder of Lizzies Creations. Her company develops web and mobile applications that are aimed at fostering development and education for women and children in Africa.
Anike Lawal, also from Nigeria, is the founder of Mamalette – a website and information platform dedicated to the needs of Nigerian parents and parents to be.
Kega Florence Mukhwevho, a South Africa local, is behind MKP Foods. Her company creates youth employment by operating a low cost mobile kitchen for the expanding chicken brand Galitos.
Jade Man is the creator of the Night Bus, South Africa's first late night bus service network that runs specifically through nightclub districts and universities.
Cherae Robinson is the American founder of Rare Customs. Her company is a tourism consulting and marketing firm that specializes in market development and travel in Africa, South America and the Caribbean.
Taffi Woolward from Nigeria is behind the brand Thando's, a platform that supports aspiring African artists, enabling them to design affordable, fashionable women's footwear.
These top ten emerging entrepreneurs will be pitching their business ideas to potential investors at the Entrepreneur Showcase in Lagos, Nigeria this week.
Do you think there is enough support for female entrepreneurs on the continent? Leave a comment below.


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Congress unveils $2.3 trillion government spending and virus relief package
15:40 - Congress unveiled a $2.3 trillion spending package it is expected to approve in a matter of hours that provides relief to a coronavirus-battered economy while funding the government through the end of the fiscal year
The package includes a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill based on a 2019 deal, and included $740.5 billion in defense spending and $664.5 billion in domestic spending.
It also includes a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill.
"As I prepare to depart the House after 32 years of service, I could not be more pleased that we are concluding this Congress with a bipartisan agreement to provide the certainty of full-year funding for all of government and urgently-needed coronavirus relief to save lives and livelihoods," said outgoing House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the first woman to chair the committee.
The spending bill weighed Democratic priorities approved in the House and GOP priorities only released by the Senate last month amid infighting. The final text was made public for the first time on Monday, giving little time for Congress, advocacy groups, or constituents to see the final text before the expected vote alongside the COVID-19 relief bill. Problems with uploading and printing the 5,593-page bill delayed its release further.
The combined $2.3 trillion package is among the largest ever passed in Congress, coming in just ahead of March's $2.2 trillion CARES Act.
The overall cost of the bill, which also included several sections authorizing new programs, could ultimately be higher.
While the COVID-19 relief bill focused on extending unemployment, providing stimulus checks and boosting small businesses, the omnibus focused on a broader set of policy issues.
It included 3 percent pay raises for the military and a 1 percent pay raise for the civilian federal workforce.
It included $1.375 billion for President Trump's border wall, an issue that has become a central obstacle in passing spending legislation under Trump's watch. That is the same amount approved last year, though President-elect Joe Biden is not expected to use billions in emergency defense funds to bolster the project, as Trump has.
The legislation maintains several abortion-related restrictions, such as the long-standing Hyde Amendment that prevents federal funds from being used for abortions.
While it doesn't include the sweeping police reforms House Democrats approved in the wake of George Floyd's killing this summer, it does include $5 million to create a database to track police misconduct.

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Q: how do i change the size of a picture using the mouse on pyqt4 how do i change the size of a picture using the mouse button like we do in Microsoft Word or Adobe Photoshop ?
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CAMERA Op-Ed: CNN's King Abdicates
By: Andrea Levin November 2, 2001
In times of peace, CNN talk-show host Larry King's interviews with celebrities, including political figures, can perhaps be dismissed as inconsequential fluff. In times of war, when he gives key Middle East players a forum to dispense outright distortions, journalistic standards surely require him to show both a modicum of knowledge of the issues and a bit of spine in challenging the anti- Israel and anti-American canards his guests purvey.
A striking exchange among several guests on the October 15 edition of "Larry King Live" demonstrated the difference between a journalist who adds to viewers' understanding of a dangerous world and King's fawning avoidance of facts which may make his guests feel uncomfortable.
New York Times correspondent and bioterrorist expert Judith Miller joined several other guests, including Dana Suyyagh from the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television network, which has gained prominence in the Middle East as a freewheeling network not subject to the strict state censorship that blights other Arab media. Yet Al-Jazeera has also played a major role in inflaming the Arab masses against Israel, broadcasting lurid, one-sided scenes of Palestinian-Israeli violence. Americans have also been concerned about the network's part in presenting a distorted picture of US actions. In a curious role-shift, the CNN host left it to Miller to ask the serious questions. She first challenged Suyyagh over Al-Jazeera's providing a platform for Osama bin Laden's video-taped invective against America, and then she questioned the coverage of Israel: "Do you call people who blow themselves up on the West Bank and in Gaza and in Israel martyrs?" Suyyagh: "Yes, we do. We do." Miller: "And do you think that's objective?" When Suyyagh answered, "Yes," Miller continued, "Did you call the people who blew the Twin Towers up martyrs?" "No. We never called them martyrs. That is an act of terror. We go with international opinion on that one… The West Bank is a different issue altogether," said Suyyagh. Miller pressed the point: "So terrorists who kill people, civilians in Israel, are martyrs, and terrorists who kill Americans are terrorists? Is that your news standard?" The Al-Jazeera reporter replied, "No. We have a standing policy that people who are martyrs are people who give themselves for a cause. What happened in New York and Washington, we believe, was causeless." Miller continued to challenge Suyyagh about the contradictions of Al-Jazeera policy.
Unfortunately, this exchange, providing valuable insight about an important issue, would never have happened were it not for Miller's presence. Far more typical was a lineup of panelists two days earlier on the subject of Islamic anger that included, among others, Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi. To her claim that the Palestinian issue is the "heart of the disaffection with the US," King offered not a word of dispute. At one point, referring to Islamic fundamentalists, he asked of Ashrawi: "You've got to be taught to hate, Hanan, is that correct? And the only way to stop it is to not teach it?" He did not, of course, even hint at the role of Palestinians themselves as purveyors of hatred.
Ashrawi's reaction to King's query was to prattle about how "the real antidote is genuine democracy, respect for human rights, the transition to an inclusive and tolerant culture." Finally, King asked solicitously: "Hanan – who has gone through so much, seen so much on both sides – are you optimistic at all that we will live in peace?" The Palestinian speaker said she was "extremely concerned," then picked up the cudgel against Israel once more, denouncing the "decades of brutal and cruel occupation that has led to so much hostility and fear and hatred." Without a murmur, the CNN host went to his next guest.
Originally appeared in the Jerusalem Post on this date.
CNN Adopts Arab Claims
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Andrea Levin Andrea Levin is the Executive Director and President of CAMERA. She writes and lectures widely on media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict and its impact on public opinion. Her columns and articles have appeared in numerous publications, including the Jerusalem Post, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune, New York Post, New Republic, Editor and Publisher, Middle East Quarterly, National Post and Commentary.
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The contractor has been appointed for a 750m-long pedestrian, cycle and tram bridge in Stockholm, Sweden.
The US$205 million construction contract has been awarded for a 3.2km bridge across the River Krishna in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Developer Nakheel has awarded a US$122 million construction contract for a road bridge that will connect Dubai's mainland with Deira Islands.
Officials in Massachusetts have approved a US$177 million construction contract for the replacement of Boston's North Washington Street Bridge.
The National Highways Authority of India has awarded a US$160 million contract for construction of an 8.7km-long elevated expressway.
An Italian joint venture has signed the contract to build the new Storstrøm Bridge in Denmark.
A US$400 million contract has been awarded for construction of the Cebu-Cordova Bridge in the Philippines.


Have you tried the new Google Buzz tool built into Gmail? It's like twitter.
This blog post is a test to see if Buzz will automagically pull in this post from my blog.
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There's some rather classy luxury cars destined for Australia in 2017. Here's WhichCar's pick of the ones we're most excited to see.
The 5 Series has been at the pointy end of the large luxury car class for decades, and 2017 heralds the arrival of the seventh generation. There's a slightly bigger footprint from broadened dimensions, yet the use of more advanced materials for its construction has helped to lower weight by up to 100kg. The usual [range] suspects of the 520d, 530i, 540i and 530d will be joined by a plug-in variant, as well as a super-efficient 520d diesel capable of circa 3.9-litres-per-100km fuel consumption. A twin-turbo V8 M550i model, also confirmed, will offer 0-100km/h acceleration of around 4.0 seconds, though a new M5 will eventually materialise to reclaim its rightful position as the fastest 5 Series.
Few cars are labelled 'critical' but the future of the Alfa Romeo brand essentially rests on the shoulders of this new mid-sized luxury sedan, due in the first quarter. Long delayed – the 159 it replaces stopped production four years ago – the Giulia looks well equipped to take on the might of the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C-Class. Attractive styling that's almost a pre-requisite for an Alfa is a tick, while strong engine choices yet to be confirmed for Australia include 2.2-litre turbo diesels in varying power outputs and a 206kW petrol turbo. The flagship Quadrifoglio (or Cloverleaf) model -- definitely coming -- will take on the BMW M3 with a Ferrari-inspired 2.9-litre twin-turbo V6 producing 375kW.
The sexier variants of the new A4 sedan launched this year will adopt the A5 badge for 2017. Coupe, Cabriolet and Sportback models are slightly bigger but stronger and lighter than the old A5s. Longer wheelbases create some extra interior space and boot capacity. The more practical, five-door Sportback offers up to 1300 litres of cargo space. The dash is almost identical to the A4's, as is the list of options including Virtual Cockpit digital instrument cluster and Bang & Olufsen 19-speaker audio system. Various petrol and diesel engines also borrowed from the A4 will again provide plenty of choice, while the sportier S5 will use turbocharged V6 performance.
Hyundai has already dabbled with the luxury car market in Australia with its 5 Series rival, the Genesis. That nameplate has since spawned a new sub-brand for the Korean carmaker – and an expansion of models starting with a smaller sedan designed to rival the 3 Series. Its unveiling could happen at January's Detroit motor show, with the G70 expected to reach our shores in the second half of 2017. Engine options sending power to the rear wheels include a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol turbo and a pair of V6s, each using an eight-speed auto.
The German carmaker's signature model was released this year in new-generation sedan form, and in 2017 the E-Class range expands dramatically with a raft of new variants. The wagon, yet to be confirmed for Australia, loses some cargo space but retains a practical edge over key rivals and features a self-levelling rear suspension. Coupe and Cabriolet versions are also due next year, this time sharing the sedan's platform rather than sitting on a mixed C-Class/E-Class architecture as before. While the two-doors have yet to be revealed, a nameplate-first All-Terrain model is already in the open. It rides slightly higher than the E-Class wagon on which it's based and features lower-body protection to make it better equipped for gravel roads.


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A Dozen Rad Female Fronted Cover Songs for International Women's Day
Angel Published: March 8, 2021
Sarah Bartel/Phantogram Photo by Frazer Harrison
International Women's Day was Monday, and we're also celebrating Women's History Month on my morning feature "Under The Covers." You know we love cover songs here at Alt 101.5, so here are just 12 of many excellent covers from some of our favorite female artists. If you were listening Monday morning, you probably heard me talking about how much I wanted to play K. Flay's cover of Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl," but it was agreed that that many "shits" at 8:40 in the morning would be b-a-n-a-n-a-s . So here it is, and it's so flippin' good.
And here's the song I actually played for Under The Covers Monday morning, also by K. Flay.
Here's one that no one has ever been able to obtain clear audio of, but is an incredible collaboration. Imagine seeing this live! It's No Doubt on their Rock Steady Live tour, with Garbage and Brody Dalle of The Distillers covering Blondie's "Call Me."
Badass Lydia Night and her band The Regrettes covering Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now."
The Interrupters are the opening band for the Green Day/Weezer/Fall Out Boy Hella Mega Tour, if it ever happens, and ass kicking frontwoman Aimee Allen is from Missoula. Here they are taking on Green Day's "American Idiot."
The lovely Alanis Morissette covering the classic "King Of Pain" by the Police.
Nearly every band and artist in existence has covered the Led Zep staple "Immigrant Song" at one point or another, but nobody, and I mean NOBODY does it like Karen O of the YeahYeahYeahs.
Here's a fun surprise, rock band Halestorm kicking the crap out of "Heathens" by Twenty One Pilots.
I know just one person on this earth who doesn't love the voice of Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, the rest of us are blown away by her vocals. Here she is covering the Foo Fighters' pandemic times fave, "Times Like These."
If you haven't had the chance to dig into the catalog of Wolf Alice, throw them on shuffle some weekend, they do not disappoint. Ellie Rowsell makes Green Day's "Good Riddance" her own in this live cover.
Love her or hate her, Courtney Love is undeniably a strong female with loads of sass and attitude. This cover kicks ass on the original though, here's Phantogram's take on the Hole song "Violet." Sarah Barthel is an absolute goddess.
And to round it out, the version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" that helped Nirvana fans of all ages understand the lyrics, the cover by Tori Amos.
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The North Dakota Census Office within the North Dakota Department of Commerce serves as the state's liaison to the US Census Bureau and is the state repository of census information.
This site contains general data for North Dakota regarding the 2010 Census and estimates released since its completion. If you need more in-depth information than the resources found here, please visit our Contact Us page to submit a data request.
Census Office Newsletter for October
The economic well-being of North Dakota's retirement-age population has been steadily improving. Data from past decennial censuses to the latest five-year American Community Survey (ACS) illustrates this. For more details about the positive trend, check out the October edition of the ND Census Office newsletter.
2018 Population Estimates
Community-level estimates for 2018 were recently released. See the U.S. Census Bureau press release for details. The release notes that housing growth in North Dakota, since Census 2010, is the fastest growing in the nation at 18.9%. 2018 population estimates for North Dakota's incorporated communities are available now on American FactFinder.
County-level estimates were released April 18, 2019. See the U.S. Census Bureau press release for details and link to North Dakota's counties. The components of change are contained in Table PEPTCOMP.
North Dakota reaches all-time high in population. New state-level population estimates place North Dakota at 760,077. See the U.S. Census Bureau press release for details and links to data tables.
Community-level estimates for 2017 were recently released. See the U.S. Census Bureau press release for details. 2017 population estimates for North Dakota's communities are available now on American FactFinder.
U.S. Census Bureau releases county population estimates for 2017. See the Census Bureau's release for more information. The release also includes 2017 population estimates for metropolitan and micropolitan regions.
North Dakota Population Reverses Trend and Falls to 755,393, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
North Dakota Census Office Population Projections of the State, Regions and Counties 2016
This paper provides three scenarios of population change for the state of North Dakota. Each of the scenarios use the same inputs such as fertility rates by age of the mother or life expectancy with the expectation of the rate of migration into or out of a given county, region or the state. This paper is an attempt to present what is expected to be the population of each county, region and the state at the mid-point of each five year interval. See North Dakota Census Office Population Projections of the State, Regions and Counties 2016 for details.
Population Change by County
Interesting visual of population growth by county and the source of the change. Compliments of the US Census Bureau. Zoom in to more clearly see the change in North Dakota and our neighbors.


The Lead: Junior Natalie Clydesdale (Pittsburgh, Penn.) put up a team high 14 points from 4-of-5 attempts beyond the perimeter, but it was not enough for the Emerson women's basketball team to scrape up a win as the Lions saw its three-game win streak snapped in a narrow 43-42 loss to Wellesley on Wednesday night.
Clydesdale, who finished with 14 points on 5-of-11 overall and 4-of-5 on the arc, also pulled down six boards along with one assist and two steals.
Junior Quinn Madden (Mokena, Ill.) followed with nine points with six rebounds, two assists and two steals, while both sophomore Sam Boyle (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and senior Charlie Boyle each sent down three blocks.
Along with her three blocks, S. Boyle also handed out a Lions best three assists.
Wellesley's Alyssa Cho led all scorers with 19 points on 7-of-11 and filled her stat line with nine boards, one assist and one block, while Caitlin Aguirre and Emily Kopp had three assists apiece and Valentina Morakis registered one block.
Emerson finished the night shooting 26.8% (15-56) from the field with a 27.3% three-point percentage while they converted 6-of-12 (50%) on the charity line.
Wellesley banked 17-of-46 attempts (37%) and made 33.3% of its triples with a free throw percentage of 85.7% (6-7).
The Lions and Blue each pulled down 36 boards, while the Lions had 13 assists and benefitted from 26 Blue turnovers that turned into 15 points.
Emerson was held to a mere three points in the opening frame as Wellesley rattled off an early 9-3 run to give the hosts a six-point edge going into the second quarter.
The second quarter saw the Lions' offense pick up and shot 5-of-10 from the floor and converted 3-of-6 from downtown for 13 points, yet the Blue answered with 14 of their own to hold a seven point lead at the half.
Senior Natalie Busch (Weybridge, England) knocked down a triple to put the score at 21-16 with 32 seconds before halftime, but Cho canned a buzzer beating jumper with the score at 23-16.
The Lions rallied in the third, opening the stanza on an 8-2 spurt that chiseled the Blue's lead down to one (25-24) at the 4:32 mark.
Cho answered with another jumper within Wellesley's next possession to push the Blue ahead by three before Madden pulled the Lions back within one when sophomore Ashley Toner (Barnegat, N.J.) found her for a pair.
Emerson stayed on Wellesley's tail and knotted the game for the first time at 29-all thanks to sophomore Rachel Davey (Saratoga, Calif.) drawing an and-one at the 36 second mark.
Busch gave Emerson the lead (39-38) with 20 seconds to go, but Wellesley tacked on four of the final five to take the 33-30 lead into the fourth.
The opening 8:10 of the fourth had both teams in three ties before the hosts were able to grab the edge, 41-39, thanks to a pair of shots at the line from Cho with 1:05 on the clock.
Clydesdale banked a three, her fourth of the game, to pull the Lions ahead 42-41 at the 51 second mark only to have Cho drive to the bucket for the game winning layup.
Emerson steps out of conference on Thursday, December 6 over at Lasell at 7:00 p.m.
Wellesley stays in the NEWMAC on Saturday, December 8 to host Springfield at 1:00 p.m.


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Q: Having trouble with my website? Having problems aligning two divs So i'm at the point where I feel like quitting, because of all the trouble this problem has given me. So if anyone could help me out that'd be great :D!
So on my website what I want to do is have a div box to the left of the website, where there will be a "Learn more" link that will take you to another page explaining what my website is about, I would also like there to be a video right below it (It will be of me explaining my website)
On the other div box I want there to be a "Sign Up form" a basic sign up form for users to sign up for my website
Now my problem isn't getting the boxes or sign up sheet aligned side by side.
Right now my problem is the alignment of the top of the boxes. When I put "float:left;" it aligned them side by side(exactly Like I wanted)
However one of the top borders of the box is higher up then the other
For example this is my website so far http://www.shoportrade.org/
As you can see the boxes don't align perfectly from the top of the border, one is lower then the other
I want it to look sorta like this http://www1.picturepush.com/photo/a/12506959/640/12506959.png
Could anyone help me? I've hit a wall and I really wanna figure this problem out.

A: I don't know why you have all the break tags, but this is what your syntax needs to be like:

Your header would stay the same way. Your container needs to wrap both boxes. Usually this is center aligned on the page with this CSS:
.container { width:980px; margin: 0 auto; }

Your .ex class would stay the same (float: left;) and your .myform class would also stay the same (float: left;).
The .clear class takes care of helping the browser calculate the final display height and usually looks like:
.clear { clear: both; height: 1px; }

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Па́уль Го́двин (; настоящее имя Пинхас Гольдфейн; 28 марта 1902 — 9 декабря 1982) — немецкий и нидерландский , , руководитель эстрадных и камерных оркестров.

Биография
Пауль Годвин родился 28 марта 1902 года в Сосновце Бендинского уезда Петроковской губернии (Российская империя; ныне Силезского воеводства Польши). Учился в Варшаве у Станислава Барцевича, в Будапеште у Енё Хубаи, в Берлине у Вилли Хесса. В 1922 году в Берлине организовал собственный танцевальный ансамбль, с которым под различными названиями Годвин гастролировал и записывал пластинки, пользовавшиеся огромной популярностью в Европе (по некоторым данным в 1923—1933 гг. было продано девять миллионов грампластинок с участием ансамбля Годвина). Нередко его оркестр аккомпанировал при записях другим известным певцам. Репертуар оркестра, по требованиям тогдашней музыкальной индустрии, был всеобъемлющ: исполнялись современные шлягеры в жанрах фокстрота, вальса, танго и польки; старые популярные песни; кроме того эпизодически Пауль Годвин и его оркестр записывали классические мелодии. В 1929—33 гг. Годвин обратился к кинематографу и записал множество музыкальных тем к первым звуковым фильмам студии UFA.

В 1933 году Пауль Годвин эмигрировал в Нидерланды. В годы оккупации избежал депортации в концлагерь лишь благодаря тому, что имел жену «арийского» происхождения. После Второй мировой войны создал струнное трио, игравшее сочинения классических композиторов. Умер Годвин 9 декабря 1982 года в Дрибергене, Нидерланды.

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Компакт-диски
 1999 Mélodie, «Punch» et Fantaisie (ILD 642187 | Франция)
 2004 Die Goldene Ära Deutscher Tanzorchester: Paul Godwin (JUBE 15012 | Германия)

Грампластинки (1926—1933)

1926
 Der Blusenkauf / Alles weg'n de Leut' (Polydor 20765 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Berlin ist ja so groß / Nehm'n Sie 'n Alten (Polydor 20766 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Kinder, Kinder, was sind heut' für Zeiten / Es geht mir in jeder Hinsicht immer besser (Polydor 20767 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Der Michel wird nicht klüger durch den Krieg / Sei nicht blöd' (Polydor 20768 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Wie reizend sind die Frauen / Ick wundere mir ber jarnischt mehr (Polydor 20769 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Gräme dich nicht / Aber der Mann (Polydor 20770 / с Отто Рейтером)

1927
 Oh Frühling, wie bist du schon / Mohnblumen
 Waren Sie schon in Elberfeld / Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg (Grammophon 19419)
 Hier Schlager, wer dort? Lindemann 1 / Hier Schlager, wer dort? Lindemann 2 (Grammophon 19483)
 Am Rüdesheimer Schloß steht eine Linde / Oh Pimpinella (Grammophon 19622)
 Hochzeitszug in Liliput / Schmetterlings-Intermezzo (Grammophon 19660)
 Rigoletto Fantasie: 1. Teil / 2. Teil (Grammophon 19672)
 Der Fremdenführer / Fideles Wien (Grammophon 19758)
 Plappermäulchen / Schmeichelkätzchen, Characterstücke v. Eilenberg(Polydor 19841)
 Wandere mein Herzchen / Zottelbar ach Zottelbar, beide aus Optte 'Der Orlow' v. Bruno Granichstaedten (Grammophon 20247)
 Im Reiche Der Indra 1 / Im Reiche Der Indra 2 (Grammophon 20450)
 An der schonen, blauen Donau / Uber den Wellen (Grammophon 20530)
 Sag du, sag du zu mir, Einlage zu: 'Der Hampelmann', Optte von Gustav Beer / Komm wilde Rose von Santa Fe (Grammophon 20940)
 Les Patineurs / Die Schlittschuhlaufer. Walzer von Emil Waldteufel / Estudiantina (Grammophon 21003)
 Der Voglein Abendlied / Still wie die Nacht (Grammophon 21013)
 Zwei rote Rosen, ein zarter Kuß / Sehnsucht (Grammophon 21028)
 Heut war ich bei der Frieda / Die schonsten Beine von Berlin (Grammophon 21089)
 Sakura no Hana / Japanischer Laternentanz (Grammophon 21175)
 Marionetten-Brautzug(Characterstück von Otto Rathke!) / Polo Spiele (Grammophon 21176)
 Trink Bruderlein, trink / Mondnacht auf der Alster (Grammophon 21213)

1928
 Einmal man sagt sich adieu / Prosit Gypsy
 Donna Vatra / Bei uns um die Gedächtniskirche rum
 Ich bin natürlich (Polydor 21258)
 My blue heaven (Blauer Himmel) / Kokolores
 Wenn in Werder die Kirschen blüh'n / Ein Grund zum Trinken (Grammophon 21442)
 Chinesische Strassenserenade / Japanischer Laternentanz (Grammophon 21465)
 Es ist nichts Halbes, es ist nichts Ganzes / Das ist leicht, das ist schwer (Polydor 21467 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Mit der Uhr in der Hand / Mein Theaterrepertoire (Polydor 21468 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Loblied auf die Frauen von heute / O du liebes deutsches Gretchen (Polydor 21469 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Mir hab'n se als geheilt entlassen — Vortrag eines Idioten / Phantasie ist jederzeit schöner als die Wirklichkeit (Polydor 21470 / с Отто Рейтером)
 In der Einsamkeit / Einmal im Jahr (Polydor 21471 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Bevor du sterbst / Und dadurch gleicht sich alles wieder aus (Polydor 21472 / с Отто Рейтером)
 Klange aus der Heimat / Lieb Mutterchen (Grammophon 21701)
 Heinzelmännchens Wachtparade / Dornrös'chens Brautfahrt (Grammophon 21710)
 Du bist als Kind zu heiß gebadet worden / Noch 'ne Lage Cognac her (Grammophon 21774)
 Ich kusse Ihre Hand Madame / Wer weiß ob deine Augen lügen (Polydor 21785)
 Meine Amerika-reise (1. teil) / Meine Amerika-reise (2. teil) (Grammophon 21875 / with Weiss Ferdl)
 In einer kleinen Konditorei / Ich weiß schon langst dass du mich heimlich lieb hast (Grammophon 21953)
 Flammend rote Rosen / Verzeih mir und sei wieder gut!(Grammophon 22029)
 Tränen weint jede Frau so gern / Wenn du einmal dein Herz verschenkst (Grammophon 22168)
 Lass' mich dein Herz in Rosen winden / Ja, das ist schön (Grammophon 22171)

1929
 Es gibt eine Frau die dich niemals vergißt / Was weisst denn du wie ich verliebt bin (Grammophon 22201)
 Das Lied von der Wunderbar
 Ein Liebesmärchen (Polydor 22326)
 Blutrote Rosen / Ob Du glüklich bist (Sweet Sue — Just You)(Grammophon 22412)
 Wen in Venezia die Tauben schlafen / Ich hol' dir vom Himmel das Blau (Polydor 22419)
 Schöner Gigolo / Das Lied der Liebe hat eine süße Melodie(Grammophon 22602)
 Ich betrüg dich nur aus Liebe (Grammophon 22622)
 Mosaik 1 / Mosaik 2 Potpourri v. Carl Zimmer(Grammophon 22702)
 Rosen und Frau'n. Tango
 Eine kleine Frau fehlt dir im Frūhling

1930
 Warst du mir treu / Schlaf ein, mein kleines Sonnenkind (Grammophon 22945)
 Denkst du noch an mich / Warst du mir treu [Filme] (Grammophon 22990)
 O Donna Clara (Grammophon 23036)
 Liebeswalzer / Du bist das süßeste Mädel der Welt (Grammophon 23 041)
 Wien, du Stadt der Lieder / Ohne dich kann ich nicht leben (Grammophon 23 052 / с Максом Гансеном)
 Mickey Mouse (Polydor 23176)
 Tango auf Tango / Tango-Potpourri (Grammophon 23269)
 Tango auf Tango 1 / Tango auf Tango 2 (Grammophon 23270)
 Lotosblumen / Vineta-Glocken
 Ja so ein Madel / Good Night (Grammophon 23360)
 In Paris, in Paris sind die Mädels so süss / Ohne Liebe ist das Leben wie ein Auto ohne Benzin (Grammophon 23478)
 Ein Liebelei so nebenbei / Kind dein Mund ist Musik [Sandor] (Grammophon 23719)

1931
 Die Musik und der Tanz und die Nacht / In Santa Lucia (Grammophon 23979 / с Лео Моноссоном)

1932
 Mitternachts-Walzer / Neapolitanische Nächte (Grammophon 1138)
 Johann Strauss Polka (Polydor 24998)
 Südseenacht, hast mir einstmals das Glück gebracht / Träume mein Baby
 Wir kurbeln an 1 / Wir kurbeln an 2
 Meier-Foxtrott / Wenn am Sonntagabend die Dorfmusik spielt

1933
 Mustalainen (Polydor 25114)

Примечания

Родившиеся в Бендинском уезде
Руководители эстрадных оркестров
Еврейские беженцы от нацизма:Персоналии

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The Buddha and War
Posted on June 5, 2015 12:27 pm by Christopher
Intentions, Ethics, Action and Consequences.
A Dharma Perspective on wars and moral superiority
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SUB-HEADINGS
Ignorance and Conflict
Ethics, Intentions, Actions and Consequences
Action and Suffering
Buddhists and War
Enquiry into so-called Cause and Effect
Powerfully armed countries, such as USA, UK, France and Israel, and military organisations, such as NATO, propagate our moral superiority over threats, real and imagined, from other nation states or political/pseudo religious organisations, such as found in the Arab/Islamic world.
The 'other,' defined currently as Islamic extremists, employ exactly the same viewpoint of moral superiority in their war against Western occupation, Western consumerism and Western exploitation of their societies and resources They adopt the morally superior position with the same level of absolute certainty. Both sides share an absolute conviction that they are on the side of the good in a battle against evil.
In the West, we continue to place a grossly exaggerated significance on our good intentions with regard to warfare to justify our invasions or bombing of various Arab nations in Asia and North Africa. The basis of this moral argument found in television political documentaries, news reports, political debates, political analysis and on YouTube runs as follows in the 'Us and Them' debate to claim the moral high ground. The argument runs along these lines:
'We, the West, do not have the intention to kill, maim and traumatise innocent citizens. 'They' have the intention to kill, maim and traumatise innocent citizens. "Look at what they (ISIS, Al Quada, Bokul Haram and other militant organisations) do. They engage in mass killings, force people to dig mass graves and then execute them, cut the heads off of innocent people, execute soldiers and citizens at random, burn people to death and torture men, women and children, train suicide bombers and take hundreds of schoolgirls as hostage."
"We, the West, are civilised. We don't commit war crimes. We show restraint in the weapons we use. We discriminate in terms of who we kill and maim." We don't engage in mass killing, as they do. We don't intend to kill innocent people."
Our belief in moral superiority gives us emotional comfort through claims of a major difference between intentional acts to kill people and the accidental deaths and suffering of hundreds of thousands of innocent people caught up in the warfare between the West and Muslim countries. We refer to the deaths of innocent families from our attacks as "collateral damage." This repugnant term describes the death and suffering of the innocent, of families, of non-combatants who were not the intended target. Collateral damage also refers to wilful destruction of homes, neighbourhoods, infrastructure, hospitals, schools, factories to store medicine and healthcare equipment, libraries, buildings of historic interest and government offices. This destruction increases dramatically the numbers of deaths and suffering of citizens long after a bombardment ceases.
You might have thought that the West has shown nothing but loving kindness, generosity and compassion to the Arab world before 9/11. You might have thought that the West never engaged in the selling of arms to Arab nations, never brought about the collapse of certain Arab democracies, never funded political tyrants in the Middle East, never provided the resources for weapons and training for Israel's military invasions of neighbouring Muslim countries, never sowed conflict between Arab nations, never exploited Arab oil reserves, never bribed Arab politicians and never ignored the mediaeval living conditions of millions of Muslims, as well as having military bases on Muslim soil.
The Western invasions of eight or more Muslim countries since 9/11, along with the drone attacks, killing, maiming and traumatising men, women and children, have fuelled the rage. We have propagated a negative stereotype of Arabs for decades in the media and in movies, undermined their religion, condemned the Koran, made fun of Mohammad and mocked the conservative nature of the dress code of Muslim women. Yet, we still go on claiming our moral superiority. Is it any wonder that Muslims feel frustrated and angry with traumatised and hate filled Muslims joining pathologically violent organisations?
There is no higher morality in this conflict. Both sides deliberately cause suffering and death to others. We should not expect our leaders to show any depth of interest in their relationship to ethics, intentions, actions and the consequences. We should not expect our leaders to engage in any inquiry into the causes and conditions for this conflict. We should not expect our leaders to reflect on their actions or on the actions of those they try to annihilate.
Like Arab tyrant leaders, our leaders have to appear strong with a commanding voice and not show a quiver of a doubt about their determination to annihilate their perceived enemies. It is hard to see any distinction between the death and destruction that the West has heaped on the Muslims and the death and destruction in violent outbursts from militant Muslims on the West. We also witness the outburst of an intensity of hatred and violence between Muslims. No doubt, each militant organisation in the Arab world believes in their moral superiority to conduct their warfare.
There is a convenient desire in Western thought to believe that our moral superiority rests on a belief that everything depends exclusively on our intention. Our media constantly refers to the heinous crimes of 'them' with only an infrequent outcry at our occasional heinous crime that has come to surface, often through the noble efforts of a few individuals to expose the crime. Political journalists frequently have to repeat in their news reports the views of their government with all the pervasive distortions, projections and manipulation of truth. They feel obliged to report fictional analysis and warped interpretation of évents from their government knowing full well the government aims to get the support of the maximum number of Western citizens and world opinion rather than share the truth.
We claim we hold our soldiers accountable for their behaviour. We do not hold the Commander-in-Chief in the White House accountable, nor our generals accountable for their sanctioning of war and terror on entire populations and the widespread suffering heaped upon one Muslim nation after another. The West makes every attempt possible to exterminate every political/pseudo religious Muslim leader who tries to mobilise a jihad against the West while our governments preach about the rule of law and Christian leaders sanction the belief in the "just war" and Christian ministers bless the troops.
Our leaders have no interest to seek out and arrest war criminals in the Arab world and take them to Holland to put them on trial in the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Instead, they assassinate as many extreme Islamic leaders as possible, rather than observe the rule of international law, as in the UN charter that we wrote and signed up to. We still continue to claim moral superiority.
The Buddha made clear the mind of ill-will when the person (s) state such intentions as:
"May these people be slain and slaughtered.
May they be cut off.
May they be annihilated.
One who holds to this view has a wrong view, a distorted impression." (MLD 41)
The relationship of action to result matters as much as intention to action. Millions of Muslims in Arab counties who died from the Western invasions surely take no comfort in the Western belief in their moral superiority. It is naivety to the extreme to imagine they would appreciate the death and destruction upon their families, communities and cities because the West claimed the high moral ground. "We didn't mean to heap so much suffering on you Muslims. We only wanted to annihilate certain Muslims who follow Al Qaeda, ISIS and similar organisations."
There is a common feature with intentions, namely to get what one wants. One believes it is good to get what one wants. In political terms, the action and consequences may well have a direct relationship to the pursuit of power, profit and control. There is pathetic pretense in the West to try to justify the killing fields of Arab nations as some kind of altruistic action, principled with noble intentions for the overall benefit of Muslims. This underlying delusion consists of the right of one's belief and the evil of the beliefs of the other. The strength of the conditioning with a Western centric viewpoint or a Muslim centric viewpoint blocks inquiry into conditions for widespread suffering.
The Buddha said: "People are owners of their action. People are bound to the actions. They take refuge in their actions. It is action that distinguishes beings inferior and superior. If a person kills others, is murderous, bloodied hand, given to violence, merciless to living beings, then through undertaking such actions s/he appears in a state of deprivation and unhappy condition in hell."
Those who advocate war, killing and assassinations may well find themselves deprived of peace of mind through self-justification, sleepless nights and constantly in conflict with others, who see situations in a different way. The Buddha described those who support killing as "blameworthy." He said they lack "moral shame (of the suffering they inflicted) and moral dread" (of the consequences, near and far, in terms of the suffering of others). "One abandons killing and having laid aside weapons, one abides compassionate to all beings," he added. (MLD 27).
The Buddha stated that ignorance supports the intentions in the name of the "good" or the "right thing to do" or "we had no choice" or "we have a duty to annihilate this evil." Those with a Western centric view and those with a Muslim centric view display a bias in their intentions with the roots of the bias in ignorance. Our leaders are deeply deluded people obsessed with power and control. They are primitive beings dressed up in business suits. We should not vote for them. We should not offer them a word of support. Since these men of violence emerge out of democracy, then this form of democracy is a failed political system without any merit whatsoever. If the majority of people support this violence, then the majority support the delusion.
The Buddha teaches the end of karma, those unsatisfactory distortions impacting on intentions, actions and results.
Our simplistic view of good intentions in military campaigns, then justifies the widespread "collateral damage." The identification with the aims and objectives of the nation states of the West triggers the emotional contraction of loyalty to the Western viewpoint. This frequently obscures the opportunity to see and inquire in a non-dualistic way. Rather than project onto conflicts notions of good and evil, right and wrong, we need to look deeper than the underlying assumptions to determine the way ethics, intentions, actions and results work together.
The exploration of action reveals itself through body speech and mind. The actions of the body, as well as a variety of expressions of body language, can impact on another in helpful or harmful ways or somewhere in between. The same principle also applies to speech or the written word. Speech emerges from the range of concepts, perceptions and feelings in the mind forming together into a language that impact on the other (s). Finally the mind, namely feelings, thoughts, intentions and a variety of views, serve as primary conditions for what we say what we do. The conditions for these feelings, thoughts and intentions include ethics, impressions, memories, values and belief in the notion of good and evil.
At first glance, we might conclude that the unwise actions of the body can cause the most harm to others through acts of violence, the pulling of the trigger or pressing buttons to detonate bombs. The Buddha made it clear that the most reprehensible action of body speech and mind arises through the deliberate acts of the mind, of the will, of the forming and consolidation of harmful intentions in the mind. The mind takes priority since it determines speech and actions. The mind-set of our leaders, the army generals and their spokespersons deserve our attention, as well as our own mind.
The Buddha gave teachings on ethics, intentions, actions and the consequence. He made clear the link and the inseparability of the process from ethics to outcome, via intention and action. The teachings go much deeper into these issues concerning our intentions than our Western commentators, who accept far too much at face value. There is no indication of any relentless probing into the attitudes and intentions of our political leaders or any inner inquiry to explore a moral perspective from first-hand experience in terms of intentions-actions-results.
Our leaders do not make themselves available for any depth of inquiry into ethics. They only respond to random questions at press conferences or in Parliament without going any deeper, so they can glibly move onto the next question. Press conferences with senior politicians function as meaningless rituals, superficial and irrelevant to the extreme. Journalists must surely know this. Yet, they make no protest. They have their careers to think about.
To his credit, the Buddha investigated the dynamic process of action starting with the psychological construction and the way the inner movement leads to certain outcomes that impact upon others.
The Buddha made reference to four kinds of action using the metaphor of light and dark. It is important to acknowledge that much of human behaviour remains under the influence of intentions, of the will, and also remains intimately connected with the results, the outcome and the consequences. Before meeting with the Buddha, one Brahmin philosopher, Tapassi (MLD 57) boasted he would drag the Buddha around in circles like a strongman might seize a long-haired ram by the hair and drag the animal around when they met to explore action. Tapassi had no idea of the Buddha's depths of exploration of action. Like our contemporary political philosophers, Tapassi was way out of his depth when looking into moral issues.
The Buddha made reference to four kinds of action.
Dark action with dark result. Based on the intention to cause harm and suffering, these dark actions result in suffering for others. The Buddha said that certain mental formations come together making the intention to inflict suffering. The knowledge that actions will cause immense suffering to families and non-combatants carry with it intention. Bombs, drone attack and urban and rural destruction display indiscriminate violence. It still takes an intention to continue such slaughter.
Bright action with bright result. Based on the intention not to inflict any suffering owing to the mental formations coming together in such a way. There is the intention to offer a wholesome response through the action for the benefit of others, as well as oneself.
Dark and bright action with dark and bright result. Based on intention, an action can bring about both pleasurable and painful consequences through a mixture of wholesome and unwholesome activities. A military unit goes to rescue a kidnapped citizen. Some soldiers and kidnappers get killed in a skirmish but they rescue the kidnapped person. A dark and bright result. An entertainer brings pleasure to an audience but also develops an insufferable ego. A bright and dark result.
Action without neither a dark nor bright result. This kind of action expresses a noble form of action. It is the action that leads to the end of karma and its consequences. The Buddha emphasised the fourth kind of action as it leads to the destruction of action influenced and affected through identification with notions of good and bad intentions or the mixture of the two.
There is nothing wishy-washy or lightweight about the meaning of karma. Karma refers directly to unsatisfactory influences, past and present, making an impact upon our intentions, speech and action. As distorted intentions and volitions, karma influences our actions and the way we perceive the consequences of our actions. Karma reveals itself in greed, violence and delusion. Blind spots, ignorance, psychological shadows, projections, conditioning, habits and addictions serve as the fuel for karma until it is resolved through clarity and insight. There is karma in the blind pursuit of the notion of the good and its shadow in the perception of the not good, the bad, the evil. Free from karma, wisdom serves as the important foundation for our engagement with the world.
The Buddha encouraged those who explore action to remain "diligent, ardent and resolute so that one could realise for oneself through direct insight that what has to be done has been done (including realising a liberating knowledge from harmful action)." This means the end to problematic seizing upon ego identification bound up with intentions, actions and their consequences. It is in these three primary regions of human existence that we experience dependency on approval and disapproval, praise and blame, success and failure, gain and loss. Action without clinging to a dark or bright result or both expresses freely and compassionately as acts of wisdom rather than unexamined belief in doing good and doing harm to others and reactions to the outcome.
It is valuable to bear in mind that these teachings consistently point the way to the resolution of suffering, a depth of inner peace and an unbroken sense of empathy for the circumstances of others. This wisdom goes far beyond the demands and expectations of the nation state with its nightmare military policies of defend and attack. As responsible global citizens, mindful of the human family, we do not have to submit ourselves to an unquestioning conformity to the intentions and violent actions of our governments.
The Buddha never used the language of detachment, though widely included in the 2600 year old Buddhist tradition, because it can easily conveys indifference, coldness and lack of connection with what dependently arises. For example, the military intentionally detach themselves from their feelings in the so-called theatre of war. This intentional action to detach from feelings frequently leads to an explosion of feelings and emotions after the killing and maiming with the consequence of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), nervous breakdowns, uncontrollable physical violence, attempted suicide and suicide. The men and women in uniform function as an enemy to themselves and their families as much as an enemy to the enemy.
Nevertheless, we can say that a healthy detachment, namely a quiet standing back for an overview rather than taking sides, generates a greater opportunity for an even-handed view of conflict. The Buddha received much respect for his even-handed view. A householder, Upali (MLD 56.29) gave a description of the Buddha's wisdom. We could develop our minds in the same way and demand that our politicians reflect in similar ways for their evolution as a human being. Having expressed immense appreciation to the Buddha, Upali referred to him as "the wise one, who has cast off delusion, who knows no anguish, is perfectly even minded, mature in ethics and without stain." Secular and religious, political and non-political in the West, Arab world and elsewhere need to develop similar qualities.
Upali went on to say: "With no deceptive schemes, the Buddha has gained the triple knowledge, attained a pure heart, a master of discourse and the finder of a liberating knowledge. Endowed with mindfulness and penetrative insight, the Buddha leans neither forward not backwards. He is independent and altogether fearless." Triple knowledge referred to the past influences on the present, the condition of the present and the conditions that shape the future.
It is this kind of approach to life that the Buddha offered as his teachings. It would be worthy of all of us to explore ways to develop such an approach. If our political masters, political commentators and international experts were totally committed to sharing insightful knowledge while being "perfectly even minded, mature in ethics, leaning neither forwards to one side or turning our back on the other, and independent," it would have a major impact upon the activities of society.
"People are known by their actions (MLD 98). The truly wise see action as it really is. They see dependent arising and are skilled in actions and its results. Action makes the world go round. Action makes this generation turn. People are bound by action like the wheel of chariot is bound to the pin."
The Buddha made it abundantly clear that we have to go deeper than simply relying on our intentions to act as a justification for our harmful actions or our support for the harmful actions of others because we believe their intentions were good. He said those who engage in actions with harmful consequences do so because they do "not see in the unwholesome states, the danger, degradation and defilements.
He pointed out Four Kinds of People. Those who
torment themselves,
torment others, through a bloody occupation,
torment both
or torment neither.
"The ones who torment others force slaves, messengers and servants to make preparations to torment others since they have been spurred on by threats of punishment and fear." (MLD 51). Today we could describe slaves in the West as the millions who live in the nightmare of debt. The messengers include the media, social media, journalists, public relations officers, lawyers and scholars. Servants include servants of the State – politicians, the army, employees in the public and private sector. Far too many torment themselves, torment others or both and live in fear of punishment. Bullying, harassment and vindictive behaviour has reached epidemic proportions in our society as well as in our foreign policies.
The Buddha stated (MLD 61) to engage in clear and wise action, it is necessary to repeatedly reflect.
Is this action leading to my own pain?
Is this action leading to the pain of another or both?
Is it an unwholesome action with painful consequences?
If one reflects, one does not engage in unwholesome/harmful action.
If I realises one did something wrong one confesses with the view to using restraint in the future,
The Buddha remains consistent in his endorsement of the importance of inner reflection and, if necessary enquiry with another (s), to examine intentions, actions and the consequences. Will the consequences of our views, words and deeds bring suffering on others? If no one will suffer as a consequence, as far as we know, we can act. If we know our views, words and actions will bring suffering to others, then we do not act. Yes, we can think up hypothetical examples for intellectual entertainment that blurs the distinction. We need to address actual issues where we have the power to have some influence. If we find ourselves caught up in doubt, then we consult the wise.
We may have the capacity to convince ourselves and others of the right to inflict suffering due to our identification with the nation state. We take up an issue and then adopt a one-sided view. The rigidity and repetition of the standpoint to support war then rejects the enquiry into right intention. The Buddha made clear that right intention means "non non-harming, non-cruelty and non-exploitation." It is important to remember that the teachings point to a wise and compassionate way of life.
Those who advocate suffering of others to support a cause might state that those who follow the Buddha-Dharma should reflect on their intentions and change their view. We follow a teaching/practise/way of life. Those who advocate killing and maiming others for the sake of political beliefs may well violently disagree with those who advocate the singularity of diplomacy, negotiation, litigation, hospitality and constructive aid programmes to resolve conflict.
The Buddha emphasised four kinds of litigation, namely to deal with a conflict, an accusation, a crime and to fine agreement on proceedings. A settlement to ligation, he said, occurs through those involved confronting the issue, ending memory of events, ending due to insanity, acknowledgement of the offence, the decision of the majority, addressing harmful character and agreement to move on from the issue. (MLD 104:12). He said we can "cover over with grass" meaning to plant new seeds and start afresh rather than keep digging up all the all hurts and pain.
Born into the military caste, the Buddha never shied away from his unshakable commitment to ending war and violence as the first step in the spiritual life as seen in the First Precept – I undertake not to take destroy life. There would seem to be little point in mindfulness/meditation or developing a spiritual life if the mind still gives priority to the intentional and willful support for the killing and maiming of combatants while treating the death and suffering of innocent families and non-combatants as collateral damage.
Numerous Buddhists find war utterly distasteful regarding it as the most uncivilised form of human behaviour. They no intention whatsoever to justify war, defend or label one country or organisation on the side of the good and the other as evil. Yet, there are influential Buddhists who support certain wars or hold to an ambivalent view. Other Buddhists never give consideration to the relationship to war. Others say they see both sides of the arguement in terms of the validity of war or otherwise but do not concern themselves one way or the other. There is nothing uniform among Buddhists on the views on war.
Many Buddhist have a deep wish to belong rather than inquire into major issues confronting our species. They may choose Buddhism because of its emphasis on tolerance, non-violence, kindness, mindfulness, meditation and inter-connectedness or born into this religious faith. Those who become Buddhists often have an appreciation for Buddhism for its absence of belief in a loving God. Some Buddhists appreciate the religious forms while other Buddhists adopt a secular approach. Some Buddhists meditation and some do not. The language of the heretic, used in monotheistic religions, has no significance in Buddhism. The absence of heretics provides a non-threatening environment for Buddhists, who can adhere to their cherished views and opinions. They know that Buddhists will take little or no notice of the questionable beliefs, barely giving them a second thought.
It is not easy to make sense of the diversity of beliefs in Buddhism in the various traditions, lineages as well as the difference between Buddhist teachers, monks, nuns and householders. Excommunication is anathema in the Buddhist scheme of themes. So Buddhists can think and say what they like, even when it bears little or no relationship to the Buddha's teachings.
This approach allows Buddhists to believe what they want to believe, say and write what they want to say and write, without fear of retribution. It means they can conveniently ignore the teachings of the Buddha, even the core teachings of the Buddha, if the Buddha's teachings collide with their own beliefs. Buddhists can and do go to war, support war, justify war, reveal their phobias against other religions and identify closely with the violent and exploitive purposes of their government. They can ignore the relationship to ethics, intentions, actions and consequences. Just as the teachings of Jesus seem far removed from the teachings of the Christianity, so the teachings of the Buddha often seem far removed from the beliefs of influential Buddhists, monks, nuns and laypeople.
For example, the second link in the Noble Eight Path (familiar to most Buddhists of any Buddhist tradition) is right intention. The Buddha clearly defined the meaning. Right intention means letting go of the harmful intentions leading to harmful behaviour. There is no wish to hurt, to harm or to engage in any kind of callous or cruel activities of body, speech and mind. It could hardly be clearer. One could go even as far as to say that to train the mind on this single link in the body of the intentions, without any knowledge of the rest of the 10,000 discourses, would have a truly transformative influence on what we think, say and do. That is not going to happen among many Buddhists or elsewhere. The self opinion of the Buddhists and others will take priority, even while paying lip service to the words of the Buddha.
The Buddha offered his expositions on action (MLD 137) so that people in society would examine ethics, values, intentions, outcome as an expression of a compassionate way of life. This celebrated sutta shows some of the complexities of Kama and its results
There are four kinds of persons existing in the world. Some violate ethics, he said, and end up in hell.
the evil (harmful)-doer who goes to hell
the evil-doer who goes to heaven,
the good (beneficial) person who goes to heaven,
the good person who goes to hell.
The Buddha then showed that wrong views from the lack of understanding of action bring consciousness to a hellish state. It is as if we walked into hell, he said. He showed that action is more complex than first appears.
There are those who claim that evil-doers always go to hell. They develop a rigid view about this and seek to punish severely those who violate ethics and social codes. The authorities may refuse to recognise a transformation from an evil action to a person's remorse, self-knowledge and the dissolution of previously unresolved formations of mind that led to harmful actions.
The Buddha stated that a person may engage in harmful action but not experience any suffering as a consequence. Perhaps a person gets on with their life, perhaps in denial of their abusive behaviour or repressed their feelings, or was devoid of feelings. Such people appear to enjoy life even while behaving in obscene ways. Such people can seize upon heavenly pleasures, through the senses, without a trace of remorse. They do not go to hell, even if we think they deserve a hell, for what they did.
A person may engage in countless actions of doing good but end up in hell. The do gooder may become intensely identified with their role and completely dependent on the results. This becomes a recipe for stress, anguish and other hellish states of mind.
The Buddha avoids absolutes about a person's destination into heaven or hell, as if there was no invariability to causes and effect viewpoints. Direct experience and observation matters far more than simplistic thinking. One of the most profound statements of the Buddha serves as the foundation for deep reflection"
"When this is, that is; this arising, that arises.
When this is not, that is not; this ceasing, that ceases."
In Pali, it reads:
Imasmim sati idam hoti; imass' uppada idam uppajjati.
Imasmim asati idam na hoti;imassa nirodha idamnirujjhati.
The Sallyekha Sutta (MLD 41) offers teachings on the cleansing of the mind, as the basis of spiritual progress, through wise conduct A primary thought for cleansing is connected with addressing harming and violence; since these thoughts lead downwards, rather than upwards in terms of cultivation, development and fulfilment. The Buddha told Cunda, a novice, that non-harming (avihimsa) confirms a higher state of human evolution than a harmful or violent condition of the mind. "One comes to a higher state of development (or evolution), when one does not support the onslaught of people and animals." Those who supper the onslaught of people and animals dwell in a lower state of evolution.
In conversation with Bhaddiya, he said that greed, aggression and delusion accompany violence. Selfish, greedy human beings easily become aggressive and violent when their corrupt states of mind become exposed. The delusion of self-importance supports the greed and aggression. Violence is never far away. The mind filled with the violent thought against others leads to a person's loss. He asked Bhaddiya? When freedom from delusion (amoha), from violence (asarambha) goes from within oneself, does it arise to one's profit or to one's loss?"
"To one's profit, sir.".
Violent thought and violent action harm and debase others and stand in the way of spiritual growth, which leads to fulfilment.
One who is exceedingly corrupt
like a maluva creeper strangling a sal tree
does to himself what an enemy would wish. (Dhp. v. 162)
A life dedicated to non- violent resolution of conflict has deep personal and collective benefit, as part of the training for spiritual evolution. The approach confirms the benefits to oneself and others, thus making a worthwhile contribution to a compassionate way of life, accompanied with social and political justice. The Buddha said to his son, Rahula:
"Whenever you want to do a mental action, you should reflect on it:
'This mental action I want to do — would it lead to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both?
Would it be an unskilful mental action, with painful consequences, painful results?'
If, on reflection, you know that it would lead to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both; it would be an unskilful mental action with painful consequences, painful results.
Such mental action is unfit for you to do.
But if on reflection you know that it would not cause affliction, then you engage in action."
That is a feature of Dharma training. This is the voice of the Buddha, as a father born into the military class talking to his son born into the military class.
We need to be mindful of our enquiry into the conditions that bring about dependent arising. Strictly speaking, the Buddha does not offer the doctrine of causation, which is the belief in something causing to something else to act or exist. He teaches dependent arising. Dependent arising demands reflection on various primary and secondary conditions enabling something to arise, to stay or to end. The one who reflects on dependent arising must tread carefully to acknowledge the value and also the limitations of such a reflection. A genuine insight from reflection opens up the mind to fresh perspectives and also liberates it from the variety of projections and distortions. Distortions in perception through one sided views block the way to seeing what dependently arises.
It is not an easy task to reflect on the past and see its consequences in the present. Nagarjuna, the 2nd century commentator on the Buddha's teachings, showed the limits of our views in terms of past and present. We need to be mindful to address these concerns about intentions, actions and result and their relationship to past, present and future. The teachings make it crystal that no position is worth holding onto in any absolutist way. There is no self existent truth in any position while finding the wisdom to resolve conflict and suffering. For example, we might detail various primary and secondary conditions, including beliefs and events, and conclude, and feel the effect is found in the combination of the conditions beforehand.
If the effect is already held in the past, then why could we not see it there and then?
How could the effect arise when it is already there in the past? How can an effect come from an effect?
If we claim that the consequences of our past beliefs and events only emerge as something else in the present, then how could causes and conditions create something different from itself?
What is the combination of conditions that seem to set in motion the whole mass of suffering between the West and the Muslim nations?
Why on earth were we unable to see clearly the ongoing outcome of the past conditions bearing fruit in recent times?
Why were we so blind?
Why were we unable to change the conditions to stop the ongoing suffering for Muslims and soldiers engaged in military service?
If the effect lies outside the prior conditions, what is the point of making reference to them since they are detached from the consequences?
If the effect lies inside the prior conditions, why did we not see them?
Why did we not see the conditions of the past gaining the momentum to produce in more and more suffering in the present?
What is the connection to the past combination of conditions leading to the present?
The teachings of the Buddha point to liberation from clinging while acknowledging dependent arising, staying and passing of conditions. Our meditations on the field of time can show us the emptiness of clinging. For example:
There cannot be a simultaneous arising of past and present. It would mean the past and present are both here, side by side.
There cannot be an effect before a cause.
The effect cannot arise simultaneously as the combination of various conditions.
If any of the combination of conditions ceased, then the effect would also cease.
The effect could not arise without the combination.
If we claim the combination reveals itself completely in the effect then the combination will endlessly recycle itself in the name of cause and effect.
A cause-and-effect requires some kind of connection, so the cause cannot produce an effect.
Cause and effect is clearly not the same. Everything would stay identical the same every single day. There would be no different from cause and effect.
If our mind swings to the other extreme and make truly effect different from cause, then there would be no difference between a cause and a non-cause. Clearly that is not the case either.
If we regard everything in the process of causality, then everything must have an effect. If something is not producing an effect, then we cannot place it in the process of causality.
We have the capacity to see the limits and the edge of the mind. It is similar for scientists. Scientists claim that the universe is infinite. They also state the universe is expanding and contracting. What is the universe expanding and contracting into? Scientists also claim the universe is finite. What is outside the finite? We cannot answer everything but we can resolve suffering especially the kind locked into intentions, actions and consequences.
We acknowledge dependent arising to explore and apply the necessary changes to end suffering. These primary and secondary conditions do not have inherent power to them because they also dependently arise owing to various combinations of conditions. As the Buddhist said: "The bitter neem seed becomes the bitter neem fruit with a pungent and disagreeable flavour." (AN 314 (9). The seed becomes the fruit as long as the condition supports the process. If there is no earth, water, light, nutrients, oxygen, then the bitter neem seed cannot become the bitter need fruit.
What are the conditions to dissolve to stop feeding the intentions, actions and consequences that bring about so much suffering upon so many people, combatants and non-combatants alike? That is the primary reflection, debate and public discourse to address.
May all beings explore dependent arising
May all beings live an ethical way of life
May all beings live with wisdom
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Physical Therapy is a 31.6 billion dollar market growing at 4.8% a year. Successful outcomes are dependent on thoughts, feelings and actions taken outside the clinic. Patients forget, misinterpret, and are generally not accountable to prescribed actions. Further, system centric healthcare today is not efficient at managing expectations or costs. As a result, health insurance trends and the Affordable Care Act are moving purchasing decisions to bundled care outcome based treatments, high deductible plans or cash pay. Patient expectations and satisfaction have become new drivers in healthcare.
The TherApp(tm) mobile physical therapy program instructs and motivates patients to start and finish their PT, increasing practice efficiencies and profits by handling more patients with less churn, and promoting better outcomes by collecting data on patient progress.
WellClub is currently expanding trial opportunities, seeking a strategic partnership, and conducting patient trials. The company has entered into collaboration with two major healthcare systems targeting knees and shoulders, and has completed Phase 1 product testing. The Therapp(tm) platform has completed validation and is moving into its second generation device for extended evaluation in both institutions.