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This 200 hours yoga teacher training is certified by Yoga Alliance. Every month the training runs from 01st to 28th. Due to the personalized nature of the course, we have capped the maximum number of students in the program at 12. A small number of students helps us provide focus on the personal development of the students. As a philosophy of the school, we aim to take care of our students by providing personal attention to each student. Our teacher student ratio in 200 hours yoga teacher training program is 1:2, helping us create a great learning environment.
Yoga Tecaher Training 2020 schedule is now live.
Dehradun International Airport
1 Day Before the Course Start
The group is usually a diverse mix of students with different level of experience. So, even if you are a beginner in Yoga, our curriculum will be suited to you and our teachers will be able to guide you in the best possible way. We will be able to assess your experience in the first few hours of teaching, or alternatively, you can also share your experience in yoga with our instructors. They will guide you accordingly. Since it is an intensive course, students are requested to come forth with any individual practice or curriculum related issues they might have. All of Jeevmoksha's instructors aim to make sure that each student achieves her individual learning objective. You will share the yoga hall with 10 to 12 different students. A majority of the class is composed of female students.
We have different in house instructors for different subjects. Except for Yogacharya Vinay, no other teacher teaches two different subjects. Our teachers are also in-house, meaning they do not teach in other schools. All the instructors are well qualified and have over 5 to 10 years of teaching in their respective fields. Our instructors are very friendly and approachable, so please do not hesitate in contacting them for any issues you might have. They will be extremely happy to guide you.
Our Ashram is located away from the noisy Tapovan area. As our Ashram is situated in a hillside location, you will be able to see the Tapovan town from the Ashram's garden. The town is located 10 minutes walking distance from the Ashram. Laxman Jhula is approximately 15 minutes. From Laxman Jhula, you can take a tour around Ram Jhula and Swargashram. The river Ganges and all the restaurants and souvenir shops in the Tapovan area are located very close to the Ashram.
We have 8 rooms in two floors. All the rooms have private bathrooms. The rooms don't have A.C. but fans, which serve well during summer time. The yoga shala is located on the topmost floor and is well ventilated. The yoga shala has enough space for 12 students to practice comfortably, without encroaching in each other's personal space. The dining hall is on the ground floor and students meet at the dining hall during their meal time to share each other's experience.
Only pure vegetarian food is served in the Ashram.Food is simple vegetarian. Local and seasonal ingredients are served light cooked. Vegetables, fruits, lentils, beans, daal, rice, chapati, salads, and chutneys. Juices and smoothies. Sprouts, porridges. We serve Vegan, fruitarian and other diets based on a student's preference. If you have a special diet preference, please let us know prior to your arrival so that we can make necessary arrangements. Smoking and drinking is strictly prohibited in the Ashram. If you want to smoke, you have to walk a bit further from the ashram. Also, please make sure that no flame is left unattended.
The program is registered by Yoga Alliance and after you complete your training, you will be awarded a 200 hours Yoga Teacher Training Certificate recognized by the yoga Alliance. There will be an examination to test your skills, however, those who follow by the Ashram rules and attend all the classes, tend to do well in the exams. After receiving the certificate, should you choose, you can register in the Yoga Alliance to be listed as a certified yoga teacher. The certificate will be delivered on 28th of the month, after a cultural satsang program.
Once you complete the course, you will be a lifelong member of the Jeevmoksha community. If you need any help regarding your yoga practice, you can simply drop us a mail, and we will try our best to guide you through. You are also most welcome to come to our Ashram, next time you decide to visit India. You will always be in our hearts.
Our Ashram is located in Tapovan, Rishikesh. The nearest airport is Dehradun, which is 25 KM from the Ashram. Delhi airport is 250 KM from the ashram. You can also reach us by taking a train from New Delhi to Haridwar and further a Taxi from Haridwar. Haridwar is 28 KM from the Ashram. We can arrange a taxi from both Dehradun Airport and New Delhi Airport or Hardware Railway station. The charges for taxi are to be paid separately and are not included in the price. You can choose the option to book a taxi during checkout or by sending us a mail after you have confirmed your reservation.
In the morning, after breakfast, we will attend a havan (हवन) ceremony. The auspicious Havan ceremony, in Hindu Traditions, is conducted to mark the beginning of a journey by purification. It is also considered a way to pray for the success of the students, by chanting madras and ritual burning of offerings. After the ceremony, students get a chance to become familiar with the Ashram environment, teachers, fellow students and rest of the Jeevmoksha Family. After lunch, the students begin their first class of the teacher training program.
The intensive classes will continue for 26 days. The classes run from Mondays to Saturdays. There are no classes on Sundays. The classes will cover topics on: 1. Hatha Yoga 2. Yoga Philosophy 3. Yoga Anatomy 4. Meditation 5. Mantra Chanting 6. Shatkriyas 7. Teaching Methodology. Please see below the detailed everyday schedule.
On the final day, we conduct only morning classes. In the evening, we organize a cultural Satsang or Keertan session and afterwards a graduation ceremony. We take lot of pictures and everyone shares their experience of the teacher training program. Those who come looking for a new direction in their life, or figuring out their purpose, tell us how they have benefitted from the program and how they are going to live the rest of their lives. It is one of the most humbling, joyful and emotional time for us at Jeevmoksha. Most of the students who leave the Ashram usually come back to relive the experience. It makes our efforts worthwhile.
|Yoga Asanas with Sandeep
|Shatkarmas /Pranayama and Kriyas
|Yoga Philosophy with Yogacharya Vinay
|Adjustment and Alignment with Prateek
|Yoga Anatomy with Praful
|Yoga Asanas with Sandeep
|Yoga Nidra/ Meditation/Satsang with Yogacharya Vinay
Acharya Vinay was born into a Brahmin family where yoga was a household virtue and his grandfather passed his legacy to his father in form of traditional values of yoga, astrology and dharma. He started studying the scriptures on Veda, Upanishads and Yoga under his father at the early age of 12. It is still a tradition in India, that such disciplines are passed on from generation to generation. The seeds were sown very early, but as like every seed, it took time to ripe out. It got ripe with the initiation by his Guru Yogi Rudranath of Himalayas and acharya was inclined towards a spiritual outlook of life.
While being a child, he was blessed with the opportunity of being in the satsang of several saints and spiritual teachers from different walks of life. Among those were karma yogis and swamis who provided a healthy fertilizer for the seed which was sown earlier. He was driven onto this sacred path of acquiring the yogic knowledge under his father whom he considers to be his first guru who gave all the foundational values. And later he was initiated by Guru Rudranath of nath tradition consolidating the resolve and providing him further guidance. Acharya ascribes Jeevmoksha as a vision transferred from Rudranth ji for promoting yoga and allied systems all over.
By family lines acharya is also a disciple of the ancient Sri Vidya tradition of Tantra. It's the oldest followed sect in India which is established on the principles of Shakti and her attributes. Adi Shakti is the name for goddess and she is considered to be the divine mother from which this whole existence emerges. Shakti is worshipped in her nine forms each being responsible for one aspect of the universe.
Divya is a post graduate of Yogic Sciences from Sanskrit University of Uttarakhand. She focus on women's health by incorporating the techniques of asanas, pranayama, mantras and light meditations. She conducts yoga classes for prenatal and postnatal conditions for women with a very gentle and simple approach and most of her lessons are a direct outcome of her own personal experience of the stages of pregnancy and the later recovery periods. She also conducts live cooking classes and demos on yogic cuisine.
April 28th 2018, "Prateek, you are the hardest person to say goodbye to. It has been such an amazing month mainly due to your efforts, time and dedication. You are so much more than a teacher of Asana, everything that made this experience extra special you helped to make happen. You have such a fun and playful energy I admire so much. You truly helped me shed a few layers, loosen up (physically and emotionally), which allowed me to see myself more clearly. You opened up a part of me that had been hiding for some time now. Thank you for being you, I will miss you deeply. – With love, Jennifer *banana*
Praful is an extremely hard-working individual who is prepared to do everything necessary to help the students understand Yoga in scientific manner. He can share and link the mystic importance of Yoga very much with its scientific application that teaches in Yoga, to help students understand the depth of the discipline.
His experience and reviews can be read here: yogicananatomywithpraful
Asanas Practice – 66 hours
Anatomy – 22 Hours
Alignment – 22 hours
Shatkarma, Pranayama and Kriyas – 11 hours
Yoga Nidra/Meditation – 16.5 Hours
Yoga Philosophy – 34 Hours
Teaching Practicum – 25 Hours
The Teaching practicum includes live teaching classes, workshops, teaching methodology, and asanas and alignments.
Spiritual development sessions are usually a part of the yogic philosophy, in which, in addition to the course lectures, we also touch upon the spiritual aspect of yoga. The sessions may include Satsang/Keertan sessions etc. The classes are conducted by Acharya Vinay.
Jeevmoksha is a family environment. Most of the students in our batch are females who travel alone from far flung places. The Ashram is a family environment and completely safe.
The core teachings in Jeevmoksha is based on traditional knowledge of Yoga. However, the school has to adhere to somewhat modified curriculum due to the nature of the students and the fact that the course is certified by the alliance and the school has to stick with the curriculum.
Having said that, the knowledge we impart here is based on traditional methods of yoga as mentioned in old texts. Our philosophy is to stick to our traditions and therefore we do not teach any present day modifications of yoga. However, the duration of the program is limited, which restricts us to go extremely deep in any particular subject in the course. We, however, try to make sure the students achieve their learning objective in the course.
Se cerchi lo yoga autentico qui lo troverai di certo
Sono molto affezzionato al maestro Acharya Vinay e al suo gruppo, ho trovato verità, umiltà, dedizione nello spirito puro dello yoga. Grazie a loro e al maestro lavoro in italia come insegnante qualificato. Ho già consigliato a 2 miei amici di andare e ne sono rimasti entusiasti. Lo consiglio a tutti.
Davvero grazie alla scuola jeewmoksha per questo cammino
I was really happy to have found Jeevmoksha, through a friend who pointed me in the right direction.
Hands down, the most truly, authentic experience I've been blessed with. It's been incredible to understand yoga from the ones who live it every day.
Any local I have talked to about this school has only said amazing things about this school as well.
You'll feel like part of their family and be welcomed in such a wholesome way!
Thank you for everything Jeevmoksha!!
I'll be back one day soon!
In a rat race of yoga and yoga schools if you are really looking for authentic Yogic knowledge and living it everyday, Jeevmoksha is the place.Besides investing your time, energy and money you make a family away from yours. Highly recommended if you really want to know your true mind,body and soul and experience wellness through stability.
Thank you Jeevmoksha for being so fantastic. I am really going to miss you guys but you are going to LIVE with me each moment,in what you gave me. GRATITUDE
Jeevmoksha Yoga Gurukul is one & only place in Rishikesh, but most likely on this planet. If you're looking for an authentic place, with traditional approach to hatha yoga & following it rules – this is the place for you. Beautiful space, inspiring & well qualified teachers, healthy & sooo tasty food, surrounding nature, private space for rest and studying… Program is full of information that helps you to enter the hatha yoga world. Thank you TEACHERS! I couldn't have dreamed of a better place to initiate my hatha yoga journey. Thank you Jeevmoksha I'll always keep you all in my heart. Namaste
I had a fantastic time with the Jeevmoksha team. The teachers were very profesional with their approach unlike some other schools I heard about. Some of the conversations we had in our theory classes were very inspiring for me. I found the approach to this yoga school was also different, I didn't feel it was all about the money and with the group generally being between 10-12 people it allowed for a more intimate connection with everyone. Would highly recommend for a genuine authentic experience.


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Yoga is excellent for you, but hot yoga is even better. The studio temperature can vary from 90 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit, so you will sweat a lot. When we sweat, we eliminate harmful substances out of our body and we lose fat faster. But, this is a demanding task, so you will need to be prepared. This is also the first step. You will have to wear light clothes made from water-wicking material. Also, you must wear something that will prevent slipping.
A good side is that you can rest anytime you want. As the name suggests, it will get hot in a studio, and you will sweat a lot. If you need rest or you feel lightheaded, you must take a break. This isn't a mistake, it is just something you have to do. In order to prevent lightheaded, you will have to bring a lot of water. Just one bottle usually isn't enough. Hydration is very important in hot yoga.
You will also have to eat a lot. In fact, you can eat during the whole day, just avoid eating an hour or two before a class. If you must, you can eat something small that will give you energy for a couple of hours.
Hot yoga isn't just about sweating. You will use your lower and upper body strength and you will build strength over time. This is a great muscle workout as well. Also, hot yoga is much better for your muscle flexibility than a regular yoga. Heat can make muscles stretchier. The same difference is in the summer and in winter.


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Gotta admit that there are some honestly beneficial things that can be said about the famed film scribe, at least regarding what I perceived of his earlier years before he settled comfortably into snobbish upper-crust respectability. Coming up from humble fanzine beginnings in the late-fifties, Ebert did seem level-headed enough to the point that he, while writing for the University of Illinois student paper, defended none other than Revilo Oliver (not exactly a poster boy for protected political speech) after Oliver wrote his controversial articles regarding the JFK assassination. And could you think of any "established" college rag in the country that would take such a pointed stand in these days of metastasized reverse discrimination? Ebert's tastes in moom pitchers were admittedly rather all-encompassing to the point where he could freely (and without much put on high horse shame) fess up to liking everything from mainstream goo to low-budget crank outs even if he sometimes veered off straight into the realms of Judith Crist sophistacado (though said tastes also came close to those of Michael Weldon's from time to time, so why complain?). And hey, I used to actually love it when, on SNEAK PREVIEWS, he'd take the piss outta the more laid-back Gene Siskel who seemed to ooze sweaty sticky substances from his pores when experiencing melodramatic goo...I mean it was sure refreshing to see somebody stick up for the rough and tumble in an era when men were only starting to become extremely feminized to the point where you could see the concave cleft in their jockeys from time to time!
Yeah, but that was like uh, back in the seventies and eighties before people like Ebert, along with alla 'em comedians and news commentators who seemed so cutting edge and roaring against the bulwarks of The Establishment, turned out to be even BIGGER Establishment boosters'n any of us would have thought in the first place. Y'know, kinda like the way everybody though that George Carlin was the voice raving against alla that Big Business corruption and the Powers That Be, until we discovered that he was but a spokesman for the Big Boys who when you get down to it were really just as radical/amoral as Carlin. Kinda reminds me of this story David Brenner used to tell about these two brothers in Philadelphia who, although owning stores adjacent to each other, were bitter enemies and rivals for years competing and undercutting each other in every which way possible. Years later after both brothers had died it was discovered they were actually working together fooling all the locals and raking in the money because of their seemingly bitter rivalry! That's just how the likes of Ebert (along with all of those SNL/talk show host types) worked...at first presenting themselves as smash the state revolutionary types (cleaned up enough for network television viewing natch!) before they decided that BEING the state and loving their concept of Big Brother wasn't such a bad idea after all.
So Ebert the young upstart hipster, like the rest of his sycophantic generation, became just another variation on the socially aware and crusading Carrie Nation mode writing lame-brained screeds against any real or perceived enemy of "da people," taking on the likes of a variety of fluff commentators like Bill O'Reilly and of course those evil hoodoos known as The Tea Party with some of the most patronizing and smug "I know better than you" fashion straight outta the do-gooder uplifter mentalities of the early twentieth century. (Kinda makes me wanna know what he'd have thought of some of the more forceful rightists of the day from Justin Raimondo to John Derbyshire, but perhaps they would have been too far from the periphery of his ken.) It's enough to make you puke, and that's not only regarding the lofty attitude so inherent in those who belong to the beret and bidet crowd that Ebert ascribed to even if he wouldn't think so. But oh man, I haven't experienced this much condescension since grade school!
Yeah Roger, you were good at one time but that's before you became a pussy whipped whelp of a human being who, after wandering around the rim of social sanctimony for years on end, finally fell into the toilet bowl and became a mewling sycophant for that Even NEWER World Order that's obliterating all that was good and just even as we speak. Yeah, another relic of what was good about tuning into PBS before that entire network along with you and your statist generation became nothing but one big back-patting self-congratulatory circle jerk. Big shit, for the last umpteen years of his life he looked like a ventriloquist dummy with a broken string. Readers, whatever you do, DON'T take the hot radical bait like he and so many of his ilk obviously did...at least when the pendulum swings back us mid-Amerigan suburban slobs will have our day in the sun and we can toss all of these Eberts and unfunny comedians and patronizing ass-felchers they call politicians into the scrapheap of history along with Marx, Lenin, Stalin and Mao, at least after we toss those assholes back in since it's so obvious they're now chicer 'n chic in today's upside down, goodness-loathing world! And until then, go watch a "video nasty" in his memory, I'm sure he would have hated the thought of you even doing so.
***Not much to write about review-wise this weekn'd. In fact if you'll notice, all of the items up for reviewsies this week are taken from the Bill Shute collection of fine downloads that he sends my way for reasons known to he and he only. Sad to say, there just ain't that much good stuff being released as of late, and things have gotten to the point where although I can afford to purchase a whole slew of records 'n things that I only could have dreamed of back when I was a depression-era wage kid there just ain't anything that I am aware of being unleashed that I would care to plunk down a wad of hard earned for. Yeah, it's a far cry from thirty-plus years ago when I would have loved to have possessed at least three-fourths of the latest BOMP! catalog but LET'S FACE IT (again), rock 'n roll for all intent purposes is six-feet under and half-decayed by now. And while I'm at it so is avant garde jazz and all of those other boffo musics that made the 20th century so exciting. 'n yeah, all we're really doing now is just ruminating about it like yer pop did about the big bands in 1971, and you know how pathetic he looked back in them days of student unrest!
Really, it's gotten so bad on the musical front that the only order I've placed for any music since February has been for CD-R reissues of items I've had on cassette since the eighties and have wanted to have in digitized form for years. Somehow I get the feeling that I've hit the end of the road and there's nothing more new to hear, but then again when I least expect it some rarity finally hits my ears and gives me hope that maybe there is some life in this modern equivalent of grandpa's Model T. However when all's said and done I pretty much know how Alexander The Great felt when, after he realized there were no more worlds to conquer, all he could do was cry his eyes out.
Unless something drastic happens in the world of what used to be known as rock 'n roll, expect the same old for perhaps the next fifty years. Maybe by then something will spring from a bonafeed anti-establishment (and not a phony anti-estab that's merely a hand puppet of da big boys) that'll spin more'n a few minds, but something tells me that few of us will be around to enjoy it. But until then all you guys who are cranking out the energy (like Fadensonnen and Stephen Painter) keep doing so, and for all you archival types out there keep digging because I'm sure there are many unheralded acts of the past deserving of a second try here in 2013, and a trial they deserve because I've already sentenced most of today's mewls to death row and I really would like to hear something meaningful to my everyday life, even if it was recorded forty years back!
Various Artists-ONE-TAKE BUDGET HITS, CHEAPO NO-NAME COVERS FROM VARIOUS HIT PARADER/SONG HITS/MODERN SOUND COMPILATION EPs/LPs CD-R (compiled by Bill Shute)
From the Golden Age of Cheapness come these quickie exploito covers that I guess ended up either on free giveaway records that only the poor kids or the ones with tightwad parents got to listen to. You know, remarkable (funhouse) mirror image versions of the hits usually recorded by studio acts with front names like Freddie and the Fanablas or The Young Stroonads. The real low-budget stuff that ties in with that Beatlemania country ripoff album I wrote up awhile back, only that one was a winner in a world of flops. Now this collection ranges from the pretty decent ("One Fine Day") to the halfway-there ("Day Tripper") to the downright ugsville ("Turn Turn Turn," which in this case should be called "Turd Turd Turd") and for a laff riot it's not too bad. If you remember those "just like the original hits" collections that used to run on UHF television throughout the seventies you'll get the idea of what's in store with these grade-z crankouts.
***Various Artists-ROAST FERRET w/RHUBARB TARTS; DODGY YET TASTY MORSELS FROM VARIOUS MP3 BLOGS CD-R (compiled by Bill Shute)
Don't laff...Telly Savalas went to #1 in England with his softly spoken rendition of Bread's "If." Of course the celebs who were tryin' to cash in on their fame and fortune with these single sides didn't fare quite as well, with David McCallum going laughibly over the emote meter and Anthony Quinn using his gruff grumble to talk over some already laid down musical tracks. Of course it ain't all that cheesy, with John Cleese's novelty 45 sprite enough to get you up and running (probably to the lavvy, but up and running enough) and the Goon Show guys trying to give it their best even if they sound kinda datedly dodgy. Oddly enough some reg'lar Top 40 faves were tossed in the heady mix as well as two sides of a Splinter (produced by George Harrison) single, which I believe is Bill's way of daring me to listen through this all the way.
***Perry Robinson/Nana Vasconcelos/Badal Roy-KUNDALINI CD-R burn (originally on Improvising Artists)
Even an ignoramus such as I remember when Paul Bley started up the Improvising Artists label back in the late-seventies. That was a specialty jazz label which issued, along with various titles that escape me at the moment, an album of solo Sun Ra piano. This one has longtime free-clarinetist Perry Robinson performing with South American percussionist Nana Vasconcelos as well as Indian tabla player Badal Roy, and as you can gander the results are pretty much in an avant garde meets Third World vein. Basically Robinson playing in that standard cadence of his with rhythms popping all over the place, not quite inspirational or anything but more stirring than a lot of recent free jazz excursions that make me wonder where the inspiration all went, other'n up the participants involved's nostrils.
***B. B. King-THE JUNGLE CD-R burn (originally on Kent)
As you may know blooze ain't exactly my #1 choice in pre-beddy bye slip into slumbers listening matters. I will give it a spin of course knowing that it is an important musical phenomenon that contributed to rock 'n roll as we used to know it 'n all, but sheesh if the mental image of loads of mustachioed mirror-shaded whiteguys with scuzzy hair giving substance abuse a bad name just don't pop into my head whenever I heard the form being abused o'er the past thirtysome years! At least these early B. B. King sides recorded in the fifties don't yet have the tinge of commercial smarm and are about as raw as the rest of the fifties brigade when it comes to raw-gut wrench. Hard-edge emote and sharp guitar lines even make me forget that the big band drags King down rather than punctuates his musical jabs.
The not-so-noted Italian bootleg label Moon somehow got hold of these early Monk live tracks which sound pretty snat considering the Flintstones quality of some of these early club recordings. This is the early, pre-bop Monk at the start of his career playing smooth enough aided 'n abetted by some equally well-known players along the lines of Roy Eldridge and Kenny Clarke. I know that most of you readers prefer your jazz in full-tilt free strata, but these romps through standards 'n such do show us the beginnings of things that were gonna go supernova within the span of a good fifteen years or so.
***Curtis Hoback-HEY EVERYBODY CD-R burn (originally on Star- Club, Sweden)
Rockabilly, like da blooze, can muster up images of everything from early innovation to seventies/eighties copycat phonus balonuses, so when I do get to hear some popping on all cylinders examples of the form you can bet that my day feels a little bit brighter'n it would had all I had to listen to was J. Neo Marvin's Violent Femmes jackoffs. These '58-'65 sides by Curtis Hoback do fill the bill as I like to say, and not only because they're solid enough and typify the late-fifties pre-wimp rock style that epitomized the era at its height either! I like 'em because there ain't an ounce of hokum to be heard in the batch! If you like hard-edged tough 'n punky late-fifties rock (think Tony Conn, even a little Jack Starr) you'll be more'n apt to go for this juicy, crazed, outta left field rock 'n roll that goes to show just how far we've "devolved" since stuff like this was ruling the airwaves! (And hey, Hoback's "Lonely Weekend" is the Charlie Rich 'un, and even though Rich's take is tops 'n all Hoback does it up real smooth too and I can osmose to it even without the backing chorus!)
***See you with yet another "don't get your hopes up" post mid-week, and until then remember the old adage, "do not be mellow, be CURMUDEONLY!"


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new issue of the magazine (Al Multaqa) Was released
The new issue of the magazine (Al Multaqa) Was released, includes the news of the publishing houses members and the main activities of the forum in addition to articles in the language and literature of the child.
The issue also included a literary critique presented by the writer Abdul Wahid Alwani about the books winning the Forum in its fourth session, as well as the rest of the fixed doors.
The issue will be distributed in the pavilion of the Forum at the next Sharjah Exhibition as of the opening day, on 1/11/2017. The online version will also be available at www.acbpub.shj.ae


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'The Inventing Tubes' the first in a series of books; tells the story of Marc Macaroni and Sarah Spaghetti and their quest to invent the magic 'Pasta Ball'.
I'll be honest, when I originally read this book to my son I was so confused! The characters have their own language just like Macca Pakka in the popular 'In The Night Garden'. Yet the tongue twister-like wording made whole the reading experience great fun and my little boy laughed the whole way through!
Characters also include Pasta Petz and Pasta Beasties each with a pasta themed name allowing your child to choose their favourite to help them follow the story. I can't wait to read the second book!
It's fun, creative and although it is does not completely adhere to the full English language the whole way through (the hilarious 'Pasta Vocabulary' glossary is at the back of the book; any book that helps to encourage children to use their imagination through reading is completely fine with me.
The book is aimed at children aged between 4 and 7 years. I read this to my almost 2 year old who is obsessed with books and my friend's 4 year old and they loved it. It really is a great little book!
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|Frost Oil gives your weapon a nice glow!
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Obtaining the Frost Oil Recipe
The Recipe: Frost Oil can be obtained only from a single vendor in the game. The vendor is Bro'kin the goblin in Hillsbrad. He's among the ruins of Alterac at 44,21. See the pictures for a better look.
Since the recipe is BOE, the gold making tip is to purchase this from the vendor and relist it in the auction house. I've noticed that horde auction house has more of these available usually, so alliance should be making more gold from this tip.
|Bro'Kin's location
Located on top of of the ruined wall
in Alterac Mountains/Hillsbrad.
Time is money, friend!
To make more gold, you should list only one of these recipes at a time. It's not only looking more valuable then, but there's rarely more than a single sale in a day or two.
Learn or sell the recipe?
Alchemist can make even more gold from this gold making tip by learning the recipe instead of selling it. Even better, purchase one recipe for selling purposes and grab an another one for you to learn!
Frost Oil requires simple reagents. Still it sells for 30-100 gold each from my experience. It's needed for 7 different profession recipes, so there's uses for it. To learn it, you need 200 points in Alchemy.
Reagents needed:
Reagents needed:
- Dragon's Teeth x 2


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Bookgasm: Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixFriday, March 09, 2012
Things we will never forget:
Big D
Ickle Diddykins
Dinky Diddydums
Dudley Demented
Mrs. Figg: A Witch? -- She's a Squib
Mundungus Fletcher
A Peck of Owls
Harry was Nearly Expelled
Dumbledore Fixing Things
Aunt Petunia Knows
'Harry's World' Conversation with the Dursleys
Howler For Aunt Petunia
The Advance Guard (9 Wizards):
Remus Lupin
Alastor Moody
Nymphadora Tonks
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Elphias Doge
Dedalus Diggle
Emmeline Vance
Sturgis Podmore
Hestia Jones
Locomotor Trunk
Disillusionment Charm
Flying Away from Privet Drive
Number Twelve Grimmauld Place
Order of the Phoenix: Secret Society
Extendable Ears
Twins Apparating
Imperturbable Charm
Percy Ousted His Parents
Sirius's Mother's Portrait
Permanent Sticking Charm
Ginny's Bat Bogey Hexes
Doxy Venom For Skiving Snackboxes
Fainting Fancies
Nosebleed Nougat
Black Family Tree:
Regulus Black - brother
Phineas Nigellus - great-great-grandfather
Araminta Meliflua - cousin of Sirius's Mother (Responsible for Muggle-Hunting Bill)
Aunt Elladora (Responsible for the Family Tradition of Beheading House-Elves)
Tonks - Sirius's Niece
Andromeda Black - His favorite cousin; married to Ted Tonks
Narcissa Black - His cousin; wife of Lucius, mother of Draco
Arthur Weasley - His second cousin
Molly Weasley - cousin by marriage (Weasleys, Blood Traitor)
Bellatrix Black - His cousin; married to Rodolphus Lestrange -- brother of Rabastan Lestrange
Telephone Box
Ministry of Magic
Purple Paper Airplanes: Interdepartmental Memos
The Quibbler
Pumbles = Plumbers
The Hearing
Harry James Potter
Cornelius Oswald Fudge
Amelia Susan Bones
Dolores Jane Umbridge
Percy Ignatius Weasley
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
Arabella Doreen Figg: A Witness
Unjust Fudge
Harry's Cleared of All Charges
Merlin's Beard
Ron and Hermione are Prefects
Venomous Tentacula Seeds
Original Order of the Phoenix Members:
Alastor Moody
Albus Dumbledore
Marlene McKinnon
Frank & Alice Longbottom
Emmeline Vance
Remus Lupin
Benjy Fenwick
Edgar Bones
Caradoc Dearborn
Rubeus Hagrid
Elphias Doge
Gideon Prewett
Fabian Prewett
Aberforth Dumbledore
Dorcas Meadowes
Sirius Black
James & Lily Potter
Peter Pettigrew
The Woes of Mrs. Weasley
Luna Lovegood
Neville's Small, Gray Cactus
Mimbulus Mimbletonia
Draco and Pansy are Prefects, too.
Sirius -- Black As He's Painted? Notorious Mass Murderer OR Innocent Singing Sensation?
Sirius Black = Stubby Boardman??
How Far Will Fudge Go To Gain Gringotts?
Cornelius 'Goblin-Crusher' Fudge
The Odd-looking Creature That Pulls the Carriages
The Sorting Hat's New Song
Seamus and Harry's Argument
The Draught of Peace
Ron and Hermione's Non-Stop Bickering
Dream Interpretation
Awful D.A.D.A. Class
Ginger Newt Biscuits
Vanishing Spells
Bowtruckles: Tree-Guardians
Luna and Ernie Believe in Harry
Detention with Umbridge
Ron Will Try-Out as Keeper
Angelina Johnson, New Captain
Ron Weasley: The New Keeper
Ministry of Magic Knows That Sirius Black is in London
Trespass at the Ministry
Ron's First Quidditch Practice
Percy's Letter
Padfoot's Appearance in the Flames
Dolores Umbridge: Hogwarts High Inquisitor
Harry Got a D in Potions
Strengthening Solution
O.W.L. Grades:
O - Outstanding
E - Exceeds Expectations
A - Acceptable
P - Poor
D - Dreadful
T - Troll?
Class Inspections
More Detentions For Harry
Harry's Hand is Bleeding
Solution of Strained and Pickled Murtlap Tentacles
Hog's Head
Harry as a D.A.D.A. Teacher
Fudge Has an Army of Heliopaths??
Michael Corner is Going Out with Ginny
Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop
Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four
Hedwig was Hurt
Someone's Intercepting Harry's Mails
Silencing Charm
Umbridge Nearly Caught Sirius in the Fire
Dobby's Taking All the Clothes Hermione Made
Room of Requirement
Fake Galleons for Communicating Easily
Protean Charm
Ron's First Quidditch Match
Luna's Lion Head Hat
Hermione Kissed Ron on the Cheek for Luck
Slytherin Badges: Weasley is our King
Crabbe & Goyle: New Slytherin Beaters
Educational Decree Number Twenty Five
Harry and the Twins are Banned from Playing Quidditch
Hagrid's Back
Hagrid & Madame Maxime's Secret Mission
Gubraithian Fire: Everlasting Fire
Obliteration Charm
Cho and Harry Kissed
Ron Jealous of Krum?
Harry's Nightmare: Mr. Weasley is in Danger
Fizzing Whizbee
Everard and Dilys
Arthur Weasley is Okay and Safe
Purge and Dowse Ltd. = St. Mungo's Hospital For Magical Maladies and Injuries
Blood-Replenishing Potion
Neville's Parents
Remedial Potions
Arthur Weasley is Cured
Department of Mysteries
Headless Hats
Ten Death Eaters Escaped
Bode was Strangled by a Devil Snare
Hagrid on Probation
Dragon Manure
Fear Spread at Hogwarts
Educational Decree Number Twenty-six
Neville's Improvement in the D.A.
Valentine's Date of Cho and Harry
Madam Puddifoot's
A Complete Fiasco Date
The Beetle at Bay
Harry's Interview for the Quibbler by Rita Skeeter
Girls & Boys: A Complicated Matter
Gryffindor Lost But Ginny Got the Snitch
Crumpled-Horn Snorkacks
Harry Potter Speaks Out At Last: The Truth About He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and the Night I Saw Him Return
Letters from the Readers
Educational Decree Number Twenty-six and Twenty-seven
Make-Up with Cho
Seamus Believes Harry
Another Dream
Trelawney was Sacked
Firenze, a Centaur, New Divination Teacher
Trip Jinx
Marietta, The Sneak
D.A.'s Busted
Dumbledore was Replaced by Umbridge as Headmaster
Educational Decree Number Twenty-eight
Inquisitorial Squad
Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-Bangs
Cho and Harry's Row
Snape's Worst Memory
Snape Stopped the Occlumency Lessons
Locomotor Mortis
Invigoration Draught
Career Advice
Umbridge's Fireplace
Fred & George's Flight to Freedom
Portable Swamp
Who's the Next Troublemakers-in-Chief?
Grawp, Hagrid's Brother
Hagrid is Banned in the Forest
O.W.L.S. Exam
Baruffio's Brain Elixir
Hagrid was Sacked But He Escaped
McGonagall was Stunned
Harry's Dream: Voldemort Got Black?
Garroting Gas
Black was Gone
Umbridge Caught Them
Umbridge was Deceived by Hermione
Umbridge was Attacked by the Centaurs
Grawp Attacked the Centaurs
To London Through Thestrals
The Department of Mysteries
Aquavirius Maggots
Room Full of Glass Orbs
Row Ninety-seven
S.P.T. to A.P.W.B.D.
Dark Lord and (?) Harry Potter
Prophecy About Voldemort and Harry
The Order Came
Bellatrix Killed Sirius
Dumbledore vs. Voldemort
Voldemort Lose
Death Chamber
Anti-Disapparation Jinx
Back at Hogwarts
Harry Heard the Truth From Dumbledore
The Second War Begins
Michael Corner and Cho Chang


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Yann Gontard graduated from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris.
He is professionally related to Poland since the nineties, where he lives permanently. Yann joined Sodexo in 2007, covering the reins in a stable, successful company. Today he is Managing Director of Sodexo Poland and Sodexo CEO for Central Europe. From the beginning he gives his best for Sodexo to become even better business partner for many various clients. Procedures and processes are not enough for him. Values, motivation and engagement of employees at every level determines the success of the company and drives successful cooperation between the customer and service provider. Sodexo success means not only the efficiency of the services offered, but ensuring business continuity and improving quality of life for the employees of clients.


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Milton Bradley (baseball)
Milton Obelle Bradley, Jr. (born April 15, 1978) is an American retired professional baseball outfielder. Standing 6 feet (1.8 m) and weighing 215 pounds (98 kg), Bradley was a switch hitter who threw right-handed. During an 11-year career in Major League Baseball, Bradley played with the Montreal Expos (2000–01), Cleveland Indians (2001–03), Los Angeles Dodgers (2004–05), Oakland Athletics (2006–07), San Diego Padres (2007), Texas Rangers (2008), Chicago Cubs (2009), and Seattle Mariners (2010–11). His career was also marred by legal troubles and several notable on-field incidents.
|Milton Bradley
Bradley at the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
|Born: April 15, 1978
Harbor City, California
|MLB debut
|July 19, 2000, for the Montreal Expos
|Last MLB appearance
|May 8, 2011, for the Seattle Mariners
|MLB statistics
|Batting average
|Home runs
|Runs batted in
|Career highlights and awards
Born in Harbor City, California, Bradley attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School before he was drafted by the Expos in the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. After playing four seasons of minor league baseball for the organization, he made his major league debut on July 19, 2000. In 2001, Bradley was traded to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for pitching prospect Zach Day; he was again traded in 2004 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. After playing in 216 games for the Dodgers, the most among all teams he has played for, Bradley was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Andre Ethier. Bradley was traded to the Padres in 2007, was granted free agency after one season with the team, and signed with the Texas Rangers in 2007. He was voted to the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game with the Rangers, and led the American League with a .436 on-base percentage and a .999 on-base plus slugging percentage. For the year, Bradley finished 17th in American League Most Valuable Player Award voting.
After becoming a free agent, Bradley signed with the Chicago Cubs in January 2009, who traded him in December of that year to the Seattle Mariners. In Seattle, Bradley batted .205 in 2010 and .218 in 2011 before he was released by the club. He has a career batting average of .271 with 135 home runs and 481 runs batted in (RBIs) in 1,042 games played, and was described as having "power, speed, a strong arm and star qualities", although "his temper … has never allowed him to fulfill his immense potential."[1]
In 2013, Bradley was convicted by a jury of nine counts of physically attacking and threatening his wife including four counts of spousal battery, two counts of criminal threats, one count of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of vandalism and one count of brandishing a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to 32 months in prison.
- 1 Early life
- 2 Major League Baseball career
- 3 Personal life
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Early lifeEdit
Bradley was born on April 15, 1978, in Harbor City, California. His mother, Charlena Rector, worked as a clerk at a local Safeway supermarket,[2][3] while his father, Milton Bradley Sr., was a veteran of the Vietnam War, and was awarded a Purple Heart for his service.[2] Bradley was named Milton Bradley Jr. when Milton Bradley Sr. filled out his son's birth certificate without Rector's permission.[2] According to Bradley Jr.'s mother, Bradley Sr. was addicted to cocaine, physically abused her, and was homeless for several years.[4] Growing up, Bradley had four half-siblings from Rector's previous marriage.[4]
Bradley played baseball at Long Beach Polytechnic High School, and was a teammate of Chase Utley.[5] After graduating high school with a 3.7 grade point average,[3] he committed to California State University, Long Beach,[6] but instead signed with the Expos on July 1, 1996 after being drafted by the team in the second round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft.
Major League Baseball careerEdit
Montreal Expos (1996–2001)Edit
Bradley began his professional baseball career with the GCL Expos of the Gulf Coast League in 1996; in 32 games, he batted .241 with 27 hits.[7] The following season, he played nine games for the GCL Expos and 50 for the Vermont Expos, a short season affiliate of the Montreal Expos. For the Expos, he was named to the postseason New York–Penn League All-Star team.[8] In 1998, he played for the Cape Fear Crocs and the Jupiter Hammerheads, tying for the Croc team lead in doubles with 21 while hitting .302 for the Crocs and .287 for the Hammerheads.[9][10] While playing for the Harrisburg Senators the next season, he was suspended seven games for starting a fight after he had been hit by a pitch.[11] He also played for the silver-medal-winning United States in the 1999 Pan American Games.[8]
Finishing 76–66, the Senators played the Norwich Navigators for the Eastern League championship. The series was tied two games to two in a best-of-five series. In the final game, Bradley hit a walk-off grand slam with two outs and a full count, in the bottom of the ninth inning, to give the Senators a 12–11 win.[12] During the next season, after playing in 88 games for the Ottawa Lynx, he was promoted to the major league club and made his MLB debut on July 19, 2000. In his debut, he hit three straight singles against the New York Mets;[13] and for the season, he batted .221 with 15 RBI over 42 games played.
For the 2001 Expos, Bradley played 67 games, including one on April 26 in which he walked to give the Expos the go-ahead run against Rick Ankiel of the St. Louis Cardinals in the top of the 15th inning.[14] On July 31 of that year, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians to serve as a possible replacement for Kenny Lofton; in exchange, the Expos received right-handed pitcher Zach Day.[15] Speaking to the Associated Press about the trade, Indians General Manager John Hart stated:
In Milton Bradley we are getting a top-of-the-order, middle-of-the-diamond player we feel will have a major impact at the major-league level in the near future.[15]
Cleveland Indians (2001–2003)Edit
After the deal, Bradley was assigned to the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons and reported to the team on August 2.[16] In addition to the 30 games he played for the Bisons, he also played 10 games for the major league Indians.
On April 15, 2002, he was placed on the disabled list (DL) following an appendectomy a day earlier at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.[17] He went on the disabled list again on May 2 with a broken orbital bone[18] and a scratched iris[19] after a batted ball had bounced off the outfield wall and hit him below his left eye while he was trying to make a catch; up to that point, he was hitting .266 in 23 games.[20] After a rehabilitation stint of six games with the Bisons, he was reactivated by the Indians on June 4[19] and finished the season with a .249 batting average, 38 RBIs and nine home runs.
Bradley spent the 2003 campaign with the Indians. Despite being placed on the 15-day DL with a strained right hamstring and missing the final six weeks of the season with a lower back injury, he led the team in stolen bases, with 17.[21][22] On August 30, while on the DL with a back injury, he was ticketed for speeding in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. After being stopped, he refused the ticket and sped away.[23] He pleaded not guilty to speeding and fleeing charges on September 12, but was sentenced to a three-day jail term. The ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court of Ohio in December 2004.[24]
On November 19, 2003 he signed a one-year, $1.73 million contract with the Indians in order for the Indians to avoid salary arbitration with him.[22] During spring training, he was banned from the Indians' training camp after not running out a popup a game earlier.[25] On April 3, 2004, he was traded to the Dodgers for Franklin Gutiérrez and a player to be named later (Andrew Brown); the Akron Beacon Journal later reported that manager Eric Wedge had insisted that Bradley be traded.[26]
Los Angeles Dodgers (2004–2005)Edit
— Dodgers general manager Paul DePodesta[27]
In his first game with the Dodgers, playing center field, Bradley went 2-for-3, with two singles and two walks.[28] On June 1, he was ejected from a game by home plate umpire Terry Craft for arguing over balls and strikes. After being restrained by manager Jim Tracy, he returned to the dugout and threw a ball bag onto the field.[29] Bradley was suspended for four games and Tracy for one game.[27] On September 19, he hit a 479-foot home run against the Colorado Rockies in Coors Field.[8] On September 28, during a home game against the Rockies, Bradley mishandled a line drive and was charged with an error. A fan threw a bottle at Bradley, who left his position in right field, picked up the bottle and threw it into the stands, yelling at the fan. Bradley was immediately ejected from the game. The next day, MLB suspended him for the remainder of the season and fined him an undisclosed amount.[30] In postseason play, he hit .273 with a home run while the Dodgers lost the National League Division Series to the St. Louis Cardinals three games to one.[31] He finished the 2004 season batting .267 with 19 home runs and 67 RBIs, but was caught stealing 11 times, tying for eighth most in MLB.[32]
During the offseason, Bradley went through anger management counseling.[33] In a game against the San Francisco Giants on April 12, 2005, he drove in two runs with a single to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs, the winning run then scoring on Jason Ellison's error in the same play.[34][35] On August 25, 2005, after hitting .290 with 38 RBIs in 75 games, he was put on the 15-day DL with a torn patellar tendon and anterior cruciate ligament which rendered him inactive for the remainder of the season.[36] On December 13, 2005, the Dodgers traded him to the Oakland Athletics along with infielder Antonio Pérez for outfielder prospect Andre Ethier.[37]
Oakland Athletics (2006–2007)Edit
In his first season with the Oakland Athletics, Bradley posted a .276 batting average with 14 home runs and 52 runs batted in, in a part-time role. He went on the 15-day DL on May 11, 2006 for a strained oblique muscle and a sprained right knee.[38] On July 30, he hit a three-run walk-off home run to beat the Toronto Blue Jays with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.[39] During game four of the 2006 American League Championship Series versus the Detroit Tigers, Bradley became the third player in MLB history to hit home runs from each side of the plate in a postseason game, joining Bernie Williams and Chipper Jones.[40] For the series, he went nine-for-eighteen with two home runs and five RBIs.[41]
On June 21, 2007, the Athletics designated him for assignment.[42] A trade completed the next day, which would have sent Bradley to the Kansas City Royals for Leo Núñez, was voided by the Royals because he had sustained an oblique injury in his last game as an Athletic.[43] He was then traded to the San Diego Padres on June 29, with cash, in exchange for Andrew Brown; it was the second time those two players had been traded for each other.
San Diego Padres (2007)Edit
Bradley started his tenure with the Padres on the 15-day DL, but came off it on July 7; in July, he batted .364 with four home runs and 12 RBI in 18 games.[8] On September 23, 2007, however, he tore his right ACL while being restrained by Padres manager Bud Black during an altercation with first base umpire Mike Winters.[44] Home plate umpire Brian Runge reportedly told Bradley that Winters said that he had tossed his bat in Runge's direction in a previous at-bat.[44] After Bradley reached first base, he questioned Winters about the alleged bat throwing and subsequent communication with Runge. According to Bradley and Padres first base coach Bobby Meacham, Winters addressed Bradley with a barrage of profanity.[44] Bradley then moved towards Winters. While restrained by Black, Bradley fell to the ground and injured himself. He missed the final week of the regular season in 2007, during which the Padres lost to the Colorado Rockies in a one game playoff for the National League wild card on October 1.[45]
Winters was suspended for the remainder of the season and also spent the postseason on the restricted list for the incident, after MLB determined that he had indeed directed obscene language toward Bradley. Bradley was not suspended, MLB finding no need for such discipline since he did not make physical contact with Winters.[46]
Texas Rangers (2008)Edit
After the 2007 season, Bradley agreed to a one-year contract with the Texas Rangers. He announced in early January 2008 that he expected to be healthy and ready to play in the season opener.[47]
As the Rangers designated hitter, he led the AL in on-base plus slugging with a .999 mark. He was third in batting average (.321), and led the league in on-base percentage (.443). On making the All-Star game, he stated, "If I somehow miraculously made it to the All-Star Game, I would be floored. I'd really be totally humbled by that. I'm just happy right now to play, to produce and to be with a good group of guys."[48] He was selected to play in his first All-Star Game in 2008 as a designated hitter (DH) after being officially selected as a DH reserve, but due to an injury to David Ortiz he became the starting DH in the 2008 MLB All-Star Game.[49]
According to The Dallas Morning News Bradley attempted to confront Kansas City Royals television announcer Ryan Lefebvre in the press box following a June 2008 game for what he believed were unfair comments made on the air. As the Rangers' designated hitter, Bradley watched the broadcast when he was not batting and took offense to a comparison Lefebvre made between him and Josh Hamilton.[50] Manager Ron Washington and general manager Jon Daniels chased after him and stopped him before he got to Lefebvre, at which point he returned to the clubhouse in tears and said:
All I want to do is play baseball and make a better life for my kid than I had, that's it. I love all you guys. … I'm strong, but I'm not that strong.[50]
He was quoted by Rangers radio broadcasters as saying that he never intended to physically harm Lefebvre but did want to speak to him; Daniels said he was upset that someone he didn't know was judging him.[50]
Chicago Cubs (2009)Edit
On January 8, 2009, Bradley signed a three-year, $30 million deal with the Chicago Cubs.[51] He was issued a two-game suspension for supposedly making contact with umpire Larry Vanover while arguing a strike call on April 16, which was reduced to one game on appeal.[52] During an interleague game against the Minnesota Twins on June 12, he caught a routine fly in right field and threw it into the stands, believing it was the third out of the inning when there were only two outs.[53] The umpire allowed each of the Twins' baserunners to advance two bases as a result.[53]
Later that month, Cub manager Lou Piniella told Bradley to leave the dugout and go home after he "went after" a Gatorade cooler in frustration after flying out in another interleague game, against the Chicago White Sox. Piniella and Bradley later confronted each other in the locker room and exchanged words.[54] Piniella later apologized to Bradley, and reinserted him back into the line-up during the team's next start.[55]
On September 20, 2009, the Cubs announced that Bradley would be suspended for the remainder of the season after an interview in which Bradley talked about "negativity" on the part of the Cub organization and declared, "You understand why they [the Cubs] haven't won in 100 years here." He also said he was uncomfortable just being on the Cubs.[56] General Manager Jim Hendry felt the comments were disrespectful.[57] Bradley later apologized to the Cubs organization for his remarks.[58] For the Cubs, Bradley hit .257 with 12 home runs and 40 RBIs[8] before being traded to the Seattle Mariners for Carlos Silva and cash on December 18, 2009.[59]
Seattle Mariners (2010–2011)Edit
Bradley was part of a flurry of offseason moves by the Mariners in hopes of returning to the playoffs, having not reached the postseason since 2001.[60] On May 4, 2010, he removed himself from a game and left the stadium. He asked the Mariners for help with a personal problem, and the organization responded. He was placed on the restricted list, and returned to the team on May 18 after undergoing treatment of an undisclosed nature.[61] He ended the season on the DL after having been placed on it on July 31 prior to right knee arthroscopic surgery on August 17. He finished the 2010 season batting .205, with eight home runs and 29 RBIs over 73 games played.[8]
On May 9, 2011, the Mariners designated Bradley for assignment after starting the 2011 season hitting .218 with two home runs and 13 RBI in 28 games. Reportedly, the Mariners lost patience with Bradley due to his performance in a series against the White Sox. In the first game, he was ejected for arguing balls and strikes in the eighth inning, preventing the Mariners from putting in a pinch-runner due to not having enough available players. In the second game, he was booed for not hustling after several balls hit his way. In the final game, he made a poor throw that led to two White Sox runs.[62] Unable to trade Bradley, the Mariners released him on May 16.[62]
Personal lifeEdit
In 2005, Bradley was the Dodgers' nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award for working with the Dodgers Dream Foundation, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and the Long Beach Boys & Girls Clubs, among other charities. Bradley has also opened two baseball academies, one in Long Beach and another in Baldwin Hills.[63] In August 2005, Redondo Beach police received three domestic-violence-related calls from Bradley's house. No charges were filed.[64] In 2006, Bradley filed for divorce but the petition was never finalized.[65]
On January 18, 2011, Bradley was arrested at his home in Encino, California and charged with making criminal threats to his wife, Monique. When he agreed to participate in an out-of-court hearing process, no charges were filed against him. However, his wife subsequently filed for divorce.[62][66]
In January 2013, Bradley was charged with several crimes stemming from five different domestic incidents which occurred in 2011 and 2012.[67] On June 3, 2013, Bradley was convicted by a jury of nine counts of physically attacking and threatening his wife including four counts of spousal battery, two counts of criminal threats, one count of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of vandalism and one count of brandishing a deadly weapon. On July 2, 2013, he was sentenced to 32 months in prison and 52 weeks of domestic violence and anger-management classes, and was released on $250,000 bail.[68] Despite his convictions and sentence, Bradley maintained sole custody of his and Monique's two sons.[68][69][70]
On September 14, 2013, at the age of 33, Monique Bradley died[71] at Encino Hospital Medical Center.[68] A death certificate dated October 10 lists the causes as cryptogenic cirrhosis of the liver, hemorrhagic shock and cardiac arrest.[68]
On January 21, 2015, a Los Angeles appellate court rejected Bradley's appeal.[68] Sports Illustrated reported in May 2015 that following another unsuccessful appeal, Bradley was ordered to begin serving the 32-month sentence for his 2013 convictions, with the hearing judge stating that Bradley's request for leniency was "breathtaking, frankly, in how callous" it was.[72] In early 2016, Bradley's request to have his jail sentence reduced was denied by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge.[73]
In April 2018, Bradley was charged with spousal battery - and taken into custody on bail of $175,000 - for allegedly assaulting his wife during a January 2018 incident, at which time Bradley was on probation for his earlier domestic violence conviction.[74][75] In June 2018 Bradley pleaded no contest to domestic battery, was sentenced to 36 months of probation, and was required to complete 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling.[76]
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- ^ Bradley was arrested in August 2011 for allegedly attacking Monique with a bat, and in March 2012 he allegedly threatened her with a knife and while yelling profanities. Monique filed a domestic violence report with the LAPD in November 2012 claiming Bradley tried to choke her, with two hands, when she asked him to stop smoking marijuana in front of their sons. On January 10, 2013, Bradley was formerly charged by LAPD with 13 misdemeanor counts of assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and dissuading a witness from making a report. "Milton Bradley charged in LA with domestic abuse". Associated Press. January 11, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
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A ROS and OpenCV version of RatSLAM is available at: Google Code
Please see the following paper for more information about openRatSLAM. We would appreciate cites if you use the code.
David Ball, Scott Heath, Janet Wiles, Gordon Wyeth, Peter Corke, Michael Milford (2013) OpenRatSLAM: an open source brain-based SLAM system. Autonomous Robots. DOI 10.1007/s10514-012-9317-9
We provide the following datasets here:
- iRat 2011 Australia
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Preaching Christ
January 16, 2013
A last snippet, for now, from Thomas Foxcroft's The Gospel Ministry once more, fairly early on in his sermon, exhorting himself and other ministers to preach Jesus in every sense:
Ministers then must study to feed their flocks with a continual feast on the glorious fullness there is in Christ; they must gather fruits from the branch of righteousness, from the tree of life for those who hunger, not feeding them with the meat which perishes, but with that which endures to everlasting life. They must open this fountain of living waters, the great mystery of godliness, into which all the doctrines of the gospel that are branched forth into so great a variety do, as so many rivulets or streams making glad the city of God, flow and concenter.
They must endeavor to set forth Christ in the dignity of His Person, as the brightness of His Father's glory, God manifest in the flesh; in the reality, necessity, nature, and exercise of His threefold office of Prophet, Priest, and King, in both His state of humiliation and exaltation; in the glorious benefits of His redemption, the justification of them who believe, the adoption of sons, sanctification, and an inheritance that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for the saints; in the wonderful methods and means in and by which we are called into the fellowship of the Son our Lord, and made partakers of the redemption by Christ; in the nature, and significance, the excellency and worth, of all the ordinances and institutions of Christ, with the obligations on all to attend upon them.
Whatever subject ministers are upon, it must somehow point to Christ. All sin must be witnessed against and preached down as opposed to the holy nature, the wise and gracious designs, and the just government of Christ. So all duty must be persuaded to and preached up with due regard unto Christ; to His authority commanding and to His Spirit of grace assisting, as well as to the merit of His blood commending - and this to dash the vain presumption that decoys so many into ruin, who will securely hang the weight of their hopes upon the horns of the altar without paying expected homage to the scepter of Christ. All the arrows of sharp rebuke are to be steeped in the blood of Christ; and this to prevent those desponding fears and frights of guilt which sometimes awfully work to a fatal issue. Dark and ignorant sinners are to be directed to Christ as the Sun of righteousness; convinced sinners are to be led to Christ as the Great Atonement and the only City of Refuge. Christ is to be lifted up on high for the wounded in spirit to look to, as the bitten Israelites looked to the brazen serpent of old. The sick, the lame, and the diseased are to be carried to Christ as the great Physician, the Lord our Healer; the disconsolate and timorous are to be guided to Christ as the Consolation of Israel, and in us the hope of glory. Every comfort administered is to be sweetened with pure water from this Well of salvation, which only can quench the fiery darts of the evil one. The promises of the gospel are to be applied as being in Christ "yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us" (2 Cor. 1:20). So the threatenings of the law are to light and flash in the eyes of sinners as the terrors of the Lord and sparks of the holy resentment of an incensed Savior, which hover now over the children of disobedience and will one day unite and fall heavy upon them. The love of Christ for us is to be held forth as the great constraining motive to religion, and the life of Christ as the bright, engaging pattern of it. Progress and increase in holiness are to be represented under the notion of abiding in Christ and growing up into Him who is the Head, even Christ. Perfection in grace is the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, and eternal life is a being forever with the Lord where He is, beholding His glory and dwelling in our Master's joy.
Thus, in imitation of the apostolic way of preaching, there must be a beautiful texture of references to Christ, a golden thread twisted into every discourse to leaven and perfume it so as to make it express a savor of the knowledge of Christ. Thus every mite cast into the treasure of the temple must bear this inscription upon it which was once the humble language of a pious martyr in the flames, "None but Christ, none but Christ," so that everyone, beholding in the Word preached as in a glass the glory of the Lord, may be changed into the same image, from glory to glory.