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Tamar talks new single
Tamar Braxton's ready to break out on her own again with a new single set to drop this summer.
The "Braxton Family Values" star told ThatGrapeJuice.net that fans should expect music that will have them heading for the dance floor…or at least doing a little shimmy in their chair.
"That's the kind of music that I like, and that's the kind of music you can expect from me," she said.
Tamar has attempted to go solo once before with "If You Don't Wanna Love Me," but she views her forthcoming album as a reboot of her personal career.
"I really feel like this is my first go-round at solo success because this is who I am. Before I had to act like somebody else and sing like somebody else," she explained hinting that she was prompted to sound like her sister Toni Braxton. "That's not where she is right now. She is on her own two feet, and she loves her music."
But what's up with all her references to Beyonce and Lady GaGa? Find out in the video below.
Kim Kardashian planned her proposal?
Did Kim Kardashian choreograph one of the biggest moments of her life? Sources close to Kris Humphries told RadarOnline.com that the NBA player's proposal had to be approved!
"Kim told Kris how, where and when to propose, it was absolutely no surprise to her whatsoever," one insider said. Supposedly, Kris wanted to pop the question during an enchanting night out in Minnesota, but that ideas was shot down.
"First of all, Kris proposed in the middle of the day, and he had to do that because it would create better lighting to capture the moment. Kim looked so surprised but she knew it was happening," the source claimed. "She was in full hair and make-up, as she always is on the show. Kris wanted it to be very intimate and romantic, but all of his ideas were shot down by production officials and Kim."
How'd she get Kris to go along with her plan? "Kim told him the paparazzi would ruin the special moment if it were to take place in a public setting, like the beach, which he had also considered,"the source said. "How romantic could it be with three camera crews?"
Take a look back at the result of all Kim's supposed plotting.
Octavia Spencer 'overwhelmed' by win
The Help star Octavia Spencer was overwhelmed and in shock following her Golden Globe win for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama.
"It really is a special night and the fact that it's falling on Dr. [Martin Luther King Jr.'s] holiday—and I did a short film a couple years ago about this very thing—when I got backstage, I just started crying," Octavia Spencer told "Access Hollywood."
The Golden Globes often serve as an indication of who will win trophies at the Academy Awards, but whether an Oscar is in her future or not, Octavia is savoring this moment.
"It's overwhelming," she said. "I think everything happens when it's supposed to. This character made me appreciate every aspect of my life that I'd taken for granted, and I feel kind of fraudulent to be rewarded for something that's been such a life lesson."
Watch more of Octavia's interview below.
Kevin Hart upstaged by Boris Kodjoe
Comedian Kevin Hart visited the "Wendy Williams Show" Monday and shared a story with the audience about his experience with fans and actor Boris Kodjoe.
While Kevin is a star in his own right, boasting several TV stand-up specials and roles in films like Soul Plane and Think Like a Man, two fans reminded him that Boris is just as popular (if not more so) than Kevin.
Watch this clip from the show to find out what made one fan lose her lunch.
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Where they do not know my name
Yonder Mountain String Band
The day I found your letter darlin'
I knew i'd lost you once again
You can't hear me when I'm cryin'
You won't hear me when I call your name
I'm going down, down to the station
Wear my gold watch and chain
Five year's a-wasted,
I'm going where they do not know my name
Your family said that we were foolish
That our love would surely die
As many years had come between us
Now I hear your last goodbye
[ Chorus ]
Now the time will see my heartache
Where my name won't be misused
No one will ask me if i'm livin'
No one will (???)
[ Chorus ]
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On one occasion in my life, my mama stuck bar of Ivory soap in my mouth for a verbal transgression I committed. I still think about it when I say something regretful.
Naming schools is an interesting thing. Some get directional names, like north or south, other get names for communities or streets. But then there is that old standard of naming schools for people.
People magazine, the arbiter of all things sexy, has declared Ryan Reynolds as the "Sexiest Man Alive" in a recent issue.
When it comes to being thankful, my basket of gratitude is pretty near full.
There is an interesting fascination with idea of getting something free.
My dad was a man who never talked much about his service in the Army. In his sock drawer, were a couple of medals I didn't appreciate until I was grown.
About the time I conquered use of the 12-inch ruler, a teacher one day produced a stick that was slightly larger than a yardstick and told us that one day we would measure everything in meters and centimeters.
MOULTRIE - Being a farmer was always one of those jobs that I thought about as a little boy. It fell in somewhere in the mix of cowboy, policeman, fireman and doctor.
I have struggled at times with what I want them to do with my body after I breathe my last.
I have struggled at times with what I want them to do with my body after I breathe my last.
Like some of you, I grew up in the era when tests at school were prepared on mimeograph machines that utilized a lovely-smelling purple ink.
I was barely 3 months old when the first episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" premiered on CBS, so I probably slept through the first one.
As a teenager, I attempted from time to time to perform assorted mechanical functions on my own car.
In the next few weeks there will be a morning that is my favorite every year.
I watch more television than I should. I guess that is better than some things I could be doing.
I answered the phone and she said the magic words, "Hey, Dad," which just melts me into this big tub of goo.
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Curtis Segars was never my principal.
Billie Van Dyke's life in the restaurant business has been a bit like riding a roller-coaster.
A few weeks ago, I was standing on the porch of someone's home in the mountains. As the sun was going down, I looked out at the beautiful peaks that decorate the northern part of our state.
There is no battle between the observance of Easter and Christmas. But if you're taking a vote, I'm an Easter person.
I married into a family that has generational roots in Gainesville. They go back long before the War of Northern Aggression.
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Updated Dec 13, 2012 - 1:37 pm
Brother posts image of missing ASU teen with drink
An image posted to Facebook allegedly shows a missing 19-year-old Arizona State University student drinking at a local bar prior to his disappearance.
According to the Phoenix New Times, the photo shows Jack Culolias apparently holding a Corona beer bottle and cash at a bar -- possibly Cadillac Ranch at Tempe Marketplace -- where he was last seen at a fraternity function on Nov. 30. The photo was posted by Culolias' twin brother.
Police confirmed Culolias, a pledge with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, had used a fake ID to get into the venue on November 30 for a fraternity event.
A physical search for Culolias began after his mother found a shoe, later linked via DNA to Culolias, near Tempe Town Lake.
Police called off that search on Dec. 7 due to lack of evidence, but said they are still investigating leads in the case.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Deanna Fleming with Catering Creations shares this recipe for Boston cream poke cake.
Boston Cream Poke Cake
1 box yellow cake mix
ingredients needed to make cake; eggs, oil and water
2 (3.4oz) boxes instant Vanilla or French Vanilla pudding
4 cups milk
1 tub Chocolate Frosting
1. Make cake mix according to directions and bake in a well-greased 9x13 pan.
2. When cake is finished, while still warm, poke holes all over cake intervals using a wooden spoon handle or other similar size object. you want those holes fairly big so the pudding has room to get in there and you need to poke straight through to the bottom of the cake.
3. In a medium bowl, add milk to pudding mixture and continue to whisk until most of the lumps are removed.
4. Pour pudding on top of warm cake. Taking care to pour straight into the holes in the cake. Take a spoon and spread it out. I like to very gently press down to ensure that pudding goes into the holes and spread it all the way to the sides.
5. Put cake in fridge and allow to cool completely before adding the frosting. (about 2 hours)
6. Remove the lid and foil covering from the tub of chocolate frosting. Pop it in the microwave for about 10-15 seconds. Stir with a spoon. It should still be thick but pourable - not bubbly hot. Pour chocolate frosting on top of pudding.
7. Spread frosting to evenly cover cake. Start in the middle and gently spread to the sides.
8. Allow to cool on the counter for a few minutes, then put into the fridge to fully cool and set up.
This cake needs to be kept refrigerated.
This is one of those cakes that I almost think tastes better after it has sat in the fridge overnight. I think it really helps the pudding to settle in and blend all the flavors.


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Poached Fish Fillets With Soy Dressing
18 Apr 2010
|Soy sauce
|2 Tablespoon (Sauce)
|Shao hsing wine/Dry sherry
|1 Tablespoon (Sauce)
|Sesame oil
|2 Teaspoon (Sauce)
|Fresh ginger slices
|4 (Thin Slice)
|Green onion with tops
|2 , cut in half (Sauce)
|Firm white fish fillets
|1 Pound (Such As Cod, Halibut, Or Sea Bass, 1/2- To 3/4-Inch Thick)
Preparation Place sauce ingredients in a small saucepan.
Whisk until blended and set aside.
Cooking Pour water into a wide frying pan to a depth of 2 inches.
Add ginger and green onions and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat so water barely simmers.
Add fish, cover, and simmer for 5 minutes or until center of fish is opaque.
Lift out fish with a slotted spatula, drain briefly, and place on a serving platter.
Bring sauce ingredients to a boil.
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Love 'em or hate 'em, dog crates provide a special doggie den in your home while saving your best sofa from a hairy existence. The ability to spend a bit of time in a crate or behind a gate should be a skill every dog should have, just like Sit or Stay, so he can hang out stress-free at the groomer's, veterinarian's office, or while traveling. Even a former pillow-hogging poodle can learn to like his new digs with a little persuasion.
The old rusting metal variety you banished to the garage has gone way upscale with sleek wood and wicker models designed to fit into our living areas, right where the dog wants to be. And crate training dogs does not have to be as hard as it seems.
4 Easy Tips for Crate Training Dogs
Try these tips to get your dog to hop in to the crate without a fuss:
- Hold your dog gently, and face him toward the open dog crate or pen door. Toss several tasty treats inside, the meatier, the better. Keep your dog restrained for a second, then say, "Get the treat!" as you let go. Allow him to come out again right away without closing the door.
- Do this again several times and when the dog is diving in willingly, close the pen door. Stay in the room and ignore the dog. Walk by twice and drop a couple of treats in. If the dog remains quiet, let him out right away.
- Feed all meals, give all treats, and provide chew bones and water in the crate. Toss goodies in when the dog isn't looking and let him find them on his own. This helps your dog see his private place as a treasure trove of wonders.
- Your dog reads you like a book, so if you make a sad face when he whines a bit, he will work that like a terrier until you let him out. Teach him that he can come out of his dog crate only when he is quiet. Be consistent, calm and cool and your dog will take your cue when it comes to crate training.
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It's time for skiers to celebrate! Silver Mountain announced on Tuesday that the resort will open for the season on Friday. All five local ski resorts will be open for the holiday weekend.
As of Tuesday, there is 10 inches of snow at the base at Mountain House and 22 inches on Kellogg Peak. Chairs 1, 2 and the carpet lift will be open with select runs. More snow is expected over the weekend and more terrain will be opened as conditions permit.
The first gondola heads up the mountain at 8:15 am on Friday, with skiing, snowboarding and tubing from 9 am to 4 pm.
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Exar Redefines Digital Power Market — Introduces PowerXR Family High-Performance System Solutions
FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) entered the digital power market with two PowerXR system-level solutions comprised of highly integrated field programmable power regulator ICs that change the design mindset for creating power solutions. These two ICs provide programmable digital power at the same cost as analog with many additional power management features.
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Exar has released the XRP7704, a 5Amp/channel regulator, and the XRP7740 a 16 Amp/channel version. These power ICs integrate the best of both worlds – the low cost and flexibility of digital power management and control, and the robust power capabilities of analog switching power supplies. PowerXR products will reduce development time from weeks to hours enabling a significant time-to-market advantage. Both PowerXR devices permit real-time power system adjustments during design, in response to changing requirements or even after field-deployment.
"The XRP7704 and the XRP7740 are the first 5-channel power-system ICs to combine high performance analog technology with advanced, high-speed, proprietary digital control circuitry," said Tim Maloney, senior director, Marketing. "These ICs deliver on the promise of Digital Power by providing engineers with a cost effective configurable power solution. Additionally, Exar's Digital Power Studio (TM), an easy-to-use software environment, enables the creation of complex sequencing schemes and power systems, theoretically possible with analog, but too expensive to implement. We are encouraged by early market adoption – clearly our customers understand the value."
Key Product Features
Both devices offer a wide input voltage range (6.5V to 20V), and output range (0.9V to 5.0V), with a built-in Low-Drop Out (LDO) for standby power, power sequencing capability, and integrated gate drivers. The 5-output, XRP7704 and XRP7740 digital power system controller ICs each contain four digital pulse width modulator (DPWM) controlled power supplies with an effective 12-bit resolution. Both devices also contain an integrated LDO regulator that provides a fifth voltage supply, which can also be employed as a standby-voltage source. Both chips are fully configurable via an I2C interface for monitoring, control and management of DC/DC point-of-load power conversion. The devices contain integrated gate drivers for the high-current outputs and up to 6 General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins. Exar's Digital Power Studio enables designers to intelligently configure the power supply's voltage setting and current thresholds, fault monitoring and response, soft start and active shut-down timing, and channel sequencing, phase shift management, and loop response, amongst other features.
"Digital power has reached price parity with pure analog solutions, with growing adoption of digital power in high-volume and cost-sensitive consumer devices," said Linnea Brush, senior research analyst, Darnell Group. "Exar's digital PowerXR solution targets these markets with real-time diagnostics and reconfigurability."
The XRP7704 and XRP7740 use a digital PID (proportional, integral, differential) control algorithm which performs full-digital loop control at switching frequencies to 1.5 MHz. The controller supports I2C interface commands for control, configuration, and management of the power supply.
About PowerXR
Exar's PowerXR products fuse digital power-supply control and monitoring technology with high-performance analog circuitry in a new generation of digital power-management products that enable system architects to create products with advanced, integrated, switching power supplies that significantly reduce wasted energy compared to more commonly used linear power-supply regulators.
Additional Information, Pricing and Availability
Samples of the XRP7704 are available now. Offered in a RoHS compliant, "green"/halogen free 40-pin QFN package operating within the -40 degrees C to +85 degrees C temperature range, the XRP7704 is priced at $4.00 in 1K piece quantities. Samples of the XRP7740 will be available within 30 days. Offered in a RoHS compliant, "green"/halogen free 40-pin QFN package operating within the -40 degrees C to +85 degrees C temperature range, the XRP7740 is priced at $5.50 in 1K piece quantities. Additional information on Exar's Digital Power solutions can be found at www.exar.com/digitalpower or by contacting email@example.com.
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Cleodora/Widjit Kitclick-Winchmeyer
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Crackpot Gadgeteer of Questionable Sanity
This article is a player character biography page
The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only.
|Widjit Kitclick-Winchmeyer
|Guild:Shardracona (Feathermoon US)
Bubbly, peppy and joyous, she has both the curiosity that kills the cat and the strength to cheat whatever disaster this will provoke. When she's not being hyperactive over gizmos and gears, she is a tender and cuddly little kitten who loves to hug her friends and sit on their laps, frequently having one-sided conversations with her favorite minion, her voidwalker Jhomtaz (whom she likes to call "Jom-Jom")
Standing an average three foot tall, this short lady is very picky about keeping her red hair in pristine looking buns, frequently checking that no hairs are poking out of place. True to her gnomish heritage, though, her clothes frequently bears scorch marks and fire damage as well as stains of oil, gear lubricant, transmission fluid and black powder. She will usually wear engineering goggles of her own making, keeping them on her forehead when not directly over her eyes, or dangling around her neck.
A recent addition is a six-pronged bronze gear tatoo on the right side of her neck - a proud tradition of the Winchmeyer women.
She is also left-handed, a trait that greatly contributes to her already messy handwriting, though her writing and drawing becomes pristine while drawing plans and schematics for some reason.
Fighting StyleEdit
Being skilled in the destructive aspect of her warlock class, she will often rely on her voidwalker to distract her target long enough to overload it with curses and afflictions, then cuts loose with fire and shadow spells - by the time her enemies realize where the real threat comes from, it's too late to turn the tides.
Her MinionsEdit
Azpep: A fire imp, he is somewhat suffering from self-esteem issues stemming mostly from his great desire to be a reknowned comedian and his utter lack of talent to make this happen. He has yet to make anyone laugh, leading the poor little one to mumble about not being respected. "Azpep cant gets no regards, no regards at alls..."
Jhomtaz: A voidwalker. He seems to greatly appreciate his trips away from the formless void and be able to interact with matter, and has shown himself a trustworthy and steadfast guardian to Widjit, frequently watching over her like a big brother and taking her to bed after she'd fallen asleep studying her tomes or drawing new schematics. He will often be crestfallen when she comes up with a mad scheme which he knows will end in disaster, but will follow along anyway to make sure she comes out okay.
Aezlith: A succubus. Her initial attitude was cold and manipulative, inspiring mistrust among Widjit's friends, though she recently has seemed to make strides to prove her worth in her mistress' eyes. Whether those efforts are genuine or a sneaky trick remains to be seen.
Beeshon: A felhunter. Despite his horrifying appearance, he has shown himself to have the personality and traits of a big dog. Playful and affectionate, he will happily drench anyone he loves with slobber and can spend hours running back and forth to catch his favorite heavy leather ball. If his mistress is in danger, he will show a menacing side to match his appearance and fiercely defend her.
Shadowflare: A Felsteed. Despite finding it odd that he has been brought to Azeroth by such a tiny summoning mistress, he has learned to quickly overlook this quirk, just as long as he gets to run fast and long all over the world.
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Constanz Clearwater DenseldeEdit
Widjit is a fascinating companion and a great friend. Constance believes that this little gnome has some kind of bizarre connection with the universe because despite the inherent darkness of manipulating and controlling demons, she remains one of the most cheerful and energetic people she's ever known.
Astadaa KirsantiiEdit
A strange little person! This little supergenius fascinates the Draenei shaman no end, even if her casual control over demons gives her strange shivers.
Still a very young gnomish woman who just recently came of age, she was born in Kharanos the daughter of succesful inventors Tippet Kitclick and Mittens Winchmeyer. From her earliest age she showed the classic gnome fascination with gadgetry, strongly encouraged by her parents to pursue this noble path. Her thirst for new knowledge and avenues of research took her to explore demonology and outer dimensions which she pursues to this day, finding that fire and shadow spells as well as "alien" creatures such as succubi and imps provide a whole new worldview fascinating to study.


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Pattys Parrot Palace
Rating: 4.98 stars 93 93 reviews
Issues: Animals
Location: Dyson Dr Winter Springs FL 32708 USA
Results: Pattys Parrot Palace has impacted the Central Florida community this year by assisting in several rescue efforts that have resulted in saving over 51 parrots in much need of a loving environment. We have also managed over 39 Bright Future candidates by providing the necessary hours for scholarship.
Target demographics: displaced companion parrots
Direct beneficiaries per year: Bright Futures Candidates!
Geographic areas served: Central Florida
Programs: rehabilitation, permanent placement, socialization and companionship within the flock
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I cannot say enough positives about this organization. The owner and her spouse, and the other volunteers I have had the privilege to work with, are exceptional people all around. They truly care about their avian family....and the birds are just that......family! With over 100 hundred volunteer hours in a period of 7 months, I cannot emphasize enough how well-cared-for the birds are and how loved they are; their cages, papers (liners for waste droppings), water and food bowls, toys, surrounding areas are cleaned meticulously each day with all- natural solutions. Feeding time was my favorite time! They really enjoy their feeding of organic nuts, grains and fresh fruit. It's also a climate controlled place to meet their needs. The birds also receive lots of social interaction. Some birds come from abused, neglected and forgotten backgrounds, and I have had the privilege to see them evolve and see who they are meant to be, all due the efforts of Patty's Parrot Palace.
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This place is great! These 2 and their volunteers go way beyond the call of duty for these birds who need more than just a cage in a corner. Their plan to build aviaries brings hope to those of us that know these babies were never meant to be domesticated. Thank you Trish and Tony for all you do!
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working for this charity group is really fun! the people are friendly and the birds are very loveable. this offers a rare chance to work with exotic birds who need lots of attention and time. the up close and personal moments with the birds are priceless. Patty's is the perfect thing for volunteering hours, the work is something everyone can do, and enjoy. dont hesitate to offer your time and your love.
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I have been volunteering at Patty's Parrot Palace. I have enjoyed the experience and find it very fullfilling. The birds are quite beautiful and require daily support. The volunteers and staff were extreemly supportive and patient as I got to know, and feel comfortable with, the birds
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I have been volunteering at Patty's Parrot Place for a few months and has been one of the most rewarding experience i have ever had! The people are friendly and very helpful. It is amazing to see so many people come together sharing the same passion to help the birds have a second change and strive for them to have a better life. Everyone makes sure each bird is loved and taken care for. HIghly recommend this place!! Love volunteering at a place where everyone is putting aside their needs to help others!!!
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I have been volunteering at Patty's Parrot Palace for almost four months now and it has been great. All of the volunteers work their butt to help Trish and Tony give these birds what they need. Everyone here is like a family and they feel at home when volunteering. I would not want to volunteer anywhere else.
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Patty's Parrot Palace is a great non-profit organization. I have volunteered at Patty's for 4 months, and it has been a wonderful experience. The staff is very friendly and hard working. Everyone works to provide the best home possible to the birds.
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I have been volunteering for over a month with the most dedicated, friendly, loving people that put their entire hearts into this organization. By doing their best with what they have they have made the lives of all the birds extraordinary. This is the first volunteering ive ever experienceed where everyone on the job is fully committed to the cause. I love this place, the birds, and everyone involved.
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Love this place, love these people! I have never seen more committed people than this group. Although they need room and more funding they continue to provide these wonderful animals with a loving environment fitted for a king! Trish is great to volunteer for always thanking everyone and ending each visit with a hug!
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Festive faux feathers burst from atop this uncommonly lovely wreath. The natural grapevine ring gets glitzed with platinum-glittered pine cones.
Heeney Company has established itself as an innovator and trendsetter in floral design and holiday accents. In their 50 years, they've perfected the art of beauty on a budget with botanically correct designs to celebrate all seasons . . . lifelike, natural touches that make your house an inviting, vibrant home.


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Lawrence Halprin and the FDR Memorial
A President's Day sojourn worth making
As a college student in Washington, D.C., I tried to make use of the various historical and presidential memorials as a way to engage in educational pursuits beyond the classroom. Or I was trying really hard to get women to think I was patriotic and sensitive.
Regardless, visiting the Iwo Jima Memorial on Veteran's Day, the Lincoln Memorial on the 4th of July, and the Frankin D. Roosevelt Memorial on President's Day were part of my repertoire whenever possible, not just because I was close by, but because on those days each venue tended to draw crowds for whom the experience was meaningful. Seeing veterans gather and eavesdropping on their stories on Veteran's Day is always a humbling experience, but I'll always remember a trip I took to the FDR Memorial on President's Day when I was a freshman in college.
It was winter of 2002 and so each national holiday of that year had behind it a certain prod of subterranean meaning. I chose the FDR because it was the new kid on the block, the memorial was first dedicated in 1997 and so it hadn't been a fixture of my earlier trips to Washington, D.C.
The complex is on the Tidal Basin and just a little off the beaten path, stretching out across a small expanse. It tells the story of FDR's life and four terms through a series of statues and sections with water, each representing historical events: a narrow waterfall for the Great Depression, a series of steps for the public works of the Tennessee Valley Authority, a jagged waterfall for World War II, a still pool for FDR in permanent repose.
The memorial was designed by Lawrence Halprin, a Brooklyn-born Jew, who had spent years working on a kibbutz in Mandatory Palestine and was involved in some impressive projects from the Pacific Northwest to Texas to Virginia.
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SOURCE: "The Post-Apocalyptic Library: Oral and Literate Culture in Fahrenheit 451 and A Canticle for Leibowitz," in Extrapolation, Vol. 32, No. 4, Winter, 1991, pp. 331-42.
In the following excerpt, Spencer examines oral tradition, textual knowledge, and their respective implications for memory and power as demonstrated in Fahrenheit 451.
At the dawn of widespread literacy in fourth-century Athens, Plato appended to the end of his Phaedrus a story that has often been perceived as, as Jacques Derrida puts it, "an extraneous mythological fantasy." Derrida argues in Dissemination that there is nothing extraneous about the myth at all, but rather it is an expression of an important and timely idea with which the classical Athenians were concerned. Recent orality/literacy theory, as outlined by Eric A. Havelock, Walter S. Ong, and others, would seem to back him up. The story is that of the discovery of the technology of writing, a tale that Socrates claims is traditional among the Egyptians. According to Socrates, the god Theuth invented this technology and offered it to the king of Upper Egypt as something that would "make the people of Egypt wiser and improve their memories." But the king scorned Theuth's gift, saying:
by reason of your tender regard for the writing that is your offspring, [you] have declared the very opposite of its true effect. If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks. What you have discovered is a recipe not for memory, but for reminder. And it is no true wisdom that you offer your disciples, but only itssemblance, for by telling them of many things without teaching them you will make them seem to know much, while for the most part they know nothing, and as men filled, not with wisdom, but with the conceit of wisdom, they will be a burden to their fellows.
The remark about "telling them … without teaching them" is evidently an expression of uneasiness with the idea of text as what Ong calls "unresponsive." In Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word, Ong sees one of Socrates's arguments as being "if you ask a person to explain his or her statement, you can get an explanation; if you ask a text, you get back nothing except the same, often stupid, words which called for your question in the first place." While this idea is so commonplace to us as to go practically unnoticed, except when we are frustrated by a particularly opaque text, it was new and frightening to the Greeks. According to Havelock in "The Oral Composition of Greek Drama," the late fifth and early fourth century B.C. was a period of relatively rapid change in literary style, as a direct result of the spread of popular literacy. Not only was an explanatory oral framework done away with, but also the old formulaic devices that helped oral composers keep their place and remember what they were talking about. "Compositionally, as plays began to be written with the expectation of being read, the composer would feel a reduced pressure to conform to certain mnemonic rules. The invented would be freer to prevail over the expected." This, Havelock hypothesizes, created some tension in the Greek theater—a tension that can be traced in Aristophanes's Frogs, where the more conservative, more "oral" Aeschylus wins a contest against the more "literary" and startlingly original Euripides; and, as we can see (although Havelock does not mention it here), in the inherent uneasiness in Plato's Phaedrus.
Although "The Oral Composition of Greek Drama" was first published in 1980, some theory of postliterary tension was working its way into the intelligentsia several decades before. To quote Havelock again, in his 1950 book The Crucifixion of Intellectual Man, the myth of the Fall in Genesis, as a direct result of eating of the tree of knowledge, "gives poignant expression to that conflict within the civilized consciousness of man, between his sense of intellectual power and his distrust and fear of that power…. All the warmth and the richness of man's nature demand that he live in the protection of certain illusions in order to be secure, happy, and peaceful." The "expected" rather than the "invented." The further the artificial "memory" created by textuality stretches back, and the more it can be built upon by an advancing science, the more that security fades away. Man becomes dangerous and also frightened. "Though our science may kill us, it will never allow us to retreat. Somehow we know that we would never burn enough books, nor eliminate enough intellectuals, to be able to return to the warm room" of blissful ignorance.
Within a decade of this assurance, two famous science fiction novels appeared dealing with the very attempt that Havelock had just pronounced futile: Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and Walter M. Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959). In Fahrenheit 451 the protagonist, Guy Montag, is a "fireman"; that is, he burns forbidden books, and the houses that hide them, for a living. This is a busy job, considering the fact that just about all books are forbidden. There are a few rare exceptions, such as three-dimensional comic books, trade journals and, of course, rule books, those mainstays of any oppressive society. The rule book for the Firemen of America includes a brief history of the profession: "Established 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the Colonies. First Fireman: Benjamin Franklin." According to the only available text, and to the voice of political authority, this is a glorious and time-honored profession, an idea that gives the firemen a sense of continuity and security … and, perhaps, allows Bradbury to make a comment on the fact that textual knowledge is power, even—or perhaps especially—false knowledge. Power becomes unbreachable if textual information is monolithic. According to the sinister but brilliant fire chief, Beatty, the main danger in books is that "none of those books agree with each other." Very true, but a danger to whom? Peace of mind, he argues repeatedly. To one law-breaker, kneeling despairingly amid her kerosene-soaked illegal books, Beatty cries, "You've been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel. Snap out of it!"
Inevitably, Montag becomes discontented with the status quo and curious about this nebulous "danger." Both his discontent and his curiosity are intensified when the woman mentioned above chooses to burn with her books rather than lose them. Beatty, seeing his distress when Montag feels "sick" and feigns illness, explains the real advent of the firemen in phrases that echo Havelock's concept of the loss of the "warm room" but takes it to its extreme limit:
You always dread the unfamiliar…. We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against.
On the literary side, he also echoes Plato on the "conceit of wisdom," and just how far that can be taken as a sort of leveling device:
Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of 'facts' they feel stuffed, but absolutely 'brilliant' with information. Then they'll feel they're thinking, they'll get a sense of motion without moving. And they'll be happy, because facts of that sort don't change. Don't give them any slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy.
These things are written, but they are not literature. The classicist may be reminded here of the problems associated with Linear B, the proto-Greek script found at Mycenae and Knossos. All of the inscriptions are "bald counting-house dockets," "a text of the greatest interest" being a tablet that "lists amounts of barley against various classes of craftsmen." There is no literature per se, unless one were to use the standard eighteenth-century definition of literature as "anything written." As a result, it is difficult to get students interested in learning Linear B. There is simply nothing interesting to read. The situation is described by Havelock as one of preliteracy, in spite of the physical existence of written text: "whereas historians who have touched upon literacy as a historical phenomenon have commonly measured its progress in terms of the history of writing, the actual conditions of literacy depend upon the history not of writing but of reading." One needs an audience. Get the audience to lose interest, and you can do away with the literate civilization. In Fahrenheit 451 the reader has the feeling of moving backward in time to a preliterate society, and the content of the society's "literature," although here it is for political ends, strengthens this impression.
The last phrase of Beatty's pronouncement, "That way lies melancholy," with its literary overtones—very different from the plainer common speech of his subordinates—is not unusual for Beatty. In keeping with the idea that knowledge is power, Bradbury gives us several hints that the fire chief has had frequent access to the forbidden texts and that this is either a cause or a result of his being made chief (just which one is unclear). Like Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s short story "Harrison Bergeron," set in another disturbing dystopia where "everybody [is] finally equal," some people are seen clearly to be more equal than others and thus enabled to wield power over their fellows. In Vonnegut's story, the ascendancy is physical: Diana Moon Glampers, the "Handicapper General," is the only citizen who isn't decked out in distorting glasses, distracting ear transmitters, and bags of birdshot to weaken her to the level of society's lowest common denominator. In Fahrenheit 451, the ascendancy is purely textual, but that is enough. Beatty's obnoxious confidence and habit of quoting famous works strikes the reader immediately and leads to a question that Bradbury never answers: why is this highly literate person permitted to survive, let alone hold a position of high authority, in an aggressively oral society? Something is rotten in the whole system. Evidently someone higher up, Beatty's shadowy superior, feels that there is some inherent value in a well-read man, in spite of all the political rhetoric. This probability is directly opposed to Beatty's frequent deprecation of texts (a protection of his own monopoly?) and claim that the eventual ban of almost all books was not a political coup accomplished by a power-hungry elite at one fell swoop. Beatty's explanation, which we are never called upon to doubt, is that an outraged people seeking complete equality called for more and more censorship as texts became more widely available to interest groups that might be offended by them: "It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick." As Plato warned thousands of years earlier, well-read man had become anoffensive "burden to his fellows."
Bradbury closes the novel, however, with an optimistic view: the text will prevail, and man will be the better for it. This is shown symbolically in the escape from the city by Montag and Faber, the only two literate men in the story besides Beatty—who, also symbolically, perishes in the same manner as the many books he has burned. The ignorant oral-culture citizens, radios tamped securely in their ears, remain in the city to be blown up by an enemy they could easily have escaped, if it weren't for the fact that their monolithic media preferred to keep them ignorant and happy. Having taken up with a group of itinerant professors, haltingly trying to remember the text of Ecclesiastes, Montag takes the first steps toward realizing the dream he had as he blindly fled the government's persecution: "Somewhere the saving and the putting away had to begin again and someone had to do the saving and keeping, one way or another, in books, in records, in people's heads, any way at all so long as it was safe, free from moths, silverfish, rust and dry-rot, and men with matches."
The idea that it is safe only when locked away in memory is almost a startling one in this book that so privileges the literary text; it seems as if the author has come full circle to an oral culture and the need to circumvent the shortcomings of Theuth's invention. Yet Bradbury makes it clear that they will write everything down as soon as possible and will try to reconstruct a fully literate society again. This should not take long, and is certainly desirable. The concept of text is a progressive thing, not a cyclical, and as long as any remnants remain there is always a base, however small, on which to build a better and wiser world….
Both A Canticle for Leibowitz and Fahrenheit 451 end with a nuclear apocalypse and a new literacy springing from the ashes. Bradbury's positive, progressive view of literary history contrasts sharply with Miller's negative, cyclical view, just as Bradbury's depiction of a predominately oral culture as mind-numbing contrasts with Miller's depiction of orality as the preserver of ritual and collective human values. One might conclude this paper with the Unanswerable Question so popular with medieval bards at the ends of their stories: "Which point of view is the correct one?" And, as it has always been, the correct answer is "both."
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Every morning Nash and I talked from each others window until we walked to school. The people who walked on the street would get annoyed of our cheesy jokes and yelling it would make the both of us laugh. The girls have sort of accepted Nash and the boys. I can't say they will hang out together but it's not like it was before.
I woke up, the sun shining through my window, illuminating every specks of dust dancing through the air. Finally the weekend. I got up to my window, where Nash is usually there waiting for me but he's not there this morning. I got dressed and walked down set of stairs to find a paper on the kitchen table.
"Hi love it's Nash, follow the hint until the place where i am. The first hint is on your front door -Your Nash" He's so cheesy it's cute.
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"Bethali Davis would you like to be my girlfriend even if i'm the weirdest person on earth, you might think i'm crazy but the truth is im crazy, crazy for you and since the first day our eyes met" I was blushing. He was the cheesiest but the cutest.
I ran and jumped into his strong arms, wrapping my legs around his waist. He kissed my cheek.
"Yes, yes i will Be your girlfriend and be weird together " I said smiling looking down at his perfect eyes. He connected our lips. Before we could continue our kiss a gang of boys jumped from behind a rock.
"What the?" i asked laughing
"Woah Nash put this young lady down " said the shortest guy giving me a wink.
"Hi i'm Matthew but you can call me Matt"
"You can scream it too" said cam.
"Shut up" i laughed And Cam came closer to give me a hug. Cam and I have been best friend since 2 grade but he moved away, and i just did but I guess destiny reunited us. I'm getting back in touch with some of my closest childhood friends here.
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"Um she's like my sister"
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A student's appreciation for the journey of joy and self-discovery that their teacher has begun, and a teacher's pride at mentoring students who have become champions in practice and in life - this is the story of Pure Yoga students Kathy Togni, Madoka Nakajima and Vikki Ng, and their teacher Master Sudhakar.
Kathy, Madoka and Vikki have only been practising with Sudhakar for 1.5, 4 and 2 years respectively. None of them have practised yoga for more than 4 years. This is a huge testament to Sudhakar's ability to show his students their potential and guide them to fulfil it. Though these ladies remain humble, their Certificates of Merit for First Prize in their age groups at the 17th International Yoga Festival this past January speak volumes.
In a competition that draws men, women and children from all over the world - and saw 57 contestants this year from Hong Kong alone - to claim the Champion award is a phenomenal achievement. In the words of Master Sudhakar, "Only their devotion made such a history-breaking accomplishment. Devotion means commitment, dedication, loyalty, continuing to apply my teachings on and out of yoga mat. They have planted their own yoga seeds properly and this was their first harvest."
Above and beyond this competition of yoga asanas, philosophy, theory... accolades, medals and recognition, both students and teacher are most proud of the personal growth that's been realised on each journey.
Vikki was a girl who could barely touch her toes with her fingertips when bending forward, whose body quivered when she stood on one leg, who looked on in amazement at others doing headstands, and who couldn't do a front split - "the gap from my hips to mat was so huge that someone could crawl in and out beneath me!" What began as the occasional lunchtime or weekend yoga class at Pure Fitness to stretch her body and relax her mind evolved into a regular practice with Master Sudhakar after only a month. Two years later, this 28-year-old has already been to two Puducherry Yoga Festivals and won the Champion award in her age group last year - plus the Champion award in her age group this year, as well as Champion of the Meet in the Women's Overall Championship.
"In these two years, Master has certainly led me to a way where I never expected myself to be," Vikki says. "He has made me come to realise and understand myself more - and also makes me believe that nothing is impossible, as long as we have a positive attitude, as well as a pure mind and a pure heart, we can always overcome ourselves. I feel that now everything is just a beginning, the journey is still long, but I am very excited about the road ahead."
Undeniably, taking up yoga has countless benefits that people have already experienced through its positive impact on their lives. But for those who have yet to take that first step onto the mat, there may also be countless reasons as to "why not". Lack of time, lack of interest, natural inflexibility and "I'm too old" are the predominant culprits on the list of excuses. But Kathy will be the first to defy age as a legitimate reason for not starting up yoga.
A very happy surprise awaited this 58-year-old when she competed in Puducherry - and won the Champion award for her age group (above 51 years). Yet Kathy has only been a yoga practitioner for 3.5 years, 1.5 of which has been under Sudhakar's tutelage. So it's understandable if she dismisses the age factor as pure rubbish. "The woman who won the gold medal in my age group in 2009 was 80 years old!"
Like Master Sudhakar's other students, Kathy is both humble and grateful "to share his gift for teaching yoga". Winning the medal was a significant, albeit isolated detail. Experiencing the changes in her day-to-day life is the big picture. "On a physical level, I feel like I am living in a different body than I had before I started practising with Sudhakar. Specifically, I hold my spine straighter, and my shoulders and hips have opened more that I ever imagined possible. My movements are smoother and more flowing. My skin is clearer and more vibrant. I now breathe more deeply both on the mat and off. Practising in a disciplined way with Sudhakar has helped to me to take a calmer and more disciplined approach to everything I do in my life, work, relationships etc. The overall quality of my experience has improved and I have more joy in my life."
Humility is a common thread of Sudhakar's teaching. As is a clarity of approaching yoga practice in the same way one should approach life - with awareness, discipline, respect and gratitude. This is at the core of Sudhakar's Dheesan Yoga (Dheesan in Sanskrit means "to be granted with intelligence").
Practitioner of yoga and student of Sudhakar for 4 years Madoka echoes these principles in her life off the mat. Unlike Vikki and Kathy who both eased into the Master's tutelage, Madoka took one class with Sudhakar and was hooked. She has maintained a daily practice ever since. And the reward of her efforts materialised in winning the Champion award for her age group (35 to 50 years) at Puducherry.
At 43, not only does Madoka (like Kathy) dispel the myth of being "too old, too stiff" to start up yoga, she defies the notion of practising with mediocrity - having won 3 gold medals in 3 competitions, the first of which was after only one year of practice with Sudhakar. The accolades may be the glory, but it is pure joy and contentedness that Madoka finds in her daily yoga regimen. "Since I have been following Master Sudhakar from day one of my yoga practice, I consider myself very fortunate. According to Hatha Yoga Pradhipika, yoga is a guru-disciple tradition. If there is no guru, there is no yoga."
She feels blessed to be continuing her journey with Sudhakar, but her perspective on this guru-disciple relationship to other teachers. "Whatever reasons one has to practise yoga, I hope that they practise happily and peacefully with a respect to the Master in a class and a surrendering to his/her teaching. If you don't find him/her or his/her class suited to your liking, you don't need to come back. Just go and be happy with another teacher somewhere without negative comments about him/her. I believe that practising yoga with morally correct yogic mentality and attitude is more important than its physical aspect - things we can apply to our daily lives off the yoga mat."
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*In addition to the Champion students mentioned in this article, 2 other passionate yoga practitioners from Pure Yoga Hong Kong - Elaine Lam and Chigusa Saga - participated at Puducherry as part of Sudhakar's team, and won a silver and bronze medal respectively.
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