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With the Olympics just a few weeks away, it appears every feature writer in the country has been hard at work trying to find ways to nose articles on London 2012.
We've had daily pieces on the stately homes, towns, former pit villages and rough estates the Olympic Torch has passed through on its 70-day journey around Britain. Nature writers penning columns on the 2,000 ash, alder, cherry, willow, birch and hazel trees planted in the Olympic Park. And history nuts casting their eyes back 64 years to the last London Olympics, when athletes apparently travelled by bus, stayed in shabby flats, and sewed their own kit.
Then, there was rationing. Now there are trendy food markets and pop ups on every corner, and a never ending appetite, it seems, for food and drink features with an Olympic theme, however desperately crowbarred in. I even spotted a journalist the other day on Twitter desperately asking whether anyone "could think of a way of linking a feature about drink with the Olympics".
There have been endless, clichéd articles about how British food is trying to throw off its stodgy image of stringy beef and boiled, overcooked vegetables with everything. Apparently, according to some food writers, the world still sees us a culinary wasteland built on deep-fried Mars bars, instant mash and baked beans. Where have they been for the past 20 years?
Even David Cameron has got in on the act, espousing the virtues of sticky toffee pudding from Cartmel, oysters from Whitstable, salt marsh lamb from North Wales, and smoked salmon from Scotland, as the key to our cultural identity - showcasing "our heritage, openness, creativity and diversity". He didn't mention what he plumps for at his country suppers.
We're told spectators will be able to enjoy roast pork on a roll, Red Leicester cheese and apple chutney sandwiches, and, of course, fish and chips - as well as dishes from far away places like Asia, Africa, and the Malvinas. Roast penguin anyone? And if that wasn't enough, the world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Park. Well, they had to do something for the sponsors I suppose.
But however ethnically diverse the offerings, thankfully you won't find some of the foods I ate while covering the last Olympics in Beijing. In the weeks I spent there suffocating in smog, I wrote an article on the city's Donghuamen night market, which the Chinese government had rebuilt to showcase 100 "dainty snacks" from all corners of China. Dainty wasn't the word immediately on my lips when I conducted a Bushtucker trial with tourists in the market. Here it is, if you want a read...
I THREW up five minutes after visiting Donghuamen night market. It wasn't the snake, or the scorpion, the lamb's penis, testicles, bees, centipede, or the beer I downed trying to banish the taste. It was the silkworm.
It exploded in my mouth and it was everything I could do to stop myself instantly gagging on the musty, yellow gunk. I managed to last until the filming stopped - and then threw up in one of the bins.
All to the bemusement of the locals, who clearly found the array of creepy crawlies, and other things that go crunch in the night, delicious.
A sign in English said the people's government had rebuilt the market, off Beijing's central Wangfujing Street, to showcase 100 "dainty snacks" from all corners of China.
They said they wanted to "enhance the friendly exchanges with foreign countries."
But when I offered the delicacies to the hordes of Olympics fans who had descended on the infamous tourist spot, I think the most complimentary comment was "absolutely disgusting".
Only the French seemed to like it. A gaggle crowded round the scorpion stand and made pleasing, lip-smacking gestures in the way they would if they were tucking into a truffle or slice of foie gras, or a frog for that matter.
The whole thing was a dreadful experience, but the politburo was right: it did lead to some friendly - and hilarious - exchanges. I even found myself having a new-found respect for the likes of Peter Andre and Paul Burrell.
The Bushtucker Trials on TV show I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here looks easy when you're munching crisps on the sofa.
But when you get that first stomach convulsion, and insect legs stick in your throat, and the deep-fried, rancid taste is with you for the next 12 hours, it takes a lot more guts than you think.
"What do you think of the silkworm then?" I ask Canadian Kim Warburton, who is on a fact-finding mission for the Vancouver Games in 2010.
"It's awful. It's definitely a local taste - and it's still in my teeth!"
Her colleague Sarah Triantafillou is having none of it. I offer her a bit of snake, or was it a baby seahorse? But the most adventurous she'll go is the noodles.
"What did you think of the baby eels?" I ask. "What! No way!" she shrieks, clutching her mouth.
A Mexican guy butts in, shaking his head with a hangdog expression. "The scorpion was interesting," he muses.
I eventually get an American, in obligatory baseball cap, to eat a three-inch centipede. "It looks horrible, what does it taste like?" he grimaces. "It tastes like centipede," I tell him.
He crunches away with a pained look. "It's terrible - it's as bad as it looks. Errr centipede!" I offer him a beer to remove the taste.
"No thanks," he says. "If I drink too much beer, I might eat another one."
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As the NHL season is finally under wayt, we wanted to visit the dark days of the lockout by chatting to someone who makes his living from the NHL and hockey. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Antti Makinen, a Finnish NHL sports caster for NelonenPro. Makinen has become well known in the Finnish hockey media, mainly due to his active Twitter use and his enthusiastic commentary during games. One of the memorable moments came during the New Jersey Devils – Philadelphia Fylers series, well words wouldn't do it justice, so you can watch the clip here.
When the lockout first started did Makinen feel like he didn't have much to worry. "When (the lockout was announced, it didn't bother me. I was sure it would only last a week or so. After the first couple of weeks, it started to disturb my thoughts."
At the start of the lockout there was a lot of optimism about the length and many pundits and analysts thought it would be something the league could get sorted out before the season started, or at worst, it wouldn't affect most of the season.
However, as the lockout continued, Makinen says it started to affect things. "My employer (Nelonen Pro) had to do a lot of rescheduling. NHL is a big thing to our channel and they had their hands full to reschedule. For me personally it was a bit of a 50/50 situation. I had all the time in the world to play with my two year-old son, but on the flipside, the worry was on the finances."
For a play-by-play professional, the job is similar to a professional athlete. There's a constant need to keep up with your skills and hone your craft. Makinen didn't fall on empty for the lockout as he found some sports casting work for Finnish SM-Liiga games. During the SM-Liiga gig, many of Makinen's Twitter followers regularly tweeted him asking which game he would be calling. "Calling the SM-Liiga games helped me a lot," Makinen says. "It was a job that helped pay the bills and it also helped mentally as I had something else to think about than the lockout."
Riding the highs and lows
So for someone whose livelihood depends on the NHL having games what are some of the emotions that you go through? Mid October was probably the toughest for many fans as it was the first time of that infamous 'cautious optimism'. "I had a couple of rock bottom moments during the lockout," Makinen admits. "The toughest one was in a middle of October when my own sources told me that the deal is close. Then of course Bettman came out and said that they (NHL and the NHLPA) were speaking different languages."
But for someone who is active on Twitter and also a fan of the game, Makinen didn't resort to outbursts that many fans (like myself) resorted to in desperation. "I tried to maintain optimism publicly, but it was really hard," Makinen says. "I have to that my wife for all her understanding. She really supported me through the lockout."
However, the end of the lockout meant a big relief to those whose livelihoods depend on the NHL. As Makinen points out he doesn't have to worry about the summer months as the NHL Play-Offs are likely to go on long into the summer months. "(The season) will be a busy one, but I think it's a good thing," Makinen says. "It's a bit weird to start the season in January as normally this is the hardest part of the season for me. However, our batteries are fully loaded and we are ready to go."
The world of sports casters
For me personally, the sports caster world and work has always been interesting. It has puzzled me to think how someone can keep up with the changes in a game as fast as hockey. If you ask my parents, they would say that as a child, I was always pretending that I was calling a hockey game, ski jumping event or a rally.
It felt only natural to ask Makinen about his career and how he got into sports casting. "I used to play hockey and I won two Finnish championships in the junior levels," Makinen says. "I was also a member of the Finnish U17 and U18 team. My career came to an end when I was 18 and I broke my back. After my playing days were done, a manager of a local radio station called me and asked if I wanted to try to work with them on their hockey radio. I had no plans after everything had turned upside down, so I tried and as they say, the rest is history."
However, Makinen didn't get to always work on hockey, even though his knowledge of the game. "Hockey has always been my thing, but I had to prove myself in TV before I got to do hockey," Makinen explains. "I have done colour commentary for football from all over the world, I've done Superbikes and a lot of other motorsports. I've also called some basketball and floorball games."
As hockey players, what we wanted to find out was how many games per week Makinen does. According to the man himself, he does five to eight games per week. "I just counted that between 2010 and 2012 I did a total of 407 games," Makinen says. "I bet no one can match those numbers back here."
Impressive statistics, given that Finland is seven hours ahead of the Eastern Conference, which means countless of sleepless nights for a man who calls Tampere his home and does many of his games from Helsinki (approximately 70-80 mile trip).
Statistics form an important part for any commentator and Makinen is no exception. His preparation includes looking at stats and stories about past meetings of teams. "When the game is on, it's just a free-fall to me. It's my thing to go inside the game and live in the moment."
As mentioned at the start of the article, Makinen has come up with a few living legends in terms of things said on the air, during a game "They're just things I've said. I've never planned what to say and just say what comes to my mind," Makinen explains. "I think it's impossible to plan what to say in different games and situations. If you have to worry about what to say and where you say it, it will destroy the broadcast."
Indeed, a good sports caster can add so much to a game and the experience that the fan receives and where not directly employed by the NHL, sports casters add so much value to the overall product that the NHL sells internationally. Fans who live and breathe their teams' trials and tribulations already live in every stride of their team, but a sport caster such as Makinen can add enthusiasm and a new level to the game.
Makinen, who lists 2011-2012 first round Penguins vs Flyers series as one of his favourites along with Blackhawks' cup win as his friend goalie Antti Niemi won the cup, parts us with some of his wisdom to people looking for a career in sport casting and play-by-play commentary. "It's a long way, so be patient. Give it your best every time you are working and there are no shortcuts. Most importantly, don't try to be someone else, be yourself and find your own way of doing things."
Thank you to Antti Makinen for taking part in the interview and good luck with the NHL season and hopefully the fans will enjoy every game televised this year.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A survey of academics has found that Eleanor Roosevelt was the nation's best first lady. Michelle Obama ranks fifth.
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Hillary Clinton dropped from fourth to sixth since the last survey in 2008.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
My experience with AoL Advanced (Part 2) course
I attended a Part-II course of AOL conducted by Rishi Nityapragya at Noida (near Delhi) in (4th to 7th) December 2009.
There were certain things which I tried not to accept, but after reading your blog, I am forced to admit the same:
1. The course was advertised in the name of Rishi Nitya Pragya, but throughout the course duration, I could sense that involvement of Rishiji was simply not there. The course began each day from 6 AM and ended at 10 PM in the night. During this period, Rishiji used to be with us only from 11 AM to 1 PM. Then he would come at 9 PM in Satsang.
2. During his discourses, he infact pointedly remarked (which was in quite bad taste) that people should not say that Rishiji is not coming. One should stop complaining.
Why? Is commitment nothing?
Infact the support staff carried the programme with far greater sincerity than Rishiji.
3. At the end of the course, Rishiji litrally shouted on one of the participant in an extremely humiliating manner.
He used to say that he has been teaching Part-2 course since last 7 years.
I could not help in thinking that being a teacher of the course and that too from last 7 years when he cannot control his anger on trivial issues, what benefit will us mere mortals will have?
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There are only a handful of Advance Course teachers who are truly committed to teaching the course. For most of them it is a holiday of sorts, a local basic course teacher would lead the yoga & kriya in the mornings. The advance course teacher will come strolling in around 11 and most of the time all he has to do is to switch the tape (oh now its high tech - all advance course teachers use IPods) on and off.
Then lunch is sent to their rooms - and most of them (holier than thou) will have complaints about how they cannot eat this or that and half the food is sent back (not satwic enough for the pure soles ---oops souls I mean.
They will stroll in again at 3.30- the basic course teacher turns on the knowledge CDs and everyone is told to sit up straight and watch the CD - most of them sleep through it while sitting.
Then the divine soul will go back to his room at 5.30 come back at 7.30 instructs the basic course teacher to play another knowledge CD and he leaves the hall by 9. Most of the work is done by the basic course teachers.
I have done close to 15 advance courses in my 6 years of AOL and I have only seen one teacher who is 100% focused and involved in the course and she is from Taiwan.
Its all a farce - paying so much of money and getting shortchanged in the long run. Better stay and home and pray .
- March 12, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Dr. Jones, perfect analysis.
One more thing about advances course,
The meditation cassettes in the voice of RS are very poor voice quality. One can hardly understand, so the Advance Course teacher's main job is to explain what is being said.
and all the meditations are guided meditations. Meditations like Hollow and empty are considered as precious as Sudarshan Kriya cassette.
After doing Advance Course, there is feel good factor for few days, but if someone asks what you have learnt in Advance Course (that can be practiced later)thats Nothing.
The Rishi described in the post is good singer but highly egoistic. If the music arrangement is not upto his satisfaction, he simply do not sing. He humiliates the musicians as well as the arrangement team. I have seen him 4-5 times, he cann't control his anger. If someone asks about it, he later says that he was not angry, but he has to behave like angry to get few works done. That is called Controlled Anger.
- March 12, 2010 at 11:12 PM
Its applaudable to see such a thought provoking summary of the advanced course. This also provides one specific perspective to this particular course. I guess, like many events in our day to day life, there are many ways to look at this one too.
Mr.Klim claims that he had the good opportunity to be really close with the inner circles of AOL. It seems like his insider's perspective gives a great interest to this blog. He is blunt and forthright in his choice of words while providing his opinions on various activities of AOLF. He is also kind enough to publish differing viewpoints of other readers. This does provide an aura of credibility to this whole effort.
With that said, I would like to share my 2 cents on this advanced course. Unlike other others who took this course many times, I had an opportunity to take this course just once in the presence of SriSri. As mentioned by ND, it was a very joyful experience. Ms.Tanuja Limaye was one of the main course instructors.
I took this course to experience a sense of joy , based on other's suggestions. They charged me close to $700.00 for taking that course. In my opinion, it is difficult to put a value/price on to one's own experience. But if one were to look at the cost that AOLF had to spend to organize this course, then it is a different aspect all together. But I'm not AOLF, I have no idea as to what could be considered as the right price for this experience. Happiness cannot usually be priced. It is I guess, for this happiness that we all search in different things in this world.
My experience is my own truth . It was never conditional on the hours that SriSri spent with us or the hours that Ms.Limaye spent or hours that Mr.john osborne sang.
I'm no one to judge the food preferences of these teachers.
But the point that is worth pondering is that participants like Mr.Klim , Mr.ND or Dr Quentin Jones took lot many of these advanced courses seemed more worried about the conduct of the teachers and not on their own self. What is it motivated these nice people to take this course again and again ? What is it that were expecting to experience ?
Why should I use my time to judge Rishi Nitya or Ms.Limaye or Mr. Mulchand ?
Why should I be interested in their personal lives or their sexual preferences ?
I would not want to consider them in any way superior or inferior to any other normal human being. They, I guess are doing what they were asked to do , just like all of us.
- March 13, 2010 at 8:26 AM
Like Mr. tahir-ul-qadri I took advanced course only once and it was also in the presence of SS. The course lasted for 10 days and it was one of the most painful experiences in my life. We were deprived of sleep all these days.
We were made to do hyperventilation called Sudarshan Kriya several times a day. Plus, loud music every evening. Yes, by the end of the course people's faces were cheerful, but their eyes were completely BLANK. If becoming an idiot is the price of joy, then, glory to insanity!
After all, the whole idea of AOL is to make you lose your mind and become a zombie so that SS could use his mind to move you.
According to WIkipedia "zombie is a creature that appears in books and popular culture typically as a reanimated dead or a mindless human being."
- March 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM
There is difference between watching a Movie and attending a Course.
In movie, you are there to enjoy for couple of hours, you are not there to Change your Life. Yor are not concerned about the cost involved in making the movie.
In course, you are told repeatedly that Its life changing experience, you shall learn meditation and many other things.
If your purpose is to get a different experience, then enjoy the Advanced Course. But, if you are there to learn something, change your life etc. you are surely to disappoint after few days. If you tell this to any teacher, you are asked to repeat the course again and again.
- March 14, 2010 at 1:16 AM
@Now What posted this blog earlier:
I couldn't help but notice one of the descriptions of the teachers:
"As a successful teacher of the Art of Living he so completely fulfills all the criteria, the most important being…. Having a perpetual smile"
- March 14, 2010 at 10:10 AM
That doesn't seem to match my experiences.. although I didnt have this particular teacher; yes, to some extent the teacher matters.. but then so does the location, arrangements and fellow participants. Usually its a bonus if the teacher is a good singer.
Frankly the basic course teachers shouldn't be doing some much of the heavy lifting (in the ones I took, they were barely there, never in a lead role; maybe for the morning exercises).
Although my info may not be current I definitely had quite positive experiences in the past.. maybe things have changed a bit and some people aren't that enthusiastic? Does Arun Madhavan teach anymore? He was pretty good as I recall. Some of the American teachers are decent as well, no?
- March 14, 2010 at 10:49 PM
to anonymous who replied to Tahir
If SK doesn't agree with your constitution, its very poor judgment on your part to participate in an advanced course. Either that, or you are a not-very-imaginative troll;
I agree with Tahir on most points including his critique of QJ and others .. except that the teacher and peer group can significantly influence what you get out of the course (besides the feel good); so your mileage will vary somewhat across courses.
- March 14, 2010 at 10:56 PM
ND: fair point; one of the weaknesses in AOL (actually it would apply to most other groups as well) is the "application" part. One could say that the individual is supposed to figure this out.. I'd think 4 days would be somewhat limited.. probably something on the order of weeks or months would be needed, and not just in an Ashram setting which is idealistic.
The missing link is probably that your life experience depends not only on what you bring to the table but also what the surroundings are like.. I cant imagine even a enlightened person being very blissful in a bad environment. The whole concept of Ashram living is to control this aspect.
If I were to critique AOL, I'd say that it is fairly anti-intellectual. Honest queries are sometimes addressed in a frivolous, non-serious way. Which leads one to conclude that the lights may not be very bright :-) Or that the bright lights are few and far between. Or that the intellect is generally devalued.
By contrast, the much recently maligned Nithyananda is actually a very sharp customer and has open exchanges will all and sundry. Quite impressive.
- March 14, 2010 at 11:08 PM
All enthusiasm dies in this blog. you criticized gurudev a monk having sexual perversions. he is a superhuman who can forgive you. christian missions, muslim $$$$$$ power all used in marketing their faith(Not necessarily the truth) same thing by AOL the only organization that stands up to this No knwoledge all money missionaries. Can you get 1 victim come out and speak up on sexual abuses I will be the first to get out of the AOL.
- March 14, 2010 at 11:53 PM
could all the anonymouses please name themselves in a consistent way and do a favor for everyone here? thanks.
to the latest anon: yes, if klim and co. have insinuated such "perversions" (what exactly is a perversion is debatable; for example if you are an enlightened being, shouldnt you pretty much engage in any activity without influencing your base state?), I totally agree that a separate post by klim should be made spelling out what exactly is being alleged. Gurudev is held in very high esteem by thousands or more..including meself; so it appropriate to get the air cleared.
I dont need to agree with klim to appreciate his/her writings.. A lot of it is subjective; people have different tastes and tastes can change, can they not? I make a distinction between klim and jody (guruphiliac) who is unreasonably but consistently weird/off the wall.
- March 15, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- Prairie Princess said...
Fair and Balanced?? Just as faux as Fox News. You have the credibility of a snake.
- March 15, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- Art of Leaving said...
fair_and_balanced: "if you are an enlightened being, shouldnt you pretty much engage in any activity without influencing your base state?"
That is the kind of ideological nonsense that people need to start questioning radically. It's probably been used since time immemorial by a few powerful priests/rishis to brainwash others into believing that they have reached some higher state of consciousness despite the fact that their personalities and actions don't reflect it one bit!
So-called "Enlightenment" that does not visibly transform and purify all levels of one's being (body, mind and soul) is no Enlightenment at all, no matter what some advaitic traditions may pretend.
Why exactly do you believe Ravi is "enlightened"? – Like I and others also once did – in great faith, but ultimately due to naivety and wishful thinking, and for all the wrong reasons.
Otherwise, how do you know I am not enlightened? I may be engaging in all kinds of activities here (like criticising the great Ravi Ravi Ravi), which seems to be very unevolved and unenlightened of me, but for all you know my base state is Enlightenment, and it is not at all influenced by these "questionable" activities of mine. I am just not stating openly I am enlightened, but shouldn't that be all the more reason to believe I am?
Perhaps look at the Simpsons episode on sects, read some analyses of the characteristics of cults and narcissist personalities, and think again. Are you sure you're not merely holding "Gurudev" in "very high esteem" because of all those other "thousands or more" who are blindly doing the same thing? It's easy enough to project someone as special and make a few people bow down to him in great reverence, and quickly others follow suit. We have such a great need to believe in Someone. But if many of those thousands were suddenly to start questioning his integrity, and his popularity were to wane dramatically, where will your faith be then?
- March 16, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Art of Leaving said...
fair_and_balanced: "I make a distinction between klim and jody (guruphiliac) who is unreasonably but consistently weird/off the wall."
This is not the first time on this blog that someone tries to play off KLIM and Jody against each other. Whatever you're trying to do, it's not succeeding.
For the record, Jody has done us tremendous pioneering work and service in exposing whole hosts of false gurus. I have been greatly solaced and Illumined by Guruphiliac while trying to make sense of things post-Ravi and post-AoL. It's also through Guruphiliac that I found Guruholic, which completed the Ravi-demystification process for me.
Jai Jody & Jai KLIM!!!
- March 16, 2010 at 5:06 PM
- P Naik said...
As with all things, Buyer Beware!
- March 17, 2010 at 1:31 PM
as for the temporary feel good: What exactly do we expect from a spiritual workshop for a set of days? enlightenment ( for whatever we define it to be). All the courses from all the organizations,be it vipassana, any org retreat just give you a temporary state of peace. This however could be a fuel to your further growth.
I agree the way the organization does it work is shameful. But advance course is super awesome.
As as for kriya only giving you temporary peace, thats exactly what kriya is destined for . It is a temporary stilling of the mind. . Permanent peace can be obtained only by the death of the mind,( as opposed to a temporary stilling of the mind ) for which self inquiry is recommended. Kriya and other spiritual practices like breathing and yoga could be a great precursor to self inquiry as self inquiry is difficult to practice.
- March 19, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- PoorSinfulKLIM said...
Some of the comments here make me laugh. Poor disgruntled souls - please reflect where your life is headed (with or without AOL).
The advanced course is one of the best things to happen to anyone, with the condition that they are willing to go through a few hours of sitting still in meditation. That's all! Not everyone can do it and some people will realize it after the first or maybe the second time - that's completely fine. But blaming the meditation for one's own lack of ability to meditate is not right... that's my opinion.
Not all techniques are for everyone. The meditation techniques are generally suited for everyone, however, there will still be people who are just not used to sitting still with their eyes closed for a prolonged time - and that's fine too. Sri Sri himself tells everyone that it's okay if you didn't get it the first time.
Anyway, first do some introspection and then write this about others!!
Wishing you all the best!
- March 26, 2010 at 5:58 PM
I had a very similar experience with Rishiji's course in Bhubaneshwar. I took the course with him because a friend in AoL had lamented that Rishiji is one of the closest (if not the THE closest) teachers to RS. When I thought about my complaints, I justified keeping them to myself thinking that maybe my expectations were too high. I'm thankful for this entry because I can relate to each point you make:
1. Rishiji was rarely there.
2. Rishiji was extremely, disturbingly critical, especially w.r.t Oriya people/culture and especially towards women.
3. Towards the end of the course, I realized the DSN course was simply a tool for them to lure people to the next basic course. The money was carefully counted, but the forms were never looked at. I wonder if the folks who completed the forms were ever contacted.
4. Rishiji in a very gross way used his popularity for marketing: He and the other teachers had enacted a drama: Since on the first day we did not return with enough new participants, he had told us the course would be canceled. He and the teachers told us to pray hard to RS. People were at the verge of tears, that the most revered AoL teacher was about to cancel our course because we did not meet his expectations. And of course, the next day we were worked very hard to each get 3 new participants and we were told that RS had answered our prayers. BULL SHIT. ...how naive we all had become.
5. Nothing but BS. Yet even then, my mind found ways to justify it. When I realized the marketing agenda of the course, Rishiji could see it on my face. He asked what was wrong and I sort of barked at him for the entire weekend--his derogatory remarks against Oriyas and women; he lame drama that cajoled us into "working harder". (c'mon, we were told we'd go do seva with the slum dwellers; little did we know we would simply become girl scouts selling AoL cookies). His reply to my out roar was a roar of his own. ...which he ended with a pseudo affectionate comment, "I will be mean and cruel if I have to in order to awaken you!" I really wish I would have read this blog back then. In fact, I'd really shove all the controversies in his face---the rapes at the ashram, the money scoundrel by Bhunua goddess's son, ...even my experiences with the Youth Leadership Training Program (read next point on YLTP).
6. Because I work with villages in remote Orissa, I was impressed by AoL's YLTP program, at least in the way the coordinator described it to me. But what a fool I was to think that a youth could be 'transformed' into a leader in 10 days. He gets transformed into a slave for AoL's events in the cities; however the youth thinks that one day he too will be an "international teacher". I have kept in touch with a few "yuvacharayas" who want to do development activities in their village, but they request that i don't tell their AoL supervisors. The supervisors simply demand that they recruit for new courses, when YLTP is advertised for village development via the youth. How horrible I feel now that I let the youth of the villages I work in get exposed to such brain washing tactics.
7. Get this--although a basic course is $400, the YLTP coordinator canceled the YLTP course 3 times because "there were not enough students". They had no idea how far and expensively (for a rural youth's budget) a village youth had to travel to get to the course venue. Also, the sub-organizers kept asking the youth for money. We pay $400 thinking that the money goes towards courses for the less privileged, but having had a glimpse of the programs, I can tell you that there is no money for those organizers organizing in the villages. They were always scrounging for money.
All these facts finally make sense...and I don't have to hide them or justify them to be ok. Thanks for giving me the space to write.
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Telerik's Kendo HTML5 and JavaScript UI framework has been updated with intelligent UI widgets to create what the company is calling "responsive design elements" for cross-platform and mobile applications. (Responsive design is a client-side technique for supporting multiple design layouts.)
For developers, responsive design is billed as something to think about when programming cross-platform to accommodate the many sizes and scopes of devices, screen sizes, and other differentiating factors.
Gartner noted recently, "Many enterprises view [responsive design] RD as the answer to lowering development costs and time to deploy. To date, most implementations of RD are either hand-coded or use one of dozens of small, open-source libraries or frameworks."
Telerik says developers can now easily build applications with intelligent UI widgets that automatically adapt to different screen sizes and form factors. The Q3 2013 release also marks the industry's first commercially available responsive Grid and Scheduler widgets.
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Author Notes: In June, we visited our good friends the Begerts down in Austin, TX...the heat was unreal, with every day of our long weekend a sweltering 105 degrees...the hottest summer on record! We spent as much time as we could indoors or in the local swimming hole...but while outside, the most cooling drink by far were the Micheladas. Less poetically known as a "bloody beer", every bar in town served them: a savoury, refreshing concoction of limey, spicy tomato juice with a cold, fizzy beer poured on top. There are many variations throughout Latin America (and Austin!), but this recipe is a great start. A nice change from the usual sugary-sweet summer cocktails, you can drink these all night long. And best of all, if booze is off-limits, just swap in a non-alc brew and join the party. —TheFlyingFoodie
Food52 Review: The recipe that inspired the Beer Cocktail contest theme, this Michelada is great if you're in the mood for something savory and refreshing that won't put you under the table. It's got some of the classic flavors of a Bloody Mary (tomato, citrus, Worcestershire sauce), but because you use beer in place of vodka, the general effect is gentler -- better suited to a lazy afternoon than a pick-me-up brunch. TheFlyingFoodie has you coat the rim of the glass with celery salt (which is also in the drink), an old school touch that we love. - A&M —The Editors
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio appeals court has reinstated prostitution charges against 19 dancers accused in a sex-for-hire scheme at a cabaret.
The Seventh District Court of Appeals in Youngstown says a lower court judge shouldn't have rejected the use of surveillance videos as evidence in the case.
The videos were on the cabaret's computers seized by police with a search warrant.
The Youngstown Vindicator reports (http://bit.ly/TDxn8f ) the appeals court ruled Monday that the security camera recordings, which allegedly provide evidence of prostitution, do not violate state or federal wiretap laws.
The misdemeanor charges allege the dancers engaged in prostitution at the Go Go Girls Cabaret in Austintown in suburban Youngstown in April and May 2009.
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I made my first attempt at an aperitif wine the other day, aiming for Cocchi Americano or Kina Lillet.
I bought 2 1/2 bottles of reasonably priced Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine, brought it to 140 degrees and added 1 cup of sugar. Stirred to dissolve.
Then I added the spice tinctures I'd previously made, starting with a touch, and tasting and adding.
I finally ended up with the following amounts, where I started to be able to perceive the earthy flavors of the Quinine and Gentian tinctures in the wine:
2 TBSP Seville Orange Tincture
2 TBSP Mexican Cinnamon Tincture
2 tsp. Gentian Tincture
2 tsp. Wormwood Tincture
3 tsp. Quinine Tincture
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Cooled, poured it back into the bottles, rested for a day, and tried it.
My initial reaction is I got closer to Jean de Lillet than Cocchi Americano. Admittedly, it doesn't have any Sauterne in the wine blend, so there is no botrytized character, as in the Jean de Lillet.
Challenges: It's really hard to judge how something warm will taste chilled or in cocktails. I would have had to use much more of the spice tinctures to get close to Cocchi Americano. It's tempting to just mull the spices in the warm wine. But that will make fining or filtering much more challenging.
The Wine was also a weird pick. Muscat Canelli or similar would be a typical choice for the wine base of a vermouth. But I was feeling completely uninspired by my choices of California Muscat. Loire whites are just some of my favorite wines.
A pretty good first try, I think. Everyone who has tried it has been quite complementary. Still, it isn't what I was hoping for.
Bonus: At the grocery store on the way home they had Sorrento Lemons! Picked up a couple and it was just the spur I needed to start a new batch of Swedish Punsch. And yes, Rowley, this time I will make your Lemon Punsch Pie with the leftover sliced lemons.


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On Jun 1, 2012, at 20:00 , Steve VanDeBogart wrote: > I don't think the web intent approach is appropriate for local files because it requires too much user intervention; consider a photo album type application that is meant to help your organize your local pictures. The user wants to be able to grant access to an entire gallery, not just individual pictures. Furthermore, in the steady state, the user won't want to select their galleries each time they open their photo album app, they'll want it to retain access. Web intents aren't really designed to do that and I don't think it makes sense to add that kind of feature. I think that the massive cross-post going on here is causing some conflation of use cases. Steve's example use case is valid, and within the context of the SysApps group it would certainly be valuable to provide a powerful gallery API that can do much more than the intents version, possibly without user intervention. In fact, implementing a local content intent would likely require such an API. That's for the part that SysApps is concerned with. Within DAP's scope, a very simple and straightforward intents-based gallery API, with its known limitations, is equally useful (but for different uses). That's why DAP's in the loop. The Intents TF is in the loop because the API proposed for DAP uses Intents (and has an implementation: https://github.com/jungkees/gallery/). There is natural overlap and complementarity between an intents-based API and a system level one, if only in terms of the metadata that's attached, and possibly in how one represents input (e.g. searches) and output (files, URIs, etc.). I see that both are needed, and as the two are being developed it would be very useful if a communication channel were kept open. But I don't think that crossing the beams is useful just yet! It would likely be more productive to keep different thread separate as this discussion evolves; more specifically: • For SysApps, what are the use cases for this API (no matter what it's called) and should it be prioritised. • For DAP, do we like the proposed design for the intent and how do we move forward on refinements, publication, etc. • For Intents, looking at what Jungkee put together are the obvious issues with intents for this use case and if any how can they be addressed. I think the resulting discussions will be a lot clearer :) -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/ - @robinberjonReceived on Monday, 4 June 2012 13:10:31 UTC
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Christie allies cry 'Partisan!'
Chris Christie may preach bipartisanship, but his GOP allies trying to squelch the scandals engulfing his administration have a different strategy: Attack critics as partisan "political hacks."
As the Bridgegate controversy escalates and Democratic mayors complain about political pressure from Christie's office, the New Jersey governor's backers argue the scrutiny has turned into a "witch hunt" driven by hacks "with an ax to grind."
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It's a classic approach: Write off the lawmakers, journalists and others looking into the scandals as entrenched partisans, and you could undermine future damaging revelations — in Christie's case, ones that could hurt his 2016 presidential dreams.
It's also a delicate situation for a politician not exactly known for his delicate touch.
It may be easy to brush off an investigation by a panel led by hard-charging Democratic pols. But it's not so simple to dismiss the entire matter out of hand when the U.S. attorney's office also is looking into it. And if Christie's supporters go too far in their protests of partisanship, it could hurt his reputation as a straight shooter.
( Also on POLITICO: Christie gala canceled due to weather)
"It's a bunch of political hacks trying to tear down the image of a governor who's been successful," said Steve Lonegan, a former GOP Senate candidate, of the in-state detractors.
Earlier this month, after emails and texts linked Christie aides and appointees to the closing of lanes onto the George Washington Bridge last September, allegedly as part of a political vendetta, the governor apologized for the traffic mess that resulted, insisted he had nothing to do with the supposed plot and pledged that his office would cooperate with "all appropriate inquiries" into what happened.
But since the state Assembly and state Senate each launched special panels to probe the accusations, his office has refused to say whether Christie considers those inquiries "appropriate." (Leaders in the two chambers announced Tuesday they would combine their probes.)
Following the traffic scandal revelations, two Democratic mayors have accused the Christie administration of setting political conditions for key meetings and disaster relief funding. Team Christie's response to both those claims was harsh and similar:
"It's very clear partisan politics are at play here as Democratic mayors with a political ax to grind come out of the woodwork and try to get their faces on television," Christie spokesman Colin Reed said after Hoboken's Dawn Zimmer told MSNBC on Saturday that Christie aides threatened to withhold hurricane recovery funds if she didn't back a development project.
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Christie's office also bashed MSNBC — a favorite bogeyman of the right — as "a partisan network that has been openly hostile to Gov. Christie and almost gleeful in their efforts attacking him."
The governor's office went even further on Sunday when it circulated comments from Rudy Giuliani, the Republican former mayor of New York City, who called for one of the top statehouse investigators to step down from what "clearly is a partisan witch hunt." A footnote added by Christie's office? The investigator, Assemblyman John Wisniewski, used to lead the state Democratic Party.
Similar notes were sounded by at least three GOP Assembly members who, on Sunday, questioned Wisniewski's fitness to lead the investigation, citing concerns over his impartiality.
Democrats deny their intentions are motivated by anything other than a desire to get to the bottom of a legitimately troubling situation. However, several could prove clear targets for further GOP criticism: Wisniewski is co-chairing the new joint panel with state Sen. Loretta Weinberg, who ran for lieutenant governor against Christie's ticket in 2009. State Senate President Steve Sweeney, who has backed the investigation, is widely seen as having gubernatorial ambitions. So is Jersey City's Steve Fulop, one of the mayors who stepped forward to allege political retribution.
A Republican familiar with the thinking in the governor's office described the statehouse investigators this way: "These are not innocent truth seekers here."


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A quartet of superheroes, Superman, Spiderman, Batman and Robin, dropped in this week on some real-life superheroes — youngsters facing health challenges at Nemours Children's Clinic.
Delighted children watched as the superheroes dropped in with ropes and buckets to clean the windows on the 11-story tower on the Southbank of the St. Johns River on Monday and Tuesday.
Employees from City Wide Maintenance of Jacksonville donned the capes at the request of clinic staff and took time during their lunch hour to meet and greet the children.
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