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MICHAEL OWEN is an England injury doubt after tweaking a hamstring.
The Liverpool striker felt discomfort in his hamstring after scoring twice past Manchester United last weekend.
Owen has been able to train with England this week but Sven Goran Eriksson is anxious not to put the 21-year-old's long term fitness at risk and may not play him against Sweden tomorrow.
It is only a fortnight since Owen returned from a month long lay-off after hurting his hamstring and his fitness will
be assessed today.
If the in-form striker is ruled out it would be a blow for Eriksson who is already without Owen's Liverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard who has returned home with a groin injury.
Paul Newman, Head of Communication at the FA, said: "Michael has experienced a slight discomfort in his hamstring. He first noticed it during Liverpool's game against Manchester United on Sunday. It has not got any worse since then, but he has received treatment and will be further reassessed tomorrow."
Meanwhile, Gareth Southgate has insisted that the old guard in the England squad still have a point to prove and want to make an impact in the 2002 World Cup finals.
Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is building an exciting young side based around the likes of Gerrard, Owen, Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell - when fit - and skipper David Beckham, who is still only 26.
It is a side which Middlesbrough star Southgate feels has an "innocence" about it compared to charges sometimes made that the previous squads may have had a cynicism about them.
But Southgate, who played in the 1996 European Championships and 1998 World Cup finals, is adamant that himself and the likes of Darren Anderton, Teddy Sheringham and David Seaman want to play their part.
And ultimately he believes that players should be picked on how they are performing, irrespective of whether they are rookies or experienced at international level.
Southgate said: "Just to have people in because they are experienced isn't right and just to have people in because they are young isn't right.
"You have to be playing well and if you are
experienced as well, then that's great. But you have got to be picked on merit.
"There are maybe not quite as many older players around now compared to the 1998 World Cup but both squads were packed full of quality.
"There is probably a bit more of an innocence about this team. Sometimes that's great, sometimes maybe not - like against Greece, when things were not going quite so well because guys haven't been in that position.
"It's double edged. There is a tendency for players who have been in professional football for 10 to 15 years to get quite cynical about the game.
" But the players who reached the European Championships semi-final in 1996 and did not get as far as they would have liked at the 1998 World Cup would still want to prove a point.
"I certainly feel that way and I am sure others in my position would feel the same."
The former Aston Villa player is not being unduly pessimistic when stressing that England have to improve as a unit.
Southgate said: "You have to look at the whole team and say everyone knows that there is room for improvement."


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Nights are mornings
Mornings are nights
Upon this stream of broken lights
Nights turn cold mornings turn hot,
Among this desert like sand of death.
I strive and strive to make my goals,
But all I find is those broken lights.
I strive in the mornings,
I strive at nights
Now I can't find those broken lights.
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You know how it's always darkest before the dawn? Suddenly, it's morning in Clipper Nation!
Donald T. Sterling, the owner whom Clipper players, staffers and fans rolled their eyes at long before the nation at large heard of him, was suspended Tuesday for life by the NBA, which will try to force him to sell the team.
The townspeople celebrated as if a tyrant who oppressed them all had been overthrown. Two days after Coach Doc Rivers wondered if they still had a home court, the Clippers got a thunderous greeting from a sellout 19,657 in Staples Center and beat the Golden State Warriors, 113-103, taking a 3-2 lead in their first-round series.
Of course, if they had pumped the franchise full of truth serum any time in the last 30 years, everyone would have said they dreamed of being rid of the imperious, courtly, wifty, and now that it's on the record, womanizing Sterling.
Voila! Guess whose despised hide was tacked to the wall, or actually barred from the NBA for life?
In Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, noting that Sterling acknowledged making the racist comments on the audiotape broadcast by TMZ, suspended him for the rest of his life, fined him $2.5 million, and if three-fourths of the owners approve, will force him to sell his team.
Tuesday night's game was like no other. Hours before, the Clipper organization issued a statement, accepting Commissioner Adam Silver's decision "wholeheartedly," concluding, "Now the healing process begins."
All advertising signage in Staples Center was covered up since the sponsors had ended their association with the team. The dance team wore black instead of Clipper red, white and blue, with "Unite 4 LAC" T-shirts. The P.A announcer yelled, "We are one!" at every opportunity. Before tipoff an epigram went up on the scoreboard video screens: "The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it."
Sterling, of course, didn't attend but his wife, Shelly, sat in a suite. NBA Players Assn. officials say she won't be acceptable to the membership as an owner, but when she asked Doc Rivers if it was okay to come, he said yes.
"It's a tough one for Shelly," said Rivers. "She didn't do anything wrong, either. You have compassion for her. I kept hearing about girl friends, I'm thinking 'She's the wife."
"I talked to her today, you know, she's been through as much as anyone, as well. She asked if she could come, which I thought was a very nice gesture. She just wanted the players to know--she told me to tell them she loved them....
"It doesn't sound like [Shelly will become owner], to be honest and I think she knows it but she still wanted to be here."
Sterling has yet to comment—and is now barred from using the Clipper p.r. department--but seems to be taking his exile characteristically, for him. Insiders say he had to be talked out of attending Sunday's loss to the Warriors in Oakland. A staffer told me, "I saw him that day. He looked normal."
Reached Tuesday by Fox Sports' Jim Gray, Sterling declined to be quoted directly but said the team is not for sale. Three Sterling intimates at Tuesday night's game all said they expect Donald to sue the league.
Sterling has great tolerance for chaos, or revels in it. Alexandra Castro, the young woman he sued in 2004 when he acknowledged paying for sex, portraying her in court as a $500-a-night prostitute, is still often a guest at Clipper games.
TMZ reported that the telephone conversation taped by V. Stiviano, in which Sterling made racial comments, occurred April 9, 33 days after Shelly Sterling sued her—on behalf of the Sterling family, the Clippers say—trying to recover the $1.8 million duplex, a Ferrari, a Mercedes, a Range Rover and two Bentleys that her husband had given her.
"Donald's not wired to let this in," said a former staffer. "I'll bet he's preparing to sue the league for devaluing his franchise. The thing he's mad about is that nobody is using the T in his name."
Sterling, born Donald Tokowitz, the son of a pushcart peddler in hardscrabble Boyle Heights, is now Donald Tokowitz Sterling. I lampooned him in open letters for 20 years in the Los Angeles Times and the only thing he ever complained about, aside from telling me, "I didn't understand what you meant," was the first one when I left out the T.
Rivers' concern about a fan boycott vanished Tuesday, watching Los Angeles Mayor Gil Garcetti and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star who's representing the union here, speak at a rally supporting the team, flanked by former greats like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and members of City Council.
Rivers also said he was emotionally drained before the game. Afterward, he said his players were the same but they pulled it out, over a Warrior team that has been all but forgotten in the tumult around the Clippers.
How could it have been otherwise on the greatest day in Clipper history?
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left a legacy of turmoil and discontent when stepped down from office after resisting calls for his resignation from hundreds of thousands of protesters in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez for 18 days.
His departure came after violence killed more than 300 people, according to the United Nations, with police sometimes firing on demonstrators and pro-Mubarak forces attacking as well. Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world, which holds more than 50 percent of all known oil reserves.
The replacement for Mubarak, who said just Thursday that he would stay until September elections while handing powers to his vice president, must have democratic legitimacy, former U.S. National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski said in a telephone interview before Mubarak said he would leave.
"Egypt is now at a stage of development in which it is reasonable and expected by the population," Brzezinski said of the need for a leader popularly elected in free and fair elections.
In its final days, Mubarak's regime also faced tough criticism from its most powerful ally, the U.S. Since the protests began, officials in the administration of President Barack Obama have been condemning violence wielded against demonstrators, calling for a faster transition and saying emergency laws, which had been used to justify harsh security tactics, should be lifted.
Mubarak was brought down by an unexpected coalition of opposition politicians, members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group and, most important, tens of thousands of young people who planned and organized the demonstrations on Facebook and Twitter.
Chief among them: Wael Ghonim, a 30-year-old Google Inc. executive whose social media expertise helped trigger and propel the demonstrations. He was arrested and held in secret detention for more than a week as Mubarak's government shut down the Internet and mobile services, the tools he used to help make the protests possible.
Two days after his Feb. 7 release, Ghonim told those gathered in Tahrir Square, "I'm not a hero. You're all heroes, the martyrs who have died in the struggle are the real heroes." Pictures of those killed were posted around the square.
Mubarak, a former air force general who as president was commander of the largest military force in the Arab world, was the nation's longest-serving ruler in more than 150 years. He controlled a government that was the linchpin of U.S. policy in the Middle East for three decades, Brzezinski said.
Mubarak kept peace with Israel, with which Egypt had had formal peace for only two years when he took office, supported U.S. counterterrorism efforts, backed Iranian sanctions over its nuclear program and helped broker Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
At the same time, the 82-year-old Mubarak controlled a regime that the U.S. government condemned for its lack of basic freedoms at home, for its widespread suppression of political opposition, and for the torture of Egyptian citizens, which was often carried out with impunity, according to the State Department.
"If you are prepared to reconcile those two realities, then it seems to me that, on balance, Mubarak has been a partner and a friend to the U.S. and the region," said former U.S. Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller.
Still, Miller said, the cost was steep.
"His increasing authoritarianism and repression generated enormous anger and animosity, not just towards him, but also toward the United States," said Miller, who served as a State Department official under six U.S. secretaries of state and was a peace negotiator in the Clinton Administration. He is now a public policy scholar at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Mubarak was propelled to power by the 1981 assassination of Anwar Sadat, the leader who made peace with Israel two years earlier. Only Mohammed Ali, who ruled Egypt from 1805 to 1849, governed longer in the past 200 years.
Miller said three decades of stability in the region for the U.S. and Israel helped Mubarak buy a pass from Washington when he failed to follow through on pledges to open the country's political system to competition that would have posed a challenge to his own rule.
Egypt's benchmark stock index has risen more than seven- fold in the past 10 years. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index has almost tripled in the same period. Egypt's stock market is the second-biggest in North Africa by market value after Morocco according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Since the global financial crisis, though, Egypt's economic growth rate has dropped below the 7 percent that the government estimates is necessary to create enough jobs for a growing working-age population — such as the young people who camped out in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
Suppression of a wide array of perceived rivals under an emergency law promulgated in 1981 marked Mubarak's reign. Some analysts and opposition groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood, said his policies protected the ruling elite while leaving the poor grappling with an inflation rate that reached more than 20 percent in 2008.
Mubarak's governments blamed population growth and the economic mismanagement of past administrations for the poverty that plagued the nation of 80 million.
Egypt's per-capita gross domestic product more than quadrupled from 1981 to 2009, when it stood at $6,000, lower than countries such as Namibia and Gabon, according to the CIA World Factbook.
Mubarak never put in doubt the policy of diplomatic rapprochement with Israel, though his only visit to the Jewish state was for the funeral of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.
He renewed ties with Arab states, which had almost universally rejected Cairo's separate peace accord with Israel under Sadat. They showed their anger by breaking diplomatic relations with Egypt, suspending its membership in the Arab League and moving the group's headquarters from Cairo to Tunis.
Addressing Arab leaders in Cairo in 1996, Mubarak stressed his commitment to regional peace, which he maintained until the end of his regime.
"There isn't among us anyone who wants to take the region back to the destruction of war or to the phase of no war and no peace," he said. "We are sincerely determined to struggle for peace until the end."
Brzezinski, who was national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter when the U.S. helped forge the Egypt-Israel accord, said that was Mubarak's most important legacy.
"I think avoiding war in the region is of importance to the United States," Brzezinski said. "The moment Egypt signed a separate peace treaty with Israel the possibility of an encircling attack on Israel, like in 1973, faded."
Mubarak also retained Egypt's alliance with the U.S., which began with Sadat's break with the then-Soviet Union. Egypt now receives about $1.3 billion a year in U.S. military aid. U.S. non-military aid last year was $250 million, according to the State Department.
Critics, including the group Human Rights Watch, said he went too far, arguing that the alleged torture of terrorism suspects created more danger than it quelled.
The government's "foul record on torture" played an important part in fueling the anger that brought Mubarak down, said Sarah Leah Whitson, the Middle East director at the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
She called on the new government to end torture and prosecute perpetrators.
Mubarak was elected president five times. Four were by referendum in which he was the only candidate, and one, in 2005, was an election against an array of weak candidates. Throughout his reign, he retained the state-of-emergency rules that restricted political activity and free speech.
Like Egypt's three other presidents since the revolution of 1952, Mubarak came from the military. Almost three decades after he assumed power, that same military would announce that it recognized "the legitimacy of the people's demands" and promise not to fire on peaceful demonstrators.
Until the crisis that began with demonstrations Jan. 25, Mubarak had never appointed a vice president or officially designated anyone as his likely successor. The rise of his son, Gamal, up the ranks of the ruling National Democratic Party led Egyptians to conjecture that he would succeed his father. Both men repeatedly denied this.
In 2005, Mubarak opened presidential elections to multiple candidates. The regulations were so restrictive that no strong challengers emerged; the runner-up, lawyer Ayman Nour, won only 7 percent of the vote to Mubarak's 88 percent. After the election, Nour was jailed for four years on fraud charges that human-rights groups say were trumped up.
In elections later in 2005, the Muslim Brotherhood won 88 seats in the 454-member parliament — a surprise result that prompted a crackdown on Islamic activists and on anti-Mubarak secular politicians, judges, newspaper editors, bloggers and street demonstrators. Hundreds of Brotherhood activists were rounded up and some put on trial in closed-door military courts.
In 2007, a constitutional amendment forbade parties with religious ties, eliminating the Muslim Brotherhood from fielding a presidential candidate. Rules on running as an independent were also tightened, making a Brotherhood-affiliated nominee unlikely.
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- Zaplox, a market innovator of advanced mobile key solutions for the hospitality industry, today announces the appointment of Carlos Lorente as Sales Director EMEA. Earlier this year, the company announced that Rune Jakobsen has joined its executive team as Director of Product Management. With the appointment of Carlos Lorente, Zaplox has succeeded in attracting another key player in their efforts to secure planned growth initiatives in the global hospitality market.
With interest in mobile key applications growing rapidly over the past several years in the hospitality market, Zaplox has further developed and customized its comprehensive platform for the industry, and is committed to helping hotels and resorts worldwide integrate the solution into their guest-facing mobile strategies. Zaplox' solution provides vast possibilities for hoteliers to maximize guest satisfaction, and the appointment of Carlos Lorente, with his extensive experience in hotel technology and PMS systems, guarantees a deep understanding
of the market's unique needs and challenges. Carlos Lorente has an international background in the hotel industry, having held several senior-level positions at MICROS Fidelio since 2004. In 2006, he joined their strategic account hotel team in Germany, with responsibility for both major regional and international accounts.
"We are very happy to reinforce our team with senior competencies, and welcome Carlos Lorente to Zaplox," said Magnus Friberg, CEO. "We are proud of working closely together with our customers to ensure their success, and are very eager to create value for them in their everyday business. In our efforts to do so, we see the appointment of Carlos Lorente as a strategic and important move to accelerate growth, while maintaining an understanding of the evolving hospitality market and developing customer needs."
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A cafe in Virginia appears to offer discounts for good manners
By Amanda Kabbabe and Keri Lumm (Buzz60)
If having basic manners saved you money, would that be enough incentive to say "please" and "thank you"?
A cafe in Virginia is testing this out, and is offering different prices for different levels of manners.
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The business posted a sign outside their front door indicating that if you have proper manners, your wallet will reap the benefits.
A coffee starts at five dollars when it is ordered just as, "small coffee." If you ask for a "small coffee please," the price drops down to three dollars.
If your mother's manner lessons are really engrained in you and you order saying, "Hello, one small coffee please," you will only pay $1.75.
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This may be a joke since five dollars for a small coffee is pretty high. That's the going rate for a large double shot of espresso mocha latte with extra whip at some places!
It would be interesting to see the limits this café is willing to push when it comes to enforcing manners with their customers. Would they impose a penalty tax on customers who insist on playing Pokemon Go while ordering?
To think, you thought being bribed into politeness was behind you after you became an adult.


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Thanks Joe, These are very good additions to this list. Maintaining a sense of order in life helps us maintain a simpler life. The statement keep your house in order means both our physical dwelling as well as our inner house, or our mind. When there is chaos in our lives, there are probably energy leaks, and a sense of order helps secure these leaks. When we pay our bills on time, keep in good health, etc., we keep bill collectors off our backs. Maintaining good health keeps our bodies and minds tuned for their best efficiency. I am not sure what you mean by family obligations. I may be reading too much into the word obligation here, but here goes anyway. Sometimes we do have obligations that are our willing commitment to care for our family and friends. This is quite healthy. On the other hand, sometimes we are trapped in what seem like obligations, but may be codependent behavior that cause us untold grief and energy expenditure. I don't suggest jumping ship necessarily, but if we can get away from the situation at least for a short time every day, then we stand to benefit. I guess what I am saying here is that sometimes family obligations can drag us down if we let them, but if we work at it, then there is a way to at least get some respite from these things. Set aside some time to close the door, take the phone off the hook, tell everybody to leave you alone for even a half hour a day so as to have some time to really go within. In statement 5 you cover this nicely by suggesting to keep your daily life as simple as possible. We may not be able to avoid all distracting obligations or engagements, but we can limit how much control they have over us.
As far as humor goes, by all means laugh when you can, it may save your life. It is easy to get caught up in the rat race. The ego loves it, if nothing else just to have something to complain about. I have taken some things so seriously that they stopped me in my tracks. I have poured energy into anxiety at being made late by a traffic jam, and allowed it to ruin my day when there was nothing I could do about it. At the same time, I have ridiculed others getting irate at the same situation . Some things can be serious business when applied to our own lives, but ridiculous overreaction when it is someone else. If I can laugh at myself it often dispels the anxiety altogether. I am spared a huge energy loss. I admit I am rarely able to do this on my own. I am fortunate to have a wife who gladly points out when I overreact, or get on a rant, or any number of other energy wasters I can indulge in. By all means, laugh like hell. If nothing else, others will think you have lost it, and they will leave you alone.
Keep building on this list, and keep the comments coming!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Thanks Joe, These are very good additions to this list. Maintaining a sense of order in life helps us maintain a simpler life. The statement keep your house in order means both our physical dwelling as well as our inner house, or our mind. When there is chaos in our lives, there are probably energy leaks, and a sense of order helps secure these leaks. When we pay our bills on time, keep in good health, etc., we keep bill collectors off our backs. Maintaining good health keeps our bodies and minds tuned for their best efficiency. I am not sure what you mean by family obligations. I may be reading too much into the word obligation here, but here goes anyway. Sometimes we do have obligations that are our willing commitment to care for our family and friends. This is quite healthy. On the other hand, sometimes we are trapped in what seem like obligations, but may be codependent behavior that cause us untold grief and energy expenditure. I don't suggest jumping ship necessarily, but if we can get away from the situation at least for a short time every day, then we stand to benefit. I guess what I am saying here is that sometimes family obligations can drag us down if we let them, but if we work at it, then there is a way to at least get some respite from these things. Set aside some time to close the door, take the phone off the hook, tell everybody to leave you alone for even a half hour a day so as to have some time to really go within. In statement 5 you cover this nicely by suggesting to keep your daily life as simple as possible. We may not be able to avoid all distracting obligations or engagements, but we can limit how much control they have over us.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
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(2) Keep a journal.
(3) Be honest in your daily life.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
What it can't do for you is take the place of the work a person must do on their own or the one on one transmission experience that happens with direct working with a teacher, and I don't want to be too quick in saying that either as I don't know the full mechanics of it. Richard Rose worked with a Zen teacher through the mail who apparently had a good rate of success.
I think that overall it is a good resource. I would watch out for a few pitfalls though. It is easy to get lost in threads of thought and end up way off topic moving from one link to the next. It is very easy to get distracted. Use your intuition regarding the integrity of the source of material. This is the same though with any group.
Just keep in mind that words can only go so far in this quest. I will close with a priceless quote from Bodhidharma, one of the founding fathers of Zen in China.
A special transmission outside the scriptures;
No dependence upon words and letters;
Direct pointing to the soul of man:
Seeing into one's own nature and attainment of Buddhahood.
Bodhidharma, First Patriarch of Zen (4-6 Cent. AD)
Saturday, February 23, 2008
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TEMPTATION, by Richard Rose
Several days ago I chanced to have a discussion with my friend R.J. on the subject of temptation, and it struck me at the time that it might be worthwhile to put the thoughts down on paper.
The first thing of importance to consider is the existence of temptation, - next the advisability of dealing with it or submitting to it. I cannot help but conclude that there are salutary influences assailing man, and that there are also possibly unsalutary influences assailing man, either from within or without his being or both.
Of course there is the ever-present denial that temptation exists except in one's own mind. However, if only for the sake of tentative argument we take the concept of mind being universal (or Brahma), then we can assume that we are dealing with a problem in the mind-world and go on from there.
I believe that there is temptation from external sources, and temptation from within. A habit tends to repeat itself, but there is another urge to form new habits. There is the undeniable fact that others will tempt us to gratify their pleasure. Now if the thing or act into which one is tempted is not considered injurious then we can hardly say that we are tempted. With the word temptation must go the connotation then that the word is to be used in this writing in regards to some act that is injurious. We cannot say that we are tempted to eat. But we can say that we might be tempted toward gluttony. There are several acts indulged in by mankind that most of us will claim to be unimpairing either to body or spirit, such as normal sex desire in married life, [or] an occasional drink of alcohol.... It is my aim to try to draw the line of distinction as to that which I consider injurious.
How many people that we know flee to religions or psychiatrists and still consider their habits sane! Why does man need these stays? I have heard the hard-bitten alcoholic weep in his glass in one breath and in another minute philosophize that liquor is the best of pleasures.
If we are to take a glimpse at mankind we will find a universal striving to release itself from the forces that make its peace of mind less peaceful. Is war just, and a natural function of nations, and is the succeeding national remorse merely an aberration and a useless worry caused by world-religion-indoctrination, - or is the voice of remorse a questioning voice of a wiser ego checking on the organism? My answer is that actions invite counteractions, therefore a mind that seeks solution of problems without violent action is aiming at a more consistent progress.
In my estimation of things I place the man as being more valuable than his coat, and his brain as being more valuable than his epidermis. The skull that surrounds the brain can be seen as the house of the brain. The house is valuable and must be protected by the housekeeper against external elemental ravages in order that the housekeeper will have a place in which to live. The housekeeper must therefore manage his house.
In sexual excess, in alcoholic excess, or in any excess that is apt to debilitate or delude the mind we have an instance where the body habit conflicts with the equanimity which the mind is seeking. I will admit that if the entity or person is too phlegmatic to seek betterment by willed progress, then war will exist within the spirit until an adjustment is made. That is wisdom by attrition.
It is therefore my conclusion that mankind is dissatisfied with these excesses, that mankind strives against them, and that they are injurious because mankind as a whole repudiates them.
I am of the opinion that (as Spinoza infers) man is seeking more perfect happiness. In time he transcends certain pleasures in order that the mind may enjoy a longer and more perfect happiness or peace. I deny the existence of the pleasure that is sought after by most people. As far as the body is concerned, they exist. The body feels them, the mind denies them. They will detract from higher consciousness, from clear thinking. The drunkard awakes each morning to a new personality.
If we are to have a better mind to enjoy serenity, then that mind must be free from hypnoses. If we are obsessed we can hardly say that we own ourselves or possess the pleasure thus seemingly found.
In this perspective of the human being we can take either the monistic or dualistic viewpoint. The body can be part of the mind hence we would be monistic. In that case it would be the same as the arm getting burned, the central brain causing the arm to draw back. The mind could inhibit an organ which we recognize as the body.
Concerning the nature of these hypnoses it is possible that many of them come from external sources. It is possible that the real world is the world of the mind. We are constantly striving to find that which is more real. As we develop we begin to see the enormous and ever-expanding field that is the scope of the mind. If on this body world we have parasites and animals it does not seem illogical to me that we would have entities in the oceanic mind world. This brings to mind the various concepts on thought forms, poltergeists, incubi and succubi, and angels.
Although I advance no proofs on these entities we will not lose anything by taking those concepts into consideration when dealing with temptation. If their existence were valid, then parasitism would be possible. The mind could be inflicted with a false impression of pleasure while the parasite indulged in the more volatile ethers of the body and brain, and thus crippling the mind for future use. Although the concept seems far-fetched it is accepted by several different groups and is worth consideration.
Whatever the source of temptation we must find release from it. I will outline a system which I have employed, a system which is the result of years of thinking on the subject of continence and efforts toward it.
We must first learn the tricks that are played on the mind (perhaps by the mind) and then discover how to circumvent them. Man deludes himself with happy phrases, some of which are "In vino veritas," the rhyming aphorisms of Omar Khayam, the reverence for the word "Love" in relation to sexual satisfaction, and others. Love is a solemn sounding word that makes sexual excess seem almost a solemn duty. Few of us can give a definition for love, fewer will ever give a definition that is accepted by all lovers. Man loves himself.
Man's great adversary in dealing with temptation is rationalization. The mind plays tricks upon itself. I would like to say that the body argues for pleasure. I do not like to give the impression that the mind does not know what it wants, or that the body is arguing with another entity, the mind. Therefore, I think it apt to liken the workings of the mind to a court. Every act is first debated in the mind. Once it is accepted and acted upon, the second time will require less deliberation, the third time still less and so proportionately into habit. It will endanger itself and the body in order to learn. Thus, most harmful habits gain entry into the system.
Some of the rationalizations that assail the reasoning of the mind are: laying the faults of the pottery at the feet of the potter; reminding oneself of the total ignorance of man, hence his inability to do anything good or bad; escape from another seeming worse dissipation, and others. Man is also apt to remind himself that his life is very short and that his pleasures are few in regards to his sorrows, therefore he must indulge.
In contradiction to these rationalizations I might say that I believe man to be an individual, and that if we conclude ourselves to be pottery that shall be later thrown back into the furnace, then indeed there is not any need for self-betterment. As for good and bad, good is what is best for body and mind, and bad the opposite. If alcohol is good for body and mind then I would advise drinking. As for the shortness of life I would say there is no measurement of time, except in man's consciousness, and if a man is unconscious or possessed or obsessed, then a life-span of one hundred years lived in dissipation would not equal twenty years spent in freedom from hypnoses.
When I am confronted with temptation my greatest argument is "Why?" After having freed one's self from a binding habit, the person is struck with the imbecility of ever indulging in the habit in the first place. When you ask yourself, - what shall I gain from this pleasure-hypnosis, you can destroy much of the power of the suggestion. It is hard for a person to give a reason for pleasure outside of just saying "because it's fun." Eventually the mind denies itself the delusion, and finds a warming satisfaction in the freedom thus enjoyed. In time a general indifference to all fixations of pleasure will be the result of this method.
I have found that by developing indifference to temptation one also tends to develop total indifference unless a new driving power is found. Sex is the greatest driving power on earth. Man's mammoth achievements are all evolved from the sex-urge, - the urge leading him to feather his nest better. When indifference to all the maddening ambitions of conventional mankind is reached we are inclined to grow apathetic. Then there must be found a new motive or a higher motive for living, and one must study to find driving power to further it. It is possible that we must create and exert a will.
To revert to the methods used in overcoming temptation, besides applying "Why?" to deeds that might provoke a question, I have found that it is also beneficial to practice relaxation. Most of our excesses occur in periods of tension. There are various methods of relaxing, some are outlined in modern health education, some in hatha yoga. We must keep in mind that total relaxation promotes death unless will is exerted after freedom is gained from the animal motivation that automatically keeps our system fighting with its self.
Copyright © 2008 Rose Publications
Reprinted with permission from Rose Publications
Celibacy is a very unique challenge and is no lighthearted matter, but the benefits are worthwhile if approached properly. To begin with, you are addressing the most fundamental and strongest force in our physical being. Sexual energy is the source of nearly all our actions, and ideas. It is the force that drives us, and therefore must be treated with extreme caution at the very least. I don't know anything of your background so I can't begin to make any suggestions beyond a general set of guidelines, but that should be more than enough to set you on your way. As I gather from your comment, you seem to have had a taste of some of the difficulties associated with the balance of a celibate path.
The most important place to begin is probably related to getting the house in order. As I said before, I have no idea your level of experience in this matter, or your age maturity level , etc. Please forgive any assumptions I might make. Now on the topic. To begin with let me define as best as I can what celibacy is. It is essentially a vacation from sex and its many forms. This is rather simple. We refrain from sex in thought, word and deed. This includes sexual reverie (fantasy) or the mental aspects of sex. In other words, celibacy is a mental and physical abstinence from indulgence in all sexual acts-masturbation, oral sex, etc.
As with breaking any impulse, habit, addiction, etc. it involves a change in one's everyday patterns and routines. If you have any sort of sex related literature such as erotica or pornography it is best to get rid of it.
Proper attitude is very important and can get complicated. Our mind, especially under the influence of hormones and various stimuli whether external or internal can trick us in ways we may not immediately see or be aware of. Respite from the physical sex act is probably the easiest aspect of celibacy. The less tangible aspects are another story. When your mind drifts to a sexual thought then you have to turn your mental head in another direction. Here is where it gets tricky. Try focusing on unresolved problems, prayer, some uplifting verse, take a walk, observe yourself. Write what is on your mind. Examine why you are on the celibate path. Be very careful, I repeat, BE VERY CAREFUL not to let your thoughts drift into areas where you will lose the energy you have gained through celibacy. Steer clear of any sort of spiritual pride or elitism of any kind. Do not get caught up in attachment to anything in particular. Be mindful that any trait you have such as any neurosis, mental difficulty, depression, and so forth will likely be magnified during this time. It is important to have a plan and use the time to do Spiritual work, or whatever it is that motivated your celibacy in the first place. I recommend a lot of writing, a lot of physical exercise, (walking or bike riding is particularly good in my case) and a good diet.
It is important to keep the prostate in good health so I recommend herbs such as pumpkin seeds and saw palmetto, available at most any health food store. It doesn't hurt to do a little research in this department. I also recommend drinking a lot of water, and laying off too many stimulants and especially alcohol. BTW, this may be a strange question, but it just occurred to me that I don't know whether you are male or female. Regardless, even though the physiology is different, the approach is not so different and can be adjusted accordingly. As I am a man, I cannot speak from the female perspective. Resource materials are available though for anyone. I will try to post a few resources in the next little while that may be useful.
Near the top of the list of considerations when embarking on a celibate path is the impact it will have on others. It is probably easiest and logistically best if one isn't in a relationship, however, I have managed periods of celibacy with my wife for as long as we mutually wanted to keep it going. It also is not a bad idea to make a specific goal for being celibate for a specified time. This can be a month, ten years, or for as long as it may take to attain whatever it is you are after.
Most importantly keep a good mental attitude. Be celibate for the right reasons (my own reasons have nothing to do with religious convictions or to attain favor with God. In other words I do not see it as paying homage to anything. My reasons have been practical so I could have the energy needed to build intuition and to have the internal energy to explore the path of Self.) Whatever your reasons, they must not be out of forced obligation. You must act of your own free will. I think it best to approach it as a vacation from sex. I personally see no reason to make it a lifelong practice unless you are in a position of Spiritual leader, or have a need to keep clean so to speak, such as if you are a counselor, work with the mentally ill, are an exorcist, or a paranormal investigator for example.
Strong moral principles are highly underrated in our world today. We as a population seem to have lost our sensitivity to the more subtle essences of life. Celibacy can be a valuable and beautiful experience for those willing to approach it with the right attitude. There are reasons remarkable people have practiced it over the ages. It is at the core of all great success secrets, and mystical practices.
I hope this will help you out a bit. I will write more and post it on the blog as soon as I can.
Copyright © 2008 John Rose


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Cynthiana is a home rule-class city in Harrison County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 6,402 at the 2010 census. It is the seat of its county.
Cynthiana was named after Cynthia and Anna Harrison, daughters of Robert Harrison, who had donated land for its establishment, though Harrison County was named after Colonel Benjamin Harrison, who was an early settler in the area and the sheriff of Bourbon County.
Two Civil War battles were fought in Cynthiana; the first on July 17, 1862, was part of a raid into Kentucky by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan; the second on June 11 and 12, 1864, resulted in defeat of Confederate forces on Morgan's last raid into the state.
On January 23, 1877, an LL chondrite meteorite fell in Cynthiana.
March 2, 1997, the South Fork of the Licking River which bisects Cynthiana flooded, causing extensive damage in Cynthiana and neighboring communities.
In March, 2020, Cynthiana had the first case of COVID-19 in Kentucky.
Cynthiana is located in southern Harrison County at 38°23′18″N 84°17′49″W (38.388292, -84.296841). U.S. Routes 27 and 62 pass through the city, passing west of the downtown area. US 27 leads north 56 miles (90 km) to Cincinnati and south 14 miles (23 km) to Paris, while US 62 leads northeast 46 miles (74 km) to Maysville and southwest 21 miles (34 km) to Georgetown. Lexington is 31 miles (50 km) to the southwest via US 27 or 29 miles (47 km) via Kentucky Route 353.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.5 km2), of which 4.0 square miles (10.4 km2) are land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 1.09%, are water. The South Fork of the Licking River, a tributary of the Ohio River, flows south to north through the city, passing west of the downtown area.
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.


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DeLauro: Spend more money now to combat Ebola
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who represents part of Shelton, is calling for a congressional subcommittee to hold a hearing on the budgets of two agencies on the frontline of the battle against Ebola.
DeLauro, the senior Democrat on the subcommittee, said funding has been reduced for the National Institutes for Health (NIH) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in recent years.
"The NIH's purchasing power has been cut by 10% over the last four years," DeLauro claimed. "The CDC program that supports the lab doing the testing has been cut by 11% over the last four year. The Health and Human Services [Department] program that supports local preparedness has been cut by 44%.
'We need to reverse this trend'
"As NIH Director Francis Collins has said, we would be much further along on an Ebola vaccine if it were not for these cuts," according to DeLauro. "National preparedness efforts have been damaged as well. We need to reverse this trend."
DeLauro, now in her 12th term and seeking re-election, said she has yet to receive a response to her call for the subcommittee to hold a hearing in light of the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
Student has Ebola-like symptoms
A graduate student at Yale was admitted to Yale-New Haven Hospital on late Wednesday, but a preliminary test has since come back negative for Ebola.
The student recently returned from conducting research on the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, one of the West African countries where the virus is centered.
DeLauro lives in, and represents, New Haven in Congress.
"My thoughts and prayers are with the individual and family impacted by this unconfirmed Ebola case ... I am encouraged by the cooperation among health, state and local officials; first and emergency responders; and Yale-New Haven Hospital staff," she said.
Federal support 'has dwindled'
As for funding, DeLauro said she has "fought" to provide more money for NIH and CDC.
"We are seeing now how crucial they are, as they are in the lead on responding to the Ebola crisis," she said.
"Unfortunately, federal support for these programs has dwindled due to budget cuts over the last four years."
DeLauro said "every precaution" must be taken "to protect our medical workers and stop this from spreading. Since the outbreak began I have been in constant communication with officials at the NIH and CDC."


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When I ask people to describe fruit trees in a garden, they invariably go on to describe an orchard where fruit trees are growing in meadows of naturalised bulbs in spring and wildflowers and grasses in summer. But many of us do not have space for one standard size fruit tree, let alone an entire orchard!
However, all is not lost. We do not need to banish our dreams of fruit from our own gardens - even for those of us who have small gardens - thanks to the ancient craft of fruit tree training.
The answer is creative pruning of fruit trees
Espaliers, stepovers, fans and cordons are all traditional forms of fruit tree training. But one only need visit some of our national gardens, such as RHS Wisely in Surrey, West Dean in West Sussex, as well as browse the internet to see that the forms of trained fruit tree varies as much as their names: from a Parisian goblet to the lattice design of Belgian Fence. It is clear that your imagination is the limit to the shapes and forms of fruit tree can take - and all are suitable for small gardens!
Trained fruit trees add structure
Cordon apples and pears can create a living pergola; an espaliered or similarly pruned apple tree growing on a decorative metal or wooden support and a fan-trained plum tree grown against a south- or west-facing wall can all add height, interest and structure year round.
As an alternative to a trellis screen, the diamond-shaped gaps of a fruit tree trained as a Belgian fence or the horizontal gaps of a 4-tier espalier let both light and air to freely circulate; perfect for sub-dividing a small garden and giving the illusion of space. Such a living screen could mask a utility area, for example and wall-trained trees could add a focal point or soften the house, connecting it to the garden. And then there is of course in all cases, the seasonal, home-grown fruit to be enjoyed.
Whilst I have focused on top fruit, training is not limited to these trees. Red- and white-currants and gooseberries can also be trained allowing a variety of soft-fruit to be grown in a small space whilst clothing fences and walls. They can also act as lower screens when grown on decorative supports.
Training your own
There are practical reasons for training other than restricting size if space is limited - that is to improve the ease of picking and, techniques that were developed over thousands of years, to provide a maximum yield in the minimium time and/ or to ensure an even yield of fruit season on season. Of course, on the West Coast of Scotland where the season is shorter, exposing fruit to sunlight through training the tree can assist ripening.
Apples, pears, plums, quinces etc. are trained whilst young, called formative pruning, to provide the framework that goes onto bear the fruit for tens if not hundreds of years, if a regenerative pruning routine is maintained after the formative period.
There are a number of good books that describe using images and diagrams how to prune a young fruit tree and soft fruit shrub into espaliers, step overs, fans, and cordons. I have listed one below. (Note that some forms are better for certain fruit tree species than others, such as plum trees are best trained as a fan rather than as an espalier or cordon).
The Royal Horticultural Society Pruning by Christopher Brickell
For more creative forms, you will see that the underlying framework is based on the formative pruning of an espalier or a cordon.
So what are you waiting for..... now is a great time to start your new fruit tree off, so let those creative juices flow and you will be rewarded with structure, interest and an abundance of fruit in years to come!
Rachel Bailey, a garden designer and gardener in Scotland.
June 2019


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When used effectively, human resource systems can elevate HR's role in supporting organizational strategy. A critical component of any such effort is identifying and fulfilling talent requirements — present and future. How to make that happen is the job of Chris Pinc, global director of product management at Willis Towers Watson, were he is responsible for leading the vision, strategy development and ongoing enhancement of the company's human resource software line. He recently shared his thoughts with EBN; edited excerpts follow.
EBN: How does HR technology not just support, but in some cases, lead a corporation's strategic decision making?
Chris Pinc: It is critical for organizations to think realistically about what they can implement in terms of forward-facing talent strategies that support their business strategy. Software can definitely help analyze how quickly you can hire people in certain roles, future attrition rates, which roles you'll want to use contractors or contingents for instead of full-time employees, and the available labor pool for that kind of role. That kind of forecasting is absolutely essential to helping organizations think through how they can implement on a business strategy.
EBN: So, HR technology becomes critical to an organization's business strategy?
Pinc: Yes, but the distinction I'm drawing is the difference between business strategy and talent strategy. Business strategy is, "We need to be able to develop this new product and deliver it at X cost in order to compete against Y competitors." But talent strategy is, "How do we find the talent to develop the product, who can deliver it, who can sell it, and where is that talent available, and what kind of talent does it require?" So absolutely, software is critical in terms of developing and implementing on talent strategy that, in turn, supports the business strategy.
EBN: It's not enough just to find the people you need and get them in the door. How can HR systems help to keep those people focused and engaged?
Pinc: There has been a lot of exciting evolution and innovation in employee engagement, and it starts with measuring. The world has moved beyond using only traditional annual employee surveys, although those are still valuable. Most organizations are realizing that they need to supplement their annual survey with additional listening tools and to get employee feedback on a much more regular basis.
EBN: And how do you do that?
Pinc: People provide feedback all the time in their lives outside of work, whether that be on Yelp, or through social media. They're looking for more and more opportunities to provide work feedback besides when they're at work. Organizations are getting smart about incorporating more frequent pulse surveys, looking at the employee experience from end to end — starting from the pre-hire process and on-boarding, listening to employee feedback and then all the way through to the end of exit surveys. The smartest organizations are compiling that information and looking at it together in a single software product and starting to draw out interesting conclusions about what engages employees at different stages.
EBN: What about software that is supposed to make employees more engaged?
Pinc: You see that a lot in the recognition space. For example, a company might give an employee 50 points for doing a great presentation. When that happens, the employees feels more engaged. I think the jury is still out on whether that really works to increase engagement. But I definitely think that the right software can help you attract and retain the right talent, and the wrong software can be disengaging if people feel like they're using something that's old and clunky — if it's not consistent with the experience that they expect out of technology. I think that there's a lot more value in understanding what uniquely motivates your people and building the kinds of changes in your organizations to allow those people to thrive and be more engaged.
EBN: What about software that does employee surveys. Are those packages basically a commodity item, then, or are some better than others?
Pinc: The right software will tell you what every pocket of the organization thinks about a topic, and can analyze those results based on a lot of variables — like where they work, how large their team is, who their manager is, etc. It's the granularity of the reporting that good software enables. It makes it easier for managers to understand what they need to focus on.
EBN: Are you just talking about individual surveys with a fixed set of questions and a multiple choice answer format, or…
Pinc: No. There are some cool new technologies out there that allow organizations to have interactive conversations with employees, online chats and jams, for example, where a moderator will send out a question and then people can respond to that question in real time. It's sort of like doing a focus group, but doing it with hundreds of people at once.
And another thing that's really catching on in is giving feedback back to individual employees about their own experience. Instead of a survey where all of the responses are aggregated, there are tools that help employees understand more clearly what it is that they care about at their work. Through the right kinds of questions, you can help people think about what's really important to them, what's bothering them, and what isn't, then give feedback on where they can take advantage of what their company has to offer to become more engaged. We call it a personalized engagement solution.
EBN: Is that automated?
Pinc: Yes. The way that we deliver to our own clients is we work with them to understand what programs they do offer. For example, giving employees an opportunity to get paid for a day for community service. The reports that are automatically generated to respond to employees' comments will pull in specific references and hyperlinks to say, "You can take advantage of your volunteer day and not have it count against your PTO balance, click here to find out how to file your time in the right way."
EBN: Returning to the bigger picture, how does senior management get a comprehensive — but not overwhelmingly complex — look at what's going on with employees?
Pinc: The really good software can provide "heat maps" that show you which parts of the organization are doing well, and which ones are doing poorly. You often find trends and can isolate, for example, certain leadership characteristics associated with the parts of the organization that are doing well and have high employee engagement.


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Collectors ready to duel over John Wayne eye patch at Heritage sale
Collectors ready to duel over John Wayne eye patch at Heritage sale
An eye patch worn by John Wayne in the 1969 film True Grit is coming to auction in October
Heritage Auctions is hosting an auction of John Wayne collectibles in Los Angeles that is sure to have movie memorabilia investors saddling up and sallying forth.
The auction, which takes place from October 3 - 6, will offer a vast range from the collection of John Wayne Enterprises, including a black eye patch worn by John Wayne in his 1969 Academy Award winning role True Grit, and the cowboy hat he wore in the film's 1975 sequel, Rooster Cogburn.
The Golden Globe Wayne received for True Grit is also on offer.
The collection is rounded out with more than 400 other costumes from his 170-film career, including Sands of Iwo Jima and The Green Berets,over 50 movie scripts, many containing Wayne's handwritten notes, as well as personal documents such as his driving licence and American Express card.
John Wayne in the 1956 picture The Searchers
"The John Wayne collection is a time capsule of classic Hollywood and US history that has remained carefully preserved by his family since John Wayne died 32 years ago in 1979," said Greg Rohan, Heritage's president.
"We anticipate attracting a wide range of people to the auction, from serious collectors and loyal fans to movie fans and the simply curious."
Estimates for individual items range from $100 to $50,000.
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Here we list the known issues in RIDE Server and the plan for remediation:
1. Sharing workspaces:
When you would like to share a workspace and you are a member of an organization, you cannot select a single member to share with.
Select the check box for all users and after sharing with all, remove those you wouldn't like to share.
We are planing to migrate to Che 6 anytime soon and will have an overhaul in the dashboard. This issue will be resolved after this migration.


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The Theory handbag from Baiastice was of course a given, but then I had to wear one of the new Candy Shades as well, Sissy has these available at The Arcade in many styles as well colors. I just adore this simple long luscious Vibrato style from LeLutka which I have been dying to wear. Oh and the gorgeous Amy skin from Belleza….out for the Belleza Best Buy sale was much-needed. There are three skins to be had for the girls and three for the guys. I cannot refuse a magnificent Belleza skin of any kind…..especially one for less than half the price….hurry as this offer ends this evening, then it is back up to regular price…so grab your guy and get to Belleza before then!
I adore the Smexy Tie Necklace from Mandala and now own it in several colors, I think I shop too much yes? Oh last but not least Redgrave released these amazing Carrie Shoes…..these are a must have, you can change the metal from silver to gold, the heel and sole as well as the shoe are all color change by a hud. The skin matching is wonderfully easy and zomg I love these shoes hehe
I just want to thank everyone for coming with me on this new venture. I am so excited to have a wordpress blog….ya I'm a dork 😉 I am also trying to get in as much as I can before Monday……my mom-in-law is coming to visit, as I have a surgery coming up on Wednesday……so she is coming to take care of us 🙂 I wont be gone long….maybe just a few days but I am sure to be back for the weekend……as sl is usually good therapy for me while in recuperation.
Ok I must go, enjoy the rest of your weekend or the start of your week for some…………………and I shall………………………
See you soonish 🙂Shades: Baiastice ~ Candy Shades in Wine/Lilac New ❤ Available@The Arcade
Hair: LeLutka ~ Vibrato Hair in Bournville New ❤
Skin: Belleza ~ Amy in Medium New ❤ Belleza Best Buy Skin
Beauty Marks: Belleza ~ Beauty Marks 2 & 3
Eyes: Ikon ~ Lucid Eyes in Machine New ❤ March Group Gift
Dress: Baiastice ~ Mesh Cutout Leather Dress in Lilac/Pink New ❤ Available@FaMESHed
Tie: Mandala ~ Smexy Tie Necklace in Nobility Purple
Hands: Slink ~ Mesh Hands/Wrists in Handbag & Casual
Bangles: Rookhold ~ Heirloom Antique Silver Bangles #3
Bag: Baiastice ~ Mesh Theory Mesh Handbag in Lilac
Shoes: Redgrave ~ Carrie Shoes w/Hud New ❤
Pose: Ma Vie ~ Revealed 10 & 4
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Psychotherapy Weekend Timetable Example
1.30 pm Arrive at Brimpts Farm.
2pm Introductory session (get to know each other more and begin to explore hopes for the weekend)
4.30pm Coffee break
5.15pm Session
7pm Eat together
8pm Time to socialise/hot tub /sauna or free time. As the group is residential, members are encouraged to spend time together. We often have lots of fun!
8am Breakfast.
9am Psychotherapy session. Exploring issues that members have. Using small group discussion-psychodrama-action techniques or other appropriate format depending on issues raised.
10.50am Coffee break
11am Psychotherapy Session
1pm Lunch
2pm Psychotherapy Session
3.15pm Free time or walk if weather good.
4.30pm Group Process
7pm Dinner
8pm Something that makes us laugh! Charades, games, watch a film or some other activity that is suggested.
8am Breakfast
9.40am Psychotherapy Session
11am Coffee break
11.20am Psychotherapy Session
12.20pm Lunch
1.10pm Reflection session and goodbyes
3pm Finish.
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The Parents' Review
A Monthly Magazine of Home-Training and Culture
"Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life."
A sequel to "Home Education."
"En hoexkens ende boexkens."
"Of making many books there is no end," but do not let us, in our hurry after the new, forget the books on which we ourselves grew up. What have we produced to surpass Mrs. Gatty's Parables from Nature? (2 vos, 2s. 6d. each. Geo, Bell & Son). "Tell me what the rook are doing and saying. Tell me what how they are conducted; tell me by what message the distant colonies are warned of the particular spot and hour of meeting. Tell me by what rules the place is chosen. Tell me how the messenger is instructed; tell me by what means he delivers his message. Tell me why they meet on level ground and walk like men and not rather in their own deep woods, where they might fly and roost on branches, and run no danger, and need no guard? Tell me what do they say, what do they say, what do they say, when they meet at last, and whether they are there for business or for play? Tell me these things, and I will listen to you when you point out to me the councils and the workings of the Creator of rooks and men." And then the delicious train of reasoning by which the rooks prove that man is no more than a degenerate rook, grown huge, wingless and featherless, through many ages of heavy feeding and lazy ways!
This again, "Wait till I let the Bee out, Brother," said the little girl, taking him gently up in a soft handkerchief, and then she looked at him kindly and said, "Poor fellow! So you might have been a queen if they had only given you the right food and put you into a right-shaped house! What a shame they didn't! As it is, my good friend" (and here her voice took a childish mocking tone), "as it is, my good friend, you must go away and drudge away all your life long, making honey and wax. Well, get along with you! Good luck to your labors!" And with these words she fluttered her handkerchief through the open window, and the bee found himself once more floating in the air. To say a word about the exquisite English, the sympathy with the creature-world, the subtle moral teaching, the stimulus to a study of nature with which these two dainty little volumes teem is unnecessary; every lover of books knows them. But do not let the children of this generation grow up without like pleasant intimacy.
Of almost equal grace and delicacy, of as high moral and spiritual teach (if lacking, perhaps, in the keen humour which characterises "Aunt Judy"), are the two little volumes of Earth's Many Voices (2s. each, S.P.C.K.), another friend of our childhood. There are parables from nature, also, when the gentian and the crocus, the poplar tree, the stream, and all things that a child would like to be intimate with, take voices and speak that they do know
"Now Robin had stood very quietly for the last few minutes, only turning his little head from side to side now and then, as if he were pondering something, and examining both sides of the question.
"'I suppose,' he presently remarked to the wallflower, 'you think daffodils ought not to wear yellow, nor the laburnum such long golden plumes, nor the horse-chestnuts those splendid red and white crests-- how splendid they are you never can tell, for you never were up in the chestnut tree--you think it all too fine, of course.'
"'Nay,' was the answer, 'surely the daffodil has a right to be a gay daffodil; the laburnum ought to wear her golden plume, because she is a laburnum, and my brown blossoms would be as unfit for her as her golden ones would be for me. The chestnut has a right to those splendid crests, because he is a chestnut tree; they look beautiful on him because they are fit for him, and--don't call me proud, Robin--I almost think my brown gown must be beautiful on me, because it is proper for me, for it seems to my mind that whatever is proper is beautiful.'"
Earth's Many Voices is adapted for children of a smaller growth than is Mrs. Gatty's Parables from Nature.
Of the same quality, only "more so," are Mrs. Barbauld's exquisite prose "Hymns," and that lovely fairy tale of Richard Jefferies, where a little boy chances, unawares, on a talk of the wheat-ears and the butterflies.
I have no doubt other parents agree with me in wishing we knew the addresses of Rolandi and Hachette, or of some agent in London, from whom we might order "Mon Journal," or "Le Journal de la Jeunesse," or "La Nature," for our children. Will Mrs. Lane kindly give us addresses to write to, and cost of annual subscriptions? J.M.S.M.
"Holiday House," by Catherine Sinclair, Ward, Lock & Co., 3s. 6d., is a lively, amusing, good book for children from six to twelve years of age. J.M.S.M. I shall be it in mind all the day long--all the holiday through--for it may be true possibly of us. I cannot tell--our home is full from corner to corner of love--beginning with father, who by instinct (not on theory) has always so absolutely insisted that everyone begins the ay by realising the bond which unites us all. But still there may be corners not full enough and over-brimming; they shall be well watched and carefully tended, for fear of the very suggestion of famine. But on the famine that does exist. How well I know it. It is the key to the whole position, the maggot that eats out the very heart of live almost before it is grown into life--and leaves its mark irrevocably--never to be healed. And the cause I suppose is quite as often selfishness as ignorance. Motherhood wants a perfect ocean of unselfishness born in with the birth pains, and growing day by day.* AMO.
*From letter on "Parents and Children" in December number.
1. Mrs. Alfred Priestman offers "a Prize of *One Guinea* for an Essay (1,200 words) on the best means of encouraging in children kindness to animals, with suggestions as to books or magazines bearing on the same subject."
2. Mrs. Francis Steinthal offers a Prize of *Half-a-Guinea* for the best list of historical novels and tales given in chronological order. Regard should be had to the literary quality of the novels named.
Both competitions to be sent to the Editor, care of Publishers, by the last day of January.
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Hopley's mind-blowing Atlantic crossing
Elaine Hopley's world-record row from Spain to Antigua was just the latest in a series of adventures she has undertaken, and the most satisfying for any number of reasons. Apart from the sense of personal achievement, she was particularly pleased to prove wrong those who said it couldn't be done. Susan Egelstaff hears her story
Elaine Hopley reckons it would be almost impossible to describe to the uninitiated the last few months of her life. This is not entirely unsurprising: earlier this year, the 45 year old from Dunblane in Scotland completed an adventure that is almost beyond comprehension. The bare statistics show that Hopley rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean in fifty-nine days, nineteen hours and fourteen minutes. That in itself would be astonishing, but Hopley's feat is even more remarkable: her time was a world record as she became only the fourteenth woman to row solo across an ocean.
However impressive the statistics may be though, it is the detail of Hopley's Atlantic crossing that really takes one's breath away. As part of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge race, she rowed from Spain to Antigua in a 22-foot-long boat, battling 60-foot waves, tropical storms and the most horrendous weather conditions that nature can conjure up. She would reach up to 10 knots, yet on dark nights could not see beyond the end of her boat. At times she feared for her safety.
"There were loads of moments when I was really scared," she says. "At night, when you're on your own and you're dealing with big winds and big swells, I'd be sitting there thinking that it was absolutely petrifying. Some nights it was pitch-black and I could only hear the rumble of the water that was coming towards me. The power of nature is fascinating and amazing, but you're so vulnerable out there and you're having to deal with these elements all on your own."
Hopley is no stranger to adventure. She has cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats in just seven days, completed solo bike tours of Australia, New Zealand and Chile and competed in numerous 24-hour mountain-bike races. Despite completing these land-based challenges, though, she knew that she wanted to take on an ocean. Having been brought up on the west coast of Scotland, Hopley has always had a love of the water and this, coupled with her passion for adventure, meant that a solo Atlantic crossing was always on her bucket-list.
However, the physical examination that she faced during her row was monumentally thorough. And then there was the emotional and mental stress of spending 59 days at sea, alone. "It's physically absolutely knackering because you're on the oars for so long. I would top 18 or 19 hours of rowing in a day because when you stop, the boat goes in the wrong direction," she explains. "I had about two weeks where almost every day the wind was pushing me in the wrong direction, so you're creeping so, so slowly forward and that was very frustrating. But when you have a tough day, you don't have any option other than to pull yourself out of it, and that's where I know I'm pretty mentally strong. You have to keep hammering away because in the back of your mind, you know the weather will change."
Despite days of almighty struggle, Hopley maintains that it was worth it. "Being in the middle of the Atlantic was just amazing. It was flat calm when I was there and you're literally in the middle of nowhere. That was a real highlight for me," she says. "It was so remote – there's nothing out there apart from you and a massive ocean. But the ocean is such a crazy, hostile environment; the size of the waves that hit you, the squalls of wind that hit you and the lightning storms, everything is on such a huge scale that it's very hard to explain it to people."
Hopley admits that one of the most pleasing aspects of her successful crossing was proving her doubters wrong. As she prepared to depart last year, there was much scepticism about her challenge, the majority of it from men who doubted that a woman could complete such an epic journey. "I'd tell people what I was doing and I could tell they were thinking, 'She's not going to be able to do that'," she recalls. "A lot of that doubt was because I'm a woman, people thinking, 'She's not mentally and physically strong enough to do this'.
"I went to a lot of events before the challenge and a lot of the guys I met were quite dismissive. I wouldn't let it get to me, but I did think, 'Eff you, mate, you don't have a clue what I've achieved or what I'm capable of achieving'. So to go out there and actually do it was great. Now I've got so much respect from a lot of people who had thought I wouldn't manage it. That's been very satisfying."
Hopley admits she is unlikely to fully satiate her appetite for adventure. Already, she has an eye on her next challenge, though, for now, she is keeping her cards close to her chest about specifics. She acknowledges there are few things that will match crossing the Atlantic, not that it will stop here.
"I'm always looking for the next thing," she says. "I love pushing myself and that was part of this challenge. I went beyond where I'd been before and I think it's going to be hard to match that other than by crossing another ocean. I don't think I'll ever feel that I'm finished doing these things. And, really, I don't see why I'd ever stop because I absolutely love doing these challenges."
Susan Egelstaff is an Olympic badminton player who competed at London 2012, as well as representing Scotland at three Commonwealth Games, winning two bronze medals. She retired in the aftermath of the London Games after a 12-year international career. Having written the occasional article for newspapers while still competing, she decided to try and make sports journalism a job. Susan is now a columnist and sports writer with The Herald, The Sunday Herald and The National and is a regular contributor on BBC Radio Scotland. Susan is also heavily involved with the Winning Scotland Foundation, a charity which helps children achieve their goals. Susan's latest articles.
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Publisher's Tour 2016: Abruzzo
Part 6 – Abruzzo and the Towns of Vasto and Loreto Aprutino
The tour group departed Barletta in the region of Puglia and headed north by motor coach. Our first stop was in the town of Vasto, soon after we entered the Abruzzo region. The region is breathtaking, with the beautiful blue Adriatic Sea along the coast and the majestic snowy mountain peaks inland. Abruzzi boasts a steadily growing economy, with agriculture as an important industry. Grapes, olives, wheat and sugar beets are grown and its saffron is considered to be the best in the world. Its local wines – Trebbiano d'Abruzzo DOC wine and Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC are outstanding.
According to tradition, the town of Vasto was founded by Diomedes, the Greek hero. The earliest archaeological relics date to 1300 BC. Under the Roman Empire, Vasto was called Histonium and it was a flourishing and opulent town. The remains of the Roman era include vestiges of a theater, baths, numerous mosaics and statues. Following the Romans, the area was ravaged successively by the Goths, the Lombards, the Franks and the Arabs. From the 13th century, it was part of the Kingdom of Naples, which later merged into the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. In the 15th century, the town center was transformed by Giacomo Caldora, who became its Lord. The Caldora family built new city walls still seen today, including the Torre Bassano Tower in Piazza Rossetti, the Torre Diomede in Vico Storto del Passero, the Torre Diamante in Piazza Verdi and Castello Caldoresco, its primary defensive outpost.
The old part of the town (centro storico) features a number of buildings and churches dating from the 12th to 18th centuries, including Vasto Cathedral (Cattedrale di San Giuseppe) and the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Dating from the 12th century, it is the largest and oldest church in the town. The most revered relic of the church is a thorn from Jesus' crown (Sacra Spina). Below the hill on which the town is located, the beach resort town of Marina di Vasto offers a large sandy beach and several hotels and other facilities.
After our stop in Vasto, the travelers boarded the motor coach for the drive north to Loreto Aprutino, located about 10 miles west of the coast. The town is located on a 1,000 foot tall hill. The Romans named the area "Lauretum," meaning laurel grove, but the area has been continually inhabited since at least the 6th century BC. The medieval connection to the past is evident as one approaches the town. In the early Middle Ages, the town was called Castrum Laureti and its importance during the period is reflected in the many works of art which embellished its rich medieval center. Historic and architectural features are clearly visible all along the main road of Via del Baio, where you encounter the successive facades of ancient palazzos leading to the imposing Castello Chiola and the church of St. Peter the Apostle, dating the fifteenth century.
The 13th century Castello Chiola stands on the foundation of Castrum Laureti, a Lombard fortress dating to the 9th century. The castle is now a luxury boutique hotel and was the home for the Publisher's Tour group while staying in Loreto.
The castle grounds served as an outpost for the Normans, beginning in 1071, and over the centuries passed through the D'Aquino, D'Avalo and Caracciolo families. In 1843, the castle became the property of the Chiola family, who lived there until 1995 and oversaw the restoration into its present hotel and conference facility. In the restored cellar of the castle, the Celliere restaurant offers fine cuisine based on the finest culinary traditions of Abruzzo. Guests can also take advantage of the hotel's splendid garden, which features a terrace and a swimming pool, with outstanding views over the surrounding landscape. Castello Chiola truly offers exclusive accommodations and fine dining in an unsurpassed setting.
Located in the lower part of the village is the Monastery of St. Francis of Assisi, founded in the 13th century and an interesting museum center which contains the Acerbo Museum, filled with 570 ancient ceramics of Castelli, while the Oil Museum is contained in the ancient olive oil mill of Raffaele Baldini Palladini. Loreto Aprutino is famous for both its excellent olive oil and fine wines.
Other beautiful palaces and mansions located within the town include the Palazzo Acerbo, Casa Antimo, Casa Baldini-Palladini and Casa Raietta. Also worth visiting are the Church of San Pietro Apostolo, with fine frescos and silver urn containing the relics of San Zopito. However, with all of the sights to be seen in Loreto, nothing was more peaceful and serene than gazing over the valley below, with a glass of Trebbiano d'Abruzzo in hand.
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Dental CrownsAn Overview
A dental crown can support your dental health in many ways and is often used to address both cosmetic and restorative concerns. Covering the surface of the tooth like a cap, a dental crown strengthens and protects a tooth after damage or decay and can help avoid tooth loss in the long term.
Great Smile Dental is home to an experienced team of dentists who are committed to helping patients enjoy the best possible dental health. We offer all types of dental crowns and have an on-site dental lab where the majority of our restorations are custom made for patients. This offers a unique consistency of care, especially when placing restorations and enables us to ensure a customized result that is comfortable and natural looking.
Porcelain Dental Crowns: What to Consider
There is a range of materials that can be used in the making of a dental crown, each with benefits and drawbacks. Dr. Schamback and our team of dentists will often recommend the use of an all-white crown that is made using a high-quality ceramic such as porcelain. Porcelain has many properties that support a lasting result and natural aesthetics.
Porcelain crowns are:
- Highly durable and stain resistant when compared to natural tooth enamel and other composites
- Reflect light much like natural teeth
- Insulate the tooth from increased sensitivity to temperature
Dr. Schamback can also place zirconia dental crowns or zirconia-based crowns for superior durability and appearance. This option is often the best solution for crowns that are to be placed on larger back teeth where the biting and chewing forces are the strongest.