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How to Move Forward When Our Heroes Have Fallen. ~ Kevin Macku
Now is the winter of our discontent.
I never cared much for basketball, but I always liked Michael Jordan. I mean, did you see Space Jam?
Yes, his legend was romanticized. Yes, Michael Jordan and others profited from it; the silhouette of his slam dunk sold shoes undoubtedly made by some other nation's kids in a sweatshop. But there was something magical that Michael could do that other athletes couldn't: Michael made me believe in myself. Michael Jordan was the poster boy of the American success story: work hard, love what you do and you may reap the rewards of your dedication.
Michael Jordan set a pretty high bar, but he made the attempt so fun to pursue. We've had other heroes along the way as well: Babe Ruth, Michael Johnson, Tony Hawk, and others.
Then Lance Armstrong was caught doping. The Michael Jordan of the cycling world watched as his statue built in the hearts and minds of America came crumbling down, and not Livestrong, not Oprah, not any of his supporters could come out and save it.
Every time a hero falls from grace, the war we wage with our own moral integrity gets a little more difficult to fight.
"After all," we say, "if our heroes lie to the tune of $500,000, is the lie justified?" But what about someone who doesn't care about profit? What does that cyclist, or runner, or weightlifter who told themselves, "I can do it without doping; Lance Armstrong did it!" have left when it comes out that their excuse for pushing themselves was built upon a lie?
Now maybe not everyone gives a damn about Lance Armstrong. But what about Catholics?
It's coming out now that the Pope's real reason for resigning is so that he can hide in the Vatican for the rest of his miserable life dodging the responsibility of the decisions he made while running the Catholic Church—because what the Catholic Church right now needs is a leader who tucks tail and runs from the law. Wasn't the Christian religion founded on the teachings of a man who not only faced his persecutors, but did so knowing they would crucify him—literally?
What are the amputees of the world supposed to tell themselves after finding out their hero, the "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius, is accused of murder?
What about the many children in elementary and high school who dream of playing football? What do they tell themselves after hearing about Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide, taking the lives of his girlfriend and himself, when it's being revealed that the cause was likely head trauma caused by the very sport they want to play?
What is my soccer-loving friend from college to say? The world's most popular game is again facing credibility issues as a match-fixing scandal implicates over 400 club officials, match officials and even high-profile players as suspects—and they may be just the "tip of the iceberg" according to Europol. This friend of mine regularly wore the jersey of a team whose captain may be accused of corruption, a captain who—more than his parents I fear—may have been his hero.
The music world is used to their heroes burning bright but burning out early, with Amy Winehouse being the most recent inductee to what is referred to as the 27-Club, following the footsteps of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and others. Need I mention the lives and deaths of Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson?
What about young, aspiring writers like myself? How am I supposed to deal with hearing that Jonah Lehrer was paid $20,000 by the Knight Foundation to give an apology speech about plagiarism after being fired from The New Yorker, demonstrating to me that even the heroes of the Fourth Estate are not above scandal when it comes to making a living.
Those Livestrong bands, those captains' jerseys, those books and trading cards aren't just manufactured to give kids in sweatshops jobs. People wear those jerseys! People read those books! It's not about the merchandise; we invest in those things because, like any investor, we're hoping for a return in the form of a shard of that legendary greatness. We want to be shareholders of that experience!
I own a Livestrong band. It sits next to my computer.
My grandmother died from cancer.
In my head there exists a garden, peopled by statues of marble and bronze: the heroes of my life in their greatest aspects.
The birds in this garden sing the quotes of these heroes like mantras. These are the aspects I call upon within myself from time to time, urging me to be better, to push harder, to get back up when I have fallen to the floor. I have never met these heroes in person; some died long before I was born. Some were never born, but were the fictional crafting of other artisans. The point is not their reality, but the power that I have to invoke them and, through them, change the course of the reality that lay before me.
We do this with our heroes: we erect likenesses of them in our minds and aspire to be as good or better than that image, not the real person. Lance Armstrong isn't a flesh and blood being; he exists entirely within my imagination. In many cases, our expectations are so overshot that we forget the people who inspired them are capable of failure. Sometimes, we cannot look objectively at the facts.
The Buddhists have a saying, a koan: If, on the road, you should meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha.
The Buddha long since left his flesh behind; he was a man once, but now he's a set of ideas and (mis)quotes, a face people attach to everything from yoga studios to shoes: the Buddha is competing with Michael Jordan in more fields than one.
Every now and then, a yogi is called upon to commit murder. These murders that yogis partake in are not ones of flesh and blood; what Siva's sword cuts is not flesh, but ideas, habits and patterns. When we fight our wars, the battlefield is in the realms of consciousness, and the demons we fight are addiction, anxiety and their allies. Perhaps it's easy to think, "What a futile effort! Do you not know about global warming?"
In case you haven't heard, a cheating epidemic is sweeping the nation, as was highlighted in the recent Stuyvesant High School study. While other studies have begun to probe into not just the "how" but the "why" of cheating, it is becoming apparent that cheating has become more ethically acceptable, at least by those doing the cheating. The younger generations (within which I include myself), when faced with the decisions of profit or passing grades vs. ethical integrity, ethical integrity isn't just losing—it's getting creamed out there. But we didn't just drum up this idea; we got it from somewhere.
If the illusion being offered by our heroes is one that corruption, cheating and impulsiveness are not only expected, but acceptable and even deemed as necessary from big banks, the government and the worlds of sports, education and journalism, then it's time to return to our gardens.
It's time to rip down the statues we have built.
It's time to kill the Buddha.
It's time to buy shoes not by the silhouette on their side but by their comfort on our feet, or the trade it took to make them. It's time to take up our cycles and pedal even harder. It's time to stare in the eye those who tell us that only by unethical aid is success possible and say, "I will show you otherwise." It's time to write our legends not with the aid of steroids or schemes, but by the sweat of our efforts and the passion in our hearts.
If you were waiting for your Campbellian Call to Action, by God, by Buddha, this is it:
You can settle for a less-than-ordinary life. But you feel like you were meant for something better—something special.
I dare you to do better.
Livestrong was founded in 1997 and has since raised nearly or more than U.S. $500 million towards cancer research, research that has saved innumerable and invaluable lives, research that gave my grandmother a fighting chance. That $500 million was raised not by a man, but by a statue built in a garden, a statue that weeps and weathers in the wind.
I dare you to do better.
Kevin Macku is a 20-something fledgeling yogi with a love of words. He is a trained actor who occasionally appears in local movies and on stage. His preferred methods of expression are based in movement: Suzuki's Training for the Classical Actor, Viewpoints and Butoh to name a few, all of which benefit from the practice of yoga. In the midst of a rigorous physical practice, he discovered he was undergoing a spiritual transformation, and began to document the experience. These entries can be found at http://doafy.posterous.com/. Kevin himself can be reached at email@example.com.
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11 Responses to "How to Move Forward When Our Heroes Have Fallen. ~ Kevin Macku"
an excellent read…& well said.
Thank You.
Thank you for reading; I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Really great. I appreciate your insights. I am a huge proponent of never putting another human above yourself. No gurus no
pedestals. We are all on a hero's/heroine's journey. We all equals.
I'm not an advocate of just going about life without a guide. I only want people to recognize the difference between the flesh and the being. Heroes give us the inspiration, the courage to better ourselves, and I think the purpose they serve in our stories is integral to the development of the human psyche.
However, I do agree that we are all on our own hero journey (maybe on several, some of us!), and in that, we are all equal. But what is important is not what someone like a spiritual guide or a hero is trying to teach—it's what we learn or choose to learn, which *may not be the same thing*.
When we destroy our statues, we're not actually killing any part of the heroes; that's the part of the hero journey where that part of ourself is what is dying. The rebirth and return to society are perhaps the construction of new statues, and at the end of this life, perhaps after enough chipping, weathering away and reconstruction, we might be all so fortunate to have standing there only a single statue: the one of ourselves in our greatest aspect.
Thank you for your thoughts, and I bid you well on your journeys!
yes, well said. beautifully said. we do though, I think need to find a way to speed up this overcoming of our inner demons b/c of yes, global warming, more accurately known now, I believe, as climate change. really big, really bad, really impending climate change. but yes, the ends never justify the means- I would add the horrific sex abuse perpetrated by meany leaders in various spiritual traditons including zen (the conspiracy of slience around Sasaki), and tibetan (Trungpa Rinpoche- thank god for Pema Chodron). metta to all, even the perps, but let's take a lesson from them, sm
Unfortunately, I don't think there's going to be any way to quicken up the hero journey. It's the experience, after all, that informs the journey. If we could all take a pill that woke us all up to the realities of the world, well, then someone would find a way to make a profit on it and we'd wind up back where we started.
Yes, there are examples of "fallen heroes" in every aspect of society, if we look hard enough. I was afraid I was citing too many as it was.
The question of morality, ultimately, is one we must answer ourselves. Books and gurus can offer advice, but ultimately, it is us who must eventually answer those questions as we face them and let ourselves and the world reap those consequences. To be ill-advised can be just as great a sin, however, as to not take sound advice. We must be cautious of the karma we put into the world, even if we do it through others. That is, largely, the point I am trying to make.
perhaps, just perhaps it is time to change who we consider our heroes. Maybe its not the guy making millions to play a game that he would no longer play for free. Maybe its not the musicians who long ago forgot about why they make music due to the extreme amount of wealth they acquired in making it. Maybe we need to look closer, at our "own" people to be heroes. People still doing great things without the privilege of extreme amounts of money, even the Pope is very well paid. Maybe these are very unlikely people in our own neighborhoods, raising kids, working real jobs for real wages, keeping the wheel turning without any motivation other than to do the best job they can given their circumstances. You are right, I would challenge all of us to "do better" but look at honest, real, hardworking folks and elevate them to "hero" status.
Yes. If that is where you choose to get your inspiration from, absolutely. Some of my heroes are the people in my life who work 4-5 jobs, proving that unemployment is a skewed number to begin with, and the answer to solving the economic crisis might not necessarily be "moar jobz!" After all, if a thousand Wal-Marts open up coast to coast offering just-under full-time hours at $7/hr…it's not going to help.
What someone is paid has some to do with heroism, but not always. Neil Gaiman is paid an enormous amount of cash in royalties for his work; he gives most of it to charities and organizations. Neil's absolutely one of my personal heroes. I do agree, however, that part of the problem is that we associate income with talent, dedication and/or hero status. The two should be divorced; for many of us, our first heroes are our parents. How many hero journeys deal with the hero having to confront their father (e.g. Star Wars)?
However, many of our heroes *are* paid well, because it's easy to market inspiration. Again, the larger point is to take caution from whom we take our inspiration, and when that inspiration no longer serves, tear down the statue.
Thank you for reading, and for your thoughts!
i think we make heroes to quickly and then when they stumble we push them down too fast … just as in our lives everybody stumbles, maybe falls a bit low, but the heroes are those who work out of it and get back … life is not a straight line up for anyone … and without the opportunities to learn from the stumbles and falls … how would we evolve ?
it is too easy to walk away from people who are down … everybody needs chances, and more than one to get up and do their thing in the gift of life.
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I'm not sure that I agree 100% as part of your blog post, but I did find it intriguing.


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8 Checkpoints to Selecting a Mobile Event App Technology Provider
Selecting your mobile event technology provider is a critical step toward success. The vendor you select will not only build or customize a solution for your event, but their support and customer service will be invaluable – especially onsite. After you've defined your mobile strategy and identified the features you'll need, it's time to choose a vendor:
Start with a list of industry mobile technology providers. Though you can certainly have a mobile event apps custom-built by a developer, it's not usually necessary since there are so many event-specific apps already out there.
– Solicit input from key internal stakeholders
– Get feedback from industry colleagues that use a mobile app for events
– Identify the solutions that have the features and functions you want
– Establish your selection criteria, e.g. price, timing, expertise, etc.
– You may choose to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to mobile technology and mobile event management providers
– Make a short list of three or four providers and begin comparing their solutions:
- Do they offer a native solution or Web-based app?
- Ask for links to other mobile event apps, download them onto your mobile device and test the functionality and user experience.
- How is the user interface? Easy to navigate? Cleary understood?
- How are the graphics – visually appealing without losing functionality?
- Will the look and feel reflect well on your organization?
- What is their anticipated deployment time for release of the app?
- Carefully review the back-end reporting and metrics they provide – will it meet your needs?
- Have they handled events of your size and scope in the past, such as mobile registration and mobile check in?
- What are all the costs?
- Do they have the ability to assist and make recommendations for keeping the app running year-round?
- What ideas and assistance do they offer to aid in adoption of the app?
– Call and check references:
- Did the vendor hit the agreed upon deployment schedule?
- Were there any unexpected charges?
- Was the onsite support sufficient?
- What was the adoption rate of the app?
Once you select a vendor and begin development, stay focused on your strategy and be wary of feature creep – those extra or unnecessary features that creep into products because they are sexy or fun, but often have little to do with your original goal.
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"Conchologist" is a fancy word. You don't
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WW: What makes a sea shell valuable?
John Johnson: First, size or length. The second most important factor would be rarity—it should be noted that a common shell can be considered rare if it is of unusually great size. Condition or quality of the shell also increases its value, as with any collectible. Lastly, I would say the popularity of the particular species with other collectors is important. There are hundreds of thousands of various species of seashells, and believe it or not, there is actually an active, updated world-record registry.
What is the Honus Wagner card of the shell world?
The greatest collector in the world, Pete Stimpson from Tennessee, has over 3,000 world-record shells. A few of these are worth more than $10,000 each.
What's the prize of your collection?
I own a Cypraea tigris schilderiana measuring 137 mm, and I've had offers in excess of $3,500 for it. It comes from Oahu, Hawaii, and was part of a blockbuster trade of seashells with another local collector.
My other favorite is a highly rare, giant Pecten magnificus taken decades ago from the Galápagos Islands.
Where do you keep all these dead mollusks?
For my giant shells, I prefer open displays on tropical shelving, as our entire home is a monument of nautical and tropical décor. We were once featured in Sunset magazine.
GO: The 47th annual shell show is at OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave., 797-4626, through June 2. 9:30 am-5 pm daily. Included with regular museum admission.
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[ROLLER DERBY] After a season of sweat, tears and hair spray, it all comes down to this. For all the roses and glory, the High Rollers take on the Breakneck Betties for the title of Rose City Rollers 2012 season champions. Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 300 N Winning Way. 5:45 pm. $14-$20.
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This kit looks great! No doubt it's pretty pricey, considering it's Sigma, but at least you get your money's worth from this.
NEW Sigma Beauty Expert Brow Design Kit
Back in September after I went to Paris with Sigma, My mom had emailed Simone, the co-owner, to thank her for her hospitality and for including me in this project (my mom loves to thank companies for taking care of me!) They started talking, and this brow kit got brought up. I think my mom was probably the first one outside of the Sigma employees to know that this kit was in the works!
When I went to IMATS, Sigma had a party for their affiliates and introduced the Brow kit. Simone Insisted I take one for my mom (she LOVES this kit, by the way!) It's finally coming out today, so I thought I'd give you a look at this amazing kit- it really is EVERYTHING you would ever need to get kickass brows!
All prettified straight from the event!
Top of box without the frills
Opened and everything in its place
Top- Scissors, Mirror, Slanted tweezers, and three brow stencils
Small, Medium, and Large brow stencils.They are made of flexible plastic, so you would hold it against your brows and fill in with an angle brush and the brow powder (you could use a pencil I suppose, but I find it's easiest to use powder with stencils!)
Slanted tweezers. In my opinion, easiest way to pluck your brows! Close up! Scissors- for trimming brows.
They are also angled. Easiest way to trim brows- press spoolie against your brows and twist upward so hairs stick up, and trim. this way you only get the long ones!
Lower Level- Two brow pencils (one is a matte and shimmer highlight for the brow bone, one is a medium and dark pencil for brows), pencil sharpener, five brow powders, brow tint and clear setting gels, and an angle/spoolie duo brush. Matte Brow Highlight.Shimmer Brow Highlight.
Dark PencilMedium Pencil Matte and Shimmer duo pencil swatches
Medium and Dark Pencil Swatches. I don't know why these seem to have a bit of sparkle in them.
Brow shades. They've basically gotten everything covered for all natural haired people. Swatches.
Brow Gel Swatch of tinted brow gel. again, not sure why there is shimmer Duo brush. The kit also comes with this handy booklet, explaining how to figure out your brow shape, along with different ways to use the kit. It's pretty nifty- it shows how to change your brow shape and color depending on how you do your eye makeup. This is especially helpful if you buy this kit for yourself, considering most people wouldn't think they would need more than one or two products in this kit!
You can probably tell that this is very all-inclusive, and if you're buying this kit just for yourself, you may be a bit overwhelmed considering it covers all bases. I think this is why they included the booklet, so that you can see how you can get the most out of the kit (it explains a lot about using more than one brow color to get a different look- lighter on the inside and fading out to a darker shade) which I think is so, so helpful.
I think this is an awesome option for people who freelance (although you may consider figuring out how to depot those shadows, as this is a bit bulky for freelancing!)
Now, when I first found out the price on this kit, I was a little surprised- It's selling for $69. I thought that seemed a bit pricey, but then I thought about how much is included in this kit, and did a bit of research on Sephora, and here is what the average price of each of these things costs-
Slanted Tweezers: $20
Scissors: $15
Tinted Brow Gel: $21
Clear Gel: $21
Brow Powder: $22 (two shades)
Matte/Shimmer Brow Highlight Duo: $23
Brow Pencil: $20 (couldn't find duo)
Angle/Spoolie Brush duo: $18
Brow Stencils: $20
Granted, Yes, this is all off of Sepora and most of these things are Anastasia and Tweezerman, and I'm sure you could find more inexpensive alternatives. The closest thing I found to this set on Sephora was this kit from Anastasia:
The differences being you get 4 stencils instead of 3, as well as a mascara and a depuffing eye cream, but you aren't getting the shimmer highlight, scissors, tinted brow gel, brow pencils, sharpener, and you have to choose your brow color. This retails for $75. So, a little over $9 per item (if you count the stencils as one).
Overall, yes, it is on the pricer side, but considering all you are getting, If you are in need of brow help I'd say it's worth considering!
This kit is available from Sigma.
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I actually prefer the Anastasia kit because I don't like that there is shimmer in the pencil or the gel for the Sigma kit. Also the stencils from the Sigma kit don't seem to take into consideration the different arches that people may have like the Anastasia kit does. Just my opinion
I think u should u put the actual price of the sigma kit in BOLD because I was quickly skimming thru this post at first and saw 179 dollars and nearly died … i thought nope im not buying it at that price so i'm not even going to read the post haha (obviously i read it anyways) … just a suggestion
do you think that you could depot the shadows and take what you need when traveling instead of having to pack this huge palette?
You did an amazing job reviewing the product. It was so detailed.
i like the idea, but i think it would be beter if they had a couple different ones for different colours.. i probable could only use the lightest shade (if that is a match at all that is..)
This kit looks awesome, love your review :)
Your mom sounds adorable. : )
Ahh! I want this so bad! Good thing my 16th birthday is coming up in a few months. ;)
Looks like a great kit but I won't buy because : 1. I don't need 5 different powders 2. Shimmers in the pencils and gel ?! WTH who wants shimmery eyebrows ?! Anyway great review,super honest as always :)
There ISNT sparkles in the gel and only shimmer in one highlight, she already stated practically I do not know why there is shimmer in the swatches. Also these products are all sold separately in Sephora, don't mean to burst your bubble BTW.
Thank you for the review! Your mom sounds like a sweetheart. =)
I think this is great for as you say, someone who freelances or for someone who changes their hair color or eye look frequently. As for the shimmer in the brow tint, I once read Nouveaucheap's review on a brow tint that had shimmer and it ended up looking "natural." I suppose darker hair does naturally have a gleam to it and if you were going for a bronze-y summery look it might work. I'd be interested in hearing what your mom has to say about using this.
I was told that the slight shimmer helps give a more 3D brow that is more natural and less flat. :)
They didn't cover a natural redhead :/ I can't justify spending so much for colors I can't use, which really sucks because I love this kit!
Where can I buy the eye brow kit from


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November 25, 2012 - 7:46 am
Yes, some "moderates" believed in compromise to the exclusion of principle and good riddance to them. But the two concepts are not mutually exclusive. In the end, what is needed even more than compromise is the shared belief in the good intentions of both sides. This is impossible today considering the present ideological fervor that grips both parties, but is vitally necessary if an acceptable deal is to be reached that will avoid what many economists see as another recession if the country falls off the fiscal cliff.
Some of the most principled men ever to serve in Congress were also known as great compromisers. The most famous of these was Henry Clay, one of the most powerful individual congressmen who ever served. His overriding principle at all times was to save the union. To do that, he sacrificed his ambition to be president by angering his fellow southerners with the Compromise of 1850. No one much liked the bill, but it kept the union together until the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln made compromise with the "fire-eaters" in the south impossible.
Given the dearth of moderates, are there enough ideologues who will recognize the national interest and come to an agreement? Even if there are, it is doubtful the mass of partisans who make up the base of the two parties would allow them to take a single step back from positions on taxes and spending that are set in stone. Attracting the enmity of the tea party or the "reality based community" means political suicide for many members who might otherwise be inclined to support a deal. Hence, the notion that even a deal reached by the president and party leadership will probably fail when it comes to a vote in both chambers.
Perhaps it will take a calamity like another deep recession to wake us up. More likely, the partisans will spend the next 2-4 years blaming each other for something that could have been avoided in the first place if members had placed country over petty politics.
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Shards of glass fly, debris rains down, rats scurry across the sidewalk and a man staggers and is nearly knocked to the ground before black smoke billows. Those are some of the dramatic images captured by security cameras mounted on the street where this week's deadly explosion took place in east Harlem, N.Y., killing eight people, injuring more than 60 others and completely destroying two buildings.
Now, New York's CBS 2 has exclusively obtained footage from two cameras on the street, and one inside a nearby mini market, showing the devastation in progress. Watch the footage in the video player above.
As CBS 2 reports, "First, video from a camera pointing north on Park Avenue shows windows shattering seemingly out of nowhere, and debris begins raining down onto the sidewalk. Then, on the opposite side of the street, a cloud of thick, black smoke begins to envelop everything as the buildings explode" and begin to fall.
"A man walking across the street is nearly knocked off his feet by the blast," CBS 2 reports. "He ducks, tries to cover his head, and is then pushed back in a state of apparent disorientation. The man was caught up in a tornado of paper and pieces of flying debris as the windows shattered. Meanwhile, a tree and a 'no parking' sign struggle to stay upright in the midst of a fierce blast."
Another security camera captures the blast from the opposite angle. Watch for several rats on the move seconds before the appearance of debris.
The videos will be used by investigators as they search for answers about the exact cause of the explosion, likely due to a gas leak. The leak has yet to be found, but CBS 2 reports that the National Transportation Safety Board's Robert Sumwalt "revealed Friday that Con Ed crews found a concentration of as high as 20 percent natural gas below ground near the scene of the blast, where there should have been no gas at all. He also revealed that the gas main buried under Park Avenue near the scene at 116th Street dated back 127 years to 1887."
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Oregon senior defensive end Nick Reed was named a third-team all-American by The Associated Press today. Four of the five major all-American teams have been announced so far, with Reed named first-team by Walter Camp and third-team by AP, and left off the AFCA and FWAA squads. All that's left is The Sporting News.
Here are the AP picks:
Quarterback — Sam Bradford, sophomore, 6-foot-4, 215 pounds, Oklahoma.
Running backs — Shonn Greene, junior, 5-11, 235, Iowa; Javon Ringer, senior, 5-9, 202, Michigan State.
Wide receiver — Michael Crabtree, sophomore, 6-3, 214, Texas Tech; Dez Bryant, sophomore, 6-2, 210, Oklahoma State.
Tackles — Andre Smith, junior, 6-5, 330, Alabama; Michael Oher, senior, 6-5, 318, Mississippi.
Guards — Duke Robinson, senior, 6-5, 330, Oklahoma; Herman Johnson, senior, 6-5, 350, LSU.
Center — Antoine Caldwell, senior, 6-3, 305, Alabama.
Tight end — Chase Coffman, senior, 6-6, 245, Missouri.
All-purpose player — Jeremy Maclin, sophomore, 6-1, 200, Missouri.
Kicker — Louie Sakoda, senior, 5-9, 178, Utah.
Ends — Aaron Maybin, sophomore, 6-4, 236, Penn State; Brian Orakpo, senior, 6-4, 260, Texas.
Tackles — Terrence Cody, junior, 6-5, 365, Alabama; Peria Jerry, senior, 6-2, 290, Mississippi.
Linebackers — James Laurinaitis, senior, 6-3, 240, Ohio State; Rey Maualuga, senior, 6-2, 260, Southern California; Brandon Spikes, junior, 6-3, 243, Florida.
Cornerbacks — Alphonso Smith, senior, 5-9, 190, Wake Forest; Malcolm Jenkins, senior, 6-1, 201, Ohio State.
Safeties — Taylor Mays, junior, 6-3, 230, Southern California; Eric Berry, sophomore, 5-11, 195, Tennessee.
Punter — Kevin Huber, senior, 6-1, 220, Cincinnati.
Quarterback — Colt McCoy, junior, Texas.
Running backs — Knowshon Moreno, sophomore, Georgia; Donald Brown, junior,
Wide receivers — Austin Collie, junior, BYU; Jarrett Dillard, senior, Rice.
Tackles — Eugene Monroe, senior, Virginia; Andy Levitre, senior, Oregon State.
Guards —Brandon Carter, junior, Texas Tech; Trevor Canfield, senior, Cincinnati.
Center — A.Q. Shipley, senior, Penn State.
Tight end — Jermaine Gresham, junior, Oklahoma.
All-purpose player — Percy Harvin, junior, Florida.
Kicker — Graham Gano, senior, Florida State.
Ends — Everette Brown, junior, Florida State; Jerry Hughes, junior, TCU.
Tackles — Gerald McCoy, sophomore, Oklahoma; Mitch King, senior, Iowa.
Linebackers — Scott McKillop, senior, Pittsburgh; Brian Cushing, senior, Southern California; Aaron Curry, senior, Wake Forest.
Cornerback — Victor "Macho" Harris, senior, Virginia Tech; D.J. Moore, junior, Vanderbilt.
Safeties — Rashad Johnson, senior, Alabama; Trimane Goddard, senior, North Carolina.
Punter — T.J. Conley, senior, Idaho.
Quarterback — Tim Tebow, junior, Florida.
Running backs — Kendall Hunter, sophomore, Oklahoma State; Jacquizz Rodgers, freshman, Oregon State.
Wide receivers — Kenny Britt, junior, Rutgers; Jordan Shipley, senior, Texas.
Tackles — Jason Smith, senior, Baylor; Phil Loadholt, senior, Oklahoma.
Guards — Louis Vasquez, senior, Texas Tech; Rich Ohrnberger, senior, Penn State.
Center — Alex Mack, senior, California.
Tight end — Rob Gronkowski, sophomore, Arizona.
All-purpose player — Derrick Williams, senior, Penn State.
Kicker — Kai Forbath, sophomore, UCLA.
Ends — Nick Reed, senior, Oregon; George Selvie, junior, South Florida.
Tackles — Fili Moala, senior, Southern California; B.J. Raji, senior, Boston College.
Linebackers — Mark Herzlich, junior, Boston College; Sean Witherspoon, junior, Missouri; Michael Tauiliili, senior, Duke (tie); Rolando McClain, sophomore, Alabama (tie).
Cornerback — Vontae Davis, junior, Illinois; Mike Mickens, senior, Cincinnati.
Safeties — Myron Rolle, junior, Florida State; Nic Harris, senior, Oklahoma.
Punter — Pat McAfee, senior, West Virginia.
Kind of a slap in the face to see Reed placed on equal ground with Selvie, isn't it?
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6 septembre 2006
At the 30th International Wine Challenge, which took place in Bourg-sur-Gironde (Gironde) last April, a bronze medal was awarded to Camus for its XO Elegance cognac. As for white pineau, Domaine de la Margotterie, Raymond Beaussis vieux and Séléction André Petit received awards as did Chai du Roussoir, Moulin de la Grange and Château du Belon for red pineau.
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With the grape harvest due to start in just a few weeks' time, the BNIC viticultural station is carrying out an in-depth analysis of the state of the vines which are ripening about a week early this year. The harvest should begin towards 20 September with an expected yield of 130 hl/ha.
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On 24 August, a tractor trailer coming from Niort overturned in Parthenay, spilling 22.7 tons of Rémy-Martin cognac.
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The Budget and Agriculture ministers have approved the cognac QNV figure (quantity of wine normally produced) at 8.35 hl of pure alcohol per hectare.
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194 producers of pineau des Charentes opened their doors to the public on the weekend of 5 and 6 August.
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Exports of French wine and spirits rose by over 17% in value in the first six months of 2006, some 3.92 billion euros. From mid-2005 to mid-2006, exports of cognac reached 1.39 billion euros (+12.4% over a year). Volumes shipped abroad rose by 6.7%.
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A recent Russian law concerning duty on spirits has delayed cognac shipments to this market (the 8th largest market in the world where 4 million bottles were sold last year).
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Hennessy (2.87 billion euros) and Rémy-Martin (1.3 billion) have entered the Interbrand/L'Expansion league table of 24 French billionaire brands.
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The Pernod Ricard group, the world's second largest spirits company (Bisquit and Martell cognacs) is in competition with its rival Bacardi and Brown Forman to take over the Mexican tequila group Herradura.
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — Jason Collins played his first game with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday night, becoming the first openly gay active player in the four major U.S. professional sports leagues, and Deron Williams had a season-high 30 points along with seven assists in a 108-102 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Collins was signed to a 10-day contract Sunday, nearly 10 months after his announcement on April 29 in Sports Illustrated. He played 10 scoreless minutes with two rebounds and five fouls.
The 12-year veteran spent his first six-plus NBA seasons with the Nets and helped them get to the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003. This was the 35-year-old center's first NBA game since April 17, 2013, with the Washington Wizards.
Paul Pierce had 25 points and seven rebounds, helping end an 11-game Nets losing streak against the Lakers.
Pau Gasol had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Lakers, who never led and lost for the 24th time in 30 games with Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Xavier Henry all sidelined by injuries.
Brooklyn played without Kevin Garnett, who was rested following Saturday night's 93-86 loss at Golden State. Shaun Livingston also didn't play because of a bruised tailbone that occurred in the first half against the Warriors. Marcus Thornton, who joined the club following Wednesday's trade that sent Reggie Evans and Jason Terry to Sacramento, has yet to see action for the Nets because of food poisoning.
Nick Young played for the first time since Feb. 5, scoring 10 points in 19 minutes for the Lakers after missing six games with a fracture in his left knee.
"Just Pain," Young responded to a question about what he's feeling while on the court.
Nets general manager Billy King, in need of a post player after losing center Brook Lopez for the season on Dec. 20 with a broken right foot — and failing to acquire another one before last Thursday's trading deadline — took a chance on the 7-foot, 255-pound Collins.
Collins also has played for Memphis, Minnesota, Atlanta and Boston, where he was a teammate of Pierce and Kevin Garnett last season. Sunday was a homecoming, as he was born in Northridge, Calif., and played his high school ball at Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood. Collins' new coach is a former Nets teammate — Jason Kidd.
Collins' scheduled pregame press conference was delayed about 15-20 minutes while he was still getting his physical. He reported into the game with 10:28 left in the second quarter and the Nets leading 35-26 after the Lakers' Nick Young made the first of his two free throws.
The sellout crowd welcomed Collins with a nice ovation when public address announcer Lawrence Tanter announced his name, and he spent 4 minutes and 15 seconds on the court during his first stint while the Nets increased their lead to 16 points.
Andrei Kirilenko made his first start of the season in Livingston's place and had 10 points and 10 rebounds in 35 minutes. Rookie Mason Plumlee made his second NBA start in Garnett's spot, and the Nets didn't miss a beat — using 14 points by Pierce to build a 31-12 lead with 3:35 left in the first quarter.
Down by 12 after Alan Anderson's 3-pointer with 10:24 to play, the Lakers narrowed the gap to 89-84 with eight straight points. But Pierce responded with a 3-pointer and Williams added a short jumper that restored Brooklyn's double-digit lead to 97-86 with 5:28 remaining. The Lakers got no closer than four points on Jodie Meeks' layup with 10.5 seconds to go.
Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni emphasized a "lack of toughness during the first half" in his post-game press conference.
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The only way the different accounts of canonical Gospels about crucifixion and resurrection, can be harmonized is to read in them that Jesus was put on the cross, but survived and did not die on the cross.
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And their saying, 'We did kill the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah;' whereas they slew him not, nor crucified him, but he was made to appear to them like one crucified; and those who differ therein are certainly in a state of doubt about it; they have no definite knowledge thereof, but only follow a conjecture; and they did not convert this conjecture into a certainty. (Al Quran 4:158)
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Dan Barker's Challenge to Every Christian about Resurrection and Ascension
He did not die on the cross as the claimed, their claimed that jesus is the son of Allah, if so how he aloud his beloved son to be crucified?.
Dear A Latif, watch the Indian Government Movie on this subject, before I suggest other readings to you,like "Jesus in India" by the Promised Messiah Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
Muslims should know the right and wrong by the study of Quran. Then pass the truth with love to non Muslims whoever wants to know the truth. There is no need to hammer anything into any one's head forcefully.
In present day, we need to teach and preach constantly. It is an obligation. It is the duty of every Muslim, by order of the Quran. Muslims are not start any holy war but they must spread the mwhich should be as per teachings of the Quuessage peacefully, with wisdom.
If whole nation (say Christians) are misled and they are misleading others, including many Muslims, then what the
Muslims are to do? They also need to spread the right message
In Al Quran, and Bible there are some verses which we can not understand clearly. Only Allah know it.
What an author; who descends His books addressing to the mankind and still prefers to keep some verses "not-understandable by His readers"?
I wonder if BBC will ever have the guts to make a documentary criticising the Koran or the Muslim claim that "it has not been changed" or "it is the best book ever" and other assorted praises for a book which looks like a lot of written pages thrown in the air and then assembled haphazardly without having BBC headquarters firebombed.
What is it about the Cross and the Resurrection that gets Muslims all gaga? Is it because starting from Mohammed and down the ages they have tried to debunk the FACT that Christ rose from the dead and HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANYWHERE
Rafiq A. Tschannen, Do not try to confuse. MUSLIMS HAVE TRIED FOR CENTURIES to debunk the FACT OF THE RESURRECTION & have NOT GOTTEN ANYWHERE is what I posted. Where did the Koran "guiding 1.5 billion" from "Christian backgrounds" come from? So whoever and whatever "guided" you does not wash here?
& Do you think that the BBC will ever have the guts to make a documentary criticising the Koran or the Muslim claim that "it has not been changed" or "it is the best book ever" and other assorted praises for a book which looks like a lot of written pages thrown in the air and then assembled haphazardly without having BBC headquarters firebombed?


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Friday, May 30, 2014
(The original of this piece was done some five years back, after a visit to two indigenous community projects in the Cordillera. With the recent interest on the region's role as the watershed cradle of Northern Luzon, it finds print in slightly different form - as a toast to a forester's initiative and the indigenous knowledge – and wisdom -of our upland tribal villages who, for generations, preserved the vital mossy forests of the Cordillera that are the life-blood of agriculture and power generation in Northern Philippines. It is in support of the observance of World Environment Day that Regional Executive Director Paquito Moreno the Department of Environment and Natural Resources stressed should be focused on our mossy forests that are the water tanks of the river systems. – RD.)
VILLAGE leader Paul Casiwan said they found four types of acorns in the remaining mossy forests. He sounded like he was trying to hide his excitement over the find. The acorns sounded like coffee beans as he poured them out of jute sacks and into iron buckets. His group had spent days gathering and sorting them according to shape, texture, and size and variety.
The acorns were of four sizes. The three smaller ones were ovate, shaped like bullets, but with short pins at the tip and looking like light, shiny chocolate nuggets. The biggest was round, like a dull chestnut.
Casiwan cracked a shell, popped the kernel into his mouth and chomped. He cracked another and offered the meat to visitors. It was hard, with an astringent taste like betel nut.
Acorns are basic food for birds and other animals that enrich the biodiversity of the mossy forest, he said.
Fellow worker Dominga Baliaga raked her hands into one of the aggregate piles. She was looking for acorns with tiny, whitish sprouts that must and damp had coaxed out of their shells through the pins. Contrasted with the dominant color of chestnut, those with shoots were easy to spot.
Soon the germinating seeds would be sown in pots in tree nurseries they had carved and flattened out of steep mountainsides overlooking tributaries of the Abra River. When their leaves develop, they will be replanted in open spaces to replenish and expand the vanishing mossy forest cover of Agawa.
Until they started picking and examining seeds, villagers in Agawa and in neighboring barangays in northwestern Besao town, Mt. Province, took for granted what their mossy forests contain. They now have to have an eye for detail to be able to properly identify the different tree species, together with the herbs and plants they'll have to propagate as source of tribal medicine.
The propagation of "payen"( the native name for oak), "da-il" (petroleum nut) and other mossy forest species was part of a forest biodiversity project a few years bacj for Agawa and the adjoining barangays of Ambagiw, Gueday and Lacma-an in Besao.
Months later, a women's group in Bayyo Barangay in the capital town of Bontoc also launched a similar community-based forest biodiversity project. It was concentrated in Mt. Polis , the fragile water source for several towns in Mt. Province and Ifugao that is also watershed of the Chico River flowing into the rice lands of the Cagayan Valley.
The two projects scheduled for two to three years were supported by the Small Grants Program of the United Nations Programme (SGP-UNDP) then headed by Angie Cunanan. Forester Manny Pogeyed, now the provincial environment officer of Mt Province, set in motion the projects by helping the two communities conceive and draft the proposals.
Earlier, Pogeyed, then the head of the community environment and natural resources office in Sabangan, Mt. Province , also mobilized the northern barangays of Sagada town for a headwaters enhancement project, also in a tie-up with SGP-UNDP.
He admitted that regular government outlays for forestry programs are very limited and spread too thin, prompting the need to tap other support institutions for the preservation of the mossy forests.
Until now, the mossy and pine forests that are unique to the village and most of the Cordilleras have been overlooked in the national forestry master plan. Conservation efforts are focused more on the common tropical foliage of these islands, from the mangrove to the dipterocarp and molave found up to 800 meters above sea level.
Unlike the lower forests, the dwindling pine and mossy forests have been classified only for protection, without provisions for reforestation and expansion Yet these higher ecosystems, specially the mossy forests, make the Cordillera the vital watershed cradle of Northern Luzon, the source of water that is the lifeblood of the electric dams and the lowland farms.
"Mossy forest conservation and development had not been given attention by development agencies in the past," noted the Agawa project paper.
"The ecological and scientific significance of this type of (forest), with its diverse vegetation endemic in a highland environment, is worth providing a conservation push at this point in time."
As the headwaters, the mossy forest acts like a sponge that gradually releases rainwater into the tributaries of river systems. While its damp condition insulates it from heat, its natural elevation immediately above or beside the easily combustible pine stands makes it partly vulnerable to fires.
"Forest fires prevalent during the dry season creep into the edges of the mossy forest," the Bayyo project noted.
The Bayyo women also pointed out that the expansion through regeneration of pine stands within areas formerly covered by oak and other species contributes to mossy forest and biodiversity reduction.
This has something to do with allelopathy. It's the nature of pine to exude resin toxic to other species, enabling it to spread and dominate areas earlier cleared by fires or for swidden farms. This is evident along the mountainsides above the Talubin River towards Bayyo where pine has taken over mountaintops and areas once covered by mossy forests. Some surviving oaks are limited to the waterway gullies or below the invasive conifer stands. (To be continued. e-mail:email@example.com for comments).
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How sensory activities calm my spirited child.
One of the best things I learned from this book is that sensory activities are a major benefit to Ryan.
I'm a little embarrassed to admit I'd never heard the term "sensory activities" before reading that book. Here is how author Mary Sheedy Kurcinka describes how these activities benefit spirited children:
"Spirited kids are very sensuous. They enjoy activities that allow them to touch, smell, taste, hear or see things. Using their senses calms them."
It explains why Ryan gravitates toward toys like Magna-Tiles, Legos and Play-Doh. Spirited kids are both emotionally intense and exceptionally creative. They get bored playing with toys the "right" way. They want to use their senses while inventing their own scenarios.
I've never really focused on creating sensory activities for Ryan; but looking back, I can see that I intuitively knew these sorts of things calmed him down. Whenever he got particularly rambunctious during warmer months, my go-to move was to march him outside to fill up his water table. After every rain storm, we splashed in puddles. Once the weather became colder, we started doing mid-day bubble baths and baking LOTS cupcakes so that he could help crack the eggs, mix the batter, separate the cupcake papers and apply the sprinkles.
I knew these things calmed him down, diffused his intensity and focused his energy. I just didn't fully understand the why part, so I wasn't taking full advantage of it.
Now that I know the why, I am working hard to create at least one new fun sensory activity for him each day during the week. As a one-working-parent household, we're very budget conscious, so all the activities I've dreamed up have involved materials we already have sitting around our house.
Here are some of our favorites so far:
Are these activities messy? Yes. Yes, they are.
But the clean-up often becomes part of the activity. If there's one thing my kid loves more than playing with shredded paper, it's helping to sweep it up.
Even so, I'm very much looking forward to spring, when I can bust that water table out and maybe add a few new messy outdoor sensory activities to the mix.
(In the meantime, yes, it has crossed my mind to set the water table up on my kitchen floor with a vinyl tablecloth underneath it. Depending on how long this winter weather keeps hammering us, I haven't entirely ruled it out yet.)
One day when I'm feeling particularly dedicated, I'm going to attempt to recreate this amazing "Glow Bath" concept that my bloggy friend Stef dreamed up.
If you have kids, do you do these sorts of activities with them? If you're a teacher, do you incorporate them into your classroom? I want any and all suggestions you have.
If you're on Instagram, follow me here for more sensory activity suggestions.
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Angie says:
Love all of theses! And I say bust out the water table! We use ours year round, inside and out. I put down big beach towels underneath them. But you don't have to fill it up with water. I've done snow (and even had them "paint" the snow with colored water). I've also done shaving cream, rice, magnetic letters they fished out with homemade fishing poles, playdoh, etc. You don't have to put just water in a water table. Shocking, isn't it? Or if you prefer to keep water where it belongs, just pull up a chair to the sink, fill it up and have him play in there. My boys do that, too. I give them some measure cups, spoons, bowls, add bubbles, whatever. They could play at the sink all day long.
But, seriously, isn't it spring yet?!!
Angela says:
Modern Parents Messy Kids is a blog you might find interesting and helpful. A ton of ideas for open ended play and sensory activities.
Awesome! I'm going to check it out, thanks!
So interesting! I have always called Owen a "kinesthetic learner" because I, too, noticed a long time ago that he learns better (and acts better) when his body is allowed/encouraged to be moving, doing, touching, manipulating. I never really understood the "why" either, though I chalked it up to excess body energy that needed to be let out in a channeled way.
We do a lot of jumping/dancing at the moment and not so many crafty sensory things. That may have to change very soon! That said, they do a TON of sensory activities at school every day, and I am constantly amazed at the things they come up with. One cool one that Owen loves (and is in the dinosaur theme) is freezing little plastic animals/dinosaurs in a bowl full of water and then letting the kid chip away at the ice to free the animals. This past week the sensory table was filled with cracked cocoa beans and they were pouring and measuring and dumping. That one smelled delish, too.
Keep these posts coming, I am learning so much!
LOVE the frozen dinosaur idea. I bet Ryan would freak for that. That is so great that Owen's school incorporates a lot of those sorts of activities. I think that is so, so important. I actually think one of Ryan's main issues at school might be that he isn't getting enough of that. There seems to be a lot of circle time (which he has a hard time sitting still for) and "free play" time (which, as far as I can tell, doesn't involve a whole lot of sensory tables or activities and thus cultivates too many opportunities to get himself into trouble). They do a lot of crafts, which is good, but he seems to get bored when someone says "here, do this project exactly like this." I'm touring a new preschool this week and hoping there's a bit more of a focus on individual learning styles and temperaments.
ack says:
Hi there… over the past week with all of the snow in the Northeast, we played with snow indoors. My 3-year old daughter stood on a chair at the kitchen counter and I gave her a bucket of snow and a bunch of kitchen tools – spoons, a funnel, spatulas, a little ladle, bowls – and she scooped and poured and melted (with water added) and so on. A little messy, but we put some towels down and it was fine. And the snow is free! She played like that for an hour each day….
Why don't I think of these things?? I love the idea of using the winter to our advantage. Thank you!
Stacy says:
My son is 3 and so similar to Ryan! I laughed out loud (and could totally relate) to your description of trying to get him dressed – sitting there holding out a pair of pants while he suddenly decides he needs to organize his stuffed animals or pick lint off the carpet or any number of other things! I discovered this activity quite by accident: one day a container of corn meal fell off a pantry shelf and spilled all over the kitchen floor. Being a particularly obnoxious breed of Type A, my first instinct was to clean it up as quickly as possible. But my son came running in to see what was going on and his eyes lit up. "No, don't clean it up!" he exclaimed and went running for his matchbox cars. I'll be darned if he didn't play in that cornmeal for a good hour – driving the cars through, making tracks, inventing scenarios, etc. Then cleaning the cars off at the sink became an additional activity! I don't advocate dumping corn meal on the floor, but a baking sheet works well to contain it We're from Upstate NY and can't wait for this weather to break either!
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That is adorable! Kids always have a better grasp on what is fun than us adults do. Adding cornmeal to my list, thanks!
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Transitioning from Screen Writing to Novels is the topic for the VCWC October 9th meeting
Transforming a career is never easy, and Nick Santora knows the difficulties. First he was a lawyer and hated it. Then he moved into film as a screenwriter and producer. His third career – novelist. At the October 9 meeting of the Ventura County Writers Club, Santora will discuss his writer's journey and how he transitioned from screenwriter to novelist.
He began his professional writing career as a screenwriter/producer of shows such as The Sopranos, The Guardian, Law & Order, Beauty and the Geek, Prison Break, Lie to Me, Breakout Kings, and Vegas a new series on CBS this fall. He wrote and produced The Longshots which starred Ice Cube, and he was a credited writer for the Lionsgate/Marvel film, The Punisher: War Zone.
He has an original comic book series, Sandstorm, which was sold to DC Comics and will be published sometime in 2012. He also has his own production company, Blackjack Films, named after his late dog.
Santora studied law at Columbia Law School. He practiced law for six years and hated it. "I would have a miserable life, because I was a miserable person. Being the first male Santora to go to college, my parents were amazing. They did everything they could for me to make sure I got a great life, a great education, made sure I got every advantage they could possibly give me so I could have opportunities they didn't necessarily have."
He went to law school because he wanted his parents to know their sacrifice wasn't in vain. "How do you tell your family you are going to just walk away from all they had given you – an education, a chance at a comfortable life, an easier life than they had?" But he had wanted to be a writer since he was seven years old.
His first novel, Slip and Fall, was based on a character who was in a similar position: someone who didn't want to let his family down, who didn't want to fail them. It was chosen by Borders Book Stores to be the debut novel for their newly created publishing division. It became a national bestseller.
His second novel, Fifteen Digits, was published in 2012 by Little Brown's suspense/thriller imprint, Mulholland Books. Julie Moderson, writing for Bestsellers world.com, says this about him: "Santora has a unique style of writing that I can only compare to John Grisham or Harlan Cohen or a wonderful combination of both." And Murder by the Book's blog says, "This is a book begging to be made into a movie."
Part of the story he'll share on Tuesday, October 9, is how he transitioned from being unhappy to being a fulfilled writer. That's a story a lot of us would like to tell. Surely, his parents are indeed proud of what their son has accomplished living the life of his dreams.
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The Kolkata Kettlebell Meet 2014 (KKM) witnessed several kettlebell lifters of the city participating in the second edition of the event here on Saturday.
The KKM, which started as a small event last year picked up enough momentum in the last twelve months and saw more than double participants turn out this year.
In the event, there were three main lifts- one arm clean and press, one arm press, and one arm snatch, with separate categories for men and women.
Each participant got a maximum of five minutes for each of the lifts, and only one hand change was allowed.
The winner was decided after calculating the weight of the bell, the number of repetitions done, and the bodyweight of the lifter.
The participants came from different backgrounds like cinema, business, housewife, student, and of course, fitness instructors, and they lifted kettlebells weighing from 8 kilograms to 24 kilograms.
The women's category was dominated by Tollywood actress Ushasie Chakraborty, who won the gold medal in both the one arm press and the one arm snatch events.
The men's events saw different winners in the different lifts, with Sayantan Majumder, Bijoy Shom, and Hari Das Naskar winning the gold in the one arm clean and press, one arm press and one arm snatch respectively.
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The thirteenth Tarot Atu is XII The Hanged Man. This Trump card shows a man who has been hung from a gallows upside down. He is tied by only one foot and so his legs cross to form the inverted triangle of the element Water to which this card corresponds. Similarly, the Hanged Man's hands are tied behind his back to form a concealed upright triangle and so he is a representation of the hexagram, the universal solar glyph which is echoed in the Hanged Man's halo.
The Hanged Man is attributed to the path of the letter Mem, meaning Water, which joins Geburah, power, with Hod, splendor, and so it symbolizes the sacrifice that pure energy must make in order to become articulated into a specific form. The strong watery correspondence makes the sacrifice a passive one over which one has no control but which leads to a higher state or level of perception.
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