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Mindfulness Meditation
By Leo Gura - November 2, 2015 | 108 Comments
An easy system for practicing mindfulness.
New video! The best time of the week!
Yes dude I hear ya…all the awesomeness
and don't you folks out there forget this
amazing article
wow amazing article
im intrested in mediations
Leo, what do you think of transcendental meditation? I ask cause my psychologist wants me to do it.
Hi Leo,
I found your website about 6 months ago. It's excellent! I had been doing meditation for about 6 months before that focusing on my breath. Then I listened to your videos and decided that my next life purpose should be to seek enlightenment (my real world life purpose is doing very well). I've listened to all of your enlightenment videos and other meditation videos and I've read Peter Ralston's The Book of Not Knowing. I feel like I'm falling into the trap of reading and watching videos but not knowing what to do next. Do I work on contemplation only or do I do this in addition to mindfulness meditation and/or other meditation or are they all mixed together somehow? I don't have time to be meditating all day either…
PG, do The Landmark Forum, it might help you to fast track…
I recently found Shinzen Youngs introductionary document which describes those techniques of inner & outer hear / see / feel. (among 3 other techniques). It's freely available, so everybody interested might want to check this document out.
I was fascinated by those since the first time I tried one of them out. My advice if you just start out with meditation:
Start with one of those techniques Leo describes here instead of Do Nothing or focus on breathing or Strong Determination Sitting. In my eyes, those are the perfect techniques for a beginner! However, try out all of them!
Leo, thanks for introducing me to the meditation / enlightenment topic and to Shinzen Youngs work.
Hey Leo
Many thanks for this video. I've got some huge insights just by running your cycle 3 to 5 times. Suddenly, all colors seemed more vivid and intense and I've became more aware of the shapes of objects I looked at. Now seeing is more fun : D
But the thing that most shocked me was the realisation that I tend to block reality out, literally. It seems as I don't want to look at it and if I try, something in my mind pushes the raw sensations away or suppresses it and wants me to stay in this weird mental haze that I took for reality for a long time. It really feels like I fear to see reality as it is. That's freaky.
I suspect that I've got some serious self-worth issues. I will definitely practise this technique and push through the fear.
Thanks again for this video, it has great value for me.
Greetings from Germany
On my email it said "Perhaps The Most Important Skill For Self-Mas-", so I thought it was something I was already good at.
A new video, YES! Perfect timing. Hope all is well.
This stuff is key.
So much is coming together for me the more I become aware. When my head spins into some nervous chatter, I bring it back home to what I'm doing more and more now. My creative stuff feels back on track, I'm thrilled with that.
You look so at ease! Happy for you, keep up the work man.
Thanks again.
Hi Leo. Your videos inspired me to make my first step doing my personal development videos, a dream that I was ruinating for long long. Only an observation, you do not need to say bad words to make your points. at least thats the way I see, and Im no a puritanian guy. I grew in a rush neighboorhood but with solid etic foundations. I grew with them (dirty speech) but I decided no to use it when my firts daugther borned. Just a word tah can help to expand more your influence, because is hard to beleive that somebody is clean of gabage, when his speech is full of dirty words. Regards
Hi Leo,
I forwarded this to a few people because it is so easy to follow and so helpful. What was the name of the type of retreat you recommend? I played it over and over, but could not understand the word you used.
Hi Leo,
Pertaining to one of your replies above about meditation and self enquiry. If we have lets say two blocks of time per day we can set aside for either of these or both, and we are serious about getting enlightened, then we should use both blocks of time for self enquiry and never waste another minute meditating? I mean your enlightenment experience did occur while doing the do-nothing technique right?
Hey Leo, have you tried out any float tanks?? It took my meditation to an entirely different level. Truly amazing and I'm sure you would enjoy it. It would be a great discussion video for you as well…… Denny
Hi Leo, I just finished doing midfulness for the first time
Damn, my mind is so rebellious, even in those 5-7 seconds of focusing on one object, it tends to "run away"..
I kind of alternated the techniques, but mostly did outer seeing on the objects in my room..then i switched to inner seeing, then to inner feeling, back to outer seeing.. whatever popped in my mind.. should i focus only on one technique?
I like the feeling of deep calmness that i'm having now
Also, i think i'm gonna develop a new affirmation for being consistent with this heh
Thanks, have a great week !
I have been concentrating on the question of 'Who am I' from your How to become Enlightened video. I kept breaking it down till I got satisfies with understanding that whatever I am is Awareness. Awareness of everything. Not even the perceiver (this became apparent to me because something was aware of the perciever as well). How close do you think I am to Enlightenment?
Hello Leo,
Escuse my English, im from Denmark and not that good in English.
But I want to write a positive comment anyway and say thanks.
I felt upon your videos on youtube for about 2 months ago and have been hooked ever since. I was a positive and happy person before, but today i feel so much better and more aware of my life and my goals and thankful for this beautiful life i have been given.
Im learning and understanding a lot about my self from your videos and thats amazing, thank you. The enlightenment video blew my mind, a week when by before i have gathered the pieces again. Thanks for waking me up
I noticed that you are interested in training (bodybuilding) and healthy food, so maybe you also would enjoy winter bathing, which i have tried a couple of years. The kick you get from going from a hot sauna down in ice cold water is awesome and you cant stop smiling when you come up again.
Hi Leo,
I'm currently practising selfcompassion as a sort of continuation to a mindfulness course of 9 weeks. But after watching this video the question came up, whether I need to practise being selfcompassionate at all, if by just being aware and accepting whatever I feel right now, it will just dissolve with sufficient awareness. I don't need to come up with counter arguments whenever I notice myself being judgemental about my actions and emotions, if simply giving attention to these actions and emotions can take the sting out of them, right?
Sure got me thinking!
Kind regards -Iryon
Great as always. My question: how can you be so sure that your not already enlightened?
I think the whole idea behind mindfullness is to 'be aware'. See and feel the things as an observer. Without getting attached and without getting emotionally involved with it.Its like being in total awareness of your every action without being judgmental.
I remember when I was a child I used to sometimes look myself in the mirror and ask this question 'who am I?' I used to freak out because I could feel that my body and soul were two separate entities. I sometimes still do this but the feeling is little scary and uncomfortable.
Hey Leo,
I was wondering if doing Mindfulness Practice requires the specific posture like in meditation? Do I have to keep my back straight, keep my eyes opened, etc.? Can I just sit on a coach comfortably and do the mindfulness practice?
Thanks for the video, keep up the awesome content!
Tricky question for you Leo: true is that enlightenment answer the question of who am I, but does it also answer the question of why are we here? Thank you!
Hi Leo,
Thanks a lot for your wonderful contribution!!!!
I have been practicing surrender in the way of allowing the present be as it it without editing, facing it without judging it just let it be… And in practicing that I am aware of myself; and I catch myself in state of my lowest self and the cool thing is I do not suddenly react to it … I just flow and see…
Also being fully present in the now has being helping me a lot in being more conscious!!!! And the mindfulness meditation is something that I have been doing without knowing it … But I need to apply it as my routine without excuses as you said!!! Just the idea that my consciousness is expanding is freaking cool!!!
Thanks again Leo!!! I enjoy your videos a lot!!!
Blessings on your way!!!
Hi Leo,
1.With these kind of techniques are we trying to be in contact with our subconscious mind?
2. It is our highest self part of our subconscious mind?
3. Any books or videos about subconscious mind that you could suggest me?
Thank you very much, Leo!!!
I do really appreciate your answers on the subject!!
Have an Outstanding day!!!
For your answer the next question immediately appeared:
Is the ego in our conscious mind?
Does something as unconscious mind exist?
How we named that place where we normally are engaged with the incessant flow of thoughts… That place where we are in the past or the future?
Thanks Leo!!!!
Hey Leo,
can I pratice it while I'm walking?
Thanks a lot!
What about taste and odour?
I meditate regularly. I have been meditating on how to become more focused. Then your email came through with this video link.and up I did the 20 minute task on a walk and couldn't believe how much I wasn't aware of. Goes to show you how much we drift and deal with head trash.
It is great. Powerful. Thank you.
Hello Leo
Thank you very much for releasing good information for us
I just wanted to mention that I recently just listen to your mp3s because the lack of high speed internet in my country .
So would you mind with downloding your videos?
If not can you make a link for that ?like the way I download your mp3s?
Heyyyyyy Leo, i had an experience of truth 24 years ago without even attempting to find the truth. From then i have been meditating, studying a course in miracles, studying Fr Anthony de Mello's awareness videos, practicing mindfulness and studied Psychology receiving a 1st Class Honours and my thesis was an experiment based on the effects of 5 minute mindfulness on anxiety and memory. Then you entered my consciousness. Through it all I've discovered it doesnt matter a fig whether you are enlightened or not. It is as it is. Thank you for your wonderful videos they are such a brilliant output that i share with my children because you express the steps of self discovery (and finding the lack of) in an engaging format and its not from me nagging so thank you again, i have to say my favourite so far has been the practical you based on Peter Ralston's 'Not Knowing'. Your mindfulness video is so spot on and will be shared with lots of my circle. Love from Ireland x
Patricia you are spot on. A desire for more than what is, is insanity. I also wanted to say ACIM resonates deeply with me. "The sum total of all souls is the Son of God." This easily explains the why question. Especially if you have children.
Enlightenment only matters a fig if one wants to wake up.
It's your ego saying it doesn't matter a fig because your ego doesn't want to wake up. You might get a lot from Jed McKenna's first book in the trilogy – if you dare!
This is just gold. You realy are changing the world, thanks.
thankyou for this nice post
Hi Leo,
I like the sedona method/release technique as a form of meditation. I have found it quicker and more effective. Can you do a video about the sedona method and contrast it with the do nothing meditation technique or any other meditation and perhaps talk about your experience with both. Could you also talk about the enlightenment achieved by Lester Levenson and how this is different or the same from the one explained in the videos on your site.
Btw I think you are doing a good job and I really like the work you are doing and am a big fan,
thoughts=summation of all these 3 thus we are just a thought even by definition.We are thoughts ?
Hi Leo this is the 2nd time i am watch this video, every time find it more interessiertg thank you many times
Leo, I have been trying to pursue enlightenment for the last week. Yesterday I have never been so scared and amazed at the same time.
I was doing my Hard determination sitting + self inquiry meditation for about half an hour; as I usually do at 9 o'clock. I was doing this in front of a mirror, so I saw myself.
The first 20 minutes, everything was normal. But then something really scary happened. The mirror image of me was fading away when I was really focused and it started going black. There was also a shining outline around my body.
Soon, every object just started to disappear into blankness. This would occur in periods so when I blink everything returns to normal; but the more I focused, the more things got weird.
After when I got up from my chair, I just had this amazing energy. I could just get on with my work for 2 straight hours. My focus was unbelievable.
But there was another thing that was really scary. I just could not open my mouth and talk to people. I just had this extremely weird feeling when I was standing and I could feel this nervous energy go through my body.
When I got home I had really weird uncontrollable body movements; like shaking my legs and arms.
I went to bed and then I got up and I still feel this energy!
Leo, can you please explain this phenomenon?!
First of all Thankyou.. As 21st of june is now celebrated as YOGA DAY by the efforts of many people specially PM of INDIA and YOGA GURU Baba Ramdev and many others.. I am telling this all because as meditation deals with mind and all other activites of mindfulness ,the PRANAYAM Or Yoga deals with purifying BODY every cell of body..Many people listen to you and follow your work..i personally think if u tell them about PRANAYAM or YOGA ..it will help them to fight with disease's affecting body( PRANAYAM HELPS IN EVERY DISEASE)..and i am also writing a name of a website tells HOW TO MEDITIATE..HOPE U LIKE IT ( vipassanadhura)
can you tell me a book of peter w.
Dear Leo u do not know how much i am thankful for having chance to get and improve my personality and my real life through ur videos. I have a quetion is it possible for u to put the statement as text in this Special Videos? Becaus Mindfulness is very very important as u mentioned i need this to print out and read it more and more till i get each single statement in me. I trust and belive u therefore since i found ur website i am following them. As i am not english native speaker i need watching/listening them more times to undrestand fully and Not miss any point. I am reviewing each single Videos. I appreciate ur efforts and thinking about other people like me who need help. THANK U, from Germany
Thank u Leo, I will try to listen more with all my attention, appreciate ur response, im overluckly with or without transcript. U talk very clear thanks.
Hey Leo!
Your videos are amazing.
I've just one thing that worries me: you said that mindfulness can help you to not be affected by stuff. But then isn't it scary? I mean doesn't it mean that we no longer care? Doesn't it make me some sort of an insensitive person? I'm certainly getting these two things mixed up, so if I am then what's the difference between them?
Thanks a lot,
I love to read video transcripts! Its like reading books or journal! It'll be very kind of you if you attach the transcripts with each video as it is released. Thanks for everything!
Hey Leo, please help me why don't these new videos have transcrip? It's quite dificult for people who aren't native English speaker like me.
I have a question regarding the "Savor" step. I'm very new to all of this and am wanting clarification if possible. When doing this step my inner voice begins to describe the object, sound or feeling. For example when looking at the lamp my voice describes the lamp, it is brown, it has curves, oh there is the bulb, the bulb is white, oh there's the switch, there are shadows, the shadows have shapes, oh look how the light reflects off it, that is cool… I guess what I'm asking is, what does it mean to savor the lamp?
I love to read video transcripts!Thanks for awesome post Leo..Keep it up
Haha amazing video! Although it's so annoying to me that I'm too much of a perfectionist to do it because I feel if I can't do it a ridiculous amount of meditating a day then there's no point. That or it takes so long that it's too late for me and I'm not even 20 yet! Although I think the thing that's helped me the most is just loving that perfectionist part of me that I've learnt in your self acceptance video. I didn't beleive you since its seems so counter intuitive but your right once you accept that part of your self it's like you can let go of it. Idk I don't really know what I'm talking about but I try I guess lol. Awesome job keep up the great work !
What is mindfulness meditation as I am interested in it, has anyone tried it?
curious to know why you lump taste and smell into the "touch" category…
this makes sense to me intuitively, and even scientifically (common processing of these 3 senses in the orbitofrontal cortex), but interesting how most mindfulness teachers (i especially like Kenneth Folk's approach) consider taste and smell as individually observable senses.
thanks very much!!!
I love to read video transcript.Thanks Leo buddy.Cheers.Keep it up
Very nice! I like this one. I make meditating a good habit to go by. It does help me focus and calms me down.
Holly crap Leo. This really freaked me up. I was looking exactly at a lamp bought from Ikea.
Hello Leo,
I know spiritual people who claim that through turning to the "source" one can have unlimited access to vital force and energy.
Can one achieve that by practicing mindfulness meditation or are there better methods?
What are your thoughts?
Many thanks in advance
Leo, thanks again for sharing all of the stuff
I would like to add that, as life approaches the end, a mind that was never disciplined is what makes old age unbearable…
So, it is very very critical that we train mind while we still have youth, health and time…
I have observed a lot of people in their older age never quite understanding what makes them sad even when they are sufficient interms of health, wealth, relations etc
– rich, poor, educated, illiterate, hindu, muslim, christian, jew… doesn't matter what Earthly definitions….the mind is what consumes the individual towards the end..
So keep up the good work
I've ramped up my meditation practice recently and been trying 4 hour sits over several days – a kind of retreat at home if you like. What I've been finding is I jump from self enquiry to mindfulness meditation back to strong determination sitting all in one hour (20 mins of each). My awareness or presence seems to be getting stronger this way, is this advisable?
Hey leo please provide subtitles or transcripts for this videi
I've been meditating mostly focusing on inner hearing, saying a short phrase or a word in my inner dialogue and then savoring it. Only when i feel emotions or physical pain in my body (when sitting for longer time) i switch my focus from the inner hearing to the feeling of the physical sensations and then i go back to the inner dialogue. Am i doing it right?
Did you ever find a transcriptionist?
Hi Leo,
Just saw your video about mindfulness. A question though, would it be a good approach to divide up a session by starting with the external circles followed by the internal circles, meaning splitting up so you'll spend equal time in each area without mixing in between them throughout the session?
Mindfulness meditation is facing reality for sure. There's nothing to lose.


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Please call the Special Education Department at 978-630-4076. They will contact the vendor to arrange for special needs transportation. Also, please call the Special Education Department for any changes (for example, child is sick and won't be attending, change in pick-up or drop-off location, change in personnel authorized to meet the student, etc.).
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Let's start with the following random example: If $F$ is a presheaf, then for every chain of open subsets $U \subseteq V \subseteq W$, the morphisms $F(W) \to F(V) \to F(U)$ and $F(W) \to F(U)$ coindice. But this may be an evil (nlab link) definition, especially when the values of $F$ are categories (which occurs in my current research). So we should just impose that these morphisms are equivalent. But then we arrive at compatibility conditions between these equivalences, which are, again, equalities, and may be evil. So what is the consequence of this: Should every mathematical theory take place in a $\infty$-category? Or is 'real' mathematics basically evil? I know this question is quite imprecise, but currently I just don't see where and why this process of increasing the "depth" of category theory should end. Anyway, I have to admit that my knowledge of higher category theory is very, very rudimental.
Here is a evil question, which is part of my confusion: Let $Ring$ denote the category of rings, ring homomorphisms and $AbCat$ denote the category of abelian categories, functors. Then $Ring \to AbCat, A \to Mod_A$ should be a functor, right? If $A \to B$ is a ring homomorphism, just tensor with $B$ over $A$. But then functoriality is only satisfied up to equivalence ($2$-isomorphism) in $AbCat$. To get a honest functor, we might mod out these equivalences to get a $1$-category $\tilde{AbCat}$. But I don't think that this is the most natural way to handle this. Or we may define quasi-functors (cf. the presheaf example). Anyway, may we think of it as a usual functor, without turning into troubles? Or is it important, in practice, to have this higher category theoretic point of view? Or is it possible to turn this functor into a honest functor, by choosing the tensor products $M \otimes_A B$ carefully? I think the latter is interesting, although I know that nobody really cares about such evil equalities like $(M \otimes_A B) \otimes_B C = M \otimes_A C$.


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No sense of panic in North Korean capital
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, April 10, 2013
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign — armed with shovels, not guns. In the evening, women in traditional dress danced in the plazas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il's appointment to a key defense post.
Despite another round of warnings from their leaders of impending nuclear war, there was no sense of panic in the capital on Tuesday.
Chu Kang Jin, a Pyongyang resident, said everything is calm in the city.
"Everyone, including me, is determined to turn out as one to fight for national reunification … if the enemies spark a war," he added, using nationalist rhetoric common among many North Koreans when speaking to the media.
The North's latest warning, issued by its Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, urged foreign companies and tourists to leave South Korea.
"The situation on the Korean Peninsula is inching close to a thermonuclear war due to the evermore undisguised hostile actions of the United States and the South Korean puppet warmongers and their moves for a war against" North Korea, the committee said in a statement carried by state media on Tuesday.
There was no sign of an exodus of foreign companies or tourists from South Korea.
White House spokesman Jay Carney called the statement "more unhelpful rhetoric."
"It is unhelpful, it is concerning, it is provocative," he said.
The warning appeared to be an attempt to scare foreigners into pressing their governments to pressure Washington and Seoul to act to avert a conflict.
Analysts see a direct attack on Seoul as extremely unlikely, and there are no overt signs that North Korea's army is readying for war, let alone a nuclear one.
North Korea has been girding for a showdown with the U.S. and South Korea, its wartime foes, for months. The Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the peninsula still technically at war.
In December, North Korea launched a satellite into space on a rocket that Washington and others called a cover for a long-range missile test. The North followed that with an underground nuclear test in February, a step toward mastering the technology for mounting an atomic bomb on a missile.
Tightened U.N. sanctions that followed drew the ire of North Korea, which accused Washington and Seoul of leading the campaign against it. Annual U.S.-South Korean military drills south of the border have further incensed Pyongyang, which sees them as practice for an invasion.
Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un enshrined the pursuit of nuclear weapons — which the North characterizes as a defense against the U.S. — as a national goal, along with improving the economy. North Korea also declared it would restart a mothballed nuclear complex.
Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington on Tuesday that he concurred with an assessment by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., calling the tension between North Korea and the West the worst since the end of the Korean War.
"The continued advancement of the North's nuclear and missile programs, its conventional force posture, and its willingness to resort to asymmetric actions as a tool of coercive diplomacy creates an environment marked by the potential for miscalculation," Locklear told the panel.
He said the U.S. military and its allies would be ready if North Korea tries to strike.
Heightening speculation about a provocation, foreign diplomats reported last week that they had been advised by North Korea to consider evacuating by Wednesday.
However, Britain and others said they had no immediate plans to withdraw from Pyongyang.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who has sought to re-engage North Korea with dialogue and humanitarian aid since taking office in February, expressed exasperation Tuesday with what she called the "endless vicious cycle" of Seoul answering Pyongyang's hostile behavior with compromise, only to get more hostility.
U.S. and South Korean defense officials have said they've seen nothing to indicate that Pyongyang is preparing for a major military action.
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said there was "no specific information to suggest imminent threat to U.S. citizens or facilities" in South Korea. The U.S. Embassy has neither changed its security posture nor recommended U.S. citizens take special precautions, he said.
Still, the United States and South Korea have raised their defense postures, as has Japan, which deployed PAC-3 missile interceptors in key locations around Tokyo on Tuesday as a precaution against possible North Korean ballistic missile tests.


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LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Chicago Bears receiver Johnny Knox remains on the physically unable to perform list and will miss the entire season because of a back injury.
He had a deadline Tuesday to return to practice from the list. That didn't happen.
Knox sustained a gruesome back injury against Seattle last season and needed surgery to stabilize a vertebra. He has 133 receptions for 2,214 yards in three seasons and has been a contributor on special teams with 55 kickoff returns for 1,506 yards.


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Teacher allegedly tells students Muslims, Arabs are 'just like Hitler'
CONCRETE, Wash. -- A local civil rights organization is asking the Department of Justice to conduct an investigation in to anti-Muslim comments allegedly made by a Skagit County Middle School teacher in the classroom.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it tried to work with the Concrete School District after getting a tip from a student, but said the response they got was "inadequate and unresponsive."
In October 2012, the student who alerted CAIR said a science teacher was having a discussion about an anti-bullying program, but then suddenly changed topics. According to a letter CAIR sent to the district superintendent, the teacher stated that "just like Hitler" Arabs and Muslims train their children from birth to give their lives to Allah and are raised to be martyrs. The teacher also allegedly said that Arabs and Muslims are raised and taught to kill innocent people.
Parents who have kids in the district said that if this did happen, they are concerned about it.
"Teachers in general should be really careful. They're there for an educational reason and they have an outline on what to teach and I think they should stick to that and keep their personal views to themselves," Craig Wenrick said.
CAIR is concerned several state laws may have been violated, including one that prohibits discrimination in schools on the basis of religion. The organization is also concerned that, if the allegations are true, the teacher's alleged comments could encourage bullying.
On Monday, Concrete School District Superintendent Barbara Hawkings released a statement that said:
"This allegation of unlawful or inappropriate discrimination based on religion is false. The allegation is based upon false information that is taken out of context. The teacher involved is an experienced and outstanding educator who treats every student with dignity and respect. She is a teacher students go to when they are having problems. The parent and/or student involved have never met with the teacher or school district to file a complaint or express a concern. We find this allegation to be irresponsible concerning an issue of great importance to our district and staff. We strive to treat every student with dignity and respect and do not discriminate against any individual because of his/her religious beliefs."
The teacher who reportedly made the comments also released a statement and in it she explained that she was talking about extreme terrorist groups like Hamas and the Taliban. not Muslims in general. and that this student took what she was saying out of context.
CAIR is holding a news conference on the DOJ investigation request at 10 a.m. Tuesday.


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The Artisan Next Door: Geek Chic
A three-dimensional ceramic sculpture prototype by Nervous System.
In their Somerville workshop, Nervous System cofounders Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg are flipping through the pages of a sizable wholesale catalog in search of a picture from their first jewelry collection. Finally, they find it: a bracelet based on a fragment of an architectural model Rosenkrantz built in 2006 while pursuing her degree at Harvard's Graduate School of Design. "It was a flat, cellular piece of paper that was sitting on my desk, and it sort of curled up like this," Rosenkrantz says, mimicking the curved shape with her hand. When a fellow student asked her if she was making jewelry, it got her thinking. Couldn't she easily laser cut something similar out of plastic to wear?
Six years later, Rosenkrantz and Louis-Rosenberg are offering 140 designs through their company, Nervous System bangles, necklaces, brooches, rings, and more, inspired by natural phenomena or patterns found in nature. The "Dendrite" jewelry line, for example, features a delicate stainless steel construction resembling branches of coral. "Everything starts with us writing some sort of computer program or code," Rosenkrantz says, "and that program either generates [patterns] on its own, or with some amount of interaction from us." Once a pattern is approved, it's either 3-D printed, laser cut, or photochemically etched onto materials like nylon or stainless steel and finished by hand in Nervous System's Somerville studio.
Rosenkrantz and Louis-Rosenberg, who met while undergrads at MIT in 2004, say they're still surprised at the direction their careers have taken. "If someone said I would be a designer when I first entered college, I would have thought they were absurd," Louis-Rosenberg says. "Though to be honest, I still don't think of myself as a designer, but a combination of many roles: scientist, programmer, maker, artist, designer." He's all smiles as he bounces around the studio barefoot, while Rosenkrantz is more reserved. Both, however, are enthusiastic about geek culture. "I'm very interested in complex systems and understanding how we can describe them with a small set of rules that have extremely complex behavior," he says, "and Jessica's really interested in using some of those ideas from biology and design. And then we sort of accidentally started making jewelry."
Rosenkrantz and Louis-Rosenberg's newest lines include tabletop lighting and one-of-a-kind jigsaw puzzles. Their entire collection is available on the Nervous System website (n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com), as well as at the ICA and MFA gift shops, techy Cambridge store Xylem, and Room 68 in Jamaica Plain. Madalane Sullivan, owner of Xylem, says her customers understand Nervous System's work instantly: "I'm in the heart of Kendall Square, so a lot of people who work nearby are more scientific than the average person and really respond to it."
What's next for the pair? "There are a lot of possibilities we are pursuing," Louis-Rosenberg says. "We'd like to make more lighting and larger-scale furniture. We also want to branch outside of the product space. We're interested in architectural applications as well as more experimental installations exploring interactivity, natural patterns, and design."
Above, Jessica Rosenkrantz works on her computer in Nervous System's bright showroom, surrounded by props and layouts for the company's new catalog. The cellular compartments on the wall, built entirely in house, display an assortment of jewelry.
Above, Jesse Louis-Rosenberg and Rosenkrantz at work.
Louis-Rosenberg sprays the nylon base of the Hyphae lamp with a UV-resistant acrylic coating. Each piece is entirely unique, created by a program that simulates the vein formation of leaves.
Nervous System's Orbicular lamp sits atop the Reaction table, made using a computer-controlled router built by Louis-Rosenberg.
The team puts together stainless steel jewelry and puzzles in the assembly and shipping room, where floor-to-ceiling storage bins organize ready-to-ship items.
Louis-Rosenberg examines a puzzle piece.
1. Art Selection
Louis-Rosenberg preps the work of graphic artist Jonathan McCabe for printing.
2. Printing
The art is then transferred onto archival paper, coated with a protective finish, and glued to plywood.
3. Laser Cutting
Next, Nervous System's custom software generates puzzle patterns that are laser cut into the plywood.
4. The Design
This pattern is based on the process of dendritic solidification, similar to how snowflakes form.
5. Quality Control
Each puzzle piece is checked for defects before it's packaged up and shipped.
6. Final Take
Combining a kaleidoscopic image with challenging shapes creates an extremely difficult puzzle to solve.


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South African township-born photojournalist and Canon Ambassador Phill Magakoe has a talent for getting to the heart of a story with compelling images. His work, which has featured in publications such as Le Monde, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail and The Washington Post, has helped catapult Africa's events onto the world stage.
Phill says his passion for photography began at university, when he witnessed the transformation that comes with processing film. "As a first year Economic Analysis student, I started to spend more time in the Arts faculty with a friend who was studying photography," he remembers. "One of the lecturers noticed my constant presence there and lent me his old film camera to use at home for the weekend. Afterwards, when processing that film and witnessing a picture developing on photographic paper, I was captivated by the process. I never put the camera down again."


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12th place in Bouquet/Garter (Action)
Wedding photographer Vinci Wang, was awarded 12th place for photo 2039406 in the Bouquet/Garter (Action) category for the WPJA's 2017 Tri2 Photography Competition.
The WPJA contest judges presented Vinci Wang, a China wedding photographer, with this Master Piece Award as recognition for top wedding photojournalism in the industry.
The leading documentary wedding photographers in the world enter their best photos to the Wedding Photojournalist Association's photography competitions. They want their wedding reportage photographs to be evaluated and selected by some of the most notable and respected working picture editors and photojournalists in the news industry (these are not wedding photographers or other WPJA members judging their work). Winning these competitions is a true accomplishment for a wedding photographer.


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Chapter 10 - Texas Regulations
The next page is an "open book" assignment to help you become familiar with Texas hunting regulations. Our regulations are in a booklet called the Outdoor Annual. You receive this booklet when you buy a hunting or fishing license, or you may also find the regulations online.
The Outdoor Annual provides important information about requirements and restrictions for hunting and fishing. You will learn the dates associated with each species, the seasons each may be harvested and what you may legally harvest (bag and possession limits) while hunting or fishing. You will also learn what legal means and methods you may use, types of legal or prohibited equipment and hunter education or boater education requirements.
Each year, rules and regulations change, and you must be up-to-date on those changes. Always read the current Outdoor Annual to become familiar with changes that may affect you or the area you hunt or fish. An essential part of this publication is the list of regulations by county. Each county has very specific regulations regarding seasons and bag limits. Awareness of these changes will help make you a more responsible outdoors person. Failure to adhere to these rules and regulations may result in citations with fines and/or loss of hunting privileges and/or equipment!
Please print the following page, and complete the questions using the information you find in the Outdoor Annual. You may take your completed quiz to your Skills Trail instructor.
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Ethiopia's prime minister is rejecting growing international consensus for dialogue and a halt to deadly fighting in the Tigray region as "unwelcome," saying his country will handle the conflict on its own as a 72-hour surrender ultimatum runs out on Wednesday.
"We respectfully urge the international community to refrain from any unwelcome and unlawful acts of interference," the statement from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said as government forces encircled the Tigray capital, Mekele, with tanks. "The international community should stand by until the government of Ethiopia submits its requests for assistance to the community of nations."
The government led by Abiy, last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, has warned Mekele's half-million residents to move away from the Tigray People's Liberation Front leaders or there will be "no mercy" — language that the United Nations human rights chief and others have warned could lead to "further violations of international humanitarian law."
But communications remain almost completely severed to the Tigray region of some 6 million people, and it is not clear how many people in Mekele are aware of the warnings and the threat of artillery fire.
Diplomats on Tuesday said U.N. Security Council members in a closed-door meeting expressed support for an African Union-led effort to deploy three high-level envoys to Ethiopia. But Ethiopia has said the envoys cannot meet with the TPLF leaders.
"This conflict is already seriously destabilizing the region," European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday after meeting with Ethiopia's foreign minister.
"Both sides should immediately begin dialogue facilitated by the AU," the national security adviser for U.S. president-elect Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, tweeted.
The Tigray regional leader, Debretsion Gebremichael, could not immediately be reached Wednesday as tensions were high among Mekele's residents.
The TPLF dominated Ethiopia's government for more than a quarter-century, but was sidelined after Abiy took office in 2018 and sought to centralize power. The TPLF opted out when Abiy dissolved the ruling coalition, then infuriated the federal government by holding an election in September after national elections were postponed by COVID-19. Each side now regards the other as illegal.
One Ethiopian military official claims that more than 10,000 "junta forces" have been "destroyed" since the fighting began on Nov. 4, when Abiy accused the TPLF of attacking a military base. Col. Abate Nigatu told the Amhara Mass Media Agency that more than 15,000 heavy weapons and small arms had been seized.
The international community has urgently called for communications to be restored to the Tigray region so warring sides' claims can be investigated, and so food and other desperately needed supplies can be sent as hunger grows. The U.N. says it has been unable to send supplies into Tigray and that people there are "terrified."
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people have been killed in three weeks of fighting. More than 40,000 refugees have fled into Sudan. And nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees at camps in northern Tigray have come close to the line of fire.
Misery continues for the refugees in Sudan, with little food, little medicine, little shelter, little funding and little or no contact with loved ones left behind in Tigray. "We are absolutely not ready," said Suleiman Ali Mousa, the governor of Qadarif province.
"Help us so that we don't die," said one refugee, Terhas Adiso. "We came from war. We were scared we were going to die from the war and we came here. We don't want to die of hunger, disease. If they are going to help us they need to help us quickly. That's all I am going to say."
Meanwhile, reports continue of alleged targeting of ethnic Tigrayans, even outside Ethiopia. Three soldiers serving with the U.N. peacekeeping force in South Sudan were ordered home over the weekend, the force said in a statement. The Associated Press has confirmed the repatriated soldiers are Tigrayan.
"If personnel are discriminated against because of their ethnicity or any other reason, this could involve a human rights violation under international law," the statement said.
Abiy's government has said it aims to protect civilians, including Tigrayans, but reports continue of arrests, discrimination, house-to-house searches and frozen bank accounts.


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Nats likely to miss Garcia for two weeks
VIERA, Fla. -- Nationals right-hander Christian Garcia could be out as long as two weeks because of ligament damage in his right forearm, according to manager Davey Johnson. Garcia said the forearm was feeling better, and he hoped to be involved in baseball activities within five days.
"To be on the safe side, [the forearm] needs more rest, but Christian is feeling better," Johnson said. "It's going to be how he feels before [he starts playing again] -- probably 10 days, two weeks to be on the safe side. But it's going to be totally up to him."
Garcia started feeling pain last Sunday while working out at the team's Minor League complex. It was cold that day, and Garcia had problems throwing his fastball. He didn't have any problems throwing his breaking pitches.
"Right now, I'm just day to day, taking it one day at a time," Garcia said. "It feels better. Each day, [the pain] has lessens, so it's good."


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Small but mighty: New mini Sky Air Alpha Series
Daikin has extended its Sky Air Alpha-Series with the launch of smaller capacity units. Offering the same high functionality which has made the Sky Air–A series so successful, the RZAG35, 50 and 60 A classes introduce additional flexibility to the existing range of solutions for light commercial use.
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Brynden Tully, also known as Brynden Blackfish,[1][4][5][6] Brynden the Blackfish,[1] or simply the Blackfish,[7][8][9] is a knight from House Tully. He is the younger brother of Hoster Tully, Lord Paramount of the Trident, and the uncle of Lady Catelyn Stark, Lady Lysa Arryn, and Ser Edmure Tully. The Blackfish has served as the Knight of the Gate for House Arryn since Robert's Rebellion. In the television adaptation Game of Thrones he is portrayed by Clive Russell.
Appearance and Character
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Brynden is tall and lean,[4] with a hoarse, smoky voice.[1] He is clean-shaven,[4] and his face is craggy and windburnt, his features lined and weathered.[1] His once-auburn hair has gone to grey.[1] He has bushy eyebrows and laughing eyes of deep blue.[1]
A kind man with the patience to listen,[1] Brynden is also a blunt[1] and stubborn man[9] who does not care what others think.[5] He is a seasoned warrior, a veteran of half a hundred battles,[10] and precise in his movements.[4] He is also a strong swimmer.[11]
As the Knight of the Gate, Brynden wears grey heavy plate armor and helm, but when commanding outriders he trades this for mail and leather.[1][12] Brynden also owns grey ringmail under blackened steel, with a black trout adorning the helm's crest.[13] He rides a grey horse,[1] as well as a chestnut courser decorated in red and blue.[13] Brynden's cloak, in the blue-and-red colors of House Tully, is fastened by a clasp of obsidian and gold in the shape of a black fish,[1][12][13] his only concession to ornament.[14] The banner of his standard-bearer depicts a black fish.[1]
Early Life
Brynden is the brother of Hoster Tully, younger than him by five years.[1] The brothers were close through their childhood.[4] Together with Norbert Vance, Brynden squired for Lord Darry,[13] and was eventually knighted. In 260 AC, Brynden fought in the War of the Ninepenny Kings against the Band of Nine on the Stepstones. There, he proved himself a great and worthy knight, and gained fame and renown throughout the Seven Kingdoms.[9]
After their father died, Brynden's older brother Hoster inherited the rule of Riverrun. Hoster sought to betroth Brynden to Bethany Redwyne, but Brynden refused, straining their relationship. While other lords like Lord Bracken and Walder Frey made offers as well, Brynden remained unwed.[15] George R. R. Martin has thus far not shed any light on why Brynden has chosen to remain unwed.[16]
When Catelyn Tully was eight, Hoster called Brynden the "black goat of the Tully flock" during an argument. Brynden pointed out that their sigil was a fish, which made him a black fish instead of a black goat. Brynden took for his personal sigil the Tully emblem, but with a black trout jumping, instead of a silver trout, and he became known as the "Blackfish".[1]
While Brynden's relationship with Hoster was strained, he had a good relationship with Hoster's children, Catelyn, Lysa and Edmure, as well as Hoster's young ward, Petyr Baelish. When Hoster was too busy and Lady Minisa Whent too ill, the children ran to Brynden with their problems and stories.[1] On the night when Catelyn's betrothal to Brandon Stark was announced, Petyr, who had been in love with Catelyn, passed out drunk on a table after Catelyn rejected a kiss from him. In order to prevent Hoster from seeing his young ward like this, Brynden carried Petyr away.[17]
Hoster and Tywin Lannister, Lord of Casterly Rock, considered betrothing Hoster's younger daughter, Lysa, to Tywin's heir, Jaime.[18] As such, Lord Sumner Crakehall sent Jaime, his squire, with a message to Riverrun. Hoster took a fortnight to write his reply, during which he sat Jaime next to Lysa with every meal. Jaime ignored the shy Lysa, however, instead pressing Brynden for stories about the War of the Ninepenny Kings.[9]
Robert's Rebellion
Robert's Rebellion began in 282 AC. Catelyn Tully's betrothed, Brandon Stark, and his father, Lord Rickard Stark, had been killed by King Aerys II Targaryen, so Catelyn was instead betrothed to Brandon's younger brother, Lord Eddard Stark. In order to bind House Tully to the rebel cause, Lord Hoster agreed to wed Lysa to Lord Jon Arryn,[19] The sisters were wed to Eddard and Jon in a double ceremony at Riverrun, but during the wedding feast Brynden informed his brother that he had taken service with Lord Arryn.[1] Considering this to be personal rejection,[3] Hoster disowned Brynden[4] and refused to speak his name for years to follow.[1]
Brynden continued to fight in Robert's Rebellion, further increasing his fame.[3] Following the conclusion of the war and the ascension of King Robert I Baratheon, Brynden went with Lysa to the Vale of Arryn and was named Knight of the Gate, the commander of the Bloody Gate, by Lord Arryn.[3]
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A Game of Thrones
Brynden serves as Knight of the Gate when his niece, Catelyn Stark, arrives at the Bloody Gate with her captive, Tyrion Lannister.[1] After news arrives of Lannister attacks upon the riverlands, Brynden quarrels with Lady Lysa Arryn over her decision to not send aid to Riverrun. Recognizing his House Tully roots, Brynden resigns his position as Knight of the Gate.[14] He accompanies Catelyn to White Harbor and then Moat Cailin.[7]
Once Brynden meets Catelyn's son, Robb Stark, at Moat Cailin,[7] he quickly becomes a part of Robb's war council and commands one hundred scouts.[12] Brynden's outriders kill a dozen Lannister scouts under command of Ser Addam Marbrand, and Brynden's bowmen shoot ravens which depart the Twins.[12] Brynden learns from a captured outrider that his nephew, Ser Edmure Tully, was defeated by Ser Jaime Lannister in a battle under the walls of Riverrun.[12] After Catelyn negotiates an alliance with Lord Walder Frey, Robb leads most of the northern horsemen west across the Green Fork, while Lord Roose Bolton commands the remaining soldiers east of the river.[12] Brynden leads three hundred men to screen Robb's march,[20] and Theon Greyjoy is one of his picked scouts.[21]
Robb tasks Brynden and three hundred Tully men with drawing Jaime out of his encampment at Riverrun, and the Kingslayer ends up captured in the battle in the Whispering Wood.[20] The Blackfish then leads Robb's van at the Battle of the Camps, which lifts the siege of Riverrun.[22] While still angry about Brynden's refusal to marry Bethany Redwyne so many years ago, a dying Lord Hoster Tully agrees to see Brynden, claiming he is too sick to fight. Catelyn expresses certainty that Brynden will never marry.[15] Brynden is present when Robb is proclaimed King in the North.[15]
A Clash of Kings
Brynden and Hoster reconcile after many years, leaving the past behind them.[4] Brynden realizes that Lord Tywin Lannister is the true danger for Houses Stark and House Tully in the War of the Five Kings, and knows that Tywin wishes them to march on Harrenhal.[4] Brynden accompanies Robb to campaign in the westerlands, with Martyn Rivers taking command of the outriders at Riverrun.[10]
When Maester Vyman informs Catelyn that Hoster will soon die, he suggests sending a rider to Brynden, as Brynden would want to be with his brother when he died.[10]
A Storm of Swords
Brynden returns to Riverrun together with King Robb.[5] He and Robb angrily claim to Edmure that the Battle of the Fords ruined their plan to defeat Tywin in the west, explaining that Brynden's scouts had found a good spot for an ambush along the gold road.[5]
After Lord Rickard Karstark murders Tion Frey and Willem Lannister, Brynden reports that the Karstark fighting men have left Riverrun. The Blackfish is sent out with a hundred men in search of the Karstarks, although expectations are low. Robb executes Rickard at Riverrun.[23]
When Hoster finally dies, he receives a funeral as per the Tully customs. When Lord Edmure fails to hit Hoster's boat with a fire arrow, Brynden offers to make the shot, though is refused. After Edmure fails twice more, he gives the bow to Brynden, who hits the funerary boat with a fire arrow in one attempt.[24] With the Freys having left Robb's service after he wed Jeyne Westerling, Brynden advises Edmure to wed one of Lord Frey's daughters.[24]
Brynden remains at Riverrun when Robb travels north to the Twins to attend the wedding of Edmure to Roslin Frey, in preparation for the plan to retake Moat Cailin from the ironborn. Robb names him Warden of the Southern Marches and tasks him with protecting his queen, Jeyne.[25] Galbart Glover takes command of the outriders in Brynden's place.[25] After the brotherhood without banners express skepticism that Brynden would pay ransom for Arya Stark, a relative he might not know, if they bring her to Riverrun, Arya flees from the outlaw group. She is captured by Sandor Clegane, however.[26]
The Freys and Boltons betray the Starks and Tullys in the Red Wedding, with Robb and Catelyn murdered[27] and Edmure taken captive.[8] Brynden and Edmure are attainted by the Iron Throne, with Riverrun promised to Ser Emmon Frey once the Blackfish surrenders the castle.[8][28] Sandor considers bringing Arya to Riverrun, but the girl thinks her great uncle would consider her a fraud and instead hang the Hound.[29] Lysa states the Vale mountain clans, who have been armed by Tyrion,[30] have become bolder since Brynden resigned as Knight of the Gate.[31]
A Feast for Crows
Brynden, the castellan of Riverrun,[32] continues to hold the castle in Robb's name, even as other river lords surrender and bend the knee to the Iron Throne. He expels refugees from Riverrun and picks the land clean.[9] Ser Daven Lannister, the new Warden of the West, and Ser Ryman Frey lead the siege of Riverrun,[33][13] but they have difficulty feeding their hosts.[34] When a drunken Ryman demands to speak with Brynden, the Blackfish puts an arrow in Ryman's horse, spilling him into the mud. Brynden is unmoved by Ryman's daily threats to hang his nephew, Edmure. Brynden refuses to give up Riverrun or Robb's widow, Jeyne.[9][13] The queen's father, Lord Gawen Westerling, worries that the Blackfish will kill his family inside the castle if the Freys hang Edmure.[9]
Queen Cersei Lannister sends her brother Jaime, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, to pacify the riverlands and end the siege.[34] Brynden parleys with Jaime, but only as an excuse to hear Jaime's reasons for not returning Catelyn's daughters, Sansa and Arya, and to see Jaime's stump. Jaime tells Brynden that he will be allowed to take the black if he surrenders and mentions that Jon Snow is now Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Brynden recalls Catelyn's distrust of Jon and assumes that the boy's new position was given to him by the Lannisters.[13]
During Jaime's war council, Addam Marbrand offers to climb Riverrun's walls with a small group and open its gates, Edwyn Frey suggests having archers smear their arrows with night soil and target Brynden, and Ser Lyle Crakehall desires single combat with the Blackfish. Lord Norbert Vance offers to negotiate with Brynden, but Lord Clement Piper thinks the Blackfish would refuse to surrender to the Freys.[13] Jaime convinces Edmure, the head of House Tully, to surrender the castle, with the promise that Brynden and the garrison can take the black.[13] However, before Edmure gives the castle up to Jaime, he allows Brynden to escape by swimming under the portcullis that had been slightly raised at the Water Gate.[11] Addam and Ser Dermot of the Rainwood unsuccessfully search south and north of the Red Fork, respectively.[11] Jaime doubles the men with Ser Forley Prester, who is tasked with bringing Edmure and the Westerlings to the westerlands, as he fears the convoy may come under attack by Brynden.[11]
A Dance with Dragons
Brynden has been declared an outlaw.[35] When Jaime resolves the siege of Raventree, he is told by Lords Jonos Bracken and Tytos Blackwood that Brynden has not come to Raventree Hall.[35]
Quotes by Brynden
I asked your sister for leave to take a thousand seasoned men and ride for Riverrun with all haste. Do you know what she told me? 'The Vale cannot spare a thousand swords, nor even one, Uncle,' she said. 'You are the Knight of the Gate. Your place is here.' Well, I told her she could bloody well find herself a new Knight of the Gate. Black fish or no, I am still a Tully. I shall leave for Riverrun by evenfall.[14]
—Brynden to Catelyn Stark
Catelyn: He says he is too sick to fight.
Brynden: I am too old a soldier to believe that. Hoster will be chiding me about the Redwyne girl even as we light his funeral pyre, damn his bones.[15]—Catelyn Stark and Brynden
Peace. Peace is sweet, my lady ... but on what terms? It is no good hammering your sword into a plowshare if you must forge it again on the morrow.[15]
—Brynden to Catelyn Stark
Brynden: That thing's not crimson. Nor Tully red, the mud red of the river. That's blood up there, child, smeared across the sky.
Catelyn: Our blood or theirs?
Brynden: Was there ever a war where only one side bled?[4]—Brynden and Catelyn Stark
My first rule of war, Cat—never give the enemy his wish.[4]
—Brynden to Catelyn Stark
Brynden: I am the last man in the Seven Kingdoms to tell anyone who they must wed, Nephew. Nonetheless, you did say something of making amends for your Battle of the Fords.
Edmure: I had in mind a different sort of amends. Single combat with the Kingslayer. Seven years of penace as a begging brother. Swimming the sunset sea with my legs tied. The Others take you all! Very well, I'll wed the wench. As amends.[24]—Brynden and Edmure Tully
Jaime: Some might say a cripple and an old man are well matched. Free me from my vow to Lady Catelyn and I will meet you sword to sword. If I win, Riverrun is ours. If you slay me, we'll lift the siege.
Brynden: Much as I would welcome the chance to take that golden sword away from you and cut out your black heart, your promises are worthless. I would gain nothing from your death but the pleasure of killing you, and I will not risk my own life for that ... as small a risk as that may be.[13]—Jaime Lannister and Brynden
Quotes about Brynden
The Blackfish. Thank you for joining us, ser. We need men of your courage.[7]
—Robb Stark to Brynden
—Catelyn Stark's thoughts
Resolve is one thing Brynden Blackfish never lacked for. Hoster Tully could have told you that.[9]
Tully had a craggy face, deeply lined and windburnt beneath a shock of stiff grey hair, but Jaime could still see the great knight who once enthralled a squire with tales of the Ninepenny Kings.[13]
—Jaime Lannister's thoughts
Lord Tully | Unknown wife | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hoster | Minisa Whent | Brynden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Two sons[36] | Catelyn | Eddard Stark | Jon Arryn | Lysa | Petyr Baelish | Edmure | Roslin Frey | Son[37] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 34, Catelyn VI.
- ↑ See the Brynden Tully calculation.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Brynden Tully.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 7, Catelyn I.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 14, Catelyn II.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 34, Bran III.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 55, Catelyn VIII.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 53, Tyrion VI.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 33, Jaime V.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 A Clash of Kings, Chapter 39, Catelyn V.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 59, Catelyn IX.
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 38, Jaime VI.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 40, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 71, Catelyn XI.
- ↑ So Spake Martin: Brynden Tully's Bachelorhood (March 19, 2002)
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 80, Sansa VII.
- ↑ George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Jaime Lannister.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 2, Catelyn I.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 A Game of Thrones, Chapter 63, Catelyn X.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 37, Theon III.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 69, Tyrion IX.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 20, Catelyn III.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 35, Catelyn IV.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 45, Catelyn V.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 A Storm of Swords, Chapter 43, Arya VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 51, Catelyn VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 72, Jaime IX.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 65, Arya XII.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 56, Tyrion VII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 68, Sansa VI.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 16, Jaime II.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 27, Jaime III.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 48, Jaime I.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 45, Catelyn VI.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 33, Catelyn IV.
- House Tully
- Castellans
- Characters from the Riverlands
- Characters with blue eyes
- Characters with grey hair
- Characters with red hair
- House Arryn retainers
- House Darry wards
- House Stark retainers
- Knights
- Knights of the Gate
- Nobles
- Outlaws
- Rebels of Robert's Rebellion
- Squires
- Supporters of Robb Stark in the War of the Five Kings
- Veterans of the War of the Ninepenny Kings
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Asteroid attacks significantly altered ancient Earth
New research shows that more than four billion years ago, the surface of Earth was heavily reprocessed – or mixed, buried and melted – as a result of giant asteroid impacts. A new terrestrial bombardment model based on existing lunar and terrestrial data sheds light on the role asteroid bombardments played in the geological evolution of the uppermost layers of the Hadean Earth (approximately 4 to 4.5 billion years ago).
An international team of researchers published their findings in the July 31, 2014 issue of Nature.
"When we look at the present day, we have a very high fidelity timeline over the last about 500 million years of what's happened on Earth, and we have a pretty good understanding that plate tectonics and volcanism and all these kinds of processes have happened more or less the same way over the last couple of billion years," says Lindy Elkins-Tanton, director of the School of Earth and Space Exploration in the College of LIberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University.
But, in the very beginning of Earth's formation, the first 500 million years, there's a less well-known period which has typically been called the Hadean (meaning hell-like) because it was assumed that it was wildly hot and volcanic and everything was covered with magma – completely unlike the present day.
Terrestrial planet formation models indicate Earth went through a sequence of major growth phases: accretion of planetesimals and planetary embryos over many tens of millions of years; a giant impact that led to the formation of our moon; and then the late bombardment, when giant asteroids, dwarfing the one that presumably killed the dinosaurs, periodically hit ancient Earth.
While researchers estimate accretion during late bombardment contributed less than one percent of Earth's present-day mass, giant asteroid impacts still had a profound effect on the geological evolution of early Earth. Prior to four billion years ago, Earth was resurfaced over and over by voluminous impact-generated melt. Furthermore, large collisions as late as about four billion years ago may have repeatedly boiled away existing oceans into steamy atmospheres. Despite heavy bombardment, the findings are compatible with the claim of liquid water on Earth's surface as early as about 4.3 billion years ago, based on geochemical data.
A key part of Earth's mysterious infancy period that has not been well quantified in the past is the kind of impacts Earth was experiencing at the end of accretion. How big and how frequent were those incoming bombardments, and what were their effects on the surface of the Earth? How much did they affect the ability of the now cooling crust to actually form plates and start to subduct and make plate tectonics? What kind of volcanism did it produce that was different from volcanoes today?"
"We are increasingly understanding both the similarities and the differences to present day Earth conditions and plate tectonics," says Elkins-Tanton. "And this study is a major step in that direction, trying to bridge that time from the last giant accretionary impact that largely completed the Earth and produced the moon, to the point where we have something like today's plate tectonics and habitable surface."
The new research reveals that asteroidal collisions not only severely altered the geology of the Hadean Earth, but likely played a major role in the subsequent evolution of life on Earth as well.
"Prior to approximately four billion years ago, no large region of Earth's surface could have survived untouched by impacts and their effects," says Simone Marchi of NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute at the Southwest Research Institute. "The new picture of the Hadean Earth emerging from this work has important implications for its habitability."
Large impacts had particularly severe effects on existing ecosystems. Researchers found that on average, Hadean Earth could have been hit by one to four impactors that were more than 600 miles wide and capable of global sterilization, and by three to seven impactors more than 300 miles wide and capable of global ocean vaporization.
"During this time, the lag between major collisions was long enough to allow intervals of more clement conditions, at least on a local scale," says Marchi. "Any life emerging during the Hadean eon was likely resistant to high temperatures, and could have survived such a violent period in Earth's history by thriving in niches deep underground or in the ocean's crust."


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I have a propane burner I recently purchased to do my boils. It works great, however I noticed some minor scorch marks in my stainless steel brew pot afterward. I read somewhere that a copper or aluminum plate placed between the burner and the brew pot would help with this issue. Any ideas where I can find such a plate?
I was not able to find a copper or aluminum plate as other posters have suggested. However, I did find a Heat Diffuser at a local cooking supply store. It's made of iron with a ceramic cover and measures 7 inches in diameter. Its made for simmering pasta sauces, but worked fine boiling wort. The scorch marks on my brew kettle were much smaller and easily removed after boiling a stout. The draw back is the heat diffuser is meant for kitchen gas stoves, not outdoor propane burners. When I vigorously stirred the pot, it would wobble a bit, but my pot never seemed to be in danger of tipping.
I have two issues with the heat diffuser. It has small rounded touch-points on the outside, and the diameter is only 7 inches, where as my brewpot is closer to 14.


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Kate Hudson, Kourtney Kardashian and More 30-Somethings With Enviable Skin
Jan. 21 2013, Published 7:41 a.m. ET
We're always jealous of celebs like Kate Hudson and Kourtney Kardashian for their smooth and youthful looking glow. While thirty-somethings certainly aren't over the hill, they do start to notice changes in their skin.
When it comes to anti-aging products, there's no shortage of beauty helpers in the market place. But how can you know which are worth the splurge?
A recent article on Shape.com examines a new study focusing on how a combination of human growth hormone (hGH) and amino acids could work together as an anti-aging agent. hGH is an essential hormone produced by the body that's responsible for ramping up collagen production, the protein that helps your skin maintain its structure.
The study, talked about by Mehmet Oz, M.D., of the Dr. Oz Show, has shown that a new product, SeroVital, can improve hGH levels by up to 600 percent.
The supplement is gaining popularity among beauty industry pros. "I'm impressed, says celebrity makeup artist Kevin James Bennett. "The lines around my eyes have diminished, and my overall skin texture is smoother and firmer. Here's the biggest shock — I haven't touched up my Botox in 10 months (which means it's gone), yet people are still commenting about how much 'better' I look. This skeptic has been schooled."
Bennett says he has also noticed other positive changes. "After using SeroVital for less than a month, I noticed I was sleeping more soundly and deeply, and in turn I was waking up more refreshed and recharged," he reveals. "By combining SeroVital with a moderately healthy diet, my stamina has increased and my fluctuating weight has actually decreased and stabilized. I'm even feeling stronger. The most noticeable (and appreciated) result has been a sharp decrease in those annoying energy slumps during the day."
Learn more about SeroVital — the anti-aging skin product sometimes called "the fountain of youth" — here. And get more info from Shape.com about the ways you can look younger here.
Plus: Check out some of our favorite stars who we can be sure didn't have a mental freak-out on their last day of being 29 -- thanks to their gorgeous skin, they are looking radiant as ever! Peruse the gallery HERE, and bask in the glow of these gorgeous ladies!


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The lighter side of compromise – which we are so very glad you turned your light to… just before age/complaceny creeps up and the dream is shattered – for some at least 😀
Bending with Grace!
Beautiful image. I hope these blessed ones are not conflicted inside!
Interesting train of thought….
Compromise is very necessary where love and emotions are involved.
Beautiful. Loved this poem 🙂
I especially love your opening lines. It does take grace to compromise.
To compromise gracefully is a sign of true love. You state this well.
Isn't it beautiful a world of compromises is… what a great image it can be.
Gorgeous poem. Very sensual.
All love and friendship accepts the others difference. We are entranced by it, wary of it too but still it can be the attraction, the glue that will keeps lovers together. So while we bend to each other with blend with each other too.
The only way to bend is to do it gracefully.
yes, that graceful bend is an absolute need in love…you've defined compromise in such a beautiful light…
So true – the best relationships (friendships and lovers) require compromise. A lovely verse my friend.
Hope summer breezes are kind to your days.
A beautiful love poem, a nice blend at unison
Thank you for linking to Monday WRites
Much love…


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When we first covered real-time photo-blogging service DailyBooth last August, we had noticed how remarkably vibrant the community already was, and how quickly the site was amassing tons of traffic.
The startup was launched in February 2009, received some initial seed funding from Y Combinator over the summer and has now raised an additional $1 million from an all-star team of institutional and individual investors.
Wall Street Journal blog Digits broke the news earlier this morning, and reported that DailyBooth has secured 'roughly' $1 million in financing from Sequoia Capital, Ron Conway's SV Angel, Betaworks, Digg co-founder Kevin Rose and Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake.
In an interview with DailyBooth co-founders Ryan Amos and Jon Wheatley, we learn that its users use the site like real-time poster child Twitter only with webcam-shot photos, which they say is in line with current trends of more personalization in short-form online communication means. The company says it's currently receiving about six million monthly unique visitors, a number that's reportedly still growing by about 35% a month. Talk about swift adoption and viralness.
The two men also went into the demographics a little, saying that the majority of its user base is located in the United Stated and other English-speaking countries such as the UK and Canada (which makes all the sense in the world, since the service isn't multi-lingual yet). The majority of its users are 15-to-25 years old women, they add.
DailyBooth says it will use the extra cash to help them scale the service first and think about making money later on – currently they're thinking in the direction of media-based businesses, premium offerings and offline distribution like photo-printing.
In conclusion: DailyBooth is growing fast, has gotten the attention and money from some of the nation's most prolific and well-connected investors in real-time Internet startups and doesn't appear to be all too worried with monetizing the service just yet.
Its co-founders were right: it is very much like Twitter.
Update: A couple more angels to announce: Former Googler and current Twitter advisor Chris Sacca and Gary Vaynerchuk's VaynerMedia.