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The movie has now earned an impressive $98.7 million in the States alone, and passed $142 million worldwide, which is a great result for a movie that cost an estimated $9 million to make (before ads etc). As for Rings, the attempt to breathe new life into the J-horror adaptation was shock-blocked in the final tally, earning $13 million for its first weekend of release.
A Dog's Purpose was bumped to third, adding $10.8 million, while Hidden Figures slipped one place to fourth on $10.1 million. Rounding out the top five, and staying in place for another week is Oscar favorite La La Land, enjoying a boosted screen count and plenty of interest. It took home $7.4 million.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter continued to underperform slightly, falling to sixth with $4.5 million, while Sing stuck its koala claws into seventh, staying in place and making $4.08 million.
At eighth we find Lion, which increased its screen count added $4.06 million for a current US total of $24.7 million. In ninth was new arrival The Space Between Us with the date-shifted blend of sci-fi and teen romance proving a tepid combination, and the film opening to a poor $3.8 million. Finally, at 10th and presumably hanging off the edge of the chart while using a surfboard on top of a ride-on lawnmower, was xXx: Return Of Xander Cage, which made $3.7 million this weekend and is up to $40 million in the States and a little more than $152 million worldwide.
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Effects of Redox Zones on the Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Saturated Subsurface: Characterization and SimulationEPA Grant Number: GF9500260
Title: Effects of Redox Zones on the Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Saturated Subsurface: Characterization and Simulation
Investigators: Abrams, Robert H.
Institution: Stanford University
EPA Project Officer: Michaud, Jayne
Project Period: September 1, 1995 through January 1, 2000
Project Amount: $34,000
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Research Category: Academic Fellowships , Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , Fellowship - Earth
The purpose of this project is to investigate the impact that redox zones have on the fate and transport of miscible substances in groundwater. Specifically, this project will focus on the interrelationship between dissolved iron and redox zones at the USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Research Program field site located in Cape Cod, MA, by analyzing and interpreting field data and conducting concept- development solute transport and geochemical simulations with a physics and chemistry based numerical model. The specific approach includes: 1) developing saturated subsurface fluid flow, geochemical, solute transport, and coupled flow and solute transport/geochemical models based on extensive field data; 2) performing sensitivity studies to determine which chemical components and reactions and which hydrologic variables are essential to developing a robust model of field-scale phenomena; and 3) quantitatively evaluating model performance using statistical and graphical methods. In the first phase of study, a model based solely on thermodynamics will be constructed to determine what set of reactions are controlling/producing dissolved Fe(II) in the iron zone. Using the maximum reaction set initially derived from the literature, a preliminary list of components will be made from the reactions, with Mn(II), dissolved oxygen, nitrogen species, and Fe(II) chosen as target constituents upon which changes in their concentration will be the basis for eliminating reactions and components. Components and reactions that contain them will be eliminated if they do not significantly influence Fe(II) concentrations using a batch chemical equilibrium computer code. The second phase of study will investigate processes that affect Fe(II) during transport at the Cape Cod site. Components studied will include physical properties, chemical properties, and variations in the amount and composition of the treated sewage that was input to the system. A one-dimensional model will be developed and applied to simulate the development of the sewage plume and the iron zone, oriented longitudinally along the flow line, and the local equilibrium assumption will be examined. The third phase of study will apply a coupled chemical speciation/solute transport model to the field site by developing a two dimensional vertical cross- section flow model that extends along a flow line from the disposal beds to a distance well downgradient from the leading edge of the iron zone; simulating transport in two dimensions; and coupling the transport problem to the flow system. Once the coupled simulation approach has been assessed and found to be acceptable within a calibrated range it will be used to predict the future fate of the iron zone, which can subsequently be used in the ongoing evaluation of model performance.


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LiveOffice Offers 'Sale' on E-Mail Compliance PackageBy Chris Preimesberger | Posted 2006-12-01 Print
For the month of December, the company offers a discount per e-mail account on a special package that aids companies in organizing, storing and retrieving e-mail and IM messages.Message archiving and compliance provider LiveOffice revealed Dec. 1 that it will offer what is in effect "sale pricing" through Dec. 29 for its e-mail compliance package to organizations preparing for the new amendments to the FRCP (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure), which go into effect Dec. 1.
The new amendments apply to any organizationcommercial or nonprofitthat has the potential to be involved in litigation in the U.S. Federal Court System.
They require that companies be prepared for electronic discovery requests by knowing where their electronic message data is stored and ensuring that an effective method in place for retrieving it.
LiveOffice, based in Torrance, Calif., makes archiving and discovery softwareand also operates a Web-based managed servicethat aggregates all inbound, outbound, internal messages and attachments from an organization's e-mail or IM systems into a searchable database.
LiveOffice's flagship mailbox management and business continuity product, AdvisorMail, is aimed at the financial services market.
The system's e-discovery capabilities help companies comply with SEC, NASD, NYSE, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and FRCP requirements related to the proper handling of e-mail or IM (AOL, Yahoo, MSN and Bloomberg) communications. It is a scalable solution that can be deployed in companies with one e-mail account or implemented enterprise-wide, a company spokesperson said.
Pricing for LiveOffice's archiving and discovery software service starts at $8 per e-mail account per month and includes unlimited storage capacity.
The special pricing is available from now until Dec. 29, the spokesperson said, and will remain the cost for the length of the contract.
Click here to read more about the new federal data rules.
After Dec. 29, the pricing reverts to $10 per e-mail account per month. There is a setup charge to be determined, depending upon each company's email configuration, the spokesperson said.
When it comes to deploying an effective message archiving system and plan, two of the biggest issues that companies face are mailbox management and business continuity, said Michael Osterman, principal of Osterman Research in Black Diamond, Wash.
"The good news is that leading archiving vendors such as LiveOffice are tailoring their product enhancement roadmaps to meet these challenges and working together with companies to make sure their message management needs are met in all areas," Osterman told eWEEK.
Specific features, as listed by the company, include:
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Sorry to bring this up *again* but has anyone found a way to get this to work on real hardware.
And if it didnt work on one before how did you fix it?
Oops I ment Demo4 not tutorial 4 lol.
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mov ebx, 0x7FFF ; BX:BP points to buffer to load to
mov bp, 0x0010 ; load to (0x8000)
mov si, ImageName ; our file to load
call LoadFile ; load our file
mov ebx, [0x80000+60] ; e_lfanew is a 4 byte offset address of the PE header; it is 60th byte. Get it
add ebx, 0x80000 ; Add base address. EBX now points to file sig (PE00)
I wasn't aware that the floppy data could be mapped into memory. It might suggest that you don't have any RAM in slot 1 of you computer
If you haven't got ram in slot 1, it should return 1024, being exactly 1 megabyte of contiguous memory.
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Belinda Bean, Sustainability Officer
My undergraduate and Masters education (both undertaken at Macquarie University) engaged my interest in community-based social marketing campaigns directed towards sustainability.
Outside my life at Macquarie, I am a national ambassador for 1 Million Women - a campaign that empowers women to take action on climate change. We aim to get one million Australian women on board, so please spread the word to the ladies in your lives! On weekends you'll find me doing bushcare or bushwalking in some of the gorgeous national parks we have around Sydney, or scuba diving if it's not too cold!
My favourite quote comes from the Stockholm Declaration:
"Man has the fundamental right to freedom, equality, and adequate conditions of life, environment of quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being, and he bears a solemn responsibility to protect and improve the environment for present and future generations"
- though I do wish they'd said 'Humans have' rather than 'Man has'!


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Madison County Junior Holstein Car wash and bake sale fundraiser
August 12 | 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
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This is a fundraiser for the Madison County Junior Holstein Club. We are a non profit club for the youth interested in the dairy industry. We teach kids how to become ambassadors for the dairy industry. This is a great group of young people. These kids are raising money to help cover their state convention costs. We will be doing a car wash and bake sale at TSC in Oneida.


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THQ submitted the winning bid for the property, which was approved on October 6, 2004, by an order of the U.S. bankruptcy judge overseeing the Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings of Acclaim Entertainment.
"We are very excited to have secured the rights to this strategic, highly sought after intellectual property," said Jack Sorensen, executive vice president of worldwide studios, THQ. "The team is off to a great start and now has the time to build `Juiced' into one of the premier brands in street racing."THQ plans to release Juiced for the PlayStation2, Xbox and PC in summer 2005.


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General Meeting January 8thPosted 2016-12-27 at 22:13
Meeting will be at Tip Top Tire located at 52 Lower Hyde Park White River Junction, VT 05001. Meeting will start promptly at 9:30am, seating is limited so please bring a chair with you. If the meeting gets cancelled due to weather it will be on the following Sunday January 15th at 9:30am. GSMSRC would like to thank Dick Lamotte for offering his place to hold this meet.


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How to configure messaging system properly?
I currently can send messages using the "Compose a new message" from any registered user to any other, as all they are registered users in my erp system. But I can not send messages, in the same way, to external users ie using a gmail recipient account belonging to a user who is not registered. That user never receives the mail.
Also when the internal mail is sent by the admin (using 'Compose a new message') user to any other registered user, then if that other user answers to the admin by clicking the arrow icon, the admin receives the response without any problem, but if the same is done from a different user than admin then that other user never receives the response done by clicking the arrow icon from the second user.
I configured four both incoming and outgoing mail servers, belonging to the four registered users I've been testing (the same mail server but different login credentials), included the admin user. The mail server is an imap / smtp server located in a local virtual box served by iRedMail, with a domain pointing to that server. OpenERP users have email and alias the same (the mail addresses used as the username credential set in the configured mail servers), and the "Receive Feeds by Email" set as Never.
Using roundcube and thunderbird I can receive and send mails from and to any kind of addresses, including external gmails. Thunderbird asked for to confirm the security exception due to not recognizing a valid certificate, but once confirmed, it goes on ok. OpenERP didn't make this security question ever. I really don't know why some things work and other not. Please any advice or help. Thx


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This is an interesting Masters of the Universe bootleg (for me, all MotU bootlegs are interesting!) based in a cast which we already know from other toylines, but with remarkable differences and singularities that we will check in this entry today.
The name of the toyline is "Galaxy Robots", and as far as I could find on the internet, there are only two pictures in Google Images that show the exact figure that I own. No other (different) figure with the same card has been spotted so far. One of the pictures belongs to an eBay auction that ended without a buyer (150 Euro, although it was relisted and retired, so the seller probably got an offer outside eBay) and the second one is a picture of a collection of X-Changers with this blistercard in the back.
The character that is depicted in the card is somehow different from the one that actual figure, maybe there were more figures made? Note that the guy seems to have no clothes below the armour and that the helmet and chest armour look somewhat different. It is a mistery if there are more figures from the same series somewhere out there.
The figure is a bootleg of a Sungold toyline called "Lazer Force" (not to be mistaken with Lanard's 3.75'' Lazer Force), a toyline whose main feature was the use of LEDs in weapons and armour parts. The figures I could find of Lazer Force are similar to mine, only with knee and elbow articulations. To my knowledge there are at least two Sungold figure casts, but several variants of each figure.
This figure also comes with several armour parts, as you can see in the picture (it could actually be mistaken with an X-Changers). The armour parts are: an oversized helmet (that makes the figure look a bit odd when carded, I don´t know how does it look like when the helmet is not on), a chest harness/armour, thight and leg armours (2 parts each leg) and arm armours. Additionally, there is a big part on the lower left corner, that could actuall be a backpack, or some kind of briefcase.
Of course I am not willing to open the blister to find it out, this small treasure must remain in its original box.
I also found that the rare (and long forgotten) wave of the Turly Gang also had at least three figures that came with these same accessories, as you can read in the Knock-off collector blog.
The toy is made in China but was imported to Spain probably in the late 80s. This is the kind of toy found in popular events like fairs, and sold by street vendors in their caravans. These toys were mostly low quality items that were opened immediately and destroyed in a few days while playing.
This figure seem to be rare, so it was probably a very short number of items that were imported to Spain. By the way, the other two blisterpacks seem to have the same sticker in the upper left corner than mine.
The back of the card is plain, has no text or images at all.
- Name: GALAXY ROBOTS (No. 8836)
- Toy Line: GALAXY ROBOTS SPACE FIGHTERS
- Year: Around 1988
- Company: Unknown Manufacturer (China)
- Size of the figures: Around 16 cm


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So, I go over to court yesterday to do a guilty plea for one of my serial rapist clients. Of course, the DA isn't there, the sheriff isn't there, and just like every day, it's all about hurry up and wait. What else is a girl to do but pull out her knitting and make good use of her time? So, I'm sitting at the bar of the court, knitting my Rowan shrug, the one that will not be photographed, and in troops 20 fifth grade students from some elementary school somewhere. I raised my right eyebrow at the court staff. I put my knitting down, and pulled aside the teacher. I explained to her that I was doing a guilty plea on a serial rapist, that this plea was about the rape of an 11 year old runaway, that there would be a reading of the facts into the record - lots of penis's and vagina's floating in the air - and well, it might not be such a good idea for her students to sit through it, and wouldn't it be a better idead to go find a nice little drug case somewhere else?
But we were told to come here, she says, and points to her schedule, which resembled a movie theater time table - now showing in Room 702, Waiver Trial in Progress. Well, I said, that's not right, we have a plea, and as I've explained it's really inappropriate for children. Well, I was told to come here. Yes, I know, look, I'll check out a few other courtrooms, why don't you go down to 706 - it's just a misdemeanor room. Well, I was told to come here.
Alrighty . . . I think this gives new meaning to no child left behind.
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RA: So, the other area of your research is to look specifically at the evolution of sauropods. Could you outline in broad terms the evolution of the group?
PU: Essentially, they appeared in the Late Triassic; at that stage we call them sauropodomorphs. They are generally small animals, 1-2meters long, they are bipedal… but they still show one or two key features of the sauropodomorphs: relatively long neck, a small head on that neck and some changes to the jaws and teeth, which is suggesting that they are changing from carnivores to omnivores or omnivores to herbivores. Then in the Jurassic, those small forms disappear and we see a trend towards a larger and larger body size, quadrupedality, elongation of the neck and further modifications of the skull. So we get a radiation of the true sauropods, which by the Jurassic have achieved gigantic body size (20-25m). We also see a radiation of many types of sauropods: diplodocoids, early titanosaurs, brachiosaurs, and so on… Then, at the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary there seems to be a crisis, about 80% of the sauropods go extinct, mainly the ones with the very large spoon-shape teeth. In the Late Cretaceous, sauropod faunas are dominated by the titanosaurs. There are other types like the rebbachisaurs – that were unusual types of diplodocoids – but they radiate again, the also become very diverse. By the end of the Cretaceous there were about 50 or 60 titanosaur genera, which is about one third of sauropod diversity. At the K-T boundary all of those disappear.
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RA: So, the other area of your research is to look specifically at the evolution of sauropods. Could you outline in broad terms the evolution of the group?


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The following pointers about spinning come from Barbara Van Tine, who is a certified spinning instructor. She is also the editor of the Health After 50 newsletter (our sister publication) and a contributor to its website.
- Spinning is a great class (when taught properly) for people of all ages and fitness levels. Most people in my classes are baby boomers, but they range in age from 16 to 89. One nice thing about it is that you can control your own intensity. I have some older participants who are former runners whose doctors told them that their joints could no longer take the pounding—spinning is perfect for them. Another benefit is the socialization: People in a spinning class often end up being a very tight-knit, friendly group.
- Beginners, in particular, may want to look for classes that use bikes with power meters, which can help them know when they're working too hard (or not hard enough). Most clubs have them now, and the meters have more or less replaced heart monitors because they more accurately indicate a rider's power output. Safe rpms are 50 (uphill) to about 110 (short sprints).
- Not all spinning classes are the same. My first concerns are safety, proper technique, and bike setup. There are a lot of rogue, uncertified instructors out there who push people harder than necessary and do lots of crazy moves. I recently took someone else's class at my gym and it was mostly made up of wild, unsafe moves. If you take a class and it seems too intense, try out different instructors. You may need to shop around to find what works best for you.
- I wouldn't advise investing in special bike shorts or clip-in bike shoes, at least not initially. Take a few classes first, and only if and when you feel that the accessories may help should you buy them. Cross-trainers are fine; running shoes shouldn't be used because they don't have lateral support.
- Participants should never pedal backwards, no matter how well trained they are. Rule of thumb: If you wouldn't do it on a bike outside, you shouldn't do it indoors, either. And the music shouldn't destroy your eardrums.
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order you inviolably to keep the rules, which, by way of security, we have sealed with the seals of our venerable brethren of Ostia and Tusculuin. And it is our will and by the apostolic authority wc order you to summon the visitors to a general chapter, and also the priors where there are no abbats, in person, exempt as well as unexcmpt, who have not usually held chapters ; and they will preside at this general chapter, laying aside all canonical impediment. And those who shall refuse or neglect to attend shall be compelled to do so by the church's censure, and shall not cease till they cause them to make a meet atonement, such as they shall duly impose on them ; and by the same censure shall cause the decrees of the same chapter to be strictly observed ; and they themselves, as well as the visitors and some others, shall at the last judgment render an account of their ministry to the Lord, to whom everything is clear and visible, and they shall make it their business at the visitation of the monasteries to use all care and diligence in reforming and correcting the abuses of the several orders. Moreover, when the visitors, according to the decrees of the general council, shall proceed in the general chapter of abbats to fulfil their duties of visitation, they shall carefully examine into the state of the monasteries, and as to how the regular observances are kept, and shall make such amendments and reformations as may seem to them to be necessary, both in spiritual and temporal matters ; so that they shall cause offending monks to be punished by the abbat of the place, and wholesome penance to be imposed on them, according to the rules of St. Benedict, and to the apostolic institutions, and not according to the wicked custom which has now grown into a law in some churches. And the visitors themselves by regular censure, and without regard to persons, shall in our stead punish any monks whom they may find contumacious and rebellious, not sparing them on account of their own pertinacity or the power of their friends, but shall eject the diseased sheep from the fold that he may not infect the healthy ones. And if the abbats are discovered to be neglectful in correcting themselves or their monks, according to the mandate of the visitors and the regular decrees, they shall be proclaimed, seized, and publicly punished in the general chapter, so that their punishment will be an example to others. And if any abbat who is not exempt is discovered by the visitors to be negligent and remiss, they shall denounce him to the diocesan of the place, who shall, assign him a trustworthy and prudent person to cooperate with him until the next general chapter. But if he is found guilty of dilapidation or deserving of removal on any other account, be shall after he has been told of the matter by the visitor, be removed by the diocesan from the government of his abbacy and from the monastery without the bustle of a trial ; and in the meantime a proper manager shall bo provided to superintend the temporal


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he had a drawing of an ear tattooed on the inside of the forearm. this was at easy street records in downtown seattle where a plaid shirted worker was making recommendations to us in the local artists section. vinyls, both vintage and new releases, filled isles and isles of neat plywood shelves, which isn't as contradictory a description as may seem, along with thousands of cds and sections of music memorabilia. i had a beatles mug in my hand at one point, thinking of green tea and coffee and the times where i could use a good mug, but decided against trying to stuff one more thing into my already filled backpack. i have about a quarter of my belongings with me in washington. in a hiking backpack. the rest are in a duffle at a friend's in canada, waiting for the move to fernie.
before the record store, parker and i had picked up an australian friend from camp. the three of us chilled around seattle and at one point took some cool skyline pictures at a location where dozens of tripods and photographers were already at work. after hearing about some columbian coffee house, we drove a few blocks to visit el diablo, where i beat jeremy in checkers. twice. there was a good atmosphere and coffee and an all around good time.
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What is better than a delicious warming soup in this rainy lazy Sunday? After spending the day at work on a Sunday there is nothing better than a quick, perfect warm light dinner. I recently had the Glorious! soups and I fell in love with them! And let me tell you something that says a lot coming from someone who never order a soup, even at a restaurant!
They have so many variations and all that I have tasted so far are really good! There is one flavour that stood out for me though – The Moroccan Spiced Chicken! That is why when I saw that Foodies100 were running a competition over on their site with Glorious! soups to win a trip to Mumbai I knew I had to participate. Not only because I love travelling but also because I became a big fan of Glorious! soups.
Even though I have never been in Morocco and I bet it will be so cool to visit it some day, I loved the Moroccan Spiced Chicken soup. Its flavour reminds me of Turkey in so many way as well! Me and my husband spend our summer holidays in Turkey with friends and I let me tell you that I am hooked with this country and their food for good!
Spending 10 days in Marmaris gave us a glimpse of the beauty and charisma of Asia. We enjoyed so much the sun shining through the palms and the mesmerizing scenery of the small town situated between two intersecting sets of mountains by the sea. We just loved it! A vacation in Turkey will comfort you with amazing food, lots of history and the best hospitality ever! I am impressed of the kindness of Marmaris people, so friendly and nice.
There are so many historic places you can visit in the aria, beautiful islands nearby and numerous local restaurants and street food places where you can taste the amazing Turkish food. I loved the flavours, the colours and the atmosphere of this seaside tourist town.
Marmaris beauty is warming up my heart now during the rainy winter days in London. May be that is why I enjoy eating the Glorious! Moroccan Spiced Chicken soup so much, because it is transporting me back to the beautiful summer days in Turkey and bringing the memories of the afternoon walks through the markets.
Ah the markets! Colourful spices, various sweets and juicy fruits just waiting to be transformed into the most delicious fresh squeezed drinks. Perfect pitch for everyone who wants something refreshing. There you you will find also various hand made ceramics you can take back home with you to decorate your house. They can easily gain a special spot in your heart – hand crafted and painted bowls, cups and dishes for your kitchen and themed dinners, towels and aromatic saps for the bathroom and what ever else your heart desire! You name it, I bet you can find it there!
A magical piece of land, perfect for food lovers and adventure seekers!
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Do you have vivid dreams, of a life that is not that of your waking life, maybe you where someone else or living sometime in the past, but yet it all seemed very familiar? This type of dream is referred to as a Past Life Dream or Karmic Dream. Millions of people have reported past life memories, many of these in dreams.
When you find yourself dreaming about historical people, places, and things that is the surest sign you are in the process of tapping into your past lives. You may see yourself as other than we are during our waking hours. Meaning that in dreams we see someone who we know to be ourselves, but maybe a different gender or race.
In Past Life Dreams, we are not able to change the sequences of events no matter how hard we try. Just as the events in the past life cannot be changed, neither can the replay of those events in your dream be changed. Our minds do register the logical sequence of events in our dreams but are unable to alter them because they are replays of past.
Past life or Karmic dreams can give you insight to who you were in a past life and can also give you clues to why certain skills come easy, or an uncontrolled fear of something.
Our past life personality may displays learning, talents, skills, and abilities that we have not acquired in our life. In our Past Life Dream we might have the ability to speak and understand a foreign language or be able to solve complex mathematical problems.
Often after we have had a Past Life Dream, we begin to spontaneously use those dreamed talents in our waking lives. In fact, when we just know how to do things we have never been formally taught, we are remembering what we have already learned in one or more past lives.
So are Past Life Dreams just dreams or are they memories of past life experiences that are buried deep within the recesses of our mind?
When the mind is unencumbered by the processing of information during our conscious life, it has access to astonishing amounts of information that we are unaware of during our awaking life, this is called the collective unconscious or quantum consciousness.
While there is no scientific proof that these dreams are glimpses into our possible Past Life, there is a lot of reason for further investigation of this interesting and complex phenomenon.
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This is the first of the new wall chargers unveiled at CES. We know of at least four more. You can learn more here.
The PowerPort II PD features one USB-C Power Delivery port, capable of delivering 30W at the typical PD standards, and one PowerIQ 2.0 port, which seems to have been tweaked slightly.Now, the PIQ2 port appears to output a max of 19.5W vs 18W previously. The exact charging specifications remain unavailable, so we don't know what's changed, but feel free to speculate!
The PowerPort II PD comes in at 2.7 x 2.7 x 1.1 inches. For reference, the PowerPort II measures 2.1 x 2.1 x 1.1. For weight, we're looking at 2.4 oz, which is actually lighter than the PowerPort II, which clocks in at 2.9 oz. Impressive!
As far as pricing and availability, the PowerPort II PD goes in stock March 21 on Amazon for $36. This product is not available to order from the Anker website just yet.
It's good to finally see more PD products from Anker, and I'm excited for the others we should see releasing very soon!
Anker often makes errors, let's wait on the weight.
What? No way!
I see what you did there...
Nice, can't wait to possibly get one. Will work great with my wife's phone and whichever I choose to get next as well
Nice find! I'm glad to see more USB-C wall chargers.
So I am assuming this would be perfect for the person who has a USB-PD laptop and a QC3 phone. This person now has 1 charger.
We do look forward to being able to drive deeper into the more taxing situations of someone who also has a powerbank. Which Powerbank would they have? Most laptops would be lasting long enough to not need a Powerbank so chances are they'd have a QC3 Powerbank. So then they'd ideally therefore like 2 QC3 and 1 PD.
I mention this as I did a 4-day business trip with a 15W tablet, OnePlus DASH phone, the Powercore II 6700, Powercore 10000, Slim+, Life, LC40, Powerport4 and the Aukey 12W dual socket and I think about 5 cables to recharge everything at once. I used the power socket on the two flights to land with fully charged phone and used the Powercore 10000 to keep my tablet charged during the day and the Powercore 6700 to recharge my buds. Anything which compacts it down one notch smaller is of interest. I travel as light as possible because that allows to walk and change flights and not care about last to board flights.
If I were to imaging my perfect setup would be:- USB-PD laptop- USB-PD phone- USB-C Life- USB-C Slim- USB-PD dual socket powerbank with a high power output port and a trickle charge output port so it can recharge buds- USB-PD 4 socket output Powerport to recharge laptop+phone+powerbank+buds
Anker products are looking nicer and nicer every release! I'm more a function over form kind of person but its always nice to get both!
Interesting products, PD + IQ2 --> charge everything
Nice. Finally a two port wall charger with USB-C PD. I'd like to see this in Black matte finish but with the USB-A port utilizing Quick Charge 3.0.
Your missing the point and benefit of iq 2.0 with voltage boost. As @NTran said with this you can fast charge any device not just devices that have qc 3.0 circuitry
Now showing up on anker.com but still unable to order.
Same weight on anker.com listing.
PowerIQ 2.0 is at least as fast or a little faster than Quick Charge 3.0, and works for devices that don't have QC3.0 technology
Already ordered this one. Any idea on when the PowerPort 4 with PD will release as well?
That's the one that may take the longest because of the app that is also in development, but no timeline has been provided yet.
There is a huge market out there in countries like United Kingdom and Singapore, who use UK plug and Anker seems to be isolating them out over and over again.
Manual says weight is 4.6 oz... They must've decided that 2.4 oz was too light.
Relates to what we said in the survey, the error rate of Amazon is high, as if the person who populates Amazon has weak English skills and/or is given wrong data, as when you care to think you see it must be an error.
$25.66 with code SUPERPD2 til end of tomorrow Friday 13th PDT.
That strikes me as a very good price for what you're getting.
I have no need, no PD and no QC devices.
Agree. I'm waiting for dual PD PowerPort, which I will buy.


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I'm a mature female living alone. While overwhelmed with grief over two major losses in my life, I'd posted an ad asking for help.
A married guy (in a loveless marriage) responded, and comforted and supported me daily through emails for several months.
I became the "other woman." We built a bond, finally met, and became Friends with Benefits.
Last Easter, he wrote an email confessing he had erectile dysfunction (stress-related) and was embarrassed. His emails soon ended.
Recently, I found out by accident that he'd separated just when we last saw each other. I was devastated.
He's now become another loss in my life.
I tried to move on but never made a real connection until I met the new guy. He listened to my hurts but didn't think the married guy deserved my tears.
He listed the values of what I should look for in a partner but said he wasn't applying for the job.
However, he offered to show me how a decent man would make love to me. I tried, but we didn't go all the way.
He wasn't in touch much after that.
I now need someone who will hang in — someone in my corner. Isn't a relationship including the ups and downs? I want love in my life and a sense of belonging. I've been alone for too long and worry about what's going to happen to me, as I'm getting older.
Some advice for those women who fall under the spell of the married guy:
No matter if he's compassionate and passionate, as long as he has a ring on his finger … walk away.
Save your self-esteem. It's the most important accessory you will ever have.
Losing it can scar you and you won't recognize a good man when he comes into your life. You will be the only loser in this situation.
Anyone out there have any advice for me? I am stuck.
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Dear Readers: She's asking how some of you moved on from losses in love. And how you picked up your self-esteem, stopped venting about old loves to new possible-loves, and moved forward confidently without only seeking further dependency.
I'll publish a selection of your responses.
My boyfriend of over a year and I are in love.
He treats me right, loves my son, and we get along great.
He'd been with his ex for seven years, married for six months.
She spread rumours to his family about me, though I've never said anything bad about her to them.
She calls or texts him frequently about anything at all. They had no children or even property together.
I don't know why, but I'm constantly checking her social media. I can't stop. It makes me feel I'm better than her.
She's badmouthed my son and me. It drives me crazy that I can't give her a piece of my mind.
Can't Stop Checking
You still feel insecure about her.
You're monitoring her social media to see if there's something disturbing there and feel "better" because nothing's alarmed you.
It's obvious and understandable that you want your husband to refuse her calls and not be accessible to her.
Tell him so. Explain that you need reassurance that she has no place in his life any more.
You took the high ground of not badmouthing her. Now you need him to cut all ties so you can feel secure in your relationship.
After romantic losses, self-esteem is the resource you must boost, to heal yourself and move on.
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We have had great success, thanks to all of you, with our Bling for a Blessing jewelry sale and we would like to continue that success again this year. In the past, the jewelry sale helped the children of Honduras, all the churches in the Red Bird Conference, Hill-Crest Bruce Mission in Ashland, and various camp scholarships. This year the proceeds from the jewelry sale will benefit the Annual Conference Mission Offering that will support leadership development for our Campus Ministries.
The jewelry sale that will start on Tuesday, June 12th and will last until the close of the 2018 Annual Conference. We are asking that if you have any pieces of jewelry that are in good condition and would like to donate them for our Bling for a Blessing, please contact your District Superintendent or bring it with you to Conference. We have had great success in the past few years with our jewelry sales and hope to continue this great tradition for another year in Covington!
Any leftover jewelry will go to Red Bird for them to sell in their mission store.
If you would simply like to donate money, make your check payable to the Kentucky Conference Treasurer and send it to the Conference Office. Earmark your check "Bling for a Blessing". The address is 7400 Floydsburg Road, Crestwood, KY 40014.
Thank you in advance for your support.


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We look forward to warmly welcoming you to the Squire Court Apartment.
This modern, 2 bedroom, 2 story apartment with beautiful water views is located a short 5 minute walk from the heart of Batemans Bay and the waters edge.
Walking distance to the centre of town, where you'll find, Woolworths, Coles, pubs, clubs, fashion shops and great restaurants.
Located on the lower level, two bedrooms, one with a king bed (or twin share if preferable) and one with queen bed. Both bedrooms have access to the back veranda and have built in wardrobes.
Also on the lower level is the bathroom and the powder room.
Garage/laundry, entry foyer and laundry are also located on the lower level.
The upper level features spacious open plan living areas that lead to a large balcony (with retractable shade covering) together with gas BBQ and 9 seater outdoor setting. Inside, the fully equipped kitchen with modern appliances are sure to make any foodie feel at home. In the lounge room, there is also a retractable queen bed/couch, making room for a total of 6 people to stay in the apartment at one time.
Wifi, Play Station 3, DVD's, books, cookbooks and plenty of board games, cards, UNO, air-conditioning + heating and ceiling fans. Also supplied, a washing machine/dryer as well as all the things you would expect in a modern home.
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It is a policy that no pets are allowed, no smoking (balcony accepted), and a respectful amount of noise after 11pm due to surrounding neighbours.
Lots of street parking right out the front of the apartment.
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Vayishlach: The Prevalence of Love
We continue in Vayishlach with our line of thought from Vayeitzei regarding angels as the epitomes of Love, also as the ways and means to life and the material world, as well as to our relationship with the Creator: "Jacob sent angels ahead of him to his brother Esau, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom." (Genesis 32:4) because it is through Love that we conceive and approach everything, as the material manifestation of God's Love. This includes negative circumstances that challenge our determination to make goodness prevail in the midst of adversity. This also implies that we must take a practical approach to negative and potentially harming situations and people, as Jacob did when he met Esau twenty years after parting from each other at the verge of fatal confrontation. Esau, Seir and Edom are synonyms of the same emotional traits that make us act with a negative approach to material reality. These oppose the approach represented by Jacob's qualities.
The verse refers to Esau as a space (land, field) in consciousness that we must draw near with the best traits and qualities endowed with Love as our Essence and true identity. These are the angels as messengers which we also send to the Creator when we want to be close to Him. This land by definition is hostile to Love's attributes because it is a field of consciousness that does not discern, listen or understand according to intellect but to negative emotions, passion and instinct. As we said about Vayeitzei, there are Heaven and Earth as two apparent separate camps that are actually one, and Israel's mission is to unify them in our individual and collective consciousness. This is how we turn the material world into a place for the Divine Presence to dwell among (in) us.
When our ordeals or fears overwhelm us, we tend to feel divided and separated from the camp of God's Love: "(…) now I have become two camps. Now deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest he come and strike me (…)" (32:11-12) because we feel abandoned in our doubts and uncertainties regarding the strength we need in order to make Love's ways prevail over the apparent power of ego's desires and illusions.
Ego does not have any power unless we provide it. Hence it depends on us to empower either aspect of consciousness toward the right purpose. We know quite well that our mission is not easy, and history reminds us this. Most of our ancestors failed or died in their endeavor to sanctify God's Name and to honor His will. We must understand that such mission carries difficult battles that start first within our individual consciousness.
We have to be not only willing but ready for a lengthy struggle to subdue the messenger of doom that our Sages call "the angel of Esau". This battle eventually will be won, but victory also demands eternal vigilance to secure Love's attributes as the ruling means to redeem the material world from the darkness of ego's negative illusions.
We prevail in that struggle guided by the highest awareness of our connection to God's Love, which in return elevates us closer to Him. "And he [Esau's angel] said, 'your name shall no longer be called Jacob but Israel, because you have commanding power with [an angel of] God and with men, and you have prevailed'." (32:29), "God said to him, 'Your name is Jacob. Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.' And He named him Israel." (35:10)
The name Israel is composed of one specific imperative quality complemented with God's will or submitted to Him. Either way, this name represents a unifying bond with the Creator. Jacob's prevailing determination to subdue the negative aspects of human consciousness — represented by Esau's angel — turns Jacob into a commanding and ruling power sustained by God.
Obscure translations define Israel as "the one who struggles with God", based on the fact that Jacob fought with one of His angels. We must clarify that Israel's struggles are destined to fulfill God's will through His Commandments, in order to dissipate the negative aspects of our consciousness when we approach the material world. We fulfill God's will by emulating His attribute of abundant loving kindness (rav chesed) with which His Creation is sustained.
When we approach everything in time and space with His Love and ours, Love prevails: "And Esau ran toward him and embraced him, and he fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept." (33:4) Rashi quotes Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai saying that, in spite of the widely known belief that Esau hated Jacob, at that time his compassion was moved and he kissed him with all his heart, because Love always prevails. When we trust and honor Love as our true Essence and identity, we proclaim God's Love as His Glory that pervades His Creation: "There he [Israel] erected an altar, and he named it 'God is the God of Israel'." (33:20)
Our Sages say that Jacob built this altar in gratitude to the Creator for saving his life during his encounter with Esau, which he considered a miracle because when His Love is manifest through our loving actions, all we experience moment to moment is a miracle: "Make Your face to shine upon Your servant; save me in Your loving kindness. (…) Blessed be the Lord, for He has shown me His wondrous loving kindness in an entrenched city [adversity]." (Psalms 31:17, 22)


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Three days ago Arconic's CEO Klaus Kleinfeld was fired unceremoniously for "showing poor judgment," in a letter sent to Paul Singer, founder of hedge fund Elliott Management. Elliott has just released the letter and its response which claims Kleinfeld made "veiled suggestions that he might intimidate or extort Mr. Singer" over his behavior at a 2006 soccer match… involving "singing in the rain… in a fountain" and an indian head-dress.
Mr Kleinfeld wrote…
Dear Mr Singer,
In the last eighteen months, we have enjoyed the unique attention and unlimited pleasure of multiple exchanges with various representatives of yours in every such way remarkable firm. Unfortunately. we have not yet had the pleasure to meet. More than once have I been wondering what a special person the founder of such a firm must be.
It was much to my delight when I recently learned from Berlin what a phenomenal soccer enthusiast you must be. Quite a few people who accompanied you in Berlin in 2006 during and especially after the many matches you attended are still full of colorful memories about this obviously remarkable time; it indeed seems to have the strong potential to become lastingly legendary. How you celebrated your soccer enthusiasm and the "great time" you must have had in your Berlin weeks – unforgettable without a doubt – left a deep impression on them.
As a token of my appreciation to learn about this completely "other side" of you, I allow myself to send you a little souvenir, which might bring back some "vivid (hopefully positive) memories": The official match ball of the FIFA World Championships 2006 (called "Teamgeist", in English "Team spirit"). I would be honored if it found an adequate place on your memorabilia shelfs.
Klaus Kleinfeld
PS: If I manage to find a native American Indian's feather head-dress I will send this additional essential part of the memories. And by the way: "Singing in the rain" is indeed a wonderful classic — even though I have never tried to sing it in a fountain.
Which seems innocent enough until you read the response from Elliott's chief counsel to Arconic's board…
Dear Directors of Arconic Inc. ("Arconic" or the "Company"):
I am the General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Elliott Management Corporation. On April 11, Paul Singer received the attached letter and a soccer ball, both apparently sent to him by Klaus Kleinfeld.
As for the letter, it appears to have been sent from Dr. Kleinfeld because it is on stationery with his name printed on it, it appears to bear his signature, it was sent from Arconic's offices at 390 Park Avenue, and it was delivered by an Arconic messenger. Assuming therefore that the letter is from Dr. Kleinfeld, we find it to be an irresponsible and inappropriate communication. While much of what it says doesn't make sense, we do understand Dr. Kleinfeld to be making veiled suggestions that he might intimidate or extort Mr. Singer based on Mr. Singer's family trip to Germany in 2006 when he attended the World Cup. This is highly inappropriate behavior by anyone and certainly by the CIO of a regulated, publicly traded company, in the midst of a proxy contest, and it raises a number of obvious issues. Further, we assume that: (I) Dr. Kleinfeld was not authorized by the Board to make this communication, and (2) you will assess with your counsel, as we will, the implications of this unusual communication to a dissenting shareholder in the context of a proxy process.
Dr. Kleinfeld should understand that this conduct will not inhibit Elliott's efforts on behalf of shareholders. We are interested in shareholder value and putting Arconic on the right track, not games and false innuendo even if couched in clever ambiguities.
If the letter is not from Dr. Kleinfeld, as unlikely as that seems, then I think he and the Board need to know that someone purporting to be him, using your building and messenger service, is behaving in an irresponsible manner. I am certain that you would want to know about that and stop it. Of course, we expect that you will let us know if this is not in fact a letter from Dr. Kleinfeld and tell us what steps you are taking so that we may likewise take appropriate steps.
Yours truly,
Richard B. Zabel
We can only imagine what shenanigans Mr. Singer was up to. But this does indeed reflect crushingly on Mr. Kleinfeld – is this really the way the world works?


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- Sunday night's baseball game between the Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies was a highly charged one, and flamed the fire of a growing baseball rivalry.
A night that ended with Phillies' starting pitcher Cole Hamels being suspended for five games.
The game kicked off with Hamels pegging outfielder Bryce Harper with a pitch in the back during the rookie's first time at bat. Hamels later admitted he did it on purpose.
According to
, Hamels confirmed to the media he nailed a 93-mph pitch at Harper.
"I was trying to hit him. I'm not going to deny it," Hamels had said.
Now he's been suspended by Major League Baseball. Hamels is benched for five games, reported the
Chicago Tribune
. He was also reportedly fined.
"You know what, it's something that I grew up watching," Hamels
went on to say
at the time of admission to reporters, "That's what happened, so I'm just trying to continue the old baseball ... I think some people kind of get away from it. Sometimes the league is protecting certain players and making it not that old-school, prestigious way of baseball. I'm not going to injure a guy."
The pitcher further elaborated that he's not going to be liked for what he did, but he wasn't about to lie and deny it. "I think they understood the message and they threw it right back. That's the way, and I respect it. They can say whatever they want," Hamels said. "Welcome to the Big Leagues," was a part of his rationale to hit Harper.
While Hamels freely admitted his intention to hit Harper, he drew the line at sharing when he made the decision to do it. After getting hit, Harper took his base and moved to third base. Harper repaid Hamels by successfully stealing home plate.
Bryce Harper was recently called up from the minor leagues and is a starter with the Washington Nationals
What was Harper's reaction to being hit?
"Props to him," Harper said of Hamels. "He came out there and really threw the ball well and there was nothing we could do about it." Harper referred to the Phillies' pitcher as a "great guy, great pitcher and knows how to pitch. He's an All-Star. It's all good."
Nats' starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann had hit Hamels later in the game, but claims it was not intentional. "I was trying to go away and just cut a fastball really, really bad and unfortunately hit him in the knee," Zimmermann said, reported MASN.
General Manager of the Nationals, Mike Rizzo had some harsh words about Hamels. The
Washington Post
reports the GM said:
"Players take care of themselves. I've never seen a more classless, gutless chicken [bleep] act in my 30 years in baseball. Cole Hamels says he's old school? He's the polar opposite of old school. He's fake tough. He thinks he's going to intimidate us after hitting our 19-year-old rookie who's eight games into the big leagues? He doesn't know who he's dealing with."
The Tribune had noted Phillies' general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. reaction to Hamels' actions.
"Obviously that's not what we're about," Amaro said. "We're not about trying to injure people. Things that happen in the game happen in the game. Those are parts of the game. But as far as how the Phillies want to conduct themselves, we try to take the high road on things. By no means are we condoning this. We fully support what the commissioner's office has decided to do."
Amaro had reportedly brushed off Nationals' GM Mike Rizzo's comments. He also noted Hamels should have been more discreet and let the issue be settled on the field.
growing rivalry
between the two National League teams is on, being kicked up another notch by last Sunday's game. The Nationals' recent "Take back the park" and "Natitude"
marketing campaign
aimed at the Phillies and its fans had also created ire.
In an unfortunate incident during the same baseball game, Nats' right fielder Jayson Werth broke his wrist. Yesterday,
Digital Journal
reported Werth would be out on the disabled list for "months" because of his injury. He had surgery yesterday, reported the Post.
Werth, a former Phillies player, is motivated to heal quickly, angered by the taunting he received after his 6th inning injury last Sunday.
"After walking off the field feeling nauseous knowing my wrist was broke and hearing Philly fans yelling 'You deserve it,' and, 'That's what you get,' I am motivated to get back quickly and see to it personally those people never walk down Broad Street in celebration again,"
Werth wrote in an email
to the Post.
The Phillies and Nationals will be playing one another again soon, this time in Philadelphia. That series kicks off May 21.
Hamels' suspension had started last night. He's expected to likely be back on the mound on Sunday.
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We had some friends coming in for the weekend and had made plans to take them to Steamboat for a couple months. The massive amounts of snow made it even more exciting for everyone!
Since they got into Denver late on Friday, we didn't arrive in Steamboat until about 1am…it was a long day of travel for them, so we were all ready for bed by the time we got there.
Saturday started with heading straight to the ski resort. It was beautiful out and we spent a long day shredding in the powder!
After some soaking in the hot tub, we headed into town for dinner.
Sunday we were up early and back on the slopes for the morning.
Then it was off to some snowmobiling adventures! We went out for over 2 hours and it was just the four of us, so we definitely got to play around a lot more than they normally allow.
The views were just ok….;)
Monday we all had off work in honor of martin Luther King Jr. Day, so we didn't have to leave "the boat" until the afternoon. We got packed up and left the condo to head to breakfast at Freshies.
The giant Cinny…enough said.
After breakfast we did a little shopping in town before driving back to Strawberry Hot Springs.
Have you ever seen somewhere so magical??
To top it all off, we saw a TON of animals on the drive home. Say hello to our new moose friend!
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There is no sign of the otter family. I surveyed otter sprainting sites from a point west of the beach by Loch Ainort, the furthest west that I had seen them, to beyond the Ard Dorch grazings boundary on Loch na Cairidh, a distance of almost 1.6km. I found 32 spraint sites and 4, maybe 5, holts. Very few of the spraints were recent (within the last week or so) which seems to suggest that the family has moved on to somewhere perhaps with better availability of food. Kruuk (Otters: Ecology Behaviour and Conservation, 2006) suggests that the diet of otters changes with the seasons and that they do move from more exposed to more sheltered coasts in the summer, from his observations in Shetland. I hope this is an explanation rather than that one or more of the otters met with an accident on the road for example.
I put the moth trap out on two nights collecting 14, and 13 moths respectively. There were only 3 species, whereas Brian Neath in Lochaber caught 10 species and many more moths on the same nights. Brian confirmed my identifications. I can only attribute the paucity of species to the delayed progress of spring.
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There were quite a few hoverflies settled on the lesser celandines, probably an insect for every 20 plants or so, but all the same species which I think is Melanostoma mellinum. This is very common in damp places and its distribution is widespread. I cannot find a common name for it.


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Zachary A. Chesser of Bristow, Va., pleaded guilty last year to supporting the al-Shabab terrorist group in Somalia and posting online threats against Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Chesser apparently perceived their controversial April 14, 2010 episode as insulting to the prophet Muhammad.
Chesser is a Muslim convert.
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September 1999 - Issue No. #36 (p.14 - 15)
My American friend's Japanese wife likes to remind us how good English speaking foreigners have it in Japan. She's right. A foreigner is a link to a world many Japanese hear so much about but have little access to. We are often given preferential treatment or far more attention than is warranted. The fruit lady always throws in extra fruit for me; the doctor gives me gifts of tea and sweets (my friend reckons the value of these exceeds my cost for the visit). My landlord gave me his old car, which runs just fine. Finally, I have a super job teaching here in Nagasaki.
Although my life has challenges, too, I think it's natural to want to give something in return. There are ways for English teachers to put their money-making potential to use beyond personal gain. While living in Nara, I read about a Save the Children program where foreigners taught English once every other week but received no pay. Instead, student fees went directly to charity. Here in Nagasaki, I've arranged similar classes.
Last semester, I taught an English for Charity EFL class. Students came when they wanted, and paid what they wanted, with the money going to charity. I gave everyone the chance to suggest a charity, but we ultimately went with the Patcharaporn Thai Education Fund (PTEF). A British man living in Thailand started this with hopes to help poor Thai girls -- who often end up in Bangkok as prostitutes -- get an education and a better life.
PTEF has built a dorm, paid for school books, and taken care of the basic needs of over 30 female students for several years now. It's presently working to save a young girl from sexual slavery; her drug addict mother is trying to sell her daughter to support her own habit. If allowed to enter the PTEF dorm, the girl will not only escape a bleak, scary future, but have a chance at an education. PTEF also helps finance a Thai hill tribe village school.
A month after my charity class, I had the chance to visit PTEF and its founder, Graham Enwright, in Chiangmai, Thailand. I saw that Graham and his wife devote large amounts of time to the girls and pride themselves on character building teaching the girls to take care of themselves rather than handing them everything. They also pay for materials and a teacher's salary so that underprivileged hill tribe children can get an education. Graham invited me to stay at the school and teach for a week, but my schedule didn't allow it.
Anytime an individual makes a contribution to a charity, she or he feels a certain level of satisfaction. In Asia, many consider alms-giving a way to make merit for future births, but the immediate benefits of philanthropy for people, animals, and the earth are easily apparent. We make a tangible connection with those outside ourselves; we look beyond personal issues and problems; we put into practice a root teaching of all religions: to help others. When a class comes together for a humanitarian objective, not only can money be raised, but everyone can become more aware of global problems.
A charity English class is also the perfect venue for peace education. While Peace Education focuses on a wide range of issues -- environment, human rights, war, etc. -- its essential aim is to utilize the classroom to make the world a better place.
While my class wasn't devoted exclusively to peace education topics, we did respond eagerly to deeper issues of education, child / spouse abuse, and death. In one class, we read an interview with a prominent American Buddhist dying of cancer. This prompted discussion about Buddhism in Japan and America, and attitudes towards death. And just by paying the class fees, students were actively involved in alleviating suffering in Thailand.
When trying to decide on an organization for the class, I considered the fact that PTEF is not a registered charity a positive. Unregistered charity organizations can more fully utilize donations; big organizations often have high administration costs. I read newspaper articles about PTEF, and corresponded with a person in Japan knowledgeable about it. After this, I became convinced that the organization was legitimate. Since that first class, finding small, worthwhile charity projects has become something of an individual project of mine.
Last week I finished my second "English for Charity" class, this time for a project to build a hospital in a poor village in Guatemala. In class, we talked a little about the hospital early on, but I felt our purpose had an effect throughout. The eight students' English levels were quite mixed, but the lower level students made a big effort to learn. The most interesting class for me was when we did a "Values Auction". Students had $1,000 to spend on 18 different values, such as a good marriage, unlimited chance to travel, love and admiration from friends, and a world without war. One rather shy girl saved all her money to be in a position to buy the last one on the page: a world without poverty. I thought this a wonderfully appropriate attitude for this class.
These classes were a great pleasure for me to teach. I can honestly say that I learned a lot, too, and felt touched by my students' kindness and concern. One adult woman later joined my college Current Topics class while an extroverted high school boy shyly told me, "I'm really gonna miss you." I believe the purpose of the class (charity) gave us all a sense of meaning beyond ourselves.
A friend of mine has done something similar. While traveling in Indonesia, he met a young Indonesian man and decided to help him fulfill his dream to earn a university degree in Indonesia, something the young man couldn't possibly afford. My friend has been financially supporting this youth's university education with money he earns from teaching a private student. In April, he hopes to teach a class with all of the proceeds going to this young man's education.
For teachers interested in designing their own charity class, I have a few suggestions:
Teaching my class, then visiting the charity in Thailand which we supported was an enriching experience. If the teacher can visit the organization, the financial contribution can open doors for wonderful experiences. I caught glimpses of rural Thailand that would have otherwise been inaccessible. Someday I'd love to visit our Guatemalan village.
A future idea involves teaching a charity class, then bringing the class to the donee for hands-on volunteering (and English practice). I hope to arrange this in spring 2000 for a US "Giving Away Gardens" project. Volunteers set up gardens for the poor, elderly or handi-capped and teach them how to tend them.
I like to think of this sort of class as a joint gift: the teacher's time and energy, and the students' generosity helping those less fortunate than ourselves. If anyone would like more information, or has experiences to share regarding "English for Charity" classes, I welcome your e-mail. I've recently connected with an American with a similar vision - Wade Nichols - who donated his time and energy to teach English to orphans in Korea. He's started the Banyan Tree project - a network of English teachers who use their money-making potential for charity.
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the first time i ever shared
about my eating disorder
{i still hate those words};
the biggest part of my story
that was hidden for so so long,
was in April.
you can read that here.
there was a lot of fear that
went into that post
as i hit 'publish' on my screen.
not that i thought anyone would
say anything mean or negative.
but it's such an intricate part
of who i was it was just scary
to share something i chose
to keep in the dark for the last
half of my life.
but i am learning,
with sharing comes a
new found freedom.
i am meeting others who can
sit across from me and simply
say with tears in their eyes–
'me too. i G E T it.'
and without a doubt,
i believe them.
i know because i can see it
in their eyes too.
and i can sit there and say
those exact words back,
and in that moment we connect
in a way that my life has longed
for all these years.
in my 16 years of my eating disorder
i met only a tiny handful of people
who also struggled with one.
and i only actually had long in depth
conversations about it with one or two people
who had actually been through it.
and that's it.
that's IT.
i have 87 posts chillen on my blog.
87 drafts of
unfinished thoughts.
completely typed out and proof read posts.
and lots of "i wish i could just post this
so you would understand me!" kind of posts.
since my last post,
i've been wondering
now what?
i felt like God clearly asked me to
post that first post.
and i did.
but now what?
what's next?
how do i continue to pull out
all those vulnerable pieces
without sharing too much?
how do i protect my life
from the online world who loves
to rip people apart when the screen
sits between them?
freedom doesn't look anything like
i thought it would.
freedom has a little more sadness
than i expected.
but it is intertwined with a joy
i can't quite explain.
i'm still one of the most unconfident
people you could meet,
yet i feel empowered.
i still have ALL the feels and cry A LOT,
but this time i am actually feeling those things.
freedom is literally one baby step at a time.
the gates of heaven didn't swing wide open
and there weren't many angels singing
with a golden light shining down
when i chose to be free.
so what was next for me?
simply looking at what freedom is to me.
it's being brave.
sharing my thoughts and stories
and choosing to have a vulnerability
hangover afterwards.
being able to share and not run away
and feel completely embarrassed (actually i still do)
and feel like i'm being looked at
like i'm some sort of freak.
freedom is choosing to let go
of the past so that i can grab
hold of the future.
my freedom looks different than
anyone else's freedom.
so to the ones trying to continue to
step into freedom.
keep going.
it's overwhelming.
it's exhausting.
it's lonely and isolating at times
because sometimes
no one gets it.
but don't stop.
and don't' compare.
your journey is your journey.
dont' get caught up in where others are
on the journey.
if you're ahead of the journey,
keep running baby,
and if you're really far enough ahead-
encourage the ones behind you to
keep at it.
don't stop for them,
but set the example.
and if you're a little 'behind'
on the path to freedom so to speak–
look at all the ones running ahead.
do whatever you have to do
to get yourself going.
and don't quit.
so as i continue to run ahead–
anyone stuck and bound in the
dark and heavy chains of an eating disorder,
freedom is worth it.
every damn step, it's worth it.
if i can do it– you can too.
one heart could set the world on fire.


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