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Our Cruise aboard the Norweigan Jade, May 19, 2012: Norwegian Jade Cruise Review by scgirlatheart
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Our Cruise aboard the Norweigan Jade, May 19, 2012
Destination: Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
Embarkation: Venice
Once on board the ship we found our cabin then made our way to the pool deck for lunch. For the most part we enjoyed the Jade. It didn't quite measure up to Royal Caribbean in terms of the food or the staff however. The food was ok, just nothing memorable. We never ate at the specialty restaurants, only at the buffet or either of the main dining rooms. It seemed as if the staff was just there to do their jobs, the level was nowhere near what we've encountered on Royal Caribbean. We didn't even meet our cabin steward until 2 or 3 days into the cruise.
We had 2 sea days both of which were windy and overcast days. We weren't able to More spend much time outside on the pool deck which we had been looking forward to doing.
We loved the ports. They far exceeded our expectations. We explored Dubrovnik on our own, first climbing the city walls then shopping a bit before returning to the ship. One nice surprise was the members of the ship's staff who met the passengers with cold cups of water and clean damp washclothes to wash our hands.
Our next port was Athens. We had signed up for a private tour with a family group from Kansas & Texas that we met online through our roll call. They were an awesome group and we enjoyed touring the city with our guide. He was able to get us to the Acropolis before all the tour groups from the ships got there. After taking us on a driving tour he dropped us off at the flea market for shopping and lunch. On the way back to the ship he stopped at a bakery for baklava that we had boxed up and took back to the ship.
We stopped in Izmir, Turkey and again had a private tour with people from the roll call. This was more of an international group which included Canadians and a couple from Sweden. Our guide took us to Ephesus and we toured the site along with the Terrace Houses. We were then on our own for the rest of the afternoon and took the opportunity to explore the shops and restaurants in Izmir.
Next port of call was Split. Split was a lovely city which was quite easy to explore on our own.
Disembarking the ship was just as easy as boarding. We took the people mover from the cruise terminal to the train station where we bought our tickets to Rome. We left our luggage in storage there for some last minute purchases in Venice. We then took the train to Rome, found our hotel, and then walked to the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps. A quick bite of dinner, then back to our hotel for a good night's sleep before our flight home the next day. Less
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Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (www.beg.utexas.edu).
West Texas Geological Society Fall Symposium, Midland, Texas, October 25-26, 2001
Evaporite Deposition in the Midland BasinEnd of an Era
Susan D. Hovorka
Salado evaporite deposition during the Ochoan was the final major event in the Paleozoic evolution of the Midland Basin. Basin-scale cross sections and isopach maps based on analysis of 555 wireline logs document two significant influences on sedimentary patterns: an early westward tilting toward the Delaware Basin followed by a phase of deposition focused near the current structural axis of the Midland Basin.
The lower part of the Salado Formation is characterized by thin, laterally continuous, high-frequency upward-shoaling cycles. These cycles are composed of (base to top) a thin insoluble residue, a sulfate bed (anhydrite or polyhalite) of variable thickness, and a thick interbedded halite and siliciclastic unit. Alternating halite and siliciclastics are interpreted as higher frequency flooding/desiccation cycles. This pattern is similar to marine-sourced high-frequency evaporite cycles throughout the Permian Basin. Gradual westward thickening of each cycle and subtle facies changes across the Midland Basin and Central Basin Platform document regional tilting toward the Delaware Basin. Similar cycles in much of the Salado of the Delaware Basin suggest that the entire area was an accommodation-limited shallow-water to exposed platform.
The cycle pattern in the upper part of the Salado Formation is disrupted and lithologic correlation more complex. The upper Salado depocenter is near the structural axis of the Midland Basin. Depositional patterns have been somewhat obscured by postdepositional salt dissolution; however, it is clear that basin geometry shifted dramatically from its earlier westward tilt. Sparse anhydrite and complex facies patterns suggest, by analogy with other Permian units, that evaporites may be partly nonmarine, having been recycled by intrabasinal dissolution.
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3 blasts outside hideout of French terror suspect
TOULOUSE, France (AP) – Three explosions were heard near an apartment building in southwest France where a suspected gunman who boasted of shooting seven victims in an al-Qaeda-linked terror spree is holed up.
Orange flashes lit up the night sky with each blast near the Toulouse apartment building where police have surrounded 24-year-old suspect, Mohamed Merah.
Earlier Wednesday, in a tense, daylong standoff, French riot police in southwest France, demanded the surrender of a gunman.
Hundreds of police cordoned off the streets around an apartment complex in the city of Toulouse to arrest the suspect, a Frenchman of Algerian descent, and a firefight erupted. Three police were wounded and negotiations with the suspect dragged on for hours.
Prosecutor Francois Molins said the gunman, Mohamed Merah, was a self-taught radical Salafi who expressed glee at killing three Jewish children, a rabbi and three French paratroopers. Merah had been to Afghanistan twice and had trained in the Pakistani militant stronghold of Waziristan, he said.
The prosecutor said Merah was planning to kill another soldier imminently, so police had to launch the 3 a.m. raid.
In the negotiations, the suspect "expresses no regret, only that he didn't have time to have more victims. And he even bragged, he said, of bringing France to its knees," the prosecutor said.
The gunman's brother and mother were being detained. Molins said the brother, Abdelkader, had been implicated in a 2007 network that sent militant fighters to Iraq.
French authorities — like others in Europe — have long been concerned about "lone-wolf" attacks by young, Internet-savvy militants who self-radicalize online. Molins' comments, however, marked the first time a radical Islamic motive has been ascribed to killings in France in years.
The police raid was part of France's biggest manhunt since a wave of terrorist attacks in the 1990s by Algerian extremists. The chase began after France's worst-ever school shooting Monday and two previous attacks on paratroopers beginning March 11, killings that have horrified the country and frozen campaigning for the French presidential election next month.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has played up nationalist themes in his bid for a second term.
"Terrorism will not be able to fracture our national community," Sarkozy declared Wednesday on national television before heading to funeral services for the two paratroopers killed and another injured Thursday in Montauban, near Toulouse.
The suspect repeatedly promised to turn himself in Wednesday, then halted negotiations. Cedric Delage, regional secretary for a police union, said police were preparing to storm the building.
After bouts of deadly terrorist attacks in France in the 1980s and 1990s, France beefed up its legal arsenal — now seen as one of the most effective in Western Europe and a reference for countries including the U.S. after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Sarkozy's office said President Obama called him Wednesday to express condolences to the families of the victims and praise French police for tracking down the suspect. The statement said France and the United States are "more determined than ever to fight terrorist barbarity together."
In recent years, French counterterrorism officials have focused mainly on al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the North African affiliate of Osama Bin Laden's network that has its roots in an insurgent group in Algeria, a former French colony.
The suspect has told police he belonged to al-Qaeda and wanted to take revenge for Palestinian children killed in the Middle East, Interior Minister Claude Gueant said, adding the gunman was also angry about French military intervention abroad.
"He wants to avenge the deaths of Palestinians," Gueant told reporters as talks went on. "He's (also) after the army."
Molins said Merah's first trip to Afghanistan ended with him being picked up by Afghan police "who turned him over to the American army who put him on the first plane to France."
"He had foreseen other killings, notably he foresaw another attack this morning, targeting a soldier," Molins said, adding also planned to attack two police officers. "He claims to have always acted alone."
Merah has a long record as a juvenile delinquent with 15 convictions, Molins added.
An Interior Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Merah had been under surveillance for years for having "fundamentalist" Islamic views.
During the standoff, police evacuated the five-story building, escorting residents out using the roof and fire truck ladders. The suspect's apartment was on the ground floor of the postwar building, locals said.
French authorities said Merah threw a Colt .45 handgun used in each of the three attacks out a window in exchange for a device to talk to authorities, but had more weapons like an AK-47 assault rifle. Gueant said other weapons had been found in his car.
"The main concern is to arrest him, and to arrest him in conditions by which we can present him to judicial officials," Gueant added, explaining authorities want to "take him alive … It is imperative for us."
Delage said a key to tracking the suspect was the powerful Yamaha motorcycle that he has used in all three attacks — a dark gray one that had been stolen March 6. The frame was painted white, the color witnesses saw in the school attack.
According to Delage, one of the suspect's brothers went to a motorcycle sales outfit to ask how to modify the GPS tracker, raising suspicions. The vendor then contacted police, Delage said.
The shooter has proved to be a meticulous operator. At the site of the second paratrooper killing, police found the clip for the gun used in all three attacks — but no fingerprints or DNA on it.
Those slain at the Jewish school, all of French-Israeli nationality, were buried in Israel on Wednesday as relatives sobbed inconsolably. The bodies of Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, his sons Arieh, 5, and Gabriel, 3, and 8-year-old Myriam Monsenego had been flown there earlier in the day.
At the funeral ceremony in Jerusalem, Myriam's eldest brother, Avishai, in his 20s, wailed and called to God to give his parents the strength "to endure the worst trial that can be endured."
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, meanwhile, denounced the deadly shooting attack at the Jewish school and condemned the link to Palestinian children.
"It's time for criminals to stop using the Palestinian cause to justify their terrorist actions," Fayyad said in a statement. "The children of Palestine want nothing but dignified lives for themselves and for all the children."
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As of 10:40 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday, Republicans have retained control of the House of Representatives, winning 144 seats to the Democrats' 87, CNN reports.
"With this vote, the American people have also made clear that there is no mandate for raising tax rates," Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday evening. He had told CNN on Sunday—expressing the hopes of many of the country's highest earners—that the GOP "might" scoop up more seats in the House.
Republicans controlled the House by 242 to 193 going into the election. Only 50 to 60 races were deemed competitive, some because of redistricting. Democrats need to acquire 25 GOP seats to regain control.
Tea party principles have played a smaller role in this election compared to those in the past. As CNN reports:
House Republican candidates are still stressing the core issues that the tea party movement pushed in 2010—less government and a focus on cutting federal spending and the deficit—but Republican candidates are "not wearing the tea party label on their sleeves," one senior GOP strategist working on House races said recently.
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Actress Scarlett Johansson re-creates the terrifying shower scene from Psycho in a new film about the movie legend Alfred Hitchcock.
Scarlett, 27, plays Janet Leigh, whose character Marion Crane was famously stabbed to death at The Bates Motel.
The film, due out next month, details the struggles and problems endured by British director Hitchcock – the master of suspense – as he made the 1960 horror for just £800,000.
Sir Anthony Hopkins, 74, plays Hitchcock, while Dame Helen Mirren, 67, stars as his long-suffering wife Alma.
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Here are tips on how to make cold frames for the garden. When those first frosts hit, you'll want to protect those precious plants! Try building your first cold frame!
Cold frames are usually bottomless boxes that are set over plants in the garden to protect them in adverse weather. They are usually built low to the ground and have a transparent roof with a hinge.
Cold frames protect plans from the wind and also retain heat. Gardeners use cold frames to extend their gardening season—both in the autumn to protect plants for a few more weeks and also to get a jumpstart in the spring when seeds are sowed. Cold frames are also used to "harden off" seedlings that were started indoors.
Frames can be bought constructed from timber and plastic but concrete blocks or bricks can also be used. You can even construct a bottomless wooden box and set it in the garden or atop other good soil in a sunny location. Most gardeners use wood to build the frame, since it's readily available and is easy to cut to the required size using hand tools. If you're lucky enough to find scraps of hardwood then use this, as it will last longer than softwood. Avoid old wood that's been treated with creosote or similar non-earth-friendly products, especially if you'll be positioning the cold frame directly on the soil. The wood can always be painted with a non-toxic paint if you're worried about it looking scruffy.
Top the box either with glass (perhaps an old storm window) or a frame covered with clear plastic.This should be made of glass or tough plastic. Old windows and shower doors are classic subjects for this project. Hinge the cover or add a sliding lid so that it may be opened for ventilation on warm days.
If you have high-sided raised beds, you could add a sheet of glass on top to construct a temporary cold frame.
Temporary frames or "cloches" can also be made by leaning old storm windows tent-style over the plants along the length of the garden row.
For those of us with limited time and/or DIY skills, try cutting the bottoms out of plastic milk jugs and place them over individual plants, holding the jugs in place with mounded soil. During sunny days, remove the caps for ventilation.
A hot bed is a cold frame that is heated. The method of using horse manure or compost works well and is more economical than electric heating cables.
See our video with step-by-step instructions on how to build a cold frame!
can you use thermal pane windows for a cold frame top
All of our sources indicate that it is not recommended. Instead, use glass, twin layers of plastic film, fiberglass, Plexiglass® or other translucent material. But if you do it and it works, let us know.
sure glad to find this great info page ! thanks
Just reverse the time, you are in the Fall now and we are in the Spring. During our Summer you have Winter, so you would now be busy with early fall gardening chores.
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Synthesis of holey two-dimensional (2D) nanosheets with defined hole morphology and hole edge structures remains a great challenge for graphene. It is also an issue for other 2D nanomaterials, such as hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and molybdenum disulfide. In new work, researchers have reported a facile, controllable, and scalable method to carve geometrically defined pit/hole shapes and edges on h-BN basal plane surfaces via oxidative etching in air using silver nanoparticles as catalysts.Posted: Oct 1st, 2015
With increasing sensitivity, electrical, mechanical and optical sensors are able to detect low molecular weight chemical and biological analytes under ever more dilute conditions. At the same time, though, researchers want to keep the sensing process as simple as possible without complex functionalization and complicated preparation steps for the in situ detection. A novel graphene-gold metasurface-based biosensing architectures makes extreme phase singularities possible due to a strong field enhancement on the graphene-gold interface.Posted: Sep 14th, 2015
The noise level in devices with graphene and other two-dimensional (2D) materials has to be reduced in order to enable their practical applications. It will not be possible to build graphene-based communication systems or detectors until the noise spectral density is decreased to the level comparable with the conventional state-of-the-art transistors.Researchers have now demonstrated that the electronic noise in graphene devices can be strongly suppressed if a graphene channel is encased between two layers of hexagonal boron nitride.Posted: Jul 27th, 2015
Since the first 'Scotch tape' method - i.e. mechanical peeling - of making graphene was reported in 2004, researchers have come up with a variety of techniques for producing graphene. Since simply using the as-produced graphene flakes is not good enough for use in sophisticated applications, intricate patterning processes are essential for the development of the required graphene structures for use in nanoelectronic and optical devices. Usinf a novel method, researchers have now successfully grown graphene from neat polystyrene regions.Posted: Jul 21st, 2015
Researchers have demonstrated a novel, low-cost substrate processing procedure to achieve rapid, efficient synthesis of millimeter-sized single crystal graphene. One of the greatest challenges in commercializing graphene is how to produce high quality material, on an industrial scale, at low cost, and in a reproducible manner. The quality of graphene plays a crucial role as the presence of defects, impurities, domain boundaries, multiple domains, structural disorders, or wrinkles in the graphene sheet can have undesired or unexpected effects on its electronic and optical properties.Posted: Jul 15th, 2015
Researchers have been looking to design catalyst materials that can significantly enhance the performance of oxygen evolution reaction (OER), a key eletrode reaction that is an enabling process for many energy storage options such as direct-solar and electricity-driven water splitting and rechargeable metal-air batteries. However, OER suffers from sluggish kinetics - but a novel material inspired by the pomegranate might change that.Posted: Jul 2nd, 2015
Getting from 2D to 3D has been quite a challenge for the graphene community. The transfer of two-dimensional graphene onto three-dimensional surfaces has proven to be difficult due to the fractures in graphene caused by local stresses. New research is bound to change that. Scientists have demonstrated graphene integration into a variety of different microstructured geometries - pyramids, pillars, domes, inverted pyramids, as well as the integration of hybrid structure of graphene decorated with gold nanoparticles on 3D structures.Posted: Jun 29th, 2015
While exploring the possibility to realize graphene-like nanostructures of boron, carbon's neighbor in the periodic table, a team of chemical engineers has discovered an entirely new family of 2-D compounds. They demonstrated exfoliation of a well-known superconductor magnesium diboride, a layered material that consists Mg atoms sandwiched in between born honeycomb planes. These nanosheets can be an order of magnitude more transparent compared to their cousin graphene.Posted: Jun 17th, 2015


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'Inside the Panthers: Game Day — Brian Campbell' debuts
Nov. 30 on FOX Sports Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — On Saturday, Nov. 30 at 10 p.m., FOX Sports Florida, the regional television home of the Florida Panthers, will debut a new episode of "Inside the Panthers" upon conclusion of the Panthers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins game.
Titled "Game Day: Brian Campbell," this episode will track Campbell's career from his junior days with the Ottawa 67s, to his present day role anchoring the Panthers blue line.
Throughout his successful NHL career, Campbell has earned four All-Star selections, a Stanley Cup Championship and a Lady Byng Trophy, which is awarded for gentlemanly play combined with skill.
The episode will also give fans a look at a typical game day for Campbell, from the morning skate, through his mid-day meal, the drive home, his pregame routine, and to the game itself, with the defenseman wired for sound throughout. Among those interviewed are Campbell's parents, Ed and Lorna, as well as former and current teammates Dave Andreychuk, Derek Roy, Jason Pominville, Kris Versteeg and Tomas Kopecky.
Hosted by Drew Goldfarb and produced by Frank Forte, see all of this and more on "Inside the Panthers: Game Day: Brian Campbell" and be sure to follow @FOXPanthers on twitter and visit FOXSportsFlorida.com for channel listings and exclusive Florida Panthers coverage.
FOX Sports Florida & FOX's Sun Sports are the regional television homes of the Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Heat, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers, Florida State University and the University of Florida. The regional sports networks are available in more than 6.5 million cable & satellite homes across the state. FOX Sports Florida and Sun Sports are committed to making a positive impact in the communities we serve by engaging our audiences and providing award winning TV and web coverage of Florida's hometown sports teams. For more information, channel listings and how you can get involved with FOX Sports Florida / Sun Sports, visit www.foxsportsflorida.com
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Starter pitches into eighth as Frisco evens series
By Chris Vosters / Frisco RoughRiders | April 30, 2014 11:26 PM ET
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (APRIL 30, 2014) - Jerad Eickhoff pitched 7 1/3 innings and led the Frisco RoughRiders to a 2-1 victory over the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium on Wednesday night.
In his first win since April 14, Eickoff allowed one unearned run on two hits with one walk and seven strikeouts. He threw the longest outing of any 'Riders pitcher this season, excluding Matt Harrison, who threw eight innings in a single game on April 19 as part of a major league rehab assignment.
Adys Portillo (0-1) suffered the loss for San Antonio. Portillo pitched in relief of starter Matt Wisler, tossed two innings and gave up one run on two hits. His only mistake came on a solo home run to Rougned Odor, which broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning.
Francisco Mendoza earned his third save of the season. The righty entered the game in the eighth inning with one out and a runner on first base. He retired all five batters he faced and picked up two strikeouts.
With the win, Frisco (17-9) evened the series, broke a two-game losing streak and remained atop the Texas League South Division by a half game over the Midland RockHounds.
San Antonio (10-15) saw its two-game winning streak end as they fall to 2-4 against the RoughRiders this season.
The second game of the four-game series distinguished itself starkly from the opener. On Tuesday, the teams combined for ten runs in the first three innings. Over the same span on Wednesday, both sides totaled two base hits and three baserunners.
Pitching contributed to the initial lack of offense. Wisler made his first appearance of the season against the RoughRiders. Baseball America rates the right-hander the highest pitching prospect in the Padres organization and Wisler lasted five innings on Wednesday with one run allowed on four hits, one walk and five strikeouts.
After consecutive losses in his last two appearances, Eickhoff emerged with his best outing of the season against the Missions and retired the first 11 men he faced.
The 'Riders struck first in the top of the fourth when Ryan Rua singled home Jake Smolinski to put Frisco up 1-0. It was the first run allowed by Wisler in San Antonio in 35 innings. Rua picked up his 15th RBI of the season and extended his on-base streak to 23 games.
In the bottom of the frame, Eickhoff gave up his first baserunner on a two-out walk to designated hitter Robert Kral. The next batter, Rymer Liriano, lofted a ball to deep left field that popped out of Smolinski's glove for his first error of the season. Kral scored from first on an unearned run to tie the game at 1-1.
Liriano, the sixth-highest prospect in the Padres system per Baseball America, was caught stealing third base by catcher Tomás Telis to end the inning. Liriano protested the controversial call and third base umpire Bryan Fields ejected the center fielder from the game. Lee Orr replaced him in the order.
Odor broke the tie in the sixth. The second baseman broke through for his first homer in 70 at-bats and gave the RoughRiders a 2-1 lead. Odor's last home run left the yard on April 12 and his first of the season against the Missions gave the lefty four on the season.
Game three in the series between Frisco and San Antonio begins Thursday at 7:05 p.m. Coverage begins live on www.ridersbaseball.com at 6:40 p.m. with the Frisco RoughRiders Pregame Show. The team returns to Dr Pepper Ballpark on Saturday, May 3 and will welcome the Midland RockHounds to the Metroplex for the first time in 2014.
For tickets to see the 'Riders in 2014, call 972-731-9200, e-mail email@example.com or visit www.ridersbaseball.com.
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The University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology will hosting a two-day student symposium featuring graduate student presentations and a keynote address by UGA alumnus Peter Groffman on Friday and Saturday.
The symposium, which is free and open to the public, runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in the ecology auditorium on the UGA campus.
Student presentations will feature research and service projects conducted locally, nationally and internationally by ecology doctoral and master's degree students.
Groffman, a scientist at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, N.Y., will give the keynote address at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, titled ''Snow Is Good, Worms Are Not.''
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Funded by Haringey Council smarter travel, cycleFUN is designed to encourage residents to improve their health and wellbeing by having a go at cycling. Now, Tottenham Hotspur Foundation is taking the initiative to the next level by creating hands-on practical workshops to help young people understand how to fix their own bike.
Over the duration of the sessions, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the basics of bike mechanics including puncture repairs, brake and gear adjustments, lubrication and much more.
Mathijs Leenhouts, Tottenham Hotspur Foundation's CycleFUN co-ordinator, said: "This is a fantastic initiative for the young people in Haringey who would like to take bike maintenance a step further. After the workshop they've learned a new skill and this skill can even save them money in the future."
The cycleFUN bike maintenance team have already visited Skills, Bruce Grove Youth Centre, Ferry Lane KICKS and Northumberland Park KICKS to deliver the workshops and over 60 young people have discovered how to fix their own bike.
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Charter School Board Desperate and Undemocratic Act.
The announcement of the new Charter School Board demonstrates the desperation of the ACT party to establish its research and development unit on the poor before the next election. Associate Professor Peter O'Connor of the University of Auckland says that the Associate Minister is so much in a hurry that he has forgotten even a pretence at democracy. In an attempt to beat an impossible deadline to set up the first charter school for the start of 2014, the Minister is setting up the board before the Education Select Committee has even reported back to parliament on the bill. Dr O'Connor says it is typical of the approach taken to the introduction of charter schools from the very beginning.
Dr O'Connor says that the appointment of Catherine Isaac will be particularly frustrating for teacher groups and those opposed to the introduction of charter schools following her poor performance as Chair of the Charter School working group last year. He says Catherine Isaac dismayed educators across the country last year with her failure to understand the basics of the New Zealand education system and her description of children in South Auckland as the Research and Development Unit of the education system.


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This version is made with coconut milk. Serve with soy ice cream, bananas, meringues or sponge cake, or even try it with fritters (see my recipes for a lactose free fritter recipe).
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- 1 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1⁄2 tablespoon arrowroot
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- Place water and sugar in small saucepan over low heat.
- Stir until dissolved, then bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat and leave for several minutes, add coconut milk and stir well.
- Mix arrowroot with a tbs of water until smooth and then pour arrowroot mixture into saucepan and stir over gentle heat to thicken slightly.
- Serve hot or cold. Makes just over 1 cup.


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In an attempt not to hijack someone else's thread..
Have any professional books been published based on anime stories (or vice versa)? I'm not talking manga here, I'm talking lots and lots of dense text. Like a book.
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Juuni Kokki, Saiunkoku Monogatari, Black Blood Brothers are a few...Ghost Hunt is from a novel (done also by the author of Junni Kokki) but the anime is based on the manga but its very close ^^
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Adding to what White Manju Bun said, Crest of the Stars and Banner of the Stars are also based on novels. Tokyopop has translated various novels (including juuni kokki and CoTS), so you might want to check their site if you want to read them as well
Zero no Tsukaima, Shakugan no Shana and Suzumiya Haruhi no Yutsi are also based on novels. You can find some of the novel chapters translated at Baka Tsuki.
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This sort of depends on if you're looking for books to read (in English) which happened to be the original works for anime, or if you're looking for anime based on books.
Most of the books which anime are based off of are available only in Japanese, with a select few that are published in North America. In addition to some of those already listed, you might want to check out Kino no Tabi, Vampire Hunter D, Full Metal Panic!, and the like.
A seperate category of foreign books turned into anime also exists: the World Masterpiece Theater series included classics like Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, A Dog of Flanders, Tom Sawyer, and the like. There are also newer shows based on Agatha Christie, The Count of Monte Cristo, Shakespeare, Starship Troopers, and so on.
On the other hand, if you're looking for shows based off of books, then most of the above titles will qualify, as well as Legend of Galactic Heroes, Maria-sama ga Miteru, and Trinity Blood. If you're looking for recommendations, then I'll put in a word for Twelve Kingdoms, which has one of the best designed fantasy worlds I've encountered, and my favorite anime show. Ghost Hunt, also written by Ono Fuyumi, is another excellent show - it's one of the creepiest anime ever made.
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I guess I'm the only one confused here - I think the OP may be asking for novels *based* on anime - not anime based on novels.
About the only example I can think of would be the Gundam novels - some of which are a retelling of the anime strictly based on the authors preferences (as opposed to the anime being constrained by considerations such as budget, ratings, etc). Not too sure about it though...
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All in the wording.. I guess I meant both ways round.
The Crest of the Stars novels confuse me. Are they actually novels, or mangas? Would people ever refer to novels as mangas?
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12 Kingdoms and Ghost Hunt (which is not translated) are full-length books. I'm unaware of any others.
4Tran said "I've also heard that the English translations of the Crest novels are abridged from the original." ...so, maybe they were originally full-length as well, but I think the English versions are "Young Adult".
If you want to see how a Light Novel reads, go here: http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/in...ume1_Full_Text
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I just found out that the Legend of the Condor Heroes is based on some very famous novels by a chinese author called Jinyong. I used to watch a chinese martial arts drama based on one of his books called Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, I just never made the connection..
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Light Novels turned anime :
There's a lot... I'll list the ones I know turned into an anime. Sorry, I don't know all their English titles - I'll mark the ones I'm not sure with a '*':
BoogiePop... series ( BoogiePop Phantom)
Vampire Hunter D
星界の紋章 ・ 戦旗 Seikai no Monsho / Senki (Crest/Banner of the Stars) - Not a Light Novel.
悪霊が... Akuryou ga... series (Ghost Hunt)
(新)ロードス島... ・ 魔法戦士ルウイ Lodoss Wars and its spin off Rui
涼宮ハルヒの... Suzumiya Haruhi no... series (Anime: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu)
Full Metal Panic!
魔術士オーフェン Majutsushi Orphan
灼眼のシャナ (Shakugan no Shana)
ゼロの使い魔 (Zero's Familiar)*
トリニティ・ブラッド (Blood Trinity)
いぬかみっ! (InuKami!)*
イリヤの空、UFOの夏 (Iria's Sky, UFO's Summer)*
半分の月がのぼる空 (When the half moon climbs the sky)*
しにがみのバラッド (Shinigami Ballad)*
Novels based on anime...
There's actually quite a few. If the series is popular enough then the publisher may recruit a third party to make a novel (or sometimes the writer himself wants to).
Gundam, Bleach, Mamotte Shogogetten, Sprial, Karin, etc all have their own subset novels... some written before their anime, some after. Depends on the book and writer.
There's also another subset Games -> Manga (usually an anthology / 4koma) -> Anime -> Novels or the rarer Games -> Novel -> Anime/Manga.
FATE: Zero (prequel to FATE:Stay/Night) fits the prior.
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Way back in the nineties I rescued a rabbit and through the House Rabbit Society learned how to help my new companion. this led to much education to become a Educator/Fosterer. through the years I had my rescue and was a member of HRS. Without them so many people would be without the education to keep a rabbit in good health and happy. My rabbits have lived as long as 15 years and I as an HRS Educator have been able to rescue and educate the public in my area on the health, feeding, housing and fun time for rabbits. this is all owed to the House Rabbit Society.
Loving people who dedicate their lives and time (many volunteers) to help all bunnies, giving them all a possibility. It is a place of hope for bunnies, and humans
I hesitantly became a human companion for a rabbit last year, and completely fell in love with these animals. The House Rabbit Society website has been an endless source of information and reassurance. I feel that they only publish the work of knowledgeable and rabbit-savvy veterinarians and other specialists; I really trust the HRS and think they do a great service to all of us bunny devotees.
After a friend and I unexpectedly became caretakers of an abandoned bunny and then her three little ones, House Rabbit Society provided us with badly needed information about how to properly care for these little creatures. The bunnies are much better of as a result of us being able to find that valuable information quickly.
Even though I've had house rabbits for years, the HRS is a valuable source for me. They keep me current on the newest information on health and care for my bunny babies.
The house rabbit society has been the most useful port of information for me in looking after my lovely rabbit Chance. I used information from them in rabbit proofing my bedroom, and since then I have found countless pieces of useful advice that have helped me to keep him happy and healthy. A wonderful organisation and I would recommend to anyone who is caring for a rabbit for the first time!
I had always wanted a pet rabbit but my dad said it wasn't fair to keep an animal in a cage. Through the years I had heard anecdotally about people who had litter box-trained a pet rabbit but I never met anyone who had actually done it. Finally, when I was working in Colorado, a co-worker who bred rabbits gave me the runt of the litter. That was my first pet rabbit. Eventually, I moved to Anchorage, Alaska and had the great good fortune to meet an excellent exotics vet. I began to correspond with a volunteer of the House Rabbit Society in Seattle who helped me understand that house rabbits needed to be neutered and fed and raised in a specific way. I became a member of the House Rabbit Society in 1991 and have been grateful to have their expertise, knowledge and help in raising seven house rabbits over the years, several of whom have lived to be 10-11 years old. I am particularly grateful for their excellent publications and their groundbreaking work in training several generations of veterinarians in the health care of house rabbits. My rabbits have been an important part of my life and I credit the House Rabbit Society and it's local chapters with advancing the cause and education and spreading the joy of having a house rabbit share your life.
We got a bunny as our first pet and we were embarrassingly unprepared. I started to google bunny care to educate myself. House Rabbit Society turned out to be most helpful and its information very comprehensive. Later I went on to adopt a second bunny and again I referred to HRS for bunny bonding tips. I've found them to be one of the world's best organizations for pet bunny rescue and care.
I have known about the House Rabbit Society since I was a kid with a bunny of my own. But it was not until after graduate school and 8 years after my rabbit died that I began volunteering for this organization.
The people who volunteer and work for the HRS are some of the most giving, kind, caring, intelligent, and conscientious people I have ever met. They truly care about the life and wellbeing of each animal that comes into their care, even if it has problems with aggression or serious health issues. They do not give up on a rabbit. And when the bunnies find their forever homes, they cry tears of both joy and sadness, because they will miss their bunny friends who have found new homes.


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Witness Carolina Opry's All That Cloggers. As seen on America's Got Talent.
"Hey everybody, I'm Mark Clifford."
"My name is Mike Curtis."
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"In the beginning, we became a part of the Opry because it was kind of luck, for us obviously. We had performed on a TV show back in '03 called Dance Fever, and after that we got a gig in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas gig just didn't fit us very well and we decided to up and leave that. We left on good terms.
"Calvin at that point of time was looking for something new and fresh for his show here at the Opry. We hadn't seen the show yet. He ended up contacting our producer from Vegas, and our producer from Vegas recommended us. So at that point we came down for a two-week trial basis to see if we enjoyed the show, see if we fit his show, see if they enjoyed us being in his show. I think after about three or four days, we fell in love with the place. I think they really dig what we do; I think we add something to show, so it's almost like… it's corny, but it's almost like it's a match made in heaven. We love being here, and they treat us so well. We give that respect back to them and try to treat them the same way. This is the perfect spot for us.
"I think the big thing that makes us different is people have a huge stereotype of clogging. They think 'poodle skirts,' and hillbilly-type music and that is so not it. So when they see us, and they hear the clog, they don't attribute those two together. On America's Got Talent last year they kept making comments about how we looked like manly men, like boys, and I think that's a big draw. You just don't see guys, especially a group of guys, doing this type of dance and style that we choose to do it in.
"Now, our advice for kids coming up in the dance world – I think we said this several times on America's Got Talent last year: We've been told no a thousand times, and we've only been told yes a few. You just can't let those discouraging words get to you, and you can't let that bring you down." "Now, I think we've put a different spin on a very traditional dance, and it's ended up working out for us, and we've been extremely lucky for that."


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Finlay Says He Turned Down A Recent TNA Offer
Dave "Fit" Finlay told the UK Sun that he recently turned down an offer from TNA. Finlay stated that the two sides could not come to an agreement on financial terms. Finlay also noted that he had been in the business long enough to know not to "sell yourself short." He said: "At one time or another they all got in touch and I listened but the offers weren't right," he said. "They weren't enough – it's not like it's my first day in the business. I've been doing this for 37 years now and one thing I know is that you can't sell yourself cheap."
When asked about a WWE return, he said:
"I don't know if I'll be back – I hope so," Finlay said. "I've got lots of friends there; John Laurinaitis is a good friend of mine.
"I do love the WWE scene and miss it tremendously but I'm not going to curl into a ball about not being there, you've just got to get on with it. There are no hard feelings about my release – I take responsibility for what happened."
Other Late-Breaking TNA News Headlines:
TNA & OVW Reach Deal - Details Inside Here
Bobby Lashley's New Opponent Announced
TNA Launches Black November Sale - Details
TNA Launches Black November Sale - Details
TNA To Run Former WWF Venue In New York, More
TNA House Show Report 11.06.11: Windsor, Ontario
TNA's Official Website Hacked Twice Sunday Night
PHOTO: TNA's Website Hacked!
TNA House Show Results 11.05.11: Battle Creek, MI
Lilian Garcia & Tara Party, Magnus Turns 25, More
James Storm Continues To Wrestle With Concussion
AJ Styles Suffers Injury At House Show
Gail Kim At Indy Show, Shelly Martinez/Tommy Dreamer
Abyss Talks Character's Direction, Open To Losing Mask
TNA House Show Report 11.05.11: Toledo, Ohio
Kurt Angle Tweets Health Update - Details
TNA Talents Set To Appear At Big Convention
Chyna At XXX Event, Lashley's Next Fight Off Again
Dixie Carter Speaks - iMPACT! Live, Future Plans, Heat
More On The iMPACT! Rating - Details
This Week's TNA iMPACT! Rating + Roode's Title Win
4 Ex-WWE Talents Free To Join TNA Wrestling
**SPOILERS** Updated TNA Turning Point Card
TNA iMPACT! Preview For Next Week - Four Matches
VIDEO: The Latest Edition Of The TNA Spin Cycle
Ronnie's TNA Contract, TNA Live Events & TV Tapings
The Updated TNA Turning Point Card
VIDEO: The TNA iMPACT! Post-Game Show
VIDEO: The TNA Turning Point Theme Song
TNA 'Black November', iMPACT! World Tour, More
Dixie Carter Hypes Tonight's TNA iMPACT!
Tommy Dreamer Speaks - Leaving TNA, End Of ECW
Why Lex Luger Was At iMPACT! - Details
Hulk Hogan & Kurt Angle Off TNA TV - Details
More On Ex-TNA Star Mick Foley's WWE Return & Future
Travis Tomko Update, Nasty Boys Return, & More
Confirmed TNA iMPACT! Matches For Tonight
Ex-TNA Star Mick Foley Returns To WWE (Video)
TNA-Albany, NY Pre-Sale Password, Al Snow Pulls Out
TNA Working With Save The Tatas - Details
Chyna Hosting Party At Rick's Cabaret In NYC
Finlay Says He Turned Down A Recent TNA Offer
Hulk Hogan Launches New Nutrition Website
James Storm Injured - Details Inside
Chyna YouShoot Released Today, BFG DVD, TNA Live Events
TNA Hires New VP Of Public Relations
Dixie Carter Is Proud Of Jeff Hardy - Details
TNA Final Resolution Poster, Garrett Bischoff
PHOTO: TNA Final Resolution PPV Poster!
Waltman/Gunn vs. DCFC, Velvet Sky/DWTS, Angelina
Update On Scott Hall's Son, Finlay vs. Al Snow
Update On Scott Hall's Son, Finlay vs. Al Snow
VIDEO: Preview For Tommy Dreamer TV's Next Episode
VIDEO: Abyss & Daniels On Good Day Sacramento
MVP Takes Shot At TNA Wrestling
The Return Of Hollywood Hogan Update, Tara Note
This Week's TNA iMPACT! Rating Is In .........
Lex Luger Backstage At The iMPACT! Tapings
TNA Spoils Upcoming Title Change At House Show
Backstage iMPACT! Visitors At This Week's Tapings
Does CM Punk Miss TNA Wrestling?
'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan Returning, How Old Is Christy?
Dixie Carter To Answer Fan Questions - Details
Major Stars Miss This Week's iMPACT! Taping
Ex-TNA Knockout Shelly Martinez To Host Dating Show
Brooke Tessmacher In Hooters Bikini Contest, Crimson
Flair A Race Chairman, TNA On The Road Attendance
The Updated TNA Turning Point Card Inside Here
Three Matches For Next Week's TNA iMPACT!
Three Matches For Next Week's TNA iMPACT!
VIDEO: The iMPACT! Wrestling Post Game Show
Update On Ex-TNA Star Mick Foley's WWE Return
Early Word On The TNA Bound For Glory Buyrate?
Big Update On Bellator & TNA Cross-Promotion
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Have you ever noticed how differently we tend to think as website owners and as website visitors? Despite also being a website user, becoming annoyed at bad user experience practices, we are constantly accepting workflows and ways that we don't really like when in the other role. Continue Reading »
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Edit your local machines hosts file and add entries for:
mydomain.com 192.168.X.1
Myotherdomain.com 192.168.X.2
The only problem with this is that for a large organization with many
machines, it needs to be done on every machine. For developer testing on a
few machines it is not a bad solution. It could also be done with an
internal DNS zone I believe but a small home network is not likely to have
an internal DNS server.
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> However, this poses the issue of some of the scripts needing
> actual domain names for configuration. As such, I have
> configured them by IP. Question is, it's mentioned that there
> will be no "bounce" feature. How can it be done in such away
> that your external domain can be accessed? leaving it as IP's
> show the external IP for the site and not not the Tld. Anyone
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Velocity Structure in Mercury's Exosphere
R.M. Killen (Southwest Research Institute), A.E. Potter (Lunar and Planetary Institute), T.H. Morgan (Southwest Research Institute)
A high resolution line profile of the Na D2 emission from Mercury was
obtained on May 29, 1997, at the McDonald Observatory 107" telescope
with the echelle spectrograph in double pass (Potter and Morgan 1997,
BAAS, in press). This line profile indicates that the bulk of the
atmosphere is hot, in agreement with evidence from the image data which
indicates a gas at approximately 6000 K (Potter and Morgan 1997 Adv.
Space Res.in press). A line profile measured in 1986 (Potter and
Morgan 1987, Icarus 71, 472) indicated that the bulk of the sodium was
cooler, <1100 K, indicative of possible temporal or spatial variation.
Previous estimates if the gas temperature were based on a Chamberlain
exosphere model, assuming optically thin conditions. We have used a
Monte Carlo radiative transfer program to investigate the velocity
distribution in the exosphere. Models will be presented for line
profiles simulated for various source processes and will be compared
with the line profile and image data.


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just to tell me my item was uploaded to the wrong category!?? Seems like that is something that should take an hour. Now I have to wait another 3+ days….ugh.
Can you send me the link as well?
The images you used are both kind of strange. In the second one, the woman is making a really weird face. And the headless body in the first one is not working either.
I usually don't like this kind of style but this is quite nice. Good work.
I'm sorry, but this kind of just looks like it was done in Microsoft Paint. What you need is more detail, more definition, more style. Just putting a gradient in a box isn't going to cut it anywhere, I'm afraid. Look around at some showcases of excellent web design to familiarize yourself with the quality of work that is out there today.
The way you have it styled just looks quite old, to be honest. Your harsh gradients are very outdated and that all caps font just isn't working. Your ribbon ends are too long IMO and everything really just needs more definition. I also don't understand why you left-justified your input boxes. That throws everything off balance.
Just research around the site and elsewhere and you will start seeing what looks are popular right now.


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From: "Marcia C Farina" <>
Subject: [FreeHelp] Directories remain alphabetized; html links breaking
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:12:09 -0500
My thanks to the Rootsweb programmer/programmers for a recent change.
I generally use file manager, uploading new pages one or two at a time.
Previously, when new html pages and/or images were added, the server placed
them with a rhyme or reason known unto itself. I have noticed over the past
week that as pages/images are added, the online directories are remaining in
alphabetical order (or at least are displayed that way), which makes it ever
so easy for file manager users to locate files on an ongoing basis. THANKS
Separate issue:
I build each page on my harddrive, test links, etc. Everything works
as planned when I finish and upload the page/images to the Rootsweb
server: I can sit at my computer and view html pages - on my harddrive -
just as if I were viewing the pages on the web.
But sometimes a link will break. NOT on Rootsweb - the very same page from
which a link is broken on my harddrive page, when viewed online, will still
click/link/connect to the "to" page. In these cases I have not, repeat
NOT, changed the link code on the "from" page, have NOT changed the name of
the "to" page.
To repair the link - again, it's only broken on my harddrive - I create a
new text file, copy/paste the html code wholesale, delete the old text and
html pages, save the new text file as an html page, and the link will again
work as desired. If this had not happened multiple times, exactly as I have
described, I would think it a pilot error. It some little twitch that
occurs on my harddrive. It doesn't happen frequently, but often enough to
make me wonder about it.
I went from Windows Millenium to Vista (had to turn off the User Account
Control so that webpages would link on my harddrive).
The described glitch never, ever happened with Millenium. It's a minor
distraction in the large scheme, but I've always wondered if other people
have encountered the same situation and, if so, whether or not someone has
figured out what goes awry.
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text: Roppongi Hills Mori is impressive, although a little bulbous for my tastes. Is that some kind of park on the bottom of your photo from the upper floor, Slim? JB Admittedly not my picture, the third pic is the only one I took myself, the first two are googled. I believe the "park" in question is Aoyama Cemetery Park, If you look closely you can see the gravestones. A long time ago, the city was considering moving the cemetary, since it occupies hundreds of millions of dollars of metropolitan real-estate, but instead of doing that, they made it into a park with public trails, cherry blossoms, and gardens. Some of Japan's most famous politicians, poets, and artists. This is one of the preferred spots to view cherry blossoms in the spring, whilst strolling amongst the memorial sculptures, mausoleums, gravestones, and shrines. Vendors often set up rows of food stalls in the spring, and Dominos pizza will deliver straight into the park.


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Going With The Flow
Steven Barnes
Flow state, that mysterious mental zone where time and the outside world seem to disappear, is one of the keys to peak performance. Frankly, your ability to harness the limits of your intelligence, creativity, education, or talents will be largely determined by your capacity to remain in flow while under stress.
Those who cannot suffer "stage fright," "writer's block" "flop sweat" and numerous other labels for the same phenomenon—inability to access the deepest wells of confidence and performance in the actual arena.
The key to unlocking this particular inner vault is to look at flow itself, separate from any specific usage or application.
We all experience the "flow" phenomenon. The last moments before we fall asleep or the first after awakening (also known as the "hypnogogic state") have this quality. Ever gotten on the freeway, lost yourself in thought, and only snapped out of it when your exit appeared? Flow. Gone running, dancing, or walking and found time dissolving, so that an hour felt like mere minutes? Flow. One exceptionally powerful "flow moment" would be the last few seconds leading up to orgasm, when it feels like the barriers between you and your lover are melting away.
All of these moments share something in common: they all deal with the dissolution of the subject-object relationship. The painter melts into the canvas. The writer disappears into the book, the reader into the magazine, the lover into the beloved, the martial artist into the flow of throw and punch. As the song goes, the dancer enters "the danger zone, where the dancer becomes the dance." We stop being aware of "ourselves" and begin to sense a connection between all the disparate parts of the activity, as if we are simultaneously stepping back for a wider view, and sinking inwards to a place of almost impossible intimacy.
It is a path to genius. One might take the position that the ability to hold flow under stress is the single greatest key of all high-performing human beings in any arena of life. What is talent, separate from the focus required to manifest it?
There are many disciplines that address flow: meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, prayer, etc. And there are tools that work terrifically well for familiarizing you with this state: sixty beat per minute Largo rhythm string music (Vivaldi is great!), hot baths, incense, massage, etc. Distance running or rhythmic walking, dance, gardening or cooking (for some people), playing music, painting, and numerous other activities touch this space. Just look for the moments when time vanishes.
One core technique, used worldwide in thousands of disciplines, is breath control. This is key because breathing is the only physiological process both voluntary and autonomic, and is thus a key to the unconscious mind. Learning to breathe slowly and deeply even under stress will de-inhibit the flow response, allowing you to access your deeper wisdom and creativity even when a project is due by noon, or the baby is screaming in the next room.
To take advantage of this fact,
1) Learn to breathe deep in your belly. Lay on your back, and put a book on your tummy. As you inhale, it should rise. Exhale, it should fall. Your chest should move as little as possible.
2) Five times a day, at every hour divisible by three (9, 12, 3, 6, 9) concentrate on your breathing for sixty seconds. Learn to do this while driving, sitting in meetings, standing in elevators, or walking down the street.
3) Place (or catch) yourself under moderate stress, and practice this breathing. For instance, in the middle of an exercise class, while public speaking, in the middle of an argument, while caught in bad traffic, while experiencing an anxiety attack. Learn to breathe calmly and deeply in such situations, and you re-pattern your nervous system's threat response, enabling you to calm yourself to enter flow.
There are certainly other methods, but this one, modification of breathing, has worked for thousands of year and countless generations of seekers. It will work for you, as well.
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NY Times Bestseller Steven Barnes has published over three million words of fiction. A trained hypnotherapist, he created the Lifewriting™ high-performance system for writers and readers. Learn more at: www.lifewriting.biz, and www.lifewrite.com
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A man from Mandurah, Australia, who donated his old car to help Yarloop residents after bushfires devastated the local community, has inspired a spate of car donations from other civic-minded members of the public.
Aaron Latham's generosity led to a total of 20 vehicles being given away to needy families.
Latham's old Land Cruiser had been put up for sale on Gumtree, but seeing the damage caused by rampant bushfires focused his attention toward what he could do to help those in need.
Latham made the decision to amend his Gumtree ad and offer the car for free to a Yarloop resident in need. His white Land Cruiser was eventually donated to a Yarloop musician who had lost all his personal and professional possessions in the fires.
Speaking to WAToday Latham said, "I sat there thinking, do I really need $2,000 to pay off a bill here and there when I would struggle again in a few months anyway? Or can I afford to make a little bit of a difference? The Land Cruiser was just sitting in my garage. It's a great car – we were just gonna sell it off to not have it sitting around doing nothing. I could sell it for $2,000 or change someone's life."
Latham has also been administering the Southwest Bushfire Donations Facebook page and when he posted a call-out to others who were also prepared to donate a vehicle, he received a huge response and thousands of shares, and through the power of social media eventually arranged for over donated 20 cars to go to families and individuals who were need as a result of the bushfires.
"I've got Mazdas, Holden Commodores, Falcon wagons… I've got an Audi A3 that's about to rock up at my house now — I'm taking it to a lady in Bunburry," Latham said.
One Yarloop man who was the recipient of a donated car tragically lost absolutely everything to the bushfires: his house, his car, his dog, and his two friends who died in the fires.
Another recipient had bravely fought beside a stranger to protect her house, even after his own house had been burnt to the ground. The woman he helped was able to repay him in a small way with a donated car.
"I was able to give back to him, a man so deserving, a stranger to me four days ago a man that stood and fought 45 hrs in the fire and helped save five houses whilst his burnt to the ground. In my eyes he's a hero and a man I'll never forget I hope he loves his new car and I'm so happy I've made a difference to his life."
The generosity from within the community went beyond simply donating the free cars, as concerned residents offered to pay registration, mechanical costs to repair any damaged parts and also for transportation of the vehicles across Australia to those in the affected regions.
"They are just generally people with an old car they don't use anymore. They are all roadworthy, pretty much all the people are from Perth or down south and offering to deliver them. I am picking up two cars tomorrow and taking them down south tomorrow if all goes according to plan. People referred me to the victims without them knowing, so last night I was able to make two phone calls to two Yarloop residents to say I had cars for them and that was amazing. I am just a keyboard warrior but I was able to connect people."
Authorities in Australia have also encouraged people who want to help the bushfire victims to do so via the Official Distress Relief Fund.
[Images via Southwest Bushfire Donations Facebook Page]