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South Region
Use this as your guide.
(16) UT Arlington 78 (9) Oregon 68
The upsets continue as UT Arlington becomes the 2nd #16 to advance, and they did it in impressive fashion against the Ducks. You may be surprised that Oregon led only once at 11-10, but found themselves down 47-33 at halftime. Malik Hairston rallied the Ducks though and cut the lead to 65-61 with 5:30 to play, but the Mavericks sealed the upset by scoring the next 8 and never looking back.
(11) Kentucky 66 (15) Cornell 65
A courageous effort by the Big Red saw them not only never take the lead, but fall by one point to Billy Gillespie's Kentucky side. Kentucky went off to a fast start in this game with Ramel Bradley and Joe Crawford lighting it up for a 21-11 bulge. Baskets were traded and Cornell cut it to 34-25 on a buzzer beater heading into halftime.
Cornell stunned the Wildcats with a 15-6 run in 6 minutes and tied it at 40-40 after a Ryan Wittman three pointer. Kentucky answered back and scored 7 more to make it 47-40 led by Perry Stevenson with 12:02 left in the game. The Big Red would not lie down and fought their way back and cut it to 66-65 with 1:28 left. The turning point of the game could've gone Cornell's way when Michael Porter snagged a huge offensive rebound for Kentucky, only to see Perry Stevenson get called for an offensive foul with :33 left.
Last chance for Cornell, and Adam Gore misses it with :12 left, Alex Tyler forced to foul Ramel Bradley with :08 left. It's a 1 and 1 situation…and Bradley misses, Collin Robinson for the win!!!!! NO!!!! KENTUCKY SURVIVES!
(12) Oral Roberts 72 (13) Temple 68
The Golden Eagles advance to the sweet 16 with a close win over Temple 72-68. Like many of these tournament games, one team would get off to the fast start, and it would be Oral Roberts. Temple fought back and cut it to 33-27 with the first half winding down, but a disheartening finish for the Owls had them down 41-30 all of a sudden.
Midway through the 2nd half, Adam Liberty knocked down a triple to give the Golden Eagles a 57-47 lead. An improbable 10-0 run by Temple and the underdogs led for the first time since the opening tip at 2-0. Final minutes left, and Dionte Christmas hits a go ahead triple for Temple to make it 66-64, but back the other way came Shawn King for his 10th point to tie it at 66-66.
The key moment in the game came when Dionte Christmas missed both of his free throws with 1:28 left, either one would've given them the lead. Moses Ehambe, who had the hot hand from three point range, made them pay and broke it open with his 4th three of the game, 69-66 with 1:08 left. Christmas did redeem himself and made both free throws later on to cut it to 69-68 with :49 left. But back came Ehambe to make it 71-68. Mark Tyndale's desperate attempt to tie it was missed badly with :12 left, and Marchello Vealy hit the front end of the 1 and 1 to seal it 72-68 in an entertaining affair.
(10) St. Mary's 77 (15) Austin Peay 66
The game was actually closer than the score indicates. The #15 seed Governors hung around against the WCC champion Gaels and were down only 42-35 at halftime. Down 55-48 with 14:43, Austin Peay rallied for an 13-2 run and held the Gaels without a field goal for over minutes to take a stunning 61-57 lead with 6:29 left. However Tron Smith hit a huge three that sparked a 7-0 run by St. Mary's for a 64-61 advantage.
In the end, with the score tied at 64-64, the Governors allowed St. Mary's to rattle off 11 in a row in the final 3:55 of the game and St. Mary's advances to Houston.
And the sweet 16 matchups in Houston are:
(12) Oral Roberts vs. (16) UT Arlington
(10) St. Mary's vs. (11) Kentucky
West Region
(8) BYU 70 (16) Mississippi Valley State 52
Wow this was bad….a last second three by the Delta Devils avoided them humiliation of being the first team in this tourney to lose by over 20.
(11) Baylor 69 (14) Georgia 58
Boring again….
(10) Arizona 78 (15) Belmont 75
Heartbreak for Belmont yet again as the Wildcats survive to advance to Anaheim. It looked like Arizona was in the driver's seat starting the game 8-0 up (and up by as many as 16 in the first half before the 43-32 halftime edge), and it got even worse for the Bruins in the 2nd half. With 13:37 left, Chase Budinger put the lead back up to 16, 61-45.
It took a very long time for the comeback to develop, but when it did, it was 78-73 Arizona with under 2:00 to play. Andy Wicke's two FTs cut it to 78-75 with 1:36 to go. Arizona turned it over on the next possession, Will Peeples to tie it for Belmont! Not a chance, and with :28 left, Jerryd Bayless missed a jumper but Juwann McClellan grabbed the offensive board and Belmont was unable to foul and that ended the run for Belmont.
(4) UConn 78 (5) Drake 76 OT
Drake sees their game end in OT heartbreak again. UConn overcame a sluggish start, only to take a 12 point lead near the end of the half, only to see it shrink to 34-28 at halftime, but Craig Austrie, AJ Price and Jeff Adrien put up impressive first half performances.
Hasheem Thabeet in the 2nd half connected from the paint and gave the Huskies their largest lead of the game, 49-36. The Bulldogs clawed their way back and cut it to 61-56 with 3:39 remaining, setting up for a dramatic regulation finish that I'll narrate as if I was Gus Johnson:
"3:13 to go, Young for three!!! OHHHHHH!!! It's a 61-59 game!! Wiggins for UConn, NO!!! Emmenecker to the bucket!!! HE HAS TIED IT!!!!! 61-61!!! OH THE BULLDOGS HAVE RALLIED FROM 13 DOWN TO TIE IT UP!!! Price back in for UConn, Price, RISE AND FIRE FOR THREE!!! BIG TIME SHOT BY PRICE!!!!!!! Brent Heemserk, no, gets the board, the STICKBACK BY HEEMSERK!"
(Fast forward to :40 left)
"Leonard Houston, fouled! Jeff Adrien fouls him and Drake can take the lead. Houston misses the first…..ties it at 64-64!!!"
"Adrien WITH :07!!! ADRIEN NEAR THE PAINT!!! OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! UConn LEADS IT WITH :02 LEFT!!!!!!!!"
Thank you, you're a great crowd. UConn were not flattened and scored the first 5 in OT, back to Gus Johnson for the finish:
"Korver for three..and he answers Price's three. Robinson, no good from three, Houston, KORVER FROM THREE AGAIN!!! OH HE IS ON FIRE!!! DRAKE LEADS 72-71 WITH 1:59!!"
"Adrien, and UConn back on top, courtesy of Jeff Adrien! Back and forth they go! HOUSTON!!! YES!!! DRAKE LEADS AGAIN!! Austrie, STOLEN BY JOSH YOUNG!! KORVER FEELING IT!!! CONTINUE FEELING IT YOUNG FELLA!!! DRAKE 76-73!!!!"
"Adrien, spectacular game from Adrien! :53 left, 76-75 Drake leads!! This, is April Action folks!"
":25 left, Robinson STEALS IT FOR UCONN!!! ADRIEN TO AUSTRIEEEEEEEEEE!!!OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! UCONN!! UNBELIEVABLE!!! :12 to go!!!!"
"YOUNG TO FORCE DOUBLE OT!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!! AND UCONN IS GOING TO ANAHEIM TO PLAY IN THE SWEET 16!!! 78-76 in OT OVER DRAKE!! WHAT A FINISH!!!"
So here are your West Region sweet 16 matches:
(10) Arizona vs. (11) Baylor
(4) UConn vs. (8) BYU
And the full sweet 16:
(12) Oral Roberts vs. (16) UT Arlington
(10) St. Mary's vs. (11) Kentucky
(4) Vanderbilt vs. (16) Portland State
(6) USC vs. (7) Gonzaga
(8) Indiana vs. (13) Winthrop
(10) South Alabama vs. (14) Boise State
(10) Arizona vs. (11) Baylor
(4) UConn vs. (8) BYU
If you don't see me update the tournament tomorrow in all likelihood all update it on Monday for you. This is April Action folks!


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"Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice."
Job 19: 7
We have made our way to a pivotal chapter in Job – chapter 19 – and we're going to stay here for a while and mine this chapter quite a bit, as there are nuggets of pure God-gold in here!
I received a phone call in my car the other day.
I had my phone hooked up via blue-tooth in the car. That means that I could take calls, listen to music, and get directions, all from phone through the car's speakers wirelessly.
The phone rang and it was my friend and sister-in-Christ Penny. I said, "hello" but she didn't respond. She started asking if I could hear her. I could and said so, but again she didn't respond.
What had happened was that I had inadvertently hit the "privacy" button on the console that allowed me to hear the call but the caller couldn't hear me.
I could talk to her but she wouldn't respond because she couldn't hear me.
She was talking to me and I could hear her, but she couldn't hear me.
It was frustrating until I figured out what the problem was. But by this time she had hung up.
So I called her back and I made sure that my car was not in "privacy" mode. We could then have our conversation.
Job has been calling out to God after being afflicted with disease, losing all his material possessions, and enduring the death of his ten children.
This must frustrate Job to no end! He calls out, cries out, and receives no answer. I don't know if Job expected to receive a literal answer from God. We do know that God did have actual conversations with people in that time period – he talked directly to Abraham and Jacob, so it is possible!
But now that Job needs desperately to hear from God, he gets no answer!
I've been there. I've cried out to God and it seemed as if heaven was turning a deaf ear to me!
But no answer can be an actual answer. And this appears to be what Job is experiencing.
God doesn't answer Job because God wants Job to cry out to him, to seek him, and to never turn his back on him!
This is sometimes called the "alien work of God."
The "alien" or "strange" work of God is "when he terrifies, because to make alive and comfort is God's own proper work. But he terrifies … for this reason—that there may be a place for comfort and making alive. For hearts that are secure and do not feel God's wrath hate consolation" (Apology of the Augsburg Confession, taken from The Reader's Edition of the Book of Concord, ©2005, 2006 Concordia Publishing House, page 164).
God is silent to Job so that Job will continue to cry out to him!
This will not go on indefinitely – as we see God finally speaking to Job in chapter 38.
And the same is true for us! One of the reasons we may go through rough times and devastating periods in life is so that we will seek out God. He may be preparing us for the incredible blessings that he will give us!
As we continue through this set of Job devotions from chapter 19, we will see that God's plan is working well! Job will continue to seek God, cry out to him, and will give an incredible confession of faith in God!
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Describing the Great Transition
People from diverse backgrounds and disciplines are seeing the potential for a global transition to a more promising future. Social visionaries and professional futurists, scientists and spiritual leaders, systems thinkers, biologists, cosmologists, and depth psychologists—all have begun to see the possibility of a shift to a workable and meaningful future that we can co-create together. In turn, many different phrases have been used to describe our pivotal times and a number of these are presented below. Importantly, the name given to each phrase embodies a positive view of the future and a promising pathway through these challenging times.
The Global Brain Awakens
Used by: Peter Russell, Duane Elgin
Peter Russell has popularized the phrase "the global brain" and its awakening. He describes how the human family has moved from a long history of geographic separation to, within a generation or two, nearly instantaneous global communication and connection. Humanity has developed tools that are supporting a quantum increase in our collective communication—and our collective consciousness—as a species.
In the following video, Peter talks about the origin of his thesis of a global brain, before the Internet even existed as such, discussing the parallels between our own brains and the growing interconnectivity of our computer networks. But will it be a sane or insane global brain? That depends upon the level of consciousness of us human beings, the neurons of the global brain. Can we free ourselves from our current ego-centric mode of consciousness so that we can use the global brain with wisdom?
Duane Elgin has described the awakening of the Earth in a book by that same name: Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness (1993). In the following video, Peter Russell and Duane Elgin discuss the role of media and the Internet in our collective awakening in a half-hour program called "Take Back the Airwaves":
The Great Disruption
Used by: Paul Gilding
The Great Disruption is a book by the independent writer and activist for sustainability, Paul Gilding. Gilding writes:
"It's time to stop just worrying about climate change. We need instead to brace for impact because global crisis is no longer avoidable. This Great Disruption started in 2008, with spiking food and oil prices and dramatic ecological changes, such as the melting ice caps. It is not simply about fossil fuels and carbon footprints. We have come to the end of Economic Growth, Version 1.0, a world economy based on consumption and waste, where we lived beyond the means of our planet's ecosystems and resources. The Great Disruption offers a stark and unflinching look at the challenge humanity faces-yet also a deeply optimistic message. The coming decades will see loss, suffering, and conflict as our planetary overdraft is paid; however, they will also bring out the best humanity can offer: compassion, innovation, resilience, and adaptability. The crisis represents a rare chance to replace our addiction to growth with an ethic of sustainability, and it's already happening. It's also an unmatched business opportunity: Old industries will collapse while new companies will literally reshape our economy. In the aftermath of the Great Disruption, we will measure "growth" in a new way. It will mean not quantity of stuff but quality and happiness of life. Yes, there is life after shopping."
Here is a video where Paul Gilding describes, "The Great Disruption: How humankind can thrive in the 21st Century." Gilding argues that humanity's capacity for compassion, innovation and resilience will be required to meet the economic and environmental challenges facing us.
The Great Transformation
Used by: Karl Polanyi, George Leonard
The Great Transformation is the title of a well-known book by author Karl Polanyi. Published in 1944, he viewed the integrated rise of the market economy and society as a "great transformation." His book describes the shift from the world of the commons to that of the total market order. Polanyi argued that the coming of the market order swept aside all sorts of social arrangements that had prevailed for millennia of human history: the role of family, kinship, community and religion, the importance of moral order and other non-market principles. Using the same phrase, other authors see the prospect of an even greater transformation. One of the more well-known books describing the emergence of the 'human potential movement' and its cultural impact was written by George Leonard and published in 1987 with the title The Transformation.
Paul Hawken, author and businessman, speaks in the following way about the "New Great Transformation":
The Great Transition
Used by: Paul Raskin, Duane Elgin
An important expression of this perspective is the Great Transition Initiative that is hosted by the Tellus Institute whose director is Paul Raskin. The Great Transition Initiative writes that:
"a future of enriched lives, human solidarity, and environmental sustainability is possible. This Initiative engages a growing international network of scholars and activists that analyzes alternative scenarios and charts a path to a hopeful future. At once rigorous and inspiring, the Great Transition story brings the message that we can create a better world if we shift our values and transform our institutions. Critical to this transition is growing public awareness of the dangers ahead and the need to revise our ways of living – and living together – on this planet. In this, our time of choice, we need a vast movement of global citizens to carry forward a Great Transition."
One of their key publications is The Great Transition: The Promise and Lure of the Times Ahead. Here is Paul Raskin speaking about "The Great Transition":
The descriptions of humanity's transitions through a series of stages of development is central to the work of Duane Elgin and can be found in his books and other writings. Duane also has a range of videos exploring themes relevant to our time of great transition. For example, the following video, "Humanity's Level of Maturity," is a mini-documentary that looks at the human species and asks, "What is our collective level of maturity? Toddler? Teenager? Adult? Elder?"
The Great Turning
Used by: Joanna Macy, David Korten, Duane Elgin
The Great Turning is a phrase that has come into widespread use to describe the overarching process that our society is going through that has the potential to take us to a world in which sustainability and cooperation will guide our way of life. As presented by David Korten, the core messages of 'The Great Turning' center on the human imperative to turn from organizing human relationships by dominator hierarchy, which he refers to generically as "Empire," to a partnership model he refers to as "Earth Community." Korten's underlying framework of the defining human choice between domination and hierarchy is based on Riane Eisler's book, The Chalice and the Blade. Drawing inspiration from Thomas Berry's book, Dream of the Earth, Korten makes a compelling case in The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community (2007) that the defining work of the Great Turning is to change the stories that frame the culture.
This phrase came into more popular usage with the publication, in 1989, of a book by Craig Schindler and Gary Lapid, The Great Turning: Personal Peace - Global Victory, with an endorsement from Joanna Macy who, with workshops and writing, has played a major role in acquainting the public with the term and its underlying concept of deep change. See, for example, her video on the importance of living on the knife edge of uncertainty as to whether we will accomplish "The Great Turning."
In 2006, David Korten, who picked up the term from Joanna, published The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community (2007) to describe the dimensions of the current human crisis, its historical origin, and the crucial elements of the cultural and institutional transformation we must now navigate. Here he speaks about "The Great Turning":
In 2000, Duane Elgin used the phrase "the great turning" to describe our pivotal time in his book Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future (2000).
The Great Work
Used by: Thomas Berry, Brian Swimme
Stephanie Kaza, professor of environmental studies, writes about awakening to our role in the Great Work, and the important role of Thomas Berry: Pioneering ecotheologian, Catholic priest, and cultural historian Thomas Berry put forth one of the earliest visions of spiritual ecology in The Dream of the Earth (1988). With his best-known book, The Great Work: Our Way into the Future, Berry extends his invitation for us to imagine and participate in the realizing of this dream. The title "The Great Work" derives from Berry's long-range perspective on cultural history. He sees history as "governed by those overarching movements that give shape and meaning to life by relating the human venture to the larger destinies of the universe." (p. 1). The Great Work of a people or era is the creating of such an overarching movement. This generation's Great Work, he argues, is the transformative effort to change human-Earth relations from disruptive and destructive to mutually enhancing and beneficial.
See the following video on Berry's view of the 'Great Work' as seen by himself and others:
An Awakening Earth
Used by: Duane Elgin, Peter Russell
As humanity awakens, so does the Earth. Individually and collectively, we are vehicles of conscious knowing and reflection that have emerged from the Earth and Cosmos. Unfolding our capacity for reflective consciousness represents the flowering of nearly 14 billion years of evolution. Duane Elgin has written a book titled Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness (1993). He views the co-evolution of culture and consciousness as a natural unfolding and describes a 'subtle intelligence' that patiently sustains our cosmos over billions of years and now invites our further development and awakening.
Peter Russell has written about the 'Awakening Earth' from the perspective of an exponential increase in the growth of computer-based intelligence and human interconnectivity, creating a global brain that can turn on and become self-reflective. See his website for extensive resources: http://www.PeterRussell.com
Below is a half-hour conversation between Peter Russell and Duane Elgin about the theme of an awakening Earth.
As further background, the phrase "Great Awakening" is sometimes used to refer to a period of religious revival in American religious history occurring in three or four waves between the early 18th century and the late 20th century. Each of these "great awakenings" was characterized by widespread revivals led by evangelical Protestant ministers. However, the current "awakening" is quite different. It is global in scope rather than confined to a particular country. In addition, this awakening is being pushed by global economic and ecological urgency, and is being pulled by the opportunity to create a more sustainable and meaningful future. Given its depth, breadth, and reach of impact, this awakening is truly "great."
A New Earth
Used by: Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle has popularized the phrase, A New Earth with his book of the same name. In his view, the current state of humanity is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, and is one of dangerous insanity. He writes that there is an alternative to this potentially dire situation. Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new consciousness. Here is Eckhart talking about a "new Earth."
Planetary Birth
Used by: Barbara Marx Hubbard, Charles Eisenstein, Duane Elgin
Here is Barbara Marx Hubbard speaking about her vision of the birth of a "universal human."
The theme of a "planetary birth" has been used by others. The following description of humanity's birth process is taken from Charles Eisenstein's book, The Ascent of Humanity (2007), pp. 539 – 541:
"(Humanity feels) ... left alone in a dead, pitiless universe, doomed by nature and human nature to struggle pointlessly for survival in a world rendered ever more horrible by our efforts. Although we might try to soldier on, the once bountiful world-womb can no longer sustain the growth of fetal humanity. The effort to squeeze just a few more years out of what remains of the Mother's resources—natural, social, cultural, and spiritual capital—will only poison the womb still further. ... It is very simple. A fetus grows; the womb is finite. The limits of growth trigger a birth crisis. Unbearable though it is ... if the status quo did not become intolerable, there would nothing to impel change—birth into a new state of being. ... Then the enormous pressures on the fetus are revealed to have a purpose, a direction as the cervix opens and a light shines through, promising a new world. The physical distress of the fetus is even greater now than it was in [the womb]. She is subject to titanic pressures that slowly propel her through the birth canal, a life and death struggle occupying the whole of her being. At this point there is no going back to the womb of the familiar, for … the pressures of birth are too great to resist. While physically more difficult [this stage] ... is easier to bear, for the light ahead gives hope and direction. For the human species, it represents our growing knowledge that another way of living is possible. We can see a glimpse of it already, the light at the end of the tunnel—the new modes of technology, money, medicine, education, and so forth. ... Collectively, we humans have experienced only the beginnings of the birth pangs that will propel us into the new world we have glimpsed. We are still able to resist, still able to deceive ourselves into thinking that we can expropriate from nature endlessly ... In the Stage … of birth, the baby is born into a new and unimagined world, where he becomes an anatomically distinct individual. In any kind of birth process, the entity being born cannot imagine what lies beyond the mother's body. In the case of humanity as well, the new society we are being born into is probably beyond imagining. Birth is a journey that starts with blissful oneness, proceeds through an increasingly unbearable confinement, climaxes in a heroic struggle, and ends with a return to the one, but at a new level of being. ... In the Age of Reunion that will follow the present birthing, we will gaze upon Mother Nature's face with the adoring eyes of an infant."
Duane Elgin uses the planetary birth metaphor in describing our current time of transition in his book Awakening Earth: Exploring the Evolution of Human Culture and Consciousness (1993), pp. 148 and 150:
"As we approach the turn of the century, we are already experiencing the labor pains that mark the birth of a more conscious species-civilization. We are enclosed within an ailing and traumatized ecosystem. There is no escape from critical problems ... In giving birth to a sustainable species-civilization, humanity will probably move back and forth through cycles of contraction and relaxation until we utterly exhaust ourselves and burn through the barriers that separate us from our wholeness as a human family. Eventually we will see that we have an unyielding choice between a badly injured (or even stillborn) species-civilization and the birth of a bruised, but relatively healthy, human family and biosphere."
Global Shift
Used by: Edmund Bourne
This is a phrase used by Edmund Bourne and is the title for his book, Global Shift: How A New Worldview Is Transforming Humanity (2008). Bourne writes that a remarkable change is taking place in the way we see ourselves and our world. The dominant materialistic, separatist worldview is giving way to a humanitarian-spiritual orientation. This shift will transform both the way humanity interacts on a global scale and how we live on a day-to-day basis. Global Shift explores the roots of such current planetary crises as climate change, diminishing resources, poverty, and disease, and explains how a new convergence of scientific research and spiritual insight is propelling us toward a more enlightened future. It also presents a call to actions we can implement now, such as voluntary simplicity, nonviolent communication, caring for our bodies, and inclusive global thinking, that can foster personal healing and bring our lives into alignment with the needs of the planet and a conscious universe.
World Shift
Used by: Ervin Laszlo, Barbara Marx Hubbard
From the bylaws of the Worldshift Foundation, 2007, is this statement:
Indisputably the world is undergoing a fundamental transformational process, a global change. Which trend the change will follow is in the hands of those, who have the decisive power to direct and design the change. Motivated by the impression that at the beginning of the 3rd millenium the trend of the change is dominated by forces, which in the past have contributed to turn our home planet into a life-threatening place for humanity as well as for vast parts of non-human nature, the undersigned are founding the WorldShift Network. As an initiative of the Club of Budapest the founders want to establish a worldwide network which traces, connects and encourages all those associations and individuals, who are working honestly and sustainably to shift the life-threatening trend of the global change into a life-fostering direction, and lead them to political effectiveness within civil society.
See: http://www.worldshiftnetwork.org/action/
Here is Ervin Laszlo speaking about World Shift:
Here is Barbara Hubbard speaking about World Shift:
Jump Time
Used by: Jean Houston
The phrase "Jump Time" refers to a book by Jean Houston and to:
- The shift in human nature that is moving people to discover and use dormant or little-known capacities.
- How the breakthroughs in technological connection and the new ways of being in community in global society are repatterning human consciousness.
- How a dramatic new awareness of our shared and intermingled ecology, culture, economy, and ethnicity are creating a different kind of human being for the twenty-first century.
- How the uprising of spiritual yearning and cross-fertilization of the wisdom and practices of world spiritual tradition are newly uniting us to one another as well as to the universe.
Here is Jean Houston speaking about this new phase in history:
Humanity's Fire of Initiation
Initiation is a rite of passage ceremony marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense it can also signify a transformation in which the initiate is 'reborn' into a new role. Examples of initiation ceremonies might include Hindu diksha, Christian baptism or confirmation, Jewish bar or bat mitzvah, acceptance into a fraternal organization, secret society or religious order, or graduation from school or recruit training.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiation
Humanity's Rite of Passage
A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's progress from one status to another. It is a universal phenomenon which can show anthropologists what social hierarchies, values and beliefs are important in specific cultures. Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as other milestones within puberty, coming of age, marriage and death. Initiation ceremonies such as baptism, confirmation and Bar or Bat Mitzvah are considered important rites of passage for people of their respective religions.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rite_of_passage
Humanity's Supreme Test
The second major stage in the Hero's journey is that of a supreme test and profound initiation. To overcome, the hero must reach beyond the ego to a larger spiritual potential. Many people think that we have moved into the time of initiation for our human family. Buckminster Fuller said our times would test of the evolutionary intelligence of our species.


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Despite being one of the most useful kitchen appliances, microwaves can be big eyesores that take up a large amount of counter space. Whether you need more counter space for meal preparation or you just want to give your kitchen a clean, seamless feel, the solution may be to mount your microwave to the wall. The best place to mount a microwave is under a cabinet; the cabinet will provide support that can hold the microwave's weight. The mounting process is simple and should take no more than 30 minutes.
Things You'll Need
- Microwave
- Mounting plate
- Stud finder
- Tape measure
- Scotch tape
- Drill
- Screwdriver
Purchase a mounting plate for the microwave at any hardware or home appliance store. Be sure to purchase a plate that is large enough to fit your particular microwave.
Locate the center of the area where you plan to install the wall mount with a tape measure. Mark this spot with a pencil.
Locate the studs in the wall by using the stud finder. If you do not have an electric stud finder, you can simply tap the wall. If you hear a hollow sound, there is not a stud; when you hear a solid noise, you have found the stud. Mark each stud in the area with a pencil.
Align the center mark you drew in step two with the center of the wall template included with the wall mount. Half of the template should be on the wall and the other half should be on the bottom of the cabinet.
Attach the wall template to the wall using scotch tape.
Draw marks on the wall through the holes in the corners of the wall template. Then mark one of the holes at the bottom of the template that is located on one of the studs you marked in step three.
Drill holes in each of the marks you made. The drill size will vary depending on the screws included with your mounting plate. In most cases, you will need a 3/16-inch bit (for holes in studs) or a 3/8-inch bit (for holes not in a stud).
Screw the mounting plate onto the wall by aligning the holes in the plate with the holes you have drilled in the wall.
Drill the necessary holes on the bottom of the cabinet, as indicated on the template. These holes will allow you to run the power cord through the cabinets, so as not to create visible wire clutter.
Lift the microwave up to the mounting plate and place it on the support tabs at the bottom of the plate.
Thread the power cord through the upper cabinet holes.
Tighten the screws the upper part of the plate. Once secure, you should not notice a gap between the upper cabinet and the microwave.
Tips & Warnings
- For the mount to hold the weight of the microwave, it must be secured into a minimum of one stud.
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As anticipation mounts for The Killers' Battle Born, available September 18th, the Las Vegas foursome have just debuted a video to accompany the album's first single.
In "Runaways," visual effects are simple and elegant, featuring the band in nearly every shot. Lyrics are punctuated by simple graphics of a dusty road racing by, underneath the starry sky. Though the road's flickering lines attempt to pull the viewer miles away from the band the leather clad frontman Brandon Flowers is never more than a few lyrics away.
Having produced videos for The Strokes and Daft Punk, director Warren Fu takes four rather simple stages, one featuring each band member, and masterfully fuses them together in the final notes of song.
The Killers are also determined to take over your social networks. To do this they've offered fans the opportunity to see the Battle Born album art before its revealed to the rest of the world. To receive the art, fans must complete four steps including sharing a link to their Facebook wall, sending the link to a friend, tweet a message and listen to "Runaways." See The Killers' App Facebook page for complete details.
–Jay Tilles, CBS Local
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"Maybe you best take it easy on the rotgut," Skinner said as the man at the bar raised his empty glass again. "That's your third shot in less than ten minutes. The ass isn't gonna be ready for you any sooner than it is. It's a busy night. Friday nights are always busy at the Buckhead ranch, and this was a payday here abouts. At this rate you gonna be well past ready before your number comes up."
"Maybe you're right," Jess said, with a sigh. "Rustle me up a cup of coffee then, and you might as well fill the shot glass too for a chaser. How long do you think it will be?"
"You're waitin' for Ned, ain't you? At least two ahead of you. Now if it was one of the other three . . ." He left that open. He couldn't quite catch up to why the guy wanted Ned. He was a looker himself. Good condition, especially for his age. Didn't look like he'd hit forty yet. Closer to thirty-five, Skinner thought. The hair was blond or reddish depending on how you looked at it, and he'd cleaned up before coming in. What you'd call a downright handsome face. He looked more like a guy who controlled on top rather than one who wanted it. Clothes were pretty expensive for a cowpoke. Skinner saw him in here maybe twice a year. The timing was like stopping here coming and going to the stockyards in Omaha, Nebraska, from, maybe, an eastern Wyoming ranch. Cattle driver maybe. But probably the rancher himself, not just a cowpoke.
"No, it'll have to be Ned or nothin'. I'll wait some more, but I don't have all night."
"Comin' or going to the cattle yards in Omaha?" Skinner asked. He liked to know who was using his male bordello. It was getting so that folks couldn't do what they damn well pleased on the banks of the Platte anymore. Getting too civilized for him in Nebraska of late. People were starting to look around. Those Holy Rollers were beginning to get their noses in other people's business. He could take the Holy Rollers one on one-some of his best customers were Holy Rollers-but when they got together and decided to start telling others what to do . . .
"Goin'," Jess answered. But then he tightened up. He stopped here to keep his business off of other people's tongues in Sterling, Colorado, where his ranch was. He had a family and a reputation there. "But how did you-?"
"You have cattleman writ all over you, and you come here twice a year, not far apart. In the season of the cattle drives. I'm just curious. Don't mean much by it. You can let it down in here. That's what we're all about. Gettin' here what you can't be seen gettin' where you come from. Wyoming? Laramie area maybe?"
"Somewhere close to there, yes," Jess said, tossing off the shot glass, his coffee still unfinished.
This wasn't what he wanted. Not at all. He stopped here outside North Platte not only because he knew about the place but also because he wasn't known here. Nobody knew anything about him here. He had this itch. Couldn't do anything about that. But his business was his business.
"Maybe I don't have the time to wait," he said, standing up and pushing away from the bar. "Maybe it's best if you just take my marker off the board. Hadn't tried a Friday night before. I didn't realize how busy it would be."
"Not just a Friday night. A payday Friday night," Skinner reminded him, as he stared down at the glass he was drying. He'd been too nosy.
It was true that Jess didn't really have the time for this. He'd left James and John and the hired men out on the range, on the eastern side of North Platte, and had ridden back for the evening. He figured they knew what he was doing while they camped out with the herd. They just didn't have a clue where he was doing it and who he was doing it with. His sons, James and John, didn't seem to have a problem with it-at least in thinking it would be some woman. James, nineteen, and John, eighteen, would be doing something like this soon-if they weren't already sneaking off with girls from the neighboring ranches. He had been married and had both of them in the house before he was their ages. They were both fine, strapping young men. They respected their mama, but they knew what men were prone to do. They just didn't know exactly what it was that their father wanted. And he didn't want them to know either.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to pry. There's no harm from knowing where a man's from."
Skinner could have shot himself. The man's money was good and he never caused trouble when he was in here. And he was a good looker-something for the other men to look at and dream about while they were waiting for their turn upstairs. And that he took cock-which all knew as soon as he asked for Ned-rather than was looking for male pussy like nearly all the rest in here, made him good business interest while men waited. Skinner had half a notion to make an offer to him that he take up some of Ned's slack tonight, and then he'd be getting what he wanted for nothing.
"No, no. Nothin' to it. It's just getting' late and we need to push off early in the morning."
"Catch you when you're coming back through in a week or so?"
"Yeah, maybe. Yeah, sure. I'll try not to make it a Friday night."
"That'a be good. Ned's off Sundays and Mondays."
"Good to know, thanks." Jess pulled his hat down over his eyes and headed for the door. The barkeep had mentioned Ned in a pretty loud voice and it had started a buzz again in the room. Anybody talking about Ned knew that he gave cock; he didn't take it. The mention of his name in relationship to this good-looking, nicely dressed, blond guy with a good body caused many in the room to start sniffing the air. They all were waiting longer than usual for their turn upstairs on a Friday night.
One guy, standing at the other end of the bar from where Skinner and Jess were talking, had been listening in for some time. He was taller and more muscular than Jess was. He was maybe ten years younger and several rungs down the economic scale from Jess. His drinks were being husbanded. He'd barely come in with enough money for his turn up the stairs. His clothes, a plaid shirt and jeans, with cowboy boots, were worn and a bit tight on his muscular body. This only accentuated how muscular he was, though. At closer to seven feet than six feet tall, he towered over Jess. His hands and feet were huge. The hands were calloused from hard work-probably in the fields rather than on a ranch. He was dark and swarthy, but also sultry in a sensual way.
When Skinner had looked at him and assessed him, his first thought was to wonder why he was in here at all. He didn't look like he could spare the money, but he also looked like he didn't need to come in here at all-that he could get poontang of whatever variety he wanted just by walking down the center of the street. Although maybe, from the bulge at his crotch, he scared some men off.
As Jess walked out of the barroom, Skinner started to move down the bar, thinking it was time to push another drink on the tall, dark stranger. But the man was tipping his hat, pushing his glass away from him, and turned to leave in Jess' wake.
Jess was starting to unhitch his horse at the rail, when he heard the voice, a low, smooth bass.
"Hold up a minute."
He turned to see a tall, muscular, dark-haired man walking across the porch toward him. He shivered at the sensual look of the man-the hugeness of him. His eyes focused on the man's crotch. It might not have done so if he hadn't been thinking all day on the hot and dusty trail about his planned session with Ned tonight. But he was keyed up, and disappointed he wasn't going to be getting his rocks off from Ned fucking him.
"Yes?" he said, realizing that his voice was wavering a bit.
"You wanted Ned in there. Did I hear right?"
"Yes. So?"
"So, I got tired of waitin' too. Seems we could both get off without the wait or either of us spendin' the money. You're a good-lookin' guy. I could fuck you for nothin'. Could do you right good too, I imagine. And we wouldn't be on anyone clock. I'm a double-load kind'a guy."
"I . . . I don't . . ."
The man had reached his side, put an arm around him, grabbed Jess' other arm, and pressed Jess' hand into his crotch. "Feel what you could have? There's a nice cottonwood grove over there by the Platte. I can give you a real good ride, and neither of us would have to pay for it."
* * * *
"Hold steady there," the man commanded. Jess was on all fours on the soft ground next to the riverbank. The man was crouched over him, one booted foot on the ground next to Jess' knee and the other on top of a rock next to Jess' hip. Both men were still wearing their shirts, although they were unbuttoned and flapping open. Neither was wearing britches. The man had a heavily muscled arm under Jess' heaving belly, holding him steady and his other hand wrapped around Jess' throat, arching Jess' torso back. The bulb of the man's cock was already lodged inside the rim of Jess' hole.
"Here we go," the man growled. "Gonna ride you hard."
Jess whimpered. He'd been whimpering and apprehensive ever since he'd seen the size of the man's cock and had gotten the measure of it in his mouth. "Be good to me; go slow," he pleaded.
But though, in the long run, Jess had to agree that the man was good to him, he didn't go slow.
"Oh shit! Oh, fuck!" Jess cried out as the man plunged his cock into him and started to piston hard and fast.
Afterward, Jess lay on his back, on top of an encasing arm of the man stretched beside him, moaning and babbling on about his life and what a release this was for him from the Tharp ranch east of Sterling, while the man stroked his cock. When Jess had ejaculated again, for his second time that night, the big man rolled over on top of him, lifted one of Jess' ankles to his shoulder with one hand, covered Jess' mouth tightly with the other to cover any outcries-the two having heard the men starting to leave the Buckhead ranch bar over the past twenty minutes-and thrust his cock home again.
Lying on his back and looking up at the towering figure standing over him, legs spread, feet planted on either side of Jess' thighs, Jess' eyes were arrested by the size of the cock dangling down from the man's groin. He had had this in his throat. He had had a larger measure of it up inside his ass. The man was buttoning up his shirt. He saw Jess looking up at him and laughed.
"You have a sweet channel for a man your age," he said. "I could just about go again. You get what you came for? You feel fucked?"
"Yes." Jess was still panting from the second fucking. He raised a hand and placed it on the meat of the man's calf, above the boot top. He moaned. He was exhausted, but still . . .
"You'd like me to fuck you again?"
"Yes." It came out as a moan.
The man laughed. "Maybe someday. Maybe someday I'll get to that Tharp ranch you talked about. Where? Sterling, Colorado, was it? Yeah, maybe. You were a good lay. Better than they got upstairs there at Buckhead. Can you imagine what it would have cost both of us for the time we been at it?"
A chill went up Jess' spine. Had he really told this man-this magnificently built man-where he lived? And was what he said about maybe seeing him there sounding more like a threat than a fantasy? Danger signals were buzzing in his head.
"Couldn't fuck you again unless I was hard," the man said.
It was humiliating, but Jess couldn't help himself. He grabbed the man's other calf with his other hand, and, with a groan, raised his torso so that he could open his lips over the bulb of the man's cock and sucked.
Laughing, the man grabbed Jess by the forearms, pushed him away, and lowered his torso back to the grass. "I think you've had enough," he said. "Any more and you'd need to be paying me for it."
"I would. I will-pay you for it," Jess said, his voice coming out in a whine.
The man just laughed again, stepped away from Jess' body, scooped up his jeans, and faded into the blackness of the night.
* * * *
Jess didn't remember much from the rest of the cattle drive. His thinking was consumed with the man who had fucked him on the banks of the Platte. They did camp again near North Platte on the way back to Colorado, and Jess returned to the Buckhead ranch-this time on a Wednesday evening. The visit wasn't all that satisfying, however. The session with Ned this time seemed seedy and unfulfilling in relationship to the cocking he'd gotten from the tall, dark stranger. Jess wondered if a visit to the Buckhead ranch would ever be the same again.
So preoccupied was he with both the humiliation and glory of the night on the banks of the Platte that Jess almost missed what was happening in a field at the back of the ranch house, a field his wife had been after him for a couple of years to have planted to vegetables and fruit to augment their needs, as they approached their ranch. It was James who keyed him in.
"My god, who is that? Look at how big and muscular he is, father."
Jess looked up to see the field half plowed-by a tall, muscular man guiding a plow behind two horses. The man was stripped to the waist. His torso muscles rippled and bulged from the effort. He was dark-headed and his torso and forearms were matted with curly black hair. So hard-bodied was he and so much was the exertion of his work that the veins running through his torso and arms popped out on his tanned skin.
The man looked up; it was the man. The man who had fucked Jess on the banks of the Platte. He stopped plowing momentarily and turned and gave a nod to the owner of the ranch, his two sons, and the three cowboys returning from the Omaha stockyards. Then he returned to the plowing.
Jess hoped that his gasp wasn't audible.
James was just staring hard at him. John asked his father, "Who is he, Father?"
"I have no idea. He ain't from around here."
"Perhaps Mama will know," John said.
"Indeed, maybe she will," the father answered. But he had the sinking feeling that it was his own babbling in the postcoital cooling off from sex that had led the man here. Panic set in-but so did the reaction of Jess' body. His skin was crawling with the memory of the touch of the man's strong hands on him, and his ass was twitching-also with the memory of a special touch of another kind.
* * * *
"I told you we needed to get a field plowed to vegetables and fruit," Mary told Jess over final preparations in the kitchen for dinner. "I grew weary of telling you and the man showed up looking for work. And he obviously can do the work. He has most of the field plowed already. That's more than you've gotten done for us out there in the last three years."
"Careful woman," Jess said, "You forget yourself on who makes decisions around here. The man looks like trouble. I will not-"
"Shhh, he will hear you, Jess. And the man has a name. He is Damon. Damon Smith, he told me."
"How so will he hear me, Wife?"
"He is in the dining room with the children. He has come for dinner."
"Come for dinner? Eating with the family?"
"Yes, and I have given him our old homestead cabin to live in. He's a farmer, not a cowboy, Jess. He will not mix well with the other men. And just you wait, what he produces for us will be far more useful and valuable for the family than any one of your other hired men."
Jess bit his tongue from saying that there was only danger to the family unit from this man's presence here, but he said nothing. To say anything would be to say too much. And she had a point about the man. Putting him in the bunkhouse with the cowboys would be like putting a rooster in the hen coup. And beyond that, in the back of his mind, he was thinking that having him bunking alone in the old homestead cabin had possibilities. But then he shook his head. He couldn't possibly be thinking that. The man had to go.
Dinner was covered with a veneer of comfort and conviviality, but under that was a deep layer of tension-at least for Jess, although he fancied he could feel it in others as well, except, perhaps in the man, Damon, himself and the younger son, John, who obviously saw nothing wrong in another man than his father putting his feet under the family table. James seemed drawn to the man and asked him all sorts of questions about farming. It didn't help the level of tension in the room that James' interest in farming rather than cattle ranching had a history of battle lines drawn in the family-not just between father and son but also between husband and wife, as Mary supported James in his interest.
Perhaps, Jess thought, this was the source of the tension underneath the surface of the conversation at the dinner table. Perhaps, though, it was because he had told Mary that this would be the last dinner the man took in the family dining room.
He brought the subject up near the end of the meal, saying, "We asked you to dinner as a welcome, Damon. But henceforth you will be eating in your cabin-unless you wish to eat with the other men in the bunkhouse dining room. Your meals will be brought to you unless you have said you wanted to fix a meal for yourself."
Damon took the command well-in fact he was taking the subservient roll of a field hand well at the dining room table. This didn't lessen the tension inside Jess, though, and he only hoped that when he spoke he didn't reveal how nervous-and aroused he was.
Late that evening Jess closed the Bible on his lap and spoke up. "I forgot to put out the feed for the cattle in the north pasture, Mary. I will go do that now. I may be late in getting it done. You need not sit up for me."
She looked up from the stitching she was doing, looked over her glasses at her husband, and smiled. She said nothing-not even about the tremble Jess seemed to have acquired in his hands on the just-completed cattle drive.
The path to the north pasture passed by the old homestead cabin, which was beyond the line of sight from either the ranch house or the bunk house.
A light was glowing in the cabin, and Damon was standing in the doorway, naked to the waist, An arm flung up the frame of the doorway, and his opposite hip thrust out at a provocative angle. A smile was fixed on his face as he watched Jess approach on his way to the field. He had a stalk of wheat in his mouth that he was chewing on, all casual like.
It wasn't long at all before Jess was standing at the side of the bunk beds in the cabin's second room, grasping the side slat of the upper bunk, his buttocks rearing out into the room behind him, and his feet planted firmly on the worn wood floor. Damon stood behind him, an arm wrapped around Jess' waist with a broad hand palming Jess' naked belly and the other hand around Jess' throat, arching the older man's chest back, as Damon's cock pounded hard and deep up into Jess' channel.
Jess was whimpering and moaning. Damon was laughing. He was still chewing on the stalk of wheat.
* * * *
"We must move away from the kitchen window," Mary murmured. "If he returns from the north pasture early, he might be able to see your head beside mine if he goes into the barnyard."
"Whatever you say, sweet lady," Damon whispered. He lifted her with strong, calloused hands at the waist from where he was bent over her at the kitchen sink, turned her, and, taking two steps, bent her over the kitchen table. He managed all of this without dislodging his cock from her ass channel. He moved one hand back to covering a breast in her unbuttoned dress top and the other one from her crotch, where he had a thumb on her clit and fingers buried in her cunt. He was moving the fingers, but otherwise he was standing, steady, and letting her fuck her ass on his cock.
"Please, can we go to the bedroom and do it proper-like we did before Jess got home from the cattle drive?" she whispered through pants and moans. "Jess and the boys never come into the house this time of day."
"I wouldn't want-"
"Jess lies with me frequently. If it happens, I'll have yet another magnificent boy. Jess will never know."
Damon thought rather that Jess would know. There was a hell of a difference between a normal-stature blond and a tall, husky brunette. But this would be the woman's worry. He had done her originally to get the job and was doing her now mostly to keep her on his side. He picked her up and carried her into the bedroom, laid her down on her back, lowered himself between her spread legs, and thrust his cock up into her cunt. She arched her back and moaned and began to move with the stroking.
"You're so big," she moaned. "Bigger than he is." Damon thought Jess was plenty big enough, but it was still flattering to hear her say so.
He remained holding her, inside her, and was stroking her hair and kissing her on the nipples when they were finished.
"My dinner."
"I'm sorry about that, Damon. I think Jess would be suspicious if-"
"That is not it. I want James to deliver my dinners to me, if you please. I sense his father doesn't want him talking about farming, and it would give us some time to converse. I think, if I'm not wrong, that you support James in his wish to become a farmer."
"Yes, yes, of course," Mary answered. In the back of her mind there was a bit of question there, but his cock had regained its hardness, and his resumed stroking took all other thoughts from her mind.
Later that night, when Jess approached the old homestead cabin en route to putting out the cattle feed in the north pasture, the cabin door was open and lights were on, but Damon was not waiting for him at the door.
Jess heard the moaning as he entered the cabin and moved silently over to the door into the second room. He could see James' bare legs, bent, and the young man's heels caressing the backs of Damon's calves, and James' arms around Damon's neck. James was on his back on the lower bunk, and a naked Damon was lying between James' thighs. James was moaning and Damon's body was straight as a board, risen off of James' body, his long thick cock pounding James' ass in long, deep strokes that clearly showed several inches of cock coming out and then reentering James' channel with each thrust.
Jess turned and fled the cabin.
For the next several days, whenever Damon wasn't plowing the field, looking so sexy as he worked, Jess came upon him fucking James. On a haystack in the barn, behind a haystack in the field, twice more in the old homestead cabin bunk, and while they were cavorting naked in the creek. Damon didn't seem to making any effort to hide what he was doing with James from Jesse.
James took Damon on an overnight ride up into the mountains, looking for stray cattle. Jess followed them at a distance and watched Damon fuck James bent over a saddle next to the camp fire for an hour or more.
They were young and virile. Jess no longer was. But, after that first night, Damon hadn't come for Jess again. He spent his time fucking James-at least as far as Jess knew.
This couldn't continue. Jess knew he had to put a stop to it. The situation came to a head one Sunday morning when Jess and Mary had gone to church. Mary forgot the pies she'd made for the church picnic afterward, and Jess came back to the house for them-and found Damon fucking James in Jess and Mary's bed. Damon was lying flat on the bed, his beefy hands encasing James' waist, as James rode his cock.
Jess went crazy.
* * * *
"I keep telling you that it was an accident," Jess said wearily to the sheriff.
"I understand the grief of a man losing his son, Mr. Tharp," the sheriff said as the men sat in the ranch house parlor, Mary so taken with grief that she was in another room being consoled by women from neighboring ranches
"But you have readily admitted that it's your rifle and that you fired the shots."
"But it was an accident."
"A man doesn't get off three shots that hit home by accident, Mr. Tharp. It's not an accident when a man shoots his son dead with three shots in the back."
"Don't be afraid, Jess. We will manage."
Jess looked in the direction the voice came from. His eyes were having difficulty adjusting through his tears and the dull ache behind his eyes. He knew the voice, though. Damon had somehow managed to dress again and cover the blood that must be on his chest and thighs before any of the men in the bunkhouse had reached the house. No one had suggested that Damon was even in the house when James got shot. The dull ache moved-to more than one place. It moved to Jess' heart but also, in humiliation and frustration, it moved to his groin as well. Now, even now, he wanted Damon.
His eyes focused enough to see that his younger son, John, was sitting beside Damon. Damon's arm was around his shoulders and he had a hand on the young man's thigh.
"We'll manage," Damon answered, a look on his face that Jess couldn't understand escaped the scrutiny of the sheriff-although Jess didn't want the sheriff to suspect Damon of anything. There had to be a way, somehow a way, for he and Damon to be together again.
"I'll take good care of John," Damon said, "And Mary has already said it would comfort her if I moved into the house while you were away facing this trial."


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Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > Is this actually true? ISTR lots of problems with IE downloading > gzipped files and stripping the .gz extension -- but not actually > gunzipping them. I don't think I'd call that doing the right > thing.. Maybe it works properly if the uncompressed document > is a displayable content-type, but not for others? > Yes this only works correctly for displayable content. For example, if a request is made for NPpwc32.dll.gz, and apache is configured as follows: AddEncoding gzip gz, things don't work but not because decompression is not done. IE decompresses the file but messes up on the filename that it suggests for saving to disk (nppwc32_dll(1).gz). This is because its url to suggested filename code is broken not because compression is broken. Navigator 4.5 also does not work for non-displayable content (at least on Windows 95). In the preceding test case, it comes up with the suggested filename of NPpwc32_dll.gz AND doesn't decompress to boot. This is probably better behavior that IE in that since it kept the .gz extension it shouldn't decompress. Note the (1) on the IE suggested filename. This is IE's way of indicating that the file has been altered (copied) during transmission. The problem here is that on the PC platform, multiple . extensions are not normally used. Probably because of the rarity of this sort of thing occuring in practice, the browser folks don't seem to have put much effort into handling this. In order to avoid problems, the gz extension should be reserved for "content-encoding" compression. Publically advertised or href url's that are compressed typically should only be deflated (.zip). On the Windows platform, zip is far more common than gzip. Under UNIX both are typically available. The default apache distribution seems to do the best thing possible. In the default mime.types, only application/zip is defined. Example AddEncodings are in in the default srm.conf only for the suffix coders gzip (.gz) and compress (.Z). This seems like a good compromise in that zip does have a default suffix addition behavior.
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We, the academic community at University of Culture and Art (forthcoming), are super excited to announce UCA Café Theatre Festival 2017 for the audiences of Lahore. Being the first project of UCA Performance and Research Collective, the festival is on-the-move in which performances will fly from one café to another along with flocks of audiences during the three days of the festival.
Why this festival?
UCA Café Theatre Festival is being produced to:
• bring innovation in theatre productions and performances by placing it in a non-theatrical and non-traditional contexts amongst the people.
• reclaim literary and cultural spaces of cafes
• shape an academic discourse on local practices in performing arts
What will happen?
Theatre, music and dance performances with seminars and panel discussions
Various Cafes of Lahore
3-5 March, 2017
If you want to register your theatre group, drama society, music or dance ensemble or you want to volunteer for festival, please write back to us at:
Qaisar @ 0333 432 0802
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Beef and Potato Casserole Recipe
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My husband goes to school and works full-time, and I'm the mother of a 1-year-old. With a busy schedule like ours, this quick recipe of pantry staples is just perfect!—Brenda Bradshaw, Oconto, Wisconsin
Recommended: 50 Hearty Breakfast Casseroles
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- 4 cups frozen potato rounds
- 1 pound ground beef
- 3 cups frozen chopped broccoli, thawed
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of celery soup, undiluted
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Place potato rounds on the bottom and up the sides of a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 400° for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Place beef and broccoli over potatoes. Combine the celery soup, milk, 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, garlic powder and pepper. Pour over beef mixture.
- Cover and bake at 400° for 20 minutes. Top with remaining cheese. Return to oven for 2-3 minutes or until the cheese melts. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Beef and Potato Casserole in Country Ground Beef 1993, p44
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Reviewed Mar. 6, 2016
"I added ground up onion, and carrot and a bit of fresh celery leaves, and also used fresh potatoe slices, , really was good."
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2015
"will make again."
Reviewed May. 11, 2013
"I used regular potatoes thinly sliced to cover the bottom of my pan and also used fresh broccoli. I also seasoned the ground beef while browning. I have a picky husband who is not overly fond of broccoli unless it has a cheese sauce over it so I added more cheese than called for and he enjoyed this dish!"
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"I used regular potatoes and peeled then sliced them into rounds to layer on the bottom of the pan. I used fresh broccoli and followed the rest of the recipe exactly and it turned out good. Good flavor!"


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Slang Terms
Brick Weed
Brick weed is a slang term for the process of compacting weed into bricks for efficient transport. The weed is compressed, so when the smoker receives it, nugs will be barely decipherable. Regs, arizonas, schwag, or low quality/poorly grown strains are usually available in brick form.
Dime – Ten
Ten dollars worth of weed. Usually between 0.5-0.7 grams
Dub – Twenty
Twenty dollars worth of weed. Usually between 1-1.4 grams
Eighter / Eighth
3.5 grams. Can range in price anywhere from $35 to $60.
Frosty is an adjective describing flowering cannabis plants or generally nugs covered in a dense foliage of trichomes. The leaf tips or nugs will appear almost white, particularly with flash photography, as if frosted over with a fresh coat of stoney snow.
Ghost / Gutterbomb
Ghosting/gutterbombs is a smoking technique where smoke is kept in the mouth, slowly released, then sucked back in. The smoke releasing tends to look like a ghost, or big ball.
Ghosting can also refer to when you hold the smoke in so long no smoke can be seen on exhalation.
Half Ounce
14 grams
Half Pound
8 ounces
Hotboxing is the act of smoking inside a closed environment until it becomes saturated with smoke.
Krippy is a slang term for middle to high grade marijuana. Usually has excessive orange hairs.
Mids is a slang term for middle-grade marijuana.
The munchies are a slang term for the hunger associated with smoking weed. Here's the science behind it.
A nickel is usually a dime of regs. No one would sell you a nickel of chronic/kush.
Nug Run
Nug run refers to hash or concentrate (BHO, CO2, etc) that was produced with nugs that are minimally broken up. No shake, leaves, or ground up ganja were used to make the hash.
28 grams
16 ounces
7 grams
Quarter Pound
4 ounces
The plant material that falls off nugs in a jar or a dry plant. Generally comprised of sugar leaves and twigs. It usually differs in taste from the original nug/plant as well, and not in a good way.
A shotgun is the act of blowing smoke into another person's mouth. Usually done with a rolled medium, like a blunt, you place your mouth over the cherry and blow smoke out the mouthpiece.


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Letter: Grant Johnson is a very rich man
"No man becomes rich unless he enriches others." ~ Andrew Carnegie??
If you believe Andrew Carnegie's statement, then Grant Johnson is a very rich man.
His wealth was on full display over the weekend as he was inducted into the University of Minnesota Athletic Hall of Fame (The M Club).
The humble, 92-year-old man from Two Harbors, graciously accepted his honor as he'd done with all great moments in his life -- by sharing the wealth through his remarkable knack for engaging and enriching those in his presence.??
From the two standing ovations at the official awards ceremony to the cheering half-time crowd at the Gopher's football game, he easily attracted new admirers, much to his own surprise.
When asked about his favorite part of the weekend, he answered in typical Grant fashion, "Well, for gosh sakes, I'd say it was all the people who I didn't even know who made it a point to come up and talk to me."??
Family and friends who know Grant weren't surprised by the overwhelming attention and admiration he garnered.
His insatiable need to actively interact with and genuinely learn from those around him is infectious.
He has a wealth of knowledge, experience and memories to share, and still actively seeks to increase and diversify his "assets."??
In delivering his acceptance speech, he engaged the crowd with his humor and poise as he shared stories of his days at the university.
The crowd rewarded his efforts with a standing ovation and at subsequent events throughout the weekend various individuals - including many young college students -- approached him at random to express their admiration.?
As the eldest grandchild, I've spent 34 years interacting with my grandfather. I have so many beloved personal memories from him dressing up as Santa to his bottomless pockets of candy to his sharply arched eyebrow and quick grin to his infamous crossword addiction.??
Over the years I've also come to admire his passion for people, education and philanthropy. He has enriched many lives by actively supporting individuals in their pursuit of educational goals.
To this day he still writes recommendation letters, supports educational initiatives and receives communications from former students who are thankful for his place in their lives.??
While the M Club honored my grandfather for his athletic contributions to the university, his family, friends and new admirers honored him for his altruistic and enriching spirit.
He is an exceptional role model and a testament to the belief that hard-work and dedication lead to an abundant life.??
When I asked my grandfather why he chose education as his profession he admitted, "It was something I always had a passion for and knew I wanted to do."
Then he grinned, arched his eyebrow and facetiously quipped, "But ya know, I sometimes think I might have been wise to go into business for a bit and make a few million."??
There's no need to tell him what he already knows, but for the record, my grandfather is an extremely rich man who's most certainly enriched the lives of many extremely grateful individuals.
For some of those individuals, they are lucky enough to call him family. --