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By Express News Service - SABARIMALA
Published: 19th November 2012 01:08 PM
Last Updated: 19th November 2012 01:08 PM
The Akhila Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sangham (ABASS) will launch its free food distribution to pilgrims near Malikapuram Temple from Monday. Travancore Devaswom Board member V Subhash will inaugurate the distribution at 10 am.
ABASS national president Thennala Balakrishna Pillai will preside over the function. General secretary N Velayudhan Nair will be present.
Delay in Allotment of Annadanam Hall
ABASS vice-president D Vijayakumar said that the distribution was delayed owing to the negative attitude of TDB top officials. The ABASS was refused permission for holding annadanam during the 2010-11 pilgrimage season without any solid reason, he said.
He said that the ABASS distributed free food to around 70,000 pilgrims during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons.
He questioned the grounds on which the TDB authorities refused permission to the ABASS during the previous season.
Vijayakumar said that the former Chief Secretary and chief Devaswom commissioner favour the free food facility at Malikapuram Temple, which has lesser space than the Annadanam auditorium.
"For the purpose of denying the use of the Annadanam auditorium on baseless reasons, the Devaswom authorities used the hall for keeping stock of aravana prasadam," he said.
Succumbing to the pressure of the High Court and pilgrims, the TDB authorities has sanctioned the free food distribution for 15 days. Further plans will be made after that, Vijayakumar said.
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FIITJEE student won a gold medal in the 17th International Astronomy Olympiad held at Korea.
Arindam Bhattacharya, a student of Four Year Supreme- Integrated School Programme at FIITJEE's Bangalore Centre and Sheshansh Agrawal, FIITJEE Jaipur Student of Classroom Four year programme won International Gold and Silver medals at the event.
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The exhibition occurred as a direct consequence of the earlier retrospective: Fifty: Fifty 30 Years of Drawings and Prints by Paul Croft RE TMP - which showed at MOMA Wales, Machynlleth (12.11.12 - 12.01.13). Catalogues from this show were sent to contacts in both Shenzhen and in Changsha - and this exhibition plus a number of associated events and projects ensued. The exhibition was organised by The Printmaking Committee of The Hunan Arts Association, in collaboration with Central South University and Changsha Normal University. The show gained considerable attention from local press and media and had a considerable impact in Changsha. As a result a series of further projects, exhibitions and exchanges are being planned for 2015-2020. Comprising of 33 lithographs by Paul Croft and a similar number of woodcuts by Professor Lu Yu, the exhibition 'Jie' or 'Border' provided an opportunity for the comparison of media - lithography and woodcut and a reflection upon work by two quite different artists, from Eastern and Western perspectives. The lithographs by Paul Croft featured in the show were completed 2006 – 2011 and included key images from two series: Alphabets and Les Amulets à Musée. The prints demonstrate development of visual language, inspired in part - by Croft's on-going fascination for the object in its many varying manifestations: from humble still life, found object, flotsam and jetsam to the museum artifact; and also by his lifelong interest in the archaeological and etymological origin of letter forms, alphabets and lexicons. 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"I've moved over to that other side – I'm 55, which is a little too close to 60, but looking great for my age is okay now," she says.
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Rumors are addressed, secrets are spilled and the discussion turns to plastic surgery, nude scenes and babies.
"There's no desperation," Aniston tells the November issue of ELLE of persistent baby rumors in the tabloids. "If it's meant to be, it's meant to be. I'm at peace with whatever the plan is. But will you hate me if I say I don't want to talk about my relationship?"
While the actress remains mum about her romance with Justin Theroux, she did reveal a hot-tempered run-in she had on set.
Anne Hathaway Steps Out in Her Catwoman Costume
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Jack Rodwell has revealed he has doubled his daily workload in a bid to beat his injury jinx. England midfielder Rodwell joined Manchester City from Everton for £12million last summer, but has spent much of the season injured. Rodwell, who has made just two starts for City, has changed his lifestyle to overcome his hamstring problems, including moving closer to the training ground so he has a shorter drive each day...
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The dark side of the LG G3: 5 mighty annoying features
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The on screen buttons gets annoying when playing games.
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No big deal....install xposed framework or get a custom ROM for these supposed annoying issues..
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Like it was mentioned in a similar article.....still waiting for this type of article for the iPhone. Unless it was done and went under the radar...
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It's too late to do for the current iPhone 5s, but we won't skip such an article for the next iPhone (if it deserves it) just because it's an iPhone.
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I bet 99 percent of another brand users would love to have the oversharpening problem and the quad hd display with it ;) cheers haters lg is the best


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Blackwood's Vintage Dry Gin 2012
Vintage doesn't mean quite what you think it does. Not quite like a wine, where the annual growing conditions (i.e. the rain, the heat) affect the composition of the grape; the evidence for annual variation based on botanical alone in spirits is tenuous at best. But that's not what the folks at Blackwood Distillery are getting at (solely). In previous years the composition of their gin differed (such as the '07 featuring mint and elderflower, or the '08 featuring violet and bog myrtle). The 2012 variation that we are trying today features angelica, sea pink (!!), Marigold, Meadowsweet, among some of the more standard gin botanicals.
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Iva Long Lockliear, age 82, of Trio, widow of Cecil Rufus Lockliear, died Thurs., May 29, 2014, at her residence.
Mrs. Lockliear was born in Williamsburg Co. on August 9, 1931, a daughter of the late Kizzie Bell Long.
She grew up in the Andrews area and attended Andrews High School.
She was a member of Trio United Methodist Church and attended First Baptist Church of Andrews for over 20 years. She was a devoted and loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
Surviving are six sons, Mark Lockliear (Jackie), Keith Lockliear (Patsy), Lynn Lockliear (Nancy), John Woody Lockliear (Donna), and Rufus Lockliear (Carolyn), all of Trio, and Thomas Lockliear (Althea) of Vox; three daughters, Melonie Richardson (Michael) of Andrews, Montie Lambert (Charlie) of Trio, and Cecilia Brown (Jeff) of Boone, N.C.; 21 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Iris Matthews of Georgetown.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sun., June 1, 2014, at First Baptist Church of Andrews.
Officiating will be the Rev. Paul Sapp and the Rev. Gary Adams.
Burial will follow at Andrews Memorial Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Sat., May 31, 2014, at the Andrews Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Tony Allen revealed that he didn't talk to his teammates last week before a game against his friend and former teammate, O.J. Mayo. The Grizzlies veteran guard used the display of detachment to demonstrate how dialed in he was for Mayo and the Dallas Mavericks. But Allen's colleagues might not have wanted to even look at him last Saturday following the Grizzlies' defensive debacle that resulted in a 25-point loss at Houston.
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Men, I'm new to the forums (first post) but I've been a fan of this site for a while. I was hoping to get some input. Lately, I've been undergoing (thanks in part to this website) an internal metamorphosis as I recognize I have what I call "Baskins Syndrome". It's entirely made-up, but it's the term I use to describe the all-too-common phenomenon of guys my age (22 years, sometimes older) who are essentially boys walking around in a man's body. In fact, that's the inspiration for the name: "Baskin" was the last name of Tom Hanks' character in "Big" which, if you recall, was about a boy who wishes to become a man and ends up having the wish granted.
I was watching Skyfall the other night (I was raised on James Bond) and it hit me: James Bond is exactly the kind of man I want to be (albeit I'd rather stay non-fictional). He's completely satisfied with the career he's chosen even in the worst of times and he goes above and beyond. He takes care of himself physically (more or less) and cares somewhat about how he dresses. He knows how to deal gracefully with those who are antagonistic towards him, how to command respect, how to attract gorgeous women, and how to be completely independent. My question is this: If that is the kind of man I want to be, what is the best, most comprehensive book or material on making the transition from Baskins syndrome case to 007? Thanks.
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I didn't feel like a man until I was initiated into manhood, which meant (among other things) that a group that had what I wanted (manhood) recognized me as having it too. The venue that happen for me in was the ManKind Project; see the AoM group "New Warriors" for more on that.
For me, books and self-talk weren't enough. Things I could do on my own weren't enough. Neither was just having a realization, or developing a skill; at the end I'd have the skill, but for some reason it wouldn't count (in my mind). Some book I read, can't remember the title, showed ways other young men tried to achieve manhood, including one who climbed mountains, which made him feel distracted from what he thought was missing while he was doing it; then he'd come back home and nothing would have changed. But I bet it would have if it had been part of a process of other men saying, this is how we break through. The activity shouldn't matter; it's struggling your way into the company of men and winning that make it.
I was in my mid-30's. Good to see those getting started earlier.
Strange. I never feel less a man than when others are affirming my manhood.
In the military, affirming someone's manhood is something like "You are the WORST recruits I have EVER SEEN you make me PUKE you little girls" -- right?
"Well, that wasn't the worst thing I've seen you do."
Will - good to see other warrior brothers on this forum - I am new and will be checking out the group here soon
Well, if you want to be a government-employed sociopathic killer...
Haha, I can hear my mom right now: "Well, as long as it makes him happy..."
How many of the Bond's are you combining here?
Mostly basing it Craig's performance in Skyfall (which is especially interesting when you contrast that with his character in Casino Royale) but I've always considered Sean Connery as one of the classiest men in the world.
He's completely satisfied with the career he's chosen even in the worst of times and he goes above and beyond.
I don't think we watched the same movie.
He takes care of himself physically (more or less) and cares somewhat about how he dresses.
He has a stylist and a trainer.
He knows how to deal gracefully with those who are antagonistic towards him,
By shooting them in the face.
how to command respect,
By shooting them in the face.
how to attract gorgeous women,
By shooting them in the face.
and how to be completely independent.
After his support staff was shot in the face.
I use the term Maxim Boys, but Baskins is about the same. The good thing is that the Maxim's market share is falling. The Maxim boy aesthetic is falling out if favor. It is no longer the ideal to sit on the kick it, drink up, party and not have a plan for the future and not care.
I was raised on Bond also, the earlier model but I love the restart. I just had a birthday and have also looked at the what would Bond do to give me the extra nudge.
My suggestion is to get a subscription to Playboy Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. I would suggest the Atlantic also but that may be the wrong political bent view for you.
Playboy, the articles have always been good and the women, while nude are not lewd. Bond seduces women, not just has sex. It is a different mentality of shared pleasure.
Wall Street Journal, you need to see the world as business sees the world. What scares business and drives business; drives the policy makers. That is James Bond's world.
The Atlantic / New Yorker or some other monthly journal will give you more depth on topics.
Work on getting yourself fit. I was watching Agents of Shield the other night and there was a comment about morning drills. The gist was "why do I have to do pull ups?" "Because when you are hanging on the edge of a 20 story building you will want to be able to pull yourself up."
The scientists had mental morning drills as strenuous. Bond is in shape for his environment, what shape do you need to be in?
I suggest a morning Jog/ Walk listening to the BBC World Service or something to the like so you can touch base with the wider world.
Getting yourself from Baskin to Bond takes a focus and a drive. The nice thing is all of it is beneficial from getting in shape to mentally expanding yourself.
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Fantastic response, David. My dad was/is a Bond fanatic and I'm only now realizing why after years of thinking, "But...shouldn't he be more discrete as a secret agent?"
The thing I enjoyed about the restart is that it really does show character development and he really is a good guide for men (sans killing people but I think that goes beyond saying) which is probably why the series is so popular. The Maxim boys/Baskins syndrome/Peter Pan syndrome really has become too popular. It's sad, really, that all the guys my age want everything their parents had but do not recognize that our parents had to wait years for most of it. Thanks for the advice, I'll be looking into those resources shortly.


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The Asotin County Commission approved a resolution Monday to create an initiative that has the potential to turn things around for the financial stability of the Asotin County Family Aquatic Center.
"One of the things I hear the most is that we're closed too much," said Asotin Co. Family Aquatic Center Director Nick Bacon.
That's a problem that Director Nick Bacon said could be resolved if an initiative to develop a Public Facilities District tax is put into place.
"The sole reason for the existence of that district is to maintain and operate the Aquatic Center," said Asotin County Commissioner Brian Shinn.
Shinn is spearheading the effort to get the two-tenths of a cent tax voted in. He said if voters agree with increasing taxes in November, the Aquatic Center would benefit from hundreds of thousands of additional dollars each year.
"It could range from $475,000 a year, up to $550,000 a year," said Shinn.
"Ideally we'd be able to go to a seven day a week schedule with a mid-day swim session," said Bacon.
Along with extending hours and adding more staff, Bacon would like to see the center expand.
"A kiddie slide in the kid pool, a slide that children under 45 inches tall would be able to go down would be near the top of the list of things that we would add," said Bacon.
Today, that's wishful thinking. But come fall, the voters could turn his hopes into a reality.
"The Aquatic Center is a community asset," said Bacon. "You may not use it but you may have friends that use it or relatives that use it."
According to Bacon the Aquatic Center is currently subsidized by more than $300,000 a year.


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Hmm. Good view. I did not know that tourists can climb to the tower.
No climbing needed, there's a lift :)
Wonderful photo! Beautiful composition Congratulations. LIKE Greetings from Switzerland. Arno
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Wonderful, a great work! How many pictures did you use for this view?
Many thanks Blau - this is a crop from a panorama made up of 62 shots. I couldn't get all of them to line up (the cloudless sky didn't give me any points to work with) so the actual panorama 'just' included 53, which I then cropped down.
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Basic Tomato-Basil Sauce
Total Time
Prep 20 mins
Cook 2 hrs 35 mins
Even if you've never canned before, the ease and simplicity of using this sauce will encourage you to preserve its flavor with a boiling-water bath! Grab a jar off the shelf and dinner is ready in minutes! From Southern Living magazine. This would make a great gift, in a basket with pasta, a wooden spoon, some wine.....
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- 10 lbs tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 6 tablespoons lemon juice, divided
- 3 teaspoons salt, divided
- Wash tomatoes.
- Dip each tomato in boiling water 30 to 60 seconds or until skins split.
- Plunge immediately into ice water; core, peel, and quarter tomatoes.
- Place 4 cups of tomatoes in a large stockpot; crush tomatoes.
- Quickly bring to a boil over high heat, stirring vigorously; gradually add remaining quartered tomatoes, stirring constantly.
- Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 2 hours.
- Remove from heat; stir in basil.
- Add 1 tbls.
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- salt to each pint jar.
- Immediately pack hot tomatoes into hot jars, filling to 1/2 inch from top.
- Carefully run a nonmetallic spatula around inside of jars to remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims.
- Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands.
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A great basic sauce recipe for the novice canner or an old pro like me! I only got 4 500 ml jars but my food scale may be a little off or my sauce is a little thicker. There was a wee bit left in the bottom of the pot which I taste-tested after it cooled - delicious & definitely worthy of 5 stars. Thanx Sharon!
Sharon this is a great, simple recipe. The directions are simple and if you had a basic knowledge of canning this would be a cinch to do. I am making this again only this time in quart jars and with some oregano and garlic added. I did use mostly fresh basil also. If you are a first time canner just make sure to have your jars clean and steralized and hot, and to keep your water boiing while processing. Also dont tighten the lids tight when boiling or you could have a mess! Good basic sauces recipe!!! Thanks.


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Whether their defeat to the Titans did more to break their resolve or add to it is probably irrelevant, as the Texans' desire to beat the Colts spans years. Last year, the Colts defeated the Texans in Houston, thanks in part to the shoddy play of backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels.
Earlier this year, the Texans lost in Indianapolis, despite the fact that they stayed with the Colts throughout much of the game and only after their place kicker missed from 42 yards.
The Texans have a lot to play for and have fresh wounds in their matchup with the Colts that will feed their intensity. The Colts will need to play solid football, on both sides of the ball, if they hope to continue their streak, and step closer to sealing a AFC South division championship.
1. QB Peyton Manning: Until such time as Peyton Manning and the Colts passing offense finds its way back to consistency, to the kind of synergy it showed early in the season, Manning will remain a permanent member of the "five to watch" before any game.
Last week, Manning threw two interceptions, both into double or triple coverage, both forced to his two favorite receiving options, both resulting in turning the ball over the Baltimore and allowing them to stay in the game.
As odd as it is to say, the Baltimore game was only close because of Manning's turnovers, and without them it would likely have been a three-possession game that would strongly favor the Colts throughout. He will need to stay disciplined in his reads, not force passes to obvious targets against a division opponent who knows his tendencies, and not commit unnecessary mistakes if he hopes to beat the Texans again this year.
Clearly, Manning is having one of the best seasons of his career, as a whole. Lately, however, he has been making more mistakes, forcing longer passes, and has been personally responsible for making games much closer than they should have been.
2. DE Dwight Freeney: For the last two weeks Freeney has been held without a sack, and has been limited in his ability to put regular pressure on opposing quarterbacks. He has still showed the ability to push the pocket, and generate pressure, but opponents have been putting more emphasis on keeping him off of the quarterback and have been finding relative success.
If the Colts hope to neutralize the impact of Matt Schaub and his favorite receiver, Andre Johnson, the pass rush will play a key role. Freeney will need to find ways to get to Schaub like he did in week nine to help the secondary limit the Texans passing attack and force them into a one-dimensional game plan early.
If Manning and the offense do what they are capable of doing, and Freeney and the Colts pass rush is able to keep Schaub on the run, the Colts will have an opportunity to get on top early and play to their strengths.
3. CB Jerraud Powers: Jerraud Powers has been playing like a veteran defensive back for weeks now, and will need to continue to show his maturity and discipline if he hopes to limit Andre Johnson.
There is an obvious physical mismatch between the two, Powers gives up five inches and nearly thirty pounds to Johnson, so he will need to use his speed, quickness, vision, timing, and leaping ability to be effective as he attempts to keep the ball out of Johnson's hands.
If Powers' performance against Derrick Mason and the Ravens last week is any indication of what fans can expect to see, he should frustrate Johnson enough to give the Colts pass rush more time to pressure Schaub.
4. TE Tom Santi: For the first time this season, Tom Santi took the field against the Baltimore Ravens and played the part of an offensive secret weapon. Whether Santi earned himself the opportunity to play in front of long-time starter Gijon Robinson again this week is yet to be seen.
Moreover, Santi made some mistakes against the Ravens that he cannot afford to repeat. The fumble on the Ravens goal line is not something Manning, Moore, Caldwell, or anyone in the Colts organization will stand to see on a regular basis. The dropped pass and false start near the end of the game also are black marks on his otherwise impressive individual receiving and blocking performance.
Still, Santi was often on the field in place of Austin Collie and the Ravens did not have an answer to another large receiving option with soft hands opposite Dallas Clark in the slot. How Santi will be used, when he will be used, and what the Texans have done to prepare for his role in the offensive game plan will be interesting to watch.
5. LB Philip Wheeler: The Colts run defense has improved tremendously from a year ago, and even from early in the season. Daniel Muir, Antonio Johnson, Gary Brackett, and Clint Session have really started to work well together attacking the gaps and meeting ball carriers for only short gains.
The "X-factor" for the run defense, at this point, has to be the unproven contributions from second-year linebacker Philip Wheeler. For much of the season, Wheeler has been a steady special teams contributor, helping the coverage teams improve immensely from last season. Wheeler has not done much in his first few weeks as a starter on defense that would give fans and coaches confidence that he will add to the strong core the Colts run defense has started to develop.
If the Colts can generate a pass rush, and if the Texans are forced to focus on their ground game early on, Wheeler will need to prove that he is not the hole in the Colts defense that allows Houston to control the ball and the clock. His development, particularly in a meaningful division game, has long-term implications for the Colts defense as it approaches a potential playoff berth.
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Gannon University presents two tales of Shakespeare's Henry
Gannon University has prepared a kingly coming of age story with the Rev. Shawn Clerkin and Paula Barrett's adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I" and "Henry IV, Part II."
The play focuses on the youthful exploits of Hal (Luis Pontillo) -- son of King Henry IV (Nick Emmanuele) and heir to his throne -- and his wayward mentor Falstaff (Nick Kikola). Emmanuele discusses the play.
Adapting Shakespeare
"We are performing one play which were originally two separate pieces written in two different years by Shakespeare. When (Rev.) Clerkin and Ms. Barrett cut the play, they cut it loosely knowing that we'd make more cuts and edits along the way as we explored the play and made the themes work. This process is unique, as we usually work in theater with a script which is set in stone."
Asylum Setting
"Ms. Barrett had heard from her father that you have to be a little bit crazy to want so much power, even in a noble goal of becoming President, for example. With that in mind, along with the crazy idea that we're combining two shows into one, she decided to set our play in a 1950s insane asylum with the inmates presenting the play."
"Falstaff ends up being like the older friend who will illegally buy you booze and lead you on risky, fun, crazy escapades. Shakespeare's language presents Falstaff as a less-than-venerable Socrates corrupting the youth, but he's also this vibrant character who's full of life and joviality. Yeah, he does things you're not supposed to, but there's sympathy in him, which I think is why Hal is drawn to him a bit, as opposed to the weight of the crown he is to inherit."
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"The audience is lit, so the actors can interact with the audience more. Everyone's out in the open. We do have lights to illuminate the actors, but the house lights will remain on."
"At a local and human level, this play definitely engages those issues of navigating the choices of your life; and in the case of global world history, the show offers repercussions of leadership and warfare. Characters have to make choices that not only influence their lives, but the lives of others. It shows us what personal pleasures we have to give up to embrace the obligations demanded of us to others."


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An Oklahoma lawmaker has filed legislation to allow law-abiding citizens to carry firearms without a license.
State Sen. Nathan Dahm, author of Senate Bill 1473, says it is an effort to reaffirm Oklahomans' Second Amendment rights.
"The Second Amendment says the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and yet when we require our citizens to jump through hoops, pay fees and undergo a process that presumes they're guilty of something until proven otherwise, their rights are being infringed upon," Dahm said. "Senate Bill 1473 simply says Oklahomans can carry firearms in all the places currently allowed by law, but they will no longer be required to obtain a license to do so."
Under SB 1473, a person age 18 or older would be able to openly carry loaded or unloaded shotguns, rifles and pistols without a license for hunting, target shooting or any other type of license currently required.
It would also be allowed for events related to military or law-enforcement functions; for practice or performance for entertainment purposes; or for lawful self-defense purposes. Places where guns are currently prohibited, such as schools and government facilities, would continue to be off-limits for firearms.
"Oklahomans will still be able to get a license so they could carry in other states that allow reciprocity," Dahm said. "They just won't have to have a license in Oklahoma to carry."
If approved, Dahm's legislation, also known as the "Piers Morgan Constitutional Right to Keep and Bear Arms Without Infringement Act," would take effect on Nov. 1, 2014.
Lawmaker files bill allowing Oklahomans to carry firearms without a license
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Scholastic Art award winners on view at MAM
Artworks by high school students from across the state selected as winners in the annual Scholastic Art Awards are currently on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Students from 104 schools entered the competition, one of dozens across the country that are part of a national program for students in grades seven to 12. Gold and Silver Key winning artworks selected from a field of 1724 works are on view at MAM through March 17.
Gallery talks by the program's coordinator Helena Ehlke and some of the award-winning students will take place on Feb. 16 at 1:30 p.m. and on Sunday March 3 at 1:30 p.m.
Here is an image gallery featuring some of the award winners on view at MAM. Images in gallery photographed by Journal Sentinel photographer Rick Wood.
MIAD collaborations at MAM After Dark tonight
If you're trolling about for something to do tonight, I feel I can highly recommend tonight's MAM After Dark event.
Here's the experiment. Take 25 first-year art students. Tell them they get to make an artowrk to be shown in a major museum. Then, throw in some of the area's best contemporary artists. Mix well. For about a month. And showcase the results in MAM's reception hall for one night only.
The 25 collaborative works are by students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and Milwaukee-based artists such as John Riepenhoff, Sonja Thomsen, Kevin Miyazaki and many others. »Read Full Blog Post
Calatrava inspires the mothership in ABC's Sci-Fi drama "V"
An art museum director from another city, who will remain nameless, years ago once said this of Santiago Calatrava: You can look at his structures in one moment and see something beautiful and poetic, while in the next, with even a subtle shift of mood or perspective, you seem to be gazing upon "Darth Vadar's summer home." I will never forget that, in part, because it had the powerful ring of truth. He or she (not giving a thing away here!) said this before the Calatrava-designed museum opened here, and it was the first time I'd heard someone take Calatrava to task in such strong terms.
So perhaps it should not surprise anyone that these years later the Calatrava-designed interior of the Milwaukee Art Museum would play an alient mothership on TV. That's right Calatrava "inspired" the interior of the hovering alien ship on ABC's new TV sci-fi drama "V," a fact confirmed today by my former colleague and current TV columnist at OnMilwaukee.com, Tim Cuprisin. (The link includes an image).
Steve Pearlman, of the series' executive producers, emailed Tim to say MAM's long gallerias, with the repeating, v-shaped arches, were in fact the inspiration. Since the show about an alien invasion aired last week, Milwaukeeans have been conjecturing about the design. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Exhibit of Warhol's late work opens Saturday at Milwaukee Art Museum
Andy Warhol presented America to itself.
He was a modern-day seer who found simple metaphors for life in tomato soup, Marilyn Monroe, the electric chair and Jesus.
With a disarming literalness, he showed us the food we craved, the celebrities we admired, the headlines that made our eyeballs pop. And he made icons of these things — and himself, in the bargain. »Read Full Blog Post(16)
The Milwaukee Art Museum Goes Pink Tonight
The Milwaukee Art Museum will glow pink against the September sky tonight.
Starting at 7 p.m. the museum will be lit pink to mark the opening of the new exhibit "Andy Warhol: The Last Decade," a monumental show of the Pop artist's lesser known late works, which is being unveiled with a reception tonight.
The lighting project is also intended to show support for breast cancer awareness and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at the Milwaukee lakefront on Sunday. The museum will also offer free admission to all cancer survivors participating in the race on race day. All other participants will be given $2 off admission. »Read Full Blog Post
Warhol Bucks at the Brewers
Baseball commish Bud Selig and Brewers owner Mark Attanasio, along with their wives, Sue and Debbie, respectively, are the lead sponsors of the big Warhol show, opening this week at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Over the weekend at Miller Park, thousands of, let's call 'em pinkbacks, were handed out to fans. Coincidence? It'll be interesting to see how many baseball fans turn in the vouchers for $2 off this art experience.
The Eight at MAM
"We've come together because we are so unalike," proclaimed artist Robert Henri about a century ago on the occasion of a brief, highly influential exhibit in American art history, a showing of "The Eight" at New York's Macbeth Galleries.
It sounds like something an artist would say, doesn't it? And it is so untrue.
In many ways, the artists who made up the Eight – Henri, Arthur B. Davies, William Glackens, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Maurice B. Prendergast, Everett Shinn and John Sloan – had a great deal in common, from a disdain of academic art to their embrace of the modern, at least intellectually. »Read Full Blog Post
MAM After Dark tonight!
Tonight, a one-night exhibit featuring the collaborative works of area established artists and about 16 first year students from the Milwaukee School of Art & Design will be on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum as part of the MAM After Dark series.
The month-long exchange of ideas between the pairs of artists was organized by Jason Yi, and Lynn Tomaszewski, professors at MIAD.
The established artists include Santiago Cucullu, Kevin Miyazaki, Max Estes, kathryn e. martin, Emily Belknap, Mary DiBiasio, Cassandra Smith, Steve Burnham, Tamiko Dargan, Ray Chi, Mark Klassen, Paul Druecke, Julia Shilling, Sonja Thomsen, Jessica Steeber and John Riepenhoff.
Hope to see you there!
An open letter to Emily Thomas and the art community
Much of our art community is talking about a woman named Emily Thomas and her blog post. This column began as an open letter to her and became a rebuke to the art community.
Thomas recently made a trip with her daughters to the Milwaukee Art Museum where she saw a few things she liked but found much of the art to be lewd and lame, according to an entry in her family blog. It was a Wednesday, a free day for Milwaukee County residents, and she was "sooo glad" she didn't pay to get in.
"I'm sorry, but words cannot express just how much I loathe this 'exhibit,'." she wrote of Ellsworth Kelly's "Red, Yellow, Blue II." »Read Full Blog Post(39)
MAM spends its ad dollars on Chicago
The Milwaukee Art Museum has for the first time started advertising in the train stations in the northern suburbs of Chicago. They gave it a go for a very special show, the Jan Lievens exhibit. It's not everyday you get to plug a show with a tag line like this: Out of Rembrandt's Shadow.
Besides, about 10 percent of the museum's total attendance comes from Lake and Cook counties in northern Illinois. The museum has to reach out to them when the shows are particularly outstanding, said Elysia Borowy-Reeder, MAM's director of marketing and communications.
"Yes, indeed, we did do a fair amount of advertising in the train stations in the northern suburbs," Elysia said. "I have actually been wanting to do this for a while and those (outdoor signs) are usually taken up...I actually tried to do it for the Biedermeier show but they were all taken. I used to do this all of the time for Chicago, for the MCA (she worked in communications at the Museum of Contemporary Art before coming to Milwaukee). »Read Full Blog Post


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Annie's (of the Mac 'n' Cheese) Makes Big Bucks Going Public
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Annie's, the old-school organic food brand best known for its bunny-branded mac 'n' cheese, just made a boatload of money. The 22-year-old Berkeley-based company went public yesterday, and saw its shares rise (or dare we say, hop?) more than 85% in the course of the trading day–from $19 to $35.92–giving it the best first-day performance that the markets have seen in ten months.
For children of the '90s raised by parents on the crunchy-yuppie spectrum, Annie's is about as comforting a comfort food as you can find. We wouldn't be surprised if those kids who grew up eating Annie's (and crinkling their tiny noses at orange bowls of Kraft) are now the twenty-somethings you see buying rooftop garden-grown organic kale chips from their friends' Friday-afternoon artisinal root cellar bake sale.
On the financial side, some are seeing the success of Annie's IPO as an indicator for the success of healthy food start-ups. One Forbes reporter said you could "chalk the wave up to the obesity epidemic, obsessive parenting, the growing U.S. obsession with finer dining and regulations promoting healthy food." But we still like our theory: Annie's itself bred the consumer that's now bellying up to healthier food businesses.
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Chi Manipulation
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- "Strength of body, when combined with strength of mind and spirit, can move mountains. Alone, however, the body shatters against rock like a brittle twig."
- ― Chikara-Shisho explaining to the Ninja Turtles of Chi's effect on the body.
The ability to manipulate the flow of metaphysical energy that is present in the physical body. Variation of Life-Force Manipulation. Physical counterpart of Aura Manipulation.
Also Called
- Ki/Qi Control/Manipulation
Other Terms
- Ki (Japanese)
- Qi/Qigong (Chinese)
User can create, shape, and manipulate chi. By learning to harness this inner natural energy, they can gain superhuman capabilities, which can be used in cases of extreme combat. Some examples include physically manifesting all of their inner strength and unleash it to the fullest extent of its power through shear force of will, achieving extraordinary abilities, strength, speed, durability, and reflexes, or in some cases, enables the use of super awareness, energy blasts, elemental manipulation, and sometimes invulnerability.
In different cases, the user can produce chi by channeling the energy through the physical body or by using the natural energy of the planet or cosmos.
- Balance: Users are able to balance by the force of yin and yang.
- Channeling: Users can utilize there chi towards a great potential to use there chi for any kind of possibilities.
- Chi Augmentation: Use one's chi in order increase their physical aspects.
- Combat Empowerment: The more the user fights, the stronger their bodies grow, thus strengthening their chi.
- Enhanced Condition/Supernatural Condition: Channels one's chi within in order to push one's physical capabilities to superhuman levels.
- Enhanced Combat/Supernatural Combat: Users of chi are able to enhance their combat skills.
- Enhanced Durability/Supernaturally Dense Tissue: When amplified by chi, the body is capable of withstanding most forms of pain.
- Enhanced Senses/Supernatural Senses: User's senses are increased above average.
- Chi Sense: Users are able to use their chi in order to gain knowledge of another's strength.
- Enhanced Jump/Supernatural Leap: Use one's chi to increase one's jumping heights
- Enhanced Speed/Supernatural Speed: Use one's chi in order to increase their speed to the point where they cannot be seen.
- Enhanced Strength/Supernatural Strength: Increase one's physical strength to the point where one is capable of destroying strong material.
- Chi Aura: Able to surround oneself in chi energy.
- Chi Infusion: Infuse chi into objects (usually weapons), beings, or powers.
- Elemental Infusion: Seed the core powers of nature itself into each and every item.
- Energy Infusion: Transfer natural or physical forces into one's surroundings for various effects.
- Chi Magic: Utilize chi as a source to cast magic.
- Chi Invisibility: Use chi to become invisible.
- Potion Creation: Chi is an underlying principle regarding traditional Chinese medicine. It is possible that one is able to create potions to aid them in battle.
- Chi Projection: Emit chi outside of one's body.
- Enhanced Roar (Kiai): One can channel their chi to unleash a destructive battle cry.
- Invisible Energy Manipulation: Utilize chi to exert invisible energy from the physical body.
- Empowered State: Use chi to empower one's natural abilities.
- Flight - Use chi to achieve flight.
- Spiritual Healing: Users are able to repair damage that has been done to the body whether it be internal or external.
- Higher Consciousness: Being linked to one's consciousness, chi is able to allow one to be in their true mind.
- Inner Power: One can gain access to untapped power and awaken their full potential.
- True Power: One can have their full potential achieve its true nature.
- Inner Power: One can gain access to untapped power and awaken their full potential.
- Indomitable Will: The full power of chi can be unleashed through sheer force of will.
- Ki Masking: Hides one's chi.
- Life-Force Constructs: Users are able to form their chi into powerful energy constructs.
- Nature Unity/Elemental Manipulation: Users of chi are able to become one with nature and command elemental and energy forces.
- Battlefield Adaptation: Users can orientate their entire body to combat, allowing to fight in any environment.
- Elemental Aura: Users are able to use their chi to generate the elemental forces around them.
- Elemental Pressure: Users can generate destructive elemental power.
- Energetic Pressure: Level an entire landscape with nothing but the force of one's energy.
- Life-Force Suspension: Focusing ones chi under their being enables varying levels of self-propelled flight.
- Mystical Martial Arts: Harness chi into physical combat.
- Natural Energy Manipulation: Harness chi derived from nature.
- Elemental/Energy Combat: Utilize both the elements and pure energy in combat for energy enhanced strikes.
- Life-Force Ball Projection: Shape one's chi into the shape of a glowing orb of energy that is capable of mass destruction to large areas
- Life-Force Beam Emission: Users are able channel the chi and project it in the form of a destructive wave of energy.
- Life-Force Blade Construction: Users are able to solidify their chi and shape it into razor sharp weapons.
- Cosmic/Planetary Empowerment: Users are able to channel the natural energy of the planet or cosmos and convert them into powerful chi.
- Elemental/Energy Combat: Utilize both the elements and pure energy in combat for energy enhanced strikes.
- Power Mixture: Mix one's chi with the chi of others (Ex: Omi (Xiaolin Showdown) using the Sun Chi Lantern in order to mix his chi with the other Xiaolin Dragons.)
- Synchronization: Once the user becomes in mixes their chi with the chi of others, they are able to become in sync with the energy, allowing them achieve extraordinary power and acquire in new abilities.
- Spiritual Meditation: Meditate to obtain absolute focus in order to fully manifest one's chi.
- Tranquil State: Users are able to place themselves in a calm mindful state.
- Clear Mind: The most clear state of mind
- Transformation: By harnessing their chi, users can transform into a stronger being with greater abilities.
- Dark Chi Manipulation: Chi can be tainted by dark forces.
- Pure Chi Manipulation: One's chi can be purified against evil influences to better fight against them.
- Ambition Manipulation: Chi is also fueled by one's fighting spirit and act of not doubting.
- Intimidation: Bring low the will and fighting spirit of one's opponents.
- Submission: Submit any and all under one's powerful will, be they man, monster, or savage beast.
- Aura Manipulation - Spiritual counterpart.
- Light Generation - Chi is often bio-luminescent
- Mystical Martial Arts and Yin & Yang Manipulation: The concept of yin/yang and chi are in Chinese martial arts. If one wishes to perfect their chi, they must find balance
- Power Manifestation: Tap into the eternal energy forces of the astral plane and become a physical representation of one's inner power
- Avatar Creation: Use one's chi to create a personal avatar to represent one's true nature and power.
- Training Regimen: One's chi can brought up to limitless heights with proper training.
In many cultures of the world, both aura and chi are very similar. However, there are some feats that both are unable to perform.
- Does not require layers or colors.
- Deals more with physical power than spiritual.
- Deals with energy and strength.
- Can be one with nature and the cosmos.
- Requires spiritual harmony.
- Able to recognize if a person has special abilities.
- Deals with consciousness and personality.
- Can be one with the universe.
- Takes time to build up chi depending on the amount.
- Chi is often finite and can be used up quickly.
- May require training to control the chi within them.
- Excessive use of chi will also create fatigue.
- Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user, and their power's natural limits.
- Vulnerable to corruption, resulting in dark chi.
- If one's body is not physically prepared, then the chi could be sent into flux.
- User may need to be practitioner in martial arts.
Known Users
- Users of Ki (Akatsuki/Sakigake Otokojuku)
- Shishimaru Tsurugi (Akatsuki Otokojuku)
- Wu Yuan-Shao (Akatsuki Otokojuku)
- Akashi Juzo (Akatsuki Otokojuku)
- Daigouin Kouki (Akatsuki Otokojuku)
- Momotaro Tsurugi (Sakigake Otokojuku)
- Edajima Heihachi (Sakigake Otokojuku)
- Xiao Yan (Battle Through the Heavens)
- Users of Chi/Ki (Black Cat)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball)
- Various Characters (Fist of The North Star)
- Kenshiro
- Raoh
- Senjutsu Users (Highschool DxD)
- Users of Ki (Id-The Greatest Fusion Fantasy)
- Ryō-shihan (Jungle King Tar-chan)
- Users of Ki (Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple)
- Kaede Nagase (Negima! Magister Negi Magi)
- Ku Fei (Negima! Magister Negi Magi)
- Setsuna Sakurazaki (Negima! Magister Negi Magi)
- Asuna Kagurazaka (Negima! Magister Negi Magi)
- Kotarou Inugami (Negima! Magister Negi Magi)
- Various users of Haki (One Piece)
- Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2)
- Ryoga Hibiki (Ranma 1/2)
- Cologne (Ranma 1/2)
- Herb (Ranma 1/2)
- Happosai (Ranma 1/2)
- Riki-Oh (Riki-Oh)
- Chou Zenki (Riki-Oh)
- Users of Ki (Tenjou Tenge)
- Han Jee-Han (The Gamer)
- Shin Sun-Il (The Gamer)
- Chunbumoon disciples (The Gamer)
- Users of Ki (The Ruler of the Land)
- Wu Li (Zui Wu Dao)
- Benders (Avatar series); chi serves as the root of bending.
- Several Characters (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)
- Kai (Kung Fu Panda)
- Shifu (Kung Fu Panda)
- Po (Kung Fu Panda)
- Users of Chi (Legends of Chima)
- Users of Qi (Samurai Jack)
- Ninja Turtles (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series); via training from the Ninja Tribunal.
- Master Monk Quan (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown)
- The Four Xiaolin Dragons (Xiaolin Showdown); via the Sun Chi Lantern.
- Asami Koizumi (Young Justice)
- Iron Fist (Marvel Comics)
- Victor Alvarez (Marvel Comics)
- Temujin (Marvel Comics)
- Shang-Chi (Marvel Comics)
- The Mandarin (Marvel Comics)
TV Series/Films
- Dairangers (Gosei Sentai Dairanger)
Video Games
- Users of Ninpo (Ninja Gaiden series)
- Lo Wang (Shadow Warrior)
- Users of Chi (SNK)
- Users of Ki (Street Fighter)
- All Fighters (Tekken Series)
- Hong Meiling (Touhou Project)
To learn more how the concept of chi is used in fictional universes and real life, visit the following websites.
- Chi in Kung Fu Panda
- Chi in the World of Avatar
- Dantian, the centers chi
- Ki in Dragon Ball
- Ki, Dual Ki, and Seidou Goui of Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
- Ki in Tenjou Tenge
- Kiai
- Qi in Samurai Jack


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Freshwater West beach is one of Pembrokeshire's most westerly facing beaches and as a result, has a unique and varied eco-system due to its proximity to the Gulf Stream current and mild climate.
Last updated: 04 April 2011
This stunning beach, located in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has long been a favourite amongst British surfers due to the consistent surf, which batters this coastline for much of the year.
The Welsh National Surfing Championships are regularly held here over the first bank holiday weekend in May.
In 1996, the Sea Empress oil tanker ran aground just around the headland at St Anne's Head spilling tonnes of crude oil onto the surrounding beaches and killing thousands of seabirds.
The beach was back to normal within around 5 years and it is now difficult to imagine the extent of the damage which occurred there.
In recent times the beach has become better known for it's involvement with the film industry and in 2009 plays host to two major new films being made there.
The final Harry Potter film - 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' starring Daniel Radcliffe was filmed at the beach and a shell cottage built for one of the elves featured in the film was erected at the north end of the beach.
Hollywood director, Ridley Scott, also filmed scenes here for Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett.
The film featured around 600 extras and 200 horses as well as dozens of rowing boats and beach doubled up as the French coast in the movie.
At the back of the beach at the north end are several Bronze Age burial mounds which can be located with a bit of detective work and a good O/S map.
The southern end of the beach towards the main car park hides a petrified prehistoric forest which is often exposed on large, low tides.
The wood has now taken on a darkened, clay like quality and is fascinating to find but only visible on large, low tides.
Seabirds such as oyster catchers, curlew, guillemot and gannet flock here for the rich feeding grounds and otters come down in the early mornings and dusk to feed, following a stream which flows down from nearby marshland into the sea.
You also stand a good chance of spotting grey seals and porpoises here on calm, clear days.
The area is also home to a resident chough population - one of the rarest members of the crow family and they can often be seen, swooping along the cliffs in 'middle bay' or feeding at the back of the sand dunes.
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Mesquite High School will prepare students to live a productive, purposeful, and enriching life.
Mesquite High School will....
| March 2015- Mesquite High's Students,
Faculty, & Staff celebrate our school spirit!
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8:00 PM Homecoming Dance
11:30 AM Half Day- Grading Day