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Villa a Annaberg im Lammertal
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- Piscina
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- Cucina
- Stanza privata (con chiave)
- Adatto a famiglie e bambini
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Tradotto con Google Translate. Mostra la versione originale Outside Description:Family friendly holiday village Annaberg . 4 km from the centre of Annaberg, in a sunny position on a slope, 100 m from the ski-run. For shared use: indoor pool. In the complex: reception, restaurant, bar, Wireless LAN [WLAN], sauna, shops, ski storage, central heating. Linen change (suppl. charge extra). Bread roll service. Parking. Supermarket 4 km, restaurant 1 km, outdoor swimming pool 8 km, public bathing area 8 km. Chair lift 1 km, skisport facilities 500 m, ski runs 100 m, ski school, children s ski school 500 m, cross-country ski trail 6 km. Please note: The photograph is a typical example. Indoor pool and sauna opening times: 08.30 - 12:00 and 15:00 - 19:30 . Reduced price for ski hire and ski school. Entrance to the Dachstein West ski region with 45 lifts just 100 m away. Pets are accepted on request ( Extra Charge of 49 Euro ).Inside Description:4-room house 90 m2 on 2 levels, comfortable and cosy furnishings: entrance hall. Living room with 1 double sofa bed and satellite-TV. Exit to the terrace. Open kitchen (4 hotplates, dishwasher, micro wave) with dining table. Shower/WC. Top floor: 2 double bedrooms. 1 room with 1 x 2 bunk beds. Bath/WC or shower/WC. Terrace. Lovely view of the mountains. Please note: non-smokers only. Kitchen: microwave or oven. Two bedrooms are furnished with either a double bed, bunk bed, two single beds or one queen size bed. The living room has a gas stove which looks like a fireplace. All houses have wooden furniture a typical Austrian atmosphere.General Information:shower / nonsmoking / hikingmountains / hikingplains / mountainbike / crosscountryski / skiarea / snowboard / toboggan / winterwalkingpath / reception / restaurant / balcony / dishwasher / parking / sauna / pool / poolindoor / tv / internet / changelinen / microwave
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Dick McVey is an established mover and groover in the Nashville music scene from musician, manager, producer, arranger, radio show host, journalist, studio owner, and founder/operator of Nashville's Musician's Referral Service.
Born and raised in the Appalachian Mountains near Beckley, WV, Dick was raised around country and gospel music, always tooling around with the guitar. Heavily influenced by The Beatles and other British groups of the 60's, Dick's desire to play their songs on guitar led him to take the instrument seriously. After his father showed him some chords, within a year, Dick had taught himself a number of pop songs and started his own band, The Rondeaus, which played area school functions and community events, quickly building the band into a regional favorite.
It was during these early years that Dick so loved performing that he handled all the affairs for the band: scheduling rehearsals, bookings, preparing publicity, acquiring financial backing, arranging transportation and equipment, and handling any problems that cropped up. These experiences prepared him for a career, not only as an entertainer and musician, but also as a businessman in the music business.
While handling several day jobs throughout his life, Dick always had a working band. He played lead guitar and sang in groups in the late 60's, and switched to bass guitar in the early 70's. In 1978, Dick and the members of his band Visions, a top 40 pop show band, decided to hang up their regular jobs and go on the road full time. The band became an immediate success on the road, "primarily due to tour versatility and showmanship," says Dick. They traveled all over the U.S., and eventually, in 1981, landed a five-week residency in Nashville at the Holiday Inn on Briley Parkway.
While in Nashville, an old friend invited him to go backstage at the Grand Ole Opry. "I was thrilled," he reminisces. "It was then and there that I made the decision to make Nashville my permanent home and establish myself as a musician and a music business executive in Music City USA."
Always goal-oriented people, Dick's first and foremost goal was to seek a job playing with a major artist and get a spot on the Grand Ole Opry. "My plan was to write letters to everyone in Nashville from his home area in West Virginia," he recalls. "Those people included Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens. My letter reached Dickens the very week Dickens fired his bass player, and I was hired. My first goal in Nashville had been achieved and much faster than I ever expected."
From 1982-2003, Dick has played the Grand Ole Opry at different times with different stars, including the 1988 Grand Ole Opry Birthday Celebration on national television with Tom T. Hall.
Since then, Dick has worked as bassist, road manager and front man for Dickens, Leroy Van Dyke, Jean Shepard, Nat Stuckey, Stonewall Jackson, Tom T. Hall and Holly Dunn where he emceed the shows and sang the opening songs. He also spent several months emceeing and opening for Merle Haggard in 1983 and Jerry Lee Lewis in 1983-84.
In 1986, Dick founded the Musician's Referral Service in Nashville, with the goal of helping Nashville musicians find work. The service has been used by such artists and shows as Randy Travis, Alan Jackson, Chely Wright, David Lee Murphy, Holly Dunn, Tracy Lawrence, George Jones, Billy Dean, Tanya Tucker, Opryland, Disney World, Euro-Disney and several Branson and Myrtle Beach Theaters.
"It's a safe estimate to say I've placed over 10,000 musicians in jobs over the past 20 years," says Dick.
In 1988, Dick founded D & T Records and produced 16 consecutive national chart records in a row. Several records reached the #1 spot on the independent chart and one song titled "One Kiss" by Teresa Kennedy hit # 52 on the national charts. "Quite a feat for a small label," says Dick with pride. "That song was a pick hit in Billboard, three others were pick hits in Cash Box Magazine, 16 were Top 20 on the national independent charts with 14 reaching the Top 10."
In 1989, Dick expanded his services to include publicity and started handling publicity and promotion work for the legendary George Jones. As a result of his efforts, Jones was featured on the cover of Music City News the very next month with a two-page article inside; Dick received a gold album from George for his publicity work. He continued to coordinate special projects for Jones, including a showcase for his guitarist DeWayne Phillips, where eight major labels were in attendance. Dick and Jones co-produced the recording session for DeWayne. The tape was submitted to the major record labels, and while negotiations looked fruitful, the deal never finalized. Every one of Dick's publicity clients have been publicized in one form or another in fan and trade magazines, including Music City News and Country Weekly. On display in Dick's studio are gold and platinum record awards from Vince Gill, Tracy Lawrence and John Berry for his publicity contributions to their careers. In August 1998, Dick was hired to handle publicity and promotion for The Bellamy Brothers and their annual Snake Rattle & Roll Jam, which was held near their home town in San Antonio, Fla. His company, All Star Publicity, was named "Public Relations Firm Of The Year" for 1998 at the Golden Music Awards held in Nashville.
Progressing into the recording business in 1993, Dick has had his own recording studios ever since. Three years later he realized a lifelong dream by acquiring the 32-track digital, master-quality Moonlight Recording Studio in the heart of Music Row.
"The studio was installed to record and work with singers in a facility that was both comfortable and affordable," notes Dick. "With studio costs rising, it gave acts the opportunity of getting first-hand recording studio experience without the added pressure of paying high hourly rates. Dick also recorded master quality band albums that were used by bands to sell from the stage and to present to radio for airplay and award-winning songwriter demos that were used to pitch to major artists for their consideration in his studios. Since 1996, Hal Ketchum, Mark Collie, Danny Shirley (Confederate Railroad), Lacy J. Dalton, Helen Darling, Holly Dunn and Judy Rodman have recorded in his studio that also selected to mix a special acoustic project on Trisha Yearwood that was originally recorded in Australia.
His recording efforts did not go unnoticed, and in June 1993, Dick was selected Independent Producer of the Year by Tracker Magazine in Nashville, based on a poll the magazine took of country music radio disc jockeys. He was nominated for the award again in 1998.
To his already growing list of credentials, in July 1993, Dick accepted the position as bureau chief for the Nashville office of Performance Magazine, an international trade magazine that had offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Tampa, Fla., and Fort Worth, Texas, where it was based. He was promoted to senior editor in April 1997, which afforded him the luxury of being invited to every major music function in Nashville and the ability to rub elbows with decision-makers in every facet of the music industry, including the major record labels. Having the opportunity to talk with those executives and discussing the business, Dick gained an edge in knowing what the major labels were looking for with regard to new acts, and those relationships remain strong to this day.
Still actively involved in producing, Dick produced an album for Cissie Lynn, daughter of Loretta Lynn and sister to The Lynns, in 1994. Early in the project, Loretta Lynn heard Dick's production on the first three songs, liked what she heard and agreed to sing a duet with Cissie Lynn on the album under Dick's direction. "It was the first time Loretta had recorded with any of her children in the studio, and is one of the highlights of my career as a producer," Dick says. "The album was done primarily for Cissie to sell on the road and was never heavily promoted via radio on a national level."
That same year, Dick was selected as one of "Music Row's Decision Makers" by Music Row magazine, and was included in the 1994 edition of "In Charge - Music Row's Decision Makers." In June 1995, Dick received an award for producing and arranging the first place song in the 9th Annual St. Louis Music Contest. Another song he produced and arranged placed in the top 5 of the same competition. In 1996, Dick produced and arranged an album of country songs for children titled "Country Kiddie Boogie," which was picked up by Sony Music.
His expertise in the country music industry has earned him recognition on TNN as a guest on "Today's Country" with Crook & Chase, interviewed along with country music giants Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Tracy Lawrence and Sawyer Brown's Mark Miller. He also manned the mics for his own weekly radio show, January-September 1999, on one of his hometown radio stations, WPMW-FM 92.7 in Mullens, WV. The show covered virtually all of Southern West Virginia. Dick reported Nashville news and had interviews with special guests Trace Adkins, Charley Pride and Little Jimmy Dickens.
In late 1999, Dick decided to construct a 32-track recording studio in his home and move his entire operation from Music Row. "It's a trend started in the mid-90s by a number of Music Row executives who discovered they could be more productive working from home offices without sacrificing the quality of service to their clients," Dick explains. "The two hours they would spend commuting could be converted into office time and the move significantly cut their operating costs. Also, with increasing crime and traffic problems in Nashville, I felt a home studio would allow me more time to devote to my family and my music and less wear and tear on my vehicle and body."
In 2000, Dick's love of playing music and performing on stage was satisfied as he was named music director, bandleader and bass guitarist with the Music City Showband which backs a touring package called Legend's Fest. Dick performed with a host of country legends like Jack Greene, Little Jimmy Dickens, Stonewall Jackson, Jeanne Pruett, Jeannie Seely, Hank Thompson, Freddie Hart, David Frizzell, Bobby Bare and others.
As if musician, producer, arranger, publicist, radio show host, journalist, studio owner, and operator of a musician's referral service was not enough, in 2001 Dick added artist manager to his growing list of music related occupations and signed Travis LeDoyt, touted as the "world's best young Elvis by nearly everyone who has seen him," says Dick. LeDoyt is currently working the casino, festival, fair, cruise ship and corporate event circuit, "where he is receiving rave reviews and standing ovations nightly," Dick informs.
But always returning to his musician roots, Dick became Holly Dunn's bassist in July 2002, and played live dates and the Grand Ole Opry with her until her retirement on Nov. 1, 2003.
Keeping busy with recording and mixing, Dick recorded and mixed audio in October 2002 and February 2003, for the syndicated television series "Nashville Country Connection" currently being shown in syndication across the U.S. That spring, he recorded, mixed and mastered Holly Dunn's new album, "Full Circle," containing 10 gospel songs. In 2005 he moved his residence and the studio to its present location in Goodlettsville, TN where he is currently working with state-of-the-art hard disc recording and digital computer editing technology .
Since 2003, Dick has focused most of his energy on LeDoyt and today wears many hats in LeDoyt's career including agent, manager, publicist, co-producer and bass player. "Since Travis is usually only out from Thursday-Sunday, it offers me the opportunity to see first hand what's going on with the live aspect of his career and to deal with the problems that arise on the road and maintain a presence in the office during the rest of the week," he says.
Dick is still as driven as ever and continues to make contributions to Nashville's music scene. He is an occasional contributor to Tour Guide magazine, an industry trade publication dealing with tour production, and continues to work on career development and publicity for promising unsigned acts. He has also recorded and mixed live events for CJM Productions in Nashville, which sells the shows to Great American Country (GAC) and the Gospel Music Channel.
And Dick's offspring seems to be following in his footsteps: his son, Richard McVey II, is the entertainment editor for American Profile magazine that is delivered in many Sunday newspapers and has a readership of nearly 7 million weekly. He was formerly managing editor at Music Row magazine and Music City News.
Experience & Advice
My mouth has gotten me in more trouble than anything so I've tried to control my mouth and play the game as hard as it is to do sometimes.
How did your Musician's Referral Service start?
I started the Musician's Referral Service in Nashville in 1986, and it has been an effective tool for the working musician since that time. It's a safe estimate to say I've placed over 10,000 musicians in jobs over the past 20 years.
Since the number of musicians in Nashville greatly outweighs the number of jobs, I found the only way to help the musicians who signed up with me was to place their information of the hands of the people doing the hiring. In the beginning we would put out a list each month of musicians who were available for work and mailed and faxed it to every agent, manager, nightclub, theater, record label, etc - basically if I thought if someone might hire a musician, I got a copy of the list to them. Over the years and with the advent of the Internet, the printed list has been replaced with my website at (http://www.dickmcvey.com) and most everyone in the music industry knows that the listing exists there. We've had great success especially in the late 80's and early 90's when the country music boom hit, but the live market in country music started to decline in 1995 and has continued to do so to this day. Any business is only as good as the market they serve so the past 12 years haven't has been as lucrative as the first 10, but the referral s ervice still generates jobs for working musicians and as long as that's the case I will continue to operate it.
What does the service cost?
The annual fee of $125 covers all services for a full year. If you live in Tennessee, there's a one-time application fee of $ 20 plus a $ 15 monthly fee. Total for the first month is $35 and then $15 a month or less than 50 cents per day. If you live outside Tennessee, there's a one-time application fee of $30 plus a $15 monthly fee. Total for the first month is $45 and then $15 per month, less than 50 cents per day.
Why does it cost more outside of Tenneessee?
Originally it was to help cover the cost of me making long distance calls or sending faxes to those musicians, but it also helped eliminate competition for the musicians who had made the sacrifice to move to Nashville.
What is the health of the Nashville music industry as compared to five years ago?
As a person who has been around the industry here in Nashville for 25 years now, I've been able to watch country and gospel music build their markets to unbelievable heights. Country music surged on the coattails of Garth Brooks in the late 80's and early 90's, but it seems a lot of the people in power who had a vision for new ideas and concepts in the market lost that vision when they over saturated the market with look a-likes and sound a-likes. By the mid 90's country music started its decline. The country industry took on a more hip theme when MTV bought CMT, and the market all but abandoned their older, more traditional demographic for a younger, more contemporary one. The music changed from a more traditional country sound to more of a 60's and 70' s rock sound. As far as country music, it seems there are a handful of acts that are doing well, and everyone else is treading water hoping for another up trend in the market that will incorporate what they do. Gospel music found a home in Nashville and the upsurge in interest in Christianity around the millennium seemed to lift gospel and contemporary Christian music to new heights.
Is Nashville still insulated from its New York and Los Angeles counterparts?
There's a myth about Nashville being segregated from NY and LA. It's true that for a long time Nashville was considered a necessary evil by the major labels. Nashville sales were modest and people in power in Nashville were patronized by their bosses in NY and LA. That all changed in the 80's when country music started selling records equal to or greater than the pop and rock markets. Nashville finally got the respect of their peers in NY and LA. NY and LA based booking agents and managers showed up in Nashville and opened offices, like CAA and Monterey. NY and LA songwriters and artists started making regular visits to Nashville to collaborate with the Nashville writers, musicians and producers and some have even established working residences here.
How active is the Nashville club scene as compared to a few years ago?
It's very active and contrary to the way most people think there's a thriving rock market in Nashville. No matter what you like musically, you can find it somewhere in Nashville. From blues and jazz to grunge and rap and some things as obscure as Cajun music can be found here. There are also a lot of songwriter haunts like world famous The Bluebird Cafe that attracts songwriters from all over the world and all genres to Nashville.
What is your strategy for LeDoyt?
Travis is primarily a casino act, but he has been successful at performing arts centers, fairs, festivals and cruise ships. The plan for Travis is a gradual move from tribute artist to his original material. Unlike a lot of Elvis tribute acts, Travis is a great talent in his own right. He's an accomplished pianist and writes wonderful melodies and lyrics. We're currently in the studio working on these original songs that are similar to what John Lennon and Paul McCartney might be writing if they were able to get together today.
First concert attended
I grew up in Beckely, WV, and our local armory hosted many great shows. The first shows I went to see were Dick Clark's Caravan of Stars in 1964 and 1965. They were package shows and featured acts like Tom Jones, Diana Ross and The Supremes, B. J. Thomas, Billy Joe Royal and probably 10 more acts. Nearly every act on the show had a hit record out at the time, and it was a wonderful opportunity for a country boy like me to get his first taste of show business.
First concert worked and year
I started playing guitar in 1965 at the age of 15, in a band called The Rondeaus, and that's when I got my first taste of the music business. I booked all our shows, handled the problems of transportation since only one of us had a driver's license, took care of the internal problems with the band and the problems with the buyers, did all the publicity and promotion work and for the next five years. I got a good taste of the business side of the music business.
First industry job
Our band got busy, and I was having to turn down dates, so I decided to start booking some other bands when we couldn't do a job. By 1971, at age 22, I was booking 14 local acts. My first experience working a big concert was as a roadie for the Sound Connection sound company working a B. B. King concert in 1971 near Charleston, WV.
Career highlights
Getting to play the Grand Ole Opry ,and I was able to do that off and on from 1982-2004 working with different acts including several country Hall Of Famers. I was fortunate enough to have worked the Ryman Auditorium and the new Grand Ole Opry house. In 1982-83, I had a big year as a frontman/bass player with Little Jimmy Dickens, Nat Stuckey and RCA recording artist Tommy St. John. I opened a number of shows for Merle Haggard and Jerry Lee Lewis. In 1989, I got the job as publicist for the great George Jones and worked three years with him. In 2006 I was asked to play bass for a rock legends show sponsored by a radio station in Jackson, Tenn., and was thrilled to play behind some of my all-time heroes from the 60's and 70's. I got to perform hits with: Ace Cannon - had the sax hit "Tuff"; Buzz Cason - writer of "Everlasting Love"; Sonny Geraci - lead singer with The Outsiders--"Time Won't Let Me" /Climax--"Precious and Few" / American Bree--"Bend Me Shape Me"; Andy Kim - several hits including "Rock Me Gently"; Dickie Lee - several hits including "Patches"; Carl Mann - Sun Recording Artist sang the hit "Mona Lisa"; Gary Miles - "Wish For A Star"; Billy Joe Royal - "Down In The Boondocks"; Terry Sylvester - lead singer with the Hollies--"Long Cool Woman"; Gordon Waller of Peter & Gordon--"World Without Love"; Bucky Wilkins - lead singer with Ronny & The Daytona--"Little GTO"; and Al Wilson - several hits including "Show & Tell."
Career disappointment
In the mid 90's I was managing a duo using the stage name "Allen and Austin" and co-partnered a deal with legendary manager Dale Morris to attempt to get them a record deal. We had several face to face meetings including one with Randy Goodman, the president at Lyric Street Records, who all but told us he would sign the act. It didn't happen, and it was a great disappointment to all of us. One of the members, Ross Horne, moved home to Texas and is working locally there. The other member, Mike Lusk, has been successful as a featured vocalist on the Billy Graham Crusades, a member of the vocal band "4 Runner," a demo singer, and as a background singer for Loretta Lynn.
Greatest challenge
Getting recognition for acts which are talented and truly deserve the opportunity to allow the public to see and hear them.
Best business decision
Making the move to Nashville in 1982. I was playing in a band that was working top 40 lounges, and one night I realized I was approaching 30 years of age and hadn't accomplished my goals. Having grown up in West Virginia I had a good knowledge of country music, and country music seemed to offer longevity as a musician. I also felt I could be successful as a business person in Nashville
Best advice you received
I worked with country singer Leroy Van Dyke who told me the secret to success was to "find something you love to do and then get good enough at it that people will pay you to do it."
Most memorable industry experience
Working for Performance magazine in the late 90's offered so many opportunities for me to meet some of my industry heroes that work behind the scenes. I really enjoyed interviews and time spent with people like Rick Shipp and Paul Moore--William Morris Agency; Ron Baird, John Huie, Rod Essig, and Stan Barnette--CAA; James Yelich and Steve Dahl--Monterrey Artists; Tony Conway--Buddy Lee Attractions; Bobby Roberts-- Bobby Roberts Agency; Dale Morris--manager for Kenny Chesney and Alabama; and Doc McGhee--manager for KISS and on and on.
What friends would be surprised to learn about you
I've a degree in Mortuary Science and have embalmed well over 1,000 people.
Industry pet peeve
A lot of industry decision makers aren't giving talent a break. There are a lot of talented people who will never be seen or heard as a result.
If I wasn't doing this, I would be...
...the most unhappy person in the world or as Nigel from Spinal Tap said, "I could be in some sort of sales - perhaps shoes."
Industry mentor
I got my best advice from the artists I worked with on the road. They were a wealth of information since they had all seen the ups and downs of the business and made mistakes that they related to me. If I'd to pick one person who influenced me and taught me a lot about the game, it would be Dale Morris who guided the group Alabama through a 20+ year successful run and is now doing the same for Kenny Chesney. I didn't spend a lot of time with him, but when we were one-on-one, I can't tell you all the things he told me that made real sense - not just the typical industry BS.
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Basava was an ardent of Kudala Sangama – his Ishta-devata. As an arta bhakta, he had a gift of inner vision by virtue of which he recognized that behind natural things there lay a unity. The mysticism preached by Basava embodies a sublime theism. God is the great transcendent Being who creates and preserves all the worlds. Countless are His attributes; peerless are His dealings, priceless are His gifts. In this sublime vision of God, the reader of his sayings will hardly fail to notice the swift and exquisite touches of eager and tender love, sober ethics and sublime thoughts.
Basava was a mystic by temperament. His sayings are the outpourings, prayers and appeals to the Divine. They reveal a heightened intensity of love which Basava had cherished for God. He had pivoted his life on Love Divine. "Love is the one supreme duty and good, that love is wisdom, purity and valor and peace and that its infinite sorrows is infinity better than the world's richest joy." It was such love that filled the heart of Basava and possessed him. It was again this love that guided and governed every action and thought of Basava. His whole mission was based on the highest levels of spiritual life. Mysticism is the art of union with God through love. This union, which is intuitive and ecstatic, is obtained by contemplation. Visions of such contemplation abound in his sayings. It is in the fitness of things that the sayings begin with an account of a vision of Basava's seven births, just as the book of the prophet Isaiah starts with the description of the mystic vision in which Isaiah is consecrated to his vocation.
Basava was truly a religious and righteous man. Religious experience implies a joyous feeling that there is a being infinitely better than ourselves and that our life and destiny are dependent upon Him. "If this immediate reality of the higher principle be taken away there would be nothing left of religious experience. It would no longer exist. But it does exist; consequently that which is given and experienced in it also exists. God is in us, therefore He is. "Basava's whole outlook on life was based on the attainment of God-realization, this he sought through integral fullness of life. His quest was not influenced by the 'will-lessness' of the ascetic renouncing all life but was broad based on the formation of the perfect Man or Sharana who does not forsake the world for Nirvanic rest or feed solely on the realm of ideas, but enters on the path of the world mostly to save and if possible to turn it into the kingdom of God.
Basava was an ardent of Kudala Sangama – his Ishta-devata. As an arta bhakta, he had a gift of inner vision by virtue of which he recognized that behind natural things there lay a unity. He had cherished a living faith in the goodness of God and his mind was filled with aspirations of a joyful soul, conscious of its kinship with God. These are clearly the characteristics of mysticism and Basava was a mystic in the true sense of the word. Giovanner Papini in his book, 'A Man Finished' states thus: "Mysticism, in fact is but the overthrowing of barriers, the negation of detachment, an impulse towards the absolute and eternal inseparability. The mystic does not feel himself separated from the world, from the universe and from God. Therefore, having become an intimate and integral part of the world, all that remains of his will is reflected in the universal, having surrendered his own personal will, he unconsciously becomes a species of universal will and the physicists most stringent laws must collapse before the amorous desire of the ecstatic."
In the sayings of Basava, there is a great deal of Veerashaiva theology as well as much of Hindu mythology. Yet nothing could be simpler than the to abstract philosophic theory of life and to discover the secrets of God which they express. It is, rather, when we read his sayings between the lines, the sayings which are noted for their simplicity and beauty that we derive the benefit from them. Since the sayings are redolent of theology and mythology, they unmistakably contain an element of religion – religion understood both in the sense; in the primary as well as secondarily. Religion is primarily a quality of life, only secondarily, it is concerned with beliefs, forms dogmas and ceremonies. It is in this secondary sense that the term religion is commonly understood. But the truly religious man is he who manifests the spiritual quality in his life, whatever may be his personal religious belief. What we expect from the religious man are righteousness, virtue, love and charity, and religion as a quality of life produces these in him. In Basava, we find these qualities in abundance, though he traditionally belongs to the Veerashaiva fold.
In his sayings, we meet Basava first as a religious man and then as a mystic. Of course, there is no hard and fast line of demarcation between religion and mysticism, the whole of religion is in a sense mystical, though it is not mysticism. Mysticism is more or less a definite realization of what in ordinary religion is a firmly discerned far off possibility. In religion, there is a relation, the lower and higher selves are still separated, whereas in mysticism there is identity. Religion is the first stage of the mystic way, since there is a relation, one of its principal elements is worship. This worship must necessarily assume a great variety of individual forms according to the intelligence of the worshipper. First of all, Basava was a monotheist and he worshipped God in the form of Linga.
"A trusted wife but signified
A single lordship. The devout too
Who knows of trust have it in one.
Beware! Another God is treachery
Forbear! Another God is adultery
And pays the toll of the culprit's nose
If Kudala Sangama chances to see."
Basava demands that there should be harmony between words and deeds in the worship of God.
"Let the words be like the pearls on a string;
Let the deeds be in tune with words
How else can Kudala Sangama be pleased?"
The tongue praising God without the heart is but a tinkling symbol; the heart seeking God without the tongue is still music. Both in concrete make their harmony which fills and delights both body and mind. This concrete, this harmony is found in the mode of worship which Basava brought into vogue. For the mode of worship corresponds to the essence of God which is spiritual and the feeling of the worshipper corresponds to the character of God which is filial. In the divine relations which Basava had established towards God, the filial tie was predominant. Basava visualized three aspects of God. The individuals, the immanent and the transcendent. In the initial stage he comprehends God as a creator distinct from all created things. "Though all spring from God, can they be God? The farmer sows the seeds; can the crop be a farmer? The potter makes a pot, can the pot be a potmaker? God is here regarded as an object of worship and adoration and the distinction is made between Creator and creature. In the next stage, he visualizes God as the indweller or the indwelling Spirit pervading every thing like the flavour of a fruit, scent of a flower. The very first saying of Basava makes this point perfectly clear.
"Like the fire immanent in the deeps
Like the sweetness in the nectar of the moon,
Like the fragrance in the bud,
And, Oh! Kudala Sangama,
Like a maiden's love is it –
The unnameable in Man.:"
Finally, he realizes God as pure Existence, as the transcendent Reality which is termed Bayalu, Nirbayalu, Shunya, Nisshunya in Veerashaivism. Be it noted that Bayalu or Shunya means neither void nor space. It means pure Existence which is the negation of all countrardictions (counter-indications?) and dualities and which transcends all relation, all processes and all formation of words. His saying is clear and emphatic on this point:
"The all-Knowing Veda took fright at the Linga,
Wherein Knowledge knows not what it is.
The Shastra despaired of attaining Linga,
Where attainment is not what it vaunts.
The Science of Logic that thrashes much beside
And around, linga well alone
The vistas envisaged by Agamas showed
How impossible near is Linga
For, angels and men, help not missing what
Kudala Sangama's servants must measure."
And again,
"All mystic names that signalizes Linga
Are charms to conjure shadows
Of distant something Else.
The Linga ever is in spite of
Every name and form.
The Linga never owns but
Chisels figures in the flesh.
Beyond and far above the Great
Almighty stays with Linga
And every flight to Him must
End in Kudala Sanga's Being."
Mysticism, like religion, has many phases of experience and many degrees of attainment. It begins in intuition and ends with the realization or the mystic experience of the Infinite. The remarkable thing is that an invariable sense of unity or wholeness always accompanies the mystic experience. The last but lofty saying of Basava brings into bold relief the truth of this statement.
"The self in contact is the same
From this end or from that, Oh! Man,
The mystic whistle, glare and trance
Are tokens of the supreme Linga
Transcending and preserving all
But Kudala Sangamdeva knows
And He alone, the rapture-spell
In which both Man and God are one."
The mystic experience affords a strong support and argument for that intuitive philosophical sense of unity which finds its expression in monistic systems, when man has once clearly realized that there is nothing in the universe which is really separate, that everything if pushed logically to its ultimate conclusion, would expand to infinity and become the Absolute, that every atom is balanced against the whole universe and acts and reacts at every moment with the whole and that the whole is present at every moment and in everything, he has then gone a long way towards an understanding of the true nature of mysticism. Of the true nature of mysticism, which implies a unitary consciousness, William James speaks eloquently. "This overcoming of all the usual barriers between the individual and the Absolute is the great mystic achievement. In mystic states we both become one with the Absolute and we become aware of our oneness. This is the everlasting and triumphant mystical tradition, hardly altered by differences of clime and creed. In Hinduism, in Neo-Platonism, in Sufism, in Christian mysticism, in Whitmanism, we find the same recurring note, so that there is about mystical utterances an eternal unanimity which ought to make a critic stop and think and which brings it about that the mystical classics have, as has been said, neither birthday nor native land. Perpetually telling of the unity of man with God, their speech antidates languages and they do not grow old."
The mystic achieves the realization of the Infinite more through love than through anything – the love which knows no bargain, which knows no fear and which is its own ideal. The pure, fearless and self-less love is both the method and the goal of a mystic. At all stages and in all degrees preeminently it is love that determines and governs all his efforts and aspirations, his joys and sorrows, his attainments and failures. None has ever experienced the bliss of love to the same degree as the mystic and none ever can suffer as the mystic has suffered when the response of the Infinite appears to cease or seems to be held in abeyance. The following sayings of Basava reveal the agony, the suffering or the pangs of separation:
"I am caught in life entanglement;
And I cry out "Help, Oh!, Help"
But all is null and void.
Lord Kudala Sangama,
I cry for mercy."
"Like the moon I was
Under the spell of phases
The Rahu of mundane life
Has finished me completely
By his darkening gulp
Now is my body in full eclipse
When I can expect deliverance Oh! Lord,
Kudala Sangama?
Oh! When?
When will my life's thankless servitude end?
When will it attain fruition in my mind –
When will it, of Kudala Sangama
When shall I be in bliss Supreme."
The abiding interest of mysticism lies in its affirmation of the claims of the human heart and in the moral and spiritual uplift to which it has given a stimulus. Basava surrendered himself to the ideal of love which has been "the anchor of pure thoughts, the guardian of the heart and the soul of moral being." Fichte said, "Man can will nothing but what he loves, his love is the sole and at the same time the infallible suffering of his volition and of all his life's striving and movement." If this is true then we can, without any fear of contradiction say that love is revelation in knowledge, inspiration in art, motive in mortality and the fullness of religious joy.
Evelyn Underhill speaking of Kabir generalizes the theme of love: "Love is throughout the mystic's absolute Lord: the unique source of the more abundant life which he enjoys and the common factor which unites the finite and the infinite worlds. All is soaked in love, that love which he described in almost Johannine language as the "Form of God". The whole of creation is the play of the Eternal Lover; the living, changing, growing expression of Brahma's love and joy. As these twin passions preside over the generation of human life, so he finds them governing the creative acts of God, His manifestation is love; his activity is joy. Creation springs from one glad act of affirmation; the everlasting yea, perpetually uttered within the depth of the Divine Nature. In accordance with the concept of the universe as a Love Game which eternally goes forward, a progressive manifestation of Brahma. Movement rhythm, perpetual change forms an integral parts of mystics vision of reality."
Socrates and Fitche. told us that to know self was to know nature but Basava told us that to know nature was to know self and know self was to know God, for God is immanent both in man and nature. Coleridge in his 'Religious Musings' echoes this idea"
"It is the sublime of man
Over moon-tide majesty to know ourselves
Parts and portions of one
Wonderous whole!
But it is God
Diffused through all, that doth
Make all one whole."
'Die to thyself that thou mayest live' this formula rang in Basava's heart as a constant refrain. He made incessant efforts to establish a direct relation to God, so that his ever repeated call for Dasoha indicated nothing but an approach to the Divine Reality. His philosophy of life cannot be summarized better than in the words of Dr. Carpenter: "god is through all in all, so that life and time are His through all in all, so that he breathes in our breath, speaks in our speech, thinks in our thought. What then shall we suffer and He knows not? Are we in pain and will He not feel? It is the mystery of His nature to be the Eternal and the All pervading and yet to blend Himself with our moral frame and to abide unchanged while we grow and decay."
Mysticism has many degrees of attainment which present themselves as stages on the mystic way. The classical literature of mysticism admits broadly three stages – the stage of purification, the stage of illumination and the stage of unification. Such a division is useful in many respects, though each stage necessarily shades off and is illumined by the higher one. But Veerashaivism further makes a two-fold division in each stage and thus it reckons a six-fold division or rather six stages on the mystic way. This six-fold division is by no means a arbitrary one, rather it gives us a better proof of the psychological analysis of spiritual experience. These six stages, which imply the spirito-psychological hierarchy, goes by the name of Sat-sthala in Veerashaivism. They are Bhakta-sthala, Mahesha sthala, Prasadi-stahala, Pranalingi-sthala, Sharana-sthala, Aikya-sthala. The sayings of Basava are arranged according to the technique of Sat-sthala.
The first stage is known as Bhakta-sthala where a moral purification plays an important role. The moral purification of the lower self or chitta-shuddhi, free from attachments to the things of sense, from evil passions and desires and, begins to come in the offing. Here the purification of self-will is accomplished. The purification which is difficult to accomplish, since it has behind it the whole accumulated force of the previous outgoing existence of the individual. In the second stage which is known as Mahesh-sthala the purification of the intellect takes place. Training of conscience is a feature of this stage and the trained conscience reveals itself as integrity. Mahesha, is, therefore, a man of integrity who will never listen to any plea against conscience. Integrity is the first step to illumination, to maintain it at all times costs self denial.
The third stage which is known as Prasadi-sthala begins with the dawn of Intuition, which arises out of an intellectual purification of those formal concepts which are the deposited sediment of intuition. In the Prasadi-sthala there is a definite mental attitude in which one is seen in the many and the many in the one. In the fourth stage known as Pranalingi-sthala the intuition ripens into illumination and gives to the Pranalingi a foretaste of the cosmic consciousness. Dr. Bucke in his Cosmic Consciousness gives many an example of similar nature some of which are of religious character. The plane of cosmic consciousness is in Indian yoga philosophy the typal or causal plane termed karana-sristi. It is sometimes known as the Archetypal world or the world of Ideas, the plane of Logos, the perfect land of religion in which the subtle forms of all created things are held to exist. Profesor Max Muller tells us in his psychological Religion thus: "The Logos, the word, at the thought of God as the whole body of divine or eternal ideas, which Plato had prophesized, which Aristotle had criticized in vain, which the neo-platonists re-established, is a truth that forms or ought to form, the foundation of all philosophy." Yes, of all philosophy as also of true mysticism, the true mystic or the Pranalingi lives, moves and has his being in the world of Ideas, to him it is the real world and this phenomenal world is only a derivation.
The fifth stage which is known as Sharana-sthala is characterized by ecstasy. The ecstatic state which the Sharana countenances is not passive but active. He does not approve of that ecstatic state in which the subject is wrapped away into total unconsciousness of both bodily and mental activities. To him the real ecstatic state is the state of unspeakable bliss which the individual enjoys while he is yet working. The ecstatic life of the Sharana may be described as the life of a divine and happy man, as a liberation from all worldly cares and concerns and as life unaccompanied with human pleasures. The sixth stage which is known as Aikya-sthala is really the stage of union with the Absolute or God. How can union with God be described: It is not seeing but meeting and fusing with Awareness. The soul is imbued with a life of incredible intensity and passes into a state which defies all description. The only criterion is to remain silent. Yet the mystic essays to articulate to his unitive experience. Basava who had attained this state, exclaimed thus:
"Arrayed in blazing splendours unsurpassed,
Supreme, sublime and vast, the "I" held sway.
Sooner than I could say my tongue was mute
A wonder wrapped up in the luminous Dawn
Oh! Kudala Sangama's Day, saw me awake."
Here, the wheel of life has completed its circle. Here, the extremes of sublimity and simplicity are seen to meet. Here, the final consummation of the soul, journeying through periods of alternative stress and glory, leading ever to greater transcendence coming ever in closer contact with the Absolute, has been achieved. It has been customary with nature-poets "to make nature the eternal reality of beauty in the super-sensual world of thought." It was Keats who wrote: "the roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window are my children." Symonds said in the case of Shelley, "The absorption of the human soul into primeval nature forces, the blending of the principle of thought with the universal spirit of beauty is not enough to satisfy man's yearning after immortality. It is only the Indian thought or the Upanishadic seer who proclaimed thus: "The whole world is born of Ananda, lives in Ananda and wheels from Ananda to Ananda. Every soul is therefore potentially mystic. To intuit, to experience, to realize this state of Bliss or Ananda is the mystic's magnum opus. All mystics speak of a faculty which, when it begins to function, has the reality of bliss brought within the ambitious of consciousness. This is called the mystic sense and Basava had this mystic sense in abundance.
The mystic is a fortiori the religinis, the saint whose love flows from devotion to God. His standpoint is the standpoint of universal love and the changes that happen in this Lover or in the ecstatic state of the mystic are described in all works on mysticism and similarly in the sayings of Basava. In the ecstatic mood, tears stream down from the eyes of the mystic; joy thrill in all the pores of his body; he is obsessed by the contemplation of the divine excellence or the supernatural glory. Such supernatural glory is amenable only to the mystic sense. The materialist with his five senses seeks to discover only five modes of motion in nature. To conclude from number five of the senses to the number five of modes of motion is a logically fatal step. For the number of forces prevailing in Nature is legion. Carb Du Prel in his Philosophy of Mysticism makes a pertinent remark: "The denial in principle of a super-sensuous world is thereby definitely set aside. Therefore did Protagoras add to his judgment that man is the measure of all things, the weighty words of things that are not." The human senses change, forthwith there is a quite different world; our senses multiply; forthwith will nature appear far richer."
Basava bases the authority and source of faith in the heart of man – its intuitions and longings. He, therefore, lays great stress on individual revelation. This kind of personal revelation is somewhat different from the Upanishadic revelation, which says that God making his own choice. But personal revelation says that God adapts himself to the mystic's choice; this is a profounder truth in the world of mysticism than God choosing his own choice. The intimate fact for a mystic is immediate experience which reveals the existence of the Indwelling Spirit, the Light that lighteth every man. Revelations through scriptures are but justification of this immediate experience. Against this background, one may visualize the concept of Sharana as adumbrated by Basava. Sharana is a realized soul or rather he is one to whom God has revealed himself according to the intensity of his immediate and inner experience. Jangamas or Sharanas were the living example of individual revelation. Basava looked upon them as the living embodiments of God's presence. Often times he insisted upon his followers to seek the presence of God no where else but in them. If man is known by the company he keeps, then it is better for him to be in the company of the holy ones or the realized souls for Basava says:
"If tree with tree embrace and chafe,
Will not ignition set them ablaze?
Will not the touch of High souled men
Enkindle knowledge and burn up
The grosser tendencies of Man?
It will, Oh! Kudala Sangamadeva
I pray, lead me to pure souled Men."
The mysticism preached by Basava embodies a sublime theism. God is the great transcendent Being who creates and preserves all the worlds. Countless are His attributes; peerless are His dealings, priceless are His gifts. In this sublime vision of God, the reader of his sayings will hardly fail to notice the swift and exquisite touches of eager and tender love, sober ethics and sublime thoughts.
This article is taken from H.H.Shri Kumarswamiji-s book, 'Veerashaivism: Comparative Study of Allama Prabhu,
Basava,Shunya-Sampadane and Vachana Shastra'.


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President-elect Donald Trump hasn't held a press conference since July, but his tweets fly on a regular schedule. Whether it's attacking a labor union chief who accused him of lying about a deal to save Carrier Corp. jobs, or a young woman who questioned him at a political forum, Twitter is his preferred form of communication, and retribution.
But most voters – even those who voted for him – think Trump's use of Twitter is "reckless and disturbing," according to the latest McClatchy-Marist Poll. Two-thirds of all registered voters in the survey agreed. CONT.
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Macy's billion dollar bet on RFID and omni-channel
This fall, Macy's went on record that its RFID-driven omni-channel retail strategy would enhance holiday sales by allowing shoppers the flexibility to pick up online orders in stores.
This week Macy's announced that it has fulfilled $1 billion worth of online orders from store locations, which equates to approximately three percent of Macy's 2013 sales of $27.9 billion.
"Putting the stores into the game of fulfillment was exactly the right thing to do," Peter Longo, vice president of logistics and operations for Macy's, said at this week's NRF Big Show in New York City. "It's not all RFID tagged (product) but it shows the potency of the stores particpating in fulfillment."
Omni-channel retailing was by far the most talked about retail strategy at NRF, especially after a holiday selling period that highlighted the shifting buying patterns of consumers.
Large retailers like Macy's and Kohl's relied heavily on omni-channel this holiday season. Macy's emphasized its confidence in its RFID-driven inventory visibility by making its buy-online, pickup-in-store program available at all full-line Macy's and Bloomingdale's locations.
Macy's also launched same-day delivery pilots in eight major Macy's markets and four Bloomingdale's markets to drive additional holiday sales.
"You can't have omni-channel without the visibility offered by RFID," says Bill Hardgrave, the Dean of the Harbert College of Business at Auburn University. "The consumer behavior this holiday season was so indicative of omni-channel that retailers know they need to be engaged with RFID. They see the writing on the wall."


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SEP IRAs, otherwise known as simplified employee pension individual retirement accounts, are retirement accounts for small- or solo-business owners. They offer higher contribution limits than most retirement plans–and those maximums are even higher in 2013.

If you are doing your taxes in 2013, take a look at SEP IRA limits for tax year 2012.

SEP IRA Contribution Limits 2013

You can contribute up to 25% of your total salary or 20% of your adjusted annual income to a SEP IRA, up to a limit of $51,000 in tax year 2013. This is almost twice the limit for 401(k) investors. In 2013, you can put up to $17,500 into a 401(k) or 403(b). Put in an extra $5,500 if you are age 50 or older and qualify for a catch-up contribution. There are no catch-up contributions with a SEP IRA. Still the SEP offers a lot more retirement savings potential.

But even if you don't need to put away that much, a SEP IRA could be a great plan for you. If you earn part-time income on top of your full-time job, you can contribute to both a SEP and a 401(k) at the same time. You take a SEP IRA deduction as a top of the line deduction, meaning even if you don't itemize you can deduct your SEP. You don't have to put money into your SEP every year. So it's there when you need it, but there are no contribution requirements when you don't.

How Does a SEP IRA Work?

In many ways, a SEP IRA is like any other IRA or 401(k) plan. Money put into a SEP IRA can be invested tax-deferred until it is withdrawn at retirement, beginning after age 59 1/2 and no later than age 70 1/2. If the money is withdrawn before age 59 1/2, it is subject to a 10% penalty fee plus any income taxes.

When Can You Open a SEP IRA?

You can easily open a SEP IRA before you file your taxes, and take a deduction for that tax year. This means you can make a 2013 contribution to a SEP IRA until April 15, 2014, or even as late as October 15, 2014, if an extension is filed.

You can put money into your SEP each month, quarterly or once a year. The frequency is up to you. To figure out your net adjusted self-employment income, take your gross income, subtract business expenses (here's the trick: the SEP IRA contributions are part of these expenses) and subtract half of the self-employment tax.
SEP IRA Contributions for Employees
If you have employees, a SEP IRA gets a little bit more complex. Employers are required to contribute an equal salary percentage for every employee. So if you choose a SEP for it's high contribution limits and contribute 20% of your income, your employees must do the same. (Employees here include those older than 21, who made more than $550 in 2013, and have worked for you for at least three consecutive years in the past five—though there may be some exclusions for union members.)

So should you contribute to a SEP IRA? It depends on your business. It's one of the easier self-employed retirement plan options if you have a solo business, or do contract or consulting work. As your business gets more complicated, a SEP may become more complicated as well.

Related:
SIMPLE IRA Limits 2012
SIMPLE IRA Limits 2013
Self-Employed Retirement Plan Contribution Limits 2013

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This 3-Seated Rocking Chair Is Perfect For Bedtime Stories
Some kids have all the luck. They have parents who can create the most amazing things. Parents like Hal Russell Taylor. Hal found a way to make bedtime stories more comfy and cozy for all three of his children. He build the most amazing rocking chair. It's so sweet!
I am in love with this three-seated rocking chair, otherwise known as 'The Storytime Rocking Chair.' There are two tiny seats on each side and room for one little babe to sit on your lap. Precious! Hal's rocker has gotten so much attention that he will even build you one! (But for a rather spendy price.) Check out his site here.
I am not a builder. Not a real one. A coffee table and headboard don't bump be up to master status like Hal. I am a buyer. That's why this roundup from Apartment Therapy has me tickled pink. It has a guide to the best rockers! Find them all here…
Here's the link to learn all about this DIY project…
LittleThings: This Dad Built A 3-Seated Rocking Chair For Bedtime Stories


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I want to list a bag, but i can't find the description of the bag anywhere online. what should I do?
What do you mean you can't find the description online?
Do you mean the name of the bag?
The make, model, manufacturer, and size of the bag in question?
no, i want to add a description to the listing, like size, type of leather, the detailing and i know that i can't exactly describe it the way that it should be
I think you might get a bit more help if you post a pic of your bag here and ask if anyone knows anything about the brand & style name. Then you work from there with more internet/eBay searches.
Well, I have to tell you that descriptions posted on the internet at retail sites are copyrighted material and therefore not yours to cut and paste. eBay will pull a listing for that. Same with descriptions copied from other eBay sellers.
I recommend that you just measure the bag yourself and describe it as well as you possibly can. The truth is that for most buyers the pictures really tell the story, and half of them don't even read the listing anyway!
Good luck.
There should be some kind of interior tag identifying it.
I would post a pic hoping that someone will recognize it on sight.
Good luck. Depending on what brand it is, you may be able to find at least the name in one of the forums here. Good luck! I think lots of pictures will make up for any issues you have describing the bag. I always read the descriptions for things like measurements (not just of the bag, but of the drop length), wear, flaws, etc. but when it comes to figuring out if I like the bag, i go straight to the pics.
I totally agree. Try and find out as much as you can (with help from us on here, perhaps) and then the pictures will do the talking for you.
Best of luck!
Pictures here will give you the info you need which people will use when they search it on ebay. After that, the pictures will do the selling.


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225 Tuxedo Ave
Alamo Heights, TX 78209
Beds: 5
Baths: 4
Sq. Ft.: 4,371
Type: Single Family Home
Listing #1190998
Spacious home in prestigious Alamo Heights that offers great family living features. Just imagine entertaining in this large family room that opens onto a beautifully designed flagstone patio and pool. What summer fun! Enjoy two fireplaces and an updated kitchen. It's vacant and available so come see this great house that will fit your family and entertaining needs.
Property Features
Location Information
County: Bexar
Neighborhood Amenities: None
MLS Area: 1300
Subdivision: Alamo Heights
Interior Features
Room Dimensions: Dining: 14x13, Living: 29x15, Kitchen: 16x19, Family: 26x19, MasterBR: 19x15, BR2: 14x13, BR3: 19x14, BR4: 19x12
Interior: Two Living Area, Separate Dining Room, Island Kitchen, Breakfast Bar, Walk-In Pantry, Utility Room Inside, Secondary Bedroom Down, High Ceilings, Open Floor Plan, Cable TV Available, High Speed Internet
Master Bedroom Description: Upstairs, Walk-In Closet, Ceiling Fan
Master Bathroom Description: Tub/Shower Separate, Double Vanity
Has Dining Room: yes
Has Family Room: yes
Fireplace Description: Living Room, Master Bedroom
Heating: Central
Heating Fuel: Natural Gas
Cooling: Two Central
Floors: Marble, Wood
Exterior Features
Style: Two Story
Construction: Pre-Owned
Exterior: Deck/Balcony, Sprinkler System, Double Pane Windows, Mature Trees
Manufacturer: Unknown
Foundation: Slab
Roof: Metal
Water / Sewer: Water System
Sewer Supplier: City
Water Supplier: City
Electric Supplier: CPS
Parking Description: Two Car Garage
Has Garage: yes
Garage Spaces: 2
Has a Pool: yes
Pool/Spa Description: In Ground Pool
Lot Size: .3
Lot Description: 1/4 - 1/2 Acre
School District: Alamo Heights I.S.D.
Elementary School: Cambridge
Jr. High School: Alamo Heights
High School: Alamo Heights
Additional Information
Proposed Terms: Conventional, Cash
Property Type: SFR
Property SubType: Single Family Detached
Year Built: 1940
Status: Active
Is Short Sale: No
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Monkey drives off with bus in UP, rams it into 2 other vehicles
In a shocking incident, a monkey took control of a parked UPSRTC bus, ignited its engine and took off the vehicle in the second gear in Bareilly recently.
According to a ToI report, the incident took place on Monday when the bus driver was taking a short nap, the animal got inside, switched on the engine and set off, though not too far.
Since the bus was due to leave in half an hour, the conductor was also away to find more passengers, it was then that the animal got inside it.
The driver, however, managed to regain control of it but by then the vehicle had crashed into two other buses parked nearby. The bizarrely comic sequence of events began when the conductor of an Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) bus from Pilibhit left the vehicle at the old roadways station to look for passengers.


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A Nampa woman has died from injuries suffered in a crash that happened Friday afternoon along Karcher Road.
Idaho State Police say Maria Keesee, 41, was driving a 2004 Nissan Murano east on Karcher, also known as Idaho Highway 55, and crossed the center line into oncoming traffic and into a field.
The car came to rest in a canal off of the roadway west of Midway Road.
ISP troopers began investigating at 3:00 p.m. Friday. They say that Keesee was not wearing a seat belt.
Keesee was taken by ground ambulance to St. Luke's Nampa Medical Center after the crash. According to a news release from ISP, she later died at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.


text: I seriously cannot believe how many I've scored in the past few months. I have scaled down my collection A LOT in order to fund my new purchases, but I'm still amazed at the rate these rare bags are popping up! My final one this year is a brand sparkling new 04 Rose City!!!! I've always regretted not getting this color back in 04, but the ones I've seen were all smooth(which I don't like), and because I'm VERY fussy with my bags, I never got a chance to get this...until now! She has the most gorgeous wrinkly leather I've ever seen on the Rose, she's the most saturated Rose I've ever laid my eyes on, and she still has the full glaze on her! She's still stiff and I get to enjoy breaking her in... My lucky find #2 is my mint 05 RT Le Compagnon. I've been looking for a compact travel wallet for a while, and I did consider the Giant Traveler(don't like the GH and the weight), and I thought about using my Khaki flat clutch as one, but it's just too big to carry inside my City when I travel. So, when a chance to get this arose, I snagged it up! What better color to get my travel wallet in, other than my fav color, the RT?? I can whip her out of my RT City Anyways, this wallet has the BEST leather I've ever seen on the RT...so soft and smooshy, too bad it's not any bigger! Please welcome, Ms gorgeous Rose!


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Nerdcore: The Reason Why You Watch Doctor Who Obsessively
There are lots of stresses involved with being a doctor and managing a physician office. It's among otherwise THE most favored show ever to come out of the UK. It's certainly one of if not THE most popular show ever to emerge of the UK. It's among if not THE most popular show ever to emerge of the UK. While there are many specialties and sub-specialties within the medical field, the remunerations of doctors will change based around the critical nature of their specialization, their experience, knowledge, and skill.
Taking the MCAT Exam. If these steps are not completed, Lloyd will have his medical license suspended. Both boys and females think it is quite entertaining, especially due towards the violence and gore. Internationally, anyone having a computer plus an Internet connection can tap into online information about various diseases and conditions, and learn in regards to the medications along with other treatments commonly - and quite often not so commonly - used prescribed to combat them.
Furthermore, ultrasonic resonance frequencies such as those emitted by PulsedTech plasma tubes or Rife Machines, very often have a positive impact on Lyme patients. So personal experimentation may be the better way for you to definitely find out what works the best for you. So personal experimentation may be the greatest way for you to definitely discover what works the perfect for you. These are physicians and patients alike who come with an unwaivering faith inside the traditional medicine. Apart from these common reasons, the recognition of the show is depending on several other reasons and a few of these are:.
As such, I do not shy from presenting native options to my patients. They were getting a bit too naughty, wanted to rule over or even destroy just about everybody and there was clearly only one of the ways to stop them. "I walk a lot," I volunteered hopefully Then he gave me some very specific advice and said he thought it would help lift both burdens. Critical patient needs are met in any way hours when a doctor office uses the support of your service, as well as the quality of patient care is increased. So typically, it might take 12 - fifteen years to be a doctor.
Barbara was older than the majority of the young girls who wound up traveling with all the Doctor such as Vicki, Zoe, and Jo. Barbara found herself not merely the object of Nero's fascination but also the item of the empress' jealous ire. You will have the best results when you pick a doctor Physician Degree which includes been helping couples with fertility issues for years. Their approach would be to better the health by offering proper patient care, using whatever they are trained with and believe in.
The earnings of the kinds of doctors mentioned below are their average salaries and they may vary depending on factors like work experience, job location, qualification, and employer type. If these steps usually are not completed, Lloyd will have his medical license suspended. Both boys and females find it quite entertaining, especially due for the violence and gore. People often get oddly excited - in a handful of ways.
Stay tuned for Part 3 where I will address some other native treatments who have made a difference for a quantity of my Lyme patients


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I am a sweet, very special lady, who has serious intention to find her right man, to communicate and to make a strong couple with him.
It is not possible to find a perfect person in our world. We all have pluses and minuses. We all make mistakes, but I would like to be with a man, who will respect and understand to me, who will treat me like a real lady, who will be attentive, who will surprise me each new day. I want to be with a serious and mature, well-educated and faithful man, who will make me very happy.


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Foe attracted criticism on South Africa upon its publication. According to Michael Marais in "Death and the Space of the Response of the Other in J.M. Coetzee's The Master of Petersburg", Foe met "acrimony, even dismay" at the time of its publication, as one of South Africa's "most prominent authors" seemed to turn his attention from compelling events in South Africa to "writing about the writing of a somewhat pedestrian eighteenth century novelist."[8] In detailing that receipt, Marais quotes Michael Chapman in "Writing of Politics" as typical with his dismissive comment: "In our knowledge of the human suffering on our own doorstep of thousands of detainees who are denied recourse to the rule of law, Foe does not so much speak to Africa as provide a kind of masturbatory release, in this country, for the Europeanising dreams of an intellectual coterie"[9] Attwell, however, noted in 2003 that the novel is contextualized to Africa by the transformation of Friday from a Carib who looked nearly European to an African.[10]
In the United States, reception was less politically charged. The novel received a positive review in The New York Times, where Michiko Kakutani praised the writing as "lucid and precise; the landscape depicted, mythic yet specific", concluding that "the novel - which remains somewhat solipsistically concerned with literature and its consequences - lacks the fierceness and moral resonance of Waiting for the Barbarians and Life and Times of Michael K, and yet it stands, nonetheless, as a finely honed testament to its author's intelligence, imagination and skill."[11] Andrew O'Hehir for Salon described the novel as "a bit dry."[12] In his review for Time Magazine, Stefan Kanfer questions the impact of what he describes as an "achingly symbolic retelling", suggesting that readers may be more self-congratulatory for discovering the author's "brilliantly disguised" themes than moved by "urgencies that are neither fresh nor illumined."[13]


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Gabriella graces the cover of the Summer 2017 issue of Town & Country magazine. And what can I say? This photoshoot is probably one of my favorites! Make sure to grab your own copy and to check the scans and outtakes in our gallery. Enjoy! GALLERY LINKS Magazine Scans > 2017 > Town & Country (Summer) Studio Photoshoots > 2017 > Session 002 TOWN & COUNTRY – It seems to…


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I have been itching to make and share this project for quite some while! With April being the Month of the Military Child, I knew I had to get it done share and today!
I have fond memories of my dad measuring my siblings and I, and marking our height on a wall in our family home as we were growing up. I always loved seeing how much I had grown in the last few months.
As a parent, it's nice to be able to look back at how much your babies have grown throughout their lives. One of the things about moving every few years though, is that there are no permanent walls. I was pretty bummed about not being able to keep an ongoing tally of how the girls have grown, so using a board, I made a "military life-friendly" one.
I had put this project off for a while, because I thought it would be much more complicated than it actually was. In reality, it took less than 15 minutes, all together. I had an event to attend shortly after I started painting the lines, so I left painting the numbers on for the next day. It worked better this way, so that I wouldn't smudge any wet lines.
To start, I cut out a stencil out of card stock. I used my Cricut, but you could just as easily measure, and cut notches out of card stock.
I taped the stencil to my board, and used a foam brush to lightly dab on a small amount of paint. The girls wanted to give it a shot as well, and since it's theirs, I let them. I ended up having to sand some of their extra paint off. Lesson learned: if you want it perfect, just do it yourself.
At this point, I had to leave for a spouses' coffee, so I set the board up, so that it could dry. The next day, I can back and stenciled on the numbers. Voila! So easy!
Since we don't have baseboards, this bad boy just rests up against the wall. I made sure it was nice and flush, when I measured each girl. Surprisingly, Ju went along with it really well.
I can't wait to go back in a few months, to measure everyone again and see how much they've grown! We'll be able to pack this up with us every time we move, and eventually it'll find it's place in our forever home.


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Cold Contacting Made Easier
By Marty Nemko
What's the most effective job search strategy? Most people think it's to use your personal network. They're wrong.
According to a survey of successful job seekers by the 5 O' Clock Club, a nationwide job-search coaching firm, the most effective job search strategy is to cold-contact potential employers, even if they're not advertising a position. My own clients have had similar experiences.
Yes, I know cold contact is intimidating, but if you learn how to do it right, it will be less so—and you'll land a job faster.
- Identify at least 20 target employers: right industry, right location. Online resources such as linksv and tribe.net can help.
- Contact your personal network to see if they know someone in any of those organizations.
- Use the employer's website, telephone operator, HR department, or company mailroom, to find the name and email address of the person(s) in that organization you'd want, if hired, to report to.
- Write that person a letter. If using e-mail, use a subject line such as: "Query from a neighbor, (insert your recipient's first name)"
Dear (Insert potential hirer's name),
(If you or someone in your personal network knows Mr. X or someone else in the organization, start with:
XXXX (the name of your personal contact) suggested I contact you.)
Whether or not you have a personal contact, continue with:
If my worklife has one common thread, it's that I've really helped my bosses. Having just been downsized as part of a large layoff at Ace Pharmaceutical, I'm looking for my next opportunity to help another boss, either on a permanent or project basis.
I'm particularly helpful in taking charge of a project. My only significant limitation is that I'm not very technical. Yes, I use Microsoft Office applications comfortably and can quickly learn most other applications, but if you're looking for someone to run a technocentric project, I'm not your person.
I'd welcome the opportunity to get together and play consultant with you to see if there's a need you have that I might fill. As a result of my questions, you might even discover a need you weren't aware of but that you'd be glad for me to fill—for example, something that's taking up a lot of your time that I could do, or developing approaches to increasing your group's profitability.
I'm not writing to you at random. I picked you because I want to stay in the health care field—I believe health care is among society's most important endeavors. I also was attracted to your company because your website said XXXX. A final and less lofty reason I'd like to work for you is that I live just a few minutes from your office.
If you think it might be of value for us to meet, I'd welcome a call. My phone number is 415-123-4567.
- When you land such a meeting, take charge. After thanking the person for agreeing to meet with you, say, "I'd like to start by taking a minute or two to tell you a bit about myself, and then ask you a few questions to get a better idea of if and how I might be of help to you. Is that okay?" After giving a one-to-two minute description of your accomplishments, say, "Well, that's a bit about me. To try to learn about you and your needs, can I ask, 'Is there something you wish could get done or done better in your workplace?'" Listen very carefully and ask appropriate follow-up questions until you get a sense of how you might be of help. Then say, "I'm wondering, "Might it be of value to you if I did (Insert what you propose to do)?" If the employer expresses interest, ask, "Can you see a way of making that happen?"
- After a week, phone the non-respondents to your letter. Use an approach such as this: "I'm the former IBMer who wrote to you about getting together to see if there's a need of yours I might address. I haven't heard from you, so I assume you're not interested, but I know how things can fall between the cracks so I'm taking the liberty of calling to follow up. If you'd like to talk, I'd welcome a call. My number is 415-123-4567. That's 415-123-4567."
Combine that approach with carefully answering a few dozen on-target want ads, and you'll likely land a job quickly.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics just published its predictions for where the jobs will be through 2012. The 10 occupations to employ the most people: registered nurses, college teachers (mostly part-time, I suspect), retail salespersons, customer service reps, food preparers, cashiers, janitors, managers, waiters, and nursing aides. The fastest-growing occupations: medical assistants (like aides and orderlies), network systems specialists, physician assistants, social and human service assistants, medical records techs, physical therapy aides, computer software engineers (I fear many of these will be offshored), and physical therapy assistants.Most of those jobs are menial and/or do not pay a middle-class wage. What is going to happen to this country?
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Martial arts and warrior traits that are incorporated into living life to the fullest are ideals I especially like and study to help me better teach others to discover their Warrior's Edge. That is why I wanted to read The Compassionate Samurai. When I found it at a used bookstore, I immediately incorporated it into my reading. There were parts of The compassionate Samurai: Being Extraordinary in an Ordinary World by Brian Klemmer that I really liked and agree with. These parts run parallel to my own Warrior's Edge teachings. But there were other parts that I didn't connect as well with. I'm not sure why I didn't connect as strong with some elements of the book, but that doesn't mean I don't recommend it, because I do.
The basic tenants of the book: commitment, personal responsibility, contribution, focus, honesty, honor, trust, abundance, boldness, knowledge, and finishing strong are all exemplary and traits that I believe we should all study and live by. I really like that the book focuses on these as ways to be extraordinary and live life to the fullest. It was just at times, maybe when Klemmer was discussing his faith or writing about his company and finances that I felt a bit disconnected with the book.
Klemmer says a Compassionate Samurai is a bold, ethical, results-producing person who makes a difference for others as well as himself. I think that is a fantastic ideal to live up to, and if a person implements the lessons Klemmer writes in this book, he or she will be on their way to being such a person.
I really think there are a lot of gems of wisdom in this book, and for anyone who wants to live a more powerful life of serving others, this is a great read to help you with that direction. I've always believed that the traits found in the military and warrior classes throughout history can be used as a model for more honorable living, and Klemmer incorporates these well throughout "The Compassionate Samurai." Klemmer is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, so his background in the military and warrior philosophy and training doesn't come just from reading, but from living it. I appreciate that.
I felt the strongest chapters were those on focus, honesty and honor, and that the chapter on abundance was the chapter that I connected the least with. And even saying that, the entire book should be read. There are important parts in every chapter, and it is incorporating all of the tenants and traits this book covers that will enrich a person's life to the fullest. My advice is to read the entire book and then go back and read those parts you connect with the most again. Incorporate those traits that will help you live more powerfully by serving others and being the best you can possibly be. Do that, and in my words you'll discover your warrior's edge and live the life that Klemmer calls the passionate samurai.
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Absolute crazy scenes here in Calgary today and tonight. We have been absolutely pissed on with rain the past couple of days and have had more than we normally would in a month. Ironically, a place called High River has been hit the hardest. Many communities, even here in the city have been told to evacuate as the river that flows through the city, the Bow River comes straight from the Rocky Mountains an hour away. Not only are we dealing with rain coming down here, it is also the rain coming down in the mountains, which is then melting the snow and basically doubling and tripling the volume of water come down the river.
Luckily, we are up in the safely on of the top of the valley but we took a drive around to check out the huge volumes of water coming through the city.
That is Prince's Island Park or should I say, was. There is an unbelievable amount of water shooting through!


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All Pinoy Style Breakfast Recipe Ideas
from Maputing Cooking
I do believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Filipinos normally eat Pandesal with a cup of coffee in the morning. But there's also other Pinoy breakfast that will surely kick off your mornings and give you you a boost of energy for the day.
We round up all the Maputing Cooking Filipino Breakfast Recipes in 2016. Get the ingredients and procedure or watch it on the channel.
1. Homemade Tocino
Tocino or Pinoy bacon is a crowd favorite. Children and adults will surely enjoy for breakfast.
Recipe | Homemade Tocino (Tosilog) Filipino Breakfast
Watch Video | How to Make Tocino at Home
2. Scrambled Eggs with Pandesal
Filipino Scrambled Eggs is a classic breakfast dish made with eggs, tomatoes and onions.
Recipe | Filipino Scrambled Eggs
Watch Video | Filipino Scrambled Eggs Recipe by Chris Urbano
3. Tortang Talong
Tortang talong is a Filipino-style omelette made with grilled eggplants wrapped with beaten eggs and some fillers and then fried until golden.
Recipe | Eggplant Omellete with Smoked Bangus
Watch Video | Tortang Talong Recipe by Chris Urbano
4. Banana Pancakes
All Pinoy Ingredients in this Banana Pancakes.
Recipe | Banana Pancake Recipe
Watch Video | Banana Pancake Recipe by Chris Urbano
5. Champorado
Champorado is a chocolate-flavored rice porridge made with glutinous rice and tablea.
Recipe | Chocolate Rice Porridge (Champorado)
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|There are 11 Great Lakes freighters in Duluth Superior this winter. Three have been here for extended layup, 8 came in January and are expected to depart sometime in March or April for the upcoming season. The first to leave will most likely be the Mesabi Miner, seen here at winter layup at Midwest Energy Resources on February 13th. Typically, the boat at Midwest Energy will load coal for a Lake Superior port, perhaps twice before the Soo Locks open, usually on March 25, when the full Great Lakes shipping season begins. Typically, the Mesabi Miner will leave around March 15; check here for updates.
Archives for February 2012
Mesabi Miner at Midwest Energy for layup
February 28, 2012 by 5 Comments
The month of February: the early years
February 21, 2012 by 7 Comments
This is the first of several (many?) videos of around 10-15 minutes long I will be creating that use the pictures and information I have collected for a particular month over a number of years. I got started on this when I was looking up pictures from Februarys of long ago to see if any had as little snow as this one this year. I enjoyed looking at the pictures so much that I thought it would be a good idea to publish some of the information. Here is number one. (Click on icon at lower right for full screen video)
That was then …
February 19, 2012 by 2 Comments
American Century here for winter layup
February 17, 2012 by 3 Comments
|The American Century (formerly the Columbia Star) came into port for winter layup on January 10th, 2012. She is at Elevator M in Superior. As always, she was a frequent visitor to the Twin Ports, making 35 visits last year, one less than the year before.
McCarthy at Ogdensburg Pier in Superior
February 13, 2012 by 4 Comments
|The Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. arrived in Duluth on January 12, 2012 for winter layup at the Ogdensburg Pier of Enbridge Energy in Superior. It was only her 13th visit to the Twin Ports this season; in past years, she was here 30 to 40 times a year to load coal, usually for Detroit Edison. This past year has seen her loading iron ore pellets in Two Harbors to take to Gary, and in Silver Bay to take to the Cleveland Bulk Terminal. She also made trips to Zug Island, Indiana Harbor and Conneaut.


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Fibaro Announces HomeKit Sensors
Poland-based smart home company Fibaro has announced it will soon offer HomeKit-compatible versions of its popular sensor products, currently available for Z-Wave. Fibaro is a company that has caught the attention of smart home owners over the past few years for beautifully designed Z-Wave products. There's a legacy of chunky, dated industrial design for Z-Wave devices, and Fibaro's products have been a welcome challenge to that tradition.
Fibaro has announced that it is bringing three of its most popular sensors to the the HomeKit world: its flood sensor; its award-winning motion sensor; and its small, designed-to-match door/window sensors. Each will use Bluetooth LE to connect and communicate in your HomeKit-enabled home.
The Fibaro Flood Sensor sits on flat or uneven surfaces to detect water with an audible alarm and a trigger that HomeKit can use to notify you or enable another scene or device like, say, turning on a camera. The device also senses temperature and tampering, and it's designed to float—so significant flooding won't drown out the alarm (or communication to the rest of your home).
Fibaro's Motion Sensor is the prize in this collection of products. This multi-sensor detects motion, temperature, ambient light, and tampering, and it features a programmable, multi-colored light to signal operations. We've used and tested this device in its Z-Wave form, and this is a favorite of ours. The sensor is round, slightly larger than a ping-pong ball, and houses an internal indicator light that we've affectionately referred to as the Eye of Sauron. The onboard LED alone might scare off would-be intruders!
Rounding out the new offerings is Fibaro's lineup of Door/Window Sensors. These dual-contact sensors are very small compared to most products in this category. And they contain a built-in temperature sensor. Perhaps more importantly, though, they're available in multiple colors to match the decor of your door or window frames.
Where Fibaro excels in hardware design, the software suffers. The Fibaro for HomeKit Connected Devices UI is confusing and disorganized—it feels as if it was designed by a team that has never used HomeKit before. A seemingly non-configurable Dashboard view lists all your HomeKit devices in no apparent order, using fixed icons that may or may not represent their actual function and listing them by device type instead of by your assigned names. A Rooms view organizes your devices better, with rooms represented by a selection of ornate illustrations, but devices are still listed by product name rather than by device name.
Device control screens are also poorly designed, listing numerous functions and settings without context. For example, the settings for an Ecobee3 thermostat are represented by a series of sliders, including a slider for the Target Heating Cooling State (with values from 0 to 3) and Temperature Display Units (with values from 0 to 1). Similar problems exist for shade controls. Seemingly, Fibaro failed to test its app with third-party devices in various device categories and to create the appropriate layout scaffolding for those devices.
The good news is that there are plenty of HomeKit apps out there now that are fairly good, including Apple's own Home app and many more from other third-party vendors.
Fibaro's new HomeKit sensors are expected in the US by the end of 2016 and in other countries where HomeKit is enabled in the future. The US prices for the sensors are in line with their Z-Wave equivalents. The flood sensor will be $69.99, the motion sensor will be $69.99, and the door/window sensor will be $59.99. These prices may seem high, but we expect we'll soon see better pricing on Amazon and at other retailers, as we have with their Z-Wave equivalents.