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(1) By illumination I do not mean the light in the head. That is incidental and phenomenal, and many truly intuitive people are entirely unaware of the light. The light to which I refer is that which irradiates the Way. It is "the light of the intellect", which really means that which illumines the mind, and which can reflect itself in that mental apparatus which is held "steady in the light". (10 - 3).
(2) Illumination reveals first of all the existence of glamour; it provides the distressing contrasts with which all true aspirants wrestle, and then gradually it floods the life to such an extent, that eventually glamour completely vanishes. Men see things then as they are - a facade hiding the good, the beautiful and the true. The opposites are then resolved and consciousness is superseded by a condition of realisation of Being, for which we have no adequate term. The technique of light becomes a permanent condition. (10 - 241).
(3) With most of the advanced students at present, all that is
felt is occasional flashes of illumination, but later will be felt a steady irradiation. (2 - 111).
(4) Through diligence, application, high endeavour, and the long and patient following of the rules laid down, there comes a time when the student is suddenly conscious - right within the physical brain - of certain unexpected events, an illumination or a seeing that has before been unknown. It is something that is so real, yet so momentarily surprising, that no amount of subsequent apparent disproving can take away from him the knowledge that he saw, he contacted, he felt. (2 - 288).
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(5) The world of meaning and of causes becomes gradually the world in which he finds happiness, and his selection of his major interests, and the use to which he decides to put his time and powers, are finally conditioned by the truer spiritual values. He then is on the path of illumination. (14 - 340).
(6) The man's efforts in meditation have opened a door through which he can pass at will (and eventually with facility), into a new world of phenomena, of directed activity, and of different ideals. He has unlatched a window through which light can pour in, revealing that which is, and always has been, existent within the consciousness of man, and throwing illumination into the dark places of his life; into other lives; and into the environment in which he moves. He has released within himself a world of sound and of impressions, which are at first so new and so different, that he does not know what to make of them. His situation becomes one requiring much care and balanced adjustment.
It will be obvious to you that if there is a good mental equipment, and a sound educational training, that there will be a balancing sense of proportion, an interpretative capacity, patience to wait until right understanding can be developed, and a happy sense of humour. Where, however, these are not present, there will be (according to the type and the sense of vision) bewilderment, a failure to comprehend what is happening, undue emphasis upon personality reactions and phenomena, pride in achievement, a tremendous sense of inferiority, too much speech, a running hither and thither for explanation, comfort, assurance, and a sense of comradeship, or perhaps a complete breakdown of the mental forces, or the disruption of the brain cells, through the strain to which they have been subjected.
Exhilaration is also sometimes found as a result of the contact with a new world, and strong mental stimulation. Depression is as frequently a result, based upon a sensed incapacity to measure up to the realised opportunity. The man sees and knows too much. He can no longer be satisfied with the old measure of living, with the old satisfactions, and with the old idealisms. He has touched, and now longs for the larger measures, for the new and vibrant ideas, and for the broader vision. The way of the life of the soul has gripped and attracts him. But his nature, his environment, his equipment, and his opportunities, appear somehow to frustrate him consistently, and he feels he cannot march forward into this new and wonderful world. He feels the need to temporise, and to live in the same state of mind as heretofore, or so he thinks, and so he decides.
These expansions, which he has undergone as the result of successful [Page 187] meditation, need not be along the line of recognised religious effort, or produced by so-called occult revelation. They may come to him along the line of a man's chosen life activity, for there is no life activity, no vocational calling, no mental occupation, and no condition, which cannot provide the key to the unlocking of the door into the desired wider world, or serve to lead a man to the mountain top, from which the wider horizon can be seen, and the larger vision grasped. A man must learn to recognise that his chosen school of thought, his peculiar vocation, his particular calling in life, and his personal trend, are only part of a greater whole, and his problem is to integrate consciously his small life activity into the world activity.
It is this we call illumination, for lack of a better word. All knowledge is a form of light, for it throws light into areas of awareness, of which we have hitherto been unconscious. All wisdom is a form of light, for it reveals to us the world of meaning which lies behind the outer form. All understanding is an evocation of light, for it causes us to become aware of, or conscious of, the causes which are producing the outer forms which surround us (including our own), and which condition the world of meaning, of which they are the expression. But when this fact is first seen, grasped, and when the initial revelation has come, when the place of the part in relation to the whole is sensed, and when the world, which includes our little world, is first contacted, there is always a moment of crisis, and a period of danger. Then as familiarity grows, and our feet have wandered in and out of the door we have opened, and we have accustomed ourselves to the light which the unshuttered window has released into our little world of daily living, other psychological dangers eventuate. We are in danger of thinking that what we have seen is all there is to see, and thus - on a higher turn of the spiral, and in a larger sense - we repeat the dangers (earlier considered) of undue emphasis, of wrong focus, of narrow minded belief, and idée fixe. We become obsessed with the idea of the soul; we forget its need of a vehicle of expression; we begin to live in an abstracted detached world of being and of feeling, and we fail to keep in contact with the factual life of the physical plane expression. We thus repeat - again on the higher turn of the spiral - the condition we considered in which the soul or ego was not present, reversing the condition, so that there is no form life really present in the focussed consciousness of the man. There is only the world of souls, and a desire for creative activity. The handling of daily living on the physical plane, drops below the threshold of consciousness, and the man becomes a vague, impractical, visionary mystic. These [Page 188] states of mind are dangerous, if they are permitted to exist. (15 - 465/8). See also: "Light".
(1) The problem of Illusion lies in the fact that it is a soul activity, and the result of the mind aspect of all the souls in manifestation. It is the soul which is submerged in the illusion, and the soul that fails to see with clarity until such time as it has learnt to pour the light of the soul through into the mind and the brain. (10 - 21).
(2) It is in meditation and in the technique of mind control, that the thinkers of the world will begin to rid the world of illusion. Hence the increasing interest in meditation as the weight of the world glamour is increasingly realised, and hence the vital necessity for right understanding of the way of mind control. . . . Only the intuition can dispel illusion, and hence the need for training intuitives. Hence the service you can render to this general cause by offering yourselves for this training. (10 - 22/3).
(3) Illusion is primarily of a mental quality, and was characteristic of the attitude of mind of those people who are more intellectual than emotional. They have outgrown glamour as usually understood. It is the misunderstanding of ideas and thought-forms of which they are guilty, and of misinterpretations. (10 - 26).
(4) Today illusion is so potent, that few people whose minds are in any way developed, but are controlled by these vast illusory thought-forms, which have their roots and draw their life from the lower personality life and desire nature of the masses of men. (10 - 32).
(5) Glamour, as we have seen, is of more ancient standing and of earlier emergence than is illusion. It has little in it of the mental quality, and is the major factor controlling the majority. The objective of all training given on the Path of Discipleship, and up to the third initiation, is to induce that clear thinking which will render the disciple free from illusion, and give to him that emotional stability and poise which gives no room for the entrance of any of the world glamour. (10 - 33).
(6) The disciple is the victim and, let us hope, the dissipator of both glamour and illusion, and hence the complexity of his problem and the subtlety of his difficulties. He must bear in mind also (for his strengthening and cheer), that every bit of glamour dissipated, and every illusion recognised and overcome, "clears the way" for those who follow after, and makes easier the path of his fellow disciples. This is par excellence, the [Page 189] Great Service, and it is to this aspect of it that I call your attention. Hence my attempts in these instructions to clarify the issue.
One of the problems which confronts the aspirant, is the problem of duly recognising glamour when it arises, and of being aware of the glamours which beset his path and the illusions which build a wall between him and the light. It is much that you have recognised that glamour and illusion exist. The majority of people are unaware of their presence. Many good people today see this not; they deify their glamours, and regard their illusions as their prized and hard won possessions. (10 - 44/5).
(7) An aspirant succeeds in contacting his soul or ego through right effort. Through meditation, good intention, and correct technique, plus the desire to serve and to love, he achieves alignment. He becomes then aware of the results of his successful work. His mind is illumined. A sense of power flows through his vehicles. He is, temporarily at least, made aware of the Plan. The need of the world and the capacity of the soul to meet that need, flood his consciousness. His dedication, consecration and right purpose enhance the directed inflow of spiritual energy. He knows. He loves. He seeks to serve, and does all three more or less successfully. The result of all this is that he becomes more engrossed with the sense of power, and with the part he is to play in aiding humanity, than he is with the realisation of a due and proper sense of proportion and of spiritual values. He over-estimates his experience and himself. Instead of redoubling his efforts, and thus establishing a closer contact with the kingdom of souls, and loving all beings more deeply, he begins to call attention to himself, to the mission he is to develop, and to the confidence that the Master and even the planetary Logos apparently have in him. He talks about himself; he gestures and attracts notice, demanding recognition. As he does so, his alignment is steadily impaired; his contact lessens, and he joins the ranks of the many who have succumbed to the illusion of sensed power. This form of illusion is becoming increasingly prevalent among disciples, and those who have taken the first two initiations. There are today many people in the world who have taken the first initiation in a previous life. At some period in the present life cycle, recurring and recapitulating as it does the events of an earlier development, they again reach a point in their realisation, which they earlier reached. The significance of their attainment pours in upon them, and the sense of their responsibility and their knowledge. Again they over-estimate themselves, regarding their missions and themselves as unique among the sons of men, and their esoteric and subjective demand for recognition enters in and spoils what might otherwise have been a fruitful [Page 190] service. Any emphasis upon the personality can distort most easily the pure light of the soul, as it seeks to pour through the lower self. Any effort to call attention to the mission or task which the personality has undertaken, detracts from that mission, and handicaps the man in his task; it leads to the deferring of its fulfilment until such time when the disciple can be naught but a channel through which love can pour, and light can shine. This pouring through and shining forth has to be a spontaneous happening, and contain no self-reference. (10 - 52/3).
(8) Illusion is the mode whereby limited understanding and material knowledge interpret truth, veiling and hiding it behind a cloud of thought-forms. Those thought-forms become then more real than the truth they veil, and consequently control man's approach to Reality. (10 - 240).
(9) Illusion . . . The world of phenomena is not denied, but we regard the mind as misinterpreting it, and as refusing to see it as it is in reality. We consider this misinterpretation as constituting the Great Illusion. . . . The Problem of Illusion lies in the fact that it is a soul activity, and is the result of the mind aspect of all the souls in manifestation. It is the soul which is submerged in the illusion, and the soul that fails to see with clarity, until such time as it has learnt to pour the light of the soul through into the mind and the brain. . . . Illusion is primarily of a mental quality, and is characteristic of the attitude of mind of those people who are more intellectual than emotional. They have outgrown glamour as usually understood. It is the misunderstanding of ideas and thought-forms of which they are guilty, and of misinterpretations. (15 - 472).
(10) You are in process of incarnation; you are following your chosen way. Is the house you are building yet lit? Is it a lighted house? or is it a dark prison? If it is a lighted house, you will attract to its light and warmth all those around you, and the magnetic pull of your soul, whose nature is light and love, will save many. If you are still an isolated soul, you will have to pass through the horrors of a more complete isolation and loneliness, treading alone the dark way of the soul. Yet this isolation, this loneliness, and this separation in the dark night, are all part of the Great Illusion. It is, however, an illusion into which the whole of humanity is now precipitated in preparation for unity, freedom, and release. Some are lost in their illusion, and know not what is reality and truth. Others walk free in the world of illusion, for the purposes of saving and lifting their brothers, and if you cannot do this, you will have to learn so to walk. (16 - 343).
See also: "Glamour" and "Maya", "Ideas and Ideals".
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(1) Doubt as to the fact of immortality, will be solved before long in the realm of science, as the result of scientific investigation. Certain scientists will accept the hypothesis of immortality as a working basis upon which to base their search, and they will enter upon that search with a willingness to learn, a readiness to accept, and a desire to formulate conclusions based upon reiterated evidence. These conclusions will, in their turn, form the basis for another hypothesis. Within the next few years, the fact of persistence, and of the eternity of existence, will have advanced out of the realm of questioning into the realm of certainty. The problem will have shifted further back. There will be no question in anyone's mind that the discarding of the physical body will leave a man still a conscious living entity. He will be known to be perpetuating his existence in a realm lying behind the physical. He will be known to be still alive, awake and aware. The fact will be demonstrated in several ways. The development of a power within the physical eye of a human being (a power which has always been there, but which has been very little used) will reveal the etheric body, the "double", as it is sometimes called; and men will be seen occupying that body in some definite spatial area, whilst their dead or disintegrating physical body, has been left behind. Then again, the growth in the number of those people who have the power to use the "single eye", sometimes called the "reawakened third eye", will also add to the demonstration of the truth of immortality, for they will with facility see the man who has discarded his etheric body, as well as his physical body. By the very weight of their numbers, and by the reputability of their position, they will carry their point. Through a discovery also in the field of photography, now being investigated, will the fact of survival be proven. Through the use of the radio, by those who have passed over, will communication be eventually set up, and reduced to a true science. (14 - 183/4), (17 - 412).
(2) The theory of conditional immortality. This theory is still held by certain fundamentalist and theologically narrow schools of thought, and also by a few of the intelligentsia, primarily those of egoistic tendency. It posits that only those who reach a particular stage of spiritual awareness, or who accept a peculiar set of theological pronouncements, can receive the gift of personal immortality. The highly intellectual also argue at times, that the crowning gift of humanity is a developed and cultured mind, and that those who possess this gift, are likewise endowed with eternal [Page 192] persistence. . . . The Christian interpretation, as given by the orthodox and the fundamentalist schools, proves untenable when submitted to clear reasoning; among the arguments which negate its accuracy, lies the fact that Christianity posits a long future, but no past; it is likewise a future entirely dependent upon the activities of this present life episode, and accounts in no way for the distinctions and differences which distinguish humanity. (17 - 401/2).
(3) The first step towards substantiating the fact of the soul is to establish the fact of survival, though this may not necessarily prove the fact of immortality. . . . That something survives the process of death, and that something persists after the disintegration of the physical body, is steadily being proved. If that is not so, then we are the victims of a collective hallucination, and the brains and minds of thousands of people are untrue and deceiving, are diseased and distorted. Such a gigantic collective insanity is more difficult to credit than the alternative of an expanded consciousness. (17 - 411), (14 - 98).
(4) The growth of etheric vision, and the largely increased numbers of clairaudient and clairvoyant people, is steadily revealing the existence of the astral plane and the etheric counterpart of the physical world. More and more people are becoming aware of this subjective realm: they see people walking around who are either the so-called "dead" or who, in sleep, have dropped the physical sheath. (14 - 98), (17 - 412).
(5) The next two hundred years will see the abolition of death, as we now understand that great transition, and the establishing of the soul's existence. The soul will be known as an entity, as the motivating impulse, and the spiritual centre back of all manifested forms. . . . Our essential immortality will be demonstrated and realised to be a fact in nature. (14 - 96), (17 - 412).
(6) With that inner conviction (of immortality), we face death, and we know that we shall live again, that we come and we go, and that we persist because we are divine and the controllers of our own destiny. We know that we have set ourselves a goal, and that the goal is "Life more abundantly" - somewhere, here, there, and eventually everywhere.
The spirit in man is undying; it forever endures, progressing from point to point, and stage to stage upon the Path of Evolution, unfolding steadily and sequentially the divine attributes and aspects. (8 - 146).
(7) The immortality of the human soul, and the innate ability of the spiritual, inner man to work out his own salvation under the Law of Rebirth, in response to the Law of Cause and Effect, are the underlying factors [Page 193] governing all human conduct and all human aspiration. They condition him at all times, until he has achieved the desired and the designed perfection, and can manifest on earth as a rightly functioning son of God. (8 - 147). See also: "The Soul" and "The Ego".
(1) Impersonality, particularly for high grade integrated people, is peculiarly difficult to achieve. There is a close relation between impersonality and detachment. Study this. Many cherished ideas, many hard won qualities, many carefully nurtured righteousnesses and many powerfully formulated beliefs, militate against impersonality. It is hard for the disciple - during the process of his early training - to hold earnestly to his own ideals and to pursue forcefully his own spiritual integration, and yet remain impersonally oriented towards other people. He seeks recognition of his struggle and achievement; he longs to have the light which he has kindled draw forth a reaction from others; he wants to be known as a disciple; he aches to show his power and his highly developed love nature, so that he may evoke admiration, or at least, challenge. But nothing happens. He is looked upon as no better than all the rest of his brothers. Life, therefore, proves dissatisfying.
These truths of self-analysis are seldom definitely faced or formulated by you and, therefore, (because I seek to help you) I formulate them for you and face you with them. It is hard for intelligent men and women to see others closely associated with them, dealing with life and problems from a totally different angle to their own - handling them in a weak or stupid way (from the angle of the disciple) and making apparently serious errors in judgment or technique. Yet, brother of old, why are you so sure that you are right and that your point of view is necessarily correct? It may be that your slant on life, and your interpretation of a situation needs readjustment, and that your motives and attitudes could be more elevated or purer. And even if they are - for you - the highest and the best that you can achieve at any given time, then pursue your way and leave your brother to pursue his . . .
This attitude of non-interference and the refusal to criticise, in no way prevents service to each other or constructive group relations. . . . Perhaps you can see clearly what is the group weakness, and who it is that is keeping [Page 194] the group back from finer activity. That is well and good, provided that you continue to love and serve and to refrain from criticism. It is a wrong attitude to seek assiduously to straighten out your brother, to chide him or seek to impose your will on him or your point of view, though it is always legitimate to express ideas and make suggestion. . . . Continue with your own soul discipline, and leave your brothers to continue theirs. (5 - 48/9).
(2) The door closes behind the initiate, who is now an accepted member of his group, and as the Old Commentary puts it "its sound in closing informs the watching world that the initiate has passed into a secret place, and that to reach him in the real sense they too must pass that door." This conveys the thought of individual self-initiation, to which all must be subjected, and indicates also the loneliness of the initiate as he moves forward. He does not yet understand all that his group as a whole grasps; he is himself not understood by those on the other side of the door. He has sensed for some time the group with which he is now affiliated, and is becoming increasingly aware of their spiritual impersonality, which seems to him to be almost a form of aloofness, and which in no way feeds in him those elements which are of a personality nature; he therefore suffers. Those left behind as a part of his old life, in no way comprehend his basic (even if undeveloped) impersonality. This attitude of theirs invokes in him, when sensed, a resentment and a criticism which he realises is not right, but which at this stage he seems unable to avoid, whilst those he criticizes endeavour to tear him down, or (at the least) to make him feel despised and uncomfortable.
In the early stages he takes refuge from those left behind, by withdrawing himself, and by much unnecessary and almost obtrusive silence. He learns to penetrate into the consciousness of his new group, by strenuously endeavouring to develop their capacity for spiritual impersonality. He knows it is something which he must achieve and - as he achieves it - he discovers that this impersonality is not based on indifference or upon preoccupation, as he had thought, but upon a deep understanding, upon a dynamic focus on world service, upon a sense of proportion, and upon a detachment which makes true help possible. Thus the door and the past are left behind. St. Paul attempted to express this idea when he said: "Forgetting the things which are behind, press forward towards the prize of your high calling in Christ". I would ask your attention to the word "calling". (18 - 72/3).
(3) You might here ask me if there is one single mode or means whereby a disciple can begin to approximate this seemingly impossible goal. I would [Page 195] reply: By the steady practice of impersonality, with its subsidiary attitude of indifference where personal desires, contacts and goals are concerned. Such an impersonality is little understood, and even when cultivated by well-intentioned aspirants, has a selfish basis. Ponder on this, and endeavour to achieve impersonality through self-forgetfulness and through the decentralisation of the focus of consciousness from the personality (where it is usually centred) into the living, loving soul. (5 - 82).
(4) The Master looks for an effort on the part of the disciple to be impersonal in his dealings, both with Him and with his co-disciples; impersonality is the first step upon the road to spiritual love and understanding. The effort of most sincere disciples is usually concentrated upon loving each other, and in this (to use an old simile) they put the "cart before the horse". Their effort should be to achieve, first of all, impersonality in their dealings, for, when that has been achieved, criticism dies out and love can pour in. (5 - 737).
See also: "Detachment", and "Indifference".
(1) The path of incarnation is not a quick one . . . the Ego descends very slowly and takes possession gradually of his vehicles; the less evolved the man, the slower is the process. We are dealing here with the period of time which transpires after the Ego has made the first move towards descent, and not with the time which elapses between two incarnations.
The Ego . . . at some period between the fourth and seventh year makes his contact with the physical brain of the child. (3 - 787).
(2) An incarnation is a definitely determined period (from the angle of the soul), wherein Experiment, Experience and Expression are the keynotes in each incarnation. Each successive incarnation continues the experiment, deepens the experience, and relates the expression more closely to the latent unfolding divinity. (18 - 337).
See also: "Reincarnation".
(1) Life interludes, or those periods wherein the spiritual man is out of incarnation, and has withdrawn into the egoic consciousness. These, for the little evolved, are practically non-existent; they cycle in and out of [Page 196] incarnation with amazing rapidity. ... As growth takes place, the periods of withdrawal from incarnation steadily lengthen, until the point is reached when the periods out of physical manifestation greatly exceed those spent in outer expression. (4 - 513).
(2) For ages men have misused and wrongly employed a God-given function; . . . they have also brought too rapidly into incarnation myriads of human beings, who are not yet ready for the experience of this incarnation, and who needed longer interludes between births, wherein to assimilate experience. Those souls who are unevolved, come into incarnation with rapidity; but older souls need longer periods wherein to garner the fruits of experience. They are, however, open to the magnetic attractive power of those who are alive on the physical plane, and it is these souls who can be brought prematurely into incarnation. The process is under law, but the unevolved progress under group law, as do the animals, whilst the more evolved are susceptible to the pull of human units, and the evolved come into incarnation under the Law of Service, and through the deliberate choice of their conscious souls. (14 - 272).
(3) An instance of this inaccurate and foolish attempt to throw light upon the theory of rebirth, can be seen in the time limits imposed upon departed human souls, between incarnation on the physical plane, and the return to physical rebirth - so many years of absence are proclaimed, dependent upon the age of the departed soul, and its place upon the ladder of evolution. If, we are told, the soul is very advanced, absence from the physical plane is prolonged, whereas the reverse is the case. Advanced souls, and those whose intellectual capacity is rapidly developing, come back with great rapidity, owing to their sensitive response to the pull and obligations, interests and responsibilities already established upon the physical plane. (17 - 403).
(4) Man reincarnates under no time urge. He incarnates under the demands of karmic liability, under the pull of that which he, as a soul, has initiated, and because of a sensed need to fulfil instituted obligations; he incarnates also from a sense of responsibility, and to meet requirements which an earlier breaking of the laws governing right human relations, have imposed upon him. (17 - 404).
(5) When the life of the personality has been full and rich, yet has not reached the stage wherein the personal self can consciously co-operate with the ego, periods of personality nirvana are undergone, their length depending upon the interest of the life, and the ability of the man to meditate upon experience. Later, when the Ego dominates the personality life, the interest [Page 197] of the man is raised to higher levels, and the nirvana of the soul becomes his goal. He has no interest in devachan. Therefore, those upon the Path (either the Probationary Path, or the Path of Initiation) do not, as a rule, go to devachan, but immediate incarnation becomes the rule in the turning of the wheel of life; this time it is brought about by the conscious co-operation of the personal Self with the divine Self or Ego. (3 - 737/8).


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But how many Nute Gunray's do we really need?
Quote from: Nicklab on April 28, 2005, 04:55 PMBut how many Nute Gunray's do we really need?So far I only know of two:Episode I NuteAOTC Saga Screen Scene NuteEach has a different costume, and from what I can tell he has yet a different costume--or at least a new hat--in ROTS. I don't think one from each movie is overkill. Look at the number of repeats of Tatooine Luke who only appeared that way in ONE movie or of Cantina Han who only wore that outfit 50% of the time thru the trilogy.
Are STAPs really in ROTS? I hope so.
I do want another Gunray... actually I'd like to see a redo of the TPM version with silk robes... most people might think I'm nuts, but I'd be all over an Evolution Pack of Nute Gunray.
I should certainly have tried to be more clear. I would like to see some of the Seperatist leaders. However, I would like to see some of the characters who were not made. Scott brought up Po Nudo, and I think that's a great choice. There was also one figure who was rather shadowy in the Geonosian War Room. Characters who have not been previously made interest me far more than yet another Nute Gunray, or some revision of Passel Argente.
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Mark Mysnyk was a two-time New York state high school champion, a member of four of the University of Iowa's NCAA championship teams, an alternate on the 1976 U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling team, and a member of the 1977 World University team. His many years of wrestling and instructing wrestlers have provided him with rich insights, which he shares in describing the techniques in this book. Dr. Mysnyk is an orthopedic surgeon in Iowa City and an active as a volunteer wrestling coach with Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. He is also the author of the highly successful book Wrestling Fundamentals and Techniques: The Iowa Hawkeyes' Way.
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The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, December 24, 1907
A large fleet of schooners, mostly limber laden, are in Dutch Island harbor awaiting better weather outside.
From the Newport Daily News, December 27, 1907
Mr. Seth Pierce has bought from the Bay View Company the stable and several smaller buildings on Knowles court. The buildings are to be moved to Mr. Pierce's place near the West ferry.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, December 23, 1932
Exercises were held at the Community Christmas tree on the village green Thursday evening, a large number of the town's people attending. Christmas carols were sung, led by the "Singing Mothers."
From the Newport Daily News, December 30, 1932
A New Year's celebration will be held Sunday evening at the Holy Ghost hall, when the Torpedo Trade School basket ball team will play the Jamestown team. There will also be a game between the Jamestown girls' team and the Fishman Store team of Newport. The games will start at 9 o'clock and continue until midnight, at which time souvenirs, novelties and noise-makers will be distributed and dancing will be held until 3 A.M. Monday. Music will be furnished by the Racketeer orchestra. There will be a boat to Newport after the dance.
From the Newport Daily News, December 31, 1932
At a special meeting of the town council … it was voted that the town of Jamestown request the state unemployment relief commission for a loan of $2,750.89, for the relief of the unemployed, subject to the act passed November 24 (sic), 1931, Voted, to hire a supervisor for the unemployed working under the state unemployment relief program, wages to be paid from the dirt road appropriation. Voted that the president of the town council be appointed supervisor of all work under the state unemployment relief program.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, December 24, 1957
The Commerce Oil Refining Corp. plans to build a park around its proposed 150,000,000 gallon reservoir at the northern end of Jamestown and to erect a marina in the vicinity of Carr's Lane. … Geller compared the park to Central Park in New York. This will surround the reservoir Commerce expects to build for its own auxiliary fresh water supply. About 75 acres of the company's 700 acres will be devoted to the reservoir and park. The marina, Geller said, is planned for the younger boating group in Jamestown. A road will be cut through from the main road to near Carr's Lane where the marina will be made available to the townspeople.
From the Newport Daily News, December 26, 1957
Two large ferries from Virginia will be added to the Newport - Jamestown ferry run for service next summer. … The agreed price, the governor said, is $100,000 for the two. Included in that price are spare equipment and extra parts valued at $35,000.
From the Newport Daily News, December 30, 1957
Dr. William W. Miner, Jamestown Protective Assn. president, has termed as "more pie in the sky" the proposal of Commerce Oil Refining Corp. to create a "Central Park" and marina in Jamestown.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, December 27, 1982
The eighth annual community Christmas pageant was held Christmas Eve on Shoreby Hill Green. It was sponsored by the Conanicut Island Art Association. A large crowd gathered on a foggy night to watch the nativity play and sing carols.
From the Newport Daily News, December 28, 1982
The Town Council agreed to appoint members to the Design Review Committee suggested by W. Edward Wood, director of the Department of Transportation. (The council) accepted the bid for revaluation of taxable property from Better Valuation Data of East Greenwich, the lowest bidder at $68,500.
From the Newport Daily News, December 30, 1982
Work was stopped on the 140-foot extension to the town's wooden pier at East Ferry this morning when 12 union men from Operating Engineers Local 57 set up a picket line at East Ferry.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, December 24, 1992
The Jamestown School Committee decided Thursday for the second time this month to delay voting on turning over school property for permanent recreational use.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, December 23, 1997
Town officials are expected to ask the state Department of Transportation for $21,500 the town spent on design work for the defunct steel pier extension project at East Ferry.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and once again islanders will come together in song on the green at Shoreby Hill to witness the annual re-creation of the nativity. Over 30 islanders have been chosen to participate in this year's Christmas Pageant.


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Manchester man charged in Epping cigarette thefts to go back to courtBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
February 25. 2014 8:25PM
EPPING — A Manchester man charged in a series of cigarette thefts from local convenience stores, including one in which a clerk died of an apparent heart attack two hours later, is expected to be back in court next week.
Jeffrey Seymore, 27, is scheduled to be arraigned in Candia Circuit Court on March 3 on a theft charge alleging he stole two cartons of cigarettes from a Shell service station on Route 107 in Raymond on Dec. 22.
According to police, the theft occurred shortly after he stole two cartons of cigarettes from an Xtra Mart on Route 125 in Epping. Seymore is set to be arraigned on the Epping theft charge on March 6 in the Brentwood Circuit Court.
Seymore recently pleaded not guilty to stealing four cartons of cigarettes from Cumberland Farms in Epping on Christmas Eve. Police said he entered the store and asked for the cigarettes, but when store clerk Norman Blais placed them on the counter, Seymore grabbed them and ran out of the store. He fled in a car with a woman and both were later caught in Raymond, police said..
Blais, 67, of Nottingham, died about two hours after the theft. His wife, Denise, has said he suffered a heart attack and has insisted that the stress from the theft may have been a contributing factor.
The theft charge is a Class A misdemeanor, which could bring a year in jail and a fine of up to $2,000 if Seymore is convicted.
Police may consider bringing more serious charges in light of the death, but Epping Police Chief Michael Wallace has acknowledged that it would be difficult to prove that the theft was directly linked to Blais' death.
Wallace said Monday that police are still awaiting a final autopsy report from the state Medical Examiner's Office.
Seymore faces a fourth theft charge alleging he stole two cartons of cigarettes from the Global gas station in Londonderry on Dec. 18. He has been arraigned on that charge and a trial management conference is scheduled for April 7.


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Hugh Jackman may be looking to turn in his claws for a set of torture tools as rumors start to leak that he is now attached to the upcoming thriller, "Prisoners".
Clive Barker is back behind the keyboard again, this time with a new short story collection titled "Black is the Devil's Rainbow: Tales of a Journeyman".
Michael C. Hall sits down with Entertainment Weekly to discuss The series finale of "Dexter" as well the future of the series.
MTV announces plans and casting info for their upcoming "Teen Wolf" TV series adaptation. Yes, you read that right.
Out promoting her upcoming movie "Avatar" that you may have heard of, Sigourney Weaver drops some possible plot bombs pertaining to "Ghostbusters 3". These are pretty juicy details, so I will leave them out of this post. If you're intrigued as to the future of Peter Venkman and Oscar the baby? Be sure to click through.
I love when I find real world, horror related gems like this.
Granted she may be confusing Vampires with Zombies, but all should be forgiven considering she's lucky she's not dead after the amount of alcohol that must have been imbibed to reach this level of discourse.


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Tag: Obesity Who
What is the cause of obesity?
Overweight or obesity is not a good thing for health. In addition to making our body shape is not ideal, obesity can also interfere with the health of the body. Some people are overweight may be due to hereditary or genetic factors. Because every person is born must bring genetic factors, such as height and fat levels. But clearly the cause of obesity is closely related to our diet and metabolism.
In some body types contain substances of food that is not exhausted in the process of metabolism. The metabolic process itself will change the food eaten into simple elements to form the body's cells. In skinny people for example, they have a fast metabolic process. Because the food consumed is easily processed so there is no hoarding. The opposite occurs in obese people.
Obesity is sometimes also based on the body's tendency to store more food than it consumes. This means that his body metabolism process is slow. The slow metabolism process causes the food to be slow to process. Finally there was accumulation. This accumulation is the cause of obesity. Although obese people balance their food intake, as long as their metabolism is slow, there will be accumulation.
In addition to the slow metabolic process. Another cause of obesity is because of too much food. And this is precisely the main cause of obesity in many cases. In the scientific language they are too much to include elements of calories in foods that exceed the needs of the body. In the end the calories will be buried into fat.
The advantages of eating a person is due to several things. For example, it could be because it has an excessive stock of food compared to others. Or maybe, caused by psychological factors such as often sad and upset that encourage appetite. Not a few people who feel the relief or tranquility when chewing food.
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Hunters and wildlife watchers can help researchers track and monitor the health of Kentucky's deer herd during summer when some deadly diseases often strike.
"For years, the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study Group has tracked outbreaks of EHD – or epizootic hemorrhagic disease – in deer," said Tina Brunjes, deer and elk program coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. "The public can assist researchers by reporting sick animals and pinpointing locations."
Dr. Aaron Hecht, wildlife veterinarian for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife, noted that EHD has been observed annually in white-tailed deer across the southeastern United States since 1966. The disease can be fatal to deer.
"The EHD virus is transmitted by flies known as biting midges, and as a consequence, disease coincides to the presence of the competent vector," Hecht said. "These viruses do not infect humans, and humans are not at risk by handling infected deer, eating venison from infected deer, or being bitten by infected by midges."
Infected deer lose their appetites, drool excessively and lose their fear of humans. They may concentrate around farm ponds and water in an effort to reduce their body temperatures. During drought years, healthy and sick deer tend to congregate around the same watering areas, which can accelerate the transmission of the disease.
The onset of cooler temperatures in late fall usually brings a sudden end to disease outbreaks.
"We will monitor Kentucky's deer herd closely over the next few months," Brunjes said. "If we should start seeing cases of EHD in the field, we need people to let us know the location of sick animals so that we can take samples while the deer are alive."
Samples taken from sick deer will assist the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study Group in its efforts.
People who see sickly deer around watering areas should report the animals to Kentucky Fish and Wildlife by calling 1-800-858-1549. Callers should be able to pinpoint the location of a sick animal. Observers may also e-mail reports to Kentucky Fish and Wildlife at: email@example.com.


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The Rock concert tanks, Eve quits, and John Cena and Dolph Ziggler shine in a steel-cage main event match.
WWE Raw 20th anniversary show -- The Rock concert tanks; Eve quits; Cena-Ziggler shine
I expected more in the 1,025 episode and 20th anniversary celebration of WWE Raw on Monday night.
We were rumored to see Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker, for starters. I guess they couldn't make the Texas drive.
We were also rumored to see Bret Hart and Evolution. While Hart has appeared on WWE programming more recently, it would have been nice to see him on the show.
I'm guessing WWE couldn't find segments for these guys. Evolution probably would have been too much star power.
With the Undertaker, though, WWE missed a chance for an opponent to promote a WrestleMania match against The Deadman.
I'm guessing WWE didn't want to distract from the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, which is less than two weeks away.
That makes sense, but this was supposed to be a Raw with big names returning. That was not the case.
Raw still had its good points, though.
Let's review:
4 billion people have watched Raw. REACT: Impressive.
Vince McMahon opens the show. REACT: I was fine with that.
Big Show and Alberto Del Rio join McMahon. REACT: Long segment, and I'm not sure I would have led with it. But it did get this Smackdown story line out of the way early, though. It was smart to have Del Rio get the best of Big Show again. Del Rio needs all the push he can get, as WWE is counting on him.
Raw clip of Bob Barker from 2009. REACT: Memorable, and also one of my favorites, but there has to be something else from further back to highlight.
Wade Barrett beats Randy Orton. REACT: This result stunned me. However, Orton reportedly is going to be taking some time off. Nice match pace that picked up. Orton, a nine-time WWE Champion, will be missed even though his title push never restarted.
The ages of these stars when Raw started -- Kofi Kingston (11), Cody Rhodes (7) and AJ Lee (5). REACT: That's a solid Raw stat!
A heel Eve propositions Booker T. REACT: Eve as a heel frustrates myself and the average fan, but she is so very good at acting like a heel.
Kane and Daniel Bryan have a four-month checkup with Dr. Shelby. REACT: The group hug to start things was awesome. I liked how Dr. Shelby asked Kane and Bryan what they liked about one another. Bryan's answers of "tall," "fire by lowering his arms" and being a good "dancer" were funny. Kane's answers of "agile, a nice "beard" and being someone who likes to wear "women's clothing" wasn't bad either. It was classic to have Dr. Shelby lose it when Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes mentioned "Dr. Phil." Comical ending with Kane, Bryan and Dr. Shelby chanting "Yes!" Strong segment overall that pushed a tag-team feud.
Kane beats Damien Sandow. REACT: I'm fine with the result, but a squash?
Mick Foley is the first Hall of Fame inductee. REACT: Solid choice. I liked the use of Foley to push The Shield's feuds with Ryback, Randy Orton and Sheamus. I thought it might lead to a match, though. Ryback was solid with his "feed me Shield" chant.
Raw clips of funny moments. REACT: Good stuff.
Kaitlyn beats Eve to become the WWE Divas Champion. REACT: Smart cowering in the corner by Eve. Solid near falls and an overall strong match. I liked the finish with the spear after Kaitlyn sneakingly ran back into the ring to catch Eve off guard.
Raw clip of Donald Trump and Vince McMahon from 2007. REACT: Another good one, but still, too recent.
CM Punk beats Brodus Clay. REACT: Glad to see Clay didn't get squashed. Nice match time, with a great elbow into the Anaconda Vice finisher. Superb post-match "facts" promo by Punk.
Raw vehicular clips. REACT: I had forgotten about the one with Edge impersonating Ric Flair. That's one of my all-time favorite vehicular clips
Mick Foley and The Rock discuss the word "finally," and Vickie Guerrero shows up. REACT: Smart to have these three in a segment. Funny Vickie was calling them "loud." Vickie also had a comical slam on Major League Baseball in suggesting that WWE shouldn't induct anyone into the Hall of Fame.
Over-the-top rope challenge with 3MB beating Sheamus. REACT: I was stunned this match went as long as it did. It made 3MB look really bad. But it finished wisely in two ways with 3MB winning and then Sheamus getting the best of them.
John Cena mentions Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. REACT: Did anyone else mark out?
Cena mentions "what the WWF did to Raw 10 years ago" with the change to WWE. REACT: I didn't get his analogy. WWF didn't do this to Raw. The World Wildlife Fund and a silly court system did this to WWE. It had nothing to do with Raw, other than the name WWE Raw. But what about all the other WWF/WWE names?
The Miz mentions great talk-show segments of The Cutting Edge, The Highlight Reel and Piper's Pit. REACT: Might MizTV be in the top four? I'd have to research that one, but there's no doubt Piper's Pit would be No. 1.
The Miz talks to Ric Flair. REACT: There didn't seem to be a good reason to have Flair on here, but it was smart to once again use a big name to push a current feud -- in this case between The Miz and Antonio Cesaro. I liked The Miz mentioning Flair's angles with Mr. Perfect, Evolution, TLC matches and musical chairs. Flair's "retirement" answer got no response. The "really" and "woo!" back-and-forth was funny. Flair also verbally put over Ryback, which was nice.
Raw clips show words and catch phrases. REACT: Another good clip segment.
Ric Flair and Antonio Cesaro chat. REACT: Great push by Flair for Cesaro. I liked the verbal exchange over Flair's money ($10 million to $20 million to $30 million). That was comical. Cesaro's line about the Four (Horsemen) now standing for the number of Flair's ex-wives was superbly classic! The Miz putting the figure four on Cesaro was ok, and Flair dropping elbows on his coats was funny as usual.
Royal Rumble ad with John Cena sitting at the bar. REACT: Hint of Cena winning? Don't bet against it. Nice ad, too. Refreshing different.
Raw clip from 1998 with Mike Tyson. REACT: Clearly a great Raw moment. This one is too big to leave out.
Daniel Bryan beats Cody Rhodes. REACT: Another squash, this one via tap-out? I'm not getting this or liking this.
Eve quits WWE! REACT: This was rumored to happen, as Eve reportedly wants to get married and spend some time at home. I'm 100 percent certain she won't retire this way. She's not going to retire as a heel.
AJ Lee talks weddings. REACT: Very strong segment with AJ and Big E Langston discussing Edge/Lita (2005), Triple H/Stephanie McMahon (2002) and Daniel Bryan/AJ Lee (2012). It pushed Dolph Ziggler's feud with John Cena nicely. Strong stuff.
Jim Ross announces the main event. REACT: Smart.
John Cena beats Dolph Ziggler. REACT: Excellent steel-cage main event. While not a perfect match, it's one of the best steel-cage matches in recent memory. I liked the early use of the ring ropes. Big E Langston holding up Cena's foot to prevent Cena from touching the floor was different. I liked the sleeper and climbing of the cage move. Langston slamming the door into Cena was also solid, as was Langston hitting the cage with chair shots to prevent Cena from climbing out. A few too many near falls for my taste, but solid near falls nevertheless. AJ climbing the cage was shocking. Strong finish with Ziggler brief-casing Langston and Cena getting the pin.
The Rock sings about Paul Heyman and Vickie Guerrero, and then brawls with CM Punk. REACT: The Heyman song wasn't WWE PG. The Vickie song was mean but meant to be funny. It was also with an Eric Clapton classic, so it doesn't lose points. The brawl with Punk was a strong show finish and Royal Rumble push. But, for this being the final segment and biggest promotion, The Rock concert was simply rushed.
ANALYSIS: This show had some very strong points -- Cena-Ziggler, Eve quitting (for shock value and long-term story line direction) and Cesaro-The Miz push to name a few. But The Rock concert tanked -- it was squeezed for time -- and Sandow and Rhodes were all but buried. This is a difficult show to grade. But the fact that I expected more star power and less current story line push hurts this grade the most, and more than anything that helps the grade. GRADE: C-.
Tommy Dreamer to reportedly be in the Royal Rumble match. REACT:
Santino Marella injured. REACT: Call him a comedy act if you want, but he's a necessity to WWE.
TNA Wrestling
TMZ.com reports Hulk Hogan files $50 million lawsuit against the Laser Spine Institute in Florida. REACT: Who knows how this will turn out? That's tons of money, though, to be going after in a lawsuit.


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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan says a bus carrying Palestinian pilgrims has overturned and crashed into a trailer on a highway near the Israeli border, killing 15 people.
A Civil Defense statement says 14 pilgrims and the driver were killed in the Saturday accident, while 32 Palestinians were injured.
The statement says the pilgrims were passing through Jordan on their way back to the West Bank from Muslim holy shrines in the cities of Mecca and Medina in neighboring Saudi Arabia.
It says the bus driver lost control over the brakes, skidded and collided into a trailer, then overturned about 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of the Israeli-controlled Allenby Bridge.
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Sodium has a promising future in electrochemical energy storage: Archer Group paper published in Nature Communications shows why
Designing solid-liquid interphases for sodium batteries
Current state-of-art lithium-ion batteries fall short in meeting the growing demand for long-lasting and lightweight electrical energy storage. Replacing the graphite anode in Li-ion batteries with earth abundant metallic sodium can result in significant improvements in multiple aspects including volume-specific capacity (battery size & weight) and cost. A persistent challenge with these batteries concerns their propensity to fail by short-circuits produced by dendritic metal deposition at the anode during battery recharge and by parasitic reactions between the anode and electrolyte. Numerous literature studies have considered the benefits of high-modulus, solid electrolytes as a means of prevention of dendrite growth by mechanically blocking the dendrites with a physical barrier. Importantly, these studies show that while the tendency for battery failure by dendrite-induced short-circuits can be reduced, other challenges ranging from increased cell weight, cracking of the barriers during battery operation or manufacturing, and interfacial chemical instability of the most promising solid electrolytes with the metal persist.
Recently, the Archer group has shown through theoretical and experimental approaches that more subtle control of interfacial ion and mass transport processes in the electrolyte provide more powerful pathways for achieving stable electrodeposition of reactive metals. The research reported by Choudhury et al. is takes these ideas several steps further to connect first-principles understanding of interfacial ion transport and stability using analytical tools of computational chemistry (in this case Joint-Density Functional Theoretical (J-DFT) analysis). Combining predictions from JDFT with electroanalytical studies and direct visualization of electrodeposition at interfaces, the study explains why some metals such as Magnesium are prone to form stable electrodeposits, while others including Sodium are as notoriously unstable. Specifically, the source of patchy/uneven nucleation is a high surface diffusion barrier for ion transport in the interphase, which prevents the free (un-throttled) movement of metal ions from a liquid electrolyte to a solid electrode during battery charging. It is further shown that a concrete benefit of such analysis is the ability to predict and design simple coatings chemistries for stabilizing recharge of unstable electrodes for sodium metal batteries. In particular, a Sodium Bromide based interphase was found to lower the activation energy of ion transport by three folds and significantly enhance the reversibility of sodium metal batteries.
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From Openmoko
The A2DP bluetooth profile allows high quality audio to be transferred from the phone.
This page describes how to setup A2DP on the Freerunner.
How to setup A2DP manually
This information is mostly taken from this mail thread. It has been tested on FDOM and FSO milestone 5, but should also work on 2008.12.
1. Check installed packages
First check that you have the correct package versions installed with grep blue. The versions should be these:
bluez-audio - 3.33-r3 bluez-utils - 3.33-r3 bluez-utils-alsa - 3.33-r3 bluez-utils-compat - 3.33-r3 libbluetooth2 - 3.33-r0
2. Add bluetooth device to /etc/asound.conf
Your /etc/asound.conf should contain these:
pcm.!default { type plug slave.pcm "dmix" } ctl.mixer0 { type hw card 0 } pcm.bluetooth { type bluetooth device "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX" profile "auto" }
XX:XX:XX should be replaced with your device ID.
3. Connect to the device
Turn on bluetooth in the GUI and then do
export DEVICE=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX /etc/init.d/bluetooth stop /etc/init.d/bluetooth start passkey-agent --default 0000 & dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez \ /org/bluez/hci0 org.bluez.Adapter.CreateBonding string:$DEVICE dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest=org.bluez \ /org/bluez org.bluez.Manager.ActivateService string:audio dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez \ /org/bluez/audio org.bluez.audio.Manager.CreateDevice string:$DEVICE dbus-send --system --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=org.bluez \ "/org/bluez/audio/device0" org.bluez.audio.Sink.Connect
If the last step fails, see to it that the device returned in the step before is device0 - otherwise use the other number.
4. Start playing
To play a file with mplayer use the following command:
mplayer -ao alsa:device=bluetooth /path/to/file.ogg
5. Potential troubles
- If you experience problems with choppiness, try changing your hcid.conf to include "lm accept,master;" and "lp hold,sniff,park;" You may also have to bond (commonly known as 'pairing') your phone and your headset. See http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/Bonding for details. Mercury 17:36, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
6. Devices that work
- Bluetooth headset BCK-08 (tested on shr unstable from 09 feb) ; very cheap on e-bay (A2DP Stereo Bluetooth Headphone Headset)
- Nokia BH-604 (DJ-style headphones, tested in FDOM and FSO milestone 5)
- B-Speech Calypso (both A2DP and Headset, tested in FDOM)


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"The views fueling the spectacle in Charlottesville are repugnant. Let it only serve to unite Americans against this kind of vile bigotry."
Take a moment and think about what decisions in your life led you to believe that this would be a productive or even worthwhile conversation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698954&forum_id=2#33970878)
I strongly condemn any prohibition on free speech, even the most repugnant. Do not make these people martyrs or damage the principles of democracy by shutting them down (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698954&forum_id=2#33970932)
This could have been a complete non event. Now these dudes will be seen as martyrs.
If they were just allowed to peacefully assemble and wave their tiki torches around, this would be nothing.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698954&forum_id=2#33970940)
From a purely pragmatic perspective, I wouldn't allow counter protests at such divisive events, because they almost always result in violence, but there's no way to do that within the law that protects First Amendment rights of all involved (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698954&forum_id=2#33970984)
If a counter protest (without a permit) emerges, you separate or disperse them.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3698954&forum_id=2#33970996)


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Quote from: barond on March 29, 2011, 11:51:18 AMYour 52 and don't start school until Late August. Withthe 4 year plan -you won't be practicing law until age 57ish. In a different day and age, this might be a good reason not to attend.These days, people stay healthy much, much longer.They also intend to work much, much longer. It's not uncommon to see people practicing law past their 70th birthday. The law is one of the few professions where it's probably feasible to be long in the tooth, yet still be able to function at a high level, provided your mind stays sharp.
Your 52 and don't start school until Late August. Withthe 4 year plan -you won't be practicing law until age 57ish.
Employers are not going to be crazy about that.
So, I got accepted into a top 100 law school at the tender age of 52. I am excited in that I always wanted to be a lawyer, took my first lsat back when dinosaurs walked the earth, but other priorities prevailed. Will start fall 2011; but have a question...... how will my "classmates" view me? really don't want 4 years (going part time due to job) of being alienated.... just curious.
Anyway, here is the link to this famous lady who graduated law school at age 54 and has a large following - http://www.eagleforum.org/misc/bio.html
Quote from: mamag on March 27, 2011, 01:06:10 PM Anyway, here is the link to this famous lady who graduated law school at age 54 and has a large following - http://www.eagleforum.org/misc/bio.htmlWow, that's really, really inspirational!
If you find pinwheels-in-the-eyes-crazy inspirational, sure.
The folks who are going to have trouble will be the old guys who go in thinking that they have a bunch of wisdom to impart on young people and who never shut up about how they did this, or that, or whatever. The other law students aren't your kids, they're your peers. If you show them that respect, they will likely reciprocate.
I am wondering if you could comment on your decision tree andcareer path....Although I had dedicated my life to being a surgeon, the climate in clinical medicine is dismal..I know the time and expense that law school would involve...med school, internship,residency and fellowship have topped all of that...I just want to take my life into a better direction and get back to the east coast, specifically washington dc area where my husband has just taken a high levelgovenment job.


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Approximately five years ago, Elayne Finke's heart began to beat in a new rhythm. It wasn't one that the 73-year-old asked for, but she and nearly 3 million others deal with this heart condition every day.
Atrial fibrillation, or Afib as it's also called, is the most common form of arrhythmia and is characterized by an irregular heartbeat – either too fast or too slow. This condition, although common, does have significant health risks – including a significantly higher chance for stroke.
The disruption caused by the irregular beat in Elayne's heart made it difficult for her heart's upper and lower chambers to work together, which increased the likelihood of blood to pool and dangerous, life threatening clots to form.
Approximately 95 percent of strokes that occur in patients with Afib stem from blood clots formed in the heart's left atrial appendage (LAA). One method to help prevent clots from developing is blood-thinning medication.
"I was put on a blood thinner, but I was never really able to find the right dose," the Slayton, MN, resident says. "I was having issues with bleeding, so I had to come in for frequent blood tests to make sure everything was ok. It was becoming very inconvenient."
In addition, the increased risk for having a stroke weighed heavily on Elayne's mind. She wanted another option.
And Sanford Heart Hospitals in Sioux Falls and Fargo provide one – a procedure not available anywhere else in North or South Dakota. This permanent solution would not only eliminate her need for blood-thinning medications, but also reduce her risk of stroke.
The life-saving procedure, known as left atrial appendage occlusion, was suggested to Elayne by her cardiologist, Dr. Marian Petrasko. The tool Sanford's team uses to perform the minimally invasive procedure is the LARIAT® Suture Delivery Device.
"When I learned about LARIAT®, I was very excited about the possibilities," Elayne says. "I was eager to have the procedure done – for my peace of mind and my quality of life."
Through the use of catheters, Dr. Tom Stys, an interventional cardiologist with specialized training to perform the LARIAT® procedure, successfully closed Elayne's LAA. This blocked the potential stroke-causing blood clots from traveling to her brain. Another benefit for Elayne was that no metal, clip or implant was left behind.
"The procedure, which is a collaborative effort from our entire team, takes approximately an hour, and was all performed through catheterization," Dr. Stys says. "This is such a great option for anyone with atrial fibrillation who can not take blood thinners."
Now Elayne is able to enjoy her life more freely. She breathes a little easier knowing her stroke risk as been permanently reduced.
In addition, she is no longer required to take a blood thinner, which means the complications she faced with taking the medication is also gone. She only requires routine follow up at this point, instead of the continuous trips for blood tests.
"I have told a lot of my friends and family who have a similar condition as mine about this procedure," she says. "This was the simplest procedure I've ever had done. I would recommend it to anyone who could benefit. It's definitely worth it to ask your doctor about the procedure."


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Shacknews got official word from Activision which reads as follows:
"The level of excitement for Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 coming out of E3 well exceeded our expectations and therefore we have decided to move Raven's upcoming sci-fi first person action title, Singularity, from 2009 to Q1 2010," said Activision in a statement.Fair enough. Will Raven spend the extra time polishing and enhancing the game? We'll know more towards the end of the year.
"We believe that the March quarter will provide a better opportunity to establish the new cutting-edge action IP as a 'must-have' title and clears the way for Modern Warfare 2 to dominate this holiday season,"
Bryn says: Can't really blame Acti for wanting to maximize sales of Modern Warfare 2, or if you look at it another way, cannibalizing potential sales of Singularity. Either way, based on the track record of Infinity Ward's shooters, there's a real good chance that Modern Warfare 2 will be the biggest selling game this year no matter what.
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1. Re: Can someone please help with my Intel G33/G31 Chipset problem ?Curious592 Jun 5, 2011 9:39 AM (in response to Carm.)
It is unclear which device(s) are not detected. Given the age of the computer it may be best to build your own computer as many here do. The knowledge gained makes it much easier to get support and warranty coverage. A clean operating system install is most likely required, if you have the disk. Some systems provide a system recovery disk(s). Windows can repair itself using that option from the installation disk but Home Premium may be more limited. A system image should be created after the installation for quick recovery, preferably to a backup drive or disk. Intel provides information for building and troubleshooting systems that you should visit.
2. Re: Can someone please help with my Intel G33/G31 Chipset problem ?Curious592 Jun 7, 2011 10:20 AM (in response to Carm.)
It is quite possible you have only generic messages that do not even provide vendor identification numbers for the problem devices. Performance information advanced tools in the Action center provides event logs for problems. If you had a well functioning system it would be simple to Restore to a previous time. The simplest suggestion would be to record all BIOS information in case there are any non-default settings and remove the CMOS battery for a minute. Then restore your settings in the BIOS. A clean install still sounds like the best solution but you may have some problem components.
3. Re: Can someone please help with my Intel G33/G31 Chipset problem ?
Thanks for taking the time to respond, and sorry for late word from me. I have actually given up with my computer now. I already had everything uninstalled and reinstalled again for at least 3 times, plus the money I spent since I bought it to have it repaired.


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NEW YORK (AP) — John Lithgow is returning to the New York stage with gusto in 2014 — first with Shakespeare's "King Lear" in Central Park this summer and then in a Broadway revival of Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" by fall.
"They're two roles that I never intended to play in such proximity, but you can't turn them down," the two-time Tony Award winner said Thursday from Los Angeles. "It's a great paring of roles. They really couldn't be more different."
Lithgow will be joined in the Albee play by Glenn Close, Lindsay Duncan, Bob Balaban, Clare Higgins and Martha Plimpton. It will be directed by Pam MacKinnon, with previews beginning at the Golden Theatre on Oct. 20. Opening night is Nov. 20.
Albee's 1967 Pulitzer Prize-winning play first arrived on Broadway four years after his blistering "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and examines the stresses and strains of family and friendship.
Though he's never performed the play before, Lithgow has a long history with it. As a drama student in 1969, he coached the American accents for the Royal Shakespeare Company's British premiere production.
The new production will mark Close's return to the New York stage after a 20-year absence. She has won Tonys for "Sunset Boulevard," ''Death and the Maiden" and "The Real Thing." She and Lithgow will play the long-married couple at the center of the play — Agnes and Tobias.
The fireworks take place in the couple's well-appointed library and living room. Agnes frets — about losing her mind — and Tobias tries to comfort her. They live with her sister, Claire, a hard-boiled alcoholic.
Into this unhappy family comes Julia, the much-married daughter of Tobias and Agnes, who is fleeing her latest husband. Yet Julia can't reclaim her old bedroom. It is being occupied by Harry and Edna, two old friends of her parents.
Unlike the savagery of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" the play is more like a fever taking hold.
"It's a very haunting play," said Lithgow. "It's kind of a nightmare play where something seemingly so small gores into a kind of horror. In fact, the word 'horror' is used early on."
The new "A Delicate Balance" represents Lithgow's second big Albee project. He played George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" with Albee directing in Los Angeles in 1989.
Lithgow, who also has three films coming out this year, said he can't really concentrate right now on the play since first up is "King Lear," which he is reciting while driving around Beverly Hills.
"People are wondering what in the world I'm yelling about," he said with a laugh.


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Today, my insanity is not associated with a particularly sneaky ancestor. Oh, there are several that are still being difficult, for sure…knock, knock…someone's at the door…excuse me for a second…well, hello guys!…it's Dovie's 5 husbands at my front door!…oops, daydreaming again… 🙂
No, today I am stressing about (not really stressing, more like intense consideration) 2 things:
- The set-up of this blog
- Subscription genealogy sites
Sressor #1- I'm still not satisfied with the layout of my genealogy blog. Oh, no! I used that black-listed term, "genealogy blog"! Please forgive me! And please, please, please don't pay attention to anything you read here or to any photos, documents, newspaper clippings…because they are USELESS TO GENEALOGY RESEARCHERS! But I digress…
I can't decide how to set up the pages for those afforementioned photos, documents and newspaper clippings. As the blog is now, to actually view, for example, the newspaper clipping about Dovie's marriage to Ollie Stanley, it takes 3 mouse-clicks and 3 pages, SURNAMES>McBURNETT>Dovie C McBURNETT, to actually be able to view that clipping. Too many clicks! I'm considering leaving all of the images in my Picasa Web Album and just linking to that album. At Picasa, I'll set up a separate folder for each person. Currently I have 1 album per surname, instead of per person. With my free 1GB storage at Picasa (500 pix max per album), I am allowed 250 albums. That's more than plenty for now. Eventually I may max out, but that will probably take years. I can upgrade to 1000 albums with 1000 pix per album- 10 GB is $20/year. Very reasonable.
I'm not totally happy with this idea, either. I wish I could set up albums-within-albums, nested albums so that all of the individual McBurnett surnames would be in 1 big McBurnett album. Picaca doesn't do that, unfortunately. As I read through the Picasa Help pages and user discussions, nested albums is an active topic. Perhaps the Google minds are listening…
Stressor #2- Subscription genealogy sites. I currrently have a 1-month trial to GenealogyBank. In the past, GenealogyBank has been a major, sporatic source of my research findings. I say sporatic because, depending on who I am researching at the moment, GenealogyBank is an all-or-nothing deal. Right now I am studying my McBurnett surname, and I have found a big bunch of newspaper clippings in the Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram archives. I have been able to knock down a few minor McBurnett brick walls, thanks to GenealogyBank!
The same with my Stanley and Kennedy ancestors in the North Texas area. The Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star Telegram archives contain numerous references to these folks.
But only for North Texas ancestors. For surnames in other areas, I have found very little at GenealogyBank. I'm certainly not complaining! I love GenealogyBank! And what I have done in the past is sign up for the 1-month $9.99 trial. That usually gets me all that I can get for that particular surname. My current 1-month trial will expire on Wednesday. I'm trying to decide whether to upgrade to the 1-year subscription for $69.95, for continuity's sake. I have probably found almost 100 items total for all my surnames from GenealogyBank, so on a per-item basis, it's the best deal in town!
I also have annual subscriptions to Footnote. com and Ancestry.com.
Footnote has been a gold mine of Civil War records, much cheaper and quicker than the National Archives for the same documents. I have downloaded Civil War service records for many ancestors, again for $69.95 per year. Also a fantastic deal! That subscription exires next month.
Ancestry I use mostly for the census enumerations. They also have a lot of indexes to other records, which alert me to the existance of particular documents that I'm looking for. Then I can send off for the actual records. Ancestry is more expensive than Footnote and GenealogyBank, but still very useful.
The abilty to access these sites at any time of the day or week is invaluable to me! If I had to wait until I had time to actually make the physical journey to these types of record sites to do my research, I would never get anything done! Maybe when I retire…


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Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick had "big time" scramble to finalize 2010 football slate
This was how mad a scramble it was for Jack Swarbrick to complete Notre Dame's 2010 football schedule: When he moved into the athletic director's office in August 2008, the information he had said that TCU was set to visit the Irish for a football showdown in 2010.
Then in August 2009, after Internet rumors about the matchup surfaced, TCU called and politely informed Notre Dame that it didn't have the Irish on the schedule. At all. Hence the full-bore sprint to the present, when Western Michigan rearranged its own slate to accommodate its visit to Notre Dame Stadium next year.
"A miscommunication, a different understanding, and all of a sudden we found ourselves with a hole we didn't think we had," Swarbrick said late Thursday. "The problem is the lack of date flexibility. It's not that you couldn't find any number of teams that wouldn't love to come play us, even on short notice. It's lining up the dates.
"So you call a bunch of people. We had a number of teams working very hard to try to move other games, to get their conference to make concessions in the conference schedule, do whatever. The one that was able to get it all done and get it done with the least complications was Western Michigan."
So the 2010 schedule, at last, is done. There shouldn't be the same amount of trouble with the 2011 and 2012 schedules, which Swarbrick expects to have settled by the "end of the calendar year."
That includes finishing up the linchpin "off-site home games," with the very strong likelihood that Chicago and Washington, D.C., will serve as hosts.
"I see them in big cities" was the extent of Swarbrick's comments on that topic.
As for the inevitable Notre Dame fan objections over scheduling non-traditional opponents like Utah, Tulsa and Western Michigan, Swarbrick had much stronger opinions.
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Lehman Ends $38 Billion Standoff
Trans-Atlantic Dispute Settled With Deal to Pay $12 Billion to Investment Firm's European Creditors
An international standoff between two main remnants of the defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ended Friday, with a tentative deal settling a fight over $38 billion in bankruptcy claims that could speed recoveries for customers and creditors.
The trustee for Lehman's failed brokerage for individual U.S. customers and overseers of the remains of the bank's European arm, a London brokerage that served hedge funds, disclosed a deal in principle Friday that resolves years of back-and-forth. The two entities...


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The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce is trying to counter the slower summer months for its restaurant members by holding the second Gainesville Restaurant Week.
The Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce is trying to counter the slower summer months for its restaurant members by holding the second Gainesville Restaurant Week, which actually covers 11 days.
From Thursday through Aug. 4, 19 restaurants are offering special discounted menus for the event. Details are available at GainesvilleRestaurantWeek.com.
Mildred's Big City Food and Blue Gill Quality Foods will participate again after owner Bert Gill said his restaurants outpaced their usual sales at last year's event, according to a news release.
The week starts with the Chamber After Hours event from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at Parks Ford Lincoln of Gainesville with at least nine of the restaurants offering samples. The event is free to Chamber members and $20 to nonmembers.
Frozen yogurt shop Yogurtology opened July 15 as the first tenant to open in the new Shoppes at Butler Plaza at 3730 Archer Road.
Yogurtology offers more than 100 different frozen treat flavors with 12 to 14 rotating each week, including nondairy sorbets, classic sweet yogurt or what the company calls its "Premiyum" flavors such as No Chip Cookie Dough, Iced Lemon Pound Cake, Gingerbread Crumbs and Caramel Yogurtccino, according to a news release.
The shop offers kosher and gluten-free treats, and the frozen yogurt includes probiotics.
The Gainesville store is the eighth franchise location in Florida owned by two Tampa families, partner Jordan Levy said. Yogurtology is based in Arizona, which has six locations.
Pink Narcissus
Pink Narcissus, with Lilly Pulitzer women's clothing, previously announced it will open in the Shoppes at Butler Plaza and is on track to open the first or second week of August, said Kristin Mamula, marketing associate at Butler Enterprises.
The Shoppes, with four suites, was built on the former site of a building that last housed Floor Trader.
Panda Express
A Panda Express with a drive-thru is under construction on the former site of Long John Silver's at 710 NW 60th St. on Newberry Road and will open sometime in the fall, said Mike Everage, real estate manager for the company.
Panda Expressed opened a location in front of Butler Plaza last fall on the site of a former Captain D's.
Blue Gill Quality Foods
Blue Gill Quality Foods has opened a private dining room that can accommodate parties and events of 10 to 100 people.
Blue Gill is at 1310 SW 13th St., on the first floor of the Shands parking garage.