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Double Chocolate Pudding
Recipe courtesy of Ina Garten
- Barefoot Contessa
Remember My-T-Fine chocolate pudding? It's the ultimate comfort food. Well, I like to take something familiar and bump up the flavor with[ high-quality ingredients. This pudding gets its flavor from good cocoa powder and imported semisweet chocolate. It's the real thing and, surprise!, it's not much harder to make than the packaged kind, and it's sooooo much better.]
- 6 extra-large egg yolks
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 3 tablespoons very good cocoa powder
- Pinch salt
- 2 cups milk
- 1 -ounce very good semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Beat the egg yolks and sugar until light yellow and thick in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, on medium-high speed. On low speed, add the cornstarch, cocoa powder, and salt. Bring the milk to a boil in a medium saucepan and, with the mixer on low, slowly pour the hot milk into the chocolate mixture. Combine well, then pour the mixture back into the pan.
Cook the mixture over low heat, stirring constantly with a whisk or wooden spoon, until thickened. If the mixture begins to curdle, remove it from the heat and beat it vigorously with a wire whisk. Remove the pan from the heat, add the chocolate, butter, vanilla, and heavy cream, and mix until the chocolate and butter are melted.
Pour into serving bowls. Place plastic wrap directly on the top of the pudding, and chill thoroughly.
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On Thursday, February 7, 2013, the Multicultural Potluck featuring Madisonville native Darryl Van Leer performing excerpts from Rubycat Lawson's Roadhouse Lounge will be held on the Glema Center stage beginning at 11:30 a.m. The performance will begin at 12:15 p.m.
Later that evening, Mr. Van Leer will be performing this stunning, foot-stomping musical tale of redemption following the story of Matthew Porter, proprietor of the once famous Blues and Rock & Roll juke joint. This one-man feel good production comes to stage with 21 on stage costume changes and a whole lot of shakin' goin' on! The performance begins at 7:30 p.m.; general admission ticket price is $18.

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In the never-ending war against shadowy Internet criminals, gangs based in Eastern Europe that electronically break into business computers, steal banking passwords, and transfer the money are a particularly dangerous and mysterious group. With their methods, they are hard enough to defeat as is, but they are also being accidentally aided in their actions through an unlikely source.
A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against this group of hackers by Unspam Technologies, an organization that gathers volunteers to discover information about spammers and other online rogues. In a refreshing bit of honesty, the lawyer for Unspam, Jon L. Praed, admits it is very unlikely the company will ever discover the name of these hackers. He claims instead that the purpose of the suit is to obtain the details of the thefts, the names of victims and other information from the compromised computers in an attempt to increase security. The banks that have been affected by hackers are usually very reclusive in cases like these, therefore inadvertently aiding the hackers. By forcing the banks to give up information, Praed believes that security can be improved and the hackers can possibly be discovered.
Mr. Praed, who is head of the Internet Law Group in Arlington Virginia, has successfully used these "John Doe" suits (so called because the unnamed defendant is identified only as John Doe), to get information from third parties that can be passed to law enforcement and then used on civil suits to go after the main party. Back in 2007, Praed helped Unspam file a suit for the purpose of gathering info on illegal Internet pharmacies and their supporters, though its results are unknown.
"This lawsuit is intended to provide all those being victimized by this massive criminal enterprise the opportunity to come together to gather the data we need to fix the problem at a systems level," Mr. Praed said.
While it seems that Praed believes he is fighting the good fight, banks may fight back against his subpoenas, even if they're getting hurt by these hackers.
Banks do not want to get involved in these lawsuits and cases for a number of reasons. They argue that it's a poor idea to publicize the techniques used by criminals in fraud cases or those meant to thwart them. Wit more information out in the open, it may only lead to more fraud attempts. Banks also want to keep these cases quiet to preserve the confidence and confidentiality of their customers.
"Banks are not the perpetrators of these crimes, and banks are spending tens or hundreds of millions of dollars of industry dollars trying to prevent those acts from taking place," said Scott H. Frewing, a partner at the Baker & McKenzie law firm, which represents major banks. "The use of John Doe lawsuits to draw them into a civil litigation fight just raises the cost on the banks in a way that the courts may not sanction."
Mr. Praed said that he hoped his John Doe lawsuit would encourage banks to improve their electronic defenses. "Unless we want to go back to putting our money in a mattress, more needs to be done."
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Three of the four U.S. men competing today in the semifinal round of the second World Cup of the 2008 modern pentathlon season performed well enough to advance to Saturday's final. Dennis Bowsher (Dallas, Texas/Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) led the way with a seventh place finish in Group B. Sam Sacksen (Somerset, Pa./Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Eli Bremer (Monument, Colo./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force) also both qualified for Saturday's final finishing 10th and 13th in Group A respectively. Niul Manske (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) just missed qualifying for the final, finishing 22nd in Group B.
Due to a lack of female participants, the women's semifinal, originally scheduled for tomorrow, March 7, will not be held and all women entered will compete in the final on Sunday, March 9.
The top eight pentathletes from the United States of America are competing in this second World Cup stop of the 2008 Modern Pentathlon season, March 6-9, in Mexico City, Mexico with the goal of earning valuable ranking points in hopes of qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
The remaining four World Cup stops during the Olympic qualification period will be critical to determining the athletes that will make up the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for Modern Pentathlon. The 2008 World Modern Pentathlon Championships, May 27-31 in Budapest, Hungary, will serve as a direct Olympic qualifier for the top three finishers who have not already qualified their spot for the Olympic Games. The final and most likely way for the U.S. to qualify for a final Olympic slot will be through the Modern Pentathlon World Rankings for the Olympic qualification period of June 1, 2007 - June 1, 2008. This final means of qualification will go to the top seven ranked athletes that have not already qualified by some other means. Each country can only qualify a maximum of two men and two women. If the U.S. has more than two men or two women that meet the qualification criteria, USA Pentathlon will determine the two Olympic representatives based on the two highest ranked U.S. athletes in the World Cup standings.
This is the first World Cup event of the season for the top two ranked U.S. men. Eli Bremer (Monument, Colo./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force) and Dennis Bowsher (Dallas, Texas/Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) both sit out the first World Cup stop in Cairo, Egypt, deciding to focus their energies on preparing for this World Cup stop in Mexico City. Bremer has already qualified his spot for the 2008 Olympic Games based on his gold medal performance at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bowsher, the top ranked U.S. man, is in line to qualify through the World Ranking system, but must keep himself in that position.
On the women's side, the top four U.S. women will all compete. Michelle "Mickey" Kelly (Chatham, N.Y./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) has already qualified a spot for the 2008 Olympic Games by virtue of her performance at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will look to use the World Cup season to keep her ahead in the pack. Sheila Taormina (Livonia, Mich.), Emily Shertzer (Hershey, Pa./Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Margaux Isaksen (Fayetteville, Ark./Colorado Springs, Colo.) will be joining Kelly.
Taormina, the top ranked U.S. pentathlete, is attempting to make history by qualifying for her fourth U.S. Olympic Team in an unprecedented third sport. She has already competed in the Olympic Games in the sports of swimming and triathlon. She won a gold medal in swimming at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga., swimming the third leg of the 800m freestyle relay. She finished sixth and 23rd, respectively, in the triathlon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Taormina's top modern pentathlon World Cup performance came in March 2007 when she won the silver medal at World Cup #2 in Cairo, Egypt. The first World Cup stop of the 2008 season was also in Cairo, Egypt and Taormina got the season off to a positive start, leading all Americans with an eighth place finish.
Like Sacksen, Isaksen enters World Cup #2 fresh off the best performance of her modern pentathlon career. Isaksen qualified for her first World Cup Final two weeks ago in Cairo, Egypt and finished 13th overall gathering valuable ranking points.
The USA Pentathlon Team is coached by Janusz Peciak (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
Please see below for the U.S. results from today's men's semifinal competition:
2008 World Cup #2 - Mexico City, Mexico
Individual event scores for Team USA are listed below:
Men's Semifinal
Group A
Sam Sacksen - 10th Place - 3,936 points
Shoot - 175 (1,036 points)
Fence - 16V and 13D (832 points)
Swim - 2:12.85 (1,208 points)
Run - 10:45.77 (820 points)
Eli Bremer - 13th Place - 3,908 points
Shoot - 174 (1,024 points)
Fence - 16V and 13D (832 points)
Swim - 2:08.26 (1,264 points)
Run - 11:03.13 (748 points)
Group B
Dennis Bowsher - Seventh Place - 3,928 points
Shoot - 184 (1,144 points)
Fence - 17V and 13D (888 points)
Swim - 2:09.34 (1,248 points)
Run - 11:28.32 (648 points)
Niul Manske - 22nd Place - 3,692 points
Shoot - 172 (1,000 points)
Fence - 17V and 13D (888 points)
Swim - 2:15.75 (1,172 points)
Run - 11:32.70 (632 points)
Representing the United States of America in World Cup #2 in Mexico City, Mexico are:
Margaux Isaksen (Fayetteville, Ark./Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Michelle "Mickey" Kelly (Chatham, N.Y./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army)
Emily Shertzer (Hershey, Pa./Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Sheila Taormina (Livonia, Mich.)
Dennis Bowsher (Dallas, Texas/Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army)
Eli Bremer (Monument, Colo./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force)
Niul Manske (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army)
Sam Sacksen (Somerset, Pa./Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Head Coach: Janusz Peciak (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Riding Coach: Michael Cintas (Rancho Mirage, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Scott Christie (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army)
Team Leader: Scott Novack (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
For more information, please contact Cecil Bleiker, United States Olympic Committee NGB Services Manager at 719-866-4608. This press release is also available on the USOC's media specific website at


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David Akers: This is a moderately rare and very popular issue due to its low mintage of only 188,000 pieces. Business strikes in mint state condition are generally obtainable as long as one does not require a Gem, but Gems are certainly quite rare.


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Globalfoundries, a joint venture between Advanced Micro Devices and Advanced Technology Investment Company, on Tuesday described an innovative technology that could overcome one of the key hurdles to advancing high-k metal gate (HKMG) transistors, bringing the industry one step closer to the next generation of mobile devices with more computing power and vastly improved battery life.
At the 2009 Symposium on VLSI Technology in Kyoto, Japan, Globalfoundries reported the first demonstration of a technique that allows the equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) in a high-k metal gate (HKMG) transistor to scale down to well beyond the level required for the 22nm node, while maintaining a combination of low leakage, low threshold voltages, and superior carrier mobility. The new research – jointly conducted by Globalfoundries and IBM – is designed to enable the continued scaling of semiconductor components to the 22 nanometer node and beyond.
To maintain the switching precision of a HKMG transistor, the EOT of the high-k oxide layer must be reduced. However, reducing the EOT increases the leakage current, which can contribute to an increase in the power consumption of a microchip. Globalfoundries and IBM have developed a new technique that overcomes this barrier, demonstrating for the first time that EOT scaling to well beyond the 22nm node can be achieved while maintaining the necessary combination of leakage, threshold voltages, and carrier mobility. The results were successfully demonstrated through fabrication of an n-MOSFET device with EOT of 0.55nm and a p-MOSFET with EOT of 0.7nm.
"HKMG is a critical component of Globalfoundries' technology roadmap. This development could eventually provide customers with another tool to enhance the performance of their products, particularly in the fast-growing market for ultra-portable notebooks and smartphones with extended battery life. In conjunction with IBM and the alliance partners, we are tapping our global knowledge base to develop advanced technologies that will allow our customers to stay at the leading edge of semiconductor manufacturing," said Gregg Bartlett, senior vice president of technology and research and development at Globalfoundries.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1/6 recipe
Calories 150
Calories from Fat 10
Total Fat 2 g
Saturated Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 390 mg
Total Carbohydrate 31 g
Dietary Fiber 7 g
Sugars 8 g
Proteins 7 g
Vitamin A 250% DV
Vitamin C 120% DV
Calcium 6% DV
Iron 10% DV
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Servings and Times
Servings 6
Preparation Time 45 minutes
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 3.0
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients Measures
Onions, cut into ½ inch wedges 1 cup
Sweet potato 1
Carrots 2
Banana or Hubbard squash 1 pound
Parsnips 1 cup
Garlic cloves 2
Red bell pepper 1
Low sodium, low-fat vegetable broth 2 cups
Puréed tomato 1 cup
Lime juice 2 tablespoons
Cayenne ¼ teaspoon
Frozen peas 1 (10 ounce) package
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Black pepper 1/8 teaspoon
Cilantro sprigs, rinsed, or thinly sliced green onions 1 bunch
- Peel onions and cut into ½ inch thick wedges.
- Peel the sweet potato, carrots, squash, and parsnips; cut into ¾ inch pieces.
- Peel and mince or press garlic.
- Rinse bell pepper; stem, seed, and cut into ½ inch strips.
- Cook onions, sweet potato, carrots, squash, parsnips, garlic, and 1 cup of broth in a covered pan for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add a few tablespoons of water if mixture begins sticking to pan. Add 1 more cup of broth, along with the bell pepper, tomato sauce, lime juice, and cayenne to taste.
- Return to a boil, and then reduce heat. Simmer covered until vegetables are tender when pierced, about 12 to 15 minutes.
- If stew sticks to pan or gets thicker than desired, add more broth as needed.
- Add peas and stir occasionally until hot, about 2 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Ladle into soup bowls, and garnish with cilantro or sliced green onions.


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This is why brother you need to have Ears to Hear. It doesn't matter what man's law makes "right". It ONLY matters that God's Law IS right. If you keep judging all of this through a humanistic, excuse-laden lens you will always excuse everything. There ARE absolutes. God's ways are always absolute.
Please consider England in your prayers!
Please consider England in your prayers!
There is one little factoid you forgot to mention. In the Bible it makes very clear that sin is not weighted. No sin is greater then any other in the eyes of GOD (apart from the unforgiveable sin)
For GOD you are either perfect, or you are not. As we are not, we need Christ to save us. You talk about not using societal values to judge...well be careful...because I see this topic come up time and time and time again, with all the Christians duly spouting their criticisms and rebukes...
..But according to GOD, a lifestyle full of lies...which YOU and ANYONE READING THIS, has chosen, is just as condemned, and just as bad...yet...I dont see a lot of threads about that.
Its easy to attack a minority sin that you may never indulge in....but try to level the barrel at other, more widespread sins, particularly those which are the thorne in your own side...because never are people made to feel so bad about themselves for lies, or theaft, or adultory...as they are for homosexuality.
You remember that
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I have heard some say that its only fair...personally, I think that is because they are sad that they can never have a "big day" like all the hetrosexuals can, and that psychologically, a civil partnership makes them feel inferior.
But then I have never really been involved in millitancy...some homosexuals dont want to get married...they just want to make the Churches embarrised by getting the Government to force them to do things they wouldnt want to...and a lot of that hatred is the fault of the Christians in those churches, who rather then trying to help heal...have condemned, criticized, and made those inflicted with same sex attraction feel really sad, and hurt, and then bitter. If Christ was here today, he would be seen hanging out with Homosexuals, who he would have healed, and freed them from the worldly needs...like he did with prostitutes when he was last incarnate on earth.
There is one thing that you forget about this particular sin. It doesnt matter if the State legalize Homosexual Marriage or not...it doesnt matter if they force a GOD fearing priest to conduct the ceremony...for one VERY simple reason.
Neither the Church, Nor The State have the power to legitamize ANY Sacrement whatsoever. Mysterium Lunae...The Church does NOTHING more to GOD, then the Moon does to The Sun. The reason you see the Moon at night is because the Moon reflects the light of the Sun...the Moon has NO control over that...so it is with the Church...They can reflect the Glory of GOD...but they cannot create the Glory of GOD where His Light refuses to sign.
Without GOD, your "marriage" is just a ceremony. Its funny, how every good Christian hates the idea of homosexual marriage...but tell me...what are your thoughts on Athiests marrying in a Church? what of pagens? what of every other evil under the sun, that ALREADY marrys in churches?
There is nothing societal acceptance can do to threaten GOD. There is no point of Majority aggreement, at which GOD will change his mind on an issue of morality. You can not force a blessing from GOD, you can not "Create" a Union or a Sacrement...you can not Steal it from the Church by State Order, or by peer pressure.
Homosexual Marriage will never be legitamized by GOD in the same way that a Christian Hetrosexual Marriage is consecrated. No Ceremony will do. Its simply a placebo...the homosexuals who marrys in the church feels "accepted"
Well...he can "Feel" it all he wants...it doesnt mean GOD has fused the spirits of the two partners together.
Personally, I think its up to the individual to choose what they want to do. I havent decided if I believe you are "born" gay...but I do think that if you suffer from it, then the feelings are NOT a choice. However, practising is ALWAYS a Choice...you cant accidently have sex...and feeling like you want to, doesnt mean you must. I DO think the State should allow a way for homosexuals who wish to be next of kin, to settle the matter in a legal fashion. As GOD respects a persons freewill...so the State should also.
If the State can find a way of making homosexual marriage legal, in a way that doesnt force an unwilling church to participate, then I dont care if they make it legal or not...because it doesnt change the Truth.
I DO have a problem with the State FORCING a Church to do something against its will...and that is my primary concern here.
I would almost certainly never go for either. Because I dont need the Church or State to authorize any personal vows I might make to someone else, for a start. Secondly, I respect the fact that if I made that choice, it would be against what GOD wanted, and whilst I would be no less abiding to my promise as if it were sanctified...I would recognise that it could never be legitamately sanctified or consecrated...I would not want to tarnish any institution with being involved in such an abomination. We would know what we were doing, but it would be our sin alone...and only conducted, if to NOT follow through would lead to sin with worse repuccusions.
When all is Evil, sometimes you have to choose to live with the lesser of the two evils. We all live sinful lifestyles, and we all knowingly reproduce the same sins time and again. There is no point in not being honnest with the Almighty, because he is not fooled by your reasoning, that somehow, its perfectly alright to lead a secret sinful life of the mind, perhaps, but not to live a sinful life in the light...as if he would care less about your secrets, because they are hidden from the world. No, if ever I was to practise, if ever I was to get into a long term relationship...I know it could never be legitamized.
The really bizzare thing ive found with myself, is that, with those who I actually feel closest to, those other men that I truely love...the closer I get, the less likely, I want to have a sexual encounter with them...because I wouldnt want to tarnish them. I would not want to spoil them if that makes sence, I wouldnt want a sordid little secret kept between us Thats something I dont think I could ever get over...I'm pretty sure, the more I loved them, the less chance there would be of anything but celebacy
I would honnestly say that there are only two men in the entire world who I love...and even if they were both to come up to me and offer themselves...I just couldnt. I couldnt do that to them, and one of the two IS gay...although I didnt know for years and years and years
Accidents are one thing...pre-planned long term with people you truely love, are something else...I personally think that a psychological and spiritual connection with someone is more pleasurable and far better then any physiological thing....and whats fantastic, is that close friends give that to each other anyway dont they
I think gay marriage is the least of our worries right now.
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During the last year, as I joined Ambassador Gene Cretz to pay courtesy calls on Ghanaian government officials and politicians, one thing which struck me was the constant reference to President Obama's visit and his speech in Accra in 2009. For most people, President Obama's call to build strong institutions in Africa was most intriguing.
Most people I have met in Ghana indicate that the destinies of the United States and Ghana have increasingly become intertwined. Earlier in the month, as I witnessed President Mahama's inauguration, I wondered how Ghanaians viewed their inauguration vis-à-vis ours. On Facebook, we asked how Ghanaians viewed the U.S. inauguration and President Obama's second term. We received some interesting responses from over 60 Ghanaians. Whilst congratulating President Obama, some also drew comparisons between the United States' and Ghana's inaugurations, while others held greater hope for deeper engagement.
Yesterday, about 30 young Ghanaians joined me and other mission staff to watch the 57th U.S. Presidential Inauguration. The discussion that followed was rich and memorable. Here are some highlights from our discussion:
Alhassan Suhuyini, a broadcast journalist, told me that he is looking forward to what "the U.S. can do with Africa" rather than what "the U.S. can do for Africa" in the second Obama administration.
Mary Nartey, a Legal Officer at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, was touched by President Obama's mention of ensuring equal rights for gays and lesbians. Sharing her experience from a trip to the United States, she said Ghana could also continue the discourse to ensure equal rights for every human being irrespective of sexual orientation or gender.
The theme of "unity" is what touched Jemila Abdulai, a graduate student and blogger. Likening it to President Mahama's inaugural address a few weeks ago, she is interested to see how the unity talked about will be achieved in the coming years in the face of the political divides in both countries. She wondered whether Ghana will take any cues from the United States.
With all the thought provoking comments made in response to the inauguration speech, it occurs to me that these are precisely the people that President Obama seeks to inspire. These young Ghanaians and opinion shapers have the vision, drive, and openness to address any challenge which comes Ghana's way, and our quest shall be to create durable partnerships and encourage hope to persevere and innovate.
Nutakor S. in Ghana writes:
It was a great speech in general watching it from the white house site directly I now see Obama as a unifying president with the most references to ''we''in his speech also the rights of individual (Gay) also extending that to the whole continent My hope for the coming years is that American will foster the epitome of freedom of trade and integration within the regional bodies I wish President Obama my mentor well.God bless Ghana and America!!!


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Get an overview of this hotelSydney hotel close to St. James Church
Near parliament
This Sydney hotel is 100 meters from St. James Church, 200 meters from the Sydney Parliament House, 250 meters from the Hyde Park Barracks Museum, and 400 meters from Pitt Street Mall.
Free WiFi
Along with free newspaper in the lobby, Travelodge Phillip Street has a business center and a 24-hour front desk. Guests can use the free WiFi in public areas to keep in touch with friends and family, and self parking is available too.
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Travelodge Phillip Street features a four-story atrium with trees and a mural. Along with a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby, this Sydney hotel also offers dry cleaning and tour assistance.
The front desk is open 24 hours a day. Free WiFi in public areas is also provided. An airport shuttle (surcharge) is available on request, and self parking (surcharge) is available onsite.
- Limo or Town Car service available
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- Total number of rooms - 86
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
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WiFi Policy: Up to 100mbs data is complimentary per 24 hours, per room; up to 4 devices can connect. Additional data is available for the remainder of the 24 hour period (surcharge).
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- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: AUD 9.95 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: AUD 17.00 per person (one-way)
- Self parking fee: AUD 49.50 per day
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Here's how RW members rated this race (191 votes).
In short: Nice race, flat as a pancake and good for a Personal BestIn full: This is the second time I have ran this race and understand there was much criticism last year - though was fine for me. Loved it again this year, most of the route traffic free which is good. Loved being able to see the inflatable finish at mile 12, marshalling was fine again this year and it was lovely to see so many young children helping with the water stations and the medals. Water stations didnt run out this year and I thought there were enough of them and water at the finish as well. I love this race as it is flat and a good PB for me at 1:50. Glad Martin had decided to continue with this race again this year - well done!!Date of review: March 14, 2011
Date of review: March 28, 2010
In short: Water Farce In full: I've supported this race every year since it came back, but as the race has grown in status the organisers have failed to keep pace and this was evident on Sunday.Toilet facilities in the hall were inadequate with the queue out of the building into the carpark.1st water station had one girl on it who was still setting up as runners were arriving,she tried her best but simply could not cope and was soon overwhelmed.2nd station,When I got there we were told there was a limit of one cup only as we were told they were down to their last 5 litres (I got there in sub 1.40 pace so don't know how slower people behind coped) and runners were even asking the St.Johns Ambulance for water !3rd station almost 1.5 miles further on from where it should have been. I (and several other runners)made a point of tracking down the Race Director at the finish and and pointing out these issues.We all know that drinks stations are a basic necessity and that dehydration can have significant effects both mentally and physically and whether they like it or not Race Organisers have a duty of care to look after the health and welfare of runners who participate in their events.The upshot was the R.D disputed that there were any problems with lack or drinks station staff or water shortages and was totally dismissive of these issues and disinterested in our concerns.(despite the fact that we were are all experienced club runners not novices)I note that "Nice-work" have other events planned for later in the year including a trip to the Himalayas (which until Sunday I was considering doing) but after this fiasco I would not feel confident about their ability to deliver or to look after the welfare of runners in their care.I would respectfully suggest that they need to get the basics sorted before trying to be more ambitious. The reputation of this race and it's organiser)is as far as I am concerned is in tatters and at present I would not recommend this race to anyone.Date of review: March 18, 2010
In short: Great 1st ever raceIn full: This is the 1st race i ever ran,and rather enjoyed it!!!Mile marakers were clear,marshalls were great!!the 2 young kids were brilliant handing out water!!It Would have been nice for someone to have a loudspeaker at the beginning to start the race,and also a much clearer finishing line!looking forward to next time!Date of review: March 18, 2010
In short: Fine course, village green feel, good low key time trial, but needs more MarshallsIn full: A pity that Lydd could not provide more volunteers to support the guys from Nice Work. The mile markers were accurate and clear, the surface was good (even the farm track section was OK), but the wind turbines give a clue that a headwind at some point is pretty likely! Water was adequate for the faster runners - slower runners should probably carry their own bottles. Providing enough water out on country lanes is quite a logistical challenge for race organisers. To minimise wastage, I suggest advise the drink stations offer the faster guys half a cup or less - they often take 2 sips and throw the rest, then the later runners miss out.I hope Martin Burke perseveres and gets the support this race deserves - and I recommend it to club athletes as a great quiet alternative to Hastings, with plenty of free parking. Date of review: March 17, 2010
In short: Great new routeIn full: What a lovely new route with lots of PB Potential.I do agree with the comments about the lack of toliets before the race, but like with every race there will never be enough to please everyone. I dont agree about some of the comments about the new route, its was great and a lot better than last year, when having to run along a long straight road, nothing could be worst then that seeing no end in sight, this years scenic route wineing around the countryside.Aready looking forward to next years race, fingers crossed it goes ahead.Date of review: March 16, 2010
In short: Lovely run, good views, shame about the poor organisation.In full: Poor organisation of event, but with experience of Nice Works other runs, it is very clear that it was not their fault. It is a shame that the locals are not prepared to help out with an event that will benefit Lydd, as it is a lovely town in a delightful area.It was my first 1/2 marathon and I found it a good run with good scenery and the atmosphere between runners was extremely friendly, even the lambs welcomed the runners back into the village! I hope Nice Work do not lose faith with this event and make it very successful next year.Date of review: March 15, 2010
In full: quite windy on the way out. Big water issues there was only one lady handing out drinks at 3 miles and at 6 miles there weren't any drinks left. A distinct lack of marshalls on the course which was not the organisers fault after all the is only so much one person can do! If the water station problems were resolved it would be a decent race to do.Date of review: March 15, 2010
In short: PB potential without the windIn full: After reading other posts :1. If you want water then take your own run bottle. How much can you drink from a plastic cup anyway ?2. Toilets. Get there earlier.3. Lack of sign posts to the HQ/start ? Buy a satnav then follow the runners walking to the village hall (it WAS blindingly obvious !!)Unfortunately the race director was let down by people at the last minute,hence the lack of marshalls at water stations.Lets just hope that they have a wind free day next year !!!Date of review: March 15, 2010
In short: Good course, pleasant atmosphere spoiled by water running out at mile 6.Date of review: March 15, 2010
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Requesting resto shaman guide/advice
Posted 27 April 2013 - 10:03 AM
When do you use what? Healing Surge etc.
Whats the best usage of the riptide buff?
Unleash elements?
What about the talents? When do you choose windwalk over earthgrab, or totemic projection over totemic restoration?
Whats the stat priority like, spirit first, but then?
Would be very happy if some kind soul could give me some basic advice for a new healer
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Posted 27 April 2013 - 10:38 AM
Just make sure you keep Tidal Waves up from the riptide buff before casting a Healing surge or Healing Wave.
I rarely take Earthgrab totem over windwalk totem, And totemic restoration is just too good for 3's to not use it. Totemic projection becomes good in Rbg's as you can throw you capa totem into a beam vortex.
Stat priority can differ abit. I've seen shamans go full out Mastery or Crit. I reforged crit as it gives a good synergy between your Resurgence from Water shield. More crits means you get more mana back from casted spells.
Blacksmithing and Jewelcrafting is really good for resto shamans. See my armory for gemming.
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Posted 27 April 2013 - 11:12 AM
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Posted 27 April 2013 - 02:30 PM
I was just curious about totemic projection, because totemic restoration seems a bit pointless outside of tremor / grounding, so when you meet physical cleaves, wouldn't that ranged cap stun be better?
Windwalk vs mages to fuck them up?
Edited by Persephones, 27 April 2013 - 02:33 PM.
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Posted 27 April 2013 - 03:40 PM
I dont really use it myself. Aslong your able to keep Tidal waves up i rarely ns ghw eather. The crit from a surge is always bigger and the chance for that to happen is alot bigger too than a ghw.
And about totemic restoration, i use it on my windwalk totem too. Its perfect to get us out of roots and i dont need it any longer as its job allready has been done. This gives it a nice 35s cooldown and considering almost every class has some kind of root these days.
I think totemic resto is pretty good against cleaves too, It's annoying when there training you and cleaning your totems that you just used but it keeps them abit busy too so more room to do things and your getting reduced cooldowns on the totems they just destroyed.
Must add to this, i've started wow at the start of MoP and been lurking any info i could get about shamans. So dont blame me if anything i said might be abit off. Still in the learning process myself!
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Posted 27 April 2013 - 04:10 PM
Sweet cheers guys. Do you ever use greater healing waves then? Or is it just surge when a lot of healing is needed right here and now, and healing wave to heal efficiently? I guess you use NS + GHW for when shit hits the fan.
I was just curious about totemic projection, because totemic restoration seems a bit pointless outside of tremor / grounding, so when you meet physical cleaves, wouldn't that ranged cap stun be better?
Windwalk vs mages to fuck them up?
I prefer GHW over Healing surge. Healing surge is just way too much mana, I just make sure to riptide before throwing out a GHW.
My preference for healing is: Riptide > Unleash > Healing Surge > GHW > Healing Surge
Healing surge is still good to use in some situations when I'm dangerously low and have to get a heal off.
Totemic restoration is amazing, good counters to casters and against teams that kill link/healing/mana tides. Overall it's definitely the best of the 3 in that tier.
I always pick Windwalk, the freedoms are too clutch whether it's for getting away or helping your team go offensive if you play with melee it's a must.
Other than that it comes down to positioning and predicting switches onto you. With many Spriest teams I always watch to see who the spriest is targetting because he sets it up, he'll try and cast a VT on me or a mind blast and thats my q to earth shield myself drop a grounding and run behind a pillar.
Only issue I come across is whether I should be close enough to shear/hex the enemy team and I found it's best to see what comp youre playing, obviously against a thugcleave im not going to bother getting in range of them, I'll just max range and dispel/top my team, if I see the hunter get close to me I'll drop a grounding and go for a hex but other than that it's just max range.
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Posted 27 April 2013 - 06:15 PM
Do you ever use greater healing waves then? Or is it just surge when a lot of healing is needed right here and now, and healing wave to heal efficiently? I guess you use NS + GHW for when shit hits the fan.
Greater healing wave is better health per mana than healing surge.
Healing surge is better health per second than GHW.
99% of the time you'll be using casted surges. If you ever find yourself behind a pillar after LoSing say on half health and safe then it's more efficient to top yourself up with a GHW (provided you need to get out again to help with cc/purges and can't just chill and let hots top you).
As for NS, i always use GHW. An NS without an unleash pretty much sucks, you want to do your best to always unleash before using NS in which case a GHW non crit will still take someone well out of the danger zone. A surge may have a higher chance to crit and top someone fully but i much prefer the definate extra healing GHW brings. Also you don't always have tidal waves up when you need to NS (purges/not enough time to riptide given you really need to unleash) and as NS is your panic "oh shit" button you don't really have time to check buffs and actively think "do i have tidal waves and should i use surge or GHW for this"
The reduced cooldown on link/tide when they get killed is very useful against melee cleaves.
totemic restoration seems a bit pointless outside of tremor / grounding
As resto i'd always pick windwalk or frost shock root. It depends largely on comp but i personally love the utility the root brings, be it too extend cross cc chains, land cap totems (root thinks during fear and drop a cap next to them) and just to annoy melee who try to tunnel you.
Windwalk vs mages to fuck them up?
I always take windwalk for RBGs though as landing them just before a grip/beam lets your entire team get out a lot faster.
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Posted 27 April 2013 - 07:03 PM
and I like the hps/hpm comparison, thanks!
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Follow the crabs, wind up with tasty catch
By ED WALKER Fishing
Published May 19, 2007
Full moon tides are helping fire up the fishing this weekend. The extra-heavy flow of water moving in and out of the estuaries, coupled with the annual spawning run of swimmer crabs, creates a huge feeding opportunity for different types of fish. During peak ebb stages of the tide, millions of these small crustaceans, often referred to as "pass crabs, " ride the outgoing water from the bays to the open Gulf. At nearly every stage of their journey they are preyed upon by fish.
Sheepshead, redfish, pompano, tarpon, black drum and even fish that seldom eat crabs such as snook and mangrove snapper, will set up camp at the passes to gorge themselves on this easy-to-catch food source as it is funneled through. When the outgoing tide is strongest, and the crab flow is greatest, the big redfish and snook often can be seen floating just below the surface and making a loud popping sound as they inhale each crab. When the crab flush is on and the fish are focused on them, many other baits are not effective. This is actually good since the best available bait can be scooped up with a dip net for free.
When rigging a crab on your line, be sure to use a hook size that does not hamper its natural swimming motion. The best presentation is one that allows the bait to drift through the spot where the fish are feeding without sinking too deep or being pulled against the current. In some places, such as the northern and southern shorelines of Anclote Key, anglers can cast baits perpendicular to the beach and slowly walk as their bait is carried by the current. This produces a variety of fish.
Farther offshore the crabs create a different feeding opportunity. Once they are flushed from the passes, the tiny travelers wander the deeper waters of the Gulf where they are preyed upon by groupers, spadefish, permit and others. If you like permit fishing, this is a great time to check out the bigger wrecks from 25 to 100 feet.
These tasty members of the jack family can be found milling around over the tall structures and when there are crabs swimming the surface, they can be fairly easy to hook, provided you have a live crab to toss them. Once they take your bait, however, the easy part stops. They are very strong and have a knack for racing to the nearest piece of wreckage and breaking your line. They are line shy and are reluctant to take a bait that is presented on leader much heavier than 25-pound test. This means you cannot muscle them away from the snags.
By not trying to stop them from racing to the wreck by locking down the drags, they sometimes will merely by-pass it and swim out toward open water.
Another big problem for permit fishermen out on the wrecks is goliath grouper, which will run down a struggling permit and eat it in a few gulps. On many occasions we have had 400-pound goliaths chase permit to the surface and steal them. Trying to keep the goliaths off your permit is difficult but we have had some success by opening the bail and freespooling the line when the monsters are sighted chasing the fish. This allows the permit to escape ...temporarily. Unfortunately, most of the trouble takes place down deep where you cannot see.


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To the Journal editor:
Just some thoughts I have entering the new year.
About the terrible shootings of school children in Connecticut. A lot has been said already. Some say ban guns, others train teachers to use guns or have police security at schools.
I don't know if any will really work. I believe it has to come from a change within, as I have written many times about a spiritual awakening of human behavior. It can only come with the help of God. Even in the Bible it tells of people being killed.
It started with sin in the Garden of Eden. A separation from God's will. God's son Jesus came to show us the way but he was killed on the cross. That's because he tried to show humanity a way to love one another and turn from sinful ways.
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My other thought is that defeat of Marquette County Road 595. What a shame. I attended the hearing at Northern Michigan University. Most spoke in favor of the road being built.
It's beyond belief that Rio Tinto trucks, about 80 per hour, will be coming down County Road 550 then Wright Street and U.S. 41 from Target through Negaunee, Ishpeming and beyond.
Wait until it starts. The traffic will be like going in and out of Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, etc.
And the roads will take a beating to say the least. The people who made the decision don't even live here. I just hope with help from our congressmen and senators and people protesting against the EPA it can be overruled.
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CORNELL – Nilo Joe Makosky, 79, of Cornell, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, at Christian Park Healthcare Center in Escanaba.
He was born in Kingsford on July 24, 1933, the son of the late Robert and Josephine (Muther) Makosky. Nilo was raised in Hyde and attended school there.
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Nilo is survived by his loving wife, Jan; brother, Henry Makosky; and sister, Harriett Hider, both of Escanaba; numerous nieces and nephews.
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Edward Dowey, professor
emeritus of the history of Christian doctrine at Princeton Seminary,
sits with an old Bible in his lap, his thin fingers slowly turning the
worn pages in search of what he calls "some of the most beautiful and
profound words that we have ever heard from Scripture." Arriving at II
Corinthians 5:19-20, he reads, "In Christ, God was reconciling the
world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and
entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors
for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you
on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God."
When a committee was called together following the
1958 union of the Presbyterian Church in the USA and the United
Presbyterian Church of North America and given the task of drafting a
new confession, they turned to these verses.
"The first thing we decided," remembers Charles
West, PTS's Stephen Colwell Professor of Christian Ethics Emeritus,
"was that in our time, for our place, the theme would be
reconciliation. In other words, if you're going to preach the gospel,
present the Christian faith in the mid-20th century, that's where you
It was a break from the tradition that preceded
their work. Other confessions of the church since its earliest days,
the committee was well aware, opened with statements about Scripture
or about the majesty of God and the depravity of humanity. This
confession wanted to say, instead, that everything flows from an
understanding of humanity's reconciliation with God through Jesus
"We don't start with how sinful we are and therefore how much we need
grace," West explains. "We start with what Christ has done and
discover human sin in the light of it."
It was bold, but necessary, the drafters believed, to speak in
challenging ways to the culture of the church, still deeply rooted in
the 17th-century language and ideas of the Westminster Confession. But
the new confession was not written for that reason alone.
"Confessions are usually a response to great issues facing the church
and the world, situations of crisis in which the church feels
compelled to articulate its faith as unambiguously as possible,"
explains Daniel Migliore, PTS's Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic
Theology. This one, drafted during a time of racial, international,
economic, and sexual crises, Migliore says, emerged as "a pioneering
confessional statement of the 20th century."
Though even the confession's title acknowledges its time-bound nature,
its words continue to speak prophetically today. Under the heading of
"Reconciliation in Society," the Confession of 1967 (C-67) names four
broad issues of justice on which God calls the church to act. "The
following," it states, "are particularly urgent at the present time":
the elimination of racial/ethnic discrimination; in politics, the
search for cooperation and peace among the nations; the eradication of
enslaving poverty; and equality, joy, and respect in male/female
relationships. Though progress has been made on some of these critical
issues, sadly they still sound all too current.
Charles C. West, PTS professor
emeritus of Christian ethics (above) was a member of the drafting committee for
the Confession of 1967, and attended the Seminary's recent conference.
Every word of the Confession of 1967 was carefully chosen—from its
claim that the church forms out of mission and not mission out of the
church, to its statement about pursuing "fresh and responsible
relations across every line of conflict, even at risk to [the first
draft read, 'of'] national security." (Circulating during the Vietnam
era, the original wording was highly controversial; some early readers
were unhappy with the implication that their national security could
be stripped from them. In its current form, this phrase only implies a
possible jeopardizing of that security. This issue of national
security as it relates to faith is again at the forefront.)
Though the writers spent a painstaking seven years on its formulation,
Dowey is quick to point out, "What's important isn't always what you
write into the confession, but what the reader finds in it."
That, of course, is different for every reader. When C-67 was
introduced, its statement on Scripture was perhaps its most
controversial element, and debates over its implications still arise.
PTS M.Div. middler Eddie Nabhan admits his own difficulties with that
section, saying, "It states that Scriptures, 'given under the guidance
of the Holy Spirit, are nevertheless the words of men, conditioned by
the language, thought forms, and literary fashions of the places and
times at which they were written.' It also says the Bible is a
'prophetic and apostolic testimony in which [the church] hears the
Word of God.' Together, these statements place the responsibility of
finding what in the Bible is the Word of God on the shoulders of the
church. This idea, in my view, allows us to remove a part of the text
or claim it as nonauthoritative on the basis of historical situation
or culture—resulting in the church having more authority than the
The writers would argue that they were not trying to emphasize
Scripture or the church, but Jesus Christ as "the one sufficient
revelation of God" and the Bible as a witness to that revelation.
There is freedom, however, for both of these views and others to
exist, because of the way the Presbyterian Church (USA) defines its
relationship to its confessions.
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KIANTONE – A tanker carrying 7,600 gallons of diesel fuel overturned early Monday morning, shutting down traffic on Route 62 for more than 12 hours and sending its driver to the hospital.
The Kiantone Independent Fire Department was summoned at 6:26 a.m. after a United Refining tractor trailer lost control on the shoulder of the road and veered into a ravine. The rollover took place between Kiantone Road and Route 60. The driver, William D. Fisher, 46, of Erie, Pa., was transported to WCA Hospital for minor lacerations and neck and back pain.
The tanker truck was on its way from Warren, Pa., to Fredonia when the accident occurred, police said.
The Chautauqua County HAZMAT team responded, as did firefighters from Frewsburg, Falconer, Ellery Center and Russell, Pa. State Police out of the Jamestown barracks and members of the United Refining spill response team also responded.
Fire officials said less than 100 gallons of diesel fuel leaked from the overturned tanker.
"We shut down the road and we got the scene secured as fast as we could," said Steve Reale, Kiantone fire chief.
A second tanker was brought to the scene to transfer the diesel fuel.
Also at the scene Monday was the county's new Emergency Services Mobile Command truck, which just recently was put into service. According to Dan Imfeld, Chautauqua County deputy fire coordinator for HAZMAT, the new truck was primarily used at the accident for training purposes.
"On an incident like this we normally wouldn't use it," Imfeld said. "But it's a brand new vehicle, so we're really kind of using it today for training."
Imfeld said the command truck was used to set up incident command and create a center of communication between fire officials, State Police and the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
"We had to take a look at the area because we had to do a major detour," Imfeld said. "So we set up the fire police with it and got them on each side (of the accident)."
Due to the fuel leak, the DEC responded to the accident. No significant risk, however, was found for the land or community. "Everything was checked out, and there ended up being no danger to the area," Imfeld said.
No charges were filed against Fisher, the State Police said in a news release. The investigation is ongoing.


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Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday issued a warning claiming that its latest ForceWare drivers contain an error that causes fan speed issues, which, according to media reports, may damage or even destroy certain graphics cards.
"We are aware that some customers have reported fan speed issues with the latest 196.75 WHQL drivers on Nvidia.com. Until we can verify and root cause this issue, we recommend that customers do not download this driver. Instead, please stay with, or return to 196.21 WHQL drivers. Release 196.75 drivers have been temporarily removed from our website and we also are asking our partners and others to remove temporarily this 196.75 WHQL driver as well," a statement by Nvidia reads.
Nvidia also created a special web-page that provides instructions how to downgrade to older drivers.
According to Web reports, ForceWare 196.75 drivers can slowdown or even stop cooling fan on graphics cards. As a result, the graphics cards may start to throttle down its performance in order to keep itself cooler or even get damaged by heat.
At press time it was unclear how many graphics adapters around the globe were damaged by the drivers, how Nvidia plans to replace such products and how it will figure out that the boards were harmed by the drivers, not overclocking.
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The more I learn about the world the more confused I get.
I remember looking up at people in their mid-twenties when I was 10 or so and thinking: "these people have it figured out". Now at the age of 28, and assessing what I have figured out, I humbly admit the answer is "very little". Investigating some of society's current macros trends, it's more than palpable to conclude that the human race as a whole knows very little as well. The economy and mother earth are fierce adversaries, our status as individuals tends to supersede the value of the collective community, the food we eat isn't actually food…and the list goes on and on.
Given it's now safe to at least anecdotally conclude that we as a species know very little; we are left with little able resources to help answer life's most pressing questions. Maybe the most pressing question that we face as autonomous individuals is: "what should I do with my life?" Since we only have one life to live (that we empirically know of), this question is often met with fear, anxiety, and utter distain. In a bifurcated world of good and evil, success and failure, and all other dualistic representations, we are led to believe there is one set path. That those who diverge are lost. This dangerous belief does not take into account the true networked dynamics of life, and leaves us in a predicament to decide, and therefore kill off the abundant possibilities.
If we are choosing a specific path to take, what are our choices? I would say we have three: fame, fire or famine.
"Fame" is status, traditional notions of success, and power. Fame lives in the realm of one's identity, which is more of a fabrication of one's self than an authentic representation of it. Fame is highly attractive and no one is fully immune to its allure. Just like the diet coke that gives you that initial jolt and hint of euphoria while simultaneously killing off your brain sells; fame has the tendency to be a source of short term pleasure while having the capacity to erode one's soul.
Seeking fame, status, or money is not necessarily bad. Many virtuous professions produce fame, status, and money — one can easily argue that surgeons deserve every bit of their societal status and salary. However, fame in isolation can lead to the adoption of harmful cultural values that prioritize individualism over value creation. Unfortunately, we live in a highly templated culture that has adopted many principles driven by notions of scarcity. We are taught to fend for ourselves and accrue resources for our own self benefit and self worth. We are led to believe that only a select few can ever obtain an abundance of resources or attention — so we fight. We fight hard for "fame", doing things like preparing for the Ivy League admissions process before we can ride a bike. This may be a necessary process in today's world of limited access, however it undermines the sacredness of our childhood curiosity and playfulness.
All people pursue some version of fame. The extent to which you pursue fame as your primary focus determines if your life's pursuit is a worthy one.
"Fire" burns at one's core. Fire represents the flames of passion inside you that illuminates the soul and if used correctly, can illuminate the world. We've all heard stories of our ancestors harnessing the power of fire — how it expanded the practical notion of food, how it protected us from disease and the cold, and how it aided us in developing our understanding of the unknown that night formerly withheld from us. Our ability to harness fire was a turning point in the evolution of the human race.
Today, fire is now ubiquitous and is used in many different forms. However, there is one form of fire that we as a species are still trying to harness. That fire is passion, the fire that we can all generate within us. With an economy driven by creativity taking shape, the cost of consumer technology and communication tools reducing drastically, and with the mass "amateurization" of many formerly professional trades happening before our eyes the foundation for a passion revolution is forming. College graduates leave school feeling lost as they're left with student loans to pay off and an education that has prepared them to work during the industrial revolution. The young people who are resilient and curious tend to stumble upon something that excites them. If they're really lucky (and persistent), that excitement evolves into a passion. I've been lucky enough to be part of environment fueled by passion, audacity, and hope. I've seen people harness their passion, convert it into a market ready idea, and make a life out of it. Of course this case is the minority, however given the information communication technology we have available to us today, the possibilities of harnessing passion and converting it into a career exist like never before in history.
It's not hard to conceptualize the sheer power of fire. The transformative nature of it's core properties does not live in isolation, those properties can easily spread (like wildfire) to others. But is it enough? Can you build a life out of harnessing fire? Or is fire merely a mechanism for self service which is inherently limiting?
"Famine", is indicative of widespread scarcity. However famine in this case represents the personal sacrifice of living in a state of material scarcity, in order to create abundance for others. Beyond fame and fire, famine represents an altruistic state where one's purpose lives outside their own self preservation. Their contribution to the world is paramount.
Famine is an upstream swim. The powerful current of ego bears down as us as we franticly try to swim ahead. The harder we try to swim towards our worthy cause the more cultural values like status, money and looks push us down. Any outsider witnessing this struggle might be right to call us crazy. However, once you become captivated by this idea of contribution, you realize that it's impossible to stop. That devoting yourself to a worthy cause (or swim) is aligning one's work with one's soul.
Of course in a world of material abundance (a world that the majority of people reading this lives in), pursing this important work does not always require extremely levels of self sacrifice. However, it always requires extreme sacrifice of one's ego. Throughout our lives, we are conditioned to always put ourselves first. For most, it takes a life changing experience like having a baby, witnessing extreme poverty, having a near death experience to start thinking beyond ourself, and to consider that we might simply be minute contributors to an infinite universe. Regardless of if you have had a life changing experience or not, you can always tap into a sense of pure altruism. If you believe we are all connected, that we live in a vast network of connected parts that is more important than the sum of each isolated part, then you have instant access to altruism, purpose, and empathy.
Fame, fire, or famine — which one is most worthy of our life's pursuit? No one can answer that for you, however, I would like to make the case for an option. I believe it's essential that we pursue all three. We are complex beings, living in complex systems. We require recognition and praise for our work. We are fueled by meaning and passion as it sustains us over time. We all deep down have an authentic desire to contribute to something bigger than ourselves. Blend the three pursuits together and see what you get. You may find yourself becoming uncompromising when selecting or creating your life's work. You may find yourself seeing the forest beyond the trees, and blazing a new trail in that forest as your explore.
The world needs people who think creatively and openly about their contribution to the world. By harnessing the powers of fame, fire, and famine we can discover new ways to become more powerful than ever before. Can we transmute our inclination to selfishly drive toward our own success into self worth combined with a burning passion? Can we align our passion with the desire to solve the grand challenges our world faces today? With this blended approach we may have the confidence, desire, and empathy to reshape the world.
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Gangs of cyber criminals who have been attacking big business have now set their sights on public schools and colleges. On October 17th, hackers broke into the Stanford school district and initiated fake money transfers from the schools payroll accounts. The thieves kept the amounts below $10,000 in order to avoid detection by the banks. By the time the staff caught on two days later they had already lost $177,000.
Stanford was not the only school to report thefts like this. The Sand Springs, Oklahoma school district has also been attacked, as well as Marian University, a Catholic university in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Each establishment had close to $200,000 stolen from it. All three schools were able to detect the fraudulent transfers soon enough to reverse some of the damage, however the only school able to have its losses completely recovered was Sand Springs. …Read More →


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