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Some health clubs could see a drop in dietary supplement sales once the ban on ephedra goes into effect, but club owners seem confident that other weight-loss supplements can help members with their goals.
Laurie Moore, assistant manager at Ironman Gym in La Porte, IN, says that the dietary supplement drink containing ephedra sold at her facility is the biggest seller of all the facility's supplement drinks. The club used to sell other dietary supplements containing ephedra but stopped doing so about 10 months ago when they couldn't get them from the distributor any longer.
"A lot of us have known it (the ban) was coming for a long time," says Scott Nelson, assistant general manager at the Spokane Club in Spokane, WA. Nelson supports the ban and calls ephedra a health issue even though he admits that a lot of people still believe in the benefits of ephedra. However, he says that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proved the negative effects of the product.
Other club owners have already pulled ephedra from their shelves. The Body Builder Gym in Los Angeles, banned ephedra more than four years ago, the owner says. He supports the ban as well.
On Dec. 30, 2003, the FDA announced that it would issue a ruling in a few weeks that would ban all dietary supplements that contain a source of ephedrine alkaloids. Ephedrine alkaloids include ephedra, ma huang, sida cordifolia and pinellia.
"It doesn't matter whether we support it or not," Victor Matos, one of the owners of The Gridiron Club in Miami, says about the ban. "We have been instructed to take it off the shelf."
Officials from the Department of Agriculture stopped by the Gridiron Club in early January to inform the club of the upcoming ban. The officials stated that they would return in March to make sure that the club no longer had any banned supplements on its shelves.
"It sold well here," Matos says about the ephedra-containing drink the club sells. "As soon as it is depleted, we will stop selling it. We won't order anymore."
However, manufacturers of products containing ephedra are now looking for alternatives. The customers are there for products that enhance athletic performance and aid in weight loss, says Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association.
"I would think that the manufacturers and marketers are going to research new ingredients and products and bring them to the market," says McGuffin.
While the FDA rule pertains to all currently marketed dietary supplements, it does not pertain to traditional Chinese herbal remedies and it generally does not apply to products such as herbal teas that are regulated as conventional foods. When the rule is finally published, it will go into greater detail about the actual traditional herbal remedies that are exempt, says Laura Alvey, spokesperson at the Food and Drug Administration. The ruling will become final 60 days after publication. Publication is expected by the end of January.
The FDA is urging vendors with ephedra supplements on their shelves to stop dispensing them immediately, says Alvey. "We recommend they not wait until the rule goes into effect to stop selling," she says.
The FDA has already sent letters to manufacturers and distributors of ephedrine alkaloid-containing supplements to inform them of the ban. The letter states that those who do not comply will face enforcement action against them.
While few details of the FDA ban had been released as of press time, a law in California that bans the sale of dietary supplements that contain ephedrine alkaloids may lend some clues to what the FDA ruling will include, says McGuffin.
California bans the sale of ephedra products with a few exceptions. The state still allows manufacturers of products containing a source of ephedrine alkaloids to sell the products to a licensed health care practitioner and to licensed pharmacists who can then resell the product to patients to whom it has been prescribed. The products, however, are not available at health food stores or grocery stores. The FDA could end up setting similar requirements, McGuffin says.
"This rule is not going to be a sieve," McGuffin says about the federal ban. "They have defined two exemptions, and I am confident they will write this [rule] in a manner that will not only prevent its abuse, but in a manner that authorizes the agency to act swiftly and aggressively to remove products that [falsely] claim they are traditional Chinese remedies."
McGuffin doesn't expect many licensed dieticians and nutritionists to risk their livelihood by exaggerating the exemptions and "prescribing" ephedra to clients as an herbal remedy when the desired outcome is actually weight loss or improved athletic performance.
In fact, prescribing traditional Chinese herbal remedies would not have the same weight loss effect as the dietary supplements, says Dr. Margot Longenecker, ND, who has a private naturopathic practice in Connecticut and is a member of the faculty at the University of Bridgeport's College of Naturopathic Medicine. The dietary supplements are formulated differently.
Dr. Longenecker says that aspirin and some pharmaceuticals are more dangerous than ephedra, but she wouldn't ever prescribe ephedra for weight loss.
"I think ephedra has been misused in the weight loss category," she says. "The way that it's been formulated isn't the way it's been traditionally used. When it is used for weight loss, that's where the potential for misuse can be."
Whether this ban could lead to bans on other supplements is unknown.
"God only knows," says Matos. "You are dealing with the FDA and they can do whatever they want."
For now, however, the FDA is focused on ephedra and that means happy about it or not, gyms, gym owners, nutritionists, pro shops and gym members won't be seeing ephedra at their facilities any longer.


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A very interesting paper by Cebeci et al. based on Exporter Dynamics Database, which has measures on exporter characteristics and dynamics based on firm-level customs information from 38 developing countries and seven developed countries. Excerpts from the paper:
This paper introduces the Exporter Dynamics Database. The database includes exporter characteristics and measures of exporter growth based on firm-level customs information from 38 developing and seven developed countries, primarily for the period between 2003 and 2010. The measures are available at different levels of aggregation, including: a) country-year, b) country-year-product, and c) country-year-destination. Several new stylized facts about exporter behavior across countries emerge from the database. (i) Larger or more developed economies have more exporters, larger and more diversified exporters, and lower entry and exit rates than smaller or developing economies. (ii) In the short run, expansions along the intensive margin (exporter size) contribute more to export growth than expansions along the extensive margin (number of exporters). (iii) Exit rates are highly correlated with entry rates and both are negatively correlated with survival rates, average exporter size, and diversification. (iv) The number of exporters and the entry and exit rates in a country-product group are partially driven by country and product-group effects; however, the average size of exporters in a country-product group is not. Although the first three facts can be explained by models incorporating firm heterogeneity and uncertainty, the fourth fact is more difficult to explain with existing models. Several findings are confirmed in this database, including the importance of large multi-product firms. This database can be a valuable tool to improve the understanding of the micro-foundations of export growth, by providing new insights about exporter characteristics and dynamics.
Though Nepal is not included in the database, an important finding of the paper that is directly relevant to Nepal's trade sector is that increasing export growth in the short run is possible by expanding capacities of existing exporters rather than promoting entry of new exporters or concessions in export market destinations. In Nepal's context, it would mean boosting capacities of those exporting firms performing below capacity. The findings of a recent NRB report, which found that industrial capacity utilization has merely been 58%, nicely fits with the findings of the paper by Cebeci et al. The low capacity utilization is due to lack of electricity, labor disputes, rise in cost of raw materials, and persistent supply side constraints. If Nepal wants to boost exports, then it first needs to create a conducive environment for existing firms to fully utilize their capacities.
Unfortunately, rather than working on operating existing exporting firms at full capacity, the government seems to be always asking for concessions in foreign markets. Of course, concessions in exporting destinations are important, but Nepal has to first create an environment to utilize existing firms' capacities fully and competitively. The need is to first put the house in order before seeking concessions abroad.

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The year 2013 was a tumultuous one for this London indie outfit. It recorded and released its sophomore album within a matter of months, simultaneously announcing the record and frontman Daniel Blumberg's departure from the band. This was a surprising turn of events for a band that should have been basking in the afterglow of the critical success of its 2011 debut, not to mention universal adoration by both music journalists and the blogosphere. Instead of disbanding or recruiting a new vocalist, guitarist Max Bloom has stepped up to the mic and taken a turn from its shoegaze-tinged debut to embrace other forms of alternative rock, but don't worry — it still sounds like it emerged from a time capsule buried in 1997. (Haley Zaremba)
With GRMLN, The She's
8pm, $15
The Independent
628 Divisadero, SF
(415) 771-1421
Performance Research Experiment #2
It sounds deceptively dry, but "Performance Research Experiment #2" is a fairly accurate description of what Jess Curtis and his partners will show this weekend: It's simultaneously a show and a scientific inquiry of what a performance does to a viewer — like it or not. Some of it will be sheer fun, some of it puzzling, and some of it difficult to watch. Curtis admits that the experience can be "intense." The work — about a dozen two-minute episodes performed by Curtis and his partner on stage Joerg Mueller with media artist Yoann Trellu — raises fascinating questions about our bodies' involuntary responses to what comes at them. This performance shows that science and art, contrary to common assumptions, can in fact inhabit the same universe. (Rita Felciano)
Jan. 30-Feb.1, 8pm, $15-20
Joe Goode Annex
499, Alabamba St. SF
"Melt: The Art of Macaroni and Cheese"
Oakland food writer and chef Stephanie Stiavetti has gone and done something we were all waiting for: made our near-constant urge to eat only macaroni and cheese for dinner seem like a reasonable, adult thing to do. Her new cookbook marries the sophistication of handcrafted artisan cheeses from around the world with the simple joy produced only by the smell of perfectly browned, parmesan-covered pasta filling your kitchen. There are classic recipes, to be sure; there's also an entire roasted pumpkin stuffed with Italian sausage, pasta and Fontina. She'll talk all things mac-and-cheesy at this reading, and of course — don't forget your Lactaid — she'll be bringing samples. (Emma Silvers)
6:30pm, free
Omnivore Books on Food
3885a Cezar Chavez, SF
(415) 282-4712
Jean-Luc Godard: Expect Everything from Cinema
We know him best for his 1959 black-and-white debut Breathless, a genre-changing film that came to epitomize the French New Wave with its philosophical angst, tender tragedies, and haphazard American-Western heroism — all set in Paris of the '60s, with recklessness, heavy eyeliner, and a rejection of the traditional love story. Yet Jean-Luc Godard produced a number of works, and when viewed together they form an inventive collection, to say the least. Beginning Jan. 31, BAM/PFA will screen Godard's shorts and features in the film series "Expect Everything From Cinema," allowing Godard die-hards and New Wave newbies the chance to see his films on the big screen, and begin to recognize characteristics of his work on a continuum, from subversive political messages to his ambiguous-realism style. (Kaylen Baker)
Times vary per week, visit BAMPFA website for details, $9.50
Pacific Film Archive Theater
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
(510) 642-1124
Dirty Harry
Of all of Clint Eastwood's many iconic film roles, that of rogue San Francisco Police Detective Harry Callahan in 1971's Dirty Harry is perhaps the most indelible. Shot on location throughout the city and Marin County, the film mixed the traditional cop drama with a harsh and gritty approach, incorporating then-recent events such as the Zodiac into the script about a serial killer terrorizing the populace. Here's your chance to cheer on one of the most famous — but misquoted — lines in film history: "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?!" Feature preceded by cartoons, newsreels, games, and more. (Sean McCourt)
8pm, $5
Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway, Oakland
(510) 465-6400
Reggie and the Full Effect
For a guy who played with classic emo outfits like the Get Up Kids and My Chemical Romance, Kansas City's James Dewees sure seems like a happy guy. His solo act, Reggie and the Full Effect, is the polar opposite of Dewees' other musical endeavors. This bizarre and completely hilarious side project bounces back and forth between genres as varied as hardcore, emo pop, and bluegrass, sporting song titles like "Happy Chickens" and "Revenge is a Dish Best Served at Park Chan-Wook's." Though Dewees hit the road for a farewell tour in 2008, he's back this year with a new album (thanks, Kickstarter) and his first solo tour in half a decade. The only thing to expect from this show is the unexpected. And trust us, the unexpected is very, very entertaining. (Zaremba)
With Dads, Pentimento
8:30pm, $16
Bottom of the Hill
1233 17th St, SF
(415) 626-4455
Millennium Film Journal: 35th Anniversary Celebration
Sprung from the still-vital Millennium Film Workshop, which had its edgy beginnings in New York City's fertile 1960s Lower East Side scene, the bi-annual Millennium Film Journal has been studying and celebrating avant-garde film since 1978 (and has since expanded to include video and works in other mediums, too). This San Francisco Cinematheque presentation welcomes current editor Grahame Weinbren to celebrate the publication's 58th issue with a program of film and video by Stella Brennan, Catherine Elwes, and others, as well as a slideshow that looks back through its long and varied history on the printed page. (Cheryl Eddy)
7:30pm, $6-$10
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission, SF
The Fourth Annual Super Bowl: Men In Tights
If you'd rather do your taxes than watch three hours of football this weekend, join SF Indiefest at the Roxie for the Fourth Annual Super Bowl: Men in Tights comedy show — "Come for the comedy, stay for the commercials." Indiefest's SportsSweater comedians will provide hysterical (and most likely incorrect) play-by-play commentary, raunchy sketches, and general debauchery while the game plays on Roxie's big screen. Ad junkies rejoice, as the only untouched part of the Superbowl comes every 15 minutes. Watch America's top-notch commercials uninterrupted by the horde of jokesters. And what Sunday football viewing is complete without beer, wine, bloodies, and snacks? Tickets benefit the Roxie Theater and IndieFest. (Laura Childs)
3pm, $10
The Roxie
3117 16th, SF
The Toasters
Everything has changed since 1981. The Soviet Union has fallen, the Internet has taken over the world, smartphones have taken over our brains, and no one listens to Kim Carnes. One thing, however, has stayed completely, unflaggingly consistent: New York's checker-caped crusaders of third-wave ska. Thirty-three years, nine albums, and 40 lineup changes later, the Toasters are still skanking. Though they haven't released a new record since 2007, these ska kings have been touring nearly constantly for three decades. If you're looking for up-and-coming, hip, or new and different, this is not the show for you. But if you're looking for an absolute blast with some well-practiced dudes who know how to put on a show better than just about anyone, you definitely want to be at the Gilman tonight. (Haley Zaremba)
With Monkey, Jokes for Feelings, The Skunkadelics, Skank Bank
5pm, $10
924 Gilman, Berkeley
(510) 524-8180
Groundhog Day
If you're among the grouchy, local Niners fans looking for something else to do this Sunday, why not enjoy the uniquely brilliant 1993 comedy Groundhog Day screening on the holiday itself? The cult classic stars Bill Murray as a cantankerous TV reporter who is grudgingly sent to cover the annual proceedings in Punxsutawney, Pa., only to be trapped in a mysterious time loop where he is forced to repeat the same day, over and over again. Following his journey, going from annoyed and suicidal to finally embracing life and love, this funny and touching film was added to the National Film Registry in 2006. (Sean McCourt)
2pm, $8-$8.50
CineArts @ Empire Theater
85 West Portal, SF
(415) 661-2539
Burroughs at 100: The Films of William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs is best known for his powers with the written word. Specifically, his tendency to do terrible, wonderful, innovative, influential, shocking and heroin-laced things with it over the course of 18 novels, six collections of short stories, and four collections of essays. His work in films, however — the result of collaboration with artist Brion Gysin and filmmaker Anthony Balch at the Beat Hotel in Paris — showcases an entirely new side to the writer, who was interested in the ways visual art could adapt his "cut-up" method and other themes in his writing. Part of City Lights' celebration of Burrough's 100th birthday, the films Towers Open Fire, The Cut-Ups, and Bill and Tony will be screened with commentary by Burrough's friend, filmmaker, and film historian Mindaugis Bagdon. (Emma Silvers)
8pm, free
City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus, SF
From Russia Without Love: The 2014 Winter Olympics and Human Rights in Russia
Two good things, at least, that have come from the worldwide outrage at the horrifying persecution of homosexuals going on right now in Russia: a wake-up call that, despite many encouraging gains, us LGBTs are far from out of the woods yet. (The other good thing? Tons of hilarious memes of Putin in drag. Oh, and also we discovered which vodkas were actually Russian, so we could boycott them.) This discussion with educators and advocates will discuss the treatment of Russian homosexuals and queer athletes and spectators in the shadow of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. The panel includes Dr. Krista Hanson, SFSU professor of Russian culture, and Helen Carroll, sports project director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. (Marke B.)
5:30pm, $8-$20
Commonwealth Club
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It was bring your family to work week on "The Voice – so it's not weird that this week's elimination was extra-emotional, right?
The Top 11 live eliminations included a performance from Brad Paisley, group songs from Team Gwen (New Radicals' "You Get What You Give") and Team Adam (The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice"), and a very sweet Thanksgiving celebration with the contestants and their families.
Unfortunately, someone also had to go home. Don't want to know who was eliminated? Read no further unless you've seen the episode – SPOILER AHEAD.
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Okay, are you ready? The bottom two singers who had to compete for the live Voice Save were Team Pharrell's Evan McKeel and Team Gwen's Korin Bukowski.
On the bottom for the second week in a row, Bukowski went for a potentially risky song choice with Maroon 5's "She Will Be Loved." The verdict from Adam Levine? "Hard not to go with you here, for obvious reasons," he told her. "I've never heard a female vocal on that song. It's awesome."
Unfortunately, McKeel's version of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," which prompted his coach Pharrell Williams to tell him, "I'm super proud of where you are and where you're leading yourself right now," wasn't enough to earn him the vote of the public.
Bukowski joined her teammates for next week's Top 10 show, which will unfortunately have just one singer left from Team Pharrell.
Here's who's still in the game:
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New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights. ~Hamilton Wright Mabie
I said this about last year, but I can't believe I'm already looking back on 2009. It was another fast year and another year full of knitting.
I finished a sweater this year:
Sadly, I haven't worn it because the yarn grew a lot and it's just too big. At some point I plan on ripping it out and using the yarn for a different sweater. (I adore this shade of green.)
I knit a blanket for a friend's baby:
I knit a dog walking hat for a friend's husband:
2009 was mostly the year of socks. I spent the first half of the year unemployed and I spent most of that time (when I wasn't job hunting) knitting socks:
I have more socks on the needles.
This pair is almost finished:
I'm anxious to finish these socks because I love the color:
I'm also anxious to finish these socks because I love this pattern and this yarn:
I started this scarf and hope to finish it by next winter (I'm back to being obsessed with socks so it's taken a back seat):
I started out the new year with my 365 project and the intent to document the year by posting one picture every day. I lasted 139 days before my camera broke. When the camera was repaired I had lost interest in the project. So, 2009 taught me that I'm not as interested in photography as I thought I was. I do like to take pictures, but (if forced to make a choice) I would rather do other things.
When I did my end-of-the-year post on 12/31/08, I had one big wish for 2009: to get through the year without any of my pets dying. I'm happy to say that my wish came true.
Sadie has lost 18 lbs. since I adopted her and has discovered that she loves to run:
Kishka spent a lot of time this year doing the things that she loves most.
Rolling in the grass:
Keeping the tennis ball away from Sadie:
And digging holes (note the dirty nose):
What did Romeo do this year? He bossed around his sisters and surveyed his kingdom.
I'll end this post (and this year) with one of my very favorite pictures. It was taken in the car on the way home from the dog park. They were both exhausted.


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text: Cristiano Ronaldo (L) is one of the main dangers to City's Champions League aspirations [Reuters]For the second straight season, Manchester City face elimination from the group stage of the Champions League unless players who have failed to live up to their price tags can find a way to beat Real Madrid.The underperforming English champions are last in Group D with only two points from four matches after opening the campaign with a 3-2 loss at Madrid."It is very difficult, because probably we did some mistakes in the first game," City manager Roberto Mancini said on Tuesday.Mancini will make a late decision on whether striker Mario Balotelli's back has recovered in time for him to face Madrid."Yesterday he trained with the physio and tomorrow and today he will train with the team and we will see if he can play," Mancini said.The pressure on Mancini has been lifted slightly by City rising to the top of the Premier League on Saturday for the first time in their title defence.But it's in Europe where the top teams are judged, and for some City players the last two Group D matches could now only be a matter of pride."Unlikely as it is that we will go through, we want to win our remaining two games and give ourselves at least half a chance," City winger James Milner said. "And if that's not good enough, at least we can finish with our heads held high." On the attack Madrid are second in Group D, one point behind Borussia Dortmund and three ahead of Ajax.But Madrid have stumbled in their last two matches, losing at Dortmund and then being held by the German champions at home two week ago."We have a good chance of winning in Manchester if we impose our attacking strength," Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira said. "The quality of this team is incredibly high and... we definitely have to concentrate on trying to play our own way there, not letting ourselves to be influenced by the opponent's style" Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira "The quality of this team is incredibly high and... we definitely have to concentrate on trying to play our own way there, not letting ourselves to be influenced by the opponent's style."Madrid's passage to the knockout phase would be guaranteed with a game spare with a win in Manchester, where Cristiano Ronaldo will be playing for the first time since leaving United in 2009."Tomorrow he should have more attention on him, not only the other players... because he's a player that can change the game alone," Mancini said.Winger Denis Cheryshev has been called into the Madrid squad, with midfielder Michael Essien and forward Alvaro Morata sidelined.Dortmund are the only unbeaten team in Group D and to advance only need a draw at Ajax, who have never been beaten at home by German opposition."I have a lot of respect for Ajax," Dortmund defender Neven Subotic said. "They don't allow themselves to be shaken up." SOURCE: AP Sport Football


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Although Eckhart Tolle is arousing great interest today, many think he is a novelty, New Age, or even non-religious. The process—and that is what it is—that he is teaching, can be traced through the Greek and Latin traditions of contemplation, the apophatic tradition in particular, and the long history of what was sometimes called "The Sacrament of the Present Moment" (Brother Lawrence, OCD, Francisco de Osuna, OFM, Jean Pierre de Caussade, S.J.).
The mystical tradition inside of Orthodoxy and Catholicism often divided contemplation into two types: infused or natural contemplation, and acquired contemplation. Evelyn Underhill, the brilliant historian of mysticism sees three forms of contemplation: 1) Mystical Contemplation of the Natural World, 2) Metaphysical Contemplation of the World of Being and Consciousness, 3) Theological Contemplation of the World of God.
After the oppositional mind that set in place during and after the Reformation of the 16th century, and after the Enlightenment of the 17th-18th centuries, this ancient tradition was largely lost, except among individuals. We lost the older Tradition of "praying beyond words" as the entire Western and Eastern Churches became quite preoccupied with words and proving words to be true or false. This is the only period that Protestantism and Evangelicals have ever known. So for at least 400 years, we have had neither an understanding of infused nor acquired contemplation! It is such foreign terrain to almost all Protestants, and most Catholics and Orthodox that they immediately think it is heresy or even pagan, when in fact, it is the solid tradition of the first 1400 years of Christianity! (Which I will try to document in my next book, The Third Eye).
Tolle is, in fact, rather brilliantly bringing to our awareness the older tradition of both "infused" or "natural contemplation," and the two first types in Underhill's listing. These are both the ground and the process for breaking through to theological contemplation of God, and acquired contemplation of Jesus, the Gospels, and all spiritual things. He is teaching process not doctrine or dogma. He is teaching how to see and be present, not what you should see when you are present. Tolle is our friend, and not an enemy of the Gospel. There should be no conflict for a mature Christian. "Anyone who is not against us, is for us," as Jesus said, and he also said, "Fear profits nothing."
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In Tolle's world, Jesus is not central. However, he is a beloved teacher, who does it perfectly right himself. "Redemption," as we understand it, is not necessary beyond letting go of our own fears, negativity, and oppositional energy. He might understand reality itself as gracious. We would localize that grace in and through Jesus, as the "Sacrament" of all of Creation.
Although Tolle is not a Christian teacher, we must not assume that makes him an anti-Christian teacher. Today we need whatever methods or help we can receive to allow the Christian message to take us to a deeper level of transformation. Our history, and our guidance of Western history, shows this has clearly not been happening on any broad scale. This is an opportunity for us to understand our own message at deeper levels. It would be a shame if we required him to speak our language and vocabulary before we could critically hear what he is saying—that is true and helpful to our own message.
What if John's Gospel had refused to use the word "Logos" which was a term directly taken from Platonist philosophy? What if Paul had kept the limited vocabulary and categories of Judaism when he preached in Rome and Athens? What if Thomas Aquinas had not written his Summa because it was a dialogue with Aristotelian philosophy? Would they have had any success as evangelists?
Admittedly, this will be much harder for those Christians who emerged after the 16th century when the older contemplative tradition was no longer taught, or understood even by the older Tradition. Catholics and Orthodox simply have the trustful advantage of apophatic saints like Clement of Alexandria, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory Palamas, Dionysius the Areopogite, Bonaventure, Francisco de Osuna, Meister Eckhart (whose name Mr. Tolle chose when he recognized his gift as a spiritual teacher!), the Cloud of Unknowing, John of the Cross, and Jean Pierre de Caussade.
Unfortunately, most of Western Christianity has understood Jesus apart from the eternal Trinitarian life and the Pre-Existent Cosmic Christ that is presented in Colossians 1:15-20 or Ephesians 1:8-11. Here "The Son" is at work in the universe from the very beginning and everywhere, and not just during and after Calvary (which Protestantism has tended to exclusively concentrate on). Remember, both Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure said "Deus est Ens," God is Being Itself. This is not new or dangerous teaching, but if ones denominational tradition has no tradition of philosophical theology, or no tradition of the pre-existent Christ as the Second Person of the Trinity inherent in the very pattern of creation, then I admit that Eckhart Tolle will be quite foreign terrain. That does not make him wrong.
I have learned to join with Peter, who said after much resistance, "God has made it clear to me that I must not call anyone profane or unclean" (Acts 10:28), and I am willing to hear truth today wherever it comes from, as long as it does not compromise the Gospel. As St. Thomas Aquinas said, "If it is true, then it is from the Holy Spirit."
I must join with Paul who in preaching to the secular Athenians, said "God is not far from any of us, since it is in him that we live, and move, and have our very being" (Acts 17:28). That is an excellent foundation for trusting Tolle's natural mysticism. We are also preaching to a largely secular world, and must find a language that they can understand and draw from, as Paul did, and not insist that they learn our vocabulary before we can even talk to them or hear them. How else can we ever be "all things to all people" (1 Corinthians 9:22) or dare to think that we can "preach the Gospel to all creation" (Mark 16:16)?
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this one was a little tougher to find... Matts "little red church" (not far from Red Square).
Puzzling over the redheaded man in India...I thought he was with the grains, but not so per Neobies Map...
Since the photos really focus in on the sledge, the HOOK, and the large grain sacks--I'll bet they are doing some hauling!
Maybe the rickshaw ride is on the way to see Redheaded man?
Hi peach,sorry I didn't reply earlier, we didn't have any internet access for the last 10 days. As for your questions, it's a bit hard to remember (as I'm not as obsessed by details as you guys are!) but we are rather certain we saw the Amazing Race on May 28th in La Paz. They were in Plaza Abaroa (sometime called Plaza Avaroa), in the neighborhood of Sopocachi. From our apartment, we also noticed a lot of commotions and big tv lighting in the parc of the Monticulo, near Plaza Espana. I am like 80% sure the sign said U-Turn but as soon as I shouted "Oh my god it's the Amazing Race" some of the workers covered the sign. I know it wasn't one of those thing where you can put the picture of another team. So just a big yellow sign with the flag beneath it. What else... The bikes were similar to the ones on the picture you sent but less shabby looking. And they were next to wooden head gear with lots of feathers on it. I didn't see any teams. Oh, but also, there were lots of brass bands typical of Bolivia. I'm not sure why they were there. But there was more than one band, that's what caught our attention first because we thought there would be a parade. I'm afraid that's it! Hope this helps your curiosity! Sorry there were no pictures taken.
Tobas:Originating from the Amazonian lowlands of Bolivia; the dance commemorates the clashes between Incan and Amazonian warriors. Tobas is noted for their spectacular masks, costumes and feather headdresses. The dance consist of jumping rhythmically to the sound of drums.
Morenada The origin of the morenada goes back to the employment of black slaves in colonial Potosi, where the miners to replace the indigenous mitayos (pawns) bought them. A satiric dance whose steps mimics the movement of the slaves that squashed grapes to make wine in colonial times.The male dancers wear a cape artistically embroidered with geometrical shapes and stones,along with a hat made of metal adorned with ostritch feathers, a curly wig, a mask with a thick lower lip.
The festival was at once the most entertaining, bizarre, disturbing and moving pageantry I have ever witnessed - this despite the repetitiveness of the music. It was entertaining because of the variety of costumes and dance. Bizarre because of the vehicles in the parade which were adorned with jewels, coins and silver service. Disturbing because of the extent that real feathers were used as part of the costumes, and moving because of the pageantry that took place in a cathedral that was part of the first evening's events.The most famous of the Diablada dances is "La Morenada" which is a re-enactment of the dance of the African slaves. When I heard the steady clomp of wooden shoes with spurs coming down the street sounding eerily like the chains the slaves had to wear during their years of servitude in this part of the world, it sent chills down my spine.I got into a few conversations with English-speaking performers behind the scenes who were wearing natural feathered headdresses, some cascading to the ground. We discussed the use of these feathers as part of their costumes and what it meant to the wildlife in their jungles. All agreed that this extravagance couldn't continue much longer.The afternoon of the first day of the parade I followed the route to the end, curious as to what scene I would find there as the participants finished their performances. At the top of a hill in an open square I watched as performers, one-by-one, remove their head covers and masks, hats, plums, and then disappear into a large cathedral. I was not prepared for the spectacle I was about to encounter inside the edifice.It was as if the church silenced the brass band that accompanied them. The silence was deafening. All had made their way to the front of the altar where a priest in full dress was blessing them en mass as they kneeled. I stood transfixed, looking out from the side of the altar at a sea of costumed mestizos and Indians. Their feathered headdresses and devil's masks were cradled in their arms. Their spears were standing tall against the vaulted ceilings. Following the brief ceremony, the brass band started playing again and continued while they approached the altar. Each person kneeled on the altar platform and slowly shuffled along it on their knees while solemnly gazing at the painting of the Virgin above. I can still see devil's masks moving slowly along the altar in the arms of the bearer while he or she gave reverence to the Virgin.I left the cathedral that evening impressed with the degree that these people were moved spiritually. The next day this ceremony wasn't repeated. Nor was it the following Saturday at the next carnival I attended in nearby Cochabamba. I asked a dancer there why I had experienced this spiritual outpouring at the Oruro event and not at the Cochabamba one (which I observed to be more homespun). She said, 'The dancers in Oruro were dancing for the Virgin, the ones in Cochabamba were dancing for the Carnival'. I accepted the fact that I could only understand this difference by immersing myself deeper into Bolivia's rich culture.All day and into each of the two nights parading brass bands blasted out the dynamic morenada music. Early in the morning of the second day Muriel, Stef and I attached ourselves to a dance group and snaked our way with them through town. As we moved along more and more people joined us, all dancing in rows arm-in-arm. An inclusive thought prevailed with this activity and nobody was considered an outsider. We all laughed and cajoled together at the end three hours later before parting ways. It made me realize how welcome a person could feel at this event even if they were alone.
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No, this isn't an excuse to put down your running shoes. Unless, of course, you're already running more than 20 miles a week.
Research presented this week at the annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions in Washington shows runners who average more than 20 miles a week don't live as long as those who run less than 20 miles a week. In fact, they live, on average, about as long as people who don't run much at all.
In other words, like most things in life, moderation may be key.
The study authors analyzed data from more than 3,800 men and women older than 35 who are participating in the Masters Running Study. Participants reported their weekly running averages as well as information about their cardiovascular health and use of common painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen. Nearly 70% of the study participants reported running more than 20 miles a week.
Researchers saw a U-shaped data set when they looked at longevity compared with the runners' mileage. Those who ran a moderate amount each week tended to live the longest.
The study authors could not find a strong association between cardiovascular health or painkiller use and the long-distance runners' shorter life spans, so the reason behind this link remains unclear.
Previous research supports the idea that endurance exercise carries a risk. A 2012 study from the Mayo Clinic found that excessive training can cause cardiovascular damage such as scarring and enlargement of the heart and blood vessels.
"You can do light to moderate exercise as long as you want. We're genetically designed for that kind of activity," Dr. James O'Keefe, a cardiologist at the Mid America Heart Institute, told CNN at the time. "We're just not designed to run 26 miles at a time, or 100, or go on a full-distance triathlon for 12 hours as hard as you can go."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends adults get two hours and 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity every week or one hour and 15 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity a week (i.e., running). You should also strength train two or more days a week.
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What is nice to know is that relationships in life aren't different on the game or twitter - those ARE our relationships. I am going to try and restrain myself from going into detail about the anticipation, excitement, and happiness I felt meeting someone I've sort of fallen for over the last few months, but I will say that meeting everyone was really just awesome. I certainly won't be able to list everyone here, I seriously met like 9847509 people (and I didn't even get a chance to see everyone I wanted to see.)
Meeting the guild was of course totally great. Many of us have hung out before (Toronto, and visitors to Toronto) but meeting Sheepeater, Srs, Jack, Shawnelle, Sturm, Kristin, and the rest was great! We were pretty much just like we are in game - tease Sara mercilessly and party hard! I actually felt really proud seeing us all in the shirts that Kal and Chronis made for us. It was awesome to have a crew there to watch panels with and sit around with and joke with. It was nice to be able to relax and not worry about guild stuff or officer stuff or raiding.
|Our extremely good looking guild.
The sensation of normalcy was really vivid for me -I think I've talked to some people about how I really like day to day minutiae, routines, and the like. There was a moment where I was in my hotel room with Sheepeater and Grumdy getting ready to go to a panel or something, and they were just sitting around talking about games and I was standing in front of the mirror putting on make up and chatting with them and it just felt so NORMAL, it really made me smile.
|Me and Mr. Jack Lalanne
Meeting almost all of the <Something Wicked> attendees was also a highlight - I have spent a lot of time in game with these folks, in mumble, on twitter, etc. I talk to Esoth just about every day, and he has become one of my very best friends so meeting up (finally, it feels like!) was great - we were the dorks we always are. He even brought me home brewed mead!
Meeting some EJ folks like Dysmorphia, my swole sister, seeing Hamlet and Perculia again (every moment away from them is hell, have I mentioned that? they are best kind) and other Twitter folks like Kerriodos and Theck, my bun brother, and Antigen and Rhidach and Tass was just so great - putting a face to the names, it was just wonderful to feel like totally not out of place, and nothing was different. It was time to talk about bunnies and tanking and games and all manner of thing - just like it always is. BUT getting to hug people like Arielle (and a few other Inc Bears) was obviously better than a retweet! Freaking out when I spied Vidyala and Voss at the Hilton, squeeing at Jen and Baj at the CTR party (regret not yelling GET SHIT ON though), being too shy to say hi to Absallom and Ataxus (my achievement point idol!), comparing ink with Hestiah, it was all really really good.
Blizzcon was really a great social setting - I actually didn't feel overwhelmed by having to socialize and meet a million people, I LIKED it! No one asked me about being sick or unemployed, they asked for a hug and put out a hand and exchanged drinks and wanted to talk about games. I also feel like I had a nice balance between time spent socializing at large, with my guildies, with my boyfriend, at panels, and at parties. Although I certainly paid for it - I have never been this tired in my life, I feel like I've been at a rugby tourney, not a gaming convention!
|Arielle, myself, and Hamlet - I think this is my favourite picture!
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So speaking of GAMES, I'm also excited to post about my impressions of the gaming news and events at Blizzcon 2013.
What can I say about Warlords of Draenor? All my toons are goats. I'm excited about Black-Temple-Goat-Town. I'm excited about Draenei NPCs and maybe even some storylines. I'm excited that I'll maybe get to hang out with Korgath Bladefist and Ner'zhul. The setting totally does it for me, even though I'm a total lore noob. I did the Horde starting area and loved it - I can't wait for Beta so I can do a "Sara and her Beta friends" series like I did with MOP - I already met a Frostboar and oh man was he a qtpi. Really looking forward to exploring vast zones and the new character models! I would love if Serrinne could narrow her eyes snarkily even more than she does now.
The addition of tertiary stats (and removal of hit/exp/dodge) is interesting for sure - as a healer I never really had this issue so to me, this is just an entire mega bonus (although I suspect we will be seeing changes with Spirit soon.) I have been dying for run speed in WoW ever since I started playing D3. I am so thrilled this is being added to the game - I want to be the fastest goat in the west! I have always said that sprints/engineering boots/etc are always a raid saver and better than any few points of any other stat you can grab. So basically this was my idea, right guys? I am excited to figure out this new system, especially since I think it will make healing (more) exciting.
Thoughts on Mythic raiding? I think it will shake out just fine - and that's my rational side talking. I love raiding with as many specs as possible (which is why I raid 25 instead of 10 at the moment) so obviously that'll be sad losing some spots, but all in all I think it won't be bad. Obviously so little info out at the moment about administration and logistics, so I'll just leave it at my initial impression.
The quality of life changes (like heirloom page!) and Garrisons will obviously be something I love when they go live (I was someone who liked dailies, so Garrison maintenance excites me.) The "Trial of the Gladiator" arena change absolutely thrilled me - I will get to arena on alts! This is so incredible, and (yes, I know this is horrible) will allow me to play the flavour of the month comps for pvp. This rocks!
As for the level 100 Priest talents, I think they probably won't go live as they are (at least the healy bits.)
Divine Clarity is akin to the original iteration of Spirit Shell, although I'd be hard pressed to see why I should take this and use it when I already have Power Word: Shield - I suppose we'll have to see how the cost comparisons shake out on live. This talent seems super sexy for Holy priests - when was the last time you cast Greater Heal, seriously. The shadow version of this seems odd since we're getting a Cleave stat - I would take this talent if I wasn't that into multidotting (and without snapshots, this might be a good choice.)
Power of the Void seems incredibly fun (to me, at least - I <3 void shift!) but it completely devalues your stat choices since it's based on health percentages. In my head, I read that talent and thought COULD I STACK STAM AND VOID SHIFT ALL DAY ERR DAY? Let's hope not - that is just silly. Shadow version is another dot - unsure about how this would compete with DP as an orb spender, but nice to have an alternative I suppose.
Spiritual Guidance is a very interesting mechanic in terms of introducing a penalty as part of the spell - it is reminiscent of the mana cost increase per arcane blast for mages. This will be a fun balancing act for figuring out how often you can cast this without crippling your other heals. Only complaint is that, again, it totally devalues your stat choices since it's based on % max HP. Shadow version seems awesome, especially since we can bank 5 orbs now (WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!)
And now onto something I may even be more excited for than the WoW expansion:
DIABLO 3 IS GOING TO BE AMAZING SOON! And that's coming from someone who has played dilligently since release. Loot 2.0 and the Crusader (both of which I experienced at Blizzcon) are going to be awesome. Crusader is super shiny and looks great, with some awesome animations. The new act is totally fantastic, especially if you liked A1 - similar atmosphere with + ghosties. I also got to try Adventure Mode and I did the "endless" thing where you just kill monsters until you spawn a rift boss guy - exactly what I love about Diablo. Farmy farm farm time! I also got to watch Mike play it on PS4 for a bit, which looked absolutely beautiful at that resolution. Pretty excited for him - he is salivating over that version already.
Overall Blizzcon was an absolutely perfect weeekend, I'm looking forward to many more in my future!
I'll end this off with some thank yous: Kal and Chronis, I wouldn't have been at Blizzcon without you. Thanks for bearing with my travel woes - I'm not a good traveler! Thanks to Perculia for all her hard work on the Wowhead Blizzcon coverage - without her I wouldn't have known what I had missed! Thanks also to Hamlet for organizing a lovely dinner, and for some downtime chats. And thanks of course to Mike for everything.


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The nonprofit that supports the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul said the school would reopen following the attack that killed 14 people on Wednesday, NBC News reported.
"AUAF is dedicated to its educational mission in service to Afghanistan and has no intention of giving into terror," the Friends of the American University in Afghanistan said in a statement, using an acronym for the learning institution.
Militants detonated a car bomb outside the university's gate and stormed the complex with guns in a 10-hour attack that ended Thursday morning.
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French voters dumped a controversial conservative president who imposed austerity (albeit a very modest dose) and elected a socialist to take his place last week. One year ago, many acknowledged the unpopularity of Nicolas Sarkozy, but few thought he was beatable. French Socialists were in disarray following the scandal that ruined the hopes of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the presumed favourite to win the Socialist presidential nomination.
Then François Hollande, "Monsieur Normale," won the presidential nomination for the Socialists, and on May 6 Hollande defeated Sarkozy. Could the same thing happen in Canada?
Stephen Harper has been Canada's prime minister for six years, but five of those years he led minority governments in which the Conservatives held less than half of the seats in the House of Commons. On May 2, Harper completed his first year with a majority government. Without having to trim his sails to accommodate opposition parties, Harper has been able to introduce new austerity measures and advance a more conservative policy agenda.
Meanwhile, Canada's New Democratic Party -- the largest party in opposition and a proud member of the Socialist International -- has a new leader, Thomas Mulcair. One year ago, the NDP was led by former Toronto city councillor Jack Layton. Layton's death from cancer left the party without an effective champion in the House of Commons, and the other main opposition parties, the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois, also spent much of the year seeking new leaders, making it possible for the Conservatives to enjoy their first year with a majority government in easy dominance of the Canadian political landscape.
Now a new poll conducted for the Canadian Press news agency by Harris Decima shows the NDP pulling ahead of the Conservatives in the popular vote.
It is too early to predict the outcome of the next Canadian election, which isn't due until 2014. Still, Harper will have to be careful to avoid Sarkozy's fate. Anxiety over his budget austerity, a political scandal, or even the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November could lead Canadian voters to seek an alternative to his Conservative party.
Francophone Thomas Mulcair has a chance to hang on to the strong support the NDP gained from Quebec voters in the last election, when they elected NDP candidates to 58 of the province's 75 seats in the House of Commons -- where they comprise more than half of the NDP's 101 Members of Parliament.
In the unsettled global economy today, political assumptions everywhere are being revised. It is not impossible that Canada will follow France, choosing a socialist over a conservative to captain the ship of state -- in Canada's case, perhaps a canoe of state -- through rough seas ahead.


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Question is, I'm following the string implementation of finding permutations but I've edited it using arraylist. Now since Strings are immutable, is that the cause of my problem when using Arraylist?
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FBI documents received by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal massive government surveillance of non-violent political groups in the United States.
The trove of documents (available for viewing below) also show how the government considered a largely peaceful Occupy Wall Street movement to be a terrorist threat.
"This production, which we believe is just the tip of the iceberg, is a window into the nationwide scope of the FBI's surveillance, monitoring, and reporting on peaceful protestors organizing with the Occupy movement," said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF).
"These documents show that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are treating protests against the corporate and banking structure of America as potential criminal and terrorist activity. These documents also show these federal agencies functioning as a de facto intelligence arm of Wall Street and Corporate America," Verheyden-Hilliard said.
The heavily redacted documents demonstrate "that the FBI is withholding far more material. We are filing an appeal challenging this response and demanding full disclosure to the public of the records of this operation," added Heather Benno, staff attorney with the PCJF.
The documents show how the government colluded with the New York Stock Exchange to discuss the Occupy Wall Street protests a month prior to establishment of the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park and other Occupy actions scattered around the country.
The FBI moved quickly to criminalize the movement. For instance, on September 15, 2011, the agency released a "Potential Criminal Activity Alert" in Indianapolis and coordinated with "All Indiana State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies," the "Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center," the FBI "Directorate of Intelligence" and other national FBI coordinating mechanisms, according to PCJF.
In New York, the FBI in Albany and the Syracuse Joint Terrorism Task Force disseminated information to "sixteen (16) different campus police officials," and "six (6) additional campus police officials" on the OWS movement. An official at the State University of New York at Oswego worked closely with the FBI and reported the activities of the SUNY-Oswego Occupy encampment consisting of students and professors.
The FOIA documents also reveal coordination between the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and corporations. The Domestic Security Alliance Council (DSAC), described as "a strategic partnership between the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the private sector," discussed the OWS protests to "raise awareness concerning this type of criminal activity." (Emphasis added.)
"The DSAC report shows the nature of secret collaboration between American intelligence agencies and their corporate clients," writes the PCJF. The DSAC issued tips to its corporate clients on "civil unrest" which it defined as ranging from "small, organized rallies to large-scale demonstrations and rioting."
The documents paint a picture of close collaboration between Joint Terrorism Task Forces, fusion centers, and state and local law enforcement around the country.
Infowars.com has reported extensively on efforts by the federal government to criminalize political activity. In 2009, we broke the story on the Department of Homeland Security's "rightwing extremism" document.
In March of that year, we reported on a secret report distributed by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) entitled "The Modern Militia Movement" that described supporters of presidential candidates Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, and Bob Barr as "militia" influenced terrorists and instructed the Missouri police to be on the lookout for supporters displaying bumper stickers and other paraphernalia associated with the Constitutional, Campaign for Liberty, and Libertarian parties.
Also in 2009, we reported on a document produced by the Virginia Fusion Center.
In 2010, we covered a story reported by Public Intelligence documenting how a fusion center in Florida snooped on Ron Paul supporters and other political groups.
The FBI has long served as a political police force in the United States while promoting a misleading image of itself as a crime fighting agency. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Department of Homeland Security was created and sold to the American public as an agency dedicated to protecting the American people from terrorism.
As the documents released by the PCJF and other research reveal, the DHS and the FBI are dedicated to surveilling and attacking domestic political activity and organizations considered a threat by the establishment, transnational corporations and international banks.
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Giffard was an assistant coach for Akron in 2009 when it reached the College Cup Final against Virginia, and has matter-of-factly approached his job at VCU the last three years a continuous chase for a national title.
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But the team that will meet Syracuse Friday is much different one than Giffard presided over when he arrived after the 2009 season. VCU, once a nationally recognized power, sank to 5-10-2 in 2009 and finished the year 161st in RPI. From 2005-09, VCU advanced to the conference tournament semifinals just once.


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October 23, 2013
5 comments Posted by Kendralee* on 4:43 PM
Some time in the last few months I stopped trying to convince myself of everything, and that has made all the difference. 2013 was supposed to be my year. Looking at the here and now, it certainly is. I feel blessed beyond anything I could have earned and excited about life in a most real way. I can't say exactly when it changed. On April 15th I walked away from Boston with weights around my ankles. I pulled a black cap over my head, tied my running shoes on for a trail marathon 6 weeks later, and then let myself forget that I love to run. The months between April and now were not a blur. I was very aware of my state of being.. of my lack of interest in people and ideas. Nothing made me calm except walking with E. I toyed with the idea of seeing a therapist, even made a phone call once, but work got busy and I got tired, and really, I didn't much feel like talking anyway. I walked 50 miles on Cape Cod in September. How amazing it felt to walk all day... to participate in an event rather than plan it, to be far from home among people with a purpose. I saw the ocean, got buzzed on limitless beer, called my dear Dandylion, and felt the fresh air saturating my lungs, washing my skin. I didn't notice that anything in particular happened, or that at a certain time something changed, but when I think back, the time between Boston and Cape Cod was one segment and the time after Cape Cod has been another. After Cape Cod we bought a house. We moved in. I planted garlic in my own garden, mowed my own lawn, felt myself sinking deeply into this thing called love, and loving it. I spent $70 on a pair of boots I have yet to wear and got my hair cut so I could sit and do nothing while someone else worked for me. I planned an executed a brand new event brilliantly. I looked at myself in the mirror and liked what I saw. Every now and again a piece of the past pops up, reminding me of who I was and where I was going. My heart stirs a bit and I'm confused and sad for the briefest moment. Not because I wish my life had taken another form, but because I still can't piece together exactly what happened, and because I know how confusing my life looks to the people who knew me then but don't know me anymore. I am happy now. I couldn't say that then. I am living instead of believing that one day my dreams would come true, the fairy tale would come to fruition. This is my fairy tale, and I'm not one bit disappointed. I need to read more, to work harder, to step back and look at my surroundings, see through people but also see them as they are. That's how I want people to see me - as a potent poof of the inexplicable, but also as a fact... as something solid and sure, because for the first time in my life, that's how I feel.
July 28, 2013
1 comments Posted by Kendralee* on 4:33 PM
Days morph together and the never ending Spring threatens to spur forth Autumn whilst I rest in the whispers of Summer. There are thanks to be given, apologies to deliver, excuses to settle. I have yet to express my gratitude to the many people who supported my trip down Boylston St. I regret not doing so sooner, but I couldn't. I still don't think I can. I sat with my feet in front of me analyzing the paint wearing off the porch floor, the red ring forming in the bottom of my wine glass, the tiny leaves growing in the pots descending the stairs. My mind slowed as rain drops tickled the ground, clearing the air. Alone with my Cohiba, I settled, closed my eyes, realized the state of my soul now. I was overwhelmed with love, hurt, anger, excitement, thinking thoughts I just might vocalize if provoked, wishing very much for the external push to bring them forth, as though letting them out would satisfy me in some sickening way. I need to grow. Loving my job is not enough. I need to meet more people, teach myself and learn on my own time, push my physical, emotional, and mental limits and see what happens. Running is not enough anymore. Slowly I become more in control, more aware of my choices, of the passing minutes, the calendar pages turning. I feel capable and able - to succeed at another job, to take on a second job, to learn something I've always wanted to, like bar tending or real estate. But feeling able doesn't make anything happen. And oh, how I've enjoyed settling in to this life, getting to a place where I am calm, quiet, confident. Dissatisfaction produces change, and I'm so satisfied, so happy. This time the change needs to come from a need to not change my life or make something better out of what is already really great, but to continue to add to this life that is already beautiful beyond belief...
May 20, 2013
Chair Day - Post Boston Musings
2 comments Posted by Kendralee* on 4:27 PM
This morning I stood for 10 minutes, turned to consider my stability ball in the corner, and have been sitting in this office chair ever since. I wrote the following two months ago: "I love that I have a job that I care about, a job that I lose sleep over, a job that, come May 6th, will have made me a new girl". The months between January and May changed me. I knew that's what they were doing while living them. I knew that when they were over I would sit down in a quiet, dark office to write this post and say that these months proved how hard I was capable of working, that I had never cared so much about a job, that I was tired and invigorated and grateful and overwhelmed and calm all at the same time, and that that combination is intoxicating. I also knew that when it was over, I would crash. Monday, April 15th changed me- The 117th Annual Boston Marathon. I was tired going in to the race, preoccupied with thoughts (and nightmares) of Walk MS, which would take place 3 weeks later. I failed at carbo loading, many thanks to my sometimes dysfunctional digestive system. And I was ready to go home before I even left for Boston. That being said, every marathoner who has a chance to run Boston, should. I am so glad I did. I am so glad I trained (and complained) my way through the cold, dark, miserable (get the point?) Upstate New York winter in order to run decently on race-day. If I run Boston again I will absolutely run for Boston Children's Hospital. I am amazed at the quality of the Miles for Miracles fundraising program and was so proud to be wearing their jersey on Marathon Monday. I re-qualified, should I desire to run in 2014, but honestly, I'm not so sure. It's not because of the explosions an hour after I finished and the chaos that followed, nor does it have anything to do with the challenges the course itself presents. Or... maybe it is. Maybe I'm tired of pounding my body into the pavement day after day, logging 65+ mile weeks, being famished all the time. Maybe I'd rather go for a walk and drink coffee in the morning with my most wonderful man than head out solo for an hour and a half run before work. Maybe watching the smoke and masses of people running in each direction from the 7th floor of the Westin and being left to find my way out of a city I did not know and was not safe in marred me in a way I have yet to come to terms with. What I do know is that I wanted to collapse into E's arms and be carried home to my bed the minute I crossed the finish line. I was done. The 20 minute walk to the family meeting area was more agonizing than the race itself. And when the event went from physically exhausting to emotionally and psychologically debilitating, the pain of realization and even understanding were at times too much for this one mind to hold. I crumbled in the most unexpected ways. I will not forget the feeling in the week that followed of being unable to wrap my brain around simple concepts, being brought to tears by too many people speaking at once, being distraught by fear and flashbacks.. and I was three blocks away. My heart goes to those who were en route to the finish line.. to those waiting there for their loved ones to run by. I cannot, nor do I want to, imagine. This wasn't going to be a post about Boston. It was going to be mostly about Walk MS and striving to meet goals and taking pride in what I do. It was going to be about things larger than myself that have shaped mere me. I still smell Boston. I feel the quiet and simplicity of the starting line, see the endless, encouraging people lining the streets, sense my brother suddenly by my side at mile 20. I was blinded by the sun as I turned the corner onto Boylston Street, knowing my parents were there somewhere in the crowd but unable to pick them out of the thousands of shouting, cheering voices. I crossed the finish line and wobbled to my right, bumping into a blonde haired girl and muttering something about it hurting more to stop. She agreed. I took a sip of water and my stomach tightened into a painful mess of "that's enough, get me out of here, please, no more". It felt like there were hundreds of people closing in on me, pushing me slowly through the chute: foil blanket, medal, photo, follow the signs to your parents and lover, just follow the signs, keep moving, if you curl up and cry now you'll never get there." And that was before it got intense. Dear Boston, I respect you. I appreciate what you do for people like me. But I've seen enough of you for awhile, and I can't say with certainty when I'll be back. This one is going to take some time to recover from. You are brilliantly vibrant, and you will bounce back and be better than ever, I am certain of it.. in fact, we will all bounce back, eventually. Some things just take longer than 3 hours and 26 minutes.
January 18, 2013
Year of the Snake
5 comments Posted by Kendralee* on 10:23 AM
A bed familiar but not mine; Nostalgic. (Shh, don't tell!) His snoring keeps me on the outskirts of sleep as the sun reveals the promised new year. He cracks the window, letting the cold scrub us- between my toes, behind my ears, around my eyes, massaging my neck and back, Ah! All is sepia- the tree, the sky, the small flakes floating to the ground. It's 2013. It's my year. It's my year to rid myself of anger, jealousy, and bitterness, to enjoy the sun and the couch, to read books and absorb films, to nurture relationships and acknowledge my own needs. It's my year to run the Boston Marathon, to raise money for someone else, to see this new job through, to turn 26 (oh my!), to run an Ultra Marathon. I'll go to Europe. Perhaps reconnect with my Bulgarian love, Maria. Maria! I'll fight this anxiety caused by extreme changes over a few short years by realizing what I love and what I lack. I'll push myself to the core of my insecurity by asking who I am and who I wish I was, and "why"? And when I am forced to act in inexplicable ways, I will in turn force myself to be a part of real conversations with real words and concrete explanations for why I feel the way I do. I will speak. And perhaps I will stop being ashamed. I am proud to be a part of things that even some of the closest people to me don't understand, because these things are a part of me, and though I admit to my sometimes insane insecurity, I love being me. I run far because I love to. I believe in God because I've felt Him, and because I want to. I am with this marvelous man because I love him and he makes life better. I don't paint enough, or make enough music, or climb to a high place and watch the world below enough. But 2013 is my year: A rabbit in the year of the snake. Mine.
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Tufa Stone
Posted 29 December 2001 - 12:27 PM
We are building a reproduction of the 7th Century, St Hripsime Church.
Posted 29 December 2001 - 05:22 AM
us for the TUF ther is a place in Hollywood, the name is Holywood Marbul and granit, i remember years a go somone was tealing me that this place has Tuf or somthing like it. find this place it might help you...
Posted 29 December 2001 - 01:19 PM
Originally posted by edward demian:
Does anyone have a contact in Armenia for Tufa Stone?
We are building a reproduction of the 7th Century, St Hripsime Church.
Just don't f*ing get it from the Ani quarry
Is the thing a life size reproduction?
Posted 29 December 2001 - 02:53 PM
Isn't there one person in his healthy mind in your community to tell you that what you are contemplating is extremely stupid?
God save Armenia!
Posted 29 December 2001 - 04:30 PM
Is the only tufa quarry in Armenia just across the international border adjacent to Ani? Is there no tufa available from any other quarry in Armenia or elsewhere?
Posted 29 December 2001 - 07:52 PM
Posted 29 December 2001 - 07:57 PM
Posted 29 December 2001 - 08:04 PM
And if their drive had anything to do with Jesus Christ, they would've been happy with a conference room in a mediocre hotel for their worships.
I hope that one day this generation of superficial Armenians will just vanish from the face of earth with no trace, taking along their unbearable legacy, which makes one feel ashamed for being Armenian.
Posted 29 December 2001 - 08:34 PM
Have we switched roles? I am confused. When I was ranting about the superficiality of the American Armenian community you accused me of being a Turk. Years of hurt drove me out of the community, so I understand your feelings. But now I TOTALLY do not understand where you are coming from.
Posted 30 December 2001 - 04:28 AM
Posted 30 December 2001 - 06:43 AM
You have called me "Mustafa." The inplication is that I am a Turk.
Posted 30 December 2001 - 07:20 AM
Posted 30 December 2001 - 03:09 PM
Originally posted by edward demian:
Does anyone have a contact in Armenia for Tufa Stone?
We are building a reproduction of the 7th Century, St Hripsime Church.
haw big is Palm String Armenian Community or haw many Armenians, and haw much is it going to cost this reproduction of the 7th Century, St Hripsime Church?? -
Posted 31 December 2001 - 12:15 PM
And if I were to get the stone from Ani, I would not use a sledgehammer to swat a fly.
By the way guys, I allready found a source from Armenia at $1.50 per square foot of 2in. thick pannels. The local price here is $20.00 I will try the Hollywood source, but most of those guys are really mercenary and their stone is typically slabbed 3/4in. thin. They are called suppliers of flat stone as opposed to "Dimentional Stone"
As to all of you that are angry, I don't understand your anger. What I am doing is Art. If I was painting would you have the same reaction?
Now days, the ancient art of Masonry is dying. Very few projects use stone anymore. I am pleased with the project. If we would have wanted a Mexican style church with an Armenian cross on it, we would have bought one for ten cents on the dollar.
Spane, Spane, Turki achca hane.
Posted 31 December 2001 - 11:45 AM
Originally posted by edward demian:
Yes we are crazy. Every nail driven into that church is a nail driven into the collective coffin of our enemies.
Please, move this thread to "humour".
Posted 31 December 2001 - 11:46 AM
let me just reply to him.
Posted 01 January 2002 - 12:57 AM
lets talk about this,
Your community has been holding on to $$$ at times when Armenia or The Armenians needed the money most, so many projects have been unassisted, dawn sins no one was supporting it, so many projects have turn heads to Turks for financing and have become PRO-Turkish, when you have had over a million $$$ in your hands, so many kids have starved to death in Armenia and Artsax when you had $$$ to help them, So many Armenian Churches in Armenia, Artsax and Historical Armenian need work, ...... ehhh
This is the reason most of us get angry on this topic.
I'm not telling you to gave up your money, just spend it bit more wisely. it's your money you do what you like with it.
you can get your self a new church made by today's standards that will cost you much chipper than building one using TUF, at first it will cost you way to much to import the stones. just don't tell me your getting the stones from Armenia to help the economy, sins you will spend more money on shipping than the stones are sold in Armenia.
it's not only building the church, you need to pay the expenses, like property taxes an so on, so more and more $$$ will bee spend, 30 members supporting a church, which will soon or lather become the property of some Armenian political party. that's if there not supporting your idea and making you do this now.
than you get A priest, oh this is the fun part, he will charge you, me and every one anytime you go to him for $500.00 for wedding, $350.00 for baptism, ...
Just build something normal, again you can add Armenian Accent to it.
[ December 31, 2001: Message edited by: MosJan ]
Posted 31 December 2001 - 02:18 PM
You are being very unfair to Demian. Most Armenian churches built in America have saved for years. I, for one, have sent money to Armenia through the all Armenian Fund and individual donations. My instincts tell me that most of this $$$never goes to those who need it most. If the Palm Springs Armenian community has saved this money it is their right to do with it what they see fit. Millions go to Armenia every year both from philanthropic organizations and the US government. Children dying in Armenia and Artsakh because the Palm Springs Armenians are saving for a church? Please, spare us.
Posted 01 January 2002 - 02:29 PM
Originally posted by edward demian:
Every nail driven into that church is a nail driven into the collective coffin of our enemies.
Er.. I think you should sack the architect - there are NO NAILS in the St. Hripsime church!
Yes it is a faitheful reproduction of St Hripsime. The Architect Charlie Martin travelled to Armenia and chose that church.
Could you not find someone with the guts to do something original, or be a bit more imaginative in his choice, or have some proper connection with the architecture? What does he know about Armenian architecture? What else has he seen except St. Hripsime? Did he chose it because it is the nearest church to the airport! It is not exactly the most suitable design for a small congregation.
It will probably be as faithful as if Disneyland made it. Honestly, the whole project does sound quite ghastly - the sort of thing that a British TV company might later film to make fun of the crazy Yanks.
Though it IS possible to build proper reproductions. I have seen film of a beautiful Serbian church that is an exact copy of a medieval one that existed in Kossovo (and was demolished after the American invasion). So maybe a copy of an Armenian church in Turkey would have been more appropriate, and valuable.
Now days, the ancient art of Masonry is dying. Very few projects use stone anymore.
Nor is yours, really. Stone cladding is not masonry work.
As to all of you that are angry, I don't understand your anger. What I am doing is Art. If I was painting would you have the same reaction?
I am pleased with the project. If we would have wanted a Mexican style church with an Armenian cross on it, we would have bought one for ten cents on the dollar.
Why not produce something original that is still Armenian. But I suspect that is something that modern society, of whatever ethnic group, now cannot produce. (I could probably do it - but ya didn't ask me! And mine would be art - not a kitchy pastiche).
Posted 01 January 2002 - 08:09 PM
We want to build something that would reawaken the Armenianess of the community. Allready this area of Southern California is all Spanish. Our chilldren are being absorbed in the Mexican community. Thete are few Native English speakers. If this last generation is lost to our culture, we will be here no more. Armenia has no future without the Diaspora. If we would have sent the money during the Communist times, it would have been sequestered by the Communists.
Now we do send money to Armenia. However, If you want to talk about a waste. Talk about the Gulbenkian Millions left to charity. The Armenians get very little of it. We need churches,schools, cultural centers, cemetaries, Printing houses, libraries and Theters. Since Armenia does not really want the Diasporan Armenians, we need to think of our own survival.
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