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Law Of The Land
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Regulation. Frustration. Those words have become synonymous in the minds of many homebased business owners attempting to right years of zoning regulation wrongs. Michelle Bloom, owner of Minneapolis-based Creative Business Consulting, recalls the moment last May when she heard that the Minneapolis City Council had reversed a zoning ordinance she'd spent three years rewriting and revising with city planners. "I was angry, tremendously frustrated, even sad," says Bloom. "In the business world, something like that just wouldn't have happened. I went home that day and said, ` That's it. I'm done.' "
However, by July, Bloom had recovered from her disillusionment and resumed her mission as director of the Minneapolis Homebased Business Association's Zoning Task Force. "I felt very strongly that this was an important fight for so many reasons," she says. "The council realized after the fact that they voted the way they did because they were uneducated. We asked for meetings with all of them. We came in with the facts, the numbers, the economic impact."
By November, the council had reversed its May vote. "For the most part, we got what we asked for," says Bloom. "The ordinance ended up being a fair and balanced way to regulate while still allowing homebased business owners to flourish."
The effort to strike this balance has led to a jumble of emotions nationwide, as homebased business owners clash with the world of local politics. "It can get nasty, because local governments aren't prepared to officiate over [neighborhood] squabbles," says Stephen Lang, founder of the Mount Evans Home Based Business Association in Evergreen, Colorado. "Most government [officials] are sitting on their hands waiting for something to hit the fan."
Minneapolis is one of a growing number of cities that has chosen to deal with the issue. After a four-year-long process and three revised ordinances, the current Minneapolis statute allows one nonresident to be employed by a homebased business, sets hours the business can be open to the public, and restricts the number of clients visiting the home if the traffic proves detrimental to the character of the neighborhood.
Minneapolis' ordinance is far from extreme when compared to the laws other cities have passed. In the worst cases, operating a business from your home is flat out illegal. In other cities, ordinances regulate the types of businesses you can run. "That's a trap you can't win with, because there's no way to list every business in the world that's acceptable," says Lang, who also has a problem with cities that regulate the amount of residential space that can be used for business activities.
Likewise, homebased business owners should realize that regulation isn't necessarily a machine they must rage against. "We want the regulations," says Lang. "Otherwise, you have some homebased business owners who will take advantage [of the lack of regulations], and then the whole community rises up against us."
"The reality is we get regulated, and we need to deal with it," says Bloom. "And, if the system works at all, the city regulates out of concern for the people. Homebased business owners must continue to have the economic impact we have as a population. Let's go forth with that."
Friend Or Foe?
Duston Jensen has had to close down homebased businesses. He seeks them out, regulates them, even taxes them (retroactively, no less). Yet Jensen, the manager of the tax and license division of Tacoma, Washington, claims to be acting as a friend to homebased businesses. "If all I did was enforce the law against those people who knew what the law was and who voluntarily complied, tax rates would go up for everyone," says Jensen. "I just want to be fair and equitable. I'm going to shoot from the hip and treat you the same, whether you're a multimillion-dollar corporation downtown or a $1,000-a-month homebased business."
In 1994, Tacoma decided to enforce its existing homebased business regulations, which allow clients to visit homebased businesses by appointment only, outlaw retail sales operations in residential neighborhoods, and restrict the storage or display of goods in yards. Any homebased business found in violation can be slapped with a citation of up to $1,000 and/or 90 days in jail, or even shut down. "Action will be taken," promises Jensen, who built a nationwide reputation among municipal tax officials for his aggressiveness.
The rub is that Tacoma residents are now required to buy an additional license simply to run a business out of their homes. Most homebased business owners pay an annual fee of $122 (which includes a $50 increase for being homebased). Although the fee may not be exorbitant, it has entrepreneurs up in arms. Some resent being singled out and taxed just for being homebased; others believe the city merely sees them as a juicy new source of revenue, considering the 4,600 homebased businesses registered in Tacoma generate more than $400,000 in annual revenue for the city. "I will agree and admit that the costs have increased," says Jensen. "But that is primarily to cover the costs of compliance efforts. It's an issue of spending time and effort, and providing staff to go out and enforce these rules and regulations. I think it's unfair to put that burden on storefronts."
When Jensen uncovers a homebased business that is not registered with the city, he taxes them, charging them back taxes for up to 10 years if they were unaware of the business tax and back to 1951 if they knowingly avoided paying the taxes.
Can Jensen feel homebased business owners' pain? "I understand these taxes may be burdensome when they're first discovered," he says. "Granted, it might be a surprise that all of a sudden the owners are faced with years of taxes, but it's something they should have looked into."
One For All
Rather than cowering, homebased business owners are the very ones who should be proactively pursuing zoning regulations. Self-destruction? More like self-preservation, says Stephen Lang, founder of the Mount Evans Home Based Business Association in Evergreen, Colorado. "Homebased business owners must step up and suggest to local governments that they need to look at their ordinances," he explains. "Otherwise, when problems happen, emotions get involved and then it's very difficult to get things done."
Prepare for the world of red tape . . . and make the most of city politicians' accessibility. "Take your commissioner to lunch," Lang suggests. "Tell him [or her], `There's a growing wave of this problem across the United States, and it's coming here soon. You've probably heard something about this--wouldn't you like to be prepared?' "
Your pièce de résistance at this lunch? A ready-to-use ordinance that outlines general home occupation standards and addresses issues such as appearance, parking, storage and square footage. Lang offers a copy of this standard ordinance free of charge at www.heartbeat-of-evergreen.com/mehbba So far, at least one city has implemented Lang's ordinance verbatim; others have taken chunks of it and molded it to the unique characteristics of their cities. Either way, Lang may be able to help in your endeavors--contact him at
Pet Peeves
By Charlotte Mulhern
You're surrounded by hair balls, wet noses and wagging tails. The sounds of rhythmic scratching and jingling collar tags reverberate in the background. Meows and barks are commonplace. Where are you?
Nope, it's not the vet's crowded lobby; more likely, it's the thriving home base of a business near you. That's because a host of homebased entrepreneurs with pets--too many to count, really--don't mind if Fluffy or Fido (or both) stretch lazily across keyboards and monitors, or sleep peacefully on important documents during the workday. In fact, many wouldn't have it any other way.
"It kind of adds a different dimension to your business," says Rochelle Balch, founder of Glendale, Arizona, computer consulting firm RB Balch & Associates Inc. And she should know--her 20-pound orange tabby, Stripey, once accidentally saved and printed an entire file of payroll documents with just a swish of her tail against a trackball.
Yes, furry friends do have their downsides: Hair floats about the office, jamming equipment and scratching CDs; dogs bark and get into the trash when you're on the phone. And then there's the time Balch's cats decided to gnaw on a stack of envelopes before a mailing: "There were probably about 100 envelopes that went out with little cat teeth marks on them," she remembers.
It's not like her clients have any complaints--but one recently called her company's help desk in a panic: What to do when the cat throws up on your keyboard? Well-versed and well-prepared, this computer consultant was able to answer with confidence: Go buy a new one, of course!
The Geek's Guide
By Debra Phillips
Can you run a business today and not have an Internet site? Well, maybe. But if you dare bypass the electronic world altogether, you're certainly giving your competition an unnecessary advantage--one that might prove fatal. The good news: You don't have to be a Bill Gates clone to plug into the Internet and its many opportunities.
Enter The Geek's Guide to Internet Business Success: The Definitive Business Blueprint for Internet Developers, Programmers, Consultants, Marketers, and Service Providers (Van Nostrand Reinhold, $22.95 paper). Written by Bob Schmidt, The Geek's Guide simplifies the process of going online. Assures Schmidt, "Today, the Internet is no longer the province of rocket scientists."
Whether you wish to launch an Internet-related business or merely incorporate the Internet into your own company, The Geek's Guide offers a good grounding in the basics. "There is every reason to believe that Web development will grow to become a permanent force in business and marketing communications," Schmidt argues, "every bit as important as graphic design, advertising agencies and public relations firms."
Don't be left out in the cold--electronically speaking, that is. The Geek's Guide will show you how not to get your lines crossed.
Tech Schmeck
By Jeff Berner
In 1894, Mark Twain plunked down $125 for a Remington Model I typewriter. The first American author to buy one, Twain later wrote, "The machine has several virtues . . . One may lean back in his chair and work it. It piles an awful stack of words on one page. It don't muss things or scatter ink blots around."
We've come a long way in 100 years. In fact, the personal computer you buy today to manage your homebased business is more powerful than the computers that landed astronauts on the moon in 1969. But as our technology becomes more powerful, so does our fear and frustration.
A recent issue of the Mayo Clinic's HealthQuest newsletter reports that nearly 60 percent of all respondents are "technophobic." The research found that when an electronic device fails, two-thirds of the people studied blame themselves. Technophobia is the dirty little secret leaking out of the high-tech revolution, and homebased workers who have no technical support staff must come to grips with this debilitating "disease."
But there's a price to pay for the convenience afforded by high technology. Many devices, from cell phones to computer modems, become a source of constant interruption and repair. And--let's be honest--few software releases are truly ready for use by ordinary mortals.
"Even if you have a feel for these tools, you usually have to learn a given software application when you're under immediate pressure to produce," says Dean Ritz, a Seattle-based business and licensing strategies consultant.
We all want to keep doing what we do best--writing, architecture, research--while gaining productivity and leisure time. You may be able to set the clock on your VCR, but can you set it to record the right program on the right channel at the right time--using those instructions written in some vaguely familiar language?
One way to address the problem may be to take things slowly. Ritz, for example, has made a practice of learning the tools he needs in a leisure-ly manner and then using them for specific tasks.
Like Ritz, we, too, must learn to come to terms with technology at our own pace. Only by sticking to our own rhythms can we make these machines work for us--not the other way around.
Bluffer's Guide To Technology
- Backups: Copies of your text, graphic and musical files, databases, etc., that are similar to a carbon copy of work done on a typewriter, or Xerox-type copies. You should back up your files onto a floppy disk or removable cartridge on a regular basis to safeguard against system crashes, power outages, fire, theft and so on. Try to store backup disks with vital, irreplaceable files in a separate place, far from your computer, such as in your briefcase or a safe deposit box, or in a fireproof box.
- MHz: Megahertz is the speed rating of a com-puter system. Right now, an 80 MHz machine is adequate, but if you can afford something rated at 133 or faster, get it. A computer rated at 300 MHz will blow your hat off! Speed isn't so important if you're mostly doing word processing, but graphic software and large databases require more speed.
- CD-ROM drive: A CD player that has a pro-gram, an encyclopedia and/or music (all of these combined are considered "multimedia"), etc. It's a "ROM" storage device because it's "Read Only"--you can't "write" to it or change it. But some are fully interactive, and by cooperating with your computer, they give the feeling of being customizable.
- Scanner: A device that lets you funnel photos, newspaper clippings and other materials into your computer. Vital for photographic manipulation and storage, scanners are also useful for storing things you need but don't want to keep in paper form. In the case of scanned text, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software will let you word-process most articles, letters and other text files you've scanned.
- Software programs: These are like movie scripts. They are endless lines of code that tell the computer, for example, "If the user presses the Control Key and the `F' key at the same time, activate the `Find' function," allowing the user to find a key word, a file title, a name or anything else stored on the hard drive, floppy disks or removable cartridge.
- Inkjet printer: Black-and-white and/or color, these printers use primary color cartridges, plus black. Some brands produce awesome results. Cheaper ones are very good, but the more expensive ones produce incredibly high-resolution type and graphics. They produce professional-looking documents and compete well with laser printers.
- Laser printer: Also available in black-and-white and/or color. A very precise technology and, as with inkjet printers, the more expensive ones produce incredibly high-resolution type and graphics.
- Modem: Connects a computer to a telephone line to access e-mail, send computer-generated faxes, surf the Internet or auto-dial phone calls.
- E-mail: Text and other files sent or received over a modem. It's very fast and very convenient.
The World's Shortest Computer Literacy Course
Let's take a look at some of the most common computer terms and, in the process, get an idea of how a computer works. This will take about three minutes. Pain-free. Guaranteed.
First, think of what you had for breakfast this morning. Got it in mind? OK, that's your RAM at work--your Random Access Memory. You pointed to the part of your memory that contains what you want to remember and scanned the information stored there. It then "displayed" your breakfast memory in your mind's eye. Computers have little RAM chips where memories are stored only while the computer is turned on. "Random" doesn't mean by accident, like a roulette wheel. It means you can point at random to any item in memory and display it on the screen or printer.
The other kind of computer memory is the ROM chip. ROM stands for Read Only Memory, which means that only the computer reads the program; you can't fiddle with it or change it. ROM chips contain instructions a little like your autonomic nervous system, which, though you don't think about it, does the "housekeeping" chores of your body, such as breathing and growing hair. The ROM chip is the network of circuits that is always in place to make the computer work for you. You use the RAM to put in your information--say, word processing or accounting. You can write, rewrite or erase this kind of memory if you wish. You then save your work that's dancing around in RAM onto your hard drive or floppy disks. When you turn off the computer, RAM dies, but the work is saved.
Anything you add to your computer system, such as a hard drive for storing software and saving data (it's like a huge file cabinet), a modem to connect the computer with another via phone lines, a printer or a scanner, is a peripheral.
The hardware is the computer, the printer and so on. The software is the program, the commands that make a dumb machine into a "smart" word processor, an accounting machine, a telecommunications system or the "brains" behind a robot.
Floppy disks are the magnetic disks used to store information. Hard drives are the turntables that can store much more data than floppies can.
An interface cable connects two pieces of hardware, such as your computer and your printer. Interfacing software is a program that lets one computer talk to another computer or another device, such as a scanner.
See? Quick and painless, just like I promised.
Contact Sources
Creative Business Consulting, (612) 788-8877, email@example.com
Duston Jensen, (253) 591-5247, firstname.lastname@example.com
RB Balch & Associates Inc., (602) 561-9366, email@example.com
Home-office workshop leader and author Jeff Berner can be reached at email@example.com


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Violin Memory Plunges 17% on Debut: CEO Basile Talks Life Beyond HP
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Shares of solid-state drive (SSD) array maker Violin Memory (VMEM) of Santa Clara, California, are down $1.54, or 17%, at $7.46, on their first day of trading, after the stock opened at $7.60, below its offer price of $9.
I spoke with CEO Don Basile a short while ago. Basile was formerly head of another flash memory outfit in the enterprise storage market, Fusion-io (FIO).
"This capital will help us in our war against EMC (EMC), our primary competitor," Basile tells me.
I asked Basile first about the main concern of many investors, the fact that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), which was once a major reseller of product for Violin, which once made up 65% of sales, as noted in the IPO prospectus, but that relationship appears to many investors to have fallen apart.
Basile tells me the deal was signed under one-time HP CEO Leo Apotheker, and when Apotheker departed in 2011, with Meg Whitman replacing him, Whitman pulled away from Apotheker's emphasis on partnerships and instead focused more on internally developed product.
Basile points out the company has continued to grow revenue at a high clip despite HP's lessened role, and HP remains partner, but it is a partnership that "does not drive revenue today," as he puts it, though, "We always remain open to working with HP."
Some folks are confused because our fiscal year is one month off [ending in January not December] We are now in our seventh quarter since any meaningful revenue came from HP. We have moved past that, growing every year. It's kind of in the rear view mirror for us. We signed a relationship in July of 2011 under Leo, and then Leo was dismissed. He had more of an enterprise focused strategy. A new CEO came in and went a different way, and focused less on partnering.
Basile points out the company has just added a global partnership with Dell (DELL), and a partnership in EMEA with Fujitsu, and already has partnerships with SAP AG (SAP) and Microsoft (MSFT).
Violin is out ahead in the IPO process of a raft of other storage system makers, firms such as Coraid and Nimble storage. I wrote about the group in a recent Barron's magazine print article.
Violin, according to reports from both IDC and Gartner, is number one in the flash memory storage array category, he notes.
"We blew by the other guys in the market," he says, including firms founder earlier than Violin.
And Basile expects to maintain an advantage with a focus on the memory chip guts that distinguish the company's arrays from other using commodity parts, because, as he avers, "hardware is hard to do."
Hardware, he tells me, as Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle (ORCL) knows, "is the ultimate software optimization," and Violin will continue to focus on developing its memory chip components, along with software, he says:
We expanded our software with our Symphony Console in Q2, and at Oracle OpenWorld, we showed off our Maestro platform and tiering software […] We are moving our enterprise storage software into our chip technology the same way Ellison has moved his software into hardware systems, down to the chip level. The guys at Cisco [Systems (CSCO)] understand this. People talk about SDN [software-defined networking], but Cisco knows SDN isn't it just software, and they're using their chip technology to make it work.
I also asked Basile about another storage startup, Skyera of San Jose, whose CEO and co-founder, Radoslav Danilak, sold another startup, Sandforce, to LSI (LSI), and who is well-regarded in the Valley for his understanding of the deep physics of flash memory. Basile says that Danilak is, like him, a veteran of flash outfits, and that he and Danilak are "philosophically very close" in their focus on hardware as a key differentiator in the array market.

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Okay Nikon, so you don't include a dead tree user manual with new cameras anymore. That's fine; they just sit at the bottom of a drawer until we eventually throw them out. But to also DRM against printing it out? What the hell.
Nikon does offer a fully printable version of its manuals if you just happen to have your camera's serial number and registration information on hand, but seriously! How is that necessary? It's not even the inconvenience of the thing (which does kind of stink). It's the sheer absurdity of it. What does Nikon possibly stand to lose from users printing out a copy of their manual? Are they afraid that street vendors are going to start hocking them on corners like scripts of The Departed? I don't get it. [Rob Beschizza, Nikon]


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The market for business software to handle data generated by RFID (radio frequency identification) chips is predicted to reach $192m in 2010, a big increase from the $24m the nascent market generated last year.
A study by analyst Venture Development predicts that IT giants such as Cisco and IBM will adapt their technologies to cash in on the market for RFID middleware or enter the market through acquisition. Previous mergers included NCR's purchase of IC Velocity and BEA Systems' purchase of Connecterra last year. Further acquisitions of pure-play RFID players is likely, Venture Development's RFID Middleware report predicts. Venture Development names IBM and WebMethods as the firms most likely to make acquisitions of RFID software start-ups.
"Although the larger players are not as 'flexible' and 'mobile' as their smaller counterparts, their desire to increase the total available market is expected to increase M&A [Merger and Acquisition] and partnering activities, eventually leading to a smaller, less fragmented, and more standardised industry," Venture Development reports.
The RFID middleware eco-system currently includes start-ups, many focusing on developing architectures for the real-time processing of RFID-generated data, such as RF Code, GlobeRanger and OATSystems.
Meanwhile, application server, messaging and systems management vendors, such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and Sun Microsystems, are busying themselves adapting existing enterprise applications and platforms to support RFID data across a range of business processes, an approach that omits the stand-alone RFID middleware platform favoured by pure-play vendors.
Elsewhere, networking vendors such as Cisco Systems, Omnitrol, Blue Vector, and REVASystems are developing software for network appliances (such as switches and routers) that allows RFID readers to plug into computer networks.
Academics are also getting into the act. Low barriers to entry are encouraging universities such as UCLA and the University of Arkansas to lend their services to testing, consulting, and RFID middleware development projects alongside offering classes and training in RFID technologies. ®


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Silent Bob wrote:Jeez, Magnus, don't encourage him!heart wrote:The cat caught your tongue Alfredo?
Silent Bob wrote:Jeez, Magnus, don't encourage him!heart wrote:The cat caught your tongue Alfredo?
OK, I looked through that. I have to say it seems a lot more credible than the first thing.michaelb wrote:I just found a rebuttal of the blog by a Rigpa student:
http://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/20 ... he-thanka/
Come on, Bob. You've been around here long enough to know that feeding trolls is one of the ways we practice torma offering.Silent Bob wrote:Jeez, Magnus, don't encourage him!heart wrote:The cat caught your tongue Alfredo?
Thank you, it explains a lot.Alfredo wrote:Sorry for the delay. I feel like I ought to answer as did Aku Tenpa, by exposing myself! In fact, although I have attended the teachings of a number of people, I never formally taken a "lama." (Recall the Sufi proverb, "He who has no shaykh, has Satan for his shaykh!")
Ivo, your response should be considered plagiarism. Why do I say that?Ivo wrote:Hi to all,
Sorry that I could not react earlier, I was just made aware of this thread by a friend. I did expect that something like this would appear at some point, but please know that I have not really followed anything on the Dharma related Internet forums during the past several years, so as of today I have no idea of what is really going on. I have not read Dharma Wheel at all. In fact, I made this account some months ago just to contact a friend, and have not used it.
I tried to read most of the thread, and it is an interesting one. I am surprised to see nuances which were lacking in Dharma related Internet discussions years ago. Thank you all for not crucifying me completely, at least not for now, and even for the occasional tentative kind words. Some of you I know and respect a lot.
If I can clarify in any way what is going on with me I will. However please know two things - 1) I have tried to make sure that most major points are explained as clearly as possible on the skydharma website, I am not sure I can do better than that, and 2) I have really no interest to associate what is happening with us with the Tibetan tradition, at all. I can not escape from my lineage and background, and I have utmost respect for my teachers. However what we do has little to do with the Tibetan tradition at this point and I would not like to be a burden. I would actually prefer to be dismissed as a false "teacher", cult leader, whatever. I have never been recognized as a tulku in the tibetan tradition and I am no more a tulku than any of you. Also, I have had nothing even remotely resembling a traditional tulku education so I find it very hard to take proper care even of the small group of people who think of me as their teacher. On top of that I utterly despise the role of a 'lama', in any form, and I hate personal responsibility and try to avoid it any time I am given a chance to.
I am still coming to terms with many things which have happened to me personally, and with some responsibilities I have taken and I have no idea still if I will be able to help anyone in a genuine or meaningful way. All of you are free to judge what we do, from the little information which is publicly shared, and this is something I have been aware of from the moment I agreed to the idea of an open community. I know very well how the Internet works. I am also aware of Aro, which i do not like, and of the many problems related to false lineages the Tibetan tradition has been facing - both historically and currently. I am not a fan of false Dharma, I do not fancy the personal karmic implications of involvement with something like this, nor do I like to cause harm to beings.
Regarding the mention of some of my personality flaws in this thread, I must say that these observations are, sadly, entirely accurate. I have others flaws too, which I can voluntarily add to the list upon request. My character is not very pleasing, my attitude is often rude with people, and on top of that my command of the English language is poor and what I write often actually comes out more strong than I intend. And I have little patience with nonsense. I do not think highly of myself, so I can understand very well anyone who does not like me.
And finally, just one of a few factual inaccuracies I noticed in the thread - please know that I have the highest regard for Yeshe Dorje. He is one of the very few amazing Western practitioners I have had the pleasure of communicating with, and I am sure he is a much better Dharma practitioner than I can ever aspire to be.
All you have managed to demonstrate at very least is that Ivo's detractors are hysterical, presumptuous and churlish. However, I am impressed by your bold move defending the Buddhist faith from heretics while ignoring right speech. That takes some chutzpah. Chapeau!discombobulated wrote: Ivo, your response should be considered plagiarism. Why do I say that?
Because I've heard the same apologetic spiel several times before from cult leaders being confronted with their deception and misconduct.
So humble, so open, so,.. rehearsed. But obviously not well thought out.
"I have really no interest to associate what is happening with us with the Tibetan tradition, at all."
So how does this not wanting to associate with Tibetan Buddhism fit in with your "new cycle of Dharma/new dzogchen" teachings? The name is so similar after all.
"You can find our community and this website beneficial if:
8. You have at any point really considered whether to involve your kids in the educational system at all."
How bodhisattva like of you to consider the children of your potential followers.
"11. You feel that you have been unjustly treated by life so far."
How premeditated of you to frame a victim as being wrong before they even have the chance to be victimized.
"There is a lot of difference and there is none, it depends on how we define differences. The established Tibetan traditions teach methods and teachings which were given in India and Tibet long time ago, and which were generally suitable for other times and cultures. We carry lineages which have been given by the same sources only in the past few years, and which are very attuned to our time, circumstances and culture. Both sets of teachings are valid for the appropriate audience they were transmitted to, both come from the same sources, and both lead to the same goals."
This bit speaks for itself, you're claiming you're on par with the lineage masters and therefore a greater authority than the "lowly lamas that are just regurgitating old irrelevant to modern people teachings" .
"I have extensive spiritual insights and would like to share them with your community, how can we arrange this?
We can't. If that is the case, you will be much better off founding your own community somewhere and saving the world with it."
Well worn advice?
"On top of that I utterly despise the role of a 'lama', in any form, and I hate personal responsibility and try to avoid it any time I am given a chance to."
I do particularly like this line because it makes you out to be a victim of circumstance.
It's completely nonsensical since you did choose to set yourself up as a lama, and your website is just about you and promoting you, but it's lovely as far as paradigms for manipulation go.
Anyways, I have seen this so many times already it's become boring and I don't feel like elaborating on all the red flags.
10 years ago I would have still had some dismay and energy at seeing this "humble" defensive strategy but now it just feels so cliche.
Next time have someone proof read your rhetoric.
In 2011 many highly unusual events rapidly unfolded, culminating in Ivo's acceptance of the role of formal Buddhist teacher in the summer of that year, through the inspiration of H.H. Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche, who passed away shortly after. From him Ivo received some precise and detailed final instructions on the future course of his life and activity. [...] A year prior to these events Ivo had started to receive some new Dzogchen lineages as Da snang transmission, which involved very special practices, quite incompatible with the way the mainstream Tibetan Buddhist lineages have so far been disseminated in the West. All this finally led him to the decision to cut formal ties with the Tibetan Buddhist establishment, to sell his Dharma center and to invite his close students on a very unusual and challenging sailing adventure around the world. [...] The purpose of that trip for him was partly to see which of his students were ready to take what would follow.
By early spring of 2012 it was clear to everyone involved that if we kept our direction we were heading into an almost inevitable collision course with the Tibetan Buddhist establishment. Our senior practitioners were receiving in their meditation repeated indications that a major change of direction was imminent. A whole new cycle of esoteric Dzogchen teachings had already began to manifest as a Dag snang transmission to our teacher and his close students and the Dharmapalas were making it very clear that if we were to move forward some hard decisions had to be made, and followed. We had to break our connection with the Tibetan Tradition, at least formally, and we had to establish a completely different framework for teaching and practice. It all depended on Ivo, and, as he often does, he chose to change everything. This led to The Journey.
Wow, judge, jury and executioner.disjointed wrote:Simon and Karma Dorje I have lived long enough to see cults form from innocent Buddhist groups I was involved with more than once, and many more times I have seen them turn from a distance and listened to the accounts of what transpired from students after they fall out of favor with the cult personality.
disjointed wrote:Malcolm.
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These days, Denise Richards is best known as Charlie Sheen's ex-wife. But there was a time, fair reader, when she was far more than that. Oh, how she was so much more than that.
Every red-blooded American male under the age of 30 has a very soft spot in their hearts for Ms. Richards. No 17-year old who saw "Wild Things" ever forgot it, I assure you. It was one of those golden moments of filmed sex scenes that brings horny young men together, bound by their collective awe. Like the sex scene in "Risky Business," it is a pubescent touchstone for an entire generation.
Anyway, Richards' career has stalled ever since that golden heyday. But since busting loose from Sheen, she may have finally found a suitable career revival project: playin' a cougar on SpikeTV, the channel designed to cater to men who are EXACTLY like her ex-husband. Richards is going to join the cast of the network's football comedy, "Blue Mountain State."
From the intrepid reporters at US Weekly:
The actress, 39, is joining the cast of Spike TV's raunchy football comedy Blue Mountain State in a recurring role as Debra, Ed Marinaro's hot-headed former flame…
"She plays the coach's ex-wife, and I think I sleep with her!" co-star Darin Brooks tells UsMagazine.com of Richards' role. "She's trying to get back at him…"
The actor -- who has yet to film with Richards -- says she's been getting along famously with the rest of the Blue Mountain State cast.
"Everyone said she was really cool, really nice, it was great to work with her," he tells Us. "I'm really looking forward to sleeping with her!"
Oh, I bet you are. Anyway, this makes perfect sense for Richards. Playing a sexy lady with plenty of bad attitude served her well in "Wild Things," and in the little-seen-but-appreciated-by-me "Undercover Brother." There's no reason this role can't prove to be a mini-revival for Denise. So long as she's naked. She IS gonna be naked, right?


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Temsirolimus Vial
COMMON BRAND(S): Torisel
GENERIC NAME(S): Temsirolimus
OTHER NAME(S): Temsirolimus Solution, Reconstituted (Recon Soln)
This medication is used to treat kidney cancer. It works by slowing or stopping the growth of cancer cells.
How to use Temsirolimus Vial
This medication is given by injection into a vein by a health care professional. It is usually given once a week (over 30 to 60 minutes) or as directed by your doctor. The dosage is based on your medical condition, interacting drugs, and response to treatment.
Your doctor may direct you to receive another medication (e.g., diphenhydramine) before the injection to help prevent side effects (infusion reactions).
Use this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, mark the days on the calendar when you need to receive the medication.
Side Effects
Pain/sores in the mouth or throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, changes in taste, weakness, and loss of appetite may occur. If these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
People using this medication may have serious side effects. However, your doctor has prescribed this drug because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Careful monitoring by your doctor may decrease your risk.
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: flushing, slow wound healing, swelling ankles/feet, eye redness/itching, easy bruising/bleeding, unusual tiredness, muscle cramps, fast/pounding heartbeat, pain/redness/swelling of arms or legs, missed/heavy/painful periods.
This medication may lower your ability to fight infections. This may make you more likely to get a serious (rarely fatal) infection or make any infection you have worse. Tell your doctor right away if you have any signs of infection (such as fever, chills, persistent sore throat, cough).
Temsirolimus may cause your cholesterol/triglycerides or blood sugar to increase. You may be required to have your cholesterol/triglycerides or blood sugar checked periodically. You may need medication to control your cholesterol/triglycerides or blood sugar. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you experience symptoms of high blood sugar, including increased thirst/hunger, frequent urination.
This medication can rarely cause serious (rarely fatal) lung, kidney, or intestinal problems. Tell your doctor right away if you notice any symptoms of lung, kidney, or intestinal problems, including: shortness of breath, rapid breathing, cough, change in the amount of urine, frothy urine, severe abdominal pain, black/bloody stool.
This drug increases the risk of a possibly fatal brain infection (PML - progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy). Tell your doctor right away if you have any of these symptoms: clumsiness, sudden change in your thinking (such as confusion, difficulty concentrating), difficulty moving muscles, seizure, difficulty speaking.
Infrequently a very serious allergic reaction to this drug might occur, especially while your dose is being given (infusion reaction). Get medical help right away if you notice any of the following symptoms of a serious allergic reaction: rash/flushing, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, chest pain, trouble breathing.
Temsirolimus can commonly cause a mild rash that is usually not serious. However, you may not be able to tell it apart from a rare rash that could be a sign of a severe allergic reaction. Therefore, get medical help right away if you develop any rash.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Before receiving temsirolimus, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to sirolimus; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: diabetes, high cholesterol/triglyceride levels, liver disease, kidney disease, recent/current infections or wounds, recent surgery, brain cancer.
Temsirolimus can make you more likely to get infections or may worsen any current infections. Therefore, wash your hands well to prevent the spread of infection. Avoid contact with people who have infections that may spread to others (such as chickenpox, measles, flu). Consult your doctor if you have been exposed to an infection or for more details.
Do not have immunizations/vaccinations without the consent of your doctor. Avoid contact with people who have recently received live vaccines (such as flu vaccine inhaled through the nose).
Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).
Pain or sores in the mouth and throat may occur. Brush your teeth gently/carefully, avoid using mouthwash that contains alcohol, and rinse your mouth frequently with cool water mixed with baking soda or salt. It may also be best to eat soft, moist foods.
This drug is not recommended for use during pregnancy. It may harm an unborn baby. Consult your doctor for more details. It is recommended that both men and women receiving this medication use reliable forms of birth control (e.g., condoms, birth control pills) during treatment with this medication and for at least 3 months afterwards. If you become pregnant or think you may be pregnant, or if your partner becomes pregnant, tell your doctor right away.
It is not known if this drug passes into breast milk. Because of the possible risk to the infant, breast-feeding while using this drug and for 3 weeks after stopping treatment is not recommended. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug include: ACE inhibitors (such as benazepril, lisinopril), "blood thinners" (such as warfarin, enoxaparin), other drugs that weaken the immune system/increase the risk of infection (such as cyclosporine, natalizumab, rituximab, tacrolimus), sunitinib.
Other medications can affect the removal of temsirolimus from your body, which may affect how temsirolimus works. Examples include azole antifungals (such as itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole), enzalutamide, macrolide antibiotics (such as clarithromycin, erythromycin), mifepristone, HIV and HCV protease inhibitors (such as indinavir, ritonavir, telaprevir), rifamycins (such as rifampin, rifabutin), St. John's wort, among others.
Temsirolimus is very similar to sirolimus. Do not use medications containing sirolimus while using temsirolimus.
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center. Symptoms of overdose may include: seizures, mental/mood changes, trouble breathing.
Lab and/or medical tests (such as complete blood count, cholesterol/triglyceride levels, blood glucose levels, liver/kidney function, chest X-ray, urine tests) should be done before you start using this medication and while you are using it. Keep all medical and lab appointments. Consult your doctor for more details.
Missed Dose
For the best possible benefit, it is important to receive each scheduled dose of this medication as directed. If you miss a dose, contact your doctor to establish a new dosing schedule.
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Snowflake Study through Photomicrography, 1890
Wilson A. Bentley became fascinated with the crystalline structure of individual snowflakes on his parent's Vermont farm. By adapting a microscope to a bellows camera, and after years of trial and error, he became the first person to photograph a single snowflake in 1885.
In 1903, he sent 500 prints of his snowflakes to the Smithsonian, hoping they might be of interest to Secretary Samuel P. Langley. These images are now part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Bentley's book Snow Crystals, with more than 2,400 snowflake images, was published in 1931. This photomicrograph and more than 5,000 others supported the belief that no two snowflakes are alike, leading scientists to study his work and publish it in numerous scientific articles and magazines.
This photo is one of 137 million artifacts, works of art and specimens in the Smithsonian's collection. It is not on public display.
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Which is the smallest particle that has been actually seen by the scientists? When I say "actually seen", (may be using some ultra advanced microscope or any other man made eye, using any wavelength or phenomena) I really mean it; just like we have seen the red blood cells.
Davidmh's answer is pretty much in line with what I am asking


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Clark Howard, Consumer Expert
Host of the nationally-syndicated radio show The Clark Howard Show
Clark Howard is a consumer expert whose goal is to help you keep more of the money you make. His national radio show and website show you ways to save more, spend less and avoid getting ripped off.
"Save more and spend less" is more than just a motto for Clark; it's a way of life. As a successful lifelong entrepreneur, media star and best-selling author, the Atlanta-based "consumer champion" is dedicated to helping Americans of all means get ahead in life.
Clark's career included stints in both government and private sectors. He was a civilian employee working for the U.S. Air Force at the end of the Vietnam War. He launched a travel agency in 1981 that grew into a chain with locations across metro Atlanta. In 1987, he sold the company at 31 and retired.
Clark found his way into the public eye almost by accident. While enjoying retirement on the pristine beaches of Florida, he was asked to be a guest on a radio show about travel. The response was so positive that he was given his own program, The Clark Howard Show. The show originates from Atlanta's News 95-5 and AM 750 WSB and is syndicated by WestwoodOne.
He is a consumer reporter on Atlanta's WSB-TV. In addition, Clark's weekly newspaper column in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is syndicated throughout the country.
Consumer Action Center Call-in Help Line
In 1993, he opened Team Clark Howard's Consumer Action Center as an extension of his radio show to provide the community with free advice on money and consumer issues. Team Clark is now staffed by more than 140 volunteers. Call 404-892-8227 from 10am-7pm ET weekdays.
Community Service
As an Atlanta native, Clark has always been very involved in improving his community. He started several civic programs, including Atlanta Volunteer Action, Volunteer Action, Inc., The Big Buddy Program and Career Action. With the help of his listeners, he has built 43 homes over 16 years throughout metro Atlanta for Habitat for Humanity
.Clark is a member of the Georgia State Defense Force. He joined after the terrorist attacks of 2001 to do his part in helping to prepare and assist our military. He attends monthly training workshops around the state as part of his service, and performed medical evacuation work in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Clark's Books
Clark has published ten books in total. His newest book, Clark Howard's Living Large for the Long Haul tells the stories of 50 Americans who show you how to live below your means while living life to the fullest. It includes more than 200 tips to help you pack a punch in your wallet.
2011's Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times: 250+ Ways to Buy Smarter, Spend Smarter, and Save Money, covers everything from cell phones to student loans, coupon websites to mortgages, investing to saving on electric bills, and beyond. It became his first #1 New York Times bestseller in Sept. 2011.
2002's Get Clark Smart and 2003's Clark's Big Book of Bargains also charted on The New York Times' bestseller list (No. 6 and No. 7, respectively). Clark's books are available everywhere books are sold and through GetClarkSmart.com.
- Bachelor's in Urban Government, American University, 1976
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The HO has a standard control in her garage and a doorbell insert button in a 4gang box with 3 light switches in the house. She said it worked intermittently and bought a new insert for it. It worked twice then stopped and even the one in the garage wouldn't work. My question is after ringing out the wire and trying another button I had to put the old one back. The new ones I tried were the lighted kind, the old one wasn't. Could that be the problem? Thanks


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Ron Wyatt discovered the Ark of the covenant and from what I have been told the blod they found on the Ark was that of Jesus as DNA tests proved that the blood was that of his mother and the rest could not be proved to be human DNA so it must be the blood of God as God was Jesus father. I was also just informed that the same person discovered the Noah's Ark and that on the Anchor made of stone was carvings or crosses tghat simbolise the amount of people on the ARK Also Ron Wyatt. I was also told that no person evolved from an APE at least they did not as it was proved by Loyd Pely the gaps in human evolotion, That all scientific theories are constantly proven wrong, that for every scientist that belief in the nonsens I belief in their is a scientist or archologist that can prove them wrong. The bible is the only book to belief in as it is the only book that can not be proven wrong. I am an idiot and every single person on this blog is an idiot. So please any body that can shed some light on Ron Wyatt and his discoverys and on why I would be such an idiot
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How can they proof it is the DNA from Mary?
Exactly. You can't prove anything with DNA unless you have SOME DNA you can be absolutely sure about, and while they may be able to test DNA 2000 years old, how they know whose DNA it is, is hard to imagine.
One of the main things that leads to bad science is deeply wanting to find the result you are looking/testing for.
We're not totally sure that the Jesus of The Bible actually existed. There may be records of a Jesus here and there dating from those times, but his Hebrew name was a very common one like Bill or John in the U.S.
It wasn't a question of whose DNA it was, Wyatt's claim was that the DNA in the blood contained exclusively 24 XX chromosomes, except for an XY chromosome added to produce a male child.
Yeshua was such a common name that the man, Barabbas, who was freed on the Passover, was also named Yeshua - Bar Abbas simply means, "son of Abbas."
Does the word credulous mean anything to you?
Reading the comment threads alone leaves me scratching my head...
To make people understand that everything on youtube is not true, is not always easy aspecialy if they realy want to believe that it is the truth, and if in the persons mind it confirms what the belief to be the truth. To also then get the point accross that not all the scientists and anthropologists that claim to prove science wrong is not always true scientists and only claim to be. When I find something and I am not sure if it is true I will search right to the beggining of where it originated. After reading Ron Wyatts true qualifications they have to relise that he was never an archeologist and that there was no proof of his claims. And if you read all the papers posted it is clear that he was dilusional
Actually, Jorita, I mentioned Ron Wyatt and his "discoveries" on my website - one of his associates said the blood was tested in Tel Aviv, while another said it was tested in Virginia, in the States - to date, no one has ever seen the results, if they even exist, nor the Ark of the Covenant, which would be an earth-shattering find.
According to Wyatt, the Ark was hidden in a cave inside the hill known as Golgotha, upon which Yeshua was supposedly executed, and, again according to Wyatt, upon his death, an earthquake opened a crack in the ground, allowing some of Yeshua's blood to seep down and drip onto the Ark. Why Wyatt neglected to share both the Ark and the results of the blood tests with the world, for all to examine, which would have settled the question of the Christian religion for all time, is certainly a mystery.
Wyatt also discovered Noah's ark, which geologists have said is nothing more than an interesting rock formation, and Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Suggestions, in Saudi Arabia, not in Israel.
Check his Wikipedia entry, the man was a complete fraud. He's now dead, and not a moment too soon.
Ron Wyatt is my cousin and he makes all this stuff up for money and attention - it says so in the bible.
Lol to me it was just so frustrating to make them understand that you can not believe everything on youtube. Once I read up on the guy I could show them that he was a total nut job and a liar on top of that I think that he is also from an "opposing" religion sort of did it, because they are totaly against his religion as it is not true christainity. The one plus point is I am learning not to get to pissed off at them, ignorance is not easy :)
I have in my possession 2 boards from the first table Jesus made in his Dad's workshop and one of the nails used to nail him to the cross (the one from his left hand if I'm not mistaken).
If anyone is interested in owning one or part of one of these valuable items please respond with your credit and banking info.
I have Mary Magdalene's spittoon. We should get together sometime.
Yes, we could build a stool to set the spittoon on, as long as the design only requires one nail. :D


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Introducing the Baumhart Center
By Akanksha Jayanthi
Inside Loyola
An anonymous donor has given $5 million to the social enterprise and responsibility initiative at Loyola's Quinlan School of Business. Funds will be used to support the new Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J., Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility.
The Baumhart Center will provide faculty, staff, students, and alumni with opportunities for growth—including research, community outreach, and professional development—according to Kathleen A. Getz, Quinlan's dean.
Social enterprise and responsibility is a burgeoning field in business, with companies now seeing it as vital to both the community and the bottom line.
"Over the past 20 years, there has been a real growth and appreciation that business ought to operate with a sense of appreciation and social responsibility," says Timothy O'Connell, professor of business ethics at Quinlan.
O'Connell says social responsibility involves making sure all the stakeholders in a business are taken care of, not just the investors. These stakeholders include the employees, customers, suppliers, and financiers. Social enterprise refers to businesses whose central purpose is to help others.
"The second step beyond social responsibility involves bringing the skills of business to the organizations that explicitly are there to do good for society," O'Connell says. "We have core competencies in the business school that could be particularly beneficial to nonprofits."
Getz says the Baumhart Center exemplifies what Loyola stands for as a university.
"When you think about transformative education and the Jesuit approach to education, the words social justice, equality, responsibility, and community service immediately come to mind," she says. "That's what this is about."
Getz says that the $5 million gift itself is a testament to the school's belief that business can be a force for good.
"We couldn't be doing this without our donors," Getz says. "It shows they believe in what we are doing here. They believe in our community and want to make the future of this school even brighter. They believe in the students and want to support them."
Per request of the anonymous donor, the Baumhart Center is named after the former dean of Loyola's business school and former president of the University, Raymond C. Baumhart, S.J. Baumhart is one of the country's leading business ethics scholars.
The announcement of the Baumhart Center comes just a month after Quinlan launched a Supply and Value Chain Center, the first in Chicago.
Getz says the generosity from the donors and their commitment to this school will continue to benefit and transform Loyola.
"The response has been overwhelming," she says, "and the momentum is building."


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Last night at Staples Center our next guest kept an improbable
Post season run with a decisive victory in their franchise history
Their long victory party begins right here, on our stage night
Please welcome your new champion: the Los Angeles Kings!
[Verse 1: Planet Asia]
Yeah, yo
English man spliff, a cup of henny, feel me, I'm blithe
I'm in my zone, stoned, Al Capone, ready to spit
This is science, breaker 1-2, roger that
Hear the beat slapping, watch the God
Crush it like a giant witch doctor
Annunaki, sushi and sake, praise the mafi'
I split 'em with ice, this is black hockey
Styling and wilding, profiling, who can flow better
Palm springs, sticking nigga's up in pore cheddar
Knowledge supreme, Elohim, true and living in the flesh
So I didn't have to follow a dream, this is in me
Mixtape blend, be first, verbal semi burst
Cause most of these feminin rap niggas is trendy
On four corners of the earth heard a trumpet
Was more fertile once the drums started 'tumping
Black angels, I told you to honour my posse
I rap cocky, smash a track up, black hockey
[Hook 2x]
*Heaven or hell, that's where my homies went*
*Gangsters, hustlers, pimps, follow me*
*Suckers pumping up, I'm 'bout to tape one, breaks on*
*That's me, the king, the mc!*
[Verse 2: Ras Kass]
Extraordinary grimy cut, 1991, Mighty Ducks
Chasing void, face split craniums with a shiny buck
Ante up, you're next to an asshole like a tranny nuts
I'm disrespectful, drink mojito's out the Stanley Cup
Los Angeles King, no opposition stop a man from his dream
Won't abandon his team, now, stand in the ring
Or skate in the rink, and this still just war games
But you're chasing defeat, my soul on ice was in Calgary Flames
Cause I represent C-arson, that's the city I claim
I crucify rappers, give 'em cavalry pain
Like Christ y'all nigga's suffer 'til my salary change
Me out the penalty box? Yo, that'll be strange
I'm like Wayne Gretzky, we're departing and fading
A platinum chain, iced out roley
Til no goalie can block me, this is black hockey
[Hook 2x]
This is a 2013 collabo about ice hockey by Planet Asia and Ras Kass.


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Darien girls confess to suspicious powder incidents
Two Darien girls confessed to sending letters containing a white powder to two town residences in what Darien police said Tuesday evening was a hoax.
"Darien Police are confident that the investigation will be limited to the two occurrences reported and that there is no evidence to suggest that any person is in any danger as a result of these incidents," Darien police said in a statement late Tuesday evening.
The first letter was reported Monday, and a second was reported Tuesday morning. Numerous law enforcement and other agencies responded to the incidents, including the Darien Police, Connecticut State Police, the FBI, the Stamford Police Bomb Squad, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Darien Fire Marshal's Office, the Darien Fire Department and Darien EMS, a police statement said.
The confessions came after members of the Darien Police Detective Division, Youth Division, and the School Resource Officer met with two female juveniles and their parents regarding the incidents.
Police did not name the girls who confessed, because they are juveniles. They told police that the residences they targeted were chosen randomly, and that they had no connection to them. Police did not provide the time of the report made on Tuesday or the exact address of the home.
The girls who sent the letters told police the powder was a "nontoxic food product," but it would still be tested for verification, police said.
After the second letter was reported to police, FBI Special Agent Dan Curtin, who handles media coordination in the FBI New Haven office, said, "While the field test was negative, we await the lab results which usually take between three and five days."
It was unclear what the field test was negative for and no additional information or details were being provided, Curtin said.
There is no serious threat to public safety, he added.
Darien police took over the investigation, and said that the case will be discussed with the State's Attorney's office and possibly be referred to Juvenile Court.
On Monday afternoon, town police, state police and the FBI responded to a Tokeneke residence on a report of a threatening letter containing a suspicious white powder.
The powder was removed from the home about 7:30 p.m. by the State Police Emergency Services Unit according to Darien police.
On Monday night, police said definitive identification of that substance could take up to five days.
In that case, nine people, including a sworn Tokeneke constable, were self confined to the residence to lessen the chance of exposure to others, according to police. One of the residents had called the constable to report the letter and white powder, police said. Later Monday evening because those people appeared to be suffering no symptoms, the FBI and members of the Connecticut State Police Special Response unit instructed them to "self decontaminate" by changing their clothes and washing their hands.
The Tokeneke area is an exclusive part of Darien that sits along the coastline with stately homes with a median cost of $1,471,430.
The Tokeneke neighborhood also has its own taxing authority -- the Tokeneke Association -- which hired private police patrols.
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Etymology : French cognate of HYACINTH
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Proud and distinguished, Jacinthe and inspire this impression by the distance that they establish between themselves and other people. An attitude that could easily be mistaken for frostiness or arrogance, but is in fact nothing more than a shield designed to protect their fragile ego. Indeed, they are usually quite anxious and wary introverts and remain somewhat secretive and reserved, however this just seems to render them enigmatic and beyond reach... Curious and intuitive, they are extremely perceptive and tend to be very good judges of character, understanding the motivations and intentions of others in the blink of an eye, and they are able to make themselves understood just as easily. They could choose to use these talents to their advantage, and even occasionally to the disadvantage of others, as they can be known to be manipulative. Deliberate and authoritarian, they can be lacking in tolerance and flexibility and tend to want to impose their views on others believing that they know best... Not particularly sociable and a little egocentric, they are selective in friendship and in love, and would rather stay single than be in an unsuitable relationship. They often feel that they are different from other people, indeed they are more or less original - even out of the ordinary, and usually take the "road less travelled". They are bold and outgoing whilst remaining alert and deliberate. Almost every decision is carefully weighed out and turned over many times in their minds before they do or say something, meaning that they can lack spontaneity. Their choices in friendship and in romance are made according to the level of spiritual and intellectual affinity that they feel with the other person. They have a tendency be sceptical and every so often a small sarcastic smile may appear in the corner of their mouth, but they can just as easily show great passion for the mysterious and the unexplained - areas of investigation in which they are likely to excel. As children, Jacinthe and are extremely well behaved, shy and fairly solitary. Their character is strongly determined by their family and upbringing which can have significant consequences on their destiny. They need to love and be loved, but without overly exaggerated gestures and declarations, thank you very much. If the family environment happens to lack security or harmony, they probably won´t hang around for much longer than they have to, but if they do they could end up withdrawing into silence and distance by way of escape. It would be a good idea to encourage them to socialize, and they would benefit from developing their artistic talents.
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Jacinthe and seek harmony, peace and quiet, as well as all that is genuine and true. Likewise, they aspire to perfection, and are usually scrupulous in their undertakings in an almost obsessive fashion, and can´t bear mediocrity and vulgarity. They believe that a job worth doing is a job worth doing well, and if they aren´t satisfied, they are capable of doing it all again from scratch. They have excellent taste and love art, beauty and physical comfort. Romantic life is very important to these sensual ladies, excessively important without a doubt, because sadly it is not a rare occurrence that on discovering that their sweetheart isn´t the flawless creature they had imagined him to be, they tend to be extremely disappointed and are unable to bring themselves to excuse such weakness, and so the search for Prince Charming continues...
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Love :Couples: The complicity between the two of you will be reinforced. Singles: An admirer will make themselves known.
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Brown, Hallie Q.
"The Mind of Music Breathing in Her Face "
Mme. E. Azalia Hackley, Singer, Musician, Humanitarian; a Woman who has made her Life a Masterpiece.
Madam Hackley's mother was a Northern girl who married a Southern man in her home city, Detroit, Michigan, and went to Murfreesboro, Tenn., to live. This was about two years after the Civil War. In Murfreesboro, the young bride opened a school for the freed slaves and continued to teach until the birth of her daughter. Not only were the children's mothers and grandmothers instructed in the three R's, but the young teacher gave them singing lessons at night until stones and other missiles were hurled through the church windows at the Northerner who dared teach do, re, me, fa, so, la, ti, do, to ex-slaves. Mrs. Corilla Beard Smith persisted in her efforts to train the voices of the Negroes in the community in spite of the Ku Klux visits and other opposition. After the birth of her daughter, she decided to return to Detroit and Madam E. Azalia Hackley never saw the South until she was a married woman, although her mother persisted that she was "Southern to the core."
To her daughter, Mrs. Smith not only bequeathed her gift of teaching, the love of music and faith in the Negro's voice as a medium and power for good, but she also bestowed pre-natally, the love of duty, the love of service, as well as indomitable will power, tremendous courage and tireless energy.
The talented and severe mother never wearied in
At the beginning of her school life the young Azalia was the only colored child in the Miami School, which was attended by children of the better class of white people, and she soon believed that it was her duty to make her mark as a race representative. At thirteen she was in the high school; at eighteen she began teaching in the public schools of Detroit, having finished both high and city normal schools. She was the first colored girl to appear upon the high school commencement program. At this time she appeared twice to play the class march which she had composed and to sing a solo.
Night after night, while attending high school and even after teaching she played with orchestras until the wee small house of morning, and also gave piano lessons after school hours, to obtain the extra money for music study. She studied both voice culture and the violin, but never had a piano lesson, although she absorbed music from her musical mother.
After about five years teaching, when first assistant of the Clinton School, she married and went to Denver, Colo., although the next year she expected to be made principal. Detroit was proud of its talented, energetic daughter, and called her the "pet of Detroit," but it was in Denver, where she became popular along broader racial lines. Here she conquered every kind of prejudice and opposition until both white and colored believed she would be a good candidate for State Senator. Madam Hackley declared that it was in Denver where she "found" herself and developed and it is Denver that she wanted for her last "camping place" in the long, long rest.
In this western city she received her degree as Bachelor
During all of her professional life the color question has played a tantalizing temptation. Immediately after graduation, while abroad and even recently offers have been made for our singer to cross the color fence and lose identity with her race. But the loyal race woman wittily remarked that she was "pre-natally marked for everything black and she gets color hungry when she is among palefaces."
This is one reason why we loved her. She loved her race, and has proven it, time and again. The race has done what it could for her and she has clung to it and has given its offerings over and over to those who have' been struggling for a chance in the arena of life.
When the altitude of Denver affected her health, she started East for more study and fell into the groove of a concert singer, an occupation for which she had no preference or liking. How well she fulfilled this position for years as the leading artist of the race will go down as race history. She is one singer who made and held her position by sheer merit. She dignified the profession. She directed her whole career alone and made a success of every effort she put forth.
Believing that no amount of professional singing by herself or by all the artists of the race combined would instruct audiences to a proper degree of appreciation, in order that the race might benefit musically and that future musical audiences might result, she changed her programs from the old-fashioned rule of one or two showy songs, to lecture-recitals and demonstrations. From school to school,
THEN CAME HER VISION OF FOLK SONG FESTIVALS, AND THE REVIVING, DIGNIFYING, AND PRESERVATION OF THE NEGRO FOLK SONGS to educate the masses of the people through mammoth entertainments planned along the line of logical musical development.
She developed into our national vocal teacher and her tremendous success because she studied her people musically and knew what they needed. While the Normal Vocal Institute in Chicago was her headquarters, the whole race was her school, for she taught from ocean to ocean. Her pupils and protegees are passing on her ideas and she lived to see the fruit of her efforts and sacrifices.
Negro posterity will owe her a lasting debt, not only musically, but of her love and faith in the race and her unceasing efforts to inspire the race with faith in itself. She also stands as an example of what a handicapped colored woman can accomplish for herself along musical lines, all by her own efforts, and how much can be done by one person for race musical uplift.
A prominent club woman in writing of Madam Hackley says, "It is impossible to describe this gifted woman of our race. Words fail." She was a woman of the highest ideals and was a born leader. So successful was her
She was a born humanitarian following out St. Luke's instruction, "If you have two coats, give one." The best of herself, the best she had, she always gave. Not only did she make her life count, but she pulled up others and made their lives count also. Possessed of great business instinct and judgment, she not only managed her own business affairs, but repeatedly burdened herself with the care of others. Her decisions generally proved prophecies.
She was so dead in earnest about musical social uplift that sacrifices and total self-effacement were a pleasure to her. She was an optimist and had many visions for race progress, many of which she helped to fulfillment. Her versatility and energy were remarkable. While always busy she was never too tired to help out a plan for race uplift. She did not rust out but wore our beautifully.
People marveled at her wonderful energy, but she received strength from many unseen sources, besides the "Great Source," which had chosen her as a handmaiden to lift a gifted people from musical bondage. She was a passionate lover of nature in all its manifestations, and of the beautiful in art. She was artistic in everything, and loathed anything spectacular or sensational, along any line.
When Madam Hackley passed out of her orbit of usefulness, her face bore the reflection of a well spent life and beautiful thoughts and motives. She has not only opened the eyes and ears of the Negroes everywhere to show the relationship between their God-given talents and the every day affairs of life, but she has given an original,
She has given us a new Philosophy of Emotional Control as it pertains to the Negro, and she has taught Negro children a higher appreciation of their bodies and racial characteristics than any one else has done.
Her creed is "Love." "The greatest of these is love." Cor. 13:13.
She has given us a standard of race musician that is new. She was endowed with spiritual gifts and carried love in her heart for her people, and it was long evident that she was chosen to do this missionary labor. She let her light shine not only to brighten the pathway of the dark race in musical darkness through its singing, but she assisted the Great Purpose which has given the Negro a voice that he may sing his way into the hearts of other races, and through his voice work out the higher, nobler purpose of life.
Madam Hackley gave most of her time toward elevating and dignifying Negro Folk Songs due to her keen appreciation of their beauty, rythm and harmony coupled with their naturalness for many looked with shame upon these soul-stirring songs, ignorant of their spiritual and emotional significance.
She was a pioneer teaching the masses to love their folk songs, hence she had little time for composition, yet she has given us "Carola" a song of beauty, art and love.
She has also contributed to literature in her book entitled "The Colored Girl Beautiful."
Madam Hackley's life is a story of lofty purposes and brilliant achievements.
"Exalt her and she shall promote thee, she shall bring thee to honor." Prov. 4:8.


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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- FOX has pulled its freshman drama "Past Life" after three airings, network sources have confirmed this morning.
The series drew an invisible 1.1 rating among adults 18-49 last night, where it lost 31.25% of its repeat lead-in "Bones" (1.6 rating).
Said decision comes as "American Idol" is set to expand to Thursday nights for the next three weeks. Rather than waste the platform on "Life," FOX will instead shift original episodes of "Kitchen Nightmares" to the Thursday, 9:00/8:00c hour. Repeats will continue of the Gordon Ramsay-hosted series in its regular Friday, 9:00/8:00c time period.
As previously announced, "Bones" and "Fringe" both return with original episodes on Thursday, April 1. "Nightmares" will then resume first-run airings on Friday nights.
The four remaining installments of "Past Life" will reportedly air later in the season, however no air dates were specified.
[UPDATED: Repeats of "Bones" and "Fringe" will air March 18 and March 25, following the "Idol" and "Nightmares" special Thursday airings.]
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The Simpsons' twentieth season aired on Fox from September 28, 2008 to May 17, 2009. With this season, the show tied Gunsmoke as the longest running American primetime television series in terms of total number of seasons. The season was released on BD January 12, 2010, making this the first season released on BD. It was released on DVD in Region 1 on January 12, 2010, and in Region 4 on January 20, 2010. The season was only released on DVD in Region 2 in a few areas.
Episodes: 21
Star Cast: Dan Castellaneta , Julie Kavner , Nancy Cartwright , Yeardley Smith ,
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Ep.1 Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes
Air Date: 2008-09-28
Bounty hunter Ned is forced to scrap his partnership with Homer when the hapless layabout skips bail, and Marge mistakenly takes a job at an erotic bakery.
Ep.2 Lost Verizon
Air Date: 2008-10-05
Bart lands himself in trouble when he steals a mobile phone from Denis Leary and subsequently uses it to land the actor a comical film role. The troublemaker then leads his family to the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu after Marge confiscates the device and decides to use its GPS technology to track her son.
Ep.3 Double, Double, Boy in Trouble
Air Date: 2008-10-19
An irreverent take on the Prince and the Pauper. Bart enthusiastically trades lives with a wealthy lookalike after landing himself in trouble for triggering a rampage of vacuum cleaners, but finds the lavish lifestyle too much when he becomes the target of all his new friends' pranks.
Ep.4 Treehouse of Horror XIX
Air Date: 2008-11-02
Springfield is the setting for parodies of Charlie Brown, It's the Great Pumpkin and Michael Bay's Transformers as Homer's vote on election day is misread by a renegade machine.
Ep.5 Dangerous Curves
Air Date: 2008-11-09
Homer and Marge remember the ups and downs of their marriage through a series of flashbacks, including the time they each began flirting with guests at a glamorous party - a situation that led to a food fight and an unexpected swim in the pool.
Ep.6 Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words
Air Date: 2008-11-16
Lisa learns she is good at crossword puzzles and enters a city-wide contest. Homer discovers he has a flair for letting loved ones down so he opens Sweet Conclusions Break-Up Service, but lands himself in trouble with his daughter when he places a bet against her in the competition.
Ep.7 Mypods and Boomsticks
Air Date: 2008-11-30
Lisa struggles to become the proud owner of a Mypod, and Homer believes Bart's new Middle-Eastern friend Bashir is involved in a terrorist plot to destroy the Springfield Mall.
Ep.8 The Burns and the Bees
Air Date: 2008-12-07
Mr Burns wins a professional basketball team in a poker game at the annual billionaire's retreat. He decides to build a state-of-the-art facility in an attempt to lure fans, but the stadium site is on the last remaining bee colony in Springfield - prompting Lisa to lead a protest.
Ep.9 Lisa the Drama Queen
Air Date: 2009-01-25
Lisa lets her imagination run wild when she makes a new friend and they create a magical kingdom together called Equalia, complete with characters and plotlines. But they find themselves facing a nightmare when the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred. With the voice of Emily Blunt.
Ep.10 Take My Life, Please
Air Date: 2009-02-15
Homer is jealous when old classmate Vance Connor is inducted into the Springfield Walk of Fame. Lenny and Carl confess they fixed the result in favor of Principal Dondelinger - leading the hapless father to speculate on how his life would have changed had he won the ballot.
Ep.11 How the Test Was Won
Air Date: 2009-03-01
Bart gets a perfect score on a practice test for a national achievement test, which not only rattles Lisa, but it means Bart gets to attend a special party instead of having to take the actual test. Meanwhile, Homer must avoid injuring himself for an entire afternoon after failing to pay his insurance.
Ep.12 No Loan Again, Naturally
Air Date: 2009-03-08
"No Loan Again, Naturally" is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of The Simpsons. It premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States on March 8, 2009. In the episode, the Simpsons lose their house, but Ned Flanders buys it and offers to rent it back to them. However, when they turn out to be less-than-reliable renters, Flanders kicks them out. "No Loan Again, Naturally" was written by Jeff Westbrook and directed by Mark Kirkland. Maurice LaMarche guest starred in the episode. It was seen by 5.99 million viewers. Since airing, the episode has received generally positive reviews from television critics. The name of the episode references a 70s song Alone Again as well as the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons' eleventh season, Alone Again, Natura-Diddily, which also centered largely around interactions between Homer and Ned.
Ep.13 Gone Maggie Gone
Air Date: 2009-03-15
Lisa infiltrates a convent in order to steal back Maggie who was accidentally taken in by nuns. While in the convent, Lisa uncovers a series of cryptic clues leading to a hidden jewel in Springfield. With help from resident history buffs Principal Skinner and Comic Book Guy, Lisa sets off to find the coveted prize. But Springfield's Freemasons are also hot on the trail of the jewel, and Lisa must race against them to find the jewel and rescue Maggie.
Ep.14 In the Name of the Grandfather
Air Date: 2009-03-22
The Simpsons travel to Ireland so that Grampa can have a final drink at O'Flanagan's Pub - an old watering hole of his. But when the small town of Dunkilderry isn't quite what Grampa remembers it as, and O'Flanagans has become a rundown and empty pub, he and Homer decide to buy it and fix it up.
Ep.15 Wedding For Disaster
Air Date: 2009-03-29
After Marge and Homer's marriage turns out to be invalid, they decide to re-do their vows. But when Homer goes missing, Bart and Lisa smell something funny and investigate his disappearance.
Ep.16 Eeny Teeny Maya Moe
Air Date: 2009-04-05
Moe once again searches for love and falls for a woman named Maya over the Internet. However, when Moe meets Maya face-to-face, he discovers it's more like face-to-knee, as Maya is only three feet tall.
Ep.17 The Good, the Sad and the Drugly
Air Date: 2009-04-19
Bart falls in love with a charitable girl named Jenny, prompting Bart to behave in order to date her. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes depressed when she writes a report on Springfield's future.
Ep.18 Father Knows Worst
Air Date: 2009-04-26
Bart and Lisa start struggling in their academic and social lives at school and Homer starts monitoring them and forcing them to do better. Meanwhile, Marge discovers a sauna in the basement.
Ep.19 Waverly Hills, 9-0-2-1-D'oh
Air Date: 2009-05-03
When Marge learns Springfield Elementary is the worst school in the state, she and Homer rent an apartment in the upscale Waverly Hills school district so Bart and Lisa can attend a better school. Meanwhile, Homer moves into the rented Waverly Hills apartment and gets used to the bachelor lifestyle.
Ep.20 Four Great Women and a Manicure
Air Date: 2009-05-10
Marge and Lisa visit the nail salon where they engage in a spirited debate as to whether a woman can be smart, powerful and beautiful all at the same time and spin four tales of famous women featuring famous Springfield faces: Selma as Queen Elizabeth I, Lisa as Snow White, Marge as Lady Macbeth and Maggie as Howard Roark, the idealistic architect protagonist from Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead.
Ep.21 Coming to Homerica
Air Date: 2009-05-17
When nearby Ogdenville's economy crumbles due to tainted barley discovered in Krusty's veggie burgers, the unemployed workers of Ogdenville flock to Springfield. After Mayor Quimby closes Springfield's borders and enlists private citizens to help patrol them, Homer organizes a border patrol group.