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Beware of Fake Swamis and Hindu God Men - Hindus Wake Up - Stop Getting Cheated By Fake Babas and Swamis
Fake Hindu swamis, sanyasis, babas, gurus and godmen thrive in a society which has not understood the true teachings of Sanatana Dharma (Hindu Religion). Therefore Hindus and other sections of the society which provide the opportunity and fertile ground for fraudsters in the guise of swamis to thrive in the name of Hinduism are equally at fault. Ignorant, miracle and fortune-seeking followers are the ones who help such fake swamis to prosper in our Hindu society.
Before Going To A Swami Read The Bhagavad Gita - The Greatest Guru
The Bhagavad Gita which narrates the essence of Hindu spirituality contains only 700 verses. There are excellent translation and commentary of Bhagavad Gita which cost less than 100 rupees. But majority of the Hindus have no time to read the 700 verses but spend thousands of rupees of hard earned money, energy and time visiting ashrams and spiritual centers of such fake babas and gurus.
If you make this an issue, immediately comes the answer, Bhagavad Gita is hard to digest for common people like us, we are ignorant.
It is for the common people that the learned and holy men of yesteryears have translated the Gita into all regional languages. They have provided excellent translations and have interpreted the great dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna into the simplest language.
Reading and understanding the Bhagavad Gita is not the real issue. If one has time and patience this can be easily achieved.
The real issue is that Gita doesn't talk about methods to become super rich overnight. Neither do Gita have mantras to find treasures hidden underground or to get promotions or provide miracle cure to diseases. It does not make your love life better. Gita also does not recommend pujas to destroy your enemies. And above all Gita does not predict the future.
Gita only teaches to you to attain Moksha and how to live a life of bliss on earth.
But the fake swamis and godmen only talk about future, money and predictions, pujas and innumerable homams to cure diseases where medical science has failed. Sadly, this is what many Hindus want to hear.
Majority of Hindus who go after Swamis are fortune seekers
Daily we get to hear about such fake swamis and their notorious activities – which include rape, illicit relationships, amassing wealth through dishonorable means – but this has not deterred many Hindus from approaching fraudsters in the guise of Swami. Why?
Both the fake Godmen, his followers and those who go after such swamis are fortune seekers. Godmen is using religion to become rich and conduct other antisocial activities. Followers are fortune seekers who want the help of an outside agency to reach God and bribe God and amass wealth, cure diseases, solve social problems and above all know the future.
It is the never ending desire and fear that pulls Hindus towards fake Babas and Swamis.
Those Swamis who are treasure house of knowledge have no followers and people do not even know about them.
It is the never ending desire and fear that pulls Hindus towards fake Babas and Swamis.
Those Swamis who are treasure house of knowledge have no followers and people do not even know about them.
The True Sanyasi
Shri Krishna never fought for Arjuna in the Mahabharata. Arjuna had to do all the fighting in Kurukshetra. Krishna is always there to remind us the Truth and give sane advice. The ultimate truth is that we have to do our work and no God will come to do it. Sadly this is not acceptable to many.
A true Sanyasi will never advertise. He/She is like a flower. People reach them following the fragrance. They will not even bother to talk to fortune-seekers. Silence is their best weapon which frustrate most fortune seekers in minutes. They might open up the knowledge treasure to a genuine seeker whom a true Sanyasi will easily identify – just like Ramakrishna identified Vivekananda.
A true sanyasi lives in the present - he will not have possessions - he might not even have the money to buy his next meal.
There is nothing new to say
Sanyasi and Godmen does not say anything new. Everything is found in the Hindu scriptures. All their words are borrowed from the Upanishads, Gita, Ramayana, Yoga Vasishta and Mahabharata. All these Holy Scriptures are readily available in shops and now on the internet for free. Pick any of these Holy Scriptures and read a few pages daily. Soon we will realize the futility of going to such fake gurus.
Hinduism believes in individual self realization and not borrowed or rented or bought self realization. Always remember the Brahman (God or Supreme Truth) that resides in the most respected guru or spiritual leader also resides in us. The only difference is that we have not bothered to realize it.
If we are falling into the trap of fake Sanyasis and Godmen, it is our fault.
And if you find that a swami is fake, never hesitate to report it to the authorities and write about it on the internet or social media. Such fake swamis and God men should not find protection in Hindu religion.
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How Malians celebrated Timbuktu freedom
TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — On the morning French commandos parachuted onto the sand just north of this storied city and ended 10 months of Islamic rule, Hawi Traore folded up her veil. On the next day, she wore heels. On the day after, she put on her sparkly earrings, got her hair braided and tried her mother's perfume.
Finally on Thursday, the 12-year-old girl dared to dance in the streets, celebrating freedom from the draconian rules that were imposed by the al-Qaida-linked militants on this desert capital for much of the past year.
Four days since French special forces liberated Timbuktu, there is a growing sense of freedom — particularly among women. The speed with which women have claimed back their freedom underscores one of the advantages the French hold against an elusive enemy on unforgiving terrain: The population here has long practiced a moderate Islam rather than the extremism of the militants.
Although Timbuktu has long been a code word for the ends of the earth, until recently its women led a relatively modern existence, where they were not required to be covered and could socialize with men. That changed abruptly last year, when radical Islamists seized control of the northern half of Mali in the chaos after a coup in the distant capital.
When they first arrived, Hawi, a tall, fast-talking, sassy preteen girl, was just learning how to put on makeup. She learned the hard way to wear the toungou, the word for veil in the Songhai language. Her slender arm still bears the scar left by the whip of the Islamic police, her punishment for not properly covering up.
Her once-free life became increasingly restricted, as did that of her sisters and friends.
The Islamists showed no mercy, beating everyone from pregnant women to grandmothers to 9-year-old girls who weren't fully covered. Even talking to a brother on the front stoop of a woman's own home could get her in trouble.
Smoking, drinking and music were banned. So was playing soccer. The worst punishment was reserved for love outside the rules, and an unmarried couple who had two children out of wedlock was stoned to death in one northern Malian town.
Fatouma Traore lives on Street No. 415 in Timbuktu, the road that runs directly in front of the building where the Islamic Tribunal operated in what was once a luxury, boutique hotel. A leaflet left in the dirt in the courtyard set out eight rules for how women should wear the veil.
Rule No. 1 is that the fabric should cover the entire body. Rule No. 2 is that it can't be transparent. Rule No. 3 is that it needs to be colorless. And finally, Rule No. 8 states that a woman should not perfume herself after putting it on.
"We even bought a veil for this baby," said the 21-year-old Traore, picking up her 1-year-old niece and hoisting her on one hip. "Even if you are wearing the veil and it happens to slip off and you are trying to put it back on, they hit you."
The French military launched an intervention to oust the Islamists from power in northern Mali on Jan. 11, and rapidly forced their retreat from the major cities in less than three weeks.
The French arrived here before midnight on Monday in a platoon of 600 soldiers, accompanied by 200 Malian troops. They included paratroopers flown in from a base in Corsica, who landed in the north under the cover of darkness, as well as a convoy of 150 armoured vehicles which simultaneously reached the town's western perimeter, according to a French military spokeswoman.
The Islamists were nowhere to be found. They had vanished into the desert, leaving behind a terrorized population and obstacles for the French.
A plane was parked sideways in the middle of the runway at the airport to prevent other aircrafts from landing. Satellite photos showed the runway was also covered with evenly spaced mounds of dirt, said France's Defense Ministry on Thursday. Fearing hidden mines, the French called in specialists with heavy equipment to clear the three-kilometer (1.8-mile)-long landing strip after the damage by the Islamists.
"They destroyed parts of the runway. They removed sections of the asphalt. They destroyed the control tower. We had to control it to make sure that it was not mined," said Capt. Frederic, in charge of communication in Mali for France's 3rd Mechanized Brigade, who could only be identified by his first name in keeping with French military protocol.
Once the airport was secure, the troops rolled into this city of earthen, dun-colored homes in a massive convoy.
They drew crowds so thick that at times, the armoured personnel carriers came to a standstill. People waved homemade French flags sewn together from bolts of red, white and blue fabric. Hawi and her mother stood on the side of the road, screaming, "Vive la France!"
The ecstatic women greeting the French were still covered in the all-enveloping veils imposed on them by the former Taliban-inspired occupiers. But hours after watching the French arrival, Hawi went home, folded up her veil and stuffed it away in her closet.
That same day, she pulled out the traditional pagne worn by women in much of sub-Saharan Africa. The Islamists considered it indecent because it was colourful and revealed the shoulders, arms and upper back.
By Tuesday, she dared to wear a pair of heels — also haram, or "forbidden" by the Islamic regime.
By Wednesday, she had found a newly opened women's hair salon, where she had her hair braided for the first time in months. She opened her jewelry box and put on two bright cube-shaped earrings. Her mother pulled out her eyeliner.
It was on Thursday that they rummaged through their closet and found the envelope where they had hidden their Samsung phone's memory card.
The Islamists had banned music of all kinds, including radios. When they realized young people were still listening to music using earphones, they began policing phones. During the final stages of the occupation, even ringtones became haram. People could not figure out how to change their cellphone settings, so for months many simply placed their phones on silent or on vibrate.
On Thursday, Hawi and her mother took out the memory card with the songs of a musician, a native of a village just 45 kilometers from the city. They went into the street, held up the tiny Samsung phone like a boombox and danced as they pumped it into the air.
Like her daughter, Hawi's mother, Fatouma Arby, also has a scar — on her right wrist where the Islamic police lashed her after they found her standing outside her house. The Islamists had gradually expanded the public space where women were restricted from the town center, to the alleys blanketed in sand running like veins across Timbuktu, all the way to the threshold of their own homes.
They had even created a prison just for women the likes of Arby, a feisty, 40-something mother and tomboy who exulted Thursday in her release.
"It's been a very long time since I put on makeup," she said, running her finger under her eye to show off the line of black kohl accenting it. "I've put it on to make myself beautiful. So that men see me, and find me beautiful."
A man she knows, a distant cousin, called out her name. She ran over to him and teasingly pulled his arm, as he pulled her back.
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Lagos, Nigeria - The killing of Christians in Jos, Plateau state in Nigeria continued over the weekend with two journalists and five other persons falling victim to Muslim youth gangs.
Nathan S. Dabak, an assistant editor at a newspaper of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN) called The Light Bearer, and Sunday Gyang Bwede, a reporter at the publication, were stabbed to death on Saturday (April 24) at Gado-Bako in Jos North Local Government Area along with an unidentified motorcyclist.
"The staff of the church were murdered in cold blood by some Hausa Muslim youths," the Rev. Pandang Yamsat, president of COCIN, told Compass today. "This is clear because they have been using the hand phones of the deceased journalists and boasting that they are the ones that killed them."
The young Muslim men have been boldly answering calls to the cell phones of the deceased journalists, he said; when a friend of Dabak called his cell phone number, an unknown voice responded, "We have killed all of them – you can do your worst!"
Dabak, 36, and the 39-year-old Bwede had left their office on Saturday morning and were on their way to interview local politician Bulus Kaze when they fell into the hands of young Muslim men, Yamsat said.
The church started a search for the two Christians that day but did not discover their bodies until about noon on Sunday at the mortuary of Jos University Teaching Hospital, he said. He added that the church was eagerly waiting for results of a police investigation.
"The security team of the church has been communicating with the police, but they are yet to make any headway on this unfortunate incident," he said.
Burial of the slain journalists is scheduled for Friday (April 30).
In his statement on Monday (April 26), Yamsat lamented that "while efforts have been tailored towards the return of peace to the state by the military Special Task Force, it is regrettable that the state is confronted with a spate of killings."
"The church is still mourning the death of its pastor and his wife killed in Boto, Bauchi state," Yamsat said, in reference to the April 13 kidnapping and murder of the Rev. Ishaku Kadah, 48, and his 45-year-old wife Selina. "It is sad that it should again be left to face another brutal murder of two of their staff."
The state branch of the Nigerian Union of Journalists also condemned the circumstances that led to the death of the two journalists, expressing deep concern over what it described as "a series of attacks on its members in recent times in the course of carrying out their legitimate duties."
Four other Christians also were killed on Saturday (April 24) in the Dutse Uku district of Jos' Nasarawa Gwom area in a revenge attack following the discovery of the corpse of a teenage Muslim who had been missing. Their names were not released at press time.
The four Christians reportedly died, three of them stabbed to death, when hundreds of Muslim youths rampaged throughout the area in protest.
Earlier, police reportedly exhumed eight bodies from shallow graves in a predominantly Christian village near Jos. The discovery of the bodies brought to 15 the number of corpses found in three days in an area fraught with Muslim aggression that has left hundreds of Christians dead.
Jos has become a flash-point for ethnic and religious tensions in Plateau state, which is located between Nigeria's mainly Muslim north and Christian south. Previously hundreds of Christian villagers were struck with machetes and burned to death on March 7 in Dogo Nahawa, Zot and Rastat, three villages in Jos South and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas.
On March 17, Muslim Fulani herdsmen assaulted two Christian villages in Plateau state, killing 13 persons, including a pregnant woman and children. In attacks presumably over disputed property but with a level of violence characteristic of jihadist method and motive, men in military camouflage and others in customary clothing also burned 20 houses in Byei and Baten villages, in the Riyom Local Government Area of the state, about 45 kilometers (29 miles) from Jos.
On Jan. 17, two pastors and 46 other Christians were killed in an outbreak of violence in Jos triggered when Muslim youths attacked a Catholic church. Police estimated over 300 lives were lost in subsequent clashes, in which 10 church buildings were burned.


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Norman gives his first talk on the Mindfulness Sutra to the Mar de Jade April 2014 Sesshin.
Mindfulness Sutra 1 – Talk 1 Mar de Jade April 2014
By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Apr 05, 2014
Transcribed and edited by Emily Spielman and Barbara Byrum
Let's begin with what we experience, what our life actually is. It's very obvious, but we don't usually think about it. Something outside meets our consciousness, like a cloud in the sky meets our eye, and then we have an experience. Or, we're aware of an emotion or a feeling. In that case, the emotion or the feeling is like something outside, and our consciousness receives that thought or feeling. So that pretty much explains our life. Every moment is like that. There is always a meeting point between the consciousness and something outside.
Our whole life we're worried about the outside. Whether we have enough money to pay the rent. Whether our friends and family are happy with us or are giving us problems. And we're trying to organize the outside so it works out really well. But it usually doesn't work out all that well, because the outside has a way of not being subject to our control. So ultimately we have a lot of suffering when we're only focused on the outside.
We're here this week to forget about the outside and to develop the inside, to develop the mind and heart that dances with the outside. If our life is sometimes difficult or unsatisfactory in some way, it might not be because of the outside circumstances. It might be because inside we're not developed enough, we're not wise enough. So we have a chance this week to develop the inside: the breathing, the feeling in the body, what it feels like to see something, to hear a sound, to appreciate the thoughts in our mind, our feelings. Over and over again, we bring the mind back to the inside and just pay attention to what's there.
In Buddhism, there's a developed practice, a way of doing this, because you actually need a practice. If we just try to pay attention to the inside without any instructions, it's very likely that we will become entangled by all our usual habits and unwise ways of living. So there is a whole path in Buddhism for how to practice awareness. You can learn how to do it. You can develop more skill with this. And that's what we're here for this week, to see if we can develop this kind of skill.
There is a Buddhist sutra about this. The Mindfulness Sutra is about how we can develop this skill. In the original language of Pali, the title of this sutra is Satipatthana Sutta. So let me say a few words about what that title means. The word sati is usually translated into English as mindfulness or awareness or attention or presence or being present. Sometimes there is an example of throwing a ball against a wall. The point where the ball touches the wall, and the wall could register or feel the ball is the moment of sati. We all know what sati is already, because if there's any experience, there's some awareness there, otherwise there is no experience. If you're unconscious in a coma, there is no sati. What makes the development of sati difficult is that we take it for granted. We automatically have awareness, so we don't realize that there's a way of developing this more and more.
Now it is very astonishing that the sutra claims that if we develop sati, we will put an end to our suffering and grief, and we will develop spiritual liberation. It doesn't really seem possible, does it? Just by developing more of this awareness – that we have all of the time – how could this have all of these effects? And yet the sutra is telling us that. Clearly it indicates developing awareness in a way that we have not developed it so far. Most of us we have awareness, but we also have plenty of unhappiness, grief and suffering, and all kinds of emotions we don't like. The Buddha here is claiming if we develop awareness fully, we can have a life of happiness, no matter what is going on on the outside. So that would be something really worthwhile, don't you think?
This word sati, mindfulness, also has in it the idea of memory. Remembering to come back to awareness. If we go back to our comparison of the ball, it would be like throwing the ball against the wall, and then the ball bounces this way and that way, and over here and over there, all over the place. Mindfulness is when you throw the ball and it hits the wall, and then you remember to pick it up and throw it again and again. So you are a little bit organized in your awareness. You don't just let it go all over the place.
It's a very interesting point that in the Pali language there is no other word for memory other than the word sati. And when you think about it, it's true, isn't it? When you have a memory, when do you have that memory? There is only one time when you have a memory: right now in the present moment of awareness. So the past only exists in the present moment of awareness. Usually the whole idea of memory implies a person with continuity, who existed in the past and the same person existing now. There is a history of our life and things we like and don't like. But in the Buddhist idea of awareness, there is only what arises in this moment. So the past is what we experience now, because the past really does not exist anywhere else, but right here in our lives in the present. And that is why if we have many wounds or problems from the past, and we lament the fact that it already happened, and there is nothing we can do, we are sad. But actually when we are aware in the present, we can heal the past.
So this teaching is saying that focusing very strongly, moment by moment, on the inside with great intimacy, very close to every moment, brings up the whole of our life, including the past. But this awareness is also relaxed. Although we bring a lot of attention to the present, we do so in a relaxed way. Later on the sutra talks about this. It says you have to pay attention to the present moment without goal, desire, or wanting something out of it, because if you're seeking something, your awareness will be impure and incorrect. There is some intensity in coming back to the present moment – which includes all of our life – but also to do so in a relaxed and steady manner.
Sometimes mindfulness or sati is called samasati, which means correct or accurate awareness. This means it's actually more than simply paying attention. Correct awareness, samasati, is an open awareness that has the intention of seeing things as they are in this moment. Even if we don't like what we see, we're willing to see. Of course, what we will see is that things are always coming and going. It's impossible to hold onto a moment that we like. A moment that we really like passes away. A moment that we really don't like also passes away in just the same way. Because that is the nature of things, they pass away, and no one can stop that. When you are able to maintain awareness as things come and go, and realize that this is how things always are, and when you feel that deeply in your body inside and in your mind and in your heart, you have a lot of peace. You really appreciate everything that comes. Even the things that are difficult, you really appreciate them. And also you realize that everything is coming and going with you. You realize that the whole universe is in the same boat you're in, coming and going. And when you feel this way, you have a lot of love. You feel very much in a flow with everything. With enough awareness, it becomes how your experience actually feels to you.
The word patthana, as in Satipatthana Sutta, means "to stay close to something" or "to place something near to something else." So within the practice of awareness, there is a closeness, a relationship. The only time when anything appears to us is when there is some awareness. Without awareness there is a cold, dark zero. So awareness brings a warm and bright world into view. The same word also means to put something in a place or a location. So this is a sutra about how we locate and place awareness. It is powerful phrase for me, "a place for awareness," because usually we think of the world as very solid and firm, and our mind as not so solid or firm. But actually it's the opposite. The inside and the outside are equally firm. Equally present. So when we develop mindfulness, we develop more presence, more firmness, more strength.
Mindfulness is not the same thing as self-consciousness. It's the opposite almost. Self-consciousness is I am here. I am seeing this or that. I am feeling this or that. Is it good or bad? How am I doing? Am I doing well? This is the opposite of mindfulness. Mindfulness is simply seeing, hearing, thinking, feeling. There is no evaluation of one's self. There's just the immediate experience. Also, mindfulness is not observation, or standing aside and observing our experiences, observing our thoughts and feelings.
Sometimes the phrase "bare attention" is used. Simply the experience itself coming and going. Just presence with what happens, without evaluation or too much thinking, without wanting this or that, just willing to experience the fact of what happens. Of course, when you try to do this, you find that you are always self-conscious. You always have desire for this or that. For instance, if you're sitting in meditation, and now it doesn't feel so good to be sitting there – it hurts or something – and the bell doesn't ring, then you want the bell to ring, right? Here I am at the beautiful beach. I'm sitting here. It hurts. I'm inside. Why am I not on the outside? So that's not mindfulness. That's the mind complaining with many extra thoughts. And notice that those are not thoughts that are making you happy, right? Those are thoughts that are increasing the unpleasantness of your experience in that moment.
So when those things happen, and of course they do, then you have to be mindful of that. It won't do to try to make those thoughts go away. You won't be able to. So when you find those thoughts going on, you just come back to mindfulness. Instead of letting the ball bounce this and that way, you pick it up again and you throw it again at the wall. And when it starts bouncing again, you pick it up and throw it at the wall. You return to your body. You return to your breathing. You notice the thoughts. You don't condemn yourself for it, but also you don't believe the thoughts too much or let them push you around.
In the moment of just being present, there is always happiness. Even if there is an unpleasant feeling in the body, even when there's awareness of that unpleasant feeling and nothing more, there's happiness there. It seems hard to imagine, doesn't it, that we could have something unpleasant going on, but at the same time, we can be happy? But in that moment of bare attention, you find that is exactly what happens. And when the mind driven by confusion and desire begins to create thoughts and feelings, that's when the unhappiness comes again and that's when we apply sati. We come back to bare attention. We allow ourselves to appreciate the flow of moments of our lives. So this is the practice that we're working on this week. Remembering to come back to our breathing and our body, appreciating that moment of just paying attention.
How do we do this? The sutra talks about four locations for mindfulness: mindfulness of the body, mindfulness of the feelings, mindfulness of mental or emotional states, and mindfulness of patterns of mind. So this is the whole course of study of mindfulness. And through this study we come to be clear about how our mind and heart work, and how to disentangle the tangle of unhappiness. Of the four, the most basic is mindfulness of the body, and that one is the most important. It doesn't mean to be mindful of our concept of the body, our idea of the body. All of us think of our body, we have an idea or a concept. Mindfulness is to be aware of the actual process of the body: this living process in time that we call the body. To experience with warmth and closeness the life of the body.
Let me end this morning with just a little bit about this. So when we come into the hall to take our seat, we walk in carefully. Even from wherever we're coming from, when we start turning toward the hall to walk, we are already preparing ourselves for awareness. When we sit down in the beginning of every period, we take a great deal of time to really feel all that's going on in the body. It's there. So we settle our body. Then we feel the breathing in the belly. Maybe you can feel it now while I'm talking. Very even breathing: coming in, going out. So especially in the beginning of each meditation period, you really pay close attention to every breath all of the way in and all of the way out. It's just like the ocean waves, right? Come all of the way in, go all of the way out. Very smooth and natural. And then whenever your mind wanders, you simply come back to the breathing, which is easier to do if you establish a strong connection to the breathing at the beginning of every period.
When thoughts and memories and visions and complaints come into your mind, this is not a mistake. It doesn't mean you're doing the practice wrong. It's just a natural thing. Minds do that, right? That's what the mind is made for. So just notice what's going on. If it helps, you can tell yourself, Oh there I go complaining again. There I am thinking about my mother again. How come I can't stop thinking about my mother? Or whatever it is. And as soon as you notice what it is, you come back to the breathing. And if a hundred times, a thousand times, the ball starts bouncing around, a hundred times, a thousand times, you just pick it up and throw it again.
So that's it. It's really simple. You might think there must be more to it than that. Isn't there something more interesting than that? How could that possibly do me any good? Well, all I can say is according to the Mindfulness Sutra, this is the only way to eliminate grief and sorrow, to purify the heart, to end pain and anxiety, and to realize nirvana.
So for now, just trust this method. But I don't think it will take you very long to realize that it really works. You will all experience some moments of relief and joy just being willing to be present with your life. And then you'll have more faith in this method.
We're all very fortunate that we have a chance to do this together. We really don't know whether we'll ever do it again. This might be our only chance. None of us here, including myself, knows for sure whether we'll ever do this again. So please don't waste this precious time. Gently, steadily, with a lot of kindness to yourself, and a lot of forgiveness, keep paying attention. Keep coming back.
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ALLIANCE Hockey, through our Member Associations, offers Recreational Hockey for first time participants. Below is information on where these programs can be found, what is involved in terms of approximate costs, number of games and programming. ALLIANCE Hockey is a member of Hockey Canada and the Ontario Hockey Federation.
Recreational Hockey is the base level of Hockey also referred to as House League Hockey. Ages run from 6 to 21 years of age depending on the programming in that particular association.
• Approximately 3 times every two weeks • Approximately 30 ice-times per year
• For actual cost contact the Association. • Typically includes ice-time, jersey and in some cases, socks
• ALLIANCE Hockey belongs to the Ontario Hockey Federation and Hockey Canada • Each participant is insured through Hockey Canada
• ALLIANCE Recreational Hockey has a rule where there is no body checking. There is still the opportunity for injury. The percentages decrease with body checking not in the game. • The participant has the opportunity to learn without the concern of body checking.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Apparently trying an end-run around an unaccommodating Congress, the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week.
In an announcement scheduled for later Wednesday, the service is expected to say the Saturday mail cutback would begin in August and could save $2 billion annually.
The move accentuates one of the agency's strong points — package delivery has increased by 14 percent since 2010, officials
say, while the delivery of letters and other mail has declined with the increasing use of email and other Internet services.
Under the new plan, mail would be delivered to homes and businesses only from Monday through Friday, but would still be delivered to post office boxes on Saturdays. Post offices now open on Saturdays would remain open on Saturdays.
Over the past several years, the Postal Service has advocated shifting to a five-day delivery schedule for mail and packages — and it repeatedly but unsuccessfully appealed to Congress to approve the move. Though an independent agency, the service gets no tax dollars for its day-to-day operations but is subject to congressional control.
It was not immediately clear how the service could eliminate Saturday mail without congressional approval.
But the agency clearly thinks it has a majority of the American public on its side regarding the change.
Material prepared for the Wednesday press conference by Patrick R. Donahoe, postmaster general and CEO, says Postal Service market research and other research has indicated that nearly 7 in 10 Americans support the switch to five-day delivery as a way for the Postal Service to reduce costs.
"The Postal Service is advancing an important new approach to delivery that reflects the strong growth of our package business and responds to the financial realities resulting from America's changing mailing habits," Donahoe said in a statement prepared for the announcement. "We developed this approach by working with our customers to understand their delivery needs and by identifying creative ways to generate significant cost savings."
But the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Fredric Rolando, said the end of Saturday mail delivery is "a disastrous idea that would have a profoundly negative effect on the Postal Service and on millions of customers," particularly businesses, rural communities, the elderly, the disabled and others who depend on Saturday delivery for commerce and communication.
He said the maneuver by Donahoe to make the change "flouts the will of Congress, as expressed annually over the past 30 years in legislation that mandates six-day delivery."
There was no immediate comment from lawmakers.
But others agreed the Postal Service had little choice but to try.
"If the Congress of the United States refuses to take action to save the U.S. Postal Service, then the Postal Service will have to take action on its own," said corporate communications expert James S. O'Rourke, professor of management at the University of Notre Dame.
He said other action will be needed as well, such as shuttering smaller rural post offices and restructuring employee health care and pension costs.
"It's unclear whether the USPS has the legislative authority to take such actions on its own, but the alternative is the status quo until it is completely cash starved," O'Rourke said in a statement.
The Postal Service is making the announcement Wednesday, more than six months before the switch, to give residential and business customers time to plan and adjust, the statement said.
"The American public understands the financial challenges of the Postal Service and supports these steps as a responsible and reasonable approach to improving our financial situation," Donahoe said. "The Postal Service has a responsibility to take the steps necessary to return to long-term financial stability and ensure the continued affordability of the U.S. Mail."
He said the change would mean a combination of employee reassignment and attrition and is expected to achieve cost savings of approximately $2 billion annually when fully implemented.
The agency in November reported an annual loss of a record $15.9 billion for the last budget year and forecast more red ink in 2013, capping a tumultuous year in which it was forced to default on billions in retiree health benefit prepayments to avert bankruptcy.
The financial losses for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 were more than triple the $5.1 billion loss in the previous year. Having reached its borrowing limit, the mail agency is operating with little cash on hand.
The agency's biggest problem — and the majority of the red ink in 2012 — was not due to reduced mail flow but rather to mounting mandatory costs for future retiree health benefits, which made up $11.1 billion of the losses. Without that and other related labor expenses, the mail agency sustained an operating loss of $2.4 billion, lower than the previous year.
The health payments are a requirement imposed by Congress in 2006 that the post office set aside $55 billion in an account to cover future medical costs for retirees. The idea was to put $5.5 billion a year into the account for 10 years. That's $5.5 billion the post office doesn't have.
No other government agency is required to make such a payment for future medical benefits. Postal authorities wanted Congress to address the issue last year, but lawmakers finished their session without getting it done. So officials are moving ahead to accelerate their own plan for cost-cutting.
The Postal Service is in the midst of a major restructuring throughout its retail, delivery and mail processing operations. Since 2006, it has cut annual costs by about $15 billion, reduced the size of its career workforce by 193,000 or by 28 percent, and has consolidated more than 200 mail processing locations, officials say.
They say that while the change in the delivery schedule announced Wednesday is one of the actions needed to restore the financial health of the service, they still urgently need lawmakers to act. Officials say they continue to press for legislation that will give them greater flexibility to control costs and make new revenues.


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Eight Princeton faculty members have been named fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are among 220 leaders in scholarship, business, the arts and public affairs elected this year in recognition of their contributions to their respective fields.
Among those elected this year are the following Princeton faculty members: Athanassios Panagiotopoulos, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Carol Greenhouse, professor of anthropology; John Burgess, the John N. Woodhull Professor of Philosophy; Igor Klebanov, professor of physics; David Spergel, the Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation and professor of astrophysical sciences; Keith Whittington, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics; and David MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry.
The current membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1780, includes more than 250 Nobel laureates and more than 60 Pulitzer Prize winners. The new class will be inducted at a ceremony Oct. 6 at the academy's headquarters in Cambridge, Mass.


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Bloomberg News once again finds itself subject to unwelcome scrutiny over allegations that it is soft-pedaling coverage in China to appease the country's top government officials. Last week, the parent company's chairman suggested some hard-hitting reports weren't welcome. And a longtime Bloomberg editor now says he quit over the company's decision not to publish an investigative piece about a politically connected Chinese mogul.
We'll hear the remarks of both men in this story from NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik.
DAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: The parent company of Bloomberg News actually earns the vast bulk of its profits from terminals offering exclusive financial data and analysis; 320,000 clients pay $20,000 a year a piece to lease them.
Last week, Bloomberg LP chairman Peter Grauer told the Asia Society's Hong Kong chapter that a company like Bloomberg has to operate in China because it's the second largest economy in the world, and growing
PETER GRAUER: We have about 50 journalists in the market, primarily writing stories about the local business and economic environment. And you're all aware that every once in awhile, we wander a little bit away from that and write stories that we probably may have kind of re-thank, rethought, should have rethought. But China, for us, is very important. We're very actively...
FOLKENFLIK: Those remarks set off shockwaves in journalistic circles. Back in 2012, journalists for Bloomberg News used public documents to show that relatives of the man who is now China's president, Xi Jinping, have acquired business interests worth hundreds of millions of dollars - an explosive charge in a country where decisions about property are made by the ruling communist party.
The scoop won prizes, but came at a price. Since then, Chinese authorities have delayed issuing visas for Bloomberg's journalists, sent investigators unannounced to search its bureaus, and ordered state-owned companies not to sign new leases for Bloomberg terminals.
Until this month, Ben Richardson was a leading editor for Bloomberg's Asia coverage, based in Hong Kong. Last fall, he edited an investigative piece focusing on a Chinese billionaire investor's ties to the ruling Chinese Politburo.
BEN RICHARDSON: We were getting close to publication, and that story was spiked. It was a decision made by very senior members of Bloomberg's editorial team. And it's a decision that I felt very uncomfortable with.
FOLKENFLIK: Bloomberg's editor-in-chief, Matthew Winkler, participated in a charged phone conversation with several Asia-based journalists for the news service, Richardson among them. According to Richardson, Winkler said the families of the Chinese Politburo were off-limits. Richardson decided to quit after the call, but left earlier this month.
Bloomberg has declined to respond to specific questions from NPR. But New York-based senior Bloomberg editors tell NPR the unpublished story was simply not yet ready for public consumption.
Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, the company's founder, made a rare appearance at Bloomberg News' daily editorial planning meeting yesterday. He declared that despite Grauer's remarks, news decisions would always be made exclusively on the grounds of newsworthiness by news executives, and not for business reasons. And indeed, Bloomberg has recently published stories on topics unlikely to please the Chinese, such as pollution and concerns of a looming credit crisis.
Richardson tells NPR that his former colleagues have received a different message.
RICHARDSON: It's just that when you've got a commercial interest - and you're going up against the Chinese government - it suddenly becomes, you know, it's a no-win situation for a company. So, you know, they made this commercial decision.
FOLKENFLIK: Emily Parker explores digital freedom of expression in China in her new book, "Now I Know Who My Comrades Are." She says Bloomberg is especially vulnerable because of its terminal business.
EMILY PARKER: Some of these comments by Bloomberg have said: Well, these investigative stories are hurting our bottom line, and we need to stick to financial and business journalism, primarily. And the problem with that logic is that in China, the line between business and politics - or economics and politics - is often very, very thin.
FOLKENFLIK: Parker is also former State Department official and Wall Street Journal Asia writer. She says it's important to note Bloomberg isn't alone.
PARKER: Western journalists face a choice - which is, do we do report on anything we want, and do we say anything we want, and risk being thrown out of China? Or do we make certain concessions, and continue to be able to operate here?
FOLKENFLIK: Richardson, the former Bloomberg Asia editor, says ruefully that he can't find many other news organizations who want to pay him to do provocative investigations in China. He says he intends to set up a not-for-profit news site to continue that work.
David Folkenflik, NPR News, New York.
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Aaron Harang (5-3, 3.59) vs. Brandon "Hot Wife" McCarthy (5-3, 2.79)
Oh, is it still Interleague? Damn, I was hoping we could get out while we were still above .500. Facing McCarthy seems like as good a chance as any to keep that winning record, though, as he has missed his last two starts with nagging shoulder pain. (Of course, it could also mean he'll bounce back and throw a one-hitter.)
And did I mention he has a hot wife?
Aaron Harang (who may also have a hot wife, but Google is lacking in evidence), is looking to continue a solid June, in which he's 2-0 with a 1.89 ERA.
The Angels don't seem to want to help us out, so let's kick some A and keep ourselves on top in the West.
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Cuts imminent, Senate rejects stopgap efforts
WASHINGTON >> Squabbling away the hours, the Senate swatted aside last-ditch plans to block $85 billion in broad-based federal spending reductions today as President Barack Obama and Republicans blamed each other for the latest outbreak of gridlock and the administration readied plans to put the cuts into effect.
So entrenched were the two parties that the Senate chaplain, Barry Black, opened the day's session with a prayer that beseeched a higher power to intervene.
"Rise up, O God, and save us from ourselves," he said of cuts due to take effect sometime on Friday.
The immediate impact of the reductions on the public was uncertain, and the administration pulled back on its earlier warnings of long lines developing quickly at airports and teacher layoffs affecting classrooms.
On the Senate floor, a Republican proposal requiring Obama to propose alternative cuts that would cause less disruption in essential government services fell to overwhelming Democratic opposition, 62-38.
Moments later, a Democratic alternative to spread the cuts over a decade and replace half with higher taxes on millionaires and corporations won a bare majority, 51-49, but that was well shy of the 60 needed to advance. Republicans opposed it without exception.
In a written statement after the votes, Obama lambasted Republicans. "They voted to let the entire burden of deficit reduction fall squarely on the middle class," he said.
He noted that he would meet with congressional leaders from both parties at the White House on Friday, but no one is expecting action before the cuts begin taking effect. Obama said, 'We can build on the over $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction we've already achieved, but doing so will require Republicans to compromise. That's how our democracy works, and that's what the American people deserve."
Said House Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress: "Obama and Senate Democrats are demanding more tax hikes to fuel more 'stimulus' spending."
Though furloughs are a fear for some, especially certain federal workers, there is little sign of business worry, let alone panic in the nation. Stocks declined slightly for the day after trading near record highs. And unlike the "fiscal cliff" showdown of two months ago, there are no deadlines for action to prevent tax increases from hitting nearly every American.
Still, there was talk of crisis.
"We have the opportunity to avoid the kind of calamity and disaster that is being threatened and is completely unnecessary," said Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, who co-authored the Republican proposal.
"The question is, are we going to achieve these savings through badly designed spending cuts that make no attempt whatever to distinguish between more sensible government spending and less sensible spending?"
Sen. Patty Murray of Washington said that was precisely what Democrats had tried to do by proposing the deferral of Pentagon cuts until U.S. combat troops have come home from Afghanistan in two years' time.
At the same time, she said the Democrats had reasonably proposed replacing half of the pending cuts with higher taxes on "the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations."
In fact, the Democratic measure also included small increases for a variety of small programs such as biodiesel education, assistance for biomass crops and certification of organic foods.
Boehner and House Republicans show no hurry to alter the cuts, contending they provide leverage with Obama in their demand for savings from government benefit programs. Yet they are expected to launch legislation next week to replenish government coffers after current funding expires on March 27, and that measure could become a magnet for new attempts to change Friday's "sequester."
Already, some Republicans held out hope the current struggle might lead to talks on completing work on the final piece of a deficit reduction package that has been more than two agonizing years in the making.
"The objective here ought to be not just to deal with sequester but to deal with the underlying spending problems, which require tax reform" as well as reform of benefit programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security," said Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
Democratic senators emerged from a lunch with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and top Pentagon officials and said the current cuts could not be allowed to stand.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said the session had confirmed to him that as currently constituted, the cuts were 'a really, really dumb idea."
In a cycle of crisis followed by compromise over the past two years, Obama and congressional Republicans have agreed to more than $3.6 trillion in long-term deficit savings over a decade.
None of the savings to date has come from the big benefit programs that lawmakers in both parties say must be tackled if the country is to gain control over its finances. Each party fears the political fallout of confronting them on their own, but Democrats, in particular, are reluctant to scale back programs that they count as their political birthright.
Their rival speeches on the Senate floor weren't the first time that Toomey and Murray disagreed on economic issues.
Both served on a so-called congressional Supercommittee in 2011 that was charged with producing at least $1.2 trillion in savings over a decade.
The panel deadlocked, automatically triggering the across-the-board cuts that now are imminent.
As constituted, the cuts would total $85 billion through the end of the current budget year — Sept. 30 — half each from defense and non-defense programs. Large parts of the budget are off-limits, including programs for veterans, Social Security and Medicare benefits.
The Republican alternative would have required Obama to propose an alternative that relied exclusively on spending cuts, ruled out tax increases and limited what he could take from Pentagon accounts.
The Democratic measure would have canceled the $85 billion in cuts, and replaced them with a combination of tax increases and cuts to defense and farm programs that would phase in over a decade. Deficits would have risen by more $42 billion in the first year and $38 billion over the two following years before gradually beginning to decline.
While the White House has issued a steady stream of severe warnings about the impact of across-the-board cuts, the president said Wednesday night, "This is not a cliff, but it is a tumble downward. It's conceivable that in the first week, the first two weeks, the first three weeks, the first month … a lot of people may not notice the full impact of the sequester."
Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn, Laurie Kellman and Donna Cassata contributed to this story.


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NEWS - Sunday, February 17, 2013
Destiny will require an "always online" connection
Bungies upcoming Destiny will feature a highly crafted narrative experience, one that you can experience as a traditional "campaign." However, even if youre playing the game single-player, you will need an online connection. "To play Destiny, you need to be connected," Bungies Pete Parsons succinctly noted.
The online requirement will undoubtedly be a barrier of entry for those who dont have their consoles connected online, and crucially, for non-Gold members on Xbox 360. However, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg says that the game needs to be online because "thats the only way to realize the vision of the game. The vision of the game is a shared world first person shooter. In order to make the world shared, you need to be connected."
Although the game will require an always-on connection, Bungie promises that solo players will have a complete experience. "We want to be able to give you that strong narrative, you as a solo player. We want you to have that. If you want to do it by yourself, thats totally okay," Parsons said.
You will still see other players in your game, but you can choose not to interact with them. A key difference between Destiny and most MMOs is the scale, which allows you to take the lone wolf approach. "Its not about stuffing as many people into a space as possible," Parsons pointed out. "The amount of players you see is design-controlled."
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Little Lemon Meringue Pies
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature (3/4 stick)
3 tablespoons sugar
Pinch fine salt
1 large egg yolk
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon sour cream or yogurt
3 tablespoons sugar
Pinch fine salt
1 large egg yolk
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon sour cream or yogurt
Lemon Filling:
1/3 cups sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
4 large egg yolks
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice (about 1 lime)
1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest
3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cubed
1/4 cup egg whites (about 2 large eggs)
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Pinch fine salt
1 (6-cup) standard non-stick muffin tin
Beat the butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high until smooth. Add the sugar and salt and continue to beat until evenly combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then beat in the egg yolk. Add half of the flour, beating until just crumbly. Scrape down the bowl again; add the remaining flour and then the sour cream or yogurt, beating just until the dough is evenly moistened. Turn dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead lightly to bring it together.
Roll the dough between 2 generously floured sheets of waxed or parchment paper into a circle about 1/4-inch thick with a rolling pin. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
Cut out 6 (4 1/2-inch) rounds using an inverted bowl or round cookie cutter. Place rounds in the muffin tins and, using a small shot glass or your fingers, press into the corners and about halfway up the sides for a snug fit (see photo). Freeze dough in the muffin tin for 30 minutes.
Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Spray the outside of 6 standard muffin liners with cooking spray and place in the crusts. Fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake crusts until just brown around the edges, about 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for about 1 minute; then carefully remove the muffin liners and baking beans. Return pan to the oven and continue to bake until crusts are cooked through and evenly browned (see photo), about 15 to 20 minutes more. Cool slightly. Then carefully remove crusts from the muffin tin and cool completely on a rack.
Lemon Filling:
Combine the sugar, cornstarch, and yolks in a nonreactive saucepan. Whisk constantly over medium-low heat until the mixture is smooth and sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Add the lemon and lime juice and zest and continue to cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture is as thick as sour cream and is just about to simmer, 3 to 4 minutes. (Take care to stir into the sides of the pot so that all curd thickens evenly.)
Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a bowl. Whisk in the butter a little at a time, until smooth. Stir occasionally until cooled. (Setting the bowl in a larger bowl of ice will speed this up.). Fill each tartlet with 1 1/2 tablespoons of the cool lemon filling.
Bring a few inches of water to a boil in a saucepan that can hold a standing mixer's bowl above the water. Whisk together the egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar and salt in the bowl by hand. Set the bowl above the boiling water and continue whisking until the mixture is hot to the touch (135 degrees F) and the sugar dissolves, about 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer the bowl to the mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat the whites at medium-high speed until they hold soft peaks. Increase speed to high and continue to beat to make a stiff, cool meringue, about 10 minutes. Dollop or pipe on top of the filling.
Just before serving, preheat the broiler to high. Set the pies on a baking sheet, and place under the broiler until the meringue is evenly toasted, about 2 minutes. (Alternatively, brown meringue with a blowtorch.) Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
For Busy Bakers:
They can be refrigerated for up to 2 days These also freeze wonderfully! They can be assembled and frozen up to 1 week in advance. Defrost for 20 minutes before broiling the tops and serving.
To make ahead in stages:
- The crusts can be made, baked and frozen up to 2 weeks.
- The curd can be made up to 3 days in advance and refrigerated.
- The meringue can be made up to 1 day in advance and refrigerated.
Recipe shared from: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/little-lemon-meringue-pies-recipe/index.html


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This year, more than 3,100 companies flocked to the Consumer Electronic Show to hawk their wares. Thousands of products are launched at the show and many fail, possibly most. Lots of small companies established just for this show will not be back next year.
But as NPR's Steve Henn reports, their hustle is infectious and some of them become tech stars.
STEVE HENN, BYLINE: Before I came out to Vegas for this year's show, a friend of mine told me about this tiny, little company who had a new way of waterproofing gadgets. It was this great little story no one else would have. But then my friend, (unintelligible), took ages to get back with me with the company's name. By the time I made my way into HzO's booth, this little company had become a media sensation.
HENN: "Good Morning America" recorded that spot at 2:45 in the morning on Monday. It ran the day before the show even started.
PAUL CLAYTON: It's fantastic for us. We've had such an outpouring of interest.
HENN: Those 22 seconds of TV time were like rocket fuel for Paul Clayton's little company. By Tuesday morning, every major electronic manufacturer was talking to him. By Thursday, a Google search for HzO and the Consumer Electronics Show turned up 199,000 hits.
JASON OXMAN: CES is really a launching pad.
HENN: Jason Oxman's with the show's host: the Consumer Electronics Association. He says each year, something like 20,000 new products debut at the show - 20,000. But with so many new products, not everything can be a hit.
What is that?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Pleo RB.
HENN: Pleo RB. And how much do they cost?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Four hundred and sixty-nine dollars.
HENN: Four hundred and sixty-nine dollars for a plastic dinosaur robot?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Well, actually it's like a real pet, without poo-poo and wee-wee.
HENN: That's right, a real pet. Poo-poo and wee-wee not included.
OXMAN: Among those 20,000 products, there are a lot of them that aren't going to make it. There's No question about that.
HENN: Jason Oxman, at the Consumer Electronics Association, wouldn't answer my next question. But it's one of my favorites, so I asked Bill Bain, out on the show floor, instead.
So, what's the worst thing you've seen?
BILL BAIN: Probably eight million versions of iPhone 4 cases.
HENN: But there is this one guy who is undaunted. He's completely convinced that what the world really needs is just one more special iPhone case.
DAVID BARNETT: I launched the Kickstarter video yesterday. I'm David Barnett. I'm a philosophy professor at the University of Colorado. And I invented a new cell phone case right here.
HENN: Barnett's business plan is to raise cash on the online site Kickstarter, and then start manufacturing his special case. He spells it all out in his video.
HENN: Barnett didn't even have a booth. But there he was cruising up and down the aisles, with a prototype in one hand and a pile of business cards in the other. And yes, he really is a philosophy professor. You know, it informs this work.
BARNETT: Prototype rejections start again, so it's a Hegelian cycle.
HENN: And if Barnett's little business doesn't pan out, he'll survive. He's got tenure. But actually, his case is pretty cool.
Steve Henn, NPR News, Las Vegas. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Building with Hemp? Seriously?
Hemp is an eco-friendly and durable alternative to plywood, drywall, and other building materials. Don't expect to find hemp products alongside pine two-by-fours and gypsum board on your next trip to an American big-box store, however. Though hemp construction materials are gaining popularity in Europe, drug laws in the U.S. prevent industrial hemp cultivation. Still, imported hemp construction materials are gradually becoming more widespread.
Why Hemp
Hemp is a fast-growing, sustainable crop. It is relatively easy to grow organically without herbicides or pesticides. It is considered one of the most productive fibers, generating up to 25 tons of construction-grade hurd fiber per acre.
Some consider hemp to have been among the first domesticated crops, dating back at least 10,000 years. Since then, it has been used in thousands of products including food, fiber, paper and, increasingly, construction materials.
How to Use Hemp
Hemp concrete is a mix of hemp hurd fiber, lime and water that can perform as a light, mildew-and flame-resistant, insulating building material for interior or exterior walls. It is perhaps the most common hemp-based construction material, and has been widely used in Europe for many years, though it has only recently been used in the U.S.
The Building Research Establishment in England compared hempcrete homes with traditional brick construction, and found the hempcrete construction process used less energy and created less waste. Meanwhile, the completed home takes less fuel to heat, but offers comparable water-tightness and durability, with walls that might be expected to last an estimated 800 years. According to the study, the main problem with the hempcrete was acoustic: it did not block sound as well as traditional construction.
Of course, hemp's advantages can be overstated. It is widely described as carbon-neutral and seven times stronger than concrete. However, the manufacturers of Hempcrete, a leading hemp concrete brand, insist it is not stronger than concrete, and should not be used in a structural capacity. Their product is only approved for use aboveground and alongside lumber or other framing. The carbon claim is based on the idea that hemp cultivation traps more carbon than lime production generates, but of course, the carbon equation is much more complicated ... particularly in the U.S., where all hemp is imported, adding carbon used for transport.
The other major commercial hemp construction products are hempboard, a medium-density fiberboard, and hemp insulation batts.
Other proposed or proven hemp construction materials include:
• Researchers at the University of North Carolina are developing a composite lumber product using hemp fibers and recycled plastic bottles. Strong hemp fibers make it lighter and stronger than standard composite lumber, and the plastic makes it more water- and pest-resistant than regular lumber, according to the researchers.
• A Canadian company has won national agriculture awards for its Enviroshake roofing material. It mimics cedar shakes, but is made with 95 percent recycled materials, including scrap leftover hemp fibers. It also carries a lifetime warranty and is reportedly more resistant to mold, fire, insects and mildew than shingles.
• An Australian company is developing hemp mud bricks.
Why It's So Expensive
For now, hemp building materials are more expensive and more carbon-intensive because they must be imported. Industrial hemp cannot be grown in the U.S.
Despite the fact that industrial hemp has virtually no THC and therefore none of the recreational or medicinal value of marijuana, the Drug Enforcement Administration bars the cultivation of any cannabis in the U.S.
The Lakota Sioux at Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota grow industrial hemp, but the reservation is considered a sovereign nation and despite that, the DEA has not made it easy for them. Several states have also legalized industrial hemp, but have not started growing the crop in deference to the DEA.
Still, the ban did not stop the construction of the first U.S. Hempcrete home in 2010, and it will not stop the spread of hemp construction materials in the U.S. and around the world.
Steve Graham writes for networx.com.
Updated June 13, 2018.
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Chapter 2
King Benjamin addresses his people—He recounts the equity, fairness, and spirituality of his reign—He counsels them to serve their Heavenly King—Those who rebel against God will suffer anguish like unquenchable fire. About 124 B.C.
1 And it came to pass that after Mosiah had done as his father had commanded him, and had made a proclamation throughout all the land, that the people agathered themselves together throughout all the land, that they might go up to the btemple to chear the dwords which king Benjamin should speak unto them.
2 And there were a great number, even so many that they did not number them; for they had multiplied exceedingly and waxed great in the land.
3 And they also took of the afirstlings of their flocks, that they might offer bsacrifice and cburnt dofferings eaccording to the law of Moses;
4 And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, and who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, and had aappointed just men to be their bteachers, and also a just man to be their king, who had established peace in the cland of Zarahemla, and who had taught them to dkeep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with elove towards God and all men.
5 And it came to pass that when they came up to the temple, they pitched their tents round about, every man according to his afamily, consisting of his wife, and his sons, and his daughters, and their sons, and their daughters, from the eldest down to the youngest, every family being separate one from another.
6 And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every man having his atent with the door thereof towards the temple, that thereby they might remain in their tents and hear the words which king Benjamin should speak unto them;
7 For the multitude being so great that king Benjamin could not teach them all within the walls of the temple, therefore he caused a atower to be erected, that thereby his people might hear the words which he should speak unto them.
8 And it came to pass that he began to speak to his people from the tower; and they could not all hear his words because of the greatness of the multitude; therefore he caused that the words which he spake should be written and sent forth among those that were not under the sound of his voice, that they might also receive his words.
9 And these are the words which he aspake and caused to be written, saying: My brethren, all ye that have assembled yourselves together, you that can hear my words which I shall speak unto you this day; for I have not commanded you to come up hither to btrifle with the words which I shall speak, but that you should chearken unto me, and open your ears that ye may hear, and your dhearts that ye may understand, and your eminds that the fmysteries of God may be unfolded to your view.
10 I have not commanded you to come up hither that ye should fear ame, or that ye should think that I of myself am more than a mortal man.
11 But I am like as yourselves, subject to all manner of infirmities in body and mind; yet I have been chosen by this people, and aconsecrated by bmy father, and was suffered by the hand of the Lord that I should be a ruler and a king over this people; and have been kept and preserved by his matchless power, to serve you with all the might, mind and strength which the Lord hath granted unto me.
12 I say unto you that as I have been suffered to aspend my days in your service, even up to this time, and have not sought bgold nor silver nor any manner of riches of you;
13 Neither have I suffered that ye should be confined in dungeons, nor that ye should make slaves one of another, nor that ye should murder, or plunder, or steal, or commit adultery; nor even have I suffered that ye should commit any manner of wickedness, and have taught you that ye should keep the commandments of the Lord, in all things which he hath commanded you—
14 And even I, myself, have alabored with mine own bhands that I might serve you, and that ye should not be claden with taxes, and that there should nothing come upon you which was grievous to be borne—and of all these things which I have spoken, ye yourselves are witnesses this day.
15 Yet, my brethren, I have not done these things that I might aboast, neither do I tell these things that thereby I might accuse you; but I tell you these things that ye may know that I can answer a clear bconscience before God this day.
16 Behold, I say unto you that because I said unto you that I had spent my days in your service, I do not desire to boast, for I have only been in the service of God.
17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn awisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the bservice of your cfellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.
18 Behold, ye have called me your king; and if I, whom ye call your king, do labor to aserve you, then ought not ye to labor to serve one another?
19 And behold also, if I, whom ye call your king, who has spent his days in your service, and yet has been in the service of God, do merit any thanks from you, O how you ought to athank your heavenly bKing!
20 I say unto you, my brethren, that if you should render all the athanks and bpraise which your whole soul has power to possess, to that God who has created you, and has kept and cpreserved you, and has caused that ye should drejoice, and has granted that ye should live in peace one with another—
21 I say unto you that if ye should aserve him who has created you from the beginning, and is bpreserving you from day to day, by lending you cbreath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own dwill, and even supporting you from one moment to another—I say, if ye should serve him with all your ewhole souls yet ye would be funprofitable servants.
22 And behold, all that he arequires of you is to bkeep his commandments; and he has cpromised you that if ye would keep his commandments ye should prosper in the land; and he never doth dvary from that which he hath said; therefore, if ye do ekeep his fcommandments he doth bless you and prosper you.
23 And now, in the first place, he hath created you, and granted unto you your lives, for which ye are indebted unto him.
24 And secondly, he doth arequire that ye should do as he hath commanded you; for which if ye do, he doth immediately bbless you; and therefore he hath paid you. And ye are still indebted unto him, and are, and will be, forever and ever; therefore, of what have ye to boast?
25 And now I ask, can ye say aught of yourselves? I answer you, Nay. Ye cannot say that ye are even as much as the dust of the earth; yet ye were acreated of the bdust of the earth; but behold, it cbelongeth to him who created you.
26 And I, even I, whom ye call your king, am ano better than ye yourselves are; for I am also of the dust. And ye behold that I am old, and am about to yield up this mortal frame to its mother earth.
27 Therefore, as I said unto you that I had aserved you, bwalking with a clear conscience before God, even so I at this time have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, that I might be found blameless, and that your cblood should not come upon me, when I shall stand to be judged of God of the things whereof he hath commanded me concerning you.
28 I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together that I might arid my garments of your blood, at this period of time when I am about to go down to my grave, that I might go down in peace, and my immortal bspirit may join the cchoirs above in singing the praises of a just God.
29 And moreover, I say unto you that I have caused that ye should assemble yourselves together, that I might declare unto you that I can no longer be your teacher, nor your king;
30 For even at this time, my whole frame doth tremble exceedingly while attempting to speak unto you; but the Lord God doth support me, and hath suffered me that I should speak unto you, and hath commanded me that I should declare unto you this day, that my son Mosiah is a aking and a ruler over you.
31 And now, my brethren, I would that ye should do as ye have hitherto done. As ye have kept my commandments, and also the commandments of my father, and have prospered, and have been kept from falling into the hands of your enemies, even so if ye shall keep the commandments of my son, or the commandments of God which shall be delivered unto you by him, ye shall prosper in the land, and your enemies shall have no power over you.
32 But, O my people, beware lest there shall arise acontentions among you, and ye blist to cobey the evil spirit, which was spoken of by my father Mosiah.
33 For behold, there is a wo pronounced upon him who listeth to aobey that spirit; for if he listeth to obey him, and remaineth and dieth in his bsins, the same drinketh cdamnation to his own soul; for he receiveth for his wages an deverlasting epunishment, having transgressed the law of God contrary to his own knowledge.
34 I say unto you, that there are not any among you, except it be your little children that have not been taught concerning these things, but what knoweth that ye are eternally aindebted to your heavenly Father, to render to him ball that you have and are; and also have been taught concerning the crecords which contain the prophecies which have been spoken by the holy prophets, even down to the time our father, Lehi, left Jerusalem;
35 And also, all that has been spoken by our fathers until now. And behold, also, they spake that which was commanded them of the Lord; therefore, they are ajust and true.
36 And now, I say unto you, my brethren, that after ye have known and have been taught all these things, if ye should transgress and go acontrary to that which has been spoken, that ye do bwithdraw yourselves from the Spirit of the Lord, that it may have no place in you to guide you in wisdom's paths that ye may be blessed, prospered, and preserved—
37 I say unto you, that the man that doeth this, the same cometh out in open arebellion against God; therefore he blisteth to obey the evil spirit, and becometh an enemy to all righteousness; therefore, the Lord has no place in him, for he dwelleth not in cunholy temples.
38 Therefore if that man arepenteth not, and remaineth and dieth an enemy to God, the demands of divine bjustice do awaken his immortal soul to a lively sense of his own cguilt, which doth cause him to shrink from the dpresence of the Lord, and doth fill his breast with guilt, and epain, and fanguish, which is like an unquenchable gfire, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever.
39 And now I say unto you, that amercy hath no claim on that man; therefore his final doom is to endure a never-ending btorment.
40 O, all ye aold men, and also ye young men, and you little children who can understand my words, for I have spoken plainly unto you that ye might understand, I pray that ye should awake to a bremembrance of the awful situation of those that have fallen into transgression.
41 And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and ahappy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are bblessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out cfaithful to the end they are received into dheaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.


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a) It's really *your* fault for not submitting these earlier, and
b) See point 'a'.
Besides, it's not like there's anything here that really screams "Dad", you know?
And maybe the golf clip art.
But the actual cake? That's just screaming, "For the love of Sweet Duncan Hines, WHAT AM I?!?"
If only I knew, little Wreck. If only. I. knew.
Here's how you tell Pop you're on to all those Christmas shenanigans of his:
And then there's the weird stuff.
A shared love of cycloptic mutant bunnies.
And finally, the most horrifying Father's Day Wreck I've seen all week, hands down:
Wanda W., Clint R., Laura M., Heather L., & Katie T., high fives all 'round.
TOUR REMINDER: Hey, Salt Lake City, for a good time be at The King's English Bookshop tonight at 7pm (or a bit before). We've got all kinds of goodies in store for you. [saucy wink]
Update from john: Did you know that apparently, little boys are made up of Y chromosomes and Epcots? Neither did I...


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Aaron Harang (9-8, 3.76) vs. Clayton Richard (12-12, 3.74).
The Dodgers are all tied up in this three-game series with the Padres, going into tonight's rubber match; and, we face a pitcher with an equal W-L record, while throwing up (literally?) an (almost) equal W-L record pitcher of our own. Yep, it's all Even Stevens around these parts.
Except, just like Shia LaBeouf's career, a closer look shows that we're careening into our death spiral pretty quickly here. First, a walk off win (our second in a row) made us a serial killer. This gave way to a a series of maddeningly bad plays (in last night's game) which prolonged the agony. Wedged in between those bad plays was some pretty piss-poor veteran performances, I might add.
So will tonight be a final flop, still 4.5 GB the Giants with only 25 to go (Cardinals lost today, putting us 1.0 GB the WC going into tonight's game)? Well, I suppose it could be worse. But let's finish this homestand with a win, okay guys?
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Laurie Szujewska
Laurie Szujewska (shoe yév skä) is an artist printmaker, typographer, and graphic designer. A love of words, type and all things typographic has been central to her work. Her prints are explorations in using letters and the Vandercook letterpress as an artmaking tool as opposed to a reproducing machine. The emphasis is on color, movement, and process with no intended outcome.
Writing in The Education of a Typographer (2004), a collection of essays edited by Steven Heller, Ms. Szujewska noted that: "Working with the press…provides me with a visceral experience of letterforms as shapes and sculpture moving in space." Szujewska acquired her first printing press while living in New York City and working in the printing industry. She studied at the Center for Book Arts and began making artworks focused on working with type and relief printing as an artistic medium. She created graphics for the new music organization, Roulette, and was a member of the band, The Chairs.
Her passion for typography led her to advanced study in the masters program at Yale School of Art, where she studied with design masters Paul Rand, Bradbury Thompson, Armin Hoffman, and Wolfgang Weingart. She then served as a designer, and later art director, for the type products division of Adobe Systems, where she was responsible for the design of numerous award-winning projects, including the Adobe Originals Type Specimen Book Series and the popular typeface Giddyup.
Ms. Szujewska started her own graphic design firm and established Ensatina Press as her letterpress studio. Her art and graphic work have been exhibited in shows in the San Francisco Bay area, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Dublin, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom; and is included in artist book and special collection libraries across the United States.


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Ayres Quay Jewish Cemetery, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1. England, UK
Notes: The oldest cemetery in the North East of England, in use from about the 1770's or 80s until 1856. An article in the Jewish Chronicle 21 Jun 1861 describes the origins of the Jews of Sunderland. Mr Lottinga described the history stating that in the 1777, two brothers whose family name was Samuel were the first Jewish residents in the town or in the North of England. Two more families joined them, Cohen and Davis. A few years later a room was rented in Wine Street where they worshiped. In 1790 Hart Samuel sent his daughter Elizabeth to family in Amsterdam to engage a minister. Jacob Joseph accepted and not only became the congregation's Rabbi he also married Miss Samuel. It has been estimated that up to 500 people may have been buried there. The site is a very private burial site, situated on a hill top between a slag heap and a factory. Enclosed by walls and in a somewhat in accessible position it has deteriorated over the years and now 'at risk'. **** Preservation and restoration of this cemetery see CemeteryScribes Blog here a> **** Our thanks to Shaun http://www.flickr.com/photos/theunderstudy/ who waded through nettles to take these photos!


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The media discovered the vitamin D deficiency pandemic last week. Amazingly researchers were recorded on camera saying that the D deficiencies are caused by insufficient exposure to ultraviolet in sunlight and inadequate consumption of vitamin D-laced milk. Have all of these people been avoiding the biomedical journals?
Have they noticed that my tan improved since I started eating anti-inflammatory?
Let's shine some sunlight on these knowledge deficiencies:
- Serum vitamin D levels have been dropping (as chronic inflammation has been increasing) over the last three decades -- has something changed in our diets?
- Vitamin D deficiencies occur globally (not restricted to Northern latitudes or winter) -- related to diet?
- Women are more vulnerable, because of cultural modesty in some countries, but males are still D-deficient.
- A subset of people exposed to ample sunshine are still D-deficient.
- Vitamin D deficient individuals also have elevated TNF.
- Vitamin D deficiency and inflammation are risk factors in the same diseases.
This also probably means that chronic inflammation makes it harder for skin to produce vitamin D during exposure to sunlight.
One would expect those who are inflamed to get sunburned more readily and people who eat plenty of omega-3 rich seafood probably produce more vitamin D, even if they are not in the sun as much.
Inflammatory starvation (or American fast food) diets high in starch and omega-6 vegetable oils, should produce vitamin D deficiency even on the Equator.
We should not be surprised that inflammatory degenerative diseases are associated with vitamin D deficiency. It would be interesting if vitamin D supplementation to eliminate deficiency, reduced inflammation and reversed degenerative disease.
Do statins reverse vitamin D deficiencies (and improve tanning) as they lower inflammation? [Statin lowering of LDL is unrelated to reduction in cardiovascular disease. Only the anti-inflammatory side-effect is important.]
Does NFkB activation (inflammatory signaling) inhibit vitamin D receptor activity and vice versa?
You can forget all of this confusion, if you just stick with an anti-inflammatory diet (that includes vitamin D supplements) and exercise frequently in the great outdoors.


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Sochi Gold Medalist Basks in Victory With Special Needs Brother [PHOTOS]
Between the controversy over homosexuality, athletes getting trapped and rather terrible toilets, the Winter Olympics may have gotten some bad press, so here's a healthy dose of good publicity.
Canadian Alex Bilodeau won gold in the freestyle skiing men's moguls, but it's what happened afterward that has people talking.
Bilodeau was caught sharing his gold medal moment with his brother, Frederic, who has cerebral palsy in a heartwarming scene.
Bilodeau gushed when talking about his brother, saying, "He has dreams like you and I but he can't go after most of those dreams. I have the ability that I can go after those dreams. And out of respect for him, I go after them."