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We live in America, we can all probably lose a few pounds. But running around with logs as shoes and a spare tire for a waist? No fun. Thankfully, the Adidas Adizero Feathers keeps the focus on trimming down the chubs: they're the lightest everyday running shoe you can buy.
Unlike other light (6.7 ounces) running shoes that re-create the love-it-or-hate-it barefoot feel, the Feathers have a bouncy, comfy, cushiony midsole that's perfectly shock absorbent. You won't notice the unevenness of city streets and they're a dream on treadmills. The upper of the shoe uses Adidas' Sprintweb technology, which is like a tougher mesh material (think of it like a screen door) that gives your borderline athlete's foot the breathability to keep them from smelling like a Frenchman in heat. Looks: Everyone will know you're wearing Adidas, but you're not that annoying of a corporate shill.
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The shoelaces are about 50 lumens too bright (for shoeheads, imagine the Jedi Dunks). That's fine at night but a little too 80's loud in the day time. I'm trying to lose weight here! I don't want people to look at me, you know? The Sprintweb technology, though brilliant at giving air to your piggies, doesn't offer much padding. I have relatively narrow feet and the AdiZero's were pretty snug, so those with wide caveman feet should probably look somewhere else.
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Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman (the real one this time!) took to Twitter to chastise Canseco for, well, two contradictory reasons.
Canseco's a sad shell of a man now, we get it. But Heyman felt the need to pile on, calling him a "cheater" and a "ratfink." So Jose was bad because he took steroids, but also because he was honest about taking steroids? One or the other, Jon. If you're going to get so sanctimonious over the initial transgression, you can't be in the Stop Snitchin' crowd too.
To recap, Jon Heyman's hierarchy of needs:
1. That players never took steroids.
1a. If they did, that no one ever told him about it.
[h/t FordhamPride]
Football on tonight, two games for some of you. Emma's here for you.

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Denis Kelly '60
Denis Kelly grew up in Los Angeles and received his B.A. in the Integral Program, where among other things, he was introduced to the study of wine by the Christian Brothers. A Woodrow Wilson fellow, Kelly received his M.A. from Indiana University and did further graduate work at the Sorbonne in Paris, studying classics, language, comparative literature, and philosophy.
Returning to California to teach, he cooked in a Cajun restaurant near Berkeley and helped launch Friends of the Vineyards to protect area wineries from developers. Since 1978, when he founded his own public relations firm, he has acted as a consultant to wineries and restaurants in the Bay Area. Kelly teaches classes on food and wine in the extension program of the University of California and in the Integral Program at St. Mary's. In addition to the four cookbooks co-authored with Bruce Aidells, Kelly has also written Creole and Cajun Cooking and has published many articles on food and wine in such magazines as Gourmet and Wine & Spirits.
A poet and storyteller, Kelly gives readings in the Oakland area. He and his wife, Kathryn, live and garden in Oakland and at their farm in the hills of Sonoma County.
At a recent retirement dinner, Denis was feted and honored with a poem by guest Willis Barnstone
A poem by Willis Barnstone on the occasion of Tutor Kelly's Retirement
the Kelly from medieval Marco Polo Venice
claims he is an Irishman
because his dad was a cop and his sister is a nun
but like Shakespeare Denis is from Italy.
His tongue is Mick and magic but his panoply
of florid speech is elegant wop found in an Etruscan black pot
from a tomb of princes high on pot
who knew the habits of the nightingale.
Kelly knew late bars in Brooklyn, Jonah in his whale,
LA barrios and an Algerian pimp
in the French toilet who smelled of whores and holy shrimp.
In tongue and place, Denis was verbally always at home.
His French was vulgar, his Greek a roam-
ing revolutionary's handbook for a riot, his Kraut so full
of flawless slang, Hermann Goering pawned his single testicle
to hear him croon the Marseillaise in Bavarian. His array
of perfect dialects made polyglot Danny Kaye
a monolingual twerp. I met the Denis in my first class
at Indiana University and he was no pain-in-the-ass.
He shone like brand new plumbing. He liked to joke,
to smoke,
and when Ogden Nash in his Nashery said "The only thing in the neighborhood that is worse
than a gangster
is a practice prankster,
the label didn't fit my pal. No gangster, no practical prankster, no self-humiliating
thankster, no wining crankster, though I've seen him pop a few but Denis is no tankster.
My Venetian pal is a medieval bankster.
For four decades I've stored every mad hope and all my mad monkey business with Kelly,
and this wild ocean-jumping dolphin is never late or smelly.
One afternoon in Bloomington I made a list for his doctorate
orals, a sober occasion for determining for whom the days are fat
or thin.
And so began the hour of academic sin.
We were a group of five serious professors versed
in every footnote in the universe.
I was the poet. All I could do in class was rhyme
and drag my life through Spanish mystics metaphysical slime
of Provencal green song. So huddling around a desk
we began our Kafkesque
meander through die Weltgeschichte of world Kultur. Denis was hot.
Nothing the nodding sauerkrauts could ask could blot
the verbal ink that filled his Venetian Grand Canal.
I saved fireworks for the end. In my midnight travail,
I informed our group, I'd come upon a wondrous Provencal poet, Guillaume des Baux,
cousin of the noble troubadour Lunet Uc de Poicybot.
I invented Guilaume for this soverign occasion.
Of course Denis caught the ploy and played it royally for own secret derision.
Please tell us, Mr. Kelly, about the life and art of Guillaume,
his lovers' names, the perfume of their kisses, where they would roam
after a cabal in a high Cathar shrine. Recite a few canços and pastorellas. Tell us why ...
Denis inflated my fable, and made the lark and nightingale of Lebanon sigh
on hearing this Pavarotti from his parliament of birds
endow our holy trinity room with silver words.
The ponderous profs hung their wits on every syllable
that my Venetian disciple
muttered and deposited on their academic plate.
At last I said it's getting late,
it's time, it's time, IT'S TIME!
and so five grave professors stopped him in mid rhyme.
"Leave the room, please," I said. He left and we conversed. With Distinction
was our verdict. Denis returned for his extinction.
And so we shook maestro's cooking hand and handed him seven old
doubloons of Peruvian gold
to guide him through his nights and days at Saint Mary's
where he chatters logically like an ancient Greek canary,
where he fills students with his cosmic erudition and charm
and turns a program into Plato's refuge from sloth and verbal harm.


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Hunter Hayes Suits Up and Aids Charity at 2014 ACM Awards [Photos]
Hunter Hayes looked ready for spring in his light gray suit with lavender accents at tonight's (April 6) 2014 ACM Awards red carpet.
Hayes was one of the more formally dressed among his fellow jean-clad country stars. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter looked super sleek in his well-fitted suit and slicked-back hair. And if he was feeling nervous to perform his hit song 'Invisible' at the awards show, he hid it well!
We were sad to see Hayes later changed out of his pale slacks and jacket in exchange for an all-black performance outfit. However, the dark ensemble was fitting for his moving performance of 'Invisible,' which was intended to bring awareness to child hunger. Hayes dedicated tonight's performance of his ballad to the charity Feeding America. Click here to find out more about the charity and how you can help.


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Volunteer Canine Therapy in Bolivia
If you're interested in volunteering in this destination, please contact us first before applying.
- Placement locations: Cochabamba
- Role: To work closely with trained dogs and conduct specialized therapy sessions with disabled children
- Requirements: Volunteers need to speak basic Spanish.
- Type of placement: Dog training centre
- Accommodation: Host family
- Length of placement: From 4 weeks
- Start dates: Flexible
Volunteers on Projects Abroad's Canine Therapy Project in Bolivia work closely with trained dogs conducting specialized therapy sessions with local children of all ages who are faced with a variety of disabilities.
This is a unique project enabling volunteers to combine elements of our Care and Animal Care projects. Given the specialized field that you will be working in, we would appreciate volunteers with some studies or experience, either working with special needs children or working with dogs in some capacity.
Canine Therapy Work Abroad in Bolivia
Projects Abroad works alongside a dog training centre in Cochabamba that is renowned throughout South America for training dogs that are highly effective in searching for drugs, bomb detection, and search and rescue missions. There is also a separate department that focuses on the social aspect and benefits of canine therapy with children.
The canine therapy dogs are selected and trained to work with children who have physical and mental disabilities. Regular contact with animals can increase the children's mobility, and both stimulate and comfort the children. Trained staff work with the dogs and the children using a variety of different exercises and techniques.
Volunteering in Bolivia on the Canine Therapy Project
As a volunteer you will work with the training centre, receiving guidance not only from Projects Abroad staff, but also from a supervisor at the centre.
In the mornings volunteers assist with outreach work with the dogs, visiting centres and care homes for children with mental and physical disabilities. Your role on the outreach will vary daily. Each child is different and so each exercise and activity is carefully selected depending on the needs of the child. You will work with a wide variety of cases and be able to fully appreciate the positive impact this unique form of therapy has on the children.
In the afternoons your work will be at the training centre itself. Parents from the local community bring their children for one-on-one sessions with the dogs tailored on their needs. Each case is carefully assessed before being accepted for therapy at the training centre.
You will also have the opportunity to teach English to the local staff at the centre if you are interested. If you have experience training dogs in obedience and agility then you are welcome to get involved in the dog training for the therapy sessions or for drug identification with the local police.
It is best for volunteers to have at least a basic level of Spanish for this placement to ensure that you can interact with the local staff and the children. However, please let us know when you apply if you have experience in this field but little or no Spanish so that we can make arrangements for you to have a translator, or you could consider taking a Spanish Language Course before joining the project.


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BALTIMORE – Senior Ali Goc (Oshawa, Ontario/R.S. McLaughlin) collected her team-best eighth double-double of the season by sending down 11 kills and picking up 19 digs, but it was not enough as New Hampshire defeated the UMBC volleyball in four sets (20-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-23), Sunday afternoon in America East action at the RAC Arena.
Sophomore Sherelle Walker (New Freedom, Pa./Susquehannock) and junior Hannah Schmidt (Catonsville, Md./Mount de Sales) also sent down double-digit kills for UMBC (11-7, 2-1 AE) who saw its six-match home winning streak come to an end.
Goc's 19 digs led the UMBC back line while setter Rebecca Garrigues(Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga) also earned a double-double with 29 assists and 12 digs.
Tori Forrest led all hitters with 18 winners while Abby Brinkman also put away 13 kills for New Hampshire (8-11, 2-1 AE). Forrest also scooped up 14 digs for the double-double while liberoMadison Lightfoot picked up 23 digs.
The first set was a balanced affair as the Retrievers and Wildcats were knotted on eight occasions and traded the lead four times. After Demi Muses brought the visitors level at 15-15, UMBC ripped off three straight, the last on an ace by Goc, and the Retrievers did not look back. UNH tried to chip its way back in, but UMBC was too much, outhitting the Wildcats .235-.028, and took the set 25-20.
New Hampshire came out gunning in the second frame and jumped out to an 8-4 lead on another kill by Muses. The visitors looks to be cruising to an easy second-set win and led by as many as ten, 22-12, but the Retrievers won seven of nine points late in the set to cut the lead to five, 24-19. The Wildcats took the set though on the next point as Morgan Thatcher sent down a winner.
UMBC looked to turn the tide in the third set and began brightly, staking out to a 7-3 lead on a block by Walker and sophomore Krystal Mlemchukwu (Baltimore, Md./Western Tech). New Hampshire was able to hang around, though, and eventually drew level at 12-12 on a Retriever attack error. The Black and Gold did not look fazed, however, and regained control with an 8-3 run for a 20-15 advantage late. But, the Wildcats put together one last run and overtook the Retrievers for a 25-23 set win.
The fourth set was the closest of all as the two squads traded haymakers as the Retrievers looked to push the contest to a decisive fifth set. Walker came up big for the hosts, putting away six kills in the frame, but Brinkman answered with seven winners for the Wildcats. UMBC looked poised to force an extra frame with a 22-19 lead, but UNH won six of the final seven points to escape with a 25-23 win in the fourth.
UMBC now hits the road for two contests in New York next weekend. The Retrievers take on Albany in the Empire State capital on Friday at 7:00 p.m. before heading to Binghamton to face the Bearcats on Saturday afternoon.
- New Hampshire has now won three straight meetings versus UMBC to claim a 12-9 lead in the all-time series.
- With her first kill of the third set, UNH's Morgan Thatcher recorded her 1,000th career kill.
- Freshman Casey Griffith (King of Prussia, Pa./Upper Merion) scooped up 16 digs and has picked up double figure digs in all 14 of 17 contests this season.


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Titel: The true meaning of "showing the other cheek"
The true meaning of "showing the other cheek"
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given by Omraam Mikhaël Aďvanhov in 1963
It says in the Gospel, "Whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also". I sincerely hope that Christians who hear what I am going to say about this phrase will forgive me, for it is far beyond anything they could imagine. Let me assure them, at once, that the future will prove that my interpretation of it is the right one.
Certain moral precepts which were valid in the past are no longer right or useful for the present or the future. Jesus' words do not mean that we must always be passive in the face of insults an ill-treatment. He was not telling us always to accept and submit to violence and put up with torment and, in the long run, allow ourselves to be wiped out. It is true that this is how these words have often been interpreted, but I shall show you that that is not what he meant. Of course, if one does not possess the light, there is only one solution: to submit passively and allow others to destroy you. But that is a code of behavior for the weak and ignorant and it must not last for ever. It has never been decreed that spiritualists, the wise, Initiates and sons of God, should be perpetually oppressed, enslaved, ill-treated and put to death, while idiots and criminals prosper. For the time being this is still the situation, because men have lost the divine spark, they have lost the strength that comes from the sun, they have lost all fire, warmth, light and life and, because they have lost all this they will necessarily be beaten and ill-treated.
It has also been said,"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavour, how shall it be seasonned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men." So, there it is: if you lose your flavour you will be trampled on by men until you find it again. The Gospels do not say that you must be trampled underfoot for ever, but when you deserted God you lost all your powers and, now, you are an easy prey for the violent and corrupt.
At the time of Jesus, men needed to develop certain qualities and virtues which had never been emphasized before that; qualities such as indulgence, forgiveness and mercifulness. At the time, the code was one of justice, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. The new moral code that Chrsit introduced was designed to encourage men to cultivate the qualities of the heart. Instead of reacting to others with such crude weapons as stones or knives or the sword, they had to learn to respond with nobler, more loftly means; with humility, love, patience and magnanimity. This is what Christ meant. But he was speaking to the men and women of his day and age, and what he said to them is not necessarily valid for the rest of time. He is telling us, now, that there is a better way: "When you are the victim of an injustice, you must respond with such intelligence, such strength of character, such understanding, light and warmth, that your enemy is completely bowled over, blinded and thunderstruck. Yes, thunderstruck; that is to say, transformed. Not annihilated, not killed, but regenerated. Instead of killing your enemy you give him life by leading him closer to God. If you are capable of doing this, you are a true hero, a true son of God."
Why should we always let our enemies massacre us and crow over us? We must not kill or hurt anyone, we all know that, but that is no reason why we should be the eternal underdog. We have to learn to defend ourselves by becoming like the sun and shining so brightly that even if people try to attack us with senseless cruelty, they will be dazzled and blinded. In this way you blind your enemies and then you open their eyes, just as Christ opened Saul's eyes when he was on his way to Damascus, bent on massacring the Christians. One ray of light and he fell blinded to the ground. And Saul became Paul. If you could blind people in this way, for just a few moments, and then heal them again, do you think that they would still be determined to persecute you? The new philosophy does not teach us to remain weak and at the mercy of cruel and violent people; it teaches us to become like the sun so that our enemies cannot touch or soil us and, if they approach us, they will melt like wax.
If human beings do not possess the power to use light in this way, it is simply because it has never occured to them. They have embraced a mindless philosophy of weakness and impotence on the pretext that they are supposed to turn the other cheek. Well, you can turn as many cheeks as you like, it will not do you any good and you will not change your enemies that way. They will continue to slap your face and, in the long run, to assassinate you. You are just going to have to understand the question differently. The "other cheek" is the other side, the other aspect of yourself, the side of spirit, the side of power and light. Jesus showed this other side to his tormentors. Hiw whole attitude proclaimed it: "You can imprison my physical body, you can even crucify it, but I'll show you the other side of my being, the indestructable, divine side. Strike me, if you like, but within three days I shall rebuild my temple." And he kept his word: he showed his other side with the result that the whole world was revolutionized. He showed the divine side of his being, not the earthly side, and he rose from the dead!
Christians and spiritualists in general still have a lot to learn and understand. Instead of always allowing themselves to be overwhelmed by the powers of darkness or by materialistic philosophies, they must learn to unite. They have a habit of saying, "Amen. Amen. So be it", and accepting whatever is flung at them. But it is time to stand together, now, for they have it in their power to transfrom the world and restore the Kingdom of God on earth. The time for saying that Jesus teaches us to turn the other cheek and let ourselves be martyred is over. This may have been acceptable in the past, because people could not do otherwise, they were not sufficiently advanced to hit back with sublime, divine weapons. But that is no longer true today.
Today we have the possibility of manifesting the power of the spirit through our knowledge and love, through our gestures and the whole of our behavior. This is where true strength lies. Why should we forever try to show that we are true Christians by being weak and spineless and cowardly? If that were the Christian ideal I should be the first to say that the world will never be rid of evil if we have to rely on a bunch of weaklings like that! We have to be strong an mighty, dynamic, active, impetuous, even violent – although, obviously, not with the violence of the physical plane. If Christianity is not properly understood it is worthless. True Christianity teaches us to be well armed, but with other arms and, when we are attacked, to show that other side, the side that is well armed, not the puny, impotent side. Until now no one has ever explained what that "other side" was.
Many of the things that were not well understood in the past will be better understood, today, and other entirely new things will have to be learned, for nothing is ever stagnant; everything changes and evolves. Jesus himself demonstrated this very clearly in teaching a new morality which was not that of Moses. The Gospels relate how, on several occasions, Jesus said, "You have heard that it was said to those of old... But I say to you..." Let met give you some examples of this: "You have heard that it was said to those of old, "Thou shalt not kill", and whoever kills shall be in danger of the judgment. But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment"; "You have heard that it was said to those of old, "You shall not commit adultery." But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart"; "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, "You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord." But I say to you, do not swear at all", and, finally, "You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy." But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those that hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven".
It is obvious, from these passages, that the moral law thaught by Jesus was no longer that of Moses. So why should there not be another, even more perfect moral law today? Christians will be scandalized by this suggestion because they consider that Jesus thaught a definitive doctrine: there is nothing more to be said. And what if Chrsit himself came and added some new notions? Can Christians deny him the right to do that? After all, everything has to grow and evolve. The laggards and all those who are too set in their ways, will be left behind. We are in favour of evolution, of something even more sublime, of the new life, the new religion which will be known throughout the length and breadth of the world, the true religion of Christ which has never yet been put into practice.
As long as men were still primitive, what could they be expected to understand? Before anything else, they needed to learn justice, and Moses was sent to teach them justice. Later on, Jesus was sent to teach love and forgiveness. But why stop there? That is not all there is. Forgiveness cannot solve all our problems. If someone tries to trash you, is there a law against you being stronger than he is? Why shouldn't you grab him by the leg and hold him up in the air, saying, "Do you want me to break every bone in your body?" Not that you would do it, of course. On the contrary, very gently, you would put him back on his feet again. Wouldn't that be much better?
What kind of Christianity is it that obliges you to be constantly ill-treated and massacred? I cannot accept that. You must be stronger than your enemy. So strong that the slightest gesture, a glance, a divine vibration flowing through you is enough to make him realize that you are far superior to him. And, when he feels so small, he will beg you to spare his life. "Very well, my friend", you reply; "You're beginning to understand?" And as soon as you put him down, he will take to his heels and leave you in peace. Tell me frankly: wouldn't it be far better to be strong enough to react like that? I assure you it would. But no one has ever dared to envisage the possibility. The very idea seems far too ambitious, and that is exactly what I am interested in: giving you this ambition. How long it will take you to achieve such strength is another matter, but you can, at least, cultivate the desire to do so. You will never do anything worthwhile in the world if you are always passive, conciliatory, meek and vulnerable – wishy-washy.
There will be no more martyrs in the future. The martyrs of the past have already made the contribution that was required of them. They have fulfilled their mission. Besides, the main reason for their martyrdom was to allow them to pay off their debts and make good their past misdeeds more rapidly. Now that they have done that, why should they be martyred all over again? In the future, some beings will be so strong that when they know that someone is planning to injure them they will be able to put him to sleep at a distance, before he can get close enough to do them any harm. You will say, "That's a bit far-fetched, isn't it? You're going too far." Not a bit of it. On the contrary, the time has come to lead human beings very, very far. At the moment they are in a dead-end street.
If you think that what I am saying is too much for you, very well, stay where you are. Others have more heroic ambitions. They want to be strong, powerful and full of light. They have no desire to be eternally victimized by the powers of darkness. When people like that are attacked they put up a fight. They know that they are not obligated to submit passively until they go under, on the theory that their destruction is "the will of God". When Christians are stupidly submissive the powers of darkness smack their lips in gleeful anticipation of a feast. "Oho", they say: "these Christians are tasty mosels. So juicy and tender! Let's make a dainty dish of them." In other words, by their attitude, Christians actually serve themselves up as a choice dish for the powers of darkness. Sometimes one gets the impression that that is their only goal in life. Well, if they really want it that way, I have no objections. Let them go ahead and nourish the powers of darkness, but a true Christian defends himself by projecting a protective screen of light when he is threatened by forces of darkness. That is the reaction of a true Christian.
Some of you may think, "But we are not supposed to fight. It is written that we shouldn't try to contend with evil." It is absolutely true, of course, that you should never try to battle with evil on it's own home ground because it is far too powerful there, and you would inevitably get the worse of it. But move to a higher plane; get above your adversary and, from your vantage point, hurl rockets and bolts of fire at it. You will soon see it turn tail and run. Man has an impregnable inner fortress, the fortress of light, armed with cannons and machine-guns that spit fire. What is to prevent you from turning the full force of that weaponry on your enemy and bombarding him with light? You will not kill or even injure anyone that way. On the contrary, you will transform them for the better. Aren't you perfectly within your rights in doing this? But people think that they have to behave "in a Christian manner" and, for them, that means letting themselves be martyred without reacting in any way. But the only thing that we are told in this respect is not to use the same weapons or react in the same way as the enemy.
Why assassinate someone who is trying to assassinate you? Paralyze him, blind him, put him to sleep, if you like, but get him to change his mind. There are some comic sketches based on this idea: we see someone plotting all kinds of dastardly deeds against a whole family, then along come a neighbour who talks so much nonsense, asks for so many stupid questions and makes so many impossible suggestions that the villain is completely bemused and disharmed. All that nonsense concealed the fact that the neighbour was really far more intelligent than the villain. So, you must defend yourselves. Not with the same arms, of course, with other, far more potent weapons which no one ever thinks of using because they do not really beleive in their efficacy. In fact, most people have no inkling that they exist.
Christians will never get out of the morass thay are in if they do not learn to work with divine methods. The very fact that they neglect the sun and attribute no spiritual value to it, proves that they have not got the means they need to overcome evil. But once they realize that they have disdained and neglected the sun, they will humble themselves and the sun will forgive them and, when that day comes, they will be all-powerful and the reign of evil will be over and done with. As long as Christians refuse to recognize that the sun is a gateway to God, they will always be weak. They can pray as much as they like and fill their churches with the smoke of incense, but that will never put anything right; the world will still be devastated by catastrophes, and disorder and chaos will continue to reign. But the day they recognize that the sun is the visibal image of God in the physical plane, and a doorway that gives them direct access to Him, it will be much easier for them to reach Him.
There is no doubt about it: the future belongs to the bold, to those who fight and work according to the laws of their divine nature. It is they who will have the last word. You must not beleive that, just because things were thus and so in the past, they are going to be like that forever.
Now, let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, in Bulgaria, there was a young schoolteacher. He was not very big or strong, but he was an intelligent, sensible young man. One day he was with some friends in the village square and one of them, a big, hulking fellow who was not very bright, did not agree with something the schoolteacher said and started to argue with him. When the schoolteacher began to get the better of him with his intelligent arguments, the colossus lost his temper and let fly: one, two, and our hero was flat on his back! Of course, the others laughed and applauded the winner. After all, he was a real heavyweight, and physical prowess is always much admired. The poor young teacher went slowly and sadly home, the laughter and jeers of his friends ringing in his ears. But then, wonder or wonders, when he got home he found that his cow had calved and there was a lovely little calf in the meadow. He bent over and stroked it and then picked it up in his arms and hugged it, forgetting all about his recent humiliation. The next morning, and every morning after that, he would go up and pick up the calf and pet it.
This went on for several months. The calf was rapidly growing into a full-sized bullock but the schoolteacher never noticed. He just went on picking it up. Then, one day, he suddenly realized that his muscles had developed enormously and he decided to go down and join his friends in the village square, once again. When he got there, there was the bully who had knocked him out, bragging and preening himself, as usual. Going up to him, our hero asked him, "Do you remember me?" "I'll say I do", said the bully; "You're the little chap I knocked out." Without a word, the schoolteacher stooped, grabbed him by the leg and held him up, at arm's length, over his head. "Make your peace with God", he said; "Because I'm going to throw you to the ground and smash you to smithereens!" Well, of course, the big bully started to whimper and beg for mercy: "Forgive me, forgive me. I'm sorry I hit you. Don't kill me." "Very well", said the teacher; "As long as you're sorry..." and put him gently down on the ground, whereupon the bully took to his heels and ran. All the other young men laughed and cheered and the teacher went home feeling very pleased and proud of himself: a true hero! So you see, you must never let yourselves be vanquished and trodden underfoot because you will not help others to be any better that way. They will just go on bullying you and misusing their strength. If you are too meek and mild, people think, "Aha, there's someone who won't fight back. Let's take advantage of him."
The Lord asks strength, intelligence, light and power of His servants. If you want to conquer your difficulties, your enemies, therefore, you have to build up your strength. See if you cannot find a little calf somewhere – in your head, perhaps – and practise picking it up every day. You will soon be so strong, and so luminous and powerful, that you will be capable of picking up your enemies and holding them up in the air, telling them, "Make your act of contrition; I'm going to smash you to smithereens!" You will not kill them, of course; you will not even hurt them, so you will have nothing on your conscience. This is the true philosophy: instead of killing someone you help him and give him a chance to become wiser, more reasonable and better behaved. In other words you teach him something extremely important.
Don't try to hide behind weakness. Weakness will not save you and nor will stupidity nor indolence. You must meditate, search and practise and, one day, when you are as bright and as hot as the sun you will be invulnerable for, after all, can anyone touch the sun without burning himself? Ill-wishers will steer clear of you because – symbolicly speaking – you will be aflame, a fiery furnace. In the face of true spiritual strength, everyone is obliged to lay down their arms.
You will say, "Yes, but if I turn the other cheek, my enemy will be ashamed and beg me to forgive him". Don't you beleive it. He will not repent; he is more likely to treat you worse than ever. No, you would do much better to follow the example of that young schoolteacher who picked up his calf every day. As an example, it is unique, you could find none better. Day and night, for years on end, you must practise and grow stronger and stronger until, one fine day, you seek your enemies, saying, "Do you recongnize me? You'd better look out because you're in for a surprise!" And, at the sight of your strength and the light radiating from you, they will realize that while they were resting on their laureals, you have been in training and have become invincible.
Take an example from mothers; they know what to do. When a child is disobedient and does exactly the opposite of what she tells him, she shows him the "other cheek". That is to say, she begins by reasoning with him and perhaps, even, sheds a few tears. But if the child still refuses to obey she gives him a taste of the slipper, and he instantly understands and obeys. She does not kill him, but by showing him the "other side", the side of stength, she teaches him a lesson. Instinctively, she reacts divinely.
There are two sides (in fact, there are three or four or, even, ten, but to make things simpler, let's just say that there are two), gentleness and strength, and it is important to know when and how to use them. Very often, when you are feeling depressed, worried or discouraged, it is because undesirable spirits are tormenting you, attacking you like a swarm of wasps, mosquitos or snakes. Is this the time for gentleness? Should you let them invade you and feed on you without a word of protest? On the contrary, it is time to show the other side, the side of strength. With words and gestures, you must show your strength and light and, in this way, teach them a much-needed lesson. And you can do this every single day. Why sit there suffering and feeling sorry for yourself? Show the other side, show you strength, your will-power. Get up and chase these entities away; don't allow thoughts and feelings that torment you and sap all your energies to drag on and on.
It all this clear, now? It goes against the traditional ideas, I know, but that dosen't matter. The important thing is that it is useful. And it works! You must adopt ideas and methods that work instead of clinging indefinitly to attitudes that are totally ineffective. To begin with, these new notions may shock you but, if you want to become stronger and stronger, always stronger, but without violence, without killing or destroying, you will be obliged to accept them. You can be strong, invincibly strong, thanks to the light.
Thus, each one of you must begin training and practising in order to be strong. You can only do it with practice. When war breaks out and you have to give battle to the powers of darkness, will you be ready? Start by trying to overcome the minor enemies within. Put them to rout. Stop giving in to them on the pretext that you are a Christian and don't beleive in violence. A strange kind of Christian, indeed! Don't you know that Christians are knights-errant? They are fighters, Christ's soldiers, and they must be well armed. Why do you suppose that so many Orders of knights were created in the Middle Ages? Simply because a true Christian is just the opposite of a meek and timid individual. He is a soldier, and his arms are light and the power of spirit.
Omraam Mikhaël Aďvanhov
The Bonfin, France, September 12, 1963
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The official ball for the Euro 2012 Football Championship certainly sounds impressive. After all, it's been developed over a two-year period and tested across eight countries.
Uefa, European football's governing body, calls the Tango 12 "a modern interpretation of the classic design, including a coloured outline inspired by the flags of the two host nations, Poland and Ukraine".
Wow. But I'm left with a question. After kicking it around for a couple of hours, can you use it power a lamp or charge a cell phone like the Soccket?
When I first wrote about the Soccket back in the spring of 2010, I loved their pitch; a ball that during normal game play can capture and store energy, which can then later be used to provide a charge for batteries or lights.
Four Harvard undergraduates came up with the idea during a course on innovation they took together in 2008. They wanted to solve a persistent and fundamental problem – millions around the world do not have regular, reliable access to electricity.
"We lose power all the time in Nigeria," says Jessica Matthews, one of those four Harvard students. Matthews, who was born in New York but whose parents are Nigerian, says she thought about her regular visits she to her aunt's house back in Nigeria, where a diesel generator would be cranking away. "I couldn't breathe," she says, "and I couldn't believe that this was normal."
From shared experiences, the Harvard team also knew that many children in the developing world spend their evenings studying under a single streetlight, or worse, next to dangerous, expensive and eco-unfriendly kerosene lamps.
Those same kids, they noted, often spent a great deal of their daylight hours playing football (soccer if you're an American). They asked: could there be a way to harness some of that energy, and give those kids a more reliable source of power?
Power ball
The answer, it turned out, was a qualified "yes". They built a prototype inflatable ball in early 2009 which had an induction coil mechanism inside. It stored energy the same way a shake-to-charge flashlight does.
They tested the ball in South Africa in the summer of that year, and found that the energy output was good but not great. The kids, though, really took to the idea, despite the fact the Soccket didn't quite feel or play quite like a regular soccer ball because of the energy-harvesting mechanism inside.
Inspired, Matthews and her classmates decided to keep working on the idea. In 2010, to coincide with the World Cup in South Africa, they released a second prototype. This one didn't need to be inflated. It was built to be harder, and more durable. Inside, Matthews says, the induction coil was replaced by a gyroscopic mechanism. "We realized that the best motion you can capture is the rolling motion of the ball, not the bouncing motion. The ball is always rolling, whether it's on the air or on the ground." She says the new mechanism made the ball three times more energy-efficient per minute of play. Still, the ball had a bit of a wobble.
But the group managed to get the ball out to kids in various countries in Africa and Latin America through local NGOs and sports clubs. They even started a "buy one, give one" style program that allowed people in the developed world to get their own Soccket, while at the same time ensuring that another one would go to a kid in the developing world.
Perhaps most importantly, the project caught the eye of former US President Bill Clinton. It received a relatively small amount of money from the Clinton Global Initiative. And during a panel discussion in April of 2011, Jessica Matthews shared the stage with Clinton, who called it "extraordinary - kick a ball, turn on a light". He went on to say that the Soccket "gives us a way to bring power, and improve the quality of life, and improve the learning and working capacity of poor families without building an expensive grid."
Beyond football
That might be a stretch. A few thousand soccer balls, critics can argue, is hardly a replacement for a reliable electricity grid. Others will have visions of broken and unwanted Socckets littering roadsides. There are those who will question whether the "buy one, give one" approach is being driven too much by what people in the developed world think will help, and not by what people in the developing world really need or want.
Matthews would be the first to admit that these are difficult questions, but she seems prepared to meet them head-on. In May of last year, she and Julia Silverman, one of the other original creators, decided to take the project to the next level.
They founded a company called Uncharted Play, and began hiring engineers to not only improve the Soccket, but to also begin work on turning other sporting products into useful tools. For example, if you can make a soccer ball that does this, why not a basketball?
The company has greatly expanded the reach of the Soccket. According to Matthews, the ball is currently being used in South Africa and Tanzania. In Latin America, kids are kicking Socckets in Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Costa Rica.
Matthews recently returned from Nigeria, and says her company is "very close" to working out a deal with the government, which would see Socckets distributed to schools throughout the country. The kids, Matthews says, continue to be the "feedback gurus", continually offering up useful ideas for improving the product.
New look
Earlier this week at TedX Rio+20 in Brazil, which fittingly has the theme Human Power, Matthews unveiled the latest Soccket design. Most of the improvements address durability and playability. It's still a few ounces heavier than a regular soccer ball, she told me, but it plays more like the real thing. It's also made from 95% recyclable parts. "If it falls apart, you can almost make a whole new ball out of it," she says.
The internal mechanism has changed again. Matthews said this one uses a design more like a pendulum than a gyroscope. "It's kind of like a self-winding watch," she says. And the energy efficiency? "We've got the ball up to where it can power anything that takes four AA batteries or less," Matthews says, adding that "and it provides a really fun way to produce that power." She says that "30 minutes of normal play with children will be able to power a one-bulb LED lamp for several hours." Charging a cell phone, she says, would require some two hours of play.
Currently, the ball delivers power through a headphone style jack. Matthews says the company's engineers are also working in a version that has a USB connection, which would allow a wider array of electronics to be connected to the ball.
Uncharted Play is also changing the business model. The company is now working with corporate sponsors such as Western Union, which has a stake in many of the places Socckets are being trialled, or might be trialled.
By the autumn, Uncharted Play hopes to have the ball available for retail sale in North America and Europe, replacing the "buy one, give one" model with something Matthews dubs "buy one, give fun". In other words, if you spend US$60 (47 euros) on a Soccket, you won't just be giving a ball to someone else, but will also be providing funding for educational and sports programming to go with it.
Matthews even foresees the money being used to fund micro-financing efforts. The sales in the developed world, Matthews says, can give others the chance to "buy their own Soccket, instead of having it given to them, and they can have the pride and power in being able to do that."
Currently, the Soccket is being made in the US, but Uncharted Play wants to eventually move production to local markets. Not only would that keep shipping costs down, but it would also help create local jobs.
Through it all, Matthews says, she wants the company to stay focused on quality, not price.
"You can't just give a Soccket to someone and have it fall apart in a day. I'm not a fan of designing for cheapness for the developing world just because it's the developing world. That's a misnomer. People in Nigeria, for example, place value and pride on the products they use, so it needs to be something worthwhile."
And what could be more worthwhile, the thinking goes, than using the ball you scored the winning goal with to light your room and study for tomorrow's exam?
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With the psych rock/dream pop/call it what you will revival in full swing, separating the good from the bad and distinctly average is becoming a laborious pastime. Fortunately, Portland trio Blouse fall quite succinctly into the first category. Having only formed as recently as three years ago, mainly as a side-project for producer Jacob Portrait and art school graduates Charlie Hilton and Patrick Adams, they've established themselves as one of the most progressive outfits from a scene that's forever gazing into the past for inspiration.
Their 2011 self-titled debut provided an enticing introduction, its elegant fusion of post-punk, effects-laden dreampop and looped psychedelia ensured any follow-up would be a mouthwatering prospect. Two years down the line, and with the emphasis firmly focused on diversity rather than conforming to any pre-ordained template, Blouse have delivered a record that sticks close to its influences, yet offers a greater insight into its creators' personalities.
Although largely defined by Hilton's spectral vocal, there's a greater reliance on a more traditional band aesthetic here than Imperium's predecessor. With Portrait having stated Imperium was written and recorded using 'instruments that don't plug into the wall', it would be fair to say that a lot of the electronic elements which characterized their debut are conspicuous by their absence here. However more importantly, that change doesn't make for a lesser record. If anything Imperium has a more dominant, urgent edge about it.
While Hilton's voice still manages to sound ethereal and mystical for the most part, her cohorts' musical accompaniments owe more to the raucous early Sub Pop releases or latterday post-punk squallings of Diiv and Beach Fossils than any early Eighties-fixated synthpop across Imperium's ten pieces. With its bass heavy intro and incessant riff, opening number and title track 'Imperium' could be a long lost Nirvana track pre-Bleach were it not for Hilton's hazy vocal performance. 'Eyesight' too may sparkle effervescently thanks to some delay-heavy space echo vocal effects but its backbeat could quite easily have walked out Gang Of Four's studio at any time over the past 25 years.
Sure enough, there are moments on Imperium that stay true to the concept of the band's debut. Take the whimsical '1000 Years' or delirious 'In A Glass' for instance, either of which Frankie Rose or Melody Prochet would no doubt be proud to call their own. It's when Blouse do coarse that their new found identity rises to the fore. 'In A Feeling Like This' captures them at their most potent while the penultimate surge of 'Arrested' suggests feet were rarely taken off the pedals even towards the bitter end.
When Blouse do slip into melancholic waters - as on the refined lament 'Capote' - Hilton's delivery is filled with enough sincerity and belief as to not undermine their more caustic tendencies. The only downside with Imperium is that maybe its creators have neglected the more intricate details of songwriting (verse/chorus/verse anyone?) for an angular propensity but on the whole, it's a finely tuned assortment and another welcome addition to Captured Tracks' impeccable catalogue of riches.
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Hay una línea de Verlaine que no volveré a recordar,
Hay una calle próxima que está vedada a mis pasos,
Hay un espejo que me ha visto por última vez,
Hay una puerta que he cerrado hasta el fin del mundo.
Entre los libros de mi biblioteca (estoy viéndolos)
Hay alguno que ya nunca abriré.
Este verano cumpliré cincuenta años:
La muerte me desgasta, incesante.
—Jorge Luis Borges, 1923
There is a line of Verlaine I shall not recall again.
There is a nearby street forbidden to my steps.
There is a mirror that has seen me for the last time.
There is a door I have closed until the end of the world.
Among the books in my library (I am looking at them now)
There are some I'll never open again.
This summer I complete my fiftieth year.
Death wears me down, incessantly.
—Jorge Luis Borges, 1923
Passing half a century is a landmark for those who count on 10 fingers, but as a bit-player I celebrate powers of 2. Today I turn 26, which is a mega-milestone: 10000002 years. It's a special occasion in several ways. Need I point out that it's the last power of 2 I'll ever see? Also, other than 0 and 1, it's the only sixth power I'll visit in my lifespan, and hence it is the only age that's both a square and a cube.
As a young man—well shy of 50—I admired that poem by Borges, but as I grow older I find its mood of lugubrious foreboding less attractive. Yes, it's true: There is a line of Borges I'll never read again. But if my time is so limited, I shouldn't be spending too much of it stuck in a tight loop, rereading the same lamentations over and over. Let the last time pass; I'll move on to something new—something I haven't yet done for the first time.
Life is all too full of never-to-be-repeated moments, right from the outset. Even the silly numerology of birthdays makes this apparent. Long before I reached my last power of 2, I celebrated my last Bell birthday (52), my last Catalan birthday (42), my last perfect birthday (28), my last factorial birthday (24), my last pair of birthdays satisfying \(x^m - y^n = 1\) (\(2^3 = 8, 3^2 = 9\)). Never again will my age be an even prime number, a multiplicative identity, an additive identity. But I can live with that!
And I still have a few treats to look forward to. In a couple of years I come to my next triangular birthday—and that one may not be my last. Then of course there's \(3^4 = 9^2\). At the end of my eighties there's a Fibonacci waiting for me, if I can make it. And, nearer at hand, I have marked my calendar for May 22, 2018, when I will celebrate my 25,000th spin around the earth's axis. Maybe I should try to spend the day in orbit.


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John Abbott began his long drag racing career near his Denver home in 1954. His accomplishments at the wheel of fuel dragsters include the 1977 Top Fuel title at the Popular Hot Rodding Magazine Championships, the IHRA Spring Nationals in 1978 and the AHRA Winter Nationals in '79. He capped his career with a victory in the NHRA U.S. Nationals, taking the Top Fuel title in 1981 following a runner-up finish in 1980.
Don Cain's biggest win came with his Top Gas victory at the 1967 U.S. Nationals. He won six NHRA Division 5 Championships in Top Gas Dragster. Cain then drove a Plymouth Satellite Funny Car for the team of Pusch and Cain match racing throughout the Midwest. He retired from drag racing in 1974 and focused his attention on street rods. After his retirement from General Motors in 1988, he and his wife Nan opened K.C. Street Rod Parts in Kansas City, Mo.
Ted Harbit raced his "Chicken Hawk" 1951 Studebaker and won his Stock class at the NHRA Nationals an incredible seven times in 11 tries. A retired teacher and basketball coach in the Frankton, Ind. school system, he has raced continuously in cars he's built himself for more than 50 years. Ted retired from class racing after the '72 U.S. Nationals and drove it occasionally until 1987 when he decided to see how fast it would go. With twin turbochargers and twin four barrel carbs, he's turned a best of 10.07 at 137.8 mph. In the Studebaker Drivers Club publication, Turning Wheels, Harbit explained why he still uses a Studebaker engine. "My own experience has been that it is not necessary to go to expensive extremes to develop over 500 HP in a Studebaker V-8. . . and that the engine is so basically sturdy that one need not fear immediate disintegration when higher horsepowers (sic) have been developed."
Fred Hurst began his career with a '57 Chevy and a pair of Pontiacs in Stock Eliminator. In 1963 he switched to A/Gas with an immaculate Pontiac powered '40 Willys. He stepped up to 426 Hemi power in '65 and set the A/G National Record. In early '68 Hurst debuted a gorgeous injected 426- powered '68 Barracuda. With it he won Street Eliminator at the '68 World Finals in Tulsa and the A/Gas class at the '69 U.S. Nationals. In 1970 he built another Barracuda which he raced for four years. In 1974 Hurst parked the Barracuda in favor of a Norm Paddock-built Opel GT which he raced until his retirement during the summer of 1977. Hurst's cars were known as much for their appearance as for their performance. All were immaculate, and all were Candy Apple Red painted and lettered by '06 NHRR Honorees Bill Rowell and Jim Farr.
Gary Rupp and Pat Dakin (Rupp & Dakin) ran one of the nicest looking dragsters of its day. Dakin was the driver and Rupp the car owner. The team began racing in 1970 in a gas car and then made the switch to a front- engine fuel dragster in 1971 They switched to a rear engine Woody Gilmore car in 1972and bought another one in '74-'75 and kept that one until '77 when they quit. Dakin said, "We came back in '89 and won an IHRA World Championship and then bought a Don Long car and stayed together through the 1993 season." Then Rupp moved to Florida, effectively ending the team. Dakin found a new partner in Tom Kattelman and continued to race, but he never went further west than Texas. The team was victorious in Canada in '71 and '73. Dakin still has the '89 car and is attempting to put it back together in time for the Reunion.
Jeg Coughlin, a Columbus resident who was named Grand Marshal of the Reunion, has a long career as a racer, as well as a globally-known supplier of speed parts. Coughlin began racing in A Gas in a '48 "Dragster by Austin" powered by a 392 cid Chrysler Hemi in 1967. He worked his way up through the ranks to Top Fuel, where he was Division III champion in 1977, 1978 and 1980. Along the way, he had 11 major wins in Top Fuel and Pro Comp. Jeg's Mail Order began in 1960 as Jeg's Automotive in downtown Columbus. It has grown into a giant with annual sales of $200 million. He is a member of the Hot Rod magazine Hall of Fame and received the Car Craft "Ollie Award" for lifetime achievement, among other honors. He now mentors his sons, who run the business and race in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.
Frank Hawley is perhaps best known for Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School, which for 21 years has been the required training for anyone who wants to sit behind the wheel of a dragster. But long before he created the school, Hawley was a racer himself. He was licensed to drive a dragster at the age of 16 and drove in Top Fuel, Nitro Funny Cars, Top Alcohol Dragsters and Top Alcohol Funny Cars. Hawley also holds NHRA licenses in Pro Stock, Super Comp and Super Gas. He drove for John Force's tuner, Austin Coil, in the "Chi-Town Hustler," taking two Nitro Funny Car NHRA World Championships. He holds nine NHRA National Championships in all. He is one of only thirteen drivers to win National titles in both Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Cars. He's a member of NHRA's "4-second club," he was Car Craft magazine's Driver of the Year, number 43 on the NHRA's list of the Top 50 Drivers and is a member of the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame. During his career, his won/loss record was an astonishing 75 percent. Hawley has been a television commentator for ABC, TNN, ESPN and independent programming. He's the author of two books and widely known as a lecturer and instructor.
Proceeds of the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, directly benefit the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, Calif. The museum houses the very roots of hot rodding. Scores of famous vehicles spanning American motorsports history are on display, including winning cars representing 50 years of drag racing, dry lakes and salt-flat racers, oval track challengers and exhibits describing their colorful backgrounds.
The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, presented by the Automobile Club of Southern California, is open Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., PST. Current NHRA members are admitted free. Admission for non-members is $6 for adults, $4 for seniors 60 and older, $4 for juniors six through 15, and free for children under the age of five. Auto Club members receive discounts on admission and at the gift shop: show your card and save. The Museum is also available for private parties, meetings, corporate events, weddings and special group tours. The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is located at Fairplex Gate 1, 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, Calif. 91768. For further information on special exhibits, museum events or directions, call 909/622-2133 or visit http://www.museum.nhra.com.


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My Favorite Albums of 2009
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By now, I'm sure you've all seen the Spinning Platters Top 15 Albums of 2009, and you've been waiting patiently for me to release my personal list with it's accompanying witty commentary. (Just don't look for little album cover photos here like I had over there; that took ages.) One change for this year is that I've written full reviews for many of these albums over on Spinning Platters. For those albums, I'm providing convenient links rather than writing new material. It takes a lot of time, this editor in chief thing, so I'm looking to save some. Read on, dear readers! Read more…


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A mix of materials and color tones give this console table a rich appearance. The wood top is finished in a beautiful Caviar color, its warm tones enhanced by the Brass Plated finish on the steel base. Simple, yet luxurious, this console table epitomizes sophisticated glamor.
The Jet Set Console Table with Tubular Steel Base by Bernhardt at Reeds Furniture in the Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Oxnard, Calabassas, Malibu, California area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
Greatly influenced by 1940s French contemporary design, Jet Set is a glamorous whole home collection with an innate modern sensibility. The collection draws from familiar accessory materials and shapes like crocodile embossed and quilted leather, chain link designs, and shiny finishes that emanate the look of your favorite designer handbag or statement jewelry pieces. Simple silhouettes and ribbon-striped sapele veneers in a rich Caviar finish provide the platform for bold hardware and intriguing materials, ensuring each piece exudes luxe sophistication. From accent pieces to dining room and bedroom focal points, Jet Set is full of high-end, versatile pieces that can be mixed and matched and used in a variety of rooms in your home. Make a dramatic statement with one bold piece or layer on the luxury like you layer on bangle bracelets with the carefully curated and elegant looks from Jet Set.
The Jet Set collection is a great option if you are looking for Transitional furniture in the Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Oxnard, Calabassas, Malibu, California area.
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Julia McCurley brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 48 Designs von 17 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Something More, tagline "creating relationships that matter"
This will be an offline matchmaking service. I am looking to fill the gap in the singles market with individuals that either don't have time to go online, have been misled in the past with online, or simply want a more customized and confidential service to find them a longterm relationship that will lead to marriage. The culture of the company is high quality, high level of customer service, and a customized approach meaning that no client is alike. I will personally interview and screen every potential client in person including criminal background checks and employment verification. Other services offered will be makeovers, practice dates, relationship coaching.
The clients who are attracted to this service value time over money and are willing to pay to have someone to do all the legwork for them . Typically these people are busy executives, perhaps divorced with children, and do not have the bandwidth to go to the bars, join the health clubs, go to church on a regular basis, and are tired of relying on fate to find them the love of their life.
must use the something more logo that is attached. an example of the look and feel I am going for: http://www.selectivesearch-inc.com. The reason I like it is it doesn't emphasize the individual matchmaker, it talks about the process, has fewer tabs. I would like something lighter and brighter though using the champagne color of the logo. Not sure about pictures of couples etc. need it to look like mercedes, jaguar, high end. no cheesy hearts or cupids, etc. must use thesomething more logo as home page


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CLEVELAND (AP) - The Plain Dealer in Cleveland cut about a third of its newsroom staff Wednesday, months after announcing it was reducing home delivery of the newspaper.
CLEVELAND (AP) � The Plain Dealer in Cleveland cut about a third of its newsroom staff Wednesday, months after announcing it was reducing home delivery of the newspaper.
About 50 reporters, photographers, page designers and other Newspaper Guild-covered employees received layoff notices, according to the guild.
The newspaper did not release a list of those who lost their jobs.
"In order to realign our workforce for future growth, we have found it necessary to make additional reductions," Publisher Terry Egger said in a news release.
Guild chairman Harlan Spector said those let go included veteran reporters and photographers who had become familiar names to the paper's readers. "We have not completed a tally," said Spector, who volunteered to be laid off.
The Plain Dealer, beginning next week, will reduce home delivery to three days a week while also providing a "bonus" home-delivered edition on Saturdays.
The newspaper, which announced the changes to home delivery in April, also will be printed every day and be available for purchase at outlets in northeast Ohio.
"We chart a new course to ensure that we are positioned to be a viable business in an effort to better meet the needs of our community," Egger said.
A new digitally focused media company called Northeast Ohio Media Group will also start this summer. The organization will be responsible for all ad sales and marketing for The Plain Dealer and oversee the operation of the Cleveland.com website and Sun News, a chain of weekly newspapers.
The Northeast Ohio Media Group and The Plain Dealer Publishing Company will provide content for all print and digital platforms.
The newspaper, which has a weekday circulation of about 286,400, is owned by New York-based Advance Publications Inc. Other Advance papers, such as the Times-Picayune in New Orleans and The Birmingham News in Alabama, have cut back their publishing schedules to three days a week.
Union leaders in Cleveland expect about 110 guild-covered employees to remain in the newsroom following the layoffs.
The Guild had been waging a billboard campaign to preserve jobs and Cleveland's seven-day publication schedule.
"It's a sad day for northeast Ohio," said John Mangels, a reporter who organized the campaign and also volunteered to be laid off. "The community deserves better than this."


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You have submitted a mortgage application, found your dream home, and put in an offer. Now what? Applying for a home loan is an ongoing process, from application to closing, that does not have to be stressful. There are several things you can do to make the process more efficient, and things not to do to avoid delaying your closing or changing the status of your approval. Below is a list of recommendations to make sure that this exciting journey progresses as smoothly as possible, all the way up to the day you receive your keys.
Pay bills on time
Remember to stay current on your existing accounts. Set reminders for yourself or place bills on autopay to avoid late payments, as they could cause a delay in your closing.
Postpone career moves until after closing
Your approval is based on your current employment and income, and both need to be verified. Making career changes, regardless of the compensation, will make the verifications obsolete and cause the loan file to repeat the underwriting step. Of course, there are instances where you may not be able to control these changes. If you are considering a job change or experience an unexpected job change, give us a call.
Keep financial documents available
We try to collect everything up front, however, our Underwriting team may request additional documentation. We recommend that you keep your financial records easily accessible until after closing.
Save your income statements
Keep all current and upcoming income statements. There will be additional verbal verifications with your employer and your CPA, and verification of your IRS tax transcripts. Everything will need to match, so hang onto your incoming paystubs, as they may need to be updated by your underwriter.
Save all pages of your bank statements
These pages may need to be updated, so be sure to keep upcoming bank statements available. This applies to all checking and savings accounts, along with any brokerage and retirement accounts.
Make any large purchases (such as a boat or car)
Similar to the way a new credit card or credit inquiry can prevent us from being able to close your loan, making a large purchase before your closing can delay your move-in date. If you must make a large purchase, give us a call first to determine what kind of impact it could have.
Make any unusually large deposits
Money used for a down payment on your home may not be borrowed money, and you will need proof that large deposits are not borrowed funds. A large deposit is defined as any amount greater than 25% of any one borrower's monthly net income deposit.
Close credit card accounts
Closing a credit card will reduce your total amount of available credit, impacting your credit score. New credit can bring your credit score down as well, so it's best to postpone opening any new credit accounts until after closing. (see the next Do Not)
Apply for new credit
New credit inquiries can have a negative impact on your credit score and your debt-to-income ratio. Any changes can create delays, change the terms of your loan, or cause your loan to be denied, in some cases. If you must open a new account, consult with us first, and we will analyze and properly document the impact.
Be afraid to ask questions
If you are uncertain about what you need to do, or which steps you should take, we at Benchmark are here to help you through the process. Together, we can work towards a truly great experience purchasing your brand new home!
The post How To Avoid Roadblocks Before Closing On Your New Home appeared first on Benchmark.


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Charleston (cities, United States)
Charleston:1 City (1990 pop. 20,398), seat of Coles co., E Ill.; inc. 1835. Charleston is an industrial, rail, and trade center located in an agricultural area; shoes are also made. Eastern Illinois Univ. is there. A Lincoln-Douglas debate was held in Charleston on Sept. 8, 1858. Local attractions include an enormous statue of Lincoln and nearby Lincoln Log Cabin State Park and Fox Ridge State Park.
2 City (1990 pop. 80,414), seat of Charleston co., SE S.C.; founded 1680, inc. 1783. The oldest city in the state and one of the chief ports of entry in the SE United States, Charleston lies on a low, narrow peninsula between the Ashley and Cooper rivers at the head of the bay formed by their confluence. In the bay or bordering it are Patriots Point, with the Yorktown and other warship museums; Sullivans Island, site of Fort Moultrie; James Island; Morris Island, with a lighthouse; Fort Sumter; and Castle Pinckney, on Shutes Folly. Many transportation routes converge at Charleston, and through its almost landlocked harbor extensive coastal and foreign trade is carried on; the city also is a cruise port. Until 1996, Charleston was headquarters for the 6th U.S. naval district and for the U.S. air force defense command. The extensive facilities included a submarine base and a huge navy yard (est. 1901) in North Charleston, which still houses a large naval electronics facility and has been redeveloped for private industry. Among the city's varied manufactures are chemicals, steel, motor vehicle parts, pulp and paper, textiles, and clothing.
The city's old homes and winding streets, historic sites, and charm, together with its mild climate and nearby beaches and gardens (including Middleton Place, Magnolia Gardens, and Cypress Gardens), attract tourists. Many colonial buildings survive, among them St. Michael's Episcopal Church (begun 1752), noted for its chimes, and the Miles Brewton house (1765–69). Also here are the Powder Magazine (c.1713); the Gibbes Museum of Art; the Charleston Museum (1773) and the City Market (1804–41), each among the oldest of their kind in the country; and Fort Sumter National Monument. The waterfront, especially the Battery, and the Grace Memorial Bridge over the Cooper River, are famous Charleston landmarks; the South Carolina Aquarium is on a wharf in the harbor. Cabbage Row surrounds a court that was the "Catfish Row" of DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy. The annual azalea festival is a popular event, and the Spoleto U.S.A. music and arts festival (see Spoleto Festival) has been held in the city since 1977. Charleston is the seat of the Citadel, the Medical Univ. of South Carolina, Charleston Southern Univ., and the College of Charleston (1790), which in 1837 became the first municipal college in the United States. Noted resorts lie east and west of the city.
The English settled (1670) at Albemarle Point, on the western bank of the Ashley River, c.7 mi (11 km) from modern Charleston. They moved in 1680 to Oyster Point, where their capital, Charles Town, had been laid out. The city became the most important seaport, and the center of wealth and culture, in the southern colonies. Non-English immigrants, among whom French Huguenots were prominent, added a cosmopolitan touch. Charleston was an early theatrical center; the Dock Street Theatre (opened 1736) was one of the first established in the country. In the American Revolution, after being successfully defended (1776, 1779) by William Moultrie, Charleston was surrendered (May 12, 1780) by Benjamin Lincoln to the British under Sir Henry Clinton, who held it until Dec. 14, 1782. The capital was moved to Columbia in 1790, but Charleston remained the region's social and economic center.
The South Carolina ordinance of secession (Dec., 1860) was passed in Charleston, and the city was the scene of the act precipitating the Civil War—the firing on Fort Sumter (Apr. 12, 1861). With its harbor blockaded and the city under virtual siege by Union forces (1863–65), Charleston suffered partial destruction but did not fall until Feb., 1865, after it had been isolated by Sherman's army. A violent earthquake on Aug. 31, 1886, with an estimated magnitude of 7.3., took many lives and made thousands homeless; it was the most powerful earthquake on the E coast of the United States in historic times. Periodic storms, such as Hurricane Hugo (1989), have also caused great damage. The city's port experienced signficant growth during the late 20th cent.
See R. N. Rosen, A Short History of Charleston (1982); Q. Bell et al., Charleston (1988); S. R. Wise, Gates of Hell (1994); P. Starobin, Madness Rules the Hour: Charleston, 1860 and the Mania for War (2017).
3 City (1990 pop. 57,287), state capital and seat of Kanawha co., W central W.Va., on the Kanawha River where it is joined by the Elk River; inc. 1794. Charleston is an important transportation and trading center for the highly industrialized Kanawha valley and a producer of chemicals, fabricated pipe and sheet metal, machinery, food and beverages, concrete, and railroad ties. Salt, coal, natural gas, clay, sand, timber, and oil are found in the region. The city grew around the site of Fort Lee (1788). Daniel Boone lived there from 1788 to 1795. The capital was transferred there from Wheeling in 1870, then back to Wheeling in 1875, and finally to Charleston in 1885. The state capitol (completed 1932) has a dome higher than that of the U.S. capitol, and the cultural center around it contains an art gallery, museum, planetarium, and notable gardens. The city is the seat of the Univ. of Charleston, and West Virginia State Univ. is nearby.


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by The Staff of the Stained Glass Association of America
The Stained Glass Association of America (SGAA) is dedicated to protecting, preserving, and accrediting the art of stained glass in America, but is still an inclusive body with affiliates and members from all over the world. The 2011 SGAA Conference will provide exposure to excellent speakers and technical subjects, and non-SGAA members who belong to any other glass association are invited to attend this year at the same cost as that for SGAA members.
This article was originally published on page 40 of the May/June 2011 issue of Glass Art.


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Collegiate Personal Bests:
800 Meter Run: 2:20.17
1,000 Meter Run: 3:00.22
1,500 Meter Run: 4:40.88
One Mile Run: 5:01.60
3,000 Meter Run: 9:58.89
3,000 Meter Steeplechase: 10:37.64
2013 Outdoor Track: Named to the All-Northeast Conference Second Team...Named NEC Track Athlete of the Week on 4/30...Placed second in the 3,000m steeplechase at the NEC Championships with an ECAC qualifying time of 10:39.34...Posted a third-place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Penn Relays with a CCSU record-breaking time of 10:37.64...Set a CCSU record in the 3,000m (9:58.89) at the Monmouth Season Opener in March...Took third in the 1,500m at the Holy Cross Invitational with a mark of 4:40.88...Also competed at the IC4A/ECAC Championships where she clocked in a time of 10:59.90 in the 3,000m steeplechase.
2013 Indoor Track: Placed fourth at the NEC Championships in the one mile, crossing the finish line in 5:12.47...Also helped the CCSU 400m distance medley relay team to seventh place at the NEC Championships, the team crossed the finish line in 12:35.23...Took second in the 1,000m run clocking in a time of 3:07.17 at the Army Crowell Open on Jan. 5...Posted a third-place finish in the 1,000m at the URI Coaches Invitational on Feb. 2 with a career-best time of 3:00.22...Placed seventh in the one mile run at the Great Dane Classic on Jan. 18, crossing the line in 5:10.11...Ran a 5:05.27 in the one mile run at the Boston University Terrier Invitational for 28th out of 123 runners...Placed 14th in the one mile at the New England Championships with a time of 5:02.78.
2012 Cross Country: Named All-Northeast Conference as a junior for her 14th-place finish at the NEC Championships with her time of 18:35.20...Crossed the finish line first for Central in five of her seven meets including at the Quinnipiac Invitational on Sept. 15 where she finished second overall with her time of 18:38.60...Finished 10th overall of 177 at the IC4A/ECAC Championships on Nov. 17...Placed 5th overall out of 102 with her time of 18:04.31 at the Ted Owen Invitational on Sept. 22...Finished 23rd of 252 at the New England Championships on Oct. 7 in 17:57.92...Placed 11th at the CCSU Mini Meet out of 144 runners on Oct. 19...Also competed in the NCAA Regionals on Nov. 9 in which she placed 110th of 253.
2012 Outdoor Track: Placed fifth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 11:12.05 at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships...Helped Central finish eighth in the 4x800 meter relay at the NEC Outdoor Championships, the team finished in 9:39.28...Placed 10th in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:41.94 at the New England Outdoor Championships.
2012 Indoor Track: Helped Central finish first and notch a new meet record in the distance medley relay with a time of 12:03.70 at the Northeast Conference Indoor Championships...Placed eighth in the 3,000 meter run at the NEC Indoor Championships with a time of 10:17.49...Ran a 3:03.38 in the 1,000 meter run at the University of Connecticut Winter Invitational...Finished 11th in the 3,000 meter at the Great Dane Classic with a time of 10:15.84...Placed 16th in the one mile run with a time of 5:01.60 at the New England Indoor Championships.
2011 Cross Country: Participated in all eight meets for the Blue Devils…Best finish for the season came at the CCSU Mini Meet on Oct. 21 where she earned sixth place…Came in 13th place with a time of 19:02 at the Blue Devil Invitational…Finished 19th at the Monmouth Invitational on Sept. 17 with a time of 19:26.90…Recorded 15 points for CCSU at the Ted Owens Invitational on Sept. 24 with a time of 19:07…Completed the 2011 New England Cross Country Championships with a time of 19:27 for 93rd place out of 169 participants…Placed 23rd at the Northeast Conference Championships on Oct. 29 with a time of 19:50.30…Competed at the 2011 NCAA Division I Northeast Regional Cross Country Championships where she earned 152nd place out of 243 participants…Finished the season strong earning 35th place in a field of 215 runners with a time of 19:13 at the IC4A/ECAC Cross Country Championships.
2011 Outdoor Track: Placed fourth in the 4x800 meter relay at the Northeast Conference Outdoor Championships, team finished in 9:26.23...Finished 16th in the 800 meter run at the Yale Springtime Invitational with a time of 2:22.30.
2011 Indoor Track: Placed first in the one mile run with a time of 5:27.80 at the Army Carleton Crowell Open...Finished third overall in the one mile run at the Yale Collegiate Invitational with a time of 5:19.06...Ran the final leg of the distance medley relay at the Northeast Conference Indoor Championships for a time of 12:27.36 and third place...Placed 14th in the 3,000 mile run at the NEC Indoor Championships with a time of 10:46.76.
2010 Cross Country: All-NEC selection as a freshman…Named NEC Cross Country Rookie of the Week on 10/26…Placed 14th at the NEC Championships…Finished 27th at the ECAC Championship…Placed 6th at the CCSU Mini Meet…Finished 21st at the CCSU Invitational…Placed 85th at the New England Championships…Finished 153rd at the NCAA New England Regional.


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Job seekers sometimes forget job-hunting is competitive – until we get shot down a few times. That's why you've got to train ahead of time so you can compete.
In fact, the training can be much longer and arduous than the match itself. Just like – you guessed it – boxing.
Here's how to throw punches that will help you land a job:
Don't overlook endurance training
When we think of training for professional boxers, we envision them running long distances, up the steps and through the woods. It doesn't matter where they run, boxers prepare to endure 12-15 rounds of swinging, and, of course, they prepare to get hit.
Job seekers need to train in this same way, preparing for discouragement, changing strategies, learning new information and remembering names and places correctly. Don't plan only for the current job hunt, but also for the future.
Learn to take the punches
Remember: the competition is out to beat you. Sometimes the other competitor is stronger, faster and bigger, but not necessarily better. Better might mean a larger repertoire of skills, other times it can mean having the right temperament. Learning how to take rejection can be difficult to master, but today's job seeker has "to take a licking and keep on ticking."
Fight Strategically
When fighting George Foreman, Muhammad Ali, who is considered the greatest boxer of all-time, knew Foreman's big weakness: he loved to punch hard and relentlessly. He'd do this for seven rounds straight, and Ali let him. Yet in the eighth round, Foreman lacked something crucial: he was unable to life his arms after throwing so many punches. Ali won by a technical knock-out.
Do you fight like Ali? Do you know when to be aggressive (follow-up, call back, send thank-you notes)? Do you know how to take punches (criticism or silence)? Do you protect your interests (not taking feedback personally, asking the right questions)? Can you tell when the best opportunity comes along (when to say no when the position doesn't fit you)?
Or do you fight like Foreman? Are you missing crucial and timely punches (arriving late to interviews, not customizing resumes)? Swinging at the air (randomly sending out hundreds of resumes)? Not hitting the mark (neglecting to follow through)?
Strength Counts
Although lifting heavy weights is part of training, it's pushing that has more functional use in boxing. Job-seeking, too, is about pushing past boundaries and obstacles that appear bigger far away; they often shrink as you approach. Some distractions aren't even related to your job search, but pushing past them is crucial.
You'll also need mental strength to endure. The strong-minded will welcome a few rejections because it means getting closer to that "Yes!" Our human propensity is to forego rejection, but it makes us stronger and wiser.
Compete to Win
No employers will hand you a job. You have to earn it, win it and claim it. Like any sport, you have to study your opponent and exploit weaknesses. To win, you must know your weaknesses and demonstrate your strengths.
Draw a table to compare and contrast the job opportunity, and know what you have to offer compared with what the employers wants. Use that visual to remind you which skills and experience to emphasize in your interview and on your resume.
What's your knockout strategy?
Winning should drive your job-search strategy. If you don't plan to knock 'em dead, how will you seize opportunities?
To hire you, employers have to like you, have to be impressed. Without a plan, you're like Foreman, swinging away, but not landing the knock-out punch. Set yourself up for success by approaching that competition head-on.
Mark Anthony Dyson is the Chief Evangelist and Founder of Competitive Resumes, and Founder/Chief Editor at TheVoiceofJobseekers.com. When he is not traveling to various Army bases to conduct career workshops for federal personnel, he is at home in Chicago shaping job candidates as contenders for the hostile job market.
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