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On the use of the prayer
(from Centering Prayer by Basil Pennington )
I do not think it is too gross an oversimplification to say that there are essentially two kinds of prayer or meditation: the effortful and the effortless. Zen, especially of the Rinsi school, is effortful. The meditator adopts a very rigid posture, one that calls the whole being to a certain keenness of attention. The eyes are kept partially open. The meditator is goaded on with the stick. The mind works relentlessly with its enigmatic koan. Finally there is the breakthrough. The chick pierces the shell. The Risen Lord bursts from the tomb. The meditator enters into the universal compassion of the cosmic Christ.
The discursive meditation of many of the later Christian methods is of this effortful sort. The meditator works with intellect and affections until suddenly the truth breaks open and reveals itself in all its wonder, and then he or she can be present to it in contemplative awe and adoring love.
Transcendental Meditation and the mantric type of prayer taught by Father John Main are of the effortless type. One simply lets go, employing as gently as possible the assonance of a specially chosen sound-word to facilitate the letting go, ever ready to let the mantra itself go.
Centering Prayer also is of the effortless type. That is why it is important to relax, to find the place, the posture, the chair that facilitate this, and gently to close the eyes, for it is estimated that twenty-five percent of our psychic energy is expended in seeing. (p.66-67)
If we have a real relation going with God, then we have a name for him that quite spontaneously comes to mind when we turn our attention to him. And that is, often times, the word that best serves us as our prayer word. It is not infrequent that for a Christian the prayer word is the holy name of Jesus. And it is then, when the prayer word is Jesus, that the two great traditions, springing from the one source, reunite. Centering Prayer and the Jesus Prayer are once again one, as they were long ago in the hearts of the Fathers of the Desert.
The prayer word, then, might well be a name or a vocative word; yet it need not necessarily be. I know a very beautiful sister for whom the prayer word is "let go." That expresses the whole essence of her relation with her Divine Beloved. It is true that such a prayer word is more than one syllable, it is more than one word. And such a sentence might well lead to a certain amount of intellectual or conceptual activity. We have to take care. As the author of The Cloud of Unknowing has said: "If your mind begins to intellectualise over the meaning and connotations of this little word, remind yourself that its value lies in its simplicity." We can be quite free in choosing a prayer word that is meaningful to us.
Here is perhaps something of the difference between Eastern techniques and Christian prayer. "Where the Spirit is, there is freedom". The typical Eastern technique, seeking to achieve something in itself by the very activity of the one performing it, demands absolute fidelity to the technique until the end is attained. For the Christian, prayer is always a response. God initiates the activity and indeed is the source of our response. We, the prayers, move with the Spirit of God. "We do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit prays within us. . . ." We are human. We are incarnate. We can and do we methods. But we can use them with the greatest of freedom. And the use of a prayer word is a method most suitable for us as Christians. God has spoken to us. We have received the Revelation. We have received the Word. If God speaks his love to us most totally and eloquently in a human Word that is divine, we can most aptly respond in a human word that is divinised by faith and love in the action of the Holy Spirit.
The mantric type of prayer taught by Father John Main, while retaining this essential Christian note, and in this way appealing to the same, Cassian tradition, yet approaches more closely the Eastern techniques. Indeed, in his writings and talks Father freely acknowledges his dependence on the experience he had at the feet of a Hindu master during his service in the East - an experience that was brought to fullness when he became a Benedictine and came into contact with the teaching of St. John Cassian. Thus, instead of having the meditator choose his or her own meaningful prayer word, Father encourages each to use the word 'Mar-an-ath-a', a word chosen for its assonance and because for most Christians it does not have strong conceptual connotations. And this word is to be repeated constantly during the time of prayer. Father concludes his remarks in one article:
As to frequency, you must say the mantra for the entire time of your meditation to the rhythm you find for yourself. You will be tempted to rest on your oars. . . . The way to transcend the temptation is absolute fidelity to the mantra. This is the condition of rooting it in your heart.
This approach is quite different from that of Centering Prayer. As the third rule of Centering Prayer states:
Whenever in the course of the Prayer we become aware of anything else we simply gently return to the Presence by the use of the prayer word.
We do not use the prayer word constantly. It sort of hovers in our mind, somewhat like white sound. In an office or library or bank, we sometimes find quiet background music. It is not there for people to stop and listen to it. Rather, it is there to block out or blur other sounds so we can be more free to attend to our errand. And so the prayer word, recalled at the beginning of our meditation, lies quietly in our consciousness, leaving us free simply to attend to the Lord of our love. We do not make any effort to repeat the prayer word. We certainly do not turn it into an affective ejaculation. Nor do we make an effort not to repeat the word. We certainly do not judge the perfection of our prayer either by the frequency or infrequency with which we use the word. We do not make it the aim of our prayer to decrease the frequency with which we use the word. We simply seek to be wholly present in love to God present to us, and whenever something draws us away from that Presence, we very gently employ the word to return fully to the Holy Presence.
We may indeed find that some days we seem to have to use the word constantly. No matter. This should cause us no distress. We just repeat the prayer word as gently as possible. To begin to get distressed, or to try to use the word forcefully to eliminate thoughts will only take us more out of the Prayer. 'The gentle repetition of the word will, on the other hand, place us ever more deeply and to-tally in the Prayer, the movement into God that goes on underneath the thoughts and surface activity. (p.72-74)
In Centering Prayer we sink down into the quiet depths, where there is only a simple, peaceful flow from our Source into the Ocean of Infinite Love. What serenity, what tranquillity, what peace; what vitality, what power, what refreshment! But, on the surface, a lot of activity is still going on. Thoughts are still careening along, feelings are being evoked, sounds are hitting our eardrums. And every once in a while, a flashy vessel or a particularly interesting one arrests our attention and we find ourselves surfacing-or perhaps we have fully surfaced and all but climbed aboard the enticing boat before we are aware of having left the peaceful depths.
It is at this point that we use our prayer word. We do not so much turn from the thought or feeling. We do not think (another thought) of letting it go. We simply - with the gentlest repetition of our prayer word, maybe only the faintest recollection of it - return to the Presence. The author of The Cloud says, "It is best when this word is wholly interior, without a definite thought or actual sound." We simply, peacefully sink again into the depths. It is as gentle and effortless as that: a sinking down into the depths. If we but let ourselves go, we have a natural propensity to rest quietly in our Source. And so, throughout our prayer time, the thoughts, the feelings, the sounds, the images continue. We just let them flow along. Our attention is elsewhere. (p.75-76)
We use the prayer word when we need it and to the extent we need it' and always gently. The thoughts and feelings and images will always be there. But it is only when we become aware of them, when they have drawn our attention away from the depths, from the Beloved, to themselves, that we need to deliberately-but always gently-employ our prayer word to return to the Presence. For the rest, we let the word simply be there. It may repeat itself, faster or slower, stronger or weaker; it may take up the rhythm of our heart or of our breath (though we do not in any way seek to bring this about, or give any attention to either of these), or it may fuzz out and be more of a silent image than an actual sound. No matter! Our attention is to the Presence, known in faith, embraced in love; the word is incidental, a useful means, used when a means is useful.
In prayer we seek God. We do not seek peace, quiet, tranquillity, enlightenment; we do not seek anything for ourselves. We seek to give ourselves, or, rather, we do simply give ourselves, even without attending to ourselves, so whole is our intent upon the one to whom we give: God. He is the all of our prayer. If thoughts and images and feelings careen around in our head and in our heart, little matter. We pay no attention to them. We do not seek to get rid of them any more than we seek to entertain them. As we give ourselves in our loving attention to God, we also give them to him. And let Him do with them what he wants to do with them.
And that is the point of them..... Contemplative prayer does call for a quite different attitude toward thoughts than does active or discursive prayer. Here, in the totality of our gift to God, we simply give him all, even the thoughts and images and feelings that flow through our minds. All are given simply to him to let him do what he wants with them. (p.76-77)


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text: More from SI 17 Americans in action on Wimbledon 2016 Day 1 17 Americans in action on Wimbledon 2016 Day 1 By Jamie Lisanti Jon Wertheim: Wimbledon is back with surprises in store Jon Wertheim: Wimbledon is back with surprises in store ATP's serve, return of serve over last 25 years ATP's serve, return of serve over last 25 years By SI.com Staff American women are on the rise for Wimbledon 2016 American women are on the rise for Wimbledon 2016 By SI.com Staff The key to Roger Federer's success at Wimbledon The key to Roger Federer's success at Wimbledon By SI.com Staff Daily Wimbledon 2016 stats, graphics, analysis Daily Wimbledon 2016 stats, graphics, analysis By SI.com Staff Wimbledon 2016 preview roundtable, top storylines Wimbledon 2016 preview roundtable, top storylines Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic continues chase at history Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic continues chase at history Serena Williams enters Wimbledon feeling pressure to wi... Serena Williams enters Wimbledon feeling pressure to wi... Podcast: Wimbledon preview with Justin Gimelstob Podcast: Wimbledon preview with Justin Gimelstob By SI.com Staff Wimbledon women's seed report, matches to watch Wimbledon women's seed report, matches to watch By Jon Wertheim Wimbledon men's seed report: Matches to watch Wimbledon men's seed report: Matches to watch By Jon Wertheim Wimbledon 2016: TV schedule, live stream info Wimbledon 2016: TV schedule, live stream info Wimbledon 2016 guide: Everything you need to know Wimbledon 2016 guide: Everything you need to know By Stanley Kay Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Tennis Kudos to Federer, Murray, but don't forget about No. 1; more mail by Jon Wertheim Add Favorite Favorite Added Twitter Email Posted: Wed Nov. 14, 2012 → Housekeeping: Again this year, I'll let you guys determine my Hall of Fame vote. The three candidates are Martina Hingis, Michael Stich and Helena Sukova. Vote for any, all or none. Just do it via twitter @jon_wertheim. Now on to this week's mail ... It does not matter what surface the World Tour Finals is played on, what time of year, the significance of the tournament in the pecking order or the amount of American TV coverage. The fact that Maestro Federer has played a round robin against the seven other best players in the world and has been in the finals eight times and won the tournament six times is absolutely remarkable. He should be saluted and given much more credit for this achievement than is generally given. --Fernando, Valencia → Had you followed the unfortunately abbreviated World Tour Finals via Twitter, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Federer had won, so gushing was the praise. You could also be forgiven for thinking that Rafael Nadal's absence had rendered this a secondary event. Or that Juan Martin del Potro had emerged as the new, dominant force. I have some blood on my hands too, so to speak, having written effusively about Andy Murray. Let's pause for a second and give credit where it is due, which is squarely at the Uniqlos of Novak Djokovic. The No. 1-ranked player was up to the task last week, alternately dominating and grinding out a series of wins. His takedown of Roger Federer in the final was the Djoker at his best, transitioning from defense to offense, serving authoritatively and coming up with shots like this -- on match point, no less. Let's dilate: Djokovic started the year at No. 1. He won, consecutively, two of the great matches of the year in Australia, his fourth major in 12 months. He didn't win another major and didn't replicate his 2011 -- which is a bit like saying JK Rowling wasn't able to replicate the success of the Harry Potter series. Djokovic, hardly disappeared, though. He won Masters Series events. He reached the French Open final. U.S. Open, too. He locked up the year-end No. 1 ranking. And then he beat the best during a terrific week of indoor tennis in London. Federer has his vast and mobilized army of fans. So does Nadal. There are the sentimentalists who watched the Andy Murray narrative unspool, romanticized the dimensions of his breakthrough and are too stubborn to back off the assertion that he is ATP's Most Valuable Player for 2012. (What's that→ Nothing to see here. Please disperse.) In the Land of Objectivity and Reason, though, you have to hand it to Djokovic. He won early. He won often. He won late. He started No. 1 and finished No. 1. He fought through emotional exhaustion. He fought through a fraught family situation, never using it as an excuse. As we've said before, he plays with a national pressure that no other player -- not even Murray -- will ever know. Did he go 70-6? No. But, given the context, you could argue that what he did in 2012 was no less impressive. The scoring system for doubles at the ATP Finals has quickened the game considerably. First to four points to win a game and a tiebreaker after two sets had the commentators marveling that a match had gone beyond two hours. The doubles has been good to watch, and the format of a singles and doubles match in each session seems to work, but the matches are pretty quick. Is there any feeling that no third set AND no games longer than seven points might be a step too far→ -- Elsie Misbourne, Washington, D.C.? I'm mixed here. I do think at some point, you diminish the product. Abridge the format too much and you send the message: "This isn't worthy of the full Big Boy treatment." On the other hand, the quick matches mean that: A) the schedule moves along and B) we have predictability built in. One of the big gripes of TV types is that there's no predictability. A match could be an hour or four hours, so how do you plan coverage? With doubles, you can safely estimate. C) The top players might be more inclined to enter the draw. D) The careers of players -- i.e., Bob and Mike Bryan -- are prolonged because there's less wear and tear. Look at the men's doubles rankings and their ages rival a partners meeting at Cravath. There's no coincidence that the matches have been shorter than ever. Do you think Serena Williams has any chance of being named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year→ --Pete, New Jersey? Good question. You could make a credible case. A stirring comeback, both macro (the embolism) and micro (two potentially crushing Slam losses, in Australia and Paris). There was Olympic success. There were more Slams for the trophy case. There was characteristic refusal to lose. Key stat: She finished 8-0 against the players ranked above her. She's certainly on the short list. What do you think of the habit of focusing the camera on the linesman during a challenge or just after a controversial line call→ I don't like it. Unlike the chair, those calling the lines are not all professionals who signed up for that kind of public focus. They're just doing a thankless job where mistakes should be expected. This past weekend, the cameras repeatedly focused on these people after close calls. It's a "gotcha moment." Any facial expression other than blank is often embarrassing to the linesman, especially if the chair overruled them. And any smile when they're right makes them seem too invested in their calls, rather than maintaining the ideal neutrality. To their credit, the line judges usually maintain a blank expression. But I wonder whether visual focus on them increases the chances of some of the ugliness directed at them by players during the past few years. I doubt the cameras can be formally controlled, but maybe some moral suasion from you will have a groundswell effect if you and others feel similarly→-- Glenn, Arlington, Va.? Calling all PhD candidates in behavioral psychology seeking a research idea. I think there are interesting experiments you could devise for line judges and chair umpires with respect to Hawk-Eye. Clearly, having decisive technology as a backup has affected how these folks do their job. When the players have the capacity (onus?) to appeal to technology, why would the human beings risk embarrassment, either by making an "out" call or by overruling?I would think that, to Glenn's point, you could also make some interesting findings with respect to television cameras. If you knew you were or weren't going to be shown on TV after botching a call -- public shaming, as it were -- might that change how you called a match? I do agree with Glenn, though. The officials aren't in this to be famous. The perception of neutrality is key. In fact, there are strict rules against fraternizing with players and giving interviews. It therefore seems unfair to publicize these folks for their errors. So what's the deal with Word TeamTennis→ I read again and again that participating in it essentially cost Jimmy Connors the Grand Slam in 1974. The Williams sisters, perpetual no-shows for regular tour events, are regular participants. Martina Hingis is the MVP. What's the appeal→ Is it all attributable to Billie Jean King→ Are there appearance fees we don't hear about→-- Dave S., Toronto → Where to begin→ World TeamTennis is a "mix maker," as they say, a fun and quirky diversion, very much created in the image of its inimitable founder, King. (Here's what I wrote on WTT in 2005.) I think the keys for the WTT are A) finding real space on the calendar and B) deciding what it is. Is it a bona fide league (in which case there's little use in having a highly paid star play just one or two matches)? Or is it a series of exhibitions (in which case we shouldn't really care about records and titles)?My (unsolicited) suggestion: Turn this into a real team competition involving dedicated players. It's great when Andy Roddick or Andre Agassi or whomever plays. But it doesn't feel like he's part of a team -- it's just a one-night exo wearing a uniform. If my local team had dedicated players, I would feel more connection as a fan.Nevertheless, WTT is great fun. The players love it. The fans walk away satisfied. There are a number of innovations and fan-friendly twists that the tours would do well to emulate. Plus, there is the real potential to set up Europe and Australia (and China and India ...) equivalents. Yeah! Tammy vs. Kimiko! That's my all-time favorite match! And it's happening in Pune. Is that the oldest professional women's match of all time→-- Oliver, Cologne, Germany → What kind of a name is Pune→ Comanche Indian→ (A prize to the first person to name the reference.) Anyway, give it up for the oldies. Kimiko Date-Krumm vs. Tamarine Tanasugarn. That's 42 versus 35. Long may they continue. If the lyrics of Abracadabra harken bad memories, I can imagine your reaction when you hear Take the Money and Run. You know that brilliant second verse that goes like this: "Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas. You know he knows just exactly what the facts is." It doesn't get more "Classic" than that.-- Thomas Alonzo, Columbia, S.C.? I'm telling you, if I'm the judge, Steve Miller doesn't get out of the qualifying rounds of the Altoona Battle of the Bands tournament. You HAVE to stop the worst songs write-ups. My partner reads your column and has been singing We Built This City for two weeks around the house. You are ruining my life! Thanks! -- Charlie G, Washington, D.C.? We'll say it once, we'll say it again: Marconi plays the Mamba, listen to the radio. I'm looking for a documentary that was produced back in the '90s about the Challenger Tour. I think it followed a few players around from tournament to tournament and gave a revealing look at the tough life (no sponsors, calling their own lines, etc). Do you recall such a documentary, and what the name of it might be→-- Ray, Torrance, Calif. → This was a cult classic: The Journeymen by Geoff Grant and Mark Keil. Shots, miscellany ? James Blake, who currently resides (and grew up) in Connecticut, is helping raise money to benefit those affected by Hurricane Sandy. He's auctioning off three of his match jerseys featuring his autograph along with those of Roddick, Mardy Fish and Sam Querrey. All of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross."Seeing the devastation in areas I grew up around is difficult," Blake said. "The people of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut are surely resilient, but there's still room for us all to help. I've selected the Red Cross because it does an amazing job on multiple levels; it provides everything from food and blankets to mental health support for those affected." For more details, visit Blake's official site or head over to eBay to place a bid. ? Clark from Melbourne writes: "While I absolutely agree more should be done in terms of stats in tennis, please bear in mind both tours have U.S. offices in Florida where they still don't have any idea who actually has won the state's electoral college votes almost 20 hours after polls closed!" ? Ivan H. of New York: "To highlight the agreed-upon trend that even the most elite, competitive players are ridiculously good guys: After shaking hands with Federer following the World Tour Finals championship match, Djokovic stopped at [retiring umpire] Lars Graf's feet and gave him (what appeared to me to be) a thorough, personal, much-deserved congratulation. I've never seen that before! Well done, Nole. A big plus in my tally."? The ATP has extended its partnership with HEAD for another five years. HEAD will continue to be the tour's official tennis ball through 2017. → Sharapova never met Steffi→ → Helen of Philadelphia sends this photo of what appears to be a tennis '50s doo-wop group. → Harley Brito Silva of Seattle: "Jon, check this out. Part is in Portuguese and part in English, with Federer being interviewed by the Brazilian fake news comic program CQC. Politically incorrect sometimes but still funny. Actually, I was also impressed with Federer's soccer knowledge." (Note: The Federer interview picks up around the 4:18 mark.) → The lovely, the talented Paul Hawkins. He's sort of like the Nate Silver of artificial intelligence. → Press releasing: "Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan's greatest tennis champion and highly regarded world humanitarian, announced today that his book Stop War, Start Tennis: Lessons of Life and Understanding from a Pakistani Tennis Player is now available for sale as an e-book electronically on Kindle at Amazon.com." → Memphis folks: Tickets to the 2013 Memphis Indoor are now on sale. → More press releasin': "2011 ITA National Women's Co-Rookie of the Year Robin Anderson from UCLA and 2011 ITA National Men's Player to Watch Sebastian Fanselow of Pepperdine added to their college honors Saturday when they were named the 2012 USTA/ITA Sportsmanship Award winners following their respective semifinal matches at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships." ? Jacksonville folks: Tickets for the 2013 Davis Cup World Group between the U.S. and Brazil will go on sale to the general public on Friday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. ET. USTA members can get first dibs on Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 10 a.m. ET. The series will be played at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Feb. 1-3. Comments More Tennis


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Dr. Welch is formerly the executive director of the Anti-Prejudice Consortium, an Atlanta-based initiative organized to conduct diversity training in middle schools. While director of the communication program at Mercyhurst, he reorganized the curriculum, expanded student media programs and oversaw a quadrupling in the number of majors. He was on the initial board of directors for the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators and in 2011, traveled to Syria to conduct workshops for that country's national media under the auspices of the Syrian National Council for the Disabled.
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Dearborn Co. Police Issue 200+ Seatbelt Citations
Press release from the Dearborn County Traffic Safety Partnership
(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – Dearborn County officers issued a total of 203 seat belt citations during the state's annual Click It or Ticket mobilization, conducted May 18 through June 3.
In all, the agency also issued a total of 226 citations for traffic related offenses such as speeding and license violations. Following is a breakdown of arrests made and citations issued during the 2012 Click It or Ticket mobilization effort.
Seatbelt Citations 203
Child Restraint Citations 5
Driving While Suspended Citations 6
Drug Related Arrests 3
"Click It or Ticket" is an annual enforcement effort supported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In Indiana, more than 260 state and local law enforcement agencies participate in the mobilization, through grants administered by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute's Traffic Safety division.


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The blind Olympian Archer from Korea
July 29, 2012 2 Comments
There is a blind athlete competing in archery at the London Olympics.
I watched the archery preliminaries yesterday morning, and he scored 699. According to the announcer, it was like the highest score there. Turns out, it was a new individual world record.
Anyways, I didn't know that this 699 point guy WAS the blind athlete in question. He didn't look blind, he wasn"t wearing black glasses (or any glasses for that matter), and there was nothing about him to point him out as the blind guy.
Actually, the only thing strange about him was that he never looked into the telescope to check how his throw was, unlike all the others who immediately looked into the tele to check their arrows. I just thought he so skilled and confident, he didn't need to check his throw.
The Archer is called Im Dong-Hyon, and he's from South Korea. He's already set a new world record at the London Olympics, and already has two Olympics gold medals from 2004 & 2008, as part of Team Korea. AND he's aiming for an individual one this time.
He only has 10% vision in his left eye and 20% in his right eye, which makes him legally blind. He can't see the lines and circles he's supposed to hit with his arrows, he can only see the blurred colors. He says he aims at the "Bright Yellow Blub".


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There are lots of options for dark hair now, and you'll want to take advantage of the fattening effect of color, which swells the hair shaft, creating bulk and texture. You can add highlights a few shades lighter than the base in caramel, honey brown, or auburn for a more lush, dimensional look. Or you can go for warmer allover color, perhaps a subtle reddish brown." — Louis VielA. "Choose spicy-brown highlights like nutmeg and cinnamon for contrast if your skin and hair have warm undertones. The finer the highlights, the more subtle the effect. If you're a cool, smoky brown and have an olive, very pale or ashy skin tone, ask for cool gemstone highlights in a topaz or quartz hue." — Brian KellerQ. I had subtle highlights added to my short brown hair, and I couldn't even tell they were there. Should I have done something bolder? A. "Yes. Those fine golden highlights that give browns a beautiful honeyed effect look better on longer hair — collarbone-length and below. When you combine safe, middle-of-the-road color and a short cut, by which I mean chin-length to short-short, it's just matronly. Don't be afraid to have your colorist add bolder streaks you can really see." — Louis VielQ. I prefer my natural color and want to color only the gray without a fake look. How do I do it?A. "A demipermanent color will heighten your natural shade, not change it, and will target grays so they blend in. You'll need to redo it every four to six weeks, but there are no obvious roots to worry about. This approach will work until you're 50 percent gray, and then you need to either add highlights or go to permanent color." — Brian KellerA. "Hair, like skin, loses pigment over time, creating a dull or faded look even though there's not much gray. If you use demipermanent color, don't pick a shade that's too dark. Many women think their hair is darker than it actually is, and go too dark on the first try." — Louis LicariQ. My brown hair looks wiggy. Is it the cut or the color?A. "Color that's uniform, especially dark hair, needs texture or a few pieces slightly lighter than the base to break up the solid look. Think about adding layers or highlights around the face. Both cut and color need to be in sync. If your stylist is giving you a ladylike bob and your colorist is giving you buttery chunks, you need a mediator. It's important that color support the cut, and vice versa." — Brad JohnsQ. After 10 years as a blonde, can I go back to brown?A. "I'd try lowlights first. I use nonammonia demipermanent colors on selected strands, adding a variety of browns to the blond base for a brown-blond look. Allover brown will make you feel like you're wearing a black hat on your head, and every line in your face will seem to show. And if you don't like it, you'll be stuck with it, since color comes out darker and drabber on hair that's been repeatedly blonded. Even gentle, nonammonia shades in light brown can turn black when you apply them to blond hair, so beware!" — Beth Minardi A. "There's a big area between blond and dark brunet to consider. Try on wigs in a range of brown shades to see if you can adjust to the contrast between skin and hair. Go halfway and add a lot of lowlights into the blonde, or try a single-process color that's a medium honey brown rather than a deep brunet." — Brian Keller Q. Can I retouch my salon highlights with a kit, and see my colorist for "guideline coloring" every three to four months?A. "Highlighting kits are terrific for the teens and 20s, but after 40, they're not very easy to use. Dark hair has orange and red pigments that can turn highlighting tricky, and gray only complicates matters. Use a home kit if you're artistic, your colorist is willing to direct you, and you're naturally a muddy blonde who was blonde as a child. Then, it's foolproof." — Brad Johns Keeping Color HealthyQ. Will highlights really destroy my hair?A. "Highlights can be destructive in the wrong hands. The typical formula of high-volume peroxide covers gray effectively but can be extremely drying. Ask for an oil-based tint instead, like Redken's new professional line Double Blonde, which highlights over a single-process color without harming hair.
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The Debt Ceiling Extension Act, S.B. 540, passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday, with all of Georgia Republicans voting against it, and all but one Georgia Democrat voting for it.
The clean debt ceiling passed 221-201 with only 28 Republicans voting in favor of it, and just two Democrats, Georgia's John Barrow (D-12) and Utah's Jim Matheson (D-04), opposing it.
- GOP: Yea - 28; Nay -199
- DEM: Yea - 193; Nay -2
- Total: Yea - 221; Nay – 201
The vote is unorthodox because it has the fewest number of votes from the majority party on a bill that passed the House since 1991.
The bill allows for spending until March 15, 2015.
U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, who represents Georgia's 11th congressional district, tweeted after the vote: "Today I voted No to a #DebtCeiling raise. Fiscally, we must be more responsible. Morally, we must stop shifting our debt to future gens."
U.S. Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga-10) released the following statement about the vote:
"It is highly irresponsible to be giving the President a blank check to spend and borrow as he pleases – but unfortunately, that's exactly what Speaker Boehner's bill does. We cannot continue to fuel the President's spending addiction by increasing our nation's borrowing limit and leaving our children and grandchildren with bills they simply cannot afford to pay. Congress must focus on cutting spending and paying down our massive $17 trillion debt – not continue to destroy jobs and stifle our economy with more spending and taxes.
"It is time we fundamentally change government and return to the constitutionally limited government as our Founding Fathers intended – and that starts with stopping Washington's outrageous spending. Today I voted no to raising the debt ceiling – but I'll be voting yes for the future of your children and grandchildren, for a strong free market, and for the liberty and prosperity of our nation."
U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga-07) released the following statement about the vote:
"I regret the President's call for a 'clean debt ceiling' that exacerbates the problem, rather than takes steps to solve the problem. We can find and pass solutions, but only if we have a willing partner in the White House and the Senate. We are on an unsustainable path of borrowing from our children and grandchildren in order to fund our excessive federal spending. We as a nation must take steps to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, this pattern before the true debt limit is reached: when we can no longer find a lender.
"America must control spending and reduce our debt, and as a nation, we have an obligation to meet the financial commitments we have already made. There is no reason both goals cannot be achieved if we are willing to make the tough choices today to ensure a better tomorrow for the next generation. Kicking the can down the road is neither responsible nor effective. As then-Senator Obama stated in 2006 with regard to increasing the debt limit, we are 'shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.' Then-Senator Obama was right to demand this leadership from President Bush, and I am right to demand leadership from President Obama."


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Weddings come in all shapes and sizes. Brides and grooms customize the big day to fit their needs best. These days some people are choosing to host adults-only celebrations. Looking for the right way to convey that sentiment in the invitations? Here is how to do it:
Be upfront
Before you send your wedding invitations and save-the-date cards, let guest know your big day will be kid-free. Say it casually and try to convey that it is adult-focused, rather than blatantly saying that children aren't invited. Give your reasons for choosing this route - perhaps there will be an open bar, the wedding is set late in the evening or you're hosting a formal event. Tell a few friends in a nice way and word will spread throughout your group. Letting everyone know early also allows them to have time to arrange a babysitter.
Save-the-date cards
You can also mention the kid-free component of your wedding on the save-the-date invitations. Just write that it's a 21-and-over bash so everyone will know ahead of time. You can also choose to invite kids to the wedding and have an "adult reception" later in the evening.
Wedding invitation wording
When you send out your invitations, you have to be clear with your wording. You won't address the card to your a guest and then write "and family." Instead, design the invites to feature the name of each person who is invited. Perhaps you are fine with preteens or other young adults attending. Be clear with who is on the guest list and there will be no miscommunication. However, if you choose to invite certain teens, you may have to do so across the board.


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Bluefaced Leicester (again)
I realized I have no idea how I'm going to take interesting photos of solid roving and yarn when I'm done with this stuff. I have other variegated fibers. I am not sure if this is actually a valid concern or if I'm just trying to sabotage myself. If it's a valid concern I'll have to bring out the solids and do some self teaching photo sessions, if it's just me sabotaging myself I'll have to bring that up with a mental health professional, because it's quite the issue for me lately.
I also need to grab some canvas and rollers and paint some different backdrops. While I love my light tent, the flocked nylon backgrounds only go so far and I want to mix things up.
The second bobbin of BFL is going much faster than the first. Since it doesn't suck to spin so much on my wheel now, I'm more prone to decide I want to spend more of my free time spinning as opposed to doing what I have been doing up to this point which has been spending my free time procrastinating and obsessing.


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Tom Steyer
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- 29 November 2013
With proper policies, business "will solve our energy and climate dilemmas"
Tom Steyer is the founder and co-managing partner of Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C., one of the country's most successful investment firms. He recently teamed up with George Schultz, former Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State, to defeat California's Proposition 23, which would have rolled back new state environmental laws.
He spoke at Climate Week NYC 2013 on how the right policy framework would enable businesses to meet the climate challenge.
"I am from the West Coast. And we have a rule on the West Coast that everything is supposed to be fun and productive. So I wanted to thank Mark and Amy. This is my first time ever at Climate Week. It seems like it's going to be fun and very productive so thank you for setting it up.
"I am obsessed with energy and climate. They're two areas that are tied together, driven by values and money. By what seems right, and what is profitable. And right now the two don't always line up. What seems best isn't necessarily profitable. And what's profitable seems, sometimes, very far from the best.
"Now that is not how capitalism is supposed to work. And the reason for that failure is an exciting one. It's elegant. It's extremely interesting. It's going to keep you on the edge of your seat. It's called: accounting. We aren't imputing the correct numbers – or at least we're not inputting all the correct numbers.
"Now, I was a professional investor for 30 years. I went to Stanford Business School. I believe in the core of my being that business, and particularly American business, which I know the best, will solve our energy and climate dilemmas. But it's only going to do it once the proper policies are in place.
"And until that happens, some significant part of American business – the part associated with the status quo – is going to fight very hard to keep our imperfect system in place. And they're going to argue, right up until we change it, that it's too risky to do anything else.
"But sometimes the riskiest decision you can take is to do nothing. And that is true here.
"We know we need to build a low-carbon, stable, sustainable energy economy. Not everyone in this room – and certainly not everyone outside this room – is convinced that the key to that is a comprehensive economic framework.
"But that is where my exciting solution of accounting - what we call 'full cost accounting' – comes in.
"Think about business decision-making as like a computer program. You put the information into the program, and the answers come out. You put garbage into the program and you get garbage out. If the inputs are wrong, the answers are wrong.
"We've seen this movie before. Think about the communications business. In 1983, we broke up the monopoly in the United States in the communications business. In 1996, we deregulated it. In 1983 – looking around this room there's certainly some people besides me who were around as adults in 1983 – we had the rotary phone. Now we have the Twitter IPO. In 30 years, how many steps is that that business took? No one could have gone intellectually from the rotary phone to the Twitter IPO. This was a series – it was 30 years of hard work by people who were trying to make money. Let's face it. Accounting really works. In retrospect, we call it good incentives.
"Now, Nick Stern has called climate 'the greatest market failure in the history of the world.' The market is not taking into account all of the relevant pollution costs. This is also not something that is new to us. We have done this before. We have solved acid rain. We have solved the hole in the ozone layer. When we get the framework right, business solves it faster, cheaper, better than anyone predicted and especially better than they predicted. They're actually amazing. We can solve this too.
"The hard part of this – this is no longer about the science. I would argue, and I have just been arguing, this is no longer really about how hard it is to figure out good policies. This is about the politics.
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"And, believe it or not, if the accounting adds up, we will meet the greatest challenge facing our generation. Thank you very much."
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Power trip? Alpacareality check!
How will you have reacted when the mothers of the tanktop wearing kids came to you... That it is a shame to dress your kid that warm in those temperatures and than proceed to check the back of your kid to feel if he/she is sweating? How will you feel/react when other people disapprove your parenting choises? I would say MYOB
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I dont make mistakes. I just found 10.000 ways that doesnt work.
We now have a hot-blooded, stubborn, fevered two year old with a sensory disorder that demanded to dress herself, that soiled her warmer clothes, that is at Walmart to buy a coat. You're right, that is way more likely then her mom being responsible for not properly dressing her. Hey, maybe she had a snowsuit on right before you saw her, OP, and aliens beamed it up?!? You really shouldn't judge!
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I had my DS on my back in the ergo For a quick grocery run. Mind you it was about 60 and he was in a one piece with long sleeves/pants, but I didn't bother with socks because he either pulls them off or they fall off, an it wasn't all that cold outside (note I was wearing socks and shoes but I wasn't being carried around either) an older woman came up to me and said "aren't his feet cold?" and I replied no, and that he was just fine, and then SHE reached out an touched his foot! I gave her the evil eye, while she muttered something about them feeling nice and warm, and decided to move on to the next aisle and not cause a scene but you can bet I was pissed! not saying its the same thing, but I bet she was well mening too, I just remember coming home and commenting to my husband about the nerve of some people. Also people try to touch LO all the time, so I'm used to that by this point.
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I dont make mistakes. I just found 10.000 ways that doesnt work.
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Pneumonia is caused by a bacteria, virus, or other organism that leads to an inflammation of the lung tissue. Not wearing a tank top in 50 degree weather
And why is everyone appalled that you would rudely say something? Because obviously she was not in harms way. You saw an opportunity to attack another mother you felt was beneath you for the way her child was dressed and jumped on it. If you had TRUELY cared for this child and truly felt she was in harms way you would have either reported it or bought the child a coat.
Bottom line, you supposedly saw a child in need and didn't do a damn thing about it. In fact, you made it worse. When you push an opinion on someone, they are going to push back even harder. Do you think next time she's going to make her child put a coat on because a random stranger rudely told her her child was cold? Nope, if anything she won't grab it to prove a point.
As far as controlling your child, if you control your child every step of the way, just wait until they get to college and go ape shit. You may think that my child runs the show when she's out in 50 degree weather without a coat, but in fact it's quite the opposite. Instead of repeatedly having arguments about what temperature she needs to be wearing a coat in (and if she's too hot, then it just backfires all the further) I just say " you might be cold if you don't bring a coat". Because I haven't TOLD her she NEEDS a coat she's going to be more inclined to decide for herself to bring it. And also if she decides not to bring one and is cold, next time she'll be sure to bring it. It's called Love and Logic and there is a whole parenting philosophy based on it. Natural and logical consequences will always be more meaningful than mom nagging in the ear time and time again.
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Amen to the college example Juniper. I've stayed out of this thread for a while but read it quietly. And guess who went without a coat in college for about 4 months in the freezing cold of Ohio? Yup. After being coddled for years doing the 'right things', my parents finally decided 18 was old enough to learn my lesson. I left my coat at a bar one night, they said no to replacing it and left me cold all year. I will NEVER forget it. You can bet 15 years later I haven't lost a single freaking thing since that night. And guess what? I LIVED! For an entire winter with only a couple of sweaters in the snow. Wow. And no one even had to touch me to ask if I was cold.
Op, I think your thread is a lesson in overgeneralizing stereotypes and overstepping the boundaries we expect as human beings, and I am pretty sure had you not been the antagonist of this debate, you'd have posted a thread detailing how some woman touched "y'all" and how right you were to condemn her for the very same things you did to her child. Fwiw everyone, we weren't there and we don't know what happened other than what OP has told us, and based on other happenings early this week on our board here, my faith in the adage "don't believe everything you read on the internet" has been renewed. I am still shaking my head and in awe of the people who have hugged her in the original thread. Now that's "WTF are people thinking?" right in your face.
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Ellen Burstyn takes on the role of ruthless grandmother Olivia Foxworth in Lifetime's original movie "Flowers in the Attic," premiering tonight, marking the first time that the Detroit native says she has played an evil woman.
"I like good writing, so I'm always drawn to well-written scripts, not just my character but the story and so forth," says the Oscar and Emmy Award-winning actress. "I like a variety of characters. I like to do things I have never done before. That is what appealed to me about 'Flowers in the Attic.' I had never done a character like that before. It was hard but it was fun."
Flowers in the Attic, based on the best-selling novel, weaves the twisted story of the Dollanganger kids who, after the unexpected death of their father, are convinced by their mother Corrine (Heather Graham) to stay hidden in the attic of their wealthy grandparents' mansion so she can reclaim the family fortune. But as her visits begin to wane after she becomes involved with a new husband, the children endure unimaginable treatment at the hands of their grandmother.
As years go by and the eldest children Cathy ("Mad Men"'s Kiernan Shipka) and Christopher (Mason Dye) come of age, both emotionally and physically, their family's sordid past entraps them further as they look to each other for comfort.
In an exclusive interview with Burstyn, she spoke about her familiarity with the story before taking on the role, addresses working on a film about such a taboo subject as incest, and how she made sure she didn't scare the children -- Ava Telek as Carrie and Maxwell Kovach as Cory -- too much.
"Flowers in the Attic" was a big seller and part of a franchise. Were you familiar with the book before you got the script?
I wasn't actually, no. I found out after I decided to do it how popular it was and how many people knew about it. It has a huge following.
The 1987 film version veered off from the book quite a bit. Do you think yours is a more accurate presentation?
I do. It is much closer to the book.
This is quite the gothic tale -- full of incest, murder and greed. What do you see as its appeal?
I think incest is one of those subjects that is totally taboo and nobody talks about it. But if you ever do bring it up, it turns out there is an awful lot more of it going on than anybody is admitting to. I think for centuries it has been going on -- back to the Egyptians for goodness sake.
This book makes it seem not so horrible in the fact that these children were put in this position right from puberty. That they were kept in the attic and locked in together makes it understandable. It is love; it is not lust. Anytime you break through a taboo, there is interest in that.
Olivia is very severe and unyielding in this. How do you get into character for a role like that?
It was a very, very interesting challenge for me because she seemed so evil and I had never played an evil character before. I was a little challenged by it. But as I got into it, I found that really what she was was a narcissist. What a narcissist has in common with really evil people -- what they share -- is they have no empathy to feel what the other person is feeling. Once I understood that, it was much easier to find her.
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Gmail has refined a fix to its online address book Tuesday to automatically add email contacts by usage, but allow more manual organizational control by user. The release is slowly rolling out to all accounts.
The fix refines a previous one where it would automatically sort previously used email addresses into a "Suggested Contacts" group. If you continually used addresses more than five times, addresses would be automatically added to your "My Contacts" group.
The previous fix would offer a checkbox to turn off auto-adding from the Suggested Contacts group entirely. This option has been turned on, thus turning auto-adding off, for everyone. Furthermore, all contacts auto-added to the My Contacts group have been returned to the Suggested Contacts group permanently. The only contacts in your My Contacts group should be those you've manually added. However, addresses in both the Suggested Contacts and My Contacts groups will still auto-populate in the "To" field when addressing an email.
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WESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The state has awarded a $12 million contract to build a 50-bed forensics unit at the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital.
Work is expected to begin soon on the addition to the state-run psychiatric hospital in Weston.
Chief operations officer Greg Nichol with the Department of Health and Human Resources tells The Exponent Telegram that Marks Landau Construction of Wexford, Pa., has a year to complete the project.
Acting DHHR Secretary Rocco Fucillo says the forensics unit will help address overcrowding.
Sen. Doug Facemire says the expansion also will create construction jobs. But the Braxton County Democrat says he's still concerned about the hospital's employees, who are overworked and underpaid.
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A very cold start to the week continues for the Clarksville area as highs today will remain in the middle teens. Overnight lows will drop into the single digits once again before temperatures start to slowly warm over the week. Highs will be in the middle twenties Wednesday under mostly sunny skies with temperatures warming into the forties for the end of the workweek. With an increase in temperatures, Clarksville will be on the dividing line between warm air and cold air and this will allow a series of systems to move across the region. These systems are expected to bring rain showers to the region through the upcoming weekend.
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Wednesday night: Clear. Low: 13
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A Palestinian fisherman shot by the Israeli navy two weeks ago succumbed to his wounds Sunday morning, Gaza medical authorities said.
Spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma'an that 52-year-old Imad Shukri Salim was announced dead Sunday morning.
Salim was shot in the chest by Israeli navy two weeks ago while he was fishing off the coast in the area of al-Sudaniya in the northern Gaza Strip, al-Qidra said.
Israeli forces shot two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the al-Sudaniya area in the month of May alone.
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Natural Gas Keeps Tumbling, And Even Lower Prices Could Be On The Way
Is there any end to the free-fall that has gripped the natural gas market?
We've been following this bloodbath all week, which has gotten even worse today. Front-month February gas futures are down again for the eighth day in a row–trading down more than 5%. Recently they sank to 2.336 per million British thermal units, their lowest level since March 1, 2002.
That's right, a 10-year low.
Today's decline is driven primarily by a weekly inventory report from the Department of Energy. The report said U.S. natural gas stockpiles fell 87 billion cubic feet last week.
Gas inventories usually fall in the winter as homes and offices turn up their thermostats and burn more of the fuel. But the size of the draw is absurdly small. This time last year, inventories fell 228 billion cubic feet. The five-year average decline for the week is 162.
The reason: unusually warm temperatures have swept the country in recent months. And forecasters widely believe temps will stay high all winter. That means less fuel used for heating–and more fuel in storage.
Pax Saunders, analyst at the Houston firm Gelber & Associates, describes natural gas inventories this way: "It's just an amazing millstone on the neck of the market.
So far this year, natural gas has lost more than 20% of its value. At some point, analysts say, natural gas producers will have to start curtailing production. But for many wells, pumping gas is so cheap that they can still afford to keep the taps on. Many produce a mix of gas, oil and other liquids, which offset the rock-bottom price of gas.
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A convenience store clerk was shot multiple times and killed Sunday night southeast Atlanta and police said robbery appeared to be the motive.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the man but is witholding his name until his family is notified. Police are still trying to determine who shot the man.
The owner of the Big Brother 2 Food Mart at 878 Norwood Road told investigators he found his employee dead in the front doorway when he went to close up the store shortly before midnight Sunday, according to media reports. The owner apparently called 911 and an officer arrived at the location shortly after midnight, according to Atlanta police. At 12:15 a.m. that officer then requested investigators to come to the scene, police spokeswoman Officer Kim Jones said.
The man had been shot multiple times, Jones said. She did not release any details on where on the body the man was shot. Investigators said robbery appeared to be the motive, but so far no details have been released on what was taken.
Still, investigators are working to determine if security cameras inside the store captured images of the suspect as well as help them determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting. The owner said a neighbor may have seen a car parked in front of the store earlier in the night, but no one heard the shots or called police, according to Channel 2 Action News. Detectives are trying to determine when the shooting took place. It may have been hours before the victim was found, the news station reported.
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