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Subliminal Message in TV shows and Movies both past and Present
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Re: Subliminal Message in TV shows and Movies both past and Present
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I wonder if you would even understand me when I say that this is not evidence of anything. Anyone can see these themes in modern culture. Anyone can use them. Just like you can make a devil horn sign with your hand and not be a devil worshipper.
Oh, sorry, were you looking for dumbasses to preach to? Sorry. I'm one of those who thinks and judges the evidence.
First off, let me just say this I appreciate all of the post and comments. I like everyones opinions on the subjects and the topics and I do want to emphasize opinions on topics; meaning nothing is written in stone. I want to first address revolution 60; I like the ads that you posted. Who knows, maybe there is something to it, the elites have their own hidden code, hell, for everything. As for albie __
I am a bit confused. Well let me take that back. You all are a bit confused. First off, you are on a conspiracy website, which means the stories on here are of the second nature, which means all topics are discussed and all possibilities are open for interpretation. As for your comment about were we looking for dumbasses to preach too. No dumbasses are who they are; people with closed minds, I let them be who they are.
When I joined this forum I thought I had left the dumbasses behind and found some real people who actually see the hidden things most common people dont see. As I stated earlier this is a conspiracy site, which means you get topics like this. If you were intelligent enough to be asked to join a society you would find out that there are many hidden symbols and codes in everything. Scientists are doing research on how the colors on fast food advertisements make you buy their food. If you think there is no message in anything why do they put these nice pictures of food on advertisements that make you hungry? And lets talk about Hollywood; what is the one thing they do, they dress up these models and sell you the illusion of glamour and glitch such as if you wear this perfume this star wears you can be like them. No, you fall into the closed mind category friend. I honestly believe and am willing to bet, you are one of those people out there who really thinks your vote counts and that when you vote you elect the president. With all the conspiracy being uncovered about the government and life you honestly think there are no hidden agendas in the commercials they air. What is wrong with you? Wake up!
Thank you for your comments they are all appreciated and remember, if they are respectful we will respond respectfully we are professional and we expect others to be the same.
Here are just a few links to reference in defense of our argument that yes subliminal messaging does exist and is a practice that is used by media to gain an edge or control over you. I guess I shouldn't have said subliminal messages that probably scares the common reading into thinking that
they can be controlled by what they see or hear on the television.
magine that hmmm but anyway, read and research then make your own opinion. If you still come to the conclusion that this is completely farfetched, thats fine. As I stated, you can have your own opinion but I am afraid that you are just another one of the common people who have closed minds.
Again, I will say this one more time...
I am a bit confused; I would like to ask alibe a question...
Why would you go to a conspiracy forum that talks about nothing but conspiracy topics and blast the topic that is posted. If you don't believe in conspiracies or the topics that come up why bother to look for them?
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The robbery charges against former Tennessee Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck were dismissed on Friday.
Prosecutors decided to drop the charges because of a lack of evidence, and what they called inconsistencies among witnesses and credibility issues.
"Justice has been served. From the jump, I've kinda had to be quiet about this, but at the end of the day, maybe I was the victim," Bulluck said.
Bulluck was arrested early in the morning on Aug. 25 after Habib Hashi, who was a driver for United Cab Company, said the former NFL player reached into his car and took $100 from Hashi's front pocket.
Hashi said he has received threats since the incident. Since the alleged theft, Hashi's credibility has been brought into question.
"I believe that this guy, he's got money, he can do whatever he wants. He's above the law. So that's why I don't get justice," Hashi said.
Bulluck was an analyst for the first three Titans' preseason games, but he was pulled from the broadcast of the final preseason game after the incident occurred.
Bulluck's defense was prepared to put the cab driver's former employer at Yellow Cab on the stand. Previously, that former boss said Hashi's nickname was "Pinocchio" because he had made up lies in the past.
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Susan Boyle's makeover and a new song
I took some e-mail heat recently for calling Susan Boyle, the "Britain's Got Talent" and YouTube sensation, "frumpy" and "dowdy." I'll stand by those characterizations and ask you to accept that I'm trying to be descriptive rather than critical. At minimum, perhaps we can agree that she is not, let's say, leonine.
But Daily Makeover, a Web site that's all about the makeovers (and the makeup ads), decided to do something about it. They gave Ms. Boyle a virtual makeover, slapping on (artfully!) some makeup and depicting her in two new haircuts.
Meanwhile, the Daily Record, a Scottish newspaper, has dug up a 1999 recording she made of "Cry Me a River." The YouTube clip of it is below, and she sounds good there, too. Other reports have Boyle coming to Chicago to be interviewed by Oprah and, for some reason, agreeing to do Larry King.
Here are Daily Makeover's pictures. Left is current; center and right are new. I'd prefer she keep it , but since the actual makeover is inevitable, I'll case my vote for the sort of bob look on the right. Daily Makeover did the work at the request of the "Extra" show.


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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is returning to New Hampshire after a weekend visit.
Romney held a rally at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease on Saturday. He's back in the state Monday night. He'll be joined at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester by singer Kid Rock.
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It seems like every day there is a new story on how our higher education system is going to hell in the proverbial hand basket. While rising tuition costs and the student loan debt crisis certainly paint a negative picture of higher education in the publics' mind, these issues do not tell the whole story.
Across the United States, there are plenty of community and technical colleges working hard to provide students with innovative training in high-demand fields at very reasonable costs. Case in point: Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) in Mount Pleasant, Texas.
We are a small rural college in a region that was hard-hit by the recession. Several of our major employers folded and we saw many of our neighbors moving on to greener pastures. As a community, we had to find a way to get people back to work.
There were several major roadblocks in making this happen: a) our economy is largely based on manufacturing jobs that require specific skills, b) NTCC did not currently offer training programs to teach those skills, and c) the college did not have the money to implement new programs on its own.
So we put our heads together with community leaders and got creative! Through conversations with local industry, we discovered the greatest labor shortage was in industrial technology. With this information, we assembled a team of strategic partners that included NTCC, the local Industrial Development Corporation, and our largest local school district.
Once all three partners embraced the vision, the college and high school examined existing career programs to find any which should be included in the project. The curricular overlap with the existing electrical trades program at the high school level was obvious, so that was added to the scope of the project. The idea for an Industrial Technology Training Center (ITTC) was born, but we still had to find a way to pay for it.
The problem of funding was quickly addressed once the community recognized the value of the partnership and saw a real opportunity for young people to learn a trade that would support local industry at a good salary. The ITTC began as a $1 million project but grew to $2.8 million because of the support at local, state and federal levels. In less than two years, this project was completely paid for, fully operational, and turning out graduates employed at $40,000 per year or more - a speed-to-market virtually unheard of for training programs like this.
Other gaps identified in the original labor market surveys have become possible as unanticipated opportunities arose. For example, there was no local Computer Aided Design (CAD) program at the time this began. Now the college is offering a course in CAD and plans are underway to expand this into a full program.
Given the need for speed and flexibility, the Industrial Technology program was designed to allow students to begin at one of several dates each semester and to work as quickly as their ability and effort allow. The program uses industry-approved curriculum which is available from any computer - home, college, library, or internet café. Students have maximum opportunity to pursue their studies. Skills and knowledge are demonstrated in the lab at the ITTC with instructors.
Such an approach has been the Holy Grail in career education for a long time. But few programs actually operate this way because of inherent resistance to change within the educational bureaucracy (local, state and federal). Designing the program to operate this way from the beginning, combined with the right leadership (at the operational administration level) has resulted in a program that actually works!
The program has worked so well that it has been hailed by economic development organizations, state officials and educators as a model. Did I mention that the cost of attendance for our level one certificate is less than $3,000 for local students? For less than the cost of one class at many universities, a student can get the tools they need to go out and make a respectable living for his or her family.
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2011 Record (PAC 12): 10-2 (7-2)
Returning Starters (Off/Def/ST): 17 (8/7/2)
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Any conversation about the USC's chances this season begins and ends with the man under center, Matt Barkley. After a 3,500 yard, 39 touchdown performance last season, Barkley was a sure first round pick; but he chose to return to 'SC for his senior year to take care of what he called 'unfinished business.' Barkley is widely considered the top quarterback in the nation and his work ethic speaks volumes on the field, improving his game across the board year after year as the Trojans' signal caller. With a big arm, strong presence in the pocket and complete command over one of the NCAA's elite offenses, Barkley is poised to take over the college football landscape in 2012. It doesn't hurt that he'll have two future first rounders to play pitch-and-catch with either. Marqise Lee and Robert Woods are true standouts at the receiver position and tallied over 2,400 yards and 26 touchdowns combined in 2011. Woods is one of the best possession receivers in the game, hauling in a Pac-12 record 111 catches en route to All-American honors last season. Lee, while not as fundamentally sound as his junior counterpart, has phenomenal top-end speed and is a greater threat down the field. His 15.7 yards per catch ranked ninth in FBS of players with over 70 catches and was tops among true freshman. Competing for looks behind the two studs is sophomore George Farmer, the one player on the Trojans' squad who may be faster than Lee and was his high school teammate, and true freshman Nelson Agholor. USC's shallow backfield gained a huge boost with the addition of former Penn State star Silas Redd, who combines with senior Curtis McNeal for a one-two punch reminiscent of Reggie Bush and LenDale White. Last year, the two combined for over 2,200 yards and 13 touchdowns, and will keep opposing defenses from loading up against the pass. The offensive line returns four starters from a group that led the nation in sacks allowed, anchored by All-Conference center Khaled Holmes. While they'll certainly miss the presence of first round pick Matt Khalil, they'll give Barkley plenty of time in the pocket and provide the running game with plenty of holes.
The Trojans' defense returns four All-Pac 12 standouts in defensive end Wes Horton, linebacker Dion Bailey, corner Nickell Robey and safety TJ McDonald. Horton leads a defensive front that has been berated with injuries, losing Devon Kennard and DeVante Wilson for the season while several others could miss time. Incoming freshman Leonard Williams is a real standout and might be thrust into play on what will be a very inexperienced group. after Starting three freshmen at linebacker last season will pay huge dividends this year, with Bailey, Hayes Pullard and Lamar Dawson in a trio of sophomore starters. Freshman Jabari Ruffin and Scott Starr bring more youthful talent to the position as well, and will likely play a big factor in the rotation. While the front seven are talented but youthful, the secondary might be as good as USC's ever seen. McDonald is the unquestioned leader of the pack and stands a good chance to repeat as a first team All-America selection. Three-year starter Jawanza Starling will man the other safety position and Robey will lead a four-man rotation at the corners. After standing pat the past two postseasons, these Trojans are undoubtedly hungry and ready to make a run at a BCS crown.
The Trojans have an early test at Stanford in September, where they'll try to beat the now Luck-less Cardinal for the first time in three years. Oregon comes to town on November 3 and the annual rivalry against a resurgent Notre Dame program will round out the regular season. Unless Stanford manages to knock off the Ducks on November 17, they'll like see Chip Kelly's gang again in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Two wins over the defending conference champs and an unbeaten season would put the Trojans back in the national championship game for the first time since the 2006 Rose Bowl.
BURNING QUESTION: Will depth become an issue later in the season?
This team has elite talent all over the field, but not up and down the depth chart. Scholarship sanctions have hindered the Trojans from bulking up on talent, particularly at the skill positions and on the defensive line. There's potential there, but apart from the starters they're deprived of significant experience. Lane Kiffin and company walked a similar line last season, starting five freshmen who managed to come through in a big way. Can he conjure up some more of that magic this season? Or will this team, brimming with potential, just be a year or two away from becoming the kings of college football once again.
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By River Huston
August 3, 2012
It is the middle of summer in the Caribbean. The cruise ships have slowed down. Everything has slowed down. I have slowed down. For the first time in my life I have taken whole days, even multiple days off to do absolutely nothing. The contest is officially over. I know I will still die in this lifetime but I have lost the urgency I felt for years (28) living with HIV and Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (an acute bleeding disorder).
In the race to get things done before HIV did me in, I wrote books, painted paintings and performed all over the world. I accumulated things, was married and often not in the moment. My life had become so hectic and busy I just did not always have the ability to stop it. In December of 2010 I got off the merry-go-round and moved to an island. Slowly over this past eighteen months I gave up everything I owned or was attached to. Last week were the last pieces to go: my house and car in Pennsylvania.
My life has become quiet without TV, radio, newspapers and very little Internet. My social life can be more defined as service and trying to be helpful than dinner parties and movies. I find small talk painful. I am still surprised when people flirt with me. I find it disingenuous. I don't know if I am cynical or just at a point in life where I want to get to the point.
I had sex with someone recently and it was the first man I had been with in twelve years other than my husband. It was insane, hot, wild, messy sex for hours on end. It was good to know everything works but when the person wanted to hang out, eat, and cuddle, I looked at him like he was an alien. I loved the sex but if I have to pay the price by listening to bullshit, I would rather just pay you to go away. I then realized that sex, as pleasurable and fabulous as it can be, is a passing pleasure. For an addictive personality such as myself it could lead to trouble. I noticed this right away.
After this sexual escapade I put up a POZ personal ad that said I want sex, oral sex in particular, no strings attached, best if you do not speak English, large equipment appreciated. I got no takers. It seemed everyone was looking for their soul mate, the love of their life, the one. Not interested, even a little. Maybe that will change but somehow I don't think so. I am working through my issues about love and relationships. I don't need anyone to make me whole, to be my partner, to be whatever. I am done with any possibility of procreation so what is the purpose.
I have a double-headed vibrator and that keeps my vaginal walls in shape as I sail through menopause. And it's probably better for me mentally than compulsively checking to see if I got any takers from my sex ad. Maybe there will be some more big passion in my life but if not, that's okay.
I know the International Conference on HIV/AIDS was going on in Washington, D.C. I have absolutely no interest, or guilt for having no interest. I have spoken at seven international conferences and hundreds of smaller conferences. I feel I have done all I can do. If someone wants me to come present or entertain I certainly will but otherwise if there is anything earth shattering I am sure someone will let me know.
I am down to the essentials -- laptop, meds, cell phone, iPad, and backpack. I am living for free in a falling apart villa on the ocean with a crazy cast of characters for neighbors and people who pass through the warehouse where I paint. I plan to make art till I am out of canvas and paint, then wander the planet. The road keeps getting narrower; I am not bored, depressed, sad, angry, happy, ecstatic, indifferent, ambivalent or apathetic. I just am, an accidental Buddhist, if you will.
Each morning I ask the powers that be how can I be helpful? I rescued a stray dog from the dumpster and got him fixed and a loving home, that was my job this week. It seems to be working out.
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Greensboro LEEDs the Way as an Affordable and Sustainable Destination
Posted May 1, 2009 by Kate Hamman
With a name like Greensboro, it's not surprising that this North Carolina city is turning its focus to sustainable practices. Here, you can stay in an over-the-top-green hotel, dine on upscale farm-to-table dishes, and support local vendors at a farmers' market, all the while keeping your savings intact.
Proximity Hotel: Designed and constructed following Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's (LEED) standards, the Proximity Hotel is green from the ground floor up. More than 70 sustainable practices have been incorporated into the hotel, including a solar-paneled rooftop and recycled materials. Each room features seven-foot-tall windows that offer ample natural lighting and views of the outdoors. Rooms start at about $189 per night.
Green Valley Grill: As a sister property to the Proximity Hotel, the Green Valley Grill uses fresh local ingredients in its European-inspired cuisine. By upholding the belief that "the nearer the farm to the fork the better the flavor," the restaurant creates tantalizing dishes such as parmesan-crusted chicken and lemon-rosemary duck breast. You can also sample North Carolina wines to pair with your dinner. Entrees start at $15.95.
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Looks like the Clintons share more than just a love of politics!
When President Obama addressed Myanmar earlier this week to extend the United States' hand of friendship to the longtime military-ruled state, there was one person who might not have been tuning in. Hillary Clinton, Obama's Secretary of State, appears to have fallen asleep during his speech. Judge for yourself:
It seems to be history repeating itself, as her husband, former President Bill Clinton, took an impromptu nap during a Martin Luther King speech in 2008.
What do you think of the Clintons nodding off during long speeches?


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Some fitness facilities are getting quite the one-two punch out of group exercise programming by taking participants off of the floor and onto a treadmill. Although this type of programming has its challenges, many clubs have solved their logistical issues and are now scoring a total knockout.
Evolving out of the group cycling movement, group treadmill classes began when manufacturers, fitness directors and group exercise instructors decided, if it works on bikes, why wouldn't it work on stair steppers, ellipticals and treadmills? While the idea seemed great in theory and many were excited about the possibilities of using equipment that was already on a facility's floor, some clubs found implementing a program was trickier than they originally thought.
One large manufacturer even discontinued its group exercise treadmill program due to the cost of shipping treadmills across the country for educational events and trade shows, and for many facilities, the programming just didn't fit as they had envisioned. The culprits of poor return on the program? Namely space, quantity and timing.
Despite these issues, a number of clubs have had success with this type of programming. It just takes the correct class format, the right demographic, creative marketing and a little patience.
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The Cleveland County Family YMCA in Norman, OK, has offered its treadmill group exercise class, Trekking, for about seven years. The facility dedicates seven treadmills to classes that run 10 times a week. Members sign up for the classes beforehand. For times such as 5:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. when spots fill up quickly, members can be placed on a waiting list in case there's a no-show.
"It's fairly popular," says Raeana Smith, health and fitness director at the Cleveland County Family YMCA. "We'll fill all seven treadmills and then have a few names on the list. They can still participate, but they might not be on the same row [as the rest of the class]."
Instructors demonstrate the movements on a treadmill and speak into a microphone that is projected through a radio system. Class participants simply turn their headsets to the correct frequency, and viola, they can hear the instructor over the hum of the treadmills. Members are told they can walk, jog or run during the class depending on their fitness level. Instructors lead the class through stretching, agility and interval training.
"It can be pretty intense, but we have a lot of members who have been going consistently," Smith says. "The class varies with instructors, but the members can pace themselves."
Smith admits that at first she and the rest of the YMCA staff were concerned about reserving treadmills on the floor for a class. To alleviate that worry, the gym set a five-minute rule, meaning if any treadmill is open five minutes into the class, anyone can use it. However, to Smith's surprise, not a lot of members were overly concerned. She credits that to the 17 other treadmills available for use and to promotion materials that helped explain the class to members.
"If it's brand new, you'll have to key into promotion to explain what the class is," she says. "Normally, you have to convince some people to stay on the treadmill, but with an instructor there some can really enjoy it."
Promotion is the one area that Brook Dabbs, fitness coordinator of the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports in Dallas, wants to beef up for her group treadmill program. After opening a new recreation center at SMU in September, the center launched a number of new group exercise classes, including Tri-Training, a triathlon training program consisting of group cycling, swimming and simulated outdoor running on the treadmill. While on the treadmills, a camera links students with the instructor via a 42-inch plasma television screen and a karaoke system that helps project the instructor's directions. Eighteen treadmills of the total 24 in the weight room were reserved for the class during the fall 2005 semester class.
Unfortunately, due to a lack of marketing and an intimidation factor (Tri-Training is a four-day-a-week time and energy investment which, according to feedback, was just too much for some students), the class only attracted five participants, but Dabbs hopes to increase that for the winter 2006 semester.
"There is a bit of a learning curve," Dabbs says. "Students are learning this is something to try, but it has taken some time for it to catch on."
Timing was another issue Dabbs grappled with. Due to the high volume of patrons in the new center, Dabbs scheduled the classes for the less busy times of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
"We had to ask, 'Will it irritate more people than it offers something to?' That's why we don't offer many classes during prime time," she says.
Concerns and Benefits
Finding a time that draws members to the class but doesn't upset your regular patrons isn't the only challenge for this type of program. The class can be quite noisy, it creates added wear and tear on expensive equipment and additional space is needed to accommodate both treadmills and an instructor walking around and checking alignment, speed, intensity and elevation, says Meg Jordan, editor of American Fitness, the magazine of the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA).
"The classes are gaining slightly in popularity, but they're not the mainstay by a long shot," Jordan says.
Kathy Stevens, a Reebok master trainer, AFAA trainer and director of the South End Racquet and Health Club in Torrance, CA, says many newer treadmills will automatically put users into a program with intervals, much like an instructor would.
"People in clubs like to do the treadmill, so they can be on their own time and schedule and don't want to be bothered with class times," Stevens says. "They also like watching the Cardio Theater and the distraction from what they are actually doing rather than a focused workout."
On the flip side, these classes can educate even "treadmill junkies." Advanced treadmill exercisers can challenge themselves in new ways and accommodate musculoskeletal challenges and limitations, and beginners can learn how to use the treadmill safely and properly, Jordan says. And, all users can be cued on proper walking, jogging and running form and be part of the camaraderie that group exercise classes are known for.
To balance your seasoned, individual treadmill exercisers' needs with your new members' needs, Stevens recommends doing a monthly, "introduction to treadmill walking" class.
"The beauty of scheduling a trainer-led class is that you can get people to start off using the treadmill safely and properly, and you can cue proper walking," she says. "And, your treadmill junkies realize it's only once a month, and maybe they'll do it and learn better alignment, footfall, etc."
Another option is targeting aging Baby Boomers. Stevens does a lot of senior programming and says that if her seniors will do anything on cardio equipment, it's the treadmill. Many are uncomfortable mainstreaming into group fitness or even going into a typical gym.
"If you're teaching a senior treadmill class, you're not going to be highly motivating them," she says. "It will be all about safety and good form and that they're comfortable."
To ensure proper safety for participants, facilities should have a quality instructor, especially when a class is on a large piece of equipment such as the treadmill. Since few classes or educational workshops are held on the topic of group treadmill exercise, many facilities resort to in-house training. Both Smith and Dabbs conduct workshops for their instructors to get them up to speed (pun intended).
Clubs should also hire an instructor who is CPR and First Aid certified with a base certification in personal training or group exercise, Jordan says.
"People sometimes want to increase their speed and intensity just because their neighbors are doing so," Jordan warns. "Instructors have to caution them to go at their own pace constantly."
Stevens also recommends a basic biomechanics class or a workshop on proper walking/running technique. Most major conventions offer such classes, and many have home-study versions. She also cautions about getting too creative with the treadmill. Some instructors will do lunges, shuffles and other exercises, which can be a safety issue if the treadmill is moving.
"Sometimes people will try to make something out of something that's not meant to be," Stevens says. "If [the treadmill] is in motion I would do nothing other than what it's meant for."
While group treadmill classes may never catch on quite like group cycling has, it has its place in some facilities. You just need to figure out the logistical issues and find the type of class that fits your members best (whether it's an intense triathlon training, general walking/jogging, an introduction class for all or senior-friendly programming). If you can find or train quality instructors, schedule the class at a popular time without inconveniencing your individual exercisers and promote the class well, then it's possible for you and your club to score a TKO with your group treadmill class.


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FORT MILL – Buford High's stellar play in the Jackets' Region IV-AA road win over Chesterfield High School earned BHS its share of honors at the weekly meeting of the Tri-County Football Coaches Association on Tuesday afternoon at the Towne Tavern in Fort Mill.
A trio of Jackets' players were saluted for their outstanding play in Buford's 35-25 road win over the Chesterfield Rams.
INDIAN LAND – The 2016 Indian Land High School soccer season, which produced a fifth straight Class AA Upper State title and bid to the AA state title match, has been history for five months, but the honors keep coming for the ILHS booters.
Indian Land High School veteran soccer coach Adam Cole said his team was honored last week with two awards from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).
The Warriors were honored with a national award for the 2016 season, earning the National High School Team Academic Award.
CHESTERFIELD – A happy Buford High School head football coach Tripp Watts sounded somewhat prophetic as he addressed his elated Jackets on Thursday night after BHS decked the host Chesterfield Rams, 35-25.
"How many points did I say we needed to score to win this game?" said Watts. "We said 35 and that's what we did.
The Andrew Jackson Lady Volunteers improved to 9-1 in Region IV-AA volleyball play with a 3-0 win over Chesterfield on Tuesday.
The Lay Vols prevailed over the Lady Rams, 25-16, 25-13 and 25-20.
AJ coach John Verdugo saluted a host of AJ players for their effort in the seep win.
Verdugo said AJ had big performances offensively from Kinsley Adams, Cassidy McKittrick and Makaylen Crosby who combined for 25 kills.
He also lauded the defensive effort from Ansley Lucas, Kaitlyn Holden, and Raegen Brewer with 27 good digs.
INDIAN LAND – To say Indian Land High School senior football player Logan Teeter has come full circle might qualify as the understatement of the season.
In a nutshell, Teeter, a three-year starter for the Warriors, has gone from the team's top tackler last season to the starter at quarterback.
Two seasons ago, Teeter, officially listed on the 2016 ILHS roster as a linebacker/running back, was the Warriors' signal-caller.
Since then, he's played fullback, linebacker, defensive end and now is back at quarterback.
FORT MILL – Two Indian Land High School football players were honored during the week six meeting at the Tri-County Football Coaches Association on Tuesday at the Towne Tavern in Fort Mill.
Indian Land High School sophomore linebacker Robbie Csuhta and sophomore kicker Brandon Dickerson led the Lancaster County honorees.
Csuhta was named the Class AAA-AA-A Defensive Player of the Week, while Dickerson was tabbed as the AAA-AA-A Special Teams Player of the Week.
Csuhta had a solid effort in the IL Warriors' road loss to Chester.
Lancaster High dominated the Region III-AAAA swim meet, with the LHS boys posting 130 points and the LHS girls taking 110 at the Rock Hill Aquatics Center on Saturday.
South Pointe's girls had 65 points and the SPHS boys had 30. Richland Northeast girls had 12 and RNE boys had three.
York boys had 19 and the York girls eight. Ridge View's boys had eight points and the RVHS girls had three.
In a limited week seven schedule, the Lancaster County football schedule has only two games, both set for Thursday.
Lancaster, continuing Region III-AAAA play, has another trip to the Midlands, but this game is Thursday night.
Lancaster, 4-2, 1-0, ventures to Pontiac to face Richland Northeast on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
RNE shares the facility, Harry Parone Stadium, with Spring Valley High School, which also has a home game Friday.
Lancaster High School's road football game with Richland Northeast, slated to be played Thursday, has been canceled.
A make-up date has not been set.
Schools in Richland and Lexington counties will be closed today (Wednesday), Thursday and Friday, so no after-school activities – games or practices – are allowed. The closing of the schools come in response to the impact of Hurricane Matthew.
Stay tuned for more reports related to the rescheduling of games and school-related activities.
Lee McManus
For The Lancaster News
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I've been on this scene, on and off, for 57 years now, or for about half its life, starting when I was a junior at good old Grand County High in 1956, and wrote a column of high school news. My husband, sweetheart and partner, Sam, had not yet returned from his army service in Japan back then, and this newspaper had been through at least three iterations of change already.
We've been through more than double that amount since, counting changes in the way a newspaper was prepared and printed and changes in staff. In the very early days, type was hand-set, letter by letter. Later it had to be disassembled and the individual letters (upper and lower case) returned to their respective type cases. Thus, the Linotype machine was the first major timesaver for publishers in the latter part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. If you swooped your fingers across what was and still is "asdfghjkl" on a typewriter, the linotype machine would give you "etoinshrdlu" in a line of type to place in your type stick or form. Etoinshrdlu. A word among words. And I had to dig a little deep in the memory banks to come up with it. A dieing word. More practically, a dead word.
The linotype machine and its ilk became known as hot type in the industry, as the linotype used what were known as "pigs" of metal, melted and cast by the machine into the individual lines by the operator. When anything got out of alignment or otherwise went awry in the casting process, the machine operator either jumped away quick or endured a painful burn as the machine put forth a squirt of molten metal. Sam's pants in the early years of our marriage had many little holes and small bits of linotype metal affixed to them. His legs also suffered, but from his telling the tale, it was more from high school and college football than from linotype squirts. I decline from giving an opinion.
Zane was in junior high or high school when we took a trip to the National Newspaper Association's convention and trade show in Dallas, specifically to look over and choose among the array of machines, applications and programs available in the exciting new era of cold type, meaning no more hot lead squirts. We chose a Singer (yes, as in the sewing machine) typesetting setup, and Pagemaker program. There were two popular programs available. And we made the right choice, in my estimation.
Things evolved from there, and are still evolving. Another old saying is that if you're not moving forward, you are moving backward. And so, we march forward. Life goes on. Zane has long expressed that there are other avenues he would like to pursue in his life. Newspapering was following our bliss (in the words of Joseph Campbell) for Sam and for me. It never occurred to us that our children may have different ideas for themselves.
And so, at our annual corporate meeting earlier this year, we came to the decision that it is time to sell The Times-Independent. We are, and will be, involved in that process for whatever time it takes to identify a buyer whose philosophies about community newspapers mirror ours.
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The rule used to be: match your bobby pins to your hair. But for spring, the blonder the hair the darker the pins-at least, at Prada and Sonia Rykiel. Once fall hit, Odile Gilbert suggested a brighter contrast, using primary-coloured pins on all shades of hair in the Cacharel show. More recently, both Hanneli Mustaparta, a chocolate brunette, and Emma Stone, currently a near-platinum blonde, rocked white bobby pins against long, ladylike styles.This has to be the easiest runway-to-real way idea in the history of hairstyling. Whether you're in a rush, looking for a dirty hair fix, or lacking the fine motor skills to give yourself Heidi braids, you can pull your hair into a deep side part and secure with a fun assortment of bobby pins in less time than it will take to apply the shine spray you'll need to polish off the look. Snag Anthropologie's Bobby Pin Set ($15), or head to the closest drug store for Goody's wide selection .


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NEW YORK (AP) — There's Denzel Washington and Billy Crystal, plenty of Shakespeare and a nice dash of Harold Pinter. There's even a musical of the boxing classic "Rocky" and the much anticipated return of Neil Patrick Harris and "Les Mis." This upcoming season on Broadway seems to have something for everyone.
Broadway once again will be the destination for A-list celebs, including Denzel Washington, Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Zachary Quinto, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Diahann Carroll, Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Stewart, Zach Braff, Billy Crystal, Ethan Hawke, Fantasia Barrino and "Iron Man 3" star Rebecca Hall. Theater buffs will welcome back Cherry Jones, Idina Menzel, Condola Rashad and the British star Mark Rylance.
Mark Rylance will star in two startlingly different roles: as the love-struck noblewoman Olivia in "Twelfth Night" and as the ruthless and conniving title monarch in "Richard III." And Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley will all tackle multiple roles in "No Man's Land" and "Waiting for Godot." But the most characters this season will be performed by Jefferson Mays, who will play a whopping eight roles in "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder."
Fans of the late Nobel laureate Harold Pinter will be seeing double this season. His play "Betrayal" arrives in October with real-life married stars Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, and a month later a revival of his "No Man's Land" will play in repertoire with "Waiting for Godot," starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. It's the first time since 1976 that two Pinter plays are simultaneously on Broadway.
Just two? One playwright will have a staggering four works on Broadway this season — William Shakespeare. First comes "Romeo and Juliet" with Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad in September, then "Twelfth Night" and "Richard III" with Mark Rylance in November, and then a new "Macbeth" with Ethan Hawke, less than six months after Alan Cumming offered his own one-man version. Oh, and Julie Taymor will direct "A Midsummer Night's Dream" off-Broadway and Elizabeth Olsen will be Juliet in her own off-Broadway production.
Musicals built around legendary female singers and songwriters are coming thick and fast, starting with Mary Bridget Davies starring in "A Night With Janis Joplin" and "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" starring Jessie Mueller. Off-Broadway this fall will be Dee Dee Bridgewater as Billie Holiday in "Lady Day" and down the road will be "American Idol" contestant Crystal Bowersox in "Always ... Patsy Cline." Look for more: Diane Warren's prodigious songbook has been optioned for a musical.
The second revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" (with Denzel Washington and Diahann Carroll) and the sixth revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" (with Cherry Jones and Zachary Quinto) are coming to Broadway. The Roundabout Theatre Company will offer the first revival of "Machinal" (starring Rebecca Hall) since it made its debut 85 years ago and also the first revival of Terence Rattigan's "The Winslow Boy." The Roundabout is also reviving two celebrated stage works about marriages in crisis — Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" and Donald Margulies' "Dinner With Friends."
The creators of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Next to Normal" have returned with the new musical "If/Then" starring Idina Menzel, due on Broadway this spring after a debut in Washington, D.C. Singer Fantasia Barrino and actor Dule Hill team up in "After Midnight," which appeared off-Broadway last year. Woody Allen has adapted his film "Bullets Over Broadway" into a world premiere musical starring Zach Braff, while Mary-Louise Parker will star in the world premiere of "Snow Geese," a new play by Sharr White.
One of the more intriguing offerings will be a musical based on Sylvester Stallone's 1976 film "Rocky." It features a score by "Ragtime" veterans Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and a story by Thomas Meehan, who wrote "The Producers" and "Hairspray." The director is Alex Timbers, who directed Broadway's "The Pee-wee Herman Show" and directed and wrote the book for "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson." The "Rocky" musical was a hit in Germany and will throw its hat into the Broadway ring in the spring.
One of the most likable, bankable Broadway stars — Neil Patrick Harris — will star in an extremely unconventional Broadway show — "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." Harris goes from the family friendly "Smurfs 2" and the hit TV show "How I Met Your Mother" to a German male transsexual rock singer in a tale of obsession, glam rock, a botched sex-change operation and a quest for identity. The kids may have to stay home for this one.
When "Les Miserables" arrives on Broadway from a national tour in March, it will find a familiar home — the Imperial Theatre, the show's former venue on Broadway for nearly 13 years. The new show marks the third time "Les Mis" has made it to Broadway, but the 2012 film with Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried gave it fresh heat.
John Grisham's legal thriller "A Time to Kill" comes to Broadway starring Sebastian Arcelus. Robert James Waller's romantic novel "The Bridges of Madison County" arrives, starring Kelli O'Hara. And the musical "Big Fish" — based on a 1998 novel "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions" by Daniel Wallace and also a 2003 film — comes around starring Norbert Leo Butz and with songs by Andrew Lippa. "Act One," the autobiography of Moss Hart, will make it onstage at Lincoln Center.
Disney Theatrical Productions, which has produced the big hits "Mary Poppins," ''Newsies" and "The Lion King," is preparing a new musical based on the animated hit "Aladdin," with new songs by hit maker Alan Menken and direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw, whose previous hits include "The Book of Mormon" and "The Drowsy Chaperone." The new musical will first be staged in Toronto this November with an eye to bringing it to Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre in early 2014.
Billy Crystal's poignant one-man autobiographical show "700 Sundays" was a Broadway success during the 2004-2005 season, playing to sold-out houses and winning a Tony Award for special theatrical experience. Crystal took it on the road, both in America and abroad. Now it's coming back — to die. Crystal insists he's saying goodbye to the show in the city where it all took place. Previews begin in November.
Newly crowned Tony-winning lead actor Tracy Letts is planning a quick return to Broadway as the playwright of "Killer Joe." ''Allegiance," George Takei 's show about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and a musical based on the film "Ever After" led by Kathleen Marshall, are eyeing Broadway theaters this season. Hugh Jackman's Broadway return in "Houdini" will depend on how a full reading of the show goes in December. Plus, the Broadway debut of the goofy "Dames at Sea" is promised next year.
Cherry Jones will be in "When We Were Young and Unafraid" at New York City Center. Off-Broadway theaters will also boast the return of Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Laurie Metcalf, as well as plays by August Wilson, Bruce Norris, David Henry Hwang, Horton Foote, Stephen Adly Guirgis and Ethan Coen, and even a stage version of "Little Miss Sunshine." Mike Daisey, the disgraced monologist who acknowledged making up chunks of his last show about Apple products, returns to the Public Theater with a slate of 29 new works.
The Tony Award-nominated musical adapted from the film "A Christmas Story" will play at Madison Square Garden with many of the original adult cast members — including Dan Lauria, John Bolton, Erin Dilly and Caroline O'Connor — who made the show a delight last Christmas on Broadway. The show marks the Broadway debut of rising songwriting team Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, as well as a kid who gets his tongue stuck to a frozen flagpole during a triple-dog-dare.
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1. Buy a pair of size 14-16 work boots.
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"Bubba: Me & Bertha went for more ammo & beer. Back soon. Don't mess with the pit bulls; they messed the mailman up bad this morning. I don't think Killer took part; hard to tell from all the blood. I locked all four of 'em in the house. Better wait outside. Be right back. CooterStand up for what is right, even if you have to stand alone.
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Emma Stone and Jane Curtin are late additions to the lineup of performers who'll celebrate Bill Murray when he receives the Mark Twain Prize, a top honor for humorists, this Sunday.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced Tuesday that Stone and Curtin will take the stage in honor of Murray on Sunday night, joining a lineup including David Letterman, Sigourney Weaver and Aziz Ansari.
Curtin performed alongside Murray on "Saturday Night Live," and Stone co-starred with him in the little-seen movie "Aloha."
Also new to the lineup are musician Rhiannon Giddens and Ivan Reitman, who directed Murray in "Ghostbusters." Murray's co-star in that movie, Dan Aykroyd, has dropped out of the event due to a scheduling conflict, the Kennedy Center said.
Murray, 65, will join the ranks of fellow "Saturday Night Live" alums Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell, who have won the honor in past years.
Murray joined the SNL cast in 1977 and soon after became a comedy movie star, starting with "Meatballs" in 1979. After his turn as the mumbling groundskeeper Carl in the 1980s ensemble screwball comedy "Caddyshack," Murray scored starring roles in hit films "Ghostbusters" and its sequel "Ghostbusters 2," "Groundhog Day" and "What About Bob?"
Later in his career, Murray took on subtler, quirky characters in Wes Anderson films like "Rushmore" and "The Life Aquatic," and a more serious role in Sofia Coppola's 2003 "Lost in Translation," for which he drew many accolades.
In real-life, Murray is an avid golfer and sports fan. He's also known for showing up unannounced at non-Hollywood events — house parties, wedding receptions, kickball games.
"His unique brand of humor seems to defy time itself, always remaining relevant and relatable to new audiences — much like our award's namesake," Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter said of the star.
In a statement, Murray said he's honored by the award.
"I believe Mark Twain has rolled over in his grave so much for so long," he said, "that this news won't disturb his peace."
The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is awarded to those who influence society in the tradition of Samuel Clemens, the writer, satirist and social commentator better known as Mark Twain.


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Class Act had the best of both worlds last night in the season finale in Babe Ruth 14U softball at Rolling Hills park.
Class Act had the best of both worlds last night in the season finale in Babe Ruth 14U softball at Rolling Hills park.
By beating Nordyne 16-7 in the first game, Class Act also picked up the title even though they had one game left in the nightcap against Fuemmeler Furniture Refinishings.
While splitting games during the regular season, FFR picked up the rubber game of the series by beating Class Act by a score of 6-4.
Class Act finished the season at 11-2 overall while FFR closed out the 2012 campaign at 9-3.
In the first game, Nordyne jumped out on top with three runs in the first only to have Class Act rally back with four runs in the bottom-half of the inning to go up 4-3.
Class Act never trailed after that while plating six runs in the bottom-half of the second to make it 10-3. Then, after Nordyne sent one run across in the top-half of the third, Class Act came back and added three runs in the bottom-half of the inning to extend the lead to 13-6.
Nordyne also tacked on one in the fourth while Class Act sent three runs across in the bottom-half of the inning for the victory.
Makayla Zey picked up the win on the mound for Class Act while Miranda Northern took the loss for Nordyne, who closed out the season at 4-7.
Alexis Muri started the game and pitched part of the first, giving up three runs on one hit and one walk. Zey then came in and pitched 2 2/3 innings in relief and allowed two runs on five hits while striking out four. Then, to finish the game, Alli Muri pitched 1 1/3 innings and issued one run on two hits and two walks.
For Nordyne, Northern pitched the first-four innings and surrendered 16 runs on 11 hits and four walks while striking out five.
Class Act also out-hit Nordyne 11-8, with Mackenzie Strother collecting two singles, one triple and two RBIs. Darian Wolfe had one single, two doubles and one RBI while Alli Muri added one single, one double and three RBIs, Mickayla Strother with two singles and one RBI and Emily Scheperle with one single and one RBI.
For Nordyne, Leigha Vollmer had two singles and one RBI while Kishonda Jones added two singles, Miranda Northern with one home run and four RBIs, Courtney Timm with a triple and one RBI, Kyla Johnson with one triple and Taylor Fisher with one single and one RBI.
In the nightcap, Class Act jumped out with three runs in the top-half of the first only to have FFR rally back with one in the bottom-half of the fourth to cut the lead to two at 3-1. Meanwhile, after both teams put up one run in the fifth, FFR came back and scored four more runs in the sixth for the victory.
Kiley Barnes picked up the win on the mound for FFR, while Makayla Zey took the loss for Class Act. Barnes pitched all six innings and struck out eight batters while giving up four runs on 11 hits and two walks. Zey, meanwhile, pitched all six innings and surrendered six runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three.
Barnes also led the hitting attack in the game for FFR with a single, double and three RBIs. Madolyn Stodgel finished the game with a RBI-single while Hannah Fuemmeler and Addison Quinlan added one single each and Hannah Loesing and Ella Reisinger with one RBI apiece.
For Class Act, Mickayla Strother had a single, double, triple and one RBI. Mackenzie Strother, meanwhile, finished the game with three singles and one RBI while Jordan Oerly added two singles, Alli Muri with one triple and one RBI and Alexis Muri, Darian Wolfe, Makayla Zey and Emily Scheperle each with one single.


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Lafayette Man In Stable Condition After Drive-By Shooting
UPDATE: Lafayette Police have arrested the person they believe is responsible for a drive-by shooting over the weekend.
Twenty-seven-year-old Robert Felix was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder, according to police spokesperson Cpl. Paul Mouton.
Felix allegedly fired several shots into a vehicle, striking one of the two victims inside, Mouton said.
The case remains under investigation.
Police say they don't know what the motive was, but that they were called out to the 900 block of East Simcoe Street last night after a shooting.
Lafayette officers said an unknown suspect fired multiple shots into the victim's vehicle, hitting the victim.
The gunshot victim was taken to an area hospital by a relative, where he remains in stable condition.
Detectives are asking anyone with information about the shooting or the identity of the suspect to contact Lafayette Police or Crime Stoppers at 232-TIPS.


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Burned church steeple comes down
Burned church steeple comes down
BURLINGTON, Vt. —
The finals steps in dismantling the College Street Congregational Church's steeple began Saturday in Burlington.
Crane crews and contractors were getting ready to take down the steeple in sections, starting with the copper finial on top. Workers said it will be a tricky job since all of the parts are more than 150 years old.
After the steeple comes down a weatherproof cap, which was constructed at the site, will be placed on top of the tower.
The cap will be temporary as the church continues construction inside. Plans haven't been drawn up for the new tower, but church members said it won't be the same.
Members of the congregation are hoping to start using the sanctuary by January.


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I've used Quicken for a long time now and it's the center of how I manage finances at home. There are similar packages on market from other vendors (MS Money, etc) which probably offer similar features, but I've always liked that Intuit stays focused on their market and I love the way they drive revenue (Quicken 2004, 2005, etc, etc). In my view there's a single trick to making Quicken work for you and that's to use financial institutions that support a direct connection to Quicken. Every couple days I'll hit the update button, download my latest transactions from checking, savings, credit cards, 401k, and stock account, and then spend 5-10 minutes categorizing them and clicking ok. It's a lot faster than typing in all the transactions from receipts and in many cases will set the category for you automatically.
There are some really nice benefits to this. One is that you're looking at your accounts every couple days to once a week depending on your schedule and that lets you instantly spot signs of fraud or identity theft. Another is that you can easily reconcile right then to your online balance. When my monthly statement comes in I file it, never needing to do the old fashioned and often painful work of reconciling.
Because getting the data in and maintaining it is about as easy as it can get, it's not a big step to run a report or two to look at spending patterns, figure out much you've spent on pet food, or build a budget and compare actual to forecast. I know there are many ways to manage money, but this has worked for me and it's one of those patterns I depend on.


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Songs of the Soul - New York
Friday, 28 August, 2015 - 7.30
Baruch Performing Arts Center, Mason Hall , 17 Lexington Ave at 23rd St.
Thank you for coming...
We hope you had a wonderful experience, it was certainly a wonderful experience for us. If you were at the concert, we warmly invite you to share your experiences with us on our comment form.
"Songs of the Soul: Concert for Inner Peace"
Featuring the music of Sri Chinmoy performed by his students, and special guest artists Purushottama Boris Grebenshikov and Krishna Das.
About the concert
You are warmly invited to an evening of music dedicated to the profoundly beautiful and uplifting music of spiritual Master and composer Sri Chinmoy. Musicians from around the world will come together to offer their creative and inspirational musical arrangements as part of a week of cultural festivities.
This unique concert will feature the music of Sri Chinmoy performed by his students, as well as compositions by music legend and "Poet Laureate of Russia" Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov, and special guest and legendary Kirtan performer Krishna Das.
Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov hails from St Petersburg, Russia. In a career spanning over four decades, Grebenshikov has produced more than 50 albums. Often referred to as 'Russia's Bob Dylan' his music has incorporated a range of styles, from folk and blues to translucent acoustics. In this concert he will offer some devotional Indian chants alongside his own compositions.
"Boris Purushottama has brought down heaven for us...He is all heart, all soul... a musician, singer of the highest order. He has brought infinite peace, infinite bliss for us." Sri Chinmoy
In February 2006 Grebenshikov met Sri Chinmoy who offered him the name Purushottama, which relates to 'the one who is beyond all limitations'. Grebenshikov believes that inside each human being resides an 'infinite silence' which is the source of creativity, and it is from this source that he continues to enchant audiences the world over. In September 2007 he performed as a special guest at Sri Chinmoy's concert in St Petersburg.
Grebenshikov continues to tour Russia, Europe and North America regularly and pays annual visits to India. With his smoky tenor voice he is able to 'express the inexpressible' in a lyrical language that has earned him the affectionate title, "Poet Laureate of Russia." When he performs to non-Russian speaking audiences he says, "There are things that are universal enough that they resonate with every person who listens."
At this special evening, Grebenshikov will be joined by his good friend Krishna Das. Layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga's "rock star." With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling western chant artist of all time.
Given the name Krishna Das when he was in India, he began to chant as part of following the path of Bhakti yoga – the yoga of devotion. "The chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it," Krishna Das promises. "That's the point of this whole thing. That's what cuts through all the 'stuff'. You get lit up. You don't have to know what it means."
In this concert, Grebenshikov and Krishna Das will endeavour to create a profound and significant experience of 'Inner Peace'.
"A moment's truth
Can and shall make the world beautiful.
A moment's peace
Can and shall save the world.
A moment's love
Can and shall make the world perfect."
Sri Chinmoy
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TORNADO – There will be plenty of Ripley High Blue and White on the Chris Parsons Cross Country Course this Saturday when the State Meet unfolds in Ona on the Cabell Midland High School campus.
Last Thursday, the Ripley Viking boys team continued their outstanding season by winning the Class AAA Region 3 crown at Meadowood Park in Tornado. The Vikings finished with 45 points in earning the title. Oak Hill was second in the nine-team field with 61 points.
Ripley had four runners earn All-Regional accolades by placing in the Top 10. Chad Longanacre led the way with a fourth place finish in a time of 16:38.00. Ryan Gregory was next in line, placing eighth in a time of 16:59.80. The Casto brothers – Caleb and Jake – placed ninth and tenth, respectively, with times of 17:15.60 and 17:24.40.
The Viking running pack also included Levi Phillips, who was 14th (17:43.00), Sammy Shaver, who placed 22nd (18:28.00) and Dylan Whiting was 32nd (18:53.00).
"This was our first regional championship since 1993 when I was a freshman," said a proud Jimmy Groves, one of Ripley's coaches.
"They ran really well and they deserve it. We had to sit in our cars for an hour (because of lightning), but they didn't let that bother them. When you start winning like this it helps get kids out for the program."
Ripley senior Ali Cunningham will close out her running career with a trip to the State Meet. Cunningham was the lone Lady Viking to qualify with a second place All-Regional performance. Cunningham's time was 19:49.10. Capital's Peyton Panger won the race in a time of 19:12.60.
"I wish our girls team could have made it, but we're proud of Ali. She was very determined to get there (after finishing 13th at last year's regional meet). Our kids seem to be cool and confident. They don't seem to be nervous and that is good," added Groves.
Ripley placed fourth in the six-team field with 76 points. Capital won the meet with 50.
Lady Viking Maddi Randolph, a freshman, just missed qualifying for the State Meet. She placed 13th in a time of 22:45.10.
Melissa Hughart was 16th (22:50.20), Sapphire Parsons was 22nd (23:44.80), Molli Cunningham was 30th (25:11.00) and Audra Thomas placed 34th (26:11.20).
Vikings win regional crown; Cunningham qualifies
TORNADO – There will be plenty of Ripley High Blue and White on the Chris Parsons Cross Country Course this Saturday when the State Meet unfolds in Ona on the Cabell Midland High School campus.


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GameXplain: "We talk about our recent hands-on time with Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D for the Nintendo 3DS at the 3DS Showcase. We discuss how it looks in 3D, how it stacks up the original, we talk about the New Mode, and veer off-track a bit with talk of difficultly in videogames, All this and more in our DKCR 3D discussion video!"
Anyone who missed this on Wii, I highly recommend it. Old school difficulty is live and well here. Retro Studios made it...need I say anymore? I give it a 93/100. Gameplay is almost perfect.
Is the Original Mode going to be exactly like the Wii game but with worse graphics and an additional world? Because that's what I want.


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In the NYT Magazine, Dan Savage suggests non-monogamy as an antidote to infidelity in marriage.
With each new sex scandal splashed across headlines, it's become impossible to hide from the realities of marriage, i.e., monogamy is hard. And with so many high-profile persons seemingly shirking fidelity, it's easier for couples unsatisfied in their relationship to start wondering if these cheating politicians just may have the right idea. It's these concerns and questions that The New York Times Magazine took on when reaching out to leading sex-advice columnist, Dan Savage for their recent exploration of monogamy and marriage.Why Do Men Like Anthony Weiner Take Such Stupid Risks?
Savage tells the Times that many of us have a hard time admitting that being monogamous is difficult. He believes that when people treat monogamy as the sole indicator of a successul marriage, it casts unrealistic expectations for not only themselves but for their partners. In other words, monogamy just may be more of a romantic ideal than a reality. Did You Know?: The Truth About Sexual Chemistry
All couples, according to Savage, should be honest about their sexual urges, even if they include having sex with other people, and openly discuss the drawbacks of monogamy. This includes, but isn't limited to, non-monogamy. By being G.G.G—good, giving and game, i.e., skilled, generous and up for anything—couples can create a more realistic sexual ethic for themselves.
In fact, Savage and his husband Terry Miller have admitted to being "monogamish," in which they allow for one another to look for sexual satisfaction outside their marriage so long as they're honest about it. To Savage, this is about setting smarter boundaries rather than rules for their marriage. If couples are open to being flexible in their marriage, than it could lessen their partner's chance of having an affair. However, if couples are willing to be non-monogamous, it's important to discuss what is or isn't appropriate. If there are some sex acts or emotional attachments that just won't fly, make sure your partner knows. Why Being Married Doesn't Make You A Relationship Expert
"Folks on the verge of making those monogamous commitments need to look at the wreckage around them—all those failed monogamous relationships out there (Schwarzenegger, Clinton, Vitter, whoever's on the cover of US magazine this week)—and have a conversation about what it'll mean if one or the other partner should cheat. And agree, at the very least, to getting through it, to place a higher value on the relationship itself than on one component of it, sexual exclusivity," Savage says.
The Times reports that in 2010, "NORC, a research center at the University of Chicago, found that, among those who had ever been married, 14 percent of women and 20 percent of men admitted to having an affair." How many of these affairs stemmed from women and men feeling too ashamed to tell their partner what they really wanted sexually? Savage believes that if a person's sexual desires aren't being met, there's no shame in simply asking your partner to experiment with you. If couples are expected to be monogamous, "then you have to be whores for each other. You have to be up for anything."
Of course, non-monogamy tends to appeal more to men than women, who generally have a harder time separating physical and emotional intimacy. For many women, there is no such thing as "just sex." Savage thinks its better for women to know what men are really like, so that they don't go on "marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man." YourTango Quickies: New Factoids On Cheating, Orgasms & Divorce
What's important to remember is that marriage is not the same for everyone. One size never fits all, according to Judith Stacey, a New York University sociologist interviewed for the article, and "variation is what's natural." In this case, Stacey says couples should decide on the vows they want to make. This way, when they work out the terms of their commitments together, they can be on the same page.
Infidelity, after all, is what Savage sees as another trial that "marriages can be expected to survive." And the best advice he can offer other married couples is to get a sense for one another and plan accordingly.
How do you feel about non-monogamy?
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LONDON (AP) — London's Heathrow airport canceled 260 flights — about 20 percent of its usual schedule — on Sunday because of snow and low visibility, causing a third day of misery for travelers.
Flights have been disrupted since Friday at Heathrow, one of Europe's busiest airports, which has seen long lines and stranded passengers camping out on its terminal floors.
Heathrow said it had spent millions to improve its ability to cope with icy weather after the airport was virtually shut down by snow for several days in December 2010. But it said that unlike airports with spare runway capacity, it could not space out aircraft during low visibility without causing disruptions.
"Because Heathrow operates at almost full capacity, there is simply no room to reschedule the delayed flights," it said in a statement.
The airport said more cancellations are planned, as forecasters say snow is expected to blanket Britain in the coming week.
Heathrow plans to reduce Monday's flight schedule by at least 10 percent, and it warned that more flights could be canceled if weather conditions at other European airports worsen.
In Germany, icy weather forced Frankfurt airport, Europe's third-busiest, to cancel nearly 292 flights on Sunday.
Gatwick, London's second-busiest airport, said it was operating a normal service Sunday with some delays.


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Native Trails: Artisan Crafted Home Fixtures
- Location: online only
- Website: nativetrails.net
Store History
- Founded: 1996
- Founded by: Naomi Neilson Howard
- Headquarters: 4330 Santa Fe Rd, Ste. A
One of the most eye-catching booths at this year's GreenBuild, was the Native Trails display. At the show they had a gorgeous collection of reclaimed wood vanity cabinets paired with hand-hammered recycled copper vessels. We met with the founder of Native Trails, Naomi Neilson Howard, and found out some pretty cool details about the company and their beautiful fixtures.
For years Native Trails founder, Naomi Neilson Howard, visited Mexico and observed the production of amazing handcrafted copper works — skills that had been passed down for centuries. She eventually decided to team up with the artisans to make functional copper fixtures, and is proud to support and promote their craftsmanship traditions in the products. "Sure, the bottom line is important, but what creates lasting value is providing a high quality, sustainable product and cultivating strong, long term relationships with our artisans and staff. "We are very close to our artisans and their families — we sponsor their soccer teams; attend their family weddings and baptisms. We also provide loans and micro-finance for capital improvements so that they can grow and prosper with us."
In addition to having the strong connection to handmade artisanal goods, all of the materials Native Trails uses are eco-friendly. The copper is made from recycled metals (typically reclaimed conduit, pipes and wires) — available either as-is or plated with a nickel finish; the woods are either made from FSC-certified sources, or are reclaimed wood from local barns. In addition to being a beautiful, recycled and high-quality material, Naomi noted that copper is naturally an anti-bacterial material — perfectly suited for the kitchen and bath.
Native Trails makes a variety fixtures, most notably kitchen and bathroom sinks and tubs, as well as range hoods, mirrors, tissue covers and other sink accessories — in both stock and custom designs. The fixtures could easily fall into any design category and fit into any home: rustic, modern, vintage, traditional or contemporary.
Shown above the jump, from left to right:
1 Aspen Copper Bath Tub
2 Cabana Bar Sink
3 Cuzco Vanity Base and Sedona Vanity Top
4 Tuscany Round Mirror and Waste Bin
5 Zuma Apron Front Kitchen Sink
Related: Gorgeous Recycled Copper Sinks from Native Trails
More GreenBuild 2010:
- IdeaPaint is Awarded GREENGUARD Certification!
- Mint Condition Homes: Vintage Inspired, Green Sensibilities
- BuildingGreen's Top 10 Products for 2010
- The 10 Most Exciting Products at GreenBuild
- Interview: Jay Bolus of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Despite a federal court order against their current law, Missouri legislators voted Thursday to toughen requirements even further for people seeking to work as insurance guides under President Barack Obama's health care law.
A bill given final approval by the Republican-led Legislature would require criminal background checks for people applying for state licenses to help consumers sign up for health insurance through a federally run website. Anyone with past convictions involving fraud or dishonesty would be barred from the jobs.
Several other states also have enacted or are pursuing more stringent requirements on so-called navigators and counselors for the health insurance exchanges.
Missouri's latest effort attracted bipartisan support, passing 27-3 on Thursday after clearing the House 133-14 on Wednesday.
Last year, Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon signed a bill requiring state licensure for the insurance guides. But U.S. District Judge Ortrie Smith issued a preliminary injunction against it in January, saying it "constitutes an impermissible obstacle" to the federal law. He said the licensing requirement thus was pre-empted by the federal law under the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, a Democrat, has appealed that decision. In a court brief filed earlier this month, Koster's office said the Missouri licensing requirement doesn't prevent the federal law from being carried out but instead is specifically allowed under a federal provision that requires insurance navigators to "meet any licensing, certification or other standards prescribed" by states.
Though sponsored by Republicans, the new Missouri bill requiring background checks gained support from numerous Democrats.
"I'm OK with some vetting of who the navigators are. It's just good public policy," said Democratic Rep. Jill Schupp, of suburban St. Louis.
Nixon has not said whether he will sign or veto the new legislation. He has until mid-July to make a decision.
Advocacy groups that have encouraged people to sign up for health insurance said the latest Missouri measure was unnecessary, saying there have been no reports of navigators with criminal records misleading their customers.
"It just is one more sign that they've got their priorities in the wrong place and they're focusing on the wrong things," said Jen Bersdale, executive director of Missouri Health Care for All, a St. Louis-based coalition that supports the federal health care law.
The coalition has urged Missouri lawmakers to expand Medicaid eligibility for thousands of lower-income adults under a provision of the federal health care law that would result in billions of additional federal dollars for the state. But Republican lawmakers have repeatedly defeated attempts to expand Medicaid eligibility.
Insurance navigator bill is SB508.
Legislature: http://www.moga.gov
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