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Krauthammer explains possibility of Sen. Marco Rubio getting into the presidential fold
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Fact of a segment tonight who will be Mitt Romney's vice presidential choice -- continues to swirl around senator Marco Rubio from Florida.
Who's on the road would -- Newsweek but who continues say he does not want the job however Charles Krauthammer says he may not have the choice.
-- I think he's the obvious choice.
And if he says he doesn't want the office he'll find a horse's head into bed it's.
The next day he will accept little bit.
-- -- to take no for an answer and we have ways we Republicans.
-- that sounds -- ominous there mr.
Krauthammer joins us now from Washington.
Little a little like Harvey Keitel in that clip you know I have known through new ways today.
But you really believe that you said that on this program couple weeks ago even last week that -- if if it comes down to crunch time rubio is gonna fold and and do with the Republicans wanted to.
-- I think he well although I have to say that.
That was offers somewhat tongue in -- you think sometimes you say stuff like this he need to have a Chiron themselves title on the air that since irony alert about.
Tell me about it I said you shawls two.
Robert Reich did I call in the Communist Lou Dobbs and -- both laughing and on the Huffington Post there it is.
But erratic golf writer Tom and in the look -- actually writes a column about it right he's so indignant you're absolutely right everyone knew you are making a joke what you -- me.
They really yep -- and the -- though there's a series -- I think there are two kinds of vice presidential possible candidates.
-- established guy who's been around.
You take a Mitch Daniels he's a successful governor he was head of the Office of Management and Budget he's had a great -- the career he doesn't need to vice presidency.
In fact it's really for him -- step down.
Vice president -- is the second worst job in the world after the prince of Wales say he would say no and that would be it.
But then the other kind of -- -- up and comer.
A guy like a rubio may be a Paul Ryan you look at Nixon he was appointed by Eisenhower when he was a young senator in 1950.
And he went on to be on a national -- five in the next six.
Psycho he was a dominant political figures it's hard to say no if you of the up and comer and it's all started to resisted pressure you'd get from the party.
That would say look you've got -- a future we want you to be.
A party man and do it -- I am always ruby -- gonna get around a flip flop early show Romney already has if he isn't sitting in Seoul adamant that he doesn't want and he was adamant on this program.
Adam and other places how do you get around.
This is what happens every time have you ever heard a guy who's been.
The rumored to be -- -- of vice presidential candidate embrace it before -- his support.
They always say I love the job under and I only care about what he said flat out I'll tell I'm not experienced enough here on a factor -- -- reveal well.
Are you gotta say is I looked at what Obama did it was his lack of experience and he got elected anyway.
Look -- there are ways around as you can always say.
Party actually did do it wanted to crack and look it's not.
You could write it it's not hard to do if you want to do is sort of flip flop -- would give me your way I did one thing very clear you united suggesting that Lugo brought CB sent.
Two visit Marco Rubio and only found -- -- -- absolutely necessary -- That was put up to CNN poll of republic -- choices for vice president.
And here they are Condoleezza Rice 26%.
Rick Santorum 21 Chris Christie and rubio tied at fourteen and Paul Ryan and eight.
Now I don't believe doctor rice wants the job and Santorum I think would take it you say.
Well the ranking that -- -- is entirely reflection.
Name recognition.
It's that people know Condoleezza Rice is not that many you know -- right.
Some -- it means very much I think she would be adamant in saying now and she's one of the veterans who would say.
You know I don't have to do it there's no reason and the other thing is.
They would be a negative feeling negative is very obvious she brings in the bush years there's still the overhanging the bush years she was involved in the Iraq War why would.
Romney who's a candidate -- tainted by any of that.
Wanna have that as part of the -- he wants to erase that applies those -- what -- who would otherwise be very strong candidates former governor of Florida Jeb Bush what about -- is his last name that's his only problem whether -- -- -- the number one candidate.
Santorum I think not I think the that degree to which he went negative was Romney.
Talk about a -- offered to go I mean after that things all the Democrats would have to do is to show some of the ads he -- Against Romney or some of the things he said in the dating and Romney I'm not sure you do you come back.
From that kind of negativity I don't think that's possible and the other thing -- sent -- received gratuitously.
Raises the issue of women contraception all that.
Which I think it is unnecessary fear Romney running on economics I gotta -- about running a -- and Paul Ryan's got a shot -- -- -- I think it.
I personally I mean these are leaving can't exactly be the leading candidate hi John is not -- to rubio thank you.
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Plans include investment of $162M, creation of 850 jobs at former Getrag Transmission plant in nearby Tipton
Chrysler will announce 1,250 new jobs and a major investment Thursday at transmission and metal casting factories in the Kokomo, Indiana, area.
CEO Sergio Marchionne will confirm that the plans include an investment of $162 million and the creation 850 jobs at a former Getrag Transmission plant in nearby Tipton. Another 400 jobs will be created at three other factories.
The company is investing millions in the Kokomo area to build fuel-efficient eight- and nine-speed automatic transmissions.
Chrysler plans to use a new nine-speed transmission in the Jeep Cherokee midsize SUV and in the Dodge Dart compact. The Cherokee will replace the aging Jeep Liberty later this year.
Chrysler now has three transmission plants and a metal casting plant in the Kokomo area that employ about 6,100 people.
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Milliennials, those ages 18-33, remain more likely to access the internet wirelessly with a laptop or mobile phone. In addition, they still clearly surpass their elders online when it comes to:
However, internet users in Gen X (those ages 34-45) and older cohorts are more likely than Millennials to engage in several online activities, including visiting government websites and getting financial information online.
Finally, the biggest online trend: While the youngest and oldest cohorts may differ, certain key internet activities are becoming more uniformly popular across all age groups. These include:
Even in areas that are still dominated by Millennials, older generations are making notable gains. Some of the areas that have seen the fastest rate of growth in recent years include older adults' participation in communication and entertainment activities online, especially in using social network sites such as Facebook. Among the major trends in online activities:
Additionally, searching for health information, an activity that was once the primary domain of older adults, is now the third most popular online activity for all internet users 18 and older.
Few of the activities covered in this report have decreased in popularity for any age group, with the notable exception of blogging. Only half as many online teens work on their own blog as did in 2006, and Millennial generation adults ages 18-33 have also seen a modest decline—a development that may be related to the quickly-growing popularity of social network sites. At the same time, however, blogging's popularity increased among most older generations, and as a result the rate of blogging for all online adults rose slightly overall from 11% in late 2008 to 14% in 2010. Yet while the act formally known as blogging seems to have peaked, internet users are doing blog-like things in other online spaces as they post updates about their lives, musings about the world, jokes, and links on social networking sites and micro-blogging sites such as Twitter.
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The collection pertains almost exclusively to the New Religious Movements. There is a small amount of personal material that reflects Dr. Judah's interest in tennis and ballroom dancing. The 1994 interview is contained in the personal material. This interview is Dr. Judah"s life history in his own words.
J. Stillson Judah was born on July 7, 1911 in Leavenworth, WA. He received an A.B. in Philosophy and Oriental Studies from the University of Washington in 1934 and did his graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley in both 1940-1941 and in 1966-1969. He received his Library Certificate from the University of California in 1941. He served in Japan from 1945-46 as Japanese language interpreter for the 5th Fleet. In 1941-1969, he served at the librarian at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. He was the editor and compiler of Index to Religious Periodical Literature from 1949-1952. Under his leadership, seven separate seminary library collections were integrated into the Graduate Theological Union Common Library. He became GTU's first librarian in 1966. He also served as Professor, History of Religions at GTU from 1969 until his retirement in 1976.
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There has been a serious dearth of posts from me of late. This is largely due to being uninspired by my own style. This is mostly due to trying to dress for warmer weather. I've noted that my style is heading toward relatively casual suiting on the one end and more generally casual wear on the other.
I find casual suiting difficult in summer because the range of materials is much more limited and less readily available through either thrifting or eBay-ing. I'd love to find some great linen or tropical wool suits. Linen, even in conservative colourways, has an inherently casual look. However, I've so far struck out at finding even a single linen suit while thrifting, let alone one that fits and is stylish. eBay has been no better.
The other more casual side of my style is a bit easier, although I'm finding it difficult to do anything interesting. I have a few linen shirts, but they could definitely fit better. I'm a huge fan of plain t-shirts, but won't pretend they're inspirational at all. It's not yet shorts weather - I'm a firm believer that shorts are much more appropriate than just the beach, which is a trope #menswear expounds - and I haven't really found trousers that inspire me and fit with my evolving style. That means I've been wearing jeans and a t-shirt most days. It's a more than solid look, as long as both shirt and pants fit. But, I doubt anyone necessarily needs to see my take.
I accept most of the blame, but I'll also apportion some of the blame to Toronto, which gets very hot and muggy in summer. I also sweat very easily. Even a cotton shirt and cotton jacket are too much. Finally, it seems I'm not alone in this quandry. I also haven't seen anywhere near as many inspirational summer looks coming through the Tumblrs. It seems to be an inherently more difficult season to dress for.


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Scoring an ARC-Award hat trick was Xerox, which edged out Hewlett-Packard, Oki Data, Lexmark and Samsung in the category of Workgroup Color Printers for the third year running. Xerox topped HP in support and partnership, with Xerox again outpacing its competitors with its partner portal. The vendor was also strong in the communication, solution provider program criteria. However, Oki Data won in the manages channel conflict criterion, while Lexmark took revenue and profit potential, and ease of doing business.
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Xerox lost product innovation to HP, due mainly to HP's stellar ratings in the criterion of product quality and reliability, and compatibility and ease of integration.
"We see this as validation that we're doing the right things, listening to partners and getting feedback every year," said Tom Gall, director of channel marketing at Xerox. Among the feedback mechanisms employed by Xerox is its advisory council, which convenes annually in face-to-face meetings and quarterly phone conferences. "Getting feedback all the time is really critical [as are] taking action and prioritizing where to spend efforts," Gall said.
Bill Loiacano, CEO of SPI Innovations, is a member of the Xerox council. "Xerox relies on a group of core resellers who are instrumental in development of their business plan," he said. A longtime Xerox reseller based in Freeland, Mich., Loiacano said the company had been receptive to partner input even before the formation of the council. "They've always been wide open to suggestions, and many of those suggestions are eventually adopted."
Two areas in which Xerox fell behind HP were in technical innovation, and in compatibility and ease of integration. As someone in the technology business, Loiacano understands that no vendor can catch everything, particularly in small or protected markets such as the finance industry. "There will always be issues from time to time. The manufacturer has to be responsive," he said.loud computing is where one of Cisco's most formidable UC weapons is now found--Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution, which allows partners to sell Cisco collaboration as a service, in a subscription plan. En Pointe Technologies, Gardena, Calif., is one of several well-known Cisco partners that have built practices around HCS. "HCS is gaining a lot of momentum," En Pointe President Michael Rapp said. "As the Cisco field learns of authorized partners, account mapping is gaining momentum and [HCS] deals are coming at a faster pace. A lot of customers already have a significant investment in Cisco."


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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel orders seven reforms based on existing "best practices" inside and outside of DoD. Critics call the announcement a missed opportunity for more sweeping changes in the fight against military sexual assault.
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Air Force pulls sexual assault prevention brochure
The Air Force has pulled a brochure circulated at a South Carolina base after a lawmaker complained about some objectionable advice to sexual assault victims.
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DoD furlough decision driven by readiness concerns
Roughly 680,000 DoD civilians will be forced to take one day off per week without pay between July 8 and the end of the fiscal year as a result of the automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration. Jessica Wright, acting undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, told In Depth with Francis Rose the decision wasn't an easy one.
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Military pay is exempt from the automatic budget cuts, known as sequestration, that went into effect earlier this month. But scores of military programs that impact service members in their everyday lives, such as tuition assistance and family programs, are not protected from the across-the-board budget reductions. Officials from the Defense Department and the military services testified before the House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on military personnel on the impact of the budget cuts on training, retention and family-assistance programs.
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The Pentagon says furloughs for nearly all of its 780,000 civilian employees would begin in April if sequestration goes into effect. DoD would grant limited exceptions for civilians in combat zones or those who are critical to preserving life and safety. Political appointees would also be exempt. The Pentagon also released a list of states where furloughs would have the most effect.
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The Shiva and The Ruxin are on the line. Andre confronts the #1 Plastic Surgeon in Chicago. Rafi tries to collect a debt from Ruxin's sister Rebecca. TacoCorp. launches The Eskimo Brothers Database. watch
The Shiva and The Ruxin are on the line. Andre confronts the #1 Plastic Surgeon in Chicago (Aziz Ansari). Rafi tries to collect a debt from Ruxin's sister Rebecca (Lizzy Kaplan). TacoCorp. launches The Eskimo Brothers Database. watch
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30-year-old slacker (Jason Segel) finds his true destiny as he helps his brother (Ed Helms) stalk his possibly cheating wife in this offbeat comedy about fate and family.
A couple in their golden years reunites with their children for their daughter's wedding, and chaos ensues when the husband loses the family dog and everyone must search for it.
Now In Theaters. Blending the gory elements of a classic critter film (à la GREMLINS) with the lightheart comedy of a unlikely friendship (reminiscent of TED). A rare entry in the horror-comedy genre that truly delivers.
Starring Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, TV's How I Met Your Mother), Ed Helms (Hangover I & II) and Academy Award®-winner* Susan Sarandon, Jeff, Who Lives at Home is the story of one man's hilarious search for the meaning of life. As slacker Jeff stumbles towards enlightenment, he uncovers answers to his nagging family's problems. Jeff has no idea where he's going but when he finally gets there, he might just find out what it's all about in this "gem of a movie that is funny, tender and ultimately moving." Mark Adams, SCREENDAILY.COM
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Even the most die-hard Mindy Kaling fans had to acknowledge that The Mindy Project's first season had some flaws. And unfortunately, right when the show seemed to be finding its groove, the season was over. Now, The Mindy Project is back for Season 2 and poised to be the great comedy we always wanted it to be.
The first season of the The Mindy Project suffered from a severe lack of focus. Torn between being a workplace comedy and a meta rom-com, The Mindy Project was a little all over the place. Certain episodes featured so many disjointed story lines that it felt stitched together like a comedy Frankenstein. But even amid the confusion, the show always had enough great jokes — delivered by some of Hollywood's hottest actors — to keep me watching.
HBO has ordered a new relationship comedy from Jay and Mark Duplass starring Amanda Peet, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Togetherness follows two couples living under the same roof while struggling to keep their relationships alive and also pursuing their individual dreams. Mark Duplass (The Mindy Project) stars as Brett Pierson, a guy who seems to have it all, but is secretly having problems both personally and professionally. Two and a Half Men's Melanie Lynskey plays his wife Michelle.
Will they or won't they? It's a question as old as TV and yet, one that never seems to get old. However, after The Mindy Project's first season finale on Tuesday, the question has quickly turned to: Should they or shouldn't they? After Mindy (Mindy Kaling) reneged on her decision to go to Haiti with... read more
What was Mindy Kaling's college strategy to become the success she is today? "I never partied or had boyfriends," she deadpanned at Friday's Paley Festival panel for The Mindy Project.She's not entirely kidding. She focused on her passion at to the expense of not having a busy social life. "I've dated more people on this season of the show than I've met men in my life," she added. "I never got distracted." read more
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The modern vocabulary of football needs a re-haul. Because it's describing a game that no longer exists.
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Rising Baylor women's basketball star Brittney Griner landed a hard punch to the face of Texas Tech player Jordan Barncastle in a game Wednesday night (video after the jump). The Baylor coach has...
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This Friday at FCS the Baylor Athletic Department, in conjunction with a few other people, will be hosting the annual Traditions Rally. This is the opening pep rally for the season and is open to the general public. The rally starts at 7:30 PM, is followed by a performance by Cory Morrow at 8:00, and concluded with fireworks at 9:00 PM. Come see the team and get fired up for Sunday.
John Calipari & Scott Drew...the dirtiest coaches in college? That's what 100 coaches say. And it's not close: John Calipari (Kentucky): 36 percent Scott Drew (Baylor): 34 percent Ben Howland (UCLA): 12 percent Jim Calhoun (Connecticut): 7 percent Tom Crean (Indiana): 3 percent Dave Rice (UNLV): 3 percent Rick Barnes may be overrated but IMHO he's better for your program than a two-faced sanctimonious-twit-slash-two-bit-hustler like Drew. Or maybe just losing to Baylor is getting under my skin. Discuss.
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Series: From the Dust (12 entries)
In this series, Ryan Pettey offers several clips from his powerful documentary "From the Dust". This feature-length film is divided up into various sections, each of which wrestles with the difficult problems that arise when reconciling Scripture with the theory of evolution. A light of hope dawns on the science-faith conversation, however, as scientists and theologians engage in honest dialogue about tough issues such as the interpretation of Genesis, the nature of the Fall, and the idea of random design. Their profound insights are sure to enlighten all minds, raise deeper questions, and provoke new thought.
Biblical Credibility and Joshua 10: What Does the Text Really Claim?
Once we recognize that no one takes the text literally, and that we have often failed to account for the details in the text regarding the time of day, we can begin anew to try to understand the text as an ancient text rather than as a modern one. As such, we must begin with the idea that the text operates in the world of omens, not the world of physics and astronomy.
Stress and God's Built-in Neuro-sabbath
"For a few moments, it felt like our little church community was surrounded by glory. The wisdom of Christ in the hypothalamus was illumining the wisdom of Christ in the prophets and gospels."
Walking the Walk: Thoreau and the art of seeing nature
What can a practicing scientist in the 21st century—even a "bench scientist" like me whose scientific forays are confined to a laboratory—glean from a 19th century wanderer like Thoreau?
Understanding Evangelical Opposition to Evolution
This entry was originally posted on February 11, 2010. In this brief video, Professor Schloss addresses what he sees as the two primary reasons that evangelical Christians oppose evolutionary theory.
Origins News Roundup
Astrobiology is the field of inquiry about the origin of life on our planet and the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. Making a comeback is the theory that life began on Mars and emigrated from there to Earth via meteorites dislodged by collisions with asteroids.
"From the Dust" Now Available for Download
We're excited to announce that the documentary From the Dust can now be purchased and rented through the iTunes Store!
Evolution and Faith in Latin America, Part 2
As I read The Voyage, I often thought about Darwin's other famous work, The Origin of Species, and the delight that Darwin clearly took in the natural world. Writing about a tropical forest in Brazil, he found himself at a loss for words, "…it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind."
Francis Collins by the Book
Considering my own stance on the satisfying harmony of science and faith, you might be surprised to find on my shelves nearly everything written by Richard Dawkins (including "The God Delusion") and my late friend Christopher Hitchens (including "God Is Not Great"). One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.
Faith, Science and Metaphors
How do metaphors impact the dialogue between faith and science? We might start by asking: what are the framing metaphors at work in the current debates? Even using the word "dialogue" here suggests an implicit metaphor that frames my approach to the relationship between faith and science. Imagine substituting "dialogue" with "war;" that would conjure a completely different metaphorical framework.
Series: Apologetic Issues in the Old Testament (3 entries)
This series, by Old Testament scholar Richard S. Hess, was first published as an appendix to Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (Downers Grove: IVP Academic; Nottingham: Apollos, 2011).
The Bible, Evolution, and Grace
If your core value is serving God and you believe that anything but a literal interpretation of the Bible is disobedient to God, you can't hear any of the scientific arguments, and that was the way it was with me. Until I dealt with the loyalty question, I could not proceed to the science.
God Did It (But I Don't Exactly Know How the World Was Created)
After we both exhaled some relieved laughter, I whispered, "I believe God created the world and holds it together. Just how he did that is up for debate, but whatever conclusions you come to about the earth's origins, God did it. Okay?"
Engaging Science in the Life of Your Congregation
With so many issues to discuss, Christians can easily get the feeling that science is always attacking the faith. It is essential to balance such conversations with positive responses to God's creation. After all, the primary response to the natural world in the Bible is to praise the God who made it.
A Survey of Clergy and Their Views on Origins
What do today's pastors think about science? What views do they hold on creation and evolution and how strongly do they hold them? How do origins issues impact their ministries? These were just a few of the questions that motivated us at BioLogos to commission a survey of pastors on origins
Series: Excerpts from "Evolving: Evangelicals Reflect on Evolution" (6 entries)
We need to hear stories from others who have wrestled with evolution and Christian faith. What arguments made them change their views on science? How did they hold fast to their relationship with God? The essays in this series will eventually comprise a book, provisionally titled, "Evolving: Evangelicals Reflect on Evolution."
Denis Alexander on Understanding Creation Theology
In this video Conversation, Denis Alexander asserts that contemporary Christians are not taking the early chapters of Genesis seriously enough.
Evolution and Christian Faith Grantees Announced
Congratulations to the 37 winners of the Evolution & Christian Faith (ECF) grants competition! ECF is a new BioLogos program designed to support projects and network-building among scholars, church leaders, and parachurch organizations.
A Scientific Commentary on Genesis 7:11
Although committed to the principle of sola Scriptura, Calvin recognized that the Bible would have been written in terms its original recipients would have understood. Calvin inherited the medieval cosmology of his time, a way of viewing the world heavily influenced by Greek thought and one which was about to receive shocks from astronomers such as Copernicus and Galileo. But not just yet.


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Sri Sri: As such there is no conflict. You have to balance your life. You know some spiritual practice every day, some breathing exercise and yoga would help you long way, and then some social service activity what we call seva in India. All that we earn, we spend on our self. Isn't it good that we should keep at least 3 or 4% of our earning to give to those who are in need of it. There are around 300 million children in the world which need education. You can be part of it. You can help in Africal Even here you can help children to get educated. One day in a month, take a time off in a group, go and help clean the environment, and help environmental programs and social service activity you can take on. If we sit and think what about me all the time, then we will get depressed. You should see what you can do and how you can contribute to the world which is in need. That question and feeling should be within us. We all have to work towards having a violence-free society; drug and alcohol free healthy society. Violence free society, disease free body, confusion free mind, inhibition free intellect, trauma free memory and sorrow free soul is the birth right of every individual and that's what I have been telling around the world. We are all one family, we all belong to one family. This knowledge is not the wealth of one community, or one religion or one nation – it belongs to the whole world, the technology to be happy and content. Technology to have the sense of belongingness with the world belongs to everybody, and not just to India or Hindus or Buddhist like that…Don't you think so?
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Sri Sri: I will give this question back to you and that's my mission to put this question back to you, "Who are you?" Who you think you are and what you want your mission to be? And the journey has begun, the spiritual journey just begins with these two questions and don't ask others, but ask yourself. Asking others is futile. Whatever the other person is, how is it going to help you? You ask yourself, "who am I and what do I want to do in my life?" It's a very beautiful question.
Sri Sri: Prayers happens when you feel utterly helpless or when you feel totally grateful. The third condition when prayer happens is when you are in wisdom. Then, you see that the quality of the consciousness has expanded beyond its limitations and has risen to another plane, another dimension which is so fulfilling, so intuitive and so full of wisdom and love.
Sri Sri: Well! You are in deep love with somebody, so that person must be right for now. But whether he continues to be right in future, nobody can say. It depends on you! How you handle. You are in love with some body, but is he in love with you or not? First you find that out! If that man is also in love with you, then see how you both preserve your love with a dose of wisdom and how you carry on, how you conduct yourself – all these factors are there. Correct? It's very easy to fall in love, but many of us don't know how to maintain that. Someone falls in love with us and we don't know how to receive and nurture that love. We lose other's love for us too. So these skills, I have spoken about these skills in the knowledge facets, in Celebrating Love, you read it.
Sri Sri: Definitely. It is possible to stay in such a state of love without any of these negative connotations with that – if there is wisdom. Love with wisdom is bliss. Love minus wisdom is what you have mentioned; all this jealousy, greed, all this paraphernalia.
Sri Sri: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Not strong enough? Take one day at a time. You are strong enough to take commitment for one day, and that is enough. And each day you can continue doing it. Don't think of one long year, "oh my God! One year I've to do something! Today I do, that's good. Tomorrow I do, that's good".
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Sri Sri: Hmm! If you get too many thoughts, there are certain reasons. One of the reasons, for getting too many thoughts, is when your bowel is not clear, when your stomach is upset, constipated. If your bowel movements are not ok then you get too many thoughts. If there is no proper blood circulation in the body, then also you get too many thoughts, yeah? So, yoga and pranayama will help. Proper food and diet will help. Show to Ayurvedic doctor, he will say if there is too much pitta in your system, then he will suggest the food, which will also help.
Sri Sri: Absolutely not!
Sri Sri: We need to wake up and see that planet is our home and when you go higher, you don't see borders. Borders are our understanding, our illusions. There really is no border. Sky knows no border, clouds know no border, and wind also knows no border. The elements of this earth have no borders. The planet is one home for everyone. We are all one family. So, we need to think from a broader perspective. Which is the correct perspective? That the whole planet belongs to us. We cannot dump our nuclear waste into some other place. The effect of dumping any waste anywhere in Earth will again come back to us! We cannot keep one place clean and pure in isolation. It is not possible because the air will carry! We have to care for the whole planet. We have to make the entire planet organic. We have created so many types of viruses on this planet. Because we meddled with nature. We have destroyed many species on this planet because we have not taken good care of it, and our food production has gone so low. That it's going to be a very heavy thing on the coming generation, you know! I think every individual, every human being on the planet will have to take responsibility of not polluting the planet, of continuing sustainable development by planting more trees, preserving our lakes, preserving water. It is so important! Water scarcity is another big issue in the world. Millions of people are into starvation! So, we need to have a global picture and care for the whole planet. Of course, we need This is most important! But at the same time, we should have the idea about the whole planet and the entire humanity being a family.
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Nobody likes KC Rye? I love that stuff. It has a cap.
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Nobody likes KC Rye? I love that stuff. It has a cap.
Cork is more fun.
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Yeah... My brother's Nikka Taketsuru 21 was the most expensive screw top I've ever had - a little on the sweet side but scrumptious nonetheless
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"As for the unimportance of age and as we already said here, we'll all start to believe them when they'll start to bottle old whisky without an age statement, not young whisky ;-).." -Serge Valentin
Not bourbon, but both Yamazaki and Yoichi both have screw caps. If that ain't an endorsement...
Lets not forget the ORVW15. In current production ORVW10 107 and VSOF deserve mention.
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New Coral Reef Crustacean Named After Bob Marley
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July 10, 2012
"President Barack Obama has one. Comedian Stephen Colbert has one. Elvis Presley has one. Even computer software magnate Bill Gates has one. And now, Bob Marley–the late popular Jamaican singer and guitarist–also has one. So what is it that each of these luminaries have? The answer: they each have a biological species that has been named after them.
Paul Sikkel, an assistant professor of marine ecology and a field marine biologist at Arkansas State University, discovered and just named after Marley a "gnathiid isopod"–a small parasitic crustacean blood feeder that infests certain fish that inhabit the coral reefs of the shallow eastern Caribbean. Sikkel named the species Gnathia marleyi.
All of the life stages of Gnathia marleyi are described by Sikkel and his research team in the June 6th issue of Zootaxia. This research was partly funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Sikkel said, "I named this species, which is truly a natural wonder, after Marley because of my respect and admiration for Marley's music. Plus, this species is as uniquely Caribbean as was Marley."
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Since its opening in 2001, this 92-acre multi-purpose facility at the foot of White Oak Mountain has hosted some of the Southeast's top horse and livestock shows, as well as a variety of other events such as concerts, family reunions, church and school events, rodeos and clinics. The hotel/motel tax helps fund the center's operations budget and has proven to be a good investment. Tri-State has attracted exhibitors, vendors and visitors who often take time to enjoy Bradley County's other tourist attractions such as our Civil War history and Red Clay State Park.
Since 2004, Tri-State has hosted the annual Foothills Country Fair which is scheduled to open Thursday and will continue through Sunday. The fair was developed and is operated by an all-volunteer team from nine Ruritan Clubs in Bradley and Hamilton counties. Led by fair chairman Louie Alford, the clubs from Cherokee Too, Flint Springs, Harrison, McDonald/Black Fox, North Lee, Oak Grove, Taylor, Valley View and Westside have done an outstanding job of providing a fun-filled "stay-cation" for residents throughout the region.
Events include a carnival, concerts, beauty pageants, cultural arts contests, dog show, lawn mower racing, big wheel races, demolition derby, various animal and livestock exhibits, and more.
An exciting new event added to the fair this year is the Tennessee state championship barbeque cook off. This event is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society with $10,000 in prize money at stake. KCBS-sanctioned representatives Don Harwell, Mark Haggitt and Richard Preston will serve as judges. So far, 47 professional teams are listed as barbeque competitors on the fair's website, some coming from as far away as Minnesota and Indiana.
Something for all ages can be found at this year's fair. Gates open Thursday at 6 p.m. for the carnival and "Fairest of the Fair Pageants" only. The Wee Miss pageant is scheduled for 6:30, the Little Miss pageant at 7 p.m., the Fair Princess pageant at 7:30, and ending with the Junior Fairest of the Fair pageant at 8 p.m. Contestants are asked to pre-register online or call 339-1989.
Friday's schedule promises to be fun-filled with gates opening at 4 p.m. However, contestants in the barbeque cookoff are asked to check in and set up between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. There will be entertainment and contests on the small stage beginning at 4 p.m. and the kids area will open at 7 p.m. The popular Bartlee Norton & 64 Highway will take the stage at 7 p.m. followed by Joe Collins and the Collins Brothers Band at 8. Grammy Award winning band Shenandoah will round out the evening with a performance at 9 p.m.
Gates open at 10 a.m. Saturday and the day will be highlighted by the annual baby pageant at 10:30 a.m. and the people's choice barbeque contest at 11:30 a.m. There are many other events throughout the day and evening including contests, musical entertainment and much more. Gates open Sunday at noon and a complete listing of activities and ticket prices can be found on the fair's website at http://foothillscountryfair.webs.com.
The Foothills Country Fair is the result of hard work and many long hours by members of the Cherokee District Ruritan Clubs. The clubs return the fair's proceeds to the communities which they serve. The money funds various community projects and contributes greatly to our quality of life.
Pins are now on sale and are available from any Ruritan Club or Ruritan member. They can also be purchased at the gate at Tri-State Exhibition Center when the fair gets under way.
We can all be proud of the 9th Annual Foothills County Fair and Tri-State Exhibition Center. I encourage everyone to go out and enjoy something in our own backyard. Visit the web site at www.tsec.org.


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Snowcone said:HAHA, Ozzy on the beach with two up top!
Sounds like a p0rno that Sambo directed.
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I guess.. but judging by how things have been going, I wouldn't be too hopeful. I had high expectations concerning what songs would be viewed as "good enough" for the PS3, but those expectations have become unfulfilled, thus releasing feelings of disillusionment and betrayal. All of that has created emotions of frustration, hopelessness, disillusionment and distrust in regard to what songs will and will not appear on the PS3...
That's a lot of drama for one post, and a lot of dark gloomy feelings caused by a simple video game.
Other than a lot of 'end of RBN 1.0'-era songs not getting ported over, I have to admit I don't really share your frustration. Sure, there are songs that I would have liked to have seen (Glass Hammer and Van Friscia, most notably, as well as any RBN 1.0 Amberian Dawn track that didn't get a port), but overall every song that I expected to get a port got ported over, as well as some pleasant surprises (Marillion, for example). The RBN 2.0 releases have also been pretty inclusive so far, IMO.
If it helps, Harmonix is going to start releasing our (ThatAuthoringGroup) tracks on the PS3 VERY soon.
I of course can't say when or what until HMX announces it, but there's hope in them thar hills
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Y'know I'm not sure sales are a part of it as much as we think. One of the songs is one of our lower selling ones and it's getting ported over. We've got other tracks that have done double or even triple the sales of this one in particular, but it's still being ported.
So I guess HMX has their own criteria for what gets ported outside of just straight up sales.
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Hm. That's actually quite interesting, I had no idea. I always assumed it was almost exclusively based on sales.
I did some digging in Wikipedia regarding your songs, and judging by release dates, I'm guessing that the track(s) that are getting ported over are Devin and/or Rishloo. Which would be great, since both bands are on my To-Be-Ported wishlist.
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After the financial crisis of 2008, all eyes around the trading world came to focus on one place: Washington, DC. And after almost two years of regulatory uncertainty and proposals from Capitol Hill and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Washington finally could be ready to pull the trigger on derivatives regulation. Regardless of what form new regulations take, they are coming and traders should be prepared.
The CFTC's proposal to limit leverage for OTC forex firms to 10-1 from 100-1 on Jan. 13 resulted in a cacophony of negative reaction from the U.S. trading community. The Foreign Exchange Dealers Coalition, a group of the nine largest forex firms in the industry, says limiting leverage would drive the industry into the hands of foreign competitors, resulting in job and revenue losses in the multi-billion dollar U.S. forex industry, along with widespread fraud.
The CFTC's current proposal comes after the agency's long history of dealing with forex fraud. "In the division of enforcement at CFTC, they will say this has been their biggest headache for 20 years and you're seeing a reaction to that and maybe an overreaction," says Daniel Waldman, partner at Arnold & Porter LLP and former general counsel at CFTC. "It may be that they don't feel they have the resources to really regulate this market adequately. There's a good segment of folks [at the CFTC] who would like to see it shrink. In terms of the real retail market, the government's view is that there's too much leverage in the system for a lot of retail people."
Sharon Brown-Hruska, former CFTC chairman and current vice president in NERA's securities and finance practice, says the agency wants to ensure retail customers have to put up more capital to avoid risk, which is understandable, but the current proposal's 10-1 leverage number overshoots the mark and could actually damage legitimate trading.
"The goal is not to kill the market. That's not how you solve a fraud problem. You do your best to give your enforcement agencies the resources to find it and snuff it out but you [want to] be careful that your regulatory restrictions don't crush the trading," she says.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) says of the proposal, "I don't know what CFTC is trying to accomplish. Such a restrictive limit [could] encourage investors to move their money to less restrictive overseas markets with fewer consumer protections. CFTC needs to strike a better balance, so that reasonable transactions can continue with improved reporting and oversight."
CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers says, "There's always going to be parts of a proposal that the industry has concerns about and that's the purpose of putting something out for comment."
Statutory obligations for the CFTC to write rules in this area came in May 2008 with the passage of the Farm Bill, which included CFTC reauthorization. "Anyone who followed this statute knew that we had to write these rules," Sommers says. After reviewing the comments, CFTC staff will come to the Commission with recommendations for a final rulemaking, which she says could be "several months away." The agency will respond to concerns about the proposal after the comment period ends on March 22. She says the evaluation process could take longer than usual because there are more than 6,000 comment letters on this proposal.
Efforts to reform OTC derivatives regulation will have an impact on traders as well. On Dec. 11, 2009, the House of Representatives passed HR 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, which calls for all standardized swap transactions between dealers and major swap participants to be cleared and traded on an exchange or electronic platform. Peterson, whose Peterson-Frank Amendment to HR 4173 called for the central clearing requirement for OTC derivatives, says, "the way our legislation is crafted right now, 70%-80% of [OTC derivatives] will be standardized." He says OTC market regulation is the most important regulatory issue at the moment, along with making sure banks have adequate collateral. "The OTC market is so huge and it's got to be brought out in the open."
Peterson says that the completion of Senate legislation will depend on a compromise about the creation of a consumer protection agency, which has caused conflict within the Senate. There are rumors that the Senate will drop the consumer agency idea, and Peterson says the agency is "not necessary" and consumer protection can be carried out within existing agencies.
Sommers agrees that derivatives legislation has been slowed down because it is tied to more controversial legislation like the consumer protection agency proposal and because two committees in the House and Senate, Agriculture and Banking, both have jurisdiction. "The more time that passes, the harder it gets to be optimistic," she says.
Industry insiders say that whenever legislation is passed, it will shake up the market. "To think you can impose a regulatory structure onto the over-the- counter markets overnight and make it work and not have a lot of dislocation is naive and a bit scary to me. I've always had concerns about a vertical exchange model [where an exchange controls the trading and the clearing]. I don't want to see government create a monopoly in a clearinghouse," Brown-Hruska says.
Waldman says the important elements of OTC regulation are defining who is a major swap participant and how broadly the net of comprehensive regulation will be cast. "My guess is, it will be fairly narrow. It will cover the dealers and large financial players who are in the market all the time, taking large positions and not for hedging purposes." The other part of the debate is how much of the clearing business should be forced onto exchanges. "[Many] people support [clearing], but you have a lot more people saying there shouldn't be an exchange-trading mandate. They feel exchange trading is going to increase their costs. A lot of folks do their business bilaterally in the OTC market for a reason." He says "spring is ambitious" for completion of final legislation.
The CFTC's recent proposal for position limits in energy came with reservations from CFTC Commissioners Michael Dunn, Scott O'Malia and Sommers. Sommers had reservations that hard limits may be imposed on exchange trading without similar limits in place for OTC markets. She also said without global standards, trading could move to other financial centers around the world. She says it's likely that changes will be made to the proposal after the comment period closes at the end of April, but, "There's nothing you can do about some of our major concerns without legislation, without giving us the authority for jurisdiction over the OTC markets, without other global jurisdictions moving in the same direction."
On whether the CFTC will wait on its proposals until Congress finishes its OTC legislation, she says, "It's hard to predict time schedule for legislation and I don't think that's the Chairman's intent."
Brown-Hruska supports the CFTC's authority to set position limits but says they should do it with the assistance of the exchanges to come up with optimal levels that are minimally invasive for the market. "Position limits should be used sparsely and only in those conditions where you're concerned about supply and demand imbalances. Now they think they can use them to curtail speculation [and] manipulation. What it really does is curtail legitimate trading. If you try to limit position size in the middle of a contract month, you're simply creating a special set of circumstances that limit a trader's flexibility and their ability to put on optimal hedges and take positions," she says. Peterson doesn't believe that position limits will force trading overseas. "[Big banks] should be subject to the same position limits as speculators," he says.
There are two additional proposals that many in the industry say are long shots for passage, the Volcker rule and efforts to end 60/40 tax treatment for traders. The Volcker Rule, proposed by President Obama in January and named after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, would ensure no bank or financial institution that contains a bank will own or sponsor a hedge fund or private equity fund or proprietary trading operations unrelated to serving customers.
Brown-Hruska says the Volcker rule is an "effort to disenfranchise Wall Street of the provision of liquidity and the extension of credit. The financial industry has always been the lynch pin of our economic success. There were mistakes made, there was a financial crisis, but you don't come back and cut off your nose to spite your face because it can only go badly."
Waldman says the Volcker rule is not likely to pass because its timing was off. "Had they put it out with the rest of their proposals, they might have been able to get it through. [Putting it out] late in the game, for better or worse, [gives] it a feel of political expediency."
The Obama administration's proposal to eliminate 60/40 tax treatment for traders has been floated by the government several times throughout the years. (Under 60/40 tax treatment, 60% of profits and losses are taxed at the lower long-term capital gains rate and 40% of such gains and losses are taxed at the higher, short-term rate.) "The government is starved for cash and traders are not the most popular constituency these days, so I wouldn't rule it out, but based on history, it never seems to happen," Waldman says.
Brown-Hruska says taking away 60/40 tax treatment "will have a negative effect on business activity in the derivatives space, so I see it as an affront to the industry and an affront to everything that's been built to increase the liquidity and proper function of the market."
It would have a significant international impact because many approved non-U.S. futures do not get the benefit of 60/40. Non-U.S. futures markets approved to trade in the United States still have to get approval from the Treasury Department separately to get 60/40 treatment. Historically only a handful of markets got it and many more didn't try. The ICE Europe contracts and the NYSE Liffe markets recently passed the bar.
Regardless of when regulatory reform happens or what form it takes, experts agree that traders should be prepared. Make no mistake that politicians are serious about accomplishing reform. And asked how he would respond to traders who say new regulations could impede the way they do business, Peterson says, "it will affect the way they do business, and it should. Our economy got built up based on all of this money, and it was a false economy, and now we're getting down to a real economy. To get to the real economy, it's going to mean less business [for traders and banks]. They'll survive."
Brown-Hruska says traders are underestimated by Washington as to their importance in markets. "The populists aren't trying to appeal to the trading community. We need to see the positive benefit they have to commercial hedgers, to farmers, to airlines. Somebody has to take losses and gains to make markets efficient. We need that community to come forward and have a voice here."
Waldman agrees. "Traders need to follow developments carefully. Even if legislation doesn't go through at all, you're clearly going to see new regulations out of Washington. It's going to become a more regulated business," he says.
Sommers says that the CFTC is mindful of traders' concerns. "The business is electronic and moving that sort of liquidity to other exchanges globally is something that can be done with relative ease. We have to be very careful when imposing new rules and regulations because the last thing I would want to see is us creating some sort of regulatory arbitrage between jurisdictions. I doubt any regulator would tell you they have much of a different goal than the traders do. We all want the same things — to have healthy, vibrant markets."
Throughout the process, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler has stated that he is working with international regulators. To what extent they embrace some of the recent rule proposals will play a huge part in what comes out in the end. Despite tough rhetoric, it is unlikely that the U.S. Congress will pass legislation that will push trading overseas, so to what extent these become global solutions will determine if they come to pass.


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Within easy drives of Chicago and St. Louis, the Illinois River Road National Scenic Byway threads through natural areas and past spectacular water views, bluffs and brilliant fall foliage. When travelers start craving the comforts of civilization, the road meanders to places with just the right amount -- welcoming hearths, inspiring art and history, memorable meals, and even locally produced wines.
Click ahead for a peek at some of the places you can see along your journey. At left, a view of the Illinois River unfolds from a bluff at Starved Rock State Park.
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