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One of the best things about A Song of Ice and Fire is the rich back stories that create a historical backdrop for the present narratives to play out. The show does it's best to weave them in, but screen time is limited. This is an attempt to give you a shorthand way to remember the history and motivations of each house/character.
You remember the fat drunk king from season one? King Robert Baratheon, he wasn't always so fat and infected. Lord Robert Baratheon was a badass fighter and lord. He was set to marry Ned Stark's sister Lyanna Stark. You remember Ned Stark, right? The stiff, boring, principled warrior who no longer has a head.
Lyanna Stark was presumably not a fan of loveless drunk sex. Rhaegar Targaryen, Daenerys' older brother, was a suitor of Lyanna Stark. He was a much more handsome man who probably made love like he was picking lilies. He won her heart and she ran away with him, allegedly.
Robert Baratheon couldn't possibly imagine why Lyanna might do such a thing and assumed she was taken hostage. Brandon Stark, Ned's brother, took his wild pack of family dogs to rescue his sister. When the Starks arrived, The Mad King Aerys, father of Rhaegar and Daenerys, ordered them to be executed.
Lord Jon Arryn, the father of the weird breast feeding kid, protected Ned Stark and Robert Baratheon. The Mad King declared war. Robert and Ned kicked ass. The Lannisters (Tywin, Tyrion, Cersei) approached Robert with a treason which would inevitably put Robert on the throne. Robert accepted. Following the pact, Ned and Robert probably had this conversation:
The Lannisters are the jelly to my peanuts, Mars To Venus
The Earth to my sun, moon and stars, we add up
Mathematically, it's like a bad habit
She's not your peanut butter, more like a fucking nutcase
You all googly-eyed Varys watching your place
Nah, you're paranoid, man, your mind getting the best of you
The Lannisters are ride or die
They are snakes, Tywin gone get you sprayed, brother
It's a set-up, seen it before, Rains of Castamere
Tywin Lannister set a trap for Mad King Aerys and ordered Jaime to kill the mad king as Robert and Ned marched toward the castle gates. Boom! Robert wins the war, marries Cersei to complete the pact and the new kingdom is formed.
How Does Oberyn Martell fit into this picture?
When he was 15 Oberyn and his sister Elia Martell, traveled to Casterly Rock to seek marriage alliances with Cersei and Jaime by negotiating with Joanna Lannister, Tywin Lannister's wife. Just before their arrival, Joanna died giving birth to Tyrion. When the Martells approached Tywin with with marriage negotiations he ignored them for two weeks and then further angered them by offering his dwarf son Tyrion to Elia Martell. The Martells topsy-turvied that shit by negotiating with the Targaryen's to marry Elia to Prince Rhaegar
This seriously fucked Tywin's day as he planned to wed his daughter Cercei to Rhaegar making her the future queen and giving power to the Lannister house. Several years passed with Tywin just stewing until he decided to have some fun with some good old fashion regicide. He marched 12,000 troops to Kings Landing where The Mad King called home.
Tywin standing outside the gates of Kings Landing was like, communication is key to any good relationship, let me in its cold out here, let's just talk. The Mad King's like you've got 5 minutes to tell me what you wanted to say and he let him in. Tywin then proceeded to kill everyone in the city while Jaime kills the Mad King becoming "The Kingslayer."
You may have heard reference to "The Mountain." He's the brother of "The Hound" who is the foster parent of everyone's favorite tomboy Arya Stark. The Mountain, or Gregor Clegane led Tywin's 12,000 troops in kills on the day they sacked Kings Landing. He killed the Targaryen heirs and raped and murdered Elia Martell, Oberyn Martell's sister. A major motivating factor for Oberyn Martell being in King's Landing at the present moment.
I hope you enjoyed a little back story to your Game of Thrones. May your "Who's that Guy" ratio decline every so slightly at a rate approaching zero.


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Ernst Oertel trainee Ganas became the first horse in the UAE to win three races this season, doing it in three consecutive races to begin the season. All three victories have come on the front-end under Tadhg O'Shea, a new ...Read More »
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The region first gained in importance with the construction of the Lukmanier and Oberalp passes. The Oberalp Pass which leads to Andermatt at the foot of the Gotthard is an ideal starting point for tours on foot or by bike – for example, to the idyllic Tomasee lake, which, among the various source tributaries, is considered as the official source of the Anterior Rhine. This is where the "Veloland Schweiz" Rhine Route begins.
As well as the source of the Rhine, the monastery in Disentis is of great importance. The monastery of St. Martin, founded in the 8th century, is one of the oldest Benedictine monasteries in Europe. The Baroque collegiate church, dating from 1712, with its two onion-domed towers and rich stucco work and painted ceilings is one of the most important sacred buildings in Grisons.
There are over 350 km of footpaths around the two resorts. As well as the walk to the source of the Rhine and the Alp Transit Tunnel path, the high alpine "Senda Sursilvana" path (about 100 km from the Oberalp Pass to Chur) is one of the highlights for hikers in the region. The 9-hole golf course in Sedrun is the only place in Switzerland where you can hit your ball over the Rhine. All over the region, sparkling treasures may come to light (search for minerals).
As duas áreas de esqui, Disentis e Sedrun – esta última, parte do Gotthard Oberalp Arena –, oferecem 200 km de pistas. Estas pistas alargadas são objeto de afeto especial das famílias, enquanto praticantes de snowboard fazem sua estada no parque de diversos e na halfpipe valer cada centavo. Há diversão para dar e vender nos 3,5 km da corrida de trenó da área de esqui principal de Sedrun. À noite, o centro de bem-estar Aqua Wellness Oasis "Bogn Sedrun" é sempre um lugar convidativo para relaxar. Disentis é conhecida como um paraíso de circuitos, de estilo livre e de rotas fora das pistas, com 60 km de pistas com neve garantida, elevadas a quase 3.000m. A região de Disentis/Sedrun também possui mais de 30 km de pistas variadas para esqui nórdico.
- Disentis Monastery – the Benedictine monastery, founded in about 720, is one of the oldest in Europe. Richly decorated Baroque collegiate church and monastery museum.
- Tomasee, source of the Rhine - the Oberalp Pass is the ideal starting point for the hike to the Tomasee, source of the Anterior Rhine and regarded as the official source of the Rhine.
- Panning for gold – the biggest nugget of gold in Switzerland was found in the upper Rhine near Disentis. Visitors can book day or half-day excursions including the equipment for panning for gold.
- Bogn Sedrun – pamper your body and soul in the Aqua Wellness Oasis, with several pools, including a Roman bath, tropical showers, saunas and an extensive vitality programme.
- Glacier Express – the famous Glacier Express goes from Zermatt in the Valais via Disentis and Sedrun to Davos and St. Moritz.
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- Surselva Marathon – a tricky cross-country skiing marathon, sometimes called the "Little Engadine Marathon" (January).


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DISA Mission Partner Conference, Tampa, FL - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced DoD-wide approval for the use of BlackBerry® 7 smartphones. Working with U.S. Army and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) sponsors and partners, BlackBerry 7 smartphones have undergone successful testing through Army labs leading to a subsequent listing on DISA's Unified Communications Approved Product List (UCAPL).The approval allows all DoD customers to use the following BlackBerry 7 smartphones on DoD networks:
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Back at Woodbury, Merle forced the Governor to leave Andrea in bed while he gave him an update. We lost three guys in the forest, said Merle; I killed Michonne, but walkers attacked. The Governor was disappointed that Merle hadn't brought Michonne's head or her sword. He looked suspicious. But Merle mentioned that he had a couple of prisoners…and that one of them came from the same group as Andrea. The Governor has plans for them. One imagines it won't be pretty.
Meanwhile, Rick had a surprise. The phone rang again, and the voice on the other end sounded familiar. By "Familiar," I mean it was Lori -- and the whole Ringing Phone subplot was really just Rick's brain figuring out how to deal with his grief. Twist! Shyamalan! Imaginary Friend Trope Alert! I'm going to be cruel to be kind: This was really, really silly. (It was also a plotline lifted directly from a Walking Dead graphic novel which was already bad the first time; translating it to screen is practically unforgivable.) Still, the whole thing was almost rescued by Andrew Lincoln, who delivered an extended apology. "I made a deal with myself," Rick said. "I would keep you alive, find a place…I thought there'd be time."
Watching this episode, I came to a sudden realization. Even though The Walking Dead feels like it's been moving much faster this year, not that much has actually happened. Most of the momentum of the first five episodes of this season have been based around introducing two new settings and slowly watching them spiral downwards. This episode, by contrast, was all about fusing those two new settings together. Two members of the Grimes Gang are now captive in Woodbury. But The Grimes Gang got a fair trade on Glenn and Maggie. At the end of the episode, Rick emerged in the prison yard with a peaceful look on his face. He has said farewell to Lori; he has recommitted himself to turning the prison into a safe refuge. But he saw something in the distance. He walked to the fence…and stared straight into the face of Michonne, covered in camouflaged Zombie Intestine and holding a couple hundred gallons of baby formula.
ALSO: Carol is alive and all our theories were wrong. Daryl picked her up and carried her out into the sunlight, a moment which ranks a Daryl Motherf---ing Dixon Swoon-o-Meter, which means everyone who watched this episode is pregnant with Daryl's brain babies. THE END.
Fellow viewers, this was a manic Walking Dead episode, with various chess pieces moving into position for the final two episodes of this half-season. It will be interesting to see how Andrea reacts to the return of her former allies, especially since she has so completely drunk the Woodbury Kool-Aid. It'll be even more interesting to see how Rick responds to what Michonne has to say: About Woodbury, about Merle, about the captured young lovers. Will Rick try to rescue Glenn and Maggie with an all-star Melee Squad composed of himself, Daryl, and Michonne, with Carol providing sniper support? Will Glenn and Maggie find themselves in an uncomfortable Abu Ghraib allegory? And will Merle Dixon ever find true love?
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Discover the REAL TRUTH About Getting Six Pack Abs and a Flat Stomach…
Getting a nice set of x pack abs often seems harder than it truly is. Most people think, "That could never be me, it's just not in my genetics" but that just isn't true. Anyone can have six pack abs, even you! Six pack abs are in all of us, that is simply the way are muscles are formed even from birth. The shape of those muscles doesn't really change when you work out, they do grow larger and more defined, however the fundamental shape doesn't change.
Last Time I Looked, I Did Not Have Six Pack Abs.
The only thing keeping the world from seeing your six pack, is belly fat. That's right, the annoying fat that seems to just sit right on your tummy making you feel puffy and bulging. The truth is, most people do have belly fat covering their six packs, but underneath all of that belly fat whether it be a little or a lot, is a set of defined and prominent six pack abs.
Showing the Goods: Burn the Belly and Tone the Skin!
What all of this means is simply that in order to show your six pack abs off to the world, all you have to do is burn the belly fat that is covering them. If you've accumulated more than few pounds of belly fat, you're going to need to tone up the skin a bit as well, but the most important thing is that you burn off the belly fat.
Burning belly fat seems difficult to most people, in fact the majority of people are reading this thinking "I tried!" but the truth is, you just haven't found the right program for you. Burning belly fat and getting six pack abs is going to be difficult, but once you get into the right routine, even you can have a stunning six pack of abs that will look phenomenal and make you feel great.
Six Pack Abs – How I Built Mine in Thirty Days
Getting six pack abs in thirty days seems too good to be true; most people can't believe it's possible. To be honest, in most cases it's not. It's natural to want to get to your ideal body style and weight in a month, but it's not natural to actually do so if you start out overweight. Depending on where you start, building abs in 30 days may or may not be possible.
If it's so Hard, How Did You Get Six Pack Abs?
I began my quest for ripped abs already with a flat stomach, but never knew how to move on from this stage. I actually heard about truth about abs program by Mike Geary, after a bit of research I decided to buy his 21 day trial. The truth about abs program is simply put amazing, it sure saved me going through masses of research it covers all aspects of getting a flat stomach and ripped six pack abs. I've never been overweight, my stomach is relatively flat and I eat pretty healthy as it is which cut out a lot of time from my journey. I didn't have to work much on burning any belly fat; I just got to jump into training exercises. The first thing I did though was start taking in more protein, protein helps the muscles rebuild themselves getting closer to six pack abs.
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I started my journey doing fifteen minutes of abdominal training out of an hour long session three times a week. The other forty five minutes I spent doing other things like some weight lifting and running. I did this for a week before switching it up.
Week Two – Quest for Six Pack Abs
During my second week I worked on my abdominal muscles for thirty minutes a session without stopping. It is important to keep working without stopping other than to sip some water. Room temperature water is best because it doesn't stiffen the muscles. This week, I went for a thirty minute brisk walk on the days that I wasn't working out and I worked out Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. This gave my muscles time to build, but also made sure my body didn't stay sedentary.
Week Three – Quest for Six Pack Abs
Week three I started seeing some real results, people were noticing my face getting thinner, and my abs were peaking out, it was safe to say that when I flexed I could see the six pack in there. After that sense of accomplishment I kept working towards my ripped six pack abs. This time, I focused on my abs for forty five minutes switching up the routine a bit and still did it four times a week. I used what I had learned so far to motivate me to try different things and work my abs in ways I hadn't yet tried, still taking the daily breaks with the brisk walks.
Week Four – Quest for Six Pack Abs
This week I was feeling on top of the world, my body wasn't as sore and my abs were showing just a little bit. I spent the full hour on my abdomen and spent an hour walking on my days off. By the end of the week I had reached my thirty day mark, and when I compared the picture I took the first day to myself in the mirror today it was clear I had made tons of progress. I could officially see my abs without flexing, and I had six pack abs.
The Perfect Six – Getting the Perfect Six Pack Abs
Everyone is asking, how do I get perfect six pack abs. The answers vary depending on who you ask, but they all have a common underlying answer. Losing the belly fat is the key to showing off your perfect sculpted abs. The best part is that while you are working on losing the belly fat you are usually building the muscle that it underneath. Perfect six pack abs are defined, prominent, and bold. Diet and exercise is the key to having a toned body free of extra bulge and fat.
Banish the Belly to Reveal Six Pack Abs
First and most importantly is the belly. You have to get rid of the extra bulge around your stomach that covers up the muscle underneath it. Banishing your belly can be done by maintaining a healthy diet, focus on getting a good amount of calories without the fat content. Fruits, vegetables, and whole grains are the best for accomplishing this. Most dietitians will also recommend sticking to white meats in order to lose weight so as to reveal your six pack abs.
Build the Perfect Six Pack Abs
Once you've gotten rid of the belly, which is easily done by exercise and a healthy lifestyle, you can work on producing those six pack abs. So your tummy is flat and you are ready to get those abdominal muscles showing, you have to work on building them up. After you lose weight in the form of belly fat, it is time to gain weight in the form of muscle.
Six pack abs are a result of your abdominal muscles being ripped in tiny places and healing to be twice the size because of scarring, over time the muscle re-builds itself to be stronger and bigger. This ripping should be done slowly and steadily, which is why the perfect six pack abs takes time, and patience is really necessary to get safe results. So if you really want the perfect six pack abs, defined and strong, it is going to take time and effort. The fastest way to get six pack abs, is to work out every other day for about an hour and focus on your abdominal muscles with your work outs.
The reasoning behind waiting until every other day is because you have to give your muscles time to recover and start re-building those little tears, that way you don't end up with a bunch of rips all at once. If you just keep ripping, you don't have time to gradually build your muscles bigger, and it will take much longer. If you want to work out every other day, don't target the same muscles every day, stick to cardio on the days when you aren't working your abs.
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If you were embarrassed by a hypnotist who told you to hop across the room like a rabbit, don't blame yourself. If you've tried hypnosis and just can't seem to go "under" far enough to remember those elusive UFO experiences, don 't you blame yourself, either. It turns out there is a gene for hypnotizability.
The gene was discovered by Dr. Pesach Lichtenberg and Professor Richard Ebstein of Herzog Memorial Hospital in Jerusalem, after studying 51 men and 59 women who had never been hypnotized before (if you've been hypnotizedonce, it's easier to go under the next time). They found that people who had a specific gene were much easier to hypnotize.
They plan to analyze additional genes that may be involved in the process. Since hypnotizability is a such a complex trait, they feel it must be influenced by several genes.
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Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idlenessGeorge MacDonald
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youthOscar Wilde
In idleness there is a perpetual despairîThomas Carlyle
"In idleness there is a perpetual despair"Thomas Carlyle
"Idleness is the beginning of all vices."Unknown
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.Anne Baxter
Some of the most dreadful mischief that afflict mankind proceed from wine; it is the cause of disease, quarrels, sedition, idleness, aversion to labor, and every species of domestic disorder.FranÁois de Salignac
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.Benjamin Franklin
The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.Oscar Wilde
Equality is. one of the most consummate scoundrels that ever crept from the brain of a political juggler--a fellow who thrusts his hand into the pocket of honest industry or enterprising talent, and squanders their hard-earned profits on profligate idleness or indolent stupidity.James Kirke Paulding
Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic.Samuel Johnson
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliamentsBenjamin Franklin
Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idlenessHerman Melville
How sweet and sacred idleness is!Walter Savage Landor
"Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe."Dorothy Parker
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.Lord Chesterfield
In such a world as ours the idle man is not so much a biped as a bivalve; and the wealth which breeds idleness, of which the English peerage is an example, and of which we are beginning to abound in specimens in this country, is only a sort of human oyster bed, where heirs and heiresses are planted, to spend a contemptible life of slothfulness in growing plump and succulent for the grave-worms' banquet.Horace Mann
I don\'t think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness, to save oneself troubleDame Agatha Christie
Idleness is the great corrupter of youth, and the bane and dishonor of middle age. He who, in the prime of life, finds time to hang heavy on his hands, may with much reason suspect that he has not consulted the duties which the consideration of his age imposed upon him; assuredly he has not consulted his happiness.Hugh Blair
Give me to live with Love alone And let the world go dine and dress; For Love hath lowly haunts... If life's a flower, I choose my own 'T is "love in Idleness".Samuel Laman Blanchard
Let us give to our republic a fourth power with authority over the youth, the hearts of men, public spirit, habits, and republican morality. Let us establish this Areopagus to watch over the education of the children, to supervise national education, to purify whatever may be corrupt in the republic, to denounce ingratitude, coldness in the country's service, egotism, sloth, idleness, and to pass judgment upon the first signs of corruption and pernicious example.Simn Jos Antonio de la Santsima Trinidad Bolvar y
We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.Napoleon Bonaparte


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It'll be another seven days of waiting for fans of New Kids On The block, 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men. The "Package Tour" has been rescheduled from its previous Saturday, July 13 date to Saturday, July 20.
NKOTB, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men Tour Heads To Mpls.
Hear that Minneapolis? That was the sound of 20- and 30-somethings screaming for the boy band memories of their youth.
REWIND: Boy Band Award Snubs
Why did the GRAMMYs snub One Direction this year? A quick look back shows they have never, ever, ever, ever (like never) liked boy bands.
Boy Bands Snubbed Again At The GRAMMYS
While .fun, Taylor Swift, Carly Rae Jepsen & Gotye are celebrating their GRAMMY Nominations there is one group of artists left out of this year's ceremony: boy bands.
Pick-A-Side: Best Boy Band
You could say it started with the Beatles, but with the new found success of One Direction and the return of the Backstreet Boys, it seems boy bands will always be a thing of the present. There are some we still love and others we'd love to forget — but whatever the case, we want to know who makes your top pick.
Curiocity: NKOTBSB Tour? I'm So There
Prepare to judge me. I may or may not still possess a shoebox full of boy band memorabilia from my days as a super fan for all things Backstreet and New Kids.


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EarthFair at Grand Central
Midtown East
Until Sat Apr 21 2012
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Time Out says
Posted: Fri Apr 13 2012
You can profess your love for the planet both indoors and outside at this festival. On Sat 21 rockers, including PushMethod, Kinetics & One Love and Conveyor, will jam from 11am into the evening. In between sets, you can taste organic eats and learn about environmental advocacy groups such as Solar 1 and GrowNYC. Meanwhile, an interactive display in the Main Concourse features video games and 3-D printers.
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i'm going to be strict this time. i'll only add you if i want to read your journal. don't be offended if i don't. i don't have enough time online to read everyone's entries individually so i figured i might as well pick and choose.
If you're feeling lucky, comment and tell me why I should add you.
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100 Rads BarFans & Clans group with 168 members, open to all members
100 Rads Bar, where any STALKER can join in on the conversation and post his or her stories about the venture into the zone!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. , tried but never found a better game.
2 comments by d4v33edz on Sep 20th, 2012
Just some links to some ShoC mods from this site and other stuff
All comments welcome
Lost World: Origin
The Seed, a game by The Misery Development Team, follow it on the Misery pages, support them with their Kickstart.
New project to consider backing, by MDT, check it out
Some Non-Stalker type stuff:
Avalon Lords - Redefining the MMORTS
KickStarter project worth considering if you like this sort of game:
and on Greenlight also:
Oblivion Lost Remake 2.0, worth checking out and keeping an eye on.
SWTC 3.0, the ultimate weather mod
TK Build, realism, retextured, gameplay improvement and survival
PPx v2.2 Particles, anomalies, textures, and much more
A useful link for crash logs in ShoC, along with other articles:
Metacognix - Crashes in the STALKER-SoC Game
Tweak Guide:
TweakGuides.com - STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl Tweak Guide
100 Rads Bar, where any STALKER can join in on the conversation and post his or her stories about the venture into the zone!
This is group for all S.T.A.L.K.E.R. BUILD fans.All builds will be able to download here.....
The Private Military Contractors of the Zone. The are unpredictible and mostly hostile and incredibly versitile. However, their only drawback is that...
Welcome all S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fans to the ModDB/IndieDB Stalker fan group. Share your stories, videos, and photos from your travels in the zone. Good hunting...
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how's life Shadow?
Hey Dave, remember your photo you posted on 100 rads? Well I edited it :)
Oh wow, that looks good, do you want to re-post it? It looks damned nice.
You can if you want, it´s your screen :)
Done, many thanks :)
Hi man ! thanks for the friend request ! :)
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Hey Bro, good to see you back, hows life friend?
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One 2.6-oz. pouch StarKist® Low Sodium Albacore Tuna in Water
1/8 tsp. cumin
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1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 cup chopped tomato
2 tbsp. finely chopped red onion
1 tbsp. finely chopped cilantro
2 medium butter lettuce leaves (or other round lettuce leaves)
Optional: salt-free seasoning mix
In a medium bowl, mix tuna, cumin, chili powder, and garlic powder. If you like, season to taste with salt-free seasoning mix.
Add tomato, onion, and cilantro, and stir well.
Divide mixture between lettuce leaves, wrap and enjoy!
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Eric Clapton - Hello Old Friend INTRO: G C D G C D G D C G As I was strolling down the garden path D C G I saw a flower glowing in the dark D C G It looked so pretty and it was unique D C G I had to bend down just to have a peek CHORUS Bm7 Am7 Hello old friend (hello old friend) C D G It's really good to see you once again Bm7 Hello old friend (hello old friend) C D G It's really good to see you once again G C D G C D I saw you walking underneath the stars I couldn't stop 'cause I was in a car I'm sure the distance wouldn't be too far If I got out and walked to where you are CHORUS SOLO G C D G C D An old man passed me on the street today I thought I knew him but I couldn't say I stopped to think if I could place his frame When he tipped his hat I knew his name CHORUS 2x end on G Enjoy!
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It is a positive commandment to learn Torah. But the concept of bitul Torah seems to imply that it is also a negative commandment not to learn Torah. Where does this concept of bitul Torah come from?
I don't know of any negative commandment per se, and as @DoubleAA pointed out in the comments, the term bitul does not imply that there is one. As for where the concept comes from, here's one place:
-Psalms 1:1-2
Note what meditating on the Law is contrasted with.
The Gemara in Avodah Zarah (18b) citing the Tosefta (ibid. 2:2 in the Vilna Shas edition) also makes this connection; equating bitul Torah with sitting in the company of mockers.
the verse "ki dvar H-shem baza hikaret tikaret" ("For they have denigrated the word of G-d" (Parsha shlach) which the talmud says refers to bitul torah


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Practicing these Daily Twelve Emotional Fitness Exercises will strengthen your ability to control negative feelings.
Practice each with full awareness. Full awareness involves taking a Calming Breath, focusing on the exercise for several moments or longer if you wish, and then taking a final Calming Breath."
You take a Calming Breath by breathing in slowly, holding that breath to allow a bit of tension build, breathing out as you consciously relax from your head on down to your toes. Then as you breathe normally, smile gently and say a silent "Ahhh" or "Thank you," before going on with what you need or want to do.
EXERCISE ONE: Practice gratitude. Remember all you have to be grateful for—life, love, a beautiful world. List in your head at least three specific things you are grateful for.
EXERCISE TWO: Remember what matters. Some say what matters most is buying the newest car, the latest fashions, the most up to date gadgets; others say how you look; still others think it is how smart you are or what school you went to, how much money you have, have many jewels you wear, or how fancy a car you drive and life's important missions. They are wrong.
The importance of caring is a long recognized value. Across all ages, throughout all religions and all philosophies, it is believed the good life cannot be found unless it involves being caring and just. EFTI calls this The Mission. We are all charged with moving the world forward by remembering and acting on the mission.
The wisdom of the ages has been upheld by research. Study after study has shown that that being kind and caring, forgiving others for their flaws, forgiving yourself for not being perfect, and working with others to make the world a better place matters far more than the things we own, the way we look, or what degrees with have. Remember the mission, act on it and grow emotionally stronger.
EXERCISE THREE: Move your body. Moving your body for only 20 minutes a day, and just hard enough to raise your heart rate, not only improves your emotional fitness, but helps you stay physically healthy. Brisk walking works well. So does some heart raising dancing. Three ten minute periods work as well as one twenty minute period. A quick stretch off and on during the day, or before and after walking, is also important.
EXERCISE FOUR: Be with beauty. Look at a beautiful picture. Listen to music that stirs your soul. Recall a song you love. Watch a bird soar. If you cannot actually do any of these things at the moment, remember the last time you did. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." What is beautiful to you may not be beautiful to the next person. There is no world wide standard for beauty. One person's slender star is another's bag of bones. One person's scenic view is another person's desolate and lonely vista or barren dessert. Surround yourself with what you find beautiful in every way you can, and take the time to be with that beauty.
EFTI's Pinterest Be With Beauty Board is a great place to start.
EXERCISE FIVE: Honor past gifts. This exercise asks you to pay special attention to those responsible for all you have or are right now. We are the continuation of all the generations leading up to ours. We are the continuation of the caring our immediate, extended families, friends, and teacher gave. Some gave a great deal, others gave less. Each gave all they could.
The most powerful way to honor past gifts is to focus on a memory of one person from your past who gave the gift of caring. That person may not have always been nurturing; nevertheless, the gifts they gave became part of who you are today.
You can honor the gift from a different person each time you do the exercise. You honor gifts by taking a calming breath, shutting your eyes, and recalling a time you and the person spent together when you felt cherished, cheered on, or otherwise nurtured. When you honor such past gifts, you give yourself the gift of caring all over again.
EXERCISE SIX: Practice Kindness: We need positive connections to others, and kindness builds those connections. Practicing kindness is a major self-care skill. Being kind to others almost always gets repaid with kindness. Smile at someone and most of the time you will get a smile in return. When you don't, at least you have done the right thing. One of the easiest ways to practice kindness is to compliment strangers. Giving and getting kindness is not only essential to your health, it is a way to act on The Mission.
EXERCISE SEVEN: Value all you do. Modern life disconnects us from the fruits of our labor. For some, paychecks are often the only concrete measurement of work done; for others it might be a grade or a report card. Sometimes the full results of all our work will not be visible for years. In the helping professions we might never know how we have helped. This is not good for our souls. Doing something, no matter how small, that yields an immediate, concrete, and positive result nourishes our well being. Folding a basket of laundry, cleaning out one messy drawer, washing dishes, pulling some weeds, chopping wood or writing and mailing a postcard to a distant friend, are examples of small goals.
It also helps to make one of the small goals you reach for each day, exercising your creativity. Write a few lines in your journal, work on a poem, start a painting, knit a few rows of an afghan, add some lines to the great American novel, sing a song, dance a dance, tend a garden, bake some bread, carve some wood.
Finally, several times during the day, stop and review all you have done. We often complain about our to do list, but don't keep adequate track of all we do. Stop right now and start a little list of "done that" for the day.
Here's how mine would go for the first hour and half of a day when I care for my grands: up, showered, combed hair, brushed teeth, dressed, put coffee on, walked Punky the pup. While walking picked up trash littering complex's lawns. Made breakfast for self and hubbie, ate, answered five emails, read about a hundred tweets, re-tweeted ten; pinned two items to my Pinterest Board and then my two grandchildren arrived. And I am retired. My daughter-in-law had followed much the same routine without the tweets, but also had to get two kids up, dressed, fed, put in their car seats, drive half an hour to our apartment, cart the kids into the house, and then drive another twenty minutes to her job.
Everyone of us does so much and are valued for so little. Make a point of valuing all you do. As you recount all you have done, remember to take pleasure in all your small steps toward fulfilling The Mission.
EXERCISE EIGHT: Laugh and play. The day is empty that does not hold a few minutes of play and laughter. Make room for such time in your day. When possible, include others in both the laughter and the play. Playfulness is another important component of self-care. Play is thought by many researchers to improve intelligence. Minimally, it helps build the social skills needed to get along with others. Finally, play is also a useful way to move your body, combining two Emotional Fitness Training® Exercises in one.
EXERCISE NINE: Indulge in a healthy pleasure. Do one thing each day that you consider a luxury or an indulgence. Do it in a healthy way. This might involve giving yourself a hand or foot massage, eating and fully savoring a favorite food or a cup of tea, doing a cross word puzzle, letting one piece of chocolate melt in your mouth. The important thing is this be something just for you, and that it be an indulgence of your needs.
EXERCISE TEN: Forgive another. Review the day. Maybe some hurt or anger lingers on from when someone said something unkind. Did someone treat you unfairly? Take without giving in return? Break a promise? Betray a hope? Embarrass you in public? Say or do something cruel? Forgiveness does not mean forgetting, or staying with those who are abusive. As Bishop Tutu tells us, forgiveness means letting go of revenge and stopping the circle of hurt. To practice forgiving another, see the person coming to you as a small child, sad and upset, and asking you to forgive them. No one is perfect and all of us start our march through the world innocent babies.
EXERCISE ELEVEN: Forgive yourself. Perhaps the negative you need to let go of is some wrong you did. Maybe you treated another unfairly. Maybe you were angry or thoughtless and now regret your actions. When you need forgiveness, it means stopping the wrongful behavior, not repeating it and sometimes making amends. We all fail to do or be our best. We all make mistakes. We all need forgiveness for one thing or another. When you need forgiveness, see yourself as a small child approaching the person you want to forgive you. See that person smiling down on you with forgiveness and acceptance.
EXERCISE TWELVE: Be in the now. Yesterday is gone. The past cannot be changed. What was good in the past can and should be savored. The hurts of the past should be honored for their lessons and then laid to rest.
The future has not yet come. Worrying about what will be is useless. As the humorist Mark Twain noted: "I have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened." Making thoughtful plans for your future is reasonable. Worrying about what might happen is not. Do what you can and then let the future take care of it self.
Being in the now is a way of letting go of the day and preparing yourself for sleep. In fact it works so well for some that they often don't stay awake long enough to practice the next exercise. If as you are observing the now, you find yourself drifting off, be grateful.
- Take a long slow, calming breath.
- Breathe normally and just notice what it feels like to breathe in and out.
- As you breathe in and out, notice how your body feels.
- Watch how thoughts come and go.
- If a negative thought seems to get stuck in your head, take another calming breath.
- As you breathe out, say "Now is all."
- Notice again what it feels like just to breathe.
- When you are ready, take a final calming breath.
Many people make it a point to practice this exercise at night to help them fall asleep. Doing so and adding Being Grateful increases the possibility of having sweet dreams.
Life is difficult and often a struggle as you must know by now. All sorts of feelings surface. Some want to own you and do when you do things you later regret. Try my exercises and tips to stay in control.
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An ethical will is a personal document, prepared as a gift for family and close friends, that details key experiences, beliefs, regrets, goals, advice, and accomplishments garnered over a lifetime. Ethical wills have existed for 3,000 years; they are even mentioned in the Torah. It should be noted that they are not legal documents. The hope and intent of an ethical will is that the people most important to you—in current and future generations—can draw from your wisdom to lead better, more fulfilling lives.
At Charles E. Smith Life Communities, "Lessons of a Lifetime™, the Ethical Will Project of the Hebrew Home" pairs residents with student volunteers, who, through conversation, record the seniors' memories and insights.
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Ramana Maharshi
Jean Klein
Ramana Maharshi
The Ego, the Reference Point
Does the Ego Exist?
Basically there are two things
The ego only appears to exist when it is being fueled by our own true nature. It does not have any substance of its own and it cannot stand alone.
All the power or apparent power comes from our true nature and only then because there is a belief in the content of thoughts. When the thoughts occur and we believe them - that is the only time they have power. But the thoughts do not have any substance of their own.
Psychological suffering is based on the the belief in a false sense of self - the Image that you think yourself to be. It is easy to see how negative thoughts about yourself cause suffering, but so called 'positive' thoughts also cause suffering, when for example, these thoughts are ridiculed, challenged, invalidated or, even worse, ignored.
So looking at "Is there really is an 'I' there?" undercuts the whole process.
Yet we go on believing in the sufferer that we think ourselves to be. That reference point is used hundreds of times during the day. But Nisargadatta would say - "Who is the sufferer?" There is only one answer to that. The one we believe in so strongly!
The linch pin is the separate self that we believe ourselves to be - that it the key. It is the 'me' that is the cause of the suffering and it is the one who suffers.
We find out who we truly are. We are already that. It is what we seek.
Just 'believing' ourselves to 'be consciousness', or 'be tranquility' is of no use at all. It is just more thoughts that we attach to. Another layer. Another failure.
The only thing is to SEE that we actually DO EXIST and that we are aware. We all know that.
And then to SEE that the separate identity actually does not exist in any substantive way. It does not have any independent existence. Bob compares it to a piece of iron in a fire. You can take it out of the fire and it glows for a while and cools off. No independent power, energy.
Rather than saying "Who am I?" - it is far better, in my direct experience, to investigate whether this personal sense of self exists at all?
Investigating this apparent individual 'I' , the separate sense of self
Doing this is not a one-shot wonder. We have been believing in the 'me' hundreds of times a day for years. This is quite a habit. Quite a habit to break.
Breaking this habit is an interesting exercise as you see more and more how the 'me' has ingrained itself in your thinking processes. Each time you notice this - have a look - "Is that 'me' really there?", "Does it exist?", "Can I find it?" Every time you do this it has to be in the immediacy of the present moment and each time it is new and vital.
Searching for the the apparent 'me' and finding that it does not exist in any substantive way cuts the link. We begin to 'see through' it.
It is more than just thinking "It does not exist", or believing that it does not exist - it is SEEing that it does not exist.
Big difference!
Bob gives the analogy of sending someone down to the ocean to collect a bucket full of 'blue water'. If you tell someone to do this they would just laugh. They have seen the water at close range and know that it is not actually blue, even though it looks that way from a distance. The illusion is seen through - and it takes SEEING to do that.
It is not negating the existence of the 'me' or fighting it, making an enemy of it, or opposing it - it is SEEING through it for the fiction that it actually is. A fiction in conceptual thought.
So you just do not take it seriously any more.
Written by Mike Graham, 19 Jan 2008, last edited 17 Feb 2008
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Vol. XVIII, No. 7
Synod of Bishops: A New Evangelization for Today's World
by Helen Hull Hitchcock
The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith is the theme of the 13th general assembly of the Synod of Bishops, meeting at the Vatican October 7-28. The assembly coincides with the opening of the Year of Faith, October 11, 2011, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, as well as the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The synod's theme of the "new evangelization" alludes to Pope Benedict's creation of the Pontifical Council of the New Evangelization, in 2010.
There has been considerable preparation for this synod. The Lineamenta, or outline for study, released March 14, summa- rized the necessity for the Church's action on this topic at this time:
We are living in a particularly significant, historic moment of change, of tension and of a loss of equilibrium and points of reference. These times are increasingly forcing us to live immersed in the present and in passing things which make it increasingly difficult for us to listen, to transmit an appreciation for the past and to share values on which to build the future for new generations. In this context, the Christian presence and the work of the Church's institutions are not easily perceived and, at times, are even looked upon with great reservation. In the last decades, repeated criticism has been leveled at the Church, Christians and the God we proclaim. Consequently, evangelization is facing new challenges that are putting accepted practices in question and are weakening customary, well-established ways of doing things. In a word, the situation is requiring the Church to consider, in an entirely new way, how she proclaims and transmits the faith. [Introduction §3]
In June, the Instrumentum Laboris, or "working document," was introduced to the bishops of the world, and made available on the Vatican web site. Its introduction provided the frame of reference for the synod in light of the anniversaries and the Year of Faith:
The Synod will therefore provide a good opportunity to focus on the subject of conversion and the necessity of holiness, emphasized by all these anniversaries. The Synod will also be the place to grasp and re-propose to people the invitation to rediscover the faith. This invitation was initially made at the Second Vatican Council and restated in The Year of the Faith proclaimed by Pope Paul VI, and again addressed to us in our time by Pope Benedict XVI. All this will serve as the framework for the synod's work of treating the topic of the new evangelization. [§2]
Pope Benedict XVI has pointed out that the world today is "facing social and cultural changes that are profoundly affecting a person's perception of self and the world, and consequently, a person's way of believing in God," and this synod "is part of a determined effort to give new fervor to the faith and to the testimony of Christians and their communities" [§6, 9].
Church Evangelizes, and Needs Evangelization
The four chapters of the synod's Instrumentum Laboris provide the focus for the bishops' deliberations: 1) Jesus Christ, The Good News of God to Humanity; 2) Time for a New Evangelization; 3) Transmitting the Faith; and 4) Revivifying Pastoral Activity.
"The Church is an evangelizer, but she begins by being evangelized herself," the document says [§39], and this is the responsibility of the entire Church, and of every believer. In light of the "weakening fervor" of many Catholics today, the Church must question the effectiveness of the transmission of the faith that are evident, and seek causes and solutions:
At this special moment in history, the Church needs to see how to muster greater energy in rendering an account for the hope we share (cf. I Pet 3:15). The term 'new evangelization' calls for a new manner of proclaiming the Gospel, especially for those who live in the present-day situation which is affected by the growing trend of secularization, taking place to a great extent in countries with a Christian tradition. [§44]
Key Components: Liturgy, Family
The liturgy is an essential component of the transmission of the faith, the document says: "The best place to transmit the faith is a community nourished and transformed by the liturgical life and prayer. An intrinsic relationship exists between faith and the liturgy: lex orandi, lex credendi." And it quotes Pope Benedict's Porta Fidei, announcing the Year of Faith: "Without the liturgy and the sacraments, the profession of faith would lack efficacy, because it would lack the grace which supports Christian witness"; and the Second Vatican Council: "The liturgy, 'through which the work of our redemption is accomplished', most of all in the divine sacrifice of the Eucharist, is the outstanding means whereby the faithful may express in their lives, and manifest to others, the mystery of Christ and the real nature of the true Church." It continues:
The liturgy and a life of prayer transform a Christian community from a simple gathering of people into a community which celebrates and transmits the Trinitarian faith in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. [§97]
The role of the family in the transmission of the faith is stressed. "The Christian message on marriage and family is considered a great gift which makes the family the model-place for witnessing to faith, because of its prophetic capacity in living the core values of the Christian experience," the document says; and "the Church acknowledges the family's responsibility in the formation and transmission of the Christian faith from the very beginning of human life" [§111].
Christian Initiation, Education
The final chapter, Revivifying Pastoral Activity, speaks of Christian initiation (baptism, confirmation) as basic to the evangelizing process, and stresses the urgency of adequate education. It says, in part:
Today, the work of education is taking place in a cultural context where every kind of educational activity is becoming more difficult and critical to the point that the Pope Benedict XVI has spoken of an 'educational emergency.' With this expression, the Holy Father intends to allude to the special urgency to pass on to future generations the basic values of life and moral conduct. Consequently, many places are increasingly demanding a genuine form of education as well as truly qualified teachers. Such requests are commonly raised by parents who are concerned about the future of their children, by teachers who are sadly experiencing the deteriorating situation in schools and by society itself, which sees the very foundations of harmonious living threatened. [§149]
The document ends on a note of encouragement, and speaks of the "joy of evangelizing":
The new evangelization means giving the reason for our faith, communicating the Logos of hope to a world which seeks salvation. People need hope so they can really live the present moment. For this reason, the Church is essentially missionary, and offers a Revelation of the face of God in Jesus Christ, who assumed a human face and loved us to the end. The words of eternal life, which have been given to us in our encountering Jesus Christ, are destined for everyone and each individual. Every person in our time, whether he is aware of it or not, needs to hear this proclamation.…
The new evangelization is proposed … as a remedy to bring joy and courage to life and become an imperative invigorating our faith… [§167]
This should be a cause of our enthusiasm for evangelization, because it can bring joy and hope to a troubled world. "May the world, which seeks answers to the great questions of the meaning of life and truth, experience, with renewed unexpectedness, the joy of meeting witnesses of the Gospel who, through the simple and credible character of their lives, demonstrate the transforming power of the Christian faith," the document concludes.
'Do not be afraid!': these words of the Lord (cf. Mt 14:27) and the Angel (cf. Mt 28:5) sustain the faith of those who proclaim the faith and are their source of strength and enthusiasm. May their words also sustain and nurture everyone on their journey towards an encounter with God. May the words, 'Do not be afraid!', be the words of the new evangelization, by which the Church, inspired by the Holy Spirit, proclaims 'to the ends of the earth' (Acts 1:8) Jesus Christ, the Gospel of God, so that everyone might have faith. [§169]
An Apostolic Exhortation by Pope Benedict XVI following the synod will likely appear during the Year of Faith, which will conclude November 24, 2013, the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Universal King.
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