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VW Passat CC Now Available as Five-Seater
More is merrier
Volkswagen has announced plans to introduce a five-seat version of the Passat CC.
Originally available only as a four seater, the Passat CC will now offer an optional rear bench due to consumer demand. Volkswagen says the move will "give the Passat CC even greater everyday utility by adding a seating position."
Priced from €100, the rear bench features three head restraints, a center three-point seat belt, and an asymmetrically split folding backrest.
As you may recall, the Passat CC is available with a wide variety of engine. Options include a 2.0-liter TSI with 200 hp, a 3.6-liter V6 FSI with 280 hp and a 2.0-liter TDI with 140 hp.
Optional new rear bench system available
Wolfsburg, 22 January 2010 - The Passat CC is making an elegant appearance on our roads with its coupé lines and sporty note. Effective now, the Passat CC - previously designed to carry four persons - is available with an optional new rear bench that turns it into a five-seater.
Volkswagen is adding this new product feature in response to requests by many customers to give the Passat CC even greater everyday utility by adding a seating position. The new rear bench fulfils all necessary safety aspects with its third head restraint and three-point seat belt at the centre position. In addition, the folding backrest is asymmetrically split, so that even larger objects can be transported effortlessly. The 3-seat rear bench system is available as an option for 100 euros.
The Passat CC has successfully established itself on the market, one and a half years after its launch. Nearly one out of five customers in Germany chose the four-door Comfort Coupé in 2009. This market share is not all that surprising, given the many technical innovations to choose from. For instance, Volkswagen offers extremely efficient common rail engines with BlueTDI technology on the Passat CC; today, they already conform to the stringent Euro 6 emissions standard with a multi-stage emissions control system that reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by 90 percent. Also providing a maximum of safety are optional assistance systems such as the active lane-keeping system "Lane Assist" and the dynamic chassis control "DCC".

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Djuna is a Prajna Yoga Senior teacher, and her primary influence comes from her ongoing work with Tias and Surya Little. She has also studied Iyengar and Ashtanga Yoga in depth. She teaches Prajna Yoga workshops and retreats nationally and internationally, and offers 200- and 500-hour teacher trainings.
Djuna was featured in Yoga Journal in August 2012 and graced the cover of the October 2012 issue. She lives on Orcas Island in Washington State.
Her teaching is inspired by her connection to nature and the sea; she sailed across the Pacific in a small engine-less sailboat and is the first woman on record to circumnavigate the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska by kayak.
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How to Attach Schwinn Child Trailer Sc77 to Newer Model Bike
The Schwinn Child Trailer comes with a rather bulky attachment to the bicycle which is not readily available and which does not work on all bike frames such as some Cannondale models. Burley parts provide the solution.
1Purchase Burley standard hitch. This is not the 9.5mm or 10.5mm model, nor is it the classic model. It's the standard model which is in stock at your bike store, costing about $20 there.Ad
2Purchase the flexible connector for round tongue, 950037. This part can be had from www.burleygear.com.
3Attach the standard hitch to the bike according to the instructions.
4Remove the round connector and the spring connector from the SC77. One horizontal nut holds this in place within the square tubing.
5Attach the flexible connector for round tongue to the square tubing using the vertical holes already in the square tubing. Do this in accordance with the instructions which came with the flexible connector.
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The josephine knot seems delicate and complicated - but I promise it's super easy to do!
Step 1: What you'll need:
Step 2: Cut your lengths and tie them together
Double the cords over so the ends line up. Tie together the top loops.
Step 4: Overlap the left with the right
Step 5: Right under the left
Step 6: Over under action
- take the right cord and carry it over the left cord that is coming from the knot up top,
- the right cord under the next length of the left cord,
- the right cord goes over itself,
- and then under the last bit of the left cord.
Awesome Tut, thanks! I've been looking for some projects I could do with my chinese knot cord and i found this. Adding this to my favorites!
Thanks so much posting for this tutorial. It was very easy to follow. For my first attempt, it turned out pretty well. :)
I love this instructable thank you so much
Just curious where did the you get the name Josephine for this knot?
It turns out that the name Josephine knot is mentioned in the very same book you recommended, under entry 1428.
Wow nothing has my name :o
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Enjoy the day.
Keep going..
Here Sorry it's a bit long
Enjoy keep knotting.
Brief, concise, and well photographed. Excellent job!
FYI: A knot is tied in a rope and maintains its own shape (e.g. overhand knot, butterfly knot), a bend joins 2 lines together (e.g. sheet bend, Carrick bend), and a hitch fastens a line to an object like a post or a ring and falls apart if the object is removed (e.g. clove hitch, truckers hitch). Once someone explained this to me, I finally understood the differences!
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Hollywood stars Martin Sheen and Mischa Barton's upcoming film, Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain, based on the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, has come under severe attack from NGOs and campaigners for several reasons.
Sheen plays Warren Anderson, the then chief executive of Union Carbide, while Barton plays Eva Gascon, a journalist of the magazine, Paris Match. Although the film has been kept under wraps, reports suggest it ends with an imagined present-day meeting between an unrepentant Anderson and a remorseful Gascon at the former's country club in the US.
Director Ravi Kumar was unavailable for a comment. However, Rachna Dhingra of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal says the movie "shows the US-based Union Carbide Corporation management as pure saints". She adds that they have been in constant touch with Sheen. "Initially, Kumar was in touch but once we started raising objections, he vanished. Sheen has expressed solidarity with us over the issue."
"Kumar's film shows Union Carbide's Indian subsidiary Union Carbide India Limited was responsible for the tragedy while Anderson goes scot-free. Several respected people such as senior journalist Raj Kumar Keswani are depicted in an objectionable manner," says Dhingra, adding they want the makers to re-shoot a small portion. "They haven't responded yet. If our concerns aren't dealt with, we won't let the film open."
Satinath Sarangi, managing trustee of Bhopal-based Sambhavna Clinic, which has been helping the victims over the years, says, "Ravi Kumar was constantly in touch with us initially but he suddenly stopped communicating. We are going to shoot off letters to all cast members including Barton and Sheen, who will pay heed to our objections because he has been involved with several causes around the world." Actor Tannishtha Chatterjee, who plays Leela in the film, says, "I am an Indian so I will never be part of any film that's insensitive to such a subject."
The film is likely to release later this year.
A new article has recently been published with Bhopal film-maker Ravi Kumar. The article talks about several elements of the movie including possible release date time frames, premiere ideas, storyline and general conceptual chit chatter. Its a very interesting read for those of us looking forward to seeing Mischa in this film 😀
London-based Ravi Kumar revisits the tragedy of the gas leak in his new film
In his apartment in London, film-maker Ravi Kumar sat glued to the television as the kickers revealed the verdict on the Bhopal tragedy. "We are very disappointed and shocked at hearing the lenient verdict given to the staff of Union Carbide. The US bosses of Union Carbide have not even been prosecuted. This is not a good precedent for future cases," says Kumar via email. He is still seething in anger about the Bhopal High Court's decision to acquit former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson, but there are pressing matters at hand — Kumar is in final stages of post-production work of his film, Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain.
The film, made on a US $12 million (approx. Rs 55 crores) budget, dramatises the events leading up to the tragedy on the night of December 3, 1986, when plumes of toxic MIC gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory, killing and maiming thousands. The film, with an international cast of Martin Sheen, Mischa Barton and Kal Penn from Hollywood , and Rajpal Yadav, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Akhil Mishra from India, will be ready for release in December.
"We want to premier the film on the 26th anniversary of the disaster but, being an international film, the release dates will be decided by individual distributors," adds 39-year-old Kumar, who has co-written the script with British scriptwriter David Brooks Miller.
Kumar, a virtually unknown filmmaker despite three previous films, is also a trained pediatrician. He was born and raised in Bhopal but settled in London many years ago. He made his first short film in 1999.
Source: Indian Express
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Mumbai: Hollywood stars Martin Sheen, Mischa Barton and Kal Penn have been so touched by the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 that they have readily agreed to feature in a DVD expressing their thoughts on the tragedy.
This DVD is part of a Hollywood movie on the gas tragedy starring the trio. The shooting of the movie titled Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain was completed a few days before the verdict on the tragedy of 1984 was out.
A spokesperson of the production house says, "During the shooting,Martin, Mischa and Kal expressed their views on the gas leak as well as the tragedy. We are in the process of compiling those views for an exclusive DVD. We wantIndians to know what leading stars of Hollywood feel about the tragedy that caused such widespread attention across the planet."
The official adds, "The inclusion of Kal (Kalpen Suresh Modi) in the DVD is expected to touch the hearts of Indians even more. Kal will immediately strike a chord with Indians because he has his roots in India. We are hoping people will watch the DVD as they would watch the movie. It's an initiative that is close to the hearts of everyone."
Check out this video from the Bhopal: Prayer for Rain set. The video features information and interviews dealing with the actual gas tragedy. Then towards the end both Mischa and Martin Sheen are interviewed about the film and we get a little glimpse at Mischa filming a scene. Thanks to Maz!
Bhopal Doc Pilot from Henrik Norrthon on Vimeo.
Movie accused of glossing over role of US company in Indian toxic gas disaster
A film starring top Hollywood actors that dramatises the Bhopal gas disaster has been criticised by campaigners and participants in the tragedy for misrepresenting individuals and the facts.
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain is due for release this autumn with Mischa Barton and Martin Sheen in leading roles.
Shot largely in India, it portrays the events around the world's worst industrial accident, in which clouds of toxic gas escaped from a chemical plant run by a part-owned subsidiary of American company Union Carbide.
More than 8,000 people, mainly living in slums around the plant, died immediately when the gas leaked shortly after midnight on 3 December 1984. At least 25,000 others are estimated to have died over subsequent years and many more continue to suffer today.
Ravi Kumar, the writer and director, said the film was "a dramatisation, inspired by real events.
"There are 18- and 19-year-olds across India and across the world who have never heard of Bhopal. I could have made a four-hour documentary that no one would have seen.
"This way a whole new generation will learn about what happened and a whole series of very important and relevant questions can be discussed," said Kumar, a London-based paediatrician who has raised more than $5m from Indian private backers for the project.
Sheen plays Warren Anderson, the chief executive of Union Carbide, headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut. Barton plays Eva Gascon, a fictitious reporter from Paris-Match who learns of the problems at the plant from a local journalist but decides not to publish a story.
Click "read more" or visit Guradian.co.uk directly for the full story.
It could be the grandest Indian premiere for a Hollywood movie. Efforts are on to bring down Martin Sheen, Mischa Barton and Kal Penn to India for the premiere of Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain.
Directed by Ravi Kumar, the film is based on the tragedy in Bhopal that caused large number of deaths and permanent injuries. It was one of the deadliest gas leaks ever (Dec '84) and took place at a pesticide plant then owned and operated by Union Carbide.
Martin felt for the cause and that's what propelled him to sign the movie and even play a controversial character. He plays the character of Warren Anderson, the former CEO of Union Carbide. Anderson is wanted by Indian authorities and the Interpol as he allegedly faces charges of culpable homicide.
In the movie Martin will be shown facing arrest and then fleeing the country by a private jet. Warren, who has been termed a fugitive by Indian courts, currently resides in New York. Reportedly, his yearly golf club membership is 3-4 times the average compensation for a survivor of the gas tragedy.
"The movie has been talked about a lot in the US. Now, the makers want the people of India to see the movie. The shooting took place in Bhopal, Hyderabad and Mumbai and so not having the cast here to promote the film doesn't make sense. So efforts are on to bring them down," says a source.
Actor Tannishtha Chatterjee is also part of the cast in this movie. She says, "Martin fell in love with India and he was very excited to see new places. There were instances when he shot with us for 18 hours a day. He's a legend and he could have said that he won't shoot but he was very cooperative. He will be more than happy to come to India again."
DNA India (Thanks to Chris for the tip)
Goa may be on high alert this Christmas with revellers staying away from the ultimate party destination but for Hollywood hottie Mischa Barton, it's still the place to be this festive season.
The actress is currently soaking up the sun in Goa and will be celebrating Christmas there with a bunch of close friends.
The OC actress who's in the country shooting for Ravi Walia's international film Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain — in which she plays a journalist — took a break from her hectic schedule to spend a week on the exotic beaches of Goa. The film being directed by Ravi Kumar is presently being shot in Hyderabad and also stars Hollywood's veteran actor Martin Sheen and Kal Penn.
A source revealed, "She was very keen on spending her Christmas in Goa and had already requested the producer and the director to let her take a break there.
She was very excited about her visit." Refusing to divulge any details about the sexy actress' stay there, the source added, "She wants it to be a hush-hush affair due to security reasons. She was keen on visiting Mumbai as well, but her hectic schedule's not leaving her any time for that."
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Google VS Cuil
Cuil is the new hype everyone is talking about. Well, almost everyone.
What is Cuil? former Google's engineers launched their own search engine to fight Google's monopolized market.They are supposed to be the next biggest Google's competitor. It supposedly has an index 3 times the size of Google's index. Cuil definitely did a good job getting the word out there but their marketing campaign seems to be far more prepared and efficient than their actual service as a search engine.
Most of the curious users trying out Cuil for the first time got a bad first impression:
I tried it myself and searched "Virtually Canadian"
No results….
I tried again this time searching on: "Virtually canadian" (small C)
This time, we showed up on the first page (2,468 results) with a strange description text and a picture of a girl in a car beside to the text. Who is that girl? Who knows….Also, the 2nd and 3rd pages did not show any results but the 4th and 5th did.
I wondered also why they say they are the biggest search engines with 3 times more pages indexed than Google but Google shows 6,55 millions pages for the same search as opposed to 2,468 results for Cuil. I can hear people saying: "Perhaps the results are more accurate and narrowed down to fewer pages?" They don't seem that accurate to me. Other will say: "Who cares because most of the people don't go past the 3rd page anyway?" True. However, I would like to know that my page is there, even if it doesn't show up on the first page, which means it has been indexed and I can work on it to improve my rankings.
The last thing I want to talk about is their name. Cuil. How do you pronounce that? You are supposed to pronounce it "cool" but lots of people pronounce it "kwel" I guess it is a good way to get people to talk about it: even if they don't know anything about it, they still have an opinion about how to say a word. The problem associated with their name is that people don't seem to remember it and often misspell it. The number of visitor of an italian porn website (www.culi.com) exploded lately.
Don't get me wrong. I am not here to "kill" cuil (hard to say isn't it?). It is good to get some competiton out there. The cast of Cuil is definitely impressive: Anna Patterson (She sold her last search engine technology to Google in 2004 to update their own system), Tom Costello (Worked for IBM and developed the WebFountain), Russel Power Leader on the TeraGoogle team), Louis Monier (Former Chief Executive officer at AltaVista), Vince Sollitto (spokesman for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger) to name a few.
Cuil definitely shows potential. Let's wait and see…


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Texas couple national example of the problem with sex offender registries
Marie Claire's expose this month on the problems with the nation's sex offender registry has been garnering attention throughout the country. The issue, the article states, is that too often kids are being put on the registry for doing things lots of teens do: have sex with their high school boyfriend or girlfriend. Frank and […] [Read More]
Twice this week the Houston-area has been rocked by news a teacher had sex with an underage student. The latest is a report from the Chronicle's Brian Rogers that a former Sharpstown High School dance instructor, Anne Lynn Montgomery, 35, had sex with a student beginning when he was just 15. Montgomery is charged with […] [Read More]


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Thank you.
This was my very first foray into the world of blogging, and it is with gratitude that I officially announce the end of this chapter in my writing and online life.
If you'd like to keep up with me, you may do so here. My intention is to use that space as a hub for my activities and interests — which continue to develop all the time. As I write this, it is spring and my thoughts are on spring cleaning (letting go of stuff I don't need) and new growth.
Thank you for reading, and for your support and good wishes throughout my explorations.
I wish you the very best, in all the various facets of your brilliant life.
"Here's the thing that makes life so interesting. . ."
Love this.
The theory of evolution v. the theory of competition.
The odds may be stacked against you. Fair enough.
But what the odds don't know is: this isn't a math test.
This is a completely different kind of test.
One where passion has a funny way of trumping logic.
True story.
"Sorry I've missed class!" Marie is one of my students, and I hadn't seen her in several weeks. She seemed almost apologetic when I saw her yesterday and asked how she was doing.
"I threw my back out three weeks ago," she said.
She told me this story:
It's weird — I've never had back problems. It started as a muscle spasm, and then it just went out. I've started seeing a chiropractor and physical therapist. They say I need more core strength, and they basically gave me the same exercises that we do here in class. I thought, "I'm paying for this? I should just go to class!"
Core strength. Yep, we need it.
PS: Plank is one of my favorite exercises, and is great for developing core strength. I've written about it here and here, and also at PlankChallenge.com.
When grief met me, I tried to take it by the hand and dance.
Last year, on the Thursday before Thanksgiving, my Aunt Susie died. She had cancer.
She died at home. Her last days were round-the-clock care by family, with support from hospice. We all knew it was coming, but it still came as a surprise. We thought she had a few more days. We thought we had a few more days, with her.
I got the news beneath Market Street, as I was exiting the Civic Center BART station at 7th Street. I was on my way to dance class when my dad called.
His voice was heavy and graveled with emotion. I realized then that the hardest part for me wasn't losing my aunt, but the fact of my dad losing his little sister. I hung up the phone and started to cry as I walked up the stairs.
I felt untethered and useless. I thought about going home, but didn't want to be alone. I didn't feel ok to drive down to be with my dad and cousins, and wasn't sure what I would do when I got there anyway. So I went to dance class.
I talked to my teacher.
"I'm going through some. . . family stuff right now. Just so you know. I might cry."
"That's ok," she said and smiled. "You just do what you have to do."
She was warm and accepting, which was one of the reasons her class was my favorite.
I always felt safe there.
My body moved through the warm up, drills, and exercises. It felt good to move, and good to focus my attention on something physical. It felt like stretching an ache, moving this strange, new feeling of loss and grief through my body. And it kept the emotions from building up and coming out in messy spasms.
It was during the choreography at the end that I felt my heart swell, throat tighten, and tears come out of my eyes. A wave of emotion would move through me, and I could ride it for a bit but then it landed me back down and I'd stand at the back of the room, folded over and crying quietly. My hair covered my face, giving me some privacy.
Then, I'd take a deep breath and take my place again. I tried to bring the emotion to the dance, infusing my movement with the feelings in my body and heart. Giving the emotion room, giving it a shape and a trajectory. Not hanging on to it, not suppressing it, not avoiding it. But dancing with it, and through it.
Dance is evidence of being vibrantly alive. Dancing with my Aunt Sue in my mind and heart felt like a way of honoring her and connecting with her.
Since then I've thought a lot about death and dying, and about life and living. I think that life is characterized by movement: by our internal rhythms of breath and heartbeat. We are a symphony of life. Movement is sacred, the very essence of living.
There is more I want to say about all of that, but for now, it is enough for me to rest here.
This is the song we danced to that night:
My bones are shifting in my skin,
And you, my love, are gone.
Recipe for a Long and Happy Life
Ruth Bernhard gave this out at her 90th and 100th birthday parties. She lived to be 101 years old. She was a photographer, and I think she gave some good advice here.
I'm having a hard time right now with the first ingredient. "Never get used to anything." To me that means: don't take things for granted, don't get too comfortable, things are always changing, remain adaptable and flexible. I have developed some comfortable routines — and now I feel like I'm a little bit too comfortable. Not stuck in a rut — that is too unkind, and too cliché. It's a kind of plateau, perhaps. An equilibrium or even-ness that allows me to catch my breath, take a rest. . . and now I'm restless again to wander, to explore.
It's a very normal place to be. Like with exercise, the body adapts if it gets the same workout all the time. It needs new challenges to keep developing, to keep progressing.
So in my life, I'm thinking right now about what I want to change, what I want to let go of, what I want to explore. I often feel this way in the fall. It's the turning of the seasons. The shift from summer to fall, and winter around the corner. Time to draw in, to reflect, and to prepare for whatever comes next.
The willPower Method word of the week is surrender. Perhaps that's just what I need right now.
Nov. 5th: willPower & grace @ lucy
I'm teaming up with lucy
and on November 5th I'm teaching a free class as part of their Fitness Friday program.
Find out about willPower & grace®. You will learn how to land on your feet and move with integrity.
If you have questions about barefoot running, bring those, too.
Space is limited, so call the store to sign up: (415) 765-0943.
barefoot running FAQ
I told my mom that I went on a barefoot run.
She seemed confused.
"On the beach?" she said.
No, in the city.
"That's a bad idea, sweetheart. The streets are so dirty. And you could cut yourself."
Part of me wishes I hadn't told her, because now she'll worry.
But another part of me thinks that's what comes with being a mom: worrying about your kids.
So, I'll let her handle the worry part and I'll just handle the running part.
A lot of people worry about running in bare feet.
Here are some of the questions I hear most often:
"What if you step on glass?"
"What if you step in dog poo?"
"What if you step on a dirty needle?"
"Don't your feet get dirty?"
"Doesn't it hurt?"
"Isn't it dangerous?"
These are legitimate concerns, and I've thought about them, too.
Here are my answers. . .
I use my eyes.
So far I've been successful at seeing and avoiding broken glass, dog poo, and other hazards. I don't run barefoot in grass because I can't see what's there. With all the stories of dirty needles being found in our local parks, that feels too risky to me.
But running in bare feet on a city street or sidewalk? Easy peasy. I can see what's coming, and I can avoid it.
This also means that:
I pay attention to what I'm doing.
No zoning out.
I think this is a good thing.
I tune in to my body, and to what's just ahead of me.
I practice being present.
My feet get dirty.
They don't get as dirty as you probably think.
After my run, I wash them.
Then they're clean.
Anyway, I figure I come into contact with more germs just by riding MUNI and working in an office building.
(I wash my hands, too.)
It feels really good.
You know how good it feels to be barefoot at the beach, or in the grass? Our feet are loaded with sensory receptors whose job it is to give our brain and body information about the outside world.
We feel a lot through our feet.
It's just that most of the time our feet are numbed out because they've been in socks and shoes — like sensory deprivation chambers.
Running in bare feet feels really fantastic to me. Feeling the texture of the ground (smooth, rough, slick, knobbly. . .), and feeling the air around my skin is just amazing.
That's why I haven't tried out Vibram's yet. I don't want to cover up my feet. I want that skin-to-earth contact.
If it stops feeling good, I stop running.
I'm doing this for fun, so if it stops feeling fun or good, then what's the point?
If the ground feels too hot, or too rough, or if I feel something start to cramp, I stop.
"No pain, no gain" is misguided advice and not helpful here.
Train smarter. Not harder.
And play.
Sometimes I carry my shoes with me.
The first time I went for 2 miles in the city, I felt scared.
What if it's too far? What if there's too much glass or junk?
What if I get trapped, with NO SHOES, out in the world?
So, I decided to carry my shoes with me.
One shoe in each hand.
I figured I was going to get looks anyways, for being barefoot. It wouldn't really make much difference if I was barefoot and carrying my shoes in my hands.
As it turned out, I ran the whole way on bare feet.
I'm glad I had my shoes, though. Just in case.
I know how to land on my feet.
I teach willPower & grace®, and barefoot training is a key component of the program. Learning how to land on our feet is what we do.
Which is not to say that I didn't have my own share of aches and cramps when I started running in bare feet.
Of course I did. Those muscles were not used to working that much, or in that way. There's a learning curve.
But I will say that I've been working for the last 2+ years on my feet. They're strong, flexible, and I know how to listen to them. I know how to use them. I know how to land without a sound, and how to engage my core to keep me light and on my toes.
You have permission to try running in your bare feet.
I want you, dear reader, to know that it is ok to try this.
I encourage you to go slow, and to listen closely to your body.
You might decide that it's not for you. That's totally cool. I don't have anything against people who prefer to run in shoes! (Sometimes I prefer to run in shoes, too.)
But if you've been curious, and you are hesitating because there are a pile of things you are worried about, hopefully this will ease your mind a bit.
You have permission to try.


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"I teach his lovely short stories all the time—his language is luminous, sparkling, and glinting, with a steely sort of humor."
—Joyce Carol Oates, from "Remembering John Updike" in The New Yorker, June 28, 2009
1990John Updike's choice of Rabbit Angstrom, in Rabbit, Run, was inspired, one of those happy, instinctive accidents that so often shape a literary career. For Rabbit, though a contemporary of the young writer—born, like him, in the early 1930's, and a product, so to speak, of the same world (the area around Reading, Pa.)—was a "beautiful brainless guy" whose career (as a high school basketball star in a provincial setting) peaked at age 18; in his own wife's view, he was, before their early, hasty marriage, "already drifting downhill." Needless to say, poor Rabbit is the very antithesis of the enormously promising president of the class of 1950 at Shillington High School, the young man who went to Harvard on a scholarship, moved away from his hometown forever and became a world-renowned writer. This combination of cousinly propinquity and temperamental diamagnetism has allowed John Updike a magisterial distance in both dramatizing Rabbit's life and dissecting him in the process. One thinks of Flaubert and his doomed fantasist Emma Bovary, for John Updike with his precision's prose and his intimately attentive yet cold eye is a master, like Flaubert, of mesmerizing us with his narrative voice even as he might repel us with the vanities of human desire his scalpel exposes.
Updike's prose, as always, is distinguished by passages of lyric beauty even amid the despairing rubble of Ben Turnbull's cobwebbed cellar. The prose-poem interludes in which, for instance, Ben recalls his impoverished rural childhood, dominated by a passionate, aggrieved mother and a hapless father, echo similar passages in other works of Updike's, from the early, gracefully elegiac short stories and the boldly Joycean nostalgia of "The Centaur" (1963) to the lapidary writer's prose ...
1979Beneath, behind, informing every scene of this inspired novel, which a superficial reading might judge as almost too inspired (a tour de force against readers' expectations, like Updike's very first novel The Poorhouse Fair, which was anything but a "young man's novel"), is a passionate and despairing cynicism which I take to be, for all its wit, Updike's considered view of where we are and where we are going. No moral uplift here; no gestures, like Bellow's, toward the essential "health" of the commonplace.
1979. . . A writer who shares Updike's extreme interest in the visual world as well as his obsession with language is Joseph Conrad who, significantly, could imagine the ideal and the real only as hopelessly separate: when the "ideal" is given historical freedom to experience itself in flesh, in action, we have the tragicomedy of Nostromo, we have the Feminine Archetype, Mrs. Gould, at the very center of a storm of mirages, each an "ideal," each a masculine fantasy. But Conrad—ironic and witty as he may be—is finally without Updike's redeeming sense of humor. Art itself is not redemptive; but the sudden shifting of point of view that allows for a restoration of sanity is often redemptive. There is an Updike who is forever being driven along dangerous narrow roads by a beautiful woman with an intriguing, because mysterious, past, himself a hoarder of words, hoping only to experience transparency in the face of such wonder; there is another Updike in the guise of Reverend March, knowing his bitter metallic Calvinistic faith so unkillable that he may mock it, betray it, take every possible risk of damnation—because he is already saved, or already damned anyway. And out of this curious duality comes the paradoxical freedom of the true artist: having conquered both his temptation by vice and his temptation by virtue, he may live as ordinarily as anyone else.
from The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates
July 22, 1976[ ... ] Next morning drove to Georgetown, Mass., to have lunch with John Updike and his new wife/companion, Martha Bernhardt, one of the most pleasant visits we've ever had with anyone. Georgetown is a charming little town not far from Ipswich, where John's and Martha's former spouses apparently live, but their old, attractive home is situated right on the main street, and trucks pass by constantly, so that one can hardly hear what's being said and the whole house trembles .... With all Updike's money, and his and Martha's good sense, how has it come about that they've bought a house in such a location? Updike's working space is large and airy, though, and at the rear of the house, so perhaps the trucks won't bother him. I'd go mad in such a small town myself but he seems to thrive upon that kind of near-seclusion. (With a family around him: Martha's three boys. He's like a character in an Updike story.)The dust jacket for Marry Me on a bulletin board, and the sketch for a new edition of Poorhouse Fair. Updike's modesty: his mentioning that the new novel wasn't particularly good, he'd rather we read his new book of poems, his assertion that he couldn't do an anthology like the one I did for Random House because he's "too dumb" (an outrageous statement coming from the author of Picked-Up Pieces alone). Gentle, sly, clever, witty, charming, immensely attractive; and Martha seems to be his equal in every way. One can see why they fell in love though it isn't possible to guess at the various agonies they experienced, and caused, in coming together. (Updike's story "Separating" is one of the most moving stories he's written.) We took them to lunch at a nearby restaurant and spent a wonderful two hours or so talking of innumerable things. I don't wonder that interviewers have misread Updike, taking his assessment of himself seriously. He's self-deprecating in a playful, understated way, the result perhaps of his early fame. Success has not spoiled him but, I suspect, made him nicer. (He said that Harvard "ruined" him—made of his natural hillbilly self another personality, an anti-self; Harvard was an anti-mater. But in what way Updike has been ruined one can't guess .... ) Perhaps, like me, Updike doesn't dare acknowledge the central importance of writing to his life; perhaps the gift rather alarms him, as it does me, at times, and has the aura of something so sacred it either can't be spoken of at all or must be alluded to in a slighting manner. [ ... ]Roth and Vonnegut and Bellow were mentioned, and Erica Jong, and Alfred Kazin ("I couldn't help but admire," John said in his amiable way, "how Kazin's mouth seemed to disappear under his ear"—referring to a violent spasmodic tic Kazin has developed; a tic that Ray and I found awfully distracting when we saw Kazin last, though Kazin himself isn't the least bit self-conscious.) I liked John's penchant for lightweight, amusing gossip, nothing malicious, nothing extreme. Yet still one could sense that he felt competitive in terms of these other writers .... I found myself unconsciously competing with him: mentioning that my writing didn't make much money, that my books didn't earn their advances for years. His self-deprecation couldn't match that. A best-selling writer, after all, can't present himself as being neglected.Updike's slight guilt, perhaps, over his early and easy success. The New Yorker means a great deal to him. In ways I can't quite fathom. It's a kind of parental authority, a sanctuary, a Great Good Place; there were copies lying about the house, on the dining room table, in the living room. On the walls: a Steinberg cartoon from years ago, sent to Updike at the age of thirteen; a Thurber cartoon also. (Updike was, and probably still is, a natural "fan.") If The New Yorker ever disowns him the poor man will suffer horribly ... but might, eventually, become a riskier and more flamboyant writer. I happen to like most of what he writes, and wouldn't wish him to change, but that's just selfishness on my part. We don't want people to change whom we like.Updike's ... modesty. He doesn't seem to sense how odd certain remarks of his are. (He claimed that I was "famous"—but he wasn't.) If he weren't serious these remarks would be, in a way, unpleasant; almost aggressive. A kind of reversed snobbery. But he's serious, he really believes these things, he's a hillbilly from rural Pennsylvania somehow masquerading as a world-famous writer, and the role makes him uneasy and ironic....We're both Joyceans, hence cousins of a sort ....


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Meaning & Origins
Biblical name, borne by the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. According to the Book of Genesis, she was originally called Sarai (possibly meaning 'contentious' in Hebrew), but had her name changed by God to the more auspicious Sarah 'princess' in token of a greater blessing (Genesis 17:15, 'And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be'). This has been one of the most enduringly popular girls' names. A meaning of the name Sarah is Princess.
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English and Scottish: occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, an agent derivative of mille 'mill', reinforced by Old Norse mylnari (see Milner). In southern, western, and central England Millward (literally, 'mill keeper') was the usual term. The American surname has absorbed many cognate surnames from other European languages, for example French Meunier, Dumoulin, Demoulins, and Moulin; German Mueller; Dutch Molenaar; Italian Molinaro; Spanish Molinero; Hungarian Molnár; Slavic Mlinar, etc.
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Sara, Sarahi, Sarai, Saray, Saraya, Sarae, Saraha, Sarahy, Saraa, Sarayu
Mills, Milligan, Muller, Millard, Mallory, Millan, Millar, Milliken, Millsap, Millican


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Second half surge pushes Vol State past Senators, 81-63December 9, 2012
GALLATIN, Tenn. — Friday night, the Walters State Senators took a halftime lead into the locker room on the road against a Tennessee Community College Athletic Association rival only to lose by double digits. Saturday, the script was the same.The Senators (7-8, 3-4 TCCAA) took a 39-38 lead at halftime over the Volunteer State Pioneers (8-3, 4-3) but could not hold on, as the home team rallied for an 81-63 victory in TCCAA action.
The game was nearly a mirror image of Friday's loss at Motlow, only with a higher score. Walters State had a decent showing from the field in the first half, but went cold in the final 20 minutes while Vol State rallied behind hot shooting in the second half.Both teams shot 41.7 percent (15 of 36) from the field in the first half, and Walters State took the slim halftime lead by hitting two more 3-pointers in the opening half than did the Pioneers. Each team also shot five free throws, with Vol State making five and the Senators connecting on four.
The second half was all Pioneers, as they built up a double-digit lead less than eight minutes into the frame. The lead stood at 69-57 with 12:05 to play, and Walters State had life until a closing 14-6 run by Vol State put the game way. The lead topped out at 20 before a late bucket by the Senators provided the final score.The Pioneers shot 54.2 percent (13 of 24) in the second half to finish the night shooting 46.7 percent (28 of 60) from the field. They knocked down 7 of 24 from behind the 3-point line and also drained 18 of 22 from the free throw stripe.
Alex Marzette led Vol State with 16 points in the win, while Barry Robertson added 14. Thomas Wright recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Joe Wilbert and Martiz Harris both added 10 points in the victory.Walters State ended the contest shooting 35.4 percent (23 of 65) from the field after making only 27.6 percent (8 of 29) of their shots in the second half. They also struggled at the charity stripe, making just 12 of 22 (54.5 percent) of their free tosses.
Darius White led the Senators with 15 points, while Elgrin Wilson added 13 in the contest. Leland Robinson tallied eight points and eight rebounds, and Tony Wilkerson, who did not play against Motlow State, dished out six assists in the defeat.Saturday's game was the last pre-Christmas game for the Walters State men. The Senators will return to the hardwood on Thursday, Jan. 10, when they play the Maryville College JV team on the road.


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Aikido: Tradition and the Competitive Edge
- F. Shishida & T. Nariyama
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This readable guide takes a comprehensive look at Shodokan Aikido, from origins to practice. Learn aikido theory and methods, and understand their significance in aikido history. This popular Japanese text on the history and techniques of Shodokan Aikido is now translated into English for the first time.
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the two can be large. (For example, about two-thirds of the fuel energy used in a thermal power plant is lost in generating electricity. About 9 percent of the generated electricity is lost during transmission and distribution of the electricity. So the amount of electricity entering a building or facility represents only 30 percent or less of the original fuel energy.) The EIA distinguishes primary energy from delivered energy only for electricity. For other fuels, delivered energy consumption is assumed to equal primary energy consumption. For these fuels, the energy used to transform fuels from one form to another, such as from crude oil to gasoline, is counted as energy consumed by the industry that performs the transformation—in this case, petroleum refining.


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Read Andrea Cremer's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community.Calla Tor has always known her destiny: After graduating from the Mountain School, she'll be the mate of sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding sacred sites for the Keepers. But when she violates her masters' laws by saving a beautiful human boy out for a hike, Calla begins to question her fate, her existence, and the very essence of the world she has known. By following her heart, she might lose everything- including her own life. Is forbidden love worth the ultimate sacrifice?
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Andrea Cremer spent her childhood daydreaming while roaming the forests and lakeshores of Northern Wisconsin. She now lives in Minnesota, but she thinks of her homeland as the "Canadian Shield" rather than the Midwest.Andrea has always loved writing and has never stopped writing, but she only recently plunged into the deep end of the pool that is professional writing. When she's not writing, Andrea teaches history at a very nice liberal arts college in St. Paul.In the little spare time she can find, Andrea stares up at trees, rescues infant rabbits from predatory cats, and invents names for pug puppies. She has an unfortunate tendency to spill things white carpets beware!"
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By Golden Apple YA Book Reviews 12 Apr 2012
Also on my blog: http://goldenapplereviews.blogspot.com/
Author: Andrea Cremer
Title: Nightshade
Series: Nightshade
Pages: 452
Source: Bought
Publisher: PenguinTeen
My Rating: 4 out of 5 golden apples.
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Calla Tor has always known her destiny: After graduating from the Mountain School, she'll be the mate of sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding sacred sites for the Keepers. But when she violates her masters' laws by saving a beautiful human boy out for a hike, Calla begins to question her fate, her existence, and the very essence of the world she has known. By following her heart, she might lose everything- including her own life. Is forbidden love worth the ultimate sacrifice?
My thoughts:
Andrea Cremer meshes the elements of forbidden love, paranormal romance, and an oppressed society together in this epic first novel. The world of Nightshade is definitely one of the most exciting novel worlds I've ever read about. The book follows Calla Tor as she prepares to take her place as the alpha female of her wolf pack and marry Ren, the alpha male of the Bane pack.
I'm a sucker for a good love triangle and the one in NIGHTSHADE was very swoon worthy, as were the Calla's love interests. At first I wasn't sure whether I was team Ren or team Shay. Halfway through the book I had decided on team Shay, but once I finally got to the ending I was once again unsure of who's side I was on. The ending left me breathless as did every page in this novel. I couldn't read fast enough.
Calla: Such a strong protagonist and that is one of the things I love about her. I love the fact that Cremer switched it up and had the girl save the guy for once.
Ren: Well, at first I kind of branded him as the controlling me guy who Calla of course wouldn't want. But by the end of the book I was taking it back. Ren is definitely more than he first appears to be and he truly cares for Calla. What he helped her do in the end shocked me! While not completely how I feel about Ren I still seem to have wanted to know more about him.
Shay: Dear sweet Shay. J The one I've been crushing on for oh so long. Shay is a very good love interest. So sweet yet so protective, yet so mysterious. I couldn't get enough of Shay.
I recommend Nightshade to you Twilight lovers out there. You will love this book!
By Amanda 30 Sep 2011
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After hearing such great things about this book, I bought it last Christmas with a gift card my husband got me, and I finally got to read it. I've been dying to read it for a long time, but there just isn't enough time in the day to get through my tbr list!
I know a lot of books don't live up to their hype, but boy this one was one. It lived up to the hype and went way over it. I know some people may be getting tired of werewolves (I love werewolves!), but this is a unique take on it. Werewolves and witches. It's amazing!
What makes a great book a lot of time when I'm reading, is the characters. But this one was definitely the plot. I mean, the characters were AWESOME! But the plot? The plot was unique and intriguing and just kept throwing new and exciting things at you.
Sometimes I would think, "Oh, this is going to happen next.", but it didn't! I was left with my mouth hanging open and my eyes on overdrive trying to take in everything on the page so I could flip to the next one.
I've been looking for another book that has a strong female character. A kick-ass, strong female character. (i.e. Rose from Vampire Academy.) And I haven't really found many lately, but Calla? Calla is DEFINITELY kick ass. She cared about her pack, she put her pack in front of her own happiness. I'm not going to get into that because it would giveaway some of the story, but you'll understand once you pick this book up.
Yes, there is a love triangle in this book. But I really can't figure out which guy I want Calla to be with. They both have their qualities and both sound smokin' hot. Sometimes I like Shay more, and sometimes it's Ren.
Hopefully the next book (Which I'm currently reading! Yay! That's how great Nightshade is, I read ONE book after this book before I took on Wolfsbane.) will help me figure out which side I'm on.
Overall, pick it up. Do it. If you haven't read it already, please get a move on it. It's not your typical werewolf book. And the writing is amazing. It keeps you reading and keeps you interested and wanting more. Andrea Cremer is definitely on my author watch list now.
The cover is gorgeous. I can't figure out if I like this versions cover, or the new paperback cover better. I'm really mad, though, because once I buy Wolfsbane for my shelf, my covers aren't going to match. Anyone know where I can get a new book cover to put on my hardback? I've seen them around the blog-o-sphere.
By SpadesHigh 26 Sep 2011
I utterly enjoyed this book. I could not put it down. I even had sleepless nights saying "This is my last chapter then I'll go to sleep," and 3 chapters later I'm still repeating the same mantra. Nightshade has the right pace, it is curiosity inducing, love triangle instigating, steam romance of a novel. Though it is a young adult book, there are romance scenes exaggerated enough for the strong imaginative reader. Nightshade had me feeling like I was watching the whole story play out right in front of me. I am definitely reading the up and coming follow-up of Nightshade - 'Wolfsbane'.
Even though I have dark circles under my eyes, Thank you Andrea for an Awesome book and for those restless nights.
By Raychelle Smith 14 Jul 2011
Andrea Cremer's Nightshade is by far one of my favorite books! It has so many elements that capture my interest. The characters are so real and the story is relatable. Readers will feel like they are a part of this world and are sure to find themselves sharing emotions with the characters. Calla Tor, the Nightshade Alpha, is such a strong character. She has always known that she will mate with Renier Laroche, and she has never questioned her destiny until a chance encounter that leaves her world changed forever. Renier Laroche, the Bane Alpha, is the perfect mate for Calla. He is a natural leader and commands the attention of everyone, including the human girls. Ren is naturally possessive of Calla, knowing that they are to be united soon. Shay is...well, what can I say about Shay? He is everything that readers hope for in a love interest. There are no words to adequately describe him, but I shall try. Shay is the light in Calla's dark. He is not afraid of Calla and does not back down from a challenge. He is funny, passionate, strong, and curious. Throughout the story, one learns a lot about Shay and I started to root for him as the story progressed. It is hard to choose between the two love interests because their personalities are practically opposites and Calla finds herself attracted to each in different ways. The young Banes and Nightshades are equally impressive. Each is unique and strong and brings another element into the story.
Andrea Cremer's writing style is amazing. Each word is crucial in creating her world and she does so with such grace. This writing and the story has such a natural flow that I was immediately caught up in it. The plot something very different from other books (at least those that I have read and searched). As the story progresses and one learns more about the reality of the Keepers, the Guardians, and the Searchers, he or she will find that some secrets are more dangerous than others. The cliffhanger definitely left me craving more. It was kind of as if my world just stopped at that moment and couldn't pick up again until I had Wolfsbane. That is how great this story is. If you were debating on purchasing this book, I recommend that you do so. And fast! Wolfsbane will be released in July '11, so there is still sometime to fall in love with this book and Andrea's writing, as I have, before the second book is out.
By Maria Guajardo (GABY) 28 May 2011
First of all, I want to warn you. Maybe after you read this review you'll want to kill me. Or send me to therapy. Just saying.
Nightshade is one of the most popular books of this year. With this amazing cover and blurb, who wouldn't want it to read?. So, when it was finally released, I bought a copy. Werewolves are one of my favorite paranormals themes, so I was really happy to read this book.
Calla is an alpha female. She's destined to mate with Ren, the alpha male. At first, she's very strong, and I loved her character because she was independent. She wasn't that kind of dumb girl who can/won't take care of herself and knows her limits. She was totally sure about her future, until she met Shay.
And now she's confused. Her heart and her mind aren't working at the same page. She likes this guy, but she can't be with him.
And as the story begins to unfold, Calla turned to be vulnerable. It was interesting, but annoying. She made some decisions that I wasn't totally sure about it.
The Ren - Calla - Shay trio didn't fulfill me. I always fall in love with the alpha males, so yes, I like Ren (some people said I needed therapy ;P). He wasn't the good guy. He maybe isn't the right guy for Calla, but he did like her. Even more than like her. And he is sooo intense.
Instead, Shay was just kind of dull. I felt as if the author took more time creating Ren than him, so when he appeared, I just didn't understand why Calla was so crazy in love. Their relationship was instant, and between him and Ren, he didn't seem the best choice, specially at the ending.
But, it's interesting to see a different relationship, in which the paranormal character is a girl and the human is a boy. I was waiting for an author who was brave enough to change things.
The good thing? The plot, wow!. Andrea Cremer did a great job making werewolves interesting again!! She created a world were werewolves may not be the stronger, and where the characters have to open their eyes and understand their reality in which they have been living.
Also, the ending definitely was s-h-o-c-k-i-n-g. Why, WHY, did it have to end that way? *huge cliff hanger*
Overall, I was expecting more but I enjoyed it very much. I'll read the sequel, Wolfsbane, because really, I want to know what is going to happen to Calla!


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Covers for Peter Parker's return in 'Amazing Spider-Man' No. 1
SAN ANTONIO — It's like Peter Parker never left, but not. In case you missed it, news broke Sunday that Pete will return to the webbed-skivvies in the pages of "Amazing Spider-Man" No. 1. And above and below, you'll find some comic covers to that triumphant return of everyone's friendly neighborhood arachnid-themed superhero. If you […] [Read More]
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Remember all the super-hype about the New 52, DC Comics' line-wide restart with all-new No. 1 issues? You just knew DC's own distinguished competition, Marvel Entertainment, would respond in kind with its own major shake-up. Enter Marvel NOW!, an upcoming reboot that's not really a reboot but had to happen nonetheless. Like DC, Marvel will […] [Read More]


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Towner is the newest art gallery in Eastbourne. Just a minute's walk from the Big Sleep Hotel, it is a leading venue for the visual arts in South East England. A unique programme of exhibitions of nationally significant contemporary and historical visual art will be shown alongside displays from the important historic and modern Towner permanent art collection.
Towner provides a space where visitors can experience and explore a full range of the very best contemporary and historical visual art in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. You can also enjoy the views of the Downs from the second floor café bar.
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10 am – 6pm, with a late night on Thursday until 8pm.
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Cornwall acts Neil Halstead and Crowns added to Somersault festival
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TWO acts from Cornwall have been added to the bill of North Devon's new Somersault festival, which is headlined by Jack Johnson and Ben Howard on July 17 to 21.
Newquay-based Neil Halstead, pictured, who has just reunited his influential shoegaze band Slowdive, will play a solo set at the Castle Hill estate. His last two albums were released on Jack Johnson's label, Brushfire Records.
Launceston's Crowns will perform their rumbustious Cornish-tinged folk punk.
Other names added to the bill include Amadou & Mariam, Fink, Omara 'Bombino' Moctar, Nick Mulvey, Half Moon Run, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Hiss Golden Messenger and Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars. For more details see www.somersaultfestival.com


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More people have been robbed on campus at Alabama A&M and Alabama State in recent years than at any other schools in the state, according to a Birmingham News analysis of the last six years of crime data reported by Alabama colleges and universities.
The University of Alabama had the most alcohol- and drug-related arrests, and students at UA, the University of South Alabama, A&M and Birmingham- Southern College reported the most sexual offenses on campus, the data shows.
Overall, the 11 schools in the state that enroll the most students claimed 170 robberies, 119 aggravated assaults and 97 forcible sexual offenses on campus from 2005 through 2010. Under a federal law called the Clery Act, colleges and universities around the country must report their campus crime data to the U.S. Department of Education annually and are also required to distribute campus security reports to students and employees by Oct. 1 every year.
For some parents, safety may be paramount when it comes to picking a college. But few see the Clery reports or understand how to read crime data, said John J. Sloan III, a sociology professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and co-author of the book "The Dark Side of the Ivory Tower: Campus Crime as a Social Problem."


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LONDON - A court in India has convicted a senior politician for involvement in a case of corruption, the BBC reports. Former chief minister of Haryana state Om Prakash Chautala, his politician son Ajay and 53 others have been found guilty of illegally recruiting more than 3,000 primary school teachers. Those convicted will be sentenced at a later date, the BBC said.
TAHITI, French Polynesia - French Polynesia's criminal court has sentenced a leading politician, Gaston Flosse, to five years in prison for corruption, Radio New Zealand (RNZL) reports. Flosse, who is the territory's former president and a member of the French Senate, has also been fined $110,000 for corrupt deals involving French Polynesia's OPT telecommunications company, RNZL said.
PARMA, Italy - The former mayor of the northern Italian city of Parma, Pietro Vignali, was among four people placed under house-arrest on Wednesday in a graft probe, Gazzetta del Sud reports. Pietro Vignali, a 44-year-old who served as mayor of Parma from 2007 to 2011 on the centre-right ticket, is accused of misappropriation of public money and corruption. Investigators believe he illegally used city money for electoral-campaign spending and helped relatives and friends obtain jobs in public bodies.
KOCHI, India - In another corruption scandal involving defence deals, India's anti-graft squad, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Tuesday conducted surprise raids at Avadi Heavy Vehicles Factory in Chennai and at Steel and Industrial Forgings Ltd (SIFL) in Thrissur, The Times of India reports.


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"This isn't Yellen's first time going electro…but it's the first time he's done it alone, and it's surprising how effective this approach is for him."
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"'Tide Teeth' has a real Drake, Weeknd vibe…It feels like warm bed on a snowy evening."
– Vulture ("10 Best New Songs of the Week")
Night Beds, the musical project of 26-year old Winston Yellen, is excited to unveil the highly anticipated sophomore album, Ivywild, out August 7th on Dead Oceans. The follow up to the much acclaimed 2013 debut, Country Sleep, Ivywild is a mesmerizing collection of melancholic, neon-tinged R&B.
The second Night Beds album draws on Yellen's original love of Bill Evans through to J Dilla and is made up of what Yellen calls "sad sex jams." It was inspired by a long-term love and a break-up which looms large throughout the album's veiled lyrics (See previously released track "Me Liquor and God"). Its genesis can be found in the stoned night in Nashville when Yellen first heard Yeezus.
Ivywild is a truly collaborative effort with a makeshift team of 25 musicians, notably Abe Yellen, younger brother and closest friend. Additional vocals come from Heather Hibbard, a singer from Maine who features on over half of the album, and was contacted by the gregarious Yellen through YouTube, after he found a video of her covering one of his songs. Setting himself up as curator as well as creator, the record shows off Yellen's natural flair for plucking people out of obscurity and bringing their talents to the table.
To coincide with the announcement of Ivywild, Night Beds is sharing a beautiful, new Dan Huiting-directed video for "Tide Teeth" today. Watch above or on Night Beds YouTube page. Album art and track listing after the jump.
Things have been quiet on the Night Beds front for a while, but today that changes. Via The FADER exclusive premiere this morning, Night Beds shared a brand new single entitled "Me, Liquor & God" which shows a slightly new sonic direction for Winston Yellen that still showcases his beautiful voice. Hear the new sound above or here on Night Beds' website. While you are at it you can download the single from iTunes now.
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Night Beds hit the US roads again, this time with Lord Huron, starting next Wednesday in Portland at Wonder Ballroom. To celebrate the start of a new tour we are pleased to share a new single from the band, "Head For The Hills". Premiering today at Pitchfork, you can also hear the new track above or here on Soundcloud / YouTube.
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Night Beds start their European tour next Monday in Amsterdam marking their third time overseas this year.
As a preview for their newest return to Europe, today The Line Of Best Fit premiered their new video for "Lost Springs" from their 2013 album Country Sleep. The music video follows the band on and off the stage during their tour of North America and Europe earlier this year. Watch the video above or here on YouTube to get a preview of their upcoming tour.
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CHURUBUSCO — After opening several trash bids submitted for proposal to Churubusco Town Council members, a vote was made to award the contract to National Serv-All, and in turn, reduce residents' charges by almost half.
Beginning July 1, the new service contract will take effect. National Serv-All is the current servicer provider, but the new agreement with the town will mean a reduction in costs.
Currently, the town is paying more than $13 per household. The new rate will be $7.15. A Churubusco resident was present at last night's meeting and asked the council if there would be a lower rate for customers.
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Instagram's PR disaster yesterday is a sign a growing consumer backlash against the use of their data or web content for advertising (Instagram backed down today). That's what makes me ask how long can they last as a business?
Facebook's big problem continues to be how to monetize in a way that befits a company with a billion monthly users.
Next up is allowing advertisers to insert videos into people's timelines:
According to "several industry executives", the social media site would soon allow advertisers to insert video ads into users' timelines—the length of such videos would supposedly be capped at 15 seconds.
The backlash has been some time in coming but I wrote about it here in the context of Google's new Communities. One view is that Google has begun competing with Facebook in the only area that Facebook has a clear advantage, to date, in its ad inventory, putting further pressure on the social network to come up with something different.
In essence, though, Google and Facebook have business models that are at odds with the relationships they create with users. Given that the model is to exploit the user, then long term friction is baked-in to the deal.
Andre Durand, CEO at Ping Identity, who I interviewed for that post, takes the view that ultimately these business models have to turn around and support the user in his/her interactions with the consumer-vendor community. Instead of using all kinds of ways to advertise at me in my private moments, help me, support my lifestyle, be the guardian of my data on my behalf.
That view has long been propagated by the vendor relationship community. As we can see this week, it's time is now overdue.
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Paulina Gretzky Dating PGA Golfer Dustin Johnson
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Golf.com is not normally known for breaking relationship scoops, but they inadvertently revealed Paulina Gretzky is dating PGA Golfer Dustin Johnson?
Here's the scoop via Golf.com " Needing to break in new irons and a new driver, Johnson arrived early and played six practice rounds. (That also allowed him to spend some quality time with his new squeeze Paulina Gretzky.)"
News to us…not really sure if Paulina's up to snuff with the golf etiquette dress code. As we all know Paulina Gretzky is super hot and is never afraid to put her life out there so you can expect this story to grow within the coming days.
Who would of ever thought that golf was the way to Paulina's heart?!
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