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1) Why is the verb (会う) before とき in Past Tense while the verb (言う) of the main clause is in Present Tense?
2) Why is the verb (寝る) before とき in Present Tense while the verb (閉める) of the main clause is in Past Tense?
1) Past Tense (会った) is used because you say “Good Morning” AFTER you meet the people.
2) Present Tense (寝る) is used because you close the window BEFORE you sleep.
1) The Present Tense (言います) is used because the sentence is describing an action you do EVERYDAY.
2) The Past Tense (閉めました) is used because the sentence is describing an action you did YESTERDAY.
Hopefully this is useful to people who may have the same questions. I am not that good at the Japanese language either but answering questions like that helps me learn more about it and I enjoy it. The same goes for English, I’m still learning everyday. Thanks to the students.
Hey Jinhan! Thanks for the very nice reply you left me in the Nov 27 post 🙂 I will definitely keep you updated of my JET endeavour. I have to say, my husband was very encouraged when he read your blog! Mainly it’s because he doesn’t really know what to do when (if?) he comes to Japan, but had a rough idea after reading what you did – go to language school, get a student visa and then look for a job in Japan.
I liked this post. Never really thought of the implications of the past tense present tense things but the last bit you wrote about students helping you learn English even more really resonates with me. I’m doing my TESOL practicum next week and teaching Third Conditional. To prepare for my interview I’m going to have to piah grammar. Still a bit fuzzy about the Perfect tenses. Sigh. It’s such a surprise when you realise you can’t explain something yet you know how it works. Students just don’t accept “It’s a rule, memorise it!” anymore. They want to know why and thus you have to know why.
I’ve read your introduction post and we’re quite similar! I fell in love with Japan when I was 11 and started teaching myself Japanese around the same time. I first started with a language CD-ROM which taught me phrases that I would repeat. I ended up with a lot of vocabulary and memorised sentences but no grasp of grammar. When I was 15 I enrolled myself in a small neighbourhood language school in Jurong East (it has since folded, hahaha) and tried a hand at formal lessons. It didn’t work. I was bored most of the time in JLPT4 class and couldn’t keep up in JLPT3, thanks to the disparity between my grammar and vocabulary skills. So I continued learning on my own. Never stopped since then 😀 Hopefully I would get a chance to do a Japanese course in Japan someday.
I’m so glad you say you’re liking it more and more each day. Every time I tell people I plan to move to Japan, they tell me, “Living there and holidaying there is very different you know.” (I reiterated this to my husband and he said, “废话, of course it is different. They just can’t find anything to say so they tell you that.” LOL.) I think for people like you and me (who love Japan for seemingly inexplicable reasons) we can only like it more and more. Just because we want to live there so much we would gladly deal with things like key money, not having our phones ring on the train, bringing out 燃えるゴミ only on Tuesdays (not sure about where you live though) and having to do everything in person (unlike Singapore, where you can even renew your passport online with a digital passport photo you snap with your Canon in front of your living room wall). Haha.
Ebisu! If you drink you should go to the Ebisu Beer Museum. Admission is free but you can pay 500 yen to go on a sampling tour, i.e. all the draft beer you can drink for 500 yen. I’m not a huge fan of alcohol but I just like the taste of beer so I was really looking forward to the museum but it was closed when I went… My friends and I went on January 2 but it was closed till January 4. Haha. Kena sabo by Japanese holiday calendar. Oh well. If you drink beer at all, go visit the museum!
There are two Singaporean restaurants in Ebisu, one is in a building a distance away from the train station’s West Exit – Sin Tong Kee (link here) – and another is in Ebisu Garden Place. That one is called Hainan Chi-Fan and has branches in other parts of Tokyo as well. The Akasaka branch has Singaporean staff, hahahaha. Here is the link. Sin Tong Kee was closed when I was there (again, victim of the Japanese New Year) but I went to Hainan Chi-Fan and I have to say it’s decent. 950 yen to satisfy your food cravings, worth it what! Try to bring your own chicken rice chilli though. Haha.
Hey wow, you’re doing TESOL! You really are doing all you can to get to come over, that’s really great!
Yea, I could see that we’re pretty similar except that you found your interest when you were much younger than when I found mine. Honestly, throughout my Japanese language learning journey, the worst period was when I took JLPT prep classes. For the regular classes, I always looked forward to the next class but for the JLPT prep classes, the mono-directional style of feeding us with grammar after grammar simply bored me so much, I totally lost interest in studying at one point in time, which was partly why I stopped studying the language for the next 5 years.
Your husband’s funny, and what he said is kinda true. I see that you do know a lot about Japan already. The 2 things that bother me a little here in Japan is the lack of trash cans and the need to sort our garbage. Sometimes I forget to take my 不燃ごみ out and I’d have to wait a full week before I can take it out. But like you said, it’s all worth it. Being able to be here for such a small price, I’ve got no complaints.
Thank you for telling me your email address, I shall drop you an email one of these days (hopefully over this weekend) and I’ll definitely check out your blog! Last, there’s nothing to apologise for. I appreciate your comments and you may not know this but what you wrote encouraged me a lot too and really made me feel that this is all worth it. I’m really thankful you managed to chance upon my page that we could have this conversation.

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1) why is the verb (会う) before とき in past tense while the verb (言う) of the main clause is in present tense?
2) why is the verb (寝る) before とき in present tense while the verb (閉める) of the main clause is in past tense?
1) past tense (会った) is used because you say “good morning” after you meet the people.
2) present tense (寝る) is used because you close the window before you sleep.
1) the present tense (言います) is used because the sentence is describing an action you do everyday.
2) the past tense (閉めました) is used because the sentence is describing an action you did yesterday.
hopefully this is useful to people who may have the same questions. i am not that good at the japanese language either but answering questions like that helps me learn more about it and i enjoy it. the same goes for english, i’m still learning everyday. thanks to the students.
hey jinhan! thanks for the very nice reply you left me in the nov 27 post 🙂 i will definitely keep you updated of my jet endeavour. i have to say, my husband was very encouraged when he read your blog! mainly it’s because he doesn’t really know what to do when (if?) he comes to japan, but had a rough idea after reading what you did – go to language school, get a student visa and then look for a job in japan.
i liked this post. never really thought of the implications of the past tense present tense things but the last bit you wrote about students helping you learn english even more really resonates with me. i’m doing my tesol practicum next week and teaching third conditional. to prepare for my interview i’m going to have to piah grammar. still a bit fuzzy about the perfect tenses. sigh. it’s such a surprise when you realise you can’t explain something yet you know how it works. students just don’t accept “it’s a rule, memorise it!” anymore. they want to know why and thus you have to know why.
i’ve read your introduction post and we’re quite similar! i fell in love with japan when i was 11 and started teaching myself japanese around the same time. i first started with a language cd-rom which taught me phrases that i would repeat. i ended up with a lot of vocabulary and memorised sentences but no grasp of grammar. when i was 15 i enrolled myself in a small neighbourhood language school in jurong east (it has since folded, hahaha) and tried a hand at formal lessons. it didn’t work. i was bored most of the time in jlpt4 class and couldn’t keep up in jlpt3, thanks to the disparity between my grammar and vocabulary skills. so i continued learning on my own. never stopped since then 😀 hopefully i would get a chance to do a japanese course in japan someday.
i’m so glad you say you’re liking it more and more each day. every time i tell people i plan to move to japan, they tell me, “living there and holidaying there is very different you know.” (i reiterated this to my husband and he said, “废话, of course it is different. they just can’t find anything to say so they tell you that.” lol.) i think for people like you and me (who love japan for seemingly inexplicable reasons) we can only like it more and more. just because we want to live there so much we would gladly deal with things like key money, not having our phones ring on the train, bringing out 燃えるゴミ only on tuesdays (not sure about where you live though) and having to do everything in person (unlike singapore, where you can even renew your passport online with a digital passport photo you snap with your canon in front of your living room wall). haha.
ebisu! if you drink you should go to the ebisu beer museum. admission is free but you can pay 500 yen to go on a sampling tour, i.e. all the draft beer you can drink for 500 yen. i’m not a huge fan of alcohol but i just like the taste of beer so i was really looking forward to the museum but it was closed when i went… my friends and i went on january 2 but it was closed till january 4. haha. kena sabo by japanese holiday calendar. oh well. if you drink beer at all, go visit the museum!
there are two singaporean restaurants in ebisu, one is in a building a distance away from the train station’s west exit – sin tong kee (link here) – and another is in ebisu garden place. that one is called hainan chi-fan and has branches in other parts of tokyo as well. the akasaka branch has singaporean staff, hahahaha. here is the link. sin tong kee was closed when i was there (again, victim of the japanese new year) but i went to hainan chi-fan and i have to say it’s decent. 950 yen to satisfy your food cravings, worth it what! try to bring your own chicken rice chilli though. haha.
hey wow, you’re doing tesol! you really are doing all you can to get to come over, that’s really great!
yea, i could see that we’re pretty similar except that you found your interest when you were much younger than when i found mine. honestly, throughout my japanese language learning journey, the worst period was when i took jlpt prep classes. for the regular classes, i always looked forward to the next class but for the jlpt prep classes, the mono-directional style of feeding us with grammar after grammar simply bored me so much, i totally lost interest in studying at one point in time, which was partly why i stopped studying the language for the next 5 years.
your husband’s funny, and what he said is kinda true. i see that you do know a lot about japan already. the 2 things that bother me a little here in japan is the lack of trash cans and the need to sort our garbage. sometimes i forget to take my 不燃ごみ out and i’d have to wait a full week before i can take it out. but like you said, it’s all worth it. being able to be here for such a small price, i’ve got no complaints.
thank you for telling me your email address, i shall drop you an email one of these days (hopefully over this weekend) and i’ll definitely check out your blog! last, there’s nothing to apologise for. i appreciate your comments and you may not know this but what you wrote encouraged me a lot too and really made me feel that this is all worth it. i’m really thankful you managed to chance upon my page that we could have this conversation.


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Canister & Grape - A Website for Wargamers: Rebasing for Imagi-nations complete!
Thank goodness I've finished the rebasing project I've had going on. Fully reorganised and freshly based, I now have two regiments of dragoons, one of grenzers and four of line infantry.
Head on over to Die Kriege des Zobelshuts to see more pics and read the background.
They look superb Sir! Fabulous groundwork, really sets them off perfectly.
Thanks mate. I'm a big believer that a decent base can really set off a miniature, even one where you haven't done the best paint job.
Merry Christmas from everyone at C&G!

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canister & grape - a website for wargamers: rebasing for imagi-nations complete!
thank goodness i've finished the rebasing project i've had going on. fully reorganised and freshly based, i now have two regiments of dragoons, one of grenzers and four of line infantry.
head on over to die kriege des zobelshuts to see more pics and read the background.
they look superb sir! fabulous groundwork, really sets them off perfectly.
thanks mate. i'm a big believer that a decent base can really set off a miniature, even one where you haven't done the best paint job.
merry christmas from everyone at c&g!


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The back of the camera sports a 3-inch1,036k-dot OLED touschreen as well as a 2,359k-dot OLED live viewfinder. It’s magnesium alloy, weather-sealed body make it a mean competitor to the also weather-sealed Olympus O-MD E-M1.
"...we’ve found the Panasonic GH4 to balance itself nearly perfectly as a video/still hybrid camera."
The GH4 isn’t just a video machine, though. On the stills front it offers solid image quality with nice out-of-camera JPEGs and flexible Raw files. Color and tonality have improved over previous Panasonic models and in-camera Raw processing is a nice addition. Also, the GH4 handles itself reasonably well at higher ISOs.
Ergonomically, it offers ample dedicated buttons for things like WB and and ISO, as well as a quick menu accessed via the touchscreen. And while competition is quite fierce at this price point, we’ve found the Panasonic GH4 to balance itself nearly perfectly as a video/still hybrid camera.

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the back of the camera sports a 3-inch1,036k-dot oled touschreen as well as a 2,359k-dot oled live viewfinder. it’s magnesium alloy, weather-sealed body make it a mean competitor to the also weather-sealed olympus o-md e-m1.
"...we’ve found the panasonic gh4 to balance itself nearly perfectly as a video/still hybrid camera."
the gh4 isn’t just a video machine, though. on the stills front it offers solid image quality with nice out-of-camera jpegs and flexible raw files. color and tonality have improved over previous panasonic models and in-camera raw processing is a nice addition. also, the gh4 handles itself reasonably well at higher isos.
ergonomically, it offers ample dedicated buttons for things like wb and and iso, as well as a quick menu accessed via the touchscreen. and while competition is quite fierce at this price point, we’ve found the panasonic gh4 to balance itself nearly perfectly as a video/still hybrid camera.


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Charming Bulk Feeders For Cattle #4 Ranchers Pride – 24' Used Livestock Skid Cattle Bulk Feeders With Agitator.
Bulk Cattle Feeder 2 Plus Ton - $2,750 .
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charming bulk feeders for cattle #4 ranchers pride – 24' used livestock skid cattle bulk feeders with agitator.
bulk cattle feeder 2 plus ton - $2,750 .
neckover 8' bulk cattle feeder - $3,450 .
bulk feeders for cattle was posted at february 3, 2019 at 12:01 am. it is uploaded at the feeder category. bulk feeders for cattle is tagged with bulk feeders for cattle, bulk, feeders, for, cattle..
for bulk feeders for cattle includes a natural location that would usually be used as a park location that'll be planted with various types of crops that can create a gorgeous and incorporate the household and aesthetic importance together. for that latest home yard decoration is typical of two pieces, specifically the house's front and back.
where each aspect has a specified spot and will be intriguing to get various characteristics and maximized thus an attractive backyard, and may be tailored to the needs of every residence. wildlife is one part of the bulk feeders for cattle which can be designed to start to see the whole-house looks appealing and more gorgeous. unfortunately, there are still many people who don't feel toomuch about decorating the backyard so your appearance of your home appears in the exterior to be less gorgeous and beautiful.
to create a house yard decoration is modern front, there are some appealing tips as you are able to employ, so the playground isn't just a natural place to position the crops increase effectively, but also can provide an artistic importance that is good about the home front. hence become a price that is extra towards the house with naturalness.
for decorating the bulk feeders for cattle, the first ideas are to make gardens that are little. this small yard implies a green location that is with various kinds of crops which might be in a position to explain a beautiful green area and wonderful on the entrance of the house as being a small spot. then you can also develop a town park without any less wonderful watch to the city park when you have been influenced from the area park.
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A pilot project in the region of Västra Götaland has shown that smartphones can shorten the management of suspected skin cancer.
The first results show significantly shortened waiting times for diagnosing and treating patients with malignant melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma. This in turn reduces patient anxiety and suffering, and ultimately saves lives.
We want to wish a warm welcome to meet the group behind the project, take note of the positive results and see how the new technology works. Other participants are Ann Söderström, regional health trust director in Västra Götaland, Birgitta Molin Mellander, hospital director Skaraborg hospital and Lina Baldenäs, representative of the Melanoma Association.
Location: Hjärtat auditorium, Vita stråket 12, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Sahlgrenska University Hospital is northern Europe’s largest university hospital. The hospital offers the highest medical standards to perform the most advanced treatments and procedures that today’s medical development allows. Within about 25 specialties, we have the expertise and we treat patients from all over Sweden. The clinical research is in collaboration with the Sahlgrenska Academy and is an integral part of our health care practices.

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a pilot project in the region of västra götaland has shown that smartphones can shorten the management of suspected skin cancer.
the first results show significantly shortened waiting times for diagnosing and treating patients with malignant melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma. this in turn reduces patient anxiety and suffering, and ultimately saves lives.
we want to wish a warm welcome to meet the group behind the project, take note of the positive results and see how the new technology works. other participants are ann söderström, regional health trust director in västra götaland, birgitta molin mellander, hospital director skaraborg hospital and lina baldenäs, representative of the melanoma association.
location: hjärtat auditorium, vita stråket 12, sahlgrenska university hospital, gothenburg, sweden.
sahlgrenska university hospital is northern europe’s largest university hospital. the hospital offers the highest medical standards to perform the most advanced treatments and procedures that today’s medical development allows. within about 25 specialties, we have the expertise and we treat patients from all over sweden. the clinical research is in collaboration with the sahlgrenska academy and is an integral part of our health care practices.


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The US Economy Grew in 2014 — Carbon Pollution, Not So Much.
VICE News explores the intricate relationship—and lack thereof—between economies and carbon emissions.
Help save the arctic and its beautiful inhabitants by donating here—every dollar counts, so please help make a difference and donate to a worthy cause (http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/goto/savethenarwhal)!
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the us economy grew in 2014 — carbon pollution, not so much.
vice news explores the intricate relationship—and lack thereof—between economies and carbon emissions.
help save the arctic and its beautiful inhabitants by donating here—every dollar counts, so please help make a difference and donate to a worthy cause (http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/goto/savethenarwhal)!
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Bartek Ingredients announces the successful completion of a 4,000t capacity increase of its malic acid production facilities. Credit: Business Wire.
Canada-based malic acid and food-grade fumaric acid producer Bartek Ingredients has completed the first project in a series of process and production improvements.
The capacity expansion project increased the firm’s output of malic acid by 4,000t per year. Completion of the upgrades at Bartek’s malic acid production sites is the first of a series of capital investments to increase capabilities across the company’s manufacturing network.
Bartek said the expansion will result in greater flexibility and support its food, beverage, confectionery and animal nutrition customers.
The company will also upgrade its laboratories and office space this year. Bartek said its investments are in response to increasing demand for malic acid, fumaric acid and maleic anhydride across the globe.
Bartek Sales vice-president Dave Tapajna said: “Bartek’s presence will grow substantially in 2019 with the introduction of new products and packages to meet market demands, and we will continue to add value for our customers through a series of planned initiatives.
Established in 1969, Bartek Ingredients produces malic acid, fumaric acid, and maleic anhydride at its two production facilities in Southern Ontario and distributes them to more than 35 countries around the world.

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bartek ingredients announces the successful completion of a 4,000t capacity increase of its malic acid production facilities. credit: business wire.
canada-based malic acid and food-grade fumaric acid producer bartek ingredients has completed the first project in a series of process and production improvements.
the capacity expansion project increased the firm’s output of malic acid by 4,000t per year. completion of the upgrades at bartek’s malic acid production sites is the first of a series of capital investments to increase capabilities across the company’s manufacturing network.
bartek said the expansion will result in greater flexibility and support its food, beverage, confectionery and animal nutrition customers.
the company will also upgrade its laboratories and office space this year. bartek said its investments are in response to increasing demand for malic acid, fumaric acid and maleic anhydride across the globe.
bartek sales vice-president dave tapajna said: “bartek’s presence will grow substantially in 2019 with the introduction of new products and packages to meet market demands, and we will continue to add value for our customers through a series of planned initiatives.
established in 1969, bartek ingredients produces malic acid, fumaric acid, and maleic anhydride at its two production facilities in southern ontario and distributes them to more than 35 countries around the world.


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What are girls made of? Sugar and Spice, and Everything Nice?
Before you answer that, meet The Classic City Roller Girls- a group of Athens girls who'd love nothing more than to show you, and a packed arena of spectators, just exactly what they are made of. And I can go ahead and tell you, it is not sugar.
The Classic City Roller Girls are a tangy, tough team of fierce female athletes on skates, and often also, in fishnets and fake eyelashes. Today, the all-American contact sport of Roller Derby is revived and thriving among aggressive women all over the world. And Athens, GA, is no exception- with ever-expanding local interest making The Classic City Roller Girls impossible to ignore.
I already knew a lot about the pop culture praise of the national Roller Derby scene when I heard about the Athens league, but after attending my first actual bout at the Athens Arena, I gained a whole new respect for the sport and the Classic City Roller Girls. Roller Derby is fully physical, highly energized, heart-pumpingly exciting, and just incredibly fun to watch. I have attended few sports events quite like a Roller Derby bout, and we are lucky enough in Athens, GA to have a dedicated team worth watching and cheering on manically from the stands.
In more focused moments of my Roller Derby viewing experience, I was able to stay quiet long enough to capture a few videos. Later, I was even able to interview a few of the Athens' roller girls myself. The video account of my first Classic City Roller Girls and Roller Derby bout experience are below for your viewing enjoyment.
There may not be a home football game in Athens this weekend, but there will certainly be a high energy sporting event worthy of your support taking place- Don't miss your chance to see the Classic City Roller Girls face off against the Atlanta Roller Girl's Jukes of Hazard at this Saturday's Fall Brawl at the Athens Arena - Saturday, September 24th at 7 p.m. | Tickets can be purchased at the door for $12 (adults), $5 (kids 6-10), & free admission for children 5 and under. Advance tickets can be purchased here for only $10.

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what are girls made of? sugar and spice, and everything nice?
before you answer that, meet the classic city roller girls- a group of athens girls who'd love nothing more than to show you, and a packed arena of spectators, just exactly what they are made of. and i can go ahead and tell you, it is not sugar.
the classic city roller girls are a tangy, tough team of fierce female athletes on skates, and often also, in fishnets and fake eyelashes. today, the all-american contact sport of roller derby is revived and thriving among aggressive women all over the world. and athens, ga, is no exception- with ever-expanding local interest making the classic city roller girls impossible to ignore.
i already knew a lot about the pop culture praise of the national roller derby scene when i heard about the athens league, but after attending my first actual bout at the athens arena, i gained a whole new respect for the sport and the classic city roller girls. roller derby is fully physical, highly energized, heart-pumpingly exciting, and just incredibly fun to watch. i have attended few sports events quite like a roller derby bout, and we are lucky enough in athens, ga to have a dedicated team worth watching and cheering on manically from the stands.
in more focused moments of my roller derby viewing experience, i was able to stay quiet long enough to capture a few videos. later, i was even able to interview a few of the athens' roller girls myself. the video account of my first classic city roller girls and roller derby bout experience are below for your viewing enjoyment.
there may not be a home football game in athens this weekend, but there will certainly be a high energy sporting event worthy of your support taking place- don't miss your chance to see the classic city roller girls face off against the atlanta roller girl's jukes of hazard at this saturday's fall brawl at the athens arena - saturday, september 24th at 7 p.m. | tickets can be purchased at the door for $12 (adults), $5 (kids 6-10), & free admission for children 5 and under. advance tickets can be purchased here for only $10.


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Is it officially Summer yet?
Today IS the first day of SUMMER!!!!
Flowers, Butterflies, Sports, Vacation, Sunshine, Outdoors, Father's Day, Water/Beach, Birthdays. Colors are Bright and Vibrant.
For my card today, I am using Tilda in Key Largo.
I did some fun stitching in the background, to kind of fill the empty space.
I added sequins (which are very popular right now), to the corners and added pearl dimensions to the center.
The banner reads: "YOU FILL MY WORLD WITH SUNSHINE"
Thanx so much for joining us at MDUC this week.
This is such a fabulous summer card, great colouring, design and paper choices. Thank you for sharing with us over at Midweek Magnolias.
The colours,image and embellishments are just great.
Thanks for joining us at Brown Sugar.

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is it officially summer yet?
today is the first day of summer!!!!
flowers, butterflies, sports, vacation, sunshine, outdoors, father's day, water/beach, birthdays. colors are bright and vibrant.
for my card today, i am using tilda in key largo.
i did some fun stitching in the background, to kind of fill the empty space.
i added sequins (which are very popular right now), to the corners and added pearl dimensions to the center.
the banner reads: "you fill my world with sunshine"
thanx so much for joining us at mduc this week.
this is such a fabulous summer card, great colouring, design and paper choices. thank you for sharing with us over at midweek magnolias.
the colours,image and embellishments are just great.
thanks for joining us at brown sugar.


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SN Tech Talks is a local Swindon event which will provide an environment for technology leaders to hear from their peers about the challenges they have faced, how they overcame these and how they see the future of technology evolving within their business.
This is not a sales/product driven event but an opportunity for sharing ideas and networking with your peers in an informal atmosphere.
Having studied IT Leadership at Cranfield School of Management, Gary went on to a career in IT, specialising in project and programme management, IT strategy and business transformation. He recently joined Unipart from W H Smith where he has worked as Chief Technology Officer since 2017. Prior to that, he spent 4 years with Avis Budget Group, most recently as VP, Information Technology for the EMEA Region. Gary will be sharing his thoughts and experiences around "Digital Transformation & Why its Important".
Jon is going to speak about the Digital Transformation that he has led at The National Trust for the last three years. He will share the challenges he and his team have faced modernising their estate including the adoption of public cloud, implementing NextGen networks and the adoption of Agile and DevOps methodologies, as well as how they ensured they took the business on this journey. Jon has spoken at many events on a global stage sharing all that he has achieved at The National Trust, we are delighted to have him at our inaugural event.
The event will be held at The Workshed in Swindon, arrivals will be from 1800 with the first speaker on at 1830. Following the speakers, there will be drinks and pizza served with an opportunity for networking.

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sn tech talks is a local swindon event which will provide an environment for technology leaders to hear from their peers about the challenges they have faced, how they overcame these and how they see the future of technology evolving within their business.
this is not a sales/product driven event but an opportunity for sharing ideas and networking with your peers in an informal atmosphere.
having studied it leadership at cranfield school of management, gary went on to a career in it, specialising in project and programme management, it strategy and business transformation. he recently joined unipart from w h smith where he has worked as chief technology officer since 2017. prior to that, he spent 4 years with avis budget group, most recently as vp, information technology for the emea region. gary will be sharing his thoughts and experiences around "digital transformation & why its important".
jon is going to speak about the digital transformation that he has led at the national trust for the last three years. he will share the challenges he and his team have faced modernising their estate including the adoption of public cloud, implementing nextgen networks and the adoption of agile and devops methodologies, as well as how they ensured they took the business on this journey. jon has spoken at many events on a global stage sharing all that he has achieved at the national trust, we are delighted to have him at our inaugural event.
the event will be held at the workshed in swindon, arrivals will be from 1800 with the first speaker on at 1830. following the speakers, there will be drinks and pizza served with an opportunity for networking.


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(AP) — DeVry Inc. stock was down 20 percent today after the company said yesterday that its fiscal third-quarter profit dropped more than 15 percent drop because of declining enrollments in its namesake school.
Downers Grove-based DeVry said its new undergraduate student enrollment at DeVry University, which makes up the bulk of its business, fell 21 percent year-over-year. While student enrollment improved in some sectors — increasing 17.5 percent at Carrington Colleges Group and 17 percent at Chamberlain College of Nursing — its overall student count fell nearly 7 percent for the quarter.

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(ap) — devry inc. stock was down 20 percent today after the company said yesterday that its fiscal third-quarter profit dropped more than 15 percent drop because of declining enrollments in its namesake school.
downers grove-based devry said its new undergraduate student enrollment at devry university, which makes up the bulk of its business, fell 21 percent year-over-year. while student enrollment improved in some sectors — increasing 17.5 percent at carrington colleges group and 17 percent at chamberlain college of nursing — its overall student count fell nearly 7 percent for the quarter.


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HAMMOND - The Southeastern baseball team swept a doubleheader against McNeese State on Sunday, giving the Lions a three game sweep over the Cowboys for the weekend.
In the early game on Sunday, the Lions used a combination of great offense and defense - getting a spectacular catch from Ryan Byers - as Southeastern took game 2 of the series 15-4.
In game 3, the Lions once again jumped out to an early lead and secured the sweep with a 9-2 win.
The Lions also celebrated "Knock Cancer Out of the Park" day, celebrating Paige Hickman, who threw out the first pitch of game 2. The Lions are helping Hickman through her cancer treatment.
The Lions welcome Louisiana-Lafayette to Hammond on Tuesday as they face the Ragin' Cajuns in their next game.

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hammond - the southeastern baseball team swept a doubleheader against mcneese state on sunday, giving the lions a three game sweep over the cowboys for the weekend.
in the early game on sunday, the lions used a combination of great offense and defense - getting a spectacular catch from ryan byers - as southeastern took game 2 of the series 15-4.
in game 3, the lions once again jumped out to an early lead and secured the sweep with a 9-2 win.
the lions also celebrated "knock cancer out of the park" day, celebrating paige hickman, who threw out the first pitch of game 2. the lions are helping hickman through her cancer treatment.
the lions welcome louisiana-lafayette to hammond on tuesday as they face the ragin' cajuns in their next game.


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The Oasis II tent units are out of production and new units are no longer available.
We do have replacement tent bodies available and are considering having replacement travel covers and rainflys made.
We are also evaluating importing the current Oasis 6.2 models.

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the oasis ii tent units are out of production and new units are no longer available.
we do have replacement tent bodies available and are considering having replacement travel covers and rainflys made.
we are also evaluating importing the current oasis 6.2 models.


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INDIRA DEVI, born to wealth, luxury and culture and refined to her finger-tips, came, unaccountably, to be dogged by other-worldliness which gave her no peace till she met her ‘destined Guru’, as she puts it, in Sri Dilip Kumar Roy who advised her to accept Sri Aurobindo as her Guide in 1949. But she refused and the great Sage counselled Dilip Kumar to accept her and wrote that she was an aspirant of “advanced spiritual consciousness” whose “samadhi was of the savikalpa kind”, and nature highly psychic and receptive. After founding the Han Krishna Mandir Ashram at Poona under the aegis of her accepted Guru, she began, at his instance, to write about her experiences and evolution in Yoga to two American brother-aspirants, Richard Miller and Don Taxay, who had adopted India as their spiritual home. These letters form the first Part of the present volume. The second consists of letters written by Dilip Kumar and others about the happenings in Han Krishna Mandir and about the saints and sages and spiritual life in general. These have been edited finally by Dilip Kumar as a tribute to Indira Devi on her birthday this year 1964, with the one aim: to attest the last Rality, vivid and large as life, which answers all true aspiration with its boon of bhakti and adoration of Lord Krishna who “manifests His Love through Beauty to lead us to Bilss.”.
Translator’s apology: I was deeply impressed by His Holiness Sri Mahanam’s twin books on the Gita and Sri Gouranga. So I wrote to him. He complied with my request and sent me this Preface (in Bengali) to serve as a Foreword to Indira Devi’s Letters, translated into Bengali by myself and published in Calcutta last year. While gratefully acknowledging the debt, I asked His Holiness to translate his Foreword into English for the present edition. In reply he suggested I myself undertake the task. I have availed myself of his permission but with deep diffidence, as I am fully alive to the impossibility of doing justice to his inimitable style in an English translation, the more so as many of the images and similes which star his poetic prose can never retain their savour and ambiance in a language like English whose genius and temperament are very different from Bengali. So, I hope His Holiness will forgive me for having been forced to be somewhat free at places in my translation, as also for omitting a few passages I could not cope with. I have also taken the liberty of adding two quotations: one from Indira Dcvi’s 14th Letter and the other from Sri Aurobindo’s Savitri - at the tail-end. His Holiness has written in Bengali: “Manush pabe divyatanu”. But although it sounds perfect in our language, to translate it literally with “Man shall have a celestial body” would have sounded very much like an anticlimax in English, especially in a closing sentence.
It has been said that an authentic God-seeker’s life dates from the moment he is initiated in Yoga, that is, when his soul is born spiritually. As I believe this, I will refrain from writing Indira Devi’s biography by way of preface even though she is the central figure in The Flute Calls Still. I have done my humble best to tell here how His Flute called her and, how again, after answering its call, she became a flute in His hands, as His Holiness Sri Mahanamavrata has put it so aptly. Still, many who have appealed to me to write about her life in the past are likely to be disappointed. I can only console them by stressing that I have portrayed, through others’ letters and mine, her spiritual evolution and stature in the second part of the volume entitled, Our Mandir. In its pages, however, I have tried to keep myself in the background, because I want all that I have penned or edited to be taken, by and large, as a history of and tribute to her rapid blossoming in the light of the spirit — a blossoming as incredible as it is indubitable - by which I wish to underline her astonishing Aspiration (referred to by Ruth St. Dennis, the famous dancer) which outpetalled with such breathtaking swiftness since her spiritual birth in 1949.
“The greatest aspiration and joy of the little drop of rain is to lose itself in the river for it knows that only by losing it can gain.
I feel tempted to go on for pages and pages, quoting her spontaneous reactions to the lore of Guruvad if only to show how they are all on fours with the findings of our forbears, but since that is not possible, I will conclude with a short account of what is perhaps the most remarkable and singular feature of her spiritual evolution, to wit, her relationship with Mirabai of hallowed fame, who has been singing to her moving songs on love divine day, after thrilling day, from the year of her initiation in Yoga: 1949.
These lovely songs (which have already added up to more than 800 in number) she heard in her samadhi, a miracle, indeed, of the first water, hut what is a still greater miracle is that she remembered everytime the words and recited them verbatim! And, as this is, assuredly, the most abiding divine miracle I have witnessed in my life so far, I cannot, for fear of being scoffed at, fight shy of writing at some length about this breath-taking phenomenon. Were space at my disposal I could have easily written a hundred pages and still feel I have not said enough; but as that is neither feasible nor advisable, may I be permitted to quote my own Preface to a sheaf of her songs entitled, Pujanjali which was printed here in Pune three years ago in Sindhi script.
Then she began to see, in her vision, a lovely lady in Rajput dress who sang to her beautiful devotional songs in a voice athrob with loves yearning and pain — viraha. Once, at my request, she wrote about it all in a letter dated August 19, 1950, from Mussourie where she used to meditate daily from eight to ten hours.
“I am writing this in the small hours of the morning after having just woken up from my meditation which lasted about five hours.
“Mira came to me again. 0 Dada, how dear she has grown to me and how near! How real Her love and how close she is to my heart! And yet isn’t it all but incredible? To think that one so holy, who comes to me in my dreams and trances, should be growing as it were with my own growth! ... I am told that people simply will not believe me. I can only smile.Now that I have seen and loved Her, could it matter to me one jot or tittle, even if the whole world were to laugh at my experience ? A mere dream? But can a mere dream give one more lasting peace and sustenance of love than all the realities of the world put together? O Dada, I shall always be grateful to you, for it is because of your blessing, your meditation, that she came to me and loved me as she has. And how precious is Her Love! I wish you could see Her! She is lovely and her beauty grows on one. But I cannot make her out. I asked Her the other day: But tell me, are you really real? She placed herpalm on my head in token of blessing and smiled again and said: But do you know yourself, the real you ? I will tell you more about it all when you come next to Mussourie . But one thing I may tell you now as certain: that she will never forsake me even if the whole world does.
Next followed a series of thrilling mystic experiences after which she began, lo, to remember the songs which, in her trances, she had heard Mira sing. As she started dictating these songs and I went on in delight, taking them down, I could no longer doubt their authenticity: the lady who continued to visit Indira I her Samadhi could be no other than the famous Mira Bai, Queen of Mevar, whose life – history had crystallized into a haloed legend centuries ago.
While in Pondicherry, I first published in 1950, 165 of her songs entitled Shrutanjali meaning an offering of songs heard”. Thereafter, in 1953, Premanjali (with 95 songs) saw the light, to be succeeded, in 1958, by Sudhanjali with 183 songs, and lastly, in 1960, by Deepanjali with 167 songs, making up a sum total of 610 songs in all, of which about 600 were heard and dictated by her, a phenomenal feat in all conscience! And 200 more such songs remain still to be published.
“Whenever he was in a state of ecstasy he would burst forth into song and one of the fellow-seekers, sitting by, would take them down.” These were later approved by the poet-mystic who said: ‘This is my nuska” (a physician’s prescription for the malady of life) (Divine Dwellers in the Desert pp. 47-48).
To conclude with the comment of Sri Aurobindo (and who could be a greater authority on authentic mysticism ancient or modem?) He wrote to me three letters when I sent him a few of Indira’s songs with an elaborate’ account of how they were inspired and conveyed.
(7.5.1950) “It is evident,” he further explained in his second letter, “that Indira is receiving inspiration for her Hindi songs from the Mira of her vision and that her consciousness and the consciousness of Mira are collaborating on some plane superconscient to the ordinary human mind: an occult plane; also, this influence is not an illusion but a reality, otherwise the thing could not happen as it does in actual fact. Such things do happen on the occult plane, they are not new and unprecedented.”(2-6-1950).
For the rest, I need only add that I am sure that these songs will go on inspiring — irrespective of caste and creed, race or religion — all true devotees and aspirants who need the light of Love Divine to help them tread the Path that leads to the Peak of soul’s fulfilment in this world of perfidious phantoms and false glimmers that end only in the Abyss.
In the foreword we are told that this book — containing 167 Hindi bhajans and 33 English translations - is the fourth collection of Indira Devi’s devotional songs, which has been rightly compared with Mira’s songs.
In these words the Yogi Anirvan has very correctly described Indira Devi’s songs and her complete dedication to Krishna. Mira used to consider herself an incarnation of Lalita a dear sakhi of Sri Radha who was the greatest devotee of Krishna. Therefore, it is not at all out of place that Indira Devi equally deeply in love with Krishna, should be considered by Shri Dilip Kumar Roy ‘in contact with Mira, singing’. In such rapturous moods, almost in trance, she dictates the songs with tears in her eyes, conveying the pure message of Mira’s world-oblivious love for Krishna. It is the purest devotion of an inspired soul and complete dedication that is manifested in the bhajans of Indira Devi: It is true that nobody can say whence arises this mystic longing, this overwhelming aspiration for self- surrender; but one can see it in Indira Devi and in her songs. Her whole personality is surcharged with love for love’s sake .... ahetuk prem .... which knows only love and wants nothing in reward, not even moksha — salvation. She considers human bodies or moulds as the pradips (clay lamps) and holds that we do not count till we make our lives into lamps to manifest the Lord’s Light.
As I am bringing out The Flute Calls Still, by and large to pay the deep debt I owe to Indira Devi, but for whom Han Krishna Mandir, with the yugala-vigraha of Radha-Krishna, would never have come into being, any more than the vista of an undreamt of world of the Saint Mirabai’s personality, parables and inspiration would have opened before me (initiating for me a totally new phase of sadhana, blest by Radha, Krishna and Guru), I should like to add one word more before I conclude: namely, that now-a-days she not only recites Mira’s songs verbatim — for me to take down — but can, as often as not, reproduce also some of the beautiful and original tunes in which she has heard Mira sing them. A few of the tunes are quite new in style arid movement, so much so, that sometimes I have had to take them down in notation before I could sing them correctly. Someday, God willing, I hope to be able to publish some of these lovely airs to prove my contention — the airs that we sing almost daily in chorus in our temple — bhajans as well as namakirtans, and ever so many respond to them whole-heartedly. This I mention not only because it is a fresh miracle in itself (since Indira when she came to Pondicherry could not sing at all) but also because I look upon the achievement as a veritable landmark in the evolution of her many-mooded personality.

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indira devi, born to wealth, luxury and culture and refined to her finger-tips, came, unaccountably, to be dogged by other-worldliness which gave her no peace till she met her ‘destined guru’, as she puts it, in sri dilip kumar roy who advised her to accept sri aurobindo as her guide in 1949. but she refused and the great sage counselled dilip kumar to accept her and wrote that she was an aspirant of “advanced spiritual consciousness” whose “samadhi was of the savikalpa kind”, and nature highly psychic and receptive. after founding the han krishna mandir ashram at poona under the aegis of her accepted guru, she began, at his instance, to write about her experiences and evolution in yoga to two american brother-aspirants, richard miller and don taxay, who had adopted india as their spiritual home. these letters form the first part of the present volume. the second consists of letters written by dilip kumar and others about the happenings in han krishna mandir and about the saints and sages and spiritual life in general. these have been edited finally by dilip kumar as a tribute to indira devi on her birthday this year 1964, with the one aim: to attest the last rality, vivid and large as life, which answers all true aspiration with its boon of bhakti and adoration of lord krishna who “manifests his love through beauty to lead us to bilss.”.
translator’s apology: i was deeply impressed by his holiness sri mahanam’s twin books on the gita and sri gouranga. so i wrote to him. he complied with my request and sent me this preface (in bengali) to serve as a foreword to indira devi’s letters, translated into bengali by myself and published in calcutta last year. while gratefully acknowledging the debt, i asked his holiness to translate his foreword into english for the present edition. in reply he suggested i myself undertake the task. i have availed myself of his permission but with deep diffidence, as i am fully alive to the impossibility of doing justice to his inimitable style in an english translation, the more so as many of the images and similes which star his poetic prose can never retain their savour and ambiance in a language like english whose genius and temperament are very different from bengali. so, i hope his holiness will forgive me for having been forced to be somewhat free at places in my translation, as also for omitting a few passages i could not cope with. i have also taken the liberty of adding two quotations: one from indira dcvi’s 14th letter and the other from sri aurobindo’s savitri - at the tail-end. his holiness has written in bengali: “manush pabe divyatanu”. but although it sounds perfect in our language, to translate it literally with “man shall have a celestial body” would have sounded very much like an anticlimax in english, especially in a closing sentence.
it has been said that an authentic god-seeker’s life dates from the moment he is initiated in yoga, that is, when his soul is born spiritually. as i believe this, i will refrain from writing indira devi’s biography by way of preface even though she is the central figure in the flute calls still. i have done my humble best to tell here how his flute called her and, how again, after answering its call, she became a flute in his hands, as his holiness sri mahanamavrata has put it so aptly. still, many who have appealed to me to write about her life in the past are likely to be disappointed. i can only console them by stressing that i have portrayed, through others’ letters and mine, her spiritual evolution and stature in the second part of the volume entitled, our mandir. in its pages, however, i have tried to keep myself in the background, because i want all that i have penned or edited to be taken, by and large, as a history of and tribute to her rapid blossoming in the light of the spirit — a blossoming as incredible as it is indubitable - by which i wish to underline her astonishing aspiration (referred to by ruth st. dennis, the famous dancer) which outpetalled with such breathtaking swiftness since her spiritual birth in 1949.
“the greatest aspiration and joy of the little drop of rain is to lose itself in the river for it knows that only by losing it can gain.
i feel tempted to go on for pages and pages, quoting her spontaneous reactions to the lore of guruvad if only to show how they are all on fours with the findings of our forbears, but since that is not possible, i will conclude with a short account of what is perhaps the most remarkable and singular feature of her spiritual evolution, to wit, her relationship with mirabai of hallowed fame, who has been singing to her moving songs on love divine day, after thrilling day, from the year of her initiation in yoga: 1949.
these lovely songs (which have already added up to more than 800 in number) she heard in her samadhi, a miracle, indeed, of the first water, hut what is a still greater miracle is that she remembered everytime the words and recited them verbatim! and, as this is, assuredly, the most abiding divine miracle i have witnessed in my life so far, i cannot, for fear of being scoffed at, fight shy of writing at some length about this breath-taking phenomenon. were space at my disposal i could have easily written a hundred pages and still feel i have not said enough; but as that is neither feasible nor advisable, may i be permitted to quote my own preface to a sheaf of her songs entitled, pujanjali which was printed here in pune three years ago in sindhi script.
then she began to see, in her vision, a lovely lady in rajput dress who sang to her beautiful devotional songs in a voice athrob with loves yearning and pain — viraha. once, at my request, she wrote about it all in a letter dated august 19, 1950, from mussourie where she used to meditate daily from eight to ten hours.
“i am writing this in the small hours of the morning after having just woken up from my meditation which lasted about five hours.
“mira came to me again. 0 dada, how dear she has grown to me and how near! how real her love and how close she is to my heart! and yet isn’t it all but incredible? to think that one so holy, who comes to me in my dreams and trances, should be growing as it were with my own growth! ... i am told that people simply will not believe me. i can only smile.now that i have seen and loved her, could it matter to me one jot or tittle, even if the whole world were to laugh at my experience ? a mere dream? but can a mere dream give one more lasting peace and sustenance of love than all the realities of the world put together? o dada, i shall always be grateful to you, for it is because of your blessing, your meditation, that she came to me and loved me as she has. and how precious is her love! i wish you could see her! she is lovely and her beauty grows on one. but i cannot make her out. i asked her the other day: but tell me, are you really real? she placed herpalm on my head in token of blessing and smiled again and said: but do you know yourself, the real you ? i will tell you more about it all when you come next to mussourie . but one thing i may tell you now as certain: that she will never forsake me even if the whole world does.
next followed a series of thrilling mystic experiences after which she began, lo, to remember the songs which, in her trances, she had heard mira sing. as she started dictating these songs and i went on in delight, taking them down, i could no longer doubt their authenticity: the lady who continued to visit indira i her samadhi could be no other than the famous mira bai, queen of mevar, whose life – history had crystallized into a haloed legend centuries ago.
while in pondicherry, i first published in 1950, 165 of her songs entitled shrutanjali meaning an offering of songs heard”. thereafter, in 1953, premanjali (with 95 songs) saw the light, to be succeeded, in 1958, by sudhanjali with 183 songs, and lastly, in 1960, by deepanjali with 167 songs, making up a sum total of 610 songs in all, of which about 600 were heard and dictated by her, a phenomenal feat in all conscience! and 200 more such songs remain still to be published.
“whenever he was in a state of ecstasy he would burst forth into song and one of the fellow-seekers, sitting by, would take them down.” these were later approved by the poet-mystic who said: ‘this is my nuska” (a physician’s prescription for the malady of life) (divine dwellers in the desert pp. 47-48).
to conclude with the comment of sri aurobindo (and who could be a greater authority on authentic mysticism ancient or modem?) he wrote to me three letters when i sent him a few of indira’s songs with an elaborate’ account of how they were inspired and conveyed.
(7.5.1950) “it is evident,” he further explained in his second letter, “that indira is receiving inspiration for her hindi songs from the mira of her vision and that her consciousness and the consciousness of mira are collaborating on some plane superconscient to the ordinary human mind: an occult plane; also, this influence is not an illusion but a reality, otherwise the thing could not happen as it does in actual fact. such things do happen on the occult plane, they are not new and unprecedented.”(2-6-1950).
for the rest, i need only add that i am sure that these songs will go on inspiring — irrespective of caste and creed, race or religion — all true devotees and aspirants who need the light of love divine to help them tread the path that leads to the peak of soul’s fulfilment in this world of perfidious phantoms and false glimmers that end only in the abyss.
in the foreword we are told that this book — containing 167 hindi bhajans and 33 english translations - is the fourth collection of indira devi’s devotional songs, which has been rightly compared with mira’s songs.
in these words the yogi anirvan has very correctly described indira devi’s songs and her complete dedication to krishna. mira used to consider herself an incarnation of lalita a dear sakhi of sri radha who was the greatest devotee of krishna. therefore, it is not at all out of place that indira devi equally deeply in love with krishna, should be considered by shri dilip kumar roy ‘in contact with mira, singing’. in such rapturous moods, almost in trance, she dictates the songs with tears in her eyes, conveying the pure message of mira’s world-oblivious love for krishna. it is the purest devotion of an inspired soul and complete dedication that is manifested in the bhajans of indira devi: it is true that nobody can say whence arises this mystic longing, this overwhelming aspiration for self- surrender; but one can see it in indira devi and in her songs. her whole personality is surcharged with love for love’s sake .... ahetuk prem .... which knows only love and wants nothing in reward, not even moksha — salvation. she considers human bodies or moulds as the pradips (clay lamps) and holds that we do not count till we make our lives into lamps to manifest the lord’s light.
as i am bringing out the flute calls still, by and large to pay the deep debt i owe to indira devi, but for whom han krishna mandir, with the yugala-vigraha of radha-krishna, would never have come into being, any more than the vista of an undreamt of world of the saint mirabai’s personality, parables and inspiration would have opened before me (initiating for me a totally new phase of sadhana, blest by radha, krishna and guru), i should like to add one word more before i conclude: namely, that now-a-days she not only recites mira’s songs verbatim — for me to take down — but can, as often as not, reproduce also some of the beautiful and original tunes in which she has heard mira sing them. a few of the tunes are quite new in style arid movement, so much so, that sometimes i have had to take them down in notation before i could sing them correctly. someday, god willing, i hope to be able to publish some of these lovely airs to prove my contention — the airs that we sing almost daily in chorus in our temple — bhajans as well as namakirtans, and ever so many respond to them whole-heartedly. this i mention not only because it is a fresh miracle in itself (since indira when she came to pondicherry could not sing at all) but also because i look upon the achievement as a veritable landmark in the evolution of her many-mooded personality.


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The removal of a controversial mural fails to hide a crime problem.
Authorities in Jahor Bahru have covered up a mural painted by Lithuanian street artist, Ernest Zacharevic, a permanent resident nicknamed “Malaysia’s Banksy” by the media.
The mural depicted two Lego figures: a woman carrying a designer handbag and a robber wielding a knife just around the corner. The picture stirred controversy by bringing attention to two things that Jahor Bahru is most known for: a Legoland theme park and a high crime rate.
“My paintings are always a response to whatever social environment I get exposed to. I noticed many people just feel extremely unsafe. Everyone I talked to—no matter what their situation—would say, ‘Take care of yourself and hide your bag,’” Zacharevic told the BBC.
Authorities feared that the artwork would damage the city’s reputation.
“It’s vandalism. The robber gives an image that is not good for our country, investment and tourism. If the painting stays, everybody will be scared,” Aziz Ithnin, an official with the Johor Baru City Council, told AFP.
Johor Baru’s crime problem became a sensitive topic when officials designated the area as a huge development zone, one that has already attracted billions of dollars in investment commitments. Although the federal government recently released figures showing that crime is trending downward, the statistics were met with suspicion and did nothing to allay fears over a perceived rise in crime.
Residents immediately shared pictures of the mural on Facebook and took to social media to share their stories of being mugged or attacked in the city. Some even created their own parodies by Photoshopping Bruce Lee or other objects into the original picture. Local artists even tried to soften the message of the controversial mural by painting in a policeman chasing after the mugger with handcuffs.
Despite the addition to the mural, Johor Bahru City Council workers decided to remove the artwork, despite a public outcry.

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the removal of a controversial mural fails to hide a crime problem.
authorities in jahor bahru have covered up a mural painted by lithuanian street artist, ernest zacharevic, a permanent resident nicknamed “malaysia’s banksy” by the media.
the mural depicted two lego figures: a woman carrying a designer handbag and a robber wielding a knife just around the corner. the picture stirred controversy by bringing attention to two things that jahor bahru is most known for: a legoland theme park and a high crime rate.
“my paintings are always a response to whatever social environment i get exposed to. i noticed many people just feel extremely unsafe. everyone i talked to—no matter what their situation—would say, ‘take care of yourself and hide your bag,’” zacharevic told the bbc.
authorities feared that the artwork would damage the city’s reputation.
“it’s vandalism. the robber gives an image that is not good for our country, investment and tourism. if the painting stays, everybody will be scared,” aziz ithnin, an official with the johor baru city council, told afp.
johor baru’s crime problem became a sensitive topic when officials designated the area as a huge development zone, one that has already attracted billions of dollars in investment commitments. although the federal government recently released figures showing that crime is trending downward, the statistics were met with suspicion and did nothing to allay fears over a perceived rise in crime.
residents immediately shared pictures of the mural on facebook and took to social media to share their stories of being mugged or attacked in the city. some even created their own parodies by photoshopping bruce lee or other objects into the original picture. local artists even tried to soften the message of the controversial mural by painting in a policeman chasing after the mugger with handcuffs.
despite the addition to the mural, johor bahru city council workers decided to remove the artwork, despite a public outcry.


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Brown vetoed Assembly Bill 267, which would compel courts to inform defendants about the consequences of pleading guilty to a felony. They can include being barred from owning a firearm, joining the military, serving on a jury and receiving some types of government aid.
“I believe ensuring adequate consideration of the various consequences of a criminal conviction prior to a guilty plea is the responsibility of the defendant’s counsel,” Brown wrote in his veto message.

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brown vetoed assembly bill 267, which would compel courts to inform defendants about the consequences of pleading guilty to a felony. they can include being barred from owning a firearm, joining the military, serving on a jury and receiving some types of government aid.
“i believe ensuring adequate consideration of the various consequences of a criminal conviction prior to a guilty plea is the responsibility of the defendant’s counsel,” brown wrote in his veto message.


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(Conakry) – The fifth anniversary on September 28, 2014, of the Conakry stadium massacre should be the last before justice is done, seven Guinean and international organizations, in unity with the victims, said today. More than 150 people were killed, some 100 women were raped and several hundred people were injured on September 28, 2009, as government troops attacked peaceful demonstrators.
Since legal proceedings began in February 2010, close to 400 victims have been interviewed by the judges leading the case. But only eight people have been charged, though offenses were committed by scores of members of the armed forces, particularly the Red Berets. The military junta in power at the time of the massacre was headed by Moussa Dadis Camara.
There has been real progress in justice in recent months, the groups said. The establishment of a High Judicial Council in July, the ongoing improvement in the status of judges and the start of justice reform are all likely to help the judges complete their work.
There has been some progress in the legal case in recent weeks, including questioning of the director of Conakry stadium, the former Minister for Youth and Sport and, through an international rogatory commission, Dadis Camara, who has taken refuge in Burkina Faso. These new developments are in contrast to the slow pace that long characterized the proceedings.
Administering justice for the victims is all the more urgent because scores of victims have died in the past five years from their injuries or disease without being vindicated, the groups said.
Despite the government’s stated commitments, a lack of financial and political support has been a major obstacle to the progress of the investigation. The government needs to guarantee that all of the people summoned for questioning, including members of the security forces, regardless of their rank, answer the summonses issued by the judges. On several occasions, despite repeated summonses, the judges have not been able to interview people summoned for questioning about the events of September 28, 2009.
The International Criminal Court (ICC), which opened a preliminary examination on October 14, 2009, and which is continuing to monitor this case closely, has already alerted the national authorities to the need to conduct these proceedings within a reasonable time frame.

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(conakry) – the fifth anniversary on september 28, 2014, of the conakry stadium massacre should be the last before justice is done, seven guinean and international organizations, in unity with the victims, said today. more than 150 people were killed, some 100 women were raped and several hundred people were injured on september 28, 2009, as government troops attacked peaceful demonstrators.
since legal proceedings began in february 2010, close to 400 victims have been interviewed by the judges leading the case. but only eight people have been charged, though offenses were committed by scores of members of the armed forces, particularly the red berets. the military junta in power at the time of the massacre was headed by moussa dadis camara.
there has been real progress in justice in recent months, the groups said. the establishment of a high judicial council in july, the ongoing improvement in the status of judges and the start of justice reform are all likely to help the judges complete their work.
there has been some progress in the legal case in recent weeks, including questioning of the director of conakry stadium, the former minister for youth and sport and, through an international rogatory commission, dadis camara, who has taken refuge in burkina faso. these new developments are in contrast to the slow pace that long characterized the proceedings.
administering justice for the victims is all the more urgent because scores of victims have died in the past five years from their injuries or disease without being vindicated, the groups said.
despite the government’s stated commitments, a lack of financial and political support has been a major obstacle to the progress of the investigation. the government needs to guarantee that all of the people summoned for questioning, including members of the security forces, regardless of their rank, answer the summonses issued by the judges. on several occasions, despite repeated summonses, the judges have not been able to interview people summoned for questioning about the events of september 28, 2009.
the international criminal court (icc), which opened a preliminary examination on october 14, 2009, and which is continuing to monitor this case closely, has already alerted the national authorities to the need to conduct these proceedings within a reasonable time frame.


text: A.B., Dartmouth College; M.A., New York University. Writer and lecturer on filmmaking and film history. Taught at Queens College, Cooper Union, Princeton University, and Collective for Living Cinema. Associate editor, Downtown Review (1978–81). Articles on film, video, and poetry. Coeditor, Ten Years of Living Cinema (1982). At Bard since 1981.

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Under the guidance and leadership of City Council, the City Manager and City Departments provide administrative and operational services for the community.
Oshawa Strategic Plan - Our Focus, Our Future, 2015-2019.
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located at 50 centre st. s., oshawa's city hall is the centre for the governance and administration of the city of oshawa.
the city operates the programs and services needed to meet the needs of those who live, work and play in oshawa.
within these pages you will find information on council meetings, agendas and minutes, employment opportunities, strategic planning and more.
under the guidance and leadership of city council, the city manager and city departments provide administrative and operational services for the community.
oshawa strategic plan - our focus, our future, 2015-2019.
the oshawa strategic plan, endorsed by council in october 2015, serves as the city's highest-level policy document and guides the work of the city, our decisions and the development of our community.
the new plan contains a community vision, corporate mission and five strategic goals.
read the our focus, our future oshawa strategic plan 2015-2019 now.
oshawa - a prosperous, collaborative, vibrant, inclusive and green city where people and businesses are proud to live, work, learn and play.
to achieve the community vision and corporate mission, the city is committed to five strategic goals, shown below, each with a number of themes.


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The Lake Oswego City Council appears ready to move forward on a package of code changes that would streamline the development process for Accessory Dwelling Units.
At a study session on Tuesday, Planning Director Scot Siegel and Senior Planner Debra Andreades outlined the proposed changes, which were developed by the Planning Commission following direction from the council at the start of the year.
ADUs, which are also known as Secondary Dwelling Units or SDUs, are separate dwelling units created on existing single-family lots. They are already allowed in Lake Oswego, Siegel explained, and can be standalone structures, additions to the main house or divisions within it, but they are limited to 800 square feet in any configuration.
ADUs are seen as a cost-effective way to integrate more economical housing options into existing neighborhoods, but they are currently treated by the City as Minor Developments. That means they require a lengthy review process and are subject to System Development Charges, decreasing their viability as an affordable housing option.
The Planning Commission recommended replacing one of the code's current subjective standards for ADUs relating to privacy between neighbors with an objective standard, which would allow new ADUs to undergo a faster Ministerial Review instead of the Minor Development process.
"That means it takes 30 or maybe 60 days off the process," Andreades said.
The current code requires an additional off-street parking space for a new ADU, but it can't be created by expanding the driveway into a yard setback area. The commission recommended a change that would give homeowners more flexibility by allowing them to count part of an existing paved driveway as a parking space.
A final regulatory change pertained to the "owner-occupancy" requirement in the current code, which states that the ADU builder must occupy the main existing residence on the property. The commission recommended changing it to a "principal residence" requirement to account for the fact that homeowners may take extended vacations.
The Planning Commission also recommended waiving System Development Charges for ADU projects in which the units will be reserved for households earning less than 80 percent of the median Clackamas County urban income, at rent levels of no more than 30 percent of the median income. The restrictions would apply for the first 10 years after an ADU is built.
Most of the councilors appeared to be generally supportive of the proposed changes Tuesday night, but they raised concerns about a couple of specific issues. Councilor Theresa Kohlhoff noted that the council is currently planning to reconsider whether to allow Short-Term Rentals in Lake Oswego and said she hoped that the code changes wouldn't be structured in a way that encourages ADU development specifically for use as STRs.
Councilor Skip O'Neill also questioned whether the rules for ADUs within existing homes would create an opportunity for homeowners to create what would essentially be duplex houses, which are not permitted in single-family residential zones.
"I think it's very important to have some parameters in the code that we're not creating density in single-family neighborhoods," he said, "because someone always tries to outsmart us."
Mayor Kent Studebaker conducted a series of informal polls of the council to provide direction to staff on each of the proposed changes. A majority of the councilors supported the 10-year SDC rule, as well as the proposed parking and ADU size requirements and the change to a ministerial development process.
However, the council voted against the "primary residence" requirement, opting instead to eliminate the owner-occupancy rule altogether. The Planning Commission had recommended the rule on the assumption that it would encourage property upkeep, but most of the councilors said they didn't think it would make a major difference.
Staff will return with a finalized list of code changes for consideration at a public hearing during a future council meeting.
n The council received an update on the planned redevelopment of the municipal golf course, which would add a new home for the Parks & Recreation Department on the site. Parks & Rec Director Ivan Anderholm reported that a recent independent assessment of the proposed building yielded a much higher cost estimate than what was originally calculated. City staff are still working through the new cost report to come up with a set of options for the council to consider at a future meeting.
n Acting as the LORA board, the council reviewed a series of alternative options for how to proceed with the development of a new City Hall and police station in light of last month's news that the original design was $20 million over budget. A more detailed list of options is expected to be presented at the council's June 12 meeting, with the expectation that the council will settle on one plan and direct staff to move forward.

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the lake oswego city council appears ready to move forward on a package of code changes that would streamline the development process for accessory dwelling units.
at a study session on tuesday, planning director scot siegel and senior planner debra andreades outlined the proposed changes, which were developed by the planning commission following direction from the council at the start of the year.
adus, which are also known as secondary dwelling units or sdus, are separate dwelling units created on existing single-family lots. they are already allowed in lake oswego, siegel explained, and can be standalone structures, additions to the main house or divisions within it, but they are limited to 800 square feet in any configuration.
adus are seen as a cost-effective way to integrate more economical housing options into existing neighborhoods, but they are currently treated by the city as minor developments. that means they require a lengthy review process and are subject to system development charges, decreasing their viability as an affordable housing option.
the planning commission recommended replacing one of the code's current subjective standards for adus relating to privacy between neighbors with an objective standard, which would allow new adus to undergo a faster ministerial review instead of the minor development process.
"that means it takes 30 or maybe 60 days off the process," andreades said.
the current code requires an additional off-street parking space for a new adu, but it can't be created by expanding the driveway into a yard setback area. the commission recommended a change that would give homeowners more flexibility by allowing them to count part of an existing paved driveway as a parking space.
a final regulatory change pertained to the "owner-occupancy" requirement in the current code, which states that the adu builder must occupy the main existing residence on the property. the commission recommended changing it to a "principal residence" requirement to account for the fact that homeowners may take extended vacations.
the planning commission also recommended waiving system development charges for adu projects in which the units will be reserved for households earning less than 80 percent of the median clackamas county urban income, at rent levels of no more than 30 percent of the median income. the restrictions would apply for the first 10 years after an adu is built.
most of the councilors appeared to be generally supportive of the proposed changes tuesday night, but they raised concerns about a couple of specific issues. councilor theresa kohlhoff noted that the council is currently planning to reconsider whether to allow short-term rentals in lake oswego and said she hoped that the code changes wouldn't be structured in a way that encourages adu development specifically for use as strs.
councilor skip o'neill also questioned whether the rules for adus within existing homes would create an opportunity for homeowners to create what would essentially be duplex houses, which are not permitted in single-family residential zones.
"i think it's very important to have some parameters in the code that we're not creating density in single-family neighborhoods," he said, "because someone always tries to outsmart us."
mayor kent studebaker conducted a series of informal polls of the council to provide direction to staff on each of the proposed changes. a majority of the councilors supported the 10-year sdc rule, as well as the proposed parking and adu size requirements and the change to a ministerial development process.
however, the council voted against the "primary residence" requirement, opting instead to eliminate the owner-occupancy rule altogether. the planning commission had recommended the rule on the assumption that it would encourage property upkeep, but most of the councilors said they didn't think it would make a major difference.
staff will return with a finalized list of code changes for consideration at a public hearing during a future council meeting.
n the council received an update on the planned redevelopment of the municipal golf course, which would add a new home for the parks & recreation department on the site. parks & rec director ivan anderholm reported that a recent independent assessment of the proposed building yielded a much higher cost estimate than what was originally calculated. city staff are still working through the new cost report to come up with a set of options for the council to consider at a future meeting.
n acting as the lora board, the council reviewed a series of alternative options for how to proceed with the development of a new city hall and police station in light of last month's news that the original design was $20 million over budget. a more detailed list of options is expected to be presented at the council's june 12 meeting, with the expectation that the council will settle on one plan and direct staff to move forward.