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New Delhi, Dec 25:
Arvind Kejriwal, who tapped into public anger to take the AAP to the corridors of power, will take oath Saturday as Delhi's seventh chief minister, with his party promising to "completely overhaul" the system.
Activist-turned-unlikely politician Kejriwal, 45, will be sworn in by Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung at the sprawling Ramlila Maidan here along with six cabinet ministers at a function expected to draw thousands of supporters.
The proposed ministers are former journalists Manish Sisodia, 41, and Rakhi Birla, 26, former lawyers Saurabh Bharadwaj, 34, and Somnath Bharti, 39, architect Satyendra Jain, 49, and businessman Girish Soni, 49. A woman, Birla will be one of the youngest ministers in India.
It will be a minority government — the AAP won only 28 seats in the 70-member assembly — and will depend on the legislative backing of the eight legislators of the Congress, which was voted out after 15 years.
The main opposition will come from the 31-member strong Bharatiya Janata Party, which refused to form a government.
Speaking outside his home at Kaushambi, an Uttar Pradesh township neighbouring Delhi, Kejriwal pledged to unveil a Jan Lokpal bill within 15 days of taking office to battle corruption.
Kejriwal, who won the Magsaysay award in 2006 for "emergent leadership" and has a history of social activism, admitted there would be many hurdles but vowed to overcome them all.
The AAP has invited Gandhian activist Anna Hazare, former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde and former police officer Kiran Bedi for the swearing in.
The Ramlila Maidan was where Hazare fasted for 12 days in 2011 for a Jan Lokpal bill with Kejriwal as one of his aides. Kejriwal, who formed the AAP in November last year, has since had a fallout with Hazare and Bedi.
Somnath Bharti, who is set to become a minister, told IANS that the AAP government will "completely overhaul" the system and changes will be visible within 60 days.
Slashing power tariff by half — one of the key promises made by the AAP — will remain on top of the agenda, he said.
"We will completely overhaul the system, and changes will be visible within two months of our coming to power," he said. "Our first priority is to reduce the power tariff. If needed, we will give subsidy."
"Every official will be closely watched," he added. "We will identify the corrupt officers in every department and remove them from their posts. The honest officials will be encouraged and protected."
Kejriwal is expected to spend the next three days strategising how to implement the AAP's election manifesto, with possible meetings with Delhi government officials as well as party colleagues.
Also Wednesday, the Congress scotched speculation that it was having second thoughts on propping up the AAP, removing what looked like the last of the hurdles vis-a-vis government formation.
"There will be no rethinking on the issue-based support the Congress has given to AAP," said spokesman Sandeep Dikshit, an MP and son of former chief minister Sheila Dikshit.
Earlier, Kejriwal denied there was any rift within the AAP.
Two-time municipal councillor Vinod Kumar Binny had walked out of a party meeting Tuesday where the decision on cabinet ministers was taken — after he was not included in the ministry.
This triggered speculation that he was upset and may revolt.
Kejriwal said: "Binny met me in the evening (Tuesday) and informed me that he did not want any post. He told the same thing to the media."
Binny, who defeated Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia, also said he was not upset.
Born in Haryana and now residing at Kaushambi adjoining Delhi, Kejriwal, an IIT graduate in mechanical engineering, has refused police security and also an official bungalow allotted to the chief minister.


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ave always been a soldier. I have no other life. So begins Alexander's extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior's unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories. Whether surviving his father's brutal assassination, presiding over a massacre, or weeping at the death of a beloved comrade-in-arms, Alexander never denies the hard realities of the code by which he lives: the virtues of war. But as much as he was feared by his enemies, he was loved and revered by his friends, his generals, and the men who followed him into battle. Often outnumbered, never outfought, Alexander conquered every enemy the world stood against him—but the one he never saw coming . . . .
I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. The calling of arms, I have followed from boyhood. I have never sought another.
I have known lovers, sired offspring, competed in games and committed outrages when drunk. I have vanquished empires, yoked continents, been crowned as an immortal before gods and men. But always I have been a soldier.
From the time I was a boy I fled my tutor to seek the company of the men in the barracks. The drill field and the stable, the smell of leather and sweat; these are congenial to me. The scrape of the whetstone on iron is to me what music is to poets. It has always been this way. I can remember no time when it was otherwise.
One such as myself must have learned much, a fellow might think, from campaign and experience. Yet I may state in candor: all that I know, I knew at thirteen and, truth to tell, at ten and younger. Nothing has come to me as a grown commander that I did not apprehend as a child.
As a boy I instinctively understood the ground, the march, the occasion, and the elements. I comprehended the crossing of rivers and the exploitation of terrain; how many units of what composition may traverse such-and-such a distance, how swiftly, bearing how much kit, arriving in what condition to fight. The drawing up of troops came as second nature to me; I simply looked; all showed itself clear. My father was the greatest general of his day, perhaps the greatest ever. Yet when I was ten I informed him that I would excel him. By twenty-three I had done so.
As a lad I was jealous of my father, fearing he would achieve glory on such a scale as would leave none for me. I have never truly feared anything, save that mischance that would prevent me from fulfilling my destiny.
The army it has been my privilege to lead has been invincible across Europe and Asia. It has united the states of Greece and the islands of the Aegean; liberated from the Persian yoke the Greek cities of Ionia and Aeolia. It has brought into subjection Armenia, Cappadocia, both Lesser and Greater Phrygia, Paphlagonia, Caria, Lydia, Pisidia, Lycia, Pamphylia, both Hollow and Mesopotamian Syria, and Cilicia. The great strongholds of Phoenicia–Byblus, Tyre, Sidon (and the Philistine city of Gaza)—have fallen before it. It has vanquished the central empire of Persia—Egypt and nearer Arabia, Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Media, Susiana, the rugged land of Persia herself—and the eastern provinces of Hyrcania, Areia, Parthia, Bactria, Tapuria, Drangiana, Arachosia, and Sogdiana. It has crossed the Hindu Kush into India. It has never been beaten.
This force has been insuperable not for its numbers, for in every campaign it has entered the field outmounted and outmanned; nor for the brilliance of its generalship or tactics, though these have not been inconsiderable; nor for the proficiency of its supply train and logistical corps, without which no force in the field can survive, let alone prevail. Rather this army has succeeded because of qualities of warriorship in its individual soldiers, specifically that property expressed by the Greek word dynamis, the will to fight. No general of this or any age has been so favored by fortune as I, to lead such men, possessed of such warlike spirit, imbued with such resources of self-enterprise, committed so to their commanders and to their call.
Yet now what I have feared most has come to pass. The men themselves have grown weary of conquest. They draw up on the bank of this river of India, and they fail of passion to cross it. They have come too far, they believe. It is enough. They want to go home.
For the first time since I acceded to command, I have found it necessary to constitute a unit of the army as Atactoi—Malcontents—and to segregate them from the central divisions of the corps. Nor are these fellows renegades or habitual delinquents, but crack troops, decorated veterans, many trained under my father and his great general Parmenio, who have become so disaffected, from actions or words taken or omitted by me, that I can station them in the battle line only between units of unimpeachable loyalty, lest they prove false in the fatal hour. This day I have been compelled to execute five of their officers, homegrown Macedonians all, whose families are dear to me, for failure to promptly carry out an order. I hate this, not only for the barbarity of the measure, but for the deficiency of imagination it signalizes in me. Must I lead now by terror and compulsion? Is this the state to which my genius has been reduced?
When I was sixteen and rode for the first time at the head of my own corps of cavalry, I was so overcome that I could not stay myself from weeping. My adjutant grew alarmed and begged to know what discomfited me. But the horsemen in their squadrons understood. I was moved by the sight of them in such brilliant order, by their scars and their silence, the weathered creasing of their faces. When the men saw my state, they returned my devotion, for they knew I would burst my heart for them. In strategy and tactics, even in valor, other commanders may be my equal. But in this none surpasses me: the measure of my love for my comrades. I love even those who call themselves my enemies. Alone meanness and malice I despise. But the foe who stands with gallantry, him I draw to my breast, dear as a brother.
Those who do not understand war believe it contention between armies, friend against foe. No. Rather friend and foe duel as one against an unseen antagonist, whose name is Fear, and seek, even entwined in death, to mount to that promontory whose ensign is honor.
What drives the soldier is cardia, heart, and dynamis, the will to fight. Nothing else matters in war. Not weapons or tactics, philosophy or patriotism, not fear of the gods themselves. Only this love of glory, which is the seminal imperative of mortal blood, as ineradicable within man as in a wolf or a lion, and without which we are nothing.
When my father took Athens's surrender in my eighteenth year, he sent me, with his senior general Antipater, to address the Athenian Assembly. I stood upon the Hill of the Pnyx, with the Acropolis and the splendor of Athens before me, and my heart broke for that proud people, whose hour of greatness had so clearly come and gone. It was our time now, Macedon's time. That was little over ten years ago. Has my nation's glory failed so fast? Has mine?
When I was small a sergeant named Telamon befriended me. He was the first to set me, out of sight of my tutor, on the back of a full-grown horse. That sergeant is a general today; I have made him rich beyond emperors. Yet even he will not follow me across this river.
Praise for The Virtues of War
Pressfield takes his readers beyond Alexander's brilliance and shows them his flaws.
Virtues of War works as military fiction. Its account of Alexander—part real, part imagined by the author—is, in effect, an imaginative tutorial for the serving officer in battlefield leadership. Marines should look to The Virtues of War as they would The Red Badge of Courage or Fields of Fire—a good story of valor, fear, camaraderie, and courage.
A lesser writer would have turned the subject matter into a one-dimensional adventure story filled with the hack and slash of pulp literature. Instead, Pressfield has crafted an engaging character study that is relevant to us today. A Hollywood treatment of Alexander the Great will be in theatres soon but it is unlikely that it will meet the standard that Pressfield has set.
I have since changed my mind.
Virtues of War is at least as good as Gates of Fire. Indeed, it may even be better. I won't know until I've re-read it (which I rather intend to do, just as soon as I get done writing this review).
. . . a work of art; a beautifully written, delicately and expertly crafted, perfectly structured testament to the ability of an author to imagine a subject, and to share it with his readers . . . Suffice it to say, for the first time in something like four years, I have read a novel (other than Gates of Fire) that actually moved me in the reading. The best novels stay with you in your dreams and in your waking moments when you finish. I have dreamed of Virtues every night since I picked it up.
If you want to understand [Maneuver Warfare] . . . read the standards: Bill Lind's Maneuver Warfare Handbook, John Boyd's Patterns of Conflict, Marine Corps Doctrine Pub 1, Warfighting, and then pick up The Virtues of War to experience how it was practiced by one of its earliest and greatest masters.

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text: You have a combination padlock with four dials on it. Each dial has the numbers 0 through 4 on them. The lock can have as many 0s as dials, and is set to 0000 by default. The lock does not allow you to use any number between 1 and 4 two or more times in the combination. The following combinations are valid: 0123 1234 0103 0010 4031. The following combinations are invalid: 0113 4014 0202 4444. How many possible combinations are there?


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Little Buzz Ahead of Apple's iPhone Event
In contrast to past events, there is little pre-event buzz before Apple's iPhone event tomorrow. There are several issues at play for why the stock is lagging, MarketBeat's Mark Gongloff explains.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Wolfer: New legislation can help curb gun violence in the U.S.
Background checks on firearm purchases would make us safer
In the 1960s, I was a U.S. Air Force officer in a nuclear missile unit. The missiles were the most lethal weapons of the time, able to kill millions of people on the other side of the world in half an hour. I also received small-arms training and had to carry a gun when in possession of highly classified documents.
But far beyond me, all through our nation's history, veterans have struggled, sacrificed dearly and stood ready to preserve our freedom, safety and security.
Yet also, as many people from our Founding Fathers on have told us, with our freedom comes an obligation to always consider the well-being of our greater society. So, we have laws that prevent abuse of our freedom in ways that can harm other people. For instance, while the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, we cannot yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater, perjure ourselves or infringe on someone's copyright.
With regard to our Second Amendment right to bear arms, it has now been a little over a year since the nation was shocked by 20 children and 6 teachers gunned down in Connecticut. But this carnage also goes on day after day. Besides the mass shootings that we all know about, more than 30,000 people a year die in America from gun violence, mostly one and two at a time.
This also means that, since Sept. 11, 2001, while some 6,800 Americans have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, roughly 360,000 people have been killed by gun violence in America, unrelated to war and terrorism. Guns in the hands of our own citizens have been killing far more of us than any foreign threat.
So, while I support the right of responsible citizens to own guns, I also believe we can support responsible measures to better protect our communities.
When I left the Air Force, I went to work at NASA on the Apollo program and worked in the Mission Control Center for some of our flights to the moon. One instruction I got was: "Don't let anything fall through the crack."
Yet, with all our military forces, intelligence-gathering and other means devoted to keeping our citizens safe from violent foreign dangers, we are letting violent domestic dangers fall through the crack every day. Al-Qaida members know that even if they can't get on a plane in America, they can still buy a gun at a gun show without a background check.
To fly spacecraft safely, NASA is dependent on data, information about flight paths, pressures, temperatures, flow rates, voltages and the like. Yet, when it comes to understanding how we can keep Americans safer here on the ground, for years the National Rifle Association has lobbied to prevent our government from gathering data on gun violence.
To help reverse this course, former Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, a combat veteran, former NASA astronaut and husband of former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz., herself a victim of gun violence, recently founded Veterans for Responsible Solutions. The national organization made up of hundreds of retired flag and other officers and former enlisted members from all branches of our armed forces.
Our veterans, who have struggled and sacrificed the most for our safety and security, are some of the nation's foremost experts on guns.
As a veteran, I'm working with this group to help keep Americans safer and more secure through responsible gun ownership policies and measures to reduce gun violence.
Overall, polls show that a vast majority of Americans support universal background checks to stop felons, domestic abusers, the seriously mentally ill and other dangerous people from buying firearms. This support includes three out of four NRA members; and in 1999, even Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's own executive vice president and CEO, testified in favor of background checks.
But Congress still has not acceded to the overwhelming will of the American people and gotten this job done.
We need our two U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and our Texas congressional representatives to step to the plate in favor of universal background checks for all gun purchases, closing loopholes for gun shows and online sales.
This will not totally solve what is a complex problem. But it will ensure our Second Amendment rights while also acting responsibly to help keep weapons out of the hands of those who would do us harm. It can only happen with the help of responsible gun owners and everyday people voicing their support to our elected officials.


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About this Book
Since Nobody's Perfect.... How Good Is Good Enough?
Surely there's more than one way to get to heaven? Bestselling author Andy Stanley addresses this popular belief held even among Christians. But believing that all good people go to heaven raises major problems, Stanley reveals. Is goodness not rewarded, then? Is Christianity not fair? Maybe not, he says. Readers will find out why Jesus taught that goodness is not even a requirement to enter heaven - and why Christianity is beyond fair. Andy Stanley leads believers and skeptics alike to a grateful awareness of God's enormous grace and mercy.
Good People Go to Heaven...Don't They?
Sure they do. It only makes sense.
Actually, it doesn't really make any sense at all. Smart, educated, accomplished men and women everywhere are banking their eternities on a theory that doesn't hold water. Chances are, you've never really thought it through. But you owe it to yourself to do so.
Find out now what's wrong with the most popular theory about heaven—and what it really takes to get there.
By: Andy Stanley
Publisher: Multnomah Pub
About the Author
Andy Stanley is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and the pastor of North Point Community Church in Atlanta , Georgia . He carries on a tradition of excellence in ministry with a youthful congregation of over 12,000. Andy is the author of the 1998 Foreword Book of the Year finalist Visioneering and the bestseller Like a Rock. He and his wife, Sandra, have two sons, Andrew and Garrett, and a daughter, Allison.


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Portals with access to multiple sites can often be hard to review, as they rarely have a central theme. Such is the case with KickAss.com. However, what makes it difficult for reviewers makes it especially appealing to members. There's a lot of content here. With 18 different sites under one umbrellas, I'd hope so!
The site's primary strength, like most all-access sites, lies in the sheer amount of material here. There are over 50,000 pictures and greater than 1000 movies. As above, 18 sites; there is just a lot here for members, and with variety. Some of the more robust sites here include Barefoot Confidential (309 movies); Chica Boom (233 movies) which features Latinas; 5 Guy Cream Pie (120 movies), which focuses on large-scale creampie gangbangs; and 10 Man Cum Slam (112 movies), which is all about cumshots in every way you can imagine. There are, of course, other sites; cuckolding, MILFs, and even a she-male site for you adventurous types. You won't be bored with what's here.
Another strength is the quality of the content. This is really well-made porn, with high production values and just all nicely put together. The girls they use here are sweet as well. The only complaint I might have is that they all tend to be the same type; early 20s, small-medium height, thin, with small-medium tits. I wouldn't even say it's a complaint; it might be more of an observation, as I really like what's here.
It's also solid technically. The site gives no info on video resolution, but I found it all crisp and clear. There are an adequate number of formats as well. Photos are high-res, and everything streams and downloads really quickly.
Navigation is decent, but if there's a weakness here, this might be it. It's not bad, as there are some sort/search tools. However, a few more might be nice. I like girls with big tits, for example, and there's no way to find that easily.
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As all-access portal sites go, it's hard to go wrong with Kick Ass.com. There is a veritable plethora of video and photo content here, with a wide variety; everything from smoking fetish to interracial to girls wearing glasses. You may not find every kink here, but you won't lack for different kinds of sites either. The girls are hot and the quality is high. If they can get the navigation a little more robust, I'd say Kick Ass could be a top adult site. Visit Kick Ass.
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Writing Resources
Helpful tips and links for LCC's Comp I and II Students:
Editing - grammar, punctuation, usage, spelling;
Grammar Bytes: www.chompchomp.com
Gallaudet Writing Center: http://tip.gallaudet.edu/englishworks.xml
Purdue University Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Capital Community College Guide to Grammar and Writing: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Writing at Colorado State University: http://writing.colostate.edu/
Grammar Interactive Exercises: Empire State:
Important reminders for links for LCC's Comp II students:
Every time you find a source using an online database, be sure to record enough information to complete an entry on the Words Cited page. Not all information will always appear on a printed copy of the source. Here are the elements of the entry that you must have:
Title of the article or webpage
Publication information, including full date and page numbers, of articles, essays, or stories that appear in print
Title of the periodical (magazine, newspaper, or journal) or website
Date of publication or update for articles, essays, or stories that appear only on the web
Name of the database used to view or to acquire a copy of an article, essay, or story
Date that an article, essay, or story was accessed on the web
Here are some websites that list criteria for evaluating websites for research purposes:
http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/webcrit.html http://library.duke.edu/services/instruction/libraryguide/evalwebpages.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBe4WKcQzVI


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The One Phx ID keeps our dollars in the local economy, by rewarding the cardholders who choose to shop locally. Studies have shown that money stays and re-circulates more often when spent at locally owned businesses. Out of every dollar spend at a locally owned business 45% will stay and recirculate in that community, versus 13% when spent otherwise.
"The ONE PHX ID is a great initiative that will make the City of Phoenix a better place by better connecting and encouraging communities to support locally owned businesses. We can build vibrant communities that all residents will be proud to call home." -Carlos Velasco, Fuerza Local


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The type of mantra-based meditation I've been practicing is taken from yoga science, which has its roots in the teachings of Swami Rama. I've been struggling to choose a meditation practice and have been flip-flopping between this y.s./mantra meditation and Buddhist/Tibetan forms of meditation. Last week at group meditation (mantra-based), I asked about deciding on a form and was encouraged to try some out but to really settle down with "the one"–that is, I was told, one would just feel right for me and be the right fit.
I feel as though the mantra-based meditation works for me, but have often thought that this is only because it was the first kind of meditation I really tried and the one I've had the most experience with. I know very little about the philosophy of yoga science and tend to read more buddhist philosophy books. And yet, it is not the buddhist forms of meditation the feel so "right" to me. Then, I tell myself, I should continue on the path of buddhist meditation because that one is more difficult for me and that meditation should not be easy.
But, since Wednesday, I've really given myself over to a mantra-based meditation. As one of the leaders of the group meditation would say, all that flip-flopping between forms is ultimately my ego getting in the way. And that comment got me thinking about how much we have to meet our ego head on during meditation (if we notice it, that is. But the more I meditate, the more I notice it.). I actually wrote a bit about this in my last post. Today also I kept butting heads with my ego during practice.
But I suppose that ultimately what little I know about yoga science makes sense for who I am and how I live. It is an integrative approach, a whole body approach. With its attention to the principles of Ayurveda and its roots in the teachings of The Bhagavad Gita, it certainly appeals to my interests. It's just a slightly different path than the one I thought I was on.


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Single Course
If a community is concerned about the potential harmful effects of a development project sponsored by an international agency, what steps can it take? An innovative institutional governance review process that is being used more and more frequently is making it possible for ordinary people to raise questions about whether international development agencies (eg the World Bank, IFC, Global Environmental Facility) are adhering to the stated goals and policies of those agencies. This mini-seminar will examine three different real-world cases: We will first determine how a community and civil society can initiate mechanisms that voice serious concerns about development projects funded by international development agencies. We will then ascertain accountability for these initiatives and analyze their effectiveness. This mini seminar will provide tools for public servants and development practitioners who partner with these agencies, civil society, and communities to promote better governance through better accountability. Legal background is not required.


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text: I went with my mom to walmart to help her get some things for dad and as we are shopping, a group of about 7 young people (16-25 maybe?) approached us. one asked my mom where Wendy's is in this town. she gives him instructions Helen Keller couldn't screw up and tells him twice. they leave, then come back and ask again. then another asks for my mom's cell phone number in case they get lost trying to find the place. i don't like this. they won't leave mom alone and i step in. the directions are: outside walmart, hang a right, 2nd traffic light, turn right and just under 2 miles ahead, it is on the right. only place open at that hour. not being able to get that right bothered me so i offered to help and what i did was lead them to a cop at the entrance and that is when they split. freaky as hell. i don't know what they were wanting to do with my mom. prank or not, they were all douchebags and i am glad they didn't get what they were looking for it was just odd. too odd to me. anything like that happen to you?


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The further you travel, the less you know (Tao Te Ching). Discuss! I think this means that covering big distances, physical or mental, has nothing necessarily to do with knowledge. And pilgrimage nothing necessarily to do with attaining wisdom. Nirvana can be an instantaneous thing - not necessarily the result of years of diligent effort and pursuit.
It's how you filter, deal with and learn from experience that counts - not just having more and more random experiences. Though personally I love random experience - in a Jack Kerouac kind of way.
To echo Dylan - when younger I felt so much "older" (more pretentious?) than when I read the Beat writers now. Perhaps I'm just journeying towards a profound simplicity? Any thoughts, anyone?
Wednesday, 26 September 2007
The Macrocosm Lies Within the Microcosm
Posted by The Solitary Walker at 20:31
Labels: Dylan, Kerouac, Tao Te Ching
4 comments:
- Loren said...
This certainly reminds me of Blake's:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
I suspect it's more important to see deeply than it is to see widely, and perhaps traveling widely makes it harder to see deeply.
Though one can also make the argument that leaving home makes you see home in new ways once you return.
- 27 September 2007 at 00:31
- The Solitary Walker said...
Beautifully put, Loren. I have always loved that Blake poem.
- 27 September 2007 at 15:21
- John Hee said...
the older i get the less i know, and that realisation seems to mean a degree of wiseness can follow at times
- 27 September 2007 at 20:08
- The Solitary Walker said...
That remark in itself seems to me an example of wiseness, John.
- 27 September 2007 at 20:17
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Just enjoying home…
In other news, I finally got around to making a links list which will be located on the right side of this blog; so be sure to check these fellow artists, some friends of mine mixed with other artist I admire from the blog community and regular websites :) Coming very soon.
I will be updating this list more and more every week; so for those of you who don't see yourself there, please keep in mind that there are a lot of people that I have yet to put up and I am in the process of doing so; but be sure to remind me if I haven't :)
Well, here are some sketches for the week, I will update again really soon but in the meantime enjoy the sketches :)
Oh yeah, here is a fun little quick recording sketch I did on my Wacom. It was fun to record myself as I was figuring shapes out. I will tell yah, when your recording yourself drawing, you become very self aware of how fast or slow you are really drawing…hehe… it was really fun experiment to do and I just wanted to share that with you guys and gals. I hope you all like it :)
Oh, and one last thing, I just got an email from a good friend of mine and fellow artist, Piya Wannachaiwong about an article on the word 'w00t' that I use so much. I went ahead and explored this further and well it is true, 'w00t' has won Webster's Word of the Year! Ok, so you might be asking yourself why are you saying this RoB? Well, if anyone knows me I am always signing off or saying the word 'WooT' all the time :P So I was happy to hear that this word is well, word of the year..hehe ^_^
Three cheers for the word of the year!
And on that note I am out…
14 comments:
- anime2000 said...
Hello Rob, I don't know you but I do know that you art work is magnificent. I have save the link of your blog to my site so I can easily find it to view your art. I wish I had talent like your. If you could; could you give me some pointer and tips on my art.
- December 13, 2007 at 3:46 AM
- StudioRisingStar said...
Love the pics of Zoo York Rob!
Thanks for the recorder!
- December 13, 2007 at 10:35 PM
- GhettoFab said...
Woot Indeed!
A great round of goodness Sir Rob! That was awesome of you sharing the vid of you drawin. 3 woots for you!
- December 14, 2007 at 1:50 PM
- Sarita Kolhatkar said...
Hey Rob! Thanks for the link - I liked you back as well!
Your blog is very cool! I like your style a lot! Animation Mentor is just amazing - I've seen their official reel and I was just blown away!
Anyway, good luck with the job finding - I know how hard it can be! *sigh*
- December 14, 2007 at 4:07 PM
- tom said...
it's great to see your process! You are so quick;)
- December 17, 2007 at 11:15 AM
- Jamie said...
yoooooo whats going on?
- December 17, 2007 at 12:42 PM
- Piya said...
Hey that drawing thing was cool to watch! Lookin' really professional! Maybe I should do one...although it would probably be the longest, most boring video ever! Anywho, good to have you back, and your posts are fun as ever!
PS: Do you really have that woot t-shirt???
- December 17, 2007 at 6:04 PM
- RoB said...
anime2000: Thank you for nice words and for having me linked up on your blog...and I will be sure to pass by your area :)
Brandon: Hehe, no prob, use it in good health ;)
Mel: Hehe..WOOT!...Thank ye kind Sir for the support :D
Sarita: Ahh, no no, thank you! Your portfolio rocks! Thanks for link as well! :D
Tom: Hehe, thanks for looking dude. Your last post rocks! I can't wait to pass by again to be inspired! :)
Jamie: OH SNAP! MR. NY himself ;) Hey dude...we have to hang out for sure man...once I have some plans set up.
Piya: HAHAH, thanks dude, but pro I am not...one day maybe. And yeah, you should do like a fast speed painting or something. And you are already famous, what you taking about :)
And no, I do not own woot shirt but I really should :P
- December 17, 2007 at 8:33 PM
- dan szilagyi said...
Nice pictures Rob, i've never been down to that area, but it looks lovely this time of year i heard.
i really like the drawing of the head/face you did in the post, good clean line and nice expression and character.
keep these beauties coming man, and thanks alot for adding me to your links list, i've put you in mine as well under "woot woot rob" haha cheers man~
- December 19, 2007 at 10:32 AM
- Kei Phillips said...
wow!! i love the video sketch! really nice work as always. :D keep on rocking!!
- December 19, 2007 at 12:54 PM
- Mel Maduro said...
Sweet blog! I really like that portrait of the girl wearing the bandanna.
- December 22, 2007 at 9:47 AM
- Dan szilagyi said...
Hey Rob,
awesome stuff, thanks for the comments before, you are now under my links called "woot woot rob" hope you don't mind.
lovely drawings as always, i like the guy's face, nice line and good expression!
can't wait to see more later!
- December 22, 2007 at 10:10 AM
- magnus said...
Hey Rob,
Sorry I didn't get a hang out before you left. I'm sure we will see each other again though. Keep in touch bro. Also I like the new drawings, I like the video too. Cool stuff man.
- December 23, 2007 at 3:08 AM
- RoB said...
Dan: Thank you so much dude!!! I really appreciate the kind words and the linky to my area! WOOT!~
Kei: Thanks for coming on by and for all the wonderful inspiration and comments! :)
Mel Maduro: Thanks for passing on by! ^_^ More coming at yah into the New Year!
Magnus: Yo Brett! I know dude, sorry we couldn't meet up. I will be back in SF in Jan for my graduation from AM so we should totally meet up!
Thanks again everyone!
All my best to you in 2008!~
- January 1, 2008 at 12:56 PM


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Which makes it interesting that the GOP politician who will have the most prominent role in celebrating Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday here in Southern California this weekend is Sarah Palin. On Friday night, the 2008 vice presidential candidate, an unquestionably divisive presence among Republicans, will deliver an address at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara -- an address modeled, no less, on Reagan's famous 1964 speech, "A Time for Choosing," that made him a star in the party.
"We can think of no one more fitting to honor our time's greatest defender of freedom, Ronald Reagan," says Ron Robinson, head of the conservative Young America's Foundation, which owns and runs Rancho del Cielo, Reagan's old ranch in the Santa Ynez mountains. "Governor Palin understands that freedom in our nation now stands on the precipice. She knows what Ronald Reagan knew: 'Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.' "
Palin's high-wattage appearance at the Ranch Center event stands in contrast to events at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. The library is the official, establishment repository of the Reagan legacy, and it will host veterans of the Reagan administration this weekend for a concert and military-flavored celebration of the centennial. There will be video tributes from both Presidents Bush, as well as appearances by close Reagan associates like Edwin Meese. But you won't see a hot-button presence like Palin.
The Ranch Center and the Library -- only 60 miles apart and both dedicated to serving Reagan's principles -- don't always see eye to eye. In some ways, the events that the groups are holding this weekend mirror a division both in the Reagan legacy and in the Republican party today: the continuing clash between establishment and insurgent conservatism.
There were plenty of divisions inside the Reagan White House. Some of the president's most iconic acts -- for example, the 1987 speech in Berlin in which he said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" -- were the subject of deep disagreements within his administration. "Most of his senior aides didn't want him to say it," writes Reagan biographer Steven Hayward. "Indeed, they tried repeatedly to talk him out of it." But Reagan rejected the safe advice, went bold, and his words are remembered as an act of greatness.
At the Ranch Center, Palin will take another iconic Reagan text as her subject. "A Time for Choosing" was Reagan's case for the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater, delivered a few days before the 1964 election. Speaking to a studio audience in Los Angeles, Reagan painted a stark choice between a government headed toward socialism and one dedicated to freedom. "This is the issue of this election," Reagan said. "Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves."
"It's time we ask ourselves," Reagan continued, "if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers."
Does that sound familiar today? Watch Reagan's speech -- it's available on YouTube and elsewhere on the Web -- and you'll be struck both by the freshness of its message and the sternness of Reagan's delivery. This was not the soft-voiced grandfatherly man people remember from the White House years. This was Ronald Reagan in his prime -- he was 53 at the time -- delivering a hard-edged message.
It's also a message custom-fit for Sarah Palin.
But echoing Reagan's words and being Reaganesque are two different things. In 1964, Reagan was still 16 years away from becoming president. In that time, he not only served two terms as governor of California; he also devoted himself to studying the most important political questions of his day, carefully thinking through positions and gathering a team of advisers to work through a broad range of policy issues. It was a lot of preparation, and we haven't seen Palin doing that.
Will she ever develop the substance to back up the Reaganesque message she will deliver this weekend? She's got time -- Palin is six years younger today than Reagan when he delivered "A Time for Choosing" -- but she has a long way to go.
Byron York, The Examiner's chief political correspondent, can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com. His column appears on Tuesday and Friday, and his stories and blogposts appear on ExaminerPolitics.com.


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Stefani Rennee is a Brazilian artist who sure knows how to paint badass portraits. But rather than use his skills to illustrate actual people in a hyperrealistic manner, Rennee opts instead to bring fictional characters from the Marvel and DC Comics universe into the realm of reality with true-to-life paintings.
What I admire most about Stefani Rennee's art is that he doesn't sugarcoat anything. The wrinkles, the cuts, the bruises, the scars -- they're all present in each superhero-inspired piece. This enhances the authenticity of his character depictions as regular comic illustrations only show the glory without any of the guts that would hypothetically be involved in the profession of crime fighting.
A few recognizable faces in this Stefani Rennee collection of illustrations include Spiderman, Magneto, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Flash, Superman and Batman.
Hyperrealistic Hero Renderings
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Stefani Rennee Illustrates Crusaders in Better-Than-Life Style
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New calendar unlocks enterprise opportunities throughout 2012
The_ StartUp 2012: Enterprise Calendar_ highlights over 600 enterprise opportunities across the UK throughout the year. They include competitions…
The_ StartUp 2012: Enterprise Calendar_ highlights over 600 enterprise opportunities across the UK throughout the year. They include competitions, conferences, workshops and networking events that could be the kick-start needed to help a new or growing business venture.
The calendar is part of the new _Business in You _campaign, launched by the Prime Minister earlier this week, which brings together the Government and private sector to inspire people to start or grow their business.
Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk said:
"We want 2012 to be the year of enterprise, where entrepreneurs can unlock their business potential. Enterprise events don't just take place on one day, or during one week, but they appear throughout the year and across the country. We need to make sure people know that there is support and advice available, that it is easy to get, and it is often on their doorstep.
"The Government is committed to providing more opportunities for businesses to start and grow. We are continuing to increase the number of volunteers through the new national mentoring scheme and have launched an improved business link website. The enterprise calendar is a great addition to our support for business in 2012 and beyond."
Rajeeb Dey, Co-Founder of StartUp Britain and founder of Enternships.com, said:
"The Enterprise Calendar is about helping businesses go for it. It will shine a spotlight on the broad range of plentiful resources that exist for people wanting to start or grow a business in 2012. This will be a unique asset for small businesses to search for, and find, relevant events in their area and plan their year ahead. 2012 promises to be a very exciting year for enterprise - never has there been a better time to go for it in business."
Also commenting on StartUp 2012, Peter Jones CBE, Dragons' Den Entrepreneur and founder of the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, said:
"I wish the StartUp Calendar had been around when I was starting up a business. It is a really useful, practical tool and will be invaluable in helping people find the support and inspiration they need over the coming year."
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- The enterprise calendar can be found on the StartUp Britain website, www.startupbritain.org.
- StartUp Britain is the private initiative for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. The campaign was launched by the Prime Minister on 28 March 2011. StartUp Britain aims to raise the profile of entrepreneurship and to celebrate, inspire and accelerate enterprise in the UK. It has the backing of Government, although it is not publicly funded.
- We have also launched a mentoring portal: $2 (launched July 2011 and developed in conjunction with the British Bankers Association) to provide a single point of access for those seeking mentoring and those seeking to be mentors across the UK. It is already helping to bring together existing networks of mentors in the voluntary and private sectors. We are encouraging more businesses to volunteer to mentor other businesses and our aim is to develop a network of over 40,000 business mentors.
- The Business Link website $2 has been updated and provides easy-to-use information to help start up, improve or grow a business.
- The _Business in You _campaign highlights a range of Government initiatives which provide support and advice to entrepreneurs and businesses to help them start up, improve and grow.
- BIS's online newsroom contains the latest press notices, speeches, as well as video and images for download. It also features an up to date list of BIS press office contacts. See [http://www.bis.gov.uk/newsroom](http://www.bis.gov.uk/newsroom) for more information.
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Babies take baths. In fact this is one of the joys of being a baby and why everyone wants to hold the squeaky clean bundle of joy. There is nothing like the smell of a freshly bathed baby in nestled in your arms. In order to get those tiny fingers and toes and other body parts clean, they need baths. Finding the best baby bathtubs in the market today takes some education and knowledge of what the market has to offer. Baby bath tub reviews are something that any new parent should not pass up.
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Blooming Bath Baby $40
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Place this little flower in the sink under the baby to prevent slipping and make bath time as colorful as spring. After bath time, wring it out and simply through it in the wash. The Blooming Bath Baby is washer safe and takes about 10 minutes in the dryer to come back as good as new.
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Fisher Price has taken care to add soft little pads with a little extra cushion for comfort. A number of consumers have commented on the enormity of a great product offered by an expert brand at an affordable price. This makes Fisher Price Precious Planet Whale of a Tub one of the best baby bathtubs in the market today.
Prince Lioinheart Flexibath $44
Traveling with a baby is inevitable and Flexibath has fashioned a foldable baby bath tub to make parents lives easier. The tub is simply to fold and makes any limited storage issues a not issue. Although, the foldable baby bath tub is small when folded, unfolded there is an enormous roomy baby bath tub station ready to go.
An added plus that Flexibath included with their collapsible baby bath station is colored stoppers that show the water temperature. This is a wonderful way to keep baby safe during baths. Consumers cannot get over the small amount of space for such as large area for bathing. Positive feedback given for the Flexibath baby bathtub review.
4Moms Clean Water Collection $90
Among baby bathing products this is one of the best. Innovative minds have developed a baby bathtub created to allow clean water to flow in and dirty water to flow out while baby takes their bath.
A baby never has to sit in dirty water with this 4Moms Clean Water Collection bath. Imagine all of that dirty water away from baby's delicate skin. This is one of the best baby bathtubs the market offers today.
Consumers are concerned with the price offered for the innovative engineering that went into creating this bathtub. However, the idea is extra ordinary. Basically baby is getting a shower instead of a bathtub of dirty water. This baby bathtub review is positive.
These are some of the best baby friendly bathtubs on the market today and what they can bring to the table. Bathing your baby has never felt better when you know enough about a product to make an informed decision about one of the most important people in your life. Baby bathtub reviews are important educational opportunities for any new and existing parent.


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Special Events
The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organizes a series of open lectures that are held on a regular basis at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNITAR also organizes high-level panels on key issues related to the United Nations, bringing together key stakeholders from the Private and Public Sector and major, key UN players.
Geneva Lecture Series
The Geneva Lecture Series (GLS), organized in partnership with the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), aims at bringing awareness of pressing global challenges to the concerned public and civil society in Geneva, with a focus on how each individual can contribute to resolve such challenges. Successfully launched by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the GLS invites prominent speakers to give a lecture on an annual basis, explaining the various challenges facing the international community around a specific theme. A moderator then leads an open discussion in which participants have a rare opportunity to raise questions and engage in discussions with the internationally renowned speakers.
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Inaugural Lecture (29 April 2008): "Are the MDGS doomed to fail?" by Ban Ki-moon (United Nations Secretary-General)
Second Lecture (10 December 2008): "Are Human Rights Universal?" by Shirin Ebadi (2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate) and Wole Soyinka (1986 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature)
Third Lecture (5 October 2009): "Resetting the Nuclear Disarmament Agenda" by Mikhail Gorbachev (Former President of the Soviet Union, and Founding President of Green Cross International), Introductory statement by Ban Ki-moon (United Nations Secretary-General)
Fourth Lecture (26 May 2010): "Nature's wake-up call: Why we must heed the warning" by Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE (United Nations Messenger of Peace, and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute)
Fifth Lecture (16 September 2010): "Building bridges: intercultural dialogue, identities and migration" by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (Secretary-General of the Organzation of the Islamic Conference)
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Seventh Lecture (11 June 2012): "'How are new technologies impacting business and changing the world?" by Carlos Slim Helu (President of the Carlos Slim Foundation)
Eighth Lecture (13 November 2013): "Complexities of Peacemaking: The Untold Story" by Martti Ahtisaari (former President of Finland) and José Ramos-Horta (1996 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Guinea-Bissau and former President of Timor-Leste)
Ninth Lecture (21 April 2016): "A Civil Peace by Civil Society - Tunisian Experiences for the Future of the Region" by Ouided Bouchamaoui (President of the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts), Hocine Abassi (Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union), Abessatar Ben (Moussa, President of the Tunisian Human Rights League) and Fadhel Mahfoudh (President of the Tunisian Order of Lawyers)
Tenth Lecture (9 November 2017): "Current Internet Governance Challenges: What's next?" by Brad Smith (President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft), Kate Gilmore (Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)) and Phillip Spoerri, (Head of the Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the United Nations in New York.)


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I just purchased a Valentine's Day present from Tiffany's over the weekend and was somewhat surprised at being asked for my name because I was paying cash. They wanted both my first and last names, but didn't ask for I.D..
I find this a bit odd.
To me, the notion of purchasing with a credit card and being prompted for identification, creating a paper trail, having my number in a database, etc. all are a bit invasive. That's old news, and it's something I'm mostly immune to given its advantages.
But I've always taken solice in the belief that if I wanted to, I could avoid this evil by paying cash. That seems to not be the case anymore. As most things dealing with privacy in this country, I see this getting worse and not better. How long until they prompt for I.D. when someone pays cash? And how long until that I.D. is bound to the individual by something other than picture?
It's all a bit eerie, if you ask me.


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Our team, Data as a Client Service, is charged with exploring the internal data within Securities Division and understanding how that data might be valuable to helping our clients solve their investment problems, potentially through better return prediction or better risk management. Our team is filled with people who love combining deep economic and finance knowledge with their excellent statistical and programming skills to gain true insights to the workings of capital markets. We are a collaborative, inquisitive, naturally skeptical group of ambitious people who are passionate about what we do.
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This role is designed for intellectually curious people who want to be a part of a team of experienced empirical quantitative analysts. You will have the opportunity to sharpen your economic intuition and marry it with your statistical knowledge and programing skills on unique datasets. Your role will include being involved in all aspects of the research and marketing process. From hands-on working with the data to designing the appropriate statistical tests to running the actual analysis to writing the reports and ultimately interacting with the sales teams on the trading floor, you will experience the full life-cycle of a quantitative research strategist. You will interact closely and collaboratively with seasoned financial professionals, in a fast-paced environment, where you're the strength of your ideas and your careful execution of the analysis are your keys to your success.
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PLANO - Plano City Council has approved millions of dollars in incentives for the construction of Liberty Mutual Insurance's new Legacy Business Park office campus, which will house 4,000 or more workers.
The deal includes a $5.2 million in cash grants to the Boston-based insurance company plus ten-year tax abatements on half of the value of the $325 million office complex the company plans to build near the southwest corner of the Dallas North Tollway and SH 121.
"We want to welcome Liberty Mutual Insurance to Plano and 4,000 jobs to the community," said Plano Mayor Harry LaRosiliere.
Developer KDC is building the more than 900,000-sf high-rise office project in the Legacy West development. It's in the same area where Toyota Motor and FedEx Office are building new corporate campuses.
The first workers should start moving into the Liberty Mutual property in 2017.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) A'ja Wilson led the U.S. under-18 women to the final in the FIBA Americas tournament, scoring 23 points in a 97-51 semifinal victory over Argentina on Saturday night.
The United States will play Canada in the final Sunday. Canada beat Brazil 67-60.
Wilson, from Hopkins, South Carolina, was 10 of 11 from the field and had nine rebounds.
On Friday night, the U.S. routed Canada 107-76 to finish pool play 3-0.


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In the past the type of work we as humans did was based more on necessity than choice. You're a farmer, or metal-smith, scholar, soldier, weaver—you did what you had to do, and circumstances were largely out of your control.
There have also always been people who dreamed of being more than their environment, but breaking out of the path many were born into certainly had to be more of an exception than what is possible today.
Things have changed. The internet, just as one example, is one of the greatest equalizers of opportunity ever! Anybody with a great idea, the skills and the resources can capitalize on a worldwide audience.Hopefully you've realized that but you know what? Out of habit many people still don't.
As a society we haven't figured out that the necessity of "doing what we have to do" isn't as ironclad as many would be led to believe; that we have way more options today and way more opportunity then we can even handle. Yes or yes?
The fact is, though, most people do not love what they do for a living. They suffer through it. They do it because they "have" to do it, because they should do it, or because they're skilled at it. I especially love that one.
"But do you like what you do?"
"I hate it but I'm good at it!"
Are you supposed to love work? Yes!
You know how we can make everyone successful? We'll all just do one thing. We'll all be internet marketers. Everyone will get rich, how about that? NO! It's boring! Maybe not for you, but maybe for someone else who needs, wants and loves to personally interact with as many people as possible. The challenge for them is to find a way to get rich incorporating that into what they do or whatever their passion is.
So it's imperative to do what we love to do, what we truly enjoy. Joy is a clue from the heart, different from pleasure. When you invoke the feeling of joy you're tapping into your higher nature, your truer self, and the source of your full power, your full creativity, your full wisdom.
Passion creates energy. Energy creates enthusiasm. When you are passionate about what you do does that come through? Will people want what you've got? Have you ever bought anything or wanted to buy something from someone just because you liked that person, versus a person that's got a really good product, but who shows none or—even worse—false enthusiasm? You don't want to buy like that. It makes a huge difference for people.
Human energy, at its purest form, is love. And that energy transfers just like any other energy. When you're passionate about something, you don't have to sell it. You're simply educating others on something you really believe in, and their lack of enthusiasm doesn't temper yours, but rather the other way around. If you don't love what you do, then what the hell are you doing?!
Now it's your turn! What do you think? What are the barriers that keep people from realizing that there doesn't have to be a discrepancy between becoming rich and becoming joyful in what you do? We want to hear from you!!
-from T. Harv Eker.
I just love his words of wisdom. Isn't he amazing?
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Look As Beautiful As You Feel With These Tips
Women do many things to impress others. They wear eye catching lipsticks, play around with various eye shadows, and add rosy blush to their cheeks. There are many different beautification methods for different situations. The following article contains helpful beauty tips that will make you look your best for any situation.
Slather Vaseline on both feet nightly. Doing this will make your feet soft and smooth. You will feel like you had a pedicure recently. You can add this to your nightly beauty ritual to make it easier to remember. After you apply the Vaseline, don some socks before you tuck yourself in for the night.
To make your foundation last longer, mix it with some facial moisturizer. You will have more of a glow and not a dull makeup look, and you will also have more SPF for your face.
Although hot showers feel great, they don't do your skin any favors. A hot shower will open your pores and expose your skin's natural oils. They will then be washed away down the drain. You can help keep your skin soft and beautiful by using warm or tepid water while washing. It will also help you save on your heating bill.
Eat more tomatoes as part of your beauty routine. Tomatoes have many health benefits, and special benefits for beauty. Studies have shown that people who have a diet high in tomatoes, also have less wrinkles. They also are less susceptible to sunburn than people who have no tomato in their diet.
Use petroleum jelly daily to get soft feet. Among the million skin softeners you can spend a small fortune on, the one that is most trusted to soften feet is good old petroleum jelly. Use the jelly on the toes, soles and underside of your feet a few times each week to keep them from cracking and peeling. Having healthy feet is easy with just a little petroleum jelly!
Filing your nails is a wonderful way of making them look healthy. When filing, it is important to only go in one direction. Doing this will make sure that you don't get any breakage from causing stress to your nails. You also won't have to deal with any hang nails that can snag.
A great way to accentuate the upper lash line and not create an overly spidery fringe is to apply a strip of the false lashes that are used for your lower lashes. Apply from corner to corner and because they are shorter than usual falsies, they will thicken the lash line and not cause excessive elongation.
Don't use conditioner every day if your hair in on the fine side. It would be more than enough to condition once, maybe twice weekly. Conditioner weighs hair down and makes it look somewhat dull. Try to put a limit on your conditioner use if you desire hair that is shiny and bouncy.
In conclusion, women impress other by doing many things. They apply makeup, lipstick and other different beautification methods, to make them stand out in the crowd. Use the helpful beauty tips from this article and you will look good at any time and impress everyone you come across.


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Wacky Wednesday Crafts
June 20, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Wednesday, repeating until July 25, 2018
Carnegie Library: All ages are invited to the Carnegie Library for this wacky craft time. Help the library use up leftover storytime supplies by getting creative! This program will be every Wednesday in June and July (no session on July 4).
For more information, contact the Carnegie Library at 238-0526.


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Month: April 2007
Increase Your Blog Traffic By Forecasting
I've been doing this on my textmates blog and I can say that I was successful in every forecast that I made. The technique is to think of what people will search in the future and make a post one week before it happens. How do I do this? Do …
Tito Jun
It was Thursday night, around 9:00PM when our landlady asked me to accompany her husband to the nearest clinic because he's complaining of chest pain. I thought, it was just an ordinary chest pain, he's not that weak, and was able to walk and sat beside me as I drive …
PR Upgrade and Downgrades
Yes, this blog is PR4 now. But the recent PR update decreased the PR of my 2 popular blogs, textmates and PBBB.
Google Pagerank Update
Yes! Google is currently updating their Pagerank database (is that the right term?). And after four months of existence, it seems that this blog is going to have a Pagerank of 4 when the update finally finished. How did I know?
Odds And Ends Of GMANews.TV
I really like reading the Odds And Ends section of GMANews.TV. It features extra-ordinary news from around the world like a man freed by a judge after reciting Psalm 23, teacher sprinkling cow urine on students to purify them, and a couple naming their baby "Metallica" being opposed by the …
A Night With Yuga And Nao
Yesterday night, I met 2 of the most prominent bloggers on the Philippine blogosphere today. The famous Yuga and my notorious insan Nao. Yeah, we had an EB last night somewhere at Glorietta.
Who Wants A Joost Invite?
First of all, what is Joost? This is what their website says… Joost is a new way of watching TV on the internet. With Joost, you get all the things you love about TV, including a high-quality full-screen picture, hundreds of full-length shows and easy channel-flipping.
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TAPI Programming
TAPI – Telephony Application Programming Interface. I'm currently spending my time in understanding this. The MSDN help is useless, the examples are very hard to understand. All the sample applications I've downloaded on the internet doesn't work on my machine. I hope I can sort this out before the week …


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John D'Arrigo, president of D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of California has been named to lead Western Growers board of directors in 2004. D'Arrigo was elected during the recent board meeting at the 78th Annual Meeting at Hyatt Regency at Gainey Ranch in Scottsdale, Ariz.
D'Arrigo Bros. was founded more than 80 years ago when Andrew and Stephen D'Arrigo emigrated from Italy to begin a produce business. They soon founded a wholesale operation in Boston, Mass., later expanding into California to help supply the east coast operation. The family-owned company is credited with the development of the commercial broccoli business in the United States.
John D'Arrigo, a third-generation farmer, was introduced to the produce industry at age 12 in the 1970s, at a time of great labor unrest in the Salinas Valley. He joined the family company after graduating from the University of California at Davis. He was also past chairman of the Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Central California.
"I'm truly honored to be chosen to lead this group," said D'Arrigo. "I look forward to the exciting changes coming up this next year, especially with the new administration in the governor's office. I want to help resolve industry's problems, like workers' compensation and labor shortages. On the federal side, I hope our Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2003 will come to fruition."
In addition to broccoli, D'Arrigo Bros. Co. of California's other commodities are broccoli rabe, fennel, cauliflower, lettuces (romaine, iceberg, green leaf, red leaf and butter) and cactus pears.
The board also named John Powell Jr., of Peter Rabbit Farms in Coachella, Calif., senior vice chairman; Will Rousseau, Rousseau Farming Co. of Tolleson, Ariz., vice chairman; Steve Patricio, Westside Produce in Firebaugh, Calif., treasurer and Robert P. Gray, Duda California/Gene Jackson Farms Inc. of Salinas, Calif., executive secretary. The board also elected Tom Nassif to continue as president of Western Growers.
The directors appointed at-large for 2004 are John Baillie, Tri-Counties Packing Co. in Salinas, Calif., Carol Chandler, Chandler Farms in Selma, Calif.; and Joe Colace, Five Crowns Marketing, Inc. in Brawley, Calif. Philip Henry, Henry Avocado Corp., Escondido Calif.; Dennis Parnagian, Fowler Packing Co., Fresno, Calif., and Norman Shiffman, Dole Fresh Vegetables of Salinas, Calif., will also continue as directors at-large in 2004.
The remaining members of the 2004 Western Growers board of directors are Robert Barkley, Barkley Ag Enterprises LLP in Yuma, Ariz.; Stephen J. Barnard, Mission Produce Inc. in Oxnard, Calif.; Bardin E. Bengard of Bengard Ranch in Salinas, Calif.; Brian Bertelsen, Cove Ranch Management in Reedley, Calif.; Ernest J. Bontadelli, Bontadelli, Inc., in Santa Cruz, Calif.; Ronald Burk, Gold Coast Farms Inc., Santa Maria, Calif.; Edwin Camp, D.M. Camp & Sons, Bakersfield, Calif.; George R. Cappello, Cappello Farms, Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif.; Sig Christierson, Major Farms, Inc. of Salinas, Calif.; Stephen F. Danna, Danna & Danna, Inc. of Salinas, Calif.; Thomas D. Deardorff II, Deardorff-Jackson Co. of Oxnard, Calif.; Charles Fanucchi, Tri-Fanucchi Farms, Inc. in Bakersfield, Calif.; David L. Gill, Rio Farms of King City, Calif.; John B. Giovannetti, B.E. Giovannetti & Sons of Huron, Calif.; John J. Gless, Gless Ranch Inc. of Riverside, Calif.; Robert A. Grimm, Grimmway Enterprises Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif.; David H. Hart, Royal Packing Co. of Salinas, Calif. and Alex C. Jack, Jack Bros. Inc. of Brawley, Calif.
Other 2004 directors are Fred P. LoBue Jr., LoBue Bros., Inc., of Lindsay, Calif.; Stephen A. Martori, Martori Farms of Scottsdale, Ariz.; David G. Mills, Mills Inc. of Salinas, Calif.; Gary J. Pasquinelli, Pasquinelli Produce Co. of Yuma, Ariz.; Mark Perez, Perez Packing, Inc. of Firebaugh, Calif.; Craig A. Reade, Bonita Packing Co. of Santa Maria, Calif.; J. Miles Reiter, Driscoll Strawberry Associates Inc. of Watsonville, Calif.; Joseph A. "Sonny" Rodriguez, The Growers Co. Inc. of Somerton, Ariz.; Stephen H. Smith, Turlock Fruit Co. of Turlock, Calif.; Rick Stacey, Visalia Citrus Packing Group LP of Visalia, Calif.; Dean C. Storkan, Tri-Cal Inc., of Hollister, Calif.; Bruce Taylor, Taylor Farms California of Salinas, Calif.; Glenn Teixeira, Teixeira Farms Inc. of Santa Maria, Calif.; Donald Valpredo, Donald Valpredo Farms in Bakersfield, Calif., and Jon J. Vessey, Vessey & Co., Inc. of El Centro, Calif.


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Kolin Young
Kolin Young is a member of, and contributor to, the official, Fort Wayne Indiana Real Estate Investor Association™. He owns real estate rental property including single family houses, duplexes up to four-plexes, commercial strip malls and a mobile home park. His real estate holdings are in and around Fort Wayne, Indiana, southern Indiana and Northwest Ohio.
Fort Wayne investor Kolin Young is crushing it in real estate by working smart and playing to his strengths. But as busy as he is he still took time to provide ideas, inspiration and education to help others grow personally and in real estate.
The talent and commitment to help new real estate investors is what makes Indiana REIA™ such a remarkable place to learn and grow.
In this Showcase meet Kolin Young and:
- Find out what Kolin is looking to buy
- Hear how Kolin bought a mobile home park
- Hear the clever ways he handles bad tenants
- how you can partner with Kolin Young on some investing
- the most important lesson he ever learned in real estate
- Dead simple thing he's doing to drive profits that you can do too
- and much more!
I just love the REI group and want to help the group grow!!!!
Connect with Kolin, check out his new business opportunities and see how you could partner with his plans.
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Dresses and DiplomacySunday, February 10, 2013
I have two little girls who insist on being treated exactly the same, despite being very different and two years apart.
Should I slip up, I am reminded over and over again. When I started the cherry blossom dress for one, the other wanted her dress too. There was some very diplomatic sewing involved. One dress sat finished bar the hook and eye on the back while the other was finished. Then both dresses could be finished at the same time. One dress had yo-yos on the pocket so of course the other needed them too. As far as the girls were concerned, the best part was getting to choose the buttons from button tin.
It becomes another matter when forces outside of the family point out the differences. It took a while for H to get used to E being at school, but last week saw the ultimate injustice in my 3 year old's eyes. E lost her first tooth. The 3 year old was frantically pressing teeth to find a loose one and asking why the tooth fairy didn't visit her too.
I think it might be time to stop the synchronised sewing in an attempt to celebrate the differences together.


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Oh wait, tomorrow's February. I guess I'm a little late for Christmas. It has been over four months since my last blog post (how did that happen?) so I might as well start with a confession. I just opened all our Christmas cards. Tonight. Don't judge me. It started off innocently enough. When the cards started coming in I was traveling. A lot. So I was all.…Just put them in a pile so I can make sure I have all the right addresses!!!! And then the pile got big. And I moved it around the house. Then we went on vacation, more travel, life, blah, blah, blah, busy, busy, busy. And there it sat, the pile. le sighhhhh. I almost forgot about it until one last straggler came in the mail. (Thanks for the unintentional reminder Pickel!).
Better late than never! Right? The pile is open, all the cute pictures have been swooned over. The love has been received. The addresses are saved. And a very long blog drought is possibly over. Happy 2013 everyone!


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A recent Ebay auction of the Original release of 4Tris has sold for $848.53! This is the first Intellivison homebrew and this version was released in very limited numbers. A true collectors piece! View the action listing HERE.
Wow! I wonder what the #1 would sell for now?!!
WOW! I had the #1 and sold it to a collector for MUCH less than that. I hope buyer is happy. (Not sure if I feel bad I missed out or sad for this person for spending so much).


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Instantly report lake ice conditions at your current GPS location to other fisherman.Ice Report makes it easier to distribute information about lake ice thicknesses during the ice fishing season in the Northern US. Without this app users are left to scour the internet for forums or groups to get a report on ice for fishing. On the flip side avid fisherman and resorts who help the community by reporting ice conditions can now post it for everyone to see.
New reports are dark blue. Any report older than 3 days will be marked light blue. Ice Report will only show reports from the last 10 days.
To use Ice Report simply make a basic login and check out the map. Keep in mind the User Name you chose will be visible to other fisherman. If you are out fishing, feel free to submit a report by pressing the + sign and selecting the ice thickness you measured at that location.
The app uses your current GPS location, so please only submit reports while you are fishing.
If the report is in the wrong spot press the undo button to delete it.
The data in lake ice is submitted by users and there is no guarantee of accuracy. Ice Report encourages every one to be safe on frozen lakes. Check with your local Department of Natural resources for safety information.


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Global Sports Brand
£60,000 plus package & bonus
This disruptive, global sporting brand has gone from start-up to market leader in 5 years. A branding/marketing dream, they are already ranked alongside sport's biggest brands, but their real strength is in the technological development of and subsequent quality of their products – it is this that places them at the top of their market; spoken in the same breath (and complimenting) their market's biggest brands.
Exponential growth has lifted this business to the top of their game, but their journey has still hardly begun. New products, new markets and even greater tie-ups with professional sport gives this business, and it's ground-breaking products, an exceptionally bright future.
Key to this future is the recruitment of a European Channel Marketing Manager, with an initial focus on supporting UK and German sales teams, as well as their regional EU distribution partners.
The appointee will already be a shining star within branded marketing, with strong exposure to both on-line and off-line marketing; above, below and through the line. They will take responsibility for an Omni-Channel marketing strategy as well as product launch planning/delivery, commercial tie-ups with the ultimate professional sports brands/teams, customer feedback management, trade-show/event management and social media.
The ideal candidate is a well organised, extremely detailed oriented marketeer, with a strong entrepreneurial initiative and spirit. They will likely work well within a small, multi-functional sales and marketing organisation.
The appointee will report directly to the EMEA MD located in London with dotted line relationship to Global Chief Marketing Officer.
- Work closely to support UK and German direct sales teams, along with the European-wide distribution partners, on a range of marketing initiatives, inclusive of:
- Product launch planning and execution
- Trade show planning & execution
- Channel management – specifically the online and in-store presentation of the overall brand and products in key channels such as specialty sports retailers, and premium bike shops
- Organize and execute grassroots marketing initiatives (primary focus on the UK and Germany)
- Actively collaborate and brainstorm with the International leadership team, Product Management and Channel Marketing on how best to execute the brand strategy throughout the EU.
- Actively monitor and analyse customer feedback generated through key EU channels such as product reviews, social media channels and event participation
- Actively support key partnership activations with cycling brands right at the top of the sport – Top-5 Professional Teams, leading technology partners across the sport, all major cycling component manufacturers.
Person Requirements:
- University degree in a business related field of study or relevant experience
- 3+ years experience in channel marketing or general marketing
- Entrepreneurial mindset; "Can do" attitude with desire to roll up the sleeves when necessary to get the job done
- Strong communication skills
- Strong planning and organisation skills and the ability to complete all facets of a given project
- Strong desire to work in a start-up culture
- Strong interest in, and knowledge of, cycling business
- Strong interest in, and knowledge of, consumer electronics. Ideal candidate is comfortable conversing on key topics such as smartphone technology, Apps, Bluetooth, ANT+ and WiFi wireless standards.
- Proficient in MS Office software packages (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
For further details, email me, or complete the below form (Alternatively, find me on Zwift, or add me on Strava…!)


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Swoope, Andy Mineo & Bizzle Headline 2012 Kingdom Choice Award Nominees
Corey Red will host the September 29th ceremony, with a slew of as yet announced National Artists set to perform.
The nominees for the 2012 Kingdom Choice Awards were unveiled over the weekend. Leading the way with four nominations is Swoope. Andy Mineo and Bizzle followed with three nominations each, while Lecrae, Fro W.U.N.D.A.S and Applejaxx had two noms each.
Christian Hip Hop Legend Corey Red is set to host the September 29th awards ceremony, to be held at the Kumble Theater on Long Island University's Campus in Downtown Brooklyn.
About the nominees, Minister Marcus, CEO of Kingdom Time Entertainment, said the following:
The KCA judging panel had a very hard and grueling task in choosing this years nominees and by the look of each category, they will have an even harder task to choose the 2012 KCA winners.
Minister Marcus has been tight lipped about on who is slated to perform that evening. Only letting on that "Some of the top urban gospel artists from around the country will be in New York City for the KCA's and we are anticipating a smoking hot show."
I'm personally honored to be among the 2012 KCA special honoree recipients along with Grammy nominated, Pettidee and the Hip Hop general,Todd Bangz.
The full list of nominees are below:
Male Rap Minister
- Swoope
- Bizzle
- Andy Mineo
- Transparent
- Fro W.U.N.D.A.S
Female Rap Minister
- Suzy Rock
- Keisha Dreams
- Daarinah
- Serious
- Blaze
Rap Album
- Applejaxx – "Organixx"
- Trip Lee – "The Good Life"
- Swoope – "Wake Up"
- Eshon Burgundy – "Blood Rushing Thru My Head"
- Fro W.U.N.D.A.S. – "Ultra Sound"
Rap Single
- Applejaxx – "Eye Candy"
- Bizzle – "Regular People"
- Andy Mineo feat. Sho Baraka – "Fool's Gold"
- Noah the Govenor – "Yeshua"
- Datin – "Pull The Plug"
Rap Mixtape
- Andy Mineo – "Formerly Known"
- High Society – "The Collective"
- Lecrae – "Church Clothes"
- Selah The Corner – "We Own the Night"
- Wit & Dre Murray – "Hells Paradise II"
Lyricist/ Freestylist
- Mouthpiece
- Seda
- Andy Mineo
- Selah The Corner
- Datin
- Swoope
- Lecrae – "Church Clothes"
- Mali Music – "Job Description"
- Pyro feat. Sole – "Make It Hot"
- Antonious – "On My Game"
- Bizzle – "Regular People"
Male Urban Singer
- Chris Lee Cobbins
- Big Al
- Antione Hilton
- Chris Jackson
- Governor Reiss
- T. Haddy
Female Urban Singer
- Cheneta Jones
- Leah Smith
- V. Rose
Urban Vocalist Album
- "Bait" – Antione Hilton
- "Transformed" – Cheneta Jones
- "Surrender All" – Sean C. Johnson
- "Urban Worship" – T. Haddy
Gospel Reggae Artist
- Avalanche
- Positive
- Blu ISteppa
- Papa San
- DJ Nicholas
Producer/ Production Company
- Wit (IQwitMusic)
- Street Symphony
- Tee-Wyla
- Tyshane
- Adama Salah
Urban DJ
- DJ Jesus Beats
- DJ Official
- DJ P-Dogg
- DJ Ynot?
- DJ Wade-O