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ULTIME NOTIZIE: John Madden dead at 85: NFL announces legendary former Oakland Raiders coach and commentator famed for his association with popular video game has passed away 'unexpectedly'
John Madden's death was confirmed on Tuesday by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
Madden was a beloved coach for the Oakland Raiders and hugely popular commentator
Madden was only 32 when then-Raiders owner Al Davis hired him to coach Oakland in 1969
Oakland never had a losing record under Madden, winning seven division titles and making the playoffs eight times
He retired from coaching in 1978, with a fear of flying contributing to his decision to step down and take up broadcasting
Madden was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006, 28 years after coaching his final game
He remained wildly popular with young people, thanks partly to the EA Sports video game, Madden NFL
The NFL says Hall of Fame coach and beloved broadcaster John Madden has died at the age of 85.
Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner, ha confermato la notizia.
'On behalf of the entire NFL family, we extend our condolences to Virginia, Mike, Joe and their families,' Egli ha detto.
'We all know him as the Hall of Fame coach of the Oakland Raiders and broadcaster who worked for every major network, but more than anything, he was a devoted husband, padre e nonno.
'Nobody loved football more than Coach. He was football. He was an incredible sounding board to me and so many others.
'There will never be another John Madden, and we will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today.'
The NFL says Hall of Fame coach and beloved broadcaster John Madden has died at age 85
Madden gained fame in a decade-long stint as the coach of the renegade Oakland Raiders, making it to seven AFC title games and winning the Super Bowl following the 1976 stagione.
He compiled a 103-32-7 regular-season record, e il suo .759 winning percentage is the best among NFL coaches with more than 100 Giochi.
But it was his work after prematurely retiring as coach at age 42 that made Madden truly a household name.
He educated a football nation with his use of the telestrator on broadcasts; entertained millions with his interjections of 'Boom!' and 'Doink!' throughout games; was an omnipresent pitchman selling restaurants, hardware stores and beer; became the face of 'Madden NFL Football,' one of the most successful sports video games of all-time; and was a best-selling author.
Most of all, he was the preeminent television sports analyst for most of his three decades calling games, winning an unprecedented 16 Emmy Awards for outstanding sports analyst/personality, and covering 11 Super Bowls for four networks from 1979-2009.
'People always ask, are you a coach or a broadcaster or a video game guy?' he said when was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
'I'm a coach, always been a coach.'
He started his broadcasting career at CBS after leaving coaching in great part because of his fear of flying.
He and Pat Summerall became the network's top announcing duo.
Madden then helped give Fox credibility as a major network when he moved there in 1994, and went on to call prime-time games at ABC and NBC before retiring following Pittsburgh's thrilling 27-23 win over Arizona in the 2009 Super Bowl.
'I am not aware of anyone who has made a more meaningful impact on the National Football League than John Madden, and I know of no one who loved the game more,' Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a statement.
Burly and a little unkempt, Madden earned a place in America's heart with a likable, unpretentious style that was refreshing in a sports world of spiraling salaries and prima donna stars.
He rode from game to game in his own bus because he suffered from claustrophobia and had stopped flying.
Per un periodo, Madden gave out a 'turducken' — a chicken stuffed inside a duck stuffed inside a turkey — to the outstanding player in the Thanksgiving game that he called.
When he finally retired from the broadcast booth, leaving NBC's 'Sunday Night Football,' colleagues universally praised Madden's passion for the sport, his preparation, and his ability to explain an often-complicated game in down-to-earth terms.
'No one has made the sport more interesting, more relevant and more enjoyable to watch and listen to than John,' play-by-play announcer Al Michaels said at the time.
For anyone who heard Madden exclaim 'Boom!' while breaking down a play, his love of the game was obvious.
'Per me, TV is really an extension of coaching,' Madden wrote in 'Hey, Wait a Minute! (I Wrote a Book!).'
'My knowledge of football has come from coaching. And on TV, all I'm trying to do is pass on some of that knowledge to viewers.'
Madden was raised in Daly City, California.
He played on both the offensive and defensive lines for Cal Poly in 1957-58 and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the school.
Madden was chosen to the all-conference team and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, but a knee injury ended his hopes of a pro playing career.
Anziché, Madden got into coaching, first at Hancock Junior College and then as defensive coordinator at San Diego State.
Al Davis brought him to the Raiders as a linebackers coach in 1967, and Oakland went to the Super Bowl in his first year in the pros.
He replaced John Rauch as head coach after the 1968 season at age 32, beginning a remarkable 10-year run.
With his demonstrative demeanor on the sideline and disheveled look, Madden was the ideal coach for the collection of castoffs and misfits that made up those Raiders teams.
'Sometimes guys were disciplinarians in things that didn't make any difference. I was a disciplinarian in jumping offsides; I hated that,' Madden once said.
'Being in bad position and missing tackles, those things. I wasn't, 'Your hair has to be combed.'
The Raiders responded.
'I always thought his strong suit was his style of coaching,' quarterback Ken Stabler once said. '
John just had a great knack for letting us be what we wanted to be, on the field and off the field. … How do you repay him for being that way? You win for him.'
And boy, did they ever. Many years, the only problem was the playoffs.
Madden went 12-1-1 in his first season, losing the AFL title game 17-7 to Kansas City.
That pattern repeated itself during his tenure; the Raiders won the division title in seven of his first eight seasons, but went 1-6 in conference title games during that span.
Ancora, Madden's Raiders played in some of the sport's most memorable games of the 1970s, games that helped change rules in the NFL.
There was the 'Holy Roller' nel 1978, when Stabler purposely fumbled forward before being sacked on the final play. The ball rolled and was batted to the end zone before Dave Casper recovered it for the winning touchdown against San Diego.
The most famous of those games went against the Raiders in the 1972 playoffs at Pittsburgh.
With the Raiders leading 7-6 e 22 seconds left, the Steelers had a fourth-and-10 from their 40. Terry Bradshaw's desperation pass deflected off either Oakland's Jack Tatum or Pittsburgh's Frenchy Fuqua to Franco Harris, who caught it at his shoe tops and ran in for a TD.
In quei giorni, a pass that bounced off an offensive player directly to a teammate was illegal, and the debate continues to this day over which player it hit. The catch, ovviamente, was dubbed the 'Immaculate Reception.'
Oakland finally broke through with a loaded team in 1976 that had Stabler at quarterback; Fred Biletnikoff and Cliff Branch at receiver; tight end Dave Casper; Hall of Fame offensive linemen Gene Upshaw and Art Shell; and a defense that included Willie Brown, Ted Hendricks, Tatum, John Matuszak, Otis Sistrunk and George Atkinson.
The Raiders went 13-1, losing only a blowout at New England in Week 4. They paid the Patriots back with a 24-21 win in their first playoff game and got over the AFC title game hump with a 24-7 win over the hated Steelers, who were crippled by injuries.
Oakland won it all with a 32-14 Super Bowl romp against Minnesota.
'Players loved playing for him,' Shell said.
'He made it fun for us in camp and fun for us in the regular season. All he asked is that we be on time and play like hell when it was time to play.'
Madden battled an ulcer the following season, when the Raiders once again lost in the AFC title game.
He retired from coaching at age 42 dopo un 9-7 season in 1978.
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Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after submitting a language request to the House Appropriations Committee that would prevent any funds from being used to carry out the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule promulgated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL & COVID-19
COLLEGE FOOTBALL in the Age of COVID-19
August 3, 2020 by Tommy Johnson
College Football in the age of Covid, sounds like an oxymoron right? Sadly, that's the reality that we find ourselves in these days. Football is a contact sport, so there's NO Social Distancing. That said, camps are now open to teams throughout the country, the NCAA and everyone from coast-to-coast has a different opinion on what to do and how to go forward.
Here's our reality, the pandemic is causing ripples throughout college sports, that's just a fact. Launching a season with no real answers or plan for the level of risk to players, coaches and other personnel, the NCAA finds itself defending itself more and more these days.
The NCAA has no one to blame but them, selves. It's the lack of an in depth, comprehensive plan that has led us to where we are. Given the number of teams, and revenue involved, having a plan for everyone is something College sports needs… sooner than later.
Aside the social impact to life and physical well-being, there's also significant economic consequences if this is not properly handled. Nationwide, Universities have to realistically weigh how to run their Athletic Departments in the age of Covid. They have to weigh cutting certain sports altogether; or downsizing across-the board.
Another reality is that these football programs carry the weight of nine-figure athletic department budgets. For any University to do without them , even for just this one season, that could be catastrophic.
I don't mean just to the fans, but to the other sports who rely on the revenues generated by Football. The reach includes both mean's and women;'s sports, baseball, softball, gymnastics, soccer, etc., etc., … you get the picture.
Any way you slice it or dice it, this translate to job losses. Any negative outcome has the potential of having a devastating impact and ripple effect in certain communities that rely on all these these sports programs.
Here's the thing, players know! They know so far what has been put out has been done in the name of optics and not to address the real-world consequences of what would happen if players nationwide begin to fall to Covid.
Luckily, there's somewhat of a road map. Major League baseball, the NBA and NHL have started their respective seasons. So there is a road map given each league has taken different approaches on how they are going about their seasons. For the NCAA, if any of these leagues implode, it gives a realistic and real-world reason to opt out of the season.
For now, the 2020 college football season is scheduled to happen despite the lack of a plan. That's the reality players see. It's an ethical, practical health concern. That's the main reason you see lack of continuity in statement from conferences and even cracks forming in the foundation of the system.
To add fuel to the fire, on Sunday, an unnamed group of Pac-12 players affiliated with the National Collegiate Players Association announced a list of demands in order for them to participate this season.
Some of the demands are more realistic in the current environment versus other more complicated demands. For example, demands like expanded medical insurance for players after their eligibility; versus "distribute 50% of each sport's total conference revenue evenly among athletes in their respective sports." That one is a bigger picture issue that has been bantered around for some time.
So what to do? The BIG 10 is contemplating how the 2020 season will look, even not having a one. The SEC, ACC and BIG 12 are full speed ahead.
Whereas players in the Pac-12 are fighting for a bigger picture and may sit out the season. This could put a monkey-wrench in the Pac-12's plans.
Aide the obvious issues with Covid-19, there's an underlying issue that's been talking about for years, maybe in whispers, maybe not. The BIG 5 have been mentioned in many, many stories to leave the NCAA. With what's going on, and how this all plays out, that may be another reality that may happen sooner than later.
Only time will tell, the next ten-days will be a good measurement of what road College football will take. If the NCAA doesn't start addressing ALL these issues, trying to play football during a pandemic is only the beginning of their problems.
Right now, playing the season in a bubble in the Antarctic may be the only safe alternative. Although that's a logistical nightmare, and there are no stadiums there, but it's a plan.
That tells you have complex this issue is. Let's see what the tide brings in the next few days. Hopefully, everyone puts on their thinking caps to make this happen in safe and productive manner. That's easier said than done.


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James C. "Jim" Sutton, age 89, of Dubuque, was called home peacefully at 9:00 p.m., on Saturday, October 27, 2018, at home, surrounded by his loving family. To honor James' life, funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Friday, November 2, 2018, at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 1199 Main Street, with Rev. John Taylor officiating. To celebrate James' life, family and friends may visit from 3:00 p.m., until 7:00 p.m., on Thursday, November 1, 2018, at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main Street. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery.
James was born on September 4, 1929, in Lexington, Mississippi, son of William "Billy" and Gertrude (O'Neal) Sutton.
James was born and raised in Mississippi, where he developed a strong work ethic, that would lead him to devote 45 years of his life to the Illinois Central Railroad. He began working at work at age 15 and it would take him from Mississippi to Springfield, Illinois and then to Galena, Illinois and on to Dubuque in 1958. It was here that he and Ruby chose to stay and raise their children. James retired from the railroad in 1988, at age 60, never missing a single day of work. He was united in marriage to the love of his life, Ruby Richmond, on May 31, 1952, in Lexington, and he and his bride would be blessed with 63 years together and 8 adoring children, before Ruby was sadly called home ahead of him on September 18, 2015. James was an extremely social person, with an expert degree in the "BS" department, which made him loveable and irresistible to everyone around him. He was also well known, but not quite as loved, for holding up traffic on his 10 mph car rides around town to check out everything that was going on in the area, while stopping to visit family and friends along the way. When some welcomed free time around the house made its way into his day, James could easily be found out in the bright sunshine, putting his "green thumb" to work in the garden, tending to his flower beds, or simply sitting on the front porch chewing on one of his favorite cigars. James never shied away from a hard days work, and could do anything from carpentry projects to electrical and plumbing jobs, as long as someone was willing to show him how to do it just once, he truly was a "Jack of all Trades". We are deeply saddened at the loss of such a loving, kind, excellent example of what a father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother should be, but we will do our best to carry on his tradition of hard work and taking time to really get to know people, and use those skills to make the world around us a little better place for everyone.
Those left to cherish James' memory include
his children,
David (Excelsa) Sutton,
Kathy Sutton,
Lynn Sutton,
Allen Sutton,
and Daniel Sutton, all of Dubuque, IA;
his 6 grandchildren,
Maria (Suzette) Sutton, Jay (Melissa) Sutton, Vanessa L. Williams, Jessica Sutton, Kevin Williams Jr., and Nathan Williams;
his 13 great-grandchildren,
Tayah, Mason, J.J., LaTrease, Ezeikel, Elijah, Ja'Kam, Namir'rah, Lakelyn, Landon, Jordan, Zariah and Kobe;
and a sister,
Gertrude Torrey, Lexington, MS.
James was preceded in death by his parents; his adoring wife, Ruby Sutton; a daughter, Connie Sutton; and two sons, James Sutton Jr. and Gary Sutton.
James' family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has helped care for James, especially Dr. Cao, and the nurses and staff of Above and Beyond Hospice, their kindness, compassion and professional attention was greatly appreciated.
Memorials will be accepted by the family to be distributed among James' favorite charities.
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5 condolences for James C. "Jim" Sutton
Debra O'Neal Benton says:
To the family of James Sutton. The O'Neal family office Freeport IL send their deepest sympathy to the family. May he rest in peace.
Cindy Oberfoell says:
I will never catch a whiff of a cigar again and not think of your Dad Sudsy & Big Al. I am so sorry for your loss that words just don't seem to be enough to tell you during this time of mourning. He always laughed at my craziness when we were goofing off during a study hall. (Which just so happened to be in a kitchen on Airplane Hill)….I'll cherish those memories.
Tracy Brown says:
To the Sutton family I love u all and we will miss u pape Sutton u was the friend of my family and the to the brown family as well I miss the talks and jokes thank you Tracy l. Leslein brown
Ernestine Moss says:
To the Sutton family, we send our condolence to all the family members. Mr. Sutton was a give to many in the community especially us (Melvin and Ernestine). We enjoyed all the long conversations we had with him throughout the years. Now God has called him home to rest in peace.
John Fisher says:
Hello, Lynn —-
John Fisher here.
We knew each other from Senior High back in the early 80's. I graduated in 1981.
I'm now a finish carpenter and living in Michigan.
My mom is still in DBQ and told me about your dad's passing last fall.
I had met your whole family way back when Kathy's accident happened.
I read about your extensive hard work in DBQ's local government.
Well done, Lynn.
I'm glad for this opportunity to tell you I'm thinking about you and your family and I hope you're all doing as best you can after losing your dad.
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The Best Canadian Climate Policy You've Probably Never Heard Of
By James Wilt
Nov. 8, 2017 6 min. read
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It just might be the best climate policy you've never heard of.
It's called the Clean Fuel Standard. Proposed back in December 2016 when the landmark Pan-Canadian Framework was signed by most provinces and territories, it's since been vastly overshadowed by other, splashier policies, such as carbon pricing, the federal coal phase-out and methane regulations.
But as outlined in a brand new report by Clean Energy Canada — a think tank based at Simon Fraser University — the policy has incredible potential to cut Canada's annual greenhouse emissions: upward of 30 megatonnes per year, compared to 18 megatonnes from the carbon price.
So why hasn't anyone heard of it? DeSmog Canada took a look at the details to help you make sense of the situation.
What is the Clean Fuel Standard?
Simply put, it's a federal requirement for fuel suppliers to cut their annual emissions by a certain percentage every year. It's a way of accelerating the switch to cleaner fuels and technologies such as biofuel, clean electricity, carbon capture and storage and "renewable natural gas."
By fuel suppliers, we mean mostly oil refineries and natural gas suppliers.
With that said, the policy will impact every producer and consumer of fuels, which include gasoline, diesel, natural gas, heating oil, coal and petcoke.
The key thing about this particular policy is that it won't just include transportation. A fair few other jurisdictions have crafted clean fuel standards for transportation, including B.C. and California. But if unveiled as expected, Canada's policy will include fuel used in buildings and industry, two considerable sources of emissions not dealt with by the current B.C. standards
"If implemented the way that the federal government says they would implement it, it would be the first of its kind in the world," Dianne Zimmerman, director of the Pembina Institute's transportation and urban solutions program in Ontario, told DeSmog Canada.
How much emissions reduction are we talking here?
The equivalent to removing seven million cars from the road.
Overall lifecycle carbon intensity is expected to drop by 10 to 15 per cent by 2030. That means removing upward of 30 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, according to modelling by Clean Energy Canada. In a webinar hosted by Clean Energy Canada on Tuesday, senior analyst Jeremy Moorhouse indicated that could come from 19 megatonnes from transportation reductions and another 15 million tonnes from buildings and industry.
It's still not enough for Canada to actually meet its Paris climate targets. In fact, Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand recently calculated that Canada is expected to miss its 2030 market by 44 megatonnes, even if all policies from the Pan-Canadian Framework are fully implemented.
Wait, wasn't this what the carbon tax was for?
Yes and no.
Warren Mabee, geography professor and Canada Research Chair in Renewable Energy Development and Implementation at Queen's University, noted in an interview with DeSmog Canada that he sees the carbon price as setting a floor. A minimum price of sorts.
But he says the Clean Fuel Standard will accelerate emissions reductions in certain sectors, especially where there are cleaner technologies and fuels already available. Mabee actually described the standard as essentially "setting an alternative price for carbon."
It's similar to what Simon Fraser University economist Mark Jaccard was getting at in his 2016 paper about 'politically viable' solutions to emissions reductions. In it, he argued that flexible regulations "approximate the incentives and flexibility of emissions pricing, but comparative surveys of climate policy acceptability… indicate that they are likely to be less politically difficult."
That approach also helps explain how a Clean Fuel Standard can potentially interact with existing policies known as "renewable fuel mandates" in provinces like Ontario, B.C. and Alberta.
While the jargon might seem a bit redundant, the latter requires fuel producers to integrate a certain percentage of renewable fuel — mostly biofuels — into their product.
The Clean Fuel Standard on the other hand is concerned specifically with the actual carbon intensity of the fuel right at the source.
The two policies work best together in tandem, according to Mabee.
"Honestly, there is no one policy that's going to solve these problems," he said. "If there's going to be a real solution, we're going to need multiple policies to help push us there. This is one way we can differentiate those."
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What will the standard actually look like?
That's entirely up to the federal government.
One thing that's often overlooked is just how customizable climate policies — like carbon pricing or zero-emission vehicle mandates — really are.
Sure, there's a basic framework required. But governments can handpick prices, exemptions, incentives and penalties.
For that reason, it's tough to say at this point how new rules will roll out. The federal government has been delaying the release of key parts of the framework and final regulations aren't due until 2019. But a good place to look for clues is a similar existing policy in B.C.
The B.C. Low Carbon Fuel Standard was adopted back in 2008, requiring carbon intensity of transportation fuels to be cut by 10 per cent by 2020. According to the province, that cut 6.4 megatonnes of emissions between 2010 and 2016.
The controversial 2016 Climate Leadership Plan raised the standard, requiring a carbon intensity cut of 15 per cent be implemented by 2030.
Fuel suppliers have three ways of doing that. They can just cut emissions intensity during production. Or they can buy credits from another fuel supplier: think of a carbon trading system of sorts.
The third option includes entering into a "Part 3 Agreement" with the province, in which a fuel supplier has to take certain actions, which are deemed to be equivalent to actually cutting fuel intensity. That can include building a new pump station that sells gasoline with biofuels mixed in, or testing certain additive formulas for cold weather operability of biodiesel-blended diesel.
This is what's known as a "flexible" regulatory approach. That's opposed to a more prescriptive policy, in which emitters clean up or pay (think the carbon price). As a result, fuel suppliers are expected to find the most cost-effective and technologically innovative solutions that work for them.
If things go as planned, Canada could implement a 10 per cent reduction of transportation fuels by 2030 from 2015 levels like B.C. has already done. Then, throw in a 3.5 per cent cut in fuels for buildings and industry, or a five per cent renewable natural gas mandate.
According to Clean Energy Canada, that would result in the 30 megatonnes in reductions.
Hold up…renewable natural gas?
It's natural gas that comes from landfills and water treatment plants! Pretty neat, actually. It currently escapes and adds to fugitive methane emissions in the atmosphere — but could be captured.
In fact, Moorhouse said in the webinar that if you had a renewable natural gas station at every landfill across Canada, we could meet a good portion of the Clean Fuel Standard using waste.
What would this new standard mean for jobs and fuel prices?
It could be a net plus!
According to Clean Energy Canada, it'll generate a net growth of 11,100 jobs and $4.1 billion in economic activity.
Indeed, growth would slow in some sectors such as refining and service stations, but would increase in building new biofuel facilities and cleantech investments: between $200 million to $2 billion a year between 2020 and 2030.
As for impacts on fuel prices: it'll be minimal, between $2 and $5 per month in direct household energy bills including cars, furnaces and electricity by 2030. The important thing to keep in mind is that energy efficiency measures between now and then will greatly cut costs for households.
In the end, Canadians will end up saving between $17 and $82 a month by 2030, depending on things like how efficient your furnace and cars are.
Alright, what's the catch?
There are certainly challenges.
Zimmerman of the Pembina Institute notes that one of their concerns is that the new fuel standard could be delayed and not be implemented. She calls the schedule by which they're attempting to get it regulated under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act as "very aggressive." But we're already seeing the government fall behind. They also delayed implementing methane regulations on oil and gas producers until well after the next election.
Those delays have consequences.
"Every year there's a delay of climate policy has implications to further decades," she said.
There's also the big question mark about counting reductions, especially related to credit trading. Mabee of Queen's University noted it's still unclear how reductions will actually be verified: whether it will be a government agency or something more independent.
"That's your danger," he said. "You get a powerful industry lobbying group that says 'I'm buying so many litres of this biofuel or this low-carbon oil source and therefore I should be getting this benefit.' But if there's no proof that it's actually doing that, and if there's disputes, who do you go to to resolve the dispute? That isn't clear yet."
Now, we just have to hold our breath and wait for the actual policy.
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Old story about Feng Shui and Karma
Businessmen from Harbin to Hong Kong spend ungodly sums on feng shui. After consulting the most sought-after geomancers, they build artificial waterfalls in front of their office buildings, and plunk massive jade carvings in their foyers, all to direct good fortune their way. They're gambling that all this good feng shui will cancel out the bad karma of breaking contracts and other commercial skullduggery. But as this ancient story shows, all the mystical qi-directing in the world doesn't overcome the force of our actions.
So, here it goes…
Thousands of years ago there was a feng shui master famed not just for his skill but also his fiery temper. One sweltering summer he got a commission from a rich family to assess a burial site, in a range of mountains far from his home.
It took him five days of hiking to reach the site and another day to complete his work. After resting in a mountain cave, he packed up his geomancer compass and writings and trudged off on the long trek home. The going was exceedingly hot, and by the second day of the return journey he had run out of water. He was out of the mountains and saw rich fields of rice ready to be harvested, but could discern no wells.
He did see a young woman with three children in the distance, working a field, and so he headed towards them. The woman and children all ceased their labors, winnowing the stalks of rice, to stare at the feng shui master and his fine clothes.
"I beg of you, kind lady, a bowl of water. I'll never make it back to my home alive unless I have some water."
The woman hurried to the shade of a nearby tree, and hoisted a large pitcher of water, which she uncorked and poured into a wooden bowl. But before giving the bowl of water to the feng shui master, she tossed a small handful of chaff on the water's surface.
The hotheaded master felt a surge of fury well up. He snatched the bowl from the woman without a word or sign of gratitude. Try as he might to gulp the water, he had to continually blow away the chaff in the water to the side, and drink it in small sips. Convinced that he had been gravely insulted, he plotted revenge as he drank.
"Where do you live?" the feng shui master asked the kind woman.
"In that hut at the edge of the field, with my three sons," replied the woman. "My husband died some years ago. With these sons of mine to feed and care for, life is difficult. We are poor, but we work hard and manage."
The feng shui master gazed off at the hut for some time and the land surrounding it. "It's no surprise you have to work so hard and fare so poorly," he told the woman. "The feng shui of your house is most unfortunate. As long as you dwell in this place you will know only poverty and naught of prosperity. But I can help you. On the other side of that mountain lie an abandoned field and a ramshackle old house. The land needs cultivating, and the house many repairs, yet the feng shui there is superb. I recommend that you move your family there as soon as possible."
Both the woman and her sons bowed to the master and thanked him over and over for his sage advice. He simply hefted his bags and set off down the road without a word in reply. Not a twinge of remorse did he feel for sending them off to a "Five Ghosts Death Site", a place so exceedingly inauspicious that it would be a miracle should one of her sons live to reach manhood. The master felt it fitting retribution for the insult he had suffered.
Ten years passed by the time the feng shui master had cause to be in the area again. Remembering the family he had cursed, he made a point of stopping by to witness their ill fate. As he approached their house, the woman, older but still graceful, and quite prosperous looking, came out and bowed to him.
"I don't suppose you remember me."
"Of course, master. How could we forget one as kind as you? Since moving to this new place our lands have been uncommonly fruitful. Out of the abundance I have sent two of my sons to study for official posts, and my third son will soon take a wise old tutor. Won't you come in and allow me to prepare a feast to thank you?"
Not long after, the feng shui master sat full of salted duck, roast pig, and a dozen other dainty viands. He gazed in bafflement at the plastered walls and rich furnishings. "How could this have transpired?" he wondered. "The site is still a magnet for the worst kind of feng shui, and I don't see any charms about with which she could protect herself."
At wit's end, he confessed to the woman. "When I was thirsty, you gave me water. But instead of giving me pure water, you tossed chaff in just to spite an old man. That's why I sent you here, to a place of ill omen, a Five Ghost Death site. Yet you and your family prosper. This goes against everything I've ever learned."
The woman listened, her eyes wide, but in the end threw her head back and laughed. "Don't you see? It was an extremely hot day, and I could see what a state you were in. As thirsty as you were, you would have gulped the cold water as fast as you could, and most likely have dropped dead from the shock. With the chaff in, you had to blow on the water and sip it slowly. I was only trying to spare you from harm."
At last the feng shui master understood.
"I am an old fool. I sent you to an evil place, yet no lasting evil can come to you. Each and every day Heaven and the Buddha bless you for your kind heart and benevolent actions."
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Olympics and Politics
Gayathri Menon, Grade 11
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Over the past few weeks, I found myself obsessing over the involvement of politics in international sports for a research paper of mine. Several sleepless nights spent researching the ideals of competitive sport and whether sport and politics are inexplicably connected in international arenas occupied most of my waking thoughts. Have I come to a solid hypothesis? Not yet, but I have gained some invaluable insight into the nature of international sports.
I remember watching the 2008 Beijing Olympics, wide-eyed and curious, the colour of each national flag enrapturing me. The overly grandiose stadiums and pride plastered on the victors' faces did not mean much to my childish eyes but mean so much more to my current academic pursuit. While five year old me saw streamers, confetti, and pretty flags, what I see now is national pride, political gain, and a spectator's adoration for sport. It is not too extreme to say that the Olympics gather immense crowds, not only to stadiums but also to tv channels and streaming platforms. Such fixation on events provides the host nation with a unique opportunity- to either utilise or exploit media attention for their gain. There are arguments against such a claim; some would go to the extent of accusing me of tarnishing the ideals of Olympism (philosophy of the Olympic games) for it.
Orwell had once stated that serious sports " is war minus the shooting". In other words, it becomes a non-military ground for the display of national strength and a socio-political endeavour. Olympism tries to bring together athletes from all over the world, thus basking in the glory that it strives to work towards peace. An attempt at a pacifist organisation, Pierre de Coubertin (the Father of the Modern Olympic Games), had high hopes for the Olympic movement. His ambition with the games mirrored the increased mingling of nationalities in the 19th century, which he feared would cause turbulent times in the future. However, despite wanting to bring athletes together without giving into animosity and politics, in certain cases, the Olympics themselves became a playground for states to act on their ambitions. The 1936 Berlin Olympics hosted by Germany is one such example, where Hitler's ambitions of regaining lost German glory and desire to use sport for propaganda outlined the event. Hitler half-hearted attempts at whitewashing the streets of Berlin, excuses of inclusion of Jewish athletes and mistreatment of athletes that form minority communities are the remnants of the event.
This type of politicization is one of the darker realities of national representation in sports. In some cases, it might rob the athletes out of personal pride or fame, as they are reduced to being their nation's representative, but in others, this does not happen. This involvement of politics in the Olympics is not merely carried out by the host nation, but as can be inferred from the other states. Boycotts overshadowed the 1976 Montreal and 1980 Moscow Olympics for politically-charged reasons. I do not make this statement in an attempt to undermine the states for making their political decisions but as a mere fact that the Olympics does see its fair share of politics.
As counterclaims to the involvement of politics and the Olympics, there exist several examples of peaceful, celebratory ones that do not show nations trying to strong-arm one another. However, when athletes arrive decked in their national colours, with anthems blasting in the background and international media attention on them, one can hardly be blind to the element of nationalism in the Games. With nationalism, comes the politicization of different natures. I will not exaggerate my claim by feigning ignorance to the several other peaceful Olympic Games, but rather, I choose to highlight that politics finds itself nestling in the heart of this international sporting event.
The future of the Games does not seem bleak, with corporations, authorities, states, and media pitching in to make the event a success or a statement. The tinge of politics does not show any signs of being washed away, as national representation and rising global tension show the use of the Games as a high-stakes event for showing national strength. It could even be argued that the Games mirror the political events of their times, seeing political involvement in times of high global tension.
Moving forward, spectators should keep the involvement of state and international matters in the Games in mind as there are consequences of blindly supporting states. Ask yourself questions on how your support for an athlete could potentially translate into support for a state, or where your personal beliefs lie as you cheer for the Games. This might come forth as tarnishing the pristine, unadulterated ideal that sports are for many individuals, but there are political consequences for sports in an increasingly globalised world. In a longs-shot, spectator awareness of the involvement of politics might even help to move closer to the original ideals of the movement by choosing to see the athlete before seeing the state. At the same time, you can hardly expect the spectator to be colour-blind when the Games are adorned in the national colours of the attending states.
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Organigramma societario

Area direttiva
 Presidente: Claudio Arpaia
 Vicepresidenti: Franco Perri, Gianni Torcasio e Giancarlo Butera
 Amministratore delegato: Lucio Cirifalco

Area organizzativa
 Team manager: Antonio Mercuri
 Responsabile della gestione sportiva: Francesco Maglia

Ufficio stampa
 Addetto stampa: Vanessa Paola

Area tecnica
 Allenatore: Raffaele Novelli
 Allenatore in seconda: Tony D'Amico
 Direttore sportivo: Fabrizio Maglia
 Preparatore dei portieri: Gianluca Caravella
 Preparatore atletico: Piergiuseppe Apicella

Area sanitaria
 Medico sociale: dott. Ippolito Bonofiglio
 Responsabile Protocollo Recupero Infortuni: Luigi Novello
 Riabilitatore: Prof. Aldo Mercuri
 Massaggiatore: Fabio Bianco

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Rosa 2013-2014
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Sessione invernale (dal 3/1 al 31/1)

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Girone di andata

Girone di ritorno

Coppa Italia Lega Pro

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Girone I

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Statistiche di squadra

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Peanut lovers in Pennsylvania may want to wait until further notice to purchase another jar of peanut butter or bag of peanuts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration have announced that a salmonella outbreak started at a facility that processes more organic peanuts than any other processing plant in the country.
The plant produced a peanut butter for the popular grocery store chain Trader Joe's. That particular peanut butter facility was shut down last month for a top-to-bottom cleaning. But recently all of the company's other processing and roasting locations were also closed, and the recall was expanded. Now over 300 products containing nuts have been deemed potentially dangerous.
When a 5-year-old girl in New Mexico fell ill after consuming numerous peanut products, her case became the 36th confirmed by the FDA in 20 states. The majority of cases appear to be the result of the Trader Joe's peanut butter, but the manufacturer, Sunland Inc., makes peanut products for other large retail stores as well, including Costco and Target.
The FDA wants consumers to know that every product that came out of the facility since March 2010 has been recalled.
It was in 2007 when the FDA officially listed peanut butter as a product that carries a high risk of salmonella. That decision came after a salmonella outbreak made over 400 people ill. Those victims had eaten a peanut butter that was produced in Nebraska at a ConAgra plant. In that case, leaks in the roof and a broken sprinkler system apparently caused a noxious mixture containing salmonella.
When big manufacturers make products that end up harming people, the victims need to know that there are laws on the books to protect them. Manufacturers and distributors alike have a responsibility to ensure that their products are safe for consumers, and when those obligations aren't met, the negligent parties can be held accountable in civil court.


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Sonya SKLAROFF
- Galerie Sparts, Paris, France
- Galerie Anagama, Versailles, France
- Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
- David Findlay Galleries, New York, NY
- The Gallery at Steuben Glass, New York, NY
- Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Spartsgallery, Paris, FR
- David Findlay Gallery, New York, NY
- Water Street Gallery, New York, NY
- French Institute Alliance Française, New York, NY
- Sofitel Lafayette Square, Washington, DC
- Cultural Services of the French Embassy, New York, NY
- French Consulate, New York, NY
- Steuben, New York, NY
- Cartier, New York, NY
- Atmosphere Gallery, New York, NY
- Allen Sheppard Gallery, New York, NY
- Gallery at Roundabout, New York, NY
EXPOSITIONS EN DUO
- Maison de la Culture, Neuilly sur Seine, France
- RISD Works Gallery, Providence, RI
- SVG Collection, Nantucket, MA
- Media Gallery, Boston, MA
EXPOSITIONS EN GROUPE
- Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY and San Francisco, CA
- La Garlande, Saint-Clar, France
- Sparts Gallery, Paris, France
- Galerie des Remparts, Bordeaux, France
- Cavalier Galleries, Nantucket, MA and Greenwich, CT
- Lagalery, Eze, France
- New York State Museum, Albany, NY
- Cavalier Galleries, Nantucket, MA
- Lagalery, Saint Paul de Vence, France
- Chappaqua Library Gallery, Chappaqua, NY
- Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY
- E&EV Auction House - Drouot Montaigne, Paris, France
- RICE / POLAK Gallery, Provincetown, MA
- 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
- Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
- McGrath Dunham Gallery, Castine, ME
- Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
- DFN Gallery, New York, NY
- SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
- Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, Mt. Kisco, NY
- Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
- Flint Museum of Art, Flint, MI
- Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL
- Memorial Art Gallery - University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- O'Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, ME
- Lupine Gallery, Monhegan Island, ME
- Bilski Fine Art, Ltd., Chappaqua, NY
- Paesaggio Gallery, West Hartford, CT
- Mark Humphrey Gallery, Southampton, NY
- Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA
- Gordon College, Wenham, MA
- Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
- McNay Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
- Vero Beach Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
- Alicia Torres Fine Art, New York, NY
- Gallery on 2nd, New York, NY
- O'Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, ME
- Shirley Fiterman Gallery, New York, NY
- San Jacinto College South, Houston, TX
- Eich Space, New York, NY
- McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
- City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
- Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
- Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
- Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
- RISD Alumni Juried Exhibition, Providence; Boca Raton; San Francisco; Philadelphia
- Paris, New York, Kent, Kent, CT
- Bayview Gallery, Camden, ME
- RISD Alumni Juried Exhibition, Providence, RI; Boston, MA
- Juror's Award, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, Small Works Juried Show, NY
- Scholarship, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
- Fellowship, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
- Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
- Fellowship, The Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL
- Artist's Grant, The World Views Project, World Trade Center, New York, NY
- First Place Award, San Jacinto College South, Houston, TX
- Artist's Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
- Providence Art Award, For Outstanding RISD Painting Student, Providence, RI
- Oertel, Pierre, New York Art City, documentary film, 2014
- Van Siclen, Bill, "I Love the Light of New York," The Providence Journal, May 13, 2012
- Lutteroth, Gala, Water From Above, documentary film, May 2012
- Florence Benzacar and Silvie Burban, "L'Agenda", Elle Decoration, May 2011
- Beatrice Dillies, "New York, Saint-Clar: Deux Phares pour les Peintres", www.ladepeche.fr, December 28, 2011
- Ravi Shankar, Voluptuous Bristle, Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2010
- "Exhibitions: Sonya Sklaroff", American Arts Quarterly, Winter 2010
- Linda S. Price, "Approaching Art with the Intensity of an Athlete", American Artist Magazine, April 2010
- "On the Cover," City Journal, Summer 2009
- Literature, Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2008
- "On the Cover," Gallery Guide West, May 2008
- John O'Hern, "Reflective Measures", American Art Collector, August 2007
- Laura Marzouk, "Sonya Sklaroff a la Lumiere", France-Amerique, October 29, 2007
- Brian Sherwin, "Art Space Talk: Sonya Sklaroff", www.MyArtSpace.com, November 23, 2007
- Two Opportunities to See 8th Annual Realism Invitational Coast to Coast", American Art Collector, June 2006
- "Jenkins Johnson Gallery", American Arts Quarterly, Fall, 2006
- Site Matters: The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's World Trade Center Artists Residency, 1997-2001. New York: DAP Distributed Art Publishers, 2004
- Merrilee Brown, "Painting at the Point", The Courier-Gazette, Coastal Maine, September 16, 2004
- Francoise Cestac, "Une Rapsodie Urbaine en Peinture", Edition Internationale du Figaro, France Amérique, Nov. 1-7
- Jessica Dawson, "The Windows of Opportunity", The Washington Post, May 22
- Indepth Arts News: "Sonya Sklaroff: American Perspectives", www.absolutearts.com
- "Après une Année Difficile, des Motifs d'Espoir", Edition Internationale du Figaro, France-Amérique, January 25-31
- Gregory Peterson, "Portrait of An Artist: Following the Career of Sonya Sklaroff", www.ArtCritical.com, January
- "Sonya Sklaroff et les Lumieres de New York", Edition Internationale du Figaro, France-Amérique, October 5-11
- Sara Gilbert, "City Slickers", USArt, September
- Kirk Ellis, "If You Can Make it There…", Santa Fean, September
- Stephen Kinzer, "For Artists, A Sanctuary From Sept. 11", The New York Times, January 23
- Gregory Peterson, "What Motivates a Collector?, American Artist, April
- BBC/FiveLive, Radio Interview, January
- "The Art at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute", 2001 Catalogue of Selected Works from the Permanent Collection
- "Representing Representation V", Arnot Art Museum, Catalogue of Works from the 2001 Biennal
- Ellen Howards, "Taking up Space at two new Galleries", ArtsMedia, June/July
- "Literary Themes at Northern Westchester Center for the Arts", Patent Trader, February
- "Size Doesn't Matter", N Magazine, November
- "This Month", Art Now New York Gallery Guide, October
- "Art", The Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket, Mass, August 24
- Valerie Gladstone, "Second Annual Realism Invitational", Catalogue Essay, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, June
- Faith Ringgold, "Recent Paintings, Cityscapes and Interiors", Catalogue Introduction, Allen Sheppard Gallery, June
- Ron Netsky, "Facing Reality", City: Rochester's Alternative Newsweekly, December 15-21
- Dominic Lombardi, "Art; Visual Depths Convey the Mood of a Place", The New York Times, July 4
- "World Views", Metro Arts/Channel 13, June 26
- Phil Hirschkorn, "Newsroom/World View", CNN, aired Feb. 12
- "New York, NY", The Courier Gazette, September 25
- Bob Swanson, "Picturesque", The Burlington Free Press, August 10
- Traci Kampel, "Tribeca Stakes a Claim as Working Artist Haven", The Villager, July 9
- Paulette Weiss, "Art and Antiques", Where - New York, July
- "Tribeca Artists at Fiterman Gallery", The Tribeca Trib, March
- Sara H. Baynton, "Franklin Street Becomes an Artists' Haven", Downtown Express, March 18
- Paulette Weiss, "Art and Antiques", Where - New York, September
- Eileen Watkins, "Cutting-Edge Art at City Without Walls", The Sunday Star Ledger, December 24
LECTURES ET ENSEIGNEMENTS
- Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Guest Panellist
- South Street Seaport Museum, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS ENTREPRISES SELECTIONNEES
Consul General of France New York, NY
Trade Office / French Embassy New York, NY
Homeland Security Office Washington, DC
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA
E.M. Warburg Pincus New York, NY
Art Bank Program, US Department of State Washington, DC
FannieMae Collection Washington, DC
Hessel & Aluise Washington, DC
FactSet Norwalk, CT
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Providence, RI
Kaitsen Woo Architect New York, NY
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Masters of Fine Arts, 2000
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1992
European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
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Thanks Glen. Rings so very true.
I just noticed this today!!! There is so much hidden on this forum! The Tao of Pooh is a wonderful example, thanks for that!
I think that mindfulness meditation is another tool that helps train the mind to just be present from moment to moment, with no agenda. The Shambala Centre has beginner meditation classes at Manning/Bloor. This is a Tibetan form so very gentle, non-punitive.
I have had a 2 week blog on the TSHM website on induction. I would sure love some contributions to the discussion that I can post there.
Andrea, I think the best way to discuss it is to show people whether they're being inductive or not. If you just say this is induction, people think they know it without actually knowing it. It's very hard to know something if you aren't aware that you don't know what it is...just like when we didn't know about healthy menopausal women not having the usual menopausal Sx's or just like in our diagnosis discussion where we we didn't know we were diagnosing in the mere act of taking a case. If you don't know that you don't know, then you can't know that you don't know and be open to knowing.
So to show help people become aware of whether they're being inductive or not is to use the topic of Andre's clinical experience about menopausal Sx's. Don't tell people that it has anything to do with induction...just ask people for their thoughts on what they feel about a homeopath's observation that a healthy woman in menopause should not experience hot flashes, etc. Once you get a bunch of answers...and you'll get many saying no...you can pretty much say what I said to Raha...with the bottom line being that we should be saying, "I don't know," as this is no doubt new information for many if not all. This means that anyone who said, "No," could only have done so if they've been testing it clinically with many patients.
Since I've started to observe myself more and how I speak, I've realized that I have a lot of opinions...now don't get me wrong...opinions on movies and what a new dress on my wife looks like is ok...but when we're talking about things that have to do with facts...or what people claim to be true...we have to be inductive. So when in conversations now, if I reflect on a subject when asked and I become aware that I don't know, rather than giving in to that natural human tendency of having an unsubstantiated opinion on something, I give way to my inductive self and say, "I don't know." Since doing this, I've only realized how much I don't know and it's like the world around me has exploded open and I see things in a completely different way because I now know when I don't know and in being this way, I open myself up to know. When you know you don't know, that's when you begin to know.
There's a great Zen story about this...a university professor contacts a Zen master and asks if he can meet him to learn about Zen. The master consents. The prof shows up and the master, without saying a word, sits down and begins to pour the prof a cup of tea. When the tea nears the rim, the master doesn't draw back the tea pot. The prof starts to wonder what's going on. The tea starts to overflow onto the table. The prof is becoming agitated by this. The tea spills onto the floor and finally the prof can know longer hold his tongue, "What are you doing?! Can't you see the tea spilling onto the floor?!"
The master turns to him and says, "Like this cup, your mind is already full. How can you learn about Zen if your mind is not empty?"
This story tells the tale the world over of human behaviour...it's a mindset where someone's already committed themselves to an answer before you even finish your question. With this full-cup mind, it's easy to see why so many students of homeopathy have already veered off the path and become Sankaranian "homeopaths", essence prescribers, etc. and have no room in their mind to be open to what homeopathy really is...or they're not even open to know the basis of how homeopathy was discovered, i.e. pure, objective observation; not speculation. If you ignore reality, you live in a delusion.
So if you pose the question to people and, once you get their responses, let them know about Andre's inductive clinical observation and ask them what they're basing their answers...induction or deduction? If they said no without actually having had this information beforehand and without having had tested it clinically, they're being deductive. If they had knowledge of this healthy physiological state of menopausal women and tested it their own practice to verify or refute its claim, then they were being inductive. If they never knew about this info and never tried to test it and the said, "Yes" or "No," then the correct inductive response should've been, "I don't know."
Allow them to go through this process so they can become aware of whether they were inductive or just merely said that they were inductive without actually knowing that they weren't. To read about an apple is not the same as tasting an apple. Let them feast.
Thanks, Glen. The purpose of my blog is to talk with people, in the vernacular, about homeopathy. This is where potential students go, it is where alumni go, and where the curious who have never heard of homeopathy go. I could get buried deep in cases such as the menopausal woman but I do not think that is appropriate for such a wide-ranging audience.
On our little forum here we can talk about cases with specificity and detail and get into true meanings of words.
On my blog, I am a journalist, who just happens to be a homeopath. I have to appeal to the person who knows nothing, most of all, since the rest of us will recognize the conversation.
The more you know about homeopathy, the harder it is to convey it simply, something I have to do every day.
ah, i understand about you having to put things out there simply...as a teacher of elementary school kids from kindergarten to grade 8, i find that developing the skill of taking a subject and breaking it down to its most simple explanation is challenging but very valuable. parents of young children are especially in a great position to develop this...when Yasmin (almost 4!) asked my wife the other day, "What's "deception"?" she was a little stumped so she passed the question off to me. I reflected and thought in terms of what Yasmin would understand and said, "Deception is what mommy does to daddy." lol...I keed. I said, "Yasmin, deception is when someone doesn't tell the truth. They don't say what really happened."
as homeopathy was founded on the principles of induction and its most successful practitioners strictly adhere to inductive principles, it's important that potential students of homeopathy understand and learn to become inductive. it is not an easy thing to learn, for example, i did not know that healthy menopausal women can be almost asymptomatic (i.e. no hot flashes) and shouldn't have any changes in mood, body shape, etc., perhaps just some menstrual irregularity like periods coming a little early or being a little long, light, copious, or with erratic flow that eventually just stops until I understood that a homeopath with 30 years of clinical experience was able to repeatedly and predictably confirm this in his practice. through induction, i realized that a long-held belief of mine and the medical establishment was wrong.
I think this is simple and not beyond the grasp of most people...if it is...perhaps this could be viewed as a good screening process...I keed again.
Thanks, Glen. Your input is always valuable. I dont' assume people are unable to grasp things but I am also journalistic and won't bog down in details or semantics at the expense of conveying a new concept. Induction is induction, noun, verb, adjective, I think it is best to remind ( say remind even when people have never heard of it because it is so deeply resonate with us living organisms) people of a concept that they know innately, in the simplest form possible. That is all I am trying to do.
sounds good...keep up the great blog and upi have a great weekend, too!
upi? my fingers were over 1 to the right on the keyboard..was supposed to 'you'!
just wanted to chime in about an episode with me today while i was teaching where my assuming, speculative nature reared its behaviourly well-conditioned head yet again.
my gr. 5 students were designing bridges today made out of newspaper to see if they could make it strong enough to hold a 2kg weight. the bridge had to be at least 50 cm...2 girls had built one part large enough and another part only 20cm. i said to them, "that's too short and it won't work." one of the girls said, "oh, that's not going lengthwise down the bridge, it's going perpendicular to the bridge [criss-crossing the longer part of the bridge]."
i thought, "dang, i assumed and because of it i was wrong." as i've been working on being inductive, i should've asked, "why is that part of the bridge so short?" it may seem nitpicky, but this is what it means to be precise and not be led by our assumptions...but instead be of the inductive "i-don't-know, empty-cup mind"
Not sure which post you mean when you say "lead post"? I think I have everything.
Sorry, I mean the original post that I put up with the article on The Vinegar Tasters and the story of the Tao of Pooh.
Hmmmmm....I think I downloaded that one to my home computer. I am at work for the rest of the day and into the evening. I will see if I can find it this week.
thanks for checking anyways, andrea...me's appreciate it.


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Thus, depending on the student's interest and aptitude (and subject to meeting certain institutionally mandated safety training requirements where applicable), the student can gain experience in human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), visual rehabilitation of patients with visual deficits, human psychophysics, monkey psychophysics, monkey neurophysiology, and computational neuroscience.
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Episode 37 | Canaries in the Coalmine - Ignore Millennials at Your Peril with Bruce Tulgan 0
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http://www.ajoconnor.com/HRstudio/podcasts/Bruce-Tulgan
Bruce Tulgan is back discussing his latest research and debunking myths about what millennials want and need in their careers. Bruce was one of our first guests (See Episode 4: The Needle in the Haystack & the Couch) during which he offered advice on coaching and developing millennials in the workplace. In this episode, Bruce talks about the shifting work dynamic (to short-term and transactional); the qualitative research he's conducted across a wide, diverse demographic; and two organizations who understand millennials and are getting it right.
Bruce is internationally recognized as the leading expert on young people in the workplace and one of the leading experts on leadership and management. He is a best-selling author, an adviser to business leaders all over the world, and a sought-after keynote speaker and management trainer. Bruce is the founder of RainmakerThinking®, Inc., a management research, training and consulting firm and the leading authority on generational issues in the workplace. His latest book is an updated and expanded edition of Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage the Millennials.


28 Aug 2012 by Kristin Tarr.
Alex has 25 years experience in B2B hosting, web and video conferencing, mobile, voice, VoIP, call center, Internet, and data network products and services. Currently, Alex is the Sr. Director ISV & SaaS Alliances at Parallels.
CloudFlare recently integrated into the Parallels APS catalog and we couldn't be more excited. We are currently in the beta phase of our partnership, and we are looking forward to our official launch later this fall.
"Application Packaging Standard is a really quick way to connect CloudFlare to thousands of service providers around the world," said Alex. "We're really excited that CloudFlare is now integrated. What you guys are offering for service providers is awesome."
Parallels was founded over 10 years ago and has more than 9,000 partners around the world. Today, they are present in 130 countries around the world.
"We help service providers use our software to deliver cloud services," said Alex. "We are making it easy for them to deliver a lot of solutions to the market."
At HostingCon 2012,CloudFlare co-founderMichelle Zatlyn sat down with 28 leading experts in the hosting industry. Their conversations were captured live and offer insight into the latest trends and news in hosting.


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