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West Virginia high schools exceed halfway mark to statewide FAFSA completion goal
This entry was posted in News News Releases and tagged CFWV Division of Student Affairs FAFSA financial aid Student Affairs on January 24, 2018 by Rachel Hicks
As of January 12, more than 32 percent of West Virginia high school seniors have filed a FAFSA
CHARLESTON, W. Va. – The College Foundation of West Virginia (CFWV) announced today that 32.5 percent of West Virginia high school students have filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the 2018-19 academic year, exceeding the halfway mark to the statewide goal for this year. In October 2017, CFWV announced the statewide FAFSA completion goal to have at least 63 percent of high school seniors file a FAFSA by April 15, 2018.
Filing the FAFSA is a crucial step for students who plan to attend college. Students who file the FAFSA are considered for the Federal Pell Grant, which awards up to $5,920 annually to students to cover the cost of tuition and other education expenses. Additionally, students must submit a FAFSA to apply for many in-state scholarship and grant opportunities, such as the PROMISE Scholarship, which awards up to $4,750 annually, and the West Virginia Higher Education Grant, which awards up to $2,700 annually.
So far this year, six West Virginia high schools have met the 63 percent FAFSA completion goal:
Central Catholic High School
Charleston Catholic High School
Harman Elementary/High School
Liberty High School (Raleigh)
Paw Paw High School
Weirton Madonna High School
Dr. Paul L. Hill, Chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC), praised seniors for meeting the halfway mark and reiterated the importance of filing.
"Our high school seniors are already halfway to meeting the statewide FAFSA completion goal for this year, demonstrating their commitment to being prepared for postsecondary education," said Hill. "We urge any student who plans to enroll in a postsecondary education program to file the FAFSA because doing so is the first step in receiving free money for college. West Virginia has several wonderful financial aid programs that can help students continue their education debt-free, but to be considered for them, students must file a FAFSA."
Dr. Sarah Tucker, Chancellor of the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia (CTCS), urged students who have not yet completed a FAFSA to do so soon.
"Funds are administered on a first-come, first-served basis," said Tucker. "Any student who plans to attend a postsecondary program, including one of West Virginia's two- or four-year institutions, should file a FAFSA annually on or soon after October 1. Doing so will ensure students are considered for West Virginia's in-state scholarship and grant programs as well as the Federal Pell Grant."
March 1 is the deadline for students to submit a FAFSA to be considered for the PROMISE Scholarship, and April 15 is the deadline for students to submit the FAFSA to be considered for the West Virginia Higher Education Grant Program. Students who plan to pursue education or training beyond high school during the 2018-19 academic year can complete the 2018-19 FAFSA online at www.fafsa.gov using their 2016 tax returns.
Staff from the Financial Aid Division at HEPC are working with college and university partners to help increase financial aid awareness throughout communities in the state. As a result, hundreds of free financial aid and FAFSA workshops are scheduled throughout the academic year. A full list of workshops is available at http://cfwvconnect.com/community-calendar.
Brian Weingart, Senior Director of Financial Aid at the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, noted that free financial aid workshops happening across the state are helping nudge the number of completed FAFSAs among West Virginia seniors.
"CFWV staff members have traveled all across the state to more than 120 financial aid or FAFSA completion workshops since the FAFSA opened on October 1," explained Weingart. "Because of simplifications to the application throughout the years, it now takes about 30 minutes or less to complete the FAFSA. In half an hour, students can apply for thousands of dollars in financial aid."
CFWV is West Virginia's college- and career-planning resource. The initiative is led by HEPC in partnership with CTCS, the West Virginia Department of Education and the Office of Secretary of Education and the Arts.
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Harvest Season, Grow Site Bears Fruit
It's been a loooong Christmas Break, hasn't it? With the pressure of the Major Project Proposal and Grow Project hovering over our heads I imagine that many people, myself included, have been really feeling the stress of things.
Fortunately I and, from what I've been seeing on the twitters, many other IMD students are finally bringing things to a close. Today I'm going to be going over the design process I've undertaken with regards to the Grow Community Gardens Site.
Establishing a Starting Point
In my last post on the topic of Grow Project I had just finished off the logo for the charity. Pretty much from the get go I had an idea of a somewhat graphical, seemingly handmade design.
Grow, as a charity, have a very hands-on approach to things. They were directly involved with the starting points of both the Waterworks and Helen's Bay gardens and this is something that I wanted to carry across to the logo I designed as well as the site design.
Whilst I want the site to have an appearance of being something that the charity could have created themselves, it is important that the site is also designed and developed in such a way that it is professional. This involves creating a balance between hand-made, simplistic design and professional quality work.
Paper Prototyping
In one of my Major Project blog posts I covered a lot of paper prototypes that I have been working on. Paper serves as a fantastic tool to work out the basic aspects of a project. This is as true with Grow as it was with my Major Project.
Fortunately I had a solid idea for the style I wanted for the site, and sketching the style of the site design that I wanted.
Grow Community Gardens Site Style Sketch
From Paper to Pixels
With the idea for the site style quickly established I quickly put together a concept for the site header.
Grow First Photoshop Concept
I was immediately quite pleased with the design that I had put together, as it met up very nicely with the aim that I had for the site itself. From here I jumped straight into the markup of the site itself.
One of the requirements of the Grow Project was that, when developing using WordPress, that we make use of the fantastic Starkers Theme by Elliot Jay Stocks. This was perfect for me as my personal preference for WordPress theming is to work from Starkers anyway, and I've recently completed a project that involved making some pretty drastic changes to the Starkers Theme 1.
This knowledge has proved to be quite useful in terms of how to tweak some bits of the site, allowing me to create custom elements of the site. This first started out with creating the header and navigation. On the home page I also wanted to show a mission statement as one of the most notable aspects of the site.
I also wanted to ensure that the donate button was somewhat noticeable across all pages. I did this by providing this particular link with a separate cloud, which helped ensure that it breaks away from the rest of the site Navigation:
Grow Site Header (Home Page)
On page header sections that aren't the home page, the mission statement is removed from the page, providing slightly more space for the site content.
Grow Site Header (Other Pages)
The site content itself, for the most part, uses a similar two column layout throughout. There is a sidebar that contains content displayed on every page, with a set of consistent data being rendered on every page with the sidebar, and certain page specific content being rendered on certain pages.
This page-specific content is used as a sub-navigation for certain page areas, to make it as easy as possible for site users to navigate around the site. The universal content is a search field, links to various social media, links to Garden Categories that have posts made on them and finally weather conditions for the gardens.
Grow Sidebar
It should be noted, however, that the weather section of the sidebar can be quite fiddly at times, refusing to render the relevant weather at times. This is an issue that I have been unable to get to the bottom of, and I am increasingly believing that it is related to the infrastructure at Yahoo! as much as anything else.
The site content is laid out differently depending on the type of page. The three main page types are Pages, Categories and Single Posts. Each work similarly, but with slightly different visuals. Individual pages are quite plain in their appearance, fitting into the overall theme of the site quite nicely.
Grow Single Page Content
Categories and Single Posts use a similar layout to one another. Categories display multiple posts, whilst single posts display a single post and all comments on that post.
Grow Category Content
Grow Single Post Content
The Home Page is a beast of a different nature. This page has a set of content designed to help highlight what the charity is about. It does this by talking about what Grow is about, with a slideshow to provide a visual to go along with the content.
Grow Home Page Content
The site footer is split into two sections. The top half of the footer is dedicated to a site map to help users navigate the site. It is more comprehensive than the navigation in the header, in that it provides a direct link to both pages and sub-pages of the site.
The second section of the site has three areas to it. Two of these are similar in nature, covering the Funders and Sponsors of the Charity, and providing contact information when there aren't any (as is the case with Sponsors).
The final area of the footer is related to the designer of the site, namely me. It's a simple message covering how the site was designed and developed by myself.
Grow Site Footer
There is one area of the site which is designed to be completely different. The Gardens page is an area that was mentioned during our brief was that they wanted to be able to show their own gardens as well as other gardens on a map. When I got to thinking about this I realised that any maps embedded on a single page could quickly get very cluttered with multiple gardens. To prevent this I decided to create a whole page map that would be used for all of the gardens that Grow wanted to display.
The navigation for this page was also modified to fit the adjusted content of the site:
Grow Gardens Page
That covers the design aspect of the site, but there is quite a bit more being done to make the site as usable as it is. In particular I made use of WordPress's functionality to create custom post types as well as one plugin to add some useful functionality to WordPress.
Custom Post Types allow developers to define custom sections for content which can be used for custom sections. I've used this for three different areas of the site, which I will cover shortly:
Gardens Page
Funders Page
Sponsors Page
Each of these pages have one thing in common, they need to be specifically set up. The following is the snippit of code I used for one of them:
'labels' => array(
'name' => __( 'Gardens' ),
'singular_name' => __( 'Garden' ),
'add_new' => __( 'Add New' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Garden' ),
'edit' => __( 'Edit' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Garden' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New Garden' ),
'view' => __( 'View Garden' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View Garden' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Gardens' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No Gardens Found' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No Gardens found in Trash' ),
'parent' => __( 'Parent' ),
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'rewrite' => true,
'query_var' => 'Garden',
'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'custom-fields', 'thumbnail')
register_post_type( 'gardens' , $args );
This creates a custom post section which can then be used separate from Posts or Pages:
Grow Custom Posts
This is how I was able to set up the Gardens section, as well as gather weather information to display on the site. The custom Garden pages are set up to allow for a couple of custom fields, for latitude, longitude and the location of the garden:
Grow Gardens Custom Fields
It was also used to allow for easy addition and removal of Sponsors and Funders from the site's footer.
WordPress is a very popular platform and, as a result, there are a multitude of plugins available to do pretty much anything that you would want it to do. One of the most important plugins, in my opinion, is something to handle Search Engine Optimisation, otherwise known as SEO. This is important as it helps your site be found. After all, what is the point of having a site if it's not findable.
For a long time I'd been using All in One SEO, but have recently made the leap to Yoast's SEO Plugin. It's a very similar plugin but with one big change, it makes it a lot easier to see how SEO affects the page in question:
Yoast SEO Plugin in Action
Omissions from the Site
Due to the time frame of the site development there were some things that I would have loved to implement but couldn't manage in the time frame. It is my stance to implement something fully or not at all. There is no point in doing something if it's not going to be completed. This is the case with a mobile version of the site. I'm a big fan of Responsive Web Design, but didn't have the time to fully implement, or even experiment, with developing a mobile version of the site.
Validation of the Site
In terms of site validation the site validates as valid HTML5. I had been having some issues with the single post pages, but was able to track down a rogue </p> element hidden in amongst the comment form the site is using. With this resolved the site now validates fully.
In terms of CSS the site doesn't validate, but this isn't due to sloppy CSS. It happens because I'm making use of CSS3 to enhance aspects of the site in specific browsers, without hampering browsers that don't support these newer attributes.
The site functions fully in the following browsers:
Chrome (OS X and Windows)
Safari (OS X and Windows)
Firefox (OS X and Windows)
Opera (OS X and Windows)
In addition to this the site also functions in older versions of Internet Explorer, versions 6 & 7, though there is a hit to the visual of the site itself. The following are screenshots of the browser output in various browsers. I will cover any issues that come up with specific browsers:
Firefox for Windows
Firefox for Mac
Internet Explorer 6 has issues with a couple of pieces of styling used in this design. The most obvious issue, when you look at the site, is that it simply doesn't support Alpha Transparency in PNG files. This causes an issue with the header area, where such images are used in great amounts.
The second issue is the lack of hills in the site header, as well as in the footer. This is an issue with the :before pseudo selector for applying content. This is used in the design to insert the hilly areas of the header and footer, to avoid adding unnecessary markup to the site.
Internet Explorer 7 has a better set of support for the Grow Site than Internet Explorer, in that it supports PNG Alpha Transparency. Unfortunately this is where the improvements end, as Internet Explorer 7 also doesn't support the CSS :before pseudo selector either.
Fortunately support for the CSS :before selector is supported in Internet Explorer 8. With Internet Explorer this is the base-line that I work to unless it is specifically required that I work towards earlier versions of the browser.
Internet Explorer 9 Beta
Chrome for Mac
Chrome for Windows
Safari for Mac
The Copan Codex is a bar based down in Dublin which I recently helped develop. It is based upon a heavily modified Starkers WordPress Theme. ↩

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Article for the Journal "Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theology, Philosophy, History, and Science" Volume 13, number 3/4; Fall/Winter 2006; "The Value of Buddhism for Contemporary Western Society"
In many ways the founding principles of the United States are highly complementary and supportive for the values of Mahayana Buddhism, the approach of the bodhisattva in the Buddhism of North Asia, including Zen, Pure Land, and Tibetan Buddhism. The ideal of the Mahayana bodhisattva or enlightening being, who is dedicated to universal liberation, fostering relief from suffering, and entry into the path of awakening for all beings, is mutually informative and has good prospects for flowering in a culture dedicated to equal justice under the law; the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; and government of, by, and for the people.
The Mahayana values are expressed in the bodhisattva ethical precepts and in transcendent practices such as generosity, patient tolerance, energetic persistence, meditative stability, skillful means directed at the needs of the diversity of beings, and insightful, intuitive wisdom. The bodhisattva further takes on "inconceivable" vows to liberate all beings, to cut through all delusion, to use all situations to help beings enter into the awakened reality, and fully to express awakening. These and other principles are expansively enumerated in the vast corpus of Mahayana sutras or scriptures.1 All these values can be seen as the unfolding of taking refuge in Buddha, in many branches of Buddhism a fundamental initiation ritual. Through sustained turning towards or taking refuge in Buddha, one may learn to trust one's own innermost wellness. Among the bodhisattvas' central ideals are the commitments to not harm, to support life and vitality rather than killing, societally as well as interpersonally, and to include all beings in their purview. The radical inclusivity of care for all beings without exception, even beyond anthropocentrism, has special relevance to modern environmental concerns.
Through its history in Asia, the bodhisattva ideal has most often been addressed to the well-being of individuals, or of the community of practitioners (sangha), or to the community of the wider populace in a locale, or to a sometimes abstract, cosmic sense of all beings in the universe. It only rarely was applied to the political systems of Asian countries, or, when it was, this was most often addressed to supporting the feudal lords who were also often the patrons who supported Buddhist establishments. Of course there have been many exceptions to these broad generalizations, but more frequently it was applied harmfully, as in the support for militarism of many Japanese Buddhists in the lead-up and during World War II.2
However, we can also see in the inception of the Buddhist order of monks and nuns by the historical Buddha in fifth-century B.C.E. India an intention to reform society over time by providing an ongoing counter-cultural alternative to the usual worldly greed, hatred, and confusion of the societal systems. Unavoidably, Buddhist institutions historically have been susceptible to corruption and self-serving policies like all other human social endeavors. Similarly, the noble ideals of the United States founding fathers (many of whom were after all slave-owners) have never yet been enacted fully. But before exploring some of the areas where Buddhism can be helpful to present realities, it is important to acknowledge the possibilities implicit in the ideals on each side, and see their deep compatibility.
As severely threatened as these democratic ideals are today (of which more below), the U.S. Declaration of Independence proclamation that "all men (sic) are created equal," and that all are endowed with "unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," provides a strong foundation for a society in which bodhisattva intentions might flourish. Even if those for whom such rights were initially intended were only propertied males, such language was instrumental to the eventual ban on slavery and enfranchisement of women. In addition, the Constitution's Preamble decreed as its purpose to "promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity," with its Bill of Rights guaranteeing freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom "against unreasonable searches and seizures," and the rights of the accused, including to speedy trials, defense counsel, and to face opposing witnesses. These rights and ideals all offer an infrastructure that is remarkably supportive of the bodhisattvic principle of including and considering all beings as unalienably endowed with Buddha nature.
This prospective positive context is potentially highly informative to the transformations of Mahayana Buddhism in its spread to the West. There are portions of the Mahayana legacy that are indeed relevant to societal contexts. Examples may be found, for instance, in the bodhisattva practice instructions and diverse exemplars in the lofty Flower Ornament Avatamsaka Sutra, and historically in the lore about the Indian King Ashoka of the third century B.C.E., who, after waging bloody wars to unite the Indian subcontinent, became a benevolent sponsor of Buddhism and societal well-being, including environmental protection, vegetarianism, and nonviolence.3 But the traditional resources for constructing a modern bodhisattva societal ethic do seem limited. Current academics concerned with social ethics have been considering and questioning the development of samurai Zen in Japan and the wider East Asian Buddhist history of accommodation to the powers of the day. Relevant reflections have included the historical role of Confucian ethics in complementing and being accepted by East Asian Buddhism; the problematical relationship (or perhaps lack thereof) between enlightenment and ethics; the Buddhist tradition's sometimes inadequate expression of the bodhisattva ethos of compassion; and the questions and potential resources for Western Buddhism transforming an East Asian tradition to contexts with modernist ethical assumptions.4 Amid such concerns, American democratic ideals have much to offer to modern practitioners looking to construct a relevant bodhisattva social ethic.
And yet, Buddhism in response has resources and perspectives to offer to Western social concerns. A primary stimulus for the growing popularity of Buddhism in the West in the last half of the twentieth century, and today, has been the physical practices and technologies of introspective calm and stability offered by various Buddhist meditation teachings. In the active and ongoing dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism, Christians have benefited by extensive experience of Buddhist meditation practice, such that venerable Catholic contemplative traditions have been revived, with contemplative teachings and practices from the Desert Fathers, the Benedictine Order, Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, Centering prayer, St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the Cloud of Unknowing, to name a few, now much more commonly available in the Church than they were a decade or two ago. In exchange, some "engaged" Buddhists have been enriching bodhisattva perspectives through dialogue about the social justice mission still visible in Christianity. A similar exchange is possible between Buddhism and American democratic values and "civil religion."
For Western political and societal decision makers, experience of Buddhist meditative stability can help develop a wider capacity for creative response. Sustained meditation practice provides a subtler awareness of one's own mental workings. This allows one to more patiently listen to others and to oneself, and appreciate nuances. With such awareness one need not react out of stale habit patterns, but might respond from wider perspectives and fresh possibilities.
In many sectors of American government, Buddhist meditation has indeed become an adjunct activity for developing settledness for those who face pressure situations. For example, some cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy have been participating in a Buddhist meditation group there for eight years. The major who leads the group, himself a student of a reputable Zen teacher, says, "I take one of these young people, and I strap their butts to a $40 million jet with nukes on the wings'they need to be grounded."5 Thus meditation can develop helpful grounding for decision-makers and for those responsible for implementing their decisions.
Aside from its stabilizing function, both Buddhist teaching and meditative experience convey a sense of interconnectedness that sees the commonalities and mutual interests between people who are supposedly disparate. The truth of this fundamental Buddhist teaching of interconnectedness is readily discernable in the modern world in which people can see how events across the globe can strongly impact them, and where the effects of global climate change threaten all. Seeing the "other" as not separate can encourage cooperation and open communication, and discourage succumbing to suspicion, name-calling, and resultant cycles of recrimination, and even violent retribution.
Bodhisattva precepts support life rather than killing; generosity rather than grabbing or theft; speaking truth to power rather than lying; avoiding turning anger into grudge or vengeance; and clear awareness rather than submitting to the intoxication and distractions so tantalizingly encouraged by our consumerist, high-tech culture. Again, one of the most important bodhisattva precepts in this discussion is the commitment to benefit all beings. This implies sympathetic concern even for people who speak Spanish or Arabic, rather than building walls to keep them out, or putting them in torture camps. The fundamental American democratic ideal of liberty and justice for all, and the bodhisattva ideal of benefiting all beings are strongly mutually supportive.
Right Livelihood is an early Buddhist value with strong implications and relevance that may enhance the practical implementation of American ideals. Right Livelihood appears as part of the Eightfold Path, which is the fourth of the Four Noble Truths, the most fundamental of Buddha's teachings. These four are first, the truth of suffering (dukkha), which might more accurately be translated as dissatisfactoriness. This refers to the fact that we do not have things we want, and do have things we do not want. Etymologically dukkha derives from a wheel that is off kilter with its axle, thus denoting that things are out of alignment. The second noble truth is that there is a cause for the first truth, such misalignment is not random and chaotic, but our afflictions are caused due to grasping after objects of desire or aversion, leading to harmful objectification of people and the world.
The third noble truth is the good news, that there is an end to suffering, or our affliction from fundamental misalignments. Even if there is not an end to old age, sickness, and death, we can stop causing more harm, and let go of our anxieties. This leads to the fourth noble truth, the eightfold path, which like the lists of transcendent practices and bodhisattva precepts mentioned above, provides practical guidance in how to live with awareness and compassion, and to implement the third truth of the end of suffering. Along with Right Livelihood, these eight are Right View, Thought, Speech, Action, Effort, Mindfulness, and Concentration. Right Livelihood originally referred to not pursuing a harmful occupation, such as trading in arms or other weapons, intoxicants, or killing animals, or making a living through deception or cheating others.6
The spirit of right livelihood is to support oneself and one's family by means that are not harmful, but helpful to others and oneself. This implies having some knowledge of the consequences of one's work. It also requires an activity in accord with precepts, such as supporting life rather than killing, generosity rather than theft, truthfulness instead of lies, and hopefully that reflects respect for all beings. From a deeper perspective on right livelihood, people should have some means to support themselves through meaningful activity that allows them the human integrity and uprightness of employing their interests and abilities with vitality and creative energy to contribute constructively to their communities. Even for "menial" or humble service jobs, according to this value, workers would have the right to fulfill their tasks with dignity.
From the perspective of right livelihood, such labor should be one of the guaranteed, unalienable rights implied by "life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" proclaimed in the American Declaration of Independence. In a modern context we can see this right livelihood in societal terms. People who exercise their unalienable right to work with diligence and honesty should be able to support themselves and their families through their work. The modern "living wage" movement is an attempt to support this ideal, asking that all who work fully be supported at a minimal level sufficient to insure livelihood. This is reasonable in a society that claims that all beings are endowed with the unalienable right to life (along with liberty and happiness).
The principle of Right Livelihood can be further applied to societal systems and to examination of economic and social organization. The original Buddhist right livelihood ideal implies strong disapproval of all war and violence, with its sanction against work involving weaponry. So how does right livelihood apply to Air Force Academy cadets engaging in Buddhist meditation" Buddhism certainly has a preference for nonviolence and resolving international conflicts through diplomatic mediation rather than aggression. But in the realities of the modern, post-Nazi Holocaust world (no less than the "post-9/11 world"), contemporary Buddhists may well acknowledge the necessity for military forces to be used for genuine self-defense, to resist hostile occupations, and as peace-keeping forces in situations where genocide is being committed. I may deeply wish for nuclear disarmament, but in the meantime, I am very glad that our Air Force pilots have training in the stabilization of meditation. Further, professional soldiers trained in self-reflection and insight practices are also more likely to have the spiritual fortitude to resist if ordered to commit acts contrary to international conventions about war and war crimes.
But modern American society has a larger problem with right livelihood, related to our excessive consumerist culture and over-consumption. In our mainstream media, thanks to consumerism, the fundamental values are greed, material acquisition, and even vengeance. All the television commercials and other advertisements are very skillfully designed to create more needs and desires than can ever be fully satisfied. Based on the values of consumerism, the advertising and entertainment industries very skillfully distract people from being present in their bodies and minds, aiming to intoxicate them and increase desires and cravings, in effect producing hungry ghosts.
This state in which beings are never satisfied is described in Buddhism as the realm of Hungry Ghosts, who are depicted with tiny throats and huge stomachs that can never be filled, a very sad situation. The Hungry Ghost realm is one of six into which a being can be born. The other reams include the human, heavenly, animal, and hell realms. These realms are also considered psychological descriptions of potential aspects of inner life. In the ideals of consumerism, self-fulfillment is based on how much is consumed, an often unquestioned and unconscious value of American society. This grasping counters the basic Buddhist value, in accord with the second of the four noble truths, to be content with present possessions and to enjoy and engage this world as it is. Thus from the principle of right livelihood, work that furthers consumerist insatiability might be considered much more harmful than that of honorable military professionals, for example.
Unlike the ideals of the founding fathers, American consumerism can harm Buddhist seekers who approach spiritual practice as yet another commodity to consume. Mass media train people to want the best, quickest, and fanciest of everything. Some who travel to visit different meditation centers and teachers may seek the quickest path or the best teacher, the fast track to enlightenment. This consumerist approach to Buddhism is not helpful and imbalanced, leading usually to more desire and grasping. In the "middle way" of Buddhism, the alternative to consumerism is not to give away all one's property, but to use one's resources to sustain attention constructively to the situations in this world and life, in one's everyday activities, without reinforcing a sense of neediness.
The historical and karmic legacy of the United States has produced more conflicts with the principle of right livelihood than consumerism. Thomas Jefferson's writings, in the Declaration of Independence and elsewhere, provide a rich resource for American ideals highly compatible with Buddhist practice. Jefferson was thinking of the corruption of governments and the crucial need for sustained public oversight when he said, "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." The American ideals of political freedom might seem feeble to some Buddhist devotees compared with total liberation and freedom from inner greed, hatred, and delusion. However, slightly altering Jefferson's saying to "the price of liberation is eternal vigilance," produces a very cogent Buddhist motto.
Buddhist practices of mindfulness and meditative awareness form another manner of ongoing vigilance. Buddhism did not end with Shakyamuni Buddha's unsurpassed complete awakening. Rather, the Buddhist order began with the Buddha's liberation, and he himself continued ongoing meditation practice throughout his life. Similarly, for Buddhist practitioners in whatever age, the work of liberation from karmic hindrances and for the sake of helping all suffering beings involves sustaining the gaze of vigilant attention, including at their own shortcomings. Jefferson also declared that he vowed "eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." This mirrors the Buddhist practice of vow or commitment, also central to awakening practice. Unfettered expression of insight and kindness, whether in the personal or societal realm, requires dedication and persistence.
Jefferson's writings remain a touchstone for these worthy principles, despite modern disclosures of his deplorable personal failings, including not only slaveholding, but probably his having fathered children with one of his slaves. And yet, his enunciations of personal liberty for all, along with those of some of his contemporaries such as Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and Benjamin Franklin, remain informative to modern principles of liberation. Armed by their democratic principles, these men demonstrated noble fearlessness in their opposition to King George. Thanks to awakening teaching and experience, bodhisattva practitioners may also respond without hindrance from their fears. However, while Jefferson made some efforts towards the abolition of slavery early in his career, he did succumb to the conditioning and economic imperatives of the slave plantation culture in which he was raised. In his later years he was personally totally dependent on his slaves for his livelihood.
However, according to the principle of right livelihood, modern Americans have no grounds for feeling morally superior to Jefferson. A more recent American president, Dwight Eisenhower, uttered an eerily prescient warning in his farewell address in January 1961, concerning the then new "conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government." In the spirit of Jefferson's eternal vigilance, Eisenhower continued, "Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society. In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."7
The point of this warning concerning right livelihood is not merely that a weapons industry exists. But the current domination over the American economy and government by arms corporations, and their overwhelming lobbying of legislators, as warned against by Eisenhower, has resulted in a situation where policy is made at the service of weapons manufacturing, rather than vice versa. With all congressional districts impacted by potential base closures, regardless of the viewpoints of each constituency, all are dependent on military spending and the missile economy, like Jefferson was dependent on slavery. The waging of preemptive wars of aggression and proliferation of dangerous weaponry in space, along with nuclear proliferation among unstable countries, all go unchecked as weapons manufacturing gains dominance, and much other more constructive American manufacturing is shipped overseas to sites of cheap, and often slave labor. In this situation right livelihood is an ethical and moral model for assessing a society's livelihood as well as an individual's, and may serve in many ways as a principle for the renewal of foundational American ideals.
The Current Situation
I cannot write about these venerable principles, from two millennia ago more or less for the bodhisattvas, and two hundred thirty years ago from Thomas Jefferson and his associates, and disregard the fact that I write this a week after the passage of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 by the United States Congress. The democratic ideals of the founding fathers are now more severely threatened than at any time in American history. To cite one description by U.C. Irvine professor Mark LeVine, this new bill "guts the right of habeas corpus, legalizes the use of secret and coerced evidence, 'clarifies' the Geneva Conventions to allow torture on [the president's] command, prevents future war crimes prosecutions, and arrogates to himself the right to declare anyone–including American citizens–enemy combatants who can be dragged from their families, thrown in any prison he chooses, anywhere on earth, for however long he chooses [with no recourse to lawyers or courts]."8 The foundational American principles I have been celebrating, such as equal justice under the law, and government of, by, and for the people, are now in effect "quaint" historical relics, as the current attorney general designates the Geneva Conventions and international human rights laws.
I have discussed how these suddenly quaint democratic principles, such as checks and balances, freedom of speech, and habeas corpus, can support and inform a bodhisattvic response to societal concerns. I would suggest that even the fact that we can remember these democratic American principles (never perfectly enacted), remains an enduring resource for beneficial activity.
What is an appropriate bodhisattvic response? First, all can resolutely speak the truth they see. Buddhism is about awareness and caring. Nobody knows what will restore and renew traditional American values of governance and societal concern and fairness. But Buddhist teaching and experience demonstrates that awareness has transformative power. There is never only one right response. Rather, awareness informed by concern for harmlessness, the benefit of all beings, and support for life instead of repressing and increasing anger, can allow readiness to express creative and helpful responses.
Hopelessness, though available, is not an appropriate or accurate response. Buddhism teaches that all actions have consequences, everything changes, and none can foretell how transformation will arise, either personally or socially. After much effort, South African Apartheid ended, seemingly suddenly and relatively nonviolently; similarly the Berlin Wall fell. This too shall pass, unfortunately with much devastation likely in its wake. Concern for right livelihood, on all levels, will help.
1 For overviews of Mahayana values, practices, imagery, scriptures, and philosophy, see Taigen Dan Leighton, Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression, Revised edition (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003); Sangharakshita, The Eternal Legacy: An Introduction to the Canonical Literature of Buddhism (London: Tharpa Publications, 1985); and Paul Williams, Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations (London: Routledge, 1989).
2 See the indictment of the Japanese Zen establishment in Brian Victoria, Zen at War (New York: Weatherhill, 1997).
3 See Thomas Cleary, trans., The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Boston: Shambhala, 1984-1993); and John Strong, The Legend of King Asoka: A Study and Translation of the Asokavadana (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983), or Akira Hirakawa. A History of Indian Buddhism: From Såkyamuni to Early Mahåyåna, Paul Groner, trans. and ed. (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1990).
4 See, for example, Thomas Kasulis, Dale Wright, Jin Park, and Christopher Ives, "The Contemplation of Social Activism: Prospects and Resources for Zen Social Ethics," with response by John Maraldo and introduction by Taigen Dan Leighton, in Journal of Buddhist Ethics, vol. 13, 2006.
5 Scott Armstrong, "A Well-Grounded Air Force," Buddhadharma, Fall, 2006, p. 88.
6 Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught, revised edition (New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1974) p. 47.
7 Public Papers of the Presidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960, pp. 1035-1040.http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html.
8 Mark A. LeVine, "The Death of the First American Republic"http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/100306C.shtml.


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As per state law, NJ gamblers cannot bet on any NJ college team in the tournament like Seton Hall or Fairleigh Dickinson. Long-time industry attorney Nicholas Amato says new betters should generally take it slow.
Amato predicts once the Jersey sports betting industry hits its stride, both online and in person, the state could see about $3.5 billion in annual betting. That would mean tens of millions in tax revenue and support industries and employment popping up around the gambling.
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Q: The speed of light in a vacuum is $ 2.998 \times 10^8$ m/sec. What is this speed in miles per hour? Peace to all. Studying and trying to get a handle on how to calculate like-minded questions, I came across this question from the web.  I don't understand how exactly it was solved.  How were the units canceled out and with what exactly?

Solution:
To convert this measurement, we need to convert meters to
miles and seconds to hours. To do this, we need the following
relationships:
1000 meter = 1 kilometer; 1 kilometers = 0.621 mile; 60 seconds = 1 minute; 60 minutes = 1 hour; We can now set up the equation using these relationships so the units cancel out leaving only the
desired miles/hour.

speedMPH = 2.998 x 10^8 m/sec x (1 km/1000 m) x (0.621 mi/1 km) x (60 sec/1 min) x (60 min/1 hr)

Note all the units canceled out, leaving only miles/hr:
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> speedMPH = (2.998 x 10^8 x 1/1000 x 0.621 x 60 x 60) miles/hr
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> speedMPH = 6.702 x 10^8 miles/hr

Answer:
The speed of light in miles per hour is 6.702 x 10^8 miles/hr.

A: Rather than tackling the problem at hand, here is a simpler example. Suppose we start with a speed of 60 mph and want to convert to miles per minute. Since 1 hour is 60 minutes, we have
$$60\text{ mph} = \frac{60\text{ miles}}{1\text{ hour}} = \frac{60\text{ miles}}{60\text{ min}} = 1\text{ mile/min}.$$ Note that we have replaced 1 hour by 60 minutes 'by hand'. This is effective for a single unit conversion, but seems tedious if multiple conversions had to be done. To make things more practical, we instead rewrite the above computation as such:
$$60\text{ mph} = \frac{60\text{ miles}}{1\text{ hour}}\times\frac{1 \text{ hour}}{60 \text{ minutes}}  = 1\text{ mile/min}.$$
Note that we've exchanged "replace 1 hour by 60 minutes" with "multiply by 1 hour / 60 minutes." The reason this works is because 1 hour = 60 minutes, so (1 hour)/(60 minutes) is just equal to one. So we multiplied 60 mph by 1, leaving the quantity itself unchanged; however, the old units cancel out in the process and thereby carry out unit conversion.
In this example, of course, the problem is simple enough that it doesn't make a difference. But suppose we wanted to convert 60 mph into units of feet per second. Since one mile is 5280 feet, one hour is 60 minutes, and one minute is 60 seconds, we can carry out all three unit conversions by the following multiplication:
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60\text{ mph}
&= \frac{60\text{ miles}}{1\text{ hour}}
\times \frac{1\text{ hour}}{60\text{ minutes}}
\times \frac{1\text{ minute}}{60\text{ seconds}}
\times \frac{5280\text{ feet}}{1\text{ mile}}
\\
&= \frac{60\times 5280}{60\times 60} \frac{\text{feet}}{\text{second}}\\
& = 88\text{ ft/sec}.
\end{align}
Note how the multiplications are arranged to cancel out hours, minutes, and miles.
Can you see how to apply this idea to your problem?

A: Notice how some units cancel when the proper terms are multiplied.
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= \,2,414,288,622,766\space mph$$

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Mire Lee at Lily Robert
Mire Lee
words were never enough
Lily Robert, Paris
September 25–October 30, 2000
All Photography by Maurine Tric
"The gut is sometimes angry, sometimes depressed, sometimes acutely self-destructive; under the stress of severe dieting, these inclinations come to dominate the gut's responsivity to the world. At these moments any radical distinction between stomach and mood, between vomiting and rage is artificial. Here, a clear indication of what is meant by radical (pertaining to the root: foundational, essential, originary, primary) is important. I am not arguing that organs are indistinguishable from one another, or that psyche and soma are the same thing. Rather, I am claiming that there is no a priori, fundamental demarcation between these entities. [. . .] I am arguing that antidepressants alleviate bulimia because there is no radical (originary) distinction between biology and mood. Mood is not added onto the gut, secondarily, disrupting its proper function; rather, temper, like digestion, is one of the events to which enteric substrata are naturally (originally) inclined."
Elizabeth A. Wilson, "Gut Feminism", differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies (Vol. 15, Issue 3), Duke University Press, 2004, pp. 20–21.
From nascent stages Mire Lee has tested the limits of materials and mechanization, developing an alternative medium that escapes the standards of traditional sculpture. Her practice enters a realm in which the repetition of actions performed by machines paradoxically refuses to generate the same results, reflecting the artist's conflicted domination-submission relationship with her materials which include PVC hoses, silicone, lubricants, grease and steel rods. Often employing minimal technologies such as electric motors and pumps, her hypnotic creations manifest in a deluge of constricted, mesmerizing convulsions packed with dread and anticipation. Viscous, impulsive and violent, Lee's apparatuses simulate raw and unruly effects, triggering responses that delude the barriers between nausea and arousal.
Mire Lee (1988, Seoul) lives and works between Seoul and Amsterdam. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2020); Casco Art Institute, Utrecht (2019) and Insa Art Space, Seoul (2014). She has been featured in group exhibitions at Gianni Manhattan, Vienna (2020); Friesmuseum, Leeuwarden (2020); Tunnel Tunnel, Lausanne (2019); the 15th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon (2019); Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah (2019); AKINCI, Amsterdam (2019); the 12th Gwangju Biennale (2018) and Arko Arts Center, Seoul (2018). She has participated in residencies at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam (2018); Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA Nanji Residency) (2017) and Cité internationale des arts, Paris (2015). Lee earned a bachelor's degree from the Department of Sculpture at the Seoul National University College of Fine Arts (2012) and a graduate degree in media art from the same institution (2013). She has recently been shortlisted for the Future Generation Art Prize, winner to be announced 2021.
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Robbins, Brian 1963(?)-
Original name, Brian Levine; born November 22, 1963 (some sources cite 1964), in Marine Park, Brooklyn, New York, NY; son of Floyd (an actor) and Rochelle Levine; married Laura Cathcart (a publicist); children: two sons. Education: Attended University of California, Los Angeles.
Office—Tollin/Robbins Productions, 4130 Cahuenga Blvd., Suite 305, Toluca Lake, CA 91602. Agent—Jeremy Zimmer, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
Producer, director, and actor. Tollin/Robbins Productions (some sources cite company name as Marquee-Tollin/Robbins), Toluca Lake, CA, founder, 1993, partner with Michael Tollin and producer, beginning 1993. Chasing the Dream Foundation (scholarship organization), cofounder of Los Angeles chapter, 2003. With others, helped create the sport of SlamBall.
Directors Guild of America.
Awards, Honors:
Crystal Heart Award (with Michael Tollin), Heartland Film Festival, 1993, for Hardwood Dreams; Crystal Heart Award, 1995, Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding informational special, 1995, and George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, Henry W. Grady School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Georgia, 1996, and Academy Award nomination, best documentary feature, 1996, all with others, for Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream; CableACE Award, outstanding children's special for ages seven and older, National Cable Television Association, 1996, and Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in children's programs, 1997, both with others, for "4 Points," Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal; Directors Guild of America Award, outstanding directorial achievement in children's programs, 1998, for "First Time," Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal; Robbins and Tollin were honored by Girls, Inc., 2003; Camie Award (with others), Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards, 2005, for Radio; Black Movie Award nomination (with others), outstanding motion picture, 2005, for Coach Carter.
Television Executive Producer; with Michael Tollin; Series:
All That, Nickelodeon, c. 1994-95.
Kenan & Kel, Nickelodeon, c. 1996-2000.
Arli$$ (also known as Arliss), HBO, c. 1996-2002.
Cousin Skeeter, Nickelodeon, c. 1998-2001.
The Amanda Show (also known as Amanda), Nickelodeon, c. 1999-2002.
Hype, The WB, 2000-2001.
The Nightmare Room, The WB, 2001-2002.
Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2001-2006, The CW, 2006—.
Birds of Prey (also known as BOP), The WB, 2002-2003.
The Nick Cannon Show, Nickelodeon, 2002-2003.
SlamBall, The National Network (later known as Spike TV), 2002-2004.
The Black Sash (also known as Black Sash and The Bounty Hunter), The WB, 2003.
I'm with Her, ABC, 2003-2004.
The Days, ABC, 2004.
What I Like about You, The WB, 2004.
One Tree Hill (also known as Ravens, Fioli gia panta, Les freres Scott, Tunteet pelissae, and Tuti gimi), The WB, 2004-2005, The CW, beginning 2006.
Inconceivable, NBC, 2005.
Bonds on Bonds, ESPN, 2006.
Crumbs, ABC, 2006.
The Bronx Is Burning (also known as Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning), ESPN, beginning 2007.
Television Producer; with Others; Series:
Pictionary (game show), syndicated, 1989.
Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal, Nickelodeon, beginning c. 1996.
Television Creator; Series:
(With Michael Tollin) All That, Nickelodeon, 1994-2005.
(With Tollin) Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal, Nickelodeon, beginning c. 1996.
(With others) Cousin Skeeter, Nickelodeon, 1998-2001.
(With others) The Amanda Show (also known as Amanda), Nickelodeon, 1999-2002.
Television Work; Other; Series:
Creative consultant, Guts (also known as Global Guts and Nickelodeon Guts), Nickelodeon, 1992-95.
Television Executive Producer; with Michael Tollin; Movies:
(And creator) New Kids on the Planet, Nickelodeon, 2000.
Two Heads Are Better Than None, Nickelodeon, 2000.
Television Executive Producer; with Michael Tollin; Specials:
(And segment producer) Magic Johnson's All-Star Slam 'n Jam, syndicated, 1992.
Hardwood Dreams, Fox, 1993.
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream, TBS, 1995.
Hardwood Dreams: Ten Years Later, Spike TV, 2004.
Television Director; Awards Presentations:
Director of opening film segment, Video Game Awards 2005, Spike TV, 2005.
Television Director; Episodic:
All That, Nickelodeon, episodes 1994-95.
"The Cold War," Kenan & Kel, Nickelodeon, 1996.
"Merry Christmas, Keenan," Kenan & Kel, Nickelodeon, 1996.
"4 Points," Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal, Nickelodeon, c. 1996.
"First Time," Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal, Nickelodeon, c. 1998.
"The Phantom Menace," Popular, The WB, 1999.
Directed episodes of other programs, including Cousin Skeeter, Nickelodeon; and Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB.
Television Executive Producer; with Michael Tollin; Pilots:
(And creator) All That, Nickelodeon, 1994.
St. Sass, The WB, 2002.
The Flannerys, ABC, 2003.
Twins (also known as Untitled Fraternal Twins Project), Fox, 2003.
Executive producer of Earthquake, ABC.
Television Director; Pilots:
Close to Home, Fox, 2001.
Birds of Prey (also known as BOP), The WB, 2002.
Director of the unaired pilot for Birds of Prey (also known as BOP), The WB.
Television Appearances; Series:
Eric Mardian, Head of the Class, ABC, 1986-91.
Host, Pictionary (game show), syndicated, 1989.
Television Appearances; Movies:
Lonnie, Crime of Innocence, 1985.
Jeff Benton, Gladiator, ABC, 1986.
Todd Burton, One Terrific Guy, CBS, 1986.
Roger Berg, Camp Cucamonga (also known as How I Spent My Summer), NBC, 1990.
Television Appearances; Specials:
ABC team member, Battle of the Network Stars XIX, ABC, 1988.
US Magazine—Live at the Emmys!, Fox, 1989.
Magic Johnson's All-Star Slam 'n Jam, syndicated, 1992.
Himself, Super Secret Movie Rules: Sports Underdogs, VH1, 2004.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
Ben, "For the Asking," The Facts of Life, NBC, 1982.
Danny Ferguson, "Double Date," Archie Bunker's Place, CBS, 1982.
Romeo Lampella, "One of Our Own," Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1982.
Marc Furley, "Janet's Little Helper," Three's Company, ABC, 1983.
Randy Merritt, "Soul Survivor," Knight Rider, NBC, 1983.
Rob, "The Fan," Newhart, CBS, 1984.
Skyhigh, "Undercover Lover," Diff'rent Strokes, NBC, 1984.
High school student, "Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost Hour," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985.
Mitch, "Dirt Bike," Growing Pains, ABC, 1985.
Todd Baldwin, "Mr. President," Charles in Charge, CBS, 1985.
Eric, "The Dropout," Mr. Belvedere, ABC, 1986.
Himself, "School/Day," Girl Talk, c. 1989.
David Janolari, "Captain Video: Parts 1 & 2," Full House, ABC, 1992.
Himself, "Norbit," HBO First Look, HBO, 2007.
Television Appearances; Pilots:
Eric Mardian, Head of the Class, ABC, 1986.
Film Producer; with Michael Tollin:
The Show (documentary), Savoy Pictures, 1995.
Good Burger, Paramount, 1997.
Varsity Blues, Paramount, 1999.
Hard Ball (also known as Hardball), Paramount, 2001.
Summer Catch, Warner Bros., 2001.
Big Fat Liar (also known as Luegen haben kurze Beine), Universal, 2002.
Radio, Columbia, 2003.
The Perfect Score (also known as Voll gepunktet), Paramount, 2004.
Coach Carter, Paramount, 2005.
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (also known as Dreamer, Untitled Kurt Russell/Dakota Fanning Project, Dreamer—Ein Traum wird wahr, Dreamer—La strada per la vittoria, En buscar de un sueno, Le reveu—Inspire d'un historie vraie, Oikegeneiakoi desmoi, and Persiguiendo un sueno), DreamWorks, 2005.
Executive producer, Norbit, DreamWorks, 2007.
Wild Hogs, Buena Vista, 2007.
Tulia, Lions Gate Films, 2008.
Ready to Rumble (also known as Head Lock Go! Go! Professional Wrestling, Untitled Wrestling Movie, Ca va brasser!, Kehaen kuninkaat, Listos para luchar, Pronti alla rissa, Ready to rumble—kehaen kuninkaat), Warner Bros., 2000.
The Shaggy Dog, Buena Vista, 2006.
Norbit, DreamWorks, 2007.
Starship Dave, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2008.
Film Appearances:
Phillip Lemley, Cellar Dweller, New World Pictures, 1988.
Steve Williams, C.H.U.D. II—Bud the Chud, Lightning Pictures, 1989.
Father Michael, Da Vinci's War, Baby Dica Productions, 1993.
Teleplays; with Others; Series:
The Amanda Show (also known as Amanda), Nickelodeon, 1999-2002.
Teleplays; Specials:
(Story with Michael Tollin) All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special, Nickelodeon, 2005.
Teleplays; Episodic:
(With Dan Schneider) "Will the Real Arvid Engen Please Stand Up?," Head of the Class, ABC, 1988.
Screenplays:
(With Michael Tollin) The Show (documentary), Savoy Pictures, 1995.
(Story) Big Fat Liar (also known as Luegen haben kurze Beine), Universal, 2002.
Periodicals:
Produced by, winter, 2004, pp. 11-25.
Electronic:
Tollin/Robbins Productions,http://www.tollinrobbins.com., February 12, 2007.
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Robin Johansson (alias Fifflaren), född 2 december 1987, är en svensk före detta professionell Counter-Strike: Source- och Counter-Strike: Global Offensive-spelare som tidigare representerat organisationen Ninjas in Pyjamas.

Karriär
Johansson började spela Counter-Strike när han var 15 år gammal och bytte senare till Counter-Strike: Source där han kom till att spela i Championship Gaming Series (CGS). I CGS 2007 spelade Johansson i laget Berlin Allianz där de hamnade på en delad tredje-fjärdeplats.

I samband med att Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) släpptes 2012 signerade Johansson tillsammans med Richard "Xizt" Landström, Adam "Friberg" Friberg, Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg och Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund för den svenska organisationen Ninjas in Pyjamas. Johansson vann i Ninjas in Pyjamas 87 raka kartor på LAN, vilket än idag (mars 2023) är rekord. I slutet av 2014 meddelade Ninjas in Pyjamas att Johansson lämnar laget med omedelbar verkan. Johansson hade sedan månader tillbaka problem med att prestera i matcher vilket ledde till att Johansson var tvungen att lämna på grund av hat. I samband med att Johansson lämnade Ninjas in Pyjamas meddelade han att han avslutade sin professionella Counter-Strike-karriär. Under sin tid i Ninjas in Pyjamas kom Johansson till att spela i tre Major-finaler och vinna en av dem, ESL One Cologne 2014.

Efter sin tid i Ninjas in Pyjamas har Johansson varit anställd på Twitch och medverkat som panelist under flera Counter-Strike: Global Offensive-turneringar.

I januari 2020 återförenades Johansson med sina före detta Ninjas in Pyjamas-lagkamrater Richard "Xizt" Landström, Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg, Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund och Adam "friberg" Friberg i rollen som tränare för laget Dignitas. I Dignitas axlade Johansson även rollen som General Manager. I maj 2022 lade Dignitas ner sitt Counter-Strike: Global Offensive-lag på herrsidan.

Referenser

Födda 1987
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Män
Svenska e-sportpersonligheter
Personer i Sverige under 2000-talet

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These are honestly so comfortable and so cute. The band is a tiny bit snug but once I started walking around it was absolutely fine. So happy to have a slider in a size 42 that are this comfy!!! One happy bear over here!
Such cute and soft sliders! Find them short in length, but width is ok. Could wear them as slippers as well. Which I probably will until summer.


Situated in an excellent location on a block of approx. 630m2 with potential to build another dwelling at the rear while keeping the existing home which has been kept in a goo & sound condition wich offers 3 good sized bedrooms. Features laminated kitchen, ducted heating, air condition, coonara log heater in the lounge & pol hardwood floors. Fantastic opportunity for the first home buyer or investor/developer.


Situated on a stretch of beach parallel to the railway line in Moratuwa, a suburb of Colombo, is a community living in very poor conditions. The prevalance of girls as young as 14 with their own children is caused by, and serves to reinforce, the poverty and vulnerability of this small fishing community. Child marriages and child motherhood are unexplored social problems in Sri Lanka, yet they place intolerable burdens on children, families and communities alike. The girls themselves face a severely curtailed childhood and education, a host of health worries and a general lack of social support in such areas.
Shining Life Children's Trust formed a 3-year partnership with a new local non-govenrmental organisation called The Organisation for the Empowerment of Child Mothers (OECM). Shining Life's role was to provide funds for the Angulana project and technical assistance in the design, management and monitoring of the project.
OECM implement the project for young mothers, the long-term goal of which is to empower the child mothers of Angulana, by enabling them to participate more actively and effectively in the lives of their children and to improve their own circumstances. An integral element of achieving the goal is the immediate project purpose of raising their standard of living and well-being and that of their chuildren.
The project provides a truly integrated approach to achieving this; there are five components to the project (see the diagram below), all interrelated and all helping to build the future of the community.
Thirty child mothers, aged between 14 and 19, were initially identified (in an area covering approximately a mile and a half and between 150 and 200 families) to benefit from the project. The intention was to reach 100 girls over the 3-year period, in the immediate area and beyond.
The project was managed by a coordinator, who was assisted by a social worker and day-care teacher. Resource people are enlisted for specialist training and awareness raising programmes.
The project objectives and activities were finalised, and continually reviewed, with considerable consultation with the beneficiaries, in the interests of transparency, accountability and adherence to the principles of participatory and sustainable development.
The mothers were continually encouraged to identify and analyse issues that concern them, so that appropriate training and teaching can be given and resources allocated effectively.


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Kap Byron (en: Cape Byron) är en udde i östra Australien i delstaten New South Wales. Udden är den östligaste platsen på den australiska kontinenten  och den tillhör samtidigt världens yttersta platser.

Historia
Udden namngavs av den brittiske upptäcktsresanden James Cook när denne passerade här den 15 maj 1770 till minne av John Byron som gjorde en världsomsegling med HMS Dolphin åren 1764-1766. 1901 öppnades fyren Cape Byron Lighthouse . Marinparken etablerades i november 2002.

Geografi
Kap Byron ligger i östra delen av distriktet Byron Shire i New South Wales direkt vid Stilla havet. Udden ligger i den östra delen av viken Byron Bay cirka 3 km nordöst om staden Byron Bay. På udden står den cirka 18 meter höga fyren Cape Byron Lighthouse och det finns flera gångvägar med bra utsiktsplatser där man kan skåda knölvalar i havet.

Förvaltningsmässigt utgör udden en del av distriktet "Byron Shire Council" och ingår i den ca 22.000 hektar stora marinparken Cape Byron Marine Park

Källor

Externa länkar
 Om Kap Byron
 Karta över Kap Byron
 Bild över Kap Byron

New South Wales geografi
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LEGO Back To The Future Time Machine Now Available In Malaysia For RM749
More than 30 years later, some of us are still crazy over this time machine.
Even though it has been more than 30 years since Back To The Future (BTTF) films graced the movie screen, their effect on popular culture remains intact today. While we still don't have any proper time machines, flying cars, or hoverboards (the Nike self-lacing shoes did become a reality though) in 2022, we can at least have fun with the new LEGO BTTF Time Machine set which has since made its way to Malaysia.
While this is not the first time that Lego has come out with a DeLorean Time Machine, the 2022 release is certainly much more elaborate than the version that the company released in 2013. That being said, the 2013 version was still a legendary release anyway as it was one of the first fan projects that made it to retail via the Lego Ideas banner.
LEGO Back To The Future Delorean Time Machine on display at LEGO Store Mid Valley Megamall.
Primarily designed for Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs) out there, the 2022's DeLorean Time Machine set has 1,872 pieces. You can choose to build any of the three Time Machine iterations that you have seen in the BTTF films although you are limited to one version at a time.
The set also comes with extra items such as Dr Emmett 'Doc' Brown and Marty McFly LEGO Minifigures as well as Marty's hoverboard, Doc Brown's plutonium case, and OUTATIME licence plate. Of course, being a rather elaborate recreation of the DeLorean Time Machine means that it also comes with a hefty price tag.
All three versions that you can build from the set alongside the original DeLorean Time Machine. [Image: LEGO Group.]
Great Scott! Bonus items! [Image: LEGO Group.]
As you may notice from some of the images above, the Malaysian price for the set is RM749 which is slightly more than its US pricing of USD169.99 (~RM716) although still cheaper than Europe and the UK as it is listed as EU169.99 (~RM791), and GBP149.99 (~RM830), respectively over there. Given what we have seen at LEGO Store Mid Valley Megamall, the set should be available at other LEGO Stores all over the country as well.
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Крини́чне — село Криничненської сільської громади, у Болградському районі Одеської області України. Населення становить 4348 осіб.

Трансформація назви
Хронологічні межі періодів села Чешме-Варуіти — Криничне:
 1809 — 1812 — ??? — Османська імперія (з 1807 російська армія фактично контролювала Бессарабію)
 1812 — 1856 — Колонія (з 1819 р.) Чешме-Варуіт Ізмаїльського повіту Бессарабської області — Російська імперія
 1856 — 1878 — Çeşmeauă-Varuita Ізмаїльського цинуту Бессарабії — Дунайське князівство Волощини та Молдови (Румунія)
 1878 — 1918 — Волость Чешма-Варуїта Ізмаїльського повіту Бессарабської губернії — Російська імперія
 1918 — 1940 — Çeşmeauă-Varuita Ізмаїльського цинуту Бессарабії — Королівство Румунія
 1940 — 1941 — Село Чешма-Варуїта Болградського району Аккерманської (Ізмаїльської) області — УССР
 1941 — 1944 — Çeşmeauă-Varuita Ізмаїльського цинуту Бессарабії — Королівство Румунія
 1944 — 1991 — Село Криничне (з 1946 р.) Болградського району Ізмаїльської (з 1954 р. — Одеської області) — УССР
 з 1991 — Село Криничне Болградського району Одеської області — Україна

Географія
Розташоване село на березі найбільшого прісноводного озера Ялпуг, село ділить річка Карасулак на дві частини.

Знаходиться село на трасі  КПП «Табаки» — Болград — /М-15/, за 17 км від районного центру Болград; за 24 км від залізничної станції Болград; та за 25 км від міста Ізмаїл.

Історія
Археологічні розкопки поблизу села виявили поселення, датовані першим століттям н. е., слов'янське селище IX—XI століть.

До XIX століття на цьому місці було татарсько-тюрське поселення.

За підсумками Бухарестського мирного договору, який було підписано 28 травня 1812-го року між Російською та Османською імперіями, та поклав край російсько-турецькій війні 1806—1812 років, Росія окупувала східну територію Молдови між Прутом та Дністром. Починаючи з 1812 року, сім'ї болгарських іммігрантів з півдня Дунаю оселялися на півдні Бессарабії.

Село Криничне було засновано 1813 року болгарськими колоністами, які прийшли з північно-східної Болгарії з округу Шумен (місто Каспичан і село, Невша).

Місцеві жителі займалися землеробством, рибальством, розведенням шовкопрядів, вівчарством, виноградарством.

До початку 40-х років XX століття село носило назву Чешме-Варуіта, що в перекладі означає «Варосана Чешме» (від слів «вар» — вапно, «Чешме» — джерело, обгороджене каменем та побілене вапном). Теперішня назва села походить від слова «криниця».

Архітектурні особливості сільських будинків — довгі, з обов'язковим окремим літнім флігелем, побутовими постройками, високими парканами.

У 1880 році на території Криничного (Чушмелій) було відкрито першу школа — чоловіки та жінки навчалися окремо, класи знаходилися у приватних будинках.

У 1936 році було зведено Свято-Георгіївську церкву.

Двохсотріччя села відсвяткували 28 вересня 2013-го. До дати було відкрито три меморіальні дошки уродженцям села, якими пишаються місцеві мешканці: Димитару та Георгію Аґурам та Меркурію Костєву.

Населення
Згідно з переписом 1989 року населення села становило  , з яких   та  .

За переписом населення 2001 року в селі   .

Мова
Розподіл населення за рідною мовою за даними перепису 2001 року:

Економіка
Основне заняття мешканців села — сільське господарство — громада має 6000 га орної землі та близько 1000 га садів та виноградників. Вирощують зернові, горох, помідори та виноградні лози. Починаючи з 1968 року село спеціалізується на виробництві яловичини. Також тут упаковують банки з горохом і томатами. Окрема родзинка — вирощування арбажіку (арпажік).

У селі розташована виноробня «Колоніст».

Культура
Місцеві жителі шанують та зберігають болгарські традиції. В селі працює інструментальний ансамбль «Чешмелийски звънчета», вокальний ансамбль «Іскриці» (обидва під керівництвом Іванни Демірової), народний фольклорний ансамбль «Криничанка» під керівництвом Ольги Ніколаєвої та Дмитра Русанжика, сімейний хор «Чешма варуите» Свято-Дмитрівської церкви. Колективи є учасниками всеукраїнських та міжнародних фестивалів.

Вокальна кар'єра Марії Златної (справжнє ім'я — Марія Чанєва) розпочалася з виступів на концертах Криничанської загальноосвітньої школи. Після закінчення Київської академія музики ім. Р. Глієра по спеціалізації естрадний вокал, працювала вокалісткою циганського ансамблю «Чорний перли», викладала вокал. У 2018 році взяла участь у кастингу 9-го сезону музичного талант-шоу «X-Фактор» з піснею Марії Шерифович «Molitva», отримала чотири «Так», проте змушена була відмовитися від участі у проекті через контракт за кордоном.

На території села знаходяться дитячий садок, школа I—III ступеня, лікарська амбулаторія, будинок культури, бібліотека, автозаправна станція, бювет з артезіанською свердловиною. Село газифіковане, всі вулиці освітлені, симетрично рівні, з асфальтовим твердим покриттям.

Для збереження свідоцтв історичних періодів становлення села, відомостей про жителів Криничного принято рішення про створення Криничненского сільського історико-етнографічного музею. Перше засідання відбулося за головування сільського голови Степана Велікова у травні 2019 року. А вже у липні селяни зібратися на традиційний чамур (процес виготовлення цегли з глини та соломи у Бессарабії) на виготовлення лампача для фундаменту та стін.

Кулінарія
В селі випікають унікальні для України хліби до одного з найважливіших свят для болгарського етносу в Бессарабії - Дня Святого Георгія. Обрядова трапеза пов'язана із куштування Курбану (запеченого жертовного ягняти). Хліб випікається на домашній заквасці, основою якої є хмелеві і винні дріжджі. Тісто Замішується З додаванням солі та води у дерев'яному кориті (ноштуві) в кімнаті з болгарською піччю. Із замісу господиня робить п'ять хлібів: Боговиця, Рангель, Коровай і дві Ушчарки. Випікання у печі у чавунних глибоких пательнях на залізних «санях» від 45 хв. (Рангель) до 90 хв. (великі хліби). Піч топиться виноградною лозою та кукурудзяними стеблами. Хліби пухкі, пористі, але без великих дірочок, з нейтральним смаком, довго не черствіють. Розмір хлібів 30-50 см в діаметрі, висота до 25 см; вага 1-3 кг. Історично для обрядових хлібів використовували «Камут» – давній сорт борошна з Арнаутки.

Кожний обрядових хлібів має своє значення в традиції святкування Дня Св. Геогргія:
 Ушчарка - хліб для пастуха з фігурами-символами: незамкнений джгут (відкритий загін для овець), непарна кількість маленьких кульок з тіста (вівці), джгут у вигляді гака (посох пастуха) і фігурка пастуха.
 Боговиця - хліб прикрашений чотирма перехресними джгутами, укладеними на поверхні у вигляді квітки, які символізують сонце і весняне пробудження природи.
 Рангель - фігурно переплетений хліб з двох або кількох джгутів обов'язково з наскрізним отвором посередині для ритуальної чаші з вином.
 Коровай - це найбільший з хлібів, який виготовляється з переплетених джгутів тіста, в залежності від традицій кожної сім'ї.

Криничне в культурі

«Чушмелій — історія та культура»
Історії села присвячене окреме видання «Чушмелій — історія та культура», робота над створенням першої сільської енциклопедії тривала дванадцять років та була видана 2018 року. В ґрунтовній дослідницькій роботі відображено літопис від перших поселенців до сьогодення. Окремо в книзі представлено аналіз мовних та фольклорних особливостей, надано опис основних повсякденних та обрядових звичаїв мешканців села. Колектив авторів очолив доктор історичних наук, професор Олександр Прігарін та доктор історичних наук, доцент Олександр Ганчєв. Збір матеріалів тривав у тому числі архівами Ізмаїла, Одеси, Кишинева, Софії, Москви, Санкт-Петербургу.

«Місце сили»

Двохсотрічній історії Криничного та його мешканцям присвячено документальний фільм «Місце сили» режисеркою якого виступила місцева жителька, уроджена у Криничному, Тетяна Станєва). Спонсором та партнером виробництва виступила громадська організація «Центр розвитку Бессарабії», засновник якої Віктор Куртєв сам є криничанцем.

Національна прем'єра фільму відбулася 9 грудня 2018 року у київському Будинку кіно, одеському Concert Hall та палаці культури Криничного. Ніч до прем'єри не дожив один з головних героїв фільму — 96-річний Георгій Деміров. Його оповідь про голод, сталінські репресії та 10-літнє заслання до Сибіру вперше публічно прозвучала саме у фільму.

«Місце сили» показали й за кордоном. У Болгарії покази пройшли 29 березня 2019 у кінотеатрі «Люм'єр» (Софія), та у рамках кінофестивалю «Sofia Biting Docs 2019». У Чехії — на Silver market у рамках кінофестивалю «Ji.hlava film festival».

Пам'ятки
Основною пам'яткою села є Свято-Дмитрівська церква, що була заснована у 1824 р. як Свято-Георгіївська, зруйнована влітку 1986 року вибухівкою (пошкоджені дзвіниця, верхні яруси та світловий барабан) та відновлена з 1997 року (храм було освячено у 2012 році).

Відомі мешканці

Народились
  Аґура Георгій (;  8 лютого 1853 —  10 лютого 1915) — болгарський військовик, генерал-лейтенант.
  Аґура Димитар (;  26 жовтня 1849 —  11 жовтня 1911) — болгарський історик, ректор Софійського університету.
  Златна Марія (справжне ім'я — Марія Чанєва;  13 квітня 1986) — співачка.
  Константинеску Герасим (;  22 березня 1902 —  3 липня 1979) — румунський вчений в області виноградарства. Доктор сільськогосподарських наук, професор, член-кореспондент АН СРР і Академії сільського і лісового господарства СРР, член Італійської академії винограду і вина.
  Костєв Меркурій Степанович ( 25 вересня 1925 —  15 січня 2005) — голова колгоспу «Правда» більш ніж 30 років, кавалер орденів Леніна та Жовтневої революції.
  Куртєв Віктор Владиславович ( 5 вересня 1979) — український підприємець та громадський діяч.
  Мінков Іван Георгійович ( 25 січня 2002 —  26 лютого 2022) — водій мінометного взводу мінометної батареї механізованого батальйону.
  Мірчев Сергій Вікторович ( 25 жовтня 1972) — механізатор-комбайнер сільськогосподарського виробничого кооперативу «Криничне», кавалер ордена «За заслуги».
  Мітанов Харлампій Савович ( 28 грудня 1887 —  16 лютого 1983) — громадсько-політичний діяч.
  Орловський Степан Георгійович ( 21 листопада 1894 —  29 червня 1978) — громадський діяч, людина, що врятувала мешканців села Криничне в період голоду в 1947—1948 гг.
  Плачков Іван Васильович ( 23 листопада 1957) — український політик. Кандидат технічних наук. Голова наглядової ради «Київенерго». Власник виноробної торгової марки «Колоніст».
  Плачкова Тетяна Михайлівна ( 5 січня 1983) — український адвокат, політик. Народний депутат України 9-го скликання.
  Станєва Тетяна Іванівна ( 11 серпня 1984) — українська краєзнавиця, культурна діячка і організаторка масових заходів.
  Чумаков Іван Дем'янович ( 25 листопада 1977 —  01 жовтня 2022)

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Q: uninitialized constant Prawn::FLOAT_PRECISION error showing while using prawn I took the approach of Railscast episode 153 revised.
My controller is
class AdminsController < ApplicationController

  def index
    @examples = Example.all
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html
      format.csv { send_data @examples.to_csv }
      format.xls { send_data @examples.to_csv }
      format.pdf do
        pdf = DownloadPdf.new(@examples)
        send_data pdf.render, filename: 'generate_table.pdf',
            type: 'application/pdf', disposition: "inline"
      end
    end
  end
end

and my download_pdf.rb file is
class DownloadPdf < Prawn::Document#make_table

    require 'prawn/table'
    def initialize(example)
    super()
        @examples = example
        line_items
    end

    def line_items

    image "#{Rails.root}/app/assets/images/logo.png"
    table [[1,2],[3,4]]
  end
end

I am using gems

gem 'prawn', :git => "https://github.com/prawnpdf/prawn.git", :ref => '8028ca0cd2'
gem 'prawn-table', '~> 0.1.0'

Thanx in advance for helping.

A: TL;DR: Update prawn gem by adding this to your Gemfile: gem 'prawn' and running bundle install.
Longer answer: You are using an old version of Prawn - that ref you are using in your Gemfile refers to somewhere in 2013. prawn-table 0.1 is newer and requires a newer version of prawn. More precisely, it's using Prawn's ::FLOAT_PRECISION constant, which was added in this 2014's commit to Prawn.

A: Please use below on Gemfile
gem 'prawn'

and then remove Gemfile.lock
and then
bundle install
restart server

A: you can use round(2)  like this..
val= 456.7890999999
val.round(2)

and Ans will be 456.79


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