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NEW figures showed an increase in the 'suicide rate' of mental health patients in Lancashire over the last eight years.
And it is feared the on-going financial crisis could be to blame.
There was a three-fold increase in the number of patients committing suicide from 2004 to 2012, but this was set against a huge rise in referrals to Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust [LCFT].
In 2004, there were 28 patients who killed themselves, while, or within 12 months of receiving treatment from the trust, which increased steadily over the next eight years, reaching 79 in 2012.
The number of 'open referrals' doubled in the same period, to 88,000, meaning the suicide rate increased from 0.06 per cent to 0.09 per cent.
There was a large jump in suicides between 2011 and 2012, from 54 to 79, which mirrored a national trend which has been attributed to the effects of the financial crisis.
The figures were obtained by the Lancashire Telegraph through Freedom of Information laws.
Professor Max Marshall, medical director at LCFT, said: "It is extremely tragic when a person takes their own life, one suicide is one too many and at the trust we are committed to trying to prevent suicides as far as possible.
"Sadly, in some cases this isn't always possible. Some of the people we see are very unwell with complex problems and unpredictable patterns of behaviour.
"We also care for people in environments were suicide can be more prevalent such as prisons and secure services.
"The number of suicides has increased nationally over the last three or four years. There is evidence to suggest that this is due to the on-going financial crisis."


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#100AMM: Award Winning Flight Speed 263 Mod/Reman Package: Installed $68,995.00-79,995.00+/-
This mod converts a M20K/231 into a OEM factory M20K/252, FWF. Price includes new MB engine w/Garret Intercooler & Auto W/Gate, and either a new or remanufactured M20K/252 cowl assy. etc. The Mod package is priced with exchange; w/flyable 231 engine core. Base price is installed at our facility. You may also wish to see our separate literature and/or page on this well received modification package. *New VS Used 252 cowls & reman VS O/Hauled MB engine) Applicable to all M20K/231's)
#101AMM: Dual (Optional) 70/80 Amp Alternator & Regulator Package: Installed $4,955.00+/-
(Strongly recommended) Virtually every 262 Mod has been done with this option. (Applicable to all M20K/231's)
#102MMA: Hi Efficiency 252 Style McCauley 221 Series Propeller: With Boots $6,995.00+/- without Boots approx. $5,795.00+/-
This Prop(2A34C 221/90DHC-16E) is the High Efficiency 252/Encore prop and is Priced exchange for your 231 216; prop. Note: You must guarantee your old prop to be rebuild able. (Applicable to all M20K/231's)
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#105MMA: Award 263 Flight Speed Kit: Installed on most M20K's $4,995.00+/-
Note: Depending on the exact year 231, price usually includes the 252's overlapping N/Gear Doors, various gap and fairings, rotating brake pucks and low profile main doors (w/o STC). The overlapping nose gear doors are OEM 252 style and help quiet the cabin dramatically at cruise. (Applicable to all M20K & On M20's)
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We came to the Caravel to stay 3 years ago when I was 7 years old, but I must say that now I am 10 I have appreciated the holiday even more. Thanks to all the waiters and barmen (especially Luigi, Raffiel, Guisseppe and Max) because you are fab. I loved the food and thanks also for introducing me to quail. The swimming pool and terrace I also think are brilliant, and I wanted to take the sunbathing roof home with me. It was really funny when I saw a lizzard run along the front of the hotel. Thanks so much, Caravel!
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By Len Lazarick | MarylandReporter.com
As delegates debate a bill abolishing the death penalty already passed in the Senate, a new Goucher College poll finds a slight majority of Marylanders (51 percent) oppose ending executions — even though many overestimate how often it is used.
A majority of respondents said the death penalty does not deter murder and would prefer life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
On the other hot issue still awaiting action by the House Judiciary Committee, an overwhelming majority of Marylanders — more than four out of five — support the major provisions of Gov. Martin O'Malley's gun control proposal, despite the fierce opposition of a gun-owning minority that has flooded Annapolis hearing rooms.


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I feel like a little girl around cookies. Curious, indulgent and without discipline. The weeks between Halloween and New Year's often encourage additional stress into my life and a cookie or two can, quite successfully, calm the nerves.
Store bought treats have lost the allure they once had when I was in college. My preference now leans to a fresh baked, still warm, chocolate accented cookie.
I am delighted that LA Food Bloggers feel the same. In an effort to round up the community and celebrate the impending holidays, a cookie exchange was planned.
I knew my week would not accommodate the creation of six dozen cookies. Searching the catalog in my head of minimal ingredient treats, I retrieved this recipe.
I arrived with my macaroons and departed with a box full of homemade treats too numerous to count. Many thanks to In Erika's Kitchen for opening up her home and to all the LA Food Bloggers who once again made me feel part of something.
Following is a simple recipe adapted from a ten year old copy of Martha Stewart's Holiday Cookies. There wasn't too much adaptation other than less sugar and the additional grinding of the shredded coconut; which in my opinion, enhances the texture.
1/2 cup natural raw sugar
2-1/2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut (grind in food processor or blender before measuring)
2 large egg whites
3/4 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of sea salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients with your hands. Mix well.
With damp hands, form 1-1/2 Tablespoons of mixture into a loose pointy haystack. Press down onto baking sheet to ensure a flat bottom. Space about one inch apart. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. Enjoy with a friend or box up for a hostess gift!
Favorite cookie of the day Nutella Chocolate Chip from Valentina @ Cooking on the Weekends. Hats off to these gluten free tidbits of divine flavor.
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On 11.11.2003, at 09:27, Josh Davis-Ryan wrote:
> in the lan, when i point my browser to http://sivad77.ath.cs:8002 <-
> it does not work
> i have to goto http://192.168.1.5:8002 <- this is pretty annoying
> it would be nice to use my dynamic name :) - maybe i didnt set
> something up right :S
Nah, that's because of the way ipnat works. It's not possible to make
this work without some ugly kludges, unfortunately. BTW, many
commercial firewalls have this problem, too. There's another solution,
though: you can use m0n0wall's DNS forwarder as the DNS server for your
internal machines and then set up an override record for your ath.cs
name (with 192.168.1.5 as the address) - voilà, split DNS.
> bugs:
> *i changed the mac address on the wan card (very nice feature), and
> the internet stopped working, as when you setup the router u select
> which card does what via the mac address in the console.......changing
> the mac address didnt update this automatically, and i spent 30mins
> wondering why my net went down :(
Uhm... no, the interfaces are not assigned to a function by means of
their MAC address, but by their FreeBSD interface name. Look at the
config.xml and you'll see what I mean. The MAC addresses are only
displayed for identification purposes. There must be another reason.
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|PTA 251 is designed to develop a student's participation and commitment to the profession of physical therapy. It investigates the opportunities and responsibilities of an employee in the health care delivery system through activities of résumé preparation, mock job interviews, legislative testimonies, attending professional and government meetings and participating in the Hawai'i Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association (HAPTA). This course emphasizes life long learning, the practice of ethics and legality, and the American Physical Therapy (APTA) core values. Finalization of an electronic portfolio will be emphasized for transfer to the APTA website.
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The Dust Devils (30-39) fell behind early after Felix Cabrera smacked a two-run home run off of starter Shane Broyles. Tri-City was able to answer back with pair of runs as a result of two wild pitches from Eugene (42-27) starter Tayron Guerrero.
The Emeralds took the lead back, bringing home a run in both the fifth and sixth innings. Tri-City was able to even the score in the bottom of the sixth inning. Tom Murphy crushed a two-run home run, his team-high fifth of the year, to tie the game. The Dust Devils took their first lead of the game in the bottom of the 7th. Yafistel Roja successfully executed a bunt that scored Patrick Hutcheson from third base, in what became the deciding run of the game.
Despite pitching only one inning, Tri-City reliever Michael Wolford (1-2) earned his first win of the season for the Dust Devils. Seth Willoughby collected his eighth save of the season, his third in the last four games. Mark Picca (4-2) suffered the loss for Eugene, allowing one run in relief.
The final home series of the season will continue on Saturday night at Gesa Stadium. TJ Oakes will toe the rubber for Tri-City. Oakes comes into the game with a 1-2 record and a 4.40 ERA. Eugene will counter with Justin Hancock, who is 5-2 with a 1.68 ERA. First pitch is at 7:15 p.m. and gates open at 6:15 p.m. There will be a postgame fireworks show presented by Country Financial.
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Chapter 37
"In the early days of Mt. Washington, a visitor once inquired superciliously, 'What are the assets of this organization?'
"'None!' I replied, 'Only God.'"
Master was sitting with us in the basement, reminiscing about his early years in America. Toward the end of his life, in addition to counseling us, he spent many hours trying to make us feel a part of that long period of his life before most of us had come to him.
"My reply on that occasion was literally true, too," Master chuckled. "We hadn't any money! But it would be just as true today, when our work is financially strong. For our strength has always been God alone. We might lose everything, materially speaking, and in His love we would still possess all that really mattered.
"Years ago a rich man came here who thought to buy me with his wealth. Knowing we badly needed money just then, he tried in certain ways to get me to compromise my ideals. I refused. Finally he said, 'You'll starve because you didn't listen.' Leaving here, he talked against me to a rich acquaintance of his, a student of this work. And that was the man God chose to give us the help we needed!
"Another time, years later, we were facing another financial crisis: Mt. Washington was threatened with foreclosure. I went out into the desert and meditated all night long. 'Divine Mother,' I prayed, 'why did You give me this responsibility? I came here to the West to speak of You, not to worry about organizational problems! If You took everything away, it would mean nothing to me except only my freedom! Say the word, Mother, and I will walk out into the desert and never once look back!'
"At three o'clock in the morning came Her answer: 'I am your stocks and bonds. What more dost thou need than that thou hast Me? Dance of death and dance of lifeknow that these come from Me. My child, rejoice!'
"The next day a check came in the mail for the exact sum of money that we needed."
Master often said, "He is happiest who gives everything to God." He told an amusing story to illustrate his own preference for simple living, free of all ostentation.
"A wealthy student of mine wanted to buy me a new overcoat. Taking me into a well-known clothing store, he invited me to select any coat that I wanted. Seeing one that looked nice, I reached out for it. But then, seeing the price tag, I quickly withdrew my hand. It was a very expensive coat.
"'But I'd be happy to buy it for you,' my friend insisted. He added an expensive hat to match. I appreciated his kindness in giving me these gifts. But whenever I wore them, I felt uncomfortable. Expensive possessions are a responsibility.
"'Divine Mother,' I finally prayed, 'this coat is too good for me. Please take it away.'
"Soon afterwards I was scheduled to lecture in Trinity Auditorium. I sensed that the coat would be taken away from me that evening, so I emptied the pockets. After the lecture the coat was gone. What a relief!
"But then I spotted an omission. 'Divine Mother,' I prayed, 'You forgot to take the hat!'"
Master went on to tell us about someone he'd met long ago in New York. "This man told me, 'I can never forgive myself for taking thirty-five years to make my first million dollars.' 'You still are not satisfied?' I asked. 'No. I will not be satisfied until I have made forty million!' Well, before he could make those forty million and settle down to spending the rest of his life in unalloyed happiness, he suffered a complete nervous breakdown. Not long afterward, he died."
As I write these lines, less than a week has passed since the death of Howard Hughes, one of the richest men in the world. The radio carried his reply to a recent question, "Are you happy?" "No," answered the billionaire, "I can't say that I'm happy."
"You don't have to own a thing to enjoy it," Master told us. "To possess things is all right, provided your possessions don't possess you, but ownership often means only added worries. It is much better to own everything in God, and not to cling to anything with the ego."
Smiling, he continued, "Years ago I visited Radio City Music Hall in New York. Having paid the price of admission, I told myself, 'For the hour or so that I am here, this building is mine!' I walked about, enjoying this beautiful acquisition. After I had enjoyed as much of it as I cared to, I gave the building back to the management, with thanks, and walked out a free man!"
Master told us of a time when his non-attachment had been tested. "I was standing alone one evening on a dark street corner in New York, when three hold-up men came up from behind me, one of them pointing a gun.
"'Give us your money,' they demanded.
"'Here it is,' I said, not at all disturbed. 'But I want you to know that I am not giving it to you out of fear. I have such wealth in my heart that, by comparison, money means nothing to me.' They were so astonished! I then gazed at them with God's power. They burst into tears. Returning my money, they cried, 'We can't live this way anymore!' Then, overwhelmed by the experience, they ran away.
"On other occasions, too, I have changed the hearts of criminalsnot I, but God's power through me. One evening during the depression years I lectured to thousands at Carnegie Hall. I spoke out against the way certain rich people were taking advantage of the poor. I actually mentioned a few names. Afterwards, several people urged me, 'Please don't go home alone tonight.'
"'God is with me,' I replied. 'Whom have I to fear?'
"Alone I entered a dimly lighted part of the station, when a man came up brandishing a gun. 'Why did you talk against those people?' he demanded.
"'Why shouldn't I?' I replied. 'God is for the common man as much as for the rich. Both are His children. And He is not pleased when His rich children take advantage of His poor ones.'"
Listening to Master, we chuckled at this point in his story. How incongruous seemed this ingenuous explanation beside the man's threat of assassination!
Master continued: "Gazing steadily into the man's eyes, I said, 'Why do you live the way you do? You aren't happy. I demand that Satan come out of you, and that you change!'
"The man began to tremble. All of a sudden, dropping his gun, he fell to his knees before me. 'What have you done to me?' he cried. 'I was sent to kill you.'
"'You can never win,' I said. 'Pick up your gun and throw it away.' His life was completely transformed by that meeting."
Master told of a similar conversion after another Carnegie Hall lecture. "We had chanted 'O God Beautiful!' for over an hour. Three thousand people had joined me joyously in singing this chant. Many were in ecstasy. Afterwards, a man burst into my interview room. Flinging a revolver emotionally onto the desk, he cried, 'I ought to kill you for what you've done to me this evening! I can't go back to that way of life any more.'
"Such is the power of God's love!
"But there have been times," Master continued, "when His power flowed through me in other ways. I follow only His will. One evening in Chicago I visited a park. It was during the depression years, and Chicago, as you know, was notorious for its gangsters at the time. A policeman stopped me as I was about to enter the park, and warned me that it was unsafe there after dark. 'Even we are afraid to go in,' he said.
"Well, I went in anyway, and comfortably took a seat on a park bench. After some time a tough-looking man, much larger than I, stopped in front of me.
"'Gimme a dime!' he snarled.
"I reached into a pocket and gave him a dime.
"'Gimme a quarter!' I gave him a quarter.
"'Gimme fifty cents.' I gave him fifty cents.
"'Gimme a dollar.'
"By this time I could see that matters weren't going to improve. So, with the consciousness of God's power, I leapt to my feet and shouted:
"The man started to tremble like a leaf. 'I don't want your money!' he mumbled. Backing fearfully away, he kept on repeating, 'I don't want your money! I don't want your money!' Suddenly he turned and fled as though his life depended on it.
"I sat down peacefully once more, and watched the moonrise. Later, as I was leaving the park, the same policeman saw me and asked, 'What did you say to that man? I saw him with you, and didn't dare to interfere. He's a dangerous character!'
"'Oh,' I replied, 'we came to a little understanding.'"
Whether Master protected himself by love, or by sterner measures, depended on the guidance he received inwardly. Perhaps love was what he gave to persons of innate sensitivity who had succumbed to the influences of an evil environment, and sternness to those whose cruelty was self-generated, or who, though not insensitive to finer feelings, suppressed them deliberately. In this last connection he told us of a guest at Mt. Washington during the 1920s. The man's sister was a resident disciple there.
"I was sitting on my bed one morning, meditating," he said, "when God showed me this man coming upstairs to beat me up. He wanted to boast publicly of what he'd done, you see, so as to discredit this work.
"'Give it to him!' the voice said.
"Moments later the man appeared in the doorway. 'I know why you have come,' I said. 'You may not realize it, but I am very strong; I could easily best you in a fight if I wanted to. But I won't meet you on that level. Still, I warn you: Don't cross that threshold.'
"'Go on, prophet!' he replied contemptuously. 'What could you do?'
"'I've warned you. You'll be very sorry.'
"Ignoring my words, he stepped into the room. The instant he did so, he fell to the floor screaming, 'I'm on fire! I'm on fire!' Leaping up, then, he ran downstairs and out of the building. I followed quickly behind, and found him rolling about on the front lawn, still crying, 'I'm on fire! I'm on fire!' When I placed a hand on him he was all right, though still terrified of me. 'Don't touch me!' he cried. 'Don't come near me!' He sent his sister into the building for his belongings, and departed at once." Many w
ere surprised to learn how physically powerful Master was. He was quite shortfive feet five or six inchesand, though well built, didn't impress one as being particularly strong. But his strength came primarily from his complete command over the energy in his body.
"In Symphony Hall in Boston," he told us, "I was lecturing once on the merits of the energization exercises, and mentioned the great physical strength one derives from them. I then threw out the challenge: 'Would anyone here like to try my strength?'
"Six tall, burly policemen jumped up onto the stage! The audience gasped. They were certain I'd fail the test.
"Well, I placed my back against the wall, facing them. Then I asked the men all together to push on my stomach as hard as they could. They did so. 'Is that the best you can do?' I demanded.
"'Yeah!' they grunted between clenched teeth.
"Suddenly I arched my back. All six of them went tumbling backwards into the orchestra pit!"
People who know only of Paramhansa Yogananda's extraordinary love and compassion, his sweetness, his childlike simplicity, are sometimes taken aback when they encounter his power. Few realize that power and divine love are opposite sides of the same coin. For divine love is no gentle sentiment, but the greatest force in the universe. It couldn't exist without power. Great saints would never use that power to suppress or coerce others, but power nevertheless is inextricably a part of what it means to be a saint. It took extraordinary power, for example, for Jesus Christ, alone in a crowd, to drive the money-changers from their tradition-sanctioned seats in the temple. Worldly people fear this power in the saints, and, fearing, persecute them. They don't realize that it is rooted in love, or that it threatens nothing but their delusions and ignorance-induced suffering.
Yogananda's power was not only a product of his divine awareness; his human personality, too, reflected past incarnations as a warrior and conquering hero. In Calcutta, in his youth, he was several times approached by people who wanted him to lead a revolution against the British. There was that in his very bearing which bespoke the intrepid leader.
Master could also be very outspoken when occasion demanded it. It simply wasn't in him to be insincere. One time, not able to beg off giving a speech after a high-society banquet to which he'd been dragged in New York City, he spoke what was in his heart. Sternly he upbraided his listeners for the shallowness of their lives. It wasn't condemnation. The indignation he showed rather, was on their behalf. Graphically he described their delusions to them, and exhorted them to stop wasting an entire incarnation in spiritual sloth. His hearers were stunned. Many wept.
Yet the experience, painful though it was for them, was also their good karma. For how many people get to hear what they need from a man of divine wisdom? Master himself once told Dr. Lewis, "No one's path has crossed mine in this life except for a reason."
Another story that shows how outspoken Master could be concerns a visit he once paid to a certain vegetarian organization. "I was invited to inspect their facilities," he told me. "They believed in raw foods, or, as they called them, 'unfired foods.' They took me around their kitchen, and then into the dining room, where they served me the worst meal I have ever eaten in my life. After this epicurean disaster, they asked me to address them!
"'Please,' I said, 'I'd rather not.'
"'Oh, but you must,' they insisted. 'Everyone is eager to hear you.'
"'You won't like what I have to say,' I warned. But they wouldn't take no for an answer. At last I stood up.
"'In the first place,' I said, 'I have never in my life tasted worse food. What makes you think there is virtue in preparing meals so unpalatably? Enjoyment of what one eats aids the digestion. But you all imagine that what you are eating is healthful. In no way is it. It is seriously lacking in nutritive balance.'
"Well, by this time they were all greatly agitated! 'You don't know what you are saying,' they shouted.
"'I urge you to take me seriously,' I replied, 'for unless you improve your diet, fifteen days from now one of you will die of malnutrition.'
"'You are cursing us!'
"'I'm doing nothing of the kind,' I said. 'You are cursing yourselves by your fanaticism!'
"Well, they wouldn't listen. Fifteen days later one of them died, and soon after that the organization disbanded."
Master usually accepted evil as a regrettable, but necessary, part of the cosmic drama. He fought it only in those who sought his spiritual aid. "The villain's role on the stage," he used to say, "is to get people to love the hero. Evil's role, similarly, in the drama of life is to spur people on to seek goodness." There were times, however, when he became an avenging angel, particularly when the lives of his own disciples, or of those dear to them, were affected.
The mother of one close disciple was afflicted with cancer of the breast. Finding a sanatorium that advertised a newly discovered, supposedly miraculous cancer cure, she entered it hopefully.
"All they gave their patients," Master told us, "was water! They took their money, fed them nothing, and simply waited for them to die. When I found out their scheme, I cried, 'Divine Mother, destroy that place!' Within a month the police came in and closed it. The leaders all went to prison."
Master went on to speak of that woman's subsequent death. "I contacted her in the astral world. When I came upon her, she was being led away by an angel, and was marveling at the beauty of the flowers in the field she was in. I called to her, but she didn't hear me. Again I called; this time she turned, but didn't recognize me. In the transition of death, you see, she had forgotten. But I touched her, and recognition came. 'I will never again forget you,' she promised. Then, opening her flowing robe, she showed me where the cancer had been. 'See?' she said, smiling. 'It is gone now!'
"Soon thereafter I saw her again, in the sunset."
Master explained to us that after the death of the physical body, the soul remains encased in a subtler body of energy, known as the "astral body." This body is the prototype for the physical body. The astral universe, similarly, forms the prototype for the grosser material universe. When a person dies, he lives on in an astral body, and may, if he is spiritually even slightly developed, inhabit an astral planet with vibrations harmonious to his own. His length of stay there is determined by his karma.
In one of the most inspiring chapters of Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramhansa Yogananda gives a lengthy description of the astral universe. It is composed, he tells us, of endlessly varied vibrations of energy. Compared to this physical world, the astral heavens are inexpressibly beautiful. Not everyone, however, goes to those heavens after death. As Jesus put it, "In my Father's house are many mansions."
Many souls are vibrationally attracted to less exalted, though still harmonious, spheres. Others, having created nothing but disharmony in their own lives on earth, are vibrationally drawn to astral hells. Materialistic people often are only dimly conscious of the astral world between earthly sojourns. People who developed good qualities while on earth, however, especially those who meditated and acquired a measure of soul-awareness, are attracted to higher astral worlds after death.
To Master, death was no "undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns." He told us he spent much time in the astral world. Thus, to him, it was no tragedy when people died. But at the same time he was too warmly human not to feel the reality of people's bereavement, or to offer loving sympathy to them in their grief. Indeed, he sometimes offered far more than sympathy: He actually brought loved ones back "from the grave."
One case involved a lady in Encinitas. Master told me the story:
"A real estate agent in Encinitas, hearing that I had healing power, came to me to request a healing for his wife, who had been ill for ninety days. I prayed, but God told me not to go to her bedside. Shortly thereafter, she died. Only then was I given the guidance to go to her.
"About thirty people were present in the room when I arrived. Her husband was weeping and shaking her, almost out of his mind with grief. He wouldn't accept the fact that she was already dead. I motioned him away.
"Putting one hand on the dead woman's forehead, and the other one under her head, I began invoking the divine power. Five minutes passed. Ten minutes. Suddenly her whole body began to tremble like a motor. After some time, a deep calmness stole over her. Her heartbeat and breathing returned. Slowly her eyes opened; they held a far-away expression, as though she had just returned from a long journey. She was completely healed."
Another episode concerned a man in Dakshineswar, a Calcutta suburb. I first heard the story from Master, and then again years later from Sri Tulsi Bose, a childhood friend of his, and a cousin of the man who had died. As Sri Bose told the story, it was because the man was his cousin that Master performed this miracle.
"I was passing the house," Master told us, "when I heard a loud outcry within. God told me to go inside. I found a man there stretched out on a bed. Five or ten minutes earlier the doctors had pronounced him dead. The family were all weeping and crying.
"I requested them to leave the room, then remained alone with the dead man for some time, praying. Breath returned to his body at last. His eyes opened. He was completely cured."
Master was equally at home on all levels of reality. To those who identified with this physical plane of existence and its sorrows, he was compassionate. In the astral world, where physical sufferings are unknown, he was like a sea captain, returning to port as often as he wished. But his own true affinity was with spheres far subtler than either of these: the timeless bliss of divine union. It was amazing to see how effortlessly he would enter samadhi. For most of us struggling devotees it took time even to touch the hem of superconsciousness. For him, the vastness of cosmic consciousness was only a breath away.
I remember someone asking his permission one evening to photograph him. "Just a moment," Master replied, "let me first go into samadhi." Two or three seconds later he said, "All right."
"I used sometimes to go to movies," Master told us, "to get away from the unceasing demands of the work. Sitting in the movie theater, I would enter samadhi. Later, if people asked me how I liked the movie, I replied, 'Very much!' I had been watching the cosmic 'movie,' with stars and planets whirling through space!"
No environment was wholly mundane to him. Everywhere he saw God. "Do you know where I wrote my poem 'Samadhi'?" he asked us one day. "It was on the New York subway! As I was writing, I rode back and forth from one end of the line to the other. No one asked for my ticket. In fact," he added with a twinkle, "no one saw me!"
Visitors sometimes boasted of their own high experiences in meditation. Boastfulness would make any discerning person skeptical; true experiences of God, after all, should make one humble. But Master could tell at a glance what level a person had reached in his spiritual development.
"People have a very distorted notion of what the path is all about," he said. "Visions and phenomena aren't important. What matters is complete self-offering to God. One must become absorbed in His love.
"I remember a man who came forward after a lecture in New York and claimed he could enter cosmic consciousness at will. Actually, what he meant was that he could travel astrally, but I saw right away that his experiences were imaginary. Still, I couldn't simply tell him that. He wouldn't have believed me. So I invited him up to my room, and there asked him to favor me by going into cosmic consciousness.
"Well, he sat there fidgeting, his eyelids flickering, his breath pumping awaysigns, all, of body-consciousness, not of cosmic consciousness! At last he could contain himself no longer.
"'Why don't you ask me where I am?'
"'Well,' I said, to humor him, 'where are you?'
"In rounded tones, as if hallooing from afar, he answered: 'On top of the dome of the Taj Mahal!'
"'There must be something the matter with your own dome!' I remarked. 'I see you sitting fully here, right in front of me.' He was utterly taken aback.
"I then made a suggestion. 'If you think you can travel all the way to the Taj Mahal, why not see if you can go to somewhere nearby, as a test of the validity of your experience?' I suggested that he project himself to the hotel dining room downstairs, and describe what he saw there. He agreed to the test. Going into 'cosmic consciousness' again, he described the dining room as he saw it. He actually believed in his visions, you see. What I wanted to do was demonstrate to him that they were the result of a vivid power of visualization. He described a number of things in the restaurant, including a big piano in the right-hand corner.
"I then described the scene as I saw it. 'In the right-hand corner,' I said, 'there are two women seated at a table.' We went at once downstairs, and found the room as I had described it, not as he had. At last he was convinced."
Master often told us stories of his boyhood in India. Years later I wrote and published several of these accounts in a small book titled Stories of Mukunda. Here is one that was omitted from that book; it didn't quite fit the mood of it.
"The first time I fed the poor in India," Master said, "I decided to feed two hundred people. I was just a boy. Everybody wondered how I planned to do it. Another boy, a friend of mine, objected, 'You haven't any money. Neither have I. There's just no way we can feed that many people.'
"'All I need,' I replied, 'is twenty rupees. And that money will come through you.'
"'Impossible!' he cried, shocked.
"'It will happen,' I assured him, 'but on one condition: that you take care not in any way to antagonize your mother today.'
"Later that day his mother told him to go to his rich aunt's house and deliver something. He was about to refuse, when he remembered my warning. Docility was hardly his usual attitude, but he went this time without a murmur, and delivered the package.
"When he arrived at his aunt's house, she began scolding him, 'Who is this boy you've been running around with?' Her reference was to me. Like many wealthy people, she tended to harbor suspicions of strangers. My friend grew angry. He was about to leave when she cried, 'Stop! I hear he is planning on doing some good. Take this money and use it.' She gave him twenty rupees.
"The word had already been making the rounds that we were planning to feed the poor. Those twenty rupees bought a sizable amount of rice and lentils. When the neighbors saw such tangible support for our plans, they became enthusiastic. Money began pouring in from all sides. People volunteered their services to help with cooking and serving. Instead of two hundred poor people, we fed two thousand!"
Talk turned one evening to the attributes of success. "Will power," Master told us, "is more important to success than knowledge, training, or even native ability. Some people, when you shake them, reply with a groan, 'Don't bother me; I'm sleeping.' Others wake up a little bit, but if you leave them alone for a few minutes they start dozing again. But some people are wide awake the moment you speak to them, and keep going without having to be stirred again. Those are the kind of people I like!
"When I first started on my own in the spiritual life, I settled in a little mud hut with two other boys. One of them was about my size: short and slight. The other was a big, stalwart fellow. One day I said to them, 'Let's lay a cement floor in the main room.'
"'Impossible!' protested the big fellow. 'We don't have the cement; we don't have the equipment; we don't have the know-how. For a technical job like this you need experience.'
"'If we make up our minds,' I replied, 'we can do it'
"'Wishful thinking!' he scoffed, walking away to show what he thought of the scheme.
"That day the other boy and I went around to the neighbors. Bit by bit we gathered donations of materials, and loans of equipment. Two men added careful instructions on how to mix and lay the cement. That whole night we stayed up, mixing and pouring. By the following morning the job was finished. Later on the big fellow returned to our hermitage.
"'Well,' I sighed, teasing him, 'I guess you were right.'
"'Aha,' he cried. 'You see? I told you so!'
"I then asked him please to fetch me something from the next room. He opened the door. And there was our new cement floor! We'd even colored it red. He was dumbfounded."
Master went on to emphasize that miracles become possible when man unites his will with God's will.
"Not many miles from our school in Ranchi, there was a high waterfall, above which was a rock ledge, dangerous to walk on. Sometimes I would take the boys across there.
"'Do you believe in God?' I would shout to them over the noise of the water.
"'Yes!' they all shouted back. And so, chanting God's name, we always crossed over in safety.
"One day, some years after I had come to America, another teacher in the school tried to lead a group of boys across there, repeating the words I had used. One boy slipped off the ledge and was drowned. It was because that teacher didn't have the power. Faith must be rooted in spiritual realization, otherwise it lacks vitality.
"And then, too," Master added, "one's motives must be pure. A few years ago two young boys in India decided that, because they believed in God, He would surely protect them no matter what they did. To prove their point they took a sword, and went out into a nearby forest. One of them kneeled; the other aimed a sweeping blow at his neck with the sword. Well, God didn't consider their presumption deserving of a miracle. The kneeling boy was killed instantly. Had their faith been pure, those children would have had the understanding not to behave so rashly. A person with pure motives doesn't try to coerce God. When you act in tune with Him, things always turn out well."
On another occasion Master was talking to us about the power of true faith. "One evening I had just returned to Mt. Washington when a sudden, violent wind struck the main building. It was an effect of the evil karma of the war. People little realize how greatly the very elements are affected by mass consciousness. I told one of the ladies living here to remove a shoe and strike the front porch with it three times, repeating certain words. She did as I said. On the third blow, the wind stopped instantly. In the newspaper the next day there was an item about the violent wind that had started in Los Angeles, then, minutes later, abated.
"The mind's potential," Master added, "is considerable, even without the addition of divine power. One day I was traveling in this country by train. It was a very hot summer day, and the train had no air conditioning. Everyone was suffering in the heat. I said to those who were with me, 'See what a little concentration can do. I will dwell on the idea of icebergs.'
"Minutes later I held out an arm for them to feel. It was cold."
Master often regaled us with amusing anecdotes of his beginnings in America. "Because of my robe and long hair, people sometimes thought I was a woman. Once, at a Boston flower exhibition, I wanted to find the men's room. A guard directed me to a certain door. Trustingly I went in. My goodness! Ladies to the left of me, ladies to the right of me, ladies everywhere! I rushed out, and once more approached the guard.
"'I want the men's room,' I insisted. Eyeing me suspiciously, he finally pointed to another door. This time as I entered a man cried out, 'Not in here, lady! Not in here!'
"In a basso profundo voice I answered, 'I know what I am doing!'
"Another time on a train the conductor kept walking up and down the aisle, eyeing me. Finally he could restrain his curiosity no longer. 'Is yo a man,' he asked, 'or is yo a woman?'
"'What do you theenk?
I demanded in a deep, booming tone.
"I used to wear a beard. On the ship coming over from India, a fellow passenger, a Muslim by the name of Rashid, persuaded me to shave it off. Americans, he insisted, might accept me if I had either long hair or a beard, but definitely not if I kept both. Since my master had expressed a wish that I keep my hair long, I decided to sacrifice the beard. Rashid volunteered his services as a barber. I placed myself trustingly in his hands. He lathered my face, then proceeded carefully to shave half of it. At that point he abandoned me! And I had no idea how to shave! I was left there until, sometime later, he returned laughing to complete the job.
"Rashid was a great prankster. But he was also very helpful to me when I began my first lecture tour. He got the halls, prepared the publicity, and acted as my secretary. Still, he did play pranks!
"But one evening I got the better of him. He was always avoiding his work, and running after girls. He didn't realize that I knew what he was doing. On this particular evening he'd promised to come in and work with me. When he didn't show up, I knew just where to find him. I went to a nearby park, and there he was, sitting on a bench with a new girl friend. (He certainly had a way with them!) I crept up stealthily from behind, and stood nearby, hidden by a bush. He put his arms around the girl, and was just about to kiss her. At that instant I called out in a loud, deep voice, 'Rasheeeed!' You should have seen him jump! He came into the office after that, and worked quite docilely!"
We laughed uproariously at Master's story, which was delivered with suitably droll gestures and facial expressions.
"But," he concluded, "Rashid more than made up for all his pranks, years later. He was living in India when I returned there in 1935. He prepared a huge public reception for me in Calcutta. I was deeply touched."
I myself got to meet Rashid in Calcutta in 1959. By that time he was much older, but even then it was easy to imagine him as the debonair prankster of his youth.
"When I first came to America," Master continued, "my father used to send me money. But I wanted to rely wholly on God, so I returned it. In the beginning God let me taste a little hardship, to test my faith in Him, but my faith was firm, and He never failed me."
Master continued his reminiscences of those years. "A student of this work in Boston told me he wanted to be a renunciate. I said to him, 'Your path is marriage.'
"'Oh, no!' he vowed, 'I'll never marry!' Well, a week later he met a beautiful girl and swore he was deeply in love with her!
"'She isn't the one for you,' I warned.
"'Oh, but she is!' he cried. 'She is my soul mate.'
"Well, it wasn't long after that that he returned shamefacedly. 'I want to be a renunciate,' he announced fervently once again. The girl had left him, after enjoying his money.
"'You have yet to meet the right one,' I said.
"Some time later, laughingly, he told me of a fat, quite unattractive-looking girl who had been taking an unwelcome interest in him.
"'Aha, I said, 'she sounds like the one!'
"'No Swami, no!' he cried, horrified. 'You were right before. Please don't be right this time!'
"'She sounds like the one for you.'
"It took him some time, but gradually he discovered what a good nature she had beneath her unglamorous exterior, and fell deeply in love with her. Eventually they were married.
"People are so often blinded by outward appearances," Master continued. "Marriage in this country is often a union between a pretty shade of lipstick and a smart-looking tie! They hear a little music, fall into a romantic mood, and end up pledging their lives away.
"I remember a couple who came to me in Phoenix and asked me to marry them 'immediately.' I told them, 'I must know the people I marry. I want to meditate on your request. Please come back tomorrow.' At this proposed delay, the man was furious. When they returned the next day, he pressed me, 'Is it all right?'
"'No,' I said.
"He was enraged once more. 'Let's get out of here, dear! We can get married by somebody else.'
"They were almost to the door when I called to them. 'Remember my words: You will never be happy together. You will find that out when it is too late. But please, I urge you, at least don't kill each other!'
"They were married elsewhere. Soon afterward they came to Mt. Washington just to show me how happy they were. I said nothing, but inside I thought, 'You don't know what is hidden under that lid!'
"Six months later they returned. This time they knelt humbly before me and confessed, 'We didn't realize how different our natures were. If you hadn't warned us, we would surely have ended up killing each other.' Under the influence of emotional intoxication, you see, they hadn't observed the explosive violence that was inherent in their relationship.
"People must learn to look behind the veil of superficial attraction. Without soul harmony there can be no true love."
Master saw every human experience, including that of marriage, primarily as an opportunity for inner development. Romantic notions of "wedded bliss" were, to him, purely and simply delusions. It wasn't that he denied the satisfactions of a harmonious marriage, but rather that he wanted devotees to see human experiences as stepping stones to the soul's only true state of being, in God. Thus, he recommended to people seeking marriage that they look first for spiritual compatibility in their mates, and only secondarily for mental, emotional, and physical compatibility. He saw marriage not only as a fulfillment, but, much more importantly, as an opportunity for learning essential spiritual lessons in selflessness, loyalty, kindness, respect, and trust. To devotees who, in the name of dispassion, considered it unnecessary to express these qualities outwardly towards their fellow creatures, he said, "Don't imagine that God will come to you if you behave unkindly to others. Until you know how to win human love, you will never be able to win God's love."
To Master, human experience was, in a sense, part of a process of divine healing. Man's supreme disease, he said, is spiritual ignorance. His own life was devoted to healing people on all levels, in keeping with his philosophy that religion should serve humanity's total needs: physical, emotional, and mental, as well as spiritual. Though the supreme "cure" he offered was divine bliss, he healed many that I knew, including myself, of various physical ailments.
One case of physical healing that stands out in my memory occurred years before I entered the work. Master told us the story:
"It was during the Chicago World's Fair, in 1933. Dr. Lewis telephoned me in Los Angeles to report that a friend of his had a blood clot on the heart, and was dying. Could I help him? I sat in meditation and prayed. Suddenly a great power went out from me, like an explosion. In that same instant the man, who had been in a coma, was healed. A nurse was in the room with himnot a spiritual woman at all. She testified later that she'd heard an explosion in the room, and seen a brilliant flash of light. The man at once sat up, completely recovered."
Master then spoke of the most important kind of healing: the dispelling of soul ignorance. "That is why we have these ashrams," he said, "for those who want to give their lives to God, to be healed of all suffering forevermore." He talked on about those earlier years at Mt. Washington.
Looking at us sweetly, he concluded, "How I wish you all had been with me then! So many years had to pass before you came."
(87) John 14:2.
Back in context.
(88) Master spoke English with a pronounced Bengali accent. I've emphasized his pronunciation here because it was part of the charm of the story.
Back in context.
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Is Pluto a Planet? That's a Rap
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Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodala and the rest of Team USA took down the Turks on their home floor earlier today to claim the gold medal in the world championships. This was the capper to a perfect summer for the so-called "b-team," and those guys all deserve a round of applause.
Now that their run is over, you're going to read a lot of, "well, they should've won," stories, but if you look back at the coverage leading into the World Championships, Team USA was hardly a favorite to win the gold. They couldn't shoot, they didn't have the experience, their athleticism wouldn't mean anything against the seasoned European teams. Well, Coach K put together a gameplan based on stifling defense and the offensive prowess of Kevin Durant. A couple months later, they've left the world in their dust.
It was a pleasure to watch this team play and after the fact, I'll admit that I'm glad Andre Iguodala was part of the team (prior to the selection, I said I didn't want him to play due to the added workload). Hopefully, Iguodala can bring some of the lessons he's learned back to the Sixers.
For now, all those guys should be very proud of themselves for the win (except maybe for Danny Granger, who was completely useless to the team). It'll be interesting to see how many of these guys make the Olympic team in two years.
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"Nice meet you," he said haltingly, in broken English, using my language since I did not speak his.
For another, we can remind ourselves how fluidly hate is taught, and how haltingly trust is restored.
Obama is now doing number 3—haltingly, but on the promised schedule.
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Team Adds Tri-State Title to Accomplishments
Toledo Hawks "Gold" made a makeup trip on Saturday, July 30 to Ravenna, Ohio. With a sweep in this doubleheader - two games being replayed after a cancelled double-dip from the previous weekend - the team could lay claim to the top spot in the Tri-State Collegiate Baseball League for the 2011 season. With
Eric Croak
(Toledo/Toledo) presenting a home run-derby level performance in game one, and
Mattie DeDoes
(Oberlin/Ann Arbor, MI) providing the offensive and the pitching theatrics in game two, the Gold Hawks flew over the Ravenna Arsenal on their way to 14-1 and 9-5 victories, and wrapped their talons around this season's Tri-State crown. The Gold Hawks now find themselves in the enviable position of accepting one of two bids they earned to the 2011 NABF World Series, having clinched the title in the Toledo Amateur League as well.
Croak went crazy in the first game, en route to a perfect (5-for-5) afternoon as a whole. Taking advantage of an inviting right field fence, the lefthanded slugger belted three home runs and added a 2-RBI single, giving him a whopping 10 RBI's on the game. His first homer led off the second inning for the visitors, and provided the first tally of the day. After the Arsenal tied the score in the bottom of the second against Hawk starter
Kirk Stambaugh
(Wayne State/Sylvania), the Hawk lumber company unloaded.
In the third inning,
Mike Lollo
(Siena Heights/Allen Park, MI) grounded a one-out double down the left field line and moved to third with two out.
Ryan Williams
(Tiffin/Maumee) then delivered a run-scoring single, and
Drew Kuns
(Bowling Green/Oregon) blasted a long double to left-center. Next,
Brett Howard
(Siena Heights/Toledo) temporarily tied Croak in the day's "home run derby" with his own three-run shot to left-center that followed Kuns' arc, plus added distance over the fence. When Croak subsequently followed Howard with his single, and when DeDoes reached base via error in the fourth and scored on Lollo's groundout, it made the score a comfortable 6-1.
Croak, however, was not done entertaining those fans who had made the trip from the other end of Lake Erie. With two on in the fifth, he flipped another homer over the high fence in right; then, in the sixth and final inning, he hit the longest of his taters with the bases loaded while the older Hawk fans in attendance - obviously dating themselves with a throwback to old baseball lore - chanted "REG-GIE". The grand slam did not disappoint, and Croak trotted around the bases while counting his daily RBI total on both hands.
Williams (with three hits), Kuns (two), hits by
Eric Yunker
(Ohio Northern) and DeDoes, Lollo's double and Howard's home run were all overshadowed by Croak's output. Cruising to victory on the mound was Stambaugh, who worked five innings and allowed two hits, two walks, and two runners to reach via error.
Jimmie Shaw
(Lake Erie/Holland) pitched a quick sixth inning for the victorious Hawks, who then proceeded from this mercy-shortened game to lunch and the next contest on the afternoon.
No home runs in the second game for the high-flyers from Toledo. They posted two runs in the first when both Williams and Kuns were able to score on wild pitches; the home team answered with two runs in the bottom of the first against Shaw, who took the ball to start and struggled a bit in the opening inning.
Colin Meinzer
(Wooster/Toledo) then took over on the mound for the Hawks, and a scoreless second for both sides left the game knotted at 2-2.
In the third inning, leadoff walks to Williams and Kuns were followed by a Howard fly out. Croak then expanded his daily RBI collection with run-scoring single; then, with two out, DeDoes smacked a two-run single up the middle and then was followed by run-scoring hits from Meinzer and Lollo. Meinzer worked out of trouble in both the third and fourth, stranding runners at third in both innings and keeping his team ahead, 7-2.
DeDoes took over for Meinzer in the fifth. He allowed a run in the fifth on a two-out double, then looked in total control in the sixth - however, some uncharacteristically sloppy Hawk defense allowed two unearned runs to score, tightening the game at 7-5. In the top of the seventh, the Hawks achieved a little breathing room thanks to RBI singles by
R.J. Rios
(Adrian/Toledo) and DeDoes, who punched out his third hit of the game. And with a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh, the Michigander proceeded to shut down the Arsenal and close the door on the Hawks' Tri-State season. Meinzer and DeDoes both had two strikeouts in their three-inning stints, and Shaw had a single "K" in the first.
For the Hawks, their final Tri-State record gave them sole claim to first and a stellar 26-8 mark. After a closing Sunday contest against their Hawk bretheren (Toledo Black), they will head into the NAPB World Series next weekend (August 4-7) in Toledo.
Go (Gold) Hawks !!! -S.D.
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text: UWA announces Integrated Marketing Communications major Posted: April 18, 2012 Author: Betsy ComptonStudents interested in a career with opportunities to combine interests in technology, creativity, and communication can now take the lead through a new program at the University of West Alabama. Beginning the fall semester of 2012, UWA will offer a bachelor of science and bachelor of arts in Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC). Offered by the 176-year-old institution's College of Liberal Arts, the IMC program comes only months after the announcement of the marketing degree program offered by UWA's College of Business, which academic administrators say will serve as a valuable sister program to the IMC degree. Such a unique course of study is not offered at any other four-year institution in Alabama, and the nearest offered is nearly 200 miles from Livingston. "Within the past decade, blogs, texting, interactive media, social media, podcasts, the Internet, and multimedia platforms have integrated with traditional media outlets in a movement that has been termed 'convergent journalism,'" explained Dr. Amy H. Jones, assistant professor of journalism and speech. These technologies, according to Jones, have enabled journalists to instantly reach diverse audiences worldwide via a variety of platforms. "Their media messages are most effective when strategically designed with a well-defined audience in mind and when employing the appropriate style, tone, and medium to tailor the message to the intended audience. Therefore, journalists need a broad understanding of marketing analysis and market research to effectively target desired audiences," Jones said. In pursuit of the IMC degree, students will demonstrate enhanced journalism and marketing skills as they participate in real world, hands-on activities and programs through course projects, practica, and an internship. Ultimately, they will integrate learned journalism skills with marketing principles through a department-approved capstone project. In addition to the College of Liberal Arts Core curriculum, coursework required for the program will include hours in communications, marketing, and behavioral science. Students will explore graphic design, marketing, advertising, web design, social media marketing, broadcasting, and other subjects essential in the integration of the fields. Jones, a lead faculty member for the new program, conducted an employment report to find that the majority of employee positions utilizing integrated journalism and marketing skills, those like web developers, public relations managers, program directors, multimedia artists, and advertising managers, require a bachelor's degree. Jones said Alabama employment predictions also show an increase in annual job openings in more than 10 IMC related fields and a projected total of more than 500 annual job openings through the year 2018. Nationwide projections, she said, mirror these findings. IMC graduates can expect to find work relatively easily with advertising or public relations agencies, colleges and universities, non-profit organizations, professional sports teams, television stations, magazines, newspapers, all levels of government, and countless other realms. "This is an engaging degree program that develops graduates with convergent journalism skills, the ability to reach desired audiences, and the knowledge to research the effectiveness of media messages," Jones said. "Our goal is to prepare students for success in the digital media age with a well-rounded, integrated education." For more information about the College of Liberal Arts or its Integrated Marketing Communications degree programs, visit www.uwa.edu/cola, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call Dr. Amy H. Jones at (205) 652-3558. See More UWA News


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February 20, 2013
Rachel Homan's Ontario rink remains unbeaten at Scotties Tournament of Hearts
By TIM BAINES, QMI Agency
KINGSTON, ONT. - Rachel Homan is dialed in. So is the rest of her young team of elite shotmakers.
And now, the Ontario foursome, out of the Ottawa Curling Club, is on a collision course with the only other undefeated team at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts -- a Thursday morning wakeup call against Manitoba's Jennifer Jones.
While it came down to the last shot in Jones' 8-5 win over previously unbeaten Team Canada, Homan put Saskatchewan's Jill Shumay away early, scoring four in the eighth end and getting the early handshakes in an 8-2 win.
It was impressive. Players have known for awhile what curling fans are seeing up close. Homan, Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk and Lisa Weagle are the future. And what a brilliant future it is.


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Two notes from the tech/media playground of particular interest to advertisers:
Univision crows this morning that July will mark the first month in which the Spanish language TV network attracted more 18-to-34-year-old viewers in primetime than any network -- including English language giants ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC. Indeed, its Los Angeles outlet, KMEX, was the most watched station in the country among all viewers, according to The Nielsen Company ratings.
Yes, summer is when the larger broadcast networks typically run their weakest shows. And the World Cup helped Univision play offense. But the network also scored with new telenovellas including Hasta El Dinero Nos Separe ("Until Money Do Us Part") and Soy Tu Duena ("I'm Your Boss Lady").
Also, Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente says this morning that the anemic economy prompted him to lower his forecast for overall spending this year. He projects ad sales to grow 5%, to $171.8 billion, down from his earlier forecast for 5.5% growth.
But some media need not feel gloomy. He now expects advertisers to spend 11.8% more this year on the Internet, raising his previous projection for 8.9% growth.
Also, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision last year to lift caps on corporate spending for electoral candidates could help political ad sales to grow 35% vs. 2008 -- mostly benefitting TV and newspapers. At that rate, political ads would account for 1.4% of all ad sales.
By David Lieberman
Technology Live covers computers, electronics, and the Internet, with a focus on cutting-edge technology that has a real impact on your life. Our reporters and editors -- based in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, and Washington – offer news and tips to help you make the most of your digital domain. More about the team
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text: Cartoons criticised for making Dads look "useless" and "lazy" A survey conducted by Netmums has revealed that parents think TV is damaging children's perceptions of fatherhood Comments Written By Ellie Walker-Arnott 10:23 AM, 12 June 2013 Homer Simpson has come under fire from online parent community Netmums. The overweight, rude and ignorant patriarch of the Simpson family is among the subjects of a recent poll by the parenting website, which asked over 2,000 voters whether TV dads are giving real-life fathers a bad name. And the results? Popular cartoons like The Simpsons, Peppa Pig and The Flintstones have been slammed for their "feckless" father figures, with 46% of parents agreeing that the cartoons show dads as "lazy or stupid." Netmums say the poll suggests that depictions of dads in entertainment are damaging children's perceptions of fatherhood, with 93% of voters saying that children's TV shows don't fairly represent real-life dads. 28% even claim it's a "very subtle form of discrimination", with 18% thinking dads on telly make children think fathers are "useless" from an early age. And it's not just children's shows who fail to give the younger generation strong male role models. The Netmums survey goes on to name and shame My Family, Outnumbered and Shameless for their "incompetent" father figures. Netmums founder Siobhan Freegard said: "It's never been harder to be a father but good dads have never been more needed by their families. So it seems perverse we are telling men to step up and be involved, while running them down in the media. "The type of jokes aimed at dads would be banned if they were aimed at women, ethnic minorities or religious groups," she continued. "Some people claim 'it's just a joke' – but there's nothing amusing about taking away good role models for young boys." What do you think? Is Homer Simpson damaging perceptions of fatherhood? Are dads misrepresented in the media? Let us know in the comment box below... Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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The Garland City Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Garland City Civic Center at 72 North Main Street, Garland, Utah. The purpose of the hearing is to hear public input on the purposed changes to the Manufacturing Zoning Ordinance. A copy of the amended ordinance is available for review at the Garland City Office, 72 North Main Street, Garland, Utah. For more information contact Sharlet Anderson at (435) 257-3118.
Sharlet Anderson, Recorder
Published in the Leader on February 8, 2012.


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Comment on League of Legends Ahri Cosplay by Miyuko by Dzung:
Are you retarded or something?
Recent comments by Dzung:
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- Behold China's Cutest Cat:
This guy is a disgrace to Sankaku's traditional censorship. Leon, YOU FAILED US!
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In the fucking Cthulhu' shit heap outta space.
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WTF is a privilage?
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Hi, I'm new around here but I've been a fan of most things Palahniuk for years.
I just thought I would submit something to The Cult that honestly, has been a long time coming.
It's a still from the movie of Ed Norton as The Narrator, combined with a line from the book. Thus the "Joe" instead of the "Jack".
For those who don't know what a vector design is, you can look at the shapes involved in the illustration here: http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x79/andyellusive/FCoutline.jpg
Anyways, hope you guys enjoy and I will probably be back to submit a few book covers I created for three of my favorite Palahniuk books. :)


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Search and rescue team locates missing man in Desolation Wilderness
October 4, 2012
Search and rescue volunteers located a 38-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., man after he separated from his friends while hiking in Desolation Wilderness.
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office received a call at about 6 p.m. Sunday reporting that Chris Major did not return to Echo Lakes Lodge as planned after hiking with three friends, said Lt. Tim Becker in a Monday statement.
After hiking to Lake Aloha then to Lake of the
Woods, the group of hikers voluntarily separated Sunday afternoon and planned to meet up at the lodge.
The other three members of the group became worried when Major did not arrive as planned, Becker said. Sheriff's deputies responded and continually checked surrounding roadways in case Major walked out during the night, and search and rescue volunteers prepared to search the area, Becker said.
Foot teams and a California Highway Patrol helicopter were used to search the Desolation area.
About 9:20 a.m. Monday, the Sheriff's Office received information that a text message was sent to Major's friend, saying he was with other hikers in the wilderness area.
About 30 minutes later, the Sheriff's Office received information that Major had made a cell phone call to his friend, Becker said
Search and rescue personnel were able to speak directly with Major and determine his location, meeting up with him in the backcountry about 10:35 a.m.
Search and rescue volunteers assisted Major in walking out to Echo Lakes Lodge about 11:30 a.m. Monday.
He had several minor cuts and abrasions from climbing through brush and over rocks but declined medical treatment.
Major told SAR personnel that he had started a small fire to keep himself warm through the night, then came across the other hikers in the morning, Becker said.
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Thanksgiving is around the corner, and it's time to be thinking about what kind of cool outdoor stuff you want to put on your Christmas wish list.
Of course, there are the obvious items, like new rods, reels or tackleboxes. And don't forget to add lures — they make great stocking stuffers!
But one item that may get overlooked that I've found to be an invaluable, nifty gadget is my Kodak Playsport camera. It's a sponsor of mine that I've found to be very beneficial to my fishing and hunting.
I realize most anglers already carry digital cameras or can rely on their cell phones for capturing that photo of their next trophy fish before it's released.
But the Playsport is more than that. It's a video camera and a still camera packaged in a handheld unit about the size of a small cell phone.
Think about the possibilities!
I carry mine when fishing with the kids or my buddies to capture video of them hooking and landing fish. It also comes in handy when pre-fishing those lakes during the drawdown period. I can shoot images of the shallow cover and structure and review them when the lake is at full pool.
And, during hunting season, I carry it with me in the deer stand to videotape deer I pass up or to show my friends some of the cool things that happen in the woods. Instead of simply telling friends about the big deer I saw, I can show them the video to prove it.
The camera is waterproof down to 10 feet and built to handle the rugged outdoor environment. It's even got a 4X zoom feature for capturing those scenes that are farther away. It has image stabilization built into it, which eliminates a lot of the blur you get from "camera shake" in some videotapings.
It comes with a small tripod that is handy in the boat. When hunting, I'll hang it on a branch in the tree stand.
The Playsport operates on a rechargeable battery and has full 1080HD recording as well as 5-megapixel still photo capabilities. It offers 128 MB of internal memory but also has a SD/SDHC card expansion slot for up to 32 gigs.
The camera has a 2-inch back screen for viewing, and video can be downloaded on PC or Mac computers. It sells for $149.99 at Bass Pro Shops.
Kodak also offers the Playsport "bundle" that includes the camera, remote control, extra battery, special software, wrist strap, a 4-gig high speed SDHC card, camouflage hard case and more. It sells for $249.99.
The Playsport may not put more fish in the boat, but it gives you a lot of options for catching those special moments. The fact it's designed to handle the outdoors and works well for everyday use makes it even more practical.
Visit www.kodakoutdoors.com for details or check it out at www.basspro.com.


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in many ways i am an old school Homosexual. i like fashion, decorating, and opera, i can cook and knit and sew, i can be cavalier about pronouns, i dress in drag on halloween and i'm GOOD at it, i can quote "all about eve," "the women." and "mildred pierce."
i have a certainly nostalgia for the fay dandy of the 60's.
i'm out and proud and don't care who knows it. i have my own developing sense of style and individuality that i nurture and cherish.
on the flip side, i can knock down and rebuild a wall, change a light fixture and build a barbeque grill. ain't afraid to get grimy and sweaty and sometimes leave the house wearing that!!!???
I'm both interesting and interested.
my go to dvds are: (the new) pride and prejudice; fifth element; sleepy hollow; mildred pierce. the disclaimer here is these are some of the movies i own and i have seen them so often that i really don't have to watch them anymore, they are like visiting with old friends. other favorites are (cocteau's) beauty and the beast, sudden fear, all about eve,
librarily, i'm currently curious about fan sequels to pride and prejudice. i read a lot of fantasy/sci fi. recently i like china mieville, neil gaiman, george martin.
road trips
breakfast out
smart cocktails
bacon (see #3, I guess)
sputter sput sput dang! outta gas


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LT-R450 Tech: UM Racing Pro Peg install and HEP rear number plate bracket
Project Suzuki LTR-450 Quadracer
If you plan on racing your Suzuki LTR there are two things that most every user will need to add. Number one is nerf bars. Most promoters will require nerf's before letting you on the track to race. There are a few off-road and desert series that do not but most events do require them. Number two is a rear number plate. The same goes here in that most event promoters will require a rear number plate on your LTR. And given the new center exit exhaust pipe this is a little more difficult than just zip tying a number plate to your rear grab bar.
Nerf Bars
For nerf bars we turned to UM Racing. UM has recently released a complete line of Suzuki LT-R450 parts including new pro-peg nerf bars. You can get all of the parts either powder coated black or ball burnished aluminum. So while ordering our new pro-pegs in black we decided to also add a UM Pro SX front bumper and a UM V2 rear grab bar.
Rear Number Plate
With the new center exit rear exhaust on the Suzuki LT-R450 number plate mounting is a tad more difficult. You can't just take a normal plate drill a couple holes and zip tie it in place.(Trust us. We tried that.) For a rear number plate we turned to HEP Products. We use HEP rear fender brackets on our YFZ and know their products are very nicely done. The HEP rear number plate is made from .125" aluminum and is cut-out using water jet technology. They come in a number of different color combinations.
First up was the front bumper. This is a simple 4 bolt installation.
Next is installation of the UM Performance Products Pro-Peg nerf bars for the LT-R450.
Last but not least is installation of the UM rear grab bar and the HEP Products Suzuki LT-R450 rear number plate bracket.
Race Tested
We have race tested the UM and HEP products and have discovered no problems. Both are holding up very well with the exception of some of the black powder coat in a few spots. We are very happy with the grip from wide foot pegs. For $34.95 the HEP number plate and bracket sure beats the heck out of zip ties.
Next month we will report on our rebuilt shocks courtesy of iShock.
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