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Your Online Business Connections — Quality vs Quantity
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There are two schools of thought when it comes to online connections. One school believes that you should gather as many connections as possible from your various social media channels. The other believes that you should choose your connections carefully. If you have a strong Internet presence, you must get numerous invitations through your social media channels to connect with other people. Many of the people who wish to con...
Cultivating Meaningful LinkedIn Connections
by Michael Cohn - Apr, 2011
Anybody who has any professional life at all (or even those who don't) should have a profile on LinkedIn. It isn't enough to have a profile. The profile must be complete and it must be working for you effectively. LinkedIn is an extremely effective way to build relationships that will eventually lead to opportunities for you in business. It is also a great way to strengthen your network, keep it strong and get the most out of...
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Human Resources (HR) people work with human beings. Because of that perspective, HR people have not been among the first to jump on the social media bandwagon. However, it enhances their ability to recruit people. It is a natural. Although HR has many different responsibilities, one of them, of course, is to protect the company for whom they work from legal issues. Another very large responsibility is to cultivate and protec...
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If you find yourself in a job or career that no longer meets your criteria for career success, it might be time for a career change. If you are considering a career change, use free or low cost career tests to help you develop your next career move. Everyone has a list of different criteria for career success. These criteria could include wage levels, workplace power or occupational prestige. Regardless of our personal meas...
Workplace Friends and Foes—Your Forever Network
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Ever been to a high school reunion? Some former classmates look the same. Some you only recognize if they have a name tag. It's not how people look that flips our memory switch. It's their names that get us to remember how each person has been preserved in our minds: -How they treated us (and we them) -How smart and/or accomplished they seemed to be -How they behaved alone, in groups, and with those they dated -If we...
An Introvert's Resistance to Networking
by Ruth Shapiro - Apr, 2011
An introverted client -- let us call him Frank -- refused to network even though he had just been laid off due to severe cost-cutting in a difficult economy. An Accounting Manager with an insurance company, Frank consulted me for help with his job search, but refused to network. When I asked about his community activities I learned he held an important position as the Treasurer of his church and his beach club. I suggested tha...
Networking – What you might be missing
by Hallie Crawford - Apr, 2011
I met with a VP at a public relations agency, Mary, a few months ago. We talked about LinkedIn and how it is an important resource for job search, and for career management. I know many people are not on LinkedIn and many others feel they don't need to be. Some professionals are at the top of their career path, or even the tails end of their career and don't see the need for continued networking. I disagree with this perspecti...
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A filled vacancy starts with optimism. The boss is high on what the new employee can add to the team. Existing employees are relieved they didn't have to absorb more work. Bosses usually start with an announcement before the person shows up. Employees hear about the new hire's capabilities and experiences. They often hear high praise for how s/he will strengthen the team. Enough already! New employees mean change....
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NURNBERG - It looks like a spring date in London against John Ruiz for David Haye's initial defense of the WBA title.
While the exact time frame involved will depend upon the extent of an injury to Haye's right hand, which he said occurred during the early sessions of his lacklustre but lucrative victory over Nikolai Valuev, all the primary players present at a post-fight press conference verified that Haye-Ruiz was a "go."
When I heard that Team Ruiz had accepted an agreement to step aside in his position as Valuev's mandatory challenger in order for Valuev-Haye to occur, I figured that for one eventual reason or another the worthy but much-maligned Ruiz would never actually fight the winner.
I've become skeptical about many situations following the fight game, but I'm glad to say that some misconceptions were laid to rest Saturday night at a rowdy Arena Nurnberger.
Haye-Ruiz will probably be an ugly affair, and many fans outside the UK will criticize the pairing, but I believe Ruiz deserves the shot and I hope the event comes off smoothly.
"I'd love to have a homecoming against Ruiz for the British fans at someplace like the O2 Arena," said Haye. "I don't think there will be any problems getting everything agreed on quickly."
As Haye and his team spoke about Ruiz getting his chance early next year and their appreciation for his cooperation, everyone at the dais nodded their heads as if that would indeed be the next slugging step without complications.
Sitting at the back of the room, "The Quiet Man" Ruiz lived up to his nickname without the smallest inclination of getting some of the press conference spotlight for himself and pursed his slightly puffed lips as if determinedly envisioning his next step. I hope his patience is a virtue.
"I didn't see the whole fight," said Ruiz about tonight's result. "It was one of those things where you never know. Valuev was the aggressor but Haye moved better. He did what he had to do, (but) I'm surprised they gave it to him."
Another perception that changed was my feeling about Haye being a low-class loudmouth.
Some real jerks are good at saying "I was just building up the fight" to excuse being a scumbag, but Haye made his promotional skills obvious without making the hollow "build-up" disclaimer or hollow apology. Haye was the first one to stand and applaud when Valuev entered the packed media room, and his demeanor throughout the night made it clear he hoped Valuev hadn't taken any insults personally outside the strategic strands.
Also, many fighters cite superficial boo-boos as justification for a crappy performance, and nobody was mistaking Haye's inauguration for a monumental bout. A serious hand injury at this level is usually treated with more immediate extreme care but Haye showed up after the fight with only a couple band-aids worth of tape on his ring finger and pinkie. He handled the microphone or bottled water without difficulty.
Still, we were eye to eye when he answered my questions and I believe he was being honest with a response that noticeably shook the scribbling assembly.
"I knew I'd hurt him in the last round but I didn't try to stop him because I damaged my hand (earlier)," diagnosed Haye. "I knew my hand was broken early in the fight. In the second or third round I hit him on top of the head. He's like hitting a brick wall."
It didn't seem Haye really planned on a knockout anyway.
"We didn't plan on it being the most entertaining fight," said trainer Adam Booth. "The key was to stun him and then be gone. If you land two punches and don't get hit, you win the round."
That pretty much sums up the dull duke out. You could have kept an accurate punchstat with one hand.
Still, just because it was a cruddy battle doesn't mean it wasn't a great scene overall.
Hundreds of loud, mostly unobnoxious Haye fans took command in the full house of around 8,008 spectators. There were Union Jacks in every corner of the rafters, and only a few Union jackasses.
It was enough of a festive environment that fans may not have been able to keep their holidays straight. A large group in Santa outfits sat near balloon carrying Haye backers waving British flags and banners. A guy in an excellent, full Don King costume with sky high hair roamed and roared to ongoing accolades, and a giant Easter Bunny type rabbit suit handed out promos across the arena floor. After a couple of the high octane local beers, anyone who thought they had wandered into Alice's rabbit hole could be forgiven.
The undercard didn't have many two-way, pick 'em thrillers, but there were some exciting blast outs by very solid prospects or fringe contenders like Francisco Palacios, Alexander Frenkel, and high-potential Swiss star Robert Helenius.
Former belt holder Sergey Lyakhovich more than lived up to his comeback hype. He came in, looking quite possibly better than ever, and demolished Jeremy Bates while Haye was still making his way to the dressing room past adoring throngs. If tonight's Lyakhovich and Ruiz squared off, it might have been the off-radar heavyweight fight of the year.
For his part, Ruiz kept his promise of a more aggressive style and kept throwing hard punches during a 7th round stoppage of very durable Adnan Serin. The bad news is Ruiz looked like an old fighter, and a nasty cut (probably from unintentional headbutts) indicated a likely scar tissue problem from too much mileage.
From a car wreck perspective, by far the most interesting action occurred after the main event when dozens of determined, drunken blokes clashed with totally outnumbered but even more determined security forces. Some of the ensuing madness was like Keystone Cop capers, but some was serious mayhem.
Through it all, a cooler headed swarm of Brits serenaded Haye as he conducted ringside interviews with some of the many UK news outlets that covered the match as if it were the fight of the decade.
It wasn't. My scorecard had it 118-113 Haye. It was a snoozer for approximately thirty four of the thirty six minutes it played out, but there was plenty of excitement around the bells and the place went justifiably loco when Haye wobbled Valuev to close the show in the 12th.
There was even some uncertain anticipation as the scores were awaited, but something about Golden Boy honcho Richard Schaefer in Haye's corner made it clear the Brit wasn't going to get ripped off.
"Today is the beginning of a new day for boxing," Schaefer said publicly to Haye afterward. "David Haye is at the top of the list of those who can match their skills inside the ring with charisma. People have been waiting for somebody like you to enter the heavyweight division." Some of those people probably inhabit GB promotional offices, which should turn out to be a plus.
Valuev and his corner seemed almost shell-shocked afterward.
"Just one thing went wrong," mused Valuev with some sour grapes. "It was like a marathon, not a fight. I didn't expect him to run that much. The last round made the difference."
Haye laughed alongside Schaefer during King's monologue about the Berlin Wall and Valuev's eventual return. King's mini-speech was amusing to all in many translated languages, and whatever you think of him he did make a good point about honoring armed service veterans.
Haye remained cool and cordial through it all as he basked in the victory.
"If Valuev gets some more good wins under his belt I'd be more than willing to fight him again," offered the victor. "The key tonight was speed. People don't realize I'm very fast. First and foremost is being a good athlete. If I wasn't boxing I'd be playing football or rugby."
"It's a bit surreal to be honest. You try for something all of your life, then you get it. This wasn't just for me, it was for all my family, friends and fans. The only thing I can think about is going partying!"
The inevitable subject of meeting the Klitschkos came up, and now Haye's previous pull outs against the brothers look like good business sense. Vitali reportedly said he was still more than willing to get it on, and that possible summer contest will probably be the biggest heavyweight fight since Lewis-Tyson.
"I look forward to cleaning up the division," promised Haye. "I want anyone who's got a belt. The Klitschkos are definitely in my sights."
For now, the next likely target is Ruiz, barring something like a huge, immediate guarantee against Wladimir. We'll probably get the official word on Haye-Ruiz by the time Vitali meets Kevin Johnson in December.
What to expect for Haye-Ruiz?
Huge interest in the UK. Global proportions aside, Haye has already brought the mainstream bacon home to London.
Further diplomatic, trans-Atlantic grace from Team Ruiz. His moniker should be "The Quiet and Classy Man."
Long range prediction: If both men show up in the fighting form they displayed last Saturday, Haye wins by a bloody, multiple knockdown TKO within the first half of the fight.
That leads to a rare, multi-national bidding war for a Klitschko fight which ends up in Vegas unless some special commodity like Dubai pulls out all the stops.
For now, let's just hope that part one of the "Haye as Champion saga" plays out as enjoyably as he did in Nurnberg.
Who will win the Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward fight?

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Los Angeles-based organization FilAm Creative and UC Berkeley's Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD) group, will host a "Pilipin@s in Entertainment and Media" panel discussion on Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. at 56 Barrows on campus.
The event will address issues of both misrepresentation and under-representation of Filipino Americans in the mainstream media.
Professionals in film, music, television, broadcast media, and comedy will share their experiences, achievements, and struggles as Filipinos in their careers. The audience, which is expected to be made up of mostly college students, will get a chance to ask the panelists questions, learn about opportunities in entertainment and media, as well as build their network of contacts.
Panelists include Christina Luna (The Luna Company, Founder/Manager), Joey Guila (Comedian/TV Show Host), Keesa Ocampo (Corporate Affairs, ABS-CBN International), Rex Sampaga (Music Publisher), and Walter Boholst (Filmmaker/Entertainment Lawyer/FilAm Creative Co-Founder). Additional panelists may also be added prior to the event.
Moderating the discussion is Melissa Arce, a FilAm Creative board member and the event's producer. "After two successful panel discussions in Southern California, FilAm Creative is excited to bring the event to college students up north," said Arce. "I enjoy putting these panels together because of a sense of camaraderie and a motivation to push passed the identity barriers in entertainment and media."
The collaborative effort by APASD and the Filipino American student organizations at UC Berkeley – Pilipin@ Community Council (PCC), Pilipin@ American Alliance (PAA), Partnership for Pre-Professional Pilipin@s (P4), and {m}aganda Magazine – is what makes this event possible.
Aldrin Carreon, APASD Programs Intern and Pilipin@ Community Council Chair (2012 – 13), is who approached Arce about the panel. "I believe bringing this event to UC Berkeley is not only an opportunity for our community to collaborate on programming, but to engage with a topic that is so prevalent in our time and bring to light issues – from oppression to misrepresentation – we as Pilipin@s must endure on a daily basis," stated Carreon.
This UC Berkeley March 1 event is free and open to the public.
For more information and updates, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/462219503878660
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Reid Buchanan, a former Manhattan High standout and junior cross country runner at Kansas, has qualified for the NCAA championships, finishing 12th at the Midwest Regional race in Ames, Iowa, last Friday.
Buchanan is the first Jayhawk since 2010 to advance to the season's final race to be run Saturday in Terra Haute, Ind.
The junior finished the 10k race in a time of 30:34.5, which was good enough for 12th overall, but was the fourth-best time among athletes not on a qualifying team, sending Buchanan to next week's championships.
Making the race even more impressive for Buchanan was that he finished it without a right shoe after losing it in the race's first 4 minutes. The wardrobe malfunction didn't slow him down, as Buchanan not only was the highest finisher for the Jayhawks in the last three years, but also set a personal best on the 10k course.
Both the men's and women's KU teams finished in the top five for the first time in a decade, but only Buchanan will be making the trip to the NCAA championships.
The men's 10k race on the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terra Haute is set to begin at 11 a.m.
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HAHA!! WOW!! Those boys are so dumb, yet HILARIOUS!!!
April 2nd
Egg heads yoke.
March 28th
HALARIOUS!! Farovited it!
March 28th
That's hilarious. Seems like the sort of thing me or my siblings would make up.
March 28th
next episode. egg head visits the hospital ..... via Ambulance!
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The Houston Astros have been on the road for over a week, and now they are finally about to return home to Minute Maid Park. Although their time on the road started out rough, the Astros were able to finish strong. In fact, the swept the St. Louis Cardinals in back to back games on Tuesday and Wednesday night at Busch Stadium. Houston won in blowouts both times, winning the first game 5 – 2 and the second one 4 – 1. These were much needed victories for the Astros, who will now host the Cincinnati Reds for the next three nights. Tickets to the game on Sunday currently cost $9 and up.
The Houston Astros are in the midst of a slump, losing their last four games in a row. After beating the White Sox in the first two games of a three game series, the Astros fell 2-1 in the final game. They had two tough, close games against their state rival the Rangers, both of which also ended 2-1 after the Astros tried to rally. The final game in that series went to the Rangers with a score 9-2. The Astros will look to change things and regain some winning momentum when they play the Orioles in a three game series at home, starting on May 24. Tickets remain available for prices starting at $3.
With a freshly updated record of 13-21 in the 2016 MLB season, it is already clear the Houston Astros have had better years. It looked like they were finally starting to get some steam going in recent games, beating the Seattle Mariners 5-1 on Sunday and the Cleveland Indians in a crushing 7-1 victory on Monday. Sadly, they looked anything but dominant in their match against Cleveland yesterday. Not only did the Astros lose the game at home; they were shut out completely by the visiting opponents. The 0-4 loss did not sit well with Houston fans. Catch the Astros at home one more time tonight before they hit the road. Tickets are $3 and up.
The Houston Astros suffered a devastating loss last night at the hands of the Seattle Mariners. Houston managed to get the first run in the second inning while on the road at Safeco Field, however things quickly took a turn for the worst. The Mariners went on to score three unanswered runs in the third, fourth, and fifth innings. Unfortunately for the Astros, those three runs were enough to give the Mariners the win. Houston is now 6-14 and fifth in the American League West. They'll be on a lengthy road trip until their homecoming on Monday, May 2 against the Minnesota Twins. Tickets are available for $4 and up.
In the Houston Astros' final Spring Training game, the team beat the Phillies 8-4. Dallas Keuchel started on the mound and threw only 78 pitches during his seven innings, during which he kept the Phillies from scoring and only allowed two hits and did not walk anyone. Keuchel will be starting on the mound in the season opener on April 4, which will be against the Yankees in New York. After a couple exhibition games at home, the Astros play three games in New York and three in Milwaukee before they finally head home for their home opener on April 11 against the Royals. You can still get tickets to the home opener for prices starting at $43.
3/18/16 - The Houston Astros beat the Blue Jays 7-5 in their latest Spring Training game. The Astros started off strong with three runs in the first inning. Carlos Correa hit a two-run homer in the second inning to add to their lead, and had another homer in the game as well. Preston Tucker also got a homer to help out the team. Michael Feliz got his first start and had three shutout innings to give him a 0.90 ERA in his four appearances. Doug Fister is expected to make his fourth start when the Astros play the Blue Jays again on Friday, March 18. You can still get tickets for this and other Spring Training games, with prices starting at $52.
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10/12/15 - Fans of the Houston Astros experienced a true rollercoaster of emotions in Game 4 versus the Royals. The Stros threw three runs on the board in the seventh to take a commanding 6-2 lead at home, and were a mere six outs from a trip to the ALCS. Shockingly, the Kansas City struck back with a five-run eighth to reclaim the lead, forcing the exciting Division Series to a fifth and final game. Game 5 takes place on Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium and tickets are still available if you act fast! Be there for Astros vs. Royals with tickets starting at $175 and find out who will advance to the American League Championship Series!
10/6/15 - The analysts may not have guessed that they'd reach the big stage this quickly, but it's a fact: the Houston Astros are in the American League Division Series. The Stros knocked off A-Rod and the Yankees in New York behind a brilliant pitching performance from Cy Young potential Dallas Keuchel. Houston now advances to the ALDS, where they'll go toe-to-toe with the speedy Kansas City Royals. The series pits two of baseball's most capable offenses against one another in a battle for the right to advance to the Championship Series. Games 3 and 4 will be hosted at Minute Maid Park, and tickets are going fast! Get yours today starting at $79!
9/29/15 - The Houston Astros are done with regular home games for this season. In their final home series, they won five of their nine games, which means they finished strong. They still have a set against the Arizona Diamondbacks, however. Their success at the end of the season brought their record to 83-75. There is a chance the Astros will be playing in the American League Division Series, and possibly even the World Series, so be sure to pay attention to any Astros News to learn about dates and tickets. The Astros had an excellent season, so all fans are certainly hoping for some postseason play for one last chance to catch them in action this year.
9/22/15 - The Houston Astros are currently sitting in second place in the AL Western Division, closely following the Texas Rangers who are placed in first. Despite their good standing, the Astros haven't had a very fruitful month. They suffered from a five-game losing streak, four of those games being against the Rangers. Taking on the Oakland Athletics seemed to pull the Astros out of their slump as they took home two of the three games. This weekend is big for the Astros as they face off against the Rangers again on home turf. Don't miss your chance to see the number one and number two seeded teams face off Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Tickets are still up for grabs and start around $15 a ticket.
9/15/15 - The Houston Astros have one more chance to beat their intrastate rivals the Rangers when they play the fourth game in a series on the 17th. The Astros lost the first three games, and their second loss pushed the Rangers ahead to first place in the AL West by a half a game. It was a close game that saw the Rangers scoring four runs in the first inning. The Astros rallied to get ahead, but it was not long before the Rangers equalized. In the bottom of the ninth, the Rangers got the winning run for a walk-off victory. The Astros will be looking to get their top spot back when they play the Rangers again and then head home to host the Athletics. You can still get your tickets, with prices starting at $10.
9/8/15 - The Houston Astros have been struggling lately. Even though they pull off impressive feats, such as winning each game except one in the set against the Minnesota Twins and going 11-5 against the Los Angeles Angels, they intersperse these victories with long stretches of losses. Hopefully the Astros will be able to gain a little consistency to their performance, but it may have to wait until they return from their away series, which ends on September 18th. Once they get back on their own field, they are sure to improve. Tickets for their first game back are already available, starting at $14. Despite their recent setbacks, the Astros have been doing really well this season with a win/loss ratio of 76-64. Be sure to come out and show your support.
9/1/15 - The Houston Astros are one of the strongest teams this season and are holding tight to their number one standing in the AL West division. They currently sit with 73 wins and 59 losses under their belt and are trying to get on a good winning streak to start the month of September. Unfortunately their September 1 game against the Seattle Mariners didn't go as well as their 8-3 win against them on August 31. Both teams were productive offensively during most every inning of the game. It all came down to a matter of defense for the Astros during the eighth inning and they weren't able to pull it off when the Mariners scored two more runs to win the game. Watch them live on September 2 for their final game against the Mariners.
8/25/15 - An 0-1 loss to the Yankees ended the Houston Astros' budding winning streak. However, they came back the next night and won 15-1. Carlos Gomez had a three run homer, and Evan Gattis also had a home run. The win makes the 15th win for Dallas Keuchel this season, which makes him the first pitcher to have 15 wins in the AL this season. Tempers flared a bit during the sixth inning when Gomez told the Yankees to "shut up," which brought the benches and bullpens to the field. However, both teams returned to their respective areas without any pushing or shoving. The two teams meet up again on the 26th, and then the Astros head to Minnesota to play the Twins for three games. You can still get tickets, with prices starting at $29.
8/18/15 - With just over 50 games remaining on the MLB schedule, nothing's set in stone. The Houston Astros are definitely feeling good about their position though, as they sit three games ahead of the Angels for tops in the AL West. The Astros have turned it around in 2015, vaulting from the bottom of the barrel into first place with one of the hottest starts in the majors. After fading briefly, they reclaimed their division lead with a strong run behind their trademark dynamic offense. This weekend, Houston will face off with another L.A. team in the Dodgers. The 'Stros will host at Minute Maid Park, meaning they will have the benefit of the DH position as they try to cushion their division lead. Get your tickets for Saturday night starting at $17!
8/11/15 - The battle continues for first place in the AL West, and for now, the Houston Astros continue to lead the way. The fiery squad holds a two-game advantage over the Angels despite going just 3-7 over their last 10 games. Houston sputtered against their intrastate rivals, dropping three straight to the Rangers before losing three out of four against Oakland. The split a two-game interleague set with the Giants in San Francisco and will now finally head home to Minute Maid Park in hopes of building on their 62-53 record. The 'Stros will host the Rays at home on Monday the 17th and tickets are on sale right now so you can be a part of the excitement! Erasmo Ramirez is slated to take on newcomer Scott Kazmir and you can claim your seats starting at just $9!
8/4/15 - The Houston Astros were on a roll, but they have been struggling since they began their series of away games. Before leaving town, they had won five of their last six matches, but they have failed to win against the Texas Rangers, despite scoring an impressive nine points in their opening game. While that is disappointing news, the Astros did perform incredibly well, only falling short by a couple runs in each encounter. If they play at that same level once they meet the Oakland Athletics on the field, the Astros will not have anything to worry about. They return to Houston on August 14th to host the Detroit Tigers. You can already get your tickets for their homecoming game starting as low as $15.
7/28/15 - The Houston Astros were on a five game winning streak until they lost the second and third games in a three game series against the Royals. The second game went ten innings before the Royals scored the winning run. However, their winning momentum returned when they opened a three game series against the Angels at home. What started as a close game turned to the Astros favor when they scored two runs in the fourth. A four run sixth inning secured the victory, thanks to Jose Altuve's two run double and a triple by Evan Gattis. The Astros and Angels are tied at the number one spot in the AL West, which should make for some great games. You can catch them live by buying tickets on Razorgator, with prices starting at $14.
7/21/15 - The Houston Astros were able to win two of three games in their most recent series against the Rangers. The first night, the Astros got on the board early, with one run in the second and two in the third and were able to hold the Rangers to just two runs to take the win. The two teams fought a hard battle the next night until the Rangers walked away with the 7-6 victory. The Astros dominated the Rangers the next night in a 10-0 shut out. The Astros have also had a good start to a three game series against the Red Sox with a 8-3 victory. The two teams play again on the 22nd and 23rd, and you can get your tickets today for as low as $15.
7/14/15 - Even thought the Houston Astros have the most wins in their division, they are currently in one of their worst slumps this season. This last series of away games took a big toll on their performance. As it comes to a close, they only managed to win two games. Hopefully their six-game losing streak will also come to a close as they return to their own field for the first time since the beginning of July. Unfortunately, the Astros are only going to be able to enjoy six home games before heading out on the road again. Be sure to catch them in action before they leave town on July 24th. In the meantime, the Astros will be hosting the Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox.
7/7/15 - Jose Altuve will indeed represent his Houston Astros in this year's MLB All-Star Game in Cincinnati. The speedy second baseman pulled ahead of Omar Infante of the Royals in the final week of fan voting, propelling him to the first selection of his young career. In regular season news, the 'Stros have sputtered just a bit in the last week, dropping three out of four as the Angels have run off eight wins in nine games to close the gap between first and second in the AL West. Houston will look to this weekend's series at Tampa Bay to rebuild their cushion as they tangle with the Rays in a three-game set. Get your tickets for Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field starting at just $15!
6/30/15 - If there was any doubt about whether Jose Altuve was All-Star-worthy, he might've erased it as the Houston Astros ran the Royals out of town. Much has been said of Kansas City's dominance in this year's Fall Classic fan voting, with perhaps the most controversy surrounding the second base position. Omar Infante is struggling this season, but at last tally, led the voting for second basemen over Altuve who is enjoying an outstanding year. Altuve helped power Houston to their three-game sweep of the Royals, who continue to hold the edge in the AL Central but trail the 'Stros in the American League overall. Regardless of the All-Star outcome, Houston will focus on their upcoming four-game set with Cleveland beginning on 7/6. Tickets are on sale now for each game—be there Thursday night for just $4!
6/23/15 - Jose Altuve is creeping his way back up the ranks in All-Star voting and is hoping to represent the Houston Astros at this year's Fall Classic. Meanwhile, the Astros stomped the Angels on Tuesday evening 13-3, jumping out to a 7-0 lead after just four innings and cruising to their 42nd win of the year. The final game of the series would extend to 13 innings, and it would be L.A. ultimately prevailing with a walk-off single to wrap up the four-and-a-half-hour contest. Houston now returns home for seven games starting with a four-game set versus the Yankees this weekend. Who will take the decision on Saturday night when Brett Oberholtzer faces off with vaunted NY starter Masahiro Tanaka? Be there live with tickets starting at $22!
6/18/15 - The Houston Astros are on an exciting roll, winning their last five games, one of the biggest winning streaks in the league. They were able to sweep the Colorado Rockies in their four-game series last week and the Astros want the same results as they face the field against the Mariners this weekend. On June 18, Preston Tucker was an offensive star, driving in three runs to boost the Astros above the Rockies. Domingo Santana also helped offensively as he slammed his first home run past the fences. See if the Astros can add another win to the streak on June 19. Tickets are still available for all weekend games. Friday's game starts at $32 a piece and Saturday's game has tickets for $13 a piece.
6/9/15 - Following a scintillating start to the 2015 season, the Houston Astros are slowly heading back toward Earth with seven straight losses courtesy of the Blue Jays and White Sox. Houston will return home after a disastrous road trip, hoping to regain some rhythm after scoring more than three runs just once in their last eight games. The Astros will be hosting Seattle for three games beginning Friday night with a probable pitching matchup of Brett Oberholtzer taking on "King" Felix Hernandez, who will be looking for his 10th win of the season. Tickets are on sale now for Minute Maid Park and you can be a part of action with seats priced as low as $57! You can also check out Saturday's day game starting at just $19.
6/2/15 - Even after dropping their last game to Baltimore, the Houston Astros remain firmly in control of the AL West—and atop the American League as a whole with 34 wins and 21 losses on the year. The Astros had taken the first three games against the Orioles in Houston but a late homer from Adam Jones lifted the O's to a 3-2 win to avoid the sweep. Despite their strong record, the 'Stros had not won a series since taking two of three from Oakland in the period from 5/18 through 5/20. Houston now takes to the road to face the Blue Jays in Toronto, and tickets for Rogers Centre are on sale now! Claim your seats for Friday night's opener starting from $6 or check out the early game on Saturday with tickets from $9.
5/26/15 - Despite dropping two of three against the Orioles on the road, the Houston Astros maintain a commanding lead in the AL West. Holding a six-game edge over the second-place Mariners, the Astros are ready to open a three-game set against the White Sox on Friday to start off seven straight games at Minute Maid Park. Houston took a 4-1 win sandwiched between a pair of tough one-run losses in Baltimore this week, getting the usual strong production from All-Star candidate Jose Altuve throughout. They will look to return to the win column at home on Friday night when Chicago heads to town. Get tickets for the opening game starting at $26, Saturday afternoon's matchup from $25, or come out for the early game on Sunday with seats as low as $15!
5/19/15 - The Houston Astros continue to thrive, only taking one loss this last week. After winning half their matches against the San Francisco Giants, the Astros must have hit their stride because they remained undefeated against the Toronto Blue Jays, even managing to rack up eight points in one game. The only blemish on the Astros' recent record was May 18th's matchup against the Oakland Athletics. Since then, Houston has returned strong to blow the Athletics away in their second meet. It remains to be seen how the Astros will perform in their final game. After that, they will be on their way to Detroit to take on the Tigers. They will return on May 29th. Tickets for their homecoming are now available and start at only $17.
5/11/15 - The Houston Astros lead the AL West with a 20-13 record, but they're on a two game losing streak. In Tuesday's game against the Giants, Astros' pitcher Collin McHugh gave up three runs in the second inning, giving the Giants a strong start. After the Giants picked up five more runs in the fifth, the Astros couldn't make up the deficit. The Giants won 8-1. Astros fans have plenty of opportunities to catch the home team in action at Minute Maid Park in the upcoming week. The Toronto Blue Jays begin a four game series on Thursday (5/14). Tickets start at $10. After the Blue Jays go home on Sunday, the Astros begin a three game series against the Oakland Athletics on Monday (5/18). Get out to the ballpark for some great baseball!
5/5/15 - The Houston Astros have finally ended their winning streak, unfortunately. The entire league is impressed with how well the Astros are doing this season. This loss, against the Texas Rangers, is their first in more than two weeks. This loss brings them to 17-9. While Houston was able to reaches scores as high as 14 or 11 recently, they had trouble passing a single point on May 4th's matchup. The Astros scored in the first inning for an early lead, but that turned out to be their only point. They are still leading the league, but it will be interesting to see how they fare against the Texas Rangers in their upcoming two matches. Tickets for May 6th's game are still available starting at $14.
4/27/15 - Perhaps the biggest surprise in the American League so far in 2015 has been the Houston Astros, who have turned last year's lowly run into a first-place start to the new season. Currently holding at 12-7, the Astros own the only winning record in a competitive AL West division. Jose Altuve has picked up where he left off last year, racking up hits and stolen bases to help propel a dynamic Houston offense to a sizzling start. The Astros are currently in the middle of a three-game set with the new-look San Diego Padres as they look to build on their division lead with the A's, Angels, and Mariners all in hot pursuit. Tickets are available for Wednesday's day game at Petco Park starting at $15, but don't delay because supplies are limited!
4/22/15 - The Houston Astros are on a roll, with four straight wins. They lost against the Angels on April 17 in the first match up between the two teams. The Astros came back the next night to win 4-0, which made the night for fans as they celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Astrodome. George Springer and Robbie Grossman both had home runs in the game. The Astros have dominated the Mariners so far in their three game series that began on April 20. In the last match up, the Mariners were ahead until the Astros came back in the eighth inning with five runs, including three from Jose Altuve's double. The two teams meet one more time on April 22nd before the Astros head to Oakland to meet the A's. Tickets remain available starting at $24.
4/16/15 - The Houston Astros have one more chance to get a win against the Athletics in their three game series. The first game was on Monday, April 13, and the Astros lost 8-1, with a couple errors in the first inning hurting the Astros' chances. The sole run came from a homer by Jose Altuve. They kept the Athletics to fewer runs on Tuesday, with a final score of 4-0. The Astros out hit the Athletics 8-7, but they were unable to turn those hits into any runs. Brad Peacock retuned to the mound after being on the injured list and pitched for five innings. After Wednesday's game against the Athletics, the Astros have a day of rest before hosting the Angels on Friday for another three game series. Tickets remain available, starting at $19.
4/10/15 - The Houston Astros left their home opener with a 2-0 win against the Cleveland Indians. They were hoping to keep their momentum going during the next game on April 8, but unfortunately they lost 0-2. The game on April 8 got off to a slow start. Neither team scored until Carolos Santana from the Indians plowed a ball into home run territory during the fourth inning. Offensively, the Astros weren't able to pull it together all game. Aviles, from the Indians, exploded a home run in left field in the eighth inning giving the Indians the win. The Astros compete against their state rival, the Texas Rangers this weekend. Don't miss your chance to see all of the action. Tickets start at $29 a piece.
3/24/15 - With about one week left in the Grapefruit League, the Houston Astros have a 10-8 record, putting them in fifth place. They're on a two game winning streak, with wins against the Phillies and Marlins. With just four home games lift at their spring training field, Osceola County Stadium, you want to come out and see how the team is lining up. On Friday (3/27), the Astros host the Marlins. On Sunday, wrap up your weekend when you catch the New York Yankees. Tickets start at $43. Monday, the Toronto Blue Jays join the Astros on the field. Tickets start at $16. Their final spring training home game is against the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday (4/1). Then the Astros go home to Minute Maid Park for a Friday game against the Kansas City Royals.
3/19/15 - Slugger Chris Carter was the catalyst for the Houston Astros on Tuesday, going 3 for 3 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs to help his team score a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 13-7. LHP Jeff Locke got rocked for six runs in his three innings pitched, as the Astros cruised to their seventh win of the preseason. They currently trail only the Miami Marlins in the Grapefruit League, as the storied Texan franchise looks to erase the memories of a woeful 2014 season. Houston will rest Wednesday before taking on the New York Mets on Thursday afternoon. Just a small handful of seats remain for the game at Digital Domain Park in St. Lucie—act now and you can still grab tickets for as low as $15!
3/10/15 - With one week of the Cactus League down, the Houston Astros have a 4 -2 record. In Monday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Astros L. J. Hoes had the only scoring run in the sixth inning. Colin McHugh pitched three great innings for the Astros. On Tuesday, when the Astros hosted the St. Louis Cardinals, the Astros scored four runs in the fourth inning, and took the win 7-6, in a close game. The Astros host the Washington Nationals on Sunday (3/15). Tickets are almost sold out for this game. There are more tickets available for Monday's game against the Atlanta Braves. Tickets start at $32, but if you're considering taking the day off, don't wait to get tickets to catch the game.
3/3/15 - After finishing 18 games out of a wild-card spot in 2014, the Houston Astros have changed their roster going into spring training. The Astros brought in Joe Thatcher, Roberto Hernandez from the minors, and gained eight other players in trade or free agents. The opening games of the Grapefruit League begin this week. The Astros are playing at Osceola County Stadium. On Saturday (3/7), they host the New York Yankees. They turn around on Sunday to host the Atlanta Braves. Tickets for Saturday's game start at $43, for Sunday's game just $29. On Tuesday (3/10), take the afternoon off work to watch the St. Louis Cardinals against the Astros. Tickets for this game start at $36. See the Astros' new lineup in action in these games and make your predictions for their future.
2/26/15 - The Houston Astros are well known for leaving nothing up to chance and it looks like that is not about to change. With the 2015 season right around the corner, ESPN has ranked the Astros as the most analytical team in baseball, not to mention the second most analytical team in professional sports. Fans are already well aware of the intensive number crunching that is always done to try and earn the slightest edge for Houston, and they recently hired a new nine-man statistics team. You will have a chance to see if their efforts are paying off when the preseason starts on March 5th. Alternatively, you can wait until April 6th when the Astros hits the ground running. After their home opening series, they play a few away games, then return to play six home games in a row. There's plenty of opportunities to see the Astros in action.
2/3/15 - Fans had a chance to meet most of the newest Astros players during the annual FanFest, which was held on Jan. 24. New additions Pat Neshek, Luke Gregerson, and Evan Gattis were there greeting fans, as was Jed Lowrie, who is back after two seasons playing in Oakland. The new additions are set to strengthen the bullpen and the offense, and new manager A.J. Hinch is ready to start a promising year. As the old and new Astros spend time preparing for Spring Training, the team just received the green light for building a new facility in Palm Beach County, which will be shared with the Nationals. This year, Spring Training for the Astros begins on March 5 against the Philadelphia Phillies at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Fl. Tickets remain on sale, starting at $22.
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NEW YORK (CNS) — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he continues to support the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee after it lifted a ban prohibiting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups from marching openly in the annual event.
The cardinal, who will be the grand marshal of the 254th St. Patrick's Day parade in March, said in a statement Sept. 3 that neither he nor his predecessors determined who could or could not march in the parade.
He said he has "always appreciated the cooperation of parade organizers in keeping the parade close to its Catholic heritage."
"My predecessors and I have always left decisions on who would march to the organizers of the individual parades," the cardinal's statement said. "As I do each year, I look forward to celebrating Mass in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland and the patron saint of this archdiocese, to begin the feast, and pray that the parade would continue to be a source of unity for all of us."
The parade committee's decision comes in an effort to defuse the controversy that arose prior to this year's parade over the exclusion of gay banners in the annual celebration of Irish and Catholic heritage.
The ban led New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to refuse to march earlier this year. Guinness also withdrew its sponsorship.
The NBC television network, which has broadcast the parade for years, also was prepared to drop coverage of the event unless a compromise was reached to allow a group of the network's gay employees to march under a banner identifying the organization, Irish Central reported.
There was no immediate word on whether the decision would lead to a wider gay presence in the parade.
Dolan is an excellent example of a Democratic politician… where is his promotion of the Catholic faith?
The parade never banned gays. Only publicity stunts by gay activists.
Accepting the position as Grand Marshal of the parade, Cardinal Archbishop Dolan is using his position and the church to endorse gay culture. The parade should honor St Patrick, not gay culture. Further the parade has become a secular event. NBC and Guinness have no interest in St Patrick. The organizers of the parade are not beholden to Catholic faith or ideals. The church should distance themselves from this event.


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At 5 a.m. local time Thursday morning, all was normal in the Zhejiang province of China but within the hour the usually clear waters of the river suddenly turned blood red and a strange, foul odor accompanied this bizarre occurrence.
The Wenzhou Environmental Protection Bureau initially investigated but they reported that they were unable to find any cause for the rivers eerie transformation. The mystery further deepened when bureau chief Jianfeng Xiao speculated to Chinese news agencies that he thought it could be one of the industries along the river that were dumping red dye/food coloring into the water hoping it would be washed away by a rainstorm that never came; however, as several news agencies have reported, the locals say there are no such plants on the river. So far, this possible explanation is not sounding very plausible given that this area is known for having one of the cleanest rivers in China, where almost all of their water is severely polluted, and they credit this to the fact that they do not have any industries that are dumping along side the river and further, reports of the water being normal earlier that morning, rules out theory that someone had dumped the dye in the night before.
Interestingly enough, this isn't the first time that this has happened. The river ran red in December of 2011 as well, and the same reason was given by officials then to. A similar incident also occurred to the Yangtze river in 2012.
While it is yet unclear if this an environmentally caused incident, pollution, or something else, it does have many thinking of the apocalyptic similarities, perhaps the fact that another town in China was just placed under quarantine after a man died of the plague (yes, the bubonic plague) could be adding to the feeling of impending doom or the unexplained at work or could this be yet another one of Mother Nature's wake up calls?


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Finally... A Long Awaited Post on my Blog!!
Hi everyone... I know I've not been blogging for a long time, and I'm sure all of you missed my interesting posts... so read this post, which should be more interesting than ever.
Okay... If you have been reading my friends' blogs you would notice that the Common Tests are over! Monday was a full Higher Chinese paper!! Altogether 3.5 hours of completing 2 fairly (or shall I just say 'very') long and stressful papers -- Composition and Paper II. Tuesday was Literary Expressions, which was actually a formal Literature test on the knowledge of Shakespeare's Merchant Of Venice, which we have been studying for the past... 4 months. Wednesday was Geography, which I had prepared thoroughly, so I hope I can do rather reasonably well. Thursday was Science, which was erm... funny? If you know the concepts very well you could have done very well, but unfortunately I was one of those who was only reasonably well prepared, so maybe I'll not do that well for this paper. Maths... it was wasy compared to those challenging problems Mr Lee let us do during his lessons. Maths was on Friday, the last paper! Still, I left one question blank, even though I thought of a way to do during the test, I didn't write down and after the test I found that my supposed method was right but it was too late... I just didn't write that down... so two marks gone! And for another question, I'm sure it's wrong, so at most I'll get 31 to 32 out of 35...
Anyway, common tests are already over and I can start my Pokemon Adventure LOLOL. I'm playing Pokemon Crystal, which dates back to the year 2001. Maybe I'll try some other games like Maplestory. Talking about MapleStory I don't know whether I'll eventually like it, or be addicted to it. I've seen others mapling and it's like... jumping all over and attacking, even though the graphics are quite nice. At that time I was thinking... oh how would I let myself be addicted to such a funny (in this case it means sort of aimless and boring) game... but then many have been talking about maple in school, and many are playing the game and enjoying it. However some people don't like maplestory. For example, my SJAB junior, Seah Kar Howe, a class chairman, said: "Maplestory sucks like hell, right?" Okay everyone has his or her own perspective. Some like Maplestory while some detest it. Me? I won't know unless I play it, but as of now, I don't play Maplestory, so I can't give a definite answer. Maybe I'll play some time later... for example a few days later, but very soon I'll play the game.
Another game. DOTA! I don't see why some people enjoy it, since it's like so funny, but surely some people would seriously enjoy DOTAing, while some would not. As for me... I'm not sure, but I'm not planning to play DOTA.
That's all. Before I forget, I'm told to do something really HORRIBLE and TEDIOUS. I shan't talk about this here, but to know what I was told to do, feel free to chat to me on MSN Messenger.


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Walking into the fenced backyard at 5530 S. Calhoun St. in Fort Wayne, IN one might think they had been absorbed into a block party or social gathering. Clothes neatly folded or hung on clothes lines, baby items like beds and strollers, and some household items were all for the taking by anyone who might be in need of them. It was easy chatting with 3 out of the 4 women who organize Helping Neighbors FW. Their demeanor was laid back, helpful and caring.
It all started in 2011 when Laura Bunting's baby was only 6 mos. old and she discovered that she really did not have time to prepare for a yard sale, yet she had many items she wanted to give away to those who could use them. She decided to have a giveaway in her backyard. After more than a few times of giving, others joined her either by donating items or to help. Enter Melissa Greenwood, JoAnn Bryson-Kane and Ronnica Hoskins. Together, their hearts grew to the tune of overflowing rooms filled with donations. They started to promote Helping Neighbors FW 4 or 5 times a year. They have special events over Christmas and Easter. There is a drive for Halloween Costumes in the fall and one for coats and boots in the winter. States Laura Bunting, "I just want to give back."
Their clients are really not clients. Although they sign in, the hostesses of Helping Neighbors treat people like long lost friends. Folks just peruse the items that are out and take what they need. Out of respect, their "friends" stop by a table on the way out to show what they are taking. Marissa Greenwood says that some people might take things to resell, but that is very rare. They all have decided to never judge another's situation.
Something demonstrated by these kind souls; money doesn't move things forward, great people do. If you need more information, go to their Facebook page, Helping Neighbors FW. Their biggest desire right now is for someone to donate a building to their cause in the downtown Ft. Wayne area.


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Former UCLA pitcher Gerrit Cole will be taking the mound for the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday evening in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the National League Divisional Series. Adam Wainwright will be the starting pitcher for the opposing St. Louis Cardinals. The game will be at 5 p.m. PT tomorrow and broadcast live on TBS.
Cole started Game 2 of the NLDS for the Pirates and was outstanding, leading Pittsburgh to a 7-1 win over the Cardinals. The Santa Ana native tossed six strong innings, allowing one run on two hits and striking out five to earn the victory.
Cole, who was the No. 1 overall draft pick in the 2011 MLB Draft, made his major league debut for the Pirates on June 11 and earned his first career win that same day with a strong outing against the San Francisco Giants. Cole pitched 6.1 innings while allowing just two runs on seven hits. Overall, he made 19 starts for Pittsburgh, posting a 10-7 record with a 3.22 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 117.1 innings pitched. Cole also allowed just 28 walks all season and logged a WHIP of 1.17. In his last four regular season starts, Cole went 4-0 with a 1.54 ERA while allowing just 19 hits.
At UCLA, Cole enjoyed one of the finest careers of any pitcher in school history. He ranks second all-time at UCLA in career strikeouts (376), fourth in career games started (49) and sixth in career innings (322.1). Cole was also a two-time All-Pac-10 selection in 2009 and 2010, and earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 accolades in 2011.His best season came in 2010, when he racked up 153 strikeouts and an 11-4 record while leading the Bruins to the College World Series Finals. In three seasons at UCLA, Cole went 21-20 with a 3.38 ERA while becoming the only pitcher at UCLA to log at least 100 strikeouts in three consecutive seasons.


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Revelations of Christ (Hardcover)
Proclaimed by Paramhansa Yogananda
by Paramhansa Yogananda, as presented by his disciple Swami Kriyananda
Chapter 1: Major Disavantages
There is a major disadvantage to keeping spiritual authority confined in a hierarchy of prelates. The disadvantage is that institutional hierarchies are composed of human beings, most of whom have at least a few of the flaws common to mankind, among which must be counted pride, jealousy, personal prejudice, intolerance, vindictiveness, pettiness, and a tendency to be judgmental and unforgiving. Any one of these flaws is enough to obscure a persons perception of higher truths. Claims may be (and of course have been) made that Jesus Christ is guiding his Church to preserve it from serious error. The Roman Catholic Church carries this claim to the extent of insisting that, when the Pope (as the Churchs top primate) speaks ex cathedra, he is infallible. Other churches, though lacking historical precedence, insist to varying degrees on their own authority in matters of Christian Truth.
The greatest problem all the churches face is the simple fact that the majority of their leaders are only human beings, trapped in ego-centeredness (rather than souls that are free in God). They are therefore, and cannot but be, fallible. (Arrogance, I should add in clarification, is only one of the manifestations of ego-consciousness, which is a fundamental human reality.) What, then, is the ego? It is like a sliver of glass shining in the sunlight. It can reflect the sun of God, whose consciousness is the sole reality in existence, but the ego has no light of its own. Individuality is a universal illusion. It exists wherever creatures have developed sufficient clarity of awareness to reflect in themselves the light and consciousness of the infinite Self.
All living beings grow outward from a tiny center: from a seed, or from a first cell created by the union of sperm and ovum. Creatures grow outward from their own, individual centers. Consciousness of separate individuality is developed most highly in human beings. Attachment to ego is the root cause of every human delusion. Peoples notions of perfection cannot but be limited, therefore.
High position in a church does not infuse unenlightened ego-centered human beings out of the blue with divine or mystical insights. God can of course do anything, but the evidence of history shows that enlightenment comes only to individuals as a result of personal merit. The individual must first seek God personally, and be pure in heart. Enlightenment never comes to people in batches like college diplomas to a graduating class. Neither it must be stated also can belief in papal infallibility be viewed impartially as anything but wishful piety. (This dogma is a relatively new development in the Catholic Church, having been declared only in 1869 as, one suspects, an act of desperation to ward off theological challenges from the Protestants.)
All too often, what happens is that high position goes to a superiors head. An inflated sense of his own importance draws a thick veil of self-involvement over any ability he might have had to perceive reality, whether mundane or spiritual, clearly. Hence the saying, Pride goes before a fall.
How shall perfection be defined? In human beings, the root cause of imperfection is ego-centeredness; it conditions ones every perception. In smug self-esteem, and in peoples eagerness to be admired by others, they project personal ambition outward, and often assume that institutional promotion raises one automatically to exalted personal importance. Promotion, however, doesnt really change anyone inwardly. What happens all too often is that authority begets arrogance. In church hierarchies, arrogance is followed by ego-boosting attitudes like self-righteousness, insensitivity, irrational outbursts of rage, and indignation (self-defined as righteous) at the misbehavior and shortcomings of others.
Jesus Christ said, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matt. 5:48) Translators have not been able to imagine for human beings a state of absolute perfection. Often, therefore, they dilute the meaning of that counsel to fit a concept they consider more universally acceptable, because comprehensible. Translations have appeared with theological dilutions such as, Be ye therefore good, even as God is good.
The very idea that human nature can be improved suggests that Christ was teaching us to aspire to greater heights in ourselves, and to ever deeper awareness of Gods presence within us. Not all Christians are equally good, obviously. Some are better than others; some are worse; and some manage to be quite a lot worse. All this must be perfectly obvious to everyone.
A further step in this logical progression, however, is not so obvious, and is too seldom considered: namely, that goodness depends on inner standards, and above all on humility and purity of heart. These qualities are determined much less by outward behavior than by inner attitudes. They bear very little relationship, certainly, to a persons rank or position. God watches the heart is a saying that should be kept always in mind. Divine qualities are certainly not determined by the position one holds in a church. Promotion may come in recognition of personal virtues, but it is not in itself any assurance of such virtue, since superiors, being human, can err, and even if they show wisdom in one choice, that choice will never in any case bestow wisdom.
Indeed, promotion may also have unfortunate consequences. If the choice, in a church hierarchy, lies between a competent administrator and someone who, although saintly, lacks administrative competence, the selection will certainly go to him who is competent. Thus, clerical hierarchies become almost inevitably top-heavy, in time, with efficient but not particularly saintly administrators.
Administrative types are attracted to others of the same mentality: efficient, executive, interested more in how to get things done than in why they need to be done in the first place. Birds of a feather flock together. In religion, the administrative mentality tends toward efficiency, and may even frown on what it considers excessive concern with the lofty spiritual outlook. Administrative types always, therefore, favor others for promotion whom they themselves resemble: people also whom they personally like. If, moreover, a saintly candidate has all the skills required of a good administrator, and someone else is available whose nature is more closely akin to those making the appointment, then it wont matter if this alternate choice lacks saintliness. Indeed, it may help especially for him not to be saintly. (Who, after all, wants his own shortcoming to be exposed?) The bird of the same feather will almost certainly get the job.
If what I have stated is true and everyone knows it is true then it follows that decisions regarding spiritual matters should never be left primarily in the hands of high-ranking prelates. Still less, for that matter though for a different reason should they be left in the hands of merely intellectual theologians. Moreover (to conclude my catalogue of spiritual ineptitude), since intellectual learning is often a breeding ground for arrogance, such decisions should never be made by anyone for whom scholarship is his primary credential. The skill of the intellect at distorting reality is notorious. (That is why we have the saying, Even the Devil quotes scripture.) Indeed, the sharper the intellect, often, the more skillful a person is at distorting truth. As my Gurus guru Swami Sri Yukteswar put it, Keen intelligence is two-edged. It may be used constructively or destructively like a knife, either to cut the boil of ignorance, or to decapitate ones self. Intelligence is rightly guided only after the mind has acknowledged the inescapability of spiritual law.
Those persons alone are blessed with true spiritual insight who have lived their lives conscientiously by Truth, and who have done their best (as Christ said) to attain perfection in themselves.
According to the highest tradition in Christianity and the tradition exists as well, for that matter, in all true religions there do exist people who have actually attained the truths proclaimed in the Bible. Most of the same truths are, indeed, proclaimed in every great scripture. The people to whom I refer have communed inwardly with God; they have themselves become godly. Deep, inner experience of the Divine has raised them to the realization of God as the only Truth there is.
For the administrative type, which church hierarchies almost always attract, that divine reality is a distant consideration. Of more immediate and even overwhelming concern to them is how to meet their day-to-day exigencies. Thoughts of Eternity are, so to speak, put on a back burner. Sacred truths are left to take care of themselves!
In their own sphere of influence, church administrators function well enough. Few of them, however, are able at the same time to keep their hearts feelings focused on Eternal Truth.
The true custodians of religion, in other words, are the saints, who alone can speak with full spiritual authority. Whatever his outer position, a saints inner consciousness dwells on an exalted plane, which alone qualifies him to make important pronouncements on any deeply spiritual matter. Out of the vast variety in human nature, the saints are a class by themselves: They alone are the knowers of God.
In this sense it must be added, as a balance to my first criticism, that the Roman Catholic Church, alone among the vast variety of Christian churches, is in a position even today to transmit the true spirit of Jesus Christ. I say this not because the Roman Catholic is the oldest church, nor because the Pope is (as Catholics claim) the successor to St. Peter,* nor because of that purely man-made dogma, papal infallibility, but because the Catholic Church continues to uphold this highest spiritual tradition: mans ability to achieve direct, inner God-communion, and thereby to be supremely blessed and anointed by the Lord.
The Protestant churches on the whole deny this possibility. Even those churches which affirm it reduce its meaning to the lowest common denominator: They claim that everyone who professes belief in Jesus Christ is a saint already!
The Christian churches all insist that human perfectibility cannot in any case equal the absolute perfection of Jesus Christ. Indeed, they proclaim mans inherent sinfulness before God. Our destiny as souls, they say, is, after death, to suffer eternally in hellfire owing to the original sin committed by our first parents, Adam and Eve. Our only chance for redemption is, according to them, to accept Jesus Christ as our only personal Savior.
What have the saints had to say on this subject? Do they speak of mans natural sinfulness? Do they agree that man cannot possibly do anything to save himself? The saints, it must be pointed out to begin with, have decried the spiritually dampening effect of the concept that no man can hope for perfection. St. Teresa of Avila told her nuns that their duty was to strive to become saints. All the saints have said that divine grace is for everyone. Paraphrasing them, we may say that grace is like the sunlight on a building: It can enter only into those rooms which have their curtains drawn wide.
Are the saints themselves, then, perfect? This matter will be probed in some depth later on. The groundwork must first be laid, however, for an understanding of the true meaning of spiritual perfection. Let me, for now, emphasize this simple fact: A true saint is as far above the goodness that defines the ordinarily good Christian as is a skyscraper above the humble hut of a peasant. If one is charitable to all, does good works, and shuns vainglory, he deserves admiration as a human being. So long as he remains centered in his consciousness of egoic separateness, however, he should not be considered, in the highest sense of the word, a saint. For in his own eyes it is he himself who expresses charity, goodness, and all his other virtues. A true saint, by contrast, allows virtue to flow through him. He never sees himself as its source. Indeed, most if not all the virtues may be, and have been many times, expressed fully also in the lives of self-declared atheists. Christs message is much stricter. He told us to transcend ego-consciousness, that we see ourselves, simply, as instruments of God.
In striking corroboration of this statement, I remember one time when Yogananda was praised by someone for his humility. He answered with what might be called a conversation stopper: How can there be humility, he asked, when there is no consciousness of ego?
The criterion of what it means to be a good Christian has been diluted by what Yogananda called Churchianity. Nowadays, the usual criterion of a good Christian is someone who merely believes in Jesus Christ, and accepts him as his own personal Savior. A person may go regularly to church, be a good neighbor to others, help the needy, and be kind to all, but who tells him that he must also be conscious of his inner need to know God? Spiritual half-heartedness is what Jesus Christ meant when he said, Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father, which is in heaven. (Matt. 7:21) In the preceding verse he said also, By their fruits ye shall know them.
Is belief in anything really enough? People once believed that the world is flat: Did mere belief make it so? Science has demonstrated convincingly that belief is no guarantee of the truth of anything. Because belief has been made the criterion of a good Christian, Christianity has been slowly sinking in popular esteem to the level of a third-rate power.
Belief is only the beginning of the search for knowledge. Belief is the hypothesis. It is needed to provide the incentive for verifying ones hopes and expectations. After hypothesis comes the process of testing. Proof, however, will come only after a hypothesis (in this case, a belief) has been fairly tested.
What actual proofs does religion offer? The promise the churches offer is the mere hope of a happy, carefree life in heaven after death. Is that a proof? It is only a pious expectation, which invites rather the question: How many have returned from heaven to report their actual arrival there?
Yogananda enjoyed telling a story hed read in a book about Billy Sunday, the American evangelist. Billy, after death, presented himself at the Pearly Gates. Knocking loudly, he demanded to be admitted.
Saint Peter appeared, heard Billys request, and leafed through the Book of Life. Im sorry, he announced, but your name isnt listed here.
But thats impossible! expostulated Billy Sunday indignantly. What about all those people I sent up here?
St. Peter studied the book once more, then replied, You may have sent them, but none have arrived.
Religious truths can indeed be tested and proved. The proof consists in the yardstick of experience. If this statement seems simplistic, please reflect a moment: What does it mean, to test a spiritual truth? It means to exclude rigidly from ones life every vestige of ego-motivation. It means, in time, to realize that God alone IS, and that He alone DOES everything. Anyone who makes this attempt seriously will soon discover in his seeking that the challenge he faces demands of him, in fact, a spirit of heroism!
Objective proof of the truth of Christs teachings lies in the impersonal love manifested by those of every religion who have transcended ego-awareness and have, consequently, learned to love all beings equally. Such persons seek nothing in return, and consider it no sacrifice to retain nothing for themselves. The definition of impersonal love is a love that is purely self-giving, that wants nothing for ones self, and that doesnt hold onto anything with attachment.
The alternative way of seeking proof, and the proof that is usually proposed, is through the syllogisms of logic: the analytical, scholarly method. Truth, however, is not up for election. The modern mind, educated as people are to trust the proofs of material science, inclines to view rational scholarship as more objective, and therefore more valid, than dogmatism. A great fuss, indeed, has been made in recent decades over lately discovered manuscripts that date back to early Christian times. Scholars claim that those documents provide fresh insight into the teachings of Jesus Christ and the origins of Christianity. They have actually announced, on the basis of some of those documents, that Jesus did not die on the cross, but survived his crucifixion and went on to marry Mary Magdalene, the two of them producing a bloodline which continues to this day.
Jesus Christ himself, it must be noted, is quoted in the Bible as declaring, There be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heavens sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. (Matt. 19:12) By these words, as well as by the well-known example of his life, Jesus made it clear that he was himself celibate. (Yogananda emphasized that Jesus did not mean, in this passage, that one should castrate himself for the kingdom of heavens sake.
(It would deprive you, he told his monk disciples, of the energy you need to find God.)
Once the authority of the Gospels is challenged on such fundamental points as these, Christianity itself might as well be thrown onto the rubbish heap or else the Holy Bible preserved in a museum display case of encrusted antiquities, gathering dust. In this case, the religion of our forefathers could not but cease to offer perfection as an ideal to which all can aspire despite what Jesus said, and would deserve rather to be tossed aside as bereft of any divine message. For Christs message must then be considered as containing nothing but pious platitudes.
Human nature tends to seek the easy way out. Faced with Jesus Christs doctrine to Love thy neighbor, one might find comfort in believing that he is still perfectly free to hate his neighbors neighbor with frigid fury. Again, faced with the two clear-cut alternatives: heaven or hell after death, he might think, Well, how could God, being good, condemn me to eternal hell for being if not perfect, at least moderately good? Gradually, by pursuing this line of reasoning, he might well end up asking himself (as, in fact, many do), Just how bad can I be and get away with it?
It has become usual for Christians, in their awareness of claims made by certain new Christian scholars that Jesus Christ was only human, to conclude that it is still possible to be a good Christian and have no spiritual aspirations at all. Alternatively and this has been claimed also it would be quite all right simply to dispense with Christianity and all that religious stuff altogether, and simply be a normal, decent, well intentioned human being. And what if self-interest remains a life priority? Well, cant that be said of almost everyone anyway? (And can so many people be wrong? Such may be the usual take on that point. It is opposed, however, by the voice of experience, which has repeatedly shown the following to be true: The majority is always wrong; the minority has at least a possibility of being right.)
I once asked my Guru about someone who was good, kind, honest, and truthful, but who had no interest in seeking God. His reply was surprising: The road to Hades is paved with good intentions.
The danger of intellectual scholars to religion is not merely theoretical. Surveys of present-day Christians show that a high percentage of them feel shaken in their faith by scholarly claims that challenge the very authenticity of the Gospels. Not a few such claims have been aired, without proper authentication, in works of pure fiction. Others have been made by scholars who, though serious, demonstrate a lamentable absence of spiritual insight. In both cases, the claims to authenticity are based on the supposed antiquity of their sources, supported by a skillful misuse of reasoning.
Mans highest faculty is not his intellect. All human beings possess the power, at least latently, of extrasensory perception. A person might know, quite unaccountably (when foreknowledge seems impossible), that something is going to take place, and it happens. Or he may know exactly how to respond fittingly to some unprecedented threat to his person or to his financial security. Again, he may be unaccountably aware of something that will happen in someone elses life, and not even be surprised when it occurs, later. Or again he may, without even a shred of evidence, see behind a persons fa�ade of respectability and recognize in him certain hidden, dishonest intentions.
I offer these examples as commonplace. Such insights are like rents in the veil which separates the majority of people from one another, and from subtler-than-material realities. Yogananda defined intuition, ultimately, as the souls power of knowing God.
Consciousness manifests on three levels: subconscious, conscious, and superconscious. Subconsciousness, the first level, depends on external influences to which it reacts instinctively. It is on this level that the lower animals function.
Man, according to a classical definition, is a rational animal. Yet man is, in fact, neither entirely rational nor entirely an animal. That definition is a marvel of clarity in the sense that it serves whoever uses it as a premise for pursuing numerous lines of reasoning. It doesnt take into consideration, however, mans irrational moods, his unpredictable whims, his deep-seated prejudices. It gives no recognition, moreover, to the human capacity for developing spiritual insight, and for rising above his animal nature altogether. The conscious mind functions through the intellect. It compares things, then analyzes the comparison to achieve a more complete understanding. Usually, understanding that is arrived at by the intellect depends on the perceptions of the senses. This dependence renders the intellect, where higher truth is concerned, more or less incompetent.
Superconsciousness is universally the highest level of cognition. At this level, man transcends his self-limiting human nature and becomes a child of God, forever free in his soul.
One benefit that man has derived from modern science is the realization, intellectually at least, that reality is not confined to what the five senses perceive. Indeed, matter is now known not to have any substance at all: it is a product of innumerable vibrations of energy. Science has greatly expanded our physical and mental horizons, too, with its probes into the vastness of space and into the intricacies of the microcosmic world.
One result of that expansion has been the speed of travel to very distant places. One can even observe scenes now from around the world, flashing instantaneously on his television screen. Almost everyone nowadays is aware of cultures and countries distant and very different from his own. All of us know that the people who live in far-off countries are not essentially different from ourselves or from our near neighbors.
We are also becoming ever more aware that many teachings of other religions are very similar to, and even identical in meaning with our own. Christian theologians, most of whom still cling determinedly to the dogma that Jesus Christ was superior to all others, try constantly to draw their readers attention to any dissimilarities they can ferret out between Christianity and other religions. The differences, however, are all fairly superficial. Yogananda described the hidden motivation behind such scholarly attempts as mischievous, for they misrepresent what they have determined to view as the opposition. Where such issues dont arise, it is notably true that human beings everywhere have basically the same needs: food, clothing, shelter, as well as the same basic emotional needs: love, kindness, emotional security, happiness.
People everywhere in the world have also (most deeply rooted of all) a spiritual dimension, which the great religions address more or less identically. No true religion has ever taught people to hate, or to tell lies, or to inflict pain and harm on others. All of them urge people to behave in ways that will expand their ego-identity by including the realities of others. Every religion, moreover, insists on the need for all men to love unselfishly, and to develop the virtues of truthfulness, kindness, compassion, forgiveness, and all the rest. No religion, moreover, recommends the creed of materialists the world over: Me-firstism.
Nowadays, with increasing awareness that there may actually be a spiritual dimension in human life, it would surely show meanness of spirit to deprecate others efforts to rise spiritually, each according to his own capacity and beliefs. Any teaching that raises human consciousness for example, by kindness and unselfish love can only be good. Why then, in the zeal to convert him, harp on how wrong he is, or on how much he lacks a true teaching? Sympathetic interest in ways different from ones own is becoming increasingly widespread these days. People want to know how others eat, how they dress, how they define gracious living. Given this natural and increasingly universal curiosity, is it not right for people also to be interested in what other people think, in how they define happiness, and in how they approach God?
Dr. Radhakrishnan, who, when I visited him, was the vice president of India (he later became Indias president), said to me, A nation is known by those persons whom its people look upon as great. By that criterion, India is, and has earned the right to be, known as the most spiritual country on earth. For people elsewhere mostly define greatness by political, literary, or God help us! sports hero and movie star criteria. Indias principal standard, by contrast, has always been its spiritual giants: its saints.
I was once asked by a Christian missionary in India, What do you mean when you use the word, saint?
My reference, I replied, is to the Sanskrit word, sant, from which our word saint is derived. (Thus did I nip in the bud a blossoming theological challenge!)
The great figures in Indias past have always been men and women of Self-realization. Emperors, warriors, political leaders and other worldly figures in history, though admired and respected, have always been given a secondary status. Wisdom, moreover, has not been confused in India with scholarship or with intellectual brilliance. True wisdom is determined by a persons inner experience of God and by his consequent understanding of the true meaning of life. The great masters of that country have seldom been theologians or philosophers: in other words, men addicted to learning, each with his own carefully pondered theory on Meaning. Superconscious realization has given the wise of India keen intellects, but what most distinguishes them is their mental clarity. They live the high truths they preach. Superconscious experience has given them a uniform perception of what is and is not real. Their deep insights, based on direct experience, could never have come to people who had only keen intellects.
Declarations by the great masters in all religions, though not always exactly coinciding, have shown a remarkable unanimity with respect to the highest truths. Any differences, in other words, between the statements of a Self-realized saint in one religion and those of another saint in some other religion are due simply to differences of culture and environment and to peoples temporal needs.
So great, on the other hand, is their agreement concerning spiritual truths that when Christian missionaries first came to India, and encountered there a quite unanticipated corroboration of Christs teachings in the teachings of Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita (Indias favorite scripture), they decided that Krishnas teachings must have been borrowed from Jesus Christ. According to indigenous tradition in India, however, the Gita (as people fondly call it) is much older.
When you really get down to it, the only essential difference between Christianity and, let us say, Buddhism lies in the names of their founders. The differences in teaching can easily be explained by the different cultural exigencies encountered by those two great masters. Without what is claimed as the uniquely saving grace of their own masters, the teachings themselves are basically the same.
The following pages will offer Christian truths (eternal and universal) from a new point of view. This book will be completely orthodox in its adherence to Christianity, but its orthodoxy will not always correspond to what is taught by Christian sects. It will not always conform, in other words, to Churchianity.
I submit this humble effort, as I stated in the Introduction, in the hope of helping to reinstate Christianity on its fully deserved plateau as a foremost among the great religions of the world (though not as the only great religion). I am writing in the sincere conviction that what I have to say, which I learned from my Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, is universally true. For truth is one and eternal. This book is a humble offering to you, the reader, of explanations given by Paramhansa Yogananda, who opened the teachings of Jesus Christ to the world. I write in the conviction that, though it may always be possible to imagine new facts, one can never create a new truth. Truth does, however, assume ever-new expressions, like the leaves of a tree which are generically all the same, though every leaf is unique and different from all its fellows. Even so, differing expressions of the timeless truth are only outer sheaths for the one and only, changeless and eternal Truth, which pervades the whole universe.
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What next for Victoria University students?
Posted Tuesday, August 20 2013 at 00:00
In Summary
In January, Victoria University suspended some of its courses in response to the proposed legislation against homosexuality. Students were left with the option of either applying to the university's Dubai branch or looking for other universities in the country to study from.
The shock that gripped Anthony Kizza in the early morning hours of January 8, this year, is something still fresh in his memory.
As Kizza was heading to Victoria University that morning, he received a call from the guild president, his close friend, informing him that activities at the university had abruptly come to a standstill.
"He first asked me if I knew what was happening at the university. When I told him no, that is when he updated me on the situation at the institution," Kizza explains.
Opened in 2011 by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the university offered and awarded degrees from the highly regarded University of Buckingham, UK.
But on January 8, it suspended the accreditation for courses at the university on over the anti-gay-bill that was tabled before Parliament.
As much as the university offered the students the option of going to Dubai to continue their studies, Kizza who was studying Business Management and Information systems, did not apply.
"I decided not to bother myself because my sponsors could not afford to pay the high fees," he briefly explains.
Kizza then applied to some of the different public and private universities. He was however not considered. After months of running back and forth, he decided to eventually settle for an eight weeks course in Cisco at the Kibo Foundation, a registered Canadian corporation located in Kansanga.
Some of the other students on the other hand have had to spend a lot of money, trying to secure vacancies in different learning institutions.
Collins Bita, a former first year student at the university, is one of them. He opted to apply at some of the private universities and admits to spending over Shs250,000.
"I used part of this money for getting the application forms, photocopying documents as well as for transport," Bita explains.
He also confesses that after the university's closure, he had to deal with his guardians who blamed him for having chosen to study there in the first place.
"They were really mad and angry at me. According to them, their money had gone to waste just like that," Bita says.
Their anger only ceased after he finally received a confirmation letter from one of the private universities confirming his admission.
Since some of the students were not comfortable with the idea of going to study in Middlesex University Dubai for the Buckingham courses, Simo S. Dubajic, the executive director of Edulink Holdings, the Dubai based company that owns Victoria University confirms that their tuition was refunded.