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The purpose of this blog is to discuss and explore the mythical and metahistorical origins and development of the Aryan[Indo-European,Indo-Germanic] race and their metaphysical beliefs. This is a companion blog to Celto-Germanic Culture, Myth and History and Die Armanenschaft der Ario-Germanen blogs. This blog is not affiliated with any other individual or organisation.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Carl Gustav Jung-The Return of the Huntsman
.....Myth is the natural and indispensable intermediate stage between unconscious and conscious cognition. True, the unconscious knows more than consciousness does; but it is knowledge of a special sort, knowledge in eternity, usually without reference to the here and now, not couched in language of the intellect. Only when we let its statements amplify themselves...does it come within the range of our understanding; only then does a new aspect become perceptible to us. This process is convincingly repeated in every successful dream analysis. That is why it is so important not to have any preconceived, doctrinaire opinions about the statements made by dreams. As soon as a certain "monotony of interpretation" strikes us, we know that our approach has become doctrinaire and hence sterile.
Although there is no way to marshal valid proof of continuation of the soul after death, there are nevertheless experiences which make us thoughtful. I take them as hints, and do not presume to ascribe to them the significance of insights.
One night I lay awake thinking of the sudden death of a friend whose funeral had taken place the day before. I was deeply concerned. Suddenly I felt that he was in the room. It seemed to me that he stood at the foot of my bed and was asking me to go with him. I did not have the feeling of an apparition; rather, it was an inner visual image of him, which I explained to myself as a fantasy. But in all honesty I had to ask myself, "Do I have any proof that this is a fantasy? Suppose it is not a fantasy, suppose my friend is really here and I decided he was only a fantasy ---- would that not be abominable of me? " Yet I had equally little proof that he stood before me as an apparition. Then I said to myself, "Proof is neither here nor there! Instead of explaining him away as a fantasy, I might just as well give him the benefit of the doubt and for experiment's sake credit him with reality." The moment I had that thought, he went to the door and beckoned me to follow him. So I was going to have to play along with him! That was something I hadn't bargained for. I had to repeat my argument to myself once more. Only then did I follow him in my imagination.
He led me out of the house, into the garden, out to the road, and finally to his house.(In reality it was several hundred yards away from mine.) I went in, and he conducted me into his study. He climbed on a stool and showed me the second of five books with red bindings which stood on the second shelf from the top. Then the vision broke off. I was not acquainted with his library and did not know what books he owned. Certainly I could never have made out from below the titles of the books he had pointed out to me on the second shelf from the top.
This experience seemed to me so curious that next morning I went to his widow and asked whether I could look up something in my friend's library. Sure enough, there was a stool standing under the bookcase I had seen in my vision, and even before I came closer I could see the five books with red bindings. I stepped up on the stool so as to be able to read the titles. They were translations of the novels of Emile Zola. The title of the second volume read: "The Legacy of the Dead." The contents seemed to me of no interest. Only the title was extremely significant in connection with this experience.
On Life after Death
Equally important to me were the dream-experiences I had before my mother's death. News of her death came to me while I was staying in the Tessin. I was deeply shaken, for it had come with unexpected suddenness. The night before her death I had a frightening dream. I was in a dense, gloomy forest; fantastic, gigantic boulders lay about among huge jungle-like trees. It was a heroic, primeval landscape. Suddenly I heard a piercing whistle that seemed to resound through the whole universe. My knees shook. Then there were crashings in the underbrush, and a gigantic wolfhound with a fearful, gaping maw burst forth. At the sight of it, the blood froze in my veins. It tore past me, and I suddenly knew; the Wild Huntsman had commanded it to carry away a human soul. I awoke in deadly terror, and the next morning I received the news of my mother's passing.
On Life after Death
Seldom has a dream so shaken me, for upon superficial consideration it seemed to say that the devil had fetched her. But to be accurate the dream said that it was the Wild Huntsman, the "Grunhutl ", or Wearer of the Green Hat, who hunted with his wolves that night ---- it was the season of Fohn storms in January. It was Wotan, the god of my Allemanic forefathers, who had gathered my mother to her ancestors ---- negatively to the "wild horde", but positively to the "salig lut", the blessed folk. It was the Christian missionaries who made Wotan into a devil. In himself he is an important god ---- a Mercury or Hermes, as the Romans correctly realized, a nature spirit who returned to life again in the Merlin of the Grail legend and became, as the spiritus Mercurialis, the sought-after arcanum of the alchemists. Thus the dream says that the soul of my mother was taken into that greater territory of the self which lies beyond the segment of Christian morality, taken into that wholeness of nature and spirit in which conflicts and contradictions are resolved.
I went home immediately, and while I rode in the night train I had a feeling of great grief, but in my heart of hearts I could not be mournful, and this for a strange reason : during the entire journey I continually heard dance music, laughter, and jollity, as though a wedding were being celebrated. This contrasted violently with the devastating impression the dream had made on me. Here was gay dance music, cheerful laughter, and it was impossible to yield entirely to my sorrow. Again and again it was on the point of overwhelming me, but the next moment I would find myself once more engulfed by the merry melodies. One side of me had a feeling of warmth and joy, and the other of terror and grief; I was thrown back and forth between these contrasting emotions.
This paradox can be explained if we suppose that at one moment death was being represented from the point of view of the ego, and at the next from that of the psyche. In the first case it appeared as a catastrophe; that is how it so often strikes us, as if wicked and pitiless powers had put an end to a human life.
And so it is ---- death is indeed a fearful piece of brutality; there is no sense pretending otherwise. It is brutal not only as a physical event, but far more so psychically: a human being is torn away from us, and what remains is the icy stillness of death. There no longer exists any hope of a relationship, for all the bridges have been smashed at one blow. Those who deserve a long life are cut off in the prime of their years, and good-for-nothings live to a ripe old age. This is a cruel reality which we have no right to sidestep. The actual experience of the cruelty and wantonness of death can so embitter us that we conclude there is no merciful God, no justice, and no kindness.
From another point of view, however, death appears as a joyful event. In the light of eternity, it is a wedding, a mysterium coniunctionis. The soul attains, as it were, its missing half, it achieves wholeness. On Greek sarcophagi the joyous element was represented by dancing girls, on Etruscan tombs by banquets...To this day it is the custom in many regions to hold a picnic on the graves on All Souls' Day. Such customs express the feeling that death is really a festive occasion.
Several months before my mother's death, in September 1922, I had a dream which presaged it. It concerned my father, and made a deep impression upon me. I had not dreamed of my father since his death in 1896. Now he once more appeared in a dream, as if he had returned from a distant journey. He looked rejuvenated, and had shed his appearance of paternal authoritarianism. I went into my library with him, and was greatly pleased at the prospect of finding out what he had been up to. I was also looking forward with particular joy to introducing my wife and children to him, to showing him my house, and to telling him all that had happened to me and what I had become in the meanwhile. I wanted also to tell him about my book on psychological types, which had recently been published. But I quickly saw that all this would be inopportune, for my father looked preoccupied. Apparently he wanted something from me. I felt that plainly, and so I refrained from talking about my own concerns.
He then said to me that since I was after all a psychologist, he would like to consult me about marital psychology. I made ready to give him a lengthy lecture on the complexities of marriage, but at this point I awoke. I could not properly understand the dream, for it never occurred to me that it might refer to my mother's death. I realized that only when she died suddenly in Januray 1923.
My parents' marriage was not a happy one, but full of trials and difficulties and tests of patience. Both made the mistakes typical of many couples. My dream was a forecast of my mother's death, for here was my father who, after an absence of twenty-six years, wished to ask a psychologist about the newest insights and information on marital problems, since he would soon have to resume this relationship again. Evidently he had acquired no better understanding in his timeless state and therefore had to appeal to someone among the living who, enjoying the benefits of changed times, might have a fresh approach to the whole thing.
Such was the dream's message. Undoubtedly, I could have found out a good deal more by looking into its subjective meaning ---- but why did I dream it just before the death of my mother, which I did not foresee ? It plainly referred to my father, with whom I felt a sympathy that deepened as I grew older.
On Life after Death
Since the unconscious, as the result of its spatio-temporal relativity, possesses better sources of information than the conscious mind ---- which has only sense perceptions available to it ---- we are dependent for our myth of life after death upon the meager hints of dreams and similiar spontaneous revelations from the unconscious. As I have already said, we cannot attribute to these allusions the value of knowledge, let alone proof. They can, however, serve as suitable bases for mythic amplications; they give the probing intellect the raw material which is indispensable for its vitality. Cut off the intermediary world of mythic imagination, and the mind falls prey to doctrinaire rigidities. On the other hand, too much traffic with these germs of myth is is dangerous for weak and suggestible mind, for they are led to mistake vague intimations for substantial minds, for they are led to mistake vague intimations for substantial knowledge, and to hypostatize mere phantasms.
One widespread myth of the hereafter is formed by the ideas and images centering on reincarnation. In one country whose intellectual culture is highly complex and much older than ours ----- I am, of course, referring to India ---- the idea of reincarnation is as much taken for granted as, among us, the idea that God created the world, or that there is a spiritus rector. Cultivated Hindus know that we do not share their ideas about this, but that does not trouble them. In keeping with the spirit of the East, the succession of birth and death is viewed as an endless continuity, as an eternal wheel rolling on forever without a goal. Man lives and attains knowledge and dies and begins again from the beginning. Only with the Buddha does the idea of a goal emerge, namely, the overcoming of earthly existence.
The mythic needs of the Occidental call for an evolutionary cosmogony with a beginning and a goal. The Occidental rebels against a cosmogony with a beginning and mere end, just as he cannot accept the idea of a static, self-contained, eternal cycle of events. The Oriental, on the other hand, seems to be able to come to terms with this idea. Apparently there is no unanimous feeling about the nature of the world, any more than there is general agreement among contemporary astronomers on this question. To Western man, the meaninglessness of a merely static universe is unbearable. He must assume that it has meaning. The Oriental does not need to make this assumption; rather, he himself embodies it. Whereas the Occidental strives for the fulfillment of meaning in man, stripping the world and existence from himself (Buddha).
I would say that both are right. Western man seems predominantly extraverted, Eastern man predominantly introverted. The former projects the meaning and considers that it exists in objects; the latter feels the meaning in himself. But the meaning is both without and within.
The idea of rebirth is inseperable from that of karma. The crucial question is whether a man's karma is personal or not. If it is, then the preordained destiny with which a man enters life represents an achievement of previous lives, and a personal continuity therefore exists. If, however, this is not so, and an impersonal karma is seized upon in the act of birth, then that karma is incarnated again without there being any personal continuity.
Buddha was twice asked by his disciples whether man's karma is personal or not. Each time he fended off the question, and did not go into the matter; to know this, he said, would not contribute to liberating oneself from the illusion of existence. Buddha considered it far more useful for his disciples to meditate upon the Nidana chain, that is, upon birth, life, old age, and death, and upon the cause and effect of suffering.
I know no answer to the question of whether the karma which I live is the outcome of my past lives, or whether it is not rather the achievement of my ancestors, whose heritage comes together in me. Am I a combination of the lives of these ancestors and do I embody these lives again? Have I lived before in the past as a specific personality, and did I progress so far in that life that I am now able to seek a solution? I did not know. Buddha left the question open, and I like to assume that he himself did not know with certainty.
I could well imagine that I might have lived in former centuries and there encountered questions I was not yet able to answer; that I had to be born again because I had not fulfilled the task that was given to me. When I die, my deeds will follow along with me ----- that is how I imagine it. I will bring with me what I have done. In the meantime it is important to insure that I do not stand at the end with empty hands. Buddha, too, seems to have had this thought when he tried to keep his disciples from wasting time on useless speculation.
The meaning of my existence is that life has addressed a question to me. Or, conversely, I myself am a question which is addressed to the world, and I must communicate my answer, for otherwise I am dependent upon the world's answer. That is a suprapersonal life task, which they could not answer. Could that be why I am so impressed by the fact that the conclusion of Faust contains no solution? Or the problem on which Nietzsche foundered: the Dionysian side of life, to which the Christian seems to have lost the way? Or is it the restless Wotan-Hermes of my Alemannic and Frankish ancestors who poses challenging riddles?
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The Grand Ole Opry is the most sacred of all Nashville venues. It's changed locations several times since the 1920s, but the six-foot circular oak stage at its current location (just east of Nashville, where it's resided since the 1970s) is cut from the Opry's most famous incarnation at The Ryman Auditorium. This is the same piece of oak on which Patsy Cline, the Carter Family and Johnny Cash once stood.
Contemporary country star Brad Paisley has marveled, "That circle is the most magical thing when you're a performer, to stand there and get to sing on those same boards that probably still contain dust from Hank Williams' boots." Over the years, the Grand Ole Opry has reflected the changing face of country music and all its many subgenres—and it's gamely rolled with the punches as country music's popularity has fluctuated.
Unfortunately, the venue took its biggest beating yet during the Nashville Flood of 2010. Water seeped slowly but profoundly into the Opry, covering the venue, its hallowed stage and many priceless artifacts with 46 inches of water. Today, thanks to the help of the local community, the Opry's restoration is complete.

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The Ransom of Hagerstown is often overshadowed by other large-scale Civil War events that took place in the area, such as the Battle of Antietam and John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry.
But historical markers in downtown Hagerstown, erected by the Maryland Heritage Area, provide interpretation to the historical event that took place 145 years ago this month.
On July 6, 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal Early sent Brigadier Gen. John McCausland into Hagerstown to impose a ransom of $20,000 and a large amount of supplies, in retribution for lands destroyed and sacked in Virginia by federal troops.
To save the town from being burned, several banks in Hagerstown provided the necessary funds while business owners and townspeople relinquished clothing and other goods. According to historians, Hagerstown was lucky that the ransom was only $20,000, and some chalk up the amount to a misprinted order, it was originally to be $200,000.


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With a few delays I finally managed to 3D print the Arachnid fighters. Apparently the browser software (IE) that accesses the Vflash had updated without my knowledge. Of course, the Vflash software had not updated, so there were some compatibility issues all of the sudden. This had to be solved before I could upload any files to the 3D printer.
Once that was solved it was a quick build, only taking about 1.5 hours. Here they are on the pad:
There were a few small issues. The gun barrels were too long in a few cases and some of them were too fragile to print properly. I was pushing the limits of the printer here. To make them look even I had to trim them to the same size. After cleaning and mounting the fighters on the stems I realized that the two smaller ones didn't have enough material to drill into very well. I managed to mount them well enough but it wasn't as easy as the others. To fix the CAD design, I went back and added more material underneath, and significantly shortened the gun barrels. I didn't reprint them, and painted the ones I had.
I updated the CAD files and fixed the minor problems in a few moments. (The shapeways versions are the updated design.) Many of you will spot the lesson here -- always make a prototype! One of the best features of 3D printers is the ability to create a "rapid prototype" for a comparatively low cost. If you can imagine the heartache of manually sculpting an object for days/weeks and then discovering it has some errors ....
With a quick coat of primer, and then some paint, they came out looking like this:
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Santander withdraws mortgage offer over Balcombe drill site
A bank's mortgage offer for a house was initially withdrawn due to its valuer being "unable to assess the property's risk" from a West Sussex drill site.
Santander withdrew the offer for the house, 6 miles (9km) from the Balcombe site, following environmental searches.
Crawley MP Henry Smith raised the issue with Energy Minister Michael Fallon, who said there was "no reason" being near the site should affect offers.
After making a new offer, the bank said it reserved the right to amend offers.
The site saw test drilling for oil by energy firm Cuadrilla during the summer.
The tests brought protesters to the site, who feared the work could lead to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the process of extracting shale gas from deep underground.
Cuadrilla, which closed boreholes following the tests, said it had no plans to carry out the process at the site, but hoped to secure planning permission to carry out "flow tests" to determine the rate of extraction at the well.
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Mortgage advisor Michael Robinson, who made the application on the property in Pound Hill for a client, said that initially "everything went through totally satisfactory and we got an offer".
He said the offer was then withdrawn after solicitors acting for the client raised inquiries regarding environmental searches and the valuer said there was a lack of information on the potential effects of the work.
He said that as a result, his client got in touch with Mr Smith, who raised the issue with the energy minister during parliamentary questions on Friday.
The minister said there was "no reason to expect that any activities undertaken to extract shale gas will have any adverse effect on individuals' ability to secure a mortgage on properties nearby".
Mr Smith said that "potential shale-gas extraction sites cover most of the UK and operate at depths of about 4,000 feet, so there should be no impact whatsoever on mortgage lending, home insurance or anything connected to such issues".
Mr Robinson said that following Mr Fallon's statement, a new offer was made by the bank.
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A Santander spokesman said the bank had "investigated the circumstances and will be contacting our customer in light of new findings".
"The conveyancer advised the valuer that the address had been identified on an environmental report as being 'on site' - within 1.8 km of a drill head on the Cuadrilla site at Balcombe.
"The valuer was unable to determine whether that meant the property would be physically affected by the construction of rigs or drill heads.
"The conveyancer advised the valuer that he had exhausted all lines of enquiry and could tell him nothing more."
He said that, as a result, "the valuer was unable to assess the property's risk or value".
He added that the bank had now "been able to determine that, although the property lies within an area which has been granted a licence for exploration, this does not mean that it will physically become a mine."


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Wedding photography will eat up roughly around 10% or so of your total wedding budget.
If you aren't careful about it and how you manage the price rates that you are being charged with, you might end up realizing a little too late that you don't have enough money to cover the rest of the other expenses that you have for the wedding. You don't have to be an accounting whiz to pull this off. You just need to really take stock of the situation, sort out what your priorities are, and make sure that the money gets spread out fairly enough to make sure that you don't end up blowing it all in one place and regretting things by the end of the day. You can do so much better than that when it all comes down to it. You don't have to worry too much about it. get your lists together and make sure that you are always on point with the way that you handle things and they should be fine after all has been said and done. Start off by checking out the different tips that you can look into so that you will be able to make sure that you have all of the right things working out for you the right way when it all comes down to it.
Consider hiring the associate photographer of an established wedding photographer.
Here's the thing, big name professional wedding photographers are fine and all that but at some point or so, you will have to shell out the price for it at the end of the day. Big name wedding photographers really don't come cheap and this is something that you will have to prepare for one way or the other. If you don't have the kind of budget that will be able to cover it the right way, then you should probably start checking out the roster of associate photographers that a big name photographer that you are checking out has on his list. Associate photographers are not as established or as experienced as the flagship photographer whose name is being carried by the wedding photography outfit that you are checking out but there are other angles that you ought to take a look at one way or the other.
Make the time to really connect the right way with your professional wedding photographer.
Make him feel valued and more as a person instead of just a hired hand. You're not just hiring a professional here. You need to make a real connection with the photographer for your wedding in order for your coverage to pan out in all of the best ways at the end of the day. Meet up with your wedding photographer before the special date. This way, you can have the opportunity to build rapport and to see if you can find some sort of common ground at the end of the day. You need to be comfortable around your photographer in order for this to work. You can't go through your wedding day second guessing every single time you have the camera aimed at you. you need to be able to enjoy the moment and this can only happen if you are in really great terms with your wedding photographer at the end of the day.
Take advantage of the registries that some of the high end photographers out there are offering out to their clients.
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Working Group Membership
The Oesophageal Working Group is made up of Oxford Centre members from Departments, Units, and Institutes from across the University and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including members of the MDT.
Prof Xin Lu (Chair)
Mr Steve Ash
Cancer Research UK International Symposium on Oesophageal Cancer
The Cancer Research UK Oxford Centre, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Cancer Centre and Chinese Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CICAMS) came together to host an International Symposium on Oesophageal Cancer in June 2015.
The symposium was co-organised by Professor Xin Lu, Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald and Professor Qimin Zhan. Speakers from the US, China, Europe and the UK covered the breadth and depth of Oesophageal Cancer Research. Attendees were able to join a careers workshop, a meet the experts networking session, and share their views during a highly-successful panel discussion.
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Yesterday I asked you whose book do you want to read more: George W Bush, Laura Bush or VP Dick Cheney's?
W wins by 53%
Cheney comes in 2nd with 33%
And the First Lady comes in with 23% of the results.
My thanks to Jeff from Columbus who sent in some suggested titles for the President's upcoming book including:
"Fool Me Once, Can Get Fooled Again"
"Pardon Me But Don't Misunderestimate Me"
And for the First Lady's book, Jeff suggests, "Desperate Republican Housewives: Inside Edition" or "If I Had Only Known…"
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Lucknow: A provincial civil services officer, Rinku Singh Rahi, who launched his hunger strike in Lucknow on Monday demanding a probe into charges of corruption in state-run schemes, was whisked away by the police from the dharna site at midnight and taken to the psychiatric ward of a medical college in the city.
Doctors there, however, reportedly refused to admit him. He was then sent off to his hometown Aligarh.
In midnight drama in Uttar Pradesh's capital, Mr Rahi was picked up from outside the Lucknow assembly because the Chief Medical Officer diagnosed him with low blood pressure. He was first taken to the Balrampur hospital and later to the Lucknow medical college. Doctors at both hospitals refused to admit him.
Mr Rahi has been raising the issue of corruption in the state government sponsored schemes ever since his stint as the District Social Welfare Officer in Muzzafarnagar in 2009. He has exposed corruption to the tune of Rs. 40 crore, for which he also suffered an attempt on his life when the local mafia pumped six bullets into him on March 26, 2009 - in that assault, he lost vision in one eye.
He claims that attack was carried out at the behest of his department officials who he was trying to expose. A state government enquiry later on proved his claims that the spending of allocated funds was not accounted for by the Social Welfare Department for more than five years.
Mr Rahi is currently posted at the state-run coaching institute for IAS and IPS aspirants from the Dalit community in Aligarh.
A few days ago, before setting out for Lucknow for his hunger strike, the officer had told reporters in Aligarh that now with a regime change in UP, he was hopeful that the Akhilesh Yadav government will pay heed to his demands of a criminal investigation into the allegations of widespread corruption in social welfare schemes of the state government.


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The internet commentary machine has once again given Orlando Magic General Manager Rob Hennigan mixed reviews for his work yesterday. The Magic traded SG Aaron Afflalo to the Denver Nuggets early in the afternoon in exchange for Denver Nuggets guard Evan Fournier and the 56th pick in the draft used to select Iowa product Roy Devyn Marble. In the first round of the NBA Draft, the team selected University of Arizona forward Aaron Gordon with the fourth overall pick and Dario Saric of Croatia with the 12th pick. The Magic then flipped Saric to the Philadelphia 76ers for 10th pick Elfrid Payton from Louisiana-Lafayette, a 2015 second round pick and a protected 2017 first round pick initially acquired from the Sixers. Most commentators thought the Magic could have received more in return for Afflalo and paid too much for Payton. Further, the selection of Gordon was not without controversy because many slated the Orlando team to select PG Dante Exum or F Noah Vonleh. Clearly, Orlando Magic GM Rob Hennigan went with his own research and analysis and challenged conventional wisdom once again.
Those checking online grades at the time of the Magic's consummation of the four team trade involving star center Dwight Howard in 2012 were told that Hennigan showed his inexperience by trading Howard to the Los Angeles Lakers and not receiving Andrew Bynum in return. Those reviewing the initial bad marks against actual results found that Hennigan and the Magic made out well. Bynum crashed and burned for the Sixers and Howard jumped ship from the Lakers at his first opportunity. Given that the Magic were forced to make a move to trade Howard due his refusal to sign an extension with the team, the Orlando GM made the best deal possible in a difficult situation. He ended up with Afflalo, starting center Nik Vucevic, rotation player and sometime starter Moe Harkless and five draft picks through 2017.
Hennigan also received mixed reviews for the JJ Redick trade to the Milwaukee Bucks. Redick, a hard worker and steady rotation player, pushed himself to become a trusted player for the Magic. With his contract expiring at the end of the 2013 season and the Magic obviously in rebuilding mode, Hennigan again found himself in the position of needing to trade a player. The Magic swapped Redick for Tobias Harris and Doron Lamb. At the time, Harris was stuck at the end of the Bucks bench and was not a productive asset for the Milwaukee club. Hennigan saw his potential and the young Tennessee product is now viewed as one of the Magic's core players as they reconstruct the roster.
Magic GM Rob Hennigan is not afraid to fly against the grain to obtain players he believes will contribute to the team. Athough Afflalo is a very good player and probably should have been selected for the all-star team this past season, the market for his services was likely limited due to his right to opt out of his contract at the end of next season. Hennigan previously gave Fournier high marks when evaluating players entering the 2013 NBA Draft and jumped at the chance to acquire the young shooting guard. Similarly, Hennigan was in the market for a young point guard to team up with Victor Olidipo and target Payton with the 12th pick. When the Sixers selected Payton with the 10th pick, Hennigan agreed to draft Saric in order to trade him for Payton and the two future picks. Although many draft analysts gave Saric high grades for his potential, he will likely remain in Turkey for the next two years and Hennigan jumped at the chance to receive his potential point guard of the future now.
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Managing Upwards
So many books have been written about managing the people who report to you. But that is easy - you have all the power! What about managing people above you, the people to whom you report? The true art of leadership lies in managing upwards where the power is in "their" hands, not yours. If you can manage upwards, managing downwards is a breeze. I am not suggesting you should manage the people below you by using your power over them. Lead by Greatness is about the very opposite idea: Your positional authority is a last resort, not a primary leadership tool! It is far more effective and personally rewarding to lead people by using the authority and influence of your character and your stature, rather than your positional status. If you lead people with your stature rather than with your status, then leading upwards is as easy as leading downwards; you don't need power in either case.
One of the most important skills in leading upwards is to learn what behaviors and actions of yours could trigger your boss into his or her defensive operating system. When they become defensive they become impossible; sometimes even vindictive, abusive and damaging. Some people strike out when they are in defensive operating systems, others shut down. Some manipulate or play victim, others sabotage. Sometimes people who have been triggered into their defensive operating systems become aggressive, sometimes they become ultra polite. In all cases though, they are impenetrable as they protect their often fragile egos from being exposed to your penetrating intuition, intelligence or competence. In this defensive mode they are not open to communication and cannot be moved or influenced except by a force stronger than they are. People using their defensive operating systems do so out of insecurity. If we trigger people's defenses when they are feeling insecure, even if we do it unintentionally, it might make us feel better but it will never accomplish our goals. So how does one avoid triggering ones boss's defensiveness?
We can all easily be triggered into our defensive, instinctual operating systems, and when we are triggered we behave much as your insecure boss does when he or she is triggered. The challenge is that different things trigger different people. Some of us don't even know exactly what triggers us, it certainly isn't easy to know what triggers others, especially a boss you may not be very close to.
One of the ways to learn what triggers your boss's defensiveness, is to get to know what value-drivers sit at the very core of what, in Lead by Greatness, I call their Spiritual Fingerprints. To get to know this about a person, one needs to connect with them on a personal level, not just a professional one. Try getting into conversation with your boss and finding out what the beliefs and values are for which he or she would sacrifice almost anything (excepting his or her life or the lives and safety of their loved ones). These are likely to be some of the value-drivers that sit at the core of their beings. If you question, attack or threaten any of these core value-drivers you are likely to trigger your boss into his or her instinctual, defensive operating system - something that doesn't bode well for you.
Say for example, your boss might sacrifice her values of generosity and kindness at times but would never sacrifice her integrity or her sense of fairness. Then you can know for sure that if anyone questions her integrity or treats her, or someone she cares about, unfairly, she will spin into her defensive operating system and behave in ways that are completely out of character. In this case you would need to be terribly sensitive to these values of integrity and fairness and make absolutely sure that nothing you say, even in a moment of frustration or anger, undermines her value-drivers of fairness and integrity. If you are cautious in this way, you will find she may well be open to some tough feedback from you without becoming defensive. (By the way, exactly the same applies to the way spouses and partners communicate with one another. Lead by Greatness is not only for business leaders; it is also for anyone who at times needs to influence the way other people act or think.)
It is not as hard as you might think to learn the core value-drivers of others. People appreciate being asked about the things that are deeply important to them, and by doing so you will learn so much about them. Most important, you will learn what could trigger their defensiveness, and how to get the best out of them by helping them stay in their heroic operating systems. It is there that we all shine the most.
For more strategies on managing your boss, you might enjoy Linda Hill and Kent Lineback's article. Linda is a Harvard Business School professor, and Kent an experienced business leader and author. Also Amy Gallo has some excellent advice on Managing an Incompetent Boss. In our next blog article we will look at ways that you can be "insubordinate" without triggering your boss!


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I am a Christian, who comes from a family of Christians, who has long-time friends who are predominately Christians. Despite, or perhaps because of this, I find myself lacking the very thing I should be having in abundance: conversations about Christianity.
It's not that my friends and family don't talk about subjects like gay marriage, abortion, modesty, or growing in our faith. It just turns out that when you already know what your friends are going to say, having those difficult discussions just isn't the same.
When I came to Summit, I expected to hear about those particular topics (and others) and maybe talk about them. After all, small groups and class discussions provided a built-in a space to listen to others' thoughts and share your own. As promised, I have been completely challenged by the lectures. Not only have they strengthened my faith, but they have given me the tools to understand exactly why I believe what I do and how to challenge others' beliefs.
What I didn't expect were the conversations outside the classroom. Summit is full of students who are not only willing, but eager to share their thoughts on Christianity and the tough topics. Whether staying up to talk about Catholicism with my roommate or hiking and discussing what modesty really is, I am constantly surrounded by people who are ready to have in-depth discussions about difficult subjects.
As someone who learns best through discussion and debate, these talks have been the highlight of my time at Summit. Comparing ideas—with or without mutual agreement—feeds me in a way mere lecture or Christian companionship cannot.
One discussion that particularly struck me took place at lunch. As someone who is interested in the film industry, I frequently become frustrated with Christian movies because they are often poorly written, directed, and acted. As a result, they often fall short of their intent: sharing the gospel with a fallen world.
I started talking with group of students about the well-known Christian movie and how it was largely ineffective. We discussed not only this movie, but the entire Christian movie industry and what we could do to make it even more effective. Knowing that other students see the same perspective and share the same passions as I do—and are willing to discuss how to fix them—excites me. Although this discussion wasn't a "hard-hitting" topic like homosexuality or abortion, it allowed me to hear others' thoughts about a subject close to my own heart.
The students at Summit are what really make Summit. The speakers spark the thoughts, but the students drive them home. Being surrounded by students who not only live a Christian life, but discuss it as well is something that is different for me. It turns out, though, it is exactly what I needed.
I am a Christian, who comes from a family of Christians, who has long-time friends who are predominately Christians. And I plan to start having more of the very thing I should have in abundance: conversations about Christianity.
Jordyn Pair is a 18-year-old aspiring journalism student from Milford, Michigan. She plans to attend Hillsdale College in the fall. You can read more of her work at unassignedreading.wordpress.com or follow her on Twitter at @JordynPair.


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I believe that the industry will continue to expand significantly throughout 2012 with more producers of all sizes being developed across the country. Although these will enjoy varying degrees of success, I am certain there will be many promising new ventures that will attract lots of interest and attention.
Far from this expansion being a cataclysm, such movement will offer an overall advantage to the industry as it will stimulate more interest and awareness. By the end of the year we will have more producers that are capable of larger volumes without compromising quality, thereby opening up the potential for English wine in larger outlets, both domestically and abroad.
I think the momentum will continue to grow, stimulating more and more people to enter the market. Interestingly, these people aren't pursuing expensive hobbies. Today's investors in the UK wine industry come from a range of diverse business and corporate backgrounds and are entering the market on the basis of sound economic reasons.
The outlook for the UK wine industry in 2012 is certainly a very positive one, assisted by an Anglo-centric year with the Olympics and Royal Diamond Jubilee celebrations taking place. With an enhanced focus on all things British, demand will certainly outstrip supply.
On the viticulture side, managing the yields; the gluts and shortages will be ever more challenging throughout the year. The unpredictable and variable nature of the English weather will always be one of the biggest influences on yield and therefore production.
In terms of our personal contribution, we see Gusbourne Estate as being intrinsically linked to the overall success of the UK wine industry in 2012. Our own equivalent of the Olympics and the Jubilee will be obtaining planning permission for our iconic winery, that we hope will unlock the potential of a further 100 hectares (250 acres) on the Estate that are ideally suited to viticulture.
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"Pray, hope, and don't worry."
This simple and yet elegant phrase came from the lips of one of the greatest saints of the modern age: St. Pio of Pietrelcina, known better as Padre Pio. A man of great wonders (his life was filled with miracles both physical and spiritual), he was also a spiritual guide to many great men and women, including the future Pope John Paul II. He is an example of holiness tested under strain and pain, and he drew close to his Lord, and in drawing near to the fount of salvation, reached his Heavenly reward.
And so, we see his motto, his advice for success: "Pray, hope, and don't worry." It sounds so simple. Dangerously simple. So simple that the first reaction is to brush off the advice, to see it as too simple to be of any use, or maybe too impossible in its simplicity. We need signs, we need rituals. We need offerings, and sacrifices, and motions and preachings. And yes, we do. We need all of that.
But above all, we need to pray and hope, and then not worry.
The phrase makes sense. If we really pray to God, laying our needs at His feet, and really hope in His providence, assenting to His Will, then we shouldn't worry. We can only do so much; God takes care of the rest.
We often find ourselves worrying about many things. We are all Martha sometimes. You know the story (Luke 10:38–42). Jesus was in the house of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, his good friends (this is the Lazarus that Jesus would later raise from the dead). Jesus was teaching in the house, as was His way, and the disciples sat at His feet. Among those at the Lord's feet was Mary, who sat not just with the other disciples, but "beside the Lord," showing a desire on Mary's part to not only hear Jesus, but to draw close to Him. Perhaps she had some question to ask of the Master, something that was bothering her. He would help her, she knew, and she loved Him. I speak not of romantic love. I speak of that love that transcends romance, agape in the Greek. Mary was laying herself at the Lord's feet, both literally and symbolically. We too, like Mary, must lay ourselves at the Lord's feet, not literally lying down in our local church, but emptying ourselves before the Lord, so that He might take us and fill us with His love and grace.
There was also Martha, who apparently invited Jesus and the disciples into the house. She was the hostess, and it was her job to make sure the Lord and His guests were comfortable. There was food to be had, and mats to be laid out, and drinks to be poured, and a table to be set, and the floor to be swept, and this thing and that thing and you can almost imagine Martha going into a private room and yelling into a pillow. Except you can't imagine it, really, because that would have required Martha to take a break from her necessary work around the house, which she could not do because there sat the Master, the Lord. She had to make things perfect. No second chances.
She was, in a word, anxious.
All that work to do, and Mary wasn't helping her. Mary was just sitting at Jesus' feet, not a care in the world. Over to the congregation clicked Martha (if first century Palestinian women could click), and she, in a fit of frustration (for which she no doubt felt exceptionally embarrassed later), demanded that Jesus tell Mary to come help her. "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me" (Luke 10:40). Luke, clearly in sympathy for the poor woman, notes carefully that Martha was "burdened with much serving." It's not an excuse; it's an explanation. Luke is not saying Martha did the right thing; he is saying why she did what she did.
Here we can reflect on how we are like Martha. I assume most of those reading this blog do good deeds (very few people adhere to Martin Luther's belief that the best deed done by the best man with the best intentions is venially sinful). We know that doing good is, well, a good thing to do. Charity is part of the Christian life. Did not Jesus help the poor, the sick, the crippled, the possessed, and the spiritually starving? Did He not send out His Apostles to do good throughout the world? He must understand how good our good deeds are, how righteous our desires are. Martha was serving, as she was called to do. She is all of us who do things for others. The fact that she was "burdened" with the serving, however, is telling. She may have started her good deed (opening her house to Jesus and His disciples) out of love, but now charity has become a burden. Now she regrets her open arms. Now she begins to think she cannot do the good needed of her. She begins to doubt her own ability and even her willingness to continue her charity. It bears more than a passing resemblance to a "dark night" of the soul, wherein a man or woman no longer feels the presence of God in response to his or her prayers. God feels distant in such circumstances, and Martha no doubt felt that distance, even when Jesus was under her own roof.
So Martha asked the question, a question we could see ourselves asking: "God, why didn't you let me get that job? Why can't my husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend listen to me? How am I supposed to pay off all this debt, Lord, and take care of my family? What are you calling me to do with my life? Why?" We ask and ask the questions of God, expecting a straightforward answer. We want booming thunder and the fire and wind, like some epic Cecil B. DeMille picture. But we won't get it, or at least not likely. That's not how God talks to us. He speaks in the quiet, the stillness in which Elijah heard Him (1 Kings 19:11–13), and so He spoke to Martha (and to us) a line so quoted and so misunderstood:
"The Lord said to her in reply, 'Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her'" (Luke 10: 41–42).
The Lord did not yell at Martha, or reprimand her for interrupting His teaching. Nor did he smite her, as one might expect of one who stands before the power of God. No, Christ spoke in a quiet voice. Many people focus on how Jesus extolled Mary's piety; few remember Martha. Jesus did not tell her that she should never do the work she had done, serving and helping, performing works of charity, etc. These are good things. However, Martha had missed the point of the works. The good one does should have as its end the glory of God, and we should seek through our good works to draw closer to God. Mary drew as close as she could to Jesus, while Martha distanced herself, enveloping herself in worries rather than seeing the glory before her eyes. She was so concerned with preparing for the Lord that she ignored Him when He came. But there He was, in her house. What had Christ told those who complained about His disciples' tendency to party? "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?" Something similar could be said to Martha: Why do you struggle to prepare yourself for Christ when He is already with you? Should you not embrace Him, and hear what He has to say? In that sense, Mary chose the better part. "It will not be taken from her" because she had drawn herself into life in Christ, which is life eternal.
Don't worry like Martha. Pray and hope like Mary. It's telling in Luke's account of Jesus' life that this story of Martha and Mary comes right after the parable of the Good Samaritan, which extols doing good deeds (as Martha was doing) and right before Jesus' teaching concerning prayer (reflective of Mary's spirituality). The story of Martha and Mary stands as a bridge between these two events in Jesus' life. Prayer and hope should run through us like blood in our veins. Worry? No, instead pray and hope. For as Christ said: "I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened" (Luke 11:9–10).
God Bless!


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Self-adhesive Label Sector Back to Pre-Crisis Volumes in 2010
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Press release from the issuing company
The Hague, The Netherlands – FINAT, the European association for the self-adhesive label industry reports that demand for self-adhesive label materials in Europe has continued its strong recovery in 2010. From the all time lows recorded at the peak of the global financial crisis in mid 2009, demand returned to pre-crisis levels in the course of 2010. Last year, an overall volume of around 5.7 bln. square meters was recorded, an increase of 11.4% compared to 2009 and 3.5% above the level recorded in 2007, the year before the collapse of global financial markets.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Heineken's effort to expand the U.S. market for its beer depended on appealing to younger drinkers. As Beverage Industry noted, ''a 25-year-old averages 65 gallons of beer per year, while a 55-year-old sips 15 gallons.'' Among 21 to 35 year olds Heineken particularly focused on urbandwelling trendsetters, ordinary but sophisticated beer drinkers. Davis told Brandweek that Heineken's ideal consumers were younger people ''who tend to be opinion leaders. They are visible, self-confident, and risk-takers.'' The brewer also needed to counteract these drinkers' perception that Heineken was a beer strictly for special occasions in bars and restaurants but not for everyday, off-premise consumption. To thus broaden its appeal, the brand had to strike a delicate balance between its hard-won image as a superior product and its desire to appear more ordinary.
''It's All About the Beer'' accordingly used irreverent humor while showing the product, in television spots, being consumed in settings far less rarefied than those traditionally associated with the brand. The campaign focused on universal ''beer moments,'' occasions when the presence of Heineken significantly affected otherwise ordinary behavior. This approach enabled the brand to show its lighter, more populist side, while also managing to keep the focus on the high quality of its beer.
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Abbey Clancy revealed a plumper pout as she attended the Harvey Nichols Fashion Show in Manchester last night (March 6).
The 27-year-old model wore a sheer black top, leather shorts and an oversized blazer as she attended the Spring/Summer 2013 showcase at the luxury department store.
The mother-of-one's look was remarkably different from that of her appearance back in 2008 (pictured).
Clancy, who has 2-year-old daughter Sophia Ruby with footballer husband Peter Crouch, was joined by Natasha Hamilton and former Hollyoaks actress Rachel Shenton.
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Former Judge Donoghue settles into private practice
Former Midland County District Court Judge Robert L. Donoghue is walking down a new but familiar path this year.
Hes opening a general private practice, handling cases ranging from divorce and criminal defense to estates, wills and trusts, juvenile delinquency, real estate and small business.
Last week, Donoghue mulled over furniture, pounded nails to hang some of his art collection, and noted that his new McDonald Street office looking down on Main Street should be a nice place to work.
He also spoke about his options after his one-and-a-half-year tenure as a judge ended in December. Donoghue was appointed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to fill a vacancy in the Midland County courts, and lost the seat in the November elections.
He said retiring really isnt for him, freely admitting hes a workaholic. "I love hard work and the law and the practice of the law," he said. There was a chance for public service work, but declining elaboration, he said he wasnt ready.
So, he made his choice, with practicing law weighing in ahead of teaching.
"My tenure as a judge convinced me of my experience as an attorney," he said, adding he feels far more competent after his experience as a judge.
"Im thankful to be back practicing law," he said.
Before he was appointed to the bench, Donoghue headed up the public defense consortium, a job he liked. He said it once again could be in his future, since contract bidding will come up within the next few years.
Donoghue has landed on his feet after moving out of the courthouse, but is bothered by his loss in the election.
"I carried the county and lost in the city," he said. "I believed I could win."
He said a factor in the loss was his party affiliation before the judicial appointment.
"I was seen in Midland County as the Democrat, and theres a big negative to that," he said.
Hes staying available to advise the newly seated District Judge Steve Carras, who is attending judges school and learning the ropes in the courthouse.
"The transition is complete," Donoghue said.
Donoghues office number is (989) 631-2660.


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Savills and POD Point to work together to roll out Electric Vehicle charging across UK Retail Parks and Shopping Centres
27 April 2017
POD Point, the UK's leading provider of charge points for electric and hybrid cars has announced it will be working with the real estate advisor Savills to promote electric vehicle (EV) charging across its managed retail parks and shopping centres across the country.
According to The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, UK sales of electric plug-in and electric-hybrid vehicles in 2017 were up 27.5% compared to the previous year (year-to-date). With ever more electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the road, EV charging stations represent a new way for retail park and shopping centre landlords to attract and retain new customers while creating extra value for shoppers.
Nick Herward, head of property management at Savills, said: "We are always looking to improve the offer of the out of town shopping centres and retail parks we manage on behalf of our clients to improve the overall experience for customers. Encouraging sustainable practices is part of this. As we adapt to new technologies, it's important we cater for the emerging EV driver market and working with POD Point will allow us to do this."
Erik Fairbairn, Founder and CEO of POD Point said: "We are very excited to work with Savills to further grow and improve charging infrastructure in public places. In doing so, and as infrastructure continues to grow, we believe this will encourage ever more people to purchase electric vehicles."
Open Charge is POD Point's next generation public charging network. It offers reliable charging points that can be accessed via an intuitive mobile app without the need for membership. To start charging, all a driver needs to do is plug in the electric car cable and select the Open Charge point in the mobile app. The system also allows 15 minutes of emergency charging in case drivers don't have their mobile phones on them.
About POD Point:
POD Point is the UK's leading electric vehicle charging network. Since it started in 2009, POD Point has manufactured and sold almost 30,0000 electric vehicle charge points, and developed one of the UK's largest public charging networks, connecting EV drivers with hundreds of charging bays nationwide at locations such as Sainsbury's and Southern Rail.
They install their products for customers of many major automotive brands and count high profile companies such as Lloyds Banking Group, Britvic and O2 Telefónica among their workplace customers. Through their network of home, workplace and destination charge points they have already powered over 44 million miles of electric vehicle motoring.


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Hello Karleigh Sue Fans-
It's Amy here- and I am hosting today on the Inspiration Blog. This awesome image is That's My Jam- and she is one Rockin Chick!!
I have made a twisted easel card- and used a paper line from Kaisercraft. This is a wonderful image for the teen scene crowd...she is rockin out with her Beats and IPhone!! I made this card for a waitress we see often at our local Roadhouse style bar and grill.
I hope you can head over to the Challenge Blog and enter, so you have a chance to win some wonderful digi's.
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Hi everyone! Here for my fourth WIAW!
Okay, so this has nothing to do with what I ate, but I met Temple Grandin! I heard her speak and got a signed book. I was BEYOND excited. It was amazing!
I finally got to try Toro! It has gotten rave reviews from everyone I know and it definitely lived up to expectations. I had the Perro Picante to drink which had gin, grapefruit juice and a spicy pepper simple syrup. We ordered so many dishes but my favorite two were probably the grilled shrimp (Gambas Al Ajillo) and the corn (Maiz Asado Con Alioli Y Queso Cotija). I did not capture any pictures of the food, so here's me and my lovely dinner date in our post-dinner food comas.
My office is still on our crazy Oreo tasting spree. Birthday cake are hands down my favorite. The peanut butter ones are good- the filling tastes like Nutter Butters. The Mega Stuff- they're amazing. But I can't eat more than two!
Here's a fancy breakfast sandwich invention I've been loving. Melted Brie on toast with sauteed kale and a runny fried egg. It tastes so gourmet and takes no time at all to make!
What food have you been enjoying lately?


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Now, I've been certified before and found it nerve wracking. Pilates on all the apparatus. I worried I wasn't knowledgeable enough and would be found wanting. Probably waited an extra year before "testing out." And though the folks conducting the test were perfectly lovely people, I felt as if I were going into battle, and I was, but with my own demons, not anyone assessing my ability.
Of course, I could see that only after I'd passed (whew) but forgot the lesson and felt the same stuff (dang demons) in the private sessions prior to the Restorative Exercise Exam. Gird your loins.
|Bright lights. Big City. To get this tall, alignment is KEY.
A few weeks prior, I'd taken a trip to my hometown, (NYC) and had the pleasure of staying in a friend's apartment on the lower East side (which is now incredibly hip).
Leaving there one evening for a dinner date at another friend's place uptown, I slipped on the worn-down marble steps and flew down about a half a flight of steps and landed pretty hard. Twisted an ankle and wrenched a knee, so that when I'd decided I was going to continue on to dinner uptown, I had to "monster walk" forward so I didn't have to bend knees or work ankles too much [which I perma-dorsi-flexed]. From the stares, I think I made a convincing monster.
I stayed on 57th Street for two days (ice, elevation, tender loving care of my oldest and dearest friends) and a week or two later, there I was in at my anxiety-producing event in Ventura. I explained that my knee & ankle weren't doing that well, so I might not be able to make the right moves just then, when heavyweight A informed me that it was because I was basically falling all-the-time, not in control of my descending, that it went the way it had for me. What??? I did not possess the grace (in the moment) to actually receive his message. I thought, " You (blankety-blank), you have no idea why I fell down those stairs....#*!!+=(."
Fast forward (I know, not a moment too soon) to me leaving a movie theater earlier today. I was about to descend a staircase and I think it was because of the interesting carpet replacement color choice I mis-read that the stairs were beginning when I thought I was placing my foot on the landing and it would be my NEXT step which would be the step down.
SURPRISE! I was releasing my weight onto a foot which did not have anything underneath it to land upon, and I did fall a bit, but as I no longer leverage gravity as I once did, I didn't fall forward. I was not accelerating. Easy to recover, I just reached for the bannister. I was in slow motion anyway, not hurtling anywhere. Shazzam :o)
So even though I did pass my exam at the end of that week, it has taken me another couple of years to realized and validate my fundamental operational transformation: I'm back to using my own power. As a matter of habit (because you know I was turning my smartphone back on when I mis-read that step) I hold my weight over my heels now, apparently whether I'm thinking about it or not.
So thank you, Katy and alignment community: thanks to you, my tissues grow happier daily and I don't fly down staircases anymore, either. Sweet.
If you'd like to stop flying, call me. Or Bodywisdom Studio or read about everything you ever needed to know about alignment here.


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Emily Blunt: 'Salmon Fishing' Out Today!
Emily Blunt wears a sheer top as she heads back to her hotel after taping an appearance on CBS This Morning on Thursday (March 8) in New York City.
The 29-year-old English actress spread the word about her new movie with Ewan McGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, which hits theaters today.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Emily Blunt
Emily and Ewan premiered the movie on Monday at the Directors Guild of America.
Be sure to check out JustJared.com's exclusive stills from the movie, which were posted last week!
FYI: Emily is wearing a Melinda Maria Round Pod Necklace.


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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Recovering a body
After visiting the cemetery and Dien Bien Phu Museum, Huyen and I went to A1 Hill where the French put up their last stand against the Vietnamese. While looking at the bunkers and the giant crater set off off by three Vietnamese martyrs, a procession started to pass in front of us. Huyen cried out, "They found a body." I actually thought they were having a picnic since they were carrying food and a giant jug of water. Well, I was wrong.
Immediately Huyen took off and joined the group and started to ask a man some questions. Trailing the group was an old woman who was carrying two bags. After Huyen talked to the man she learned that the family had just unearthed their relative after fifty nine years! As she started to tell me this, I saw the old woman struggling with her bags and asked if she wanted helped. Huyen and I took the bags of this woman who turned out to be the daughter of the unearthed soldier.
The story we were told is that the woman's father was killed at A1 hill in 1952. Only one member of his squad survived and he had told the family to go to the hill and they could find his body. First though, the family consulted a psychic (very common practice here) who communicated with the dead and told the family to find two trees and to walk seven meters forward from them and dig. They followed the psychic's orders and it turns out there were bones and teeth right there, under the ground.
The cynic in me says that you can probably dig up almost anywhere near this hill and find a body. However, on this day I truly wanted to believe that this was their family member especially after Huyen's emotional moment earlier in the morning. I think seeing this family find their loved one has given us more hope that one day we can find Huyen's uncle's body.
(PICTURE: The crater set off by three Vietnamese soldiers carrying a bomb into a French bunker.)
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Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentences Bloomington public official to federal prison
Concrete jobs for roads and sidewalks rewarded with bribes and kickbacks
INDIANAPOLIS – United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler announced today the sentencing of a former Bloomington public official for one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 10 counts of wire fraud. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt sentenced Justin Wykoff, 44, Bloomington, to 55 months in federal prison today.
"Public officials are trusted to serve the people not to serve themselves," said Minkler. "Those who choose to line their pockets using money from the public payroll can expect the full force of the federal prosecution hammer. Judge Walton Pratt's sentence sends a strong message; if you choose to abuse the public's trust as a public official, you will go to prison. There will be no probation, no half-way house, no suspended sentence, no parole. The sentence will be prison."
Wykoff, was the Manager for Engineering Services for the City of Bloomington and pled guilty in federal court in March 2015, to 11 counts of wire fraud. He was responsible for bidding and awarding contracts for public works projects in the City of Bloomington, like road paving and sidewalk construction. Between April 2011 to February 2014, Wykoff solicited and received substantial cash bribes and kickbacks from Roger Hardin and Zach Hardin, who operated a company called Reliable Concrete and Construction. In exchange for the kickbacks, Wykoff assisted the Hardins in obtaining over $800,000 in city construction contracts and payments for Reliable Concrete.
Wykoff estimated project costs and prepared bid proposals, using his inside information to ensure Reliable Concrete was the low bidder. In some cases, Wykoff awarded city contracts to Reliable Concrete outright without obtaining bids from other contractors. Wykoff also authorized city payments to Reliable Concrete totaling approximately $807,000. Of that amount, approximately $300,000 was for work that was never completed by Reliable Concrete.
Wykoff and the Hardins took steps to conceal their scheme by creating false Reliable Concrete bid proposals after the fact. On February 17, 2014, Wykoff went to Roger Hardin's home and created multiple bid proposal forms for projects that the City of Bloomington had already paid Reliable Concrete for – even though Reliable Concrete had not performed the work. The forms were backdated to coincide with the dates that the work was supposed to have taken place. Wykoff initialed or signed these forms as if he had approved the bids and then planted copies of the forms in his office in an attempt to further conceal the scheme.
Roger Hardin was sentenced to 33 months for his role in the scheme. His son, Zachary was sentenced to 12 months. All three are equally responsible for restitution of over $400,000 to the City of Bloomington.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI and the Bloomington Police Department.
FBI Special Agent in Charge W. Jay Abbott stated, "Public corruption is one of the FBI's top investigative priorities and FBI Agents remain committed to pursuing those individuals that violate the public's trust."
According to Senior Litigation Counsel Steve DeBrota and Assistant United States Attorney Nick Linder, who are prosecuting the case for the government, Wykoff must serve 3 years of supervised release after his sentence.