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DAWN wrote:Actualy this stability of concentration is absorbtion of mind by this dhamma. Like listening music, dancing, or sport. Mind is absorbed and feel stability, thas makes illusion of pure concentration.
When the ground is flooded, we cant see what is hidden under.
Yana wrote:DAWN wrote:Actualy this stability of concentration is absorbtion of mind by this dhamma. Like listening music, dancing, or sport. Mind is absorbed and feel stability, thas makes illusion of pure concentration.
When the ground is flooded, we cant see what is hidden under.
wait,are you saying that when your absorbed your not concentrating.I play xbox and it takes a lot of concentrating and alertness.I think it's not that we're not concentrating.The difference between meditation and playing video games is the object we are concentrating on..
For example:
Concentrating on the breath would be much calmer since we neither attach or push away from it.
We are focused on a fixed point.
Concentrating on video games makes us excited.We change from being attached to pushing away in a matter of seconds.Happy when you score points and hating it when your losing points.
We are constantly changing our focus..running,jumping etc..
Which is why none of us seem calm after a game..more like agitated and impulsive or just worn out.
kellievella wrote:Can anyone clarify the difference between meditative practice such as sitting down and meditating, and mindful engagement in everyday activities? It seems to me it may be possible to engage with videogames mindfully but that this may be more easy with some games than others, just as mindfully walking in the forest or on an empty beach may be easier than mindfully walking next to a busy highway with advertising blaring out of nearby shops. Also that perhaps someone well-practiced in mindfulness would be able to mindfully engage with all conditions, however some conditions would sway those less practiced. Though perhaps this has more to do with the intention behind engagement. Does anyone have an opinion, insight, experiences they can share? Does anyone game mindfully?
barcsimalsi wrote:I always love racing game but when i tried to be aware of the process by noting "driving-driving-playing-playing", the fun was gone. Yes, it is possible to be mindful in gaming but at the moment you are mindful, the illusional joyful feeling is neutralize as well so there's no point of playing game without enjoying it. Another thing is it screw up your speedy response. If you are a serious gamer, i won't encourage about gaming with mindfulness, it really mess up your playing skills and fun.
But if your right mindfulness is strong enough, i'm sure you won't feel like playing games anymore.
kellievella wrote:That's interesting. I'm new to all this so forgive me if I'm barking up the wrong tree, but my understanding of mindfulness equates to acceptance and non-attachment. So pleasurable and painful experiences can be accepted for what they are without attachment.
kellievella wrote:I can see a real challenge with disengaging from something as engaging as playing videogames (when you happen to enjoy it), but if you practice mindfulness in your everyday life this presents an opportunity for strengthening your mindfulness doesn't it? That said I don't play a great deal, but I do enjoy enjoying things when they occur
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - An Atlantic Coast High School teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to having sexual relationship with a student.
Danielle Reed, 23, received five years of probation, during which time she was ordered to have no contact with the student. She was also ordered to not be allowed to teach again, and must have supervision when around students or children. Reed cannot work anywhere where there are children, the judge ordered.
Prosecutors said she will not be classified as a sex offender because the initial charge of custodial sexual battery on a victim older than 12 but younger than 18 was reduced to a lesser charge of child abuse. Prosecutors said that's because she was 22 at the time and the student was 16. They said it's only a crime because she had custodial care of the teen.
Reed was facing up to five years in prison. Neither she nor her attorney chose to comment after the court hearing.
Prosecutors said the punishment is appropriate.
"After discussions with the victim and his mother and looking at all the mitigation, the age difference and the fact that it would not be illegal were it not for the fact that she was his teacher, we made the decision that the appropriate charge in this case was child abuse with probation," Assistant State Attorney Theresa Simak said.
No one from the boy's family spoke in court Thursday, but his mother did write a letter to the judge and prosecutors. She wrote, in part, "We will forever be affected by this horrible incident that my son and I had to go through."
She went on to say, "Having sex with a 16-year-old is not OK, and my son is seeing a counselor to help him work through some of the anxiety and fear that he has."
According to a police report, an officer met with the victim at the school earlier this month and the boy admitted to having had a sexual relationship with Reed last school year from March to June.
According to the report, the two planned to spend the night together but the victim knew his mother wouldn't allow it, so he made up a fake friend and Reed pretended to be the friend's mother.
Police said Reed drove with a black lab named Dexter to the victim's home and met with his mother. The mother agreed to allow her son to leave with Reed because she thought it was his friend's mother, according to the report.
The student said he told his mother last month about having a sexual relationship with Reed, according to the police report. The victim's mother confirmed to police that Reed had come to their home to pick up her son.
The school district said Superintendent Nikolai Vitti will recommend suspension without pay pending termination for Reed at the Dec. 4 meeting of the Duval County School Board.
Reed was hired Aug. 17, 2011, as a ninth- and 10th-grade English teacher at Atlantic Coast.
Reed is the fifth Duval County teacher to be arrested in the last year and a half on charges of having sex with minors. Not all were students.
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The Standing Committee (T-RV) of the European Convention on Spectator Violent and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches;
Having regard to the need to ensure the safety of spectators and the creation of an environment which discourages violence and misbehaviour;
Recognising that the great majority of spectators do not misbehave;
Considering that the resources of the police should be employed most effectively to maintain public order, prevent and detect crime and arrest lawbreakers;
Seeing a need for stewards to welcome and care for spectators and ensure their safety and well-being as foreseen in Article 3.2 of the convention;
Considering that these stewards should be properly selected, trained, equipped and directed;
Recognising the value of stewards in enabling the stadium management or the organisers of the match to identify and exercise their responsibilities for enforcing the regulations of the stadium by the most appropriate means;
Having regard to the increase in matches at European level, the greater ease of travel and the importance of treating all spectators in a suitable and consistent manner;
Recognising the potential safety benefits of collaboration between stewards from different parties to the convention with compatible stewarding systems;
Considering that this could best be achieved by introducing common minimum standards of recruitment, selection, training and assessment;
Having identified certain principles which are valid in all states party to the convention, notwithstanding their different history, culture and legal systems;
Considering that these are best applied by means of clear requirements imposed by the public authorities or with their agreement;
Having regard to the study on stewarding in sport conducted by the Clearing House (T-RV (97) Inf 1);
Recommends to governments of parties to the European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches that they encourage clubs, stadium owners and/or other appropriate bodies in football and other sports to develop a system of stewarding at sporting events with large attendances, based upon the following principles:
1. Stewards should be provided by whoever is responsible for the safety of spectators at the match; this may be either the management of the stadium or the organiser of the event.
2. The nature, role and functions of stewards should be clearly defined; these functions, which should be distinct from, but complement those of the police, should include:
a. searching the stadium before, during and after the match as necessary;
b. welcoming, directing and caring for all spectators, whatever their age, race, sex, disability or the team they support;
c. responding to any complaints from spectators;
d. informing spectators of the arrangements and facilities at the stadium and of any safety requirements laid down by the organisers or the emergency services;
e. assisting in the safe operation of the stadium, in particular supervising and ensuring the safe entry and exit of spectators;
f. enforcing the regulations of the stadium;
g. keeping spectators out of those parts of the stadium to which the public does not have access;
h. observing all areas of potential danger and preventing overcrowding;
i. responding to incidents and emergencies and taking the necessary action to deal with them;
j. assisting the police or emergency services as required.
3. Recruitment procedures should ensure that all stewards are fit and active and can demonstrate that they have the necessary good character, temperament and ability to perform their duties.
4. Thorough training should be provided to all stewards, leading ultimately to the issue of an appropriate certificate. This training should be both theoretical and practical, and cover, inter alia:
a. the legal status, responsibilities and duties of stewards;
b. the requirements in force at the stadium;
c. the organisation and management of safety at the stadium;
d. the principles of crowd management, including how to monitor spectators and to respond to hazards;
e. how to deal with unsafe or unacceptable behaviour;
f. taking care of spectators;
g. the configuration of the stadium, in particular the entrance and exit routes and the location of the alarm and communications systems;
h. what action to take in the event of a spectator being injured;
i. what action to take in the event of a fire or other emergency;
j. evacuation of the stadium.
5. A system for the ongoing assessment of each steward should be maintained, including records of his or her:
a. qualifications or skills;
b. suitability and fitness for the task;
c. attendance at matches and duties performed;
d. standard of performance;
e. training received and further training needs.
6. All stewards should be required to comply with a code of conduct as a condition of their employment. This code should include provisions that all stewards should, inter alia:
a. be polite, courteous and helpful to all spectators at all times, without discrimination;
b. be suitably dressed with no display of team colours;
c. concentrate on their duties at all times and refrain from watching the match or celebrating a goal;
d. never work under the influence of alcohol, drugs or medicines which may affect their behaviour.
7. All stewards should be clearly identifiable. This entails the wearing of suitable clothing so that they may be quickly and easily recognised by spectators, by the stadium management, the police and other authorities.
8. Procedures should be established for determining the minimum number and location of stewards, including supervisory stewards, to be deployed at each match and for ensuring that the stewards are so deployed.
9. Arrangements should be put in place for the effective use of stewards, in particular through:
a. the establishment of a clear hierarchical command and safety management structure with appropriate means of communication;
b. detailed briefing and debriefing before and after each match;
c. the issue to all stewards of a check list and/or handbook summarising their duties;
d. refresher training at periodic intervals.
10. By agreement between the two clubs or countries concerned, suitably qualified stewards from the visiting club or country should be invited by the organisers to accompany the visiting supporters so as to assist the local stewards to provide for their safety, welcome and care.


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San Clemente is mourning the passing of Tony Carbonara, a downtown restaurant owner and caterer known for his kindness, humor, big heart and knack for coming to the rescue of local charities and civic organizations without hesitation.
The man who built Carbonara Trattoria Italiana into one of South County's most popular restaurants the past 22 years died Thursday at age 59 after suffering a ruptured aneurysm, friends said. He collapsed Wednesday morning while buying gas at San Clemente's Valero station.
Rushed to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, he was kept on life support through most of Thursday as some 200 people visited to pay final respects. His passing came with his wife, Mary, and other family members at his side.
Rick Anderson, a longtime friend, said the hospital was overwhelmed with well-wishers like he had never witnessed – a testament to the lives and organizations touched by Carbonara's generosity.
"I actually was calling it Camp Tony," Anderson said. "People were bringing food and water and doughnuts and coffee … friends and people I haven't seen in years, just hearing about it and coming to say hi to Mary and wish Tony well."
A community that prides itself on its downtown village character "lost a piece of village character that cannot ever be replaced," said Michael Kaupp, president of the Downtown Business Association. "He was a pillar of downtown and a friend to all, a kind man with a heart so big it seemed his generosity had no boundaries."
Lynn Wood, chief executive of the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce, said "he has donated to almost every single charity in the community, either in kind or monetarily. He is just so involved. He is a good person and he runs a great business. My heart goes out to him and his family."
Friends drifted into the Carbonara restaurant at 111 Avenida Del Mar to hug, raise toasts and share memories.
Marie Siegel, former board chairwoman of the Chamber of Commerce, recalled how Carbonara would feed sports teams at San Clemente High School for free. "Seniors. The military. He did everything. Never missed a thing," she said. "We love him."
Cari Frauenzimmer, a server/manager at Carbonara Trattoria, marveled at the diversity of the crowd that gathered at the hospital and the restaurant by word of mouth. ""It's amazing how blessed he is," she said.
She said most of the restaurant staff has worked there 10 years or more, like "all part of the family." She described Carbonara as "Tony the Tiger, always in costume, always funny, charming."
There was no immediate word on services.
"Lovable, supportive of family friends and community, selfless. He was such a supporter for the Ocean Festival. There is going to be a void there, and in everyday life." Peggy Vance, executive director, San Clemente Ocean Festival.
"He has given more back and done more for the downtown than every other group (or) person, together. I've grown up around a lot of the oldtimers here. There's a very select few people who are like him, who care about everybody. Tony's heart extended 100 times beyond what anybody else had to offer down here. He pushed us all." Christina Morgan, former Downtown Business Association president.
"There's not a civic organization that he hasn't touched. He was the caterer to the town … if you ordered enough food for 100 people, you knew he'd bring enough for 200 people." Don Kindred, publisher, San Clemente Journal.
"He was always the first to come up and say, 'Let me cater that, I'll donate that!' On several occasions, he saved the day. The Boys & Girls Club was a passion of his." Tamara Tatich, Boys & Girls Club Advisory Board.
"He actually used to set up the police department every year at Christmas with food he'd send up for the deputies (the officers, back when we were a police department) working every Christmas. He's done so many wonderful things for San Clemente." Rich Corder, retired career San Clemente police officer/deputy.
"He did all our catering for Rotary … a sweet, kind, generous man … willing to do anything for anyone. One night I was in Smart & Final trying to find Lady Fingers for dessert at 8 at night. He was in there. They didn't have any. He said, 'Come over to my restaurant and I'll give you some so you can make your dessert tonight.' I came by at 9 and got some Lady Fingers." Nesa Anderson, San Clemente Rotarian.
"When they opened the restaurant, I came the first week. We've been coming ever since. Tony is Mr. San Clemente. I've seen so many times when things were not going to be taken care of but all of a sudden Tony came in and they got taken care of because he gave and he gave and he gave." Tom McKeown, retired Marine Corps colonel.
"He's been one of our supporters in the Exchange Club. He supports everything you ever wanted." Hank Snyder, San Clemente Exchange Club.
"He was a good friend. His family is from the same province of Italy that my family is from. When my son got out of the Air Force after 20 years – he was in Italy for 13 years – we would come here and drink grappa with Tony. I've always thought dearly of him." Don Colucci, retired city electrician.
"He was a giver, great guy, one of a kind, and a man's man. High school fundraisers, any kind of charity, Tony was the charity. He was always there if you were doing something to help someone else." David Toper, community volunteer.
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Gavin, My mother has just been told that although her cancer has not spread outside of the liver, she has new tumors and the smaller ones she already had are growing. She has one large tumor that was found in August of 2011 and that tumor has remained roughly the same size with the use of chemo and radiation. Unfortunately, the doctor does not recommend additional chemo or radiation. My mother will see a doctor here on Thursday to see if she is a candidate for radioembolization. She had been going to MD Anderson until June and she was told they didn't recommend it for CC because they had not really had any success with it in CC patients. Could you please tell me if you have an opinion about the procedure?
My mother is not ready to give up, but the doctors are telling us there is little more that can be done at this point. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others. I don't know where to turn to help my mother.
Dear Summergirl,
I am sorry to hear this latest news about your mum and these tumours. Have you and your mum talked about seeking a further opinion or more even from other doctors regarding different chemo's or other treatments? I hear what you are saying about what they said to your mum at MD Anderson, and to be honest, I couldn't comment on that as I have no personal experience of this treatment as my dad never had it. Hopefully others will be able to chime in and share their thoughts and experiences of this.
I did a search for you here on the site and came up with this. I hope that some of the posts in this link will be of use and interest to you.
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I really wish that I could help some more here or offer some more insight on this to you right now. I can so understand your mum saying that she is not ready to give up and that is good to hear, so maybe seeking further opinions will help her right now? Please let us know what happens on Thursday from your mums meeting with the doctor and what is said. And please also know that we are here for you always, you are not alone.
Thank you so much for your reply. I just wanted to let you know how it went on Thursday. The doctor said my mother is a candidate for SIR-Sphere treatment and he feels like she should get a good response. He said he has done this on 20 - 30 CC patients and some of those patients had responded well. She has an appointment for the testing prior to the procedure on Wednesday and then the procedure will be done on Thursday. The doctor said she won't feel well for a few weeks afterwards, but then she should feel better. I hope he is correct. I will let you know how everything goes on Thursday. Thanks so much for being here for us!
DeaR SUMMERGIRL, just want to wish your Mom the best of luck on her visit Thursday for the Sir-Sphere treatment. i will be praying for her to have complete success!
Summergirl....I also want to wish the best with the upcoming treatment. Please, keep us posted.
Are there other diseases that this therapy can cure?
Dear Fuuko, not sure about other diseases for treatments as our focus here is on cholangiocarsinoma however if you google Sir-sphere I am sure they would have a listing for you. Best of luck.
Hi Summergirl,
Thanks for letting us know how things went for your mum and that is great to hear that she is able to have the sir-spheres treatment. My fingers will be crossed for your mum and for the best possible outcome, and I hope that the treatment goes well. Please let us know how she gets on and tons of positive thoughts are coming your mums way.
Hugs to you and your mum,
Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and well wishes. I appreciate it so much! The doctor said the procedure went very well. He put her on a steroid dose pack and said that would help her feel better for the first couple of weeks. He stated she would probably begin to feel fatigued for two to three weeks after that though. She has had no side effects so far and hopefully she will skip the fatigue. She's a trooper.
She'll have a CT Scan the second week of November and we'll know more at that time. I will let you know the results as soon as we receive them. Thank you again for sharing your experiences and ideas. You are performing a great service.
Summergirl, thank you so very much for the update on your Mom. I am so very happy everything went well and lets pray and wish for a really good Scan in November. Yes, indeed, she is a real trooper!
summergirl....wonderful to hear that your Mom has faired so well throughout the procedure and is recovering well. Fingers are crossed for an excellent CT scan result.
Please, keep us posted.
Just thought I would give you an update on my mother. Unfortunately, the CT Scan showed more small tumors in the right lobe of the liver. The doctor said it looked like the larger tumor had been "damaged" though. My mother has not been the same since she finished the dose pack after the procedure. She is very fatigued and nauseous every morning and sometimes throughout the day. She has asked the oncologist if this is due to the cancer or the procedure and he says probable both.
The radiologist wanted to go ahead and do the procedure on the left lobe also, but she decided against it since she has been so sick and it doesn't appear to have been successful on the right lobe. The oncologist told her to try to enjoy the time she has left.
My mother asked him how this would all progress and he told her she would continue to feel more and more fatigued. She would like a more complete answer and I'm not sure who to ask. I am guessing that the reason she has not experienced more symptoms in the past is because the cancer is just starting to spread in the right lobe. Is this correct?
I am so confused and don't know what to tell her. Do you have any suggestions?
Dear Summergirl, IF your Mother has decided she is done with treatments there is nothing more to be done than to make sure she is comfortable. I would ask the ONC for something for Nausea and for pain. I would also ask him when he thinks you should call Hospice in as they do start way ahead of time in helping her to stay comfortable. Hospice has to be ordered by the ONC.
With that said you might want to get a 2nd opinion as maybe there are other options for her besides what she has been doing. When you feel comfortable and can agree with the ONC you will know it and he will guide you on what to do. If you want to know more now, please email me asking what you want to know and I will be happy to tell you.
Lainy, Thank you for your suggestions. My mother will see the oncologist on Friday and we'll bring it up with him. If she has other questions at that point that she'd like to ask you, I'll send you a note.
summergirl...Your Mom might want to ask her doctor for the names of palliative care and symptom management specialists in the community. It is not end of life care rather, it focuses on all aspects of the disease and the progression of the disease.
I am sending all my best wishes,
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Prince and Princess Ice Cream Cones Recipe
Here's a treat befitting a sweet princess! Especially for her daughter's birthday party, Patricia Hill came up with the royal ice cream concoction. "Allison doesn't particularly like cake—but she's a big fan of ice cream," Patricia relates. "So these cone characters were a natural. "Of course, the day of her party last summer was one of the hottest on record. I was sure the ice cream would melt. But the kids devoured the cones before it could!"—Patricia Blomdahl Hill, Oakdale, California
- 2 medium scoops vanilla ice cream
- 4 blue M&M's miniature baking bits
- 1/4 cup vanilla frosting
- Blue, pink and green food coloring
- 1 ice cream cake cone
- 1 ice cream sugar cone
- Silver sugar pearls
- Air Head candies, cut into thin strips
- 2 drops yellow food coloring
- 1/4 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- Yellow and green shoestring licorice
- 2 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 heart shaped sprinkles
- 1. Place ice cream scoops and M&M's on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet and freeze until ready to use.
- 2. Combine frosting and food coloring(s) of your choice. To form the prince's crown, cut off the top ring of the cake cone, discard the bottom of the cone; set aside. Decorate both cones with icing and silver sugar pearls. Wraps strips of air head candies around a skewer to form ribbons on the princess' sugar cone. Secure with frosting.
- 3. For hair, combine yellow food coloring and coconut. For princess' hair, braid yellow licorice strips into a single long braid. Tie off both ends with green licorice.
- 4. Remove ice cream from freezer and place each scoop on a serving dish. On one scoop, add coconut hair and place prince's crown on top. On the other scoop, add coconut hair and princess' crown. Lay yellow braid just in front of the crown to form braids.
- 5. Gently press frozen M&M's on for eyes. Add chocolate chip noses and heart-shaped sprinkles for mouths. Serve immediately. Yield: 2 servings.
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Chesterfield Fabric Divan Daybed
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The style, construction and comfort of a fine Chesterfield sofa from the 1830s, designed to handsomely accommodate overnight guests. The amply padded upholstery is accented with deep hand tufting, a style perfected during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Shelters one twin mattress between its high curved sides, and holds a second in a pop-up trundle underneath.


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(UPDATED COVERAGE Aug. 29) McDonald's Canada is adding meatless entrees to its menu for the first time in nearly a decade with the introduction of a pair of vegetable wraps.
Mediterranean Veggie and Santa Fe Veggie have joined the restaurant's Signature McWrap line.
The company cited a recent study of Canadian consumers by Environics Research Group that found 76% of those surveyed want more vegetables in their diet. And 71% seek meatless items at least sometimes, even if they don't consider themselves vegetarians.
In the study group, 51% said they were unsatisfied with current meatless options at restaurants.
The new McWraps are served on whole-wheat steamed tortillas. Ingredients include:
- Mediterranean Veggie: Roasted garlic hummus, feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, shredded iceberg lettuce, onions seasoned with lemon and a feta sauce.
- Santa Fe Veggie: Roasted corn, black beans, a blend of light cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses, tomatoes, red onions, shredded iceberg lettuce and tri-color tortilla strips mixed with chili lime glaze and a Southwest sauce.
Price is $4.39 at participating restaurants. The flavors extend the McWrap line-up launched in May.
They're not available in the U.S. but meatless and other new menu items could be added later, according to the company. The comparable banner in the chain's U.S. restaurants is Premium McWrap.
"McDonald's is always looking to enhance and evolve our menu offerings and meet our customers' needs, and expanding the Premium McWrap line with new flavors is a future possibility," said Tyler Litchenberger, communications manager for McDonald's USA.
As things stand, U.S. customers can order the three menu items in that line with or without grilled or crispy chicken, Litchenberger said.
"The new Signature McWrap veggie options are part of our ongoing commitment to evolve our menu to meet changing lifestyle preferences while creating entrée options that welcome new customers into our restaurants," John Betts, president and chief executive officer of McDonald's Canada, said in a news release.
Nutritional information on the McDonald's menu items can be found online. They are backed by an advertising campaign that includes television spots, radio, digital, in-store merchandising and other venues.
Canadian quick-service restaurant servings of non-fried vegetables are up more than 10% over last year, while total quick-service traffic remained flat, according to The NPD Group and Consumer Reports on Eating Share Trends.
Environics Research Group conducted its online survey Aug. 12-15 of 501 Canadians who had eaten at quick service restaurants over the past four weeks. The survey found that while 92% consider themselves meat eaters, six of 10 said they have increased their servings of vegetables. Of those who choose vegetable options, 40% said flavor is the most important factor.


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Chris Palmer, CFCA mission awareness trip coordinator, talks about walking with the poor. During a recent trip to the CFCA project in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala, Palmer spoke with CFCA board member emeritus Msgr. Greg Schaffer who spoke a simple truth, that we are not trying to "fix" the poor; the poor are not broken.
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We have a sponsor child in Guatemala, but we don't speak Spanish? If we went on a trip, would someone translate for us in meeting the child?
Thank you
Hi Roger,
Good question! Yes, we provide at least one to two translators on every mission awareness trip, including those to Guatemala. We'll provide more translators as needed, depending on the number of people traveling.
For more information, you can always email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 800.875.6564 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., CST.
~Shanxi, CFCA web editor and writer
Thank you for sharing this, Chris. I watched it as I began preparing mentally for my July 2011 trip to Guatemala with my teenager, and it helped me get some sense of what to expect!
Thank you so much for this video Chris! I'm only 13, but I might be going on an awareness trip to Guatemala this summer. My family sponsors a boy there that is only a little bit younger than me. Thank you for all of the information you provided in this video! It has inspired me to commit myself to taking that trip!
Thanks for this video. It would be great to see more like this one especially for those of us who haven't made a visit yet. We have been thinking and praying a lot about our sponsored friend, Veronica, who will turn 15 this spring and your brief report helps.
thank you for the great video
it is a small way that i can feel closer to my sponsored friend Miguel who i sponsor through the Hermano Pedro IXT subproject
At this time i am concerned that the boy i have sponsored for 5 years is experiencing some difficulties as i did not recieve Christmas greetings from him as i have in all other years.
I am happy to watch this video, it fills my heart with hope.
I was on that trip! It was wonderful! EVERY SPONSOR should try to go on a Mission Awareness Trip. If it is God's will he will provide a way. Walking with the poor is truely amazing and spiritually fullfilling. It is also the best travel experience I have ever had. CFCA has everything planned and takes very good care of all participants.
Chris, you have much wisdom for such a young guy :o)
Great video, Chris! Those are really important thoughts to ponder. I was just in Guatemala and saw a CFCA building as we were traveling from Santiago de Atitlan around the lake on the way to Antigua. I'm looking forward to hearing more notes from the field in Guatemala. Muchas gracias!
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Woman charged over NY subway shove death
A 31-year-old woman was charged with murder in the death of a man who was pushed in front of a New York City subway train, telling authorities it was an act of revenge for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Erika Menendez, 31, was charged with second-degree murder as a hate-crime for allegedly pushing Sunando Sen, 46, into a No. 7 train in the Queens borough of New York on the night of December 27, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said today in a statement.
Menendez, who lives in the Bronx, admitted pushing Sen and said she was prompted by the terrorist attacks in 2001, according to Brown.
She said ''in sum and substance 'I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers I've been beating them up,''' according to the district attorney.
''The defendant is accused of committing what is every subway commuter's worst nightmare - being suddenly and senselessly pushed into the path of an oncoming train,'' Brown said.
The fatality was the second such incident in New York City this month.
On Dec. 3, a man was killed when he was pushed onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train in Manhattan.
Menendez was seen talking to herself while seated on a bench at the 40th Street-Lowery Street station and was also observed pacing on the platform and muttering to herself.
Sen was on the subway platform as the train approached, and Menendez allegedly pushed him from behind into the path of the oncoming train, according to the district attorney.
Victim Unaware
Witnesses said Sen didn't appear to notice his attacker, according to police.
He was struck by the first of the 11-car train, and his body was pinned under the front of the second car as the train came to a stop.
Sen was a native of India who lived in Queens and had a printing business in New York City. He had no family in New York, according to police.
The suspect fled down two separate staircases to the street. Detectives had a surveillance video of the suspect running from the scene, police said.
The 40th Street-Lowery Street station is just six stops east of midtown Manhattan.
Its narrow eastbound platform, elevated two stories above the street, is packed at rush-hour with exiting commuters forced to slowly funnel down stairwells past riders waiting to board trains.
Manhattan Killing
In the Manhattan incident, at the Times Square station, Naeem Davis, 30, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of 58-year-old Ki-Suck Han, according to the Associated Press. Davis said he was coaxed into shoving Han onto the tracks by voices in his head he couldn't control, the AP said, citing the New York Post.
"It's sometimes in the back of peoples' minds because of the incident preceding this one, but there's no indication that it is related in any way or inspired it," Browne said of the death.
The NYPD announced earlier this week that there were 414 murders in New York City through Dec. 23, a 19 percent decrease from last year and fewer than the previous low of 471 reached in 2009. Barring a sudden spike in violence in the last week of the year, 2012 will mark the lowest murder total since comparable records began in 1963, Browne said. There were 2,262 murders in 1990, according to data posted on the NYPD's website.
Bloomberg Statement
Yesterday, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said in a statement that 2012 also saw the fewest number of shootings on record, with 1,353 as compared with a previous low of 1,420 in 2009. Shootings have decreased by 8.5 percent so far this year compared to 2011 and 14.5 percent since 2001, Bloomberg said. The mayor is majority owner of Bloomberg LP, parent of Bloomberg News.
The No. 7 train extends from Times Square in Manhattan into Queens, terminating in the neighborhood of Flushing, east of LaGuardia airport. Police suspended service at the 40th Street station through the night while the investigation proceeded, reopening it to the public before the morning rush-hour. By 7:30 a.m., there was no visible indication of the incident.
Adam Lisberg, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said yesterday there's not much the agency can do beyond warning people to stay away from the tracks on platforms. He said barriers between platforms and trains used in some transit systems, such as those used on platforms serving the AirTrain between the Jamaica area of Queens and John F. Kennedy International Airport, aren't suitable for the subway.
The subway system uses several different trains with doors in different positions so there's no uniform way to place the gates, and the cost would be prohibitive, he said.
"If we lived in a world of completely available unlimited dollars there may be a way to" prevent such incidents, said Joseph Lhota, the MTA chairman. "I don't think this is something that can be solved by spending more money in the subway system."
Lhota said that he encourages "all New Yorkers to stand back from the edge of the platform."
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You've arrived at week two of our reading of The Infrastructural City; if you're not familiar with the series, you can start here and catch up here — taking particular note of the index of contributing posts for the first chapter, which tracks the sprawl of the discussion across other blogs.
[The lower reaches of the Los Angeles River, via google maps]
Like Barry Lehrman's chapter on Owens Lake, the second chapter of The Infrastructural City, "Flood Control Freakology" deals with a water-bearing infrastructure. Unlike the aqueduct and the damaged playa the aqueduct produced, though, which exist to bring water to the city, this second hydrological infrastructure, the heavily-channelized Los Angeles River, has been re-constructed to remove water from the city. The chapter's author is David Fletcher, a Californian landscape architect and one of the contributors to the recent Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan. Fletcher describes the Los Angeles River not just through the dominant "narrative of loss", which focuses on the destructive qualities of its transformation from a perennial "meshwork of meandering rivers, streams, arroyos, and washes" to a "fully-engineered flood-control system", but also as what Fletcher terms a "freakology", or hybrid system composed of both infrastructural and natural parts, which supports "a vibrant mix of varied ecologies":
"The present river ecology is a churning soup of exotic and native vegetative communities that have been introduced since the nineteenth century, some by design, others by accident. Tourism, shipping, rail, industry, agriculture, and ornamental vegetation have brought humans, animals, insects, and seeds, from around the globe to colonize the river's naturalized reaches. These reaches have established a curious equilibrium with their ecologies, depending on nutrient-rich flows from sewage treatment and urban runoff…"
Fletcher's description of "freakology" continues on for pages, reading like a whirlwind tour of ignored urban landscapes whose conductor is madly in love with what others would see as malignancies and degeneracies: "thousands of multicolored bags — known as 'Los Angeles moss' — hang from trees"; human encampments line the concrete channels, "smoke emanating from well-furnished stormdrain apartments"; "thriving parrot colonies" are composed of "ragtag teams of birds that escaped private homes as well as from the old Busch Gardens amusement park, closed in the early 1980s"; "bridges house bat colonies and swallow nests", which are "critical to urban disease vector control".
[A point of transition between concrete-bottom (at right) and dirt-bottom (at left), photographed by the awesome FOVICKS, or Friends of Vast Industrial Kafka-esque Sturctures, for a photoessay on the Los Angeles River]
The purpose of this cataloging, though, is not merely to assemble a wunderkammer of landscape curiosities, but also aimed at describing, through the creation of "new narratives and vocabularies", a more realistic direction for the future of the river. Recent efforts to transform the river are rooted in bucolic aesthetic expectations, demanding a return to — or at least a simulation of — the pre-urban condition of the river, typically understood to mean restored flood plains, daylighted streams, un-channelized river banks, and re-established populations of native flora and fauna. Fletcher suggests, though, that these expectations are not grounded in an honest evaluation of the ecological potential of the system, constrained as it is by the limited quantities of water available to Los Angeles:
"The future of the river and its infrastructural ecologies depends on water availability and flood-control policy. With prolonged drought conditions and growing pressure on water supplies in the American West, Los Angeles will have to become more self-reliant, turning to conservation and greywater reuse as major sources of water savings… As the city grows rapidly over the next decades — primarily through sprawl and infill densification — and as wastewater is re-appropriated for that growth, the city forecasts that the amount of water reaching the river will drastically decrease. Decreased water supplies due to climate change and increasing water demand for recycled water means that soon there will not be enough water to sustain the river's ecologies and landscapes…"
This stance, and the provocative suggestion that "restoration" is, whether desirable or not, simply not an option, aggressively counters the received orthodoxy in landscape planning, which tends to see distinctions like "soft infrastructure" versus "hard infrastructure" as not only having functional distinctions, but also as existing in a Manichean moral environment: a river bed encased in concrete is always bad, and a naturalized flood plain is always good.
[The Los Angeles River slips under "the" 105, via google maps]
If we can accept for the moment, as Fletcher asks us to, that "freakology" is, at least at times, the unavoidable result of the interaction of infrastructural and natural systems, then we are left with an important and fascinating question: what is a landscape architecture with freakish rather than bucolic characteristics like1?
[Life in the upper concrete reaches of the Los Angeles River, via FOVICKS]
It obviously involves an alteration of aesthetic priorities and models. The bucolic traditions relies most deeply on Arcadian ideals handed down from the classical and Romantic landscapes of Western Europe, peripherally on the garden traditions of East Asia, and more recently upon the elaborate simulation or re-arrangement of previous local ecologies, a la Jens Jensen and Piet Oudolf. A quick browse through the ASLA's yearly residental award winners evidences the degree to which these traditions have been assimilated into a single bucolic vernacular favored by wealthy clients and their designers. In comparison to these traditions, a gardened infrastructure may be jarring, prone to odd bursts of coloration and seemingly disorganized, but that does not mean that it will not have a beauty — and an organization — of its own. That organization may be more emergent than it is planned, and that beauty as removed from the bucolic tradition as the favela is from Haussmann's Paris, but that does not mean that we cannot train ourselves to see it.
Curating these ecologies may be accomplished less through the traditional tools of landscape design — the bulldozer, the front-end loader, the nursery-grown plant, the concrete pour — and more through the controlled alteration of and experimentation on the processes which input into infrastructural ecologies. This is demonstrated particularly well by two qualities of the SCAPE Studio team's contribution to the recently opened Rising Currents exhibition at MoMA, "Oyster-tecture". For that exhibition, each of the five invited teams was given a particular portion of the New York City regional waterfront to respond to. SCAPE's team was assigned a portion which includes Red Hook, the Buttermilk Channel, and the Gowanus Canal. The Gowanus Canal, which has recently been designated an EPA Superfund site, is an obviously freakish landscape, containing waters so contaminated that their toxicity may actually be of use in researching cancer-resistant and naturally-antibiotic micro-organisms.
[Image from "Oyster-tecture, by SCAPE Studio; via Change Observer]
The first quality of "Oyster-tecture" which seems particularly applicable to designing for "freakologies" is its open-ended-ness. Each of the other four exhibiting teams provides what amounts to a master plan, proscribing particular and desirable potential end states for their sites, though often quite clever in program and form. The SCAPE team, however, proposes to insert a series of programmed architectural objects — an armature for the growth of an oyster-based ecology and economy, whose primary parts are the adoption of the Gowanus canal as an oyster nursery and the provision of a kit of parts on which young spats can grow into a harvest-ready mature reef — into interaction with the existing urban ecologies, both natural and human. While the farming and cultivation of oysters would have a series of anticipated positive effects — biofiltration of contaminated waters, protection against storm surge through accumulation into reefs, cultural and economic revitalization prompted by biological revitalization — and so undoubtedly affect the evolution of both the city and its adjacent waters, the team does not seek to delineate or define exactly what form that evolution will take. This humility (a quality not often ascribed to architectural designers, who have worshipped for decades the cult of the singularly brilliant ego) is entirely appropriate not only for working in the infrastructural city (which, as Varnelis is quick to point out in the introduction, has developed a systemic immune response to the construction of new infrastructures), but also for experimenting with the ecological balance of the "freakologies" our infrastructures have spawned.
[Image from "Oyster-tecture", via Heroes and Charlatans]
The second quality is captured well by a comment left by Michael Horodniceanu on Mimi Zeiger's review of Rising Currents for Places:
"SCAPE's approach to the tide rising is grounded in a sustainable way of adressing environmental changes along New York's shore line. It allows one to preserve our environment by instituting subtle physical changes along the shore line with the ultimate outcome of reducing the heavy reliance on mega infrastructure investments for protecting our waterfront. While the other solution are imaginative, they rely heavily in a massive infussion of money into infrastructre thus making them less likely to be implemented in the relatively near future. SCAPE provides contemporary, simple yet titilating solutions to protect our environment while pointing towards the implementation of inexpensive and sustainable ways."
"Oyster-tecture" is, in other words, what FASLANYC has called a "lo-fi landscape", quickly augmenting an existing ecology at minimal expense, but containing the potentially transformative seeds of a future harbor. Unlike the "mega infrastructure investments" Horodniceanu refers to, which are typically constructed in an interdependent fashion, lo-fi interventions are relatively independent, even potentially experimental in a scientific sense. If we accept that, as Fletcher suggests, the removal of the hard-engineered infrastructural components of "freakologies" is not a reasonable option, then we need effective but flexible ways to hack "freakologies", and lo-fi interventions offer exactly that.
Finally, objective and scientific measurements, particularly those derived from the field of ecology, are of great utility in approaching "freakologies", because those instruments can help us shed the cultural baggage which teaches us to consider bucolic qualities indicators of a landscape's 'health' and "freakish" qualities indicators of a diseased state. One useful alternative, drawn from ecology, is the measurement of productivity, which can often occur in surprising places — such as the sewage-rich Lower Los Angeles River. Quoting Fletcher:
"…[running] six miles to the tidal estuary zone, [it] is perhaps one of the most interesting ecologies [along the river]. In this reach, the increased nutrient-rich waters spill out of the low-flow channel, a 1-foot-deep by 20-feet-wide channel running through most of the river. This channel was originally designed to concentrate and conduct silt-laden water out to sea and to allow Steelhead Trout up the river to spawn. But the original design did not anticipate the increased flows from the sewage treatment plants. This effluent-enriched water spreads out across the concrete sills, forming a thriving and vast algal zone, the "Sludge Mat". Invertebrates have extensively colonized this zone, creating the most biologically productive stopover for migrating shorebirds in Southern California. It has the largest concentration of black-necked stilts in the United States."
Such assessments, though, must occur at multiple scales simultaneously. It is not enough to know that the "Sludge Mat" is productive and rich, without considering how it affects productivity (and, of course, a host of other measurements, such as diversity) upstream and downstream, and in other ecosystems touched upon by those migrating shorebirds, and so on. This sort of massively interconnected, multi-scalar investigation requires the opposite approach from the lo-fi and experimental models, demanding instead the complex integration and processing of diverse knowledge and data-sets, suggesting that designing for "freakologies" may require a sort of disciplinary bi-polarity, accommodating both radically independent (open-ended, lo-fi) and radically interdependent (ecologically complex, scientifically-tested) working methodologies within the same physical and legal terrain2.


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Pat Yamin has been quilting for over 30 years. She has amassed a large collection of antique quilt tops and blocks. Her collections are frequently requested for trunk shows and have been invited for exhibition at a number of major shows across the country.
A pioneer in the quilting field, she started Come Quilt With Me in 1981. It has evolved from a mail-order company to become a major manufacturing concern. Her antique quilts serve as design inspiration for the acrylic templates her company manufactures. Pat is also the inventor of the Brooklyn Revolver, an assortment of rotary-cutting turntables popular with quilters the world over. Pat has appeared on numerous television programs. She has also been a frequent guest on the Martha Stewart Living radio show.
From her base in Brooklyn, New York, she travels extensively to national quilting events and is frequently asked to teach, lecture, and judge. Her booth is always packed with customers looking for the newest gadget Pat has either invented or found to sell to quilters.
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Iowa farmers now have new standards for managing fertilizers, including application. The USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service released the new standards this week in a 11-page nutrient management document.
The new document offers farmers guidance on managing fertilizer rates, source, placement and timing of application.
Although the standards are updated every year, NRCS accepted comments on the standards for more than a year and carefully considered changes, NRCS said in a news release.
The 2013 standards have important changes compared to the 2008 version. These changes reported by the Des Moines Register include:
• Changes to "sensitive" areas. Several changes were made to the nutrient application criteria to minimize the contamination risk near water quality "sensitive areas." Recognizing that water entering tile inlets often runs directly to a stream, they are now considered a water quality sensitive area.
A 50-foot filter strip can be used in place a of a 200-foot setback when surface applying nutrients near sensitive areas. As an interim mitigation practice near tile inlets, cover crops or a no-till cropping system may be used to mitigate runoff risk. The application criteria now apply to most nitrogen and phosphorus sources, not just manure.
• New 50 Degrees or Below Provision. Iowa farmers have always been encouraged to wait to apply fall anhydrous ammonia until soil temperatures reach 50 degrees, trending colder. Now other high ammonium sources, such as liquid swine manure and MAP/DAP, are included in this criteria for fall application.
• Rescue Nitrogen Application OK. Untimely heavy spring rains caused farmers to lose large amounts of nitrogen the past several years. A new provision allows farmers a "Rescue Nitrogen Application" that permits an additional nitrogen application when weather causes a significant loss of nitrogen. The standard specifies ways to formulate and evaluate management alternatives for rescue nitrogen applications.
• Additional Practices for Controlling and Trapping Nutrients. To help trap nitrogen, conservation practices such as cover crops, filter strips, bioreactors, and nutrient treatment wetlands (CREP wetlands) were added to the practice list.
To control and trap phosphorus, practices such as no-till, terraces and grassed waterways that control erosion and trap sediments are included.
• Equipment Calibration. Equipment used to apply fertilizer and manure must be calibrated to assure that what is planned to be applied is actually applied. This provision is included in the operation and maintenance section of the standard.
• Yield Goal Now Realistic Yield Potential. Any reference in the old standard to "Yield Goal" was changed to "Realistic Yield Potential" in the new standard. This change provides for simpler ways to estimate yield to determine nutrient removal rates.
• Manure Testing Requirement. A lab certified through the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Manure Testing Laboratory Certification Program will be used to complete manure tests. (www2.mda.state.mn.us/webapp/lis/manurelabs.jsp)
• Biosolids Included as Plant Nutrients. Biosolids like sludge and food processing waste are now included as sources of plant nutrients, recognizing that they are also a valuable fertilizer source.
• Guidance for Adaptive Nutrient Management. This provision encourages producers to conduct on-farm research to make better nutrient management decisions.


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The biggest retirement planning news of the day is undoubtedly the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI, who Monday morning announced, "After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the ... ministry."
Michele Dillon, a professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire and an expert on both Catholicism and aging, calls the pope's action a message to all older people who still hold positions of responsibility.
"We all need to reassess whether what we are doing is the right thing to do. It is very hard to walk away from power. But it behooves all of us to ask ourselves if someone else could do what we're doing -- and do it better," Dillon says.
The pope wrote in his resignation that he intended to spend the rest of his life studying and praying, which Dillon believes means that he won't be involved at all in the running of the Catholic church. "It is generous of him to say that he is stepping down and plans to spend his time praying -- not looking over the shoulder of his successor. What the pope is doing is a selfless act. He is doing what is best for the church, not what is best for him," Dillon says.
"He could have done what his predecessor Pope John Paul II did -- delegated decision-making to others -- but he recognized that the church needs a full-time leader."
The last time a sitting pope resigned was Pope Gregory XII in 1415, so I doubt there's a retirement fund or any standard pope retirement policies. Dillon says there is a retirement plan for bishops who contribute to it during their working years, so the pope, who says he will retire to a monastery in the Vatican, should have some spending money.


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Ocean Mist Farms mascot Arti the Artichoke won a social media fan favorite contest between produce mascots scheduled to race July 18 at the California Rodeo Salinas.
The contest ran on the rodeo's Facebook page June 16-30. Fans left comments in a photo album there.
Arti drew 56% of the total votes and was declared the winner July 1 in a trophy presentation at Ocean Mist headquarters in Castroville, Calif.
"We are thrilled to see Arti voted as the fan's favorite," Kori Tuggle, director of marketing and business development, said in a news release. "We know his fans are passionate about the California state vegetable he represents in his friendly way. This is a great way to extend our company's 90th anniversary celebration."
Tuggle credited Ocean Mist employees, the company's Artichoke Club members and Arti's Facebook page fans for voting for Arti during the contest.
The race at the California Rodeo Salinas is set for 6:30 p.m. July 18. The field is expected to include 11 mascots, who will raise money for Ag Against Hunger through donations from grower-shippers and others.


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It has sometimes been stated that George Croghan and William Trent were brothers-in-law. How they became so is not clear. William Trent's only sister, Mary, married Nathaniel French, of Philadelphia. Trent himself married Sarah Wilkins, possibly a daughter of one of the Indian Traders of that name. Croghan 's nephew, it will be remembered, was Doctor John Connelly, the Loyalist. Connolly was the son of John Connelly, Sr., a native of Ireland, and of Susanna Howard, sister of Gordon Howard, one of the early Indian Traders of Lancaster County. She first married James Patterson, the Trader, and after his death. Dr. Thomas Ewing, of Lancaster. John Connolly, Sr., was her third husband. Doctor Connolly, their son, married Susanna Semple, daughter of Samuel Semple, the innkeeper of Fort Pitt, who furnished Washington such good entertainment in 1770. If Croghan's wife was a Wilkins, and sister to William Trent's wife, it is possible she also may have been a sister to Samuel Semple's wife, the mother of Susanna Connolly; and this would have made Connolly Croghan's nephew, by marriage. The name of Croghan's own daughter, as shown by his will, was Susanna; which was also the Christian name of Connolly's mother, as well as that of his wife. But it is difficult to see how Croghan could have been a brother-in-law to Trent, who married Sarah Wilkins, and also to John Connolly, Sr., who married Susanna Howard, the widow of Doctor Ewing, unless, indeed, Sarah Wilkins and Susanna Howard may have been half-sisters, and one of them Croghan's wife's sister.


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PROPERTY seekers looking for a house that already has its own strong identity will be keen to take a peek at a house near Cirencester on the market with Strutt & Parker.
Roberts House is owned by flamboyant local designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and his wife Jackie, last seen together on our screens dancing in Stepping Out.
Although believed to be remaining in the Cotswolds, the Llewelyn-Bowens have decided that after seven years in 'the manor Bowen' the time has come to put their stamp on a new home.
The house is priced at £1,750,000 and lovers of strong design will feel right at home.
Since his appearance in the first ever Changing Rooms in 1996, Laurence has been a regular on our TV's and his design company and brand has gone from strength to strength .
As expected the six bedroom, four reception room house, described on Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's website as Poshington Manor, is a testimony to the designer's inimitable style.
And the Cotswold stone walled garden has been widely featured in magazines and on television including Gardeners' World and in the BBC coverage of the Chelsea flower show.
If you are in the market for Changing Rooms or are just in the market for some home interior inspiration, then this property could be for you.


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I am one in the "noble search" from Madrid (Spain). I have practised meditation for two years and a half now, and I have studied mainly Theravada Buddhism, more specifically Ajahn Chah and his disciples, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, and the Sutta Pitaka.
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The restaurant is open 6 a.m.-8 p.m. seven days a week.Huddle House, a full-service family restaurant chain with more than 400 eateries across the country, has opened inside the Pilot Travel Center, 3105 Doyle Road, New Haven. The restaurant is open 24 hours.The NAACP, Fort Wayne/Allen County (Branch 3049, Youth Council 3721) invites the public to a jazz brunch 9-11 a.m. Saturday at Link's Wonderland, 1711 E. Creighton Ave. Music is by the Afrodisiacs. People can stop by and get a lifetime membership. Walk-ins are welcome.
A table of eight adults is $120 ($15 per ticket) and eight youths is $80 ($10 per youth). For tickets and information contact Paulette Nellems, NAACP Fort Wayne/Allen County Branch 3049 president, at 409-1566 or Sheila Curry-Campbell, NAACP Fort Wayne/Allen County Youth Council 3721 adviser, at 740-7810 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.•Ali Baba's Grille, formerly Maza Grille at 10812 Coldwater Road in Valley Centre, has closed. The restaurant served Mediterranean cuisine.
•Jet's Pizza is coming to 5825 Maplecrest Road. That's near the intersection of Maplecrest Road and St. Joe Center Road. It's actually located at the end of the CVS building. According to its website, www.jetspizza.com, it's the 17th-largest pizza chain in the nation by sales, with more than 200 locations.
The first Jet's Pizza was opened in 1978 in Sterling Heights, Mich. The chain sells pizza, submarine sandwiches and salads. According to Jet's website, the chain has become famous for its deep-dish square pizza.
•McDonald's tore down its store at 3202 St. Joe Center Road, just west of the intersection with St. Joe Road, and built a new one, which is supposed to open Thursday.
•The former El Burrito Colonial, 3422 N. Clinton St., is now El Asadero, a taqueria (restaurant specializing in tacos). Hours are 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 10 a.m.-midnight Friday-Saturday. If the restaurant is not busy, it may close earlier.
•Mexico Antiguo Restaurante, 2787 Maplecrest Road, has opened where Blu City Tavern used to be. It's owned by the Soto family, who also owns the Cebolla restaurants and Don Chavas. You can't miss it — there are two metal horses hitched to wagons out front. Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; and 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Phone: 485-6601.
Something happening at your eatery? Call Cindy Larson at 461-8284, fax 461-8817, email firstname.lastname@example.com or write Restaurant Notes, C/O The News-Sentinel, PO Box 102, Fort Wayne, IN 46801. This column is the personal opinion of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of The News-Sentinel. To read other columns, go to www.news-sentinel.com/section/LARSON.


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STATE OF THE 'E: Long Term Effects Of Quick Fixes
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Welcome everyone to another edition of STATE OF THE 'E! I wish it were a positive and upbeat one but unfortunately I am not in the state of mind to provide you with that. I'm very pissed off. I understand The Rock being back "means something" to VKM but what does it mean to me? Horse shit.
I'm sick and tired of VKM not relying on the people that are breaking their back for the company and going back to the well for the other guys. Its completely ridiculous that they stopped such a legendary WWE Championship run for a fake sonofabitch who will be leaving as soon as he got there. Why? To get more buyrates? To do "what's best for business"?? Screw that noise.
THE 'E has become WCW in the eyes of people who stuck around. They don't have any storylines completely thought out until the day of the show, they book like they're drunk and they certainly have no type of loyalty to anyone. Of course its a machine and it has to keep running. But the thing is, for 434 days, CM Punk completely carried THE 'E on his back while John Cena had literally and historically the worst year in his career.
The booking for Cena was done in a way that made him look like he was inferior to everyone and everything... now all of a sudden he's Super Cena again? C'mon. This is quite possibly the worst 24hrs of THE 'E that I've ever endured. The Rock is YOUR new WWE Champion. And weirdly enough, "G.I. JOE: RETALIATION" is the sponsor for Elimination Chamber and not to mention for the next three months he has a movie coming out to boot. How convenient.
I'm here to be the voice of the unpopular opinion... CM Punk was a fantastic Champion that even JR said restored legitimacy to the WWE Championship. Its not a prop. It's not a toy... even though it looks like one. And its not propaganda. And this right here is a slap in the face to not just the fans that stayed loyal after "The Attitude Era" but its also a slap to the face of the wrestlers and everyone else who stayed as well.
The Champions that are no longer Champion but still around to help out. Not The Rock, no, no, NO! He has to put himself over to make his ego worth it. Since he's been back he's not put one damn person over. At all. He's beaten The Miz and R-Truth at the height of their popularity as a tag-team. He beat the proverbial poster boy for THE 'E in John Cena and now he's beaten the singular man who's carried that company on his back for almost two years now in CM Punk.
Who does it help? Not a single fucking person in the back and I guarantee that even though VKM and he are working on a "handshake deal" he's still taking 25% of all of WM's intake of money this year when its all said and done. I'm sure he'll get a nice fat piece of the pie just to screw over the mid-carders again this year in their big payday.
And now to add insult to injury, you bring back Brock Lesnar... ANOTHER money hungry bad for business sonofabitch. And what does he do? F5's VKM. I wonder why? Maybe so the literal third wheel of The Attitude Era can get his second shot at him? Not surprised. Haitch VS Lesnar coming to a WRESTLEMANIA XXIX near you!! Yes, that's been the rumored match for a while now but, give us something different damnit.
And speaking of RAW... tonight was quite possibly one of the best worst episodes ever. Tensai in lingerie dancing was the icing on the cake from hell. I'm beginning to hate this company and the politicks that are taking it down. I'm a loyal fan to them and they're nowhere near loyal to me or the other ones who've been around from the 80's domination, the 90's failing then boom and then the big fall from grace during the "Ruthless Aggression" era.
As it stands right now... I'm not doing crap for Wrestlemania and I'm not buying Elimination Chamber either. They're not going to continue to get my money for their subpar outings.
Leave whatever you wish at the bottom. I'm sure I'll get plenty hate for bashing The Rock and his "glorious" return. -_-


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ORLANDO, Fla. - A 28-year-old man was arrested Thursday in Orange County on suspicion of attempting to lure young girls.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office began a joint investigation about a month ago due to a reported "lewd and lascivious and attempted luring or enticing of a child" incident within the county.
An incident report was initiated, but deputies said the victim was unable to identify the alleged suspect.
Deputies said investigators, however, identified the suspect as Jeremy Hagan and gathered information such as his employment, address and criminal history. Hagan had two prior convictions for misdemeanor sexual-related crimes and is on probation, according to the Sheriff's Office.
Investigators conducted mobile and visual surveillance on Hagan for three weeks, and deputies said Hagan consistently traveled a specific pattern at specific times and through three different subdivisions in the Waterford Lakes and Azalea Park areas.
Deputies said Hagan consistently photographed young girls from his vehicle, which is not a crime, but he also attempted to lure the girls from a distance. Deputies said most of the children never paid him any attention, however.
Deputies arrested Hagan on charges of lewd or lascivious exhibition in the presence of a child, and luring or enticing a child.
Hagan's roommates didn't want to be identified but told Local 6 that he had been living with them for a year. They say they were unaware of his actions because he kept to himself.
"I thought that he was just awkward around people, but, you know, he seemed to like video games and stuff like that so we just thought that maybe he had friends online that he would talk to," a roommate said.
"I'm shocked and hurt because we put our trust out to help somebody and instead they burn us like this. It's very upsetting," another roommate said.
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One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when Arnold busts into the Tech Noir nightclub to kill Sarah Connor. Freshly armed to the gills with a ".45 Longslide with laser sighting" and an "Uzi 9mm," the T-800 was ready to mow down anyone who stood in his way. He had a great appearance too, courtesy of the punk outfit that he acquired at the beginning of the film. NECA perfectly captures this iconic look with their latest 7-inch action figure: the Tech Noir T-800.
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I believe in a few years, he'll be as good as Durant and LeBron. He just needs to be more aggressive and make better decisions. If he can develop a jump shot like Durant, he'll be unstoppable
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I believe in a few years, he'll be as good as Durant and LeBron. He just needs to be more aggressive and make better decisions. If he can develop a jump shot like Durant, he'll be unstoppable
Smothered Chicken!
I wouldnt go as far as saying he'll be as good as Durant and Lebron...However, I would say PG will be a consistent all star (not a superstar)
"So, which one of you guys is going to come in second?" - Larry Bird before the 3 point contest. He won.
Let's hope for star first. I wouldn't even consider Reggie a superstar, so that's waaaaaaay out there.
And better than LeBron? Do you mean, "better than LBJ in the last year before he retires"?
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Superstar is very rare. In any given season there might be 4. So no, George will never be a superstar. But then I never considered Reggie a superstar. Right now we have Lebron, Durant. That really might be it. Kobe probably has fallen just below superstar status. But my standard for Superstar is really high
High school players aside--a player RARELY becomes a Superstar. Most of the time when a player enters the league, they're already good, and by their second or third season they have reached superstar status.
Guys like Lebron, KD, D12, CP3, etc had signs of dominating games within their first two seasons. Some even within their rookie season.
I could see PG being an all star, and maybe a bonafide star someday if he really improves. But superstar? I don't see it.
I think what we've seen is largely what we're going to get with Paul George. I think he'll peak at a Deng-Iguodala-Granger level in the league, which is not bad, but far from a superstar. Maybe a few All-Star appearances here or there.
no way on earth, in hell, on other dimensions he can be as good as those guys. he is just not that talented and whoever thinks otherwise should wake up from that dream asap imo.
I think he can be better than Granger and Gay. Not sure how much better. As long has he continues to play defense and getting better and better on offense, he's got a chance to be one of the best if not the best player to ever put on a Pacer uni.
We'll see though. I'm rooting for PG to give Indiana something they have never had before.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
No. And that's not a bad thing. He's already a great two way player. Even if he only gets marginally better he's a starter on most of the teams in the league due to his defense and the fact he has at least a mildly competent offensive game. He rebounds extremely well for a guard and plays great D, his steal and block numbers are D-Wade good defensively.
People that think he is going to be T-Mac or whatever are going to be disappointed and that is a shame because he will still be a heck of a player.
Listen to all of these R.A.S. members talk like they were core, Da Smash's & Doug Adams are each having an out of body experiance right now & not even knowing why.
Having said that, no Paul George will never be on the level of the other two. They both possess that certain something that you either have or you don't, you can't devlop it. The mind of a killer.
If Roy hibbert can develop a jump shot like Durant, just think of how unstoppable he'll be...
While we're at it, if David West develops an Olajuwon-quality dream shake, George Hill learns to run a team like Magic Johnson, and Danny Granger starts passing like Larry Bird, the Pacers have an outside shot at 70 wins and a championship.
We've been really over-thinking this, guys. I just solved your 40-year championship drought in 30 seconds.
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He isn't playing like he can take his skills to the next level, let alone a superstar level. I question his will to be great during a game, his focus to seize the moment and take over a game let alone a string of games. I truly am having my doubts, lord I hope I'm wrong!!!
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
He's shown he can score. If he could do it consistently, I'd be willing to believe he'd end up being better than Granger.
LeBron? No way.
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Smothered Chicken!
ok maybe not as good as lebron or durant, but top 10 player in the league
Smothered Chicken!
You have a broader definition of superstars than most.
If Reggie was a superstar, then there were 15-20 superstars playing in the NBA during the 90's. That was always Reggie's range in any given season. At no point was he ever considered top-10, and only three times in 18 seasons was he ever considered top-15.
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He certainly has the raw abilities to be as good, but it is unlikely he reaches that level. As Peck said I don't think he has the right mindset for it.
I don't think he has the raw ability to handle a basketball at that level. That's what has always held him back from being a volume scorer.
He certainly has a scoring touch, but he has extreme difficulties getting where he wants to go with a basketball in his hands, especially against pressure.
He's got all the tools/talent to be easily the best player on this team, and Certainly someone who could make a case for an All NBA team at some point.
But he's just potential right now.
yeah there were. Number of the players in the 90s were great leaders, great scorers, great passers, and they were clutch
Smothered Chicken!
I'd say Reggie had Superstar moments and no doubt Superstar playoffs and with that he is a retired Superstar. I wouldn't say he was a Superstar for any one season during his long career do to playing in Indy. Ray Allen gets more props then Reggie and I would take Reggie any day over Allen with out a doubt!
Garbage players get 1st round picks, (WTF)! All of the NBA must hate the Pacers! LOL
Considering LeBron still has a chance to be the GOAT I don't see any way for PG in his prime to reach the same level or greater...
I do see the potential for him to be greater for his team than TMAC ever was... He will prolly never score like McGrady but I think he will average 20+ PPG with elite supporting stats for his position... And that would make him a greater asset for his team than McGrady ever was... For all the scoring numbers McGrady provided his teams he could never get them out of the first round...
IMO - To say Paul is the next "insert player name" is silly... His overall game is VERY unique... He's the first of his kind... You don't see many 6'10" wings that excell more on D than they do O... Especially when his weaker side (offense) still has a chance to be top 10 (or possibly even 5) at his position in the league...
Nothing in life worth having comes easy.
No. I think prime George will play a lot like Gay. When Gay joined the league he was a 2 guard and eventually moved to the SF spot. Gay's game is based on athleticism, quickness and shooting off the dribble. George has 2 of these qualities right now and I think his shooting is getting pretty good.
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Smothered Chicken!
To answer the question you posted. NO!! He will never be close to the two players you mention. If he were going to be that player, we would have seen more of it by now. He will be very good and that is about it.....