Public Sediment was developed for the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge, a design competition that brings together local residents, public officials, and local, national and international experts to develop innovative solutions to the issues brought on by climate change in the Bay Area. Adam Marcus and colleagues at CCA's Architectural Ecologies Lab participated in a multi-disciplinary team on a year-long research and design collaboration focused on the Alameda Creek watershed in the East Bay.
Public Sediment for Alameda Creek is a proposal to address the challenge of sediment scarcity along the vulnerable urban edges of Fremont, Union City, and Newark. To bring sediment to the baylands, we look upstream to Alameda Creek, the largest local tributary that feeds the Bay. Our proposal aims to redesign this waterbody to create functional systems that sustainably transport sediment, engage people, and provide habitat for anadromous fish. Our proposal moves beyond the tidal edge to span four geographies (uplands, creek, baylands, and bay).
The Architectural Ecologies Lab team led the development of a central component of the proposal, the Living Levee. The Living Levee is a multibenefit strategy for revetment design that integrates ecological principles within an interlocking concrete module that helps limit erosion and support the surrounding ecosystem. Holes of variable size provide spaces for vegetation to grow and establish root structures in the soil, while also providing cover for fish along the channel edge and variable, multiscalar habitats for animals and humans that enhance biodiversity and support the local food web.


Cannon Hygiene, a premium washroom services provider in more than 40 countries around the world has announced an investment of RM15 million in Malaysia over the next three to five years. The company is also set to change the landscape of the washroom industry bringing in a new design revolution to commercial washrooms with the launch of its new washroom range – Imagine! The range, designed by a leading Portuguese design company, took its inspiration from the triangle in Cannon Hygiene's logo. It follows a growing style trend of using geometric shapes to form distinctive and sculptural ideas. From the initial concept, a range of geometric dispensers, tailored to the functionality of each product was developed. The result is a unified global range of high quality and innovative dispensers. Speaking at the launch, Ms. Heather Suksem OBE, Chief Executive Officer, OCS Group, South, Southeast Asia and Middle East said, "We see the Asia Pacific region, specifically South East Asia (SEA) as the next growth area as there is a great opportunity for improvement in hygienic and washroom services. As the population is becoming more educated on improved hygiene requirements, the demand for high quality, innovative and hygienic products and services will escalate." The Imagine range, according to Suksem is set to revolutionise design in commercial washrooms across a number of areas – external design, unique functionality, colour adaptability and RFID capability. "While we have seen increased innovation and design of domestic bathrooms over the years, we found designs of commercial washrooms continue to lag. This has now changed with the launch of theImagine range. Organisations now have the opportunity to design and brand a space, which is probably the most visited part of any business and carries the powerful message that they care for the well being of their customers and staff," remarked Suksem. Cannon Hygiene in South, Southeast Asia and Middle East is a major contributor to the global Cannon Hygiene business especially in Malaysia where the company has a strong Management & Operations Team and client base, she added, Cannon Hygiene expects to continuously experience a double digit growth on a year-on-year basis for the next three to five years with approximately GBP15 million of investment. Included in this is Malaysia, Cannon Hygiene Malaysia is also expecting double digit growth and will greatly increase its contribution to global business in the coming years. "Plans are set to invest up to RM15 million in Malaysia. Cannon Hygiene Malaysia has a strong commitment in growing our business locally and plan to increase our network from the current three branches in Selangor, Penang and Johor to 14 branches including Sabah and Sarawak in five years' time," enthused Mr. Sheldon Wee, Managing Director of Cannon Hygiene Malaysia and Singapore. The company, he added, intends to increase its workforce to 300 staff within the next three to five years, supported by a fleet size of 80 vehicles. "Cannon Hygiene is known from the beginning for being an innovator in the market. We pioneered UK's first free standing sanitary disposal service and introduced Activap™ the world's most advanced proven effective in-use germicide for feminine hygiene waste disposal, making us one of the market leaders in the world today. "Now, with the launch of the Imagine range, we are bringing in yet another innovation that comes with global standard of washroom products and services to users in Malaysia. Ultimately, our objective is to promote personal hygiene conditions and boost awareness of hygienic environment among Malaysians," affirmed Wee.


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The Leaky Cauldron debuts
Home Events The Leaky Cauldron debuts
It appears online shortly before the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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February 8th, 1999 : The second edition of the Daily Prophet newsletter is published
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June 2nd, 1999 : Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is published in the U.S.
July 8th, 1999 : Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is published
October, 1999 : Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is released in the U.S.
October 1st, 1999 : The fourth, and final, Daily Prophet newsletter is published by Jo Rowling
1999 : Mugglenet debuts
July, 2000 : The Leaky Cauldron debuts
July, 2000 : The Harry Potter Lexicon is created
July, 2000 : Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is published
August 24th, 2000 : Harry Potter for Grown-Ups is founded
November, 2000 : The Harry Potter Lexicon appears on Yahoo! and chosen as a USA Today "featured site"
March 12th, 2001 : The Muggle edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is published
March 12th, 2001 : The Muggle edition of Quidditch Through the Ages is published
August, 2001 : Immeritus debuts
November 16th, 2001 : The movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is released
2002 : HPANA debuts

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Where Bear?
Sophy Henn ・ Penguin Books
Years 2~5
Pages : 28 pages
Matthew Koala
Kashidashi Picture Book
Princess Smartypants まり コロちゃんはどこ? First 100 Animals めがねうさぎのクリスマスったらクリスマス All Aboard The Animal Train
From School Library Journal K-Gr 2—A cuddly, white cub lives with a little boy in a home in which retro furniture and telephones with cords suggest the mid-20th-century. When the animal's size quickly outpaces the boy's (and the scale of the house), the child sets out to find a new habitat for his friend. The titular question becomes the narrative engine for a series of spreads taking the duo to places ranging from a toy store and zoo to the circus and jungle. Nothing suits the bear, until they arrive at the Arctic. The controlled palette for each spare composition relates to the changing colors of the (mostly solid) backgrounds. The boy's navy shorts and blue-and-white striped shirt are constants as are the white curves of the animal. Their friendship survives the distance, and the bear proposes a new trip together, setting up the boy to ask the question one last time. This pleasant but not distinguished foray into picture books by a British art director is strong on design but a bit short on sustaining narrative interest. With the exception of the circus scene, the bear is a static figure—either sitting or standing—in each new situation. The narrative wears a little thin, with no dramatic tension, action, or climactic rise in the plot or visuals to enliven the repetitive text.—Wendy Lukehart, District of Columbia Public Library --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review Praise for WHERE BEAR?: * "[N]othing short of magnificent. Each page is absolutely charming and begs to be looked at again and again."–Library Media Connection, starred review "[A] winsome debut . . . The catchy refrain, 'Then where, bear?,'and Henn's sophisticated matte-toned illustrations make for a zippy take on the 'finding your place' genre."–New York Times Book Review "This gentle tale about friendship and home will give early readers and their grown-ups plenty of food for discussion."–Kirkus Reviews "Simple illustrations in bold colors allow the bear's repertoire of expressions — chagrin, boredom, and terror — to take center stage."–Boston Globe "[C]hildren will gravitate to the rhythmic repetition and the graphic design. A notable debut."–Booklist --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


Sometimes, all you need is love to get the ball rolling.
As I psych myself up to write this, I am also figuring out how many things I have to psych myself up for tomorrow … getting out of bed, washing clothes, preparing food for kids, dressing them up for daycare, eating, travelling to work, focusing on conversations, meeting deadlines, remembering what I have to do and in what order, coming back home, feeding the kids, putting them to bed, finishing off pending assignments and what not! This has been a part of my 'routine' for some time now and it is exhausting.
In the mid-summer of 2016, I found myself struggling with depression.
Several problems were (are) going on in my life. The anxiety around achieving my goals and also wanting few things work on personal front was making me stressed out. Feeling depressed wasn't a choice. I didn't want to be depressed – nobody wants to be depressed. It was a natural reaction to my circumstances.
I remember the first time I vocalised and admitted the fact that I was struggling with depression and anxiety. Many thought I was trying to seek attention, while some thought I was overreacting.
You may not see depression the way you do injury marks on a body. Someone can have depression but spend their day laughing and smiling, like I do all the time. Not that I didn't want to open up. I wanted to talk about how much I was struggling but didn't know how. I feared scaring others. I feared it will make them walk away from me. There has been far too much stigma attached to admitting we are struggling with our mental health, let alone discussing this.
Few years later, i.e. NOW, in 2019, unable to bear the agony any longer, I finally went for a counselling session. During my first session, I cried. I was unstoppable. It was embarrassing. I tried to calm myself down by telling myself it won't last forever, and I can make it all end.
Speaking to a professional is stressful the first time, but the good thing is after that you get comfortable.
Recently, a friend, who had long been observing me asked me out one day. And very calmly told me that he would like to listen to my "story". I closed my eyes, preparing to hear the same responses that I have been hearing all these days, and confessed. The moment I opened my eyes I saw him in tears. He was looking at me with compassion and understanding. He held my hand and said he could feel my pain. The guilt and the shame I had been carrying all these years had almost gone.
It was renewed hope that with the help of someone else, I can be better than this. I can live a better life than this. I can overcome this. And it all started when he placed his hands in mine.
So, all the people out there, who are struggling with their mental health, trust me there's light at the end of the tunnel. I used to have a meltdown at least four times a week. It has come down to once a month now. What I believe is with strong determination and a non-judgmental support system, one can definitely triumph over anxiety and depression.
And for the rest, if someone tries to open up to you, let them. Sometimes they don't even need you to say anything, they just need to feel like someone is listening and they care.


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Janjanburians are in support of the selected APRC candidate: Governor Khan
Feb 25, 2015, 10:22 AM | Article By: Abdou Rahman Sallah in CRR
Alhaji Omar Khan, Governor of Central River Region, has said that 99.99% of Janjanburians are in support of the selected APRC candidate for the by-election to be held on 12 March this year.
He said the selection committee has selected Ebrima Sarjo as the choice of the people, and any candidate (independent or opposition) who would contest against him would be defeated.
"I don't think any genuine candidate will contest against Mr Sarjo, just to struggle to get 1% of the total vote," he added.
To him, there are speculations in town that the opposition National Reconciliation Party will put up a candidate against Mr Sarjo, but nomination day on 26 February will determine whether there will be an election or not.
Governor Khan made these statements in an interview with The Point at his office in Janjanbureh Town, Central River Region, on Monday 23 February 2015.
According to Mr Khan, there were nine aspirants eyeing the APRC candidature, one withdrew and eight were interviewed by the APRC selection committee led by the national mobilizer.
Out of the eight aspirants, Mr Sarjo was found to be the most qualified for the candidature, after critically looking at all criteria including educational qualifications, support to the party and his popularity.
He added that the APRC party and the government, in particular, has confidence in the selected candidate to deliver up to expectations, especially considering the support he has in his constituency.
Governor Khan denounced tribalism and nepotism, adding that he would not tolerate such acts in his region, particularly in Janjanbureh.
"Janjanburians must live as one people, one family and one APRC party working together to bring about more development in the land," he emphasised.
The government of The Gambia under the able leadership of President Yahya Jammeh has done a lot for Janjanburains ranging from the construction of the bridge to the numerous developments on the island, he added.
Governor Khan called on the people of Janjanbureh to remain united and loyal to the APRC party and the government of the day, for sustainable development.
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Surya Namaskara (Sun Salutation)
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By Srivatsa Ramaswami
Sun Worship/ Salutation has been an important aspect of daily routine of many people in India from the Vedic times. It is one of the six accepted and orthodox forms of worship. But unlike other well known sects of worship like of Siva, Vishnu, Sakti, Ganesa or Kartikeya, which are done in temples and homes usually with icons/idols, the Sun Worship is done in the open during the day time. "Worship the Sun for Health" exhorts the Vedas. (Aarogyam Bhaskaraath iccheth). Thousands of people can be seen saluting the sun at dawn at noon and at dusk, facing respectively the East, North and West, with or without mantras. Some worship the Sun with Mantras alone and some do namaskara or salutation alone without the mantras in several ways.
The physical--alone namaskara usually is made up of a start from standing position, prostrate with the arms stretched forward, then return to the starting position. This is known as danda samarpanam and is perhaps the most common method of physical form of Sun Salutation. The more elaborate method of Surya Namaskara usually involves twelve steps which include some asana like tadasana (mounting pose), uttanasana (forward bend), the dog poses. In the vinyasa karma as taught by my Guru, Sri Krishnamacharya, it involves 12 steps done in a sequence, starting from Tadasana and traversing through asanas like uttanasana, utkatasana, caturanga dandasana, dand samarpana, urdhwa and adhomukha swanasana and returning to tadasana via utkatasana and uttanasana. Further all the movements are done with synchronized breathing. It is detailed in my book "The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga (Pages 213 to 217).
The Mantra worship of the Sun is more prevalent in India. As mentioned earlier, many thousands of Indians do pray to the Sun with several Sun Mantras including prominently the Gayatri mantra—usually 108 times in the morning, 32 times at noon and 64 times at around dusk. Or they may use 12 mantras each at the end of the 12 vinyasas. These dwadasa (12) mantras could be seed or Bijakshara mantras, loukika(common) mantras of the sun or, 12 vedic mantras or a combination of all the three. Please refer to my book, "The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga". Persons who do the danda samarpana may do it 12 times, saying the 12 mantras at the end of each of the 12 salutations to the sun. There is a stanza from the Vedas which is a prayer to the sun to cure the worshipper from heart and skin ailments, which may be done with or without physical mantras.
The Yajur veda, the veda Sri Krishnamacharya was affiliated to (so am I) consists of about 81 chapters or prapatakas. Each section or chapter (prapataka) may run from about 10 minutes to up to an hour, but average about half an hour. One of them is called Surya Namaskara or Sun Salutation. Made of 132 paragraphs in 32 anuvakas (sections), it is said to be the longest chapter in this Veda. It takes a little over one hour to chant//recite this mantra portion. I had the privilege of learning and then chanting this Aruna Parayana every Sunday morning for several years with my Guru Sri Krishnamacharya. Towards the end of his life , I chanted this Surya namaskara mantra with him for several days. It is said that in the olden days, many sick or even terminally ill people would be brought to a public place like the corridors of the temples, where Vedic Pundits will chant these surya namaskara mantras to let them listen to these mantras and do physical namaskara if possible. My Guru once told me that in Mysore where he was with the Maharaja of Mysore, he along with some of his students would walk along the streets of Mysore chanting these mantras so that those who were too sick to come out and were confined to their homes would listen to a few of these mantra chants. Even now in India, these mantras are chanted every Sunday by several Indians singly or in groups at homes and at public places like temples. As mentioned this section of Sun Salutation is called Aruna, a name for Sun meaning one who is without any debts. Sun gives to everyone, for the entire universe, warmth, light, health and controls the weather and lets wind flow, and rain, vegetation etc. Even as it gives, it takes nothing from others, hence it is called 'Aruna' the unindebted.
This Surya Namskara starts and ends with a peace Invocation. A free translation of the peace chant is as follows.
"Oh Divine Ones (Devas), let us hear auspicious sounds and news with our ears. Let us, the worshippers (of the Sun) see auspicious things. For firm limbs and healthy bodies let us pray to the gods (of nature). Let us live a full life pleasing the gods of nature (consistent with nature). May the Lord Almighty, give us welfare. May the Sun, the knower of all, give us health. Let the majestic Garuda protect us (from diseases and poisons). Let Brihaspati, the Universal Lord, bestow welfare on us."
Here is a brief summary of the 32 sections
1.The gods who control the different aspects of nature like rain, wind, fire, nourishment happiness etc., are praised and their blessings invoked.
2.Description of the Solar System (Surya Mandala) as the ancients saw them built around the effulgent sun. The sun is described as the Father of Time (Kala Purusha)
3-6. A poetic description of the six seasons (Ritus) and the behavior of people during those seasons.
7.The Vedas say that the sun we see is only one of the eight suns in the universe, the names and characteristics of all the eight suns are described.
8.The ultimate extinction of each life is caused by the sun as he is also the Lord of time. The other types of deaths (called untimely) are subsidiary deaths and are preventable by appropriate methods (like sun salutation)
9.The fire which provides light and heat when the sun has set are also exalted.
10.The two worlds earth and heaven are praised variously
11.Importance of Self Realization and the means (Sun Salutation) are stressed
12.The Ultimate Reality (Indra) is extolled
13.The Three Worlds are described and their causes extolled.
14-19. Prayer to heavenly bodies like Sun, Wind and others for happiness here and hereafter and the destruction of misery here and hereafter.
20. Prayer to the guardian angels of all directions for protection.
21. Prayer to divine and wise beings for the spiritual knowledge.
22. That everything evolved out of Water (esoterically Consciousness) is described and the ultimate reality is extolled.
23. Water (Consciousness) is the source of all activity. And the Creator is extolled.
24-26. Sun Worship and the benefits are described.
27. Prayer to Sun and other divine beings for health in this life and release from the cycle of birth and death hereafter.
28. Prayer to Fire, an aspect of Sun's Energy to ward off evil spirits, especially in the dark.
29. Prayer to Sun and the divine celestial beings for plentiful of rain.
30. Prayer to Sun for regaining lost health and rejuvenation.
31. Prayer to the gastric fire, for health and proper digestion
32. The do's and don'ts of Suryanamskara. The three peace utterances end the mantra chant. Then the end peace chant.
The mantras can be chanted alone without physical namaskara, when the chanter at the end of each section mentally salutes the Sun. Else the Surya Namaskara by Danda Samarpana can be performed at the end of each of the 32 anuvakas or sections. Those that are merely listening but not chanting can do one round of the 12 step or 12 vinyqasa Suryanamaskara with the appropriate breathing, and with or without the mantras within the namaskara (Please refer to page 213 to 217 in my book "The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga") may be performed.
I have recorded about 40 audio cassettes and cds of several Vedic and other chants I had learnt from Sri Krishnamacharya (including Suryanamaskara/Aruna Parayana) for a leading recording company in South India (The Master Recording Company, brand name "Sangeeta"). The Surya Namaskara chants running to about 70 minutes was recorded in mid 80s.
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Milarepa, Etc
It is a bit strange that as I approach 100 blog postings my mind turns to Milarepa and the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. I say "strange" because this is the one tradition I have generally shyedaway from, know least about, and it least attracts me. But I do greatly admire and respect what I do know of this tradition, and it is very clear that there is much to be learned from it. In any case, suddenly I found myself inspired to reflect on Tibetan Buddhism as I am nearing that "magical" 100. At one point in my life, when I was spiritually lost, the story of Milarepa helped me get back on the Way. So the next two postings will be in this area of the religious journey.
Now the figure of Milarepa (11th Century) is the most widely known and most beloved figure among Tibetan Buddhists, and he has come to represent an iconic ideal for almost all spiritual seekers. His popularity in the West was enhanced by a classic English translation(also one in French) of a classic biography in Tibetan from the 16th Century. For those who are interested in this tradition the details of his life are rather well-known and need no repeating here. For those not so familiar with his story, they can easily get an account even on the internet. The story itself is fascinating, but its meaning and significance are not so easy to grasp. There is a fascinating account of the biographical tradition concerning Milarepa by Fr. Francis Tiso, Liberation in One Lifetime. It is not an easy read because it is a technical and scholarly treatment of the various biographies of Milarepa. But it show some of the nuances needed to read such a "holy man's biography."
There are various barriers to understanding and appreciatingTibetan Buddhism (and Buddhism itself). First of all there is the seemingly strange and esoteric language of Tibetan Buddhism. Secondly, even in this age there are rampant caricatures on both sides—Christian and Buddhist—of each other. This makes it hard for understanding to develop. Christians have a long history of misrepresenting what Buddhism teaches and conventional Christian piety simply has not a clue about what to make of any of it. Buddhists, on the other hand, still have a tendency to take that conventional piety or even something more simple and banal and call it the essence of what Christianity teaches. In other words, there is a certain tendency to set up a "Christian straw-man" and then demolish it by showing how shallow it is. Very few Buddhists are aware of what Christian mysticism really says. Finally, a more subtle problem is the sometime idealization on both sides. Buddhism, the Christian Church(especially Catholicism), Tibetan Buddhism, even Tibet, all these have their "idealizers." And this also hinders true understanding. Both sides have things they should be ashamed of, and it would be best to admit that at the start.
Everything said above applies also to our understanding and appreciation of Milarepa. The fact that he exemplifies the most profound and intense commitment to a spiritual path does not mean that we abandon a sober eye. From the Foreward to Fr. Tiso'sbook by Roberto Vitali: "…Mid la(Milarepa) represents the greatness of self-imposed marginality taking preeminence over the pomp of self-celebrated authoritarianism. Despite the major role played by monastic life, marginality and seclusion never died out in Tibet: they have remained a vibrant undercurrent which is still resilient despite the many modern changes. It may seem strange to mention marginality when Milarepa is the most celebrated Tibetan of all times. Because one needs to brush aside the stereotypes built over his life that led to his transformation into a symbol and reintegrate a fuller perspective, Tiso's work shows Mid la under a different light from the idyllic picture painted by his biographergTsang smyon Heruka."
This kind of statement points in several different directions, but what is important is that it indicates certain kind of tensions within the Tibetan tradition that are not unfamiliar to western spiritual seekers. One of these is between the fully, formally monastic seekers and the non-monastic seekers. Milarepa was never a monk in the formal sense, yet he is the epitome of spiritual seeking. His teacher Marpa was a married layman. It is almost a cliché among westerners that Tibet is a "monastic culture"—largely true and yet there is this other vein that does not fit smoothly into the picture about these intense "non-monastic" hermit types like Milarepa or family men like Marpa. The official hagiography tries to smooth it all out but it still cannot but help show the inner tensions between the "monastics" and "non-monastics". Interestingly enough this raises the whole question of the value of such questions as: "who is a monk?" This bedeviled our Desert Fathers, and today's official Catholic ecclesial tradition draws sharp boundaries around thesekind of identities—thereby undermining the spiritual energy needed for Ultimate Realization, if you will, in favor rather of being a member of this or that group.
Now for another quote, this time from Fr. Tiso:
"It is at the very heart of this time of distraction and transition that we encounter the life and work of the great 'Mad Yogin of g Tsang," g Tsang smyon Heruka. He was one of a number of tantric practitioners at the turn of the sixteenth century who had acquired the reputation of being smyon pa, 'mad' saints. Their madness consisted in unconventional behavior that set them apart from the monks and even from the married tantrics…in their hill town gompas and townhouse bahals. These yogins practiced with great freedom in the lonely and terrifying places beyond the margins of society. Their hermitages were caves, cemeteries, forests, remote parts of the mountains, all places reputed to be infested with dangerous categories of beings…. they were as strange in appearance as they were provocative in word and deed. In reality, they were anything but mad, since they attained and were recognized for a high degree of holiness . They also produced a considerable body of liturgical and hagiographical literature. The Mad Yogin was perhaps the prince of smyon pa authors. His immortal Life of Milarepa is a masterpiece not only of Tibetan, but also of world literature."
Tibet in the late fifteenth century was characterized by a large number of problems, both political and religious. Attempts at reform were in the air but the resistance of the old monasteries was strong. There were several reform movements but the "mad yogis" were the spearhead of one reform movement and the life ofMilarepa was an important instrument in their efforts. Here is Fr.Tiso again:
"The reform movements in the religious sphere were inseparable from violent feudal warfare that characterized the period. The social disarray inspired a search for new models of religious reform. The impressive group of 'mad yogins' represented to many Tibetans what was most essential and authentic in Tibetan Buddhism: a return to the values, practices, and hallowed life-styles associated with the early Indian mahasiddhas and their first Tibetan disciples…. Only a movement imbued with the religious credibility of real holiness could hope to re-conquer the heart of Tibet. The Mad Yogins' 'allergy' to celibate monasticism seemed poised for a counter attack on the dGelugs reform program."
The chief symbol of this movement was Milarepa who had never been a monk, who founded no monastery, was more like a poet and a saint who quickly became a legend.
As mentioned before, the basic trajectory of Milarepa's life should not be unfamiliar to anyone from almost any tradition. Milarepa as a young man starts out badly, very badly. Lobsang P. Lhalungpa, the great translator of Milarepa's Life, tells us this: "The moral consequences of his crimes dawn on Milarepa with heart-splitting agony and a consuming fear of the karmic consequences he must face…. For Milarepa it represents his first awakening to the sense of a deeper order in life a call from another level. This call to what in the text is termed 'religion' appears together with a shock of recognition. All along one has been obeying the wrong voice, and this is seen and felt. The second phase of Milarepa's life begins."
And here we come to a very important point in spiritual seeking: Milarepa's desire for "personal salvation" from the consequences of his evil deeds does not come up to the highest levels of Buddhist realization and his teacher Marpa saw that Milarepa was fully capable of that, perhaps "in one lifetime, in one body." Again, from Lhalungpa: "Milarepa's drastic renunciation is in sharp contrast with the inward renunciation Lama Marpa had chosen. To both Marpa and Mila as to all Buddhists the sensory pleasures and cares of samsara are no doubt devoid of true benefit. In the case of those who are powerfully self-centered, renunciation of a normal external life may be like a shock treatment, a drastic means toward breaking loose from the grip of self-clinging and thereby leading on to higher awareness, new insights and ultimately into the reality behind appearances. Life and the seeking of the Dharma, whether through renunciation…or through any other means, are incompatible, so long as a personal liberation is desired. Even asceticism, as such, is utterly hollow and liable to be taken for a means to a personal goal. Milarepa's renunciation aimed at gaining personal liberation and did not come up to the true spirit of Dharma until his inbred motive had been completely changed into the highest aspirations for emancipation on a universal scale according to the way of Boddhisattva… Marpa guided Mila's journey of destiny along the course marked out by his karma…. Marpa was absolutely clear in his mind that this big-hearted little man whose mind was completely shamed and shattered could not gain the desired transformation by any normal training. Thus, as the condition for receiving the Dharma, Mila was required to fulfill a series of bitterly demanding and dispiriting tasks…. Milarepa struggles under the ordeals out of a need for himself. The son, whose mother declared 'he has no willpower,' proves himself to be a disciple of extraordinary patience and tenacity. It is only when he is brought to the brink of suicide that the ordeals are hastily ended… When the ordeals are over, his 'great sins have been erased' and his personal need has been mysteriously transformed and is felt now 'for all sentient beings.'"
So Milarepa's life becomes first of all a paradigm and an icon of spiritual seeking, but then it also becomes very useful for the propagation of various reform moments within Tibetan Buddhism.
Again, Fr. Tiso:
"The Mad Yogin made use of a great variety of written and oral sources to create a biography that reads like a novel. The impact of this work on the cultural life of Tibet has been comparable to an epic drama. It sets up the life of the homeless yogin as the highest ideal for those who seek to attain Buddhahood 'in one body, in one lifetime.' It elevates the mad yogin to the rank of a universal archetype or exemplar for the serious practitioner, and demotes the figure of the scholar monk from its position of primacy."
Whatever one wants to say of the spiritual culture of Tibet before the Chinese brutalized Tibet, whatever one makes of the various "reform movements" within that tradition, it is important not to varnish the facts of that tradition or of any tradition. Tibet is a "mixed reality"; Tibetan Buddhism, especially as it came West and into the U.S. is definitely a "mixed reality." But the figure ofMilarepa is an icon for all of us in whatever tradition we happen to be as long as we are true spiritual seekers. It stands as a beacon whether we are monks or lay people or whatever, beckoning us like the mantra from the Heart Sutra:
Gate, gate, paragate, parasamgate, bodhi, svaha!
Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone completely beyond, awake, wow!
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Vilimoni Waqatabu Delasau (born 12 July 1977 in Sorokaba, Ba) is a Fijian former rugby union footballer. He played as a wing. His nickname is Delz.

Early career
He grew up in the Town of Ba and he played for Lautoka in the National Provincial Rugby Tournament in Fiji. He was picked to represent Fiji in the Rugby Sevens. He scored 85 tries for the Fiji sevens. In 1999 Delasau was named Player of the Year at the Fiji Rugby Awards after scoring 82 tries in the season. He earned his first Test cap against the US Eagles in June 2000 after impressing in the sevens form of the game the previous year. He also holds the record for scoring the most tries in a sevens game with 6 tries, and also the record of most tries in a tournament with 16 tries, ahead of fellow Fijian winger, Rupeni Caucau on 14 tries.

Europe
He then went to Japan and played there for two years before going to France and playing for the Mont-de-Marsan rugby club where he played 5 games for them scoring 3 tries. After that he returned to Fiji and was chosen to represent the Canterbury in the NPC. He later represented the Crusaders in the Super 12 competition and in late 2005, he represented the Highlanders in the Super 14 competition. After his short stint, he moved to France to join ASM Clermont Auvergne where he represented them in the Top 14 and in the ECC competition. He scored a few good tries for clermont including a 90-metre run against London Wasps in the 2007–08 Heineken Cup which was awarded the try of the season. He joined his new club, US Montauban after his contract with Clermont expired and he chose not to renew it.

He represented Fiji in the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cup and some said he was the best right winger in the competition. In the 2007 World Cup he scored one of the tries as Fiji defeated Wales to reach their first quarter final in 20 years, and he also scored a try in the quarter final defeat to South Africa. He was also part of the Fiji sevens at the 2001, 2005 and 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

Later career
In April 2010 he joined Toulouse as a medical joker as they suffered numerous injuries. Montauban suffered a points deduction for financial irregularities and will be relegated at the end of the 2009/2010 season. He scored his first try against Castres on just his second game for his new team.

In February 2012, he retired from International rugby.

References

External links
 Crusaders profile
  Montauban profile
  Toulouse profile

1977 births
Living people
People from Ba (town)
Doping cases in rugby union
Fijian rugby union players
Fijian sportspeople in doping cases
Rugby union wings
Canterbury rugby union players
Crusaders (rugby union) players
Highlanders (rugby union) players
ASM Clermont Auvergne players
Stade Toulousain players
Fiji international rugby union players
Pacific Islanders rugby union players
Fijian expatriate rugby union players
Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
Expatriate rugby union players in France
Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
Fijian expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
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Fiji international rugby sevens players
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I-Taukei Fijian people
Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Fiji
Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of Fiji
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In a special interview with Humans, the 39-year-old Christina on the Coast superstar opened up about dealing with haters online
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2014-02-09T08:30:16-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/37e/201402090840251003_hd.jpgFormer President Jimmy Carter reflected on the 35th anniversary of the Camp David Accords and the 1978 behind-the-scenes negotiations with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. President Carter recalled the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) pivotal role in negotiating an agreement between the two leaders. He also spoke about how a CIA character analysis of both leaders informed his own strategy during their meetings, and explained how a simple gesture between two fathers got the derailed talks back on track.
The Camp David Accords led to the White House signing of two documents designed to promote Arab-Israeli peace. This half hour address was part of a symposium on the role of intelligence in the Middle East peace efforts, and took place at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta.
Former President Jimmy Carter reflected on the 35th anniversary of the Camp David Accords and the 1978 behind-the-scenes negotiations with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. President Carter recalled the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) pivotal role in negotiating an agreement between the two leaders. He also spoke about how a CIA character analysis of both leaders informed his own strategy during their meetings, and explained how a simple gesture between two fathers got the derailed talks back on track.


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Trump gave his most substantial speech to date in Gettysburg. I am sure the choice of location was on purpose. He laid out his 10-point plan for his first 100 days in office. I'm going to go through it here and there's more. Before I start though, I will note that Clinton has not released any such plans. At least Trump is putting a plan out there. Whether he would keep his word or be successful in implementing such a plan is another story.
I believe Trump when he says he knows how the game works. I have an issue though with playing on the anger of Americans to get elected. Regardless, he is making a last ditch attempt to keep Hillary out of the White House. With only 17 days left until the election, it would have to be a good one… and it is.
Push a constitutional amendment for term limits for members of Congress.
A hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce federal workforce through attrition, exempting military public safety and public health.
A permanent Ban on members of the Executive administration from ever becoming political lobbyists.
Eliminating two federal regulations for every one passed.
Repeal the "Obamacare Disaster" and provide relief to American families.
Impose tough tariffs on foreign imports to keep American companies from moving overseas.
Immediately open up energy production to jumpstart our economy.
Appoint judges who will strictly uphold the Constitution.
Immediately begin renegotiating NAFTA to make it a better deal.
Term limits is a great idea, so points on that. The hiring freeze on federal employees is also a good idea. The permanent ban on lobbyists though… I'm not sure constitutionally that Trump can do that and it would have to go through Congress. It's not likely to succeed. If he can eliminate two regulations for every one passed, that would be a minor miracle, but in essence, a great idea. On Obamacare, I disagree. It doesn't need to be repealed and replaced. It just needs to be repealed and let the free market take its course.
On tariffs, I also disagree. Tariffs act as taxes and are passed on to you and me. Instead of punishing companies this way, make the tax structure so inviting that they will flock here. Tariffs are what brought on the Great Depression by the way. Opening all forms of energy is a great idea and long overdue. On appointing judges that uphold the Constitution, I agree wholeheartedly, but I have my doubts on Trump doing this one. As for NAFTA, go for it. We should renegotiate it to benefit the US more.
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Pink McCoy elephant planter (I got 1).
These are Sunday's finds/swaps... All are heading to the booth with the exception of the green-handled chopper, which will stay in my personal collection.
I know the one is DWD... but I got a great deal on the set!
I know, not may words today, but it has been busy around these parts. I'm finishing up the spring semester - so lots of papers, projects, and final exams are looming. I have also begun preparing for the one vintage market I plan on doing this summer that takes place the first weekend in June.
So, I hope these pictures will suffice until next time!
If you follow me on Facebook... you've already seen these pictures. My apologies. But, if you don't follow me... you should! I usually share my goodies there first!
Also, I have gotten back in to using Pinterest. So hop on over to my boards and follow me for some inspiration!
Went to an auction this weekend... and I basically bought out a record store. I can't wait to go through them in more detail. There's at least 500+ 33s and 45s. Not to mention a few 78s.
I love this vintage-style Crosley record player, that was a gift from my wonderful bf. As you can see, there are a few of the awesome records I picked up. I debated keeping the cocktail shaker for myself. I love the kitschy Christmas wreath. Always a good day when you find vintage Christmas. Of course some kitchen items made it home with me too: swanky swigs and Pyrex.
Then there's these beauties. A 1933 and 1934 yearbook from my Alma Mater, Indiana University, I may have trouble parting with these.
I also went to an auction with my junkin' buddy on Sunday. I picked up many boxes of vintage ornaments... that are already packed away thanks to my spring cleaning! I packed up my unlisted Christmas stuff that I will start listing again in July. I also got a Smith Corona typewrite exactly like this one I picked up last June in a town wide garage sale.
I also got a huge lot of souvenir glasses and vintage post cards. Haven't had the chance to go through them. Will show you guys as soon as I do!
What vintage goodness did you guys get this weekend?


On this week's podcast, Michael and Tim tackle three common sayings heard in the Christian church that are, simply, not true. These three sayings have no strong basis in scripture, and thus are dangerous beliefs to subscribe to. Which of these are you believing?


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Q: insert multiple columns between two columns in a data frame and an automated way to fill them I have a data frame called df.
My data frame has three columns. code, name and cluster
cluster column includes numbers from 1 to 10, such that each number indicates what cluster that row belongs to.
I want to add 10 columns between columns: name and cluster columns and name them p.1 to p.10.
and fill these columns such that, if the row value in cluster column is 1, then corresponding cell in P.1 column gets 1 and the rest of the row gets zero. if  the row value in cluster column is 2, then corresponding cell in P.2 column gets 1 and the rest of the row gets zero. and so on.

I know I must add my work here, which is something I ve been doing so far. but honesty for this one, I  do not know how to even begin to do this in an automated way. for each single row, I can do it but since I have about 500 rows it does not make sense.
I would really appreciate helping me with this.
EDIT:
thank you for introducing dummy_cols() function.

Now I m wondering, is there any similar direct function to fill the columns not with 1 but with other values.

A: library(fastDummies)

df <- data.frame(Cluster = sample(1:10, 100, replace = TRUE))
df <- dummy_cols(df, select_columns = "Cluster")

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What the hell is HTML?
HTML is short for HyperText Markup Language. It is one of the key code languages used to render most websites and related applications.
 are the opening and closing tags that define an HTML document.
HTML is one of the key languages used to render most websites and related applications.
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April 16, 2019 / 1:22 PM / 3 months ago
Labour Party denies newspaper report UK Brexit talks stalled
FILE PHOTO: Anti-Brexit protesters hold EU flags as they demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament, as uncertainty over Brexit continues, in London, Britain, April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour Party denied a Guardian newspaper report on Tuesday that Brexit talks with Prime Minister Theresa May's government had stalled.
The newspaper had said talks had stalled due to a Conservative desire for post-Brexit deregulation including pursuing a U.S. trade deal.
"There has to be access to European markets and above all there has to be a dynamic relationship to protect the conditions and rights that we've got for environment and consumer workplace rights," Corbyn said according to the Guardian.
"We've put those cases very robustly to the government and there's no agreement as yet," he added.
A Labour spokesman said it was wrong to say talks had stalled and that further meetings were planned for this week and next.
Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Michael Holden; editing by Stephen Addison


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Berg-sur-moselle
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Desc: Berg-sur-Moselle is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berg-sur-Moselle
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Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosges
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Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d'Alsace
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Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rettel
Rocher de Mutzig
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Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavisse
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Desc: The Attert is a river flowing through Belgium and Luxembourg, left tributary of the Alzette. Its length is 38 kilometres, of which 32 kilometres are in Luxembourg and 6 kilometres in Belgium.
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attert_(river)
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RotarySeekbar (aka. a knob) is an interactive View for Android that upon touch enlarges the view (_overlay zooming_) thus making it easy to adjust the value of the knob while actually seeing what you are doing. The view responds to any touch within its' bounds, i.e. **not** relying on a precise touch of a tiny knob handle widget (c.f. [Fitt's law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitts%27s_law)). The rotation of the knob is based on amplifying the finger movement based on the distance from the center of the knob, giving the user both fine and coarse control of the value selection. The overlay zooming and movement amplification makes it possible to put compact rotary seekbars (e.g. 48dp x 48dp) in your gui, while still providing sufficient visual feedback and control granularity to the end user.

## Usage
 - Step 1. Add jitpack to your root build.gradle, at the end of the repositories list:

    ```
    allprojects {
        repositories {
            ...
	    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
        }
    }
    ```
- Step 2. Add the dependency

    ```
    dependencies {
        // either choose a release (TAG) from github:
        implementation 'com.github.akapelrud:Rotary-Seekbar:TAG'
	// where TAG = 'vMajor.Minor,Micro', e.g. 'v0.2.1'

        // or use the current HEAD of e.g. the master branch:
        // implementation 'com.github.akapelrud:Rotary-Seekbar:master-SNAPSHOT'
    }
    ```
- Step 3. Make sure that you have defined the relevant material design colors in your app's `res/styles.xml` (at least `?attr/primaryColorVariant` is used in Release 1.0. Others might be added later on.):

    ```
    <item name="colorPrimaryVariant">@color/colorPrimaryVariant</item>
    ```
- Step 4. Add the RotarySeekbar to your layout file, c.f. [the attribute definition](../master/RotarySeekbar/src/main/res/values/attrs.xml) and the demo app's layout file: [DEMO layout](../master/Examples/Palette/app/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml)
- Step 5. Implement the `RotarySeekbar.OnValueChangeListener` interface, and register using `setValueChangeListener()`.

    ```
    public interface OnValueChangedListener {
        void onValueChanged(RotarySeekbar sourceSeekbar, float value);
    }
    ```

###

    Usage for versions prior to v0.2.1 - [Click to show]

    The library can be used by adding a few lines too your project's build.gradle file:
    ```
    repositories {
        maven {
            url 'https://github.com/akapelrud/Rotary-Seekbar/raw/master/RotarySeekbar/snapshots'
        }
    }
    dependencies {
        // 0.1.0 release
        //implementation 'no.kapelrud:RotaryKnobLibrary:0.1.0:@aar'
        // 0.2.0 release
        implementation 'no.kapelrud:RotarySeekbar:0.2.0:@aar'
    }
    ```

## Example
The first image shows the demo application with 16 differently styled RotarySeekbars. All of these have been customized through the `.xml` layout file.

Pressing either of the widgets will enlarge the view of the component, making it easier to choose a value while still having the component visible.


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Greece says Turkey can and must control migrant flows to Europe
By Karolina Tagaris
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's prime minister accused Turkey on Friday of appearing to "exploit" Europe's migrant crisis for its own ends and said Ankara could and should control migrant flows to the continent.
Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Greece, the route into the European Union for nearly a million refugees and migrants in 2015, is dealing with a new and steep rise in people crossing the Aegean to its islands from neighbouring Turkey after a relative three-year lull.
The influx has piled pressure on its hugely overcrowded migrant camps and prompted the new conservative government to announce a stricter policy to curb the flows, which includes tightening its borders and deporting more people.
"I want to be absolutely clear," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told parliament. "Turkey... must also assume its responsibility.
"It has the ability to control the flows in the Aegean. It cannot give the impression that it is exploiting this issue for its own geopolitical pursuits," he said.
Flows to Greece slowed to a trickle after the EU and Turkey agreed in 2016 to seal off the Aegean route, before picking up again in August and September to the highest monthly numbers in the three years since the deal.
Turkey, which hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees, has threatened to "open the gates" unless Ankara receives adequate international support for a plan to resettle 1 million refugees in northern Syria.
It effectively controls parts of north Syria where it says 350,000 Syrians have returned. Together with the United States it is setting up a "safe zone" in the northeast, where it says many more could be moved.
Under the 2016 pact, Ankara would take back undocumented migrants and refugees, including Syrians, who cross to Greek islands and do not qualify for asylum. In return, the EU would take in thousands of Syrian refugees directly from Turkey and reward it with more money and other benefits.
"MAGNET" FOR MIGRANTS
More than 78,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe so far this year, more than half of them to Greece, according to United Nations data. About 40 percent of recent arrivals are families from Afghanistan and about 20 percent are Syrian.
Mitsotakis said most "have the profile of an economic migrant and not that of a refugee", and he reiterated plans to deport 10,000 rejected asylum seekers by the end of next year.
"This issue is here to stay," he said. "Europe will constitute a magnet for people from Africa and the Middle East. The phenomenon will continue and is likely to intensify."
Greece has repeatedly called on other EU countries to share the burden of migrant flows.
Moria, on the island of Lesbos, is Europe's biggest migrant camp. It has swelled in just three years to the size of a small town of more than 12,000, four times its capacity, and has become notorious for its poor and unsafe conditions.
After meeting Germany's interior minister Horst Seehofer in Athens on Friday, Greek Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisohoidis described Moria as "a stain on Europe".
Seehofer said Europe needed to do more to protect its borders and support frontline countries, which also include Spain and Italy, "something we have not yet done sufficiently".
"If we don't help Greece, if we don't help frontline countries, we will end up with a haphazard migration policy that will lead us to a dead-end," he said.
Additional reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Gareth Jones


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Q: Password protecting a folder without zipping or hiding I have a Django app which I need to distribute to other teams for testing, but I don't want to share the code. The structure of a Django project is -

*

*parentfolder

*

*djangoproject

*djangoapp

*db.sqlite3

*manage.py

I need to password protect djangoproject and djangoapp, because running a Django app requires one to go to the above directory (parentfolder) and run manage.py.
All the options I've looked at so far either

*

*Zip the folder and password-protect it - This doesn't work, because once zipped, the Django app doesn't work, since it can't work with zipped folders.

*Hide the folder - This obviously doesn't work, since Django can't see them.
I'd like to protect the folders under a password, such that they still remain visible to other applications and also the user. But if the user wants to peer inside the folders, he'd have to enter a password.


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How U.S. women's hockey faced down pressure, history and expectations – and came out smiling
Dan WetzelColumnist
February 22, 2018, 12:20 PM UTC
GANGNEUNG, South Korea – After playing for themselves and playing for each other, after playing for redemption and playing for validation, after playing and playing and playing until they felt like they were playing for their lives, after playing 60 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime and five rounds of a shootout and still being tied, after playing, most importantly, for gold, they looked over and their kid goaltender was smiling.
Maddie Rooney was standing by her net, Round Six of the most pressurized moments the sport can produce, and she was grinning underneath her mask.
"Twenty-year-old goaltender, you know," captain Meghan Duggan, 30, said.
So, the United States had that going for it, a smiling junior from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, apparently unfazed by the moment, the stage or the stakes.
"I knew we had it," Rooney said.
Well she, Maddie Rooney, was the only one. Everyone else, American or Canadian, player or fan, had their hearts pounding through their chests after this grueling, grinding, gut-check hockey game. Oh, this was a hell of a game in what has become a hell of a rivalry, USA-Canada women's hockey, one born out of respect but, at least every four years, often with lopsided results.
The Canadians had won four straight golds coming into this one. That included 2002, when they beat the USA in the gold-medal game. And 2010 when they did it again. And, most painfully, 2014, when they came back to force overtime and then practically took the gold straight off American necks. The U.S. had won four consecutive World Championships though.
This is the Olympics though. This is everything.
So, the Americans had given it everything. Everything. Every shift. They had been on the other side too many times, heads pressed against the boards, tears pouring down their cheeks, regret filling their hearts. They had felt it too many times to count, five losses in a row in the Olympics alone. The Canadians, the Canadians, the Canadians, always in the way, always coming out on top.
Here, they decided, they'd win the inches. Here they'd win the blue line. Here they'd win the races to the puck.
Here they would win or die trying.
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson (left), sister Monique Lamoureux-Morando (center) and backup goaltender Alex Rigsby celebrate after winning the gold medal. (Reuters)
Amidst those frayed nerves and out-of-place goaltender smiles, American Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson stood at center ice, mentally running through a lengthy list of potential shootout moves she could employ to break this deadlock. It was 2-2 in the game and now 2-2 after five penalty shot attempts. Now was Round Six. She would go first. Canada's Meghan Agosta would go second. Each frame its own gold-medal game.
Lamoureux-Davidson grew up in North Dakota. Her dad was a hockey player and her four brothers were hockey players and of course her twin sister, Monique, was a hockey player. It was Monique who tied this thing at 2-2 late in the third, which would either give the Americans new life to exorcise new demons or give Canada a new way to torment them.
It was going to be one or the other. Ecstasy or agony. Everyone knew that. Shootouts are the cruelest. Or the most glorious. There is no middle ground.
Lamoureux-Davidson is part wizard, at least on the ice. Same with her twin sister. Maybe it was all the games growing up, or maybe it was how if they didn't figure out how to dangle a puck in front of one of those brothers and slip magically by, they'd just get pummeled and lose it and complain to dad who didn't care.
"Our brothers kicked our butts," Jocelyne said.
Or maybe it was those days at the University of North Dakota, playing for a Swedish coach who emphasized puck skills and hand drills and would draw up elaborate maneuvers like some kind of whacked out hockey architect. Peter Elander is his name. He's now an assistant at Ohio State. Back at UND, he used to put the twins through drills, daring them to try this or that until they finally mastered it.
Earlier in the tournament, against Russia, Jocelyne scored on a sweet one that Elander had named "Oops, I Did It." The name was silly. The move was sick. Done right, it was almost unstoppable, but she didn't want to go with that one again in case Canadian goalie Shannon Szabados had scouted it.
"I didn't know what move she was going to pull out of her hat," Monique said. "But she usually has some pretty flashy ones."
Jocelyne settled on "Oops, I Did It Again," the wicked step-sister of "Oops, I Did It." Oops, I did it again? Like that old Britney Spears song?
"Peter names them," Jocelyne said, shrugging herself.
This would be an audacious attempt at any point in any hockey game. Here? Now? With these stakes? In a shootout, it can be ideal to offer up the most fakes to create an open net, but the higher the risk of error, the more errors. This was no time for error. Amanda Kessel had scored the United States' second shootout goal by basically racing toward the net and burying a wrist shot, glove side. Canada's Agosta had essentially done the same earlier.
Yeah, well, this is Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson. She was on that American team four years ago that had it won and then had nothing. She had tasted those silver medal tears. She had stewed and fumed for four years working and waiting to get here. She had been given an American flag seven months ago, packed it up and carried it with her everywhere she went, including into the Gangneung Hockey Centre on Thursday night because she was certain she was going to haul it out and drape it over her shoulders and celebrate with it.
So, four years and eighty minutes and five rounds of shootouts was coming down to this, to an impossible move with an improbable name. It was going to come down to Jocelyne taking the puck, making two lengthy, looping skates, one to the left, one to the right before coming directly at the net, touching the puck twice and deking a fake shot.
With that, Szabados went to the ice, trying to deny the five-hole. Jocelyne then shifted left and went backhand. Szabados, already in a bad spot, lurched to follow her. This, alone, would have been a pretty nice move. Jocelyne wasn't done though. She quickly cut it back across the crease, like the puck was glued to her tape. Szabados fell backward in a heap trying to keep up, her legs caught underneath her, her stick sprawling off to the side. She was left hopeless to watch.
With a quarter of the net open, Jocelyne slipped the puck in and let out a primal scream they could probably hear all the way back in Grand Forks.
As goals go, there may never have been a prettier one. As golden goals go, forget it.
"Crazy move," Rooney said. "Amazing."
Of course, it was now the smiling goalie's turn. Whatever.
"Pressure is power," Rooney said.
Rooney once beat the University of Minnesota in a game by making 62 saves. Here the objective was far simpler.
"One more save," Rooney said.
Agosta came charging in and Rooney guessed she would try to make a move and go five-hole, between the pads. She guessed correctly. As Agosta tried to shoot, Rooney poked the puck away.
The game was done. The gold was won.
"It was all just a blur after that, seeing all my teammates coming at me," Rooney said.
The Americans stormed off the bench, throwing gloves and sticks into the air and wound up in a pile of hugs. Finally, at last, exhausted and exhilarated, they'd beaten the Canadians in the Olympics. Finally, at last, they'd won that gold medal.
Across the way the Canadians cried, the way the Americans have cried, tears dropping onto Olympic ice in a sorrow that will slowly fade but never be forgotten. That's the heat of this rivalry. That's the heat of all rivalries. Pressure is power. Pain is too.
"It's hard not to be there for the girls when you go to the wire like this," the brilliant Szabados said as tears streamed down her face.
"When you don't hear your anthem on that blue line, it's a feeling you're never going to forget," Canada's Natalie Spooner said.
The Americans had stood on that blue line before. Stood and listened to "O, Canada." Stood with silver medals that felt like failure. Stood and promised next time would be different, next time they'd find a way, next time they find a way to do little bit more.
"This is probably a very classic example of how hard it should be," U.S. coach Robb Stauber said.
The "Star-Spangled Banner" played, ringing out into the South Korean night. The Stars and Stripes was raised. Wearing matching necklaces of gold, the Americans tried to savor every moment. They thought of their parents. They thought of their coaches, all the way back to local rinks. They thought of the neighbors and friends back home who stayed up into the middle of the night to watch. They thought of the Americans they don't even know. They thought of the little girls who might look on and dream the way they once did.
They thought about what they'd just done. Together.
"You think about who you are representing," Duggan said. "So much pride in that. So, proud to be American."
And when it was done, like their 20-year-old goalie, they smiled.
More Olympic coverage from Yahoo Sports:
• USA women's hockey wins gold medal with shootout win over Canada
• Rooney's overtime save against Canada was downright legendary
• Canadian player removes silver medal from neck right after receiving it
• IOC strips Russian curler of bronze medal for doping violation
• Vonn's likely last Olympic race ends with a DNF


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It is time to start designing for the mobile first!
More and more players have smartphones and we need to design for that when we design igaming products. The days when players just sat home by their PC playing are over and now they want to be able to play when ever and where ever they are.
Users (players) have a mobile phone with them almost all the time. It has become the center piece in the user experience, so when designing player experiences you need to start focusing on the mobile experience as well, and look at the total player experience, not just the PC experience.
When you design for mobile experiences you need to think a little bit different because of a number of constraints. For instance the smaller screen size and network speed. These constraints aren't just bad, they give you an opportunity to design something that takes into account where the user is and in what situation he wants to play. So it might be on the bus to work, on the lunch break or on the couch at home at the same time as he is watching TV.
I believe that igaming companies that put an effort into the mobile gaming space will be very successful in the end. What do you think?
If you want to learn more about designing for mobile experiences then I highly recommend a book by Luke Wroblewski called "Mobile First". Or if you need help with a mobile igaming strategy then get in touch, me and inUse can help you out!