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Mike Florio is joined by BenJarvus Green-Ellis of the Cincinnati Bengals to discuss his decision to leave New England after four successful years, if he can pinpoint a reason why the Bengals have disappointed in recent seasons, if he is intrigued by the idea of going home to play a Super Bowl in New Orleans, and more.
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Reggie Wayne unsure if he'll play in 2015
Longtime Colts receiver Reggie Wayne doesn't know yet if his NFL career has reached its conclusion.
Wayne said after the Colts lost the AFC Championship Game that he didn't have a plan for 2015, and he still doesn't. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports that Wayne had triceps surgery and is still mulling whether to play in 2015.
If Wayne does want to play, it's unclear whether it will be in Indianapolis. Wayne becomes a free agent on March 10 and there has been no talk of any contract discussions with the Colts.
Wayne started 15 games last year, but he was limited to 64 catches for 779 yards and two touchdowns. Those numbers are his worst across the board for any full season of his 15-year career. So if the 36-year-old Wayne wants to play, it's unclear whether any team will want him.
In other words, Wayne's great career may have come to an end. Even if he doesn't know that yet.
AEG says Inglewood stadium presents terrorism threat
In the Gumball Rally that has emerged as Inglewood and Carson race to build stadiums in the L.A. area, the company that has been trying to build a downtown venue for the past several years has thrown a fistful of nails into the path of the project proposed for the now-defunct Hollywood Park.
Via Sam Farmer and Nathan Fenno of the Los Angeles Times, a study commissioned by AEG concludes that the Inglewood site presents an unacceptable risk of terrorism.
The study, performed by former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, warns that terrorists may try to hijack or shoot down a plane landing at LAX, with the goal of crashing it into the stadium. Ridge calls the possibility a "a terrorist event 'twofer.'"
The NFL is aware of the report, but it doesn't seem to be ready to endorse it.
"We feel that the best approach is to look at these things with an independent eye," NFL executive V.P. Eric Grubman told the Times. "You should assume the NFL has its own experts hired and at work to assess any potential NFL site, in any city, regarding these matters. And it is that advice that we will rely on."
AEG has a clear bias; it wants to build the stadium in which one or two NFL teams will play. But the concerns shouldn't be dismissed. The Inglewood site is in the LAX landing path. If/when a Super Bowl is played there, any and every plane that passed by becomes the potential weapon for mayhem and destruction that would rival — and possibly surpass — the events of September 11, 2001.
Browns sign Josh McCown
Josh McCown is a Cleveland Brown.
The veteran quarterback and the Browns have agreed on a contract today, the team and McCown's agent Mike McCartney both confirmed on Twitter.
McCown was released this month after a rough first year in Tampa Bay. He previously had a very promising showing during the 2013 season while filling in for Jay Cutler in Chicago. Cleveland has to hope it's getting the Chicago version of McCown, and not the Tampa Bay version of McCown.
Cleveland also has to hope that McCown can work well with Johnny Manziel, teaching Manziel what it takes to become an NFL quarterback but also starting for the Browns this season if Manziel isn't ready.
The arrival of McCown in Cleveland will almost certainly mean that free agent Brian Hoyer, Cleveland's starter for most of last season, is going to sign elsewhere.
Sean Payton envisions virtual reality training for quarterbacks
During multiple coach and G.M. interviews at the Scouting Combine, I spitballed about the possibility of the NFL eventually developing a flight simulator-style approach to preparing quarterbacks for game reps. For a change, the spitball stuck to the wall.
Appearing on a panel at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Saints coach Sean Payton suggested that a tool like that could be in the offing.
"The challenge we have all the time is that it's the one position where there's only one of them in the game the entire time," Payton said, via Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com. "The game ends, and how do you get those guys snaps, real-time snaps? Much like we develop pilots — they do a lot of simulator work — I think the opportunity exists [in football]. Especially when you're able to accurately show movement with chips, exactly how it unfolds with the defense."
If anything, it seems overdue that these billion-dollar businesses have yet to develop a way to expose young quarterbacks (especially incoming rookies who have been running spread and/or one-read offenses in college) to the blender of choices that must be made before and during a play at the next level.
From making the right pre-snap read to adjusting the offensive line as needed to keeping an eye on whether the blocking scheme works to keeping an eye on the strong safety to making the progression through the primary, secondary, and tertiary (nerd!) receiving options to hoping the running back picked up any blitzing linebackers to sensing whether the blind side defensive end is about to flatten him, finding a way to simulate that process without exposing the quarterback to any physical risk makes a lot of sense.
Report: Ravens reach two-year deal with Christo Bilukidi
The Ravens have reportedly reached a deal with a player who could have been eligible for restricted free agency.
The club has agreed to a two-year contract with defensive lineman Christo Bilukidi, Aaron Wilson of the Baltimore Sun reported Friday.
Bilukidi (6-5, 320) appeared in four games as a reserve for Baltimore in 2014. The 25-year-old Georgia State product has also seen regular-season action with Oakland (2012-2013) and Cincinnati (2013). He was a sixth-round pick of the Raiders in the 2012 NFL Draft. According to Wilson, an ankle injury ended Bilukidi's 2014 campaign.
Bilukidi figures to vie for playing time in the Ravens' defensive line rotation in 2015.
Falcons waive Jonathan Massaquoi
The Falcons have followed up three deletions on the offensive side of the ball by dropping a member of their defense.
Defensive end Jonathan Massaquoi has been waived after three years with the team. Massaquoi was the 164th pick of the 2012 draft out of Troy and had a year left on his rookie deal.
The Falcons were starved for pass rush help last year, but usually looked elsewhere in hopes of finding it. Massaquoi saw 333 snaps on defense last season and had two sacks, which leaves him with six for his three-year career. The new coaching staff obviously didn't think that was a mistake on the part of the previous regime and Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com reports that Massaquoi upset people last year for skipping treatments on his foot.
There's minimal cap savings with Massaquoi out of the way, but the above suggests this wasn't a financially motivated move. Massaquoi can be claimed on waivers by any team and will become a free agent if no one avails themselves of that option.
Lions hang onto the "Nolan Ryan of long snapping"
Friday afternoon's when you're supposed to dump your bad news, like the Cardinals did today.
The Lions, however, did something awesome.
Via Tim Twentyman of the team's official website, the Lions re-signed long snapper Don Muhlbach to a new one-year contract.
That's not the awesome part, though. The awesome part is his nickname, as they refer to him as the "Nolan Ryan of long snappers."
Former Lions General Manager Matt Millen gave Muhlbach that moniker to honor the velocity with which he flings a football upside down and between his legs. And, Muhlbach is from Texas, so there's that, too.
We do not know, however, if Muhlbach has ever given a beatdown to Robin Ventura.
Long snapping is also the kind of job you could ostensibly do into your 40s, so maybe Muhlbach will have the same kind of longevity as the baseball Hall of Famer.
Then again, if you're a long snapper, the only thing better than a cool nickname is total anonymity — since it means you didn't screw up.
Adrian Peterson issues statement
On Thursday, Judge David Doty overturned the arbitration decision upholding the suspension of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. While Peterson is not yet reinstated (and who knows when he will be?), he has been returned to the Commissioner-Exempt list, which allows him to speak to the Vikings.
On Friday, he spoke publicly, via press release. Here's the full content of it:
"I was pleased to learn about Judge Doty's decision. It is a positive step in protecting players' rights and preserving due process for all players. It also brings me one step closer to getting back on the football field and playing the sport I love. As I prepare for my return to football, I am still focused on my family and continue to work to become a better father every day. I want to express my gratitude for all of the support I have received from the fans, NFLPA, Jeffrey Kessler, and my agents Ben Dogra, Tracy Lartigue, and Mark Heligman from Relativity Sports."
Peterson says nothing about whether he does or doesn't want to return to the Vikings. Last week, he confirmed that he has some misgivings about returning to Minnesota, which holds his rights for the next three seasons.
Dockett could indeed return to Cardinals
The Cardinals released defensive tackle Darnell Dockett on Friday. That doesn't mean he won't be back in Arizona.
Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the impasse arose because the team and the player couldn't agree on fair market value for a defensive tackle recovering from a torn ACL. He was due to make $6.8 million in 2015; the Cardinals thought that was too much, and Dockett thought their best offer wasn't enough.
So how much is enough? Dockett will find out on the open market. And if someone else offers him more than the Cardinals were willing to pay, Dockett can join that team. If someone else doesn't, he can take whatever the Cardinals were willing to pay.
Arizona's offer won't decrease now that he's been cut. Because Dockett was in the final year of his deal, the team assumed no additional cap acceleration by releasing him.
While Dockett is getting a chance to test the market before free agency starts, he may not want to make any final decisions until the process gets rolling. Ndamukong Suh and other defensive linemen could take whatever market currently exists and spike it even higher. Likewise, teams that miss out on Suh and other defensive tackles may be willing to pay Dockett more later than they're willing to pay him now.
With three days left, no tags yet
The window for using the franchise or transition tags opened 11 days ago. It closes in three. So far, not a single player has been tagged.
With time still left to try to negotiate long-term deals before application of the tag, it makes sense to wait those three additional days. After that, however, time could be on the side of the players who are tagged.
With no further injury risk (other than the day-to-day risk of off-field trauma), players who are tagged can wait until after the market opens to see how much money is spent on other players. If, for example, the Lions don't (and they shouldn't) tag defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, why wouldn't the other elite, game-changing players who merit application of the tag wait to see what Suh gets before negotiating a long-term deal?
There's another reason to wait. Two words: Sammy Watkins.
Last year, the Bills gave up the ninth pick in the 2014 draft, a first-round pick in 2015, and a fourth-round pick in 2015 to get an unproven receiver. There's already talk that one or more teams will at least consider signing a franchise-tagged player to an offer sheet and giving up a pair of first-round picks, especially if this year's first-round pick falls at the bottom of the round.
Alternatively, a team can wait until after the 2015 draft to sign a franchise-tagged player to an offer sheet. Then, the compensation if the offer isn't matched would be first-round picks in 2016 and 2017.
Sure, it would cost a lot more to sign the franchise-tagged player than it costs to sign a first-round pick. But for teams hoping to win now, the combination of draft picks and cash could merit taking rolling the dice and rolling out the green carpet.
Cardinals release Darnell Dockett
The Cardinals were able to reach agreement with wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald on a new contract that lowered his cap hit for the 2015 season significantly and they hoped to do the same with defensive lineman Darnell Dockett, but those efforts have been unsuccessful.
Arizona announced Friday that they have released Dockett, who missed the entire 2014 season because of a torn ACL. Dockett had $6.8 million coming his way from the Cardinals before the move and he was set to count $9.8 million against the cap.
Dockett joined the Cardinals as a third-round pick out of Florida State in 2004 and has been a fixture in the starting lineup since his arrival. He made one All-Pro team and was selected to three Pro Bowls while helping to spearhead the Cardinals Defense during his decade in the desert.
Dockett turns 34 in May, but the inability to work out a new deal suggests Dockett likes his chances of landing a better contract than the Cards were offering once on the open market. If he can't, Darren Urban of the team's website reports that the Cardinals remain interested in a Dockett return at a lower price tag.
Should Dockett not land a job at all for some reason, he can occupy his time advising the youth of America about the dangers of hanging out in strip clubs.
Dolphins drop Brandon Gibson
Mike Wallace is running out of veteran company in the Dolphins wide receiver corps.
Brian Hartline was sent packing on Friday morning and the Dolphins said farewell to another receiver in the afternoon when they announced the release of Brandon Gibson. Gibson was due to make $3.26 million with a cap hit of $4.3 million and the difference will go as dead money on Miami's 2015 cap.
Gibson signed a three-year deal with Miami before the 2013 season and caught 30 passes in his first seven games with the team before a knee injury knocked him out for the remainder of the year. He had 29 catches for 295 yards and a touchdown in 14 games last year as rookie Jarvis Landry passed him in the team's pecking order.
The team's been noncommittal about their plans with Wallace, but word out of Miami is that they'd like to either trade him or convince him to take a pay cut. If he does wind up leaving, Landry will be joined by Matt Hazel and Rishard Matthews in a receiving group that will surely be a focus for the Dolphins this offseason.
Cruz, Newton, Kaepernick part of fruit/vegetable endorsement
If this is a real thing, it's certainly better for us than another beer or soda commercial.
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz are part of Team FNV, which appears to be a campaign designed to push healthy food choices.
From looking at their website, what we know now is that it's the product of some slick marketing minds, who know how to package an ad.
Their website has shots of Cruz catching a big apple (I see what they did there), Kaepernick playing with a pineapple, and Newton pushing carrots.
There appear to be numerous other celebrity and athlete endorsers involved as well.
Their website is new and their Twitter feed (@TeamFNV) launched yesterday, so it seems to be in the early stages.
But if they can make my kids eat the colorful stuff on their plates without calling me the worst parent ever, how bad can it be?
Photo credit: Team FNV, via Black and Blue Review.
Stephen Bowen joins Barry Cofield on discard pile in Washington
The Redskins signed defensive lineman Ricky Jean Francois on Thursday, a move that seems to have made two members of their defensive line expendable.
On Friday, the team confirmed that defensive tackle Barry Cofield has been released and also announced that defensive end Stephen Bowen's reached the end of his time with the team. Bowen was set to count $8 million against the cap in 2015 and the team gets his $5.5 million in salary and bonuses back to use for other purposes. When you add that to the savings for cutting Cofield, the Redskins gained almost $10 million in cap space.
Bowen signed a five-year deal with the Redskins before the 2011 season and started all 32 regular season games in his first two seasons with the club. Injuries limited him to just 18 games over the last two years, however, and the Jean Francois signing signaled the team's intention to look elsewhere for help at end in 2015.
The Redskins also announced that they have signed right tackle Tom Compton to a one-year deal. Compton started nine games for Washington last season and was set to become a restricted free agent next month.
Packers open up Lambeau Field for Favre jersey retirement
The Lambeau Field Atrium is not big enough for all the Packers fans who want to cheer on Brett Favre when he has his number retired this summer.
After the 1,600 tickets for the ceremony at the Atrium quickly sold out, the Packers have announced that fans can also sit inside the bowl at the stadium and watch the Favre jersey retirement ceremony on the big screen. Those tickets will cost $4, with proceeds going to Favre's foundation.
Favre said this month that he was hoping the ceremony would take place in the stadium so that as many fans as possible could see it. That won't happen — the tickets for the more intimate Atrium event are already sold — but this ensures that tens of thousands of fans can be there at Lambeau for the event.
The ceremony, which takes place on Saturday, July 18, will also be shown on NFL Network and streamed at Packers.com.


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Thursday, December 21st, 2006Many service professionals submit bids on project in order to gain work. The business that receives bids compares the bids received, and picks the one that would be the most appropriate. So how do you make sure that your bid is the one accepted?
If you have to submit a bid, I recommend finding out as much about the project as possible first. This includes information about the company, their budget, their requirements, etc.
However, since you run a service business, I recommend to create a long term marketing plan that will eliminate the need to submit bids in the future. I haven't submitted a bid in many years – my clients find me by finding my web site online, through networking and recommendations by my past clients. Here is what I recommend you do:
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I carry a 1911 with a standard safety. When I carry this pistol cocked the holster protects the safety from any contact with objects. I've noticed that some of the ambi safties look as thought they might be easily switched to fire postion by being accidentally brushed against something.
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As The Encierro enters its eighth year, our priority is still the same: provide a fun New Orleans flavored interpretation of the bull run in Pampalona in an environment that is safe for the runners and the skaters. This is directly reflected in the route, which will be posted as the event nears – and road construction plans & movie industry street closures solidify.
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Why I've devoted my recent career to advocate for Jewish teens
I didn't start out as a Jewish educator. I began my professional career as a Career Development Consultant*, and Jewish education was 'something I always did on the side', beginning in high school when I started tutoring, then teaching in supplementary schools. I did this even while working full-time at my "real" job.
The work attracted my passion slowly but resolutely and when I was offered the opportunity to work in Jewish camping full-time, I grappled with the challenge of giving up a career that had been very rewarding to me over the years. It was probably one of the hardest decisions I had to make.
It's been over a dozen years since I began as a full-time Jewish educator. I've never looked back, and I'd like you to care about the future of Judaism as much as I do, through the lens of Jewish teens.
I've spent many years teaching in supplementary schools, and almost as much time at Camp Ramah (17 years as camper, counselor, teacher, advisor, Assistant Director). This adds up to (yikes) over 35 years of experience working in formal and informal settings. (I hate those descriptors by the way, the best of 'formal' and 'informal' education is really not one approach, or even two, but a combination).
I don't mind shaking things up a bit, and would like you to journey with me as we envision a different future for Jewish teens.
*Career Development Consultant. I know that seems odd, working with others on Career Development, and changing my career. Careers are not static, but instead are reflective of individual growth, being ever in a state of change and development. The trick is to explore those paths!}
About the Blog: I want to challenge your assumptions, get you to think about the issues in different ways, and ultimately, try to get you to care about Jewish teens. Why? Because we are experiencing a crisis of commitment and they are an underserved population, that is until they get to the college campus.
Then tons of funds are thrown their way, from free trips to Israel, service trips abroad, and funded fellowships. Those are just some of the goodies.
Teens are our future, and we need to pay attention to them if we want to change the future. I write for those of us working with Jewish teens: teachers, administrators, parents, counselors, advisers This is where I can share news, information, ideas, thoughts, concepts, and new programs with you.
Disclaimer: what I write about are my own thoughts based on my daily experience working with and for Jewish teens. Recently appointed as the Director, I've been working for over 12 years at one of the country's largest supplementary community high schools. Jewish teens who have opted to continue their education past the age of Bar/Bat Mitzvah are a rare breed, and I think we owe them a great experience.
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I hadn't even heard of celery seed until I saw it in the ingredients list of a store bought salad dressing one day. I went and bought some and started making my own salad dressing with it.
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Beat Generation. Kesey's first novel 'Cuckoo's Nest' turns 50. Ken Kesey. The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful.
We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past. See also: Ken Kesey. Ken Kesey: Oregon's Great Author and Anti-Establishment Hero (1935-2001) By Walt Curtis © 1995 "Dearest Mister Curtis: My mind is so wet it's like a- uh-like-my what?
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In the 1960s, Kesey became a counterculture hero and a guru of psychedelic drugs with Timothy Leary. Kesey has been called the Pied Piper, who changed the beat generation into the hippie movement. "I think McMurphy knew better than we did that our tough looks were all show, because he still wasn't able to get a real laugh out of anybody.
Maybe he couldn't understand why we weren't able to laugh yet, but he knew you can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things. In fact, he worked so hard of pointing out the funny side of things that I was wondering a little if maybe he was blind to the other side, if maybe he wasn't able to see what it was that parched laughter deep inside your stomach. " List of Works, Study Guides & Essays. Ken Kesey Ken Kesey, the older of two sons, was born on September 17, 1935, in La Junta, Colorado.
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Why FirstEnergy (FE) Stock Is Soaring Today
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of FirstEnergy Corp. (FE - Get Report) are higher by 5.42% to $33.19 on Tuesday afternoon as the utility market receives a boost from a positive pricing outlook, which is tied to a recent auction to produce power supplies in Washington, DC and 13 other states, Investors.com reported.
PJM Interconnection, a company that runs the largest power grid in the U.S., held its annual auction on Friday and the grid secured 167,004 megawatts of power supplies.
Based on the results of the annual auction payments to electricity producers will increase to $120 per megawatt per day from $59.37 for the previous year.
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Other utility companies that saw gains on Tuesday include PPL Corp. (PPL - Get Report), up 2.89%, American Electrical Power (AEP - Get Report), higher by 2.41%, and Exelon (EXC - Get Report) which is up 3.82%.
TheStreet Ratings team rates FIRSTENERGY CORP as a Hold with a ratings score of C. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate FIRSTENERGY CORP (FE) a HOLD. The primary factors that have impacted our rating are mixed some indicating strength, some showing weaknesses, with little evidence to justify the expectation of either a positive or negative performance for this stock relative to most other stocks. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:- FE's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 9.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 12.5%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has exceeded that of the Electric Utilities industry average, but is less than that of the S&P 500. The net income increased by 6.1% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $196.00 million to $208.00 million.
- FIRSTENERGY CORP's earnings per share declined by 37.0% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has reported a trend of declining earnings per share over the past two years. However, the consensus estimate suggests that this trend should reverse in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, FIRSTENERGY CORP reported lower earnings of $0.90 versus $1.80 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.49 versus $0.90).
- The gross profit margin for FIRSTENERGY CORP is rather low; currently it is at 16.69%. It has decreased significantly from the same period last year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 4.96% trails that of the industry average.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to -$92.00 million or 284.00% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
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Dark Souls: Death Is Your Friend
The second game in FromSoftware's Soul series wants to introduce you death, to have you embrace it. The back of the case reads "Prepare To Die" and you will die a lot. Extraordinary deaths that will bring rage and yelling, which may even feel cheap but will improve your play. Dark Souls makes no apologies for its difficult onslaught, there is no pause button and you can be attacked while in item menus. You will learn and you will win or you will have to do it over.
You start out as a hollow and, after a brief tutorial through messages written on the floor and a brief NPC chat, you learn of two bells that when rung make something happen. You are on your own from there. In many games today, you are the one, the dragonborn, the savior of us all. In Dark Souls you are the opposite: lowly, inconsequential and alone. You may well be the Chosen Undead that will end or continue The Age of Fire but the game does not really care. Any help it gives you is at a cost. It refuses to hold your hand and to acknowledge your uniqueness. After enemies kill you they nonchalantly walk away as if they had just killed a bug.
All is not hopeless. The innovative online aspect allows players to write messages that may ease this hostile open world. You may summon other players to assist you on your journey but doing so also opens you up to invasions by players who want your humanity and souls. The feeling of being lost and alone never quite leaves you and at times is so prevalent it starts messing with your mind. After hours lost and poisoned in the fetid swamp near the Second Bell, you just want to see sunlight again. The environment is designed to reinforce the despair. The beauty of grandiose cities of medieval architecture diminishes in the loneliness.
The only respite comes from bonfires, the checkpoint system of the game. There you may turn human, level up, stock healing items, improve weapons and plan. This is all done by spending humanity and souls, the currency acquired by killing enemies, bosses, invaders and by helping others online. Upon death a bloodstain appears holding the souls you collected since the last checkpoint, where you also respawn. If you can make it back to that spot, you may retrieve your souls; die on the way and they disappear forever. The price for using bonfires is that all the enemies you killed on the way, except for bosses, respawn.
Why play such a hostile game? For the sense of achievement. No enemy fears you. At first your sword or spells may damage for 30 or 40 points. Once the rich weapon upgrade and scaling systems are figured, hits can be for 500 points, by adding rings and buffs, hits can net thousands. One shot killing that Black Knight that made you cower in fear 10 hours ago is a rush. Exacting revenge on that invader who took the last humanity you had to summon for help, thus setting you back hours, does wonders for your happiness. Assembling the story from item descriptions and NPC dialogue will keep you busy for weeks.
The brutal combat and steep learning curve will keep casual players away. Button mashers and rage quitters will not last a night. This is for people tired of easy 8 hour games with free maps, pause menus and dying without repercussions. A game for lovers of the difficulty of titles like Megaman and Ninja Gaiden Black. The 80+ hour campaign, increasingly difficult New Game + plays and endless combinations of gear used in the thriving PVP matches give it high replay value. There is new downloadable content coming with new enemies, bosses and perhaps answers for those interested in the lore of the game. If you play games to relax, this is not for you. If you like fighting for your spoils, come join us. We will be happy to help you and to kill you. Death and you are going to be the best of friends.
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Soft Ginger-Apple Cookies
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These cookies are delightfully chewy and spicy, featuring a batter made with ground ginger, crystallized ginger and applesauce, and an Apple Buttercream Frosting thats sprinkled with more crystallized ginger.
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Calories | 124 |
Total Fat | 4g |
Saturated Fat | 2g |
Cholesterol | 15mg |
Sodium | 81mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 22g |
Dietary Fiber | 0 |
Sugars | n/a |
Protein | 1g |
Calcium | -- |
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Serves: 36
Total Time: 1 hr 10 min
Prep Time: 25 min
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- 1 stick(s) (1⁄2 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup(s) packed light-brown sugar
- 1/2 cup(s) unsweetened applesauce
- 1 large egg
- 1.5 teaspoon(s) ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon(s) baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 2.75 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup(s) finely chopped crystallized ginger
- Apple Buttercream Frosting
- Slivered crystallized ginger
- Heat oven to 350ºF. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in remaining ingredients, except flour and crystallized ginger, until blended (mixture will look curdled).
- With mixer on low speed, add flour and beat just until blended; stir in crystallized ginger.
- Drop by level tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until tops look dry. Cool on baking sheet 1 minute before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
- Spread a rounded teaspoon buttercream frosting on each cooled cookie. Sprinkle with slivered crystallized ginger. Refrigerate in an airtight container with wax paper between layers.
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Nationwide, foreclosure starts are down close to 18 percent from the last quarter of 2013 to the first quarter of 2014; in Riverside County, foreclosure starts are down 11 percent compared to last year. Foreclosure sales are down 26 percent year-over-year (MortgageOrb.com). Loan modifications are down 3 percent in the first quarter of this year. Short sales have declined almost 30 percent in the last quarter; on a year-over-year basis, short sales have declined 60 percent (HOPE NOW reports). The market is different now. Home prices are actually rising, increasing equity in many homes and fewer homeowners are upside down on their mortgages, decreasing the need for short sales. The average sale price in Riverside County in June 2012 was $220,000; twelve months later, it was $290,000! The Riverside County Economic Development Agency has the peak average price in 2014 at $326,000 â a 19.6 percent increase over January of the previous year. Median asking price for homes in Riverside County is up 12.2 percent to $369,000 and inventory is up 57 percent as of June 9, 2014. The average price of a Temecula home has increased over $100,000 in the past two years. The National Association of Realtors reported that properties sold faster for the fifth straight month due to little inventory compared to demand; 41 percent of their respondents reported that properties were on the market for less than a month when sold and 6 percent were on the market for more than six months. Listings typically sold in 48 days in May compared to 55 days in March. Advertisement Locally, the market is favorable to sellers â high demand and low inventory. Early signs of economic recovery â home sales and increasing prices â however, are slowing. Housing â which traditionally lead economic recoveries â is flattening out signaling a more protracted recovery. The reduction in the cap rate for conforming loan limits in Riverside County from $500,000 to $355,350 means that buyers in higher-value markets (Temecula, Murrieta, Canyon Lake) can no longer afford to purchase a median priced home in those communities with a GSE (Government Sponsored Enterprise) conforming loan. The FHA loan limit has been $500,000 since 2008 when the Economic Stimulus Act was passed. Riverside County had the tenth highest decrease in FHA loan limit and the highest in Southern California (28.9 percent). In 2013, 675 homes sold in Temecula in the $355,000 to $500,000 range; almost 15 percent of those buyers used FHA financing. Those buyers would not qualify today. FHA financing is popular especially with those who have experienced short sales, foreclosures, bankruptcies or who do not have a sufficient down payment. If buyers cannot qualify in that price range, demand will go down and so will pricing. Recent changes have made FHA loans more expensive: increased the minimum down payment requirement on jumbo loans, increased the Mortgage Insurance Premiums (MIP), and made the MIP permanent. New mortgage regulations will also make it more difficult for buyers to qualify. The initial market surge included investors shopping the bottom-end of the market for turn-around properties. With the increase in property prices, those investors are on the sidelines. Fewer short sales and more standard sales would seem to be a healthy sign for the economy, but fewer buyers can qualify in the mid-range. Sales of high-end properties are still strong with out-of-town buyers finding bargains compared to Orange County and other higher-priced markets. 0 comments Be the first to share your opinion on this article!
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WOLFEBORO — In the place known as the "Jewel of Lake Winnipesaukee," walk in a giant puppet parade, watch fireworks over the Wolfeboro Bay, and welcome in the New Year with local art and culture at First Night Wolfeboro 2014 Tuesday, Dec. 31.
"This is a fun activity for individuals and groups," said Mary DeVries, executive director of Wolfeboro Area Chamber of Commerce. There will be plenty to do before the sun goes down. Ice skate indoors at Pop Whalen Ice Arena and outdoors at the Wolfeboro Inn. Marvel at the ice sculptures Brian Stockman creates in Cate Park and guess what he'll make out of the next ice block. Get ready for the night's parade at Estabrook Hall, where you can paint your face, make hats and masks; do one or all three. Catch a live wildlife encounter at Pinckney Boathouse with Derek Small. Be amazed by magician Andrew Pinard as he blends magic, story-telling and comedy with a little help from volunteer assistants and be entertained by puppet, mime and hip hop dance storyteller Shawn Middleton at All Saints Episcopal Church.
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IIT – MSc courses offered by IIT-Bombay, IIT- Delhi, IIT- Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras
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IIT of Bombay offers many Msc courses which are useful for the students to study and even for the NRI students also. The courses are as follows:
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* IIT Bombay is offering Energy, Physics as the basic subjects with Msc PhD dual degree program.
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PALB2 is a gene that was first linked to hereditary breast cancer risk back in 2007. Today's Seattle Times reports on a recent study about PALB2 that was just published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, the largest to date, detailed the breast cancer risks faced by women – and to a lesser extent, men – who carry a mutation in their PALB2 gene. The breast cancer risks were several times greater than the ~12% risk faced by all women, and varied with the woman's age and family history. Currently, there is no consistent evidence to suggest that men or women who carry a single PALB2 gene mutation are at greater risks of developing ovarian or other cancers.
PALB2 genetic testing can provide very important information that can help women and their families better understand and reduce their risks of developing breast cancer. However, even among women with a very strong personal or family history of breast cancer, very few will test positive. Studies suggest that only about 1-3% of high risk women will carry a PALB2 mutation. In my personal experience, I have tested about 300 high risk women for PALB2 mutations, and ...
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Swedish Cancer Institute has changed the way early stage breast cancer patients are cared for by adopting new surgical margin guidelines. These guidelines will reduce the need for taking women back to the operating room if cancer cells are found at or near the specimen edge, also known as the margin. Following extensive review of the data, this new guideline was established by breast experts from the Society of Surgical Oncology and the American Society of Radiation Oncology and has been endorsed by the American Society of Breast Surgeons and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Many women with early stage invasive breast cancer opt for breast conserving surgery, known as lumpectomy or partial mastectomy. For 20-25% of these patients, a second surgery or re-excision was performed because the margin was not considered adequate based on previous practice guidelines. The latest peer reviewed evidence shows disease control is excellent when surgery is combined with whole breast radiation with or without hormonal therapy and/or chemotherapy, regardless of the margin width.
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This is often the first question I'm asked by a parent with a new cancer diagnosis. One of the most important things for parents to remember is that they know their children better than anyone else and they love them more than anyone…they can trust themselves to do this well.
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Think about your goals for the conversation. What does your child need to know? How you can help your child understand what's going on? How do you want your child to feel after the talk? Who should tell your child you have cancer and can the person talking to your child stay relatively calm?
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Style '14 Fashion Show Benefit
More than 30 breast cancer survivors will be modeling spring looks from several Seattle boutiques. Proceeds from this event benefit the Northwest Hope & Healing's Patience Assistance Fund at the Swedish Cancer Institute, which helps provide everyday basics such as groceries, childcare and emergency rent for women battling breast cancer.
Northwest Hope & Healing has been supporting Swedish Cancer Institute patients since early 2000 and is deeply rooted in our community. We are proud to support this event and hope to see many of you there!
To Mammogram or Not to Mammogram? A note on recent studies
A Canadian medical research study has recently been published questioning the value of doing screening mammograms on women in their forties. The article has spurred controversy because the results contradict multiple other similar research studies which showed that women in that age group who get regular mammograms actually are spared death from breast cancer more often that women who are not invited to screening.
Some problems with the methods of Canadian study, published in the journal BMJ, were pointed out by a scientist at the University of Washington, Judith Malmgren, who has worked with Swedish Medical Center doctors to see how women in their forties have fared in our system. Click here to read Dr. Malmgren's letter to the editor of BMJ.
There are two ironic features to the Canadian study. First, the authors say it is okay for women to not get screening starting in their forties "when adjuvant therapy for breast cancer is readily available." This means that it is okay to diagnose breast cancer later because you can mop up bigger and more advanced cancers with treatment like chemotherapy, radiation and bigger surgery. But at Swedish, we do not think that many women prefer more severe therapy rather than earlier detection.
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Is it ok to laugh with cancer?
The question caught me off guard for a moment, then its meaning sunk in. She was really saying, "Cancer is serious stuff, my breast has been cut on and radiated, and you've given me cancer fighting poisons in my veins. My hair has fallen out, food tastes funny, and I'm on a first name basis with the muzak at my insurance company. I've done my crying, but is it appropriate to laugh at it all?"
I remembered back to an intimidating nurse critiquing a tape of my very first patient interview during my second month of medical school. Her eyes were sharp and piercing and her brow furrowed as she watched the tape. Half way through she stopped it, turned it off, and said, "You are flippant…. I don't much care for it." My heart sank, and then she continued without a smile, but with a twinkle in her eyes, "but it works for you, so don't mind me and keep on doing it."
I believe that humor is therapeutic. Of course, that is not a new idea. The saying, "laughter is the best medicine" did not originate with Readers Digest. The biblical record states, "A merry heart does good like medicine, but a broken spirit drieth bones" (Proverbs 17:22). I don't know that a merry heart will add time to a cancer patient's life, but I know that it will add life to the time that they have.
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Beast Mom: "I loav you, Mom. You're the beast!"
My son wrote me a card that said this: "I loav you, Mom. You're the beast!" Nothing sums me up better. Welcome to the Beast Mom blog!
Yearly Archive for 2007
Driving Down From The Mountains
This is a photo I took on the way home from Snoqualmie Pass.
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Schooling The Beast Mom In Bowling
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Thoughts On Conversations Now That I'm Middle-Aged
Do people reach a certain age and then decide to tune people out? I can feel myself listening to other people less. And I can tell that other people about my age are doing the same thing. Is it an oversaturation of personal stressors that reduce Listening Capacity?
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Peanut Butter & Chocolate Jumbos
Our weekend with my parents was very full and fun. It's too bad they have to leave today. On Saturday, we hit golf balls, went bowling, shopped at the mall, ate dinner out, and then went to Target. Sunday, we went to our church's celebration service to dedicate our new building which was cool. Then we ate lunch out and went home to relax. And then after dinner, we had the most kick-a++ peanut butter cookies. If you like peanut butter combined with chocolate, try the recipe below. If you don't like peanut butter with chocolate, something's horribly wrong with your tongue. You should have it examined immediately.
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Know Of Any Funny Websites?
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I got a pair of jeans that FIT! They were $12.99. Who gets jeans for $12.99 anymore? I love Marshall's. I don't know why I'm giving you a play-by-play about shopping for jeans. But I am.
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Wish Me Luck – I'm Going Shopping For Jeans Right Now
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Bad Mommy!
Tonight was interesting. Interesting bad, not interesting good.
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"Live Every Day As If It Were Your Last" – Should We?
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Getting My Hair Cut
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The following scenario is inspired by those stories about strange men and women who take it upon themselves to quiet down "obnoxious" toddlers in Walmart and other public places by slapping them, and end up with assault charges.
You're in a restaurant with your wife and 18-month-old toddler. The kid is sitting in his high chair picking at his food and in between bites makes some noise with their plate against the table and occasionally yells to grab parents' attention. Not an out of the ordinary dining experience with a toddler.
A man a few tables over turns and orders you to control that baby of yours and stop the noise. You politely say they are out of line and it's just a toddler enjoying a family outing and that really the noise is not excessive, and turn your head back to your family's table. A few moments later the man again raises his voice and demands that you "quiet down your kid or else I'll have to do it for you". Again you politely ask the patron to mind his own business and if he chooses to complain, they should involve the restaurant manager.
The man is now furious. He gets up from his chair, says "I warned your sorry a**. Someone needs to teach this kid a lesson here" and begins his approach towards your family in a threatening manner.
Do you draw and order him to freeze? What if he continues towards your kid? Clearly there is disparity of force. It could be a Walmart-style slap on his cheek or a deadly blow to your kid's head.
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text: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity "Our Fathers' Bible" first appeared in the June 2006 issue of Touchstone. Our Fathers' Bible I Corinthians: Interpreted By Early Christian Commentators reviewed by Ryan J. Jack McDermott Christians who want to read the Bible with the Fathers of the Church are blessed with several ways to do so, ranging from complete works by individual authors to devotional and exegetical aids. The most popular and accessible of these ways is the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series from InterVarsity Press, which collates short paragraphs of commentary from the Church's first millennium, weighted toward the Fathers' lexical comments and glosses of the literal sense of Scripture (though it also offers plenty of spiritual exegesis). Christians seeking to enter the mind of the early Church—and pastors doing in-depth exegesis—will want to immerse themselves in the generous excerpts of The Church's Bible series from Eerdmans. The selections in this series are drawn from extended commentaries and sermon series dedicated to complete books of the Bible rather than from incidental remarks in sermons and treatises. Spiritual Exegetes The excerpts run long enough to convey the Fathers' complex combination of lexical and historical commentary and typological and allegorical interpretation. But the editors are also sensitive to the modern reader's needs, keeping each entry under three pages and judiciously reining in the Fathers' prolixity. "Spiritual exegesis," the term for allegorical and typological reading that goes beyond the literal sense of the text, connects small details of Scripture to the larger historical drama of redemption—often in ways the original authors probably did not intend. For example, Cyril of Alexandria interprets Paul's remark that "it is well for them to remain single as I do," as a fulfillment of the freewill offerings in Old Testament law. That may not be what Paul had in mind, but, says Cyril in his Commentary on 1 Corinthians (7.8–11), "I think that divine providence intends something similar in the present text." It takes extended exposure to this kind of interpretive dexterity before we come to see its faithfulness to the Scriptures and profound concern to weave every little thread of Old and New together. "Scripture interprets Scripture," the Fathers believed, and The Church's Bible focuses exclusively on the "canon within the canon," those books of Scripture that Christians in the first millennium turned to again and again for the strengthening of the faith and the development of doctrine. Volumes on 1 Corinthians and The Song of Songs have been published so far, and volumes on Genesis, Psalms, -Isaiah, Matthew, John, and Romans are planned, with a projected publication rate of about one per year. These books provided the general framework of the history of redemption, and the Fathers fit their interpretation of the other parts of the canon into this framework. These books (and -several others that the series will include) are particularly important because they are the Scriptures the Church lived by before the articulation of the canon in the fourth century. In an enlightening introduction on interpreting the New Testament, the series editor, the Catholic Church historian Robert Louis Wilken, writes, "Early in the Church's history . . . the living Christ was identified by verbal formulas and practices, notably Baptism and the Eucharist." Most of the commentators included in the volume on 1 Corinthians had at least a rudimentary Christian Bible available to them—the canon within the canon—"but the written Scripture never replaced the living tradition, and its interpretation was guided by the rule of faith and Christian practice." A Profound View The introductions to 1 Corinthians and to Paul by Judith Kovacs, associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia and herself an editor of the Blackwell Bible Commentaries, provide an accessible entrance into that world. Her clear translations convey the colloquial ease that brought people flocking to famous preachers like John Chrysostom. The useful appendices include short biographies of the 27 writers excerpted and a glossary of proper names. In the texts from the Fathers offered in this volume we get a profound view of the culture of the early Church. We hear echoes of the orally transmitted rule of faith, and we encounter explicitly stated historical, cultural, and hermeneutical assumptions that tacitly underwrite many early and contemporary practices. For example, rarely do the early Fathers explicitly reflect on their hermeneutics, but Paul's spiritual exegesis of the Old Testament (1 Cor. 2:10–16, 9:9–10, 10:6–11) prompts them to lay bare their basic principles of interpretation. "The apostle Paul," Origen explains, "has taught the church . . . how she ought to interpret the books of the law." John Chrysostom notes that "although the events [of the Old Testament] were physical, Paul presents them in a spiritual way, not as events that followed in the natural order but as gifts of grace, as events that nurtured the soul along with the body and moved it toward faith." The Fathers repeatedly apply Paul-ine spiritual exegesis of the Old Testament to Paul's own letter as well. A Different Accent The return to early Christian exegesis can refresh not only our hermeneutics, but also our theology and ethics. For example, while so much contemporary discussion about homosexuality focuses (rightly) on exegesis of the related texts, Clement of Alexandria reminds us that the gospel is news of commended goods. "We [Christians]," he counsels, "understand continence to mean having no [disordered] desire at all; the point is not to be steadfast under the assaults of desires, but to control the act of desiring itself." Clement shifts the emphasis from the prohibition of actions to the cultivation of good desires. Augustine likewise exhorts us to take "love of the good," not "fear of the bad," as our final motivation for obedience ( Sermon 161). The Fathers often discuss the detrimental consequences of sin in detail, but they also expend enormous rhetorical energy lauding the beauty of the good life. Applied to public ethics today, Augustine's view suggests that the Christian view of homosexuality is incoherent without a strong vision of rightly ordered desire. Only a clear picture of the beauty of both marriage and celibacy will make sense of how homosexual desire is disordered. Only an appreciation of that beauty will provide the deep motivation needed for individual Christians to be healed of their sexual sin. That will not come as a surprise to most Christians. But if we return to the Fathers for theological and ethical guidance, we should not read them just to discover exegetical opinions of which we were hitherto unaware. If we read them the way they intended to be read, we will hear the gospel spoken with a different accent, with the emphasis on different syllables with new insights into Scripture's meaning. Extended exposure to their way of speaking will enable us, eventually, to hear the whole language anew. Then we might be able to hear and articulate truths of the gospel to which we were deaf and dumb before. For more on "spiritual exegesis," see Mr. McDermott's review of R. R. Reno and John J. O'Keefe's Sanctified Visionin the May issue. Ryan J. Jack McDermott is a doctoral student in English literature at the University of Virginia. He, his wife Darrah, and their first child, Augustine (born in April) are Episcopalians. "Our Fathers' Bible" first appeared in the June 2006 issue of Touchstone. If you enjoyed this article, you'll find more of the same in every issue. Letters Welcome: One of the reasons Touchstone exists is to encourage conversation among Christians, so we welcome letters responding to articles or raising matters of interest to our readers. However, because the space is limited, please keep your letters under 400 words. All letters may be edited for space and clarity when necessary. email@example.com This page and all site content © 2015 by The Fellowship of St. James. All rights reserved. Please send comments, suggestions, and bad link reports to email@example.com. |


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Hey so this is my personal blog i figure i should post about myself and whats been going on with me. Basically the reason I havnt been kicking around on BYOND for the last two months is that I am in my last year of University, trying to finish on time in lue of having unused courses because of a double major program that i bailed out on, and therefor taking 6 courses a semester. So im super busy on school alone, also accounting does its recruiting for jobs in late september and the first half of october. So not only have i been stupid busy with my courseload I have been running around to "Info-Sessions" for big accounting firms and then writing up coverletters for these firms, applying for the jobs after redoing my resume and then attending interviews and now Im in the process of post interview office tours and exciting but exhausting things like that. So god help me Im busy, not only that but 4 of my classes have group project components which cause me to have to waste time organizing meetings and such which is very stressful. So yeah I have been one tired guy, the last of recruiting is comming up in the next two weeks so wish me luck. I also have to pass midterms and keep on track for my group projects and finals.
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Considering a yoga class? There are many different types of yoga with varying degrees of intensity. Listed below are various types:
- HATHA. In the U.S., most styles tend to fall within this category. There are 3 basic elements in hatha yoga: postures, breathing techniques such as Room to Breathe(sm) and meditation techniques.
- IYENGAR. In this type of yoga, the individual concentrates on the numerous body alignments needed to achieve and hold any one posture.
- ASTANGA. A rigorous form of yoga, astanga requires continuous movement between postures, without pausing or rest.
- BIKRAM. A sort of "hothouse" approach to yoga, this type of yoga is practiced in a room with the temperature raised. Bikram involves an extensive series of postures that stretch the muscles in a precise sequence. (The increased room temperature is intended to raise body heat even further, in order to make the muscles warmer and easier to stretch.)