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Christina Aguilera flubbed a line as she belted out the national anthem at the start of the Super Bowl.
When she was supposed to sing the line "O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?" she instead repeated an earlier line, with a slight variation.
She sang "What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last gleaming," which is the same line from earlier in the song but with the word 'watched' instead of the word 'hailed.'
The mistake immediately set social networks abuzz with people commenting on the error.
Aguilera's representative did not immediately return a call and e-mail seeking comment.

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First Landing Beach Resort & Villas
First Landing Beach Resort and Villas (Nalamu Villas) is situated on the only white sand beach in the Nadi area and set amongst landscaped tropical gardens. This small beachfront Fiji resort is only 10 minutes from Lautoka and 20 minutes from Nadi International Airport, making First Landing Resort an ideal base to explore nearby islands, the hinterland and the Coral Coast.
According to local legend, the first Fijians arrived around 1500 BC, landing on the beach at First Landing Resort. The small, owner-operated resort featuring a popular beachside restaurant, provides personal attention to all guests and genuine Fijian hospitality. The nearby islands are easily accessible from Vuda Marina which is located in front of the resort.
First Landing Resort offers a range of Fiji accommodation from Garden Villas to Private Beachfront Spa Bures, offering spectacular views across to the nearby islands and the Pacific Ocean. The beach faces due west, giving breathtaking sunsets across to the islands. This beachfront resort is perfect for families and couples, making First Landing Resort ideal for your next Fiji holiday.
Why not combine First Landing with Treasure Island and experience a true South Pacific vacation!
First Landing Resort consists of 33 spacious bures all proudly without a TV. Nalamu Villas, located directly next to First Landing and offers full use of the resort facilities consists of 1 magnificent beachfront villa and 3 tropical garden villas.
All Bures & Apartments Feature:
- Air-conditioning
- Balcony
- Ceiling Fans
- Bar Fridge
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Hair Dryer
- IDD Telephone
- WiFi access (fee)
Garden Bure: Duplex configuration, these bures are built of solid timber with a thatched roof, polished timber floors, high ceilings, modern furnishings and a private screened veranda. Some bures interconnect through the veranda (on request). Bedding is 1 King Bed + Sofa Day Bed which has 1 Queen or 2 Singles configuration. Maximum room capacity is 4 Adults & Children.
Deluxe Garden Bure: Featuring a separate lounge and fully equipped kitchen, these bures also feature a separate bedroom. Bedding is 1 King Bed + Sofa Day Bed which has 1 Queen or 2 Singles configuration. Maximum room capacity is 4 Adults & Children. Garden Bure Deluxe has wheelchair facilities.
Beachfront Spa Bure: Similar configuration and features as the Garden Bure, however these bures also feature a double spa in the bathroom with a 'secret window' to access ocean views. Bedding is 1 King Bed + Sofa Day Bed which has 1 Queen or 2 Singles configuration. Maximum room capacity is 4 Adults & Children.
Oceanview Studio Apartment: Located on the ground floor and features a large bedroom/lounge area and a screened in verandah. Large bathroom with bathtub and separate shower. Bedding is 1 King Bed and 2 Single Beds OR 4 Single Beds. Maximum room capacity is 4 Adults & Children.
Oceanview 1 Bedroom Apartment: Located on the ground floor with a large bedroom with private bathroom and separate lounge area with full kitchen. The bathroom has a bathtub and separate shower. Bedding is 1 King Bed and 2 Single Beds. Maximum room capacity is 4 Adults & Children.
Oceanview 3 Bedroom Apartment: Located on the first floor. Two bedrooms have their own bathrooms with shower and bathtub whilst the third bedroom uses the common toilet and shower off the lounge area. Full kitchen and laundry facilities and a spacious verandah. Bedding is 2 King Beds + 2 Single Beds. Maximum room capacity is 6 Adults & Children.
Nalamu Villas Feature:
- Microwave
- Electric cook top
- All cooking and serving utensils
- Washer/Dryer
- TV and DVD
- CD Player
- Integrated sound system
2 Bedroom Garden Villa: Each bedroom is on the ground floor and features a private bathroom and outdoor shower. The master bedroom features a spa bath. Each villa has its own private tropical garden courtyard with a swimming pool and spa, BBQ and patio. The full kitchen, living and dining rooms have high ceilings with tropical timbers. Bedding is 1 King Bed and 2 Singles OR 2 King Beds + Single Beds as required. Maximum room capacity is 6 Adults and Children.
2 Bedroom Beach Villa: The master bedroom upstairs has an ensuite with double spa and ocean views. The second bedroom is on the ground floor and features an ensuite bathroom with outdoor shower. This villa has a private yard opening up to the beach, outdoor swimming pool with spa, and a BBQ with deck. Bedding is 1 King Bed and 2 Singles OR 2 King Beds + Single Beds as required. Maximum room capacity is 6 Adults and Children.
Nalamu Grand Beach Villa: Situated on absolute beachfront this 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom villa is ideal for family or friend groups travelling together. Featuring 2 living areas, one large kitchen and a smaller kitchenette, outdoor deck and 25m swimming pool. Bedding is 4 King Beds (which can be split to Singles as required). Maximum room capacity is 12 Adults & Children. *This room type is available from 01 April 2017*
First Landing has one of the South Pacific's best restaurants, winning Gold and Silver medals at the annual Chefs Competition. Enjoy great food, the friendliest staff and a fantastic ambience with a unique beachfront setting. Timber decks and coral platforms are set amidst swaying palms, overlooking the ocean and gardens.
The award-winning chefs aim to create local and international dishes to suit any palate. The extensive menu features fresh lobster and seafood as well as great steaks and exotic local dishes, using an array of fresh, local produce. The Pizzas are cooked in a truly unique South Pacific wood oven.
- 6 acres of tropical gardens
- White sand (tidal) beach
- Beachfront Seafood Restaurant
- Yacht Club
- General Store
- Vuda Point Yacht Marina
- Nalamu Gallery and Gift Boutique
- Internet services
- Health & Beauty Centre
- Tour Desk
- Padi Dive Centre
The following activities are free of charge:
- Fresh water swimming pool
- Sunshade and waterfall
- Reef walking
- Kayaks
- Volleyball
- Hand line fishing
- Cooking class
- Cocktail making
- Traditional weaving
- Indoor and outdoor games
The following activities are available at a charge:
- Day cruises to nearby islands
- Island trips from resort jetty
- Scuba diving
- Sport and game fishing
- Sailing day cruises
- Trekking Abaca National Park
- Eco and Cultural tours
- Kula Bird Park
- Local art gallery
- Jet Boat rides
- Nearby tennis and golf
- Shopping to Lautoka or Nadi
- Car hire can also be arranged
- Beauty bure
At First Landing you can dive off beautiful coral reefs and nearby wrecks. First Landing proud to be associated with one of Fiji's largest and most established PADI dive operations Subsurface. Subsurface provides a range of diving options and certification.
Beautiful First Landing Resort is an idyllic venue for your wedding. Set amongst tropical gardens along a beautiful private beach your wedding will be truly memorable. Choose one of several Wedding Packages available below.
Standard Wedding Package: Services of Wedding Co-ordinator, Transport to/from Nadi to arrange Wedding Licence including fee, Fijian Minister or Wedding Celebrant, Commemorative Wedding Certificate, Decorated Wedding Deck & Tropical Flower Arrangement, 1 bottle of Champagne for Celebration Toast and Fijian Serenaders.
Deluxe Wedding Package: Services of Wedding Co-ordinator, Transport to/from Nadi to arrange Wedding Licence including fee, Fijian Minister or Wedding Celebrant, Commemorative Wedding Certificate, Decorated Wedding Deck & Tropical Flower Arrangement, Flower Girl to scatter petals, 3 Fijian Warriors in traditional costume - 2 to escort Bride and 1 to blow Davui, Fijian Village Choir or Fijian Serenades, Single layer Wedding Cake, 1 bottle of Champagne for Wedding Toast, Photography - 36 photos with album and negatives, Romantic candlelit dinner for 2 on private beach deck including a bottle of wine.
Renewal of vows are also available at this resort. Please see Instant Quote for Wedding Package prices.
Please allow 3 working days on arrival in Fiji to obtain your licence
Additional Information
Children: Up to 2 children 16 years and under stay free of charge in existing bedding.
Serviced: Villas are serviced daily
Check In: 2.00pm
Check Out: 10.00am
Address: 15kms North West of Nadi


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Joe Pleckaitis' "meet Ivan Telegin" moment came during a 3-on-3 drill last week.
Telegin, the Saginaw Spirit's hyped Russian import center, carried the puck toward the net and fired a shot that was saved. Playing against him, Pleckaitis moved in for a routine box out after the goalie already had the puck.
He got leveled.
"I wasn't used to that," Pleckaitis said. "In practice when the goalie has it, you give up. He just kept going."
After coming in to Saginaw with fanfare and high expectations, Spirit coaches and players say Telegin is living up to his reputation as a strong, bullish center so far in the young Ontario Hockey League season.
The Plymouth Whalers had their "meet Ivan Telegin" moment when Telegin notched two goals in the Spirit's 6-1 win over Plymouth Thursday night at Wendler Arena.
Telegin opened the Spirit's scoring midway through the first period when he took a pass from behind the net and finished it off. He recorded his second goal of the night 34 seconds into the second period, when he carried the puck from left to right in front of the Plymouth goal, and flipped a nifty backhand past the goalie.
"You don't teach that," Spirit coach Todd Watson said of the second goal.
Watson, normally tempered in his player assessments, Telegin drew rave reviews starting from his first practice. And after seeing him in his first game action — where he didn't score but had plenty of chances — the bar has been raised even more.
"He looked better than I thought," Watson said.
What line he will serve on has yet to be finalized, as Watson has had to shift through a number of combinations while he works with a depleted scoring corps (Tyler Murovich and Ryan Schnell are in American Hockey League training camps, and Joe Pleckaitis is out with a concussion.)
Right winger Jordan Szwarz said the trio of himself, Telegin and left winger Josh Shalla had some good shifts during the opening weekend.
"For a European guy, he kind of plays a North American style of game," Szwarz said. "He's a big, big kid, he likes to get physical and he's a very hard working guy."
The Spirit pumped up the hype meter for Telegin's arrival. The electronic sign outside the Spirit Store on State Street in Saginaw has been welcoming the "top NHL prospect" ever since he arrived.
But Telegin was far from a top pick in this summer's OHL Import Draft. He was the 42nd player picked, behind three other centers and four other Russian-born players.
Watson said he still wonders how Telegin fell so far, but credits his scouting staff with having him on the team's radar.
"I don't know how this kid slipped by," Watson said.
Telegin has been in Saginaw for about a month, after waiting two weeks for his paperwork to come through from the league office.
He doesn't speak much English — he started taking classes last week — so Watson and the players communicate with finger pointing and whiteboard diagrams. Pleckaitis said he and defenseman Nick Trecapelli give him rides to practice every day, when he sits silently.
But he's dealing well with the lack of communication.
"He does good," Pleckaitis said. "He doesn't get too frustrated when he doesn't understand. We're able to talk pretty good."
But when Telegin steps out onto the ice, the language is universal.
"It seems like Ivan's going to fit in this system good," Pleckaitis said. "A hard worker, big kid who's not afraid to hit a little."


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Community Conversation: Making Peace in the Hardest Places
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Eliot House Lounge
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Religious & Spiritual Life,Upcoming Events
Jennifer Sanborn
Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
Conflict is a reality we live with at Mount Holyoke, in our homes of origin, and in our relationships. Whether the source is something small (a behavior or habit that conflicts with that of another) or significant (years and years of warring history between nations/tribes/peoples), our survival depends on our capacity to work with and through conflict in new and more productive ways.
With recent calls in U.S. academic societies for (and then against) an academic boycott of Israel based on governmental practices toward Palestinians, U.S. colleges and universities must engage anew in finding ways to listen, respond, and be in dialogue about situations for which it seems there are two sides, infinite opinions, and no answers.
The Office of Religious and Spiritual Life invites you to a community conversation about the role and work of dialogue in peace-making. Dr. Paula Green, senior fellow of the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding, will share how she has been facilitator of and witness to the transformative power of dialogue in the most conflicted of spaces, and Paula will openly engage students' questions, concerns, and ideas. We will close by considering together how we as a community want to deepen our knowledge of and engagement with the hardest questions.
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Community Health Aides
The Community Health Aide/Practitioner (CHAP) Program promotes the highest quality of health services at the village level within our CRNA service area. The Community Health Aides/Practitioners (CHA/Ps) are the primary health providers for the CRNA beneficiaries. A higher level of health care is provided by the family nurse practitioner (NP) by appointment and referral from the CHA/P when the patient condition exceeds that scope of practice.
Under the Community Health Aide/Practitioner Program the village community clinics are open to the public for medical evaluation. A patient who is not a CRNA beneficiary may be seen in the clinic and advised to seek further medical attention at the local medical center, but will not be referred by the village health aide. Click here for Clinical Service Providers Policy & Procedures.
Home visits are made by the CHA/P to CRNA beneficiaries who are unable to visit the village health clinic.
The following is a list of priority patients/clients that qualify for home visits.
1. Eligibility determination is made by CRNA's Contract Health Services.
2. The following are beneficiaries who may receive home visits:
- Elders
- Patients/clients having a chronic or acute illness, and/or who are temporarily or permanently homebound (post-emergency or post-operative care, frail, follow-up for home monitoring care, etc.)
- Patients/clients diagnosed with a communicable disease and are not eligible for CRNA Patient Transport.
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Beijing residents to order tickets via phone
BEIJING — China is coming around to the idea of going to the movies as an entertainment form and in the latest effort to improve the quality of the cinema-going experience, Beijing residents will soon be able to order tickets using their cell phones.
"People log onto the 'net through cell phones, then choose cinema seats, watch trailers, browse information for new films and read cinema introductions," said Guan Zheng, publicity chief of Xingmei Digital Media, which will provide the service.
For many years, Chinese cinemas were dirty, draughty places for showing propaganda dirges and the availability of cheap pirate DVDs kept most auds at home. But these days, joint ventures between big Western chains and local entrepreneurs have improved the quality of movie houses in the big cities.
By the end of 2005, China had over 3,000 cinemas, 1,243 of them modern cinemas, with 2,668 screens and 36 cinema chains, according to China Daily newspaper.
The new ticket distribution system is aimed at heading off long lines for blockbusters at peak periods.
Movie fans also get cheaper tickets if they book using the service. The service will go on trial at Beijing's Xingmei International cinema for a month before being put into use at other cinema chains.


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Hydrothermal Vents
fissures in the seafloor where molten rock superheats water; Seawater percolates through cracks and is heated to about 350 degrees Celsius
the last macro-nutrient burned. Comes from meat. Formed from long chains of amino acids. Effects every chemical reaction in the body.
Essential Amino Acids
nine amino acids that cells cannot manufacture. Must eat proteins such as milk, meat, fish, and eggs.
cold blooded animals: dont have control over internal temperature. Needs less food/ energy.
power house of the cell, cell organelle that releases energy from stored food molecules


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EOG Resources Knocked From Above 95 Down Below 90 On Over-Reaction To Economic News 0 commentsJun 23, 2012 5:15 PM | about stocks: EOG
This is the same company it was before June 20th at 96/share. Now it's at 88/share. No news of significance, just the economic concerns out there in general. Nothing that justifies a 10% drop in my opinion.
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Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
March 22, 2011
Angela Delfine, a junior English major from Pittsburgh (15227), has won first place and a $500 cash prize in the 16th annual Ragan Poetry Competition at Saint Vincent College. The award will be presented by Michelle Gil-Montero, assistant professor of English at Saint Vincent College, and College President Br. Norman Hipps, O.S.B., at the Spring Honors Convocation in Saint Vincent Basilica on Wednesday, April 25. Ms. Delfine will read her poem, "You Live," at a program on the Saint Vincent campus on Monday, March 26 at 7 p.m. in the Fred M. Rogers Center. Admission is free and open to the public. Poet Kevin Pilkington, who served as judge for this year's competition and who will also read at the March 26 event, wrote: "The poem begins with the comforting, familiar phrase 'Once upon a time,' then quickly turns towards the struggle between the unrealistic perception of the American dream and its reality. The first or second generation, in this case, Irish Catholic, speaker offers a clear narrative in the examination of family and pursuit of understanding one's place in the world. It is a world of low expectations, minimum wage and violence. The speaker challenges the popular assumption of the past until a more contemporary realistic version emerges. In the end, this is a poem about poetic inspiration: what inspires the poet no matter how uninspiring his or her environment may be. No wonder this powerful poem concludes with the following two lines: 'I could create a distorted perception of this life. And so, I will'." Mr. Pilkington is a member of the writing faculty at Sarah Lawrence College. He is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently The Unemployed Man Who Became a Tree (Black Lawrence Press, 2011). His poetry has appeared in many anthologies including: Birthday Poems: A Celebration, Western Wind, and Contemporary Poetry of New England. His poems and reviews have appeared in numerous magazines including: Poetry, Ploughshares, Iowa Review, Boston Review, Yankee, Hayden's Ferry, Columbia, North American Review, and others. A novel entitled Summer Shares is just out from Arche Books. Other Ragan Poetry winners who will read include Angela Gartner, a senior English major from Pittsburgh (15289), second place for her poem, "Red Stained Horse;" and Tucker Perkins, a junior English major from Greensburg, third place for his poem, "Bacon." Established to recognize and encourage student writing of poetry, the Ragan Poetry Prize competition is made possible by a gift from Dr. James Ragan, a 1966 graduate of Saint Vincent College who also was honored by Saint Vincent in 1990 with the conferral of an honorary doctoral degree. Dr. Ragan is the former Director of the University of Southern California's Graduate Professional Writing Program and Professor of Poetry at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Ragan's poetry has been awarded the Emerson Poetry Prize, the Gertrude Claytor Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, the Walt Whitman Center Book Award and the PEN Center West Poetry Prize. A Fulbright Senior Lecturer to China and Yugoslavia, he has read his work extensively in Asia and Central and Eastern Europe, including the Moscow International Poetry Forum of 1985 and 1990. Here is Ms. Delfine's winning poem: You Live Once upon a time you live your average, ordinary, lower-middle class life, and then you die. You sing over birthday cakes, work minimum-wage, retail jobs, and occasionally get a college degree. You find your significant other at age 25 (if you're lucky), have an old-fashioned, Irish-Catholic-church-hall wedding, and pop out one-to-two kids within the next two years. You eat, breathe, and sleep average, white-Americanism, with your alcoholic family and fondness of fake-Asian cuisine. And yet, it doesn't always feel average. When you walk away from your inner-city life to be the first in your immediate family to get a college degree. When your best friend is shot in the head five times at the age of 21. When you first realize that you were placed on this damned earth to do more than steam macchiatos till 11-o-clock on a Friday night. I could write a novel about the average-American life. About broken families and being alone and running away. Running away from the inner walls of the filthy city. I could create a distorted perception of this life. And so, I will.
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Happy Mother's Day to all the mama's out there and the mama's-to-be :)
I'm really excited to share my first Mother's Day with my mom this year.
It would have been my first Mother's Day away from her, but she decided to fly out here and
spend a few days with me! I'm so looking forward to the next couple of days with her.
The weather has been amazing so I anticipate a lot of walks around the neighborhood and girl talk around the pool.
Have a great weekend, and Happy Mother's Day! xoxo


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West Texas A&M volleyball coach Tony Graystone announced Monday former player Holly Morgan will be an assistant coach at WT this year.
Morgan, a four-time All Lone-Star Conference outside hitter and member of the 1997 national championship team, worked as an assistant under Graystone from 1999-2001. She returns from a two-year stint as head coach at Round Rock Stony Point High School.
Morgan is second on the all-time list at WT with 1,759 digs and twice recorded 24 kills in a match. She joins her sister Kendra Morgan on the bench. Kendra Morgan, who was a three-time American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American setter, will be a student assistant this year.
"I'm really excited about the return of Holly Morgan," Graystone said. "More important than her accomplishments as a standout player at West Texas A&M, Holly truly understands what Lady Buff volleyball is all about. I know she will earn the players' respect and have a great rapport with them."
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A Selection from The Ancient Power of Sanskrit Mantra and Ceremony, Volume I
The creative principle of the universe is called Brahma in Sanskrit. Brahma, who is depicted as emerging from the navel lotus of Narayana, is a metaphor for all of creation: its laws, its inherent intelligence, and its consciously manifested potencies which operate as sages, saints, rishis, devas, celestials, and divine beings of all kinds of nature, temperament and description. Narayana is the Sanskrit name given in the Upanishads to that which is the sum and substance of all the manifested and unmanifested realms. Narayana is that which is neither created nor destroyed but transcends the creation, life and destruction of the universe. Brahma creates, operates in the form of this universe for trillions of years, then dissolves back into Narayana. Narayana, however, is neither created nor destroyed. Later, another Brahma appears to begin the process again.
Since the term "Brahma" does not appear in the Vedas, its creation stems from the Sanskrit work "Brih" which means "'to grow" or "to expand." In this way, it became synonymous with Hiranyagharba: The Golden Egg of Creation. Growing from the Navel Lotus of Narayana, Brahma is the name for the principle which creates all of the manifest realms. Since the Vedas proclaim in the Purusha Suktam that "three quarters of this universe are in indestructible realms above," then clearly Brahma, with his finite duration, is connected to the realms of the universe which we inhabit which are subject to creation and dissolution.
Brahma was endowed with his "spouse" (Saraswati) and consciousness at the time of creation. Brahma made certain "beings" solely by the power of his mind and thought. These beings are called the mind-born sons of Brahma. The state of their consciousness is summarized by the title Brahma Rishi: Seer with the Understanding of Brahma. Brahma Rishis, in turn, can confer this state of consciousness upon others who prove themselves capable and worthy. For an example of the conferring of the state of Brahma Rishi upon one being by another, see the Story of Vishwamitra in the Chapter on the Gayatri Mantra.
To further understand the concept of Brahma and his relation to the universe as we know it, it is helpful to view the cosmos through the lens of the Vedic descriptions of the life of the universe as interpreted in human years. Here are cycles of time as recorded in the Vedas and Upanishads.
Small Yuga: 2,000 years. The axis of the earth spends 2,000 years in an astrological sign and the moves on to the next sign, going backwards through the signs of the zodiac. Since we are finishing the Pisceaen cycle, we are ready to enter the Aquarian cycle for the next 2,000 years. We commonly refer to entering Aquarius as the "dawning of the age of Aquarius."
Complete Cycle of Small Yugas: 24,000 years. This is the amount of time needed for the earth to spend 2,000 years in each sign of the zodiac.
The Great Cycle
In addition to the earth's axis moving in an arc as it travels through the signs of the zodiac, there is another cycle. This is a cycle which involves the revolution of the entire solar system around the Central Sun of the Galaxy. The orbit is elliptical rather than circular. To make the elliptical movement of the solar system around a great central point more understandable, the analogy of "seasons" is used. This is a useful analogy because changes in overall states of consciousness are represented as "seasons" through which the solar system passes on its journey.
When consciousness is in a high state, it is summer. At this time, 90% of the inhabitants of the earth are enlightened. This is called Satya Yuga, or the Age of Truth. When Fall or Spring are in full swing, the numbers of enlightened beings drops to less than 10%. When Winter comes, far less than 1% of the people on earth are enlightened. However, there are trade offs.
First, it is easier to make progress in the "'winter of consciousness." The analogy is often used that if one tries to row one's boat in air, very little progress will be achieved. But when the oars are placed in water, much more rapid progress can be made. This is because compared to air, the resistance of water is much higher enabling the work of the oars to bear fruit. It is the resistance itself which provides a route to rapid progress. Similarly, in spiritual winter our efforts to achieve spiritual growth produce much faster results than they would in any other age of consciousness because of the great general resistance to things spiritual.
There is no disagreement among all the sages, pundits, gurus and swamis that Kali Yuga, the present spiritual winter, affords an opportunity for more rapid spiritual progress than any other age. Further, the medium for rapid growth is almost universally prescribed by these same classes of spiritual teachers as divine sound through the medium of mantra. Here are the various seasons and ages of the universe as measured in human years.
Winter (Kali Yuga):* 432,000 years
* The year 2012 is 5,104 years from the beginning of Kali Yuga of the long cycle. For the short cycle, winter is ending with the entrance of the planetary axis into Aquarius, which begins the season of Spring for the shorter, 24,000 year cycle.
Spring: (Treta Yuga): 1,296,000 years
Summer (Satya or Krita Yuga): 1,728,000 years
Autumn (Dwapara Yuga): 864,000 years
Total Time for One Cycle or Manvantara: 4,320,000,000 years
This is called "A Day of Brahma" and is followed by a night of equal length.
One complete day and night of Brahma: 8,640,000,000 years
360 of these days is called "One Year of Brahma": 3,110,400,000,000 years.
100 of these years constitute the life of Brahma called a Maha Kalpa: 311,040,000,000,000 years.
At the end of a "Maha. Kalpa" or cycle of creation, Shiva manifests his destructive influence and the universe is dissolved. [Actually the entire universe becomes spiritualized, see the chapter on Shiva for discussion of this point.] The ancient texts call this the cosmic dissolution. All the levels of the manifest universe disappear. After a great cosmic rest cycle, another creative cycle begins as a new Brahma emerges out of the navel of Narayana and the universe is created anew.
Another item of importance is that one who has achieved the highest level of conscious realization is said to realize and become one with Brahman. At this point, all individuality as we know it disappears. The individual Jiva, Soul or Atman retums to its source from which it will not return of its own volition. However, for reasons known only to itself, certain souls may return for reasons understood only by Narayana.
Story About Brahma and Ego
There is a story in which Brahma and Vishnu were touring the Universe one day and found a pillar of light which extended farther than they could perceive in two directions. They were curious and decided to split up to see if one of them could find an end. Vishnu went in one direction and Brahma the other, After some time, they returned to their staring place. Vishnu said that he was unable to find the beginning, no matter how far he traveled. Brahma said that he found a beginning. He lied. Thereupon, the Pillar of light immediately changed into a form of Shiva who called Brahma a liar and sentenced him to be little observed in the divine ceremonies. This is why you will not find many pujas to him.
The lesson of the story is that the ego always wishes to perpetuate itself. And the act of creation (Brahma is the Great Creator) takes ego... even divine ego... to accomplish things. There is a mantra to achieve understanding of the mysteries of the form of this creation. The secrets of the universe become unraveled. Many traditional gurus give this mantra to their advanced students.
Brahma Mantra
Sat Chid Ekam Brahma
Surface Meaning:
Sat = Truth
Chid = Spiritual mind stuff
Ekam = one, without a second
Brahma = This entire cosmos, with all of its contents
Brahma Mantra with Bijas
Here is a longer version of the "Sat Chid Ekam Brahma" mantra:
Om Eim Hrim Shrim Klim Sauh Sat Chid Ekam Brahma
Om is a prefix to many mantras. It represents the energy at the Ajna chakra at the brow center, where the feminine and masculine currents become joined and consciousness becomes unitary and wholistic.
Eim (aim) is a seed sound for the feminine principle known as Saraswati. This principle governs spiritual knowledge as well as the material pursuits of education, science, art, music, and spiritual discipline.
Hrim is a seed sound for "mahamaya" or the veil of creation. It is said that meditation on this seed sound will result in the meditator ultimately being shown the universe "as it is" and not as we see it currently. That is because reality as we see it is really an "agreement" among all of us which is passed on from generation to generation. Babies, if they could talk, would speak of the universe in quite a different way. They ultimately learn what humanity's "agreement" is and start to function in the world. For more about the Hrim bija, see the chapter on Narayana.
Shrim is the seed sound for the principle of abundance. This covers the abundance of food, friends, family, health and a myriad other things. Prosperity is, of course, included.
Klim is a seed with several meanings. In the present context, it is the principle of attraction. In this mantra, it is attracting the fruit of the other principles to speed the process of mantra meditation.
Sauh is a couple of things. It is a spiritual principle which operates through one of the petals in the Ajna chakra. It is also a shakti activating sound.
Sat: Truth
Chid: Spiritual mind stuff
Ekam: One, without a second
Brahma: This entire cosmos, with all of its contents, sometimes also called Brahman, the state of conscious existence which is one with everything.
Longer Brahma Mantra
Om Namo Rajo Jushae Sristau
Sthithou Sattwa Mayaya'cha
Tamo Mayaya Sam'harinae
Vishwa Rupaya Vedhasae
Om Brahmanyae Namaha
"Om is the name of He who created this cosmos with its three gunas (qualities of nature: positive, negative and quiescent) who brought all things to form and who is universal. He is Brahma, whom I salute."
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POULSBO Those looking forward to the return of Mitzels to Poulsbo Village might be disappointed because the popular eatery isnt coming back. Instead a new as-yet-unnamed restaurant will be built on its foundation.
Mitzels was destroyed in a fire May 30, 2006 and its parent company, Elmers Restaurant, promised to return to Little Norway as quickly as possible.
We are hoping for a fall opening, said Elmers Restaurant spokeswoman Kim Van Syoc. It will not be named Mitzels.
The new restaurant will feature some Mitzels favorites, but it will also serve items made from Northwest ingredients, Van Syoc said.
Those who cant find their Mitzels favorite on the restaurants new menu can always find them at other Mitzels locations, she added.
It will be warm, inviting and were going to have the signature fireplace, she said. We know how much the community loved it.
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Matt Artigliere's two-run single with two out capped a four-run outburst in the seventh which gave the Blue Devils a 5-4 Pyramid Senior American Legion Baseball League triumph at Warren Hills High's Steinhardt Field in Washington.
"We were pretty quiet prior to the sixth inning," said Warren Hills Manager Paul Beers. "We had nothing going on. But it turned out to be a real good win for us."
The loss was just the third in 15 outings for defending league champion Alpha while Warren Hills raised its record to 8-4.
Brad Bramel ignited the Devils' seventh-inning dramatics against reliever Brandon Garis with a single through the middle. One out later, a wild pitch, an error and Ryan Spender's hit sent Bramel across the plate.
A walk to Jack Beers and Ryan McCormick's second hit of the contest loaded the bases before a strikeout had the Braves within one out of escaping with another victory. But Scott Glozzy delivered an RBI single to make it 4-3 and Artigliere followed by pulling a line-drive single to left-center field to chase home the tying and winning runs.
"It was a very tough loss," said Alpha Manager Richard Shramko. "It was something that shouldn't have happened. But they battled back and you have to tip your hat to them."
Artigliere had driven in a Devils' run in the previous inning, slicing the Braves' lead to 4-1.
Eric Thorpe, who relieved starter Treavor Dubiel in the fifth, earned the pitching victory as he struck out four and didn't yield a walk. J.P. Palmer pitched the first six innings for Alpha.
"We started to get to their pitcher in the sixth," said Beers, "and then we got to their closer in the seventh. I feel great about the way the guys are playing. I know the key to the game always seems to be the stars but our role players have also really been doing a nice job this year."
Alpha's John Murray had two hits, including a double and an RBI, Kyle Petty doubled in a run and Palmer smacked an RBI triple.
Although they entered this week with a winning record, the Devils were facing quite a challenge as their top three pitchers -- Dubiel, Greg Terhune and Thorpe -- were going on vacation.
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Warren Hills 12, Immaculata 0 -- Matt Andrews and Ryan Spender combined to hurl a three-hitter June 25 when the Blue Devils toppled Immaculata (3-9) in a five-inning mercy rule-abbreviated contest at Warren Hills High.
Kevin Steiner collected three of the home team's 11 hits and drove in a run, Dubiel went 2 for 2 with a home run and four RBI and Artigliere singled, tripled and also had four RBI. Andrews (one K, two walks) pitched the first three frames and Spender (two Ks, no walks) finished up.
Alpha 6, North Warren 0 -- Rich Pohl ripped a two-run homer and lefthander Brian DelRosso tossed a complete-game five-hitter June 25 against North Warren (4-7) at Benke Field, Alpha.
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Hillsborough 5, Alpha 3 -- Matt Mosko had two hits, including a solo homer, and two pitchers limited Alpha to just four hits June 23 when Hillsborough (6-4) prevailed at Hillsborough High.
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The players were on hand to help unload the annual turkey delivery Stop & Shop makes to The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
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Maybe, maybe not. Who knows what his intent was: Bottom line to me is he drew the penalty.
Agree. The announcers were praising TooToo talking about how smart he was when he came out hitting and banging early and drew a penalty. Bootland does the same thing by goading TooToo to drop the gloves and people give him s*** because he didn't pummel him. Bootland has already beat up TooToo in the minors quite a few times from what I hear, his intent I believe was to draw a penalty to help the team, which he did. Smart play by Bootland. He's doing exactly what everyone wanted him to do, be physical and don't take stupid penalties. Done and done.
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I just got into a "fight for fun" night down at the local park we have here.
The guy I was set up to fight is around my weight class, around 130lbs.
I'm a bit slender, but quick on my toes...
But that's not my point. Sorry.
Thing is, I'm really near sighted, and when the other guy and I were set up to fight (using this off brand ufc gloves, using kicks and all) I lost.
The match lasted a literal one minute because, it was a bit dark, and I can't see.
I wear glasses, not contacts, and the odds were so against me tonight. I can't utilize anything I've learned when I cant see.
I've taken a few MMA courses but only a few because I'm not signed up for a full membership, and it costs $20 a pop if I want to do anything without the membership.
At this point, I feel like a loser because the match was so short.
Losing doesn't irk me that bad, but the fact that I lost so quickly.
I received a split lip and man it sucks.
So what should I do?
I told him next Friday we can go again. (were friends just fyi)
But what should I do?
Practice more, get contacts, fight during the day, or what?
I don't have a ton of experience, but I know a handful of TKD moves...
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my advice to you is to stop fighting in parks, its really dangerous, stupid and doesnt prove a point, if you and your friends want to fight then join a gym and spar. Its people who fight in parks and backyards that bring a bad name to MMA.
I kind of figured it wasn't going to be good, but nobody else really has a membership anywhere.
Like I said, it's all for fun and nothing serious or personal. But I see your point.
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I understand its all for fun, but the thing is.. look at your split lip. What if it was a broken neck? what if you were paralized? its always for fun, just because its fun doesnt mean shit doesnt happen
Yes I know...
The split lip, doesn't bother me much, it's just the fact that it all had to end so quickly.
As stupid as it is, I blame my poor eye sight hindering me to dodge attacks. (that's typically what I'm good at). At this point, what else do you suggest? just sparring in the gym from now on?
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wel training in the gym even before you spar, learn a art like BJJ or muay thai and get good. then deal with the fighting after
Just off to the side, do you suggest bjj and muay thai as opposed to TKD or Wing chun?
I've done a bit in those 2...
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its not the martial art its the way you use it. but MT and BJJ are probally the most commonly used martial arts. Aside from boxing and kick boxing that is
I see.
Thank you very much for your help.
*Sigh* You people that street fight for the heck of it are disgusting and pathetic. Its idiotic to be fighting in the streets... just because you put on 6 ounce gloves or w/e they are doesnt make it any different. You have a busted lip to show for it and nothing else. What you are doing isnt a Sport like what MMA fighters are doing. Your almost insulting them by doing that kinda stuff in a park and trying to imitate them. What your doing isnt cool and none of the real fighters would feel good about you doing it. Quit giving MMA a bad name and grow the **** up already. If you want to street fight weighing 130 pounds then im sure you can find a middle school and pick a fight with those kids there, atleast then it wont have anything to do with MMA. :thumbsdown:
Also if your trying to fight for fun go buy some boxing gloves or even sock em boppers and keep it in your house or your backyard.
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A State of the Union address delivered the open source way?
This evening, United States President Barack Obama will be delivering the annual State of the Union address at 9pm EST (if you want to learn more about the tradition of the State of the Union address in the United States, the White House has put together a nice video about the history and making of it here).
The president's staff is trying out an interesting concept during tonight's address. Here is an excerpt from an email sent out this afternoon with the details:
This year we're trying something new. As President Obama addresses the Nation, we'll offer a companion stream of visual aids, including charts and quick stats about what's happening in the country. You can view this feature at WhiteHouse.gov/SOTU.
Immediately following the speech, stay tuned for our live Open for Questions event with policy experts from the White House answering your questions about key issues in the speech.
They've branded the event with the slogan "Watch & Engage" and have planned a whole week of events where citizens can participate in interactive sessions with government officials including President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebellus, and many others.
I'll be interested to see how this plays out. Over the past two years, I've been excited to see many attempts within the US government to increase transparency, improve sharing of information, and create better forums for citizen collaboration. I've also seen examples where transparency, openness, and engagement are more spin than substance.
Which will this be? I'll have to stay by my computer tonight and find out. If you decide to do the same, please feel free to share your experiences and opinions.
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It's about time that the "little people" like ourselves can ask questions in a somewhat live setting, although I'm sure the questions that are "aired" are limited to the ones that they want people to ask.
My heart lept highest during the segment about Opening Datasets, government information, and unprecedented transparency. In the words of one of our Luminaries "Many eyes make any bug shallow."
But my heart strangely sank when the issue of internet access was brought up. This is strange--downright backwards to me--as this was historically one of the issues that excited me most as someone coming of age during the information age. On the screen a map of 98% of Americans having access to the internet would used to have filled me with hope and represent "The free market of ideas." This map now looks to me more like a captive market at the mercy of colluding industries. In light of the recent DOJ approval of the Comcast/NBC Merger, coupled with Verizon's contesting the FCC's authority to ensure net neutrality (and weakened watered down net neutrality at that)--I am hard pressed to believe this issue is being recognized as a real priority and public good it needs to be.
What good is 98% of the country being online, if the open nature of the internet, and freedoms of expression are subject to deep packet inspection that amounts to tiered (read::segregated) second class digital citizenship?


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Code name for the piece of shit, Sony PlayStation (1,2,or 3). Named this due to the fact that the majority of PlayStation 3 games get delayed and sometimes cause other multi-platform games to be delayed due to the difficulty of programing for the 100% unnecessary, Cell Processor.
All Sony fanboys get pissed off when you call it a DelayStation 3.
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I smoked some weed from Apopka last week and I'm still high.
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a very small town north of orlando, florida known for smelling of human excrement and for its incredibly cocky residents who proclaim "Apopka is the shit" (which is rather ironic). Named after the most polluted lake in central florida(lake apopka). supposedly apopka means "the big potato" in some native american dilect.
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PREP GOLF: The Midland Athletic League Meet was rained out, and will be rescheduled for 9 a.m. Monday at Green Hills.
PREP VOLLEYBALL: Elgin beat Upper Sandusky Saturday, 25-18, 25-19 in the first match ath the Sherril Appelfeller Classic. Upper Sandusky's Taylor Graboski had 10 kills. In the second match Upper Sandusky beat Hayes, 25-11, 20-25, 25-23. Graboski had 25 kills.
COLLEGE GOLF: Heidelberg's men finished third out of four teams at the Indian Brook Invitational in Fostoria. Brian Cline and Calvert graduate Troy Keller each had a 77 to lead HU.
n Heidelberg's women finished in seventh at the Heidelberg Fall Invitational at Mohawk Golf and Country Club. HU shot a 422 Sunday. Heather Lentz shot a team best 96 Sunday.
JV FOOTBALL: Seneca East defeated North Baltimore 39-12. Hunter Saylors completed 8 of 11 passes for 120 yards and touch touchdowns for SE. Joe Felter had 96 yards rushing and three TDs (one receiving). Zach Aiello and Adam Hall each had TD receptions for Seneca East. Garrett Boeser had an interception, and Hall had an interception and returned it for a TD. SE improved to 4-0.
JV VOLLEYBALL: Columbian beat Eastwood, 25-11, 25-14. Alyssa Price served six aces and added seven assists, Sara Berecz four kills, five aces, Michaela Sharlow had three kills and nine digs, Annie Dennis had five digs.
FRESHMAN VOLLEYBALL: Columbian defeated New Riegel, 20-25, 25-22, 25-20. Brittany Baker had four kills, three aces and nine digs for New Riegel, while Amanda Weinandy had 12 digs.
n Mohawk fell to Findlay, 12-25, 25-14, 25-20. Aubrey Ward had four kills, four digs and two aces for the Warriors, Ali Konkle had 19 digs and three kills, Mackenzie Sowers had 11 digs, three kills and two aces and Stacy Clouse had 11 assists, two aces and four digs.
JUNIOR HIGH VOLLEYBALL: New Riegel's seventh grade team fell to Mohawk, 25-27, 25-20, 25-19. Elyssa Theis had 10 digs for New Riegel, while Gidge Elchert had four. Kylie Tiell had four aces and six digs. For Mohawk, Trusty had six kills and five aces, while Raeanna Garber had three kills and three aces. Teammate Addie Thiery served 3 aces, Emily Conner registered four kills and Jeffrey added three aces.
n Mohawk's eighth grade knocked off New Riegel, 25-18, 22-25, 25-13. For New Riegel, Elizabeth Zoeller had four assists, while Leah Bouillon added five digs.
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Wind Surf Cruise Review by celti: STILL A FAN, BUT......
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Destination: Europe - British Isles & Western
Embarkation: Dublin
This was our fifth cruise with WS lines. While we still enjoy the ambiance, crew, small ship cruising, some of the changes are not for the better. There is now a "harder sell" mentality for the spa, shop and excursions. The port excursion prices are exceptionally high for what they provide, which is most unfortunate. We have been able to book independent excursions that offer more time and sights for the same or even less cost than what WS charges. The new owners of the WS line do not offer the same amenities and discounts for prior travelers, known as ForeMast Club members, as had Holland America and prior owners. This is definitely not good PR and does not encourage loyalty in those of us who have traveled before.
That said, the Wind Surf was in good condition, although the refurbished decor looked way too utilitarian for the "casual elegance" of the advertising. The colors were beyond bland, the prints in the carpet and upholstered chairs looked anything but elegant, more More in keeping with a 2* hotel. The public areas and cabins were very clean. The cabin and wait staff were as friendly and attentive as in all our other trips. Boon remembered us from a prior trip! The staff learns our names within the first day, an incredible feat. The food was fresh, mostly unimaginative but nicely prepared. Loved the breakfast selections, dinners had good choices, but typically on the bland side and became repetitive. I would suggest that the menu include local specialties of the countries being visited.
Local talent was brought on board, one a lovely 16 year old vocalist, Lucy Kelly from Wales, sounding much like Charlotte Church. The other was a harpist. This is a WS feature, to bring aboard local talent, and much appreciated by the passengers. The other talent sailing as part of the crew provided good entertainment in the lounges.
The ports of Dublin, Holyhead, Waterford, Fishguard, Scilly Isles/St. Mary's, Falmouth, Dartmouth, and Portsmouth were interesting. The villagers in the smaller ports were wonderfully welcoming, much like those in New Zealand when we sailed "down under". And quite unlike the larger and more touristy ports of France, Italy, Greece and Spain.
We will give WS one more try before jumping ship to try another line..... Less
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U.S. wrestlers fall short of medal rounds on day one of Greco-Roman Cadet WorldsSNINA, Slovakia – Day one of the 2014 FILA Cadet World Championships produced a tough start for the U.S. Greco-Roman squad, as none of the five competing athletes reached a medal match.
Columbus, Ohio's Domonick Demas was the star of the day for the U.S. winning his first two bouts impressively at 63 kg/138.75 lbs., 8-0 over Bulgar Madalin of Romania and 4-4 over Ramon Betschart of Switzerland. Demas's run ended in the quarterfinals when he fell 5-16 to 2014 Cadet European Champion Nikoloz Tchikaidze of Georgia.
Demas was the lone U.S. athlete to win a match on the day.
After an eleventh place finish at this tournament one year ago, Taylor LaMont (Mapleton, Utah) had high hopes of winning a world medal at 58 kg/127.75 lbs. LaMont drew last year's fifth place finisher at Cadet Worlds, Mikko Peltokangas of Georgia, in the opening round. LaMont fell to Peltokangas by technical fall, 2-10.
The tandem of Iowa State Champions, Drew West (Riverside, Iowa) and Ethan Andersen (Des Moines, Iowa), both had tough international debuts. West dropped his first round match at 50 kg/110 lbs. to Aleh Zhuikou of Belarus 0-8. Anderson would also lose in the opening round of the 100 kg/220 lbs. bracket to Povilas Danilevicius of Lithuania 2-11.
Jacob Spiess (Delta, Ohio) fell in a close 0-4 contest to Georgian Davit Makoidze in his only match of the tournament.
This Cadet team is coached by two-time Olympian in Greco-Roman, Shawn Sheldon.
"The boys wrestled hard but lacked international experience. We got beat in the same area that we get beat at on all levels of Greco Roman, par terre position. Looking forward to a better day tomorrow," Sheldon said.
Four U.S. athletes have weighed in and received their draws for Wednesday's Greco-Roman competition.
Dack Punke (Eureka, Ill.) was slated to compete at 46 kg/104.4 lbs. tomorrow for the U.S. but did not make weight.
The official website for the 2014 FILA Cadet World Championships is http://www.cadetworldchampionship2014.eu/. A live stream of this event is available on fila-official.com.
2014 FILA Cadet World Championships
At Snina, Slovakia, July 15
Greco-Roman results
50 kg/110 lbs.
Gold – Joni Khetsuriani (Georgia)
Silver – Aghaniachar Mohammadreza (Iran)
Bronze – Havard Jorgensen (Norway)
Bronze – Oleksandr Grushin (Ukraine)
5th – Vijay (India)
5th – Tulegenov Alisher (Kazakhstan)
7th - Vahe Sargsyan (Armenia)
8th - Ugur Beytekan (Turkey)
9th - Jakub Scieglinski (Poland)
10th - Aleh Zhuikou (Belarus)
54 kg/119 lbs.
Gold – Fidakhmetov Yernur (Kazakhstan)
Silver – Edgar Tamazyan (Armenia)
Bronze – Kaakbaev Kerim (Kyrgyzstan)
Bronze –Ekrem Ozturk (Turkey)
5th – Sebastian Nac (Serbia)
5th – Hasan Sevgin (Bulgaria)
7th - Saygid Butaev (Russia)
8th - Sergii Grushin (Ukraine)
9th - Ihar Drozd (Belarus)
10th - Mihael Besenic (Croatia)
58 kg/127.75 lbs.
Gold – Arslan Zubairov (Russia)
Silver – Parviz Nasibov (Ukraine)
Bronze – Irihec Botez Mihai (Romania)
Bronze – Abdevali Keramat (Iran)
5th – Denis Bolunov (Estonia)
5th – Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia)
7th - Franko Gruber (Croatia)
8th - Firat Murat (Turkey)
9th - Emil Gwiazda (Poland)
10th - Salokhiddin Kholmatov (Uzbekistan)
63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold – Matias Lipasti (Finland)
Silver – Orlov Luka (Kyrgyzstan)
Bronze – Arman Bagdasaryan (Armenia)
Bronze – Nikoloz Tchikaidze (Georgia)
5th – Titas Kersevicius (Lithuania)
5th – Lom-Ali Addiev (Russia)
7th - Ulvi Organizade (Azerbaijan)
8th - Domonick Demas (United States)
9th - Morten Thoresen (Norway)
10th - Boris Maksim (Belarus)
100 kg/220 lbs.
Gold – Pataridze Zviad (Georgia)
Silver – Cavid Feyziyev (Azerbaijan)
Bronze – Kim Roman (Kyrgyzstan)
Bronze – Arsen Sychov-Bopambe (Belarus)
5th – Georgiev Radoslav (Bulgaria)
5th – Oleg Agakhanov (Russia)
7th - Jan Zirn (Germany)
8th - Istva Berei Lenards (Romania)
9th - Barel Natanel (Israel)
10th - Andrii Degtyariov (Ukraine)
U.S. Greco-Roman performances
50 kg/110 lbs. – Drew West, Riverside, Iowa, 21st
LOSS Aleh Zhuikou (Belarus), 0-8
54 kg/119 lbs. – Jacob Spiess, Delta, Ohio, 22nd
LOSS Davit Makoidze (Georgia), 0-4
58 kg/127.75 lbs. – Taylor LaMont, Mapleton, Utah, 18th
LOSS Mikko Peltokangas (Finland), 2-10
63 kg/138.75 lbs. – Domonick Demas, Columbus, Ohio, 8th
WIN Nicolae Bulgar Madalin (Romania), 8-0
WIN Ramon Betschart (Switzerland), 4-4
LOSS Nikoloz Tchikaidze (Georgia), 5-16
100 kg/220 lbs. – Ethan Andersen, Des Moines, Iowa, 15th
LOSS Povilas Danilevicius (Lithuania), 2-11
U.S. Greco-Roman draws for Wednesday
42 kg/92.5 lbs. – Jason Holmes, Mesa, Ariz.
Vs. Anil (India), 11th at 2013 Cadet World Championships
69 kg/152 lbs. – Mason Manville, Blairstown, N.J.
Vs. Elmar Nuraliiev (Ukraine), 3rd at 2013 European Championships
76 kg/167.5 lbs. – Nick Reenan, Dallas, Texas
Vs. Aydin Sallih (Turkey), 19th place at 2014 Cadet European Championships
85 kg/187.4 lbs. – Timothy Young, Aurora, Ill.
Vs. Soslan Fanziev (Azerbaijan), 2013 Cadet World Champion


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The conventional wisdom now is that the Lisbon Treaty will pass by a respectable margin. The opening of the Nama debate in the Dáil seems to have calmed nerves. Suspense is not good for politics and the fact that we now know the extent of the "haircut" on the loans and the level of long-term economic value has stabilised the situation.
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Date of birth : 14th April 1968
Hometown : Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany
Career highlights:
3 time Transalp Challenge Winner in 1999, 2001 and 2003
Transrockies Challenge Winner in 2004
BC Bike Race Canada 2005
2nd place at Marathon World Cup Alp d'Huez 2003
2nd place at Red Bull Bike Attack Lenzerheide 2002
2nd place at Enduro Race Willingen
Many Marathon results
Mountain biking (trails and enduro), freeskiing, ski mountaineering
Short biography:
I was born and raised in Munich, Germany. Skiing was my first sport as a kid and I competed in national races until the age of 15. I still love skiing and have since then completed a training to become a ski instructor of the DSLV (German sport instructors association).
I studied Business and Economics at the University of Hamburg and also spent a year studying Business in Houston, Texas. Back in Munich, I worked for an advertising and then a film production agency. But I missed sports and nature too much so I decided to follow my passion, mountain biking, and to do it for a living. Therefore, I worked as a sport model during many years so I could afford to be a professional mountain biker. I even appeared as a mountain biker in a commercial spot for Nutella! I participated in many marathons and stage races like the Transalp and the Transrockies, and grabbed many good results.
When I stopped competing professionally, I wanted to do something for female mountain biking. I wanted to put a team together, but not a competitive team for contests, just girls who love biking and enjoy riding together. So I approached my sponsor SCOTT with this idea and we put together the Contessa Team.
Aside from all of this, I founded my own mountain bike company, together with my boyfriend Holger. It's called "Die Rasenmäher" (the lawn mowers) and we organize bike camps, riding workshops, etc. I am also the author of the book "Mountain biking for Women" published by Delius Klasing.
I got my first road bike when I was 13. My dad pushed me over many Italian passes and showed me how to have fun on a road bike. Since then, I have always been into bikes and so has my whole family. In '82, as I was studying in Hamburg, my brother convinced me to try mountain biking. I participated with him in my very first race – a hill race in Austria – just for fun. And I won! I competed in the German cross-country Cup and then switched to marathon. I have always liked long races like marathons and stage races. At the beginning of my racing career, I was on rather small teams: Team Marin, then Proflex Racing Team. But after a few years on the bike, I got my first real sponsor with Cannondale who supported me on the races. In 2001, I joined the Team SCOTT and since then I have been really happy with them!
Honestly, I have never had idols on the trails. Actually, off the trails neither. I have always believed in myself. But I must say I have a huge respect for all the female alpinists climbing the highest mountains on earth. I really admire them.
It's my life, my boyfriend's and my kids'! Biking and being in the mountains, in winter as in summer…
I really like trails, challenging trails and technical trails. I don't like big jumps and drops: it's just not my thing and will never be. I also like riding uphill, as long as there's a good trail to ride down!
I have always been good at organizing my life and my sport. I wanted to make a living as a mountain biker and I believed in my dream. When the kids arrived, I knew it was important for my own satisfaction and happiness to continue with biking. My boyfriend has always supported me and we share the job, be it taking care of the kids or managing the business. Still, it's all about good organization and flexibility. The kids are the best thing that could happen to Holger and me; they make you realize you shouldn't focus too much on yourself or take yourself too seriously.


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Shawnee police are looking for a man in connection with a robbery early Tuesday morning in the 13000 block of West 63rd Street.
Police said they were called to the Temp Stop convenience store at 12:42 a.m. on a hold-up alarm.
Investigators said that a man armed with a gun walked into the store and demanded money. He fled after getting some cash.
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NEW DELHI: Making clear its aversion for Narendra Modi, JD-U today virtually gave an ultimatum to BJP to desist from projecting the Gujarat Chief Minister as NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate or be ready to snap the alliance.
The warning was given by party general secretary Shivanand Tiwari, who said that NDA cannot come to power with a "fanatic face" and JD-U will not compromise on principles on which it had joined the Opposition alliance in 1996.
After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's strong pitch for a "secular" Prime Ministerial candidate for NDA, Tiwari took the anti-Modi tone in JD-U to a new decibel.
He said that surveys indicate that had the former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee dismissed Modi government in Gujarat for the post-Godhara riots in 2002, NDA would have still been in power and not lost the 2004 general elections.
"People who voted for BJP due to liberal face of Vajpayee went away from it after Gujarat riots and the floating votes went to Congress because people do not accept fanatic politics. Those people in BJP who want the party to come to power will have to realize that they cannot do it by putting a fanatic face in the front," Tiwari said in an apparent reference to Modi.
He said while Vajpayee had asked Modi to follow the 'Raj Dharma' and wanted the government to go, the move was "vetoed" by BJP leaders like L K Advani.
Tiwari said JD (U) will not compromise on the secular framework based on which it had become a part of NDA, maintaining, "We will not compromise whether our government remains in Bihar or not."
JD-U chief and NDA convener Sharad Yadav declined to comment on the spat as Nitish Kumar's remarks invited criticism from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
"Nitish Kumar is a responsible person. If he has said something on which somebody else has said something, what is the need for me to paraphrase it further," was his brief remark on the issue. -PTI


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|Place garlic on foil squares large enough to be closed tightly.
|Drizzle cut top of the bulb with oil or spray with cooking oil.
|Close tops of the foil and place garlic package on the back of a hot grill or in a preheated over (375 degrees)
|This should roast about 40 minutes until the cloves are tender.
|To serve: Place the whole bulb on the table. Individual cloves can be popped out and spread on bread as a spread. No additional butter or margarine is necessary.
|Leftovers should be stored tightly covered in the refrigerator and can be removed from the husks and used as mashed garlic.