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Barbara over at http://memymagnificentself.com/
has invited others and myself to take part in the continuation of our stories on our Awakening journey. She asks us to tell us where we are right now on our awakening journey.
The posts of which are linked on Barbara's Blog post entitled http://memymagnificentself.com/2018/09/17/a-selection-of-true-awakening-stories-part-iii/You can find the ebooks on Barbara's site or the bottom of my own
Part Three of my Awakening.. Fitting all of the Pieces Together .
When does our true awakening begin? Looking back over time, there was no flash of inspiration, no NDE (Near Death Experience) that brought me to my awakened self. There was no Light bulb moment where I got some mystical revelation.
Like most of us who wake up, it can be gradual process, it's not until you look back at the beauty of this orchestrated life, and see how one thing leads to another, and how people you meet, places you go, all lead you on the path you are meant to be on. Then you can look back and see how far you have come as all of those pieces of the puzzle came together.
It shows you how childhood was the learning ground that set you on your emotional journey of discovering yourself. I was lucky… I was guided and listened to my inner promptings …. Many are not. And it shows me again and again how we should all nurture our young children for they carry so much within their emotional bodies for the rest of their lives which shape their thinking and perception of the world about them and their own self-worth.
I don't wish to repeat what I already shared in parts one and part two of Our Awakening process, for they can be found in Barbara's eBooks. But I can pin point a pivotal turning point that allowed me to travel along my own pathway of discoveries. You know how sometimes, you just know you are being guided, Well that is how this 'Sign' jumped up at me, when searching for job vacancies, the advert a Meditation Class just JUMPED off the page. The first of many signs. And if I had not seen it, I am certain I would not now be on this path. When you begin to wake up, to see how everything is connected you will see an escalation of 'Signs' Synchronicities, and you will start to notice numbers that keep repeating, and marvel at how once you open your mind how connected and orchestrated this Universe really is. Because we then begin to see how Thoughts are Energy.
Where am I now in my awakening experience? Some would say I am deeper down the rabbit hole than ever before. And if I were to tell you of what I have discovered about the world and it's history along the way many wouldn't believe me, so I won't even try..
What is important is your own soul journey, and waking up to all You can be.
The pieces of my puzzle have been coming together all of my life. We experience how the universal plan unfolds for all of us. And it's only through our choices we live and learn. We were given Free Will after all!…
Our waking up is not an easy journey, it takes work. It can be a painful process, there will be tears too. Painful memories which we think we have dealt with will often crop up again when you least expect it as something triggers a deeper subconscious memory deep within. Only recently at the beginning of the year, more digging deep I had to do, as those childhood emotions of unworthiness I had thought dealt with surfaced yet again. This time I looked at them not from my perspective, but I tried to look at the reason why I kept hanging onto them. So I revisited my childhood through my Mother's perspective. And why she had perhaps not been able to show me and one of my sisters as much affection as she did my other three siblings. And I was able to extend more compassion out to her than before. And this time around I truly believe I forgave her treatment of me. And I was able to hold that inner child to reassure her she was loved by her Mother, but for what ever reasons, her Mother found it hard to give of herself.
It takes courage to dig deep to bring those hidden wounds to the surface. They're many layers, and often many tears as raw wounds need to be dug out and exposed to the light of day.
We have to Learn to forgive, and that is not just others, but we need learn to forgive ourselves and the guilt we so easily pile upon ourselves. Sometimes we discover it's not just the guilt of this one life time. And after experiencing Past life Regression, I learnt I was carrying many things over from one life into the next.
And so it has to be with you, I cannot tell you how to awake, I can only tell you that you have to begin to trust a deeper 'knowing' Follow your intuition. Let go of old programming that holds you trapped within this 'Matrix'. And as you begin to let go of the emotional baggage we carry around with us, you will also discover this world is not all that we have been programmed to believe it is.
When you wake up you come to look at those who wound you in a different light, as you try to fathom what lessons did we learn and where it shaped our paths to take a different route. Some of our biggest enemies maybe are our greatest friends. As they perhaps agreed to be part of your wake-up call.
All was meant to be, as I tried to unpick those childhood feelings of unworthiness which hung deep within.. And I would not then have learnt how to move blocked energy or delve into past life regression. Or read the books on Self healing.
But to wake up, we don't all need a spiritual path, we can come from ALL walks of life, From vagrants on the street, to Doctors and Scientists. No one is higher or lower. We have all come to Re-Remember who we Are as we raise our vibration and learn that we are Energy Beings,inside our Human shells.
Each of us are on our own individual journey's as we wake up to the world around us and as we discover the Universe is far beyond what any imagination could visualise. When you start digging deeper into searching for answers, you begin to uncover for yourselves that you are ALL so much more that we have ever been led to believe.
We are Powerful Eternal Beings who have been held trapped within this dimension for far too long. Held within our perpetual wheels of this merry-go-round. Now is the time to break this cycle. As we let go once and for all of this material realm, as we raise our vibration in love.
Waking up means you have to be prepared to step out of your box, and you have to be prepared to be able to accept that which you find. For many things will take you outside of your comfort zones. But you have to search to find yourself and your own answers, for its your journey, your awakening.
We are all hear to remember! That which we know, but which most of us forgot.
We raise our vibration Through Love.
To Love ourselves.
I learnt to let go of ALL of that which you think is important.
I Learnt to Let go of the past, the hurt, grief, guilt, judgement and open your heart
I learnt to live with what I have within my grasp right NOW.
We have to stop blaming the past, and try to stop worrying about the future
For the only Moment we live is in this moment of NOW.
And I learnt to embrace the peace and beauty,in the minutest details from micro flowers to ants.
You have to Learn to love that Inner Child again, Laugh, play, and enJOY.
And as you do, as you let go of thinking that this material world is all that matters
You shed the bonds that have kept us captive via our own ego's and the deep emotions we have held within us.. A new sense of Freedom suddenly surrounds you.
We came back to remember, and when we do, when we really remember WHO it is we are, No fear can stop us, for we are Eternal BE-ings of Light.
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Today is Saturday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2013. There are 346 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 19, 1953, CBS-TV aired the widely watched episode of "I Love Lucy" in which Lucy Ricardo, played by Lucille Ball, gave birth to Little Ricky. (By coincidence, Ball gave birth the same day to her son, Desi Arnaz Jr.)
On this date:
In 1807, Confederate general Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Va.
In 1853, Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome.
In 1861, Georgia became the fifth state to secede from the Union.
In 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, N.J., in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
In 1942, during World War II, Japan invaded Burma (Myanmar).
In 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America was signed by both countries in Washington, D.C.
In 1966, Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India.
In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court; however, the nomination was defeated because of controversy over Carswell's past racial views.
In 1977, in one of his last acts of office, President Gerald R. Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, an American convicted of treason for making wartime broadcasts for Japan.
In 1981, the United States and Iran signed an accord paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months.
In 1992, German government and Jewish officials dedicated a Holocaust memorial at the villa on the outskirts of Berlin where the notorious Wannsee Conference had taken place.
Ten years ago: President Fidel Castro and millions of other Cubans voted in parliamentary elections where all 609 candidates ran uncontested. The Oakland Raiders won the AFC title game, beating the Tennessee Titans 41-24. The Tampa Bay Buccanneers took the NFC Championship game, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 27-10. At the Golden Globe Awards, "Chicago" won best musical-comedy and "The Hours" claimed best drama.
Five years ago: Republican John McCain won a hard-fought South Carolina primary; Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama split the spoils in the Nevada caucuses. A soldier was killed south of Baghdad in a roadside bomb attack; his was the first American death to occur on a newly introduced, heavily armored vehicle known as MRAP. Death claimed actress Suzanne Pleshette in Los Angeles at age 70; John Stewart, a former member of the Kingston Trio, in San Diego at age 68; and former Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer at age 73.
One year ago: Six U.S. Marines were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. Texas Gov. Rick Perry abruptly quit the Republican presidential race. One of the world's most popular file-sharing sites, Megaupload.com, was shut down as its founder and several company officials were accused of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content. Rupert Murdoch's media empire apologized and agreed to cash payouts to 37 people who'd been harassed and phone-hacked by its tabloid press.
Today's Birthdays: Former U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar is 93. Actress Jean Stapleton is 90. Actor Fritz Weaver is 87. Actress Tippi Hedren is 83. Former PBS newsman Robert MacNeil is 82. Movie director Richard Lester is 81. Singer Phil Everly is 74. Actor-singer Michael Crawford is 71. Actress Shelley Fabares is 69. Country singer Dolly Parton is 67. ABC newswoman Ann Compton is 66. TV chef Paula Deen is 66. Rock singer Martha Davis is 62. Singer Dewey Bunnell (America) is 61. Actor Desi Arnaz Jr. is 60. Actress Katey Sagal is 59. Comedian Paul Rodriguez is 58. Conductor Sir Simon Rattle is 58. Reggae musician Mickey Virtue (UB40) is 56. Rock musician Jeff Pilson (Foreigner) is 55. Actor Paul McCrane is 52. Actor William Ragsdale is 52. International Tennis Hall of Famer Stefan Edberg is 47. Rock singer Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe) is 45. Singer Trey Lorenz is 44. Actor Shawn Wayans is 42. Rock singer-musician John Wozniak (Marcy Playground) is 42. Actress Drea (DRAY-uh') de Matteo is 41. Comedian-impressionist Frank Caliendo is 39. Actress Marsha Thomason is 37. Actress Bitsie Tulloch is 32. Actress Jodie Sweetin is 31. Actor Logan Lerman is 21. Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is 21.
Thought for Today: "Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality." — Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849).


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My relationship with the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) began like many others do. I was neck deep in a conflict that was based in my free expression of my sexuality through my writing. I was asked to leave my teaching position, an agreement was reached and I left quietly without creating a scene. I used to teach in a small, private school in North Carolina, where my daughter also attended school. When I left my teaching position I was assured that it would not affect her last and final year of middle school.
Months passed, and we were within days of her returning to the 8th grade when I received a call from the Head of School that he had decided to rescind his offer to allow her to go to school there. After heated debate, he agreed that she could attend school, but if and only if I could secure a $1,000.00 expense fee to cover her field trips and lunches in advance. It was a bullshit fee, to be honest. It's not required of any other parent. He knew that we would not be able to come up with $1,000 in a matter of days. This was his way of keeping her out without risking litigation.
So I wondered what led this man, elder in his church, who had given me his word that my child would be unaffected, to suddenly revoke something that we had agreed upon? He said that based on an email to my husband, he had changed his mind. I looked at Marky, while still on the phone, and asked, "Did you exchange any emails in the last month with the school?" Of course he had not. Well the school made a terrible error. They contacted my ex-husband, not my husband. They contacted someone who has no legal custody of our daughter, and based on that conversation had decided that I would no longer be welcome in the parent community.
This happened, I'm sure by no coincidence, at the same time that I received threatening emails from my ex-husband, who suggested that due to my deviant behavior she should come to live with him.
I reacted immediately. First, I raised the money in a raffle that was initially supported by Lochai and quickly built into a huge CommUNITY movement of kinksters who were outraged. Secondly, I contact NCSF and accessed professional advice and consultations through their Kink Aware Professionals (KAP) listing. With the help of the community and the NCSF I felt prepared for battle.
Now, coming full circle, I am honored that my PR firm, Quid Pro Quo, will be working with NCSF on the launching of a new blog. We are doing the work pro-bono to show NCSF our appreciation and to give back to an organization that protects all of us. It feels really great to be in a position to give back. So do us a favor and help us help them. We'll be asking people to re-post and tweet links and I hope you'll consider it your way of giving back to such an amazing organization.
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Ricin suspect's home is 'uninhabitable' after FBI search, lawsuit alleges
Charges against Kevin Curtis for mailing ricin-poisoned letters have been dropped, but investigators searching for ricin wreaked havoc at his house, says his lawyer, leaving his home unlivable. The lawsuit seeks damages to cover temporary housing, the destroyed and damaged property, and legal fees.
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A Mississippi man's house is uninhabitable after investigators searched it but failed to find evidence of the deadly poison ricin, a lawyer said Monday, arguing that the government should repair the home.
Kevin Curtis was once charged in the mailing of poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and a Mississippi judge, but the charges were later dropped. The investigation shifted last week to another man who had a falling out with Curtis, and that suspect appeared in court Monday on a charge of making ricin.
Curtis' lawyer, Christi McCoy, has sent a letter to U.S. Attorney Felicia Adams demanding that Curtis be provided temporary housing and the government repair his Corinth, Miss., home and possessions. She also wants the government to pay his legal bills.
"To be specific, Mr. Curtis' home is uninhabitable. I have seen a lot of post search residences but this one is quite disturbing. The agents removed art from the walls, broke the frames and tore the artwork. Mr. Curtis offered his keys but agents chose to break the lock. Mr. Curtis' garbage was scheduled to be picked up Thursday, the day after he was snatched from his life. A week later, the garbage remains in his home, along with millions of insects it attracted," the letter says.
Late Monday, McCoy said that she and Curtis' other attorney had spoken with the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's office and they were told his property will be repaired or replaced.
"We feel like the letter was well-received and we'll be working with the FBI to get all his property returned and get his property repaired," she said.
Though attorneys for Curtis say their client was framed, McCoy believes whoever sent the letters had a primary goal of targeting the public officials. Curtis has said that he feuded with the man now charged in the case, James Everett Dutschke.
"I think Kevin was just an afterthought or a scapegoat," McCoy said.
Some of the language in the letters was similar to posts on Curtis' Facebook page and they were signed, "I am KC and I approve this message." Curtis often used a similar online signoff.
Had damaging Curtis been the point of the scheme, McCoy said she believes that whoever set up her client could have done a better job of implicating him, such as planting evidence at his home.
McCoy said in an interview Monday that she still believes the FBI acted on the best information available at the time, but it's time to make her client whole. The letter said Curtis' life was "ruined."
Curtis, a 45-year-old Elvis impersonator, was arrested on April 17. The charges were dropped six days later and Curtis was released from jail.
A message left seeking comment about McCoy's letter at the federal prosecutor's office in Oxford wasn't immediately returned.
After Curtis was released, the focus turned to Dutschke. In court Monday, a judge ordered that Dutschke be held without bond until a preliminary and detention hearing on Thursday. More details are likely to emerge at that hearing, when prosecutors have to show they have enough evidence to hold him.
Dutschke made a brief appearance wearing an orange jumpsuit with his hands shackled. The 41-year-old suspect said little during his hearing other than answering affirmatively to the judge's questions about whether he understood the charges against him.
Dutschke (pronounced DUHS'-kee) has denied involvement in the mailing of the letters, saying he's a patriot with no grudges against anyone. He has previously run for political office and was known to frequent political rallies in northern Mississippi.
An attorney from the public defender's office appointed to represent Dutschke declined to comment after Monday's hearing. Another attorney of Dutschke's, Lori Nail Basham, said she will continue to represent him in other matters but not the federal case.
Dutschke's house, business and vehicles in Tupelo, Miss., were searched last week, often by crews in hazardous materials suits, and he had been under surveillance.
He faces up to life in prison if convicted. A news release from federal authorities said Dutschke was charged with "knowingly developing, producing, stockpiling, transferring, acquiring, retaining and possessing a biological agent, toxin and delivery system, for use as a weapon, to wit: ricin."
He already had legal problems. Earlier this month, he pleaded not guilty in state court to two child molestation charges involving three girls younger than 16, at least one of whom was a student at his martial arts studio. He also was appealing a conviction on a different charge of indecent exposure. He told The Associated Press last week that his lawyer told him not to comment on those cases.
Earlier in the week, as investigators searched his primary residence in Tupelo, Dutschke told the AP, "I don't know how much more of this I can take."
"I'm a patriotic American. I don't have any grudges against anybody. ... I did not send the letters," Dutschke said.
Dutschke and Curtis were acquainted. Curtis said they had talked about possibly publishing a book on a conspiracy that Curtis says he uncovered about the black-market sale of body parts. But he said they later had a feud.
Curtis's attorney Hal Neilson said the legal team gave authorities a list of people who may have had a reason to hurt Curtis and Dutschke's came up.
The Mississippi judge who received one of the letters, Sadie Holland, is part of a family that has had political skirmishes with Dutschke. Her son, Steve Holland, a Democratic state representative, said his mother encountered Dutschke at a rally in the town of Verona in 2007, when Dutschke ran as a Republican against Steve Holland.
Holland said his mother confronted Dutschke after he made a derogatory speech about the Holland family. She demanded that he apologize, which Holland says he did.
Dutschke's MySpace page has several pictures with him and Wicker, though he's never worked for Wicker's campaign. Republicans in north Mississippi say Dutschke used to frequently show up at GOP events and mingle with people, usually finding a way to get a snapshot of himself with the headliner.
"He would always hand his camera to somebody to get his picture made," longtime Republican Mike Armour of Tupelo said by phone Monday.
A woman described by a neighbor as Dutschke's wife arrived at their home Monday afternoon but covered her face and did not respond to a reporter as she walked from a green minivan into the house.
Rory Key lives just down the street from Dutschke's house. He said Dutschke came to his house while the FBI was searchingthe suspect's home asking for a drink and a snack.
He said the suspect was more upset than nervous. Key said he doesn't believe Dutscke committed the crime. He also said he didn't know him that well because Dustchke kept to himself.
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It's official: Prince William and Kate Middleton are expecting their first child. In a statement released Monday, the palace confirmed the pregnancy, saying everyone, including the queen, is delighted with the news. The announcement was made after the duchess was reportedly admitted to King Edward VII Hospital in Central London with acute morning sickness. Surprise, surprise: she wasn't ill, just preggers. Kate is expected to stay in the hospital for several days, and according to palace officials will require a period of rest thereafter. Whether boy or girl, the child will be behind Prince William in the line of succession to the throne, officials said.
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Used 2019 LincolnContinental Reserve
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- White Platinum
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- Fuel Economy
- 17/25 MPG City/Hwy
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- Engine
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- 1st and 2nd row curtain head airbags
- 4-wheel ABS Brakes
- Adaptive cruise control
- Audio System Premium Brand Speakers: Revel
- Audio controls on steering wheel
- Auxilliary transmission cooler
- Bluetooth wireless phone connectivity
- Braking Assist
- Compass
- Cruise controls on steering wheel
- Daytime running lights
- Digital Audio Input
- Driveline Traction Control
- Driver and passenger heated-cushion, driver and passenger heated-seatback
- Driver and passenger knee airbags
- Driver seat memory
- Driver's side electrochromatic auto-dimming mirrors
- Dual illuminated vanity mirrors
- Electrochromatic rearview mirror
- Express open/close glass sunroof
- External temperature display
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- Front and rear reading lights
- Fuel Consumption: City: 17 mpg
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- Integrated Navigation System : with voice activation
- Leather/genuine wood steering wheel trim
- Manufacturer's 0-60mph acceleration time (seconds): 6.0 s
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A wonderful long range cruiser. Totally satisfied.
By Sailor on Thursday, June 01, 2017I purchased the Reserve model with the 2.7 twin turbo engine. I love the car and I love the engine with its 380 lbs. of torque. There is no turbo lag and the power is always ready when you need it. The engine is extremely quiet and pulls well at all speeds. With about half city and half highway driving, I am averaging 24.7 MPG. I think that is great for such a big powerful car. This Continental is the smoothest and quietest car I ever have owned and over the years, I have owned many S-class Mercedes and other high end cars. The Continental is by far the most comfortable of them. I continue to be very impressed with the fit and finish of the car. It has been flawless since I picked it up in January. Everything works just as expected. I love the Sync navigation and command system. It is very easy to use and I quickly was able to learn the functions. Lincoln gave me an hour with an factory trained expert on the cars systems and he went over how to use the many functions. That was well worth the time spent. I have taken the car on a long trip and am very pleased with how quiet and comfortable it is. The optional 30 way seats are by far the best seats on the market. After driving for awhile you can turn on the massage feature of the heated or cooled seats and they will make you feel refreshed and relaxed. At the end of the day you are not tired and worn out. These soft, genuine leather 30 way seats are a wonderful option and I highly recommend you spend the money to order them. I have driven every high end car on the market and nothing comes even close to the comfort of the Continentals seats. I also love the cruise control which allows you to set the distance to maintain behind the car in front of you. This is really nice on long trips and make the trip much less stressful. I continue to be very impressed with the service and quality of the Lincoln dealership. Lincoln will come to your location to pick up your car for service and leave you a loaner car to use while it is being serviced. When the service is complete, they will wash your car and return it to you at your location. The car has an excellent bumper to bumper warranty. It is an elegant car that gets a lot of compliments. If you are looking for a top quality car that is truly comfortable, offers great performance and handling, is fun to drive and is built with very high quality materials, you should drive a Continental. I also like that it is made in the USA by Americans.
- 5.0
Update on my original review
By Saklor on Tuesday, August 08, 2017This is an update on my original review. I have owned the car for seven months now and like it more each time I drive it. We have taken it on several long trips and it really is the most comfortable car I have ever owned. After a long days drive, you arrive not tired or sore. The seats are wonderful and I love the massage feature. Driving at interstate speeds, the car averaged 26.5 MPG. This truly is a great long range cruiser. Every system on the car continues to work as advertised. I love the SYNC entertainment/navigations system. It does a lot and is very easy to use. I can think of nothing else to say except this is a really nice, powerful, quiet and comfortable car. I get many nice compliments from people who stop to ask about the car.
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By George on Saturday, November 14, 2020I absolutely love my 2017 Lincoln Continental Black Label. It is so comfortable and easy to drive. Among the things that I love about it are the 30 Way Adjustable seats, the ability to set a start up timer- there is the option for the air conditioner/heater to detect the outside temp and provide me with an air temp that will be comfortable for the climate outside. I love the power shade that will cut down on the sun's heat over the rear window. The front seats are incredibly comfortable. The massage function is wonderful! The Head-Up display is very beneficial. Cruise control works well. The way that the Continental lights up when it detects my key fob is great. This car is not quite as large as my three previous Town Cars, however, it feels quite roomy on a day to day basis. I am most happy with my Chalet Theme color scheme. These cars are rare. It is not overtly obvious to onlookers that this is a Lincoln. The badging on the car is minimal. However, I still receive a couple of compliments a week from a cross section of people about what an attractive car it is. I can relate to what another driver posted about wanting to drive it just to take it for a drive! I would recommend this car to other prospective buyers.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake will be rocking that suit and tie at the Grammy Awards.
The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that Timberlake will perform at the Feb. 10 awards show in Los Angeles.
The 32-year-old pop star returned to music earlier this month when he released the single, "Suit & Tie," which features Jay-Z. The song is a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
His performance at the Grammys will be Timberlake's first musical appearance on television in years. Most recently, he's appeared in movies like "The Social Network" and "Friends With Benefits."
Timberlake's third solo album, "The 20/20 Experience," will be released March 19. His last album was the 2006 multiplatinum effort, "FutureSex/LoveSounds."
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Peter Chiarelli wasn't content with just changing coaches.
Now the front office has felt his wrath, too.
Less than a week after hiring Claude Julien to replace Dave Lewis as head coach, Bruins general manager Chiarelli announced the dismissal of longtime assistant GM Jeff Gorton and veteran scout Daniel Dore yesterday.
No reason for the terminations was given, and Chiarelli and Gorton did not return messages left last night.
Gorton had been with the Bruins for 15 years, the last seven as assistant GM. He also served as interim GM last year after Mike O'Connell was fired in March until Chiarelli was hired and finally released from his duties with Ottawa in July.
While Chiarelli laid out a detailed offseason plan to follow, it was on Gorton's watch that the Bruins broke from tradition and dove head-first into the free-agent pool, dishing out $37.5 million to land defenseman Zdeno Chara and another $20 million for center Marc Savard on July 1. Those moves raised interest in the club in the offseason, but did nothing to raise its place in the standings, as the Bruins finished dead last in the Northeast Division for the second straight year.
Gorton also pulled the trigger on last year's draft-day trade of Andrew Raycroft to Toronto for highly-regarded goaltending prospect Tuukka Rask, and has been responsible for putting together a promising roster of youngsters at the Bruins' AHL affiliate in Providence.
This year, Chiarelli was free to run Boston's draft-day decisions himself, though he went into the weekend praising his scouting staff and stressing the importance of its input. ``I've got good support staff and we all work good together,'' said Chiarelli last week.
Some cracks did emerge at the draft, with Chiarelli admitting that there was some disagreement over the selection of Zach Hamill with the club's first-round pick. ``We had our debates the last few days,'' said Chiarelli after the pick on Friday night.
Gorton shouldn't be out of work for long. His experience in Boston led him to be a candidate for several GM openings around the league this past year, and he'll likely be able to land another front-office position.
Dore, meanwhile, spent 11 years in the Bruins organization after playing briefly in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques. He scouted throughout North America and Europe, but was based in Quebec and primarily responsible for scouting in that province.
Among the finds he helped the Bruins uncover in the QMJHL in recent years are Patrice Bergeron (Acadie-Bathurst), Martins Karsums (Moncton) and Milan Jurcina (Halifax). Perhaps tellingly, the Bruins did not select a player from the QMJHL in this year's draft, passing on high-scoring center Angelo Esposito of the Quebec Remparts at No 8.
In other Bruins-related news, the Canadian Hockey League held its European import draft yesterday. Two of Boston's 2007 draft picks were selected in the first round and will play their Junior hockey in Canada in the upcoming season.
German defenseman Denis Reul, Boston's fifth-round pick, will get to stay in New England, as he went 15th overall to the Lewiston MAINEiacs of the QMJHL. Radim Ostrcil, a defenseman from the Czech Republic picked by the Bruins in the sixth round, went two picks later, chosen 17th overall by the OHL's Ottawa 67's.


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Each year Northern Trust employees volunteer thousands of hours to local non-profit and non-governmental organizations. Northern Trust supports employee volunteerism by providing paid volunteer hours for employees to work with partner organizations during the work day. In addition, Northern Trust matches employee contributions as well as provides volunteer grants to qualifying organizations.
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We are committed to supporting education organizations that bring innovative, comprehensive and exemplary programs to students. Through our efforts to augment the priorities and goals of local education organizations, students in our global locations gain additional tools to strengthen their academic achievement and leadership development.
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These beauties are worth celebrating in! Our ultra-lightweight and contoured Platform Avarca now comes in a beautifully soft Metallic Braided Champagne leather.
The perfect everyday go-to shoe for people who prefer a little bit of height and a lot of comfort.
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The first thing you need to consider when buying a pair of Spanish sandals is the length of your foot. The length, not the width, of your foot will determine your size. We recommend you go with your standard size.
Narrow Fit - shop the standard fit collection and choose your standard size. If you are between sizes, go down a size. The best leathers for a narrow fit and thin achilles is to choose the thicker Nubuck leathers which will provide more support.
Standard Fit - shop the standard fit collection and choose your standard size. All of the leathers in the range will suit your feet.
Slightly Wide Fit - shop the standard fit collection and choose a leather that will give and mould to your foot shape - suede's and box calf leathers. It is also recommended that you try the New Wide Fit Collection as these will also provide the width you need.
Wide "D" Fit - shop the NEW Wide Fit Collection if your feet are traditionally wider than standard (see further information below). Available in a selection of Flat Avarcas and Platform Avarcas - Shop here. Stick with your standard size as we have made the width slightly larger to accommodate the extra width room you require.
Love our shoes but find that the width isn't wide enough? Then our NEW Wide Fit Collection is for you.
Introducing our new Collection of Flat Avarcas and Platform Avarcas in a wider "D'" fitting size. Our first drop comes in our best selling Almond Nubuck, Black Suede and Metallic Braided Champagne Box Calf in both Flats and Platforms.
How does the Wide Fit Collection work?
Our Wide Fit Collection is essentially the same standard fit length, but the width is wider than your standard fit.
If you are normally a size 38 in length but a wide fit, most of the time you would have sized up to a 39 to accommodate the extra width needed. By going up a size, it often left you with a little too much room at the back of the shoes.
To check if our New Wide Fit Collection is perfect for you, please consult our size guide below (the column on the far right - Wide Fit Width - CM).
It sure is! We want them to feel a little snug across the front of your foot! This is the part that will soften and mould to your foot with wear.
If your feet are within the stitching on the insole of the shoe you have the right size. Long toes may peep through the front of the shoe, others may not. This is a normal variance.
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Anderson looks at how being in the background can sometimes put you totally out front.
Post by: Anderson Cooper
Filed under: The RidicuList
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Weekly Photo Challenge this week is HOME A great opportunity to show you the beautiful place I live in. The Goldcoast is a favourite tourist destination. It boasts sun, sea, sand and a terrific climate almost year round.
Today, a perfect Sunday, brought out the people in their thousands. We drove along the coast looking for a parking spot and a place for lunch. We marvelled at the colour of the ocean the crisp white surf rolling in, all ages enjoying this beautiful weather. But parking was non-existent, eventually we spotted a car pulling out, right in front of the Currumbin Surf club, a perfect place for lunch.
So in we went, camera in hand to show you some of our day in this place I call home. Some of the photos in this gallery are from previous photo trips a couple are of our garden and a couple I just like, so added them as well .
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Backyard stargazers dreaming of launching themselves into space will like the direction that modern spaceflight is taking: a hands-on, do-it-yourself approach is emerging to fill the gaps behind large commercial companies such as SpaceX, which in turn inherited the low-Earth orbit role from NASA.
"Right now anyone can design their spacecraft from their home, and with their friends from their homes,' said Darlene Damm, co-founder of DIYRockets, via email.
A space company that wants to build an "open space frontier,' DIYRockets teamed up earlier this year with Sunglass, a company that builds online collaboration platforms, to create the 3D Rocket Challenge, a contest with a $5,000 prize for the winning team. The goal: design a 3D-printed rocket engine capable of carrying nano-satellites into space, but only using open-source technology.
It's the open source aspect that should intrigue anyone pondering how to build a rocket to the moon from their backyard.
By relying on collaborative technology and inexpensive manufacturing through 3D printing, dreaming about low-cost spaceflight is within the realm of possibility, though still expensive enough that amateur astronauts might have to invest in a startup company.
There's already a precedent, with Copenhagen Suborbitals, a two-man team building their own custom-built rocket, profiled last year in Wired.
But open source technology and future rocket-engine competitions could mean that innovators won't have to custom-build everything.
"All of this will allow people the same freedom and creativity captured by the science fiction writers, but perhaps what they didn't imagine was how collaborative life would be today and how efficient that is for sharing resources,' Damm said.
A bare-bones startup company wants to take the philosophy one step further, with an open-source space shuttle.
Florida-based Exosphere is in its early stages and scant on technological details, but the current concept involves a launch vehicle that takes off much like a B-52 airplane but is capable of reaching suborbital space, its founder Zechariah Blanchard said.
The company has already learned the hard way that funding can be difficult. It attempted to raise $100,000 this summer through an Indiegogo crowdsourcing campaign, but didn't even reach $1,000 in commitments. Still, Blanchard is undaunted.
"The goals and milestones may be adjusted to our funding availability, but it will not cease,' he wrote in a campaign postscript.
Exosphere does have more than a dozen collaborators, some with NASA experience, who are volunteering for the project until the company can afford to hire full-time scientists and engineers.
"A lot of the people inspired by this project are young,' Blanchard said. "Some of the older generation … are still under the idea it requires a large government entity or a huge corporation to make this happen.'
Exosphere was supposed to have a global approach, but the company has been forced to turn down potential collaborators who aren't U.S. citizens. That's because spacecraft systems are on the United States Munitions List, an index of export-controlled defense technology restricted by the State Department as part of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations law.
Companies can apply for licenses to share intellectual property on the list with its noncitizen workers, which costs $2,250 annually.
For Exosphere, which reached less than $800 in its Indiegogo campaign, that's cost-prohibitive.
"We've had to turn away an aerospace engineer,' Blanchard said. "It's very sad to have that conversation with somebody.'
One of Blanchard's long-term goals for the company is advocacy work to loosen the ITAR restrictions. The satellite industry has successfully done the same thing this year.
DIYRockets isn't yet under the same restrictions because its nano-satellite payloads are too small, but Damm expects to deal with it eventually as the company looks to handle larger payloads.
"As we build more advanced technology in the future, we will need the advice of a lawyer to help us interpret ITAR and other regulations,' she said.
Despite that barrier, the growth of space technology is trending toward open source. Even NASA is embracing the philosophy.
"We really believe that the majority of the work NASA does has a direct benefit to the American public, and the American public should have access to it,' said Nick Skytland, who manages the agency's Open Innovation program.
In April, NASA hosted its second annual International Space Apps Challenge, a two-day event that asks collaborators to use available space mission data to develop an open-source project. It attracted about 9,000 collaborators from around the world, Skytland said, four times the number who participated last year.
Most of the Space Apps Challenge projects involved software and new apps, but some projects were based on hardware, such as developing a 3D printer for use in space.
Skytland has heard other people lament that government restrictions can limit technology, but usually responds that potential solutions might be easier than people think.
"I always shift the conversation to what can we open up,' he said.
One of Exosphere's most recognizable supporters so far is David Brin, the scientist and author known for championing transparency and the potential of future civilizations.
Brin isn't familiar with Exosphere's plans, he said via email, but he sees crowdsourcing as a logical next step to the era of private spaceflight being led by SpaceX, Virgin Galactic and others.
"Sum all of that together and we may be about to enter the equivalent of the 'barnstorming era' of the 1920s that brought rapid advances to air transportation,' he said.


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Tragedy for dinosaurs, opportunity for mammals, us
New research pinpoints how the torch passed from one dominant creature on Earth to another, from the brutish dinosaur to the crafty mammal.
Two studies published Thursday in the journal Science better explain the Earth-shaking consequences of a catastrophic cosmic collision 66 million years ago when a comet or asteroid smashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
The crash seemed to end the reign of the dinosaurs. And it gave way to the age of mammals that probably started with a cute squirrel-like critter and eventually led to us, the researchers report.
"I think it's fair to say, without the dinosaurs having gone extinct, we would not be here," said Paul Renne, director of the Berkeley Geochronology Center, who led the research on the dinosaurs and cosmic crash. The dinosaurs' disappearance "essentially releases the little timid mammals to become the big guys."
Renne demonstrated how the timing of the cosmic crash exquisitely matches the disappearance of the slow-footed dinosaurs of Jurassic Park fame. His findings provide more evidence for the theory that an extraterrestrial crash was most responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs.
Scientists have long thought that there were 200,000 years between the big crash and the end of the dinosaurs, but Renne's more detailed examination of fossils and soil at Hell Creek in northeast Montana puts the two events within 32,000 years of each other. That strengthens the case for the space crash as the "straw that broke the camel's back" and killed off the dinosaurs, said Renne.
He said other environmental factors, such as a changing climate from volcanic eruptions, also had made life harder for the dinosaurs, but that the big final dagger was the giant collision that caused a now-filled crater more than 100 miles wide at Chicxulub, on the coast of the Yucatan peninsula.
"The asteroid really rang the bell of the planet," said Smithsonian Natural History Museum Director Kirk Johnson, who wasn't part of either study, but praised them both. Together they showed how that one event "had a profound impact on the nature of organisms that live on this planet."
Dinosaurs are a distinct grouping of species, some of which evolved into birds. Scientists don't know how long it took for the large non-avian kinds like Tyrannosaurus Rex to die off.
The second study painstakingly details the family tree of the most predominant type of mammal, those that give birth after a long gestation period. The researchers propose that the first such mammal was a shrewish critter slightly bigger than a mouse with a nasty set of teeth. And it first popped in the world a little more than 65 million years ago - just after that cosmic crash.
When an asteroid or comet hits Earth and kills off the dinosaurs, it's both a tragedy and an opportunity, said Maureen O'Leary of Stony Brook University and lead author of the mammal study: "In some sense, we are a product of that opportunity."
O'Leary's team looked at 4,541 different characteristics of mammals still around and extinct and traced their DNA and their physical features back until it seemed there was a common - and hypothetical - ancestor.
"This isn't something that is just a guess; this is something that is a result of the analysis," O'Leary said. "This thing had a long furry tail. It had a white underbelly and it had brown eyes."
It was smaller than a rat, but bigger than a mouse and likely ate insects.
That first mammal evolved over the years into all sorts of different types, eventually including bats, whales, elephants and primates like us.
"Boy, did a lot happen in about 200,000 years," said study co-author Michael Novacek, curator of paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Unlike the slow-witted dinosaurs, which weren't known for their ability to adapt, mammals in general are more intelligent and can adapt well, O'Leary said.
Scientists examining ancient plants had already estimated that just before the dinosaurs died off world temperatures plunged by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit, causing a loss of many species. Then when the asteroid or comet hit, material spewed into Earth's atmosphere causing temperatures to spike, before dropping again.
Princeton University scientist Gerta Keller, who has been one of the most vocal critics of the impact theory, said the new work still doesn't resolve her doubts. She notes it only looks at soil in Montana.
Renne said there are no impact records anywhere else that are different from what he found in Montana.


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The next E Street Star of the Silver Screen?
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Do they have what it takes to become the next sensation on the red carpet? We sure know Bruce does. But what about the rest of the band? Take a look at some of these performances and decide for yourself. Who will be the next E Street Star of the Silver Screen? I think Max Weinberg has the magic, make sure to catch him on The Simpsons on Sunday night!
Max Weinberg on Hawaii Five-0
Stevie Van Zandt in Lillyhammer
Stevie Van Zandt in The Sopranos
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Bold acts: Decision to fire Cameron most impactful
NEW ORLEANS - As the hours tick down to the actual kickoff of Super Bowl XLVII, a.k.a. "The Harbowl," we are continually regaled with the tales of incredible courage, conviction and bravado it took for Jim Harbaugh to bench Alex Smith, at the time the NFL's fourth-highest-rated QB, for the unknown and untested Colin Kaepernick, knowing his club was expected to make a serious run at a Super Bowl. I agree: Younger brother Harbaugh showed a pair of stones James Bond would be proud of.
What I don't understand is why big brother John doesn't get just as much credit for firing his offensive coordinator, Cam Cameron, with a 9-4 record and just three games left in the season while still in contention for a No. 1 seed, and replacing him with a guy who had never coordinated an offense and while, albeit had been a head coach, had never even called his own plays?
I believe John Harbaugh's delegation of his offense to Jim Caldwell has more to do with the Ravens being in New Orleans than Jim Harbaugh's decision to go with Kaepernick has to do with the 49ers' success. What I'd love to know is how the Ravens head coach felt when his club had one of its most dismal performances of the season on offense in Caldwell's first game and closed the season dropping four of its last five, including two of three after Caldwell took over?
Shortly after the Ravens arrived in New Orleans, John Harbaugh talked about how sure he was when he made the move from Cameron to Caldwell. "The first thing about that to understand is that, I think it was part of a progression to become as good as we could possibly be," he said. "Coach Cameron, who is a good friend of mine and all of our coaches and all of our players, continues to have a great relationship with everyone to this day. He is a big part of our success. He is a big part of what we built here. He laid a foundation and had lots of success and obviously won a lot of football games. He laid the foundation for what we're going through right now. He did a lot of hard work and had a lot of good ideas that helped to build that, because we felt we had to do something to jumpstart us for a lot of different reasons, whatever those reasons are, it was successful."
I read that as Harbaugh saying, I love Cameron, but I had to do something. Even he seems unwilling to give himself the credit he deserves.
For his part, Caldwell isn't anxious to take much credit either. "It wasn't like we made many significant changes in terms of what we're doing from a schematic standpoint, because we were too far down the road for that," Caldwell said. "What we did was, do the things that we knew how to do well and try to crystalize it. I also want to make sure that you understand that there is no way that I take credit for any of that. We have players that are very good players and have been in the system for four or five years that are maturing and getting better as time goes on. It just so happened that, towards the end of the season, things were really starting to come together. We'd shown flashes all through the year, but we just had some ups and downs a little bit here and there. Obviously, we've played a little more consistently since we've been in the playoffs and that's worked well for us."
While all of that is well and good, the fact is Joe Flacco has been a much better quarterback under Caldwell, and the Ravens' offense is more balanced. Flacco threw 19 TDs and 9 INTs under Cameron and averaged 7.2 yards per attempt. Since Caldwell took over, Flacco has 12 TDs and just one pick in five games, with an average of 8.2 yards per attempt.
Caldwell says his focus on taking over the offense was consistency. "At that particular time, we were very inconsistent in a lot of different areas," he said. "So, the big thing was to try to get some consistency. We were getting penalized a little bit too much and certainly those kinds of things weren't consistent enough in our running game. We gave us maybe a little bit more of an opportunity to be successful - ran the ball more, put an emphasis on it and moved on from there."
How did he go about fixing the problem? "It wasn't anything that was thought out to that degree in terms of, 'How do I want to approach these guys?' I have to be myself," said Caldwell. "I've been in this business a long time. This is my 37th year. It's too late to change who I am. I basically presented the way I always present, talked about the different issues I thought we had to resolve in terms of being effective every week and move forward."
John Harbaugh seems to agree with me that the biggest improvements in the Ravens' offense under Caldwell have been in Flacco. "I think the passing game is, the precision part of it has improved a little bit lately," he said. "Those guys have done a good job with that. Joe has been good. The protection has been tremendous so Joe has had time to push the ball down field a little bit, that may be the most important part of it. But that's been a work in progress all year and I think we've improved steadily throughout the course of the season. Even throughout some of the tough times we have continued to improve and showed up at the playoffs."
So which changed offense will be the difference in the Super Bowl? That remains to be seen. But one thing that seems eminently clear already is neither of these Harbaugh boys is a slouch when it comes to the courage of their convictions and the willingness to roll the dice. I think it's quite possible the 49ers would still be here if Alex Smith was still running the show, but they wouldn't be anywhere near the show they are now. For the Ravens' part, if you look back at that Monday after their week 14 loss to the Redskins, when Harbaugh pulled the plug on Cameron, I think they'd be watching at home this Sunday if he hadn't made the move when he did. Now we get to see if "Little Bro" can top that one?


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