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Science, Alchemy and Psychological Transmutation
A Talk given by Laurence Newey at Theoversity: Oxford Conference, Christ Church College, 18-19 March 2011 on the theme of Esotericism & Psychology: The Bridge between Spirituality & Science
One of the most exciting things about bridging between esotericism and psychology, spirituality and science, is that a bridge already exists – it just hasn't been recognised as such. The bridge between esoteric and exoteric science in general is an electrical one – and the language is that of electricity. Therefore, we'll take a look at the idea of an integrating science of electricity starting with the big picture i.e., cosmology. Within this framework, all other sciences should find their place and relationship to one another. Following on from this, we can take a look at the future renaissance of alchemy in an electrical guise, and see how electrical alchemy relates to the field of psychology and psychological transmutation.
Three types of Motion
Psychology is generally defined as the scientific study of mental and behavioural processes. This can be the behavioural and cognitive characteristics of a specific individual, group, activity, or circumstance. And in the words of Dr Leary quoted in Alice Bailey's book The Soul and its Mechanism, "The behaviour of human beings, psychologically speaking, ... reduces to physiological facts and findings, in turn to those of the field of biology, then to those of bio-chemistry, then to chemistry in general and then, inevitably, to physics as the science of matter in motion."
So let's deal first and foremost with the idea of matter in motion:
To begin with a cosmological framework, one postulate of the Secret Doctrine by Helena Blavatsky that we can all agree upon, is that the fundamental characteristic of the Cosmos is ceaseless motion. She says, "THE ONE LIFE [is], eternal, invisible, yet Omnipresent, without beginning or end, yet periodical in its regular manifestations,….Its one absolute attribute, which is ITSELF, eternal, ceaseless Motion, is called in esoteric parlance the 'Great Breath', which is the perpetual motion of the universe, in the sense of limitless, ever-present SPACE.
That which is motionless cannot be Divine.
But then there is nothing in fact and reality absolutely motionless within the universal soul." (Proem, p.2 of the Secret Doctrine)
This beautiful quote gives us a point of identification for the coming together of esotericism and science, a meeting place for the spiritual and agnostic thinker alike. It can form the basis for a new esoteric dynamism: the psychology of motion and relationship evidenced by any particular organism in response to impacts internal and external to its system of response.
According to The Secret Doctrine and A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, there are three basic types of motion in the cosmos, each one related to an aspect of the divine trinity that lies at the heart of many of the great world religions and philosophies–Will, Love-Wisdom, and Active Intelligence. These three are also known as electric fire, solar fire and fire-by-friction. Each of the three Gods or Logoi that comprise the divine trinity has all three aspects but demonstrates one more dynamically than the others and so is recognised as that dominant aspect itself.
With reference to A Treatise on Cosmic Fire and beginning with the third Logos of the trinity, Active Intelligence expresses itself through rotary motion, which is due to the fire latent in matter itself. Rotary motion is apparent all around us–atoms, planets, solar systems and galaxies all rotate on their axes and within the perimeter of these whirling unified spheres are to be found variety and differentiation. By the revolution of matter, activity is increased making the material more pliable and adaptable. The active principle of this third Logos is Fohat, the steed who "runs circular errands" and is sent forth at the beginning of the dawn of a new manvantara to "dig holes in space" and join these fiery vortices to one another.
The second Logos of the divine trinity, Love-Wisdom, is seeking to blend with this active intelligence of the third aspect and He adds to the rotary motion of all atoms His own form of motion, spiralling periodical movement. By circulation along an orbit around a central focal point in an ever-ascending spiral, two results are brought about: Firstly, the gathering of atoms into forms. And secondly, by means of these forms, the gaining of needed contact and the development of consciousness through a gradual rarefying and refining of the forms as the spirit of love or the flame divine spirals ever onward towards the source from which it came.
The first Logos of the trinity expresses Divine Will through a literal driving forward through space. This forward progression is the will behind the evolutionary process that drives spirit onward until it emerges from matter with added quality and faculty from the experience it has undergone. It also increases the vibration of matter by means of its own. The function of this first Logos is to hold the spirits who are gaining consciousness in manifestation for the desired period and then to abstract and blend them again with their spiritual source.
This electromagnetic activity of the three divine aspects is to be seen operating on all the planes of the solar system. Out of the fusion of pure Will or Spirit and the Active Intelligence and Adaptability of the third aspect arises the spiralling periodic motion of solar fire, the Ray of Love-Wisdom that builds and sustains all forms within the solar system.
So the question is: "where is this spiralling form building second ray in the universe?" To answer this we have to revise current gravity based cosmology and replace it with an electric one.
The Electric Universe
In the words of H.P. Blavatsky, the way in which the universe initiates and coordinates its building processes is:
"By the radiant light of the universal magnetic ocean, whose electric waves bind the cosmos together, and in their ceaseless motion penetrate every atom and molecule of the boundless creation…Alone," she says , "the study of this agent, which is the divine breath, can unlock the secrets of psychology."(Isis Unveiled, p28.)
To begin unlocking these secrets then, science will first discover the underlying electric currents that circulate throughout the whole of manifested existence. And indeed, leading plasma physicists are already revealing the lowest aspects of them through their realisation that electric currents pervade the vast, seemingly empty reaches of outer space. It was a moment of outstanding intuition that, in the 1920's, led the industrial chemist and Nobel Laureate, Irving Langmuir, to coin the term "plasma" for the electrified gases he was researching, and which proliferate in interstellar space. He noted that these gases carry ions and electrons similar to the way blood plasma carries red and white corpuscles. Both plasma in space and plasma in the blood are, in effect, electrified fluids, carrying both energy and various substances from one region to another.
Another Nobel Laureate, the plasma physicist, Hannes Alfven, remarked that in the earth's magnetosphere "there are thin, rather stable current layers which separate regions of different magnetization, density, temperature etc.…It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that similar phenomena exist also in more distant regions. This is bound to give space a general cellular structure (or more correctly, a cell-wall structure)."
As the Ageless Wisdom teachings regard Space as an entity, the discovery of electrically produced cell walls in space is highly significant. And bringing the thoughts of these two great scientists together, we have the premise that through the cellular structure of space runs an arterial flow of electricity, forming, in effect, a huge intergalactic circuit or cosmic bloodstream. In our own corner of the galaxy, the sun forms a sub-circuit within this galactic circuit, receiving and emitting a flow of charged particles that pour into and out of the polar regions of all the planets, mirroring in the macrocosm the way in which the blood cells flow through the heart to all the other organs of the body.
In the words of plasma scientists Wallace Thornhill and David Talbot:
From the smallest particle to the largest galactic formation, a web of electrical circuitry connects and unifies all of nature, organising galaxies, energising stars, giving birth to planets and, on our own world, controlling weather and animating biological organisms. There are no isolated islands in an electric universe.2www.thunderbolts.info
Their contention that we live in an electric universe is based on the fact that plasma makes up ninety-nine per cent of it–plasma generally being described as an almost neutral sea of charged particles called electrons and ions that react collectively to forces exerted by electric and magnetic fields. While typically described as an ionised or electrically conductive gas, plasma is also considered to be a distinct and fundamental state of matter. Because it is often found in the form of ionised gas, it seems reasonable to speculate that this conductive medium provides an interface between the invisible, subtle realms of being and the gaseous state of matter. Through this mass of electrically charged particles, cosmic ideas in the form of galaxies, suns and planets are enabled to make the last stage of their descent from the archetypal planes into the light of day.
Birkeland Currents and Double Layers
A cosmic idea is electromagnetically transferred from etheric to gaseous levels through the plasma state, and it's the way that electricity works in plasma that the building force of the universe can be understood. We can see the spiralling motion of the second aspect of the Trinity – Love-Wisdom in its form-building aspect that we have just considered in the phenomenon of pairs of electric currents in space, entwining around one another to form double helixes. They are known as Birkeland currents, and any matter existing betwee these pairs of electric spirals undergoes tremendous compression. Its constituent elements are mixed–not homogenously, but arranged according to their electric potentials. According to plasma cosmologists, this is to be seen occurring throughout the universe and they suggest that this is the way that chemical separation takes place in cosmic plasmas. Furthermore, it may also be the way in which suns and planets are formed. In laboratory experiments, the matter gathered within the central vortex created by electric arcing is "pinched" into zones of spherical compression, and matter within it may be subjected to a greater or lesser degree of melting. If this process takes place on cosmic levels, its role in stellar and planetary formation becomes apparent.
"As above, so below" runs the great occult maxim. And in fact, the idea of a spiralling building pattern is not new when we recall the familiar biological spirals of DNA that play an important role in the way organisms are created, informed and sustained. Science has yet to discover that behind each strand of DNA lies a spiral of electric force, and indeed, that the atom itself is constituted of spiralling electric forces that provide the interface between the physical and subjective components of all organisms. Esoteric science has always advocated that electrical force underlies all building processes in the universe.
The Electrical Alchemist.
So if we see the second ray motion of love-wisdom in its building activity on the physical level what about the building processes that take place in consciousness ie through the thoughts that we are constantly constructing, consciously and unconsciously throughout our daily lives? As far as the conscious builder of thought is concerned, the midway spot within the brain cavity is where magical work is carried out in relation to the physical plane. Here the magician employs the spiraling, cohering electrical nature of the second ray of love-wisdom to build various grades of substance into his thoughtform. Alice Bailey wrote that the scientific basis of all meditation work is really to be found in this basic but hitherto undiscovered aspect of electricity.
Putting all this together, in times to come we will have what amounts to the renaissance of alchemy in a new electric guise. Whatever name it is then generally known by, it will be the greatest of them all because of its synthesizing nature – it will literally be the science of synthesis – the manipulation of electrical force to bind together that which has been separated. For any particular form, this means an initial breaking down process and the scattering of the negative electronic lives that can no longer withstand the terrific rate of stimulation to which the inner, positive nucleus of life is being subjected. This is the radiatory phase or "transmutation in process of accomplishment". It enables the central essence of the form to escape and to gather around itself a new arrangement of electronic lives that can better withstand its new higher rate of vibration.
Alchemy became known as the spagyric art, the word 'spagyric' having Greek roots meaning "to separate and to join together". Evolution itself is spagyric, involving the densification and separation of spirit in matter followed by its reunification as something greater – something "more than" it was initially. This extra something we call 'consciousness', and it comes into being through the ever changing relationships that spirit forms with the matter it is passing through. Man studies these changing relationships through the various sciences – in their grossest form through chemistry, biology, anatomy and so forth, and in their more subtle form through psychology. However, the relationship between the gross and the subtle sciences, between the material and the immaterial aspects of man seems to have been lost, and it is this synthesising science of alchemy that can reveal it once again – curiously enough through the nature of metals.
In the forgotten high school chemistry of our youth lies the surprising fact that over seventy-five percent of the elements that make up the world are metals; more surprising by far though is the esoteric teaching that these metals contain the essence of the eventual mental, emotional and spiritual faculties of man. Beginning as emanations from the Seven Creative Hierarchies of Being (the spiritual rulers of the planets), these potencies differentiate into colours and their corresponding sounds. Sound then materialises into the spirit of the metals – the metallic Elementals – and finally into the dense physical metals themselves, whereupon the upward arc of evolution begins. From the mineral kingdom, this "harmonial and vibratory radiant essence" is taken up by plants, giving them colour and scent…from plants it passes into the animals; and finally it culminates in the 'principles' of man – the intuition, higher and lower mind, the passions and instincts, and so forth.
The reason why metals provide the key to this alchemy of synthesis is that they are full of movable electric charge – in other words, the negative electronic lives are always ready to separate and recombine in new relationships to accommodate the transmuted nature of the indwelling life. Metals are therefore always poised to interact electrically and this electric, alchemical potential of the metal is retained as its vibratory essence moves through the other kingdoms of nature and is the basis of the psychological interactions of the human being.
Even from a solely physical perspective, man is an electrical being relying on metals to communicate. The human brain consists of more than a 100 billion nerve cells each possessing around 100,000 connections. Every second, trillions of electrical signals are transmitted between neurons – that makes the Internet seem trivial in comparison. And it is the metals, sodium and potassium, acting like batteries or pumps, that regulate the electrical energy balance in every cell membrane. Everything we see, feel, imagine or remember, expresses itself through a world of electrical signals, all relayed and communicated to and from the central consciousness in the brain through the ionic bonds formed by electrostatic attraction between these metals.
White magic is carried out in the "vital airs" of the brain cavity, and a percentage of these fiery pranic currents are automatically precipitated into the body as electrical force, bringing about physical and psychological transmutation. Ancient esoteric teachings call someone who is anchoring and spinning the first tenuous threads of the antahkarana – the bridge between lower and higher mind – "A Weaver in fohatic enterprise," 'Fohat' being a Sanskrit term for the subtlest fiery energy of creation – 'the essence of cosmic electricity'.
As this bridge of communication is established and energy pours down from spiritual levels, the higher and lower aspects of mind are fused into a creative focal point at the centre of an intense magnetic field. It is at this stage that the work of the electrical alchemist comes into play, and the tools of his trade are symbols. A higher psychometric power is employed whereby the mind, acting like an electromagnet, combines the ability to attract and repel in such a way that the potencies lying behind a symbol can be intelligently evoked. The symbol then comes alive with colour, sound and motion, its fiery essence blending with the atomic fires of the lower three planes, awakening into activity certain deva lives; specific potencies stream outwards, that not only have a transmuting effect on human consciousness, but an alchemising effect on the elemental substance in which human consciousness habitually functions.
The Seven Rays of Life
So consciousness evolves through the dynamic tension of electrical motion in response to external and internal stimuli, and so far we have looked at three types of motion that correspond to the Trinity found at the heart of so many religions. Will, Love, Intelligence. However we should also consider another divine number that stems from three and that is seven. All triplicities can be grouped in seven ways according to the ratio of their power to one another and in terms of the esoteric philosophy itself, the divine Trinity naturally produces seven combinations of electric power and motion which are known as the Seven Rays of Life.
Seven different power ratios produce by the trinity
|Active Intelligence
|Harmony, Beauty, Art
|Concrete Knowledge, Science
|Devotion, Idealism
|Ceremonial Order, Magic
Every unit of consciousness finds itself belonging to one of these seven types of electrical phenomena and is an expression, great or small of its general quality. The first three rays maintain the same names and characteristics as the divine Trinity that we have been studying i.e., Will, Love-Wisdom and Active Intelligence. They are known as rays of Aspect, being expressions of the nature or quality of the divine Trinity. The other four rays are called rays of Attribute as they have their root in the third aspect of the Trinity, Active Intelligence. Being different modes of intelligent activity, these attributes find their synthesis in the third ray. These are known as: The Fourth Ray of Harmony, Beauty, Art. The Fifth Ray of Concrete Knowledge or Science. The Sixth Ray of Devotion or Idealism. The Seventh Ray of Ceremonial Order or Magic. The nature of these rays of attribute may not be as immediately understandable as the rays of aspect, but they can be thought of as modes of intelligent activity - the ways in which life adapts and organises force, substance and matter.
All units of consciousness, from Gods to atoms are coloured by the seven rays, but resonate to the quality of one of them more than the others. In the case of a human being, this basic ray is the soul ray, but then we also have the personality ray as well as the rays that condition the mental, emotional and physical bodies. This interrelationship creates a vast arena of opportunities and the rich diversity of human consciousness and expression that we see in the world. A study of the rays is a study of esoteric psychology, and individual development can be measured by the extent that the conditioning rays have been brought into harmony with one another and under the dominion of the soul ray. In the psychology of the future, this way of approaching development will become increasingly meaningful and the internal relationships of the personality and its interaction with the environment will be better understood.
The rays work through the centres or chakras and this chart shows which rays condition which particular centre in the case of the advanced human being or spiritual aspirant. The seven main centres in the human being are listed here. In turn the centres stand behind the seven main glands as listed in the next chart and thus work through the endocrine system secreting hormones into the blood. The production and secretion of hormones from the endocrine system is a function shared with the nervous system in the human body – the brain is the originator of all electric signals to release hormones. This interdependence between the two systems in the human body is a recent scientific discovery; at one time scientists believed that the functioning and regulation of the endocrine system was independent to that of the nervous system.
|Head centre
|Pineal gland
|Centre between eyebrows
|Pituitary body
|Throat centre
|Thyroid gland
|Heart centre
|Thymus gland
|Solar plexus centre
|Sacral centre
|The gonads
|Centre at base of spine
|Adrenal glands
It is said that "As a man's glands and nervous system, so is he." His temperament, natural qualities and intelligent handling of his life experiences and of his environment are determined by his endocrine system. But moving a stage back from this we can say: "As a man's centres, so is he." The quiescence or the activity of certain focal points of energy in the human, etheric body, determine his character, his method of expression, his type and also the tenure of his body. His activities on the physical plane are entirely dependent upon the qualities of force flowing through his centres. And again, moving one stage back from this: The glands and neuroses as well as the centres are conditioned by the control or lack of control exerted by the soul working through the seven rays of life.
The seven types of electrical phenomena which we call the seven rays are therefore the great creative tools of the electrical alchemist. Indeed, when the great white magician, the soul, chooses to incarnate into the lower worlds, its ray type will determine the method employed in appropriating substance to form its body of expression on the physical plane. The next chart illustrates the different techniques employed in electrically appropriating substance for this purpose, the quality that infuses the process, and the type of substance utilised for the construction of the form. We can spend a few moments quietly reflecting on how these different techniques can also be applied to the way thought forms are built in meditation. According to the ray structure of the electrical alchemist of the future, so the different techniques of thought form building that will be employed to assist humanity in the process of psychological transmutation.
|Power or Will
|Dynamic Purpose
|Dynamically electrified substance
|Magnetically electrified substance
|Intelligent Activity
|Diffusively electrified substance
|Beauty or Art
|Harmonisingly electrified substance
|Crystallising electrified substance
|Fluidic electrified substance
|Physical electrified substance
For now though, this form of advanced esotericism is for the very few. However more information on how to work as a white magician will naturally come to those who purify themselves and their motives sufficiently and show a willingness to work silently behind the scenes in service to humanity. For humanity as a whole, more general information on the rays will come according to the ability to utilise it for the good of the whole. This is indicated by Alice Bailey's book Esoteric Psychology vol II where we read: "That there is such a thing as electricity, that it probably accounts for all that can be seen, sensed and known, and that the entire universe is a manifestation of electrical power,—all this may be stated and is, today, coming to be recognised..... When man arrives at a better understanding of the etheric body and its seven force centres (which are all related to the seven rays, and in their expression show the seven characteristics and techniques, then some further light can intelligibly be thrown upon the nature of the seven types of electrical phenomena which we call the seven rays."
Psychology for aspiring supermen
Education in the New Age will nurture the spiritual imagination of children and their inherent tendency towards synthesis.
We can finish by briefly looking at a higher type of psychology that governs the consciousness of the spiritually awakened person. Seven basic tendencies are listed and a hypothetical correlation can be made between each tendency and one of the seven rays as the agent that plays a part in electrically impulsing it.
The first impulse is the Tendency to Synthesis. Everything the disciple does has a synthetic note; the disparate forces that make up his environment and circumstances are being drawn into dynamic interactions from which unique and previously unknown qualities can now be manifested. This tendency is fired by the inspiration that comes from another factor – the Quality of the Hidden Vision. Meditation raises the disciple's mental vibration to the threshold of a new dimension where the vision is sensed and its qualities explored and assimilated. They are then held in latency throughout the day and infused into all events and circumstances to further bridge the gap in consciousness between the inner and outer worlds.
The Quality of the Hidden vision is deeply occult and reveals that to which God aspires. While the mystic aspires to unification with God, as a divine fixed constant; the occultist regards God as an evolving being – once human but now much further evolved and on a much higher turn of the spiral. To ponder this important distinction of an evolving God is an initially destabilising experience, but it helps us to go beyond the limited conventional ideas about the nature of Divinity and discover a fresh sense of awe about the mystery of everything evolving – a journey of ever-becoming. Gone is the concept of a static, omniscient God in an equally static heaven and instead is revealed the ever unfolding dynamic potential of all life, including divinity.
And so returning to another of the conditioning factors of this higher psychology we have The Urge to Formulate a Plan. "It will be apparent that this urge grows out of, or is dependent upon, the previous two trends considered [of synthesis and vision]. It finds its microcosmic reflection in the many plans and projects of finite man as he lives his little life or runs busily about the planet in connection with his tiny personal affairs. It is this universal capacity to work and plan which is the guarantee that there exists in man the capacity to respond eventually and in group formation to God's plan, based on God's vision."
This vision of God's Plan generates in the disciple the next tendency: The Urge to Creative Life through the Divine Use of the Imagination. This tendency is a constant subjective impulse to create forms which will express some sensed truth. The initiate is "essentially one whose sense of awareness is occupied with subjective contacts and impacts and is not predominantly preoccupied with the world of outer sense perceptions. This cultivated interest in the inner world of meaning will produce not only a pronounced effect upon the spiritual seeker himself but will eventually bring about the emphasis, recognised in the brain consciousness of the race, that the world of meaning is the sole world of reality for humanity.
This will lead to the production of a truer beauty in the world and, therefore, a closer approximation in the world of created forms to the inner emerging truth." In order to remain faithfully aligned with truth, the new creative work needs The Factor of Analysis, the fifth psychological factor. It is the ability to distinguish without producing a sense of separateness. It is the Right use of emphasis rather than separativeness. We emphasise one aspect or quality, temporarily excluding or relegating into brief abeyance another aspect or aspects. This is a major part of the activity of the law of cycles.
This ability to rightly emphasise a goal or divine characteristic is powered by The innate Quality to Idealise. We are told that, "whether it is the power of the tiny seed to penetrate through its surrounding barriers to emerge into the light, or a human being to rise from death in matter to life in God, it is all idealism. It is the power to recognise ideas and to push forward towards their fulfillment. It is the motive force behind evolution." This power to idealise sees the initiate displaying a seventh tendency as he brings about The Interplay of the Great Dualities to make of his dream a reality. The tendency of the initiate is to stand poised on the razor-edged path between the great dualities of spirit and matter, fusing them together to build the new world in accordance with his highest ideals, which in turn, are based on the quality of the hidden vision.
So here we have seven major distinctions between the consciousness of man and superman. Supermen may walk the same earth, but they live in completely different dimensions. These seven tendencies towards soul fusion demonstrate a higher psychology at play in those who are awakening to their true identity as a unit of spiritual electricity in the divine stream of consciousness. All of us here will surely be familiar with these tendencies to some extent while yet struggling to discipline our personalities sufficiently for them to hold greater sway.
Antahkarana: The Electric Bridge
Creative tension: The compression zone in a cosmic Birkeland current (Butterfly nebula). It provides a beautiful symbol of the point of electromagnetic tension generated in meditation as a prerequisite for building the bridge of lighted substance between higher and lower mind.
The seven tendencies that define the psychological behaviour of the advanced human being are an integral part of the new electrical science of relationships that we have been considering today. This science will, without doubt, become the supreme science of the Aquarian age. It has the power to link the macrocosm to the microcosm and make sense of the universe as one integrated, conscious super-organism. Humanity is on a journey towards the intelligent use of electrical force, and what is the building of the bridge between lower and higher, abstract, spiritual mind, if not the supreme example of an electric bridge? We have seen how the electrical alchemist generates a point of magnetic tension in meditation and through it spins threads of light between the higher and lower mind. Group work involves an united effort to build planetary electric bridges between the superhuman and the subhuman kingdoms. As fohatic currents pass down the constructed antahkarana, the group then acts as a capacitor, absorbing and storing the charge and then stepping it down as a transformer does, so that it can safely be relayed to less evolved states of consciousness, to stimulate and unfold latent capacity.
The Electric Bridge is an initiative towards this end, helping to span the gulf between the science of today and the science of the initiates. For the Alice Bailey teachings tell us that The energy of love in its dynamic or electric form is the will aspect of love which the Christ will of necessity use this time when He comes. "The true Mysteries will also reveal themselves through science and the incentive to search for them there will be given by the Christ. The Mysteries contain, within their formulas and teachings, the key to the science which will unlock the mystery of electricity—the greatest spiritual science and area of divine knowledge in the world, the fringes of which have only just been touched." The Electric Bridge is therefore an initiative without bounds that can build bridges of relationship between all departments of human thinking as well as preparing a foundation for further revelations.
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In my house if it's not nailed down (and can be cut into strips), then I'm probably going to try and knit with it. Fortunately this fact lends itself well to recycling, especially all of the old t-shirts that tend to pile up in a household of 5.
You know what else those t-shirts are great for? Dye experiments. Mix the two together to create a handy-dandy hot pad in the perfect shade to match your kitchen (or your mood)!
T-Shirt Yarn (from an XL-XXL Men's Shirt)
Stainless Steel Pot
How to Dye T-Shirt Yarn
- Choose color from the Custom Dye Color Kit Chart (I went with "Mango" for Spring). Following the chart's recipe, add dye mixture and 1 gallon of HOT water to pot.
- Immerse t-shirt yarn into dye bath and stir continuously for 15 minutes. Let soak for at least 45 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
- Thoroughly rinse t-shirt yarn in cool water and mild soap until water runs clear. Wring excess water out. Hang dry.
- Wind into ball before using.
T-Shirt Yarn in Color: Mango
Make the Hotpad
T-Shirt Yarn
Size US 13 Needles
Size US J Crochet Hook
Yarn Needle
CO 18 stitches.
Rows 1-5: Knit
Row 6: Purl
Repeat Rows 1-6 four times more.
Repeat Rows 1-4.
Join t-shirt yarn at corner of hot pad. With crochet hook chain 10; join chain at corner to create a loop. Tie off.
Weave in ends.
T-shirt yarn is made by cutting t-shirts into strips and rolling them into a ball. For a tutorial, check out my book AwareKnits: Knit & Crochet Projects for the Eco-Conscious Stitchers.
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Sunday, July 09, 2006
Law # 10 ~ Flexibility
When I was a young lad there was no such thing as stretching, really. When I heard the word yoga I thought people were mispronouncing yogurt. Come to think of it I didn't know what yogurt was either. Some kind of healthy sour milk. Nasty! (I love it now!)
Back in the '60s (yes, I'm that old) there were benchmarks that determined how fit you were. Push-ups, pull-ups, dips, sit-ups (not crunches), the 100-yard dash, and whether or not you could touch your toes. The first five items on the list involved strength and speed. Some kids had it while others did not. I was in the "did not" category. (That changed later). Touching your toes was a breeze for all of us. Even out-of-shape kids like me could touch their toes.
When you're young (no matter what kind of shape you're in) you're naturally flexible and durable. Kids get scrapes, bruises, even broken bones, but it's pretty rare for a young child to pull a muscle, and if they do they recover in the blink of an eye. Back in the good old days, the focus was on running faster and jumping higher. The only kids in my neighborhood that stretched were gymnasts or ballerinas. Try to imagine a stretch class for children in the '60s. Yeah, right!
Back in the day, proper stretching didn't happen. For most adults it still doesn't. Studies show that pulled muscles (due to lack of flexibility) cause as many people to quit their fitness programs as joint injuries. Back and hamstring muscle strain/injury can take as long to heal as a broken bone….or longer.
People hate to stretch because they say it's too boring. They feel that stiff, tight people can't become loose and flexible. They say that stretching and yoga are too uncomfortable, and they don't see results fast enough. People don't like it because it cuts into their workout time. I'm here to tell you that it's time to rethink the importance of flexibility.
Stretching, yoga, and Pilates improve overall body awareness, enhance all aspects of physical fitness, reduce muscular soreness, increase skill and performance levels during training, and during athletic performance. Flexibility increases mental relaxation, greatly reduces the risks of various injuries (like back problems, muscle strains, and joint sprains), and slows the aging process in muscles and joints. Who wouldn't want all that?
The only reason why people don't become more flexible is because they're not willing to put in the time. The axiom for other aspects of fitness also applies to flexibility: You get better at the things you do often. Stretching and/or yoga are equally as important as strength conditioning and cardiovascular fitness. Stretching and yoga can replenish the natural flexibility and durability of our youth. If you decide and commit to becoming less vulnerable through flexibility, you will also discover a calmness (much like meditation) that comes with stretching and yoga.
Flexibility is the Fountain of Youth. Give yourself that amazing gift. Here's to touching your toes.
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- AlfaSunshine said...
I got a question. Is one hour of yoga a week sufficient? I am gonna remember to be in chat today and ask you. I am in the middle of a new round of si6 so I have committed to doing a full body workout about an hour a day (there is about a 6 minute stretch yoga part at the end that I usually just do my TH style vinyasa and sb yoga ctr yin stuff then). I'm thinking on my rest day doing stretchX or the first 40 minutes or so of yogax. Lord knows my age is showing around my yin muscles.
- DivaM said...
I'm with Alpha on this one. I am doing P-90 and some running (3 days a week 2-4 miles or so). I warm up really good before I run. I do an X style warm up, 10 min or so. After I run I usually go straight into P-90 3/4 Sculpt. I do the whole thing stretching and all. Then I add pull ups to the end of each set (4 sets of 10 pull ups for the total workout). So how often should I do Yoga X or the like? BTW, I am fairly flexible, have been since I was a kid (I'm going to be 38 in August)
Thanks TH!
- psalm9567 said...
I was AMAZED the first time I did Yoga X, at how flexible you are. Sometimes, I just had to stop and watch, especially on the plough sequence. It made my respect for your athletic ability go even higher. So, you're not just a pretty face and some biceps!! :) You're a rubber band!! I have been working at getting some of that flexibility back! I used to have lower back problems, but started taking a Body Balance class when I lived overseas (a combo of Tai Chi, Pilates, and Yoga). I was amazed at how my lower back pain and sensitivity went away.
When we moved back to the States, I had not done any kind of yoga movement and felt the stiffness again in my hammies and back. After starting Power 90 last year, and now the X, I am re-gaining a lot of that flexibility and am even coming out on the other side being able to do more. I can finally do the "grab-behind-the-back-and-between-the-legs" pose! I can't hold it as long as you all, but on day four, I couldn't do it at all!! So, thanks for this law.
And I, too, am a bit of a grumbler that your yoga is 1.5 hours. But, I do love it and have seen the benefits. I just get up a little earlier on those days. Thanks again...
My next challenge is crane...Saw you, Diva, and your daughter doing that! Way to go!
- DivaM said...
Thanks Sarah! That little girl has met Tony and she has even done Yoga X with me all the way through! She is a rock solid little six year old I tell ya! She can even bang out pushups and un assisted pull ups.
Austin is doing P-90 with me right now and we added in the pull ups. He did his first unassisted pull up last Saturay! We are on day 37 now and he could not come close on day one!
Congrats on hitting day 30! Love the bikini shots :D
Thanks Sarah!
P-90 is amazing! Simple and so AMAZING!
Thanks again Tony!
- Tony B said...
AMEN Brotha..
Without a doubt..I would not be where I am today without Yoga and Stretching..I practice them faithfully and strive to instill it in all my clients.. It's a very important aspect of fitness for me, probably the most important..
Flexibility is the key to aging gracfully and essential to ward off the effects of aging..
These 58 year old bones still creak and and squeak but I just keep chuggin along ..
Thanks T. for showing me the way...
See you Friday ay NY CAMP..
Tony B>>>>>>>>> XRAYMAN
- Laura said...
That is so true Tony- I am more flexible now since I started BeachBody Fitness over 2 years ago and can do so many things that I hadn't been able to do before.
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I wasn't surprised to see that early polling on Arizona's draconian immigration crackdown was somewhat positive. But I assumed that people didn't really understand the issue properly, as is often the case. But Supreme Leader Faiz Shakir's writeup of the NYT's poll on the subject reveals the more disturbing possibility that the public knows what's going on and likes it anyway:
Although the respondents broadly agreed that the Arizona law would result in racial profiling, overburden local and state law enforcement agencies and decrease the willingness of illegal immigrants to report crimes for fear of deportation, large majorities said it would reduce the number of illegal immigrants in the state, deter illegal border crossings and, to a lesser extent, reduce crime.
So I have to say the public is right about this. Crackdowns won't eliminate illegal immigration or illegal border crossings, but they will reduce it. Albeit at the cost of increased racial profiling, overburdened state and local law enforcement, and decreased cooperation with authorities.
Which all goes back to the fact that people don't recognize the positive-sum nature of immigration. The debate on immigration and wages among serious analysts ranges from the conclusion that immigration raises the wages of all native-born workers to the conclusion that immigration raises the wages of all native-born workers with high school diplomas. It's clear, however, that relatively few voters believe this result or else support for more immigration would be much higher, especially among white voters. Realistically, the most plausible economic beneficiaries of an immigration crackdown would be low-skill recent immigrants (i.e., the people with similar human capital profiles) and that's clearly not who's driving the nativist movement.
Brendan Nyhan casts some doubt on this "racial profiling" issue, pointing out that the actual question the poll asked isn't really on-point and the NYT shouldn't have characterized it this way.


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Retrospective releases have always been focused on some major features that have proudly been added to the suite of functionality revolving around logs searching and monitoring. Unfortunately, the bigger the features, the greater the time required to implement them whilst maintaining the desired high quality. We've realized that more does not always mean better and very often improvements in several little things could be more beneficial than adding one killer feature. Therefore, after just three months since the last release, we can proudly present Retrospective 4.1.0. This release focuses on polishing the previous features and adds a few new little cherries on top. If you liked release 4.0.0 than the refinements provided in 4.1.0 should simply make your day . Let's dive into the little goodies served in 4.1.0.
Time search criteria offered so far by Retrospective is a really powerful and useful tool. Unfortunately before release 4.1.0 it was not possible to use time based filtering on a data that was already fetched to Retrospective in a search or monitoring session. This was quite limiting, thus, we decided to change it in 4.1.0. Now fully fledged local time filters can be used to narrow the accumulated data to the window that is in the point of interest. This can make your life a lot easier if you need to analyze different smaller pieces of a larger chunk of accumulated data.
We also started to encounter more and more situations in which log levels containing non-alphanumeric chars are used. Previously, Retrospective was optimized to make the log identification as fast as possible. The optimization of the identification process was built on the assumption that only alphanumeric chars can appear in the log levels. Release 4.1.0 brings more flexibility here by not only allowing for non-alphanumeric chars in the log levels but also allowing for deciding whether log levels can be surrounded by alphanumeric chars or not. Of course allowing for non-alphanumeric chars and/or surrounding by alphanumeric chars disables some log level identification optimizations but we made sure that the identification process still has a decent performance in such situations.
Retrospective is all about performing several things at once. So typically you have one tab for searching some remote servers, another tab for monitoring a deployment process and a third tab in which you make the deployment yourself using the awesome SSH Console. So far it has often been hard to say when new data arrives to the tabs that are currently out of focus. Thus, we've added another little goodie that you should definitely like. In 4.1.0 all non-active monitoring tabs are showing a counter value that is representing the number of log entries that have arrived to the tab since the last time the tab was active.
The new release also brings some cool improvements in the SSH Console department. In other popular terminals, you may be used to using your mouse wheel inside console applications such as less or mcedit to scroll the data on the screen. You will not have to change this habit after grabbing 4.1.0, because this feature is now fully supported in our SSH Console. The next SSH Console improvement is a support for word jumping inside the Bash shell. Often, when you type a command, you suddenly realize that you made a typo several words before. In 4.1.0 you can use combination of ALT+F and ALT+B key shortcuts to jump the cursor to the next or the previous word in the command like. This allows for quick fixing of any typo that tries to annoy you .
As you can see, maybe there was not one single killer feature that we've focused on in 4.1.0, but there were definitely a lot of little things that were added or improved. As the saying goes, the devil is in the details and 4.1.0 gives serious attention to many details that simply make a difference. Thus, there's no room for second thoughts – you simply need to reach for Retrospective 4.1.0. As soon as you install it, you'll quickly notice a better experience while searching, monitoring and hacking around in the SSH Console. Give it a try and you will have no regrets!
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Ron Ferdinand has been drawing Hank Ketcham's Dennis sunday pages for years and I asked him he would be willing to share some memories and their working process.
a) Working with Ketcham
When did you first start working for Ketcham and what were the circumstances?
I read an interview with Hank in Cartoonist Profiles magazine in 1981. I was living in Queens, NY at the time. Hank mentioned in the interview that he had moved back to California from Geneva and was starting a training program. He gave his address so I did some sketches of the characters and mailed 'em to him. He responded in a couple of weeks and asked for resume, photo, etc.
We corresponded for a couple of months. He sent me some single panel gags to rough out and he tissued 'em and mailed them back. He brought me out to Monterey in August '81 for 2 weeks for a trial run on the Marvel comic. I made it through and returned in September with my wife .
How did he familiarize you with his drawing style? Did give you tips right off the bat or did he wait till you drew something first and then make adjustments?
He'd done some model sheets , and there was plenty of reference material around . Basically, we'd do a pencil layout and he'd tissue it. In the beginning , we'd do the pencil/tissue stage several times before we'd attempt an ink finish.
SKETCHING DAYSYou mentioned that Ketcham used to take his staff on sketching days. Can you elaborate on that?
Actually, he'd send us out in the morning and we'd come back after lunch and he'd critique our sketchbooks.
How often?
It was probably once a month for a while in the beginning.
He signed us up for a drawing class after a couple of years that lasted a few months. It was kind of a layout/composition type deal at a local school in Carmel.
How long would a session be?
Just a few hours in the morning.
What types of things would he want you to sketch?
We'd sketch anything and everything. This was the Monterey Peninsula, so there was an abundance of material to choose from.
What would he say about the value of sketching?
Hank wanted us to use flairs and concentrate on the single line as opposed to lots of sketchy lines with a pencil . He wanted us think in terms of the single line.
HOW RON WORKED WITH HANKHow did you work with him? Can you explain the process?
I'd get the script, do a rough and he'd tissue it. I'd do another, he'd tissue it again…etc…etc….until it was ready to ink. Then he'd tissue the ink and we'd either fix it or re-ink it, depending on the amount of corrections.
As I said, it was GRUELING fun.2 This is a good example of Hank's tissue suggestions. He would always push the action as far as he could.
Have you any before and after or back and forth sketches of the process that we could show to the fans?
(I see the steps on your web page, but am a bit confused…
The thumbnail sketch there looks like it's inked and it's pretty finished looking. Is that really what your first sketches look like?
The way I work now with Marcus is, I do a thumbnail, tighten it up in pen, fax it to Marcus for his input, enlarge it and do a finished pencil, then ink it.
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The Heritage Foundry Blog GUEST POST: 6 Reasons Obama's Plan to Give Up Our Nukes Is a Really Bad Idea
Rep. Doug LambornJune 20, 2013 at 10:00 amYesterday, President Obama announced a plan to reduce our nuclear arsenal by a third to approximately 1,000 strategic weapons. Here are six reasons this proposal is a really bad idea.
Yesterday, President Obama announced a plan to reduce our nuclear arsenal by a third to approximately 1,000 strategic weapons. Here are six reasons this proposal is a really bad idea.
1. Getting rid of all our nuclear weapons is a dangerous idea.Bad actors will continue to use dangerous weapons to do evil. These evildoers will not be inspired by a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate to give up their WMD. While seeking to limit the proliferation of dangerous weapons may be reasonable, it is not reasonable to simply give up our own weapons. Bad actors rarely respond to positive exhortations and good intentions. Instead, we deter bad actors through strength and the ability to retaliate.
2. In a time of reducing defense budgets, our nuclear weapons and our ability to deter becomes even more important. Our national security strategy relies on convincing potential adversaries that picking a fight with the United States is a bad idea because it will be very, very painful for them. Our nuclear weapons are the ultimate big stick that we carry to deter those bad actors. Our nuclear deterrent becomes even more important at a time when budget cuts are reducing training for our pilots and soldiers and thereby reducing our military's readiness.
3. Reducing our arsenal actually makes the size of our adversaries' arsenals more relevant.Right now, only Russia has a nuclear arsenal that is roughly equivalent in size to the United States. Other potential competitors, such as China, have never tried to compete with the United States in numbers, but if we reduce our nuclear arsenal further, we are in effect encouraging countries like China to build more nuclear weapons to achieve parity with the United States.
4. Reducing our arsenal may lead to our allies developing their own weapons programs.Countries like South Korea and Japan do not have nuclear weapons today in part because they are under the nuclear deterrence umbrella of the United States. However, some of these countries are already expressing concern about our ability to provide this extended deterrence. Reducing our arsenal further will almost certainly lead countries in Asia or in the Middle East to pursue their own nuclear weapons. In short, reducing our nuclear arsenal may lead to more nuclear-armed countries around the world.
5. Reducing our arsenal doesn't save much money. The weapons that the President wants to cut have already been bought and paid for, so cutting them won't produce any direct savings. Less than 4 percent of the Pentagon's budget is spent on the nuclear weapons infrastructure and developing future nuclear weapons. Additionally, the one-third cut in our nuclear arsenal proposed by President Obama will not result in a one-third cut in our future nuclear weapons budget, because much of the budget is dedicated to the infrastructure needed to maintain safe and secure nuclear weapons. Cutting the number of nuclear weapons simply won't save much money.
6. President Obama is negotiating from a position of weakness. A smart negotiator never starts a negotiation by laying all his cards on the table. Unfortunately, President Obama did just that, telling the Russians that he really wants to reduce our nuclear weapons arsenal and asking for their support. If we have already put a third of our nuclear weapons on the table, what more will the Russians ask for? An end to our missile defense system? A promise not to meddle in Russia's sphere of influence? In a single misguided speech, Obama gave the Russians a huge amount of political leverage. Even if reducing our nuclear arsenal was a good idea, this would be the worst possible way to go about it.
Doug Lamborn, a Republican, is the U.S. Representative for Colorado's 5th congressional district.


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Andrew Gude is the new refuge manager for Lower Suwannee and Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges in Florida.
The first 11 years of David Viker's life were spent in suburban New York. And he fell in love with the outdoors while camping with his family in the Catskills Mountains.
Well folks, we had a great week around our flats, here in Cedar Key.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety Internet-completion course in Levy County.
Proud grandfather Doug Little reports:
Okay folks, will someone turn on the Cedar Key air conditioner?
We still have a good month of this too dang hot of weather. I notice these days with no cloud cover getting tuffer and tuffer to keep bites going.
A fishing trip Sunday afternoon by an Orlando visitor hooked a 3- to 4-foot gar. However, it was cut loose because the prospects of that fish actually being in the boat did not interest the two brothers.
Editor's note: Danny Allen is on vacation so his brother Nick Allen is filling in for him.
The cover of the July/August issue of Airboating Magazine may feature their "Swamp Sweetie" - wearing a camo bikini, cowboy boots and hat - but it gets even better on page 44.
Hey, everybody, Hope all is well and you are all stayn' as cool as ya' can be. I'm having such a hard time right now with my identity.
Well, usually I want it to be calm because my boat isn't the best at handling rough weather — it's just too flat. But lately I been praying for some wind so me and my guests won't bake to death. So right now I'm kinda confusing myself.
But all's good. This weekend was a good one - very little rain threat and some wind to keep it cool. But not too much, so it was rough.
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Strong performances at the Niswonger Invitational propel the freshmen
MACON, Ga. (Jan. 22, 2014) – Freshmen Simeon Roberts (Greeneville, Tenn.) and Brett Squibbs (Rock Hill, S.C.) both earned Atlantic Sun weekly honors with Roberts being named Men's Track Athlete of the Week while Squibbs was named Men's Field Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.
Roberts earned the honor by taking the top spot in the men's mile run blue section final with a time of 4:19.44 at the 2014 Niswonger Invitational on Jan. 18; the third-best time in the event in the A-Sun this season. Additionally, in the men's distance medley relay final at the Invite, the Greeneville native was part of the ETSU squad that took first in the event with a league-best time of 10:08.85.
In the field at the Niswonger Invitational, Squibbs received the accolade by setting a new ETSU indoor record with a mark of 5.00 meters in the men's pole vault to gain second place. This mark is tops in the event this season in the conference and is also presently the 59th best in the nation.
These honors are the first career performer of the week awards for the freshmen.
The ETSU track & field program will be back in action on Jan. 31 in the Hilton Garden Invitational in Wiinston-Salem, N.C.
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Guitar Noise necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 450 diseños de 102 diseñadores freelance.
I need a new logo for a guitar lesson website with a large audience. I'd like to see designs that reflect the site's nature with a distinctive image that people can't help but click on because it looks so cool.
Guitar Noise
Guitar Noise is a well known and respected site for beginner and intermediate guitar players who want to get better at guitar and share their love of music with one another. We have a large and friendly community of members that are proud and protective of their community.
The site was redesigned recently, and now when you look at the home page (http://www.guitarnoise.com) you'll see there are all sorts of things that attract your eye - except the logo. I want to change this by branding the site with something that catches the eye right away without spoiling the rest of the page. It should indicate what the site is all about so you know if you're in the right place or not.
Guitar Noise has a lot of fantastic free content – but this is not always immediately apparent to first time visitors. I'm looking to put our strengths forward with a logo that attracts attention and is distinctive enough to be remembered. Fans of our site enjoy the lessons and claim they are the best they've ever tried. We have also been cited by the popular press (London's Metro, a free commuter magazine where we were voted the top online guitar tutorial site by their readership) as well as trade magazines (Acoustic Guitar Magazine chose us as a top online guitar tutorial site in their November 2008 issue). We're not one of those sites that anyone can post a lesson to - we have writers and editors and we review everything as carefully as a magazine would before going to press. To put it simply, we are serious about you having a good time.
It would be nice if the logo is something people would be proud to wear on a T-shirt or ball cap; but most importantly, this is a logo for our website and it has to be something that makes people want to click it. The ideal design is something that will be recognizable on and off the site.
In closing, the website galttech.com sums up the whole website pretty well and we'd like people to get the whole feeling of this paragraph from seeing our logo:
"Do you want to find free guitar lessons online? Thanks to the internet a lot of young musicians can now go online and find hundreds of choices when it comes to free guitar lessons. We checked out a lot of websites that offer free guitar lessons and I feel the best overall site is GuitarNoise.com. Their website not only offers lessons designed for all guitar players, they also offer a guitar forum, lyrics, reviews, articles, and links to other music categories and topics. Check out their absolute beginners guitar lesson and the bass for beginners (both of these lesson plans are thorough and challenging). I think the best free guitar lesson they offer is their easy songs lesson which is great for beginners. No matter what your musical tastes, guitarnoise.com will have some lesson to help you with your guitar playing. Be sure to also check out their lessons on tuning, chords, ear training, home recording, theory, and scales. Remember the most important thing about taking a guitar lesson is to have fun, if you don't enjoy the learning process then what's the point of jamming."
- The address guitarnoise.com must be part of the design
- Includes the tagline "online to onstage"
- Should be able to edit the tagline in the source file in case I change my mind later
- Compliments the existing color scheme - I like blue and white
- Something that tells the first time visitor what the site is all about
- Something that looks good on a white background and a darker blue background. I can't be entirely sure which background I'll use until I choose a logo that will be part of the site's long term identity.
- I believe in collaboration and will provide feedback to entrants
- No more than 3 colors
- Designs that don't inspire fun
- Anything too abstract or complicated
- Non vector format
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Luncheon with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh
NEW YORK, September 22, 2010 – Asia Society and the US Chamber of Commerce hosted the Prime Minister of
Bangladesh, Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina,
for a luncheon during the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York. Vishakha Desai, President and CEO of Asia Society, welcomed officials
from the prime minister's delegation and Bangladesh Embassy, including
Ambassador Akramul Quader, along with top executives from 15 US
During the luncheon, Sheik Hasina recognized the US as "a major development and trading
partner" and "the largest investor in Bangladesh." However, the Prime
Minister expressed her desire to see more engagement in trade and investment
activities between the US and Bangladesh. She said that US investment
is "vital for Bangladesh's development and progress" and that the increase in Bangladesh's
apparel exports to the US is "vital for development and the empowerment of our women."
The Prime Minister called on the U.S. Congress to pass the New Partnership for Development Act 2009 (H.R. 4101), which she said "is supportive of our business interest in the USA." She also urged the US, which remains the only developed country that does not allow duty free access to Asia's least developed countries (LDCs), to "give Bangladesh duty- and quota-free access to its market as an LDC."
The Prime Minister said that despite the recent global economic crisis, the investment climate in Bangladesh was undisturbed and there are a lot of business opportunities in the country. She encouraged the U.S. corporate investors to take advantage of investment opportunities and "come to Bangladesh with their businesses," whether in the form of investments from US corporations, or in the form of public-private partnerships between US companies and Bangladesh counterparts.
Sheikh Hasina's talk was followed by an informal exchange of ideas among corporate representatives, many of whom already have commercial interests in Bangladesh, as well others who expressed a keen interest in investing in the country.


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It's that time of month when we leave the everyday behind and step into the magical world of Sweet November land. And this time we are not the only visitors to frolic in the forest glens and converse with all the whimsical characters that call Sweet November Land home... this month there are princesses to be found there as well!
Meet Princess Isadora. She is a head-in-the-clouds daydreamer who spends her time gathering wild flowers and singing along with the babbling brook. Isadora's sweet nature is a natural attraction for all of the little forest critters and she loves to play with the animals. Her greatest wish that she makes everyday, with all her heart is to someday meet a magical unicorn during her adventures in the forest... perhaps in time she will. :)
Now for Isadora's candy... take a look!
Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Basic Grey (LilyKate), DCWV (Once Upon a Time)
stamps- Sweet November (Princess Isadora), Whiff of Joy (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox chestnut roan
Prima flowers
Kaiser Craft pearls and gems
Paper Trey Ink twine
Sakura clear glaze pen
Copic Spica glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20


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Join us at the Downtown Independent for a screening of selections from our new DVD that features some of our favorite performances and events from 2010-2012.
Videos screened may include pizza, babies, psychics, trapdoors, an opera for dogs, plants on vacation, amplified tea kettles, some interesting new directions in drag makeup, and simultaneous aerobics and butter making.
We will also be joined by some performers from said video selections including Emily Lacy, ing, Jimmy Fusil, and maybe a French bulldog in a blond wig.
Doors open at 8pm, with the program beginning at 8:30. This event is free of charge, or $10 with a newly-minted DVD. Additional amenities include air conditioning, beer for sale on-site, and luxurious theater seating. Suitable for a night out alone, with your friends, or with your grandparents.
Please note! This event takes place during Downtown's art walk, so street parking will be challenging. Garage and lot parking are available at 233 South Main Street, or consider taking public transit. (The Independent is located near several bus lines on Broadway and Spring, as well as the subway and trains at Union Station.) Directions to the Independent and more information are here.


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Yeah, I completed 20 drug wars but the assault rifle is not in my safehouse, anyone know how to fix the glitch? If you do please post it on my talk page. -- TBSNerd 20:22, March 17, 2010 (UTC)
Interestingly enough but I also have the same problem... --Satkir 13:30, April 18, 2010 (UTC)
I have just found out that you need to complete some of the storyline missions before they become available -- Fox Protector 08:41, April 21, 2010 (UTC)
Ahh, thank you alot Fox Protector! I'll play it more for sure once my summer holidays begin on 30.4.2010 :) --Satkir 15:35, April 21, 2010 (UTC)
Must... have... more...
Ive recently completed about 35 drug wars, and I always find them extremely fun and challenging. One problem... after you complete 50, can you do anymore? thanks Extremofire 15:43, May 27, 2010 (UTC)
- I just completed all 50 today, and from what I can see on the map, they constantly replenish which means you should be able to do as many as you want. A bonus to that is that there's always a way to make money. J5689 17:34, July 18, 2010 (UTC)
- This happened to me too. I finished all 50 and yet I still see more to do. This is a great way to become a millionare, easy. Montybrady 04:27, August 6, 2010 (UTC)


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An affiliate of St. Louis-based Gateway Commercial has paid $3.6 million for the 64-unit Hedgemoor Square Apartments at 375 N. Graham St. in East Memphis.
Summit Hedgemoor Square Apartments LLC bought the Class B, multi-building apartment complex in an April 30 warranty deed from Hedgemoor Square Apartments GP. That company paid $2.3 million for the property in 2000.
Built in 1952, the 67,617-square-foot multifamily complex sits on 5.7 acres along the west side of North Graham Street adjacent to the Shelby Farms Greenline.
The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal was $2.6 million. The property, which was listed for $3.8 million on LoopNet – and includes alternate addresses of 385 N. Graham St. and 395 N. Graham St. – was rehabbed in 2001, according to the listing.
In conjunction with the purchase, Summit Hedgemoor Square Apartments LLC filed a $2.7 million trust deed through Pulaski Bank of St. Louis.
John S. Ross Jr., executive director and principal with Gateway Commercial (formerly Summit Development Group), signed the deed as manager of the borrower.
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Special Criminal Court Judge Paul Summers has sent the Juvenile Court contempt citation against former Criminal Court Judge Joe Brown to the Tennessee Court of Appeals in Jackson, Tenn.
In an hour-long hearing Friday, May 2, Summers ruled Brown's appeal of Juvenile Court Magistrate Harold Horne's March contempt citation was "improvidently" filed in Criminal Court and should have been filed with the Court of Appeals.
Summers also ruled that the Tennessee attorney general's office should prosecute the case at the appeals court level and that he will retain jurisdiction to ensure the appeals court makes a decision on bond for Brown.
Brown remains free on bond set by Criminal Court Judge James Beasley the same day Horne cited Brown for contempt and sentenced him to five days in jail for questioning Horne's authority and that of Juvenile Court.
Summers ruled Brown's behavior was "direct contempt against the court system" – a distinction that would not require Juvenile Court to recuse itself from acting immediately on the comments.
But Summers added that he wants the appeals court to decide on the matter of continuing Brown's bond.
"I don't want there to be a situation that the Criminal Court has relinquished its jurisdiction and another court says … 'We are going to put Judge Brown in jail,'" Summers said in his ruling from the bench. "He's entitled to bond on a five-day contempt."
Brown's attorney, Andre Wharton, contends Brown's due process rights were violated when Juvenile Court officials refused a bond hearing and that Horne's initial written contempt citation was not a court order that should have led to Brown being jailed.
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Early voting turnout in advance of the May 6 Shelby County primaries topped 26,000.
Through Thursday, May 1, the last day of the early voting period, 26,298 citizens cast ballots. Thursday was also the heaviest day for turnout of the voting period, with 7,878 early voters and lines at some of the 21 polling locations.
Turnout is lower than the 31,000 early voters in the same election cycle four years ago for most of the same offices. By percentage, the turnout was 4.9 percent of Shelby County's 533,579 voters.
Among early voters, 71.1 percent cast their ballots in the Democratic primaries, with the remaining 28.9 percent in the Republican primaries.
More than half, 60.9 percent, were women.
By race, 59.5 percent were African-American and 26.2 percent were white. The remaining 24.3 percent were listed as "other," which includes voters who did not indicate their race on voter registration forms.
Election day polls are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Literacy Mid-South has launched an app that gives the organization's more than 250 volunteer tutors access to multiple educational and interactive resources for teaching and communication purposes.
Volunteer users through the app get access to all of the forms and information on the Literacy Mid-South website, as well as educational videos, tutoring tips and ideas for student exercises. The app also allows volunteers to directly and securely send reports to Literacy Mid-South from the app, as well as connect with the organization's social media platforms.
The app already is available for the iOS and Android platforms and soon will be available for Kindle Fire as well.
– Andy Meek
David Rudd, provost of the University of Memphis, was approved Thursday, May 1, as the next president of the city's largest higher education institution.
Meeting in a telephone conference call Thursday afternoon, the Tennessee Board of Regents approved Rudd as the university's president.
Thursday's vote follows a recommendation from Regents Chancellor John Morgan last week.
Rudd assumes his duties May 16, succeeding Brad Martin, who has been interim president since Shirley Raines retired in July.
Raines hired Rudd as provost in March 2013 from the University of Utah, where he was dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
A University of Memphis search committee named Rudd one of four finalists from among 70 applicants from across the country.
Since the public interview process with the finalists, former University of Alabama President Guy Bailey and University of Arkansas provost Sharon Gaber withdrew their names from consideration, leaving College of Charleston (S.C.) provost George W. Hynd, as the other finalist.
Dominician nuns from Nashville will teach at St. Benedict at Auburndale High School with the new school year, the Cordova Catholic school's principal announced Thursday, May 1.
The sisters are from the St. Cecelia community in Nashville, which originally provided teachers at St. Benedict when it became a Diocesan school in 1988 and for several years after that.
The Nashville congregation, which dates back to 1860, has nuns teaching at the elementary to post-graduate college level in 42 locations around the world.
President Barack Obama hails April jobs growth but says Congress must still do more to help American workers, including raising the minimum wage and creating more construction jobs by approving public works projects.
Obama spoke during a joint appearance with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The government reported Friday that employers added 288,000 jobs in April, the most in two years.
Obama praised the "grit and determination" of Americans for the economic improvement.
Obama also extended his thoughts and prayers to the people of Afghanistan for losses suffered in a massive landslide.
– The Associated Press
Orders to U.S. factories advanced strongly in March for a second month while demand in a key category that signals business investment plans increased by the largest amount in more than a year. The strength was further evidence that the economy was rebounding after a harsh winter.
Orders increased 1.1 percent in March after increasing 1.5 percent in February, the Commerce Department reported Friday. Those gains followed two months of declines in December and January.
Orders for core capital goods, considered a good proxy for business investment, jumped 3.5 percent in March, rebounding from a 0.9 percent drop in February. It was the biggest increase since January 2013.
Economists say rising demand will boost factory production in coming months, helping the overall economy emerge from a winter slowdown.
In other upbeat news, the Labor Department said Friday that the economy added 288,000 jobs in April, the biggest monthly gain in more than two years, with the unemployment rate falling to 6.3 percent, its lowest level since September 2008.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale freshman midfielder Nicole Daniggelis (St. James, N.Y.), who had a record-breaking weekend while helping the Bulldogs win a pair of games in the last three days, has been named Ivy League Co-Offensive Player of the Week. Daniggelis set the league record for draw controls in a game with 15 Sunday at Lehigh, surpassing the Yale single-season record in the process. She also scored seven goals as the Bulldogs went 2-0, beating Cal 10-7 on Friday and Lehigh 16-8 on Sunday.
The previous Ivy League record for draw controls in a game was 10, set by Princeton's Abigail Gutstein vs. Delaware Apr. 19, 1995. The Yale record for draw controls in a season was 44, set by All-American Miles Whitman '04 in 2004. Daniggelis now has 46 draws.
Despite missing the first two games due to injury, Daniggelis is now second on the team in goals and points (22-2-24). Her .512 shooting percentage is also second-best. She has scored a goal in eight straight games, and has multiple goals in five straight. Her four goals on Sunday against Lehigh represented the third time this season she scored four or more goals in a game.
Prior to Yale, Daniggelis attended Smithtown East High School, where she captained the team for two years and set the school record for career points with 277.
Daniggelis is the first Bulldog to earn a weekly award from the Ivy League this season.
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To function effectively as citizens and consumers, all students need to learn to enjoy and appreciate the value of mathematics and develop the mathematical skills they must have for varied educational and career options. Strong foundations in number sense and numerical operations form a basis for the successful use of mathematics.
Students best acquire mathematics skills when they are engaged in activities that enable them to discover, understand, and apply mathematical concepts. When students are challenged to use mathematics in meaningful ways, they develop their reasoning and problem-solving skills and come to realize the usefulness of mathematics in their lives.
Students preparing for careers in the information-based economy of the twenty-first century must be able to solve real problems, reason effectively, and make logical connections. To enable all students to gain the necessary mathematical skills, understandings and attitudes, instruction needs to focus on the whys and hows of mathematical learning which are as follows:
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An artwork by secretive graffiti artist Banksy that sparked controversy when it disappeared from the side of a north London store has been put up for sale in the U.K., months after it was yanked from the block in Miami.
The stencil of a young boy sewing Union Jack bunting vanished in February, upsetting art lovers in the gritty Turnpike Lane area. It reappeared on the website of Fine Art Auctions Miami with an estimated price of $500,000 to $700,000, but was later withdrawn from sale without a reason.
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