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Bowers & Wilkins is a name usually associated with high-end audiophile speakers, but its entry-level 684 Theatre system is proof that you don't need to be a Russian oligarch to sample the iconic brand's wares. We're not talking peanuts here, but considering the brand's flagship Nautilus speakers sell for around £55,000 this system's £2k price tag seems comparatively reasonable.
The 600 Series has been around since 2008, but the revamped range boasts six new models, all of which blend established technologies from the original series with fresh innovations designed specifically for this system.
The package on test here is the 684 Theatre, so called because it features a pair of 684 S2 floorstanders (£799) for the front channels. Joining them is a pair of compact 686 S2 speakers (£349) for the rears, the new HTM62 centre speaker (£399) and the ASW610 subwoofer (£499), which remains unchanged from the original 600 Series apart from an updated finish to match the new speakers.
A pricier second package, 683 Theatre, swaps the 684s for larger 683 S2 floorstanders and upgrades the centre and sub to the HTM61 and ASW610XP respectively. These packages aren't set in stone though – you can mix and match.
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Looks-wise, the whole system exudes quiet sophistication. There's nothing showy about the cabinet shapes or finishes – in fact it's all fairly run-of-the-mill – but their simple exterior belies the beautifully engineered speaker tech lurking within.
All of the models come in two different finishes – we were sent the low-key Black Ash version, but the White is a little more disco. The faux wood veneers have a smooth yet synthetic feel, which is a little reminder of their 'affordable' status, but on the whole we have no beef with their build quality. They're also rather heavy, which is always reassuring.
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The 684 S2 floorstanders should be easy to integrate into any room. At 160mm wide, they're slimmer than previous incarnations, which will be a blessing if space is tight, while their classic straight lines, painted baffles and black grilles provide the right blend of elegance and neutrality.
In the box is a plinth that screws onto the bottom, adding stability and finishing the look off nicely. You can also attach spikes if placing the speakers on carpet. Like all of the speakers in the system, there are two pairs of binding posts on the back, which allow for bi-wiring.
The 686 S2 rears are the most compact speakers in the range, measuring 160mm wide by 315mm high. That makes it possible to position them around the room on shelves or furniture, but for the best results we recommend mounting them on suitable stands or on the wall using the built-in brackets. Apart from the size, the form, finish and build quality are identical to the 684 S2.
The HTM62 is the speaker most likely to pose installation problems – its large, chunky cabinet could be tricky to slot into an AV rack. It is, however, elegantly styled and impeccably constructed.
The ASW610 boasts a rubberised black finish not found on any of the other speakers, but from afar there's no sign that it hails from an older range. What's more, build quality is top-drawer and its compact dimensions make it surprisingly manageable size-wise. In the box are spikes for carpet placement.
The subwoofer offers more customisation than most others, allowing you to find the right bass balance and compensate for resonant rooms. There are volume controls for line and speaker inputs and low-pass frequency control, plus switches for low-pass filter Bass Extension, EQ and phase. Inputs include speaker level binding posts and left/right line-level inputs.
Unplug the grilles from the 684 S2s and you'll uncover two eye-catching yellow 5in Kevlar fibre mid/bass cones, which are smaller than the original 600 Series' 6.5in cones in order to facilitate the slimmer cabinet.
They also use smaller voice coils than before, with Anti-Resonance Plug dustcaps in the middle of the cone (borrowed from the company's high-end PM1 speakers) that improve pistonic movement inside the voice coil to reduce distortion.
But the tweeter is where you'll find the best innovations. It's fashioned from two separate aluminium domes, one of which has its centre cut out and glued to the rear face of the first dome to increase rigidity without dramatically increasing the weight.
Then, the entire tweeter is placed in a gel-filled cavity that decouples it from the cabinet to remove resonance and vibration. Hence B&W calls it a Decoupled Double Dome Tweeter. It's protected from curious fingers by a stylish metal mesh.
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The 686 S2 and HTM62 use the same drivers, but arranged in different ways. The HTM62's two mid/bass cones flank the 1in tweeter, while the 686s pair a Decoupled Double Dome tweeter with a single mid/bass driver.
For bass tuning, the fronts and rears use a front-facing Flowport tube (rear-facing on the centre), the inside surface of which is dimpled like a golf ball to smooth the flow of air. This also allows the 686 S2s to be wall mounted without affecting performance.
The subwoofer packs a long-throw 250mm driver, constructed from a mix of paper pulp, Kevlar fibres and resin, while power is supplied by a 200W Class D amplifier.
In action 684 Theatre delivers exactly the calibre of performance we'd expect from a £2k system – namely a sound that's cohesive, smooth and detailed yet bursting with excitement.
Jumping straight into the training simulation at the start of X-Men: The Last Stand on Blu-ray, the 684 Theatre system goes hell-for-leather. It displays excellent dynamics, firing explosions and lasers around the room with a crisp, cutting edge. When Logan lops off the massive robot's head, it hits the ground forcefully without sounding hard or brash.
B&W's use of the double dome tweeter also pays dividends, as detail reproduction is superb. It finesses high frequencies with a crisp, natural character. As debris rains down after every explosion the high-frequency fizz feels lighter than air and realistic.
Its credentials as a kick-ass home cinema system are further boosted by the excellent ASW610 sub, which underpins every rumble, boom and bang with precise and beautifully weighted low frequencies. The depth and slam it delivers is frightening, and because it's so tightly-fused to the 684 S2s, really big explosions don't turn into a boomy mess.
It has a sensitive side too, lending velvety richness to Patrick Stewart's voice and subtle warmth to background ambience and music. The HTM62 centre is a revelation, giving voices such presence and detail that it feels like the actors are in the room with you.
But what we love most is the ease and transparency of B&W's sound. It's like the system takes itself out of the equation, mirroring exactly what's on the disc and immersing you in the film.
There's no sense that the B&W is imposing itself – instead it lets the material do the talking, allowing effects, dialogue and music to emerge untainted, never hurried or shouty, unlike many cheaper one-box systems and compact packages. That means the chances of fatigue during a Lord of the Rings marathon are slim to none.
Also impressive is that you don't need a mega bucks amp to drive this system, which is important given its 'affordable' billing. Our Onkyo TX-NR818 receiver easily drove these speakers with punch and scale to spare.
If we have any sort of reservation, it's that the 684 S2s don't deliver the biggest front soundstage we've heard from a pair of floorstanders, but in a 5.1 configuration the subwoofer adds all the size and scale you need, plus the pin-sharp clarity and wide dispersion of the 686 S2 rears adds up to an expansive, immersive stage.
It's a terrific system for day-to-day music listening too. Again, its neutrality is a winner here, ensuring a faithful reproduction of our favourite test tunes. From the old-school jazz of Miles Davis to the pop stylings of Adele, it captures all the dynamics and emotion of the music while the agile subwoofer injects warmth and low-end weight.
And that's just low-res tracks from an iPod – step it up to DVD-Audio, SACD and hi-res FLAC files and the B&W's clarity and imaging are truly dazzling.
With wonderful sound quality, low-key design and impressive driver technology, 684 Theatre is deserving of your hard-earned cash. You're getting a taste of the stunning sound quality offered by B&W's more expensive systems for a fraction of the price, and that makes it great value in our eyes.
On their own the 684 S2s aren't the biggest-sounding floorstanders we've heard, but they do deliver the sort of refined sound you'd expect for the money, while the accomplished centre, rears and subwoofer play their part in a cohesive and exciting soundstage.
Classy, engaging sound quality makes B&W's stunning 684 Theatre system two grand well spent.
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I'm sure these are wonderful speakers but I will never buy them.
Why not? Because B&W (and quite a few other manufacturers) insist that you buy them in person only from a dealer - and the price is fixed at all dealers.
In this age of internet shopping and competition, I will not support such manufacturers.
As a person that owns higher end HiFi kit (Linn, Musical Fidelity) I understand perfectly why companies like B&W want you to go direct to a dealer - so you can hear EXACTLY what you're getting and not just buy blind. Let's face it, if you're parting with the fat end of 3 grand for a set of speakers you want them to suit your ears, right?
Many specialist HiFi companies/dealers allow home demos of their kit before you part with your cash. They also listen to your feedback and demo kit for you based on what you tell them. It's in their interest to sell you what you want, not what they want you to have. The price is "fixed" because they put years of research and development behind their kit, plus the after sales service of these companies is legendary. Linn, Naim, B&W, KEF, Quad, Musical Fidelity to mention just a few support products decades old - you can still get the original Quad II valve amps serviced and maintained and they are now entering 50+ years of service. You can retrofit every upgrade the Linn Sondek has had to the original units built in 1973. Naim still offer service for their original pre/power amps. I could go on but you get the picture. And I am more than happy to support companies that offer such extended support to their products.
For many things the internet is great. But for more specialised products, especially where you are spending a lot of money, going to a shop and seeing/hearing it for yourself is still the best way.
You make some valid point.
However, these are NOT the high end speakers you are talking about. They cost around 2k and are made in China for less than 10% of that.
B&W (amongst others) trade as a high-end British audiophile company. These speakers are anything but.
Even for high-end stuff, why force customers to buy from store only??
What if I had heard the speakers somewhere else (e.g. A friends, using my material), why should I have to drive miles looking for a dealer? Twice (once to 'listen' and order and again to collect). Sheer madness if you ask me.
You point about fixed prices does not make sense. Fixed pricing does not protect their margins. It merely reduces the dealers flexibility reducing them to bundle in useless rubbish you don't need because they're not allow to alter the selling price. Again, more madness.
I appreciate your situation with high-end equipment and respect your opinion.
On my part, I will NEVER buy B&W kit even if I won the lottery and money wasn't an option. I cannot support such companies that force you to buy on their terms.
I would - have you ever heard the 802's? Absolutely staggering things. Only suited to a few pockets and rooms but boy, as a money no object purchase you'd be mad not to shortlist them.
Why not "force" them to come to the store? I'd hardly say forced, for me and many others it's a pleasure to go to these places to see what's out there in the flesh.
When you're buying high end kit it's not an impulse purchase. Lots of time gets spent researching the options, listening to a few combinations, eliminating the stuff that doesn't suit your ears and also listening to anything the dealer suggests. It took me 4 months of listening at several dealers to settle on the Celestion A3's I have now, and they aren't exactly high end. They are due for replacement soon and I expect I will do the same again.
You can say what you like about the fixed price thing, we will agree to differ.
Finally, I doubt very much these speakers are made for less than £200 all in. Somewhere up to 50% of the asking price maybe, but certainly not less than 10%. However, if you can prove it please feel free to do so.
No, I haven't heard the 802s. However, 3 years ago, I was looking to buy some serious speakers and auditioned quite a lot (including B&W, Kef, etc). In the end, after doing a blind test, I decided to keep my 14 year old Mission speakers (that I was going to bin). It was this experience that made me realize that my speakers were 'crafted' in Britain and not in some sweat shop in the far east. Say what you want, it DOES make a difference.
How can you say that B&W are not forcing you to go to a dealers at least twice to buy their speakers? Is there any other option? No.
There's nothing to say about price fixing - the manufacturer has sold the speakers to their distributors for a tidy profit. After that, they should not dictate what price they are sold at - it is wrong.
I suppose you would support them if they said you could only listen to certain kinds of music on their speakers after you've bought them.
Let me put it to you another way.
Having worked in the electronics manufacturing business and watched as dealers increasingly dictated to manufacturers what they will pay for the products and eroded profit margins to near zero or into loss I am totally with B&W.
When the tail wags the dog, so to speak, it essentially means the manufacturer has to lower costs to stay profitable or even break-even. Of course savings can be found by making the operation leaner and every business does this in order to keep costs down but in effect the most savings will come from the supply chain - negotiating lower costs with your local supplier, they go bust because eventually they are forced to supply parts at below-cost price forcing you to go to super low wage economies to get your parts made. Eventually there is nowhere to go and the company is forced to move the whole operation abroad or close altogether. And by the way, that is representative of how consumer electronics (amongst many other industries) left the UK/EU and ended up in China, because people want stuff as cheap as they can get it and to hell with the consequences.
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Which brand is best for home theater?I want the same sound quality as in the best movie theaters.Is it B and W,KEF ,PARADIGM,KLIPSCH or JBL?
As of now i have a sony led tv along with Sony BDVN9100W 5.1 channel blu ray home theater system for movies.I was very happy and impressed with this sony home theater system until i had a demo experience with Bower and Wilkins speaker system.Then i realized that though very good still sony home theater is nothing as compared to a B and W system.Now i want to experience the same sound and picture quality at my home as a movie theater so i am planning to install a projector along with the best sound system.I visited a few local movie theaters with JBL and QSC speaker system and listened to the movie soundtracks very carefully.Then i realized that the commercial theater sound is different from even B and W and bose speaker systems.Which sound/speaker system can achieve this result?I have learned from somewhere that pro audio technology is the only brand in the world which produces the same commercial cinema sound at home as a movie theater.If this is true then what are the prices of the speakers?
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Reasons #8 and #7 to "Experience ITHACA This Summer!"
Contributed by Charleen Heidt on 04/17/2009
Reason #8: Enjoy award-winning summer theaterat the Hangar. See such plays and musicals as Dirty Blond, Once on This Island, November, and Betrayal.
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Reminder to Faculty Participating in Inaugural Procession
Contributed by Lori Staba on 04/16/2009
Faculty in academic regalia participating in the inaugural procession on Friday, April 17, should meet at 2:20 p.m. at the west entrance adjacent to Campus Center.
Parking Lot Closure and Reserved Information for Inauguration
Contributed by Lillian Tavelli on 04/16/2009
The following parking lots (or portions of lots) will be closed and/or reserved during the presidential inauguration events occurring on Thursday, April 16, and Friday, April 17.
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Assisting Students at Risk: Are You Worried about a Student?
Contributed by Deborah Harper on 04/16/2009
One goal of the "Assisting Students at Risk" initiative is to strengthen campus-wide responsiveness to mental health and safety needs.
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Patricia Zimmermann Delivers Invited Talk at University of Iowa
Contributed by Melissa Gattine on 04/16/2009
Patricia Zimmermann, professor of cinema, photography and media arts, delivered an invited lecture at the University of Iowa on April 11.
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The Inauguration of Ithaca College's Eighth President Is Here!
Contributed by Paula Davis on 04/16/2009
An important milestone in the history of Ithaca College is only hours away! Free tickets for the inauguration of Ithaca College's eighth president --Thomas R. Rochon -- will be available at the doors of the Ben Light Gymnasium on Friday between 2:20 and 2:40 p.m., before the ceremony.
The ceremony starts at 3:00 p.m. with the formal inaugural procession -- a chance to see academic regalia and tradition at its finest! Don't miss this chance to be a part of IC history in the making.
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Strike in Concert
Contributed by Erik Kibelsbeck on 04/16/2009
The piano-percussion duo Strike, comprised of pianist Jeffery Meyer and percussionist Paul Vaillancourt, will give a free recital on Monday, April 20, at 8:15 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall at Ithaca College.
All the music on the program was composed in 2007 or 2008 specifically for these performers by Chen Yi, Daniel Koontz, Brooke Joyce, and Jim David.
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Jazz Ensemble Concert Sunday
Contributed by Erik Kibelsbeck on 04/16/2009
On Sunday, April 19, at 8:15 p.m., the Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble will perform their last free Ford Hall concert for the year in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.
Pianist Bill Dobbins will be the guest artist and soloist for the evening. From the Department of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media at the Eastman School of Music, Dobbins has collaborated with such musicians as Clark Terry, Paquito D'Rivera, John Goldsby, and Al Cohn, and has performed under such classical conductors as Pierre Boulez and Louis Lane.
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IC Theatre to Present Molière's Satire, Tartuffe
Contributed by Susan Monagan on 04/16/2009
Hailed as one of Molière's most entertaining and enduring plays, Tartuffe is the comic story of a scheming hypocrite who cons a family into believing he is a pious man in order to steal their fortune. The IC Theatre production of this classic of French dramatic literature is directed by Professor Greg Bostwick.
Performances will be offered at 8:00 p.m. on April 21, 23, 24, and 25. Matinee performances will be offered at 2:00 p.m. on April 25 and 26.
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Ithaca College Safety Fair 2009 -- Sponsored by the Safety Awareness Committee
Contributed by Crystal Young on 04/16/2009
Students, staff, and faculty:
Join us for the Safety Fair on Tuesday, April 21, from noon to 6:00 p.m. in the Campus Center lobby and on the academic quad.
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IC Faculty and Staff Receive National Student Affairs Recognition
Contributed by Brian McAree on 04/16/2009
Congratulations to the following members of the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life staff on their recognition at the ACPA College Student Educators international convention in Washington, D.C. Each was recognized with national or state awards.
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Thinking about Taking the GRE? -- Sponsored by the Office of Career Services
Contributed by Jennifer Kellington on 04/16/2009
Attend a free GRE strategy seminar! Join us for the Office of Career Service's GRE Test Strategies workshop, where we will learn Kaplan's valuable GRE test strategies to help you prep smarter and score higher on test day!
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Adobe® Departmental CLP Software Contract with the IC Bookstore
Contributed by Art Gilmore on 04/16/2009
The current Adobe® Departmental Contract License Program (CLP) with the Ithaca College Bookstore will soon expire. Its expiration date is June 30th, 2009.
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Two Readings by Renowned Indian Novelist Kiran Nagarkar: April 21-22
Contributed by Anjali Nerlekar on 04/16/2009
Award-winning Indian novelist Kiran Nagarkar will visit Ithaca College April 20-24 and will give two public readings from his novels during his time on campus.
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Recreation and Leisure Studies Faculty, Therapeutic Recreation Majors, and Alums Represent IC at NYSTRA Conference
Contributed by Janice Elich Monroe on 04/16/2009
At the New York State Therapeutic Recreation Association (NYSTRA) conference, Janice Elich Monroe and therapeutic recreation major Hannah Louis presented a session titled, "Utilizing Community Projects as a Recreational Therapy Intervention." Deborah Silver '04 presented on "Stress Management: The Benefits of Involvement and Breath."
Silver and Gillian Mason '06 serve as members of NYSTRA's board of directors. Bethany Humphrey '04 served on the social committee for this conference, which was held March 28-31 in Saratoga Springs.
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Spring Faculty Development Conference
Contributed by Laurie Wasik on 04/16/2009
"Types of Scholarship at Ithaca College"
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Ithaca College in the Media
Contributed by Anonymous on 04/16/2009
Quoted in the media: Faculty member Elia Kacapyr and vice president Shelley Semmler. For more information on the following articles, please visit the IC in the Media page at the Office of Media Relations:
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Attention Future Off-Campus and Apartment Residents!
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Guarantee yourself a variety of delicious meals by signing up for a meal plan today!
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It?s about to pop off like nobody?s business. Everyone knows that I?m a PlayStation Network Trophy maniac. I have the Platinum Hannah Montana Trophy in my collection, I spent all Christmas break farming Trophies in games like NCAA Basketball and Jurassic the Hunted, and I?m proud to have the most Trophies out of any of the IGN editorial staffers.
However, all that means bunk at 12:01 a.m. February 1, 2010. That?s when the Trophy Whore War begins.
In a month-long IGN feature, Jack the Pokemon kid, Bromley the Facebook guy, Colin from Guides, Gaj the database guru, Nicole from What They Play, and myself are going at it to see who can bank the most Trophies. Every Trophy we earn from 12:01 a.m. on gets converted to points (bronze is worth the least, Platinum is worth the most). Each Monday, we?ll post an article keeping you updated on the progress of the competition, but I plan on chiming in here as well. At the end of the month, whoever has the most points is the biggest whore.
I want to be that whore.
So, at 12:01 a.m. Monday, I?m firing the first shot. My first batch of trophies? Oh yeah, I?ll sink that low.
What are some games I can easily Platinum? If you?re an Xbot, what are some cross-platform games I can easily get a lot of Achievement Points in? Let me know.
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A beloved TV personality known for his emotional outbursts and uniquely inflected speech, Philbin first came to national prominence as Joey Bishop's sidekick on the comedian's eponymous late-1960s talk show. It took another decade of various on-air gigs before Philbin hit it big as the host of WABC's local Manhattan morning show in 1983. Kathie Lee Gifford joined him as co-host in 1985, and in 1988 their series, renamed Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, went into national syndication and turned them into superstars. Over the years, Philbin was tapped to host a number of other shows (Walt Disney specials, prime-time game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire) and appeared as himself in countless movies and television shows. He also weathered Gifford's 2000 departure and found great chemistry with her replacement, Kelly Ripa. In 2004, after over 15,000 hours on national television, Philbin entered the record books as the most filmed personality ever. All of those TV hours eventually took a toll on the energetic host, as he had to undergo hip-replacement surgery in 2009---though Philbin was back at work on Live just a few weeks later.
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- Appeared as himself in a movie for the first of many times in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972).
- Penned the memoirs I'm Only One Man! (1995) and Who Wants to Be Me? (2000).
- Achieved prime-time success in 1999 when he began hosting the hit ABC game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
- Won his first Daytime Emmys in 2001, for Outstanding Talk Show Host (Live with Regis) and Outstanding Game Show Host (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire).
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The history of Sol Plaatje
The Sol Plaatje Municipality is named after Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje who was a South African Intellectual, Journalist, linguist, politician, translator, and writer. Solomon Plaatje was born just outside Boshof formally the Orange Free State (now Free State Province, South Africa).
He received a mission-education at Pniel. He was given additional private tuition by a missionary, Ernst Westphal, and his wife. In February 1892, aged 15, he became a pupil-teacher. As an activist and politician he spent much of his life in the struggle for the enfranchisement and liberation of African people. He was a founder member and first General Secretary of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), which would later become the African National Congress (ANC).
As a member of an SANNC deputation he would travel to England to protest the 1913 Native Land Act, and later to Canada and the United States where he met Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois. Mr. Plaatje who was fluent in at least seven languages was a court interpreter in court during the Siege of Mafikeng and also translated William Shakespeare's works into Tswana. His passion for langauge led to him becoming the first black South African to write a novel in English titled Mhudi.
He further explored his talent in the field of journalism and writing and became editor and co-owner of Koranta ea Becoana in Mafikeng and in Kimberley Tsala ea Becoana. In Kimberley, the house at 32 Angel Street, where Plaatje spent his last years, was declared a National Monument in 1992 (as was his grave in West End Cemetery, in 1997), when it became the Sol Plaatje Museum and Library, run by the Sol Plaatje Educational Trust, with donor funding.


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From this date the entire project from start to finish took four years to complete. The twenty acre parcel of land at 6th and Canal Streets was purchased from the City of Milwaukee in March of 2005. The ground breaking ceremony took place on June 1, 2006 with H-D racer Scott Parker breaking ground by dropping the clutch on a Sportster XL 883R. The first steel arrived on December 21, 2006 and was used to create the skeletons of the buildings. The brickwork for the South wall was started in April of 2007. When completed the South wall consisted of approximately 20, 800 grey and black glazed bricks to create the large "Harley-Davidson." The massive illuminated Bar & Shield sign took about six months to complete. The Poblocki Sign Company of West Allis, Wisconsin started building the mammoth sign on November 13, 2007 and it was completed and installed in March of 2008. The sign is 22 feet 8 inches wide, 22 feet 8 inches deep, and 17 feet 6 inches high. It weighs nearly 23,000 pounds and hangs in one of the 80 foot towers near the entrance of the museum building. The Harley-Davidson Museum opened on July 12, 2008 shortly before the 105th Anniversary celebration.
The Museum is home to permanent and temporary exhibits that tell the history of Harley-Davidson Motor Company and show how American history, the history of technology and the evolution of industrial design are just some of the elements that have made the company what it is today.


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My cell beeped me awake, and I reached over and grabbed it blindly. "What in the bloody blue blazes do you want at this godforsaken time of night?" I snapped into the phone, and froze as a familiar voice breathed through the receiver. "Shade." I sat bolt upright, leaping out of bed and throwing on a pair of pants. "Spicer!" I yelped, and she laughed. "It's Trent now." She said, and I smiled. "Not to me, hot stuff. Whatcha need?" She hesitated, and I could almost see her pretty face deliberating. "I need to get out. I got a friend and three dogs with me. Can you work it?" I groaned. "King and his Cronies, Trent! And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!" I said, and she just waited. I did a mental inventory. "Yeah, I can swing that. I'm gettin' out too, you can come with me. Is this friend…. Special?" I asked guardedly; I needed to know how hard this was going to be. "I was assigned him and he's not dead." She said simply, and I cursed. "All right. Meet me at Pier twenty-nine, tonight. You remember?" I said, and she laughed. "How could I forget. I'll be there. Thanks, Shade." She said, a tone of gratitude entered in with her voice, and I almost pulled the phone away from my ear to stare at it. Spicer never thanked anybody. "Don't mention it. Literally." I said, to cover my shock. "Wouldn't for the world, Shade. I know the way the Sword swings." I laughed, and she joined in with me. "Lookin' forward to it, darlin' Spice. See you soon." I said, and she hung up. There was no sleeping now, I had work to do.
I threw on a black tee, and a vest with a hood that could hide my face. I did just that, and slid out the door, taking my rounds and getting all I needed. Ireland was the only place without a King; That's were we would be headed. I got the tickets, and then traded them with half a dozen people to make sure King couldn't catch my scent. I was the one person he could never get, though not for lack of trying. I got dog carriers, because I knew Spicer would never think of it. While we hopped on a ship, they would be inside the dog carriers, as our carry on. I thought about my Spicer and her abilities, and remembered that I never told her my own, though she had told me about hers. I wondered about this Prince Charming that survived through Spicer's assignment; did he have power? Only time would tell. I could move things without touching them, and I could change the atoms of small objects to make them as good as a bomb. I went back to my room to get ready.
I washed out the spay-on black dye that I wore daily so that no one would recognize me, and my shiny copper-red hair gleamed. I threw on some black short-shorts, and a black tank top. The short-shorts are weird, but you can move in them pretty good, the only reason I need to wear them. I took off the spray tan, revealing my baby-pale skin that was almost painfully bright to look at in the sun. Finally I took out my blue contacts to reveal my vivid flame-red eyes, courtesy of my parents. This was something Spicer had never seen; I hoped she would take in stride.
At eight o' clock I sat waiting for my precious Spicer and her Prince. I picked up her essence on the wind immediately, and leapt up. She ran up to me, and I opened my arms wide as she slammed into me. "Shade!" She cried, and I squeezed her. "Hey, Spicer. Where's your little- you." I said, my voice taking on a hateful tone. I released Spice to draw blade. "Cotton." I snarled, flipping my sword around, sneering. "I'm going to enjoy killing you." I said, and Spicer cried out. "No, Shade! Don't do it, please!" She yelled, and I lowered the blade a fraction of an inch to look at her. "Don't kill him? The bastard who killed my cat?" I said, softly and then growing in volume. "He killed the only thing I had from my life before I disappeared, and why? Because I wouldn't keep her in. She went on his porch, and he shot her!" I screamed. Fairy, my little kitten. She was so little, and she was about three years old. And the sonovabitch killed her. "Fairy's dead?" She whispered, and I nodded, fighting the urge to start sobbing. "She is, and he killed her!" I quavered, and I knew I was close to the edge. So damn close, I wasn't sure I hadn't already crossed it. I didn't mention I have a temper, did I? "Listen to me, Shade. What he did was wrong, but he doesn't need to die. No more blood, Shade. Not today." She said soothingly, and I dropped my blade and my legs buckled. I took a last deep drink of her smell, and I looked up into the eyes of the hated man. "Cotton, you stay the fuck away from me, or you're liable to get blown up." I said, and he looked puzzled. I plucked a hair off my head and rearranged a little. Then I threw it at his feet. It exploded into flame with a pop, and he scrambled away. "Like I fucking said." I snarled, and slouched as I walked away, to the waiting boat. I found it surprising that Spicer stayed with me; I would think she would take her love over her old friend. But she had loved Fairy too, so maybe she was angry with him. The thought made me happier than it should have. I jumped to the roof of the captain's quarters. I looked over the sea as we set off, and I didn't do anything when she joined me.
"I'm sorry." I said after awhile, without looking at her. I didn't have to. If she were sane she would be very angry with me for threatening the life of her love. The thought lay like acid on my mind. He was the one she had chosen, of all people. "Why?" she said, and I turned my head, eyebrows raised, to stare at her. "Why? Because I threatened your little lover. I should not have lost my temper." I said, and it was true. I had let my emotions rule instead of my head. "Oh, Shade. You have misunderstood. He is not my lover; he is my friend." I looked back in front of me again and smiled, although I had no reason to be happy about that. No reason at all. "Why do you not have a lover?" I asked, trying for nonchalant and failing miserably. "Because you are being an idiot." She said, and my head whipped around just in time for her to catch my lips with her own. My hand moved to the back of her neck, and pulled her closer. I deepened it, and she tasted like sunshine and strawberries. I broke away, looked into her eyes for a moment, and read her shock at their color.
I leapt off the roof in one smooth motion, and ended up pressing myself against the side of the boat. Little wet, and hella hard to hang on, but I could use my telekinesis if all else failed. And I could think in relative peace, the main objective. I loved my Spicer, I knew that, although I had liked to think of her as more of a little sister, but I realized that I hadn't thought of her like that for a good long time, probably 'round about three years. When had I started thinking of her as my Spicer, instead of just Spicer? What had caused me to make that change? When had she decided that I was the one for her? When had I agreed? So many questions, and not one answer amongst the lot. Just questions that lead to more questions. I took my hand off the slick steel to rub my face, and promptly fell into the water. I launched into motion and rose into the air, focusing on getting on the deck. I overshot, and ended up on the roof of the captains quarters again. I dropped like a rock the last couple feet, breathing hard and coughing up blood. I had used too much; I had started to drain my life away. It would replenish in time; as long as I kept to small stuff for a few days.
As I hacked up my lungs, I had an epiphany. I was, well and truly, an idiot. Who gives a shit about all my questions? I loved Spicer, and she loved me, and I could go to hell for it if I had to, and I would a happy fucking camper while I rode in the hand-basket. And I would pester the demon the held said basket to boot. I grinned as it ran through my head, stumbled to my feet, took a step, and fell off the roof. I let loose a few colorful words that shocked even the sailors into staring at me as I rolled to my feet. I stalked off to the room that had been given our party, and found myself slammed against a wall the instant I shut the door.
Arvad had me pinned at the throat, and I wheezed as he pushed on my wind pipe. "I don't want to hurt you, boy. Don't push me." I managed, and he pressed hard enough that I lost my temper and exploded a fingernail into flames. He yelled and dropped me to the floor, where I forced my nose to bleed by going through a power overload again. I lifted him up to hover in the air, and he screamed and thrashed, accomplishing exactly nil. "Calm down, boyo. Mind telling me why you attacked me?" I said, and he snarled wordlessly. I didn't move, and he finally he lashed out in a rush. "She is mine. We have the same power, she should love me." He howled, and I snorted. "You listen to me, kid. I didn't ask for her affections. She gave them of her own will." I said, dropping into formality. "You hellspawn scum! Half-breed abomination!" he screamed, lost in rage. I dropped him; I couldn't hold the power any more without killing myself. I walked over and put a foot on his chest. "That's true; I am sraointe. My mother was daemon, my father was daemon. I am not. I am Fallen. I teann for my Spicer; I fell for her, and there is nothing you can do about it." I jibed, and kicked him viciously. He grunted, trying to lift one of his limbs. After going antigravity for a while, it took time to get used to the force on you again. I stared into his chocolate brown eyes with my own blood red ones. True demons eyes are fire red; a sraointe's are darker, blood red. Sraointe meant simply Fallen, a daemon who has changed his loyalty from hell to a certain human. I had Fallen for Spicer, my own dear Spice. Teann meant both fall, and begin. I wondered if the telltale mark on her lower back had appeared as of yet, marking her as my ionmhuinn, my beloved. It would look like a scar, a circle set with a flaming arrow in its center. It would never fade; not as long as I was alive. If I died, she would know; my mark would disappear as if it were never there. I removed my foot, finally, and he surged to his feet faster than I anticipated. "You hellbreed scum!" he repeated, and I rolled my eyes. I could smell Spicer behind me, but he wasn't yet aware of her. "She should be mine! A demon freak doesn't deserve her!" I growled, feral. "I'm am no longer daemon, boy! I am sraointe!" I snapped. "Whatever. You aren't human. You deserve to die." I sniffed. "You condemn yourself." I pointed out. "I'm human! I'm just a special type. You weren't even born on earth. Go run back to mommy so she can torture you again." He growled, and I nearly hit him again. "Haven't I burned enough of you away? Do you really want to tempt me?" I threatened. "Yeah, right. I have your True name, Shade. Or should I say Katis?" I slammed him up against the wall. "That name should never rip a hole in your thin air. Where did you get it, I wonder? From Tallow? She would do that. Who did you sacrifice, Arvad? It had to be close blood relative. A mother? A sister? A daughter, perhaps?" He squirmed under my firm grip. "It was Tallow, of course you know who she demands! She was dying anyway. I just used it!" He cried. "Your own mother. You disgust me." I said simply, releasing him. I heard a sharp breath from behind me. His eyes jerked to the girl at my back. "You bastard! You knew she was there!" He accused. "Yes, I did."
"Shade." Her voice demanded my attention. "When I was younger, and you told me there were only human demons. No monsters in the closet. No bogeyman." She felt betrayed. I understood. "I lied. There was nothing there that I couldn't handle. I wanted to preserve your childhood. Make it happy." She shook her head, nearly crying. "I was never a child." I nodded. "I know. There are no words. I'm sorry." Her anger kicked in through her shock, and I could see it in her eyes. She didn't want to see me, now or ever again. I had lied to her in her weakest days; as a child. She couldn't forgive that. "Once we get off this ship, you will never see me again." I walked to the door, my hand on the latch. A tear fell, to sizzle on the carpet, making a small burn mark. "You won't see me again for the rest of the voyage. Spicer...If you ever are in need of me, if you are ever in danger, simply call my name. I will hear it. And I will come." Arvad spat at my feet. "Get out of here, demon." I shook my head in sorrow. "Sraointe. Not daemon. Sraointe." They didn't see me, nor any of my things, for the rest of the voyage. And when they got off the ship, Spicer never saw me watch her walking away from me.


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Kani, Malihi, Jiang, Wang, Wang, Ruderman, Agus, Mallick, Gross: Anterior gradient 2 (AGR2): blood-based biomarker elevated in metastatic prostate cancer associated with the neuroendocrine phenotype. in The Prostate 2013
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Agr2 is essential for terminal differentiation of intestinal goblet cells in zebrafish embryos
Both phylogenetic and syntenic analyses indicate that zebrafish agr2 is the orthologue of human AGR2 and mouse Agr2 genes.
our study showed the important role of AGR2 in regulating EMT (show ITK ELISA Kits) of glioblastoma. SDF-1 (show CXCL12 ELISA Kits) signaling induced the expression of AGR2 to control the progress of EMT (show ITK ELISA Kits) in the progression of glioblastoma.
Results show that AGR2 is O-glycosylated upon secretion from human and rat cell lines, and that this form of the protein is released from healthy cells and not as a result of cell lysis.
Nearly all NSCLC tumors show AGR2 expression. Lung cancer expression of AGR2 has prognostic value for younger patients.
These data together identify the single cysteine of AGR2 as an oxidant responsive moiety that regulates its propensity for oxidation and its monomeric-dimeric state.
The prognostic impact of AGR2 expression could be related to treatment outcome in estrogen receptor (show ESR1 ELISA Kits)-positive breast cancers and/or its metastasis-promoting effects.
analysis of molecular characteristics, function, and regulation of AGR2 in cancer[review]
AGR2 was higher in HNSCC than in normal oral mucosa. High levels were associated with the T category, pathological grade and lymphatic metastasis. AGR2 expression increased in recurring HNSCC after radiotherapy or cisplatin-based chemotherapy.
The mechanism linking the IGF-1 (show IGF1 ELISA Kits)/insulin (show INS ELISA Kits) signal and AGR2 promoter activation is important.
Data show the potential usability of anterior gradient homolog 3 (AGR3 (show AGR3 ELISA Kits)) and anterior gradient homolog 2 (AGR2) as biomarkers for blood-based early detection of breast cancer.
Our findings, for the first time, describe AGR2 as an important regulator in chemical hypoxia-induced doxorubicin resistance in breast cancer cells
EGFR (show EGFR ELISA Kits)-mediated signaling in NCI-H460 cells is disrupted with reduced AGR2 expression.
AGR2 has both intracellular and extracellular effects in the intestine
Results indicate that DNA methylation (show HELLS ELISA Kits) within the AGR2 promoter modulates more aggressive cancer cell phenotypes.
It was concluded that: the expression of AGR2 protein was significantly higher in asthmatic mice as compared with their normal counterparts; the expression was obviously related to the expression of Muc5ac protein and IL-13 (show IL13 ELISA Kits).
Agr2 consequently serves to maintain the balance between proliferating and differentiated epithelial cells.
Agr2 facilitates normal lobuloalveolar development by regulating mammary epithelial cell proliferation; we found no effects on apoptosis in Agr2(-/-) mammary epithelial cells.
Loss of Foxp1 (show FOXP1 ELISA Kits)/4 in the developing lung and in postnatal secretory epithelium leads to ectopic activation of the goblet cell fate program, in part, through de-repression of the protein disulfide isomerase (show P4HB ELISA Kits) anterior gradient 2 (Agr2).
studies implicate Agr2 in intestinal homeostasis and ER stress and suggest a role in the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease
AGR2 may be important for the growth and development of the intestine as well as esophageal adenocarcinomas.
Overexpression of Agr2 is associated with asthma.
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G.SKILL has announced its 4th annual OC World Cup overclocking competition which attracts some of the biggest names in the overclocking community, not only due to the US $10,000 cash prize for the champion. This time also our Italian overclocking team member Franco "RULE" Valtulina will be there as well.
AMD Ryzen 14nm wafer yield at 80%
Sounds reassuring
Lenovo releases Legion Y920 gaming laptop
Quite an impressive thing
It looks like Lenovo is going to sell a new high-end gaming notebook. The company has just launched the so called Legion Y920 Gaming Notebook, which comes with a 17.3-inch, Full HD screen with IPS panel and NVIDIA G-Sync technology. Apart from that the rest of the specs are pretty interesting as well.
ASUS Crosshair VI Hero now supports DDR4-3200+ memory
Thanks to microcode update
ASUS has released a new beta BIOS which includes an AGESA Microcode update improving memory compatibility on their Crosshair VI Hero. According to ASUS, the updated microcode should enhance memory compatibility in combination with high clocking memory, adding support for 3466MHz, 3600MHz, 3733MHz, 3866MHz and 4000MHz memory multipliers without the need of BCLK overclocking.
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AMD confirms - RX Vega will be showcased at Computex
But just a soft-launch
ASUS intros ROG Crosshair VI Hero WiFi AC motherboard
A slight upgrade for the high-end ASUS AM4 model
AMD releases Crimson ReLive 17.5.2 drivers
Game optimizations
Lian Li announces PC-O12 WX case
Hard to classify
A few months ago Lian Li launched the PC-O11, which is a cube-shaped dual-chamber case like the PC-O8 that's been around for quite a while already. Like the previous models, also the new PC-O12WX comes with an elegant design and the left side panel as well as the front panel are made from tempered glass.
ASUS adds ROG X370-F Strix Gaming motherboard
Based on ATX form factor
The ASUS ROG X370-F Strix Gaming is another AMD AM4 motherboard that should help filling gaps in the ASUS AM4 lineup. So far there are only three X370 motherboards from ASUS, which are the Prime X370-Pro, the ROG Crosshair VI Hero and the ROG Crosshair VI Hero AC. Compared to the ROG Crosshair VI Hero, the ROG X370-F Strix Gaming should be cheaper yet still pack quite a few features.
Acer Predator Z35P monitor is finally available
Featuring 3440x1440 resolution with 1800R curvature
MSI teases yet another Intel X299 motherboard
Upcoming MSI X299 Gaming Pro Carbon?
On their official Facebook page, MSI has shown another preview regarding their upcoming Intel X299 motherboard. So far this is the third teaser showing yet another area of another Intel X299 motherboard. Like the previous model the new one features a completely black color scheme with several RGB LEDs.
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Intel Core i9 with 29% higher IPC than i7-7700K?
Sounds too good to be true, right?
It looks like we're closing in on what appears to be another launch of an Intel CPU lineup. Otherwise there is no way explaining why there are this many leaks surfacing regarding unreleased products. Some forum user from Dutch website Hardware.info has apparently had his hands on an upcoming Intel Core i9 7900X (10 core) as well as an Intel core i9 7920X (12 core).
EK introduces Gaming Series water cooling kits
With 240mm, 280mm and 360mm radiators
AMD is pushing hard for 7nm process technology
Together with TSMC and Globalfoundries
Judging by slides AMD's CEO, Lisa Su, presented during their 2017 Financial Analyst Day, the company has aggressive plans advancing to 7nm manufacturing process technology. In this context it's interesting to see that consumer and server CPUs as well as the graphics parts are to adopt the new process within the same time frame.
27 inch IPS display from BenQ with USB Type-C dock
Targeting professionals
NVIDIA releases GeForce 382.23 WHQL drivers
Ready for GT 1030
Liquid cooled Vega Frontier Edition cards incoming
That was kind of expected
As we reported yesterday AMD is going to launch their first Vega based cards by the end of June for professional customers and the gaming are cards are to follow in the third quarter - hopefully. What's not been covered so far is, that it looks like AMD is going to launch a water cooled version of their Vega cards for professionals.
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I finished up at work, then went to meet Aimee, the dance teacher I was friends with.
"Hey!" I called over the music as I stepped in to the dance studio.
"Hey!" She came round the corner and gave me a hug, kissing my cheek. "Come to teach?"
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The event highlights the community of Clarkdale and the Verde Valley at large with the goal of offering the finest Arizona wineries, breweries, spirits and restaurants committed to creating homegrown products for locals and visitors to enjoy. Guest viticulture lecturers, live music from Arizona bands, and art from Made in Clarkdale artists will enhance the festival experience as well. Each day of the festival will be different to the other with new restaurants, music, artists and guests speakers showcased.
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The latest anti-Darwinist crusade started with a prominent news story in the Sunday Times at the end of August with the headline 'Scientist threatens to make Darwin extinct'. The article lionised a book called The Facts of Life - Shattering the Myth of Darwinism, written by one Richard Milton.
As it happens Mr Milton is not a scientist but an amateur geologist and journalist, who answers readers' queries for the computer magazine What Micro?. Yet the book struck a chord. Several newspapers followed the Sunday Times story. The Times ran an editorial saying the book 'could shake the 'religion' of evolution'. New Statesman and Society gave the book a 2,000-word lead review by Richard Dawkins, an Oxford University zoologist, who agreed to write lest the paper commission someone else who would treat it as a serious scientific treatise. Oxford students wanted to invite Dr Dawkins and Mr Milton to lead a re-run of the famous 19th-century debate on evolution between Bishop Wilberforce and T H Huxley.
The book presumably got such attention because it came from a serious and reputable publisher, Fourth Estate. Yet, as Dr Dawkins put it, it would be about as silly to publish a book claiming that the Romans never existed and that Latin was 'a cunning Victorian fabrication to keep schoolmasters employed'. No doubt Fourth Estate judged that there is a market for scientific iconoclasm. But, as Dr Dawkins says in his book The Blind Watchmaker, people rarely take on Einstein in the way they tackle Darwin.
This is because few people presume to understand theories of relativity but almost everyone thinks they understand Darwin's theory of natural selection and gradual change. It says (they think) that all species, including such advanced forms as Homo sapiens, have evolved by blind chance. This sounds ridiculous: a Creator sounds far more plausible.
People have several difficulties with Darwinism. First, they cannot grasp how there can be enough time for random mutation to throw up complex and successful life forms. We are used to dealing with events that take place in minutes, days or years. But many species live, reproduce and die at prolific rates, and evolution takes place over hundreds of millions of years, periods difficult to imagine.
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Another problem for Darwinism is that it cannot be proved in a laboratory. But this does not disqualify it as science. The last and biggest difficulty is that people do not want to believe Darwinism. It reduces Homo sapiens to a bit player in Earth's history, a species that has a long way to go before it rivals the dinosaurs' record as lords of the Earth. Mr Milton - though he claims not to be a Creationist - puts Man back in the lead role. Most scientists estimate the Earth's age at 4.5 billion years. Mr Milton suggests it could be anywhere between 10,000 and 170,000 years old. Thus, Man has been around, if not for the whole time, at least a large chunk of it. As Dr Dawkins says, such claims fly in the face not just of biology, physics, cosmology and geology, they also make 'a complete nonsense of history and archaeology'.
The reality is that there are far more interesting debates about evolution than Mr Milton has raised. For example, Stephen Jay Gould, the American biologist, has described in Wonderful Life the huge diversity of marine fossils found in the Burgess Shale in Canada. Vast numbers of these creatures, apparently well-adapted, simply disappeared. He has suggested that, were the evolutionary tape to be re-run, we would not necessarily see the same organisms evolving successfully. Homo sapiens, perhaps, was just lucky. This is the real challenge to conventional ideas about Darwin. Evolutionists are constantly debating and fine-tuning their theories. But they are building on Darwin, not overturning him; it will take more than a few journalists and a maverick book to make him extinct.
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Relational Mindfulness: Cultivating Freedom & Authenticity in How We Relate
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Saturday June 20, 2015
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If we live as if the purpose of every meeting is a heart-to-heart encounter, we give ourselves permission to let down our guard, see through the limitations of the conditioned mind, and cultivate ease and authenticity in how we relate. Consider that Transparency is freedom… Freedom is transparency.
This workshop is about letting go of the needless efforting of our social conditioning and the habits of the mind of separation, and learning to reside in the freedom of presence and vulnerability. Relating "in the moment" with one another is a form of meditation that allows us to express, listen, see, and be seen. It requires openness, courage, and curiosity and allows for intimacy and transformation. Through relational mindfulness we receive a gift of connection with ourselves and with others that we can carry into every aspect of our lives.
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Deborah Eden Tull, founder of Mindful Living Revolution, is a Zen meditation/mindfulness teacher and sustainability consultant. She spent seven years as a monk at a Zen monastery and teaches the integration of compassionate awareness into every aspect of life. Her teaching style is grounded in experiential learning and an unwavering commitment to personal transformation. Eden also teaches for UCLA's Mindful Awareness Practice Center and also facilitates The Work that Reconnects, created by eco-philosopher Joanna Macy. More info
This class will be held at 1001a Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401